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MTN.
O'CLOCK; 3L.
THE CAPITAL.
Texas Revenue Officer Murdered
Appointments—Gone to Enjoy
•
the Hoiidays Aubther Veto,
Perhaps.
(BY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gasette.3
WASHINGTON, December 23, 1868.
REVENUE OPPIOHNS MURDERED.
llecietary -McCulloch this moining
cetted a 'dispatch from the Collector at
qownsville, Texas, dated yesterday, shit
lug that two ilispector,s of customs had been
mnrared in that district by a gang of rob
bers, and another inspector, named Robert
Ryan, badly we - The names of
the killed are Geo.
loud and Wm.
H. Phelps..
GONE TO EN:
OUTDATE:
Secietary Seward left: to-night far S"-
burn, 'accompanied by Cie British and
French MlniMers, who, have accepted an in
vitation to be his, guests during the han
dl°. ChiefJastice Chase and familk also
le tonight for the residence of Senator
SPiague, in Rhode Island, wherelbey re
main until Saturday.
•. REVENUE APPRINTNENTS.
The following Internal Revenue,appoint
meats were made today:' Storskeepera--
1). C. MenaughiDistrict of Montana; W. H.
Pendleton, Second District of Kentucky,
and John L. Donor, Ninth District of Ken
tucky.
„
REVIEWov Nowrox's 843
A special Etas: . United States Treasurer
Spinner , is writing , a letter to, the State
Treasurer of Massachusetts, in which he
will review Senator Morton's scheme for
kaleeming greenbacks.
. THE MILITABY BILL.
'lt is reported the PreEddent will veto the
Southern Militia bill. '
NEW YORK . CITY.
[By Telegraph lo the Thlaburgh ea:ate.] , 7
Yonu. Deemnbefr 23.
rOolumercial travelers held another meet
ing this siternoon which was largely at
tended.' Many musty 'of luirdship arising
wader s.. license - lays were cited:
Several the apesiers denounced these
laws ,as odious and tyrannical. Goneral
opinion a tea c a se and, tak
,ing it tp the United States Supreme Court
ibr decilion, huts cOMMittee watippointed
to consult Attorney General Everts oh the
subject. •
At a meeting of;the Board or Fire Coin-
Missioners to-slay, it wasdeclded to organ
ire thsdepartmanAinto nine Brigades and
ccuifet the, following rank. Upon officers :
Chief Engineer to be, Colima; Assistant
Engineer, Lieutenant Colonel; District En
gineer, Major, and other officers of relative
rank.
In the case of the unitea Stays vs. soma_
twenty thousand dollars worth of property
found, at the rectifying establishment of
Watson dt Crairy, before the United States
District Court to-day, the jury returned a t
Nerdict for, the' gbvernment. The defenses
obtained: hirty:days' stay of proceedings.'
Misdainoselle Tostee fell down a Sight of
stairs from her feet becoming entangled in
her skirts, but escaped with her life; though
severely bruised and quite lame.
„The bonds of the twoGuttermans, char ged
,wit extensive smuggling, have been for
-felted by Commissionerßetts, they not
hiving appeared - before him to-day.
The Supreme Court, generarterm, to-day,
in the case of the. Minnesota • Central Rail-
road Company.vs: J.P., Morgan dt Co., re
versed the, judgment' of the lower court
and ordered a new - trial, - the effect of which
Will'be to give the'railroad company a'd„ivi
dend declared , by the Atlantic 'Mutual In
=mince Company, in which a large quan
tify of railroad iron was insured in 1863,
sitid which lad been held by Morgan & Co.,
who were agents,of the Company, as their
Dlow F l aglaud. Dinner at , New York
Speech of Mr. Colfax.
03y Telegraph to the 'Pittsburgh Elaset.e.: •
Nsw, Yons; December 23.—1 n his speech
at the New England dinn r last night. Mx.
Colfax referred to the i sm:n/411°f tbe United
-
States as the result of the grandeur - of
American ,citizenship. • It is the shield of
American citizenship which stain make us
proud and potential, and lift up our coun
try to prouder position among nations.
It is that which is to_ teach those who are
clothed with the solemn trust of represent
ing this great realm of freemen who rule
here, not by'divine right but bifrewinsti
tutions, that when they stand speaking for
us at the bar of any civilized nation in the
world : they , shall not on the one hand dia.
grace us by boastful gasconade, or, on the
other, dishonor us by bowing the knee.
Then, when with , that self-rellanoe, that
calm, that•dlgr.ified American nationality,
tide command the xespect.to which our
great resources and our unequaled trials,
which we have survived so giorionfily and
auspiciously, entitle 1313, then we need • not
so into the markets of,the world to offer
gold and silver to inductithase islands of
the sea and adjaceitt States and Provinces
to s etudin their lot with -us, and-.to share
Aug future. ,---I feel ashamed, as an Ameri
can, when I hear of proffers to buy • soil
Slid sovereignty; men, women and children,
- With gold and silver from our National
Treasury, to share with us in the magnifi
cent future. - tAs you would spurn a bride
that' is bought - With gold, as any ' fair woman
Would spurn. a - husismd who had-been
lured to her side by her wealth 'instead of
her heart, so we as Americans should
ele
vate our nationality to - win those who are
near to, us in territorial congeniality to bast
their tot with us. When voluntarily and in
a body they ask to shire with us in our
destinies and our. Magnificent future, we •
should welcome them into the fold of
Anaerlean citizens. - •' •
Fatal'lEnmanterßetween Lawyers.
41gy Telegraph to the Plttabarea Gazette.l -
- ST. Loom, December 23.-An encounter
took place at St. Joseph :to-day between
.Hem. J. E. Earley, -a prominent lawyer,
add. Col. T. A. Green also a lawyer in
*Which Mr; Earley was shot and killed. -he
affair grew out of an article published in
the Herald yesterday, reflecting upon Green
A s a lawyer. which . Green supposed Earley
to be die author of.
t. The Twitchell..lllll Horalchie Case. •
Teleizaph to the Ilitabeigh Gazette.] •
"Pirstaprzrlttit, *comber 23. :=The trial
of the _Twitchell-murder case. continues.
1%11 , the evidence - given tends ' to= disprove
. the theory of the defence, which is under
( sod to be based upon the assumption that
the was murdered by a :robber;
wboisMtered the house to steal money.
•
7r7 , 7-s,r,krr.r,
_ •
SECOID
FOIIR O'CLOCK. A. M.
FROM EUROPE.
The Turco-Grecian Question-
Conference of the Great Powers
Agreed ITpou—The Difficulties
~to be Peaceably Settled—Spain
Tranquil.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gatette.l
GREAT 13RITAlit.
LOI , 4DON, -December ` 23.--The = Morning
Telegraph prints a telegram from Berlm
announcing that . Prussia has called a con
ference of tile Great Powers to peaceably
settle questions: between Turkey and
Greece.
Messrs. Hadfield and Baseley, members
Of Parliament, have presented a memorial
to Reverdy Johnson, requesting him to
urge the United States to adopt the system
of penny tpostage. between the two coun
tries. The memorial Is signed by hun
dreds of members of Parliament The
Time favors the memoriaM and says
that if time had been afforded doubtless all
the members of Parliampnt would have
signed it. -
FRANCE.
Pews, December 23.-Senor Olosaga was
to-day officially received by the Emperor
as Ambassador from Spain.
A Carlist disturbance haa occurred in
Navarez, and fourteen prams ;have been
arrested for participation therein.
The Afcatiteur to-day, In a leading ,edito
rial, says the active movements of the
Great Powers give hope that diplomaT 4 by
exercise of moderation, will allay the st
em troubles. . -
The public newspaper says that Russia
'approves the proposition of Prussia to in
vite England, France and Austria to a con
ference OIL the Turco-Greek difficulty.
Paula, Dec. 23.—The Md./Wear has late
Paraguayan a dvictis, which say.the position
of Lopez ig critical, in coniegnence of Ida
differences with the. United States, and that
he wilLprobably seek ii reconciliation with
the American governnient. r The Moniteut
also states that Paraguay continues to make
energetic resistance to' the movements' of
the allied army. , ,
TURKEY.
..Lowhow. Dec. 23.—The report of a pro
posed conference on the eastern question is
fully (=Armed. The Vienne Presse, gov
ernment organ, says -semi-officially that
the plan originatild with Russia, backed by
Prussia, and that the scheme is favored by
Austria and Italy. The effort to settle the
question without bloodshed will undoubt
edly be successful. ' t
CONSTANTINOPLE. December 23.—1 t is
semi-officiallyannounced that the Turkish
Admiral, Hobart Pasha, has informed the
authorities on the - Island of Syria that:tis
instructions from Constantinople are peace
fuli and that he had'only asked that the
Erosis be taken to the , Plerans by the
French and Austrian steamers to await
trial by Greek naval officers.
GREECE.
ATHENS: December - 22:—Tbo Govern
ment has asked of the Chambers a credit of
100,000,000 of drachmas. The ports of
Paros and Patras are to be fortified.
ATHENS, December- 23.-The ministry
are still engaged in the discussion of means
for the / defense of the country, but no form
al steps have yet bien taken in that direc
tion.
• ' GERMANY. I •
BERLIN, December 23.—The Prince of
Montenegro has gone to. St. Peersburg.
The Provincial ' Corieszandent,,semi-offi
dal newspaper, says the Great powers have
united in an effort to dissuade the Sublime
Porte from expelling the Areeks from Tur
key. The intended expulsion includes
those in Servia and Roximania.
SPAIN.
MADRID, December 23. The' country it
entirely tranquil. The Government pro
poses to make material changes in the
Colonial magistracy.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. .
LozmoN, December 23.--eonsols for mon
ey 92y„a923i, and Account 92%.1 Five•twen
ty bonds firm at 74%. Erie 2fiW o . Illinois
95 1 4. Stocks quiet and steady. i -
FRANKFOUT, December 23.—Bonda steady
at 78,;.
1 4 1.VERPOOL, December 28.---Cotton quiet,
-ad
wiliimiddling uplands at 10fAki, ana
leans 1930; sales 12,000 bales. I California
white wheat 11d; red western 9s 10da
10s. Corn 383 9d for western:l Flour Ws
6d. Oats 3s 7d.. Barley ss. Peas 455. Pork
87s od. - Beet 105 s. Lard 678. ,Cheese 695.
Bacon 545. Spirits Petroleum 7d. Tallow
48s 6d.
LONDON, December 26.--Linseed 011275.
Tallow 47s 9d. Linseed 57s t3d. l Petroleum
at Antwerp heavy at 54 fra.
Panis, December 213.—Boarse firmer.
Rentes 70 frs 5 centimes.: . _
Havnz, December 23:—Cotton firmer and
not quotably higher. -
Destructive Fires' in In&tana.
(By Telegraph to she ritteharah Gazette.]
LOUNV/LLE, Dec. 23.—A terrible confla
gration occurred at Crawfordsville, Mont
gomery- county, Ind., last nigh, resulting
in the destruction of six atoree, a marble
shop, four saloonsand four dwelling houses.
Loss tully-s2s,ooo,partly . Insured....;
A Magnificent four story marble 'front
building In Evansville, occupied by S. Son
tag & Co., hardware dealers, was burned on
Monday-night, involving a loss of $lOO,OOO.
The building was valued at $25,000, and in
sured for $13,000. The stock' of Sontag &
Co: was valued'; at $65,000 to $75,000 insur
ance in various local and eastern icompanies.
Tke Lake Ship Canal. -
Lily Telegniph to the Pittsburgh Elikeile.3
,
TORONTO. ' December • 23.—At a nubile
*meeting last, night, to hear the report of the
ClimMittee of Conference Witir the Govern
ment on the question of the Huron and On
tario Ahip Canal. speeches were made by
a number or citizens, emidenining the ac
tion of the Ontario. Ekwernmetit for rents.
ing to receive petitions in vor of the
pppro
ject. Resolutions were d that the de
termination of the Govern ent was opposed
to the interests of the Pr vincel,
Trouble
,_Between Geor :AA Planters and
.(ny Telegraph to thettoburgh Etarette.)
, ,..
SAVANNAS, December 28.—There is fur
ther trouble on the Ogeohee River. Two
white men were shot,lsst night 13y an arm
ed body of negroes, who then took
11 posses
sion!: .of their cotton •crop, . onnting: to
'twenty-five hundred bales and ' carried , it
off.. T he pdanters declare they ill , be COM
palled to leave the country and , come to
the city unless they are protected.
, •
MEM
PITTSBURGH, THU RSDAY, i DECENT BE R 24. 1868.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
—Tobacco factories in Pilie county;
Kaye been seized for violation or the
revenue law.
—The New York Meninx says General
Sheridan will certainly be, appointed to
command at New Orleans n the sth of
March next.
—Mr} Wanamaker, clothier in Philadel
phia, has insured the lives o 1 all his em
ployes, amounting in all to
.nearly a mil
lion of dollars.
—The official vote of Missouri is an-
nounced. Majority for Grant, and Colfax;
24,431. For Governor, 19,327. Against
Constitutional Amendment,.l9,Bl7.
—The will of the late G. W. Fahnestoek
has been admitted to. probate in. Philadel
phia. His estate is said to be worth be
tween two and three'rnillions of dollars.
_..,.;Samtiel Bowles, of the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, has beenarrested and
imprisoned in New York on a charge' of
libel, preferred by James Fiske. Re :has
procured bail.
—A jury in the United States District
Court yesterday rendered a verdict
against a distillery in South Boston cairbfil
on by the Suffolk Lead Works, of which
Samuel 4. Ward is treasurer, forfeiting to
the Government:the entire `property of the
works, valued at *lso,ooo—the bond requir
ed by law not having been given the Col
lector.
—Rev. Dr. Durne. for a long time and up
to a few , months since Vicar General of
this Roman Catholic Diocese, and one of
the dismissed Priests in the controversy
with Bishop Duggan, died at' Chicago, on
Wednesday morning. in the fifty-fifth year
of his age. He WO been in bad health ,for
many years. He had been in this diocese
since ltAt, and - in that city fifteen, years.
He was a native of Ireland, but came to
this country at an early age. Dr. Durne
was very generally respected by all classes
of people.
—The following is the resolution passed
by the Board of Trade of St. Paul, Minn.,
is regard to the Mississippi Valley National •
Telegraph Company : ' , Resolved, That in
view of the fact that the subscriptions
pledged by this Board to the capital stock
of the Mississippi Valley National•grele
graph Cotnnany were based upon represen
tations made by the President of said Com
pany, which have not been complied with,
said pledge is neither legally nor morally
binding upon this Board, and the Secretary
iS hereby inskructed to inform the said Tel
egraph Company of this decision, and that
the Board declines to take any further steps
in the matter:" -
—The Idaho Legislature met on the ,9th
inst. Gov. Bullard's message reoom mends
the reVlsion of the tnining and - asks
the Legislature to petition Congress for an
additional appropriation to survey public
lands, the sales already being , thirty, thou
sand dollarein excess of the.oosi of the tirat
survey. He complains of the mismanage
ment of postal affairs, many routes, estab
lished through ignorance of the geography
and position of the country, being impracti
cable, and others running double service at
unnecessary expense. The northern portion
of the territory, with many large settle
monis, is without mail communication.
He hopes Congress will remedy thia.-
reports that from five_ thousand, to:eight
thousand. Indians remain in the Territom
who are 'friendly and should be settled
upon reservations. -- - 3
The Insurrection In Cuba.
EBY !Telegraph to the Pittsburgh gazette,
HAvarre, December 23.—The steamer
Matezama, whichleft Neavilas on the 170,
has arrived with eighty sick and wounded
soldiers and thirteen prisoners. She brings
intelligencelliat four thousand troops and
ten pieces of artillery bad, started by vari
ous routes to attack the town of Bavus.
Nevatus and Tort an Principe are still in
communication. •
Prize Fight]
(137 Telegraph 10 the PI
WILMINGTON, De ~ December 23.—Abe
Hicken, of Philadaphis,` and Peter Mc-
Guire, of Peekskill New York, two well
known roue's, bad- a prize fight for one
thousand dollars a side in the vicinity of
Stump's Woods, on the line of the railroad
near Perryville, this morning. After five
rounds Hicken. broke McGuire's:jaw and
gained the . fight. •
Nzw ORLEANS, December W.—Flour--
low grades are scarce; no superfine offer.
ering; sales double extra at .7,620,75, and
treble eXtra at 38a8,50. •Cora scarce, with
sales at 78a806. Oats firmer at 650. Bran
dull at 51, 1 0. Hay, prune, at 527. Pork
advancing, with salpt at 529a29,60. Bacon
scarce; retailing at 144813K0 for shoulders;
183y0 for clear rib, and 1934 c for clear tildes.
Hams scarce., and higher at 17alliic.- Lard
scarce and firtp, with sales tierce at 18;itt
190, and keg at 19.111135 c. Sugar active,with
sales common , at 911 o; prime at 12qa12340,
and yellow clarified at 18340. Molasses aO
- at an advance,' with sales common at
50a60c; prime at Walk, and °hob% at 680.
Whisky and Coffee ace quiet andteaching
ed. Cotton easier for low • grades; mid
dling scarce at 233ic• sales, 4,000 balest' re
ceipts, 5,4: , : bales; exports, 8,6f0 bales,
CHICAGO, Deeember 23.--Evenirig--No. 2
spring Wheat - closed dull at the evening
Board at 1410%, meth. Nothing doing In
Corn or 'Oats. At open Board this. fillet
noon 200 tierces 'Lard sold at 170, seller for
February; 400 do. at 16%0, cash. Also, 500
bbla Mess Pork at 527, seller after the 10th
of January.
Nssnytrax,'Pecembei 23.—Cotton Mar
ket dull; low middling 22i good ordinary
21%. .
ORIGIN 'OF MAHOGANY FURNITI7HE.-A
West India Captain, ahout the beginning of
the Eighteenth century, had brotight some
logs of It`as ballast for his ship, and gave
them to . his 'brother, Dr. Gibbons, an emi
nent physician, who was then building a
house. The wool was thrown aside as too
hard-for the workmen's tools. Sometime
afterward his wife wanted a candle box.
The Doctor thought of the West India
wood, and (it of that the box • was made.
Its color and polish tempted the Doctor to
have a bureau made of the same material,
and this was thought so beautiful that it was
shown to all his friends. The Duchess of
Buckingham, who went to look at it,begged
wood enough to make -another.-bureau for
herself. Then the demand arose for more,
and Honduras mahogany became a common
article of trade.—Dickens' AU The Year
Bound. ' - -
Tng proposition submitted to the Senate
providing for the retirement of any Judge
of the Supreme Court who has : attained to
the age of seventy, with full pay, is said - to
meet with the approval of v majority of
that Court, .Shoulu the bill become a law,
Justices Nelson and Grier would probably
retire, and as the law stands no: vacancies
woqld exist, the ntimber :of Justices being
limited to, am • Justice . Grier is seventy four
years of age, and seems to be sleeping dur—
ing most of the session cf the Point' Judge
Nelson. is past tieventy4x,
a4tc~:sG~. m`
In Delaware.
.taburih ttar.Me.l
Market. by Telegriel.
THE COURI S.
District Court—Judie HamAon
Court met at the usual hour yesterday
morning, Judge Hampton on the bench.
In the case. of Appel, lessei, and Denny,
owner, vs. Wood's heirs, previously report
ed, is still - on trial. .. _
Common Plead-Judge Stowe.
• Court met at ten o'clock yesterday morn
ing, Judge Stowe presiding. ' -
The filet cage taken up was that of John
and R. Graham vs. owners of the steam tug
Oil Valley. This was an action to recover
the ,value of a coal barge belonging to
plaintiffs, taken , to Oil City by . defendants,
where It was distroved. The jtiri found
for defendants.
'Leopold Huibruner vs. James C. Stewart.
Action on a promissory note. The jury
found for the defendant-
Common Wealth sx. rel. Jacob Lehler vs.
Elizabeth Giles. 'This was a shit to deter
mine the question as to the. sanity of the
defendant. Jury out.
Adam Kuldan vs. David S. McKnight
and Peter Rid:men This was an action in
replevin to recover goods levied upon by
the defendants. The jury' found for the
plaintiffs.
In the case of Sawyer vs. McGinnis, mo
tion for a new trial and reasons filed.
TRIAL LIST TOR TO -DAY.
288. McClurkan vs. Hastings.
.13. Hann & Moore vs. Moolaren.
- 30. Patterson vs. N. S. F. & M. In. Co.
Baltimore. •
33. Grogen vs. Falkenberger.
*37. Large vs.. Chamberlain et. al.
18: Schultz vs. Meyerret. al.
39. Gillespie& Mitchell for use vs.Welch
& Elmer.
40. Same vs. Doer.
41. Commissioners of Highland avenue
vs. Pennock..
46. Young vs. Andrews.'
Quarter Senslowlge Mellon.
'Court met at ten o'clock A. M., yesterday,
Judge Mellon on the bench.
NOT GUILTY.
-In the case of the Commonwealth vs.
Eliza flutonnries, indicted for assault. and
battery, previously reported,was concluded
and the jury returned a ' , verdict of not
guilty, and the prosecutor,directed to pay
the cost of prosecution.
I=l
In ttie case of the Commonwealth vs.
John Clark. indicted for aggravated assauk
and battery, on motion of the District At
torney a nolle proa was timered,. upon con•
dition that the defenders pay the cost of
prosecution.
.' Pixel" orATI'?
JoSepli G.lfiller, Indicted for torsi) Steal
ing, Jeremiah Gumbert prosecutor, was ar
raigned and plea& guilty. He was sen
tenced to undergo an imprisonment In the
Penitentiary for two years and nine months.
IN Tax. WRONG COUNT.
J. R. Fricke, indicted for the larceny of
a piece of carpet `valued al forty-five dol
lars,W,lllitun Shelden prosecutor, was next
(Awed von trig. apPeitrit that itie - Par.
dee had a buelnelortretteaction, iri-WhieftW
bill of sale puttied from; the defendant , to
the prosebutor for the carpet, which was
delivered to the prosecutor and afterwards
the' defendant, it is alleged,. went to the
house of Sheldon and carried the carpet
away. In order to recover_his carpet, the
prosecutor repaired , to the office of an Al
derman and stated his case, and that wise
official, instead of instituting a civil action
of trover and conversion, as he should have
done, returned the case to the Criminal
Court. The jury, under the direction of
the Court, returned a verdict of not guilty.
NOT GUILTY
Margaret Stocker, indicted for the lar.
eery of a ring from Philip Shook, was next'
placed upon trial. The prosecuting witness
was called but failed to appear, - and by
direction of the Court the jury returned a
verdict of not guilty. 'and the prisoner was
discharged by proclaniation. ' ' ,
Charles Smith, two indictments for. lar
ceny, Adam Rosenberg and John Metz pro-
secutors, was placed on trial on both in
dictments. It was alleged , that ha stole a
revolver and a coat from the house of Mr.
Metz, the coat being the property of Mr.
Metz and the revolver that of Mr. Rosen
burg; Who was' bciardiog with Mr. Metz.
The jury found a verdict of guilty.
'TRIAL ZW FQB
COM. vs. Daniel Harbor " hi two cases.
" " Henry Neeland; threi cases.
" E. R. I .4ar.dner.
" Joseph McCann:
" _ , George ' MoNamiree and Austin
McClean. I
" VrancisHahn and Elotleib
Woosier.
" A. A. McGinnis; two cases.
• " "' Samuel Matthews.
", " H. Kerr. ,
" " Bridget Cleany.
Real Estate Tratualers.
The .followins deeds were filed of record
before 8,, &Lively, req., Recorder, Dec. 28,
Mrs. Jane Magee to MArtia o;Conitor and Thomas
Lemon, August 2, 1847: lot on the, northern side of
Gibbbns street, Eighth ward,. Pittsburgh, 21 by
131 met a... .. .t9OO
Kezlab P.- t.egley to Mild Decembet 7 2l. 1888;
lot on Broad stree t,Aitreteeuth ward,
to burgh.
24 by4lo feet... ,
Thonias 8. Maplk to Matilda Afton, June, 24 1818;
lot in Allentown, Locker et, Clair township, 60 a
Daniel Negley's Executors to Keziah P. Negl ,ey
April 22. t 8.64; lot In the Nineteenth ward 9500
Thomas Lemon to Martin O'Connor, August 20,
1860; lot on Gibbons street, Eighth ward, Pitts
burgh, 21 by 131 feet.. $1
Cnristother Xileker to Michael Bill, November 30.
1863; lot RD Paw Mill Run Plank Road, Reserve
' township. containing three and one-belt acres and
twenty-nine 13 relies $1
31ansfield IL Brown et al. to George vt , . Evans,
January 24. 1t04; lot on Franklin street, Reserve
township 20 by 110 feet , • $5OO
G. A. Worth to John Bherry, Deo. 7,1868 : lot In sun
division olMcFarland's Grove, In East Liberty:
James Ornaton to Thom •s Ne• man, Deo. 19, 1668;
two lois Nos. 34 and 38, In is pn laid ont by, lit.
Mary's'Cemetery, on tit. Marrs avenue, &Yen
teenth wa d
Benjamin Fox to Philip BoatlYr; May 4, 1869; lot In
Fox's man of Lorenzburg, Chanters township.
100 by 125 feet . $2.50
John tiwlsshelm to John M. Sitinstrd, Jane 3 0, 1868:
lot In Penn township, contalillng 3 acres and
perches
$l5O
16ORTGAGE11 FILED.
Slime 'day ten mortgages were' flied of record.'_
Literary Entertainment at • New Brighton.
' The lovers of literature and eloquence, of
which, I presume, we have a fair propor
tion in this place, enjoyed a splendid treat
last night in the shape of a Select Reading,
given by the justly celebrated lecturer,
Rev. Wm. Evans, now phstor of the Second
Methodist Church, Pittsburgh. Not only
were the selections very good, but they
were so well rendered that the large audi
ence was held in wrapt attention for nearly
two hours. In our opinion, such perform
ances are much preferable to exhibitions,
km, for the be,nefit of Ouches and Sabbath%
schools, as they not only stir the emotions;
but cultivate• and "store -•the:intellect and
thus do the patrons. permanent goOd, as
well.as benefit the church& Sabbath school.
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• LARCENY.
Ell
FOREIGN NOTES.
The Paris correspondent'of the St. Louis
„Republican thus writes:
The Memorial- Diplomatique asserts that
the differences between England and Amer
ica are yet. far from being settled, and that
the two Cabinets are neither agreed upon
the powers to be attributed to the mize
Commission which is at Washington, ml
upon the issues to be submitted for arbitra
tion.
The Memorial Diplomatique says that Mr.
Seward will not consent that the decisicins
of the Commission should be absolutely
final; that is, I presume, Without the ratifi
cation of the respective GoVernments. And,
also, the same journal asserts that while the
United States wishes to name the Emperor
of. Russia as arbitrator, England proposes
the King of Prussia. It asserts, in short.
that the "arrangements' made in London
have, not been ratified •at Washington."
This news is "nuts" for the French Impe
rial press, which has shown both apprehen
sion and displeasure on the good under
standing growing up between Great Britain
and the United States. It is also asserted
here that a Tory move is at the bottom of all
this misunderstanding; and that Mr. Dis
raeli's Cabinet, finding it must go out, is
not indisposed to , leave "American difficul
ties" to embarrass its successors. The lat
ter view seems highly probable.
The fruits of the ill-judged policy of the
Government continue to manifest themselves
in the irritation which is still kept up in, the
public mind, and which eagerly seeks every
opportunity for a demonstration. Yesterday"
being the 8d of December, the day of Bau-.
din's death on the barricade and the anni
versary of the struggle which succeeded the
soup d' stat of the previous day, there were
rumors of an intention to make a popular
demonstration at_ the tomb 'of Baudirrin
the cemetery of Montmartre. Accordingly
I adjourned to that populous neighborhood
in the afternoon, about two or three o'clock;'
to see what was going on; and there I.
found in the Bouleyard de Clichy, and near
the old barrier of the same name
quite a large assembly of people,
chiefly of the working classes, and mostly
dressed in blouses. The crowd was consid
erable enough to interrupt the 'circulation;
and to recall to one's mind those scenes of
twentylears ago, when the emeuie reigned
almost en parmanen4 in the sheer, of Ter
is-4errible times, which ne one who has;
once seen ever wishes to see again. There'
is something quite different in the aspect
each - an "assemblagein W "front "what "fro what I
would be the we in America or England,'
asthere is assured esti:something quite dif
ferent in, the sentiment which animates
them. In,Ameica it would be a detion
stratlen of piiblic "opinion," and nettling'
more: -But hereit Is a demonstration Ofpub-:
lie "hostility," and an act of defiance against.-
an authority which is hated by a portion,
of the citizens, and which they would,faite
shake c off. You had but to look attire Coun
tenances and gestured Of the people (Asada
bled yesterday,at Montmatre to see these,
feelingewritten on their faces. There was;
none of the mere rough "ftin" of an' elec.
Hon eiriliglthati,nOr" wtetheitimitirind roata
of laughter one heiirs'round 'a' 'stump ors—
tor, but a scowling aspect, which told plain- ,
,ly what they would do if they only dared
or had the strength. The autherities, how=
ever, were as usual wide awake: A form.
idable body of police patrolled the district
in Strong bands, and it was well known
that the soldiers in the adjoining barracks
were ready; for action, in overpowering
numbers, at a moment's warning. Care,
too, bad been taken that the crowd should not
penetrate into the adjacent cemetery, or as
semble round Baudin's tomb. All funerals
were required to be over by eleien o'cloci;
after that hour the gates of the. burial ground
were shut and no one allowed to • enter.
Some half dozen orSo individuals who had
been beforehand, and had got' into the cem
etery previous to these preparations, with
the intention of laying wreaths of immor-
Mlles on the tomb of-Bat:dui, and who, per
severed in doing so,' after being Warned to
desist by the police, had been, I am tolk ar
rested. But I saw.nothing beyond the fact
of the assemblage of a large and threatening
crowd, and evidence of the Government be
ing on the alert. But it is 'quite bad
enough to see these evidencei of the state of
hostile feeling, and to think that they have
been so ' foolishly, stirred up: and excited.
And the provocation still goes on.
The Madrid correspondent of the Paris
Golfo(' writes as follows: "I had last
night a long_personal interview with Gen;
eml Prim. I naturally spoke of public af
fairs and of the views which a part of the
French press entertained in regard to them.
The General. in the first place, begged me
to give the lie, in tht3 most positive manner,„
to'the rumors which have been cfrculated
as to a secret understanding between him
and the Bourbons. authorite you to de
clare,' he said tome, loan honest, straight
forward tone, 'tint I never had, nor ever
shall have, any political relations whatever
with thel3ourboiuhno matter to what branch
of the fa tn ily,they may belong. I have not
taken part in a revolution whose very first
cry proclaimed the deposition of that wretch.
ed family, to give the lie to myself after the
lapse of a few days, ...I. shall never be
the instrument nor the ,protector: -of
a royal family, that has brought an
many dilasters on my country.”' I
mentioned, also, to General 'Prim, the
rumors circcdated in Paris, in regard to a
coup d'etai. Ile interrupted me in a torinof
generous indignation. "Yes, I kno*," he
exclaimed, "that the French press begins to
be unjust toward me. I know that both
those whewish and those who fear it—the
reactionists, on one hand, minim republi
cans on the other- attribute such intentions
to me. They mistake my character, and
many of them measure me by the standard
of their own pettiness. I shall break my
sword a hundred times before using it for
enslaving my fellow-citizens. I am not the
low, ambitious man they take me tor. Ido
not think of becoming the master, dictator
or emperor of my country. If I enter
tained *Melt wretched' aspirations, I would
follow the advice of those who think they I
are more liberal than I, and I would
push Spain toward, a republican_ form of
government..lt would offer me the supreme
power,in one form or, another. Or I would
listen.to the men who look upon force_ as
the ideal government, and, leaning 'upon
the army, I would arrive at the dictatorship.
But ram another sort of amen than they
think. I became a member .
.of the Govern.
ment.to liberate, and not •to oppress. The
Provislosal Government to which I
have the honor to belong, has proclaimed
all the libertlea; it.ill not violate them, and
will resort to force'only to restore' order in
the streets, if it ever should be'endangered
the agents of the reactiOnists, who ,are
sneaking into the ranks of the Republicans
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NUMBER 306.
to discredit liberty by all sorts of exaggera.
tions."
- .1 . HANG CITRISTIAN ANDERSEN, the Danish
poet and novelist, says, in his `qteminiseen
,ces of My Life," about his fist interview
with the present King and Queen of Prus
sia: "A, more . pleasantforenoon than. to-day
i have seldom-spent in my life. The Prin.
cess of Prussia (now Queeni;Augusta) had
wished to make my acquaintance. When, I
wasintroducedio the lady heilmsband(now
King William - I„) was with her in her . bou
doir. 'You must read some of your fairy
stories to us,' she said to me, after bidding
me welcome in the highest manner.
tated, but, as she insisted, and the Prince
joined. in the' request.d finally Consented.
After reading a page to the august couple, I
begged them to excuse, my foreign ac
cent in pronouncing • the German. lan
gnage. 'lt seems to me,' Said the Princess,
'that your secant in reading the stories adda
to their 3 child-like and naive tone.' That
was very agreeable for me to hear; but, up- I
on reflection, I thought it was very - true.
So I read on with more confidence than be
fore. The Prince had got down on the sot
beside his wife and laid his arm around her
waist, and she leaned her head on his
shoulder; and thus they listened to me. It
was a quiet little scene, which I shall 'never
forget. Whenever -I stopped at the close of
one of the stories, both-of them exclaimed,
'Pray, read another, Mr. Anderson!' I
passed over two hours in their conipany,
and • when I• took leave of them they" ex
pressed their satisfaction at my humble
efforts in a manner in which I am not-ego
tist enough to repeat here." , • ,
-• A COURESPONDENCI which has just ap-
Peered in the Paris Temps, throws some
;curious• light on the competition of the'
French noblesse, and helps to, explain why
a title jai in itself, esteemed - d lightly in
thattountry. In 1854 an old and penni
leas nobleman, the Marquis .de Croizier de
Sainte Segraux, to save himself from des
titution, • advertised for an' heir, offering
to , confer his 'j name and title by adop
tion on• anybody who would give him
8,000 franca down and an annuity of
800 francs. The proposal was accepted by
his own lawyer, lff. Bendier, who npon -
the old man's death Soon after, thus lieeame
'Marquis at a very cheap rate. The quell ; •
I lion is now raised whether the title, wee le
gall* transmitted. By the code,it is said,.
adoption is valid only when the person -
adopted has been ; supported by the adopter
for six ytars, or has saved Ids life in battle,
or when threatened by an accident. .
THE Bulletin Bibliographique, which.ia
published-In Paris and Turin says about a
writer not unknown in English literature :
"Captain Mayne Reid, 'the English novelist,
still persists in claiming as novels written by
him 'The Rangers of Sonora' and 'The.
Tiger-Slayer,' although hemerely translated'
them from the French of Gabriel FerrYl
,Frederic de Bellamare..''ll''!!;;ee Engiisli wri—
ter's attention hss been calldd repeatedly to
, this subject; we will now say that those,
plagiarized. volumes are much better.-than
:anything written by Captain Mairge ;Reid
• himself and we suspect that •sehreralbther
ydlurries,. which. he ' has issued as' orklual
"rinks, areliketeleeMere tranalstiongorthe::,
books of abler writers." - _ . _
Tux most beautiful young lady of the-
Vienna aristocracy is Baron Von Benst's
most accomplished and lovely niece. The
young lady refused the hands of all - the
Saxon and Austrian suitors who wished -to
marry her. She distinguished herself the
past two years at the Austrian Court by the
vicil6nt hatred with which she 'spoke on - all
occasions Omit Prussia and the Pinsslanti.
Alas During a trip to Dresden, she fell in
love with a young Prussian officer s and slie r
succeeded only a ft er a great deal ofdifficulty
in obtaining the consent of her father" and.
uncle to her betrothal with her blue-coated
Jim's EBKRGENYI, who is now employed)
in cardin4 wool at the Neudorf -.Penitentia
ry, for poisoning the Countess Chorinsky#
has the consumption; and can live bufa few.
months. She still protests her innoceno3,'
and days that she admitted her' guilt for the
sake of .her lover Count Ohorinsky. She
told a lawyer, who visited her several weeks-
'since, that, sho would willingly do the same
thing ten' time ri over again to protect E'er
lover. She is'Very submissive in the penl
tentlary, and complains of nothing but.this
fare, which, she says, is horrible, And such
as her stomach can not bear.
Tar: father of the King of Portugal is re-,
ported to have replied to some SpanielLrev
olutionists who offered him tite vacant
throne of Isabella the Second, • ' , You offer
me a crown. I have exchanged mine _for;
the Panamalhat, which seems, to me a more
comfortable covering of thilead." He
then °perked the window, arid, pointiag to'
his vineyard, said : have become a vine:
dresser; I am making wine _instead .of occu
pying myself with politics; and that is pref
erable, for the latter often eons saer."
The :social -In ,Eiroipe. •
• The social condition of our large Cities is'
bad enough, but we have reason to rejoice
_
that we are much better off :than the cities
and the rural districts of England.'''The '
statistics of the annual report of the police!, •
department, inrnish no very flattering ac
count of the moral condition of the people
of England and Wales. • In both countries
there are nearly one million of paupers.
The wretchedly poor, who axe helped by
private charity; but are not upon the rates,
are a much` larger number. The persons,
registered as belonging :to the dangerous
or criminal - classes are 112,403. -Of
these the known thieves and depre--
datois are. 22,889; prostitutes, 25,619; :
suspected persona, 28,378; vagrants, 32;-
558. Of thew various dames, 15,109 are
under sixteen yesxs' of age. But these fig
urea really giVe buts partial idea of the ex-'
tent of these social evils, whiCh no ten days
revolution can drive across the frontier
But even this imperfect record giver'som
curious results in its • analysis. One= thigh:
suppose suppose that "the social.evil" would be rife
in the large Manufacturing towns. It is
the contrary. ,',The rule , there is early mar
riage or concubinage. Women of knoitn
bad characters, and registered as such bY
the poliCi l exist, in proportion to the 'pop
ulation, in commercial tx)rls ' 1 in 2 0 2;
in the pleasure lowni, reso rts of the
rich and idle, 1 in 243 ; agricultural- towns t _
1 in 296; London, 1 in 578; rrianufacturiM
towns, from lin 651 to 1 in 873. Perhaps'
the character of the towns engaged In the-
woolen manufacture is, upon the whole, ;.
the worst of any, as the returns show, one
bad character in each sinety-nine of the
population: Yet the amount of vice and
crime does' not affect , one - like the vat
amount . of of disease, poverty. and misery.'
found in all the great centres of population„.:
and which make life itself, to the reflecting
and`philanthropic, a continual suffering,"
BEM