GIBSON PEACOCK. Eibitor.
VOLUME XXHI.-NO. 221
WEDDING CARDS. INVITATIONB
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DFMING.—On Friday. December 24,1809. of typhoid,
congestion of the brain, Sidney Deming; aged 86 years.
Ills friends and relatives, Fraultford lodge, No. 292,
A. F • 1 4• A KeYetone . H. A. Obapteri NO. 172, and lit.
John's eommandery, No. 4. K. T., are invited is attend
his funeral, from his late residence,No. 2107 Mount Ver.
pen street, on Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock. '
Fox.—At kroxburg, elation connty.on December 251 k,
Samuel M. Fox, of elation county, in the 49th year of
his atm. . . _ • lt
HAINDS.—On the morning of the 27th" Inst., Agnes,
daughter of Sarah and the late Abraham Mints, aged
84 years,
l'lte relatives and friends of the fatuity are Invited to
attend the funoral, from her late residence, 471 Franklin
street, on Fourth -day unirnlng, the, 2911.1 Distant, at 8
e'cinck._ Interment. at Cm pwell - New Jersey, 2t
R,14.11
LA3.—On Bunday morning, the 2lnis inst., Wil
liam Henry, sun of William Henry and Matilda C.
.Larned, in the 19th year of his ago.
Due notice will be given of the funeral.
LEATHERMAN.—On the nth lasi., airs. Ann C.,
wife et John Leatherman.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
Invited to attend the funeral. from the residence of her
husband, No. 1.13 North 151xteent II street. ou Thursday
morning. tire 80th inst., at Di o clock.
MOOHF.--On Sunday, 26th lend., Mary, wife of Deo.
Q. Moore, and daughter of Frederick and Catharine
. In her 7.4 year..
Duo notice of the funeral will be given. It
SNOWDEN.—Oh the 27th lust., Hannah 8., wife of
Doha C. Snowden,
Iris`MesitY COMMANDERY, NO. 36, K. Yr—TIIK
member% of Mary Commaadery will assemble on TUES
PA Y, December zeth, et 101e'clock, at the sylinri, Ma
sonic flall,Lltatunt street, for the purpose of attending
the funeral of our Let, 'compnnlon,• SIN SIDNEY
MEWING.
• WM. J. KELLY. E. C.
I. ,_.....„
NDIA CAMEL ' S HAIR SCARFS
OIIRISTAIMPPRNSENTE3
Of VALUE.
EYRN A LANDELL,
FOURTH AND A.ROD.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
1870!
THE NEW YEAR BEING NEAR AT HAND,
THE GRAND CLEARING SALE
NOW P.ROGIITMING AT
SS and 820 CHESTNUT STREET,
WILL DE
Vigorously' Pushed
FOR TUE FEW DAYS DEIIAINING
Of the Old Year.
Still Further Accommodation of Prices!
Chestnut Street Clothing
Below Market Stireet Prices !
BOYS' CLOTHING
BOYS' CLOTHING j
BOYS' CLOTHING • I
BOYS' CLOTHING I
BOYS' CLOTHING
BOYS' CLOTHING
BOYS' CLOTHING
BOYS' CLOTHING
BOYS' CLOTHING
BOYS' CLOTHING
An Our Clenthig
Must be Soad Out
for
We will Corry ➢ioUe
Of this Stork
Over.
JOHN WAN AM. AKER'S
Chestnut Street Clothing Establishment,
818 and 820 CHESTNUT STREET.
ui* " THE SOCIETY FOR SUPPLYING
TILE POOD WITH 50LTP,"33.3 Griscom street,
sop& to the public for the usual annual aid by which
they are enabled to carry on their operations. lu addi
tion to a dolts delivery of Soup, Corn Meal and Bread
are 'distributed: each, twice weekly. A visitor is 'em
ployed to examine into the fitness of each- upolfrant to
receive aid. The Society has no paid collector, but
every member is authorized to receive, funds for the
treasury.
JOB. S. LEWIS, President, 11l Walnut street.
WM. EVANS, Treasurer,6l3Market street.
JAS. T. SHINN, S. W. cor. Broad and Spruce streets.
WM. L. REHM 619 Walnut street.
CALEB WOOD, rat 8. Second street.
JOS. K. WHEELER, 21126 Chestnut street. [tie2l-12trp§
U. OFFICE OF THE GREEN AND
COATES STREETS PHILADELPHIA PAS
;SENGER RAILWAY CO., TWENTY-SOURTH AND
COATES STREETS,
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27,1869.
The Annual 'Meeting of the Stoelcholders of this Com
pany will be held of ihe Oflice of the Compri n,y , on MON
-DAY, January leth, IMO, at 10 o'clock A . M., at which
time and place an Election will be held r a Preamont
and twelve Directors, to serve, for the ensuingyear.
J. H. MOFFITT,
dc27 31 jai ST 9101 Secretary.
ub WE RETURN' OUR SINCERE
thanks to tho America, Diligent, and Humane
Hobe, and blechanio and United States Engine Comps.:
life& and the Fire Department generally. for their valu
able and successful efforts in endeavoring to save our
stores from destruction durinhe burning of the Sugar
House on Vino street, below hiedna the morning of
the 28th. GILRT & ROYAL,
Noe. 30 and 911 North Third street.
THE PHILADELPHIA, WIL
MINGTON AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD
COMPANY.
PIItL4DELPIIIA.,Dee. 23, DM.
The Annual Meeting of the Btockinoltihrs of this Com-
Ipany, and an election of Directors, will take place at the
office of tho Company. in Wilmington. on MONDAY,
the lOth day of January, 1870, at 1 '. Ai.
de27 tjale A. HORNER, Secretary.
c? YARD.
The undersigned, residents in Arch street, above
33road, tender their thanks to the entire Fire Depart
tnent in service on Friday evening, December 21th, for
their very judicious management In protecting' the rear
et their dwellings from the destruction with which they
vere threatened.
NOTICE.—THE ANNUAL MEET-.
Ikr,Dr IRO of the Stockholders of thoPHIE,ADELPIIIA
COMMERCIAL WIIARP AND RAILROAD COM
TAN Y will be held at the ofllce,Bl Walnnt street, oa
MONDAY, January 1901. 1870, tit le M.
R. ALLEN, Secretary.
rnitanEattiA, Dec. 27,180. It*
10. 1109 GIRARD STREET. 1109
guitRIE;II, RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED BATAS,
Departments for Imdles.
Baths open from 6 A. M. to 9 P. M.
STEREOPTICON AND MAGIO
gLantern Exhibitions given to Sunday'' Sob ols,
le , Colleges, and for private entertainments. W.
IIIoALLISTEIC, 723 Oliestuo street, secon4
nod 2mrpt
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BEST STYLES.
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Lower Prices than
THOIIAS WATSON,
A. HART,
BEN,IANLIN AULLOCR.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
00 . teetare on Persia, Bokharatc China;
On Tuesday Evening, Dec.
At 8 o'clock, In the
E Hall of the University! of Pennsylvania,
Math Iltreet, meow Market.
DR. W. DAVIS,'
ex-Professor of the University of St. Petersburg. will
Rro a description of his -Scientific Travels in Soutborn
ussia, Persia, India and Chinese Tartary,
The Lector° will embrace not only Geographical de
ocrlyttoris, but also dome lively sketches on •the life,
customs and manners of the Inhabitants of Central Asia.
Tiskets can be obtained at the _Music Store of Mr.
Trtunpler, No. 9% Chestnnt street It* •
KEN:3Ii n()
ur.7 4
247 ALLEN STREE
Ps
M a meeting of the Conti
Kensington Senn Society,
ing named gentlemen were
the emittingyear :
George W. Vaughan,
Edward W. Gorges,
Charles 141. Ltiltette,
Gezrge Stoeknapi,
Eli Garrison,
James Barnard,
Dr. I. G. Young,
Andrew Zane, Jr.,
Albert 11. Fracker,
Thulium' D. tithes,
David Duncan,
Jacob Jones,
Andrew Zane,
Contributions in money, in aid of the Soclety.or flour,
meat or vegetablen, will be thankfallyireceived , by any
of the managers. Tdr. DANIEL B. MICKLE, Shack
, mama, street, above Richmond. is the duly authorized
Nora of the Society for soliciting and receiving contri-
bUtiollB.
The Soup Home *lll be open for the dietribedien of
eoop on 11.,'"ESDAY, January 4,1970.
BY order of monager.r.
GEORCIE fiTO6KIIAM President.
CHAS. M. LIJK ENS, &err. de27.nt e2t§
CON,,U FIL r HALL.
Non. J. 11. WARWICK, of 'California,
Will deliver his grand War Lecture.
" THE NEW NATION,'
Introtlncing the splendid poems of "Wounded on the
Bottle-field.' "Bans Breitman In Georgia." The
etripes end the . -Stars." ' 4 Sheridgn's nide," ..*BSibare
Frettche," and Oar C•tutry_ Forever,"
ttn TBBSDAF SVENINO, Bootuber 23,1269.
This has been one or the most successful lectures ever
delivered in the United States, drswing crowded houses
Main after night in the prmcipsi. cities of the East.
Tickets, 14 eta. /deserved deals 1L cts. Lecture to
commence ,41 tots o'clock, Tickets for &dent Trumpler's
Music store. 926 Chestnut strort, and at the door on the
evening of Lecture. del! 211
•
UYOUNU 31EN'13 tIHRISTIAN
CIAT lON . I .The 'Month' yi_Meet in; of the
elation lie,held this MONDAY EVENING, it - their
Hll. 1210 Cheotuut ill met.
Addrmia by TOO-VAS S. cam:, Elul., of Pit tilhorgh ,
Chairman of the State, Executive Committee, tiuhje ct—
• Our An6uciAtioit Work."
fut discussion- 0 ' What swathe duties of ,the
no Julien-of the 'Yonne Men'AChrititlan-Aboinciation f"
C limitation by JOUR L. SHARPIE. Esq., of Canada.
Nocal and Instrumental Musk under Gm direction of
Prof, oif N Elt.
The public aro invited.
u. THE . 80 LTP HOUSE,
located al the N. E. corner of Fourth and Peters
strect, nrst street Above Drown, r‘ open Tlt• MOW ,
itiww.D. , coutAr 2.sth. for the grat tilt 0113 distribution of
wilt, and continue so daily throughout the Sic - ai.on. from
II to I o clock. Voutributiona in money - or- proyisions
gill be thankfully rectlitod by •
CIIAS..I.IttIiTTER. Pros . t. Callowhill it.;
T. 310 . 1.tit1gPV,BOT, Trsaa., 31 . 4 Vine st.;
SA3I4. T. CIIII,B. Sp'r'y. &A North 'e,ohd at.;
RlCll ABB BACON, Var; Green st.;
JOHN li,. 51N.P.,11,7;11 Nolan Filth Cl,, or of any
of her of the Managers.' ' 4e27 31 jai 3t
COLERftOOK_DALE RAILROAD
LbeY COMPANY; orrlcE . SOUTII FOURTH
:!clittET
DIULADXLI'IIik. DOC. 27 1 180.
The annual meetin of the Stockholder,' of ?Joe Coin
y be held at their office, on the 17111 day - of Janu
ary 18d 1 1, at l o'clock P.M.. at which time an election
a ill Lo held for l'o-t.ident and atz Director*. to eery,' for
the ensuing yeur. DAVID J. BlioWN;
devtjaii,t , SC, FP tl4 CY .
per. OFFICE OF THE Ntr
oitT- F;ENN
SYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPAN Y, WM.
N UT dtretl
ruLEADELPIII.A, Deer. 21, 1562.
The annual meeting of the bierkholders of the. Berth
Pennsylvania Balltbad Company will tin held at the
office of the Company, No. SW Walnut street, Philadel
phia, on MONDAY, the lOth‘daY of Jatittary,4ll7o.at 42
0 elect: M.. for tbe.purpose of electing a President. and
ten Directors, to serve for the ensuing year. •
.LeVtialol EDWARD ARMSTRONG, tzscretary. -
THE - ANNUAL ME.ET.I.NtiOFIHE
contributors to the Freston' Retreat, will be held
at Ma Retreat, Ilan:11.1ton and Twentieth streets. on
MONDAY AFTERNOON, Jutivary .112. 1170, at 4 O'CleCk.
for the purpose of electing twenty-font aaanazcrs,a.
treasurer, and two auditors and transacting such 'tiler
business as may be broughefonward. -
ROBERT C. CORNELIUS.
Secretary,
PIIILADEI.PIIIA, Dec. 24, 11169.
U * WEEK OF 'RAPER.—THE CLER
.GY MEN of the city are invited to Meet at the Hall
01 the Young Men's Christian Association. 121(3 Chestnut
street. TO-MORROW (Tuesday) A FTERNOON4 at four
o'clock, to make arrangements for the coming Week of
Prayer.
REQUEST OF SEVERAL PASTORS.
OFFICE ANTHRACITE INS U
tity CO., NO. 311 WALNUT STREET.
• PITTLA.DELPIIIA Dec. 23, 11W.
The animal election for Directors will be held at this
Oise, on MONDAY, the third day of January next, be
tween the hours of 11.1 and 12. A. M.
dei7 di§ • ' WM. M. SMITH, Secretary.
OFFICE .INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NORTH AMERICA iM2 WALNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
The Annual 3leeting of the Stockholders will be held
on MONDAY, January_ 10,1e79, at 12 M.., at the office of
tic! Company,
and on TUESDAY, January 11 au elec
tion will be held for Directors to serve the ensuing year.
def.7.l2tf, MATTHIAS MARIS. Secretary; •
THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
tit TIM STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
December 27th, 150'' 1 .
The Election for Thirteen Directors of the Company
will be held at the Office, of the Company, Nos. and 5
Exchange Building, on MONDAY, Jll4l. 10th. 1070. bce
tween the hours of 10 o'clock A. . 7 OLLINStI. and 1 o
LI B'clock
AD. P. M.
J. H
Secretary.
u PUBLIC SERVICES CONNECTED
with the Ordination of Mr. Charles S. Schaeffer
wig occur this Monday craning, in the Tenth Baptist
Church, at 7 o'clock. it*
TO RENT—THE LECTURE HALL
th e y of the Mercantile Library, Tenth litrent, above
Cliestnut dell fruvri
HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518
and l&M Lombard street, Dispensary Department,
—Medical treatment and medicine furnished gratuitously
to the poor
SIXTH NATIONAL BANK, PHlLA
delphia; Dec. 10.1.5x;9.—The Annual Election for
Directors of this Bank will be ha•ld at the BANKING
HOUSE. un TTESDAY, January 11,1970, between the
hours nf 11 A. 31. and 2 P. M.
dent 110B1IRT B. SALTER Cashier.
AMITSFYIENTS.
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A3ITA .
E uE, DRAWING-ROOM, SE-
Iar.STEV:N , ab,,,...ebordnutstreet.—On TUES
DAY X V ENINO, her. Meth, the operate of LISCHEN
AND I' urrzcitEs , with LE CHALET, will be tlivon
by the DUILANO, Mosorn. BRAIDSILAIV, G. T.
F.KNORR,andachuru , +. Conductor, yi DIETRICH.
Tickets, 81, for sale at Andrea L Co. n, 1104 Chestnut
street.' It*
Bowls and Spoons.
Editor of the Evening Bulletin : In answer to
an extract in your paper of Friday evening,
permit us to say that groSs injustice has been
done to the Freshman Class.
It was with the advice and assistance 'of the
Class that their companion foiled the attempt
of the Sophomores to perpetrate someprac
tical jokes, upon him; and. when they found
force out of the question, they persuaded
bin to return to the college and accept the
Bowl and Spoon, intended jocularly 49
an appreciation of his merit in having
received the lowest honor. But when the
Sophomores attempted, as is the, usual custom,
to bear the man upon their shoulders through
the balls in triumph, the Freshmen ". pitched,
in." A friendly scuffle took place; the lqwest
honor, was borne away by his comrades; the
bowl and spoon broken in pieces, each
man reserving some small fragment as a me
mento of the fray of '73. This is a plain and
true statement of the whole affair.
DECEMBEV, Frmm'
shiVering vagrant wandered into the
Court House of Madison county - , lovia, and
was discovered at midnight warming himself
at the stove, which he was stuffing with the
court records!
—M. Dupression, the lemee of the gambling
hells of Baden-Baden and Weisbaden, has
opened a branch establishment in Egypt, and
the descendants of Psammetichus and As
tranaPsYchus are courteously solicited to make
their little game.
SOUP HOUSE, NO
111.ADP:LPif lA, Dec. 23. 039.
haters to the support of the
old this evening, the follow
elected managers to Barre
Hon: John Robbins.
William W. Taxis,
A.H.HcFadien,
George J. Hamilton.
Thomas M. Montgotnern
tianmel M. Idecutcheon,
Henry Kessler,
Joseph 8. Allen, -
David Dickerson,
George Day.
Joseph Lippincott.
Isaac H. Wainwright.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, IjEOEMBER 2,71869.
THE NEW NATION.
Declaration of Independence of Ru
peft's Land and the North
west Territory.
TIE LLND yip• THE .maAPITANTS.,
A telegraphic abstract of the declaration 'of
independence issued by the provisional go
vernment of Rupert's Land and the North
west Territory ham been published. The full
text of the declaration has since been received.-
Whereas, It is admitted by all men, as a
fundamental principle, that the public author
ity commands the obedience and respect of all
its subjecai ; it is also admitted that the peo
ple to be governed have the right to adopt or
reject the form of government, or refuge alle
giance to chat which is proposed. in accord
ance with these fundamental principles,
the people -of this country have
obeyed and respected that authority
to which the circumstances surround
ing its infancy compelled it to be subjected.
A. company of adventurers, known as the
Hudson Bay Company, and invested with cer
tain powers granted by His Majesty, Charles
the Second,established itself in Rupert's Land
and in the, Northwest Territory, for trading
purposes only. This company consisted of
many pexsons, requiring a certain constitu
tion ; but, as there was a question of com
merce only, the constitution was formed in
reference thereto; and, yet, since there was at
that time no government to see to the interests
of a people already existing in the, country, it
became necessary for, judicial officers to have
recourse to the officers of the Hudson Bay
Company—they inaugurated that species of
government which, slightly modified ,by, eub
eequent circumstances, ruled this. country up.
to a recent date.
Whereas, The government thus created was
far from 'answering the wantB of the. people,
and became More'and more so as the popula
tion increased in numbers
, - and,as the country
was developed, commerce extended, until the
present day, when it commands a place among
the countries ; and this people, ever actuated
by the above-mentioned primples, have gene
s rously . supported the aferesaid . government
and given to it a faithful allegiance ; when,
contrary to the law of, nations, in March, 1869,
that said government .snrrendered and trans
ferred to Canada alt the rights which it had or
pretended to have in this Territory, by trans
actions with which the people were considered
unworthy to be made acquainted ; and '
Whereas, It is generally admitted that a peck
pie is at liberty to establish any form of gth--
ernment it may, consider suitable to its wants
as 60011 as the :power to which it was subject
abandons it, or subjugates it without its con
sent toll foreign power, we maintain that'no
right can be transferred to such foreign
Arozo, therefore, First, we, the representatives
of the people, in Council assembled, in Upper
Fort Garry, on. the 24th day of November,
1869, having invoked the God of nations also,
relying on these fundamental moral- princi
ples, solemnly declare in the name of the Con
stitution and our own names, before God and
man. that from the day on which the Govern
ment we had alwayi obeyed abandoned -us by
transferring to a strange power the sacred au-
I confided to it, the people of Rupert's
I..and * and. the Northwest became free and ex
empt from all allegiance to the Government.
:.ecozid.---That we refuse to recognize the
authority of Canada, which pretends to have
a right to 'coerce ,us and impose upon us a
despotic form of government still more con
traryto our rights and interests as British ante.
jests than was that government to . which we
had subjected ourselves through necessity up
fito a recent date.
Third—That by , sending an expedition on
the Ist of Novetuber ult., &arged. tp drive Mr.
William McDougall and his companions,
coming in the name of Canada, to rule us with
the rod of despotism without previous notifi
cation to that effect, we have but acted con
formably to that sacred right which commands
every citizen to offer ,energetic opposition to
prevent his country from being enelaved.
Fourth--That we continue and shall continue
to oppose with all our strength the establish
ingof Canadian authority in our country, un t
der the announced form ; 'and in case of per
sistence on the part of the Canadian Govern
ment to enforce its obnoxious policy upon us
by force of arms, we protest beforehand
against such an unjust and unlawful course;'
and we declare that said Canadian Govern
ment responsible before God and man for
the innumerable . evils ,which , may be caused
by so unwarrantahle a course.
I. 13e it known, therefore, to the world in gen
eral, and to the Canadian Government in par
ticular, that as we have always heretofore suc
cessfully defended ; our country =in frequent
wars with the neighboring tribes of 'lndians
who are now on friendly relations with us,
we are firmly resolved in future, not less than
in the past, to repel all invasions from what
soever quarter they may. come ; and, further
mere, we do declare and proclaiman the name
of the people of Rupert's Land and the North
went. that we have on the said. 24th day of
November, 1869, above mentioned,establLshed
a provisional government, and hold it to be.
' the, only and ,lawful authority now in
existence in Rupert's Land and the North
west which claims the obedience and respect
of the people; and that meanwhile we hold
ourselves in readiness tb enter in such nego
tiations with the 4.lanadian goirernment as
may be favorable for- the good- government
and prosperity of this people. In support of
this declaration, relying on the protection of
Divine Providence, we mutually pledge our
selves on oath, our lives, our fortunes, and our
sacred honor to each other.
Issued at Fort Garry, this eighth day of De
cember, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.
[Signed' . Joint Bnecu; President.
[Signed) LOUIS AIELL, Secretary
TIT - ;.E TO THI , :_INSURGENT TERRITORY.
In the year 1670 Charles 1., of England,
granted to Prince,Rupert, the Duke of falbe
merle, the Earl of Craven, and thirteen,others
"the sole trade, and commerce of all those
seas, straits, bays, rivers, lakes, creeks, and
sounds in whatsoever latitude they shall
be, that lie within the entrance of the straits
commonly called Hudson's Straits, together
with all lands and territories upon the coun
tries, coasts, and confines of the seas, bays,
lakes, rivers, creeks, and sounds afore
said." This was the orig.in of the famous
Hudson Bay Company. The territory. was
ceded under such conditions that
the company were made absolute proprietors
in free and common socage, 'saving the, filth,
allegiance and sovereignty due the crown. The
company had power to make lam, constitn-,
dons and ordinances., and to provide pains and
penalties for their violation. The territory
comprised but .a portion of its present posses
sions, and is described on English maps of
1760 (the time Canada was ceded, to Great Bri
tain), in the form of a horse-shoe, not including
the northwest territory, the southern boun
dary of the territory being at the northeast
corner of Lake I•Vinnipeg,a.bove latitude 54 de
grees north. Until the cession of Canada the
Indian territories on the south and west of the
_Hudson Bay Territory had been French. but
when Canada became a - colony of England the
Indian Territory became English, and the
company extended their claims over the whole
northwest. Rupert's. Land was recognized as
included in the company's charter, or rather,`
the name was extended over ' the portion
acquired,from the French. In 1831 the
British overnment granted exclusive trade
over the :Indian territories to the Northwest.
Company, but this right passed, in 1838, into
the hands of the FlllClBolllBay Company. This
is the abstract of the title of the tcompany
t he land in revolt.
comam. ,
THE NORTIIWZOT TARIVIVYBY
comprisesall that country lying north of the
United States and west of Canada, Noose
river, and the great lakee. The country itself
is described by some as an earthly paradise,
andJby others as unfit for humau habitation.
Emigration was contrary to the interests of
the Hudson Bay Company, and they spared
no pains to have the land reported as desolate
as possible.
TEE BED UnrEll. EiF,TTLEMENTS.
In all the vast region under control of the
Hudson Day Company, the `only attempt at
colonization worthy tho' name win; that; at
Red River, except= , at one or-two points in
Labrador, nothing - haling:been attemptedsave
the cultivation of, ifew acres around time trad
ing posts. In 1812 Lord; Selkirk, a Scottish
peer, obtained a wont of 10,00 Q acres of, land
in that district :o ..the country designated' aS
Red River, and Which may be described as
half ellipe,the major axis being the "boundary
line of the United , States, •commencing at the
junction. of • ,that line with -• the Lake
of the Woodtr, curving northwesterly
so as to touch.:the southern portion
of Lake Winnipeg, and_ then curving
winthw,esterly 'tek ,the bounary line again.
The first settlers left Sligo in 1811 and,going
by Hudson Bay, Wintered at York, and-pro
ceeded up the Severn River to their place of ,
destination. To the settlement Lord Selkirk
Ove the name of Ostia, Bois, or (Asian's
Tower. The community thrived apace until
the outbreak of hostilities between the North
west and the Hudson Ray. Companies in 1815,
won a number of the colonists were escorted
to Canada by the Northweat CoMpany, and
the rest dispersed arsiiind the southern' shores
of Lake Wintdpeg. They were attain gathered
together by.. Lord Selkirk who demanded
troolr for the protection of his •colony from
the Governor. of Lower Canada, but the de-
Mond was refused. They were, more or less
'troubled until the amalgamation of the, two
companies, since which time they have main
tained an existence isolated from the World,
and with little or no emigration. •
The present population of the country eon
sists mainly of half-breeds and Indiar.s,Scotch,
French, English, and a few Canadians and
Americans. The greater part of the French
riside along the banks of the Red river, 'ex
tending from' Pembina and the American
boundary line, sixty miles to Fort Garry, and
on the Assinibeine as far as Portage la, Prairie,
bixty-tive miles west of Fort Garry, tke latter
river emptying into the Bed at the fort. The
Scotch settlements are also oh the Red river,
extending north'VernWinnipeg town (about
a quarter of a mile from Fort Garry),a,distance
of six or seven Miles, the English settlers
facing the French, on the north bank of the
Assinibeine,but only'extending aboXit half-way
from Ft, Garry to Portage la Prairie. From Ft:
Garry to Lake• Winnipeg the distance is sixty
miles, and along the river, after passing
Lower Fort Garry, or the stone, fort, Indian
settlements :raggle up, the lake to Norway
Flonse. The' portiOn of territory in actual re
volt may, therefore, be represented a
reetan
ele si
sides re
mil e es
ressqent inuare, the the , nrthern and east
tl pg northern
and
Red Rivers. 'The farms and farm ,heuses line
bbth banks of the Red.and A ssiniboine Rivers,
as the grants of land only extend about a
league back on the prairie. The French half
bteeds are the most numerous; the Scotch
next. The Indian settlements are on a reserve
ceded them, and the inhabitants have aban
doned a nomadic life and taken to civilized
habits, many of them. possessing good farms
and houses.
OTTAWA, Dec. 24:—No money has yet been
paid by the governinent to. the Hudson's Bay
Company to - coniplete
,the purchase of the
Northm-cyt Territory' no . proclamation o4nanY
change has been made "in England, and the
government is still in the hands of the com-
Pany. It appears that when.McDougall left
to assume the position of Governor , of the
orthwestTerritory, he was instructed' by the'
governinent here that the purchase -would be
made by -Ist December, -and--that -he-should
therefore issue his proclamation on Ist De
cember. • , , •
When the government here found that an
insunection at Red River was threatened,
they determined to .leave the Territory in the
hands• of the Hudson's Bay Cotapany. - until
spring ; and, it is said, theyfievatched a mes
senger th McDougall, apprising him of this,
and ordering him not to issue his .proclanui
tion. McDougall,. it is said, did not receive
these instructions in time. The proclamation
spoken of at Red River as the Queen's Procks
mation Ls the one , issued by McDougall. As
the government does not intend to complete
the purchase till spring; it is fully expected
McDougall will be recalled. •
Opposition
_to-,thelisanana Bargain De•
Though annexation of Dominica is gene
rally favored, by members of Congress, it is
riot to he denied. that several. Members-, are
growling against the measure and protesting
that they will oppose• it when the proper occa
sion arises. Those who thus place themselves
in antagonism to the project do so for several
reasons. .Somehepause they are opposed to
all new acqulsition.s, deeming
• that we have'
enoughlinileVelaped territory on band to -oc
cupy us yet for throe or four generations to
comp, and that to expand our -territorial
main is to treqlren our power and not to
strengthen it. Others oppose annexation or
leasing,ligeausellify hold that such important
measures should" not be undertaken by the
Executive without authority in the first place
frogithe legislative branch of the Government.
and thFy declare that no such' authority has
been given in this instance. They say it is
abput time to mut a step to this business of
speculating in real estate, which was •so curt•
ningly inaugurated by Mr. Seward, and • only
then given a quasi legislative sanction because
the, Witham] gond faith was involved. They
ask, further, what is the use of paying at all
fiat. vrlat was offered ns so recently for abso
lutely nothing? If tbe Dominicans really
want to become annexed, believing that such
a col:Within would advantage them, why not
let them vote, on the point first and
declare in that way their real wishes?
Jr they do not want to join us,
then, say these grumblers, we ought not to
force them to It ,by barganting with President
Baez,"nor, should we desire to have them at
all ae unwilling subjects. These are the prin
cipal reasons urged or opposing the Babcock-
Baez treaty, whateVei it, may be, and which
are expected. ,to be urged when the matter
comes up for discussion in the halls of Con
gress. The chief advocate of all these annexa
tion schemes is General Banks, notyet arrived
at his post. Perhaps when he reaches here
he will find means to strangle the
incipient hostility, and be able, by his well
known skill in argument and' parliamentary
tactics, to engineer the measure throu;h sue- ,
cessfullv.—Wpslaingtora Correspondence off/e Jr.
Y. Ihretld.
North.Gerinan Sailors in Battle with
[Frain the Berlin Correepondencia, Dee. B.]
According to news from Hong Kong the
North-German merchant bark Apenrade,
sailing under Capt ain
. 11. Davidson, was at
tacked by pirates in , 4 the Chinese waters, near
Macao on the 2,lti September. The crew of
the bark consistedof captain,the pilot Bud
twelve men, while the number of the assail
ants was about a hundred ; yet the Germans
defended themselires with such resolution that
one man was slain and all the rest were in
jured, the wounds of the captain and pilot
having been of o very severe description. No
bravery could of sours° successfully contend
with such odds.:;;
The
The pirates were, however, disturbed in
their work. Of Phinder by the approach of a
steam:vessel, and the Apeßrado escaped to
the harbor of Macao.
THE COLONIsTs--iniEnt THEY LIVE
What Will Canada Dot!
[Peapatch to the TOronto Globo.)
THE SAMANA BARGAIN.
weioping Congress-
CHINA.
'e,b[ri~l~da7r~
—On Friday evening Mee. Drew - predeced,
at the-Arch Street Tlieatre,a dramatization of
Little Porrit,, by Mrs. E. TI Wallace. Arranger
•went of One of Charles Dickens% newel/ear
'the stage, *Meant' departure'from the exact
• limits of the narrattioe, is ationt as difficult a
task wea drainatist , can undertake: .In nearly •
every came, when au adaptation has been at
successfully, the writer has - Med
merely „a few ; loading incidents and adopted
the most striking cliametere, fi lling in ~ eveittei
•end personages of • bie own, here and there„
that strikihg often; may be produced , and that
the story may have eoberence. Mrs. Wallace
haiehot used her'itatiaination'in dramatizing
Little Dorrit ; she bee been courageous'eneughe
to try the more arduous , work of premeuting
the real history iu as forcible 'and complete a
form as poseible. - The result 'is an
entertaining• drama, which lacks just
tve • things—marked prominence of ' the
heroine, and entire intelligibility, . "Little
Dorrit," as Dickens drew her, Is a very quiet ,
unobtrusive personage ; but she • plays • a
mighty party in the story, and she, far more
'than any other figurate interesting to t,heeeead
er. lu the drama she retains all her pleasing
characteristics, bet she is dwarfed ,by the
characters about her • not because thee° che
meters were present e d more forcibly, bet be
valise the text actually precludes the pos
sibility of the part being made as boldly line
portant as that of "Little Nell," for instance,
In Brougham's arrangement of • The Old (furl- ,
osity Shop. Mrs. Wallace ham omitted, too, a
few sentenceehere and there which seem to be
necessary to Make plein the motive of the
drama. Those persons who are familiar
with the story, of course; comprehend
every word of the play, and can enjoy it hear..
But a drama should tell its own story,
independent of any extraneous assistance. It is
true that in every . audience there will be found
numbers of persons who are not acquainted
even with the most popular work of the
mastpopular author; and the dramatist must
care for these, taking nothing for granted, but
making the edifice complete in itself. Any
one who will look through the elaborate and
intricate story of Little Don'tt will perceive.
how:very hard it must have been, to present a
reasonably intelligent abstract of it ite four
short acts. The matter for surprise in this in
stance then, is, not that Mrs. Wallace's dra-`
matization has faults, but that it is
at all satisfactory. 'lt presents the
inanortant characters clearly and
accurately, each,with its peculiarities plainly
indicated, andet places them among the most
dramatic scenes of the story, so that we have
a series of strong situations which need only a,
little further elahorattou to make up a power
ful play. `The climaxes are wrought out `
cleverly, and they close' the acts , eftectively.
'There is a judicious use of humor, as
a relief to the sadder episodes; and there :is, .
above everything else, rapid, • unhesitating
action *which proceedn without wearisome
delay Act the 'end.
Mrs. Wallace essayed the character'
Little Dorrit," and succeeded , very 'nicely.
_Tbe nervousness naturally incident to a first
appearance, the inevitable anxiety of qii au
thor for the reception of her play, and the in
'sufficiency of the text of the • part, were, of
' course, hindrances , to perfect success. . But
Mrs. Watlace played with feeling and appre
ciation' and we doubt not that:' greater
familiarity withthe presence of an audinuce
will enable her to make her performance More
nearly complete. She was very kindly re
ceived on Friday evening, throughout the
play. The enthusiasm was so great, indeed,
at the •end of the first act, that
she was called before •the curtain,
The members of the `conapany ' also
treated the • debutante' with generous
consideration, helping her whenever it was
possible to do so. Her friends in the audience
appreciated this kindives, we are sure. .Mrs.
Drew played the part" Mrs. Cletuuun"
superbly. She was =tell' superior to her Op
portunity ; for the character, passive even in
the novel, is' very unpromising in the drama.
We incline to praise Mr. Mackay very warmly
for his personation of " )Ir. Dorrit." As usual `
his "make up" of tha character was very
artistic, in ,the prison scene particularly.
Crniksbank could not have conceived a better
picture of the weak, vain old man, than that
preeeuted by Mr. Mackay, who played
the part also . with consummate
ability. Mr. Craig' s
_ management of
_the costume and lines of "Mr.
8.11Cle8" was Particularly good; Mr.
Mathews gave us Flintwina" in a faithful
shape which proved that he had 'studied the
original closely ; Mr. James made diaboli
cally clever " Illandois,7 but be was restrained
ifrom doing perfect justice to the character by
the narrow hunts of his text. Mrs. Stoddart
appeared as " Maggy" and although the
audience were prevented, by the absence of
her name from the bills, from applauding her
intelligently, their applause and laughter were
none the less hearty.
Mrs. Drew has mounted the drama
splelididly. All of the scenery is new and
good ; the finest scene being- a view of the
Corso in Rome at the ! time of the Carnival.
Little Dorrit will be repeated until further
melee.
—At the Chestnut Street Theatre this even
r ing Miss Laura Keene will repeat the very
clever drartaitization of Dickens's " Christmas
Carol," together with the fairy piece Beauty
and the Beast. On Wednesday evening a new
drama entitled Ghampagne ; or, Step By 6Yep,
the, oint work , of Miss Keene and Miss Matilda
Heron,' will be produced.
-Miss Bateman will appear at the Walnut
Street Theatre this evening in Leah. On Mon
day next Mr. Hemphill will produce a new
drama entitled Not Guilty. This is a romantic
drama of the best class. The author's right
for the United States has been bought by the
management of the Wainute-the only duly
version of the play in America. It is in four
acts, written by Watts Phillips, author of
The Dead Heart, Lost in London, &c., and was
first produced at the Queen's Theatre, London,
in February last, and performed there nightly,
with success, for four months. The action
takes place in England and India. The effects
are of remarkable variety and hapreesiveness.
Every scene will be new from original de-
signs. The mountings will be elaborate, and
the east throughout a good one.
—A very attractive programme will be of
fered at the American theatre this evening,
including pantomime, acrobatic feats, ballet,
singing, farce, negro comicalities, and miscel
laneous performances.
—Messrs. Duprez & Denedict offer a. very
attractive bill for this evening, at the Seventh
Street Opera House. They have prepared a.
number of new burlesques, in which the prin
cipal members of the company will appear,
and besides these there will be the customary
variety of songs, dances, &c.
—At the Eleventh Street Opera House to
night a minstrel entertainment will be given.
—At the Academy of Music this evening
the famous Hanlon Brothers will perform
some of their most wonderful feats. Mr. J.
Levy will pla,y several soles upon the cornet.
" Little Bob" will do marvelous things upon
the trapeze, and Prof. Roberts will exhibit his
" Dreams of Illusion."
—Tim sale of tickets for the Italian opera
season, which begins at the Academy of
Music on Monday night next, commenced at
Trumpler% • this morning and progressed
rapidly. There is every masen to believe that
this will be one of the most successful ventures
is -opera. over undertaken in this city. The
artists are all,first-rate, the repertoire in
cludes the most popular operas, and the pubic
is low. Cortaiply these conditions should in
sure success, and we shall. be surprised if the
how is not crowded every night.
V. J. Davis, ex-professor at the Vnie,
versity of St. Petersburg, will deliver two led
' tires in the Rail of the University of Pennsyl
vania, on the eubject of his travels in Persia,
Bolehara, Sent - horn Russia and China, Mr.
Davis is a gentlemaii of high scientific' aaite
merit and ability, and the lectures d o ubt- '
I=l
rL.
I PRICE ITER,BE OENTS.
less be very instructive and interesting, as trip
results Of" , an extensive sCieriti* tour itt
European , and ,Asiatic countries. The first 1 '
lecture Will be delivered to-morrow evening,
'at 8 o'clock. ,
—Offenbacli's Opera, hischen and Plitreheni
;IS to be performed at the,Amateur Dtawia e r
Room, on Tuesday evening, December 2 , 304. 4
together with the charming operetta* of
,Ohokt, which will be given for the , fi rst time
in English in this city. The parts will be Nue
tained-by the Misses, , Duraug, breasts. Itruitt
show, R. Knorr, and other' talented. '4 2 ,
'tidies and gentlemen:
—To-morrow eveningrfore.T. vrtinotto; •
of. California, 'deliver a:-lecture, entitled ,
"'he New, Nation," in he:. will. ißtrrlr
duce many beautiful poems, The proceeds
for the benefit of, Camps 7 and 10 Pa., ratdr.,
otic Order Bons of,America.
FACTS AND , WANeItON:
. •--Sheet.lightning—Oauclle lectures.
7 .1 n Wabash, Ind., warner, who bake -- Ns-- 7t
elute of a Sunday are placed under arrest. ,s.
-Ante Khedive thinks of makiuga coma Mfs r -
the Upper Nile.
--Eugenie pays the Abbe Bauer 50,0410 from ,
salary for preaching to her court. r
, ,
—A dwarf eight- inches shorter‘ than Tom,
Thurnlxis attr&ting eight inehion Chicagi.
—Four tons of mall matter were franked,l4F..
each Congressman last sesSion.
—The owners of the Cardiff giant sing
"The days when we Went gypwanling." •
—Another of 'Washington's. body servaa
has just died in Tennerssee. .
--They hare one-horsestreet-carsis Chimgo s7
and they call them Bobtails.
,
—William' Till is, the latest attraction at Mad,-
rid, with Tarnberlik in Is great part or- s y
" Arnold." ,
—Mozart, when be conducted his full re-;..
hearsals, used to wear a crimson pelisse alid'af
big gold,laced cocked hat. • • -
—Another Cardiff giant has been cast - at —
Syracuse. It is• intended for the ScistOsi
market. ; : ' •
—A "culled gemman" was lately arrested II
Petersburg for stealing a four hundred . pou*d t
niill-wheei. t , ,; lti
'—A mad gospeller in CleVeland• goes aboubt.2!,,,
town in his night gear singing, psalms and ex-,`
porting shmers. .
—Rosa lionheur has, sold , her.picturee for .
more than 500,000 . "rands,. although, the - 11 1, a:
weren't half vermillMn. . • • ,‘
Chicago reStaurant-keeper , found the, ,
head of a young hg' son in a chest of tea; Whkelif.,..o.
was a chop he hadn't bargained for;
—A woniau In Chicago Decently seized
man;
_and; before he could secure asSistazice;,,"
brutally married.o him. • •
—Thirty•thousand 'copiers of TeritlYSOWElngir ,-
velum e, ‘. The holy Grail, and Other Poterei"
were sold in England in advance of: its Pubh.--
cation. . , • ,
-LA:Freitchman has discovered a metheiteltv
steering.balloons by prodeping a vacuum •;irt.-..-;.;
front of the balloon, wbieh;,ts coriseqiientiy.;
iven forward. .
2 -Seme ingenious New Yorker biviluvented-)'.
a metallic - clasp to inclose a ballot, by phe.iise;
of which, he contends two iia.nnot be • cast
kether without detection. ' • '
--:Oregon hie A tale of a headless ghrist,, and','
is nuzzled to•know tvhether the body is to bo
advertised under the' head of taissing, 414.:
whether the head only has given up the ghost';• •
—They tell this tale Of a gentlemen wIto•
lives in .Nev Raven .••• "He was stitiering iron"
thetocothache, and, to ease the pain, filkid his ~!
leouth with alcohol. 'Thinking to see it flame
,he: discharged the liquid into a flame*!,. ;
caught his whiskers and singed them 'eleti OL
—The i?efornie is infortned,it pays, that
Mazzini has left London during the last .
clays, and that he is now traVeling . iO Goroidojr.! . • :
4, Indefatigable In his work," . it • adds,'", '•
seeks to realize his great idea of the Euston of
the Latin rates (Italy, Frane.e and •Iberia)
•der the Republican banner?? -; • • , ; ;.•is
—Sir Walter Scott's old Edinburgh hotae---B!! ,
„ dear 3!) North. Castle street," as he , used to, 7 7
call it—the house in which " Waverley" yaw
written, where he resided for twentyttiver,
years, and with which he parted with such
deep sorrow: is now in part - an attorney's Of-'-'"
fice, and in part a lodging-house.
,
—The Empress of France, since her retors.
to Paris, distributed to the ladles of her ac-'
quaintance rich presents brought from. Egypt,
consisting of shawls and stuffs from the,
vent, jewels and objects of curiosity. Atuoug
the persons most favored were the Duchess tie
Mouchy, the 31 arquise de Las Marismas,Dtme., •
Caurobert, the Princess d'Essling,the Duebeta ,
de 3lalakoff arid Mme. Carette. '
—As a railway train stopped at Hanna, a.
station in Indiana, lately, the brakeman thrust, ''
Ins head inside the earaloor and loudly called
"Hanna!" A young lady, sttting next the
door, probably endowed with the poetic appal
lotion of Hannah.. supposing that .the: brake-
man was addressing her, and, shocked at his
familiarity on so short an acqualtitativai
frowned and retorted, ‘. Shut your mouth!"
.
—The cause Of Count, Bismarek's sudden
journey to Bonn is a severe wound received
in a duel by his son Herbert, who is a student
at, the Bonn University. The `wound is a deep.
sabre-ept in the head, and Dr. Busch, who he
attentlitig the young count, reports that he• is:
in great danger. The news was first coin- !,
municated by the director of the University to,
Herr von Thile, Under-Secretary of State at
the Berlin Foreign Office, who informed the
King, and his Majesty at once telegraphed to '
Count Bismarck at Varzin, urging him tol`
proceed to Bonn without delay.
—French journalists at, last have a gallery
of their own in the Corps Legislatif ; but they
have had to light for it ever since Napoleon , -
banished them with a coup de pi& when: he
had finished his coup Wetut. Since lt".-Z they
have indeed been admitted to'the House, but ,
under disagreeable restrictions. Count.
Walewski was so good as to set
aside every day sixteen tickets of ad
mission for journalists, and M. Schneider
gave twtety-four. At last the prow
has elbow/d its way to a tribune, which, how
ever, is by no means the best in the House,
although no sensible man can doubt that it,
should be the best. Out of the thirty-six
journalists who there find seats, only twe)ve
can see what isgoing. on without stretch'n
their necks till they look like geese, and twist
ing their spines till they almost snap. Treat- ,
meat of the press is not one of those things
which are'.' managed better InFrance."
—The effect of freedom of thepress Rip..
Him is rendered not more obvions.by the daily
increasing demand for <reform expressed its
journals, with which the Government dares
net tamper, than in Hie quality of the books
which are now read there ; some of them
such as Radischiefs works, for writing whiebt
their author was banishedto Siberia by Catha
rine It being-now for the first dine allowed'
to be read. This state of affairs was aided
and almost directly Drought about!), the bold
ness of the Gazette de 3loscow, the .4 - 910.91 and
later and even more liberal Jiaperii.
work by ‘, Prince Vasilcinkof_ boa
just appeared, entitled; "A litatary.
of Self-tiovernMent," the first Tolima of
which contains '," comparative view -ler
Russian and foreign institutions relative tar
land and society,". ,;In the reign of NiehOlaar
the Russian people were net allowed even to !
see papers ceataining accounts of Earollnetalt-?1'
revolutions or attempted revolutions, aridyett ,
Louis Blano's "History of the. Revolution Opt
'1848" is shortly to appear iris Russian trallatik
tion. The 'Works &John Stuart Mill aatire: 4 ','•
long been popular ameng the Rnsabuts, 'suit
sot now for the first time they are peratitteit
to read the. assays, cm 'Liberty and Utilikir!
Tim country is, just•. emergingc frOollr-T-I; . '
barbaristu,
such
Much may be erpeehid of
tinder such inatruction as these worka
it, wilt
give it.