633SQN PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME flo: 220 THE EVENING BULLETIN, PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Bmulay’a excepted,) AT THE NEW BUULKTBV BUIL,DIN«, r ,-607 Cbeetnnt Street, Pbllndelpbia, * / EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. ■ ntoEsuiroßs •GIBSONPEACOCR', ERNEST f. WALLACE. E.I.FKTHEBBTON THOS. J. WILLIAMSJN, •CaSPEESOUDER, Jr. FRANCIS WELLS. The Buelbtist 1b served to subscribers in the city at lScedtoper week, payable to the carriers, or per HEW PUBLICATIONS. i Messrs. E. H.Butler& Co. have just pub lished auewand Improved edition of their superb “Gallery of Famous Poets,” This beautiful work is edited by Professor Henry ■Coppde, President of Lehigh University," and covers the “modern period’’ of English .and American poetry, from Thomson down to the present time. The selections are ar ranged in chronological order, and are made with a. degree of judgment that testi fies to the refined and cultivated taste of the compiler. American poetry Is illustrated ■by extracts from the works of Tennyson, Bryant, Morris, Poe, Boker, Simms," and ■others. The mechanical execution of this splendid . gift-book, is of the very highest order. The paper and ptinting are of the finest descrip tion, and the one hundred vignettes and other illustrations are of themostexquisite ■quality of steel engraving. Pawson and JNicholson have done tbelr best to present the volume in a most tastefnl and almost gorgeons exterior, and as a whole, Messrs- Butler & Co. have produced a work which .has never heen excelled idi the history of .American publishing. Carleton, New York, has published a new volume by Miss Augusta Evans, theau. thoress of “Beulah,” . “Macaria,” &0,, en titled “St. Elmo.” Miss Evans hasacquired a high reputation as a romance-writer, which is well sustained in “St. Elmo.” While casting her plot in the present times, she -has had the good -judgment and taste not to mar her work by devoting it, as most Southern novelists have done, to the service -of the crushed rebellion. She' could not re slat the temptation of bidding for Southern patronage, by a single paragraph slipped in =at the close of the story, but her political ■sentiments are kept ont of the story, and it Js' all: the . better for it. “St. Elmo” has moany strong.points of merit, and will pro bably be very extensively read. Mr. Ashmead has received from D. Apple- Ton & Co. “The Merchant of Berlin,” by L- Miihlbach, the author of Frederick and His -Court,” and many other capital historical romances. This admirable writer has been hitherto almost unknown in this country .and we are glad to see that it is the inten tion, of Appleton & Co. to publish the whole .series of Mulbach’s novels, including six teen separate works. “The Merchant of Berlin”'is a-story of time of Frederick the ■Great and is replete with the intereatof that ■exciting period. J. B. Lippincott & Co. have published a little treatise on Epidemics, by Francis Ed mund Auntie, M. D., of London, with a •brief preface by D. Wm. A. Hammond, of .New York. This little work is designed to -convey some of tbe leading practical facts and principles connected with epidemic -diseases, in such form and language as to •bring them within tbe comprehension of the .general public. No better safe-guard .against quackery can be furnished than the diffusion of sncb knowledge as this in •simple language and with the authority o’ experienced, reliable and skillful physi , cians. Tflggaxd& Thompson, Boston, have jost .published a neat little volume called “ The Primary Union Speaker,” by John D. Phil brick, Superintendent of the Public Schools -of Boston. It a well-chosen col lection of short pieces in poetry and prose, 'designed for recitation for the younger classes of children. Most of our prominent American poets find a place in the “ Union Speaker,” and among the prose writers, are ' Choate, Webster, Beecher, Holmes, and Mr. liincoln’s matchless speech at Gettysburg. 'This little manual is rendered still more at tractive by numerous good engravings. For (Sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co, Sever & Francis, Cambridge have just published a beautifal edition of Gray’s poems. The century that has passed Binoe •dray’s time has only heightened the appre •oiation of his genius. There is an ease and finish about all that he wrote, unsurpassed in English poetry, and the grave tdnder .pathos of his poemshad always been a great ■attraction to discriminating readers. The . choice edition jnst published is in the ■chaste style of all the publications of Sever .& Francis, and forms a very opportune ad dition to the catalogue of gtft books for the holidays. It is for . sale by J. B. liipplncott ■& Co. Amongst the standard holiday : books, upon whioh the seekers for Christmas gifts •can always fall back with entire satisfaction, ■are the works of Charles Dickenß, Messrs. T. B. Peterson <& Brothers publish a variety -of editions, adapted to all tastes and condi tions of the reading community. Their “Household Edition” of ! the Pickwick Papers, for example, in two neat and con venient volumes, is sure to be hailed as a most welcome gift by every one, young o r •old, who has not a set of the inimitable •works of the great novelist. The Speakeb’s Reception.— Speaker -Colfax will commence his public receptions •on the 10th of January, and continue them -every Thursday evening duringthe present of Congress. A number of members left*this city for their homes to-night, and -others will follow to-morrow to spend the holidays. Between thirty and forty mem bers will avail themselves of the invitation -of the eight Southern railroad companies to yiait New Orleans on a pleasure trip. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. No. 111. In our third and last consecutive article upon the important subject of a railway from the Missouri Biver to the Pacific Ocean, and forming a grand highway that trade and travel from London to China will go over ere many years have passed by, we will take np the odd ends of threads of the subject that have necessarily dropped as we attempted to weave all together as a completed whole;. A SAVING TO GOVERNMENT. The saving to the Government by the construction of the road, is already' very great,and as the road progresses the import, ance of the work, in an economical point o view, is made, more, and more apparent This will be readily understood when it la remembored that the wagons on the old road now supplanted ,by . the rails of the Union; Pacific Hoad, rarely made over fif teen miles in a day in the most favorable weather. GEN. SHERMAN’S OPINION, Gen. Sherman, ina report made to Gen. Grant, as recently as October 23d, 1865, said: “The road is located in the bottom of the valley, near the river, on its north bank, forty miles to a point opposite the thriving town of Lawrence, and tbence in the bottom for ten mileß in the direction of Riley. I found a heavy working force laying road at the rate of from- one-half to three-quarters of a mile per day, using excellent Iron and oak cross-ties. The road-bed seeins to have been made too low, and the heavy freshets of the past summer covered some parts of tbe road and damaged materially some of its cuts, embankments, and bridges. All of these have been repaired Bince the subsi dence of the waters, except a part of the bridge across the Kansas near its mouth; but the cars now run r dally from the bank of tbe Missouri river,'at the town of Wyan dotte, to Lawrence, at the rate of twenty miles per hour, and appear to be doing a most prosperous business. Mr. Bhoemaker assured me that if the present most favora ble weather lasted, he would have the road in running order out as far ad Topeka, twenty-six miles west of Lawrence, or sixty-six miles out from the'Missouri river in thirty days. I regard this road as the most important element now in progress to facilitate the military interests of our frontier. It has connection with all the railroads of our country east by and through tbe Missouri Pacific railroad, now well fin ished from St. Louis to Kansas City, so that troops with military stores may be sent by continuous rail from any point east of the M ississippi to its terminus. I hope the gen eral. government will not delay er hinder tbe construction of this road one hour? for added to it may be of infinite use. I am well acquainted, with most of the parties interested in this road and its con nections— Within a month the little -break now in Kansas City will be repaired, and also connections will be made to Fort Leavenworth by next June by a short road from Kansas City to Leavenworth, and from Leavenworth to Lawrence, a kind of triangle that will bring Fort Leavenworth in communication with the road, east and weßt. The mainline of the Kansas valley will hardly be of use to us until It is com pleted to Fort Riley, when it will be of immense saving. Fort Riley is a well-bnilt. post, - with ample quartets, stables, and storehouses; andfrom that point radiate roads to Kearney, Denver, and New Mexico, and the moment stores can be delivered there by rail it will become the grand depot of the irontier. It so hap pens also that the fertile lands and bad roads there terminate, and sterile lands and good roads begin. I therefore repeat that the government will save a vast amount in mo ney, and will increase the efficiency of the army on the frontier, by facilitating by all means in its power the construction of the Pacific Railroad to that point. It Is a phy sical impossibility to complete It this sea son, bat during next year it ought to be done in the most, perfect manner. The present road is all that could be asked for as to iron, lies, and equipment, and the interest of the company will make them make the road bed higher above the natural lay of the valley. The new part west of La wrence is being prepared right, and that completed from Kansas City up to Lawrence is beirig repaired as fast as labor can be had.” Gen. Sherman’s anticipations have heen more than realized; tbe road has not only been finished to Fort Rilsy during 1866, but tbe rails are laid some thirty miles beyond that point; while the road is graded fora distance of many miles still farther West. THE DISTANCES. Distances stretch out when the traveller gets but upon the broad prairie lands of the great West. The folio wing, scale will show the number of miles whioh lie between Fort Riley and Philadelphia by the Chicago route: Miles. From Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, 335 From Pittsburgh to Chicago, 468 From Chicago to Quincy, 265 From Quincy to St. Joseph, 208 From St. Joseph to Weston, 36 From Weston to Leavenworth, (water), 6 From Leavenworth to Lawrence, 30 From Lawrence to Fort Riley, 100 Total, Add to the Bum total the number of miles of road completed beyond Fort Biley, and it will be seen that the present western ter minus of the Union Pacific Bailroad is about 1,500 miles from Philadelphia. The route given above is one of the most direct between the cities on the seaboard and the far West. We give below other routes and the distances upon them,by whioh the reader can judge for himself of the important part which our own Pennsylvania Central Bail road will have to play in the future, as the great'connecting link between the seaboard cities and the country west of the Missouri. DISTANCES FROM KANSAS CITY TO NEW YORK. THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA. Via St. Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Steu benville. Pittsburgh and Allentown. Miles. Kansas oity to St, Louis, - - - 283 St. Louis to Indianapolis, - - - 262 Indianapolis to Columbus, - - 188 Columbus to Pittsburgh, - - - 193- Pittsburgh to N. York, via Allentown, 431 PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21,1866.—TRIPLE SHEET. Via Camron, Quincy, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and A Uentown., Miles- Kansas city to .Cameron, -' - - 65 Cameron to Quincy, - - - - 170 Quincy lo Chicago. - - - - 265 Chicago to Pittsburgh, - -" - —46 b Pittsburgh to New York, as above, 431 L3i>y Via Cameron, (Hannibal and Bt. Joseph ft. It. to Quincy,) Great Western ft. ft , Fort Wayne and Pittsburgh ft. ft.; and Pa. ft. via Allentown to Hew York. Miles. Kansas City to, Cameron - - 55 Cameron to Quincy - - 170 Qninoy to Springfield, 111 - - - 114 Springfield to Fort Wayne - - 268 Fort Wayne to Pittsburgh - - 320 Pittsburgh to New York vmvAllen town - - - - - - - 431 From Kansas City to Philadelphia the above distances are respectively 76 miles less, to-wit: 1,282, 1,313 and 1,283. DISTANCES FROM KANSASCITY TO NEW TORE, through newyobus. Miles. Kansas City to Chicago, by way of Quincy. as above ... - 490 Chicago to Buffalo, by way of Southern . Michigan, <fec., - - • - - 538 Buffalo to Albany (N. Y. Central) - 298 Albany to New York (Hudson river) - 144 1,470 By way of Dunkirk and the Hem York and Miles. Kansas City to Chicago, - - - 490 Chicago to Dunkirk, (8. Mich., Lake Shore, &c., - - - 498 Dunkirk to New York, - - - 4GO We thus see that the distance between Kansas City and New York is less through St. Louis and Pittsburgh, and by the Penn sylvania Rail road,by 91 miles, than by way of Chicago and the New York and Erie; and less by one hundred and thirteen miles than by the New York Central. And even by way of Chicago and Pittsburgh, by the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne-and Chicago road, the distance is less than by way of the New York Central by eighty-one miles. There is yet another route from Philadel phia to the far West, which we will add to our tables of distance: From Philadelphia to Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania Central Rail- Pittsburgh to Columbus, by the way "of Steubenville (“Pan Handle”), - - - - 193 “ Columbus to Indianapolis, by way of Piqua (Columbus and Indiana Central), - 188 “ Indianapolis to Terre Haute (Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad},. . - ■ . * .. 73 Terre Haute to St. Louis (Alton and Terre Haute Railroad), - 189 “ St. Louis to Kansas City (Mis ■ souri Pacific Railroad), - - 283 “ Total from Philadelphia to Kan sas City, - - ... 1,281 To return to the question of economy of transportation to the Government. Under the Pacific Railroad act, the Government is required to pay, in cash, but one-half the charges for transportation over the road, the other half is credits d to the aooouut of •he road, and applied to the payment of the principal and interest of the loan, or sub •sidy, of $16,000 per mile made to the road. It is claimed, and reasonably too In view of the immense sums heretofore expended for transportation across the Plains, that long t-efore the loan matures, the whole of it, principal and interest, will be extinguished in this way. WHBBB THE CAPITAL COMES FROM, We have already explained how the Go vernment aids the enterprise by the loan of its bonds. Half the private capital required to build tbe road is raised in St. Louis, the people of that city regarding the Enterprise ab vital to them, and the remainder is sub -cribed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky; but chiefly in Philadelphia. ITS INFLUENCE ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COUNTRY, The estimate of the amount of gold that will have been taken out of Bocky Moun tain mines during 1866 is $50,000,003. What a future there is for the, Colorado country when therailroad reaches Denver, and the miners are no longer dependent on oxen to bring them every thing they eat, wear, and all their machinery! The development or th territory when a railroad connects it with the country east of the Missouri, will be so rapid that the question of its admission as a State will have a very speedy solution, in spite of the crooked ways of selfish poli ticians. THE telegraph. One very imppotant feature of this great work is the faet that by the conditions of the contract with the Government, the Com pany is required to construct a line of tele graph to keep pace with the progress of the road. It is needless to dilate upon the value of this line, both sooially and commercially, and as an important military agent within the control of the Government. THE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY. The following named gentlemen are the officers of the Company, as at present or ganized: Jno. D. Pebby, Pres., St. Louis, Mo. Adolphus Mibb, Vice-Preg.,Bt,Louis,Mo. ,Wh, J. Palmer, Seo., and Treas., St. Louis, Mo. W. W. Weight, Gen. Supt., Wyandotte, Kansas. Geo. Noble, Asst. Supt., Wyandotte, Kansas, . Jno. M. Websteb, Gen. Freight Agent, Wyandotte. John H. Edwards, Gen. Ticket Agent, Wyandotte. WHAT THE PACIFIC RAILROAD “MEANS.” We will close our series of articles upon the interesting subject whioh we have at tempted to Bketob, by quoting the words of an abie writer as to “what a Pacific Baiiroad means.” He says: % “The opening of new railroad routes means more farms to be worked, more tools to be made, more labor to be hired, more food to be bought. Every merchant OUB WHOMI COTOTRY, Erie RR. - 355 miles. mechanic, farmer and laborer. ba» there fore a direct interest in the speedy consp'o - of the great Pasific Bail way whieh is to bring into market the vast andfrmtfu' tracts of the great Western plains, with all their luxuriant products, and is to afford speedy arid safe trans portation of persons and property to the hitherto almost inaccessible mountain ter ritories. It is . a matter of public interest that another link in this national chain has been put under contract for speedy comple tion. Already, the Pacific Railroad of Mis souri conveys the-traveler 280 miles from St. Sonia to Kansas City, whence the Mis souri Biver Railroad (leased by the Pacific Railroad Company for a term of years) will ; carry • him to Port Leavenworth. Prom Kansas City, the Union Pacific Railway proper willmrlber convey him 14ftriffles to Port Riley and Junction City, a distance of 420 miles from the starting-point upon the Mississippi. Thus, from the eastern limits of New England to the very heart of Kan sas, there is a continuous line of raff, with no intervening break, whatever —an advan tage which no other route to the Great West can now offer.” - AHCSEHENTS. Dramatic.— For Mr. J. S. Clarke’s-benefit at the . Walnut this evening “Unde Zachary,” “My Neighbor’s Wife,” qnd “The -Fat Boy,!’' will be given. For a Christmas matinee the management pro mise “The Naiad Queen.” For Mr. Chan frau’s farewell benefit he will present “Gar American Cousin at Home,” “Widow’s Victim,” and “People’s Lawyer;” Mr. Chanfrau takes four characters and gives capital imitations of four actors. To-mor row is Cbaafrau’s last night, and on Mon day Daly’s “Griffith Gaunt” will be splen didly produced. At the Chestnut for Miss Heron’s benefit “Griffith Gaunt,” will be given. At the matinee to-morrow “The Long Strike” is the attraction. Next week Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams appears. An exchange in speaking of the latest Williams novelty Bays—“ The beautiful drama of ‘The Fuiry Circle,’ was repeated, and after seeing it for a second time, we con fess ourselves even more- gratified than ou the occasion of its first representation. Leaving out of the question, the probability of the legend, as we are compelled to forego criticism of numberless conceits of dramatic writers, we are forces to concede for the authors good deal of credit to the Ingenious manner in which he applies a well-known Irish superstition to the practical uses of the dramatic art. The central idea is a poetical one and embodies a deeper philosophy than may strike the careless interpreter at once; ana then, too, it has enough of tbe sensa tional and the humorous to keep an audience constantly on the qui vine. It does not abonnd In horrors, but, on the contrary, pltssant surprises characterize it; its dia logue is not tedions, but sparkling and animated; and its hnmorous qualities are irresistible as they find expression through air. Barney Williams, whose persona tion of Con O’Carolan, the hero of .the - ploy,, is quietly ariatic and effective tnroughouL Mr. Williams has been a careful and intelligentstudent of Irish character; and although he has grown opulent in his profession, he is as consci eniiona as if he were but tbe mere aspirant for the honors and successes which have crowned his histrionic efforts for years. Barney has been one of the pets of the pub lic; wealth aud glory have waited on him as tbty have on but few in his profession, but be nas never been spoiled, and his endea vors to delight his patrons are as honestand spirited as we have ever known them. Aside from his well-known 1 qualities as a de lineator ol Irish characters, his knowledge of stage business and his marked attention to details, r ever fail to make his representa tions what they ought to be. We know o but very few comediennes who can even do approximate justice to Irish characters; aud if Mrs. Barney Williams in such characters as Molshte is not faultless, .she is very clever and exceedingly pleasing; and for HDy short-comings in this direction she more than compensates by the impersona tions of such Yankee characters as Melissa in ‘The Customs of. the Country.’ ” At th 6 American we still have “The Black Crook.” On Christmas eve the grand pantomime of “Little Red Riding Hood” will be produced. At tbe Academy of Music the grand holiday spectacles begin on Christmas. Assembly Building. —Signor Blitz. The holiday preparations of the Signor are on the grandest scale. National Hall,— The Old Folks. Thb Germania Orchestra will give their usual public rehearsal to-morrow afternoon, with the following programme: I—Overture—A Night In Grenada...„_....„_„..Kreutxer *—BlcordanzA-__— „ .Relralger 3 The Tronbadonr’e Banner 4 Adagio from Sonate Pathetlque Beethoven 6 Overture—A Christmas Eve Eream „ Hiller a-Fantaale on L’Africa lne. Vasa 7 The Blnger-Galog— Micnaella Suicide. —We regret to chronicle, says the Danville (111.) Plaindealer , the untimely and Bad end of one of the oldest and most respected citizenß of our coun try, Mr. Cyrus Baddiffe, who commit ted suicide by hanging himself on last Sabbath, at his residence in Vance township. As we have been informed, Mr. Baaclifie had been to Chicago, and on his homeward trip, happened to fall in company, in the cars, with a couple of sharpen. These villains made a bet, one with the other, of twenty dollars. Of course one of them lost, and he was called upon by his accomplice to fork over, when he discovered that he did not just then have .the green backs about him; so drawing his i watch he offered it to Mr. Bad cliffe, asking if he, Mr. 8., would notad* vance him twenty dollars, and take the watch as security. Mr. Badcliffe, un suspecting,took nis pocket book from his pocket, intending to hand the applicant the desired twenty dollars, when the other villain, reaching over Mr. Bad cliffe’s shoulder, snatched the pocket book and its contents from , his victmi and made his escape. The pocket book contained some three or four thousand dollars. This occurrence, it is thought, so preyed upon the mind of Mr. Bad cliffe that it became a disease,and caused him to commit the unfortunate act above spoken of. After bis death a letterwas discovered, written bjr him, addressed to his daughter, in which he spoke of his loss and remarked that he did not suppose his creditors desird to see him, and that he did not wish to see them. “The oldest inhabitant” has been discov ered .reßldiDg in Grinnell county, lowa, and is aged 94 years. He is quite vigorous, and walhs five miles with ease. The family, all long lived, were from Northampton, Pa., and his grandmother had three pairs of twins, the last, after she was 60 years of age. New Jersey Hatters. Looking Up.—“ Old Long-a-coming” - has a j- last been roused from her sleepy Inac tivity. A number of new buildings have been erected, and others are In process of construction. The new church, with its towering steeple, presents a most imposing appearance, while spacious residences, of modern style, areeclipsingtheold-fasbioned and dilapidated buildings. The improve ments made are mostly in the vicinity of the Railroad, and a number will be added 1 to those now under way next spring. We learn that an effort will be made to change the name of tbe town to that of “Dayton,”' in honor of the distinguished family of that name. Fasten Up. —The carelessness of house keepers in neglecting to fasten their win- and doors is nothing more nor less than invitation to . burglars and robbers to enter and help themselves. One half the robberies that occur in Camden iriay be attributed to this neglect. The essential duty of fastening up a house for the night, is too often left to servants, who often negiect .it in cold weather, and do not realize tbe danger. The bfeat efforts of policemen avail nothing, unless dwellings are properly guarded against the entrance of thieves. Fasten the doors and windows, and do hot leave your “wash” on the line after dark. Gams—A number of Philadelphia sports men are facing the sea-breeze along the At lantic eoast, in search of game. Some of them return borne well laden with ducks, birds Ac., while others are forced to patron izejour skoremes,and often pay roundly for sufficiens to make a show at home. The green sportsman is always charged above the market-price, because tbe shore gun ners know that they will be “fixed up,” at any price. Large Socks of dneke aud geese can be eeea about tbe thoroughfares leading to the different bays and inlets, every eve ning and morning, A Caution.— Many drivers of vehicle* from the country, on leaving the city, drive at a farious rate through the streets. Tae other day, several school-girls came very near being run down ny a market wagon, driven by a person evidently under the in fluence of liquor. Mayor Budd is deter mined to make an example of the first one violating the ordinance against this nui sance, and,tbe police officers will keep a sharp look outfbr such offenders. The Oyster Trade,— The dealers in this luxury are busy “all along shore,” and are it st turning into money the natives as well as the plants. There is a large amount of capital invested in this business, which em ploys a great number of vessels and hands, all of whom are making their best efforts to get their oysters into market. The price ranges from §1 50-to £2per bushel, accord ing to quality. Ferry Hacks .—-Every ferry is now well supplied with hacks which convey passen gers to any part of the city at a very cheap rate. They are a great convenience to those who live at a distance, and the drivers are polite and obliging. They are also prompt in obeying any order to deliver passengers and baggage to any of the steamboat wharves or railroad depots. Invaluable.— Since the construction of the culverts, the citizens of Camden have laund them to answer every purpose for which they were designed. Even those who were afraid of the cast, now admit they are cheap at any price. The saving to health, as well as property, would more than pay for them. Those constructed by Mr. Dut ton, in Middle Ward, are finished to the satisfaction of all.. Senate* Confirmations. The Senate, in executive session, yester day, confirmed the following nominations: Thomas T. Craven to be rear admiral, vice Hear Admiral Theodorus Bailey, retired. Captain JvM. Berrien to be commodore, vice Commodore R. B. Hitchoock, retired: Captain Alfred Taylor to be commodore, vice Commodore T. O. Selfridge, retired; Commander Louis C. Sartori to De captain, vice Captain J, M. Berrien; Commodore Melancthon Smith to be chief of thebnreau of repairs and rearaiting, vice Commodore A. Smith;. Third Assistant Engineer J. M. Cl arise to be Becond assistant engineer; Third Assistant Engineer H. M, 81osson to be sec ond assistant engineer; Third Assistant En gineer A. M. Morley to be second assistant engineer; Bobley D. Evans, now on the retired list, to be lieutenant in the navy on the active list; S. Wilkins Cragg to be first assistant engineer; Captain S. B. Bissell to be commodore, vice Commodore T. T. Cravens, promoted; Passed Assistant Surgeon James- S. K.night to be surgeon, vice A. W. H. Hawkins, resigned; Passed Assistant Surgeon H. M. Welles to be sur geon, vice L. B. Hunter, retired; Joseph G. Ayres, of N. 8., to be assistant sturgeon; George S, Fife, of N, H., to be assistant sur geon; Joseph B. Baker, of Maryland, to be assistant surgeon; Passed Assistant Pay master Charles P. Thompson, to be pay master, vice H. H. Pangbom, deceased; Assistant Paymaster Albert W. Bacon, to be passed assistant paymaster; Assist ant Paymaster Charles Imlay, to be passed assistant paymaster, vice Hil bert A. Robertson resigned; Assistant paymaster Rufus S.MoConnell, to be passed assistant paymaster, vioe J. H, Mulford,re signed; Henry Glass, Ernest Hickman, W. W. McOlay, P. H. Cooper, H. O. Taylor, Allen H. Brown, Marston Niles, Georgci H. Wadleigb, John H. Clark, A. S. Crowning shield, C. H. Craven, Frank Wildes, W. W. Hendrickson, Angnstns J. Kellogg, Joseph B. Courlan, James H. Sandes and Tates Sterling, to be lieutenants in the navy. En signs to be masters in the navy—C.F. Good rich, A. G. Caldwell, A. W. Kennedy, B. H. McCall, F. E. Chadwick, S. H. Baker, T. F. Jewell, C. F. Schmit, G. W.' Armstrong, J>. C. Woodrow, H. G. White, F. H. Sheppard, E. M. Stedman, J. C. KennethW.N.Folger, H. Elmer, P. B. Lamberton. A large number of midshipmen were con firmed to be ensigns in the navy. The only confirmation of a civil appointment was that of B. P. Carpenter, to be assessor of Internal revenue for the Twelfth distriot of New York. A Pacific: Seat oe> Learning.—We have hardly got our juvenile geography so far unlearned as to remember that Oregon is a State, before we read that “the Padfio University” hear Portland, has been in suc cessful operation for several years, and Is educating a number in toe higher, and hun dreds in the elementary branches. An ef fort to endow this institution with $50,000 is about to be made, in furtoeranoe of which a meeting is called in New York City. Thus for toe development of our young State, the wealth and educated sympathy of the elder sisters, are happily joined, to build stronger and bigber, toe grand ana beautiful oolumn of American civilization. - ' Colorado advioes of thel3th instant re- Sort that there is muob bad feeling between le State and toe anti-State men in toe Le gislative, which was about equally divided, F. L. FETKFRSTON. BaSlisiHsf, THREE CENTS: _ . The-Paris Exposition. Mr. Besikwitb.the United States sioaer General, writes to Secretary Seward, nnd*r dateof Noy. 80th, that the new order' ol fjrizesat the Paris Exposition are offered forth# competition of persons,establish ment and localities which have developed in a remarkable manner good order and harmony among operatives or working men, and promoted their, moral, intellec-' tual and physic weE being fa an eminent r degree. The eoEapetition,. therefore, dees not con-' aist of the exhibition and comparison of pro ducts, but in the comparison o? presented plans, reporte and memorials, de scribingsucb organizations and tbeirresulta. 1 The labor documents pre- ■ ssnted for the purposersnd 1 of visiting locali ties, in case of need, to verify the reports, has been assigned to a special jury c# twen ty-five persons, disconnected entirely from theexhibition of prodacere-. and whose du tiee-will coramsnce on tkefiret of December, 1863>.and be costumed until the period fixed for tbeir-report, in 1867 i • Mr. Beckwitlrhas nominated as juror for the special service Charles- CL Perkins, of Boston, which nomination has-been accepted by -the Imperial commission. The high cultivation and superior attainments of thin gentleman, his researches, his knowledge of modern languages and the time at his dis posal, recommended him for - tins employ ment. The highest prizes-arer assigned this class—ten of 10 00b games, andone ofloo,ooo france—which will ba objeetsofi great com petition. Mr. Beckwith forthersaysr;‘‘l! have : as yetreceived but one intimation’ from the United States of an intention to compete in this class, but I do not doubt that many of our establishments, accurately andfnlty re ported in their organizations-and results, ~ w< uld compete successfully with those of any country, and I should begiad if this surjectcould be brought directly to the at tention of the proprietors-of such establish ments.” Secretary Seward wrote to Mr. Beckwith to-day, jn which he says-the no mination of Mr. Perkins as a special juror on the part of the United States, is approved, and that Mr. Beckwith’s despatch will be made public for the information off parties specially interested in this competition -in tne United States, and efforts will be- made to communicate it directly to to them. Sews by tbe Atlaa tieCabie,. Pesth, Dec. 2b. —The Upper Hocee af the Hungarian Diet has agreed to the address of the Emperor of Austria recently adopted by the Lower Chamber. Pesth, Dec, 20.— 1 n the Hungarian- Diet to-day, M. Favernicus announced that the Emperor had resolved to restore the Consti tution to Hungary. - j Pabis, Dec. 20. —Le Temps - this morning announces its unqualified- belief'tire* the Emperor Napoleon has received offieial in telligence of the abdication of the Archduke Maximilian. Pabis, Dec. 20, Evening.—Since the-mes eage of President Johnson to Congress’ was received Jaere in foil, by the steamer.- it baa bad abetter effect on public opiniondhAn the meagre and imperfect synopsis^which was previously received through the At lantic cable. The budget of M. Fould, French Minister of Finance, shows that the revenue and- ex penditures of France are in a state of-equi librium, and declares -that the proposed scheme for toe reorganization of-the army will involve no increase of-taxes, but'will prove a fresh guarantee- of peace for toe future. It is reported that M. Fould has loaned 90,000,000 francs to the Governmentof Spain Wester in Minnesota. —The- St Paul Pioneer, of the 6th, has the fellow lowing remarks on the climatic changes of that State since its territorialorgaai zation: The most superficial of observers who have lived in our State for a.few years past, cannot fail to-notice that our climate iB undergoing a change- The winters are shorter and less severe.-. The fall Is growing longer and extending its reign into winter. Wo do not propose to demonstrate this by figures aod-mete orological tables, although if we were expert at that seieuce we could easily prove our statement, but we do. assert that any old settler can see that forseve ral years past our climate has been grow* ing more mild and-genial. In former years (20 or 25 years ago,) old residents inform us, the river used-, to- freeze up early in November. Even as late* as 1854 to 1860, the average date of its closing was November 15. But for several years past steamboats have run in December, while the weather has been delightful and warm until late- in that month.. The autumn now regularly extends until long after the date that a few years ago marked the commence ment of stem and unrelenting winter. Open air picnics and celebrations- in November, amid the splendor of Indian summer—and steamboat excursions in December are now of annual occurrence. For several days now the weather has been more like April than. December. The air is mild and balmy. Overcoats are thrown- aside, and light summer coats are found comfortable enough. People sit in houses without fires, tot so delightful is the weather out of doors that it is hud to remain .in the house. These are not exceptional occurrences. They mean that the climate is becoming more miM, that our winters are shorter and more genial. What has produced this—-Whether the settlement and culti vation ef the country, or some great change going on in nature, we cannot undertake to theorize upon. But that our climate i* changing no one who has lived here a dozen years will dispute. Lubricating Oil Union.—A Convention of producers and dealers in lubricating oiL representing nearly all the oil producing tracts in West Virginia, was held in Par kersburg last Wednesday, for the purpose of organizing a union. A constitution was. adopted, and a carefully-worded proposi tion was presented to capitalists for toe j udi cious formation of a commission agency, through which sales of all the grades of lubricating oil shall be made and advances paid to prOLUoers,under direction of a Board of Control carefully selected from the best business men interested therein. Inspectors of known integrity will pass upon the purity and gravity under different brands. it is hoped by the operations of the Union to prevent toe clashing of individual in terests, and to improve toe interests of all. .The First Catholic Church of Aber deen, Mississippi, has been conseorated by Bishop Elder. . The South Carolina House of Repre sentatives has rejected toe Constitutions!. Amendment by a vote of 85 to 1*
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