qmsoN PE A COCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIII.-NO. 238. ARTA CLOSET COMPANY'S COM. J 11101114:8 and apparatax for fixed closets, at A. 11_, ItANCIKUH &5Z3 Market et. de2ltu th tOlt§ NI/ EDDING INVITATIONS EN- Ate. v igi t o h ner new ang a iltott e ro r. ma nner . 3 gt U n i al greet. fo2o tf MARRIED,: - - IULNY—LOIIII.—On Thor6rlay, Ja!mark 13th, WO, at Orange , . N.. 1., by Rey. (Thoth% . Mena. William 11. nit et ,, 0 1 b ow Y o rk, t o Louisa W. Lord, daughter of the) 180 Georg(' W. Lord, formerly of Philadelphix. Pittsburgh, on Thursday morning, Jun. Pith. Col. William Dishl, in tho With yPar of his age. STOOKTON.—gulotly, on 141013111 Instant, Anna 0., Wife of Thomas 0 . Stockton, Funeral to take place In Nt ilmingtou, Delaware, 011 Monday, 17th Inst.. at 2 o'clock P. M., from her father's residence, No. 7MI French str..et. CRAPE DEPARTMENT. NOW IN twn., every quality of ENGLISH Titimmuir; CRAPES, ENGLISH 'VEIL CRAPEti. ENOLIBIf ()RAPE VEILS Of r very quality haul eizo nomufacturod. 11ESSON k EON, Mourning* Dry Goo& Hollso, 918 Cheltnot otreet. FANCY SILKS, REDUCED IN PRICE TO CLOSE THEM.. LIGHT SILKS P OR EVENINGS WHITE CLOTHS not ASTRACHAN& for the Open BEST BLACK SILKS IN THE CITY. EYRE & LANDELL. tuft SPECIAL IVOTICES. *hi cost Clothips tai lard bar Cheltout JOHN. WANAMAKER to (tat Chested Street 1A41,1111 Establishment, 818 and 320 we MU It Chestnut Street. rt WU tilt Importation.. arrix tag - ms s NATIONAL EXCHANGE or PHILADELPHIA. Plot.Arort.eutt. Jan. 14, Dn'o. At the nuttuul meeting of the titoekhohlere of this )111k. held on the Ilth itottint BENJAMIN HOW% LAND. Jr.. %VILMA,' H. itHAWN. CHARLES RICHARDSON, WILLIAM M. SEYPEILT and FREDERIC A. HOYT, were c:uly elcvted Dtmtore of the Bunk. At a meeting of the Hoard of held thi. day: ItENJ. BOWLANiI Jr.. Rae le , :teft Prrpci.knt , ;ILA WM. 11.'1.1111AV:1i. Vtce PrfAdvist, Arranknontroe have 6,111 made for Consolidating and 'uniting thaw bank ‘a ith the National 11.,nk of tit,. Re public. of Philatiel ph Pt ; and for Oita purpose 'Na tional Exchange Ba•le wtll, an a eop.irate *AMC/I . iation % no into li+uldati , ti at the civet 'of tontine:a on t I.sll l 'in. atant, In accordance At it li *rote of the kitocktiold,ra and a re.r , olutioni4 the Board of Directors ; and ib4 books rind account: Karin: been aesigned Ne.• tional Bank of the Republic., they will he reouoced to it., banking-both:P, at tid9 aud 81.1 Cheetnut street, Where the anaira t hie Bank in liquidation will be C ., 'Whir (4,1 hy the National Bank of the Itepuldic, after the lith Md. Chezke drawn noon the National Exeliange Bank against balance: remaining le the credit of Bo depoal fora, titter the rdit natant, will he paid at the :stational Bank of the Republic. The roaiguation of .ferfi N W. GIL BOEBIL a: emlifer o f tw it , Bank, hat, been accepted, to take effect on and alter the lath 'natant. By order of the Board of Director:. ErtWL AN I 1 Jr..Prs , : ident. W. 11. MI AWN, Vire Praaid. jai.; 6t rp 11. YOrNG MX,NNETICIIOR GRAND '• RAL MASQUE, • ' BA L MASQUE, • BAL MASQUE, ' AMERICAN ACADEMY or musir, TMURSDAX EVENING, , JANUAICI TICKETS, ADMITTING A GENTLRMAN _ONE LADY. FIVE DOLLARS. EXTRA LADIES', TICKETS, EACH ONE DOLLAR. • FOR SALE ' Ai TUE PRINCIPAL MUSIC STORES, NEW STANDS. CONTINENTAL MOTEL, AND 01 THE MANAGERS. jai; tb Ct um HENRY WARD BEECHER INIEZEI ACADEMY MUSIC, TUESDAY, IrEISEUARY SUBJECT-" THE HOUSEHOLD:' HORACE GREELE Y. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 2:: SUBJECT --A` TIIE WOMAN QUESTION." Thew: lectures are delivered for the benefit of the 'Younglen's Christian Association. Tickets will be sold at Ashinead'e, 721 Chestnut street; on Turii.dity morning, 25th instant. Iteserved seats 75 cents. Admission :A) cents. Reserved eseats in Fatuity Circle, 50 cents. lob I:ST NATIONAL DANK, PUILAIML January 14,1870. At the Annuol Election ter Directors, held on the 11th instont, the following gentlemen were elected to serve .for the rinqiing yunr CLARK - . 13, A. CALDWELL. • W. S. RUSSELL, E. W. CLARK, JAMES A. WRIGHT. • • GEORGE F. TYLER,. It. B. CAREEN, GEORGE P BILLER, • W. C. xENT. And at a Stated Meeting of tho Directors, held this day, 311 C:11. CLA wan-re-clectod , President-, l int'.-Mr. GEORGE PitiLIAS MORTON Mc3II.OIIAEL, CaAhier. Jan IOtF, OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE AND RARITAN ()ANAL AND CAMDEN AND [ AZT RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. PIIMADELPILIA Jun, 6, 1870. The holders of the now scrip in the above Companies ttre hereby notified that the time for paying the last in istallment will expire February 10, 1870. At any time lbefore that date it may be paid by those Dotting the r - ceipts of RICHARD S. TROWBRIDGE,. Cadlnor. or F. 13. - CONOVER, Trundler Agent,to Mr. TROWBRIDGE, ut his office. who is authorized! to receipt for the same , on the back rf the reCelpt for first installment. julu-tte9rp RICHARD STOCKTON, Treasurer. PHILADELPHIA AND - ERIE. RAILI2OAD COMPANY, OFFICE MI WAL 2iUT EMMET, PRILADELPTILV, Jill 2. 15, 1:370. The annual meeting of the Steekholders will be held tat the office of the Company, on MONDAY, the 11th of :February next, at 10 o'clock A. IL At this meeting au election will be held for ten teenagers of the Company, t 0 serve for one year, The veils to close at 12 o'clock. Jell - u wi)t§ • GEC. I'. LITTLE, Secretary. MERCANTILE LIBRARY.—THE • Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Mer •cantlle Library Company s will be hold in the Lecture 100111, Ql.l TUEbDA). EVENING, Jan. le, at S o'clock. JOHN L ARDNER, 3a13-th s tit-3trp§ Recording Secretary. lU'HORTICIJLTITRAL TIA.LL.--A SPE cial Meeting of the Stockholders • Januaryld at the Hall on THURSDAY E VENING, 27th, 3870, at ti o'clock, or the Intrpose of considering the is. hue of preferred Alp 17 /9 21 21 29- . . . . . . , . . . . . . .. . , • $,: .. , '- ‘• .•,' . .. . 111. -. '.. . •- -:-. ''''. 4. . . ' : ' . ' , . . . . .... . , , , . .. - . f XI t t . , , . . , . . . . , r . . , . . DIED. paid tO ' Clothing pat now, Ira, then 11A K jal.3 19 22 24 4t :SPECIAL NOTICES. • OF '-. • . • PfflLA.DELpitit,Jaimitry 15,1n0, At nu elect' on held on the 13th instant, the Niles% l 71111111 , ` , 1 stockholder,. were elerteil Direemr s of this Bank : . , GEORGE'N. ZIEGLER. A.E.110,11E. H. W. OANNELL. THOMAS H. KIRSTLEY". GEORGE TROY7'. • ' GEORGE W. PAGE, JOHN THOM . PSON. jolt N ROOM A N PAPL, 31. 0., JOHN A. BROWN, Ju.., And at a meeting of the Directors this clay i GEORGIC h. 'ZIEGLER,Was unatilinousl% re elected Predi deid, JOHN A. LEWIa. jal:s tu th _ Cashier. _ . Cc? OFFICE HUNTINGDON it BROAD TOP MOUNTAIN R. It. C0.,117 Walnut street. PuitA DEL PIIIA. January' 15, UTO. The annual meeting of the Mot: Wielders of the Hun • tlngdcin and Broad Top Mountain Enitroad and Coal Com palsy 'will be held at the atticof the Cornimnr, on TUESDAY, Feb. lat. Pf7o, at 11 o'clock A. M., when an election will In. held for a President and twelve DlreetOrti for tiV.:Cllolning year. jalsaJnJli it J. P. AEBTSEN, 84tcretary„ GIRARD STREET. 11.09 . MEM! RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED BATHS, Deparlments for Ladies BMlmotwn from 6 A. M. to 9 P. M. ErHOWARD 1108PITAL, NOS. 1518 sus uno Lombard street, Dispensary Department, Mica! treatment and med lel nein rnished gratnitouslr to the pogo. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. ARCH STREET M.E. CHEIRCH7- 1- We. .lanis 'Neill to-morrow, at 10,i A,' M. Rev. C. H. Payne 73S P. M. Strangers invited. ft" Om CALVARY PREB YT ER I A.N Church, Locust street, above Fifteenth, Rev. Dr. Humphrey, paettir.—err ices ut 1Oe:i A. M. and P. nl. . It. 1 10* . RE.V. C. WADS WORTH, D. D. PAS tor, w il l preach tomorrow in the Third Re• Gamed Church. Tenth: street, below Arc*. seerices A 31., vi P. M. It- Cli 1..1).111s1:-Nti l;1:(JJ-i THE utY 11 , •N t At.lTiton to tLo' Younq,rm " Vitin• dare,` a n d thn luet for Itm prevent, at. the Church of thn Yplphany. ft) uaorrov. efterucos, at 3 o'clo<l. fl-: FIRST REFORM ED CHURCH, Ser.qi th MI Spring , fiarden sireoffi. new. Thouuts 4Orr, preach tO I.IIOITOM at W A. M. And I'. M. I:slrillslit•rs Virelflllll,. Zr ire ' ; ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN we. 7 Church, Nineteenth and Green streets. Preaeh ing on next SABBATH, at lO , `. o'clock A. M. and 73ie dock P. M., by Nev. Colliding, of New York, . Jolt rp2t* L.:7LOGAN — 'SQUARE CHURCH; T* owl Tins streets.—Preaching todnor roo morning, at 10% o'clock. by the Nee. T. J. Shep pard: I . ,llAlscry ice In ••vening at ';!I o'clock. It. MSTHEN, THE MODEL WO NIAN.- 11,ev. L. E. Adttlavt preaeli on this subject le-morraw. Sunday evening, al o'clock, in Clinton 'twit Church, Tenth strtet. below Spruce. All per -ons invited. It* BETH AN — MISB — TON, WEN TV gecondand•Shippen streets. —Serriee. to-morrow iSabha t Li. January 16111, In!I A. 31., by the Pe tor. Rev. J. It. : 2."-i P. M.. Sabbath School; P. M. Children's and Psretds' 31ontilly Meeting. . tcy. THE FIRST PR ESBYTE WIA,N Ata , }kkvott Sy tia n•.-I:er . Herrick J,mmon, U. It.. P.t.tor, o ill french to-morrow at 101:i A. M.. and Henry C. .11regok, Pastor elect of Penn Squetc Cher, It, at P. h. W ESTSPE C 443.'11 F.; ET U ROll, m.i , nceezith 871•1 Sprite , . strcet9-7Fle 4 r. W. I'. it., it - Plo•ach I. wormw tuornieu .at hPi, the lin.t of a rouir!.• of dIfTOTITNI.ri nn the Book of Jot., and atollionn a scram/ to clithirea and youth. Stth.-ct, " 2 11earf,.' , • lob BETHANY ISSION, TWENTI"- «ecorot and r..abinp,n .tr , ot..—lntallation of YRY tor liar. J.ll. 715 , ,'c10,k. on M 4 O NHA Y El EN January nth. I 'Tn. rtav• t,y bra. Rey. Hall, I* U.. Nr.n, York. intore•dfni: , Nerrista, by Hot K. N. 1t.:4 , 11t, 1).10.; Bev. 7. M. Elnuiplirly, : liar. S. T. LW,' i.,. ENIH B N tk•elY Chur , ll. Brnad Ntroot an f Po irn fzquAro.—liny. lbsory C. _McCook, ra.Or cleat, wilt pirach to-taar row. . Nth fact., at A.ll. and V.; P.M. • The ILlSt.lNtion of the pa.-tor will talo• place. ou TUES DAY Eeenine, let*, et 73. o'chx•k. Ittly.l)N. IiF.A -!ILE-GRIER anife'eflENCK, and 149% It, M..PAT -11 )I.i pill tak , part in tk.r.,rvic,. 11' SERMON TI) yor - ING MEN , UNIOEIt THE AI . SPICEs Tllli Yo9UNG 31EN _ASSOC [ATP FRANK'. It0111.11:SS' will pr.ch a ..rm., pubs mar 7',3l.trrow E. 3 i 4 J.pbathi.v.q.tirir,tit 73Z th, , Oxford Stray* Pre-Ay terian Chu reit. crirni-r Broad and thford etr,o4. • M.Alcal•tthl.tAtt, and etningers ih the eitp areeonlially invited to attend. EN GLAN D. R4lllB of the Church. A London correspondent writes: - . The Church of England has certainly re ceived some severe blows of late, and not the lightest of them has been dealt in the tight over Dr. Temple: Notwithstanding the eon teniPtible character' of the opposition to ' the new Bishop of Exeter, and the disgraceful manner in which it was prosecuted, the fact has been made apparent that the Crown has at least the power to force upon the Church for the highest positions men of any reputa tion or incapacity, and that any corrupt or profligate monarch. if aided by a subservient ministry, could commit such an outrage with out lendranee. Dr. Temple is a pare, liberal anti able man, but, as an English journal re marks, had ho been the reverse of all this. no power in the Church could have successfully resisted his elevation to the See of Exeter. No wonder that sensible men see on the wall the handwriting that assures them of 'the certain downfall of a Church thus disciplined and go4rned. If it be a great evil for The Church to claim supreme authority over temporal affairs, how much greater an • evil niustiv be fur the State to rule with absolute and tyranni cal power over spiritual affairs? MARIN E BULLETIN. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA—JAN.IS 1119"ISis Martner,Bielinin on In3Ede Pace. HlB DAY. Steamer Brunet ,D oa n e 21 bolus from New York, with mdse to John F • Steame George H Stunt Ford. from Washington, with &maw to W P clyde J; Co. Steamer F Franklin. Pler,on, 13 hour.: from Balti more, with Incise to A Groves. Jr. CLICABBD THIS DAY. San. Annie J Gaskill, Baskin, `lowborn via Norfolk. S Latbbury d Co. Schr John Kennedy, Long Baltimore, D Cooper. Schr Annie, Adams, Richmond, do MEMORA NDA. Ship Rear ( NG), Nutzhorig. ideated at New York yes terday for Antwerp via this port. Steamer Regulator. Pennington. ared at New York Ist inet. for N C. Steamer Lafayette t et .. Rouan, front flavrollet via Brest Ist iu t. at N t;NV i. rk yes' erday-62 passel:4om Steamer At re.. AV ile, ne:we at IL ton yesterday. Stemnaer Cite of .11u$ton. Haleroa at Hatifa:c 13th inst. from Liverpool, :Lad .iativ¢t at tit AM yesterday! for New York. Strainer Telt btvrt', Jotloo, Isen,u. at Neer York yester day Bark Jtuot Pe:r..ont Arty, Oti% er. from Montevideo IStb Nov. with at New York yesterday, Brig Liz zit r , 1:141; I i h, hence at Matanzas sth inst. Brig listen Ph . Boy d, from Buenos Ayres 14th Nov. and hloplA`Vidk hides, Jrc. at New York yesterday. • Brig klonica; Liirhey. from Providence for• Baltimore, was the vessel iiirin•d to Newport PM 12th Inst. and not the (.7 3 / 1 1/).i. a. 4 reported. hehr sephia Go.ltruy, Godfrey, from Boston for Savan nah. sailed front New London 11th inst. Selz G C Morris, Richards, cleared at Boston' 13th test. ter this Port • Schr Emily A Itartle,Saiitti. from Boston for this port, at 'lames' Hole 12th inst. Schr Edward Lameyer, Gorman, from New Castle,Del. for .Nowburv - port, at Mobiles' Mole 12th inst. and sailed uyaiu next day. Fehr John Jonson, from Baltimore, at Charleston yesterday. Seim Amelia, Beebe. front Providence for this port, at New York yestertlav • Schr John thidwalader, Steelman, hence at Providence 13th inst. Schr Virgin Rock. 31cKennon, from Provincetown for this port, sailed from Newport.l3th inst. Schre Ingalls.anklin, Hawley, from Gloucester; E Glover, from Norwich; J T Alburger. Scott; A B Grammer, Cramer, and Emma Bacon, Kelly. from Boston. all for this port, paesed Hell Gate yosterdar. Richr Mary E Aresden, Lavender, from Inagua for .New York, with a cargo of s,Gt, put into N 488442601 nit, leaking badly. She will go on the dock for rapaire. BY TELEGRAPH. • • SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 'lA—Arrived, ships Horatio Harris, from Boston; Niobe, from. Baltimore, and Wash ineton Libby, frorn Cleared, chip Burthu ,. for Liverpool, with ,(10i) hack of wheat. —Among the distinguished opiutu•eaters of. Europe are 'Richard Wagner, the composer; Cardinal Antouelli, the Pope's Seeretary. of State; 13oulter, the President of the French Senate; Prince Napoleon, and 'General Prhat, the Count tie Rens. PBILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1870 BIEXI('0 Mr. NrwArd'it Ppeeeh at Cholhato—Revoln• , lion Eitirradisair.. threatened Overthrow of the Government. teorrgspowlenco.ot the N. Y. Tribune.] , MP:kind, Dec. 29.—Mr. Seward has been re ceived with all kinds of feasts in• Puebla and Tlascala, and, accompanied by the Governor and authorities of Euehla; he visited; on the rtith inst.. the, ancient, sacred-city of the Az tees, ChOlula. He W-aS received by the Indian authorities at the foot of the Pyramid, which has remained as a monument of the sanguinary religion of the natives, He there made a speech, in which he manifests an important testimony regard ing this republic in the following passage rom this place, at once so sacred and Im posing, I must take leave to say to all States and nations that Mexico neither needs nor de sires foreign protection ; that she is capable of independence and self-government, and susceptible of friendship ; but that in her ease, as in all others, those who would enjoy her friendship must offer her, on their part, a friendship which. though it may not be benev olent, must at least he sincere and disin terested," But notwithstanding all the good desires of „the friends of Mexico, there are times when fears predominate that these people will finally prove inadequate for the-reorganiza tion of their country in the difficult circum stances by which they are encompassed. We are now in one of these gloomy epochs. The insurrection in the Mountains of Pueblais evi dently of a serious character., and is occu pying an . entire division of the Federal army together with the State forces of Puebla and Tlaxcala. While the ats tention of the Federal Government has been directedto that quarter, i Very serious occur rences have taken place n San "Luis Potosi. On the 15th inst., in that eapitaLthe Governor, the legislators, and the political chief were all. arrested in the palace by the national guard in union with some of the citizens. The move- , meat was unanimous,and was effected without the firing of a shot: The federal troops under Gen.Larranaga remained nen tral,but evidently their s 3 mpathies were in favor of the popular party in the city. The leaders of tne people and of the national guard elected Gen. Don Francisco Antonio Aguirre as Provisional Governor, and sent a communication to the General Government asking it to order new„ elections in the State, alleging that those re cently efilocted had not been fairly made. The government replied by ordering Lar ranaga to repress • the movement, and to re instate the deposed authorities; but this Chief, together with the Federal General 3lartinez, and their subordinates of the Third Division, answered by signing a deed, stating that as they considered. the people and Na tional Guard of San Luis Potosi were justified in their action against the authorities, they could not use arms against them and against a just cause. Consequently a large portion of the &I Division have made conanon cause with the National Guard and people of San Luis Potosi, and the whole force under 'arms in that city disobeying this Government will pram* be noW at least 2,500 or :t,OOO men. Gen. Eguiluz left Queretaro on the 24th; with a small force,in the direction of San Luis Po tosi, and Gen. Mocha has been ordered to •proceedagainst that place from Tamaulipas with all the troops he can muster, after leav ing garrisons in • Matamoras and Tam pico. But the general opinion is that the movement of San Luis Potosi cannot be put down by the limited force at the disposal of the .Federal Government; that on the contrary the existing administration may possibly be overthrown. , Considerable anxiety is felt regarding, the course that may be adoptedin this crisis by Garcia de la Cadena, the Governor of Zacatecas, who • be longs to the literal opposition, and. has since his accession to power, steadily augmented his military- force and material of war. If he should boldly support the revolters, ins action would probably be decisive in determining the fall of the present Government. • A small force belongin,g to Vera Cruz was attacked lately by 50 of the Puoblainsurgents, but they were heroically resisted until they were ail killed; their chief was taken pri soner, badly wounded, and was immediately shot by the instrrgents. • From the action of the Puebla revolters in this affair, and the fight at Xochiapulco, on the "' 3d inst., against the Sixth Regiment, we have evi dence of a stern and cruel determina tion on their part to make the war a san guinary one. Taking advantage of a fog which increased the darkness of the hour, at 2 o'clock A. M. they fell by surprise on the Ctit Regiment, which bad 400 men and officers, in Noclnaptilco, and a desperate tight took place, in which 1 offieer and 40 soldiers were slain; 10 officers, with tit rank and file, were Wounded, and 126 dispersed or taken prisoners, but of these latter three - offi cers and twenty-nine soldiers afterward succeeded in rejoining the regiment. The small remnant fortified themselves in the square, and heroically resisted until they were rescued by the fourth regiment on the sth inst., which latter force, in complying with this brotherly duty, 'had to sustain two severe combats in the day and night of the 4th inst., in which much bluedwas - shed on both sides.- But the military honor of the fourth and sixth regiments was nobly vindicated THE WAR ‘ IN CERA. +ll be' Spaniardont Work in Earnest—The Itisurgents Surrendering. The following communication has been sent, by the Spanish consul at New York, to the editor of the World : " I have received the following despatch, dated Havana, 14th inst.: " Commenced large operations, the Cubans having at first fire lost eighty killed. Also, five chiefs and 2,000 insurgents have sur rendered at Sand Spiritus, 360 at Cuba, and 300 negroes at Cinco Villas. They are utterly discouraged.'" DE RODAS P S PROCLAMATION-STAR NEWS FROM 'ALL PARTS HavA:NA, Saturday, Jan. 8, 1870,--General de Rodas has issued a proclamation congratu lating the soldiers and citizens on their con duct, and pretending to give a true account of the situation. The docuinent is a yery weak one, and I am astonished that such a piece of unmeaning stuff, full of inaccuracies, should have emanated from a mail. like de Itodas. The docUment and its assertions are not in keeping with his character at all, and their sound is more like a phillipic of the l'oz de Chiba or the ,Diario, and as the telegraph haS communicated to you the principal points of the proclamation, however, I refrain from re viewing_ Letters from Sancti Espiritus state that on the I;lst tilt. Brigadier,General Goyneche, with parts of the Rey, Colon, San Quintin, Orden,Plzzard and Hernan Cortez Battalions, and a section of mounted artillery (in all 4,000), began the march towards Puerto Principe. General Carbi arrived In Sancti Espiritus the day previous and witnessed the setting, out. If one may believe the Havana journals the insurrection in Cinco Villas jurisdiction may be considered as terminated, for they say the troops have nothing more to do there on ac count of the great niunbers that present them selyes daily to the officers in command at the different " posts. Remedios dates of the Ist give accounts •of no action of importance, scrimmages there being . the order of the day. One night a squad of soldiers paroling, guided . by a light, ap proached and surrounded ten houses some three miles from Remedios; and,. at the cry of Yizyt Espana, the lights disappeared, and with out further ado the troops tired upon the in mates, who Made tracks for the timber. The squad occupied the houses, as says the re port* till reinforcements earne to their assist ance. Several killed. and wounded Were found by the troops. inforMation was obtained from the wounded. (who Nlfereshot afterwards) that there were about 200 rebels in 'and about the houses at the time of the first.flre,— ritns; OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. . 'The Mauch Chunk " Gitutte of yesterday fiari There was transported last week over both railroads .57,748 12 tons against 51,9112 18 tons corresponding week last year—an inerea.ie of 2,841$ 14 tons. This is a decrease of nearly one third from the shipments reported last week, the falling off appearing , principally in the Beaver Meadow, Malianoy and Wyoming re gions. A diminished production has been an ticipated in these columns, and the reasons therefor have been given, so the light ton nage reported by us to-day will not astonish our readers. They may, however, evince some surprise at the appearance of the report of the Lehigh & Susquehanna Railroad, in which, as in that of the Lehigh Valley Rail road, the detailed system is discontinued. We took ground against the new plan in behalf of those of our subscribers who are interested in the matter, but the Companies refuse to fur nish the detailed statement for publication. Their design, we suppose, is to prevent dispu tation on the subject of ear distribution; but it occurs to us that operators can still calculate their proportion of cars without serious diffi culty, has not improved since our last reports. New York and Philadelphia dealers are con siderably discouraged, and complain badly of the extravagant tolls, and a depressed market. In. New 'York the Pennsylvania Coal Com.' pany have gone into the retail trade at a schedule of prices which completely over throws other dealers,and destroys competition. They retailed 1,000 tons from their yards, one day last week, at the following prices, which are their latest circular rates : Grate and Egg • 5.6 ;0, Stove - 700 Delivered. Chestnut '6 00 Grate and Egg 5.50 Stove ... 6 00 t In Yard. Chestnut 5 503 _ . The greater portion of the operators in the Lehigh region are making less than full time, because .of the sluggish state of the market, and the slight and exceedingly preca rious margin on selling.pricea A prudential spirit is apparent which, while the cost of mining and transportation continue high, and the demand dull, seems to indicate a decreased production. The shipping points are still stocked with thousands of tons of coal, and until they are, relieved, the operators must pursue this policy. The general sus pension in the Schuylkill region will materi ally increase demand soon, and if the rail roads will consent to abate their transporting charges, there is no -.necessity for a cessation of operations in this region. In fact, the po sition of affairs in Schuylkill will, we think, in some degree counterbalance the advan tages held by the Lackawanna companies, and soon give Lehigh and Wyoming some chance for competition. The suspension in Schuylkill is the result of the recent redsuction of the basis at Port Car bon, from S 3 to S 2, and bids fair to last some time. The men are reported as being Very firm.in their rejection of the new rates, and through their leaders have assured the operators that , the reduction will not be thought of nor submitted to. They hold that the old basis was too low, and that an advance on it was to have been asked, and, therefore, until the cost of living declines, any reduction of basis is out of the question. On the' other hand the.operators contend that they cannot compete with Luzerne county at the old rate, and are forced to decrease. the basis'or sus pend. This, we believe, is the present posi tion of affairs on this subject. METHOD/SF 13001 i CONCEI3I.II DIFFI. CIALTY. The Report of the Sub.Commtttee of In. The Methodist of this week publishes some factli in regard to the Book Concern financial irregularities, the investigation of which was undertaken by a sub•committee of Three, which 'Committee devoted nearly a pintail to the matter, and made a report, of which the article in the 31elhoili.9t is a summary. The report (made November 4) showed—(l.) That under the methods of business adopted by the Concern, any amount of loss was possible. The Committee stated that the vouchers of the printing department were not original bills, but only monthly statements ; the original bills were asked for, but could not be found. (24 That no one was found whose duty it was to examine and check invoices elf goods purchased by the Concern, and to certify their correctness before they were paid by the casbier. This work, if done at all, was done by the bead of depart ment purchasing ; bills were found, errone ously cast up, which had been paid without being examine& - by anybody. (3.) That. the wages-book of the bindery showed that since the last General Conference, more than *1)00 bad been drawn by the superintendent under the head of miscellaneous articles, for which no vouchers were rendered,and co ncerning , Which no satisfactory information could be obtained. t 4.) That the committee cog llot obtain from the accounts of the agents an correct idea of I the compesasation of the bead of the. bindery. - Careful inquiry, however, showed the follow ing facts: In January, 1864, his salary was raised from $1,600 to -:-2,0e0, and on this basis he was settled with in September last. An examination of the wages-book showed that he had drawn; on three several occasioni, since the last general Conference, 5100. Fur ther inquiry showed that this had been done for years, in pursuance of an agreement be tween him and the agents, by which his com pensation was to be increased $2OO per year, but was not to appear on the books as a part of hiS salary. Still further inquiry showed that the gold-sweepings had been given him for several years. The committee estimate the value of these gold-sweepings for the last six and a half years at 510,500, or more than $l,- Ccii per year. It was found that other employes were re ceiving perquisites, but the amounts were not ascertained. (5.) That the committee found nothing in the accounts of the agents to show that the quantity and quality of goods re ceived correspond with the quantity and quality ; of goods bought. "In fact," say the committee, " thero is no record to show that goods were received at all." (6.) That the com mittee were led by the discovery of these de fects of method, to inquire whether there had been actual losses on merchandise in the bindery. Their examination showed that, reckoning fromMecember 1,11867; there were 1.400 dozens, of skins not accounted, for, which must have cost the Concern not less than $20,- 000. The chairman of this sub-committee, the Bev': James Pike, of New Hampshire, did not sign the report of the Book Committee, and is understood to dissent from it. The Proposed State of Chesapeake. An effoKt, is now making to consolidate the State of Delaware, the Eastern shore of Mary land and Accomac county, in Virginia, into a new Stale, to be called Chesapeake. The thirteen counties in the three States make the peuinsulalying, between the Chesapeake, the Delaware'river and the Atlantic ocean.. It is believed that these counties have a popula. tion and identical interests of sufficient mi -1 ortaneelo'warrant their creation into a new tate. 'Under the proposed plan, Delaware, of course, loses its identity, but this is to offset the objection which the people of Virglnia and Maryland in the counties adjoining might have to annexation to so small a State as Delaware, which by compromise may become the larger and more important State of Chesa peake. The plan is not a new one. Simon Cameron, as .Secretary of War, in 1861 'offi cially recommended it, and it has been di* cussed from time - to time evor since, The reason given for moving in the matter novls that, it the new State is to be created,' Wean be ranked in the enumeration, estimates anti statistics of this'cenSus about to be' taken, w the State Qf Ohtearealo3 rkef Delaware. THE COAL TRADE. Its Condition and Prospects. THE STATE OF THE TRADE ,vestigation. CHESAPEAKE. THE ERIE' STRIKE. The Movement Spreading— The Comps • ny Refuses to iteistetate the Men itts chanted. The .New York. Times says : The Ede Raiiway strikers at Long Dock were yesterday assured of the support and co operation. of their fellow-workers all along tthe line of the road. Mr. Hill, who was Sent to the Convention at Binghamton , on Thursday morning, returned yesterday 'morning. rife brought with him two delegates sent by the Convention, with authority to take whatever action in the premises they should think best. Mr. Finley, from Buffalo, one of the, delega tion,made an address to the strikers at a meet ing convened soon after his arrival, in which he said that the men at other shops were ready to strike immediately upon being informed of the refusal of the company to restore the Long Dock men to their places. He also took occasion to inform them that he would under take to negotiate a settlement, and that it the company refused to meet him,tbe men would give it such a tight as would force it to do so. In accordance with this arrangement, Fin ley went to the offices of the company on Twenty-third street, and saw Mr. Gould. The delegate admitted that the men were hasty in their action and talked generally in a manner intended to conciliate. The President said that the men could not be reinstated, and met each argument of the delegate with a declara tion that the company would not yield. It would no longer stand dictation from its em ployes. Mr. Finley returned' to the strikers and in formed them in the afternoon of the result of his conference. He bade the men to stand firm and, to desist from violence, and assured them that the company's action would insure the strike of the men in the machine shops at all points along the road, from . Jersey Olty to Buffalo, this evening. if this prophecy be fulfilled—and 'Finley seems, to have been vested with full authority .to proclaim it—the number of the strikers will be swollen to about fifteen hundred. Twenty-seven of the strikers were driven by their necessities to apply yesterday tor situa tions in \ the vacated workshops. The Com pany manifested no willingness to take them back, and they finally withdrew. their names. They will receive front their 'fellow-strikers such relief as they desire. The Company is advertising extensively for new hands. A number of men answered these advertisements yesterday morning, but Upon learning the nature of the strike refused to ac cept the situations offered them. CROWN DIAMONDS. Queen Isabella's Thievery. When the Spanish Minister of Finance ac cused ex-Queen Isabella of having purloined and carried away with her, in her flight . from Madrid, jewels valued at seventy-three mil lions of realm, the Cortes appointed a corn mittee to investigate the affair. The following is what is averred by the accusers :and the friends of the accused : Seliors Prim and Serrano says, that when Ferdinand VII. died there were seventy-three millions' Worth of jewels' possessed by the crown of Spain. Queen Christina made away with thirty-one millions' worth of them, and Isabella took the remainder when she fled to St. Sebastian and thence to Paris, To prove that such jewelS existed' and .be longed to the state; it is averred that the will of Ferdinand VII. contained an inventory of them, and that this inventory cannot now be found. It is, however considered improba ble that Joseph Bonaptiorte, who resigned be fore Ferdinand did, should have failed to ap propriate to his own use such property, had it existed; yet more unlikely is it that the latter sovereign should have been able to accumu late them ; consequently Isabella could not have possessed them. Admiral Topete moved that the committee should be appointed, be cause be believed that it would establish the ex-Queen's entire innocence of the theft. Both the ladies say that they are guiltless. Isabella says that she bad hardly any jewels before she was married, and that after marriage her hus band gave her some very magnificent ones, which he bad inherited from his mother and grandmother; that• her mother gave her utheis,which were worth twenty-five millions of reals, which had been bequeathed to herby King Ferdinand, and that she also bought some with her own money. GEORGIA. The !Situation In Georria•.Bullock's 'Aspirations and Mananvres. [Despatch to tho Boston Advertiaer.j WASUINGTON Jan'. la—The situation in Georgia is regarded ' as very grave and im portant. Despatches have been going back and fotth between this point - and Atlanta yes terday and to-day in great numbers. Some of the - facts in the matter were given last night. Governor Bullock telegraphs that twelve of the - members of the Legislature who took the oath committed perjitry, in so doing: that the Democrats are jubilant and defiant; that they will overthrow the loyalists unless General Terry turns out the disqualified members and seats others ; Hand that the case is critical, demanding immediate attention of the President. Cap tain Bryant, one of the members of the Lower B ouse, and late Postmaster at Augusta, sendS a lottg despatch, saying he stands by his record as :Union soldier and Republican, bas resigned his post-office in order to serve his State, and that no matter what anybody charges, he intends remaining in his party and doing what lie can to perfect it. He charges Bullock, with corruption and usurpa tion, with acting illegally in the organization of the Legislature, with trying to serve selfish ends, and withbeing willing to jeopardize everything else for the sake of securing his own election to the United States Senate. He says that if Bullock permits the organization of the General Assembly it willpromptly ratify the fifteenth amendment, elect anti- Bullock Senators, and fully comply with the requirements of the reconstruction laws. • AMIIIIEMEI4 Th. —At the Academy of Music last evening 11 Trovatore was given by the Italian company in first-rate style. Signor Lefranc was in cellent voice, and he acquitted himself nobly. On Monday evening he will appear in Ma suniello: on Tue.sday, the last night, Miss Nei vcill appear in portions of Traciata, Faust anit" Aoinuorib a la. —The military drama, Not Guilty, will be re peated at the Walnut street theatre this even ing. —At the Arch street theatre this evening, Littie.Em'iy will he presented. —Miss Keene will appear with her company at the Chestnut this evening in lour , pieces-- ,‘!:he Mad ' Matrinwuy; 174 e Actress by Day light, and rub. Dorn. On Monday Susan (Lit ton.. —An excellent miscellaneous entertainment at the American this evening. '—A minstrel performance comprising a number of novelties will be given at the Eleventh Street Opera House this evening. —Messrs. Duprez & Benedict offer an at tractive bill at the Seventh, Street Opera House to-night. —Signor Blitz will give a performance at Assembly Buildings to-night. —A.complimentary concert will be given on Tuesday night next at.Corteert Hall to Robert Renshaw, Stiq• • —The third concett of the "Parlor Series" will `be given in Natatorium Broad street, belOw Walnut, this.. evening. Several first-rate artists will participate. —The Milwaukee Wisonain says: -"The Milwaukee . Sentind haying rnade some stric tures upon Senator Matt. C'arpenter's Cuban speechi that gentlemenreipiested the pniprie tom to set him right before their readers. by printing his speech, 'in their 001104m1. - This h 0 his t , ent in cc bill fon Mc scone of 4.323. E 1 4 . FETHEIISTON. Publisbot PRICE THREE CENTS FACTO ANN FANCIES% —Of ecniTse Tar-tars pitch their tents.—Er. —Church Glass is a KentuekiatE: —The Polish translation of Motl4.'B "Rise of the D utch Republic" costs forty-five roubles. —A young Kentuckian• has married his grandmothers sister. —Napoleon the Third has pardoned MaMI, who once attempted to kill him.. —Josh Billings is still too ill to resume his lecture engagements. , —ltossini's widow, whose lift. wasdespaired of by her physicians, is rapidly recovering. ;; ~ —The King . of Sweden is going todeliver a number of public lectures in his kingdom. , —Blind-man's buff is the hardest ,color to see. —,Taffier Jenkins Leilingwell SUlrceed.4 Elias Holt in New Orleans. —Minnesota air is expected to. mire 5,96* consumptives every year. —Kossuth is so poor that he lives at Tight' principally on bread and coffee. ', —The Archduke hereditary of - Austria is scrofulous, and generally in feeble health. —Commissioner Delano wants seventeen. tons of income blanks for this year.. —The class most troubled about the debt of the United States are the Canadiarreditors. —A round robin—burglars every night. That's a Now York frelting Post-er. —Ferdinand Freiligrath, the great Ger man poet, is suffering a great deal from dropsy of the heart. —Am inveterate old bachelor says that ahipa are called "she" because they always. keep a man on the look-out. —The Princess Louise, of Sweden is Amex travagant young minx ; she paid 32,000 francs for her bridal dress. —Dumasa ' /s says that "Eve had light hair, Inclined to red, and was neither graceful nor beautiful." Diunas ought to know. —Pechter is a sculptor as well as enactor, and his former profession'doubtless helps him to cut a fine figure on the stage. —A herd of deer wandered into Fond'do Lac the other day and were generally made venison of. —A soldier in •Montana shot dead the bill carrier of the Varieties 'Theatre. The pit ap plauded, thinking it was part of the play. —George Saud is sufiering from arnaurositk —not amorousness; that is found in her novels. —A hotel-keeper in Evans, Cal., was shot dead by a hoarder for not preserving him a seat at the first table. _}finnesotians are growing rich on musk rat skins.' The Scandinavians seem to be the most fortunate. —" Only give us our bread and occasionally forgive us our debts," says a New Orleans editor, "and we are satisfied," —The' Tennessee ' Legislature is asked to make drunkenness a misdemeanor, to be punishable as such. —Oarilialtli said the other day that the downfall of Louis Napoleon would he. the most welcome news he could receive. —lt is said that there are now four times as many cattle in Texas as there were before the war. —Pius IX. has been. tormented "since , the meeting of the (Ecumenical Council by a racking cough. —That little milliner - at Fort Edwards,*hose English lover politely died and left her $l7 - COOOlO , has received the first instalment Of 55,000,000: —A negro member of the South Carolina Legislature has introduced- a bill- compelling planters to make their fences " honfe high, bull strong and pig tight." • —Victorien Sardon is modest enough to say that he knows Victor Hugo and Alexander Dumas never achieved 'such dramatic suc cesses as he did. —Adolph Thiers receives an annual copy right of ten thousand francs from the publisher Of the Spanish translation of hifi history of the Consulate and Empire at Madrid. • ' ga —The title of Gaiihaldi's work, the author= i zed translation of which now in press% London, is announced as " The Rule of the Monk." . . Christian the Ninth, of Denmark, has,done more than any professional Euro pean chemist toward facilitating the refining processes of petroleum. —This is a City Note in a Chicago parKir "A chance to make seventy-live centS a. day. Go to Einsley's hinch and get a 'dollar dinner for twenty-live cents." Enterprising Chica goans might gain the other quarter by ,going without their dinners. —At the inquest held upon the Vody of .a Hoboken Man who died from lockjaw, result ing from injuries received at a railway acci dent, the jury found : " That he died front lockjaw,, and the conductor of the train vas to blame for it." —A Alussian prince was lately summoned as a witness on a murder case. He 'claimed "the privilege of his rank, not to be obliged to appear in the public court room; so the de fendant, priests, bailiff and lawyers went: in procession to the Prince's residence. ! : —A young lady in Ellington, N. Y., cow eluded a love-letter as follows: I shall writo to agin jo Cummins told me an orful story about Sake tyler but I don't pay no atten ' Shutrat all to his sicknin tall. Yonne till deth part both on us.' —The "Shakespeare Almanac," published in London, gives a quotation from Shake:- speare for every day, and in the column at the side appends some very apt remarks; thus, June 9: "There's more in me than thou un derstandest ;" and the event is "Tupper's Pro verbial Philosophy," published 1839. —Anthony Trollope is said •to possoiss two hundred anil fifty thousand dollars. Charles Iteade still more, and Thomas Carlyle one hundred and fifty thousand, and there are probably a few score of others possessing moderate fortunes gained from their works. The same ratio is true, with some modifica tion, in France and Germany. —Texas has its adventures. Just as Dr. Wilman wall getting into bed in his house in Brenham, he was bitten ju.st.below the night shirt by one of the monster spiders called ta. rantulas. The physician morphined,whiskyed t turpentine) and chloroformed him out or danger asul'two draymen rolled the . " insect s out of the hattse.. a —The original model tiled by Prof. lifortiej when , he got his telegraphic patent, has been unearthed from a lot of old rtiobish in the col lar of the Patent Otiice at Washington. where it has been lying for years. The signal key is nearly two feet long, and gas a large lump of lead- at the end furthest from the hand, tu throw the key up and break the circuit. —A startling incident occurred during, the services at St. Peter's on the occasion of the first congregation of the tEcumenical Council'. While the leading bishop was praying before the Confession a piercing scream rang through tho church, followed by a feeble cry. A wo man—one of the vast throng gathered to wit ness the ceremonies—had given birth to a child! Willlove for dogs is an amiable quality—we) Will not call j,t a weakness—but the author, of the following advertiseinent (quoted by Lord Wilton in British Sports and Pastimes) carried it perhaps 19 excess Wanted, a' Ntitie. The Signora :Marchesa, Sill'anti di San Bar tolomei is in want of a young; healthrwet nurse. Her services will bee f required fot mall litter of English spaufeli.theroughbred, the maternal parent, baying died while giving them birth. Nurse to reside. in • the house. Wages 190 francs per month. Chocolate in . the morning; breakfast with: the Marchelika, dine ,with the' servants, and sleep Nvithlhet doge," , • , • , • . '
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