'GIBSON ITACOCIC. 'Editor VOLUME XXM.---N0.,200. EDDING CARDS. INVITATIONS i. Tv for Parties; Ito. New styles. &00 au2litil Chestnutstreet, EDDING INVITATIONS EN jrar&l In the newest and best manner: LOUIS 11111t14 Stationer and • Engraver. fe 10M Chestnut atreet. 20 tf .. eifflßClllslAN.—on the 28th November, Albert L. Churchman, eon of Robert end Julia A. Clinreinan, iu the 26th your of hie o1,•e. The nude Ilion& of the family are'reaneetfully invited to attend-thefnm•rel.frtm, tho residence of hie father, No. 2.54 South Sixteenth street, on Friday, Deco:fibrin', at 12 o'clock M. CRITTENDEN.—On Tuesday, November 3 , 01 b, Mrs. Ellzaß,Crittenden _in herr , 78th year, The friends of the family are respectfully Invited to at tend the funeral. from the residence of her son, ROY. S. W. Crittenden, N. W. corner of Thirty-seventh and San, Nom streets, Went Philadelphia', ou Thursday, the 21 lust, ut 2 o'clock P, M. ' ENO/MD.—On the 29th ultimo; after a short'illnesih' ED)11111, dalllghtllr of Samuel and Ilannah B. Engard. The relatives nud friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the timeral, front her parents' reel deuce. Nu, zoi Oxford street, on Friday morning, at 11 o'clock. Interment at Laurel Hill. FOXI--On the 30th November. Hannah Fox, widow of the lato .forepli M Fox, of Clarion county, in the 80th year of her age. Funeral on Friday morning, at 11 o'clock. " GOODMAN.—On - Monde). the 29th ult., Catharine A: Goodman, daughter of -the late John Goodman, in the 79th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend her funeral,from her late residence, No. 'C.B Callowhil I street on Thursday afternoon, the :2d instant, at 2 o'clock, I nterment in (limb' vault. tit. John 'n Church, Race street. (1 1 / 9 1:13 Fifth ORB.--On the 29th ult., Samuel Orr, in the 47th year of his age, The relatives and friends of the family ; also,. Orient Lodge. No. 289, A. Y. M and Celtic Association, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral. from ills Into residence, 1014 Clement street, on Thursday afternoon, at I o'clock It - - "Death aims at shining marks," says the poet; and his words are endorsed by all who knew Or. ARK. From youth to the time of his, death. his integrity and uprightness have been the oubject of remark by all who know him. A mind on which. nature lavishes! her choicest gifts, together with the gentlemanly polish, of his manner, fitted- him to eater the highest circles of clyilized society. He was as courteous to a beggar as to 'a king, 'and was over ready to lend a helping hand to those who wore iudistrese, which endeared him to many heists, as could be nightly !Well by the all inquiries of his numerous friends during his jilt True sod just in all big business transaetions, reaming falsehood and a mean action as only truly good and noble men can, we tan partly place him as an example to be haitatstd by all. Not many weeke ago the family constellation was un 'broken, the loving husband and beloved father was present : but death crossed the threshold. and with un erring hand laid him low. His suffering wasgnat, but patiently he bore all without a complaint. thinking only how badly his family felt at seeing his distress. Love appeared to be the only passion that animated his breast. He called tenderly on his loving wife, who never left him, but hung around his pillow until all that remairoll of. his earthly form was hidden from her sight and tit tered .rweet words of sacks! and wisdom to . his noble aims Bud gentle daughter. who lingered around his conela, lie left a name unblemished that his family can bear proudly. The dead seem the links that bind . us to heaven ; for by parting With some loved friend, we are taught to look upward, and think of the time when we shall lay aside our earthly robes and put on the robes and Crown of 'glory that are promised to all ilkelo who believe in Christ. No one could look QII the humeri,- late brow and sweet. 'peaceful expression of the de. parted's mouth, and . help exclaiming, "0 Death. thou lovest the healthful." To his sorrowing wife and 'chil• Arils we have only to say, look to Cod. "For Ho who wounds knows how to bind and heal the - broken heart," Think he has nut separator' you forever: the pearly gates of Paradise that hide him from your sight will open to you when you have Levu Piloted over Um turbo lens stream that separator:the known from the unknown world. You have passed under the rod, and now put on your strong armor of hope—hope that he who has gone before crossed safely over and stands stn that golden strand' waiting for you only think. some one waiting tar you at the gates of Paradise! Waiting to ' , Sleet you en the death-stip:l shall free you from life's care 4. sod there will be such a happy. reunion, and you - will part never nose. • • St . . INDIA CAMEL'S RD. SCARFS .CIIRISTMAS PRESENTS OF VALI , X. & LANDEI.I.. FOURTH AND ARCU. SPECIAL NOTICES. .Srt for additional Notitei To Counteract An opinion, pretalent among wOlllO who have not fried us, that because we are on Chestnut street, and deal only in n class of Clothing finer than ordinary It eady-triaih , Garments, our prices must be enormously high. we, here publbob a LIST OF PRIC'ES., Light Weight Overcoats, from $9 to ar.s. Black Beaver 'Overcoats,' sld.lc $2O, sz, $35. Chinchilla Overcoats, sa", 2,525525.. Whole Snits. 0./ Heavy Petersham Over and all grades from coats, $l6. ez) to $6O. ' Youths' Overcoats, from $1 Handsome dress suits, al to $23. black, $25 to $65. Children's Overcoats from Fine Tretots . $33 to 645. a& 00 to $25. , Swallow Tail IDrCPS 'oats. Garibaldi Suits from $5 to Black Cloth, $l6 , to $4O. $2O. Me Cloth, $l, to $35. Prince Imperial Suits from Boys' Jackets_ ...... foil $6 to 825. Boys' Pants 3 60 Bi , marcks. $6 to $2O. and twenty otievr styles fkuts' 'Wrap s3s pers, .."1.5 in Tide libt embrace,... of a '4=ll portion of • our Stock, but gives an idea of what hu)org -„-- can do. awl demonstrate that e • The Very Finest Styles, The 'Very Finest Qualities, • The:Very Finest Makes • GENTS', YOUTHS' and CHILDREN'S READY-MADE CLOTHING Can bt, bold and ar.• being cold by very Celtuipvt.‘umti Than the People think JOHN WAN AMAKER, Chestnut Street Clothing Establishment, 818 and 820 CHESTNUT STREET. lo• ACADEMY OF MUSIC. THE STAB COORSB OF LECTURES 110 N. CHARLES SUMNER. On Wednesday Evening, December I. Subt—k 4 Tits QtrEsTIOX OF CASTE." ' On Friday Evening, December I_,__ - . ~ REV. ROBERT COLLYER, D. D. . , Butiect— ' CLEAR GRIT." DeCOMber 7—MAR TWAIN. December 9—DE CORDOVA. December 16- , -WENDELL PRILLIPS Admission. 500. Reserved Seats, 75. Tickets for any of the Lectures for sale at GOULD'S Piano Wareocans ;No. MS CHESTNUT - Street, and at the ADodrms y p ont hte e Lc n uKro f a th e . Lecture. Orchestra Prelude at 7% o'clock lob WILLS °PETIT A T.MIC HOSPITAL RACE ABOVE EIGHTEENTH STREET. Upon daily at 11 A. N. for treatment of diseasee of the 13Y0. ATTENDING SURGEON, DR. H. J.LEVIS, N. W. cor. Thirteenth and Arch. 1/(SITING MANAGERS? ' EDWARD HOPPEH, No. =1 Walnut street. J.IGNSIVANGER. No. 1933 Arch !greet. GEORGE; W. VAUGHAN, No. 200 Richmond street, oaks w tfrP3 ion PROFESSOR BLOT • Will commence a course of LECTURES ON COOKERY % TBURSDAY, December 2,1, at 11A. In the ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS: Terms for the Course of Seven Lectures,6's. Single - Lecture, L 3 mils. , Tickets alike Mal. ntidg-tf,rp'• MalEEa ItuAlnets Suite. Punta........ 5 01 Vestb 2 CO Whole Sults and all grades up to .820. bletropolitan Sultu from 510 to 825- Youths' Chesterfield/3 from $lO to 611 SPECIAL NOTICES. ]KNIGHTS 'OF PYTHIAS. GREENWOOD 'CEMETERY Ogrer of Asylum Turnpike & Fisher Lane, NEAR FRANKFORD; • - A chance 18 now offered to liccuro Lots, at the • Low price of, 815, pnyable in instalaients, In what is admitted to be the hest adapted grounds for Cemetery purposes near Phila delphia, being romantically located, perfectly dry anti beautifully rolling surface.. Apply to Pattonnxl--WILMIR MYEIN, 419 North Fifteenth street. VICE PEEBIDENT—IMERY BL.GEARY, 8. E. corner of Ridge avenue and Wallace street, SECRETARY-ok°. CHANDLER PAUL, Office of the Company, 1723 North Tenth street. T 1 rAFEREII.—WM. fi. SNE IC! East Yorkstreet ErrEaIerPNDENT—BANTIEL F. MEADE; 0013 bora On the Gronnda t — . , A GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRU MENTAL CONCERT, In aid of the SPRUCE STREET BAPTIST CHURGII, Will be held at the Church. Spruce street, below Fifth, ON THURSDAY EVENING, Dec. 9, The Directory take pleasure in announcing that they hare secured tho assistance of the following eminent artists 91 11. CHAS. H. JARVIS, Pianist. MR DAVID D. WOOD, Orgauletv MISS VIRGINIA PARIS, Soprano. Popil of Prof. Radii.) MISS CARRIE JARVIS, Soprano. MRS. JARVIS DAVIS, Contralto. CONLY Basso. (Pupil of Prof. itarlll.l Also the assistance of a talented chorus of ladies and gentlemen. Tickets. admitting one. 191 admitting two. NI jio. To be had at the Music Store of W. 11. Boner, 1102 Chestnut street. the 804.111 S of the Baptist Publication Society - . No. LW Arch Street. and at the Church on the evening of the Concert. • [4c2 4 79 4t§ Doors open at 7 ,'clerk, P. M., Concert at al. before t. lc?, ST. CLE3I ENT'S CHURCH, TWEN deux and ('bet-re streets. During the season of - Advent, service every Wednesday night at 7.!4. o'clock. Choral Service. Seale free. This evening, December Ist, •• The Historic Church" by the Roy. W. S.H. Stewart, LL. D. EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR ON TRUE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD. A Man Pat Ott the Train on the Haagen. mark Bridge, rails Overboard and is Drowned. The Newark Adrertiso• contains the foll Ow. lug in its issue of yesterday: Our community was shocked this morning to learn of the drowning of ail estimable citi zen by being ejected from the ears of the New Jcrsev Railroad on the. Hackensack Bridge. The Kiehl of this tragical occurrence as we get them from several passengers who were wit nesses and who express the strongest feeling in regard to it, arc as follows : Among The passengers on the 6.20 train from New York; last evening, on the New Jersey Eallroad, Was Patrick Lane, of a-ust Newark, a well known and respectable citizen and a town constable. On being called on for his ticket by conductor James Parker he found he had lost it. He appeared to be much: con fused and embarrassed at finding himself in this position, its he also stated that he had no money about him. The conductor told hint he would have to get oil the train or pay his fare and left him i;.r the time being to pass - through the other cars. This was before the train got to West End. On returning to -31 r. Lane the conduc tor again demanded hisfare, and Lane basing by tIMs time found a stray ton-cent stamp in his poCkets, offered him that as the best he could do. The conductor at once stopped the train, which was now on the Hackensack bridge. It was quite dark. Lane, whose case bad at-. .tracted the atto Mien of all around him. was evidently much embarrassed at his conspicuous position, anti made nervous also by the pros vet of a walk home iu the dark over an un- nown road. With the Name confusion of manner he had exhibited from the first, he hasten&l towards the door of the car. Several of the yrissengers, whose sympathies were aroused, advised him to wait until the train was stopped; and he did so, and then passed out of the door with the conductor. It would appear that the conductor lighted his way down the steps, but doubtless this light only rendered the darkness of the night more intense to the ejected pas.seriger. On getting' upon the bridge he hastened, as if in tear of a train coming in the opposite direc tion, to put himself on the outside of the other track from that on which the train was standing. In the haste and bewilderment of his situation, lie :stepped too far. He was seen to stumble up upon the string-piece or timber-guard on the edge of the bridge, and the next moment a wild cry of .terror and despair rang through the night, " horrifying the pasSengers,who divined at once the catas trophe that had happened. Several of our citizens who heard that shriek say they have lain awake all night, so terrible was the agony it conveyed. Of course, what efforts could be made to save the man were not tardily forth coming, and boats were put out within dye minutes, whikit searched among the piles of • the bridge tkiAtid of the conductor's lantern. But he saw no more of his ejected passenger ; the poor fellow had sunk. ho is to blame'? It matters little now to Lane and his desolate wife and children who was to blame. But it becomes a matter of public duty to see that no more precious life should be sacrificed or even risked by incom petent or inhuman railway servants. The in vestigation that -must be had will show to, what extent the . conductor is' culpable, • but meanwhile it seems evi dent that there can be little excuse for set ting a man down on an open bridge at night; if it was justifiable to put such a man as Lane from thd train at all, it .should at least have been done without risking his life. The reg hlatiens of the New Jersey llailread forbid ersons walkiug over this bridge, even in day light, on account of the danger to life. But this conductor put a timid man down there in the darkness 01 night, and left to make his way to a safer place as best he can. A St. Louis SAVlllglilnstitution Robbed -011,000 in Bonds Taken. [From the St. Louis Republican, Nov. 24. I A Ilea -v robbery of bonds was perpetrated in this cITy some weeks ago, but which, up to the present, has been kept quiet, as it was thought publication might interfere with the recovery of the property and the detection of the thief or thieves. The banking-house where the robbery was committed was the Real Estate Savings Institution, 610 Olive street, and the amount of bonds stolen was ill,OOO. ' The modes otwrandi of the robbery is not even yet clearly understood, but it seems evi •dent that it was perpetrated in day time,whett the establishinent was open during business hours. The bonds must have been taken from the safe, which is situated iu the wall, within the space included by the counter, the only approach to which is through the door opening from the private office in the rear. Behind the counter the clerks are at work all day, but there are frequently during the day a •number of persons who call on business in the room in the rear. According to the present comprehension of the robbery, so far as it goes, the thief must have entered this rear room ostensibly on business, taking advantage of other people being, there, to avoid being noticed, and, watching an opportunity, passed through the door into the space inclosed by the counter and so reached the safe, and ap propriated the bonds and escaped unseen. It' seems almostincredible that the robbery could have been perpetrated in this way, but it is not more extraordinary than, other robberies which have occurred in the city in times past. Up to the present we are informed no recover.v of the property has been made, and altogether it is rather a mysterious piece of business. There are three doors to the safe, two inside ones, but they are all open generally during business hairs.. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 : ,1869. AIKEN,. MOITTIHU fAIIIOLINA,. AS A MANI. TARN RESORT. I.Botresikend ilice of the Ph Eiteatnn Bulletin.] Atxxx, ti. C„ Nov. 26, 1869.---Dear lit 4 ,1 have a " Quaker feeling " to write you a letter or two from this winter watering-place; drying place, perhaps, would be more correct, as the scarcity of water in the air and iu the ground is the i'hief dexideratunt. The in creasing notoriety of the village among Neirth ernerk as -a resort for those who have pul monary complaints may Make some account of it interesting to your readers: • Aikenis in Barnwell county, South Caro lina, seventeen - miles from Augusta, Georgia, on the line of the railroad from Augusta to Charleston and may be reached by the Phila delphia and Southern Ste:in:whip Company's steamship to Savannah, and thence via the. Georgia Central Railroad to Augusta ; by steamship from New York to Charleston, and thence .via South Carolina Railroad ; or by the Southern mail line, via Richmond, Wel: , don and Wilmington. The fare from Philadelphia by the :latter route is thirty dollars; time, 40 hours; close connections and quite comfortable cars, On my last trip hither, having unfortunately no lady companion (that "open sesame" to all places of comfort and luxury in this coun try), I had to take, of course, the gentlemen's GI car, where, seated directly behind two charcoal-burners from Atlantic county, New 'Jersey, who pulled off their boots and stock hugs and propped their naked feet against the window-frame, touching the gray head Of an, oTd gentleman on the seats before them, and then drank themselves to sleep with Jersey lightning ; I passed the night between Phila delphia and Washington in meditation on the superior elegancieff by which an invalid traveling alone at night finds himself sur rounded if he be unable to hear the closeness of a sleeping-,car. • Such experiences, however, only make the traveler more joyous when he arrives on the evening of the second dayat the haven where he would be, and ho does . not notice so much the irrepressible fact that the said haven first presents itstlf in the shape of a dirty little station hous'h squeezed down alongside the rails in a - deep- cut which runs through the town, and out of which he must climb by the fine sense of feeling which he has learned to practice in the Qbaker City .on nights when the almanac and the City Councils have agreed that the moon shall shine, and it does so a—behind the clouds. All of Aiken but the railroad station, how ever, is on a plateau 600 feet above the sea, being about at the summit of the watershed' between the Savannah and Edisto rivers,. and :100 feet above Augusta, distant only seventeen miles. It stands on the highest point in what • is called the Sarid Hill region of South Carolina • and Georgia, a peculiar country stretching through both those States. The soil is poor, being white sand font' to six feet deep, with a tldn, gray vegetable mould on top: underneath the sand red clay, 50 to 60 feet deep, through which all the wells have to be bored before reaching water, and are generally 75 to 100 feet deep. The water is pure and good, of a temperature about 64 degrees Fahrenheit. The village has about 1,500 inhabitants, and was once quite a collecting depot for - cotton.; while around it for two or three miles the Charleston cotton-planters built summer houses as retreats from the malaria on their plantations in the low country. Now many of these places are unoccupied, owing to the poverty of their once wealthy' owners, and some are for sale at prices which would be II tempting if the homes wore not so much out of repair that they , are fit only for firewood. The houses in the village are frame, gene rally of one or two stones only, •and are raised on brick piers two to six feet above the , ground, with no cellars underneath, so that the wind has free play beneath the floors and through them around the feet of the occu pants, which, when the thermometer is below 40 degrees, is rather too refrigerating. The streets are one hundred and fifty feet wide, with mauv fine trees in them, planted not in rows, but "promiscuous," as the darkens say; and the narrow wagoti-tracks Winding through them give a picture:Rale aspect to the niece. which is increased by the large areas of the building lote—from half an acre to four acres—adorned with oaks, wild Orange, and other trees. - The winter climate is much like a Phila . delphia pctober—wi th ut the danipnees, but Colder. Except in times of unusual drought or rain, the weather changes in cycles ; first bright, tine days, gradually growing milder; then a day partially overcast and several de grees warmer ; then ten to twenty hours of gusty rain, often with a high wind and clear ing up cold, perhaps a little ice, which melts betore noon; the first day of clear weather rather raw, from the dampness of the ground; over which the high wind blows. But the dampness is gone very soon ; what' the sand does not ahsorb the wind blows away. And then come days when every minute spent in doors between 10 A. M. and 4 P. M. is a minute wasted ; when the air seems so full ox sunshine that it cannot hold it, but sends its exhilarating and electrifying sparkle not only into your lungs, but into your very nerve and brain and bodily tissue. There is considerable changeableness ;. there are unlooked-for falls in the temperature, and Sudden overcasts of sky, which make the invalid think that all he has heard about the climate is a fraud ; but generally it is over soon, and the seat iu front of the'flre is deserted again for the bench in the sun. The thermometer from November to March ranges generally from 20 deg. to 40 deg. at 7 A. M, and from 543 deg. to 65 deg. at noon. But the climate and the houses, taken to gether,are not conducive to coilifort. Any in valid who comes here with hopes of passing an entirely comfortable or enjoyable winter will be disappointed; his symptoms at first may even be aggravated : and it is not until the draughts inside the houses have driven him out of doors to breathe continually the bright .air, as tonic, and bracing as that of Minnesota, yet sometimes appreciably soft with the balsamic influences of the neighboring pines, that he will find his strength increasing and his bronchial oppression less. If by stuffing M paper into cracks of windows and door he anages to make himself com fortable in-doors. he trill find out by and by that he had one better to have stayed at home. ... Again, [the food is, in a Pbiladelphian's judgment, rather poor, and much of it is poorly cooked. Beef like unbled veal; chickens stringy, because killed an hour or so before they are eaten ; very little or no mutton ; no Philadelphia batter, and not much of any kind fit to eat ; and a constitutional tendency in the cooks to fry all things ! Think of a standing rib of beef roasted and basted with lard, so that as as it earne to thetilicooling groase flaked off like the frosting on a Washington pie ! And yet, in spite of such culinary idiosyncracies, the invalid (if his strengtll be not too far gone when he comes), generaity gets . "an Aiken: appetite;" after which, whether it be stew or fry, pone or griddle cake, hog of hominy, is all the same to him. The accommodations for invalids at Aiken this year are much more ample and perhaps somewhat better than last year. , Probably at least five hundred people were turned away in February, March and April last, for want of room; and those interested in the place induced the resident families to nreparo for the recePtion of a few boarders this fall ; so. that there are not, perhaps, a dozen houses in the village whore board may not be had. Prices are high; all fine groceries and other luxuries come front the North,. at high rates of freight, and are costly; and "the season" is short. At the Aiken Rotel boardis WO per month, if there be but one in a room; SM. each for OUR WHOLE C6UNTRit. rooms are -large4 ••open fire-places each;,iu fare and attention about as good as 'at aie, White House at Atlantic City, or the Ocean Rouse (last summer) at Cape ,IStay. At the. boarding-houses pricea range from $55 to $BO a inotthrit is hard to find any worth haying ' for las than $75. As Aiken has hardly as yet a reputation equal to Niceur Pau, it is feared that the prices' may retard the (Imola :of Northern immigration which set. is here 'so strongly last spring. There is such t thing, you knoll', as "killing the goose." :Reserving an account•Of thanegroes, of the schoolc for colored children supported here by the Pciinsylvania Branch of the Freedmen r s Union Commission, and a description of the 'coutry . aroubd Aiken, until a future letter, I rwever, happy to subscribe myself a -• • • . In% ADE L We. Interview with the Chinese Miniater fit , Pektim—.Why Itatlfileationof the Treaty Is Deferred. . ; • • • PritV , s, Thursday, Oct. tlB69.—Arriiring in Shafighae a few weeks ago,. I, was startled; to iindartunor current , to the effect that the Chinese Government had injected Mr. Bur lingatoe's treaty with the United Stites. That rimiel...has ere this spread all over the Western 1 - vityT i -every where doing daMage to the pies ti~eofthe Embassy, and injury to the credit of the Chinese Government. Originating'in China, it is, of course, received as authentic— few persons taking the trouble to reflect hOw unlikely It is that a treaty which was objected to in America as too favorable to the Chinese wmild'be rejected by the faVored party; and howritufmlitur it would be for the Chinese GoVerntrient, by repudiating the first act of their •Envoys, to cut the ground from under their :feet arid defeat the objects of their mis sion. " On reaching thisreapital I took pains to as certain-the views of the Government on. this • subject, .calling at the Foreign Office iri.Com pany with Dr. Williams, our Charge d'Afaires.' Four of the five Ministers were present, and they expresSed a degreelof snrprise, amoun ing almost to consternation, on learning that such a report had obtained currency. 'lt is probable," said Wensiang, President of. the Council, 'That we would ' , reject a treaty that was negotiated . for our special . ad vantage ?" He was anxious to know what could be the origin of - the rumor, and on being told that it was .probably founded ou ' •their despatch to our late Minister, Mr. . Browne. on the exchange of ratifications, he produced a copy of that despatch, and while we read the document for ourselves he favored us with 'his comments. " You see," said he, "that this merely,defers the ratilication—it does not decline it.' No time or place is fixed i in the treaty for the exchange, and as our Mission has not completed . their work, we preferred to wait until we should have the results of their negotiations with other coun tries, and comparing them with each other, Consider and dispose . of the whole subject at • one time." • As to the Mission itself, the Ministers ex -press their confidence in Mr. Burlingame as . unshaken, while they gave utterance to senti ments of mortification and disappointment -'at the opposition their Mission Lad been obliged to encounter.. movement," said Virensiang,- -"is an adoption on our part -of • Western usages. Hitherto China has never• sent stall an Embassy; and in-sending this one, we expected it would be. an open road and a ..reoutli path; but on the contrary, everybody 'seems inclined - throw Snares and pitfalls in, its way. If," he con-, tinued, 'we hail had a native of suf fleiebt experience, we should have placed him at the head of it. But having no native of suitable qualifications, we chose for that position a foreigner of well-known character and abilities. • The other foreign Ministers seemed pleased with the appointment, but now they seem to wish for nothing so much as the defeat of his undertaking." Ile referred to the adverse tone of the - newspapers, in quiring if nothing could be done to restrain them from circulating mischievous reports, and added, with a good deal of bitterness : "Atter such an experience with our first Em bassv, we shall be almost afraid to send another."—N. E Times. A Port Jervis Bank Bobbed' of 030,000.... The Sate Blown Open, and one of the Thieves Arrested in Jersey City. Thieves burst into the 'National Bank of Port Jervis on Monday night, and blew open the safe, from which they stole e5(),000. The bank building is constructed' f stone, and barred and bolted in the most secure manner. The vault was also constructed of stone, with a foundation of the same material, the entrance to which was secured by an immense iron door, weighing about 3,500 pounds, and an, inner door of wrought-iron abdut three-quar ters of an inch thick. The locks used on both the inner and outer doors were " Lillie's Com bination Burglar Proof." The size of the vault was six. by eight feet: and ten feet high, and was used as a depository of the books and pa pers belonging to the bank. Inside the vault were two tire and burglar-proof safes. The entrance way effected through a batik window, in the rear of the Director's room. The iron blinds were opened by cutting oil the rivets with a cold chisel, and removing staples. They next cut the inside sash, push-. ink in the glass, and leaving the frame stand ing. Having obtained ingress, it was but an easy mattter to - get into the counting-room. They next placed a piece of' blakk cambric muslin across the head-light over the front door, to prevent the light from their lamps bein ,, seen on the outside. The next operation of the burglars was to, open the vault. By driving steel wedges into the side and underneath the door they made an opening of about half an inch, in which • they placed a quantity of powder., which was ignited by a fuse. The door and frame were blown completely off, and fell over partially against a desk, which was 'crushed and brought to the floor. The inner door was pried open by weans of - a bar and wedges, and the hinges cut offi which gave access to the interior of the vault. The Herring safe was next wedged and blown open.' The bar on the inside which held the bolts was - blown ofi. This contained the money belonging to- the' bank, between $20,000 and , :' , Zo,ooo,7.ihich the robbers secured. In addition to the property of the bank there was a large amount of Government securities, bonds, &c.,belonging to outside parties,which were deposited in this safe.'and which were alse taken, the amount of which is estimated by the officers of the hank to be about i 20,000. A portion of these bonds are registered, so that they will not be eventually lost to the owners. When the porter went on duty yesterdaty morning, he gave the 'alarm to the bank offi cers, and the town and country around were scoured for one John James and two accom plices. A telegramwas sent to Detective Mc, _Williams - Int jersey . City, - describing James, and on the arrival of the early train at Jersey City, yelterday morning, the fugitive was nabbed, and taken before Recorder Martin dale. He gave a confused account of his movements. He bad nothing with him but a Sielablackbag.Whielf &Detained it' id* s tine - wiches and sonto paper. 'James, of course, denied all knoWledge of the robbery; but the police authorities claim that he is well known: as au old , offender, and that other charges axe pending against him. Later in the day, James Addeion. an Englishitian, and Thonias Scott, also a native of E o ng,land, were arrested as they stepped off • the' afternoon. traim The pri sonerSi after a f)reliminary examination, were committed. • • - • 'Getting a Cline ton Great Maid Rebberri Carolin O'Brien Bryant and JohtiH. Hand, • politicians,' and - Barton, . M. .Johnson, were. taken to the Tombs yesterday, by Detectiyo Officers 'Farley and -Bunonton,: on the charge . of being concerned ilethe, robbery of. $1613,(40' . . oral of bomb, Ou :the 2d of nivoinber; mut cuirizsz EMBASSY. BANK ROBBERIES. 1868, a sneak-thief entered .Morrison,"tort & Butchinson's orrice, at S'27 .Broadway, and stole a tin box containing $71,500 worth of United States bonds, $lB,OOO worth of Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; bonds, $4.,006 worth of city of Alton 6 per cent bonds, and 1.132 sbates of railroad and bankstbdk, worth about 44. 75,000; A bout $.3:000 worth;or the 1.; bonds belonged to Mr.: ifostt, and - were registere& The detective police traced two $5,1)00 bonds to C. O'B. Bryant Ono iof thc.-e. bonds had bean a7tered to , read lUtintes H. Harvey, Chicago," and eriginall,..v bekrnied . to 31r. Hoyt: the other belonged to NI r. rtudge,„ President of the Berkshire MiningeoMpany, and the name had been changed to Caleb R. ' Humphrey, of Chicago. Bryant, haVing.beon arrested, said that he received; the bondafrdin John H. Hand, and the latter from Johnson., who, being unable to tell a satisfactory stoty, has been committed for trial. Thy politiqams. were released. THE' COMING CONGRESS The "Jobs," Swindles and Leakage% Present andProspeetive.—The alealeafl CIAiLIII., - WAAIIIINOTON, Nov. 29.—The mixed com mission, under the treaty with Mexico, for adjudicating claims arising out of injuries committed to persons and property on either side sine 1845, is now sitting herein the lower part of the comfortable house ocillipied by Caleb Cushing, who is the Attorney tor Mex ico. - A Mexican Commission, as it is properly termed, always revives curious recollections of the last one which sat in thiscity, ,of the speculations to which it gave rise, of the parties concerned in it, and especially of the gigantic G ardiner fraud, so admirably planned, and so nearly successful in its audacious en-. terprise. Many of the actors of that 'day have gone to their long account, and there fore may rest in peace, but the transactions survive, and with them the warning which they imparted. • It is understood that claims to the amount of 515,C00.000 or $18,000,000 have already been tiled, and the cry is, still they. come. A modest citizen asks for ~ 500,000 only, in consideration of, 24' Iteuirs' imprisonment by ono .of the roving bands to which arevolutionary country is always exposed. That is a pretty fair sample of the "claims," and it is believed thatless than eight per cent. of the aggregate , would More than.compensate every real lase on the part of American' claimants. There ia a big scheme behind the curtain. It is not proposed to get money from Mexico for whatever allowance may be made . , because she has none togiVe; but as territory has no posi tive - vtte to a country which has more than enough, it is expected to take pay in some 'of the northern provinmi contiguous to the United States, and then to sell out to Uncle Sarp.at round price. . The'patriots engaged in the ,job are pretty well known hereabouts, and include "distin guished" persons of both nations. Besides these, there, is the usual crowd of loafers and vultures who scent the carrion from afar Hosts of agents have come to try their luck, and an ex-correspondent of the Herald has turned attorney, and set up near by the Com mission, for convenience, of course, 'and gives out that the :way to consllieration is through . his shop, hired exprefishotor the occasion. Now, as the Attorney:H-omM' is intrusted with the supervision of claims presented on the part of the United States, it is to be hoped that they will be thoronghlysifted,witha view to preveutflie wholesale swindling winch dis graced the last Cenimission. 'When ants" open large houses and employ unscru pulous knaves to manage and manipulate their "cases," it may be presumed, after past experience, that there is something rotten. Honest men do not assert their rights in that • way. There is some disposition to overhaul the prodigality of public expenditures, and to stop the enormous leaks which have made so many fortunes here in a few y . ears. Ever since Congress undertook the printing busi ness on its own account, it has continued to swell in volume, until now $2,000,000 in round numbers represent what $200,000 or $300,000 did before the rebellion. Orders for printing are made in both houses ' without any regard to the cost, and so vast has this business become, that butter and like stalls in the markets, and very many of the shops throughout the city, are supplied with public !'blanks" for mere wrapping paper. As the heads, of Depart ments have unlimited discretion, they publish what they please in the way of reports and documents, which nobody reads, and which' are distributed free by tens of thousands at the cost of tax-payers. This system is shame ful in the last degree.' But while this huge and expensive printing office is thus kept up at a cost of millions every year, it does not • even do the work which might and should be done in such a 'concern. Congress ordered. the Globe to he stopped at a certain time, but the wire workers, who never intended that the law should be executed, Managed to fix the busi ness in such a way that the old contractors have got a. continuation of their fat job, out of" which millions have already been made. So that We have a public printing office whore, millions are squandered, and aprivate print ing office where the debates of Congress are published for the benetit of already enriched favorites, who know the ropes, and can luau age committees and clerks.—Tribune. THE NEXT ILEGISLAITERE. The Quarrel for the Speakershlp. "Invisible," the Harrisburg correspondent of the_Blair..County Radical, in his last letter to that paper says : 'You would not believe what a change a week makes in politics. The Speakership look-out is quite different from what it was a few days ago: - -Then,as I wrote, there was a rifting a the idea that Strang would probably lead our Republican Legisla ture ; but beyond that, very httle else to coun teract the concentration upon him. But since, things have changed bravely, and the medi tated surrender of last week is a hand-to hand conflict today. Webb, of • Bradford, has thought over his candidacy and has withdrawn, it is said, in the interest of ,Strang. Aekley's death is beginning to be de plored. Johnson and Reinoelil remain in the field. "There are 60 Republican members, and 31 are required to make a nomination in caucus. No candidate has a majority. The chances are rather favorable for Johnson. I heard a, prominent Strang . man say last night than three of the 2i; cjaimed for Strang were doubt ful. Of the 2 marked for Johnson, IN are cer tainly for him. Four of Reinoehl's supporters • are said to prefer Johnson to Strang." " Invisible" says : " The -usual attention is being paid to the minor offices, and as usual, the old members are gobbling up the important ones. It seems pretty certain no effort will be. made to exceed the number authorized by law. Se, much for the howl raised by the disor ganizin„,,o Republican papers. Now, since the Legislature is going to ,reptidiate.its : paster and folder iniquity, it will scarcely ioOk'con.sistene to elevate its head and front to the highest position in the House. , It is- not the way honest men transact their- own business, and it ow'htn't to be the way of legislators. In the ,House • thc: , scramble is terrible. About half the old menibers of last year are after something. I haven't yet heard of any want ing to berpages, but have no doubt if they could dwarf themselves physically as easily as they did their manhood last winter, they would' try ,to bustle the boys . out 'of both HoUses. TUE SUEZ CANAL. M. de LessepeNt Speeebt. A telegram from Ismailia, dated on the isth or November, published in Gal:gluon's ille* senger, of Paris, gWes the following reports purporting to contain tba main points of M. 410 Lesser's speech fit the Sukz (lanai banquet at that ace .• , Tho Paris jourpt say's; A gramt bang,ttet F. L FE'itEItSTOIV, PRIDE THREE OENTB.. given by M. de Lesseps to the mein ter ii Commercial Congress', to the Chambers of ~ Commerce, and to the aciininistrM j. the Suez Canal, took place November 17 at Ismailia. That gentleman, on the occasion;- WA* speech in which he said that the work,of ;the': Canal was completed, but that there now r. rnained to develop the undertaking and TOgliffir late .the administration of -justice which, consequence of the different existing jurisdinottrW,;?- tions, was almost null in .Egypt;' a great porio.r:lt., tion of tile resources of the cornpany Werllol:Arl2r.'', paralyzed by the present state of things ; Egyptian authorities wished to reform it concert with the other Powers, but btrhati avow with regret that it was, the Government which made the stropgdst opssk, - position to these reforms. so neeestiary toltbdle company, to the strangers residing irt'llSrit*:', and to the indigenous population.. .-. eOl4 board of directors of the company had decided to present a petition to the Cabinet its Franowe praying it not to oppose the project of -tholerf'2'• Egyptian ruler,. which would give mutual ~,, zuarantecs to all. The members of the Gon=-, - 1,--041 areas had already pronounced in its faydr, he had assembled them with the other me bens of chambers of commerce in order WO' "give more weight to the petition' by the assent; of the various members present, all interehedft iii the development and Beautify of trade..., t , His discourse was received with unanimous approbation by all present. The President of the Austrian Lloyd Com pany, in reply, declared that he .would sup port the petition. : FACTS AIND resents. —lf you, want Hyacinthe 's book, go Tu-lip incott's. • . , —The French Hyacinthe has just put out a quantity of white and black leaves.. , —Croquet, in French, is a crackttel. In Eng.."' • lish, it is a game. ' The delleacy faniiling to our festive occasions is a ciwr /tette. • • , —What is the - difference between-a 'French priest and.the moon? Ono is a Hyacinthe, and the other is a Higher Cynthia! —Pere Ilyacinthe is being somewhat,:run into the ground, gist now, but he, will,proba biy coma out in the spring as a Bloomer. —Why is Hyacinthe like the denmiemeitt of F • one of .Tennvson's, poems? Because he , is discovered Enoch Arden., (in a garden, yoil know.) , —There are at present four hinufged and three factories in the Grand Bitchy of Baden, employing over twenty thousand 'persons. - -- The average wages , for men's labor is' about fifty cents a day, in gold. ' • • • —Krupp, the great manufacturer of can nons in Prussia, who. employs over ~seven-":` teen thousandhands, has -acquired so muck wealth that he intends putting up a faMily residence which is intended to surpass in magnificence any royal palace in Europe. The cost is estimated at several millions of . He has purchased a fine i - ioniain for hia, only son. —Our neigbhor, the Pree, remarks, - this., Morning, that "gold is obeying its commerchff inertia;' also, that "Its rris tnertim. has beenv restrained by speculators."• Strictly speaking. it is rather under the law of gravitation,, just now, than that of ris inertim. The 'ten- • dency of the latter principle is, usually, to keep things in their existing condition, while gravitation pulls them down. Nit, then, people always differ so, when they discus the gold question. • —At the Arch Street Theatre this evening, Craven's comedy, The Needful, is announced, with Mrs. John. Drew as "Kate Harley." On ThurSday and Friday nights, Robert son's comedy, Sintge Life, will be -pre sented; and on Saturday evening The Wonder; or a Woman Keeps a Seeret, will be given: Tom Taylor's drama, The Overland Route, is announced for Monday next., —At the Walnut this evening, Uncle Tom's- Cabin ; or, Life Among the, Lowly will be _pro duced. On Monday Miss Batoman in Marti Warner. eveninz.Miis Keene will repeat, at' the Chestnut, The Swwy Housemaid, an adap tation of MoHere's comedy LeMalade bnayiu aire. —At the American this evening there'vrill be miscellaneous performances of unusual ex cellence. —The annual concert of the Junger Mintier chor will be given at Musical Fund Hall, on Friday evening next. The Germania OrcheS tra will assist and will perform the overture to Oberon ; scherzo, from Mid-summer Night's Dream; overture to William Tell; adagio from a Beethoven Symphony and. the overture to, Tannhauser. The Junger Miinner chor will Ising two. popular songs. , Also, "Reiterlied," by Franz Liszt; "The Spring in the Desert," by Niels Gade, a Swedish com- Toser, and "The Song of the Spirit aboVd the Waters," from a, poem by 4 kethe, and sot to music by Schubert. The.last named song will be accompanied by six viols, four violoncelli and two bass viols.. The chorus is for eight voices, each voice of. the quartette. being doubled. This song hae never been given in the United States before. Such a tine': pro gramme is rarely presented for a concert; and those who atterul.on Friday evening next will enjoy a rich musical treat. —Messrs. Carnerom & Dixey.will produce, this evening, several amusing burlesques at, the Eleventh Street Opera Hot Hsu. —Duprez & lienediet's minstrels appear this evening in an excellent Ethiopian entertain ment. The programme includes several laugha ble burlesques. —The tlrst of Mr. Charles H. Jarvis's series of six classical soirie4 will be given on Satur day evening nest, in button's piano ware rooms, N 0.1128 Chestnut street. —At the Amateurs' Drawing Room, Seven teen street, below Chestnut, to-morrow even-, ing, Julius Eichberes comic opera, The .Two Codis, will be presented by an admirable com pany, including Madame , Josephine Schimpl, Mr. Ciilchrist, Mr. Barnhurst and others, Mr. Wm. Stoll, Jr., will be present and will give violinsolo. The last performance of this little company was so very good that we , anticipate this one with pleasure. A delightfuL enter tainment will without doubt be arlordtd to those *rho attend. the Academy of Music this evening Mr. Chas. Sumner will deliver his celebrated lecture upon '° Caste." The reputation of the i lecturer s sufliciently great to crowd the building ; but we may say that the discourse which he will offer has been commended•by the preSs of every city in which it has been given as a very remarkable production. —A vocal and instrumental concert, in aid of the Spruce Street Raptist Cluirch, given at the Church on Thutsday evening, December 9th. —The new of the First Unitarian: organ Choral, TOnth aiid-Loeegn, _ wilT b 6 onenod on. Saturday evening next, on which occasion there will be an urban conNrt. —lorofessor Blot, the great concontor of savory dishes,vrill delive; a course. Of. EMMA,. lectures on Cookery at the .Assen4dy, Build.- ; ings, commencing , Dee. 2d. Thosetarho desire I to perfect themselves in all the-branches at i this important science should plaoa Waerctlelven under the tuition of this prominent leeturer. —The Rev. Dr. Moriarty will deliver a lee; tore in the .4.eadmoy of 31usio on taarorrow evening. The lecture is fora.worthspurpose, as the whole'prooeeds are to be'given to" Tiro Little Sisters of the Poor.* • • TnE CoNcgsfs;- Tat Ctr.r.r. or runQud-rimint Brodie - NT. —T441110111. In the commission of Thomas Ashton as Clerk inks svad in the OYer 414 Toro:Otter addAuattorettddelolig4 - adat loft entered ti don, I ido discharge of hts duffed. • Ornit'4Nn , Tattatimrk.,Tudger Peirce , . dad PaXIIOA,.. , The case, of phi v lip astiapan. merged with „the Win of Col. Jimes ;Hewett, idatabofe•ro , tide fiOorti, pdout. del held* eu.4o Vitt thei fraUjalC4 tattle oirrc e :.k ft • . •.' ~ ~ F';"_ t "ei o
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