11BSON PEACOCK. Etlittir. VOLUME XAL—No. 218. • THE EVI:NING BULLETIN trozmititien NVEILT EvEztura Mundays excepted). AT THE NEW 11111.11.ETIN BUILDING, 607 :Chestnut titrof LI Philadelphia, Mr TUB evim24o sum./.71N Ammer/ON. rzterturrofte. 41-111 SON PEA(10()R. EIRNEST U WALL.AO77.: P.L.VETOBESTON, TllOB. J WILIAA.UBO2I. CAI SOUDER, JR,. FRANCIS 'WELLS. ' - The tstrwonts Is served to nabri bon in the city U Gents rer *reek, mumble to the eo se rierp. fir ill R ym PILESE'NTH—F'INE POCKET WAit,grs AND r Dingier, Writing Deek4, Stationery, Boxem, • Pocket Cutlery, Cammeaa awl CheM Board& Chem% 1391 4. ( Pc' , 011iec Ink Maack. •Ju*on.Ko Boob, Kterea*"P" " `augur".• W. O. PERRY. 1114 Arch street. W A XFIAJW}:I AUTUMN LEAVES AND 'FRUIT .aught at 120'2 Brown atreet. Crarate. Harps, Mo'llde and . m.eerlel tar sales d..ingt* DIARRIED; IIAUKCS -NOBLE.--At Orrrnantotra. on the evening the P. , th tort.. by Rev .1. lloanome, Hr. Fladerick 6. Itaekne to Amanda M.. daughter of Dr. Chas. Noble. • CR I.;ll—On.Thooday, inet..,at the Church of the Ilylphany. laoy the Rev. Richard Newton, I). D.. Mr. .G..org c Grmp, of Philadelphia. to Elizabeth. daughter of Jndae Lee, of Camden. New Jamey. • KEN(.--PLANNINTON.--On tho Igth Inst. In St. Phi. line (torch, by the Rey. D Cooper, Samuel L. lVtrini , ~f arhlngten, D. G. t Anna J., daughter of Joae PienLinton, Erg., of thl* city. (Baltimore nod j ngtgal paper* ploare cogr) irtiON-11A ES.—On the Inth !intent. by the Rev. R. H. Allen. Mr. George Sir rennin to Mire Mary IL Earner. daughter of the late Pau/ Borne... Ego.. all of thin WOoDWARD—WILLIB.--(ha the 12th hut., at Had donfiefd; by the rev. If. 'Vona,. Jot. B. Woodward to Mary 11. daughter of B. B. Milk No Garde. - Soddenly. on tlre morning of thu l th duet, Catharine, widow of the late ileorge W. Mentz, in :It , . ;?t6 your of her age. • 'lle telt-lives atul friends of the faintly or invited to attond tie funeral. Crow the rerld ;ace of he son•in-law. Ed» rsi d /Aar nt met., on duo ay. tho 22d 'not. at 2 M.. without faith -t notico. urtutnt at ii - .oil! Laurel 11111. •• DiAiNIDEIL, -On the 1t.:6 Suit.. Wltilaro Y,. Schalder, to the Si.t .vear of bia age. Thr relatives cud friends of the tho It. W. strand dse t f Penn.vir -DIA. A. Y. %f., an the (rater aity in get:0:11; the Wm. 11. ..kdam4 IVII , I AesorlAtion, an,lWr.phlngton Wee Company, :tre ri.--neeifolly invited Cr atti ud hit funeral. front tad tato reihkue,, Ala,onte ti 11, Cite:.inut ;ittet-d. on Mayday afternoon, Gut= Met. at 0 • 1 . lock. 1:1AL GASHZT. . PATENT rots retaien oniurrimsttvr 9,15e7. E. S. PAISLEY, UNDZETAILEI4, F. COE:i pr. OT TJENTM &ND Gat= gritirrrs. I claim that my pow improved end owl. patented BUlilta. CASKET is far more beautiful in form and Galli than the old unsightly uod repulsive coffin, and that its construction adds to ite strength and dura. bilitv. • Ws, the neslersismed, having_ had occasion to nee In oar (atuiltrs 8. LAIILEY'S PATENT CASKET, sv,,uld not in the future use MAY other if they could be oto• te ined. Nii7:oT. St. Sirnr.Ort, ne,v..l. t 9. Jaason. il. &Nets*, Id. D E. J. Crippen, Conk. .1. Marlton U. .13, ,1nc..)1) H. iturd.s.D.„ 1.0.11 T). W. itartins, D. D.. G ' , yawl. atetN. Orur,' Wm. Hicks. 3. 8.. Clachorno, - D. N. Sinn: EY LANDELL HAVE THF: VIM QUALITY Lyons Velvets for Dinka. Lyons Velvets. iti-lneh. for Saelta YRE is LA NDELL, FOURTH AND ARCM KEEP A- Ebre ateo; talent of cat/in:wren for Hon' Clothes. QM. trimere.3 for Ha/ anent istuts. • j it!: YOUR LIFE IN ?HZ tT•Sf'RICAN LIFE IN-OLRANCE 11.OIPANY. • Onto H. F, corner •1 4 iTourth and 'Walnut .tteet% Asti AMIE:Ts X L.% ILLY $32.M10.00.1. ALLPOLICILIS A ruerietal L errared to i,Tuo P .11ch,. of every de..crlytion affecting Life le , ttranTe, and would call T....ye. cial attend= to the vadat. , atrrartire feature-a cregented t in in, Prtapectuts which can be had at the Office of the $ <fr.i7ryany, ama nita. itiolePutf. - - - All. 'POLICIES PRIOR 'TO participate in the dividend at tt, t time. . Neve i, the time to trohri*.'_ . ALEX. WHILLDIN. President. ;„ WiLann.Steretfr . Tl.s 00! • sir"isu~w%` ~~rr~vr sivr• iIEAIVARTERS POsr ONE, D/H IDVP OF LAMER PHILADELPHIA. DE pa.H i MEM or PENNAYLVA SLL Q. A. ft, • ` - ORDERS. A mated meeting of the Pmt will be held at the Bar. carte. t3lBVbeetnut /trent. on FIODAY EVENING, 90th mkt, at 8 o'clock. By order of the Post Commandant. mgr. THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. A. V. M.. and the Fraternity in general, are requetted to meet at the Bs out,- Hall, lh•Etnut street. on MONDAY. 101 Met, at I o'clock in th. afternoon, for The marpoge of attending the funeral of our late Brother,. W.M. B. BCHNIDER., in r.rd Tyler. - Staaonie Prt, , e.n By orderof the R. W. Grand 3laator. JuIPI THQSISON, Grand Secretary. tor OFFICE MINE MILL AND SCHUYLKILL fi RAILS° SD COMPANY. Pan atam-itts. Twelfth Monthlsilt, 1867. The Annual Meeting of the Stackhulders of this Com pany still be Idd their Ofilre. No. lb South Seventh str , t• on Setuud ondeyry the lath et lint (4emitiary. 1805). at 10 A. M... st which timo an eltctical for oflicem to aervc the routing year will be held. WILLIAM BIDOES, Secretary. def..11:15u1 , 41 OFFICE Of' THE Da 7 l.lArA4Eliliffal a l lar SAFETY INSURANtiE (XeSit'ANY. PII ILA DELPTI lA, 1 member 20th. hi6l. The annual election for torenty•eight Directors will be h..ld at this Whet., on MON DAY,thesixtte day of January neat, between the boon of to A. M. and 3 P, M. d, HENRY LYLBURN, Secretary. Rae. A IFTBLIC: TE MPERANCE MEETING WILL be, held THIS (Friddy) ivENIN at 734 o'ololl4 in the Lecture Room of vr. Shepherd's chinch. Butt. nwood wort, between Fifth and Sixth .streets. AL are hyped:fully invited to atteal ity ogle— NEWnY,ltPilifi, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, *III . F. Paper. Ae. bought by E, HUNTER. del; hL¢ 'No. 613 Ja , ne street knitiTsieniErers. & Fixth Rye far dattional Atrturemspa. GRAND Yncal ,and Instrumental.Coneert YOUNG' MAENNEGCHOR, MUSICAL FUND HALL, ;Saturday, December 21st, 1867, Conductor WM. HART WAN. Adiniasion..— * . . . ,„. Dt.thLAR. to be bid at *** princiDat idiom Mona. and on the evening n of the Concert at the Ticket Office. deSui NEW CHESTNUT STREET'IIie&TRE. LCOOO. Wed. E. SINN & GERMAN DRAMA. LAST TIGHT BUT ONE OP MLLE FANNY JANAUSCHEIC, TilatrastargiaTN7o, eae..)53, Will be produced Leasing% immortal Dawns. EIdILIA GALorn. Mlle FANNY JANALSCIIEK ie two characters. vlzi EMILIA and the COUNTESS ORSINA. ToMORROW (SATURDAY). December 2.L POSITIVELY LOT APPEARANCE OF MLLE. PANNt JANAUBCHEIC. (IitAND FAREWELL PERFORMOIOII MLLE. FANNY JANAUSWIEK IN TWO PIECES. the celebrated and pocular Drama, in five Acts: MARINANNE. (AWoman of the People.) To conclude with Mattel:A Dramatic Task, in 0110 stct,' COME HERE. TWEETS, ONE DOLLAR. Reserved seats, 50 cente extra. Family Circle, 50 cents only. Private Boxes. $l6. Tickets now on sale at Wittlg's Music Store, No. BSI I..lbeenut street, and at the Box 'Moo of the Theatre, Doo a open at D. lOgmmence ft • SATURDAY—M.LLE ZOE MATINEE. . Monday, December 23-43END11.1 MAN. , . RUNYAN TABLEAUX, • xi NATIONAL H A L L , MAIN SALOON MAR#BriT Era.ABOYIITWELPm. , Ltetio wOka ri"vesY,i...l.3-. Th... ',look. Ad. An urdry aft ern oons at 8 ,0...... 11 15 Open everynight at 7,4. 3 '. Mat noon We dnY. Friday and --3 'our tickets for L . LILLIdI2Zoit. siltislon. BO tentA . co nts. salifiriu - rekaust, "4 NE PAUL' BOUTII HIEF/ AN Co t S ere will be eluting THEI AF oTut), and EVE D.G.I The snow la always removed an won sir' , it may fat, Defile In &Deadline°. It • ' SKATERLI I SKATING I 11 . LPIIIIA: 131C.A.I'Mq PATIK. ,- VE4 III 1 111VVILT and WALNUT Ste. • ' /co In onnindid condition. Adagicalon JO cott'd. Nit openßoil[AO WOW& at Wont. fittow sonidrod'oe [Ott an irate. 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OPEN Tins DAY, • Noveltlee itf ANIMALS' HEADS, for Halls, Dining Rooms and Libraries, and Pompeian and Egyptian Vance. die . received direct from the manufacturer, to Europe. delB tde2srpil E ti HENRY' HARPER, a ti 520 ARCH STREET. WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER AND , PLATED WARE AT Reduced Prices. del7-lArp) AMERICAN AND. SWISS WATCH: RS AND Mai MOVIE N'TS. JOHN M. HARPER, No. 308 amtant Street, gill Mori The attention of the trade le also called to izrvoleee of LADY'S GOLD WATCRES closing out at reduced prices. &atm .5 • CONFECTIONERY. BONBONS DE PARIS. NOUVEAUTES EV1.711 ETRENNEti. , _ C.. PENAS, CONFECTIONER FROM PARIS, No., 830 Walnut Street. A eplendldvgriety of FLINT 11101E111 LID BONBON NIEMEN, Cd the iicarcet ertyle, itirt received aim Paris.' drll-12tro afiIIUSERIE NT*, ITALIAN Orraa.—Ernani will be given at the Acs landr derby of Matal , mie, this evenintr, with a east including ' Madame La Grange and Signori Musicalllion', Or— Sosini and others. To-morrow afternoon a final performance will be given,. when Martha will be preaentsd. Berea , ,,,-azt MATINE Kg.- The subscrption Hails now open at the music stores, and Mr. Wol i ohn oughtuac cording to his merits, to have a long array of munes. Those who admire the pianoforte compositions of Bee thoven need scarcely to be reminded of the attractive features of this series of concerts. Few pianists, by their coarse of study and characteristics of style, are up fitted properly to interpret this great mucer's thew:ht. Great enjoyment and luatmalm may be ex pected by there who hear the complee number of so notes composed for piano solo by Beethoven, as an nounced by Mr. Wolltobn for his season of 1861-6 S. BEIITZ'S Mavis:se at Horticeltural Hall, yester day, was one of the best of the series. The orchestra played Haydn's lovely symphony in G minor in the very best style. The concerto in G minor, by Men delssohn, was also superbly played. Mr. H. G. Thrin der was the pianist, and he dui hie part with true ar tistic ft cling. The (Aber pieces of the programme were also well perfortned. Tits Tur.vrara.—Mite. Fanny Jananschek will lip• pear at the Chestnut to-night in Emetic Galati. I'M final performance to-morrow night, will con of rico ohe end an ern:WA-tie ealleit Come Herr. To morrow afternoon a Zoe matiam will be given. At the Walnut Mr. John Brougham, will have a benefit, Iti.d sower in David C-opperfiekt - and Po.ea;•hon-tab. Mr. Edwin Adam. at the Arch will take a fatbwell bezeilt in the Dead Heart. Mr. Charles Walcot. Jr., has a benefit to-morrow night. At the American a misceltaneens bill is °Bereft; . • ELT:N.IOm BTT:EEI ' OPERA /10C6Z.-All nnuenall) attractive prugrannue la offered for (hie evening, at this popular place of amusement. The capital little Marlesqne of Surf la announced with singing. dancing, extravaganza, farce and the casual melange of &Mo. pian eccentrjcitica. PIOLADJILYULA. Ohms BOOOM—NOVOItteI of all hinds are announced for to-nignt, at this temple of the dusky musts. Budwortb will appear in several of his most laughable personation, and there will be plenty of ..7ood mimic, sharp local tits, excellent dancing, &a., by dm other members of this accomplished company., Barrz.:.--Bignor Blitz will give one of his unique and original exhibitions of magic at Assembly Buildings to,night. Blitz performs to-morrow afternoon, Tea Meatus Bitarnnas.—On Monday evening next this famous Boston minstrel troupe will open for a short ECIMOD, at Concert Hall. The company to an admirable one, including among its members the cele brated Billy Morris, who stastams a reputation in his profession second to nobody in the world. The pro gramme arranged for each evening is excellent, con taming very many novelties', and a number of peculiar Ethiopian eccentricities, which will sarpriso and delight a Philadelphia audience. The Morris Brothers are, in our opinion, destined to have a great and =usual suc cess during their stay in this city. HANLON Buoriatts.—These famous gymnasts and acrobats are announced to appear at the Academy of Music during the holidays With a highly trained and efficient oompany The Bunions aro well lotgwn ae the most secompliehed gymnasts and acrobats - 139 the world. Some of their feats are absolutely marvellous, They cannot fall to draw crowded houses. Tan GERMANIA. 01/OIEFIRTRA Willre their usual public rehearsal at the Musical Fund all to-morrow, at 11). P. M., , witb the following programme: 1. Overture--Prii Diayslo Auber 3. Song—Ye Merry Birds.... ............ ....Gumbert 3. Waltz--Magic Sounds Widmann 9. Andante from bib O. Overturo—Yelva.... .... . . . . ..............Relesiger S. Duet from Linda lkinlzetti 7. Pint Finale from Martha. Flotow YOUNG hitENNEROITOR CONCIIRT.--The grand and instrumental concert of tho Young Mtennerchor Society will be - given at Musical Fund Mall to-morrow evening. An attractive me bse been arranged for the occasion. Theonng Mientterther brow of our best musical societies, and somesery fine singing may be expected. . , . —The New York Times does not comprehend why SemMes wants to lecture about his piracies. It says: "'Whenever he saw 'an armed vowel of any kind he instantly took to his heels and ran away, nut 1 finally forced, into a tight with the Kearsarge, when his ship was sunk, and ,he him self escaped .by being carried off in ft British yacht. A platoon of armed Zonaves cruising against school-girls in their afternoon prone nodes, and running away from everypo liceman they saw, would illustrate, the refo hern Which Semmes finds so fascinithig. He may not be a coward personally, , but a more 'cowardly business than that of which he is now waking ; public , boasts, can Betted- ' - A litUo girt baiipeoltig to • hpii her mother or, goor tato 10-inottrOtrs' 'Olid 2 TMlby _ . 111 41 1 g 0 4111/4) h 11 1 0 1 00441 1 1 1441; , #ro of our cOhuokii bajtodgyo PHILADM LPIM;:tAII...)AY, $ i .1F,.1i03E1„..2, ;,),-.:1067. A Liz Eftzsttortv itiIENSAGE. Its Disen sildit by' the Ifirtitiorti Presto: ' (From the London Storming Heratd. Dee. 6.1 * • * "' * Thinking men in this country.who bale watched from afar the mutations of amen- Aan opinion during the fast fe4v years. will ( corn 'mend the President, alike for' the efforts Inc ha, made on behalf of the South's• restoration to Its 'rights,,ard for his unshaken' determination to persevere in them; though many will'regret teat lie should so often have played into hie (moo t el, ts' hands by eccentricities, which none have i-o much reason to regret as thoso-Witosecausehe has acivodated. The upright and stralgntfor ward avowalerof policy ini portions of .his address are valculated to deepen this latter feeling. In hon rable contrast with many of his more prominent adversaries, he recognizeS " 4 return to specie payments as the obvious duty of the Govern %eta, at the earliest moment, consistent with -ound principles of political economy.",. What is yet more gratifying to foreign bondhoklers, he, :tikes his stand upon national and commercial ' , nu grity, saving that "the public faith regarding :be debt should 'be sdcredly observed," one essen ial tot' which is that very return to Specie Ray tueni-, of which he had previously spoken. The . t venue returns, however, do not look par iettlarly promising. But this Is not a vita, matter. A great country and a young country ittay enloy, the proverbial privilege of youth. and nay treat money matters somewhate lightly, so cog as there is always cash at all. The con l tiding postiorts Of' the Mearrage are "perhaps the crest directly interesting to ourselves. "Still aarping on my daughter, - Mr. Johnson once more introduces the vexed tubjectof the Alabama ininaA. * * •* We may congratulate our •eadere upon the fact that all serious cause for i eatery about these claims has now ceased. Mr. Johnson thinks that "no apprehension nerd he felt that Great Britain will persist in refusing to satisfy' these ,uet 'and reasonable claims." Lord Stanley in ithstanee says he will satisfy them as soon as diey have been pronounced "just and reason ., f l ies' * * 4 Most extraordinary is Mr. John onS advice t'o Congress to declare that a natu alized foreigner is absolved frotaall allegiance to lit government of his own country. At present very native European In America is bound byan -minting obligation to the country of his birtn, od a well-known maxim of our own common aw declares that such allegiance cannot be re flunced or shaken off at the mere will of the sub . ct. But if CongreEsshould act on the President's ':commendation, they will in effect be attempt i .g to alter the laws, not of their own, but of .tier countries; as good an expedient for bring art; abunt a series of embroihnents as anybod3r an well imagine. For the sako of the Republic • retell, therefore, we trust that no attempt of the • lad will be made, that all unreasonable condi iorai as to the arbitrament of the Alabama claims s ill be abandoned, and especially, that the Presi dent may so far succeed in Increasing the number sf his supporters as to. insure, a. speedy tri s mph for that policy of conciliation which he has -0 penieveringly, hat hitherto unsuccessfully, dvocated. [From the London Daily Newa Dee. 5.1" , The telegraphic summary of President John -"on's message exhibits him in the old antagonistic • isaude and querulous temper with which the l'Oblicia so familiar. - The. President has never ecovered from the delusion which—iery much :hrough the fault of Congress—took firm pos -ession of his mind in the ftrst year of his" office, .hat be is the Legislature' of the United States; secordingly he speaks in this message of "Con qessional legislation" as if it were a rival and inv." -.alas power. Mr. - Johnson's Opinions on the beet method: of reconstructing the Union have .aart urged upon Congress in every foradonad with advantages which do not now attend their aprehsion; he nevertheless repeats them as. VC t,atuently as ever. and persistently misrepresents tie opponents. Perhaps this is as ranch his mis ortune as his fault. * * *_ The expectation "f an "easy restoration of the Umon," of which qr. Johnson speaks, is an afterthought. Ito one ,it his senses ever imagined that the reconstrue than el the great fabric which was so terribly •halten by four years of war would be easily ac complished; but the delay and partial failure of tie efforts made in that direction are chiefly clue to the mischievous and tuaauthorized later dieddling of Mr. Johnson, who' has grievously misled the Southern States, and induced them to !Alter upon a course which has hitherto prevented he return of peace and prosperity. The acme shwas egotism which prompts the President to ecture Congress on its legislation—which is its pm - per business, and net Ws--has led him to in troduce a wholly gratuitous threat into his Ines • age. No President with common self-respect, aut to speak of an intelligent, patriotic regard ro r the reputation of his country, would tare openly anticipated such a ' conflict is Mr. Johnton foreshadows. By "abut string a coordinate department of the :overnment" he can only meanabolishing Ise Presidency. But this is what Congresa Is not ii the least likely to attempt, as Mr. Johnson s.nbtless satisfied, himself before inditing this 'art of his ineK•age. * * * A stableman in be Presidential chair would have avoided above di things the foolish lan age in which M. tolinson undertakes to "sa e ;leer - life life I of the na at all hazards." The silted States must be 0 lissome condition now n they were ever in lurieg the war if it depends upon a man.of Mr. ohnson'e discernment and capacityto save their ,ational life. ' * * * * * * * * The , assagee in the message which relate to the pub- Le debt of the Union have been written .under etter advice than some others, and will be read A Ith much satisfaction in this country after the very foolish and disgusting suggestions of Mr. sutler and others. * * ' O, If. .President John sin is correctly reported, the Government of the railed States has declined to refer. the ' Alabama luinis to arbitra lim arbitration within the its laid dorm in the despatch of Lord Stanley. The extraordi nary arguments resorted to by Mr. - Seward, In ids correspondence, had prepared tut Vs hear that our recognition of the Confederateci assbelliger eats Is regarded at Washington as intervention on behalf of Ithe seceded States. ,On this 'point certainly we should have nothing to apprehend irons the decision of an impartial arbitrator. oar-- Mechanical. Our attention itas recently been called to a new article of Steam . Packing, the merits of which tre so unqueationable that its adoption for en ginei6 pumps, and all other machinery in which packing is used, must semi become generaL The enormous aggregate conumptian of the various kinds of steam packs g employed, and the public no less than private importance of rising the best, are our reasons for giving prominence to the article in question. The oacking referred to is manufactured by the Silver , Lake Manufacturing Company, ind wee patented in October, 1864. Since .hat date, the opportunities. for testing its superiority over other packings have Wen ample, and the result, we can state on un tionbkyl authority, has not only been gau d .. factory, but as such as must in a ertort time give to it the importance of a standard national arti cle. Tee packing, we may state without entering too minutely into details, is composed of dry, nowdered subetaneee, combined with fibrous materials, and requires no gresee or oil; and Is, moreover, so constructed as to impart the most perfect lubrication at the first motion of the pis ton rod ,or other machluery to which It may ePPPed, filch as steam and cold-water force-, pumps, stu ffing , .boxes for drying ' marlines,x -e Plosion Punt dtp.„ Its extraordinary darabil 'ley, In miner. on Witat,the price at which it is bold, renders it the Most ecotigmical, as well as 'he most ,ettreient, packing- dyer invented. By ibe wailer manner in *ltch this packing is braided, the lubricating matter is retained as tong as the packimrisabf, and the durability of , time article is nutty:polled.' 4.a.nlight be inferred from an article possessing the Dierks already enumerated, It has been nilrYtteatonstratod that co injury to metekinery Qin pommy arise from its user. We are net' surytised to And rast an of sacs; latthisio madt should *Mand l ko the otttkta oCiatitnioret;witl,sl,l,prodnetinwit , v0014740, :di1te 4 ;49 .140 ,44 ,60u 0in f ir ta ards'ando 71iLeararMrCtictoges, 1 NV419, 6 9 ,0 4 11 7' ria'BoPS. • Aftiio InditcCtOt Mr" tk 0 1$ 101 4 14pe*Ot • . ‘. litrliOZE co-malty. , Yesterday morning at .ten ' minutes past ten o'clock the family of" Mr. Batumi Ward, residing at No; 2k Penn street, heard` a pistol shot In an' upper chnnther of the house, oceipied by , young man named Jas. Mannix.• Some members of the family hastened 'up stairs, and upon en tering the room of young Niannis they found the , unfortunate man lying on the floor weltering in . a pool of, blood. He was placed in bed, and Dr, Speer was called to attend upon him. •An : examination of the wound; added to the het that a four-barrelled platol was found on the floor be side 'him, showed that young Mannif had been shot in the abdomen, the ball entering near the navel, and passing through the body,lodging near the spinal column. Death ensued at twenty minutes past three o'clock P. M. A short time •before his death the deceased stated that he had shot himself with the pistol found on' the leer; he had Committed the act. be cause he had no wish to live longer; be had a reason for destroying himself, bat he desired that that reason should be buried in the • grave with his bogy. After saying this much he bteadlly refused to converse farther upon the sub jt et, and thus he died, a stranger in a• strange land, we may add, for nothing calk be learned of the deceased further than that ho came to the city about three years ago—according to the statements made to his shopmates—?rote the State of Alabama. where his people resided. Since the above was written we have learned that the deceased was involved in a lore affair, \ which bad resulted unfavorably to himself, and this has been suggested as the probable cause for the commission of the rash act. A person who knew young Manulx intimately has stated since his (?lannix's) death that he complained several days ter() of having trouble, and stated at the same time that there Wa.3 a lady in the ease. Murderous' Arisanie upon an Edator. Ernat the Savannah Republican of the ltith.l About half punt five o'clock on Sattuday after noon, two co w unify. ruffians, named Charles IL. Ilopkins,Jr., and Robert Hopitins,walked into the bubiness office of the Republican and saluted the editor and proprietor, Mr. John E. Hayes. The former held ont his hand and Mr. Hayes took it, and they shook hands. lie retained a firm grasp of Mr. Hayee's right hand, after passiug the saluta tions of the evening, and with his left hand struck Mr. Hayes in the face, at the same time lasing the most, j.irofaue :cud abusive language., fitter striking Mr. Hayes, he pulled him round, and the other scoundrel, Robert Hopkins, struck him a at blo on the head with the loaded end - of a whip, Which canted a severe scalp wound, and felled - hina to the floor. As he fell several more blows were Struck by both parties, and when on -the actor thev kicked hire, accorapanYing their aseanit by, abusive and prone:it: language. The blow upon the head stunned Mr. Haps for a moment: but recovering, he told :c negro boy, 'who wart in, Abe office, to call for help. As the boy was aboUt to run up stairs, one of them told him not tO,` stir to call anybOdy, or he would. Smash his head. "freaking away from them, wounded and blending prolusely, Mr. Hayes ran to the front door, the murderous villains pun .aulre- and striking .t him with the whip, Their victim managed to escape to the strixst and I.ouglit reruge m the fittiro - of Mr: Havingfew, doors above the It office. ac comlished his - purpose, one' of .the intended murderers put his instrument of death undet'his coat and walked away. E The elder one rem:tilled, to heap the vilest abuse upon the victim of the covvardly outrage. Mr. Mtge.& was taken to his residence, and the medical skill of Drs. King 'and Bulloch called to his assistance. The skull was not fractured; but the blow cut a flesh wound about three inches in length, and into the bone. He is Severely bruised about the body, and sutlers from concussion of the brain. The extreme cowardliness of the assault will be Stela when we state that these persons stood on the corner of Buil street, and remained there uutil they saw every person connected with the ettice leave for the evening, and then came in to ao their murderous work, when Mr. Hayes was alone Ili the office. Fortunately a negro boy was present, who witnessed the whole afficir. Jr. tiek' a l l% arrant was issued by Jus tice Marsh, fortheir, arrest, and about eight ( - octet k they appeared at the magistrate's °thee, arid xr ere placed under bonds of 43000 . each. .to 1111EAVel tO a charge of abeault with _lntent to Murder. Yesterday Mr. Hayes was in ouch. a critical Ltditiou that the affidavit of Dr. King was taken to that effect. In the afternoon- he • MIS still worse, and Aldermast Prank Gee arrested the two Lucie and had theta committed to jail by Justice Russell, to await the result of Mr. Mayes' Inju ries. Mr. Gue met them on Bay street, and Wyk t Lem lute custody. On. Saturday night Robert Ilepkins told Lieutenant Wray that. he had no part in the Mink!, that - he did not; arrive at the r (Alice until It was all over! The cause of the attack is supposed to have teen the editorial in the edition of eaturday, in which they believed allusion, was made. to -their. lather. Mr. Hayes was in a very critical condition last tnight, and suffering c2Lrcmel s from fainting fits' and convulsions. THE SURRENDER , lIEF-POSIGHESS• Lecture ,by ~ wv,eudett ~ pimp" at , the us'Pokrlss AicelattlnlY. at :diate:, . ... Wendell philllps delivered his lecture on the "Surrender of Congress",-lest evening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music before a small audience. Ile was intreduceit by Mr., Henry B. Stanton, . and after making his usual allusions ,to :, the superior merits of the Lyceum system of lecturing, the nature of the early Anli•Slavery controversy and the abort comings of Mr: Seward In particular, arrived at the subject on : which 'he :was Advertised . to speak, " The Sttrrendeiof Coiagrcae." Ho said Congress had been two long years engaged with the avowed object of cheek.matingthe President., on the groUnd that he could not be treated; they had been avowedly 'and incessantly at ' work building up a machine-which-omitted the Presi dent from all the were which. the: Constitution endowed him wl on the ground that the fedi- , vldual who holds t o office could-net be trusted With those powers. Aud when we said, "Why don't yon strangle him ? • Why don't You eat off his head ? ' they said the people would not _. , bear it, and the were geineto simply the Salting Ikea Visy litailreados ' ' policy of • mating the President. But in .7o the Editor, ofthe. ..gs e ei n g Allen: Yon are folkowing that policy they had forfeited '; all the : entitled to the gratitude of this community for support and sympathy of the people. The policy ,your persistent.eitorts to save lls from another had not answered ' its intended purpose. The infliction of that most ahead/Able nuisance-salt moment that the Preaident looked upon the eta- Mush. ' Many a case of pneumonia and pleurisy trite parsed over'his head by a two-thirds vote,. has been aaved to us so iv. At tills distance* of; and undertook to trample upon it, and defy Cot- tithe, a shudder comes ova mo'when I remember gress--to take ' the very man in whose behalf, and my salted Wet 1 boots of last winter, whiell' , le for. whose pro don .the Civil Dike Protection heat . ' would dry , and the long illness consemiOnt . bill . was pa d, - Edwin M. Stanton, - and thereof : ~ ! '. , '' '' ' ''_':-- ''' '''P • ' ' v put him . o ~ of • omee, Congress ''' was ' • Tile action of Conacils, yesterctay,in thiadiree.:. Ei guilty of his re oral. : . He would not bet - a ; treat Zen; la truly gratifying; but il l =shelttl( tbet tax-pence tha t, k , Mimes would pat , him back step here,- The railroad Tom - .. - eheitild 'he again. Whepithe English - ParilaMent utet in the .. eere i . ed to perform their law al ' duties. Hu da3 eof Chttsies'Pkatscllte very drat hour of its ' in..j yto thepoor beasts demanded:hi. The city setelon it 'took up in live minutes the actihat the' . .71A should weleaused s f r e ettlitgr bi . Plot' and • King had, undertaken .to. ,, violate t and it listened: : -,it zwe i j u st as the Reading.constiat‘dre- done to nothing; it neither aljoarned nor appointed, -on tread stmt. add done well. " . mew care 01/,'•coliireitt , e twilit had'asktaid : "Wheretis.the'' ' should biiiissteiwid ciP oo4llol c'lleastib t it is 01"• law which we passed at the lot session?" ' And It , suodincivdibkithat LW hOreeitMoollloofateliiies' Andrew Johnson ~bad Ant:cord,Congultsvthoc ',4 o „ e•co apegetto,auvorrlttaec ma t ,t o ided cups first voice would nave be en , 'Wkerg 'ul 4 itittl' We Over We fivtott track yldth. die , same sritiorki There is but one War gepretatzdtt tiktrotts ,, Mthe . Apes thfl,l4oire , bakire Mgr Ilhiett: ' Vie COM* kW and hie 1 / 1 4 00 1i t)P 1, 19 4 9 11 ...i„,4 1 14, •„, ow ' : q ueue(' 1,9.,..4t5cr 6:o7ll.llpuit d cidifs c once& comikurfrantAlie INV, isistilitnktat'ir4 .. , . Ns., g e n e ;Th~raiataketily a nue MOW g 'algtintti ••• •. ;e1; ..;,.** ' .`,.... ' ~ , 4 ~ .. 41 1. 1VP:i b Vitr i libir - !, L'.,, Its . , , 5 4 :.. 1 4 , ii l l, 4.4,,0, . .. 7 ,. . aii . ~ ~, ..„ 4. . • ~.i.~ t lt w e ta ~.„. , ~,,, , O-4 -• I 4--- • ::.- 4 -, ..• ~'.. 4, ' O . , gio , . . - ,),.!*: got 4, NIMI construction of steam roadhinery, with a riot to greater ,safety. Is now attracting, popular atten tion, we deem the article here, referred to a-mat ter of general frac:Teat, and as such commend it to the careful consideration of all who are in tereptecTin sat ject of, machinery. CRU%IE. r t,Froni the Pittsburgh Poat, JAM.I 80191CIDE IN rrronu.itan. A YFraing Man _Delliqpientely Abcnito'., P 3 lir-dile-li. any logic in tiro yeardt ifilte re wan apy idference• to be drawn from the events of the past two;veari, it, wits impeach merit.: But .Con gree4 had surrendered to the President, and had given 1110 the' mastety.of the logic in relation to the removal' of Stanton- I3ecanee if theo was any action robbing blur of his conslitutionalf pevrers, the resift was imptaeludent; iand *hr n. they i:,tuored the_ result, they &aged the lozio. Congress was ruled by a dozen men who's°, names nobody knew, but who, tabldieg, the bai:inee of.power, tindertoetto dug the . ermine • of thole noble men that were trying to leave a noble' name, 'down into their' kennel." Corigreas nnihing--evitri the leaders of the Republican *Parly - wete nothing. He did not that , a. corder-grocer, politician from Teisneskl' eol d' chealtmateAmerican peoide. It was becallie the Republican Party in IR6I, forth° Sake of eon ciliation—God curse conciliation , ttethe bottoni-r" less plt---[applauSei--1t has beta the' nightmare ' of. the American peoplc--to esneilitate - Some body, weput our hands down into the 'mud of Tenneseee ;nd brought np this man. 'He did not do any harm„ The sat who staggered .honie in the morning. twilight did not do any harm.—it was the , Senator that sat down Fide skis with him that did the harm. It was the Grants amiStantons who, in the hour when. the peeple in'their anirty were trying to peer Vito Mr. Andre* Johnson to find oat whetherle were rebetor. friend' that did the harm: That was the laudanum that made us dead. It - was Ulysses B. Grant that made Johnsan President to-day. The hardest 's tday was theatti tude of the nation beiore thauccessful soldier'. He would not take 'a leaf from his laurels, but they had lived to see ninety-nine out of a ' hundred journals praise the reticence of an' American Eituteamatt. He could understand' red. , ' et nee as Moscow. An Emperor had aright to be reticenti, but hero were twenty millions of people who did , not condescend to ask General Grant, "air, on what line do you light it out?" [Applause. He does not telt R 9 where he lb going to - lead us. We loved Lin coln because his fa: , !ti was toward the -tight, and he was always wiser to-morrow than sto-day. But, we have exchanged him for a nun Who is incapable of either forgetting or - learning. And now it was proposed to give us a, man whd did not I . .uovr which way he looked. The speaker argued that because Gen. Grunt was reti cent he was incompetent, or at least not to be tiurttd until he declared himsell.—N. 7'inees, Bishopedenheituer on the . Pan•Alighipt Cain, l:ogpcl l. At Grace Church, Jersey City, on Monday. evening, the Right. Rey. Bishop Odenheimer delivered an address upon the Pan-Aught:lin Council, from the text, Psalms Ina, i; -Be hold how good and how pleasant it is ror brethren to dwell together in unity." Bishop , Odenheitner said that during his twomotiths' absence he met Bishops,from Ireland, Scot land, Africa, Gibraltar, China, Japan, Jerui ealem, Bombay and Nova Semle r , beside those from the American Church, and nume rous other sections of the Christian world. The characteristiee Of the Anlican debate were its tenderness and delicacy, and the abience of all pedantry and self-conscious ness. During the progress of the conferences, ' at the warmer intervals in the debate, the lecturer had seen tears standing in the eyes of hari-headed, world-renowned ;writers of treatises, whp could, not agree with one another in opinion, and yet wept to dim ,gree. Even those of the debaters whir are highest in the confidence of temporal princes w ere men of God. The presiding' Bishop, his Grace the Archbishop , of Canterbury,• Was, a man whom all that knew 'must love, , and, al though in the gradations of English rank his place was next to that of royalty itself,the lecturer thought that it was nearer still to God. In the Bishop of Winchester- the brightest accomplishments of social and scho lastic lifowere united to fi most genial end Christian spirit. The Bishop of Gloucester and . Bristol, that fine Greek scholar better known to us as Dr. Aleek Clarke, and the Bishop of , Ealing, Dr. Browne, whom work on the 39 Articles is fumiliar to the religious read ers of every clime, were both men as gentle as they were learned. Of the Bishop of Ox ford the lectures spoke as the Cerysostom of England, and remarked that the power of his eloquence and truth was as well known here as in tins own country. The lecturer's greatest tribute of nraise, however, was awarded to Archbish - op Selwyn, whom. he onutuiced the met ropolitan 'of New Zealand, and to whose missionary, labors he adverted in terms of the most affectionate eulogy. Archbishop Selwyn had looked with a sort ,of divine scorn upon all positions in the church, the lucre and honor of which com mended them to the eyes of the' world, and bad ,devoted the noblest - ,energies of his life to • the ealiation of obscure hea- , then. The lecturer. staving eensidered some of the principal ineiubeis of the Couneil,now gave a short descriptitin of the > plan of their assembling. The Archiepiscopal Palace of Lambeth, in which the Conference was held, - dati.d beck to the twelfth mutiny, the hall used having once been the Armory. Tire walls were covered with the por traits of the Archbishops of Canter bury to beyond the time of " the Reforma tion. The debate was held with closed doors; no authorized reports were published. ;The ,. chief place of interest was the Chapel, in which every bishop, from time iememorlal, had been consecrated. Here the lecturer in terjected the thought that,irhould the heresy of Cole= overspread the Church of Ragland; that Church would go down as coinpletely, as the Church of Ephesus. One thing that the Conkrenee bad not accomplished was the decision of , disputed doctrines in. divin ity. Its main object had been to promote fraternity of feeling. In the ktturer's opinion, it was the most important time of the land ever held since the of the Reformation. It had reaffiruisd the- propi tiatory sacrifice of the Cross; it had borne 'Wituesa to the faith deliveted to the saints; it bad presented the primitive and Othello pillar as the ground of truth , as it is in Jesus. In conclusion, the lecturer addressed a few awakening words to such were apathetic on the subject of' church diVietena m nosogir „ loth ' • PRIDE rultmF 00' spot tbat Cokripm.. , could crd 4 44, itough.their borsesehoe& IST: r, r: NEWS,IttY Gowrrner. copteta reepestie Dee. 19,1807,-,----Thetiteiutter,Mars'cilatf • Captain Garl, brie arrivednwltli`itiatew (torn Vera , ), Ciarz to ino rth ibst.; and Real to the .17.41. 1 band of clis I'd ts had foreiblY dcpoee Pop Cepeda, the Oovernor oPlitithattin: The mail dates from:the Capital / bfelikeltiOrie' *Ohl or. up to .'the. llth •last. , ', There fattigitetp , great excitement over the total relthdrpwal pf Awl relygitti and" Consult: and the matter • wasfcommented on by all t 4 p ress of the Is capital. According to Ma nittrtietions Mr. Mid-r -dleton -is tee leave Brit:4h' sable-41d under protection of Merlco,bereolf iskpectedi', that all the European ,Le„gations worthl follow the example of Great „ and 11 leave the , United- Ratea sole oecitpants of the diplonautic field in Mezlcic. Richithaerf had bead' . - ' discovered is the Stabs of Vera Cruz: Several had vilso been discovered, near the town, of . Uteri, is Sonora. They consisted.of eightgold mice* • thirty-five silver mines and two copper min ,licsides thirty Otlterit of different character* "tiot,., , specified in thp report. • , General Folly Dfae,,' brother • of -7/ orfria Dian , "•had. , been.' •° elected Governor of the.. State ,of , Osiliteks General - Geronimo Trevino of / Nneyo.• Leo% and Don Francisco G. Palacios of Durango. Au at-, tempt:was made to assassinate richt/ Alston*, ": the late Military Governor of the Stated 'Vera " Crnz , ,wlien he was leaving the theatre- atjalapa. During the distnrbance that ensued some polies shouted rirrth in honor Of Central," Porarlo proclaiming him as President of Alexfco. " , idea of the movers MIS to' Immediately den ied ` -' the enforeetnent of a loan of 03410,000 to support the cause. The ringleader of this abortive scheme.was Colonel trrittia_, au ex-int,- penaliet officer, ii7tlo passed over to , tieneril torres. curio derinr, , the siege of Jalapa, and at tempted to aecluce the garriaon of the place, but was den cted by a corporal. Nearly all the pc- • litical prisoners have been liberated. Two Bri- , tish su bject:-named Mr. George and Mr. Barnwel." ; had died. 11€11110f60. War with Itaygir.Catorall Execute:64lMay ihe 4 lllarrz arathorme. Dte.l9.--Preahlent Cobralfs reportar to be marching against Hayti at tho bead of a . Dominican twiny. There Was ;also a rumor that e hini• capiared and shot a General Baez,. but iht %iv& motelated which o 6 the brothers : of that - risme. • , PAclrti AN &I It le found by a French Awritst that 'the "blood" .if living mollueta, contains three per' •••' cent.of suiphnric acid nude conaiderable quaftity.', 4 of carbonic acid. --The poems of Fuller, the quaint old divine;" 4 .` are about to bs published by subscription. They, '• arc' to be' , selected- from all his works; a, the ,; • shorter places alone there are over one hundred. ' -Tom Brawn. Hughes has; a paper in, lftrenti kin on ' T he, Nile ,Tribauwitis of -Abyssinia:"' What, do • people care about' • that' anbjeeW Nihil. —Lake Erie l led hi , one under that that is t•eventy feet deep ,Whore it onterkittle.., north, and does tot reappear until IM waterstsOre mingled with those of,the lake. - ' 1 ----virasidogton Le to attempt d social xla. form by ,coronweeittg. Lot parties at`•hatfiewt • seven in the eVeubit, and atioliatituat,i.u t o i wlti —Ole. Bull le going West, and after aproferr iiiODUl tour there, will return Fast and give *fear concerts. He Is said to have improved -d u ring.. his absence from America. • —Some one has reallY, gone to Wairtresia ki ," run tor „Congress when it becomes .a territory.- He„was a San Francisco. auctioneer whe Went Vancouver Island in' the hope that it .wmt tobo annexed totbe United States. „ • —Helena, Montana reports a embus instance,. of the Chinese mode o f-trial : A fire took place there reeettly,andall the Chinese' residents were summoned to ballot for the offender. : The par , ' ' son receiving the ,highest number of votes we& ,• to be punished. —One of the dissatisfied but interested citizen's .of Hamilton,' Canada, is afraid that:education of youth iB litgleeted, and writes . - atutleualy to . .Um school trustees to Inquire "What Stotts has bftie Taken in regard, to. 'a Class to pm:tir boys for I commersbal !Lk.", . • —Mr. WalSer; in his letter , talks of; ten thon:- . . I sand millions tui "bil lion," whereas it is Lola - lion of millions. Mr. MeCtilloch,, nearly 'everybody eLse, talks of "retiring the etirreuey," The verb "retire" is intransitive; the word SnOftlit be "withdraw" the curreney.—tY.l - post„„,„‘ —A French botanist is contributlegiiiiewitli"of 'paper& on the might of plants to's selentiffe Journal. In Fpeaking of telfaceo he quotes from that beautiful story 'Paul snit Virginia" to the effect that one of the great eujpytneets of Pant was to sleep with a Piece (chiwte) of Virginia US. his Month --Hankovr,__China, hag 'bad an extraordinary ; • , flood. 'The Yang.tsoirtung, having 'fallen. four- "'.' feet. incbes suddenly rose in lorty-eight '• hours five feet , ix'incilea. The Chinese. sa,y. ;• in the province of Shanse, a column of water anddicnly Wprdeg from the earth, deluging .whole city and'drowning the inhabitants. • —lt May interest toren' of oysters to know that the oyster is very tonaelisus of life, and is. • said to keep up its orgaolzation In the,.huinas stomach for a bug time. The-oyster's heart, it ,IS said, beats perceptibly, half au hour atter it is. ", • . swallowed, all of which it is very pleasant tol yknew. • ...Prinek's last social picture represents a lad,r. • 'in the bands of a hecul•dressor, to whom elm ob- '! serves that her hair is not so thick'aa whert;her 'last cut it. He nplies, "Well, ixta'am, it is übt. so voluminous as it was; but, really, one can prove it so well new, that the raw material Itit„ not of notch consequence." —St. Loris is troubled as well as Viet:abut*a t r the prospect of becoming an inland city. Thee • current of the Missouri Is caushigtheldiseissippt to encroach on the Illinois shore to etch an eite- ' tent that there are • fears it will make 't asp - ' ' through the bank and leave at. Louis two miles - from the river. A atone embankment la pro posed to prevent the calamity. , —The Lendon -4drertfser prints a letter from a lady at Florence who- vouches for Gruituddlla 'ClirltibMity.' A clergyman of the Chuck or Bygland, It seems, .is of opinion that, although. sometimes, "when he was tired at night," then; General may have put his hand thonghdosaly to some compromisingessortlons, he is one of titter truest Christiana living. • Preheitraan who had purchased aeoIMUT T . • . seat was complaining of the want of birds le is garden, l "Set some traps," replied asi old cdthase • ".' "and they'll come. I was once in Africa, fad , them wasn't supposed to* a woman witidatawat - • ".- ,hundred miles. I hung a, pair of canine loan , collar upon a tree, and e nextt morning ' totted two women under the branches'. ' • —When the t'Emprese said to 11. Hausatttlitlu looking at ono of his long, straight bonieva,4l just opened, "Why did you make that luedoo- ' said so long and 'straight ; It is' Uresosite'rt "Madame," replied the Prefect, Made it Very' long and very stedgitt became the, metal* - ; .artillerywbom I consulted' a greet steal, on Ow! „ I , entject assteed Me that it was hiposathis:te ' teach cannon balls to turn round Wars& center • to the felt." ;,' '. •. • —ln Ida /Acker , story,' Dickens , • r'lWjaY. 'isoaltiotk that first hupreesions, bastd oa tkintlastiJt l -0,. 1 )1 f s eight, fox a foot, usually pros e .. amok; ti4I_MAF rat a 01 4 0, be 'et,l2 l •ftlritiq 1 . Bowsaw, by'itte Ate, of , • •, so N I A • B's says 'lir retatictir tok ADO • 1• PIM knossia veat . demodspiif N bout' kadLuton uOnlistikt 7 ""` 1,. • 1. 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