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VOL. X. NO. 150.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1869.
DOUBLE SHEET THREK CENTS.
l.APJ,
FIRST EDITION
MARRIAGE DESECRATION
The Divorce Jugglers of New York
Law and Decency Set at Defiance
How Evidence is Manu
factured by Professional
Perjurers.
Much has been written concerning the loose
divorce laws of Indiana, Illinois, aud Connec
ticut, and it is generally supposed thut those
titates oiler facilities for severing the marriage
relation which can be found In no other section.
The statutes of this State refusing divorces ex
cept for the crime of adultery, it would seem
that New York should be the last place in which
n person would apply for divorce on trivial
grounds of complaint, and there is a popular
idea that with all the evils which society suiters
in this city the divorce business has not attained
a foothold here. This Impression 1 very erro
neous. The accommodations afforded at western
railway stations, where trains are said to stop
fifteen minutes for divorces, are equalled, if not
surpusFcd in this respect in New York, and any
married man or woman who discovers a new
nflinity can here be cut loose from a matrimonial
p irtner in the most expeditious manner.
But there is a class of men who make a regu
lar business of procuring divorces, who keep
about them a retinue of professional perjurers
to manufacture evidence, and who will get a
decree of divorce for any person at short notice.
Not only ure false atlidavits made out, but
jndiela) signatures are forged, and, in nine cases
out of ten, the credulous applicant receives for
his money a decree of divorce which will not
stand a moment when disputed by regular legal
proceedings.
There is oneclass of applicants who are always
furnished by the procurer with a genuine di
vorce. This includes married persons who may
bo still living together, aud whoso position In
society is such as to make it certain that the
defendant would contest a divorce decree unless
based upon positive and genuine evidence of
adulterv. Such parties, if living in New York,
generally insist upon having a divorce in con
formity with the laws of the State, and are
willing to pay the procurer a sum eullieiently
large to induce him to work np the case in an
elaborate and perfect manner. Two illustra
tions will sutllce to show the exact nature of
this class, and the means employed hy the pro
curer in obtaining a valid divorce.
These cases are among the least villanous
operations of the regular divorce procurer, and
divorces thus obtained cannot be set aside. For
tunately they are comparatively few In number,
but the other class of divorces Includes innume
rable cases and involves a complete system of
perjury and forgery from beginning to end. To
illustrate:
Mrs. John Smith, residing in New York, writes
to the divorce procurer that her husband has ill
t eatcd her, that she suspects him of adultery,
and that she wants a divorce. The procurer re
plies that if she will forward a formal complaiut,
accompanied by a certain sum of money, and
pay another amount upon the divorce beiug ob
tained, her wishes shall be gratified. Next mail
brings the complaint to the procurer, who calls
in his professional perjurers and acquaints them
with the contents of the complaint. If, how
ever, it is not strong enough the procurer makes
out another, forges the siguaturo of Mrs. Smith,
and, enclosing the new complaint in a document
signed with a bogus name as plaintiff's attorney,
sends it to the reierrce appointed by the court
to take testimony in divorce suits. The law re
quires that the defendants shall bo summouod
to appear; and to get over this difficulty the pro
curer fills out the following form of affidavit
and attaches to it a bogus name:
Superior Court of the City of New York, ,
being duly sworn, says, that on the day of
deponent served the uliuexed summons ou
the defendant lu this action, by delivering to and
leaving with said defendant, , personally, a
true coy of said annexed summons, at , in tlie
;lty oi : , deponent knowing the person on
whom he served the summons, as aforesaid, to be
the defendant in this action. .
Sworn to before me, this (lay of .
The following is the form of summons above re
ferred to, and which, of course, is never served
upon the delendant:
, plalntiir, against , defendant.
tsuiiiiuous for reliei.
To :
You ure hereby summoned aud required to answe
th j complaint lu this uei ion, which will lo tiled in
t.uc oltlce of the Clerk of tha Superior Court or the
city of New York, at the City Hull, New ork ; and
toseneacopy or your answer to said complaint, on
the subscriber, at his office, No. , wlllilu
twenty days after the serving of this summons on
vou, exclusive of the day or service; and if you fail
to answer to the said complaint within tlie time
aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the
court for the relief demanded In the complaint.
X.itol , Plaintiff's attorney.
The signature as plaintiffs attorney is also
bogus in this case, and the preliminary docu
ments thus manufactured having been sent to
the referee, the hired tools of the procurer go
before the reterce to give evidence. Each per
jurer gives a bogus name to the referee, und has
a slip of paper inside his hat, bearing the dates
mentioned iu the complaint, so as to make no
mistakes. As ho makes his statement he keeps
an eye on the memorandum in his hat, and is
thus enabled to tell a straight story. Thrno or
lour of such rascals having made affidavits cor
responding with the complaiut, the referee,
who, perhaps, may be acting in good faith, sums
up the evidence with a rccoinincndatiou, and
the case goes to the Court, when, the defeudaut
not appearing, the decree of divorce is immedi
ately issued. Before any record is made of the
tleeree the procurer makes sure of his fee, and
then forwards the decree to the complainant,
who knows nothing of the details of the suit.
In some cases the divorce proceedings are not
placed on the record at all, unless the applicant
for divorce personally attends to it. Thus, In
less than a mouth, Mrs. Smith gets her divorce,
aud imagines herself free: but if the husband,
upon discovering the affair, makes an appeal, he
will have very little difficulty in getting the de
cree eet aside. The bogus witnesses, however,
cannot be found, and if the divorce producer is
required to produce them he can manufacture
just as many affidavits aa he may need to relieve
himself from the dilemma. The witnesses give
gome boarding-house as their place of residence,
and as it is Impossible for the proprietors of
such places to always remember the mimes of
their boarders, there Is not mudi probability of
the fraud being proved to its fullest extent.
But there is etiil a more profound depth of vil
lnnv into which tome of these procurers dive.
Where applications for divorce are based upon
.. complaints of abandonment or cruel treatment it
is necessary to get the decree from some court
In Connecticut, Indiana, or Illinois. Chicago is
the favorite place f r euch operations, although
Indlannpolis and New Haven arc extensively
patronized. A party in New Jersey applying to
a New York proennur for a divorce must have
the evidence taken before a New Jersey referee.
'i'hn urocurer in this instance not only mauu-
lacturcs bogus affidavits, but concocts a bogus
rrft ree's report aua lorwarcis 10 new nuveu,
Chicago, and Iudlanapolls a mass of documents
which do not contain a single genuine signature
except that of the complainant. By means of
similar trickery the court before which the case
nmca mi is satisfied of the reliability of the
documents, and a decree is issued divorcing par
ties who may never have been in the State where
t) c divorce is graniea.
A messenger is generally Bent to New Haven
with the documents, but those going to Jndiau-
upolis and Chicago are forwarded by mail un
let peculiar circurufiUoccs make it necessary to
personally engineer the case. As before stated;
In many instances of divorces thus fradulcntly
obtained, the defendant may have been guilty,
and, consequently, docs not contest the matter;
but If some of these cases were to be energeti
cally investigated it would reveal a system of
fraud and perjury of astounding magnitude.
There are very recent cases that can tie cited
where all the villanlcs above mentioned were
committed, and divorce documents are being
almost daily manufactured for parties livlug In
different parts of the Union, which would send
their authors to the State Prison at short notice.
-V. Y. Urrald of to-day.
"SINE DIE."
The Council of Wild Wo rum In Nemdon-Thrlr
l atum Alprtlnirn la be Held In I'topla Prethon
Too llrrtt For Word.
Some eighteen or twenty of the forlorn and
faithful even unto death met yesterday after
noon in New York. Mrs. Wilbur called tho
meeting to order with the remark that they had
not expected to meet at all, and should transact
no business, which nssuranco was altogether
superfluous the association having never trans
acted any business except talking. Tho orators
and oratresses oi the occasion looked crestfallen
and hung their heads as if something fearful
had happened, the said personages having been
engaged for a whole week in altogether useless
rumination. Murmurs of discontent, loud and
prolonged, went up from all parts of the room,
or rather from all parts where anybody was
seated.
"I can't stand this," sighed oiy. "Talk, why
talk is the last solace of a broken heart," moaned
a second. '"Oh, my lost lecture!" shrieked a
third, and "What Is the world coming to ?" ques
tioned a fourth a query to which the empty
desks, once occupied by the faithful, rcspouded.
or seemed to respond, "Not to the meetings of
the Suffrage Association, certainly."
The grave Madamo 1'resideut, or Vico-Presl-dent
for Madame President (she of the gray
and glorious frizzle) was not present listened
with a pathetic expression of countenance,
which was almost tears in and of itself.
"Sisters," she murmured at length, in softest
accents, "let the lovers of suffrage join the
Oneida Community; for, behold, have they not
lately endorsed its peculiar principles ?"
Then, "I have a husband, and "I have a hus
band," and "I have a husband, too," was buzzed
from lips unused to speak respectfully of hus
bands, "and he might get a divorce, you know,
and the walls of Balaclutha would be left
desolate."
"Let him get a divorce,'' bristled the sauciest
of the faithful. "Can't 1 smile upon tho judge
and get a decree for alimony '!"
"I hain't got no husband and don't want
rone," grimly interposed the vestal of the asso
ciation. "Husbands is nuisances; I want a
fight," and, with an exhibition of far more apti
tude for pugilism than correct English, which
has been voted altogether superlliious by special
resolution, the vestal took an attitude unques
tionably menacing. "Husbands Is good for
nothing but to pay bills, and I never permits
any bills to be presented. I fights 'em oil."
The vestal relapsed Into an attitude of musing
pensiveness, having been safely delivered of tlie
preceding oration; but still discontent reigned
rampant.
The fair president looked sad, not to say
vexed, at the pugnacious remarks of the bellige
rent vestal, who talks uo more, but fights, and,
order havlug been restored, the resolution manu
facturer ventured to begin the drawing of a re
solution voting and decreeing and directing that
the members of the association should join the
Oneida Community in a body.
l ve got a nusDana, objected one. "1 want
a husband,'' objected another, "and I'm not
going to have one of them Oncldas either.
"Ah, shameless creature, cried out the
ancient and pugnacious vestal of the association.
All, shameless crcctur , alter nil 1 ve taught ve,
to Epeak right out in meeting in this way. I tell
ye, that's no way to get one: I've tried and I
know; aud again the vestal compressed tier lips
and looked the impersonation of a Jupiter in
petticoats. Presently, however, an expression
of benignity crept over her iron features und her
lips moved ecstatically! The few who were near
euough might have heard her murmur, "I'll try
a new dodge a brilliant idea; why haven't "I
thought ol it all theso years i I U have one yet.
without goin' to the Oncidas after him."
As the venerable spiuster murmured "all these
years" au expression of unutterable pathos and
patience suffused her aged countenance as it the
recollections of other aud sweeter ays had sud
denly come over her. She gazed dreamily at
' acancy, and sighed, "All these years all tuese
years unmarried.
The most incorrigible or aged celebates, had
he seen her then, witli all the fight gone out
of her, would have piled her forlorn ness, even
to matrimony, and proposed on ttie spot, mere
was a pathetic fascination about It that would
have proved dangerous had. tuere been a single
eligible old geutleman present. Tho sternly
set jaws relaxed, the rigldness begotten of loug
vestal solitude, and the stern Napoleon ot eut
frage looked dangerously amiable with tho
dreamy, but ah, how fallacious, anticipation of
possibilities!
The fair resolution manufacturer had, in the
meantime, completed the resolution. The sub
stance was that, whereas the members of the
association believed in tho right of every citi
zen, male aud female, but female particularly,
to be a niairimenial repeater, and that, whereas
it has been proved by the late assassination that
tho world was not yet educated up to the stand
ard of matrimouinal repeating; thereforo
liesoleed. That tho members ot the Still rage
Association f ecedo from tho world in a body,
and join themselves unto tho Oneida commu
nity, in connection with which this sacred right
of the citizen is respected and provided for.
Hut alas lor the late of resolutions ! The
spirit truly was willing, but tlie flesh was weak,
or else the llcsh was willing but the sprit weak.
Whichever may have been the case, the resolu
tion was received by the lew who had husbands
with hisses, in tlie midst of which a motion to
adjourn sine die was put and passed, with tlie
proviso that those who wisiied to join tho
oneiders snouid have tho privilege ot doing so
without forfeiting the respect of tho associa
tion; and no more will the hall at Packard's
Building resound with tho declamation of
the stylish Mrs. Wilbur, or tho modest sugges
tions of Dr. Lilliput, or the oracular evolutions
of Packer Pillbox, or the Boanergian cloquenco
of Mrs. Stanton, or the "Get up a fight, please,"
of the iron-visaged vestal. The occupation of
tho pretty creature, whose business it was to
manufacture stunning resolutions, Is gone, like
"Othello's;" and no doubt In a few days the
Oneida community will have au opportunity to
add to its accessions.
The poor Suffrage Association is no more.
"The IVuil Diver."
All Phlladelphluus, If not all fair weather travellers,
are familiar with tho name of JSoynton, the "Pearl
Diver," whose little curiosity shop at Cape Hay was
one of the attractions of that place for several sea
sons. Ills place waa burned at the (Treat Are of last
year. The following extract from a letter of the
"Pearl Diver," received by a gentleman of this city,
will be read with interest:
"Fortune has treated me rather badly since 1 lef 1
CapeMuy. 1 could una no employment lu 1'liUiKlnl
phlu, nor could 1 start business, for I hail no money,
so In a? h pair 1 shipped on a vessel bound for tlie
Indies. From thero 1 went to New Orleans, where
1 succeeded In getting a situation us sub-marine
liver In a wrecking company. I have remained as
such ever since. The occupation is. exceedingly
dangerous, but 1 love It. There is a wild fascination
about i that has mo completely in its power. It Is
so glorious to go down, down, down, iu the element
1 love down among the llsh and dead men (some
times, and to work in silence ho groat that you can
almost .hear yourself think. We ure at present
bound to Memphis, thence to New Orleans, where we
will reuiuin for a mouth."
A SWILL-MILK SENSATION.
A Breakfast Appetlr.rr for the "City of
f hurcbeii"-WhiU tho Hub" of the limplre
Nlnle Flavors Its Coffee with.
At the session of the New York Board of
Health, held at police headquarters yesterday,
the following chapter of grievances, calculated
to arouse a shower of indignation in Brooklyn,
was submitted by Mr. Bergh, President of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals. Tho communication was referred to the
Sanitary Committee for investigation and re
port: American Society for the Prevention of
Ckvelty to Animals, New York, Dec. ao,
180!!. (icorge B. Lincoln, President: A most
ntroclous wrong Is being Inlllctcd on tho inhabi
tants of Brooklyn and this city by wretches
whom it would be gross flattery to call brutes.
It consists in their confining hundreds of cows
together in dark and badly-ventilated stalls,
without exercise, and scarcely room to stand or
He down, all the while fed on distillery waste or
slops. This barbarous and unnatural treatment
produces Its natural consequences. Tho animals
become positively rotten, the poisonous mucus
sometimes actually dropping lrom their bodies.
And while in this condition they are milked and
the horrid liquid sold und consumed by tlie in
habitants of the aforesaid cities. Nor is this nil.
The offal or dead cart makes Its daily visits to
this frightful charnel house, where It may bo
seen waiting, in some instances, for the very
bodies of animals then actually dying while
being milked. I am awnro that It Is difficult to
reconcile this statement to the sober realities
of truth, but there Is no fiction, unhappily, in it.
The nauseating but unsuccessful Investigations
of this Eociety long ogo lu those localities con
firm its accuracy. Now, the question is. shall
these "deeds almost w ithout a name" bo forever
tolerated for want of olliciul severity, or by
reason of an incomprehensible apathy on tho
inrt of the people ? Not an hour should be lost;
lundreds of men, women, and children are
annually being murdered or consigned to lives
of disease, to say nothing of the tortures of the
submissive brute, by suffering these pest-houses
to exist. Let them be speedily and forcibly
swept out of being, and their li'cudish proprie
tors sent to Sing Sing.
But. you will say, proof of this is necessary.
This l engage to furnish, provided tho Health
Board will comply with my request repeatedly
urged that one of the agents of this society be
nppointed an assistant inspector, without com
pensation, as provided by the eleventh section
of the act of 18(10, and subsequently amended in
section 15 of same law. This matter is certainly
of sufficient importance to the public to employ
every means offered for its correction. And I
trust the board will, without delay, second this
effort of ours to do that which its present in
spectors iu that locality have completely failed
to do. I have the honor to be your most obe
dient servant, Henry Bkkoh. President.
AMPOCEUE.
A Dead Woman (Jntim i0( Founds In Nluo
Yearn.
The Saginaw (Mich.) Enterprise reports that
while removing the bodies from tho old to the
new cemetery, south of Sagiuaw City, the men
eugnged in the task of disinterring came across
a petrified body, it was that of a female, and
tho inscription on the tombstone was, "Mary,
wife of J. Maiden, died April SJ1, 1800, aged 80
years, 1 month, and !3 days " Bernard Kiee,
who Is superintending tho disinterring and re
moving ol the bodies, estimates the weight of
the body at 400 pounds.
Mary Maiden, of whom this petrified body is
the remains, was well known in Saginaw
City ten or twelve years ago. She was a devout
embolic. Her husband was at one time keeper
of tlie light-house at Thunder Bay, and is now
living at Alpena. It is said that she died very
suddenly one day, after eating a hearty dinner.
She was quite a large woman, weighing, perhaps,
ViOOpouuds.
Mr. Lewis, through the Haijinairian, says:
"The head hud fallen from the body, and" the
bones of the neck at the point of separation had
the same appearance ns those of other bones
near by, known to be the remains of one buried
about the same time. Of tlie head, as we saw it,
there was nothing left but the bones. From the
shoulders down to the feet, save the hands,
which were somewhat crumbled, the body re
tained its natural shape of roundness. Over the
bowels there was a slight depression, but tho
wall of the abdomen was full, aud the limbs,
even to the break in the right leg near tho
ankle, which occurred while the deceased
and her husband were keeping the light at tho
mouth of Saginaw river, were precisely as they
must have looked when she was laid out for
burial. The general appearance of the limy deposit
by which this wonderful preservation has been
effected, is like that which often accumulates in
tea-kettles, and as it appeared iu the interstices
of tho clothing, and In tho soft parts of the body
where there had been slight abrasions, as iu the
lilt hip, was of about the same consistency. The
chest and breast were particularly full, aud had
attained a greater degree of hardness than any
portion of the body.'"
This is decided to be a case of adipoccre,
which is explained by the New American Ency
clopedia, ns follows: "Adipwcreo is a product "of
the decomposition of fleshy matters. It bears
a slight resemblance to spermaceti. It is formed
from bodies buried in moist earth, and especially
when these arc accumulated for years in great
numbers."
THE NEW YOKK MONEY MARKET.
Frmn the X: Y. Herald.
'The 'bulls' In gold had their turn to-day, and
cflccted quite a sharp upward movement, much to
the consternation of their opponents, who were
rendered very uneasy by the energy of the 'bulls,'
and were Induced in many Instances to rover tuelr
outstanding contracts. The reversal was originally
based upon a very vague telegram from Frankfurt,
implying an unsettled foreign market for our Gov
ernment securities, owing to the prospect of funding
them at a lower rate of interest. The 'bears' did
not stop to question the truth of such an inference
regarding the proposal to fund the debt, or they
would have known that such a measure, If enacted
by Congress, would only strciigtheu the national
credit. The bankers in Fjanklort are perfectly well
aware that they must receive par In gold for their
live-twenties before they need part with them, and
the cable telegram referred to st ems rather a specu
lator s canard than a veritable news item. How
ever. It sulllced to give the market a start, und the
price of gold rapidly ran up to 12o', from which it
declined again lo Vi0, but was again run up to
14 1,1, the highest point of the day on tho reports
that Conirress was ussuining a belligerent tone on
the question of the Alabama claims, and that (Secre
tary lioutwell would not sell his gold to-morrow
below 121. and possibly not uoiow 123.
"Holders of gold paid from seven to two per cent,
to have their balances curried over. Tlie operations
of tlie Cold Exchange Hunk were as follows:
tlold cleared f 10,904,0110
(lold balances 1,107,832
Currency balances 1,S5,1nj
"The Government bond market was active aud
strong, in sympathy with the advance In gold, and
under a large home-Investment demand, doubtless
springing from tne desire or ricu men, capitalists,
aud corporations to convert their funds into Gov
ernments, by the holding or which on the lllst Inst,
tliev inuv evade the imposition or Htato aud local
taxation. It may be remembered that when the
raid on this class of securities was made a mouth
ago, au expose of the designs of the speculators was
glveu lu tills column. This plan to break the market
preparatory to laying in bonds for currying over the
end of the year has been eminently successful. They
have sold their former bonds at a Hue profit, and
are now buying mem duck ten to twelve per cent,
lower.
"Tlie money market was easy at six to seven per
cent. Commercial paper was unlet and steady.
Foreign exchange preserved tho firmness noticed at
the close of business on Tuesday, and under a
further demand for bills advanced an eighth per
cent, lor sterling."
SECOND EDITION
LATEST B7 TBLHOXlArXI.
Five Diunken Irishmen Ituu a Muck
Through a Railway Train
Texas Election Returns.
Important Spanish News The Throne
Question A Naval Court-Mar-tial
Ordered at Washington.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, I'ee. 2. Comparatively few
Senators aud members are lu the city now, as a
great many departed for their homes last even
ing, and many more to-day.
I'oiitumwier-tJeiwml Oeswcll
gathered around him yesterday at his sump
tuous board his assistants and heads of tho
bureaux In his department, with their wives.
Of course it was ureatly enjoyed by til!.
Navy Axciiln.
The Secretary of tlie Navy has decided that
In future a paymaster, detached from duty as
acting Navy Agent, will bo allowed tho same
timo for settling his final accounts as the Pay
master of tho Navy Yard at the station where lie
was employed, and if tlioro bo no yard at that
station, then ns the Paymaster of tho station,
and such paymaster will be allowed to retain hie
principal clerk for tho time allowed him to settle
his final account as acting Navy Agent.
Naval Court Martial.
A Naval General Court Martial has been or
dered to convene nt the Navy Yard, Norfolk,
Vn., on the 5th day of January next, before
which Paymaster Thomas C. Masteu, U. S. N.,
will be brought for trial upon tho charges of
neglect of ollicial duty, disobedience of orders,
absence without leave, and scandalous and un-
ollicer-liko conduct. The court will be com
posed of the following olllcers:
Commodore John M. Berrien, President,
Captain l'eiree Crosby,
Commander S. P. tkuackcnbush,
Commander W. 12. Fitzhugh,
Commander V. 11. Maker,
Paymaster W. M. Mocgs,
Paymaster T. 11. Looker, members; and Gene
ral John A. Holies, Solicitor and Naval Judge
Advocate-General, Judge Advocate of the court.
A Hraiuilul iMemorliil.
There has just been finished and presented to
Mrs. President Grant a beautiful, chaste, aud
elegant memorial, unique in character and de
sign, the handiwork of Mrs. Fries, of this city.
The shape of the memorial is oval, about eight
inches in height, handsomely framed in gilt,
and the design is a tomb with a weeping willow
drooping over it. The tombstone is of pearl,
bearing on it tho word "Mother." Tho willow
tree is correctly formed, and Is composed en
tirely of the hair of Mr. aud Mrs. Dent, Mrs.
Grant's father and mother. The memorial is a
work of art, aud exhibits great skill.
A Soldier Arretted lor Murder.
A soldier by the name of Gallagher was last
spring tried in tho Crimlual Court of this city
for assault aud battery with Intent to kill a com
rade whom lie had wounded in a inolce at Lin
coln Barracks.- lie was convicted of assault
and battery only, and at the conclusion of his
term of imprisonment was sent to his regiment
at Norfolk, Vn. A few days ago the wounded
man died from tho effects of his wounds, where
upon Gallagher was sent back to be tried for
murder, and is now in jail here.
An Oltlee Abnllxhed.
Despatch to Tk Evening Telegraph.
Washington, Dec. 2'J. Some months since
the Secretary of the Treasury abolished the otlice
of surveyor of customs at Eastport, Maine, as it
was useless. Recently strong influence was
brought to bear to have it rc-eatablished, but the
Solicitor of tho Treasury has decided that the
oflice beiug abolished, it can only be restored
by Congressional enactment.
Secretary lioutwell leaves hero to-night for
his home to spend tho holidays.
The Texan Election.
The following telegram was received here to
day by Judge Pasehall:
Austin, Dec. J, 1800. Davis '400 ahead, ex
clusive of Milan and Navarre counties, which
would elect Hamilton, If allowod to vote. Tho
question has been submitted to tho President by
Generay Reynolds since. . M. Pease.
The President says ho has not yet heard from
General Reynolds on tho subject. There is,
however, no chuncc of an election being allowed
In the counties named.
The New Naval Kegliiter.
The new Naval Register is now being mado
up, and in it all the stall' olllcers are put at the
old rank, as Congress took no action in the
matter. .
FROM BALTIMORE,
Improvement of Jonr' Falls.
Special Denpatch to The Kerning Telegraph,
Baltimore, Dec. 2I. The ordinance to im
prove Jones' Falls against floods, assessing one
million dollars on the property-holders imme
diately benefitted thereby, and the city to
assume tho remaining expense, aud appointing
Colonel George P. Kane, Goucral Trimble, and
Henry Tyson a committee , at an annual salary
of twenty five hundred dollars each, passed the
first branch of Council, and will pass the second.
Tho Improvement w ill cost about four millions
of dollars.
FROM EUROPE.
This Morning's Quotation.
By the Anglo-American Cable.
London, Dec. 23 11 A. M, Consols 9'2' for money,
and IKW for account. United States live-twenties of
1KG2, t; ; of lbfis, 61 ii ; of ISOT, u; ; ten-forties, S2-.
Hallways unchanged.
Lonuon. Dec. 21111 A. M. Calcutta Linseed
active and uuuhanKcd. Heliiled Petroleum, Is. ttd.i
is. 8 yd.
Livekpool, Deo. 23 It A. M. Cotton steady;
uplands, 1 W d. ; Orleans, lld. The sales to-day are
estimated at l'i.ouo bales ; sales of tho week, 5s,ooo
bales, inoludluB 7000 for export and SilOO Tor specula
tion; Itock, UiO.Oou bales, or which H2.U00 are Ameri
can; receipts. 70,000, of which 88,000 are American,
Ureadstulls Provisions and produce unchanged.
Antwkkp, Dec. 28. Petroleum opened linn at
Vk'hmrn, Dec 23. Petroleum closed here yester
day at 6'(i0 and at Hamburg at 15-02.
PAKia, Dec. lis. Tht Dourse opens quiet. Routes,
Tit. ilo.
This Afternoon's Quotations.
London, Dec 28 1 P. M Consols unchanged.
United States live-twenties of 1802, w';: of lmn,
hak : and of 1867s, 8y V- Krie, 10V : Illinois Central,
tii) Atlantic and (treat Western, 2fl.
Ijvebpooi, Dec. 23 1 1. M Stock of cotton afloat,
848,000, including lM.ooo of American. Corn, 2ts.
1 (or No. t muted Western. Lard, 70s.
FROM EUROPE.
The Hpnnlnh Tlironn Onrm Ion Supporters or
I tin Diikr f tienna In Council.
By the, Franro-Ameriean Cable,
Madrid, Dec. 2J. It Is reported In this city
to-day that a family council of tho members of
the House of Savoy was held in Turin yesterday,
for the purpose of debating and to decide, if pos
sible, the question which exists in relatl n
to the candidature of tho Duke of
Genoa for the Spanish throne. It appears,
ns tho matter now presents, that tho
existing Government of Spain, with the parlia
mentary and other political partisans of tho
Duke operating in Madrid and the other cities
of the country, have not by any means aban
doned their hopes of his ultimate ncccptance
and enthronement. The Spanish Government
has ordered that the parliamentary elections
to fill tho seats remaining vacant in Cortes
shall ibc held on 'JOth tho day of January,
1870. This step Is taken so as to secure, as
is hoped, the return of members f;A'orable to tho
throne policy of tlie executive, and thus give a
legislative majority for the election of tho Duke.
The parliamentary elections will bo hotly con
tested by the opposition. Tho newspaper press
unanimously demands that elections shall bo first
held for the diff erent municipal councils, so as to
thus terminate the ex is ting unconstitutional sltna
tion, the presentmuiiicipalitics having been Ille
gally appointed by the Government. The Mlnis
frs.having concluded hintingat tho mattcrof nu
excursion to tho mountains near Toledo, have
ordered the services of :R)0 men of tho Guards,
with a battalion of infantry of the line, on duty
to accompany the cortege, so as to protect the
Ministerial party. This excursion, contrasting
as it does In such a marked manner with tho
widespread misery existing iu tho capital, has
produced a very painful impression on tho pub
lic mind.
FROM TjjjT WEST.
ltlotln on n Hallway Train,
Despatch to The livening Telegraplu
SiMtiNGFiELi), 111.. Dec. U3. A terrible riot
occurred ou a train of the Chicago and St. Louis
Ruilroad on Monday night. Five drunken Irish
men attacked the conductor aud brakemen and
passengers, knocking down several, and break
ing the car windows. They were linally ar
rested. OSITITAItY.
Sir Station! Nortlieote.
A cable telegram lrom Marseilles announces the
wrecking in the Mediterranean of the Jiritish war
vessel Deerhound, Sir Stallbrd Nortlieote, who was
on board, being among the lost.
The lUtriit Honorable Sir Stad'ord Henry Xerthcote,
Part., was born lu London on the 27th of October,
ISIS, aud was educated at Haldol College, Oxford,
from which he graduated wltu distinguished honors.
Ilaving devoted himself to the law, he was called to
the bar iu IS 17, and iu ISM was made a Commander
of the Hath, ;clvil division, aa a recognition by
royalty of his valuable services as ono of the secre
taries for the industrial Exhibition, or World's Fair,
held In London in that year. 1 n March, ISM, he was
returned to Parliament us a Conservative for the
borough of Dudley; In 1STj7 he stood for I.'orth De
vonshire, but was defeated ; he was returned for Stum
ford in July, lfctif, and remained one of the repre
sentatives of that borough until May, lsr.fi, when,
again becoming a candidate for North Devonshire,
he was successful lu securing a county constitu
ency. Ue took a warm interest lu art and educa
tional matters ; was private secretary to Mr. Glad
stone, when the latter was President of tho Hoard of
Trade (lma lf), and (d Tory proclivities; and was
Financial Secretary to the Treasury from January to
June, lsfj. lu June, lSilC, when the lato Earl Derby
came into power for tho third time, he wis appointed
President of ttie Hoard of Trade; and on the sth of
March, 1S07, became Secretary of State for India,
one of tho UiOst Important officials In the Cabinet.
From this position he retired at the close of HJr.
Disraeli's ministry, a little over a year ago. tu iscz
br Stafford published a work with the title of
"Twenty Years of Financial Policy, lsiu-ct.'
Although tir Stallbrd Nortlieote was not regarded
as a brilliant roan, he was one of the most promis
ing politicians in the Couservatlve ranks, and would
probably hae succeeded to the Chancellorship of
th Exchequer on the return of his party to power.
At tlie Parliamentary elections of lust year, he was
again returned for North Devonshire, after a spirited
contest, standing at the head of the poll.
AInrlano iHanzorcbl.
Mariano Manzoccnf. one of tho most proiniueut
musicians and composers of New York, died in that
city a day or two ago, at the age of forty-live years.
Horn in Naples in 1S24, ne gave early lu life evi
dence of musical abilities of a high order, which
were developed under the instruction of such
masters of the art as Donizetti aud Mcrcadantc,
and was one of the most eminent pupils or the
Conservatoire of his native city. Two grand operas
composed by him were produced at the celebrated
San Carlos Theatre with such marked success that
he was at once summoned to Madrid, to bring out
tho same works. In lKftti he came to tho Tinted
States, settling lu New York city,- whero he became
established as ono of the leading masters lu singing.
Among Ills pupils were several who have attained a
high rank upon the operatic stage, the list Including
such names aa Adellna Patti, Madamo Cora de
WollioiBt, Laura Harris, Mad'lle Sconcia, Madame
Hermann. Signer Mamsocchi, however, died poor,
and a grand concert for the benefit of his family is
contemplated by some of his former pupils.
MRS. ST0WE OUTDONE.
The Hyron Iliilne-An Entirely New Hernia
tion. An entirely new solution of the Byron mystery
Is furnished by a writer in tho Madras Mail,
who says that "his father had it from one of
Lord Byron's meet Intimate friends." According
to this lively correspondent, whose story we find
in the Echo, '"Lord Byron was, in a sense, a
devil. Incredible as the thing may seem to the
thoughtless, the handsomest mau in'Kugland
had a small tall, a pair of rudimentary horns,
and short, squab feet divided forwards from the
instep into two parts, instead of being furnished
with toes.
"Before he was born his mother had been once
greatly terrified by seeing, when in a very deli
cate state of health, tho celebrated picture of
Satan Spurned,' in tho gallery ut La llayc,
und the result hud been tho fashioning of her
child, to Boino extent, after tlie monstrous form
of which this sight caused her alarm, and of
which the continuous recollection could not be
effacod by any means known to her physicians.
At tho time of her confinement it was at first
suggested that the monstrosity should not be
sutlcred to live, but the child's body, as a whole,
was so perfectly shaped, und his face so wou
drously beautiful, that tho suggestion was forth
with put asido, and England was not deprived
of what was to become in due timo
one of its ehlofest ornaments. Poor
Lady Byron never recovered wholly
from tho shock caused by her discovery of what
her husband really was; and partly through ex
cess of imagination, partly lu consequence of
bad advice from persons who shall bo nameless,
she felt it to be her duty to lnslM upon her hus
band subjecting himself to certain painful opera
tions. But this Lord Byron obstinately refused
to do. He urged, and with considerable force,
that the peculiar manner in which he wore his
abundant curls efleclually bid from view the
rudimentary Lorns; aud thut, as Lo never ap
peared in pnblic without his boots and trousers
none would ever suspect the existence of his.
other defects, with the exception of his valet, in
whom he placed implicit confidence."
legal irxTEiLianncu.
Court of Onnrtrr KemilonKJarfffe Pa.xon. t'
James Cunningham pleaded guilty to a charge Of
appropriating to Ins own use some money that bad
been given him for the purchase of groceries for
another party.
lieorge W. Davis pleaded guilty to the larceny of :
a coat, having been caught In the act of taking it -lrom
the door of a store.
Marpuret Sullivan owned up to the theft Of gro
ceries from a fumlly In which she waa employed as
servant.
Mary Griffiths was convicted rf stealing an over
coat, from a small Mon1-hand shop.
Kliabeth Pollun was convicted of malicious mls-J
chief In breaking a pane of Klaus In thn door of a
gentleman's residence because stie was ordered
away. She had repeatedly annoyed the gentleman '
by visits of n disorderly character. -
Catharine Wallace was convicted ot assault and ;
battery upon her dauhier, a married woman.
Jacob KiHiior was convicted of ass'.uili ami battery
upon Jan es Hums. It was a small light growing
out of a dlsrusslon over a sheep.
James Hellly and Thomas Hassan, boys, were ,
charged with the larceny of h quantity or rigars '
from a store at Kighth and Market streets. Iteilly
pleaded guilty to the charge, ami Hassan was tried ,
iilone. Tlie evidence was thut both entered toe store -by
pn tng open a window, aud took the cigars away, v
Hassan was found guilty.
Nll I'rlna-.ludKO Wllllnm.
Powell vs. Tho i-rnns.vlvaula Hadroad Cnmnmy.
An action to recover dam iges for injuries received ,
by Mrs. Powell while a passenger from Pittsburg to
tills city. Before reported Verdict lor defen
dants. James McKlwee and wife vs. The Philadelphia and -Wckt
Chester Hailroad 'ompaiy. An action tore-,
cover damages fertile death of 'plaintiffs son, a coal '
carter, in tlie employ of Ueorge Heb-rton, wtio was
run over aud kliud on the tutu of February, 1S69, by ;
tlio irclght curs of tho defendants. The defense ".
alleged that tho accident occurred on a ptlva'e track '
running into coul yard, which was not nnder their
contioi, aud therefore tliev were not responsible. On
trial. , , ;
nA.xji: AI CO.U.UF.KCE.
Office or ihk Kvf.nino TlXKOKArHJ
Tburtday, Deo. S3, 1869. 1
We notice no material change lu the local money
market to-day, the demand having greatly eased oir
during the lust two days. The wants of the market
are nlmost entirely limited tothc business Incidental
to the Christmus holidays. Wo continue to quote
tlrst-class mercantile acceptances at i0 per cent,
outside the banks, but for much that is ohered many
are willing to pny 12 per ceut. rather than have their
appeals rejected. Considering the quiet condition '
f the market yesterday and to-day, the severity of
the rates is unaccountable. Call loans were quite
active at tl per ceut., und are lu miicli favor at. the
bunks, as they enable tticm to l.tep control of their
funds.
Cold again opened strong, and is evidently nnder
artificial inliuenees. Tlie hecretury's declining to
sell more than f 1,0 0,iiiK, Instead of f.t.OOO.ooo, has
doubtless had an effect upon the market. To-morrow
the Janu yy Interest ou the public debt will bc
(iin In advance of the time und without rebate, and
tie anticipate a serious fall whilst the unloading is
going en. Nunc f:iit,iHH,eoo will be more than the
market can carry nt 120 or over. Tho sales opened
this morning ut Vli) and declined to 120 before
noon.
Governments are dull but steady at former nuo
tattons. The Stock market was dull, and prices unchanged.
No sales of State securities. City us sold at MX for
the new issue.
Heading Railroad was moderately active. Sales
at 4!m'.'8V, b. o. ; 1'ennsylvatila Kailroad was
quiet at f:i; ; and Camden aud Amboy Hail road at
lia;.. The bids were barely nominal.
In Cunal shares we have no other Rales to report,
than Lehigh Navigation at 3(33 b. o. The rest
of the list was neglected.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven A Bio., No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST HOARD.
M000 City 6s, New.
8 sh Cam Jb AR. 118Jf
loo Bh Heading H, . .49-94
cAp.... 8'
t-toooPoR'.'mos.... u.v
Hsh Henna R. ..c. ftf7,
30 do Is. f:t?i
i uo c. tut;
loo sh Lib N St. B3,;
100 do b30.
1(10
do b30. sou
100
00
loo
dO.COd.S.afiO.40'94
do 4994
do..sfiwn.49-94
do. .IB. 030.00 1-10
1000
Nakr Ladnek, Hankers, report this morning's
Gold quotations as follows :
101)0 A. M 1'204,11-JS A. M..' ..120V
to-jo
11-18
11-14
11 -SO
...via
11-9
It -60
113
11-W
....120
...120,
...130 V
, . . .120?4
..AM,
.12"?-,;
Jay COO RE & Co. quote Government securities at
follows: U. H. 6s Of 18R1, 118(itll87i ; 6-208 Of 18ea
mbtelisjtf; do., 18C4, 1117112',, ; da, IStw, nic
112.','; do., July, 1S06, lUiVtfOlMJ,'; do. do., 1S0T,
ii4giu',;; do., uses, H4U4.'; mmos, ios;
109 ; Cur. Ss, 108J(M0t). tlold, 120s'.
StEfSKK. Wli.MAM Pajntkk Co., No. 88 8. Third
street, report tlie following quotations: U. 8. 6s of
131, 11 '4'm7. ; 6-20SOf 1S62, 113.',-1133' ! do. 1804,
lll.4ail2; do. 18C.5, 111fi(jM12; do. July, 18tt.
114?,,I14J; do. July, 1S67, U4Ka1l4; do. July,
ISttS, 114(o;114 ; 6s, 10-40. lOSytalOH. U. S. PoclllO
Hit. Cur. tis, I03j(aiu8?4'. Uold, 120 (120'. Jfarkst
steady.
Stock Uuotatlana by
Gleudluulng, Davis A Co.
York bouse the followlng:
N. Y. Cent. A Hud R i
Tolearranh 1 P. jU. i f
report through their New
Pitts. P. W. Chi. R. 8t
Paciflo Mail Steam. . . 48
MIL St. Paul H com 73V, :
XI il M, ct Pniil ...... r oki -
Con. Stock Scrip... 8t7i
do. scrip M,
N. Y. KrteRall. . 81 V
Ph. and Jtea. R 9!)k
...... w i;v. . uui (io.i.i
numn n,.prBSB ui
Mloh.8.R 8t'4i
Wells.FargoOo 81
dev. and I'lits. it. ... a
Chi. and N. W. com.. w
Tennessee 6s new. . . 44)f , j
Gold 120&
Market steady. .
.. O.I
Chi. and N. W. pref.. S2
Chh andltLH 104 7t
llillnlclpltla Trade ICeport.
Tui'itsDAY, Dec. 23. Cotton is dull, with small
sales of middling uplands at 'a'c, and Gulf at 26
BCM c.
In (quercitron Hark no change. We quote No. 1 at
f3o per ton.
There is no falling oil' iu the demand for Clover- 1
seed, and rurther sales are reported at 8(&8-12tf.
Timothy is held at tl, und Flaxseed Is at $2-5.
The Piour market is quiet, there being no demand
except from tho home consumers, who purchased
livo hundred barrels, In lots, at H-254-76 for super
fine; 4TB-2' for extras; $5-2Sa)6-25 for Iowa,
Wisconsin, ami Minnesota extra family; $5-s)(38
tor Pennsylvania do. do. ; fl-7oifi-2S tor Ohio do. do. ;
and f0-7fx4 tu for fancy brands, according to quality.
Ryo Flour sells at $&-12;i(a S-25.
The Wheat market is if a void of spirit, and only
1000 bushels Pennsylvania red sold nt fl '25(1-28, and
u sniull lot of white at (jl-42. Hye may bo quoted at
tl for Pennsylvania. Corn is but little sought after.
Sales of old yellow at tl-03. and 40i)0 bushels new
do. at 80(g83c. Outs are dull and range from 55c.
to Me.
Whisky Is strong. Sales of wood and iron-bound
Western' at 9c.f)l 11)2, Including 235 barrels yester
day afternoon utjhelower rat
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine Xetes see Inside Panes.
(Bu Teltffraph.)
New Toiik, Deo. 23. Arrived, atoAmahlr Russia, from
Liverpool ; bugle, from Havana ; aod b aU Kee, from Ber
muda. POKTOF PHILADELPHIA DECEMBER 23.
STATS Or TirKBMOMKTKR AT TUB KVEXTNQ TCUCiiBAPB '
OKi'lOlS.
7A.M 35 1 11 A. M 83 1 2 P. M ..41 (
OLKARKD THIS MORNINO. . '
Steaniohip Eutaw, Uoffin, New York, John V. Old.
ARRIVED Tim MORNING. , ,
Steamer W. W'hilldio, KiKxatiH, J3 hours from Haiti- ,
more, with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr.
Hris AuDie lliitclielilur, Htetilmaa.8 daya from Portland, i
with iiuHdiugs to Iaaao Ilougu & Momi -vessel to Work
man & Co.
Suhr Mary Ella, Thomas, 4 days from New York, with
mdse. to Kniglit 4 Kona. ' -
Kohr J. W. Kvernian, Outten, S day from Pamunky
river, with railroad tie to Albrixht i, Fiuley.
Hour Southerner, Huron, 4 days from Leesburg, Vs., with
lumber to Ju. L. Buwley A Co.
bohr Tlio. T. Taiker, Allen, from Boston. '' ' ' .
MEMORANDA. " ' ' '
Bteamahlp Yazoo, Oatliarine, for Philadelphia via Ha
vana, cleared at New Orleans ISth iust.
bteaiubhip Brunette, Fowler, for Philadelphia, cleared
at New York yesterday.
haniue Aleiumn, Arthur, for Philadelphia, sailed bom , ,
Liverpool 6th inat.
Kubr Alei. 11. Cain, heno for Boston, put inte Proviso. '
town yesterday, with loss of maittboeut and boat ty a vol-liaion.
t