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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.
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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.
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Introduriono und ti Zi r.
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Wanderer,"
Jo Ettore ktortli.
ImPrfnuPtil"Tl" '"Ca l U tl it r olin:
Concerto, D talndr
Mt. Bud Iplt liontlig.
Vautubieltityor,V, A , •
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2d lore. Iryohla and lionttt
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prove that - Ltioritia Bor - gia was a goodWeatiati.
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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<short
time.
Tlik SUCCESSOR OP ATTORNEY-GENERAL
The nomination of Attorney-General Hoar
to be an • Associate', 'Justice of the Stiprethe
Court' will set the political caldron belling,
again, and already there is a good deal or:
speculation as to who will be chosen to, sue
ceed him in the Cabinet.
The southern. politicians will unite
deavoring to obtain the appointment for some
one (rem their section of the country, but it
can•-be - confidently said that their efforts Will
be entirely fruitless, and.not likely even to be
seriously considered by the President.- An
impression prevails among niany, of the
'Eastern politicians that- the appoiritmeint
will be given to ,Vennsylvania, although the,
extreme Northwestern States will snake a•
strong tight for the position, and already
Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin, is named in
connection with the place. It is doubtful,
however; whether that gentleman would be
willing to resign his position in the Senate 'for
apiece.= the.Cabinet...A rumor. ix-A - mite-cur-.
rent to-day that Judge Strong,
,formerly on the
Supreme tench of Pennsylvania, was can't&
here yesterday by the President/ and that he-
is the coming man for the Attorney-Generallil
office; but this is a mere rumor, and us such
All of the President's nominees for the nine .
new Circuit Judgeships do not give • satisflic , -
tion to many influential Republicans. Infect,.
one or two of the nominees are so objectiona
ble that their rejection by the Senate is a fore
gone conclusion, unless,' indeed, General:
Grant acts promptly upon: the advice given.
him by Senatorial' friends, and withdraws, the
names. -
There is a good deal of surprise that the-
President did not 'know more' of, the political,
antecedents of the men who are to occupy. -•
such important legal positions than he appears.
to, before sending their name.s: to the Senate ,
for confirmation.
The appointment of -- Ceorge Yeathan, or -
Kentucky, for the Sixth' District, is especially
a bad one ; for not only is he not a lawyer, of.
established reputation, but his course at times
during the late war was such as to eausegrave
doubts as to whether he was not at least a,
sympathiy.enwith the slaveholders' rebellion.
Ile and his friends for him, claim that he was
stauncha i Unionist of unquestioned integrity,. •
and that it is unjust to assert otherwise.
During the years 1862-3 Mr. Yeaman.was in
Con'rese„ as a member from Kentucky, and.
the Congressional Globe for those years contains
several elaborate speeches which he made con
cerning various bills pending in the _House,
bearing directly upon the struggle for national
In looking over one of those speeches
to-day, sentiments in almost every line op-.
reared, not calculated to impress one favora
bly that the author was not hostile to the-
Union cause. One paragraph alone will mil
flee to show the views entertained .by Mr.
Yeamen;and place at rest the assertion of .his '
inrwavering . devotion to the U"nion,cauSe. The:
speech - was delivered in the- House .on
ruary 18,18(13,
and is to be found, in the Con..
~
gressional .Globe of, the Thirty-seventh Cbn,
gress, part 2d, vol. 47, page 1081;. During the . .
course of his speech on the indemnificahon
bill, Mr. Yeoman said:
” Mr. Speaker-. 1. haye a thing to say, and t
will day it because it is true, and becauseadoo
profoundly deplore it, and , sa,y
saying procures. use a complimentary through
ticket to Fort Lafayette before the goin,g;
down of the sun. It is that thisf , Cougress
and this administration haye done as rifuelt to •
secure the success of the rebellion as the Con,
gress and the administration at Richmond.
Mid Jefferson Davis been -permitted•
scribe the course of legislation hereamtpro,
elaniations at ..the. West. End, .1-very:much
doubt whether the programme would,baxe.
been materially different from what hasbeera
done, unless, indeed,it would have differed in
this, that the ingenuity of .treasonaeight tame ,40
fallen short Of what has been ,v4lnfar/ i t or.
Toyed by malignant fanatieiSm."
Is this the man to'whote a life position' of a.
United States Circuit'Judge'omptto helgivon I ,•`;,:F.
Ulm been pretty well undenitood for two,
or three'days that thn , Pre r side *ea*,
draw his name,:bUt today it liafiertefl.'VLto
poSitively that this Will not* done;,,a , it
President Grant intenditto stand by*
There ii'eonsiderable"OppOitiert to the eon,
iirmatien•at JnidgerteWennan;hut it &Ma net: .. M.r!
appear to 'have'eaa,sinned any formidable ark.
Pearallee- or a well'erganizedinovementted, '
feat idin in the glenate. , i , i
8041;'t'1,' NEWS. • ,
Secretary was the first' Cabinet
Schubert
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A BAD APPOINTMENT.