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VOL. X. NO. 152.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 18C9.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
GENERAL NEWS.
STANTON.
The New York Preaa ITpoa Onr (irent Ca
lamity. The New York Tribune Bays upon the death
f Mr. Stanton:
"Undaunted by peril, unshaken by adversity,
never quailing, nor wavering, nor doubting,
hardly a general in the field or another states
man In the Cabinet or in Congress did so much
as he to secure the triumph of the nation, and
none worked more Incessantly or less grudg
ingly. Disbursing hundreds of millions per
annum, no one ever suspected him of seeking
pain for himself or friends. Arresting many on
tuspicion (sometimes mistaken) of treasonable
practices, none ever accused him of being
actuated by private malice. Weilding almost
dictatorial power, he used it only for the coun
try's salvation, and welcomed the hour when he
could resign it without shrinking from the dis
charge of an Imperative duty."
In the course of a long and apprec iative arti
cle, the Herald says:
'Like the sound of the fall of a mighty pine In
the stillness of the woods," as an Indian orator
once said of a chief of his tribe, comes to us
from Washington the news of the death of this
heroic and conspicuous patriot.
Measured by the hatred of the implacable ad
herents of the Rebellion, in his services to the
Union he stands first in the list of the great
champions of the cause. Eminently distinguished
in the character of Carnot, he has left the addi
tional fame of a lawyer fully qualified for the
high position to which he was but the other day
appointed and confirmed, as Judge of the Su
preme Court. His name will live and his me
mory will be revered while the enduring princi
ples of Union, liberty, equal rights and law
- survive in the minds of men. His friends, in
view of his services as a public man, are mil
lions In number, while the enemies he leaves
behind him, with few exceptions, are the un
liappy mourners over the 'lost cause.' "
The Timet says of Mr. Stanton:
"His occasional mistakes, his eenstant and
superabundant merits, are alike the common
talk of the nation. It will be with a kindly and
grateful and respectful emotion that his career
as a whole will now be reviewed, even among
eome of those whom in life he opposed. It will
be said of him that he was the most illus
trious of our War Secretaries, Knox, Dear
born, Eustis. Calhoun, Poinsett, Marcy, Conrad,
and the other early names conspicuous in
the records of the War Department pale, as
do the later, before Stanton's. His was an
opportunity that they did not have, and it was
an opportunity thoroughly used. The heartiest
panegyrics ever pronounced upon him have been
those of his own associates in oflice, and espe
cially in the Cabinet, who saw his work from
day to day. Able men have succeeded him in
the duties of the War Office Grant, Schofleld,
Sherman, Rawlins, Belknap; but the War Secre
tary of history will be Edwin M. Stanton."
The Sun has the following:
"Mr.Stanton was an affectionate man; his feel
ings towards his friends were warm; his hostility
towards those whom he regarded as the enemies
of his country was warm also. One day during
1863 or 1804 a correspondent of the World ap
plied at the War Department for a pass to the
Army of the Potomac. The question was taken
to Mr. (Stanton at that time lie allowed no one
else to give such passes and his answer was:
'Kefuse it, and say to the correspondent that
no favor can be given here to a treasonable
newspaper.' No doubt this reply was faithfully
reported at the World office, and that journal
has ever since pursued Mr. Stanton with a rancor
it has never exhibited towards Jefferson Davis.
Only Saturday morning, when the great patriot
and War Minister was not yet cold upon his
death-bed, the World published a column of
vituperation, detraction, and abuse of his char
acter and person never surpassed in the records
of such literature.
"It is not too much to say that Mr.Stanton was
a great man. He was great in the qualities of
his mind and the composition of his nature. He
lived in a great epoch, was placed in the front
rank among men, performed with success the
p-eatest duties, wielded an Immense power with
perfect disinterestedness and spotless honesty;
and in a time when the pursuit of gain and the
worship of wealth inspire men with a kind of
frenzy, he lived nobly and died poor. He was
hnppy in the opportunities of his career, and
happy in the manner of his end. The highest
honor which the nation has to give had just been
conferred upon him, and with this testimony of
our affection he has gone from among us for
ever." From the World we present two extracts. On
Friday the following appeared in that paper:
"This bloated blackguard, this brutal minister
and recreant lawyer, whoso only eminence has
been won by overriding the laws of the land,
and making his own headlong will stand for
reason, is now set to administer those laws upon
the bench which has been the pride of the
American bar. In all its annals, it has never
been polluted before by the membership of a
bully, a liar, a slanderer, or a shedder of inno
cent blood. That President Grant should confer
this distinction upon it by the appointment of u
Stanton is not astonishing; but that the Senate
should conspire for its degradation and his ele
vation by confirming such an appointment, is a
chocking and a lamentable thing. It is only ac
countable on the supposition that, not daring to
outrage the public opinion by passing the bill
which has been submitted to them to shear tne
Supreme Court of its strength, they have at
tempted to attain the same result by the indirect
means of filling its bench with judges whose hu
miliation no man could regret."
Almost as soon as the paper containing this
monstrous attack was on the street, the news
was received that Mr. Stanton was cold in death.
It may be supposed there was some little con
trition felt in the World oflice. This, from
Saturday's paper, shows how hard a task it was
to back out of the former position:
"Mr. Stanton's death makes him neither better
nor worse. Except with very shallow or very
sentimental people, it will weigh nothing in any
estimate of his character. All mcu die; and if
death condoned crimes and transformed faults
into virtues, all characters would be levelled
and all moral distinctions confounded. But be
side an unclosed grave, a sentiment of humanity
and a sense of our common frailty incline men
to be indulgent to the errors of the departed,
and to allow something more than their reason
able weight to circumstances of extenuation.
"When Mr. Stanton's character is viewed In its
true light, he will be regarded as the most faith
ful personal embodiment of the passionate and
vindictive spirit of the period in which he acted.
President Lincoln was impelled forward by the
gale against his own lagging inclinations; but
Mr. Stanton was made up of the same elements
as the tempest on which he rode. There is a
historical fairness in dividing; censure between
, the individual and the aire br which he was
formed; and until the passions of the late war
have subsided, multitudes will continue to re
gard the character of Mr. Stanton with sympa
thetic approval.
The Commercial Adoertiser remarks:
"He never faltered infills faith in the darkest
hour. His enthusiasm was always active and
aggressive, and he buoyed up the administration
in the periods of deepest despondency. Faults
he had. hostility he nrovoked. but h mnved on
bis way careless and steady, with one purpose
in view, with oue restless ambition to be
attained the end of the war, the crushing of
the Rebellion. Fitly did the rocky Stanton,
y 1th his sharp and salieut points, form the com
plement to Mr. Lincoln's pliant nature, and give
steadiness and ballast to a policy which other
wise might have swerved under the pressure of
the adverse storms that beat upon it.
"The newFlof his death will shoek the whole
country, for e was one of its foremost and
most honored citiaens, whatever calumny and
detraction may have followed him, or however
justly bo may have been criticized for acts
which were but parts of the great plan of orga
nization with which he wielded his high office
with an honor and Integrity never in any way as
much as suspected."
GRANT ANU MEXICO.
A Slanlflcant Hpecrh bv Heaor Komrro Grnnt
nnd the French Jnvnalon of ear Mlaler Ke-publlc-Ile
Wn In Favor of llolng to War In
Her Jtehair.
On the evening of December 3, Mr. Seward
was entertained In the Mexican capital by Senor
Romero, now a member of President Juarez's
Cabinet and during the civil war the Mexican
Minister at Washington. During the course of
the evening Senor Romero made a speech in
which he authoritatively stated that Grant was,
at the close of our own war, in favor of driving
the French out of Mexico by a resort to force.
He said:
I would not consider that I had completely
complied with my duty with the duty of a
fmbhc man, as well as that of a private citizen
f, in manifesting my acknowledgments towards
our illustrious guest, I should fail to do so in
reference to another person, to whom Mexico,
as well as myself personally, owe a great debt of
gratitude. On the termination of the civil war
in the United States, in April, 1865, the states
men of the country felt the unanimous desire
that the French invasion in Mexico should
speedily terminate. At the head of those who
were in favor of a pacific solution (if I may call
it so) was our distinguished guest, the Hou.
William II. Seward. At the head of those who
were in favor of an armed solution of the Mexi
can question was a person of great distinction
in the United States, who rendered most eminent
services to his country during the colossal war for
the preservation of the Uaion; who, as a military
man, now occupies one af the first places in the
world, and to whom the people of the United
States have lately connaea tne direction of their
Government I allude, gentlemen, to the illus
trious General Ulysses S. Grant. He manifested
the most positive desire to see Mexico frco from
foreign invasion; and he believed that this ob
ject could not be carried out as promptly as he
desired, unless the United States should accom
pany her demands to France with an armed de
monstration. I need not remind you, gentle
men, that the peace policy prevailed In the
councils of the Government of the United States;
that, thanks to it, we found ourselves free from
the complications which might have ensued from
a great war in our behalf, which would in that
event have been probable between the
United States and France. In manifest
ing our acknowledgments, and in honoring
the memory of those who sustained the pacific
policy, I should consider myself as failing in my
duty were I to abstain from recording their
distinguished services, or manifest my gratitude
oy doing honor to the sustainers of the policy of
an armed demonstration, which might have
been the most efficacious, but perhaps the most
dangerous. The distinguished chief of that
policy he who was the very incarnation of it
is the actual President of the United States.
Such was the magnanimity and good faith of
General Grant, tnat on speaking with him,
after the termination of the intervention in
Mexico, on my return to Washington for a few
days, in June, 1808, to close my mission to the
United States, he expressed to me his satisfac
tion tnat tne question, in wnicn ue took such,
great and noble interest, should have terminated
pacifically, and without having imposed upou
either of the two nations the sacrifices that,
bad it been otherwise, tney mignt nave been ex
posed to.
GEORGIA.
The Planter and their Work Tor the Year.
A correspondent writes from Atlanta as fol
lows:
During the past week I have met some of the
most extensive planters in Georgia, who are now
actively engaged in winding up their year's
operations, paying their laborers, engaging
their hands lor the coming year, purchasing
fertilizers, etc., and making their arrangements
for 187U. incy all represent tne negroes as per
fectly contented, having received ample com
pensation for their twelve months' work, satis
fied with their employers, and anxioas to re
arrange to make another crop.
The average wages earned this year by a full
hand, after paying for his food, clothing, etc.,
has been from a bale to a bale and a half of cot
ton, or from 9100 to 9150 in cash, where he has
been working for a share of the crop, and about
f 100 in clear money wnere ne nas worked for
monthly. wages, these sums. It must be under
stood, are over and above all expenses for food
and clothing, house rent, fuel, etc.; and if those
who earn them would only save their money
and act providently, it is easy to see how. in
a very few years,', they could purchase farms
oi their own, ana Decome tuorougmy mac
pendent.
How the Negroee' Money Goes,
Not long ago I saw a negro, who had just been
naid off by his employer, soend 940 for a musical
box, and I saw another purchase a huge netted
chignon for 910. During this week, when the
plantation hands generally will be paid off, the
village storekeepers in me vicinity oi tne plan
tatlons will carry off every cent the laborers re
ceive. The storekeepers, especially those of the
Hebrew race, watch for the advent of the pro
prietor with his satchel full of greenbaoks, and
when they learn that the hands have been paid
and have been allowed to take the wagons and
go to town, they send out runners four or five
miles out of town to meet the wagons and allure
the negroes to their stores, and in return for
gaudy dresses, hoop skirts, feathered hats,
resplendent shawls, candy, jewelry, banios.
etc., become possessed of all the money. I know
of one store which last Christmas week sold over
910,000 worth of goods to the negroes aioue.
NEBRASKA.
The Fifteenth Amendment Qaeatleo Why the
L-tliiliiture la not Convened nt Once.
Governor Butler, of Nebraska, has addressed
the following letter to the Hon. John Taffe, the
Representative in Congress from that State, ex
plaining the status of the fifteenth amendment
question: -
Tninm Tnn IK 1ftOTTn lnl,n T.,ff
Washington, D. C Dear Sir: Your favor of
the 8th inst. bus been received. An impression
seems to exist that I am indifferent to the fate
of the fifteenth amendment; that I have refused
to convene our Legislature for the purpose of
ratifying It. This is wholly erroneous, and I
desire that you correct it so far as possible. No
oue can feel a deeper interest in the measure
than I, and none are more anxious that Ne
braska snouia express ner asseut. mere are,
however, good reasons why our Legislature
should not be convened just at present. Ques
tions of vital interest to the State questions
requiring legislation may and probably will
arise within the next two months. They do not
exist to-day, or at least have not assamed shape,
For this reason, and this only, do I desire to
postpone the session till after the 1st of Febru
ury. Meanwhile I shall watch with deep
anxiety the course taken by Ohio and other
Slates on this question, and hope there may be
no doubt as regards the final result. Should we
at any time arrive at a point where ratification
by Nebraska is essential to success where (
would have effect then you may be assured I
shall tot hesitate at once to convene onr Legis
lature for that purpof e. I am proud of the fact
that our State was the first to adopt impartial
suffrage, and to-day she is ready to aid la mak
ing it universal throughout the country. I re
main, very truly, yours, David Butlir.
A PEAItODY ROMANCE
An Eplaode In the IJfe or the Great rhllaatb.ro
plat A Betrothal that waa Never Contam
inated Ambition Give Way Before Love.
The fact that the late George Peabody died, as
he had lived, unmarried, has given rise to innu
merable speculations and anecdotes concerning
the cause of his remaining single. It is gene
rally believed that at one time he was on the
point of marrying Miss Burdett Coutts, an alli
ance that, in a financial point of view, would
have been a very natural one. But hers is not
the only name with which that of the millionaire
philanthropist has been associated, and now we
have still another suggested. For the following
romantic story a Providence paper Is respon
sible: More than thirty years ago, In the far-famed
school of the prince of teachers, John Kings
bury, was one of the fairest of all the fair daugh
ters of Provldenee, celebrated far and nigh, as
that city has ever been for its lovely girls. Iler
school education finished, she went with friends
to Europe, not, however, before having given
her youthful affections to a young mail whom
she had met in a sister city. But before mar
riage had consummated their happiness adver
sity came upon him, and he found himself in no
situation to marry. He was not willing she
should waste her youth and glorious beauty in
waiting through long years for the day to come
when he could call her his own, so he released
her from her vows, and they parted, she going,
as I said before, to Europe. There she
met George Peabody, then, comparatively
speaking, a young man, but one who
was already making his mark, and whose wealth
was beginning to pour in on every side. He saw
her and was struck (as who that ever saw her
was not ?) with her grace, her winning ways, her
exceeding loveliness, and, after a while, he'
"proposed." Her heart still clung to her loved
one across the wide Atlantic, but after some time
.she yielded, perhaps to the wishes of her friends,
perhaps to the promptings of worldly ambition,
who can tell ? Who can fathom the heart of a
youne and beautiful maiden? She became the
affianced wife of Mr. Peabody. After a little
interval she came back to this country, and soon
after her arrival, met her first love, and after
events justify me In saying, her "enly love."
At sight of him, all her former affectum came
back, if, indeed, it had ever left her, and Mr.
Peabody,with his wealth and brilliant prospects,
faded away, and she clung with fond affection
to her American lover, and was willing
to share a moderate income with the
chosen of her heart. All was told to
Mr. Peabody, and he, with that manliness that
characterized his every action, gave her up, and
in due time she was married and settled iu a
city not more than three hundred miles from
Providence. What she suffered in coming to a
final conclusion was known to but few. Her
fair cheeks lost their roundness, and grew wan
and pale, her lovely eyes had a mournful wist-
lulness tnat toncned every heart, some blamed
her, others praised her. Those who were am
bitiousof worldly honors pronounced her "mad,"
"foolish," to throw over a man like George Pea
body, whose ever-increasing wealth would be
stow every luxury upon her, and place her in a
position in London that would make her lot an
envied one, to marry a man who might never have
more than a limited income to live upon. Others,
and shall I say the nobler part? justified her
in thinking that love, true love, was more
to be desired than wealth or earthly fame. The
paininl conflict was at length ended. Iler true
womanhood vindicated itself, and Bhe wavered
no more. I well remember, when in London,
twenty-eight years ago, hearing all this talked
over in a chosen circle by American friends, and
also at a brilliant dinner party given by General
Cass, in Versailles, it was thoroughly discussed
in all its length and breadth. Whether, in his
visit to this country, Mr. Peabody ever met his
once affianced bride, I cannot say, neither do I
know whether, when she heard of his more
princely wealth, her heart ever gave a sigh at
tne tnougnt, "ail tuis mignt nave been mine.
After several years of wedded bliss, death took
her husband from her side, when the glorious
loveliness of her youth had ripened into the full
luxuriance af perfect matronhood.
THOMAS.
The PronoMnI to Nell the Portrait of the TIero
or Nashville The True Mtory or the AHulr.
A despatch from Nashville clears up the pro
position made in the Tennessee Legislature to
sen tne portrait or uenerai i nomas, in tne toi
lowing satisfactory fashion:
The resolution introduced in the House a few
weeks since in relation to the sale of General
Thomas' portrait has created such a stir through
out the country, based on erroneous data, that
the real facts in the case ought to be known. A
resolution was introduced providing for having
the portrait of General Jackson placed in the
Capitol. This was opposed, from an economical
standpoint, and the resolution was about being
withdrawn when Mr. Illnkle offered an amend
ment providing for the sale of the portraits of
Brownlow and General Thomas. This was in
tended by its author as a rebuke to the extrava
gance manifested at a time when the State was
groaning under debt, and the common schools
were being abolished. The amendment was
offered, as Mr. Uinkle explained, as a sort of
burlesque, with not the slightest idea of its being
acted on. The author of the amendment was an
officer in the Federal army, under General
Thomas, and has the highest reverence and
regard for his old chief. He exhibited poor taste
in perpetrating his little joke a fact he after
wards discovered, when he found the radicals
making political capital out of his unintentional
blunder. The Speaker of the House and Mr.
Hinkle have both written to General Thomas,
explaining the circumstence. Out of 6ixty-seven
members present, only eight voted for the
amendment, and four of these were ex-Federal
officers. They nearly all explained their votes
by saying they were acting solely in the interest
of economy, and not out of disrespect to Brown
low and Thomas. These are the facts iu the
case, as your correspondent was present in the
House from the time the resolution was intro
duced until it was disposed of.
JOHN.
How It la Propoaed lo I'eraecate Celestials In
California.
Senator Lawrence, of Mariposa, California,
has introduced the following bill into the State
Legislature. He is a Democrat:
Section 1. Every person who shall employ any
Chinese or other Asiatic laborer shall obtain a quar
terly license therefor, to wit: From the 1st day of
April to the 1st day of July, 1870, for each such
laborer, mechanic, or artisan employed, t'i per quar
ter. For the next succeeding quarter, f 10; and for
each quarter thereafter, liao.
Section S. The Board of Supervisors of each
county shall procure the requisite number of blank
licenses and place the same in the hands of the
County Auditor, who shall sign and issue them to
the Sheriff or Tax Collector, taking a receipt there
for, and account for them lu the same manner as lu
case of other licenses.
Section 8. It shall be the duty of the State Con
troller, twenty days prior to the commencement of
each quarter, to forward to every County Auditor a
blank form of the licenses, as required by section 1
Of this act.
Seutlon 4. All moneys collected nnder the pro
visions of this act shall be paid into the County
Treasury, and apportioned: One-half to the State
School Fund, and one-half to the County General
Fund.
Section 5. Any person who shall violate any of the
provisions of section 1 shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be lined
In any sum not less than foo nor more than 1200.
Section 6. This act shall take efiect from and after
its passage.
THE SPANISH GUNBOATS.
The Salllna of the I.at or the Fleet-The First
Twelve Boata US Iiookont Mueala.
The New York ft'un of to-day has further par
ticulars in relation to the Spanish fleet.
Yesterday morning, at S o'clock, the last of the
Spanish gunboats dropped down the stream and
anchored under the protection of the sixteen
(8-pound guns of the Spanish war steamer Isa
bel la Cattollca, lying off Quarantine, Staten
Island. On Friday six of these boats went down
to the lower bay, and on Saturday three more
departed. The three that sailed yesterday were
detained by the coal passers refusing to work on
Christmas day. No. 10,whlch returned from the
first squadron with broken machinery, also
sailed.
Despite the copious showers that fell yester
day the pier and bulkhead at the foot of West
Thirteenth street was lined with tho curious,
who eyed the departing gunboats eagerly, but
attempted no demonstration.
The first division, of gunboats that sailed the
week before lost it now appears had no powder
on board. Of course this fact was carefully
concealed from the Cuuans and from the news-
Eapers. Otherwise the "mosquitoes" might not
ave got off so easily.
Mr. Dclamatcr went down to Quarantine
yesterday to see the fleet anchored off there,
and expressed entire satisfaction with their
trim appearance as they lay along inside their
convoy.
It Is now said that the Cubans might have
attacked the firBt batch of gunboats, as it was
rumored they would do, had they not been
aware that Mr. Delamater had 1381 men on his
pay roll, who were kept ready at a moment's
notice to answer any summons to repel any
attack. While the newspapers were asserting
that the boats were guarded by but 100 men, the
Junta knew that the newspapers had been pur
posely misinformed.
The gunboats are expected to drop down to
the Horse Shoe at Sandy Ileok to-day. The
greatest activity prevailed yesterday among
them, and crews were transferred from the
Isabel la Cattollca. Stores were very much
wanted. The engineers were obliged to go
ashore yesterday to get their food. Several of
them came up to the city last sight. The trans
port M. Kalbflelsch was employed all day trans
ferring supplies to the fleet. She is armed with
a Napoleon Impounder.
The steamship General Barnes, which arrived
in this port yesterday, passed the first twelve
gunboats at 11 '40 P. M. on Friday, off Lookout
Shoals.
The Boats In and Out of Hampton Roada.
The Norfolk Journal of December 21 has
news of that part of tho fleet which -first left
New York. The paper mentioned says:
About a dozen of the Spanish .gunboats came
steaming up into the Roads at 10 iiO o'clock
yesterday morning, and, after one or two of
them running their nose on the bar, came to an
anchor just off Fortress Monroe. A large
crowd of spectators bad gathered on the wharf
to inspect the strange crafts, and various were
the opinions expressed as to their qualities, etc.
The vessels are very small, neat built crafts,
with rakish spars and smokestacks, and seem to
be lively in the water. They are very light
draft, and seemed to have but little difficulty in
running all over Hampton Bar at high tide.
They are about as long as the tug America, cop
pered and painted black. They are schooner
rigged, and present more the appearance of
pleasure yachts than of gunboats.
The frigate Pizarro did not come up; and
scarcely had the fleet got their anchors down
and swung with the tide, when three more of the
fleet came around Willoughby Spit Lightship
and signalled those at anchor. They immediately
got away and went out again, and have no
doubt gone out to sea, as the weather was very
favorable for a run around Hatteras. We donot
wish them any ill, but tbey may meet with a warm
reception not many miles off the Capes, as the
Cuban iron-clad Triumph will be in their wake
like an avenging spirit of destruction.
SUEZ.
Trade and Traffic of the New Route.
From (Jalignani's Messenger Paris, Dee. 9.
The traffic from the opening to Nov. 28 that
is, eleven days was as follows: Fifty-two ves
sels arrived from Fort Said at Lake Timsah
between the 17th and l'Jth of November, and
seven between the 20th and 28th; fifty-one
vessels left Lake Timsah for Suez from the 10th
to the 21st, and five from the 22d to the 28th.
The arrivals at Port Said from Suez in the inter
val between the 18th and 28th were, altogether,
forty-five. Of these vessels seven were from
eastern seas, on their way to Europe; nine were
from the Mediterranean, on their way to the
Indies.
The total number of vessels that passed
through the canal during the period referred to
was 130, the aggregate tonnage of which was
80,000 tons.
Commercial Dlfllcaltlea Between Turkey and
Kgypt.
From tht Tndtpendance Beige, Dee. 9.
A new difficulty seems about to arise between
the Porte and Egypt. Several Governments of
Europe and America, which have no Consulates
in the latter country, desire to establish them
there, now tnat tne Suez canal nas oeen opened.
Steps have been taken at Constantinople to ob
tain the recognition of sich officials, but up to
the present time the exequatur has been refused
by the Divan, on the ground that the Executives
demanding It are without diplomatic agents ac
credited to the Turkish sovereign, and that only
States which are represented to the Suzerain
can be allowed to send consular delegates to the
Egyptian capital.
A correspondent from Alexandria states that
the countries interested are about to make au
appeal to the great powers with a view to ob
taining their intervention to overcome the Sul
tan's resistance.
M. de tieaaepa' Alarrlaaro The Bride.
A letter from Alexandria says:
The marriage of M. de Lesseps was celebrated
on the 25th of November, in the Church of
Ismailia. The ceremony was private, as, with
the exception of the Board of Directors, no
Eerson connected with the works of the Isthmus
ad been officially Informed of it.
At four in the afternoon a carriage drove up
containing M. de Bragar and his daughter and M.
de Lesseps and his daughter-in-law, Madame
Charles.-
The bride, who is twenty-one years old. tall,
and a brunette, looked charming in her wed
ding attire, and wore a magnificent set of jewels,
the gift of the Empress. A mass had been said
in the morning, so that the service of the even
ing was a simple benediction. Mgr. Bauer,
chaplain of the Empress, pronounced a touch
ing allocution, and then united the pair before
him. In signing the contract, the witnesses for
the gentleman were M. Volsin, Director of the
Works, and M. Levally, Contractor; and for
Mad'lle do Bragar, M. Hubort-Dellsle, Senator,
formerly Governor of the Mauritius, and M.
Behic, ex-Mlnlster.
The bride Is of English extraction, and was
born on the island just mentioned.
M. de Leoseps arrived at Geneva, in company
with his bride, on their way to Paris.
leoal iNTnLLianrrcrj.
U. 8. Dletrlct Court Judge Cadwalader.
OKOKUS M0UNTJ0Y BKNTKNCKD.
This morning George Mountjoy, who was recently
convicted of revenue frauds, was sentenced to pay
a due or three thousand dollars and undergo an im
prisonment of two years ; and If at the end or that
period the One was not paid, to undergo an addi
tional year's Imprisonment.
The quickest trips by sailing vessels from
Japan to San Francisco were made in 18to and
1807 by the barque Archibald and ship Cordil
leras, the time in each case being twenty-five
lays.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST B7 TULLQUAPH.
Christmas Observances Grand Drill
for the Championship of Ame
ricaBaltimore Affairs.
Call for a Labor Reform Convention in
New Hampshire Corrosive Sub
limate Taken as a medicine
The Party Does not
Get Well.
FROM JVEW EJVOLAJVD.
Military Drill.
Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
Boston, Dec. 27. The Montgomery Guards
are negotiating with the Western Guards, of
New York, for another drill for the champion
ship of America.
Ilonora to Kir. Stanton.
The flags on all the public buildings are at
half-mast to-day in respect to the memory of
Hon. Edwin M. Stanton.
Mr. Boatwell la Boaton.
Secretary Boutwell spent a few hours of
Christmas Day In Boston, and then left for
Groton. The Secretary of the Treasury thinks
that Congress has not accomplished as much la
so short a time for several years.
Labor Reform Convention.
Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Concord, N. H., Dec. 27 The Labor Reform
Executive Committee have Issued a call for a
State Convention in their political affiliations.
The committee is evenly distributed between
the Republicans and the Democrats. They call
upon the voters of New Hampshire, irrespective
of party, who are In favor of forming an inde
pendent party, to send delegates to a convention
to be held at Concord, on Friday, January 28,
for the purpose of adopting a platform and an
address, and nominating a State ticket. The
Crispins are in union with the labor reform men.
Accidental Death.
Despatch to The F.vening Telegraph.
Portland, Me., Dec. 27. Daniel Strong, a
Well-known citizen, died on Saturday, from the
effects of a dose of corrosive sublimate taken
through mistake.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Chrlatmaa Obaervancea.
Special Despatch to The hvening Telegraph.
Baltimore, Dec. 27. Christmas passed off
here with the usual observances, and an unusual
amount of drinking and jollification. All the
Catholic and Episcopalian ehurcbes were grandly
decorated. The most interesting celebrations
were in the jail and penitentiary.
Accident Affray.
A man named Michael Flaherty was accident
ally killed on the Northern Central IRallroad,
and William Leher was fatally shot in a lager
beer row.
lienor to Mr. Stanton.
Flags are at half-mast to-day on the public
buildings, shipping, etc., for Mr. Stanton's
funeral.
FROM NEW YORK.
Attempted Suicide.
Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Brooklyn, Dec. 27. Mary Beacon, aged
eighteen, attempted suicide by jumping from a
Greenpolnt ferryboat into the East river. A
deck hand rescued her.
FROM EUROPE.
Thin Afternoon's Quotation.
Bp the Anglo-American Cable.
Paris, Dec 2T 12-30 r. V. The Bourse opened
firm. Rentes, TUf. 78c.
Antwerp, Dec. 27. Petroleum opened firm at
Havre, Dec. 27. Cotton opened quiet, both on
the spot and afloat.
GENERALITIES.
The Crown Jewel of Russia.
A correspondent who has seen tho Russian
crown jewels says they are kept in the highest
room of the palace. The staircases are lofty,
and the ascent is tedious, a our tried and faith
ful servants of the realm keep watch and ward
two within and two without. The great Orloff
diamond turned its basilisk redaction full upon
me. This overtops the Koh-i-noor by eight
karats in weight, and I am satisfied the greenish
tint and the flaw lessen it only to the grovelling
mind. Big ? I could hardly see it. It was the
size of a knob on a bedpost. The imperial
crowns of both Emperor and Empress were
adorned with noble jewels; the former resem
bling a patriarchal mitre, dome-shaped, carries
on its summit a cross formed of five magnificent
diamonds, and supported by a very large, uncut,
spinal ruby. Eleven great diamonds, in a foli
ated arch rising from the front and back, sup
port this ruby and cross, assisted by a hoop of
pearls. The band for the brow carries 28 large
brilliants. The orb is surmounted by a great
sapphire, greenish and blue, and a huge and
very long diamond. The coronet of the Empress
is a beautiful mass of exquisite gems. Apart
from those above mentioned, and a lot of great
emeralds, the collection is not so striking as
that of Saxony. This may be traceable to the
faet that much of it still retains its old silver
setting, not calculated for the best advantageous
display. It is kept covered up with old linen
cloths.
General Wool' Estate.
The evening before the veteran General waa
stricken down with the illness that closed his
eventful career, he made a most interesting state
ment to the editor of the Troy Whig, which
conveys a practical lesson, and shows how easy
it is to become rich after obtaining the first dol
lar, if one is prudent and economical. "I never
madebutfJO.OOOlnmyllfe!" said tho General
emphatically, "but I always kept that at good
interest! " On our expressing surprise, he went
on to explain. It seems that at the close of the
war of 1812, the General found himself terribly
wounded, but about even with the world in a
pecuniary point of view. Shortly afterwards
the Govcrnmentsent him to the far South and West
on a special mission connected with military
affairs, and for five years he travelled over
mountains, and through the almost trackless
wilderness, and accomplished bis difficult mis
sion, as he always did, to the entire satisfaction
of the Government. He had not drawn a dollar
from the Treasury, except for actual expenses,
and at the end of the five years the Government
owed him 120, 000, which was then paid. Here was
the nucleus ot ills laree fortune, uenerai wool
was then about 85 years of ago. He died at
abont the age of 88. Now, let the reader take
this $20,000, which, at compound interest, will
nearly double every ten years, and in the titty
years intervening between tne time oi its re
ceipt and the General's death, he will find that
it will amount to just about the uenerai a estate,
to wit, 040,000.
FINANCE AHI COMMERCE.
Omca or thi Rtkhtno TttranAPH,) 1
Mond.T. Dm S7, 1MB. f
The week opens to-day on a qoict market. Tie
demand lor loans is not very largo, but there Is soma
drain Westward which prevents the banks from
expanding their loans for the present. Tbey are
doing but little In the discount line, though they
take some paper occasionally of depositors on rigid
terms as to dates and credits, fn the outside market
there Is a limited business doing at 9vai per cent, on
undoubted credits and short dates. Call loan are
also quiet and easy at 9 per cent., and occasionally
at 6, but the extreme dullness prevailing at the
Stock Board narrows down the business.
Gold opened this morning at 1'JOS, fell to 180'f,
and closed at noon at 190s. Tne tendency of the
market was slightly downward.
Government bonds continue Inactive, but Friday 'a
quotations are well maintained.
There was an absence of all speculative feeling at
the Block Board this morning, and prices are wlth
ont much change. There was no sale or enquiry
after State or city securities.
Heading Hallroad sold at 49, cash, with 60 b. o.
otic red; Mlnehill Hallroad was taken at tan; Penn
sylvania Hallroad was without sales, with 53V bid;
Ihlgh Valley Railroad was dull at 68a!53 V; Phila
delphia and Krie was active, and sales were made aa
high as fX and s, b. o. 84 b. o. was bid for
Caiawlssa, and 87 V for North Pennsylvania.
In Hank shares there were sales of Farmers' and
Mechanics' at 117, and Glrard at 60. M waa
offered for Commercial, and 231 for North America.
Coal, Canal, and I'asseagcr Hallroad stocks were
extremely quiet, and we have no sales to report.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST BOARD.
12000 Phil A Sun7s
HshLeh VR.ls.O. 53t
In S.W0s.... 96
10 sh Far A MBk.117
10 sh Glrard Bit.... C
14 sh Ca A A Sc. Is. 63
S00 sh Head R.ls.o.
10 do ...trf.o. 9
83 do....trf.c.49-44
10 sh HlnehlUK... 63
(10 IS. 63V
8 do....bC&i. 63V
3 do. 6S H
19 do 0. 63
69 shPennaK.-ls. xxii
S00 sh Ph A a R.ls. .
S days.... 28)tf
200 do.... bee. sv
Hkbsks. d Havik a Broth. 40 No. 8. Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
U. a 6S Of 1881, 118 (118; do. 1888, 1180118W";
do. 1864, 111X112; do. 1866, 1V2U2V; do. 1800.
new, ii4xii4 ; aa. isst, do. iu '43118: . do. 1868,
do., 1H?4116; l(M8, lostfjio8 ; U.S. 80 Tear
6 per cent. Currency, 1081109; Due Comp. Ink
Notes, l;Gold,iaO',mao; Silver, 119120.
Mbbsks. William Paintkr a Co., No. 86 8. Third
street, report the following quotations: U.S. 6s of
1881,118119; 6-90SOf 1863, US VlllSV; do. 1864,
111112; do. 1806, 113ail2V; do. July, 1865.
114VC"4'V; da July, 187, Ii6rtii6v: do. Jiy!
1868, UMllS.'f; 68, 10-40. l(V108r. u. 8. PacllO
RR. Cur.Cs, 108109. Gold, 120120si. Market
firm.
J at OOOH A Co. auote Government secnrttiea aa
follows: U. a 68 Of 1881, 118 Vll! B-SOSOf 1868,
113tllS; do., 1864, lll'a'AlWH'; do., 1865, 112(4
112; do., July, lftoa, lumatui do. do., 1867,
11411&; UO., 114(4(4116; 10-408, 108X
109; Cur. 68, 108109. Gold, 120Jtf.
Narb A Ladnkr, Bankers, reoort this mornlnir'a
Gold quotations as follows :
10-00 A. M 120H ,11-60 A. M 120V
10-07 " lfS 11-61 12'v
10-18 " 120V.11-65 " 120V
10-2O " 12(t;ll-66 " 120V
10-80 " 120 ' 12-09 P. M mii
10-85 " 120MI
IMilIudelpliIa Trade Report. -
Monday, Dec. 27. The Flour market is almost at
a stand, there being no demand for shipment, and
only a limited inquiry from the home trade, who
purchased 600 to 600 barrels, Including superfine at
14-2604-60; extras, t4-765-12)tf; Iowa, Wisconsin,
and Minnesota extra family, f&-266; Pennsylvania
do. do., 16-266-87; Indiana and Ohio do, do.,
5-eo6-26; and fancy brands, $6-&07. Rye flour
may be quoted at f&5-l2X in Corn Meal no sales
were reported.
There 18 but little demand for Wheat, and Mie
offerings, though light, are lu excess or the wants of
the millers; sales ot fair and choice Pennsylvania
and Southern red at II &13-0. Rye may 1 quoted
at $1 for Pennsylvania. Corn is quiet, with sales of
old yellow at $1-01(1-03; new do. at 83g87c. accord
ing to dryness; and white at 80482u. Oats are ne
glected. We quote Western, Pennsylvania, and
Delaware at 63&&7a o sales were reported In Bar
ley or Mair. ,
Bark No. 1 Quercitron is held at $80 per ton.
Seeds Cloverseed Is less active and sells at f 770
(38-10 per 64 lbs. Timothy is nominal at 4(4426.
flaxseed sells slowly at $2-26.
Whisky Is dull at 11(41-01 for wood and Iron-bound
packages.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Monday, Dec. 27. The advent of the holidays haa
caused quite an exodus of the drovers from the
drove yards, and the offerings were consequently
light, but prices have undergone no material change.
We quote choice at 9V10c, prime at 89c.,
fair to good at 78c., and common at 6(460.
lb., gross. Receipts, 1418 head. The following sales
were reported :
BeaO.
14 Owen Smith, Western, 7tf(48V.
16 A. Christy A Bro., Western, 7x8)tf.
84 Daengler A McCleese, Western, 6(47.
84 Ph. Hathaway, Western Penn'a, 6x49.
60 James McFUlen, Western, 9(4l0!rf.
60 E. 8. McFUlen, Western, 910.
100 Ullman A Iiachman, Western, 89','.
136 MartlnlFullcr A Co., Western, extgutf.
80 Mooney A Smith, Western, 9(410. ,
47 Thomas Mooney A Bro., Western, 69.
40 H. Chain, Western, 67tf.
80 John Smith A Bro., Westorn, 1yWi4.
60 J. A L. Frank, Western, 6($l4,
60 Gus. Schamberg A Co., Virginia, 7tf9X
40 Hope A Co., Western, 7V(4S)l.
24 M. Dryroos A Co., Virginia, 67X.
69 II. Frank, Virginia, 748tf.
60 Elkon A Co., Virginia, 6x47&
19 Blum A Co., Virginia, 68.
86 Chandler A Alexander, Chester county, 7(48.
14 Kimble A Miller, Chester county, 7(49,
111 Elllnger, Virginia, 7($9)tf.
1 39 John McArdle, Western,
J7 R. Neeley, Chester county, 7X(483i'.
18 Rosenberg, Viiglnia, 6.
21 S. Frank, Virginia, 7(48.
81 C. Welker, Virginia, iX.
85 J. J. Chain, Western Penn'a, 7(48.
48 B. Jackson.lWestern. 6 .
80 II. Ketler, Western Penn'a, 66.
20 G. Calvin. Western, 6X(46.
20 J. Gallagher, Western, 6V8V
Cows and calves are slow of Bale; 100 head sold
at t&o475, a decline ; springers may be quoted at
140(405.
Sheep are steady, with prices firm ; sales of 4000
head at Omlc. for common and extra.
Hogs The market is weaker, but with no material
change in quotations. The arrivals and sales at
Glass' Union Drove-yard reached 2416 head, which
sold at prices.varying from $14; to $15 per pound
net for.com fed.
The Chicago Tribune learns that an "em
bassy" from lammany Is now Itinerating the
Western States "on a sort of rag-and-bone Busi
ness, trying to buy up Democratic newspapers
to support Hoffman's nomination for the Presi
dency' LATEST SIIirriNtt INTELLIGENCE
For additional Marine News see Inside Pages,
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. DECEMBER 27.
STATE Of TBXBMOOTTCB AT THS EVZtrrHO TXLSaBAPH
OWIUB.
7 A. M 42 11 A. M 49 1 8 P. M .,60
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Stearasr J. S. blii-irer, Her, 18 hoars from Baltimore,
With mdaa. to A. Grovea, Jr.
Uobr Lady Kami, Snadaoor, 7 doji from Jamas River,
Vs., with lumbar to Collin A Oo.
MEMORANDA.
Steamship Brunette, Tomlia, nenee, at New York yea.
ter1j.
Brig Alloa Lea, Foster, hence, at LUbon 14th last, la 9.S
daya' paBaage.
Suhr Nt. Croix, Eaton, hanoe, at Galraaton IRth Inat,'
Bobr Addia Knamon, Uuujititon, henoa, at Portland 34th)
inetaat.
Hohn h. O. Hiokman, Kelly, from Ronton, and Mjooate,
Leigjiton, from Providanoe, both for Philadelphia, at Mots
BohraM?KaU)Tne. Faeamlra; Wm. P. Ooi, Maitlaad;
and Kureka, Maio. all from Maw Havaa for Puiladaiphia.
at Naw York laatanUy.
Bohr Mary B. Hud mo, Vaughan, from Boaton for Pulla
del pun, at Naw York yeatarday.
bebr E. O. Irrin, Adkiiia, for Philadelphia, sailed from
ProTideni a 24tb ioat.
bobr Julia A. Crawford, Yeuaf, for Philadelphia. Bailed
from Newport A. M. S4U iaat.
Bohr P. A. Bander, btaaluian, aaaoe, at New Tork 15th
lnetant.
bobr A. M. Flanagan, Collins, for Philadelphia, sailed
from St. Mary'a, (., Hint mat.
Hour Problem, Wamball, banes, at Rlahmoad 83d tnat.
Bobr Jeaee WilUauieon, Genoa, banc, at iUttaotgud a4tk
hulas W