N PEACOCK. Editor. Vc LUNE XXIII.—NO. 226. FARTH CLOSET COMPANY'S COM .II MODISH end apparatus tor fixed eloeeta, Ed A. di, RA NOISOUS G0.'13,513 Market et, de2ltu th e3ot§ D DIG - INVITATIONS • :EST- E ou ti t o h n e er ne=t and belt r m .. an l ar. o libtri n e t Street. U tz ARIVIED. ---41 - 011TON—PLANT.--Ott Viedaeplay (waning, Dec, ' l 9th, at Sharon. Pa., by BAY. W. U. Falconer. J ames ;1111orto,u, of Philadelphia, to Sadie S. Plaza, of Sharon. OLED. 111CON.-0 tithe 314 ult., Thorns' raruon; agecl 41 . relatives and friends are respectfully invited to d the funeral, from his late residence, N. 14. rennet hliteentis and Filbert streets, on Tuesday tnerning, 'VS o'clock. Ynneral service at tit. Johns Church. *anent in Cathedral Cemetery. ;s• HUNT.—On the morning of theBlst ultimo, Ellwood Bunt. in the 34th year of hie age. • The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from his late reetdence,No. 249 !South Thirteenth streot, on First-day afternoon, 2d instant, at 2 o'clock. To proceed to Friend's' South , western Ground. PATTKIISON,—This morning, Hiram J. Patterdon. sue notice of the funeral wilt be , iron. t OUVUst CO. BLACK KID GLOVES • —prices Iteluca•d !—Ladies' plain Black, el T 6 ; el ; Plain, two buttons. 412 00 ; Gentle BESSON at SON, Mourn! no Goods, 3680 Gil No. 918 Ch.stiont street. • LACK MOLTAIR TAM ISE,OII. FRENCH ALPACA.—J net received.. one CARB of .Plobair Ta.- it&sr. from r.:•r. to $1 a yard. 13111380 N & SON, Mourning Dry Goode House. 916Cheatnut street. INDIA CAMEL'S HAIR SCARFS TO CHRTSTMAS R PRESENTS • Of VALVE, EYRE h LANDELb. FOURTH AND ARCH u. CALVARY PRES B YTERIAN Chitrch. Locust street, above Fifteenth. Bev. Dr. Humphrey, pastor.—Services on Sunday at 1056 A. M. and 7% P. M. Evening series continued. "The Young Men Absalom." ft! SEVENTH PRESBYTERIAN w e y - Church, Broad street, above Chestant.—Rev. Henry U. McCook, pastor sleet of this church, is ex versed to preach tomtorrow,Jannat7 2, at 10% A. M. and P`. M. ' It" BEREAN BAPTIST 0: CHURCH., Fortieth and Chestnut atreets. Dr. Levy will • preach. in the morning, a sermon on the " New Year." In the evening the Pastor's twenty-fifth annual sermon The low prices at. which we have to young rnen. • itt. SPECIAL NOTICES. WA N M A ,K, E R been selling for the last few weeks will . still prevail until our winter stock ig all cleared out and we are ready for our Spring Importations JOUN WANAMAKER, Finest Clothing Establishment, 818 & 820 Chestnut St. ours is the 'Finest Ready-Made Clothing in America; far superior in every way to all other Ready- Made (lofting and equal to the best Custom Work of most establish- inert s, but in closing out our „ sent stock we are selling as cheap as any house either on Market or Cliestmtt streets JOIINWANAMAKER, Finest Clothing Establishment, 818 & 820 Chestnut St. Our Boys' Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods are all marked down, and can be bought now at priors which would justify any one in laying in a stock for future use. JOHN WANAMAKER, Finest Clothing Establishment, 818 & 820. Chestnut St. iHr. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS Ka Historical Portrait of Major Gen. Geo , G. Meade, at Gettysburg, Painted by D. R. ENIOIIT, for members of the Union League and others. will be ou exhibition in the S. E. Gallery of the Academy, from December 31st to January 4th, inclusive. ADMISSION FREE, from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M. ile3l Sire "THE SOCIETY FOR SUPPLYING u e D , THE POOR WITH 50UP,"333 Griscom street, appeal tolhe public for the usual annual aid by which they are eimbled to carry on their operations. In addi tion to a daily delivery of Soup, Corn Meal and Bread are distributed, each, nuke weekly. A visitor ie em ployed to examine into the fitness of each applicant to receive aid. The Society lase no paid collector, but every member is authorized to receive funds for the treasury. JOB. 8. LEWIS, President. 111 Walnut street. WM. EVANS, Treasurer, 613 Market street. JAB. T. SHINN, S. W. cor. Broad and Spruce streets. WM. L. BEHN. 616 Walnut street. . . CALEB WOOD ,Al 4 S. Second street. JOWL WHEELER, 202 S Chestnut street. [dell-I.2trp§ 0 OPSILL'S PHIL AD EL PHI A CITY and Business Directories.—The subscriber takes lids method of notifying the public that , he has finished the compilation of the above Books. Any person or persons having made changes in firms, places of bud nests or residence, will do well to notify the acme at the Directory Office, corner Fifth and Walnut, on or before TUESDAY, the 4th of January. ]B7O, so that the ne cessary alterations maybe made on the manuscript be fore printing. ISAAC COSTA, 041-30 Complier. ,-.- • Bob NOTICE.-OFFICE BUCK MOUN TAIN 00A1, COMPANY.—DIIILADELPICA, Jan. Ist, 1810.—The unnual meeting of the Stockholder, of the Buck Mountain Coal Company will be held at the Office of the Company, No. 320 Walnut street, on WED NESDAY, second day of February next, at 11 o'clock A. M. And an election for SEVEN DIRECTORS, to serve the ettenitlo year, will be held on the dame day, between the hours Of II A. IC and 2 P. M. jal T. 11. TROTTER, Secreiary. 4 OFFICE OF THE 'PHILA.DEL MIA AND GRAY'S FERRY PASSENGER RAILWAY COMPANY, Twenty-second street, below (Spruce. Doe:So, 1865. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders and an elec• tion for President, six Directors and Treasurer will be bold at this' of on TUESDAY, Jan. 18,1870, at 12 o'clock M. jals,ta,th,tjalB§ B. GEM TRY, President OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND DARBY RAILROAD COMPANY, Twenty second street, below Spruce. PHILADELPHIA Dec. 30,1809. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Phila delphia and Darby Railroad Company, and an election for President and six Directors will be bald 'at this office on MONDAY, January 10, 1870, at 4P. M. S. GROSS NRY, jars to th tlO5 • ... .. OFFICE OF THE SCHUYLKILL INNER PASSENGER RAILWAY OOMPANY, I T I ZITY-SEOOND STREET, ',BLOW SPRUCE. PIIILADH PHIA, Dec. so, 1869. The annual meeting of tho Stook olders, and an oleo \ ties for President and six Director will be held at this office eu WEDNESDAY, January I 0970. at 9 P. M. let-s to th tWO p. VOSS FRY, Nt Treasurer. lob HOWARD HOSPITAL,, •, , and 1540 Lombard street Dispensary Depsrtment, —Medical treatment and medicineDs sashed gratul/ously to the pees', SPECIAL NOTICES. 11- - THE GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE, U ANNUITY AND TRUST COMPANYOP PHIL ADELPHIA, NO.4OBOIIESTNUT STREET. December 31, 1889. The CotnpanT Will this (Div declared a dividend of Your per cent.. and na ex tra diV Wend Of Five per coot.,on the capital stock. payable to the Stockholderst clear of the Rate and United Mateo taxes, on demand. 3trpw • JNO. F. JAMtti. Actuary. - to. SOUTHERN DISPENSARY.-THE annual meeting of tho contributors will be held es TUESDAY,, the 4th'dey of Jeneary.ls7o, at the Dineen. sary. Iltdpnen street, between the bonri of< and /5 P. M. (Bigned I • PETER WILLI& MON, Secretary, DECEMBER 3Dtb.1860. jell; tette t3tg ic? 1109 GIRARD STREET. 1109 TURRIeM, RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED BATHS, Departments for Lad Balm own from 6 A. H. tog P. M. BTEREOPTICON AND MAGIC Lantern Exhibitions given to Sunday liehools, Colleges, and for private entertainments. W. MITCHELL McALLISTEII,7M Chestnut street st and story, • no2Tmrol RELIGIOUS NOTICES. ARCH STREET M. E. CHURCH.- Rey. Wm. 8. gray to-morrow, at 105 i A. M. and 7% P.M. Strangers Invited. It' icr TRINITY H. E. CHURCH, EIGHTH above Race.—llev..l. Neill at W. Rev. U. W. linmebriss at 75:. Strangers invited. It* gov REV. C. WADSWORTH, D. D., PAS tor, will preach to-morrow in the Third Re formed Church, Tenth greet, below Arch. Services 10}a• . 7)1, p. R. it' THE FIRST PRESBYTERIANEU* Church, Winibingtou Square: 4W/. W. E. Schenck, H. D., will preacb to-morrow at EN A. M. and 73i P. M.' ozi* NETW' UNITAI — Trt, AN CHURCH, Wm. IL Thorne. Pastor. Clonal service in the II sll. N. E. corner of Broad and Spring Gude* streets, to-morrow (Sunday 1 morning at Mei o'clock. Beats trey,- IL' . , L -- ? , NORTH BROAD STREET PRES bytera ehureh. corner of Green street.— A 3ievi ]ear 'a:Nen:Lion by the Pastor. Ear. Dr. Stryker. at 10i: A. 3L Preaching 73; I'. hi. by Bey. Dr. Alex- Limier Need. WEST SPRUCE STREET CHURCH, Seventeenth and Sprite» streets.—Bev. W. P. Breed. I). P.. will preach a sermon In reference to the. New Year te-morrow at WS' A. M., and a sermon to children arid youth at 3.4 Pill. lt' • .... --- Us ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN Church, Nineteenth and Green II tree to . Preach ing on next SAIGIATII at 10.1‘ o'clock A. M. andl.`i ...clack P. M., by Rev. George B. Chambers. of New York. de.ll2t* f - j r . fiECOND REFORMED CHURCH,Seventh street, above Brown. Rev. Janes Clark, D. D.. tcstnorrow <Sunday / 10% A. IC. Rev, Dr. Stryker. pastor of the church Broad and Green streets, 7!:, P. M. , It* fu. ST..STEPHEN'S CHURCH., TENTH street. above Chestnut street.—DiSine service Te• 31orrew Evening ut - 73 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. .11nthler will repeat, by regtiOnt. his sermon preached at the anni versary of the Bishop White Prayer Kocie ty . . It* c § , a. FIRST R M (.1 EFORED az BCH; Sol-crab end Spring Garden streets. Rev. Montag X.Orr. Paster. w ill preach tomorrow at 103 A. M. and P. DJ. Subject ter the evening. the " New PARTING WORDS.—REV. DR. 'MARCH Kill preach to•morrow evening at 7.%; clock.o in CLINTON STREET CHURCH. Tenth street, below Spruce, in view of hie visit to the Holy Land, for whith he nails ou Tuoeday next: All' invited. Rev. Dr. Adams will supply the pulpit during hie absetice.lt* (CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN Church, Eighth fund Cherry streets. —The An rersary of the Sunday Schools of this church will he held to-morrow (Sabbath) afternoou, at 3 o'clock. Ad dr.•eses by the Rev. P. Stryker, D. D., and Iter. Thos. J. Drown; and other interesting exercises may be ex pected. It. , • SERMON TO YOUNG MEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE YOUNG MEWS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—REV. THOS. J. BROWN will preach a sermon especially to young raer To-Morrow t Sabbath) cyanic! g, in the Logan Square Presbyterian Church, Twentieth and Yin. streets. at 7% o'clock. Medical students and strangers in tho city are cordially invited. It§ Eu. WEEK OE PRAYER.—THE F 01; lowing arrangements have been made for the servance of the Week of Prayer: MONAY, January 3d—Union Meeting at the First Re formed Presbyterian Church, Broad street, below Spruce. Subjea—" Personal Religion." TUIVIDAY. January 4th—First Reformed Church; Seventh and Spring Garden streets. Subject—" The Nation." WEDNESDAY. • January nth—Spring Garden M. B. Church, Twentieth and Spring Garden streets. Subject— " Family Religion." TIWASDAY, January 6th—Tenth , Baptist Church, Eighth street, above Green. Subject—" Christian Unity." FR Ina v, January 7th—Ohl Pine Street Presbyterian Church. Fourth and Pine streets. Subject-- Rtnisters and other Church Officers. SATURDAY, January Bth—Church of the Epi v phany, Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. Subject—" The - N orld." Services to commence at 4 o'clock P. M. It, COPARTNERSHIP. NOTICE IS JIEREBY GIVEN THAT the limited partnership heretofore exiating be. tween Richard 1). IVood, Josiah Bacon, Benjamin V. Marsh, Lewis W. Hayward, Henry Henderson, Richard Wood and Samuel P. Godwin, under thefirm of Wood, Marsh. Hayward & Co., terminates this day by its own limitation. The business will be' settled at 309 Market street; PIIILADELPIIIA,DOCeIIIber 31st, 1869. T IMITED PARTNERSHIP.—THE SUB -1.4 scribers hereby give notice that they have entered lute a limited partnership, agreeably to the laws of Pennsylvania relating to limited partnership. - That the name or firm under which said partnership is to b e c onducted is WOOD, MARSH, HAYWARD & CO. That the general nature of the business' intended - to b 9 transacted is the Dry Goods and Notion Jobbing bushi ness. That the names of all the' eneral and Special part uersi nterested therein aralenjamin V. Marsh, residing. on West Walnut Lane, Germantown, General -Partner ; Lewis-W. Hayward, residing at No. 243 South Eighth street, General Partner; Henry Henderson, residing on (hew street, Germantown, general' Partner ; itichud Wood. residing at N 0.1121 Arch street, General Partner;' Samuel P. Godwin, residing at No. 913 Pine street. general Partner. and Josiah Bacon, residing at No. 417 Marshall street, Special Partner That the amount of capital contributed by thee - special partner. Josiah Bacon, to the common stock, is fifty thousand dollars. That the period at which said partnership is to con menceis the3lst day of December, A. D. 1889, and the , period at which it will terminate is the 31st day of DM ember, A. D ~ 1879. JOSIAH BACON, Special Partner. BENJAMIN Y. MARSH, LEWIS W HAYWARD, HENRY HENDERSON, RICHARD WAOD, SAMVEL I'. GODWIN, jal 311t§ General Partnere.' OTIOE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. VI —The subscribers have this day formed a limited partnership, according to the provisions of the act of Assembly of March 21,1836, entitled " An act relative to limited partnerships." and its several supplements, the terms of which are as follows: I_ The name of the firm under which said partnership shall be conducted is JAMES M. VANCE. & CO. 2. The'general nature of the business intended to be -transacted is the Inuelnesa. ef buying,and selling Hard.- ware. 3. The only General Partners are JAMES M. VANON, resid lag at No. 1629 Girard avenue. in the city of Phila delphia, and WILLIAM 0. PETERS, residing, at No. 144 'Wood street, in said city ; and the only'Speelal Part ner is HENRY D.LANDIS, residing at Ohestaut Hill, Montgomery county, State of Pennsylvania. 4. The strueunt of capital contributed to the common stock by said Special Partner Is N 60,900 to cash. 6. The period at which said partnership is to commence is the first day of January. 1810, and the period at which it will terminate is the 31s JAMB eoemlmr, , M. YANOE, WILLIAM O. PETERS, General Partners. HENRY D. LANDIS, Special Partner, PHILADELTWIA, Dec. 31, 1869. TIISSOLUTION.—THE LIMITED PARM- A./ nership of LIPPINCOTT & JOHNSON has this Cu 'expired by its own limitation. The badness of the firm will be settled by the undersigned at the N. E. corner of Market and Seventh streets. JOSHUA W. LIPPINCOTT. ELLWOOD JOHNSON. PHILADELPHIA., 12 Me. 31, 1869.: 0-PARTNERSHIE—THE . UNDER kJ-Signedd have this day formed s co-partnership for the continuance of the Importing and Jobbing Cloth Voidness of LIPPINCOTT & JOHNSON, at their store, N. E. corner of Market and. Seventh streets, under the firm mune of LIPPINCOTT. JOHNSON & CO. JOSHUA W. LIPPINCOTT, ELLWOOD JOHNSON, _ _' DAVID T.iDURH. PISILADELPEI/A. 14110. Ist, INTO. jal-3t COPARTNERSHIP.. LIMEA , i'A itT.N.ENSH.IP N(Yr I(JE Tile undersigned have formed a Limited Partner• ship, in accordance With the !AIWA' of the State of Penn• sylvania.no the following terms : Thanes:no of the firm FRANK k STRETCH. The general nature of the bnalnesa intended to be tratet'acted is the wholesale Queensware business, tube carried on in the ci of Philadelphia. The General Partners are SOLOMON PRANK, 'residing at No. 0.10 North Six teenth street. in maid city, and CHARLESB. STRETCH. residing at No. 1403 Jefferson street, in said city; and the Special Partner is ISRAEL H. WALTER, residing at N 0.09 Marshall street, in said city. The amount of capital centributed by the said, Special Partner. ISRAEL WALTER, to .the comon stock said ft rea,is Twenty Thousand Della rain t geode and tnerchan dine, duly appraised by William pima. au appraiser ap pointed by the Court of Gammon Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia for that purpose, which appraise ment so made, showing the nature and value of said goods and merchandise,. has been duly recorded in the alike of the Recorder of Deeds for said city and county. The Partnership is to commence on the first day of January, A. D. 1870, and terminate on the thirty-tint day of December. A. D. 1872. SOLOMON FRANK. General Partner. CHARLES B. STRETCH. General Partner. ISRAEL H. WALTER Special Partner. 1M.1.1 PARTNEntiaIr.—NOTIO — WIS LA hereby given that a Limited Partnership has been entered into betiveen the undersigned, under the laws or tti.Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, upon the following tens,: .1. The field partnership is to be conducted under the nameand firm of MEYER DICKINSON. Tho general nature of the business intended to be transacted la the Dry Goods Importing and Commission Business, and the place of Milanese in the City of Phila delphia. 111. The general partners are CHARGES 11. MEYER, residirut at Thirty-wend and Hamilton street, in the city of Philadelphia, and JOSEPH U. DICKINSON , re siding at No. lial3 Swain street, in said city. and the special _partner Is LUCAS THOMPSON, residing in the city of Now York. IV. The' amount of capital contributed by the said special partner, LUCAS THOMPSON, to the common' stock of said inn, is fifty thousand dollar. In cash. Y. The said partnership is to commence on the first day ofJanuary. A.D. 1870, and is to terminate on the thirty-first dam' of Decemlimr, A: D. DM t a m ! Ms :CHARLES .108EPII RDICKINSON, • General Partnere. • . . LUCAS THOMPSON, • jal-eGt5 Special Partner. ill VA IVEN 14111 lite. THE UNDER- I.) SIGNED haae thisday formed Copartnership for mile and shlpmeatof Goal,andor ttto firto of REPPLIER, GORDON & CO., at No. 329 Walnnt street, GEORGE 8. REPPLIER, N. P. GORDON, REPPLIER. PIIILADHLPHIA, hlrlttary 1. 160. nissoLunos.— THE COPARTNER SHIP heretofore existing under firms of, CA OP- W ELL. GORDON & CO. at Philadelphia and New York, and of RAW,. CALDWELL & CO., at Boston, is this day dissolyed by mutual consent. Either party will sign In tholdation. 8. OALDWELL, Jtt., F. A. HALL. N. P. GORDON, S. B. YOUNG. PUILADELPHIA, Decernlwr 31,1e169. • WPM UNDERSIGNED HAVE FORMED 1 a Copartnerthlp under the style of HALL, BULK LEY d CO.. and will continue the Coal business at :No. 144 State street, Boston, and 112 Walnut street. Philadel phia. • F. A. HALL. B. It. BULK LEY. PHILADELPHIA, January 1, MO. jal rl)BE Fl.lOl. OF A. 13, 8.111,P,GEY.& SON hi this day flLlsolved by mutual consent t ) H oward W. Shipley withdrawing. A. B. SITLPLEY. HOWARD VV.:+IIIPLEY. .. PHILADELPHIA, .Tan. I. 1870. _ MALCOL3I A. SHIPLEY to thie dny admitted Into the firm of A. D. SHIPLEY, the style of iiiiid•tirm con tinuing ae heretofore. A. R. SHIPLEY & SON. , No. MI Commerce 5tv.,.4, HOWARD W. SHIPLEY. COQUANOC WORKS. 3lanufaeturer of Pocket Cutlery, Corner of Trenton avenue end Admins street. jal-et" Philadelphia, NOTICE 18 HEY GIVEN THAT R EB tinder the terms of the articles of Copartnership of Finialt, WEAVER COMPANIC, of the city of Philadelphia. manufacturers of Rope and ,C,,rdare, the interest of MICHAEL WEAVER, in said firm frill ter minate. as will also said copartnership, upon and after the first day of January, 1870: EDWIN 11. FITLER: /THE UNDERSIGNED GIVE NOTICE L that they have thin day formed a Copartnenhip Under the firm of EDWIN 11. FITLER & COMPANY, and will conduct their business sae tneaufacturens of Bope and Cordage at the oletataad. Nos. 2.3 North Wa ter utreet and =North Delaware avenue Philadelphia. EDWIN H. FITLER CONRAD F. CLOTHIER. Jcpuarr 1. IR7O. ialtw,a to th 9t4 ` xi 4,1./ 11 iN I. .11A.1 iv withdraws from the firm of JOSHUA COWPLAND & SONS, and solicits the patronage of his old customers to be continued to his Sous. JOSHUA COWPLAND. THE LOOKING MSS A.ND PICTURE Frame Business will be continued. as heretofore, by HENRY M. & C. CONNOR COWPLAND, under the firm of - JOSHUA - COWPDAND'S SONS, at- their new_ 'Store, No.lB North Sixth street. The business of the firm will be settled be us. HENRY M. COWPLAND. _ . C. CONNOR COWPLAND • PRITATTST,DTFTA- .Tort. 1. is n. 2ie X 1012.1. t.. 2 —.IS A. W PI LOCO TIME WORKFt. EDWARD H. WILLDAMS, WILLIAM P. ILENSZEY and EDWARD LONG STRETH hue been admitted u co-partners in this firm. The business will be continued as heretofore, under the name of M. BAIRD Ic en. Matthew Baird. George Burnham. ekarles T. Perry. Edward H. Williams, William P. Bemire!, Edward Longetreth. PRILATFLPTITA. Jnnuary let. 1870. jal•Bt' ripti k.; .L , .1.1. t ill ti.e' W 1.1.31.1.;H,, CAN NELL & .L. CO. is this day aissolveeL by mutual consent. The business of the firm will be settled by the late partners, at rt. Chestnut street. J. RINGGOLD WILMER, ' . . fi) W. OANNELL. JOHN WILMER. Pno..trummos, Dee. di ago. , jal.lnig Is tittSki NOTICE.—THE - dereigued hag thia day associated with him him son, 'Olean:nous Parrish, as a partner in the drug and Pharmaceutical budineux, ander filename of EDWARD PARRISH Ac SON. EDWARD WO Arch stre PARRISH, et. PIIII.AIDRIITIA, hat tno. Ist, WO. ja it' EED A. WILLIAMS, JR., Is ASSO ciated with at,' from this date—the style of the firm unchanged. 11. A. k J. J. WILLIAMS, Lumber Merchants, ' Broad and Green streets. PLIILADELPIITA, Ist MO. Ist, 1870. ' Pl-11LADELPHI4.. DECEMBER, :31, 1869. —The firm of HOBAN & TAITT this day dis •olved by mutual consent, John T. 'DLitt retiring. The business will be continued by H. J. Dobai' ; the style of the firm remaining unchanged. M. J. DOHAN. jal 3t* JOHN T. TAITT.. THE COPARTNERKTIP HERETOFORE existing between the undersigned, in the mune of A. KUSENBERG, its Manager of the Sonthwark Sugar Refineries, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. ALFRED KIAENBERG, E. C. KNIGHT. The busineee will be continued by E. C. KNIGHT /V CO. PHILADELPHIA • UncernlnT3l. WO. jAl 3t* AMUSEMENTS. THE M:LENNE.RCHOR'S GRAND BAL MASQUE WILL TAKE PLACE UN THURSDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 187 Q, ACADEMY OF MUSIC THE PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, admitting a Gentle man and one Lady t will be.. ..........»...«........ V 00 ADDITIONAL Ladles Tickets, each 1 60 RESERVED SEATS in the ‘ tlalcony Circle, at Fifty Cents each, can be secured at 0. .A. Trumpler's Music Store, 026 Chestnut street, commencing on Monday, Jan. 31. SPECTATORS' TICKETS, for Family Circle, Fifty Cente each. The following named gentlemen, as well as members of the Society, will receive subscriptions : Win. J. HORSTISIANN. corner of Fifth and Cherry eta. L. HERBERT, corder Fourth and Race. It.,_MUCKLE, Public Ledger odic°. GEO. F. BENKERT.7IB'OIIIIItEUt St. LEE ,t WALKER, 722 Chestnut St. NEWS STAND. Continental Hotel. C. W. A. Tansmag ,926 Chestnut St. • BONER & CO., music store, 1102 Chestnut St. Ricri'D T. SCIII,IIDT,DIESIC store, 610 Arch St. G. A. ScitwAttrz, 1106 eltertnut St.' PRE.D'IL DALTZ,IIO Walnut St. LOUIS Totinnv,227 N. Second St. LOUIS METER'S music store, 1413 Chestnut St. SCHAEFER & Holum,. Fourth aid Wood Ste. Members who have not yet received their annual member's "Card," will "pply to the Secretary or Collector, at the rooms of the Society, ea any, even 11E. The following euricius thoughts' about the "mechanism.of Noughts," .are from the grace ful and gifted pen of Olim tudell La Crosse Leader. rll i ;41'li ill) /V arblsi hil J Ob ii PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1870. Count Mot►talembert has addressed the fol lowing letter to the Swiss students at Valois, which has excited considerable, attention in France and home Last year, Fie writes, at this lime, you did Inc the honor to address inc a touching testi nony of 'your interest, and 'I am assered that you desire to receive front me this year some words of sympathy and ermourvement. I am . .afteeted than, surprised, . for it rarely happens that the young feel they have need of the old. Then in what way can Ibe useful? Exiled at 40 from public life, condemned by strange and cruel sufferings to a premature oldness, 'buried be fore being dead, I ought appear to you sepa rated from all things here below. Isreverthe lese,l still retain my interest in conflicts anala gous to those which formerly inflamed me. This interest redoubles when I see new gen erations descend into the arena, there to en counter the same obstacles, errors and trials as their predecessors. I always tremble to see them yield to dis- Couragement or indiflbrence, as the genera tion which arose in France after the revolu tion of 1848 and the coup d'etat of 1851. Even when I am not called upon I feel myself ins duced to say to young men: "Courage and confidence] Work energetically for the good cause, for truth, .justice and liberty, and be certain that you will never repent." It is not good taste to cite oneself as example, but greater service can scarcely be rendered to the young than to enable them to profit by the experience of others. Allow me, there fore, to declare to you, .I—wholliave agitated, spoken and written so much, and often without any immediate success—only regret that I . have not written, spoken, .agftated more, while it was still possible for me to do so. At the eloae . of every career, long or short, bril liant.or obscure, there remains nothing ,more bright and .consoling here below than' the recollection of the labors and sacrifices devoted to the eternal conflict of good against evil, of truth against falsehood. It is necessary to labor and to sow without counting upon the harvest. but with the cer tainty that this harvest, although made by others, will be favorable to the triumph of right. It is difficult to achieve this principle, but still it is achieved, and since the coming of. our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ it has slowly but incontestably advanced. History, according with reason, proves this every day to those who studylt sincerely. Ibe present is better than the past, and the fnture will be better than the present, It is you, good and dear young men, who will be the men of the future, and on each of you in your own sphere will rest the responsi bility of it. You Should 'not devote this duty to blind regrets or puerile utopias. I have been as a, historian and polemist the laborious apologist of the Catholic system. •But I revolt with indignation against those who draw therefrom, like the greater part of the present reliOus organs, furious diatribes and ridicule against the modern spirit; or programmes of theoretical or autocratical instruction which that spirit, thank God, will never accept. Referring to contentions in Switzerland he says " You who live in a country which the friends of liberty lovJ to cite at the same time as the United States of America, know better than I bow far your noble country is still from resembling our model beyond the sea. When they , read the discussions in your assemblies, and see the acts which emanate from them, they fr:e stupified at the great part which contiscv.tiun, prohibition and proscription still play. in them, as witness what has recently occurred 'iii Thurgovie and the Berne Jura! Nothing could less resemble the manner and customs of the sons of Washington and Franklin. These unhappy disturbances, foolish exclusions, and shameful anachronisms will, however, :Show you sufficiently what are the progressive measures, the urgent reforms, and the arduous conflicts of which you should be the in domitable champions, in order that_in the country of Tell and Winkelried tht true, liberty may reign, which sooner or later will become the inalienable patrimony of her sin cere defenders." He refers to the reforms peaceably acquired in France, and says.: "During the second Enepire I have been cited three times before the Correctional Police, for writing what today might be said freely try any one, under the same regime, hap pily modified. It is thus that the scandal of the eve becomes the truth of the morrow." Hezeklah IL. Bateman Smites Hirano Cranston 'on the Cheek at the Man button Club—Donning the War Paint and Feathers—The Tomahawk Ez. binned and the Calumet Buried. The Herald this morning says: A - el t war whoop' swept out from the glitterf portals of the lodge of the Manhat tans ab to an hour after the setting of the, sun last night, and at once the savages of the order commenced to buckle on their war gear for a contest that will in all irrobability terminate with the extinction of the Manhattan Club as a separate and individual confederacy. It was virtually an encroachment on the sacred " game" reserves that in this as in many other savage - wars . led -- to the Sighting of the council fires, the unslinging of clubs, the replenishment of quivers and the bend ing of the bows. It appears that one of the brethren, Hezekiah L. Bateman by name. and by profession well known as one famed in deeds of theatrical prestige, on Wed nesday. evening. invited those pale-faces who were his friends to sup with him within the sacred confines of the lodge. Now these friends were not of the fraternity of Manhat tans, and - were therefore, iu the eyes of the brotherhood, so to speak, part and parcel of the great unwashed. The rules of the great council, known as the House Committee, pro vide that no outsider shall partake of the hos pitality of the cuisinieri in the public dining room, and Hezekiah had infringed this very rule by inviting the friends above alluded to to a scat in the banqueting chamber and or dering for their entertainment some of the rarest and most delicate of tne spoils of the chase, rioif, up - brown, or, more properly speaking, In the highest style of cookery, whether that style necessitated their being "done brown" or-rare. Hiram Cranston, once the proprietor of the famed lodge known as the New York Hotel, is one of the presiding chiefs of the great council, and, deeming the intrusion of the outsiders a flagrant violation of the rules gov erning the presence of guests, sent a flunkey to direct imperatively that Hezekiah with- draw, or at least withdraw his friends. Among the latter were Dir. Samuel Ward and janies Comaolly,..nephew of the Comptroller. 'Sate - Man Bate - Man - declined tPietire 'to friends to leave, and the result was that fir.• Cranston sent a message which, under any circumstances, would be deemed deficient in courtesy. In fact, the whole proceeding, on the part of the latter gentleman, was deemed discourteous, as the ordinary custom would have been to permit the strangers or guests to have enjoyed the entertainment, and to have called the member to account before the HouSe Committee for breach of rules. , The matter created much comment, as a • large number of the members were present at the time, and those who were not present were, of course, duly informed of the affair by the quid 'tunes. Of course, the matter was not bettered by being made a subject of gossip, and several notes passed between Messrs. Bateman and Cranston, each one of which, it was surmised, was a challenge to a trial of lead and collee. Ultimately Cranston, de clined any further correspondence, and the dispute was left in a decidedly ugly aspect. Things brightened up, however, about seven o'clock last evening, as Mr. Bateman, burning under the knOwledge that when he had sought an explanation he was insulted, walkelcheer fully into the club room, and seeing Cranston there, deliberately slapped hits in the face. COUNT BIONTALERIBEOT. A Remarkable Letter. A NkW YORK ROW. There was a grand sceue.of confusion for the; time, and everybody kept his individual eye on Cranston, expecting that Ifeimkialt, by his temerity, bad precipitated a " Hastinge upon himself: The kink roll was. sounded and thealatin was brayed out for the assembling of the forces, and Cranston shouted lustily for the police. Finally, two of the servants were de spatohed in search of some of the blue coats and clubs, and one went frantically along Fourteenth street,While the other spanked at a tremendous pace up the avenue. But there was no policeman to be found, and when the tired messengers returned Bateman bad taken his departure, and there Was no one left to be arrested. Pistols, and probably to little coffee, with. a few rods of clear ground. just over one of the Weehawken' hills, are in active demand and are deemed inevitable. ANOTHER MINE DIRIASTER. Almost Another Mine Horror at Ply.. mouth—Burning of the Breaker at the Nottingham Mine—Fifty-Wm Men Be low Kept In Ignorant* ofThelr Danger --Thelma Eatinttnle►hed-“lndignation Meeting of the Miners. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 31,1$69.—There was nearly a repetition of the Avondale horror at this place yesterday. At about half-past ton A. M. the breaker of the Nottingham mine, situated at the southern end of the town, was dis covered to be on fire. There were fifty-five men in the mine at the time, which is one of the man-traps, like the Avotuiale—one with but one outlet-Lyet, notwithstanding this, no notice was given to the men below that the building above was onN fire. Fortunately, it was discovered • soon after' it broke out, and with great exertion was not only prevented from spreading, but was extinguished, the men below remaining all the while in igno rance of their dattgor The lire was the ten* of gross carelessness on the part of the ripany working it. It appears that two stoves were kept in the breaker to give 'heat to the boys employed there to pick out the Mate from the coal as it goes in the breaker, and the pipes from these stoves were run directly through the wood work ofthe building, without any protection. The result was what any sane man might have expected. The woodwork heated until it became of the consistency of tinder and then ignited. At noon some of the men came up to din ner, and, althougb every exertion was made to keep the fire from their knowledge, the fact leaked out and they became aware fur the first time of the,terrible fate they Had escaped. When they went down again they informed the rest of the men in the mine, and they at once got together and held, an indignation meeting and resolved at once to go up out of the mine. When they got up they assembled the rest of the men belonging to the mine—in all about seventy-five—and held another meet ing, resolving that they would not again go down into the mine until there was built two brick chimneys for the stove pipes, a watch man placed'in the building night and day, and a bell at the bottom of the shaft so that they should have a signal when there was danger at the surface. Since that time the mine has not been worked, and the men still remain firm. , The proprietore, Messrs. Thomas 'Brodrick & Co., tint being able to get any men to supply the places of their old hands, have yieldeu to their-demands so far as the two - chimneys are, concerned, and their construction has corn me need; but they think one watchman in the night is sufficient, and decline. to place one there in the day time. Thu men say that this only shows a willingness to protect their own property; and as their lives aro exposed in the day time they say they shall insist on the two watchmen and also on the alarm bell. THE COMING JOHN. Chinese immigrants at Omaha. I From the Omaha Herald, Dec. ttith.] i The great question of cheap labor s about to be solved, and the cotton field. of the South to be supplied. Yesterday the advance guard uf the thousands who are to come from the over-populated countries of Eastern Asia ar rived, on the emigrant train, eight days • from San Francisco. The train consisted of twelve emigrant cars, with the necessary box oars containing the commissary stores for the trip. Among the passengers were two hundred and seventy-five " johnules," mostly young men, looking healthy, and seemingly in good spirits, all flourishing the inevitable "pig-tail.' One of them, who could talk a little English, said they were going to "Taxy." Along the road many of them were enjoy ing themselves by gambling with dominoes, the stakes being the small " cash" coin, with the requisite square hole in the centre.' At Fremont they stopped an hour, and cooked their .dinners by the side of the train, which consisted of rice with small pieces of pork and fish. Mats form a great part of their bedding, which, with their general ap pe,arance' were as cleanly as any like number of white laborers, while their conduct was much better. An amusing•incident occurred at Schuyler, where a, section man, under the influence •of his Christmas spree, snatched off the hat of ono of his Celestial railroad friends, and ran away with it, pursued by two of the Johnnies; who soon settled the matter, recovering the hat, and leaving the Hibernian hors du combat in the snow, and from the vigor displayed by the Chinamen he suffered an unpleasant sen sation iu the rear. We trust that the parties who have con tracted with these men will, by kind treat ment, and fulfilling theirpart in good faith, prove the advantages which are claimed for this new class of labor for the South. AN ARTFUL DECEIVER. A Young Man from Philadelphia Re. neves a Wealthy Family in Pittsburgh of Valuable Jewels—Part of the Stolen Property Recovered. The Pittsburgh Commercial says : About four weeks ago, a young man giving his name as H. W. Klett, came to this city from Philadelphia, and soon after his arrival made the acquaintance of a wealthy family in Allegheny City. His relations with the family, aid especially with one of the daugh ters, were of the most intimate nature. Va rious articles of jewelry were loaned him, among which an elegant gold watch and chain. belonging to the young lady, and worth about three hundred dollars. Other members of the family also loaned.him jewelry, until he had in his possession over four hundred dollars. He suddenly decamped with these treasures, and although search was immediately insti tuted he could not be found. Chief Of Police Hague was intrusted with the case, learning that Klett had turned up in Philadelphia, started7ottleer-•Strain-. to -that.-place.-to-arrestr him. The bead of the family in which the depredations of Klett were committed ac companied the officer to Philadelphia, where they found Klett in the clutches of the law, having been apprehended on a variety of charges. The officer endeavored to get possession of the accused, but the authorities refused to' turn him over until they were through with him. The watch and chain. and several.- articles of stolen jewelry were found in the., possession of the prisoner and secured. Referring to the balance of the jewelry, Klett stated that he bad sold it to 'F. Kremerjewel er, Penn street, this city: The officer called on Mr. Kremer and ascertained that, the jewelry had beau purchased and melted. The prisoner will likely be brought here as soon as the Philadelphia authorities get through with him. • It&Y11. Fall of Port au Prlnee-~aavo Takes Befog° is Fart Blatlatael. By au arrival yesterday fromßt. Marc im portant news has been received from Hayti to the Llith ult. The war steamers in possession of the revo lutionista haiing accomplished their object m F. L. ITIIMESTOii.' .p.k1.9.4.,Tii.R . ,44.',05.11,.,:':::::',,;,:.:';:: transporting troope to Petit (leave' alit? 4 14,4 'Cleave immediately returned to Port an Prtuber. and blookaded thatport, acting 9$ 41 1 0 141I• with the forces on land. The attack upon Port an Pfince was niaihor simultaneously by sea and land in the;night, between the Ifith and 10th tilt. The lanit. forces entered the city, driving the different' : ' outposts before them, the• enemy retirbar Ole 3 their approach in disastrous confusion. ,, , The, revolutionary forces took unresisted poises- Mon of every point of advantage, and the era. tire eity wgs . speedilyin their hands. In the meantime the revolutionary, ,wait •; ves.sels were doing their part of the plan of at tack. Salnave's war vessel, the was boarded while all her ,occupants: wee. asleep, and taken possession of without blood, shed. The Algonquin and city were thus cap. tured without a shot being find. Salnave made his escape from the city , atut.!. took refuge in Fort Nationel, commot, called Fort Alexandre, which 'is situated on' :' one of the highest points overlooking the city on the northwest side. Salnave is in immtnes peril, but it is expected that the foreign con-' cuts will interpose for his protection and ulti= • mate safety. • • 1 The entire population of the city are pit joiced at, the turn affairs have taken. Beget and his, staff had { left St. Mare fee Port au Prince, and had been heard from at Arcable. FACTS AND FAMIXES, A Sad Tale of True Love apd , Dirk Rettit-t button. • 'ln Herkimer county There never was seen, • A sweeter youn creature Than Annabe l(een. She was fair as the lilies . And pure.as the snow, And lichabod Brown Was sweet Annabel's beau. Fair Annabel Green' Thus to lehabod spoke, Should you ever prove false , My poor heart would be broke." • ~ Then he answered, "I hope , , •; To be roasted and eat If my Annabel's love ' - ' ' I shall ever forget." But Ichabod Brown • Proved faithless, and soon • • Poor Annabel Green , , , ' Was deserted and lone ; Then she wept and she thourned i , And she sobbed and she sighed; Till her tender heart broke And she laid down and died, Then Ichabod Brown Was never at ease; He'roamed all the way To the far Southern seas. And on going ashore • Some savages met him, They built up a fire • And roasted and eat him. A [Steele Ezpresa. —A Canada daily paper makes this an, nonncement to IN readers " To'galue, Ootiple of days in which to cliar our office of the awe mulated rubbish of last month, we shell net publish until Tuesday next." —The correspondent of the London Times who was refused admission to the Papal terri tory, is Signor Galleuga, already for some years under sentence of exclusion. —A society for the suppression of feeiug waiters in kariti bas been broug,ht to noUght . by the formation among the waiters or counter society, whose members are bound to , ni 11 hot soup or coffee over the pantaloons of stingy customers. —.NJ any of the Louisiana planters and the r • sons, it is said, sit in their houses or lounge about their premises while a'great deal of cot ton remains unpicked in their fields. The crop has 'so much exceeded - their expecte tions, that they appear to be quite satisfied with what they have done, and in some fields" ouch cotton will no doubt go to 'waste. ' p.,., %.1111 —Little Dona will be repeated at the. Auk Street Theatre this evening, with an excellent cast, new scenery and a fine ballet. MM. Drew announces the drama Little Esn'iy—a dranainti-, nation of David Cepperfield—for.. e,arly_pretteß---;- tation. —Miss Laura Keene will repeat the excellent dramatization of The Christmas Card! at the Chestnut this everting. Champagne; or 4• step by Step, will be produced shortly, and au-, other new play by some member 'of the Philp ' delphia press is announced for 'early •pre- , ri sentation. —At the Walnut this evening bliss kite , Bateman will appear for the last time in Leah. • On Monday will be produced Watts Phillipit's play Not Guilty. —Signor Blitz and his , son Theodore will, . p,ive exhibitions of legerdemain at the Arse* Buildings this atternoon W and evening. ' —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 Se , Benedict offer a- very- , attractive bill for this evening, at the Se,ventle, Street Opera House. They have prepared a number of new burlesques, in which the prin eipal members of the company will appear; -and besides these there will be the oushunary variety of Songs, dances, &c. • • —At the Eleventh Street Opera night a minstrel entertainment will be given.; —The Hanlons will give another entertain- f went at the Academy of Music this evening. All the brothers will appear, and - "Liltle Bob"; will perform several perilous feats.. Levy, the famous cornet-player, will give ;,a number of airs upon his instrument. —On Thursday evening of next week Chas. W. Brooke, Esq., will lecture at Concert Hall. upon the subject, " Irish Bards and Ballsols.'!i —The sale of seats for the Italian opera sear; son has been very large, and the indications are that the house will be crowded 'every' night. Il Trovatore will be presented on Mon. day evening, with a cast including Signor,. Lefrane the great tenor, Madame Briol, and' ether of the artists of the troupe, together • with a full chorus, and an orchestra composed of the best resident musicians. On Thursday . day night Crispin° a la COITUIrd will be pre• sented, with Ronconi as the shoemaker, and for 'Wednesday 2'ell is announced. Xi - Mr. Marctzek fulfils hisf i promise, and We not doubt that be will, the performances will' ba of the noblest kind. PUBLICATIONS OP THE WEEK. - By CiawrOlf, - Itatistir& - irkett.hCerriourr. • Velvet Coat, The Cat. By Lois Hara.vd.. 12mo. illustration. By PRESBYTERIAN PIIIILISIIING CO. lohio Ark Series.] The Ohio Ark. BY Mrs. Julia McNair Wright. 12mo. Witia initial illustrations by the author. The Craythorns of. Stony Hollow. Hy Mrs. Mary J. Bildeburn. 12mo. illustra- Ity ROBHBTSBROS. The Pope and the Council. By Janus.l2ms: Shakespeare's. Midsummer-Night's Dreamt.' Designs by P. Konewka. G, • By LORING, 6110.11 T &I' HARMON. For tiale by Porter & Coates., The Little Kra.Norton, by Clara Barit s aa Martin. 12nio. Illustration. Primonrce.r.,s,--The Penn ifonthly vol. 1., No. 1., for January. , University Prise Company, Philadelphia, Good 'fords for the Young, for January. J. B. Lippincott ' Proceedings of a Ikieeting in relation, , tO-41i. Metropolitan Art-Musetuu, Union Club, New York, November 23d. Hitchosiore New Monthly Ailegaline, for sale by tumor Bros. Coachnlokere International Joann* ; January, 413 Chestnut street, -lifessolgq for November. _ ;)' ~:. ,
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