IIVENINGBULLETIN•
• WedlneedUrn Deem 22; 1809
: OCR COPAN POLICY.
If the documents relating to the Cuban
araestionosent to the Senate by the Department
of State, proVe anything, it is that 'Secretary
•Jlsb leas conducted himself throughout this
difileult and delicate matter with signal ability
a$ with scrupulous regard for the dignity of
iOvernment and the rights of American
citizens. • The correspondence demonstrates
that the Secretary watched carefully the ac
tions of both the Spanish and Cuban corn
-1 atants in this quarrel, and when either in
let*. in open cruelty toward the other, or
when, the former proclaimed theories tha
' wt nld he likely to injitre citizens of the United
- States, or to infringe upon their privileges,
lir. Fish was prompt in entering his pro
. ' test, and was usually successful in procuring
atitisfactory adjuitment of the matter of
nplaint. When the Captain-General of
ba decreed that personS captured upon the
" high seas, while carrying munitions of war to
insurgents, should be executed as pirates,
iSeeretary Fish declared that Spain had no right
',do more than confiscate the goods seized in
manner, and be threatened vengeance if
e authorities executed the decree against
linericans. The order was modified in ac
nce with his suggestions. When Mr.
was called upon by the Spanish minister
4), suppress the Cuban Junta in New - York, he
';..,'refused to do so, stating that the government
ilbad interfered to prevent their violation of the
neutrality laws, and would continue to enforce
those laws, but expressing his opinion that
there was no propriety in issuing a proclama
tion against the Junta, and no necessity for it.
Wben Valmaseda, in Cuba, issued his atro
cious order, commanding the butchery of in
nocent men, women and children, Mr. Fish
addressed the Spanish government, protesting
in the • name of humanity and civilization
against the order. When the Captain-General
assumed the right to search United States
- vessels, Mr. Fish declared that this should not
be done unless. Spain recognized the•existence
of a state of war in Cuba, in which case the
United States would immediately extend
belligerent rights to the Cubans. The Cap-
Uhl-General's order was repealed. These are
but a few of the many instances related In this
eorrespondence, in which the Secretary was
quick to perceive any infringement upon the
rights of American citizens and to compel a
*edification of measures... which- conflicted
ifilth those rights and with the demands of
humanity.
We think that careful perusal of these docu
intents will compel any unprejudiced man to
admit that the Secretary 'has done his whole
duty in , the matter. He could have done but
one thing more for the Cubatis---given them
belligerent rights ; and it is because be did not
do this that he is attacked by the hot-headed
and unreasonable friends of the Cuban cause.
It is asserted that be made a definite promise
to Mr. Lemus, the Cuban envoy, that this
!course would be adopted at a given time; and
that this pledge was not fulfilled. We doubt
the truth of this statement; but if it is correct,
we feel well assured that good reasons offered
themselves for not regarding it. The general
expression of public sentiment throughout the
country against such a policy would have
been a sufficient excuse for the with
drawal of the promise. An allegation
has also been made that Secretary Fish accom
panied his famous offer of mediation with a
threat that its rejection by the Spanish. pov
erntnent would be followed by instant recog
nition of the rebels. If this were true, it would
only demonstrate that Mr. Fish was guilty of a
blunder, fer which he atonedby failure to fulfil
tiis threat. It is quite certain, in either .case,
that the inauguration of such a policy by our
government would be followed by a war with
Spain. And although certain Americans affect
to regard such a contest with indifference, and
while we are well assured of its, ultimate re
sult, we cannot doubt the folly , of entering
upon a war in which we have hardly
anything to gain and much to lose. Spain is
bankrupt and ruined now ; we . could not -
inflict much injury upon, her; but she
could hurt our commerce to an
incalculable . extent, and compel us
to make a large addition to the already
onerous burden of our debt. And for all this
we should, perhaps, gain nothing. At the most
we.would secure Cuba; but it is very doubtful
if annexation of that island would repay us for
•ur losses or be of any special advantage to us
tinder any conditions. We cannot afford
to go to war for a' sentiment; and
the President and his Cabinet deserve credit
for recognizing this fact and shaping their
policy upon it, despite the enormous pressure
-brought to bear upon them by,the enthusiasks
who would help the Cubans at any sacrifice.
SHARK AND REAL.
It is a pretty sate axiom that we get " Noth
ing for nothing." Within reasonably elastic
limits, everything, like every man, " has its
price." There is nothing to be had gratui
tously, for the whole theory of nature and life
is one of universal compensation, and by it the
equilibrium of the world and all its endless
interests is preserved. "Nothing for nothing"
is a principle that will be found to apply to
every possible relation of things and persons to
each other, from the greatest to the smallest,
and whenever we hear of the wonderful
achievements of people who have
,accom
plished great things without the least effort, or
obtained great results with no expenditure, or
enjoyed great privileges or advantages without
compensation, the simple maxim, ' , ;Nothing
for nothing comes up to caution the happy
recipient of gratuitous results that, in some
shape or another,
.he will have kr . pay; and
there would be a terrible confusion in the
'whole great law of cause and effect if it could
be otherwise in any one single partiCular.
Bringing this general principle down: to a
present and practical application; it suggests a
timely warning to a large class of semi-crazy
people who have I?een Mobbing what are
called the "Dollar Stores" for the - past few
weeks, frantic to get something for nothing,
bitten by the clever bait of stores where all
goods are of equal 'value, and . where the be
tievolent shop-keeper dispenses all sorts •of
gorgeous wares for the nominal fee of one
4loßar 'cad)
The " Dollar Store" dodge has had a very
:'.., successful run in New York, where it has sub-
Odivided itself into "Fifty-cent" and " Twenty
i. Ifive cent," and, for aught we know, "Five
'cent" stores. Having done New-York pretty
' thoroughly, it has come to Philadelphia, where
•P;r:.
),
y*. has enjoyed a success rather hundliating to
e reputation of the community for ordinary
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THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, IDEOMBER 22,1869.--TRIPLE SHEET.
;sagacity and good sense. The "Dollar Stores,"
which bait expanded, from one to three or
four, have been • thronged night and day by.
well-dressed women,—even men are sometimes
seen in them,--who plainly evince, by their
eager mariner and their pleased countinances,
their kiad convictions that 'they have found
the true philosopher's stone, and have
got "something for nothing.", They come
home in triumph, bearing' their, dollar pur
chases exultingly with them, confronting their
chaffing husbands, brothers and fathers, with a
'display of the furbished 7 up old "shop-keepers"
that have been picked up at bankrupt and
pawnbrokers' auction-sales, or the gaudy,
cheap-made shams which tell the true tale of
their inferior quality and their actual extra
costliness to the purchaser, as soon as they are
brought into contrast with the real goods
which they are got up .to . imitate. Now and
then a bait is thrown in, in the shape of some
article worth a dollar, ur even more, but the
silly fish who bites at it soon finds the hooks of
half-a-dozen counterpoises fast in his ,
jaws. The difference between these "Dollar'
Stores" and the establishments of our regular
retail trade is simply the difrerence between
shaim and real, and the wonder is that there
are so many peOple possessing dollars who do
not possess sense enough to see that this must
be so. Unless it is conceded that " Dollar
Stores" are benevolent institutions, not intended
to make money for the proprietors, but simply
to distribute all sorts of showy, fancy wares at
nominal prices, it must be admitted by every
one who chooses to reason on the subject that
they do not give any more real value for the
dollar than can be bad in any of the numerous
enterprising shops and stores of Philadelphia.
The fact is that the "Dollar Store," instead of
being conducted on any such disinterested prin
ciples, is meant to make its money very fast.
Having no actual basis for its pretence of sell-
ing a dollar's worth for less than a dollar, its
success depends simply upon the extent of the
people's credulity,' and this, of course, wears
away more and more rapidly, as the sham
wares come to be compared with the real, and
people begin to be ashamed of their nominally
cheap but actually dear purchases. The thing
is essentially epheineral in its character, except
when it is locatedlu some such place as Broad
way, New York, where there is a constant in
flux of fresh gulls to take the place of those
who, haiing soli themselves once or twice, go
sensibly back to the fair-dealing traders who
believe in the good old doctrine of "Nothing
for nothing."
There is a moral aspect about this "Dollar
Store " business which may be noticed. It
tempts a good many weak-minded,low-spirited
people to little acts of pitiful meanness in the
way of making presents. The ostrich, biding
its head in the sand, thinks that it is invisible ;
and the patroness of the "Dollar Store,"—for we
insist that it is the female persuasion, princi
pally, that encourages these shams,—buys her
plated trash for her poor little dollar, and passes
it off upon some unsuspecting friend, under
the silly impression that the sham will not be
found ont. This small meanness IS frequently
perpetrated, and its effect is, in its way,., de
moralizing. We have known instances where
"Dollar Store goods have been repacked by
their purchasers in second-hand boxes of some
of the fashionable establishmenn Cheststreet, and sent as wedding or
presents, under the absurd notion that their
sham character would not be detected when
brought into comparison with the material or
the manufacture which they so poorly simu
late.
If people who have dollars to spend will only
consider that their dollars have only a certain
value, and that if they seem to be getting much
beyond that they are probably being deceived;
if they will only remember that . "Nothing for
nothing" is the universal law of the material
universe and of all the relations of human so
ciety, they will not so easily fall into the pm=
tical absurdity of supposing that the conilnc;
tors of "Dollar Stores" are either such philan
thropists or such fools as to give them, on the
average, a single mill beyond the real worth of
their money. They will get the real dollars
worth in almost any of the • regular• well
known, substantial business establishments Of
Philadelphia; and they will not really get any
more than that in the flashiest "Dollar Store?'
in America.
THE GAY SEASON.
About thit period of the year the gay season
in the fashionable society of Philadelphia may
be said to_ begin. Until after New Year's day
entertainments will be chiefly family matters,
with a great many especially armnaged for the
little folks. After that the round of balls and
parties will begin, and they will be continued
actively until Lent brings them to an abrupt
It has been given out pretty generally that
there is to be less extravagance in this winter's
gayety than there has been for several years.
The state of the times is such that this is made
imperatively necessary with most people.
Fortunately, along with the depression of busi
ness, there has been such a reduction of prices
in articles of dress, that there may be just as
much splendor of toilette as formerly,"at a cost
probably twenty-five per cent. lower. So that
our retail dealers in dry goods and fancy arti
cles of dress may have as large sales as in the
seasons of greatest extravagance.
In the matter of luxuries in the way of eat
ing and drinking, the diminished prices also
favor the general disposition to retrench. But
in addition, it is understood that a great many
entertainments are to be given at which eating
and drinking are not to be considered the chief
objects.. There is a disposition to return to the
old-fashioned, more simple and unoatentatious
style of party-giving that was good enough for .
.our fathers and The girl of the period
IS to have the example of the girl of a former
period held up to her, for imitation, and it will
be well if she consents to follow it. The
young man of the 'period May also advan
tageously endeavor to follow the example of
his father and grandfather in this respect.
Along with the opening of the gay season
will come the opening. of the Italian Opera,
and this, the, is to be on terns that will accord
with the general dieposition to•retrench. For.
while the company coming is said to be very
fine, and the repertoire rich in novelties as well
as in standard works, the prices of admission
are to be much lower than formerly. •For
fourteen performances, the cost per seat will
be only fifteen dollars. It will be a' treat to
have good Italian Opera at a less cost oven than
was charged for the vulgar French Opera that
vitiated the popular taste for several 'seasons.
That institution having now been driven back
to France, the gay world ought to support:
liberally the more refined and relining Italian
• Opera; and it is gratifying to know that they
can do this and still be consistent in their en
deavors to be moderate in their expenses,
THE CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL.
While our streets and stores are crowded
with busy pnrchaiters, preparing for the great
Christian Festival of the Nativity, there is an
other department Of preparation 'ping 'po,
more quietly, Which is one of the most gratify
big and ,interesting features of this holiday
season.' We refer to the arrangements for the
inmates of the many Homes, Asylums, and
other charitable institutions for children in
Philadelphia. These ire nunierous, and diver
sified in character. From the Children's Hos
pital, where a • quiet, but happy enjoyment of
the festal day awaits the• little sufferers who
occupy it's bedS, up to the , great popular Col
lege, the lasting monument of Girard's broad.
liberality; through all the numberlesi Interme
diate institutions, the Children's Festival will
nowhere be forgotten. !Christmas dinners,
Christmas trees, Christmas toys, Christmas
holidays are 'preparing for the thousands of
little ones who, but for the large-hearted bene
volence of the good people of Philadelphia,
would_ be growing `up in this cormiinity, ,
ignorance, poverty and vice, to curse the coming
generations with their bad examples and
influence.
We shall not be blamed if we call some
special attention to one of the parent institu
tions of this kind, which, although it rarely •
puts itself prominently before the public, is the
parent stock from which several of the most
important charities of Philadelphia have
sprung. The Northern Home, the Foster
Home, the Union Temporary Home are all,
we believe, in some sense, off-shoots of the
"Union School and Home for Children,"
popularly known as "The Southern Home."
For more than twenty years past this Home
for Children has pursued its quiet career, ex
tending its benefits to thousands of homeless,
or worse than, homeleas children, training
them in the fear of. God and in reverence to
the laws of man, providing.them with suitable
homes and occupations, and thus supplying
one of the most important needs of a large
commtmity like this. The Union Home, for
the ,first time in its 'career of unostentatious
usefulness, asks for some assistance .from a
generous public in providing a Christmas festi
val for its hundred. or more little inmates, and
we believe, that the request only needs to be
made public to be bOuntifully granted.
This excellent institution is situated at the
south-east corner of Twelfth and Fitzwater
streets, where all contributions of substantial
viands, fruit, confectionary, Sze.; suitable for
the observance of , a real "Merry Christmas"
among these little ones, will be thankfully re
ceived.
I )4'' M I:[]4i)tJ ifi:l:iali7:~~~,i:fNtA
The Atlantic cable announces the
.death yes
terday, in Paris, of Count Regnaud de Saint-
Jean D'Angely, Marshal of France. His bap
tismal names were, Auguste-Michel-Marie-
Etienne. He was born in 'Paris, July 29th,
1794, so that he was in his 76th year. He was
a son of the famous general of the same name
who figured in the parliamentary and military
history of the first Republic and the first Em
pire. lie entered the military school of St.
Germain in 1811, and in the following year
joined the Bth regiment of hussars in Russia,
as sub-lieutenant. This regiment was almost
destroyed in the battle of Leipsig. In the earn
paig,n of 1814 he was on the imperial staff. He
was promoted-q the Emperor on the field of
Waterloo, to the grade of chef d'escadron. In
1825 he went to Greecc.and orgaolzed a corps
of European cavalry ; and in 1828 volunteered
for General Mai Son's campaign in the Morea.
After the revolution of 1830, he was restored to
his old grade under the Empire, and was made
Colpnel of Lancers in 1832. In 1840 he Was
brevetted a Field Marshal, and put in command
of the Department of La Mourthe, in which
he remained till the Republic was declared in
1848. He was then employed in the Army of
the Alps, and promoted to be a' General of Di
vision. In 1849 he was elected to the LetrisLa- -
tive Assembly from La Charente Inferieure.
In 1851, for a short time, he was Minister of
War. In the Coup d'Etat he was on the side.
of Napoleon, and was rewarded by being made
.a Marshal of France. He was also the Com
mander of the Imperial Guard: His name is .
the fifth on the present list of Marshals. Ile
was also a Guard Officer of the Legion of
Honor, and for a time was Vice President of
the Senate.
The same cable telegram announces the
death of another French Senator, M. Claude-
Alphonse Delangle, Procureur General of the
Court of Cassation. He was born at Varzy
(Nievre) April 6th, 1797; studied law and be
came a member of the bar of Paris, in which
be soon rose to great distinction. He was
•
made Advocate General to the Court of Cassa
tion [in 1840, and Procareur General of the
Cour Royale of Paris in 1847. In 1846 he
was elected to the Chamber of Dep
uties, from Cosnes (Nie vre). After
the revolution of 1848 \ he returned
to his profession, and siding with Louis
Napoleon, was appointed in 1850 President of
the Bureau de I'Assistance Judiciaire de la
Cour de Cassation. After the Coup d'Etat he
was employed in several responsible positions.
In 1852 he was appointed Procureur General
of the Court of Cassation, in place of M. D upin,
and soon after was made a Senator. In 1858
be was Minister of the Interior, and in 1859
Minister of. Justice and keeper of the Seals,
which post he held until June 1860. In that
year he was chosen First Vice President of the
Senate. He was a member of the Academy of
Moral and Political Sciences, and the author
of several legal works.
GOOD TO READ BY THE YULE-LOG.
" Ting-a-ling," by Frank R. Stockton, is one
• of the merriest, pleasantest, graArtest bits of
fairy nonsense we have met with foi• many
long day. It is 'full of giants and princesses,
murders that do notseem particularly unpleaSant
to the victim, great deeds that have no especial
results, and a general - air of Arabian Nights
heightened with opera bouffe. There are
quips, and cranks and odd turns of thought on
every page, and it is evident that the witty
journalist who does the book might make his
fortune 'several Unica over by writing panto
mime and burlesque diAmas:s There
are prodigal illtiStraticins by Ben
sell ; and Bensell ' has never done
anything better. From the title-page, which
is a mélange of giants, volcanoes, stately plea
sure-domes "decreed" . by Kubla Khan, and
crowds of Al Baschld's minions, to the group
of black slaves exhausting themselves , at the
knocker of the giant's castle, every picture is a,
gem. Bensell is here in his element; and, if
we were only in a palmy age of fairy talet, like
that in which Penanit's stories were written,
or that which produced the , Irish legends, we
should deliberately, recommend him to employ
his pencil in nothing else. There is a raciness,
;whimsicality and refinementin his extravagance
which we have not seen in any similar work
by any American artist: Hurd & Houghton
publish, and Turners sell, thls chef-d'auvre of
Philadelphia wit.
"Three Friends "named respectively Weston,
Clark and Gibbons, contribute a half-score of
short fairy-tales to the making up of a pretty
little book called the " Fairy Egg and what it
Held." These stories are about such old
favorites as Boy Blue, Bo Peep, and the Man
in the Moon, though the adventures are new.
A happy atmosphere of childish credulity and
joy and pastime breathes through these wonder
stories. The illustrations, by a lady, are deli
cate and sentimental, and are to art what ladies'
letters are to literature ; they provoke in our
mind a long and valuable.leCture on the female
'intellect as applied to belles-lettres and beaux
arts, which, as we have not the leisure,
must go unuttered, "and thou remain
forever uninstructed." These figures
-are more liko embroidered beings on - samplers
than like breathing flesh and blood ; and the
nian's head at the foot of the frontispiece is
that of a true- woman's man, an impossible
dummy; like the male characters in female
novels. Yet Lucy Gibbons (she writes one
of the tales, too) is evidently a lady of cultiva
tion, and one of her vignettes is a reproduction
of Wordsworth's image of the daisy's " star
shaped shadow thrown on the smooth surface
of a naked stone." Why is it that our most
intellectual and charming women cannot write
a man nor draw- a man—and do we make simi
lar fiascos when we dare to put female persona 3
into fiction ? Published by FieldS, Osgood &
Co., and sold by Turner. Bros. and Lippincott
&. Co.
Messrs. Porter & Coates, of 822 Chestnut
street, are almost embarrassed with their
popularity this
,Christmas. Their marble
palace is a scene of shifting crowds from morn
ing to night, and the polite and cultivated
gentlemen who guide the tastes of purchasers
in making selections are taxed to their last re
sources and utmost endurance., Messrs. Porter
& Coates are extensive publishers themselves,
and their own tine editions of Sir Walter Scott,
"Half-Hours with the Best Authors,"
and happy little juvenile books like the
" Rosie Series," are vanishing from
the shelves as rapidly as the products
of other houses. They have just brought out,
for the present holidays. two new works for
children, of familiar style and great attractive
ness. One is an admirable selection ofFrench
fairy-taleS, written by Mme. de Segur, with
the charming easy grace of her nation, and
translated by Mrs. Coleman and her daughters,
whose version of the Muhiback novels has
been so very popular. The other is a further
contribution to this firm's well known stock of
juvenile publications ;it is by that favorite
writer for the young, Mrs. Hosmer, and Is
called "Jenny the Orphan."
Turner Bros. have a fine stock of books,
framed pictures, &c., for the holidays. They
have just published an ornamental pamphlet,
containing some spirited original poetry, by
Watson, author of "Beautiful Snow." It is
on seasonable subjects, " Christmas Night and
Christmas Day," and forms a unique and ele
gant trifle for the Christmas table. Their pub
lications likewise include Harry Stephens's
first jeu cresprit, "Billy Vidkins," whose " pas
sages" happened in such startling appositeness
with the most famous texts of Shakespeare and
Byron. Their stock of readable pamphlet
novels, by agreeable English writers, is full of
handy reading, to pick up and while away an
hour with.
“Westbrook Parsonage” is another contribu-
tion from the fertile pen' of Miss McKeever,
whose books are beginning to form quite an
extensive juvenile library. The author, in
this as in all her books, strives to inculcate a
wholesome religious principle, without malting
her story unpalatable by Aver-much canting
phraseology, an evil which cannot be too.
much deprecated ih religious literature for the
young especially. Miss McKeever is a staunch
Episcopalian of the most decidedly ''Evangeli
cal" school, and she runs sometimes to a little
anxiety in her downright "Protestantism,"
which, however, is not likely to do her or her
readers any serious harm. Messrs. Claxton,
Remsen & Haflelfinger get the book out in
their usual tasteful and substantial style.
Hurd & Houghton, New York, publish
"An American Family in Paris" a handsome
volume on tinted paper, with fifty-tight Illus
trations of the historical monuments and
familiar scenes of the French capital. The Idea
of the author has been to throw into the form
of a story of a family of American children
visiting Paris; a large amount of interesting and
useful French history, drawing for his descrip
tions of scenes . and historical pagsages; upon
many of the best Standard authors. The design
is a .good one, and well carried Out. The
vignettes are delicately fine, of. French origin
evidently.
The same publishers have also issued
another very clever book for children, "Stories
from my Attic," by the author of "Dream-
Children," and "Seven Little People." It
consists of a number of unconnected sketches
and stories on a great variety, of subjects, pur
porting to have been written by the author
from his retreat in a garret-study. It ranges
over a wide scope, and its "stories" are varied
enough to catch the fancy of a great diversity
of young readers. Both of these volumes are
handsomely bound in very tastefully gilded
muslin. For sale'by Turner Brothers & Co.
Fields, Osgood & Co. hive issued the fourth
umber of their "lloasehold Edition" of
Thaclieray's Miscellanies, comprising the great
satirist's lectures on The Four Georges; :The
Engll6ll Humorists of the Eighteenth Century;
The Rinlndribont . PaPerO; The Fitz;;BoodlOPa
pers; the lecture on Charity and Humor, and
other entertaining articles. This series of
Thackeray's writings, in its large letters, double
columns, and neat bindings forms a very at
tractive holiday present.
Peterson . & Bros. issfie, as an instalment of
their popular edition of Airs. Soutbworth, her
story "The Family Doom, or the Sin of. a
Countess," which 'will be welcomed by her
large. and, probably increasing circle of ad
mirers. This series is handsomely bound in
black, with a broad gold shield, and looks well
on the shelf. Price, $1 75.
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0004 linnlnenn Suits, $l6, were BM •
Good Businens Snits, Jin, were $22.
Good Bushmis Suits, 420, were 425,
Overcoats, 812 W, were $l6.
Dress Sals at the Same Rates.
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deli if
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HY T.I.LEGRAPki.
THE seirrolit
EXECUTION IN CARLISLE TO-DAY
RANGING OF ADAM TITUS
The. , Crime,,,for, Which He Suffered
Confessiop. of Guilt
f Special Despatch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.]
C.Aimistx, Dec. 22, 184 R—Adam Titus was
swutig from the gallows into eternity to-day,
in obedience to the sentence of a Court of
Justice and the warrant of the Governor of
the Commonwealth .for the
horrible and brutal murder of one floury
titebm. . .
Almost one whole year has elapsed since the
commission of this crime, when the majesty
of the law steps in with a halter to vindicate
outraged justice. To Adam Titus the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine
was fast departing indeed. Gay holiday attire
and the happy faces of rosy innocent child
hood betoken the. approach of Christmas ;
brilliantly lighted shop windows laugh at the
solemn departure of gray-haired Old Time
with his scythe; but, alas', there was one
who, long ere to-day's , sun set over
the western mountains, gave up
all hope of Christmas day on
earth: On the twenty-ninth day of December,
1868, the blood of henry Stehm called to
- Heaven for vengeance, and on the twenty
second day of December,lB69„/Justice claims
her own and the murderer expiates his crime
upon the gallows.
Adam Titus and Henry Stettin, two Ger
mans,. were intimate friends. Both were labor
in men, and a short time before. the former
killed - the latter they were working upon the
South Mountain Railway, then being con
structed. When their work was finished here
they went together to Shippensburg, Cumber
land county, where the former resided with
his wife. Stehm was unmarried, had no fixed
habitation, and was regarded as a rather loose
character. . . _
On the morning of the 29th of December,
1848, but a short time after their return to
Shippensburg, they started out together, with
axes, on a poaching excursion to a. neighbor
ingli4oodland,i
_ntenciing to cut timber for fire
wood. They had been absent the greater part
of the day, when Titus returned alone, giving
some miring explanation of Stehm'stuntinued
absence. On the 31st of Decembet Titus was
seen going in the direction of the woods, with
a shovel thrown over his shoulder. The pro
longed absence of titehm had already created
a suspicion of foul dealing in the minds of the
neighbors. Titus's explanation appeared
more and more inconsistent,contradictory and
improbable, and soon the little town was in
quite a commotion in regard to the matter.
The people of Shippenstuirg were aroused
to such a pitch of excitement over this myste
rious disappearance that a party of citizens
started out tu search of the „missing man, and
their first steps were naturally directed to the
woods in which these men were known to
have been. '
The searching party had not progressed far
when they came to a pool •r pond in the
woods, on the edge of Wliich they discovered
unmistakable indications of some fresh dis
turbance of the soil,a.s if a spade or shovel had
been applied at a very recent date: and on
pushing their investigations further, the bead
and arms of a dead man were discovered. This
proved to •be the body of Henry Stehm, en
tirely naked, with a deep wound in the skull
and the bead entirely severed from the body.
The consternation of the beholders may be '
imagined. The party proceeded immediately
to the bowie of Titus and arreoted him. The
news of the fatal discovery and of the arrest
of the murderer spread like lightning
through the town, and soon the neighborhood
of Titus's residence was the scene of e
wildest excitement. Several hundred people
had gathered, and the sight of the murderer
infuriated the crowd to manifestations of vio
knee. Before this excited multitude Titus
openly avowed the crime. They had had a
quarrel in the woods, he said ; hot and angry
words had ensued, and while Stehm was in
the act of stooping , to lift :a felled log, he
(Adam Titus) struck the unfortunate man
such a blow on the head with an axe as would
probably of itself have proved fatal, when,
animated by demoniacal fury at the pros
trate body, he flung his axe into the air, and
bringing it down with great force struck the
neck of &elm, as he would the trunk of a tree,
severing the head from the shoulders! Next
day be stripped and buried the remains.
It was with the utmost difficulty that the
officers of the law could protect this avowed
murderer, whom the mob threatened to lynch
On the spot. Being secured in the lock-up
house, be made a written confession of the
deed, differing little from his former avowal,
save in apparent penitence and an anxiety to
lay the blame mostly upon the violence of
passion which had impelled the commission
of the crime. He had suspected his wife's in
fidelity,
and be alleged that Stehm made alle-„.
gatious that day in the woods affecting his
wite'S honor. This had driven him to despe
ration. There bad been violent language be
tween
them, and the fatal blow, in a fit of
passion, was the result.
Titus frequently thus unbosomed himself,.
and the witnesses against him were almost
legion. When 'broughV to Carlisle and im 7
prisoned in the County Jail to await his trial,!
he made another written confession, which
was never published. When arraigned for
trial at the Juno Term of the Cumberland
County Court, and the formal question was
put to him befOre the impanneled ' jury
Guilty or not guilty?"—he responded,
Guilty!
Several newspaper correspondents have
done the court great, injustice, complaining'
that counsel had not been assigned to
the defendant, and that the judge had
charged the jury to bring the prisoner
in guilty of murder in the first degree
in the absence of evidence or defence. This
is all erroneous. Titus had two of the best
attorneys :in Carlisle—Messrs. Sharp • and;
Humrickto manage his ease. They re-
peatedly urged him not to plead guilty: . There -
was something in the man's conduct, in his
fury at the time of the murder' and in his wild
confessions which Would seem to argue insan
ity ; and at any rate they thought it advisable
that the prisoner should plead not guilty in „
order tbat'all the testimony in the case might
he heard, They had been assidtions in their
effortsto procure witnesses,' belie that'
something might be elicited which would pall
ate the crime lathe eyes of the jury and 'save
the life of the prisoner . by averdict .of man
slaughter or murder in the second degree..
To all their appeals he stubbornly replied theit,'
though in a passiOn when he committed the
crime, lie . was net insane, and, that being
guilty, he ought to be hung.
The plea of guilty having been entered,
there was little elm: to do.' judge Graham or- .
dered that evidence should be received to de- ,
termine the grade of the crime, and ridpurned
the case to te August term to give tune for
deliberation. . . •
OnAll4- ,-- 1 2 04 - hday of August, 109, the
prisoner was conducted into Court and ac- -
quainted with the fact that ho had been found
guilty of murder in the first degree. Being
asked if he bad anything to Say why sentence
of death should not be passed, he made an af
fecting statement to the Court: This
statement was not plionographed,_
and was consequently never published - .
in full. Ho began coolly, but gradually became
quite excited. He was guilty of the crime
charged. There had been a quarrel between
bite and Stain, from ditlerensoS arising out
TEE bAILY EVEIONG 15 . 6LLETIN41111,ADELPHIA;WE NEaDAYw DEdEmiltn'22 l 4s69. 2 --Titirtk SHERT.
of the relations between him and hie wife arid
mother-in-law.' '.The killing bad occurred in
the beast of paselor. lie first struck Stettin
with the axe, and after cards cut his head oil:
Sentence of death was then pronOunced
against the prb3oner, and on the 24th day of
Governor overnor Geary issued his death
warrant, fixing the 224 day of December, 1869,
for the execution. ,
There is something really strange and 11li
precedented In the stubbornnem and constant
readiness of Titus to assert his guilt. Being
naturally talkative, little difficulty, has been
experienced in conversing with him. He was
not an ignorant man, but on, the contrary had
a good ordinary Hertoaneducation, reading
and writitdthat language well. In habits he
is said •to have been eccentric. There are
some lielie*e him to have :been-at least
partially insane, despite his own indignant
protestations to the contrary; that. the horri
bleness of the crime he committed was always
before him, visiting him with ever-present
remorse. He is known to have repeatedly ex,
pressed himself as wishing he were dead,
killed, butchered—that his body might be cut
in twain, and that he might be buried as was
his victim, Henry Mehra.
His cell in prison here had been next to that
of Dr. shoeppo, and he has been heard to
talk violently to that prisoner, characterizing
him as a coward. ' I have confessed my
crime like a man," Titus would say. " You
will have to go the sameroad with me. Come !•
Confess what yon have done, and meet death
in a manly way !" To which the Doctor re
f•ponded, deckaing his innocence and his-be
lief that he will ono day be free.
SECOND DESPATCH
CARTARLE, Dec. 22, Noon.—lt has been rain.'
in hard here all the morning. •
Sheri tlThompson says that the execution of
Titus will take place between one and ha'f-past
one o'clock, and no visitors will be admitted
to the jail until ono,
Father Kauppernagle, a Catholic . pnest of
Harrisburg, has been with the prisoner all
the morning, and has administered to him the
last, sacraments. He will remain in his cell
until the hour of execution.
Messrs. Parker and Tiunfrlch, the CollStafor
Titus visited him early this morning, and
were informed by him, that his statement at
the guffaws would be brief, embracing a con
firmation of his former confession of guilt,
with the exception that he will say he took no
money from Stehm's body. He is evidently
fully prepared for death.
NO YEW. DEVELOPMENTS
11.:30 A. M.—Nothing new has been devel
oped in Titus's case, and he is still in his cell
with his priest. I
tis indicated that the pur
port of the address on the scaffold will be
thanks to individuals for special acts of kind
ness. There is no excitement beyond that of
au ordinary market morning. There have
been very few requests to witness the execu
tion. The rain is stopped, but the sky is clear.
VISITED BY 'THE CLERGYMEN
12 o'clock M.,--The Rev. Dr. Schwartz, the
German Lutheran minister at this place, has
Just paid a visit to the prisoner, who received
him kindly, and listened to him very atten
tively. On leaving, he bade Titus a kindly
farewell.
Titus is still in good spirits, and seems no
-wise depressed.
Mr. Kauppernag.le, at this writing, was still
present in the cell with the prisoner.
ADDRESS ON THE SCAFFOLD
Tithe was hung at about 1.50 this afteraoen.
On being led to the scaffold he was very cool,
and showed no feeling, but had an intelligent
look.
. Mounting the scaffold, his addriss was read
from the rnanussript by Deputy-Sheriff Bow
man, Sheriff Thompson having stated that the
prisoner was unable to deliver it.
About forty persons witnessed the execu
tion.
Titus was dressed in a black gown, and
clasped a crucifix in his hands. In his ad
dress he simply acknowledged the crime, trut
made no allusion to his wife. He thanked
Sheriff Thompson, Deputy-Sheriff Bowman,
Mrs. Thompson, District Attorney Mc-
Laughlin, his counsel in the case, ministers
and all in charge of the prison or who visited
him, for their kindness. He then said, " Good
bye, gentlemen," and turning around, shook
hands with Sheriff Thompson, Deputy Bow
man and the Priest, and all on the scaffold,
muttering a few words to each.
Father Kauppernagle, of Harrisburg, then
gave general absolution.
THE EXECUTION-7DEATH 1;r STYtANt:ULATrON.
The scaffold had three feet fall for the
body, and the execution was sudden.
Titus twitched and swung around a number
of times, but death from strangling occurred
in about fifteen minutes. The body was cut
down and given to the Catholics for burial.
By the Atlantic Cable.
LONDON, Dec. 22,11 A. M.—Consols opened
at 92i fur money and 92i for amount. U. S.
Five-twenties, of 1862,83 ; of 1845, old, 8-11 ; of
1861, ; Ten-forties, 821.. Erie R. R., li 4 ;
Illinois Central, 991 ; Great Western, 26.
LrvEßroor., Dee. '22, 11 A. M.—Cotton
opened dull. Middling Uplands, 11'id.;
Middling Orleans, 11,',d. The sales to-day are
estimated at' 10,000 bles.
LoNnoN, Dec. 22.—Sugar, 395.a395. 6d. on the
spot ; for sugar to arrive the market is quiet.
tjt7EENsrowN, Dec. 22.—The steamer Sa
maria arrived last night at 10 o'clock.
Losno:4l, December 22, 1 P. M.—Consols for
money 921, and for account, 921.- United
States Five-twenties of 1862. 88; of 1865, Old,
85 ; of 1867. 84. Erie Railroad, 171 , . Illinois
Central, $l9;. Great Western e ..9ii.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 22,1 P. 14.—Pork and lard
Hat. Tallow, 445. 9d.
LoNnoN,. Dec. 22.—Tallow prime.
.11A.M.RURG, Dec. '4.—Petroleum closed firm
yesterday at 15 mart Lantos; 4 schillings.
BREMEN, Dec. 22.—Petroleum closed firm
yesterday at 6 thalers 63 groats.
ANTWERP, Dec. 22.—Petroleum opens quiet
and steady at 60.1 t.
PARIS. bee. 2:2. —The Bourse opens dull.
Iterates 72f. 45t.%
.H Avnri, Dec. 22.—Cotton opens flat and
quiet; on the spot, 131ic.; afloat, 135'd'. '
Fire in Jersey City.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Townsend's tea and
coffee store, No. 19 Newark avenue, Jersey
City wag burnt—early--this morning. Loss,
512,000: insurance, XB,OOO. A family living on
the upper floor were nearly maculated. The
fire was accidental.
Nate of Thermometer This Day at the
Bulletin OMee.
10 deg. 12 M... 52 deg. 2P. deg.
Weather cloudy. Wind Sonthwe3t.
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We are authorited t$ offer.a limited amount of the
Loan of the City of Cleveland. Ohio, payable, principal
and interest, at the American Exchange Bank, New
York, and we ask the attention of parties seeking a safe
and desirable investment to this Loot:, a largo part of
which has already been placed. •
The price is 95 and acarbed interest.
The total debt of the city is $2,090,000.
The Sinking Fund, $1,000,000.
Poindation, 10000. ' Value of taxable ptoperty esti
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kJ MA:KATO - KY OF MUSIrr.
The Second (Inertia . lamina Dec. 20th and ends on the,
12th of March,lB7o. Instruction given in all thedepart
melds of Music, and in the modern languages.
Applications received at the •OonserratorY Rooms, s.
E. corner of Tenth and Walnut streets.
• . • CARL GAERTNER,
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BY TELEGRAPH.
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WASHINGTON • FF AIRS
The Department-Appropriation---The
Samna Purchase—The Darien
Canal Survey, &c.
Opposition to the Osmium Purchase.
I boom.) Deopatat to tbo Phila. Evening Bulletin.]
WASHINGTON . , Dec. 22,—The treaty nego
tiated with St. Domingo' for • the lease ofthe
Bay of Samna as a naval , station is, likelyto
meet with considerable opposition when it
cemes up for ratification in the Senate. It is
held by some Senetors that the Government
mien not to pay the $150,000 rent annually
when the entire island could be annexed
without any cost. There is reason to believe
ihat the Administration expect the islandit
self wilt become the, property of the - United
States within the next four years. .
Admiral Porter, - who it 'is believed,' ex
*plows the sentiments ofi the President and
the members of his Cabinet,ssaid, this Morn
ing, that St. Domingo would be annexed to
the Unite4l States before the..resent Adminis
tration went out of power, at a cost of not ex
ceeding 51,500,000, and that two-thirds .of this
amount would be paid in old- arms • and muni-,
tions of war at present unserviceable.
The Darien Canal Survey.
(Special Despatch to tbo Phila. Evening Bulletin.
'WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The expedition to
survey the Isthrmis of Darien for the proposed
ship canal will not leave before the middle of
January. The United States steamship
Nip
sic is ready to sail, but awaits the completion,
of the repairs now being made upon the
United States steamer Guard.
The Department Appropriations.
[Special Despatch to the Phila. Evening Bullotin.l
WASMNCITOINT, Dec. V.—The House Appro
priation Committee were considering the esti
mates for the Treasury and State departments
to-day. The disposition is manifested to cut
them down lai gely.
}ire at Mauch Chunk.
Mecca CHUNK, Pa., Dec. 22.—The office'of
the Lehigh Canal and. Navigation Company,
at this place, was entirely destroyed by fire
about half-past 7 o'clock this morning. All
the books and, valuables were saved. The
Mansion House, adjoining, was threatened at
one time, but it was saved. The origin of the
fire is MA known. The loss is estimated at
tt.5,000, partially covered by insurance.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK
Money Quiet and Easy-4ilight Advance
in Gold--• Governments
Firmer---Bail
trays Generally Firm.
!By liaseon'e News Agency.)
WALL STRELT, I P. M., Dec. 22.—There is a
quiet and easy money market at 6 to 'T per
cent.; with more business at a lower rate.
Foreign exchange is firmer. The rates have
advanced to NH for 60-days' bills, and 109 Z for
sight.
There was a slight advance in gold in sym
pathy with the increased firmness of foreign
exchange. There were also some heavy pur
chases to cover outstanding "short'con
tracts.
Vague rumors are ciirrent of an uneasy
feeling prevailing at Frankfort on the funding
question.
Government bonds were firmer during the
morning, owing to the rise in gold in some
Speculative purchases to turn into the Trea
sury. The offerings for the sale of bonds to
the Government aggregated $3,306,600, at
prices ranging from 110.15 to 111117.
Southern State securities are steady. The
premium on gold has ranged from 1201a120,
with the latest transactions at 1201a1301. The
Railway market is generally firm, and the
fluctuations have been slight, with the excep
tion of New .Jersey Central, which ranged be
tween 40; and 881.
THE COURTS.
QUARTER SEssioss—Judge Paxson.—This
morning Robert Hamilton, Peter Donahue,
alias " Bottles," and James Atwell were
arraigned on a charge of assault and battery,
with intent to kill Detective James Brooks.
The defendants pleaded not guilty, after which
Assistant District-Attorney Dwight stated
that owing to the absence of three important
witnesses the Commonwealth was not ready
to proceed with the trial to-day. Proof of the
service of a subpama and the effort to find the
witnesses referred to was made by Detective
Wood.
Mr. Cassidy, for Hamilton, said that defend
ant had been in strict confinement since the
first week in September, and he was entitled
to a speedy trial. The materiality of the ab
sent witnesses had not been established; and
until this was done the Ctimmonwealth was
not entitled to a continuance.
.11r..Mann also opposed the continuance,and
referred to the fact that while the Common
wealth might not wish to oppress a defendant,
this vas in fact oppression, as the bail was
oppressive. As to one of the defendants,
Donahue, he bad never been confronted with
any accuser, and was detained wrongfully
under the circumstances.
. .
District-Attorney Gibbons said lie was
anxious to try today, but was limbic to obtain
the attendance of witnesses.
The Court granted the continuance, and
fixed January 6th for the trial of Hamilton.
Suboequently the District. Attorney took up
the case of Donahue ("Bottles"), and referred
to the fact that the only witness against him
before the Grand Jury was Neil McLaughlin,
who afterwards denied the facts then stated
under oath. There was no evidende that
Donahue was in the City at the time of the
assault upon Mr. Brooks. He was arrested
because he was found in New York in com
pany with . the other defendants. The wit
nesses in the case would be willed, and the
matter left to the jury.
Detective Brooks testified that he was the
person assaulted on the 6th of September ;
never saw Donahue before, and know of no
fact to connect him with the assault.
Detective Franklin testified that he knew
the prisoner ; he had nothing to connect him
with the assault; he was with the parties in
New York when arrested.
The bill was then handed to the jury, and a
verdict of not guilty taken.
James Meredith and John Rich, colored,
were convicted of highway robbery.
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PANY.—OIIARTER PERPETUAL. •
Office, No. ni WALNUT Street, above Third, Philada.
Will insure against Loss or Damage by Fire on Build
ings, either perpetually or for attained time, Household ,
Furniture and Merchandise generally.
Also, Marine Insurance on Vessels, Coracle* and
,Freights. Inland Insurance to all parte of the Union.
.., DIRECTORS.
William Esher, Lewis Audenried,
D. Luther, John Ketcham,
John It, Blackiston, ,J. 13
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William Dean, ho B. ileyl,
Peter
NEIN% Preeideut.
Sieg VILLIAM --Samtlei H . R"herinel'
WILLIAM F. DEAN, Vice President.
WIC M. Fistris,Secretary. iaZi to the U
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•WEDNEsDAT, Dec. 22, P3ll9.—The attention of the finitu
de) and speculative classes le just now absorbed in the
gold question and its cognate - interest/4 tO theexelnsion
of almost every other subject. The efforts made by
**bull" cliques to rally the market having signally failed,
all want to know what will be the ultimate result of a
further decline in the marketvalne of specie which now
appears inevitable. On this point there need be no alarm
as , neserione harm can ensue.bnt mach good, in the end!
Daring the gold panic of September the premium was
forced up by violent means fully 30 per cent. in a fey/
minutes, but nobody was hurt save a few. of the ring
lenders of the infamous plot. The decline now going
on in se slow and steady that, it' can do no possible darn
age, and though some temporary disturbance in com
mercial values is inseparable from such a movement, it
will be only brief, and must result in permanent sta
bility. • -
The money market to-day is dull. like the weather,
and the rates are without Change,
The gold market opened and continued strong. The
sales at the opening were made .at 12O1i, and at noon at
124%.
Government Bonds are on the same tack, and prices
this morning show a material - advance. •
The Stock market was active, and prices are higher.
Ta State securities. sales of the Pennsylvania sixes,
first series, at 103403.4, City' sixes, of the new issues,
sold at 0e r,.
Reading Railroad active. Sales at 49.ti1a493.1.
Pennsylvania Railroad was dull. Small sales 54.
Lehigh Valley Railroad was taken itt. 527 ti, and Phila
delphia and Erie Railroad at 29,',i—an advance or
Canal shares were supremely dull. - A small sale of
Morris Canal Preferred at 62.
In Bank stocks there were, sales of Philadelphia at 165.
Coal end Passenger „Railroad shares were inactive and
without sales.
Messrs. Pell aven & Brother, N 0.40 South Third street,
make the following quotations of the rates of exchange
to-day at noon: United States Sixes of 1881, 118.!‘alldq;
do, do. 1862, 112,Tia1733;; do. do, 1864, 111 , 1;a111?‘; do. do.
1885, 1111.0011%; do. do. 1885, new, ; do, do.
MI, new,lll:lll43' • do. do. 1858, 114%.a1147; ; do. do.
fives, 10.42,10834afiJ ; do. 30 year 6 per cent currency,
JO/Sia10811; Due Compound Interest Notes, 19; Gold.
1,20?1,a128Ii ;CEIIII er 11811119%.
Smith, Randolph & Co., bankers, Third and Chestnut
streets, quote' at 10,30 o'clock as follows : G01d,12134;
U. 8. Sixes. /881, do. do. 5•20 n, 1862. 11.23ia
11.33 i; do. do, 1864. 1113ial11,l4; do.do, 1866,111.94111,%; do.
do. July, 1865, 113na;%; do. do. July, 1887, 114a11434; do.
do. July. 1868, 119%; ss, 10-40 s, 10831a109 ; Currency
88,106.4a,U.
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities, &c.. tO
day, as follows: 11.8 6s,1881.118.1;a118?4, . • 6-20 s of 1862,
1 / 2 A,a11.11s ; do. id64,3lJulaiii%; do. 1865, 11134a1113 : do.
July, leo6, 11334a114; do. SW, 11441141 i; do. 1868, 114%
" 'NI I
143 ' . , " - ferttell, 108'%109; Currency ,
.108, a 00814;
Gold:l2o,z.
Wunralamtv, Dec. 22.—Tho rain caused a slim at
tendance at the Commercial Exchange Rooms to-day,
and the transactions In Breadstuffe were of an extremely
limited character.
There is no shipping demand for Flour, and only 500
barrels changed hands at $4 60a4 76 iper barrel for super
fine $5x525 for extra $5 50a5 26 for Northwestern ex
tra family : $5 5086 12).i for Pennsylvania de. do. • $575
ad 3736 for Ohio do. do., and $6 50a7 50 for fancy lots. No
change in Rye Flour or Corn Meal. Small sales of the
former at 15 25.
The Wheat Market sympathizes with the dullness in
Flour, and there is very little demand ; males of 2,000
bus. Pennsylvania and Delaware lied at $1 25a1 29.
Rye quiet at lila 115 for Western and Pennsylvania
Corn is dull • email sales of old Yellow at It 01, and
new do. at 714E6 centii, according' to dryness. Oats are
very quiet ; sales of Pennsylvania and Western at 55a
56 tenni No change in Barley or Malt.
Whisky 1. held with more firmness. We quote at sla
1 02 for wood and iron-bound barrels.
TUEsnAS,Des.2l.—Gol.l underwent a further decline
to-day, touching 1121i,which is the lowest figure touched
since September, 1562. The market has become so ac
customed to the drooping tendency of the premium
that the fall to so low a point produced little or no ex
citement, and was taken quite as a matter of course.
It will thus be seen that whatever effect was pro
duced by the suspension of the gold sales an
nounced for to-day and next Friday has been more than
counterbalanced hi, the offer of the Treasury to begin
the payment of the January interest, without rebate
on and atter Friday next. The speculative feeling for a
rise is perfectly tame. It will be remembered that the
cliques. at the outset of the month, basing their calcula
tions upon the fact that the Treasury after making all
the no melds that are due by the beginning of the new
year, will have but a small reserve on hand, essayed a
bull movement, which carried the price back to 124; but
they made the mistake of nut taking into account the
additional fact that the gold, it not in the Treasury,
would be in the market, and thus continue to de
press the premium even more than it did morally by its
presence in the government vaults. The Short interest
`bee been quite large ever since the reversal of the more
meat fr m 124, and has prevented a ..harper decline; for
the reason that gold operators are content with a smaller
percentage of profit than is the practice in stocks. The
rate for carrying to-day wee heavier than yesterday, but
yet sufficiently below the market rate for money to iudi
eate the pretence of i continued good abort in
terest, ranging as it from mix down to four per
cent. The decline to Induced a great deal of cover
ing. while toward the close the importers were buying
for remittances and the foreign bankers to cover cou
pons, under which there was an eventual recovery to
which two figures were the extreme quotations of
the day. The money market was easy at 6to 7 per cent.,
the former being the general rule on call loans with
pledge of government collaterals, and the latter the al
most exceptional rate on stocks, particularly in sill new
engagements. The stock houses, however, are so con
tent to get money at seven that standing loans at that
figure were not as a rule disturbed. The movements of
currency with the interior are without special fea
ture. There is a steady demand from the 'West and
Southwest. but the shipments in those directions are
fully offset by the receipts from other pointe in the inte
rior. Again, the onerations of the Treasury for the
week in the purchase of two millions of bonds to morrow
against the sale of a million of geld on Friday
—which latter will not count in the bank state
ment—promisee continued ease, and V, all
street sets from anticipation as much as
from actnality. 'Discounts were quiet. There was:
perhaps a littlemore doiug l if anything, prime accept
ances passing at from nine to twelve per cent., bet
with n wither range for single names. Bankers'
sixty-day notes were quoted as low as eight per
cent. Foreign exchange was heavy, and declined to
for prime sixty day sterling, but becalm: firm
at this point 1.1. , d1•I a good demand for to-morrow e
',teenier, principally, it is supposed; for remittances
against coupons on the five-twenties held &avail.
The Government bond market was quiet and steady. A
fair investment demand wasretorted among the promi
nent dealers, which kept prices firm, lespite the decline
in gold. State bonds were active for the lending specu
lative State securities, the Tennesseee, North Carolinas
and id issourie being the features after the South Caro
linas, ve hich, upon the announcement that the State
agent in this city is prepared to pay the January eon
pone iu gold coin, were buoyant, and rose Well bid for
the new bonds.
?lbw Yogg,Dec,22.—Stoeks firm. Money active at 7 per
cent. Gold, 120',;. United States 5-206, 1862, coupon,
113:, Crated . States 5-20 s, 1861, do.; 111 ; do. do. MO,
d0..11134; do. 1865, new,11334; do. 1367, 116%1; do. 1868,
114' ; 10-406, 10,434 • 'Virginia sixes, new, 53:4; ;
Missouri tVa, 90 3 i; Canton Company, 473%; ; Cumber
land Preferred, 2.5).• ' Consolidated New York
Central and Hudson River 81%; Erie,2ll:;; Reading, 99.!1;
Adana! Express, 51 ; Mich. Central, 117 ; Michigan
P.outbern. ; Illinois Central, 131 ; Cleveland and
Pittsburgh, Si; Chicago and Rock Island. 105; Pitts
burgh- and--,Fort:Wayne, .186.; Western Union Tele
graph. 3.2". i.
Markets by Teleltrapb.
[Special Despatch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.]
tiw Y ORX , Dec. 22, 1.2% P. 31.-Ilotton.-The market
this morning was dull and heavy. Sales of about
200 hales. We quote as follows : Middling Uplands, 254
cents; Middling Orleans, 26% cents.
Flour, Sc.-Remota. 8,200 barrels,-The market for
'Western and State Flour 'slimier. Western production
reduced. The sales are 0,000 barrels at 14 55a4 95
for Superfine State ; 85 3505 70 for • Extra
State; R 5 754 25 for Nancy State; 950
85 25 for the low grades of Western Extra ; May 50
ler good to choice Spring Wheat Extras ; 85 ;ioa6 25
for Minnesota and lowa Extras; - e 9 311a5 65 for Ship
plug Ohio , Round Boon ; 85 70446 25 for Trade
brands; $5.60447 50 for Family do.; 85 60a6 50 for
Amber Winter Wheat State and Wester: ' es ma 00
for bite Wheat do. do.; 86 65a7 50 for Family do.;
8.6 2009 alter St. Louis Extra Single. Double and Triple.
hroithern Flour Is dull and heavy. Saks of 400 barrels
at 80 45a6 for ordinary` to good Extra Baltimore and
country• 85 5501$ 25 for Extra Georgia and Virginia
86 moo for' Family do.; 8:5 Oat; 20 for Extra Maryland
and Delaware, and 86 nab/ for Family do. do. Ityo
Hour is dull and unchanged. Sales of 3150 'ibis. at $4 50
4455 to for fine and supertiv e. Beek wheat Flour is fair
with a good demand, at 83 29443 . 70 per 100 pounds.
Grain.-Iteceipts-,Wheat, 960 bushols. Thu market
is limier and dull. The wiles are 5,000 bushels No. 2
Milwaukee at el 24u1 25, and Amber Winter at $1 33a
Corn.-Tbemarket and tame ; sales of•l0,01.10
ht 1011 1 .19 new Western at 41 13a1 15 afloat. Oate.-Re
cei 4.r.00 1 / 1 101 , 1.5 , The inn i
riot s lower, heavy and
dull ; silks of II,WO bushels at 62,613 cents. Barley is
Provisbins.-The receipts of Pork are 2.860 barrels.
-:Thwiliarket,is:ltiwer-lit 831 05a— , _for. New Western
Mess. Lard.-Receipts, 1,100 packages. The 'market
is dull and vt eak. We quote prima steamer at 18.1615.
Reiss lower at 123.1a13e.
Whisky-Receipts, 1.400 barrels. The market is lower.
We quote Western free at 98499. •
Groceries dint mid drooping. Tallow dull at 10a10.'le
leorrespoiUlenieof tile Associated Press.) .
71ALTINIOnE, Dec. 22.--4.7etton heavy and nefulnallY
25e. Flour quiet and steady ; Howard Street Superfine,
e 4 75.b5 00 ; do.l4tra,l 5:5a o elf ; do. Fanilly, efi 25a
7 00; City Superfine. 5.:5 CO; 15 70 ; do Extra.B o 50a
tO ; dO. Fondly, 47 00,0)75 ; Western Slipanllo, e 4 75a
5 CO ; do. Extra, 15 25;a; 00; di. Fondly, eti 25147'00.
Wheat very firm for choke ; prime to choice t fled at
el 40; White, ei Wal7s. gem active ; prime
White, 89a88c.; Yellow. S7a!r2e. Oats, Spa do. /170
;ft/ 00 \tess,]'erk.golet at e1:033. Ilacoft quiet ; rib
sides 11 1 k ; elear do., ; shoulderS, "Multi, '2l
Lord quiet at W ....Whisky very quiet 'at ttl, and stoat
ISAAC NATHAN'S. AUCTIONEER ,'N.
"M ier Third, anti Spruce streets, 'only one square
t 4
below the Exchgp.' '4250,000 to loan, in large or small
amounte, on filanatafts, silver plate watches. ewehiy
swirl value , Office hours from 8 4. ni. to 7 "
P. . me' Established - tor the last forty years, Ad-?venceo made in large amounts at the. lowest marital!
NAVAL 0 R ES.-365 1 - BARRELS
Bosin:6o barr+ . :lle Pitch, intrreb4 Spiritd Par-
Vntine , r. 6 barrels - rfip, sow landing from. dteamer
Pioneer,' from Wilminon, N. C., and fur,a.tle by
COCIIIIAN,BES gt
SELL CO., No. ill Cbeetnat street.'
Fit NAPCIAt AND commr.ncim:.
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di LebVal tts 02S
2 oh Penn 11. . 114,
100 s h PhiladtErie 211,4
114 eh Vornpl doter e
.500 eh Reading B c 49/11
100 eh Read 2dys 494
100 eh do DSO 501-iii
100 eh do LIU 42.91,
100 eh' do
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72 sit Penn Ii ' Its '
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sh Leb al It b 3.
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1200 Lehigh U Ln lt4 80.1
63 ell Oil Creek & Alle
rhfflladelnida foxes Morket.
Philadelphia Produce Market.
The New York Mosey Market.
(From the Herald of to-day.]
New York Stock 'Market.
I Correopondence of tho Associated Press.]
,fibtoholssBls 8011011. •
100
200 oh eh iteadln do a b3O 50 c 40,4
200 eh do 2dys 493
500 oh do s3wo Its 49.51
3to oh do . 40431
100 oh do b3O 30 346
100 oh do rogldnt ;49%81
100 oh do b44clst 49.81
lf DOARDS.
River 3974
ZA eh Penn R Ile 2ilye 64
- I . FOURTIr:EDJTION
BY TEisIiGFRAP.H.
FROM WASHINGTON
TEE VIRGINIA QUESTION
A Bill to Further Reconstruct the State
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT
NEWS .BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE
ReeOnstreietiOn !ROAM res.
Itatwon's News AgeneYJ
WASTIINGTON, Dec. 22.—Mr. Sumner in
troduced a bill to carry out the reconstruction
laws in Virginia. It declares the Statebrgani zar
lion provisional only, and subject to the con
trol of Congress. It directs General Canby
to summon the members of the Legislature to
administer the test oath of 1862; such Legisla
ture to pass the Fifteenth Amendment, and
never so to change the State Constitution as
to deprive any citizen of the, right to vote,
bold office, Sit on jurieB, or enjoy equal parti
cipation in the school fund.
Mr. Morton introduced a bill to permit the
State of Georgia to organize a State militia.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 119.—The President to
day sent to the Senate the following nomina
tions : B. Whitman Williams, postmaster at.
Rome, N. Y. ; Arnasa B. Tracy, postmaster at`
Middlebury, Vermont ; Gabriel C. Wharton,
District Attorney for Kentucky, vice Brisbin,
resigned.
fiThe Georgia Reconstruction bill was pre
sented to the President this afternoon for his
signature.
By the:Ailantle
PAIIIB, Dee. 22.—A subscnption has been
opened for the relief of the Spaniards who
were recently expelled froth this country by
the Government.
LONDON, Dec. 22.—Leave has been granted
to the Archbishop of Canterbury to appoint a
suffragan.
Hismnuxo, Dec. 22.—The • steamer Ham
monia, advertised to leave this port on De
cember 23th, will be detained until Decem
ber
Destructive Wire at DlOucester, Mass.
[By Hasson's No Agency.)
Gtorcnwrzn, MA NI., Dee. 22.—The Baptist
Church was destroyed by fire this morning.
The loss amounted to $35,000, on which there
is an insurance for $22,000. An easterly storm
is prevailing.
From Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 22.—1 n the case of the
Sheriff of Boyle county, Ky., vs. Cobb &
Co., of Buffalo, for the restoration of 1,300
bushels of wheat, seized from him while un
der attachment, Judge Ballard, of the United
States District Court, decided that a United
States Maishal could not take from the pos
session of a State officer property held under
process, and returned at the expense of Cobb
& Co.
Howie Proceedings.
[By Ilaween's News Agency.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—1 n the House to
day Mr. Wasbburne (Wisconsin) introduced
a bill providing for a port of entry and collec
tion district at La Crosse, Wisconsin. The
bill was referred to the Committee on Com
merce. The day was devoted to speech-making
,in the House. Mr. Washburne made a long
speech on cheap telegraphy.
The Holiday Recess.
[By Hasson's News Agency.'
WssniNwroN, Dec. la—The Senate con
curred in the Howie resolution to adjourn to
the 10th proximo.
CITI (1N MATEh.IIII4I,.
1869. HOLIDAYS. 1869.
GREAT BARGAINS
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
LACE ClLilt TAINS.,
DAMASK CURTAINS,
DRAPERIES AND LAMBREQUINS,
Trimmed with Rich Tassels.
WALNIIT OR GOLD CORNICES,
Tapestry and Cloth
TABLE AND PIANO COVERS,
EIDER DOWN QUILTS,
Will be Closed Out at a Great Reduction,
prior to Annual Stock Taking.
I. K WALRAVEN,
MASONIC MALL,
No. 719 CHESTNUT STREET.
CURTAIN MATERIALS.
LACE CURTAINS, el 3 00 to $6O 00a pair.
NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, $2 to $l4 a pair.
WINDOW till ADES,aII kinds; SILK DROCATELLES,
SMYRNA CLOTHS,DLUSHES; REPS, TERRIES and
DAMASKS,aU colors; TASSIi.'L, GIMPS,FRINGES,&c.
RAILROAD SUPPLIES.
W. IL CARRYL & SONS
723 CHESTNUT STREET.
Tu E. H. GODSHALK & CO.'S Carpet
Store, (two doors above our old stand,)
no2l tdell 6p
STERLING & WILDMAN,
Bankers and Brokers,
No. 110 South Third Street,
PIIILAVELPHIA,
Special Agents for rho sale of
Danville, Hazleton and Wllkesbarre R. R.
First Mortgage Bonds.
• Interest seven per cent., payable April let aid October
let, dear of all tarea. A. limited amount of these Bonds
for sale at Err, and accrued interest.
The road was opened for business on November sth
between Sunbury and Danville. Thirty-two' miles be•
yond Danville the road is ready ,for the rat's, leaving
`but seven miles unfinished.
Government Bonderaud other Securities taken jp ex•
Omega for the above at market rote
•M.'..-RAISITALL,
DEUGGIST ' AN,I) CHEMIST;
AIM WHOVESitlar. DEALEII,IN
PAINTS,' OILS, GLASS AND
PATENT MEDICINES,
Nos. 1301 and 1303 MARKET STREETS
• Oa/ to th atorP§
3XNJ O'Olook.
Loss of the British War Steamer Deer
hound.
Sir Sta,fro r d Northoote on -Board
IdARSEILLEs, Dec. 22.—Advices have come
to hand which render it certain that the British
war steamer Deerhound has been totally lost,
while on a voyage from Athens to Malta. Sir
Stafford Northcote, ex-Secretary of State for
India, was on board, and is believed to have
perished.
Losnoi , r, Dec. 22, Evening.—Consols for
money, 821, and for account, 92k.
ties of XBO2, 85i ;of 1865, 84/; of 1)367,--83&.
Eric Railroad, 17 '•• Illinois Central, 90i;
At
lantic and Great Nirestern, 26.
Lxvxriroor,, Dec. 22, Evening.—Cotton—
Uplands, 11 id. ; Orleans, 111 d. Sales ttrday, .
10,000 bales, inelnding 2,000 for export and
speculation. Bread/sr./111s drill and unchanged.. •
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—The Staten Island. ,
ferry-boat Pomona was seized by the
Government at New Brighton to-day, for..
non-payment of taxes since 1866. 'The owners,
gave a check for $B,OOO, whereupon 'the boat'
was released.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 22.—A fire List night de
stroyed the upper portion of the furniture fac
toi'y of Harig, - Roop & Co., on Third street.
Loss, $B,OOO ; fully insured.
Forty-First - Congirescosid Session..
WAsiiimlroat, Dec. .72.'
Eintvern.—Mr. Sumner introduced a bill requiring &
reorganization of the Virginia Legislatnre..
The Mouse resolution extending the recess until thii
10th of January was concurred in.
A motion by Mr. Williams to refer the bill 'relating to
Chlt.ese Immigration gave rise to considerable discus-.
sion as to its merits. '
The Washington International Exposition bill was
taken up and debated at length. ' " • •
On motion of Mr. Trumbull at 2P. M. the Senate went
into executive session, when the doors were closed;
Ilovss.--Mr. Stevenson presented a petition of many
citizens of Cincinnati for an amendment of the Internal
Revenue law, so as to permit distillers of grapes, apples
and 'peaches, to use drop-beer for distillation, setting:
forth that about a million dollars of revenue now lost
Might be secured by suck a law. .
Bills were, by unanimous consent, introduced :and re . :
ferred as follows
By Mr. Welker, to abolish imprisonment for debt in
the District of Columbia. Also, to 'amply artificial limbo'
to discharged soldiete and sailors.
By Mr. Sheldon'(La.), for the better organlmelon of •
the United States District Courts in Louisiana.
. . . .„ . .
By lir. Boyd, extendinz the time for the completion Of
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.
• - -
By Mr. Washburtte ( Wis.), for the establielusentef*
collection district and port of entry at LaCrosse, Wis
consin. '
By Mr. Lawrence, proposing an.amendment to the
constitution.
The House then went into Coinmittee of the Whole,
Mr. Ingersoll hi the chair, for general debate.
Mr. Cullom addressed the Committee on thesubject of
the apportionment under the next census,deslring it to be
carried out so as to apply to the next Congress ; favoting
the Increase of Representatives • to at lout three hon.
dred, and intimating that at no distant day there would
be an amendment of the constitution to change
the basis of representation in ..the Senate.
Be thought that the whole system of representation
ought to be revised and that a svotenilhonld be devised
whereby ell the people, minorities and inajorities,should
be represented.
Mr. Dawes replied to the argument of Mr. Cullom...
Ile sold he heard with some apprehension that the gentle
man thought it right, bnt contemplated an attempt on
the part of those who might have the power. or might
not, to break up the original Constitution of this (
Government, composed of the States and of the people
of the whole nation. He did not understate" the:
definition of this Government to be entirely a Government
of the whole people as a mass.
Be underatood it to have been an attempt to bring
under one government the States and the people, and
that the people were represented in this branch and the
States hi the other braneh. .The nation would have n•
existence if the sentiment which the gentleman tidve-;
eated in regard to the Senate had prevailed in 1789.
It was a matter of history that of nothing were
the States so jealous as of their State existence,
and they came into the convention which finally
adopted this admrable. system of government
on the pled gel not only that their State existence sheet(
be recognize(' and their equality recognized In the
Senate of the tinted States, but that they should be_._ .
protected against such changes as might be suggested
hereafter by any ambitious State or ambitions section of
the country and as had been now suggested by the
gentleman from Illinois ; they had not only provided for
the equality of the States in the other branch, hut each
State stipulated that it never should be changed without ,
the consent of each of the States. •
I M PORTA rIONS.,
Reported fort e Philadelphia Evening B ulletin.
WILMINGTON, NC—Steamshin Pioneer, Barrett—
-39,405 feet pitch pine lumber 25 bbls ink turp 61 tlo spts
turp 362 do rosin 50 do tar 1 bag anise E 11 Rowley; 67,
bales cotton 163 bbls rosin 100 do pitch 34 do opts turp
Prentice & Fitler; 62 bales cotton 1 do wool 142 barrels •
rosin 15 do opts turp Cochran, Russell dc Co; 76,412 feet
pitch pine lumber D Trump, Son & Co; 16 bales cotton
Clagliorn, Herring & Co; 4do 1 do moss 34 do rags Jos,
sup & Moore; 30 bbls 14 lib& 12.pcs iron 1 bale rope 1 keg
bruoeW B-Cludifie; 32 pcs iron E J,Etting• 403 bugs pea
nuts 1 Jeanes ,k Co; 9do T N Rounds; '5 bags wool Ales
& Sons; 59 bbls rosin J S & T Elkinton; 28 bags
dried fruit 3do flaxseed 'Woodward Bros J; Co; 46 empty
hf bbls Wm Massey & Co; 11 do Whitney & Son; 2 bales
nines Jorden & Co; 2 bbls flaxseed 1 do fruit lungerlat
& Smith; 3do mist! E J Roberts; 11 'bales cotton 20 do •
rosin sundry pkgs order.
SA ClTA—Brig Ellin P Stewart, Holland-142 Mule 48
let. 2111)18 sugar Ceo C Carson & Co.
POIIYOF PHILADELPHIA—DEC. 22
sci - rßey Marine Bulletin on Inside Paige.
ARRIVED THIS TUT.
Steamer Pioneer, 'Barrett, 60 hours from Wilmington
NC. with ten. naval stores. &c. to' Philadelphia and
Southern Mull SS Co. Above Ledge Light-ship, saw
Wit Annie. Batchelder, coming up.
Steamer Rattlesnake, Mershon, 53 hours from Porte
mouth, in ballast to W I) Crane k Co.
Brig Ellen P Stewart. Rolland, 8 days from Sagua,'
with sugar to Gen C Carson .tc Co. Sailed in company -
with bark Inmure; brigs J I) Lincoln and Isabel, all
for New York. Left In port bark Mary C. Fox. hence, -
arrived 9th.
tichr Wm Wallace, Small, 7 days from Allyn's Point,-
Ct . in ballast to captain.
Schr Jas Alderilice, Willetts., Boston. . ;
Bar Fawn, Kelly, Wilmington, Del.
CLEARED THIS DAY.
Ship Eliza McLaughlin, Ilibbert,llansbnrg, E A Sender
& Co,
Bark Medwig(Swed), Lunsteu, 'Gibraltar for orders,
Westergnaril & Co.
- .
'Ship Frolic, Bush, cleared at Now York yesterday for
San Francisco,..Steamer Corf, Nelson • cleared at 'NOW Orleans 17th
inst. for New York.
Bark Era 4 Br). McCulloch.hence at Antwerp 10th jnst.
Brig II C Brooks, Briggsdience at Fall Itiver 20th hint.
Brig ()anima, Coombs, sailed from Providence 20th
inst. tot this port or Bunn:bore.
Brig Emma I Br), Nelson, cleared at Boston 20th lust
fur ('ape Town. COIL
Sehr Adelin, Foote, hence at St John. NB. yesterday.
Sell. It A Ford, cleared at St John, NB. 20th instant
for tills punt.
Schr Cobasseti Gibbs, hence at New Bedford 20th inst.
Bohr Grace Girdler, Smith, hence at New London 10th
instant,
Sat' He»riotta, Linden, sailed from Norwich 18th
inst. for this port.
Seta Julia A. Crawford, Young, hence at Newport Dili
instant.
Schr Edward Lee. Nixon, from Newburyport for this
port, at Newport 20th oust.
Schr Rescue, Kelley, hence nt New port 20th inst.
Schist Geo Fates, Little; M V 'Cook. Faikenburg;
Irwin, Adams; Westwind, Townsend; Transit. Bucket,
and Brandywine, hence at Providence 20th inst.'
Schr Ephraim Anna. Green. from Boston for this
port, at Holmes' Hole loth inst. anti sailed again 19th. 4
SchrJessle Hart, 2d, Pierson, hence, fur Boston, at
Holmes' Hole 19th inst. aud 'Soiled again.
bolas Emma R Grabani,•stuith; .Julia A Garrison.,
Smith, and Emily A Bartle. Smith, hence for Boston, at
Holmes' Hole 20th inst. and sailed again.
MARINE MISCELLANY.'
The City Ice Boat, No 2, (mot &hettenger. arrived at.
10 o'clock last night from tho Br e akwater, h av i ng left
this port at 'PM on Monday on a trial tri 13, and arrived
at the Breakwater at 9.1. PM. Capt Schellonger reports
his vessel in excellent condition, and thinks hor equal
to tiny occasion that may require her services during'
a
the winter. On Tnesday morning the Ice Boat left.the.
131 eakwater to assist the chip Wm Wilcox, thou ou the
Shears, as before reported, and hauled her oil the shoat
into deep water. leaving her to charge of the tag Ame
rica, which towed her to the Breakwater. TN ship
leaks come. but can easily be kept free by her own
pumps, •
N. W. con Fourth and Chestnut,'
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