GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XIX. EVENING BULLETIN, , PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Sundays excepted) at 100..3119 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia ELI= `UEming Bulletin Association." PROPRIETORS. cIaD3SON PEACOCK, I CASPER SOUDER, Jr. V:L.`PIe.uir.SSTON, I ERNEST 0. WALLACE. THOMAS J. WILLIAMSON: Thed3uisarrrs is served to subscribers in the city at inconts per week, payable,to the curlews, orsB 00 per _Photographs by'Magnesium lEvery one has had a photograph taken. All know that - a ":clear day" is considered - the best gfor such a purpose, for a certain -amohnt of light; is absolutely necessary to anake good picture. There are persons, liowever, who can never_ leave their business -on a clear day ; there' are those who cannot leave the gleominiss of their Wok rooms, :and there are at times parties who would be aglad: to ; have a picture made of them on -some grand occasion, in . their own parlors. But, - heretofore, all such have had to deny •therth3elves the privilege for want of sun light, just at the time they desire to employ gThis need be no longer so. An artificial Sun,-full of beautiful, glorious light, has been discovered. It may be lighted and -landled and managed at the pleasure of the goperatc k ir. By •its wondrous help the photo .--graiher may make your picture at any hour of the day or night, and he can creep into.-dark interiors, mountain caves, or ancient pyramids, secure a picture of them, return to his dark room, and bring his light elon g,, This new source of light is derived from the metal Magnesium, which is a brilliant, - white metal, somewhat brittle at common temperature, but malleable at a heat a little belOw redness. Its specific gravity is very light, being but about one-sixth that of silver. It melts -at a full red heat, and in -combustk,n it emits a most brilliant, bluish white light, marvelous for its beauty and actinic power. Gas light Mime yellow with jealousy at its presence, and even the beau tiful oxohydrogenlight looks almost yellow - when burned with Magn'esium. Almost the first experiments made in photographing with it were by Prof. Piozzi Smith, in making pictures of parts of the interior of the great Egyptian pyramids• The - scarcity of the metal made the cost of it 've'ry_great, and prevented extensive ex perlments. This barrier has been removed however. -The American Magnesium Com pany of Boston, have entered into its mann lecture on a large scale, and it can now be had in various forms at a comparatively low price. It is sold by various dealers in this• city in a toy-like form that. enable *very, person to - readily.exhibit the intense and ,beautiful light it produces. The most successful photograph we have yet seen made by this light was presented to the readers lof the Philadelphia Photo _ grapher, published by Messrs. Wilson and Hood, with the January number of that el --egant Journal. It represents a parlor group •of four persons,lboking at an album. The ,•whole picture is beautifully arranged and with its massing'of shadows reminds one of -the compositions , of the best of the old mas ters, and' Presents a softness and richness which belong to no other style of photo _graph. The negatives from which this pic ture was -made by Mr. J. C. Browne, -one of our best amateur photographers, _and Mr. Edward S. Wilson, editor, of the Philadelphia Phonographer. By special invitation we were present a few evenings ago, at similar experiments by these gentlemen and sat for a picture. We were "posed".in the usual way, focuised and fixed; the mimic sun was lighted and the negative was made just as it is done -every day; The metal was twisted into ta pers abont-12 inches long. These werehung to the number of four or five in a tin shade -or reflector shaped something like an old fashioned cooking "kitchen." They were .set on fire and after burning for a few min utes they left a pure white deposite' which is oxide of magnesia, or the simple magne sia of the stops. They burn very rapidly and it is curious to see metal lighted by a common taper and burn so brisk and with -such brilliancy. What is generally called -a well-lighted room by gas looks dark and dismal for a, few moments after this won - derous light has ceased to burn. " SOLDIERS' MASS MEETING.—The mass meeting of returned soldiers, of which no tice was given in the publicpress a day, or two since was held at CoMmissioners' Hall, West Philadelphia, Thursday evening. The •Meeting was largely attended by the soldiers ..and their friends, and it was very enthusi .astic. Several.prominent speakers addressed the veterans with words of sympathy and -encouragement. It will be seen that in the _resolutions adopted the veterans have unani mously endorsed the nomination of their -old commander. The mention of the name .of the gallant Geary was , received with tu .multuous bursts of applause. After a preamble urging the hardships of the system of unequal bounties, and dwell ing' upon the sacrifices made by the soldiers, .of the Republic who first entered the 'ser vice, the following resolutions were adopted: _Resolved; That we earnestly enjoin Upon •our brother soldiers throughout the city and State to unite with us, and upon our fellow -citizens to sustain us, in a claim which we -are confident ; will be met —Resolved, That speaking for our late com rades in arms throughout the loyal land - who have patiently eudttred the hardships , ..and privations of many a weary march and -encountered the dangers and shared with us the triumphs of many a well fought field, - we can, with pride and exultation, point thapeople-of this nation to toe events of the last four years, which testify to the indomi table courage and the stern resolution of the :o'°F-1124JECEI • - - , - . 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NO. 284 NOTICE, _§oldiero of the Republic. who, amid the roar - of 'artillery, the shrieking of shell and storms of the, deadly grape, together with, the gleam of the sabre and bayonet and the war of elements, resolved that no traitor flag should flaunt defiance to . true men within the limits of the land which the heroes, of the Revolution-:gave to their, children as priceless heritage forever.' ileiolved, That relying upon the prover bial generosity_ of the American people, which has disproved the slanderous adage that "Republics are always ungrateful," : and receiving• in good faith the oft :repeated expieisions of gratitude from a rescued people at theirpublic meetings in the con vention, in their legislative assemblies, and in their gatherings for common exultation'? flashed. when that, magic, word "Victory over the wires from the' headquarters of the Union army, we feel an assurance that, now the danger IS passed and the nation saved they will give substantial evidence of their sincerity and second our effurta to obtain justice with as cheerful a spirit as ever yet assumed by the ' people of this land. .Resolved, That we would. urge _upon our fellow-soldiers to effect permanent organi zations in every precinct for mutual protec tion and support. Resolved, That our thanks are due, in an eminent degree, to those noble patriots.who have ever befriended the soldier and his in terest, and have stood by us for our good, and who have never tired in patriotic labors and that we shall ever hold it a sacred duty of gratitude to stand by and support those ho sand by and support us. Resolved, That, disclaiming political in termeddling as any part' or intention of our organization, we would nevertheless be recreant to our feelings did we not give some exptession of our approbation at the recent evidence of the people to do justice to those who have borne the brunt of battle,by elevating them to positions of honor and profit. It is in this light then, as soldiers, not politicians, that we endorse the nomi nation of that gallant soldier, the late com mander of the famed White Star Division, and promise him our support as soldiers. Resolved. That our thanks are due, and cheerfully rendered, to those editors of the daily press of this city who have generously lent us their columns for advertising and notices of this meeting. R.ssolved, That a copy of these resolutions be placed in the hands of each member of Congress from this city, and that upon their efforts in our behalf success will mainly de pend. Reception of the Belgian Minister. Baron Aleinor: Beauliett, Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Belgium to the Germanic Confederation, was yesterday in troduced to the President by the Secretary of State, and delivered letters from his sovereign announcing the decease of Leo pold 1., and the accession of Leopold. IL to the throne. The Baron made the following:remarks on the occasion - Mr. President—l have been intrusted by the Ring, my sovereign, with the mission of notifying your Excellency - of. the death , of his venerable father. and his own accession to the throne of Belgium. The late King had evinced on many occa sions the true interest he took in the affairs of your country. His_successor, _Ring Lect pold 11., entertains the same sentiments. He is a sincere and an affectionate friend to the United States, and the great and good things they have done are the objects of his warmest admiration. His Majesty's most ardent desire is not only to maintain the cordial relations which Belgium, ,since her independencp, has established with this great Republic, bat also to increase and . enlarge them for the welfare and, the commercial interest of both countries, which, having free institutions, have natural and greataffinitiesjin common. Belgium occupies but a small place on the map of Europe, but on that spot is concen trated a population whose motto is religion, labor, liberty—those real sources of true civilization and moral greatness. By all this I feel confident, Mr. President, that the assurances of friendship and good will I have the mission to express will be echoed here: Allow me to add, in my own behalf, how proud and honored I feel at having been chosen by my sovereign to convey these assurances to this country, with which a former mission, twenty years ago, had made me familiar, and which, in the interval, has grown so much in material greatness as well as internal power. I have the honor of presenting to your Excellency two letters containing my cre dentials and the notification I have spoken of. To which the President replied as fol lows: Baron: Belgium is chiefly known in his tory as a country which has continually suffered by being involuntarily chosen for a battle-ground on which foreign States maintained conflicts of irreconcilable ideas and ambitions. For that reason I never meet a, representative of Belgium without feeling a desire to congratulate him upon the repose, the tranpillity, the prosperity and the dignity which his country at last attained under the sway of her sovereign Leopold. I trust that the history , of the times in which we are living will show that the Go vernment and people of the United. States duly_appreciated the friendship with which we were favored by the Belgians during that reign. I am profoundly affected by the good-will and kindness which have moved the new King to give us an assur ance, at the beginning of his administra tion, and in so marked a manner, that he entertains for the United States the same sentiments of sincere and affectionate friendship by which:his : predecessor was in spired. It is little that the United States can do directly to reciprocate benefits with European States.. Ind,irectly, however, all those States may derive advantages from the practice of a wise, just and liberal policy on this side of _the Atlantic. • We endeavor to respect the rights of sovereign States to be exempt, from foreign intervention or dictation. We seek to illus trate how a people can be free, and.yet by, tbe-exercise of their own strength:maintain their independence. How they can extend their commerce, and yet abstain from ag gression. How, without forming entang ling alliances, a free people can co-operate with other nations in advancing the great interests of civilization, and, how nations may, from time to time, become , persuaded to bring within the reach of appeal to, just and peaceful arbitration, controversies that otherwise must necessarily be referred to the trial of force. I reserve for some other oceagion and a more,c,onventional manner, a special answer 7HE WASHINGTON LIFE. INSURANCE COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY; MARCH 17. 1866 ---TRIPLE SHEET. to the letter of his Majesty, which.you have deliveredio me. In the meantime, I :will thank you to inform him that it will.be the desire of this Government to preserve and cherish the most friendly relations between the 'United States and Belgium, Reminiscences of. Grant and Rherman. Professor Mahan, in .a recent letter, thus refers to Lieutenant-General Grant: I have thought that it might while away an idle moment at the fireside "of some .evening, readers to learn in what .point of view this celebrated person and his equally celebrated friend, General' Sherman, were 'regarded by one of' their old' professerseat West Point. Larechefoncaild, or Voltaire, both profound judges of French nature has said that "no mauls a hero to his valet de eliambre," and I suppose it is no easy mat ter for an old teacher to' look up to, 'as a great man, a person Whose every menta' weakness he has probed as a boy. Most o. your 'readers mayrecall the anecdote oldie famous old. English pedagogue, who. upon one of his pupils being mimed before him as having achieved a great name, chuckled with satisfaction over the recolleCtion that he had been under his ferrule liberally; so I suppose there is something of this spirit in pedagognes generally. Of the student life of each of these men dunng their last year at the Academy I have a distict recollection. Brought under my supervision frequently in daily recita tions, and for about three months three hours daily working under my eye, my op portunities for gaining an insight into their characteristics were passably good. Pro fessor Coppee describes Grant as a "middle man," a phrase new to me. He was what we termed a first section man in all his scientific studies; that, is one who accom plishes the full course. He always showed himself a clear thinker and a steady worker. He belonged to the class of com pactly strong men who went at their tasks at once, and kept at it until finished, never being seen,like the slack twisted class,yawn i ng, lolling on their elbows over their work, and looking as if just ready to sink down from mental inanity. Sherman was the reverse of this in man ner. Eager, impetuous, restless, he always worked with a will. Being one of those of whom Byron says, "Quiet to quick bosoms is a hell." If he 'wasn't at work be was in for mis chief. If, while explaining something to the class at the black-board, I heard any "light disturbance, dew tine some fun,l was seldom wrong, in turnhig round, in holding up my finger to Mr. Sherman. But one was more than repaid for any slight annoy ance of this kind, by his irrepressible good nature,and by the clear thought and energy be threw into his work. That he should accomplish something great, I was prepared to learn. But hot as in Grant, whose round, cheery, boyish face, though marked with character and quick manner, gave none of that evidence of what he has since shown he possesses. Grant's mental machine is of the powerful low pressure class, which condenses its own: steam and consumes its own smoke; and which pushes steadily forward and drives all obstacles before it. Sherman's belongs to the high pressure class, which lets off both with a puff and a cloud, and dashes at its work with resistless vigor, the result of a sound boiler and plenty of fuel. The question is often put to me whether I , look upon Grant and Sherman as great men. To this there is but one reply. Posterity alone, when the clouds, raised by passion, prejudice and partisanship, shall have been dissipated, and truth revealed in all her dis tinctness, will be competent to pronounce upon this point. But, if great deeds, the results of high mental and moral powers, of magnanimity and generosity towards public and private enemies are characteristics of greatness, then cannot the meed of this en nobling patent be withheld, in our own day, from either of these men. In the selection of subordinates to carry out their plans, and in discrimination of character, the faculty without which no man can become a successful leader in anything, both have shown themselves equally happy. And of that other faculty, directness of pur pose, equally essential to success, which keeps the mind intent on the great object before it, and rejects all side issues,however tempting, that might divert it from this ob ject, each has furnished striking examples. Their place in the class of generals may perhaps, be settled more readily now; for their professional acts are as fully before phe public as they possibly ever will be. Grant will take a conspicuous place in history—in that one to which William of Orange, Turenne, Frederick, of Prussia, Washing inn, Wassena, Wellington and Scott belong. Sherman, if below, not far from that galaxy, brilliant with the scintillations of genius, in which Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and Napoleoh are found. Wherever placed, they will go down to all time as names dear to and honored by the American heart, as connected with the in tegrity of the republic. There is but one prayer that now, as their old instructor, I would form for them, and that is, that,jhaving passed through so many perils of the battle-field and of pestilential climate, they may also get, soathless, through that truly American ordeal, the cunningly wrought mesh work of unscru pulous politicians. As the Spaniards say, Odra sabe? Let us hope, that having borne them selves so modestly and equably, under such profuse showers of public adoration, with . the examples of the vituperation poured out upon Scott, Lincoln and Johnson im mediately under their eyes; and the grand historic figure of Washington looming up in the past, they will not require the warn ing of Scripture against the temptings of ambition in the words addressed to the Prophet: "Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Of all the incidents in the lives of these two illustrious men, nothing, perhaps, was More characteristic of them, and none prob ably will be longer remembered by them with pleasure, than their visit to their Alma Mater. at West,Point, in June, 1865. More fortunate than mortals generally, the lines of Byron do not, in all apply to' them: 'Green anti unfailing blooms that school bop spot, which we can ne , er forget, though we are there forgot." In a room in which the examination fbr graduation, to which they had also been subjected, was going on, the faculty before whom they had passed their ordeal still sit- ting in it, ,a young chtss of their' comrades present. and crowded with an'eager enthu siastic assomtblage of ladies and many dist- tinguished men, Grant first appeared, lean ing on the arm of the Superintendent,' shrinking and „half drawing back, as, With. almost feminine timidity depicted on his face, he was led forward, to be presented 'to his old professors. Sherman r a day or two Branch Office; '407 :Walnut St., OUR "WHOLE COUNTRY A Remarkable Clutracter.-A Frenchman Guillotines Himself. The most extraordinary suit perhaps ever preferred ' before the tribunals is about to be transferred from the courts of Naples to those of Paris. The subject of litigation is the last - Will and testament made by a certain M. Couvreaux, a Frenchntan, ,by which a considerable sum was bequeathed to "the people of the hotel" at Caitell • mare, in which he committed suicide. The" tribunals of Naples have decided against the bequest, on the plea of the insanity of the testa tor; but i thepeopleof the hotel," acting under advice, have denied the compe tence of the Italian law to judge the va lidity of a Frenchman's will, and have brought the affair before the French courts. The circumstances brought to light by the trial are curious enough. M. Couvreaux, whose fortunes seems to have been con siderable, was the son of a silk merchant of Lyons, who, having married his cook while the subject of the present investi gation was still a child, had placed him at his death under the sole and entire control of the promoted cook until he had attained his majority. Hence arose in the nervous disposition and sensitive mind of the youth, neglected and ill-treated by the mother-in-law, a deeply rooted aversion to women and terror of all physical suffering. His father's example had warned him of the danger of yielding to thejialluence of the fair sex, and he was resolved not to ust himself even to the possibility of :ielding to temptation. Like Charles :11. of Sweden, he deemed it wiser to ay than to combat when danger from bright eyes was to be anticipated; and, the stories told of his needless alarm when by chance he met any of the serving women on the . stairs of the hotel, and of their equally needless alarm at beholding the terror they had occasioned, have furnished the joyous propos of Naples for the last three years with amusement. For nine months, M. Couvrmix had been entirely occupied with the study of every work ever writ ten on the guillotine. Several books were found in his apartments treating of the manner of death of those who had snffered by this instrument. The ques tion of pain was one which occupied his attention most of all, and, as he pos sessed some talent for drawing, a vast collection of sketches of heads in. every position as falling beneath the axe, with the various contractions of nerve created by the different directions given to the edge, or the degree of rapidity with which the knife was made to descend upon the neck of the victim. The result of the inquiry must have been favorable to this mode of exit from the world, for, henceforth shutting himself up in his own room, he devoted his whole time to the construction of a guillotine for his own private use and gratification—a self-acting. instrument, effective, easy, and sure in its operation. The pursuit of this object must have been worthy the study of Hoffman or Edgar A. Poe. As success began to crown the experiment, his labors became More eager and more un ceasing. He seldom left his room but for the purchase of the materials necessary for his great work. The knife was tried on living fowls and rabbits, to the great amazement of the inmates of the hotel, who had ended in proclaiming the un happy man a "Strago" or sorcerer of the deepest dye. None passed the door of his room without making the sign of the cross and muttering a prayer, in the full conviction that the most deadly incan tations were being pursued night and day by the "Strago," who had power to blight with all sorts of curses those who dared to thwart him or oppose his wishes. The master of the hotel alone, who had found his money quite as pro fitable as that of others, denied his magic power, and sent in his bills without the smallest fear of the magic power of his guest. When the instrument at which he had worked with the greatest stead fastness was completed, he set it up in the doorway between the two rooms he occupied. The axe had been duly sharp ened and balanced with sixty kilo grammes of lead, to insure its swift der scent. With a Frenchman's taste, he then proceeded to the ornamental part of the design. He enclosed the'grim ma chine beneath crimson velvet hangings, then placed a table covered with black cloth under the axe, and the bed—steps below the whole to enable him to ascend; and as there is always something of the grotesque mingled with the Frenchman's vagaries, he took the precaution of plac ing a soft white pillow by the table, so that his head might fall easily and with picturesqoe grace when severed from the body. When every preparation was thus completed .? he oat down to the piano, and played with great sentiment and feeling a hymn to the Virgin, of his composition. It was heard by those promenading on the quay below. There must have been something peculiarin the sound, for the people Btopped to listen, and the land. lord, who was lolling against the door post, said to the people . gathered.. "The performer is my French lodger. He 'plays well enough,does he not? Well, whenever he dies, it will be in the skin of the greateSt madman-this earth over bore." When the strain was concluded the listeners dispersed, and ran to wit n6_ jjL: mperformance of Punch a little offers More • after, passed through the, same ordeal. With equal modesty, but with that eelf-as sertion of Manner that bas become a habit with him, he greeted all around, and in a few moments was busy turning over the specimens of the cadets' drawings that were placed aside on a table, comparing the pre sent with, the past. Happy Alma Mater, in having such sons to present to the republic. More happy ; that the characteristics of her dock, thus far, are, personal integrity and devotion to the public interests intrusted to them. • , Very truly yours, D. H. MAimw. WEST POINT, March 8, 1866. Advantages further on, but M. Couvreaux, in the costume of white flannel he had ordered for the occasion, mounted the steps of his tiny scaffold, and,lying quietly down with his eyes raised so as to behold the descent of the knife, let go the pulley and launched himself into the spirit world froth which no man has ever re , turned. ,The next morning the body was discovered by the waiter, and great was the consternation of the inhabi tants of Castellamare, when this new means of self-destruetion became re vealed. As may be supposed, the hotel was visited by the whole population until the brothers of the Pieta came to convey the corpse away. By a strange coincidence it was observed that the head had fallen exactly, in the position Marked as easier of all by the hand of M. Couvreaux beneath one of the sketches in the album of guillotined heads he had left behind. His will, written in a clear bold hand, was laid upon the table. After disposing of his fortune among his relations an a - completely rational and natural manner, he bequeaths_, some few thousand franai to "the people of the hotel, and it is this sum which has be come the subject of dispute through the miserable cupidity of the family." Facts and Fancies. The last Paris fashion for ladies' evening costume is to abandon hoops, and wear a long, trailing dress, called a queue a la eornNe. From this hint our fashionables can take their cue and come-it brilliantly. Total eclipse of the moon, March 30. There was a lick lips of the son, of Mr. Higgins, what time the father gave him two cents' worth of lollilop. No observations! —Except the fact that the son had thick I ips. Eating an apple made the first Eve-ill. The evil of all time. Every object has an inexhaustible mean ing; the eye sees in it what the eye brings means of seeing. Thus when you see a hogs head the eye brings through tears the means of seeing tierce. A New York "theatrical manager of a theatre" has writ to a London periodical, denying that he obtained possession by im proper means, of the manuscript "Lost in London." The MS. was "Found in New York." Madam Pampa made her first appearance in London since her return from this coun try, at Exeter Hall. The amount of salary paid her is not told, bat we imagine she had at least an X at her hand, on this night. The correct name for a hoop- skirt is far thingale. Falstaff says to Mrs. Ford—"the firm fixture of thy foot would give an ex cellent motion to thy gait, in a semi-circled' farthingale." The writer has heard the term used by a country girl in New Jersey, in an isolated place where the spirit of, the Revolution still lives. The Jersey girl bought one, but if she had bought four farthing ales she would have been penny wiser. Every one likes to wipe his shoes on poverty. That's the mat-tertMatthew. "What do you put that large egg on top of the others for?" asked a marketter of a marketman : "Because that egg-sells the others." Excellent! Venerable as the Pyramids. "Fine and fine make a poor coat," said the vagrant to the Judge. "They make a super-fine one for me," said his Honor, thinking of the amount he had made that morning in fines. The Rinderpest is bad, but throwing orange peel on the pavement is the Rindest pest. Charles Kingsley is writing a juvenile his tory of England; tie will allude to the regi cides as• Charles 'King-slayers. The elder Dumas has just completed a Lew play entitled "Gabriel Lambert." The English are very desirous for him to en large it so as to take in "Daniel Lambert," one of the greatest men England ever pro duced. A Boston journal says: "At a late picture sale in New York, The Angela Watching a water-color by Gustave Dore brought '.1300." We should think that angels were indeed fallen when they only get $3OO for watching a water color. Put a atop to that, modern Athens! Returned rebels in Missouri can continue wearing arms, the legislature refusing to prohibit the aforesaid rebels a' wearing arms. They cari,therefore, like Macaulay's cavaliers, "call on God to sink them, blast them, d—n them and destroy them" Let those s' wearing arms alone. They'll do. A brigade of juvenile crossing-sweepers has been formed in London.lTtie brigade are not allowed to make charges, they are to support batteries—'sault and batteries— on those who wont give 'way. Brougham is the head. An "intelligent citizen" of Georgia esti mates the next cotton crop at 3,000,000. He is too high. So is the cotton. The estimate is bale-ful. The "opinion" is too high, and may be to hire. A young lady in Salem, Ind., was fright ened to death by a knock at the door. Knocks after this will be regarded nox iously. The Quaker meeting house in Nansemond county was burnt on Monday night last. It is supposed the fire was was kindled by an incendiary. The idea of a roast dove's nest! Snow is three feet deep in Northern Wis consin, and the stock is suffering very much. Such a stock of snow ought to suffer. Raw mutton or beef, given in conjunction with diluted alcohol, in small doses, is now used in the treatment of consumption in France. This. is establishing a raw in medicai practice. After Sheridan sent the rebel Gen, Jubal Early "whirling up the valley," his caval rymen used to sing, "The day of JIIBAL E. bas come!"—Army and Navy Journal: The Laureate omitted one of the most dreadful incidents in his version of Enoch Arden. It Seems that the catastrophe quite unsettled the wits of his rival, Philip; who i scarcely knowing what he did, stumbled into the mill, and ground his own teeth! Davis on the status• • Henry Winter Davis, ten days before his lamented death, wrote to the Hon. J. M. Scovel, of New Jersey as follows : MY BEAR SIB :--The ease referred to is Luther vs, Bordon, 7 Howard, S. C. Rep.; I did not say that the States were out of the Union in law by rebellion or in faot by To Inftureris than any othev F. L. FETHERSTON. -Publisher. TIIREE CENTS the result of arms. On the contrary, I said that the State governments ceased to exist in law by renouncing the Constitution and *fact by being expelled by arms. ' Note the diversity. The States are in the Unim, or else we are not bound to guaran tee them Republican Governments. They have not republican governments; and that alone gives Congress the right to control the restoration under the power to guarantee. Sumner is getting right on this point. • . Congress looltsfirm; but it must be wisls• as well as firm. If we go before the people next Fallon a negative issue, leaving John son's government in possession- of ••the States,-and simply refuse to admit them to Congress, we will inevitable be beaten. , Congress must annul Johnson's govern ments, formally prescribe universal suffrage as the condition sine qua non of recognition, and propose 'to amend the Constitution; making it the supreme law of the land for all States, and go to the country on these measures, or, the people will accept John son'Sgovernments as a solution and send representatives to admit their represents s. Sincerely yours, BALTIMORE, Md., Dec.2l, 186&. ABIIISENENTS. THE CHESTNUT.--Daring this week the main . attraction at the Chestnut has been "The Fireman of Philadelphia," with Mor daunt as the hero,and with the fall strength of the company in the cast. Miss Orton has been a noble-hearted heiress, though not without trials and troubles. Mr.Lennos has been the "Yankeest" of Yankees, and has been in close confabulation with Mr. Ward, who has been a contraband "fresh from the Bureau." Mrs. Chapman has been a modern Mrs. Malaprop, with an extra shoddy touch. Mr. Lewis has been one of those deep-dyed villains seldom seen save on the stage. Little Katie Baker has been a newsboy. Mrs. Mordaunt has been a female Fenian. Mrs. Beach has looked pretty as the daughter of the modern Mrs. Malaprop. Mr. F. Foster has been a übiquitous sort of person with a general villainous tendency, and we have had a grand exhibition of fire, hose carriage, steam engine, red shirt, rescue of inno cence, etc. This evening, for the last time, "The Fireman" will be the attraction. On Monday "Cartonche ; or, The Stolen Jewels, will be presented for the first time in• America. It has been long in prepara tion, has been finely mounted in every re spect, and its effects are said to be unu sually grand and startling. It will be cast to the full strength of the company, and will add another to Manager Sinn's many successes. We may add that this evening a grand Irish drama will be played in connec lionWith "The Fireman," in honor of the great day of the Fenian. . Ronsofi's Bffa..E.v.rr.—There will be a grand time at the Arch this evening on the occasion of Mr. Robson's benefit. He gives three hours of "straight out fun," and winds up - with an Irish drama, in which Mr. Tilton performs the part of Em.mett,the patriot. If there is room for anybody to squeezeinto the Arch to-night, we would lid - vise the aforesaid anybody to go there if he likes comedy or broad farce. On Monday we have Mr. Charles Dillon in his great character of Belphegor. Tea Wamstrr.—Mx. J. B. Roberts ap pears this evening in "The Corsican Brothers." The afterpiece is ~.."Rory O'More." On Monday Mr. Hackett appears as Falstaff in "Henry IV." ACADEMY OF Music.—On Monday after noon Mr. George Hood's benefit takes place at the Academy. The principal artists of Grover's opera troupe appear,in connection with the companies of the Chestnut,Walnut and Arch street theatres. The bill is one of the most diversified, both musically and dramatically, that can be imagined, and we advise all who wish to secure seats to attend to the matter early. THE AMERICAN.-A very lively ~ pro_ is offered attlle American to-night. NATIONAL HALL.—The panorama of Ire land is still the great attraction at National Hall. • ASSEMBLY BUILDMO.—BIitz and his du plex Sphynx appear each evening and on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. WOOD'S MINSTRELS shortly COMDIOTICe au engagement in this city. New Jersey Matters. Crri COIJSCIL.—Last evening the first meeting of the new Council was held, at the City Hall, and was organized by the election of Jesse Hall, Esq., as President, and Mr. Joseph C. Nichols, as Clerk. Mr. Hall was President of Council last year, but Mr. Nichols takes the place of Samuel W. Thoman, who has been an energetic and faithful Clerk for several years past,and was the cal:tens nominee of the Union party for the Clerkship, last evening, but the Union members of Council afterwards went for Mr. Nichols, who served during the entire war. The Committee,to whom were referred the z returns of the election held last Tuesday, reported the following figures as official on the city ticket : For Mayor, Paul C. Budd (R.), received 1,305 votes; L. F. Fisher (D.), 1,189. For Recorder, Robert Folwall (R)., 1,362; John B, Thompson (D.), 1,04. For- Treasurer, Samuel Hufty (1-t.), 1,312; Reilyr Barrett (D.), 1,182. For Solicitor, General! Geo.M.Robeson (R. ),1,441; Alfred Hugg (D.), 1,047. For Marshal, John W. Campbell (R.), 1,34 k John Laning (D.), 1,112. For Surveyor; Edward H. Saunders (R.), 1,400; Josiah D. Rogers (D.), 461. It was also shown that two Union mem— bers were elected from North Ward, two from South Ward, but the Democrats carried Middle Ward by a small vote. After the transaction of the usual business, the Council adjourned. COIIMITTED.—Yeaterday aiternoon Justice Cassady committed a young girl to answer the charge of stealing articles of clothing, &n., from Mrs. Sailer, with whom she was living. The goods were found in her pos session. The girl is an orphan, and has set out early on the highway of crime.- Her - father was killed in the recent war, and her mother died a few months since. • 'ROBBERY.-A few nights since a young man named Shields was knocked down, while passing along the street of South r. Ward, and robbed of about fourteen dollars, by.some highwayman, who made his escoPel. BnEluarTo Wustnows.!--A small ,lad' , of' - rather an unruly r turn .of mind, named Mitchel, was yesterday „committed ; by Mayor Budd,. m default of $5OO. hail, to answer the charge of malicious mischief, lit breaking the large windows.of:a mho:Tint o ; , at Fourth and Federal etreete.., A. Af \ United , Statesii:-i
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