GIBSON PEACOCK. editor. VOLUME XXI.-NO. 236. THE EVENING BULLETIN TUDIASIIED EVERY EVENING (Sundays excepted), AT TUE NEW 'BULLETIN BITILDING, 001 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, BY TIIS EVENING BULLEIIN ASSOCIATION. PEOrsIRTOR.B. GIBSON PEACOCK ERNEST C. WALLAM 9 L FETIIFRSTON ,THOS. J. WIIAJA/180N. ()AVER nOUDER. Ja, YICANCIB WELLS. The Dour/rim is served to subscribers in the city at 18 ernits per week, payable to the currier& or ite per armum. 11/ITEDDING INVITATIONS AND VISITING CARDS Irt Engraved orWritten. Newest - styles of Wedding Stationery. Call and look at samples. W. G. PERRY. Stationer, 1 Arch street.' MARRIED. FRENACM—RENNEDY. — On January 10th. at the Cathedra e Rey. Janice Rielly, R. A. Freaage.to Addle K ennedyall of tbh city. DIED. DRUMING.—On ?May. 10th Instant, after a lingering Illness, Charles Brutal In the bid year of his age. Doe [unto will be of the funeral. • }TEN (111.—On th • , log of the 11th instant, Carrie, daughter of t•harles •. and Anna B. French, aged ejev . en months. GASKILL.—On Thersday evening, 9th inst., Benjamin Warne, only 1.011 of Benjamin and Margaret Gaskill, aged mon Le and 1 flays. OQDBY.—On the 9th lint, Louise C., eldest daughter of Louis A.Sledey. The Ingle friends of the family are invited to attend her funeral, from the ell d ence of her father, 1117 Chestnut swt, ARIL- Monday next, lest 18th, at 11 o'clock, A. M. lt —Oa the 10th fest, Nettie M., wife of Kingston R. Tarr, and daughter of the late John Murphy, In the 22d year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend her funeral, from Nq. 1427 Vine street, on Tuesday next the 14th instant, at 10 o'clock. lnteratent at Laurel 11111. BURIAL CASKET. !ATOM FOE DAMN CL/VITZD JTILT 90E47. • R. S. 1L1.1.1.27, vSOZLTAKZL. IL Z. 90IIKKII Or TZ3l7n AIM POZEN MOWS. I claim that my_ uew improved and an patented BURIAL CASKET is far more beautifu l ln form sn4 finish than the old unsightly and repu ve coMn, and that its construction adds to its strength and dun'. WIR. W T e, the undersigned, having had occasion to pee in our families K. S. EABLEY . B PATEN'r BURIAL, CASKET, would not in the future use any other they could be ob. lathed. Bishop M. Simpson, Rev. J. W. Jackson, J. IL Schenck. M. D., E. J. Crippen, C . J. Manion. U. 8. N., Jacob S. Surdas/I, Rev. 1). W. Liartine, B. D., Gto. W. Evans, Bent Orne, Wm. flicks, J. W. Claghorne, D. N. Slum `LARD--JA LTA R 1( 1. MM.— Vi RR dr, LANDELL, rourth lJ and Arch. are prepared to mitt fatuilico with, DBN BOOBS, GOOD VL %NNeL 4 AND riIALINA. G 001) TABLV. LIN) Ng AND N SILK GOOD BLACK AND COI.OKED • itiLlGlol;ts 11141TICUt Bar t i e . f i i 4llg ir n c, Bp 0 D STREET PRE3BY. P. M., by Rev. E. . - r " , of a u t 'ar i n. A J . . M. 4n111'46 intepw. WESTERNPitt tifiWERIAN enteenth and Filbert etreetil, Rev. Mir, &Odle will preach Babbatn morning and afternoon. lc* witir SERMON T• 1 TUE YOUNG. BY STOKK. in St. A Dd. eN Lutherkil • !lurch. northeiut corner (Ilan) limed and ligch-Selinath evening at Mi. All wel come. It' egovir- CALVARY PREEiRYTERIAN CHURCH. LO .."'"' curt 'treat, above teenth. PreachingloAnorrovr, snornintand evening, by Rev..). U. Melleaine, or Prince- It' Morning % d '.lcrt o t.l.NG. D. WILL PIM ntai la the Tenth k rt.n , b) ina c a ' s rr i r " d Di ' n n * F I 4 . of Twelfth nud alnut sheet. Bervieta 1.030 and ba.e - - willaTEFX.'r. I. 14,116()ON. WILL PREAVII IS tli Brost' Street B eptlrt Church. co - ner of Broad and Brown streete, to-morrow at 103¢ A. Al and 7Y, .• lt" YOURTII BAPTIST CIIURCII, FIFTH AND Buttonwood aretts Rev. A. Judeen nage, the inewly now Pastor will commence hie Doxin to. mortow. &trims commence et litsi A. M. and 7,/y P. SL. ST. PAUL'S CIIERCII—TIIIRD. BELO A' I li rWalnut—vr 11l he open as moll Toanorrow Erm ine. 0.1)0 , /clock. Arrwkori by Rev. Richard Newton, D. D. 'Young men apeciety Melted. It. - - CENTRAL PRESUYTERTAN ner Eighth and berry ttrnctn. The It-tr. Dr. Reed. Pastor, will wench To-rnorrow Morning at on oclocic, and In the evt sting at 'IN; o'clock. A tit:. mon on tho oar jest of Infiddity teal) be preact.ed to oung ~ lcn. It• siitikv.." 7, WEST A10..:M STREET PRESBYTER.' tN Church. coritcr of Eichttchth sheet. Rev. Thomm Street D. of New 'York, Connelly" of Greeu iiitl Presbyterian Church, will reach tomorrow at .1.0:4 o'clock A. M. mut Us, P. M. Strangers welcome. lt* p ar OIL/BCH OF THE NEW TESPAMtr.NT, Eleventh and Wood. Sermon, Sabbath, 3M V. M.; and a Free Popular Lecture, Mein Audience Room. Mou. day, 7,45 P. M. liotb by Pcv. IL L. tic ward. Collection Meted of ticket*. All Invited. Come! Re jar OLD SPRUCE STPEET RA PT IdT CLIVItt:II. Epruce atter. below Fifth. Rev. J. NVheat.:n 3mith. D. D.. Peator. Preaching Sunday Mowing, at lON o'e.tck. Erening. at 'fbie ordinance of btp tl,m will be adruinietered. It jgera OLD PINE STREET ClltlitCll, COnNER OF Fourth snd Pine Strecto. Preaching by the Pas tor, Rey. it. H MI(0, tam' crow morning at / 0 X O ' Ci o e.. In the evenlug at 7X6 o'clock. Second Lecture to Young Ledlcai--eubject, 'Tice young Girl at Home." All cordt shy invited. it• SPlivON Trl YtJUNG Po-:OPl.t✓ —RED'. J. F. •""' McClelland will preach in Trinity M F Chum% Eighth rtnret, above Race. on Sot day, 12th icd., at 10 1 4 A.M. At 754 M P !Pullen till! be preached to Vottog People. MrdicAl itudcn•e are particularly invited. Scala retetved in the body of the Church. sar THE LAST NIGHT IS SODOSL—A tiEltfF.S of Stamens on th-. Oa S cene± in the 'Mile" will be commenced by itee. Dr. March. tomorrow (+in. dal) nettling, at Di o'clock:, in the Clinton Street Chu'cb, - Tenth, below Spruce. Subject of the find terrnm ae above. Ali pertoun are cordially Invited. It' ser THE Tr NTII OF THE SERIES OF SERMONS to M, dical Student& by the Itiehopm tut,' clergy of the Pit,teittint Gr lecopal Church, a 111 be delivered by the Lev. Dr. t la xion. at St Andrea 'a Church, Eighth atreet, near Si nice, on Sunday Evening naxt, at 75a o', lock. The atiata in tho udddle alibi will be ratter:ad for Stu identa. IrA or WEST SPRUCE STREET CIICIRCII, CORNER of Seventecuth sod Spruce streets. Rev. .1. k Nevins, rnts,lonary to china, will presto .on Sabbath morning lab Inst.. at 105 i o'clock, upon the "Wide Doors of Pseanion," use Rev. Win. P. Breed, D. D„ In the availing at 734 o'clock. Subject of discount, wit; be — .saga kliniatrations." It. par THESOCIETY. SOCIET FOR THE ADVANCEMENT of tthelstianlty In Pennsylvania wiii celebrate its FI TY-SIXTH Anniversary on SUNDAY SNENING NEXT, at SAINT MARS'S CHURCH, at 7, o'clock. when a sermon will be preached, and a collection made In aid of the Society. GEORGE . W. HUNTER. I Secretary. ger "CITY LIFE AND THE YOUNG." FAY reti.tect of the YOuciG HEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, REV. J. 'l'. MoCI.EL .AND Will preach on the above oubject in the • TRINITY M. E. CHURCH, Eighth, below Vine, Tomorrow (Sunday) Evening, at 734 o'clock. Sento tree. It SPECIAL CV lOTA Ill.EB. sor WATER RENT NOTICE. DEPARTMENT For Supplying the City with Water. Office No. 104 South Fifth Street Tho Water Rents for lafFt wilt be received at this Office on and after MONDAY, January lath, and until May let, without penalty. jalo-6txp ORO. F. KEYSEB. Register. GOPSILL'S PHILADELPHIA CITY DIRECTORY FOR 1068. The subscriber takes this method of informing the in tabitauts of Philadelphia trod he is about closing the ...compilation of tho City Directory, and would thank all .Jparties who have or are about making changes in their -Irma place of business, or residence, to notify him im. `: ,znediateiy , 130 ae to enablo him to make the necessary ;alterations. „ The canvass for the Business Directory will commence ..con Tuesday, the 7th inst., when all business men are re. .„..'..quested to give the canvasser such information as ho may reek. ISAAC COSTA, Compiler. .WM4 Office 201 South Fifth street, third floor. THE MANUFACTURERS , NATIONAL BANK. l'inctectruts. ' Jan, loth, NU. • At the annual elecHon hold on the Bth mat., the fel. I Viewing were elected Directors to servo for the, ensuing JOIIN JORDAN, JE„ HI , NItY D tV/8, - D. D. JON Fl, JOHN'O. PPLIER. ENOS. i.. RKFOR,_ O,iaRFA SHARK; JOHN Oi& 1H RT lUtittWRN r•TODDART, HENRY GEIGER. joAko J , And oka meeting of the Boned hold Ms day JOHN AN, r.. with itnimiwookay moleetect PrPeldent. M. W. WOODWARD, (Juder. SPECIAL NOTICES, sfir c n u ll i f:AVN LIFF, INSURANUe. AND TRU4T Prim ADIMP FIT A, .Jan. 2. \ 1839. At an election for Trustees bold a'. this oflico on Aim &9, the lith inst.. the folio .ing named gentlemen were chosen to serve the ensuing year: Alexander Whilldin. Isaac Haziehorst. (I eorgo Nugent. James L. Olsghorns James Pollock. Henry K. Bannutt. J. Edgar Thomson. L H. Whlildle. Albert U. , oberts. iicorgo W. Ilill. Philip B. Mingle. John %Vonautaker. Alexander O. Cotten. And at a mr eting of the Tr lowing officers were unsni R nii ALEXANDE ORoIiGE NOG jell 24 • JOHN S. Wll.- Tlld FARMERd . 1115 r TIONAL fIAkK PIIILAMUJIIIA, January 10th. PM At an election held on tne Bth day of January. 1868. the fellow's's! named stockholders were elected Directors of this Bank: 1:41141. O. Lewis, Jostma B. Lippincott, John Ashhurst. J Edward Farnum, Anthony .1. Antelo, George W. Farr. Jr., Benjamin A. Farnham, William IL Woodward, Francis Tete. William H. Merrick, Lindley Smyth. °barks H. Hutchinson. Richard C. ale,D And, at a meeting of the D rectore this day. EDWIN H. LEWIS, Egg., wee unanimously re-elected President islo-101 W. RUSHTON. Ja.. Cashier, bATIONA PITI B A S Kra in A 1 At an eh!cticiti h Id on t named Stockholder* were eh George K. Ziegler, John A. Brown. A. E Rorie ' S. Cann John Bodine) And at a meeting of the K. ZiEGLEH, Eeq.,vraaillitl7 jalbatult ser AktkRICAN UONSaIiVATORY OF MEMO. S. E. corner TENTH and WALNUT duvets. Seventh Matinee .AT NEW HO !CUL Cif SAL DAM. Tbit (SATURDAY) Afternoon, at half-pa.t 3 P. 51. New 'Clam.% for Beginnersn d Advanced Pupils for Singing, Piano, Violin, and all orcheatral instrumente, Harmony, Elocution and Language& Pupil re, eived every da) tua :ud next week. Ptll-1t ter IFFICI. OF Tilt Flit.. CON 0m... CO3l. r. 3. AY, 407 LIBItAI Y B'r it EET. Pinta DELPItIk. Jan. 10th. The Directors of the Volt u Uoil t; enpany have thi4 day declared n dividend 'Llaree eer Cent. payable, on and after %10N1.M.1 —January 20th inatauL tranAf -r 'podia will close on the lfg h blatant. nud opou on tho ;,fit blatant. P. C. HOLLIS, all 15 20t T , ensurer. ••••r liter NATION • t. BANK Jnnuary WA. The Board of Dlrectoro, con-idering ft de-lrable to change the Dlvldetd period of thi, ba L frow ]Say and November to January nod July, have thin day declared a Dividend of Two l'er Cent. for the pant two months, pay able on demand., clear of M t•oc. OILION 51ol1IC1IAFL, Cant-it-T. ocM3mr9 par 1, V A.N La. LULIT nit I ALUDEM. Y EEO YENS TELTEBDAY, January 2,1, For Cif culare aLOY COL. TUEO. HYATT. MERCANTILE LIIIRARY.—TIIE4 .1 ANNUM, Meeting of c tockholdere of the MERCAN TILE LIP RA RI (;031i'ANI". will nn held in the Library room on Toemlay eveolng, tbd 214 iit L. at 7,Y, o'clock. 'the auinal take are nowdue bond payable at the Libra. rime* deck. .1,0 riN LA RDNER, jafi m w f Itrt4 }tee:going Ilecretary. tor PENN NATIONAL BANK, Putt.apaLvtite.JIIIICIELTYIOOI,I B 6B. JAMES PrSSELL, hartua'..r Japed ttln pOditiOrk CithiliCl of this the /4°44 of Diivetors have unanituotoly elected GEOlttiE I'. I,4ICGtIEAI)., to till the %scum, trout 036 date. E. DALLE'f Prerld-mt. air A 31:-.ETING TIIE tt1:1-"1:13L:teAN 'AMA of the Becrod Division Tweet. sixth Ward, will be held TILJS EVEN rN G. tit 7M o'clock, at the l're citct Tiouse, corner of Ni,th sti•ect aud road QUINTUd BitOWS. President- A ICIEETING OF THAL 11ANAGEll3 OF VIA sir Your g 31L Houle of Poilad Ipta 4. will be held at 1726 tipruct rtreet, on I'liijnall.A.l.; February 6th. at 7.1 a Y. M. w'wAhD tiosrtiAL, 1\ 08. lout A NIJ lbSl Lombard etrett DiApeze•ery De uartineut.—ledi eel treatment and tuedicLutA turutnhcdgratuitoady to the poor. Wpr , CO511: TO 111 F. Y VIION 51E.ET1NGS g"."' for Prayer and Y. r hortatio, , . at Ltlo from 12 to 1 1% M.; at Cuion Viwrati. toartb. bt &rat. itoto 4 to 5 Y. Si. Jala2trp gam— NEWbPA.PERES, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, WAS P$ Paper, Ito. Bought by E. HUNTER, dell trot No. 613 Inv no kreet. ITALIAN.OPERA.—The new comic opera by Pc trello, The Carnival of Vt nice, attracted a great audience last evening. The story is a lovely one and some of the situations are very amusing. The music is trash, as is all of Petrella's, clever as he 'eat times in producing effects. But the Set nes arc so merry, and the singing and acting of Maretzek's artists are so good, that the opera is very enjoyable, for one night at least. Mme. Testa was particularly good last evening. She has a decided gift for comedy, and her part suited her admirably. Miss Hauck, Messrs. Roncoul, Boragli, Bellini, Barili and Bacelli all did their part! will. Some of the best music of the Car nival is written for the chorus, and it was ex tremely well done. This afternoon Crispino, which is a much better comic opera, will be played; and this eve ning there will be a concert in which Rossini's Stubut Mater will form part of the programme, On Monday evening Gounod's new grand opera of Romeo and Juliet will be produced. AIERICAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.—Tho Seventh Matinee, Inaugurating the winter quar ter,' will be given at New HortieultUral Hall, this afternoon at three o'clock. New classes are being formed (as per advertisement in another column), for which pupils will be received every day next week. There are evening classes for - gentlemen and ladles, for piano, singing, etc. SmioAv CONCERTS.—Mr. Hassler will give his Third Grand Sacred Concert tomorrow evening at Concert Hall, The following attractive pro gramme has been prepared: 1. Overture—"Flanto Magico" Mozart. 2. "Chorus of Pilgrims" Wagner. 8. Duet for two cornets "Song Without Words" Mendelssohn. (Performed by Messrs. Dunn Ewers.) 4. Grand Victory March—" From Rock to Sea," (Dedicated to the King of Prussia. 5. Adagio from Symphony, (F. Minor) Kalliwod3 6. Overture—" Robespierre" Littoif. (Descriptive of the French Revolution.) 7. Violin Solo--Fantssie and Variations, or "Haydn's Austrian Hymn" Leonard. (Performed by Wm. Stoll Jr.) 8. '"Weddlog March" bicndelssohn. 9. Conjuration and Benediction from ` the "Huguenots" Nieyerbeer. 10. Hymn—" God Save America," arranged for Crand Orchestra by S Hassler. Organ and Orchestra. HASSLER'S MATINEE.-MISSICr'S usual matinde cos cart will be given on Monday afternoon next, at Concert Hall. The programme embraces selections of popular and classical made and the artistes announced are among the moat accom plished in the city. —A crazy man named Martin was recently ar rested at Cleveland. He had dug up and carried home the coffin containing the body of ono of his children, who died a year ago, On being taken to jail; he attacked four prisoners confined in the same cell, and succumbed only after a fearful struggle. —The liltssager de Toulouse says: "Darin g the last few days a female clothed in the'garb of the ancient pilgrims, has attracted attention here. She is a young and handsome Spanish lady, named Saturnian Lopez y Alonzo. Having been attached by cholera at,. Madrid, she made a vow that, should she recover, she would make a pil hrimage on. foot to Rome and Jerusalem. She as performed her pious undertaking with as tonishing courage. Setting out in March, she are iced .Rowe on the 27th of Juno, and wit , eSsed there the fetes of the canonizStion, reactad Jerusalem in due .coarse, where she visited alLthe holy places, and is now returning home." rip*, hold this dal", the fel euely re-elected. WIIILLTAN, President, • ENT. Vico Prealdeat, and SUN, See'y *ad TrA9ll. AND bn:Vtlikti/kLi' ziA ,r COMMERCE. Ha, PA, January 11t11.188°. the nth inst., the following °Med Dlrectons of this Bank: Thomas EL Klrtley, George Trot, George W. l'age, • John Th.mgeon, in Paul, 7.1. D. Directors thin day, GEORGE timounly re elected President. 101iN A. JAW'S, Cashier._ e*:Fvter. Delaware enenti - % Pa. Xllo24lCaa. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1868. LETTER. IFIIOII (Correspondence of the Phllsdeiphis EvEmlng.Buttetta. , j'Ants, Friday, Dec. 27, 1867.—Christmas eve and Christmas day, too, are passed and gone;' and that with a degree of vivaciousness and mer riment in American circles which might almost cheat us absentees and exiles from friends and country into the belief that we were at home again. The truth is, that the Ainerican element in Pari sian society is yearly becoming so much more numerous, and so predominant and striking by its style of living, its style of dressing, by the sort of youthful vigor which pervades , all its motions, whether in the way of pleasure or imainess---that all other foreign com petitors (including our British cousins) have been long since distanced and thrown into the 'shade ; and the French themselves are sadly put to it to "hold their own," and prevent themselves from being, as it were, jostled out of their own capital by their energetic and enterprising visi tors. The American circle is so largo sad im portant that it is forcing its own manners, ways and customs by wholesale into Parisian life, and grafting them upon the society of the whole city. Thus, only the other day, to mention an instance in a business point of view, our spirited countryman, Colonel Norton, of the firm of Norton & Co., afforded to Americans in Paris the convenience, for the first time, of transacting, all their pecuniary affairs in their own language, instead of being bothered, bewil dered, and not seldom imposed upon into the bargain, by bills, drafts and letters of credit drawn np in an unknown tongue. All these are now,and for the first time,plam d at their disposal in familiar form and language, while the cheques, also first issued by the same house, arc daily becoming well-known to every storekeeper and dealer in Paris, and making the American name and nation a familiar and household word amongst them. There are great national advari t,ges attending this sort of thing, which popu larizes the credit and prestige of a country amongst foreigners, increases thereby its moral influencts in the world, rouses curiosity as to its Institutions and people, creates a desire to visit and study it, and thereby eventually promotes emigration to it. It is but fair, I think, to um n tion that at this festive season, as on previous oc casions to which I have alluded during the late. Exhibition, the house of Messrs. Norton has been thrown open with genial hospitality, as a general rendezvous end tentre for the American society of this metropolis, in a way which has never been done before. There, on Christmas; Evo, In sa loons decked with the green leaves and bright red berries of the holly, wlthi the :,Stars and Stripes displayed around, with', the portrait of Washington looking down from the walls, and the American Minister and his lady gracing the assemblage with their presence, - ,might be seen such a group of our people, old and young, as certainly was not to be found elsewhere In Paris, nor anywhere, probably except at home. It was, hi fact, as good as being at home, if not better, to be there; for there North and South seemed to forget past differ ences, and meet once more as friends, on neutral ground; and then black faces handed round egg r ogg and half a hundred other real American lei:duns, to the delight and wonder of French guests, and to the honor and glory of the great Republic. All this ' may seem trilling enough in the eyes of some people. But the world is half ruled and swayed by trifles of the same kind, and , every one deserves well of his country, and thethanks of his countrymen, who thus promotes harmony and union among our selves, and consideration and better knowledge of us among other nations. The sociability of the season seems to have in spirtd all ranks with a desire of closer contact for. on Christmas day, in the afternoon, the Em peror and. Empress made their apps arance on foot, in the Champs Ely:sees, in regular Darby and-Joan fashion, walking arm-in-arm among the promenaders, just like other mortals, bowing and smiling very graciously, and seeming to wish all their own subjects and foreign visitors a erry Christmas. There is no denying that the Empress on such occasions looks a very charm leg, cosy, lovable wile, with her now matronly air and comely and comfortable embonpoint, and that Napoleon 111. has the manners of a " verY pleasant gentleman !" What a pity there should be any plaguey Roman or Mexican questions In the background to mar the picture. I mentioned In my lust letter the extreme ac tivity displayed in the imperial manufactories in the production of Chassepot rifles and land ord nance. 1 learn since that Belgium and England, and even Italy, are called upon to aid in supply ing this unprecedented demand. Some forty ihout•and - Chassepots have heat procured from the royal manufactory of Brescia, in the last mentioned country. Nor is this preparation con fined to land forces alone. An equal or even greater degree of ardor is displayed in the naval arsenals of the Empire. I have heard it estimated on good authority that forty vessels of war are at this moment laid down and in the coarse of con struction. Only four of these are regular armor plated first-class frigates, the rest being coast.. guard vessels and batteries,plated, with corvettes, transports, tic. The.steam fleet really capable of „putting to sea at this motrient is said, to be not much short of 350 vessels of all sizes, with some 120 wooden and Filling ships. Sum total of French naval force afloat and in construction, 500 vessels in round numbers. This, with an army of 800,000 men (capable of being increased to one million two hundred thousand), shows as that France Is pretty well prepared for the worst in these piping days of peace! Midnight masses were celebrated in nearly all of the Parisi churches on Christmas eve, and the weather being fair and calm and clear, with only a slight frost, the crowd both inside and around the buildings was very great. The spectacle sometimes is very striving on these occasions, as for instance at the Madeleine, when the im mense portals are left wide open, showing the brilliantly illuminated interior, shining out upon the darkness of the night, while the organ peals forth its solemn strains upon the silent air, the deep-mouthed chorus of priests and the Shrill voices of boys are heard, and dark masses of people aro seen kneeling outside upon the lofty flight of steps leading to the portico, or beneath the side colonnades and their gigantic , columns. There - was a good deal of attraction thisyear in the Music of the Madeleine, which was composed ex pressly for the occasion by a nephew of M. IMllault, the late Minister, a pupil of ' the French Academy at Rome; the female solo parts being performed by a daughter of the celebrated Lablacho, now Baroness de Caters. Collections of Peter's Pence have been made, and I under stand that very considerable amounts have•been obtained at this moment, wheri.the public mind has been so much excited by the Roman ques tion, As, an, iudication of the height to which the same feeling has been 'carried and displayed In a very, differentform, I May mention that tile 'fashionable ornament for the hair thls Winter OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. nmovget the high Catholic ladles of the Faubourg St. Germain, is the figure of a miniature 4octave, in gold and precious stones, worn on one side of the head! CRIME:' DARING OIITHAGE IN CHICAGO. A Dwelling Entered by Burglars, an/ a Rion Nearly 111nrdered-The cinders Escape with Considerable Booty. (From the Mew Republleart.] A most daring robbery, accomplished through violence which will in all probhhility result in the death of the victim, was perpetrated in Calumet in the outskirts of the city, between 11 and 12 o t elock on Monday evening. The affair was conducted In the most high-handed manner, and was as dastardly in its detail as any of the very many similar outrages that have occurred In this city for a longtime. Notlong before midnight two men knocked the door of the residence of Mr. John Ton, ti: exact location of which is not stated, and upon Mr. Ton making his appearance en dishabille, in quired as to where a certain Mr. Do Freese,a near neighbor, resided. He told them that if they would accompany him through the house to the back door, he would show them the road to the place to which they wished to go u and accord ugly the men went with him. While he was unlocking the door in the basement one of the fellows demanded his " money or his life," and before ,he had time either to re fuse or to condescend to disgorge, he was knocked down with a slung-shot. The force of the blow he received rendered him insensible, and the object the scoundrels had was almost without obstacle. They first removed the inanimate form of the victim to a bed-room upstairs, wherein they, locked him. The other occupants of the house, Mrs. Ton and the children, were sleeping in the lower portion of the house, and were not disturbed by the noise. The fellows then pro ceeded to a room on the ground floor, and El:aft:hen a bureau drawer, wherein they found a purse containing about e3OO, which they appropriated. By this time Mrs. Ton awoke, the racket caused by the marauders in puroainu their search having , disturbed her. They precipitately fled, making their exit through the door in the basement, which had been left open. The lady soon discovered the situation of her husband, and after considerable effort broke into the room, where she found him just regaining, his senses, and bleeding, profusely. He had received a terrible wound in the head, the s kull near the right paarictuleminence having beeJractured, and his face much swollen, while his °eyes were completely closed. A physician was soon in attendance upon the wounded man and states that the injuries he re ceived are quite serious, and may result, in his death. The police have been notified of this fla grant outrage, and the perpetrators, if they are captured, should be dealt with in no trifling manner. MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Sudden and rnexplainable Demise Of a Cody- lief Bud) round in fled:-Srouti. ono Suppositions Kegarding the Canoe of Heath. (From the Chicago Republican of eta 9th.] A most mysterious and sudden death occurred in the North Division of the city at an early hour yesterday morning, and nothing which in any way reveals the cause has came to light. The deceased was a wealthy and much re spected widow lady. Mrs. Eva Glock. who re sided with her three children at No. 71. East White street. Her little daughter Emma slept in the same bed with her on Monday night, as has been her custom for some time, white the other children occupied another and adjacent hpartment Between two and three o'cle4ck, yes terday morning, the little girl awoke, and, turn ing in bed, to her horror found beside her the stiffened corpse of her mother, which lay upon the verge of the bed in a naturali position, -ex cept that the bead was thrown back arid the hair much disheveled. The child was startled by the presence of death, but comprehending the terri ble event, at once alarmed her brothers and sis ters, and afterward made known the facts to the m iehbors. 'll.e previous evening the lady, , gaVe evidence• of excellent health, ate her supper, and but a short time afterward retired to her bed-chamber. It is stated that she had been taking medicine for some ctimplaint, and that she may have made Ft me mist:4min administering it. The face of the corpse was very pale and the features tight. Ti, , ; limbs were somewhat contracted, as if the ci-ased had sullen d from a severe attack of crimp before expiring . . The inquest, which will probably be held upon the remains this morning, n possibly determine the cause of death. In all iili;litood a pest mortem exmnination will be ! mile, and it will, if anything can, explain the mystery. The body has rapidly deed - imposed, and yesterday afternoon was almost intolerable. TLS• children are now left orphans, and will pro bably be given in charge of a gu.trdian. Mr. Gleek, their father, died last summer of cholera, during the siege of that terrible el:4(1(1111c. Mrs. Gltek was thirty-seven years of age, and member of a Jewish church. She leaves to her children qu te au amount of property in various portions of Ihe city. The Coroner was not notified of the death yesterday, but will receive intimation of it to day. and, as the case demands his immediate intuition, will. hold an inquest at the earliest possible moment.. AB REST OF A. 11111111DEUER. An Old Chicago Villain Arrested for fflusdeving a New York Policentau Tao 'Veal& Ago-A bwange Cucuta. stance. [Chicago Republican. 9th.] Some two years ago, while a riot was progress ing in New York city, a policeman was murdered a man named Thomas Reilly. The perpetra tor of the awful deed at once fled the city, and as he had formerly been one of Chicago's noted renghs, it was supposed he had returned to his oil haunta of sin. Consequently, a telegram was at once sent to this city, and soon afterward a plotographic picture of the murderer. Search wis made for the villain, but without success, aid the occurrence had been almost forgotten, At tin time be had lived in this city, Reilly was the "pal" of the man Kelly, who had but a short tine since stabbed Capt. Hickey, and who was sentenced therefor to the penitentiary for two Desirous of ascertaining the whereabouts of Ile personal property of Kelly, do yesterday R•illy walked into the office at the Central Police &Minn, and commenced his inquiries. He must certainly have possemed considerable nerve, for it was literally walking into the lion's den; for me of the detectives seated by the stove, toasting he feet, and thinking probably, In • a wondering w ay, of the wickedness prevalent on earth, danced to look up, and immediately recognized bin as the'murderer of the policeman, and' for ndiom they had been anxiously looking fur over tvo years. With great presence of mind he re friined from making the arrest then aid there, but instead velunteered to slow Reilly the things he was koking for, and which he said were locked up ii the Armory building. The• bait was gagorly svallowed, and together they walked down to Ile Armory. When once inside and standing in close proximity to a strong cell, the detective Wormed Reilly that he was a prisoner. This to nouncement acted 'upon him in a most strange aid telling manner, and by his actions he seemed toacknowkdge that'll() knew for What he had ben arrested. although as yet he has made no co reeNloll. Re illy was at once ironed and, locked iq to await the action of the New York au &title a, a telegram having been sent to them imt evening . informing them of the important artst- —A Loncon magazine recently states the twt me of a first-eines English writer at from e/ KO to 16,00. It also copies, or Aayes it coke, a list of "salaries of American editors," Iran a "trans-atlantic paper," among" which aro %Milan Cullen Bryant 881,000, Frank Lone 11:11,000, and Home Greeley $87,0U0. LETTER **Rome SErw NEW Yomc, January 10th, 1868.—When you meet a man in our city at the present time, and ask him what the news is, he will •at °nee begin to talk about what is going on in Washington, what Congress is expected to do or not to do, vihat the prospects , are for the country,Prealden tial campaign, and such like. Or, again, ho will discuss the quarrels . which Napoleon , and the Italian people, and the Czar, and the Grand Turk. are engaged in, mention the King of *Prussia, and, in fact, talk about every and anything, ex cept home matters. In some respects he is in deed excusable r for there is little to talk about in this metropolis which your readers may care to know. The discussions among the Comniissioners ap pointed to superintend the construction of the new. Foot-office building give occasion for much fun among the public. Unfortunately, our citi zens have to pay for the wisdom evinced by these gentlemen. Among the resolutions adopted in' that matter we will, for instance, mention the lie by virtue of which every plan of a building - esented by them will be paid, and that part of .. 'elected which will appear to them the most practical. Thus we may expect to see a building erected which will re present a dozen different styles and tastes of architecture. As soon as the weather begins to moderate it is intended that the construction of the work be at once commenced. King Frost does indeed begin to 'swing his sceptre again with much severity, and the houseletis and homeless are suffering intensely. The price of labor is greatly reduced, and hundreds of.men are leoking for employment. The prospects are that this atate of affairs will continue until the return of mild weather will call for hands to build homes or for help on our wharves. The present year seems Indeed destined to be cosue a favorable one for, the erection of buildings hi preference to the time when labor was paid at the rate of $3 to $5 a day. We have plenty of vacant lots on our up-town streets left, and the construction of new houses would necessarily bring the rents down, which, although lower than in loaner years, are still out of proportion with the general amount of business transacted. The few American vessels which arrive at our port are sufficient evidence of the fact that ship building is at a complete standstill in our coun try, nor is there any hope for that line of busi ness reviving very soon. Among the numerous emigrant vessels which arrived at our port during the last month, only two were American, the majority of them sailing under German or British flags. In spite of tire inclement season, immigration was very brisk, and it is s favorable sign of the times that the majority of the recent arrivals are at once proceeding West, instead of spending what money they have in the vain hope of obtaining employment in this city. The country west of here needs hands, and is able and ready to give employment to,-whoever is willing to work to create himself anindepea dent position, and even the young men who have been clerks and aline employds in the old cottn• try will do better to seize the plough for some time, and form themselves a homestead, than' to increa , ..e the number of unemployed in , dividuals, Which' every large city is crowded with., The population of the Tinned Kates promises, to increase considerably this.year by immigration, if we are to believe the reports which reach us from abroad. Well, let them come; we have room for all of them, and the faster they arrive, the more favorable the,. prospects must neces sarily become for the increase of our commer cial prosperity, and for the Improvement of the country generally. AMUSEMENTS. TUE CrixsTeux.--It is a rare pleasure to have to notice the successful production of a &grate new play in this city. There is such a very great deal of trash placed upon the stage, in the shape of.spectuenlar pieces which stand only upon the legs of balietgule, and comedies, which depend for success upon elaborate puffery, plays which prove an utter want of intellectual respectability on the part of the authors, and meet with re ception more cordial in proportion as the truth ekeef, approach absolute waut of mental culture, that the advent of a really good drama de serves something more than a mere passing no tice. Lust night at the Chestnut Street Theatre. on the occasion of Miss Orton's benefit, was per formed a play entitled "The Press and its Vic tims." Its merit is declared when wo pronounce it the very beat comedy produced since Caste. It is full of shrewd philosophy, generous and genu ine sentiment, worldly wisaom, and most laugh able and natural incidents. The dramatist has draw n a brilliant and correct picture of the power of the press for good and evil, and while the dellieation is of a decidedly French charac ter, the plot evidently having been taken from a French work, it is so far applicable to this country that intelligent persons cannot fail to appreciate and enjoy It thoroughly. The audience last evening seemed taken by sure. They evidently did not expect so good a pc Wallt ance; and many of the kecuest and most delicate points of the play failed to ex cite proper symphtby. The drama is deeply in teresting from the first scene,and it requires close atter, tion,with that intelligence and quick percep tion -which belong to cultivated pectoris only. Ameng this clues it cannot fail to obtain warm commendation ; and we prophesy that it ,will have a long run, and acquire great popularity. Extended criticism is simply impossible to day, and in general terms only can we eulogize the performance. Each participial ['did Justice to the drama. Mies Orton even surpassed herself, - . and interpreted her difficult part with fidelity, skill and pathos. She never appeared to greater advantage. For the rest Mr. Smith, M.r. Mc- Manus Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Leake, Mr. Lennox and Miss Buchanan were excellent. Indeed' it would be difficult for the most carping critic to pick a Raw in any portion of the whole perform ance. It passed off smoothly, without a percep tible jar, and while the last act may lack that intensity and dramatic force which might be ex pected from the tenor of those preceding it, the effect was very pleasing, and in a great degree satisfactory. It is a mutter of regret that want of space ttY day precludes the possibility of extended and elaborate criticism of this most excellent drama. We desire to do it full justice; first, becaude it possesses some merit, and secondly, because the adaptor, who is a Philadelphian, modestly chose to withhold his wane, to decline the silly eulogy Which pronounces upon an unproduced play,and to offer his work to the unbiased criticism of boxiest journals. The drama will be repeated to night, and we recommend it to the public with the assurance that it will contribute to their amusement, and perhaps to their instruction. . Tun TIIFATRESI.—At the Arch Mr. Craig will have a benefit this evening in a fine bill. Light at Last has been withdrawn, and the players and public are filled with delight at last. Lady Don on Monday. Miss Lucille Western will conclude her eugugement at the Walnut to-night in Lu cretia Borgia, after which the drama, the Battle of Princeton. will he given. At the Chestnut the first-rate comedy, The Public Press and its Victims, will be repeated. A varied entertainment will be given at the American. ELEVENTH STREET OPERA Flouss.—The pan imbue of the Magic Pearl will be performed this evening, with a emit including all the most popu lar members of the company. In addition to this there will be several now burlesques, and a number of popular ballads sung by Mr. Cara cross; singing,:dancing, and Ethiopian occentri citiee gene; ally. , 4. SEVENTH STREET OPERA TlMM—This even- Mg a most attractive entertainment will be .•iiren at this popular house. A large number of per ' formere have been added to the company, and It now embraces some of the most accomplished members of the, profeselon in the country. The programme embraces dancing, vocal and Matra mental Tousle, burlesque, farce, and the multi tude of good things which go to make up a first , class performance. 131,117,.—Signer Blitz will give ono of his plea sant enterthinmenta at Assembly Buildings this evening. The Signor will remain upon the plat for m but a short time longer„ and hie old friends owe it to themselves reed hid 'to see him once more before his final withdrawal tits 7 epertoris la larger and more attractive than over F. L FETHERSTON : I:abhg PRICE THREE OENTI.I" , . ;,4 i'• ,•Pg.''' ~,k)•. . i., 3Foithe Philadelphia Evecias Matitia.l iti ,-,'4 ,„ `'.4 .• riakioneil Finance. '‘ '•y r •I'-.i,', To enable a return to coin values, the first rea l .l:‘ , ,' l ','• .',','. sonable point is to adopt the proposition of iii . 4 . ,'• l ''.,„ „,-'? Hooper, that Congress shall limit the entire SUI:3{ i''..;''' nual expenditure to three hundred mill on 'dolt ,;;;',' etl w ...,,„, t rtt,. lars. This' ought certainly to be ample•—say'on ~4 hundred and fifty million dollars for intereitt on ''.: • - . 0. the debt, and a similar amount for all expendl i , -?t i tures. in 1859 and 1860 our annual taxation dld I •*:•,Z.,''`7, not exceed seventy million dollars. The next „ • , step, say a withdrawal of some fifty or sixty mil- , ' ' '"' lion, dollars per annum of the legal tender notes,,, ' t i: : so that when the circulation of the same shall bet 5: ' reduced tonot exceeding^ one hundred iiiilliOn ,t -,‘„, dollars, the .National Banks can with safety inmeil ;',•:. to redeem their three hundred Million dollar' ~ •',? issue in coin at par everywhere. This will give., 'o . k: : ,, t ak us a safe.enrieney, founded on the national &lift ' I'4' property. 4his process will, *tentage, reduce all '; ~.;',. values; but‘then the existing issues will be ample to conduct all legitimate business of the cowl*. on a sound bliß4l, compared• with Europe. T 6,4,4 price of labor will, of course, be reduced ; but such price will buy quite as much as at our feting fictitious values. On the • peace of 1815 England bad a paper currency of some four hun— dred million dollars, whilst our present amount is seven hundred million dollars; and yet, it re quired her nearly eight years to redeem • such ' s portion of it as to enable a return to coin values; bow long It may require for such a result to be reached by nu in the way we are progressing itr‘f would be foolish to predict. Perhaps not in the l. next twenty years. J. B. B. FACTS AND FASCISM* —The Sultan is threatened with consumption.. ;4, —The London pollee costs $322,915 in gold. —Dickens is to.be at Cleveland, February 24. - —Theresa, the opera singer, has lost her voice. -, —The annexation of Roxbury to Boston went into full legal effect on Wednesday. —Blind Tom Is going to Buffalo, and tlen he is t going to play. —Lake Winnlpiseogee is frozen hard,and trent fishing extraordinary is going on. —The first Virginia newspaper was issued ht 1780; at $5O per annum. --Charles Ockford, of Detroit, is tryhtg skate sixty hours without sleep or rest. —More than 250 families In Trenton, N. J„ am 1 supported by charity. , —An Englishwoman bit off another woman's- I ear, and received a year at hard labor in return. i # —Tilton tilts in behalf of female suffrage at, Wilmington, Del., on Friday next. —An Ohio sexton burst a blood vessel just as, he bad finished a grave, and he tumbled into It. —Miss Janauschek will play in Cincinnati oat " Monday. —Lippincoles Magazioe has a great sale in the, West. . _ ----Gough is to deliver eighty leettirei Uhl— cago. IE portrait Dore is incredibly said to bepaindnz, a portrait of Patti. _Rev: W. W. A'ger is writing a history tt the. Devil, to prove that there isn't any devil. • —All the actresses of Paris have a great desire: to play men's parts. —The N'Vorrell Sisters are still playing Uuda , 2 _ the Gaslight at the New York Theatre. —Plythouth, Mass., lost $50,000 the past jeer - In the cod-fishing business. - - —Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie has .reTuted asst offer of .£6,000 ; to return.o the English" age. —A 040,1 1 60 opera house has ~ ,Itsa• eke— pleted at Canton by the Hon. Louis Shaffer —The Manchester Ergminer issuedover dred and ninety-two thousand copies on the dAy of the Fenian executions. 1 ; —A New York paper says the Most brilliant ;,,tt thing abont Dickens readings is, his diammdic ring. —A prisoner attempted last •week to eicaper. from jail in Indiana. The Sheriff prevented hinit. by putting a ball through his heart. —There is a floating bridge . at Lynn; Mass., which is sixty-seven years old, and BIM serticeable. —A statue at Washington of the late Gren.Watbs- • worth is projected by the Grand Army of the a Republic. —One hundred and twenty-nine members-at. the dramatic sad musical prolession died thepiest year. —Olive Logan says the people at the theatree •: who applaud moral "gags" the loudest, are the most likely to pick your pocket. • , I —As his gun would not go off, Mr. Shark, of Ohio, blew down the barrel, when the gun, IS re- " sponse, blew Mr. Shark's brains out.. —Ohio has a Parker, case. One missing mfrs one weeping bride, two raging parents, and lote+l of joyous gossips to tea the story. • • • —Patrick Kennedy has recovered 41185 in an -;•• action against seven citizens of Wrentham, for• ' ," riding him on a rail in the spring of 1863. . • , 1 —Near Trieste, in Austria, the artificial props- gatlon of lobsters has been commenced, and over forty thousand were raised in a single season -M. F. T. (can it be Tupper?) writes to the London Times to protest against the practice oc. r ., sending refuse victtials to the pigs rather awn' the . poor. , —Professor .Conington, the transleitor 'of- the - ; lEneld into .Epglish, ballad- metre, has done the Iliad - into ,the stanza of "The - - Ftterr', -- Queen." —The Prince of Wales has written ' and will soon, publish a book of poems; so they say la Parts.' It will amply prove his claims to the title 'of'' " Baron." • , • —An English contractor has' been sentenced 62 . Jive years* penal servitude formerely attempting to swindle the Government in supplies for the, -. Abyssinia} wee.' ' - ' . it• —At New Orleans, dramatic performances Met• ..• still given on Sunday. The "Ticket of Leave .., Man" was performed at the Varieties Theatre elk Sunday, Dec. 22, to a largo audience. • ..,. , ~ —Latin is the language of religion, Greek Of philosophy, French of conversation, Italia*_ of:, music, - Spanish of literature, German of fieltliQt; Persian of poetry, Arabic of epeculation,„an,Ci English of control. • . • •--In a book called "Notes on the Folk-Lrare Oti• .. the Northern Counties of England and' the • 80r»..'.' dem." by William Henderson, it la stated that it.. '' the remote parts of *Yorkshire it is the Custom to. , pour a kettle full of boiling water over the d00r.,: , . step just after the bride has, left her house; an& , they say that before it dries up anotheritharritto -1s sure to be agreed upon.' • - , • , , ~. ~• .. • —At the Knox College, at Galesburg, Illinotti there is, in the junior class, hot an Arnedeilit:. ' .r citizen of African descent, but a genuine Attie* '•'' ~,,, J •of wikibush descent, who was brought fro •• . t „y .41,',17 , Gaboon coast a few years ago, and w i;* 1. , 'NI! A respectable . standing in mathenUttles,• i;'„ ; ; ; :,., r, , '4' . 3 language and general culture, and his, i,,5 . , ;'; , ...:,,• inequality to complain ,of in tb.e treat.. ! .i. eeives from the families in the city.„; —"D. - P. B." writes to the Bunt I :I , -v , eotli k , lock, copied yesterday from, do, N; • i fett.‘l7l:-'4: 4,,, I Mail, attributing tho authorship of the - la . ~:, 3 t y . i ,: l ; l'Perheys it was right . to dissemble' 4.l , o'l6YNif - i ' - But why did you kick ' me demi* " '"4.: ' ,4o', to General Morris, was wrong. ' , They weireltit64, ~..0. , , *ten more than a hundred years' ago:4y ,Tiaitikir , ),, Bieberetaff, and are •to, be found in a paw ent,lrt:r4 .0F . 16, tied, "'Tie well ifs no . worse." • • . :1;.!•..';' .; ~• 4:l''''. ''', —Tbe Magnolia (Arkanitm) Vindicatorlebc*,l' '41..,•" how a man, named Clower, , ,rode Into that, .% ...,' '''.:PP:i', cue night after dark, and seeing. kgroixV4E, i . :,;,l,' - ' .'i grecs ontbiKinbliosquare,..ordered them** ; , , ,•ik,` .. ' l,1:5, I( r. • lie drew - bta, pietoJ and began •Arte:.- , l ' ;IT'. • ig i i ~,,-: c.rniinatel among theta. Two: E ere 15 I ' ' i t'r" :: ; .... ' ' .':,.:, -'1 sue severely, In the hip, Abe other atrghri., , , ', • , 1 -: , j. arm.. Another had attoleiabot in bli ! ',` i .P. , ,-10'..'5." 1. if , , tvci,•' rode. eta' of 'tetra" fit" elye'ailtt: ',J.,,,t,;;?.:,,,r4-,-.., 7.!!. i • ap.alnetany %aid every oat; w,4 ! .. ..; ,;.-Ifel . :1, 4 . 1 ' f. .4r , ~ ttetpl, to arreatthly .-•,., ,z,,:%',:;T•,.,t-,‘A ' , ©ate - - t. 4, /may .7 .: 1,