THE DAILY EVEK1KG TELEGRAPH-TUILADEEPILIA, FRIDAY, SE1TEMRER 17, 1809. TltK OCTUKER MAOAZISIH "PUTNAM'S." -iitr lirtillu-rs fc Co. send us the October fcumbcr of Pilnauts Magazine, wblch has the lollowiuic Uxblo of contents: "Clncllrt" I, Edward Saucer; ''The Lant of tlx Troubadours." President Henry Coppee; 'The Dream irf Pilate's Wife," C. 1 Crunch; Laviniti Hep Proirrc.ss" fConnlnrterlY Caro line ChcMjbro; "Old Boston mid 8t. Botolpli's," Mrs. Nathaniel Hawthorne; "Something about Funjfi," E. C. Wright; "The Charge at Valley Mnloy," Jnmes T. MeKav; "Treasure Trove, Sydney Hyde, "Childhood"," a Voluntary, Mary Dean; "Prineecu Belglojoso on Italy." II. T. Tnckennan; "Leaves liom a Publisher 8 Letter Book"!, O. P. Putnam; "Notes among the Indians" II, Vincent Colycr; "To-Day," a Ro mance Chap. VIII-XI. K. B. Kimball; "A Mining Adventure in New Mexico," Raphael Piimpelly; "Fallen Angela." Mrs. J. .1. Piatt; "Literature At Honied "Fine Arts;" "Table Talk;" "Literature, Science, and Art Abroad;" "Current Events." As interesting as anything in the magazine is Professor Coppce's paper on Jasmin, "The Last of the Troubadours," the Provencal barber-poet, known to most English readers solely through Longfellow's fine translation of his exquisite poem, "The Blind Girl of Castcl-Cuillc:" Jacques Jasmin was born at Agen, the chief town of the Department of Lot-ct-Garonne. It is worth nothing that the elder Scaliger died and the younger was born here, bceau.se their fame teems to have dwelt in the memory and affected the imagination of Jasmin. Ho be came, he says, a dreamer by the fountain when, lie was told" that "a famous writer, Jules-Cesar bcnligor, hud made his immortal verses chime with the sound of its silver wave." We are indebted to one of his earlier poems, "Mous Sonbenis" (mes souvenirs), which ap peared in 150, for a simple and touching ac count of his early career; he describes the hard whips and extreme poverty of his youth, and elves a humorous account of his peccadilloes. The Jasmins, for generations, had the unfortu nate habit of dying in the almshouse, and he touchingly describes the parting with his poor old grandfather, as, overcome by poverty and picknes, he 6ets oil tottering lor the same final resting-place. Onco the Jasmin family were without bread, aud his mother's wedding ring, en dernier ressort, went to the pawnbroker's to furnish a meal, add when it caine, how the children laughed aud shouted, and ate, oblivious of the morrow ! The furniture of the old room, how meagre ! Then come his lessons at the church seminary or charity school, and the story of his progress; in ilx months he had learned to read, nix months after he was an acolyte in the mass, again six months pass, and ho is a simmer in the choir, intoning the Tctnlum Ergo. A comic account follows of his llr'st love scrape; he is caught and locked up, but passes the time in stealing the preserves of the superior an unpardonable siu; and thus, six mouths alter, ho is driven away accursed. At length, behold him iu the maisonette blew; apprentice to the barber, to learn "the silver secrets of the razor and the comb." But while he learned to make and dres3 wigs, to cut hair and to shave, the burning passion of song came upon him. His leisure time was passed in reading, but ho revolved poems in his mind aud sang them even with the scissors or razor iu his hand. He read Florian aud Lucra; Lmninil, fell in love with the lan guage of Estelle, and determined to write in "that sweet patois which she spoke so charm ingly." With a crowd he went to the theatre, and he was In ccstacics at the play, the music, the scenes; ah, " que tic pais nnnvela Oh coumo y canton blen! quln parla dous ct tenrtre." With such simple events, a double existence, ho Eays, was engendered within him; the oue crav ing a solitude in which ho "dreamed a thou sand sweet things," the other seeking the tray world with its myriad pleasures. At eighteen he married, dfesscd for tlffc occasion in his "dyed cap, blue coat, ana coarse smrt wita a calico front." Then in the hey-dey of youth, and feeling the aillatus of poetry, the question naturally arose whether he should shave or sing for a living; but seeing iu a country paper the sage couplet: 'Pegasus was the horse that bora Poets to the almshouse iloor," k made his final determination that he would Ehave for a living and sing for pleasure, aud he never deviated from this determination. This is a very simple recital, taken from the souvenirs, but they are throughout illustrative of the man; proud of his poverty, proud of his trade, and proud of his verses. His first published work, aud one which im mediately gave him renown, was Lou Chalihari (Le Charivari), a mock-heroic poem, conceived without a knowledge of Homer and the schools, 60 correctly, and executed so powerfully, that, in the opinion of Nodier, if contests the prize with the Lutrin of Boilcau and La Secchia ii'a pila the rape of the bucket) of Tassoui. In 1835 appeared his little pastoral epic L'Abuglo de Castcl-cuille (the Blind Girl of Castel-Cuille), of which Leon de Lavergno speaks as "Cette touchante histoire qui a fait verscr tant de larmes sur touto la lluue des Pyrenees." Although it has been ren dered by Longfellow in English as well as both Idioms would admit, there are a frebhness and naturalness in the btory, antt a harmony and tenderness in the language of the original, which are not even approached in the translation. In 1840 he gave to the world his Franconneto (Franconnette),which ho dedicated to the city of Toulouse, and which eminent critics have considered his best poem. The elite of Toulouse had given him a banquet in 1830, and the President had offered as a sentiment, "The adopted son of the city of Toulouse Jas min." This poem was his response. In 1810 he published his Mallro VInoucento (.Crazy Martha), which, If not so much a work of varied art, is a still more touching 6tory than Franconnctte. The next year appeared Lea Diur. Freres Jitimanx (Lousdns fra.is bessoits). and In 1849, La Semaine d'un Fits (.La sonimauo d'un til). We have mentioned only his principal poems; Lis minor verses are all striking and beautiful; but we must pass them by, to say that, with all . ibe Mnmlicitv. causality, and freshucss of the improvisatorc. In seeming, the poetry of Jasmin -is in reality luorouKiuy lauoieu mm i-iuifif. It pomes. Indeed, fresh from the heart, nnd speaks to the heart, it is In the language of the people; there is no rhetorical artifice; he was iL'iioraut of the schools, but. like a skilful r.iiiriipr. be works bv rules, although self-taught lie makes the cartoon, he studies his persons aud groups from life, he spreads his canvas, and I p snnrp nn labor to make his figures speak and live before us. His poems are thus cabinet pictures of rare truth auci rare iimsu Them Is a missaifc- in his life which !! Instates Ids biffh nnnreciation of the labor justly demanded by the art of poetry, and In which he speaks admirably for himself. Tnere was a cer tain revrotte, a peasant poet, like himself, a jiot'ur of the department of Henuilt, who seut him a Christmas challenge In 1847 to recite verses In the style of the old trombadours, at the rublic games in Montpelier. Peyrotte proposed that four persons kuown to literature should name three subjects, that the poets should be shut up for twenty-four hours to treat them, and then come forth and compete for the prize in public recitation. This, challenge was made puu.P. w jllslluu, ktt,,,. ju reply:- Kir: I received onW ilav before y ester-';:" ; evening before mv departure, your HtrtA poe-tiqu; but 1 must tell you that hail 1 received It at a more CppoHune time, 1 should not have been uule to ac cept it. what! sir, yon propose to niy muse, wblub'so much loves fresh air mid liberty, to shut Itself up lu a close room, guarded by (our WulliirlH, who would let nothing but lood pass In, aud, there, to treat three given subjects In twenty-four hoitrsl . . . Three subjects lu twenty-lour hoiusl You make me shudder, sir. In the danger to which you would eubjett my nrnse, I must confess to you, In all hu ipihtv, ttfc. It has ben so m;r la If follow lug t.r the ancimt ,, as to be miy able to grant me two vr thru vnnet a Oau. My five poems: VAwMi'l: M Kvuvtitin, FrtHWvimUte, Murtht in I'vUr, nml I a lUvx Jumra"x, have cost me twelve years of labor, and they do not, moreover, number In all more than two thousand four hundred verse a. The chances, you see, would not be ennol. Hardly would our two muses breonm prisoners, whfln yours would have finished the triple tab, Wore mine, poor little wench, would have found Its Urst Inspira tion. 1 do not, therefore, dare to enter the Hats with yon. The horse that drags Its ear painfully along, but which, nevertheless, arrives at Its goal, cannot com pete with the fiery locomotive. The art which pro duces verses one by one cannot enter Into competi tion With the reriw-farlnru. "So mv mnse declares Itself Inttdvanee conquered, 1 authorized you to register my declaration to that effect. 1 have the honor, sir, to salute yon. "Jacques Jasmin. "P. S. Now that yon know the muse, In two words, know the man. I love glory, but the success of another never disturbs my sleep. J. J." Next to this eclf-rcspect and this palns-taklnj? devotion to his muse, the most striking charac teristic of the poet is wonderful versatility. Most poets perform best in a single part; Jasmin is not only equally felicitous In the 'grave and the gay, but he so Intermingles both that his power over the reader is greatly enhanced thereby. I le passes witli perfect command from laughter to tears, from the c profundi to the Ejtaltavi. Add to this that he was a great actor, as well as a great dramatist. With a singularly mobile face, effective natural gestures, clear pronunciation, aud u nobly modulated voice, lie recited and acted his own poems, to the great delight nnd amid the enthusiasm of thousands who flocked to hear him, as he made his annual tour through the provinces. Often visited lu his huinblo home by strangers and tourists, ho would burst from his shop luto his little sanded parlor, razor or comb In hand, and say, "Ex cuse me a few minutes, I am shaving a custo mer." This done, he would return nnd take out his portfolio. "Shall 1 make you laugh or cry? or perhaps both? I can do it." And then, although his auditors knew nothing of the lan guage, the acting was so excellent that they taught Its meaning, and laughed or cried as he played upon the chords of their hearts. They saw the stoi v in his face, and at his fingers' ends. Lavergno, after witnessing such a display, de clared: "II est plctireur, il est boulTon, "il est sublime, il est naif e'est un grand artiste. "The man was the poem himself, the last and greatest ol the Troubadours, one of the people, the friend of the people, the poet of the people, making the old patois resound again through Franco, singing not chansons de gesle and siroentcs, not the impurities of the ga; srwmr, aud the arrets d' amour, but the simple lile of the peasant and a pure morality never tarnished by the humid breath of lusl. Jasmiu never lost his simplicity, but with It he always had a harmless, and what may be called a self-protecting, vanity. He estimated himself at his real value; he thought himself the best modern poet Franco had produced. Titled visitors, who came to hear him read, he received in his humble house with genuine good humor, but without obsequiousness. They came to him, and he obliged them; ho wanted nothing they could bestow. He was the poet-hero of Agen, which gave him a golden crown; at Lyons he received two crowns. He was the adopted. child of Toulouse. Allured to Paris, he was kindly received by Louis Philippe and his family, in vested with the Legion d'hopneur, and, what ho esteemed much more, was honored with a ban quet by the barbers of Paris. At the seance of the French Academy on the 20th of August, 185'2, he received the "extraordinary prize" of five thousand francs, on presenting which M. Ville main, the distinguished litterateur and perpetual secretary, pronounced a laudatory discourse of great beauty and finish, in which, after men tioning his other claims to this prize, he says: "Another glory of this original talent, a title by which it seeks the literary crown, is that ft breathes only :hc justest and purest sentiments God, country, the family, love well bestowed and faithful, grateful friendship, zeal in the cause of the poor, the orphan, the suffering, for the village church, for the ruined homo of the good priest, for the statue of the hero." To whom else among the brilliant crowd of modern French writers could such an eloge belong ? Often urged to come into the sunlight of patronage or court faver at Lyons and Paris, and to repose upon bis laurels, lie atwas's refused, and returned happy aud contented to the mai sonette blew, where he died on the 0th of Octo ber, 1804. We have reserved for another paper, should time ana space warrant, a version ot nis story of Crazy Martha (Maltro L'lnoncento), wnicu our readers, we icci sure, win tuantc us for bringing to their knowlcege. CITY COUNCILS. $eh el Jiranch President Stokley occupied the chair. There was a quorum present, the reading of the journal was presented and tho business went on. An invitation was received and accepted to visit tho Teachers' Institute meeting, to-day, at Musical Fund Hall. The resolutions of tho Board of Control, re ported in our issue of Wednesday last, asking for certain appropriations, were referred to Committee on Schools. A communication from certain workmen employed in cleaning the streets, asking means to draw their pay, was referred. A long printed communication was received from tho Schuylkill Navigation Company, making claim on the corporation for giving it water. It sets forth; That, by the contracts of the company with the city tor the use of the water power created by the erection of the dam in the river Schuylkill, near Fail-mount, it is in effect stipulated that, whenever by the use of the water of the river at that point, lor the purposes of navigation and for water power, the water is drawn down to the top of said dam, then the city shall stop using said water power un til the water rises to the top of the dam, thereby leaving the whole of the water for the purposes of navigation, and only granting to the city the right to ute as water power any surplus of water that may then be left. Toward the close of .July it became necessary for the Company to call on the city for a compli ance with these contracts. The agents of the city stopped the use of the water as water power, so that navigation was only partially interfered with. But on the 11th day of August, the agents of the citv having at that time drawn the water consider ably below the top of the dam, refused to shut off the water irom tueir iuaumnery, tuereDy Btopping the navigation of the river, and greatly damaging memorialists. On tho 14th of August, while this state of things continued, the Chief Engineer of the Water De partment made an application requesting that the navigation of the river should be wholly suspended, and that the city should be permitted to use the whole of the water of the river until the famiue for water was passed. The Chief Engineer stated lie had no power to bind the city to indemnify the Company for the damase which might occur, yet exprtseed the conviction that a full indemnity would be accorded by the city. In answer to this application tho Navigation Company at once or dered their locks to be closed, and several of their up) er dams to be drawn. This arrangoment was, on tho Jd day of August, communicated to your bodies at a special meeting. At said nicotine the action of the Chief Engineer and of the Committee on Water was approved of, the liability of the city for indemnity was recognizee, ann an appropria tion of twenty-five thousand dollars was made, to be paid on account oi saiu imiuiuimy. 'I'Ijh Btfiimace of navi oration has continued for more than a mouth, aud Las been lately only par tially removed. From the above facts, it will bo Been to what ex tent in time the city is liable to make payment for the obstruction of navigation. The object of this memorial is to secure immediate- payment on ac count of the indemnity, and to arrange for the final ascertainment uiwwi iu iuii. , . .. It must be borne in mind that the river Schuylkill u arent imblic highway, entrusted by the State to the care and control of tho Navigation Company, and that th"" are bound at all timos to keep it in UetHhifr0conrtrHcts for a supply of water-powar, thev have atall times and with all parties stipu-lated-as by their charter they were hound to do that the use of the water of the river for water rower should cease whenever tt was required for ihe imrnoses of the navigation, and hitherto these contracts have bV'en enforced against all the water tenam the cltylncln.led. Itls susceptible of the olMrVstr tlitirHtheclty had, in compliance with her cotracttopped using the water-power of the river when so'requestedV the Navigation CoiuWaf . thl would Uv b0 u abuu.Uut su i nhMo? all the Purposes of navigation. The only Ktoa 'thit MlK. between the city and he Na vigation Vojntyttuy is the amount of the Indemnity to be paid, and In what manner it shall be ascer tained. First In the consideration of this claim, we put the case of the suffering boatmen. Without In any way waiving their legal rights, we have propowd to them that the demurrages named in their bill of lading shall be the measure of their claim, and that the basis of a settlement with them should be as follows: First. To estimate that, according to the regular running of their boats, it would take five days for them to reach the locks at Fairmount from tho date of the bill of lading, and tha for every day beyond live days from the date of their bills of lading they were Drevented from passing the outlet lock at Fairmount, they should be allowed demur rage at the rate of six dollar per day for the first four days, and twelve dollars per dav thereafter. huch a measure of compensation seems to be the yery least that should be allowed to them, and we trust it will be promptly and cheerfully granted. Second. As to the claim of tho Navigation Com pany Itself for indemtdty, we propone, also without prejudice to our legal rights, that the following rules shall be adopted: That tho tonnage of coal and of miscellaneous ar ticles carried over the works of the Company for the menth immediately preceding the stoppage of navigation shall be taken as the measure of busi ness of which the Company has been deprived, and that compensation shall bo made therefor at the rates of toll charged thereon at the time of the stoppage less the amount that tho Company would have paid thereon for tho expenses of lateral rail roads, for shipping coal, and for drawbacks thee being the only deductions that should be made, as all the other current expenses of the Compauy have remained unchanged. Hy the contract between this Company and the Philadelphia and Heading Kallroad Company, relative to tho leases and working of certain lateral railroads in Schuylkill county, it is stipulated that If the anthracite coal trade is not, by working un der said contracts, divided between them In certain proportions, the party having an excess shall pay to the other twenty-live cents per ton for such ex cess. Hut that if the works of either Company during that period of the year which runs from the 1st oi April to the 15th of December shall not be in use, the computation of the coal trade for the as certainment of the respective portions of the par tics shall, while such suspension of use continues, be suspended also. lty the stoppage of the business of the Naviga tion Company by the city this suspension of com putation of tontiago is now in force, and the lo.ss thereby caused Is considered a fair and legitimate item in the matter of indemnity. We therefore ask that Immediato measures shall be taken by your bodies for a settlement based on the foregoing principles, and that payment shall be made for the time that has already been lost by the boatmen nnd the Navigation Company; and that, if the stoppage shall be continued for a longer period, weekly settlements shall be made, and pay ment thereof bo accorded on the same basis. Adopting the principles above suggested, it is estimated that the present claim against the city amounts to upward of four hundred thousand dol lars, which would be about equally divided between the boatmen and the Navigation Company, and on this largo sum only twenty-five thousand dollars have yet been paid. Jn conclusion your memorialists will state that in making out their claim for indemnity they have endeavored to place it on the most favorable ground for the city, and they feel that your bodies will be cheerfully and cordially sustained by the publio in a settlement that will be characterized by its just as well as equitable features. tsy order ot the managers. F. Fkalky, President. Office Schuylkill Navigation Company, Septem ber 1C, 18G9. Tho memorial was debated at length, It was explained by Mr. Smith, of tho Twenty- second ward, that tho sneers lately indulged in at the non-payment of certain parties for services in using steam fire engines to pump water into Fairmount basin, were expended uselessly. Until an appropriation is made for the purpose the payment of such services is not possible. Mr. King said that his confidence in the Chief Engineer of tho Water-works was such that he would vote for anything that that gen tleman might require. The memorial was ultimately referred to the Committee on Water, with tho understanding that their action shall be immediate. The ordinance appropriating $25,000 to pay expenses incurred in keeping up tho supply of water during the late drought, in tho various basins, was passed. Tho status of the City Treasury was thus reported: cash balance $1,032,011. Mr. Cattell, of the Committee on Girard Estate, presented an ordinance directing the superintendent of the Girard Estate to exe cute a lease for ten years of a mining tract in Schuylkill county, to the Knickerbocker Ice Company. This was passed. One directing that $80,000 of the last year's income from the Girard estate, now lying un used, be invested in the scrip of the city loans, was also agreed to. A message, announcing the expected arri val in this city of the California Pioneer Asso ciation, on the 25th inst, was received. The Mayor asks that some municipal action should be taken relative to extending the municipal hospitality. Mr. Smith oflered a resolution that a com mittee of six bo appointed to receive and in troduce the visitors. It was voted down. The yeas were Messrs. Barlow, Cattell, Kramer, Ilerkness, Hooper, Kamerly and McCall. The nays wero Messrs. Duffy. Fox, Fran ciscus, Hodgdon, Hopkins, Jones, Kersey, King, Mcllvain, Marcus, Plunily, Ritchie, Shallcross, Shermer, Stokley. Mr. Barlow, from the Committee on Street Cleaning, reported an ordinance to settle the claims of ex-street contractors. It was ulti mately fixed as the special order for Thursday next at 4 P.M. The chairman of tho committee to verify the cash accounts of the City Treasurer re ported a cash balance on band August 1, 18G9, as $1,224,790. This was the extent of tho legislation con summated. The Chamber now adjourned. L'onthton Hranch. This branch met at 3 o'clock, president Joseph F. Marcer in the chair. The following communications were read: One from Frederick Fraley, of tho Schuyl kill Navigation Company, asking for indomnity from loss sustained by letting down their locks during the late scarcity of water in the Schuyl kill river, lteferred. A petition was presented by Mr. Calhoun, asking for indemnity against loss for a number of spokes used by firemen at tho Front and Lombard streets fire, llolerred. Mr. Bardsley oflered a petition for the erec tion of a bridge over Broad street, at the junc tion of the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad. Referred to joint Com mittee of Highway and Finance. An ordinance was presented by Mr. Martin, to make an appropriation of $300 to pay a sewer assessment bill. Agreed to. A communication from the Mayor, asking for certain transfers in the appropriation to Police Department for the year 18G9. Mr. Myers presented a resolution making the desired transfers. Agreed to. Mr. Fareira presented a communication from the citizens of Kentucky, asking that delegates bo appointed to attend the Memphis Convention in Louisville, on tho 12th of Octo ber, for the purpose of considering the droop ing interests of tho south. The same gentleman also presented a reso- j ltftion for the appointment of delegates. Agreeu to. Mr. Hanim presented a petition to change the place of voting lu tho Ninth division of Tenth ward. Agreed to. Mr. Shoemaker presented a petition from assessors, asking for payment for extra ser vices. Referred. Mr. II. lluhn offered a resolution to change the place of voting in tho Seventeenth division of the Fifteenth ward. Agreed to. . Mr. Evans oflered a resolution to change the place of voting In the Third division of the Third ward. Agreed to. Also, one to change the place f voting m the Fifth division of the Sixteenth ward. Referred to Election Committee. Mr. Kny offered petitions for changing the place of voting in the Second division ol the Eighteenth ward. Laid on the fable. Mr. Gwinner offered a resoltr io i changing the place of voting in tho Second division of Eighteenth ward. Agreed to. Mr. Ray oflered resolutions for the laying of wafer pipe on Cumberland and other streets. Referred. Also, one to grado Dauphin and West streets. Referred. Mr. Wagner presented a petition for a sewer on Spruce stroet, east of Fourth. Referred. Mr. Fareira offered a resolution changing tho places of holding elections in the Seventh and Eighth divisions of the Ninth ward. Agreed to. Mr. Martin offered a petition from tho Fisk Concrete Paving Company. Referred to the Committee on Highways. Mr. Harrison presented a report from tho joint special committee to have the iron pavement removed from Fifth and Chestnut streets. The committee was discharged. Mr. Shoemaker, of Committee of Finance, presented a report with a resolution annexed, releasing certain property of Bernard Quinn from a certain judgment. Agreed to. Mr. Fay, of Committee on Highways, pre sented a report with resolution annexed, to tramway Irving street, from Thirty-eighth to Fortieth street, and King street to Woodland street. Agreed to. Also, one to open Vienna street. Agreed to. Mr. Myers, chairman of Committee on Po lice, oflered a resolution ratifying the procla mation of the Mayor otl'ering the reward jof $1000 for tho attempted assassins of ollicer Brooks. Mr. Shane, of the Committee on Fire and. Trusts, offered a resoliitionauthonzing certain transfers. Agreed to. Mr. Hanna, of joint special committee to erect a monument, presented their report in reference to the erection of tho Washington monument. Also, an ordinance making an appropriation of $790 G4, for defraying the expenses conse quent thereon. Mr. Shoemaker moved to refer to the Com mittee on Finance. Agreed to. Mr. Bardsley oflered a resolution of instruc tion to the Committee on Retrenchment and Reform to devise some plan for collecting tho city taxes. Referred. Mr. Evans offered a resolution changing the place of voting in the Fourth division of tho Filth ward. Agreed to. Mr. Shislcr oil'ered a resolution of instruc tion to the Mayor, requesting him to inform Councils why the ordinance in relation to filth and garbage has not been enforced. Agreed to. Mr. Shoemaker moved to resume the second reading of the bill making an appropriation of $100,000 to the Commissioners ot i ainnount Park, for enlargement and improvement of the same, which was agreed to alter a somewhat lengthy discussion. The following bills from Select Council were considered: One for the execution and delivery of a lease to the Knickerbocker Ico and Coal Company. Agreed to. One for the drawing of certain warrants by the Superintendent of tho Girard Estates. Aerced to. One making certain appropriations out of the Girard estate lor defraying certain ex penses. One authorizing the Chief Engineer of the Water Department to draw certain warrants for the repuddhng of the Roxborough reser voir. Agreed to. Also, one making an appropriation of $25,000 to the Department lor Supplying the City with Water, for supplying the city during the late scarcity. Referred to the Committee on ater of Common Council. Mr. Shoemaker, of Committee on Finance, presented a resolution accepting the sureties of Timothy Gleck, supervisor of Twenty-third ward. Agreed to. Mr. Evans moved the consideration and se cond reading of the bill relative to changing Hie boundary lines of certain divisions in the J ineteeiith ward. No quorum answering to the call, Common Council adjourned. NEWS SUIVTIVIAR'g'. City Aflaim. The Church of the Intercessor, on Sprini; Garden street below Broad, has passed Into the nanus oi rusuop oievens, naviu ueeu pur chased by his attorney at Sheriff's sale, August 2, 1809, subiect to tho right aud title of John Welsh, Esq., who had purchased the same at Sheriff s sale In 18(a. 1 he movable property was bouuht Aueust 17. 1809. As the corporation which for several years hired the use of the buildim; from J. Welsh, Esq., had by vote of the vestry delivered the keys into tho hands of the present owner, and full possession by him was duly accepted, it was further an nounced mat tno corporation Known as "ine Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen of the Church ot the intercessor," lias no leual nsnt or interest therein: and that for the present the bulldins will bo held by the Bishop under his sole direction and control as a Free Church, to which the surrounding population are cordially invited, and iu which the ministry and services of the church are to be supplied by the free-will ofterings of the worshippers. The following persons were admitted to the Pennsylvania Hospital yesterdays John Donaghey, aged twenty-nine years, a sailor belonging to the barge Village Belle, badly injured in the head by blows. lnlUcted by some nnknnwn nersnn. .Tnbn Mason, colored, nsred four years, resid ing in Prosperous alley, three ribs broken during a quarrel in West Philadelphia. Patrick McElwee, aged thirty-seven years, from Ilazletou. Pa-, arm broken. Domcatlo Affairs. General Thomas and stall have returned from Alaska, ' , Lorlng and Fay, of the Harvard crew, have arrived at Boston. , During August 1,171,000 pounds of chewing and 11000 pounds of smoking tobacco were shipped from Richmond, Va. , Horace Greeley, General Bntterfleld, and Collector Grinnell, yesterday, waited on Secre tary Boutwell in New York. Attorney-General Hoar has decided that companies or individuals must look to Congress, auduot immediately to the Treasury Depart ment, for war damoges. The Athlttie Base Ball Club of this city wcro defeated by tho Eckford Club, at New York, yesterday, by a score of 39 to 10. Last night Secretary Boutwell dined at tho Union League Club House, New York, with about forty prominent merchants. The Texan elections will extend over two days, and may be carried over four days, to give time to tUose living furthest from the polls a r.r.mn In nml Vntfl. The report that Minister Motley wrote from London that ho was dissatisfied with tho course ho was obliged to pursue, under his instructions, is olllcially denied. Admiral Holt had an Interview with Secre tary Robeson yesterday. It is not thought ad visable by tho Government to make public, at present, tho Admiral's report on tho execution of Americans by the Spaniards In Cuba. The entrance examination for admission a to Cornell University has boon lu session at Ithlca, N. Y. The entering class will number about three hundred and twenty, although there wer four hundred applicants. At Detroit, ou Wednesday night, a burglar i)!ercdt!.c house of Henry Willi!?, who was mound bv a noise made by :l.e thief. He left his bed, and finding the thief. i;r.pled with b'.ni, but the hitter stabbed Mr. YViiiits to death. The murderer was arrested. Fnrclun AfTnlr. The Archbishop of Armagh died In Dublin yesterday, at the age of sixty-eight years. The "majority of the Prince Imperial is to be iibnounccd on his r.cxt birthday, March 10, 1870. A bail iff named Treyne was shot dead at Ab byderry yesterday by a person supposed to be a reniau. London, ept. 10. The Times has an edito rial nrtielc to-day on Minister Sickles' note to the Spanish Government on the Cuban question, wherein it says: "it was generally believed that Grant would not interfere, or allow interference on tho Cuban question, until Congress could vote upon it. Is he less resolute than formerly, or has pressure forced him to sanction demands upon Spain for the abandonment of Cuba? No doubt tho alter notive olfcred Spain is her al uudaut island or American recognition of the insurgents. "The probabilities are that we are on tho eve of serions events. Tho struggle will bo hopeless so far as Spain is concerned, but the govern ment cannot resist the impulses of the people. ine name ot Spanish pride is last kindling, ana the government, in striving to check it, will soon be extinguished. From the most tranquil rt vinees of Spain come offers of men and arm. in order that the regular troops may go to Cuba. The aggressive policy of the I'nited States e.m- noi ocjusuncu ny ttie attitude ot Spain towards v-ima. "There is no question of slaverv. fnr t.bn .aboli tion of slavery has already been decided upon. It is not the determination of Spain to resist the demands of the Cubans, for negotiations have been opened to nllow the severance of the island. Setting aside the question, whether the means to set Cuba free arc fair to Spain, it is doubtful if a war of races might not ensue, if the insurrection is not extinguished before the cession of the island. Under the present critical circumstances, the Corte, on reassembling, will have to turn their whole thought and attention to the difficul ties and dangers of Cuba." MARINE TELEGRAPH. For (uUHtional Marine Xeirn sre First rane. AI.MANAO FOR PHILADELPHIA THIS DAY. Si'N liissH f-42 1 Moon Rets a t Ki n Sfj'8 ti6 Hiuh Water II Is rHILADKLPUIA BOARD OF TRADE, Jobs O. .Tamfh, i f). u. DruiuoKGw, Committee of the Month. Thomas L. Gjllej pie, J rtIOVE.1INT! OF Ol'KAN TA.1II1US. FOR AMKRIOA. Piramiav London Now York Auir. iW Cordova London New York Aug. 21 Smidt Bremen NewYoik Sept. 1 Denmark Liverpool JVow ork Sent. 1 Austrian Liverpool. ...(Juelieo Sept. 3 I', of Limerick. .Antwerp New York Sept. 4 vtescr fcoutniimpton....XNew York ftept. 7 Aleppo I ivcrpool New York vin Bos... .Sent. 7 Colorado Liverpool . ...New York 8ent. 8 Fennsvlvanta Liverpool ....New York Sont. 8 C. of Boston Liverpool . ...New York Sept. 9 tOii EUKOPK. St. Laurent New York.. ..Havre. Sunt. 18 i'liissian Ouobfo Liverpool Sent. IS Citj-of Antwerp. New York.. ..Liverpool Sept. IS r.uropa iNew orK....(.'la8K-ow aopt. IS Virginia New York. ...Liverjool.. . Sept IB Cot Haltimora. New York. ...Liverpool, via Hal... Sopt. 21 Aliemannia. ...New York. ...Hambnri? Sept. 21 Nevada New York. ... Liverpool Sent. 23 Java New York.. ..Liverpool Sept. 22 Palmyra New York.. ..Liverpool Sept. 2.1 Cordova New York. ...London Sept. 25 COASnVISK', DOMK8TIO. KTO. Wyomiwr Philaria Savannah Sept. IS (ico.W afhinKtonNew York. ...Now Orieane Sept. IS North America. New York. ...Uio Janeiro Sept. 23 Mails arc forwarded by every steamer in tbe regular lines. The steamers for or from Liverpool call at Queenstmvn, ox cept the I'anudinn line, which call at Londonderry. The steamers for or from tbe Continent call at Southampton. CLEARED YESTERDAY. Steamer H. L. tiaw. Her, Baltimore, A. t-roves, Jr. Brig Walter Howes, Pierce, Buncnr, Hammett, Neill 4 Co. Schr J. M. Baylcs, Arnold, Providence, do. Scbr Mary T. t isher, Lawrence, Providence, do. Schr Mary Weaver, Weaver, Providence. do. Sthr M. M. Weaver, Weaver, Cumbridgeport, do. Barge Museona, Dix, New York, do. Barge Reading RR. No. "16, Woods, New Ycrk, do. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Steamer O. OoinMock, Drake, 2-1 hours from New York, With nulse. to W. M. Baird A Co. Steamer D. Utloy, Dnvis, 24 hours frcm New Tork, with Didse. to W. SI. Baird A Co. Steamer K. N. 1-nirciiilil, Tront, H hours from New York, with nidse. to W. .M. Baird i. Co. Steamer Sarah, Jones, 24 hours from New York, with nidse. to W. M. Buird A Co. Steamer Decatur, Webb, 13 hours from-Baltimore, with mdse. to A. t. roves, Jr. al. brig Matildu, Oafiero, 73 days from Cirgenti, with sulphur to Paul Polil, Jr. vese! to J. I". Ba.ley St Co. Schr B. L. Sherman, Phinney, from Boston, with mo lapses to J. liskor & Co. Schr Marion Cage, Shoppard, from New Bedford. Schr J. S. Weldin, Croivell, from Providence. Scbr West Wind, l,avsi,n, from Providence. Schr B. P. Keeves, Brannon, from Providence. Schr Reading Rll. No. 77. f 'arroil, from New I Uvea. Scbr A. H. Edwards, Martin, from Portland. Sobr J. Mc Adam. Willard. from Portland. hchrfr. U. Murney. Murney. from Boston. Scbr J. W. Allen, Doane, from Boston. Scbr Vraie, Hand, from Boston. Schr J. A. Carrisun, Smith, from Boston. Schr J. Barrett, Dickerson, from Boston. Scbr Maggie Van flu sen, Conipton, from Norwich. Scbr J. Bradley. Bradley, from Norwich. Scbr J. A. Paisonv, Steveni, iom Portsmouth. Schr J. W. Knight, Plum, from Gardiner. Schr Port Royal, Husken. irom Stamford, Ct. Schr II. T. Hedges, Franklin, from Newport. Si 'Hnl I)tnatrh to Tti' Fcmitia T'Uorarh. Uaviik-de-Chace, Sept. 17. The following boats left here in tow this morning : Quaker City, with anthracite coal to order. Susie, with lumber, tor Camden. G. W. Lormor. with lumber, for Newark. Annie and Milton, with lumber toWoolverton&Tinsman, W. S. Boyd, with lime, for Chesapeake City. F. W. Levun, with lumber to D. B. Taylor it Son. Corrrtprmilfttce of the FhOmUlfMa EitTinnqe. I.p.vt eb, Del., Sept. 1A The pilot boat Moses H. Grin nell reports the following vessels having passed in: Baroues William, from Liverpool; Mira, from ; brig Ida Al. Comery, from Za.a ; and a barque and brig, names unsnown. The following vessels were at the Breakwater last even ing: Barque Golden West, for Liverpool ; brig Naiad, for U . 1 . M li . ILL- I.' 1 I . 11 .. I I .... ,1 . . , . . State, for Bangor; Lewis Clark, for do., ail from Philadel phia; Lebamiuh, from Baltimore for Providence; schrs 1'llen Holgate, for Newborn, N. O. ; Emma Honker, for New York ; Kmma Bacon, for Salem ; F. St. Clair Edwards, for do. ; Taylor t Matliis, for Boston ; J. V. Wellington, 4... An . 1 Ik l: ..... H - II .! . O Caatnar. .1. for Gardiner, all from Philadelphia; Koret, from Balti more for Portland ; and Maggie Mulvey, from Georgetown, u. u., lor rroviaence. laua.i u. x.huao. MEMORANDA. SbipMedors, Reed, tor Philadelphia, entered out at Xjiverpooi dil insl. Ship John C. Boynton, Wayeott, hence for Autworp, was spoken 2dth ult. Jat. hi, long. 10. (Steamship Jan. S. Green, Vance, hence, at Richmond 14th inst. Steamship Hunter, Harding, hence, at Providence 14th Bamu'e Idolique. Durkee, from London for Philadel phia, at Falmouth 2d inst. Barque Max, Knockel, for Philadelphia, entered out at Newcastle, Eng., 31st. ult. Barque Ingham Wibacher, Deliberto, for Philadelphia, sailed from Girgenti lhtb ult. Barque M. II. Culbert, Uatlicld, hence, at Marseilles 30th ult. Barque Die Tugend, Bugdahl, hence, at Stettin Hist ult. Barque Salmi, Kckholm, hence, at Cronstadt 2HtU ult. Barque William. Cole, from Liverpool 17th July for Phi ladelphia, was spoken lUth inst. lat. 23, long. 2S. BrigAvance, bliultz, hence for Hamburg, was off Brix ham 3d inst. Schrs C. H. Moller, Brown, hence for Boston, and (.Ion wood, Dickinson, hence for Lyunn, passe.d Hell Gate lath "schr Henrietta Simmons, Godfrey, benee, at Salem 13th instant. , , , . . Schr Amelia, Rebee, hence, at Providence 14th inst. Schr Suwell, Richurde, hence, at Newport P. M. 13th imtant. . Schr Dick Williams, Corson, hence, at Pawtucket 14th '"s'cliV'C. A C. Brooks, Brooks, for Philadelphia, sailed from Pawi ncket 14th inst. Schre Adelaide, Eodicott, for Pawtucket; 8. P. Snow, Wilcox, for Stonincton : and Anu Dole. Hulsey, lor Wiirehaui.allirom Philadelphia, at New York l:Hliinst. Schr L. I). Jairard, Bailey, from New Haven for Phila delphia, at New York loth inst. .... . . . Scbr W. R. Conn, Small, for Philadelphia, cleared at New York loth inst. Schrs Foaming Sea, James, and George Repplier, Mil ler, hence, at Richmond 14th inst. IOE CREAM AND WATER IOE. THE NEAPOLITAN ICE CREAM AJJD WATER ICES. TDB PUREST AND BEST IN THE WORLD. This celebrated Brick Ice Cream and Water Ice oan h; carried iu a paper te any paitoi the city, as you would rZndv Fifteen or twenty ditterent kinds of them are kept "nsuntly on Lnd andyON K HUN DR KD DIFFERENT t LAVOR8 can be made to order for those who desire to have something never before seen in the United bmtes, &rb&No, m. yma DR. KINKELIN CAN BE CONSULTED ON all diseases of a certain specitltj. CB hears, 9 K. N( X.i n. IJI,ILillU Llinti AMUSEMENTS. UADHMY OF MUSI c. L LAST PF It FORMA NCR BUT ONE OF THE ENGLISH OPERA SEASON. CAROLINE R. BERNARD , DIRECTRESS J MIS (rriday; r.v t.nixu, September 17, BENEFIT MRS. C.VBERNARD. When will be presumed Verdi'a LA TRA VI ATA. With great cast, including Halgh, Drayton, H. O. and . G. Peakes. James A. Arnold. Mrs. Bernard, and Anna Mischka. TOMORROW AFTERNOON A Grand BOHEMIAN GIRL MATINEE. and last appearance of the Company. iiox sneets now open. LAURA KEEN E'8 CHESNUT STREET THEATRE. HESNCT Street, between Twelfth and Thlrtnnntli. ) MISS LAURA KI ENE HOLE LESSEE OPENING NIGHT itvnrt I, am ii'i.uiii'.iv m'f irri;-. Entirely Altered and Reconstructed in every Department, combining nil the MODERN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN IMPROVE- MEN I 8. A NEW AUDITORIUM, With a Perfect view of Ktnirn and Andieneau PRIVATE BOXES, OhCH ES lit A CI! A IKS, ORCHESTRA STALLS, AND DUK o CIRCLE, Decorated with CRIMSON VELVET AND SATIN, And Upholstersd with PATENT ELASTIC BPUNOK TIIR I.A1HJJ.-ST fcWATu TNI iVi Stm NEW CHANDELIER, with Crystal Hangings, ' liiVi-uV. , . I HAILING VINES, NAT URAL 1 LOW EKM AND i ERNS, Hinnti.ii...i, .i...f BEAUTY AND REFIN" KM I .NT, WITH HOME LIKE COMFORT, Never before equalled in America, I he II augural Prrfoi Aianre will be THE MARBLE HEART; TH E SOULPTo'R'S DREAM. In which . MISS LAURA KEENK And th. Null, .ill MnffO Manager. m. vi..;n T7n Comiuctorof Orchestra.. Mr. Murk Hnasler i rompter... Mr, F. O. Savaga Stage .Machinist T....Mr. Thomas P. Blnckwood I nsinmer Mr. G. Stanton l.usiness Agent and Treasurer Mr. J. T. Donnelly PUtf't'U ,L' . llMUUIMf Dross Clrole.i'iO itnnia! VhkmIv t !i..iA im.).. n..t... tra I irelo, ,n cents ; Secured Seats In Orchestra Circlo, 1 ; Orchestra Stalls, 1 ; Orchestra Chairs, ifcTflo; Secured? Seats in Dress Circlo, $1; Privato Boxes, holding famils party of seven, tit). vox untce open from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Soats secured six days in advance. Dorrs open at 7. Overture at 7-V. Cnrtnin rises at 8, SAf.K OK SKATS Vnll ntl'VlkV: Kruu i" will commence on Saturday, September 1H, at o'clock A.M. w 17 it. T HE SALE O F SEATS Tn thm OPENING OF . LAURA K PENH'S ,. nr.n.uT hlKliKI' THEATRE, s ill commenco on Saturday morning, at 9 A. M. U WALNUT ST. TI1EATRE. BEGINS AT 8. THIS (Frirtnvl W.VFNIlWfl H. It FAREWELL BENEFIT OK MRS.D. P." BOWERS, er wonderful impersonation of , 41 A LADY ISABEL, In tho great moral sensational drama of r FASTLYNNE; OR, THE ELOPEMENT. Lady Isabel ) , Madame Vine !! Mra- D-p- BOWERS) To cox elude with the elegant Comedietta of 1'tllf 11AV AirTL-D ITIIU lL'L'l,liun Lady Elizabeth Freelovo Mrs. D. P. BOWERS k'uiuiuuj-A si-hnninu nii.i,, anil lam 'HxUUT of MRS. D.P BOWERS. Monday Evening. Sept 20, MR. EDWIN BOOTH as HAMLET. IRS. JOHN DREW'S ARCH STREET jM THEATRE. Begins M to R. LYDIA THOMPSON TROUPE. BENEFIT OF MR HARRY BECKETT. TO-NIGHT (Friday), Sept. 17, THE FORTY THIEVES. Gancm MISS LYDIA THOMPSON Supported by the Full Troupe. Previous to the Burlesque, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMDEN r Chesterfield Honey Bum H. BECKETT YEW ELEVENTH STREET OPERA X HOUSE, ELEVENTH Stroet. above Chestnut. THE FAMILY RESORT. CARNCROSS & DIXEY'S MINSTRELS, the great Star Troupe of the world, in their unequalled ETHIOPIAN SOIREES, .BEAUTIFUL BALLADS, SONGS, OPERATIC SELECTIONS, and LAUGHABLE BURLESQUES, EVERY EVENING. J. L. CARNCROSS, Manager. R. F. SIMPSON, Treasurer. lorira TTOX'S AMERICAN THEATRE WALNUT X1 above EIGHTH. THE WONDERFUL KIRALFY TROUPE In Two (Jrainl Biillete, HARVEST HOME AND MAGYAR CSARDAS. The World's Prestidigitatonr, ROBERT NIOKLE. Matinee on SATURDAY AFTERNOON at Jo'elock. VALER'S (LATE MILLER'S) WINTER n,,GA?,DN Nns- 723- "U"1 W VINE Street. THE GRAND ORCH ESTRIOlJ, formerly the propertf of the GRAND DUKE OF BADEN, purchased at grea? expense by JACOB VALER, of this city, in combinatlos with FLAMER'S ORCHESTRA and Miss NELLIE Ali DERKN, will perform EVERY AFTERNOON ant EVENING at the above-mentioned plaoe. Admlseiol tree. 1 latf ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETO. -av. FENN STEAM ENGINE AND iiwf5 nulLMl WUXlriB. HKAt IB LKVY, J PRACTICAL AND THEORETIOAlJ ,1 A U ti it K Uf. A file CM l'l'll u L'llirunL'bu I . 'J- iu.uj jvtia LTDVD IU BUVUOWUI il I H,U, ,DU DOBD clusiveh; engaged in building and repairing Marine and River Engines, high and low-pressure, Iron Boilers, Water lacks, Propellers, etc., etc,, respectfully offer their ser. vices to the publio as being fully prepared to oontraot for engines of all sizes, Marine, Rivor, and Stationary ; having aets of patterns of different sizes, are prepured to execute, orders with quick .lesnatch. Every description of patten, making made at toe shortest notice. High and Low-pra. sure F ine Tubular and Cylinder Boilers of tbe best Penn sylvania Charcoal Iron. Forgings of all sizes and kinds. Iton and Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning, Screw Cutting, and ail other work connected with U above business. Drawings and specifications for all work done at thg establishment free of charge, and work guaranteed. The subscribers have ample wharf dock-room for repair! of boats, where they can lie in perfect safety, and are pro vided with shears, blocks, falls, eto. etc., for raising heart or light weight JACOB O.NEAF1B. JOHN P. LEVY, 815 j BFACH and PALMER Street SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY, FIFTH AND WASHINGTON Streets, PHILADELPHIA. MERRICK & SONS, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS, manufacture High and Low Pressure Stuoia Engines for Land, River, and Marino Service. Boilers, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boats, etc. Castings of all kinds, either Iron or Brass. Iron Frame Roofs for Gag Works, Worksnops, and. Railroad Stations, etc. Retorts and Gas Machinery or the latest and most Improved construction. .Every description of Plantation Machinery, also, Sugar, Saw, and Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Oil Steum Trains, Defecators, Filters, Pumping en gines, etc. Sole Agents for N. BIHenx's Sugar Boiling Appa ratus, Nesmyth's Patent Steam Hammer, and Aspln wall & Wool soy 's Patent Centrifugal Sugar Drain. ing Machines. 4 80 QIRARD TUDE WORKS. JOHN n. MUKPIIY & BROS. Manufacturer of Wrought Iroa ripe, t; PHILADELPHIA, PA. WORKS, TWTiNTY-THJJRD and FILBERT Street. OFFICE, l Flo. 44 North FIFTH 8trt. CORN EXCHANGE BAG MANUFACTORY, JOHN T. BAILEV, N. E. corner of MARKET and WATER Street. Philadelphia, DEALER IN BAGS AND BAGGING Of every description, for Grain, Flour, (Salt, Super-Phosphat ot Lime, Bonaj Dust, Eto. Large and small GUNNY BAGS eonstantlf on hand. ii-H Also, W OOL hA US. THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, OFFICE No. 820 CHESNUT Street, forward Parcels, Paok. ages. Merchandise, Bank Notes, and Specie, either by it own lines or in connection with other Express Companies. to ail th principal town and OitiM ia th United State. V. OOLKMAN, BnpsainUndanU IF O U 8 E -W A R M I N G WITH STEA. We are lire Dared to warm Dwellings and Bnllditura . .11 uiih Putont.imnrnvAfl T LOW STEAM APPARATUS, ici TJ which, for efficiency and economy, rival al) iimId methods, 1 ' 1 H. BELFIELD A CO. S4 3m Mo. 436 N. BROAD Street. PHILADELPHIA RASPBERRY. "iuot)N. flack DA, Agriculturist,, ana aioer Btrawoeny;, iamtoi Vines, lor sale by S. A U. at. FLV'l CH EIlJ lRckberrv flantsi uaruora, uonoord. ana other (irau Aeianoo, p.. ' t-i'H') TTTTTAM- A NDTJ RRON flO.. , DEALERS V J.-!?" jNoiji second tw; - ;-. r j Pluladelpba. Ml. LllLD.lUl iKVtV, fOHN FARNUM CO: COMMISSION; MIRJ I -.-bants and Manufacturer of Coneetog Ticking, auj, Nu.!i; CiilifaNLT fcUnii. PhiUidslpbia, . 41 wfisi