BECQN-WgPITTO.M
BY TELEGRAPIi".
LATE FROM WASHINGTON.
The Congressional Provision for
Mr.. Lincoln's Family.
TROUBLE 'WITH THE FRENCH
IMPORTANT TO TELEGRAPH
COMPANIES.
FROM' 11A.RRISBURGH.
Movements to RecoVer the Bodies of
+ Pemosylvatha Soldiers.
Escape of a Condemned
!knell Pox Among 'the tOeedmen.
A Navy Officer vino, a Gambler.
From Washington.
[@pecial Despatch to the Bulletin.]
WAsmigoTON, Dec. 18.—The Committee
of One from each State, to-day decided to
appropriate twenty-five thousand dollars
for the benefit of Mr. Lincoln's family.
Strong efforts were made to make it fifty
thousand. The Committee adopted the
same resolution as was passed on President
Harrison's death.
The fact that the French Minister has left
here for New York, with the understanding
that he will not return until he hears from
pis Government, causes much comment
in diplomatic circles., The tone of Mr.
Seward's letter referring to recognizing
Govepitneni is said to be
offensive.
Mr. Alley, Chairman of the Post Office
Committee, will offer a resolution to the
effect that the Government shall take pos
session of the telegraph lines of the country,
and conduct them as it does tkpostal ser
vice. •
Froth Cairo.
CArao, bee. 17.—The notorious guerilla
leader Mat Suton, under sentence of death,
escaped from the, military prison at Mem
phis, on Thursday last.
Cotton has advanced 4 cents per pound at
Memphis, Middling being quoted at 42c.,
and strict do. at 43a44c. Thiee hundred
bees of cotton passed here to-day for St.
lonia, and 575 bales for Cincinnati and New
Albany. '
The small pox is raging among the freed
men in the vicinity of Selma, Alabama, to.
'such an extent that they are not allowed to
enter that City except under the most press
ing circumstances. '
The steamer Darling was sunk at Plumb
Point, a short distance below' Cairo.
• Lieutenant Commander Bartlett of the
monitor Oneida shot and killed a gambler
- here yesterday. Bartlett was arrested and
bound over to answer the charge of man
slaughter.
Train Harrisburg.
HARRISBITRG, Dec. lkh.—Major Gregg,
Chief of Transportation, left at noon to-day
on a tour 6f inspection through the military
cemeteries located near Richmond, Dan
ville, Salisbury and Columbia, S. C.' Col.
Chamberlain, State Agent at Nashville, has
orders to leave that place to-day on a simi
lar tour to Andersonville and other military
cemeteries in that district. The object of
these movements is to gather information
concerning the possibility of procuring by
the friends and relatives the remains of
Pennsylvania soldiers buried in those locali
ties, and of arranging some definite planfor
the prompt conveyance of such remains to
loCalities in the State where it is desired
that they shall be reinterred.
As soon as _Major Gregg returns he will
make known, through the Associated Press
reports, whatever arrangements on this
subject he may have completed.
Iron. Thomas Corwin.
WASHINGTON, Dec.lB.—Governor Corwin
remained, at,l2 o'clock to-day, in the same
condition as the morning found him, there
being no perceptible change. His death was
momentarily expected. ,
XX3EIXth congress—First Session.
WASHINGTON, DSC. 18.
SENATE.—Mr. Grimes (Iowa), presented
the petition of Vice Admiral Farragut and
eleven hundred other naval officers, asking.
for an increase of pay. Referred to Com
mittee on Naval Affairs. •
Mr. Wilson (3daes.)' offered a resolution
providing for the appointment of an ex
amining board to relieve the officers of the
regular army who have not performed
meritorious service in the late war and to
Ell their places by appointments from the
regular:. army, Veteran Reserve corps and
- Volunteer three. Referred to the Committee
on Military affairs.
Mr. Anthony (R. I.),_from the Committee
on Printing, raported a favorable resolution
to print a thousand copies of the Quarter
master GeneraPs report, which wasadopted.
A resolution instructing the Secretary of
the Senate to pay out of the'contingent fund
of the Senate to Mrs. Mary Collamer, the
amount of compensation due to Hon. Jacob
Collamer, at the time of his death, was
passed.
A resolution for the expenditure of half a
iullion of dollars for the support of desti
tute Indians was passed..
Mr. Wilson offered a bill to grant a mil
lion acres of land for the benefit of the pub
lic schools of the District of Columbia. Re
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands. _-
The Senate then went into executive ses
sion. •
HOUSE.-Mr. Price . _
- ( Iowa ) offered a reso
lution which wasreferred to the Cotnmittee
on Reconstruction. declaring that no State
recently in rebellion ought to — bij entitled to
a representative, until such States,shall, by
Legislature or the proper constituted autho
rities, adopt - amendments of their'Constitu
'lions securing the payment of the national
debt and repadiati9g the rebel debt, • '
111i1DAILY EVENING i°4l-I,AbELpill
LATER NEWS PROLE EUROPE.
Arrival of the
•
THE PIRATE
CONVICTION OF
HIS SPEECH ‘-TOTHE COURT
4
EARL' RUSSELL 0
Cornmereial Intelligence.
PORTLAND, Dee.'lB.—The steamer Peru
vian, arrived this mOrning, with Liverpool
dates to the Bth inst.
The City of Washington and Belgian ar
--rived out on the 7th and the Scotland on the
Sth. • ,
The pirate Shenandoah put back to Liver
pool on the 6th, having experienced heavy
gales.
• O'Leary, the Fenian, has been found
guilty.• He made 'i,sl3eech denying that he
wa? a traitor. He declared he owed no 'al
legiance to the Queen of England nor obedi
ence to the British4aws. He was sentenced
to twenty years, penal servitude.
The indications have increased that Ear
Russell intend to introduce a Reform bill
Marine Intelligence.
Arrived from Philadelphia, ship New
York, at Genoa. , Arrived from New Or
leans, ships Confidence and Homeward
Bound, at Liverpool. Melissa at Queens
town.
Tile ship Duncan from Liverpool,for Phi
ladelphia, put into Holyhead Dec. 7, leaky.
Commercial-
LIVERPOOL, Dec. B.—The cotton sales for
the week.have been 99,000 bales. The mar
ket opened buoyant, but closed quiet at an
advance, which was partially lost, on ®ld
on the week. The sales to speculators were
25,000 bales, and to exporters 28,000 bales.
The salea on the day the Peruvian sailed
were 7,000 bales.. The market closing quiet
but steady. •
Breadstuffs quiet but steady.
Consols for money 87+@87i. The decrease
of bullion in the Bank of England is 51159,000.
U. S. Five-twenties 63i@64; Illinois Central
shares 82©82-k ; Erie shares 581.
,
Later
HALIF., Dec. B.—The Steamship Cuba,
from Liverpool, on the 9th,via Queenstown
on the 10th inst, has arrived.
[NoTE—The telegraph wire east of Ban
gor has failed to work since the reception of
the above despatch.]
Price of Geld in New York.
[By the People's Telegraph Line. j
-NEw YORK, Dec. 18.—Gold has been
quoted to-day as follows :
10.30 A. M. 1461 I 11.45 A. M
10.45 146 i I 12.00 M.
1.06 1461 12.20 P. M.
11.15 1461 12.45
11.30 1461 1.00
•
Markets.
Raw Youk, Dee tB;—The Cotton mstrket is drill at
49@500. Flour is dull; 6.500 barrels sold at $7(.49 45 for
State. e 8 50®$9 85 for Ohio. 67@,i'S 40 for Western. VS 75
@slsfor Southern. and:(18 lOt@llll for Canadian Wheat
and Corn are &111.-with small sales. Beef steady. Pork
heavy at rA 2.5etR3 tiVLi . for Mess. Lard dull at
193-'e. Whin: eteady.
Ili Vbe :11J
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE, MARKET, Dec.lS.
Beef Cattle are rather dull this week, but
prices are without any material change.
2,400 head , arrived and sold at from
16,017 cents for extra, 14015.1 cents for
fair to good and 11013 cents tb for com
mon, as to 'quality.
The following are the particulars of the
sales:
Head. Name. Amount.
90 Mooney dr, Smith, Western, 161 (4)17
30 E. S. McFillen, Western, ; - r . .1.5 016
120 J. McFillen; Western; . 14 016
60 J. S. Kirk, Western, . .15 016
30 Kennedy t McClese,:Chester, : 12 (4)15
70 Christy & Brother, West., .15 016
70 P. McFillen, Western., . 15 0163.
110 P. HathaWay, Western, . 15 017
46 Martin Fuller it Co. Western, 14 0163
55 Mooney & Brother,West.; 12 017
105 Dryfoos &Dryfoos,Western,grs. 74 @ 8i
90 Hope ds Co., Kentpcky, . 14 0161
50 J. Chain cir, Sm., Pa., grs., . 7 0 S
170 H. Chain,Westernand Pa., - grai. 6 0 S
Hogs—Are without change,: 2,800 head
arrived and sold at the different Yards at
from $130515 the 100 lbs., net. as to quality.
Cows—Are less active at a decline; 250
head sold at from $350580 for Springers,
and a45(4)890 per head for mulch cow.
Sheep—Continue dull and prices lath9r
lower; 10,000 head arrived and sold at from
Ram cents 13 lb, gross for good fat sheep,
and s3os4 per head for stock sheep.
ASSAULT WITH A BILLY.—Two men,
named Michael Leonard and James Smith,
got into a dispute at Fifth and Callowhill
streets about ten o'clock yesterday morning.
Leonard is alleged to have struck Smith on
the hettd with a billy, inflicting a dangerous
wound. Smith was taken to his home, No.
3 Northampton Court, and Leonard was
arrested. After a hearing before Alderman
Toland, he was committed to await the
result of he injuries inflicted.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
CHINA AND GLASS.
USEFUL-AND ORN4IVENTAL.
Roman Vases. Fancy Toilet Sets
Egyptian Vases. Fancy Colognes.
Parlay Vases. Fancy Card Stands
Frosted.,Vases. Fancy Decanters.
New goods, atlow figures.
SAMUEL S. FEATHERSTON & CO.,
VO South Second street, above Spruce.
" PHARAOH'S SERPENTS."—Just received,
an invoice of the French serpents, from the original
inventor, in , Paris. Bower, Sixth and Green, 35 cents
a box, three boxes il. American 50 cents. •
"PHARAOH'S SERP onTsi"—A Scientific
Miracle! Astonishing everybody!! • Amusement for
all! Bower's Laboratory, Sixth iwnd vine; 50 cents.
Mall, 55 cents.
•
HERNLA. on RurrußE—Treated with pro
fessiansi and practical skill by C. H. Needles, 8. W.
corner Tv elfth and Race streets. Ladles' Department
conducted byladies, oa Twalfth stLreet, let door below
Race.
DRUGGISTS' SUNDIUES IN EVERY VA
RIETY. SNOWDEN & BROTHER, Importers,
23 South Eighth street.
BRONZE Itik Stands, Fans, Card Ite-aeiv
srs, Jewel Caskets, Cigar Cases Cutlery, etc.
SNOWDEN & BROTHER,
Importers. 23Sbuth Eighth street.
A NOVEL MACHINE.--A gentleman named
J. J. Brown, residing at Brooklyn, N. Y.,
has invented a simple little machine for
making tooth picks, splints for lighting
lartips, matehes,.strips for baskets, and for
some forty other purposes. A block of wood
i
is placed in ,'the maehine, and the splints
pour out in a constant stream or cataract,
like the pouring of corn from a half bushel
at the rate of over, twenty thousand per
minute.
VEGETABLE parchment is made by steep
ing tuisized paper , in a mixture of equal
parts of sulphuric acid and water, until the
paper is permeated by the mixture. It is
then taken out of the acid solution and
washed in a very dilute solution of ammo
nia.:Paper thus treated is not disintegrated
by water, and has many of the properties of
common parchment, and nearly the same
enacity.
eruvian.
- ' SHENANDOAH.
FENIAN.
REFORM.
1464
1461
146 , :i
1461
146;
SHE FENIANS.
No Compromise Yet Et-
fec,ted..
1 13,
THE LONDON ' O PARIS WAFT
APFA R, &c.
• ._
(From to-day's New York Tribune.)
The Fenian Senate was in session on Sat
urday, but the result of its deliberations has
not transpired. Mes ra t , Daily and O'Sni
livan, two newly arri KT Senators, went to
the headquarters of both parties to hear
their respective grie ances. Reports frfam
the country were received by each party du
ring the day. The Connecticut Fenians are
endeavoring to pour oil on the troubled
waters, and announce their neutrality be
tweenlhe belligerents. The Senate will be
in session this (Monday) morning, and will,
it is'expected, issue some important docu
ments. Meanwhile O'Mahony's clerks are
busily engaged preparing huge reports to
lay before the General Congress, to meet on
Jan. 2d.
At a joint meeting of the Emmet, Wolf
Tone and Hudson City Circles of the Fenian
Brotherhood, held on the 15th inst., a series
of resolutions were unanimously adopted
endorsing President O'Mahony and de
nouncing the Senators, and asserting that
an attack on a near friend of O'Dfahony's
in the current number of The Irish Amer
ican is a base slur on his character, and
shows the vindictive spirit of the writer.
Indignant Letter from the Editor of the
Catholic Universe.
OFFICE OF ARE UNIVERSE, 310 CHESTNUT
STREET, PHIAARELPHIA, December 15th.
1865.—T0 the Editor of the Herald :—With
your permission I beg to give you a new
item in the convulsed direction of Fenian
ism.
In your impression of this date I find a
long paragraph, copied from the Irish
American, on the Fenian money sent by a
Philadelphia agent to Paris. I am that
agent. The paragraph in question is one of
gross falsehood from beginning to end. It
contains untruths against Mr. B. D.Killian;
it slanders some third party, who is to me
utterly unknown, and it is full of lies and
malignant reflections on myself. .I would
not answer if it had not appeared in the N.
Y. Herald.
I proceed to give you a fair statement of
the entire transaction in all its features. I
am agent in this city for selling drafts and
emigrant passages for 'the emigrant house
of Tapseott ,t Co., of Liverpool, London
and New York. They pay me as in all such
cases a percentage on what I do fur then.
Learning that the Fenian authorities were
sending much monev to Europe, I applied
to them to buy their drafts from me. I
made two applioaticns. The first was to
Mr. President O'Mahony. In my letter to
that gentlemen I described the agency I held.
I told him that I would sell him drafts
cheaper by several cents on the pound ster
ling than he could get them elsewhere, and
that he might know how my trouble was to
be remunerated I distinctly stated that it
was to be in the commission alto wed by the
Messrs. Tapscott.
In this letter there was not a single tittle
about giving up my commission. The sole
inducement held out in it to Col. 0' Mahony
to deal with me was cheapness. No answer
came to this letter. Several weeks passed,
the Fenian Congress was held in Philadel
phia, the Fenian Senate adjourned to New
York, and to that Senate I repeated my
proposition on the drafts. This second ap
plication was laid before the Senate by a
Senator. It was the same, substantially, in
all things as the letter sent to Col. 0' Muttony
This was last October. The precise fate of
my letter to the Senate Ido not know. But
early in November the Secretary of the Fe
nian Treasury, Mr. B. D.'Milian, whom the
"Senate" put in his office, sent me a telegra
phic message to go to New York to give him
a draft of sixty thousand dollars. I res
ponded personally. In New York I first
called on the Messrs. Tapscott, and told them
the business thAt was up. These gentlemen
and I agreed that a duplicate exchanga,bill
was safer than a mere draft, and the *ice
per British pound was fixed at $7 35. Pounds
sterling sold on this same day at $7 311 to $7
40 in New York and Philadelphia. From
the counting house of Messrs. Tapscott I
proceeded to see Mr. Killian. The business
was soon disposed of. On the banking
house of Eugene Kelly A: Co. Mr. Killian
drew for $60,000, and for this amount one o
the Tapscott firm gave Mr. Killian duplicate
bills of exchange in pounds sterling, payable
in London.
This terminated the transaction. I had
no partner in it. My commission was
never premised to the Brotherhood, but the
opposite was distinctly intimated. My as
surance of cheapness SI fulfilled; saving the
Brotherhood over $4OO, and the bill of ex
change has been credited. I am not a
Fenian. Inever Vave been one. There was
rio collusion in this matter with any one. I
have not now, and never had a partner at
any business. I asked for the mandgement
of this transaction. I got it. I gave full
satisfaction in discharging it. such is the
entire case. Liars and defamers alone mis
represent it.
As to the statement copied into the herald
from the Irish American, that I returned to
Philadelphia from this trip to New York
with the addresses of the Fenian circles of
the Nuntry in my pocket, to whom I im
medidtely sent pressing letters to subscribe
to my paper—that is also a most iniquitous
falsehood. I hear brand the man who
made it with such falsehood.
With your permission, I would say a
word in regard to Mr. Killian. He is
slandered, and slandered for having taken a
bill of exchange payable in London, In the
obloquy thrown on him for this, it ih insinu
ated that his &sign was to compel the
"exile" in Paris, for whom the money was
intended, to go to London to cash his order,
where, of course, he would be at once taken
up. But what is the case ? The Tapscott
house has credit, and it has had credit for
the last twenty years, in every city on the
continent' of Europe; and in Paris British
pounds sell at four per cent. premium. The
man who has thrown obloquy on Mr. Kil
lian in thisconnection,knew well the perfidy
of doipg so. If he did not know it, then he
is a consummate dunce; and between being
a public dunce and a public defamer he has
my permission to decide which is the more
honorable. I remain, Mr. Editor,
:Your very respectful servant,
J. M. SPELLISSY, Editor of
The Universe:
i t it he Catholic Herald.
Vigorous Calls for th Arrest of the Cana
dian Feu n Chief.
[From the Toronto Globe. Dec. 16.1
'We find in the New York journals some
very extraordinary assertions as to the
amounts which are being contributed to the
funds of the Fenian association by its duped
adherents. It is alleged that the contribu
tions for October amounted to over $lOO,OOO.
We copy a few of the subscriptions in order
to give our readers an idea of the whole:
Chicago, 111., per N.karcl, f. call, $4,000
Cincinnati, Ohio, pert. W. Fitzgerald,
f. call,_ . . . . . . 1,000
Lawrence,Mass.,per Moriarty,f.call 1,000
Boston, Mass., per P. Doody, f. call, . 1,000
San Francisco, California district, per
Jeremiah Kavanagh, f. call, . . 3,358
St. Louis, Mo., distriCt, per Jas. Mc-
Grath, f. call, . • . 1,6041
Chicago, 111, per M. Scanlan,. f. call. 5,000
California district, f. call, . . .7,2x48
Toronto, Canada, per call, 500
Toronto, f. C. W. per M. Murphy, call 300
It will be seen that five hundred dollars
is ; first acknowledged asreceived from—,
Toronto; and second, three hundred dollars
from "Mr. Murphy," Toronto. We must
say that these figures make us doubt the
SHEET.
authenticity of theWh6le list. If tbe sums
were five- dollars and three dollars, they
would be mtich nearer, the truth, we fancy.
We do not;believe that eight hundred dol
lars could; , be raised in Tbronto in a single
month for any such prirPose. There can be
no doubt as:to the identity of Mr. Murphy
with Michael Murphy, .the President V the
Hibernian i Society. If It could be Proved
that he had. raised money for the Fenian
Society. he would, of course, be amenable
to the law ; and it may be well: for the au
thorities to direct some inquiries into
Murphy's proceedings: We shall never be
lieve that he sent three. hundred dollars to
New York ; bathe may have done some
thing to help the organization. If it be true
that the Fenian leaders receive anything
like one hundred thousand dollars a month,
the wonder is that they shonld kill such a
magnificent goose by guarding over the
eggs. We shan't'place faith] n the list until
we see it in a more reliable place than the
sensational columns of a New York paper.
I From the Toronto Leafier, Dec 16.]
Does not this prove incontestably that Mr.
Murphy, under the hypocritical garb of
"benevolence" has been working heart and
soul inthe interest of the Fenian organiza
tion?—that the Hibernian Society is not
what it pretends to be, but a "circle" of the
Fenian Brotherhood, and that the numerous
protestations of innocence its members have
made from time to time are bnt cloaks to
cover up their real character?
We submit that these are revelations that
cannot be ignored by the government if it is
true to itself and to the country. Whatever
influences may control the administration,
it cannot close its eyes to the iitct that the
document published, if it be authentic—and
it bears sufficient internal proof of its cor
rectness—shows that there is in onr midst
an agent of the "Fenian organization" as
culpable as Luby, who in Ireland has been
sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment
for seeking to "compass the deposition of the
Queen. Intending to levy war upon her,
and inciting foreigners and strangers to in
vade Great Britain." This man cannot be
permitted to continue his dangerous work—
dangerous; not because of his personal in
fluence merely,but because of his connection
with an organization which, though it may
be rent by internal dissensions, has still a
large money influence at its back, ifts is
shown by the list of receipts, from which we
have made a couple of selections. We call
upon the government to exercise their right
ful authority and control in this matter.
The Canadian public require it at their
hands.
CHARLESTON.--A letter from Charleston,
S. C., says: Thairrebuilding of the city is
about to commence in earnest. Mr. Theo
dore D. Wagner, one of the most liberal
and public spirited citizens to be found in
any country, will soon have a force of from
jive to six hundred mechanics and laborers
engaged in Ale clearing and erection of new
buildings on the burnt district laid waste
in the great tire of limn. Mr. Wagner has
in contemplation the erection of some two
hundred handsome buildings and stores by
the first of July. uthers of smaller capital
are commencing to clear their lots prepara
tory to building. The admission of the
State into the Union would have a wonder
ful effect on the business and prospects of
the city. Capitalists are chary of investing
their money until the State and her citizens
are rehabilitated in all their civil rights.
IT has been estimated that tobacco is used
by at least eight hundred millions of men;
opium by 'four hundred millions; Dadian
hemp by three .hundred millions, and the
cocoa leaf - by ten millions; and those who
consume the betel nut, arsenic and other
stimulants and narcotics,when enumerated,
would swell the list to many millions more.
CoYmt is improved by age. A common
article of coffee, when kept in a dry place,
for' a period of two years, is equal to thehest
if recently collected.
LEAD Onr. is more extensively diffused in
Kentucky than any State in the Union, and
many of the veins would undoubtedly yell
a handsome return to the miner.
Vas I.; • :to) 111 AI
SALES OF STOCKS.
PIBST BOARD
1100 a L' S 5205 '65 1001; !300 oh Sugar Creek De
kW do Ku .1 Yelopment, 104-100
lan S. t Tress 7 3-10 , 300 ah McCrea and
Notes Aug 93, Cherry Ran 3-16
14000 City 68 new C&P 5,31%;200 oh Sugar Creek 5, , ,
5000 'Union Cnl Bits 22 1 400 sh do lots 5 , ..i
296 sh liestonVe ft 1 . 3:i 40 i 100 sh do 5.;
KO oh do' 40 ,NOsh St titcholaSC 531 6',
100 all do 010 40 11500 sh do 1330 6';
300 sh do #5 40 !lon sh do blO 6 4 5
100 sh do bss 44'4; Mesh Ciatawtsss pfl .3. - -;
i(o sh do o 5 49 ,100 sh do 35' 4
KC sh do blo 40 I 300 sh Bra Oil 3 31- )00
200 oh do 03 IR'. 15 sh Morris Canal pfd
20 .
... -0
do - -
sh blOtlat -40 b 5 120
n 5 •sh Ocean Oil ,-:::•0 16', 16 nh Lehigh Nov 55. , ,
11C0 sh do 16 , , 50 sh do 55 , ,
X) sh do la:zo 16%1:n) sh Penns R 57
100 sh do cash 1. - -.!„10o sh do bal 57
100 sh do - bEI 17 42 sh Norristown R 5,0_,
SOO sh Reading R szwn 51% 41 sh Ft's & Men Bit Lai
Public Board—Philadelphia 'Exchange.
REPORTED: BY B. C. JOMKSON, STOCK 1411m:r 1... RD. 121
6017TH SHIED STREET.
IITRST CALL.
100 sh Read R. silo ;;;1‘;: 200 sh Franklin Oil 1'
100 sh Maple Shade WO 5 C I,il oh do Va) 1 ,
100 sh do bao 5' . , ; ?a) sh Miller 43e
PRICES OF STOCKS IN NEW YORK.
(By Telegraph.)
FIRST CLASS. SECOND CLASS.
.146', sates sales
. SS!., sales sales
.1 9t;'„, Sales sales
•107% sates sales
.103? e bill sales
, 93k. sales sales
.109', sales sales
sales sales
sales sales
American Gold
Reading Railroad....
New York Central_
'Bl int off...
H. S. Gs, 5Ms
Hodson Ricer_
Illinois Central
Northwest- .........
Fnqettled
Finance and Ettalness--Dec.15.1865.
The business at the Stock Board this morning was
of a miscellaneous character, without mnch fluctua
tion in prices. Reading Rallioad sold to a limited ex
tent at 533.,A53%—the latter an advance of .14. Penn
sylvania Railroad sold at 57—no change; Cattawissa
Railroad Preferred at:15E7)5.5%—a decline oflLanii Mine
Hill Railroad at 56i.,—an:advance of 14: 124 was bid
for Camden and 'Amboy Railroad: and 801;
for Philadelphia and Erie Railroad. Canal
stocks were steady, with sales of Lehigh Navi
gation at 5.51,;.©551,; Morris Canal at 120, and Tinton
Canal bonds at 22. Schuylkill Navigation Preferred
closed at 33: 1 4; the common stock tit 2514: and Delaware
Division at 10) 1 1'. Coal stocks continued to attract
usual attention. Mahanoy closed at 81. i, and St. Nicht>
las sold largely at ei@o,i. Big Mountain closed at .V.f.
In Bank shares the only sales were of Farmers' and
Mechanics' at 120, and Mechanics' at 2834. Govern.
Loans were steady at 1071f,©1073,f, for the Coupon
Sixes, ; 1003,i for the Five Twenties, with sales; and
98 for th Seven-Thirties. In Hestonville there was
quits an active movement and it advanced to 40.
Messrs. Deßaven & Brother. No. 40 South Third
street, make the following quotations of the rates of
exchange to-day, at 136 P. M.: Buying.
American G01d.....-. .. ..........-........146
Quarters and halves-........... ..... _l4O
Dimes and half dimes...---..... 135
Spanish Quarters.-- 185
Penna. Currency.. -- . .........- ...... :c," dis. X - 0114.
New York Exchange. 149 die? Par.
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Oovernment, Securities, &c..
to day, as follows:
Buying. Selling:...
U. S. 6's, 1881 10731 108
Old 5 20 Bonds 1033, 1033
New , 1864 • 100; 101
5-20 Bonds. 1865100 36 101
1040 Mends—..
..... ' 91% 92
7 3.40 Augu5t...... .. ....-........ 97.14, 983.3:
" June973,l 98
II Jul, • 97% 98
Certificates, of Indebtedniss......... 97.36
Gold-at 12 o'cloclr-.... ..,. .. .- .. —..146 . 15' 4..1'
At the Philadelphia Gold Exchange . ; No. 57 South
Third street, basement, Gold quotations were at the
followingratee: '.
10.80 A. M.,146 TO.l
463,1. 112.00 M. 146 @1463,c.
11. A. M.,.146 14. 112.80 P. M..
146 @146%'.
11.80 A. EL, 146 1.463 r, 11.00 P.M., 146 @14634.
Smith, Randolph & Co., Bankers, 16 South Third
street, quote at 1 o'clt.ck as follows:
Gold 1463
U. S. 1881 Bonds 107 1. 108
"
tr 4 1033 )
•!....----1, 1864 . - 1.00,1 104
~, 1865..., 10034 100%
U. S,: 1040 917. 8 92
U. S. 7-80's---Ist series 9731i 1 983 4
..
2d series. 97% 973
3d series.. •,- , --- , -97, 5 661 97'4
97:% a 91%
IL S. Certificates of Indebtedness...
Stock market strong.
Philadelphia Markets.
MONDAY, Dec, 18,—There le rather more activity in
the Flour Market. Sales of abOtooo barrele ; were re"
ported, mostly Northwestern extra family,Part at sB@
$9, and part Private, including. 600 barrels Penna. and
Ohio extra aridly at slo@lo 50, and 400 barrels fancy at
$ll 50 to $l2 The retailers and. bakers are buying
more freely within the above range of prices for extra
family and fancy brand% ts 7 50@8 for superfine, and
$8 25@8 58 for extras. Nothing doing in Rye Flour and
Corn Meal to alter quotations-2e demand for both, is
limited. wir '
The Wheat market is quiet and there is very little
prime offering. Only 5000 bushels were diaposed of, at
10@2.25 for good and primeinew Red. White is held
at.S2 60)2 70. Rysiis dull and nominally held at Mo.@
IR 05 for Southerreand Penna. Corn is active at an
advance of . I©2 cents "f bushel; abont 20,000 bushels
were disposed of at Bl@B4 cents for priine dry new yel
low afloat and in the cars, and 88 cts for old do.afloat—
including 2000 bushels new white at 84'cents—to arrive
Oats are unchanged, with sales of 5,000 bushels of
Penna. at 50 cents, afloat and in store.
Nothing doing in Earley or *alt.
A sale of 20 bhds. No, 1 Quercitron Bark crai mere
at $32 50 per ton.
The Seed market is quiet at $7 50(a 25 for common
and prime Cloverseed. Nothing doing in Timothy or
ktlaxseed.l
Wliiski is dull, smith small sales at t. 2 35 for Penna .
and,Ohio barrels.
1.1 :Ali kJ
PORT OP PIECIADEILFRIA—DEc. 18.
zr see Marine Bulletin on Eleventh Page.
ARRIVED THIS DAY.
Steamer Admiral. Nichols, 24 hours from' N York;
with mdse to P R Clark.
Behr E H Atwood, Rich, from Boston, with mdse to
captain.
Bohr EJ Heraty, Meredith, from Lynn, in ballast to
Fitzpatrick & Heraty.
Behr Vandalla, Morris, 1 day from Leipsic, Del. with
corn to Jas L Bewley & Co.
Behr Mary. Ricords. 1 day from Camden, DeL With
corn to Jas I. Bewley & Co.
Bohr Wm Kennedy. Patterson, 1 day from Dover,
Del. with corn to Jets L Bewley & Co.
Behr A Tirrell, B iggins, from Boston.
Bohr Snowflake. Dickerson. from New York..
Behr M Tilton, Fr. itzinger. from Salem. -
Bohr Mary May, Murray. from Wjlm
• BELOW.
Ship N Mosher, from Liverpool, was at anchor be
low thd buoy on the 'Brown 9.15 AM yesterday; schr
Sardinian, at anchor off the buoy on the Middle; bark
Urgent. for Cork; brigs John Welsh , for Barna, and F
Pdlen, for Portland, were at anchor off Bombay
Hook. and 88. Baker, off Reedy Point —Reported by
Capt Snyder, of sten mshlp
CLEARED THIS DAY.
Behr A L Putnath. Tagged, Boston. via New Castle,
Holbrook & Hughes .
- Schr Rising Bun, Jones, Boston, Mershon & Cloud.
BEEMIORAPDA.
Steamer City of Cork (Br). Bridgman', from Liver
pool Ist inst. and Queenstown Zd, with 225 passengers.
at hi ew York yesterday. 2d inst. off 4 , 00 r Head.passed
steamer Etna. bound up Channel: 3d. 7.28 A,ll. 72 miles
W of Fasnet.signalized steamer City of LiMerickfrom
New York for Liverpool; sth. 11.50 PM. lat 50 45, lon 27
48, eigtialized a bark rigged screw steamer, beand E,
suppos , d to be the Scotland: 14th, 10.25 RIS.Llat 4111, ton
rx Z 3, signalized steamer Scotia, from New York for
Liverpool.
Steamer Alhambra, Benson, at New York yesterday
from Charleston.
Ship Duncan, Gould, from Liverpool for this port,
put into Hollyhead 7th inst. leaky.
Ship Promior. Merlthew, cleared at Baltimore 16th
Last- for San Francisco.
Ship Arago, for Sew Bedford, sailed from San Fran
cisco 14th Inst.
Bark Clifton. duvet, cleared at Baltimore. 16th lest.
for Rio Janel,o.
Brig New York (Ital), Ferrero, hence at Genoa—no
date.
Seta Eveline, Almeida, at Matanzas lOth inst. for
this port, cleared 9th.
Score E A Conklin, Daniels, hence, and A E Safford,
Hanson. and Illary - Elizabetb, Rockhlll,heace for Paw
tucket. at Providence 16th Inst.
Scbr R B Townsend, Townsend, sailed from Deme
rara 15th - alt. for this port, and was spoken 17th,
.: •~
A bottle was picked up on Sable Island 0ct.14, CO,l
- a statement of Capt John Sanders, master of
brig Diana, dated Sept 28. lat 50 25, lon 40 18, that the
vessel was sinking. Himself, a crew 0(14 men, and 16
passengers expected to be lost.
Bark Palo Alto. from Galveston for Liverpool, put
into Bermuda Bth inst, leaking badly., and would have
to discharge. _
(Br). Smith, from Sierra Leone.for New
York. put Into Bermuda 2d inst. having experienced
heavy gales, during which split sails, lost rigging, and
received other damage.
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Explosion at-the V.lashington Arsenal,
Explosion at the Washington Arsenal.
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WASHINGTON, Dec.. 18.— An explosion
has just taken place at the Arsenal, which
shook the capitol like the shock of an earth
quake. The cause, and , result, at present
writing, is not known.
XXXIXOt CONGEESS—FIRST SESSION
HOUSE.—[Continued from our Second Edition.]
Mr.'Smith (Ky.) presented the credential*
•of Mr. Johnson, member elect from Arkan
sas. Referred to the Select Committee on
Reconstruction. '
•.M.r. Baker (DL) offered a resolution de
claring against class rule and aristocracy as
a privileged power, and asserted the duty
of securj.ng,the largest attainable liberty to
all persons irrespective of race and color.
Referred to the Select Committee on Recon
struction.
Mr. Moulton (X 11.) offered a resolution
which lies over under the rule, es ling on
stile President to inform the House why Jef
ferson Davis is not brought to trial for
treason.
, Mr. Washburn (III.) introduced.n bill re
pealing the fishing bounties. Referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
The House tabled Mr. Thornton's (DI.)
resolution, declaring that the elective fran•
chise exclusively belongs to the States.
On motion of Mr. Orth (Ind.) the President
was called on to furnish the House with any
information as to the application of the so
called Mexican Empire to obtain a recogni
tion from the United States.
The House concurred in the Senate reso
lution appointing suitable observances for
the 12th day of February, in regard to the
death of President Lincoln, and passed the
bill appropiiiting $25,000 to Mrs. Lincoln,
Mr. Wilson (Iowa) reported a bill extend
ing the right of suffrage in the District of
Colimbia, which was made the special order
of the 10th of January. 1866..
LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.
E . EALIFAx, Dec. 18.—The royal Irian steam
ship Cuba, from Liverpool on • Saturday
Dec. 9th, by the way of Queenstown on the
10th, arrived at this port at 9 o'clock this
'orning.
It was said that Austria and Mexico were
negotiating for the more speedy enrollment
of the 10,000 Austrians who are to be fur
nished during 'fiveyears. At the American
banquet in Paris on Thanksgiving Day our
iinister,Mr. Bigelow expressed very pacific
sentiments, and General Schofield proposed
tbe toast "Friendship, beloved France and
the United States."
REP CURTAINS,
EDITION.
3:00 O'Clook:.
BY TELEGRAPH:
Arrival of the Cuba.;
Death of the King of B'elgit6n.
The King of Belgium is dead.
The steamer Persia arrived out on the Bth.
The Arago arrived at Falmouth on the Bth•
The three mates and boatswain of the ship
Antarctic; t&ing in the Mersey, bound for
New York, had been lodged in jail charged
with ill using the cook and steward.
The Latest Commercial.
LIVERPOOL,. Dec. 9th, evening—Cotton,
The sales to-gay amounted to 5,000 bales.
The market i easier and the prices forsame
descriptions a trifle lower,though the quota
tions are unchanged.
Breadstn ' are quiet and unchan •
Provision are quiet and steady. "Petro
leum firm.
LigiDON, ec. 9th, evening.—Consols for
money, Sil@S7 5-16ths; Erie R. R. shares,
581@59; Illinois Central shares, S11©82; IY.
S. Five Twenties. 63i @64.
New York Stock Markets.
NEN , : Your:, Dec. Is-Stocks are better.. Chicago
and Rock Island. Cumberland preferred, 45:
7etchlgau Sembern, 70.; New York Central, 9S'.;
Pete:Eng. 107,..%; Hudson River, itie.i.E.; Virginia Gs. 66i4:
'Missouri 65.76?;: Frie, 9.1.14: Treasury 7 3-Ift, 97...'4; Ten
Forties, 92; Five-Twenties, 1031;
- Weil at Philadelphia Stork Board.
SALES AFTER. FIRST BOARD.
,s-1006 State Os coup 91341140 sh Hestonv`e R. bl 5 40
i(as) Elmira R 7s 9414200 sh do bl 5 40
ICOO IL' S Tress 7 .3-109 110 sh do b 5 391
Notes June 975.,T1005h do SP-i
-^
3110 sb Mingo 1:0311 721,100 sb Fulton Coal A ...
!..
200 sh St Nicholas Coal i2O :h Morris Canal 82
hi* 67,i' 100 sh Little Soh R - 29
300 sh do s3Own 8% 200 sh Maple Shade O
200 sh do WO Lai 1500 sh DaLzell 144-100
1000 sh McCrea & Cherry ;200 sh Ocean Oil is
Run :-101 200 sh do b 5 18
300 sh Era Oil 3 31-100 100 sh Read R blO 5 . 3 74. -
600 sh do • b3O 33
SECOND BOARD.
200 sh MahanoyCoal h10.33.;1:11 oh Hestonv'e R. 393.4
400 sh Big Mountain 4001 sh Franklin 011 1 09-100
Coal bans?L'i
FIRE INSURANCE.
Liverpool and London and Globe
INIBURA CE COMPANY.
Authorized Ca tal, $lO
Invested P , over 16 Millions.
Yearly Revenue, over 5 Millions. .
Invested in the United
States, over $1,500,000.
All losses promptly adjusted- u ithout reference to
England.
ATWOOD SMITH,
General Agent for Pennsylvania,
OFFICE, ,
No, 6 Merchants' Exchange,
deles,tn,thAff P,HILADELPHIA.
ciacacio
HOLIDAY GOODS
Large and handsome assortment -11 0
Gold and Silver Watches, Diamonds;
Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware,
Clocks, Bronzes, &c.
Clark-i& Biddle,
Summon to THOMAS C. GARRETT,
oc2S-th cab:Mot
712 CHESTNUT ST. '
SOFT. HEAVY . NURSERY DIAPERS
Just . received, one case . RA.RNSTNY -NURSER
DIAPER, of all , •
F,TIREFARD;VAN HARLINGEN it, ARRIRON.
_ • Xmritirters of Linens
destu,tlisst 1008 CHEtifkiv VP Bt.
cIOPPER AND TELLOW KETEU. IMPATIEING
ki Brazier's Copper, Nails, Bolts and Dint jllO-oppm
constantly on hand and lbr sale by HENRY • it
it Co..= south Wharstia, ' . •