TUB DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH -PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1870. OMTIIAUY. K L V. a I- it E ii v a a it n i: w. On Saturday afternoon the lonr, eventful, in tfustrioup, and singularly useful career of the Rev. Albert Dimes was brought to a sudden but serenely peaceful clo-.c Tiicoinpmy with Lis daughter, bo had left his residence, at No. 4:201) Walnut street, West Philadelphia, to pay a visit of condolence to an alllicted family re nding about a mile distant. He walked the entire distance, but soon after entering the Louse be fell back in bis chair and expired without a struggle or accord. Albert Barnes was bora in the town of Rome, New York, on the 1st of December, 17!). His father pursued the calling of a tanner, and in Ibis laborious occupation he was himself en gaged until be bad attained the age of seventeen. A year later he entered Hamilton College, New York, and graduated front that institution with' the class of 1W0, at the ago of twenty-two. Concerning bis inner life at this period he has said: "I began life a skeptic in religion, and T early for lif td and poi.-onrd my mind by reading all the books to which I could find access, that were adapted to tester and sustain my native skepticism. Up to the age of nineteen, though outwardly moral, and t lionet), in the main, respectful In my treatment of religion, I had no belief In the Bitile as a revelation from God, nor was I willing to be convinced that it is such a revelation. Circumstances which related rather to the choice of a profcsslDn than to any ques tion about the truth tf religion, led mo to s.mie re flection on the general subject of the future nd to the course which I should pursue in the world. I should liuvo shrunk nt flint time from Its being un derstood Unit 1 icail the lllile, and I should equally have nvoldi.d any book that would ba understood I iv my associates to suggest the thought that I was a 'serious inquirer In regard to my salvation. Among t hem, however, I was net asha ned to be seen rea t lng a book which was ii all our hands, tiie 'Edin burgh Etieyilopicdla,' tAien in the course of publica tion, one of the numlrs of that work nad an arti cle b Dr. Chalmers, entitled 'Christianity.' I read It. The argument to me was new. Jt fixed my at tention. Itcomniaudod my assent. It convinced me, intellectually, of the Divine origin of the Chris tum religion." . "But," ho continues, "with this Intellectual con viction 1 paused. I formed a purpose on the sub ject of religion which I then intended should regu late my future course in this world. It was to lead henceforth a strictly moral life; to say nothing against religion; not to be found ou any oenvslou among its opposers; but to yield to Its claims no farther. I jysolved to frame my lile, In this respect, on what 1 "inderstand to be the chiracler and views of Dr. Franklin." A year later a religious revival commenced in the college, and Mr. Barnes was firmly resolved upou maintaining the resolution expressed abdve. But in this endeavor he was providen tially frustrated, in the following manner: "A classmate, recently converted, stated to me In simple words, and with no appeal to me person ally, his own feeliugs on the subject of religion, de scribed the change which bad occurred in his mind, ami left me. Ilia words went to my heart ; led me to reflection my condition, and were the means, under God, of that great change which has so materially affected all my plans In this life, and which ! an ticipate and hope will atlect my condition forever." This changed the. whole current of his life, and in November, 1820, he commenced the study of theology at Princeton; was licensed to preach in April, 1821; and wa orJa'ncd and installed as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Morris town, N. J., in February, 1825. ' Referring 'kto the early portion of his career, he has said: "I began life with bo wealth and with no patron age from powerful friends. 1 was blessed with virtuous and industrious parents, and entered on my course with the advantage which was to be de rivedlrom their counsels and example. I was de pendent on my own efforts. 1 claim no special credit for this, or sympathy on account of It, for this is the way in which most men begin the world." Ho. remained at Morristown for flvo 3'ears, signalizing the close of his pastorate, in the spring of 1S30, by the delivery and publication of a ecrmon on "The Way of Silvatlon," which at once drew to him the attention of the whole Presbyterian denomination. Tha Church was just entering upon that memorable struggle which ultinialcly rent it asunder, and itIs ser mon on "The Way of Salvation" wai made the "basis for an ecclesiastical persecution of its author, which was conducted with great earn estness for six years, until its object obtained a complete triumph over all his adversaries. He was called to the First Church of this city in 1830, as the colleague of the Rev. Dr. J. P. Wilson, with the hearty concurrence of the latter, there being but one vote adverse to his hettlement in fifty-four which were cast upon the question. Having signified his acceptance, the congregation, according to the custom of the Church, asked leave of the Presbytery of Philadelphia to prosecute the call. The motion to grant leave rahied a stormy discussion, which wa prolonged through four days, several promi nent members of the presbytery declaring that Mr. Barnes' sermon on "The Way of Salvation" contained fundamental errors in doctrine, and asserting their unwillingness to countenance ay innovation by his reception. Leave to pro secute his call was finally granted, by a votel of 21 to 12, it being understood that as soon as Mr. Barnes was received into the Presbytery he should be placed upon trial for heresy; and on the 18th of June, 18'JO, he presented his certifi cate fof dismissal and recommendation from the Presbytery of Klizabethtown. A fierce opposi tion was again arrayed against his reception; but it finally prevailed by a vote of thirty to sixteen. An attempt was then made to arrest him hls formal installation, by the presenta tion against him of charges of unsoundness in doctrine; and in November, 1X), by express - command of the Synod, these charges were heard by the Presbytery, but in a manner which, according to the cla'ux of Mr. Barnes and his friends, was entirely unconstitu tional. The matter was finally taken before the General Assembly of 1831, which decided that there was "a number of unguarded and objec tionable passages" in Mr. Barnes' sermon'; but ordered the presbytery to suspend further pro' ceedings In the case, and recommended such a division of that body as would promote peace aad harmony In the Church. This compromise was stoutly opposed by the adversaries of Mr. Barnes, and the recommendation of the Assem bly was not fully and satisfactorily curried out until the year 1830. Mr. Barns meanwhile entered upon the dis charge of his new pastoral duties with inaDy misgivings, by reason of his youth and inexpe rience. In a sermon on "Life at Three-score," preached on the 28th of November, 1858, ho ays: "1 came here a young man, with but liitle expert ence, with no personal acquaintance with the man ners and habits of a great city, and with no audi reputation as to make success certain. I had never preached before the congregation when I was called to be Us pastor. I came at that early period of life, and with that want of experience, to succeed the most learned, able, and eloquent preacher in the i'rtsbytenuu Church; a mau occupying a position in this community which no other man occupied ; a man who had ministered here more than twenty years; a man whose opinions secured a degree or respect which few men have ever been able to secure; a man beloved and venerated-by the con- fregatlon to which he had so long ministered, came to take charge of ona of the largest and most influential congregations In the land.- I came when I was fully apprised that I must encounter from without a uott decided and for midable opposition to the i lews which I bad cher ished and to the doctrines which I had expressed. 1 found my venerable predecessor already, by an ticipation, my friend, lie defended my views, lie Indorsed my opinions, Be exerted his great in fluence in the congregation In my favor, commend ing cue, in every way, by his peu and his counsel, to he i-oi f.d tii-c r.nd arrectinn of the people to whom tie bud pn (onjj' ministered. Cor six months, the t'me riming whirh he lived st'er I became the pas tor cf the church, he was my friend, my counsellor, my adviser, my example; he dd all that could be rime by man to make my ministry here useful and happy.' But Mr. Barnes' difficulties with those who were opposed to his peculiar doctrinal views did not end with his successful Installation. While be has been widely and favorably known as nn earnest and ellicient pastor, and as a clear and impressive pulpit orator, his fame through out this and other lands has been chiefly owing to bis able commentaries on different portions of the Scriptuic?. In his sermon on "Life at Three-score," lie thus refers to the origin and composition of these remarkably successful works: "My attention was first directed to the subject by what seemed to me to be a wint in Sabbath-schools, the want of a plain and simple commentary on the Gospels, which could be put into the hands of teachers, and which would furnish an easy explana tion of the inean'ng or the sacred writers. 1 began the work, and prepared brier notes on a portion or the Gospel of Matthtw, when 1 Incidentally learned that the Rev. James W. Alexander, n. I)., was en pngetTin preparing- a similar work. Not deeming it. desirable that two books of the same kind should lie prepared, I wrote 'to him on the sub ject, lie replied that he had boon em ployed by the American Sunday-school I'nion to prepare such a work; that he had made about the same amount of manuscript preparation which I had done; 'that he regarded It as undesirable that two works of the same character should Ip issued ; that his health was delicate, and that he would gladly relinquish the undertaking, lie aiiandoned it, as 1 have always felt, with a generous spirit, i have prosecuted the work until a result has been reached which I by no means contemplated nt the outset. All my commentaries on the Scriptures hnve been written before !) o'clock in the morning. At the very beginning, now more than thirty years ago, I adopted h resolution to stop writing oh thesft notes when the clock struck nine. This resolution I have Invariably adhered to. not unfreqaently finish ing my morning task In the midst of a paragraph, 8Dd sometimes even In the midst of a sentence.' In consequence of the arduous duties thus voluntarily assumed, in addition to the pressing labors ef bis pastorate, and the fact that they were accomplished mainly in the hours which are devoted by other men to rep03P, Mr. Barnes entailed great physical suffering upon himself, and came near losing the use of his eyes. But lie reaped a Tich and unanticipated reward for his self-sacrifice. No works of a similar character have attained such a wide spread popularity and circulation among all denominations of Christians and in all countries. They have been translated into several foreign languages, and in 185(5 his "Notes on the New Testament" alone had attained a circulation in this country of nearly half a million volumes, while a still larger number bad at that time been printed abroad. In the sermon from which we have already o.uoted, Mr. Barnes thus referred to his responsibility for the success which attended his literary ellorts: "I cannot now recall those books. I cannot con trol any impression which they may make. It au'euts me also deeply to reflect that the sentiments in those books are most likely to come in contact with minds through which they will exert an iuiluence when I am dead the minds or the young1. And yet 1 would not recall them If I could. With all my consciousness of their imperfection, and with my firm expectation that some man will .vet prepare a commentary on tue New Testament; far better fitted to accomplish the end which f have sought than my own writings are, aad with the feeling that, at my time of life, I cannot bore to revise them, and to make them conformable to wlint I would desire them to be, I still believe that they contain the system or eternal truth; that they defend what, is right; that their influence will be to illustrate, in some measure, a great systam of doctrines, wt Ich is closely connected with the salva tion of men ; and that, with all their imperfections, they give utterance to just sentiments of the nature of true piety and the duties or practical religion." The work of preparing these commentaries was commenced by Mr. Barnes soon after his settlement in this city. The "Notes on the Gospel of St. Matthew" were issued in 1832, and in 1835 the volumo of the Epistle to the Romans was completed and published. Some of the doctrinal views expressed in the latter were regarded as especially objectionable by those who had previously been alarmed at the spread of innovations in the Church. The late Dr. Junkin, at that time President of Lafayette Col lege, became the accuser of Mr. Barnes, although he was at that time a member of another pr bvtery, aud not even connected with the s, synod. Dr. Junkin made formal charges against Mr. Barnes, in which he studiously avoided the use of the objectionable word 'heresy," ai ambiguous and calculated to prejudice him in public opinion. In these accu sations Mr. Barnes was charged with holding that Bin consists in voluntary action; that Adam, both before and after the fall, was Ignorant of the fact that the consequences of his sin would extend beyond a natural death; that unregene rate. men are enabled to keep the command ments and convert themselves to God; and that faith is an act of the mind, and not a principle, and is itself imputed for righteousness. The charges of Dr. Junkin also maintained that the author bad denied the covenant with Adam, and the imputation of Adam's sin to his posterity; that mankind are liable to punishment by reason of Adam's transgression, that Christ suffered the proper penalty of the law as the vicarious sub stitute of His people, and thus legally took away their sins and purchased pardon; the im putation of Christ's active righteousness; and that justification was other than simple pardon. The presbytery gave a patient hearing to the case, which resulted in the justification of Mr. Barn The presbytery pronounced the evi dence u mitted in tupport of the charges to be mere "inferences drawn from Mr. Barnes' lan guage," which were not legitimate, and which, even if they were legitimate, could not be used to convict of heresy or dangerous error, accord ing to a decision of the assembly of 1824. Mr Barnes was therefore triumphantly acquitted of having promulgated "any dangerous errors or heresies, contrary to the word of God and the standards" of the Church. This decision was unsatisfactory to Dr. Jun kin, aud the latter appealed from the presby tery to the synod. The presbytery refused to give up to the synod its recoid of the trial, and Mr. Barnes put in a plea to the jurisdiction of the latter body, declining to stand his trial before it. The synod thereupon decided that the presbytery had acted disorderly in this re futnl, aud merited a censure. Dr. Junkin was then given a full hearing before the synod, and as Mr. Barnes refused to aflpear and argue his cause, he was convicted of holding fundamental errors, and by a vote of one hundred and six teec to thirty-one. a motion to refer the whole matter to the General Assembly having been previously voted down, was "suspended from the exercise of all the functions proper to the gospel ministry" until such time as he should re tract his errors and "give satisfactory evidence of repentance." Mr. Barnes acquiesced in the suFpc-j6ion, abandoning his pulpit for the time being, and gave notice of an appeal to the Gene ral Assembly. An effort was then made by the adversaries of Mr. Barnes to reconstruct the presbyteries so tiiat be fchould fall to the lot of ona which would be able to manage him. One divine de dared that the only true course was the extir r ation of the obnoxious presbytery, "root and branch." Others were In favor of distributing the members of the presbytery- but this was or posed on the ground that it would be "like fprthdirg poison," and result in tho conUml i)atlon of the whole synod. Still another advo cated the cxclufion of tho presbytery from the watch and care of the synod, hoping thus tiTeetunlly to free it from "wolves in sheep's clothing." The dissolution of the presbytery was finally agreed upon, its members being ordered within six months to seek admission into other presbyteries, falling In which they were declared to be ipso facto cut off from the communion of the Presbyterian Church. The members of the presbytery which it was thus attempted to dissolve appealed to the General Assembly of 18'JO, which met at Pitts burg. A week was devoted to hearing the ap peals of tho presbytery and of Mr. Barnes, and both were sustained, the latter by a vote of one hundred and thirty-four to ninety-six. His suspension from the exercise of his pastoral duties w as reversed by a vote of one hundred and forty-five to seventy-eight, and he again appeared in his pulpit, to tho great rejoicing of his people, having triumphantly sustained and finally overcome a persecution for his religious views which lasted through six years. Mr. Barnes himself paid the following high tribute to the noble manner in which he was sustained throughout this trying ordeal by his congrega tion. He said: "During these six years of conflict, notwithstand ing-all the efforts made from without to crush a young man, and to divide the congregation, It never swerved or hesitated. None ware drawn away; none among us attempted to make a division. In every new phase or the now almost rorgotten strug gle before the presbytery, the synod, and the Church at large, the entire congregation stood by me until the great result was reached which gave us peace." For thirty-seven years he remained in the fulpit of the Washington Square Presbyterian Church of this city, discharging his pastoral duties with great acceptance, and working un ceasingly at his great literary tasks. But in Oc tober, 1807, he was forced by the increasing in firmities of age, and especially by the partial failure of his eyesight', to abandon the regular discharge of his pastoral duties, in which he was succeeded by the Rev. Herrick Johnson, D. D. His connection with the congregation which he had served so Ion? and so faithfully was not severed, however, and he occasionally appeared in his old pulpit, as well as in the pulpits of other city churches. On Sunday morning, De cember 18, less than a week before his death, he preached to his old congregation, and on the afternoou of the same day his last sermon was delivered, his congregation on .this occasion being the inmates of the House of Refuge. The later years of his life were not signalized by such stormy scenes as marked his early career, but they were none the less Industriously employed. In addition to his "Notes on the New Testament," he published a similar com mentary on portions of the Old Testament, in-J ciuaing tne oooks oi joo, uio rsaimsy isain, and Daniel, ten volumes of sermons and miscel laneous discourses, and other works, among which were "A Life of St. Paul," "Evidences of Christianity," and "Scriptural Views of Slavery." The just fame which he earned as a commentator and a pulpit orator caused the degree of Doctor of Divinity to be tendered him by several institutions, English as well as Ame rican, but with characteristic modesty and on conscientious grounds he invariably declined the honor. Happily, his years were so far pro longed that he was permitted to witness the reunion of the Church whose disruption bad been so intimately associated with the great persecution he had undergone in his early life, and this grand'. cusuirttuatieu gave iuiu. un feigned joy. There has seldom been in the Christian pulpit a man whose life displayed more true nobility, whose labors resulted in greater good to his fellow-men whose influence was more earnestly and effectually exerted on the side of truth in all its forms and phases. For ho did not re strict his indomitable energies and his varied scholarly acquirements to any one Held of labor; but was found as zealous and as eflicicnt in the advocacy of temperance, of justice to "the oppressed, and of maintaining by the strong right arm of the nation those political princi ples which were bequeathed to us by our fore fathers, as in the mere discharge of his duties as pastor of a single church. We cannot better bring this sketch of his life to a clcsc than by quoting the following extract from a letter written by him to a friend, on the seventieth anniversary of his birth, December 1, 1868: "1 have a great desire to live. I am not tired of life, uor disgusted with the world, nor discouraged or disheartened In regard to the future. I believe that there are glorious things In prospect for our earth, and that it will be a greater thing to live for tne next nair century man ii nas neen to live in the one that is past, and where we have had something to do. You have the advantage of ine in another respect. You have the use of your eyes. I have not, and am obliged to write this letter by the aid of a machine, and this 1 can use bnt little. I preach a little, but have no charge, and am a practical farmer with a farm of one acre. I rememder the scenes of other years to which you refer. They are gone, and cannot be recalled. There are brighter scenes and even happier lands, and there will be prolonged and unbroken frlndships beyond the grave that grave which Is but Uttlebefore us." The funeral of Mr. Barnes will take place on to-morrow afternoon, at 1 o'clock, from the church on Washington Square, the interment to take place at Laurel Hill Cemetery. CTBOTS STJIVIZHAIUr. City Affair. John Spear was met by a party of rough people at a ourtn and Alcilvaine streets on Saturday night late, and waa badly beaten by them and robbed of a sold watch and some money. Early on Sunday morning five houses were burned down in "Dutch How," east of Trenton avenne, above the Heading Hail road. The loss will amount to 2500. The origin of the fire is unknown. On Friday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, the residence of Mr. Frank Haas, on Seventh street, above Market, was entered by thieves through a rear seoond story window, and robbed of $3000. The family, at the time of the robbery, were in the lower part of the house, the front portion of which is ooonpied as a saloon. At 7 o'clock on Saturday morning a man named John Hamill was attacked by a man named Patrick M. Hoe, at Seventh and Bain bridge streets, with a chair, and badly beaten about the head. It is thought that Hamill will die. ills assailant is in custody. On Saturday evening a police officer at tempted to arrest a man named Jvlward McKnight, at Thompson and Leopard streets, McKnight turned on the officer and knocked him down. The policeman arose promptly and nred a pistol at bis assailant, but unfor tunately missed him and wounded a person named Alfred Ilelverson, who was passing hf at tne time. Dmetle Affairs. The exact population of Ohio, according to corrected returns, is ,r'i':l,t'8l. The latest reports from Georgia are to the effect that the rocent election makes the State strongly Democratic Advices from Utah are that Justice Mc Kean is not and will not be a candidate for the Governorship of that Territory. Ueports from all quarters of the United Slates concur that Saturday was by far the coldest day that has been experienced this winttr. About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning the Spott8wood Hotel, at Richmond, Va-, was burned, and a number of the guests and em ployes of the house perished in the flames. John II. Snrratl, the ex-conspirator, who in now engnged in lecturing upon the part he played in the proposed capture and subse quent nssflssinj-tion of President Lincoln, has Juki bad the doors of a hall cjosed upon him in Washington. Forr!n Affnlrn. General Faidherbe, with (10,000 men, was routed by General Manteuffel, on Friday, near Amiens. Two Prussian divisions only were engnged. A despatch from Brussels says Genoral Faidherbe is being surrounded by the Ger mans, and that the Prussians have occupied Soisson8 and Sessone. Havre is now so strongly fortified that no fears are apprehended of an attack. All the works about the city are fully manned Ind supplied, and there are several war ves- nding at anchor beforo the citv. The London Post predicts for the Prus- ms great hardships and losses during the coming winter, because the Parisians have demonstrated their ability to resist in definitely. The congratulations of Queen Victoria to the King of Prussia, on his acceptance of the title of Emperor of Germany, were pre sented to his Majesty by Odo ltussell. Austria, Prussia, and Englancl have offered an asylum to the Pope. It is understood the King of . Prussia has granted Fulda, in Hesse-Cassel, to the Pope as a residence. The first meeting of the conference on the Eastern question is fixed for the :Jd of January. Prince Charles, of Roumania, calls the attention of the powers to the fact that bis position, as settled by the treaty of Taris, is no longer tenable, thus bringing up an other question to be settled. , MARINE TELEGRAPH. For additional Marine tfetet ete Fimt Paqe. ALMANAC FOR PHILADELPHIA THIS DAT. Sun Risks 723 1 Moon Sbts. io-32 SDN BITS 4'3'J UIQH WATKH S'4f PHILADELPHIA BOARD OV TRADE. GJEOKOK L. lH'ZBV, ) . gkokou N. Tatb am, Committee of tub Month. J. I'KlCB WETlfKUILL.J WOVICMENTH OF OCEAN HTEAMlIIIPg. FOR AMKKIOA. O. of Paris.. . Liverpool .... New York Dec. 1 3 7 10 10 10 1:1 14 14 13 li 18 2S 2S 8S 2J ill 81 ill 31 f 7 11 Ratavia Liverpool .... New York . . . . Dec. Ilammonia. . . . Hamburg. . . .New York . . The Queen... Liverpool.... New York.. Caledonia Glasgow New York.. r;. of M anch'tr. Liverpool .... New York . . ..Dec. ..Dec. ..Deo. .Dec. Samaria Liverpool.... New York v. B.Dec. Helvetia Liverpool .... New York 1 ec. Colorado Liverpool . . . . New York Dec. C of Drooklyn. Liverpool. . . .New Y'ork Deo. C. of Merlda. ..Vera Cruz.... New York v 1L. Dec. Ocean tjuean. . Aspinwall.. . .New York Dec. run Aunura. Itussia New York... Liverpool.. . . Dec. . . Dec. ..Dec. ..Dec. Nevada New York... Liverpool. . Tyrian New Y'ork... Glasgow... J'aimyra new iors. ..i-iverpuui Pennsylvania.. new lors. Hansa New York. Caledonia. New York. C.of Broolilyn.New York. Liverpool Dec. .Bremen Deo. .Glasgow Deo. .Liverpool Dec. .Liverpool Jan. .Liverpool Jan. ..Glasgow Jan. Colorado New lone. C. or Brussels.. New irork. Anglia ....New York. Wisconsin New Y'ork. .Liverpool Jan. MkARTWIHUL nOM.FHTir!. HTn. Rattlesnake... Philadelphia. Wllni'Kton.'N.C.Dec. 2? CleoDatra,.... New iork Havana Dec. 29 Tybee New York. ..Sc. Domingo.. ..Doc. 29 .l'ort-au PrinocDec. 3d .Hong Kong Deo. 31 .N.Orls. via K.W.Dec. 31 orwicn xiew lorn, C.of Wash'ton.New Y'ork. Cuba. Baltimore, Yazoo. Philadelphia. New Orleans. ..Jan. 3 Tonawanda Philadelphia. savannan Jan. 7 MnflH dm forwarded bv everv steamer In the retrn lar lines. The steamers for or from Liverpool call at Queenstown, except the Canadian line, which call at Londonderry. The steamers for or from the Conti nent call at Southampton. CLEARED SATURDAY. SteamshlpJtmeer, Wakeley, Wilmington. N.C., Phi ladelphia aud southern Mail Steamship Co. Steamstilp Whirlwind, Sherman, Providence, D. S. Stetson & Co. - Steamship Norman, Nickerson, Boston, H. Wlnsor & Co. Steamship Fanlta, Doane, New Y'ork, John F. Ohl. Bark John E. Chase, Davis, Antwerp, Workman & Co. Schr E. B. Shaw, Shaw, Wilmington, N. C, Chas. llasiam & Co. Schr Samuel McMenamy, Nowell, Cienfuegos, E. F. Cabada & Co. ARRIVED8ATURDAY. Steamer Black Diamond, Meredith, fm New York, with mdse. to W. M. Balrd fc Co. Brig Alinon Rowell, Nichols, 32 days from Pensa cola, with lumber to Patterson & Lippincott vessel to Warren A Gregg. Oil Uatteras, had severe west erly sales. Schr R. & S. Golt, Truax, S days fin Lelpslc, Del., with grain to Jos. E. Palmer. ARRIYEDSUNDAY. SteamBbip Rattlesnake, Winuett, 43 hours from Boston, in ballast to J. S. Hilles. 4 IBu 2'eUirrcwh.) Lb wis, Del., Dec. 24 A. M. 4 brigs and 14 schrs in harbor this A. M., and steamer George Chatiee, Irdni New York via Maurice River. ' W ind N. W. Thermometer, 18. p. M The Howard reports went to sea yesterday, barks Providence, Nettle Merrlman, Smith; brigs Roanoke and Hyperion ; ana senr luizaoetn Magee. In harbor, brirs Planet. Robin, and Cnar'ea Miller, bound ouc; brig Glance, 22 days from Matanzas for Philadelphia: schrs Iris, fm St. John via New York, and Albert Thomas, for Philadelphia, and 10 schrs unknown. Wind N. W. Thermometer. 25. Capk May, Deo. 24. The steamer Aries, from Bos ton, came asnore ouine Hiorurug ui vubioujii i o'clock, on UererofdTTiLir- X boat was launched to take Boundlngs, wbicrSwas soon npsct. The boat bad on board one mate and four colored mco, and all five perished. Ttoree were drowned aud two perished in the bo t tow of the boat. Two of the bodies were found at Cape May. MISCELLANY. Br. brig Sharon, from New York for Conatantt nople, was ruu into by an unknown vessel on tiie nigntoi tne loin, to mnea jz.o.u.ui aiuuj iiuut, The captain aud crew were saved by the schr Chas. F. Hever, from Portland, and arrived at Savannah on tn 26th Inst. The brig Bank, ber decks being under water, and W4ta led lu that condition. Schr P. Nickerson, Kcl.cy, from Philadelphia for Boston, while cettlnir uuder weigh on tne 24tn lost, in Flushing Bay, drifted afoul of the schr F. L. Por ter, for Providence, splitting mainsail, broke wheel and steering gear, stove boat, and parted maintop, must backstay. Will have to be detained a couple of days, the mainsail Having been sent to Mew vorc for repairs. The F. porter received no damage. Schr llattie Low. Shearer, from Leaohvllle, N. C. for Philadelphia, passed Hell Gate 24th Inst. Came by way of Long Island Sound, having had very heavy weather the whole passage, with nothing but N. w. and W. gales; was twice blown off the coaat, ihe second time as far E. as long. 40 07, lat. 87 05: lost jibboom and mainjib, part of deck load of shin- gli-, aud leaks considerably. o LD OAK8 CEMETERY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. This Company is prepared to sell lots, clear of all encumbrances, on reasonable term. Purchasers can Bee plana at the office of the Company, NO. B18 WALNUT STREET, Or at the Cemetery, where all Information needed will be cheerfully given. By giving notice at the office, carriages will meet persons desirous of purchasing lots at Tioga Station on the Germantown Railroad, and convey them to the Cemetery and return, free of charge. ALFRED C HARMER, President. MARTIN LANDENBERGER, Treaa. MICHAEL NISBET, Secy. lOCwsmem LEQAL NOTICES. CMTY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, SS. J The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the 8herlirof Philadelphia Connty, preetiuff: We command vou, as before we did, that you sum mon WILLIAM MORRIS, late of your county, so that he be and appear before our Judges at Phila delphia, at our District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, to be holden at Philadelphia, In and ror said city end county of Philadelphia, the first Monday of January next, there to answer WIL LIAM II. W1TTE and M ARY ANN, his wife, In the right of said MARY ANN, of a plea of covenant, etc., Bur ground rent deed, by Indenture dated the 10th of October, A. D. 1S53, recorded in Deed Book T. II., No. 105. page BOO, etc. And have you then and there this writ. - "Witness -the Honorable J. I. CLARK t..s. SHARK, President or our sold Court, at lv' Philadelphia, the l'th day of December, in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. B. E. FI.KTUIIKW, l219B2t Pro Prothonotary. CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, SS The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the "sheriff or Philadelphia County, greeting: We command you, as before we did, that you sum mon CHARLES P. BLUIEI.L, late or your'connty, so that he be ana appear before our Judges at Phila delphia, at onr District Court for the City and Coun ty of Philadelphia, to bo holden In Philadelphia. In and for said city and county of Philadelphia, the first Mondavor January next, there toanswer WILLIAM II. WITTE and JMAHY ANN, his wife, In right or said Mary Ann or a plea or covenant ground rent rtceived by indenture, dated the 2Sth day or Jnnc, recorded In Deed Book R. 1). W., No. 40, page 4S, etc, or a plea, etc. And have you then and there this writ. Witness the Honorable J. I. C3LARE i.s. nAKE, President or our said Court atPhila t v-J delphla, the 17th day or December, In the year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. U. E. FI.ETCHF.lt. 12 19s2t Pro Prothonotary. CITY AND COUNT Y OF PHILADELPHIA, SS. The commonwealth or Pennsylvania, to the Sherlil'of Philadelphia countv, greeting: We command you, as before we did, that vou summon ZBliKPEU DOBBINS, late or your county, so that he be and appear berore our Judges at Philadelphia, at our Court or Common Pleas for the city and county or Philadelphia, to be holden at Philadelphia, In and tor the said city and county or Philadelphia, the first Monday of January next, there to auswtrGEoKGK J. RICHARDSON, et. al., of a plea of breach of covenant sur ground-rent. Deed dated July 14, 184S. Recorded In Deed Book G. W. C, No. M, page 110, May 3, 1S50. And have you then and there this writ. Witness the Honorable JOSEPH ALLISON, '! i.. s. Doctor of Laws, President of our said Court t-v-I at Philadelphia, the ltth day or December. In the year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. - GEORGE T. DEISS, 12 1U2t .."" Pro Prothonotary. C'lTY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, SS. The Commonwealth or Pennsylvania, to the Sheriff or Philadelphia County, greeting: i We command von, as berore we did, That vou summon ZEBEDEE DOBBINS, late or your county, so that he be and appear berore our Judges at Phila delphia, at our Court or Common Pleas for the City and county of Philadelphia, in and for tho said City and County or Philadelphia, the first Monday or January next, there to answer GEORGE J. RIOU ARDSON, et al., of a' plea of breach or covenant sur ground-rent deed, naten Jiuy i4tn, im. Recorded May 3, 1850, In Deed Book, G. W. C, No. 61, page 120, etc. And have you then and there this writ. witness the Honorable joskpii alli.i ' l. 8. SON, Doctor or Laws, President or our said t-v-J Court at Philadelphia, the 14th day or De cember, In the year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. w s . x rv m twit rii 12 19 s2t Dep. Prothonotary. C1TYJAND COUNTY Or PHILADELPHIA, SS. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the Sheriff or Fhtladilphta County, greeting: We cemmann you, as neiore we oia, mat yuu summon ihobias r i i.ur.ubL, laie oi your county, so that he be and appear before our Judges at Philadelphia, at our District Court ror the City and County or rniiacieipnia, to oe noiacn ux ruim delphia, In and for said City and County or Phila delphia, the first Monday or January next, there to answer ALEXANDER YOUNG, assignee, or a plea or breach or covenant sur ground-rent deed. Deed d.tod MntomhM 2. lsoi, Recorded Marcu wi. lsia. in Deed nook . u., ino. an, page eie. abi you have then aud there this writ. .a--, Witness the uonoraoie j. i. ji.vkiv 1 1 ft ARE President of our said Court, at I'htla- -' delphla, the 0th day of December, in the year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred .and seventy. B. K. FLKTCHKR, 12 19 S2t rro rrouiunoiurv. CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, SS. The Commonwealth or 1'ennsylvanU to the bheriifor Philadelphia County, greeting: Ave command you. as neiore we uui, mat you summon IIkjnky ii wkiuui, lace oi your county, so that he be and appear berore our Judges at Philadelphia, at our Court or Common Pleas for the city and county or Philadelphia, to be holden at Philadelphia, in ana ior me saw cuy huu county oi Philadelphia, the first Monday or January next, tncre to answer AAituiN ivuuv, aHKigueeoi A.L.r unu B. JUSTICE and wire, or a breach or covenant sur ground rent. Deed dated July la, 1804. Recorded in Deed Book L. R. B., No. 143, page 531, etc. And have you then and there this writ. . witness me uonoraoie jnstrn alli l.. s, SON, Doctor or Laws, President or our said -v' Court at Philadelphia, the 17th day of De cember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. 12.19 82t Dep. Protbonotory. CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, S3. The Commonwealth of PennsylvaLU to the BherlfT of Philadelphia, greeting: We command yon, as before we did, that you 3ummon ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG, late of your connty, so that he be and appear before our Judges at Pr iladelphia, at our DUtrict Court tor the city and county or Philadelphia, to be holden at Phlla delphia, In and for said city and county or Phila delphia, the first Monday or January next, there to answer THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOR INSURANCES ON LIVES AND GRANTING AN NUITIES, assignees or ISRAEL PEMHEIiTON HUTCHINSON, exueutors and trustee in the will or Margaret Hutchinson, reem ded 2Dth or February, 1S45, In Deed Book R. L. L , No. 33, page 404, etc. Ami have vou then and there this writ. Witness the Honorable J. I. CLARK k.s. HARE, President or our said Court at Paila-l-v-J delphia, the 17th day of December, lu the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eVeDty- B E. FLETCHER, 12 19s2t Pro Prothonotary. C11TY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, SS. J The Commou.ealth of Pennsylvania, tuthe shrfirorrniladelphia County, greetiug: We command you, as before w old, that you sum mon JOHN LINDSAY', late of your county, bo that be be and appear berore our Judges at Philadelphia, at onr Court or Common PlPaa for he City and County or Philadelphia, to be holden at Pliiia-lel-phla, lu and for the Bald city and county of Philadel phia, the first Monday of January next, there to answer CHARLES DUTILH, asslgnfe of Isaac M. Pennock ariH Annie E. Pennock, heirs y Jaw, etc., of Harriet Pennock. Registered In Will Book No. 28, p. 364, etc. And have you then and there Vitness the Honorable JOSEPH ALLISON, ii.. s. Docrlr of Laws, President or our said Court l-vJ at Philadelphia, the 17th day or December, in the year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Beveuty. uKORGE T. DEISS, 12 19s2t Dep. Prothonotary. CITY AVD COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, SS. Tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the sheriff of Philadelphia County, greeting: We command you, as belore we did, that you sum mon SAMUEL PALMER, late or your county, bo that he be and appear berore our Judges at Phila delphia, at our District Court for the City aud County of Philadelphia, to be holden at Philadelphia. In anil ror said city and county or Philadelphia, the first Monday of January next, there to answer EDWIN W. LEHMAN and JOHN L. BUZ BY, who survived JohnCrean, Sr., surviving executors and trustees of William Crean, deceased. Deed dated June 19, 1864. Recorded to Deed Book T. H., No. 163, page 42fl. etc Breach of covenant. And have youthen and there this writ. ,.,, Witness the Honorable J. I. CLARK .' i . HARF, President of our Bald Court at Phlla delphia, the 17th day of December, in tho year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred and BeveD,'T' SAMUEI-B. WELSH. H i982t Pro Prothonotary. FTH JOSEPH B. 8MILEY. THE ORPHANS' J. Court ror the City and County of Philadelphia, upon petiUon filed, has granted a rule on yoa re turnable on the 14th day of January. 1871, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause why you should not be dismissed aa Trustee or the estate of SARAH ELIZA COULTER. . AMOS BRIG Git, tw Attorney for petitioner. Dc;ember10, 1870. 1 Hmtf "TbnrARNUM.ir I chAEtj nf MnofoturT ol Oonaatoat TltkiMi l I M A iff fctrwt, f tilAUlKiil. ' MPIEMENTB. MRwAJ? DREW'S ARCH STREET THEATRE. Begins v to 8 o'clock. CHRISTMAS WEEK-'-Ol KS ' EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK, the great Military Drama, , O0R3, with all Its grand effects, march or the troops, etc By Mrs. John Drew and Company. Last Ours Matinee on SATURDAY. IT-OX 8 NEW AMERICAN THEATRE, CHESNUT ? Street, above Tenth, U1 BRILLIANT TRIUMPH, r-, . AMUSEMENTS OF ALL NATIONS. ESR EVENING AND SATURDAY MATINEE. SPECIAL NOTICE. FAMILY NIGHT EVERY FRIDAY, On which occasions the entertainment will be conducted npon the same principle as the Saturday Matinee. Refreshmenw will not be allowed In the Theatre, and everything will be arranged to amuse and delight a Family Audience. PF. ROTHRRMELS GREAT TICTURB OF "THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG' will be open to the public on SATURDAY, December 24, and daily thereafter until further notice, at No. 1003 CHESNUT Street. ' Admission, 25 cents; Children, 10 cents. Special arrangements will be made In a few days for the admission of Soldiers and Sailors of the War and the Children In our Public Schools. U 24stuthtf CONCERT HAL L. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, Commencing MONDAY, Dec. 2, SAM SHARPLEY'S SILVER SHOW. The Great, LOURENIA, the Royal Conjuror. The EUROPEAN TROUPE or TRAINED BIRDS, MICE, and CATS, ail performing together and being in perfect harmony In the same cage; and the CARNIVAL OF CRcF.sL'S, giving each auditor an ELEGANT PRESENT, ranging in valus from 25 cents to $25. Admission, 85 and 60 cents. Children, 25a. n 206t ARCH STREET OPERA HOUSE. ARCH Street, above Tenth. SIMMONS fc SLOCUM'S MINSTRELS, TUB CHAMPION TROUPE OF AMERICA. Every evening until further notice Robert Eraser's new Christmas Pantomime of - HUSH A BYE BABY; OR, HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE. Box office open from 9 A. M. until 4 P. M. Matinee every Saturday. 9 6 tf TEMPLE OF WONDERS. ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS. COME AND BE HAPPY,COME AND BE GAY, COME, and sbk BLITZ, HOBBY, and BIRDS PLAY. SIGNOR BLITZ AND SON. 100 ATTRACTIONS. EVERY AFT8RNOON and EVENING at 3 and TV, EVERY AFTERNOON and EVENING at 8 and t. Adn Isslon. 25c. Reserved Seats, 50c. 12 27 4t AMERICAN MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Northwest corner nj NINTH and ARCHStreets. Open dally from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M. 100,000 CURIOSITIES From nil parts of the World. THIRTY CAGES OF WILD ANIMALS. The Splendid Dramatic Company appearing In the Led nro Room every Evening at 8 o'clock, and Wed nesday and Saturday afternoons at 2 o'clock. Admission to all the Attractions, 20 cents. 1212 tf DUPREZ & BENEDICT'S OPERA HOUSE, SEVENTH Street, below Arch. AMY LLOYD'S FflMALE 12 27 Ct MINSTRELS. MUSICAL FUND HALL. GERM ANIA OR chestra Matinees every SATURDAY AFTER NOON at 3x Tickets, 60 cents. Packages of 4 ror I. 122 REAL. ESTATE AT AUCTION. "lyOTICEBY VIRTUE AND IN EXECUHO 1 or the powers contained In a Mortgage exe cuted by 1HE CENTRAL PASSENGER RAILWAY COM. PANY of the city of Philadelphia, bearing date of eigb teenth or April, 1803, and recorded In the office for recording deeds and mortgages for the city ant county of Philadelphia, In Mortgage Book A. C. 11., No. 50, page 405, etc., the undersigned Trustees named ill said Mortgage WILL SKI.I, AT PUBLIC AUCTION, at the MERCHANTS' EXCUANUE, In the city of Philadelphia, by MESSRS. THOMAS SONS, AUCTIONEERS, ' at 12 o'clock M.. on TUESDAY, the fourteenth day of February, A. D. 1S71, the property described lu and conveyed by the said Mortgage, to wit: No. 1. All those two contiguous lots or pieces of ground, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate on the east side ef Broad street, in the city of Philadelphia, one of them be ginning at the distance of nineteen feet seven Inches and live-eights southward from the southeast cor ner of the said Broad and Coates streets; thence extending eastward at right angles with said Broad street eighty-eight feet one inch and a hair to ground now or late or Samuel Miller; thence southward along said ground, aud at right angles with said Coates street, seventy-two teet to the northeast corner or nn alley, two reet six Inches In width, leading southward into Penn street; thence west ward, crossing said alley and along the lot of ground hereinafter described and at rlght.angles with said Broad street, seventy-nine reet to the east side of the said Broad street; and thence northward alone the east line or said Broad street seventy-two feet to the place of beginning. . Subject to a ground-rent of $280, silver money. No. 2. The other of them situate at the northeast corner of the-said Broad street and Penn street, containing In front ir breadth on the Bald Broad street eighteen feet, and in length or depth eastward along the north line of said Penn street seventy-four feet and two Inches, aud on the line of said lot paral lel with said Penn street, seventy-six feet Ove inches and three-fourtha of an inch to said two feet six inches wide alley. Subject to ground rent of 172, sil ver nionev. No. 3. All that certain lot or piece of ground be ginning at the southeast corner of Coates street and Broad street, thence extending southward along the said Broad street nineteen reet seven Inches and five-eighths or an inch: thence eastward eighty feet one inch and one-half of an inch; thence nortn ward, at right angles with said Coates street, nine feet to the south side of Coates street, and thence westward along the south side of Bald Coates street ninety feet to the place of beginning. No. 6. The whole road, plank road and railway of the said The Central Passenger Railway Company of the city of Philadelphia, and all their land (not Included to Nob. l, s and 3), roadway, railway, rails, rl; lit of way, stations, toll-bouses and other super structures, depots, depot grounds and other real estate, buildings and' Improvements whatsoever, and all and singular the corporat privileges and franchises connected with said company and plank road an rail wjrand relating thereto, and all the tolls, income l.hes and profits to acrue from the same or any pair thereof belonging to Bald company, and generally all the tenements, hereditaments and franchises of the said company. And also all the cars of every kind (not Included in No. 4), machinery, toolB, Implements and materials connected wlto the proper equipment, operating and conducting of Bald road, plank road and railway; and all the personal property of every kind and description belonging to the said company. Together with all the streets, ways, alleys, pas sages, waters, water-courses, easements, fran chises, rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments, and appurtenances whatsoever, unto any of tba above-mentioned premises and estates belonging and appertaining, and the reversions and remain ders, rents, issues, and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title, Interest, property, claim, and de mand of every nature and kind whatsoever of the said comnany, as well at law as in equity of, In, and to the same and every part and parcel thereof. TERMS OF SALE. The properties will be gold In paroels as num bered. On each bid there shall be paid at the time the property lsrstruck off On No. 1, 300; No. a, 1200; No. 8. 3oo; No. 5, $100, unless the price la less than that sum, when the whole I urn bid shall w w.Slwgst RETO, Trustees. M. THOMAS & SONS, Auctioneers, 1 2 6 60t Kes. 189 and 141 S. FOURTH Street. RAILROAD LINE8. pAMDEN AND AMBOY AMD PHIXADELPHIA AND TRENTON RAILROAD COMPANIES. HOLIDAY XXCUKSION re NEW YORK. ' EXCURSION TICKETS, . FOUR DOLLARS FOB. THE ROUND TRIP, Will be sold from Philadelphia for all trains of 83d, 84th, and 25th December, good to return from New York December 25, 26, or 27, by any of the trains." W. II. OATZMKR, Agent. ' PlULADBl.ru 1 A, Dec. S2, 1870. M 23 t
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