SON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XX.---NO. 199 L vA , :ff4 u,a:.. 2mmEm PUBLISEEM EVERY IWNETING, (Sunday's excepted,) Wir ENE HEW BIILLETIN Bu ILDIIQQ, 4 307 Cheat= Street, Philadelphia 33Y THE Cilvening Bulletin Association." • iraontravoss. GiItIREISA PEACOCK, ERNEST O. WALLACE, P. L. FITHERSTON, THOS.S.WILLIAMSOIs ICIASPIR ECITDER, Jr., FRANCIS WELLS, The Einaarrair Is served to snbscrlbers In the city at Is cub PS. week, payable to the curlers, or $5OO per gannas, MA RBIED. BIBI3BTADT—USBORN.—In Waterville,N.Y..Nov. 2lst, by the Rev. Dr., .tdeachum, Rector of Grace •Church, Albert Blerstadt to Rosalie Harper, eldest daughter of the Bon. Amos O. usborn. SA XTON—WALMSLEY.—On the 15th inst. at the residence of E. M. Walmsley. Terre Haute, Indiana, by Friends' mammy, J. Edward Saxton and Mary B. Walmsley, formerly of this city. No Cards. * STEPHENSON—MOORHEAD —On November 22d, at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. David Blair, Hugh H. Stephenson, Esq., of Oil City, to Miss Maggie A., third daughter of Colonel William Moorhead, of the city of Pittsburgh. ST.I.MSON—WHEELER,—At the United States Le gation, Paris, on Friday. Nov. 9. by the Rev. J. R, Davenport, Lewis A. btlmson to Candace, daughter of Thomas M. 'Wheeler, Eeq., all of New York. WHEELER—HODGES.— At Rntland,Vt., on Thurs day, Nov. 22. by the Rev. Norman Seater, D. D.. _Everett P. Wheeler, of New York city, to Lydia L. Hodges. daughter of the Hon. B. H. Hodges, of Wash ington, D. C. . DIE ID. CASSADY.—On Monday, 25th inst., Sarah, wife of Park h. Cassady, in the lath year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend her-funeral, from her husband's residence, 172 S Wallace, street, on Wednesday. the 2.4 th inst., -at 2 o'clock, P. M. ** HUGHES.—In Scranton, Pa., Nov. 12th, of cholera Ynorbus, alter an Illness of but eighteen hours, Mr. -John W. Hughes, aged :37 years. McDOUG.s.L.—Iu Pittston, _ea., Nov. 12th, Mr. John McDougal, aged 47 years ElAtahßb —Entored into req. November 24th, 1166, James W. Sage:a, in the 45th year of his age. His male friends are invited to attend his funeral, from hie late residence. No. 1711 Spruce street on rues day ,afternoon, 27th inst., at 2 o'clock. Interment at Woodlands. SIIIILTZ.—At York, Pa., on the 22d of November, Annie Scuo z, aged 13 years. daughter of Bishop Henry A. Shultz, of the Moravian Church. Wit'ld E.—On the 24th inst., Anna K., wife of Peter B-White; in the 26th year of her age. .The relative:, and friends of the family are respect. frilly invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her husband, 522 month Twelfth street, on Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock. Interment at Croaswicks, N.J. Train leaves Walnut Street Wharf, at 12 MELODEON — COVERSANDRICH PIANO COVERS, FOR CHRISTMAS PRESS:NTS. Fine Shawls, for Christmas; fine Silks, for Christ mas; Christmas Delaines and Prints; Hdkfs., Collars, Gloves and Scarfs. El RE & LANDFMT,, Fourth and Arch. xeyr.vrsoruiv-E.Joili IuOURSt OF LECTURES OP. THE S. C. AND S. A The Executive Committee of the Social, Civil and Statistical A.sociation of the Colo' ed People of Penn sylvania, having arranged fox their Course of Lec tures this Beason, tame pleasure in announcing that the HON. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, •of Massachusetts, will deliver the opening address. in theNatlonal Hall, MARKET Street, shoos Twelfth, on FRIDAY EVENING, Nov. 30th. 1861. Subject— " Policy and Justice in Public Affairs." The Second Lecture will be given by FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Esu., •On Thursday evening, January 3d, 1867, Subject— " Source of danger to the Republic." The remaining Lectures will be continued on each successive Thursday evening, until the series is girded._ The Course is to consist of Eight Lectures. The speakers that have been either engaged or in vited for the course, independent of the above named ..rentlerorn, are—. - M a jor r 0. Q. HOWARD. .111a.,‘ , 43eneral B, F. BUTT '...enstor J. W. NYE Airs F. E. W. HAMPER. Hon. WM D. KELLEY Hon. HAIGH L. BOND, of hid. Hon. JOHN A B. NG/IAR% W. W. BROWN. Esq. THE CELEBRATED BLACK SWAN Has kindly volunteered to appear and furnish once .3..onal airs at the opening and closing of each lecture. Season Tickets, is Single admission, 35 cents. Doors open at 7 o'clock. To commence at 8. Tickets may be bad at Trampler a Music Store, Sev enth and Chestnut streets, and at the door on the even• lug of each Lecture. WIC STILL, Chairman, No. 1216 Washington ay. (coat office) / U, WHITE. Sr. Fourth street, below Willow J. H.A.NKINSON. Helmuth street Committee of Arrangements 1102 S. 5t rpi reb HENRY VINCENT , The Greatfnglish Reformer, Will deliver TWO LECTURES, AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, ON THE EVENINGS OF • MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26th and 28th. Monday Evening—SubJect—"Tahl GREAT AME RICAN CONFLICT." Wednesday Evening—Subject—"OLlVEß CROM WELL" Tickets for sale at TRIIMPLER'S Music Store, cor ner Seventh and Chestnut streets. Admission 25 cents. Reserved seats 50 cts. n022-rptfl ANNIVERSARY OF TILE MERCANTILE CAL AN. Twenty-fifth Anniversary SSOClATl of this Association Will be held at the ACADEMY OF MUSIC, On TUESDAY EVENING November 27th, at 7% .o'clock. Addresses will be delivered by the REV. ALFRED DOORMAN, REV. PHILLIPS BROOKS. and HOLY. ALEXANINtR*G. OnTTELL. The Orchestra will be under the direction of Prof, ainbEILER. Cards of admission it ay be had gratuitously on ap- Mication at the Counting Room of the undersigned, .No. 36 North Third street. WTT.T,T A hi C. LUDWIG, President nol4tf,rpi LECTURE.—JOHN SMITH DYE 'Will deliver a Lecture on tne "CELAN AND HIeTORY OF MAN," Illustrated by Diagrams, At ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS, Corner of Chestnut and Tenth streets, MONDAY EVENING, November 26, 1866 : Also, at WAS Ell NOl ON BALL, Corner of Spring Garden and Eighth streets. THUID , DAY EVENING,November 29th, 1866. Admission to all parts of the. Hall, 50 eta. no2-1-zzr . _ THE INDUSTRIAL HOME, Corner of BROAD street and COLUMBIA avenue, is open 'for the admission of. Girls from twelve to eighteen .:years ofage, who are neglected or deserted by their parentf, and who need the shelter and instruction of a ;Christian home. If the public will sustain this react - tntion,many girls may be kept from evil and Made re opectable and usefol women. Contributions may be sent to James T. Shinn, • Treasures; Broad and Spruce streets. no22.rptf IWD OFFICE :OF *" THE RELIANCE INSUR ANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA.," :No. WS WALNUT street.' PHILLDIEGRECEA, November „Teth, 1866. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of "THE RELIANCE INSURANCE LOMP ANY OF PHILA DELPHIA " and the Annual Election of thirteen (13) Directors. to serve for the ensuing year, will he held at • their Office, on MONDAY. December 17th.1866. at 12 -o'clock. M. THOMAS C. HILL, rio26 tdel7/ Secretary. 107 NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS. DEPARTAFFNT OF RECEIVER OF TAXES, .rnnerAnzveztra. Nov. 213, 1866 A penalty of THREE PER CENTUIU will be charged on all Clty taxes remaining unpaid after the 3st.day of December, lea. Ithigneo] CHARLES O'NEILL, ne26 St Receiver of Taxes. 10. OFFICE OF THE TREMONT -COAL COSI. PAIS Y,N0.16 PBILADELPHLA.EXCHANGE, Xsur..inzratrus. Nov. 24,1868. The coupons of the Tremont Coal 'Company due De ember Ist. 1861 will be paid, free of United States and tat* . taxee, on presentation at the office of the Com.- , ;tamp, on and after that date. n 026.64- GEO. H. COLKET, Treasurer. 14 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD AND GREEN LANK, EST SPRING MT. LER iGIE FURNACE COAL, DELIVERED, 67 50; DO. 'STOVE. se. Bar No. 62 Germantown Poet Office. Office No. 15 South SEVEOFTH street. Franklin in atitnte Building. DINES dc SHELF!. no2o-26trp8 North Penna. R, R. and Green Lane. VtraHOWILIAD HOSPITAL,. Nos.:1518 and 1520 Lambard street, Dispensary Department. Medi eatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to the poor. [;1::;0: *ll r 011:cLui‘ y ts) 010UNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN AS SOCIATION. MONTHLY MEETING .THIS MONDAY NIGHT, at 8 o'clock, is NATIONAL HALL, Market Btreet, above Twelfth Addresses by REV. DR. BEADLE REV. REBER WTON, REV. R. E. ENSWORTH. and .q. L - It/.V. J. WALKER JACKSON, '• - ECTION OF 600 MEMBERS After which an address of welcome will be made by PETERS. SIMONS, Esq.,President of the Association. Singing by the PHILOMELIC MUSIC CERCLE, an- der the direction of DB. L. MEIGNEN. All are Invited. Young men especially. ltd 07' REMEMBER THE SOLDIER'S ORPHAN We are oesired to say that in view of a Thanks• giving Dinner, donations of either money, poultry. or vegetables will be that kindly received at the "Lincoln Iran itution," 308 South Eleventh • street, and at the V . Chnrch Home," N. E. corner of Pine and Twenty , second street. ne2B-2t THE LATE BR. BRAINERD-NOBLE TEIII UTE. No sketch can do justice to the elo quence, fervor and truth of the memo rial sermon delivered yesterday by Rev. Albert Barnes, in eulogy of the late Rev. Dr. Brainerd. "Old Pine Street Church" was filled by an immense con gregation, all of whom had some affec tionate association connected with his memory, and the pathetic voice of his venerable co-worker fell upon ears eager to receive the warm words of sympathy, of praise and of loving analysis of the noble character of Dr. Brainerd. It will be long ere any who heard' this noble tribute to one of Philadelphia's ablest divines' will forget it. NEW WORK BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. —Messrs. T. B. Peterson & Brothers an nounce to-day a new romance of the late rebellion,entitled "The Soldier's Orphans." It is by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. The scene is laid mainly in this city, and the narrative is simple, graphic and extremely attractive. We will endeavor to find room for a more extended notice of its merits hereafter. [For the Philadelphia Eyening Bulletin.] Local Assessments. Perhaps there is no subject so little under stood by the great majority of our citizens as that of local assessments. It is one of vital importance to the future prosperity of our city,and ought really to engage the atten tion of our public men and those on whom legislation devolves more than any other one thing. The great difficulty arises with the asses sors; they are elected triennially •by the people of the different Wards, and for the purpose of retaining their places and keep ing in the good graces of their constituents, they are loth to assess property at anything like its true value, although they have sworn so to do. Years ago, in the old city proper, before consolidation took place, the established rule among assessors was to as sess real estate at two-thirds ofitsvalue, and the same rule was pretended to be adopted by the districts. But it was a mere pretence; a sham as I will shortly elucidate I will just mention here that the Councils of the city, after strenuous efforts, procured a law to be passed by the legislature, one of the provisions of whieb was the appointment by the Court of CommoTPleas of two persons, who, together with the oldest City Commis sioner, were to. constitute a Board of Revi sion. The Commissioner has persistently refused to act, and the two gentlemen ap pointed by' the Court, who of course are a majority, have been performing the duties of the office. That is, they are performing the duties as they understand them. One of the main objects of the Councils in procuring the law was for the purpose of equalizing ' the assessments. Before proceeding to examine how that has been done I wish to call attention to the manner, in which the assessors of the dis tricts, now all comprised within the City limits, are performing their sworn duty. According to the published statement of the value of the real and personal property as returned by the assessors of the city of Phila delphia to the City Commissioners and corrected by the Board of Revision, for the v y year 1867, the whole v ue of real estate is assessed at one hundre and sixty million three hundred and fif thousand six hun dred and sixty-six dollars ($ 60,350,666), and the assessment of the old city comprised in this return is seventy-four million one hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars ($74,199,543) being . but six wards,leaving the twenty-one remaining wards but eighty-six million one hundred and fifty-one thousand one hun dred and twenty-three dollars ($86,151,123). So that the assessed value of six Wards reaches within about twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) of the assessed value of twenty one Wards. It must be borne in mind that the area of ground comprised within the six Wards mentioned, is less than that of some of the single Wards of the twenty-one. It must also be borne in mind that a large por tion of many of the tweaty-one Wards is rural, and only pays a two-thirds tax, and the meadow land, where banks have to be kept up, but half tax; so that in reality the six Wards pay as much, or more- tax, than the twenty-one. As an example of the inequality of assess ments, let us examine the Twenty-second Ward. Almost every one at all -conver sant with the value of real estate knows that property at Germantown and Chestnut Hill rates very high; that property there is almost as valuable as in most other portions of the city, with the exception of the business part. Now, according to the return of the aesessors,corrected by the Board of Revision, the whole assessment of real estate of the Twenty-second Ward, is five million two hundred and thirty-fivis thou sand three hundred and thirty dollars (ss,23s,33o)certainly not over one-tentliof its real value. The Twenty-seventh and Twen ty-fourth wards show a still greater discrep ancy, the former being placed in the return at two million eight hundred and thirty nine thousand six hundred and ninety dol lars ($2,839,690) and the latter at three million four hundred and sixty-two thousand four hundred dollars ($3,462,400) which is certainly not over one-twentieth of their value, comprising as they do within their limits, Mantua,Heimil ton, West Philadelphia, and an enormous area of the finest building sites and farm lands to be found anywhere In the PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1866. city. It must also be borne in mind that the demands of these wards upon the resources of the city are enormous. A great portion of the outlay for which the taxes are imposed is for improvements in these Wards. Paving - , grading, culverting, water supply, keeping roads in repair, all that portion paid by the city cornea out of general taxation. The old city has com paratively but little improvements to make, having already paid for them before con solidation. The people there having once paid their share are again called on to pay for the outer Wards, and not their share only, but by the false system of assessments five times or more than their share. By a proper equalization of assessments the real estate of the city would reach at least four hundred million (to say nothing of personal property,) and the amount re quired for the c.ty government could be easily raised by a tax rate of two per cent., which would bear equally upon all classes of the community. This should be done and the city freed from the odium of charg ing four per cent, for taxes while in reality the rate is not really two per cent. The Board of Revision have been busily engaged in performing the duties which were heretofore imposed upon the City Com missioners. Instead of equalizing the as sessments, they have allowed their time to be occupied in listening to appeals for re duction of valuation, when in reality, there are but few, if any, cases where a reduction ought to be allowed. Yet, in many in stances, lam informed, allowances have been granted. Instead of raising the assess ments where they are too low, their time has been taken up in lowering them where they allowed themselves to be convinced they were too high. The object of their ap pointment so far has been a failure, and the expense attending upon it has to be borne by the city without any accruing benefit. 'The fact that they,have increased the assessment over last year about a million of dollars is only what the Conamis.sioners were in the habit of doing yearly in consequence of im provements and extensions. It is to be hoped that the Board will take a different view of their duties, and before another year closes that the assessments will be equalized all over the city. FROM NEW YORK. NEW Yonn, Nov. 26.—Edward Barry, of No. 121 West Thirty-first street, was shot dead about 2 o'clock Saturday morning, at Millemann's Hall, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Seventh avenue. Barry quar reled with James Tierney over a game of cards, and they were being separated by one of the proprietors, when Tierney drew a pistol and shot Barry through the head, the wound causing death in an hour. Coroner Gover held an inquest, when Tierney being held responsible, was committed for trial. Eugene J. Fergus, tried in the Kings Court of Oyer and Terminer during the lat ter portion of the week, for the killing of Patrick 11cGuann, by shooting, which oc curred in an affray on the evening of the 6th of August last, at the corner of State and Furman streets, was Saturdaymorningsen tenced to the State Prison for the term of three years and six months. Major. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler delivered an address Saturday evening at the Brook lyn Academy of Music, on th e usurpations, wrongs and abuses of the Executive power, and the constitutional remedy therefor. The Academy was well filled and the audience attentive. Contrary to the anticipations of many, there was not the slightest attempt at disturbance. A large number of persons who had as sembled at the Cooper Institute yesterday for the purpose of hearing Rev.C.B. Smyth' a second lecture on "The Naked Truth" were disappointed, the trustees of the build ing having refused the use of the hall for secular discourses to be delivered On the Sabbath. A sermon was preached last evening by U. C. Brewen, in the Christian Church, Twenty-eighth i street, on the Pope's alloca tion, in which he argued that the gradual decline of the power of the Roman Catholic Church is the fulfilment of prophecy con tained in the book of Revelation. The Rev. Dr. Quinn,,pastor of St. Peter's Roman Catholic church in Barclay street, delivered an address to his congregation yesterday on the subject of the Roman loan. Se reviewed the causes which producedthe Pontifical debt, which he attributed to the &justice of Napoleon Bonaparte and the at tacks of Victor Emanuel; and in noticing the offer of the island of Malta by the Eng lish government as a place of refuge to the Pope if he should leave Rome. he remarked on the inconsistency of England, which had for three hundred years been the Pope's en emy, offering him the protection of its flag. Judge Benedict, of the U. S. Court in Brooklyn, Saturday, granted an injunction against the Brooklyn City Railroad Com pany, prohibiting them from laying a track in tireene avenue. The, grounds on which the injunction was granted were of the highest importance, and involve the rights of railroad companies and property-owners on the line of the railroad. The alleged distillery fraud cases were re- Burned Saturday, before Commissioner New ton, in Brooklyn,Montague street, near the City Hall. Inspector Cocheu and Mr. Wil son were discharged. The case of T. B. Tilton, Esq.,was adjourned to Saturday next' COVICTS. DISTRICT CotßT—Judge Stroud.—Joseph A. Speel vs. F. Ellwood Zell. An action to recover for certain book binding. Verdict for plaintiff for $397 72. Ezra E. Walraven. vs. Bolton Winpenny. Verdict taken for plaintiff for $BO6 44. James Creighton vs. Joseph Ladley. An action on a bond. On trial. DuernicT COURT—Judge Sharswood.— John Born vs. Frederick Flurer and Chris tiana Flurer. his wife. An action of eject ment. On trial. QUARTER SESSIONS—Judge Allison.—ln the case of Washington Hamilton, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill Lieut. Fuller, the jury this morning re turned a verdict of guilty on the first count (of assault and battery). Henry Thomas was charged with obtain ing money by false pretences. It was al leged that the accused rtvresented himself to be authorized to collect money for the Lincoln Hose Company. When arrested he tore up his subscription list and chewed it up. Verdict guilty. • James Feltz was put on trial, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill John Shaffer. This case grew out of the occurrence on the 28th of September last, in the Second Ward. Mr. Shaffer alleged that he saw Mr. Faltz come for his house with a gun and discharge it, the contents taking effect upon the faces of Mr. Shaffer, and a friend named Alexander. Both these men were injured in the eyes, Alexander loaing the sight of one. The defence alleged that on the night in. question Mr. Faltz's house was attacked by a disorderly mob, who threfttenod to barn OUR V 1101.74 COUNTRY. acrd nestroy the premises. Shots were fired into the house, and finally Mr. Feltz came to the door and discharged his gun at the mob. On trial. Espousal of the Cezarewitch—lm pressive and Striking Ceremonies. [Petersburg correspondence of the London Times.) Morning had scarcely dawned when the guns of Petropavlovsk, the fort on the northern bank of the river, opposite the Winter Palace, announced with iron tongues that the day of the Imperial marriage had arrived. Soon after a hurricane of clangor burst forth from the bells in the capitol. Every church having five domes at the least, and a corresponding number of bells, the air seemed to vibrate far and near with heavy harmonious sounds. To this ac companiment I went to the Winter Palace. There was great bustle and ani mation in the streets, yet the hundreds of carriages and cabs hurrying along with Russian .speed failed to crowd the immense squares and thoroughfares of that imperial neighborhood. Polite foot men opened the door, and, many as were the guests and spectators that alightedevery moment, with officious readiness attended to the wants and inquiries of all. Through endless halls I was conducted to the one where I was to wait for the present. The state rooms through which I passed are nearly all covered with white stucco, and decorated with bronze ornaments of chaste and simple style. In many the Corinthian column and rectangular window prevail; others exhibit the less classic features of the Renaissance, and abound in twisted pillars laden with gilded foliage and curious arabesques; but the general character of the whole is grandeur rather than pomp, and though no attempt is made to as pire to anything exquisitely artistic, the eye everywhere meets fine and symmetri cal combinations of form, size, and color. There were two throne halls, the larger of which differed but little kir general aspect from other rooms of the same size and height. The smaller, draped with red vel vet, and with the throne laced in a niche in front of a glorious picture of Peter the Great, is, perhaps, the most tasteful apart ment of all I have seen. But even this seeks to impress rather by a proud plain ness of style than by gcorgeousnessor. glitter. The grand unaffected simplicity with which the whole city is built is deliberately re peated in the adornment of the Imperial palace. FAIR PLAY. In a long narrow passage, which deserves to be specially mentioned, many hundreds of portraits are paneled on the walls. They represent the Generals that fought against Napoleon 1., and, with the Emperor Alex ander, his victorious enemy, occupying a whole side of the gallery for himself, are an interesting illustration of a great and deci sive time. Another hall, devoted to the me mory of the various Field Marshals who distinguished themselves in the same war, contains the portraits of some Russian Ge nerale, with the "Iron Duke" and old Blu cher closely associated to them. There were also pictures of battles, showing within their enormous frames whole fields of con test. As they were looking down upon the gay and brilliant crowd now fast assembling in this as in every other of the neighboring rooms, one could not avoid stealing a glance at the struggles that had been required to maintain the empire intact, and. to secure for it that position in the world whose lustre is reflected on this present joyful day. Were I an Arabic writer, and allowed to ransack the whole kingdom of nature for metaphors, I should be tempted to assure my wondering audience that there is many a wood in the world which has not got so many leaves as were embroidered on the uniforms of the civil and military officers present this morning in the Winter Palace. The superb assemblage consisted of the men that govern Russia. As the crowd began to thicken the first ladies made their appearance. Nearly all of them were clad in white silks s with trains exhibiting every hue and shade; strips of colored velvet trimming the bodies, and in many cases the skirts also, constituted the peculiar element of the "Russian dress." Another feature of the national costume pre scribed for the occasion was the kakoshnik or diadem work by all the ladies, excepting the bride. It is a amt. circular band cov ered with velvet and studded with pearls and jewelry so graceful and becoming that it renects nd little credit on the taste of the peasant girls, the original devisers of this ornament. The ladies had magnificent - robes, but the grand display of jewelry was reserved for the ball in the evening.' Leaving the Field-Marshal's hall, be fore the arrival of the Imperial procession, I threaded my way to the Chapel Royal. The whole suite of State apartments were similarly occupied as the one in which I had so long tarried. The Chapel Royal,in which the ceremony was to be performed, already swarmed with the cream of the aristocratic company in vited. It is a hall of moderate dimensions, in the French style of the last century. White walls, copiously studded with bronze garlands, festoons, and diminutive angels, impart to it a courtly rather than a religious air. To this part of the church, destined for the congregation, and like all orthodox places or worship, entirely devoid of stalls and seats, there is joined a dome containing the altar. It is of considerable height, and separated by a gilded ikonostos from an other dome,the interior of which is only de scried through the aperture of the royal doors. A low arched colonnade .ap pearing immediately behind the royal doors, and leading into the mys tical depths of the lower dome, has a peculiarly solemn effect from the grandeur and width of the adjoining portion of the church. Jut the first dome, which,. accord ing to the - orthodox architecture, is the church proper, the clergy were already in attendance. At their head. was pointed out to me the Archbishop Metropolite of Nov gorod and St. Petersburg, than whom there is only one greater ecclesiastic, the Arch bishop of Moscow, in the empire. With him were four other bishops, old men all, wear ing the silver tiaras, and ample mantles of their rank. Archpriests, . with uncovered heads and long flowing hair reaching to the shoulder, stood beside them in violet cloaks; other priests were seen stationed in the background. In a niche'on the right stood the Court singers—boys and men of all ages. Close to them, in the front part of the phapel, I saw. Prince Mensohikoff leaning against the rail. A friendly, old gentleman, with bright eyes and relaxed features, he certainly did not look like one who but twelve years ago caused a san guinary war. Sir Andrew Buchanan, in Dritlah diplomatic uniform, with tio.order ROYAL MARRIAGE. of the Thistle round his neck, was talking with his fellow-Ambassadors of Prussia, Austria,Denmark and France. Lord Ham ilton, Mr. Clay, the. American envoy, and H. Valuyeff, the Minister of the Interior, passed by, with others. Mr. Pane and Mr. Mitchell, of the British embassy, stood by the side of the Danish and Prussian officers who had come to add eclat to the festivities. A Greek general, in loose jacket and Orien tal gaiters, was noticeable by contrast, and French Marquises, German iSirafs, and Dal ian Coates vied with Russian Princesin the profusion of Orders and the elegance of garb. Suddenly the hum is hashed. A master of ceremonies, baton in hand, has entered to announce the approach of the marriage procession. While the same message is given to the town by the guns outside, the equerries and fouriers de la tour enter the chapel. The masters of ceremonies, the chamberlains and the various charges of the court follow in due succeasion. And now the Emperor and Empress come in sight, preceded by Count Schnvaloff, the Grand Marechal. His Majesty is in the uniform of a general, and leads his loyal spouse to the. .Metropolite, standing in the centre of the church to receive them. As the aged dignitary slowly and gently waves his cross to and fro, the Emperor stoops to kiss the sign of salvation, and to cross himself on the fore head and chest with holy water. The Em press repeats the sacred rite, and places her self beside her august husband. The Crown Prince Cezarewitch is the next to enter, to kiss, bow and cross himself in accordance with the devout forms of the Church. After him walks in Princess Dagmar, or, as she has been latterly called, the Orthodox Grand Duchess Maria Feodorowna of All the Russias. She walks in beauty. The Me tropoli te,who looks as though he had stepped out of the frame of some ancient picture of the church,inclines himself to the blooming girl as she conforms to the requirements of the national creed. Her Imperial Highness steps back to to the three principal members of her family, who have already entered the sacred edifize. The four stand together, and the eyes of all present centre upon them. In them is compassed the present and future of this immense empire. The Czar, tall, ma jestic, with the habit of command and the disposition to kindness clearly legible on his manly features, is not only the first, but also the finest man in the room. The Queen, whom sickness has not robbed of the femi nine grace w hich clothed her younger years t is readily recognized from the well known por traits of the beautiful Mary ,of Hesse. In a white dress, with a train of gold stuff, trimmed with ermine, and a sparkling dia dem on her head,her Majesty looks worthy to be a Queen. The Grand Duke, a successor to the throne,ts rather stout for his age,with a good share of will and resolution stamped upon his youthful face. Like a rose grow ing in the shadow of an oak, Princess Dag mar stood beside him. Her lovely features were animated by excitement, and in her eye shone confident the hope of future hap piness. On her dark locks rested a crown of priceless diamonds, graceful and light as a wreath or a chaplet of flowers. A superb brooch, if a jewel covering nearly the whole upper part of the bodice can be called so, glistened' on her breast. Her robe was of white moire-antique, and her train, carried by four chamberlains, of crimson velvet, trimmed with ermine. Their Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the Prince of Denmark entered next. Then came the younger sons of the Emperor, Princes Vladimir, Alexis, Serge and Paul, the Grand Duke Constantine and his consort with their children, and after theta the other princes and princesses of the blood closed the royal part of the proces sion. All went through the same ceremony of kissing the cross offered them by the Metropolite, and all in turn were kissed, so it seemed to me, by the Metropolite. He bowed lovingly down to the little children as they went up to him one after the other, and when the last of them had made obei sance before the cross returned:with his clergy to the altar. The Imperial family and their royal guests then likewise pro ceeded to the'centre of the church, the re maining members of the procession, as they tame in, disposing themselves in the entrance hall. There were but few ladies in the train. And now the service began. The clergy having ranged themselves round the altar, prayers were intoned by them, and hymns and responses chanted by the singers. The serious and measured music of the Greek liturgy is rich in beautiful cadences, and may, perhaps, be best described as some thing between the rigid austerity of the Lutheran choral and the lighter rhythms of the Romish Church. The solos are chiefly recitatives broken by the constant repetition on the part of the choir of the re sponses, "God,be gracious to us," and "God, we cry to thee." In the more independent parts of the choral singing, soft voices of children are effectually blended with sonor ous basses. At a certain part of the service the Cezarewitch and his bride stepped forward from the circle of the Imperial family, and having been conducted by the Emperor to a raised dais, joined in the prayers of the Metropo lite. Later. two younger princes of the blood, one of whom I recognized as Prince Alexis, approached and held above the heads of the bridal pair the marriage crowns pe culiar to the orthodox ritual. They resem ble in shape and size the episcopal tiaras, and seem to be of silver wire, or some such material, interwoven with silk. This singu lar ceremony continued for about twenty minutes, the officiating princes being re peatedly obliged to change their hands trom weariness. Suddenly the music became softer, quicker, and more melodious. Its eloquenttnotes predicted the speedy consum mation of the hallowed act. To this tune bride and bridegroom were led thrice round the altar by the Metropolite. Then they were pronounced to be man and wife. An exchange of rings in this country only takes place at the betrothal. While the young Prince and Princess Alexander were still receiving the congratu lations of their illustrious relatives,a hoary archpriest, with stentorian voice, intoned a prayer for the health and welfare of the Czar, his wife and his, chilTiren. His appeal to the Deity was preferred in urgent accents, the other clergy chiming in,and with many inflections and genuflections asking bless ings on the head of their beloved sovereign. A rolling Ts Dem terminated the service. It was a glorious composition,andj übilantly sung. At its close the imperial family, having received the felicitations of the clergy left the chapel with their royal guests. The only difference to the order in which they entered was that the bridegroom and bride walked side by aide; They all, acknow ledged the respectful salutations of the spectators. The procession re-fornaed, and accompanied the imperial personages to their priVate apartments. As I left the suilace the first snow had fallen. Russia had assumed her national gttrb to welcome her future queen, F. L FETHERSTON. Marc DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS. TEE SPLNIBB: REVOLUTION; Premature Reports of an Outbreak-. Symptoms of a Deadly Struggle. It will be remembered that a recent Cable despatch spoke of trouble in Spain, and the rumored probable abdieation of the Queen. The Paris correspondent of the London Times writes as follows, on Oct. 13th: The Gazette de Prance; . of all papers in the world, announced on Saturday evening that a formidable insurrection had broken out at Barcelona. It gave the:news on the au thority of private letiers from Bayonne, though on the merest reflection it would. seem that it was from Perpignan, which is not far from Barcelona, or Port Vendres, and not from Bayonne, which is separated from it by the whole breadth of Northern Spain, that such news should reach Paris. It is true that the Gazette gave its' tidings 'under all reserve," and it was quite right. It has not been confirmed by either tele gram or letter since then from Perpignan. or Bayonne. The Bayonne correspondent of the Gazette says that nothing was known as to the "intensity of the results" of the rising, but it was hoped that the firmness of Gen. Narvaez and Gen. Colonge would. be more than a match for it. According to this account the cause proclaimed by the insurgents was not anti-dynastic; that is, the cry was not "Down with the Queen!" though the word "down" is rather French than Spanish—a bas this or that; in Spain they go the whole length and say "death" —there were no shouts from the combatants of "Hurrah for the Iberian Union!" This moderation, in the judgment of the corm spondent, was, however, all feigned. Gen. Prim, who is the heart and soul and head. of the insurrection, warned by the little success which his last attempt found among the masses, this time instructed his subor dinates to take up arms, in appearance, at least, against her ministers, and not against Queen Isabella. It was, therefore, against. the Narvaez Cabinet that the Barcelona pro nunciamento has been directed, and what will be sure to take place..should it succeed was not doubtful. An insurrection, any more than a war, . cannot be carried on without supplies. In other times the outlay was not very heavy; for a few thousand dollars you might get up a by no means contemptible affair; bat the tariff has risen since then, as many illus trious Spanish patriots know. The corre spondent of the Gazette therefore says that the rebels cannot be in want of funds, "for many cases full ofgold passed lately through Bayonne for a mysterious destination."' If this be true the managers of the insurrection _ must be a very bungling set of persons. If the treasure crossed the frontier at Bayonne it would have to pass through Gulpusecnt,_ Navarre, Aragon, and Catalonia to reach its destination; whereas, unless;their object was to attract notice, they should have simply put it on board ship at Port Vendres,whence it would reach Barcelona in a few hours. No doubt upwards of thirty boxes of gold have lately passed through Bayonne, bat they were sent on to Madrid for the use of the Government, so that the destination is by no means "mysteristas," and it is the Go vernment that has the treasure and not the insurgents. What probably gave rise to the, mistake is the fact of a plot having been discovered in Saragossa, in which some part of the troops are said to be implicated. - There were, of course, numerous arrests, which, perhaps, prevented or delayed an outbreak. The news of an insurrection in Barcelona ! or some other part'of Catalonia, untrue for the present, may only be premature, and from the accounts we have from all sides of the actual condition of the country, such an event may at any time occur without the least surprise. The shootings that were go ing on for several days after the last mili tary insurrection, prepared the way for Narvaez, and Narvaez, as is his wont, bet tered the lesson he had got from his prede cessor. The whole Peninsula has since been Riven over to violence of every kind, and ihe so-called moderates, who are once more in power, are doing their utmost to demor alize, exhaust and utterly ruin the nation. Proscriptions fall upon all in the army, in politics and in letters, who , are of any note and are suspected of Liberalism, and the spy and the informer are men whose ser vices are most in request and most highly remunerated. The treasury is empty,while the taxes are extorted six months in ad vance. The municipal elections have taken place throughout ppain and the Govern ment boasts of the success of its candidates; whereas it is known that hardly a tenth of the electors have taken part in the ballot, and the majority of these were government employes. Commerce and industry are paralyzed; no one knows to-day what will happen to-morrow, and the discontent and disgust are so deep and so wide-spread that there is not a man,excepting those who live and prosper by the present system, who is not confident that some terrible catastrophe is imminent. "Itis amid such frightful symptoms of disorganization," observes a Paris paper, "that Narvaez and those who act with him are directing their pious efforts to save the temporal power of the Pope, or at least to induce him to fix his residence in their country in the event of, his quittbag Rome. The Roman question is the main object of these insane conservatives, and they do not perceive the abyss which is yawning at their own feet." DONATIONS FOR THE LINCOLN COM PANY.—The following donations have been received in aid of the Lincoln Company. Having been soldiers in the service of the United States they desire to emigrate to Liberia, and form a settlement to be called "Lincoln," in honor of,Abraham Lincoln: Mary de Brown, $4O; Jay Cooke,s23- Rev. R. J. Parvin,. g 25; Alfred Cope, $251 D. Pstrrish, $10; Mary Jeans, $5; M. Hughes, $5; Miss E. Fisher, $5. Also twenty pack ages of seeds, each containing twenty varie ties, from D. Landreth; medicines from R. Shoemaker & Co.; a grindstone from J. E. Mitchell. There are some articles still needed for which contributions will be thankfully received, at-609 Walnut street, care of Rev. Thomas S. Malcom. A.4le B. MEARS. THERE is in England a charity known as the "Patriotio'Fund," for the benefit of the families of soldiers who - have fallen in bat tle. The last report shows that nine thou sand widows and orphans are placed on the , books, and, there are in receipt of relief at this time three thousand four hundred wid- OWS and three thousand children, of whom one thousand aro maintained and educated in boarding institutions. The total amount of subsorlyktiotVo December, 1865, was £1,460,201. The annual expenditure •ia ps,ooo,
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