SECOND EDITION. BY TELEGRAPH. LATEST CABLE NEWB THE RETURN OF SURRATT. THE ITALIAN DIFFICULTIES A TOWN DESTROYED BY FIRE. LATE FROM WASHINGTON. THE CONGRESS'ONAL COMMITEES. The Mexican Muddle. THE GOVERNMENT PUZZLED. The Supreme Court Decision Another Church Burned. By tbe Atlantic Cable. [By the TJ. 8. and European News Association J ITALY. Flobence, Deo. 23.—A portion of the Italian fleet have been ordered to Turkish waters, to be in readiness for future orders It is understood that the Italian Govern ment demanded satisfaction of Turkey for indignities perpetrated by the seizure of the steamer Thomas. Home, December 23.—The Pope still ad heres to his opposition to .the proposed ar rangement of affairs, suggested by the King of Italy, although seconded by Napo leon. It is thought, however, that all diffi culties wiU he amicably settled with His Holiness, as the Cardinals and other reli gions advisers favor the Italian proposition. Malta, December 23d.—John H. Surratt left Alexandria yesterday on beard the gunboat Swatara, to whose commander the alleged assassin was given in charge by U. S. Consul Hale. ENGLAND. Liverpool, Dec. 23, Evening.— By the arrival of the British West India Mail Steamship, the news of the nearly total de struction of the town of Miragoane, by fire is annonneed. ’ From Washington. [Special Despatch to the Bnlletin.l Washington, Dec. 24.—The Senate Finance Committee have made considerable progress with the tariff bill. There wiU be little if any reduction of duty in the House billofl wool, iron and steel. The Ways and Means Committee are in session on the Internal Revenue bill. Despatches received by the Government, from Mexico, are any thing, but flattering to the Liberal cause. Over half-a-dozen pri vate interests have appeared, opposed to Juarez. t Maximilian is backed by the Church party and refuses to leave the coun try. In this state of things our Govern ment is puzzled as to what shaU be done with Minister Campbell 133 i 11-10 A. M. f 1331 10.05 1334 12.00 M., dosed 1331 Ship News. HTo the New York Associated Press.] New York, Deo. 24.—Arrived, ship Law rence, Brown, from Calcutta; bark Minna, from Cardiff; bark Emerald, from Chris’ pan a; bark Eliza, Barso, from Bermuda: barh E. T. Stocker, Matanzas; brig Hennes, ftom Porto Cabello; brig Milwaukee, from Port Spain, Trinidad; brig Hazard, from Havana; brig Memphis, from Mayaguez. Financial and Commercial. ITo the New York Associated Press.] hjsii? 3 2 lOß ® 24 —Flour is inactive; Chicago heavy*. Wheat scarce and prices drooping. ale3 A f " h,te Cs@sl 08; yeliowji 03 ® rm at6o@62c. Groceries dull and heavy. Provisions very qalet. Mess Pork 422 so whi«kv drooping: CH; (2 23; Pennsylvania (2 25. • Deo - 54 —Wheat steady. Corn qalet- Sn'ii w Wteat*l 05: yellow, |X 03. ? Oats wHJ^^K. declln ‘s£i cloTer a‘ *8 50. Flour verv dull; ta« P S i «SS VJ; extra at II 25@2 25. Provf ?i2P,®k ® 0 “ llllal . _ Groceries neglected and drooping. Whisky heavy; Western, 12 25@f 28. “wupuig. CITY BVLCEmr. To Have Speedy Triad.— Mayor Mo- Michael has determined that an example shall be made of the persons who engaged in the firemen’s riots. Those who were cap tured yesterday morning, during the fight at Third and Pine streets, will have a speedy tnal, as the police were instructed this morning to bring the case before the Grand Jury at once, Pbepabing fob Chbistmas.— The police reports this morning showed the names of about a dozen persons charged with the lar ceny of turkeys, geese and chickens. In stead of enjoying a Christmas dinner at home, they will get one at the expense of the city, m Moyamensing Prisen. Owneb Wanted.— Three dead chickens a ?l on^Ul e 4? rkey are awaiting an owner at the Fifth Ward Police Station. C .hildren Cutting theib Teeth Hard may bo considerably relieved by applying a small P«'' on Bowerlnfant Cordial *, tbe fingerTSnd rubbing ibe gums gently for a abort time. 8 Bower’s Glycerine Cream for chapped and rough skin. Depot, Sixth and Vine. Sscts.jaj. Druggists’ Sundries and Fancy Goods. SNOWDEN For sale ana adjustment at (Lad^auendStaJ Stre€t “ nt door below Bac «- Extkaohdinaby Cube op Rheumatism. -Samuel tt. Adams. Nineteenth and Montrose tried everything, Cnied by Dr. Fitter's Remedy. ri,. B^ NB E w ’ s T SoAPa — Elder Turtle Oil, Glycerine, Lettuce, Sunflower, Mask. Bose Alc. SNOWDEaf from her visit to LAYER BAISINS.-WholM boxes fine analitv *TO“ioBB“raiS^fal^ y JOS ' B^Sl^ Increase. Decrease. $196,816 769,283 „ ’ 4,428.396 $822,663 635,774 £ Hold Market. la Delated PreaaJ 54.—The following are Id to-day: The negroes sold on Saturday would probably have brought higher prices, but for the presence of Captain VanderUp of the Freedmen’s Bureau, whoit was thought would have seized them as scon as the sale a were over. A warrant was issued this morning by TJ f S. Commissioner Brooke, on uie oath ot Captain Vanderlip, of the Freedmen’s Bu. raan, for selling the above-mentioned ne groes on Saturday. The case will probably be heard this morning. ■ Death of the Minister of Portugal. [To the New York Associated freea.l New York, Dec. 24.— J. O. Fiquaniere, Minister of Portugal, died at 1 o’clock this morning, at the residence of his son. in Brooklyn, at the age of 68. He was the oldest member of the Diplomatic Corps re sident in this city. - From Texas anil Lonlslnna. [To the N. Y. Associated Press.] Baltimobe, December 24.—The Texas papers received here contain a statement that the Government sheds at Brazos had all been taken down and removed to Brownsville, where they will, be turned into winter quarters for the troops in that locality. ■* Emigrants from Virginia are arriving in Texas with a view to settlement. The prices of all kinds of goods have fallen materially at Galveston. Some of the pioneer emigrants to Brazil have returned to Texas, declaring that their own homes, after all, are the best for them. There are indications of an aotive demand for cattle in Texas for the California market. The Baton Rouge Gazette regards the re cent rise in the river as only temporary. The work of repairing the Baton Rouge and Opelousas Railway is rapidly progress ing, and it is expected that it will be ready for business in the course of a month or two Sugar making in Louisiana is progressing with energy, and the quality is represented as being very fine. . From Chicago. [To the N. Y. Associated Press.], Chicago, Dec. 24.—The excavation for the tunnel under the south branch of the Chi cago river, at Washington street, had on Saturday reaohed the depthof 40 feet. Dur ing Saturday night one side fell in, carrying away the engine and hoisting apparatus and filling the excavation to the depth of 25 feet with water. The cause of the slide was a defect in the temporary bank; The loan will reach $5,000. . The shoe-store of John S. Brockman at Rock Island was burned on Saturday; at 2 o’clock, and the adjoining buildings some what injured. The total loss was $2O 000 which was insured in Hartford companies! Perseverance of a Detective. ; [By the United States Associated Press ] St. John, N. 8., Dec.; 24.—C01. George Brojvn passed through this city to-day on his way from Europe for Canada, in charge of the Chief of Police of Montreal, who had apprehended Brown in Prussia on the charge of larceny committed in Canada in August last. The detective has had a long andclever hunt. Destructive Fire at Ripley, Ohio. [By ihe U. S. Associated Press.] Cincinnati, Dec. 24.—a destructive fire occurred this morning at Ripley, Ohio, de stroying the’dry goods store of George R. Dickson; loss $35,000; insured $20,000. The banking house of J, Reynolds & Co. was also; burned; loss $4,000; insured $1,500. Several adjoining buildings were also dairiaged. North Carolina Legislature. [TotbeNew York Asseciated Press, | Raleigh, Dec.24.—ln tbe North Carolina House of Representatives the Insolvent Debtors bill has been framed so as to secure the homestead of one hundred acres, with thehonse attaohed thereto, and in that form J t passed. THIRD EDITION. 8:30 O’Oloek. j BY TELEGRAPH. UTE FROM BALTIMORE, BLAVERY NOT YET DEAD Foot Negroes Sold at Auction! FROM BROOKLYN, N. Y. Death of the Portuguese Minister Slavery In Maryland. : [To the U. 8. Associated Press.] i Baltikobe, Deo. 24.—F00t negroes, two men and two women, were sold as slaves for one year before the court house at An napolis, on Saturday last, having been convicted of larceny; one of these an old negro named John Johnson, boldly bid himself in, and was struck off at $37; another man was bought bv his brother for $35, and one woman for $25, an other girl for $27. They were sold bv order of Judge Magruder, who is so extreme in hia pro-slavery and State rights views that he is straining the law in every case. These negroes are of the worst class of blacks, and were all anxious to be sold, preferring eilher to buy themselves in or serve a year as a slave than go to the penitentiary. He is anxious to make a case to go before the Supreme Court, to test the civil rights bill, holding with Judge Taney that the black man has ho rights which the white man is bound to respect. Magruder has baen indicted by the grand jury of the United States Court for disregarding the civil rights bill, and refusing negro testi mony, and plea* guilty to the charges, wishing to push them before the Supreme Court, A.s these sales take place within sight of the executive mansion, it is presumed 'hat Governor Swann approves of the course of the Judge, who is also enforcing the negro apprentice law to the fullest ex tent of the law, and even straining it against the negro; Suiis have been brought against fathers, or harboring apprentices who have been released by other courts, and writs of re plevin got out against the children, and they seized as chattels, the judge maintaining that under the laws of the State, the black man is a chattel. v XoA Jtaito.statemeiif^-:, LTo the United States and European Telegraph A*so s v, 'V cih«on»l. . i New Yobx, Deo, 34.—The following is the New York Bank Statement: Decrease in loans, - I do. specie, do. deposits,' : Increase in circulation, do. legal tenders, Rnanclal and CogunmtaL v J?° *5? Y. Associated Press.] ‘ «?A»? l ivs?l? r , E * Hroa d. USE; Reading Railroad O®”*"!. 107; Midi. Boaibern 815<: Cleya-’ Chicago & Bock Island. 102J£- IHS*. hWe6leril ' 43; plttabQr fih, ffu Wayne & Chicago! .Wheat dull; markets I® I 'ilS l™ pni£ ho *s &°* lower, at fB@s ee; Western 1 loiJ -11 h £™-» n ?„?5? 80n • 155 :G01d,133J4; Coupon «'s! ii«X, u. s.e-jo’s, iosj »ew, lies, io8: n i T^urtes,l64!K.N. , o. l »’s nTO, f H^; U MWbk*p , l 9 |«|-. s e * tra conpon Canton, $&. ' quiet. Wheat quiet. Corn steady—sales of & ra “tin. oX£s3!s£; dociSi^-,S^ eIS or ‘*g > 62 - Pork at CO 2&SO 75. xUoSfet mesa L E WALRAYEN, UAioric uu; WO Cliestmit Btratt, BEAUTIFUL CURTAINS CHRISTMAS GIFTS. A LARGE LOT OF Swiss, Tamboured, Applicatioa and LACES, Of Fresh Importation and very elegant Designs, HEAVY CURTAINS, ° f hnn * in theIiATSST FAB* ISIAN STYLES, at redured prices to meet the decline In Gofd. WINDOW SHADES IN GREAT VARIETY. U. S. MAIL LINE TO HAVANA. Saturday Morning, December 20, or passage, having splendid cabin accommodations, aoplv to p ™ THOMAS WATTSON * SONS, No. H9N. Delaware avenue. Passage to Havana, |oo. de22tde29rp NATIONAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC ■ 809 and 811 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Capital $300,000, Pull Paid; ;derectobs, Jos.T Bailey, Ben], Howland, Jr., Wm. H.Hhawn. Wm. Ervlen, Sami. A, Btepham, Nathan HUlaa, Edw. B, Ome, Osgood Welsh, Fred. A. Hoyt, WILLIAM H. BHAWN. CASHIER, JOSEPH P. HOHFOBDi oc3o3xxupjg WE OF FEB FOB SALE, $250,000 7 Per Cent, CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE BONDS AT 79 TBESEBONDS AT THE ABOVE PRICE WILL XJKLU THHHOLDEBS NEARLY 9 PER CENT. aknitm AND ALD TWBNBY-ONE PEB PBLNCIPAL AT MATURITY. FOB FURTHER INFORMATION APPLY TO SAILER & STEVENSON. Bankers, No 131 South Third Street cel7«6ti fip Opposite Girard Bank. GOLD COUPONS, J anuary Ist, WANTED BY At’ CO,, 34 BQITTH THIRD BTRFRT, BAKER’S ORNAMENTAL HAIR MANUFACTOBY. The largest and best assortment n» Wig», Toupees. Long Hair Braids and Curls, Water-falls, Viotorines, Frl« J l ®!tsfeiS UBive *«anufor Ladies, At prloes LOWER than elsewhere* [mhXMY 909 CHESTNUT STBEET, - 'S* OFFICIirOF'THE _ PHILID *LPHtX~AND ■ TRPNTON RAILROAD CO,— Philadelphia, December 24. 1868. . .uwiiwiu., /I be Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, and an e ectlon for Dlrertore for the ensuing year.wlll be hole at the COMPANY’S OFFICE, on MONDAY, the four teenth day of January ,1867, at 1 o’clock. P. M. de24t]a!4 J. MORRELL, Secretary. ' kTJtW PECANS.— IO bbls. new crop Texas Pecans, ax landtag, ex steamship Star of the Union, and for sale i byJTS. BUSSIER & 00,108 South Delaware pVfiliQß. - Walrmttand Paper udkM IB.BCSSIEB* CO.. 106 B. .Eslawar. AvtanSr ” HOLIDAY PRESENTS ’’ V ; ; • -J®' " ;'' . ' : We would call attention to assortment.' ; ' ■ ,-V ■ 'riSsti. 1 . Bronzes and Fancy Goods, Elegant Beading Bhades, Porcelain Lanterns, Flexible Drop Lights with Stands, v, AS APPROPRIATE \■ : ;; • ' - ' Holiday JPr-esontSo : Combining Beauty with Utility I MISEEY, MERRILL & TOACKARA, ; 718 Chestnut Street. dell 4u l th,s-tftpi ; - 5196,816 - 769,283 - 4,428,394 - 6,300,774 - 8,226,003 jpk STERLINGS SILVER, •RUflßMajinfactured expressly for BRIDAL, Prosen is NEW JEWELRY. Of all the lata Styles, WATCHES Of the moat Celebrated Makers, J ' PEARLS, DIAMONDS. ; and other Precious Bfconest Wedding and Engagement Bings. . Old Bets Of FEABL or DIAMOND J BUI w.w n mounted In modem style. Watches and Cjlpcks repaired and adjusted by oom petent workmen. All goods warranted of flm quality. Special attention given to tit a Mnmia J» T. Gallagher, Late of BAHJE7' A 00., FORMERLY BALLET * KmjHBBT. NUT STBBBT * BeaDliful Japanese Artieles, JUST OPENED, AT CUTHBERT’S INDIA STOKE, 2 ®*m n tb^f ehth ab - Chestnn*. 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