BVENING BULLETIN. Nsattrrday4- December 28,.1867; . AIR. UAW MONI),S'APOLOGIG Toe subject, of the famous Philade:phia Wigwam convention of Isi;f; was thought to be dead and buried., But it has been dug up :for discussion again, and Mr. Henry J. Ray-, mond has been induced to write a long letter, explanatory of his course in connection with it. The letter will be found in full in another part of to-day's BULLETIN. Mr. Raymond de clares that he has no apologies to make, and yet the members of the Repubtican party cannot help receiving his letter as quite an elaborate, and, in some respects, a satisfactory apology for his conduct. The important point in this exposition by Kr. Raymond is that he was induced to take the course he 'did by the'President and &ere ' tary Seward. Their avowed motive was to prevent the Convention from enuring to the benefit of the Democratic party. This was urged so earnestly, and apparently with so much honesty, that Mr. Raymond fell into the trap, trusting, with childlike innocence, in the word of Andrew Johnson, supported by that of William H. Seward. These two personages, in their appeals to Mr. Raymond, Said a great many severe things about the Copperheads, and quite persuaded him that they desired •to prevent the Convention from being under Democratic control. How little veracity there was in all this the history of the COnvention has ex posed. It was strictly a Copperhead and Rebel affair, and Mr. Johnson and Mr. &ward must have known that it was going to be so. - But the Democracy and its leaders arc as little pleased with the double-faced conduct of Mr. Johnson, in . this business, as were the Republicans. The chief organ of the party, the New York World, has formally con clemned Mr. Johnson as not entitled .to the respect or confidence of Democrats. It inti mates that they may still make use of him in opposing the Radicals and accepting offices that he may tender; but that is all. He was a declared enemy of the Democracy, Nolth as well as South, during the war, and even in the summer of 1 SW% when he was making believe to be their friend. The - fact that he betrayed the party that electedhim, gives him no claim to the confidence to .the party that opposed him. This is about the situation of affairs as developed since the publication of Mr. Raymond's leiter. He is . evidently: mortified at the effect of his over ebrifidence in Johnson and Seward, and sin cerely repentant of his conduct. He deserves credit for this, and the Republicans ought to clue . grateful for the .exposure he has made. THE SALT NUISANCE. While the community at large are rejoic ing over the abolition of the salt nuisance, and pointing triumphantly to the practical illustration afforded by the easy and com fortable removal of the late fall of snow, the advocates of the nuisance are still at work striving to restore the public streets to their. -l or w e i . horrible condition. A bill has been frame d w hi,.;ll is to be presented to CounCile, as a supplement tO prohibitory law, the practical effect of which Would ,t , e to put the city once more under the dominion of sal slush. The new bill purports to confine the use of Bait to the iemoVil of Ich, ii CP th - o snow teen removed by mechanical ap ances. It specifies the particular localities where it is to be applied, including all parts of the tracks where there are ascending grades. It also provides that, at all these points, con nections shall be made with the underlying sewers. This new bill looks pretty enough at first sight, but a little examination shows Unit while it "will not'hold water," it will bold a vast amount of the abomination from which we have just been delivered. Railway corporations are not more virtuous than other corporations, as a general rule, and the re cent surreptitious salting of the track in the dead of night, in direct violation of the law, is sufficient preof that the privileges of the proposed bill would be ,very extensively stretched beyond their precise limits. Bu even if the railway companies were to earry out this ordinance in good faith, it would be impossible to confine the nasty mix sure which they so delight to manufac ture to the slopes where they pro pose to compound it. The slimy nuisance would be bad enough anywhere, but when it went oozing down every graded track it would soon spread its pestilent influences far and'near. The inlets . to the sewers would never be open. They would always be choked with dirt, and the companies would prefer to have them so, as they do not wish their_salt slush carried of too rapidly. The proposed ordinance reads like a very 'virtuous and liberal concession to the clearly expressed demands . of the public, but it can not safely be trusted. What the people want of the railway companies in this matter is total abstinence from the use of salt on any part of any track in the city. Nothing short of this will be safe, and Councils will, make a great blunder if they permit any entering wedge in the shape of modified supplements too the resent The heavy fall of 'now, two weeks ago, gave a good opportunity to test the ability of the railway companies to clear their tracks without the use of salt. The experiment, where it was fairly and - vigcrously Made, . was a perfect success, and the public has not been in such a good humor after a snow storm for years past. Public.sentimcut was never less disposed to go back to the abomi nation of salting the tracks than at this time, and it ~'early deniands an adherence to and a strict enforcement of the wise legislation which has rCeved the community of an in excesab.e nuisance and pest. . DICHENs; AMONG THE STATION HOUSES. MT. Dickens is shooting two Mitts with one stone" while on his protesSional visit to this country. lie is seeking for materials for new stories while engaged so profitably to himself in reading his old works. A New "York cotempurary, in speaking of the fact that the great novelist is visiting the Ciotti white station houses for the purpose of takipg American notes, says that " the proceeding JD very comical, inasint.ch as the station lionses are all fi,led with Europeans." Thin, is a . Air lait. During the year Ifitx out of 43,- .146;i0ests,Inade in Philialcipbia, ,2 I , I .16 were igttiycli of the realm which, 18 ruled v i er ' , Queen Victora, and u large portion of th e remainder were n a tiveo of other E uropean countries. .to Aviv X4o.rklite forP;tlt.tri: wbc; THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.—Pm ri A PF,T Ppm, Raw!? n V Pr , TM ui? 1P07.--TIIIPTiE SHEET. I - fall into the hands of the police is sall greater, and Mr. Dickens having, doubtless, thoroughly explored Saint Giles long since,_ \ will,find but nttle that is new or strange to reward an exploration of the Five Points. The same class of wretches haunt both local ities alike, both acts Were in the 'main born under the cross =of Saint George, and if foreigners and the immediate descendants of foreigners were expelled from the New York plague-spot, the Five Points would speedily lose its woful picturesqueness, At the station houses the result of an . exodus of foreigners would have the same effect, and , as the New Yorkers have not yet taken to locking up Mayors, Aldermen and Common Council !Fen, `r. Dickens would find but few Amer ican prisoners to give interest to a visit to a New York Police Station. GENERAL GILLEIZ'S REPORT. General Gillem has been sent to Wash ington by General Ord, of the Fourth Military District, to report the condition of affairs in that section of the country. General Ord's District comprises Mississippi and Arkansas, where a very discouraging state of affairs exists. The fatal policy of Mr. Johnson is bearing its bitter fruit all over the South. The freedmen of General Ord's District are represented as being in a destitute and con-' sequently restless and disorderly condition, and much distress exists throughout that re gion. The longer the work of reconstruction is put back by the factious opposition of the President the more serious will these troubles become, and the South will be at last most unwillingly convinced that'Andrew Johnson, professing to be their , friend, is, in- reality, their worst enemy. Much of the difficulty and distress expe rienced by the planters arises from their fail ure to recognize the new position of their late slaves as independent laborers. The plan very generally adopted at the South of work ing the plantations on shares has not turned out well. The enforced labor of slavery naturally tended to cultivate a habit of indo lence and thriftlessness, and this habit has be come deeply imbedded in the character of the Southern negro. It is not a distinction of his race,, but it is a result of the system o slavery. The consequence has showed itself in many parts of the South where the share-system has been introduced on the plantations. Burdened with comparatively few wants and responsi bilities, many of the freedmen are content to do comparatively little work, in a sort of blind trust, not peculiar to them by any means, that their share of the crop, when it comes, will be sufficient for their wants. The system does not encourage and develop in dustry and thrift. In some partg of the South the ordinary system of wages hasteen intro duced, and it works well. Wherever a good disposition to be just and true in all their dealings is manifested by the planters, and judicious means are adopted td foster habits of industry among the negroes, there is a steadily increasing success. The chances of the seasons must of course be taken by agriculturists everywhere; but a patient and intelligent 'Perseverance on the part of the people of the South will rapidly remove the disabilities which two centuries of slavery have imposed upon the black race, Emd sc:11VI it into a race- of industrious, thttiVilig and happy people. The present needy condition which General Orli reports in his District proves the neces sity of continuing the active operations of the Freedmen's Bureau. Neither t - the whites nor the blacks can yet sustain themselves without its aid, especially in the Southwest. The withdrawal of the agents of the Bureau from districts where they are no longer needed would facilitate its operations where they are needed, and the reduction of the number of agents would make it easier to secure only the services of proper and reliable men for the difficult and often delicate duties whicli devolve upon the Freedmen's Bureau. AMERICAN ENERGY. The Old World has many Magnificent mon uments of the triumph of mind and of the hu man will in overcoming natural obstacles and in the conquest of great difficulties. But these works are the results of thousands of years of energetic toil and earnest applica tion. Our own country, young as it is among the family of nations, has already performed prodigies of labor and achieved the most magnificent results. In the eyes of.posterity the construction of the Pacific railroad will rank among the most herculean of the great achievements 'of the century. . The rapid progress of the rival roads across the Plains from the Missouri river to the foot of the Rocky Mountains, will be a source of won der ;-but the greatest marvel of all will be the story of the conquest of the tremendous difficulties of the Siena Nevada. A Califor nia correspondent in describing this great work gives some interesting particulars of the manner in which it is going forward. He says : `•At Crested Peak the rugged precipice • towers above you a thousand feet, with Its shattered sides looking dreadfully as if they wanted to drop an immense fragment of rock on your head. The engineers were fain to tic themselves with ropes as they surveyed along here. When the . Chinese were brought to begin the excavation, It is said the Celestials mildly remonstrated. They would not object to anything reasonable, but a thousand feet of precipice below there with a thousand more above them, and hanging on by the skin of their teeth, was a heroism of labor to which they did not aspire. They were encouraged, however, to begin at the beginning, and us the nitro-glycerine hurled the knurled rocks down the mountain and far into the valley, Chinese courage rose again to its maximum. In winter, however, work here is • 9imply Impossible. Avalanches accumulate on Crested Peak, and, breaking away, no one knows when, come crashing down the mountain side. :0 "One of the contractors, who had taken a re :.aining wall to build along this steep mountain side, ,concluded to work' at it under the snow. lie actually dug a tunnel through the snow, on the line of the wall, and worked at the masonry there in the cosiest manner imaginable. The ac cumulation of drifted snow above him was some vila re from forty to a hundred feet, and it was packed so closely that a pick watnpund conveni ent in making his tunnel." The great tunnel through the summit of the Sierra and the wonderful rapidity with which it was constructed, are among - the greatest of the marvels of the prosecution of this huge enterprise. In spite of all difficulties in the way the work goes steadily . forward, and to the present generation will belong the honor of having built an iron road over and through the great rocky harrier, that for so long a period was deemed an insurmount able bar to travel between the oil States and the coast of the Pacific. ' A fresh attempt at wholetiale assassination bas just come to light in Dublin. infernal inar:bines, in the shape of letters aticir , 2Aed to prominent officials who aro obnoxious to, the Fenian brotherhood, were placed in the post office in that city, and several persons have been seriously injured.by their explosion. As usual in such cases, the wrong persons were injured, and the would-be assassins have not only attempted the commissida of murder, but they have been reckless as to where or upon whom the cowardly blow would fall. The Government is said to be making deter mined exertions to ferret out the assassins. If they succeed in these efforts and the guilty men shall be made to suffer upon the scaffold, there will be a fresu batch of murderers 'to canonize and a fresh opportunity for "Fune ral Obsequies with real coffins," in New York and Philadelphia. In the Fenian "Funeral Obsequies" which are to take place in this city on Wednesday n9xt, the police are ex pected to take part in the glorification of the murderers of a Manchester policeman. In. case of the detection, conviction and execu tion of the contrivers of the Dublin epistolary infernal machines, there would be an emi nent fitness in extending an invitation to all Colonel Bingham's post-office subordinates, to take part in the public glorification of assassins. NEW YUBLIOATION. Earner & Brothers, New York, have lately Published an American edition of a new work on the Huguenots, by Samuel Smiles, the well known author of "Self Help," the "Lives of the Engineers" &c. The history of the French Pro testants fills a period of two centuries and a half, from the first rise of the Reformation,, about the year 1520, down to 1769, when: the last galley slave for conscience sake was relehed from the convict prison at Toulon. The sufferings, the courage, the wonderful endurance of these brave and simple peoplo in their own la.nd;' their peril ous -flights to England, to Switzerland, to the Low Countries and to America; the potent and permanent influence—they have exerted upon the industrial interests of every country to which they fled, ;are all well told by Mr. Smiles, in a concise and well-digested form. It is to be regretted that the history of *.he Ame rican Huguenots is confined to a sin is very brief supplement to the American edition, con tributed by Mr. G. P. Dismay, of Staten Island. The work is valuable as giving, within the limits of a single volume, a very full and accurate ear. relive of one of the most important and deeply interesting chapters in the modern records of the human family. The work is handsomely printed and bound, and is for sale by T. B. i'eter son Brothers.' Few American divines have won and enjoyed a higher reputation than the. Rev. Geo. \V. Bethune, D. D. Nearly si.t years have elapsed since his death, but his memory is very fresh in all the communities where he, Jived.autl labored. A memoir of Dr. Bethune has been in-prepara tion for a long time, and has just been published by Sheldon LC:, - Co„ I New York. It bears upon its title the name of the, Rev. A. R. Van Nest, D. D., as the biographer, but the volume is the result of the united labors of several near rela tives and friends It is filled with interesting reminiscences of Dr. Bethune, and with well chosen illustrations of his rare eloquence, quick wit, and great abilities as a writer and preacher. A large Dumber of his letters have been intro duced which :!re strikingly characteristic of their distinguished writer. Tho volume 15 agreeably written and well printed. It is adorned with a haddsome steel portrait and disfigured with ,a miserably executed wood-cut of Dr. Bethune in his study. It is for sale by J. B. Lippincott Co. 1 - 4 1 1'd gol l gtitga l NOY York, have just pub lished a work by Albert J. Bellows, M. D.. Of Boston, on "T,he Philosophy of Eating." This most Important subject is, perhaps, less under stood than any other branch of human know ledge which applies to •the ordinary wants of mankind. The "elements which enter into the composition of the solids and fluids which constitute our ordinary food are thoroughly discussed, and the whole question of hygiene, particularly that branch of it relating to diet, is examined with great minuteness, and with a clearness of statement which makes the volume well adapted as, a popular instructor. Numerous tables, analyses and statistics accom pany the work, and any one who, will take the trouble to examine it carefully will be sure to acquire much information of permanent, practi cal value. For sale by Mr. D. Ashmead. T. B. Peterson Brothers have received from G. W. Carleton & Co., New York, a new work called ." Paris in '67," by Henry Morford. Mr. Morford has produced a rattling account of a trip to the Great Exposition, with a flying tour through Eng]and, Ireland and Switzerland. H;- tells the various parts of his Parisian experiences under the ,guise of different members of his traveling party, and while there is literally noth ing new in the book, it is a very lively volume of the incidents of the brilliant season which has lately closed in the French capital. "Waldron & Co.'s Shippers' Express Guide" is the title of a book just printed in this city, giving a complete alphabetical list of all the Express stations in the States of New York, Penn.sylva nia, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the Canadas, together with the name of the company or companies connecting with each. It contains the names of more than 16,000 business places, and will be found very useul to merchants and others doing business through Express Cana panics. T. B. Peterson :V., Brothers have issued Iwo more volumes of their. "Dickens for the Mil lion." "Dombey and Sou" arid "Christmas Stories," each complete, for twenty-five cents, are about as good specimens of Cheap publishing as have yet been attempted in this country. A whole new generation will become acquainted with the great novelist by means of this "edition for the million." A rfl USEMENTS. Tin: TIIIIAT ftrs, —At the Chestnut Chit, evo;Mg fairy spectacle of Coutrillon will be repeated with all the accessories of handsome nem - Ty, cootant, Wipe-- formations and ballet. Mrs. Lucille Western at Walnut will appear in East Lvov:. The comedy of Oars given for the Mat time at the Arch t -night. At the American a diversified entertait ment will be 4iven. SUNDA); EVextvc CONCTRTM.-311% Mark Hassler has perfected hiS art angements for the produaiou of his long•promised series of Sunday Evening Concerts, and the first of them will be given on Sunday night at Concert Hall. Mr. Hassler is e.specially• fortu nate in having secured tbo services of the celebrated 3.111(111M0 Lumley, a soprano who has attained great popularity in Europe, and who, wu are assured, pos sesses remarkable vocal powers. The orhestra at these concerts will consist of inure than Arty a,:ont plished performers, with an admirable selection and classineation of instruments. A very attra.•tive pro gramme of sacred music has been arratnred, and it is expected that an immense audience will be present. Thu net proceeds will bo devoted 'to the Home Mis sionary Society. Bitiz.—Slgnor Blitz will give a iirat-rat,l perfor mance at Assembly Buildings this , vening. This Is the :Signor's last season, and all of his old friends shoals see him before his retirement. BUNYAN TAIILEAUX.—This wonderful wars of paintings, illustrative of the sublimest passages in Banyan 's Pilgrims' Progress,. iS now on exhibition at (nwell and will remain for a brief period Inuger.. The paintings arc by some of the mosketrobrated artists in the world, and urn really very mu di superior to those of ordinary panoramas. OPEB.A Douse —A capital bill is of fer ed at this popular istablishment to-night, Mr John ny .Mack and Mr, lindworth will appear la some of their most acceptable impersonations. BIANZNTLI tiTRILF.I OPRltit )loner.--The pantomime, entitled The Magic Pear,l, will be prodneed In spieusitl styl.., and In addition to this will be giveti the usual vielartgc: of Still - •, daiLiCk! and Ethiopian midi- Alcornio BROTHEED' cyrolient. company 'cid)) giv , i a I. , cribropoico il l y to. nigh; FACIE'S ARD FANCIES. o —"Baldy"Smith is addressed as "Ms Excel ..lency7 by tho now,Captain,General Cuba.% ; —George Frauds Train claims to be worth $30,000,000. • —Cincinnati recently doled out one hundred and fifty loads of coal toiler poor In a single day. —Dr. Dlo Lewis has not been very successful in adopting dau,c,rhters. One of them ran away and got marrled o a week after her adoption. —A. IL Lee, who drew the Crosby Opera-house, is striving to get together the finest private library in the United States. —Zaccheus Greeley, father of Horace Greeley, died afFort Wayne, Pa., on tile 16tu inst., agt.d 86 years. —The Ith of March is fixed for hoisting the American flag in Havana by native Cubans in fit vor of annexation. —The graveyards within the London metropo litan district cover five hundred and seventy seven acres. —Victor Hugo has made up with his wife, with whom he had been on bad terms. He kissed her. and gave her a Hug-o. —A German lady advertises in Galiquani, and, among her other accomplishments, states that she has "no objection to let blood!" —The Kingdom of Bavaria is smaller than the State of New York, and yet Its standing army numbers 100,000 men. —Why is an author the most wonderful man in the world? Because his tail comes out of his head. —Steamboats of a new kind will soon be afloat on the Mississippi. They will have "novel steer ing apparatus, hoisting machinery and grain ele vators." —if the Pope holds out two years longer, he will bave'sat on the Pontifical throne for a pe riod exceeding that of any of his two hundred and 111 ty ci sixty predecessors. —An English essaylat, writing about Voltaire, calls attention to the fact that no man ever has heard or ever will hear what Pontius Pilate and the Pharisees had to say for themselves. —What more natural than that sentimental young ladies, when they change their condition of single-blessedness, ceasing to be pensive, should be expensive! —How tight the hold is that feudalism still has on official Prusslivis evinced by the statement that the Prussian Admiral Jackman's prospects of promotion were spoiled by the discovery that one of his near relations was an actor. —The English raged schools came very near being a failure from the starvation of the pupils . .? It was found that one good, dinner a week so "set up" the 'youngsters as to convert the fail ure into a success. —Those enterprising people, the Mormons, ,have startul another newspaper, called the beBeret E n ing Nel;:e, edited by Elder George Q. tannen. The editorials of the Elder have no pith in them, and the people will doubtless con• rider Cannon a great, bore. --An Ohio doctor recently swallowed two Live teeth. The teeth were lost, the doctor recovered. This occurrence will place punning paragraphists in a dental dilemma, whether to mention the fact as an acei-dental or inside-dental phenome non. --The following advertisement appears in an Illinois paper: "Nom E —Everybody who knows something about my wife's residence, which I lost three years ago, is herewith requested to call at the Westliche SLMJEII." —lt is suffoested that - . Dickene;' has as yet ~, reach( d only two-thirds the height he may attain. For, as yet, be has only shown his proficiency in two R's; Readin' an' Mu'. There still remains for him the wide field for achievement presented by Itithmetic. • —The inside dome over the Representatives Hall, in the State House at Indianapolis, fell on 1, ,,, Sunday morning at two o'clock, a loud noise, making a general wreck of thOle ks and 'furni ture in the hall. It will cost see ral thousand dollars to repair it. An eloquent speech from a member probably brought down the house. —The mouth of the Mississippi, it is reported, has been opened by a dredging machine, and a steamer loaded with cotton and drawing eighteen feet of water has passed out of the somnsvest Pass without touching on the bar. Filling no the Delta channel nearly dealt a fatal blow to New Orleans commerce. • --Readers doubtless remember the horrible catastrophe at Santiago, in Chile, where so many lives were lost by the burning of the great cathedral. Such was the prejudice against the restoration of the building, that it has been de termined to blot it from the face of the earth, and the foundations are being removed and worked urkinto other edifices. • • —The Fincastle (Va.) lleruld is credited with the following remarkable item: "Edward Watts, a son of COlonel J. G. Sperry, of Boietourt county, has had the pleasure of seeing and con- Versin g with his father, grandfather, great-grand father and great-great•grandtather, 'all living at the same time. A good many of Watts ;! in one collection. ' —The genealogy of the Tudor family, remarks a Frenchman, is very remarkable. thae of the' family, when Noah was in the ark, solicited per mission to enter, but, as the ark was full, his re tjuest was refused. "Take my genealogy at any rate," cried the man, 'throwing it into the ark, end then slid fr..inf the plank on which i:e was floating, and died. —A writer says; "Golden weddlugs,. I believe, are a Norse institution. Our Saxon fathers had them not; But if I remember rightly, that quaint home-like woman, Frederika Bremer, introdu:ed them. In her work, "The Neighbors, " the.Uarils celebrated theirs ; and Mme. Francesa told the simple story. So from that,. golden weddings came to America—am I not right? Miss Bremer, I think, gave us also the Christmas tree." —The following epigram appeared in the pa Figaro.. It is necessary to its comprehension to remember that Napoleon IT., the unfortunate King of Rome, is buried in Vienna ' , t) listen, obliging Atistrla, To a prayer we fain would have heard— Give us ttn Second ivauoieon. And take in return the 'Third. —" 1 knew," said King Theodore of Abyssinia, lately, ipit conversation with M. Legeau, " I know the tactics of European governments, when they.-wish to get possession of Eastern, territory. They- first-of-all- send missionaries; then they send consuls to strengthen the mi- , ..sionaries; and finally' battalions to strengthen the cons is, I am not a rajah of Hindostan, to bamboozled in that way. I prefer to dea! with the battalions first." —Brigham Young has jus',, establiseild a new saool 01 the Prophets," It was opened on a dump and uncomfortable morning some two weillts since, at which time he explained to his ,hivering audience its purpose and character. It Is to ,he held every day except Saturdays, for six hoar;—two in the forenoon, two in the Otter nooll, anal two in the , :rening,. Tobacco chew ing is to be prohibited. and Brigham look!, only for the InOe.t attainments." The course of study for tbe f•rolhets;cem_.:nth~r limited, -Wing I. .icily of book-keeriug• ..ud "study of Ihr a yAvei. - No text,boohs are to ipt i ; acb drawing upon hi-, inner I:onscions -1101fi 10; the facts 11(.T.SJitry to ma ~: r/ a Awl of fir• - •.--1:1E•A rrOphf.:t. -LA tfurlois old military' pass hag been leceritly discovered in England, panted to the cover of a copy of the first edition of George FCPS'EI veltime p-inted in 1i;94. The fly-leaf had la,en passed Wier the document, 'and thus jou eealed it. Mr. H. T. 'Wake, fooki,eller, of (fee;f -erniwlth, who found the pate in the I ook, has carefully restored it, And the reading 18 au fed iows 'Permit the Bearer hereof, George Ming worth, of Vlrlerle, Eser., to pause about his law ful cc:I3I9DR. he being no waya (11s:faceted toward the 1"-liirbente. • Givea uncle: lay I.l4nde and si.:alc this 1 d.ty cif Echruarv, ' - To all oilicers anh soldit:rs and other) Wrenn it may concerne " Tlic Eignature i, a bold out:. jut tt,t w —The li...nindOn licvieto makes the la,:t that the queen of England has caused a mild glass of Llghteen minutes' measure to be fixed in the pul pit of the Chapel Royal, in one of the districts of London, a text for a dissertation on perm:S.l9,MA many other things.. It thinks that the glass 'mij;ht be put in churches generally, and' that, as a general rule, all that most riergymen have to say - worth saying or bearing, Might be expressed in five Instead of eighteen minutes. It 'also evolves some new suggestions touching the limi tation of other.social conditions. Thus, the line bilew which no lady's dress should be allowed to fall a t. the best might be indicated in the draping of a lady lay figure at the royal drawing,-rooms. _Another dummy dressed to represent ,the mode pi °per for females who have passed the grand climacteric; might be displayed.. Much good,.it also hints, would result, to the British drama by. causing a small treatise on the letter"' to be bung :41 every Lomiot% gretm-r9ow. Wanamoker Ertmn, (',..1E A I', Oat: !Intl. ) t Itir. f - tr.vr,;(•.! • j AE, I,a;ir el,,thin. latctrrd RV. ( pi'ire.s. I'sJY:h.:and :Mar k ets t , ". •- • • Irir" Ex;r - ottoli 11 , aoaniabr dt: Brown, d f'-lID-'l'nci^:aBle ,a 14171,9 (Elk llall, , the tveo.,n , ' lam (. &whiny , ' lowerea th 5 ' , lg ., r Sixtli and _thirket 11:37 - 'llaroaids; Wanamoko : .f. Broom, A f:',Afto .-Previo , v 'ahittv Oak Hall, the ct,e,)unt cJ ;Awl; led hace C(othine, loin rat all the Sixth had 3larkrl stA. i rir" I.;(trgains. Wanamaker I . CARD.- -Previr,it. 9to tatatiti Oak hiolt. fhp (T o 4'ol/211 , I , O•k, me halm Cto /I lowered aft the prices. Sixth and-Market ido oar Baecaina. Wanarnaker Brown, i A CARD.--Pro:inua to taking Oalflail, tlw nexonnt ,tout;, we:, haec Clothing, lowered all the. pw'eeß. ~ q .vtie anti Markte pent Ilatcai,m, _ Iranamaker & Brotan,) A (7.•11:1).-•-Picnioasta Oak Ball,l the (wawa n/' /Ark, vs: hare • Clothig, ; lowered all flic priee. .sixth and Ma n rket UV" Bargains. Wanronaker d drown,) A cA fin.—previ,ms fr, taun v Oak Ball. ; the account or .4toele, ecc (care Clothing, I lowered all the prierm. Sixth and Market Nta.j g RantaiaB. Wa n an'aker Plu" , .) A CARD.--PreviortB t, taking Oak the aecount of stook, we have sixth and Clothing. sta. lowered alt the prier y Jlatket Bt'canm. namaker Broten:i A CAI A—Prat:lmm to Nl:l,ntt Oak dal, • I the account stock, tee have Clothing, ! loateul all the price* Ni.eth and Markel Ea' Bar!/aim. Wanalnaker Protrii,.l CARD. • .I'revioull takilo Oak Hall, tho acrottot al 40 , 1:, tcc has; Clothing, lowered all the prier , . Sixth and Market 818.1 a 7 Baroainß. 23. Reductions for the Holidays. 23. F. SCHUELLERMANN'S, . NO. 23 NORTH NINTH ST. ...,• ENTIRE STOCK OF CHOICE DRESS ( ; OODS, AT ASTONISHINGLY LOW PRICES. 60c. POPLINS REDUCED 'lO 2Zic. 56c. POPLINS REDUCED TO tNc. itic. Poplins, double widthp, only 311 c. )61 Plain and Plaid Popllne, only 50c. id 60 Plain and Phud Porline, . . . . _ .. . •$5 AlLwool Cloaking at $1 50. $6 ati-wool Cloaking at $3. Fancy, Plain and Black Cloakinge in endive° va. riety, at GRPATLY REDUCED PRICES. All-wool Caiwinicreo from o7Me, upwards; a milondid assortment for MEN AND BOY'S WEAR DROCHE AND PAISLEY SHAWLS. I• AlLwoolllrOche Long Shawle, $l5, 820. Pairley Shawls. ro $75. All-wool Long Blanket. Shawl., $5. SHAAVLS AT CIREA'P lIARGAINIB GLOVES AND HOSIERY. VERY LOW. Cloth E10ve , .,1111-wooLfrom upwaril.r. Kid Cloyee, eolom, 115. Gent"' Kid Cloven, 75c, LADIES' MERINO VESTS, $l. LaDIES' MERINO HOSE. 25c. Skating hope, all styles and colors. Beat Calicoes in the market, heavy yard-wide BLEACHED AND BROWN MUSLIN 4, ery width and finality, at the lowest market I ricep. BARGAINS IN TABLE LINENS. BARGAINS IN NAPKINS. ITEINVIIISIIVeffiITAM/UMfatii=nW F. SCHUELLERMANN, ENO. 2,3 N. NINTH ST. Y ARM ouTH- BLOATERS Thompson Black's Son & Co., Broad and Chestnut Streets, For the First of January, 1868. STEPHEN° F. WHITMAN'S Rare and Fashionable CONFECTIONS NOW READY • For New Year Grit it s, At No. 1210 Market Street, By CBMILFIBEADE and DION BOUCICIULT. Ev ETC: A,7l' n PAN for Jannary 4. me. now ready, cc/ti tanic the tiret instalment of a brillimot tiow serial st or y ao above, reprinted from .4 dean e, Stn , ',. It bide fair to be one of the mob: etriking and readable. SP:irter of the coming seer. Tbie Dumber ale, contaba2 CARL , ir Pik) r.lO, frOIT , Jul/f),(I/ s • 131T.LY Burromi, by N , ,TiNIAN I.rnrnrcr H PLar, ircm t'asB , ll's .facia: EY rt.i Dia..mv ma AND E'l2llD/IS LIVED, from So. rj ()Jut a IVcelc. • Gira.s AND NV IVEH, from The Spf , tator. FAMILY GLI , MiTIi, by .JA-d1:15 11 AN.NA Funr ON_IVOTHE,, from Our F„„echti/la+!.4. AN OLD W trE , l4 lioN.; I)/ J mt:4 114(4 TILE FIIIVT UIIII . N. t. TMA, 10111 GOOLI EVERY SAI rEI , AY promptly reproduceo, often from A (irate! /veto. the beat and moot entertaintng articlee of the moot popular Foreign Periodicals. It le a lull and faithful relitrr of whatever le moat characteristic and notev orthy In European Current Literature. single Number. hi ecnto; Yearly Subscription. $5 (0. Suhecribera to any other of Ticknor 6: liclthee Periodicals will receive S , h ;or $4 00. It TICKNOR at FIELDS, Pt aeleill,P.6. Boston. IMPORTANT AUCTION NOTICE. Closing Sale of the Season of , Boots and Shoes. On Monday Morning, Dec. 30Th, MoGionand Auotio,,ee will Pt.]] at tiler 13tOt No. 50(; Market Street, /rage and F if.43!':o7* aogortmcnt of 130 OTIS, SHOES, 1:31 - tOG ANS,c% c. to cloqo con ignmenta to: thu pretent SIN:V(32, wtou tujt will"and it to their intcregt to attend. Pict:CELIA:ND er, CO., A.uctionceiro.., t 2e. 3tril !Jot; .NIARK ET stn., f () . ‘s' NI Nti'zi AMEItICAN LTQIJID DEMENT, P :vending broken ornamente, nd other lA:tit:lee of Oboe, Chine, Ivory. Wood...darble, dze. No heating re- Jired the aztiele to be mended, or th. • . vayu :Jady f For enle by ;JOHN IL DOWNING, Stationer ir^ 1:12 Knuth Eighth street. two duore ob. W , e• r. istsuft'l'ols,'S JMPROVED. VENTILATED at d eney.fitting Drees Bute (patented), in all the ark. Fro ved farbiond of the eeardou. Cheetnut utreet, next door to *I); 1...i-ollleo. Lot', lyre torn M'CALLEL'S NEW RAT STORE. la N. 171. CORNER TENTH AND CHESTNUT.) FORIZEIRLY CHESTNUT. ABOVE mourn. Yonr patromore solicited, BOSOMS ROOMS TO LET, AT t?O4 CHESTNUT STET:ET, 41• PLY TO THEODORE IT. Mt :CALLA, dp2o4fn ) A CADEIvi Y 111U514.--lES'II VAL SEASON OP GRAND oPERA, CONNEN CING JANUARY SIN TH. ENTIRE ANNOUNCEMENTS, IN TIM Ju URN ALS Or TO.MORROVV AND MONDAY. 10 MONEY TO ANY AMOUNT LOANED UFON DIAMONDS, WA'ICIIES, JE'WEidslei PLATE, 46CLOTHIND. are . JONES & CO.'S OLD ESTABLISHED LOAN OFFICE, Cotner hird and Gankll.l aGroata, Ilelow Lombard. DIAMONDS, WATCHES. JEWELRY, WINS, • Vint P.ALIt "RAI A.RICAMLY LOW PEI CEry CLOAKING CLOTHS Jinfit received by .615*. at tf "FOUL PLAY" IN THE HAT STORE POPULAR PRICES FOR DRY GOODS. RICKEY, SHARP& CO‘ 727 CHESTNUT STREET.. iel4•tf rp ONE PRICE ONLY. JONES' Old Established ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, 604 MARKET STREET, ABOVE SIXTH For etyle, durability. and ex , ellence of werkinznthip, our goo& cannot be excelled. Particular. attention Paul to cuttorner work, and a perfect fit guaranteed in all caul. 17) , : 3 th e tr•Sul: HANDSOME LADY APPLES. Neuchatel Cheese. Almeria Grapes, large clusters. Havana Oranges. Extra Large Raisins. Princess Paper Shell Almonds. English Walnuts. Fresh Pecans. ROBERT DONNELL & SON, ROG Walnut Street. (161 74 4p NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. The hePt and most 'unable Present to a friend or the needy ie a barrel of our FIRST PREMIUM FLOUR, and a tag or half barrel lIMOUNTAIN" BUCKWHEAT MEAL Constantly on hand, Ohio, St. Louis and ViWiala Flour. Alm, "Mountain" and "oterling's" Buckwheat Steal. M. bap and ball barrela—wcarranted superior h any other in the market. GEO, F. ZEELNDER, Fourth and Vine, SOLE AOEST: soli•rp tt FITLEH, WEA.VER CO NE'N CORDAGE FACTORY NOW IN FULL OPERATION, tie). •22 WATEP. and 23 N. DEL. r•:acre MOURNING GOODS. In extensive and carefully selected assort ment of ALL kinds Mourning and Second Mourning Goode. PERKINS, NO. 9 SOUTH NINTH STREET de?•lm.-vj J. E. CALDWELL & CO. . Are Now Ready , 4-'l6c 311. WITH THEIR ENTIRE IMPORTATION OF NEW YEAR'S. GOODS For the present season, to which they would suggest as early vielt before the choicest articles are selected, and , while yet the hurry of Holiday business does not prevent the beet attention. Our stock this year exceeds In novelty, beauty and va riety any previous offering of thin House, and is made un of selections from every part of Europe. In addition tp , ' an immense assortment of PARTS, LONDON AND VIENNA NOVELTIES. bt.ve tinned this season the finest lot of AND AMBER PIPES AND CIGAR HOLDERS Ever offered ill thie city, exquieltely carved and mounted,. forming very debirable PRESENTS FOR GENTLEMEN. As oc: stock islmequaled for its extent and careful se• Icetion, so are our prices for moderation and adaptation to the Lintel?. JAMES E. CALDWELL & CO., NO. 822 CHESTNUT STREET. NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. NISKEY, MERRILL & THACKARA, 718 Chestnut Street, we ild r nll litvlntien to their ineaeeortmentof i BRONZES, FLIXIBLL DROP LIGHTS, WITH _STANDS, PORCELAIN AND OTHER FINE SHADES, 111 e otablo for NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. &9,m w f.t Sifd ICE 11. kivrEET c(flit4 I'vrTlikiliwts 7 finir . Al 3. mefred and for Ma JOSEIII 11. 111: , SIB1t i Booth Dalarvarer yenne. SECOND EDITION. BY Vtif;EG RA PH. FROM WASINGTO'N. eomnfissioner of hternal Revenue THE EAST INDIA SQUADRON. REMOVAL OF GEN. POPE. Rousseau Talked of as His Successor. The Shavirmut Bank Defalcation. From Washington. 'Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Henn.] WAsiiruoroN, December 28.—Notwithstanding the fact that every attempt that has been ruade.to remove Mr. Rollins, the Commissioner of Inter nal revenue, has proved a failure, yet it raceme only to make parties more anxious and determined to secure it. This has had the effect of forcing a number of candidates who do not possess the - very best backing, 0 with draw from the arena, leaving the field to very few. Another applicant for this position, Col. C. W. Moulton, of Cincinnati, appeared here within a few days,and will probably prove to he one among the strongest, if not the strongest candidate who has .yet been named. 'While his name has not yet been mentioned publicly for the place, his friends arc working very Industriously, hut quietly, to secure him the position. This gentleman is brother-in-law to Senator Sherman, of Ohio, and has the sup port of the latter gentleman, who, being at the bead of . the Finance Committee of the Senate, and consequently having close relations to the officials of the Treasuri Department, can render efficient service in obtaining this posi tion for Colonel Moulton. The friends of C donel Moulton claim .that they have assuiances from Mr._ Rollins t aat he will shortly resign his position, not rendering it necessary to seek to effect his removal. THE ECUADOR MI"-ION 'nib many applicants tor the position of Minis ter to Ecuador are endeavoring amonz them- selves to induce each other to withdraw in each other's favor, but it is not learned that, up to'the present time, any one has beet found who does not think his chances are ,uperior to all the reit. . . The ,East India Squadron. (Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] W.%,13 merrom,Dec.2B.—A despatch received this morning by the Navy Department from Com mander Creighton, U. S. S. Oneida; dated Sin gapore, East Indies, N0v.15.1P67, states that the passage from the Cape of Good Hope was of a very boisterous character, having encountered heavy gales of. wind and experienced a severe cyclone. which Inked forty-eight av i hours,: and ship was worked out of it with the 1 utmost difficulty. The C weather in the C Ina Sea had been very bad for months past, a number of typhoons having taken place. The Oneida is on her tva - ,••• to Hong-Kong, China, to report to Admiral Bell. She expected to tomb at Manilla for coal. The Case off General Pope. Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Ballets.] WAsiitNGTos, Dec. 28.---Gen. Grant called upon the Pret , ident this morning and was closetted with him nearly an hour, and certain parties attach unusual Agnifivance to it, from the fact of the contemplated removal of Gee. Pope, and assert that the interview related principally to deciding upon some succe'sor. The opinion /seems to gain credence that Gen. Rousseau will be chosen and . ordered - home at once to assume command of - the Third Military District. ISbannnut Dank Defalcation. Soros, Dec. 28.--In regard to. the defalcation at the Shawmut Bank in till's city, it is ascer tained that the cash of the defaulting teller, Henry, is short five or six thousand dollars from omitting to credit deposits when received. And the balance, viz ,? , twenty-seven thousand in com pound interest dotes and twenty-seven thousand in bills, which is said to have been - stolen from a trunk in the bank vault on the day that the de tanker disappeared. From Williamsport, Pa. Wrm.t.43lspoltr, Dee. 27.—in immense meet ing was held here at the Court-House to-night, to remonstrate against the course of foreign na tions In regard to naturalized citizens. C. D. Emory,Esq.,presided,and speeches were made by Mayor Logan, Col, Tate and others. THE COURTS. Nrst Pries--Justice Bharswood.—Williard vs. Shaffer..A motion for a rule for new a trial. The principal point hi the case was in regard to an Irregularity in the rendering of the verdict, "because no verdict was rendered by the jury, but the jury simply affirmed a suggestion of the Prothonotary." The. Judge says: "The fact is that the jury having been charged on theadjouru ment of the Court, were told that if they agreed before the. Court met, they might seal their ver dict and separate. The sealed terdict was accord ingly brought in next morning, opened by the Judge, and handed to the Prothonotary, that - the 'verdict might be taken in the usual way. The Prothonotaryj then asked the jury to listen to the verdict as the Court had ordered it to be recorded, and added, as usual, 'as you all say.' 'To this no one of the jurors made any objection, nor the defendants or their counsel. Whether they, or either of them, were present, Ido not remember. I have no doubt that this Is entirely sufficient. This mode of taking verdicts when they are handed in sealed is, I believe, common in many parts of the State, and has heretofore been pursued in this Court. I prefer the much more formal mode of taking the verdict ore teitem from the jury, by the mouth of the foreman. There is no reason why there should be any dif ference whether there is or is not a sealed ver: .diet." After citing a number of authorities in privy .and public verdicts, the Judge said: -These authoilties'abundantirsupport the position that in the case of a sealed verdict the proper formal manner of taking the verdict is that it should be pronounced openly by the foreman, but for the reitsons already given I do not think this verdict .ought to be set aside for this mere defect of form, then it has been openly read to and assented to by the jury, and recorded by the Court." Motion refused. Hogan, et al. vs. Ashton et al. (The National Safety Trust Company). Ordered that the de 'ondant's several pleas be taken oil the file, with out prejudice to their right to plead anew, or to apply to the court for leave on cause shown to plead more than one plea respectively. Widmain vs. 3lelleot. Motion for now trial. 'Motion refused. —Mrs. Ellet had "an experience" of George _Francis Train while in. Europe. She was aston ished one day, while ih London, to get a card from Train, with his compliments, and asking her, if he could do anything for her. She replied Abet she wanted to travel on the continent, and would like to find a small party to go with. George Francis Train itrunediateiy advertised for a "small party" to travel with Mrs. Eikt on the kontittent, tad the poor Woman eras alarmed at having several infants sent to her residence as traveling companions. --One of the Chicago Tribune staff, who has AB samined the Republican exchanges received by that paper, says, that so far as he has gone, sixty-three Journals have expressed their pre ference for Grant, thirteen for Salmon P. Chase, four for Sheridan, and six scattering; and that for the Vice Presidency, twelve support William D. Kelley, seven Schuyler Colfax, four George S. Boutwell, four Reuben E. Fenton, two John A. Bingham, and :11.sc s eitttering. THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 28 F SHEET. , . J THIRD EN BY TELEGRAPH. FROM CALIFORNIA. 13itITISH CHANTIata SILENCED NEWS FROM THEWHALING FLEET A G-ICEA.'r STORM. From California. SAN Fnaxcisco, December 2.4.—Arrived—Ship Derby, from New York; Kidon, London;'Calabar and Annie Mary, Liverpool; Clara, R. Sutel, Ca lais. Cleared—National Eagle, for New York, with 1,000 tons of wheat end 240 tons of flour. The Supervisors hay.e.accepted the eight-hour labor system for all contracts for the city and county. Flour, s7(qsB. Wheat firm at $2 50 for good shipping. Legal•tenders, 75.1‘. Letters • from southern Mexico, by the steamer Montana, make no mention of the, boundary difficulty between Guatemala and Mexico. The reported troubles are believed to be a canard. The communication between Acapulco and the city of Mexico has been re-established. Official in formation has been received of the, dispersion of the brigands, and the .establishment of a semi weekly mad between the two eltieti. The 6tc•anici Idaho has arrived froin'llonolulu with advices to Dec. 10. The British war vessel Chanticleer had arrived at Honohilu from Tahiti, and intended to remain several weeks. She lay • alongside the S. steamer Lackawanna, and, her band struck up "Dixie" and "Bonnie Blue Flag," when in return the American band gave them "Wearing of. , the Green," effectually rilencing the Britishers. ' , 1 The new whaling gun invented by Capt, Pierce, of the whale ship James Allen, proved a great success during the past season. • The ship Julian arrived from Boston, Novem bar 27th, and was loading with oil for New Bed ford. The ship Othello completed her repairs and sailed for Liverpool, November 30th. From the Ist of September to 10th December, 73 whale ships arrived at Honolulu, with an aggregate of 31,750 barrels oil, and 731,::o pounds of bone. Most of the whalers had sailed on a cruise or for home. The severest storm for, many years has pre vailed at Sat Francisco during the past two days. Most of the shipping In the harbor has been dam aged. The city has suffered to a great extent. Report from the interior give accounts of the disastrous effects of the storm. Stage and railroad communication have been temporarily suspended: The steamer Montana, from Panama, arrived to-day, having been detained twenty-four hours at the Heads on account of the weather. Late advices from the Northern Coast state that the Idaho and Oregon Branch Railroad Com pany has been organized at Portland, to connect the Union Pacific Railroad, and to run through Idaho and Eastern Oregon, to the navigable waters of the Columbia. The design of the Com pany is to induce the Union Pacific Company to take stock in the road and assist in building it. A convention is called to meet at Boise City, January Gth, to memorialize Congress to make a grant in favor of the railroad connection of the Union Pacific Railroad and the navigable waters of the Columbia, by way of Snake River Valley, and probably act in conjunction with the Oregon Company. The Washington Territorial Legislature met December 3d. A memorial was introduced ask ing, Congress to appropriate money to erect eight houses at important points on the straits and sound. Also, establishing a naval depot at some point on the sound. The mining news from British Columbia is en couraging. ♦ London letter states that the scheme for In troducing immigration froth England and the continent of Europe, to this colony, has failed. The Board of Education of Victoria has closed the schools for watit of funds. SAN FRAN( ISCO, Dec. 25.—Arizona advises of Dec. 7th are received. General Granger is re lieved of the command of the District of Arixona and ordered to assume command of military operations in Nevada. General Crittenden is named as his successor. • The Peobutt Indians have submitted to the au thorities. General Palmer, of the Union Pacific railroad survey, was attacked by Indians north east of Prescott, but without fatal results. The territorial officers have left Prescott for Tuszon, the new captal. The• mining news is en couragi tr. NEWS BY THE CUBA CABLE. PORTO RICO. Cepatuned • Shocks oil Earthquake. HAVANA, December 27, I:i67.—Our datesTrom Mayag,uez arc to the 18th inst. The shocks of earthquake continue. HONDURAS. Value of the Timber Lands. HAvAN.s., Dec. 27, 1867.—We have intelli gence from Honduras to the 15th inst. Mcßae has found the forests there so dense and the tim ber so valuable that he Intends to return at once to Jamaica for the means and elements to buy land in Honduras, to settle thereon and export the product of these forests. ST. TIOIRINGO. Arrival of Minister PuJol at Havana. HAv.mt, Dec. 27.—The Pojaro del Oceans has arrived here with Senor Pablo Pujol, Minister of the Treasury in President Cabral's Cabinet. Ho is on his way to Washington as special envoy from the Dominican government. It is supposed that his mission bears some relation to the Samana affair. senor Pujol Sails from Havana by [the Moro Castle-3 ttttt tat Law Proclaim ed—Cabral Invested with Extraordi. nary Povireraa, HAVANA, Dec. '27, Evening.—Senor Pttjol is not at all reserved as to the Commission widen be bears. It is to close negotiations in relation to Samana. He will leave here to-morrow by the steamer Moro Castle for New York. - at; resignation of part of Cabral's Cabinet had been accepted, and Valverde, Curial and Perdorno appointed to fill the vacancies. General Pa laneo's death has been confirmed. Congress had sanctioned a new civil code and reorganization of the judiciary. The French loan has been dis approved. The lease of any part of the territory to a foreign Power was unpopular. The chief reason for closing the Legislative Chambers was the proclamation of martial law by the Executive. Extraordinary powers' had been conferred upon President Cabral, who was proving his excellent abilities and energy of character in the present emergency. He had re turned from Cibao to the capital. The provinces of St. Domingo, Citrao, Azua and Samana were tranquil. In the northern part of the republic the Bile - List revolution, under the lead of General Hungria, was still making progress. PIEXICO. Inauguration of President Juarez. -Foreign Capital at Work Against theNewYorkSteamers..the'Vacama Revolt. HAvAx.k, Doe. 27, 1867.—8 y the Virginia wo have advices from the capital of Mexico to the 17th inst. The inauguration of President Juarez was to take place on Sunday, December 22d. Congress would probably remain in session for threo months. Now seems to be Alio time for the United States Government to press its commer cial treaties with Mexico. There were foreignera at the capital watching the moment when they .could obtain from Congress a concession In fa vor of aline of steal/gra between Vera Or and ON. ORME 2:15 New York, thus throwing the line_ inaugurated under the late Captain E. W. Turner entirely out in the , !old, 3lini-ler Mejia, of War, and Iglesias, of the Treasury, had withdrawn from. the-Cabinet. There were fears that the concession to the Enklish company engaged on the Mntle. , ,o Ana Vera Cruz Railway would . fall through in the end. A special committee of Congress had been appointed to look into the affairs and relations of this company. Mr. Crawley had gone to New York for the purpose of raising money, so it was said, The excitement among foreigners consequent upon the withdrawal of the British Legation still continued. Correspondence from Europe states that it Is improbable that any money could be raised in the Old World for enterprises in Mexico. There was a great deal of misery, and the ban dits were quite active in all sections. The ex•imperialists resident in Campeachy were fearing the aggessions of their republican neighbors on account of the late revolution at Merida. The tendency of the revolution, as far as proclaimed, Is in favor of Santa Anna. Ten of the mutineers who murdered Colonel Piston Sanchez, the President of Maximilian's court martial, bad been shot for their crime. THE EARTHQUAKE AT PORTO RICO. A Graphic Account. • [Correspondence of the N. Y. Times.l - A letter horn Ponce, dated December 2, says: "The Bth of November will ever remain a memorable date for the inhabitants of these vales. Theday was very sultry, and about one o'clock heavy, sullen, lead-colored clouds began settling down upon the mountains in the distance. 'The air became close and stifling; not a leaf stirred; not a bird was • heard to sing; ,an over powering calinness of the atmosphefe pre vailed; the clouds appeared immovable, and the sun shone with a strange light, its rays tinting the earth with a fiery copper color; the moun tains exhaled thick vapors ; at intervals deep, rumbling sounds were beard, as prognosticatory of a coming tempest. Finally, at 2.42 o'clock, came the crisis. It is said that the shock lasted forty-five seconds, but others say only forty. The oscillations wdre regular, excepting the few last, in which some little variations were observed ; the direction was from the southeast to the northwest. Since the earthquake of Santa Rose, in 1.865, no kWh se vere and prolonged shock has been felt. Many persons were in the streets discussing the probe •bilitles of an earthquake, and visiting the points that suffered most on previous occasions, when suddenly a cry was heard. . One second after the cry was repeated by thousands of souls, and in stantaneously, as if by magic, the town of Ponce was left deserted. "The sea! the sea!" shouted the populace, beside themdelves with terror. The sea is coming!" cried several men rushing past. carrying children in their arms. - IttrlP! run!! to the Cerro! to the Cerro!'' shinited &hers. Such was the severity of the shocks that in the faces of all was pictured anguish and terror. Men, women and children rushed toward the cern), or heights, with such ' rapidity that in a minute its broad fields had the appearance of an immense camp. The people— no doubt terrified., .., ), , ,y the fabulous stories that had been circulated about the submersion of the Island of Tortola= did • 'not stop to reflect, but rushed toward the nearest heights, self preservation being.their only thought: At the cries of "The sea! the sea! the Mother called to her children, the wife to her busband;the air was, filled with shouts that caused the stoutest heart to quail., Here a young girl fell to the ground fainting; there a. child was seeking its mother. lost in, the crowd; a little further on a poor infirm old man vainly endeavored to reach the high ground; chil-• dren were clustered around their parents; coaches and men on horseback were going to and fro, bringing weeping women and chil dren; and amid all this disorder and horrible con fusion none seemed to give an instant for ascer taining what was in reality taking place.' An hour afterward s when calmness and order were being restored, It became known that the sea, half an hour after the first shock. bad receded t( t ) its natural level, but only to return again, sub-" merging that portion of the town nearest the shore. Beholding the first ad vance of the sea, several persons on horse back had rushed into the town spreading. the alarm; the Subsequent panic accomplished the rest. At 5.30 o'clock on the same afternoon a few oscillations were felt, as were also some more severe shocks at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 19th, since which time no record of the shocks experienced has been kept. In conse quence of the earthquake,all buildings of masonry have been abandoned, many of them baying sus tained considerable damage,. particularly the theatre, which has one of its lateral walls cracked from foundation to roof. The church has not yet been opened, but it is thought that it has suffered severely. The Government build ings and warehouses near the wharves hav,e also, been damtwed, and almost all the chimneys of the boiling-houses on the estates have been leveled to the ground. All business is paralyzed, the stores are opened and shut to no purpose. The number of masons and carpenters is inadequate to the amount of work to be done. The time for gathering the crop is upon us, and there is no material wherewith to replace the ruined buildings. Add to this the • misery and suffering of those rendered destitate, I the exorbitant prices asked for articles of food and raiment that cannot be dispensett .s with, and what will come next? . A Te Deana was sung with great solemnity on ofbmsday afternoon last at the • cathedral, the people thus giving thanks to the Almighty for the cessation of the terrible earthquakes that have affected us during the past six days. The entire clergy in full canonicals officiated. The Captain-General and all the military and civic authorities attended the service, as well as per sons of all classes of society, who thronged the naves of the sacred edifice., imploring of the merciful God a cessation of the evils with which we have been afflicted. EROIII NEW YORK• NI..NV Yortrz, December 26.—The Grand Council of Reunited Fenians, composed of seven mem bers of the Savage faction and seven adherents of the. Roberts faction, which was to have met yesterday to elect a Union President of the Bro therhood, did not convene, in consequence, it is said, of the failure of some of the members to appear at the place designated. It is now re ported that they will meet on Monday next. Mcanwhlle,it is said that a perfeiat understanding exists between Messrs. Roberts and Savage. Collector Shook; of the XXXItd District, has completed his examination of the books of one of the wine houses lately seized by him, and yes terday submitted the figures to the Assessor for his district, to obtain an assessment upon the firm for the amount of unpaid tax duo to the Government. This course is prell to au attempt to collect and subhequent prosecution for the alleged.fraud upon the revenue. An inquest was yesterday held by Coroner Gover on the body of Mesierole V. Stiediker, who committed suicide by taking laudanum. Last summer ho separated from his wife in con sequence of some domestic trouble, and after that. time drank to excess. Gen. Griffin's body passed through thiti aity yesterday, on its way to Washington. The elevated railroad, a section of which is going up in Greenwich street, is soon to be ready for trial. Mr. Richard Montgomery's plan, which embraces the' use of corrugated iron for beams and suppoits, is to be employed the building of another elevated railroad. n 2:xLraedtuian Case. Some time since a man named Freeman Smith was arrested in Kingston, Canada, charged with counterfeiting ten-cent pieces I.: lilted States coin. lie was arraigned before a magistrate in Kingston, when a demand was made for his ex tradition by the State of lowa. The Detroit v'rea Props says of the ...atm : The point at issue in the matter of the extra dition of Smith, is that raised by the Canadian authorities, to wit : tbi,t the term forgery does not come within the prpvisions of the extradi tion treaty at present existing between this coun try end the Prolieces. Counterfeiting, under the statutes of Ontario, is not an offence against the common law, but issim ply a misdemeanor. - Mr. John T. Ilice,•of Iowa; testified that by the laws of that State counterfeiting Is classed under the head of forgery, and that it was his belief that such was the prevailing rale throughout the United States. There Is clearly a conflict of opinion between the authorities of the two countries relative to the acceptation of the term "forgery," which will take considerable time yet to settle. The counsel for the accused insist upon his discharge, while the prosecution strenuously oppose it. It was suggested by Mr. B. E. Freeman. who ap pears for the prosecution, that tho point atissue be referred to the Judges at Toronto, but no further action in that direction ban yet, we be lieve, been taken. ILIVES PAR(III3, _CAPERS. dtc.--OLIVES FARUIE3 1 1_, (Stuffed Olives). Nonpareil and Superfine Capers and French Olives; froth gooda,, landind ex•Napofoon 111. front Eavre, and for sale hi MI B. DtMlllEll CO. Bouth Delawitre avenue. FOURTH EDITION. BY TELEGRAPH. LATER FROM WASHINGTON, THE FUNERAL OF GEN. GRIFFIN. IMPOSING DEMONSTRATION. THE FUNERAL PROCESSION. Distinguished Officers Present. FROM 310131L.F.• SHOOTING OF JUDGE BUSTEED. Funeral of General Griffin. (Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. WASHINGTON, December 28.—The funeral of Major-General Griffin, which took place this' afternoon, was one of the finest, displays we had here for some two or three, years. Flags were displayed at half mast throughout the city. The bodies of General Griffin and of his son arrived here early this morning, and were laid in state at the depot until twelve o'clock, when a. procession was formed, consisting of about two thousand infantry, two hundred cavalry, and a large number of carriages, and moved to Oak Hill Cemetery, near Georgetown. Several bands of music were in the procession, playing funeral dirges along the route. The bodies of General Griffin and his son occupied separate hearses, which were beautifully decorated with American flags entwined in crape. Pennsylvania avenue, along which the procession moved, was densely crowded with people, and many thou sands of colored people moved along the street, following the procession. Generals Grant, Sherman, Emory, Carr, Ricketts, Hunter, Hardie, Humphreys, Rawlins, Augur, Buell, Comstock and , Mishler, accompanied the procession; and attracted considerable attention. Arriving at the cemetery, the troops were drawn into line and presented arms as the funeral cortege passed in. The bodies were taken to the chapel, where Mrs. Griffin, ac companied by General Porter, of General Grant's staff, and a few private friends of the, family, had previously arrived. There the Episcopal service was 'read by the Rev. ',Dr. Lewis'. Subsequently the bodies were placed in a private vault, where they arc expected' to re main. Shooting of judge Busteed. Monty.E, December 28".--Distriet-Attorney B. Martin met Judge Busteed, of the United States . Distridt Court, this morning, in front of the Custom House, and said: "Judge, will you allow that indictment against me to take its course?" Busteed replied, " Sir, the law must take its course." Martin then drew a revolver, and fired three times. Judge Busteed fell with a bullet below his breast-bone, and another in the right leg. - His wounds are not considered mortaL Mar tin, who is now in jail, bad been indicted by the United States grand jury for fraud in the re venue and extortion. From Portland. PORTLAND; , Dee. 28.—A despatch from Liver pool, Nova Scotia. says that Isaac L. Gardiner, 2d officer of the steamship Carlotta, was lost overboard off Cape Sable, on Christmas day. He served under Admiral Farrigut during the re bellion. Fire at Squanturn, Mass. BOSTON, Dec. •?S=A' fire occurred at Squan turn last night, which destroyed two dwellings, two barns, sixty-two tons of hay and two valu able horses. Loss heavy, with no insurance. The Treaspry Deportment. Normv, Dec. 28.—Fractional currency received from the printing presses of the Trea sury Department for the week ending today, $399,000. The amount shipped during the week was as follows: To the Assistant Treasurer at New York, $100,000; ditto at Now Orleans, $50,000 to the United States Depository at Louisville, $50,000, and to National Banks and ' others $150,628. Total, $368,628. The following amounts in Treasury notes were also forwarded from the Department during the week: To the Assistant Treasurer at Boston, $500,000; to Assistant Treasurer at Now Orleans; $550,000; U. S. Depository at Baltimore, $22,000; Total $1,072,000. The Treasurer of the United States holds in trust for National bank,-; at this date,as security for circulating notes, $340,- 997,750, and for deposits of public moneys $37,- 817,950. Total securities held $78,815,700. National bank notes issued during the week, $55,650. Total issued to date. $305,486,161. Deducting the amount of worn out notes re turned, $5,652,:)55—the actual circulation is $299,833,06. Fractional currency redeemed and destroyed during the week, $2i3,600. FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL. The Philadelphia Money Market- Sales at the PhlladelPhia Stock Bxehange. EZTORIE LOAIIDS. 3,1 f area: 110A1D. Ilea eh Phil,tErießb6o 100 eh do \eoo 2834 100 eh do 1180 28? 100®b_ do bBO 284 200 eh Leh Nv etk Its 28U ,200 sh do 2814 200 ph Sett Nave& c,44 1236' BOAIMS. 29 ehNorrietownit eh' 64 1 4 100 eh Read R b3O 45 3 4 4 100 Bh PhilitErieß Mite 2i 200 eh t,eh No stk 241 4 : 28 eh I,l'. S ;II It 2634 100 eh MinebillE le US 100 sh Ocean Oil $6OO City 68 new • etp e 5 99;4 900 do due bill c 9934 3000 Perun R 1 rag 6e 100% 3 eh Tech Bk 29?„; 100 eh Penne R e3O 62 11 eh 'North Centß 42% RETWEEI 4000 Penns Gs 1 sera 104}S 1500 PhDs Gsnew ectp 993; 100 sh Penna R etio dye After 30 1513 i 100 eh do "330 52 100 eh do e3own 52 100 oh do e4O 137 eh do "Its 02 SECOND 130A1111. $3OOO Ti S 5-208 re '62 g 104 A; 100 200 sh Read R3te 48 48% 51100 'City 0e new e&p 00% :00 eh do U 0048.10 1000 llnloa. Cul lide 18 200 eh do b3O lots 48.10 1000 Ca&Am Os '6O 033 100 sh do. &int 40 17 eh Penna 11 52 100 sh Leh Nay etk 200 eb Catawa pf s3Own 28h; 100 eh Maple Shade 341100 eh do • 27:1.i Plll LA r.r.H.AA, Saturday, Dec. 21.--The money market continues to be characterh,ed by an abundance of capital, which is t coking employ meat at 6Rti per cent. "on call." The very limited. ailment of legitimate mercantile papbr being created is meetly absorbed by the Minim at the legal rate, while on the etreet nuance favorably tmown are 'taught after at 7610 per cent. Trade and pricea of geode, generally are anything but entimfactory.,but a more dee irable idato affaire will probably e•Aat after tho * commeneement of the. New "Year, if Congreen should take polite decieive action oil the cur rency question. There wile a falling off is the buttinese of the Steak Board thin morning. tint ernment Leant and Municipal - Honda generally worn firm, but railroad chorea were hardly me firm. City Leant, were steady at 99.,t5 fur the new and 95.tf for the old li , euee. • Reading Railroad slimed nt 48?; -no Outlive; Ponnsylvil nia Railroad advanced to bli; Philadelphia and Erie Rail road mold to eollle extent at 28;4 r. 0., lad do. elinoOf 127 was bid for Camden and Amboy Railroad; 4.1 X for Germantown Railroad ; Wald for Mina fill Rail road; 32 for North Pennsylvania Railroad; 23t‘ for Cala- Wlo9tl Railroad preferred, and 43.,k5 for Northern Central Railroad. In Canal ollarco tho only onice were of Lehigh Naviga tion at 204—a deelino... Delaware Diviolon was nominal at bt and Schuylkill Navigation Preferred at 22. In Bank oharco and Paroenger Railway eecuritiee the traaeaetione were limited, and the only change in the former win a decline iu Mechanics' National. Bowen & Fox advertise that they will pay the lam. ary milieu, of the Pemberton & 1 - lightoto we Railroad Company. The Beading Railroad Compan.V have declared a divi• dend of five per cent, upon gib preferred awl common stock; clear of National and State tax, payable in Hoek, on and after the 20th of ilatinary next. 'rho transfer bobke at the Company will be clesed on Tucoday, the 3let hat., omit im•opeted cn Tuesday, Jarnia6 , t 4, Mr.Burom, the City Treasurer, announces that city loam maturing janhary lot, will be paid on pre senta Son; en sod igtei January ; also, tbs.: the out sum' • interest on the city fiinded del.t cvill t ~id nt the same time. 6 The North Fee nsylvania Railroad co: , rens ~: ,January let, will be paid at the office of the C'onteny on and after the al prox. Smith, Randolph & Co.. Bankers, 16 South Third street. quote at 11 o'clock, as follows: Gold, la3J-.1; United States 6e, 1881. 112';@..11:”,i ; United. States 5-20'13, '62. 108610841 s•2's 1861,105',;61(534: Oars 1865, 105"A106; sars, July, 1866, 108.4@100;',..; 5.20% July, 1837.100,@1083,; United ;Mita 5'.419.4 0.0 . 101;',1"@101.7,, ;• United States 7-20's,9d series 1.61 , 1;001,04' a 8d series, 104;W.,104',, ; Compcunds. Decem. bar. 1864.119%, bid. Messiil. Do Haven ds Brother, N 0.40 South Third street, make the following quotations'of the rates of exchange, to•day, at 1 I'. M.: American Gold. 132!,(5.)133".': Silver, 1-26612934; U. S. 6's of 188, 1123,06112%; do. 1862,1077,6 108...;; do. 11164, 10514'610514; do. 1865, old, 105.f,;6106',i; do. 1865, new,1108 1 .,610835; do. 1867,new. 10W-A10834; 11 - B. Fives, Temfortles, ioe,Atom • do. 7 1110% June, 104,,eal IOC: ; do. Ju1y,04346104:4; Compound Interest Notes— June, 1864 . 19.40; uly, 1864, 19.40; August, 1864,19.40; Oc. tober. 1864, 19.40 December, 1864, 19.40; May, 1865, 17@17%; August, 865, 1630616;4; September. 1868 151 . /;@ 1.5%; October, 1865 15.3.:@155,1. Jay Cooke dt Co. quote Government securitie4 etc., to day, as follows: United States 6'5,1881, 1121;611236: Old 5 .2 0 BoMde, 108@108U; New 5•20 Bonds, 1e61,10504 105%; 6-20 Bonds, 1866, 105X@106; 5-20 Bonds, July, 1865. 1061:M10834; 5.20 Bonds, 1 1867, 108 1 i®10834; 10.40 Bonds, 1015x6101.70":, 7 8.10, June, 104%@1043.1": 7 3 40 , July. /OW@ 154: ; Gold, 113,'; 61335 x. t' e:1! !'(loch. BA I'UnDAY, December 28.—Bark—Tbe receipts, as well as the stocke, are exceedingly small, and No. 1 QuercitrOn is in good demand at $56 per ton. There is a firm feeling in the Flour market, but not much activity. The demand for home consumption Is circumscribed within unusually narrow limits. About 800 barrels were disposed of at $7 5008 25 for Superfine; $8 50(49 25 for Extras $9 75011 for Northwest Extra Family; $lO 75012 for Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do.; and fancy brands at $l2 15(0.14, according to quality; 100 barrels Virginia sold at $l4 25. Rye Flour is selling at $8 5005 75 per barrel. Nothing doing inCorn Meal. There is veil little prime Wheat offering, and this de. scription is in fair demand, but the views of holders are above those of buyers; sales of 2,000 bushels Red at $2 40 4)'2 45 per bushel. Rye is unchanged:. sales of Pentio9l - at $1 72051 76. Corn is quiet at yesterday's quo tations; sales of old Yellow at $1 4001 41; new do, at $1 104) 1 20, and now and old Western mixed at $1 30(, $1 33. Oats are held firmly, with sales of 15,000 bushels Prime at 7706 80c. Nothing done in either Bailey or Malt. Whisky—common, in bond, may be quoted at 2701. c. per gallon. • The New York Money Market. [From Today's Herald.] DEOEMM IU 21.—Speculation in the gold room continues to be mainly in favor of a fall, and tits market is in con. sequence largely oversold, as the active borrowing de mand for eerie sufficiently Indicates: The price, never theless. remains steady. the extreme range to-day having Nam from 113' to 1,343.4' with the closing transactions prior to the adjeurnmeri „ t of the board at 134. Loans were made without interest and at 1.3:3®1-64 per cent, per diem, and Ifaii per cent. per annum for borrowing, as well as without interest. and at 10-2 per cent. per annum for carrying. The gross clearings amounted to M 4,0,045,000, the gold balance to :5t,183,750, and the cur - piney balance to IS M-50,605. Money was in moderate demand from the Stock Ex change, and loans were generally made at sir: per cent., the exceptiona being at aeven. The supply was not stir, ficiently large to cause lendera to leave balances with the leading dealers in i loveronient securities at fiver - per cent., b it it was ample as a rule at one per cent below the legal rate- a sure sign of, monetary ease. Xierir) Is a sluggish movement in discounts, and whiley-commercial paper of the first class pauses freely at ICriyitl - per cent. on the street, inferior grades are out of favor. The disburse. ment of the January dividends of this banks and other Corporations will undoubtedly contribute greatly to swell the volume of loanable funds, and hence an active invent ent as well as speculative deniand for government and other securities is eNpected by a large majority of the speculators on the Stock Exchange. The bears, on the other hand, although inactive, say that the cliques are selling out whenever opportunity favors them and that the expected rise will not take place. 'The dullness in trade by making money abundant mWall street can hardly fail, however, to sthr rilate Speculation ;but the policy of the cliques is of course dependent upon the judgment or caprice of•indi viduals. The market for railway sharesylelded slightly this afternoon, but closed steady after being firm during the morning. Mr. McCulloch has written a letter to the President of a Boston bank, in which he says that he is now quite hope ful that there will be no legislation by the present Con gress adverse to his own views. He e, however, likely to find himself disappointed if he thinks that the Senate will' not pass the anti-contraction bill already , acted favorably upon by the House and reported by the Finance Committee of the Senate without a dissenting voice In arder to remove all doubt and further reas sure the people on this important subject of the cur. rency, the senate, when it reassembles, should lose no time in voting upon the measure. and the interests of the country demand that it or Oa equivalent shall be 'conic a law. The trade of the country is in a very depressed condition, and a continuance of contrac tion would Involve a commercial panic which would prostrate the trade of the country and result in such a decline in the internal revenue and customs receipts that the Treasury would in .all probability be unable to meet its current expenditures 110111 interest pay moats. It is, therefore, necessary that Arr. 31cCulloch's policy should be overthrown by the withdrawal from him of all power over the eurrency,and it would be well at the same time to limit iris authority in othor important respects, and particularly with regard tc the sale oLgold. The fol lowing is the text of the letter referred to. - TnEwrieny DEPA IrTMENT' ‘ 'Dec. ^ -I, 1687.—Ni1-Dear Sir: i Your favor of the 21st inst. is received. There is a good deal of difference of opinion among the members of Con gress in regard to what shall be hereafter our financial policy. At the commencement of the emission it seemed that the inflationists were in a decided ma jority; brit before the adjournment for the holidays a more conservative spirit was manifested, and I nun now quite hopeful that there will he no legislation by the present Congress favorable to the views of General Butler or very adverse to three of the Secretary. We shall know better, however, when Congress again convenes. With thanks for the uniform support which I have re ceived at your hands, 'remain very truly yours. H. Mee CLLOC [From to -day's Tribune.] Philadelphia Produce Market. Dr.'. 27. State bonds were weak on Tennessee Cs, ex. coupon, a bich were pressed for sale, and sold an low an 6:314. The ;sew bonds were firm at ti ';a The break in the Old bonds was caused by conversions into the New, as there is no substantial difference at present between the two classes. Missouri 6s were strong at 90. 'llThe Mia cellaneons Aare was all strong and active. Canton role at 51; Cumberland 303, Quicksilver. 21' Western Union was very active, selling at 391... i, closing at 372',, Pacific Mail was firmer, open ing at 110. selling at 119; closing at IW. At lantic Mail is quoted. at 1190i'1193.i. E:,pres , s 'rocks con tinue steady, with moderate transactions. Railway shares opened steady with a fair demand. and at the Board there was an active demand for all the Punting speculative shares After the call there was a reaction, Eric sold at 72,7.,:; Michigan Southern, 83; Northwestern Preferred, but at the one o'clock call there wag an improvement and an active demand to purcha.m. At the Second Board there was a sharp rally on Cumberland Coal, which sold at The Rail. way share list was steady, but sffer the call Erie broke dawn to 72M, and the balance of the list sold off from to 30 per cent Ar the eloge the market 'Allied a fraction, and closed steady at quotations. Michigan Southern was very firm at 85',;u36534; Rock Island. 9tPoia ;1914• Registered 6s. 1881, 1:18'..411181:: Cot:panne, 19,81,112 , 4 411:11-1; Registered 5-20 s, 1869, 104,',.; Coupon 1,205, lee, 108'.0108.1.4t• Coupon 5 205, IE6I, 10E0.(ii;IWif',.; Coupon 5205. 189.0. 1.057.M1057,1; Coupon, new, 1805, 108',(108'4; Coupon 5.20 e, 1867. RA ', ; (R108.14 ; Registered 10.405, 1011 u; Coupon 10-400,101,i4101",:;7-300,2d,104damo 4 ;i . ;.:3q9,3dati ; Tennessee fig, ea-coupon. SlPt*OS Tennessee de, new, Wia6234 ; Missouri Sixes. 99', a99id ; Canton, ;AM ; Cum berland, 32a1r1, ; Western t nion, 37%01373d ; Quicksilver, 91 3 t: Marron, 7'. 1 a8; Mariposa Preferred, 13,3014; Pa cilia Mail, 110a110' t: Atlantic Mail, 119%,411931i; Boston Water Power, 18,'.n19.34 ; New 1 ork Central. 1171,a1173 ; ;; Erie. 72,,ia72 s : Erie, preferred, 74a7486; ID tdson.l3lal.VX Reading, 90 ` n 09056 ; Michigan Central, 107.a109; Michigan Southern, 85...a9536; Central, 1:1141:30; Cleveland an 4 Pittsburgh, 871'i; Northwentero., 577.,:a54: North western, pfd., Clevelan . d cnd '1 oledo, 9 , P ,a931,i; Rock island, .?9',,a9.9,id; St. Pam, 4 , 3a4 , 5`.; St. Paul, Pfd.. 64" 65; Fort Wayne, 051',105054. Stoney continues in full supply , to brokers at 6 per cent, with occasional transactions at 7 per cent. Some loans _were made on Governments at 5 per cent. Foreign ex change is steady. Bills at.tiOdayidon London are quoted at 10 ,q4llO for commercial; 1104104 for bankers; do. at short 5ight..11014(411031; 60 days . , 5.19445.1236; do. at short sisht, 511'4(45.10; Antwerp, u-16 . .,(5t 5.153 d; Swiss. 5.16. 4 445.13.11: Ilamburg, Ainnterdam, 41A' ',41)• ; Frankfort. 41;?,,Qt41 ; Bremen, 79‘,R,79.1 , :,1 Prussianthalers, 7•20.5.72‘.1- The London papers by the Scotia report as follows of the movements of the Banks of England end France: The return of the Bauk of England for the week ending tee- 11, gives the following results, when compared with the pi evious week: Pest,. ........... 4 . .2 054 Public depeeits 5 7ti3,70ti....increa5...... 4:40,054 Other deposits .... 100079,528. ..lneretos: ..... t". 2.516 Novo nment el euritiee... 111,319,t113 Nochange... other securities 17,U26312....1nerea5e 210 3ai Notes unemployed 1t . 1.1.02,505....1nerea , 401 MO The amount of notes iu circulation is .1'13.400,[ 5, toing a decrease of f 441, 5%3.5: and the stock of bullion in both departmente is 41.0.13,557, eliowing a decreuee cf when compared with the preceding rttl:rn. 'The return of the Bank of France to the cork ending December LI shows,the eliawea unlit aced with that of hint week: C0mb................ ...... r, .... Private acc0unt5................ „lucre ..... 7,2e,ileu Treanor" ba1ance........ ..... .. iive .2.5t11111.1 Bills Diteolltited. .ii••Creao , ‘....: 15,060.000 Advances. ........... .... .... .... . 110,000 Trio coin and bullion till! still inc-easing with the addition of ne - t shown, the total hats reaelice the collonsal :lon. The inrerencee an to the dullness of trAtie, which are euggested by this unprecedented culmination .if the precious tnetat-:, are confirmed by the continued tolling in tt: disco The Tow:sr (Ksustut) Record states that the forthcom ing report of the State reasurer shows that thole wee. in round numbere. out,. land mg tie 11 , our the Ist inst. to the are (mot of $448,001, Against 01)5 sue lust yea r..lt also shows the following re, oil ts into the 'Pre:miry during the yeer For to xee for the years DEL 185:1 ISO 3. ISO 4, t 065 and 113t53, and for the sale of bonds, sellout tied railroad hinds. Ate. .... . . .. . . .. :9400,074 28 Total diebur50mente................ .. . ....... 444,460 '.2.7 P6IIIIICP On hand.. —.._ . . .$35 lit) al The t. tal bonded intiebtada IN State .m 16741,0 0 0. 'rho agile% including to cex Jnpaid, The Latest Reports by Telegraph. N Yon,c,_Dec. 96.—Stooka heavy. Chicago and stock joi n ed, 9; pleading, cold ; Cautou VompanY, .W 6; Cleveland and '1 °ludo, 98l6• Cleveland and Pith.. burgh, 07;6; l'itteburgh and Fort? Wayn.•, we; Mielligau Central, 106'6; Michigan Southern, 55 ; New Yorlt .11.7'.; Central, 11111; llitinbcriand preferred, 13130; Nfiretani ge, 100; Ittineuniltivor,i:i3; ; dn.. 1004, 105,1: • do., 10.33, ;o),`s; Toll•gorti' 10 : 101'; ; Seven-Thirtieg,lll4l‘t , ;'Money, 6 per Exchange, 1110..; (bold. 1111.13.2. N en• You., Dee. 26 —Cotton fire) .1 1. - .:1 , ; declined 6@loo.:_eales of 4ON 1,1)1H. ; State, 198 ;ItX‘oll , h 6; Ohio, $9 70(0.1.3; Wooten), 5i,; Southern, *9 90(54 14 50; *l2 504<033 To , . IYheat quiet; raltoi of (2,000 buehele: Spring, $9 '0; White Michigan , 1 6 1 3 19. Coro dull: declined le ; 20,w0 buithelo Weeteer; at 41 341f1 30,y. Onto ;mkt; Weetern, 84e. Barley .poet. Beef quiet. k l / 4 10, dull; Me.:,;, $2ll 90; Lard aril Whid. y quiet. - . I BAAV NTIIANd, A VOTIONEEtt. N. R. CORNER, Third and fivrn..o Ptreetti, only ono squaro balotv the Exchange. *WACO() to loon In largo or tonall amount.% nn Almnonola shyer plate, wittcheo, jovelry, and all good:I or VOIOC. .I)dioe hoor4 from 8 A. M. to 7 C. M. err tlotab. Jibbed for the loot forty yoaro Adra coo Math) in largo annnurannt Wallet rt,tol. !O.lf ru • EXTRA. FIFTH EDITION. BY TEL EGFR IMPORTANT CABLE NEWS. FENIAN EXCITEMENT. THEY CAPTURE. A TORT: ESCAPE WITH THEIR PLUNDER. By the Atlantic Cable. LONDON, Dec. 28th, Noon.—The Fenlank; seem to be unusually active alt over the country. Nearly every hour in the day despatches are re ceived by the anthoritles announcing either con templated movements of the brotherhood, or their actual occurrence. Telegrams of quite a serious nature have been been received today from Cork, giving tho de tails of another Fenian coup de main. Last night, about 12 o'clock, a large body of men with black ened faces, stormed the Martell° Tower, near Cork. The guard on the tower ISras overcome And scattered, and the victonous Fenians hastily Col lected together a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition, and escaped with them unmo lested. The late operations of the Fenians h / axe had the effect of rekindling the public ,ozeitement which bad nearly died out. Mancimprobable rumors are afloat, includi%/4:die that a Fontan cruiser had been seen o'vthe Irish coast and chased away by BritisWar vessels. A man was arrted in this city last night, On - the charge 4 -having firektho fuse winch eattand the recent v explosion at Clerkenwell. From the info ration in the hands of the authorities, It Is slieved the true culprit has at last been captured. UITY BULLETIN. STATE OF THE THERMOMETER THIS DAY AT THE BULLETIN OFFICE. 10 A. M... 49 deg. 12 M. —5O deg. 2P. M.., deg. Weather clear. Wind Northwest. CITY MORTALITY.—The number of interments in the city for the week ending at noon to-dat, was 254, against 251 the same period last year. Of the whole number 117 were adults, and 137 children-67 being under one year of age; 123 were males, 131 females; 70 boys and 67 &le. The greatest number of deaths occurred in the Twentieth Ward, being 21, and the smallest num ber in the Sixth Ward, where only - two' were re portedt The principal causes of death were: croup, 11; congestion of the brain, 7; consumption, 38; con vulsions, 12; disease of the heart, 11; debility, 11; typhoid fever, 9; inflammation of . the lunge, 22; marasmne, 8, and old age, 5. BOGUS CUD:M.—This morning a handsome aet of furs, valued at $425, was obtained frora the establishment of Jacob. Dorner, No. 412 Arch street, by a bogus cheek. p, The check given was on the Girard National Bank. LACE CURTAINS] UPHOLSTERY' GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTION'S. • Attention is specially asked to the quality of the Goods offered. Being selected personally of the best manu facturers in the foreign markets, pur chasers may rely on getting articles of prime quality and at only one profit on first cost, there being no intermediate profit to pay. 1. E. WALRAVE.N a. MASONIC HALL, 719 Chestnut Streete °RIPPER & MADDOCK, (Late W. L. Maddock & C 0.,) N 0.115 South ThiraStrdet, CHOICE ALMERIA GRAPES 40 Cents Per round. noultsLE CROWN DIEIIESIA. RAISIN% SINGLE CROWN DEUESA RAISIN 4. LONDON LAYER RAISINS. LOOSE MUSCATEL . RAISINS. SULTANA. RAISINS. SEEDLESS R AISINS. NEW LAYER FIGS, PIWNELLOS, . PRUNES, FUCA:it NEW PAPER-SHELL ALMONDS. ORANGES, CITRON, CURRANT% And a great variety of Goods suitable for the (;hr.letnute Season, at the lowest price. ALL GOODS WARRANTED. detuaatoml PATENT SHOULDER SEAM SHIRT MANUFACTORY. Orden; for these celebrrited Shirts supplied PronlyttS - . brief Imam Gentlemen's. Furnishing Goods, Of late styles in full variety. . WINCHESTER & CO 706 CHESTNUT:. Jam.w.ttf REMOVAL. W. A. ALIFINOILX) -- Has removed Lis Depot for Dem Date of IPUltaileES RANGES. GrItATESSLATE 41144. e from Zito. CEIESTNUT ' Street to • ~. 130 cHESTN UT STREET. iyium w f 19 • FOR NIM roRI vu. Dr,,Likw&RE imp) ItAitITAN CANAL. e KIFCCLAS Steainbout Co ass' fitennt rro. polkas leave 1) 1y from firet wharftKdoer,illerkesetteec,, Throrgh in twenty-four houra. (WO. tertverded to ale points. North. Beet end West, froenteotruniseion, Froiehta received at the lowomtrat*. whi. P. C itill)F. cO., A4ents, 14 Souttx.lVties:”..i. JAMES RAND, Agont. 104 'Wall strdot. bov:1-ork; 3:30. O'Olock.
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