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.PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1871.
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FIRST EDITION
BUILDINGR&UROADSBYSUBSIDIES
How Roads are Mads in California.
The San Domingo Commission
.V JOiv isioti or Labor. I
Death of XVXad'llo Schneider.
Sketch of tho Lovely Sinner.
Olc, Etc.. Etc.. Etc. Etc.
THE SUBSIDY QUESTION.
Haw Rubaldlea Bnllt m California Rnllwny.
Henry George, of San Francisco, in a pam
phlet entitled "The Subsidy Question and the
Democratic party," tells the following amusing
story:
"In November, 1805, thirteen citizens of Los
Angeles associated themselves to build an eighteen-mile
railroad, under the title of the "Los
Angeles and San Pedro Railroad Company."
The capital stock was fixed at $500,000, each of
the original thirteen subscribing f 2500 in gold
coin. It does not seem that any of these stock
holders paid in a single cent, though some of
them advanced a little money for printing, ad
vertising, and lobbying at Sacramento, etc.
"Why should they have paid a cent ? Their
object was to own a railroad, not to pay for one.
and to own a railroad nowadays it is not at all
necessary to pay for one; all that is necessary to
do is to get the people to pay for building it for
you. So these gentlemen, instead of putting in
their own money, went to the Legislature and
got through a bill authorizing the city of Los
Angeles to subscribe $75,000 to tbeir stock, and
the county of Los Angeles to subscribe $150,000.
Both city and county voted to subscribe, for it
was proved to the people very clearly by the
advocates of the road not only that it would
cause a great increase of taxable property, and
nil that sort of thing, but that they would not
be called upon to pay the interest on the bonds,
as the road could not fall to pay, and the divi
dends accruing on the stock of the city and
county were to be paid into a fund to meet the
interest on the bonds.
"So our railroad builders, the directors of the
Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad Company, -went
to work. And now Phineas Banning ap
pears on the Ecene, though it is probable that
he had been behind the scenes from the be
ginning. The bids came in the lowest from a
Mr. Ives, being for 4342 000; the highest, from
Mr. Phineas Banning, being for 1407,000. Of
course, Mr. Banniog got the contract, for it is
an invariable rnle with railroads to be built by
the people's money that the highest bidder gets
the contract. Having let this contract, the next
step of the directors was to buy a piece of land
and a lot of lighters, and other things that Mr.
Banning had lying around, for thesnmof $70,000.
Then these directors mortgaged the whole road,
all its property and franchises, and issued first
mortgage bonds to the amount of $300,000 to
help to pay Mr. Banning. And the building of
the road commenced, and the city and the
county were called upon to issue their bonds,
and did issue them, though none of the other
stockholders paid in a cent; and before the road
bad been completed Mr. Banning had all the
county bonds and all the first mortgage bonds,
and his partner had all the stock, and things
went along beautifully.
"And now the people of Los Angeles have got
a little one-horse local road, which their money,
and nobody else's, has built, for whtch they
must pay as much as they used to pay the
stages. And they have a debt of 1225,000, the
interest of which they have to pay every year,
and the principal of which it is certain they
must ultimately pay. They can't sell their
stock, for the road is heavily mortgaged, and
they fear they can't assess other stockholders
who have never paid anything without assessing
themselves.."
SAN D03IING0.
'be C'ODimlKMlon Dividing up their Work.
Writing at Samana on January 30, a corres
pondent of the New York Tribune says:
The commission had not been in Dominican
waters twelve hours when they had equipped
aud sent out three independent expeditions
two of them scientific, the third for the purpose
of conveying despatches to President Baez at
Santo Domingo. One scientific party, under
Piofessor Ward, started for Cape Cabron, on a
general geological survey; while Professor
Blake weut to the head of the bay to explore the
region where coal has been said to abound. The
party conveying despatches to President Baez
was accompanied by Mr. Jacobs, a practical
farmer, who was requested to report on tne
agriculture of the great valley of the Yuan,
named by Columbus La Vega Ileal, "the roval
plain, "which name it still preserves. Prof.New
coaib was requested to report on the sanitary
condition of Samana, and the physical condition
of thenatlvee;Mr.Frederick Douglass to examine
Into the condition and ideas of English-speaking
colored emigrants of the Peninsula,
and General Slgei to report on the Bay of Sa
mana in relation to Its protection of American
interests in adjacent waters. 1 he commission
ers are determined to make a thorough investi
gation, no matter at what expense of time and
trouble, and I shall endeavor in this letter to
give a slight idea of the method adopted by
them, which, if known, must inspire confidence
in liieir tnorougnnuss ana impartiality.
A PERILOUS ADVENTURE.
A Ilorufi nnd Wnann Kaek on a Forry It oat
me vrivcr narrnwi ii.aen.pea urtwila.
A thrilling scene was witnessed yesterday
morning about tern o'clock, from one of the terry
boats which ply between Saw Mill Bun and the
J'oint. .Louis Aurln. ot west rittsburg, and
Joseph Minick, started with a light spring:
wagon from Saw Mill Kun and boarded a ferry
boat to come to this city. When the boat got
opposite Paiuter's "damn" a team in front of
the oiu driven by Aurln and Minick got un
manageable and caused the horse attached to
the latter to back. Before the animal could be
stopped the backing wagon had broken the
safety bar of the boat eldinir and the wasron
dumped into the river, dragingjthe horse along
with it. Minick had got out of the vehicle after
the ferry boat started.acd led Aurin sluing in it,
- When the horse and wagon weut over the side
of the boat Aurln was carried with them into
the river. The horse and wagon floated to bslow
the landing, where they struck the ejal barges
moored there ana tue animal was drownad
Aurin managed to keep himself above water
until be had floated opposite Singer, Nluilek fc
VU E nVIBDi TAAVV VVHV VS. IUUU U JOCJJIl
Kef tuer and James Sterling seeing the state of
affairs, pushed a plank to him. Aurin was so
powerless mat ne coma not noia wun lis bands,
tut managed to get his arms over the lank and
was pulled ashore. The distance he had floated
was some three hundred yards, lie was com
pletely exhausted when taken out, and could
cot have kept above water for half a minute
iWQr.2'iUlurj Qmintrcial, yesterday.
OBITUARY.
ftlad'lle gehBelder.
Intelligence has been received by cable of the
death of the queen of opera-bouffe performers,
liorte nse Catharine Schneider. She was born
at Bordeaux, France, about the year 1835, and
displayed an inclination for the stage at a very
early age. She made her first appearance when
only fifteen years old, at the Athenaeum in her
native city, and was received with flattering
applause. An old professor of music named
Schaffner took her in charge, and trained her in
singing, and then she set out on her professional
career. 11 er first stopping place was Agen,
where she remained three years, playing second
ary parts at a theatre of no great pretensions.
She then determined to try her fortunes at the
gay capital ot France, and on her arrival sought
an engagement at the Varieties. Although her
provincial success bad been great, she had
scarcely been heard of at Paris, and her applica
tion was unsuccessful. She obtained a place,
however, in the troupe of the Bouffes Parlsiens,
which was formed about that time, and was not
long in making herself popular in parts which
aftorded an opportunity for the display of a
charming person and a really fine talent for
aasniDg coineay ana roiiicKing song. Having
proved her powers of attraction lor French
amusement-seekers, an engagement was offered
her at the Varieties, and she made her
debut on its somewhat famous stage on the l'-Hh
of September, 1S50, in Le Chiende Garde.' Her
popularity Increased rapidly, and in August,
I8is, sne made tier nrst appearance at the i alais
Royal, where she quite took the town in La
Leaute du Diable, Danae et sa llonne, and other
pieces of a similar character. She found a style
of performance exactly suited to her talents in
tne now ceieoraiea worKs or unenoach, ana in
La Hell 7ene.and La Grande Duchesne de
GeroMem she created a decided furore, which
did much to give opera bouffe that
feverish popularity which sent it across
the ocean, to afford Americans a taste
of the hlgblV'Splced and unwholesome
entertainments of the Parisian stage. She ap
peared in La Jielle Helene at the Varieties in
1804. ana louna ample scope tor the free and
dashing action for which she had become noted,
und the bewitching and seductive song and
dance which seemed to exert over the public
mind aud taste something of the influence of the
alluring strains of the ancient sirens. It was
in the Grande Duchesne, however, that she
reached the climax of her power in captivating
the popular fancy, and won for herself a world
wide celebrity. She performed in this piece at
Paris throughout the Exposition of 1807. aud was
one of the strong attractions at the capital of the
irencn empire on mat memorable occasion,
captivating princes and aristocrats, as well as
the profanum vvljus, with the witcheries of her
performances. It is stated as a historical fact
mat tne uzar oi iussia ana lis two sons Lur
ried off to see her on the first night of their
arrival, scarcely waiting to pay their respects to
their imperial host. Afterward she visited the
other European capitals, whither her fame had
of course preceded her, making her appearance
in London in July, lst3, where she was greeted
with tho same frautic demonstrations of de
light which she had called forth from the vola
tile French.
She performed there also in the summer of
1SG9; and it was on this occasion that she
narrowly escaped serious injury from a fire
which occurred on the stage during a perform
ance of Orplte aux Enfers. In July, 1870, she
again began an engagement at the Princess
Theatre, which proved more successful, if
possible, than the previous seasons. It was said
that negotiations were on foot to bring her to
this country, but her untimely death will disap-
Eoint thousands here who would have
een glad to have seen the
amueement of the day in its most artistic
form. Her charms of person, as well as
her undoubted talent as a singer and actress,
have becu descanted on in glowing terms, and
she bad occasioned no little scandal in families
even of royal raok. In 1805 considerable noise
was made in the Paris papers over the legacy of
50,000 irancs leit to tier by tne Due de Cade-rouse-Grammont,
and on her visits to London
there weTe whisperings of too frequent appear
ances in the green room of the heir appareut of
the throne. Whatever her faults may have been,
Schneider was a hard student oi the art which
she had chosen, and a careful and conscientious
actress. Some of Offenbach's most popular
pieces were written for her, and with especial
reference to her talents. Among these are La
Belle Helene, Jiarbe Jikue, La Grande Du
chesne, and La J'erichole. Although her action
was always free, and indeed the artistic expres
sion of the most sensuous charms of human nature,
both physical and emotional, yet she never ap
peared coarse or vulgar. Her avowed motto in
studying for success was: "Canaille tant qu'on
voudra; mauvais genre, jamais."
JHarla Clemm, the Mother-in-law of Edgar A.
foe.
On the 10th instant occurred, in Baltimore,
the death of Mrs. Maria Clemm, the aunt,
mother-in-law, and never-failing friend of
Edgar A. Poe. Mrs. Clemm was born in Balti
more on the 17th of March, 1790. Her family
was one of the oldest and most distinguished in
Maryland. Her father, David Poe, was Quartermaster-General
of the Old Maryland line
during the Revolution, and the intimate friend
of Washington, Lafavette, and the lead
ing men of the time. In 183IJ, while
editing The Southern Literary Messenaer.
Edgar A. Poe married his cousin, Virginia
Clemm, a lovely and beautiful girl, whose me
mory he embalmed in "The Raven." She was
the "lost Lenore" of that extraordinary poem,
From the time of Poe's marriage to her daugh
ter, Mrs. Clemm adopted him as her son, and
never had son a more devoted mother. To have
won and kept the love of such a woman through
all the vicissitudes ot such a career as Poe s.
shows more forcibly than words can tell that
the innate goodness of the poet was not lost
even in the midst of wasted genius, unparalleled
misfortunes, and utter misery.
To her Poe wrote the sounet "To My Mother,"
in which he testifies to her care and devotion by
saying that she had been "more than mother"
to him. After the poet's death, on the 7th of
October, 1849, Mrs. Clemm resided with different
friends in New York and Virginia, until five or
6ix years since, wnen sne was received into the
Church Home in Baltimore, a charitable lnstltu
tion UBder the management of the Episcopal
Uburch, ana mere sne aisa on tne loin instaut.
in the eighty-first year of her age. At her own
request she was burled by the side of her
"darling fcame, in Westminster cnuranyard,
corner of Fayette ana ureen streets, .Baltimore
Admiral Porter' Uum BUI.
Whatever may be the sentiments of he rest of
his countrymen, there is at least one man In
Washington who cannot complain that the
guefts of our newly constituted Admiral are not
received with ceremoniout honor. On reception
day it is currently reported that a Chinese ser
vaut in tho employ of Admiral Porter, having to
attend the door, estimated the rank and conse
quence of the visitors, according to Chinese
custom, by the size of their visiting cards. Of
course the- one-mch-by-two bits of cardboard
were thrown into the basket with silent con
tempt. Presently the gas collector presented his
mommy 0111. leuow is tne royal cole In Lhlna.
With profound and reverential talaaiaa the
aimond-eved functionary received the Ions'.
yellow slip of paper, and, confident that he was
conducting a prince ot the blood-roval. ashered
the collector into the presence of the astonished
family. It is said that the genuflexions of the
awe-struck Asiatic surpaseeu anyming ever seen
at the capital since tne Admiral got his appoint
ment. Albany has a female braes band, composed
of twelve beautiful voung ladies.
French ports are felled with provisions
bound for Paris, but which csanot be forwarded
, for want of trwieporttttion, .
COUNTRY CRITICISM.
tVtint VUlketnatre Cnnlaanr Think ol
KoethovoB Alias mehila'e "Jll tlnata"
lr Rendlna" of Llixt. "AyraphoBlc."
Mr. Theodore Thomas has been giving a con
cert in Wllkesbarre, and this is wh it a native
critic has to say about it:
Mr. Thomas assumed the baton at 8 o'clock
precisely, and the programme was faithfully
adhered to. Miss Mehlig's piano play lug, fol
lowing so closely upon that of the great Wehli,
occasioned considerable criticism, many con
sidering ber performance superior In every way
to that of the sterner champion. Miss Mehlig
unquestionably possesses a very expressive
touch and a rapid and clear execution, but there
is hardly encugh of the bel canto in her playing
to allow of her carrying off the laurels. Her
rending, however, of Liszt's symphonic from
"Les Preludes" was extremely affecting.
The gem of the evening was Schumann's
Tratuuierei. As a piece of instrumentation
alone it was wonderful, the bowing, stopping,
and position of the instruments being as exact
as if moved by one hand. But the melody !
I ib strains had tears in them. Its liquid murmur
steeped the brain in dreamy unrest, and its
whole effect was heaven inspiring. Why had
we not more ot such instead of the "8th Sym
phony," from Beethoven? Such selections, if
not altogether Incomprehensible to ordinary
minds, are at least not such as to attract con
noisseurs or to please the general public. Deep
thinkers, 'tis true, might trace, or affect to trace,
throughout such clouds of sound, ideas and
forms of singularly characteristic beauty
impetuous strains of marvellous breadth and
effect, but to ordinary people there is in such
productions a want of continuous idea nnd an
absence of definite feeling which leaves them
more perplexed than pleased. 'lis true there
are throughout such productions passages at
times delicate, brilliant, and legitimately myste
rious; graceful and refined; large and at time
colossal; but they are yetjwanting in that tender
ness and genuine solemnity which catches the
ordinary ear and moves the soul. Altogether,
however, the Impression produced by the con
cert was good, and it is not too much to say of
the audience that their extreme Attention
throughout the entire performance merits espe
cial comment, as at once flattering to the per
formance and creditable to themselves.
SPAIN.
Attempt to AanaaalvatA the frilnlater of the
Interior
A Madrid letter. in the London Echo, dated
February 1, says: "While the unfortunate
Duchess of Prim was yet wretched with sorrow
the assassins of her husband wrote to her,
saying that they were well satisfied with
what they had done, and should con
tinue their task to the end. It was be
lieved that the King was thereby indicated
as the next victim, but there was no
surmise as to who the others were. It is now
thought that the Minister of the Interior,
Sagasta, was intended for the next sacrifice.
Last night, as his carriage was returning at a
late hour to the oflice of the Home Department,
it was attacked by a party of some dozen or
more men, whose fates were concealed by
mutllcrs. The coachman used his whip freely,
and the footman shouted for help with such suc
cess that the police came up In time to arrest
six of the aggressors, who were immediately
taken to prison. If their inteution was to mur
der Sagasta they would not have succeeded,
for the carrb;;e was quite empty, and was on
its way to the stables for the night. Nothing
further is known of the criminals, for
the Spanlth system in such cases is to renin the
prisoner in solitary confinement, none but his
jndges being allowed access to him for weeks
and months, until everything has been ascer
tained with regard to his crime, and then he is
either remanded for trial, If deemed guilty, or
set free. All the investigations connected "with
the crime up to the trial are surrounded with in
quisitorial mystery. lu my private opinion,
although the Ministeiialists seem inclined to
make a great deal out of last night's attempt, it
will prove to be of uo political significance, and
only an outrage committed by a band of street
brawlers, who had taken more wine than was
good for them.
A HEAVY WEIGHT.
Death of the Heaviest lUan In Peausvlvaala.
The Pottsville Miners' Journal says: Tho
death of Mr. John Boussnm, of Bchuylkill
Haven, which occurred on Thursday night, has
been the all-absorbing topic in this community
ever 6ince its occurrence.
John BonsEum was born in Manhelra town
ship in 1819. In the year 1849 he entered the
service of the Schuylkill Navigation Co., and it
is reported of him that shortly after so doing he
met with an accident by the blast of a rock,
which raised him in the air some distance, and
injured him considerably in his descent. Shortly
after recovering from this shock he comnaeuced
gaining flesh, and notwithstanding l is frame was
only of medium stature about five feet ten
inches he soon pulled down 494 pounds on the
scales with perfect ease, and has for many years
been considered the heaviest man in Pennsyl
vania. He has performed the duties of lock-tender
at Schuylkill Haven for these many years, and
was active and as supple as the majority of
those who carried less than half his own weight
of flesh, and has usually enjoyed excellent
health. He has slept nightly in his watch-box
at the canal-lock, where, on Thursday night, he
closed his eyes in his last long sleep; and that,
too, at bis post of duty, where he was ever
found in life. After his death it was found im
possible to remove him from the watch-box
without enlarging the door, and this was done
by tearing out nearly the whole end of the
building, when he was removed to the collector's
otiic-e. near by, where his remains were viewed
by thousands of people from different sections
of the country.
The coflin in which he was placed was made
of very heavy plank, and securely fasteued to
gether with iron bands and braces to prevent
the possibility of an accident while moving the
corpse. Its measure, lmide, was two feet nine
inches wide across the breast, eight feet three
inches around, and five feet eleven inches in
length, being large enough to hold four ordi
nary sized men, with room for a half dozen
small bovs.
Deceased, at the time of his death, weighed
four hundred and sixty pounds, and knew that
no hearse could be found large enough to admit
his i corpse, and previous to his death be re
quested that his remains should be taken to the
cemetery upon a truck wagon, drawn by four
white muies, wnicn request was complied with.
Eight pall-bearers found it very heavy work in
nanaiing me corpse.
A lazy chap has found out that working
between meais is unneaitny tor him.
A Rhode Island girl wore the skins of
ninety-seven other geese to a masquerade.
A thief, who lately broke open a grocer's
warehouse, excused himself on the plea that he
only went to take tea.
An antl-kissing society has been formed by
the Galena, 111., girls. "No kissing before mar
riage" is their motto.
Arkansas politicians call each other pet
names. Parties there are now divided into Min
strels, Bundle fails, ana Republicans
Immensely rich silver mines have been dls
covered in the Cradshaw district, Arizona, near
Prescott. causing much excitement.
A Western journal vividly describing an
anti-secret society convention, winds up by say
ing: "They met they maudled they mizzled."
1 be wind blows witn sucn iorce in Colorado
that when a man loses his hat he has to tele
graph to the next station to have some one
(stop i(,
BECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
American Relief for France.
Queen Maria of Spain Dyin?.
Tho German Entry Into Paris.
Trochn Strongly Opposes Zt,
Chanzy and the Army of the Loire.
Terrible Casualty in New York
Seven Ulen Suffocated to Death.
Eestructiverires and Firemen Injured.
Railway Accident inthe West
Celebration of Washington's Birthday.
Etc., Etc. Etc.. Etc., Etc.
FROM EUROPE.
American Kellrf for Frnrce.
London, Feb. 22. The Times says New York
committees sent yesterday by cable transfer
10,000 for the suffering people of France, ac
companied by a request that Benjamin Moran,
Hugh McCullocb, Russell Sturgia and J. S.
Morgan act as the London committee.
The Daily Xews says
Gr. FfiMbrrbe'a Traopa
continue to embark at Dunkirk lor Cherbourg.
Trorliu Opposes (he German Entry lata Pari.
A letter from General Trochu condemns the
propoEcd entry of the Germans into Paris. He
says
Pntla Una Deaerved the Honors arwnr,
and advises her to shut her gates and let the
enemy open them with cannon.
Te Keinoval ortbe Government
to Tours or Blois is much talked about, but
there is really no belief in lis probability. After
the declaration of peace
he National Assembly
will prorogue its sittings, and upon reassembling
will meet in Tarls.
Turkey nnd France.
A despatch from Constantinople says the Porte
has recognized the new French Government.
It is reported that M. Baude has been ap
pointed representative of France at the Black
gea Conference in London.
Tlilem, Kiivrr, nnd Bismarck.
Paris, Feb. 21. MM Thiers and Favre have
arrived here, and go to Versailles to-morrow. It
is officially stated that Favre has written to
Count Bismarck that Thiers will go to-morrow
(22d) to Versailles.
The Jiappel says
A Trent y ot Pence
may be communicated to the Assembly on Sa
turday.
l'roelnmnt'on of General Clianz
Amiens, Feb. 21. General Chanzy has issued
a proclamation to the Army of the Loire, in
which he urges the troops to put the time of
their enforced rest to profit and prepare for
resuming the struggle a Voutrance, if arrogant
claims are demanded by the Germans.
Americans Presented at the Ensltah Court
London, Feb. 21. The (ucen held Court
yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Among the
persons presented by Mr. Moran, United States
Charge d Affaires, was . Mrs. Nicholas Fish,
Mrs. Wlckham Hoffman, Mrs. Augusta Hamil
ton, and a daughter of Commodore Rodgers.
The Queen has approved
The Appointment of ?1r. I.lvermore
as United States Consul at Londonderry.
The Qaeea of Hpaln Dvlsc
London, reo. k. j. no iewgrapn. nas a
special despatch from Madrid as follows:
The Queen of Spain is dangerously ill of
miliary fever, and has asked to receive the last
sacrament- Her case is considered hopeless.
Attempted Assassination ot Zorlllu.
Several parsons suspected of attempting to
assassinate Zorilla have been taken into
custody.
Tools and Italy.
Florence, Feb. 22 The Tunisian Envoy
has asked bis Government for further instruc
tions, and awaits an answer before concluding
negotiations with the Italian authorities.
The BInck Nea t'onterenee.
London, Feb. 22. Paris journals of yester
day are to hand. The Siecle says Remusat is
appointed ambassador to London and will also
represent France in the Black Sea Conference
Tho Dllsslona to Florence and Vienna,
remain as at present. Some
French Frlantes have been tent to Corsica
for the purpose of repressing possible do-turb
an ees. Senor Olozaga comes to Paris as Spanish
Minister.
The Peaee Commission-.
Ponyer Quertier has been added to the Peace
Commission. A proposition for the
Neutralization) of Have
is under discussion by the Government, as are
also commercial treaties with other nations.
FROM lUETACIFIC COAST.
Murder and Nuldde.
8an Francisco, Feb. 22. It is reported by
way of Sacramento that Frederick Coombs, pro
prietor of the great fruit farm in Napa Valley,
shot his wife and then shot himself yesterday,
in consequence of domestic troubles. They are
both dead.
The Great Ntaraa.
The storm drove two vessels through the ralli
road wharf at Alemeda, carrying away ahundred
feet of the structure. The wind also unroofed a
planing mill in Oakland, a net railroad office
Thomas & Hunt's warehouses in Vallejo, and a
railroad shed at San Rafael. The rain is f till
Jailing. Mining stocks are rallying.
FROM NEW YORK.
Destructive Fires la New York t'lty-Flreinea
sinrea.
New York, Feb 23. A fire occurred early
this morning, which entirely destroyed a five
story brick building, No. 29 Beekman street,
owned by William O'Connor, who loses 130,000.
The first floor and basement was occupied by the
Frovidence Tool Company; Iojs, $30,000. A.
W. McDonald fc Co., printers and electrotype,
occupied the second and third floors; loss,
120,000. A fireman, John Rlely, was badly
bruised, and nearly suffocated by the smoke.
While the firemen and police were fully engaged
at the fire in Beekman street another fire was
discovered in the rear of No. 132 William street,
a large six-story brick building, occupied by
Dietz & Co. as a lampware store. The adjoining
building, occupied by M. Ward A Co., drug
gists, was also damaged. Loss on buildings,
175,000; loss on stock unknown, though heavy.'
Messrs. Jessup & Moore's paper warehouse, No.
128 William street, took fire, but was little
injured.
Flonrlshlac Eiblblt of the B. P. V. A.
Louis Bernard, a French miser, who died at
St. Vincent's Hospital, on Monday, bequeaths
tlOO.OOO to the American Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals. The society has
also received three other bequests amounting to
5200,000, which, with the tlOO.000 pledged by
Henry Bergh, places the society on a firm basis.
Tertlble t'nse of Nufforatloa Fvo Mea Killed
ana vwo irion not uipeetea to ire.
New York, Feb. 22. This morning seven
firemen on tho steamship Ismallia, at Pier No.10
North river, were suffocated by burning char
coal in a close room. Five are dead and the
others were taken to the hospital, with little
hopes of their recovery. All were natives of
Scotland.
Flro In Rochester.
Rochester, Feb. 22. A fire in Medina last
night destroyed all the buildings on Main street,
from Centre street to Wheaton's store, Including
Hunt's tin-shop, where the fire originated, s
grocery, jeweller's shop, physician's office, un
dertaker's shop, market, tin-shop, harness shop,
millinery, boot and shoe store, cabinet shop,
one vacant store, dry goods shop, and an insu
rance oflice. Loss and insurances not yet ascer
tained. FROM THE WEST.
Another Railroad Aeeldent.
Cincinnati, Feb. 21. Last night a freight
train on the Pan Handle Railroad, bound east,
broke through bridge No. 39, twelve miles east
of Steubenville, and the engine and fourteen
cars went dewn. The fireman, named Hess,
was killed, and the engineer was slightly and
one brakeman seriously injured. The train was
loaded, with horses, sheep, hogs, meat, etc.
Eight er ten of the horses were killed. It is
supposed that the engine struck a stone that had
rolled on the trackjrom the embankment, which
threw off the tender, and that the tender was
thrown across the track on the bridge, caasing
the other cars to leave the track. -
Banquet bv Henator Htevenson.
Louisville, Feb. 22. A grand banquet was
given at the Gait House to-night by Senator
Stevenson, from Kentucky. It Jwas largely
attended by the most prominent citizens, irre
spective of party. Several speeches were made,
and general good feeling was manifested. '
The "Frerea de la Rrpubllque UnlTerielle."
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 22. The Secretary of
the "Freres do la Republique Unlverselle" in
this city has receive a letter from tl;e President
of the Fraternity in Hungary, ordering him to
hold his commandery in readiness for immediate
action. The order may arrive by the next mail
The society numbers nearly seven thousand in
the United States. Louis Blanc, Kossuth, and
Guiseppe Mazzini are leading members. The
headquarters in London is in Leicester Square,
with branches in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Naples,
and Florence. The President in the United
States Is said to be ill in New Orleans. -All the
despatches are sent in cipher.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Death of an ex-Kebel General.
Baltimore, Feb. 22. General Arnold Elzey
died in this city yesterday afternoon after an
illness of three days. He was a graduate of
West Point, and at the breaking out of the Re
bellion entered the Confederate service.
Iluslnrss la Generally Huspended To-day.
The banks and all public oflices are closed in
honor of the birthday of Washington. In all the
Catholic and Episcopal churches Lent is strictly
obterved. -
FROM WASHING TOJV.
Commerce and Navlaatlon Important Bta.
Italics.
Desvatch to the Associated Pr ens.
Washington, Feb. 22. Monthly Report
No. 5, of the Bureau of SuUUiics,
now in press, contains the statistics of
our foreign trade for the month and for the
eleven months ended November 30, 1870, com
pared with the corresponding periods of 1809.
The chief of the bureau, Mr. Edward Young,
furnishes the following synopsis:
porlt ('ftcie Fore'um
Tr)oU. Import. tablet). uiwiu.
Month ended Nov.
30, 1870 141,810,297 flS.473,031 ,1I3,017
Voutn ended Xov.
80, 1869 33,6S5,122 38,465,346 1,924,034
11 months ended
NOV. SO, 1670 452,676,324 403,335,015 23,821,895
11 months ended
NOV. 80, 1869 433,131,943 321,914,072 27,118,852
The proportion of the foreign trade carried
in American and foreign vessels, respectively,
during the eleven months ended November 0,
1870, was as follows:
Voimuttla
0xpirU Porei'jn
fmportf. (mix'd wat ) exports.
American vesaela.$-.45,in,3ll $i6n,M,f7S 13,M.206
Foreign vessels... 807,606,013 290,;i,679 15,2i2,669
ILIVEN U0KTB8 ENDED NOVEMBER SO, 1S09.
Importf. (niiH hI.) exports.
American vesrels..fl35,u9,407 139,6&8&5 f 15,2mu,3J9
foreign vessels... Ml.'m.bii 273,206,319 lt,b29,613
The following tables bhow the number and
tonnage of the American and foreign vessels
engaged in the foreign trade which entered into
and cleared from the ports of the United
States:
TWELVE UONTDa ENOED NOVEMBER 30, 18S9.
Enttrtd. Cleared.
X: Ttiu.
.10,164 8,8H4,46
.19,676 5,673,626
N I.
10,023
19,417
Ton.
8,44m9
American vessels
Foreign vessels..
Total 29,749 8,968,082 29,442 9,071,05
TWELVE MONTHS ENPKD NOVEMBKR 30, 1870.
Entered.
Cleared.
Tun.
3,5hT,9M
6,6ua,10
ffo.
1S.29J
18,627
A merican vessels . 1 0,536
Foreign vewiWiS... .18,647
8.570,6(11
6,546,421
Total 29,183 9,194,864 ia,81 9,117,022
Among other valuable statistical data of cur
rent interest, this report contains elaborate tabu
lar tUWffitLte (Lowing U.e Yftiue I Uie trade f
the United States with the West Indies. Mexico.
Central America, Venezuela, and New Granada;
the manufactures of Philadelphia and St. Louis;
value of dutiable articles entered into consump
tion In the United States at the different porta
during the fiscal year 1370. the dnties raid
thereon, and the average rate of duty at each
port; also, a statement showing the principal
articles ettered into consumption, together with
tne values ana duties.
"The Society of the Oldest Inhabitants."
Ittfxueh to ths AssooiateA Press.
Washington, Feb. 22. The commemoration
of the one hundred and thirty-ninth birthday
of George Washington by the Society of the
Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia
took place to-day. .The Farewell Address of
V ashington was read. The public departments
are closed and but little secular business is
transacted.
BEKGirs LUCK.
A Miner's Princely Beqsest-t 100,000 Glvea
to the "-octet v lor the Prevention of Craelty
la Animals.
The will of Louis Bernard, who died of pneu
monia at St. Vincent's Hospital on Monday
last, bequeaths to the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of the City of
New York, 1 100,000 in bonds and real estate.
The deceased was a native of Rouen,
France, but resided in this coun
try for the past twenty years, during
which time he rarely left the city. His place of
residence was a low tenement in Wooster street,
near Prince, where he was taken sick about
four weeks ago. He was tended daring his
illness by Dr. Chauvan, of Houston street, until
a few days since, when he was conveyed,
through the efforts of Mr. Bergh, to the hospital
on Eleventh street, where he died, aged 62
years.
He had lived in all the squalor and wretched
ness of the most abject poverty. His room was
in the rear end of a miserable building, acces
sible by several flights of shaky stairs, and was
only six feet in width by eight In length. It was
lighted by a very small widdow, partially cov
ered with heavy wooden bars fastened to the
window-frame with strong screws, and on the
door were no less than eight different bars and
locks. Totally devoid of all furniture, save a
broken table, 'the room presented a frightful
picture of wretchedness. A filthy mattress,
supported by a few boards raised from the
floor upon several bricks, lay at the end under
the window, and at its side stood a trunk filled
witn alternate layers of gold and silver watehes
and jewelry such as breastpins (many of them
set with diamonds), chains, and rings separated
by sheets of blotting-paper. There were no
signs of fire, nor anyplace wherein to make
one, and the disease .which caused his death
was brought on by the exposure from which he
had suffered, as he spent the greater part of his
time in this room. He is reported to own large
amounts of real estate. N. Y. Tribune to-day.
TUE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.
Washington aa He Appeared la Ills 4 7th Year.
As this is the anniversary of George Washing
ton's birthday, our readers will be Interested in
the following sketch of his personal appearance,
which we copy from a letter written in New
York in 1778, and published in the Kentish
Gazette, an English paper:
"General Washington is now in the forty
seventh year of his age; he is a tall, well-made
man, rather large-boned, and has a tolerable
genteel address; his features are manly and
bold; his eyes of a bluish cast, and very lively;
his hair a deep brown; his face rather long,
and marked with the Binall-pox; his complexion
sunburnt and without much color;
and his countenance sensible, composed, and
thoughtful. There is a remarkable air of dig
nity about him, with a striking degree of
gracefulness; he has an excellent understand
ing, without much quickness; is strictly just,
vigilant, and generous; an affectionate hus
band, a faithful friend, a father to the de
serving Eoldier, a gentleman, in his mauners, in
temper rather reserved; a total stranger to
religious prejudices, which have so often excited
Christians of oue denomination to cut the
throats of those of another; in his morals irre
proachable; he was never known to exceed the
bounds of the most rigid temperance. In a
word, all his friends and acquaintances allow
that no man ever unite! in his own person a
more perfect alliance of the virtues of a philo
sopher wun me laiems oi.a general.
- A Pennsylvania chemist proposes to evolve
diamonds from petroleum. All the rival chem
itts make light of it.
FinAI!4;i AWB COHLTIEIICIS.
Eventno mianiPH Ornoa.l
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1871. f
This being Washington's birthday, there was a
general suspension of business in all the public
oflices, and we have, therefore, no market re
ports to make. There is some little borrowing
on the street, but it is of a limited character.
LITEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
FOKT OF PHILADELPHIA FEBRUARY 22
STATE Or THEBMOMITEB AT THE ITININO TXLBOKArB
OFFICE.
8 A. JUL 27 1 11 A. M. 85 1 1 P. M. 40
Gw Risia 6 44 1 Moon Bets. 9- 2
SCM bT B 44 1 lliaa WaTEH 3 53
By TeUgrapK)
NkwYObk, Feb. 22. Arrived, steamship Kipi.
dan, from Havana.
AKRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Tonawanda, Barrett, 70 hoars from
Savannah, wltli cotton, rice, etc, to Philadelphia
and bouitiern Mall Mteam'.lilp Co. Passengers: II.
A. Btrnej : Mrs. Nettle Saunders; William Luke;
Johnson II. Urown, Jr. ; Mrs. James Taylor and two
daughters; W. II. Foreacre; John Wright and son;
II. Bennett ;and II. Genual. 20th Inst., A.M., otT
llattems, passed steamer General Meade, bound
south; 21st, II A.M., below Bombay Iloote, a ship
aud bark W. E. Anderson, for Matanzas; bare
Countess of Fife, for Trieste, and an EugiiMh brig,
bound up Below Delaware Olty, brig Mechanic,
from Sattua; si hr John Shay, from Cieufuegos ; and
three schis unknown.
CXBARED THIS MORNING.
Schr John S. DetwUer, Grace, New York, Keppller,
Gordon fc Co
Schr Henrietta Simmons, Godfrey, Boston, do.
Schr hachel Seaman, Barrett. Williamsburg, do.
Schr J. E. Manning, Casej, New York, do.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamer W. Whuwin, KiKgaus, 13 hours from Bal.
tlniore, with nicbie. aud passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
BELOW.
Brig Torrid Zone, from Demerol via Bermuda.
IMPOHTATIONS.
Savankah Steaiuer Tonawauda, Barrett 1 bbl I
bo seeds li Buiut Jr;16 bbis 16 hair do empty J
V. Jbets; 10 kegs t-3 qr bbla and 6 half do empty
lf rguer & Eugel ; -$ bales cotton 41 do vara 127 do
dutuetttics Clsghoru, IlerrlFg & Co; 4 do 3 bags cot
ton Cochran, Russell tt Co; 20 bales cotton B M
Jmc8A Co; 17 dodo 9 do mats Hlller & lire; 15
do yarn D McDevitt; 82 do cotton D'Olter, Jlagee
k Co; 89 bbls 71 half do empty W Alaasey fc
Oo.;l covered carriage Mi Lear 4 Kendall; 232 tibia
cotton 38 M. tig 4 tibls 1 lot iron a bb:s lightwood or
der; 18 bales cotton B t'atteraou & Co; 11 do frn.
ttee A Fowler: 76 do Bandolph &. Jenks; 20 do A
W hllldin A Son ; 4 bales rags J M Wilcox K Co:
8 var loads pig Iron Whlluey &. Co; 1 water Alter
John Wood. Jr; 9 bbls seed Callln, Wetlierlll k
Co; 1 box books Claxf-n, Keriueu Jk HaOelQnger'
i;bbl oranges H V Carter; 1 trunk 1 case
MrsRWCavlda; 1 pfcg umbrellas W A Drown A.
Co; 1 box hdwH Dlttaton A 6on;l box boots and
shoes TK fcvans; 21 bbla ale IS half bbls empty H
Uray ;S boxes plants Jobu iiibaon, Hon A Co;f box
imlttu Kelly A Moore; 8 empty bh. O Kaus; 19 qr
bbl beer J A P Italic; T bbla flour J 8 Irving; 9 tea
shad J 11 Hopkins; t empty crates li A Outer
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