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1366, by the Rev. E. Rutter, William Y. Carver, Es q.,
to Miss Mary Is. Bnpp, all of Philadelphia.
SPRA.GUE—MALY RR—At Advent Church, in this
city, on the 15th inst.. by the Rev. J. W. Claxton, J. R.
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Readlng,Pa. deceased, and
of
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ISYJEUIAL NOTICLI!!' o.
/tat AfISS ANNA E. DICKINSON
:yaL BP'FAX, BY INVITATION,
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
40N FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 182 z.
SUBJECT-" MY POLICY."
This Is Miss Dickinson's most popular lecture, and is
said to have created the greatest enthusiasm in the
West, where she has been, for several months past,
addriesing immense audiences on "My Policy," or the
Jobnisonlan dogma of Reconstruction. So great was
the demand for its repetition that she was compelled
.to decline innumerable invitations.
Tickets tar sale at T. B. PUGH'S Book Store, S. W.
corner SIXTH and CHEaTINTUT Streets.
Reserved seats, 50 cents.
Admission. 25 cents.
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OFFICE AMERICAN KAOLIN COMPANY.;
11 b ,PITELADELPIITA,, May 15, 18611.
At the annual meetiNg of the Stocitholders.'held on
''the Bth instant, the following gentlemen were elected
Directors for the ensuing year: Howard Spencer,
•Chafies' 1). Knight. Thomas Graham, Sohn F. Shessi,
W.lif.. R. Hartley, of New York.
qAt a meeting of the Directors, held on the same
day, Howard Spencer, Esq., was unanimously re
'elected 'President, and T. 13. English Secretary and
DIVIDEND.—The DIRECTORS OF TEE
NeELHENY OIL COMPANY have this day
declared a Dividend of TWO PER CENT. on the Capi
tal Stock (8200,000), payable on and after the 21at
at. the Office of the Company, No. 218 WALNUT
street.
Transfer Books will re-open 23d Inst.
-PEITLASITELPHIA, May rth,lBg3. llA2• Rnayl7-4ti
101.- TO THE. EDITOR OF THE EVENING
BULLETIN—As the season is approaching for
'Sunday Schools and other associations to make their
ANNUAL EXCURSIONS, would it not be as well for
Those having places to rent for such purposes, to ad
vertise so that the committees' might know where to
apply. [lo] M.
DEDICATION.—THE SOUTHWESTERN
Presbyterian Church, corner of Twentieth and
"ffl =water streets. will be dedicated with appropriate
Services, THIS (Thursday) EVENING, May 17th, at
s o'ock. Addresses will be made by Rev. Albert
BartZte. Dr. Brainerd and Rev. W. Calkins. its
tU.- BISHOP H. SIMPSON. D. D., will preach a
the Western M. E. Church (Twentieth and Wal
nut) Sabbath Morning, the Seth inst. A Collection
will be taken for Repairs in the Church. Seats all free.
Come and welcome. myl7.St.
Tr.z.. HOWARD HOSPITAL],Nos. 1518 and 1520
"Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Me
dical treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously
to the poor. se2B
THE FIRE IN THE PINES.—A corre
spondent writing from Tuckerton, Burling
ton county, gives us the following account
of the fires that have recently raged in the
*woods "along shore:" A devastating fire
broke out in a' "coaling" in the woods
about seven miles from the Shore road in
the township of Little Egg Harbor on Sun
day; April' 29th, and . spread with frightful
vapidity before a strong N.W. wind towards
the coast. Nothing could stay its furious
progress until it reached the cultivated
fields along the Shore. The villages of
Tnckerton in Burlington county, and of
'West Creek in Ocean county, were threat
ened at one time with imminent destruc
tion. One farm house along the road be
tween these villages were burned down and
two dwellings back a short distance in the
woods shared the same fate. • It is estimated
that not less than 20,000 acres of timbered
land are burnt over. the timber on which,
with little exception, is completely killed.
Moss is estimated at sloo,ooo. More than
half the timbered part of Little Egg Harbor
is burnt, and a portion of the townships of
Bass river; and of Stafford in Ocean county.
--Trenton Gazette.
A FIER STORY.—The following is a pisca
torial "yarn," worthy of the ancient repu
tation of stories • of that character: "The
Indians of California, in spearing trout,
never take the female fish, and always kill
those they catch as soon as they take them
from the water. They have an eye to next
year's supply, and don't believe in eating
game that has died a natural death."
DEATH OF AN ARMY SURGEON.—We re
gret to announce the death of Dr. J. T.
.Adair, in Indiana county, Pa., on the sth
instant. Dr. Adair was Assistant Surgeon
• of of the 77th Regiment P. V.V. 1., and had
shared in all the hardships of his regiment.
He had but recently returned from Texas,
land had contracted that fatal disease, con
sumption, whilein the service. He was a
fine physician and an affable gentleman.
NEWSPAPER PROFITS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
—The profits of the London Gazette for last
year afe returned at upwards of £13,300.
The Edinburgh Gazette's profits during the
same time £2,370. and those of the 'Dublin
Gazette, £B5B.
Ours FOR SEACOAST DEFENCE.—Three
hundred and fifty men are still employed at
the'Watertown,lsfass., arsenal,in the mann-,
facture of heavy iron gnn carriages for the
forth of our extensive seacost, the orders for
'which still continue unabated.
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NO. 34
In a sketch of the history of the locality
of the NEW BULLETIN BUILDING, No. 607
Chestnut street; published in our columns
within a few days, we referred to the fact
that we had in our possession a cotemporary
description of a grand fête gotten up many
years ago by the Chevalier de la Luzerne,
the French Minister to the 'United States, in
honor of the birth of the "Dauphin," son
of Louis XYL Numerous requests have
been made to us to republish the description
referred to, and, in compliance with the
wishes of our correspondents; and as a con
tribution to the history of the city , at an in
era, we transfer the account of the
festival to our columns. It will be remem
bered that the fete came off in July 1782,
not many months after the defeat of Corn
wallis, at Yorktown. The French Minister
resided at the time in the old Carpenter
mansion, on Chestnut street, above Sixth,
on the spot recently occupied by the Arcade
His garden extended down to Sixth street
and in this retreat the grand rejoicings de
scribed below, took place. The account
given of the festival says :
"The Chevalier de la Lnzerne, Minister
Plenipotentiary, having fixed upon the 15th
of July for the celebration of the birthday
of the Dauphin, a prodigious number of
people resorted from all parts to this city
and its neighborhood, to testify the part
they took in an event which has crowned
the wishes of our august ally.
"At 0 o'clock in the morning His Excel
lency invited to his apartments all the
French resident in Philadelphia to return
thanks to the Supreme Being for the late
blessing He has bestowed on the nation.
The Te Deurn was chanted, after which the
Chevalier de la Luzerne received the con
gratulations of the officers of the Govern=
went, citizens, (tc., etc. At the same time
was presented to him an ode upon the birth
of the Dauphin, composed by Mr. Smith, a
young lawyer, who displays a very great
genius. _ '
"His Excellency invited more than fifteen
hundred guests from this and the neigbor
ing States to attend at this entertainment,
which began at 8 o'clock in the evening.
In the court yard belonging to the househe
had caused to be built for their reception a
hall of the most excellent architecture, and
the court yard itself had assumed in less
than two months the formof a regtdar gar
den; groves formed into arches, and hung
over with glass_ lamps, the prospects judi
ciously disposed at a small distance, where
appeared a splendid illgmination, repre
senting a palace, ornamented with a great
number or pyramids and columns; the fire
works played off "by intervals from the
most distant part of the perspective; an in
numerable crowd of persons that covered
the fields round about; a green hall raised
in part of the garden concealed by porches
of green a sky clear_ and serene—all contri
buted to render this garden a most roman
tic and delightful recess. A hall after the
Italian manner takes up the middle space.
It is built upon a plan of seventy-feet in
length, and forty-fivefeet in breadth.. It is
surrounded with an insulated colomi ade
detached from the main building. The
Doric order, which is most used in this
building is nowhere neglected.
"At the furthest extremity of the hall,
and opposite the principal entrance, are the
arms of France upon a globe suspended in
the midst of a glory, whose rays break upon
the square of the ceiling. At the other ex
tremity the arms of the United States
(whose escutcheons are charged with thir
teen pieces argent and gules, having upon
the top thirteen stars upon an azure ground),
are supported by the American bald eagle,
having in his right talons an olive branch
and thirteen arrows in his left; in his bill a
legend with these words : E Pluribus Ununt.
America is personified by two young sa
vages, who serve as supporters, the one
Stayed by a staff which bears the Cap of
Liberty, the second surrounded with the
natural productions of this country in form
of an article of exchange for the riches of
Europe. About the middle of the hall are
several figures supported by the columns.
The cyphers of the Queen of France,
crowned with and encircled by garlands
by a Cupid, are supported by Hymen,
the rays from whose flambeaux shine
upon them. The group look towards the
cyphers of the Dauphin, likewise crowned
with garlands by a genius, and supported
by Mercury,who covers him with his wand.
The galleries formed by the lolumns are or
namented with pilasters and panels, of a
color different from that of the body of the
building. The_ ceilings are fiat, and set off
with sophites. From the midst of those of
the architrave, and betwixt each column,
hangs &branched candlestick; the rest of
the ceiling is enriched with a wide frame,
within which light clouds are painted, and
also are hung crowns; at the four extremi
ties of the two grand galleries are four fig
ures resembling the white marble placed in
niches, and representing Diana at the in
stant of discharging her javelin, Flora
adorned with garlanfis, Hebe holding the
cup of Jupiter, Mars leaning upon'his armor
where:is engraved the- cypher of his Excel
lency, General Washington. The galleries
upon the right side of the entrance have
at each of their extremities a sideboard
raised pyramidioally, covered with re
freshments, flowers, and lights. Betwixt
these two sideboards and toward the middle
of the hall is the orchestra, under which - is
a close room. The two spaces between,that
remained on each side, are set off with four
doors that give entrance into two saloons
which open into one behind the orchestra.
From the saloon is a passage into the dining
hall, ninety feet long by forty broad,haying
seven tables proportioned in size to the
number of the guests. This hall, as well as
the saloon, was lighted by glass branches,
the space betwixt the tables, their situation,
that of the serving sideboard, the number
of avenues that facilitated the comingin and
going out, infinitely increased the splendor
of the sight and the magnificence of the at
tendance. This whole building is covered
on the outside with a .roof after the Italian
mode, supported by pilasters forming three
porticoes at the two ends, and four on the
side opposite to the fireworks and the illu
mination.
T. B. ENGLISH,
Secretary
"This splendid building, which was fin
ished in less than six weeks, was the work
Monsieur 'L'Enfant, a French officer in the
service of the United States. The carpenter
work, which is remarkable for its neatness,
was done by Mr. S. Roberts; the pillars, in
white lime plaster, by Corse. Mr. S. Pratt
executed the greater part of the paintings ;
from the designs of Monsieur L'Enfant.
"By four o'clock in the afternoon, on the
day before mentioned, every possible pre
caution had been taken to prevent accidents.
A detachment of French troops mounted
guard within the garden, and several com
panies of militia were posted in the different
avenues, to prevent the excessive crowding
of horses and carriages. No accident
An Old Times Festival.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1886.
happened, although more than fifteen
thousand pectoral were present.
"The presence of 'His Excellency, the
President, and all the members of Gin
gretis; of their Excellencies the: Goverwirs
of Pennsylvania, of Jersey and Delaware,
and the principal military and civil officers
of those States, gave as much solemnity to
the entertainment as the drese and beauty
of the ladies added to< Its charms. Their
Excellencies General • Washington and Le
Compte de. Rochambeau, who had arrived
in town' the day before, increased the
general satisfaction, and seemed to bring
the laurels of Yorktown to the cradle of the
Dauphin.
"An Indian chief, devoted to France and
the United States, had also arrived in Phil
adelphia to attend the entertainment. He
was appareled and adorned in the fashion
of his country, and did not faittolexpress
in the three languages, which he spoke well,
the sincere part he and his countrymen
take in the event that was then celebrated.
"The entertainments began with a concert,
succeeded by fireworks of superior and un
rivaled excellence, and a brilliant ball. At
one in the morning supper was served up,
followed by a continuation of the ball, and
joy did not cease to sparkle in the eyes of
every one present."
It will be understood thai the Dauphin
whose birth caused so much rejoicing among
the admirers of the French, in Philadelphia,
eighty-four years ago, was not the unfortu
nate youth who bore that title arid who died
in prison in the " Temple" daring the
French revolution. The Dauphin who so
greatly excited the loyalty of the Chevalier
de la Luzerne, was an older brother of the
Dauphin so well known in history. He died
in 1787 and his title desc,anded to the hapless
prince just referred to.
From Atlantie City.
[Correspondence of the Phila. Evening Belletlii.l
ATLANTIC Crry, May 15th, 1856.—The
continued advancement of Atlantic city in
those elements which make up a thriving
and attractive place, is becoming year by
year more apparent and gratifying. The
rough and primitive repulsiveness of the
Taland is fast disappearing, and a new order
of things is shaping the future of this place
into a city of no inconetaerable importance.
Gradually the work of filling up the swampy
places and ponds, which formerly extended
midway between Atlantic and Pacific avert_
nets almost the entire length of the city, is
going forward, and the huge sandhills that
lie, like a line of breastworks, facing the
ocean, are being leveled and built upon.
Twelve years of unremitting toil and perse
verance have wrought here such changes as
few might have anticipated when the rail
road was first opened to the public—changes
which have converted a wild and almost
desolate island into aj"city by the sea," with
its many magnificent public houses, its
churches, its schools, and elegantly ar
ranged private dwellings, its streets laid ,
out into- broad and well graveled ave
nues, and its facilities for all these amuse
moms and exercises which are required
by those who seek the sea shore for health
and enjoyment. From this commencement
has arisen all there is of Atlantic City; and,
judging from the unusual activity main.
fested at the present time, and the improve
ments so rapidly going forward, it can
scarcely be another twelve years before it
will contain a permanent population of some
five or six thousand persons. And it is this
condition that must be effected to give a sta
tus and character to this city. A floating
population gives only a temporary impor
tance to any place. This fact seems to be
realized by the citizens of Atlantic City,and
they are adopting those sanitary and other
healthful measures calculated to secure
such a needed permanent population.
The City Council are very properly and
judiciously acting in concert with the pro
perty owners and enterprising citizens, in
the work of removing all nuisances, filling
up stagnant pools of water, and otherwise
improving the streets, so that the city may
become as free as possible from those ma
larious influences which engender', sickness
and disease. This is a feature which they
regard as of paramount importance to fu
ture growth and success. Nor are they
any the less zealous in reference to their
social and moral condition. As the
place began to assume the characteristics
of a city, suitable plates of worship were
begun and duly completed, and at the pre
sent time there are Methodist, Presbyterian
and Catholic churches, while an Episcopa
lian congregation worship in a large hail
connected with the Mansion Howse. The
Misses Leehave very generously donated a
fine and eligible lot at the corner of Atlantic
and North Carolina avenues to this congre
gation, on which to build a church, with an
understanding that if it is not completed
within three years the lot reverts again to
them. But it is believed that in that time
the edifice will be ready for use.
Connected with the Methodist church is
an excellent and flourishing Sabbath school,
which is generally attended by from one
hundred and fifty to twos hundred pupils,
all of whom are children of regular resi
dents of the Island. These are divided and
sub-divided into different classes, under the
supervision of careful and competent teach
ers, who exhibit great care in directing
their young minds into the paths of useful
and instructive knowledge.
In conjunction with these religions fea
tures a good and substantial school has been
established, into which more than three
hundred children are eligible for admission.
The citizens have erected a large and hand
some edifice on Pennsylvania avenue for
school purposes, and there is now one of the
best schools in the State in successful pro
gress in it. Several of the higher branches
are taught. Measures are also being adopted
to institute an. Academy, in which the
languages and classics will , be taught, For
this purpose arrangements have been made
to convert a portion of the "Clarendon
House" into said institution, and the change
will be made so that the school will com
mence its first term some time during the
approaching autumn. This will be another
great inducement for permanent. settlers,
and tbose who have the 'project in hand
could confer no greater blessing and ad
vantage on Atlantic city than to make
their proposed Academy an institution of
the highest grade, where pupils from all
parts of the country may come and share
its benefits; for, certainly, no place along
the New Jersey coast can be more eligible
and appropriate, or possess greater advan
tages and attractions.
Another impetus would be given to the
growth and improvement of this place by
establishing manufactories here—especially
glassworks. There is an inexhauitible
supply of good sand for the manufacture of
all kinds of common glassware, while the
transportation of the other two ingredienta,,
lime and soda-ash, would be but a trifling
expense. Such establishments would
orW OLE COUNTRY.
gather around them a permanent popula
tion, and would soon remove the wild fea
tures of the island and supplant/them with
handsome buildings and private residences.
Your correspondent learns that at number
of capitalists contemplate erecting such
works, but no definite time has been fixed
for their commencement. Other manufaC
turing establishments will likewise be con
structed at no distant day.
The proposition of the railroad company
to extend their track farther down the
beach is also meeting with popular favor,
as it will.tend to improve very largely that
portion of the Island, which embraces some
of the best lots in the city, and has one tua
broken stretch of excellent bathing ground
for nearly nine miles in extent. The work
of this extension will probably begin this
season.
Such are some of the main featureS pFe
sented by this seaside city to those who wish
to enjoy its summer or permanent advan
tags. And that they are duly appreciated
la indicated by the constantly increasing
population and the number of tasteful pri
vate and public buildings—some twelve
new ones being now in progress—vrhich are
added yearly to the city. SALVM.
THE AMERICAN NATIONAL DEBT.
Interesting Speech by a British
In presenting his yearly financial state
ment to the British Parliament, on the 3d
inst., the Hon. Mr. Gladstone alluded to the
debts of Great Britain and other European
countries. He also said—
I cannot proceed further without asking
the Committee to observe what has taken
place in other countries. The chapter of
national debts is assuming, I think, a pain
ful and a baleful prominence as a social and
political fact of modern experience. Ido
not know whether the House is aware to
what extent this Mischievous and inju
rious process is going, on, but I will refer
first to what Ido not hesitate to declare I
contemplate with the least anxiety, and that
is the debt of the United States. The debt
of the United States is in itself something
wonderful—wonderful as the creation of
four years, strictly of four years and no
more, and yet amounting to nearly $3,000,-
000AO, or £600,000 000, and the rate of
growth of the debt in the last yearexceeded,
I think, Z 200,000,000. That is a wonderful
debt, and its charge is en2rmous. It is not
possible in the present state of the financial
arrangements of that country to ascertain
with p . recision,but I believe ram not wrong
in saying that the charge of that debt is con
siderably heavier than ours, though the
capital is less. The smallest sum at which
I can estimate the charge is thirty-Oh) or
thirty-two millions sterling; and if upon the
back of that sum we lay- the necessary cost
of raising the revenue, which in America is
much heavier than it is here, I do
not think the effective amount of
taxation incumbent upon the nation at this
time in consequence of the Ncirthern debt
(1 do not include one farthing of the South
ern debt), cannot be taken at less that
nearly thirty-five trillions sterlingrper an
num. Well, now, looking at these figures,
a man would be struck with something like
despair; but if we look at the position of the
country which has to bear the burden, I
must confess that I think the future of
America, as far is finance is concerned—
political problems are not now in question
—will not be attended with any emnarrass
ment. I do not believe that the debt will
constitute any difficulty for the American
people. I am confident, that if they show
wiih respect to finance any portion of that
extraordinary resolution which on both
sides alike they manifested during the war,
and of that equally remarkable resolu
tion with which, on the return of peace,
they have brought their monstrous and
gigantic establishments within moderate
bounds, I won't say that this debt,
according to an expression which was
once fashionable in this country, will be a
fleabite, but that in a moderate time it will
be brought within very small limits, and
may, even within the lifetime of persons
now living, be effaced altogether. At this
moment America is, I believe, paying war
taxes, and the amount of the revenue of the
United States is not less, I apprehend, than
about eighty millions of money, the largest
sum ever raised in any country for the pur
poses of a Central Government. The esti
mated surplus is from twenty to thirty mil
lions sterling a year, and I believe at pre
sent only about ten millions of their taxa
tion are menaced by the natural impatience
of the people with respect to some of the
taxes that have been imposed. Mr. M,cCul
loch, the Finance Minister of that country,
strongly urges the policy of reducing the
debt, and I am quite certain that from this
side of the water we shall send him a hearty
expression'of good wishes for his success,
both on account of our interest in the well
being of a friendly nation, and because it
may be hoped that the example of America
will react beneficially on this country.
There is a clerical club flourishing in
London, We have not heard of any one
being ifls ured by it, as yet.
Why is a pistil a more positive weapon
than a pistol? Because one has an aye and
the other a no.
The Boston Post says that "Santa Anna
hasn't, come here for any political purpose,
but to get his wooden leg that Barnum has
been showing." When he gets it, he pro
poses to stump the country for Maximilian,
and will probably put his foot in it.
Everybody knows that Barnum made his
first hit with the ancient colored • person,
Joyce Heth. Here is a good, though old
epigram concerning Barnum and Bennett,
who had quarreled:
"Children, why scratch each others eyes,
And kick up such a pother?
One's fortune from black male did rise,
And from black female, Venter.
General Longstreet is president of an in
surance company in Texas. The policy of
this company is identical with A. J's.
The last vehicle in vogue in Patti is called
the Egotist; it will hold only one lady. The
ladies like it, because everybody I's them.
A pretty little woman committed suicide
in St. Louis because she had forced to
marry an elderly gentleman. We have
known a good many "pretty little women"
who have made way with themselves in
that way, without any force whatever.
C. 0. L R. says that he has 50,000 drilled
Finnegana in Ireland, buethat they have
no arms. The inference is that they were
drilled with the national weapon, the shine
lab. Imagine •a force of British regulars
drilling them with canister and grape!
The venerable Secretary of the Navy got
off a subtle joke on the Finnegans, when he
sent Boggs to supervise their invasion of
Canada. Mr. Weller wanted to make them
feel at home.
Minister.
Baits and gametes.
ITALY.
THE AUSTRIAN AND ITALIAN INF-
FICULTY.
WILE THERE BE WAR P
The National Spirit and the Military
Situation in Italy ) &n:
[Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.]
GENOA, May 1, 1866.—There is a general
conviction that we are on the brink of a
war in Venetia, and the commercial and
political worlds are heaving with a great
convulsion. Two facts tell the story: Italian
bonds went down to 44 yesterday, and at
the same hour the Parliament authorized
the Ministry to adopt such extraordinary
measures of finance as it may deem expe
dient, only one man voting against the bill.
Nothing short of imminent danger could
carry our bon& down from 64 to 44 in two
weeks, and create unanimity in such a het
erogeneous Parliament as ours.
The previsions of my letters of the 3d and
7th nit., from Florence, have been (ally
verified; and although it was for weeks de
nied that we were arming, it was only ne
cessary to open one's eyes to see prepara
tions everywhere. If a hundred thousand
men were not actually between Bologna
and Ferrara, they were practically on that
line; for they were stationed along the cross
made by the lines between Alexandria and
Ancona, and Ferrara and Leghorn, inter
secting at Bologna. These troops are there
now, and the numbers are being gradually
increased, while the lines are being drawn
toward Bologna from Alexandria and
Ancona.
I expressed the opinion a month ago that
war was probable; I do not think it a whit
more so now. The present excitement is
caused by the uncovering of the work of
the last month, and the nearer the crisis
comes the more difficult it is to see how the
war is to begin.
GENOA, May 2, 1864 4 --The news of the
morning does not niitterially change the
situation. The Parliament gave yesterday
a new proof of its lively appreciation of the
common danger by unanimously voting
two millions for the fortifications of Cre
mona. Here has been a piece of alniost
criminal neglect. A glance at the map will
show you how Cremona covers the line from
the quadrilateral to Milan. By the way,
thin quadrilateral business may not be un
derstood by all readers. Let me explain:
Draw lines through Peschiera, Mantua, Ve
rona and Legnano, and you have it. These
linee are strongly certified, and can only be
carried by a regular siege. To turn them is
nearly impossible, for the lake of Gardia
covers the flank of Peschiera, and from Leg
nano to the Adriatic a tangle of mines and
swamps covers all the ground. The front
line between Peschiera is the 3linclo, and
the rear line between Verona and Legnano
the Adige. On the other lines there are rail
roads as well as onithe front line.
To return to Cremona. It is not a very
strong position; butlying on the Po and con
nected by railroads with, Milan and Pia
cenza, it is naturally the best point for re
sisting an Austrian advance on the Milan
line. It is to us what the strip of Austrian
territory on our :side of the Po—between
Mantua and Ferrara—is to the Austrians.
Suppose, now, an advance by Benedek
serum the Mincio. He must capture Cre
mona; for the Italian army would menace
his line of operations and cut him off from
his base if he attempted. to pass beyond it
to Milan.
Suppose the Italian army stretched along
the railroad between Bologna and Piacenza,
Cremona would be our outpost and head of
the line, and it would be comparatively easy
to concentrate there. In case the Austrians
took the grave risk—l allude here to the
French Emperor's relations to Lombardy—
of crossing the Mincio, then you may look
for the tirstgreat battle at or near Cremona.
It should not be overlooked that w e shall
be at one disadvantage in such a campaign.
The Po would lie between ns and our base
line, and our army would be precisely in
the position of a man fighting with his back
against a wall. Austria on 'our side of the
Po—between'Mantua and Ferrara—would
be in just the same relative position. In
short, the Po is the real line between the
two military positions, and each army will
be safest on its own side, and military pru
dence would dictate that La Marmora and
Benedek each manceuvre to get the other to
fight on- the wrong aide. Benedek can
force La Marmora to makehead at Cremona
by moving his army over the Mincio. La
Marmora may anticipate that movement
and prevent it by attacking the Austrian
outposts on this side of the Po.
Unless La Marmora feels very sure of
French assistance he is not unlikely to
bring on an action at the point where Ana
trfa holds both sides of the Po. Just here
lies a grave reason for believing war inevi
table. Within two weeks the two armies
will be face to face on that narrow strip of
land. No matter now whether there be 1,-
000 or 40,000 of each army on the spot, it
seems inevitable that a conflict must ensue.
For Austria will have before her one of
three problems to solve : 1. Whether to
withdraw all her troops to the other side of
the Po. 2 To reinforce the few brigades
already there. 3. To leave the present
number with orders not to provoke an en
gagement. Now Austria cannot do thOfirst.
It would be to retreat from Austrian terri
tory in the laCe of hostile bayonets, and the
pride of Vienna would endure no such
movement. Nor could she increase her
force on our side of the Po. La Marmora
would say : "This is an act of war ; these
troops are sent here to invade us." Europe
would justify him in driving the Austrians
across the'Po. The third problem is more
difficult than either of the others. It is
whether it be safe to leave a few troops ex
posed to the whole Italian army. Now, re
member the animosity which burns between
these two armies, and imagine even two
pickets lines withinl shooting distance. Be
sure that when our blood is fairly up, no
Austrian will be safe this side of the Po, un
less be is backed up by superior force.
Neither party wishes to take the responsi
bility of bringing on war; but, in all honesty
and candor, we do want to light Austria out
of Venetia, and ten 'days hence, if we go on
worming o our work at the present pace,
,nobody will be able to restrain us—and it is
very clear Napoleon does nottry dissuasion.
Another element in the probabilities of
war is the temper in which our tremendous
preparations will be received at Vienna. I
think no one expects to intimidate—on th
contrary, we expect to inflame—the prid
and resentment of Austria. Having counted
the cost, and calmly determined to make a
decisive struggle for complete national' in
F. I. FETHERSTON. Mule
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
dependence, we shall leave Anatria only a
choice between battle and humiliation. She
must speak the first peaceful words, and if
she do not also do peaceful acts, she must
return our blows. We shall not arm for a
grand field day. We cannot afford the cost
of a military display. We are willing to go
before Europe on the question—Who began.
the and to admit, if necessary,that we
first drew blood..
The unanimity of the nation is unmis
takable. You cannot find, hereabouts, an
Italian copperhead, and you begin to hear
the first murmurs of that glorious enthusi
asm which proves the right of &people to , be
called a nation. This is one of the matters
in which Austria is-fault:illy deceived. She
has been led to believe that there wide
spread discontent here, inevitable and incu
rable breaches of •opinion, readiness to ao
cept a return to the old fractional nation
ality, and a powerful party of church zealots
looking to her for dehvarence. She does not
see that a war with her will heal our divi
sions, unite our parties, and awaken a pop
ular enthusiasm which Sa: a better defence
for a nation than Alp, Po„ or Apennine
Three days ago, Austria mayhaye nour
ished delusions about our internal dis
sensions ; in face of the action of our Par
liament and the tone of our journals, it will
be the extremity of folly to doubt our
un W i e
e have all turned our faces toward the-
Hermit of Caprera. In this solemn hour all
admit his right to lead his old followers in
the front line. All feel, too .that some cam
paign of peculiar difficulty and requiring
unusual courage and audacity becomes the
hero of Siei I • • n campaign in 1860. It is proba
bly more from this conviction of the fitness of
things than from any known action of the
ministry that the journals assign him the
command 0(20,000 volunteers to be trans
ported by sea to the head of the Adriatic,.
there to operate against the Austrian main
line of advance or retreat. If he does
nothing more there, he will at least keep.
twice his own numbers from the Austrian
lines on the Po.
There are rumors that messengers have al
ready gone to invite him to take the-field,
and the mercantile steamers taken• posses
sion of by the government, are already. as
signed, by rumor, to the transportation of
his corps. Ileatatinae, he is expected here
or at Florence during the week.
The quays - used by the French in 1859 for
landing the troops sent here, were•closed to
merchant ships yesterday, and a rumor
ran that the Gauls were coming again.- In
sober truth, we would rather not see them.
It is hard to feel that twenty millions of
Italians need any foreign aid, and we shall
not ski-ink from fighting our battles alone.
Yet—so hard is it to risk all in a grapple
with so terrible 'a foe..-we should welcome
our neighbors from Marseilles and Toulon
with the heart enthusiasm of 1859. But the
mystery of the quays was solved this
morning, when a regiment from Palermo
landed upon them from steamers. It is the:
first installment of the southern divisionsor
our regular army, whose places axe to be
supplied by northern militia. ,
Just as I close this letter, I learn that the
Ministry have issued a decree making the
bills of the National Bank a legal tender for
debts. They take this action at the earnest
request bf our business men, and the mess-
ore has given instantaneous relief to com
mercial affairs. Our bonds have risen, from
43 to 49, and there is a general feeling of sat
isfaction in all business circles. The best
proof of the unanimity of the people for the
war is, that there has not been heard the
lowest whisper of opposition from our mer
chants and bankers.
Destructive Fire in Brooklyn-
About 8 o'clock yesterday morning a fire
was discovered in the large building situated
on the block bounded by Columbia, Sedg
wick, Van Brunt and Irving streets, and
occupied by Blanchard & Co. as a cotton
packing establishment. The fire was caused
by friction from one of the steam cotton
packers, which ignited the cotton, and - the
flames spread so rapidly that the persona
employed in the building—about seventy
five in number—had barely time to save
themselves.
The whole of the Fire Department of tha-
Western District arrived promptly on. the►
ground, but their efforts were unavailing
to save the stock or the building, and inlesa
than an hour the entire establiEhment was
destroyed.
The building occupied by Blanchard
Co. was two stories in height,built of brick.
It had 150 feet front on Van Brunt-street,
and 100 feet each on Sedgwick. and Irving.
streets. The loss on the stock and the ma
chinery of Blanchard it Co. amounts to
about $75,000. it is understood that the
stock and machinery were not insured.
The loss on the building, which . was
owned by Mr. Charles Kelsey, is $12,000,
and is insured.
A Dart of the building on the corner of
Sedgwick and Van Brunt streets was• occu
pied by Daniel Murray as a liquor store,
and the upper part as a dwelling for his
family. He succeeded in getting most of
the stock and furniture out. 'Ms loss is
estimated at about $2OO. No insurance.
Adjoining Blanchard tt Co.'s establish•
went on Sedgwick street were the tobacco
works of Buchanan & Lyon, in whioh there
is a stock and machinery amounting to
about $lOO,OOO. The fire did not reach this
building, but the loss by Water and the
damage to the leaf tobacco by smoke
amounts to about $lO,OOO which is covered
by insurance.
About two hundred persons were em
ployed in this factory. They are tempo-.
rartly thrown out of employment.
THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN CRON
-IVELL.—The body of the woman who was -
found murdered in an open lot near Crom
well, Ct., a few days ago, has been recog
nized as the remains of Mrs. Briesnick, the
wife of a German shoemaker; residing for a.
year past in Middletown. He tells two sto
ries about his wife's absence—one is that she
left home about two weeks ago to go to ,
Hartford for a letter from Germany, which
was in the Hartford Post Office, since which
he has heard nothing from her. The other
story is that she left for New York with $250,
and had sailed for Germany. An examina
tion of the house where Briesnick lives dis
closed her dress torn and bloody, and a gar
ment found shows that it had been torn from
the string or tape which was found about
her body. The severe quarrel of Briesnick
with his wife, and his:beating her some twelve
days before the discovery of her body in a
lonely field in the adjoining town of Crom
well, is confirmed. He" evidently enticed
his wife to Cromwell for the purpose of
murder. Screams of a female were heard
near midnight in Cromwell, on the night of
the murder, but-the people who heard them
supposed they came from a house of bad re
pute, located in Cromwell, and nothing fur
ther was thought of it at the thne.
A:NEw. HAVEN man has been fined 0.5
for refusing to aid the firemen at the clock
shop fire last week, when called upon by
the proper authority.