'GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXL-NO.. 209. THE EVENING BULLETIN reßLlelialu en= arraWM ahindltre aseevied). iflT THE SEW HULLETIN111;111011110, 1307 etteetatit Street, Maude lpllla, sr run EVENING 1317I.LETIN ASSOCIATION. ' riornterons. • g 0 ERNEST' 1: . .1111 1 ,E l 2telb l t ja . • The , • II served to imbooribers in the oil' at le emits • We biteable to the carriers: or 1118 ver annum. For. i fitESENTS—YINE POCHF.7 WALLETS AND Dia et. Writing Deal. Stationery. Boxes, rocket Cutlery. Gammon and Chem Boards, MN" Gold I ene, Ogle° Staudt. Juranne Books.Steraosconee and ews. • pEgny. dN Vi W 12 9. (' Aren street. 'MARRIED. KATF.OI-031111L—Ou the Bth last.. bylaw, Rev. Wm. Iluddard.l.)„ Rector of Orace (Much, Mr. florare N. Attites to ti leg Jolla MAY. y daughter of Ilukon . Efui 'All of lb city. • DIED. ARTIICIT. -- --fluddenly, an the CO inst., Robert F. M., and William Mei. M., only children of Sautuel and Mary A. Arthur. Fizl from the residence. 1953 Cameo street, on ae, at 2 o'clock. Proceed to Woodland Cemetery.** BACit a Montepeller.Frnnce, on the 23d of Novem ber. Ite7. Brevet lieut.-Col. F. M. Bache, U. S. A., my, late Captain 16th Infantry and A. U. C. to MiCor-General Meade. • BF.ALE.--on Tufeday morning, the lOtit Met . at sly o'clock. Mies Caroline , Beads , eldest daughter of the late Jacob Beak, of title city. The relatives. and friende of the family are nmpeet fully Incited to attend the funeral, from her lute resi dence, No. is(Y,, Vice street. on Thursday afternoon, 12th " inst., at 2 o'clock, without further notice., • • BOURNE.--lin the Nth Met., Mary. daughter of the late Stephen Bourne. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend her funerdi from the residence of B. F. Babcock. Box borouah.o n tomorro Horde v), at 2 o'cl IL • BURLING...In Nan Francrico, Cal. Nov. 10th, P 4 M Caroline, infant daughter of James W. and Sidney H. Burling, aged one month said 28 days. GIBBON.- On Monday morning, Nth instant, aced two years ° end rive monti*-Williv. youngest son of George 11. Moon. 0-- • • pltUttIAL AA,T.• • 1.• VATZST YOU 1)11311(1:1 GRANTED JULY 9, Mt z s. reatzt. 17:mrwriLicrr., a. T. mmuzu OP TUTU AND nr.mN sTnerrs. I claim that my new improved and only patented SERIAL CASKET Is far more beautiful• iu form and finish than the 'old unsightly and repolvive and that its construction adds to its strength and dura. bllitr. We the endeitlated. having. had occasion to nee in nor families E. B...EAELEY'S PATENT DI , RIAL CASKET, would not tm the future use.a.ny other if they could be ob. int& Bl ta ehotk M. Simpson, P.ev. J. W. ;realm" J. IL Schenck, M. D. E. J. Vrippen, Com. J. Marston, U.S. N., Jacob S. Burdsall, Ices. W. Martine, D. Gee. W. EvaPs. Bev . Oas, • Wm. Illeks. J. D. N. tlinn. EYRE & LANpru, RAVE THE FIRST QUALITY Lyons Velvets for CioaZ Lyons Velvets. Dilnch, tot Backs. , . EI LA.NDELL, FOURTH AND ARCLICEEP A .11:J flue soros burnt of Caralrueres for Boys' aotnes, Oa& dmereirfor Bye Suite. InACK ALI,WOOI, POPLUO, AT trIX: CENTS; *l. $1 11% b 1 1',5 and 111 it 7,4 a yard. ISESSON 14 - B.ON. Mound** Store. 91*Cheetnut strowtt. 801611131A1a NOTICE& GRANDITNION FAIR Baptist Churches of Philadelphia ;V' • IN AID or mi; Memorial Batitititghapel, Now being erected under the suit% of the (lIITRCH EXTENSION fIXIMISISSION, is 0 OPEN At CONOEIrP LIALL, and will continue for one week. An excellent selection of Piney. Useful and Arvonablo articles wi ll be on sale at reasonable prices, at the Tabltv of the different Chniehas All chews, toting, schemes, da, will be Stefetly proharitat auring the Fair, and..these objections. Net restart* being disallowed , the patronaige and support cf the Denomination Is earnestly . solicited and expected. Tickets can be procured at the Baptist Publication Rooms, 10 Arch street, and from the Soperintetulento andTeechers of the various Baptist Sunday. Schools. &BM th f no§ sor HAVANA CIGAR CIRCULAR. We have neither abandoned the CIGAR IMPORTING BUSINEtiII. nor commenced manufacturing what are usually called "Domestic We continuo to import Wviona Cigars, as we have done for fartY , Ygexe- Their high idlft, however, has determined us to intro- duce a bona Ode oubstitute Diet can BE RETAILED AT kIODERATE PRIDE, and to - this end we arc manufac turing Fine Standard (Agars. Mehdlng grades made ea tirely of Vuefte Maio leaf, each as is used only in lead. inc Havana factories. This we prepare and work ON THEIR SYSIEM. guided by long practical experience in this manufacture at Havana.. Our new enterprise ii, therefore, in its leading objects. a mere trailer of a Finn -class ferwry from Havana, to Philadelphia. and our maculae are will be. in greater prat, strictly Fine Havana Cigars, equal to any Imported. yet much cheaper' and by no means to be confounded with even the Wirt customary grades of Domestic Cigars. The smoking public may soon judge of the truth of our assertions, as our Cigars will shOrtly be offered to them through the principal cite dealer". STEPHEN FU'GUETR SONS, No. :2`"a South Pi•out street. deNtf,n4 Aar' FAIR, DI AID OF TIIE LADIES' FURNISHING FUND of the OXFORD PRESBYTERIAN A Sale of Useful and Fancy Articles suitable for the holidays, will take .lace in the OXFORD PRI SBYTERIAN CHAPEL, N. E. corner of Broad and Oxford stre..tp„ Commencing_ on WEDNESDAY. the On of December. at 73 o'clock in the EVENING. To continue follow week during the AFTERNOONS' and EVENINGS of each day, Season ticket.% 25 cents: Single admloton. 10 eente, OFFICE LINCOLN MONUMENT ASSOCIA 'llon,tlol Walnut t treet .—The Treusurer acknow ledles the receipt of the ollowing contrtbutionst . , From George F. Peabody. E s q. oBs; R. N. Rathbun, of:1; ° Ninth Ward, per John Smith, Esq., Chairman ( add.), FOM 90; Fifth Ward Bounty Fund, perC. Knight, Chair man. e.%; Sixth Ward, per J. G.G.But ler, $lB3 50; Sixth Ward. per W. Barnes (add.). $135; Fourth Ward ,per John W. Butler. $18; Sixteenth Ward, par Isaac W. dhappard, 11 2 19 95; Fifteenth Ward, per Wm. U. Kerns. s7to fil— -ISt 19. Acknowledge d previously, t/eI.4M VI Total, sea sa. J. B. CLAGHORN, Treasure.r. ,December 7.1881. 11.1 aglirs NATIONAL ASSOCIATION DASD DAM Pidyers. The Convention will meet in the Chestnut Street Theatrn, TO-MORROW (Wednesday). at o'clock. The Parquette reserved exclusively for Delegates. the Dress Circle for ladies and Gents accompanying them, and the Galleries for all who feel interested In the game of Duo Rill Delegates are particularly requested to call at the Con tinental Doter, at the rooms of President GORMAN, tduring this aftenmon and evening. nnttllo o'clgek, and o morning, from 8 to lo A. M. It* air CITY OF ALLEGHENY, PA.. Togo:mum% OFTIOF, December I), 1967. Notice to berety Oven to the liolders.of the SIX PEI: CENT Id UNIOIPAL. BONDS pe THE CITY OF ALLEGHENY, That the Coupons on seid Bonds, coming dueJamtary let, lAA will be paid on said day (less the State tax) at the BANS OF PITTSBURGH, in the City of Pittsburgh, Pa. D. MACFF.RRON. de103:31,rp5 Treasurer of the City of Allegheny, Fs. - air CITY OF ALLEGHENY PA.. TrtEAHLTER'S OEIIIE, December 0, Heil. ALLEGHENY CITY COMPROMise BONDS WANTED Perrone holdinn Compromise Bonds of the City of Alle. phony Pa., are hereby notified that the Sinking - Fund for 1867 will be invested in those bonds at the lowest rate offered. Proposals will be received by the undersigned, until WEDNESDAY, the let of January.lB6S, FERRON, delOhilrpli Treasurer of the City of Allegheny, Ps. s or NATIONAL NM:MANGE BANK. PLIMADF.I.I . II(A, Dec. 10, 186 7. The Annual Election for Directote will be held at the Bankinglmmo on TUESDAY, the 14th of January next, between theboura of 10 A. rI. and 2 P,_lll. J. W. GILBOUGII, Cashier, del&tu,th,s,tojalB SfNSINOT I N SOUP Eif MECTiNG O l grof the Contributors to this Institution will be held. On FRIDAY EVENIND, December 12,1867,at 736 o'cloct4 att the Soup House. 247 Allen street, near Marlborough, ir elect ogi ccrs and Managers for the ensuing year. delett* CHARLES N. ' , LIKENS. Secretary. map* FAIR—ANNUAL BALE OF PANOY AND USE. fnl articles% by the Sunday Schools or St. Paul's P. E. Church. Third. below Walnut, at V l rashlngton Build. jna, Third, above Spruce. Dec. P.lO and 11th. dell its alr zo la a W m Altr H9fr i ge e: Ibis VD two cal treatment and medicinal furaod frfatuitZlit PRAYER BOORS At Retitfeed Prices, FOR sem BY '• 'RS. J. Irma LToiir THO KAU, de i st . Chestnut Street. :•=7 . 4 - i T. !,r.717 18.-20 , . _anauda ugs& 'landing and for Bala .e. OMB it 0 04 00 lianth Mtwara smut _ • . . . . . .. . . . . . ... . . . s i „, . , . , . . 6. ' . s • • . 1 . i ;117 ' . .- . ' •' .. • ~, . . :let . . . .. . .... , . .. „...,,,..i.-S. - " , ' . . oelB.lmrp It is impossible at present to determine exactly the cause of the accident, but the general impres sion among those who had the beat opportuni ties of judging is that the track was not in proper condition at the cattle-guard. It seems that the sticks of timber which supported the rails were not secured from springing by the iron rods which are considered necessary, and the rails must either have been Insecurely fastened, or else the timber sprung and the rails become sepa rated further' than they should have been. The mutter will be thoroughly investigated by the coroner's jury. Coroner Clawson impanneled a jury yester day, and visited Oakdale Station. The jury were sworn in the case of Michael Casson, and viewed the body. A wake was held on Saturday night, and a large number of the unfortunate man's friends were present. Some of them evidently did not appreciate the objects of the Coroner's jury, and were decidedly independent in answer ing the questions asked. them. The jury then visited the house of Wm. Sprout, where the body of Henry Herder, the brakeman, had been taken. 'Squire McConnell, of South Fayette township, had impanneled a jury and adjourned the inquest in this case. The body, on the arrival of the Coroner's jury, was in a hearse on its way to the burying ground, but was over taken at Nobiostown Station and taken inside the station-house, where the body, was viewed, and the inquest in this. as well as in the other case, adjourned until Thursday evening. at seven o'clock, when the jury will meet at the Pittsburgh Mayor's office. The body was taken in charge by an agent 41 the Coal Company, and brought to this city 140' evening. The Coal Company pay the expenses of the burial. The Coroners jury returned to the city on the ten o'clock freight train. Man Run Over_by_tliv2 . Trains near (From the Pittsburgh Dispatelt, Dec. 9.1 About eleven o'clock on Friday night a man named Armstrong Henderson was Jailed on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near the Lawrenceville Station, by being run over by one of the trains— which of them, however, has not yet been as certained. His body was discovered lying across the track about hall' -past eleven o'clock by the conductor on ti fast freight train coming to the city, fie imagined that the man,was intoxicated and unable to leave the way ;so attempeil to stop the engine, but failed. The whole train then paesvd over the body, mangling it fright fully., When the remains were taken away a few moments afterwards, they were found quite old, and on this fact Is bas@d in connection with other circumstances, the theory of his having been previously run over by another train. De ce,need was'forty-eigbt years old, and was on his WRY to .his boarding-house in LawrcinitxMlid, whert . ran over. lie leaves a wife and eleven children in Westmoreland county.' ). Coroner Clawson itupanneled a jury, who re turned 'a verdict in accordance with the sword statements of the railroad employees. Very sin gular it is that when the fast train ran over the man, We body wasn't discovered. CLOTHING. ONE PRICE ONLY, JONES' Old Established . ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE 604 MARKET STREET, ABOVE BEM. d r :WiSt b r -' l4 d :r.W 47 atirioln , oath • WWI EDWARD P. KELLY,- TAILOR, S. E; or. of Seventh and Chestnut Sta, !LARGE STOCK OF CHOICE OVEIiCOATINde AND WINTER PANTALOONINGS. REDUCED PRICES. 01. rfrff7rll,3l VXCELLENT SKATING 'PIPS AFTERNOON. MoONLIGHT SKATING Tina EVENING. ATVIE ARA, IC PARK. ' EIGHTH and COLUMBIA Avenue. Beaeon 'ticket!, Single adn4.e10n,25• cente. DLSASTERS. A Coal Train Thrown from the Track Near Oakdale Station—Two Alen . lialled and several injured—Coro ner's Investigation. I From the Pittsburgh unamerria). Dec. 91 A serious accident occurred new Oakdale Sta tion on the Pan Handle Railroad,'Saturciarafter- DOOD at three o'clock, resulting' hi the, death of two men and the injury of several otheia. It ap pearsthat a coal train, with tikeive .6arrObelong tug to the Pittsburgh National Coal and Coke Company, was being backed from the coal works at Noblestown to Walker's Mills, and when shoat a mile and a half east of 'Oakdale Station, as the train was passing over a cattle guard near the bridge across Chartiere Creek, the tender was thrown from the track and six of the cars followed. The train was running at a high rate of speed at the time, and the ears were thrown nearly thirty yards ahead down an embankment, and com pletely wrecked. The engine was turned over on the aide and one of the steam pipes bursted. The track was torn up fora considerable dis tanee, and It is difficult to azzfitain precisely what caused the accident, but it is mpposed.the spikes on the outside of the rails pulling oSer the cattle gttards gave way and the rails spread apart. Michael Casson, section boss, was riding on the engine, and either jumped or was thrown off, striking on the top of his head. His skull was crashed in, and the hot water from the engine poured over him in a stream, scalding hini . terri bly. Be died in about fillet: l n minutes after the accident. . The body of the unfortunate man was taken to his home near Oakdale Station- He was an Irishman, forty-three years of age, and had been in the employ of the road for about two years.. The other man who was killed was a German, named Hermon Hunter, who was employed by the National Coal and Coke Company as a brakesman on the train. He was thrown between two cars, and his body was horribly mangled. The right side was crushed in, and the ribs left "ticking out; his skull was broken in and his right hand cut off. His body was taken to the house of Wm. Sprout, near Noblestown, where he had been boarding. Heater had been in this country only nine months, and has no relatives in this vicinity. The Coal Company have pro Tided tor the funeral. Alexander Diveney, conductor of the train, was slightly injured between the eyes, and had his legs hurt, but will recover. Michel Hstshal, engineer, and James Barnes, fireman, were slightly injured. A brakesman, whose name could not be ascertained, was taken to Allegheny City, where be resides. His hands were badly burned, and it was thought his hip was dislo cated. TIM CORONER'S INVESTIGATION Lawrencevll4... PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DEUEMBER 10, 187, CRIME, 1111171tD*11.• Mt POISON. . , A Dother andlaaughter found Dead In fled *a- isrooklyn..A. filynaerians•At. lalr.:Airrest of a Drug Clerk. • [Froth the N. Y. Times ef to-da.r.} Abottt four months ago Mrs. Elizabeth Fail, about forty years of age, and her daughter Jenny, eleven years old, took aparthiente at No. :307 Atlantic street. Brooklyn, where' they were found dead in bed, yesterday morning at eight o'eloct. The rooms were comfortably furnished, and Mrs.Fali seemed to have aufflelent money for the support of herself and daughter. Before coming to Brooklyn she had stored some fur niture with a drug-clerk named Joel D. PHee, employed at a store in Whitehall street, near' Battery place, New York. After Mrs. Fall camel to No. :307 Atlantic street, Mr. Price visited her ' frequently, and is said to have occasionally passed the night at her room. Yesterday morn ing a pedlar of kindling-wood called as usual, to furnish wood, and found Min. Fall and daughter in bed, asleep, as he supposed, and so did not disturb them, but mentioned to other inmates of the house, when he left, that they were asleep. One of the tenants imme diately went to the room, and found wither and datighter dosely locked in each other's .arms, dead. Price called at the house Sunday night,. -The girl said to a neighbor at 8 o'clock the B=o evening that themes going to bed, after which time nothin was seen or heird of Sirs. F all and Jenny until found dead. and nothin,g of Price. Coroner Lynch toek charge of the bodies and removed them to the demi-house. At noon yes terday Mr. Price was arrested at his store in New York arid taken to the Forty-first Precinct Station. He tuanifesteil"considerabie surprise at being ar rested,- bin ...made' no opposition. He gave his name aajeel l'rice; is an American, IT6 years „o#'age, and stated he, knew nothing about the matter. Before the Coroner he stated that he f;beatie acquainted with Mrs. Fall about three years. ego, when she lived at. No. 15 Whitehall streeW New York. He had been very ill at his store. and she was called in to nurse him by a clerk in the same store, who was w e nt out taking care of him. A trial for divorce between him .nd his wife is and was at that time pending. Mrs. Price reported that her husband had com mitted adultery with Mrs. Fall, and he had not denied it because she was the "only mainstay in denying the charge." From Whitehall street Mrs. Fall went to No. 8 Broadway, then to East Broadway, and then to No. :Ka At lantic street, Brooklyn; he had been 'living at No. 33 Court street, where he stored her goods last summer when she went to Europe; she was a widow; when she lived in East Broadway she sent his meals to him; she worked for a living; he had been in the habit of tailing on her every day; on. Sunday night he called on her about semen' o'clock and remained until eleven; she was feeble, and depressed about her little boy in England end sick; :she said she wanted to go out; she sent her little girl out on an errand; then the three went to New "York; when they came back the complained of being weak and took his arm; at home she insisted on his taking a glass of ale from a bottle brought from the cupboard; they had slipper —tea, steak and bread; he ' then felt sleepy and laid down on the gifa; the sat down beside him; she asked him if he felt more sleepy; he told her yes; she said, "supposing something should happen to him;" he told her she was desponding. as he was three yeara ago, and he wished to cheer her; she.asild ite was good for nothing; didn't knew how her boy was: her friends had sent hex no money lately; be felt very stupid about twenty minutes after drinking the ale; she did not want him to go home, but he thopght it Line to go; when going down the stairs he felt weak and was obliged to keep hold of the battle. iers; it was twelve o'clock when he went to bed and he did not wake up until nine in the morn :eg; when they reached home from New York, LC noticed a man dressed in dark clothes and wearing a slouched hat standing at the door; he -aid to them, "Oh. I've made a mistake," and went off; Mrs. Fall could not find the key under the mat where she had left it; the man then passed back and went up stairs; Mrs. Fall then looked again for the key and found it; •she said she did not know the man, and had never seen him; when the man sent up stairs he , said "'tits very dark;" when in her room Price heard- somebody Coming :stealthily - dawn stairs. This is the substance of the prisoner's statement- The post-mortem examination showed no mark of violence on the bodies, though they were lightly discolored, and the hands were clenched lightly as 3n death from convulsions. 'LEAVY ROBBEJECIES. The Northern Central ,Railroad the 'Victim. [From the Baltimore Sun of Dee. 5.1 For sometuonths past,,it is alleged, the North ern Central Railway Company has suffered heavy losses from depredations committed on freight ears on the line of the road, simounting. it is said, to at least $3,000. The goods stolen were generally wares purchased in Baltimore by -tortkeepers and merchants residing' at points on the road. A watch was set, but for some time nothing could be discovered. On Saturday, however, from information obtained, officers Seibold, Gibson and Mantle arrested two brothers named Levi and Joshua Dixon, on the charge of being connected with the robberies. The house of John Dixon, another brother, who is employed on the Northern Central railroad as J. brakeman, No. 390 West Pratt street, was ,earched, and a very extensive assortment of dry goods, boots and shoes, groceries, harness mit brushes, together with a valise of clothing, said to have becW stolen some two months since from the station at Hanover Junction, were found. The value of the goods found is thought to be about $5OO. The two DIXOIIB, Levi and Joshua, underwent 'a hearing before Justice Bride, resulting in their being held for the action of the authorities of York, Pa. Information was received yesterday that at midnight on Saturday Eugene Lewis. the•conductor of - one of the freight trains, and John Dixon, his brakes man, were arrested at York, Pa. DIGKA.NB IN NEWYORK. What the Tribune Thintke. Mr. Dickens is not only an excellent reader but a greatly-glfted actor. To read his works is to see that he possesses in an eminent degree the dramatic instinct. To hear him read is to see that he also possesses , in almost equal fullness, the dramatic ifacultv. In reading as well as writing he enters into every character that he creates. His personality, for the time, is extinct. Now he is Scrooge, presently he is Mr. Fezziwig, anon is he. Bob Cratchlt, and by the by passes, with extraordinary versatil ity of mood, through the guises of Sergeant Buz iuzz, the little Judge, Mrs, Cluppins,_Winkle, the renowned sportsman, and Samuel Weller. The several personations are complete at all points. This capacity of merging one's self into character is. of course, the indispensable requisite for good acting.' To saytthat Mr. Dickens has it is eat& elently to explain the continued triumphs 'hat he has achieved in reading his own works. It is 'needful to add, however, that he uses it like an artist. The chief ,feature in his method is slmplicity--which implies a per fect knowledgeof the effect to be produced and a perfect control of the means that are requisite to produce it: The next feature is delicacy. in the mellow, end musical voice, in the tranquil manner ,r in the unaffected gesture,, in the easy ainititi of the word to the action—hi all l at the man is and all .that he does;•thiagentle refinement is con= spicuous. Comprehending both these features la reality. In the reading of last night he seemed " there- the comedian-than-the 'tragedian; but - that of this evening, whicloonaprises the "Tempest" chapter from "David Copps d", will probably show Mal in anot4 l3 oiltit...iXfOivever ahead ho will be weltome. •- •:' • W 1 alth9 H e rildlotAltainka• Goats, somettisetity-Ave htildrikmaire Otipled. The assemblage was as qthet end "bushed as a Plymouth church congregation on a Sun day morning, awaiting the reader when punc. tug tel Pe OPPOhded gme .ca me; In, a neat OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. dapper-looking little gentleman,slightly sprirthled with gray, slightly bald, and wearing sandy mustache and dusty-looking goatee combed down perpendicularly front the chin. Without acre rnony, after the welcoming applause had subsided (for there was neither orchestra nor piano to JUL up. the pauses, nothing but Dickens.), and in an easy, self-pos sessed manner, he proceeded at once to bust mess in the reading of the "Christmas Carol, or 'Marley% Ghost." In the outset his voice ap peared a tittle weak and husky, but after a few ilnes had been recited, and with the emphatic announcement that "Old Marley was as dead 313 a door nail," and that "Scrooge knew he was dead," the reader began to warm up to his work, and the honifbegan to realize the fact that the first comedian of - the present generation was be fore- them, acting the various charaeters of one of the prettiest of domestic drams of Dickens, just as Dickina himself Would wish it to be done. The house fiett spontaneously responded to the reading, as Yr. Dickens pictured the, charac terof Scrooge. , Aim) again there was a hearty round when he repeated the Christmas Eve conversation be tween Scrooge and his nephew; and again when the incredulous Scrooge was visited by Marley% ghost. And again flick was a round of approving hands and feels ifith the _reading of old Pezzi wires jolly Chii-dmas festival. In came a fiddler with Et music-book and went up to the /oily desk and made an orchestra of It, and tuned like fifty stomach aches. In came Mrs. Feu - twig, one vast substantial smile. In came the three Mrs Fezziwies, beaming and lovable. In came the six yolin folkiwers whose hearts _they broke. In ' = came all the young men and women - ",. - employed in the business. In came the housemaid with her cousin the baker. In came the ceck, with her brother's particular friend the Milkman. In they all came one after another: some shyly,some boldly; some gracefully, some awkwardly:. some push inn. some pulling: in theca all came, anyhow and everyhow. Away they all went, twenty couple at once; hands half round and back again the other'way; down the middle and up again: round and round in various stages ol a ff ectionate group ing: old top couple always turning up in the wrong place: new top couple starting off again as soon as they got there; all top couples at last, and not a bottom one to help them. And there was repeated expressions of sails faction with the happy family of poor Cratchit over their Christmas dinner: including Tiny Tim; and over the nephew's Christmas house warm ing, and most heartily over the joyous, concha. mon of the story, with-the complete• conversion of old Scrooge to human sympathies andgood deeds, and the crowning glory of Tiny Tim, "Geld bless us, everyone!" This reading was ,a beautifUl play, and, as done by Dickens, it la better ;than is play; for he not only gives ne the voice and character of each in dividual, but in such fine relief that they all stand before us, though only the solitary reader is in reality on the ground. A blind man would see them distinctly. What the Time, thinks. In his reading Mr. Dickens makes- free use of gesticulation, and his gmtures, neater violent or forced, alwa,ys explain and give force and dis tinctness to the sentiment. In description, for example, he follows the action described with correspond:l:cement- lie slim the gravy, when Ida Mrs. Crateldt Made it --amahes the potatoes wi someth i ng of Master Peter's "Incredible vigor;"--einsta tthhe hot . platea as Martha d, did;—an makes a face • of infinite: wonderment and exultation *hen shouting,. in the. piping tones of the two yourrg Cratehits, "Thesis seen a goose, Martha!" And.when he describes the gradual approach of the tra - escen, dent pudding, he sniffit and pronounces the smelt "like washing-day," sniffis again, and declares it like .an eating-house--again, andEpronounces it a pastry cook's, with laudesa next door, and so takes us, with all our senses sympathetically alert, Into the very presence of the pudding itaelf! Mr. Dickens fully proves in these readings the truth of what has often been said--that he's ono of the best of living actors. The writer of this paragraph once saw him act in as amateur per formance of Bulwers "Not Bo Bad As We Seem," and afterward in a farce of his own. In the former, which was "serious" business, he was good; but in the latter he was inimitable. Be Rlayed in succession several characters—all comic, and among them- his own dairey Gamp —and we certainly have - rarely, if ever, 'NCR comic acting equal to it. It Seas easy, gmceful, never overdone or overdrawn;, and its effect was irresistible. It Is easy to see that very much of the effect produced upon an audience by Mr. Dickens's reading is dueto what is read, and that it luot wholly due to his manner of reading. Bat this also is his own legitimate triumph, and it is one of the felicities in the fortune of those who attend those entertainments that they can hear suck marvelous anffivonderful productions o f genius read by thelr author. While it gratifies a natural and rational curiosity to sec the men who have made' themselves immortal by the in struction and delight they have given the world, it gives us also a dearer insight into the na ture of their creations and the real :meaning of the lessons they have taught mankind. We have had, and still have, in New York, very many sources of intellectual and artistic amusement and delight; but we never have had, and, we ven ture to say, we ; never Shall have, any entertain ments more:charming in themselves, or more efttikof genuine, legitimate and elevating pleasure than these readings of Mr. Dickens. What the VlVeirlet thinks. In truth, the. first:appearance of Mr. Dickens' last night, before a New York audience was a suflicient answer to, all the nonsense that has been uttered on both sides of the ocean, as well about the extravagant lion-worship of the people of Gotham, as about the rancorous remem brances cherished in the American heart concerning certain casual Notes of American Travel piped " by , the great writer in his more green and salad days. Without any re knarkable pressure or disturbance a large, but hot an extraordinarily largo crowd of welt' dressed people last night assembled p at' Steinway Hall. Ail the best and brightest elites of our city life wore represented in this goodly com pany, and as the audience was excellently well composed, and the arrangements for distributing them over the house .wore well com bined and carried out, there was an entire absenee of that , delightful confusion and clamor of battle which aro commonly held to ix) the indispensable witness of a gPcat “succeas" in the way of concerts, balls, lectures or plays. Precisely at 8 o'clock Mr. Dickens made his ap pearance, entering suddenly from behind a ma roon-colored screen which concealed the upper end of the hall, and flitting swiftly up to the front of a narrow stage on which had been set a queer little sort of pulpit covered with maroon cloth. The personal appearance, the manner and the voice of the great novelist are all greatly favorable to his success as -a story-teller. Hie face, though worn with thoutht and marked with the lines of life, has great mobility of feature and lights up wonderfully as the humor and fancy within flash from the pressive eyes or play about the sensitive #pik.. tits voice is rich and full,eminently masculine both in its force and; in its pathos; and although its modulations are evidently Unpaired by a certain pruden dal holding of its capacities in, reserve, it has , so inueli•vigor, and such a virile healthiness of tone, that pas sages which in the "written word" affect e one ,as sentimental are redeemed by it into; simplicity and strength. To listen to Mt.: Dickens, indeed; .; tempts one into the' notion that authorship, • after alt i; may have suffered Man ' the inventions bfi Had 'nobody , ever tiard'or'elierleal Dickens before; or red ono lift 9 of his ' it Is bot COnceivable that' recitations BO militated, so cordial, So 'humane, so dramatic and atc-I turesque, as his should rad Aek ,eam tithe al ai . ; lion any 011101149 d and intfAkeWai;;:itudience. KcciPle • 21 4. ' elaboodet Ts4ploils andSo see u, late plays, bop here is; iiipmehoo TE44 ,- ,41 Weoptie and. 'genial trn indtanntiku"agith ti•zest, vivacity and sn unction ncitOftetV , toe Mint either in the pulpit or on the stage. There was no mistaking the heartrappreelation which this novel and agreeable Ontedainacaul eight fin with. The speaker '"drew blood" repeatedly, and the ball was made tolerable even to Critics, with whom "black care". stands always at the stitrap, by the general atmoqphere of quiet en joyment which pervaded. outi Tax 7PrEATP-1:19.--Mr..Edwin Adams will' appear at the Areti, this evening. litalvrer's comedy or .ifoney. At the Walnut Mr. iironghAm's Lottery of Mfri will be repeated to-night. Mlle:Zoe appear at ills Chest nut, this evening, in Massiniiella. AmeriCan.clfers a miscellaneous entertainment. . klas. Latensa.—This grant actvess will this- evening repeather splendld personation of "Sari Stnart" . lbr the last timerin this city at site Academy of Music. It is hardly necessary to add anythinglov what we' have already said itrregard to thie•perfonnsacce. It to the most artistic of any we have hilit*tbis city for along time. and is Ntlortbi of the elf tion of all who love• histrionic art la its parer and • ler Amu. Mr.r.x. , Janaiseniz.—'l'his celltbratied German se ems will make herdebnt at thetteetaut &met theatre on Monday evening next in Medea. The eeason %TM Tart bnt eta' nights.. Ilreport be trtre; Mile. Japans ebelels not • only gifted with remarkable . personal beauty, tint she poseeeere the vary idgheal order of dramatic talent. nate.' these eendhionn f the catn fall tollraw large audiences. The sale of tfxrkets, , lli begin at Wittig 's Musk: Store on Thureclkyt • Burn.—We are sorryto announce 'that , the old fa vorite, Signor Blitz, hairdeelured Ms deterrnhati withdraw from the tango after the holidays: Tki. is a matter of regret, not only because the Shrnor's enter tainments grow more attractive every. alp, hat also because he is a universalTavorhe, and has remmititudo of fl lends who regard his temple of wonders ws one of our Inetltutione.', BusiVari• ' tlitl.EAUX.4alible series of splsmild paint logs wlli bo eshibited at National Flail 'this. evening. The designs are by the most eminent hrtists IS this country, Messrs. Darley t . Church, Kyle, Ilantinrsdon, Cropsey, and others, havintt contributed to make these tableaux in every respects taost admirable and I..au tifttl panorama of the:events described In the•Pllgrim's Progress. The prices of admission have been reduced to 80 cents for a single admission: Four • tickets for one dollar, and r.dmisslon for children 15 cents. • 111.matare &maitre Opreas Homsn....—The laughable. burlesque Sort will be. given At this opera house to night. A numbs., of other burlesques are announced, with extravaganzas, songs:Anus, and the usual va rieties belonging to the minstrel stage. PntLADILPHIA ,OPEZA, Honda.—A most 'attractive programme is offered for this evening at this popular establishment.. Mr. Budworth will appear in several favorite characters, and the members of the troupe will constitute the austomary selections of vocOtand instrumental music, Interspersed with hantor, • local bits, and burlesque. FINANCIAL and COMMEUCIA,L,. Bales at the Philadel . . . $l4OO City Ge old c.tp , 953. i loh Cam £Am B 1253 $5OO Pa Gs 2 Bens. 105 19 tiffiam & Re -126 • 500 Leb Nav 65:84. 84 • 2 stt Lehigh Valli- 51 20 eh Plitte. , BO 15 eh Leh Nv fah 80X 10 eh Pena B 40% 400 at catavira Df bts..23,lc i.sh do 47,4400 sh Ocean 011 les 8.81 t 200 eh Bead It itts- 47.69,200 eh •do lots MO eh do boo 47%1 8 elrlihmleton wet 47 200 eh do b 5 47.6)1,100 sboN Y Mhltnerr 2.60 100 eh do elo 47.001 Pnri.ADTZPIIIA. Tu edty, Dec.10.,-ThemoneY merkui without perceptiblechange, except , that the pressurelcir discount at the Beaks isnot so straw. "CaU ionue ma w. be quoted at 6.3¢(a 1. per cent, and the beat short mesmin tile obligation 9to 12 per oont. Trade continues in a. ner vous and unsatisfactory l conditlon. not so much mina to the scarcity of money, as to the titbits of croakers who create mistrust by circulating reports touching :EMMA vency of well known firms. _ . - There was a falling; off, in the bedsit/la at the Stock Board, but Government Loans wersX to % pereent.ket, ter. State Loans were also fairer and, closed at loCalic andlQs, , i for. the three series, and 1524 bid for the War Loan , City' Loans were at 96;i@,95 for , the new, and Ps‘.l lei the old issue. The speculative shares were dull and weak. Reading Railroad closed at' 41'd'; Catawba* Railroad Prefared declined .t.i ; Pennsylvania Railroad was steady at 493 d; Camden and Ambey•Rallroad at 1253.1:(0126: Lehigh Val. ley,Rallroad at 51; Little fichuylitill Railroad at 25 4 i; Norristown Railroad st 644; blinchill Railroad at 50',,;; Philadelphia and Erie Railroad at and North Penn sylvania Railroad at In Canal and Bank, ffila/813 the transactions were intim_ portant. The Oil !hares are not all dead yeN-5130 Ocean eold , at 83 75(43 81: In Passenger Railroad shares there was no movement o'4; was bid for Heatonville. • Smith. Randolph