IMMNO tOLLETIN..
Vriday s I)veeer M 4-19.
• I i iiriter permitiecontiiterA with
*team° Ont.t.s.TtSi establishment may
r:7; 4iiabled their . Clhrki
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bo no paper issued from this office
l litassTuAs. •
tui• the public press is concerned,
nistmi
, as has this year been "discounted," to
uage;of iThird street. It has been
• '',.•;.1 121 14011**102- newspapers all this week.
..i , "llolllattessrittintiberso Christmas stories, Christ
, • 4ibtotry and Christmas advertisements have
Pletnur nolumns, almost to the exclusion
• grave affairs of State It' has diverted the
Italic/ to a considerable extent , from
:ht reading as the Fish-Motley-Claren
, - eorrea'pondence, the cheerful little brochure
17, minissioner Wells, and the Cuban news.
° new on . the eve of the great festival of
• niiis, thre is nothing to say about it.
' .`subjeet will of course be " improved" in
nt churches to-morrow, and therefore
shall preach no sermon on it. But, wish
illour readers, and all their families, a
fly Christmas and a happy New Year, we
.:; s itfa , illimply give them a few hints that may
:Paeted on to promote such mirth and
il) l4 Ass•
;tivb
,4,, , ire will still be time,after this publication,
;11'PS Many little acts of kindness or charity
t',, at will gladden the hearts of others on Christ
1114as.morning. The retail fancy stores will all
A opeu this evening, and the 'markets are all
stocked with good things. Nobody should
T. iiiiiitto visit • the stores—avoiding the humbug
, - , l‘. o 4billar " concerns—to get some little trifle for
0 , c4lo,yonngling who may have been forgotten
ha the preparations. A turkey, a piece of beef,
o f iloairel of flour, a bushel of potatoes, sent this
, evening to those who need such things, would
Wake many a gloomy heart glad and ensure it
a comparatively happy Christmas. The stock
' ikt of the little folks at home must also not
be forgotten and neglected. We are not of
flame who approve of extravagant and indis
eriMinate gift-making. But little presents to
children, and good, subitantial, useful presents
to the deserving poor, can always be made
with propriety, arid the omission to Make them
in Christmas time would seem to indicate that
the event commemorated is not thought of
with the Christian charity and brotherly kind
iiieSs that ought to be distinguishing features of
observance.
• Alaving done everything possible in the way
have proposed, and having, to-morrow
ing, attended to the religious dotlei of the
I m ,
let our readers give up so much of the
day as can be spared from the Christmas din-•
cer, to innocent amusements. Take the
young folks, especially such as have been away
' to school, to one or other of the theatres, in
theaftemoon ; for in all of them there are in
nocent entertainments offered, prepared espe
cially for, them, and which will be sure to
delight, astonish and amuse them, and give
the something pleasant to remember in after
"lays'. Or, if the theatre should be objected to,
take the little boys and girls to see Signor
Blitz, or the minstrels in Seventh or Eleventh
streets, or the 'Unions at the Academy of
Music. Let, them have a merry afternoon,
and then they will be ready to go to bed early,
and sleep soundly, disturbed only by rapturous
dreams of a country all fairy land and a time
all. Christmas.
DEATH OF HON. EDWIN H. STANTON.
The startling intelligence of the sudden
death, at Washington city at 3 o'clock this
morning, of Hon. Edwin M. Stanton will
create a profound sensation throughout the
whole country. His name has just been pro
minently before the public, owing to his nomi
nation and prompt confirmation as a Judge of
the Supreme Court; and his decease, even
before be had entered upon his new sphere
of public service, gives a shock that is felt
everywhere. There are few public men, at
least in zivil life, who have attracted more
notice, or acted a more important part in the
peat events ,of our recent history.
The events of , Judge Stanton's life may be
thus briefly summed up. He was born at
Etenbenville, Ohio, in December, 1815, making '
is age only fifty-four years. His family was
of a Quaker stock in Rhode Island, but his
great-grandfather emigrated to North Carolina
in 1750. His grandfather, Benjamin Stanton,
died in the latter part of the last century, and
his widow moved to Ohio, with a large family,
one of the sons being David Stanton, who be-
•s came a physician, married a Virginia lady
named Korman, and settled in Steubenville.
Edwin M. Stanton was the oldest son of this
marriage. When thirteen years old he became a
olerk in a bookstore, but in 1831 was sent to
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, where lie
studied for several years. After that he was
again a clerk in a bookstore at Columbus.
After his father's death he began the study of
the law with Daniel S. Collier, of Steubenville,
and in 1836 began to practice at Cadiz, Harri
son county, of which he was soon elected
Prosecuting Attorney. His practice and
,:. reputation increased, and in 1839 he removed
1 •:' to Steubenville. In 1842 he was elected
.. 4 ,reporter of the Supreme Court, and three vol
'l tomes of the Ohio State Reports are the fruits
of his labor in that capacity.
it • .At this time and long after Mr. Stanton was
...it a member of the Democratic party, and an
-,:, active political leader. He moved to Pitts
* burgh in' 1847, forming a partnership with
; lion. Charles Shaler and Theodore Umb
t• stratter. , He acquired a large practice, chiefly
in the United States District, Circuit and Su
preme
.', which he. 'appeared, we may mention that
be was counsel for the railroad company in . the
"Erie war " cases, and for the State of ' Penn
. sylvania in the great Wheeling Bridge case.
%;,'O. This brought him before the Supreme
!V. ' Court at Washington, and business be
:4'fore.that Court . crowded on him so . fast
1
,:. , that he Was obliged, to take up his
~...
be wentto California as special counsel for the
1- ':.•:; Government' in sonic, important land eases
ii: . ',.. against*Tiean claimants, in which he was
li , • brilliantikfauCCeSefill. 'ln
. 1,859 he was em
ployed 'its nnc. : orlibe counsel in the Manney
•••• i.,„ .- MC.COnnick reaper case, tried at Cincinnati,
', f'''‘ and then be first met Abraham Lincoln, who
; • ' , •.ari one ,of the counsel,tit
on ° same side.
• ii.m,
\.l ' , 41 bile still engaged on that case, in December,
':f.'',. 'O, be was appointed by President Buchanan
''
tterriey-General in place of Judge Black, who
. :been made Secretary of State by the
1,,,. -- - po ti on of, :General Cass. Stanton,
• ''; i\ it an&Dix Were Lice only men in the Cabi
' i 2 - • i' tameAdelity to the Ithivu cause perfect
• . . -., , .
'THE DAILY EYENINO BULLETII,I--PuiL,A.pupEt
confidence was felt ; but Stanton was the
bravest and boldest of all: He protested against
every donbiful or halfway measure, insisted on
the reinforceinent of Fort Sumter; and 'did
more than all others to prevent . the utter
wreck, of the Government in the' last nionthe_
of iti..liuchanan's administration.
After President Lincoln's ',inauguration Mr.
Stanton returned to the practice of his pro
fession. But on the resignation of the . war ,
office' by Secretary Cameron,, In Janiutry,'
1862, President , Lincoln nominated
as Seereiary of War, , and the Senate'
confirmed liim'on the 13th of the month. He
entered on his dirties With Ids elia:racteristic
zeal. The nation was in confusion, and the
army organiz.ition was anything but satisilic
tory. It was natural that some mistakes should
be made, and Mr.. Stanton was, , for a time,
harshly spoken of for some of ; his acts. , But
experience enabled him to "correct faults and
remove abuses, and in a year or more the ad
mirable effects of , his energy and .intelligence
were felt all over the country. 'The War De
' pertinent, with a more extensive and diffieult„
- work than any governmerikhattever had im
posed on it, became a splendid' organization,
and,With the'aid of the generals it had plac,eff
in the chief commands, it .brought the nation
to the glorious triumph of the spring of 1885.
When the terrible deeds of Booth and his ac
complices laid the beloved Lincoln low in
'death. and nearly destroyed the Secretary of
State, Mr.' Stanton Was the one man in the
Cabinet on whom the loyal people relied above
all others. Hi ,presence there gage every one
confidence and hope during those dismal day's,
and these feelings were nokmisplaced. Soon
after Andrew Johnson entered upon the Presi
dency, it became evident to Mr. Stanton that
be intended to betray' the trust confided' to him,
and he exerted himself strenuously to
resist him in his designs. He opposed
with all his might the vetoes of the Freedmen's
Bureau bill,
,the Civil Rights bill, the bill grant
ing impartial suffrage in the District of Colum
bia, the bill to 'admit Colorado as a State, end.
the various
him''
acts of Congress.
This made him' the object of the President's
litter , enmity; and he resorted to all sorts of
slights to make him uncomfortable in his posi
tion and to drive 'him from it. Congress and
the people, however, stood by him, and the
Tenure-of-Office bill was enacted chiefly for
the sake of retaining him in the War Depart
ment. •
At length on the sth of August,lBo7, Presi
dent Johnson sent Mr. Stanton a note request
ing him to resign ; but this was not complied
with. On the 13th he notified him that he had
suspended him from office and appointed
General Grant Secretary of War ad iliterina.
Mr. Stanton gave up the office nnder protest,
though with no unkind feeling towards grant.
When Congress re-assembled in November the
President was required by the Senate to give
an account of himself and his measures
towards Mr. Stanton, and the account not
being satisfactory, the Senate declared that the
suspension was not justifiable and that the
Secretary must be reinstated. General Grant
surrendered the office to him, greatly to the
chagrin of Johnson, and there was an .angry
correspondence on the subject, between him
and Grant, which will be remembered by all.
During the rest of Mr. Stanton's term the
President w,ould Hot recognize him as Secre
tary, and vainly tried to prevent General Grant
from issuing orders through him. On the 21st
of February he notified Mr. Stanton
that be had removed him, and ap
pointed Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas
Secretary ad interim. Mr. Stanton refused to
surrender and had Thomas arrested on the
charge of violating the Tenure of Office act,
but he was discharged upon his own recog
nizance. This last insolence of Johnson, added
to many other outrages, led at last to the fa
mous impeachment of the President. On the
20th of May, 1808, , the Senate having that day
acquitted Johnson, Mr. Stanton resigned his
office. The President nominated General
Schofield, as " in the place of Edwin M. Stan
ton, removed." The Senate, in confirming
this nomination, put on reconl - Eits resolution
that the order for removing Mr. Stanton was
unconstitutional and illegal, be having relin
quished the office on the Tuesday before.'
Since leaving the War Department, Mr.
Stanton has been devoting himself to his pro
fession, but his health had been so seriously
impaired, by his enormous and protracted
labors as head of the War Department, that
he has not been able to work with his former
energy. On Thursday evening, two weeks
ago (the 9th day of December), as
one of the counsel for the defendant in the
important case of Ma Whitney ' vs. A. L.
Mowry, brought from the United States Cir
cuit Court for the Southern District of Ohio,
before Judge Swayne, Mr. Stanton made his
last, argument. It was a speech two hours long,
and was pronounced remarkably clear and
able. At its close, when congratulated by his
friends, he said he found himself much
stronger than he had supposed himself to be.
The next day he took a long drive with a
friend, to whom he also spoke of feeling
much better than he had for a long
time. On the resignation of the venerable
Justice Grier, the eyes of all the leading pa
triots of the country were turned to Mr. Stan
ton as the proper man to fill the:vacancy on
the bench of the Supreme Court of the United
States. President Grant had the same idea,
and on Sunday last he and Vice President'
Colfax did him the unusual honor 'of calling
on him and tendering the place to him. On
Monday the nomination was sent to the
Senate, which body confirmed it promptly
Without going through the customary formality
of referring it to a committee, and the whole
Republican party approved of this course.
The whole Republican party and all good,
patriotic citizens now mourn the sudden death
of the man thus signally and justly honored.
:That he was killed_ by overwork :while in the
War Department is ,as true as that Abraham
Lincoln was killed by Booth. At the period
of that crime Mr. Stanton was actually the
Government. He slept none for many days,
and nights, but was laboring all the time to
preserve the good order of the Government,
to restore the composure of the appalled peo
ple, and 'to capture and bring the
assassins to , trial. That he stir;
v ived that time of horror and
overwhelming Work at all, was surprising. It
made him 'a prethaturely old man,and his sud
dendeath, when only fifty-four years old, can
excite no wonder in the minds of those who
know what tremendous mental and physical
labor be underwent while in the Cabinet. His
death is a terrible national loss—a loss to the
President, to the Supreme Court, to Congress
and to the whole people that he served so faith.
fully and so wisely, ,in the darkest period Of
their history.
Mr. Stanton waai twice married. 13y, I bis
first Fife tr.ts'i , itilelotigc of
tic bar in yirasbingtpn: ~1 ie,4epop4
With severalle*g;cbAilren;sinwliee'libu. ,
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IC__ TION,
The vexed question of the right, w and „pro
priety of - Women receiving Ineilical instructfon
at the Pennsylvania Hospital has, been: settled
in a - Way)whielltdieributeti'victorit , „and,
sh evenly 'among most of the contending par
ties that it isrealliliard Wsat,"
0 ;LA old .
who has not " been hurt.",,
The history of this contese bet:wenn the • old
and new ideas of human, education is a very
interesting ' At the commencement of the
clinical lectares • at the pennsylvania Hospital,
this fall, it "wag fkind that the *omen' attend
Mg the _Female Medical College had taken
tickets` or the course, and, in due - tithe, 'they'
Presented' themselves at the lectures. How
they were treated there is too familiar to the
community toneed repetition here., The male
studenta,;in'gre,t indignation at the, univereni
.
public condemnation' of the reception 0f4,-lie ,l
women, left in a body, and" their course
sustainedl4 the'fadultios mist tit the toil,-
legesand'a lingo body ' of others physicians
The women quietlycontinned to' attend the
lectures, together with about a 'hundred male
students, and at'this the ;Abject dropped
out of public view: • ' ,
Meantime communications have passed be
tween the Board of Managers' and the students,
the phydcians, the staff of the Hospital and the
Female Medical College, and the following is
what- we- understand, afte,r'. careful investiga
tion;to be the - result fin accordance with the,
- universal demand of public sentiment, the
Board of Managers proposed the establishment
of an extra , separate weekly clinic for the
Women. This proposition was, declined by
the medical staff, although two or three of its
members were willing to adopt it and deliver
the necessary lectures. They were, hOwever,
over-ruled by their colleagues. The Board of
Managers, who, to their honor be it spoken,
have steadily maintained the right of the
women to the full, unmolested benefit' of the
lectures; then notified the medical staff that
some arrangement must be made by which the
advantages of, the Hospital should be seemed;
to the women desiring them, and that if no
other method could be devised, it might be
come necessary to separate the male and female
wards, with a special staff of lecturers for the
latter. The medical staff then made another
proposition which, having met the approval of
the special Committee of the Board of Managers,
and of the Faculty of the Female Medical
College, has been adopted, and is now in ope
ration. The new arrangement provided what
is (practically) a separate clinic, though not an
extra one. The Women attend the Saturday
lecture, as before. The eases which are re
garded as special ones, requiring such exposures
as render them improper for a mixed class, are
to be grouped, as much as possible,, into the
Wednesday lectures. If there are similar
eases, which, from their exigencies, cannot be
postponed beyond the Saturday lectures, they
are to be reserved to' the end of the lecture,
and before they are introduced the women are
to be notified of the fact, in order that they
may retire. If any of them should manifest an
unwillingness to retire, the lecturer may, at his
discretion, dismiss the class. But as the Fac
ulty of the Female Medical College have cheer
fully acceded to the arrangement, and are un
derstood to be responsible for their class, it is
not likely that there will be any occasion for
the exercise of this discretional" power.
Under this new arrangement,, the full class
attended the lecture last Saturday. The class
was very large,
,and : every ,thing passed off
quietly and pleasantly.. No exceptionable
cases were presented, the only surgical opera
tions being amputations of the arm and foot,
In the prosecution 'of. female education in
Philadelphia, hereafter,, everything will depend
upon the women themselvei. • if they hold
themselves in a proper attitude toward this
Anestion, they Will be 'sustained, as they .have
been, by public sentiment . and. by the wise
counsels and steadfast support of the Hospital
authorities. The great body of the medical
students have signified, by the resumption of
their attendance, that they are satisfied with
the arrangement, and the medical profession of
Philadelphia,Which bas been greatly stirred
by the sudden presentation of the
woman question in ' this form, will
recognize the facts that the
public protest against miscellaneous mixed
clinics, in which they joined, - has . praCtically
been respected by all the parties concerned,
and that the students of the principal colleges,
who were the chief concern of many of the
professional protesters, are contented with tbe
new plan. The managers, the doctors, the
men-students, the women-students and the
patients all being satisfied, there will be no
body lento complain. •
• There has been much injustice done to the
class of the ; . 'emale Medical College in some
quarters, where they, have been freely charged
with desiring to attend mixed clinics in prefer
enee to separate.or graded ones,from unworthy
and unwomanly
,motives. There is no
single fact' 'to support . such charges
as these, arid the worneri:themselves must live
them down. We know , that there is' a clas's of
theorizing .and.serneWhat- restlessLreformers in
these latter . dayS; very stibliniated no
tions about the 'abstract, nature of Science, and
denying that there can be anything iniproner
or indelicate in the ptirsult 'of any department
of pure Seience, ifteki is, Perhaps, 'a
true one, but we must waitfor the Millennium
to put it into practice. Constituted as society
.
now the great masses of inert and women
now are, in all their relatione,—Zthe pursuit of
scientific knowledge must, be Made with' defer / C .
ence to the aceepted, distinOtiOns of .sex, aka,
we 'cannot too strongly' urge .h.pitin the iyoraen
who have cenducted
. themselves so patiently,
modestly 'and proPerly throtiiholit " the'recent
contest the importance , of using the privileges
which they now enjoy irraceordance pith the .
general healthy tone of .publietjentiment which
the contest has elicited: They *mid look f0r...,
ward, from their present vantage ground, not
in the direction of future courses of miscella=
neons lectures 'in company with the pro
miscuous classes of young, men who attend the
° Medical ,CollegeS of Philadelphia 'every Winter,
but in the direction of wholly distinct and
separate clinics,,which:we believe will be, the
'ultimate result 'of the - recent agitation of this
important subject..
„ ,
A I%EW lINAONI[p_r t ,ETELATIgN.
At last we have got to the bottom of the
Byron scandal. Mrs.. Stowe might as well dis
continue her ungraciona labors, and order her,
A, •R DAY,., DECEMBER 24,18. lasuga
publishers - to burn - her new colntrit. - ,A m a n
whose lot is cast 'hi has as , lit
tie hegt. a5,P1,11,118 ~liver, has fiesfroyed „Axhat
little izebileei a is ed for ByrOnlt s yrelatirdsvliti"
be claims to be the actual truth about, him.
And this mattis to baxelled on apparently, for
lie asAires tis that his “ftither" had thei story
ftomone of Byron's mostintimate friends "°
theta4stot t 1,4 otie, Ipubfishedj ,
Xadras:
neivspaper, are, that llyron actually came Into
this world beari:ngt .. a physical resemblaoce to
that contition idea 'of the devil which at
tributes . horns,, hoofs; aiad a spear
headed tail to his,Sp,taule Majesty. It, jsrelated
that his (Byron'e not the Devil's) mother,having
studied too closely a picture representing the
Chie; PrOwling ,around.* this terketttrial
sphere with theabove-namedpectdiarities, and
a bay ferk•in his, hand, was surprised shortlY'
afterward to, perceive that , her _new, born sou
was a ciose copy a the said . picture,•barring
the bay fOrk, we suppose, of course, although
the fact is not stated. At link, his Mother
thought it woold svell to destroy the babe,
and mite)). as lye abhor the crime of infanti
cide, we incline to grieve that she abandoned
her resolution; for then Mrs. Stowe
would have , been checkmated -and - , ,keptc
out of the newspapers. But the mortified'
mamma having concluded to perinit t tlie child
to live, he grew"- to manhond, 'so painfully con
scious, of the unpleasant singularity / of his per,
son that he .became morose and sullen.
Hating his fellow man, he. determined to
devote his life to two objects—the publication
.
of poetry ,and the, disguise
„ of T ,his
a: deformity.
lie succeeded 'in both . . He became - celebrated
poet, and by dint of wearing cotton in tbe toes
of his boot's, and curls over his horns, and by
carefully tucking his tail in his trOwsers leg, he
deceived the world., When he married, hoW=
ever, his' wife of course.discovered bialeal con
dition. Innediately.She insisted upon ampu
tation Of that unornaniental caudal appendage,
and extraction of the horns. 'Byron demurred;
and she in a fit of rage and disgust left lam
forever, while he trotted off upon his split
hoofs to the continent. .
This is the coherent narrative, told with sin
cerity and minute carefulness by the gentleman
in India. • The public may receive it or not,
just as it seems plausible or improbable. For
ourselves, we have only to say that it is almost
as likely as Mrs. Stowe's revelation, and not
nearly so nasty, and to venture to hope that
it will not create such an excitement as her
story did, and provoke a discussion which will
produce in the minds of newsgaperyeaders a
fervent wish that Byron bad never been born.
Axoriussi STZP FORWARD.
Select. Council took another step forward,
yesterday; in the matter of the coming Paid
Fire Department. Mr. Smith, of the. Twenty
second Ward, who 'is an old fireman, and
therefore
,speaks and acts advisedly in this
matter, bad a committee raised to ascertain the
price: at which the apparatus and, buildings of
the present Fire'Department can be procured
by the city. The resolution was strongly con
tested, but it passed, by a decided , vote. Al
though we do not think that this is beginning
exactly at the right end, it is a step in the right
direction. The Paid Fire Department for
which the people of Philadelphia have
been educated, these twenty years past,
and for which they are now fully ready, must
not be based upon a valuation of the property
of the. old Department made by the several
volunteer companies now. The reform must
first be established by Councils, or the Legisla_
ture, and the question of valuation will then be
upon an entirely different footing. The old
fire companies will then be in the market as
sellers, and they will be willing to drive liberal
bargains with the city. Now, they will put
high valuations on their property, in order to
alarm Councils and the,public with a phantom
of the enormous expense of the paid system.
Still, Mr. Smith's committee moves in the
direction of the great reform, and therefore it
is a step forward.
Mr. Smitlaallusion to the October elections
shows that there is still a timid feeling among
Councilmen as to the popularity of a Paid Fire
Department. The • tear is unfounded. So
many of the very best firemen, thernselVes, are
openly anxious for this reform, that there can
be no doubt that they represent a very large
proportion of the whole Department, while
outside of the. Fire Department we know of
no aiss of voters who will not go, heart and
soul, for abolishing a system which has become
so demoralized and disreputable. There need
be no fear in Councils as to the effect of the
reform in October elections.
TIME SAN DOMINGO MCHEME.
• No sooner have we news .of the concluSion
of an arrangement by Which the United States
government obtains -'a foothold- in' San Do
mingo, than InforMatiOn comesof a protest on
the part of some of, the Dominican people,
and of - an expression of disapprobation in ,the
shape of -a-rebellion ,against the authority of
President' 'Baez. The cable this morning
brings a despatch which asserts that "the re
volutionists are making efforts to overthrow
Baez before the.,American Congress can ratify
the arrringeinents for the lease,. Baas troops
have Captured Cartel. and Volta, two of Ca
bral's 'generals, who were immediately exe
cuted." •
This is precisely the result that we predicted.
Ave do not believe that a majority of the people
of San Domin,go wish annexation either af, a
Whole 'or 'a part Of theirlerritory. to the United
:States; we are quite sure that' President .86.0 Z
bas . nnrigietn conclude any bargain for the
, sale 'of such: :territory unless the People are
`willing ; and we have good reason to believe
that his'suOio'ssor will repudiate itif it is made.
Baez happens to , be at the top just' now; next
:month Cabral...l'lin the latter is placed .
in power by the opponents of annexation,
he will be sure •to declare the treaty ,uull
and voia.. Then we shalfeither have tnsub
.,
• mit to the insult and loSe our money without
murmur, or else . . Make good, our .rights
force. Neither alternative would be. pleasant
• or satisfaetory., ,The ; best plan would, ,be to
let San Domingo alone, and , eitherle establialt
the natal: stations whieliare t*Roltr, tcibe re
-quired in the , ploAda. 'key's, or 'else purchase,
some islandlike the' quaking St. Thomas; the
. people of whielt are, unanimous in a'desire to
become citizensorthe United States. ,
MISS BATERILILBPS-"LEAIIi."
Miss Itate'l3steman appeared at thtit Walnut'
iStreet'Theatre last evening as "Leah' i in the
,drama entitled Leah the Forsaken.' This play
islamiliar to the public in a variety of forms,
'the original —Mosenthal's Deborah—having
'fluiplied a theme for an operatic composer,
grand opportunity.to 'a valuable ad
„ dition to the repertoire of Janauschek, and a
,subject for one , or two iiinglish adaptations,
'Miss .13ateman'sym'sieu is very far from being
good one. Her American-dramatist; in , en.-
•Vovoring.to lbO.PlaY,tolo l6 o l o 0 " 16511 111 :
to be ;the donsuide; ;of, Ahe Asitteriean public,,
I aslintrodeced bits' of Meladrarria which are
lecongrhoniand'absnrd; and with his inky
ngers be bits so snintelied and soiled the sweet
j.astoral slmplicity•whith frith° Original is
the most elittracterietfe of this;
ah Of many similar german dramas, that what
gave' pleasant relief' to the' SombreMise - of
]eat's' inisfortunes, is now simpl i inee
herent drlyel. ,The peasants, in Mr. Daly's
adaptation, Are , buffoons; and their talk, is
held old stuff which might as, well be con
dUcted the .Arrapahoe dialect ,for all, the •
tiSteYest, or amusement it has for the audience.
And where the adaptor has not made the
characters ridiculons;; as in, the cue of the
';Doctor," he has' swamped them in cheap
tragedy, as in the case of " Nathan." It is not
'surprising then, that Mint Batienan struggles
onward thyough three acts of the drama with
„out ' making any impresSion. upon her
audience. The author has lett her ab.
;soletely without opportunity to do anything
but to express devotion to her, lover--mi in
teresting and pleasant thing to listen to, we
admit,but even the most delicious spooniness,
exhibited ,by a charming woman, becomes
somewhat tiresome to everybody but the ob
ject, if it is continued very long without lucid
intervals. Not Until the fourth act, does
Bateman have a chance to display genuine,
overpowering pasidon. In this act Ocears the
scene in which” Leah" curses the man who
has forsaken, her. Rere Miss Bateman ex
hibited such tremendous tragic power that
the stupidity of the preceding acts.was for
given and forgotten. The situation is very
tine, and the actress made the most of it ; ex
pending on it, as it were, the force
'which • bad been pent up and restrained
in the preceding episodes. In the fifth act
againothe proved her excellence by her euporb
management of the really affecting interview
with the Wife' and ohild of her fernier lover
The whole scene is full of exquisite tenderness
and feeling, which reach their elimax when
"Leah" ela.spa the child in her arms and weeps
'over it when it speaks of the affection that
is still felt;by "Rudolph" for the wanderer.
This has not been done better by , anybody—
excepting Ristori. In all her penionatiotui
Miss Batemai adheres to that quiet method
of expressing prozion, upon which we have
commented before—a method which is infi
nitely more difficult, as it is more 'eloquent
than the every-day ranting and bellowing in
which so many actors and actresses indulge.
What Miss Bateman needs above everything
else, is a lair opportunity. We do not think
she has it either in Mary }Varna or Leah. Of
the excellence of her abilities there can be no
doubt; she'is by no means one of the greatest
actresses in existence, but she is very much
better than the herd. In a first.rate play, with
a fair text and strong situations in which her
capacity for expressing emotion has ample
latitude, she would impress`her `-audiences
more deeply than she can hope to do in the
dramas which she now presents to the public.
LAaz SMISII.IOI3. AIM - THE M ISMS 9/I'll.
Messiti. Jay Cooke & Co. offer for sale a small
portion of the the First Mortgage Bonds
($300,000) of the Lake Superior and Missis
sippi Railroad Company, at the Original sub
scription price, 95, and , accrued interest in .
currency. These seven per cent. bonds have
been so clearly-recognized by capitalists as a
first-clam investment, that, at this season of
the year, when so many fresh investments are
made, the opportunity to secure them will un
doubtedly be quickly sei7fd. Messrs. Jay
Cooke & Co. advertise that they receive, in
payment for these bonds, Governments and
other securities 'at their market value, and
January gold-coupons at the'current gold rate
of the day. The &rent bulk of the bonds have
been taken by a class of gentlemen whose
judgment in such matters is the best guarantee
of the sound and profitable character of the
investment,
PublicSalesby Order of Orphans' Court
AVbOTlllßß.=Thomas Sons' Sales, December 21th,
January 4th. ]9th and 25t1i, will comprise the valuable
relate of John W. Grigg, deceased; valuable stores. 12
and 14 North Fourth street; estates, Francis Gallagher;
John Farrell, and others. Fee advertisements and cata.
logues.
THE FINE ARTS.
SEVENTEEN NEW CHROMOS,
Including five by Prang, and others,
English, French and German.
LOVELY FEMALE HEADS (French).
TWENTY-FOUR NEW ENGRAVINGS,
And a large standard selection, with two new workn by
LANDSRER, others by ROBA DONIIEUIt,
BROCIELART, ac.
TWO NEW. ROGERS' GROUPS,
Exquisite • Porcelain Pictures,
CARVED EASELS, BRACKETS, &c.,
AND OTHER
Unique Bridal and Christmas Presents.
EARLES' GALLERIES'
816 Chestnut Street.l
TWENTY-THREE NEW CHROMOS,
SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
AMON yawn ARE: •
Dotty Dimple.
Wake'Up t 01- and:papa.
Playing Mother. • , •
Why Don't He Come.
A Wet Sheet'and a Flowing Sea.
~ Little Eva.
Adirondack Lake.
. Aid others in great. variety at greatly reduced prices.
•
• JOS. L. GOFF
No. .31 S. Sixth: Street, above Ohestnut.
de2:l2trp§
CHAS. F. HASELTINE'S
GALLERIES OF THE ARTS;
No,. 1126 Chestnut Street.
TIME ,
CTOTYPER
LANDS., PES
HAVE ARRIVED.
MY ../Yra
TIEAD Q CARTERS FOR 'EXTRACTING
i TEETH WITH FRESH, NITROUS OXIDE OAS.
AIII3OLUTELY NO .PAIN."
DR. R. R. 11101,1A13, , " formerly Opoutor at Oolton
Dental Rooms," positively the only Office in the city
entirely devoted to extracting :teeth without pain.
Otlice, 911 Walnut street. , rehb lyrp§ '
ft OLTON DENTAL 'AtR3OCIATION ORI •
N../ gloated'the antesthetio use of
,NITROUS OXIDE, OR LAUGHING GAS,, •
And;devote their whole time and practice to extracting
teeth without pain. ,
OSico,Eluhth and Walnut street!. splay
HORSE. COVERS, NUR. , ROBES,
Lap Bags and horse Gear. AU Muds. Mono
Ntr 7 or cheaper. KNEASS'S Hamm Store, 11211 Mar
ket street. Big nom iu Ow do *i jyil.dydp
HENRIt PHILLIPPI,
. , . .
• CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
. ,
NO. 1034 RANSOM STREET,
jolo-Iyrp PDILADELPIIIA.
h • , ~ .i,
=ME
IMMEZIIIII
CHRISTAA_S PitESEXTS.
WANAMAKEi fa .111i4i1V—i"S'''
OUR HOLIDAY, PREPARATIONS
RO('KHILL & WILSON are not afraid
To say they're prepared for the Roliday trade
With the finest clothing ever made;
Every pattern, and every shade,
With the most consummate taste displayed;
Gorgeously finished, and neatly Laid
On the Counters or
,
And we tell the public the reason why
They'd better hurry along and buy
What sults their fancy and pleases their est:
And the prices are certainly not too high ;
For we've put them all down; just come aiid'
And bee bow the goo de continueto fly
From tbe Store of
ROCKIIILL; & WILSO*
And the folks both In town and in country
saY,
That for all the seasons of Holiday,
Never - were suits to be had so gay,
So much to please, so little to pay,'.
Certain to suit You, any way,
Better than what they Lind to-day, •
At the Store of •"
BocKHILL & misoli
For Clothes for your oliri 'wear• and .fort
Christmas presents for your
friends and .roL*-
dons, come and buy,. at, wonderfully reduced
prices, front the rapidly vanishing Winter
stock of
ROCKHILI4 & WILSON,
GREAT BROWN HALL..
603 and 605 CIIESTIVIIT Street.
WHAT REMAINS
OUR HOLIDAY GOODS,
Dressing Gowns,
Toilet and Fancy Articles,
Furnishing Goods,.&c.
Prepared Especially for
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR,
Will all be Closed Out
THIS' WEEK
3M101)1LTC'1^101V.
JOHN WANAMAXER'S,
Chestnut Street Clothing Establishment,
Fne and 820 Chestnut Street.'
delt tf
EDWARD P. KELLY,
TAILOR„
HAS REMOVE.D.
No. 1300 Chestnut St.
S. W. Corner of Thirteenth.
WESTON & BRO.,
TAILORS,
No. IUQ ARCH STREET,
PUII;ADELPIIIA,
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
stari •
_ ...
TT.NIFORNITY 1N LOWNEhIi OF.
pricoo hdttenabled,ps to make
Q . •
U/Olt ~ S.A.LES4
hi consequence of which we: have but a small:stock of
•ready-tnatle goods, which we will close out at cost. .The
reduction In prices is follows
Good Business Snits, 816, wore
Good liminess Suite, SV., were 822: - • • '
Good Business Snits, $2O, were e 25.
Overcoats, el 2 80. Rates..l6 , •
Dreint Suite at 014400 nm
Parties pUrchaslng •
; • CLOTHING.
From us con rely that_goodatiro in price andAuality
EXACTLY WHAT WE REPRESENT. • •
. We avoid the practite of asking twice the worth of an'
article and then abating the,price t'or the purpeee of
Making the purchaser, believe lie is obtaining a bargain.
• • • • EVANS tt RAOII4.
delNimr,p , • , 0211 Market street.
H T.. Bc, C. R. T.A.YLOit,
PERFUMERY'AND TOILET SOAPS
41 and U 3 North Muth
,'street
MARKING WITH INDELIBLE INK,' , , i
Embroidering, Brakiina, Stamping :4k°. -. • .
M. A. TORREY, 1808 Filbort &meet. •
1110 LET.—THE SEVOND AND T I,ltDo - ,
I PtOriell of No. 005 Market street, ca oh 25 by fa feot „. •
. ,
euitabli , for IL Vtllolello3o butd need. ' d 024 ot. •
.
.-c , .
SECOND EDITION
113 Y 'rEpElatitAPll.
•
43;
Death ,of the Great , War, Ministei
He Diet of‘Mkeaxl-Disetise
=IMMO
INCIDENTS O. HIS LAST HOURS
Mourning Throughout the Country
THE FEELING IN. WASHINGTON
Boilers to be Paid Ills Memory
An Order from the President
5 e , Death of Edwha M. 'Wanton:
WAliniliorwsr, Dec. 24.—The Hon. F,dwin
31..,Stanten, ex-Secretary of War, and lately
appointed Justice of the Supreme (:ourt, died
at 3 o'clock this morning.
FVRI7IER ••,,PARTICULARS
(By #lasesn's News Agency.)
WAsnwproti, ' Deo. 24,—Hon. Edwin 31,,
Stanton died , suddenly this morning at 3
o'clock, of congestion of the heart, at his
residence on K street,betiveen Thirteenth and
Fourteenth. Mr. Stanton has been in bad
health for the past year or two, but on Thum
day, the 16th inst., he was suffering so much
from an attack of the dropsy that he was un
able to leave his room. Since that time he
has been confined to his house, but not to his
bed continually.
Yesterday he was complaining a good deal,
but it was not thought that he was in a dan
gerous condition until about half-past one
o'clock this morning, when he was taken
worse, and began to sink rapidly.. Surgeon-
General Barnes, his attending physician, was
immediately with him, but found it impossible
to do anything for his relief.
Bev. Dr. Starkie, of the Church of the
Epiphany (Episcopal}, of which Mr. Stanton
was an attentive member, was summoned ;
but shortly after his arrival )Ir. Stanton lost
consciousness and was able converse with
no one. In this Condition the life of the great
War Minister passed quietly away.
At his bedside in these last moments were
his family, consisting of Mrs. Stanton ; his
eldest son, Edwin L. Stanton, Ella, his eldest
daughter, about 12 years of age ; Lewis, his
second son, 9 years of age ; and Bessie, his
youngest child, i years of age. His last mo
ments were very calm, and he appeared to
suffer but little, although speechless and
able to recognize his fnends.
'ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. —The community
this morning was shocked by the report of the
death of. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton. As bis
friends only a few days before had the an
nouncement that he was sloWly but surely re
covering his health, the sad intelligence was
the more startling. .Manype rsons at first re
fused to believe that the report was correct,
but they were soon convinced of the truth.
Little more than a week ao he made an
argument before Associate Justice twayne,
in .Chambers, in the Whitney and •Mowry
case; and it was admitted by those present
that it was one of the ablest arguments he
ever made, and which satisfied even himself.
Mr. Stanton had been confined to his house
for about one week.
The President and Vice President called on
him last Sunday, his fifty-fourth birthday,
when the former tendered to him the appoint
ment of Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court. The next day the nomination was
made; and confirmed without the customary
reference to the appropriate committee.'
Representative Hooper, of Massachusetts,.
passed an hour with : Mr. Stanton on. Sunday
soon after the President and Vice President
left the House, and "represents that he was
then in cheerful spirits, though lying on his
couch from weakness.
Yesterday ,M.r. Stanton complained of his
sickness, but• his family were not alarmed As to
a fatal result; as he had apparently been in a
worse condition previously. Shortly :dier
midnight his symptoms became alarmin.
Surgeon-General Barnes was present on his
accustomed visit, but found it impossible to
atiord relief.
Rev. Dr. Starkie, of the Church of the
Epiphany, Protestant Episcopal Church, of
which Mr. Stanton was a member, was sum
moned, but shortly afterward the sufferer,lost
conscionsness,ard was unable to converse with
any one. The pulsation of histeart ceased for
a tew seconds, and then returned very faint. •
It was not until half au hour before his de
cease that his family could realize that he was
dying. About three o'clock he expired. Sur
geon-Barnes says he never saw a man die so
quietly, Lis life breathing away without a
struggle. He died of congestion of . the, heart:
At his bedsida in these last moments were his
family, consisting of Mrs. .Stanton; his eldest
son, Edwin L. Stanton; Ella, hi s eldest
daughter, about 12 years of age; Lewis, his se
cond son, 9 years of age, and Bessie, his
youngest child, 5 years old. ' • •
Mr. Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio.
1-11$ mother is living in that State. A telegram
was scut to her this Morning.
A large number bf prominent ,citiceus and
geritlemen.holding high official .positious, to
day called at the late re-shim:ice of the de••..,
ceased, some of them being unable to credit
the report of hik death, so - unexpected and
sudden; until they had satiated themselves by ,
personal inquiry.
ACTION OP TUN 1‘10:811IENT.' More (461 4 DiseoveileS•
The President lass issued the following order i," ' (By Ildnson's Newis'Agenby.) •
relative to the death of. ex.Sedretary Stanton : Dec.23.—A letter from Mahe of the
"BxEctlTlvx MANKON,' W.isitixoTox, 11. 'lBth inst. reports . extensive gold' ..discoveries
C.,1)0e, 240869.—The painful duty diWolves recently near Oro.Oritudo. Most' Of the dig
upon the President of announding •to the, gings are - Ort the'middle . fork of Loon Creek.
people. of. the United States._ the.death!or,one_L.Some discoveries have been''maild on gain*
otl its most dist liguisheit eitizenh and faithful Creek whieltprospect adollar to, a pan.
servants, thellon.Enivrx s‘TANToN,,which.
eceitriedinthis city at an early hour ineru-; ; EINW I ! 4 an rkauTillicp• •
o r SAN FIt.'iNOISCO, , Vm 21.4-It rallied Steadily
mg. He was distinguished in the Counc ils irncc midnight.' Flonr final; 51.1.
the nation•driringrhe entire`peried 'rifibi•reeent —
Sales of choice Wheat at $l. 65. Legal Tenders,
streggle for nationateXistence, first as Alter •
-Freight to' • Liverpool; 'l2 The dis
ney-General, then as ,Seeretary of War. • ' -
was unceasing in his labors, earliest arid' fear `4, reaSek Orion • has arrived tidal .Nev
ork by',tho way of Sad Diego. She. is leak:'
less in the assumption of the responsibilititis.
necessary to his country's success,- respeeteil; lug 811 ,gut/Yr • • •
by all good men and 'feared by v,:yoner.dperA, ‘. shipsArri,ll.o' (4-.' frout Liver-'
In his death the' Ba f•the and F. B. Fay, froM Neiv Castle,` New
tion sustain a great less,'
.Which will b e South Wales. ,
mourned by all. • ( • 1 i :
"As :a mark of respectto' mote*, ft is , Seilokis Shootiusr
ordered that the ExecutiVe• Mansion. au& the .• ; (By Ilitss(#eir.tiotre4i.gonfq..) • '•
several departments, at Washington be draped ' DAY'rox, 0., Dee. 2,3:-LLast bight during an
in tomirning, and , hat - all business•be say affray'ntheteasiviti - Side6if'dinfarketitreetr
pended on the day of the funeral. • 'Jacob. Bopp vaS. 'Apt probably3nlartMlr
':'"17;•' , S.:0 11 4 1 "r.? '..,lvoundedl by Columbus Cathcart( The. Men
.
The' prizident and Vabinet A:1014440 Will' 4 ,, 'ihad been Odd'flibba4 previotudY' • • ;
Tiq .. P4_14:T.!.Y . X7MT, 51 :.P . ,..P14T1* 7 ,1 1 ,41,1).-APMPAP v t - P I PPAY...I . P_AO,XX I A !
to the - reoidenoe of tbe•-lato es.-Socretory as
SODA ee the OthiPetekef4lo,teratellityt
•
4 001044 t vie* to.
Itssion.9
to e e Ageqo.l, ;
te,;'2-4.—D,ifferent reports of,
theptote, Superintendent, dr , Selitiois ehow,
that t he nUMber tit 'popilri attenibeg the coni+-
mon schools (of Ohio is 1403,075. Statistics
heiretofrhed btiVo , eXhibited thelaet that the
schoid;popelation; Which ishetween the Ages
of live: and twenty-one, is thirty-six per , - cent.
of entire population" of the,State, Under'
this Oaten:tent the census of *Ohio will shosV;
2,8/57,430 as the, number of inhabitants. The
school census of Hamilton county is 131,484.
Under the game rtde,if thirty-six per cent. Weis
applitd to,tids county it would give inf 366,000
people. In 1860 the population was 216,411 ;-
in 1450 it was 116,844,atd the increase between;
1860 and 1800 was about forty per cent. :That
ratio of increase between 1860 and 1870 would
'give us 302,000 people., I? •
There, is no doubt, however, that, the in
crease betrienn 1866 and 1870 tins bt-en lunch
larger s than between . 1850 s and' 'lBBO
but we. • 'limn another test-,-that of
votes. In 1852 the:total vote of , this county
was in the neighborhood of 23,0110; its poinila-
Ron in 1866 -was '156,000, and probably
amounted to 175,000 in 1852. In 1868 its vote
(„ had increased to 'about 43,000; this indleateli
upon same proportion of, vote
,310,000., There
is not, a particle of doubt,' therefore; that we
have now in Hamilton county between 3 00,-
oeo and 350,000, anti the people say 340,000
of that imbiber the vote shows .that about
one-fourth'are in the county townships out::
side the city ; this'would give ionic 85,000 as
county and 255,000 a. 4 population of the city at'
the,putient time. ',lf the present number. of
the House of Representatives iii Congrais is
retained, 165;000 liroold be ' the ratio, We
shall, therefore, easily keep our members, but
the State at large would not if the school
indication is , correct . ; on the con-,
trary, Instead' of nineteen members,
which we have now, and twenty-one which
we had before 18f'.)0, we should suck down to
seventeen; but we incline to the opinion that
'the school returns which are likely to be limn
' rate in the eity of Cincinnati and county of
Hamilton, where,the population Is' dense and
territory , small, are not likely to be , so in
countrv,, diritricts where'„there is a large
territory and, sparse , population. In 1850 the
population of the State was ascertained to be
1,908,000, and in 1852 it could not have been
over; 2,100,000, if, indeed, it amounted to that
number; and yet we polled that year 353,000
votes for President; in 1868 we gave for Pre
sident, in the neighborhood of 520,000. This
would indicate •that , we, have now in Ohio
3,120,000 inhabitants. This we believe to be
nearest to a true figure, and if so, it will
enable us to retain our present delegation in
Congress without a change.
The weather is clear , and cold; thermo
meter, 29.
By the Atlantic. cable.
LONDON, December 24, 11 A. 31.—Ccrasels
opened at 92 for money and 921 for account.
American securities quiet. U. S. Five-twen
ties, of 1862„ 851; do. 1863, old 84; ; of 1867,
; Ten-forties, 82:l. American Stocks quiet.
Frio 1 ailroa4,l6l Central,99}; Great
Western, 26.
LivErmoor., Dec. 24, .11 A. ht.—Owing to
the approach .of the Christmas holidays the
Cotton markets are closed.
LorinoN ; Dec. 24.—Refined Petroleum,
ls, 72d.als. Sid. Tallow quiet, at 455. lid.a4ss.
6d. Sperm Oil, ,£B6; Whale Oil; .£.39. Cal
cutta Linseed, 595. Sugar, 390.a3i15. 6d.. for No.
12 Dutch standard.
Lox ox, December 24, 1 P. M.—Consols
92j for_rieney awl 921 for account. 11. S.
Five-t‘ .ties of 1862, 851; of - 1865, 842, and of
1867, 83.0 Ten-forties, 82,1; . Erie Railroad, 171.
991. Great Western, 28.
Tallow Atoll at 445. 9d.a1155.
Rsaint - nG a , Dec. 24.—Petreleuna opened
quiet and stia.dy at 15 mare bancos 2 schillings,
and closed firm at 15 mare bancos 2 schillings.
Bar MEN, Dec. 24.—Petroleum closed firm
yesterday at S 6 66.
LivEnvoni,, Dec. 24, 2 P. M.—Bacon, 64.5.
66. Tallow, 445. exL Yarns and fabrics at
Manchester are quiet.
Rahway Consolidation
! BY litteton'e sewN Agency.]
DivrnotT. Mich., Dec. 24.—The facts in re
gard to thetallWay eowiolidation are all now
known. English managers decided that the
interest of the Great 11 estern Railway Com
pany was to be promoted by a change in its
management, and they have therefore turned
its control over to the Executive Committee,
of which Mr. Jas. F. Joy is the main spirit.
This new administration has abolished the of
fice of Managing Director, and Mr. W. K.
Muir, of the Central, has teen appointed Su
perintendent, and takes his plade on .January
Ist.
.This change also places the. Detroit and.
Milwaukee line under control of Mr.-16y, and
will greatly affect the existing rates and run
ning arrangements.
Dayton Altai es.
Illy Hasson's News Agency.]
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 24.—A third well is to
be sunk at the water-works 'as a reserve in
eases of emergency. The Water-Work , l'bullding
is being inclosed. • ' •
The taxes collected in Montgomery county,
up to this date, are $2.,0,100, an excesi of 5..10;-
OW over collections for the same time last
year.
The jury. in the case of Count liehreudes. for
grand larceny, brought in a verdict of guilty,
and the gay cavalier will go into retirement.
The canal is closed at this point.
The Court of,Common Pleas has adjourned
to Januury 3d, when the Wroe murder case
will be taken up.
Affairs In Illtrusesotn.
[By Ramon's New Agency.l
Sr. PAUL ? Dee. 24.—The weather is intensely
void; there if; very little snow on theground.
Prof. Wm. W. Polwell was yesterday in
augurated President of the University of
Minnesota, at St. Anthony, with appropri
ate exercises. The institution is in. flourish
ing condition.
At the annual meeting of the St. Paul
branch of the Republic Insurance Company,
of Chicago, D. A. Monfort was elected Pres
ident of the branch, and D. W. Ingersoll,
Emil Mtinch,'F. R. Smith, F. Williatus, and
A. Monfort, Directors.
Presentation. Termination oif a Quarrel.
(Hy Hasson's News Asninay..l
PITT:MI:101H, Dee. Yarnall, Super
intendent of thellth Division of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, last night wits presented with
a handsome gold 'watch and chain by the eel
uloyes of his division. at the Union Depot
hotel, where a supper was served, and a gene
ral good time held. Two young 'bloods of this'
city had a quarrel about a lady, at a ball last
knight, and about 2 o'clock thin morning, one
shot the other, the ball passing through the
jaw. The wound is a very painful one, but
not dangerous:
Ladles' Festival-.. Arrest of a Burglar.
[By Ilitsson's 'Nov.% Agency.]
'BENNINOTON, 111., Dec.. 'a—The .Ladies'
.Benevolent Society aro holding their annual
festival and donation party to-night. The
,proceeds will be satisfactory. Au immense
Christmas tree will be'erected at the Soldiers'
Orphans Howe, on Christmas eve, and a pre
sent given to each of the 285 • children in the
Home. The Rock Island Company. donated
SlOO,. and the Ikt clican 5200, for the . purchase
'of these presents. . . ,
Dan, Reardon, an escaped burglar,' was ar
rested in Missouri and brought to 'Blooming
ton,'yesterday, and lodgedln jail.' • •
THIRD
'1 R4 15, ..0' 010 9k.
BY TELE;GR.A.P.II.:
,FROAC' WASHINGTON
The •D ea t h Stanton,
His Disease Brought on by Our work
last MoioentO of 'the Great Matt
His Obsequies fOoicePlage oriTuipsdey Next
••••
The Death el the Great Minister.
fßieciui Peeyetah to the,Pfilla''. 'Evening Bulletin.)
WAHICIXOTOrr, Dec. 24.—roin Surgeon
'General, ,
Barnes, who has been Mr. Stantores
physician for many years, your correspondent
has obtained the following particulars in re
gard to the death, of the .E -Secretary„
'morning : Since Mr. Stanton's retirement
'from the,War office, his health has been con
stantly in a very precarious condition, and 'he
has sutlered greatly -from a 'complication of
diseases resulting almost entirely from oval
work, By careful attention and entire rest
from all labors, his health commenced to tin
prove, until Dr. Barnes entertained some
,hopes of an ultireate recovery. On Tues
day,, December 14th, ht(' suddenly
,became worse, and was'! compelled
to remain altogether in his room,lying most of
the time on a lounge, 'but perfectly able'to
walk for a few minutes at a time. No serioris
result of his prostration was entertained ) at'
:least at the present time.
Soon after - 12 o'clock - last night another
change for the worse took place, and it then
became apparent that -his hours were num
bered: Slowly his life commenced to ebb
away, and at 3 o'clock precisely the heart:
,ceased to beat, and the great Stanton was no
more. Until two o'clock' he was perfeetly
conscious and able to answer all
,ques
tions"propounded to him. After that hour
the strength of life forsook him, and no
words passed his lips, although Dr. Barnes
believes that he understood every word said
by those around his bedside.
Mr. Stanton was perfeetly aware that he was
on his dying bed, arid he spoke of it in the
coolest manner possible to his family.
At his request, the Bev. Dr. Starkey was'
called, and administered the Sacrament (using
the Episcopalservice), as his 111 e dwindled
away.
The immediate cause of Mr. Stanton's
death was congestion of the heart. General
Barnes says it, was remarkable that after the
heart had ceased beating, the brain seemed to
be still alive for some tine, and was, in fact,
the last to die.
The funeral of Mr. Stanton will probahly
take place on Tuesday next, and. the highest
possible military honors will be paid to him
on the occasion.
The body will be interred in Oak Hill Ceme
tery, Georgetown. °
When, Justice Wayne and Chief Justice
Taney died the Supreme Court claimed their
right to bury them, and , did so and it is not
improbable that they will also claim a similar
privilege in the case of Mr. Stanton, he being
one of their number. This point will, how
ever, be decided during the day. ,
The whole city seems to be affected by this
death. The hotels are crowded with people,
who talk about nothing else but the dad event,
and even the departments are almost entirely
deserted. Hundreds of people, including
many Senators and members of Congress, have
called at the es-Secretary's residence to obtain
information concerning his death, and to
show their sympathy for the family in their
sad bereavement.
St. Louts Affairs.
[By Masson'e Neu% Agency.)
ST. Louts, Dec. 23.—The United States Mar
shal seized 99 b115...0f sugar here to-day, most
of which belonged to J. B. Lemod.
Mr. Henderson, agent of the Lydia Thomp
son troune, has addressed the following note
to the managers of the Olympic Theatre: "The
Forty Thieres ' now being produced at your
theatre, witlythe Worrell Sisters, is an adap
tation and infringement of the piece written
'for me by H. B. Ferule, registered and copy
righted; the dialogue, &c., being essentially
the same. I have, therefore, inforrited you
that my charge for the performance of the
piece for last night ht,5100; and you can only
play the piece, without proper authority, at
the rate of $.lOO each representation; and it is
my inteation, unless these terms are con
formed with, to place the matter in the hands
of a lawyer. The production of Sinbad the
Sailor, in New Orleans, will also have to be
paid for at the rate of 5100 per night, the
piece being my sole and exclusive property."
H. Brolaski has sold one-half interest in
the Lac lede Hotel for 530,000, and purchased
an interest in the steamer W. R. Arthur for
$30.000.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK
Gold Dull—Governments D ull and
Eirnitecl---Money Market Qldet
and Easy.
[By 'Hasson's News Ageneyj
M W YORE:, Dec. 24.—Hilarity ruled on
Wall street this morning. A formal adjouriv ,
inent of the Stock Exchange and Gold R,oont
took place soon, after the opening, in conse
quence of the death ofJudge Stanton. •
Especially in the Gold Room a scene of ir
repressible fnn took place. The 'Vice Presi
dent was presented with a cabbage, and a
band of, the Gold Room, consisting ola small
drum,, a gong and about seventy-live tin
trumpets, played'' My Country, 'tis of thee."
The day was consumed in such amusements,
members 'Of the Stock Exchange participa
thug. , _ . . . _
Gold is dull at 1201a120. •
Governments (hill, and unusually limited
transactions.
Tho Stock market is opened in the Long
Room, but dullness and heaviness prevails.
Money is quiet, and easy at 6a7 per cent.
Foreign Exchange is steady. Sight • bills
91a0;1.
From Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 24.—Peter Meerschaum
(color-not stated), a German, aged Seventy-two
years, married, committed suicide yesterday •
by stabbing himself to the heart:
Botlrbranobes of the City Council have ap
pointed a Committee of five to ; attend the
funeral Of Mr. Peabody.
The Beard of Trade and Cern .Excliange of
OW CRY; , and: the 07rustees .of the Peabody
•liistitute, will also be represented at the fu
n
`From Boston.
13osTox ' Dee.24.—The City Council has au
Aborized Mayor Slitirtleir to. petition the
Legislature for' an act pri:6-1014, that after the,
e 'y ear 1870 the Board of , Aldernteii
Of sixteen nierninal3--:0116 f'ro'm r each
~to be 'elected on a, 4;einiral tiolte,t, awl Cora
-1 .won Council to conmstof three members from
teach Ward: ' -
,•. ' '
I'rOm Csn*uM.
Tortorao, Dec. :24.—A,bi1l to, aineuti the act
incorporating the'triit, 40 :Niagara Railivay
CoMpany, and to ehaxignrihe, none 'to ',,tho .
Canada - and .Southern. Railway Company ;
a "bill , : incorporating ' the ad
Ctinada n,
Southwestern Air bine Company, pasaed:tho
Ontario Parnament.. .
or ittiomiookeer' 'out bay t
461140 t. the
le A. 7L,:i..13 4e,M 1 2 1 t e i " riefr't r
Weather clette. *rind ' • ."
rionsin
)1 1 L.NAPAPI Ala • AND 13 IiiIIIO4IVIAIW
riallet#lPSek , likrg • $ 1 ‘) 01 0 1 1 1 140
1 ria ank let)
lf
gh Penn .11 "F 63X110 eh 11 again 63%
irta
400 fits gentill, VIM /9"661 Wen f.otiVal* • ) &BC
100 Lehigh" Old In '9l 100 'do brit ' 534'
600 • ' do. •• • ) . • r.. 91 , 11 sh ) • do_• '• ) ' 1/336"
.600 oh Cataw bO) its • ' 6 Beading sgwn -. 60-: :
62 eh Penn ' n, 7 sh;Ctundgm* 111ig
attrairt
,
Ivitinet v, Dec, ,24.7-di " - mud, in 'Christmas eve shee
,coortie of general huiriheis interrupted' bi,Pretara
r
Bottle fc4, the morrow': •Notwithetandidg 'the hard tine"
saddle extreme stringency of the money market t the
holiday . businses seems unusually active, indicating tho
string hold which this - ancient Chriation,• festival has
upon the, public mind. The retail.. Aterea, are .well
patieuired, eipoefolly thoie devoted to the sale of fancy
Artieloo; and small change, notwithstanding 'tlio' grip
goosed "Carcity, flows irery freely; and between the'
present time and the first day Of the new year there'!" ill
be little apparent stringency on the street', . •
There Jo very, ,littio bueineele doing in loam and did:
count" to-day and current,' rate,' are tiochangod.
,The suspension of business ,tomorrow will neeeesi- ,
tate the omission of our niarket reports until Monday.
Geld 'opened Ml' morning dall and weak, with little
' fluetnation during the morning.' Opening sale" at 120,4,
declining before noon to 120,eii. • " ' '
Government bonds are dull, but prime continue drat
at about laet quotations. Buelnese at the Stock Board
., Wa B very trifling, and in consequence of the near ap
piencli of the holidays the 13oaris both hero and in Now,
!York have adjOnined until Monday, Barely enough
woe done to enable no to onote'the market. There was a
emall'enle of City Sixes at 913?1, and 'Lehigh Gold Lean,
..zto'r, at 91.. • - • • • .
ReadlnC , ,Railroad was . stead,' at about 50, without
, Pennsylvania Railroad Role at .53fi, and • Lehigh.
Valley Railroad at t3fiA, b. 0.; 344 . 1, bid for CALAWilliiiß pre
forred, and mi . , ti. 0., for 'Philadelphia and Brie.
• Messrs.' Dell oven df 'grottier, No. SO tionth Third street,
; make the flowing quotations of Pie rates of exchange
to-day at noon : - United States SIXEII of 1881. 118%aliA;
do,do. 1862, 112.;;a113!4; do. do.' 1864, 111.f.iallt,q; do. do.
1865, 1111401 M; do. do. 3865, new,1.14340310-:i ; do, do.
1887, new, 114.41.a1147,4 ,• do. do. 1869 ' ;"do. do.
five's. 10-00,10844169 M ; d0.'30 year 8 per centcurreney •
108s1093': ; Due Compound Interest liotes,, /9; Gold
i /205e/fiCi; Silver, 119a120.
Jay Cooke do Co. quote Goverureent iecnrities.dtc..
:day. as follows: .11. S. es, 1881, 118.Na11934 . ' 8- 2011 Of - Mt,
113,4a113% • do. 1884,111, 5 ‘a1124 do. 1865, G17;11112'4; - do.
Ju1y, , 1866, 'll4.ftialll4,(' do. 1867, 11410115; do. 1868,114 N
1 91153 4 „ Ten-forties, 109a1093.1; Currency, /09a10934:
'Gold, 120,4';
- The following is the inspection -of Mini; and-meal-for
the week ending Dec. 23, 1869: - . . •
`Barrels of Superfine-- 8,387
d 0.5 5
do. (!orn Ideal QUO
do. Condemned • ' 75
Total 9,117
• 'PhilSadelpidib Prodnicos lissirliret. '
FILIDAT, Dec. 24.—Trade tci-day, as usual, was par
tially suspended, as the . merchants were preparing for
'the lihrismiae festivities. '
No.l Quercitron , Ilarls is steady at $3O per ton, but
theree Is nothing tieing in the article. • ' '
Cloverseed is not so strong and there is more offering
Sales at 48. , Timothy is nominaf at $4. Small sales of
Flaxseed at $2 20 per bushel. .
The Flour market is greatly depressed, And only a few
hundred barrels were disposed ot, including - Superfine,
at $4 25a4 f.O per barrel ; Extra at $4 5715a5 26; North
western Extra Family at $6 25a6 ; Pennsylvania do. do.
at 16 25a5 75 ,* 30P'barrels Delaware on secret terms ;
Indiana and Ohlotio. do,at $6 60a6 21, and fancy iota at
$0 75a7 60. Rye Flour is dell at $6 'Man 25. In Corn
Meal nothing doing. . • '
The Wheat market is inactive. Small sales of Penn
re heels Red At $1 25a1 30 per . bushel. Rye Is scarce at
I.' Corn is in limited demand. sales of old Yellow at
r 102, and 4,000. bushels new at 8000 cents. Oats are
Penn
rell at 55x.57 cent
Whisky is ste 7. aieli of 60 barrels, iron bound, at
el 01. . , . _.. . , ,
The New - York Honey Market.
()from the Herald of to-day.]
Twessnar, Deo. 23.—The markete were absolutely
dull'te-day.and the Stock Nichange seldom eo.thinly
tended by brokers. The speculative interest Is awaiting
the new year and further developments in Congress, sa
that as the latter has adjourned to January 10 the imme
diate future of the stork market does not present very
Battering prospects for an actiee business. The feeling
on 'Change waft rather more cheerful, despite this dull
ness, and the year is winding up with
out the deependency and depression which it
was feared would result from the sharp &dine in gold
and the accompanying bankruptcies reported early in
the month. The money market is easy and comfortable
at six to seven per cent., with little to indicate activity
or stringency. There was some dikussion of a report
telegraphed from Washington tbaea bill will be intro.
duced on the reassembling of Congress to authorize the
cancellation of the outstanding three per cebt. certiti
cities, which amount to about 1535,000,000, and allow
the formation of new national banks in the
'South and West, where more currency is culled fee, the
national notes so to- be issued to equal the amount of
withdrawn certificates. But as the adoption of the
measure is not only very problematical, but distant lit
point of time, it had no effect upon the money market.
although it was genendly acknowledged that it would
be contractile in it influences upon the circulating me
dium of New York and the Emden cities.
. . .
Ihe gold market was if anything the centre of specu
lative Interest. and wag Strong between uosi and 121. the
extreme fluctuations of the price. The strength of the
foreign exchanges and the large ontstandittg short in
terest have been the secret of the firmer feeling to-day,
despite the sale of gold by the government. The million
wits bid for at prices ranging from 119.90 to 120.28, and
awarded without delay,the prompt award putting an end
to any anxiety which might have been aroused as to
the policy of Mr. Boutwell. Foreign exchange rose to
/09 for sixty day. prime sterling, bills being in active re
quest, owing to the absence of commercial bills.. The
lightness of our exports and the demand to cover cou
pons on bonds held abroad stimulated buying. Govern
ments were actit e and regular, going up with gold, the
I'7'c selling as high as I=4, and thence declining under
the pressure of sales front foreign houses. The home in
vestment demand was fair. particularly from savings
banks and moneyed corporations.
Holders of gold paid from seven to five per cent, to
have their balanciai carried over. The Deutschland
took out er3044014 iu specie. The operatiotts of the
Gold Exchange Bank were as follows •
Cold cleared ei3.3.2.5.000
Gold balances 911,846
M==
New York Stock Market,
tCorreppontience of tho AOROC iated Press.)
Nisw roam, Dec. 2l.—Stocks—nothing doing. Money
7 per cent. Gold, 1261. i. United States 3-07 s, halt, coupon,
113: United States 5-20 s, 1664, do., 11111 l ; do. do. 11385,
do.. 112; do. 1865, new, 114.?; do. 1367, 1141 i;
11411, ; 10.401, 10 , J; Virginia sixes, new, 6t;
Missouri 6's, 9Q Canton Company, 43; Cumber
land Preferrtsi, 251 i; ,Consolidated New York
Central and Hudson River, 87;,Erie,27',“ Heading, 99Th;
Athuns Express, SOll ; Mich. Central, HS ; Michigan
Southern. 55- ; Illinois Central, 1313:1; Cleveland and
Pittsburgh, fali; Chicago and Rock Island, ; Pitts•
burgh and Fort Wayne, 186: Western Union Tele
trmbd.B32o3l4;
in T g hLr
anvoptrmoLiciLdgo
ol i n
y tr a r n e t eltl e ct y r
suddenly adjourned on the announcement of Stanton - a
death.
(Epeeist Deepatch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.)
, Pirrsnetion, Dec. 24, 7 Crinie Petroleum yesterday
was unchanged, but December oil is still wanted at Wit,.
Sales of 2,000 barrelff, Spot, at /6.4 c.; 2,000 barrels a. o.
December, at 163sc. ; 1,000 - barrels do. at 16.? 1 ie. ; 5,0 W
barrels January, at 13.1ec, 1,000 barrels b. 0., January
to June. at 15c. 'Refined—Sales of WO barrels December,
at 30e. ; 1,000 barrels do. at V3.7;:c.; 1,000 barrels January,
at 31c ; 5,000 barrels, 1,000 each, February to June, at
31c. Receipte, 1870 barrels; shipped ,912 barrels: .
Nt.w Yakut, Dec. 24, P. M.—Cotton.—The market
this morning was steady with a moderate demand.
Flour, dc,—Recepts. 8,000 barrels.—The market for
Western and State Flour le moderately active. The sales
are 600 barrels- Southern Flour Is dull and steady.
Sales of 2.110 barrels.. Rye Fleur is quiet. Sales of 150
barrels.
Grain.—Recelpts—Wheat, 6,500 bushels. The market
is quiet and 'unchanged.' The sales are 4,Z)0 bushels
No. 2411filWati.kw at 01 :Rat 23", and Amber. Winter,
52a1 34. Corn .—lteceipts, 5,000 bushels. The market
is steady; sales of 15.000 bushels new. Western at 920.5
centeottloat; old atllel 13. Oats.—lteceitas, .18,i0/0
bushels. The marketie dull and heavy ; sales of 6,00)
bushels at 82a643s cents. "
Provisiens.—The. receipts of. Pork are . 285 barrels.
The market is nominal. .f..ard.- 7 Receipts, 132 packages.
The
,market is weak. We quote prime steamer at 'l7.Li
ari3i cents.. Dogs dull at 3241211.
W hisky—Receipts, SW barrels.. The market 40 firmer
and quiet. We quote Western }red at 99e.n0 •
BALTl(Correepondence of tho Associated Frees.)
MORE, 'Pee. 24.—Cotten dull and numinally . 2s.
Flonr dull and but little doing." 'Wheat—good to priuni
tf 1 30a1.40. . Dorn—dry White. 85a07c.; Yellow,
litfair2e. ()ate, 50c. Rye, 01 05. Mess Pork quiet at
t3l - Wan' tft. Recoil quiet ; rib rides; 1834 ; cleat do.,
19 ; shoulders, 103. i ; halm, 20021; lard uuiet nt
Whisky dual at 97aikaBusiness is light on account of
the approaching holiday.
TURNER'S
Chestnut_ Chestnut
lEVENILE DEPARTMENT is the largea hi the, city.
Books for Buys tihi.l,irls at all taleee.
BUY While yea have time to Helect theme,
Optics,' Deity; •Du Chid flies. •• •
Behr's, Cooper's, Young Ainer/eis,
nagged Dick, LineupOODS, Otte.
DICKENS'S WORKS, ,
We Intro all the Ealltiontl, in any idyl': ni hinding,T [OK-
I'ETERSON..S, A PPLETON'S, HORD J.:
'llol',GirroN 'B, and the Eng 11811: Here yen; have oror
*Fifty Eilitlona belent item.
,
TURNER C. 0.; .
, • , SOS Chestnut Street.
BEAutiPtiL ;slvow
„BEAUTIFUL SNOW
• - : "ertLaNiays
the only copyr,igiii.vdition Publi B) R"L W i no / m 4" en
cloth or Tuilteylll.t mid; all on 1131111 for tho flottdays.
TURNICN. , B4 00., •
''• .• Pablishera nnd tootisellera,'
, N 0.60.3 Phestetut street.,7
Mrliew editions of Wntson,sl.3l4ll4TMAS IMY now,.
ready: Pric'e4flcentit, - ; 'de2.3.24.0
REq4cl, , • " • ; ,
Henry Ward lieecher's Christmas ,
Critetings. , ":
the fhi . :qiiias rioikor TUE VOA' STIAN: .UNION :
rhich 10,101 ‘ "I.Altiqrkting mitt or by t4kyorite
or sole by 113114eivederkiprie. rri 1 9mete. .
Markets by Telegraph.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
UNE
..fiy„ailuT.4:Bm..r_itto..N_
EINEME
BY TELiiilittiriti.
,WASHINGTON .FFAIRS
. - Ot''''::oo.4*o,:,':Ot:*fio',o,i,ii'V . : l l • '' , , • gi.Oui.o
• r .
The , Bill , trk lieletborse , Loyal T;Steshboe
Owners , Signed/ P
waspthir . ton , • •
#! l° 9 -13 V eWel-A g e n c74 'is,. 2 4'
' • AlSittgaTOlt, •
The funeral •o f the late 311'. Thintoix Will
• grobabli tie on Tuesday next. The President,
as ordered all the departments to'_be^ closed
on.the.day of the funeral.i , ,
The socretiirr of War issneS the following
order a.:
! Disc 24, 186.1• The eminent...ability or.the
late Secretary of War, .his great legal ac
quirements, ' his firm 'patriotism and sturdy'
devotion to duty , in the , ritost i trying times
cif the republic,., when litany. OtherEt
faltered, have commanded ..the admiration
of the country, While his nianagement,
of the War Department during the days when:
d man of deterrained energy and will was re
quired, bas made his term of office unequaled
in.adminiaration, ordered that;rthe'
eflieeS, connected ,with , the Department ,01.
War be draped in mourning for thirty days„
.arid all business be suspended therei ti on the,
day of the funeral, and that ' on the day after
the receipt of this 'order at each military post'
fifteen guns be fired 'at appropriate intervals,
commencing at meridian.
! I Signed I W. W. BEE,xxxe,
-••Secretary of War.
The Washington Sangerhund Musical So
ciety have donateilloosto; the CitY Provident
Aid Society.
A new medical•society hai been organized
here, composed of allopathic and Tontepathic.
dectors, Nvbich admits to' membership male
and female doctors, both black•and white.
The German language is now 'a regular
branch of education in the public schools of
Washington. • ,• • -
The President has signed the bill •passed by
Congress on last,. Tile.sday, to reimhurse loyal
• owners of steamboats and • other vessels
taken by the United States' during ,the late
war. Claims under the bill amount ~to
$400,000.
The. Naval Constructer at Annapolis, Md.,
has been ordered to collect models of the ves
sels 'not required for use from New York,
Boston and Portsmouth, N. R., to complete
the set for the Nwial Academy, to be used as
studies binavarstudentii,"whe are required as
Tmrt of their naval education,to become familiar
With various styles of naval architecture.
• leer:respondence of the liseeetated Prem.!
WesnirroxoN, Dec. 24.—011icial proclama
tion is made to-day of the new Postal Con
vention between the United States and. Great
Bri%ain, which will go into effect on January,
The 'President to-day issued an order,
through General Sherman, assigning General
Terry to the command of Georg.= as a district
under the reconstruction acts, in addition to
his duties as commander of the Department
of the South. .
By the Atlantic Coble.
LONDON," Dec. 24.—The weather is clear,
cool, and delightful, with a prospect of so re
maining during the holidays.
LONDONDERRY,. Dec. 24 .— Arrived, steam
ship North American, from Portland.
SOUTHAMPTON, Des. 24.—The steamship
liermann reached here to-day on the way to
Bremen.
_
.Leignox, Dee. 24.-Later adviees from Rio
Janeiro have been received to-day. The flight
of Lopez is fully confirmed. Nothing ea
tainly is known as to his whereabouts, how
ever.
Lo!mow, Dec. 24.—Advices from Madrid
report that Minister Sickles submitted a pro
ject to the Spanish Government for guaran
teeing neutrality. In the matter of the ocean
cables Minister Sickles previously procured
the British Government's approval of the
scheme.
NEW Yalta, Dec. 24.—Hon. John Huyler,
ex-member of Congress, was knocked clown
by a man named Ackerman, while crossing a
bridge over the Hackensack river, at Hack
ensack, N. J.; and received injuries Which will
probably prove fatal. The attack is said to
have been made without any provocation.
The assailant was arrested and lodged in
prison.
Two young Southerners were fined by the
Hudson City. Recorder to-day, for cursing
President Grant.
HUDSON, Dec. 24.—.Tnines Galvin, night
watchman at Gherit, on the Harlem Railroad,
was run over and killed by ears, while under
the iniinence. of lig uor.
1,145,199
NORWALK, Conn., Dec. 24.—The following
despatch hati jutit been published hereby Gen.
W. T.. Clarke :
IlocsroN, Texas, Dec. 21—Davis is elected
by 800 majority, and will bb_,Vrovisional Go
vernor in a few days. 111.ilan! and Navarro
will not have an election.
J. W. McDoxii,n,
Secretary Republican Executive committee.
•
HERDER IN DORCHESTER COUNTY.
Chopped to Piece* with a Hatchet.
The Cambridge (Dorchester county) Demo
crat publishes a, brief account of a, terrible
murder committed on Monday, 20th inst„ at.
Crotchers's Ferry, on the Nanticoke Rtver,
in that county.
The victim, Benjamin Rhodes; kept a store
on the river bank, and appears to have been
alone in it on the day named.
At about half-past 4 in the afternoon Cap
tain Lord, who was on a vessel lying out.
the stream, saw a young man named Cyrus
Stack enter Rhodes's store and shortly' after
i
loud words were heard. n a little while all
was still, and Stack emerged from the store
and hurried oft. As soon as Captain Lord
could get ashore he went to the store and there
found the body of Rhodes lying in a 'pool of
blood, and horribly cut up and mutilated, and
a hatchet, by which the wounds had evidently
been inilicted, was lying beside it. The wife
of the murdered man had by this time reached
the stare. Everything gave evidence of a ter
rible struggle before' the murderer had suc
ceeded, in his purpose.
Robbery seems to have been the only ob
ject, as it was supposed that Rhodes always
had about i.lO or s.iloo about him. Stack had
not been arrested at latest adVices. He is, Z;
or 24 years of age, 5 feet 0 or. inches in
height, has light hair and eyes, and weighs
about 100 ounds.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR 'THE
city Ana Comity of Philadolphia.—Estate Of W. 111.1
I.9cK, deceased.—Notice in hereby given 'that the
widow of the said decedent 1144.44 filed; in the office of the
Clerk of the Paid °wort, her petition, with an inventory
and appraisement of the personal property of.' the de
cedent, which ~he elects to retain under the Act of AS
bentbly. And the same will he confirmed by the Court
on FRIDAY, December di, 1869, uuleha, exceptions he
tiled thereto.
J. U. RONEY,
Attorney for Petitioner,
de2{ S th
.51 ON.E Y TO ANY AMOUNT
.LOANED UPON DIAMONDS,WATORES,
JEWELRY, PLATE, OLOTIIING, ico.,sat '
JONES dc 00.'3 .
ol i D-ESTABLISUED LOA.N OFFICE,
corner of Third and Gaakill istreeta,
, Below Lombard.
N.II.—MJEOANDS, WATCHES, JEWELS IC, Oplit3
C.,
FOR BALE AT
REIL&E.E.ABLY LOW PRICES,
myt4tiVoi
TORN ()RUMP, BUILDER,
1791 CHESTNUT STREET,
, • , and 913 LODGE STUART,
Idochanlce, of every branch runulrod for lyonee-bulkling
and fitting promptly furnished. • • • 'fa27-tf
DldE.-L6O . CASKS CAItOLL
ll now landing from • steamier; J: W. Ilvainian,Prom
ChaTleaton, 0, C., and fur sale by 00011.11 , AX, USSELI,
CO .011 Cneatunt street.
COriON 419 1 RiC.E. - -4,, 9 jlAt - 16 , . 6(ir
ion. 'l4 taalca Itice—Now lindirig trout steamer
" Tanawanda," freux Savannah, G 0,,, and for saki' by
COCHRAN • ,BUSrill f,ll, a 00,, ill Clupltnul atro9r...
.A.VA X, T 008, BATAR,ELB
..1.1 Rosin, AO barrels ritqtr, U, 41 barrels Spirits Tar-,
nontine;lk • barrels' ' rftt; now • landing from,' steamer
Pioneer, from Wilmington, N. 0., and for sale by
OQ I,No. Chestnut direst,
.....
RlME,'—f 0 .O 11
SKS, PACE 0 W LAND
fnggfrouk atointoi• Promotinme, from Charlexton, 5.
C., Min for-sale-by OIJOHRA.N, BUSBELL 00,', 11l
Ctkestnatmti . oeto 1 ... ! .
UT ris 0 L.- 7 47500 POUNDS `.. WESTERN
somirtosijeadiw. in otoro o g le .
(WAN, IIUi3SZLIAdC (N),., No. 1;1 aakeeti.ut sire.
.Uf r , .
3:00 U'Oloolk.
Frani New Yoek.
The Texan Election.
MARYLANW
IDirrto
FIFTH
• .4:30 OQida
BY TBLU'GRA.:P*:•';,:;,,J,',
NEW YORK' BANK STATE kit
A STIa'AMEXi,
The New York Ranh Statement..
iniffsiwn". Sees Agelty.]
Ngw Yonx,lied.;2l;—The 'bank statement.,.
for the week ending to:4lay . shows that;
deereased,Sl,,73B,9l4; specie deereaaed,o4o.lB,-,, •
1.18,; deposits deotetated, $3,907,369; legal-tela4. ,
deco decreinted $3lB ,291 , eiretilationiistresaed
$25,0534.
,
• " : INCetOll4l4 , Asibrorei.
[Ty Elasaineg News Agancy.)
, NEW YoRK,,Dec. 24,.—A large steatnet
ashore oh the' Jersey': beaeh. Her name
unknOwn. Assistance has been sent to her.
nom critkir
1.. . ,
_. , .. .
1 • The iffshisaersi rise: Pirtair . d4l litia;.i4ablikhg;',. 74 ,:.
sedate O ffered . ffesiirsiatiatap.‘ilits . cents' • - #,c,
• plaint, c.of.. ~ the . . , Cowardice, •at Ida- :Seo •, 1,
Troops-- = Another conspiracy *rains*,
De,, Itodas...4ffew, like ; Ltilliattl , Eatieuell
. ' lion was to have been ' . .liteeeiited. ' •-. . it .
'• , ICUTANA, 4 "Deq,;17,,-111,C0.118eitliNglee.or..-ithio
,. 4
'volunteers having . been killed ht!Pinar det.z 4 .-'
• Rio some 70.persens havp been appetifindedill
all them peaceable, eitihetis,tand 1 01 . htWigl!? . .. " ~
connected with the • warp!' - .In order to
.ttact 0.4'14
..,
the real authors of the dee d, Poncho U urhhona , 4:.'1,•.‘-f,,
offered to the Governor.of _Pinar his services. 4 - .
Thus, hutlioriued; be , took. out; Ot ' .tha.:7- ,,, ,' •.
prison same individniki * heinit . had e beren div: ;-,..,:. 0,,
termi tied, to. s/appt... They, ..weo'„chcorted i , i le . . ! .f.
,:.‘.., ~
hind the pilsexi,'Whena discharge of arms wai .."‘„: ;,' .-'
immediately, heard; but ' which `hid ''beferr;lit 1 4.. ":
fact; tired into the • air; l „The' men ' had, beeru , •,,• .. T,
asked to confess,„ but would . ; te ll nothing..,..,. „,,,:
Hence the 'firing; which , was 'to alarm Vieth ...,':(- , :c', 0
in prlsOn)....DuranOrtes 'haftli tense prepared'' f #
to.-receive - ; the ~- rirtit.:., detachthent, . a nd r500n''..,,,„,; , .. 4 ,,, - !?
.after . about twenty others ~ were,,brought - , •` - , , t
to the'Same Place of mbek-exectiti on 'and and oi ttiike,
jected to aisiMilar marcutivre:!:F Abetill.M . --bad: ;i.
been, taken out and thus dealt witit,yrhihtsoh/2 , 77: -- ,.,-i
of : those' .xeniairiing in Jai li supposing tall
lit'
! wife _had gene out . had , been . shot, told .411„ . 0 - :•,,., ',,;,-.
rafioni that' there Wag' a beh§litracY ; to ehbot
~. ...
:and rob all the tipanitirdilln that...Seed+ ("nor 'ti& ',."', - " 8.
:conntry:. ; „Then , began • in good' earneat , fiali t . '-'.-1 . ..:
work :of -,exetution.; 'Sona • 17-,.• personSliblid , 3ll, , :, - -
been shot at the latest dates ; :and-manyeithetti . J:,..:„'-"
were in capilla--a state of : preparation i for,.
death. - • ' , . ,J • i - ''.' ' - '':!';'''!';
Count •Vidirtaieda has written . to - Geticial..-1•
De Hodes; asking to : beirelieVed of eou.aighd;::`,.
because he says the 'men knit to • hint from], - •
Havana are useless,sand run ' . upiin ' 4F' 'tieete . i: . :
sions. • This request has , contirmed, it is saiik , ~,• .. .
the Captain,General . itt ' his bellef, , whieh! , :is . ; N
shared by many, that there is, a conspiracy: on,
foot to displace him. - :..it is .not„•probable thht.4.41.,
the 'request, will he .complied. , with, , 163. 4h,55 . .. ,
rumor of 'ousting De „ Rodas is ' growing
stronger every 'day.' : '-,_,` -",,,
'From Puerto Principe . ' the inte lligence 'l l let.
conies .• '-that 1,400 - Spatiab soldiers died in the: '' . ..
month of October of disease. They iferritiohed.:,
-Neuvitas•andguirded the,railreed.: , There , la ?..
great dissatisfaction with . Puello , the
„Spa** , ',•'•-•
)
commander- at the , former, place, , who ila i , ,
charged, by. the ".Peninsidars er . eonniVanea . , • .. ,
with the insurg ' ents. . The - latest 'dates rrom ; ot
the . Cinco ' Villas report daily . . coat.' ' ;:
muineations between '..Cierifuegas‘ and 'Villa; ".
Clara. Had' the • expedition of the , Lillian..
arrived oft the coast the whole cargo• could.:: '
'have been transported to, the,thterior. without ;
wagons. . A. thousand men or more were , not, ;
far off who were only awaiting a signa l to ge". ;-
down to the shore and aid in the work of die= ; . r .
embarkation,;While. a feint was to have' been . '.
:Made by.the rebels'in another direction. ' This '
was the plan that had been'agreed upon. ,. The:- ,
guns and munitions could have been- , trans-. • e :
ported by , hand to the centre - of the Cince. Vil-• ~
his Department.— Tr Mune. - . ' , , :- , ..,,,
13A KING ixotTs]p
.JAT eOCiIE koQQ,
No. 114 SOUTH THIRD STREHT•
In view of the large amount.of JANUARY,
INTEREST and DIVIDENDS soon to be .
disbunfed and seek new INVESTMENT, we •
desire to call the attention of our customers to
the FIRST MORTGAGE 7 PER CENT.,
BONDS of the LAKE SUPERIOR AND.
MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMPANY,
one of the few, securities we feel Wein recom
mending as GOOD.
The importance of the route connecting ; the •
head of the Mississippi River navigation with
„:
the head bf Lake Superior, and 'receiving the
trade of the five railroads' centreing at St:Paul; '
will insure to this road a large and Profitable •
trade. The. Land Grant-1,1132,000 acres—Win:
itself an ami ly sufficient basis for the moil- 't
,gage (-4,500,000), and all proceeds of land sales ,
are applied directly to cancellation of the
bonds.
The parties in interest embrace some of the
-first railroad and financial men of the country',
and Mr.,Mberehead, of our firm, is one of the '
Trustees of the mortgage.
The construction of the road is progressing ,
rapidly, and the whole lino will be completed •
in time for the moving of the crops of, Igo. •
We recommend these bonds as paying a,
mitch larger interest than Government Securi- .
ties, without the risk of a highpremium; We '
have for sale „5300,000 at the original subscfin •
tion price, 9 and accrued interest in currency
(denominations $5OO and $l,OOO coupon), Pur
chasers this month have the advantage Of the
gold coupon payable at our office on January.
I—the premium upon which is equal to nearly
per cent., making the price lower than many
bonds of much less merit now offered to the
public.
We receive in payment Government and -
other securities at , their market value, and
January coupons at the current gold price 'of :•
the day. • .
JAY COOXJ & CO:
ile24-8t rp"
STERLING & WILDMAN,
Bankers and Brokers,
. r
Igo. 110 South Third Street. ',
PfIrLADELPHIA,
lipecial Agents for the sale of • : • • ' -
. a
L ,
Danville, Hazleton and.Wilkesbatrß ?
First Hoktgage ,Bonds. •
. ,
Interest seven per cent , PaYable April Ist and Oetobet
let, clear of all taxes. A limited amount of these Bonds
for sale at 82, and accrued interest. • : ,
The road was opened for busitmes on November sth
between Sunbury and Danville. Thirty-two mike be-
.;
yond Dantille the road Is ready for the rails, .
but seven miles unfinished.
Government Bonds and other Securities taken in
change for the above at market rates
' CA,7IIJE2,ILTILf
lIBe resumed the Curtain Business with , his Sons at
No. 7:,?,3 CHESTNUT STREET,
' Two doors sthovo his Old Stand. '
Curtain Decorations, of the newest fahiles.
Elegant Gilt and Rosewood Cornices ,
Tassels, Fringes, Window Shades," ;..aoti 7,
Curtains, , •• - ,
I rum the plainest to filo mast ejsborite and 4siels.
1:4 0 /r°aC1
W. H. CARItYL ,
723 CHES T TA ET ,
E.1.„1
, x4„tio doors a b ove our Old SUM.-
ucati4l4tei 914
' •rnt to;
1870. JANVARI MAGAZINES, 187(f f
Now Is the ti..lfr.o subscribe to any :Magririnat'a. 4,1 ,A2r
TVILNISAPS4 "nlitScdtiPUlNl DOIPOts
, • NO:, 808 cursleilitit 81701181T;' , •
Diavieo C4v4:,+,17 t tIAR ;
(16234(rpt
W'4o4t/UTtkt't3 r
a poo..thated and toory-fittibst Moos Bats(potential% o'l,
the approved titittonp of the mom. iihoMat ilicrosts,
unit door to the root-matte. 'actives t
A S 14,0 n
CIAL.
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