ffiBSQN PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME IX. —NO. 219
THE EVENING BULLETIN,
PUBLISHED EVEBY EVENING,
(Sunday’s excepted,)
AV THE SEW BCLLSTIS BUILDING,
607 Cbestnnt Street, Philadelphia.
BY THE!
EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION.
mtoraonoßs.
«<?IBBOypgACQCg. ERNEST C. WALLACE,
F. L. FRTHERBTON. THOS. J. WILLIAMS JN,
'■CASPER SOUDEH, Jr. FRANCIS WELLS.
The But.t.tctix is served to subscribers In tne city at
18 cents per week, payable to the carriers, or $3 per
.annum,
BPECIAX NOTICES.
■grp. OBGANS FOB DBAWING-BOOMS,
SUBSTANTIAL IMPBOVEMENT.
A uabob portion of the musical public are unaware
of the very great improvement which has been effected
in reed Instruments within a few years. Almost dally
emprise Is expressed by callers at the rooms of Mason
£ Bautin' at the fine qualities of tone of their Caui
-xei Oboaus . and the admirable effects of which they
are capable. Snch persons had not conoeived It possi
ble that snch excellent effects conld ever be obtained
from reeds. Indeed,the undeniably disagreeable quali
ties of tone of reed instruments of the past, and the
consequent prejudice against them, Is the greatest
obstacle which the Mason A Hamlin organ have to
contend with.
Under these circumstances, the great success and
. rapid Introduction of these improved Instruments are
among the beet evidences of their Intrinsic excellence,
A few years since, the sale and use of roedinstruments
was confined to snch Bmall churches and schools aa.be
ing obliged to have something, could fine nothing bet
, ter; and to snch individuals as, from choice or neces
. slly,limited themßelves to a very moderate expense lor
a musical instrument. They were sold, not somnch
from their merits and attractions, as from their low
. prices. The Improvements which resulted In the
production of the Mason A Hamlin Cabinet Organs
have already effected a great change In this
respect, and are undoubtedly destined' to work a
yet greater change In the future. The time is not
. far distant when one of these Instruments will
be deemed at least as much a necessity in every
, household of taste and refinement as a p,ano
forte. The sales of the larger and more elegant styles
of the Mason A Hamlin Cabinet Organs (the prices of
which correspond with those of first class ptano-fortes)
are it creasing very rapidly; each Beason bringing a
. demand for tbese styles several times as great as that
of the preceding season. They are now regularly em
. ployed and deemed a necessity in the operas, and
many first-class orchestras and concerts, and are In
constant nse In those private houses where music Is
. most cultivated and beat appreciated. Alone, or asan
accompaniment to the voice, for sacred or secular
music, as a solo instrument, or In concerted pieces with
the piano forte, violin, and violoncello, the cabinet
Organ is appropriate and effective. From Us sustained
tones, It is capable of adequately rendering very much
music which cannot be well presented by any other
one Instrument, as well sa of performing an Important
. part In combination with other Instruments.
Mason A Hamlin have the honor to refer, for hearty
testimony to the great Improvements wnich have
been combined In their Cabinet Organs, and of the
general Justness of these claims In their behalf, to the
most prominent aril its and composers of Boston and
Sew Fork, as well as other principal cities; to the
most distinguished organists and pianists; to the
artists, conductors, and managers of the Italian
and German Operas; and to those generally of recog
nized highest musical proficiency, a large portion of
whom are acquainted with the Mason A Hamlin
Cabinet organs, and can speak advisedly as to thtlr
excellences.
Mason & Hamlin rater also, with grattflcuion, to
the not that they have, within a tew yean, been
awan-ed riPTr-TWo sold ob silveb medals, or
othei highest premiums, for Important Improvements
in liißtxnments of this class, and for the superiority of
their work. In all that time they have failed to
receive the highest premium In but three or four
Instances.
Bat that test o f the merits ef these instruments
which will prove most satisfactory to musical con
noisseurs, and which Mason & Hamlin are therefore
me st anxieus to have applied, is a careful examination
and comparison of the Instruments themselves. They
therefore Invite all whohave any Interest or curiosity
In the matter to visit their ware-rooms, where it will
always give them pleasure to exhibit their Cabinet
Organs.
The amount of space on the floor occupied by one
of theie lrstruments Is from 18 Inches by 3 test, to 8
feet by 5 feet; In height, they are from 3 to 9 feet. They
have Horn one to twelve stops each. Prices, $75 190
}UO, $l3O, |l6O. |l7O, s£oB, $250, »300, $360, $425 $5OO ’ssso
jeoo, $760, $l,OOO, &c„ each.
A complete assortment of the charming Parlor or
gans may always be found at the exclusive sales'
rooms In Philadelphia.
J. XL GOULD,
Corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets,
AH EVENING WITH THE POETS.—
„ - Mr. L, H, MINER, of New York,
-Having been requested by tbe undersigned, to vivo an
Entertainment to the citizens of Germantown has the
pleasure to announce that he will give
SELECTIONS FROM THE POETS.
At the TOWN HALL, on. THURSDAY EVENING
Uec. 20th, 1866. Doors open at 7E, to commence at 8
O’clock. Tickets. FIFTY CENTS To be hid Zt Par*
and at the door on the Evening of the Entertain-
We bespeak for Mr.' Miner a reception such a* hla
brilliant talents merit,
Charles Spencer,
W. C. Houston,
J. M. Gertsen.
E. W. Clark,-
—B. B. Cepe, .
C. S. Pancoast,
UFFIOE OJf VTHR Kin.rtMntf
ANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA,”
, aTBBBT.-PHl^ELP^^’e-
At the annual meeting of the Stockholders of “the
Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia ” held
at their Office on MONDAY. December mn’ isss tne
' following named gentlemen were elected DIRECTORS
for the ensuing year, viz.:
'gLEMTISQLEY. MARSHALL HILL,
' CHARLES LELANJD,
v THO 3. S. MOORE,
H.L. CARSON, SAMUEL OABTNER
ALFRED ENGLISH,’
BENJ. W. TINGLRY, JAMES T. YOUNG
. . . ISAAC F. BAKER.
. othtobtivV tte Dlre cton held this day
S§MeS N&LISY ’ aq " WM nQa £“f jtul Ctei
de2o ’ Bti ' Secretary.
XJIIB m XO UERTIPY THAT Wtt » nra
used TAYLOR & YOUNG’S PIONEER YEAST
’ POWDER for the last two years, and And it [superior
. to anything of the kind that Is offered In the Imarket.
J. C. KINGSLEY &• C O,
CONTINENTAL HOTEL.
PBTT.ATIWT.PgIA, NOV. 24,1666.
GENERAL GRANT’S DONATION.—A relic
' ahgr worth having. At the FAIR of TRINITY PF
' ICRURCH, now being held at the WASHINGTON
BUILDING, Third street, above Spruce, they Save
really a valuable relic. It is a lock of hair from the
head of General Grant, enclosed In a fine gold locket
• which will be disposed of this week. Chances are now
S2sf«? 1 i l , andth ?^ ar6 eolng off rapidly, at the low
Pa, l £l?L ? L, pet Persons wishing chances in
5£?!,y? 1 !!! ble reUo Btonld call early, as the fair closes
• on eainxaay,
FA3B! BEG ALIA!—AT THE FE3TIVAL
SiCi. a S a . F* nc y Fair, now holding In the grounds of
SS I^ I A oM » Sw^S-es !? Cdnrch, are myriads of artl
/of Holiday Presents, and edibles of
SISSl va I le s’ t° administer to the graUficatlon of the
-a Begalla of the A. P. A., pronounced by
IShlhfthSf i na ,£ eBto be the most magnificent ever on
rtt«i thi o ™™ » v ef , n ', r l of great attraction, and ex-
Sg?/he envy of beholders. Pair, &c.. closes Friday
deZo-2trp«
SPBEBB CLUB OP PHILADELPHIA.
D ANNIVERSARY BANQUET, DBCEM
■csnnrocS < th?m tr S O Jif E “emo'ere desiring tickets,
wnrPiXF of . the Committee, at the
ElßChestnntstreet, Honrs from 10 A. <4 to
r ‘ rtl ' delMt.rpJ
of * iob ' psiladel
on that date wUlbe pkd onandaiC Janua&’iifiw!
henry bumm,
CityTreasnrer.
delMtrpl
Norton Johnson,
W, G; Spencer,
J. L. JSrringer,
J. Gates, '
Benjamin Homer,
J. S. Haines. . it*
An American "Vessel Wrecked at
Hayti.— lnformation has been received
from H. E. Peok, United States Minister
resident to Hayti, of the coming ashore at
Borage, about twenty-five miles west of
CapeHaytiein, on the 11th nit., of an Ameri
can brig, laden with lumber, in a dismasted
and abandoned condition. There were no
indications as to her name or the place of
departure or destination. Her place of hail
was shown by the word Norfolk painted on
her stern. The vessel and cargo will be
sold, and the proceeds held by the govern
ment, subject to the claims of parties in
terested.
• Woi/F Island.— The ownership of this
island has long been in dispute between
Kentucky and Missouri, and the question
has on several occasions engaged the atten
tion of Congress; The late J. J. Crittenden
took the matter in hand in 1856, but nothing
came of it. The special phase which the dis
pute now presents is an attempt to determine
*“22.island the main channel
of the Mississippi has been for the greater
number of years. For this purpose the de
positions of old steamboat men and pilots
have been obtained, and it is thought that
they will be submitted to Congress at an
early day.
[From the N. O. Times.]
SEA SICKNESS.
BT J. D. JOHNSON.
Sea sickness! tribute that grim Neptune
wrings
Prom embryo voyagers o’er his aqueous
realm!
Which pumps the stomach to its utmost
springs!
Knocking it round as storms ships lost to
helm!
Who shakes the legs with aguish trem
blings,
As the harsh blast the slender, quivering
stem; .
Long had I heard thee spoken of with hor
ror,
And now, at length, I know thee to my sor
row.
Thou art not the companion of smooth seas,
And gentle winds, that move the ship
along;
But comest with the loud-voiced, angry
breeze,
That frets the waters and plays with the
strong!
And when the doomed ones quake about the
knees, .
O’er the uncertain deck—then, midst the
throng,
Thou may’st he known by various signs—
pale faces,
Hiccoughs, cascadings, and uncouth grim
aces!
Thon’st kept, for three long weeks, my
stomach dancing
To thy dread music! lively was the step!
Much as the kangaroo’s mode of advancing,
That o’er the ground in sudden jerks doth
skip;
Or like a colt, when first in harness prancing,
With every now and then an extra leap'
Or like one with St. Anthony’s dance af
flicted!
We are not for comparisons restricted!
Yet, if these similes shonld seem to he
Too far remote, let’s take what’s nearer
home;
I’ve several at my hand, as you may see,
Where Madam Fanov may at pleasure
roam.
What say you to the storm-whipped, raging
sea,
Its trenghed abyss, and towering crest of
foam?
You’ll ask, perhaps, what likeness can exist
Between sea sickness and a thing like this?
Not much—but they who’ve been to sea
well know
That, from the abyss to the crest on high,
The ship glides up with a smooth, steady
flow,
Like smoke ascending to a quiet sky!
But, when she gets upon the mountain’s
brow,
She finds she’s there “got other fish to
fry!”
The waters shake her, e’en as hounds the
roe,,
And hnrl her, trembling, to the gulfs be
low!
Now, as the waters, going np, are calm,
And the ship steady, as already sung—
The stomach is as quiet as a lamb,
Or, by the gentlest twinges, gently wrung;
But on. the top, it sings another psalm!
With notes of woe and suffering, thickly
strung,
And, going down, it gives a kind of gush.
And up, at once, the hurried victuals rush!
Physic most strange, prescribed for thy con
dition,
A lump of pork, secured to a long string.
Sea captains are but primitive physicians!
Nor do they much to college systems
cling!
Besides, in virtue of their high positions,
Each rules his ship, a despot, czar or king!
And so, t’wont do to cavil at their decrees—
’Tis something like disturbing angry bees!
A lump of pork, secured to a long string,
The patient then must down his gullet
strain,
Which the performer up doth quickly bring!
Kepeat the process—time and time again!
This pumping action doth the stomach
drain
Of its contents until naught more remain!
Sort of hydraulic, piston operation—
I do not answer for its moderation!
Wemust admit this treatment rather handy!
The pork is greasy and the gullet smooth!
But yet I found that exeroise and brandy,
In my case, best did my afflictions soothe.
My modus operandi acta more blandly:
’Tis not, by far, so painfully uncouth!
Besides, if the poor patient be a Jew,
To swallow Dork on no account will do!
Such art thou, sea sickness! but let ns part
Fair foes. Ido not love thee! sail, ray
lay
Is not to paint thee blacker than thou art!
And thuß, in honesty, I needs must say,
Tbou dost not reinflict thy torturing smart!
But on fresh victims ever seek to prey!
Like to the lion, in thy tastes so nice,
Scorning to dine from the same carcase
twice!
We’ve hobbled limpinglyalong, my theme!
But go thon forth, my unpoetic strain!
And, floating down the future’s mazy
stream,
E’en thou, though crude, may not drift
on in vain;
And if, per chance, thy lines do passing
gleam
Across eyes destined to the billowy main,
They’ll tell, sea sickness you can soonest
check
By drinking brandy—keeping np on deck!
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20,1866.-TRIPLE SHEET.
[For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
The Late Professor Vethahe .
“Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth
speaketh.” Prof. Vethake waß buried this
morning. He was for nearly twenty year s
Professor of the University, and .for a time
Provost, and therefore head of it. He was
also for a time, after he had ceased to he an
officer of the University, a Professor at the
Polytechnic College. At his funeral; this
morning, there were present a respectable
number of the students and officers of the
Polytechnic College. There were present
two persons, who had been students under
Professor Vethake, at the University, more
than ten years ago. Of the faculty or trus
tees of the University, of the students there
now, of any of the societies or organizations
connected with it, there was not one single
representative. The two men who dia
attend were there because their old ties as
Btudents had grown into friendship, and
their presence was a mark of respect for
their old master and constant friend. The
want of respect on the part of the Uni
versity authorities, was to themselves, to
their own sense of the importance of their
offices, and to the dignity which attaches to
every one who has held them, All the out
ward show of honor that they could make
now would notadd one jot to the reputation
which Professor Vethake leaves behind
him; his learning was prodigious; hiß
thoroughness in knowledge of every sort,
was wonderful; his facility in its use, re
markable ; he wrote and he spoke on so
many subjects so well that It was not easy
for him to work in one direotioa only, and
hence the fact of the want of any one lite
rary production that will especially trans
mit his name. Professor of Chemistry and
Natural History, at Columbia College, over
half a century ago—of English Literature,
at Dickinson College—of Mathematics and
of Moral Philosophy here, in the University
and of Engineering, at the Polytechnic Col
lege; author of a work on Political Econo
my; of a volume of the Cyclopedia Ameri
cana; of articles on Military History—on
Political History—on Literature; and yet
the University could not send a single re
presentative to his funeral services.
Why, if such a man had lived in Ger
many, his life Would have been full of
honors, and his death would have been the
occasion of doing fresh honor to his services
and to the University with which his name
was identified. Professor Vethake was of
German descent, of noble and honorable
descent—his grandfather one of Frederick
the Great’s generals—he enjoyed for many
years the income of a Barony that was
given as a proof ;of the King’s regard for
his snhject; his learning and his modesty
were alike characterized hy his German
blood. At any University in our
own country, except this, the Profes
sors, the Trustees, and the students would
have vied with each other in doing honor
to their Alma Mater on the occasion of the
death of one of Its most faithful sons. Here
however, not one voice has been heard yet
from the University Hail; not a sign has
been made by any of its officers, to show
that his loss is felt there, or that there is
any desire to perpetuate his name and his
fameaspartof that of the University. How
can such a college have or deserve reputa
tion, when It takes so little pride in the
reputation of those who alone can make it
famous? The professors of a University
are its real pride—the students can do
little to make it famous—and that Profes
sor Vethake deserved to be honorably
remembered by our University, every man
who was under him there can testify. It is
not pleasant to speak harshly of these
things now; it is not ,doing honor to the
dead, and it is telling that which is discre
ditable in the highest degree to the living,
to his associates, to his electors, to his stu
dents; and yet it seems to be a duty not to
be omitted. Philadelphia has plenty of
characteristics— and its modesty is not the
least of them—very creditable to it; but this
fashion of forgetting the dead at the very
threshold of the grave, who have honored
it in their lives, is very like a pride
that apes humility, and it ought to be
amended. jj_
Walnut St., Dec. 10,1866.
Important to Families.— We advise all
desirous of obtaining a first-class family
sewing Machine to examine the “Florence,”
sold at 630 Chestnut. Btreet. It has many
important advantages over other machines.
The feed may be reversed at any point with
out stopping the machine. Changes for the
various kinds of stitches are made while
the machine is in motion. Its stitches, for
beauty, strength and elasticity, are the
wonder of all. The beauty of it is unsur
passed. No other covers so large a range of
w °rk. Bght and heavy fabrics with
equal facility, and without change or altera
tion of tension, thread or needle.
For beauty of work, and the wide range
of work which it accomplishes, as well as
the ease of operation and economy of thread,
together with its elegant appearance as an
artiole of household furniture, the “Flor
ence” has no rival. On account of the many
advantages and improvements it possesses
over others, we feel sure that it merits the
appellation of the Best Family Sewing Ma
ehine m the world, and that we but speak
the minds of thousands of families in Phila
delphia, who have them in practical use, in
endorsing the Florence, sold at No. 630
Chestnut street.
A Belligerent Congregation.—A por
tion of the Methodist Society at College
Corner', Franklin County, Indiana, were|re
cently moved by concord of sweet sounds”
to some unusual and not very commendable
actions. A melodeon was Introduced into
the meeting-house against their strenuous
opposition,. Shortly afterwards it was taken
out, nnder the cover of night, by “unknown
parties and burned to ashes. A second
melodeon was purchased and put in place.
Troja/uit... On the 20 th of last month it was
hammered into minute fragments with a
piece of railroad iron. The perpetrators of
these outrages will probably go unpunished.
They ought to be chained to hand-organs for
_There are now over seven hundred con
victs in the Maryland penitentiary, and
keep increasing beyond the capacity of the
prison to hold them, , 1
OUB. WHOLE COUNTRY,
Willrox «fc Gibbs Geld Medal Faint I v
Sewlng Machines.
Wherever exhibited in honorable compe
the Willcox & Gibbs Improved
Family Sewing Machines have been
awarded the highest fbemiitms— of Gold
or Silver Medals, or of Diplomas. The most
remarkable Sewing Mochine contest on re
cord lately occnrred at Island Park, New
Y « <■ Here, each machine on trial was re
quired to demonstrate by practical tests the
various points” npon which superiority
was claimed.
The result of the contest was that the
Willcox & Gibbs won the victory and the
prize, by fully sustaining every claim pre
sented.
LIST OF POINTS ON WHICH BUPEBIOBITT
WAS CLAIMED FOB THE WILLCOX & «rnT»s
machine:
1. It is the simplest. Claim sustained.
2. It is the least liable to get ont of order.
Sustained.
3. It is the best made machine. Sustained.
4. It is the cheapest. Sustained.
5. It runs the stillest. Sustained,
o. It runs the easiest. Sustained,
o t the fastest. Sustained.
8. It has the best device to prevent the
wheel running backward. Claim sustained.
9. It requires less mechanical skill to od
erate it. Sustained. *
10. It requires less time and instruction to
learn to use it. Sustained.
11. It is the most certain and reliable in
operation. Sustained,
Note.— lt is a fact worthy of remark that
dnnDg the entire trial—which continued
without intermission for nearly seven hoars
—not a stitch was missed, nor the thread
once broken, nor a needle broken or bent
by the Wilcox & Gibbs machine. No kind
of work was attempted to be done on it that
was not accomplished, and done in a perfect
and workmanlike manner; and no effort
was made on it that was not entirelv suc
cessful.
12. Its needle is the shortest Sustained.
13. The needle is also straight, and lees
liable to be broken than one curved. Sus
tained.
14. It is beveled, and therefore stronger
than one with a small shank. Sustained.
15. The needle is secured in its place by a
patented device, which renders it self-adjust
mg, so'that neither skill or experience is
necessary in setting it. Sustained.
16. It uses but one thread, and thus avoids
the necessity of complicated machinery
which is required for two threads. Sus
tained.
17. It sews directly from the spool, thus
making it unnecessary to re-wind the
thread and adjust it in the shuttle. Sus
tained. ;
IS. It makes the “Willcox & Oibbs” or !
twisted loop-stitch” —a stitch original with
this machine, and made by no other—
which, for general purposes, is superior to
the double-thread “lock.” Sustained.
Note.'—The trial npon thiH claim was very
thorough, and the practical tests minute
and accurate. Each machine was required
to use thread from the same spool, make
the stitch of the Bame length, and perform
the test-work on the same piece of goods,
with the lines of sewing side by side. The
results were all decisive, and in every test
in favor of the Willcox and Gibbs Machine.
19. Its seam has the peouliar advantage
of being readily taken out when it is de
sirable, while it is less liable to rip, in use
or wear, than the lock-stitch. Sustained.
20. The seam is more elastic and stronger
than the lock-stitch. .Sustained.
21. The seam is also the most even and
beautiful. Sustained.
22. The seam is always self-fastened, thus
avoiding the necessity of a “reversible feed,”
or any other complicated devioe for that
purpose. Sustained,
23. Its tension is more simple and more
easily adjusted. Sustained.
24. It will do a greater variety of work.
Sustained.
25. The machine is more easily and speed -
Uy changed from one kind of work to an
other.' Sustained.
26. More work can be done with it in a
given time. Sustained.
27. It does beautiful embroidery. Sus
tained.
28. It has a shield to the wheel. Sustained.
29. The needle being carried in a perpen
dicular bar, it has important advantages
over machines with curved needles attached
directly to the needle-arm, one of which is
non-liability to derangement from altera
tions of temperature. Sustained.
30. In consequence of the shorter Bweep of
the needle, their is much less wear of the
thread from its vibrating through the
needle’s eye in the act of sewing. Sustained.
31. A smaller needle can he used with the
same size of thread, which adds to the
strength and beauty of the seam, especially
on linen and other hard goods. Sustained.
32. It has the best hemmers. Sustained.
S 3. It has the best feller. Sustained.
34. It has the best braider. Sustained.
35. It has the best belt. Sustained.
To Prevent Gas Meters Freezing.
Now that the cold weather is upon us, it
may be well to know the best way to pre
vent the water in our gas meters from freez
ing, and thus avoid the consequent annoy
ance of want of light. One or two pints of
glycerine, well mixed with the water, are
sufficient for a middle sized meter, but the
quantity must be increased in proportion to
the degree of cold to which the meter is ex
pected to be exposed. It possesses another
advantage, namely; It retards the evapora
tion of the water, which continually takes
place, and also results in the sudden - ex
tinguishing of the lights when the quantity
of water becomes too small. A sufficient
amount of glycerine in the meter will pre
vent this evaporation entirely, and obviate
an accident not rarely seen in a place where
a great many gas burners are turned on—
for instance, in church during service, or in
the house when there is a party. Glyce
rine will remedy all. It has been in use
for the purpose for some time by the gas
works.
A Missionary Prelate’s Stock Outfit.
—Mr. Ganlv, “the Bobins of Ireland,” is
abeut to Bell by auction the farm stock of
the late Lord Plunket. The Dublin Free
man's Journal, under the head of “The Out
fit of a Missionary Bishop,” publishes what
it calls “a characteristic inventory of what
in evangelical circles will, no doubt, be
looked upon as the complete Episcopal outfit
of the late Arch-hierarch of the Church Mili
tant in Connaught; Item first—Bl7 head of
cattle. Item second—29 short-homed Kerry
cows. Item third—s Durham and Kerrv
bulls. Item fourth—77 ditto bullocks. Item
fifth—2o4 ewes. Item sixth—ls 9 hoggets.
Item seventh—242 lambs. Item eighth—Bl
two and three-year-old wethers. Item ninth
—242 latobs. Item tenth—B2 wethers. Item
eleventh—l 7 rams. Then comes a long list
of 'carriage horses,’ ‘Weight-oarrying’ cobs,
ten family and farm horses, sows and litters,
fat pigs and boars, carts to the number of
11, ploughs six, and harrows -four; single
and double Broughams, phaetons, jaunting
cars, chariots and saddles; grubbers ana
bydropults, scales and ladders."
WASBY.
. nnd the Circle ol'TMends or
S"*'* 1 he is tbe Mentor, Omaaießt and
enide, reeling the need of an Xnstltn
of learning for tbe Youtto of Ken
tucby, project a College.
[From the Toledo Blade, j
Confedemt X Roads, (wioh is in the
Stait of Kentucky, Deo. 9, 1866.—Square
Gavitt, Deekin Pogram, Captain McPfeUer
and myself wnz in the Post Offls last nite,
wich, next to Bascom’s, hez got to be-the
cheef resort nv the leedin intellex uv the
Corners, a talkin over matters and things,,
when the Deekin happened to menshon that
next week bis second son, Elijer, who heir
** mto him > wnz a goin to start for
Michigan to enters college.
Sw^*™? y< 2? P er Pose to send
that noble youth, Elijer Pogram, to a Abli-
Center a Ablishn college, to suck
his knollege from a Ablishn source. Good
Heavens! Frailty, thy name is woman.”
[I hedn’t any ijee that this las remark
was appropos, but it sounds well, and I hev
notistthatit don’t make much difference
wat the ootashnn is so as yoo end a remark
with a cotashnn,]
The Deekin remarked that it wnz pain
ful, but the feet was Elijer must hev a
edjocashen. He didn’t bieeve in edjuca
sheD, generally speekin. The common
people wnz better off without it, ez edjuca
ehnn hed a tendency to unsettle their
minds. He hed seen the evil' effex
nv. it in niggers and poor whites. So
soon ez a nigger masters the spellin book
and gits into noosepapers, he becomes dis
satisfied with his eondishen,and hankers af
tef a better cabin and more wages. He to
wunst begins to insist on ownin iandhisself
and givin his children educashen, and, ez a
nigger, for our purposes, aint worth a soo
markee. Jes so with the poor whites. He
knowed one melloncolly instance. A psor
cussup toards Garritts town, named Ramsey
learnt to read afore the war, and then com
menst deterioratin. For two years he re
loo zed to vote the Dimocratio ticket, then
be blossomed out into a Abliahonist
and tried to make the others nv his class
discontented by tellin nv em that slavery
wuz vrhat kept them down,and finally,after
pashense ceased to he a yirchoo, and we
tarred and fathered Mm one night for a in
cendiary, he went to Injiany. That cuss
cum back here dooring the late onpleasant
ms, kernel of a rigiment, wich he campt on
my ferm and subsisted em off it. Sum educa
shen is, hoowever, neesary. I design Elijer
for Congress, and he must hev it. He’s a
true Pogram, and nothin will strike in
wich kin hurt him.
“Why not,” sez I, “that the Southern
yooth may be properly trained, start a col-
Jege uv our own? Why, Deekin, run risks
uv hevin the minds of young men tainted
with heresy?”
The entire company wuz struck with the
idea, and it wuz earnestly canvassed, and
finally decided upon; and I wuz deppytized
to start it, wicn I immejitlydid. Thename
bywieh the new college is to be known is:
“The Southern Ceassekxe Theolobicee
and Military Institoot,
Uv Confedrit X Roads,
(wich is in theStait uv Kentucky.”)
The college grounds is to comprise one
hundred akers taken from corners uv the
farms uv Deekin Pogram, Square Gavitt
and Capt. McPelter, wich ground they sell
the college, seein it's for that purpose, for
$3OO per aker.
The faculty will be, if we kin sekoor em,
composed of these trooly great minds:
Genril Forrest, late C. S. A., Professor uv
Moral Philosophy.
Kemell Mosby, late C. S. A., Professor uv
"rie and Belles Dettres,
Cape. McGee, late C. S. A. (in command at
Salisbury), Professor of Natural Sciences.
Genril Magruder, late C. S. A., Professor
uv watever is understood by them ez is
posted in college matters, ez Classics, wich
1 shel look up ez soon ez I hev time.
This is a killin two birds with one stun.
Wenot only pervide educashen wich is safe
for our young men, but we pervide com
fortable places for the heroes of the late un
pleasantniss.
In addition to these, Deekin Pogram
Square Gavitt and myself each pledged our
selves to endow a Professorship in the The
ologikiie Department, to be known by our
names, and we to hev the appintin uv the
Professors.
The Pogram Chair uv Biblical Theology
will be offered to Rev. Henry Clay Dean,
uv lowa, provided he will stipulate to wash
himself wunst a quarter, and change his
shirt at least twice per annum.
The Gavitt Chair uv Biblical Literatoor
will be offered to Rev. C. Chaunoy Burr, uv
Noo York; and
The Nasby Chair uv Biblical Politicks
wtll be filled by Rev. Petroleum Yesoovius
Nasby, whose eminent fitniss for the place
is undispooted.
In the Scientific and Classikle Depart
ments the text books will be keerfnlly re
vised and everything uv a Northern or
levelin tendency will be scroopulonsly ex
pergated. In the Theolojikle Department
speshl attenshun will be given to the highly
neasary work uy preparin the stoodents
for comin out strong on the hollnis uv Sla
very , and to this end the three years’ course
will bedevotid thus:
Ist year—To the cuss uv Noer.
2d year—Te proyin that the Afrikin nigger
was reely the descendants of Ham.
3d year—Considerin the various texts wich
go to show that Afrikin slavery is not
only permitted by the Skripters, but es
pecially enjoined.
I shall myself lectur, from time to time,
on Ham, Hager and Onesimus, that the
bearins uv these individooals upon our sys
tem may be fully understood, and also on
sich subjects ez the inflooenseuv stimulatin
fiooids npon the human system, the cat-o
nine-tails ez a evangelizer, and sich other
topics ezmay from time to timesejest them
selves.
The young men confided to our care will
receive not only a solid collegiate educa
tion, ez it is understood at the North, but
careful attention will be paid to the accom
plishments so neoessary to the troo Southern
gentlemen. They will be taught draw poker,
pitchin dollars (real Spanish dollars will be
provided for the purpose), spittin at a mark,
revolver and bowie-knife practice, tourna
at rin e s (real injy-rubber rings
will be provided; this’ll be extra), and cat
o’-nine tails. The morals uv the stoodents.
will be scroopulonsly looked after. No
card-play in will be allowed afore service on
Sunday, and none whatever with the ser
vants. They will be taught to respeck
themselves. (
Uv course, there i will hev to be a large
outlay uv money, wich it stands to reason
can’t be outlayed till it is inlayed.
We therefore, formed an Executive Com
mittee, whose dooty it wuz made to solissit
funds for this purpose, and to inaugurate a
series uv Gift Enterprises, andsioh, wloh is
ez follows:
Deekin Pogram—President.
Elder Slathers—Vice President.
Capt. MoPelter—Corresponding Secretary.
F. L. FETHERSTON. PnbMfiS.
THREE CENTS.
Myself—Financial Secretary and Trea
surer.
Tb® Sigh standing nv the Board partikor- •
the Secretary and Treasurer, wich h3z
the handlin uv the funds, is a sufficient'
guarantee that all money subscribed wilt*
be faithfully applied. It wuz resolved, lm
order that the Board may present that re--
specteble appearance wich their posishun
demands, that the first fands received
should be applied to the ptErcbfe , uv each uv
em a new soot uv clothes—a step-1 am con
fiaenty the friends- uv Southern educasheut
ri? PF l ove uv and heartily endorse.
I hev hopes ia the course uv & week to
i Te Pprt progress. Every subscriberwv 82 25
and upwards will hev a Honorary Profes
sorship named after him, or will be-made a
Honorary Member uv the Board off Direc
“*s,’ t z ? e e .^°? s , es - We regret that ww wuz
too late te git Admiral Semmes to filone uv
the chairs, but we pledge our friends to
sekoor his fnst lostenant, or sekkond at
farthest. We hev high hopes uv a- liberal
support from the Dimoerisy North. They
cannot bat realize the dangers uv sendin
tbeir sons to sich institutions of lernin North
ez must turn em out Ablishnists, or ohm* at
least, the ardor uv their Dimoerisy.
10 be hoped that contributionsfor the
buildm ot the mstitooshen and its proper
endowment will be commenst imtnejittv.
ez there is a morgage on Deekin Pograaff®
farm, and I am m pressin need of a sub
stasshel soot uv winter clothes.
Petboleum V. Nasbt, P. m.,
-pa 11*1.- t (wich is Post Master).
±". S.—llth xnst, two days later, Th& su<r»-
cess nv the institoot is ashoored, H. Rives*
Pollard and his 3 brothers, Ginral Henry-
A. Wise, John Mitchell, Lootenant Maurv.
Geo. Sanders, Bell Boyd aHd Ginral Eariv
hev all telegraft for Professorships. They"
mi? ,fbe first year to board round.
They didn t prepay ther despatches, wich
hez, to sum extent, embarrast the inatooahn
fin an shelly. But wat an array uvintelleckfr
_ P. V. N.
Singulab Case. —The Delawarean says:
Yesterday was the day fixed by the Court of
Oyer and Terminer of Sussex county for Ihe
execution of John Green, a negro boy, con
victed of the murder of another negro boy
named Solomon Potter, last September.
Green is only about sixteen years of
and his case has excited much sympathy in
Georgetown, not only on account of the
manner of the murder, but on account of his
youth and simplicity. It appeared from the
testimony that Green had a pistol without a
trigger, which he fired by pulling back the
hammer and letting it fall on the cap. At
the time of the murder he rode up to a
place where Potter was tussling with
another boy. Green told Potter to let
the boy go. Potter refused, when Green
got goff his horse took hold of
Potter. Potter, it seems, was mors
than a match for Green, who be
ing handled rather roughly, told Pot
ter he would shoot him. Potter said,
“You can’t shoot anybody.” Green said
Let go of me and I will show yon.” H»
then pulled out his pistol and fired it. Pot
ter fell and Green rode off very much fright
ened at what he had done, stopping at ths
next house and telling the people that hs
was afraid he had hurt Potter badly. Green
drdares he did not mean to shoot Potter,
but that the pistol went off accidentally, or
through carelessness; however, as he had
had a quarrel with Potter previously, and.
some threats had passed, the jury deemed
the circumstances sufficient to warrant &
verdict of guilty of murder in the first
degree. An effort was being made, early
m the week, to procure a reprieve or a par
doD, but with what success we have not
learned.
Breach-Loading Arms.— The War De
partment has published the final report of
the board appointed to examine breach
loadingarms. It is signed by General Han
cock, and approved by General Grant The
conclusions of the board are as follows:
First—That the 45-inch calibre ball has given
the best result as to accuracy, penetration
and range. Second—That all rifle muskets
and single-loading carbines used in the
military service should, if practicable, be
fitted for the same cartridge. Third—That
the charge for muskets should be from 65 to
70 grains of powder, and from 480 to 500
grams of lead. Fourth—That the board
recommends the plan of alteration submit
ted by H. Berdan. This gives the stable
breach-pin, secures the piece against prema
ture discharges, and involves only a slight
change of our present pattern ofarms. The
bore of our present barrel (as has been
proved by experiments before the board)
can be reduced to the desired calibre by
reamingout the groves and inserting atube.
The board is unable to recommend any of
the new breech-loaders presented to it for
examination. The Spencer magazine-oar
bine is recommended as the beat cavalry
arm.
Sharing in the Profits.— Lord George-
Manners has made an important speech.
Speaking to the Farmers’ Club at New
market, England, recently, he suggested
that it was becoming necessary to tempt tha.
laborers to stay at home, and he thought the
best way to do it would be to promise them
a share in all the profit of the farm above
ten per cent, on the capital invested. As
the average yield of a farmer’s capital is
barely eight per cent that promise will not
add much to wages, not half so much as a
ten per cent reduction in rentals would.
The London /Spectator remarks: “Lord
George, Ib, however, the first of his to
see wnat we believe to be a truth, that the
laborer must in one way or another share
in the farm, either by cultivating bits of it
for himself, which will probably be the first
attempt, or by becoming himself the farmer,
as he is at Assington. There the laborers
hold direot of the landlord, Mr. Guidon,
farm very well, pay a good rent, and are
about - twice as well off as if they took
wages.”
Horse Meat in New Jersey. —The citi
zens of Newark are decidedly unfavorable
to horse meat as an article of steady diet,
judging from the sensation produced among
them by the discovery of the skin of an old
foundered horse in a butcher’s shop, famous
for selling cheap beef. The butcher admit
ted that the carcass had been cut up and put
in brine as corned beef, and sent to a shop
kept by his son, which, it has since been
ascertained, is one of those places where
meats are obtained at prices so much below
the regular quotations as not only to puzzle
purchasers, but legitimate dealers them
selves. An examination of this latter Dlaca
was made, and a barrel half full of the new
fashioned beef found, together with the bond
°L the , an J“al, and legs, which had been
stripped of the flesh, the latter to be sold to
the manufacturers of Bologna sausage. The
hoofs Bull b&d the iron shoes, on*. The or**
fender was fined $25 for selling diseased,
meat, on his own admission that the
had the founders, and was let go, as there ia
no ordinance against selling horseflesh fast
food ip New Jersey.