lile9llpilCN~~if THE, UNION LE.A.farse!.; port of Bitealdreceoro—Jelecte AnliA,lll4, 11°1 of Oftleer , . of th is tnoet influential 711 e an nual meet in g Te aleg, at the • flitth Helmet, bodg was bold at e ° lasiTche vas far greater' teonalr°atridan-e- t. ' since the close of the rebellion, anee es tini ta ° l terest was Manifested in the TT-meow—Ws•Weir!! J. Gilliirgham• Fell Ocedpied tesite Mtn ' t the reading and 'acceptance of i;cri e imam; of the last meeting, the Secretary: org H fiokers offered? on behalf , Of Ulo' Billorar'rorArec.toti, the following report: , • For the first time since the organization of our Asseciation we meet after having suffered a p e lm colitical deficit. If this result were due to the Purer principles or the wiser policy of our opponents—if they had excelled us in. the ad ' ,vancerpent either national ideas of truth, justice, „frodort, and social progress—if we had protred Ultra to our own high principles, or had pushed -security . teem to extrevagruit lengths—it in the of peace, we lad failed' to folici*ebriteraed those' moral issues to-which we owed our strength, oar endurance and our success during therebellioe „ —we . Might' 'then turn with striate' from the consideration of our present position, regarding the late elections as a popular rebuke of .diehoneety or of Weakness, and look . with, distbay; or with complete despair towards the" probable future of the Union party. Such, how ever, has not been our history.. aarte }nave stood faithfully by the Pledgee which, we s made, either le feet or spirit, during thbse uncertain tunes of eetaelet when we needed all the moral power of truth and justice teagain fOreattiminse the favor of the God of Patties. e lTheeethat God grant that o f by our Pledgee until tkeeentil ,IL e . better. te be an the 'right thareS e in power. It' is better to fail with a pure: purpose to succeed with a fraud. We must not forget that oar' party was fonntied :upon the -deepest and widest ideas that issue from our political system, erten these which result from a-faith, in human equality, ' and upon a practice that moved- in barmbny with the inspirations of that • faith: We have never been a captions , and - wrangling. , oppoiltione . We; have never scrambled for spoils and for office*. as aweigh these were the great ends of poatieat • action,- and with the attainment of them our, sthrile duty to the country ceased. There have doubtless:, been self-seeking men within our ranks; but given they have been obliged to follow the lights try which we were guided, 9r to lose thepersonal. prizoa for which they struggled. In fact, the development of the . ideas of the Union party has been a greettarnoral move mthat, and whether a Majority ofesir people now forsake those Ideas or not, er resolve to' pursue them no further, or to retreat from , them as far as possible, they haerealeeady advanced the chili ration of our gountreeto a point that could not, Wive been attained by ~ a century of such party struggles as were in progress before the war of the fOtilion. This truth is obvious; and it has formedthe substance of all the congratulations that have come to 'us from our liberal friends in Europe. Amidst the invectives of our opponente, we have 'never yet heard the whisper of an argu ment that sought to deny the truth or the wiedom of the fundamental principles of our party. Our policy only has been attacked: but as that in all its details, so far as human Intelli gence might arrange them, rested upon those principles, we might smile at the impotent as sault uprm, bar out-works. So attractive, in deed, became' some, of our minor matters of policy to our discomfited assailants that, long be lore common decency should have permitted, they appropriated to their own use those party cries by which we had formerly recognized: our offspring. They shouted for that 'Union" which through four bloody years they had van all risks and had done all thlng.s • to destroy ; etelever. They be sought the people to reward those "noble sot diem"Whom they bad defamed from thd Mat tap of the drum to the last—in whose defeats they had rejoiced and over whose victories th ey had ' Theylamented. headed their 'eleetion bills with that "symbol of oppression," the "dear old flag;" their headquarters. to whichfor thefonr previous years tightly belonged another flag, which they dared trot hoist, glittered with a standard which was anspicion.sly new. Their processions moved along under , banners whose brilliant freshtiess contrasted strangely with their time stained.. - paraphernalia, and accom panied by bands that played with most unfamiliar vileness and false time the airs that bad cheered our weary soldiers on, their long marches. They could not, in fact, get enough of the "dear old flag;" because the Fast love is always the dearest, and in all the sere monies of friendship reconciled foes are most de monstrative; so they obtruded It everywhere, its place and out of place, until we fancied that we must again be living in the days which fol lowed the firing upon Fort Sumter—that flag which they had despised, which they had derida which they trampled upon, which their allies at the South had ued to the tails of asses and trailed through the dust and the mire of their traitorous towns—the flag of the United States of America' We may con gratulate ourselves amidst oar reverses, that 'ear teachings et last hare reconciled oar opponents to a state of things which they could not change, have made them grateful to the war-worn heroes who brought it loont, and have induced them to respect a symbol that represents more glory, past, present and to come, than any flag that has area so few years and so many victories. Per haps 'manhood suffrage' and the "national deity of securing a whole race against re-enslave ment," will ehortly be rallying cries beyond our party lines for they sound tempt ingly del tic — and the men who secured the Union will yeaunted with neglecting their obli gations tow rdra people who have a plain natural right to legal and political equality. The tendency of events le towards that end, however slow and hesitating may be the steps by which we shall reach it. Let us not, however, east away our uniform because the enemy has worn it, nor cease our tallying cries because like sounds arise i rem tLe le-tile camp, nor believe that the grand issues of the Union party will ate complieh themselves without our individual aid. It was perhaps natural that, at the close of the war •there, should be some abatement of the spirit that had heretofore: impelled the nation. tear people needed rest. So much time had been given to public affairs, that private interests had been neglected. To the unrellectine it uppeared as though all our difficulties were in the way of settlement. and that this settlement was but question of time. The tragical death of Presi dent Lincoln. the speedy defection of the Vice President, the days of watchful distrust which followed, while the incipient traitor was (lactating himself of his pledges, and fitting himself to become the supple yet despised tool of those who used him against us—these exciting events once more stimulated our people to take a ventral and active interest in public matters. When. however, with increased majorities we had established an overwhelming strength in Congress, when the treacherous .Executive had made himself as despicable before the nation us he was powerltss before our representatives; when the retributive justice of u threatening impeachment lookt•d him in the face, and his efforts to change the settled order of things had been wisely circumscribed by legal enact ments. once more the people sank into a repose that gradually became a culpable apathy. Oar vigilant opponents were too adroit to disturb the • . lethurey„ by any demonstrations of their own: Their late political campsigu was condu&ed with a silence and a privacy hitherto unknown to this turbulent party. They held few meetings; they scarcely addressed the people on the issues in volved in the coming election, lest they might arouse our slumbering patriotism, and, as of old, array our strength against them. Before the avowed principles of the Union party our adversaries had always been dumb—Woe were too self-evident and too dear to our people for opiet,t r eiattack. Prejudice, were therefore employed ire the place of argu ments—the prejudices of race—the brutal instinct that makes the irrational animal the foe of every living thing. We were told that "this is a white man's country," and we granted it; we were told that "this is not a black man's country," and we granted it. We were then jeeringly asked, "What were we talking about:" Certainly we were not talking about either of those evident propositions. Bo far as just policy might go, we were providing a race that, while the watr was in progress and opportunities abundant, had e committed no crime—that, in the unfamiliar use tof their new liberty, had committed ne excess—that had been our constant friends throughout our perils, when there Was so much denger and uncertain reward iu such friendship —that now, in the hour of our triumph, leaned neon the national conscience in confessed Iveak nees, and risked for nothing but the American's tdriliright, life and liberty—we were providtaer this rum with. the means of self protection and eelf - eupport. Whether the black mun e shall have the ballot en the North or whether be shall ita:VO • it la the South are two very different questions. -in the . moral view, the replica to both questions should perhaps be the same; but as a matter of policy, there is no com paring the one with the other. In the North the tokeek Mail deer/ not Wed, eke: ballot for his protec- lion; in the,SouthblaveryestistOnce deohndstipon' ii-;'ur 'whiltikhotild itie`•eveifl dearer than life, his ,frecdom. In almost every Southern State, since 'tho,Oose of the rebollion,projects of law have been esg,geisted by Which the unrepentent traitors were • ,to be made supreme, and their late slaves were 'again to be, placed attheir mercy. Slavery.to the liw`,br' thge.Stablishment by law of an inferidr race differs from slavery to therindividual only in this, that it Is worse. .Under the old 'system bf slavery ;each master waskalser the protector of his Slaves; under the new scheme, which , proposes to sub %Uinta the law in the place of the termer owner, each slave would have e• master in every, white man, bat a protector , lit none. ,'_ The results of sucha condition of streletf can readily be Sur mised., Wrong, rapine, pillage, violence and murder would mark that fair Southern land from mue,end to the other and a worse than Mexican autarchy and corruption would spread themselves through all its eocial 4 antr pblitical institutions, If, 'in our- shorts' id,. avert ealtimitieS so dreadful, by means so humane as. those of the reconstruction. . ac ,of : Congress , we, as a parfy,•have fallen before dominant prejudices, let us acceptthe sithation with pride, and confi dence. Prejudices are in their nanire ephemeral, and ono preys upon another to the destruction of both. It the principles or the .Union party have within them, ast we believe, the essence of truth and juritice,, they must in • the Fend, osercome all prejudieerf, and reign:over us in eternal freshness and beauty, when the errors which they have supplanted are . matters of tradition; and ' the world has lightened its 'conscience of their burden forever. The laws of justice arc the laws of God;: and no man should decline ;their ministration, or feel nutter defeat less con 'acne° in the result for which he struggles. It is 'because the Union• party rests upon this strong moral substructure that it is superior to any.politieal organization that has heretofore existed; that it can bear defeat without destrue- Lion; that it can wrestle with majorities without losing its .energies, that• it can .rule without' abuse, and submit without violence; that it will clay by day and year .by year attract to itself the youth, the batelligence,: the enthusiasm, the worth of the land; because it addresses itself to those ideas which have led human progress in all ages—ideas which seem as immutable and ir resistible as the lavecor nature. We have but to : dhere to the principles with which we started— honestly, candidly, inflexibly, fearlessly, without trimming to error or fawning on prejudice—to see those principles triumph to the stability, the t enlightenment; the unity, the freedom and the international g 'talent of our native land. Amongst tli events, of the year; the in ter change of colurtesies between the officers of the Loyal League Club of .New York and a commit tee of our Board of Directors deserves to be re membered. At the invitation of the former Club our committee visited New York, for the purpose of:-devising each measures as would lead to a harmonious co-operation amongst the various Union Leagues existing in the chief cities of the country. We were handsomely t ntertained by the officers of the Loyal League- Club of New York, and the result of the con ference wawa resolution to engage in an effort, ninth then seemed of the most pressing import ance, to organize the Republican party in the State of Virginia. This work was undertaken in consequence of the earnest solicitations of many patriotic natives Of Virginia, who frankly con fessed their inability to harmonize the 'discor dant interests around them, and who feared that the reconstruction policy of Congress - might be retarded or even thwarted in their State, through the want of au organized Union party to represent and to develop loyal sentiments among the people. Accordingly a joint corn inittee, appointed from the Loyal League Club of New York, the -Reconstruction Coin mittee of -Ruston and the Union League of Phila delphia, visited Richmond in the month of June, and were hospitably welcomed by the Union men of Virginia.. Whatever discordant issues may have since invaded the Republican ranks of that State, our mission in Jnne was a complete suc cess; and we had the satisfaction of leaving Rich mond with the conviction that all party difficul ties had been adjus,ted, and that henceforth our friends would presint to the impenitent rebeli of Virginia a firm. unbroken and powerful front. We yet have to see whether in the end our belief will not be verified. The reception given to the members of the League and their families by Major-General P. H. Sheridan, on the 27th of September, and the subkmunt entertainment of that distinguished soldier by a party of our members, were events that should be recalled by us with pride and sat isfaction; not only for the patriotic spirltwhich was kindled amongst us. but for the enthusiasm which was awakened in the city of Philadelphia, and which displayed itself in manypopular demonstrations that were alike gratifying to us and to our renowned guest. By a happy coincidence, Major-General Sickles was also a guest of the League during General Sherldan's visit;, and to that Wed and faithful soldier, and eminent military governor, we are indebted for the powerful address which he made before onr citizens unveiling at once the wicked perver sity of Andrew Johnson, and the guilty designs of the still resolute rebels who approve is treachery and uphold hirrshort-sighted policy in the Southern kitties , . During thef present year the repairs to the League House, which the fire of last year rendered necessary, - have been completed, and our association is now in possession ofsehnilding greatly improved in its value and accommodations, and almost se cure against the recurrence of a conflagration. The repairs to the house and to the furniture have cost us twenty thousand nine hundred and -forty dollars and sixty-two cents; the greater part of which sum was expended during the pre sent year. As an offset to this expenditure, we received from the various insurance companies with which we had policies the amount of twenty thousand five hundred • and twenty dollars and two cents. In addition to the sum required to restore the building to its original condi tion, we have expended on the structure, which is entirely new, and theretore - an addition to the original plan of cur house, and in the admirable heating apparatus, that now assorts us a com fort which we never before enjnyed, the further sum of fourteen thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. This is seemingly a large amount to be expended for such purposes; but we must remember that our expenses were incurred at a time when labor and materials were at unprecedented prices, and that every dollar of the cost was necessary to put our house in its present secure and convenient condition. - Since we entered into possession of our. pre sent 'property, the Board: of Directors hate thought that the ptirehase,.of, the houses and lots, extending across the rear„of the League house, would be a desirable thing to accomplish, partly to give us control of our Immediate neighbor-, hood, and partly to provide ourselves with a safe and spacious laundry. The presence of this domes& institution under the roof of the Leaguellouse has always been a source of tin ' avoidable danger. The Board of Directors ac cordingly purchased the two properties, which respectively face on Sansom and on Moravian streets, at a total of nine thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars. One half of the house on Moravian street has been converted into a laundry, for the sum of eighteen hundred and. thirty dollars and tivc cents. The other half of this house pays us a yearly rent of one hundred and forty-four dollars. The house on Sansom street•also pays us a rent of four hundred and tilts-four dollamper annum. There is to be deducted from the rents which we receive from these properties nu irredeemable ground rent, upon the Moravian street lot, of sixty dollars per annum, whlch,witli the present,, disposition of the holder, it will be impolitic to pay off. As the extraordinary expenses of the League ditty noisy be'considered as endeu, and as no debt or other incumbrance, beyond the mortgage bonds, is outstanding against us; the Board of Directors have roared to decrease tile yearly tax to twenty-five dollars for the coming year. • Our thanks arc due to the committee of fifty members of the League, who wore appointed at the special meeting of our Association,' held Sep tember,lB, 1867, for their energetic,and valuable aid to the Union party in the canvass of the pro sent year. That their efforts were not crowned with success is en additional cause for our sym pathy and future increased exertions; Since the failure of our party at the polls is attributable to causes over which our committee had no control, although it battled witif them to the' last, and without surrendering a single one of our cher ished principles. There is little reason for dis couragement lu the partial defeat which we have suffered, for we may overcome all the difticulth* in our way by renewed activity, and by the be stowal of more care upon the organization of our party. The liberality of a tnemTier of the League has placed - in the hands of the rioard of Directors the sum of eleveuhundred do l ilars, to be distributed in prizes for essays upon the - important subject of nomination for• public of ees„ From the general attention which this Olinr has attracted tbroukhout the country, and from the number of VOitYg Which hasaiready been received, we have *ell-fennded hope that great good may reoul • ' h=SM==l TritlikiLY ktOrs4SIG 1011g6t fro* ,opt effort 'oontet the abuses of the system :of nomination which is non' in pfactlee. AS there Were no natioitat iiines',,,tiefore the people during'thelate p,Olitlcalciiinitaign, the rc vorrof the - Board of PubilciitiOneccasarily shores the distribution of bat few doOracnts dur tug the year which is about to close. ,Xhirty-one ,tlieustimi nine hfintlitd, 'and eighf,y4Wo docu ments,'containing ono ,hundrettpAd thirty thou sand seven htindad and sixteen printed pares, Were all that it was thop,ght adytsable to circulate ai this time, reserving the funds and'the energies of the Board.for the more 'lraportant canvass which will Preeede the 'coming Presidential contest. We have more'thau once urgeatipon our mem bers the propriety of collecting and sustaining a fitting library for our institution. The report of clip Library Committee exhibita no change for the better in the asnecst of its. Affairs. We trust that the nest report which be made by the cenitnittee will show that, the members of the League are taking a deeper .thterest in this im portant work, and are extendingloWards it their aid end hearty co-operatien. The'report bf the Committee, ; On Membership sifpws that singe December, '.1866;') they have oflered'tolhe Board of Directors' ninety-one can didates' for . admission to membership of the League. The Directors befl acknowledge to this, committee our sense 0 010 faithful and im partial manner Inilphich its ;duties ; have been performed, arll';'3O , - , - .congrOulat e ' our Asso ciation , on thel'?adhairable' t Working of the system under whichmembers are admitted to our body. During the year death deprived the Com mittee on Membershissof two of Its chairmen in rapid sttecession. The memories, of Samuel C. Morton 'and' of George" Eretff will long be, cherished, not "only logic League, but amongst many of our bereaved 'citizens; to whom the vir tues and practices of these two`excellent men had been a ahhling. example., and an ever-ready resource in time of trouble. The roll of the League, on the first day of De cember, 1867, ceDVlned ,the names, of eighteen hundred and alto.members. 01 this number eighty were elected during, the .year. We have lost twenty-three members by death,.ottehun dred,and eighty-seven by resignation, and thirty. who were suspended from membership for the non-payment of their annual ! tax, and were finally dropped from the _roll, la ac cordance with the by-laws. This 'statement exhibits a falling-off in our numbers since the date of our last report. We cannot too ear nestly recommend to our members the wisdom of increasing our ranks by all proper means. The annual tax of the League is so low, and the expense of conducting our household so great, that our institution cannot be sustained in Its present flourishing condition without con tinued accessions to our membership. Deaths and resignations yearly make inroads upon cur numbers, and It should be the duty of each member, by his personal influence and solicitation, to recruit our array from among his friends and associates. Our history, and the work which we have performed for the country, are so well known to our citizens' that often an invitation, or a mere suggestion, .will add to our roll a valuable name. Let this important duty to the League never be forgotten, if we desire to maintain our institution in its usefulness, and to advance the cause which is so dear to the heart 01 every loyal man. The reports of the Treasurer and of the Audit ors for the current year are herewith submitted to the meeting.for examination.'The income of the League for the year ending. on the Ist of De cember, 1867, was sixty-eight thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-six cents, which. with the surplus from the previous year, amounted to eighty-six thousand two hun dred and eleven dollars and forty-four cents. The disbursements in the same period were eighty thousand and nine dollars and fifteen cents, leaving a surplus of six thousand two hundred and two dollars and twenty-nine cents. Against this snrillYis there are no bills outstanding. At the conclusion of the last annual report we warned our members against giving way_ to that apathy which so often follows upon long and easy success. Nothing in political action is more dan gerous than overweening security In the presence of an active, watchful and unscrupulous adver sary. It was this apathy which,in the opinion of the Chairman of the State Central Committee, lost us the late election by- majority so small that we blush to reflect how complete might have been our triumph if our friends, in each county and town ship in the State r had carried forward the can vass With more spirit and perseverance. No spectator of the struggle can doubt that the Union League did its entire duty, or spared any proper means to.secure the success of our ticket. If the gross frauds, which are now being investi gated by the Courts, shall be brought home to our adversaries, it may even yet appear that we carried the State by a clear legal majority, and that the Honorable Henry W. Williams is en titled to and will take his seat upon the Supreme Bench. • • • Whoever has weighed the facts and the figures of the late election must believe that the State of Pennsylvania is still with the Union party. There has been no such change of public senti ment as entitles our opponents to claim this loyal commonwealth as their own. If we lost the State at the late election it was not because the opposition outnumbered us. but because our voters did not find sufficient inducements in the contest to take them to the polls. Our members need not be told how danger ous a view this is for our people to , take of any election, nor how, by an indulgence of the idea, they may so o day forfeit all the blessings of their • t, including their boasted lib erty itself. Where the source of a nation's power is in the people, that power should always be exercised in the choice of rulers; or, in course of time, the rulers will cease to represent the will of the nation, and a government may exist in antagonism or at enmity with the people. This would be either the first step towards revolution and anarchy, or toward centralization and despothnl. While our people take that interest In public affairs which induces every man to vote on all occasions, no danger can befall our republic; but when they cease to exercise their franchise, or become in different about it, let • them be assured that the power which they yield will pass into other hands, that every danger will threaten us, and that eventualPeour social and our political liber ties'will lie at the mercy first of an oligarchy and then of a despotism. This is the fate which has been predicted for us by political philosophers in Europe, and all their prophecies have been pre faced with this phrase,"Whon the people of Ame rica cease to take interest in their government," and then follow the inevitable ills that may safely be foretold of that hazardous condition of public affairs. No rational being can deny the conclusions of this assumption, and Isaa beg our people to ponder them, at, such moments when their own desire for ease may tempt them to neglect their public duties. A time lb close at hand when the test will again be applied to our patriotism, and when wo shall know whether or not our State has been in reality lost to the i Union party. That test will be the coming Presi dential campaign, towards which we should, even now turn with an interest equal to the vast issues that will be involved in the result. The excitement, the distrust, the insecurity that pervades the whole social and political system of our country—a condition of things daily in creased by the weak, bad man in the Presidential chair and his intriguing advisers— should be allayed by some permanent reorganization of the Southern States and some intelligent administra tion of our national finances. The health of the country demands repose, and opportunity for developing its internal resources, under a wise, fostering,sytem, that will at once increase domestic industry and shut out foreign compe tition. Who dOubts that with our timolionored principles, Sanctified as they have been by the blood of our people—again and again ap proved, as they have been, In the seclusion of the moralist's study, amidst the jar and passion of general elections, and by the calmer philoso phical verdict of our watchful friends abroad— who doubts that we shall once more issue tri umphantly from the contest? In that trust wo shrill continue, following as perhaps we may to W victories the leader chosen by our martyred President—the champion of our faith in the t nthattled•field—the administrator of our policy whether at the head of the army or fin an I.IAII lendly and suspicious cabinet—the eagaclons citizen who is ;,too discreet to waste time in superfluous words, or to woo popularity with idle protestations—the magnanimous com rade, si ho p can be eloquent in behalf of his com panions in arms, but. is silent for himself either to flattery or detraction--theCtonqueror in a hon dred battle-fields, the proportions of which slogger the belief of foreign military critics—the 1190eVel lag commander, who struggled with re billion until it lay lifeless at his feet. and who with his own hand gift victory and peace together—the illustrious chief whose whole grand history has been one undoubted record of his fidelity to our cause and of his willingnese to suffer or to die for it—the beloved, the trusted, the single-hearted, the faithful Grant! By order of the Board of Directors. GEPItLIE, H. Donau, Secretary. Ihe report ,was received with repeated out bursts of applause, and Was adopted by a unani mous vote. After some matters of minor interest hid been disposedi , a, Mr. Charles' Gibboris offered a reso lution endorsing General, Grant, and announcing him a 8 the candidate of ,the League for the neat Presidency of the United States. The motion was adopted by acclamation. The polls for the sieetion of officers for the ensuing year were opened at seven o'clock, and the voting was conducted with great rapidity, and continued without intermission until a late hour in the evening. The polls were closed soon after eleven o'clock, but the arduous busi ness of counting .the votes was not coficluded until five o'clock this morning. We shall give the Jesuit in another part of to-day's paper. From our latest Edition of Yesterday. ; Brkliarale Telegraph. LONDON, Decornber tith, 'Noon.—The mail ser vice between the United States and Great Britain will not be performed exclusively by the Cunard .Steainship-Company. All the steamers of the North German Lloyd Company have been ac cepted by the ;British as well as American Gov ernments, and will carry the British mails every Tuesday from Southampton, and every Thurs day from New York., The Inman line steamers will also carry the mails. • A Florence despatch denies the report that Ga ribaldi has agam escape m C d froaprera. The Indian Commission Report. (Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] W.tein.NowN, Dee. 9.—The Indian Commission did not meet to-day, as was expected, on account of the absence of Gen. Harney and Gen. San born. As soon, however, as they arrive, the Commission will proceed to complete their • reports. This it is ascer tained - will consume several days before it will be. ready to submit to the President. As soon aB the Indian Commissioners complete their labors, General Sherman has notified the Commission that he will be ordered upon special duty here until after the holidays. What this special duty will be has so far been kept a pro found secret, nor does it seem probable it will be known for the present to any outside parties. England and Abytillnlia ti p, ' ll l [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia ming Bulletin.] Wasututrron, December 9.—Senator Chandler called up in the Senate this afternoon his reso lution declaring that during the fight bet Ween Abyssinia and England, the United States would preserve strict nentrality, which he is supporting by a speech, maintaining that it is done merely as a retaliatory measure for their course towards this Gov • rnment during the late rebellion, and that he dl'i not admit that it is justifiable by internatio, al law. An effort will be made to pass the r , but the matter createa much merriment ' is ong the Senators. Treaty wit Canada,. [Special Despatch to the P . dolphin Evening Balletin WAsimurox, Dec.' 1 Senator Rams ey intro 'duced a series of resolu 'ons, to-day, instructing the Committee on Foreign Relations to inquire into the expediency of making a treaty with the Dominion of Canada. •The Committee is in structed as to the provisions of the proposed. treaty, the chief among which is a duty of live per cent. ad ralorem on all goods imported into the United States from Canada, and the purchase of British Columbia by the United States. The resolutions were referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Marine intelligence. NEW YORK, Dee. 9th.—Arrived, steamships. Rising Star, from Greytown, and Santiago di.t Cuba, from GitytoV/11. Philadelphia Hank statement. The following is the weekly statement of the Phila delphia Banks, made ny onMonday. afternoon, which presents the following aggregates: Capital 5t0ck.............. • Loans and Discounts... ....... . ....... 50,971,222 Specie 204,441 Due from other Banks ... .. ............ 4,7964 1 5 Due to other Banks.. .......... 5,507,130 Deposits:.... ..... 84,987,616 Circulation.. .... ......... ..... 10,646,304 U. S. Legal Tender and Demand Notes 15.646,205 Clearings . 34,487.956 Balance 8,605,247 The following statementshows the condition of the Bank:3 of Philadelphia, at various times during the lbat few months: 1666. Loans. Specie. Circulation.Deposlts. Jana 1—.45,941,001 890,322 7,226,369 85,849,806 July 7 2.....48,266,905 863,454 9,325,474 87,242,979 186. Jon. 1.....59,312,625 903,633 10,383,820 41,808,320 Feb. 4—.52,551,130 674,564 10,430,693 89,592,112 Mar. 4.....51,979,173 826,863 10,581,800 89,267,888 April 1....50,760,306 803,148 10,63E032 34,150,285 May 6....53,054,267 386.053 10,630,695 87,574,054 June I. .52,747,303 334,393 10,637,132 37,382.144 July' 1....82,533,962 365,167 10,641,311 36,616.847 Aug. 6....58,427,840 302,055 10,635,925 53,094,543 Sept. 2....53,734,657 307,658 10,625,366 86,823,354 Oct 7....63.041,100 255,1303 10 627421 . 84.657,405 Nov. 4....52,584,077 273,590 10,640,8* 33,604,001 Dec. 2....51,213.435 .216,071 10,646,619 34,817,935 9....50,971,222 204,041 10,646,804 34,987,976 The following is a detailed Statement of the busi ness of the Philadelphia Clearing Rouse for the past week, furnished by 0; E. Arnold, Esq., Manager: .Clearings. Balances. Dec- 2 • $720,469 89 " . ... ..... 7,797,100 31 774,567 00 " ..... . 0,450,897 76 1 1 773.540 06 5,650,096 7 626,279 40 U 6......... ..... 4,545,074 88 345,448 81 4,126.179 01 565,942 OD 584.467.9 5 0 45 8AX14247 25 Toth]. Dee. 7 Liqmprasi 11. wir_or_ALAms, Lumber Merchant, Seventeenth and Spring Garden streets, OFFER A LARGE STOCK OF SELECT LUMBER AND HARDWOODS AT REDUCED MOM no to thita: 50.000 7t..ufrEFEe• al ) ,. 5 d 4 1 61 9 1 0W N ° ing,• assorted width Shelving and beaded Fencing; dry Pattern stuff; 4 inch . Yollow Pine Sills; cheap Boxing. Sheathing and Flodiing• Cypress and White Pine Shingles, low prices. NKiHOLSON'S, Seventh endear. neuter streets. . nolSffos4 LONG BOARDS-18 TO% FP., rIRST AND SECOND corn., and roofing; also, 8.4 and 84 Sign Boards, DI feet lonr, Undertaken!? Case Boards for male low. NI(. OLSON, Seventh and Carpenter streets. nolSamil 1867• 8E BO OA BRDS ND BI 44 54 64. 2. 2M. 8 and 4-inch. CHOICE PANEL AND EMT COMMON, Is feet loan 44.64, 64. 2, &I and 4 - inch. ' MA BROTHER & o. SISOO ROUTH OWN& Ibta. - rmeaßlLrataarroLuYE lNGl 4-4 CAROLINA FLOORING. • 2.4 CAROLINA FLOORING . , 4.4 DELAWARE IiIVO) G. 54 DELAWARE FLoo G. ASH FLOORING. • ‘,. WALNUT F L OORING. SPRUCE . STEP BOARDS. • RAIL P PLASTERIN L MH,_ MAIRX, BROTHER Sou t h CO.. No. 2500 South otred. 1867 - wALNYvifkinkmac. WALNUT BOARDS. WALNUT PLANK. LARGE BTOOK-BEAWNED. . MAUVE & BRO. 1867 UN N Eti BEIM CEDAR, WALNUT.BLAHOGAN CEDAR. WALNurr,niAMWANY. L . MA BnuTEME b Cv. 1867• —ALBANY LUMBER OF ALL KINDS. . ALBANY LUMBER WALL RIND% SEASONED WALNUT. SEASONED WALNUT. DRY POPLAR. CHERRY AND ARIL OAK PLANK AND BOARDS. HICKORY ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT VENEERS. &LADLE. BROTHER di CO. 1867.1 82E8i MittMUM B 4ND311 CEpAll BOX-BOARDS. No. MOD SOUTH street 1867.1 a1it JOUST- SPRUCE JOIST-15P1970/ 1 RBkl 11E8 E 22 q,ll, OU P ERM E 140 mx,; (, satOTHER% Thymtf§ vv in~iv~,. UALII:6Z4N WAP f F.D.—WANTEDJIY A tkOVIEST JO 13 Dry Goods Connidesion Rum in Philddelptills aI energetic , young' attleeman, standing , . faVutill,bii Weatern buyrni. Address, with reierencee,•l3.l.wri 80X 46 .., lahiludelphla P. P. , - With • WAN* ED —, TWO ROOMS AND .A EihtALV:t-0N.1,, • 'neat Eleventh and Walnut, fora geotlernancvnlo and child. ...Addreea Hoz 2406,_ P. 0., elating Price, °C,t4 or without *teals. and whether furnished. • doitSt!... .01 ITALIAN VERMICELLI-100 BOXES E.L.EQtra it .. white, imported and for ealebi • J08,,,p. BUIS la. ' Ot .MI South• Delaware atoms. ~.. . 1 , - ' • • . . . _. . . .: IF YOU WISH TO'BE BEAUTIFUL ,1 0 Vie Ossetia de Perlin, or u the Seth, goy Be,antifying the Complexion and Preserving the akin. , This invainab i cilet article w discuerell b 7 a seta hrated chore lot n'France, and it to him that lib° LaMar , of thg Courts o Auro e gyve() ir beauty. With ail ft. simplicity and p art no arOcle that will comm. with it u a beautifier of tiafficittiWacm- and prom:raj - or al the ekin. M. C. McOlusky purchued the receipt of him game to years ago; he has since that time given ' It a perfect trial among his personal friends and the aristocratic circles of • a Philadelphia, NOW YOCk • Bidtkidlre,ROfddfl, New Priest% Bt. :Louis, Savannah, Charleston, Wihninton, N. 0., - , They have aged it with nnotallilmf admiration, • 1- would conoider the toilet imperfect withentthis &Mak Igind purely harmlem preparation. Victoria Regis othscella de Penis - hag _given such entire satisfaction in every instance. that he h now compelled to oiler it to the public. This article Is entirely different from anything.of tae kind ever attempted, and Is warranted _ ..' FRED FROM ALL POLSONOISIBURSTANUES: After using (heals de Persia and' Victarks Regis for a effort time, the skin will have a'soft, satin like texture; if imparts a freehnesa, smoothneos and - softness to the skin that can only be produced by using this rentable article. It presents no vulgar liquid or other cmnpounds, and its use cannot posalbly be deflected by the elbsesd.oheerver. FOR REMOVING TAN, FRECKLE*, SUNBURN AND CUTANEOUS DItIEASES b'ROM THE SW N„ - . IT IS INVALUABLE. , 1 M. C. McCluokey has every confidence in muumendins hie Victoria Regis and Oscan* de Penis to the Ladies as being the only perfect and reliable toilet article now in I nee. ..0. Genuine Prepared only by M. C. McCluskery, lindhis name atainped of each label—no other, to elen*M6 Depot, No, 109 , Nosth Beyond,. Bisect, Sold by all Drauletrand Perfumers in the Uniiedilltatea and Canada. oca.th s tattle UPAL DENTALLECk—A SUPERIOR AMPIOLE FOR cleaning the Teeth, d esti Wag animalcule width th, feet them, giving tone to the sumii; and leaviski.a °Macrame and perfect cleanliness in the mouth. It be need daily and will be found to and bleeding gums, while the aroma and detentiveness will recommend it to every mu. Being composed with the assistance of the Dentist,Phreleians and Micruscapisk it is confidently offered u a reliable eututitute for the ust. certain washes formerly in vogue. Eminent Dentists, acquainted with the constituenta el the Dentallins, advocate its cut it contains nothing. in prevent its imrestrabied employment. blade m ewy JAm -41 T. SHINN, Apothy. Dread and Spawn drubs Illy. and D. L. Backbo nes Davis.. Robert O. Goo. C. Bower. Ghee. Shivers. S. B. S. C. Bunting. Chu IL Eberle. James N h . !darks t & thingurs Dyott A Co.. Ceti H. C. Shies Bons. Wyeth tis Bro. For side by Dnindisti tem Fred. Brown.' Hansard & U. It. yCo~o.. Isaa K c H. Kay. C. H. Needles, T. J. Husband, Ambrose Smith. • Edward Parrish. Wm. B. Webb, James L. Blembarn„ Rushee & Combo, Henry A. Bower, COD-LIVER OIL.— • FOR WEAKNESS, WASTING, AND EVERY FORM: OP DEBILITY. USE JOHN C.BAKER & CO.'S CO-LIVER OIL Its use. fairly tried, will soon restore the tone of the di. geidive organs, invigitate the bloiAii give general rotundity to the figure and add energy to the mind end nervoiai Cy* tem. UN value - has been remarkably evidenced by its wonderful restorative powers. w...*n ordinary tonic» had , been vainly exhausted. It affordt nourishment to the body when no other can be botneiend Atindshoo the frame with fat Ina truly remarkable minimal Of Bottled only by us. JOHN-U. BAKER & CO., 718 Market street. ded For r tc by City Druggietr. I . pifi4l4.o( RELIABLE-110DOSON'S HRONCH:IAL Tablets, for the cure head llets, Ha, hoarseness, chitin and catarrh of th e and Publie ern, singers and amateurs will , be entar A Wllefi Hain there Tablets . Prepared Orillr VT CA.,f$TgE WlLLPharmaeentben N. E. corner Arch and "4", streets. hiladelphia. For side try Johnson. Holloway_ Cowden. and Druggists generally. ' 5e26.11 Naritms. Sor FARMERS' AND IdECILANIt.IS' NATIONAL BANK. TADT.II.IIIIA. Deco WWl' 8 113.61. The Annual Election for Diroctora of thin Bann will he held at the Banking House. on WEDNESDA Y. the Eth. day of January next,between the hours a 11 o'clock A. 31: and o'clock Y. 31. W. IlUtillTON . dee tgial Cashier. _ lapin* , THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK 00' PENNSYLVANIA. — • • PIMA T/Eiellt6.. DCOE/MM . ! 7, lafi7. The annual election for Directors of this Hank will be. held •at the Ihnking House, on WEDNESDAY,. January Bth, between the hours of lo A. at, and 2 P.M. B. C. PALMEti, de7 stu th O&M • Cornier. has- • NATIONAL BANK OF THE NORTIIMIN Liberties. Put LAl,llll'lll A. Dee. 7, 1347. TIIo AIMOM Election for Directors of this Bank will to heft/ attire Banking House on WEDNEEDA Y. the tilb day of January next between 'ha bows of 10 o'clock A. ht. and 3 o'eluric. I'. M. W. GITAIIIEEE, de7.satu th t jai§ Cashier. QM, CE OF TUE BROAD TOP SEMI-AN / 1145 r TIIItACITE COAL COX rAN v. No. o 4 ALS IT street. Puir.abranua, vete:nye:3. DK% The Manual Meeting of the Stockholders o the above Company, will tre a C t eld at their office , on Tuesday. De cember 17 .156. ,11 o'clock A. 211., at which time Di rectors will be ely ed for the year ensuing. JAMES APPLETON. de4,1014.18 Secretary. OFFICE OF' "THE RELIANCE INSURANCE SlirCOM PAN YOF Plt t nELPHIA." NO. 306 WM: NUT STREET. Piru.a.netrata. Noe. 26,1667. The Annual Meetink at the Stockholders of "The ReU. ance Ineureac,e Company of Philadelphia." and the an nual election of thirteen (13) Dineen, to serve for the ensuing year, will be held at this office en MONDAY. December 1 1667, at ta o'clock N. nolitodelt 0013. C. HILL, Sec'y. UNION PACIFIC, RAILWAY COMPANY MarEASTERN DIVISION. OFFICE CA WALNUT BRTEET, PHILADEI.IIIIA. Nov. "N, RPM • no Interest In Gold on the First Mortgage Bonds of the Unicu Pacific Railway Company, Easteni Division, due December 1, Pei, will be Paid. on Presentation of tlte Coupons at the Dashing Ilonso of DABNEY. MORGAN it CO.,_ Lilt:change Place. New York. On and after that date. WK. J. PALMER. uoM.tluktu.Pt Treasurer. IVIDpND Nfrriozo. soir OFFICE OF "THE RELIANCE INSURANCE Company of Fhllitaitiphla,manit" No. MO WaLnut UAL 2 streot. ruputa. Dec. . The Board of Directors of "The Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia" have this day declared, a dividend of Four l'er Coot. on their clipital stock for too Pak mix months, papale to the sLlckholdere, or their legal representatives ott demand, free of taxes. TiiOIILLS ded4oo Secretary. cLowilus, oAssuatzums, &(M TAMES & LEE ARE NOW RECEIVING MBA FAX er and Winter Steck.„eompriglay every variety or Goo* adapted to Muth and Bop , wear. OVERGoAT OICITOZ Wren Beavers. Colored Castor Heavers. Black and Colored r" Black and Colonitr . binChilli. Blum anikßlack.Pilotil COATINGS. , Black French Gotha. Colored French Cloths. Tricot. on colors. _.• Plme sad Diagonal PANTALOON liTurk 8. Black French Casalmeres. Black French Ca Does m kins. m I Fancy Mixed and Striped CaieW i t aiss. Plaids. Ribbed and Also, • lam _assortment of Cords, Beavertalins. u p netts, and Goods odaptod to Boys' wear._at ho and retol4 JAMEs No. a . North Second st. Sian of the Golden Lamb. PERSONAL. ADVEBUSING AGENCY, DELP it(lo.,.____' 614 CHESTNUT 13TMA'T. Insert advertisement/ jinn the But.t.srur and newirpapers of the whole country, at the ovfest ' rates of pub. Risher& nolitu the Ly§ GLASS WADES , cafe SHADEf3:4,SUITABLE FOB coyerlhg wax frui ty and ilowOni'onitti stand& of 111 mites, for eale at B. 'limps'', & dom Wholesale lusware House, deltfl NOII. BD nd 124 •Market street. T P. TOLMAN, U . Bread and CakeMager. 428 and ai j B4hTbirteenth street, below Pine. Homemade CIL Dro Breakfast 'Rolle; • pastry and CoufeetionkrA • • . Parties and private families towelled. noko•ltne 11 , 1110P081k 1 4S. OFFICE P ENNSYLVANIA. PIIILLDE LP 4A-lIMAD cOMPANY, • WA, Isowlati3 l . The Penne ylvanla Railroad Company hereby give no. Ficvethat they will receive proposals until the Arst•ilay of anuary,_lM. for leasing separate b- or colletstiyft Om ,ON DEPOT HOTEL. at Pittsburgh. the lAN HOUSE, at Altoona, and the DINING ON, the H a rrisburg Depot, for a term of years, conunallthlti on or , before March 1.19. The hotels at Pittsburgh and Altoona are ' lntillthed throughout in the best manner. I It gnat be expressly nnAerstooti Clot t il l i t Railroad Corm ganraillegautlyre thi on anwitiaZ: gr thi n g tß y s e h ing ail,comfort of passengen patro —niAnLES line. ° Proposals will be addreosed to JOHN M. KERNEDF, Chairman op Special corantittes. No. 806 Arch street. Philadelphia. , . r, , noB to jail ....._—__ ~ 70!,1 11 MM I/ I CM" ‘ • 61E104‘ ORQUfSTILL_-_-1 4 PIILIC REEMAMIAL 2 at t tirib k CND every BATURDA, to lipid at,tho •Door ono ot 01l min al isthosowitts. can be Mode :by, _ mootoroy otrod. or at IL WA.1.114 46 61, 0 4 Wed. • 1' • 0010 'tar AFTERNOON' tX)NCERTE,' rag Monday:o4llll63o l U 6 otclo&. 114t.6i161c1i0u.4e!,g97'41ct, e t . el (e ' 026-ti ° OBLEB EN ADENY OF EINE A.RT_,I3 TNUT. above TTH. 6P. iotu M., IPre ot !DIREST REJECTED it44l M=IZ O 41: D MA 7,43 M;;G: I'o, • • , DE LA GRANGE. _ DRIGN.OLL mAND ITALIAN OPETIA.. MAX' STR+SCII has the ,honor g liketreO the f_' t opening dr Oil all Peraloll Opera, nmtted to rum nights and one Matinee. on, • MONDAY oVh.ING, Derma:her IA • By the famous LORANGL AND BRIO-NOM GRAND citERA COMPA comprising the followtng eminent • artistes: P :the great lyric Prlma:Donna, MME v AN NA DE LA GRANGE, wlhntle Career triGrand Opera has imparted a lustre to the etude MN:mahout both Europe and America. he brilliant American Contralto, MISS AD E.LAIDE PHILLIPPS, the most gifted and inuoMpliahed American Prima Donna whotae yet appeatedmd The talented Ylng Donna O Prima Soano, _ MISS IS ARELLA MaJOLLOOII 1130 unlirernapy admired Tenor. SIGNOR ORIONOLL - The renelmed Tenor Rotinsto, . , oinvort The funionellaritone, • SIGNOR ORLuomp u . The distinguished young Dar' time. SIONOIt RA NouLFI, And the fa7orite passl and lintfe,_ SIGNORI SLIIINI COLLETTI and sArti. The Glories and i Orchestra , has been. carefully selected from the very best t.alkuit. Musical Directer and Conductor... ..ftignor NICOLA() Monday. Evening, December 16 — GRAND OPL:Nlbig. 11. TROVATORE. Tuesday Eventey. Dec. 1", DI , thitfk._ Wednesday, Dec. 19, LA. gAvOiIITA. TbursdaY D. DON GIOVANNI, I.riday. Dee. 20,7111NAN1,.. haturday. Dec. dL.GRAND FAREWELL MATINEE. SCALE OF PRICIEISI.--- Admiolon to Parquet, Dress Circle and Balcony. ONE DOLLAR. Beservent Beats, ;Ito cents extra. Family Circle. fkleents. Gallery, . 0 .:/ , '"cents.• yrtvate Boxes, dig. • • The sale of rents for the SEASON OIIIX wilt cont. mence on Wednesday , Dec, 11 ,. a t 9 A. M., at the Box Office of the Academy of Music MAY. The sale of seats for either , nittlA or Matineewill , com.. tnence con Thursday. December 12„ at It the Academy of Musk), and TrUmiders Mule ittore. Nor. Mei koestnut :street. deBtu.tntin.tn,w4 A mEnicAzi,A s .4loE.my OF MOSitl. T. R room. ... . . Lmolee and Manglers fetitqf KIGIITSr , of theAnirßant and atatecaetul ensracinnent:Of /AM F. .LEANND (FORMERLY MISS M DAVENPORT.) who will' appear on Tllls (TUESDAr) Di ' l NINE. December 10; am , 1 AtA.RY STUART, in an adaptation from a tranelatlon of' Schiller. by Mrs. Frances Anna Kamble-receiv ed oaths drat rorciserstaliem with RAF7KROUS DELIMIT. IVSI3:IESI)AY EVENING, Dceetnber IL MEDWhy requoit.i .VENINO. Dec. 1.9, ELIZABETH, Omit time.) lifitil)AY EVENING. Dec.l3. ISE:47.FIT OP MRS. LANDES. F.,ADY him; or rH, (by Invitation., lIIATURDAN , Dee:l4. MARY STUART DIATOMS, • ' Ann LAST APPEARANCE 1111 r. DANDER HISTRIONIC COMPANY. A OM 4810 N to Farquetn'orluet Circle and Balcony f4l. No extra. et ante far :Yawned mutts. Family Circle, te cents-. Ampliltlikatro, :I:iv:eta; Proscenium Roam dill itor Sheet Open at Trunstier's Music Stare. No. PDS Chestdut ',treat., also at the Acadeiny, where scats may: b e e d 1„; any evening during the week. D,ore open at 7 o'nlai.k. Curtain riles at t precisely. (Witt " NEW' CIiEt,TNVT STREET TILEA.TRE. Lerete Wm. E. Sinn & Co. OEI:SIAN DRAMA. Director.' . . .. . . . . maretzak. Fuser I.; PIIILADEI.'IIIA ut , Y JAN AUSOLIGN. (The ineatest ih a Traredicanc,) SIX NIGHTS ONLY. GLAND OPENING NIGHT. MoNDAIC.DEC. 14 With Orlllpaxzaer.grest Trareay in 4 sets. MEDEA. . . ..... TPF.SDcY, DEC Pith ii.DRIEMNE LniyArvimum. 1 , -1)1 ESDA Y. DEC. Pith......... RAIL THI Pee EG MOST. flt IDA Y . D 1 ,i %taw EMILL.A. iSA'I I:RDA ... . .. - ...MA TICK vrts. Hexer% ed peite ' so eerie exter.ellijil; Clrelr, 1;0 rentr ealy. Privet* Boxes, 1F... SU itStatl PT lONS FOR T HE. SI X NA; MS will be /M -edved frein .M 01... DA Y. nee Pt unt ll WEDNESDAY, Dee. 11th , at WITT/WS SI CMG' STORE, Itt.C.: Chestnut str ee t. he rale of ticket* for eitlltt of the Angie. perfermancto trill commence ev7 Ti RSDAY. Dec. Lich. at 3A. M., at WITTIG'S MUSH) STUDS. Doors open at CM, Vouiserowe a,t ALN STREET THEATRE. N. E. CORNR OP KINTH mad WA1rk..1.9" itoseta floiSca p$ 734, I.INPIMICEDEN ED SECCESS, 1101 1 04 , .3 CROWDF D TO THE TROOP THIS iIt2ISDAY P EVENING, Dec, le, Um', Ni. JOHN HROLIIHAN mil appear for tl..u4ourteentli thuo la ble GREAT DRAMATIC SATIRE apes the vices, Indica sad seaostioie of the preorat time. oatith4 TILE LOTTERY OF LIVE. Terry, the 13 . . . Afr .101111BROVGBAL A scow poke character on "The Clunseee„.7 Popular Ethloplan Beene by ItIr.,,PRANS: SW WEIL _ - JOlll4DitEl li AUCU STIIETZLD TIT-- FIRST REEK OF EDWIN ADAMi, Tomight, ESDAI lietem bee lOth, WO night oJ lweE. pest Phiy of AIMED EVELYN. nr. EDWIN ADA Sir Fred/ref& Blount.. r . L Jowls. Sir John Voser.. .. ... .......... F. macker- Capt. Dit4ley . . .Mr. A. Everty. Grave+. Mr. A. r ram. Llara Dosesse__ t ied E. Price. WEDNESDAY -"Tag MAititLE..llllAiliT." - FRIDAY -BLNEITE lIDWIN ADAMS. IN REFIEARSAI 4 1.10 UT AT PAST." FIAISTMAS..-EIVIVAI. OF "OURS.' CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE. open at 4.4.s.(Lartabs rims et - ,45. TI'EsDAY EVET , ENO, Ostetaberlu, POSITIVELY LAST FIVE , NIOETTS ts"nu. FASCINATINO. DASIHNO AND REAUTITVL TRES' n. PANTOMIMIST AND DANSEUSE, MLLE. MARIE ZOE. THE CUPANLEIF conunetnowith the heantilitl Drama. in 4 nett.. en- titled MASA.NIELI 9: Or. THE - ,IRUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIB3. Produced wiik Enceiive f.ectiery. Fenr . ....... . ...Mlle. MARIE 740 E. lo tout, elle with a tar, e. t:D:E. Woolf. entitled TJI AT NOSE. SATURDAY— rAMILY MATINEE. ,Adtultalun.73.so. and 76 emit& and el. N' SEOPERtrX • FLUITH L. V. TUNISON & CO. .... "(IL TUNISON dt - W . 1 17 . 91Virtitai. TUNISO* 00.15 MINSTRELS. GRAND ORANGE OF PROGRAMME. Tinto UGUOUT. CROWDED HOUSES- -DELIGHTED A l'- DIENCM DIME-NSF SUCCESS tiP THE NEW BUR- L.StflIE, PETER PIPER PEPPER . PODGE AND FORT fltill&K. J. Ti. Eneworth, Prank Moran' W. S. Bedworth. %Vim Allen. .1. Roblncon. Henry. Schenck. • ant ahem. TKE CREAM Or' TuE rnorEssms. in their rtenertive eluirnetcre. Doors open at 7 o'clock. :Commence &' Admieeion. W and 75 cente. Boxes, 86. NEW ELEVENTH STREET OPERA EUMlKE bttrr ELEVENTPI .tract. above CHEM VIE FAMILY RESORT.' CARNCROSS it DI XEY'il MINSTRELS:, THE, GREAT STAR TROUPE OF TUE WORLD. couvLETE SUCCESS. ROUSES CROWDED. SPLENDID BILL Fon T TUNS WEEK. TRE M EMIG US HIT Or The new Amu iciinGerman Operatiollhenmatlc - Ariatuemtic.Sinentional Eerie/goo on URF; OE, GENERAL GRANT AT CAPE MAY, CAR,LsSENTZ I S ORCHESTRA MATINEES, EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. At :Di o'clock. IN HORTICULTURAL ITALL. Piano Solo—Mr. JEROME 11OPETNS. Package of Four Tickets for One Dollar. Singlo Tickets. to cents. To be bad qt Donut & Co.'s. 1102 Chestnut stree arid at the door , • t. uo2SO MOWNBALL, GERMANTOWN.--GRAND VOCAL CONCERT on TUESDAY EVENING, December 10. Mire Caroline McCaffrey hes the pleasure of announcing' that she will be etiolated by the following talent: Mine. lientiette Behrens. Soprano; Mins Helen Meeliffrel. So" prang; Mr. Theo. Babehnitim. Tenor; Mr. Pb . Garth , . Baritone;Mr. S. Behrens, Mullet. Tickets can be pro. cured at Mr. Jbe. Bolton's Drug Store. and at the atoms of Mn. Barkinvou, Mr. J. Parker, Mr. John Uarkinson, and Mr. Chas. L O Bberle, Main and UM streets; ahso at the :leer. Admission, no Pahl% das-6t4 ASSEMBLY BUILDING. BLITZ LAST SEASON. SIGNOR . EVENINGS at 'Di; WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, AFTERNOONS at 8 o'clock. Another Wonder, the Greet Double-headed SPHINX SPHINX L SPHINX. As performed by him only. Feats in Magic,. Final' Scenes hi Ventriloqmism, Marvelous Birds, and the Min strels. Admission. 25 cents. Children. 15 cents. Reserved Seats, ISO cents. nolb.ll 'WOMEN'S NATIONAL ART ASSOCIATION. If Second Annunl Exhibition of WORKS OM ART, FXEVUTED CIS' WOMEN, NOW /1 EN 011E6TNIPT etreet. Single A drolkdou. Swoon Tielzete,lo cents.. JARVIS'S CLASSICAL SOIREES AT NATATORIUM BALL, Broad street.)). low Walnut, east side;, • IhIRST SOIREE, SATURDAY EVENING, December 21st, at ti o'clock. Subscriptions received and Programmes furnished the principal Music Stores and Chlekering's and Gould% Piano Wateroorus. debtf§ UNYAN TABLXAIDI, • 0 B NATIONAL lIALL v ;- Market street, above Twelfth. SEVE,m w EEK. Open every night at 7.45 o'clock, and Wednesday. Thursday and Saturday afternoons at i. Admission, su cents. bur. tickets for IM 00. Children 'l5 cents. deda•re .t MERIdAN . CONBERVATOP,Y AtUBIO.—THE Regular Winter Term will begin .4nuary 6th. 1868. Penns Beason tickets for the Matinees arc now ready. and will h e delivered on receipt of tuition. 'Circulars as the Office, B E. cor. Tenth and Walnut,. pots,tu,tl4B4es INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. TWENTIETH AND 1 . Race streets.—Exhibition ,evely ,WEDNEADAY at I'. M. Admission. la cents: ' OX'S AMERICA VARIETY THEATRE I. EVERY ,EVENING and , SATURDAY AFTERNOON. gILEAT COMBESATION TROUPE. In Grand Ballots, Ethiopian Surkeqtan, gongs, Dana% avtimant,Acte..Pantamirewe. Aro. . • . FtiMN! MRS: FURS!—ERNEST TUMID& Manufacturer of all kinds of FANCY FURS. ; 4 at No.llB North Fourth street, above Ards. Philadelphia, Is selling Furs for Ladles' and Children's wear. Cheap Carriage and Buffalo Robes con. 'tangy on hand. N. 13.—Fure repaired, re-lined and altered to the lated at podurstu Pace% gclie tit th ^~~. "~ AMR VIMMLICIWES• Gill= 1111 r. tieldivin Smith en the New He _ In a letter to the Dlanctiester Examiner and Tine Mr. GOldadn' Sinith giVea his views on the subject of the recently , effected union of the British` proVittees on this Mitt nent. As everything which is written bY Mr. Smith has a double interest. to readers in , this country, we reprint the•inoet important passages. After briefly referribis to his efforts to have the question of confederation •' , sub,-, mitted to a direct vote of the ~people of the interested provinces; he says: ‘. "These feeble remonstrances, like others of more authority, were swept away by'the tide of ministerial eloquence, - whichi celebrated with apocalyptic raptures the birth 'of a great North American empire, the- destined rival aid Counterpoise, as it was evidently hoped, of the United States. . " "' • "The first elections, however, under the new system proved the existence of • a con siderable anti-confederation party; and though the 'Dor Arden' la barely .six months old, Nova Scotia,' now, It aremit 1118 tbactlY nester desire to be taken out of the Un on, and we shall probably be , placed between the alternativei of coercing ' the Nova. Scotian and offending the more pewerful members of the confederation, , whoaeunicirdit enthusiasm and whose hopes of grattahiffittid prosperity • toiregdt front the union we hsive ourselves worked up to:thigk pitch:" IRRATIONALITY OF VIE OONFEDEEATION. "IVVIBit to the spot,or even a careful study of the map, will tend I think, to dissipate the notion that the 'British possessions in North America tonal geographical whole, or that they ate the natural beat 0(4 distinct and united empire. Nova Scotia itself is separated from the Canadaii, into union with whicli`Otir Polley is seeking to force it, by a waste as estranging as arty . sea. To insist on uniting the two provinces .by , a railroad, be cause bot Wore British possessions on the Amer is continent, is almost as irrational es it' be to insist on uniting Gibraltar mid Italia by a submanne tunnel, because both are British possessions in the Mediter ranean Sea. I used myself at one time to dream, like Other people, of a North Ameri can union; but a better knowledge of the facts, aided by a short visit to the country, has entirely dispelled my dream:" wiz "mat COLO?.IAL lIAILEOAD. "That an imperial guarantee of three mil lions (the produce of a week's work of three millions of o u r people) should have been even to the Inter colonial Ruilroad, and that this should have been done almost without a thought, certainly without any serious at tention to the subject on the part of the Roam ot Commons, is one of the many proofs that a parliament of' wealthy local men entering public life from social motives, and little versed in political subjects, is not a very trustworthy guardian of the public purse. The railroad will run through a country which can hardly within any calculable time produce traffic enough to pay the expense of working, much leas of construction. The guarantee is, in fact, a vast fee given to colo nial politicians for procuring the consent of their legislature to the union; and unless all the organs of colonial opinion are very un just to the character of their own statesmen, it will, too probably, launch the union on a Boodtide of jobbery and corruption. "A sound commercial speculation, indeed, I presume the Intercolonial Railway hardly pretends to be. It is a military work di rected against the American republic; and once more the people of this country are called open to pay with the sweat of their brows for what, is, in fact, an aristocratic fancy. For what imaginable interesthave the mass of us in cultivating international division andaniipathy between two commu nities of the &Vial' race which nature has united in bloocciii language, and in corn jatacial interest; and each of , which, if ,we would only let them alone, is (Reposed to' the moat kindly relations with he kinsmen in this country? ' "The lingering hope that the Canadians I' will adopt-monarchical and aristocratic in stitutions—a hope which will be finned when the current of history turns back wards and the laws of nature lose thelrforce—is the eels ground for all this perilous interference in the affairs of a distinct continent, with the inhabitants of which nature bids us trade for our mutual advantage, cultivate friend ship, and remain at peace. • -Whether, even as military work, the Intercolonial Railway is anything but a waste of public money, is a question which must be left for mititaor men to answer, The linemen run, I ahobld think, Bouear to the hostile frontier as to be easily within the reach Of the enemy, whose first move on the outbreak of hostilities 'would, of course. 'be to destroy if: It could be secured at least only by , the disposal along it of a force greater than England can spare for the de fence of all British North America put together." Mr. Smith foresees 'a° crisis in the relations between England and this country, if the I attempt to'erect Canada into a military con federacy is not abandoned. Already, he , says, the• forbearance of the United 'States loss been severely tested. "The British officers of the colonial gar risOns qultivate among the colonists an an tipathy to their neighbors, which Is always breaking out in manifestations like the re , j .tien ovation to Jefferson Davis, very irrita 'ting, though they may not form grounds for war; and which, during the American re hellion, took the shape , not only of insults most galling to's nation in that hour of its mortal aeony, but of acts of positive hos tility, such as the fostering . of southerners notoriously using Canadian sail as the basis of warlike operations, and notably of the authors of the St. Albans raid.' Yet be is satisfied that there is at' present no general disposition among the American people to interfere with the autonomy of the Canadians. It seems to him twat the policy of England under these circumstances should be conciliatory ratherthan threatening. TILE FOSSEW.,ION OF TILE ST. LAWRENCE. "The Americans cannot suffer the course of the St. Lawrence, an indispensable high way of their commerce, to be in hostile, though they are, and ought to be, content that it should be in neutral hands. The tear of seeing the Mississippi • pass into hostile hands was one great moving cause , of the tenacity which the Western States exhibited in the civil war. It so happens, too, that by exciting alarm on the subject of the St. L lay rence we should cou'vert into enemies, the free-trade producers of the •,';, at, who are at present our best friends. not mean to , say that, even under these circumstances, the Americans would, withouffurther CHFE: of quarrel, attack Canada; but I do mean to say that, under such circumstances, any dispute I to which Feebuct inroads, smuggling on the Canadian frontier, or-any casual injury or af- ' front might lead, Knight be fraught with dan ger of a serious rupture. And what such a rupture would be to both nations no com mercial man, or, community at all events, needs to be told. idisiii4B4**4.oo[lnrcis. OPECIAL NOTICE.— • FALL AND WINTER FABLIIONB FOR the. Mn'. AL A. BINDLIc Wel OHESTNIXF.STRBET. lrnporter of Ladles , new and Cloak Trimmings ki Fringes. Satin TrimmLaga, Tassels, Imps, Braids, Rite Jet Guipure and Clomp Laces, Crape Faisal Jet Collars and Bella. Fat Edge Velvets. Lo 01 , 12 1 8114 d e.. y ' Black lielvets, ail widths. aC tow Fatisbui Dress and Closk-Idaltlng in ad int ESepastsients. ilDresses taade on 24 hours , notice. Wedded" and'thiliel. tag outfits made to order its the thoat 010E01 uutattor an at. en oh rates ea cannot , roiltobleav , • - dulti of ineeroina at alcove: , notice.;' gieptit Trimmed Paper ratteratfig, tll.lerithl ow, drea's Dresses r Seta of Patten* for Bferrhialtd Drew . troakars Meru 'sent • ,or u' ''&11 Parte of this fyulon . I.luttoiVe and AtaAahie Derakest's 'charts for oath And SseteUi Of,Preft.V44ll34lgght eit11114( LIVERPOOL- AND LONDON, A fl GI LOSE . iNSIMAXOE COMPANY . Capital! and Assets, $16 1 271,676. InvegiAliUnited gtates, $1,800,000, ALL ' LGSHEr u aREMAT I MEITER WITHOUT li \ ATWOOD SMITH, t i 01416 E. \ General Agent for Pennsylvania; N0 , ,6 Merohants' Exchanga, 03'26 , 6 • 1829 - TER" rz"E'rumb FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY PIIIIAIY PHIA • .. ' Nos. 435.1 ind 437 hestnuttitreeL Assets oa Obtober 1,1887, 02g550,433. Capital.: . • ' ~.: .....'".. \ - . $4OO, 000'130 Accrued • liiu • r • iiiii •• • **************** % LOAM 00 Premiums.... ******** ** . .... 7 ... .. ...,....\ ' Linxe ix) IJNB rIIIO rnao CLAIM 7.-- INCbM V E FOR Ism .4314 13 . iZakooo. . , Logsei fall Since 1829 Oyer lips 9 500 000.\ . . 9 , Psirpstas sistitserpOrsWitaliss on Moral icirMsl I.4RROTOR& . , Qum. N. Baaclusr. Tobias Wagner. K a iedN a ti er. Samuel W Lewis. liL lr L g oo . W Lea. Wm. ornaiBptrks, ase 8. Grant. ~ SELAPpE AL S E t t r ig e .W i L itt i. Presidesd; \, JAIL W. Wes irl.. ATER. Elecretari Pro tem. MS '' quiz RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHIL adelplua. Incorporated in 180. Charter Perpetual, Mee, No. MS Walnut street. CAPITAL $BOO,OOO. Insures aohurt loss or Ammo _by FIRE. on Houses Stores and ether Buildings, limited or perpetual, Ruh on Furniture. Goods. Wares and Merchandise in town or ® LOSSESE PROMPTLY ADJESTRIPAND PAID. &meta.. . : Eta. Mortgage on City ProlettY. wen seem& .8101%000 00 United Btotee Governinent b0an5................ 14000 00 C4iiciting CE6 ,,,z, !, peil• cont. L05iv.............. SAM 00 tansy rani* 0 per oent. 12,000 00 mils Bond& first and second M al • ii . ili 04000 in ii . Wad=andlit&tlnadaiiiii i Fe cent. Lose . . . . . &OW 00 PbilsAtetphis and giiiiiii taii,u Company's I po u r n e s. Lonn...... .. . . 0.000 OD MID on and Broad Top i per Beni moil. • sage .... 4.683 00 econity Ftro liiiciiiiiiiediii;riKei;a'::::. . 1460 fx , 4.000 00 ... .. Cimumeroial Bonk of reiontylvonia etock. lA= 00 =firtoal Ismaramoo Company's Stock. 080 00 Loinvoneo Company of Philadelphia's Stott . 'ISO 00 mtfm?t!s‘tttvwvwifoti Worth tblo data at corked price 4114/ MI DT Clam. Tingley. Beni._ V!, Wm. Moser, Maroon n eY ' ' Sonoma! Blophom, =111%4 Ft V.l=. . Sam nal Vintner. m. Shonsoaass. ~ Alrraa Doldloh. ammo . Tom.yt CLEM. TOISUpir, Praidost. rmn C v a H . D S om os b at er r I y . ISM - 1 Joi-tio.thAti FM mom Anon OF PLIILADEIe 411 1 phis. No. 111 N. Fifth street. ineor• ir A March_ 117, Ma thrum Diehard Punitare and FM:gr.lrosn Low by Fire tie the MY bda only.) State ment of the Aosta of the published in complies:toe with the provisions of iixr tati lAst Assmbry of April sth. UNA Bond, and Mortgages oren Property in the City Philadeleh grope) Rani, I n nVindraphia only Y... ,10 ......... 93 n Aess Estate. ... ........ ix S. oaved.i;eirdari faii.:.... ...... 46 U O ISOM 3O OS in bulks.. . . 44.662 tiff U. TotaL .. ..... —.... ifiiilia:7 'Pm. .B. Munifton. Levi P. gents. ,Tohn Bauder. uel purloin% Peter A. Keyser. Charles P. Bower. John Philbin. Jesse L*htfoot, John Carroty. Robert Shoemaker. gears L Ic i ‘ Peter Armbruster. Joseph Et, L B. TON President. SAMUEL SPARNAWK. Vice President. Wit. T. BUTLER. Secretary r Holm INFItIEANOr COMPANY 44,.. , OF PHILADELPHIA. INOORPOKATeAr 100---4.4Lararkzas PERPEOAL. No. 224 WAL2kt Fr etreet. oPPoalie the 'Exchange. This (At. psny s tosares from tow or damage ..,. FE , on libels' t Arms; on banding'', nutrehandise. furniture. Ale., for limited periods. sad pormamentily on buildirsii , by dere: it or Premium. / The Company alas men to setteeoperation for men emu mixt! .7-_0 darM which ail kolas have been PramPUF &muss= and GTO Jett 1.. Hop DW Be. 34kag: er n t r .lreark * . ' Roe. H. Powell,, WWII G. Grant, A. it. Mam o. W Letenart., , , , Edmond (• Clark 'lOll ,, • Samuel Wilcox. Lawrenceod. C. Norris. Jr AN WIICHERES. Pm/Amt. From. Mum& Secretary. ira=g ui l i fiMPANY.F "The the Corapin - 77 the Count:7 of —O gM t= ed =t 4 e l lit r we diut c = " __. - - '.: WAIMEA PIEBEIFFIAte - -L' Thie'olimpli _rellahM inidtationOiritta amPlO eaptgai and eontingent inind esuitalb , _invested °enthralls to insure belidist uated furnitareaserehant e e,either permaneeib ge g ne 3 t a rMo,Anyhderd with tha ahlohri da rgArr brz 0=,.....e.. i5 tan with au padtie demo* . 8.. 1 la Chas. J. Sutter. ~' , Andrew H. Miller. Mißudd. James M. stro ors 4 Edwin L. tuatrrrr te x t ‘ lit i oixt is Jr. • • : •J. OU'PTEIt, President: BasisAinsi F. Honcerszr. secretary and Treasurer. FIEINSURANCE! EXCLUSIVELY.—THIO iutrania Fire Insurance Company—lncorporated MO —Charter Perpetual—No. 510 Walnut dreet. oPPosite Inds neTh n deutie Square. is Company, favorsitificnown to the community fez over forty ream continues to insure wind loaa or b 7 Sr., On rablic or Private either or fora time. Also. on Stocks of and Oil tenim. • Their with a !mg,f _hirphie Pan& is to mated in a enabled them to offer to the imare !an undoubted emeriti , In the cam o on. r DMECTORL MOMtimlth John DeverenxJ• Alai rider Swoon .I Thotuas Smith. Isaac Hazolliumt, Henry_ Thomas itobina towia • J. GifiManam Fell. ' ' • DerefitAti. Jr.. PTinident. A NTIIIIACITE OR:MANCE OmpANy.—(lHAß'rEll-, PERPETIMIII... Otte_ pio. illl-WALNe ei ctreej• above Thlrd.Philad'e. vs iii msure mike or am ' us ' e b Fire, on Bull& kme. either perpetually or for atime. Household Furniture n ee klerclumdiee Emerally . „ Also, Marinelneurance Oil Vl3lslloll,vargopi and Frew& Wiwi Insurance to agrzf o the - Halms. Wm. Esher. •• • . ..:Peter Elleuti. D. Luther. J. E. Baum, rwits Andenried. . r -im.F. Deans ad B. alakiston. ro bs Ketcham. avis rearson. Jo hn B. Heyl. WH. El3Hß_Preeldent. \, P. DEAN, Vlce Preadult& aiiißtuth.s4L- Wm. M. SMITU. SommtarY juIagsQNOBRANIBANCE COARANY OF Market g l l a d. " __ ' No . M. kidirtb FM itibef. PRI ' Incorporated by the Legislature of Penarytirania, Char. ter Perpetual. Capital cad Au ea, Mon Make Ines. r b a ckfl c att onulL rurniil7o. [Pia% Good/ mid ' Nerd l323llo • ""bi mace against Lou or Damage b Y Fire on Pabli • • DIRECTOR& -! .- • ' '-, Reefitt Erefal exec %Millet:Ll 1 Fred b e r id l i s Lu id a ill t, John F. leterauai '' - - Jaco b elillec.i Henry_Troonmea wrp.4lcEardel,._ • Adili J P Gil M iusl er. eh, _ristopher H. mi ll et. brad J. rreeeriok, Steak% : '' • Fred P e e k Win , Joauf hkriclunn: .''. ' art- - ' ' , .. __ DEORDE MTV. Presided* . _, • *J_Oldri F. BEISTERci. Naos p rei da in t. nowt .EL i , qtyliAti. Beeretcu7.• '- . li . " - ''''.---- ITI-IFT'.., ,NTERPRISSI INEWEANEECOofdraar I. PIIILADELPIIIA. ' . .. ,„,. „, —. 17 (J OFFICEr7S.., MI 99E. ' FOURTH - ' AND WALNUT ..,', ' STREETS' '') '' ' FIE IN SURANCE Ei.99:II L IVELy . 1 aIiRE ..!ifiD tgRpET , l k ' CASE! CAPITAL. t •'; ~ .... ....... t...:.... .-. 4900, CASH vs&l'fL Jtiani Sti r i.,...... . $871,2 ill , F.,fleietekfetertis .-. , : r , 'J. It. :ftii - ' , .ir - - yttell,Flitiierc... - ' „Geo, Vil.,.g