GIBBON PEACOCK .or.
VOLUME U.111.-N.0,,M.,,,,.•;,
•
• la OLIDAY 'GIFTS.
Xi A BOX OF HAVANA
O IOARS.
Pure Winea, Liquors and Cordials. '
Choice Brands of Champagne, Plekles, lisacea, Sar
dines. At. , TIIEO. 11. M.'OAb4A. •
doltarp, ' , NA Oltostrina street;
VrEDDING OA:RHOS, INVITATIONS
rot Parties. do. Nair style'. MASON &00 -
ardedt; • • • , • 9010bsatunt street.
'WEDDING IN EV
-1) la s itTu t o h n e er "w en es a t a g t ig i r ' Ver m4 , riZr '0 4 /1 .741
street. roll II
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MARRIED.
WOOD—BELL.--At' Pittgburirll, on the Bab Inst., by
•Mie•-ltor, J. B. Clark. Joe. 8: Wood to Floroneeolinsgp
ter of Mr. Win. M. 8011.
DIED.
ADOLF ll.—On the morning of the 17th inst., Alfred
W. Adolph, in the 44th year of his ago.
The relatives and friends of the family, and the
Covesiont Lodge, No. 111, I. 0. O. F. are respectfully
invited to attend hie funeral, from his late residence. No.
tiO6 Franklin street. on Tnerdny ottoman% at 1 o'clock,
without further notice. To proceed to Monument Demo
iN .
COOPEII.-011 Sunday evening . 19th inst.;after a stunt
iliness. lire. Eliza If. Cooper, relict of ' the late Thotme
Cooper, of thin city.
Duo notice will be given of the funeral. •
COK.—Ott Saturday, Charles C., son of Justice and
,Amella A Rehm. Uri x. aged 6 months and II cloy a. '
The relatives and friends of the tinnily are invited to
attend the funeral, from the residence of Mr. E. 111.
Jones. No: MI6 North Thirteenth oared, on Tuesday af
ternoon, glistlnat., sit 2 &dock...„ ,
JACKSON. -- On the morning of Friday, Decemblm 17,
at hie residence, No. 1316 Pine street, Samuel Jackson.
N. D.(fotmerly 01 Northumberland). In the 124 year of
his age.
NELSON.—On the 18th inst., Mollie, wifo,of John' ft.
Nelson. in the pith rear of her age.
e The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, from her husband's resi
dence clock.ieenth stun Tuesday, Ce m ete r y . nst.,
at 1 o To r ocee.d to Mount Morlak lt
INDIA CAMEL'S HAIR ii(YARPS
T L ...
CHRISTMAS n PRR,SNNTS
OF VALI4,, ~ : , : _
' ETRE dr LANDRLD 4
FOURTH AND *Rem ' .
SPECIAL Tri oticEs.
SAMPLES OF THE 'PRICES
Now Prevailing at the
Grand Clesaring Sale
In Progress at
JOHN WANAMAKER'S
818 and 820 CHESTNUT STREET.
A Fine Petersham Overcoat
(handsomely Trimmed), worth $22, re
duced to 513 O.
A Fine Chinchilla Overioat,
Worth 538, reduced to '-$2O
A Businebs Suit of Tricot or Kelton,
Worth S3l, reduced tels 2
A Black Dress Coat
(Swallowtail), Worth reduced to st s
A Pair of Fine Pants of Fashionable Make,
'Worth reduced to SS.
•
A Vest of Cloth or Fancy Oissimere,
Worth $5 50, reduced to 53
The Whole Present Stock is to be Disposed
of at, Prices Like the-Above
The Chestnut St.ClothingEstablishment
818 and 890 CHESTNUT STREET,
JOHN WANAKAIIER.
10" COACHMAN'S OVERCOATS
WITH
DRIVING GAUNTLETS. .LMI
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IriZ,CHRISTMAS DINNER TO THE
POOR.
Teachers of the Sabbath and Day School], of the
Bedford Street Mission intend giving a limner,- on
CHRISTMAS DAY, to the scholars under their c ire, at
the MISSION HOUSE, No. GIS BELFORD street, be
tween 12 And 1 o'clock.
lutemiting exercises in the chapel, before dinner, by
the children. The citizens are cordially invite.] to be
present. ,
Donations, either in money, poultry, provisions or
clothing. respectfully solicited, and can be sent .to
either of the undersigned
EDMUND S. YARD,
No. 219 Spruce street.
JACOB li. BIIRDSALL,
No. 1121 Chestnut street. :
GEORGE MILLIKEN
,
• No. ii 24 Arch street.
JAMES L. DISPIIA3I.'
N 0.710 South Second street.
WM. H. HEISLER,
Seventh National Dank. Fourth and Market streets.
CHARLES SPENOER,
.No. 7 Dank street.
Rev. JOHN D. LONG,
No, 619 Redford street.
taw AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE
COWAN Y,WALNUT STREET, S. E. CORNER
OF FOURTH
PIIILADELPHIA, December 20,1889.
NOTICE.
The annual meeting MP the tiltonitholders of this
Company for the election of thirteen Trusteee, to
MONDAY,he ensuing year, (bet w e e nwi at the °Mee on
January 3, 1870, lO A. M. audi
o'clock, noon
den to jar
a. THE PII(ENIX INSURANCE COM
PANY OF PHILADELPHI DEC A.
EMBER 7A,1359.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Plneu ix In
nurance Oompaay of Philadelphia will be held at the
(Jompany's office, No. 221 Walnut street, on MONDAY,
the 3d day of January. at 11 o'clock •A. 11.; when an
election for five Directors will be held agreeably to the
charter. &omit, sviL COX
a ,
dell-math-it§ Secretary.
UOFFICE MINE HILL AND
801IUYLKILL RAVEN RAILROAD COM
PANY.
Plimannt.ruis., 12th Month. 18th 1809.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany, und'an election for Officers for the ensuing year,
Mill be held at the office of the Company, No. 15 South
Horenth etroet, on 2d day (MONDAY) Ist month (Janu
ary) 10th, 1370, at 10 o'clock A. 'M.
WILLIAM BIDDLE,
de2o-rn,w,f 6t§ Secretary.
ir•. ---- gEDIBERE 4 OF THE REPUBLICAN
Invinetblee deeirlng_tiokote for the.,
"CLUB BANQUET,"
e
' CONTINE NTAL HOTEL
THURSDAT EVENING, Deo. 2 1 3.1869,
yntist procure them on or' before the 22d inst.
Fur Information and tickets apply to
B.
It§
rrOFFICE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
AND NEW YORK CANAL AND RAILROAD
C MPANY. .
• DEMMER 20, 1869.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Corn
lany will be held at the Office, No. 303 Walnut street,
wecopd story, Philadelphia, on MONDAY, the 10th day
of January next, at 10 o'clock A. M., at which time an
election will be held for President and twelve Directors
for the ensuing year. JOHN P. COX;
de2Oui wet" Secretary and Treasurer.
tut. 1109 GIRARD STREET,
CLIURKI6II, RUSSIAN AND PERFUDIED BATHS,
Departments for Ladles
Baths open from 6 A. M. to 9 P. M.
wHOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. •1518
and 1520 Lombard street, Dispensary Department,
:- . medical treatment and medicine furnished gratuiteusly
SY tlio poor.
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Congratulatory Letters;' ' '
The Paris correspondent of the Times writes
as folldWs:, ' •, ,
Congratillationii are 'beginning tO flew in
from alisides upon M. do Lesseps, and the
telegraph is busily at work. The Empress has
sent her assurances of success to the Emperor,
and lists asked the Prince Imperial to writeln
his own band a letter of felicitation. Copies of
these messages will undoubtedly • reach' -the
Times -by table, and I Shall- not, therefore,
• pause to transcribe any of them. But I must
give a copy of an address drawn up ,this
morning by General Banks, HMI signed - by all
the Americans who could be got together.
The.princ;pal signers were also groupeclin a
photograph by Desire,' that the old gentleman
might see, if he cared to do so, how his Trans
atlantic admirers appeared. The address is
couched as follows:. s
AL Ferdi nan d de Leasers, President and Founder of
ilia Ctrrnpaornie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez :
Sin The undersigned citizen's of the Halted States of
America present to you their .congratulations upon the
great Success which has attended the inauguration of the,
maritime canal across the Isthmus of tines. The people
of the United States are interested in every enterprise
which promotes the free ittterconrse of nations and en
large: the CQlllnldree of thew orld. The work which hoe
been completed under yoUr direction to eminently of this
character. It remove,. one or those barrier', which, in
terposed, are said to make enemies of nations. It fosters
hones of universal peace. Opening the way, to
A. freer Pit:WM.2Q of eenitserrial products. it will increase
the wealth and prooperity of nations ; and . , beyond this ;
it unites by closer ties the Eastern and IN eotern hemi •
aphereu, which have been so long Neparateil by the isth
mus, nOWhappil intarsected. Beligion,
commerce and enlightened government ought to be pro•
mote,' ther,l4. In this aspect we regard it as one of the
most important works which in any, age has been initi
ated by heti v idnal enterpribe ; and, with a full tee-UO.I-
lion of that 's Bich, be day to You add those associated
with you. and a profound respect for tho Governments
which have rendered assistance, we present our con
uratnlatiens upon its complete success. and trust that it
rimy maitre till the anticipations which .have .animated
And ffilSi3{lll.l 111 , 1 Company under whose auspices it has
been nom plet, , tl•
Sittig-4,1 • N. P. BANKS,
I'll THOSIABW EVA.NIS,
GEORGE, EUSTIS, •
DR, W.HAIIKNESS.
ift•WA RD U. TICKNOR, '
DR. EDWARD A. CRANE,
WI PIO LEON LESLIE,.,
NATHAN APPLE roN.
LYSANDER DR:KERMAN,
And several ,Aliers.
1 . 4100. Nov. 22,16(4. - • •
hutch will be the'general tenor-of all the. con
gratulatory letters, from whatever source they
may come, and the next point to be considered
therefore is, whether the Suez Canal, as it
stands to-day, deserves all that will be said of
it, tither in praise or in depreciation.
desire to Say a word on this subject, and
I deem it my duty to do so, for it will be r&
membered by the Senate that I made souie ob
jections to the accounts of Mr. Forney some
mouths ago. I-have since satisfied myself
that, s(.O far from doing wrong himself, Mr.
Forney was the subject of wrong ,• that his
confidential officer improperly used some of
the funds,' to the great injury of r. FOrneyll
have stated that 1 considered it myity to
say this, because, when a man hfis done
wrong to another. 1 believe it to be his duty to
do all that he can to correct that wrong. I
have no doubt now, from an examination,that
Mr. Forney's accounts are closed, and that it
has been done by funds from his own purse,
or from those of his friends, and that the
Government has not lost a cent, while Mr.
Forney has lost largely. I hope the resolution
will pass."
BLACKING CASES, COMMODES, and House
keeping artlclee for the millions. FAIMON S CO., Dock
btreet, below Walnut.
. .
°viz num BELIEF.—There is always com
fort as well as pleasure in wearing a neatly-made, nice
flttinir pair of French calf boots; but there are com
parativeb few among the followers of St. Crispin who
thoroughly understand the art of making them. To
'loci) of our readgrs who are not already cognizant of the
fact, we would state that William H. Ilelwegt he accord
plished artisan, N 0.53 Arch street, next to the corner
of Sixth.hasattalned anch profieleney,that he invariably
pleases all who favor him with their patronage. To
undertake to pass through the Christmas Holidays with
out encasing your pedal extremities in a pair of Efelweg's
boots, is to curtail your enjoyment at least to percent.
You had better go see Ilelweg about this before it is too
late.
You CAN REGULATE THE COLOR.—EVCI7
natural shade from light brown to deepest black is im
parted bv VITALIA OR SALVATION FOR TIRE
HAIR. The number of applications determine the tinge.
It would he like comparing shining water to the drain
ings from a marsh, to compare it with the ordinary hair
dy es. .
A 'MEDICAL PHENOMENON!—A simple
lozenge Las thrown all purgative pills into the shade.
It to palatable &scantly. It is the vegetable equivalent
of Mercury. It is harmless as water. It cures dys
pepsia. It regulates the secretions. It fully relieves
the b3wele. The people belie oi e in it, and ite name,
Dr. Winslow's Lirer and Stomach Lozenge, M already a
"household word." Sold by all druggists.
Ikron.sE & GuNSALUS will supply your
party table with the prettiest and beet Charlotts and
Mirinques that can be made.
Loos!—The last new cake—Raspberry Mi
rinques, 60 cents per pound. Monan,9o2 Arch street.
EVEET variety of ready-made Clothing at
Ones. &JOKES'S, No. 824 Chestnut street.
BURNETT'S TOOTH WASH iS very much
superior to powders. A few drops will idealist' the
mouth thoroughly.
JOAN S. WILSON,
Secretary
Aft A HOLIDAY GIFT, nothing could be more
appropriate than a Singer Family Sewing Machine. To
be had upon easy terms at 1106 Chestnut street.
WRITE IRON STONE TEA SETS.
BEST QUALITY, WARRANTED.
Tea Bets, 60 pieces, cups with handles, $5.
Chamber Sets, 11 pieces, large sizes, 513 25•
Flint Glass Goblets new patterns, per dozen, $l.
Iron Stone China Dinner Sets, 90 pieces, $lO.
The above goods in quality, patterns and sizes. ars
equal to any offered in the city at the same prices.
Packed free of charge. .
N. B.—China and Glass loaned to Balls, Parties and
Festivals for three_per cent. on selling price.). GAD
delabrle and Vases for flowers. Plated ' , mte, Spoons
and Knives for hiring to parties i at 1235 cents per dozen.
SAMUEL FETUERSTON & Co., /40. 270 Beata Second
street, above Spruce.
Colima, Bunions, Inverted Nails, skillfully
treated by Dr. J. Davidson, No. 915 Chestnut street.
Charges moderate.
Jl3/31010178 Murnzus and nurses use tor
children s safe and pleasant medicine IA Bower's infant
OtIRGICAL 12.18TEMONTEI and druggists' pup.
driee.
SNOWDEN & 8R0211211,
29 South Eighthetreot.
J. Isaacs, M. D., Professor of the Nye and Ear treats
all diseases appertaining to the above members with the
utmost success. Testimonials from the most reliable
sources in the city can be seen at his office, Np. 805 Arch
street. The medical faculty are invited to accompany
their patients, as he has no secrets in his practice. Art
ficial oyes inserted. No charge made for examination
SPECIAL NOTICES.
r~ :OFFICE OF TILE IJELAWITCE
.14LiTITALSA,rETY COKBANY.
P DILA DELPIA IA . Dee. 20, lin.
The annual election for twenty.eight litlreetore will be
held at this office, on :MONDAY, the third day of
January next, between the hours of 10 A. 102,tan1 2 P.
NaY LILBURN‘
de2o tja2l secretary.
STEREOPTICON , ' AND DS tiGIO
Lantern Exhibitions given to Sunday Schools
8c nal_ ,s Colleges,
_andforprivits entertainments. W.
MI CUELL MCALLISTER, 798 Chestnut street, second
story. no 2 2tnr
THE SUEZ CANAL.
The Ainende honorable.
Senator Cameron, on' Thursday Inst. did
him.elf credit'by a simple act of justice in
tvgard.to' the unfounded rumors whieh he
bad helped toset afloat in rr: i prct tQ the ac 7
counts of Mr. John W. 'Forney, while' Seere
tary of the Senate. Senator Cameron said :
CITY NOTICES.
HOLIDAY CoNYzcTioNs.
The largest assortment, Iu neat boxes,
for Presents at
N. tr. Winn's , : b Co.%r,
315 Chestnut, below Fourth street. _
Go TO OAKFORDS for Christmas presents of
Furs, Mufflers and the most exquisite
styles of Hats and Caps.at their
titores, 831 and 14,36 Chestnut street.
aiNGEIt'S FAMILY SEWING . M.ACHINF.B.
TEN DOLLARS CASH.
BALANCE IN MONTHLY INSTALMENTS.
• 0. F. DANIs,
810 Chestnut street
PHILADELPHIA SEWING. MACHINE M ART.
CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY GIFTS,
of Fine Sable, Mink, and all other etylee
of run, at lowest pricos t at •
OAKFORD a. under tho Continental
DEAFNESS, I3LINDNEBB AND OATABBIL
PHILADELPHIA ; MOiat, 1869:
FIFTH
•B C TELIGRAPH.
LA.TJOR cAtiit
A Mission to Emperor "Napoleon from His
/I•llnees the Pope.
A Favorable Criticism on Mre. Lander's
Acting in 'London.
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
THE FREE BANKING SYSTEM
The Confirmation. .of Are . Stanton
THE FATE OF' VIRGINIA
By the Atlantic Cable.
Roam. Dec. 20th.—The fact that Cardinal
Mathieu bad received leave of absence_ was
stated a'day or two since. It now transpires
that he is to proceed to Paris on a mission to
the Emperor from his Holiness the Pope. .
Lorencs, Dee. 'AL—The - Post and other jonr
nabs speak highly of the American actress,
Mrs. Lander, who made her debut as "Eliza
beth" at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday
evening. 7
The London Times of to-day blames the
Government for its vacillation at London
derry, in, protecting rather than forbidding
the display. The result s however, the Timm
admits, was better than was expected.
PARIS, Dee. 20.—The Posse closed• dull.
Renters 721, 67c. . ,
FRANKFORT, Dec. 20.—U. S. Five-twenties
opened quiet at 91f. •
ANTWERP, Dec., 20.--Petrpleum eloped
steady at Olt ,
The Free Banking System.
[ nasion's News 4gency.j •
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Mr. Poland's bill for
a free system of banking . anthorizeS the Secre
tary of the Treasury to issue coupon or regis-'
tered bonds to the amount of t5 - 1.,'000,000,000,
redeemable in coin alter thirty,and fifty years :
thirty ear hoods, at 4 per cent ?interest ; fifty
year bonds, at 36J-100 per cent. The bonds to
be exempt from taxation, and the interest,
therefore. to be alQo exemut. The loan to be
exclusively in ed in exchange for the hond.s or
notes of the United States new outstanding,
or not due, bearing a higher rate of interest.
The Secretary is authorized to cancel all
outstanding United States notes by convert
ing them into the bonds provided for in the
act. The banks are to have circulating notes
issued to them as tast a 5 the preinnf 119te-5 are
retired, till the *United Stites Treasurer begins
paying coin ; then after, thirty days the said
banks shall be entitled to receive circulating
note~ in the manner now provided. • -
One year after passage, the banks may ex
change the securities now deposited as secu
rity for their circulating notes for the bonds
pi ovided in this act.
Tho,Conarntatton of Mr. Stanton.
(Special Despatch to the Phila. Evening' Bulletin.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The Senate was
in Executive session when the name of Edwin
M. Stanton as Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court was sent in. A motion was
at once made to suspend the subject under
consideration and act upon Mr. Stanton's
norainationj at once, without the customary
reference to the Committee. This was agreed
to unanimously, and Mr. Stanton was then
confirmed, without an objection or any oppo
sition from a Republican Senator. Within
ten minutes after the name reached the Senate
Mr. Stanton bad been confirmed.
The friends of the ex-Secretary are jubilant
at this prompt action of the Senate, and the
high compliment paid him in not sending his
name to the Committee.
The sate of Virginia.
[llpectal Despatch to the Phila. Myopia's Bulletin.]
Wasuncurox, Dec.2o.—The advocates of the
immediate admission of Virginia ate a good
deal disappointed at the disposition mani
fested in both branchet of Congress to-day
to postpone the question for the present. In
the Senate, Mr. Trumbull reported adversely
from the Judiciary Committee upon Senator
Morton's 'bill admitting the State at once.
In the House Mr. Farnsworth made an un
successful attempt to get the rules suspended,
in order to press through a measure similar to
Senator Morton's. The House, by a two-third
vote, refused to consider the subject.
Forty.lirst Congress... Second Session.
ceit—Continued from Fourth Edition.l
Mr. Whittemore introduced a_hill.nroviding for the
assembling of the Virginia Legislature and the aliniq
istrationot the testi:oath to the members and officers.
Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.
.
Mr. Butter( s ilass.) Infor.ned the lionee tho the Re
construction Committee had postponed until atier the
recess the joint resolution as to the admissiOn of Viz•
ginia, because the Comuslttea hat not sufficient evi
dence.
Mr. Farnsworth moved to suspend the rules that he
might introduce and have put upon its passage a joint
resolution declaring that Virginia has performed the
required acts entitling her to representation in Con-
Tress, and that she 13 entitled to mach representation.
he House refused to suspend the rules—yeas, o 3 ;
nays, 103.
Mr. Butler moved, at 210, to proceed to the business
on the Speaker's table, in order to take up and pass the
Senate bill to promo.e the reconstruction of Georgia.
Mr. Wood moved to lay that motion on the table, and
called for the ayes and nays. This was understood to be
the first of a series of dilatory motions and was nega
tived—yetis, 48 ; nays, 119.
po Is va,m4 i:4,moi4_4(tiofirA
Egypt Making War ea Turkey.
The New York Tribune has the following
article on some very important private intel
ligence :
Private but trustworthy information has
reached us that war between Egypt and
Turkey is almost inevitable. We forbear to
state our news with the emphasis with which
it has been imparted, but we understand that,
beyond the unusual armaments for which the
Sultan has taken him to task, the Viceroy's
war preparations are to the extent of many
thousands Of muskets, a good part of them
purchased in this country. The war will
occur in face of the frequent assurance that
the good offices of the European dowers had
brought about a harinonious understanding
between the Porte and the Viceroy i but to
those who have watched the audacity, pro
digality, and duplicity with which Ismael
Pasha has pursued an ambitious aim, the pre
diction which has been made to us on warrant
of facts cannot lie surprising.
The Viceroy will rebel, we presume, from a
failure to adjust his views as to the propriety
of making loans on his own account with the
terms of the Sultan's firmans and more recent
letters. He may also object to submitting, as
in duty bound, his budgets to the Porte, and
be may be jealous of the Sultan's auspicious
with regard to his military arrangements.
It is more certain, however, that his last
extraordinary debt, reported at $12,000,000,and
contracted in Europe, has, together with the
general question of his budget and his taxes,
furnished the ground of his hostility, open or
covert. One hundred and fifty sheiks were
represented as having united in petition to the
Khedive's master against his financial oppres
sions. On his part, Ismael, Pasha maintains
that the firman of 1867 implied an exclusive
right over his own budget and loans. The
possession of such a financial independence
would be equivalent to Sovereignty, and would
enable the Viceroy to mortgage an estate
which ho does not own. It would be a:Burro&
der by the Porte of all power over the reve
nues of its most important depiadenee, and
OUR Vr#oll4E
EDITION.'
4:36;0'0100k.
fr ,i`Tt 4l •••
,chilin.tiiinterferer shduld , the 10. dive ek
tort tribute from his subjects in prejudice of I
the interests which Turkey has in her Egyp
' Nevertheirsol; If the Staten
made the finnan:Which thelChiolive construes
as it suits him, the Sultan had the power also
to withdraw :1400/that the Khedive gaiwi
,nothing by reterthig to precedents which a
stroke of the pen can unmake.
For the rest,itikaohente for annexing Grate
ti01) 1 ' , his `intrigue for separate diplomatic
representation, hla pnrchage of arms and iron
clads, his suspected coquetry with R,.ussia, and
his recent' extraordinary hospitality it Snail,
with the possibleltitent of eclipsing Turkey i n n
the mageilicerica bf Egypt, constitute gravo
charges in Constantinople against the good
'filth and intent pf the 'Sultan's vassal. The
Sultan is notoriotudy .moresinned againstthan
sinning in the 4tiestion at issue; tor has
made the Viceroyalty hereditary in Ismael's
house. to the extiltiaion, at his regiest, of hls
brother, Mustapha Vasil, now the most vim
lent enemythe Viceroy has in • the Ottoman
Government. has also extended his ter
ritory, and, either through fear or grace,
allowed him more privileges than comport
with territorial vassalage. This the 'Viceroy
appears to acknowledge, fox in his , notes to
this Sultan be dwells npon the Imperial favors,
and Orientally enlarges "on. the .high- and
genial kludnesipf hisi•Majis'sty; •morepretious
than the world all it contains."
The Ficernyi :If.absointelpbent on war, has
a greater lion in the way than has been
generally imagined. The Sultatipossesses two
httildred 'thousand, stand of= breech-loading
"Spiders" and five hundred thousand En fi eld
rides, which arc being converted into breech
loaders. it is said that the • reorganikation of
hilamfy will g ive hiin 700,000 men in - case of
necessity, while the 'ability of ' the Terte to
borrow has been much worse than it is now,
albeit the Turkish imposition of taxes
is clumsy and burdensome: and the real flaaret
dal resources of the c,ountry axe compara
tively shallow. No war will tesult, in all
likelihood, without some degre,e of .instigation
from Russia , which is aliei,dy hinted to us in
the proposal of the Khedive to visit St. Pe
tersburg, the reported familiarity of Gen. Ig
natieff with an Egyptian agent or two, and ,
the intrigues of Viissia and Prussia in the
Prince of Montenegro's neighborhood.
THE ALLEGIEANY COAL FIELDS.
Their Extent--Increased Production in
• [Fromthe - euniberiand Okt1:1 divil lan . I
The extent of the coal fields is not generally
very Well understood, many supposing it to be
very circumscribed, while others entertain the
idea that it is boundless in area and capable of
supplying the whole country for thousands of,
years. As. near as .we can learn. there are yet
about two hundred millions tons in the Big
Vein of coal untouched. Fourteen millions
eight hundred and fifty thousand tons have
been mined and marketed in .the period of
twenty-eight years--frora.lB42 to 1869. At the
same ratio of production the .I.fig Vein would
last about three hundred and forty. years;
or,' if we assume - as the basis the quantity
mined during the present year, 1869, say
2,000,000 tons, the Big Vein, would last 100
years. The four amisix feet veins have never
been more than' Merely opened.` Together
they contain more than the Big Vein. There
is a greater area of it a 9 there has been less of
it swept out by
,the water-courses.. It is, there
fore, quite safe to say that the coals in the
minor veins will yield 2,000,000 tons per annum
for another century. So, if we can feel ordi
narily sure that we can go 'on ifimlicating the
production of the present year until the Lst of
January, 2070, or 200 years, it is scarcely
necessary for the Present generation of men
and women to expend much thought about
the coal mines of Alleghany giving out: There
is a supply for the next ten generations. It is
difficult to conceive any reasonable method
of development by which the supply can be
exhausted within the next 100 years.
The produetion of 1868 was 1,330,000 tons,
while the mining of the present year will foot
up, in round numbers, 1,900,000 tons, showing
an increase of about forty-six per cent.,against
the quite uniform increase of fifteen per cent.
in the preceding years, when there existed.
no Impediment in the avenues of outlet, such
as were caused by the war and accidents to
the railroad and canal. The products of this
year came from the basin as follows :
Tons.
By Cumberland and Pennsylvania
Railroad ' 1,575,000
By Cumberland Coal and Iron Com
pany's .., alO,OOO
By Hampshire (Tram.) Railroad 123,000
Total
The coal has flowed in this year in one con
tinuous stream, with scarcely an interruption
front the opening to the close of navigation.
It did cease on the Ist instant by canal, but as
we write (two weeks later), there is no falling
off by . the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. To
our mind these facts go to show the great and
growing popularity , of Cumberland coal, and
aflerd striking evidence of its great commer
cial value. Its proilinity to the capital of the
nation, and the safety and ease by which it
can be conveyed thereto in case of a war be
tween this and any foreign country, must be a
matter of general and
. peculiar gratification,
as for steam purposes it is. unsurpassed. Its
value is fully appreciated by the government,
as is•demonstrated by its extensive use for
navy and other purposes.
rubin NEW YORK.
Yonn, Dec.2oth.—The German Demo
crats of the Tenth and Seventeenth Wards
held a mass-meeting yesterday, denouncing
Tammany in strong terms, warning the De
mocracy of the country not to trust to the
leaders of Tammany Wall,. proposing to con
test the last election of judicial officers in these
wards, and calling upon Congress to pass a
stringent election law under the power given
it by the fifteenth amendment, as soon as that
should be adopted. A letter was received
promising aid, purporting to some from the
Vigilance Committee.
At ten o'clock yesterday morning the Span
ish gunboats, convoyed by the war steamer
Pizarro, took their departure for Cuba. When
opposite Governor's Island one of the gun
boats halted in order to adjust some ma
ch
pery L the rest of the squadron proceeding
to the Lower Bay, where they waited for
their contort. It is reported that some of the
firemen anti engineers of the gunboats are in
the Cuban interest and will make efforts to
destroy the vessels after they have left Ameri
can waters.
The Assistant Treasurer in this city has re
ceived orders to omit the sales of gold on
Tuesday and Friday.
The members of the New York Bar have
petitioned Congress for an increase of the
salaries of the Yudges of the Supreme Court.
The petition meets the universal approval of
the legal profession.
—A Denver reporter, in describing a ball,
says that the married lathes of that city " al
ways did discount the girls in grand dress, and
they do it still," and he mentions several who
were "chiefs-of-staff for stylish grace and
superb harness." A certain " quiet class of
married ladigs," however, all likewise men
tioned by naMe, " were, as usual, well attired
though not fashionably stunning," and of
this latter class, it is said, they "may be
quoted always sterling—the style of wife it
pays to haie."
—The churchyard of the village of Worth,
Dorsetshire, England, contains a memorial
tablet with the following interesting inscrip
tion: "Benjamin ;Testy, of Dowiishay; died
April 16, 1816, aged 79. He was born at Yet
i:muster, in this county, and was an upright,
honest man, particularly noted for having
been the firstperson known that introduced
the cow-pox by innocalation, and who for his
great strength of rabid made the experiment
upon the cow on the wife and two sons in the
year 1774."
4.01:10MOTIVN EXTI4O6ION ON TON EittADINO
EAILILOADn—ONE MAN KO,LBD.-.-This;morn
aliout hilt:pan nine, as one o the large
`locomotives OA the Reeding Railroad, which
are used in hauling the immense ttains of
coal cars, was engaged in shifting a number of
empty ears, it exploded with a tremendous re
port when near the intersection of the railroad
and Trenton .avenue. The force of the ex
plosion was terrific. It threw the engine from
the track, and it was smashed, bent and
twisted in such a manner as to be almost irre
parable.. •
The name Or the engine that 'exploded
was the Annapolis, and-at the time of the ac
cident she was standingat the tank takingin
water. The name of the engineer who was
killed was James Ragle. His remains were
horribly mangled, and he must have died
almost immediately. ,
The deceased was married, and resided in
Coral street, near Sergeant.
' James Taylor, engineer of the locomotive
Goldwin, had an arm blown off. His resi
dence is at Trenton avenue and 'Adams
StreAt. •
, James Brady, fireman of the Annapolietre
ceived slight injuries about the hip. He is a
married man, and his home is at Somerset and
Belgrade streets. --
Jahn-Forbes, engineer of the Lexington,
residing at 1368 East Thompson street, below
Lehigh avenue, was slightly injured. The
foregoing is a list - of the casualties resulting
from the terrible accident as far aS has been
ascertained. '
Comasiois.—This morning, about nine
o'clock, as the tow-boat General McCandless
was proceeding down the river, she came , in
contact with one, of the Gloucester forty.
boats, in consequence ef which the tug, was
considerably damaged, both in machinery and
hull which caused her to leak badly And other
wise injured her. Two men, one of whom was
Mr. 'Smith, a. pilot, and-, the - engineer, were
thrown overboard. The latter came very near
losing ills lite, he being very much exhausted
when got on board. •
,VINTER Qt 7 AnTEns.—A man, walking
along •South streets, day or,two since,lifted
pair of shoes from a store,-front and walked
away with them. A vigilant nonce officer
saw the act, and at once arrested the fellow.
No resistance was Made. "All right," said'the
thief: Avant to go into winter quarters."
He will, of course,. be tried, convicted, , and
get about three months' imprisonment, all, of
which will cost the public as much money as
would probably purchase fifty pairs of shoes
like those purloined' When will we have a
House of Correction, where lazy thieves and
able-bodied paupers will be made to support
themselves? A House of Correction can be
made self-supporting, and less than one hun
dred thousand dollars would be sufficient to
erect one that would accommodate three
times as many as the number now in the
County Prison.
MORE THrEviwo.—The robbery of Mr. liar
iner's house in the northwestern part of the
city is , another caution to the citizens. The
family:had gone out, and lurking thieves were
on the qui rive. In a short time one of them
rang the door-bell, and a near neighbor
answered from her window that f'the tamily
had gone out." The thief went away, gratified
with the information. The rear part of the
house was attacked; the thieves entered, and•
the house was robbed. The ringing .of door
bells is the first ruse of a dexterous house
breaker. If no one answers,he generally con
cludes that no one is -within, and that the
"coast is clear," A littlejudgment on the
part of our residents might easily block the
game of the thieves.
ATTEMPT . AT RESCUE SPOILED.—Tvro
generous-hearted youths named Edward Carr
and Thomas McQuillan' were arrested on
Saturday night at Lehigh avenue and Salmon
street, while endeavoring to rescue a prisoner
from Officer McCormick, one of the
Eighteenth District policemen. A party of
drunken men attacked the officer and beat
him badly with clubs, with the intention of
getting away with his charge, but upon his
receiving reinforcements the tables wore
turned, and Carr and McQuillan, who were
of the attacking party, were captured, and
taken before Alderman Neill, who held them
in $1,500 bail to answer.
CIttELTY TO Awrit.u.s.—The smooth sur
face of the hard cubical blocks of granite with
which some of the streets are paved is very dan
gerous to horses. After traveling over the cob
ble stones, or the better wooden pavements, the
horses are apt to slip upon the first step on the
cubical blocks. They are as dangerous to the
equine creation as iron pavements are to the
citizens in snowy weather. A few men with
steel picks could very easily rough the stones,
and thus protect the most useful of all ani
mals. The S. P. C. A. should take cognizance
of this subject.
....1,900,000
TIIIEVES. —Male and female thieves were
pretty thicir. on Eighth and Ninth streets
during several afternoons last week. As the
holiday attractions cause many people to
appear on these' and other retail business
thoroughfares, more so this week than usual,
it would be well for every person to be on
guard.
DistioNnsT DOMESTlC.—Margaret Sullivan,
Who was formerly a domestic at the house of
Mr. C. J. Roberts, N0u111.5 Franklin street,
was arrested yesterday afternoon, on the
charge of having stolen a number of articles
from the house of Mr. Roberts. She was held
in the sum of $BOO by Aid. Massey.
A HARNESS TITIEF.—John Thompson (with
a "p") was arrested at'Howard St. and Girard
avenue on Saturday afternoon. He had in
his possession a basket containing a lot of har
ness. Failing to give ,satisfactory proof of
ownership, he was committed by Alderman
Eggleton.
BURGLARY AT CHESTNUT HILL.—On
Fri
day night. 8011113 unknown thief entered the
public houseof Christian Donat, at Chestnut
Dill, and abstracted a pistol, a lot of brandy
and cigars and about $8 in cash.
COLORED PICKPOCKM.—CharIes Johnson,
an ebony-hued gent, was arrested at Seventh
and Lombard streets, last evening, for picking
the pocket of David Hoffman. Alderman
Carpenter committed the light-fingered dark.
Alum - ED.—The United States steamer Pow
hatan, from the South Atlantic squadron,
arrived at the navy-yard this afternoon.
CONFECTIONERY.—Everybody desires to
purchase confectionery 'at this season of the
year, and one of the best places in the world
to do it is Stephen F. Whitman's, No. 1200
Market street. Mr. Whitman has, a magnifi
cent stock, comprising an infinite \ variety of
articles of the finest kinds and thn, most deli
cate flavors. His . chocolate goods are re
nowned the country. over. Mr. Whitman has
also one of the best assortments of elegant
Christmas boxes ever collected in tills city.
HOLIDAY G'lPTS.—Among, the many useful
articles for gifts during the coming holiday
season, nothing could be more desirable or
acceptable to mother, wife, sister or friend,
than one of WHEELER & 'WILSON'S improved
Family Sewing Machines. Call at the now
and elegant salesroom of PETERSON & CAR
PENTER, No. 914 CHESTNUT STREET, and ex
amine, these unrivalled instruments. They
are sold on very reasonable terms.
TnE HErcanw FAIR.—The splendid set of
solid silverware of seventeen pieces, presented
to the Hebrew Fair by J .M.Warne & T. A.
Warne, wholesale dealers in watches and
jewelry, No. 712 Chestnut — street, has beeil
drawn by our worthy fellowLtownstnan,
George Bullock, Esq. No one d6erved better
the splendid present than Mr. Bullock, as he
has been very liberal to the Fair.
GROVE , & BA.KER'S ELASTIC STITCH' SEW
ING DiAcntrius, also their 'Snurna; ' Qlt
."Locn" STITCH - SEWING MACHINES, may be
obtained during. the Holidays on very easy
terms. Salesrooms, i3O Chestnut street.
MIMS=
.T 1 ESMERSTON Pahltori
I PRIOE 'THREE
Top enurell eihibition or the .Ptimlsyhoesia
Poultry Society opened this morning at 1101ltio
cultural' Ball.' anti will contirine during,t t.
week. The 'collection is not,,yet arrang
Many fine 'specimens are mtpected ditring t
day. • . ' '
READ A. & BARTHOT..OhitiVeII card >Of
their' mammoth sale of kid gloves ; for twei
weeks.
4111170MMMMIle
,
—At the Arch Street Theatre this evens
Mrs. Drew Will 'present' Craven's * clever
comedY, , TherNeedful ; to-tnorrownight'abi*
dart's famous comedy, The Ifivale t will be even;
on Wednesday The Belle's blratagem, and o.
Thursday Married Lafg. will be offered.. AU'
Friday night Mrs. E.D.Wallace'sdrarnatiaStift
of Little Dorrit will be presented for the, find
time, Mrs. Wallace making her first appear,
ance upon any stage in the character of "..teittist
Dorrit." Mrs. Drew will appear as "Mrs'
°
Clennam," , Mr. Cathcart as "Arthur Milli
nam," Mr. Mackay as "Mr..Dorrit," Mei
__Craig as " Pancks," Mr. James as " Blandois,"
Miss Finnan as " Fanny. Dorrit," and 'Um,
Afaeder ass "Afrrey." A portion of theplot ,
being laid in Rome, Mrs. Drew will present
a carnival scene in the most superb style, aid
there will be pantomime, ballet and tableatur.
The, entire play will be produced in the hand
somest manner. Mrs. Drew's personation St
"Mrs. Clennam" we may be, sure will, Iss
unusually geed.
-Miss Bateman will appear at the Walsall
on Monday, , Tuesday, and • .Wedritlis Le , •
evenings of this week in Mary Warner. 4
or the _Forsaken, is announced for early presets- -
tenon. - •
--Patrice, or ,The White Lady of Wicklow, will
he continued at the Chestimt for a few nights...
For the Christmas matinee - Miss' Keetid
nouncea a "Christmas Story" by Chattels:
Didkens. A new,drama written by,Matilda
Heron; and entitled . Champagne; or 84, *
Step, will be produced shortly.
—A minstrel entertainment will be given by ;
Messrs. Carncross 87, Dixey, at their Opera,
House, this' evening. ' A number'of novelties
will be presented. , •
—Messrs. Duprez & Benedict announce a
very attractive bill at the Seventh Street
Opera Howse this, evening. Mr.- FrankT
Brower, will appear in some of his most amt ilt.:
ing personations, and there will be ,dancing,,
singing, burlesque arid miscellaneous per- i
formance's'by the company.
—The American Theatre offers a varied pre-;
gramme this evening, including a new panto--
mime, which is full of startling transforma='
tions and• good fun; performances' by the
great gymnasts, the Rizarelli brothers, as
miscellaneous personations by the/large com
pany. ~ , • ,
—Signor Blitz, the great conjuror, will gi.var;
an entertainment at Assembly Buildings this
evening and upon 'Wednesday afternoon. 7
—An entertainment entitled' The Voyage
of Life : or, the World's Progress, will Oa,
given in the hall of the Mercantile Library
this 'evening.
--The•lirst subscription edneert (this seationp
Of the Id endelssohn Society will be given ilu
Natatorium all, Broad street, below Walnut,
to-morrow night. The following programme,
will be presented: •
"Spring's Message W. Gude.
(Cantata for Chorus and
Trio.---" The Chime of Silver Sabbath Belle.'
MeeFre. Bradshaw ( George w. North, Ph. O.
- Carlin.
Angel's Serenade (with Violin obligato), O. ljTayst.
- • Mies Fannie Kelm and Mr. Jean Louts.
Over the Grave ........ ... .. -Mendel/seam
Duet from 'Martha Plekow.
Dr. John S. Newton and Ph. 0. Carl in.
Intl: mutates from the Stated Mater.
PART W
Duel—" The Fishermen," ' Gable:W.
Messrs. Wm. Bradshaw and Jean Louis.
" Weiting,".
lll!!MlLiiiiiMi
Chorus.
"A Thousand Leagues Away,".. ...
Georv,F. tish-op
" L'Ardita,"
" Date Sonitunt, 7, --4 Baritone Solo and Chorus )..:_Coma.
Mr. Ph. C. Carlo.
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COURT OF QUARTER. SEMIONA—.111(10 Ludlow.-7 7 / 4
Draper Lunacy Case.—At the close of the testimony In
this caPeots given in Saturday's BULLETIN. the argu
ment was commenced. Mr. NVarriner,. for the relator,
urged tkat the experiment should he made of allowing
Mr. Draper to be outside of the institution.
Mr. Diddle,for the institution, referred to the fact that
:Hr. Draper, under no circumstances end with no amount
of money s could obtain the same accommodation in
any boarding house as now afforded by the institution.
lie spoke of these cases growing out of the spurious
sympathy in the community, and urged 'the Court to
lonlr, after the real interests of this patient.
Mr. Clay, for the committee, said that if the Court:
was convinced that it was better for the patient
and the community that he should be set at large, no
objection would be made. But he was here to oppnee
the discharge because it wee his belief that great harm
to the patient, and danger to the community, would re
sult.
- .
Mr. Da} id Paul Brown clocod tho argument in behalf
of the relator, and Judge Ludlow stated that ho would
endeavor to render his decision next Friday, the relator
being, in the meantime, remanded to the hospital.
NtatPan-e,.Justice IVilliams:—.Bvaue Anspach
& Stanton. Before reported. Verdict for plaintift for
$4,340.
Joseph Keller and Louisa, his wife, vs. The Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company. - 'riga wits• au action to re
cover damages for the Wes of plaintiff's eon, who was on
the train of defendants. which : collitled with a coal train
near Pittsburgh, in September, 1664, and was killed. 01;
QUARTER SEssioNs-Judge Paxson.—The jury for the
second period CURIO into court this morning, and consid
erable time was occupied in hearing excuses. The deck
was filled with prisoners,and prison cases were resumed.
A number of the prisoners pleaded guilty to petty
charges of larceny. In one case, where a number of
boys were in the-dock, and' one—the smallest-'--had
pleaded guilty, it was found necessary to call this one to
the stand to testify against his compaelons,charged with
entering a hardware store on Commerce street. When
sworn, the boy inquired: What am. Ito dor and
too examination indicated that he had
no conception of the value of an
oath. He knew the difference between the truth and a
lie, but was not clear what was required when lie kissed
the book. Be said that years ago he had heard of a God:
and finally, after the District-Attorney had gathered
from him that be knew what was the punishment here
after for telling a lie, he was allowed to tell his story.
The whole cretiti was made' up of boot-blacks, and the
lad (Griffith) detailed how the parties got into the store
through the grating, and robbed the premises of a large
number of penknives. Griffith, the ono who confessed
his gain, appeared to be the only one affected by tha
positionin which the defendants were placed. Re wept
bitterly while on the stand, his companions ln the dock.
however, paying little heed to what was going on. At
the cloie of the testimony the little fellow said he wished
to speak to the Judge. He was then examined by the
District Attorney in regard to his object,
and it was ascertained that when Griffith
wee arrested, Officer Burns told him that if
he told the whole story he would be allowed
to go. As Is confession under these circumstances is Il
legal, the District-Attorney asked periniseion to have
Griffith withdraw his plea of guilty. There being no
testimony against any of the defendants except that of
Griffith, and lie being an acconiplice without corrobera
thou the District-Attorney abandoned the case and a
veriliet of not.. allay was rendered.
/11ARTIff.'B - TOl.l - .ETIN N.
PORT OF PRILADELPHIA=Dxc. 20
— llEir'like — Warine Bullain on /nude Fag..
ARRIVED THIS DAY.
Steamer Regulator. Pennington, 2e hours from New
York. with video to John r Ohl.
Steamer Centipede. Fenton, 2 days from Portsmouth,
NB. in ballast to W E Crane & Co.
Brig Etta M Tucker, Tucker, 3 days from Now York,
in ballast to captain.
-
Schr E F Cabada, Swain. 9 days from Charleston, with
'phosphate rock to Jesse E Smith.
Schr Hiawatha, Leo. 6 days from Newburyport; with
mho to Knight k Sons.
Scbr Willie, Wilson. I day from Milton, eel. witlF
grain to Jas L Bewley & Co.
Schr E A Ilooper,Champion, 8 days from Georgetown.
SC. with lumber to Norcroba & Sheets.
Schr Mary Grier. Leonard,7 days from Washington,
NC. with lumber and shingles to B Trump, bon & Co.
Schr Annie May, May, from Boston.
lik.7"Bark Forsoget, from London, arrived yesterday,
is consigned to OF &GG Lenufg,
Schr Maggie Louisa, arrived yesterday from St Jago,
is consigned to E A Solider, & Co.
MEMORANDA..
Ship Irallace, Jordan, cleared at New Orleans 15ttt.
inst. for Liverpool,with 3353 bales cotton and 2075 staves.
Steamer Norman, Boggs; cleared at Boston 18th hot s ,
for this port.
Steamer W Lordalobart, at, New l Orleans 15th init. , =
from New Ycali. . • •
Stitt Sir Colin Campbell, Murray, hedce at Alton*
instant
Bark St Peter. Bartlett, cleared at blow Orlenne I.sth .
inst. for Barcelona via Malaga, with 125* bales . r.t4tota
and 8825 staves.
Schr FR Baird; Ireland, cleared at Charleettna
jolt. for Baltimore. .
Nob . iAno E Yolentioo, Earlier, oailed from Jacks**,.. 2
rill° 9th inett. for Washlugton.
BY TIMEGRANi.
NEB" YORK. Dec. 24—Arrived, steamer fderriaie.
from Rio Janeiro.
Rossini.
Barubr.
F. Bartair