The New York Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1871, Page 7

canal me X —_—— He was the first man eouccen be ere trae Shyer cp @ Scotch Presbyterian divine, damit Historie literature, telis us in bis erudite history of ‘that tho Jesuits converted more than @ of Mexican died its principles Indians to the Christian faith, to their descend ta. The ‘trew pene fants. The) red pagan tables and broke two thousand idols ir, Olmstead, a Protestant historian, that in forty-six yeurs six sho} ‘and six hundred prics BE Maxie by the ely learning and preaching of ry bare footed religious monks. How cieng Indians did the Pilgrim Fathers convert to Christ 2 ang Dr. ws, at a dinner ree roomy by the New Hingiand ‘Society in New ‘ork, said he gloriea in ‘THE DEEDS OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS, ‘We do not ;know whether he means the deeds the Indian lands which they procured by fraud an: Dr of making the Indians drunk with Viwe4 Batore they ‘signed ther. Dr. Cheever says, in “fistory of the Pilgrim Fathers,” 1] they seized ‘without scruple the lands possesse ag the Indians, and that upwards one hund and eight thousand of the aboriginal tribes were slau; tered by Dr. Bellows’ saintly pilgrims in Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut alone. Hildreth, the New historian, says that the Puritans were that they alway: nr ed ynd ‘sacked every Indian at always pillaged and sac! Melore Shey petit on fire. I speak not these for the purpose of stirring up dissensions, but to silence impudent pretensions, Jt is a matter of history that wherever the monks settled a the Tadians the latter became ctvill Not @ single Indian did ever the Pilgrim Fathers or their jants convert to Christianity. The sublime geal of aSt. Paul or Las Casas was not in their line, Dr. Cheever, in his history of the Pilgrim Fathers, gays that in one of thelr earliest excursions into the werlor of Massachusetts they made this entry in the tan journal:—“Some beaver skins we got, but not many.’ No crucifix or altar did they erect in honor ef the Redeemer. Not asingle mention did they make about giving the Indian even a Bible, that GREAT WEAPON OF SAXON CIVILIZATION. We claim for the sons of Lyola a fair share in the glories of the New World. The Pilgrim Fathers -Claim all, when, in fact, they done nothing for the souls of the red men. By thetr exactions and op- pressions they inspired the natives with wickedness and revenge. J ask who were the intrepid defend- era and protectors o1 the red men? I answer, the monks of St. Francis aud the barefooted Francis- eans. Dr. Kohrston avers that the Jesuits were the true friends of the Indian; that Las Casas appealed from the decisions of the Mexican planters to the Spanish throne in th defence. He ‘was. encountered at Madrid by all tho ower, threats and avarice of the nobles, who were Being parched by the blood and sweat of the red men. He procured a decree from @ Catholic kin; declaring the Indians to be a free people and enti- tled to all the rights of men. This was the first declaration of freedom ever proclaimed upon American soll, It thundered over the mountains of Texas and along the Kio Grande ages BEFORE JOHN BROWN’S SOUL BEGAN MARCHING on to Harper’s Ferry with his dusty warriors to con- quer Virginia. Such have been the labors of Catho- le missionaries, from the halls of the Montezumas vo the walls of Quebec, SERVICES IN WASHINGTON. METROPOLITAN METHODIST CHURCH. Tho Aim and Advantages of a Noble Life= Sermon by Rev. Dr. Newm Wasuineron, Jan. 1, 1871. A large audience, of which General Grant was a member, took advantage of the beautiful weather this morning to fill Rey. Dr. Newman’scnurch. Be- fore commencing his sermon Dr. Newman took oc- casion to wish his audience a “HAPPY NEW YEAR.’? Referring to the observance of New Year to-day he appealed to his hearers to let their “calling” be con- ducted on temperance principles, and suggested to the ladies that their personal attractions were suMcient for the entertaumment of the gentlemen without offering to them any harmful beverage. Last year Washington had the honor to have a temperate New Year's observance, and he hoped it would be so this year. Dr. Newman announced his subject as “The Aim and Advantages of a Noble Life.” The text was in Philippians, first chapter and twenty- first verse—“For me to live ts Christ and to die ts gain.” In this sententious saying are embodied two of the grandest thoughts which can occupy the attention of an intelligent being. LIFE AND DEATH are presented in the relation of usefulness and ad- vantage. The apostle designs to have a grand life alm and to de his uttermost to reach that aim, and yet, after all, he declares that death will be to him an advantage. It 1s possible that pastors dwell too much on death and too Nittle on the actualities and positive influences of life, since death receives its character from life, and not iife from death. Bus the great apestie takes care of the present and lets the future take care of tuself. He dweljs earnestly on living, know- Ing death is but a traasit, This subject suggests the aim and advantages of a noble life. lt was Paley who drew a most conclusive argument from the material universe for the existence of a God, showing that where there is design there must have been a designer, with a intelligence and power: and since the aim of the design was beneficent the Great Designer must be also good. That there is design in the creation no man who is not a fool or a lunatic candeny. To the casual observer there seems to be no design in the position of ihe stars; but the astronomer sees it in the relative proportion ef matter in each planet and the influence of distance upon these bodies, So, too, may design be seen in the relation of the atmosphere and the ocean, the one being fitted to receive the moisture imparted by the other. In the atracture of man the same display of plan is seen. Where strength and flexipiity are required in tne spinal column there thef@re found. The adaptation ot the eye to light and tne eyes of @itferent.creatures, as the lynx, eagle, and owl, to their different circum- stances are all indicative of wondrous plan, and challenge the admiration of the soul till it is ready tocry out, Great and marvellous are thy wor! Goa!’ From the fact that design 1a so sppurent in the matertal universe Dr. Newman drew the in- ference that man must have been created for some end. He showed that this end was net social or financial or political power; for Queen Elizanetn, the weman who had attained the most in these di- rections died crying, “MILLIONS FOR ONE MOMENT OF TIME!’ He showed further that man was not placed in this world with the sole aim of acquiring know. rf , although this is commendable in itself, as it muitipiies man’s power, gives to his keeping the mysteries of nature, enabies him to measure the stars, to determine the age of the earth, and to rise from the level of animal to almost angels’ height. ‘Yet with all this he is still but picking ne, petlce on the shore while the ocean lies beyond. Neither is man’s iife alm the forming of earthly friendships, although there can be nothing nobler than a true and enduring friend. ‘There must be something higher, something beyond. Is it pleasure, or tbe rt ication of the appetite, or the material dee mands of the physical system? Nay, for these are butfora moment. They are as the dews on the daisy’s cup, which are kissed away by the sunshine ofthe morning. What, then, is the end of man’s existence? He 1s gifted with an intellect which e him go te appreciate the werks ef crea- tion as to lead him up to the Creator. His moral and affectional nature makes him capawie of companionsiip with the infinite, Worship is not servitude, nor are worship- pers servants; they are, rather, companions, and, whatever may be the happiness of social existence here, tne soul still sighs for alove higher than human, for a companion greater than man. This @esign is further indicated by the power entrusted to man. Dr. Newman then went on to show the great advantage to every man to have some LIFE AIM, iC it were but to amass a certain sum of money or to win @ seat in Senatorial halis; but that the highest and purest aim one can have is to model his charac. ter after that of Christ, and to identify him- self in the great movement of the evangeliza- “on of the world. Such being the aim of a noble life the advantage resulting from that life was stated by the Apostle in the few words “to die 1s gain.” Death is ont because it gtves the eritranee to imortanty and a life of purity; because the mind, free from sin and error, may de- velop and attain to greater excellence. It is gain because tt reunites long parted friends, and it ad- mits us to the immediate presence of Christ. This, then, 18 the lesson of the morning—to live as Christ, to model our characters aiter His. Let this be our grand inspiration, and as we pass from earth may our dying accent be, ‘‘to die is gain,” At the close of the sermon the Lord’s Supper was partaken of, to which all Christians of every name and description were invited. Si. MATTHEW'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Celebration of the Feast ef the Circumctsion— Sermon by Rev. Dr. White. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, 1871. The Feast of the Ciroumcisien was observed in all fhe Catholic churches of the District to-day with heliday ceremonial, At St. Matthews church, solemn high mass was celebrated by Rey. Father McDewitt, with Rev. Dr. Charles White deacon, and Rev. @ Father Gallagher, subdeacen. The attendance was very large. The mass suug was Haydn's No, 3, and at the offertory, Laudale Domini was ren- dered with fine effect. The discourse was delivered by the pastor, Kev. Dr. White, who selected as his text the werds of "the epistie read in the mass of ths festival, from the Epistie of St. Paul to Titus, i., 11-13—‘Ker the gatace of God bur Saviour hath appeared to all men, instructing us that, renouncing !mpiety and worldly desires, we should live soberly and justly and ploasly tn this world, waiting for tue blessed hope ead CQmuina Of the glory ef the areal God aad oor NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY, 2, 1871 Saviour gesus Christ.” The reverend speaker said that at this particular season the Church throughout the werld was engaged in contemplating the sub- lume mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God, the great plan of eur salvation and the relation which we as creatures have te the eternal Word made flesh. A proper understanding of this was THE SOUROK OF ALL CHRISTIAN JOY. Anegiect of the doctrines of salvation was tne cause of religious errors, infidelity and indifference to the will of God. The Creator foresaw that His creatures would abuse their free will and cut thom- selves off from the supernatural blessings they were destined to enjoy. Tre angels rebolled, and their fate was sealed beyond hope. Man fell, too, from original justice; but he was consoled from the be- ginning with the hope of redemption—that grand gcheme by which erring creatures were to be reclaimed through the gratitude of the Lord himself—a Fratuity not only in the giving, but in its application, It was true that God might have forgives the sin of disopedience and blotted out the tra ion of our frst parents; put He was not pleased to do this. te proceeded according W the strict law of justice, Who among His creatures could offer to God condign satisfaction for our infinite guilt, and who was to atone for the sins committed? Evidently it was beyond the power efman, In Hisindnite wisdom He ordained that Deity self should beceme the representative of man. ‘he Son of God, born betore all ages, became man like unto us, uniting with this Ber ig humanity, that He might become a medtator between eur Heavenly Father and ourselves. In Him both na- tures were distinotiy united, Hence when Christ suffered, especiatly in His crucitixion, aithough He died in His haman nature, yet it may be truly said, by virtue or the hypostatical union, a God died for us, suffered for us that we might live. In other words, the sacrifice of expiation was entire, and de- rived its excellence and merit from the union of the humanity with the divinity, so that man was vo be made partaker of His divine merits. ‘The reverend speaker next explained the theological definition of THE HYPOSTATIC UNION, and sara that, thoug: human nature was common to all, it could not be said that the actions of one petegn were common to all. That many may be enefitted by the merits of the God-man ail must be articipators in his merits, As St. Paul ex it, 80 should every Christian say, “I live; but, ne, not I, bat Christ liveth in me;”’ or, as Christ said to His a ee “Tam the vine; ye are the branches;”” that is, the branches must be united with the vine, else they cannot partake of the life of the vine. Now, as man had forfeited his supernatural privileges before he could hope tor ever- life in the presence of his Creator, it was neces- sary he shoud be Bie pe His natural life was in the order of earthly generation, while his second birth was to be, in the order of grace, @ life of re- generation. It would be inferred from this that the merits of our Lord must be individually appiied. How 18 this harmony or union to be effected but by instilling into the hearts of the faithful the virtues of faith, hope and charity? Christ has said in His Gospel, “No man can come to the Father except through me;’’ yet Christ 18 no longer a visible agent, and how shall we know whether we are re- ceived or not? An agent is necessary, and that agent ts none other than the Church. Uniess man 1s born anew of water and the Holy Ghost he cannot enter inte the kingdom of God. He cannot be of Christ’s kingdom on earth, nor can he hope for eternal happiness hereafter. The Church ts described as THE SPOUSE OF CHRIST, and St, Cyprian says, “No one can have God for his Father who does not have the Church for his It is not the pretending Christians that make the Church, nor is it for man to gay what the Church must be. The Church is divine, like its ‘ounder, for it is His work, the beauty of Mis creation, The Church of God ts the dispenser of the spiritual gifts bestowed for the salvation and sanctification of man. How important that all should avall themsetves of the precious gifts con- fided to the Church, and how deeply the truths of eternal life should be impressed upon all of our hearts! The beginning of a new year should remind us to examime our consciences and see what use we have made of the golden opportunities presentea us during the past year, Time isa mere abstraction. We cannot con- celve of itin our mina, nor is it palpable to the senses. ‘Time 1s nothing but ourselves roiling on to aneternal end, and where we 1ust all await the re- ward of our fideilty or infidelity. It becomes u: then, to ask what use we have made of the gilts of salvation during the past year? Will we go on this ear and be indifferent to our own happiness ¥ Will ¥e neglect the presence of God, or will we so live that, dying, ours may be the biessed hope of peaceful immortality? That his hearers mught all enter into the joy of their Divine Master, who was made like unto us for our salvation, was his sincere wish and prayer, and a happiness he in- voked tn the name of theFather, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. At the conclusion of mass the Te Deum was in- toned by the clergy and sung in antiphon by the choir and cle! in gratitude for the manifold bless- ings showered upon the nation and people of the country sere. the past year, as well as upon the members of this parish and the residents of the capi tal of the natiot mother,” THE SEW JERSEY SENATORSHIP. Jersey has been overrun by Bohemians during the past two wecks. Every man whose name was mentioned as a candidate for the United States Senate has been dogged with the view of having each declare himself the man most likely to win. Ridiculous paragraphs bave accordingly appeared in many of the, local papers, and even in some of the metropolitan journals. The time has not yet come when any accurate calculation can be made as to the chances of the several contestants, But a correct opinion may be formed from the agen- cles at work and the canvass now nearly completed. Mr. Frelinghuysen and George A. Halsey have been through several counties in the State during the past ten days. The irtends of Cornelius Walsh are pursuing their work with sleepless activity. Cortlandt Parker's friends seem to have given up the race, Dudley 8 Gregory 18 brought forward by some Hudson county § men. There is no man in the entire State who comman(s more ct. But he 1s late in the fleid, and so forfeits the support of many who had their minds made up leng ago. The contest will be lively at the outset, but the contest at the “home- stretch,” to use a sporting phrase, will lie between Frelinghuysen and Walsh. Judging trom the can- vass the latter counts the western part of the State as his stronghold, and bed hed @ support in the east sufficient to carry him. If he be disappointed in this expectatiou Frelinghuysen will be the man. The latter will receive two votes front Hudson county on the very first ballot, and two As- semblymen in Newark will vote for Parker on the same ballot. These may be taken as ‘‘straws” which show the direction of the current in districts where there are local candidates. A ROMANCE OF THE INTERIOR. A Customs Inspector Learns of the Where- abouts of His Shipwrecked Fatber Alter an Absence of Seventeen Years. (From the Chicago Republican, Dec. 28.) There have been written, perba @ thousand romances relative tothe finding of children by their tender parents, Chicago contains a man who has been made happy in a doubie sense—he has dis- covered a father mourned as of the dead through seventcen long years, and the father aforesaid has discovered in Captain J. J. Harrington, late of the Ninetieth [linois volunteers, and now of the Custom House, @ six feet three inches and 220 pounds avoirdupols inheritor of tis name and fortune, Near! twenty years gone by Harrington pere left the shores of the Green Island to seek fame and for tune in the broad territories of the New World, Oi the fouay coast of Newfoundland the vessel in which he sailed encountered a storm and was wrecked, nearly all on board perishing. Harring- ton was among the survivors, and settled down in the country on the shores of Which he was cast away. The emigrant had left in his own landa oung wife and several small children. ‘they ieft ireland for America @ few months later than the husband and father. They expected to find their natural protector in New York, but were bitterly doomed to disappointment. After wasting some weeks In unavailing waiting and hoping Mrs. Har- ringten and ber family followed the “star of empire," setting down in this State and eventually in this city. he children grew up to maturity, the mother was laid to rest, and the existence of the iather was almost forgottén. Captain Jack was always a stirring boy, ana when the war broke out he shouldered a musket with the brave Nineticth and won his captain’s “bars” on many a field ot fame. When peace was proclaimed he returned to civil life aud was patronized by Uncle Sam. Three days age he received a letter. He opened, read and stood transtixed. It was from his father. The old man had heard of bis family paroug some Chicagoan who had visited the land of codiish, and he lost no tame in renewing his acquaintance with those so dear to him by nature. He had written te Ireland, had heard the family left there for America, traced them to New York and lost sight of them for many weary years. He concluded they were dead, and endeavored, in peaceiut toll, to drown his grief. those years of industry he nad managed to acq @ competence and remained true to his old love. He invites the presence of lis son and mm a few weeks Captain Jack will shape his course to that island— --—far abroad, Where sailors gang to fish for cod. Amid the dense fogs ef that latitude those so strangely sundered sail be united and the curtain oftpeace saall envelope them. MAGICAL PROGRESS OF A WESTERN CiTy.—Seven- teen years ago there was nov & roo!,a shanty, a single human being im Leavenworth. Thick hazel brush covered its site and the woives roamed unmo- lested. Now 25,000 inhabitants acknowledge alle- giance 10 Mayor Halderman and Judge Vaughan. ‘twenty-seven elegant sclools and acadenites, pear thirty gurgeous aed go 200 saloons, two theatre: seven pabiic balls and two jails, costing many m| ons, Covered the ground. ‘Hotels, foundries, saw- mills, machine shops and factories are every where to be seen, and stores rivalling any of the tm the East are daily crowded with eager purchasers, In the Uld World this would be called magic. Weil, Bo it is—the magic of Western cout enterprise and eyergy,—Leavenworts (Kansas) merciad, CUBA Additional Details of the Hornet’s Visit to Nassau. Heavy Defalcations in Havana—A Cashier Ab- sconds with $70,000—He is Mourned by His Empleyer and a Beautiful Belle—A New Mode of Evincing Hostility to Spain. Havana, Dec, 24, 1870, Through private letters received here some addi- tional details are furnished of the arrival of the Hornet at Nassau. One of these, of date the 17th, states that her expressed desire for coal was a mere pretext, as she had on board 120 tons. Of passen- gers and crew she had sixty-seven men, thirty of whom were Cubans, some of them well known. The celebrated Camacho, the man who led the Party which captured the Comanditario some year ago, was in command, ‘the Spanish corvette Bazan was in port on the arrival ofthe Hornet, but lefton the evening of the 15th. On the night of the 16th the Hornet sailed, followed immediately by her Majesty’s gunoat Philemel. Neither the latter vessel ner the Bazan could keep up with her fora moment. The Bazan is very slow, of great draught of water, and of little use, therefore, in these waters at this season. The Cubans tm Nas- sau are reported as very much incensed at Governor Walker for the course he pursued in sending the Philomel to watch the Hornet, Another letter, dated the 19th, states that the Hernet took on board at Nassau some armament, doubtiess that ler by the Salvador. Various rumors were rife as to her Gestination, some stating that she was going to St. Domingo and others to Vera Cruz for the purpose of taking on board the people recruited by Quesada. Avery unusual event for Havana—to wit, an ex- tensive embezzlement or robbery of fands—has Just come to light in the well known shipping and mer- cantile house of Miguel Antonio Herrera & Co., and who rank among the most extensive business firms of the city. The matter has been for two days past @ subject of much comment among commercial men, but there are so many singular features involved in the case that no reasonable theory or motive for the commission of the crime can be adduced; and as the defaulter has absconded and thus far eluded pursuit he has carried the actual theory, as well as the money, with him. From particulars gleaned by inquiring of the vic- timized fitm, it appears that fora period of about fifteen years they have had tn their employ as book- keeper and cashier, successively, a young Cuban named Angel Alvarez, and from his well known habits of temperance, puncwuality and general bus Ness capacity, great confidence was reposed in hit So even and irreproachable was the general tenor of and ali his intimate acquaintances invariably knew where he could be found at any hour of the evening hours of the day he was always promptly at Ris post. in the performance of the duties of his position im the house of Herrera & Co. Alvarea was required to negetiate bills of excuange. For tis purpose a large amount of money was habitually retained in Une sale, subject to his control. A short time since affairs of the coneern are aimost closed up. baianced, aud anything like a dedvieney or error would have been detected. In the early part of tue present week one of the artners of une lirm, by mere incident, happened to ook at the account of the firm on deposit with the bank and discovered that the cash on hand was con- siderably in excess of the deposits. . The partuer, without his suspicions being in the slightest degree awakened, remarked casuaily to Alvarez that there must be a large cash balance on hand ,and the Lis habits aiter business hours that his employers | orearly in the morning, aud during the working | the firm went into liquidation, and at en | na | few days, at most, the accounts would all have been | MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. The managera are determined te make a good beginning of the New Year by offering the most attractive bills of the season, ‘The first novelty isthe much spoken of play by Robertson, “War,” which will be produced at Wallack’s on Tuesday, with all the accessories and Appointments which this estabushment can furnish. To-night the last performance of ‘fhe Rivals’ takes place, Daly has made a genuine hit with the new Amer!- can comedy, “Saratoga,” at the Fifth avenue theatre, A matince of it will be given to-day. This is the last week of Jefferson at Booth’s. On Saturday the 149.h, ane last, performance of “Rip’’ will be given. ‘Richelieu’ next week. “The Black Crook,” as usual, at Niblo's, “Wee Willie Winkie” at the Olympic. Extra matin¢ée to-day of ‘‘Les Brigands’? at the Grand Opera House, with Aimée as prima donna, The same of “Cinderella” at the New York Circus, Lina Edwin preduces this eventug at her pretty Uttle theatre a new cemedy, “Kind to a Fault,’ and the capital barlesque of “Aladdin.” “The Forty Thieves” and “On Hand” in three per- formances to-day at Wood's. An immense bill at the Bowery. Three perform. ances and eight different pieces, Frank Drew, the celebrated comedian, makes his bow this week. A short season of Italian Opera will commence at the Fourteenth Street theatre om Wednesday, with the time honored “Trovatore.”” The cast will com - prise Mme, Czillag, Mme, Gazzaniga, Le Franc and Reyna, A grand dramatic performance will be given py the members of the Clinton Dramatic and Musical Society, assisted by Mr. and Mrs, F. B. Conway, in aid of St. Mary's Hospital for Women, ‘at the B rook- lyn Academy of Music, on ‘tuesday. “Ireland, in Shade and Sunshine,’ will be ex- hibited, afternoon and evening, at Apolio Hall. Five new stars at the Globe, with tho popular sketch, “A Morning With Judge Dowlin g.” “Sights in the City; or, “A New Year's Adven- ture,’ is the new sensation at the Comique. “Fernande’ still holds the boards at the Park, Brooklyn. “Les Brigands” still at tryant’s Minstrela, “Les Brigands,"’ the success at the San Francisco Minstrels, ‘Tony Pastor has his pantomime for both perform- ances to-day. Kelly & Leon’s Minstrels have joined Hooiey’s band, across the river. Welch, Hughes & White's Minstrels have a fine bill at the Brooklyn Opera Honse. aa nd benefit concert, In aid of the Church of the Holy Saviour, will be given at Association Halt, on Thursday, under the direction of Signor Mora. Lajayette Harrison, the well Known ex-impresa- rio, will have a benefit concert at Steinway Hall on Saturday, followed by a matinée ball at Irving Hall. Janauschek awoke the eninuslasm of a large Washington auaience last week in “Devorah.”” Her | career through the provinces bas been an immense | success. Miss Alma Krause will have a benefit at Stetnway Hail on Friday. This young lady, whose name was connected with the prima donna of the Stadt theatre in an affair very disreputable to the latter, will be assisted by Miss Dingen, Miss Rosenberg, Candtaus, | Remmertz, tne ‘eutouia Mannerchor and other singing societies. The newly organized Ninth Regiment Band, one hundred strong, under the direction of Carlo Pata and Downing, gave thetr first concert at tue Grand Opera House last mgnt, ; _A fine concert was given last evening at St. Francis Xavier's chureb by the choir for the beneit | of the poor of the parish. The eminent organist, Willlam Berge, was the conductor, The first concert of the second season of the Church Music Association will take place on | Wednesday evening next at Steinway Hall, The pieces Lo be periormed are Vincent Wallace s over- ture to “Lucline,” a composition of singular beauty and delicacy of character, and Haydn's third mass, cashier quielly respondea— “Yes, | have about $50,000 in the safe."? Tne partner suggested that It would perhaps be as Well to deposit at ieast @ portion of it to the credit of the firm the next moraing. Alvarez assented to the proposition mechanically and nothing more was thought of the circumstance unt Thursdey morning, When it was observed that the invariabiy punctual cashier Was not at his accustemed post. Inquiry day. The safe Was soon afterward opened, and it was found that the $50,000, which Alvarez had stated was in it @ day or two before, was non e: The bank book showed ne that amount vo the credit of the firm, and, im fac!, none Had been made. A few honrs established tne fact of the embezziement of the funds and the fight of Alvarez, and the amount, thougi not deinitely ascertained, will probably reach $70,000. his parents stil reside. Implicit couflaence was beets in his integrity—to such an extent, in fact, hat upon the reorganization of the firm, after ti closing of the business under the present name, he was to have been admitjed to a personal interest in the copartnersnip. He was also betrothed in mar. riage to a young and beautiful lady of Havana, and his devotion to her was not the least of the evi- dences of the regularity of his mode of life. It was his custom to call upon and sainte his aManced at her residence every morning, at a xed hour, while on his way to business, ‘This habit, whieh would doubtless seriously inconvenience a fashionable New York belle, will not appear so singular when it is understood that people generally are very early risers here, much of the labor of the day being accomplished during the early moruing. Having closed nis business for the day Alvarez always repaired to his betrotned at precisely half-past seven o'clock P. M., remaining in her society until half-past ten o'clock, when he tired directly to his own residence, to repeat next day the same routine of toli and courtship. ‘was not addicted to gambling or any form whatever of “fast life,” in the ordinary acceptation of the phrase, and his betrothed is net his companion in Hight. The books of the firm have not been falsified clerk—he simply appropriated the cash and de- camped. At first it was suspected that he had satied for Key West, as he was a Cuban by birth, and would there have met many of the expatriated youth of this city, who would doubtless readily have exerted theu seives to shield him. This opinion borrowed color of feline from the fact that Sefor Herrera, senlor member of the firm, 1s colonel of a regiment of spanish volunteers, and consequently has few admirers among native Cubans. Later impressions, nowever, lead to the opinion that Alvarez sailed on the English steamer Corsica, hence for Vera Cruz, | on Thursday. SHAMEFUL DECEPTION ON SCHOOL TEACHERS, A Large Namber Enticed to Pick Cotton. [From the St. Louis Times, Dec. 25.] Yesterday alternoon a respeetable looking woman of about twenty-tive years of age called at the Mayor's office and asked for a pass to Chicago, which place she stated was her home. asked by the affable Diggs, who does the honors in assistance, she told the following incredible story :— clerk In a lawyer's office in Chicago, when she noticed an advertisement in the papers saying that twenty young ladies were. wanted to go South and teach school at a liberal sal- ary. She answered the advertisement, and was called upon by a gentlemanly joeking per- son who said his name wus Henry M. Payne, of tie firm of Payne, Dameron & Co., cotton factors, Nos. 66 and 68 Baronne street, New Orleans, Mr. Payne engaged at sixty dollars per month, but would take her along if she wished to go. She said she would like ft very much, and they entered into an agree- ment by which she was to be paid stxty dollars a month for teaching a certain number of scholars. Adayorso afterwards she and seventeen other ladies—school mistresses, cierks, &c.—left, in com- pany with Payne, for New Orleans, where they ar- rived on the 24th of October. Alter getting there she says that Instead of giving thei schools he took them ail ont on a plantation and set them to picking cotton. Not re pawned her gold watch to a neignvoring planter, and came up the river, arriving here yesterday morning. MELANCHOLY CASES OF BUANING AND FRE‘ ZING. A distressing calamity occurred in the township of Trowbridge, Allegan county, Mich., last Saturday burned, with three children. The wife and two of their children were rescued through a window, their night clothes mostly burned off. The father covered them with hay in the barn, then rode a mile in the bitter cold, absolutely naked, to reach a neighbor's and obtain assistance, where he feil senseless, He lies in @ critical condition, partly frozen, partly roasted. The same night another accident eccurred at Pontiac, Mich. H. Dowd, of the firm of Stand- ish & Dowd, an old and respected citizen, started for home from a friendly evening visit, about mic- night, but was overtaken with @ fainting "sickness, tu which he has been subject occastenall, childhood. Keturning consciousness found ms hands and feet frozen, lus speech paratyzed and his situation desperate. He crawled forty reds to his house, knocked against the door with his head and roused the inmates. He was exposed four hours. It is feared both hands must be amputated, and per- haps his feet. A CONSCIENTIOUS LEGISLATOR.—Mr. C. A. Rob- erts, of the Iilinots House of Representatives, was recently tendered a free pass over the Lilinois Cen- tra! Railroad and declined to receive it, for the rea- son that he considered his pay as @ member of the Legisiature a suiticient remuneration for his ser- vices; moreover, he said that he had serious doubts as tothe propriety of a legislator’s receiving free passes from raliway companies, whose interests are Mable at any time to come in conflict with the in- terests of the veovle Whom (that legisiator repre eents. revealed the fact that he had not been seen that | recent deposit of | The defaulting clerk was born in this city and here | Alvarez | or in any way tampered with by the delinquent | Upon being | that ofiice, how she came to be here and in need of | About two months since she was employed as a | sald that he had about the requisite number of ladics | shing that kind of work she | night week. The dwelling of Emanuel Helpman was | from | with additional instrumentation by the conductor, | Dr. James Peck, We are all aware with wiat el- fectiveness Signor Michael Costa has added to the scores of Handel's oravorios of “Samson,” “Judas | Maceabeeus,” &c., and Mr, Arthur Sulitvan has done the same with “Jeptha,”’ by which modern orches- tral instruments are brought Into service in con- nection with tre periormance of : Sy and we see no reason why such a work as now under consideration should not be similarly treated. This mass represents one of the most favorable words of the genius of Haydo. The movementsin general are strongly impressed by his pécultar characteristics, It w composed for the coronation of an Austrian Empe: | ror, and is fall of pemp and joyous sympathy, ex- tremely popular in character, Another attractive | feature for the second part of the concert will be the | performance of the music to Carl Maria Von Weber's melodrama of “Preciosa.”? The final rehearsal pre- | vious to the concert on Wednesday evening will take place on Tuesday afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, The or tra, as usual, will namber sev ty instramentallsts, the ‘us about three hundred. | There appears to be no lack of money or enthusiasm | In this association—two very imporiant elements in connecuon with the institution and progress of every department of art. works, BRAINED WITH A BOTTLE. Tu a smail frame building tn Bay strect, Jersey City, were collected last evening a few congenial spirits, whose manner of inaugurating the New Year was such as only befits low bred rud@ans. A quarrel took place among the gang of Sabbath desecrators, in the | course of which Ned O'Neill picked up a large hottie, which he broke on the head of Pat Doolan and con- tinued the pounding process till Doolan’s skull was terribly laceraied. Pieces of the glass were em- bedded in the skull, Dr. Mulcahy was calied in, but he considered the man’s condition so very critical that he ordered him to be removed to the city Hospital, The bloodthirsty Ned was arrested and lodged ina ceil at the First precinct station. He belongs to that dangerous class in the Second ward whicn gives the police so much trouble. Bail was | tendered, but no bail can be accepted til Doolan ts pronounced out of danger. THE MORMON SYSTEM A YANKEE INSTITUTION. {Utah correspondence of the Cincimnati Times.) Whue 1am on the Mormon subject 1 will give you an thsight into the Mormon system, or a part of it, Ivis no&ping more than a big Yankee swindle. The founders and leaders of the church—the president, twelve apostles aud bishops—are and have been, with few exceptions, Americans. ‘This can be noticed more in the division of the lands of Utah. | | | } The Americans and’more intelligent and meneyed foreigners possess the only realiy good land of the | country—the valleys of the Jordan, the Weber and Provo rivers, with Utah Lake region (this lake is a large body of fresh water, and the source of the Jordan), while the poor, ignorant scum of Europe are herded across the Plams, permitted to gaze on the | Holy City, Salt Lake, the Mecca of their religion, j; and then sentin smaller herds to ufest regions [ | have before described, where they live, ag. irrigate, | fight grasshoppers, pay their tithing from their | scanty crops of grain, worship Brigham, hate Gen- | | with a religious fervor and ail but starve, he great object of the leaders in filling the coun- try with working people frm the States and Hurope | is to increase the tithings. This heavy tax on the { producers is what has built up the fortunes of Brig- jam and the other religious bilks who rule the land. The mining excitement, however, 18 gradually Las ing about a change, and Brit ham Young's glory is | slowly departing. I will write more fully in my next of the great discoveries of silver leads in this region, and of the progress thus far made in opening up the mines, It is the opinion of many experienced miners that these mines Will eventually rival those of the famous White Pine region. SOMBRE PREPARATIONS FOR DEaTH.—Jonn Dye, a cheerful old Indianian, has a grave for himself which he executed several years ago. He accom. plished the work with his own hands, excavating | the earth to a proper depth, layiag a stone slab on the bottom and walling it up the sides with brick. A similar slab is tended to cover the grave, and, what is singuiar, Mr. Dye has scooped out of the | pether stone a hollow for his body to lie in, with an elevation, In which there is another hollow for his head. It 1 his desire that when he dies he shall be | dressed in certain specified clothing, and that a | blanket shalt be laid in the tomb, upon which his remains are to be laid. Another blanket ts to be spread over him, and the large siab of stone placed | on the tomb, and the earth fied inabove. It will | be seen that he does away with the use of a coffin entirely, and he further requests that no burial ser- vice be used or sermon preached, and that no monu- | ment be erected to his memory. Recently a heavy | rain caved in the earth above the tomb, and Mr. Dye set about repairs with vigor that was surprising. ‘fo prevent @ recurrence of the accident he has walled the grave up to the surface of the earth and carefully covered it with boards and sod. Tue grave i9on his farm and within a few feet of the | railroad, How MARRIED WoMEN ASSERT THEIR RIG TeXAS.—A Corresponaent of the Lenton x Montior says &® handsome, dashing woman rode | Into a village lu that region a tew days ago, and, alightng from her horse, went rapidly to a drink- ing saloon, where a number of sovereigns were having ® “high ume.” She singled out the finest- looking man im the crowd, and, walking up to him, seized him by the arm and ordered nim to pac down the glass which he was about to drain. He dashed down the glass and ran away; the lady fol- lowed,.and finally cornered him in ine bilthard room. She told nim 10 a fria, determined voice, that the place he was in and the course he was pursning would not answer for her husband; that le was wasting her property, and that she Would no longer consent to be disgraced and tmpoverished by hin. She K his pistol from him, cocked it and pre- sented it at him, and toid him he must leave or die. He concluded to leave, She marched him out as a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, WALt, SrReer, } Suspay, Jan, 1, LT1, THE GENERAL TRADE OF THE Crry during the past week was characterized by the usnal inactivity in the dry goods business tnci- aental to the season, and by a fluctuating ana un- settled movement in departments which are inde- pendent of that consideration. The cotton market was on the whole heavy, despite a stilt further falling ef in the receipts at the severat ports and a telegram from Liver- pool that the estimates and supposed stock im hand at that port had beep found on investigation to be far in excess of the actual amount, It 1s, therefore, not easy to account for the decline in price. The transactions were large, however, on foreign orders, which le to free shipments; but the domestic demand was curtatled by the stoppage of many of the Eastern mills. Telegrams from Boston state that the various companies have declared as high dividends as paid for the previous six menths ending July 1, and that the business of the latter half of 1870 was more prosperous than in the earller pertion of the year. In the wheat and flour market trade has been quite active, both on foreign and domestic purchases, and prices, In face of liberal receipts from the West, have advanced. The hollaay season has kept the up town trade brisk, and there is no complaint from that section of the city, IN WALL STREET there was a larger volume of busines than usual at tus season of the year, and while mouey has been active the impression was general that the inter- mittént stringency was only artificial, and therefere temporary. Hence extensive investment orders have been received and the brokers have made heavy purchases of stocks, which were all paid for and taken out of the street. The schedule of LOW PRICES, Which the sharp attack of the ‘hears’ brought about, has challenged the attention of capitalists generally, and a confident and cheerful feeling exists a3 to the business in the stock murket during the spring. As to MONEY, various and contradictory theorles are still main- tained. That the speculators for a deciine are not en- Urely done witn the stock market is only too evident, but different opinions are entertained as to thew powers of continuing to render moncy stringent, The banks and other corporations began some ten gays since to call in money im order to pay dividends and semi-annual interest, and tt was this movement that enabled the “bears” to produce a stringency which made money so scarce that rates as high as one-quarter per cent per day in addition to seven per cent per annum were paid during the week by stock houses. Tue sum embraced in these dividends 13 computed at many mu- lions, and as the money will find its Way back to the banks only slowly, the expectation of Immediate relaxaiton after New Year’s should not be too sanguinely indulged in. The savings iastitu- Uons hold on deposit Immense amounts, which may be called for at any moment now that depositors lave secured the semi-annual interest. Itisa gen- eral rule with these corporations to withhold the interest for at least twenty days, but to be ready to pay the principal on demand. ‘This will form one Treason for ® contraction—a legitimate “ock- ing up’ of money for a considerable period after ‘Tuesday next. Last year the stringency in money continued until about the mia die of January. Meanwhile the banks, which will be reinforced by heavy disbursements of cotn from the Treasury, may, If so liberally disposed, enlarge their loans to their customers in @ manner which will checkmate any artifcia! manipulation of the money market. They now hold ten millions in excess of the legal reserve, and could accommodate the street suddenly to the extent of twice that amount, while their ability to expand will steadily increase from day to day, Our bank officials, therefore, have it in their power to defeat any repetition of the locking up of money practised during the last month. Merchants and others whose operations are prejudiced by the clique movements fn Wail street shoula remember this fact, and give their patronage only to such institutions as snow a disposition to take the part of legitimate business agatnst the speculative schemers of Wall street. COVERNMENT BONDS. The week developed a healthy activity in the mare ket for government bonds, the price of which stea- dilly improved, until at the close there was a sudden and sharp advance. It remains to pe seen what will be the effect of Secretary Boutwell’s plea of poverty, despite bis large Treasury balances and his indirect intimation that he will not increase the average ef bis purchases. ‘The issues of January and July will look so cheap when ex-coupons, after Tuesday, that a reasonable expectation of steady prices is indulged in, espe- cially as the abundance of capital at this centre during the balance of the winter will naturaily seek so inviting securtties for temporary tuvest- ment. THE STOCK MARKEY. A quarrel among the operators for a decline and the luduences mentioned m a preceding paragraph led to & complete reversal in the movement at the Stock Exchange, where prices improved from one to four per cent. The speculative feeling was also aronnd in the face of tight money, for the reason that the advance from day to day le(t a large profit even after deducting the highest interest charge exacted for carrying stocks, and the feeling was encouraged by a belief that the dissenting or disloyal members of the “bear” pool lad secretly commenced covering thelr short sales. THE BANK STATEMEN: The weekly statement of the assoctated banks is favorable, and shows a further gain in the net reserve of over $800,000. The preparation of the banks for the payment of dividends 1s shown tn a contraction of loans to the extent of about $1,400,000, while the shipments of currency to the West and the locking up operations of the cilqnes at the Stock Exchange are reflected in a loss of about $2,000,000 im legal ten- ders and deposits. The suvlag item has been the specie, which, under the disbursements of the gov- ernment iu redeeming the five per cents ef 1871 and prepaying the January interest on the public debt, increased nearly $2,500,000. The statement con- trasts with its predecessor as follows:— Dec, 24. Dee. 31. Changes, Loans. + $264,811,129 $263,417,418 Dec. $1,393,711 Spec! - 18,839,756 20,828,846 Inc. 2,439,090 Circulation.. — $2,182,983 32,163,514 Dec. 29,469 Deposits .... 18,748,754 188,223,096 Dec. 624,769 Legal tena’s, 46,739,688 46,245,858 Dec. 1,494,330 THE FINAL “STREET QUOTATIONS." The following were the closing prices of stoexs on the street Saturduy afternoon subsequent to the closing of the Long Room:—Western Union Tele- graph, 45% a 45%; Pacific Mall, 40's a 40%; New York Central Consolidated, 92 a 9243; New York Central scrip, 877 a 88; Erie, 2334 a 237; Reading, 9934 @ 9945; Lake Shore, 923; a 9234; Nortnuwestern, 72% & 724; do. preferred, 62% a 82%; Rock Island 105, 106; St. Paul, ex dividend, 52! preferred, ex dividend, 7374 474; Wabash, 494 a 499;; Ohio and Mississippl, 28% a 2844. LATEST PRICES OF GOVERNMENTS. The following were the closing street prices of government bonds;—United States currency sixes, nox a 110 United States sixes, 1881, Tegistered, 110'% & 1103g; do. do., coupon, Lis & 114; do, five-twenties, registered, May and November, 108 a 108%; do. do., 1862, coupon, do,, 1083 @ 109; do. do., 1864, do. do., 108% a 108%; do. d0., 1866, do, do., 108 \¢ . registered, January and July, 107% @ 108; do. d 1865, cou- pon, do., 110% a 1107¢; do. do., 1867, do. do., Mla 11134; do, do., 1868, do. do., 11135 a 1114; do. ten- forties, registered, 106% @ 107; do. do., coupon, 106% a 107, THR COURSE OF THE GOLD MARKET, The extreme fluctuations daily in the price of gold during the week were as follows: — Highest, Lowest. (Holiday.) —_ 110? 110% L10Sq, 110%, L0%, prisoner of war te where his horse was hitched, ordered bim to mount, and in a few minutes the two were leaving town, the wife riding in the rear of rh captured iord, with lus six-saovter ui ber Les light ys eelcgs wae steady Cyr all gradee at our uote COMMERCIAL REPORT. sisrsthi yee Jhvhi ‘The market for Kio was quiet, the demand be- DAY, Deo, 316 P.M. OF ERE. ~ wt 7 tons below. There were sold in Baltimore 249 bage ox Prestiasimo on private terms. Other winds were dull, and we heard of no sales, but prices were steady. We quote:—Rio—Ordinary car, do 16KO & Wiger; good” ds., do, like e only moderate uotation Ine 2a bal ‘and 11 on market closing steady a low midaling) were wm january, 4740., at 6c. Byes Morn March, chy, 400 ak hes at IHC. 100 at Bile, te 40.5 } free on ‘private terms last’ even , late yesterday, January, 20) on board “Mobile, total, 4,500 bales. at 14 15-I6c. : Gi at 14 ne 400 at Loe. ; 100 at 1415-166. ; "February, 800 wt 15',c. ; 100 ak Ud44e., 200 at 15 1-160,; March 100 at 13 5-t8ic., 600 ‘at ‘Lb ge. 5 April, 200 at Lstye.; free on board, Mobile, 200 on private terms. Total, ¥,900' bales. Grand’ total, 7.400 bales. The closing prices for low on the spot were as follows Uplawts, Mobile, N. Orleans, Teras. Ordinary . 13 We Why arg Good ordin oar ‘ 1 sig Low middl + Ms 4 1934 Ise Middling lig Mig 16 Good middi w a. is Wg, Fagpaitys. market was quiet, the offerings of almost all articies being light, but full previous rates were demande to all parts. Grain room to Liverpool waa auoted at 7d. bY sail and Sd. by steam, The engagements were:—To Live’ pool-1,000 bales cotton at Jd. a 9-18d. by steam and 5-lod, ® fod. by wail; also, per atenmer, 260 Uercen beef at 74, 6d" and 7,600 bushels'wheat at Sd, ‘The charters wore :—A brig, 8,000 bols., to the windward, at S0c. ; a bri, 3,000 Newfoundland, at about $1,400; a bari from Savana Liverpool, with 1,500 baies cotton, at Sed, If to the Continent to Seville or Cadiz, with 6,000 cases petro- New York, on private terms, GRAIN.—Receipta, 6,550 bbls. Hour, 350 bags 5,706 bushels wheat, 7,750 do. corn, 3,260 do, onte al . ‘The flour market was dull but firm. The sales were only about 5,000. bbis. Southern four was quiet and unchanged. Saies 400 bbis. Rye four was steady, with small gaies within the range of our quotations. waa in more demand and some kinds were tirme bbis, at $2 80 for yellow Jersey and $3 65 ‘or do. Western. Buckwheat flour Was unchanged—state and Pennsylvania Were quoted at $326 a w8 80. We quot No.2 State Supertine State. Extra State, to perfine Western . xtra, do, Extra Mi Round hoop Ob: Roand hoop Olio, trade brands, Ser eee oo Family... 0 StL 0 7 7 St. Loutse! % : ‘St. Louis choice family Wa Rye dour. 500 Southern extra apd fans % Corn me: wa Gp ckenorasansen Seesneceecveverns Corn meal, Br: —Wheat was dull but firmly held ehoic fo. 2 being held at BL 45 no b1 4b, with $142 bid. The asies were about 20,000 Dushels at #1 2 for old wueat and BL AL w 1 43 for new, In lots, and $163 for white Michigan, Corn was steady, with sules of 25,000 bushels at 76e. a 77c. for new mixed Western, and 78e. for high mixed. Gats were steady, though the de- mand was light. Sales 20,009 bushels at 58c. a 6lc. for Went ere and & 2c. for Ohio. Rye was dull and nominal at She. m (8c. for old and new Western; no sales. Barley was unchanged in value ; sales 10,000 bushels at #1 1 for Canada. . « 8c. for two-rowed Staie, Barley mait was duit and prices were nominal. GUNN 18 were dull, and prices were nominal at 3c, for cloth and 18ige. for baga, HEMP was dull, and no sales were reported. nominal at the quotatio: Prices were published in dur ast fast The demand was only moderate, vat prices were stendy at former quotations, iz. :—Shipping, Ll yl 50; retail lots, #1 20a o185. Long rye straw, B10 a 1 25; short do., Ye. a #1. Hors.-The market was dull and beavy at prices ranging from 6c. to Ie. for common to ehoice lots, ‘The demand wae coniined to swall iots and the olferings were sul large. What Uittle demand prevailed was alinost entirely tor the bower it MoLASses.—The market for ail kinda was quiet. and we heard of no particular sules. Pricea were unchanged. We and No, a 220. ; clayed, weovado, Tetining, Ado, gro ido. ; musco! Porto #ico, ae. a bie. ; English Islands, soa, 1 600. a 1 Tho market for frits turpentine was quiet, but holders were very firm in thetr views. wore soil "00 Wb flat—cloging at 4 witha Crude ts remained dull and Rorin—ptrained was in demand, but basiness was A by the firmness of holders, wha 0 for Tots on the spot and to arrive. For the other kinds arket Was quiet, but frm. About 350 bbis., in lot, e sold within the range of $2 50 a #2 W for Nd. 3, 33 = 1, $4 BY a BD for pale, and $b 4 a #7 foe i window giass, Tar was neglected, and prices were nowinal at our last quotations, 11.8.—-Linseed was dull, but unchanged in value lota were sold at B20. a & Otber kings were dull aud nomi hal at the quotations published in our laat issue. PREMOLE owas Dut iitte demand tor erude, im buik, and that was entirely for small lois to supply sent wants ot refiners, and no sales of conse jorted. Lotaon the pot were quoted at oy and ‘or January delivery at 13%¢. There was no demand for ernde, in bbIs., the last sale ‘of which was made at Iie. which price was generally demanded. Naphtha waa steady ab 93c., at which price sales were mace of 1,400 bbia. The markes for refined oil was extremely quiet, there being scarcely am Gemand, and prices were heavy and a tride lower, closlig ab 3-16c."m 23'4e. for lots for quick ; the tales were ll, being only 850 bbls. (115 vest) at 25 moderate demand for jobbing lots, wh Q8e. a Yo,, the latter price for prime white. the market was without activit; 6 demand from all ayers being light, but teady, ©: k, however, at Suc the spot, 2234¢., and Inte yesterday M4 Puovisioss, Receipts, iy tierces beef, M1 packages cu tierces lard.’ The business transacted in pork was very light, but the market waa firm at yesterday's closing quotations. Holders refused to welt for future delivery below ¥lY ah which price waa obtained for 20) bbls. for February. The Jobbing demand was light. Sales 120. bi Ty the Inaide price for thin, We hea which was generaily qnoted at mandi a Jobbing. hh were selling at In Philadelphia, oy Tor mei ted at 3igc. # Biqc. for hea iY, 9%, for piss, and Be. adc. tor Western. Beef hams we dull and “unchanged. A few small lois were sol within the range of #2950 a $l, tno Inter price for choice, For beef in bbls. there was demand at full previous prices, and sales were made ot Gu bbis, at $11 a $15 for plain mess aud B15 a $17 for io. Beef, in tierces, Was in demand and held with or Prime and india mess quoted at 525 1,000 tierees prime mess were sold on private terms, Cut meate were still slow of sale, there being no demand except for staall lots to supply immediat ecessities, and prices were ly nomunal, quote :—Westera’ and city pickied 10¥e, « 130.5 led shoulders, de. a Sigc.; smoked lie. w 160. ; belli a 10%gc. 10 bulk fresa hams, Ie. « r jut quiet on the spot; pric e109. boxes. sort. rib. at 10 clear re We quot do, 1c. m 1Lige. and heavy, and prices ay al tor prime and 260 erces at Wye. a Te it UJgc. for city; for closing at Ic. = The sales were and kettle Western, dorees, for January de 1 1a and 11) livery, Rick.—Carolina was dull and unchanged. The sales were coniined to small lots within the rapge uf 6iyc. a7iqc. for fair to choice. Rangoon was nominal. Stock to-day, 87 tierces Carolina and 9.200 bags Rangoon, STRARTNE.—-We hoard of no sales of consequence, the de- mand being light. Prices were heavy, though not quotably lower, closing at i1Syc. a 1c. for gvod to prime, in hhds., (OF quick delivery. SUGAR... The market for raw Was quiet, the demand being light, but prices were very irm at our quotations below. 1 offerlngs continued smail, The sales were 40) bands. at 8 gc. ¢. for New Orleans and Demerara, including 371 hbd atter, i art at public sale, at from’ B3ge, to lige. ; al jc. For redned tie demand was moderatel The sappy of all all ki a d prices were stronger. rt was light, We quote:—Uard, Myc. ; soft white, Wyije. 8 Me.; extra 0. 'f and yellow, Ike. « c. We quote:—O jor to common Fe fining, 94gc. 940.3 fair to good fai ining, c.; good to prime retining, 10%4c. a Wg, ; fair ‘ood grocery, Wise, a Wc. prime to choice grocery, 1074c. m Figo.’ conteltugat (lunds, and box ‘ (hhds.’ and boxes), 9c. a 10c: meia Boxes Dutch standard, Nos. 7 to ¥, Wo 12, Wye. nd ; do., 18 to 15, 1 a 127, . do, 19 to 20, 134 5 do. Rico—Refining grades, 9igc. a 03gc. w 1L3gc. froced ceere were sold 2,500 bags, to arrive per at $215, gold, duty paid, on sixty days’ ume" Clover was still held at izc., though a smail sale was made at lice. Timothy was dull and unchanged. TaLLow.—The market was quiet, ‘but pric About 40,000 Iba, prime were sold’ at Sigc. a Price being generally demanded. Wuiskey.—Kecelpta, 443 bbis. The market was quiet, heavy and unsettled and prices were decidediy lower, clos: ing at about Ye. There were sold 250 bbls. at prives ranging from 93}g to Mc. A FORTUNATE ADVENTURER, A Californian Builds a Sixty Miliion Doliar Railroad Over the Andes. After an American has been canonized in China for leading the tmpertal armies to victory against the rebels, and after ether Americans have en- tered the service of Egypt and made its armies effective, it is not strange that sull another of our fellow citizens is preserving the peace of Peru. Harry Meigs, this last adventurer, uses the arts of peace, however, and by his extensive railroad undertakings does more to keep the country quiet than any other man in it, by giv- ing employment to the lower classes. That, with good wages and prompt pay, makes them little inclined for Ggbuing for no pay and find themselves, A private lever from Callao says that he has a great number of noted revolutionists under pay, without any employment, excepting drawing their sataries, “by which means he keeps the couniry quiet;” any ettier condition would be the death blow to his un- dertakings. At this time ite is building-a road from this piace to cross the Andes, at a cost of sixty mil- lions. For two years he has maintained peace, and although that 1s the average duration of that bless- ing in Peru, so that murmurings of a revolution to be heard, it 1s Wo be hoped that he will suc- ceed in completing his projects, which will accom- plish mach In perpetuating the tranquillity in whic alone the country can prosper. Of the man andertaking tnese great things a cor- respondent writes:;—*This Harry Meigs, you wiil re- member, Was one of the most enterprising residents oft California. He ballt blocks of houses, ships and ratiroads, until, embarrassed by some unexpected losses, ne suddenly took his departure. ‘The piaces knew him once kuew him no more, to their sorrow, As eee he ores we pt ca, the mighty proprietor of stupendous en! and, what was best OL all, he sent neavy remittances to California, discharging every obitgation, with imverest and often an advance. This proved him an honorable as well as @ great man, and the adroit- ness with which he has secured the tnterraption of hostilities In and abont Callao gives bim much credit for generalship.” RepucrioN oF Reat Estas Valves tN Vine GINIA.— stated that a very large portion of the land owners in Virgiuia expres3 a willingness to sell their estaves at auy price, the burden of taxa- tion and the tneficiency of the labor system pre- vailing there pe ets than they can bear. Within a few weeks best lands in the State have depreciated tweaty per cent in salable vaiue. The Ricamond Dispatch says:—‘‘It ts simply an imposst- butty for the Virginia people to bear ail the demands for payment of deptand taxes that are accumulating axalast Wem, The weil ta as the does,”*