.GIBBON FPIACOCK. Mor. *MED DIN 4 CARD% ,INVITA.TIONS I yLtsr Parties, Ito. New istles. MASON &CO M' oSeeturtt street, "lIITEDDING VITA.TIONS EN VI&I A v Iti l ti t o h nO r n ailgrorTanbar ••gettgilut street. tt MARRIED. ' BA R RETT—HANL INE.—On tha Gth instant, at. the residence of the bride's parouts,by the Rev. E. L. Drown, 'Charles B. Barrett and Alary, daughter ot A. Hanline, Bea., all of this city. Dl ED. BAUGII.—On Tuesday, December 7th, 1409, Anna Maddock, wife t',)f Samuel Haugh, The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence morn- husband, No 202 S Chestnut Street, on Saturday thg. the 11th nt 10 o'clock. St . .MCOORKLH.--On Monday evening, the .11th instant, Mrs.-Marla Morrell McCerkle, rein:tor the late Joseph 111cCorkle, of Washington, D. Her relatives and friends and those of the family are respectfully incited to attend her funeral, from her late residence, Ho. 21 Mouth Twenty-first street, on Thnrs day, , the 9th inst., at 11 o'clock A. M., without further notice.• McILVAINE.—In this city. December 7th Mary Ma- Maine, of Darlington, New Jersey, iu the 79th year of her age, Pk:AUK/N.—On the 0111 inst., Seba A. Pearson, agcal 09 years. The relatives and friends are respectfully Invited to attend hie funeral, from hie late roctidence, 1309 North Peventh etreet, at 9 o'clock, on Friday morniag. 19th inst. To proceed to Salisbury Church, Backe co. Pa. •• HOD EHTS.—thi First-day, Twelfth-month, 6th, ' led 9, Anna Maria Roberts, in the 70th year of her age. Her friends anti those of the family are respectfully In vited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No, 117 Nortb N nth street, on Fifth-day, the 9th ititant, at - 2 o'clock P. M., without further notice. Interment at Friends' Western Ground. B LACK GROS GRAIN SILKS, 75, 87,K, 6'2 50, 31 . 2 76, 200, 300, 25 Y , R 8803 50,',2c. N At SON. 918 CHESTNUT STREET cIECOND !NG DItEBI3 (+OODS. Clohlog out below the cost of importation °nevi/tiro stock of fall and whiter Staond Mourning Poplin:l,ldd, hairs, Alparaa, Plaids, Blouldt!lin-sIIob rte. sou. 4.102.450 914 Che.tnnt street. • - - --- CAIIIE4'IS.I - IAI S(JALLFS TO oniusiltAs E PRESENTS OF VALVE, EYRE St LANDELD, FOURTH, AND ARCII. E , ;J J To Counteract An prevalent among some who have not tried na, that became we are on Chestnut !greet, and deal 'only in aCiIIR9 of Clothing finer thin ordinary Ready -made Garments, our ptie i mud Le enormotialY wo bete pnblivh a LIST OF PRICES. LigLl Wilt Overcoats, - from 89 t 025, Back OCANYT OVerco2 ,l6 . 016. I. 65a. 825. 855. Chinchilla (sereonts, 8p),1 On". $2.5. az. en. Potorstuou Ot er co4t6.4/6,, ' Youths' Or r rc oats , from 87 to ez. Chihareu'a ttsercoets from . _ o 4 50 to en. Garibaldi Suit* , froM !9$ to rtln a) c:o 1m orial Suits from Bi!m e Trrtr:ls &lA tO 8') enty . othor styles: Gent* . firraPPettl. $4 to tisk. This Het embraces only a Email portion of our Stuck .but gives au Idea of what buyers oaado. and ticanovatrate float • The Very Finest Styles, The Very Finest Qualities, The Very Finest Makes GENTS', YOUTHS'and CHILDREN'S BEADY-MADE CLOTHING Can be sold and are being sold by us very much CiIIEA:PE Than the People ,think JOHN WANAMAKER, Chestnut Street Clothing Estiblishment, 818 and 820 CHESTNUT STREET. ACADEMY OF MUSIC THE STAdt COURSE OF LECTURES THE LAST TIMER OF TUE FIRST SERIES R. J. DE CORDOVA. ON THURSDAY EVENING, Dec. 0, Subject—ValllSlN VS. swum. (f_Breach of Promise of Muria s'e.) A HUMOROUS NONSENSE STORY WENDELL PHILLIPS, THURSDAY EVENING. December 1 1 'Subject—DANlEL O'CONNELL. Admission, SO eta. Reserved Seats, 75 eta. Tickets for any of the Lectures for sale at GOULD'S lane Warerooms,No. 923 CHESTNUT Street,and at the caderay On the evening of the. Lecture. Doors open at 7: Lecture at 8. Orchestral Prelude at 73S o'olock. MEMORIAL MISSION BETHANY OF TIIE NOW UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. E 1 A., I R FOR THE ale of Useful and Fancy .11.rtiol es Suitable for Christmas Gifts, TO BB ÜBLD(iN , . HORTICULTURAL HALL. emmeacing December 9th at 4 P. IC dClashar " 14th at 10 P. 81. 'Otir Citizens are requested to bear *Ls, in mind while rranging for the Fair. PHILAD.ELP.RUL EX,OIIANO E COMPANY.—At a General Meetingof the Stock °Were of the Philadelphia Exchange Company, held ,n MONDAY. Doc. ith, 1860, the following gentlemen • ere duly elected Managers to serve daring the ensuing ear. RICHARI) ASHIIBST, 'JAMES A. FREEMAN , .1. P. WHITE, B E NJ . H. HAINES,. • CHAS. W. HIGGINS, WM. PAINTER. ALEX. WHILLDIN, Whf. LIPPINOQ'I'T, • 0. COLIi.ET. EDWARD S. HANDY, ‘, Chairman. Attest—SAMCrEL SHERRERD, Secretary. , • And at a mooting of tho Board of Managers held on IJESDAY, the 7th inet.,-WILLIABI J. P. WHITE sq.. was uunntmously ()looted President, and JAMES , , Secretary and Treasurer. det3-3tr74 . ... . . - • • - • • - • -- •' - - '''. ' . , . ~ . ' ~ . , ~.. '.':,.', t-. •:!' .t , ' ',...:': -; ''', :'; ' ''. ,',..--!: . ." 1 .; ,'` '.."..1.. ,', '..,', ' ':.- •• • •:-'ir .. ", ''; ' , ' . - ', •-,-.,;. ''---;„ : ,'',,'-• , :'-- , , , ,, f • '';'• ,', ~, '' '', ~., ', 7-, ~ -, '•,'. -, ':'', , ' '•, ~, -',,, , . .w , , .„ ' , , . . . . .. . . ,• • , , ~ „. ,!, ‘ ..., . .... . .- - - - • • - ' - . • - I ' . • '''''' • ' • r••',-,- 7 4 :' .;. '.',- . 1, ', ~. i . . '' . 4 ... . .4 '."" ''''', ".:, '.- •-..,:'.-..',-4" . , r -,•-,,,r•P • ' • ~ . 4 O, , • t. • ,Busines4 SUltg. 5 Oil Vrxth 2 2/3 rbeln (Z. and graleofrom e2O to $5O. litutdoonte droll sults, all black. szs to ecs. Fiaq Trocots, $33 to 845. Swallow TaliDrely amts.. Black Cloth 84 to 13'17. B a, Blue Cloth, eto 835. Buys' Jackets— .... _ Boyd' Pant5............_ fa Whole Snits. and all griult-6 up to SM. Mrirolrolltun Suite from fslo to .I,i' - Toistint' Chesterfields from *to to &W. iqZSTEREOPTICON AND AGIC Lantern Exhibitions given to Sunday Schools, _ Colleges, and for private entertainments. W. MITCHELL hIcALIAsna.B, 728 Chestnut street, second story. • • no22mrpi MllO9 'GIRARD STR OH, RUSEILAN, AND PERSUDND BATHS. " iv HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. IBIS edlri treatment Lombard street ,Dhmensery Department. t; the Dear- and medicine furnished imatultonety -31. Emile de Girardin, in the Liberti, de clares that it was the Republic vi hich issued from the electoral urn. "Logic," he adds, "under the name of universal suffrage, con spires against the Empire, and mines it to that extent that on a given day but a light blow will be necessary to topple it over. This fall might be delayed if any one dared to tell the Emperor the ft - nth. No one presumes to do this, not that it is feared to excite his anger, but to provoke on his side incredulity .and ap athy. He has a serenity which disconcerts frankness, an affability which discounten ances sincerity', , and a mildness which disarms roughness." N. Emile de Girardin probably received the data of this sketch from Prince Napoleon. . —One old woman now alone remains to represent the aboriginal race of Van Deiman's Land, the Tasmanians. The Last man died in March. SP,ECI.AIe,NOTIC.EO. = 1};? JoHN'p.. Goudfi ACADEMY OF MUSIC, MONDAY EVENING, Decensber 13, Subject—"llablt." HEIWBIt WARD BEECHES. SubJect Dot pit annotincod, ' TUESDAY EVENING, February L HORACE GREELEY. "The Woman Qntstion-" TUESDAY EVENING, rebruhry 22 Tickets for the counts., $2. Reserved deals In Parquet Circle and Balcony, M..; /Rage Tlek.ets, Blanding Tickets and Reserved Seats In Family Circle, tee. Sold at Ashruead 'a, 721 Chestnut street. O ACADEMY OF MUSIC: THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURE& YOUNG FOLKS SERIES. Afternoon Lectures. By PAUL B. DU CHAILLU. Mr. PAUL Bi DU CHAILLU, the famous ACMCan ex plorer.will give a course of three Lectures to the YOUNG FOLKS of Philadelphia, in day_ time, as follows:ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, December 11, " UNDER THE EQUATOR." ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, December 15, " AMONG AFTERNOON.ALS. ON SATURDAY December "LOST IN THE JUNGLES." The Lectures will be Illustrated with itnrnenqe pafot logs. Lintititar implements 'weapons of warfare,and other attractive novelties. 31 r.'D u Challln will appear on one of these 0CC111510130 in the Identical•costume worn by him in his Inn sic. A , rimblaion to each Lecture ZSo Reserved Seats (extra). • yC Doors open at t. Lecture at 3 o c oc . Orchesirsi Preltob , at To be obtained at GOULD'S, tt23 Chestnut street, from' CA. M.toGP.M. del tf .. .. I.NIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. GREENWOOD CEMETERY , Corner of Asylum Turnpike & Fisher Lane, NEAR FRANKFORD. A chance 'snow offered to steers Lots, at the Loa• price of $l5, • Payable In Instalments, in what Is admitted to be the best adapted grounds for Cemetery purposes near Phila delphia. being romantically located. perfectly dry and beautifully roiling surface. Apply to Pa Emu:NT—WILBUR Ij. MYERS, North Fifteenthstreet. , Vicn Pa P-ArDEN'T—HARIC Y M. GEARY, S. EL'eoroor of Ridge avenue and Wallace street. SECRETARY—GEO. CIIA.NDLEII PAUL, - 0 alet. of ti.e Company, ]:L3 North Tenth street. Tazascazz—Wll. S. SNEYD, F.aat York street Sr rzalistrsoExr—SAllCEL F. MEADE, non linra On'tbe Grounds ACADE 31V OF :11 - L T SIC..!--THE I •Pa?' Grand Testimonial to nurum ADAMS. by Judge A ninon. Edwin Forrest and 1,001 others, takes place FRIDAY EVENING. potember 19. Carl Sentz's Parlor i)rdh , trit will open the ontertainutent by per fort:Mug Git'atta. Serenade, Solo, Wein, Weil) and Gesatg. Tickets, Od cents. at Trumpler s and at the door. Doors open at 7 o'clock, continence at S u' lock. don,2t rps CITY NATIONA..L BANK. — PHILADULPHIA.Dec. 7, 1.9479. The annual election for Directors will be hold at the Banking House, on WEDNESDAY. the 12th day of January, 1670. between the hours of lo o'clock. A. 31. and 2 O'clock. P. M. • G. ALBERT. LEWIS. s to jal2§ ' Cashier. , - , urn' OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY. Pit IL December 8> VA9. Coupons due the 15th instant on the Gold Loan of thie company will be paid at their office, in gold, on and after that date. Holders of ten or more coupons ciao obtain receipts therefor prior to that date. • S. SIIMPIIEILD; deS till 16; „ Treavrer. lU*PHILADELPHIA,DEC 7 186§ - ------ The Directors of the Duller Coal Company have this day dt-claret a semiannual dividend of eighty-five (SS) cents per share,payable on and after Dec. M 1162. SAMUEL DUTTON. Treasurer, deg 1215 MS South Third street. up ST. CLESIENT'S CHURCH", TWE-N -tictli and Cherry streets. )urine the Season of Advent there will be service every WEDNESDAY evo king At i o'clock. Choral Service. Seats free. This evening—"Tbe Mieelortary Church," by Rev. J. AN DREWS HARRIS. 'EOPTICON EXHIBITIONS OP CALIFORNIA AND THE YO-SEMITE VALLEY, BY T. CLARIiSON Dec WEDNESDAY EVENING, Dec. 8. Subject—CALI FORNIA AND THE PLAINS. FRIDAY EVENINO.Dec. 10. Subject—CALIFORNIA Illustrat AN W iTth-Ee YO- f E MITumE in VA e L d L Phot ographs, covering 500 square trot, and now exhibited, for the first tine in this city, at the HALL OF TIIE MERCANTILE LIBRARY, TENTH STREET, above Chestnut. Doors open at o'clock. Commences at 8. Tickets, to cents ; to 'be - had at Parrish's drag-store, Eighth and Arch streets, and at McAllister's, No. 721 Chestnut street. 6t cps • 1.0 LEAGUE HOUSE, BROAD STREET. PIT ILA DE Ii The annual meeting of the Union L LP eaIIA . Dec. 6, Me gu oe n of Phllicife Oda. will be held at the Leage 'donee, 310NDAY EVENING, December 13, at o'clock, at..which meeting there will be an election of Officers and Directors for the emulng'year. GEO. IL RORER, dO-7t rp.; - Secretary.--- lua PROFESSOR BLOT U LECTRES ON CIOOKERY, Uu December 2,1. 3d, ttli,tith,7th. Bth and 9th, at II A . 31.,. In the ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS. Terns for the Course of Berenj Lectures, $4. Single Lecture. 75 cents. Tickets at the Hall. no 33tfrpj ____ WILLS OPHTHALMIC HOSPI rY &ace, above Eighteenth street. Open daily at 11 A. M. for treatment of diseases of the eye. • X Dr. B. J. Levis, A W.TTENDI cor. Arch and Thirteenth streets. VITNAGERs Charles Ellis, S. I S corner NI T A enthand Market streets. Joseph C. Turnpenny, N 0.513 Sprucestreet. Dillwyn Parrish, S. W, corner Eighth and Arch streets. deLsortf§ MILHAUS GOLDEN COD LIVER Eypo-phosphite of Lime, a great im provement ; made with the best oil known, it unites effi cacy with pleasant flavor and easy digestibility. Sold by all respectable druggists.. J. 111.1LHAII'S SONS nail-w f-titt • 163 Broadway, New York:, NORTH PENNSYLVANIA. RAIL ROAD AND GREEN LANE STATION.' The 'Miners having resumed work we aro again re ceiving a Intl supply of HARLEIGII COAL, which we are Belling without advance in_ price. & SHEAVE', aosi.larpS Office 15 South Seventh street, Phila. 'Departments Ladies Baths onen Prom . PI. to 9 P for . M. t, r , .. ':1 ~ , ~ EitTiEttlialtAN - ttITVATION. Pisassisin Reply to the ltrinstart '"riranco-111notaisa Coalition. , • The Cologne Gazette of Novembei 1.5 makes, the following remarks on • the theories of; the Riosian prais as' to the present situation" of Europe: • • • The nomination of General - Fleury. to 'the:l post of French Ambassador at St. Petersburg haa . given the anti-Prussian' pressOf Rretsia an •i opportunity of pouring forth alierfeet torrent'l of threats against the nation theYdislike. The Moscow Gazette is of opinion that the 'most faith ful, friend' of the Emperor has - been trusted with this mission for the purpose of separating Prussia from Russia, and • creating a good understand-, ing between the. latter country and: France by which the Eastern question may be definitely settled. As soon as this plan is carried out the influence of Germany on the . Lower Danube and in the Balkan will be de , ; stroyed. Such statements are made by Rus sian organs for the mere purpose of deceit , - ing their readers, as their political and re ligious relations with the districti in question are too intimate for them not to be aware that . the North German Confederation has no po litical mission on the Lower Danube, but that • it is the task of Austria to hold the Russian . influence in those countries in check, and this she is endeavoring to do. The fact that the Prince of Roumania has chosen a German Princess for his consort is considered by the old Russian organs a most inconsiderate act. When speaking of the destruction of German influence they really mean the expulsion of the German dynasty from Roumania. ff the Moscow Gazette hopes that in such a case a Russian' prince might succeed to the vacant. throne, we can only tecOrairiend a study Of the causes which led to the 'Crimean war. But, according to this paper, General Fleury has a still more important mission. He Is to expose Prussia':i • ambitious desigtis on • . the:. Baltic provinces of 'l4ussia, and to 'lnsist on the dangers accruing to the latter State from an alliance of Austria with Northern Germany. The paperseems to have forgotten thatef Gen.Fleury were to attempt to lecture statesmen of`St.Petersberg on the best means of supporting the interests of their country he would probably discover that they know more of the subject than he does. But. Jet us lam what the paper really desires. Russia, France, Austria add Italy are, to unite .in forcing Prussia to moderate her demands, to give up her hopes with reapect to Southern G - ermany, to loosen the connection of the Northern Con federation and to consent to a general disarm ament. The Emperor Napoleon has only post poned the opening of the Chambers in order to dazzle the opposition at the opening of the session by the splendor of his foreign policy and to announce to them the re-establish ment of the balance of rimer by means of the humiliation of Prussia. An Important Prelate—Who IN lie? An English exchange says: • 'it - is not too much to say that one of the most important men in France at this hour is 3lonseigneur Dupanloup, Bishop of Orleans. But Who is be? The question - has been often asked, but seldom satisfactorily _answered. On the one hand he is said by some to be the son of Charles X.; and those who judge from personal appearance alone, might have some show of reason on their side, inas much as the Bishop bears a remarka ble resemblance to the last Bourbon king. Others connect him • with Talleyrand. All that is known of 3ionsiegneur Dupanloup's past life is that in consequence of certain in formalities about his birth there were some difficulties at Rome about his ordination. Shortly after taking orders he became cure of the parish of St. Roch, at Paris, and was always employed by the Court in baptizing, preparing for confirmation, &c., the various members of the Royal Family. He was sub seauently transferred to, - Tours, where he re mained as grand-vicaire until his promotion to the see of Orleans in UV: The Pall ifall Gazette says Let France rejoice—the Prince Imperial has smoked his first cigarette! France is de lighted, the army is enchanted, the cigarette smoking ladies are greatly interested. Come, however, frown—namely, the Anti-Tobacco Society, and those who regard the important performance of the cigarette as a step towards emancipation and the Imperial majority. But they are alone, unless it be that the Prince himself sympathizes with them, as doubtless, at his age, and for the first time, the taste of i tobacco s anything but agreeable. The Duke of Genoa and the Vacant The Pall Mall Gazette of istov. Xd says : General Prim is said to have declared at a private meeting of the majority of the Cortes, held on Sunday night, that he had the pledged word of the King of Italy that the Duke of Genoa should accept the Spanish Crown if it were offered to him ; and that neither the Duchess of Genoa nor Signor. Rapallo had ever manifested any opposition, to the pro posal. The statement is reiterated by the htipciat,which4leclareetthat the Times knows nothing about the matter. This morning, however, the Times says: "We are fully authorized to declare that the Duke of Genoa and the Duchess, and Marquis Rapallo have always entertained insuperable objections to the scheme. General Prim asserts that he has thepledged word of the King of Italy; but surely the ICing of Italy would never think of forcing his nephew's inclinations in that re spect, nor would the Spanish nation accept the boy-Idng crowned itt spite of himself." THE DALMATIAN .TROI7D/dES. A. Prospective Disturbance. The Moscow Gazette of the 16th of Novem ber says that "at this moment events are oc curring - which might produce a terrible catas trophe if France and Russia were on such bad terms as people in Berlin and London would wish them to be." These menacing "events," it appears, are the insurrectionary movements in Dalmatia. "All the world knows," says the Moscow Gazette,"that Austria wished to march her' troops through the provinces of Turkey and also through. Montenegro,which Power the Sultan does not cease to regard as a Vassal of Turkey." The consequence "of a violation of Montenegrin territory," the Gazette thinks, "would have been certainly very unfavorable to the tran quality of Europe." "But," it adds, on the faith of its Paris correspondent, "Russia has requestsd Austria not to allow her troops to pass through Montenegrin territory; and .Austria, being persuaded that France shares the opinion of Russia, has changed her plans, and has solemnly proclaimed that she will respect the neutrality of Montenegro." Whe Profeetodlibip Canal---The Dimen sions and Cost. Now that ship canals are being so promi nently brought before the public, it is inte resting to know what the. Bliteh are doing in that respect.. The projected canal is 4o cut through the Isthmus of North Holland, and Will convert the city of Amsterdam into a Nord" Sea port. Two piers, each 5,000 feet long, are being projected • into the sea, to form a harbor of refuge, to embrace an area of 7,200 acres. About 1,000 yards inland will be the basin, which is to form the entrance to the canal. It will be twenty-sixefeet deep and' 007 feet wide —exceeding thu,Zunemliong of the Suez Canal. It will be carpred through the midst of a sheet of watery—or inland lake, the Wyker :Meer, whiclkwill be dammed up,olong with the river, EUROPEAN FRANCE. His First Cigar. SPAIN. Tlhrone. noLtAarn. . , Ourt.-Nottatat coramirt. lIMMINIEBE , • . ,„ whick:is so called fromthe shape Of its course, ' with the crime • , and that he did not know *he (V), imd afterwards pumped dryand converted I committed it. He added that he entered the into pasture land. The cost of these vast 1 house about it o'clock . on 'the' night of the works will amount to 27,000,000 florins,. and it murder.; that he was met by Hrs. Cunning= will be , completed in 1876. ', ham in the lower hall; that he noticed she ap i peered confused and excited , ; that ahr __ . . . , • •TIIE 4 ECUMENICA/4 COUNCIL, ' Its Chareietpr Objects. The assemblage at Rome of Bishops of the, "Catholic Apostolic, Church" ,'communloa ;with the See of Rome and acknowledging the, spiritual headship of the chief pastor, of that see, will be formally opened, with 'most int-, pressive ceremoniea,.to r day. All the Bishops of that . Church were summoned to this ,;.-.Universal, Council, --_but . only ;ahoUt two-thirds of them have been able 'to respond to the summons. Some have, been kept away by illness ; others by troubles or pressing cares; while those residing within.: -the Russian Empire have been forbidden to 'attend by the Emperor. It is a gratifying- . cir cumstance that, whereas, the bst previous Council (that of Trent, early in the XVlth century) was largely at tended by the reprtsentatives of secular princes and 'potentates, and was in, fact called at the instance of. the Emperor Charles V., this Council was called by the Pope on his own suggestion or that of his Cardinals, and that no provision has been made for tke admis ,sion of representatives of Catholic kingdoms or states, and no invitation extended to them. We trust this is a premonition of that complete divorce of Church and State which we have found so beneficent. And we trust that Roman Catholics everywhere are noting the fact that, while speculauon has been rife as to the attend- , ance of the French and other Bisbops—many , believing that these, like the Russian, would be prevented by the civil power—every &Slump in this country was perfectly free to go or strty.- aS he pleased, ancithat no, one ever suggested that it would be either right or expedient tie ,restrain them. If any remain, it is not be cause our government, or any non-Catholic, 'has raised a finger to prevent them. * * * * The fact that this Council is held at Rome, and that political or secular influence has been carefully excluded, gives color to a report, which we find circulating in anti-Catholio channels only, that it will be pressed to ad judge"and pronounce the Infallibility of the Pope a dogma or article of the Catho lie Faith. The Jesuits, it is said, and that party in the church character ized in. France and other trans- Alpine countries as ultra-mont.ape, ardently desire such a declaration, and Have had this Council called on purpose to achieve this end. The report may be well founded ; but it seems to us intrinsically improbable, not merely be cause the spirit of the age is plainly unfavor able to such a step,but because it would seem to stultify not only the present Council, but all its predecessors. The gathering in Je- rusalem narrated in Acts xv. is regarded by the Roman (and we believe also by the Greek) Church as the first Christian Council; and that was plainly the time and place to set forth this dogma, if it were ever to be done. Had the Apostles and Elders seen fit then and there to say, "Peter has been cora missioned and qualified with infallible wisdom ,by the Saviour to lead, to guide and govern His Church so long as he remain upon , earth ; , at his death, his successor as Bishop of Rome shall inherit, his • authority and kis infallibility," the' whole matter would have been settled, forever. But not alone that Council, but every Council, had been a blunder and a solecism 'if the , dogma of Papal Infallibility is now to be re ceived; since, in that case, there has always been one linen qualified and authorized to declare, authoritatively the truth, and the great expense and trouble of holding (Ecu menical Councils might and should have been saved. We are, therefore, slow to believe that any such declaration as is foreshadowed will be made.—Tribune. The Mormon Assault upon an Editor—. His Story of His Unpleasant Experi ences. (From the Chicago Republican, Dec. 5.] Mr. J. H. Beadle, editor of the Utah Re publican, published at Corinne, Utah, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Beadle is the man who received such a severe _pounding at the hands of the "Saints" of Brigham City four from weeks ago, the effects of which he has not yet fully, recovered. He was formerly a resident of this city, and is a very shrewd and agreeable . gentleman. From him we learned the Mormons : the followingparticalars of his trouble among Some months ago Mr. Beadle went to Corinne, on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, and engaged in the publication of the Utah Reporter. Corinne he describes to be a town of about 1,000 inhabitants, nine miles from Brigham City, which is the county seat, and the consequent location of the Courts. It is a Mormon town, while Corinne is almost exclusively settled by Gentiles. Be tween the two towns, or their inhabitants, rather, there has been considerable strife, which was not materially lessened by the arti cles at various times published in the Reporter, with particular reference to the Probate Court, of which Elder Smith is judge. At its first settlement the people of Corinne refused to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the Mormon Courts, but subsequently they gained more confidence, wick gradually threw their business in that direction. • On the occasion which resulted so disas trously' ,to Mr. Beadle, thateentleman, with same half a dozen others, had gone to Brig ham City on legal business. He remained there until the close of the court, in the after noon. Immediately thereafter, he left the court-room; and, having got separated from his friends, walked out of the building. On the steps stood a dozen or more overgrown "dis c ciples," among whom was a son of this samaa Judge, or Elder, Smith. As Mr. Beadle passed down tliiq steps this ruffian sprang at and knocked him down. As he fell,there was a general rush made, and he was kicked and beaten in the most terrible manner. His scalp was frightfully torn in several places, and his chest was terribly bruised. Mis left shoulder was broken and twisted in such a manner as to leave his arm nearly useless. Having pounded and kicked him till their thirst .for vengeance was satiated, they left him on the ground. His friends found him in that condi tion and took him home. This rekindled the old feud between the two places. A. mob at once gathered in Corinne, and for a while there were dire threats of the sacking of Brigham City. The few Mormon families who lived in the former place were waited upon, and they and their effects bun dled out of town. There was great excite ment for a while, as it was generally believed the deed was instigated by the Secret Council, an institution among the "Saints," equalled only by.the Spanish Inquisition, or Venetian "Council of Ten," which existed in the Middle Ages. The leaders of the Mormons promptly denied this, however, and the affair quieted down: Mr. Beadle has not been able to at tend to business since, and will not be, proba bly, for-some months. He Is now on his way to visit relatives in Indiana where he will re main until after the holidays. He will then go to Washington and, endeavor to ]get some la* enacted for the greater protection of those "Gentiles" who reside in Mormondom TilE BVILDELII. MY4TB'BY. Dying Statement of John Eckel. (From the Albany Argm, Dec. T.] After the announcement had been made to Eckel that he must die, we are informed that, at the suggestion of a prominent citizeit, Etkel's partner In slime , Callicut,had an it terview with him, for the purpose of draWinZ from him any disclosures he might feel dis posed to make in regard to the murder ..of 1)r. Burden It is stated that Eclrel emphatically declared that he was en tirel,y guiltless of any connection A MORMON OUTRAGE., - - re. 4 ceded him up stairs to his room • that she stopped on the way up stairs and closed Burdell's bedroom door;'that she accompanied him to his own bedroomdoor, where he left her, looked - his door and retired to bed; and. that he was entirely ignorant of the murder until after discovery of the body. This statement was made a shed time before his death', and in view of the fact that his physician bad informed him that his end was near and that he could not 'possibly survive. Given under such solemn eircum gances,it will doubtless be generally believed, especially as, while it exonerates himself, it adds one more link to the chain of testimony which pointed to Mrs. Cunningham as the murderess of Dr. Burden. AMIISENIENTS. " PATRICE" . AT• THE. CHESTNUT. —Emancipation of Ireland might not prove a blessing to the Irisli eople,but without doubt it would produce results most satisfactory to theatre-goers. As long as the iron rule of Britain holds that island in thrall, so long will Irish drama rest upon a foundation .of senti mental hatred of England and sentimental sympathy for the oppressed `lrish people, A little heroic aphievement, romantic adventure and sanguinarytragedy,built upon this basiii,are well enough,but a great deal of them becomes tiresome. We want novelty and variety. A magnificent young Iristunan who possesses all the Christian virtues and such misplaced, confidence in his country that he believes it the best on earth and desires to die for it, is a clever fellow; but when we have seen him a couple ,of hundred times, loved by the same sweet maid, blessed by the same punch-drinking priest, attended by the identical 13ridgets in, caps and Patricks in small clothes and shilla lehs, all of whom are ready to perish for him, be becomes too familiar to Inspire hearty respect. What we want now Is, an Irish drama without 'a jig, a drinking scene, an "och," an " arrah" or a " bedad." Let us have a play without a patriotic refugee., without a swarm of acarletcoated myrmidons, who are led through impossible mountain passes by a degraded .outcast of an informer, only to be beaten in a most incomprehensible manner by a crowd of unarmed peasantry. We admit that Ireland is a fine country; we will not deny that she has wrongs—we will even ac knowledge that the , woe in - which she )s plunged is the very deepest, darkest, most , unutterable woe of any woe that ever afflicted • a people ; and we will not ctispute the assertion that her sons are willing for her sake ,to per 'Nit themselves to be chopped up into small particles at any,given moment: But we have had enough of that side of the story, Now we ought to have the British version, with the heroism in , that interest. The dramatist who will write a play of this kind will deserve a monument. Better still, the British govern ment that will free Ireland, and so dampen the ammunition of these Irish , playwrights,, will win the gratitude of the ,w0r1d.,,, Any newspaper would support a Minister Who would ruin Irielt patriotic drama and hake: Barney Williams ari impossibility, Patrice, or The If7lite 4ady of. Wiel lota, pro duced at the CYestniit Street Thealre last night, is an Irish play of the class to arluch we have alluded. ' kdmitting that there is Much, es - cellent but completely used up material in such dramas, this is an admirable one: In deed, we may go so far as to say, that of all recent plays of the kind this is about the best. It contains all the venal mountain adventures, the pursuits, terrific combat?, jigs, drinking bouts, kac., but the motive is a pleasant love story, which is told cleverly and with not a little ingenuity. Besides this, the piece is filled with exciting incidents which will not fail to interest even the accustomed spectator; and they are arranged with so much skill that the climaxes are reached imperceptibly . and naturally, but in such a manner that: their full force is ex , pressed. One, of the Most attractive features of the entertainment is the scenery, which is sometimes losolutely beautiful, but at all, times unusually handsome. There ii one effect that deserves especial mention. The " White Lady" is a spectre who exercises some peculiar influence upon the persons of the play., She appears in the fourth act upon the JAM at the back' of the stage, and we must say that in this instance the scene was man aged with consummate skill, and without any of that clumsiness which usually makes a stage ghost ridiculous. We have seen all kinds of ghosts, from the disembodied spirit of Hamlet pe're, drifting around in' blue gauze, to the pre posterous stereoscopic apparition summoned up by. a Kensington fortune-teller, and this beats them all. Hprotecting spirits were all as good looking as this one, every man would want to be a medium, and have a guardian an e l hovering about. The play is performed in a very creditable manner by Miss Keene and her company. Miss Keene herself assumes the part of the heroine and plays it gracefully. Mr. Mordaunt acquits himself handsomely in the role of the persecuted patriot. If a more dastardly vil lain than Mr. Vining Bowers (as "Blake") ex ists upon this hemisphere, we should like to knew it so that we may call the attention of the police to him; and the kindest thing we can say of Miss Laurens is, that if she' - lived next door to us and sang in that distracting manner every evening, we would submit to any ixtortionatp demands from our landlord without a murmur, rather than move. Patrice will be repeated every evening this week, • -.11 , 1r5. Drew will repeat at the Arch Street Theatre, this evening, Torn Taylor's drama„ The Overland Route. There will 6e new scenery and a good cast. —Miss - Kate Bateman will appear at the Walnut this evening, iu Tom Taylor's drama entitled Mary Warner. —The American Theatre announces for thLs evening a good miscellaneous entertainment, which includes pantomime, farce,ballet,negro comicalities, singing, and the wonderful per formances of the Rizzarelli Brothers, who are said to be gymnasts of extraordinary skill. —Duprez & Benedict announce a very at tractive entertainment for this evening at the Seventh Street Opera Rouse. New extrava ganzas will be presented, with good music,— instrumental and vocal—dancing and Ethio pian delineations, &c, —Signor Blitz, the great conjuror, will gimmean entertainment this and every evening, at Assembly Buildings. The Signor has a num ber of curious new tricks which, he will per form every night. —At the Eleventh Street Opera House this evening a miscellaneous entertainment of un usual excellence will be given. —Professor Blot, the great lecturer on the science of cooking,•will continue his lectures at the Assembly Building, Tenth and Chest nut streets, each morning, commencing at It o'clock, until the Uth,inclthsive. Every house keeper should go. -,To-morrow night, at . the AcademY..of Music, Mr. R.J. De Cordova will deliver the next of the regular course of the Star LectureS. His subject is - "Whiffin versus Sniiiin," being a, humorous story of a trial for breach of pro raise. Mr. De Cordova does not need a recom mendation from TM. He is very popular, and deservedly so, for he furnishes a most delight ful entertainment.: On Saturday afternoon next Paul B. Du Chaillti, the famous African traveler, will deliver the first of his series of children's lectures in the Abialemv. Jt will be 'called, "Under the Equator," and; will consist Of entertaining and instructive .metter . con cerning the interior of Africa. The lecture will be illustrated with . magnificent :pictures, im plements, weapons, .costumes, &c. Carl Bentz's parlor orchestra will he in attendance —This evening, in the Hall of the Mercan tile Library, Tenth street, above Chestnut, a .• tereOptieerkexiiibitiou t ed, given by,, Clarkson Taylor, Esd.;l AneerNOret taluinent of unusual excen'etiee may , petted: '"' • ' ' ' ' ' —A conipllinenfary `benefit' has hot fered to Mr. Rufus Adamic. the 'walk:l6*W elocutionist, and it will be 'given; in* thee Academy of Music onrridaY!sVerlingt not,: ; The programme is fined witkadmirable lections from popular authors, whit wilt '.bb ' read byldr. Adams. The parlor orchestra - 0e Carl fientz will be in attendance. . k A QUAKER l i itEACIIEII iIIF 01XIT)LA " interesting Services. , • A correspondent of the Cincinnati Glatette,' writing from Aberdeen, under date of Noimtia ,,,, ber 12, says : I must, tell you about Miss Smiley, of Baiti-• . . more, United States. She is a Quaker lady— or in the languag of- the vrable reapectable body of e Christians venerable which sh ane oe! belongs, an "approved minister of the Society. of Friends." She is like Dorcas full of alma. and' deeds, and, like Phebe a succorer or many, and like the woman of Samaria, goinf into the city saying, Come see a man who tot 1 me all things that , I ever did; is not thia.f the Chris ? But, notwithstanding her ore-y, • dentials f t roin ono of the great brariches of the Christian Church, her good' works seen and her good works heard' of men, the clergymen who, opened: their-, pulpits to her were arraigned and reprimand by the (Free Cburcii) Presbytery. She preached.. in the Lerwlek Cathedral, and in several other " Orcadian pulpits, to crowded • and , detiply-int- -1 pressed etingregations. The Prespytery eft Orkney came to the rescue •of their-single- barrelled pulpits, and ktia a censure on ,the under-shepherds, who "reeognized'qheir ais ter under-shepherds. They have'replied to the' 'censure with boldness and pungenoy, and eon-- eluded with saying : Notwithstanding the threatened pain's and;, penalties of which they heard, in the. event of the judgment being disregarded; they forested.' , to be bound by any injunction of the , Presity-s tery, which, they conceive, ban no warrant , 'either in the Word of 'God, rightly inter-, preted, nor in'the standards of the Church. The presbytery have dene nothing more , than to appoint a committee , to make out an answer to the ohstreperous clergymen, which 'they have ddne, closing with reminding those : . disobedient gentlemen of their promise at'or- ' dination "to submit themselves willingly and" 'humbly in the spirit of meekness unto the ad monitions of the brethren of this presbytery." One of the newspapers says the presbytery, are. "afraid to kindicate their authority bvany . • stronger measures, in view of the extretual 'popularity which the female ministry appears to enjoy . among the island population." : "the demand for 31iss Smiley's pulpit laborst ; amounts to quite a furore. In fifty days she .preached fifty-eight times." She has gone, •South, but has lett a nor'-wester in her wake. PRINCETON COLLEGE. Its Acquisitions and Its Needs. ' [From the Trenton (Nr S.) Gazette of Dee. 7.1 Dr. 31eCosh desires to contradict, the state-,, raent which has appeared in some newspapers, 'that since his accession to the Presidency_ Princeton College 'has received more than .5300,000, this being an , exaggeratiow Ile sem! also, that there have .been 'mistakes in' 801$16.!, 'papers as to the names of the , supposed 40- nom; In due time, and wheethe outstanding subscriptions have all come in, it full''state- , Merit will be_publicly laid' befere , the friends of the College, tie adds: , Aotr the • sums actually received, by fax the greater part - has been appropriated—very jnateionsly--by the donors, to defined purposes which they . favor; and we are at this moment without funds to carry out necessary andtpressingenda'r —such as the endowment of the Chair of Modern Languages, and dormitories in which. • to room our numerous students. ,We have made a beginning—only a beginning --of that system,of Fellowships—of that system by which we intend to rear a. body of scholars to match those of the old colleges of Europe." FACTS AND FANCIES. —The nobbieat thing oub---a door knob, it is always out,--(Er. —What 113 the form of an escaped'parrot? APolly-gone. —"Cold slaw" is a corruption of "kohl salat," which is Dutch for cabbage salad. —Bonfanti has gone to dance to an Fraa: ciscq for $5OO a week, gold. • —Sohlke is among the Viceroy's dancers at Cairo. —Prince Arthur is building a ball-room near his Montreal residence. . —A Nevada ranchman proposes to herd two million hens and supply all the East witk eggs. —A woman in Connecticut bet ten dollata against a week's board that she could eat a bushel of roasted oysters, and won the wager. —Why is a haunted house like a clock? Because it is a horror-lodge.—. Fun, _lsn't that awful? —A boarding-house keeper at Keokuk kept a corpse in the house until the board bill was paid. —lt is proposed that in future the ladles shall have a congress of their own, to be tailed "The Sew-shall Ladies' Congress." —The daughter, of. Alexandre Duties is celebrated, as "the woman with the most , beautiful eyes in France." , • —A bell boy at a Cincinnati hotel found a wallet in the hall containing $6,000. He gave it to the clerk, who returned it to the owner. The man coolly • put it in his pocket without saying a word, or even Idcking the boy. —The fearfully harrowing medical titles be stowed on trifling ailments Is the bandage with which non-inquirers are blincicolded. When a youngster has a bloody nose, the plry- • sician learnedly illuminates a silly mother by pronouncing her child "afflicted with epistax is." —A Detroit woman the other day concealed twenty-three pounds of butter under her - clothing and attempted to smuggle it across the river from Canada. The butter melted, and punishment followed close upon sin. When she reached the other side there was. nothing but-her. —A short time since Mr. Gideon and sou. were were deer-hunting. in Hernando county, Fla. Mr. G. discovered a pair of eyes. He ordered his son to hold • the deg while he went in the direction of the spa7klingJ orbs. The eves, however, disappeared, and, after searching for them for some time, Mr. G. started to return to his son. On his way he discovered another pair of eyes, which he took for the eyes of a (leer. He fired, and in a moment discovered that be bad shot his own son dead. —" How are you, William Henry? been, in the city all summer?" " Yes, of coarse; why should I leave it?" "Why, you owe more debts than I do, and 1 had to leave." "My ; creditors don't annoy me—l never meet them." " Why, bow is that ?" "Well, you see, in the summer time I always walk on the i sunny side of the street, and in the winter time on the shady side, and so I never meet them: —IV. 0. Pic. —T k about cats, here's one that beats any thing ver heard of before. He lives in Cali forni . His name _is George. Nucl. his 7 "Si is ""'" _ Jorge, am .4 love of niusid is remarkable. Whenever any ono plays on the piano, George takes position on ar • chair near by, and at certain pasage,s, that "`; must be partictdarly pleasing to him, dikes his "me-ows" most enthusiastically by way of a plause. Sometimes, when the parlor is de. serted, and the piano left open, Georges mount the stool, and properly adjiisting Mt : ; haunches, pat the keys with fits fore-paws and perform a number of rertiarkabie involunts, „„ ries. Occasionally he plants all-fonrs on the ' keys, aud, in an ecstasy of delight, dances up and down and Makes music of a most original kind. Somebody ought to bring that cat out. • George is no fiat in music+. • f
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