GIBSON PEACOCK'. Editor.
',OLUME
,
Ni'lv STOOK OF. . , PINE GOLD
Watches and sawdrry ig ere varlet, , from to soled Holiday prase te,o4' I.W. B .1.1r13,
622 Market street.; . ' lq
E fib - iN 0 CARDS. DTVlTATidifit
__ for Parties, ae. New styles.' , ._MASON &00 •
ortf_i , , OM Oheetent street.
WED ILE% _INVITATIONS
DtrUttrernlV IT'ol l efil l n2
fee) tf
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DIED.
I 3 ITLKLEY.--.00 Sunday morning, December 12, lle.
ion Victoria, youngest daughter of Jr II; and Adeline A.
Duthie!.
Her rionds and these of the family aro invited to at
tend t le funeral servlces, at No. IMI Race areal, on
tide (Wedneeday) afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Interment at
- Monument Cemetery. It
KIRp tiunday, December 12th,. at A Wien ill.' Y.,
Vfrglpie Dowland,wife of Der. It. M. Kirby, and daugh
ter of Benjamin Rowland. •
The relatives and friends aro inviteA to attend the fit
- floral. trout the residence of her father, Cheltenham.
al nutgotnery county, on . Thunder. December 16th, at /2
o'clock, To proceed to Trinity urch, Oxford. :
WISTDII.--December 14th, /669, Caspar Wider, J r.,
in the (oedema Ivy ear of hie age.
The funeral will take place Thursdaye sidenc o 'clock.
father, Dr. Caspar Winter, on at 11
Interment at South Laurel
BLAticAir\rooi, --
A rmure Royal, ill.
Itrupdllivor, /92 25.
Poplins, 6236 cents to 81 62.
Ottoman Poplins, b 1 25 to 82.
Yroncti blaritioes, *lto 32.
Poplin Biarritz SO to 62.
da/ 0-s til BESSON Biarritz,
HON, Old Oheatnut attar
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INDIA CAMEL'S HAIR, SCARFS
2 FOR
OHDISTHAS PRESENTS
OF VALUE,
EYRE & LANDELI,
FOURTH AND AROH.
- SPECIAL" - NOTICEK --
See Sirth page fadditional Natal
f' First Annual Clearing Sale
FINEST READY-MADE CLOTHING,
rt 1 Fabrkg ( for CustOtn Work t, and
Fashionable Gents' Furnishing Goods
CIIEsTN UT STREET CLOTHING
AT MARKET STREET PRICES
The entire preKent Mock of Nos. 818 and 820 011E8T-
Strv.t TO RE SOLD Orr, in preparation for the
rex, 6ea..on's trade, at LOWER PRICES then have ever
1,-fore heel' marked on each superior oiraraurritcbringing
t don n to the feed of the lowest prices of the
noir,. ordinary READY.III ABE CLOTHING. The kind
of bleb we do—rleallnq only lu the 'FINEST
end MOST FASHIONABLE atyieir and materials—
net ensitati, the cloiinr; of our ociiintr . ,rv•a the close of
earl, i.eii.ou• fur we are determined never to offer to
the rar foie of mar house any ether then the NEWEST
nod FR ESIIEST (MODS of each near seszon; Therefore
we announce• our
First Crand Clearing Sale to 'Commence
1 'lt I 1).A.Y,., 1>EC.121NIBI!.1B, 10.
WE OFFED
50-0 OVERCOATS:, of the highest grade
Whet Collarod.tiill:Latialle,d.
Patin Pared, and all that at
Davi ranging from $l6 to 635.
500 SUITS' for Dress. Rosiness and
• Street Wear, 'of ill nvitettaLt
and style!. from an to 145
100 ("OATS—Chesterfields. Sachs.
Swallow Taii 3 Oraiklug Goats ,
400 PlEthi. PANTS, eat in every style,
made with greatest cart,. of
tine, , tgutsis. front $5 to 513_
899 lo r nati.—Teltret,Cloth,Sllk,Cassanti
Plush. from .13 to 610.
Together with tho brut asuortinent of
• FURNISHING GOODS
To be found in the city. and
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING
Of the beet manufacture. Our Stork is not enormously
large, of course. at tbe present time, but every article
of it is warranted " FINEST," and it oilman be sold by
or about the FIRST Or THE NSW iKAB.
Everylocility will lao given custonsen or visitors to
inspect our geode, and to fully satisfy themselves that
no La their best opportunity to eocuie Bargains In
FIN'S CLOT/II:4G:
JOHN WAN AMAKER,
Manufacturer of Finest Clothing, Merchant
Tailor, and Dealer in Gents'
Furnishing Goods, at
818 and 820 CHESTNUT STREET.
- , 'LADIES' FAIR,
IN AID OF
BROAD STREET SYNAGOGUE,
NOW OPEN.
Promenade Band in attendance
up ST. CLEMENT'S CHIT Ii C
ell tieth and Cherry streeta.—Euring the season
of Advent there will be service every Wednesday Eve
niug, at 7% o'clock—Choral Service. Seats free. Thi4
Evening "The Praying Church," by Bev. Morgan Dix.
11. T. D., of Now York. It*
eat, FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.-THE
Stated Monthly Meeting_of the Institute will be
held Wednesday) EVENING, 15th instant, at S
o clock. Aletnbers and others having new Inventions or
specimens of manufactures to exhibit will please spud
them to the Mall, No. 1.5 South Seventh street. before 7
oiclock P. M. WILLIAM HAMILTON,
Actunr•
ErA MEETING WILL BE HELD ON
'W EDNESDAY EVENING December lrld, at the
of the Mercantile Library, Tenth street, above
Chestnut, to organize a State society to be auxiliary to
the "American Woman Suffrage Association." Those
friendly to the object are invited to attend. deli,' Z.) 213t`
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on A GRAND CONCERT
WILL HE GIVEN IN TILE
New and Elegant Church Edifice
os TILE
OXFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
N. E. corner Broad and Oxford streets,
THIS EVENING, Pec. 15.
A Talented Chorus of Ladies and Gentlemen,
neleeted from the' Beat Choirs and Musical
Associations of our , City, win anoint
on the occasion.
The whole under the direction of
Nit. T. RAWLINGS, JR .. Conductor of Munic in the
Church.
Tickets, One Dollar. To bo had at the Doer.
Concert will commence/it 8 o'clock. It:
UNION LEAGUE HOUSE, BROAD
STREET.
•
• PIMA DELPI;IA, Dec.l4, 18 69-
At the Annual Meeting of the Union League of. Phil
adelphia. held on Monday evening, Dec. 13, - 1869, the fol
lowing gentlemen wore elected to serve as officers and
directors for the ensuing year :
FOR PREHIDENT. .
HORACE BINNEY, Jn
FOR VICE ,PREAIDENTA.
ADOLPH E. BORIS; GILLINGHAM FELL,
MORTON DIchIIOHAEL, !CHARLES GIBBONS.
DIR.4 . CTORS.
GEORGE H. DOKER, — JAMES L. CLAM:CORN,
JAMES H. GENE EDWARD &CLARKE,
STEM. A. CALDWELL, JOHN P. VERREE,
EDWARD 0. KNIGHT, lIENRYLIIIWIS,
EDWIN R. COPE, SAMUEL C. PERKINS,
lIICIIARD WRIGHT, JOSEPH TRIMBLE.
JOHN RICE, .' ALFRED D. JESSUP,
J. FRAILIIY SMITH,
,_ GEO. H... DOKE.%
RI, • ' ' Seorotrify.
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iu. MILHAII'S GOLDEN COD LIVER
Oil, pure and reliable, obtained from fresh, and
bealtily livers, and nneurpaseed by, any yet produced.
Sold by all respectable druggists. •.
J. BILLHAUS' ' BONS
, .
dcls w fit 183 Broadway, New York.
101' NINETEENTH DIVIDEND 011 1
the WAILAOR OIL COMPANY,' '
The Board of Dlreotore of the Wallace Oil ompahr
',have this day declared a Dividend of One Per Cent., par
able on demand, at the office of the Company, 319 Walnut
street. FRANK . U. STKNL, SecretarY.
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oa. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES:
ON THURSDAY EVENING, December IGth, LSO.
WENDELL PHILLIPS
Will deliver bis celebrated oration un
a DANIEL O'CONNELL."
THE REY, DR. MORIARTY WILL PRESIDE.
SYLVANIA EA IL-
PHILADELPHIA Dec. It. 18;2.
Noti6, htreby Oren to the Stockholders of
(o rthi
tetntou t y thot the Annnol Meeting and Election
l're.ident and 4,:ht Dirt et,,,,,%i1l be held ot the office
el the Comp. in the city or Reading, on MOND/11(2
t clay ofJan nary , 1.10, between the hours or
N. and 2 P. M. HENRI'JONES,
del.stoi.tott
. Secretor., ,
ALLENTOWN RAILROAD CUM.:,
cy PANY.
. I'llmA , December 15tb, .-
The LI nn WIT tiMsting of the tßockbolders of the A lien
mrn Railroad Compthr be held at tlio °Mrs 'of
ho Pidladidnbia and Reading Railroad Company, bio.
17 Somb Vonrth utrPet. Philadelphia, on MONDAY,
anuar> 10th , 11.06 0'e1,, ( ; A. N., when as else
ion trill be held for a Pr hident and six Diremoni to
emm for ellhll fag , ) ear. W.H. If. WERB,
tbdfdj,oo's • • . ' ' Br,rotarY.i
onbrutA. Ikrember 15, 1;9.
The Antinut 3letqinz. of tbekitoAlroblens ot Lor
berry'ltre.,lol.4tilroart COW paic t ," nlll ba bold nt lir- of- .
fi,o of tin. Ph iywlelphbr ftendintr. ttnlbrond Company,
22 . 71'. 4 0uth Fourth frrert.. Pbiltviebbla, on 31011-
DA Y. Jnouhr 10t11. 1i o, nt o 'clock A. M.; when an
election *ill tte hold fora ProAtdenrand 14iX'DIr?ctore to
.. , .rve for tho year. „
t j3JOf.;
PHILA.!) Et. ValA AND READING
Ir;?'11.111.1:‘,Alf (!(,),MPA/sir, 4 )}1.10E ni SOUTH
ii,1711711
Pit IL Ailti.Plll. A., Del:. 15. Mi.
her.-by :riven to the Stockholders of this
Company that th.. Annual Meeting and Election for
Pre:Went,efs Managprs,Tressuri:r and'?e'..retat7tilfl
take p1a.63 on Abe eCiAnsil,'3lo,lol6l" 4,10 th) Of4AtuiSry
to-xi . at 1.?.
Becretarl.
'THE PINE (.410 VE A ND LEBANON
DAILT:4;AD CIIIPANY. OFFICE =I SOUTH
WI :...TILEET.
• . P llll . ll,l3,l. Bll:'DeCeMber 15, lee".
The Al/1111:i! tiri, uf the Stockholders of this Coin-
PanY, and en election for ollicers to sen - ve for the onsci..
tut:yeaz , a ill be held at the Oltice of the CompAuy on
MONDAY. January loth, MO, at 11 o 'clock A. M.
dels6 sin§ 1110.1IABD COE,
try.
O"THE .NIAHANOY VALLEY
COMPANY," Okr.FICX. h'OUTH YOUR ru
SIBEET.
•
PHIL ADLPIIIA, Dec. this
The Annual ?feeling of the Stoc L kholders of this Corn
pany, and willction for Ofticers to serve for the
on )ear be held at the Office of the Company, on
MONDAY, Tarniry 10, WM. at 11 o'clock A. M.
deLs 0/00? itICILAIID COJ. Seerotar.r.
az?. BIBLE LECTURE.
HALL YOUNG MEN'S. CHRISTIAN ASSO-
C/ATIOII, • .
1210 CHESTNUT STREET.
Dr. .13. K. LUDWIG. Esq., will lecture TOMORROW
(Thursday, EVENING, at 1 o'clock.
Subject—" The Queen of Sheba." '
Ladies and gentlemen are invited.
Union prayer meeting every Saturday evening. It§
r i ziv " THE SAANIVICIN AND TRE
voirxot RAILROAD COMPANY," OFFICE
227 SOUTH 'FOURTH STREET:
• PIMA DELPLOA,'DOC. 15, 1869.
The' Annual Meetinz. of the Stockholdera atlas Cont•
ramp. and en election for officers to servo for the ensuing
rear, will be held at the ODIC* of the Cc' napany, on
MONDAY, January 10.1870, at 11 o 'clock
clock A. M.
RICHARD COE,
delfrjalq; Secretary.
TILE IR FOR THE BLAND
woman's Industrial limns, Fortieth and Locust
streets, West Phila4erphia. Do visit this Fair s the good
citizens of PhiladelPhitv; it will repay. There will ho
f oun d a large display of useful unr fancy articles, for
the space occupied—the parlor of tin, Blind Wiiman's
Heine. Many of the articles arc wrought by the blind
themselves. but more by the kind' in heart. for their
belielit. Tasteful and useful gift, i•an be secured here
for the Christmas offerings, at price s mutierate,
too,. ill prove, an act twice Messina . Refresh'.
meats and music are added as the e attractions,
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D
ON'T USE OPIUM, IPECAC, OR
c on i um , unless your physician prescribes them.
inFor coughs. hoarseness and Wilk voices. use M UR
iCli 's BRONCHIAL COMFITS. For 6310 by all
Druggists.
It . •
LECTURE HALL
or MERCANTILE
Tenth street, abovetlwstaut,
Can •be - engtizeit fee Lac del.sw s2t rp§
tl 17 atrp*
TEE HANDEL xnllAvnx hoc lETV gave their first con
cart of the season last evening, in the Academy of. Music.
The prognumue consisted wholly of compositions of
,liendelssohn, viz: The Hymnat Prtiise, the Quintette
from the Forty-first Psalm. and a couple of choruses
from the oratorio of St. Patel. The solo singers in the
Hymn al', .;Praise. wore Miss Brainerd. of New York:
Mies Luchezibach, of Philadelphia, and Mr. J. Graf, of
Philadelphia. Each of these did well, but Mendelssohn's
compositions require - genius, soul and feeling in the
singer, and the want of these qualities was painfully felt
hunt evening. The chorus and orcheStra, under Mr.
Engelke, did very well : but the body of voices did not
seem so full and rich goat former coucertstof the Society.
Rather the most pleasing part of the performance was
the gm intette from the Forty-second Psalm. At the next
concert the Society pro:Plies Rossini's Moses in Egypt,
and Ha) dn 'is Sixths Mass—a most attractive bill.,
—.Miss Bateman will appear at the Walnut Street
Theatre this evening, in Mary Warner. There will be a
matinee performance on Saturday.
—Patrice: or The White Lady at Wicklow, will be re
peated at the Chestnut Street Theatre this evening. At
the Children's tontine°, on Saturday. The Babes in the
Woods will be presented.
—The Overland Route continues to attract large audi
encee to the Arch. It will be given this evning.
Robert Craig will have a benefit ou Saturday night, in a
first rate bill. Mrs. Drew has secured for the christm aN
piece at this theatre a dramatization of Dickens's
Little Dorris, by Idra. h. D. Wallace, who will appoar
for the firattime on any stage as "Little Derrit."
—At the American a variety entertainment of unusual
excellence will be presented to-night.
—At the Seventhk Street Opera House Daproa
Benedict's krilliant troupe will appear iu a number of
amusing neve .
—A Srst-clase hill for this evening at the Eleventh
Street Opera House.
_
—Signor Blitz gives another of his pleasant entertain
ments at the Assembly Buildings this evening.
—The second. of Mr. Carl Wofsohn 'a matinees Athe
Schubert matinee) Will be given in the foyer of the
Academy of Music, on Friday . next, at 4 o'clock.
—On Thursday evening. of this week Mr. Wendell
Phillips will deliver the, next of the Star Course of Lec
tures at the Academy of MIMIC. His subject will be
„ Daniel O'Connell." Tickets may be secured at
Gould'e, No. 724 Chestnut ' street. The next leeture of
the juvenile course by Du Chaffin will be delivered on
Saturday afternoon. Subject—" Lost in the Jungles."
—This evenig Church,cert will be given in the' Oxford
Presbyterian northeast corner Broad and Ox
ford streets. A large chorus, composed of accomplished
amateurs, will assist the Solo performers, some of whom
are musicians of repute. Tickets may be procured at
the door. • . .
EVERY variety of ready-made Clothing at
Cues. 8101iEeS, No. 824 Chestnut amt. •
SPECIAL. AroTimm
CITY OF ALLsECIRENY,, PA.,.
u.ex rairixtrami's Witten; tret'embeirbili9*
ALLEGHENY CITY
• Compromise Bonds Want ed.
' , mons bolding Compromise Bonds of the City of
Allegheny, Fa., are
,hereby notified that the 'Sinking
Fund of IPA/ will be invested in these Bonds at the fewest
rates offered. Proposals will be roceiresl by the under
signed until SATURDAY, lot day of January, 1 00.
D. IiAIiFKBUON.
Treasurer of the City of Allegheny. Pa.
delL tja I
IY ,CITY OF ALLEGHENY, PA,
m
TREASURER'S OFFICR, Deceber 13, DO,
Notice is hereby given to the holders of the
SIX PER CENT.
Municipal Bonds . of the City of Allegheny;
that the Coupons on Raid Bonds coming due January Ist
Vs7o, will be paid on said day (less the State taxi at the
Dank of Pittsburgh, in the City of Pittsburgh. Pa.
D. RIACPBRIION,
Treasurer of the City of Allegheny, Pa.
deltptjal
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"lIIELAST OF THE FIRST SERIES,
----
AdraiNsion, LO cents. Reeerved Seats. 75 cent&
'Tickets
tor sale at GOCLD 'S. 928 CHESTNUT Street
nd ut the Acade my on the evening of the Lecture.
Coors "pet/ at 7. Lecture at 8.
Orchestral Prulude at 756.
LORBEL'.4Y CREIta. ILAILROAU!
coal
AMVSIEMENTS.
The first chap in thili eventful history was
named josePh.. He lived about a hundred
years ago in the city of Philadelphia, and
figures almost as conspicuously , in the history
of Bancroft, as one of his deacendantriiit likely
to do in the history of bankrupts. Joseph,
when the, revolution against Great Britain,
broke out,- took some tithe to' •Disko' up his t
mind which side he should espouse ; and, as he
was a clever young man, who hid learned in
his childhood to consider well which side of his
bread was buttered, he came out of the revolu
tion with a record which history has fixed, but
which his descendants,..as persistent, fighters
againsthistOry, - haVe been foolishlY cembat
ing., The impartial and patriotic reader of_
history has long, made up his mind that the
cause of freddoth and the hithor of the strug- '
Ong young American nation, in the time of
Washington's greatest trials,' were of little
concern to Joseph as - compared to his per
sonal ambition. It was a serious thing for
Washixgtori ; a -serious thing for every .pa r ,;
t riot ; but "not for Joseph if he knows
As, 'however, the revolution prospered and
was victorious Under Washington, the efforts
of the, descendants of Joseph, ever since, have
been to prove that Joseph was the purest of
patriots. But :the intelligent jury of the
American people has thus far refused to be
convinced by. them. .
101,
Secretary
THEi IiIIAINDIATIfER'S BON AND ICERON
The second Khali in this eventful history Was .
the sou of Joseph, of whom, as there is nothing
worth recording that would be creditable to
his family or honorable as an example, and as
our space'is too small to record all the deeds
and misdeeds of the family, we only make a
brief and passing allusion to his Treasurership
of the University of Pennsylvania, in which
he made use of its assets-for his own personal
speculations, leaving his bondsmen to make
up the loss to the institution.
CRAY 111. /
THE EARLY DAYS OF LITTLE WILLIAM.
The third chap in this eventful history W
a 'son of the second and a grandson of the
first. Born of such respectable parentage and
grand parentage, this third of the dynasty,
named William, entered upon life with the
advantages which fortune and fame, thus
earned, are apt to bestow. He inherited tLe
- -
virtues of his progenitors, along with their
cleverness. At school he was the smartest of
all the fellows at marbles, mumble.the•peg,
and other little games. He had a gift of
tongues, and always knew his lessons. Ho
was so_ pions that when the, other boys
prompted one another, or tried to get one
another out of a scrape, he considered it a
sacred duty to tell on them, and he did it.
As years advanced, William somehow came
to manhood, and having obtained, through
his papa's and
,grandpapa's well-earned, and
honorable savings, a first-class edu&tion, and
having inherited their peculiar talents along
with their fortunes, he was smart: enough to
see that a smart fellow like him could make an
easy living as a lawyer; so -in 'a little while
people saw in the newspapers some clever and
extremely well-written notices of
At the bar, William found politics also . an.
advantageous pursuit, and the old city of
Philadelphia being decidedly Whiggish, he
went back on his toryish or traitorish grand.;
father, and announced himself a Whig of the
old-fashioned Clay school. But this part of
his career involves the history of
He got himself sent to the State Legislature,
as a Whig member, and there, in the line old
days of the United States Bank and the char
tering and re-chartering of banks and other
institutions, William earned and learned a
great deal. He made himself important and
useful in his party, and during a certain can
'vase he made himself more famous than he
had ever been by his enunciation of that no
ble sentiment, "NEBIGH MUST DO BETTER!"
This brought him great distinction, and lie
succeeded in getting himself nominated as
Whig candidate for au important local
,office,
and we next hear of
During this important part of his career it
has been reported that there was enough com
pounding of felony to make the fortunes of a
dozen District Attorneys. The old-fashioned
IVhigs of the city somehow did not fanCy the
doings of their functionary, and they cast him
off. In a Httle while we hear of
wiLtrex AS A DPAIOCRATIC POLITICIAN.
But this part of his history would require
volumes to do it justice. The way this repre
sentative of an ancient and kOnorable lineage,
this accomplished scholar, this lover of polite
society, this noble example of the ancient
English aristocratic class, refined, by the
liberal notions of America, went into Demo
eracy, fraternized with the b'hoys of the
period,and made speeches before Keystone and
other clubs, that opposed the party to. which
he owed everything, would have done
his old, grandfather's heart good. Ho soon be
came a recognized important member of al
Prtifikit or2lA, WEDNi S AY,-DECEMBERIS,-186%
i.:,:j. „sw;Er..,.,v,af,!LiAlw?•:.:l.
A TALE OF TAREEOHAPS OF
PHILADELPHIA.
THE . WONDROUS STORY OF
CHAP HI.
POLITICS, PIETY AND DI
PLOMACY.
GREAT DEVOTION TO 4 STERN
STATESMAN.
RESOURCES OF A GENTLEMAN IN
DIFFICULTIES.'
SWEET WILLIAM AS A
"WHAT-IS-IT."
THE THREE CHAPS.
CHAP".I.
A TALE GUAEDFATHEIt
CHAP 11
FATIjL72
SWEET WILLIAM'S YOUNG MANHOOD.
WILLIAM AS A LAWYER
'WILLIAM AS A' WIIIG POLITICIAN
WILLIAM A§ DISTRICT ATTORNEY
614 * *iroxE COUNTRY....
Democracy, and,when, J,ames Duchattan WAS
elected to the ~I'resideno,llve imarof 1. FIFTH EDITION
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WILLIAM AS A DIPLOMAT.
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For William . was, immediately appointed:
United States Minister to Siam, and he went
there in great state and had 'a ;jolly and ,very
profitable time. For he had good pay from
.`'his Government and ho made handsome cow
missions awl fees from tverythiiag he .did.
Jtist before his mission expired, an Amerierin,
als6 about to expire, sent to • him a large sum
1: in conscience money,which he wished to have
returned to an institution in Williani's native
city that he bad defrauded years before. Wit
ham piously undertook the commission; wont
home with the money, butooniehow neglected
.to band it over t 6 the party it belonged to,
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until,, some years later, he-was reminded of
it. Then he handed it over very:gracefully,
• not forgetting, however, to deduct a hand
; seine commission, such as every 'diplomat of
the United States ought to be proud to charge
for each service be performs for a countryman
in a distant land;'especially a countryman
dy
ing,and anxious to make reparation for a great
sin committed in an unguarded moment of his
'youth.
: William's mission to Siam brought , him into
the congenial society the English and other
European diplomats, and they invited him to
visit them on his wayhoine. He got into such
very good society that he has been able to
',talk and write ever since,•with extreme glib
!nen, concerning the,Dulis and the Fowles, the
Bruces•and the Guces, the Grosvenor and the
.NOVenors, and many more people of note.
,He also got intimate with archbishops and
=bishops, and was so apt in - ecelesiological and
ecelesia.stical Ipre, that - ,the wives and daugh
lers of archbishops, bishops, deans, sub-deans,
!canons, priests, deacons, beadles, sextons and
oew.openerit., all fell, in love' . with him. So
*hen•he got back to America, finding little
.'else to do, he resolved to' enlighten, society
through the public presii, and soon we recog
nize •
• WILLIAM AS A. NEWSPAPER. WRITER.
FOr the times began to be critical' in Arne
and be thought this republican people
had need of ideas from the English aris
iocracy,"carrleil'over freih .by such a refined
Oracle of the sans-cutottesDemocracy. So, too,
there was need to - inform tho English aris
tocracy concerning America, as viewed by
eyes lately illuminated , by the sacred light of
palace; castle and Cathedral. there=
fore, began to write letters to an English ec
clesiastical paper. He also penned occasional
articles for the daily ltage of his own city, and
the &Lb; IPciracr.l4ew , Tork - . - ,, Atthis time,
the Southern rebellion broke out, and this
afforded a most excellent opportunity for the
appearance before the public of ' •
WILLIAM AS A i'MAITOM:
In this congenial . role-. William 'under him
self-distinguished.. He gave thousands of
good citizens of Philadelphia a hing-enVeted
excuse for cutting his'acqualtitafice. He took
his revenge by writing: artielezi abusive of
them and of his native city, for the .New York
World, for English newspapers; and 'occa
sionally for the daily Rage. He announced
himself the special,. friend of the . Southern
rebels, and at festive boards, in Philadelphia,
proposed the health"of "the stern statesman
Jefierson Davis." This was perionally a sin
cere sentiment,but it was also a pious homage
to the spirit ancimemOry of his grandfather
Joseph. When the rebellion was crushed,
William offered himself as Counsel for the
chief of the traitors, and, with natural, exult
ant pride, announced himself as .his warm
personal and professional friend. Somehow,
through the management of the then Presi
dent, the ChiefJustiee, Horace Greeley and a
few others, there has never been any need of
William's professional services in this case.
So he has been turning his attention to other,
things. His practice at the bar baying slipped
away from him, neither Democratic nor Re
publican clients appreciating his virtues as he
wished, he has devoted himself to his rela
tions and friends, some of whom were so con
fiding as to employ • .
WILLIAM. AS AN ATTORNEY AND TRUSTEE.
In this.pleasant eapacity considerable sums
came into William's bands, and the remarkable
fact has just come out that none of these RUM
can ever be expected to come out Of thOSO
hands. A confiding English party, uneasy
about money long since ,remitted, has made
inquiries, and finds that nothing can ever be
refunded by this charming. American diplo
mat, who was the pet of lords and bishops in
England, and who wrote such admirable arti
cles to prove the nobility . of ,lettemon Davis's
soul, the baseness of Abraham Lincoln's, and
the utter impossibility of preventing the es
tablishment of the Southern Confede
racy ah- - a' great nation of the earth.
'Stocks and cash entrusted to this
polished. . and elegant paragon of virtue
and piety, by, trusting: feu ale relatives, have
somehow mysteriously disappeared. A mort
gage given on a dwelling house, to a devoted
friend who had lent money to the aforesaid
paragon, Proves to be a third mortgage, the
property really not being worth the amount
of the first mortgage. William's misfortunes
have been such that he has not been able to
pay his tradesmen's bills and his servants'
_ .
wages, and if ho should take the benefit of the
bankrupt act, among his liabilities, in addi
tion to these wages, ought to appear sundry
sums of money, lent by faithful and over
trusting domestics to their master in times of
his necessity. This brief mum:nary of recent
events brings us to
'WILLIAM AA A " WHAT 45 TT."
Nobody, perhaps, except a Barnum, could
ever say exactly what is William's present
position, and therefore we call him now a
"What-is-it." Re is said to be at home and
said to be not at home. He is an injured in
nocent and . a defaulting fugitive. He is an
ecclesiastical saint and a thief of the money
of confiding women. He is a political martyr
and a betrayer of "every party he ever joined.
He is lying concealed among the Walnut hills,
and he has gone on to Now York to write for
the World at a salary of five thousand a—
[This is all of this interesting story that we
shall publish at
_present. Persons wishing to
secure the conclusion are referred to future
numbers.).
..
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is.—The President made
the following additional nominations :
Jas. W. Purviance, Attorney for the western
district of Texas.
David W. Houston, United States Marshal
for Kansas.
Edgar W. Hillya, Judge of the United
States District Court for Nevada.
Jeru s
Ricalemarhd ,Beardsley, of. Indiana, Consul at
Homy C.Rogers, Pension Agent at St. Pant,
Minnesota.
Richard F. May, Heeeiver of Public Bfoneya
for the Helena district, Montana, •
Nomination' n.
BY' TELEGRAPH.
LATER BY THE CABLE
By the Atlantic
PARIS, Dec. ls.—The Carlist revolutionists
continue quite active on the French -border.
Yesterday several cases of arms, supposed to
belong to them, were seized at Bayonne and
other places in that neighborhood by the
French authorities.
LONDON, Dec. 15.--=The Morning Telegraph
has an editorial this morning upon the re
newal of the reciprocity treaty, wherein it
predicts some modification of the policy of
Congress towards the Dominion of - Canada.
through the influence of Secretary Fish, who
is a believer in free trade.
The Times to-day has an editorial on the
cotton supply question. While admitting the
improved quality and price of India cotton, it
does not consider possible the displacement' of
American descriptions.
Pimixotrim, Dec. 15.—The American ship
Kearsarge, from Liverpool Dec. Ist for Cal
cutta, has put Int 3 this port leaking.
Pains Dec. 15.—Still later' dates have been
received from Rio do Janeiro. The Brazilian
Minister having nitsuccemfully opposed the
continuation of the war against Paraguay, had
tendered his resignation, which wag accepted.
The Resumption or Specie Payments.
• [Bp ilasson's WOWS Agency.'
WASHINCITON, Dec. 15.—The bill prepared
by Representative Prosser, Of Tennessee, to
resume specie payments, provides that all con
tracts, the consideration whereolisspecitically
payable in lawful coin ofthe United States at
a price which has been adjusted on the
basis of a specie value, shall he valid and en-,
forced in the Courts, After the Ist day of July,
1870, all employes of the Government shall
be paid in United States coin, after deducting
25 per cent., as now provided by law. The
Secretary of the Treasury is autiniried to
exchange bonds of the 'United States for legal
tender notes now in circulation, bearing 4 per
cent. interest; principal and,,interest to be
nayable in gold. It .aLso repeals. so much of
ihe 22d section of.. the Currency Act as
limits the circulating notes to 5300,000,000.
Additional banking associations may he
formed,.with circulation secured by deposits
with the United States 'I reasury; provided the
circulation of no bank shall exceed 80 per
cent. of the bonds so deposited; and pro
vided, further, that the said banks and all
others be required to redeem their circulating
notes of a less &nomination than $5, on and
after the Ist day of .January, 1871, in gold,
when •preaeitted, and one year thereafter to
redeem all their dirculation in•gold when pre
sented for redemption.
Thiel bill was introduced into the House to
day and referred to the .Commit tee on Ways
and Means and ordered to be printed,
The Bed River Insurgents... Judgment
Reanimated;
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.--A special despatch to
the Trioune,dated to-day,says : "The latest in
telligence from the Red River is to the effect
that the rebels there placed Governor Mcrar
hat- under clone guard on account of his re
cent proclamation advising them to lay down
their arms and submit to the government.'
Capt. Campbell- McDougall's party attempted
to enter Fort Garry,and were met at the gates
by sentinels, who, forced him back upon
American soil ; and upon pain of being shot,
he was forbidden to re-enter the lines of the
insurgents. The account says the rebels con
tinue to issue rations from the Hudson Bay
Company's goods with regularity =that is,
making inroads upon the provisions of the
company."
The motion fer a new trial in the Berry
murder case was argued before the Circuit
Court of Morgan county, at Jacksonville,
yesterday, and a new trial was denied,and the
former sentences of the five prisoners were
reaffirmed.
•
New York Loe * l Items.
[By Haar on's News Agency.]
NEW YORK, Dec.ls.—The New York Hotel
property, including an entire block of laud,
was sold to-day for $1,095,000, the rents being
$99,000 a year:
General Sherman arrived to-day,and is stop
ping at the Astor House.
None of the Spanish gunboats have yet .
sailed; steam is up, and everything is ready
for immediate departure.
From New Hampshire.
MANCHESTER, N. H., Dec. 15.—Jaines A.
Weston, citizens' candidate, was , yesterday
elected Mayor of this city by 147 majority
over Isaac W. Smith, the present incumbent.
Irom Ohio.
URBANA, Ohio, December 15.—John Rus
sell, ex-Secretary of state, had a stroke of
paralysis last evening, and is now lying in a
dangerous condition, with little hope of
recovery.
From Benton.
nos Tow , Dec. 13.—The command of the
Charleston- - Nitv3r:l - Yard_was:-tGzday- finally
-
transferred from Commodore Rodgers to Com
modore Charles Steadman. The new Coinmo
done was received by the officers and marines
under arms and the customary salute of eleven
guns. Commodore Rodgers is ordered to the
command of the East India and China
squadron, his rank being that of Admiral
after the first ofJanpary.
The store-ship Supply is ready for sea, and
sail in a few days with stores for the
Mediterranean squadron.
The steam sloop of war Alaska received
her crew to-day, and will proceed to join the
China squadron.
The double-turretted monitor Terror also
takes her crew to-day, and will proceed to
New York, and from thence join the West
India squadron,.
The steamer. Ticonderoga is repairing in
the dry dock, and will not be completed be
fore next March.
The Niagara, is being transformed into an
iron-ehui.
About 300 meu• arrived, to-day, from New
York, as crews for vessels to leave immedi
ately.
Forty• First Congress....Seeond Session.
SENATE—Continued from Fourth '
Mr. Briswolow had read from the Secretary's desk a
long personal explanation in regard to his connection
with the late polical events in Tenn essee andenin
the report that ne it aided the attempt to elect
Andrew
Johnson Senator, etc.
Mr. Carpenter then took the floor and spoke at length
in support of his resolution declaring that the Spanish
gunboats should not be permitted to leave New York.
The resolution passed by the Home for an adjourn
ment from the 224 of December to the bth of January
was passed.
At the conclusion of Mr •Carpenter's speech, Mr. Car
penter moved tol put the resolution on Us passage, but
Mr. Stunner objccted,and made a brief argument against
interference with the gunboats or recognition of the Cu
ban insurgents sit belligerents. Under the rake the re
solution was laid over.
(Rones.—Continued from Fourth Editiorij
Mr. Clarke offered a resolution declaring it as the judg
meat of the House that whenever the public 'lauds are
disencumbered of Indian titles,they shall be immediately
open for settlement under existing lawn or under such
rules and regulations as Congress may prescribe, and
that.tha sale of Indian lands to corporations and spoon
letore by treaty stipulation is contrary to wound public
pulley, in derogation of the rights of the people, and
that the House will refuse hereafter to make any appro
.priations to carry oat the provisions of Indian treaties
in which the terms of this resolntlon are not adhered
to. Referred to the Committee on Indian affairs. •
Mr. Mermen atked leavisto offer a, resolution, calling
for information as to the Government bonds loaned to
'Railroad companies, and the amount received from Mo
nona' Banks, be.., Objected
• ktt„ conger offered n retiolution for the construction of
a barber of refuge on Lakii cilurott,'botween Point aw
Baignee and the St. Glairriver: _ - • ‘•
The Ifouto went- into , Gotentittee of the , Whole, Mr..
Antos in the chair, and resunled tine 001101011,1tiOn'efthe Census bill
Theamendineut pending yreiterdar,'for the
of statistics of U. S. 'bonds bold breerporatious and ital.
Titintibi, WAS rojeCled, .
' F• I...tunnisTort rah
'Met 41.11REEDENTi.
'lnc Grimes h'situr ilritbsT
summer of 1845, one of the most Sensational
publicationa of the period was•it
,ghost .stoty i
that greatly excitedthe Whole comniunity,
caused Some destruction'of property, ant
muehtinnoyanee to Mr.' Morton McMichael;'
who Was sheriff of the county - of ,Pliiladel
phia at that time. On the site now °Collided '
by the Victoria Oil Works; not farfrom , Graylii;+ .
Ferry, stood a yellow frame house; Teemed')
from the main highway, perhaps fifty yarde.•',k; + .
In its time, it was the mansion Of a- wealthy
family. The grounds or premises fuitediatelT.'
surrounding the house were once in 'a state of
high cultivation, many choice fruit-treeti being
introduced, besides handsome shrubbtiry„ •
vines, arbors, and neatly constructed and4+ •
winding walks.
For a number of years the house,was tenant.;';
less. ' It was regarded with much suspicion.
There seemed to be no legal !_iwner for. it. A
resident in the vicinity, rewarkable' for his -
crustiness of character assumed tote an agent
for the property, and his actions in relation': •
thereto rather disgusted his neighbors. He+
would permit nobody to enter upon the
grounds. This was one of the points that
awakened suspicion. On a certain occasiond
dog 'got into the house, and became Mimi-
soned in an upper story, it Was thought, by the
closing of the door after he had entered the
room. How long the poor animal" was there
no one could tell.. Finally, in a.timo of despe ,
ration, the canine broke through the window
"sash and vonitian shutters, leaving:some etr
his hair sticking in the blood that had becomaP
hardened on the woodwork and broken glass. ,
Besides this, an old bedstead in the room was.
bloodstained; so was the floor, closet-doom,
and other places—the entire apartment gatie
evidence of considerable blood-letting,
That period in ,the local history of Philadele •
phis was one of sensation, the result of the
doings of imaginative reporters. •
.„
'The scene on Gray's Ferry road was a " big ,
thing ;"the the material being so abundant that
entire, columns could be written on it, and the ,
excitement could be kept up for some time. '
'lbis proved to be the case. There Were two -
members of the press at that time who were
very aetive,-and such a subject in their hands
could be very easily worked up so as to undoes. ;
any amount of excitement. We have learned
from an authentic source that Mr. C. C. Wil
son and Mr. G. W. L. Johnson were, the two
gentlemen to whom may be' attributed the'
great " Ghost Story of Gray's Ferry Road"
The American Advocate, a paper of consider--
able circulation at that time, was the principal+
medium of communicating the "astounding •
disclosures" to the
. The scene of blood—the desperate contlict.
the escape of the murderer—the itheartlily,
soundS issuing at intervals from the' house—
the appearance of a female ghost by inoon-'
light, the terror of the " neckers," were all
depicted in the 'most glowing colors, well cal-
culated to freeze the very blood of the-reader; ;
and to induce disturbing dreams, •
Several columns of the ghost story, appeared
in the Advocate,and the sensation' cornmeneed.•
The' story . was of course, 'written with - an air
of truth in every line, and the public: 'Won
dered if such things could be. On the day • ;
followingthe publication, the "broken and
bloody sash," appropriately labeled, was hang
on an awning-post on Third street, above
Dock, where it was inspected by curious
crowds &Laing the day. The excitement
creased ; so did the sale of the Adociztc, au ex
tra edition having been printed to supply the
demand. About this period a. very credulous •
individual named Stoddard,who wasa hanger
on about the newspaper oh ces,wascalled into
requisition. lie believed there had been -a
murder committed, and suggested a search, of
the house and its surroundings. A number of
men went to the distant locality and com
menced in earnest to discover the dead:body.
During the investigation Stoddard found, at
the bottom of the well in the cellar, an old
sun-bonnet. It was very rotten, stained and
mouldy. This was brought to Third and Dock
streets and hung on the
~ awning -post..
Its presence' fed the flame of general excite
ment. The stains on the bonnet were magni
fied into those of blood. The victim of the '
"heartless and relentless" murderer was a
" defenceless female." On the third day after
the first publication at least one thotthandpeo
- from different parts of the city, repaired
to the infected house. Spades,.sbovels, pitch
forks and other implements were brought into
requisition, and a grand attack was made
upon the old mansion. Many of the weather
boards were torn away, the wooden door-
steps and the piazza extending around the
house were ripped up, demonstrations were
made upon the breastwork of the chimneys,
to see whether or not the remains of the, vie
tim were walled in. The ground around the
`house to the extent of halt an acre WAS dug
in many places. The whole property was in
great danger of demolition. At one tune
several propositions were made to burn the
place down.
-The aid of Sheriff McMichael was solicited, • .
and he sent a pox;leeornitatus to the Contra of
attraction, and prevented any further demon
strations of an unlawful character. By this
time the people began to think they were
. hoaxed, and this view thund quite a number
of advocates. Stoddard, whom we have al
ready introduced, being something of a lim
ner, seated himself on a rail fence, and coin
nienced taking a sketch of the place. fie was
discovered, and. was at once-charged -with be
lug a reporter who had "kicked up all of this
'ere fuss." He denied it, but in
vain. He found it necessary, however,
to retreat, which he did • across a
six-acre field; and, fortunately; being the
possessed of remarkably long pedal extremi—
ties, soon distanced his pursuers, leaving„how
ever, his hat behind him. Upon arriving at the .
office ot the Advocate, he related his adven
tures,and the publishers desired the regular re
porter, Mr. NVilson. to \"dish it up.' This
gentleman spread himself for the oceaSion,.
and when he had prepared forty-tive pages of
manuscript, a tall gentleman, giving the name
of Williamson, entered the reportorial sanc
tum and suggested the propriety of abandon
ing any further publication. He said that he •
hail called upon,Aldernian Peter Hay, and if
the publication was not stopped, legal pro
ceedings would be instituted on the morrow.
He bad come from Washington for thispm.-
pose. The story, however, had been fully .
told, and further publication was not really
necessary. Time rolled on, but many of the
older residents in the "Neck," being supersti
tions, regarded the haunted house with the
usual amount of suspicion up to the day of
their death. The whole thing, of course, was
a hoax, very well arranged. It was produe
tive of intense excitement. Large crowds of
people lingering in front of the American Ad
coyote office, awaiting for "extras," contain.
lag the latest developments.
4:30 o'oloole.
THE MAYOR'S vI , FICE. AND ITS lISI - PROVE-
InErers.—lt has been many 'rears since any
improvements have been maile at the Mayoes
office, and, as a consequence, the place has
presented rather a shabby appearance for some
timepast. The wails and their decorations
and the gas-fixtures had become very dirty,
and the carpet) on the floor were worn thread
bare. For several weeks past the office has
been in the possession of painters, paper
bangers and others engaged in renovating
the different apartments, and their Labors in
the main reception-room have been com
pleted. The room now presents a decidedly '•
neat appearance, and is more is conformity
with what the reception-room of the • Chief
Magistrate of a great city shoULd be. The
walls have been re-papered, the base Wing
walnut and the upper portion , pearl color. •
The coiling has been painted and , the centre- ' -
piece bp been remodeled and gilded.
In a recess in the rear of "the throne" is a
painting representing the coat of arms of the
, pity; . , which has , remained untouched for
many years, and the acctunulated dust and
dirt had almost obliterated the designs. This
- tainting has beep restored. All of the figures
CITY nuLLETra.
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