The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1868, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Financial Demand of the Greek Government. Active Preparations for Hostili- ties by the Greeks. Hobart Pacha’s Announcement to the Authorities of Syra. The Endeavors of the Great European Powers to Maintain Peace. CARLIST DISTURBANCES IN SPAIN. ‘THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. Four Thousand Spanish Troops Moving Against Bayamo. TURKEY AND GREECE. 4 Demand on ti Greek Exchequer for Finances—Troops Levied=The National Guard—Work on Fortifications. ye ATHENS, Dec, 23, 1868, The Greek government has made a demand on the Chambers fo? the approval of an extraordinary oredit to the amount of 100,000,000 of drachmas. An extraordinary levy of troops has alao been made. The National Guard has been mobilized through- Out the country, and the seaport town of Patras and the island of Poros are being strongly fortified. Ministerial Discussions in Relation to the De- fence of Greece. ATHENS, Dec. 23, 1868. The Ministry are still engaged in the discussion of the means of defence of the country, but no formal steps have yet been taken in tnat direction, Oficial Announce: it of the Turkish Admiral Regarding the Greek Steamer Erosis. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 23, 1868. It is semi-oMcially announced that the Turkish Admiral, Hobart Pacha, has informed the authori- ties in the island of Syra that his instructions from Cénsténtinople are peaceful, and that he had only asked that the Erosis be taken to the Pireus by the Frehch and Austrian steamers to await a trial by the Greek haval officers. « The Proposed Conference of the Great Powers ou the Eastern Difficulty. Paris, Dec. 23, 1868. The Moniteur of to-day in a leading editorial says the active movements of the great Powers give the hope that diplomacy, by the exerciae of moderation, ‘will allay the Eastern troubles. t- The Public (newspaper) says that Russia approves the proposition of Prussia to invite England, France and Austria to @ conference on the Turco-Greek Qpouty. Coatrmasion of the Preposed Conference. Lonpon, Dec. 23, 1868. ‘The report of the proposed conference on the Eastern question is fully. ed. The Vienna pe (government organ) says, sétni-officially, that plan originated witb Russia, backed by Prussia, and that the schemu 18 favored by Austria wad Italy. The éffort to settle the question without bloodshed will undoubtedly be successful. SPAIN. Omecial Reception of Olozaga by the Zinperor of the French—Carlist Diaterhdqcee in Navarre. © ° Pstfh, Deo. 23, 1868. Sefior Olozaga was to-day ‘sfficially received by the Emperor as Ambassado~ from Spain. Carlist disturbance, fave occurred in Navarre, and fourteen persupé fiave been arrested for participa- tan tn sham, reas sae Lolonies. MaprID, Dec. 23, 1868. ‘The country is entirely tranquil. The government piopédes to inake maverial changes in the Colonial magistracy. GERMANY. Efferts to Dissuade the Turks from Expel- ling Greeks from Turkey. BERLIN, Dec. 23, 1868, ‘The Prince of Montenegro has gone to St. Peters- burg. The Provincial Correspondenten, semi-official newspaper, says the great Powers have united in an effort to dissuade the Sublime Porte from expelling the Greeks from Turkey. The intended expulsion includes those in Servia and Rowmanta, THE NEW DOMINION. ‘The Huron and Ontario Ship Canal. Toronto, Dec. 23, 1868, At a public meeting held last night to hear the re- port of the committee appointed to confer with the government on the question of the Huron and Onta- Tio Ship Canal speeches were made by a number of citizens condemning the action of the Ontario gov- ernment for refusing to receive petitions in favor of the project. Resolutions were passed to the effect PI that the determination of the governmént was op- posed to the interests of the provi MISSOURI. ince. teers=The Mississippi Valley Telegraph Company—Fatal Un- re Sr. Lovrs, Dee, 23, 1868. A Kansas City despatch says:—An army guide, just in from the Plains, reports that the Kansas volun- teers joined General Sheridan on the 19th inst. on his march to Fort Cobb. The General intended to eat his Christmas dinner at Camp Supply, where Major Inman is ordered with a large train of supplies, It is i that the Indians have driven off all the stook belonging to General Penrose’s command. Many of his men were badly frozen. J.D. Champlin, President of the ye National Te! ceraph pen whose headquarters are here, publishes a card this morning denying the statement that the Board of Trade of St. Paul, Minn., have repudiated their subscription to that company on the ground of misrepresentation. Mr, Champlin says also that the line is a permanent fixture and in successful operation. An encounter took place at St. Joseph to-day be- tween Mr. J. E. Early, @ prominent Leet be and Colonel T. A. Greene, also a lawyer, in which Mr, Early was shot and killed. The affair grew out of an artjcle publis! jo the Heraid yesterday re- necting i Colonel Greeneas a lawyer, which he SS ir. Early to be the author of, avigation of the Upper Mississippi is again closed. Valley INDIANA. Disastrous Fires at Crawfordsville and Evans- villeLoss $125,000. LovmsviLie, Dec. 23, 1868, A conflagration occurred at Crawfordsville, Mont- gomery county, Indiana, last night, resulting in the destruction of six stores, a marble shop, four saloons and four dwelling houses. Loss $25,000; partly in- sured. Am arble front building in Evanaville, occupied b: Sontag & Co., hardware dealers, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. Loss $100,000. The building was valued at $25,000; red for $13,000, ‘The stock of Sontag & Co. was valued at from $65,000 to $75,000, on which there ‘was $51,000 insurance in various local and Eastern companies. ificent four por NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET . CUBA, Arrival of Sick and Wounded from Nuevitas= Advance on Bayamo, } Vana, Dec. 21, Via Lake aw Dec. 28, 1868. The steamer Moctezuma has arrived from Nuevi- tas, which port she left on the 19th, with eighty sick and wounded soldiers and thirteen prisoners. Four thousand troops, with ten pieces of artillery, have startea by various routes to attack Bayamo. At Nuevitas no communication had been had with Puerto Principe. THE PARAGUAYAN WAR. The Relations of Lopez with the United States—Paraguny Making Energetic Resist- auce to the Movements of the Allies. Panis, Dec. 23, 1868. The Moniteur has late Paraguayan advices, which Say the position of Lopez is critical in consequence of his differences with the United States, and that he will probably seek @ reconciliation with the American government, The Moniteur also states that Paraguay continues to make energetic resistance to the movements of the allied army. LOUISIANA. Troubic in the New Orleans Post OfficeArrest ef a Prominent Official. New ORLEANS, Dec. 23, 1868, Aconfliict has sprung up between our Post Office officials and the United States District Court, grow- ing out of the arrest of General Mauk, a German, who played a singular part during the rebellion and who is under srrest for swindling the government while he was acting as private secretary to Postmaster Taliaferro, Judge Durell to-day issued an order for the confinement of witnesses in custody to General Herron, United States Marshal, of the fol- lowing parties:—Colonel Walter M. Smallwood, Post- master; J. R. Wooldridge, Assistant Postmaster, and William Richards, registry clerk. These post of- cials were arrested by the Marshal, who released them on their own recognizance, and they will appear in the court to-morrow and give evidence. Wooldridge has been for twenty odd years in the Post Office Department, and if any man’s hands are clean his are. Interesting Meeting at Delmonico’s Hotel— Fraternization of Veterans of the Potomac— Speeches and Resolutions. Pursuant to a call made by Major General Daniel E. Sickles, President of the Third Army Corps Union, the following named gentlemen, members of the or- ganization, assembled at Delmonica’s, corner of Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street, yesterday after- noon:—Major General Sickles; Major General Mott, Bordentown; Major General John Ramsey, Jersey City; Colonel Fred. Cooper, Jersey City; Captain J. G. Noonan, Brooklyn; Captain John Downey, New York; Captain J. B. Fassitt, New York; Captain W. H. Nash, New York; Brigadier General E. Farnum, New York; Major G. W. Cooney, Brooklyn; Captain J. H. Demarest, New York; Captain James H. Everett, Kingston; Lieutenant Levi Rasa, Kingston; Lieutenant J. H. Lockwood, Kingston; Captain Thomas McK. Lee, Oam- den; Lieutenant William A. Jackson, Newark; Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Tappan, Kingston; Adjutant E. McRussell, Saugerties; Major Willard Bullard, New York; Lieutenant Colonel L. Y. Mor- gan, New York; Major A. J. Clark, Newark; General Wm. J. Sewell, Camden; Major John M. Cooney, Asaistant Adjutant General, Brooklyn; General J. F. Rusling, Trenton; General M. W. Burns, New York; lonel'A. L. Lockwood, New York; J. H. Mitchell, plain. Hartford; Lieutenant Colonel Thos. Raf- ferty, Brooklyn; Lieutenant Wm. W. Gage, New York; jor Chas. F. Bowers, Newark; Major E. L. Welling, Surgeon of the Eleventh New Jersey. ‘the officers of the eae for the present year are Prosident, Major General Wid. 3. Sew: ell; Secretary, Major E. L. elung; Major Pe a ane ily: Gen G, Mott; McAllister, Colonel Wm. R. Majo rahom Slot, Captain J. y Faasitt, Ger Sawis fe tiles, ‘Major a, §, Clark and Captain Clay: ton McMiohaels, a At three o'clock the Board met, General Sickles in the chair, the Bp4jrd being all it one report, A last annual meeting a large num- 7 peanbers had been earn th and that ‘past six months the affairs of the Union were ndit The stated for the in 4 Very prosperous condition. a the thnds of the Union were quite (amount tated), and that they were profitably invested in invorese government Rtocks. This was the entire substance of the report, which was very been called for purpose their next annual meeting to be thea 5th of May next. The Un upwards of 500 mem! re] in the Union, and as it next tarts were once more the tary gavi following synopsis of the bi aaa, of Colonel Oi.avroy MoMicHARL, th fohowing resolutions were adopted :— a of Army the Potomac for the formation wreiety to 8 general reunion of ali who served ia tet on ization ; Resolved, That jt is recommended by the Third Army Corps Union, the association of that army, that mea- sures be at once to secure thé speedy accomplishment Of nenolveds That to carry out this suggestion the o uj chairman is hereby appoint a committee, of which committee the President of this society shall constitute an ad- ditional member and chairman. The said committee to have pee 4 to co-operate with any of their comrades and to take such other action as will in their judgment best promote the deaired reunion, The following committee were then appointed :— General Hooker, General Hetntzeiman, General Mott, General Graham, General Mattocks, General Sewell, Colonel McMichael, Colonel Pulford, and General Sickles, chairman, Prior to the adoption of these resolutions and the appointment of the committee, General Pieasonton being Pi gomel a8 an invited guest, it was moved and seconded that he be made an honorary member of the Unk which motion was unanimously adopted, He was then welcomed as a member by General Sickles in @ neat speech, and responded briefly, thanking the members for the honor they had con- ferred upon him. Honorary memberships being the order of the day the names of Generals Hooker and Heintzelman were also proposed, ang ived the unanimous vote of all the members. " A communication was read announcing the death of Captain R. B. Newkirk, of the One Hun- dred and ntieth New York Volunteers, and a resolution of respect was drawn up and adopted. A motion to appoint a committee to procure a roll of honor of all officers connected with the Third corps was referred to the Board of Directors, with power to ject taken up was that iy monn- ‘The ne: ment to Mrs. Helen Giison was formerly Miss Helen L. Frank B. Fay, Mayor of Chelsea, Mass, and at one time a member of the Massachusetts Senate. She way & remarkable woman. Refined, intelligent, accomplished and shrinkingly sensitive, at the outbreak of the rebellion she took upon her- self the duties of ® nurse and soon was installed matron of the Third Corps Hospital, She was uni- versally beloved by the army, her ladylike and gentle qualities rene their affections, and she was soon Known as the Florence Nightingale of the Potomac, At the agé of twenty-three she married Mr. Ofood a wealthy merchant of Boston, and died in March, 1968. The remainder of the secret seasion was spent in discussfon in relation to different matters connected with the Uni and in ashort time the 'oors were thrown open and outsiders admitted. Nor jong did they wait forthe more serious task that awaited them, for scarcely had the gueste had titne to find their friends when dinner was announced and the entire party sat down to a bounteous Ly pe monico, There is no necessity to describe it, While it was being discussed batiles were fought over again, and the time, up to # late hour, Was con- sumed in social intercourse. The next annual meet- ing bat be held at Deimonico’s on the Sth day of next May. ra. Osgood ison, ® ward of was in every SOUTHERN COTTON MARKETS, MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 23, 1968. det} recep) Cotton quiet; sales 1,000 bal ing, BOige j 2,481 bales; exports, 11594 Dales: Fecoiphs yerterda; ry By bales, “ CHaRiRston, Dee, 28, 1868, Cotton dull, with an easier tendency 400 bales; mid- lings, 240. ; Feceipts, 1,688 bales. AVOUSTA, Ga., Deo, 23, 198. Cotton firm; demand good ; sales 760 bales ; middiings, We. ; receipts, 888 bales, SAVANNAT, Ga, Dec, 23, 1868, Cotton dull ; sales 500 bales; middiings’ YWige.) no receipts, Exports. To Liverpool, 3,205 bales; const wine, {ois halon, ec, PIAS, Tenn, Cotton oasier; middlings, Whe. a We. ; Exports, 1,967 bales. roogipte, 1,208 bales, | WASHINGTON. Wasuinaton, Dec. 23, 1868. Queer Developments in the Quartermaster’s Department. Some queer developments in regard to the manner in which our common uncle’s property is disposed of by ofMicers of the army who are account- able for its preservation have been made within the last few days. These disclosures prove that all the departments of the government are given to slight irregularities in handling the public property and money, The country has been entertained for many months past with rich revelations concerning frauds in the Treasury, Post Ofice and interior de- partments; but since the questionsjof who made the most money in the Ordnance Bureau has quieted down and who did the most profitable business in paying the bounties to colored troops has been hushed up, very little in relation to frauds in the War Department has appeared, Now the War De- partment comes in again for charges of question- able dealing, if not of downright fraud. This time the Quartermaster’s Bureau is the scene of opera- tions. There is @ good deal of diMculty en- countered in ascertaining the exact facts in the case, but what little is known is enough toshow very clearly that certain officers of the army have either been guilty of premeditated fraud or gross misman- agement or else they have been grossly wronged. The facts, so far as they are known, are ag follows:—In July and August last Forts 0. F. Smith and Reno, in Montana Territory, were abandoned and the United States property was sold at auc- tion. It is contended by many persons who are well acquainted with affairs in that coun- try that the order to abandon those forts created no little surprise, as the necessity for their continuance was then, and ig yet, just as great as when they were established. The order, however, was issued, and advertisements, it is sald, were published in several Western papers, announcing that the build- ings and other public property at these forts would be sold to the highest bidders on or about the 1st of June. Those who dwelt in the vicinity of these Posts were well aware of the value of the public pro- perty there, and its worth was variously estimated atfrom $100,000 to $200,000. One ‘individual, be- lteving that in order to settle up affairs as speedily as possible the officer in charge would Probably sell the property at @ large sacrifice, went tothe General Commanding and offered him $40,000 for the whole concern at Fort Smith. The General gave him encouragement to expect that his offer would be accepted. When the person who made the offercame a few days later to close the bargain and pay @ portion of the money the General informed him that he could not dispose of the prop- erty at private sale, and when he spoke to him about it before he was not aware that the property was already advertised for sale at auction. When the day of sale arrive@ no bidders appeared, and the accounting ofMicer took the responsibility of postponing it for about ten days. At the expiration of that time a very small group of persons were assembled, con- sidering the great value of the property for sale and the large number of people in that part of the country who needed just such materials as were to be sold, The absence of bidders was an indica- tion that there was a screw loose somewhere, and it is intimated that the loose screw was in the; feeble manner in which the announcement of the] sale was made. At all events, there were but few! Persons present and all of them proved t¢ be spectators, except one. Only one bidder coul{ be found and all the public property at Foi Smith, estimated to be worth nearly $200, was knocked down to the single bidder $4,500. This property consisted of several buil , one steam sawmill, one water mill, saw and gristja large quantity of clothing, camp and garrison eq! age, quartermaster’s stores, stoves, &c. The ste; mill sold for fifty dollars and the other arti Proportion. The only explanation of this alagn- ing sacrifice of public property is that EE | nd ‘wasied- were to be withdrawn, and the ‘was filled with hostile Indians. The sale vertised as extensively as possible for three moths before it occurred. There ia no 1; gutter. {zes secounting oMicers to sell Ui pnp- erty in any other way than by gu and tha if the had not sold at that timit we have been to destroy it to Vent the Indtape ‘from obtaining possession. property at Port Reno was sacrificed, it is allega, in the 99%e manner, and the “lucky purchaser, nit- ‘Witb“iending the hostility of the I took off DY pargains’and realized to the tune of $100,000, ‘The Meeting of the Louisiana Legislatare. ‘The apprehended troubles in Lousiana upon the assembling of the Legislature next month seem £0 *-= to be without foundation. The two Senatofs toll si now a" HY Sn ter nae yh nin wea iaene toy eet GAvet t which would indicate any Legislature from meeting peaceably. A letter re- ceived by Senator Kelloge from Liewlepa s ernor Dunn states that . some been made, but little was paid them, than to make threats. Governor Dunf express? the opinion that the masses oi ‘Le people of Louis. iana are opposed fto any further a‘tempts to create disturbance. Senator Kellogg, hearing Sf the reports relative to an expected outbreak, called to-day General Grant and laid the above facts before Sumner on the Finfnces. @ Sumner, who is spending the recess here, is busily engaged in preparing @ speech on the finances, which is to be in the nature of a reply to Governor Morton's recent essay on the same subject. Sumner favors speedy resfimption of specie pay- ments, adopting in this respect the views of Horace Greeley. Soon after the recess he will endeavor to call up his bill for the resumption of specie payments on the 4th of July next, which he introduced on the first day of the session, On this he proposes to deliver the speech now in course of preparation, The subject of finance is a new one with Sumner, and some curiosity is manifested among Senators to see how he will handle it. Some of his colleagues laugh at the idea of his attempting to instruct the Senate and the country on this branch of political economy; but the Massachusetts Senator is industrious, and if he does not advance any new ideas he will at least get up @ respectable array of old facts and theories, Several other Senators are understood to be preparing speeches on the finances, and the in- dications are that this subject will receive conside- rable attention in the Senate after the recess. The Union Pacific Railrond. The President to-day ac' 1d two sections of twenty miles each of the Union Pactfic Ratlroad, and directed bonds to be issued upon the same amount- ing to $1,280,000, This extends to the 940th mile post, which is as faras has been reported by the Commissioners. Sale of Confiscated Cigars: The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in re- sponse to a letter from & collector of New York, stat- ing that he has on hand lots of cigars on which tax has not been paid, and which he desires to sell un- der the proceedings of distraint, and at the same time requesting information as to what is requisite to give the cigars currency in market, replies that if no tax has been paid upon them the proceeds of the sale, after deducting the expenses of such sale, are to be appropriated to the payment of the tax, In this case the collector is to return to the assessor the number of cigars sold, aMx the stamps necessary to cover the amount of tax due thereon, and from tho proceeds of the sale accredit to his stamp account so much money as shall be equal to the value of the stamps affixed, and the balance, if any remains over and above the expenses of the sale and the value of the stamps axed, ia to be paid into the Treasury, If the ci- gars do not sell for enough to pay expenses and the tax due thereon le is authorized by law to bid them in for the United States for an amount not exceeding the tax. Goods sold upon forfeiture and by order of court must be sold to the purchaser free of tax. In this case the law provides no way by which the government can stamp such goods or re- pack the goods to comply with the re- quirements of the law in respect to branding, notices, &co. The goods must be offered to the pur- chaser free of tax in such packages as they may be {n, and in every case of sale tne Collector shoud giv the purchaser a bill of sale of the goods, stating th¢ number and kind of packages and their con- pita giving such a description as will serve to improbable that Congress will at this session make sone provision for furnishing stamps to be affixed to g00@ sold under forfeiture. duvenile Party at the White House. ‘Me fay season will be inaugurated at the Execu- tive ion on Tuesday evening next by a party unlike my other that hag been given there for very many Cards of invitation have been issued by children of the President's family to aljut five hundred young gentlemen and mipses, requesting the pleasure of their compay on that evening, when dancing is to form one ofjhe attractions of the entertainment. The Party Wi be given in the specious East Parlor. The Marinejand will be in attendance, and no pains will bes) to render the occasion one of the highest enjoynint to the young people. ler of Revenue Officers in Texas. Sec: McCulloch this morning received a de- Spatchfrom the Collector at Brownsville, Texas, dated terday, stating that two inspectors of cus- toms been murdered in that district by a gang of roblrs, and another inspector, named Robert H. Ryan, adly wounded, The names of the killed are Georg. Hammond and William H. Phelps. Internal Revenue Appointments. ‘The jllowing! nternal revenue appointments were made j-day:— ‘8—Stephen Drumheller, for the Twelfth distriqof Pennsylvania; (. C. Menaugh, for the dis- trict o Montana; William H. Pendleton, for the Sec- ond @trict of Kentucky; John L. Bonor, for the Ninthlistrict of Kentucky. Supreme Court Proceedings. In he Supreme Court to-day, on motion of Mr. Hory Stanbery, Robert Crozier, of Kansas, was tamited to practice as an attorney and counsellor st law. No, 8. John Edmonson et al., appellants, vs. Adam loonshire.—The argument of this cause was con- finued by Mr. Baldwin and concluded Li Mr. Stan- dery, ¢ counsel for the spelen ‘and submitted on ‘be pinted argument by Mr. J. W. Robinson, of tounsil for the appellee. No, |. William H. Gaines et al., appellants, vs. The Le ral Land Office.—Cause argued by Messrs J. L. BJ. Brent, of counsel for appellants, and by tant Aftorney General Ashton, of counsel for th appellee, The New York Avenue Church. The congregation of the New York avenue Presby- ee ee of this city have unanimously ‘re- redto invite Rey. Dr. Duryea, of Brooklyn, to peone their pastor at a salary of $6,000, Personal. Dhid Justice Chase, Secretary Seward and Minis- tés Thornton and Berthémy did not leave here ujtll ‘his evening for the North. Mr. Seward with bj diplomatic friends goes to Auburn to spend the Chief Justice Chase is off for Rhode retary of the Interior and Commissioner of th le tan ad, @neral Grant on Government Economy—He Opposed to Money Subsidies for Rail- ds or Other Public Works. Pashington (Dec. 2) correspondence of the Even- j . General Grant, in conversation ay with liver Ames, perp of the Union Pacific Railroad, ‘pressed in firm and decided terms his ition to ranting any more money subsidies to the Pacific Rall- bad until the finances of the country fre in a much itter condition than at present. While he favored ie building of one or two railroads th ic coast he would not give his approval to any schemes which id to take money out of the government of bonds, He favored the Kansas Pacific Railroad a8 @ mili n , and be- lheved it would save the governme) jt a t large amount of tar A but by stine his app roval he had not tended to convey the idea that he was in favor of wvented perfumes, Thi Was 9 Pe{UDO” sraradise, for aught we know. dise, show last: pn Sag fp aa we seel confident, conciu- country is dest becom the chief cen tre for the papdackion and co consumption ex more numero respect of delicate and subtle combingtinng wasn those of any former period. With progress in chemi- cal facilities areatiy’ tn perfumes,,each differing a thousan legree trom the other, ‘can be malngle with the pore ex. actitude of a mathematical calculation, Progress in science and machinery that allows the Give it sivorsity of perfumes to w cases and on the shelves ume dealers. We will not stop to describe the progress of manufacture, only that the machinery has t0 be exceedingly delicate and the pew ae 5 horn oe gy cate discrimination @ sources Whence the materials for perfumes are obtained cover nearly the has been charac- ue bed ag the paradise of perfumes. Both Turkey tn Europe and Asia are prolific in the same material. France and Italy have their wildernesses of wild flowers. The slopes of the Alps abound in Se mes: Galieate Pers Bogiand and Germany x rgely of the material, and so do the East Indies and Mexico apa” Peru. At the resent time Paris is Baauestiongtly the it producing and consuming city as respects perfumes of any olny in the world, Lon- don comes next, and then Vienna, and then St. Petersburg, the centre of Russian fashion, It is esti- mated that Europe annually consumes 200,000 gal- lons of perfumeries in spirits, and it is probable that our own country—for we grow fast and fashionable here er—Will not, in the last year, have fallen far behind as regards consumption. The material employed embraces an extended catalogue. Amoi the most expensive are ottar of roses, musk a ambergris; and then come orange flowers, neroli, bergamot, cassia, rose leaves, jasmine, ‘violets, lilacs; and next @ cheaper grade—we are now Speaking of the essential oils derived from these materiais—rose, geranium, rhodium, lemon, lemon grass, white thyme, red thyme, rosemary, spearmint, cloves, beppermint and fennel; next various balsams and gums, exuded from trees, as balaams of Tolu, Peru and Mecca; gum benzoine and storax and borax. After that we have the va- nilla bean, the ons bean, such as is used in fla- voring snuff, and Florentine orris, forming the natural scent of the violet. All these and other sub- stances, too numerous to mention, enter into the ona of perfumes of all the various classes now in use, It is well known that Lubin is and has been for years the Great Mogul of European perfumers, His extracts are sold throughout the civil! world, But, if we beat Europe in almost everything there 1g no reason why we should not excel in the manufacture of =o We are doing this thing 80, and we say it, though having a right to do so, in no spirit of vain iting, but simply to record an established fact that ought to be known. Jules, Howell & Roussell, of Philadelphia, were a few years ago the leading manufacturers of perfumes in this country. They do a large business now, but have to hide their diminished heads in the shadow of that greater name, Phalon & Son. is the only house in this city where they make the manufacture of perfumes a speciaity. They havea large factory in Mercer street, where they manufacture more than $1,000,000 worth of perfumery every year. A look this manufactory and examination of its vast laboratory of material and tnspec- Son. of ee Rey geae i a Passi ance at muitip! of p employed, £ @ rare and royal treat. Such artistic ‘alsuiliat long of subtie essences aud of pet mate- accomplished on such purely scientific prin- ciples and with such ate skili and deli- cacy, Can nowhere else be seen in this country. It isa workshop of marvellous wonders, and the resulta achieved are indescripably astonishing. The guiding principle of this house is to employ only the best material, and as @ result their mes are the best to be found in the market. e Cpe Be Manufacture is immense. Take the one article of “Night Blooming Cereus.’’ They sold in one month 500 or 6,000 dozen, making an ite of 12,00 bottles, which, sold at ome dollarea bottle, makes an aggregate monthly gale of this single article ae a ey income. And here, en nt, this idea of night blooming flowers, whence derived the name “Night Blooi Cereus,” is no subtle mvention of a subtle chemist, but P and scientifically based on positive physiological facts. Moore, in ‘Laila Rookh,” alludes to the fact in the following well known lines: — up these totlet articles the eye and are building a road by the aid of rnoney to be taken ‘Twas taldnighls through the lattice, wreath'd from the Department, ‘Mhese roads should With woodbine, many a e breath'd be built by private enterprise, although in some | aed rr aecmed Rasspod, ma 9 pthers sleep; cases land subsidies tbe ted Without de- bebe rar poe ae triment to the public interest, : But when the sunlight dies away posed Ito all Row enterprises walsh tended to deplete ‘To orery breeze that roams about. 0 new leplet fo every the public treasi or to increase our already The other spectalties of Phaion & Son are the enormous public Thy: most rigid economy |, “Flor de Mayo” and ‘Arabian Dew Drops,” both of should be until the country was ina more | which command extensive sale, These are his chief healthy condition. He trusted that his friends ities. At his store on Broadway are sold also Tr'muking’ thom ‘succosstai during his uduriatatra- | fumes, such asfockey Glut, New Mown fiat. lug set wee is Ge Caroline, Musk, Violstts Kea. Kove, Mignonettes ‘This €: ition of tne views of the Presidentclect | Verbena, Fi Hel pe, Patchouly, West willbe news to the small army of lobbyists who End, Water Lily, Pond Lily, Eesence Bouquet, Bouquet Pave already made their appearance here with the } de l’lmj ‘1c®, Rondelitia, Upper Ten, ium, ba obyect of running through Congress number- | Sweet Praia, ae (dpi Flowers, Mag: General Secretary Or War, balla 1 Ys extracts the latter also sells an interview with General Grant this morning. "| hiss Subin’® ,ex*roe tary if ; ‘die teeter ate dae ualnal amped 2 PERFUMERY. Phalon & they paid not long since for Teke oes as two canoee, Take, Sat the ES be unt ol a I- Bis Ortgtny Im Vos nal Pre aa a Fine | ents of “oridal soap” they man ‘ee oe Art Among the Ancients Material and | fuming materials employed consist Ye musk (in Sources of the Mat, ed=Present gran), beeen tari Sony ere ounce) am- Extent of tho ™%, occ rere green dollars, =~ 2008, aud ottar of im Europe 40d this Countrz, L Of Bc imey main paid at the Custom lonen to geet Artifcer of creation—and we say it not pall PP ey ces iow, why such high itly—was the pioneer perfumer. 46 gave &re demanded for (6 DO* Toem: aera to flowers the sweet breath of fragrance. Our rut | point toe nee Torn ta lle. A BOOd parents, in the garden of Eden, drank in Rolnt not generally known 0 the Pw. ‘ving the r deli: of 3 might be occt “and tee e sees OF ight, bright devised boxes, and ail. their divers ¢atios - es, ive 4 | iviegtes their gusset: r colors and sizes, but it is unnecessary. | And ‘twas indeed the perfume shed From flo flame ir charmed lives same at fod a lll-timed indulgence in unfortunate pomological | Pomed vestigations lead to their expulsion from their hor- cultural home and compulsory attention to mak- garments d bread atid a living by the sweat of rows. Bat the beauty of flowers and aeir sweet fragrance still rentained—a great lessen- te, a8 must be acknowledged,.of the curse of the ‘We could not well trace the subject of perfumery irther Neck than the creation, To trite back the | shaving tbject tif it became a positive fine art is more dim- tit. The origin of the art is, in fact, unknown. We how, from what Moses tells us, that centuries an- trior to his tinte sweet-scented wreaths of curling hoke rose from the rude altars of the primitive ines 4 religious worship in and Zoroaster and lent Jerasalem. The most authentic records in- the bellef that in the adoption of perfumes as an intial auxillary of the toilet, the a took lead, and that the next in order to follow their iple were the 3, Greeks and Komi tin the Arabs, and | the European nations. I iid be deeply interesting to explore the progress ig art; to exploit the mysteries of the tollet of La Helene, the genuine Grecian maiden, whose juisite perfumes as much, possibly, as her ite beauty so madly infatuated , aud not entrancing modern personators in opera boufe; tbe able to catalogue the perfumes used by hon the Roman matron; to give a full record of ti bewitching enchantments, greatly abetted, un- stionably, by the captivating odors of the rare fumes she employed; of Cleopatra, through which obtained such imperious mastery over proud Row} to thread the mazes of ancient tan and Turkish harems, and so on from genera- th to generation, down to the expansively cuig- ed and expensively perfumed beauties of our own . The burning of frankincense aud myrrh has tn known from time immemorial. Pliny and theca write of the compounding of perfumes. 'P old Roman nobles were accustomed to anoint tmselves with precious oils three timesaday. A ime Manufactured by one of the early Koman les, Frangipani, ig still in use and bearing his tne. Ancient Persian kings were in the habit of ¢rying their perfume boxes into battle. The @ient Greeks and Komans were in the habit at tir banquets of placing amulets upon the heads of Wtors and chaplets about their necks, at the same fue decorating their wine cups with gay garlands festooning the rooms with floral wreaths. jong the Persians it was believed that the per- @ of flowers had an exhilarating effect on the md and imagination like that of opium and Hheesh, As proof, here is what Namoura says in ‘he Light of the Harem:’’— Tis the hour That scatters spells on bub and flower, And garlands might be ners now formed an important part of the modes ‘onfu- the times of © in the temples ot | pot catered to, and more especiall ma sid re ‘sar igpition as pleasing and acceptable day gi Besides the rations’ of rfumes and bridal soap, which we |, Phalon & Son manufacture a large vari of highly med soap, such as honey soap, Elysian soap, |, in fact, almost every le kind of tollet soap; and then there is an unen powders, face powders, lachet powders, ike, bereau drawers and clothing and boxes eerie | — handkerchiefs and gloves; and then again cocin, or deodorized cocoanut oil, for the hair, and all other kinds of hair oi ye tare stick Own aa all kinds of toilet 5 wuch as oof water, Florida water and bay rum; and, lastly, cold creams and lip salves, ‘To give a full list of all the proprietary articles would bag 4 columns. judnut, whose magnificent store in the HeraLp building surpasses any similar store on Broadway, is also an extensive manufacturer and dealer in per- ters, e water, Profane historians recite the fact that per- | h:mes. The de] ent allotted for the sale of this! class Of goods is 8 perfect bazaar of bewildering bewlidering in their yumber, sizes, quaint pes, and elaborately decorayed labels. He also keeps on hand the best Lie axsortment of toilet soups, tollet waters an ry species of perfumery int days of elegant taste and refinement es- sential to the toilet. The catalogue of fumes, ex- tracts, Colognes aud pomades he manut tures embraces @ pretty extended list. are as follows:—Newport Breeze, Ocean Spray, Yacht Club, Grande Duchesse, May Flowers; his Colognes, Flowers of the West, Southern Flowers, Flowers of Italy, Queen Adelaide and Grand Republic; and his pomudes, Orange Flowers, Millefleur, Flowers of the vest, Tuberose, Jasmine, Rose and South Flowers. Heading his list of imported perfumes are Frangiapa- nl, Mi a Zeayosmia, Santalino and Bouquet bee geo . His own best perfumes are made of the very and the public yopor of their surpassing excellence is sown in the daily growing increase in his custom. Following the course of Broadway to the store of Hazard, Caswell & Co., we find at Waterbury's, at Hegeman & Co.'s stores, at Helmbold’s, at Delluc's, at all the perfumery and drug stores, in fact, and at ali the furnishing and thread and needie and lace stores and toy stores, and at almost every = where holiday goods are nee for sale, both on Broadway and on every leading street of the city, perfumeries for sale also, This class of goods is now in special demand, ‘Thus far we have written of first class perfumes. Our article would lack completion if we did not allude to the impositions practised in this trade. There are ay ae BL — this particular one spec! . bane of the perfumery market is that it is hooded with cheap and worthless perfumes. They are got up on the principle to furnish the jobbers this class of js at the prices they demand, and not the ublic the they should have. Lubin, Phaion z Son, Hudnut and others, manufacturers of ac- credited reputation, have hosts of unscrupulous imitators, Counterfeiters are another curse. These counterfeiters even introduce in their labels the watermark on Lubin’s labels, In all these counter- feits botties and labels are precisely imitated; the That, twin'd around "e brow, only difference is in the quality of the perfume, pd Cheap German perfumes abound in the largest As Genit of the aun bebol quantities, Most of these perfumes consist of about At evening, from their tents of gold, eighty per cent Croton water and twenty per Upon the horizon. cent alcohol, ‘with an infusion of cloves fere is another qnotation—this from the “Veiled | and citronelie and other cheap substances. Bphet of Ki yn,” from that most beautiful | A very common, because @ very “ar per- of Zelica “There's @ bower of roses by Bende- | fume, 18 made } @ combination of the ra stream’—which shows conclusively an ac- | vaniita bean witha slight flavor of the oll of bitter intance with the art of infusing the scent of | aimonds. The compound so exactly imitates the ers into liquid preparations, or, the Persiags, at the supposed d tof the song, knew how to make eau de Cologne | modus operandi of opther extracts, doubtless very similar to those of [yin and Phaion & Son, at sh world-wide celebrity:— N the rones soon withered that hung o'er the wave; + some blossome were gathered while freshly they shone, Alsdew was distuion {rom taeir Gowers that gave he fragrance of summer when summer was one. it dropping the hypothesis of history and poetry ariumes we hasten on to, apeak of the manufac. of perfumes in the pee the chief material is derived, the kind of rial principally a ad the leading places in ‘ope and elsewhere where perfumes are now u/actured, and baving shown tne ly grow. | tjinorease ta trade im this specialty t present enjoying } about these perfumes is that they do no har nt day, the sources | all. merchan- | equally poisynous, in other words, | odor of the heliotrope that but few could tell the jate of the sing- | difference. We might ie the imitations le feature ™m. But there are preparations got up claimi: to re- move freckies from the face aud to restore the hair and itscolor, These su’ are harmed to per- fumery, and come under the general head of cos- Metics, that are worse than impositions—are actual poisons. ‘These preparations for removing freckles will do what they say, but they remove the skin and ‘They are made of sugar of lead and bichioride of mercury or corrosive subiimate diluved in water, and have the same effect the face as vitriol. There are doubtiess fifty compounds tor the hairin the market which are humbugs, aad worse, Tadeed, & recent writer ta a of genuine perfumes. 7 a “kes to establish the fact that inmates of our insane aay- ‘ental equilibrium to the ‘ounds. Compounded as “lead, lao sulphur and rdly be expected to nh is a@ luxury, of scientific paper uaderte. om a r centage of lums we: the loss of thelr & use of these deleterious comy they are principally of sugar o yeestee, other results could ha i top at erfumery is now @ fine 4 course; Dur indulgence in luxury fs a Concomitant of civilization and refinement, Moreover, it is a cheap luxury, and in these holiday times—t'? giaddest time of all the year—ali may indulge init, 't 18 only an indulgence of elegant taste; the same ta‘te that leads to the love of flowers leads: to the buy'!ne of choicest perfumes, A tangible and durable sha pe ia herein given to the delicious aroma of flowers and bin that otherwise would be scattered to ne, hee heaven, in them we perpetui ev ‘Sweets of ethercal spring. Or ane WWESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF IDARE, Sr. Lours, Dec. 23, 1868, A Salt Lake despatch says:—The Idaho Legisla~ ture met in Boise City on the 9th. Governor Bal- lard, in his Message, recommends a revision ot the’ Mining laws, and asks the Legislature to petition Congress for an additionai appropriation to survey the public lands, the sales already being $30,000 in excess of the cost of the first survey. He complains of the mismanagement of postal affairs in the ‘ferrt- tory. He says that many of the routes having been established shrough ignorance of the geography of the country are impracticable, and others are ran- ning double service at unnecessary expense. In the northern part of the Territo ay large settle ments are without mail facilities, He a ang that there are at present remaining tn the Terri! eid frem 5,000 to 8,000 Indians, who are friendly wio should be settled on reservations, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. ‘The letter carriers of Baltimore city appeared yes—- terday in uniform—gray sult and brass buttons. Trinity church (Episcopal) at Lansingburg, N. Y... Was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Loss es- timated at $10,000; insured for $5,000, The tobacco factories of Pike county, Ill., have — Seized for violations of the internal revenue We The office of the Mauch Chunk (Pa,) Gazette was destroyed by fire yesterday morning, Also the shoe store of F. C. Kline. MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC. ‘The steamship Henry Chauncey will sail from: thieg port on Thursday for Aspinwall. The matis for Central America and the Sout? ; Pacific will close at half-past ten o’clock in t3 ¢ morning. The New York HgRaLp—Edition for the Pacif? c— will be ready at nalf-past nine m the morning.. Single copies, in wrappers for maiing; six ¢ ants. BrREBECK.—On Wednesday, December 2%, ALEX- ANDER, 80n of George and Annie E. Birkbeed<, Notice of funeral hereafter, (For Other Deaths See Eleventh Page.] A=X—A=X—A—X—A—X—A—X—A—X—A— Napoleon Top Boots, $10; doable sole nowed Boots, #7 50. LORIN BROOKS & BONS, 494 Broadway, comer Howard st. gsi ath sohal A Ladies’ Fair is Now Open Church, entrance on Twenty-eighth streets, near Third avenue. A.—Stelnway & Sons? GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS, RECIPIEN’ OF THE FIRST GRAND GOLD jedal of Honor at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, “paT; the grand testimonial ms of the Paris Societe des | svanx inthe same year; the grand honorary gold medal of merit, with the crown and ribbon from the F.ing of Sweden and Norway, and the academical honors atid tmem- bership from the Roval Academies of Sciences and Arts of Berlin and Stockholm. And also of the frst prize medal at the International Exhibition in London, } toy ether with shirty-dve fiat clase premiums in the United States, WAREROOMS—STEINWAY HALL. 109 and 111 East Fourtegnth atreet. at Nt. Stephon’s and = Twenty-ninth A Specific for Throat Discases munication with the world ts very much, Lozenge which I now carry always in my trouble in my throat (for which the “Tro shea’ ai having made me often a mere whisperen \N. LL OBROWN RE BRONCHIAL TROG Bae sey oe Throat “ " y YAES" will o} vo instant relief. ° Batchelor’s Hair Cx=The wee me on Poet ps yet Vanalesy reliable, instantane- Cristadoro’s Unriva’, ir Dye.—Sold applied at No. 6 Astor Towa gue tt Maiden = Do You Want rz Timek: re—If So, Ask ATCHL Prise Merial noms a tihtvorgter Sonia ¥ don, ‘and Sw tions for nee. QUINCHE & KRUGe a formance. ‘Now. and,io Sohn stairs, only wholesale Lar tae nae Jone sizer, ep irs, only wholes: David?s wiper le of Gentlemen’s Hate, 2904 Broadway, no Bf Togas Holiday Gifts, ‘Henae LL, HAZARD & CO., cores roadway gad ‘Twenty-fourth street, call the attention such as Haadkerghiet and Glove Boxes, «ior Gavem, are consist of “CASWELL, HAZARD & CO. Broad: But Noble.—Self Help for Young Men erred, desire a better manhood, Sent in sealed free of charge. If benetited return the post- thros, box P., Philadelphia, Pa. a Doe it Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Foreign of all kinds for the holidays. and Domestic Fruits STON & MURTHY, 194 Broadway, har envel her age. Address fs, gloves Stationers and |. BANGS WIL- “otacl "jah Patent Lovers Gentlemen's _.. or styles of Gold Py ous low all ‘ko GE Watches "4 415 Brom. ‘and Silver ©. ALLEN, [ny ry, tyholesale’ an and Pina,’ MOURNING Bar, UNS AND FINE GOLD Wa Alinew Wizion, for cate by « Fine Gold En PINS, TCH CHAINS, ‘EORGE ©, ALLEN, fray, one 5 02" below Caual atteet. Goodall’s Christmas and MW Year's Note Paper, Envelopes and Cards, Just the M26 for interchanges the holid: arson. — “VICTOR E. MAUGER, 11,,Reade street, ration Hat %—Jaet Out. “Hoffman Ena way, two doors above Duand street, FLEMING, 309 Bro Holiday Presente—A Rare Opportanity — Being about te remove on Ist January, we are te cloee out at retail our splendid whowesale stock of Uuromns and Frames, Stereoxcopes and Views, Albums, carved Brack ets, ac. Ee NTHONY & CO., bul Broad way, St\, Nicholas block. Cali eariy. Iaverness Cloaks, 820 to #30. CLARKE, Tatlor, 112 and Lid Wiillam street, Jardinieres.—A ‘and beautiful articles for h HAZARD & CO., Bro: Variety of These New days for sale by CASWELL, fourth street, unteson’s Irish Whiskey—Hennessy’s Bran f Wings and Bourbon Whiskey for the DONNELL, 31 Bowery, corner Fifty. Pungents.—A Large Assortment of Cut Glaasy double end, gold top PUNGENTS of the beat French maoufae- ture, just received and for sale by CASWELL, HAZARD & Gor Broadway aud Twenty-fourll street, Royal Havana Lottery.—Prizes Paid in Gold Information furnished. The highest rates paid for Doubioves ‘And all Kinds of Gold and Shiver. TAYLOR & CO., Bankers, 16 Wall street, N. ¥. Skates=New York © makers, MoMillan’ ey $. BWIS P. ib—Barney & Berrys and $10 per pair. TIBHA L®, 65 Broulway, opporite St. Nicholas otal. Sleeve Buttons and Studs.—New Style=For sale by GEORGE C. ALLEN, 415 Broadway, one door below Canal sreet. tation of sell stat very cheap and retail at thus making a larger profit, rested in the pees ‘than in qual “THAT'S Wi Be sure and see the sign’ cork of each bottle you bi . fs over Aho 43 Broad fay. Shell Combs.—A Large Assortment of the best SHELL COMBS, just received from the first Pa Ae mac. ufacturers, and for sale by CASWELL, HAZARIG & UU Broadway and Twenty-fourth street. Those $10 Cases Assorted Wines 14d Liquort for the holidays, containing six different kin jx, for sae OF MURPHY & DUNN (in liquidation), 60 Bea fer steret. ‘The Greatest © Remedy gu the World— Dr. TOBIAS’ Pulmonic Life Syrup, 15 cr pis. 10 Park place. Wien Tonpecs and Ornay joutal Hair ost grealty Hse oy = oa Dyeing, ail colors, at BALCH he Attention of tho red to purchase appropriaty geand elegant © if at Wg o'el We Beg Leave to Cn! public to the rate opportunity 6: gad valuable Holiday Gifs at our | Diamondy and otner J lore, 7H Broadwayy 0) W. Burr, receives fur th YrNe