6IBSON PEACOM Editor
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MARRIED. .
EWING—PRICE—On Thursday; the y Bth imitant as
the Williamthe bride's parents, b
Price,
daughter
Newlin, C. Ewing to Mary C. Price,
of Isaac C. Price, Pim.. all of this city.
TOWNSENI3--RMGI —On the evening of the 7th
instant, byithe Itev. T. C. Yarnell, Witham W. Town
send, of West Philadelphia, to Mrs. Mary R. Bing,
daughter of the late Hon. Jere Clemens, of Huntsville,
CAMPBELL—On the morning of the Bth instant
Miss Carey Ann Campbell.
The relatives and friends of the fluidly are respect-
Italy invited to attend her funeral from the
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Vineof her brother-in-law Adam C. Eckfeldt,
Vine street, - on Monday, tiji i 12th Instant, at ten
o'clock A. M., without furthe otice. Funeral to pro
ceed to Marple Presbyterian Church.es
HABBIaONn Thursday morning, Feb. Bth,
"mi SI, widow of Francis Harrison. Esq., in the 62c1 year
of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from the residence
of her son-in-law, Dr. Von Meschasker, 1011 Walnut
- street. on Sasurday, at 8 o'clock, P. M. *
HAYWARD—Feb. 7th, 1E66, at his residence in
Burlington, N. J., Joel W. Hayward, formerly of
Philadelphia, in the 60t1L'Year of his age.
Interment at 1 o'clock, on the Nth instant. is
JONES—On the evening of the Bth Instant. Wm. D..
-son of John D. and Elizabeth S. Jones, and grandson
of the late Martin Summers, in the Uth year of his
age.
Kis relatives and the friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the
resider. ce of his parents, No 7 south Twenty-first at.
on Sunday afternoon, the 11th instant, at 2 o'clock. **
LEVIOI.—On the morning of the 9th instant. Wm.
Levick, in the Esth year of his age.
The; relatives and friends of the fatally are re
•quested to attend his funeral, without further no
tice, on Second day, the 11th Instant, at two o clock,
from the residence of his brother, Robert R.
Levick, Castor road, Twenty third Ward. carriages
will be at the Frrnkford terminus of the Fifth and
likath Street Railway, from one to a quarter past two
o'clock. ss
POULSON—On the morning cf Feb. Bth, 1868, Chas.
A. Poulson, aged 77 years.
Due notice will be gi•en of the time and place of
Interment. •
POWELL—On the Sth instant. Joseph, youngest 530
ofJosrph and Margaret S. Powell.
The triends of the , family are invited to attend his
funeral from the residence of his parents In Upper
Darby, on First day, the 11th instant, at two o'clock,
P. M. ••
SIMPSON—At Pittsburgh, Feb. sth, Robert S.
.Simpson, 5.f. D. in the 57th year of his age.
SIIVINGTON—SuddenIy, on Feb. 7th, 1866, John
Simington, in the 29th year of his age.
His relatives and those of the family. also Wel
come Lodge, No. 229, LO, of 0. F. are respectfully
Invited to attend his flmeral from the residence of his
mother, No. 1401 Mascher street, on Saturday after
noon, at 2 o'clock.
TITRITR MOREENS FOR F.E.UtTS.
Green Watered N oreen.
Vy
6.4 and 6-4 Green Babe,
White Cloth for Sacks.
White Evening Silks.
EYRE & LADIDELL, Fourth and Arch
SPECIAL NOTICES.
fl-e. OFFICE OF THE WOLF CREEK DIAMOND
COAL COMPANY, 215 WALNUT STREET,
YHILADSZPH/A, Feb. 7th, 1886.—The Directors tutee
this day declared a Dividend of TWO ANEtA HALF
_PER CENT. on the Capital Stock of the Company,
payable on and atter the 15th of February. The trans
ler books will be dosed from the 10th to 15th inst.
R. R. ROBE, Treasurer.
10. OFFICE POURING ROCK AND EAST
BANDY OIL COMP ANY, 619 WALK crr STREICT,
1. - EuransarycrA, February S, 1866.
In order to make the apportionment of the Reserved
Stock of this Company this day decreed by stock
holders, the transfer books will be closed from the 12th
le the 17th bust. inclusive,
By order of the Board.
feadtl
THE SOCIETY ibr supplying the Poor with
Zr o SOUP. N 0.338 GRISCOIL Street, find themselves
t ut sufficient funds to meet the current expenses
of the season, and make this appeal to the pubic to
enable them to supply the more than usual demand ibr
assistance.
JEBEaIIAH HACKFIR, President,
st 6 South Fourth street.
WM. SPANS, Js., Treasurer,
232 South Front-street.
feB-6tfrp
Ub OFFICE OP THE BUCK MOUNTAIN COAL
COMPANY, No. 320 WALNUT street, Puoms
.D.kuns, Feb. Bth, MC
NOTICE.—At an Election held on the 7th inst., the
following named gentlemen were elected Directors to
serve the ensning year:
Wlllian. P. Jenks, William Henry Trotter,
Jason L. Fenimore, I Marshall Hill,
Daniel L Collier, I Benj. T. Tredick,
George J. Richardson,
At a meeting of the Board of Directors held this day,
WILLIAM P. JENKS was imanimoadly re-elected
President, and THOMAS H. TROTTER, reappointed
Secretary and Treasurer. fegSti
U. , OFFICE OF THE LOCUST MOUNTAIN
COAL • AND IRON COMPANY, Pamaintr.,-
Mild, Feb. 8,1866.
At a Meeting of the Stockholders of this Company,
held onthe sth inst., the following-named gentlemen
were re-elected Directors for the ensuing year:
JOHN RIDDLE, 'SAMUEL U. MORTON,
JAS. A. McCREA, M. D.,i CHARLES KOONS,
JACOB F. JONES, !ISRAEL MORRIS,
THOMAS DRAKE.
And at a Medling of the Board of,Directors, held this
'day, JOHN BIDDLE WBB re-eledted President and
EDWARD ELY Secretary and Treasurer.
L IL?OFFICE OF THE LT/11:1Tall COAL AND
NAVIGATION COMPANY, PICISADELPHIA.,
December 21st, 1865.
LOAN FOR SALE.
IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
The Loan of this Company, due Aprll Ist , 1584, inte
rest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per
=mum
This Loan Is secured by a mortge on all the Com
pany's Goal Lands, Canals, and Slackwater Navigation
In the Lehigh river,and all their Railroads,constructed
end to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and
Wilkesbarre, and branch roads connected therewith,
and the franchise of the CornpsDy relating thereto.
Apply to SOLOMON SHEFFITF.D Treasurer,
.de2l-aptil 1218021 h Second street.
POFFICE OP THE WOLF CREEK DIA
MOND COAL COMPANY, No. 205 WALNUT
IitEET,
At the Annual meeting of the Stockholders of the
'Wolf Creek Diamond Coal Company held this day,the
following gentlemen were elected Directors for the
suing
WIL G. AUDENBIED,
LEWIS AUDENETRII,
JOHN BOMMRT,, JR.,
AEG. H. POTTS,
-ADD/SON-CHILD.
Andra a meeting of the Board of Directors held
'immediately afterwards, the following officers were
4elected for the ensuing year
WM. G. ADD aMTBIED, President.
B. R. 8088, Secretary and Treasurer.
B. B. BOISE, Secretary.
Paturnmanfas, Feb. 7, 1866. fes-st:i
SOLDIERS' FAMILIES.
The immediate Relief of the Soldier the Widow,
'the 0rph0 . ; , ;4 in their own homes, is the only object we
:have In Isppealing to you for pecuniary co-operation.
-Such famines are numerous, and their terrible destitu
tion is known only to those who visit their humble
homes, their damp dark cellars and cold, cheerless
:gar. •
Rret s ev, WM. IifcELWEES, Pastor of the Fifteenth
Presbyterian Church, of Philadelphia, and extensively
;known by the name of " City Pastor?' has been devot
ing much of his time, by his pen and personal labors,
'during the last two years, for the benefit of this needy
:and deserving class. Convinced that our citizens have
.a heart in such a work, and stand ready to aid It when
.41ppealed to, and finding that the calls for aid are daily
increasing, and that funds are needed to meet them,
you are earnestly solicited to contribute liberally to aid
this noble and Christ•like work. Z was an hungered,
-and ye gave me meat; thirsty, and ye gave me drink;
:naked, and ye clothed me." _
All contributions will be acknowledged in the public
=Papers.
sendcontributions to
Rev. WM. ArcELWRE.
"City Pastor."
Superintendent Of immediate
Aid for Soldiers' Families,
Residence, I.34lLombard Street,
Philadelphia
Kra.OLTY PASTOR, Superintendent of Clothing
I/Titrtm z en i t s a o r o td of Vis:kat ii i n tk and Distribution.
tendent of Supplies and-Distribution.
"We know CITY .PASTOR, are acquainted with
• Work. and cordially recommend his cause and hirn
self as worthy of the aid and confidence of our citizen
POLLOCK,
• 3. ALEXANDER, :HES - EY,
"JAMES OBNE,
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Secretary and Treasurer
EDWARD ELY,
Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.[
IgrHOWARD HOSPITAM, Nos, I.Blknd 11520
Lombard street, Dispensary Depart ment Med.
reatment and medicines famished gratuitously
toithe poor. se2B
Interesting to Property Holders.- - A New
Law Regulating Munieipal Liens.
A Bill has been presented to. the Legisla
ture the present session having for its
objects the regulation of the filing Ind col
lection of municipal claims. It is supple
mentary to tile consolidation act and seeks
to secure to the owners of property'certain
notice of pending liens end of proceedings
for their collection. • One object is likewise
the reduction of the expenses attendant upon
these proceedings.
As the laW now stands, no real notice is
required to be given. Mere:publication in
one or two newspapers, and often then in
the name of some reputed owner or JlWtieue
name is all that need be done. Tie pro
perty liened may be sold in this why and
once the period of redemption is a ered
to expire, the title thus acquired is con
' firmed forever to the purchaser—notwith
standing the claim mar,have been trifling,;
in amount—may not have been filed against
or proceeded upon: under the true oioner i e
name and all that without any notice to
him in point of fact.
The Supreme Court have so expresily de
cided in the case of Delaney vs. Cash, re
ported in the 6th volume of Casey's Reports,
at page 13, Judge Strong held that 4 ,` these
proceedings pass the title to the purohaser
whether the real owner be named in pro
ceeding or not."
These claims are universally of , small
amount, averaging about $20,-yet, hOwever
small, the costs are uniformly sil 75, al
together amounting to $4O or $5O.
These things are regarded as crying evils
and need a remedy. It is,therefore,proposed
by the new bill to greatly reduce these costs
and to confine the principal part of them
within the margin of a low Dercentageof the
funds collected.
Efforts to find the true owner are required
in such manner as to quite surely bring no
tice to every property owner.
A law like this is very much needed by
the community. It would also work incal
culably to the pecuniary advantage Of the
city. Many claims, usually lost, would be
recovered, and others postponed means° of
exorbitant costs would be cheerfully and
promptly paid upon service of the proposed
notices.
The following is a copy of the bill pre
sented:
A further supplement to the act consoli
dating the City of Philadelphia, regulating
the tiling and colecting of munteiPal
claims,
Whereas, Frequent and just comp]
rota
have been made that great expenseis are
imposed upon the owners of real estate in
the city of Philadelphia by the necessary
costs of advertising municipal
before suit brought, as required by existing iu
laws, and great injustice is frequently done
to the owners of property liened by the
city, who are ignorant of the existence of
claims against the same, by the accathula
tion or the costs of suit thereon, ! and
by selling said properties without actual
notice to them ; and whereas , it is I just
that these grievances should be • remedied;
therefore, i
&senor( 1. Be it enacted, (tc., Thid all
laws and parts.of laws requiring the ad
vertisement before suit brought of muni
cipal claims of every description, so far as
said requirements are concerned, are hereby
repealed, and in lieu thereof, and as a suffi
cient substitute therefor, it is hereby . .1
de
clared that before any seire fact= shall
be issued on any such claim, it shall. be
the duty of the City Solicitor to cause
diligent search to be made by an assietant
or clerk, for the owner or reputed owners
of all real estate against which there I has
heretofore been or may hereafter be filed
any claim in the name of the city of etery
kind, and to serve him or her with a writtm,
or printed notice to make payment to' the
City Solicitor within ten days If said
claims are not paid they shall be sued' out
by the City Sohcitor, and the writs of mire
facias shall be served by the Sheriff, by
advertising and posting as now by law
required, but before any judgment, by
default, shall be entered therein the Court
shall be satisfied, by an affidavit, to be filed
of record, of the following facts :
First. That if the owner or reputed owner
has any known residence in the said city,
that he has been served, before suit brotight
with notice of said claim in writing or
printing, either by handing the same to him
personally, or by leaving the same with an
adult member of his family, at his said
residence, at least ten days before issuing
said writ of mire facias.
Second. That if the owner or reputed
owner has no known residence in the said
city, but upon making inquiry for him in
the manner hereinafter directed, it has been
ascertained that he has a certain residence
outside of said city, then said affidavit shall
state, that at leastsfifteen days before suit
was brought,notice of said claim was mailed,
post-paid, and directed to said owner orre
pnted owner at his said address outsideof
said city.
Third. If said affidavit shall state that khe
name and address of the owner or reputed
owner could not bkascertained, then it shall
appear by such affidavit that before suit was
brought the following efforts to serve said
notice were made:
That the premises liened were visited [by
the deponent, and if the same were o u
pied by an adult, that notice of said °hem
was served upon said adult, and inq
made for the owner or reputed owner. f
said premises were unoccupied, or the -
quiry made thereon was fruitless, the affi a
vit shall further state that the deponent
served a notice of said claim on said pro
perty by affixing the same to any post, te,
fence, or structure thereon, and that he male
inquiry fon the reputed owner of the °c o il -
pant of the nearest dwelling, and of t e
nearest:Ward Assessor, and if said inq• es
have been also fruitless, that he served un o
tices of said claim upon such Assessor,
who shall forthwith report : the same 46
the Board of Revision, to be there fil
alphabetically,
.according to the differs t
wards, forthe information of all whom it
may concern; and if such inquiry eh
ascertain the name of the true owner, he
shall have notice as aforesaid, and his naine
shall be suggested on the 'record, and he'r
she made • a defendant in any suit to e
brought for such claim. • And there : shall it
paid to the City Solicitor, as costs, five t) r
cent upon said•claims to reimburse
for cariThig into effect the provisiona of th s
L
RO I . which percentage shall be in lien of atj
_ . .
costs heretofore and now chargeable for
advertising claims and liens before suing :
them out, and in lieu of all percentage and,
commissions of all kinds whatever now
allowed or charged on any claim of what
soever nature filed in the name of the city.
The provisions of this section shall not go
into effect until three months hereafter, nor
shall they apply to any scire faci as issued
before the expiration of said three months.
This act shall apply to all claims and liens:
of whatsoever kind, filed in the name of,
the city, whether:to use or otherwise. All
laws and parts of laws inconsistent here
with are hereby repealed.
Facts and Fancies.
- -
The Newburyport Herald has found two
venerable brothers in the neighboring town
of Essex, 66 and 79 years old respectively,
who have never been in a railroad car. Noth
ing strange, that we can see, in twobrothers
being of a sex.
The censorship has forbidden the circula
tion
of Punch's Almanac in France. The
nonsensorship would have 'been a more
appropriate power in that case.
, During the performance of "Hamlet"' at,
the New 'York. Winter Garden, one night
last week, a huge black cat made its ap
pearance in one of the most impressive'
scenes. Eyeing for a few moments the
melancholy Dane, who suddenly looked
ferocious, it jumped into the midst of the
orchestra, much to the relief of the actor and
the audience. As it crossed the stage
Hamlet exclaimed,
- What may thin meals
Revislt'st thou the glimpses of the morn,
Slaking night hideous !"
A pair of lovers, fleeing from stern and
cruel parents,.were married in the cars near
St. Louis the Other day. Papa telegraphed
to the conductor to send his daughter back,
but he telegraphed back: "Never return a
fair on this road."
Professor Agassiz's exploration on the
main stream of the Amazon alone resulted
inithe discovery of no less than eleven hun
dred and sixty-three species of fish, which
is a greater number than exists in the
Mediterranean. Amazin! He travels much
of the way on horseback, but did any one
ever bear of such an nag as his?
A glove company at Naugatuck, Conn.,
have declared a dividend of three
hundred per cent. for the last year. The
stockholders will enjoy hand-sum re-mit
ten- ces.
A San Francisco paper says "an honest
miner" from California, shouldered his
knapsack one day and strnck out for Idaho.
He arrived there last Spring and took up a
quartz claim. A few days ago he sold his
claim for SSCO,OOO in gold. On being asked
how he had managed to scrape up so much
gold, he simply replied "I'd a hoe!"
England will give the Princess Helena
£30,000 dowry and £6,000 per annum. She
once gave a Saint Helena to Napoleon for a
"pound!"
Queen Victoria is reported as shocked at
discovering that the Prince and Princess of
Wales smoke cigarettes together in a little
blue satin sanctum called their smoking
room.
Whales take up cigarette=
Queen Vic uneasy grows,
And when her daughter lighta one, shouts,
"Give way,„boys ! Char she blows!"
Rather a remarkable subject for debate
was that which called together the Irish
citizens of Indianapolis a few nights ago.
They met to give expression to their senti
ments disapproving of the practice of wife
murder, recent events there having made
such a manifestation eminentlyappropriate.
"Shure 's its de bating that kilt them."
In proof of which one Mrs. McGinnis testi
fied that before marriage her husband had
been very much struck with her,
but_now
she was every day struck by him.
Clay pipes to the number of 14,000 a week
are manufactured at an establishment in
Concord. The clay used is imported from
England, and costs 025 a ton. Does the pipe
of Concord differ materially from the pipe of
peace?
The editor of the Presque Isle Loyal 51471 -
rise, a newspaper so called because it is
published near where the sun rises, has
been made happy by receiving a " Friend
ship Quilt," the gift of forty-eight ladies of
the village. A most fitting accompaniment
to a loyal sheet.
A Calcutta paper announces the arrival at
that port of a ship from England with nine
teen lady patsengers, and no quarrel during
the voyage. People are not apt to fall oat
in the middle of the ocean, if they can avoid
it.
A sergeant in Richmond has had two
noses shot off—his own and an India-rubber
one—in his campaigns. His second - nose
was manufactured, by a plastic operation,
from a portion of his.gums.
A London young lady belonging to the
nobility recently eloped with the footman.
All Belgravia is horrified. There were a
pair of calves disappeared about that time.
A spirit merchant in Killlrney, Ireland,
has announced that he has still on sale a
small quantity of Whiskey which was
drank by the Prince of Wales when last at
Killarney. An eminently Irish announce
ment. He probably means that he has
the still on sale, in which the strong waters
were made. The saying "still waters run
deep," refers to the huge quantity of whisky
consumed in the Emerald Isle.
"A Sufferer" is affectionately advised to
read our Facts and skip our Fancies. In
stead of complaining, he should never
glance at the top of this brilliant column,
without exclaiming, as the ancients used to
do of the ascetic Simeon of Antioch, "What
a matchless Stylites!" [style-it•is, you
knowd
BAr, an English lion-tamer, came near
losing his head, a short time ago, while giv
ing an exhibition in Paris. He placed his
head in the mouth of a lioness, at the same
time holding his hands behind his back,
when a convulsive movement of the ani
mal's jaws caused its teeth to inflict deep
wounds on each side of the man's forehead,
from which blood flowed profusely. A cry
of horror arose from the spectators, and
numbers made a rush to leave the building,
but Batty, without losing his presence of
mind, called for a pocket-handkerchief,
wiped the traces of the accident from his
face, and then firing a revolver to drive the
animals from before the door of the cage,
quietly withdrew to get his wounds dressed,'
NEVADA.—The promising result obtained
from the explorations and work on the pro
perty of the Nevada Silver Mining Com
pany, whose office is located at 323 Walnut
street, in this city, has induced the board of
Directors to employ Capt. William H. Hill,
late of the'regular army, to take immediate
charge of the working of the mine. Capt.
H. brings to his aid, in his new field of
operations,.a thorough scientific education, .
together with close business habits, and he
_will,- without doubt, discharge the dfities of
his responsible position with satisfaction 'to
, the company and credit to himself.
OtTE NmpLE COUNTRY
THE FRENCH-MEXICAN QUESTION.
Effect of Napoleon's Speech in France
The Position of Maximilian
Opinions and Speculations of London
and Paris Journals, &c.
Opinions In Paris.
(Prom the Paris Temps, lan. 24.1
We will probably be in accord with every
body in regarding the paragraph relating to
Mexico as the'salient point of the imperial
discourse. The more di ffi culties the situa
tion offers the more pains we take to prove
the efforts; made to get out of them. It is
averred to-day that the French Government
has commenced negotiations with the Em
peror Maximilian with a view to fix the
time of the call of our troops, and that the
only interests ' whichwill guide us in this
matter are "French interests." This means,
it seems to us, that the French Government
does not regard itself the surety of that ofi
the Emperor of Mexico. To speak under
standingly, that is the foundation and the
whole situation of the Mexican question.
gezn [From Le Pa) a (government organ), Jan. 24.„1
Our work is also terminated in Mexico.
Called to those distant regions by wrong&
which demanded redress, France, faithful to
her mission of civilization, has gloriously
taken advantage of that occasion which
Providence offered her to seize from the
clutches of barbarism a land whose past
history, whose wonderful situation and
whose mineral and agricultural wealth
render it worthy of a better fate.
This grand expedition Bo calumniated by
party spirit, the object o ?so many blind and
passionate complaints, will form one of the
brightest pages of our history, because it
was a crusade for our honor and for the
benefit of civilization. The vague appre
hensions which it inspired, and the distant
dangers which in an instant it was foreseen
would arise from the United States, are dis
sipated. Our troops recalled, the govern
ment of the Union stands before a people of
America to whom it cannot deny the right
of regulating their own affairs and the con
ditions of their being.
rprom La Prance (organ of the Empress), Jan. 251.
On the delicate question of Mexico the
Emperor realizes the wishes of the country;
he announces the recall of our troops with
out disavowing the object of the expedition.
In what concerns the United States the im
perial language contains the now almost
venerable sympathy which in the struggle
for American independence made us the
allies of that noble cause. It is important,
under the actual circumstances, that there
should be no misunderstanding between the
United States and the French nation, and
the better they will be convinced at Wash
ington of our moderation and fidelity the
more they know that It was unnecessary to
demand any sacrifice of our dignity or
honor.
[Prom the Opinion Nationale (Prince Napoleon's
organ), Jan. 24J.
_ _ _
The chief point of the imperial speech,
that - which was deemed of the greatest im
portance,is the paragraph relating to Mexico.
After reading it over carefully one cannot
fail to construe it as a promise of the very
speedy return of our troops. It would have
been desirable had there been a few words
sufficiently definite to calculate approxi
mately the date when our troops are to be
recalled, but this will probably come out in
the debate upon the address. The general
character of the speech is extremely pacific,
and it tends to relieve any apprehensions
that may have been entertained regarding
our foreign policy. e s e
The portion of the speech which alludes
to North America is Very august and very
dignified. The Emperor reminds the 'United
States that they had been invited to take
part in the Mexican expedition, which,
moreover, was not opposed to their interests.
But the • approaching withdrawal of our
troops will naturally put an end to all dis
cussions on this subject.
a as * a * t * . I!
We regret that the chief of the State con
siders only as the barren agitation of rest
less minds the existing movement of public
opinion, the aim of which is to secure a
greater share of liberty and a greater par
ticipation by citizens in the management of
their own interests. This desire to hasten
the crowning mark of the edifice does not
proceed from a restlessless of mind con
founding instability with progress ; it ema
nates rather from the legitimate necessity
of perfecting those institutions, which, by
concentrating enormous power and conse
quently a great responsibility upon the
shoulders of the chief of the State, seem to
have been conceived with a view to their
direction by an eminent statesman in the
prime of life, but which might not prove at
suitable when, in the natural course of
things, a younger and less experienced and
capable man may be called upon to take
the reins of government.
France is tired of revolutions and anxious
for stability and regular progress, and
therefore alarm is felt at this excessive con
centration of power which makes the desti •
nies of a whole nation dependent upon the
life of one man. By an extensive develop
ment of public education; by leading the
country to the management of its own in
terests, and by indicating a sentiment of in
dividual and social responsibility, the Em
peror might really assure the stability of
our own institutions, which would have no
longer any enemies from the moment that
all legitimate wants were satisfied.
[From the Steele, Mexico;
,Our troops will soon leave the as
surance of that event is confirmed. We have
attained the object of our expedition, which
was the defence of our national interests.
No further negotiations are required for the
return of our soldiers; the Emperor is at
present engaged in arranging ;with the new
government of Mexico as to the time and
manner of their leaving the country. The
language of the Emperor, who has ex
pressed the public regret for the death of
President Lincoln, will scarcely satisfy the
enemies of the United States. The French
government wishes to remain at peace with
that great republic, which, as we
lately observed, was indebted to
us for its recognition, by the
treaty of 1786, and for its admission to the
great family of nations. France, the Em
peror declares, does not forge any date of
her history. If we, have won victories in
Mexico, our volunteers,
our influence and
mar diplomacy contributed, in the last cen
tury, to the affranohisement of the United
States. America has fcir us an affection of
long standing. President John Sam has
airmdedlsaying anything against us; he re
served his complaints for, England. The
assurance now given responds to these ad.
and England.
vances, and there can be no doubt that the
United States will in their turn be struck
with what is said for them in France.
s [From L'llnton Jan. 23.]
Even the two great questions which
absorb very justly, though in different de
grees,• the anxieties of public opinion—
Mexico and Italy—are spoken of with ex
treme caution. Without giving an expla
nation as to the close, so much desired, of the
costly campaign beyond the Atlanctio,
the speech indicates that the recall of the
French troops is in ineparation. Just a
year ago a similar hope was expressed;
but there is some difficulty in finding out
how near is its realization. Nevertheless
that is what we should have particularly
liked to know, especially when we look at
the attitude taken up by the most active
parties in the American Republic. And we
do not fear to affirm that on thisint the
whole of France is not less eager that our
selves to arrive at a solution.
fFrom the Opinion : Wallets's, Jan, 21.]
Have we in Mexico sufficient interest to
counterbalance the
. prejudice which - even a
simple coolness with the United States
could cause us? Evidently no. Alliance
with the United States is infinitely dear to
us. As long as it exists it allows us in
Ennpe great liberty in political action, at
the same time that it assures security on
the ocean and opens vast outlets to our
commerce. Suppose on the contrary, the
United States animated solely with feelings
of defiance, English policy would become
immediately more exacting in the sphere of
maritime interests and Russia would draw
no rein on her ambitious projects upon the
continent. These are, in few words,
the reasons which should counsel us to
ha zard nothingwhich can cool the fiendship
of allies with whom policy and th glorious
souvenirs of our history unite us, d whose
serious and permanent interest should not
be the cause of our separation? Is Mexico
s i
an interest in comparison ? What can we
gain by it? Would it be reasonable to hope
that, in prolonging our stay there, there
would be anything which could compensate
for the prejudice that would result to our
influence in the world from any cloud be
tween us and the United States? The true
method, the true dignity is to know how to
listen to the voice of wisdom; of knowing
bow to stop in a time at a dangerous point:
of halting at that precise point where all
that honor and generosity require has been
done, without passing the limit which
justice to the country and consideration for
its legitimate interests impose. We
dare to say that France expects of the Em
peror this act of strength and courage.
Many times already, on single occasions, he
has known how to resist the temptations of
victory. He should not show himself less
resolute against the more dangerous sweep
tibilities, particularly in this case, of an
overwrought scruple of honor which retains
us in Mexico. We have drawn satisfaction
from the reverse at Puebla; we took. Mexico.
Noportion of our troops have encountered
further resistance. We have installed a new
government; we have loaned it money; it has
formed an army composed of home soldiers
and foreign auxiliaries. Honor doesnot com
mend us to go further. Theinterest of France
is opposed to it. Powerful political and
financial considerations counsel a speedy
decision. We hope the government will
render it. It condo so the more easily and
we say it more freely, for the reason that,
whatever may be said, there is no pressure
of any kind, and because we can quit
Mexico in the fulness of our liberty, after
having accomplished our work and guaran
teed the French interests. As to ourselves,
firm adversaries from the beginning of the
Mexican expedition, we are persuaded that
the day when our flag is recalled there will
be in this country nothing but a unanimous
sentiment of satisfaction, and that passing
doubts will dissipate themselves in the ge
neral and patriotic approbation which this
good news will receive.
Opinions in London.
[From the London News, Jan. 24.]
The Emperor Napoleon's speech fixes the
character which the solution of the. French
difficulty in Mexico is to receive, but leaves
the Mexican difficulty proper untouched.
Nor, indeed, does it indicate the means by
which the conditions laid down for the
withdrawal of the forces of France are to be
realized. The troops are to come back. The
Archduke Maximilian is to be consulted as
to the time of their departure, but he will
have to
.do without them. To this policy
the Emperor Napoleon is committed both
by circumstances
wo and by his 4 twice
pledged rd. But how are they to be
withdrawn "without compromising the in
terests they went to defend" doesnotclearly
appear. There is one reflection, however,
which must conduce very much to help the
Emperor to a practical decision: those in
terests, whatever they may be, will be just
as certainly compromised by keeping the
troops in Mexico as by bringing, them
home. His Mexican experiment has failed
and nothing can now redeem it. The em
pire which vas to have been the glory of
his reign has become the synonym, first of
insolvency, and then of barbarism. The
difficulty of coming away from Mexico is
great,but that of remaining there is greater.
The doubts which existed respecting the
Emperor's future policy may now be
regarded as dispelled, and before long we
may expect to hear that orders will be given
for the evacuation of Mexico by the French
troops.
[From the London Times, Jan. 25.]
The despatches submitted to Congress by
the American government have beenquickly
supplemented by a declaration of opinion
on the part of the French Emperor, Yester
day Napoleon 111 opened the annual session
of his Legislature, and the position of affairs
in Mexico occupied, as might have been ex
pected, the most important sentences of his ,
speech. G n
It is gratifying to know that if the peace
of the world is to be endangered, it will not
be by the Emperor of the lilrench. He is in
a position of great embarrassment, and his
speech to the senate and Legislative Body
is not free from ambiguity; but it is charac
terized by a spirit of genuine friendship for
the American Union, and shows a readiness
to meet every reasonable request that
can be preferred by the American*Govern
ment. * * fl
But the whole tenor of the imperial
speech convinces us more than ever that the
solution of the Mexican difficulty must
come from the United States. The Em
peror may do his best, but his:best will be
but little worth, unless he is aided by the
good offices of the American Government
[From the London Star, Jan. 23.]
If the speech really , means what it says,
then the Mexican question does not give the
Emperor the slightest concern. .He is pre
paring—as he said last year he was—for the
withdrawal of his troops when French
elaiths and interests are secured; he has,
indeed, alreadyßntered into arrangements
tending this way with the Emperor Maxi-
Doubtless there is some little emo.:
!ion awakenedaor,oss the Texan trontier
line by the propinquity of the French, troops;
But all such excitement ,will; calm down ;
All
before the frankness of the declarations an&
the policy of France. For the rest the Em
peror reminds America that she was invited
to cooperate herself in the Mexican expe
dition, and it was her own fault if she did
not choose to do so: and he adds the indis
putable truth that great nations which are
jealous of their independence ought to be care
ful about every step which may affect their
dignity. It is possible that the Emperor is
sufficiently confident of the peaceful purpose
of the American government, and sees his
way clearly enough to an early withdraWal
of his troops, to be able in all sincerity to
treat the matter thus calmly. We say no
thing about the frankness of the French
policy in Mexico, except that it most assur
edly had not much of that quality at the
time Mr. Dayton used to be receiving from.
M. Thouvenel daily assurances that France
had not the faintest notion of interfering in
the political affairs of the Mexican republic.
But we confess we can hardly bring our
selves to believe that the Emperor Napoleon
is really as confident in the future of his
Austrian proteg6 across the Atlantic as
his words and tone would give him
out. In vulgar parlance, the Emperor ap
pears to us determined to make the nest of
a bad business. As it becomes clearly in
convenient to remain in Mexico, he is
prudently determined not to see any of the
dangers which bis withdrawal may bring
upon the sovereign - whom it was so lately
his whim to set up there. The world has
good reason to applaud this determination.
The fall of the Mexican empire concerns
very few people this side of the Atlantic. It
is, on the other:hand, something highly im
portant to all of us to be able to infer that
the Emperor of the French has not the re
motest notion of firing a shot for the defence
of the Mexican sovereign. We need not
concern ourselves much about the rest.
The Emperor's confidence in the
future of Mexico may seem to some of us
quite of a piece with his conviction that the
September Convention absolutely secures
the temporal power of the Pope. But as it
is convenient for his political I.nd domestic
purpose that he should just now feel as
sured on both subjects; and as that fortu
nate sense of security allows the steps to be
taken which the world at large especially
desires, it would be foolish indeed to argue
against the reasonableness of his conviction..
A safe and timely retreat is quite as digni
fied a thing as a great battle; and if the
Xenophon of such a movement chooses to
assume that he is making it entirely of his
own free choice, and without any impulse
from the other side, it would be unreason
able to hold out too strongly against the
soundness of such an assumption.
[From the Londor! Herald. Jan.
What sort of an understanding the Em
peror Napoleon will come to with the Em
peror Maximilian, and how far we are jus
tified in expecting the immediate with
drawal of the French force, may be judged
from the tone of the diplomatic correspon
dence of which a summary appeared in our
comma on Monday. Mr. Johnson has pre
sented to Congress the documents that have
been exchanged on the subkact of "the so
called empire of Mexico." Writing to EL
de Montholon on July 18 last, Mr. Seward
declines to receive a communication from
the Emperor Maximilian. On August 9he
refuses to recognize his agent, Don Louis
Arroyo, affirming that the United States
government did not admit the existence of
any government in Mexico, except that or
Juarez. On November 6 Mr. Seward
addresses Mr. Bigelow at Paris, desiring
him to remonstrate seriously with the
French government on the subject of the
operations of its army in Mexico, and
stating that he regarded "the attempt to
establish permanently a foreign and im
perial
.government in Mexico as disallow
able and impracticable." He claims credit.
for frankness, and his language certainly
could not have been much plainer. The
despatch was read to M. Drum de Lhuys,
who "felt obliged to say that he derived
neither pleasure nor satisfaction from its
contents." On October 18 the French For
eign Minister offered to withdraw the
expeditionary army on the condition that
the United States government would recog
nize the Emperor Maximilian. On Dec. 6.
Mr. Seward says that this condition "seems
to be impracticable;" and on December 16;
announces decidedly that the United States
"will not recognize Maximilian even if the
French troops should be withdrawn from
Mexico." Each Government has taken up
its position, and will find it difficult to re
cede from it without dishonor. It is clear
that France at least cannot be cowed by the
menaces of Mr. Seward into an abject retire
ment and stultification of her policy. It re--
mains to be seen how far and in what man
ner the Government of the United states is
prepared to second its brave words by braver
deeds, and whether it is prepared to bid de.
fiance to a Power which will be even more
formidable than the confederacy in its palmy
days.
AN EXCITING MILL DAM CASE.—The
York (Pa.)True Democrat of this week says:.
"The important trial of Jessop vs. Loucks,
which occupied the whole of the term of
our Common Pleas Court, was brought to a
conclusion on Saturday morning by the
jury returning a verdict for the defendant.
This case was twelve days on trial, and.-
from the multitude of witnesses subpcenaed
on both aides, we judge that the costs are
heavy. It was a suit brought by theplain
tiff to compel the defendant to lower hia
mill dam in Spring Garden township, on
the Codorus, and to recover damages for
backing the water upon his paper mill
south of this borough. The two mills are
about One and a half miles apart. The case
excited more than usual interest in the.
neighborhood, and was prosecuted and
defended with great ability on
both sides. The Hon. Alex. L. Hays, As
sedate Law Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas of Lancaster county, presided during
the trial, owl's to the continued illness of
Judge Fisher, and did credit to his well
established character as ajurist. Some im
portant law points were raised and discussed.
and were promptly and correctly decided
by the learned Judge. The evidence was_
somewhat conflicting, as is usual in cases
of that kind, but the burden of it seemed to
be with the defendant, and so• the jury'
thought. We refrain at present from ex
pressing an opinion upon the merits of the
trial, but may do so at some future time.
Messrs. Evans and Mayer, Gibson and
Chapman, were retained for the plaintiff,
and Messrs. Hepburn and E.eesey, for the
defendant."
A Racal BALE or Carroty.—Many cotton.
bales arriving. in New York• have to be
overhauled, dirt and stained cotton thrown
out, and then rebaled. The other day -two •
laborers in discharge of this • duty found in '- •
one of the bales $27,000 in gold. On' or':
them proposed •to keep mum,but the other
said he would report to the tuiss. Thepur:' ,
chaser _of thercotton -claimed-the gold; and ,
• the seller claimed:it beeatt,seAt was not de=" • , Fz
livered;_and for other reasons, =and ,7 -prolia-4
blyr , the' courtswill-decide to -, whoin this' , -2.-j
-richniinelielcingaThe purchaser gave the ;k,l
laborers WO each . higreeuhaCksr. , ,t
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