EUROPEAN NEWS.
MEXICO AND FRANCE.
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES
TheAlabantaClaims.
THE REFORM MOVEMENTS
A correspondent of the New York Times
’writes from Paris, Deo. 6th:
The French Government appears destined
<o be unfortunate to the very end' of the
Mexican enterprise. So true it is that one
misfortune brings a whole family in its
train. For a fortnight everybody was ex
cited about Mexico, and everybody was de
manding of the Government to say some
thing to ■" relieve the uneasiness that pre
vailed. Hut see what a mistake! It ohose
the very day of the arrival of President
Johnson’s message to publish in the Moni
ieur that orders had been given in all the
ports to fit out with dispatch thevessels that
are to bring the army home from Mexico!
■Without doubt the Government was right in
to the public that it wasj prepar
ing to do what President Johnsondemanded,
for otherwise there might have been more
■or less of a panic. Nevertheless the Gov-,
vernment bad been getting ready for weeks
to bring its troops home, and the public
knew the fact more or less certainly. - As it
-was not, therefore, President Johnson’s
Message or despatches which are to bring
the troops away, and as the French Govern
ment was getting its transports ready for
Some—time for this object, we see
show maladroit tt was to' publish
President Johnson’s message - and its
notice of evacuation, on the same day.
It gave full scope for the opposition press to
throw out taunts of all kinds, and they did
not fail to avail themselves of the' opportu
nity. The Liberty, for example, ventured to
say: “The following lines, inserted this
morning in the Montteur, have been very
much remarked and commented UDon:
■ 3 Orders have been given in our naval ports
to prepare everything necessary for the re
turn of the French troops from Mexico.’
Toe explanation of the insertion of these
lines are naturally found in the message of
.President Johnson, where the reader may
easily find it for himßelf.”
As every one recognized the want of tact
in the Minister who gave these items to the
•offioial paper, it is probable he will have to
answer for it in high places; for it is in high
places after all where the responsibility
falls. The Government journals are trying
to attenuate the affair by saying that every
body knew the troops were coming home in
-a block, and this notice of the preparations
might as well be given one day as another;
whereas for President Johnson his des
patches were written for buncombe, since
■they only asked the French Government to
do what it was doing, and would have done
-as well and as quickly without the asking.
All these mistakes of the Emperor have
given rise to a word which appears to be
going the round of the Diplomatic Ccrps,and
which is having a great success. They
speak of his Majesty as “une incapacity in
*connue/’’—(an unknown incapacity!)
In the same number of the Moniteur ap
pears a notice of the disavowal by General
Sheridan and Mr. Stanton of Gen. Sedg
wick’s operations against Matamoras. So
that, whatever may be the language of high
officials, it iB a source of gratificataen to
know that their acts are legal, and thatthey
comprehend that a great nation can only be
.great by being just. The French journals
-have hoticed this incident, and made the
same observation in regard to it.
Ton will have seen that Lamirande, who
Tobbed the Bank of Poitiers in France, and
escaped to New York, has been tried at Poi
tiers, and condemned to ten years of dun
geon—a more infamous condemnation than
that to hard labor. On the trial many
interesting incidents occurred. -Here is
one of them. He said that he
had a large sum of money when he was ar
rested at New York, and. that the lawyers
~who were engaged to defend him took it,
■and were to have fifty-six thousand francs
for their services, and then were to hand
the balance back. "Did they do it?” said
the Judge. “No, they only gave me back
-of the whole sum twenty thousand francs.”
■"What did they do with the balance?”
‘"They kept it probably.” "And they were
lawyers?” “Yes,” “Oh,” added the Judge,
■"they were New York lawyers!”
The newspapers, before his arrival, are
Attempting to make of General Dxx a lion.
One paper boldly says: “The man who is
evidently to be the lion of the Winter sea
son is General Dix.” We are sure the Gen
eral—without knowing him—does not desire
to play such a role, Mauakoff.
Xngllsh Views of President Johnson’s
Position—Xhe Alabama Claims—Bee on
s traction.
[From the London Times, Dec. 5.]
The first telegraphic summary of a Presi
dential Message which has ever been flashed
-across the Atlantic appeared in our second
•edition of yesterday. The Message itself
■was delivered at Washington on Monday,
and the full text of it cannot have been iu
the hands of the American public many
Lours before an outline of it was circulated
<, in this metropolis. Meagre as it is, this out
line contains much that is interesting to
European readers, and especiallyto our
ourselves. The Alabama claims occupy a
prominent place in it, and a belief is ex
jpressedby the President that an early settle
ment of them may be effected. He seems,
indeed, to apologize for the delay which has
-taken place,and whioh he attributes,in part,
to the change of Ministry in England. He
encourages Congress, however, to expect
that we shall now consider the matter in a
becoming and friendly Bpirit, evidently
placing more confidence in the conciliatory
.policy of Lord Stanley than in that of Lord
.Russell.
We entirely agree with President Johnson
that it is high time this vexations dispute
was set at rest, and we regret that Lord
Russell, though probably right in disclaim
ing any legal liability to compensation, did
mot. hold out any hope of a compromise
honorable to both parties. It ought to have
been recognized from the first that the cir
cumstances attending the equipment and
•escape of the Alabama, apart from the un
toward incident of Sir John Harding’s ill
ness, constituted a new case of international
law, and the discussion of it should have
been deferred until the end of the war. In
stead of this, each act of depredation was
made the subject of a separate claim for in
demnity as it arose, and both governments
were deeply committed to their respective
positions before Mr. Adams entered into the
final correspondence with Lord Russell. The
present Eoreign Secretary is perfectly free to
entertain any fresh proposals without preju
dice; and it would be a great misfortune if
he were to be embarrassed In .dealing with
them according to his own judgment by any
reluctance to reverse the decision of hispre
decessor. As Lord Bacon says of his own
scientific method, it is less presumptuous to
differ frpm great authorities on principles
than on- the inferences drawn from princl
pies. Lord Russell may have reasoned cor
rectly from his own premises when he de
clined the offer of arbitration; but there are
other premises which, if admitted into the
argument, might have led him to a different
conclusion. By appointing a commission
to inquire into the operation of our neu
trality laws, the present government has
acknowledged the relevancy of such extra
legal considerations, and this step will ob
viously render the adjustment of the Ala-
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bama claims much easier than it would
otherwise have, been. ■ ~ ■ ■ ■ ‘ * ?■
■Therenewcd hdhesiofi of President Johh
.scn to bis own reconstruction policy, iu
spile of the recent elections, is better calcu
lated to excite surprise than admiration. It
is always dangerous to Interpret the politi
■ cal symptoms of foreign countries with too
• much confidence, but, so far as anything
- can be known about public opinion in Ame
rica, it is certain that, a decisive verdict
against the President, and in favor of the
: Constitutional Amendment, has beenrecord
ed by the American people! The issue had
, been fairly before them for many months,
; and the result is that the Republicans com
■ mand a majority so overwhelming as to ren
der the Presidential veto quite nugatory.
There is no disgrace in bowing to necessity,
and .if ever there was a political ne
cessity it is surely that which Mr.
Johnson is still inflexiblv .resisting.
There is no parallel between such resistance
and the successful opposition of the King of
Prussia to the rejection by the Chambers of
bis sebeme for the re-organization of the
aimy.* The King of Prussia assumes to hold
his crown by Divine right, and, though phi
losophers may deride the claim, the great
mass of bis subjects tolerate it.' President
Johnson, on the contrary, neither is nor pro
fesses to be any more than a public servant.
In the messages justifying his veto, and in
all his subsequent addresses, he has ap
pealed from Congress to the great body of
electors, and to that appeal the November
elections are the response. They are. ac
cepted by the South as an irrevocable sen
tence of disfranchisement upon those States
, which refuse the conditions dictated
by the North, and the oniy escape
from the dilemma which its friends
car suggest is that the President should
coerce Congress by the naval' and military
force at his command. Yet we are informed
that he actually urges this body, exaspera
ted by. his late attacks upon it and flushed
: with victory upon victory, to think better
of the whole, matter and take his advice
about it. Obstinacy carried to this pitoh is
; not without an element of Bublltdity; but,
; after all, statesmanship must be measured
by a practical standard. Popes are the only
rulers who can summon legionsof angels to
, defend them against the inevitable, without
forfeiting a character for worldlv wisdom,
and of all rulers elective Presidents are
those who have least right and the least
power to defy the popular will. ■•■•-■■-
The Great Befonn Demonstration in
Dublin.
The London Times of December 4th says:
“The working men of the metropolis, like
the working men of other parts of the
country, yesterday expressed their opinion
upon the Reform question. They did so in
the best temper and in the most orderly
spirit, and probably with less inconvenience
to the general public than anybody could
have ventured to hope. At the same time a
result in every way so satisfactory has been
attained only through the frustration upon
nearly all points of the wishes of the promo
ters. The Demonstration was not held In any
of the public parks. A site tendered by the
Government was refused by the Reform
League, and facilities for the meeting were
eventually accepted at the hands of a mem
ber of the very party which it was the ob
ject of the demonstration to discredit The
League, disappointed as to tfie site, clung
strenuously to the project of making a de
monstration grander iu point of numbers
than any which had taken place in the pro
vinces. So far from attaining their desires
the aggregate yesterday assembled under
the Reform banner has been out-numbered
repeatedly in different parts of the King
dom. To the circumstance that the Reform
League egregiously miscalculated the ex
tent of their own' influence it is, however,
owing that the proceedinga.came to an end
in daylight, and that the admirable be
havior of the classes who shared in the
precession was not marred or dis
credited by violence committed after night
fall by any lower Btrata of sooiety. Had
the crowd and consequently the duration of
the march been multiplied eight or tenfold,
the anticipations of misfortune might have
proved but too well fonnded. The day’s
proceedings showed, what the sturdiest
Conservative must be willing to admit, that
the more intelligent mechanics are at least
' the equals, in all that constitutes good citi
zens, of the small shopkeepers who now
possess the franchise. Any Englishman
might feel proud of the bearing and de
meanor of those men who walked to Bean
fort House yesterday, through pools of mud
and under frequent showers, to vindicate a
principle on which they felt strongly.”
Speech of Mr. Bright at a Trades’ Beform
Meeting.
At a meeting of the London Trades’ So
ciety held on the evening of the 3d instant,
Mr. Bright made a very eloquent speeoh on
the question of reform. We have room for
a brief extract oniy:
“ Look at the moderation ef the bill which
was brought in by the late Government;
look at the fact that if anything was to be
done at all, if the slightest step was to be
taken to Improve the representation of the
people, and extend the suffrage to the now
unenfranchised, was it possible for the
greatest moderation to have proposed a more
moderate measure than that one was? Well
but what happened? Why, the Parliament
of landholders and rich men either were
; wholly ignorant of, or they wholly despised
that great national opinion which has been
.exhibited during the last three or four
months; and they resisted that bill with a
pertinacity never exceeded, with an amount
‘■of intrigue, with an amount of unfairness
to the Government whieh they durst not
for one single night have attempted if they
had ever felt any real responsibility to the
English nation. And now they resist up
to this moment, and for aught I know they
may possibly resist when they meet at the
beginning of next February, until the dis
content which is now so general shall be
come universal, and that which is now only
a great exhibition of opinion may be
come necessarily and inevitably a great
and menacing exhibition of force,
and those opponents of ours—many ot
them in Parliament openly,-and many of
them secretly in the Press—charge ns with
being the promoters of a dangerous excite
ment. They say that we are the Bource of
the danger which threatens; and they abso
lutely have the effrontery to charge me with
being a friend of public disorder. I am one
of the’people. Surely, if thereTe one thing
;in a free country more clear than another,
it Is that any one of the people may speak
openly i o the people. If I speak to the peo
ple of their rights, and indicate to them the
way to secure them, if I speak to the mo
nopolists of power of their danger, am I
not a wise counsellor both to the people ana
to their rulers? Suppose that, standing at
the foot of Vesuvius or Etna, I saw a ham
let or a homestead situated upon its slope
and Isaid to the dwellers in that hamlet or
that homestead, ‘You see that vapor whioh
ascends from the summit of the moun
tain.. That vapor may become a
dense black smoke that' .will ob
scure the sky. You see that tribkling of
lava from a crevice or fUsureon the side of
the mountain. . That trickling of lava may
.become a river of fire. Yon hear that mut
tering in the bowels of the mountain. That
muttering may becomes bellowing thunder
the voice of a convulsion that may shake
half a continent. You know that at your
feet is the grave in which’ lie buried great
cities, for which there is no resurrection, as
history tells us that dynasties and aristocra
cies have passed away, and their name has
been known no more forever—if Isay this
to the dwellers upon theslope of that moun
tain, and if there comes!, hereafter a oatas
trophe whioh makes the world to shudder,
am I responsible for that catastrophe? I
did not build the: mountain, or fill it with
explosive material. -I merely warned the
men who were in danger. So now it is not
I whoaru stimulating men to a violent pur
suit of their acknowledged constitutional
rigbls. We are merely ’ about'* 1 ' obr'
* lawful "Business—sis eltizdns —or "a
[country that callsitselffree, butcitizens to
> whom- to denied the' greatest- and- the -first
’ blessing of the -Constitution under which
fwe live. If the truth must be told tha Tory
[Party is the turbulent party in the nation.
! I left Parliament last session j ust about the
j time when the prespnfMinlsterSiSucceeding
'in their intrigues, acceded fir offioe. l i T’left
[ Parliament with a feeling of sadness, ofdis
? gust, and of apprehension. I said to my
, {self, ‘I may as well ? judge of
the future by the past. The
[ Parliament of England will not do j nstice
to the people until there happens something
[that will suddenly open its eyes.’. I re
membered what took piacein the year 1829,
.[when the Duke of Wellington said, ‘Either
| {give political .power and','representation,
• through Catholio members, to the Catholics
lof the United Kingdom, or
I-encounter the peril and the loss of civil war
' in Ireland;” and up to thatmoment Parlia
|iment had refused to do it. Then Parlia
ment consented, and the thing was done.
Again, in 1832, you were within 24 hours of
; revolution in this, country. [ The great, class
[which sits omnipotent in theoneHouse,and
[hardly less so in the other, might then, and
[would probably, have been • extinguished;
[and what there would have been left, except
[ the people, it is difficult to imagine. Again,
;in 1846, although every intelligent man in
.every country in the world admitted the
justice and the force of our argument
[against the Corn Law, still it required the
.occurrence of a crashing and desolating
famine in Ireland; a famine which destroyed
as many lives in that country as would have
been destroyed by a great war, and which
'drove into exile as many of the people of
.that island as would have been driven into
exile by the most cruel and relentless
conquest—lt required all that before the
'Parliament of England, the men among
; whom I sat, among whom I sit now, whose
faces are as familiar to me as those of any
persons whom I have known in life—l say
it required all that before they wonld con
sent to give, up that intolerable wrong; and
: cease to tax the bread of an industrious com
munity. Now, suppose that the bill which
was brought into the House last session as a
Franchise Bill only—a course taken, as was
admitted by Lord Russell, in accordance
with advice which I had. publicly riven to
: the Government, and which advice I believe
: wels eminently sound, and ought to be fol
lowed whenever this question is dealt with
again by a liberal and nones t Government—
' Isay suppose that bill, instead of being met
with every kind of unfair and ungenerous
.opposition, had been -accepted by the
House of Com-r one, and had become a law;
what would have been the state of the conn
try during the present Antnmn and Win
ter ? It wonld nave been one of rejoicing
, and congratulation everywhere; not because
■ the bill included everybody or satisfied
everybody, but all workingmen would have
felt that the barrier created by the last Re
form Bill, if not absolutely broken down,
was at least so much lowered that the ex
clusion was much less general and less
offensive. Ton would have had this result;
That we as a people in these islands would
have been no loDger two nations; we should
[have felt more that henceforth ;we were
one people, Every element of strength
in the country would have been im
measurably strengthened, and .even
to the humblest of the unenfranchised
wdhld have been given a feeliug of hops
which would lead him to believe 1n and' to
strive after something higher and better
i than that to which hitherto he had been
able to attain. Now, who prevented this?
Surely we did not prevent it. We, who
thought we were speaking the general opin
ion of the people, accepted the measure
with an honorable; sincerity and fidelity.
■ We said: “It is good to the pglnt to which it
steps forward. It is perfectly honest; it has
- no trick or subterfuge about it; it will give
'satisfaction to some hundreds of thousands;
it will give what is as great a bson—hope
and confidence to millions whom it does not
include.” And therefore,if not withoutsome
difficulty,yetwith aperfecthonorableness we
accepted the measure. Well, who opposed it?
Surely none other than Lord Derby and the
party of which he is the acknowledged and
trusted leader. They and he opposed and
rejected it, and they and he are responsible
for all that has since been done in the coun
try as a necessary and inevitable conse
quence of that rejection. Lord Derby now
stands nearest the Throne; I venture to Bay
not as a strength, bat as a weakness to the
Throne [cheers]; for in his conduct last Ses
sion—the conduct of his party which be;
adopts—he thwarted at once the benevolent
intentions of the Crown and the just expec
tations of the people. I confess that lam
■ rather surprised at the condnot of the Tory
Party in this matter. When the bill was
' introduced into. the House of Commons it
appeared to me to be the very least that
any Minister with a spark of sense or
honesty could offer on this question; and I
did not believe tbaton the other side of the
. Honse there was, I will say, if you like, bit
' ter partisanship enough,or stupidity enough,
to induce them to fight a combined battle
with all who would join them for the pur
pose of rejecting that bill. And now one
would suppose that the present Government
.had troubles enough on band in what is
called the sister country without urging'the
[people to excitement here. In Ireland—lre
land, which. I have described before Irish
men as the favored field on which all the
power of the Tory Party has been display
ed and tried—in Ireland the habeas corpus
act is suspended; individual liberty, ex
cept by consent of the Executive, is j
abolished; troops are pouring into the coun
try; iron-clads,' it Is said, are ordered
to the coast to meetsome,lhopeand believe,
imaginary foe; country gentlemen,it is said,
are flying from their ancestral homes to find
refuge in garrison towns; and all this is the
magnificent result ef the policy of the Tory
Party, of which Lord Derby is the head;
And now, even up to this very last session
of Parliament,'that party had no remedy
for that Btate of things but the ancient and
rude and savage remedy of military force.
Some months ago a remarkable Convention
was held in Switzerland, composed of men
of eminence and character there, by whioh
Convention an address or memorial was
prepared and forwarded to the Gsvemment
of the United States, congratulating them
upon the close of their gigantio
struggle, _ and upon the establishment
of universal freedom throughout
the wide bounds of the Republic. There
.was a passage in , the memorial—a passage
of true philosophy and of true statesman
ship, and it was this: “Unfinished questions
have no pity for the repose of nations.” It
referred to the great question of Negro Sla
very; but it is just as true when applied to
the question before us, where from 5,000,000
,to 6,000,000 grown men in this United Kin
gdom, under a constitutional Government,
.with a representative system, are shut out.
.directly and purposely from that Constitu-'
tion, and are. left without representation.
This great question which we are debating
to-night is an unfinished question.' and, as
the Swiss express it, it will have no pity on
the repose of thisnation until it bea finished
question.
•!■• Base Balt. Risks,—The ’ number of
sprained ankles and broken fingers oharge
able to “our national gamei” daring the
past six months; will never be accurately
known, but can safely be numbered Well
up among the hundreds. In a recent game
at Columbus, Ohio, four; men were “‘laid
out,” upon wnieh the Journal says: “Base
halls are beoomlng almost as dangerous as
Cannon balls. Our reporter begs to be ex
cused from snch engagements, and avers
that were be forced into one he would make
a ‘home run’ at the first/opportunity.”
: W. S. Pike, the banker, has been ap
pointed Louisiana CommissiQner to Paris.
t ?»t£!si:?^y.i i “ on - ,ll * , lrd day D«s!ioni;l>yth'eß6v; i
1 of^, , , Sv^'w DBy v. 1 ‘ s, >- allot Philadelphia. ' ••
f. ? 4?f the LaPlefre House, Phi-
Ilate] , hJa ? JDec.3Btb t by.BBV..3'r«ncl»3.aarveE.4lr.
’ J °kn P- Harlan, of Philadelphia, to Mias Lizzie Fredd,
■c f ( bester cotasty; Fa, , , r*-Vt'.'re
i the 20thinaC, at the residence
i S? a parents', by the Rev. DrPDorr.Hl-am'W.
; A SAILEB-WOODWARD.-On the 20th Inst., at the
i Arcb Street Freabsterlan Church'. by the Rev. N- W.
■ Sailer to Emily Woodward, daughter ‘
i ofthelate Samuel Woodward. •
. y HI . T the Church of the
1 Advent Eeramber 19th,18BS,by theßey. J.W. Claxton.
U. S. Navy, to AnnaD. Howell, of
; Philadelphia, : ; ; ' < . , ; *
Dl£D.
■. BINGHAM;—On December 20th, last, Annie Bing
t belli, danghter oi Jane and Matilda Bingham* aged
12 months and 7 days. *
pec. 19th* JaB.L.Frawaln, .•
< The relatives and friends of the family are invited
.to attend the funeral, on Saturday morning, at 11
o clock; firpm hir residence. Ho. 51? Cooper street,
tamren. :•» ©proceed to Laurel BUh v c ~ * .
• BEK DRY..—On the morning of the 2Cth JnstvEdwin
. A.Henrry-,BOh of the late Dr. John of-New
i Ycrh, in tne4lst ypar of his age. -
Bis relatives^and filenda-are invited to attondbia
v fum rsl,jEromt his late Ho. 20*5 Aich street.
;on Monday afternoon, 24th,lnsL. at 2 e’aocfc., **♦
Wednesday, 19th instant, Margaret
ofHogh L. dodge, M.D, and daughter
KJP* IJ?® Jt^n Asplcwall,Esq., ox He«r York,
• will take place at twelve o’clock on
Saturday. - - —. ..
* At Cheater, on the 20th ihst, Kate H.
: ihe relatives and friends of the family are Invited
•a attend her ftmeral, from her parents' residence.
, Clinton street. . , ; *.
MORRIS.—On December 20tn, Ann Eliza Morris.
, Her relatival and frlendsare Invited to attend her
* faneral, from the residence of Bev. Br. CiewellNo. 7.
1 we«t Penn Square, on Saturday, 22d, at 2 o’clock, pre
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SPECIAXi NOTICES.
ifS* UNIVERSITY OP PENNSYLVANIA—At
aStated Meeting of the Board of Managers or
the society of the Alnmnl. held December 20, 1865, the
follow lng resolutions were unanimously adopted;
: Foolvof, That this Board has learned, wltn deepre
gret,of the death ofProt HENRY VETKAKE. LL D„
who tbr more than twenty years was connected with
tee Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, and
for a portion of that time held the responsible and ar
duous position of Us Provost, always faifliHng the da
lles of his office with seal, ability and nntiring asaldnlty,
and wbo not only was distinguished for his profound
learning and catholic, taste; bat also for the many
virtues, social and domestic, which adorned his private
life.
£a»lvtd. That this Board takes pleasure In thns pub
licly testlfjii g its respect for the memory of the de
parted, and its senseof the benefits whlcn he conferred
upon that Institution which It delights to honor.
JOHN M. COLLINS,
THOS. BTRWARDBON, Jr .
william; f judson.
GEORGE D. BUDD,
' it* Committee.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT WE HAVE
UatU TAYLOR & YOUNG'S PIONEER YEAST
POWDER fbr the last two years, and find it [superior
to anything of the kind that la offered in thelmarket.
J.C. KINGSLEY &ZOO,
CONTINENTAL HOTEL,
Philadelphia, Nov. 2f, 1866. del7-6tg|
i/TS* THE INDUSTRIAL HOME, Comer of
BROAD .treeland COLUMBIA avenue, 13 open
for the admission of Girls from twelve to eighteen
rears of age, who are neglected or deserted by their
• pan nts, and who need the shelter and Instruction of a
t’krisUan home. If the public will sustain this' Xnstl
tu’lon.many glrls may be kept from evil and made re
spectable andusefal women.
- Contributions may be sent to James T. Shinn,
Treasurer, Broad and Spruce streets, • nots-rptf
TP'S* FAIBI REGALIA!—AT IHE FESTIVAL
IfiEy and Fancy Fair, now holding in the grounds of
utorla Del (ola Swedes 1 ) Church, are myriads of arti
cles, en.table for Holiday Presents, and edibles of
every variety, to administer to tb. gratification of the
palate. A Btgalla of the A. P. A., prononneed by
competent Indues to be the most magnificent ever on
exhibition, is the an re of great attraction, and ex
cites the envy of beholden. Fair, <£i, closes Friday
night. . de2a-2trp»
MBBCANTILE JBENE FIQIAL ASSOOIA.
u-r£y TiON.—The terms of admission are as follows:
she Membership y-, 00
Annual., , 00
Entrance fee - 100
. Application fbr admission to membership may be
made to any manager, or to
WILLIAM A. BOLIN, Sec’ry., ;
• del2-w.f,m4)a3orp[ 7SS Market street
wrappers for gentlemen.
Gloves fbr Gentlemen.
Mnffiera for Gentlemen.
Hosiery for Gentlemen.
Shim and Drawers fur Gentlemen.
All usefhl and good presents for Gentlemen.
"BITCBIE." at 1309 CHESTNUT street sella these
things at Wholesale prices. de2o-3trpl
PRESS CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA,
THIRD ANNIVERSARY BANQUET, DECEM
BER 22,1 SSS,
Active and contributing mernbem desiring tickets,
can procure them or the Committee, at the CLUB
ROOMS, SJ&Cheatnntstreet Honrs from 10 A. sl to
*F. M. deiwtrpj
©FFIUE OF THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE
Jig INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 921 CHEST
NUT STREET,
ELECTION.—An election for Nine Trustees to serve
for three years, will be held at the office of the Com
pany on MONDAT, the 7th day of January, ISS7, be
tween the hoars of 10 A. M. and 12 M
de2l-f.m,w,lJa7f H. S. STEPHENS. Secretary,
PHILADELPHIA, Dec.2oth, 1868.
Vis' LOST—A Ckrtlacateof Deposit No. 425, for One
Hnndn d and Ninety seven Dollars, Issued by the Corn
Exchange National Bank, In favor of the undersigned.
Payment o) the samehas been stopped, and application
made fbr a new certificate.
MARGARET DOUGHERTY.
Witness—H. P.SCHETEY. de21,28-2trp«
MASONIC . NOTICE—The- members of
IKuP UNION LODGE, No. 121 A. Y.M.,1 will meet
at ibe HaU, on MONDAY; 24th Inst, at 2 o'clock, to
attend the funeral of.oar late brother EDWIN A.
HENDRY.
His Masonic friends generally are Invited to Join
with us. By order of the W.M.
de2L2t» ALPHONSO C. IRELAND, Sec'y.
NOTICE—'The Annnal Meeting of the Stock
holders of THE ' PHILADELPHIA SILVER
mining company of Nevada wiu oe held
at ihelr Office No. 259 South THIRD street, in
the city of Philadelphia, on TUESDAY, the Bth day of
January, 1867, at 2 o’clock P. M.
. oe2l Ist« CHAB. H. TAYLOR, Secretary.
CITY TREASURER’S OFFICE, Philapel-
PHiiJjecember 17,18*6.
1 NOTICE TO LOAN HOLDERS.—As the banks will
be closed January Ist, the Interest on City Loans duo
on that date will be paid on and after January 21,1857,
• ... HENRY BUMM.
, delB-4trp) City Treasnrer, ,
S3* HOWARD HOSPITAL, Nos. .1518 and 1520
r Lombard street, Dispensary Department, Meat
treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously
to the poor. ■ . . ~s ”.
SPARKLING ANGELICA—The subscriber has
Olately received an invoice- of this Justly celebrated
California Wine, to which he wishes the atteu
tlon of connp ssenrs, For pure quality and eiqnlslte
bonqnet, It stands nnsnrpamed. It will compare f*-
vui aDlywlth the highest grades of Rnropean wines,
and can be furnished at about one half their cost. P.
J. JORDAN, 220 Peak street, , below Thud and Wal
nut st. ■ -
' «S-A large supply of English and Scotch Ales, Por
ter and Brown Stont, t gether with Jordan’s celebra
ted Tonic Ale, Fine Cider, <feo., always on hand.
T> ESTORB YOUR GRAY HAIR AND PROMOTE
it A LUXURIANT GROWTH BY USING
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The most London . Halt -Bolor Restorer
: London-Hair Color. Restorer
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i h It will restore gray hair twits original color.
1 ?• it 218 “take the hair gro w on bafo heads,
v 3. It Will restore the natural secretions.
4. It will remove all dandruffiand Itchlngs.
6. It will make the hair soft, glossy and flexible,
A It will preserve the original color to old ag&
7. It will prevent the hair from foiling offi •
■ 8. It will core all diseases of the scalp.
, Only7scenta a bottle, six bottles H Isold atDr.
SWAYNES'B, no. 830 North Sixth street, above Vine,"
and all the leading Druggists ondr Dealers fn Toilet'
Artlclea. : .; ■ ■ ae22.s,m.w,f.tfrp
F)R SALE—LARGE FIREPROOF SAFE. WITH
powder-proof lock, .good as new. for half pjice.
Also, Office Fnrnltnre. Inquire at ,3U>< . WALNUT
Street, Room 7, between 10 andl2. ~ ’ de2o3't*
' Mf ASKING Wml INDELIBLE HfK.Embrolder
ill lug; Braiding, Btamplng, Ac.
M. A TORBBY.
1 :.. .. 1800 Filbertstreet. ,
- ■T-w* OHICKBBmQ GSAND PIANOS,
■ofa Sit CHESTNUT STREET.
inillotHMp W.H. PUTTQN, j|
? nOLIDAY PBEBEXTS.
fie Jilt hi Giit ef tbeSefcSM,
fENGEMVIN6
ABRAHAM El NOOLN,
SS'l&J eminent Painter and Bneraver, WM. 2, MAR
PQbllßhed by TICKiJOB <fe FIELDS, Is
read; for delivery, ■ • : "
! ;MABBH Aiira vrj 18HINQTOI9, .engraved after
ftuart a paniing,. received the .highest encomiums ,of.
the first Arusta-and cohnoisaeomn Eorom -
. f I4OJOOLN Sceif Waah-
Jrgton. andll* the largest head pver. executed in .line*
engravlnp besldea.it hi the likeness pronounced anpe *
nor *o all others, by Mr, Lincoln's fkmllya&d tntt
gatetWenda. Then 1 testimonialsmay be seen at oar
enbacriptions received at our office, .
828 and 630 Ckestmit Street.
i AISO, at ’.l’-
- . . EARLE&SONS’,:■
•. BX©' Claeetma.* ‘StreetUi^Ji-
And WEHMBOTH, TaYIiOB <fc * BtiOiVff’S,' 912
• . bTKB&T * *' "
2£ABBHAXI/S r&inting of President Unoolnwill.
D© °? at the i»uer p*ace next weefc, for a
sho. t time only, • * '■ 1 -
: ; ; ‘7 W H. BATT.
, dea>3trpl ; AOBNT OP PUBLISHERS.
HOLIDAY GIFTS
-i- - ■ "FOB : • --- :
. ©EHILEMEJff; :; ;5I
IN GBEAT VABIETY, AT • ■ :v. :
•John W. Amer’Sj
. (late of G. A. Hoffman’,.)
FINE fcHIBT MANUFACTORY, '
No 101 NORTH NINTH STREET,
A largeaasortmeat of
SO ABF S, TIF S, GLOVES. <6O.
: de2o-12t| SUITABLE FOB PRESENTS.
Wtf. A DROWN & 00.,
246 Market Street,
. Have now la Stock an
ELEQANT ASSORTMENT OF
; UMBRELLAS.
made from
Superior English and French Silks,
OF THKTR OWN HIPOBTATION,
finished with the
LATEST STILES
OF
IVORY,
WALNUT AND
. FABTBID3E HANDLES.
FOB
d,utdJS R,STMAS PRES ENTS.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
OPERA GLASSES.
GOLD SPECTACLE*.
CHILDREN’S MAGIC LANTERNS,
DRAWING INSTRUMENTS,
&c.. &c.
JAMES W. QUEEN A CO.,
994nHESINUT 1 STREET
WRITING DESKS
, AND
PORTFOLIOS,
FOB
HOLIDAY PRESENTS
AT
MQSS&CO.’S,
; detstjalrp
432 C&BBTHUT BTHBHT
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
LADIES’FUBTBIMMKD HOODS.
LADIES’SKATING HATS.
FRENCH SILK UMBRELLAS. • - -
CHILDREN’S VELVET HATS.
GENTS' FOR CAPS, COLLARS and GLOVES.
THEO. H. M'OALLA,
[ HAT AND CAP EMPORIUM, ' '
: 804 Chestnut St.
? del2-12trp|
; NOW READY,
THE NEW HAT.
BI WABBUBIOS,
? Hatter, 430 Chestnut Street.
NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICES. del3 lm rp{
FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Fin© Opera. Glasses,
Elegantly Bound Music Books
; ...... and;''
MUSIC FOLIOS.
; O. W. A. TRUMPLER, :
. SEVSHTH AND GHE&THUT SIS.
de3tfrp3- •' . ■ ui:• ...3:
SKATES I
SKATES!
. SKATES!
: ■■■ i EXTRA QUALITIES,
! For Ladles and Gentlemen, of the finest cast steel,
f Skates made to order. Also.aiatea sharpened and
repaired at the shortest not.6e.
_ J. J. TEUFFEL,
i . No. 103 South EIGHTH Street,
1 de6-Zm rp Three doors below Chestnut,
CHICKERIHG BQDARE PIANOB7~ T
914 CHESTNUT STREET.
firm ocs-tf4p WrH. DUTTON,
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
CHMSTMAB PRESENTS.
The beet and most oaeftal Freeent to give a Mend
needy) is a barret of my superiors!. Louie or
Family Flour
And a bag or half barrel
Mountain Buckwheat Meal.
Warranted eqnal to any In the market.
GEO. F. ZEHNBEB,
Successor to Allman & Zahnder,
FOURTH and VINK,
dels-i4trpl
Christmas Praseatst
PBEBENTS FOB LADIES.
PBE3ENTB FOB GKNTLEMEW.
We hare now on band a fresh stock of FANCY
GOODS, which we offer at reduced prices.
, . FOB-GENTLEMBN. •
MeerscbaumPlpes, In great varletv, : -
Meerschaum Olgar Holders.
Brier Boot Pipes, carved and plain.
Tobacco Bexes, Tobacco Bag., cigar Cases,
Match Boxes, Cigar Stands. Flasks.
Ink Stands, Match Boxes, paper Weights;
FOB LADIES. ‘
Beautiful Bohemian Glass ToiletteSeta.'
Vases of Parian,and Bohem'an Glass.
;«araffes Toilette Bottles. Card Beoelvers.
Odenr Cases and stands, Traveling Bara.
Book Btands, Beading Stands, Ac.
K-diO. A.WBI6HT,
624 CHESTNUT Street.
del2-l2trp|
FOE THE_HOUD AYS
H. F * fi R. TAYLOR’S
ToiletBoap and Toilet Boxes, Colognes and Extracts
, for the Bandkerchlefe. Verbena, Geranium' ahcTLa
vender Waters, Almond3ose and Ambrosial Shaving’
i Creame,and Taylor’s Celebrated Saponaceous ihavinSc
Compound, all of which may be had- at the principal
Drug,Trimming and Notion Establishment at xetalL
and by wholesale only at the Factory, • -
; flau 643 NOBTH NINTKBTREET.
• -pgRSaTBNT . SOAP BUBBLES OF GREAT
JL strength and durability. They will last for many
'hours, may be punctured without breaking,.and ean,
be blown to twenty Inches in diameter, showing tha
most brilliant prismaiiecolois and fkunishlziz a do--
lightful entertainment for adults and ichildrenT Solo-,
tlon sold by Queen, Porter and Booth. Ac., and by the
mfcTvnrap'tnToy, <
; . ■ JAMES T. BBXSS,
aecll-rpti. Broad and Spruce streets.
Holiday presents.—head dresses,
BBESSCAP3. Mrs. a D. WILUTB, No. Ur
ijortn NlNTii street, will open on TUESDAY. Dec
-18, a large and handsome assortment of -Heaff
Presses and Press Caps, of the latest Impor
tations. _delllltrp*
SILK UMBRELLAS—With Ivory, Part*
wv ridge-wood, Walnut, clear horn, and other
handles. A fine selection.
JosaPH fussell:
. 2 and 4 North Fourth street.
dei7-6trp| phnftrfnipktft-
FINE SCOTCH AND AM ERIC AN GING
HAM UMBRELLAS for presents.
~ 1 TTS JOSEPH FUBBELL,
2and 4 North Fourth street,
1 del7-€trp{ Philadelphia.
BRACKhTei, WRITING DESKS,TOT
Tf Bedsteads, a abl<=s. Tool Chests. Work Boxes and
Baskets, mid many articles suitable for gifts.
. , n . BA. WILD MAN & 880.,
de!9 3trp» ion spring Qaroen street.
HTACINTHa. TULIPS. CKOfTTTfI ATTT*
other Flower Bulbs, sellingofr cheap.
H. A. DREKu,
_714 Chestnut street.
SKATING PARKS.
SKATING.
THIRD DAY SKATING AT OAKDALE.
ICE SIX INCHES THICK.
SBOOTH AS GLASS.
. and EIGHTH B tree la. Yellow Can, direct
to Park for single fere.
“ Wit. F.. VANHOOK. Manager.
EASTWICK PARK.
GRAY’S FERRY.
j Splendid Skating on Both Basins.
SPLENDID SKATING
AT THE
NATIONAL SKATING PARK;
Twenty .first St. and Colombia Avenue.
SKATING THIS DAY, and
SKATING BY MOONLIGHT TO-NIGHT,
ktreet® B!dge AvenDe Cara - and get ont at Twenty-first
single Admission .25
SKATING 1 SKATING!!
WLCTPmLADKLPHIA SKATING PARK.
THIRTY-FIRST and WALNUT streets.
BY MOONLIGHT. BY MOONLIGHT
lee In splendid Park open nntll 10 o’clock
et night. Fine Band of Music. Fme Restaurant ’
Coat Rooms, and Skates for hire.
Season Tickets fg 00. Single admission 25 cents;
Access to the'Park (by a few mlnntes ride) by thA.
Market street. Chestnut and Walnut streelSpruce and
Pine, and Sehnylklll Railways. j,a
OSHTEAL SKATING PASS,
FIFTEENTH AND,WALLACE.
The Central Park haring been reflooded fbr the first
time this season, presents an entire new skatlne snn
iace The Satterlee Band will be in attendance >a<»
afternoon and evening. Splendid gas-light illumina
tion this evening.
The effort to have the Central Park supported en
tirely by season tickets not having met with a general
appj oval, and in order to conform with the wishes of
many old and new subscribers, the manager has de
cided to issue single admission tickets on the following
TEBMB,
Introduction tickets, sold only to subscribers, three
for |L
Single admission tickets, sold only on personal in
troduction, 50c. it
SEATING! SKATING! SKATING! :
.excellent bka'jing at the aecito
EXCELLENT BK ATING_' AT THE ABCIIC
; - PARK,
; EIGHTH AND COLUMBIA. ATE,, THIS DAY.
' EIGHTH AND COLOMBIA AVB. THIS DAY.
MOONLIGHT SKATING THIS EVENING.
MOONLIGHT SKATING THIS EVENING!
' The United frtatia Brass Band In attendance.
Access by the Tenth, Eighth. Union, Sixth and
Girard ave nne cars. Season Tickets, S 3.
: NOTE.—Great preparations are being made for the
Grand M asqnerade. Fancy .Military and Citizens’ Dress
Carnival, to beheld next week, weather permitting
de2l tfi E. H. HAYHUBBT, Sop’t.
AMUSEMENTS.
tSc Second Bags for additional
R9STORI. RI3TORI. RISTORI.
LVST XKillT. LAST NIGHT.
PIADEITOLOMEI.
' THE ONLY CHOTCE SEATS LEFT are at the
Book-Stand, CONTINENTAL HOTEL,nn to 7.30 P.M,
: Also, A PEW SEATS 808 THE MATINEE
It ,
JBtEAJU ESTATE.
SFOR SALE CHEAP—House and Stable.- No.
1438 VINE street. In good order throughout,
lo.wio can remain, Possession January Ist. Inquire
on the premises, or at 22 and 24 North F3UKTH
Street. ■ ; de2l6tJ
OFFICE TO BENT.—A very superior Double Office!
With hydrant and water closet attached. Second
etons; Harmony Place, near the Exchange. Annlv to
GKO. T. EGBERT & CO., No, 112 South Fourth
Btrest. , . de2l-2t«
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad,
! Holiday Excursion Tiokels, t
■BhW-TTI nr Til • last to
(■SE3S; January 2d, 1867, will be Issued atre-
Speed Fares, between all stations on Maln Rcuad aS
Branches, G: A; NTiinT.in^^
dtzctialj General Superintendent.
TNJEW IURKEV PBUKlirs—Tjindlnp- and : tor sale
lY byJOH. B. BCSSIEB & OO.yloaSouth Delaware
•venue. . •
rJALIAN VEBMIOELLL—IOO boras fine quality,
white. Imported and Ibr sale by 108. B.BOCS3IEB
A CO., 108 Booth Delaware avenue, ;