GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
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JO Stet water, tor Chrlatmas prononti, get in Pea' ifitYitet
at T, W. DAILY 8 , 822 Market drat. • ' ,
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'it ADIES,IN PURCHASING YOUR FURS
p.; 1.4 protect thrra from moths, insects, &c. (at the
4 memo time imparting a veri pleaaant odor), by oaring
'cti FITZGIBBONS'S Patent edar Lined Itoxesi,for furs
l , ' , and clothing. Sold by t o principal farriers in the
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1 city. noV-ti to th-I.3t*
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xiA BOX OF HAVANA CIGARS.
••• i Pura Wine', !Amon and Cordials.
I. , Choice Brawls of Champagne. Plcklea. Monroe; Sat.
Z•• :i dines. kr. TIIZO. IL 111.'0ALLA.
del7.7try. .. 004 Chratnut street.
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ED li IN G CARDS. INVIi i iiTIONS
v t l e fff Pune*, to. . Now *tyke. JEAI3OII k (JO ,
Ert Oheatant street.
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_graved in the newest and beet manner. 'LOUIE
I;; DR HA Stationer end Engraver. lhE Ohestapt
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PIER. _
ADOLPIL.—ttn the morning of the nth init., Alfred.
W. Adolph, In the 44th year of hie age.
The relatives and friends of the family, and tb6
Covenant Lodge, No. 114, I. 0. 0,1., are respectfully
burins - I to attend his funeral, from hie lateresidente, No,
' Franklin street, on Tuesday after'uoon at I o'clock,
, . without further notice. To proceed to Monument Came
1, tiwy.
itltOtlatltio.—Ort the morning of the 17th Instant.
at had ne Jiro wn ins, daughter of the late Abraham and
Iteulah Drowning, •
, Her Ninny and friends arc Invltiod to attend her In
, sera', frotn her late residence, corner of Fifth and Marr
ti..t streets. Camden. 01. J., on Monde 7, 2 001 li?tI.• at
: o'clock. Thu burial seryke will be in ht. Marrs
church, Co leetown .-the place of intents/1 t • •
DEW R. 11.19 u the I/ tb Diet , WM, Jauti , Deareeei in
I he 7atli year of her ege.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her
sorrin-lsw. Jacob Flubscher. N 0.027 North Fifteenth
street, en Monday morning. 20th Inst., at 10 o'clock.
garment at South Laurel
CHSON.—Ou the morning of YridaY, beCeMsber
• . at his rosidence, No. 1.116 Pine street, Samuel JllOlllOll.
llf.D.(formerlyof Northumberland/, in the 821 year of
ItPH.—On the morning of December 14th, inst.,
William Sharpe. M. D.
Due notice will be given of the funeral. . •
INDIA CAMEL'S HAIR SCAUFS
Fon
MaNTILASTIIERSNTS
• ' OM NALUZ.
PYRE k LANDELL,
YOURTII AND ARCH.
sPECIAL — NOTICOI. ---
SAiUPLES OF THE PRICES
Now Prevailing at the
t; rand Clearing Sale
In Progress at
JOHN WANAMAKER'S
818 and 884 CHESTNUT SMUT.
A Fine Petersham Overcoat
iHaud.4omely Tihnated), worth 5±2, re
„(Awed to 513
Fine Chinchilla Overcoat, -
Worth S3B, reduced to
A Business Suit of Tricot, or Ileltory
Worth $35, reducOd
A Black Dress Coat
(Swallowtail), Worth $2B, reduced to 218
A Pair of Fine Pants of Fashionable Make,
Worth &), reduced to $5.
A Test of Cloth orFancyCassimere,
Worth $5 50, reduced to $3
The Whole present Stook is to be Disposed
of at Prices Like the Above
The Chestnut St.CiothlngEstablishmen,
SiS and 820 CHESTNUT STREET,
JOHN WANAMAKER.
U' COACHMAN'S OVERCOATS
Int ING GAUNTLETS. Zll
EU . LADIES'
IN AID OF
BROAD STREET -SYNAGOGUE,
NOW OPEN.
Baader's Promenade Band in attendance.
del3 6tre
11-? DEPARTMENT OF SURVEYS.
OFFICE OF TUE CIIIE E F ENGINEER AND SUR
VYOR.
htIILADHLrUUI A. December 7th, 1829.
NOTI C E .—Duplicate plans of the revision of grades
en Thompson street, between Twenty-sixth and Thirty
first streets. and also of the revision of lines and grades
in the Tenth Survey District, to connect the lines and
grades of Frankfort! and 'Whitehall with city plan . ex
tended, bounded eastwardly, westwardly and south
ward!, by Frankford creek, and northwardly
----- by ICenneday street, are note prepared and de
posited for public inspection. the former at the office of
the Surveyor and Regulator of the Seventh Survey Dis
trict, S. W. corner of Twelfth street and Girard avenue,
the latter at the office of the Surveyor and Regulator of
the Tenth Survey District, Frankford, and at the office
of this Department. N 0.242 South Fifth street • and the
Board of Surveyors have appointed MONDAY'_ , , Decem
ber 10, 1869, at 103Ai o'clock, A. AI., to consider any objec
tions that may be urged thereto by any citizen interested
therein. STRICKLAND KNE ASS,
del 11 18 3t rp § Chief Engineer and Surveyor.
iraa CONCERT HALL. 0
WEDNESDAY EVENING, December 22d, 1869,
i at 8 o'clock. precisely.
1 Reading for the Benefit of the Penn Widows' Asylum,
.
, IIY MR. WILLIAM. D. fa tutua,,
, z
It being his first public appearance.
The programme will comprise in part selections from
lihakeapeare's Ring Henry VIM and Julius Cesar, to
:ether with the trial from Pickwick, in imitation of
Charles Dickens, Esq.
Adniisslon 50 cents. Reaerved Scats 75 cents.
i The sale of Tickets and Reserved Seats will oommence
'at J. It. Mould's Piano Warerooms, 923 Chestnut street,
'on Saturday, Deo. 18th, at 9 o'clock A. M. Itre
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ioa OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLERS
of Public Schools, First District of pennerlvanio,
(Philadelphia, December. 16,1869.—At a meeting Of :the
'Controllers of Public Schools, First District of Pennsyl
vania, held at the Controllers' Chamber, Tuesday, Dec.
34, 1869. the following amendment to the rules. was
adopted : ,
" That hereafter the afternoon session in the schools
to commenced at Di o'clock and dismiss at 4 o'clock
p bl . From the Minutes.
it* 11. W. HALLIWEI L,,Seoy.
'STEREOPTICON AND MAGIC
Lantern Exhibitions given to Sundey Elcitools
s, Coileges, and for private entertainments. W.
' M ITOLIELL McALLIST.E.I3, 728 Chestnut street, second
etorq• • no 2 2rnrp§
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Erllo9 GIRARD EintEIZT. 1109
KISII. RUSSIAN, AND PERFUIitED BATHS.
Aopartments for LBW ea'
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ELECTION.—PENN AKITIAt;
thoY Life Ineuranee Company. An election for nine
Treetees to serve for .three years win' be held It . the
of of the CmMaar en 'MONDAY, the third day or
January. KO, between the hours of HI and 12, noon.
delBtoyarti . 8. STsPlllolB,l3ecretary.
L•-• SPECIAL.MBETIN—G
of the Stockholders of the Paw*hauls Academy
of Nine Arte will be held et the Academy on WiCO2IIO3.
DAY, the Val inn., at I o'clock P. 10.1 tolake into con
slderation the purchase ofsnetrAte for the institution.
delB 0. COPE, President.
g;?. LECTURE HALL - •
OF TUX MEIICANTILV LITIRRILY,
Tenth street, above Cheattint,
Can be engaged rot' Leetnres, *Me rie§
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WMOWO ARb D ar d sltr4eeBtl2 NUS .
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rot Lm tsadMb D arabbod D raaW
RELIGIOUS NOTICES. •
to -v, T LBTY-FOURTII ANN I
wersary of." The HOMO Mlssitnisrr Society of;th•
, City of Fhiladephia" will be held In the Second Re
`formed Church, Seventh street, above.. Brown., TO
ORROW IB %RHINO ,at o'clock, when adajeillBq
will delivered •by
• . REY.. T. W. J. WYLIE., JED.,
DR. OWIOIIT., •
THEY. JOHN RUTH, •
__ -And others. .
THOMAS T. MASON,
11' Cita irme n Committer" on Public Meetingi.
r".li hrt
UNDER THE AESPICES OF THE YOUR;
MEN ei CHRISTIAN 'A/SSOCIATION, REY. TIIOB,
X.,. OUR will preach ' a sermon especially to
young, mep To-Morrow ,irabbathi erettinit; 7 i .
o'clock. in the First Reformed Church. fieventhand.
Spring iierrien strerste,; Medical students and arm:were
in tin city are cordially Invited. ll§
REV—MR., KEYS, LATE OF THE
Methodist Episcopal Church, will isctiire To-
Morrow Evening. at 74 o'clock. at the qlweden
borgian Church, corner of Broad and Brandywine
streets. Entoect—''Signs that the New Jerusalem now
Descending." lie will preach in the morning at the
same piece. Seam free. The imbue invited. it*
Ws THE BEY. C,WADISWOUTH, D:
will he installed Paster of the Third teformed
Church, o Tenth street, below Arch, tolttorrow oven lug.
o clock. The Bey. P. Stryker Talmatte,of the assists
;ofhiladelphin :Rev. Chancellor Farris. D. D., of New
York. and the Bev. Dr. Woodbridge; of New Brunswick,
will take part in the service. • It'
10-1. A trIII().N..ANNIVERSARY.ISIEET
ING of thoCirinion SoCietit will bo
nem in tha Third - Strc , pt 31(lbodist Episcopal Church,
Cane un.Sunda7evening at 7 o'clock, to be addressed
byltels, datues Neil, .IL Allen, U. R. and Georg.
Sbebton, D. D.
SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CIIVEC/i,
Sc',ury prti below Sixth "stivet. Caton ConunaniOn
ota and Sigth Churches.. Roy. Dr. I'doliraine. wilt
give • proparatory lecture tibia SATURDAY, at'fl
clock P. . administer at
ordinanco,to-cuorrow.
at o'clock A. 31., mut preach at 7ki o'clock P. M. It'
'IIZIHEID.E.I4I3IJ - lIG RE F OR. 311 , 1 . 1)
6-
Church. Melon . street, sbovo Twelfth. , Rev.,
-At m. R.Cullis will preach - W. - Morrow at 103-:„: end
P. at Subject for tke mornitic " The ErAiltation , of
Christ ;' Evening: '• Ruth,. tteS Gleaner .' Sunday
School at li, I'. M. Strangers made wolcome.
1171'NORTH TENTH STREET PR'E'SII?:
' Wilms Church (below Girard asenne). 10.'l and.
7.S s oclock. Communion immediately after morning
service. Rev. Dr. Jacobus, of Pittsburgkowill preach
in aimal/dug, and the Pastor, Kos. li. Newkirk, in Ma
evening. All cordially Invibal.
U- ARCH STREET 31,•;. E. CHURCH.--
nija. Wan. O. Gray to-morrnw'a 103;A. If. Rev.
Pains, at 7!.1 11, 'Subject for PV,llitM—Preach
log to Itching Ears ; or Tho Duty and Dangers of the
Pulpit. :Strangers invited.
wcrCLIN TON STREET CHURCH,
Tenth street, below Sprite*. Rev. Dr. March
rettch to-morrow iettis,44) at_ lO)i A-M. and
P. M. Subject for evading: Good Society." AU persons
(young people especially) are invited.
11°
NEW UNITARIAN CHURCH,
lie, Wm. H. ?borne, Pastor. Usual service is th e
Hall, N. B. corner of Broad and,Sprlnc Garden streets,
to-morrowatunday) morning at 10. 1 / 2 o'clock. Beats
free.
.It*
aou CHI:UST Clll3.liCH.,'' GERMA:N
town.-The Rev. Wm. S. Langford will_preach in
this Church, to-morrow, fa the morning and evening,
Service in the morning at 103 i, and in the evening at .13,i
o deck.
goo UNION PRAYER EETING THIS
afternoon at 4 o'clock, in thnOxford Prelbyterian
Church. Sermon to-morrow morning by the_ paator,
Bey. Mr. Flak, 1032 A -. M. Sermon by Rev. ickard
Newton, D. D., in the evening, for children. It
u. NORTH. BROAD STREET PRES
bytertan Church, comer of Green.—Prearhhut
to-morrow by the Pastor, Hay. Dr. Stryker, at 103: A.
M. and 736 P.M. Evening subject: "Doman.* Stran
gers welcome. . . lt"
LOGAN ISQUAIGE UHURCH,TWEN
tieth and Vino etreet,J.—p reaching, by the Pastor.
Rev. Thomas J. Brown. in the morning' at 103.; o'clock.
Usual .ervice in the evening' at V; o'clock. btronzers
Welcome.
[Ub. CALVARY PRESBYT 1'4:III AN
Church, Locnst street, 11110V1) Fifteenth, Rev. fir.
Humphrey. pastor .— servicesat 1034 A. M. and 7% P. M.
Subjecttor evening discourse— •" r he Young, Man Ab
salom." It.
ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN
U. Church, Nineteenth and Green atreets.—Preack
ink on next Sabbath, at 10,% o'clock, It • M., by Bar- Dr.
Speer, and at 7% o'clock P. M. by Rev.ll .R.Work.
REV. THOMAS X OPR _PASTOR,
will preach to4norroar at 10% A.M. and n, P. M.
in the First Reformed Church, corner of Seventh and
sprin g Garden streets.
ga . TRINITY M. E. CHURCH, EIGHTH
above Eace.—Eiev. IL W. Humphries, rasher.
xt 10):i. Key. W. 11. Formosa at,Thi, Strangers in
vited.it'
n - UNITARIAN CHURCH,- GERMAN
town .—Sorvices to-merrow at the usual hours.
Subject of Evening Lecture—" Emanuel Swedenbere."
Seats free. it*
Among the relics of a New London couple,.
Which the wife had excavated from a pile of
rubbish, was an old fashioned mortar, heavy
and capacious, but minus the pestle. It was
of no use as it was, and the lady began to pester
her lord to get the article necessary to make it
complete. So on Saturday night he started out
hi search of a pestle, visiting store atter store
without finding the article. At each place he
took a drink, until at 10 o'clock he found him
self a little besides himself. At last in his
search he discovered pair of heavy dumb
bells; bought them, and taking one in each
hand started on his way home. Arriving at
• the.door be lifted the knocker with his teeth
and let it " thigl." His wife let him in, and
inquired what lie " lugged those nasty , things
home- for 2" 44 • Pessol, my dear," he •.replied,
" beau'fid (Inc) use t'other. S'perb pessol." And
here the muddled .husband proceeded to. illus
trate by grinding the dumb-bell in his best hat,
what, a " fuss,rate pessol" it was. 4 But, my
dear, I can't lift those heavy things," she re
monptrated. "Exerdise with 'em and (hie) git
so you can Ml' them affer 'while.—Hartford
Courant.
• —A new apparatus for saving the ship
wrecked has been invented in Germany. The
North German Corraspondent describes it : " For
the first experiments a one-pound gun was
,used, which a single matt was able to move
and direct, The projectile weighs about
twenty pounds, and by vicuna of it a line may
be thrown one thousand feet.. 'A light, four
pounder un will cast the line about two
thousandfeet, and a six-pounder from two
thousand live hundred to three thousand feet:
Twolcinds of projectiles, are employed; one .
for stations on the coast, by which a line may
be cast to ships in distress, while the other is
intended for the vessels themselves. When
it strikes it forms an anchor, so that 'a collude
tion may be eStabllshed with the land. Without
any assistance from the shore.. The apparatus'
is said to be much cheaper than the rockets
now in use."
l~PL~'lA~"'Nb't'l' .
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DEPART/414U, REO,EWEE Oct'
111 W TAXES,
' PUILLIMILPIIIA, De). 15, 1869.
TO TAX-PARERI3:=-The nomog . ,, of fai. ~propertjtb
older,' whoa, taw are nhpasd by POO* tilf WPI dA
advortleedJantioty lot as delittquento, n ocooraance
with act of Amicably, approved Nov LI 1856.
.rostr It. DIELLOY,
dol . /3122D St§ Recelvor of Tioxeo,
EIiCANTILE LIBRARIe - ROTICE.
r—On and attar January Ist WC gm due. OW ; be
as ollows: To Stocholders. Olt L . to thtbseilbeno,4l6 par
anaum, or $4 for six month'. What better Christmas
present oan be given than a dismal/kb stook, price
010; or a lifo membetship, free'of dues, price CO.
T. MORRO PRROT,
de4 11 18 24 El
rpfi -Preeldent.
OFF/OEIN TEE ATI4A.N, P -
TIU .P
BTOBAGIC 0011(PANT.4`
The annual meeting and ap_election of officers' of this
corporation will be beld on KONDAY_, January le. IVO.
ut 3 o'clock P. 31 , B9BERTEI r
delB-a to tit MY • - fiecsetorl:
Mortar and Pestle.
MIUT
LAp41,41114 4 , SATORPAY I 18, 1869,.L-TRIPLE SIIEW
laieldleakta st.
~Chipese- irlyier,4l SU
Ith Poy, a Chinese merchant, died In San
Frpmeisco a few days,ngo.-1 The -Bu ll etin de
scribes the singular cerestronies of hlsi funeral:.
4' While the Indite were linning,;4end Only
goOd gods were around in the , the mourn
ers carbe.Outiln.the". l. tltreeti,', Then the co ffi n
WAS brought out and placed on the sidewalk,
drapedwithred, r white mid green ,cloths. The ;
men/mess,' Of *horn there wem about a a/ditty
—all women but one—were dressed in white
robes, with whitec.owls , their head". The
w
hair on the !Mien's' Wadi: wss,: disheveled.
Several of theneveept tdatilnemanner, but 1
the rest howled in such a way as to justify the
statement Made by some in attendande that
fheY were hired inAM I / 1 0179.) ,Whett the , coffin
as pot down the mourners filed around it
seicral Miles; Weeping, wailing 'and threviing
up their bands; and then all bowed themselves
with their faces to the ground / and remained
' in; hat position, several hours.
•• •• "On the sidewalk, below the coffin, were
ranged three or four wise tables, and on these
were deposited the sacrifielal offerings. There
were five roasted hogs—full size—with ties of
tinsel on the leara end wreathed; abont'stheir
snbuts. Three sheep, skinned and laid on
"late pans, occupied prominent plaetts. Then
there were chickens roasted *hole, with MB*:
corared candies melted and run over them in
imitation of robes., They were see upright in
edible chairs, with their neeks sfraightened,
. and fantastic covers placed , on, top of their
heeds. Their claws were 'bent up and made
tograsp spears, darts and exorcising wands.
Several roosters had been baked till Off were
brown, and yet the feathers on their wing, the
wattles on their necks. and 'the crests'on their
heads were not even wilted. These, too, were
ornamentedwith tinsel endpaper;
ss Several large crablrom .Alei t 's Wharf lay
in the centre of the table, and were set off with
ornaments ali the rest of 'the offeriugO.
There were numerous "pyramids of fruit idsO
—tipples, pears, grapes and nuts ; pyramids of
high-colored, greasy-looking cakes; loaf
talons of lambs. goats, duels, etc., covered
with melted coufeetionery: piles of- Josh sticks
and sacred tapem :with rows of them burning,:
smoking and fpluifering on the borders,of the
table; strips of red, white and yellow paper
beating mysteripus characters;'.doll-looking
images at several points;' -and everywhere
tinsel, paper, smoke fames and insufferable
stench. The streets were blocked 'by the
throng of CiliDaDlell, negrees and - ' superiors,'
but in ,
_thew crowd next the coffin and free
lunch :Otthis gods women predominated.
They were
,a-degraded and dieeased looking
set for the totostpa,rtlandseemed-to besrivited
in`their tracks by idle curiosity.
ItA line, of hacks and a rank of badgering
hackmen ocetipletConeside Of the street, wait , '
ing for their sloads.' . .
"At 12 an old white-heat eetfoman
came out Oftlie himse, beating in her skinny
aims a huge load of tinselled.paper. She threw
it on the pavement, and taking a Jighted Josh
stick set the mass one fire: Theca other women
brought out some curious-looking images,
about two feet high, and supposed to be repre
sentatiout of several prominent anti cooheites.
These they cast into the flames,, evidently be-,
lieving that possession afthem would certainly;
appease the malignant gods, and give Ah Foy
a safe entree into the land of 'the good.
ss At I. P. M. the coffin wag placed in a
hearse, the mourners got into the . hacks, and
the melancholy procession of pagans and Chris
tians proceeded to Lone Mountain, - where the
remains will be entombed' tillthe sailing pf the '
next China steamer."
The Independent says:
" By a recent arrival, by way of California.,
an American lady, formerly a missionary in
Siam, received the subjoined letter from the
elder of the two youthful monarchs who at
present occupy the throne of Slam, one of the
richest and most pOpulous empiree of &when
Asia.
"The following is a literal copy of the letter
referred to, neither orthography nor purictua
lion being altered. The penmanship is alindst
as beautiful as copper-plate engraving :
"PALACE OF THE SECOND KING BANG
ROE, SIAM, July .
F---.—DEAR 3LCILNAL:-A few days since I
received your congratulatory note of March
31st, for which please accept, my sincere thanks.
", Yours has called up many refreshing
memories of my childhood, though you have
been absent from this .country_ many learn.
Numerous changes have taken place, and you
would barely recognize Bangkok could you be
transported here. Time will not allow me to
detail the numerous changes, that have tran
spired. You mustle . content to gather them
from other sources. • '
After the demise of his Majesty aSomdeteit
Plata Nang Klan, my much esteemed uncle, and
father became - tile First and - Second Kings of
Siam.
Theirs 'was a peaeeftil and prosperous
reign, which must perpetuate their. cherished
'memories. Treaties were made with nearly
all the great powers of the West. Europeans
and Americans resorted hither for trade: An
extensive commerce • has .been the result.
This city has greatly improved in 'its appear
;thee, its buildings, roads and cal:Ws.
Beautiful square-rigged vessels and steamers
are now owned by the ShuneSe government
and Siamese merchants. The industry, pro
duce and wealth of
,the country • have corres 7
pondingly advanced.
" My deservedly-admired uncle• 'reigned
nearly eighteen years, after which my cousin,
heir to the throne, was crowned, November
11, 1868, with the title, Ills Majesty tiorudetch
I'hra Paraniindr Maha Chulalongkoon Patindr
Tepa Malta Mongkut, the Supreme King of
Siam. On the 18th of the same . month, the
rank I now hold was bestowed upon me.
" 'Peace and prosperity exist throughout the •
length and breadth of the kingdom, and long
may it continue, will doubtless be yours as it is
my earnest wish.
Please'aceept as a keepsake from your
once baby friend,.
One set of Siamese coins.
14 One silver cigar-boA, finished on the out
side with gold. •
" ' liOnOred mother and other ladle's of
the palace wish to be remembered to you. Ac
cept my best , wishes for•yourself,your husband
and your son, and believe me,
4 1YOurs,tnily,
46 K. SATIIAN MONGOL,
" Second King of SiamoSic.,&e.,&c.' "
In his lecture on ,music,. Prof. Ritter thus
gave•
' a condensed. histbry. of opera : 44 The,
opera originated in Italy. Thence it found its
way all over Europe, being first exclusively
performed:for the amusement of royal courts.
Cardinal Mazarhi was its patron, and intro-'
duced it Into Eninee,'and Handetfirst put it on'
the English stage. It is in oratorio, howevor, ,
that Haridel's . fame . will .6es banded.. down
through the generations.. Christopher Gittclrin;
Boheinian,.boraln 111 , 1;18.0 . be credited with
having brought opera to perfection. In 1162.
hp produced Orpitcg at Vienna, and A/ceste
, :QUA. WHO L E CoIThrIUM
A Letter from of
condensed History or Operis.
1768—both his own creations. He established
Freneh tverit in Paris,'while •Ilandel did the
same thing in Englandi , Plehil was 64ncit's
great:opponent, and stoutly upheld itallea
°PIO W 4 / 2 4 Giseles French inVdtietious. The
works of Picini 'am forgotten, tint those of
Gluck still live.
Iriew,mtew tonic ,M MAR *KAUDIV.
r -
ow They Were Perpetrated , and flow
They were Ithicenrered—sDishonest Inv
parsers and ; : ClE lresnipar lesinsplers—
Large SUMS Vont hifheTrftfhary.
The N. Y. Times says
The Attention of. 4.lolottel Prank E. Howe,
special agent of the., Treasury. Department,
was drat directed to !the frauds practiced at
the Appraiser's Depart inept In this city itithe
• underyahlation and undenreighing of inaPort
ed sugars by receiving a personalletter from
Secretary Bemire% dated on the 20th of July
last, in which mention *as made of , certain
complaints made by several , Philadel p hia and
Boston sugar merchants. The • substance of
these complaints was that:the trade in the im
portation of sugar was rapidly leaving their
respective eities,•and that New York was at
taining a disproportieriatemonopol 'of the
business,' compelling thein ;to ma ke their
purchases through: .houses in this city,
instead of receiving cargoes at their own,ports.
They . attributed the fact ,to a more faivorable'
standard for weighing and samplingg. on the
part of New York than was possessed by the
two drst-named places. On unit undertaking
to ascertain the cittfSe of this monoptily, Col.
Howe bad little euspicion that-dishonesty had
been used ; but by maintaining caution • aid
silence during hiS investigation, he ultimately
discovered that a System 'of gigantic frauds •
had been perpetrated in the Appraiser's De
partment. the responsibility for whieh. he
longed to the former Administration, in whose
time it was carried on. Be was aided in his
official undertaking by Gollector Grinnell and
Appraiser Palmer, who acted conjointly with
hint in the matter. An earnest and prominent
part was also taken in the secret investiga
tion by Colonel. Howes assistants, Messrs.
Brush, Blunt, Toole and Shafer. It was found
that frauds had been committed both in the
weighing and sampling of sugars, thus en
abling merchants to • improperly save large
sums of money in the shape of tax which was
rightfully due the national Government. In
one instance Deputy Special Agent Brush dis
covered that one cargo of sugar alone,broaght
here by the steamer - Evening Star,for Havana,
was nnders•eighed to such an extent as to put
52,1300 in the pockets of the consignees instead
of the Treasury, where it legitimately be
longed. There is good reason for supposing
that several handred thoesand dollars have
been lost to the Government in the manner
mentioned, of ' which there is..no hope of
recovery. Probably another 5100,000,
which might • have • been lost, will
be, • saved to the -Government by
the present energetic course of Colonel Howe.
In order to better comprehend the system of
false sampling, it may be necessary to give the
tax on the various grades of sugar, as regni
lated by Dutch standard,•:•
which is as follows
Under - N0.1% three cents per pound duty ;
above No. l 2 and under N 0.15, three and one
half cents; over N0.15' and wider No. 20, four
cents :'refiner!,' granulated sugars. ttc., five
cents ner pound, It will be seen by this that a
sampler sampling sugar in an inferior grade
would save trom one-half to one , per cent. en
every pound for the importer. At present
there are about 100.000 hogsheads of sugar in
the several bonded warehouses in this city,all
of which will he resampled a.ad revalued.
This will be conducted in such a manner
as to inconvenience importers as little as pos
sible.
roftwrox ITEms.
The Anti-Catholic Council
' From a letter in, the tOma it appears that,
- populir denionstrations -against the • (cu
"anneal Council were td talte, plate theonghout
`ltaly on the day the Connell 'meets. viz., Dec.
8. Public, meetings on 'a large scale were to ,
be held in Palermo, Catania, Salerno, Aquila,
Foggia, -Ancona, Parma; , Venice, Verona,
Brescia and Treviso. At, these meetings reso
lutions were to be brought- forward declaring
implacable hosfilitr to the Poye, protesting
against the oppression of the _Emperor Napo
leon. and affirming the principle of the liberty
of eonscience and the consequent necessity of
abrogating, the'first article of the _TtaTinrt Con
stitution. The letter is signed by ?Signor Ric
eiattli, one of the leaders of the movement.
and he says that Garibaldi Completely shares
his views as to t he, desirabiliry and opportune
ness of the demonstration. propo,,ed.
The- death of Mrne. Grisi took place at
Merlin while the renowned, cantotr ice was on
her way,from Florence to St. Petersburg, to
join Signor. Mario, who was fulfilling .an
engagement in that city. When, about. five
weeks since,. Mine. Grisi left the Villa Sali
viata, her. residence in Florence, she had a
small' carbtincle on her face. Dining the
journey it rapidly deteloped i producing con
siderable enlargement of the glands of the
threat; - and she - was obliged to remain .at
Berlin. The tumor being freely , opened,
Mute. Grisi became better and sat up. 'A few
days before her death. she• was seized with
symptoms of apoplexy, and' Dr. Warren
Isbell, of Plymouth, in whom for many years.
Mine. Grisi had Placed great confidence as a
medical man, was telegraphed for, but she
died on the Thursday before that gentleman's
arrival. Mme. Grist's daughters were with
her at the time of her death. Signor Mario
arrived at Berlin afterward.
A Declaration of bientrallty.
The Prince of Montenegro has addressed .a
declaration of neutrality to the great Powers.
•He carefully recounts all the measures which
be has taken to avoid all reproach of con
niving at or sympathizing with the Dalmatian
insurgents. The principal regulations laid
down by him In concert with his advisers are
these: "First,,every 'Montenegrin is forbid
den to take any part, direct or indirect, in the
insurrection; secondly, in order to fully main
tain the observation of the law of nations a
guard of the frontier is established to prevent
insurrectionary bands from entering; and
thirdly, all insurgents preseiiting themselves
will be disarined and sent into the interior of
the country." •
GOUGIi @N BE.ECHEIC•
John weivuornbile Opinion
And now John B. 'Gough is butting his small
head against public opinion. The N. Y. Times
of Friday says:, ,
. John B. Gough leetured for the Brooklyn
'Voting Men's Christian - Association, at the
Academy of Music; last evening, on "Rio
grtence and Orators?' : In coneluding his lec
ture he Wielded to Rev. Mr. Beecher in con
nection with the theme that has recently
brought him so
_prominently before the public
for'criticism. He saidit• was the duty of the
orator to speak in• behalf of the oppressed
and do wntrOdden,the persecuted and despised,
under all circumstances, whether it, be the
Pastor of Plymouth Church or the 'most de
graded member of satiety. He had been dis•-
. gusted beyond' degree to seethe godless papers
all over this country gloating over the mistake
of as .pure-minded a mark as ever lived—papers
which had never giv,n utterance to a cordial
word er a :lonia "literal' sentiment before, all
at once discovering that they hail a strong
sympathy for the cause of Christianity and
the moral purity of the human rage, 80 as to
justify ' their 'mean' and hypocritical whines':
about a mistake rtiade'.,la la y.one of the most; user
farneu, of hi:? O, they should 'stand ,
'by a man , when' he 4 was assailed by persecu
tors Miniiders and Christians 'should static!
bv.; each' .other!..tWhell enemies =make :their
' - vll6 eriticisras, :stana breAch
Man: worthy of )us td iifo ;awl
u lie' COWL'', speak :to' ,
dais felloW , man when
sought to bound, him down, or.' ba ttr,
*
tut;
front the late and respect of .ttiankind ' As
the appeal rolled front the lips cir the elo4fient
speaker like :a tonimt,/ the large 'assembly:
nein and again applauded %most - enthustas4
• - 1/4
WEALT*iisfloia
sNTtlitrh nal lway Capitaildter la ti e
1130 4 1,4041 Stakiteo. ^
fiTrlgn the Chicago- Post.)
A very distinguished party of English capi
talists and railway pen, arrived „here ye.ster
_day evening at sir o'clock, by way the,
Michigan Centrarßailroad,ln a Special train..
The party is composed 'of Alderman
Prestdent'of the; Great Western' atailbray of
Canada; Hon. John Pales lion, Blackstone
Baker and.Olbson Holman:lE6aq Directors of ,
the Great. estern. AU tne gentlemen. are
from London, England, with the exception...of
Mr. Hides, , who >is front ,Manehester, and
member of the Howie Of °ominous for Great
GrinisbY. Preileus 'to leaving England
on , thepresent visit he was presented
.
with. 'a .rnagaiticeint. , eandelabra; =valued at ,
$l,OOO, byhis tonstituents.. He is a gentleman
of sterling gualities,and is held is high esteem
rnhis countrymen. James Li. Reid, Esq.,
gineer of the , Great Wastern, and W. R.
Muir, Assistant43nperintendent of thb
Michi
an Central Railroad, accompanied the party.
This forenbiln they visited all the principal
points of interest in • the city, and expressed
theinselVes highly , pleased and astonished , at
the rapid growth of the city, and the many im
provements made. The party leave at,445', in
a special Pullout/I ear, attached to the
fast ^expresis on the Michigan Central. They;
will proceed to SuSperision Bridge,where they,
will remain ovet Sunday. They
m go thence to
Boston, where, it is reported, a joint eetine
of the directors of the Great. Western and
Michigan Ventral Railroad will be held for
the purpose 'ofmaking arrangements by
which the former road will cbe leased to the
latter for'a term of ,years, and, run under one
management, thin, 'making an unbroken. line
from itrcity to Niagara loans, where close
oonnections are 'made with the roads running
to the East The party here to-day have in
spected both roads, and it is highly probable a
new ,arrangement will be, made, mind. these
very excellent math: put in , still, better shape
than before.
A.MIISENIENTEI. •
.ME. WOL,ESQIIN'S MATINEE.
—Mr. Carl Wolfsobn gave the second of his
cla_isical ma.tinees;•at the FOyen of the Acad
emy yesterday afternoon, presenting the fol
lowing progrfunme
Sonata, (A minor, op. 1.43,) Schubert
Allegro giusto—Antlante—Allegro vivace
Carl Wolfsolin.
Introduzione and Elegie
• Mr, Wenzel Kopta
."Der Wanderer," •
Mr. Ettore Eat*
Song—
Impronitn, (No. 3 B flat major,) Schubert
: cal BVolfsohn.
Concerto; (D ;minor,)
• Mr. Rudolph Hennig..
Fantasies (C major, 0p.159,) ~ . ..Schubert
' Messrs.. Wolfiiihn and Kopta.
TheSouato in A minor is a remarkably in
teresting and genial work, entirely new to
our audiences, and not too well-known, per
hapss• in imaterir circles; although , it is a
genuine inspiration and worthy of the great
master in his highest moods. Impressed with
its Manifold beauties and recognizing its sym
phonic form, so frequently a characteristic of
Schubert's works, Mr. Kla.iiScr has arranged
this Sonata for the orchestra; a treatment of
it that is more effectual under a careful per
fortnance. such as that of Theodore Thomas's
Society, ihan upon the• piano; . although the
beauty of the work was fully Manifested. yes
terday; in.Mr, loVoltsohn's, finished and
gent interpretati on of ltEqually happy was she
selection:9f, the lovely impromptu, lik ew i se a
novelty,' and. Which, as Well as the..P'entaSie for
piano and violin, was exquisitely iperforiaed
'by Mssrs.- Wolfsolin and Kopta. The Litter
work Abounds in very difficult passages,wlnch
Were bravely surmounted by these artists ; but
it is rich in a wealth of ideas, and confirms
again the claim so justly made for Schubert,
he who :wrote the Symphony in C, and MS
riarte,s Eons!, that his is of right a place with
the highest.
Qt the , Other portions of the programme
yesterday, there remains tb be commended
Rennig's solo. the Eckert Concerto, a
recent production, which, though a work of
no particular inspiration and ssmewh.at
Muted. in, character, was made interesting
chiefly by Mr. Hennig's characteristically
careful and spirited performance: and Mr.
Kopta's treatment of the Ernst Elegie, with its
interesting introduction by Spohr, deserves as
well a word of sincere praise. Mr. Ilarili,
who essayed. the Wanderer in "choice
Italian," was not so fortunate. Like the
"liou's part" which Bottom said might be done
extempore, it was "nothing but roaring." He
who attempts the interpretation of songs of
the high character of these Lieder of Schubert,
especially, 'must come to them as Charles
Lamb says of the reader of Milton, "with
docile thoughts and purged ears." They suf.
fer sadly, if treated in a manner that suggests
a sans culotte shouting the Marseillttit:e. Mr.
Wollsolin's next matinee, to be .devoted to
Mendelssola, will be given on Friday, .lanii.
aryl4.
-,Mr. Totten Craig will - have a - benefit at'
the Arai to-night, when The frigh Emigrant,
P. P., or The Jign and. the Tiger ' will be pre
tiented, with' a burlesque by Craig entitled
Don Juon ; or, The Byron Scandal, and Craig's
Protean farce. The Dregs Rehearsal, in which
Mr. Craig will give his 'wonderful imitations.
During the , evening Mr. Cathcart will recite
" Lot* lillan's daughter:"
Bateman will repeat Jlery Warner at
the Walnut this evening.
__Teitrice; or. The White Lady of Wicklow will
be iepeated at the Chestunt Street, Theatre to
might.
--At the American, an excellent perform,
amen will be given this evening.
' --Messrs. Carneross &-, Dixey will present a
tine programme for this even ing's entertain
ment.
—Duprez Benedict's Minstrels draw full
houses eYery. night at the Seventh street Opera,
House.
—signor Blitz will do wonderful feats of
niagic and conniring at the Asseinhly Build
ings, this evening.
—The Pennsylvania Poultry Hoeiety will
open their Annual Fair, at Horticultural
on Monday next.
. .
-L-An entertainment entitled "The Voyage
of Life ; or, the World's Progress," will be
giVen in the hail of the Mercantile Library
this evening,
-11 r. William D. maid].) will give a read
ing, at Coneertillall, on Wednesday evening,
December 2.211. The proceeds will be given to
A Locomotive and 'rsvo Can Th;rown lute
the Penn Widows' Asylum.
Bush Myer
--,The following ctmi inunit'ation explains As an extra freight train onthe Philaderphia;
Wilmington and Baltimore 'Railroad way.,
" Mr. Editor--I was of the audience alluded crossing the long Bush River Bridge, 'yester
'to in your paper of last Monday, who enj(?yed day afternoon, at about 5 o'clock, coming
the performance of Mr. Duane, at the Nate, north, the locomotive ran ea the track, two
torium, en the previous Saturday, and I wish together with two .freight cars went partly ,
to report that, the hearty laughter of an Intel- . over the bridge. The trill( Nvas being repaired ,
ligcnt company, gave frequent. proofs of the and it IS supposed that some' timbers ~may
MO'Y'
merits of theperinriner. And yet Mr. Duane have been'lying on it. 'Men were immediately '
- Acted then ,'•undet• several drawbacks of the set to work to clear the' track to prevent an .t 4 2
room, well calenlated to mar snteess: 'Rence avoidable interrupting' of travel,'ands lt
lam glad to learn and inform his friends that AN as done, though' it was found neocestnettlit
his next appearance in Philadelphia will be throw the expensive ionotriotive and two care.
at the ,charming Seventeenth °street pri. overboard into the ricer', and the regular .
Tate theatre, which has been very kindly put , i night through train frotu "Washington g
at his disposal for a single' might, between the bridge intinie. The'efileers 'of,this 'nerte r _:,: , ,,,
Christmas and New 'Year. Let me also say pany'" have got the netve'te dO'virliatkeer'
that those who remember the delightful per necessary to, insure' regularity in rutniin `.
fornmince pf 'Mts'Oarley?Kywax_Avorks,' will without steppingto maturate the eoalk
be glad to witness 3 11 ,XT I PliAne the saute IR:- ono wits.hurt; by the accident The 10001notlite0!"
clithar talent, displayed. in a dill - aunt form, thrown overheard la .the 'No. 37i a flue 'Wigs
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and :414 tutited,liythe u-boru thin' ly giit.„ • eogine,' emit inemeeree will immediatelykttel
"(1." 1 taken to raise her and put her in, rums f ,
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• Few countries Isix theficitsira,
With strachileattiat i ßstagiik'o,6; . s.
& /OW Bvi high Suolk /WO iry
On smaller scales .moz-switcli their - Wilk
As sass like & swaggery ? ,
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& alaula & Swim. o , l 4iper tuneksCur,:w.. c u f
& ;Scratch let loosek Bt,;tonerat juiciidt, ,
& for & craz & Atha 'star - '
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On all 'these tax mut peOp/e.bax,• , ').
The fixing of Magary. —;
, , • &dictum,* Ct. e. •
•
—A Ayracuse paper realls•thorpodrigiaat ,vair
immodest image!! anda " mulgarfraitVl)
—There are only 41,000 Mongiliffairs lit;CriOr , •
forma. Each of them has *think pingt;l'' , •
- —A blue-eyed 'girl, -With short ikir;rialtitt ,
'pug nose, is running for CoVeriit ifl Xrtilitatli f ;
—A Richmond. man boa.made, rialtearacr.:
tune out of amid-stone ,durftigAtieprist,mjar,
mer. He , charged' fora rile apppfuttiOn.,/,
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—Polish parents are ,to give boats., , :
of 200 roubles that their children shall, speak;
only Russian in school. •
—Rochefort's manner of •unbuttoning. Ids—
gloves in the Chamber of Deputies is said to
be defiant.
—A huge petrified mitten has been forind at •
Fort Ann, and it is supposed to have beau *
that which Arm gave the Cardiff giant.
--The face of the new postage-stamps is not,
of so much account as the 'back, Which ought
to be made to stick.'
--The snuff-hex. which Napoleon gave to;
Dr. Iticord is worth 17,1500 francs. That swift,'
for curing an Emperor, goothiess nose! •
The foul imputations cast upon a Chbr‘ir
belle of having her toes cut off, in, Ardor to Itt 'r.
o. 10 gaiters, is denied, in MN. , : •
—A young wife of seventeen in ehioagoshairt,••.
got a divorce. She married a fellow who Mild
he bad 5200.000, when he hadn't a cent. Bo=
sides that, he pinched her. , ,
—The railroad excavations in Salt Lake City '
turn out any quantity of big human bones
pottery, flints-and other relics of the pre-Mqr-,
mon race.
—A woman in Sing Bing for bigamy
asking Mr. Beecher's prayers, saying that
she got her divorce just the way Mr. McFar
land did.
..Ernst
Schubert
Eckeit
—The bona fide advertisement of a dog- . 1
fancier in a New Orleans paper contains this ;
suggestive announcement; "Puppies /aria—
ished for sausage, blood-pudding, eto.,
—Au Oakland, California, Justice ot,thai
Peace has decided that •it •is not micked, to
swear falsely when. the perjurer does not_
tend to injure anybody! , •
—At Des Moines, lowa, it takes the dett—
cens all day Monday to paste together thee
shin-plasters i put ilito the collection plate ost
—The style of dressing the hair now.;rt
vogue among the ladies is not liked by a Neer'
York • paragraphist, who sais " it interferes
with the prei;mpted rightS of a - falle4's arra ? "'
—The presentation of a diamonci,ring; to ; g.:
Cincinnati actress, the , other daY,gavek.S.
gifted reporter efthat city the opportanitymr ,
this remarkable, outburst;".Lt ,was a,triflipg •
tribute from au l humble admirer of the 21mble • -
drama ,to., a brilliant 'beacon upon the ShOt-,
tower of bistrionio genius."
—A San Francisco Chinaman iwas, taught
by his queue as he jumped through a hatch
way to escape the police. in pursuit.,.ef
He dangled for an instant, and then drawing
his )(site he severed his precious, pig-tail; and •
dropped in safety, while the officers tumbled
over backward with attend/Id .or 4.
—Brigham Young's newspaper gets very
humpy over .the story.that txoopsare. to be
sent to Utah, and says : " The .mea are not yet
born the caution guns and instruments of.
war are not yet invented,
,neither will they be,
that will bring about the overthrow of this,
systrin which Melt are pleased to call'
"
—A Dutch publishing house wrote to" Mid
ame Collins," meaning Wilkie, that they pre
hose to publish without pay a translation - of
is last story. Whereupon the angty novelist
writes back that they are a " pest among
honest men," and asks if they would not like
to steal his. pocket-handkerchief if they had a
chance.
—They have a base-ball club in Denver of
which a local paper says : " It takes three of
them"to pick up a ball. and then they quarrel
seventeen-Minutes to see who shall throwitto
the pitcher; when the pitcher finally goes a&
ter it himself, and gets his nose ptuiched.''
lie reliably, teases a "_home run " then,
—lt may surprise some of our readers to
learn that while a bar of iron, one • inch in di
ameter, will sustain twenty-eight tons, and p,
bar of steel of the same size will sustain fifty
tons, 4 bar of spider's silk of the same dimen
sions; will sustain seventy-four tons. This is'
based upon a calculation that a fibre of silt
one four-thousandth of an inch in diametermia
sustain fifty-four grains.
• —An, excellent custom ptevails in Birming
ham of making, on one Sunday in every year,
a collection in all the churches and chapels,
for the benefit of Hospitals and Dispensaries.,
n the past tcn years these collections have
amounted in the aggregate to snore than .C.16,-
MO. Might not our clergy here be' •induced
to follow this charitable example, and to nat
uralize, "Hospital Sunday" as an American in
stitution
—The most remarkable railroad in Ger
many and Europe is the new Black Forest
Bead, which will be completed , within
four years. Between Horuberg , and St.
George. Situated' 2,870 feet abeve the level of
the sea t 'and but four miles distant from Hem
berg, the railroad ascends nearly 2,000 feet,'_
and passes through 27,000 feet of tunnels.
11,000 feet of the latter have been completed.
during the last two years. The truly
perm work on the road is progressing,Mpully
and attracting .thousands or visitors,., who
flock' there from all parts of &Althorn tier, ,
many and Switzerland.
ItAILIROAD ACCIDENT.
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