GIBSON PEACOCIC. Edit Or. VOLUME XXL-NO. 216. THE 'EVENING ' BULLETIN PUBLISHED' EVERY. EVEN/EH (BUtdayi excepted). • AT THE NEW 'BULLETIN nuirratrixa. 601 .Chestnut StreeL Philadelphia, *'Fpipto, ELILLETJEN ASSOCIATIOpt• • ' Ploruirrons. ' QIBAON PEACOCK. ERNEST C. WALLACE, F.L. FETiIERSTON, MOH. &WILLIAMSON. CASP R.E SOUDE.R, FRANCis BenArrier ta served in snbeeribersin the citY at if cents or week, parable to the carriers. or 118 :r annum. DU PKESENTA—SINE WALTATS AND F Diaries, Writing Dedcs, Stationery Doses. Pocket Cutlery, Gammon and Cho% Boards, (rheas, Gold Pone, Office Ink Stands, JIMEALIe. Boots, Stereogeopem and Views. • W„ PERRY. do 4 • Aran street. FLDWERS, o V AUTUMN LEAVES AND Fnurr, taught sf. Drown stfeet. Croszen, Darns, Moulds and material for sale. - , dellAt• enema -lUSTICE.--Ortthe evening of ITth hut, Mary Hunting Justice, eldest daughter of Philip 8. end titled Mary Justice, intim 4.4 th yearnd leer ere. Carriages will leave the brumer of the late George M. Justice, 140. 5Z4 North Fourth street atone o'clock, P. M.. on the Itth that., for the residence of her father, frnn whence they will proceed • to North Laurel 11111, leaving &boot Lana punctually at :1 o'clock. 0111 L—On the 15th instant, Kral) Ogliby, daughter of James and Julia Om in the :17th year of her age. The male relatives and friends axe Invited to attend her funeral, from the residence ef her father. 41% Frankford street, en Thursday afternoon, at one o'clock. • WsolB_,_—At Beverly, N.J.. on Tile , day, the 17th hut., Masy B. Webb. wife of Thomaa G. Webb.' Due notice will be given of bridal. , ' • BURIAL CASKET. PATLIST YOU DESIGN Gamma) .TULT 9, 1867. z. B. 881= . r, mmarrAxEs. S. Z. DOUNZI TZ.NTLI AND GREEN STELZIII. I claim that my_ new improved and only patented BURIALCASKET is far more beautiful in form and ninth than the old unsightly and, repulsive coal% and that Ile construction adds to Its strength and durs. bunt?. Wie, the tudiersi ,41, having hod occasion to use in ant fondling S. :VS PAT T BURIAL CASICEIr. taint& would not to the future use. any other U they could las Ob. Bishop AL. Simpson. Rev. J. W. Jackson. J. H. 113ebenck, hd. D l i. J. Crippen. Com. d. Mandan. U. A. N., losob S. it Key r NW. HatUne, 1)„, Goo. W. Eva/24 Ben . Wm. Hicks. J. W. Claghorne, I), N. flino. EICRE LAICDELL SLAVE TUE FIRST QUALITY Lyons Velvets for Gleeful: loops Velvets, Zi-inch, for Sacks. EYRE & L.A.NDELL, FOUR= AND ARM. KEEP A fine armament of Caesimerea for Bon' Clothe*, Calk siturres for Buelnos Suite. YOUR' LIEE Telt AMERICAN LIFE INSFRANCE COMPANY. . Wick K. E, corner of Fourth and Walnut erects. • CASH ASSETS NEARLY 62.000.001, ALL POLICIP23 NoN.rotaTITARLE. Thc American is krepared to issue Policies of every description affecting Life insuremre. and would call CO ,e -cial &Urethra to the various attractive featurcenrerentid in its Prcopectus, which can be had, at the (:)I.e of the Comeau_ ,v and of an as Agents. - ALL htETCAL POLICIF.4 ISSUED PRIOR TO . JA.NUARY FIRST will participate in the dividend at that time. - Now is the time to insure. ALEX: WHILLDIN; President. Jour: S. Wu.rrarr, Serreta.y. - 402 t •st roach;F:al; saate. THE SOCIETY FOE SUTLYE+IO TUE VOCE WTTI.I SOUP. No. 3:iB GRISCOM STREET., Being &Pendent 'upon the yearly contributione of the batevotent for the means to carryon their operator's, in. form the public that they have no pald Collector cm. played. but that any of the members Will thankfully re ceive donations. The extreme severity of the season wlreadV x. with the short supply of work, will probably e catty increase the demands upon the rrwources of the Society. and necessitate an appeal this year for largely increased contribution,. JUS. S. LAMA President 4 11l Walnut street. IiVM. L. REHR, iilcePrxxident,_ -Walnut street. 1511. F.VANS, Tres.surer. deli OH* • 612 Market street. Apr. THE NORTHERN SOUP SOCIETY ‘)''ILL 0. "." 0900 their house, situated at the corner of retere alley and Fout of to street, above Drown, for te _ drat:Atom dirtribution potrpto the P'oor WEDNESDAY, Dee. Donatioos to money or materials will be thankfully received adthelionee. or by ether of the undenddoed CHAS .T. s lt Emollient, 304 Callowhill Amid. SAMUEL T. CH li.V._tlecretary. EN Second erect T. MORRIS PEROT. Tleliatuer. tel. Market street. RICHARD W. RA S X/N. itt N. Fifth etrect. SAMUEL JEANES. lttt A re h street. 'JOHN IX JAMES, 929 N. Third strePt. Or by any other Manager of the Society. deliLiaro I- OFFIC ENTERPRISE RAILROAD CO3i • PANY. • PIIILADELI`IIIA. Dec.lo,l&/. Notice IA hereby given that an In of Five Dol. lan upon each glare of !Meg of the Company not full paid Wu' been called. and that the !lame is due and payable at the _office-of the Cotopav No. 407 Library' !treet, on or tie - foto THURSDAY. the !trend day of .lannary. It!A, . thy order of the Director!. . delk sor TEE RANK OF NORTH AMERICA. PnILADELpui A. December 1 8 47. Directo The rs have declared ivd t , f SIXTY: CENTS PER SHARE, D ARE, as of Jly ide Ilast,t payablo eat demand. This Dividend, due to rt••ekholdere resident in this city, tt not called for before the Wth instant, ail( be applied to_payment of the amount demanded by the Re ceiver of Taxeator &ate tax on nE,e , se-d value of their joar CITY 01' ALLEGHENY, PA.. Ts.eufwer-a's OFFICE. Deeel/Ibu Notlrs le hereby given the Holders of the SIX PER CEN'r ItfUNICIPAL BONDS el THE CITY OF ALLEGHENY, That the Coupons ou ssid Bonds, coming due 'lrmo ary 7804. will he paid on said day (less the State tax) at the BANK,OV PITTSBLIIGIL - in the City of Pittsbarsh, Pa. D. MACEERI:ON, .de1e,t21.114 Treavarer of tho City of Alleglieny. Pa. sfir CITY OF ALLEGHENY, PA. TRl:Abtritr.r.'H OIT I (Jr, I Jeoember ft, 1 9 )67. ALLF.GRENY CI CY COMPROMISE BONDS WAN LED Persons holdinn Compromise Bonds of the City of Alle. gheny, Po., are hereby notified that the Sinking Fund fur 1867 will be las - Mod In these bonds at the lowest rates offered. Propetmla will be received by the under4igned. until WEDNESDAY, the let of January,lB6B. D. MACPERRON. delefillrpf, ' Trefumrer of the City of Allegheny, Pa. PriILADELPIIIA AND READIND RAILROAD CO3IPANY. OFFICE:. 2T7 Bourn FOUR 111. Dec. 16, 1F67. Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders of this Um panythat the annual meeting and au elertiou for Ned dent, six Manager rre:tauter and Secretary, will take plaeo'on tbe SECOND:kJ uNDAY, rth of .lannary nest, Itt 19 M. • e • WAL IL WEIBEL dela-tier; Secretary. stir LADIES' FAIR..—A FAIR FOR THE SALE OP useful and fancy article*, in aid of the Alexander Presbyterian Church, will be heldthe new church building, N. E. corner Nineteenth and'Oreen sueets, com. niencing on Monday, December 16th, at o'clock P. M., and continuing daring the week. Tickets cf imiso ion --season, 10 cents; single, 21 cents. Children, 10 center—to be had the door. del:lt:ten* ,„, ::1 3 r N trE T it l ifalen /L I T ABB , OCIATION. WORKS 00 A o RT, EXECUTED DV WOMEN, NoW OPEN CHESTNUT street. • Single Adman, cent& Season Tickets, 60 cents. deft-otrp, FRANKLIN INSTITFTE —THE STATED monthly meeting will be held this (WEDNESDAY) evening at 8 o'clock. Members find others having infren tion or specimens of manulactures to exhibit will please ~end them to the Hall, No. 16 South Seventh street, be fore 7 o'clock, P. M. 'WILLIAM HAMILTON, It§ Actuary, lam. ANNUAL MEETING . 01' STOCKHOLLERS OM Lipk Run and Sugar Cluck Ull Comp my mil be held January let, 1863 at 12 o'clock M., to elect at Room , a, Ledger Building, U 4 Splint SIKUI Arcot deltideti CHAS. DAVIS, tiec'y. ANDALUB/A COLLEGE.--ANNUAL mae Holiday Exercises, Thursday; December 19, 1861 at 11.80 A. M. Addreva by Bleliop /nevem , . Cars leave Kenaington Depot at 10.15 A. M. - det4 4trp. or s ' n fi d rfaarnikl ip lti PRIG 11 OF'-SPECS & CO.•S to suit the times. • ' .°B..Pialicid ' laci S d iMiqb &c " del! linrp Ma Chestnut streitt SK& FINE SKATINO FINE SlCkfiti4.; THE ifARIIISOb SKATING PARK, BERES - street, betwedu Second and Front street, :Take Fifth and. Sixth, Union, and Second and Third - • Stmt care.. THE THE SNOW IS ItEMOVEDTIIE Brilliantly illuminated with (.us, and additional La -dies, Acoonwnedations have been provided. A Band of Music afternoons and evenings. Season Tickets, CI Single Adeniesion, ceni B :- • ILINDISASQUERADE AND . FANCY lIREBS - CAR.. NIV AL- AT TILE ARCTIC PARK, , EIGTITII AND Midi &LIDA A VENUE, 'thin AFTERNOON and EYENI N 4.. • Orono Rand in atten. dance. I;argo number of Fancy Coqutues , fornishod gro tuitouo. Look out for the. Grizzly Bear on tikates. nahmion eents. • AJKATENG ! SKATING 11 AVEST 'PHILADELPHIA kkKATING PARK, THIRTY-IrPRRI` and WALNUT atrootB ICKIN tiPLOINDID CONHITION. - - 6 'V EYSTONE SKATING PARK,” . Sount Timmy XV- mid Morris strouta.—Tliehe UT tikating THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, • Single acitniusion 'YpiatPlive yenta. . • . . . . . , . ..„. .. ....._ ~.... . ...... . . . , . . . . . . . ..,, . . . . . . r • , . • , ; . '... ~. :•:',. '. r '' . ' ..e,%.. . • . ..., ~•7_ ~ ..ii.'• .::-.,-_... ..::,,, ...I _ .. , . - 4 , i ,, ' - i , •',.;', , :',...',,, , , "'' '.' ... . -.. . ~.. . . . - .. . . . ~ . . ~ . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . .... . .. . . .... . .. , . , .i. , . .. ...,•.. ... . , . „ . , . .. . . . . , . . . • " " ' . . . .. .. , ~. ~ .. .., . . , . , . . , . . , . oelB,lmrp [Corm.pondenee of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Tun ,Gi 14.(6115E AT PARIS.--e0:0:1.1 - SIO5. • At my bat writing, if you recollect, we were steeped all shuddering In the eager horrors of an expected execution.. We were hovering, like ill omened night-birds, all around the mean purlieus of the New Blet - Ire, sharply harassed and chased on our own parts by the police, but venturing to swoop down from time to time In a casual and unpremeditated way upon the place of the guillo tine. We were young—it Is so hard, in a place so excessively governed as Paris. to get en ap proach to anadventnre—l do not say that the occasion had not a forbidden sort of zest. On one side was the mob, a rolling sea of the lowest brutality of Paris, all ready to be turbulent, but sttietly adjusted by the administration of the law. On the other side the law itself, disposed for the first time to array itself against us, and relegate us to that strange, piquant category of Suspected personages. That, at our last chapter, • was the situation. We had before our eyes the gmat prison with its many windows, from some of which a light was glimmerimz., and tempting us to -guess where— in which of the three special chamber:, reserved for subjects of the death penalty—lay the doomed wretch. We had the noisome crowd, 'swaying and sallying to little purpose from point to point, turned into an unnatural silence by its appetite for horror and by its just fears of itself; for in that low throng none knew his neighbor from his enemy, or what construction his un guarded Word might receive from the nearest ear, paid to be suspicious. So we had the jackal attended by the lynx, the creature still lower than what it watched, the meanest retainer of a Government of espionage. These degraded in stincts lay in wait through the long night in that haunted street of La Roquette—the street that leads e between two prisons to the great graveyard—the street that used to be filled during the sunny days of last summer with acrowd - equally dense. waiting to see the mira cles of Jacob, the palsy-curing ZOUILVC. It was a neighborhood to yield either audience on occa sion:l/ the audience that gapes to Fee man cured by clairvoyance, or its mate in pruriency, the audience that gapes to see a man killed. ' We had, finally, away above. the littleness of our down spirits, the repose of nature and the depths of night, the planets wheeling over metro polis asleep, and. Orion mounting the firma ment ~ to hang his dagger straight as a plummet over •• the place, where ' the wretch lay waiting for death. These long moments of expectancy and suspense were what I meant to indicatelvben I. closed abruptly on the last occesien, - ancl there, with a little of. thelinceso of the pUblie writer, r left. the subject: , For I knew well, at the tlmo.of speaking, that the great com pany: had been deservedly fooled •hi a bootless • watch, and that justice had relaxed its hand yet' other days to give the criminal time for more . last prayors•and more vain, hoPes. The assassin, in tine, after the failure of his "appeal in cessa tion," was then, unknown to „its, awaiting the result of his "recourse in' merely" The French culprit has these two steps', between him; self and his last. and. these two final pleas arc what he sets his baud tej just after con-, dernnation, while the 'camisole We, force" is. waiting,'a, paralysis -to hart up the moment he 'drops the pen, ,and fix It arms nntit the moment of liberation; .cir Osa.oft e' l telfet of death." murdere'r;' then, ' White' - we were prowlirkg irk our iroble eurioalty arotuid hie pit-. r. C. BOWS, Trea.vurer. MMMO OJIFECTIONEIW. HOLIDAY CONFECTIONS. Tim Lamed and most varied stock of ' RARE •AND NEW CONFECTIONS Or THE Pinest Quality, NOW READY TOR ME HOLIDAY SEASON. Bon-Bon, la rich. papers. ' Bmi-Bow, Comiiths. Bon-Bong, Victorian. Crystalized Frti!M. White Nougat, Pistache 'Paste, Madeira Nuts, Amaracenee, Ohocolatena, Straw berry Chocolate, St.. Nicholas Chocolate, OrYstalline Almonds, Double Vanilla Almonds, Chocolate Beans, Chocolate Toys, VW EINEIVIIE MUM OF CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATES, ALSO. A Brilliant Importation BEAUTIFUL BOXES. Together forming a dlepby unparalleled In. HOLIDAY GIFTS. STEPHEN F. WHITMAN, No. 1210 Market St. BONBONS• DE PARIS., NO UNEAUTES POUR ETRENti ES. C. I:'.IENA.S, CONFECTION RR FROM PARIS, No. 830 Walnut Street. epleadid variety of FE NT BOXES AND BONDOINIIREI, , Of the mowed rtyleflust received from Buis. . dell•l2tre• • GROCIFJOIIEB.III4QIDOIIII. &O. NEW CITRON, CHOICE QUALITY, .15 CTB. NEW CURRANTS. Cboiee Qaa18.9.1.5 cent'. NEW RAISINS, fort.," ,cents to 60 cents. CHOICE SULTANA RAISINS. 'ELME SPICES, CIDER. COOKING WINES AND BRANDIES. at • • - COUNTY'S EAST imp; CROCEILY, dalo.l2t • No. 118 . Bautli SECOND Street. BASH STEPS. low, was lying panting In his terrible straight waistcoat, and suspended as it were by the very shin of his teeth to the hot frairthance.thatcon meted him with the world of the,llving, . I need not say how glad, relieved and innocent I felt 'on discoyerlpg that ..wer Wore.all deceived; and that my weak yielding to a position Ilhad not for a moment approved was not to be punished-with Between three and, four In the meriting, we dropped again, and for the last time, upon the Place ? In front of tbe Prison of, the Condemned. By this time the police. agents had euCceeded in convincing the public that their attendance was vain, and 11a41 `own completely cleared ,the street. Our own judicial followers,' also, had glyen - us tip orlost sight of us, for there were no indications of a chase. But we found upon the ground a philosopher of the pollee-reporta,, a sort of mouth-pie of public curiosity, and who rep- resented well enough, in , the mystery and star light of the early morning, the authentic Spirit of the 'Place. • This was a• wOrkrulan in a dark, warm frock, grasping a child of nine by the "Peouldkhave told you better," he remarked, upon our carefully engaging him hi., conversa don. "Tlis little marmot hero could 'have told you better biluselkeiPee he.haareett three, while his papa has assisted at eleven. There are cer tain, signals by which a well-informed person can recognize the epoch of an execution as plainly as If it was all published in the Littk Monitor.. In the first place, the blade and timbers of the guillotine, all separated, are kept in this ' build ing on our left.lt- —He indicated a large, strange house, turned gable-end to the street. It was plain as a barn, and fflrnished with but one semi-circular win dow. The guillotine! How plain, at this prac- tical introduction of the subject, it rose before me, smooth-working, painless, pitiless, exact: so it used to lift and fall upon the old Place do la Revolution! And Marie Antoinette, crowned with her silver hair, rattling thitherward in the infamous cbarrette ! And hi belle ('it erne Roland, pronouncing from its platform her fatal _accusation against the clay image of liberty- 7 Lildert: , comma on t'a joit;, !" "The guillotine now in - employ," pursued our Mentor:, "was first used upon Orsini. Well, from , ine o'clock of the night of any execution, a light is seen in the house of the g - nillotine. That unique window yonder, glows .I.lke the half-closed eye of a confidante of secrets. They are polishing the blade, they are -testing and adjusting the mortises. You may also see some stir and some unaccustomed lights about the prison. Very well; at five o'clock you Would see the building open. they would be bringing • out the timbers, and you Would hear the dedaande commenting upon the workmen who go to set it all up at the Place of the Five Stones. These stones are simply flags, a little larger 'than the others, let into the pi.veraent of the cartway that leads to, the prison gate; but they indicate an exact level. Well, these would be your indications. You have been played upon, gentlemen, and I salute you!" —"Well, you concluded to try It again,"l was saying, three days after, to one of my friends— 'were you well placed?" deLlf e in trt ittrn "Supremely ! We walled froth five in the morning." "Tieng, Tiens! 'What did yon_seer • _ "Nothine!” "Nothing? "The fog, viwi cher. Comprehend, one could see nothing ten paces off, the ibg was so com pact. The executioner had to go up with a lan tern to see if the neck was properly adjusted. If I were the Prefect of the Seine, I would alter the hour of executions in November to some more reasonable time than seven in the morning when the brave public can not see We hand before the nose, titer all its exemplary patience.' "Tell me, my friend, how did the poor misers. ble die ?" "He took leave of the throng in four words Above all, never, never confess r There we have, I think, the last legitimate ac cent of a life dogged by the law continually from its birth in the gutter to its deitth on the scaffold Never, never. confess!" May we never hear such a "last speech" in our own grander and larger land! THE ARZOLORY E X IP LOSION AT PIT TS- The Coroner's Inquest. [FrOto the Pittaborgh Commercial, of yerter'day.) On Monday inorning, at ten o'clock,l the jury .n the ease of AutoineXeck, the young Man who was fatally injured by being accidentally shot while attending the fire on the corner of Penn ,aul Wayne streets, met at the Mayor's office, dursuant to adjournment, for the purpose of aearing such testimony as might be adduced oefore them. The following statements were made . Thomas Thompson, sworn.--Was at the fire Saturday morning; first took a position at the Fort Wayne offices; stood there until the shots began to tly so fast that I had to leave; then went round to shelter in front of Hay's pork ware !louse; stood there, and could see the blue streak which they made; saw the deceased wheel round end fall; he seemed to be near the tipper end of he railroad track; saw the streak of the shot that .truck deceased; two or three other persons were standing near him; he was picked up and carried if some twenty or thirty yards, and was soon dter removed to his home; the balls that I saw came from very nearho middle of -the 'burning building; some came rom the lower end, where %Ir. Johnson had his tore; a great many shots I were discharged; eon] not estimate the number; he firing was as rapid back on Exchange alley as ,t was on Penn and Wdyne streets. • Wm. ilaslott, sworn—Was shipping clerk for Col. Cross, while the war was going on, and since. The Government used a certain portion of the building, at the corner of Penn and Wayne streets, for ordnance stores. In 1861, I think, we commeuect(to store guns there. The guns were received hero from railroads, by steamboats and In other ways; I.,think some of thorn were from volunteers. Those from the railroads and Steamboats were in boxes. Sometimes an odd lot was received without boxes, but they were gene rally boxed up. Could not toll the number of 4uns stored without looking at the bills of lading. stappotle.. there was over one hundred thou% -4. ind. • the ... - timc - lof the So- far as - I krew, the loose guns were inspected before being boxed np. It was not my business to look 'after I.tat. matter. It belong'ed to the Ordnance De- Partment, (Gen. :Whiteley's) at the Arsenal. Ile had one or two officers detailed to make these examinations. J . Johnson was one, and. %fr. Kenworthy al:tether. I do not know that they inspected any of these guns, but that was their busixtess. I never heard any of these guns. discharged while I was about. Think there wore eo cartridges in the building. If there were any, OAT did not bolong to,the.governraent. All ear ridges wore ordered to tiepin/ in the ratigt%lne at the arsenal. - - \, TEIF. ARMS ILVAMIDTEDMIT NOT:INSPRI;TUI.,I 34.- M. B oswo rtli f isNv°filAtit . elilef clerk of the Paymaster and Or Once- Storekeeper'at the Al-? le .bony Areettio;' have Old- Ihtir peigittou 1858; It was my hilliness. to superintend the re ceipt and lowa atom 4 at the Animal durk • OUR WHOLE COWTRY. P.ll.ll :4 4.pijiPal4, ~W.gpsgsp..4:.:y,,j)E,Ov4m.pg4',:tis;lB47... DISASTERS. 'Befit+ fl. HOW K.A.:C{i. W-14 KILLED-A, HOT PIACI: Tin - , sTorucE OF' 'THE (tNS the war. •, be tufts stored here were received through the ordnance ellicers from Nashville, Imam, and Louisville, Ky.,..atid by them shipped in ilexes to_the commemdant of Allegheny Arse nal. They were, merely ebutited, tq , see that the number:was eortect. For this purpose every heX bad to , be' opened. but no inspection was made as to whether they were 'loaded or not, as we never. suppose that they were. # Never had nay powder or Cartridges been stored in the city. Vie guns used by the troops discharged west of the mountains were received by the command- . ant of the Allegheny Arsenal. They were prin cipally Springteld and Enfield meet:eta, and as fast as'recelved were shipped to United States Armory at Springfield, WaSta., for repairs.: testa! inspectfon was Made Of these, and they were boxed and shipped. About 4,000 of those remind from the troops west of the mountains were . French muskets. By, t•casnal c ,, inspection" I mean , testing the condition ,the barrel by dropping the ramrod into 'lt. I had charge of the keys of the ware bdusm there was Ito fireln that portion of the bnilding , ,. and no one Mel occasion toilet it dur.!; ing , the night; I Left everything all right. Friday sight: • The number of guns on;hand at the time WI W 66,706. .In Sanuary,.lB66, Mr. J. H. John ston bough some tirenty-Ilve hdhdred guns at Government sale; I know of no regulation to; rjairing officers receiving arms to make such' smictiow as will determine whether they are charged or not • • ,DITTIC or Tim commarmme OFFICEIL M. Morg..,n,,_serom--Am „Military Storekeeper at Allegheny Arsenal; have been there since 1863; knew about the guns which were being stored at the warehouse in this city; under Military rule the commanding officer has atithaity to make such regulations as ho may deem necessary for the safety and protection of property. Gen. Whitely wag in command here. All arms ought to be inspected 'before stored away. I do not say that , those arms, sent hero in boxes, ought to have been opened, and inspected. No officer should turn In arms with loads in them, bat they do so. I presume it was taken for granted that when the guns were sent here, boxed up, they had been properly inspected before being shipped. lii,ever heard, the question mooted, and never heard General Whitely say anything on the subject TAKEN FOR GRANTED THAT ALL WAs km= Mr. Ketworthy sworn--Am foreman of the ar mory shop at Allegheny Arsenal. The • guns were shipped here in great numbers, and officers shipping them were anxious to have their ac counts settled up. It was my duty to open the boxes and see that the account, was correct.. Would sometimes find them mixed up; and would have to sort the different kinds of guns. Did not regard it our duty to inspect them so as to see - whether they were loaded or not. Sup posed., as a matter of course, that they had been exasumed_btfore they were shipped here. When we sold glans we did notiitipect theta, but turned them Over just, as they were received. If I had suppased that any of these guns were loaded, I world have relieved myself of all responsibility by reporting the fact to the commanding officer. I did not suppose that any of the guns were charged. Full Account' of the Terrific Earth quakes at St.Thomax and tit. Croix. Egatnet from a private letter dated Bt. Themae, Dec. NUVF....III:ER 20. At about three o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th, feeling weary, I had re tired to my room for a few moments, when I felt a dreadful earthquake. I immediately went to a window, whence I could see the greater roan of this quarter of the city, and belied the clamor, anguish and Repair of the population. I had felt •in Yenezuela several earthquakes more violent than this, but never one of snch lon,g duns tioAi. By my reckoning lasted from so to 55 secOtuls, bat other antlemen eats that its duration was from G 5 to 70 seconds. After doing 'what could -to -inspire confidence among the ladies and sea-caritas.. ssuu were, stricken with horror, I went out to learn what damage had been done in the city, I had scarcely reached M.'s store when .I saw coming throngh 'the street ri great crowd of prople crying,. "The sea is coming! The sea is com ing!" I walked rapidly in the opposite direction to that nursnid by the crowd and went to the butchery dock. in order to see for myself the rare exhibition. I saw at a distance of about two or three miles, the waves coming in with their white caps, apparently as high as a mountain. While their appearance was well cal culated to excite terror, at the same time the pee dominant sentiment in my mind was that the spectacle was supremely nurspzilie. at! Some minutes after, the harbor was thrown into great confusion, the commercial street and many stores under the sea. The waves returned to the sea in a few minutes, bat left many wrecks behind. An hour after this invasion of the sea, the earth began again to quake, and continued incessantly, day and night,' from five to eight times in each hour. During this period the population remained in the open places. Still, I have remained in ray room, pass ing the nights with my watch in my hand, ob serving the earthquakes, which are almost uni formly preceded by subterranean thunder, really terrific for persons who are not fortified by great self-pcissession. 11 - 1:T11ED. VARTICULARS 01" ml: MIGHT! It I,EARTII - AT ST. TITOThiS ANT ST. (11:01N. [From the Jamaica tileaner-Extra.'November :13,1 On the arrival of the last mail steamer from St. Thomas we had to chronicle great disasters at the latter port, and at Tortola, caused by the fearful hurricane of the 2.9 th October; but now we are sorry that we have to record news ,of a still more horrifying nature, from the same locality, though, most fortunately, up to the time of the steamer leaving . St. Thomas, without the same loss of life as occurred during the hurricane. On the,lBth, the day Was clear, tine and in no way unusual. Barometer, 30.03; thertuometer iSI deg., when without the 'cut warning, at about 3 P. M., a most fearful 'shock of earthquake oc curred,lasting ?no hundred and five seconds! It was followed by the great earthquake sea roller about fifty feet in height. Ten minutes after the first shock, another smart earthquake occurred, followed by the great sea roller. Ship after ship was dashed ashore or against each other. The,lion' wharf of the Liverpool Steam COMpany was swept away as if it never existed. Vessels driven ashore by the late hurricane were taken out to sea. Boats were destroyed, and many lives were lost. Twto Ame rican war steamers were very much injured. The R. M. C. tug steamer was swallowed up and two engineers lost. Forty-one hours• after the first shock, at 8 A.M.on tho 20th,when the La Plata left, seventy distinct shocks had been felt. Two of the La Plata's boats were lost.and some of her plank ing, rails, stes, were damaged. The La Plata also lost two anchors and some chains. Three coal hulks, that had been alongside the La Plata, were immediately torn from her side, one sinking, the other two washed ashore. A volcanic eruption is said to have occurred in the island of Little Saba, about five miles from St. Thomas, and part of the island has sunk. The loss of life in St. Thomas, afloat and ashore, was not supposed to exceed thirty. St. Croix and Tortola had both experienced the , earthquakes and sea rollers; at the former place all American war steamer was lifted up by the rollers, and thrown the middle of the town. - - The iloyall'Mail Companyls office at St. Thomas has been completely destrciyed, and the saloon of the Derwent,'now ashore, is being used as the Company's office. The scene at St. Thomas during the earthquakes was harrowing in the extreme. Searedy a stone or buck structure has escaped destruction- or bneat damage. The inhabitants rushed up the ills in wild remained exposed during the whole night. All the stocks of merchants in the town have teen' destroyed, the 1000 being, millions in, . • , The following particularehave been kin ° ffiv fur nished us by a passen s ger oat:leant the ,La Plata, who was at St. .Thomas when the earthquake oc- E:s.'I , ANT PEI:Du About ten; minutes to three ontho afternoon of •tbe lAth•• instant , theletntift. Thentas was •viel.ted bye the moat thzu'rtit • • ,alFe It has ever e - xperlenoeel. at'fire e rutebline of herbV Ort*, IW* reawl . - thv. IffiNQ TUE WEST INDIA DISASTERS• I seemed to roll on under the earth, then• gradually I died away in the distance. The rocking of the earth increased with the rumbling, and kept , increasing for ever • a minute and a. half,"and• altogether; close 'ort thtee minutes elapsed do' all reo,vement ceased. The effect ,on the town was most disastrous, although few buildings were totally destroyed. Scarcely any brit& or stone. ones escaped uninjured. The harbor and the sea seemed particularly tranquil. The former dotted all over with the wrecks left by the hurricane. From the moment of the , first shock, the water begun to gradually recede , from the shore. The panic stricken and shrieking inhabitants, whose heartrending cries for meter rendered yet more; striking the dull and heavy , stillnws,which.per vaded all nature after the first shock, , barely , had time to quit their houses and reach the oxen air, when another shock,. -came, and• then ivsa. noticed the fearfn aspect the sea watt gradnalitassuming; far away about two miles from the month of the harbor slowly but surely . rising—an.''immense ' wave came, gathering strength as it rushed, till; hav ing reached the.harbor entrance,• this _immense wall, not less than forty feet high, 'toppled over , and broke, roaring, on what the bnraleane had left standing. Ships were driven ashore, or dragged from their moorings; wharves swept away; wrecks ashore high and dry, floated off; hero a schooner was capsized; there . one, left lying- by the hurricane - broadside on, was righted and floated out to deep, water. The harbor boatewere nearly all smaehed or c.srried.far np the wharves, or on , to.the main• street. Warehouses were completely gutted,and their contents• strewed across the roads. A second wave. lets intense, followed the first, and then CAME a third. Little by little the haibor resumed its former aspect, Its surface, if anything, strewed with yet more wrecks.; The Rayal Mill Steam Packet Company's steamer La Plata riding at anchor off Water Island providentially escaped destruction—nay, her safety is regarded by all 'on boatd as almost miraculous. Still the earthquakes quaked on from the first till dark —no less 'than eight distinct- and violent shocks were felt during the night—the rumbling hardly ceased, and the reeking ur trewbling of the earth Was inemant. Daylight brought little ces sation; the shocks if less frequent seemed more severe, and during the night 'of the 30th. five most distinct and powerful carthqttakes' oc curred, and up to 8 o'clock on the morning of the 20th. when the La Plata left the harbor. into which she had been brought to coal no less than twenty-seven shocks, fromfour to thirty seconds, had succeeded the first fearful one. 2.4o.—Experien ced a very heavy shock of earth. quake, shaking the ship violently; cleared away all the covers from the boats, took In all awnings, and rigged the fore-gear., 2.50.--Observed a tremendous breaking sea in the offing advancing towards the ship, from the South, threatening her with destrnetton, the ship being then 'nearly broadside td it. " "A'bout a minute afterwards, observed the ship to bo cantina. swiftly round; bringing her stern towargs the sea, providentially , enabling her to ride over it. 2.ss.—Breaker struck the ship, on the starboard quarter, stove in the bulwarks, and smashed the gig, tearing away hulks from alongside: Let go the starboard • anchor, ship bead working round to all points of the, compass ' surphy-dingy washed away. Lowered cutters to pick up ne groes thrown out of the hulks by the breakers. Obstofved the stern copper to bo displaced, and wood started—examined the Mem, but found no leakage—found port after life-boat stove in— lowered boats and landed the passengers. Ba rometer 29.91, 29.94. Boats returned, mustered all crew, and offered up prayers for our deliver ance. The Toledo (0.) Railroad Accident. . . [From the Toledo Blade of Decenhlier:tL~ • The following went:int of. this accident is addi tional to our telegraphic despatches :. • "The passenger train due here at 10.25 should have mot the local freight train at Fremont. On the arrival of the latter at that . place; Conductor Carver received a telegrain from the Train De spatcner t_ ..... „,•,-,• his run to Clyde, and the passenger train at that place, as the latter was forty-five minutes behind time. Conductor Seeley. of the passenger train, also received a despatch which informed him of the approabh of the freight train,, and in structing him to wait at Clyde for it, but if it did not arrive at the expiration of the twenty-five minutes, then he was to proce&l, with caution, to Fremont. The distanccr between the stations is eight miles. Conductor Carver in obedience to his instruc , tions, started with his train from Fremont, him self taking a. position. between the locomotive and tender, and sending the forward brakesman to the rear of the train. This he did in Order to guard more closely against a collision.' His train was started, and was getting under fall headway as it approached the bridge, the view being blinded by the dense fall of snow driven fiercely by the wind. On plunged the train, and in an instant it was being hurled into the river, the locomotive having broken through the ob structions on the track, striking the second abut ment, and pulling the entire train after it. The engineer and fireman were in the cab, and after the engine landed in the water they clambered out, and, wading ashore, went to a shanty on the bank, the former chilled and bruised so tint he could scarcely speak; but the fireman was in bet- ter condition—could nse his limbs 411i1 voice. The fireman had tho presence of mind to seek to avert a calamity to.tho pas.senger train, and knowing whom some section men were at work on tho track cast of the town, immediately went to them', and informed them of the disaster, and sent one of the men to the telegraph ofliee to have Conductor Seeley informed of the accident to the freight train, and warn hinrof the danger. The man run at the toitof his speed, andtlellver ing word at the °Bice, a despatch was instantly transmitted to"Condnetor S. who received It just as be was about leaving Clyde, and he 'was thereby enabled to avoid the broken bridge. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. f From the Cleveland Leader of Dec. la] The caboose, which contained four passengers, and one freight car, were the only cars which were saved. One freight car was left hanging over the centre pier, supported by the broken timbers. Tho rest were totally demolished and their freight scattered and mingled with the float ing ice and timbals. The engine, the "Elyria," seems to have struck the east pier as it fell and was literallydernolished. The, tender was thrown over the engine upon the east bank of the river. One car loaded with dressed hogs was thrown forty or fifty feet up' the river. The rest were so .broken and mingled with the timbers of the bridge, and the lumber, boxes and barrels which made up the freight, that no term or shape of car was distinguishable. The catise of the accident is not positively known. The most probable theory is that the tin roof of the bridge was blown np and across the track by the terrible storm which canto np in the morning, and covered, as it was, with lee and snow, throw the,' engine off upon the timbers which welt not 'strong enough to sustain the shock. It was only three or four weeks ago that the bridge was placed, as wos supposed, in complete repair, in•preparation for the coming, winter. Sad as the accident was it seems providential that it befell the local freight, instead of, the ac emumodation,which was due at that place only a few moments after, with its freight Of human ; p. _The Journal soXs: "Snell a terrible OiOrto MMus presented at the river is seen only ono I. time. The awful gap, made by the sinkhigaway of the bridgo, the river thil of broken 'limbers, broken ears, upturned trucks, floating boxes and barrels and all the frightful &brie eif suet), a wreck, I th e tee n, benumbed, with cold, aporehlog the nil ns f o r the missing ma; amidst the, blinding storm, made a picture witleh'fotf who hive woo will ever forget. • , We can form no estlintite'of the damage the ue cident will bring to theitforupony. The loss of the bridge and the • rolling stock is heavy, but will be a mern•trillwaiMptired, to the delays and loss of.itelfliqs !And ,travelywiflie the • bridge is being Will Ceeditlon ttgOn, Meantime passen gersmi d frelght`wllt ihtive to takenAteroKby Iva/ of thqj The 6 0 0 1 16 OrtitelitisseatrCr train is due solely to the illet:Of/ltkbelttg behind time, ," intuit in, evitalAy have toot .the same fide as the freight, and ( . .01110) 1 1119AVO woUld ItO4o Appabsr ) , 4iNdi TidatlSMT E - • pRiO E4 THREE.vEmlis,,ts OTS NW AIIIM. , , , jo urnal —Jenni ist e Worrell. is to ,u4rry a- New . frette . —Rome is 'te' mike 'a. poWerfttl fortr l eatt 9 Monte Rotondo. '0 ' " ' ' %; L' ' ,'-. '- 4 —Tile first. thing a on says to, her brood Ina not the last _ thingweldhi says to its fathek- Shell ouL".Pua, ~ —The Archbishop of •C'ologoo ilea got int.r's, trouble because ho, is a taraperanceiman. and ,hl6. priests are not. —The Yale, College', Courant eturgests a , gran d - walking match between' sepresentatittis of thet- American Colleges next summer.. . ‘,. :Jr:4 . . . . —ln Order to get at 'the' real fadtekin .. tile titat ter of AbYssinia, mentbdra of •Parliartientlnftin attentively peruse nearly five hUndred Niges'et offloial papers. ! • I ''' ''' ' .. - i' ' ' ''' l--"i1441 -On the approach / of HolyWook; AllidCkt= able lady said to her friend,' ,"We mteitstiertifj. ourselves a /Vac." "Won," replied: thoother', - "tglet us make our *errant .4 fire." --: ' ' ,—it la found very expensive in 11°11=4 to hang Convicts,and there is aprotiositionr toabor jsh caPitaf punishment altogot4or h tAtstcf ) nfFT Iforthia reason. • - , —A deaf mute in Artaterst,_N. IL, has ,during the past season, eau t one • thormand . one. Ann dred and twenty - e ight trout , and one, hundred and twenty - five plc erelWitit 'a single line, la the ponds and streams of that peighhorhood.. , ,' -Thu schooner Basitior‘Of, Gloucester f salled (pr the northern flaheriett in July last, and -eat having been heard front ,•since September; is given up for lost. Her crew numixtred• thirteen man. -,Captain Jeremiah Kitchen owner of n mill at Bowling Green,' Wood comity, Ohio, waw; be. the 51,11, cut. to pieces by a circular eRW, sad, says a. Western paper, "instantly killecl.'! 84w:dap result of being cut to pieces. -•, ~ —Madame Tussaud has added to her chamber of waxwork horrors in London an image of King. Theodores, supposed to bo a conjectural restora tion from Muller the murderer, •who has ceased to allure. , • -.. —The Emperor of Austria has given to the Empress Eugdnie a piano, chef fraltvre of • the principal Vienna manufacturer. It is of skin wood, ornamented and seulpttwed with am:Melte art. • ' _De larardia sarcastically says: "Look at the feet of a Chinese woman, and you will have a notion of the liberty of a Frenchman. - Cfmsider the freedom of Frenchmen, and you may forret an idea of the feet of a female Clittese. The same refinement of deformity." Salting ,the Streets. To fife Editor of the Evening Bulletint--Aftet all the agitation on this subject, and' City Councils - having amended and confiriaed. the law as eta , braced In the acts 'of incorporation of our city passenger railways, viz.: "that the snow shalt be removed from their tracks, and Without the use of it is to be regretted that an effort is now being made in City Councils .to. alloW the peer Benner railway corporations again to use , salt .to clear their tracks for their saving, at the ex pense of bealth 'to the hundreds of thousands who daily throng oar streets. If.there was a no,- cessity for the law forbidding the use , of salt, last winter, the necessity, exists much stronger this year that the law sheuld remain - as it ts. - •Disease has been contracted by the ,use of salt, and how many thousands have already, been hurried ,tos their graves from Its use will . never be, known.. My own experience is the contraction et a throat disease last winter,which confined ine to the house for sumo time, and which I feel to this• day. My feet, after once coming into contact with the salt sush, were cold the remainder of the day.. If -I Walked or rode in the carsit wail the same; thetas was no Avoiding it. ,Now, appeal to eery member of Councils, every head of a familyi•te` look at the health of ourpeople before the saving of a few thousand dollars to our railway corpora- Lions. The tracks can be cleared without theaso na has been proved by 'the Hulett Passengerrautrist, *Ltd Vieth strut Thirteenth and Fifteenth; and for their Su 4 004 1 110. • in this matter they deserve the thanks or , -our tire community. ' thn citizens can boar •testi mony to the purity of the atmosphere and , 'tile absence of cold feet Since the late snow storm in those localities where salt has not been used; for be it known, that notwithstanding the law forbidding the use of 'salt, there are , sev eral railroads ' that continue 'its nse ; for instance—the greatest ',corporation in our State—the Pennsylvania Railroad on Market street, now, a bed of slush; salted. as I am in formed, after midnight, when, our citizens are asleep and the pollee supposed to be ; on., duty, against lawbreakers; also, one. or. two Passen ger Railways. Let voters in each Ward make it their dtity Iva urge upon their Councilmen the necessity for Apo law remaining as it is, and make a more stun gent law. requiring the tracks to no kromPtly cleared, fixing the rate of fare, and,thating each company, run its usual number of pars, that Pas sengers shall have accommodation, and' 'when the snow is too heavy. to• be, removed, to place sleighs on thd respectfve tputen- ANTI-SALT. 4 iNIPSE I VtEMM .. . . 311.1. E. S.l.4ll,4bAuLtaita . ,i4r.qp.NP,Tl , l.ll.l:T.V.)l, etipteted it large and cultivate aydienee to the. Chestnut bitreet Theatre. The iday Aitrienne 1,001(11'61r, one of the most eireetivo'rietiductiots of modern .Fleneit ' stage. Mlle. Jatiftraphek revealed neir talent' ht this performanee. In'thee great scene at the close of the fourth act, and in the death scene at the end, •of the play , shc,wasOnsamificent. Sbo is a consummate artist, and it is as an artist rather than, a genius, that she is to be, ailinired. Every movement and every phrase have been most minutely studied.'and' even those 'Who deny tier genies, must 'reeognize her faithful' interpretation of the r.iles she undertalces. Her costumes, in thia play, wore the admiration of SW- She was extremely well supported by Mr. Scheren burg, as "Maurice do Saxe," 31ile...8inger, as "The Princess de Bouilon." Mr. Crelinger, as "Illichonnet,7 and Mr. Kessler, as "The Abbe," the other parts being also fairly performed. This evening, Dr.lSiusenthaps tire d ram a of fishergh, better known in English' "eh Leah, the Forsaken, will be produced, with' a' rer7 strong cast. . ' • • Ten I.IATI.N SYItI.IIONY to be performed tn-meir row afternoon, by . Cari Sentz's grand Orchestra, Is'a production of genies which is considered among cog. noseenti as I , nri. d'o'nerf,. Its simplicity. and 'lowa melody Inaba it appreelable by all who love Sweet sounds. The Mendelsohn Concerto to be ,perforMed. by Mr. IL G. Thunder, is also cue of thosecaptivating works of art, where art is concealed. and naturnalone appears to the listener. The othet pisses on the 'pro. gramme are of a light and pleasing character, consist. ing of Concert A rta, Solo Cituittette,. Venztuao "Yen zane,"hy Mr.Wm.Stoll,St.; and Qradrille—Einter den Co eliseen, (behind the scenes), by request, "Strauss." Tun Janauseltek, the famous German tragedienne, will appear at the Chestnut this evening, in lloOligilthara drama Deborah. At the Wal nut,ilir. John Brougham will repeat his Lotterg cif We.. -Mr: Edwin Adams appears in The Lad:f of Lyons and Black Eyed Swam ,at the Arch. A varied entertain \ ment is 'announced at the American. BIATZ.--Sigl:lor It% will give ono of his unique and original exhibitions of magic at Assembly Buildings tosnight. AC:10.11/1CMY 11. p id rare.--The Italian; Opera .ComPany will appear this evening in Doulzettl'a La Favorite. • ;with a east Including Miss Adelaide PhllliPe, Signor lirignoll, Orlandini, Stisiel, and othqs, BUNYAN Tenttimix.—This Magnificent series or views will remain at National Bali but few nights' longer. We advise every ono to Bed it. The Octilresa nro from the easels breech fatnette , artists. as -Harley,. Ilantinadon, Kyle, Dallas, Church, and others; and are bright with the evidence...sof their genius. The et.. hibliton is an-unusually tine one, and an evening can. not be more pleasantly spent than in witnessing 1 rIANLON 13.1107141115 t -ThC9l) ft)1110118 gyinnants a nd acrobats are annonnced to appear at the, Academy Or Tluaic daring the holidays with a highly trained- sad ()indent company. The Bunions are well , known ips the most accomplished gymnasts and acrobats to , thA world. Steno of their feats are abieltttely rearvellona. They cannot fail to draw eroWded hottees; • • . . ~•., . . •• Iluartartz igientittl Orena. Stinthe.— , Att toinettatilr attractive programme' is offend fur Ibis evenioc= • thls popular place of anuteemelo,, The capital burlceque,or Shut is aoneunoet4 Mittl'OriliXbriltila ea travagersi,-• WO and tiAq -410 Pal• larAsiitl.44 • PILIA"cft!tRP, ;1 11 L,. . _, ~,:._' ' ~,,. ~- ogi`iv $.,,..' l'xiq,a#o,/iata. ur.r:44.k l'oursic..—movout 00,:odi t i ro id t ,o are 'wont:teed l'Or ek; light, at at 41 : t:• stl" the linalty mtivetew Oadweir 'trill appear t ".... ' -'," ar to •mota. langtfehle pervettah , and there- 'l. . sleit, o f . 00 d wattle, sharp loca tuts, eacellentatitelag, ar... 4 , wale outer uxembaa 4 acc 9 *l l l#44 osierAtii. 11 V , !? e) MIMMI
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