'GIBSON ITACOCIC. 'Editor
VOLUME XXM.---N0.,200.
EDDING CARDS. INVITATIONS
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au2litil Chestnutstreet,
EDDING INVITATIONS EN
jrar&l In the newest and best manner: LOUIS
11111t14 Stationer and • Engraver.
fe 10M Chestnut
atreet. 20 tf
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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
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"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 .
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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.* • •
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