~ , MBEIM WON I'EACOM, VOLUME XXIII.---NO. 213. 11101,1 DAY PRESENTS IN FINE GOLD ..ua Watches. splendid 7cwolry and Silver Waro, at T, BAIL/13,432/ Marketstreet, PURCIUSING YOUR. FURS 1-1 protect them from moths, insects, &o. (at the 6111110 time imparting a,very , pleasant odor), by buying FITZGIBBONS'S Patent Cedar Lined Boxes, for Pura and clothing. Sold by the principal furriers in the city. , no/7-s trith-L3t* VAIIiiii•CLOSETS, COMMODES AND Privy Fixtures. 811les-room with A. ii. FRAN. SCUS &Co..sl.lllarket street. ocl4 th.s,tu-Sit§ • %liar ED :D rittG CARDEN, WVIT.A.TIONS w for Parties, No. New styles: MASON & au2SM 907 Chestnut street. VED DING INVITATIONS 331N eteaved In the newest and beat manner . LOUIS lb KA. filtattana and /Engraver. Chestnut street, , tf WALLACE.-oii Sunday December 12th, at Leech Pa., Mrs. Sarah C. wife of tho late lbw. Benja min J . Wallace, of Philadelphia. BLACK ALL-WOOL ALF Annnro lineal, 81. Drap Waiver. 02 22. • Poplins, 62e4. cents to 81 4234. Ottoman Poplins, a 1 22 to 82. French Kerinoos, 81 to 82.- Poplin Biarritz, el 60 to 82. DIO3BON do SON, 91t Chestnut street "INDIA CAMEL'S HAIR SCARFS FO R ' CHRISTMAS PRESENTS OF VALUE. VFIFA . LANDELL, - FOURTH AND ARCH. SIPECI - AL -- NOTICErs: Ste ' pate for additional Notkcs 10' First Annual Clearing Sale FINEST READY-MADE CI-OTHING, Imported Fabrics (for Custom Work), and Fashionable Gents' Furnishing Goods CHESTN UT STREET CLOTHING AT MARKET STREET PRICES;! Tbd entire present Mock of Noe. 818 and 820 CHEST-. NUT Street TUBE hOLD Orr, in pntratratlon for the neat seawn'e trade. at LOWER PRICES than have ever. before been marked on such superior garments, bringing' their pl Ices down to the level of the loweat prices of, the more ordinary READS: -MADE CLOTHING. The kind of huaineas which we do—dealing only In the FINEST nod 310 ST FASHIONABLE styles and materialsr neveseitates the clearing of our counters at the efffee 6f each tetesun,for we are detennlnni never to offer to th, mama; of our honed any other thou the NEWEST end FRESHEST GOODS of each new seamen. Therefore we ozinetwee our First Grand Clearing Sale to Commence FRIDAY, DECEMBER WE OYFER GOO OVERCOATS, Of the Idahett_grre Velvet couared,siit pf• . Satin Faced, and 'all that at - Mires ranging from el& to 836- 500 SUITS for' Dress, Business and • Street Wear, of all materials and at); les, from e2O to et& 400 COATS..4.7hesteledeldot. Sacks. •' Swallow T:rild,WalUingCoatn, 6ter., - ' 400 PIM. PANTS, eat, in every, atylt. 'ade with greatest care, of finest goods" from 35 to 315. 300 Llynna...lrelvet, Cioth,Silkoleang and Plush. from to 310. Together with the best assortment of FURNISHING GOODS To be found In the city. and BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING Of the beat manufacture. Oar Stock is not enormously large, of course. at the present time, but every article of it warranted "IFINF:NY," and it ell must be sold by or about the FIRST OF THE NEW YEAR. Every facility wilt he given customers or visitors to inspect our goods, and to hilly satisfy thentseives that now' £8 their bed opportunity tst Recoils Bargains in FIN'S CLOTELLNG. JOHN WANAMAKER, Manufacturer of Finest Clothing, Merchant Tailor, and Dealer in Gents' Furnishing Goods, at 818 and 820 CHESTNUT STREET. 10" ACADEMY OF MUSIC. THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES. , Young Folks' Series. Par Lecturea by PAUL B. DU CHAILLTJ, THIRD AND LAST LECTURE.' ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, December 18, " LOST IN TILE JUNGLES," on which occasion Mr. DU CHAIL.LU will appear in the hientical costume worn by him in his travels. Ile' will also describe the LAND of the DWARFS. Admission to each Lectnre, Reserved Seats (extra) 25c. Doors open et 2. Lecture at 3 o'clock. Orchestral Prelude at 23, ,Tickets to be obtained at GOULD'S, 223.Thestnut street, and at the Academy on the afternoon Do'• LADIES' FAIR, IN AID OF BROAD • STREET SYNAGOGUE, NOW OPEN. litaseler 's Promenade Band In attendance. don Gtrp* lou ACADEMY OF MUSIC. ,THE STAR COURSE OP LECTURES.] , THE LAST OF THE FIRST SERIES. • ON THURSDAY EVENING, December Nth, 180, WENDELL PHILLIPS Will deliver his celebrated oration on "DANIEL O'CONNELL." THE REV. DR. MORIARTY WILL PRESIDE. Admbislon, 60 cents. Reserved Seats, 75 cents. Tickets for sale at ,GOPULD'S 923 CHESTNUT Street, and at the Academy on the evening of the Lecture. • Doors open at 7. Lecture at 8. Orchestral Prelude at 75i. dels 2t lux. REV. JOHN HALL, D. D., OF NEW . York. will pretedb THIS EVENING,. in tho Oxford Presbyterian Ohurchj Broad' and Oxford stmts. It§ 1 Accident on the Pennsylvania Itallread... A Flagman Killed. The Harrisburg Telegraph of yesterday says: This morning Lewis H.DeHuff, of Carlisle, a flagman on the fast freight train west on the Pennsylvania railroad, and well known iu this city, was killed at Tyrone. He'stepped off his train to flag another train behind it, and was struck in the head, by the engine of the New York stock train corning east, and died in about twenty minutes afterwards. Mr. De- Huff was aboutitwenty-two'years of age. His remains will be brought to this city this even ing, and be taken to Carlisle to-morrow morn ing. Foe s al esa of Elegant Tara'tore, Stocks, REAL ESTATE, &c., see Thomas & Swim' advertisement: —The Pomp of war—a negro soldiorAEx. . . . •., • . .. . 2 :. • . , : . t - ' : r P — ' . ' .t. . ' .`• .', •• .;' .1 ''+- ','''':;.'' ''. ; • ••• ~:',.''• ' ' ,',•:',,' . ~ , .• • ... • 11 ...,,, „•.... .. . • ...•. .• ...,.... ..,.... ...... ... , ~ .. ..... ~..•1i., .,y , „ . . . . . ~.. .—, • . 4 .'. .:, . 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''.'. :"„' 4 • 1.•,-•4.....,,... • •.. .:„.....„:„.„•,,_-• .. ~...,,..„:.. ~•-::,..__, -..•:. : •„....,,..,::.,.1....., r. ~,,,,,,..ii•,-;c.,„•,, f . .. i ,..,.:..,.,...,...,...,,.... i ,....,,,. ~,,,.,..• •:,,,,,.._:•,:J : • , ~,,:„..„.___ _________.:, , ,,i.--3,-; ,____:___L....ii,•.4„,-„,,, . __, DIED. THE CUBAN BEVOLUIIION., Spanish Wafture from a Madrid Stand: The hip rchtl: aiibeflif 'jou al o ridrid., of a very recent date (Nov. 27), gives a melan= &holy account of the Cuban situation. Many times, says its editor, apiznated, by the, love of : country, he 'hag: his ilosein,t a - glowing hope that thb -Cuban iltieStion Would be sood ended. But sadly he confesses that the good hOur has been-long:delayed: - As time Mel away, theAnsurrection increases in vigor and extent:, "If the country doeanot appear to-day to be so,niuch threatened as a year agog still it must be acknowledged that matters are but little altered: More than a - year ago the first cry was heard in Yara Sitice - that time not a single mail steamer has "arrived from the Island which did not bringdemanda for more troops. First, 11,000 men were re= quired; these were to make up the full =li her of 20,000 troops ordinarily stationed on the island. The men went to Cuba; but, in stead of the rebellion being put down, it im mediately assumed ,mach larger proportions. The first campaign,. at cost of, great losses and sacrifices, freed Santiago de Cuba from the menaces of filibusters ; but this was all. The winter season had not gone by before we were told .that. if it were desired; to see, a speedy end of the insurrection, our - foces there of 20,000 men must be doubled in the shortest possible time; that -the unfavorable reason would"soon setin, arid:. that the rebel lion had extended throughout Camaguey, and bail given signs of life in the Western Depart ment. The reinforcements were sent; 14,000 . men left our ports between January and March, and, notwitlistanding that, the favora ble season passed away without the insurrec tion having been quelled. On the contrary, it had gathered strength, for the Cinco Villas had in the mean time fallen into the hands of the rebels. The dash, the molnesS, and the enthusiasm of our soldiers in both campaigns. were admi rable. The rebels-were persecnted , bythem without truce, even to the narrowest places of concealment. They were attacked wherever they were to be seen, and in most instances were thoroughly routed and put to disorderly flight. But what of all this'. At the end of the carnpaign.our diflicultieeivere but aggra r vated. The rebels were constructing trenches While our soldiers;'mere.` dying; they Were learning the tactics of .warond so beigt6ol Puerto Principe as tee Piave, ,cut it* sup ifflet.:. "Other reinforcements „ire now going forward to the island. -We entertain. the hope that the War Minister, as well as tho Threettit4General Orli) Eintry', Will Send' ill the men possible. Our brethren in Cilia send its word - by every steamer that, if they shall re ;t iitiMerans reinforcements; the insairgenth cannot live many mouths longer. But from what we know of the past, may not the luit 4;e4i1l 0u apin set the before ,the work shal4 have e ?' nded , Vsaftlie rebels, , k nowfng their wealt ties,' WM 'not" bring on encounters, and, fa vored by the peculiar formation of the couti- • try. the tide brume eroovoiyda,lhe if>aalubritry of the clitiite,' nrutthe Scattering 'Of the popii lation, they can easily hide themselves froth our troops, and thus render nugatory and use less all their ardor. - 80311 k.. • Presents to. tine Pope. A ftoman correspondent,: of the • Heraid writes: It is gratifying to observe_ that far, more „ copious resources are pouring into thej'ope'.s exchequer froth - all pa.rU of the world than what lie requires to 'L* out in "the Eternal City. Without giving a catalogue of''all the money offerings Imis continually receiving, I mayjnention some recent gifts Of a , more Special character: Thu Archbishop of Lima, Monsignor Goyeneche y Berretta, not being able to come to Remo ou account of his age (ninety-fouth sent the Pope his pastoral rod, made of I' avian gold, and valued at $lO.OOO. The Nev. Father Gnat, celebrated in South America as a missionary and author, bag come over as the Archblsh tip'ig proxy", and had the honor to present this gift to the Holy Father, together with other offerings, among which is that of a basket of sliver filagree work, with a bunch of flowers of the saute material. containing 7,000 francs in gold. The Archbishop of Quito offered Me Holiness a golden chalice, get with pearls, and FOl3lO other beautiful works in gold, besides a very valuable medal, set with gems, sent by the President of the Equator Republic, Signor Gracia Moreno, which he had rficived from the Govern• ment of his country fur his patriotic services. The students of Quito at their examination all offered thei r prize medals to send to the Pope, and President Garcia, imitating their example. took his splendid medalf rein his breast for the same purpose. When Monsignor Guervara, Archbishop of Caracas, was leaving Venezuela for Rome. ho was surrounded by many of his flock with offerings in money and precious objects for the Sovereign Pontiff. The ladies emulated the patriotic women of Carthage in taking off their rings:bracelets and earrings,. the sentiments of the south Americans in favor of Pie Fond being excited by' the fact of his being the only Pope who over visited the American continent—his Holiness labored for years as a soh/Mary missionary in Lima and other parts of Peru in his youth—as use affertienately mentioned by the litt Pits of the Pernambuco college in their address, sent with pecuniary offerings, by their bishop, Monsignor Ayres. The Archbishop of Caracas has presented sow to the Pope. - The United States Bishops have mostly come, with tangible evidence. of the -piety of their reepective dio- eesato. Captain Gordon. in the name of the English Catholic Committee. pre, , ented to the Pope 71,000 inincs, with a beautiful book of signatures exittuntely illuminated and bound. line of the most . really artistic offerings, and one quite yvouthy of the genius of, ISenvenuto Cellini. is that presented. to the Pope by an artistical priest of Rimini, named blariano Matteini It consists of a bronze gilt bell. made by himself which he implores the Pope to make use of at the Council. This work At entirely symbolical, uo part of it bein4 without - some Allusion to the Council. The handle is termed by a kneeling - angel ou a Lase, with silver clouds; bearing on his shoulders a gilded cress, with . silver rays. The' Papal. crot , 3 and PrYgOrikl, thQ 11 _llnm, tiara and keys, aregroupei i together. The bell itself is very elabo - .; rate; but the principal featnre is the Immaculate Con ception, surrounded by five doves bearing olive branches. The clapper represents the mystic bark of St. Peter. with , s reversed cross for mast nada smallor'cross for helm. A serpent, with three-forked tongue, failing t o ge t into the bark plunges into the waves below. Some rhythmical insert - 010ns in the style of modiievalnionastic poets urn intraduced Into the composition. SPAR: SEIZERE IN NEW ORLEANS. Thirteen Hundred Boxes Forfeited. The following from the N. 0. Republican of the 10th is fuller than our account of the seizure,, received by telegraph : , In the matter of the United States against thirteen hundred boxes of sugar, libeled as .having been imported from Guba, , in viola tion of the' revenue laws, the testimony was concluded., yesterday in the United states District Court, Judge Durell presiding, and after argument by P. H. Morgan, United States District .Atterney, and , Messrs. Hud son and Fearn, on the part of the libellant, and .by Messrs. Billinggs & Hughes, J. L. Tissot and W. It. Whitaker for the claimants, the case was submitted to the jury about five o'clock P. X. It was : alleged;on the part of the Governinent; that'. thin thirteen hundred boxes weighed about 44300 pounds more than they were invoiced, and that the *hole lot was so graded that -the loss to= the public reve nue would amount to a fraction over one-half. of one cent per pound, in gold; or about $4,400 in gold for the entire shipment, . - About eight o'clock the jury rendered a ver dict-in favor of libellant. The sugar, which is worth about $03,000, is therefore forfeited to the Government. THE NEGRO EXODUS. /Hacks Leaving Virginia. The negroes appear to be leaving Virginia in shoals for the cotton plantations in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, where they are sure of better wages and a warmer climate than they have in the " Old Dominion." In Rich mond, for instance,' a labor agent advertises .for negroes by thousands to go South at from fifteen dollars to twenty-two dollars fifty cents per month. Defore•the war the sales oft/ Vir ginny niggers" for the cotton States amounted in 'Richmond to about twenty millions of dol lars, a . year. The present demand from the' cotton planters for these Vir„,oinian field hands is but the revival of the old one in a new shape. Undetthe old slavery demand the Virginia , roaster sold to the. trader "4. few, niggers" from year to year to make •both ends meet. Under the new voluntary freedman ..1' ~,:;.: .i'i ..,!.,','? :i. :';.) :'i'! ~R ':).:OUR WOOXAE. ',I3OUNTRIrii PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,. DECEMBER and labor Otettt e faMilles andhOlo:•• nies of these Virginia plantation blacks are mONing , South.,Tbe end will , probably be the dulappeara,nce of the black population from the State and its replacement by white labor: This will involve 'the 'cutting up of the,large plantations into Small 'farms for German, Dani+h, Norwegian, English, 'Welsh, Irish and Yankee settlere.--a transformation which will double thexalne of every acre of land in the State within the next teu or fifteen years.- -Herald: rnolirNEW NEw YORK; pee. -10.-The association . of petroleum refiners closed their national con. -vention with its second day's session yester - day. A resolution was passed fixing the specific gravity of merchantable oil at forty f.ix, and declaring that none above forty-eight specific gravity should be received by the purchaser, and also allowing a graduated scale of prices for oil between fourty-four' and forty-eight gravity. , A corn= mittee was appointed to procure ac curate instruments for testing oils and de daring such Instruments to he the standard tests for the trade. A warm debate followed ion a proposition of the Pittsburgh Association to sell oil hereafter by weight only,aud"not measure. This met with much opposition from New York and Cleveland, and it. was finally ppstponed, when the Convention ad. journed sine die. , Rush C. Hawkins lids sued George Bib% Jr., to recover $4t,,000 damages for alleged ' misrepresentation in the sale of the 'Wyoming Valley Coal and Railroad. Company's stock. The vase is now on trial in the Superior . Court of this city. _The Society,orthe _Sixth Army„Corps, met yesterday, in this- city, and' formed a perma nent organilation, with Major-General Franklin as President. The first reunion will be held at Philadelphia, on the'.6th of April The Custom House authorities are investi gating the supposed undervaluation of sugar in the bonded warehouses. Some frauds are suspected, but not among responsible partieti. The Spanish-flotilla, is expected to leave New York to-day. A bold plot for the destruc tion of the gunboats was frustrated-, by their sudden -removal tit) th e anchorage in the stream on Monday. It is reported that an attempt will he made by the Cubans to burn some of the 'Vessels 'before:their departure; The Newly Discoveied Caves in lowa. The Dubuque Times of the ""7th instant says: "A natural wonder was lately unearthed on the Maquoleta, about eight miles northwest ofthe.eity.' This natural wonder consists of A succession or a continuation of caves. These eaves were discovered some months ago , ' one hundred feet below tbesurtace of the earth,bY men who are now busily engaged with a large working force in prospecting them for min: ertil The large Cal a,' 'over ,orie thOitsand two hundred iet't in length,and the smaller one six hundred feet, the two being separated from each other by an east and west bar, about sixty feet in thickness. No lead ore line yet been discovered in the large cave; it being tilled with large > bodies of iron-rust rock; which have fallen - down from the rootand sides in great masses. - In the smaller cave; however, the mineral shows itself quite freely., and large, quantities have; been' 'taken put, while the prospect fOr richer leads than any yet found grows dailv more flattering. Mine q-al also abounds in considerable' quantitieti through the bar mentioned, and the indica tions are'' that it will soon' be developed here in paying quantities. That these caves thus discovered but lead' on to a com= tinuation of others is demonstrated by the fact that a current of air puts in from the west so strong that work cannot be prosecuted with out stopping up the opening. The volume of air is perfectly pure, and comes in with a rushing, roaring noise ' resembling the rumble of distant thunder. As soon as the proper ar rangements can be =de we understand that the work of draining will be commenced And continued until a thorough survey is made of the whole range. It is quite probable that some new and striking natural wonder will be developed. Perhaps another Mammoth Cave is waiting for the torch of the explorers. Who knows?' CITY BULLETIN. FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. At the regular meeting last evening-. the President sl ,Mr: -- J. Taughan Merrick, filled the chair, and a large assemblage of members filled the hall. After the reading of the minutes, reports from com mittees, and the like, a paper on "Aerial Na,yigatiori" was read by Mr. John Wise, the expenencedaeronatit. In this paper Mr. Wise gave an, account of his experience respecting the constant currents found in the upper re gion of the atmosphere, which he had-derived from upwards of jour huhdred aerial voyages, some of which extended over 1,000 miles,. and pointed out the feasibility, not of flying, but of sailing or rather drifting in the anvils the early navigators sailed or drifted across the sea. Mr. \Vise's paper, was marked by evi dunce of sound judgment and common sense, and showed itself to be' the development of actual, experience and sober reasoning. The report of the Resident Secretary, Prof. Henry Marton, on Novelties hi Science and the Medhanie Arts was :then read, in which Mention-was made of the caisson-now building for the Brooklyn pier of the _East : river bridge, of the St. Louis bridge and of various works of engineering. Various improvements in the department of mechanical engineering were then exhibited by means . of models and drawings projected on the screen. Among these we noticed vari ous iniprovements in circular saws and the instrtimenta for keeping them in order, by. Mr. Disston • pew band sawing machines of admirable efficiency, and ' involving many new features, by Messrs. RiehardS, Thorne Bc, Co.; a self-feeding attachment to the gun powder pile driver, by Mr. Thomas . Shaw a new and remarkably perfect and yet economical , method of making slate roofs, by Mr. R. K. iKille, of Mt. Holly, New Jersey; a new mechanical movement for conversion of rectilinear into rotary move ment, by Mr. Wm. M. Henderson, and a new arrangement for turning small grind:stones, from Mr. J. E. Mitchell, 310 York avenge. Prof. Morton then exhibited some very beau tiful. electric tubes of dotuastic and foreign make, and Prof. B. E. Rogers and Mr. Cole man Sellers made remarks upon several points in the report. Nominations for officers for next pun. were then made asfollows: For President-Mr. J.tMerrick;who, how. ever, 'declined, and noi inated Mr, Coleman Sellers. For rice-President--Mt. Henry G; Morris. For Treasurer—Mr. Frederick Fraley,- For , ckLcrefory—Prof. Henry Morton. For 'Auditor—Mr. J. H. Cresson. For Mawlien—Messrs. J. V. Merrick, Wil liam Sellers, Samuel Hart, William B. Bement, C. S. Hallowell, J.' H. Towne, Horace Binney, Jr.,. MS. Stewart, W. P. Tat ham, Henry. Cartwright, H. W. Bartel, J. I. Cooper,-T. •Vezin,-.1 1 4AL; Shoe: maker, Dr. Norris, Wm. Grebble, Dr. It. E. , . STILL ANOTHER COAL OIL EXPLOSION.-, Mrs. Mary McNally, residing. at No. MO. America street, • VMS seriously burned' thia! morning, by the explosion of a coal oil liimp'; which she was carrying in her hand. All of her clothing was burned off, and she was so; badly injured that her recovery is considered impossible, . .„ L. . BOBBING A rgtr. iiNGINE HOUSE. -Isaac Derbain WAS arrested 'yesterday upon; the charge of baying 'entered the -house of the America, Engine Companv, on Button*ood street, below Third, and stove therefrom, a coat belonging to one ofthe members.. l lllo , Al:den coat was recovered. The accused was hold in $BOO bail to answer at Court. , t QLD RELies.--routitig the pro " he repairs act the Mayor's office several ancient! rnitlute-boOks. of Llity„Ctstilielli . a}' ye been! Theininute's ot , CotrtizidaVotticil furl December 18, 1799, contain the following: "Whereas, The melancholy tidings of the! death of Lieutenant-general GEORGE WAsa- 1 INGTON have this day reached this city, and! that just respect„ which is duc*to the memory '4;4”. lib, 0:61010. %and!Mbiitfixeellent character, 'render a 'public.- testimony' thereof highly; proper on the part of this Council. "Resolved, That the Mayor be requested to' have the hells muffled for three days, and that. Council will not proceed to businesB on. this evening, but suspead '.its dellberationti„ until Monday next at six o'clock post meridian, to which time it hereby stands adjourned." Under date of Dec. 1790, there is the 'fol-' lowing on, the same subject .• . , " From the Select Council. • - "Resolved, That each member of the Select and'Common Councils wear crape on his loft arm for six foontha as 'a testimony of. their re spect for the memory, of the late General GEonGE WASIIINGTON, and that , the help be muffled on Thursday next, that' being'the day appointed, by the-President ctf; the United States for a funeral procession,' and that the Mayor be authorized.to draw an order on the 'Treasurer to defray the expense thereof; agreeably- to the order of the Common Council.. - : This Council concurred in the above reso lution. " Resoked,, ,That , Council will permit their Chamber to be open :on Thdrsday next, for the=-reception of rcitizen4 . att©ndin the funeral procession of thelate GENERAL W ABll- LNGTON: . , ASSAULT WITH A lt L:G-DRIVER.--A . man named James Roster was arrested last night by-the Second District Police, upon the'cLtargc of assault and; battery, on Cbarles Brown. The latter, it is alleged; wAS struck on the head With a bung-driver. He -, was seriously hurt, and was4alcen to. the, Police Station, where his wound was dresied by a phyeician. Roster alleges that he caught Brown coming out of his cellar, at Second and Morris streets, about midnight, and supposed that he had been there for no good. Roster will have ahearing at the Central Station Ow Aftikrrioint, !BARGED WITT', ....A.,/us.u.v.—Datilel Watson wakarrested last ..night .at Tvvent,y4liird'. and Market - streets, 'and lid 'a hearing "%fore Alderman Kerr this morning, upon the charge of larceny. John.3leGlinn„ }residing at No. 1823 Market street, testified that Watson snatched from him a pocket-book containing ;Riley that, appeared atid, Charged Watson -with having robbed him of $l6O. Both robberies werecommitted several dayi ago. • The4eciated was.held in;. si,r)ot") bail to answer.at Court. , , ~ CHARGE AGArilsT POL ICE nEN.-John Ward, Sergeant, Michael Hamilton, patrolman ' and Joseph :Nfurplayi..t3an* Second Disk trict were before Recorder Givin thk afternoon upon the charge of assault and bat!. TtEry, •;The'proSectitor' is Wilfiattic'Elletiger, 'who; it will' tie , remenibered, Was . arrested a few days ago for interfering with and shoot 7 lug Policeman ; Sisty,. who. • had , arrested his btOthera JarneS Ellen4er: , The' policemen were held in .$BOO bat each to atisiVer" at Court. ' ' • Futz..--Last evening, about nine O'clink, a tire occurred in the hat and'cap store of H. VP Ridgway, No. 35 North Second street. The iog.s sustained will be about S2OO. The origin of the fireit attributed to the: rolling of the stovepipe. • ALLEGED Wwg BENrEn.—Dayid M. Smith, residing at No. 358 Dilwyn street; was arrested last night and taken before Alderman Cahill, upon the charge 'of baying beaten ,his Wife. He wits held in $5OO bail tor trial. - ROBINSON'S Aux-Bars.—The second day's sale of Mr. Robinson's elegant collection com menced this morning. The objects of art to be dispersed to-day include original oil paintings by such artists as Van Bonfield, De Bourg .1 Richards, and Boddington ( of London). In addition there are French hotographs, deli cately colored and tastefuly fraed, engra vings and chrome lithographs of many kinds, and attractive bijoux in various styles for par lor decoration . Thisis an unusual opportu nity for the public to JAY in a high crass of art-keepsakes atjust the price it chooses to pay. The sale will be resumed this evening and to-morrow. morning and evening. Purt.ADELrmA TAsTA;---Those. who appre ciate the taste of our, mechanics, should call at the second-story warerooms . of `-.1'41 - . Thomas 86 Sons, 1:311 South Fourth, and see the superb furniture on exhibition and for Sale to-mor row. Mr. Henkebe reputation leads us al ways to expect to see elegant goods on his sales—but in this case we think the goods are superior to those of any of his previous sales. In thaw tluli times for, money r .the , prices will no doubt be very lour, and purchasers • will have the better chance for bargains: , HotlnAv: GliFxs.-Among the inanv useful articled for' gifts 'during the coining 'holiday season, nothnnecould to more desirable or acceptable to mother, wife, sister or friend, than one of WHEELER WiLsox's improved rurally Sewing Machines. Cull at the new arid elegant'salesroom of PETERSON & CAR PENTER,--NO. pl 4 . . CHESTNUT STREET, and ex amine' these unrivalled instruments.• They are-sold on very reasonable terms. --- SALE; or OIL l'ArsTiNns.—Messrs. Martin Brothers, , Anctioneers, No, 529 Chestnut street, will sell on this and to-morrow even ings, and on Saturday morning, a large col lection of oil paintings, by both American and foreign artists. These pictures have been on exhibition at the auction room% and have attracted considerable attention. 'SALE OF OIL. PAIN TINUS.-31essrs. Birch & 50n,..N0. 1110 Chestnut street, will sell this evening, a,t 74,o'clock, ueollection of Oil and Water-Calor 'Paintings, comprising a number of excellent pictures by various artists Of Europe and Ainerica. iaaving escaped the pre dicted periLs of earthouak - e and flood, are rept:esented in recent letters a heaping male- AletlOns. on.. the prophets. And • not entirely without reason ; for in their fright the people 'of , 'Lima and. Callao were induced • -needlessly to burry out "a those cities to the umber of .60,000, with all their movables, and live for a week in tents and sheds, where' they caught agues and fevers. What they have )ost by a week'S suspension of business, by the, removal of their 'goods and•by robberies—for thieves somehow keep their heads cool in time of .estimated at nearly. one million dol lars' Professor Falb, who foretOld the earth quake, and Captain Saxby, who predicted the inundation, have been burnt in' effigy. • —A lawyer, when he first domiciled in De troit, was 'so 'poor - that he described his poverty as follows : " 'When I first went to Detroit I was in perfect rags; the smallest hole in my shirt was the one I stuck My head throngh, had to have my only shirt washed" by the' dozen, for it was twelve pieces.'"; : f • • , • • • . • ---`2.lterifs..good.. slaying out here this sea son;" said an old- frontiersman, as he scalped his fifteenth Indian. —Rochefort and the kluges have fallen, out. The sons of tb6 p'oot say Rochefort treated them meanly.ui refusing to acknowledge the. obligations he was under to them and their —The scene at the sick bed of Victor Em mannelbetweenthe King and the father con fessor, it is now, • conceded in Florence, was invented by a couple of, newspaper reporters, anxious, to get ttp a sensation article. Thay„ will be prosecuted „for this offence, WldOltis said to have greatly exasperated the Sing.,;, '—' 4l 4 o . l4lll 4 4 o . 4, 7 ?PrelsecT.!*! l o4oo4 o mqug; t , 44,..c80c0ar0v ' . . The next day,it explained it thus: , It's easy—a c-eighty(oat) OraYglit;(pangut) r-eighty (rat)—A cat caught a tat!''Ain't it? AiiMUM=ML Dflt FAIRLA4IIeB OPERA. At the Chestnid Street Theatre yaste4y afternopn, a little two act opera, entitled. Treasured. Tokens wall produced thy 'the cam- poser, Mr. 3: Iternirigtett Fairltunb, of 'this' city. The libretto', by the same author, con-i tains a simple and pathetic love story which is composed,of familiar , materials, but related' in, a charming manner. The dialogue is inter speraed with songs, for which Mr. Fairlatulv, has written melodies of a, very delightful, character. There is no single motive—no' _general theme which expresses the senti- 1 went of the drama; and upon which the en tire work is constructed; there Is no reeata tive, and there is very little music for the chorus ; but the solos, duos and trios with, which the drama is supplied bountifully, pos sess considerable originality and are elabo rated with utmost carefulness. Indeed, the entire musical composition gives evidence of talent,high culture, and assiduous labor on the part of the author. The instrumentation' is even better than the arrangement, of the vocal parts. Mr. Fairlamb shows in. this little opera, which does not pretend to anything, more than simple beauty, that he is capable of conceiving fine orchestral effects, and of writ ing a score which 1011 present his conceptions hi the most forcible manner. In offering this melodious composition for the first time to the public a nilitake was made in placing it in the hands of amateurs. Mrs. Fairlamb sang sweetly, and Mr. Hill's fine voice did , full jus tice to the music, but the performance of each of the singers, was characterized,by awk wardness and uncertainty, so that, while iry most cases the Music was effeetually spoiled, in no case was the force of the strong situa tions with which the drama is filled, telt• as it should have been. Madame Behrens had so , little to do, that her experience did not avail 1 to relieve, the painful statibess of the perform- mice. We hope Mr. Fairlamb will prevail upon- some company of professional opera singers to produce his composition. It is so clever that we know that the result, will he satisfactory to everybody,_ and he will by this means have simple justice done to himself: It 'is a pity that the results of so much labor' and of the expenditure of so much genuine ability should be marred by careless' interpretation. —At the Walnut; this evening, Miss Bate man will, repeat her successful performance cif, the character of "Mary; Warner." There win be a matinee performance of• Uncle Tont's Cabin on Saturday. —There will be a repetition. of :Patrice, at the Chestnut, this' evening. The Bafrel in the ItYoods.will be produced at, the children's mat iiiee Saturday. • • ' --The very reilutnerativei ruin of The Over land Route continues at the Arch. Mr. Robert Craig has a benefit on Saturday. A dramatization of Dickens's. Little . 7Jorrill, by Mrs. E. D. Wallace, will constitute the Christmast, ee in which Mrs. Wallace will appear `as " ittle Dorritt." varied —At the A n rnecan, s evennig, a and interesting entertainment will -be pro- - -=At. the EleventliStreet Opera:House; seVe rid fine burlesques will be performed. —Duprez Sr Benedict's Minstrels 'continue 'tó , produce an 'endless amount of first-class fufi. The Seventh Street Opera House 'is ctowded nightly. . —Signor Blitzgives a marvelous entertain ment every evening, at the Assembly Build- 1 • - ---litlr. Wendell Phillips will deliver the con 'chiding lecture, the first series of the Star Course, at the Academy of Music on to-mor row evening. Subject—" Daniel O'Connell." On tliii Occasion Bev: 'Dr. 3101 arty will pre :side. The next lecture of the juvenile course by DU' Chailln will he delivered :on , Saturday afternoon: Subject—" Lost in the Jungles!! '—,ft is not generally known that we have 1 among Its atitring Quartette Club," who are 'rendering the works of the inasters .in music .a,slyle never surpassed by any similar .body among us. It has grown out of the "Parlor Concerts," Which, for' seven or eight years, s under the control of Miss' Jackson, furnished. in a private way, music of the same character. These concerts, though very attractive, were, through the higher taste they bad themselves largely developed, at last felt to' be below the demands of the music; and for the reason, that its correct execution by the string instru ments required more earnest study and con stant practicing than the performers were able, with their other engagements, to give it. • Accordingly a number of tho S e. in the habit of attending these "Parlor Concerts," raised a fund to secure to the requisite number of gentlemen a proper remuneration for the time and talent necessary for a true interpretation of classical music. The String Quartette thus organized, and now in its second year,is at present perforted rig in the Natatorium, Broad street, below Wal nut. and the concerts are accordingly public. Hitherto, these concerts have chiefly attracted the more cultivated in the art; but even, to many of these, they are no doubt unknown. - If it is properly sustained, this String Quar tette. may grow—there is no good reason why it should not—to a position equal to that of the Berlin or Paris Conservatory. It was in this way, from the perfect execution of a sin gle quartette club, that the famous "Gewand Haus" concerts of Leipsic began, which are now unexcelled in Europe. ---Miss.Jackson's sole aim in these concerts, is the advancement of the art, their °nitre pro ceeds, after the payment of' expenses, going to the Quartette Fund. It should be added that Philadelphia has also the benefit of other instrtunentalities tend- ing to the same good end with Miss Jackson's;, Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Wolfsohn each having yearly his series of concerts, and the friends Of the art ought to support theth liberally. True music, sad to say; is as yet but little understood by us as a people; and of course it , \ is painfully underrated. It is for its lovers to stand by it faithfully, till time and a higher culture discover its worth, and render all appeals in its behalf unnecessary. The next Parlor Concert will be held on Saturday evening, December 18th, at the Nata torium. —Professor R. E. Rogers, of the University, of Pennsylvania ' delivers his second lecture at the Franklin Institute this evening: The sub ject will be "The Nature of Heat," illustrated by a variety of interesting experiments„ Among other experiments will be the solidify: ing of carbonic acid, and an exhibition of the ice-making machine. —To-morrow afternoon, in the foyer of the Academy-of Music' ' Mr. Carl Woltsohn wilt give his."Selnibert Matink,i' being the sec ond of the series. All the compositions of Schubert announced upon the. following pro-, gr,amme, are new, never having. been pre in this city hefore.., Mr. S% ollSohn has taken a great deal of pains to, present to the. public in theSe concerts, the very finest music in the most elegant manner. He deserves tincouragement and support in his under taking, - from those who know what good music is, and can- appreciate it. He has en gaged two of the most accomplished' perform. ers in this city to assist him in the interpret.' tion of his prograinmes, and we can promise to, those who attend the enterthdrunents,.that they will be entirely satisfied with the per. romances. The programnte Tor to-morrow' will be as follows: ' Sonata, (A minor, oP• • Schubert Allegro glueto—andanto-Allpgi° VI •uce. • earl Wafkillen• Introduriono und ti Zi r. e e lVerizol Wanderer," Jo Ettore ktortli. ImPrfnuPtil"Tl" '"Ca l U tl it r olin: Concerto, D talndr Mt. Bud Iplt liontlig. Vautubieltityor,V, A , • otti 2d lore. Iryohla and lionttt • -.4l‘a Fonglishtnau bas written a boo:0; to prove that - Ltioritia Bor - gia was a goodWeatiati. We wait to he trout "sirs. Btowe. ,• • . •r • L : moll Tfrug .L.Simfot ~, I . B 01 1 11111 1 ;ASHOINtilif#Xiii it A Ifferiesobnt iteiLletehrb abeetsibli . birdies' Aupritano Court On She CeoantlatittasubliO, of the Itecesuitrpoillosa Aetb..l44 G eneirat HOBlOl fiti,e9lso/••• 111, 1 ' Caroeuter.Jhadie Appoimitiniebito , by the' PitOot. dent•-•Noelety Gossip, &c ri i, .) (Correspondence oftho,Plllloftlikliis WASMNTVVYLV, bee. 15, / 80. -- Sour: few' weeks ago the'seini- official announcement'was,.', made that the Supreine Couni would ' der any decision-for several natinths too upon the constitutionality of the legal-tbilder acts. A good deal' of apprehension wasi•lnnii-- ifested everywhere in financial circles tha.tio decision, whertit came, would he adverse to the constitutionality of the law • under whit*: • the legakender notes were issued., A , )W'p . 8 enso of relief was therefore experiexiCeeb 4 the prospective and probable delayin: tanking a decision, Which many high iinamelarairthei"- • • . ities believed was sure to be followed by 4 o , wide-spread panic,. causing ruin:and' disaster commercial Circles and to the country ' :arge. Within three or four days past, • hoW"- ever, certain movements,have been.goldig • ono. , here, having no other object in view. than •to , . bring an irresistible influence to bear, upon+ _ the Supretne Court foi• the rendering of , immediate• decision as •to the sort -• stitutionalitY of this law, with.. the' sole expectation that ' it.. will • ' he Olverte to it. This sounds strange, but yet it- is( litle rally true, and the object sought to be accom plished by obtaining an early decisidn IS, per haps, stranger still, and. exhibits in at brotidl light the ingenuity of the American politiciaii. At the present'time Congress is ,divided into three - iinancial , parties: One fairoiii:the. 're sumption of specie , payment Eby contraction; the second believes the country to h. in a very. healthy condition now ' and desires no bhatigh, while the third party is urgent in: 'a 'demand • for a considerable expansion of. the currongy. The latter party have developed more strength than. they have been credited:With,. and, in eousennence, the advocates_ of ..con traction have telt the necessity of being. able - to resist euccessiully any and ail plans savoring of an increase in the cireulation of legaketitibr notes. An ,interchange of opinion ,between • several, wellanown politicians , revealed. th i at: there was almost entire unanimity in ttook lief that the disasters which mightresult Vona an opinion of the Supr,eme Court deciding, the legal-tender acts unconstitutional, Would not be so dire' in the end as the expansion of ...the, currency—causing busineaS••to• (become more unsettled tban ever, ,and indefluitely.,post poning the resumption of specie payment s . iewas held, 'therefore; that a strong effort must,, be made_ to get a . dechlion ..front , the Supreme Court at once . and if the. decision was in accordahee' with the expectations of peniona claiming to know , the , sentimehtelor the members. 01 Court; then 'expansion., qf the currency would 'be, impossible,for Clan grefis would have no power to' add' tO ' the volume.oflegaltender. notes. • Such is the plan , which persons-prominent persons--are endeavoring to carry out, and'it • is not at, all unlikely that they may prove suc cessful, and obtain from the Supreme Court Liao much-dreaded decision within, a