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DlSNEY.—Agatha McDowell, in her 20th year. eldest
daughter of the late MaJor.General U. 13. Birney, died on
the nnh blatant; at her Anthers residence, 1810 Delancey
Place. iv tag I. A ;
Due notice will he given of the funeral. •
BOWMAN,—At Camp+ Verde, '1 exw.. Jan. 18th. ISM,
Major Charles Stuart jlowman, 4th U. S. Cavalfy, eon of,
the late Colonel A. 11. Bowman, U. 8. Engineers. Inter:
went at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
FKEEDLEY.—On the 28tb intent. of scarlet fever, E.
Lincoln, youngest eon of John K. and Pauline --Freedley,
aged 8 yearn and 9 menthe.
The relatives and friend, are reseectfelly invited to
attend the funeral. from the rexidence of hit parents.
No. 12 . 1 South Nineteenth strset,ott'Friday morning, the
31st, at 10 o'cloc kTo proceed to Woodland Cemetery.'
Pis ._tAitea.,7Bl*.tuatant, at Odd* •bt.jra.gthe
Pe *lnbar litelabol,
Lulu, daughter of. Eliza-T., and the late Peter S. Phillips,
sou+ 14 years, 3 mouths, and 18 days.
The relatlyes and friend. of the family are respect
fully Invited,t6 attend the funeral. from the residence
of her mother. No. &4 Marshall stveet, on Prlia,v l ,lan.,
31nt. at L o'clock. P..%
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Sill ICDLEIL—On the 27th ins WA amen B. n r, n
the46th year of his ago.
/The relatives and male friends of the family, Harmony
Lodge No. E 2, A. Y. M., Columbia Chapter ho. 91, Girard
' Mark Lodge 90. 214,qatsd the sMasonic fraternity in
general. are reapectfally Invited to attend his funeral,
from his late residence, No. Vine street, on Friday
afternoon, at 1 o'clock.
SiltON.—On the 28th inst., in Harrisburg, Luther H..
son ofTLuther , BL. and Mary It. Simon, aged 8 years and 14
dark. s,
‘ ll l , , Valt i git:VENING pICESSES,
3CARLXI'OI , LitA 1:1,0T
.4NI) PELAINE,
Ellir.' S 1.9 1'41.)g ..r.
Fourth and Arch fareete.
arECIAL NOTICES.
.
irtir; '' OFFICE OF MAK/ OF IeLEVISI.OIi OF TAXES,
A , No.-11 - SEATEIIOI:ck: ROW. ' . .- .
. - rillt.Arrl.llll.i., JanuarvlV, flit
:Veiled Pne
o'4for theteeetowvßlanks. foot:F, rtt
tiouery ari-fingnaged , by the , Board of Itethion
of I'l et, for the year ino , i, in cola.
1' miry - with - in , 9 fordinance of City Count:lto,
a roved Decouht.t 2let,..ledi. will he received at this
o :re, unlit llfi'rlock .A.H. •in IiATURDAY,Fobfuar7 131,11.
k ly,
1 at 14 hich tirne'sahr protosal will - 'be opened in the:
lgizr d i t eta 7f ,, t t l:t „ ( I , o '44n e l:ilia c t :Aiel , t ic itcp and the contract
I:Print...l ,rheduler, in n: Bich the Bids mart be made of"
the artk 1, roloired, n ill he fumiehed upori application
at the (I}l.re of the Hoard, of Revision Of Taxe, , , on
pi UIieDAY MORNING. February 6, IRA
111 -MA S C(.4.311:AN, i r ' .
WiLLSA.Id LOUGHLIN,..; Hiiitit of Revision of Taxes..
SAli I. 'EL HAWORTH, ) . .. . ja.?.9.3t
. ,
isitSire MElleif ANTS' Ft ID.--:-TIIE ' F'o L'IITE EN TH
Anniversary of the Merchants' Fund will be cele. '
biotad at the -
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On TiTUITSDAY EVENlNTiebroary U11a:76 o'clock.'
t+rehestra Will be tinder the direction of Mark Hassler.
Addrearea will he delivered by 1
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' 3 ItEN'. A. A. WILLIF,&_4_I)..
! - .1, GILLINGIIAM YELL. and other &Ain.
Cardstbf adrbitaien my be` hid gratuitously by early
.3
pplleatton to
WM C. LUDWIG. N 0.34 North Third street.
JAMES C; ILANO. No. 614 'Market street."
J. B. auFARLAND. No. bt Sosoth Fourth street;
Third
MUTUAL ibiSUItANCE COMPANY
Third sillil'W.o.lnut etis ja24 t feeNrp:
seirAtlt . ; DUMMER DICKENS WILL HEAD, AT
nit co NOsliT H ALL, PH I L ADELPIILA.
ozatiuns DAY. JAN. 80,
111$ A •
"TOM OS MARIGOLD,"
MR. 808 SAWYER'S PARTY.
(PROM PICAWICE).
%. ON FRIDAY. JAN. 81.
"DA YID CO PPERFEKLD."
BOOTS AT THE HOLLY-TREE INN.
THE READINGS WILL commeNce. EACH EVE
NING AT 8 O'CLOCK, AND BE COMPRISED WITHIN
TWO HOURS.
THEIDIENCR IS EARNESTLY REQUESTED TO
13E8 EDTEh. MINUTES BEFORE THE COM
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;nom OFFICE OF THE LOCUST MOUNTAIN: COAL
AND IKON COMPANY.
PHTLAIIZLIIILi.; January 30th. 108&
At a meeting of the Board of Directors held thla day a
Disidend el , Fatty Per Cent. on the Capital Stock, clear of
State tar. was declared, payable to the Stockholdtua or
their legal representative-Non and after February . 10th.
The trarater books will be eloeed until the 11th proximo.
ja3otfell4 EDWAND ELY, Treasurer. "
I HALL YOUNG MEWS 4311 - RISTIAN ABSOGLA
'ON. No. 1910 Chesnut Street.
SCIENTIFIC LECTURES.
- - -
Thursday January 80, at 8 o'clock P. M. Dr. J E.
MEAES—' 'inc Unman Skeleton;" illustrated with die
granns skeletons and specimens. February !3. Protestor
J. DUAL—"Combustlon and Flame." February 13.
Dr, W. W. SEEN—"Brains suld;terYous System." 2t.ro
il*' OOF
THE
ICE EJIIGH COAL AND
NAVIGATIONCOMPANY '
. Puttruntramt A. January 20,1865.
This Company is prepared to purchase their Loan due
In no, at liar. ' i ,
SOLOMON SHEPHERD; Treasurer.
ia3o-ttNo. 122 South Second Street.
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410TYCl& 1 THE ANNUAL MEETING ' OF
Stockholdera, and the election for officers of THE
hiAMMOIII VEIN 't;ONSOLODAEA) OUAL COMPA.
NY will - beheld at tho office et the Company, in the city .
of Philadelphia, on WED,NESDAY , Feb:.l2th, 1868. at
o'clock, P. M. Jape 12t*
ADJOURNED *MEETING - OP' STOCK,
holders" of the Mercantile Library' Company; to
consider the proposed amendment to the Charter, pill be
held On=TUESDAY - EVENlNO,Febtnary - 4tak - Iki
JOILN LARDNER,
i5.2.5,110gre.; Recording Secretary.
Mr' .TEMiANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOULE rx
of t nion Temporary Home forghildren will be
'held at the Home northeast corner of - Poplar and Six:
teenth streets, on THURSDAY .I,FTERNOON,_BOth hut.,
at EX o'clock. . D. C. MeGAM MON,
DIM Mrp• Secretary.
ilia' NOTICE.—A MEETING OF THE STOCK
holdars-of•the HICKORY COAL COMPANY will
be held at tho Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, on WED
NESDAY, Feb. l2tb, 1868, st 4 &clock, P M.
ja30.12t. WM. F. MATCHETT, Secretary.
YOWLER WILL COMMENCE A COURSE
of I urea Anilrlvenology and Poyslolomas. app.
Tiled to h Man and self improvement, at Assembly dull&
, ing, - FRIDAY EVENING, at 7.80, Feb. 7. Ya ja29tfrpo
No. HOWARD uosPrrAL, NOS. 1518 AND 1520
","'"' Lombard stseet. Dispensary Department.—Medi.
cal treatment and medicines furnishedirratultOusly to the
poor.
I NEWSPAPERS,BOOKEI. P g, WASTE!
PaPor. la. HOriabt by E. HU TER,
dell emit No. eta Jayne etreet,
NEW JERSEY MATTERS,.
THE . COUR.TB.—The following-named
on persons
, hae been found guilty of the charges which
they were tried: John Moore, attempt to commit
grand larceny; Anna Bush, assault and battery;
'Mien Crawford, assault and battery; Clayton
Edwards, assault and battery John Benson,
breakte_g, and entering; John Benson, perjury;
John Hilderman, petit larceny; Isaac Rogers,
grand larceny,
found guilty of petty larceny.
Me work still on hand will continue the session
of the Courts until at least the middle of Feb
ruary.
THE BREAKWATER MOVEHENT.—Ononday
-evening last, the Councilmen of Atlan tic City
authorized the Mayor, to procure and have cir
•culated for signatures five hundred petitions,
asking Congress to take measures for protecting
the inlet front of Atlantic City. That body also
signed it as the official act of the authorities.
-Over three hundred names; have already been
subscribed Lo these petitions; which will be for?
warded - tek•Washlngton-ln-a. few-days-
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SAD AV 41. FAIR.— day or two since a small child
in South Ward, Camden, was burned to death, in
-consequence of her clothes '-taking; fire from the
stove, it is supposed. The mother h..d left it for
a few moments, and when she retarned-it was
dead.
TRUE MIAs 'F'OTIND.—The Grand Jury, inquiring
for the county of Camden, for the January Term
of the Quhrter, Sessions, have returned seventy
true bilis of indictment. These range through
various grades of crime.
—The Pyrenees have sunk ninety feet during
the last twenty years.
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els, then of the islands from Denmark, and now
we hear of Cuba from Spain; which latter coun
try, "always in 'want of money," may very likely,
the liibats thinks, end by listening to a Syren
who sings so pleasant a tune as the offer of
6150,000,000, in hard cash. The witty writer, M.
John Lemoinne, reminds us that the Americans
began by offering long ago one hundred millions.
Now, he 'says, far be it from us to suspect the
virtu© Of Spain. But once upon a time, the
story goes, some, one asked' that beile'reinc de
France; Asne of Austria, whether she would gart
with the finest, of. the Crown diamonds fora mll-'
lion ? "Never,"she replied, indignantly. "But,
If they pared ygti two,ilve-,tim millions?" "Ah,"
said the QueerlV"yowwillgo on." And so, says
M. Lemoinne f ,the Americans "will go on," too ,
Nor does the supposed result appoar.to be at all
distaiteful to the leading French liberal
journal, whiff; takes pleasure in pointing out
that there need,be no,difference of opinion on the
subject between North 'and South,' but that the
proposed acquisition may equally suit the inter
ests both parties.
I met the other day with the following
,highly
tidifying statiglies 'of, the number 'and cost -of
European armies in time of peace, which I beg.
to lay before "the eyes of Americans as an incite
ment to the maxim: Go thou and do not likewise.
The aggregate of the armies placed on foot by
the European powers, according to this state
ment, amounts to nearly seven and a-half mil-
lions of-men . . Each soldier is reckoned to cost
on an average 1,000 francs per annum. The
entire expense, therefore, only in a pod
tire point of view, is equal to very
nearly twenty millions Of francs per day,
600 millions per nionth, and more than 7,000
millions a year! And thliwithout taking Into
consideration the negativeloss of what is equiva
lent to the entire population of 'a small State
being rendered unproductive! It is really
pitiable to read, in this same connection, the
report published by the Paris Papal Committee
of the sums extracted from thift country, in a
time of great distress among the poor, for the
supply of arms,..kc., to the Roman government.
To "place Rome out of danger," the Minister of
Arms (strange title, for an officer of the Vicar of
Christ!) first demanded 150,000 francs, which were
immediately paid to him. Subsequently 350,000
francs more were advanced for the same purpose.
-Then- followit - w-longlist-of = - Mth—foriffilformsi
artillery, revolvers, ambulances, eartyldges, mass
.
kets, amounting in all to nearly a million. About
the same sum remains behind to be devoted to
he sumo Christian yuxpoge of. providing 'the
}loly Father with rifled cannon, powder maga
zlnee,and other material necessary, it appears,
for the edification of Christendom. It must be
gratifying to Americans to learn
Papal authorities greatly give the pre
ferento to the Remington rifle over
the Chassepot, for keeping their rebellious
subjects lu order, tho former belug, we are told,
MEE
Likkii Otiiiie
(correspeadenceiaf the Philadelphia &obis Bulletin.]
-Pants, Teeediiy,fftlfiliary, 14th,
,1868.+We are
all;revcllitieid-the return to a more temperate
atmosphere—all, that is, except the gay crowd
ochishioi4lei/gtiran(fs, male end
ice t 'of : thk i :lfola, de BOttlogne,'t whose ocOpfiation,
Is fairly gone for the present. The thaw,tfas been
general all ov ii eftlielfettrhWattdtlite- 1 frost-bound
rivers are everywhere resur their_ worsted
cgliffied; 'WO .1034 itoW ot two lint'he hermit&
likely to ensue to agrieelture from the heavy
. covering of snow iviirch has fall en'uPort ,the Soil,
and the dififtittatfon: I thiCeoid'of I rtitii 'insects
*which had-arecumulateid,uport,tm during the lea
two or three mild,,whatera., .The frost came, for
tunately, tiles 0 ne e or the olives
t to` .. itirly't4S'itij ith •
,or the vineeltt the south.lTolhe approaching
harvest, its effects are, of ccinr — se, expected to
ba—adviintageotis. - .^ We am looking 'forward,
therefore, wine her,' hafe our `2corn,
wine and oil" once more in abundance this
yam IMeer,",pXentt , iis. geetillY 'needed# 'f9r :On
all "liitlieartifire-• distreisil dearness, and
scarcity, both of work and food. At Bordeaux
Nantes aed,pther conatnetelal cities., the people
are asseixibling'in ' the stidts'aiiirclamoring for
" bread or work." The same is the case at Lyons
°Orin the manufacturing,diStrieti3; and here, in
PMlii3s,:we' are "nti` better off. How the 'Govern
ment Is ever to pull through its financial year, I
am at a lose' to cOneelVe. Borrow more money,
I fear, it inevitably must.. The Bank of Fr'ance
literally groans; with , unemployed; capital, the
metallic reserve very nearly approaching one
ildfusand 4 Theri there is the large de
ficit already aCknOwledged 'to exist ; the un
known, and, as the late 34. Fould bald,
" incalculable" expenses of the new Army
bill, and .new t; fire-arms f0r , ,,,..the troops.
There is again the Melican bondidolders to be
pacified; there Is the dreadful crash of the Credit
31#0,yellecting much discredit :bb thC
gov'thinictitrthen again, there Is the - state of
affairs in Italy, a large portion of - whose loans
were subseribeiby the middle and lower classes
of this country, and whose railroads, also, espe- -
dully thh Lombard lines, were; althost wholly
constructed with French capital. I know one
large public company here, cloSelf connected
ithethe city and the. municipality, nearlltve
whole of whose paid-up capital was invested -,in
Lenddid,f,lll ea t 506 or GOO franes,and now iittnid
iner„.exillittlezhave 390,and predicted to frafjo
100,1kr,even,lower still. If French - v(44i
. c.eola
Th e shot 4 beAllowed, tf:!atriiin. Italian 'finan
ces till they crack, nape will be likelyi to Tiny the
piper so heavily Quid so deservedly) as the French
people then:wives.' How greiii ,theilhisery In
Paris haa been during the, late, severe weather
might be istimated%by the'nurnbere' of shivering
poor who assembled in the churches, public sale
rooms, anyivitere where they could ' find the
warmth and shelter which failed them at home.
.
Politics, both'at borne abroad, are almost
a complete blank. The 'Chamber is still busy
with the last stages of theAsmrbill, relating to
the National Guard; but , the sutdecti under,dis
cussion arc mere details, and devoid of general
interest. I forget whether I mentioned to you
that the Government had allowed two seats in
the Chamber to be lost, without venturing to put
forward an °Mall earuildate. There is to po
another election for the important Department
du Nord on,the Ist and 2d February, when we
shall see whether the feeling of hostility created
by the Army bill has extended itself to the con
stituencies of that Part of the country as well.
Some of our journals are beginning to Indulge
themselves in speculations ors Americo-Cuban
policy. Ainong others the Debats, always friendly
to the United States, remarks that "the Monroe
doctrine of 'America for the Americans,' seems
~e arly to gain strength in the great transatlantic
Republic.". First, It goes on to say, there is the
purchase of a portion of the continent from Rua-
TIJUASDAY,,JANUARY * 3O, 1868. "
of admirable simplicity, and'aplit'oved all
competenttnett. ": Still, the'Oorandtteti add' ? with
laudable itial,""both systems are in ' edhrse'of ezei
entlon t and fo rw ard With the
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grecelerity !"Atul hOw s whilic ail this inone,*
la going out of the countrytti
for such poies, here,
are. tie poor ; petty 'dealers } , wJ . ose `stalls; hive
been lining the Boulevards, to so: lit profit,
during the 'Past terrible fortnight, litbrfdlyc
starving Ili every Senile of ibo -word, the anosvi
and frOst having driven away
,pal theircustomers,,,
both young and old. And yak ; re beg. of no
subscription to enahle Mem to r pay the rent , .
which the Prefect , will-not halo extlet for a •
Epeculption yirbich has proved so ruinous. ;,,
Pants, Friday, ,, January 17tb, 1868.—The able
elate paper of Hon. G. Banuaroft,,from Bailin, has
not failed, as I expected 'would be the case, to
attract the "attention'of the French .press. A
document, indeedottich sets out in sucifbroad
and striking charactera (conabining the profound
and generalizing politiiis of the historian with the
'practical Views of the' statesman)' gokimposing
edifice of Germanic unity „which , , now
retire, on - the other side''.of the
Rhine---such an utterance totteheg) too nearly
;French, feelings and interests in every
point of view to be allowed to pass- without, re
mark in this country.' But. it is not, as yet at
least, .the' Imperialist organs which have ven
turedlo,notiee or criticise the , reasonings and
:conclusions , of the American diplomatist. .In
!deed, Mr. Bancroft treads upon what the , French
;terrize„,a ten ainto : filunt; and very probably the
oink official writers of the Patrie and the con
rtitutionnel will hesitate to burn their toes, or
their fingers, or their noses,'by approaching the
1-übject treated of at ; all, unless forced
°tit of their-silence by "such opposition
jibes as am about to 'Mention. The
contrast which has been dralivn is one which rises`
, o instinctively to the mind, that one can hardly
help suspecting that Mr. Bancroft himself mast
have had it in his own eye, when he penned his
report.
It•Is M. de Girardin's orgati, Le LiberM, which
takes the lead ha translating and publishing the
dceUment in question, and, commenting upon it
in the fashiOn above intimated. Mr. Bancroft, it
says, attributes the present grandeur of Germany
Ito universal suffrage, "properly understood," to
I parliamentary_ right,
~t`properly„ guaranteed.!'_
het the able American. statesman come and
'study our "official candldateships," and "au
thorized right of interpellation." He praises i
the vyi.U-defined policy of Germany, the whole
nation armed in self-defence, her entire popula
tion able to read and write, a maritime navy in
terior only to that of England and the United
States, her wisely regulated systems of commerce
and customs. ,let him come and -study "our"
hazi . 'policy, "one army itisoiganization bill,
"our" miserable attempts at colonization and
maritime development in fever-stricken Cochin-
China and Senegal' and starving . ' Algeria, "our"
Chambers of Cominerac begging advice (like that
of Havre) from Englaid—and then let him "re
port" upon us to Mr. Seward!
Mr. 'Bancroft, the Liberte goes on further
to say, applauds the practical activity of the
•
German Parliamentary Session, where "no time
is lost" in personal flatteries and "oratorical dis
plays." Let him then come here and contemplate
"our" Senate and Chamber,Ond witness the"indul-
gen - de of a tolerant majorfty,"listen to our "prac
tical speeches", and the "oratorical successes of.
NI. le Ministre d'Etat. Let him .remark, too,
haw we "lose no time," and are "nearly on the
point of beginning" the discussion of reforms
promised in the imperial letter of the 19thlanu
ary, 1867. And so the Liberte continues to draw
the contrast, asking at the close of its biting
article whether Mr. Bancroft, in his picture of the
greatness of Germany;"drawn with so much good
sense and precision," really meant to criticise
indirectly the regime under which France now
exists ? That is a question which I must leave
the honorable Minister of the, United States at
the Court of -Berlin to answer for himself; only
venturing to w intimate that I feel quite sure of
one thing, and that is, that if Mr: Bancroft had
been appointed to Parts instead of Berlin, it
would never Pave entered into his-head to draw
the same comparison between French "universal
Suffrage" and "constitutional government" and
American, as he has done between those in
stitutions in Germany and the United States !
The absurd 'prosecution, or rather per
tecution of 'sixteen
_Paris, journal .for
illegalreports of the debates has terminated, for
the - prtsent by - the -twitting magistrate sending
eleven or them for trial, before the Correctional
Police Court. The five who are let off declare
loudly that it is impossible, for them ti discover
any real ground of distinction between their case
and that of their less fortunate cotemporaries;
and laugh, sarcastically, at the examining magis
trate who has Liken "fifteen days' study" to de
tect the difference between a "parasitical."
"fraudulent," "disloyal," "defamatory," "Illegal"
ieport and , a "legal" one ! The whole affair is
4nly another example - of 'that "utter Want of
reality and mere make-believe which charac
terize whatever is called "public liberty" in this
country.
The n'e* American journal, the
,Continental
Gazette, has mow twice made its appearance in
Paris, and has, I think, given great satisfaction.
Its 'external form is highly creditable' to the man
ager, and Its tone and contents seem to be equally
approved of. Letters' 'commending the undertak-
ing, on public grounds, appear from General Dix
and other American Ministers in Europe. The
American public in Paris and elsewhere seem to
appreciate the enterprise at its proper value, and
to acknowledge the claim upon their support and
patriotism of this first attempt to give a public
voice to American opinion on the European con
tinent. I cannot forbear mentioning the hand
some way in which Mr. McCormick, of Chicago,
has subscribed for a year for ten copies of the
new journal, to be sent to as many public insti
tutions in tile United States. It is to bo hoped
that this example will bo followed by other
public-spirited American citizens.
On the first day of the present year there were
very nearly 16,000 kilometers, or about 12,000
miles of railway, commtmicatlon open to public
ti afflein — this - countiy. Thiii — Conipietes within
about 3,000 or 3,500 miles the entire net-work of
railways in France for whick concessions have
been made. In about three years more it Is cal
culated that what remains to be done will be se
complished. When it is considered that there is
not, as I believe to be the case, s single French
line which is not remunerative; that the best linos
are paying the original shareholders twenty and
twenty;tive per ant, and very, few under
that the
4ive or six ;and that ,excellent investments are
still °tiere in abundance to the imblic in shares
and debentures, bringing the 'latter amount °flat
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terest—when the excellent, If someivitat minute
system of administration is also taken into ac
count,: with the comfort of, the earrlages and
waltinOooms, the absolute.uniformity of guage,
thp . generaregularity and rarity of accidents--
When all these circumstances are taken into con.;
sideration, it oust be alloived that if the Frenekt
have been behind most "of their neighbors in
making. their lines, they haie done it at last more
completely and advantageously than; any of
their predecessors. Nor does the benefit stop
here,,er confine Itself to the present generation..
In shrty,'seventy or eighty years the finis, will
revert to the government, that is to the public ;
and posterity may become heir to a property,
which sonic sanguine persons proclaim even now
to be capable of liquidating. tho entire national
debt of the country.
A circular just addressed by M. de Lesseps to
thO French Chambers of 'Commerce calls the at
tention of ship-owners and merchants to the fa
cilities 'and advantage's 'already afforded them by
thli. canal between the Mediterranean and the.
Red Sea, The service of tug-steamers is now, it
appears, regularly established from Port Said to
&Sex: . The transport can be made 'in four days,
in either direction , at the rate of 1;000 tons daily,
land with only one franshipmentof cargo. No less
'than twenty-four. steamers touch at Port Said
every month; and in such a confluence of traffic,
even at this early period of the enterprise, M. de
Lesseps,sees a sure voucher for the complete ulti
mate success of Lis gigantic undertaking.
Letters from Toulon tell us that Admiral Far
'ragnt has just arrived at that port with thc
American Naval division.* The salute of thegal
lent Admiral was replied to by the guns of the
fort and the eolferino. The presence of the
American squadron has imparted unusual gayety
this winter to Niel Mentono, Cannes'and other
favorite places of 'sojourn, which are crowded
with citizens of the. United States. After the late
storm and frost, the Maritime Alps present a
splendid spectacle, being covered with snow of
dazzling whiteness along the entire line of coast,
while below on the shore and"the Corniene road
a delightful temperature already reigns, the
precursor of spring.
CRIME.
Forgery In Fashionable; Circles-LA
Young New 'V orker nobs Mr loather.
In.lavr of 530,000.
(From the Cincinnati inquirec,ATan.Ph.l
A cam of forgery has just come to light, in
volving a young married'man, a resident of New
York, connected with a respectable family of
wealth and position In that gay metropolis.
A Mr. D—, a wealthy mereliantdoing
busi
ness in the city of New York,.discovered ; a few`
weeks since„ a discrepancy in his bank account,
which not alone startled, but aroused him to the
urgent necessity of employing Secret aid to ferret
out the:evil-doer. The detective, 'who from, this,
time was constantly on the alert, failed; after the
most ingenious contrivances, to solve the mys
tery.
A rigid examination of the merchant's bank
"account showed a difference of some 530,000. A
forgery had 'certainly been con:emitted, •but the
all-important question who had done the deed
remained unanswered. The signatures - to each,
and every check were the subject of minute in
spection, and the spurious checks, dated at in
tervals within the last sixty days, resembled the
genuine suflielentlyto deceive the most skeptical
observer. It became evident to the princely
merchant that some person or persons inns
matelv acquainted with his ways • and means
could enlighten himfif so 'inclined
,to do, and;
with extreme reluctance, he determined to watch
the conduct of his son-in-law, who of kite bad
indulged in extravagant luxuries, upon resources
yielding but slight returns. to the Beverme Bu
reau. The severity and closeness of the men
chant's watchfulness strongly, suggested to his
son-in-law the expediency of leaving for parts,
unknown, and without much consideration he
abandoned both home and friends, and became a
fugitive.
The distressing intelligence of his crime and
flight was speedily communicated to his wife, a
lady
. possessing beauty and accomplishments,
who importuned, as only a fond and doting wife
is capable of entreating, her father's forgiveness.
Thestern lind outraged parent remained
im
movable. .Despite the solicitation of the wife and
daughter, he employed a detective, with instruc
tions to leave no stone ,unturned in order to
accomplish the arrest of the "dear one from
home.' The search seemed fruitless, and those
concerned abandoned all thought of bearing
Emit or seeing the erring and departed youth. It
happened, however,
that a gentleman from New
York, on a visit to this city, aequainted with the
occurrences related, moven as being a friend to
the wronged merchant, recognized on ono of .our
streets the young man so prominently associated
In the history of this !Whir, and instantly dis
patched information by telegram toNew•York, -
to the effect that he, .hriew of the young man's
wherealaonte,_ andstwaited =instructions. ;-The=
merchant. responded that he would leave atone
for this city, and to beep a sharp 100k -opt.
The Eastern train, which arrived lien) On. Sa- •
urday morning, brought the injured
_parent and
wife, who hastened. to,the Gibson House, and
were brought face to face with the fugitive. The
meeting, was, as may be. anticipated, !'not - very
cordial, and but few of the guests knew , or km
mised that such a scene of woe was being en
acted in their immediate neighborhood. The
heartbroken wife pleaded with her fatheraa only
a wife can plead for an erring, guilty, but still
beloved husband. For some time the stern, fa
ther and inflexible man of business was inexora
ble, but finally more humane feelings prevailed,
coupled most likely with a shrinking from the
shame of exposure, and last evening the party
left for New York, the merchant gloomy and
taciturn, although forgiving; the young man re
gretful and repentant, and the wife the onlyhap
py being of the party.
Shocking Affair in Memphis—Blood
shed in a court noon.
• (From the Memphis Poet. of January 25th. 1
The examination of John Winters, Owen Mc-
Portland and Torn Costello, charged with the
murder of Michael Connell, on finnklaymorning
last, has been proceeding before Justice Hall for
several days past. The affair has created a deep
interest among the friends of the deceased on the
ono band and of the prisoners on the other, and
no little feeling has been exhibited on both sides.
The crowd in Attendance has been 80. great that
the proceedinge have taken place in the Criminal
Court-room instead of in the office off the justice.
Among those:espeolally interested in ' the ex
amination was Mr. Thome Malone, late Street
Commissioner, an uncle of the murdered man
Connell, who, at the Unroof his death, was in his
employ as a barkeeper. Malone, it is understood,
had engaged counsel for the prosecution of the
case against the prisoner.
Yesterday evening about six o'clock. after the
testimony of the witnesses had been taken,__Col•
GftpitrAtimargulng -the ease- for the - State,, when
some sharp aorda passed between him and Mr.
Bulleek,.wiro was engaged for the defence. Ttke
sparriug of the attorneys created great excite
went in the crowd of spectators, who were already
wrought:up• to a high state of excitement by the
paeelona and prejudiceserblekbad been Aroused
between.the' friends of the priaonem and
those of the deceased, before and during the
trial, awl a. scene , of confusion ensued in the
crowded court room. Mr. Malone was sitting on
a table inside the bar, ' and, when.; a. remark
wart Made by Mr. Bulloch to Col. Gantt, 'he' got
up. , and , said to the latter, "1 wouldn't take that
from any body." Bullock replied' to Malone
an oxelted-:Mante4 bud a scene. 'of getters].
uproar'and confusion took place in the 1.c) , ) , n,
during which the report .of a pistol was 'heard,
and Malone received a ball In the right side ue•kr
the groin. Order was soon after restored t
tome extent, and the wounded man 'was liken r
to Wilkinson's drug-store, where his Wound was
examined. The wad from the pistol was found
burning in his overcoat, showing that the weapon
bad Leon almost In contact with his person meet)
tired. He was soon rernrived to his residence,
on Jackson street:between and' 2rOst.
The wound was pronottneed 'fatal, bat he' still
survived this morning.
Various rumors have been Current as to the per
petrator of the deed,hut we have not learned that
the act had been definitely, fixed upon any indi.
vidaal. No arrest has been ,made.
Just before going to press, , rumor prevailed
that Malone had died, but we could not ascertain
whether it was reliable or not.
Outrage In Olneinnatt—Abduction or
Iwo Twang Women.
(From the Cincinnati 'limas of Jantrith
Yesterday two young - Andres—cousins—named
Mary Thonason and Mary Schmidt, Peach about
eighteen years of age, came to this city from Old
enburg, Indiana, in search of employnaent. After
wandering around the strbets• until about dark,
and being Germans, entirely unacquainted with
any person here, they asked a 'gpnteelly dressed
) oung man if he could inform them whdre they
could get any work to do. After questioning
Mein as to where they came from, and if they
had friends here, and learning they had not, ho
said that his aunt, who lived up on the hillside,
needed help very much, and if they would only
go there with him they would, undoubtedly, get
good places.
Only too happy at 'their apparent fortune in so
soon finding shelter. they gladly consented to go,
and the trio started off up Sycamore street as
far as Price, and then up the latter. When the
party had arrived on the hill-aide, the man said
Le would run ahead and inform his aunt that the
young girls were coming, and that they must
follow right on and take the first street leading to
the left. This they did, and had arriVed at the
corner of Ringgold and Price streets, when they
were suddenly pounced upon by Fix or seven
men, who gagged them so as to prevent any out
cry.
The larger twirl. Mary Thomson, being Nary
powerfully built, managed, after a desperate
struggle, to free herself trout the .grasp -of tho
villains who had hold of her, and escaped to the
nearest house, where she was well cared for and
remained all night.' The screams of the other
girl were heard by several persons, and only a
lily minutes elapsed before several gentlemen
were on the ground, well armed, but .not in
time, the scoundrels had fled, taking the poor
girl with them, and it is feared that the mon
sters, to hide any evidence of their fiendish work,
have murdered her, and in some mannerdisposed
of her body. This morning the, girl Thomson
left the house before the offieersarrited, and has'
not since been seen.
Jail Breaking. Au• frta
retoar—Beniark
able Escape tram the state Prison.
A very extraordinary escape from the State
Prison occurred at an early hour Tuesday morn
ing. James Morris, alias David Kently, ,from
Salem county, sentenced to, seven years' im
prisonment, having broken out of the New,York
Tombs, Sing-Sing dud the Michigan and Ohio,
Penitentiaries, was confined in a , solitary
cell In the third tier of the new wing, under
the constant supervision of, a watchman. He
must have been for some thee engaged in pre
paraticns, as a hole was made In the wall, be
hind a closet, through' Filial he escaped to a
loft. Having made a rope ladder of wax ends,
he probably obtained the pine sticks for the'
rounds in this loft. At about one o'clock in
the morning, as is supposed, he left a "dummy"
in his bed, - climbed into the loft, and bored
his way to the. roof. Ho next 'Made a' ladder'
out of two timbers from the ltdt, climbed
upon the main building, crossed its roof, add let
himself down tip the ground by his rope ladder.
Here he traveled bdcitward and forward in the
Mow; Completely hiding, his tracks—and 'then
left for regions urikndifn. In his escape from
the Michigan. Penitentiary, he had his feet frozen,
and the ends of both were amputated. The
fellow told the otheers• that he intended to
"leave" as soon as he got tired of the prison.—
work A th,ertiser.
I ragedy in Ittnisouri—A. Man Ethan
Dead. •
[lsom tho St. Louie Democrat of Jan. 26th.]
We have just learned the particulars of a cold
blooded and most cruel murder, perpetrated
about LW) miles southeast of BottsvWe, on Fri
day noon, 2•4 th inat.
It appears that a mule belonging to a Mr. Phil
lipshad broken into au enclosure containing a
stack of oats, belonging to his neighbor, a Mr.
Sibert Mr. Sibert Fetrhis dog •after the mule to
drive it away, and Mr. Phillips, seeing this, went
into his house and came out with a donble-bar.
reled shot-g,nn,and firing one barrel of the same,
shot and killed the dog.
Mrs., Sibert and her husband were near by,
Mrs. S. holding In her arms, an infant son, their
only child.
Mrs. S. remonstrated with Phillips (a very pas
sionate man) about shooting the dog, when he
replied, "D—n you, I had just as lief shoot you,
too;" upon hearing which, Mr. Sibert started-'to
ward him unarntett,-when-Mr—Phillips raised -his
gun and with the remaining barrel, shot at Sibert
instantly killing, him, and also killing the- child
In its mother's arms and a cow belonging to Si
bert
Phillips at once caught, the mule, and mount
ing it rode away, stopping at the house of a Mrs.
Bruce, a near neighbor, and telling her he had
"shot and supposed .bp was dead by, this
time, and she' had better 4.6. down and see
ahout it." , „,
Phillips was Still at large *hen our informant
left the scene of this fearful tragedy, but , would
dopabtless soon be captured., -
EBOXI: HAVANA,
Correspondence. of the Phtladelphut Evening Bulletin.]
HavaxA, January 23, 1868.—The cholera is
' fading away so rapidly that next Sunday is
designed for thanksgiving. Moreover, the Board
of Health will give clean bills from that day to'
vessels sailing from Havana and Cardenas. I
read in a letter from St. Ingo de Cuba, dated
January 16, that Mr. Edward Andrew, an English
man I suppose, employed , in the Consolidated
Mines of the . Villa del Cobro,. was assassinated
recently by a Chinese laborer whom he had
chastised a few hours before. The "Spanish
Bank" of this city is to duplicate Its capital,
which now amounts to $4,000,000. It is already
announcing the issue of a. series of shares to the
amount of ono million, and a prime of 20 per
cent. This prime is considered too high and
bas displeased the public.
MAnxias.—The sugar market is extremely
dull and without transactions. We quote No. 12
from 7 to•73,frs.,_nominal. Very little business int
exchange. On New Yourk currency, GO ds., 2QX
per cent. discount.
AN ORIENTAL WIAITRIAGIC.—A loiter from Tall
rio, of the 12th November, in the Illontieur, gives
some details of the marriage of Mosaffer Eddin
Atirza, - -beirrto the throne of Persia. The prince
is only Sixteen years old and the princess of the
,same age. The princess occupied thirty-three
'days in herjourney from Teheran to Tates. The
cortAge was preceded by about a hundred beasts
of burthen, horses, mules, or camels, carrying
'servants, carpets. tents, and the outfitS of the
bride; then followed a number of led horses cov
,ereii,wilb magnificent housings, and next the e el ,
riage containing the princess, vho was invisible
to all eves behind the Mahogut& blinds. The
pro Cession was accompanh3OrViolins, trumpets,
and lairds:Stirling, tningilifettisir sounds with the
military band sent froM . leheratt. N'Tifen Came
trivia canting palanqulis closed With curtains
and ecintalning th 4 women of 00 prineess'a suite
E FETHERSTON. PubliAit
.f,gfgil, - ,!.rtm . 4,t1 . •0:tN18y ] ::.;',.' : ..':
D elms:
—Gough la on hie leetleotaring . legs
—A bright exclemationa 'hato of %ex
—Texas hay twertey-tiv,O ,•ftila 1 1 0 :hatf
acres of unimproved land.
—"several Indians were lately naturalized at
I .. ,- FliteetrDukesandOotints•attrve aerrprryttfes
in the Papal army. - • •
' —Clever and well-recommended salesWoloitr .
Berlin get,fifty dollars equal* and board..*" •
—There is less sufrering at the South' thin* iti•
n'eneially supposed.
•-'-When'ts a little poomlike an acre art•-•'
paid for?; Wheti It is Anacreontic.. ,
—:The Germans In CinclnstalL hate , vrtdtaing;
'matches for barrels , of lagmboer: • •
—translations from Hawthorne site becoming
popular in France. ,
—Miss Thackerafs full *tine. .stild to be
Euphemia Ella Vie t torla Regia:Baridi Tfeickefay.
— Hatelfteignoldstiplaying "MaideAit(oinette„'":
Our gractoris!'mhat arfdamty!
ttlitintard disapproves of eccleelastlcal
fairs.
" ....Weston is to siting speOches to Sandaystbolars
in 3tithigan.
•••=AAprinter in Texas has named his first-bom
Brevier I+ull•faced Jones. • • •
'—A Chielfgo man was,cool enough to pay two
hundred dollars fqr the Use of diamonds worn by
his 'Wife at the recent Charity ball In'that 'city
-.4apper ia at, his' level, writing ~nnrsery
rhymes, and tryibg to write up to the compre
hension of MA infant audience.
—Asa:Packer, of Pennsylvania, is mentioned
as a poFeible, President. But still a very ',im
probable one.
' —Jananschek had a great STICCOSS in Cincin
nati. Her compatriots made .her a public pre
sentation of a wreath and medal.
—A bill is pending in the Ohio Legislature to
disfranchise students in all the academies and
colleges of the State. •
,
—Grand Duehesse Tostee's frequent "Indispo
sitions" are said to be owluivto her lob frequent
worship of Bacehus,—Er.
- —Martin; - who edited the Queen's Diary and is
to be knighted, is tbe husband of Helen Faucit,
the once famous actress.
—Lynchburg, Va., has a "humorist" named
Bagley, who calls himself Mozis Addams, and is
to give "readings" from hhi works this week.
—The Berahlole Indians, in Florida, are said .to
retain the "peculiar institution" among them, in
spite of recent amendments to .the Constitution.
—A popular. extraiaganza ' at one of the
London theatres, is entitled PeUicoat , Parliatheat
or Woman's .S'uilivje. It is by Mark Lemon.
—Horace Greeley is a great admirer of Bwin
burne's poetry, and 'recites Charles Algernorea
most passionate verses-with:.school-boy enthu
siasm. Horace is quite a Romeo in his way.
—Adrian, Michigan, having refused to pay, the
gas company's rates for street lighting% has been
left in the dark. We do pay them, and have. the:
gas, and are left In the dark.
—A girl in Detroit has backed herself to skate
for thirty .hour's, conseentively.—Ex. Saving
backed herself, will she now unbosom ,herself
upon the subject to her con, fi dantes?
• -- T •MI a. Charles, author o f the "Schonberg-Cotta,
Family," is still young and eminently? English; of'
small, slight figure, whose modest manners at.
once exelte interest.
' —Pittsburgh gets twelve and a half million
cubic feet of gas free r except the revenue tax, and
pallt WAY one dollar.er :thousand - feet for atilt
uses In excess of that amount.
--Dinah Maria Milled, before her marriage (.j
suppOrted by her pen her little domestic eircie,
an aged father and a brother, whom she educate&
only to see him die in the fullness of his youth.--
—Last week an Infant child in New York. State,
was negligently smothered to death in its mother's
arms, while out sleigh-riding. The mother's
over-anxiety_to keep the child warm had caused,
its death.
—The murderer of Louisa Krause, the beauti
ful Berlin lorette, is a deaf mute, and only. eigh
teen years old.' He asserts that eheattempted. to
take from him his pocket-book, containing_only
four oilers.
—Miss Burdett ,Contts has undertaken to pay
the rates of the tenants of her model •lodging
houses in London, withoutinereasing thelerents,
thus enabling them to obtain the franchise to
which they are entitled by the. Reform bill,
-.Several German papers think it • rather.
strange and unbecoming in the American Consul
at Schwerim(Mecklenbnrg) to solicit patronage
by advertisements resembling those of hungry
quack-doctors.
—Carl Neumann says in his last volume on. tiot
history of America, that "President Johnson fitly
commenced his outrageous career by, taking the
(Atka office in a common Washington board
ing-house."
—Whipping is extensively, practised in the
Tennessee penitentiary. During, -the past:. sire, _
months naless than five hundredamdtwentyi-iiira -
pun !aliments by _floggirveLbeeueihnlniftterali,_• - ---
some of Which were seventy-five,larthes.
—Henry Ward Bee Cher, .Kev, I k man Abbott,
and Bishop. Cox° of Western. New York, are
writing lives of Christ. There is a very good
ene In the New Teetament, but it was written by
some poor fishermen. Give Beecher a chance,
and then -- 1 . •
—Yak°, lady, yoke! The moon is high, twink
lin' stars are beamin', while now and then, across
the sky, a meteor are sheen:dol. Vake Sally,vake,
and look on me—awake, Squire Nubbin's. dangh
ter I If I'll have you, and you'll have me—(by
gosh ! who threw. that:water!) - -
—lt is said that there is na hope' of curing
Robert Johnson, son of 'the President, of his
habit of excessive dissipation, which amounts to
a positive insanity. The keepers of the lunatic
asylum in which he has been placed have no ex
pectation of benfitting him.
—A long-bearded miller at Logan, Ohlo, the
other day carelessly suffered his flowing
honors to get caught in a revolving shaft.
Bracing himself promptly, his board went by the
roots. He will hereafter have but little more
trouble in shaving than befbre.
—Desperate efforts aro to be made Immediately
to replenish the empty coffers of the Holy Father
so as to enable him to pay his mortavea and goes
d'armea. One hundred now canvassers, mostly
lay-priests, will bo sent to the United . States to
solicit contributions for St. Peter's Pence.
—Marshal Yorey is hopelessly paralyze*. and
so helpless that he cannot move, but most be
carried by his servants. His mind, however, is
as clear and.active as over. Ho has recently dicta
ted
to his acqutant a pamphlet which, will 'l*
Issued under the title, "Europe in 1868."'
—The Continental Journals have bems quarrel-.!.
ing for some time past about this questift: "W'tn4, 3 .
European country can boast the lar
,t nuntbek ,
of beautiful women?" It is getter cortOdeit '
now that , Austria is the "land of bean "."10Mait o•
a k
its Selavonic races the number of Imut 11 , Ontett, '
Is surprisingly large.
--:•some one hits written - tbreetiltiWi t ii& - iiiiii-• -
sentences to the London Tints*, that have au app-
pfication to other cities Also; ' as` follows.:
"Thero are, thousands of lintry men ont of ens,„
ploy at the -East ami.'„There are miles of wet
famously filthy streets ' nnd pathways at tha„ '
West end. Aro there( no means of bringing thy'
two together?" - , , , ,
—The Cleveland Herati says: "The george
Francis Train affair resolves itself Into this:. one ..
pusseuger.on. the Scotia bad too long a tongue.
another had too 'long ears,..and the anthorttles. ;
who.wails 4 0 arreerhati too long, nom*. The
0130 thing , needetrby all parties eotrarne4 Yrkt
Com l3ll 401180."