BUSINEM rffYTIONS. . . Albretillilk - , MIMES& ookunnt; Aminurigrof - , _ . : inmaT.mai , tat'. Tin MATZO , i'llim w 0 1100. : ._. _ liti,jro7.Britreet. . billtio,hol6 Paladelphio. Joint Out! • 0* &MT I.IIOTOILAI , 1110011118,” 11117 ecad6 Cl in e"! (40 're t r hrgatm, ;ma Bronotaa Rai Mood, none 003.1eoteont, none cure es quids. 111j8111`01 , a co.. awrou Hones, New York. for the last yea*, Imien gelling ley ow 11 A Ob. grand square and upright Planoeg also 'arm' that neorly as b a ck at any forMOr illina;borigng that an attempt to got to Old Timeo' Reim* would be made op by hierease of trade. Rosalie elfe very satisfactory. J. E. GOULD. " No. 923 Chestnut 'greet. dc Sono, Grand Square and et Pinnoe,idth their newly patented Resonator, y w hic h tho original volume of sound can always ho A Neleined the same es in a violin. t BLASIUS BROS. MOW§No.leo6 Chestunt street, Dutton's Plano ItootasmAFlVES CirisE maws AT FIXED FRIDES. eldokerting & Bons world-renowned Plano' ; Marshall ibllEtaur's celebrated Pianos ; & Ben's beautiful woe, at prices the very lowest New noent. W Pd. D U TTON. ...aaLams 1128 and 1128 ebeetent street. 7 E - V -- ENING Thursday. December 2. 12362. • JOIIN BROWN'S - ANNIVERSARY. is ten years to-day since panic-stricken 'Virginia hung that brave-hearted, misguided. old man, John BrOwn, and set his spirit .0 -ntarehing on" upon that wonderful path ..-which spread its widening track across this 'country, year.by year, until the great armies of 'the Republic, swayed by a resistless destiny, Jpoured themselves along it, chanting, with ai knapsacks strapped upon their backs," the immortal war-song whose simple burden is that "Jelin Brown's body lies mouldering in the ground; His soul is mardhing on." -John - Brown was a !fanatic, and died according to law. Virginia and her half-crazed Governor were terrified out 'of every attribute Of mercy And tolerance, and old .John Brown's magic influence, since exerted', upon the world, is • largely due to the extravagant sensation which Virginia made out -of his mad raid upon Hai per's Ferry. That raid was the act of a single enthusiastic, 11d Irian, driven from a just mental balance by his personal wrongs, and it is no longer needful to defend the Republican party from . the oft-repeated charge of com plicity in or responsibility for his crime. Abraham Lincoln, with his • instinctive clear discrimination, put John Brown in his. right position, in his famous Cooper Instititte speech, February 27, .1860. He said: 4 ' John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insur-' rection. It was •an Attempt by white men to get, up a revolt • among slaves, in which the slaves refused toipartielpate., .In fact, it was so absurd that the-slaves, with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That. affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with many attempts, related n>, history, at the assassina tion of kings and emperors. An enthusiast broods Over oppression of a people till he fancies himself Commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. Ile ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than in his own execution. Orsini's attempt on. Louis Napoleon, and John Brown's attealipt at Harper's Ferry .were, in their Philosophy, precisely the same. The eagerness to cast blame on Old England in the one case, and on New England in the other, does not disprove the sameness of the two things." 11611 , 1'INANCE REPORT. The Finance Committee of comic& lots been diligently • engaged, through a sub-cona- mitten' of wZiich GeneraltWagner is chairman, in its annual- investigation of the condition of the municipaLlinances, with the view of estab lishing the tax rate for IBA and of a clear tin , derstanding of the present liahilities and asisets of the city. .the report of the committee is . long ; minute.and interesting, and evinces labo dons and patiott research, into the necessarily implicated accounts of the City Controller.. There rue ,many details in this hizkresting c•report which•deserre notice and comment; but :the main, central fact which will arrest and -engross public attention, and which must elial7 I lenge the prompt and energetic action of ,Councils, is the enormous defect in the collec- Mon of. taxes. It will amaze most of our readers to learn that on_ the first of January 4E69, there were outstanding taxes due.the , city, amounting to $4,256,808 24! Of this, the tinge sum of '51,507,021 36 bad been outstand Mg-since 1362, and, we . presume, is now con sidered a hopeless •. debt. Of this whole back debt to the city, about three-quarters of one per cent - have been collected during the pres-• eta year, leaving still nearly - four neilliom of taties due .to the city at the beginning of the present year. Here is, :undoubtedly, the great leak in the city treasury, ,and to stop it be tomes the great duty of Councils. The peopleof Philadelphia are willing to he taxed for the ',necessary expenseS of their govern ment ; but they are most r unwilling to hive the burden .of taxation so un equally distributed that millions of unpaid taxes are piled up by one.half of the community at the expense of others. $1,924,152 SO is the sum of taxes for 1860, 1507 and IS6B, yet uncollected, and.it is hope less to tan: about reduced tax-rates, with such a frightful leak as this, continually draining away the resources of the city. '1 he Finance Committee has done a good public service hi laying their lucid statement of the condition of affairs before the people. But we trust that it is not intended to stop here. There has been some terrible neglect of official duty in this matter, running back through successive administrations for many years, and the Finance Committee should boldly and honestly probe it to-the bottom,-and- when this has been 'done, Councils should apply the 'remedy of a radical reform in the whole system of tax-collection. The sub-cent- , mace's report suggests two plans. The first of these proposes to transfer the collection all taxes outstanding on the first of March suc ceeding the year for which they are levied, to the City Solicitor, with power to lien the pro perty, arid to sell it iu ninety days after filing the lien: The second plan is said to be in suc cessful gperatiou in some parts of New Jersey, and consists in selling out the unpaid tax: list to , the highest „bidder, he being clothed with all 1 , th e powers raow vested in the city for the en ' for(Aricnt . of tgay it len t. Of these two plats, we would like to see the bluer tried first. The objection suggested by the Committee that it is only transferring the duty from the solicitor of the Receiver of Taxes to the City Solicitor, is scarcely , a sufficient . one. There is a dittereot sort of, accounta bility atnnit the ottiee, of the City Solicitor, MMM from , that ,which 'attaches to the pri vate solicitor of the. 'Rece.iver of Taloa, and his official duties come merfidireedY un }ider tha i6ti)44ud edntrot of Councils and of the public. The , second plan seems more ,susceptible of being made the means of the 'sawn sort of corrupt jugglery' that so often :connects Itself With 'the letting of large con tracts. To farm out the four millions of now uncollected taxes to the highest bidder world : .be' a very large • operation, arid,' the 'public' ranch would feel ieas disp osition to pay up arrears to a private speCulater in their debts than if the claim was presented by the City Solicitor, backed by notice of a prompt sale of the property , as 'the penalty for nonpayment. The committee very' sensibly *suggests that no plan could well produce less than the pre sent,,one, tie that It is perhaps safe to try almost any experiment. Councils cannot permit this dreadful waste of the city's resources to go on, and the subject should meet their immediate and earnest attention and action. If legislation is needed for such a purpose, there cart be no difficulty in obtaining it., and the paying half of the community will be more than gratified to see a stop put to the habitual neglect or dis honesty of the non-paying half of our taxables. THE RICHARDSON CASE. Albert D. Richardson died this morning, If he could be quietly put under ground,without any further sensational scenes among the New York apologists for adultery, it would be a good thing. But this is not likely to be the case, and decent journals out of New York have, there fore, a duty to perform in repeating their con demnation of the adulterer, and of the journal ists and ministers of the gospel who have .been making a hero and a martyr of him for the past few days: It is gratifying to find that a few of the New York papers have began to take a proper view•of the case, and now join' us in condemning Richardson and .his• literary and clerical supporters. The pretended marriage between Richard Son and the partner of his guilt, Which took place night before lax - at the Astor House, was the grand sensation scene in this tragi-comedy. It is shocking to read the prayer. uttered by Rev. 0. B. Frothingham by the dying bed .of the adulterer; shocking to read the words of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher invoking: the divine blessing upon the two guilty people. When it is reMembered that Mrs. McFarland got her divorce in Indiana, without the knowledge of her husband, ' the, legality of .such divorce will be denied by every right-minded person. The marriage pronounced by lll...Beecher was, therefore, no marriage at all. It was an out rage upon the sacred institution, and an insult to all virtuous men and women. Mr. Horace Greeley has been regarded as a pure and honorable man ; but he has forfeited his right to such consideration by the conspicuous part taken by him at the bed-side of his wicked associate, and by the 'blazonry in his paper of the laudations bestowed by unthinking people upon the two chief actors in this drama of sin. Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Vice-President of the United States, is a gentlemen who, although belonging to Indi ana, has always respected the obligations of .marriage, and it is impossible that he can have known all the circumstances of Richard son's conduct, when he telegraphed his tender message of sympathy and solicitude. That George Francis 'Frain should have done. the same thing was quite natural and proper; but the other prominent men, whoao telegrams and letters the Tribune has spread before its readers, acted thoughtlessly and from a wrong impulse, when they pres6ted themselves as comibrters to a man who had no right to the &sped of men who believe in the" sacredness of the marriage tie. But, Richardson is dead, and it would be well if the story of his guilty life and wretched death could die with him. This, however, , will not be allowed. He will have a pompous and solemn funeral ; his pretended wife will be made a pet and a heroine; the man who shot him in a frenzy cruised by the news that the wrongs done' him had been aggravated by a decree of divorce from the mother of his chil dren, will be tried for his life, and the whole of the vicious and morbid influence of the journalists and ministers that,haVe surrounded the dying adulterer, will be used to secure his punishment. McFarland is conderimed al ready, by the papers and preachers that have been sustaining Richardson. .It • does not appear that any of these par ties; literary or clerical, endeavored to bring Rielardson to a condition of repentance before his death. This, at least, should have been an object with the ministers of the gospel that at tended him. Not one of them seems to have tried to obtain front him au acknowledgment that he had sinned.. So far as the death-bed scenes have been described, he appears to have been treated.as the most immaculate of saints might Lave been. Nothing was done to pre pale him for meeting the great Judge of the deeds done in the body. The whole affair, in its progresi and its finale, has been shocking and demoralizing; and the actors in it deserve the emphatk condemnation of all honorable and viituous Men and women. .1 WO DEMANDS EOM LEGISLATION. Among the many subjects that will come up for early consideration in the next session of the Legislatme, there are two which, from their peculiar but widely differtint character, will require instant attention. We refer to the 3letropolitau Police bill and the necessity for providing such legislation for the mining dis tricts as will prevent a second Avondale dis aster. The need of these legislative enact ments acquires its urgency from the fact thai in both cases adequate protection ffir human life and property is not obtained under the ex isting systems. Upon the question of the ne cessityfor a:MetropolitwPolice,apppiffie4 and controlled by a body of pure and just and wise men, there is no difference of opin ion among intelligent citiiefiS --- who are not blinded by bitter partisan ship: LaSt Winter, when the subject was dis cussed, there was a very general expression of unfavorable opinion; for, at' that time we had as police force which, with all its faults, - was at least composed of respectable men, who tried , Ito preserve order and to enforce the laws. We need not speak at length of the character of the present force. The Mayor has been the tool of the cotrupt and lawless persons who placed him in office, and he has filled the ranks of his force with incompetent men, with the lowest class of Democratic politicianB, and in many instances with ruffians who abuse their authority in the most shame less manner. The: brutal conduct of the police during the recent political campaign, their wretched incompetency then and since, and [be:startling increase of crime under th • . e nA,Tirx THE DAILY,' EYENIIT EippLIIIN-TII:IIIAD,EpPWA, TI3U,IISP*11; 1 1:04. MBAR 2, 1869. Democratic dispensation, form arguments whieh have conyerted the bass a of our citizens to earnest advocacy of a Metropolitan Police- The somierWe haireit 'the Siettero;', The Legis lature will beiertain_to yield, to the demand at. ,some thne dining the session:4: but it Is el tremely desirable that the bill,may be passed at an early day, so 'that we may reap its ad vantageti and rid ourselves of Mayor VOX.'d 'policemen as soon as possible; "'7 ' The Avondale disaster has been almost for gotten. But:at the time of it4l,:oceuiTtni% it' lulled the' country with horror, and story ;sleet up for legislation.which wanld Maio_ another such tragedy impossible. There are dozens of mines in this State, each ervihith istoristructed as the Avondale mine was—with a single shaft, with an inflammable wooden edifice over the shaft, and with no possible, avenue.of escape if the month of the pit should be 'closed by fire. The miners, and the people of the 'etninunity who contributed generously to the ' relief of the families of the. Avondale victims, have a right to demand of the Legislature a complete investigation of the present ,careless system of raining, and the passage of careful, intelligent and inape,ri tive laws which will compel mine-owners to make life in the mines as nearly safe as it can be made by human ingenuity. We doubt not that immense influence will be brought to bear upon the Legislature by wealthy mining companies to prevent.the institution of expen sive reforms; but we hope and expect: that these will not avail in the presence of a demand in which nearly the entire constituency of tha Legislature joins. State Treasurer Mackey is entitled to much credit for his management of the' 'finances of Pennsylvania. An article on the Subject,which ire copy elsewhere from the liarrisbarg Tele graph; sets forth some of the advantages re sulting from his management. The article would have hadA better appearance if it bad been free from the flings at former manage ment;-for it will be construed as a LW for another term for Mr. Mackey, and a hit at his predecessor, who is understood to be a candi date for the office again. But, under any cir cumstances, it is gratifying to know that the Treasury is full to overflowing, and that the reduction of the State ‘ debt and of the taxes is likely to go on more rapidly than ever. , Sale of the Second Vistwersallst Ohareh, 141011T11 ST., ADOVE NOBLE.—James A. Freeman, Auc tioneer. will sell December 16th' at the Exchange, the valuable property of the second Universalist Church, east side of Eighth street, above Noble, and Noble street, below Eighth. It has a front of 90 feet on Eighth. making Iwo 18 feet lots, by 137 feet deep. and also a front of 60 feet e 1..; inches on Noble street. All new buildings on the west side al - _Eighth street, from Vine to Spring Garden streets, are compelled by (aw to be built bark, and when this is done the t'alue of property here well be ap parent. A large part of the purchase money tuay romuia. Full particulars in the inside pages of tmduy'a paper. Sale of Real Estate and titocks...-Messes. Thomas it. Sous' sales December' 7th and 14th will com prise a large amount of valuable Stocks, Loans and Real Estate, by order attic Orphans' Court, Executors, Trustees. Heirs and others. heo their advertisements and handbills. Annual Sale •of Fileighp..—Tho usual yearly Flo of Bleighswill take place at Ilerknesn's Ba zaar on Satnrday morning. Among the colloctiOn,whiall will include about Fifty, will be found boom very beau tiful Pony Sleighs and some handsome cutters. tILOTHING. Considerable Chance for Choosing Choice Clothes ! CLOTHING, the choicest by far in town! Prices of r,lething all marked down. Clothes for the coldest winter day; Plenty to Choose from—little to pay. CLOTHES in the highest style of art; Clothing perfect in every part; Clothing in which each man and lad Can be happily, .cheaply, warmly clad CLOTHES of which nobody need be - Ittraid; Made to order, or READY MADE "Waiting your pleasure, in mammoth piles : Every description of choidest styles.: • •• CLOTHING ready to put right on; Clothiug for every father and son ; Clothing that BocKruLL & WILSON make Fw3t as the public come and take. Come ! Choose Choice, Cheap Clothes ! Or THE Celebrated Cut OF TII} CatEAT BROWN HALL ROCKIIILL & WILSON, 603 and 605 CHESTNUT Street. Bridal, Birthday and Holiday Presents. rlt3 BON - MARC HE. The One Dollar Department contains a large iissn - rtment Of Fine French Goods, Embracing Desks, Work, Olovo, Handkerchief and Dressing Boxes, in great variety. Dolls. Mechanical Toys and Tree Trimmings, Silk Fans, Leather Bags, Pocket Books, China Vases and ornaments, &c., • • FROM ell 00 to 850 (O. it Call MIA examine our Paris Goods. Party and evening dresses mode and Trimmed from French and English Fashion Plates. Fancy Costumes for Masquerades, Balls, &c., made to order in Forty-eight lleurs' Notice, at MRS. M. A. BINDER'S • Ladleo'DressTrlnianlngo, raper ratter'', Drees and Cloak Makin= Establishment, N. W. Coy. ELEVENTH and OIIESDNUT Streets. mv2b-if rn A SPLENDID PRESENT A half Dozen or a Dozen Pairs KID GLOVES. NV, will Kell nidil TWorlober tlith Kid illoves by tun Holt' ihi,rti of IWvo Paw , of tho sow,: at thu tot lowiug /ow prices, includi,i4 the 3:i Dozen Pl,l;irril ~ do. do. .".1.11 Bello" do.- • do. --..".10uvi10.' Yor ' . do. do. “Bartley''. f0r......_.1011U . made thew prices so No :IN to 41,0111 . e the cd iatt of thnhalmiceof this ItraNoll'l4 huportation4 Of an BranOa, About 950 Dozen, Priur ro balonciitg our fortign UCCOlfit e at . the , doss, of, the yew.. A. & Y. B. BARTHOLOM Er Importers ,of Kid Gloves, NO. 23 NORTU EIGHTH sTREET. P. S.—the abovonaeortment includea White Opera or Party Bolero; Black and ()Wore; VAC,' !i dozen In a neat box 1 which iii Included at the above Klee). ►. St J. 8.1.1. • ' de2-th to tf Po,' NT IP:A:LEN- RlO - 14:1 - 2111fli c AN 8 OP con, Point Applique and Black Chuntilli , Lace, in exquihite designs and rieli mountings. Rich Lace Pocket Bandlcerchiefs.Purardil Corora,Barlosi Coiffures Shawls, tiacques and Basques, with many fresh and desirable goods in Lace. Imported direct, and for sale by GEORGE NV. VOGEL. n 02 6 6trp'• . , 1202 Chestnut dread. .—.. . _ . DANtiItEATIC ,1011JI,SION, FOR COisT .gSUMPTIVES. "LEIBIG'S EXTRACT. OF MEAT. HAWLEY'S PEPSIN. 'IOURTELOT'S EXTRACT Ole BEEF, For aide by JAMES T. SHINN, octi-tf rp broad end Spruce stroqs, Philadelphia. :A_ ' .'►fl. CLOTHING . ; OP TO DA'Y' The Greet Sale is in progress at Open In ate Evenings. , ' IVANAM,A.I..ER & BROWN. , , EDWARD P. KELLY, TAILOR, S. E. cor. Chestnut and Seventh Sts. WILL REMOVE DECEMBER 3d TO S. W. Corner Chestnut and Thirteenth. Lower Prices to Reduce Stook. Pattern Clothes and Cfothes not called for At or Below Cost. WESTON & BRO., TAILORS,. No. 900 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, INVITE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THEIR HANDSOME bTOCE. OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS, JUST RECEIVED. A SUPERIOR GARMENT at a REASONABLE PRICE. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 'Oen Smn , —TEETINE—AItT-S; JAMES S. EARLE & SONS Are now occupying their own Building. , The Store having been entirelyre built since the Late Fire. EARLES' GALLERIES AND LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMS, No. 816 Chestnut Street. C. F. HASELTINE'S GALLERIES OF THE ARTS,, . No. 1125 . Chestnut street. CHRISTI/US PRESENTS. ENGLISH WATER COLORS, r , From 23 cts.to p , r boy. PICTURES ...AND FRAMES Of every denription and every price. , Reduced t'or the Holtilys. nara-irrpi PRINTING The Pocket-Book Calendar and Directory for 1870; In a neat style of PRINTING 1; now ready and may be had FOR NOTHING, which is as near as possible the rates at Which work generally is done A. C. BRYSON & 00.„ Steam-power Printers, No. 607 CHESTNUT ATREET, (Bulletin Building.) FOR SALE. 11112. FOR SALE. t 9 North. Eighteenth -Street"- I; - Inc scine New Residence With all modem ituprovrawnta; finished .throughout iu boperior tattooer. loomed tato potomstiion, Tertna Elias'. Apply ,to SAMUEL O. AD44.1.3 . 1% n 0.30 Are; No. 3 DOCK STREET YARMOUTH SUGAR CORN, The molt delicious, 'in cane. Sold by all firet-clasa ()rovers. • The award of the great PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1867 way given for the Yarmouth Sugar Corn. • _Wholesale Agency', 46 North W &TEE Street. REEVES & PATiVIN. lmro • TT & C it TAYLOR • ' „ • • PERFUMEs. 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On SATURDAY lilOßNlNG,lnicember 4,at 10 o'clock, all be sold, without reserve, • • A collection of ZO sleighs, Mostly Willi ufactored In Poughkeepsie, N Y., nud Port land, Aloha,. • Also, Several second bond sleighs and a large Iti4lce of ele gant, bell~ and robes A I,PRED Ai. mucsiE ne ss, Alvetioer.• (1 L' 'lt rp§ MUWPt.igH, lAQUoilthigfe. vißsp-ot,Ass GEO ERY fIOUU: wro= FLETO4R, N 0.1204 CHESTNUT STREET; PRICER Adjusted to the Present Rate or , Gold. &Olin% WHITE ALMERIA GRAPES, 050 KEGS, IN BEAUTIFUL OLDSTERS, 40 cents per pound. SIMON COLTON & CLARK E? 8. W. corner Broad and Walnut Stn. A. J. DE CAMP. New Citron. Crystalised Orange and lemon NA, New C'urrantn,Stedilisn Ealoins and Pure Spices. TABLE FRUITS. White Almeria Grapes, Florida Oraroree, Layer Fine, Double Crown I/stains, Paper-Shell Almonde, Drain Ntite, Duane)) Walnuts, Pecans, • Chestnut.' and Shellhatke. CANNED FRUITS. Itoi and. Yellow Peaches, Cherries, Darrow* and 0 nage-Plurns, Pine Apple., Winslow Corn, Asparagus, Tomatoes, he.; Ac. 107 SOUTH SECOND STREET; Below Cheatnut, East Side. del tf4tl CHAMPAGNE. ERNEST IRROY C o.ls Carte Blanche and Snecial FRUITY AND GENEROUS WINES, Fully equal to the best on all the list of Champagnes. FOR P.kl.E AT TOE AGENTS' PRICES BY • SIMON COLTON & ?CLARE, 8. W. core Broad and Walnut, eL . Inflit in the world CHOICE GOSHEN BUTTER. iN SMALL TUBS, AND THE NEW YORK G,OLDEN SYRUP. DA VLS & RICHARDS ARCH AND TENTH STREETS. }P26 rptf COUSTY'S EAST END GROCERY, White Almeria Grapes at 40 cts. per lb. New Raisins, Currants. Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel, Pure Spfoes. Pie Peaches in large cans,atonly 18c. per can Wornsoted good and.,of this yeaeo fruit Cooking Wines and Brandies. NeW Cider. OUR TABLE SHERRY, $2 50 per gallon by ead.., or •75 by jive-gallon demijohn, COUSTY'S EAST END GROCERY, 118 S. Second St., below Chestnut. 31 nl3 a to tti tde23 4p FIRST PREMIUM AWARDED BEST FAMILY FLOUR AND "Sterling's Celebrated Mountain" Buckwheat Meal. (In Dap. and Half Barrels.) Choice brands Ohio, Missouri. Indiana, Illinois, And "last but not least," "James S. 'Welch's' , First Premium Flour, which we warrant superior to any other delvehe niarket All goods ivarranted as 7tpresentuf , and red free• GEO. F. ZEHNDER, FAMILY FLOtiR DEPOT, AND . VINE STS. lt V a EST / u fUIL NATURAL 11;1 1 OR ' RETAINED: Bold by-all first ChM' Grocers. - • By our Improved process in canning the QUINTON TOMATOES excel all others both in the quality am/ quantity of the'contente of each can. • Our labels and cases have been meditated. Beware al imbetitutiob. Ask for QUINTON TOMATOES. 11.,IPIGIfIGS at Wholesale Ageney.4s Norila Wqter M'. n 01.9 tf __ • IXT '0 1..--1,000 LBS. PINE. 01110, rV Flowed's in prime order, inr OUT/WARD, 1809. SECOND EDITION TO-DAY'S CAM & NEWS Stated the Lot** Money Market Soettiitles Quiet 'and Steady Condition ,of the ,Cottort ,Market LATER FROM CALIFORNIA josAlm or mu. auntoutsos Bi the Agentle Coble. 'Lciltecrar,_ Dec. 2, it A. M.-Consols for %money 92,1 an d - or account 921. American Securities quiet and steady. U. B. Rive twenties of 1862, 841; of 1865, old, 881; of 1887, 8/51. Ten-forties, 801., American stocks quiet. Eric Railroad, 21_• Illinois Central, Viii ; Atlantic and Great Western, 27. - Livitueoot., Dec. 2, 11 A. M.—Cotton buoy ant; Uplands, 12a12id.; Middling Orleans; 121021 d. The sales for to-day are estimated at 15,000 bales. California Wheat 86.9 d. Lownoli,Dec.2.—Tallow,47B. Relined petro leum, ls. 7dols. 7ld. Turpentine, 295. Azerwatte,Dec. 9,r---Petroloum opened heavy yesterday, at 583 f., and closed firm at 59f. BRETdisx, Dee. 2.—Petroleum opened quiet yesterday, and closed heavy and unchanged. linen ELMO, Dec.2.—Petroleum opened heavy yesterday, at 15 mare bancos, and closed heavy at 14 mare baucos 14 sehillingB. Lotinox,Dec.2,l I'. M.—Consols for account,92latl2i. Five-twenties of 11307, 851. Ameri can stocks steady. Erie, 201. Liveueom., Tice.. 2, IP. M.—Red Winter Wheat 9s. ld: Lard buoyant at 708. ',mains, Dec. 2, 1 P. M.—Tallow, 478. PARIS, Dee. 2,—The Bourse opened firm. Iterates, 71f. 85c. Aserwene, Dec. 2.—Petroleum opened quiet and unchanged. Ousr.Nwrowls, Dec. 2.—Arrived—oteamer Malta, from Now York. HAVRE, Dec. 2.—Cotton opens firm both on the spot and afloat. Salem on the spot at 1351. 50e.; afloat, 130. From Nan Francisco. BAR • PN IiACISCO, Dec. 2.—A few nights since a broker's office on Montgomery street was robbed of .55,700 in gold', which was all. the robbers could carry away. It'was ascertained that the robbery was committed by parties from Chicago, brought hero for the purpose, and one of whom was arrested while - on his way to the cars with his share of the plunder. The police have alucesmcceeded in recovering the whole amount stolen. The returned California pioneers have adopted resolutions of thanks for the treat ment they received at the hands of the people along the line of their recent, excursion, par ticularly acknowledging the courtesies of the Common Council and Board of Trade, of Chi cago; the old Californians in New York for their sumptuous banquet, and the various Rail road companies. , The Legislature of Washinon Territory has adopted a resolution, asking that. the Headquarters of the Department of the Columbia be removed from Portland to Van couver, Washington Territory. Governor 'ganders, of that Territory, has vetoed over one hundred acts of the Legislature, including the whole of a new code of laws prepared by a commission and enacted by the unanimous H vote of both ouses.. The Republican party in the Terr,tory, is disorganized, aud \ the ac tion of the Governor is supposed to be a po litical movement. Flour unchanged. The steamer Japan 'car ries 6,650 barrels to Houg -Kong. Choice Wheat Tirol at it 50. Legal tenders, 821. Death of Mr. Diehardßon. !Special Despatch to the Phila. FArninar Bulletin.) NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Mr. lticharcLson died. at 5 . A. M. lio'was unable to recognize his friends after 0 o'clock fart night. Failure of a Banking . Firm. • 1 BY II ilkitOSl n 2siewn Avltcy Nmiv Yuati i 2.—Wood & Iticebe,:dock lbiolters of this city, have failed. Mate of Thermometer This Day at . the Bulletin Office. 12hi. der. der. Weather cloudy. Wlud-Itiorltiesst. A DENIAL. Agassis and the Book of Genesis. A paragraph has been going the rounds of the press that Prof. Louis Agassiz, iu a lee. lure at Cambridge, denied the truth of the Book of Genesis as recorded in the Bible. Prof. Clark, of Scenery Hill, Washington county, Pa., sent the paragraph to Prof. Agas six, and received the following in reply : DR. 13. CLARK, SCENERY : Two or three Wctirs since I received a letter from youinclosiug au extract from a newspa per regarding a lecture delivered by. me in ervard. lam little in the habit of noticing things of this kind, being convinced that often itis useless, and having become from long habit somewhat callous to' misrepresentation. Something iu the tone of your letter makes me answer, unwilling to leave it unanswered, and I write to say that the statement you sent rue is falie.c „Di some opening remarks of a course on geology, which I am now deli:eertng . 4ty in the University I said that the "theological interpretation of the' work of Genesis.tiving six thou - MA-yars as the age ofthe world was abindranceito the understanding of geological evidence and no one who started • with this idea, andallowed his researches to be influ enced by it, could be a geologist." I do not remember my exact words, thelec. tare being extemporaneous; but this is the substance, and I know I (lid not say what your newspaper extract reports. I am, yours, &c., L. Awtssiz. FINANCIAL AND 40111211ERCIAL. Philadelphia Stoc FIRST IVO Penn 03 I ser cb ICa", 1200 do 0 Its 102 la 5400 do 2 oar toasi 2100 City 60 new EAT) 99 MOO Venn lat Intg 6s 913.4 3000 Seh Nay 68'62 la 53't 220 do 53g 3000 do 1000 do Imp Ln 5 611sa 3000 do do lta 6374 1000 W Jers IL 6s 91.4 100 Lehigh R Lu 2X11) do Ha 65.11.1 MOO Cara &B ur R 5 I BET WEB 4000 Lehigh tis '64 81'i• WOO Penn 6a 3d soil 107% WOO Vest erse) 64 91 :000 Pen RI mg Mon 96 1003 Lehigh 6s Gld Lu 953:. 61 sh ILetiVal R 53 103 oh Penn It 53S I $3 eh do Its 533 sscori 100 eb Oil Creek & Ale River Waint 10 oh Penn R 53N IS2 eh do 1 3 :1 100 sh do till 54 4sh do .54 Pltalladelphis Rorie: Market. Tily}teDAY, Dec. 1869.—The money market continues moderately easy, and the tendency of the rates is de cidedly downward, the supply being better proportioned to the demand. The ranks of business borrowers are thinning out daily, and the symptoms now favor un. easy and steady market towards the close of the year. This morning there was some demand for money on call, but it does not appear to affect the tune of the market . to , any appreciable degree. We quote at Sag per cent. on good stuck collaterals, and discounts arc easy at Sala per cent., according to circum stancee. Gold opened this morning strong at ITl'4 , advanced to declining about noon to 122'4. Governments are quiet but prices opened and continued strong, at an advance of about )4 on closing prices of yesterday. , • There was an inaprovemeut In the tone and feeliagenf the market this morning, and prices advanced. In Stute securities there were sales of the first series at 10234, and the second at 1063 e:. City sixes were quiet. Small sales of the new at 99, and Lehigh gold loan Sold at 9534. Reading Railroad was quiet but steady, advancing to 9032. Pennsylvania Itailro;ul WAS active; sales at 53. h ., and b. o. Lehigh Valley Railroad was taken at 53. Uata wive% Railroad preferred at 39111, and Philadelphia and Erie Railroad at 28.4—au advance of.a. In Conde we have no sale to report, and bids were nominal at 3334 for Lehigh and 66 for Iderris preferred. The balance of the list was steady, but there were no transfers worth recording. 13mitlieJtandelph & Co., bankers, Third a_nd..Chestnut ' streets quote at 10.80 o'cock ay follows : Gold, I=4, U. S. Sixes. 1881, 115.34a115.fic; do. do. sloe, 180, 1129Qa 113; do.do. 1869. 110.%a11034; de.do.1&;3,11.1a1113;;; do. do. July, 1865, 11334a11334; do. do; July, NV, 11.33;a11336• do. do. July, 1868, 113a11334; ss, 10-40 s, 10t.11ial&IN: bur rency 65,107N31073 . 3. Messrs. Dell av eu & Brother, N 0.40 South Third street, make the following quotations of the rates of exchange to-day at noun Upited States Sixes of 1881. 11534a115N ; alo. do. 1032, /127,34a113; do. do. 1839,1103„a110'1• drt. do. 18e8, 11634311134 ; do. do. 1865, new, 1034;1111 . 3U ; do. do. Igo, new, 113.' 4 9134 ; do. do. 1868, 113a113ki ; do. do. fives, 10-40513.6.aa105N ; do. 30 yoar 6 per Coat ein ,viDeY mai(a. , i; IMP 4ompouud ilateretlt Notes, 19; I old, 12205122.34; 153.8er, Man/. £el►snge Sales. • LAD WOO Leh 6s Gld Ln 93 1 4 700 Lehigh 6,3 'el Its 814 Rh Penn IL ' 33.6 110 Rh do Its tN 100 sh do b3O 53ti 3411 sh do WO Its 53N sh 'do Its 53.tt sh Bonding Its 49. z 20 sh do 100 oh do 2dys 493 5 400 sh eutaw pftl 13 30; 205 2 o oh L Lohdo Val B its 5.3 I==! . • • •:. •12 sh _Minolta' R. Its G3N; eh Readtnet LS t rani 49!‘ 100 sit do slOwn 49.31 10Q 111 do elOwn&int 49 1 11 100 811 do &o)wu 4916 100 slt do IA) 406 100 eh 494 2000 rout' Go 2 sors 106,E 2000 Leh Val R Now Ilds co 00 7 eh Leh Val II 53 5 sheara&A.mll, 11934 TITIRD "I"EL.Et3RAPH..` FROM" RAREISBV-Ria .Ic.inDON-6EZ G THE SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' SCHOOLS THE TAXES ON UNSEATED LANDS CANADIAN AFFAIRf3 ' Wrens Harrilositrearir. t Special Dedretteh to the Phila. livenhur Rallette.] RUSH OF PARDON SEEKERS. HARRISBURG, Dec.. 2.—Uovernor Geary's °thee was crowded all the morning by persons seekingpardons for all sorts of-offences. tet ters and applications are still being received in behalf et: Dr.' Schoeppe, but nothing new has been developed. THE SOLDIERS ORPHANS ReIICIOLS. The number of applicants for admissions to the Soldiers' Orphan Schools, received at the Soldiers' Orphans' Department during the month of November were 41, of whom 34 were Admitted. TAXES ON UNSEATED LANDS. The Governor haS Just approved the bill, passed last winter, relative to the payment of taxes on unseated lands, requiring the County Treasurers to keep a receiptebook to enter the receipts of the payment of taxes on unseated lands; certified copies of said recorded re ceipts to be the only evidence of payment. It also allows owners two years from the present date to reoord in. This is very im portant. From Canada. OTTAWA ; Dee. 2. Captain Ermatingor, of Montreal, has been summoned here to under take a special message to Red River, to endeavor to conciliate the half-breeds. The Indian .quesition is attracting much attention. The tribe between Port William and Red River is reported unfriendly. TORONTO, Dec. 2.—ln the Legislature, last night, Mr. Blake . followed up the late Nova Scotia resolutions by moving, as a necessary consequenco,an address to the crown, praying that by an act of the Imperial Legislature' it ' might be rendered impossible for the Parlia ment of Canada to disturb the financial rela tions by the British North America act of IFi67, as between Canada and the several pro vinces. Mr. Blake supported his motion in a speech of some length: He criticized the course taken by the Goiernment on the former evening, and a debate of a very animated character took place. Mr. Clark moved an amendment declaring the proposed addresis inexpedient. On a division the amendment was defeated by 57 to 12. The original motion was then car ried, and a committee at - once appointed. Their report was brought in and adopted, and the allatess agreed to and ordered to be engrossed in duo form. Sr. .Jon N. B. Dec. 2.—The formal opening of the Western Extension Railway, from St. John to the American boundary, took place yesterday. A train left at 9 A. M., with. two hundred invited ,guests, and on its return a grand entertainment was giVen. The Fred crickton branch was also opened for trattie. The Changes In the Tariff. ( Special Despatch to the Phila. Erentuz Bulletin.) WatonNorow,Dec.2.—The Ways and Means Committee are holding daily sessions, four or five hours long, for the consideration of the changes proposed to the tariff bill. The schedules under consideration show the gene- , ral tendency to the reduction of imports. The schedule proposing the changes in the tariff on metals, prepared by Judge Kelley, has not yet been stibmitted, but it is awaiting the arri val of Judge Blair, of Michigan, a member of that stib-committee. It makes many changes, and in the aggregate", 'reduces the tariff slightly. Mr, Brooks. of . the Sub-Committee on Chemicals, has gone . to New York for .a conference with the manufactureraand others, taking with him Judge Kelley's metal sched ule, and also the amendments propo:ed I,y Judge Kelley to the Sub-Committee's report on chemicals. ' None of the Senate committees have con vened,though the chairmen-of several of them are here at work. Burning of a Cleveland Grain Elevator. Cr,EvELAND, Dee. 2—A fire hyoke out at, a late hour last night in the, Commercial Ele vator, owned by Coe, Messim Co., and partially destroyed the umcbinery and con tents. The building contained between 50,000 and 60,00 bushels of . grain, the greatest part w ,irwhich was damaged by water and smoke. The entire loss was front '::;25,000 to 540,000. The insurance on the building and Machinery was as follows : In the State Fire Insiwance Company of Cleveland; Fireman's of. New York; Hide and Leather and nimbi:: of New York, $1,250 each. The insurance on the stock was 520,000 in the Imperial of London: Underwriters' Agency and Hartford. 5.40,006 each; Plurnix of New York, °-.1,000 ; Cleveland: 57,000; As tor of New York, 33,500; Western of Buffalo, 55,2.7;0 ; North British, Atlantic, New York, Corn Exchange, New York, Commercial Mu tual of Cleveland, 55.000 each; Hide and Leather and Irving of New York, 54,000 each; Fire and Marine and Mutual of - Toledo 000 each.. From St. Louts. Sr. Louts, Dec. 2.—General Ito . seerans, from California, and. Senator .11.0 &s, of lilaus;.is, have arrived here. New York .IFina,nces MONEY MARKET A C T Ity E Cold Opened Firm and Advanced GOVERNMENTS ST EA D Railways Firm and Imprcivad The New "fork Money Market. flip Ilaohon's News Agency.] Ew Pont:, Dee. 2.—On the opening of the Cold Board this traniting Mr. Colgate, of this firm of Trevor Colgate, gave his experience with the Secretary of the Treasury in refer ence to the gold sale of last Tuesday. Ile said it was scarcely becoming in the Secretary of the Treasury, although technically correct. to buy millions of bonds daily without a shadow of authority, and pay but ai per cent. °certificates, out of a reserve fund which He was not allowed by law. to touch. Mr. Col gate tailed in his efforts to procure the gold he had bid for. The money market was active this morning `at 7 per cent. currency to coin interest on Gov ernments and stocks. In the Gold Boole the loWest quotation for money was 7 per cent. currency per annum to 1 1-ii per cent. per diem. The Broadway Bank commenced to day to disburse liberally the money received from the,eity taxes. The disconnt market was quiet Foreign exchange Was weak and lewer,. and best bills were quoted at 108a108 T.' The Gold Market opened firm and advanced-, to 122], and subsequently became dull and de -Iclitred to 1221. Government bonds were steady for, old, but i weak in the new issues. The steamer Union—sailed for Europe to-day with $llO,OOO in specie. ' Bids'for the government purchaie of bonds to-day aggregated $3,ti00,450, at rates ranging front 110.12 to lit - - Southern State Securities :.North Carolinas were Miner and active, and the Dal4nce of the list were dull. The Railway market was generally firm and prices better on the entire list The unpreVe-. ment, however, was not very marked on any • stock. New York Central ranged from 187 i to 1871; Serip from 177 tol7B ; • Pacific Mail from 48 to 50; Lake Shore- from 841 to 851 ; North west from 721 to 731; and Preferred do., Irma p0rk0.14.-:1131-BA11.11S-COriliNTEAND vi Jar fromstonnuerlonawando, for sate by COMI - RUSSELL' A: CO:,111 Chestnut Went. TRH DAILY EVENING BULLETIN'.-PHILADEIVIA, THUS AY, DECEMBER 2, 186% 215 O'C to inr. FOU'RTRIDITION h'ROM WASHINGTQN Additiorual Cable Quotations From Itroshinoloo. WARBiIIOTON; 'Det. 2.---Catain it. 'Ran dolph Breese has been ordere dto duty 'on the Naval Ordnance Board. Lieutenant-Com mander Macloy is ordered to signal duty in Samuel Ruth has been appointed Onlleetor of Internal Revenue for , the Second Virginia District, vice.'Prince, resigned. 'The First National Bank of Ihunilton, Ohio, has been discontinued as a'designatoi deposi tory of public moneys. Customs receipts for the week ending No vember 27 Bpston 8322,005 New York --- 1,9,715,000 Philadelphia 122,900 Baltimore. 168,294 New Orleans, from Nov. 13 to 20.... 77,968 Han Francisco fr t om Nov. 13 to 20... 121,194 Total $2,744,701 y the Atlantic Cable. FRANKFRET, Dec. 2.—TT. S. Five-twenties opehed quiet at 901. ' PARIS, Dec. 2..--The Bourse closed firm. Rentes, 72f. 17c. ANTWERP, Dec. 2.—Petrolcum closed find at tOi. The National Beard et. Trade. RICHMOND, Dec. 2.—The Board met this morning, and a committee was appointed to invite Governor Walker to visit the sessions of the Board. The committee found the Go vernor just leaving the city, but were informed that he would visit the Board on his return, in a few days, with his thanks for the courtesy. Mr. Lawrence, President of the National Tobacco Association, was introduced to the Board, and delegates from the Memphis Board of Trade were registered. The liminess programme was then taken up. Tenth Proposition—" Uniformity in Cor poration Laws." , Referred to the Executive Council. Eleventh Proposition—"A Government D epartment of Cominerce."—A resolution was. adopted that Congress be requested to estab lish a new Department,.to be known as the Department of Commerce, to- which shall be referred, questions connected with our foreign and domestic, trade and transportation and a Committee be appointed to memorialize Congress to that effect. The proposision ori ginated with the Baltimore Board, and was endorsed hi speeches by Messrs. Opdyke, of New York; Wetherill, of Philadelphia; Hall, of Chicago ; Raper, of Boston ; Cork, of Cin cinnati, and others. It was argued that the Treasury Depart-, inept had its. bands too full toattend to mer cantile questions. The oommunity wanted a department on a footing with - other depart ments of the Government, with some eminent mercantile man' at its head. In Great Britain this bad been done, and John Bright, Presi dent of the Board of Trade, had, been put at its head. Snow Sheds on the AUnion_Pacitie Ball- road•-.Anticfpated Indian War. Citicneo, Dec. 2—Three and a-half mites of snow sheds on the Union Pacific Railroad were completed this week. The compaurex pect to finish seven miles by the first of Feb rtiar,s,-, covering all the deep cuts and placing the road out of all danger of interruption from drifting snow. }lr. 'Whitson, Indian Agent in Dacetah, sayS a formidable alliance has been concluded between the Northern Sions and the Crows for war against. the settlers in - Eastern Mon tana and Wyoming. The Indians are insti gated to this by an outlawed balf-breednarned Itenshaw,and threaten the extermination of the whites. Government Sale at Harper's ferry. WitEimisu, W. Va., December 2.—The sale. of the Government property at HaJper's Ferry up to Wednesday amounted, in the ag gregate, to 82230,000. The musket and rifle .factory; with the Potomac and Shenandoah 'water power, were purchased by Captain T. E. Adams. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company were heavy bidders. The Decline in American Shipping. [By MLIMODNI News Agency.) NEW 'Voss, Dec. 2.—The Chamber of Com merce hi in session this afternoon considering "the report of the coinmittee on the cause of the decline of American commerce, and the most effectual means'of reviving our National shipping interests. Fire in Brooklyn, 7Y. Y. NEW YORK, Dec. n.—Four dwellings, to gether with several outhouses and two horses, un Division avenue, Brooklyn, were burned this morning. Loss $1.5,000; fully insured. The tire was the work of an incendiary. Philadelphia Piroduee Itlaricet. . . Turn...l/AY, Dec. 2.- - The 'receipts of Clovorseed aro small, and it is in good request at the latest advances. bales of 170 bushels at 86 Zed SO. Timothy. in the absence or sales, may be quoted at Flaxseed is dull, and the einasherw‘now refuse to pay $2 :10 per bushel. The Flour trade continues about us flat as ever. awl for the low grad of Families, which are greatly pressed. prices rise very "irregularly. About 2te barrebi were disposed of, including Superfine, at elinslls; Extra at $5 373aa5 623 i; Northwestern Extra Family at I 5 'Mae, 37:4;Pen.usylvaniu do. dog at the same figures; ndiana and Ohio do. do. at $5 e. 45 50; and fancy lots at $6 75a7 20.. 'Rye Flour is hold at ,$5 75. Prices of Coin Ideal are nominal. .‘ The Wheat market is almost at a 'Stand, and only a few small iota of Pennsylvania and Western Red were taken at $1 Will 04, and LOUD bushels yirginia-White at $155. Rye is held at $1 10a1 12. Corn is less active and not so firm; sales of 1,500 bushels old yellow at 10; new at 071103 c. Oats aro selling at 40a62c. Whisky is dull. ,Sales of 50 barrels, iron bound, at $1 oi., New York Money Market. [From the Bentld of to-day.l WritNESDAY, Dee. I.—The action of Secretary Bout well, in meeting all bids Lir gold below 122 was the con tinued topic el discussion to-day, and the various cliques were greatly exercised as to the future policy of the Treasni y Deportment. Air. Fulger having telegraphed yesterday-for instructions as to renewing the offer to sell the to illicit of gold, received a commute:allot' from Mr. Bout well to-day directing the absolute withdrawal of the _whole amount. The street is still puzzled to know what will be done with reference to the gold advertised to be acad• during the remainder of the month. It is inti mated that upon the oseembling of Congrese next Mon- clay a resolution will he introduced to peremptorily sus pend gold sales and bond purchases until direet ac tion is had upon the subject by Congress. The gold niarket has been feverish under the reports and rumors ion the the street. At elle time the price declined to 121% the expectation that the gold would be again offered, but then rapidly advanced and closed firm to-night at D".:i upon the final rejection of the bids. Much eurieaffy is felt concerning the gold sale let Friday ne.xt, and the event will bn watchad with more than usual interest. The clearances at the Cold Bank seem to iteliceite that the "bears , " executed a vet) rapid dank movement on Tuesday and got upon the, other side of the market ; for the tignres are almost the same as on the day previous, while the rates for ear ning gold ranged front f per cent. per annum to 1-64 per diem. Allowance, of course, Is to he made fur the better &mond for muney to-day - ; lint the fact atill re mains evident that the suspension of the gold sale on Tuesday and the rise to frightened the -bears" into buying back their gold. The money market Sins more active toolay :14 a conse• gut nee, it is conleeturlsl, of the movements of currency arising out of the payment of taxes yester day in order to avoid the penalty of one per cent, ad dition thereto. which is affixed on and after Decem ber I, while the recent wide fluctuations in stocks have also aided the demand inconsequence of the general shifting of loans. It was reported that as high as an eighth „per cent. was allowed , for "turn stocka, nnu gold interest was quite freely paid in to instances. Many accounts were not, made up until toward tour o'clock. Nu loans were rtorted below seven per cent. The only exceptions at six per cent. were to the government dealers. In the discount market the better inquiry for menet' on call checked transactions, but the activity has net been of sufficient duration to make any alteration in rates, whieli ranged front Mee to twelve per cent. for prime acceptances and from twelve to twenty per cent. for less choice geodes of The government b and market was unfavorably affected by, several influences. In the morning the yield in the v pee at London, which VOW duo to the rise yesterday in gold ' Checked the usual demand from the foreign bank ers. who Leught small lots only. Then, whatever strength woo communicated by the offer of the govern ment to hug two nlllllOOB at the Sub-Treaeury to-day vins oft Set by the large offerings. flenceihe market con tinued wt ak ,particularly 'as gold had meantime de clined to 1112.. After the last hoard and in the,final street.dealings. the market became etrong, in response to the'; expectation that with the disbursements of cur• rency for the bonds bought today' and for those to be bought to morrow t when a million will be required for tie sinking fund) the moneY market will be easier. In Southern securities there was a heavy and weak market fcr the now Tennessee's, which fell to 4). It was rather confidently expected that the legislative measures •removing alt distinction between the old and new tisanes:so far es the obligation of the State to redeem them is concertied, would bring both classes Of bowie together, and the old boucle began to fell: But the new have else relapsed and again widened the distance `between .the two quotations. There was a recovery in' and a 'dandy market for the North Carolinas. The question whether the special tax bonds tiro a good delivery for new bonds creates con siderable discussion, in the Stock ixchange. The Mie souris were lower and the South Cagolinns firm. The uncertainty prevailing in the gold market And the moderate buying of the importers led to a lower and, ir regular market for foreign exchanne. While the nominal quotation . for prime hankers' sixty-day sterling Ave* sales took place as low its , ' 3;00 O'Clook.. NEWS BY THE ATLANTIC CAI E' LATEST FROM ,WASIIINGI"ON' A Change in the City Government Destired' Congress to be Meraorallied to that Mot THE. MISSISSIPPI ELECTION PARIS, Dec. 2.—The bullion in the bank of France has decressed,3oo,ooo francs Mime last week. The governments of "France and Great Britain are making great efforts to settle the matters at variance between the Sublime Porte, and the Viceroy of Egypt. GENOA Dec. 2.—The American ship Scot, land, which sailed from New Orleans on August 21st for MS port, arrived here safely yesterday. Sbe had been given up for lost by the underwriters. , Lownos,'Dec. 2.—The ship Joseph Holmes, of Boston which sailed from New York . on Oct 30st for Glasgow, experienced a heavy gale, sprung a leak, and was abandened. The crew were saved and landed at Holyhead yesterday. Burnam, Dec. 2,—lt is rumored that the Danish 9uestion is again under discussion. Several important despatches on the subject have recently posed between Berlin and Vienn.a. Loknos, Dec. 2, 4.30 P. M.—Consols for money 92/, and for account 021, American securities firm. U. S. 5-20 ' s of 1862, 841; of 1665, 831; of 1867, 85/. Ten-forties, 801. Erie Railroad, 201 ; Illinois Central, 991; Atlantic and Great Western, 27. L4vEnpoot., Dec. 2d, 4.50 P. M.—Cotton firm. Upland, 12/d. ; Orleans, 121 d. Sales to day, 15,000 bales, including 5,000 for export and speculation. Lard, 765. 6d. Relined Petroleum, is. 81d. Emmet?, Dee. 2, 4 30 P. M.—The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased £38,000 since last week. Refined Petroleum; is. 7d.a is. 'lid. Linseed Oil, £28155. The Washington City Government. [Special Detroatch to the Philads. Zvenlatz Bulletin.) - WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Arrangements are in progress for again memorializing Congress to place the Government of this District in the hands of Commissioners appointed by the President. The movement commands the support of nearly everybody except the local • politicians. The President received no visitors to-day. ^ NEw ORLEANS, December 2.—The follow ing has been , received concerning the Mis sissippi election. Alcorn has majorities as follows: Curtains. Curtains. I. E. WALRAVEN MASONIC HALL, No. 719 CHESTNUT STREET) WINDOW DECORATIONS IN SAM DAMASK. LAMPAS BROCATELLE, FIGURED SILK T ERRIES, PLAIN SILK AND WOOL TERRIES, Trimmed with Handsome Borders Bich Tassels and Walnut or Gold Cornices. LACE CURTAINS,' From the Lowest Price to the Mos Elaborate. Entirely New Designs. Tapestry, Piano and Table Covers, EIDER DOWN QUILTS, All at the Lowest Gold Rates. .FIFTR7,::E.DITIOX,,, Xty the AtMatte Cable. T be Mississippi Eleetieii. Wilkinson county, 2,000; Noxubee, 2,7 M; Jefferson; 1,513; Yazoo, 2,000; Monroe, 2,000 ; Adams, 2.475 ; Warren, 3,763 ; 366; Clarborne, 1,6L0 ; Marshall, 000;• Hinds, 13,00 3 Lowndes, 3,500; Lauderdale, 512 ; Clarke, 400—again in 13- counties of over 13,000 over last year's Radical vote. Dent has majorities as followS: Yallabusha, 70Q—a loss of aO, No report as to how the Legislature stands has been received, but the victory is conceded to the Radicals. • New York Stock Market. I Correopondence of the Awocated Prose.) MEW Yoga. December 2.—Stocks unsettled. Money 7 per cent. Gold, 12234 ; United States 6200. •1862, coupon, D2U; United States 5.20e,1864. do ..110311;_ do. do. MR, d 0.. 11074: do. 1863, now. 113; do. 1657, 1134: do. 1331, 113;.10,10s, lo 74; Virginia 6's, new, Missouri 61t, SO; Canton Company, 49%; Cumberland Preferred, 23 ; Erie, 2734 ; Reading, 9834' Michigan Con. tral, 121114: Michigan Southern. b 235; Illinois Cont'l,lMN; Cleveland and Pittsburgh i 80; Chicago• and Rock Island. 10.5%; Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne, 304: Western Union Telegraph. 3, Consolidated New York Central and llndson River, ti.s3i; Adams Express,s6*. • IMlrkets by Telegmbh• [ Special Desmitzn to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.) HM' YORK, Dec. 2.92.% P. 21.---llotton.--The market this morning was firm, with a fair demand. Sales of about 700 bales. We quote as follows: Middling Up lands, 223' cents : Middling Orleans, 2.51 i cents-. FlourS ' Ae.—The market for Western and State Flour is dull and heavy, end likely to be s.ealOc. lower. Receipts -11,7(0 barrels. The sales are barrels, at 84 6.5a5 25 for Superfine State ; 85 65a55 90 for Extra State ; 86 0.5a6 4.5 for Fancy State ; 85 35a 85 65 for the low grades of Western Extra; $5 75a5 90 for good to choice Spring Wheat Extras ' • e 5 75,0 DO for Minnesota and lowa Extras: 6015 75 for Ship ping Ohio, Round Hoop; 85a6 30 for Trade brands; 86 40.16 70 for Family do. ; $5 75a6 75 for Amber Winter Wheat State rind Western; 65a6 40 fur White Wheat do. do. ; 75a7 70 for Family do.; 's6 40a9 to for St. Louis Extra Single. Double and Triple. Southern Flour dull and unchanged. Soles of 700 bar rels. Rye Flour is.qniet. Sales of 21 , 0 barrels. Grain.—Receipts—W heat ,125,300 bushels. The market is fiuri for spring, but, irregular • The sales are 06,000 bushels No. 2 Milwaukee at $1 Vial 31 for Winter; Amber 'Winter at $1 33. Corn—Roceirits, ]4.7t'o. The market is firmer. with a• good demand. Sales of 70.000 bushels new Western at $1 12.i1 14, afleat. Oats—Receipts, 29,000 bushels. The market is tame at 64a66. Provisione—lle receipts of Pork are 6t.43 barrels. The market is nominal at 832 25 for new Western Mess. Lard—Receipts.4oo packages. The market is firm We quote prime steamer at 19 cents. Whisky—Reeeipta, 9SO barrels. The market is dull, Sales.-WequoteWestern free at 81 iYkil 01. ICorrespondence of the Associated Press-I BALTIMORE, Dec. 2.—Cotton quiet ; Middling Upland, 2L 4 i525 c. Flourdull and unchanged. Wheat drill and weak ; prime to choice red w 1 Mal 38. Corn lower ; prime to choice white. 90a92 cents ; yellow. 90 cents. Oats dull at 26a67 cents. RpNI.9 lal 16. Provisions in slightly Improved demand . • mess pork. 533 bacon rib sidos,lBXa ; 19 cents clear do..Mal9U cents ; 5h0u1der5,1634.a1574 c.; hams, 21 cents. Lard, 19 cents. Whisky dull at fal 06 ; no demand. VUILT4MIII /11ATEkLIALb. CURTAIN MATERIALS. LACE CURTAINS, en 00 to 1960 Ma pair. NOTTINGHAM LACROURTAINS, e 2 to elf a pair. WINDOW SDADESAII k lade ; SILK DROOATELLES; MYRNA CLOTHS ,lIJUSILES; REPS, TERRIES and DADIASIKSAII eolors ;TASSEL. , GIMPS,FRINGESoIIe. RAILROAD SUPPLIES. IV. .CARRYL & SONS, 723 CHESTNUT STREET. Tn F. H. tiODSILII.LIC & CO.'S Carpet Store, (two (Ilion above onr old stand.} n 024 tde3l by 4;3o•O'Clocik. :H' ._.:,....6.:..N.::.X.R..i:,:i.::..,0()':111..'..,..1):-:.A:_Y;i'.::',.8i....':;.()...0,,,5,:,:::.. STOCKS - OYDRES 00.0 PK- $•11X5 .. '4..a,'..:. , ......, - : ....:4 MUST soten.ovV BY JANUARY THE FIFTEENTH. HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. CRAPE POPLINS, ONLY 25 CENM'S. WORTH 50 CENTS. HOMER, COLLADAY. & CO. ROUBAIX POPLINS. ONLY 25 CENTS. WORTII 50 CENTS. HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. ionblefold HEAVY CORDED MOHAIRS, In fashionable Dark Shades. 37c., Worth $lOO. HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. FAI KO POPLINS For Walking Suits. ONLY 50 GrkeNTS. HOMER, COLLADAY & CO BEST QUALITY SERGES For Walking . Suitt3. ,Only 45 . Cents. HOMER, COLLADAY &CO. SILK EPINGLINES. ONLY 75 Cents HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. Best Quality GREEN & BLUE PLAIDS IMPORTED. ONLY 611-2 CENTS. HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. FINE EMPRESS CLOTHS. In all the New Colors. 56 Cents. HOMER, COL CLOAK DEPARTMENT. In this Department we have made an entire revision'of. the. Priem' 41 0 our Cloths, Astrachan?, Cloaks, Suits and Velvets, and the greatspit inducements are offered to purchasers. 1412 AND 1414 CHESTNUT STREET. WORTH $1 50 I=ID HOMER, COLIADAY & Co. BLACK SILXS4r BEST LYONS MAKES. *1 50, Worth $2 50. HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. BLACK SILKS. Best Lyons Makes. $2 00, Worth $2 75. HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. BLACK SILKS. Best Lyons Makes. $2 25, Worth *3. HOMER, COLLADAY & CO: BLACK SILKS': Best Lyons Makes. $2 50, Worth $3 25. HOMER, COLLADA'Y & CO. HOSIERY, OF _ALL. KINDS. From 25 to 33 pr ct, less than before HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. LINEN. HOUSEKEEPING GOODS. An Immense Stoek,at 25 to Uper et, les& HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. LYONS SILK VELVETS Large Concessions. HOMER, COLLADAY & CO. MOURNING GOODS, In Infinite Variety. Lower than Since the War. LADAYb& CO, . ; 4' •• : ;,.. -'' 41 ,1 1.1.....': : ::,i - ._ : 1 i 1 ..:-:•.. ::::: ~A rtr-i --w►