THE DAILY EVENING TK LEG R A PI I PHI L AD ELP1 II A, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1 800-
THE Ni:N(. Hit PEST.
The Performance of thn Orntnrio of the 'Mle
Hiuli" on Mnniliiy livenliiw.
The following nhould li.ive appeared in our
ifsuo of ycHterdny, but it was unavoidably,
delayed. . .,
From Our Oirn Corremmulent.
Baltimore, July 11. The oratorio of the
Messiah, as given by tho ItaUimoreniiH, cannot
be termed anything else th.in a success. It
was ho, not alone in respect to its musical-'
rendition, but also in tho h uMiony of disposi
tion and temperament of its vocal performers.
(Selected, as they were, from the different
organizations of Baltimore and from the
Hevcrnl ranks and grades of the musical pro
fession tin roof, they joined m the good work
of giving, with ' proper expression and em
phasis, the chorals of HuiuUTh great master
work, irrespective of lo;-al jealousies andpro
feKsional bickerings, thus promoting the
credit of their city and advancing the dignity
and prestige of its vocal force. Nearly 4(:)
singers of more or less nbility stepped out on
the platform this evening, and well and faith
fully did they interpret their parts. It is
doubtful if this could be said for other citios
possessing a greater number of singers than
Baltimore, beeauso of their petty malignity
and professional quarrelling.
The hull of the Maryland Iuslituta is ."".(
feet long, and will comfortably seat '.'"M)
people. It is not especially well adapted
acoustically, but in the present instance any
defect in that respect was not noticeable ex
cepting to a musical connoisseur. With tho
fine chorus and grand orchestra of especially
selected musicians, tho elVect was truly grand,
and, as oratorio music is something new in
Baltimore, tho audience, which was composed
in great part of the elite of the city, were in
ecstacies at the success attending the enter
tainment. Tho orchestra first distinguished itself by
the performance of the overture to tho ora
torio, the introductory ymee movement show
ing off to advantage the wind instruments,
followed by the fascinating lead for tho vio
lins, alley ro modem to. with bassoons, flutes,
and hautboys gently intermingling, tho whole
ending with an expressive itdnyio, giving
much effect and solemnity.
llimmer, the popular tenor who was wont
to gladden the hearts of ye l'hiladelphians in
German opera, then opened the sacred con
cert, by giving in fine voice and stylo the
recitative in E major, "Trooslot Zion, spricht
euerGott" ("Comfort my people, saith your
God"), which followed with .the aria, "Alle
Thale macht hoch und er haben" ("Every
valley shall be exalted"). It was evidently a
tax, not on his musical knowledge, but on his
vocal nower. owiuu to the in-eat extent of
space to be filled. Madame Hotter, the
soprano primo, was not so essentially success
ful in this respect; and, although she sang
with great expression and artistic ability, it
was noticeable that she was not so much at
home in this spacious hall as in the Academy
of Music in your city, which is not at all re
markable for its acoustic properties eitaer,
by-the-by. The lady is, however, justly en
titled to the deserved popularity and prestige
attending her name, and is properly esteemed
wherever she appears.
The composer has not given a great variety
of leading arias to tho soprano in this work,
but Madame Hotter made a good impression
in those intrusted to her, and has a fine,
methodical style of vocalization, and a sweet
voice of medium range. It cannot ba in
justice claimed, however, that her power is
more than medium.
Frederici, the contralto, is as lovely as ever,
and to-night she was most enthusiastically ap
plauded in one of the first gorus of the
work, "Er ward versclimahet und verachtet'
("He was despised and rejected") as well as
the other leading parts written for the cou
tralto. The noble basso profnudo of Hermanns
was most acceptable in all tho many fine seloo
tions Handel has especially favored that voice
with, amongst which may be mentioned the
aria (we give tho English names, that they
may be the more easily identified), "But who
may abide the day of His coming?" "The
people that walked in darkness," and "Why
do the nations so furiously rage ?" In each
of these he especially distinguished himself.
The choruses were given ith unusual pre
cision and promptitude, the different tempon
being taken up at once, and without evidence
of nervousness or embarrassment so fre
quently manifested on such occasions. The
lights and shades were nicely observed as to
th.e 2iitno and forte, passages, and, in a word,
tho results of good practicing and private
study were perceptible. Of course, very
much of the oratorio was omitted, but what
-was given reflected credit on the executants
in general, both vocal and instrumental, and
especially on Mr. Charles Lenschow, tho
director of the Su-ngerfest, who has labored
with an energy and zeal worthy of all praise.
The reputation and credit, however, necessa
rily attaching to his name from such an event
will amply repay him for the trouble he has
taken, and it is certain that the oratorio of
tke Menniah will not prove the least suc
cessful of his labors.
-A Jarfwon, Mla-slssim.!, .lputeh of tlio 9th s tys
Hiu new orjmn of tlio National Republican party
made ltw appearance to-day. t h0H)'4 ,,, y.
Juilfio Hint lor Governor. The salutatorv Hav It
will bo truly imliuiial in nil its Hti,is, yielliiiif hJtrtv
i 11 ml nmiuuhllcd support to tlio udniiiiiHiirtUoii .ir
Prthitkiit (irant, ami urging a Hnct adherence to
li e reconstruction actn. it will emleavor'to li,i.r
hliout micli wise and reusoni.i.1-' action on tlio inn i?t
the people of Mississippi as wl.l piu.:e Ul1ll , . .',
accord with L'onnrefcs und l ie mi; ion. and lc will 'id
vocitte universal funVu;a ami uuiversul ii'ime'stv
upon a basis of civil find political emiuty i i;
JiniKO Dents noiuinuuou on tiiu (iiuut platf ii ui
meets Willi warm approbation iiii'l (icuerul uViila-uo
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rnper says: Major V ott'onl, of JlUsisilppi, uo
n.y,, , w. JUUlSmilini U0
received a telegram from .lackxon in vi it
vliilt: "Tiie Nu'.loinil I'nlou ii..inu..i,....
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state, uj
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will supiiort Judtro J,e'ls Dent for liovernor. liig
lectkiu is a certainly. Will No accejit ;" TliU di:s-
and ApiM'als, t.'ie iSecretuty of War, the .l i lu (,f the
Criminal Court jit Vicksliurr, tlie I nitcd siate lns-
inci Attorney, t. c juurpiiy, aim inner promlncul
citizens. Miijor Wofl'unl W4 to-day uutlionzeii ly
.111111: 11:111, IU B!jr (J wuuni uvi:i-ii me llonUiKlLloll,
'lie couveniiou ineeu tlie lain 01 uniy.
IViuUir DiUiaeS u "11. j neio la Jc-reuoo."
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THE SICKLES TESTIMONY IL,
An Indrpondcnt Itmtirnl .lournal on the
He.
rem IteeeiUion.
frtmv tht A. Y. Xation.
We suppose few intelligent persons read
tho extraordinary 'testimonial" sent to Gene
ral Sickles, and signed by a number of "pro
minent citizens, previous to his departure
for his post in Spain, without feeling, if not
saying, that it is high time that there should
bo a I'lain, general understanding as to tho
nature and extent of the relations existing in
tho United States between morals and poli
tics. Wo cherish no delusions on this sub
ject. No politician need fancy that in open
ing tho subject we are going to furnish him
with a laugh at our expense, by arguing from
the assumption that none- but the. pure and
good should till places of honor or profit.
What we seek, and. what tho community seeks,
from' tho clas of people who signed this
Sickles testimonial, is a plain answer to these
two questious:
1. Would it be possible for a man to com
mit any crime so heinous, or lead any life so
debased, as to disqualify him forapolitic.il
ollicc in the United States?
L Suppose that there exists no such dis
qualification, what is your real opinion as to
the effect on social order and morality put
ting politics aside altogether of a publi j an
nouncement, such as has been made in this
Sickles cose, by lawyers, editors, merchants,
nnjj philanthropists, that a man of infamous
character is not only not unlit for a high
public position, but is deserving of "the per
sonal respect nnd esteem and friendship" of
his fellow-citizens ?
I.efct it should be supposed that wo ar.i in
dulging in mere declamation, with nothing
but a hypothesis for our text, let us briefly
state the facts of tho case. General Sickles
wns in so far as his life was concerned up
to the outbreak of the war, a New Yorkjpoliti
cion of the lowest order, which is saying a
great deal. But in addition to this, his pri
vate life was from early manhood down to .the
same period that is, to tho ago of forty-five
or thereabouts infamous in the literal, gone
rally accepted sense of that term. We are not
going to sully our pages by reiterating the
leading incidents in his career. It is suffi
cient to say that they are such that, to match
them in the case of a public man, one h is to
search not the historical literature of modern
Christendom, but tho pages of Tacitus or
Suetonius. This, wo admit, is strong lan
guage; but we mean it to be strong. Con
sidered in relation to the facts, of which, it is
intended to give tho reader an
idea, it is mild language. Moreover,
we are not in saying this giving the
results of mere rumor. Wo give a version of
his career which we have had from meu who
knew him well in his youth and manhood,
which hundreds in this city could confirm ou
ontb, which is, in part, of judicial record, and
which nobody neither he nor those who last
week attempted to fete him has had the
courage to deny. In short, the year iso'l
found hin n man with whom men of honor
in civilized countries do not associate, and
whom no respectable woman could meet un
der any circumstances in social life. The
war opened to him a chance of partial re
demption. The advice which honest men
who attach any importance to character would
have given him when he was entering the
army was to expose .himself freely, and earn
the silence and forgetfulness of the commu
nity he had lived in by an honorable death.
He served bravely, was badly wounded, an 1
survived tho war. We have no desire and no
occasion to underrate his military exploits.
1 Lis mistaKes or misconduct at trettysuurg can
not nnect nis moral character,and there are few
purely military errors which are not atoned for
by a desperate wound. But all that he
earned by his military cavecr all ho could
have earned by it, had it been twice as bril
liant would have been, as we have said, tho
silence of the public, about his past. In
serving in the army, and serving well, he did
no more than hundreds of thousands of men
of pure life and unblemished character. To
mention him in the same breath with thou
sands who entered the service, not as a refuse
from disgrace, but as the seal and continua
tion of long-cherished convictions, as the
last nnd noblest sacrifice to duty, would be to
insult them it living and dishonor their
memory it dead, i.11 short, all that his tigat-
ing entitled hnn to was silence and oblivion.
If it gave him a claim to anything more than
this, thut claim was amply satisfied by his
receiving rarua promotion to an out tn
highest military rank. This attained, a pro
per regard for decency and morality required
that ho should, during the remainder of his
days, obtrude himself as little on tho public
notice as possible, and that his friends should
call as little attention to his existence as was
consistent with the proper discharge of hi
duties.
A portion of the public, therefore and we
are glad to believe it is still by far the lamer
portion of tho public were both astonished
und shocked ly his selection for tlio Sua
nish mission, particularly when the rula
tions of the two countries were in r
most delicate state. They were astonished
and shocked, first, because his mili
tary career had not been such as to entitle
him to extraordinary distinctions or to any of
the more vaiuaijio prizes ol civillile: secondly.
because tho selection 01 such a man lor any
high oihco was nothing short of an insult to
the multitudes 01 men all over the country
who had served as well as he, and from far
purer motives, whose character was unsullied,
and whoso qualifications for diplomatic func
tions were at least as good, lhe appointment
of Sickles, in short, would have only become
legitimate when the position had been offered
111 vain to all other Americans 01 good charac
ter and education. As it was, his appoint
ment was an outrage on every gentleman wo
do not uso tho word 111 tho narrow, conven
tional sense who wore a sword or carried 1
musket in the war.
The appointment, however, is not tho worst
of it. Alter seeiner some of the men whom
certain constituencies send to Congress am:
place in other high ofiices, and whom pro
fessed radical "moralists pat on the back
and even cover with laudation, we cannot lie
too hard on tho administration if it now and
then puts a rim, or bully, or murderer, or
peculator in hiLdi office. There are lowe
depths of shame for the country than this
and wo have in the Sickles case reached them
There are. we take it. two L'reat restraints o;:
vice in our day the fear of God and the fear
of man. Doubtless some men are ke;)t in
tho strait and narrow way by a philosophio
love of virtue in itself; but this motive must
influence at best only a very small iiuuiV'r,
has never in any age influenced many, and is
never in any age likely to inlbwuca many.
The great defenses of society in our time,
and for all time to which it is worth
our while to look forward thd sana
tions which liainlain faitH between man and
man, respect for family and for property, for
truth, end chastity, and justioe are the
religious sentiment and the dread of public
opinion. Of the importance of both of those,
uobutiy w'uo louiouiburs how small a class ot
pffcuscH against (Society can, after nil, be.
reached by judicial pursuit; and how much
the law is always dependent for its effi jioucy
not simply on tho support it receives from
public opinion, but on the personal character
of tho men who administer it, needs any argu
ment to convince him. Courts and laws and
constitutions, however correct theoretically,
are, as has been a hundred times shown in
the history of tho world, worthless, unless
the people who Rtand behind them are,
on the whole, virtuous, and uso their
nlluence, their power,
their public
and blam 3,
honors, fheir praise
for the support of virtue.
Thero is a gre it
deal of talk amongst stump orators of late
about the resemblance between tho lite ot a
man and the lifo of a nation. They evidently
believe, though tho fallacy has been repe it
edly exposed, that tho life of n nation is a
physical life, and that, barring tho occurren3a
of accidents or acute disease, a nation m ty
count on youth, maturity, and old ago as a
foreordained right. Tho life of a nation is,
however, wholly moral, and if ibt moral tone
sinks below a certain point that is, if tin
moral standard of tho individual nrm win
compose it bo obscured and debased it may
die at any age, and may dio though its tre 1-
sury be full, its armies and fleets gigmtic,
nnd its territory immeasurable.
.Now when leading merchants, loading law
yers, and leading editors como forward and
deliberately sign a paper, as was done in New
i ork last week, not only approving of the se
lection of a man like General Sickles as tho
representative of the nation at a foreign court,
but expressing we quote their own language
their "personal respect, esteem, an', friend
ship" for a man whoso career up to the de
cline of lifo had been what is usually callol
infamous; and when leading newspapers load
him with eulogy on account of scrvice to a
political party which were not half so valuable
ns those of thousands of respoclablo men,
they do what they can, we have no hesitation
in saying, to break down one of tho strongest
protections against political and social
degradation. No merchant who "esteems"
or "respects" Sickles has a right to
ask his son or clerk to bo honest,
or pure, or faithful, or industrious. No pub
lic writer who lauds him can expect his ex
pression of zeal for reform to be treated as
anything better than an outburst of snivel
ling hypocrisy. Some of the papers report
"clergymen as having been present at the
reception by which the written testimo
nial was folio vcd up. If this is true, we
ought to have been favored with their names,
and they owe it to themselves to make them
public. They must be, in more senses than
one, remarkable men, who have been led by
their study of the Evangelists not only into
"esteem and respect for Daniel tu. nicxles,
but into deeming it their duty to hold him up
publicly as a model for youth. The affair
will, we believe, serve one useful purpose. It
will open the minds of the people at largo
more clearly than ever to the moral and politi
cal abyss which tho "men inside politics iu-e
preparing for" them, and into which they will
lend them if left alone, and the blindi?'
effect of party discipline and party fidelity on
the moral sense of even good men.
We have no doubt many of those who
signed this shameful testimonial did so out of
sheer cowardice. The number of persons
who have the courage or honesty to refuse
their names when asked to help a political ad
venturer into office is daily declining. L irge
numbers now endeavor to reconcile their
weakness with their sense of duty to the pub
lic, by writing privately to tho dispousors of
patronage, asking them to disregard thair
signatures to testimonials, inn tins device,
though it may in sonio cases prevent the
direct mischief of the "testimonial" system,
does nothing to neutralize the effect on the
public mind of the daily endorsement of
worthless persons by mei 1 of character and in
fluence. A weak and timid man who finds him
self templed to sign a glowing testimonial for
a L'ood-f or-nothing might better steel himself
for a refusal by a moderate potation than to
give way. Better go homo with a foul breath
than with foul hands; for hands which havo
helped, in never so slight a degree, to diminish
the contempt and hatred of one's fellow-citizens
for knaves and profligates, and to lower
their appreciation of honesty and purity, are
always foul. Tho salvation of this nation and
of ull other nations must come not from either
labor or climate, capital, soil, or products, but
from individual character. It is tho confi
dence in this which history, reason, and
revelation all justify which sustains and con
soles those who are disposed to be appalled by
the growing magnitude and importance of
material interests. Lasting national pros
terily is the reward and result of tho general
devotion to high ideas, of the general love of
tnith and justice, and the general faithfulness
to duty. All reforms which do not rest on
this as a basis are superficial and evanescent,
and it is this tremendous fact which explains
the rise and fidl of a hundred states; which
makes the importance attached by some of
our reformers to tho help of any rascal or
hypocrite they can rope into their ranks so
supremely childish and ridiculous. Our con
stitutional amendments and acts of Congress
are but as the flowers of the field, unless they
are rooted in the general integrity. He who
does anything to efface the distinction in the
popular mind between the honest man and
the rogue, between the honest patriot and the
self-seeking rowdy or demagogue he, and
not the armed rebel, or malignant Copper
head, or foreign tyrant, is the real enemy of
tho republic. No party triumph is worth any
thing if, in winning it, you have in never so
slight a degree depraved the popular taste or
perverted the popular judgment.
rjuws suivingARy.
City Airulru.
Yesterday afternoon, at half-past (!
o'clock, an attempt was made to kill and rob
Mr. Thomas Cromley, at No. 41 N. Seventh
street. Mr. Cromley is an old gentleman,
eight y-five years of age, tho owner of a num
ber of dwellings. The fact that he was a
landlord, frequently brought parties to his
house, and therefore no particular attention
was paid yesterday by the neighbors to two
men who about 7 o'clock in tho morning
passed into tho garden, and thence to tho
house, where they met Mr. Cromley. Mr.
Cromley says that theso two men, 0110 of
whom was a large and stout man, and the
other tall and spare, inquired if ho had houses
to rent. He informed them that In had none
vacont. Last evening the two men, accom
panied by a third, returned to tho house. One
f , i . 1 . ..1 1 v :i 1 1 . ,
01 me pariy emeieu, wuue me oinor two re
mained in the garden. The stranger again
made a demand for a house. While tho con
versation was taking place, the two meu who
had been left in the front garden passed along
the side alley to the roar, where an open
door gave them easy access to the kitchen
where Mr. Cromley had his intervio with
the strangers. He paid no attention to them,
supposing that they wore going to tho hy
drunt. Without warning thoy sullenly en
tered tho room, and one struck hiiu over tlio
forehead twice with some heavy sub.staucj,
und v.Lcn Lo uliciuulaJ. to il-fxiJ Uw-ijlT by
ruining hia uw, Lo received, several, bruijC8
about the wrist and hand. Tho attack failed
to stun him, and ho at onco cried murder,
when the would-be assassins ran from the
house, taking with them a gold watch, which
was lying on the table by the side of which
Mr. Cromley was sitting. The cries of Mr.
Cromley soon brought tho neighbors to his
assistance, and a physician was sent for. TI19
police authorities were notified of the occur
rence, and the detectives now have the mittar
in hand.
Yesterday afternoon a spocial moating of
Select Council was held.
The ordinance from Common Council
making an appropriat ion of 7,0 )0 to carry
into effect the provisions of the Registry law
wos taken up on second reading. Tho vote
stood: Yeas, 14; nays, none. (Tho Demo
crats not voting.) This not being a quorum,
a call of the House was ordered. No quorum
answered. A second and third call was m vie
with tho same result, whereupon tho Chair
announced the Chamber adjourned.
During yesterday tho Northern Homo for
Friendless Children and Soldiers' Orphans
was visited by a largo number of persons,
with a view of witnessing tho public exam
ination of the inmates, about four hundred
in nutpber. The exercises wero conducted by
Colonel McFarland, the Slate Superintendent,
who was assisted by Kev. Mrs. E. W. H itter.
The examination to-day will bo extended to
the Lincoln Institute.
Last evening, Lieutenant Michael II ig
gerty, of tho Second Police District, was pre
sented with a handsome gold watch and chain,
valued at 8:Ht.
Ann Mann, aged thirty-eight years, re
siding in the rear of No. 1 Asbury street, w.is
admitted to tho Hospital last evening; leg
broken by a fall.
Mary Dawn, aged forty-five years, resiling
at Seventh street and Washington avenuo,
was also admitted; cut in tho head by blows
inflicted by her husband.
An excursion for target practice was undo
yesterday by Baxter's Eire Zouaves. They
went to Wilmington, Del.
Yesterday afternoon a game of base-ball
was played between tho Athletics and Atlan
tics. It resulted as follows:
ATni.KTIC
Reach, Hd b
Hadellll'e, c
futhlicrt, It...
Fisler, 1st b
Seiisenilerlcr, c
Mc.MullcD, 8. 8. .
Koran, r. f
Fuluicr, p
lierry, 3d b
O.
...3
...3
, ..1
...4
f..3
...4
...2
...3
...4
Jl. ATLANTIC. O. R. It.
6 3 Pearce, s. 8 3 2 2
ft 6 Keuney, 2d b 4 8 4
6 0 Kormau, r. f 4 2 4
3 S.Chapmun, 1st b 3 3 3
4 ft: Ferguson, c 4 1 2
2 0 Crane, c. f 3 3 3
4 4 Zettlein, p 1 3 4
4 3 1'lke, 3d b 4 2 2
3 2 McDonald, 1. f. 1 2 i
Total 27 30 31
Total 27 21 2(5
INNINOS.
2 3 4ft
6 7
Cl.l'llS.
Athletic...
Atlantic...
4 n
.2 1
0 3
3 0
5 8 V,
1 0-21
Double Plays Pearce, Chapman and .Ferguson,
Berry and Keacli.
Foul Hound Catches Ferguson, 6; Pearce, 1; Rad
clill'e, 1 ; Fisler, 1.
Fly Catches Atlantlo--Cranc, 3: Pearce, 1 ; Ken
nev, 1 ; Forinan, 1 ; Chapman, 1 ; Ferguson, 1 ;
McDonald, 1 total, 9. Athletic Fisler, 2; Sonseu
Uei fer, 2 ; Keaeh, I ; McMullcn, 1 ; Foran, 1 ; licrry, t
total, 8.
Number of Hoses on Hits Athletic, 42; Atlantlc,,30.
l.eii on liiiHes Alter iieiiu uus iuiioji i,, rixier,
and Seiisenderfer; Formal), Ferguson, Zettlein, and
McDonald.
Put Out on Hns's l!y Chapman, T ; Pike. 1 ; Pearce,
1; Kenney, ljJFerguson, 1 total 12. Assisted by
Ferguson, 4; Pearce, 2; Pike, 2; Chapman, t.
liy Fisler, 9; Reach, 4; Horry. 215. Assisted by
McMullen, 6; Keacli, 4; licrry, 3; ltaaeiine, v ; Fin
mer, 1.
Catches on Strikes lladcllire, 1.
llmoirn Kliai Cone. Murvland Club. Haltlmore.
Seiners Messrs. H W. Benson and J. V. Nichols,
Time of Game Three hours and twenty minutes.
Domestic Allaire.
Gold closed yesterday at llliij.
Tho Chinese Labor Convention opens at
Memphis to-day.
The wheat crops in Santa Barbara county,
Cab, it is said, have altogether tailed.
Delegates to the Democratic Stato Con
vention are commencing to arrive at Harris
bnrg.
Williams anil Wccks, the two counter
feiters arrested in New York on Saturday, are
from Missouri.
To-morrow the President goes to Long
Branch to spend ten days, after which ho will
return to Washington.
James Wheeler was shot and killoil liy
Washington Ferguson at Louisville yesterday.
Ferguson is in jail.
A flash ol lightning m jtst jsosion yes
terday killed a lad twelve years okl ana clomO'
lished a Mr. Sullivan's house.
On application to the Department of
State, tho rules governing tho prosecution of
claims auainst Mexico may be obtained.
A deputation of New Jerseymen visited
Secretary Kobeson yesterday, anil congratu
lated him on his accession to a place in the
Cabinet.
On June S, two men, named Anderson
and Henderson, were killed by the Sioux
Indians, at Dry Point, on the east bank of
the Missouri river.
A fire-damp explosion at tho Empire Col
lierv. near Wilkesbarre, Fa., occurred yoster
day. Eight men were injured, but none were
killed.
Tn honor of the ouick passacro of the
vacht Dauntless from New York to Queens
town, one hundred guns wero fired in the
Citv l'ark. New York, yesterday.
The foundries of the Delaware, Lacka
nnd Western Itailrood Company, at
Scranton. Fa., were burned yesterday.
Several New York bank presidents gave
evidence before the Grand Jury in that city
yesterday concerning monetary transactions.
Several lcadinc financiid men will, it is ex
pected, be indicted for violation of tho usury
laws.
A despatch from Ilarrisburg, under date
of last evening, says: A few delegates to the
Democratic State Convention have already
arrived, amoncr them Messrs. Kandall, Degan
mill MeKibben. from Philadelphia: James
Burns, from Milllin, and General McCamant
Everything is yet all at sea with reference to
tho candidates. Tho Cass and Packer men
ovn l,.itli eonfident of victory, and the
former are disposed to pitch into tho Han
i.,.ek men hot and heavy, as attempting to
break up Ike time-honored Democratic
...,. l iliviiwinc this military fire-brand
Mill T sj o - ,
f.. 41, convention. It is conh
dently believed, however, that Hancock will
develop considerable strength to-morrow
niiht when his friends will attempt to count
noses' Wallace, the Chairman of the Demo
cratic' State Central Committee, has not yet
arrived. A large delegation of Cass men are
expected in the train from the West at :i
o'clock to-night. Thero will also bo largo
delegations from Philadelphia. Tho attend
ance of outsiders will be rather large. There
w ill evidently be some close fighting for tho
nomination. Tho most proniinont names in
connection with the Supreme Judgeship are
ex-Senator Cowan, of Westmoreland; Judge
Itvnn of Schuylkill; Judge Chapman, of
: V - ' - i i - . i.mi li ..c -i ..i. i : .
illicks, and iiuugo ijiwdu, ui ouiumum,
Foreign Allulrs.
Spanish reinforcements have been thrown
into Puerto Principe.
'1 bo vomito is raging with fatal effect in
the B inedios district.
a battle is report oil in the Sagua district
ja which the p-tnoU yt'cro defeated.
TTia iKAta of thirtv-threo Cuban rebels
havo been embargoed within tlio past week.
The following is tho last letter of Albert
Wyeth, telegraph operator, formerly of this
city, who was captured, among others, from
on board the Grapeshot, in Cuba:
Santiaoo pe Ci'BA, .Tune 21. Eugene Cisfner,
New York-Dear (Jenernl : oocl-hy 1 1 snail oe
shot at 7 o'clock this morning; It is now 3 A. M. 1
was sentenced about 12 o'clock last night. I hare
Just been baptized in the Catholic Chapel acre, an i
will pass the few hours of my life that yet remain t
nie here, with the good priests.
Tell (itorge Diven and Newell, and all my other
friends, of my fate. All who came on the vemel
have been shot. There arc three others who were
with me on the vessel who die with me. Thero is
no hope whatever, and he assured you will never
ssc mo again on earth. My love to Novell and
George, and ull the rest. Please send my trunk ami
contents to my mother, Mrs. K. J. Wyeth, Cham-
hiTHliurg, ra. loi(l-iiy. lie prepared 10 nieei me m
Heaven, whither I trust 1 am going. Your friend
till the last, Ai.. WVEnt.
Paius, July 12. In tho Corps Legislatif to
nv a messntre from the Emperor Napoleon
was presented and read by Minister li mber.
Tho messago states that the Emperor has re
solved to convoke tho Senato to consider tho
following quest ions: Tho right of the Corps
l.rgislatif to elect its own otheers; the simpli
fication of methods of presenting and ex
amining tho submission to tho corps of com
mercial treaties; for tho approval and con
trol of tho budget; tho abolition of any in
compatibility which exists between holding
at the same time a seatln the Corps and ollicj
in tho Ministry, and the extension of the
right of interpellation.
Similar questions with respect to the Senate
are hereafter to be considered. Tho Emperor
believes these measures will meet all demauds.
In conclusion, he asks the deputies to con
sider how often ho has abandoned certain of
his own perogatives, in the public interest,
for those already granted, which form an in
tegral part of tho institutions of tho empiro.
1 hey ought to leave intact those rights
which have been explicitly confided to him
by the people, and which are essential con
ditions of power as a safeguard of order and
society, lhe message announces no changos
in the Ministry. The reforms wdiich it pro
poses are generally considered to amount to
tho concession ot a bonn pac ministerial
responsibility as an element of executive
government.
An Urange riot occurred in Jicltast on
Sunday. The rioters dispersed when ex
hausted by lighting.
A Captain .Lambert was shot near ual-
wny on Sunday night. His wounds are con
sidered fatal. The assassin was arrested.
Tlie ieriiian Hospital.
Tho eighth and ninth reports of the man
agers of tho German Hospital for lsii" and
1 Mill present some interesting lacts. Uy the
charter the managers aro obliged to admit
and treat one-tenth of the sick without
charge, but in reality more than one-tit'th
have been gratuitously treated, and it has
been necessary to refuse numbers ot applica
tions on account of limited accommodations
and means. It is in contemplation to erect
at as early a date ns possible a more commo
dious hospital, to be established on tho most
liberal basis of humanity generally, irrespje
tive of "religion, nationality, or color.
The project for the establishment of this
institution was originated in lHr0; the charter
was granted in ISCiO. It is provided that tho
patients who shall bo admitted (except in
cases of accident), shall either bo resi
dents of this city, or immigrants who havo
not acquired a permanent residence. Ono-
teuth of the beds aro reserved for poor
patients, who are treated gratuitously.
The number of annual contributors is :"",
with til life-members and four associates.
During lfliS, L'bO patients were admitted into
the Lutpital, of which number 171 wero en
tirely cured, K much improved, L'l left the
institution of their own accord, and ;W died.
The "Ladies' Aid" has been diligently at work
during the past year in furnishing linen
goods, sewing, kitchen utensils, table furni
ture, etc., amounting in the aggregate to
471 'b'", besides giving tho institution the
benefit of weekly visits for tho inspection of
the cooking and female departments.
During 1HT the receipts were li',K"';!4
and disbursements 1:1, lM)-;f,and during lscs
the receipts were if' 1 1,01 1 '7." and tho expen
ditures i-ii,:i:o '.):!.
Tho assets of tho institution cousist of tho
hospital property at Twentieth nnd Norris
streets, valued at !$ii),)00; hospital furni
ture, utensils, cattle, etc., valued at &."):!:!!);
and arrearage duo amounts to 2.10, making
. ... r..l ! 1M-j' 1
a total ol !?ti.(,.i'.is. ine iiaouuics coiumn
foots up 4 4l) '!().
Tho officers of the institution are: Presi
dent, John D. Luukenuu; Vice President, M,
Richards Muckle; Treasurer, William Gross-
holz; Secretary, Louis J. Ladner; Solicitor,
Frederick Ileyer.
MARINE TELEGRAPH.
For additional Marine Xews tee First Pwje.
ALMANAU FOR PUILADKLPIMA-TUIS DAY,
Ritm Kinrs 4-HI'MOOS K:tTH l'JM!
Sun KfcTB 7-31IHIOH Watkb fa i
PH1LADKLPUIA BOARD OF TRADK.
JOFN O. JAMI'.H,
C h. Dumioitow,
TllOMAM L. CiiLLtsrlE,
I Co:
Committee oip the Month.
MOVEMENTS OP OCEAN STEAM.SIUPS
FOR AMKKIUA.
Bnmmia.. ..
lliberlltuu..
Tantii
.Hiuiil)Ura:....Now York June l!t
. . . l.iv.4i-io(il Otiubeo.
luii) :!1
....Liverpool Now York viu Bos..
. ...liliwKow New York
KlItHDIlltt.
.July a
.July
.luiy
St. 1-aurent r.resl .ow oik.
K....i,n I.ivprnool Now York.
July
1'nntMUiiy ixinaou Aew lurn ju'y
Alluniiiniiia Huvre Now York Inly
!. ot Kulliiuore. Liverpool Now York viu liul .. .July
Tripoli Liverpool New York July
Khtiin Soutluniinlon. ...New York July
FOR KUKOPK.
O. of Now York. New York. ...Liverpool July
F t mi
Now York....l.ivemool July
Kill-Bin.. .
tlhva
Neiirufku
lltiCltill.. .
Malm
..Now York. ...Hamburg July
New York Liverpool .
.July
New York. ...Liverpool . . .
.New York (tliiHtfow
...July
...July
...July
. .. Ju'y
...July
...July
...July
...July
...July
...July
...July
...July
...July
.. .New Yum
...New York.
..Liverpool ...
..Bremen
HanBa
Fuglum
Iowa
f lifv nf limit nil
...New York
iverpool . . .
. 'hw York (tlairow..
.New ork. ...Liverpool . .
Alanlialtan i ew i in n . ...i.ivm i.um
C. vi Ixmdon New York. ...Liverpool
C of Baltimore.. Now York. ...Liverpool ,
Idaho New York. ...Liverpool
UOAK'I'WIKK, DOMK.ST1U, F.TO.
Kinpirs I'liuailu taiarlestou
rionoer riulaila . .
I'.hkIo New York
Touawuuda Pliilada . .
(ieo.Wa&liiuKtonNow York
Juuiata I'hiluila . .
..WilmuiKtou
..liaviina
.July
..Suvaunuh July
..Now Orleans July
...N. Orleans and liav.Julv
Morrimao Now York
.Uto Janoiro July
Maila are forwarded bv every aloaiuer in the regular Imaa
The steamers for or from Liverpool call at Queuugtowu. ex
oept tbe Uanadinn line, which oall at Londonderry. The
learner for or from the Ooutinuut Oall at Soulil uupixia.
CLKAHI.I) YKKTERDA Y. '
Bliip Stadacona, Caaaiduy, St. John, N. 11., Robert Taylor
A Co.
hteamer Alillville. Honour, Mlllville, Wuitatl TatumlPi
Kteumer W. Whilldiu, KiKKaim, Baltimore, A. UnivoB Jr
liarque Trovatore, Blaneliaril, Boston, Warren 4 Urea'
bobr M. A. Holt. Holt. Boston.
Kchr Clara Merrick, HarKes. Boston,
Hcbr Jobn Shay, Weber, Boston,
Ktbr By Slate, Lonu, Portsmouth, N. II
tii br Whitney Lohk, Hays, Kalem,
Hebr M. O. Mosely, (Irani, Boston,
Kcbr Klixa Knglisli. (Jniwell, Bostou,
bvhr Thus. Clyde, Morris, Boston,
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
ATtRIVKI) YKSTKUDAY.
Ktennisbip Roman, linker, 4H hours from Boston with
ni.lse. and ias..nK..r to H. Wii.,r Co. Saw. oft the
tapes of lie Kelawsre, one ship an, I on hrW. bmin.l in-
CU Ik.l.l.l.tOW juiUM, OJ1UU.W.OU 1'.HL
BriK Scandia, B.iikeli. bant.io, L. Westerunard A Oi.
k "i" ii w1 .""'"li e.,,1,u C'enluego., IS. A w. Wl!i
hebr Addle tuller, Henderson, Boston. J K Blv ii,
Kebr Plouiib Boy. Wilson. Boston. I.u - i.'i ? 5
. i .. uuununu A I'll
Rloftmcr Tarony. Nichola, M bonre from New York, wHlt
tnrlsfl. to W. M. llaird A Co.
Steamer Millvillo. Kenear. 1 day from Now York, with
mdso. to WbiOill, l atum A Co.
Bebr M. U. Burnlte, uuroornngn, i nay irom uamaeui
Pel., vtith crain to Jan. I.. Bowley A Co.
Kehr R. .1. Conner. Pardee. 1 day from Magnolia, with
gram to jaa. L. Bewloy A Co.
Fprrtal Ittpntrh to Th Krmtnif TrtTrwh-
IIAVHF-lK'UHArF, uuiy I.I. l ne uarre yiuauue, wiw
flint for Trenton, loft here In tow this morning
... i. ... l . ...... . im.-.j it, i r f DTltf
Wrw Vnu v (l.ri. v I.. ! 1 1 IT, wa KnaM Im In tAW
to riKht for Baltimore, light.
. . ' 1 1 I Tll.11. .1 ..1..V.1-
ili'iin Tail iiirfu, wnu ore, i ui k ,i i i!7.,.m.
11 . li .. . ...... T..l 1.1 TK fntlMwlnrf
Iifli.iim.inn ini.in i.ri i. r., i.u.j am. " " ....... n
barges leave in tow to-night, eastward : .
11. narm'li; meuwMi : uos. oyrnes; vj. n. tv.wn, r.
Hynik ; and C. Connelly, all with eoal for New York.
A Iro the following for Wilmington C. Gere; W. Q.
Gillespie; L. Royer. UH.O,
MK.MORANOA.
Khln Alaska. Small, from New York for 8:in Frncisc0.
was spoken CI h Inst. lat. if.Mong !. ....
Ship lieiord, I oiler, trom Liverpool lor i uumioipuia.
was utt watenoro atn nit.
Stoanisbip Norman, Cmwrdl, nence.ai rinston yesterday.
Baiiiue Hortha Temple, Mitchell, Irom Ixmrion for Phi.
ladel hia. sailed from (ravesenii HOth ult.
Barque . I. dimming, Hook way, hence, was at Cow Bay
tith inst , for New York.
Brig Samuel Welsh, uarran, nuoDjrau insi., lor
New York.
Schr Ann Shepard, Bowdttcn, nonce, at i rovuience iota
instant. , ,
fcidir Anna Wyrlck, Stevens, from 1'rovincoiown ior i-ni-lndelphia,
at Newport iib int.
Si hr J. II Biirtlett. Harris, from Providonoe for Phil.
delpbia, sailod Irom Newport P. M. Pth inst.
ri-lira Agnes, Koppnor, ana Meaning nu. o. , uouw
at Norwich lull inst. , .-
Schr Mary Anua, Burns, hence, at Washington, v. u.t
ll'th Inst. .
rLltr I uiiinni nunmii. ,, iikiiiiiikiuui iui . ......v, w.u.n
sailed Irom Fall lliver II th inst.
Kchrs Beading Kit. No. .o. Weeks, from new naven;
ni.nrt I I,..,rl Adnma: li. It Munn. Munn: and Morninc
Ster. from New Umdon, all for Philadelphia, passed Hull
Gate 11th inst. ,.
KchrJ. C. Henry, llilks, for Lynn; II. w. nenonicT,
Pease, for Oreenport ; Sorgo, Warwii k, for Northporf, and
Wind, Warwick, for Norwich, all from Philadelphia,
pr'd Hell Gate 11th Inst. ., .
Schr Win. 8. Houghton, Tatem, for Philadelphia, sailed!
fmm I'ortsmouth 7th inst.
Schr F.lla F. ( 'rowell, llowo, from Boston for Philadol
Phis, at New York llth inst.
Scbr Reading RR. No. 4ti, Davis, at Now York llth inst.
from Norwich. ,
Schr Hannah Wheolor. Webb, hence, at New York lOtlt
instant. . . i
Schr A. A. Andrews, Kolley, for nmaiieipnia, cioarou at.
Boston luih inst. ,
Schr C. 8. Walson, Adams, for Philadelphia, sailed front
Nantucket 3d inst. , .
Schr 8. L. Stevens. Small, hence, at Gloucester 10th insti
Scbr Zeyla, Crowell, hence, at Bangor (till inst.
SchrC. Madden, Wainwrigbt, henco, at Providoncs 9ut
inst , for Pawtuckct. .....
Schr J. H. Marvol. Qulllen, hence, at Norfolk th inst.
Scbrs 8. A M. D. Scull, Steelmsn: Annie May, May!
R. W. Godfrey, Garwood; F. Nickerson, Kolley; auj
Trado Wind, Corson, hence, at Boston Mb inst.
NOTICK TO" MARINERS.
Notice is given that a new fog signal bas been estabu
lished at Cane Ann (Fletcher's Island) Light Station,
coast of Maine. , , ,
It consists of a trumpet,, 15 feet in length, operated bj
an Kricsson hot air engine, giving a blast of seven seoondS
duration, at Intervals of 43 seconds. ' .
The trumpet rotates through an arc of ISO degrees, from
the vicinity of the Salvages on the northeast, around by
cast to the vicinity of Eastern Point, and will be heard
more distinctly between those points than elsewhere.
The signal is located in a frame building n jar the basa
of the southerly tower.
AMUSEMENTS.
ATRS. JOHN DREW'S ARCH 8TREET
11 THEATRIC. m ,
ijhkat SUCCESS. THIRD WEEK
of the Comic Pantomime of HUMPTY DIIMPfY.
TONY Iih.MI-.lt in a uomicai mill uance.
GRAND SKATING MATCH between Alirod Moe and
Professor ( ioodricb. tlioChampion Skater,
and NF.W THICKS and IMNCKS F.VF.RY F.VENING,
ADMISSION ijll tKI, ) cents, and 25 cents.
7PJ6t ALKX. F1SI1KR, Busineas Manager.
V
ALER'S (LATE MILLER'S) WINTER
T G A K 11 r. ros. vj', r, cm, ana im v i.i n. niresi.
I 11 rj uttrtilU imi'lirni anj.i, iiirmtin; inn jnfwr
of the GRAND DUKIC OK BADKN, purchased at great
expense by JACOB VALKR. of this city, in c imoination
with FLAMKR'S ORCHKSTRA and Miss NF.t.LIK AN
DKHSfaN will perform F.VF.RY AFTKRNOON and
free.
r. r.mjtx at tuo luuTV-naiuuuawi yuwv. aumiwiua
1 13tf
RACES.
oirvr ki:ci: imkh,
JULY 15.
STAKE, 250. 3 In 3.
D. Bcdinc to Wagon, VICTOR PATCH EN.
If. Owens to Harness, b. h. MIKE.
Admission, f 1. 7 13 2t
ICE CREAM AND WATER ICE.
Y H E NEAPOLITAN
ICE CHEAM AND WATEK ICES.
THE PURKST AND BEST tN T1IK WORLD.
This celebrated Brick Ice Cream and Water Ice oan bt
carried in a paper to any part of the city, as yon oul4
candy. Filteenor twenty different kinds of them are kepi
constantly on hand, and ON K IIUNOKICD OIL KKHK.Nl
FLA YOKS can be made to order for those who desire U
have something never before seen in tbe United bUktM.
and superior to any Ice Cream made in Kurope. .
Principal Depot No. litU WALNUT Street.
Branch Store No. liOU SPRLNO UARDICN Street.
115 F. J. ALL KdRKTPT.
HOME LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YOItK,
WALTER 8. GRIFFITH, President,
A solid, safe, and reliable Company.
A soots over two million dollurt ($2.0uu,00u), inoit aecurely
nvested, and rapidly increasing.
A IHEiHllERSIIIPOF oveu 10,000.
Persons contemplating assurance on thoir lives are
vited to Diamine the literature at tbe Company, whiof
may be had at the Philadelphia office,
Sonttiwest corner of FOURTH and LIBRARY Street!
6 3 thstu3m B. K. E.ST.EIt. ipncrnl Agesu
PAPER HANGINGS.
3 E A N & WARD,
I'LAIN AND DECORATIVE
PAPER HANGINGS
NO. 251 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT AND BPECCB,
PHILADELPHIA.
COUNTRY WORK PROMPTLY ATTENDED
TO,
S 185
T OOK! LOOK!! LOOK I ! ! WALL PAPERS
XJ and Linen Window Rhadoa Msmfactured. the
cbeapest in tbe city, at JOHNSTON'S ui 1
rir2Vv,V? V,2,,i JOHNSTON'S Oepot.No. I
n,ft n'; '"i btreet, below K.leventh, Branoh
y fr-y"J"oea, new jersey
1U, w
8 264
No.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE
M A I S E R
K3 M
.,ki) FIRE AND BUHOLA R.PTf nn oarrrar
LOCKbillTH. BELL-HANORH, AND DEAJLKR lli
uniiiiu UoilUWAUlf,
8M No. 434 RACE Ktrpfit.
ACRIOULTURALi
O W-i;iAJ)ELPiilA RA8PBEKKY, JUUU
fitrTiTi ' Aflcu"aV.Btl ud othBr Btiawberryt Uwtof
V ibt'Iry 1 lau'! Urt?ord Concord, and other (.ra3
loraalsbf T. fi. O. K. fcLKTOIIKK.
Dwlanoo. N. J.
EAFXFSS. EVERY INSTRUMENT THAT
lo eyerv dtwree uf (ItMifuora; aUo. KenpirAtuni; also, Cma
J?1.1.8. .P pn! Cruche, uiwrior to any othera in ,iHj. at P-
MAUI IRA'S, o. 115 Kouth
TKNl'U Street, be!o
U
TRUNKS! TRUNK8! TIMtvks!
Valises, Bags, Shawl Straps, and a cens.ol as.
aouiuent of goods for travellers. Large stotji, low o.ioos.
. E. P. MOVKil A b:.
No. VJU MARK KT Si r.2'-
lm
fi TO THE PUBLIC THE FINEST A?
largest, assortment of the latest styles of But
li J.aitors, and BLoea for Meu and Buys tma
NO
Boot.
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