r hi VOL. XIV NO. 14G. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. ( CHRISTMAS pBESENTS. HRISTMAS 1 RESENTS. A Substantial Coat lor fattier to be got or JOHN WANAMAKER, Nob 818 and S20 CBESNCT Street. CHRISTMAS pRESENTS. HRISTMAS 1 RESENTS. A Buit for the little boj can be had cheap of JOHN "WANAMAKER, Nos. 818 and 820 CHESNUT Street. n TTP.T RTM A S TlRESENTS. VHRISTMAS 1 RESENTS. Orerooats for poor relations. Trices moderate. JOHN WANAMAKER, Nob. 616 and 820 CEBSNUT Street. CHRISTMAS pRESENTS. DEIST MAS 1 RESENTS. Heats' Wrappers, Cravats. Umbrellas, Gloves, Hand kerchiefs, etc., in great variety. JOHN WANAMAKER, Nos. 818 and 820 CHESNOT Street. HHRISTMAS pRESENTS. N VHRISTMAS RESENTS. Hint. We have on the order book of both our stores the measure of a great many of our friends, M that garments can easily be made to your order for Christmas OUts. JOHN WANAMAKER, Uoa 818 and 820 CHESNUT Street. CHRISTMAS ) RESENTS. HRISTMAS X RESENTS. K Any garment or article bought for Christmas msy fee exchanged at aay time If the party is not fitted or salted. JOHN WANAMAKER, Not. 618 tod 820 CDX8NUT Street. FIRST EDITION Death of George Holland. XVTob law in Kentucky. (Jrant on General Amnesty. OBITUARY. Cr.r Holland. Yesterday, after a long life of seventy-nine years auil fourteen days, Ocorge Holland, the veteran omcdiau. l ed at his residence in wew xorK. lie ontheetbof lecemier, 1791, and received a good education. When but mx years or age ne appeared on the stage of th Royalty Theatre, taking part in a dance. When, however, be had reached the ag of seventeen he obtained a Bit oat Ion as clerk In a silk warehouse In London, which he left six mouths later to enter the banking establishment of B Allow A l.unhlngton, C'eriihlil. Three months passed, when he lost his place, but Immediately obtained another situation from Harder fc. Hons, bill brokers, on leav ing wnom ne entered into tne employment or Amo- vi an i Echo Lint, The failure of this paper again threw him out of work, and he derided npon becom ing a printer; but somehow he never could learn to Betty pen correctly. Two more years followed, dur ing which he earned a scanty living as a commer cial traveller in Ireland. Meantime Holland had imbloed a taste for the theatrical pretension, and on his return to England ne sought ana obtained an engagement at the Olympic Theatre. Here ho first appeared in charac ter, playing "Tom ' in All at Coventry, this was in lS'JO. llis success, thongh not great, was steady, and gave him a reputation whicn enabled him to obtain engagement. In 1S2Q he came to New York, making his debut as a "star"' at the Bowery Theatre, in seven dltTereot characters, in The Day After the lair. After nine years of a successful career, mainly In the Northern States, he went to New Orleans a treasurer of the Sr. Charles Theatre, and remained lu the South with William caiaweu until 143. returning to New York, he was engaged at the Olympic Theatre, and remained there seven years, although on July 14, 1M6, he appeared at Masonic Hall, in this city, as "uongntiy," in Lena Me five siatiina. Alter leav ing the Olympic Mr. Holland became a member of t lie company at Wallace's old theatre, for several years playing all the low comedy parts, and making himself a general favorite with the frequenters of ine tneaue. on ine nth 01 December, iiiw, no lert Wallack'i and joined Christy's Negro Minstrels, playing female characters; but this branch of the proiession wss unsuited to his taste, and he aban doned it after a few months, on returning from Knglasd, to which country he paid a visit lu 1861, Mr. Holland was again engaged at Wallack's, an I remained there till the close of the season or lstH-9. lis last engagement was at Daly s Fifth Avenue Theatre l(sc-70). or late tears the veteran ai-tor couni not do much on the stage. He hud begun to feel the etrccts of old age. Nevertheless he was always sure of an engage ment and of receiving the kindest treatment from the managers. Last spring he was given a bene tit which netted a handsome sum of money, on this occasion he endeavored to return thanns, but his emotion prevented his giving utterance to words. The old actor was a general favorite with thea're goers and with members of his profession. His deatn will v.e deeply regretted by all who anew him and were aware of his ineny sterling qualities. GENERAL AMNESTY. The rrelleol Views-Why the Hubject was uuuiira in 1110 luennitce. The New York Tribune's Washington corres pondent writes: The President nays that the omission to make any reference to thi subject of amnesty In his annual message was accidental, lie mtenueu to nave stated ma views freely npon the question, but in the hurry of making up tne document in time to aenu it to congress, lie omitted to do so. His purpose was to call atteutlon, in the first place, to the geueral misapprehension prevalent in tne country, mat a targe nnraoer or people are disfranchised in the South by the four teenth amendment aud by the legislation of Con gress. mis Dener, wnicu nas uecn lostcrcii uy tne De mocratic newspapers, is wholly an ernr, for in tact no man has been deprived of the right to vote by the action of Congress or by the force of a constitu tional amendment. All disfranchisement nas been by virtne of laws enacted by the Southern States themselves, through their Legislatures, for which Congress is in no way responsible. This fact, the ITtsldent thinks, ought to be more generally under stood. He nronosed. in the second ciace. to nave dis cussed the propriety of removing the dlauualltlca- tlona from holding orttce imposed by the fourteenth amendment. His view of the matter Is that the people of the South ought first to accept the four teenth and lilteenth amendments, and give evi oence that they fully acknowledge their validity, be. fore asking for amnesty nnder the provisions of the first of these amendments. The only power Congress has to grant amnesty Is by virtue of the authority conferred by the four teenth amendment, and -so long as the Democrats at the South resist that amendment and deny its validity, it is manifestly Inconsistent for them to ask fur a removal or disqualifications nnder Its provisions. Until these amendments are acknowledged and respected as binding, the Presi dent thinks the public sontlment of the country will beavfrseto granting amnesty; but when the atti tude or tne tate iteoeis cnanges in mis respect, ne believes that a sweeping amnesty should be promptly accorded by Congress. The President ex presses his regret that he omitted to sit forth these views in his message, as It was his full intention to have done. THE BLIND MURDERER. Caafeselan af the Parrlelde-lle Did Net In lead ta Kill II U .ttataer. The Albany Evening Journal of t&e 10th Instant has a full report of the Coroner's Inquest upon the double murder at Stephentown, from which we take THBMUKDBKKR'S 6TATKMBKT, "I shall be twenty years of age the 80th day of next April; 1 am blind; never had the ue of my eyes to my knowledge; 1 live in Stephentown; was born In the town ; to-day i Friday, yesterday was Thursday ; the homicide was committed yesterday Utween 4 and 5 o'clock In the afternoon; mother and Martha went out to milk, and they told me to Uke care of the baby ; wbbe they were gone my fa tier, Francis Kittle, tried to get iu the north room where 1 was, and I shut the door and kept hliu out: mother, Lncimla Kittle, came lu ; my father pushed the door open this door la the one between tue north and the south room and took the baby from me; then 1 started to go out Into the wood-house and he partly threw me out there, and be went out there too; tney got me a little mad; the orst thing I thought of was the revolver In the drawer; 1 started to go baci into the other room, and he caught holt, of me, and that made me a little worse; they got him away from me, and 1 stepped to the drawer and took out the pistol ; motner tried to get It awav from me: she was In between me and father; 1 was not mad at her, and the pistol went on accidentally ; I did not know at tne time tnat 1 snot and killed her. bnt recollect hearing her fall ; I then snapped It, but do not know whether It went off gain or not; 1 was making ror my rather wuen 1 snapped the pistol the second time; I was just about going through the door when 1 caught bold of my father (partly In the south room) and hit him on toe mad whi tne pistoi; tne second time the pistil snapped he fell ; if I recollected pounding his head gainst the floor 1 should tell It; 1 know that my lather Is dead and I supiKute I have killed him: 1 told Henry Bogart, my broth er-in-law, that I meant to nil my lamer, nut 1 01a not mean to kin motner, A. BIO BLOW OUT. The Mlire-Ulyeerlaa Hlaat at Dlaaiaad Reef, The effect of the nitro-giycerine blast on Diamond Kcef, oil' Governor's Island, was examined yesterday by the engineer and divers engaged on the work. The water was so muddy tht they were unable to see. but by crawling on their bauds and knees and feeling.they discovered that a great cavity had been made, and that a mass of rock weighing about four hundred tons bad been completely shivered by the force 01 me explosion. The fragments win be re. moved by oreuging, after which a thorough eaau inatlou will be made, by the aid of magnesium lights, (ieneral Newton hag declared the new sys tem or oiaauog m oe morougbiy satlsuctory, ana will continue to use It, under the direction of G. W. Mowbray, tne patentee. There will be little dlffl tuliy in removing the remainder of tha reef, it having been ascertained that heavier charges can ue aipioueu wnu au.oium saiety. increase or power, rreater result, less trouble, and leas cost! are among the advantages of the new system. x. JUDGE LYNCH AGAIN. Three Itlea liana v Mak la Keataehy. The Louisville Vvuriei-JounuU of December 19, ssys: Mention was made In this column some davs since of the murder of young Tyrec, near Mt. Ster ling, on the 4th inst., by Will Jack Anderson, Ben Franklin, John Frauklln, (lus Nektrk, and Hudson DrannlgHr, near the Poplar Tavern, lu Moutgoinery county. The body of young Ttree, alter the murder, was concealed, and after a search of abotH a week It was found In a saw-dust pile at Mr. K I. Hall s mill, near the place where the murder was com muted. After the killing the murderers left the county, taking with them Den Franklin's wire and two children, and several females of low re pute. The murder of Tyree was a Cold-blooded and deliberately plotted affair, and a party was soon formed to aid the otilccra in pursuit. After scouring Montgomery county for seve ral days, the pursuers got on the track of the murderers, and followed them through Powell, bath, and Msgoiltn, and finally caught tip with them near Vanceburg, Lewis county. They were com manded to surrender, which they refused to do. A sharp Pght ensued, when Ben Franklin was killed, and the other Frank In and Hudson Braunlgar w ounded. The pursuing party proved too much lor them, and the murderers were compe led to sur render. They were taken to Mount Sterling on Monday evening last and lodged In jail. After a preliminary triai they were fully committed to await the action of the Circuit Court, bnt on Thursday night last a large party of armed men weut into Monnt Sterling, took three of the prisoners from jail, and bung iheni In a woodland near town. We nave not yet learned the names of the victims of this horrible sceae. Bad aa they were, and Juitly as they deserved hanging, the act of the mob was as mnch murder aa the crime for which they suffered, and lu the end may prove more injurious to society. A STRANGE STORY. A Worn a vtlia nyn Hhe Win (Soldier Wounded a Cavalryman aad Captured aa a Mpv. The Pit tabu rg CronirU of last evening has the folowlng : Yesterday there arrived In this city a woman who tells a startling and romantic story. She claims to have well-authenticated papers to support nerBtory, and refers confidently to distinguished military men who, she says, are acquainted with the facts of her case. Briefly, the story she tells Is this: She lived with herhusbdUd at St. Paul until the war broke our. Then the husband enlisted In the 13th Missouri Cav alry Kegiment. rihe says be "was the only human being on earth who cared for her, or for whom sue cared, and she resolved to accompany him. Accord ingly, she says, with his consent, she donned mas culine clothing and joined the same company with her husband. Ad through her connection with the company, she states, no one nut her husband and the captain knew of her sex. She served in the raaks until the battle of Stone river, when her hus band was killed and she herself wounded lu the leg. With this wound she was kept for a considerable time In the hospital, and when partially recovered, was discharged from the service. She did not leave the army, however, but entered the secret service as a spy. She crossed the lines aa a deserter from the Union army. She succeeded in gaming all the Information sh wanted, and trimi she got hold of a suit of female clothing, In which she attempted to leave the rebel lines, but wa cap tuted and sentenced to be hung as a spy. She was placed under a tree and the rope placed around her neck, but for some reason the execution was post poned and she was taken to Tollahoma. tlere, afttra fewdwys, she was recap'ured by our own men. After this she quit the secret service and dressed in the proper clothing of her sex. She en tered for a time on hospital duty as a nurse. She worked at this for a tieue and then returned to St. Paul. Here she married a second time, her husband being a discharged soldier from an Illinois regiment, who bad been discharged on account of his failing eyesight. Eventually he became entirely blind. At the close of the war she was admitted as a lnembur of the Grand Army of the Kepubllc. Anneke Jana Heirs Aaatn Foiled. If the days of miracles and wonders had not en Irelv Dusked away, the Anneke Jans nelra' suits against Trin ty Cbu'th would surely be accredited to superhuman agt-ncies. In no other way, ki fa :t, can the host of claimants, comettants, and, of course, lieiis, be accounted for, whose unexpected springing Into existence once ev ry year causes snch trouble to the trustees or the richest ecoleaias tical coriorattou In he world Trinity Chur"h. The divine utterance, "I can or inoae stones raise up children nnto Abraham,' might almost be accepted as the solution of the phenomena of ao many of Anneke Jans' descendants putting in an ap pearance every once in a wnue, to irignten tun oni fogies the Trinity trustees from their propriety and 1111 the pockets of the 1 iwyers, espoelally of these on the winning (Trinity Church) aide. Judge McCunn, before whom the last "recorded" suit of this Interminable litigation wss held, in the supe rior Court, deals a legal "sockdolager" to the batch of claimants Who brought the case before the tri bunal over which ne presides, how they will reel when they read Judge McUunns opinion In to-days issue 01 in) aeitid may ie more easily conceived than described. Judge Mcf'nnn Is a hard hitter-delivering from the st oulder every time, and he b manages his foils, his feints, and hls.oslMon that not a vantage pronrd can be round to put "one in," or nit naca; or to give an adversary a chauce of putting a legal "head on him" in any way. This fact make the case as ne presents it in nis ruling on the motion to amend tne complaint on the part of the Anneke Jai s' helra a hard one for raid heirs, and to have a ghost of a chance to suc ceed In their very mythical enterprife they must bring their suit into some other court thsn tnat in w hich tne sain practical juage preswiea. This Anneke Jans-Tiiulty Church controversy re. minds us or the Suhleswlg-IInlatein difficulty, which so long bothered the pates of European statesmen that Lord Palmcn-ton once declared, when ques tioned on the subject, that he had been told about it, but his Informant was then dead, and he had quite forgotten every circumstance connected with it. X. 1. Uerdhl to-day. Iirkaf Dlaclplleala the Paris Army. The following significant order has lately been lgsutd by (ieneral Trochu, commanding In Paris: A sueochBion 01 tacts 01 a very serious nature us convinced the Governor of Paris that tne principles which constitute the honor and strength of troops have become relaxed In the corps d'armees of H Denis. The sentiment of duty, obedience to regu lations, respect tooilicers are sometimes imperfectly appreciated: and such deviations cannot be tole rated in the presence of the enemy. This state of things very seriously compromises tne reputation and dignity of the troops, and has been a source of danger to the cause of defense. The enemy fail not to take advantage or disorders which occur berora their eves, and the Government has learnt with equal indignation and surprise, that an intercourse. the effect Of which cannot be comprehended either by the troops or ineir omcers, is occaaionany eHioiiueii ue tween our advanced Doats and thoe of the Prus sians: and It Is at a moment when all minds and all hf arts should be united lo tha effort to bring about an honorable result to the def nseof Paris that I hfarof those evidences of a deterioratel military sririt in a corps d'arroee to which I had confidently intrusted the charge or one of our mont iraporunt positions. I had sent thither a great majority of the sons of Paris, becanse tney had pledged tnmseives to defend their homes with an energy whl-'h should not shrink before any sacrifice. My severity will be exrrclael to lu fullest extent to recall to a sense of duty those who may fall to observe its dlctatea, but I entertain a nnn hope that I shall have no further occasion to condemn, and that my apnea! to the patriotism and honor of the officers, sub-officers, atd soldiers of the corps d'armee will not be la vain. MOAL INlLLLiaDNCH. The Nulllvan Haaatelde. Court Oyer and Terminer -Judge Paxson n4 The case of James Cleggett, charged with the murder of Policeman Dennis Sullivan, still engages the Court. The Commonwealth offered la evideuce the dying declaration of the deceased, to the effect that Mahoney and Cleggett had given htm his death blow, and tnat Cleg gett bad knocked him down and kicked him. After offering some other evidence concerning tne doming or tne aceeasea, me ixin mnnwokllh closed. Tne theory of the defense Is that the prisoner did not strike the officer, but that a third party not on trial or in custody struck him, and that he fell to the round three times, and the prisoner was not near dm eirner time, and also that the deceased died from natural causes, his braia and liver being badly diseased. 0. F. T. says be sees nothing, but rainbows for France. George's vision Is not more clear tban that of men wbo sometimes tee nothing tlit Ifars. SECOND EDITION WAR NEWS BY CABLE. The Advance on Havre. llattle Fought in the Yiclnily. The Recent Capture of Nuits. Prussian Strategical Movements. Important Chincso Advices. x Secretary Seward at Tientsin. Financial and Oommerclal Etc. ntc. Etc. Etc.. Etc. FROM EUROPE. Ceadltloa af Parle. London, Dec. 21. Advices have been re ceived from Paris down to Saturday, the 17th inst. The army and citizens are still calm, resolute, and confident of success. Provisions are plentiful. There have been no disorders whatever. ' The Cnptnre ef Nulls. The first despatches announcing a German victory at Nulls, in the Department Cote d'Or, on Friday last, were exaggerated. Tho number of prisoners captured, it now seems, was six hundred only, instead of six thousand, as at first reported. The March aa Havre. The news this morning; from tho German army of the North is important. General Manteuffel is again marching on Uavre, this time with a much larger force than before. The French report that they have taken measures to resist. An engagement Is reported to have already oc curred at Bolbec, only 17 miles from Havre, in which the French were victorious and Prussian advance checked. The Prussians have bom barded Masle, a small town In the Department of tbe Alsne; thenue they marched eastwardly to v ervms. The Germane, on a Hr ronDoiMHuoce from Amten. recently attacked the corps of General Fa'd herbe, in the neighborhood, but were repulsed, with considerable loss. Ftamlan itlaTemeata. The Prussians evacuated Serguigny and Beau mont after tbe late engagement. There has been some fighting at Bray. Twenty-live thousand Germaus are at Mont- didier. FROM CIIljYii. Arrival at the Japan. San Francisco, Dec. 21. The China mail steamship Japan, which arrived last night, has. a very large amount of freight, but only sixty seven Chinese passengers, which is the smallest number ever brought since the line was estab lished, f he list of white passengers includes twenty-five for San Francisco, fifteen for New York, and one for Europe. Among the arrivals are lion. A. V. Randall and wife, Commander Bcardslee, U. S. N.; Lieutenant-Commander Hooker, U. 8. N., late of tbe steamer Idaho, and a number of other naval officers. Mr. Steward' Moveiaeata. The latest advices from Northern China state that Commodore Rogers and Mr. Seward's party arrived at Tien-tsln on the 27th of October Great preparations were making for their recep tion at Pekln. TAe Tlen-t.ln Aa.nn.lna. While they were being entertained at the Rus sian Embassy at Tlen-tsin, sixteen Chinese were executed for their participation In the Tien-tsln maetacre. !h1p Newa The Tea. Trade, Etc. The United States steamer Alaska and her Britannic Majesty's ship Midge were at Hong Kong. Tbe United States steamer Ashelot would winter at Tlen-ttsln. Mr. McLeary Brown and the Chinase Embassy had returned to Pekln. Tbe steamer LI on more was totally wrecked at tbe mouth of Yellow river Novembers. The detention of tbe steamship Japan waa between Hong-Kong and Yokohama. In Cbina trade was very dulL Shipments of tea were being made. flew Yerlc fflaaav aad Mtaeli market. Niw York, Dec. SI Stock a firm. Money T per cent., currency, tor per cent. goui. Gold, liflX&U. ft-wni ibex, coupon, 107'.; do, 1-Ni, do., Iot,; do. 1865, do. 107,; do. 1666. new. 108k; do. 1807, 110; do, 1863. 110' lu-408. 106r; Virginia 6s, new, 63; Missouri 6a, 3,V; Canton Co 6S. CumOerland preferred, V5: N. Y. Central and Uadaou River. KIV: Erie. Readlne. 971 Adams Expreaa, ti4; Mlchifrnn uencrai, iio,exaiv.; wicnigan oateru, 91 H; Illinois Central, 134: Cleveland and Ptttshurg, Mt'l, ; Cblcago and Hock Island.l03; ; Plftsoura; and Fort V avne, 9, ex dlv. ; Western Union Tele- grapn, x. New Vark tTadace market. Niw York. Dec. 81 Cotton quiet; sales 1500 bales uplands at lBe ; Orleans at 16c Flour quiet and witnout uecided change; aties uuo barrels, Wheat oulet and suadv: sales 80.000 bushels new sprlsgst litis; red Western at ir3(l-4; white MUiniran at 11-56. Corn stead ; galea 27,000 bushels new mixed Weatern at 73 474c. Cats dull; sales 17,000 busbels Ohio at Mottile. Beef steady. 1'i'rH quiet and heavy. Lard dull; steam, HVl'c kettle, l.tf(a.l3o. Whisky quiet at 94 o. Baltlmare Predueo Market. HiTTivflii. Don 1 nirtin at Aad T a,ni nnlnt. middling uplands, lave.: low mtddlinKS, 140 asked. Hour active and unchanged. Wheat dull at lesterday'a quotations.. Only choice samples wantea. tjora active ana niuuar; wuimj, I4'4 "., vellow. 78(4740. Oats Arm at 62c. Hy. 76490c. Wovlslona unchanged In every reaped: no stock and no business. Whisk? steady at 93(A9lc. asking 1 or wnou anu uuu-uuuuu. Tbe Indians in New Mexico are peaceably Inclined, and are reported to oe willing to settle on a reservation near pauta r e. It is said that Governor McClurg, of Mls sourl, will reassemble the old Legislature for the uuruose of electinsr a Republican Senator in the place of Drake. Such action would make a capital text for another oration from Carl Schnrz. He might direct some "bl tins' sarcasm" at that peculiar phase of tbe political situation I which enables a minority party to choose the representative of a State which has Just made ao overwhelming popular demonstration against IC FOURTH. EDITION LATER FROM EUROPE. The Condition of Paris. The Famne Point Reached. The Thionville Capitulation. AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. Nominations by the President. lite, lite, Etc., Etc., Etc. FROM EUROPE. Affaire at Paris. London, Dec. 21. There la no later impor tant war news from France. The reports of yesterday in regard to mobs and riots in Farts lack confirmation, and according; to the latest acconnts tbe tone of publle sentiment In that city continues hopeful, not nnmlxed with heroic defiance. Notwithstanding the fact that famine Is almost at hand, the citizens and soldiers are cheerful and confident. Rumors of French victories In the field have an effect almost as sus taining as food, and the unanimity anions: all classes in support of Trochu is almost wonder ful. Oa taeCapitalatloa af Tblaavllla 5000 French troops were paroled. A majority of the besieged were much enraged because of tbe surrender, and some troops threatened to explode the magazines, but were dissuaded from their purpose npon the appearance of women and children, who on their knees be sought submission. During the action fifty thousand shells were thrown Into the city, in volving damages of over 5,000,000. FROM WASHINGTON. Executive iMauiloatlana. Despatch to the AsuoaiaUd Prean. Washington, Dec. 8U The following; nominations were sent 10 tne Senate to-day by the President: Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, to be Euvoy Extraor- ainaiy ana mi uitT riempoteuuary to ureal lift. tain: ovaepn v. Clements, or onio, Meiretary of Washington Territory; William L. Longr, of North Carolina, to be Consul at Carrara: Ellas J). ISraner. of Aiar land, to be Consul at Talcahuana; Oeorge a. Aiint-a, mio uapiaiu ium uavairy, u do uaptain iu tbe Unlteri Statcg Army ; J. S. Adams, Collector of Customs at Hr. John's, Fla lataraal Uevenxe Seizure. Denpatrh to the Ateociated Pre. Washington. Dec. 21. Tne internal Revenue Odlce was to-day Informed of tbe s-lzare at Nor folk, Va., on De emncr 17, of about 3ioo lbs. of to bacco, the stamps being; lmperiectiy attached to the boxes and not cancelled 111 accordance with tbe rcgula'lons of tbe bureau. FROM NEW ENGLAND. Great Billiard Match. POTiTPMOCTii, N. 1L, Dec. 81. A billiard match. one ihousaud points, between Daniels, or Boiton, auu i-iKiion, 01 iNew iuik, was won ny tne former, Digiion scoring bC4. Murder Trial. Boston. Dec. 21. Tha trial of Nelson P. Stan- stedt for tbe mnrder of his wife resulted In a verdict of manslaughter. He was sentenced to twenty years in the State Prison. FROM NEW YORK. Hpeele Halputeat. New York, Dec. 41. The steamship Bavaria takes l23,oiiO In specie to Europe to-day, aua the Idaho 19,000. LITERARY. , . , Cbanaea la a Wrll-Kaowa Pabllahlna Ileuae. On tbe 1st of January a ehange will be made in tbe well-known and popular puollaAing arm of VUlds. Obkoou & Co.. bv the retirement of Hr, James T. Fields from active business. Tbe junior partners. Jurors a. usgooa. jamea o. Clark, ana Benjamin II. T.ckBor, nve purchased hta Interest, and will conauct the bUHiueea uuler the firm of James R. ocgood &. Co. No change will be made in the general character or tne ouaiuess or tne souse. but ibe new arm intend to extend their transactions and add fresh names to a list of author, which Is alresdy singularly full ant popular. The publica tion of the Atlantic MotUhly, Xorth Ame wan Re view, Every Saturday, and Our Young Folk will be continued as usual. Tbe numerous friends of Mr. Otgood will be glad to hear of his prosperity. En tering the house of Tlcknori Fl Ids as a clerk la lSra, Mr. oegood became a partner In 1864, and now laKea tne leaumx nomuou as me nean 01 tne nrin In his hands we may be sure the old house will lose none or lis trad Monal virtues. Tbehistorvof this houBe goes back to 1832. In that year Jt hu Allen and William i. Tlcknor pur chased the business of Carter U Uendee, then one of the principal publishing and Dook-i-ellinsr firing of Boaton. Tbe copartnership of Allen k Tlcknor lasted only two years. Mr. Tlcknor then conducted the business In his own name, from lu to 1843. In the "Old Corner Bookstore." In 143 headmltted to partnership John Reed. Jr.. and James T. Fields. who at the lime wbeuMr. Tlcknor purchased tbe ouaiuess waa a youug lad. in the siare of ( arter h. Uendee. The business style of the firui was cnanued to wmiim i. Tirknor fc uo., wnicn was retained until 1860. For Imprints upon the title pagea of their books the style of Tick nor, Meed &, Fields waa used so 1 ng as Mr. iteeu re mained a nartner. In 1S54 the style of Tlcknor X Field, was adopted, William jj. Tlcknor and James T. Kieida bein tne oniv partner. The frm was tnus constituted for ten years, when by tbe death or Mr. Tlcknor in 184. it wasaiasoiveu, Mr. Fields then reorganized the firm by admitting to partnership Howard H. Ticknor, eldest son of hia late partner, ana James it. uagoi. wuo "j eutereu the eatahlinhment aa clerk in 1850. In January, imml John K. Clark became a partner. Tbe style of the firm continued as Tlcknor h. Fields until Octo ber. 1868. when Howard M. Tlcknor withdrew. This left the bualaeas to Mr. Fields. Mr. Osgood, and Mr. Clark, who adonted the style of Fields. Osgood & Co. In May, laie, Benjamin H. Tiekaor, second son of tbe founder of the house, who had been clerk lu the establiahment for nearly ten years, was admit ted a partner. By the retirement of Mr. Fields, on January , 1871, after nearly forty years of active service, the ouameaa paasea into tne uanaa 01 air. Osgood, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Tlcknor, all of whom bave received tneir uusinesa education in tne nouse. ONE RUFFIAN LESS. Death of tbe Noiorleua Kit Buraa. The ruffian Kit Burns, aa he was called, bnt whose real nam waa Kevnourn. died on Monday niaht at his Water street den, in New York. Ilia lai hours are said to bavu been apent m great agoay vf booy and mind. Bunts died as he lived, an outcast f aocietv. and a libel on all tnat was goea. virtu ohs, tr bohest. Coming from Ireland la 1844, be found congenial ocupuoe as a oaraeeper in a Water airet daace-heuse, and a few years later be came the central iiure In that vile neighborhood arboad which revolved tha leaner light of the aban doned and crlailBftJ claasea. Fr years ha has kept a Ue resort, where daily or nignny were practised scenes of brutality tnat ware a diagraca to tha city of New York, and to the polioe, under whose knew- ladce tnev took Plane. The water street den was always filled with loungers, whose countenances told plainly of their character. A police captain once remarked: "If , you want a man pushed overboard or a pocket cut out, yon can farm the tob out at Burns' for a five dollar note." T'ader tbe tables or eronched behind the bar from which were dtapenaed poiaonnus liquors, lay at all times bldeons and vicious dog, and hanging about the walls were cheap prints of the noted puglllst-n snd flphtlcg.dcgs of this conntry and Knglsud.' Amid such scenes as this Burns paased his days. Of about the medium size, with a face deeply pitted with pock marks and seamed and scarred as If Reared with a hot Iron, Horns' profile did not fa'l to 1 id 1 rate the man. Added to this a flashy style or drew. great breastpin, "loud'' colors, and a silk hat with low crape, tipped at an angle npon nis noa-i, and tiio reader baa a tolerable Idea of the appearance of f hl-t man as he stood a leader among the rnmtnlv eieinrnt. He was forty-eight yeara of ago, bnt ha had the appearance of a man of sixty. I IXA-IUE AltP CQUMGttCK. KvBviNt Tr.t.soaArn Orrrrg,) ' Wednesday, ilea. 31, 170. ) There is a fair demand for money, which daitv Increases, thongh trade is abont as dull aa It well can be. Bankers, as a rnle. are willlntr to accommodate all borrowers on eood short date paper, bnt many are exacting collaterals In view 01 me recent onsiness laiiures In some Important branches. We quote call loans at bl4(aV per , cent, according to collaterals and choice com mercial paper at 75Mj per cent. A small amount of paper is taken at the banks at 6 per cent. In the gold market there is no change nor any movement worthy of notice. The range is still Uovernment bonds are quiet but steady at yesterday's prices. At tne stocK Board tne business was light, but prices were quite strong. Old city bonds sold at W4 and Lehigh Gold Loan at in iwaoing rtauroaa tne sales were large at 48 rj6(48?TLehigh Valley chaneed hands at 5(1. ' 4r) was bid for North Pennsylvania: UOV for 1'hlladelDhia and Erie: and for nUwiu preferred. Miscellaneous Euares were nerrlected but aulte firm. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.' Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 S.Third street. FIRST BOARD. IfiCO City 6s, Old. Is I 100 ah Read R.. .b8.4s s: cap.... k-ji 100 do e. 48 kf IBOOOLeh (s gold. is 86 S00 do. 100 do. 8J0 do. ...b30. i-iy. 111 id uen n.cvp n 2Csh8chNav rt.. 1 4866 .bswn. 48 V BETWEEN BOARDS. 14000 Phil A Sun is. .km 14000 Conn g It Bds 84 14000 OC A RTS.C 78 60S sh Reading R.o UK 800 ao. do do , do. do. ...... 49i ...b30. 4SJi ...Aha. 48,' 48 09 ....IS. 48 W 600 109 100 loOahFennaR.... 17 do ICO bq Leh V.d bill do... d bill 100 ah Leh Nav.bio lit 61!' r9 f)9 83Jtf 00 juixj do.. blown. 48V 100 do 0.48-69 do 600 do. b6 100 da bR loo do .bl0n 48v 100 do jkl 83 ISShCamA Am R.U8vl 100 do. bl0wn.48-Hi 80 sit Or Coats Ht 46 ,1800 do. blown. Is. 48-81 200 sh Read ta.t.ft. 48S 100 do b30. 49V 100 do.... .b80. 4891 SECOND BOARD. E4shFenna R. ls. 61 Vi 400 ah Read.. Blown. 48-69 100 do Oljf 0 do.. blown. 4894 18 do no ah Leh V R.... 10O ah Leh Nav St.. 1)0 sh Read..biOwn. 100 Uo..bl6wn. eit 69 33 S 4' 900 . do la. 48 800 do.. BlOwn.43-69 100 do.. blown. 48-04 800 do ...ls.2d. 48V 800 do. ..bswn. 48?f 800 do sd. 4974 S00 do la. 48' 100 do.. Blown. 48C9 300 do 1b. 49 J Missus'. wn.Luif faintbr A Co., No.se s. Third street, report the following quotations: U. 8. es of 1881, 113(4113',-; 6-80S Of 1868, 1071101 ; do. 1864. 107iOl07tf; do. i860, l07.Hl07H;da, July, 186B, 109109tf; do., July, 1867, 110,4110V; do. July. 1868, iioi8llo : 5s, 100, ioxio6 : u. s. Pacific an. w. a, tiuutiiu'. uoia. iiuuuo;i. m KeeRB. um havrn n uaoTHan, No. 0 8. Third street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations : U. 8. 6S Of 1881, 1134113V: do. 1868, 107(4107ii ! do. 1864, 107V1075 do. 1865, 107Vi4107tf; dal86B, new, 109X(4109X : do. 1867. da 109 V1 10 ; da 1868. da 1 105,(41 10 J.': 10-408. 10S(4106. V. S. BO Veai a percent. Currency, loouo'i; Bold, llov4 lio.vj silver, 106(4108: Union Paclflo Railroad lstMort. Bonds. 79N4S06: Central Pu-inn nminu 920(939 Union Paclllo Land Grant Bonds, 6960610. Pblladelptila Trade Report. Wboneboay, Dec. 81. Seeds Cloverseed con- tlnnes In demand, and we notice sales at.l0Yll.'c. Timothy may be quoted at $3 60. Flaxseed BeUs lu a small way at f 3-10. Bark In the absence of sales we quo'e No. 1 Quercitron at 125 y ton. The Flour market Is dull, but prices are un changed. The demand Is mostly from the borne consumers, whose purchases foot np 6 4000 barrels, Including superfine at t4-604'75; extras at I548-25; 400 barrels Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family at i6(426; Fenns vivaria do. do. at $6; In diana and Ohio do. da at 16 60; and fancy br&bds at $f(48. Bye Fiour mav be quoted at t946'1234. in Corn Meal nothing doing. Tbe Wheat market is devoid of spirit, and prices favor bnyero. Sales of sou bushels Indiana red at l -43(1-44 ; 800 bushels amber at 11-47; and Iowa choicered at $1-88. Ryeis steady at hoc. for Western and Pennsylvania and 808c.for Southern. Corn Is dull at former rates. Sales of 8100 bushels new Southern yellow at "0c; 8400 bushels Western mixed at 69$70c. ; and some white at &sc. Oats are unchanged; 8000 bushels sold at 64af5. for Penn sylvania and Western; 80oo bushels Western Barley were taken on private terms. Whisky maybe quoted at 9293c. for Western wood and Iron-bound. LATEST SHIl'riNU INTELLIGENCE. For additional Marin Su tee Inside Page. By Telegraph) Nkw York, Dec. 81. Arrived, steamship City of London, from Liverpool. Steamer Tynan, from Messina. ' PORT OF rmLADELPUIA, DECEMBER 81 BTATI OF TBIkfOMBTIH At TH1 SVIKIKQ TKLBOBAPB OFK1CZ. T A. M 3BU A.M 83HP. M.......36 CLEARED THIS MORNING. Steamer Tacony, Nichols, New York, w. M. Ualrd tt Co. ' ARRIVED TUIS MORNING. Stesmship Nevada, Uruuiley, from Hartford, with Uidne. to W. M. Balrd A Co. Suamer J. 8. Shriver, Webb, 13 hours from BaltU more, with muse, aud pasacugers to A. Groves, Jr. Mteamer Fannie, Fenum, 84 hours from New Vork, with mdse. to W. M. Balrd aCo, ' Steamer S. C. Walker, Sheriu, 84 hours from New . York, with mdse. to W. M. Balrd A Co. Steamer Virginia, Hunter, 79 hours fm Charleston, with mdse. to Souder A Adams. Brig George Uarrla. Bluuuhartl, 18 days from St. Marys, Us., with lumber to Souder A Adama. Scbr Magnolia. McLaughlin, from New Vork, with planter to Smith A llama. Schr Hamburg, Westcott, from Petersburg, Va., with railroad ties to Collins & Co. Schr B. F. Reeves, Brannen, from New York, with salt to W. tiumm fc Co. Scbr Caroline, Rlee, from Millvllle, with mdse. to W hitall, Tatem A Co. Scbr Reading RR. No. , Adams, from Bridge port, Conn. Schr Vasliti Sharp. Sharp, from New York. Schr W. B. Thomas, Winamore, from Bob ton. Scbr Lehman Blew. Clark, Uo. Corrtipondene rf Th Kveninn TelermpX. KA8TON fc McMAHON'S BULLETIN. Nxw Yorx Officb. Dec. 80. Barges Enterprise, New Era, and Capitol, left last evening, light. Barge T. E. Creenman, with scrap iron, for Tren ton, and Geo. J. Wagoner, do. do., for Philadelphia.- Phixaoklfbia Bhancb Officj, Dea 81. Barge E. C. Potter, with pig Iron, for Baltimore. L. S. C. MEMORANDA. Br. ship Record, Colfer, hence, at Antwerp 3d Inst. bteaniers Virgo, Bulkley, for Savannah; James Adger, Lock wood, for Charleston; aud Regulator, Freeman, for Wlluilngton, N. C cleared at New York yesterday. Suamera William P. Clyde, Sherwood ; Novelty, Sbaw : and Beverly, Pierce, for Philadelphia, ol d at New York yeaterday. Steamers Montgomery, Fairclotb, and San Sal vador, Nlckt-rsoa, from Savauuab: Ashland, In KTain, aad Charleston, Berry, from Charleston; and Kiien S. Terry, Bearse, from ewuern, N.C at New York yesterday. Bark Ormue, PettengUl, hence, at Antwerp Sd Inst. Schr James Alderdioe, WUIetU, bene, at Bridge port lath lost. ; lu the gale of loth, oil bandy Hook, lost foresail. Scbrs A. E. Martin, Weeks, hence for Providence, and L. D. fsraal , Tjs.n, do. for Pawtucket, at New York jetterdsy.
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