CIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME X$L-NO. 245. THE EVENING BULLETIN MILGRIM EVERY EVENING (Sundays exceipted), AT THE NEW BULLETIN BUILDING, 601 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 1r TIM EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. GIBSON PEACOCK. Ps°IIII EMST 0. wAizecz LatTIIPHSTON. THOS. J. WILLIAMSON. CABPER IsOUDER, FRANOD3 WELLS. The Buumrin is served to subscribers in the city at 18 cents per week. payable to the carriers. or S 8 per annum. VirEDDING INVITATIONS AND VISITING CARDS VS Rimmed or Written. o Newest styles of Wedding 15tati°nerr ' Call and look i W. 0 t samples. W. Stattonr, 728 Arch street DIED. CAMPBELL.—Suddenly on the 19th Inst., at 7.?"‘ o'clock P. M., John Li. Campbell.in the 68th year ofMe age. Bis relatives and male friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from his late residence, No. glo North Sixth street, on Thursday next, at 2 o'clock. P. M. interment at Monument Cemetery. GOVP.TT,—On the evening of the 20th inst. Robert A. Covett, in the 71st year of his age. PHs relatives and friends ars invited to attend . the tenant froui his late residence,No.Mrionth Thirty4ixth street, Weal Philadelphia. on Elf th.day. the 234 last., al. o'clock P. M. Interment nonair Hill KffidsToN. -Suddenly , . the xgh instant, Harriet Mingston. in the 76th ear of her age: Her relatives and (rinds are respectfully invited to attend her funeral. from , her late residence 1211 Spruce street. on Thursday morning. at eleven o'clock. without lurther notice. I RYEeliti.--,Suddenly. on the evening of the 20th inst., Joseph Wein Rverve, in the 68th year of his age. The relative* and friends of the fatuity are Parnell: lady invited to attend the funeral, learn his late residence, o. MS Walnut street, on Friday morning. at 11 o'clock. "Tvprooeed to Laurel Hill. •• OMAS.—On the evening of the 19th instant, Martha, fe of Samuel Thomas, in the 70th year of her age. The relatives and friends et the family are respect. luny invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her - husband. No. 606 North Tenth street. on Fourth-day; the 21d Inst. at 2 o'clock. Interment at Fair MIL • IARD--4A NUA RY M.—EYRE LANDELL, Fourth V and Arch. are prepared to suit faatillee with, lOUSEHOL.D DR GOODS, 000 D FLANNELS AND 31 USLINS, GOOD TABLE LINENS AND NAPKTNS, GOOD BLACK AND COLORED SILKS. xriecaAa. NOTICpS,, a GRAND OPENING. THE ST. JAMES HOTEL, Twentieth and Market Streets, - which has been recently fitted •up in the most 'elegant manner by Mr. J.NO. M. GRIILEIL, Isle of Shinn's. Brosd and Chestnut streets. will be opened for Os reception of customers on Tills IgNENltitt The ATLI LE - tic OLEE CLUB have kindly volunteered lbcirservicee, and will &swum, some of their sweetest melodies on this occasion. It OrTO TILE FRIENDS OF TliE POOR.-AMONG the many institutions designed to aid the stiff, ring. e commend the HOWARD MISSION FOR THE RE LIEF AND RELIGIOUS EOUGATION OF THE DES. TITUTE, in chippen street, below Fourth. Their expe rience for twenty-four years in that destitute portion of our city has enabled them. as far as possible, to judge the character of those applyieg for assistance: By liberal dentitions of the benevolent they were en abled to relieve every worthy case who called upon them lest winter for relief. Many of the es fisted were widows; left with orphans; others sick or aged, who heretofore had been enabled to support themselves. The number of such sufferers increases irons winter to winter. Tile ad , eenced cost of food, rent and other items of ne ccurity is felt by those who hare , a liberal income. but °metes more seriously upon all whose means of support are very limited. Females employed in various kinds of work. receive but a email compensstioa for their Mime, and often require assistance as well as those who, by the care of a family, are prevented going from home to work. The result of the late war, both by death and wounds on thefiald. as well as consequent sick.nees and death, has also.added many widows and children to their lid of ap plicant", whose necessities are far beyond what can be supplied to , the sage, l pension,, of our Government, or by charitable institullous, and which must be met, if at all, blench 4 quiet manner as designed by this institution. r. John beddon. the only authorized Collector, is new calling for contributient Ho has had eleven years' ex. .pertence and has become well acquainted with all the operations of this work. and with many who are con. maul/1Y to tbctignevokant for assistance. Fends put Into their ands trill biidbl nt eltrpertent with caution and prudence, thus securing contributors against u imposition. Included sn the expenditures Of last winter, they dis bursed $1644 6S, as follows, viz For Shoes, given to children and to the mothers.. $416 16 For Groeerfeadistributed WI orders from 60c.t0 $1 loft to For Coal.. delivered at their homer.— - . 1,1340 00 For Clothing, and materiel for clothing, etheirnak ing la often done by poor women. and paid for in cash. coal or, groceries). ... .. . 13 'Cash given in small amounts or paid fo r funeral expenses„ house rent,fie . .... - 106 00 In doing this work last season , Mr. I. ddon - made over 1,200 visite; distributed 696 garments, 61.1 pairs of shoes, .166 tons of coat and found situations for 39 (of which 7 were ill i tsfuntrY.) N. B. tribute's can receive from Mr. S. tickets, which. w en signed by them and given to Individuals ap. plying for assi stan the case will be inquired into im mediately by him, assisted if found deserving, and if not a report will be reburied to the contributor. Donations may belong to. JOHN It. HARPER, No. 3UB Chestnut street. Superintendent of the Howard Sabbath Sctuwd. The following weU.known gentlemen of this city have recommended this institution to the patronage of the be. M et es _ Meats. (levies Macalester. Matthew Newkirk,William Drayton, Joseph li. flildeburn, John W. Sexton, John Sparhawk and E. H. Worue. tab34.w.2trpl airPHILADELPHIA , DISPENSARY.—AT TilE sanual meeting of the contributors to this institu. lion. held the Bth that., the following named gentlemen wen chosen Managers for the year 1868. vls : William P. Griffitts„ John M. Whits% Henry J. Morton, Jahn C. Browne, Percent,, Charles Ellis, George B, Wood. Joseph P. Smith, D. Clark Wharton. Thomas Maar. Thos. Wider Brown_ William Masker. The above-named Managers assembled at their chamber -on the Siiitand chose F.GRIFFITTS their Pre sident. and THOMAS WISTAR Secretary. The following officers were , then chosen: 2'reasurcr—Williara L. Edwards. iferridmit.PApefelan—Ede and Maria, M. D. Assistant-Assident—Barnett G. Guthrie. M. D. Agothesseto —George Y. Brooks. ATYENDING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, - RIIHIARD A. CLEEMANN, M. D., OM B. DUP. /AIRE, Id. D, _ WM LEHMAN WELLS,II. D. HORACE WILLI A M_S. M. D. ' BICBAttD Tilomed3,_ss, D. ' JOHN S. NEWTON, M. D. -OBSTETRIC, PHYSICIANS, _ • EDWARD A. SPOONER, D. JOHN H SHERK. D. CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. HUGH. L. HODGE. M. D. GEONGEW. NORRIS, M. D. WM. W. GERHARD. ya. D. S. LITTELL. M. D. Ito mir NATIONAL BANE OF GERIdANTOWN. • PRILADELPIILI. . - Omusawrowx, January 91st, 1968. • - At an election held on the 111th instant, the following. mimed Stockholder' were elected Directors of this Bank tor theensuing year: • WILLIAM WYNNE WISTER, CHARM, MAGARGE. WILLIAM GREEN._ WILLIAM N. JOHNSON • NATHAN JONES JOHN arrTENII9UbE. JOHN'S. HAINEo, IADISB oaTEO NIOHOLdS RISTENHOUSE, JR.. NOWINON ,Tt•H SON,_ CHARLES WISTER. JR.. JAMES R. GATJCS, CHARLES WEISS. And at a moetins of the Directors held this day, WIL. LlLld W t, YNNE WISTER was unanimously re•elected Presiden CHARLES W. OTTO. Cashier. WILLIAM ROTOR WISTER, ESQ., Soltolfor. palm GRAB. W. orro map AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN , CHIIRCH, held on Tuesday evening, the 21st feat the following preamble and resolutions wore unanimously odopted: ii7aerose w It has _pleased an AR-Wime Providence to re =IOW/ from our 11111214 the Hon. John H. Campbell, one of the foundere of the Central Presbyterian Charon, and the first Secretary of the Board of Trustees; therefore, Rodoked, That while we deplore the loss te us of a useful and *cure member of the Church and this Board,wo recop mice the hand of God, and bow aubmbeilvely to His will, feellntassured , that our lass is his eternal gain. Resolved, That we deeply' sympathize with the family Of the deceased in this their sad bereavement. Resolved,That wie will attend the funeral of our be. loved br o th er in a body, Read , That a copy of the above prearnbie and reso lutions be presented to the afflicted fiunig at, ideut __Txtes..A4r. See WIC Pr" pir ir pFno o ß r T iti r THE FItE.F.DOPI IRQN AND EEL FILILADELPIIII. Jimmy 22d. 1 868 . The Reel Af*ins of the Stockholders of the Free• glom Iron and Bled Dompany will be held et their oftioe lio;2110 South Third Street, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY eth, 18Switt_11 o ock, A. when an election be Laid for lrteeDirectgat to serTe the erunditii year. . . • S. WESTON, JR. 'ialatte64 - • Booretetry. War: DIVIDEND Ve l l ° Pl7PPlNkfeni . " N.. K JAlitrAnY 868. The Bute of LonWville hes declared a d w ivi l dend for the %mat dx months of rourt,Pganth, ha, aid et AVATZ2And. u Ie AWCK - rdY, Outlier. . . . , . ~ • • • \ • • . . . . • , . ... . . . ' . . . . . ~ . , . . . , ' t . - . • , , • • . . .. .. ir ~ , . , . . . . ~. - .. , .. _.. ._.• ~ . • . . e . . . . . tit , ct•e'.ll:,. - ... „ .._ e ,.: .........-,,...:,_......-_..,..,...........-,..,....,...,,,.,...,,,,„,, . . . -,-..:, :.:.,, ',.. ....A . , • ~ :.•, , .. . ~ , s , iv . . f,,,,._?•. . . • , . .• . .. . , • . . . SPECIAL NOTICES. oar. HALL OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CIIRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, N 0.1210 CHESTNUT Stmt. SCIENTIFIC LECTURE& Mittel's", Jan. 98, at' 8 o'clock P. M Rev. DANIEL IlAti CIL D. D —“Switzerland and the Olaclark , ' 9.l.9trpt ann. FA Dr. J. E. MEAIU3—' The Human Skeleton." stir UOWARD ipB l lgdL,4o4 1618 DI) tzditr t; ieusa46 m S cal treatment sea medicine furnished gratulteuely to the Poor. serFOER SEAT% FOR DICKENS'S READINGS a o ait Ap p ly at No. 8 South SECOND atnet. rric ia It* sor I NEWBPAPEZErKES. PAMPMMTE dell 2:1; " t Y No. ISIS Jsyne street DISASTERS. M j 1 norther Detains—The Coroner's In. quest. [Prom the Pittsburgh Chronicle, Jan. 21. l Yesterday afternoon, the jury einpanneled to investigate the causes of the death of Nancy Campbell and Fred. Ramsey, killed at the fire works explosion of Saturday morning, at the establishment of Rnableand Schrock, on Smith field street, met at thelfayor's office, according to adjournment, to commence their investigation. A short time previous, however, the death of young Schrock had occurred, as noticed elseo where, and the jury proceeded to Passavant's In firmary, and there viewed the body. The inquest was then adjourned till half-past seven o'clock In the evening, when the jury re-assembled at the Mayor's office and commenced taking testimony in all three of the cases. The testimony elicited was as follows : Dr. J. A. Phillips, sworn—Am the Physician who attended youtg'Schrock; his death resulted from burns; the injuries were superficial in their character; the eye-balls were disorganized, and also the tongue. From the character of the wounds' would judge that they were- caused by the explosion of gunpowder or some other explo sive substance. Schrock died at half-past two o'clock this afternoon, at Passavan Vs Hospital. Edward Herd, sworn—Am traveling agent for Messrs. Kimble & Schrock; was in the lower part cf the store at the time of the explosion; the first thing I heard after the explosion was a fall of something heavy overhead, and saw flames through the hatchway; went up-stairs and tried the door leading to the room where the fire was, but found it fastened; returned and went up the back way; found the flames so great that I was compelled to retire. The fireworks were stored in the corner of the front room of the second story; there was a fire-place in the room with fire in It. The fireworks were about four feet from the fire; there was fire there all the time. Rave no knowledge of the cause of the explosion. The fireworks in the room were torpedoes, fire crackers and Roman candles. E. M Schrock, sworn—Am a member of firm of Knable & Schrock; am father of the deceased, John L. Schrock; the first I heard of the erolc slim was a noise as of falling boxes; the noise might have been caused by the explosion of tor bedoes; I saw fire dropping down through the uichway from the second to the lower story, where I was standing; lat once inquired about the boys; I ran up stairs, but could not open the door; there was something against it inside; I called to the boys, but got no answer; I then went "down down the front and up the back stairs; 'kicked open the door, and found the back room tided with fire and smoke; I then went back to the front stabs and 'met men carry ing out the body of my grin ; I know nothing more about the fire; the fireworks, which were left by Mr. Savage, whom we bought out, lying loose in the front part of the room,we boxed up and stored in a back corner of the room. Before Christmas' we unpacked some of the boxes. but afterwards closed them up. None of the top boxes were without lids. There were about four hundred bags on the top of the pile of boxes. There were some torpedoes in a barreL The only words my eon spoke in regard to the accident, were: "I had an explosion." I asked him where; he replied, "the fireworks in the store." I then asked him how It happened; ho said : "I donl know." I also asked him where Fred was; he said: "I don't know." I spoke to him concerning Nancy Campbell; he asked, "Is she dead, too?" I told him she was dead. My son was nearly eighteen. The fire works had been there since the sth of last July. The jury deliberated and then returned the following verdict: "They:Annie N. Campbell, Frederick Ramsey and Jetta A. Schrock came to their deaths from injuries received by an acci dental explosion of fireworks on the 18th instant, at the store of Messrs. Knable & Schrock, No. 23 Smithfield street, and the jury recommend that dealers in fireworks exercise greater care in stor ing such dangeroirs combustibles.": Imnsigration The immigration to th 1867 has been as follows: Germany 117,591 Ireland 85,134 England 33,712 Scotland 6,315 Sweden. 4,843 Switzerland 3,985 France 3,204 Holland 2,156 Belgium Denmark . 1;372 Italy 1,632 Norway 309 Poland 268 West Indies 214 Spain ' 2031 Russia. 1851 The accessions from Canada were larger than any former year, but as they came across the bolder they would not be shown in this table. The following shows the number from the three European countries , for two years: 1866. - 1867. ........ ; 68,047 - 85,187 —106,716 117,591 36,186 33,711 Ireland. y . German England Total The following gives migrants at this port fo 1848 189,176 1849 220,791 1850 212,603 1851 289,601 1852 800,992 1853 284,945 1854 819,223 1855 136,823 1856 142,342 1857. 183,778 OBATUAB Y. Senator Providence Ludlam. The Hon. Providence Ludlam, member of the New Jersey Senate, from Cumberland county, died at his residence, in Bridgeton, on Mon day afternoon. All last week he was in his place in the Senate, and on Monday ate his dinner, apparently in good health, but almost Immediately afterward was prostrated by apo plexy?, and soon expired. The Ludlam'family to which he belon,ged has been identified with the history of Southern New Jersey almost from its settlement by Europeans, and Mr. Ludlam him self was = many years prominentthi - politinitl affairs of Cumberland county. In 1857 he.was first chosen Clerk of the County, and this position he held Bove years. ,He was then elected to_the State Senate, and re elected inlB6B. He, wasin , the last year of his term at the time alb death. •An ar dent Republican, he never sneered political dif ferences to interfere with personal friendships, and'his unwavering geniality and estimable so cial qualities made him a favorite both in private We and in his piece in the Senate. As a Sena tor, although not a frequent spealcer,he exercised a commanding infittence, and seldom advocated measures that were not tottxtetottd. at New York. a port of New York for Wales 142 South America.. 97 Japan 87 Portugal 79 I Australia. 44 Canada. 45 Mexico . 28 Nova Scotia..: - . .. 22 China ... .. ..... 17 Greece 8 Central America.. 7 Turkey. - 6 East Indies . 4 Africa. 2 242,371 210,949 216;437 e yearly arrivals of im the last 20 years: 1858 78,589 1859 79,322 1860 105,162 1861 ' 0,529 1862 76,306 1863 156,844 1864 225,216 1865 196,347 1866 233,398 1867 - 242,371 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1868. ROVE. NO. VU. The Journey from Cologne to Bros. den t ate. ICoffeepondenee \of the niledelehle Erenias Bulletin.] DRESDEN, Jan. 1,1868.-January ,k-at! another year,—may it be propitious to the Bcrtrxrni and all its subscribers. Would many of us go back to 'January, 1866, and retrace our steps to 1867? The Ave hundred Americans now in Dresden would have a serious task to cross the continent of, Europe, the Atlantic, and some of them the continent of America, before they, could reach the starting place. But retrospection is not al ways agreeable, so en avant! On Thursday evening next the said five hundred Americans will meet at the grand bail to be given by the city for the benefit of the deaf mutes, and as all the, royal family are to be present, of course we, who have come so far to look, intend to see it. My last letter closed with the lions of Cologne, where I began my second class experience. If you ride in a first-class car in Germany you are taken for one of the nobility or a snob, and a s first-classpassengers are supposed to have couri ers and attendants enough to fill a car, all the carriages are engaged by partici, who smoke and enjoy their eitra privileges without regard to stray waifs. On the contrary,in the second-class, second in price only, a carriage is provided in which gentlemen are not admitted; and if a lady ,traveling alone buys a ticket and requests to have a car where there is no smoking, she finds Invaria bly she is duped,, having paid for a first-class ticket when she occupies the same carriages as those who paid one third less and have first-class accommodations. Let all lady travelers remem ber this. With my new Russian acquaintance, made with a rush—after her baggage, I entered the car, for women only, and found there a lady from London, on her way to Leipsic; another from Cologne,golng to Mitgdeburg, acd soon we took in three others at different stations,making seven independent females journeying together. The ; English lady could speak French, the Russian spoke English and French beside her native lan guage, both Germans used the French as easily as German, and the two Hatch ladles ware able to understand the three languages and spoke enough of either for their comfort and convenience. Under such circumstances, each one in turn gave a specimen of her elocutionary powers in her native tongue and had attentive audience. Then 'the replies made, sometimes alternately; some times simultaneotisly,in their different languii,ges, were very amusing. It astonished me to see the elegance with which women traveling in Europe; dress. They wear their best clothes, and at the stations all climb out of the cars and meet for a 'chat at the doors, or promenade till the signal for starting is given. If they have their sere Manta or couriers, glasses of hot wine, sand wiches and cakes are brought to them and eaten standing by their car doors. A. Prussian noble man and his family scented to enjoy this custom as much as the less noted travelers, although the day was intensely cold, and it was pitiful to see the silk trains climbed overtinddraggled with mud and snow by the guards and parties, who stumbled over royalty with as little remorse as they trampled on water-proof dresses. Furs are sworn in every shape. Beth men and women wear fur hats, fur cloaks, or eillt or cloth cloaks, down to the feet, lined all through with far, even the sleeves, and far shoes, muffs and muzzles. The latter is a piece of brown fur, with strings, the fur covering the month, and fastened behind the ears. No doubt being thus compelled to breathe, through the nostrils is beneficial, but the eject is destruction to all vanity. A winter trip through a small portion of Hol land, Prussia, Hanover, Brunswick and Saxony, without stopping at Dusseldorf, Minden, Han over, Brunswick, Madgeburgand Leipsic, cannot furnish subject for much interesting description, particularly when the whole way was one snow scene, and windmills, used for economy's sake, in lieu of steam and water-works; thatched and tiled roofs, reminding one of Luther's bold declaration that "he would go to meet his accusers, if he en countered as many devils as there were tiles on the houses of Wittenberg;" peasants in every imaginable costume, and the ancient look: of all the towns -- passed, formed the only features different from railway travelling in our own country. At Dusseldorf the famous gallery of paintings, and the gardens in which Schiller and Goethe drew around.them other Ger man constellations, are Worth visiting; but they were sacrificed for still greater attractions, which friends were waiting to visit with me on my joining them at Dresden. As evening came oa the vigilance of our "guards" Was worthy of note: They renewed the hot Water in the foot warmers every twenty miles, had us supplied with hot coffee, bowls of soup or sandwiches in the cars, without -our being compelled to climb out, and their brass helmets and red uniforms guarded' our carriage from all intrusion, even by " gentlemen - with their wives, who; - whining to escape the smoke allowed in' their cars, attempted to come in, ours, and were politely but decidedly refused admittance. Arriving at Dresden at twelve o'clock, I found the city asleep. All amusements for the evening beginning at six and ending at ten o'clock, every creature, from the King to , the bell-imy at Stepha ni's hotel, had retired for the night—except the guards and drivers, who waited with their droskies for our, arrival. A droskie is a blue earriage,built in sections that come to pieces like a puzzle, and has the same delightful sound and motion as a charcoal wagon has at home; the horse being yoked in, and weering•one bell on his neck, and the driver giving him his head over stones, logs, coabheaps, and whatever happens to be in the way. The sleepy Dutch boy was roused by the driver's loud ring, and conducted me to the room engaged for me. It was furnished in best German style: green lounge, yellow chintz curtains, red blanket bed coverings, waxed •floor, with mats before each piece of furniture, and a stove setien Btories high! It was fifteen feet high,with an urn of two feet, so it just escaped the ceiling, which was -feet- bighonade _ of_iron, painted a dark green, and built in columns, four pairs supporting as many air chambers, besides the place for theirs. The porcelain stoves in other apartments are More like monuments, with bas-reliefs of poets and musicians looking b_e• nignly on your efforts to thaw after a freezing trip to the, Enid Terrace to see the Elbe, or skating at the,Grosser Gallen on the days when there are no smoke concerts, aud you must come two miles through the garden without a cup of coffee.' But these curious and'delightful concerts, tile ileett!: l o 3 s.o .1 1 4 11 eld Pieten gellexl and OUR WHO,I4E COUNTRY. Before the close of the war, a prominent and wealthy tobacconist of New York city, Mr. John Anderson, for greater security, invested largely in diamonds. paying for the same as was claimed, ;between one hundred and fifty and two hundred thousand dollars. A portion thereof, and the last lot obtained, were in some particulars tainted :with frand. Criminal proceedings were insti tuted by Mr. Anderson and his friends. So great was the crime, and so clear the proof, that the swindlers were arrested. No other diamonds but these are advertised in the Gettysburg lottery. After the war, govemmeut bonds adVanced, while :diamonds purchased with gold, at 260 and 280, rapidly declined. Mr. Anderson wanted to realize on his dia monds, and also expressed a desire to aid dis abled soldiers—both objects commendable if pursued in an upright and legal manner. After due deliberation by some friends, gathered at Mr. Anderson's house, among them one or more ;prominent gentlemen from the State of, Pennsyl vania, an enterprise to establish an asylum at ?Gettysburg was agreed upon, and at the outset the nature of the scheme is ; manifested by the character and the men ;obtained to carry out the design. Experts 'of large experience in that which was to ; be its leading feature, and who were valuable by 'reason of their knowledge of the devices whereby the laws against gambling could be evaded, the nredulous entrapped, the moralist and Christian tissnred that vice was only an exterior, under cover of which.plety and charity might be fully ;developed, were required, and R. France, P. A. !Edgerton and iL; T. Dickinson, well known as iprofessional lottery gamblers, were selected as . leaders in a cause, the only ostensible object of 'which was to benefit disabled soldiers. As the sentiment of the Christian world, and ?particularly the laws, of New York, wereopposed 'to all speaks of gambling, these men immedi litely take counsel how the moral sense can be :deceived and the laws defied. They appeal to an eminent lawyer, one who had long been their counsel, ex-Recorder Smith, and he informed 'them that the courts in the case of the Art Union 'Association bad decided against all lotteries, no matter what the object, or however cunningly de .vis.ed; and that an act of the Legislature would not'afford thepretext they sought, because the constitution of that State forbids the Legislature from legalizing any' lotteries. They then -wished like to examine the constitutions of all the States to ascertain one, if possi ble. ar here no prohibition existed, so they could make an attempt for incorporation. Judge Smith pursued the inquiry, and in due time re 'ported that the state of Pennsylvania* had no such prohibition. Thither these charitable pa triots directed' their steps, and hid away from public gaze, they pull the wires, and moving in the sha4ow of the names of Generals Meade and Pennypacker as incorporators and trustees, with the promise of $300,000 to the treasury of that State, procure a charter masking the real design under the clause authorizing fairs. The act no where justifying a lottery such as they advertised. Ten thousand dollars advanced by Mr. Ander son were paid - into the treasury of Pennsylvania. A meeting of the trustees was called. Neither Generals Meade or Pennypacker were present, and only one of the trustees in the bill. The mask is now removed. A resolution passed making France, Edgerton and Dickinson mem bers of the association. The maker spirits step upon the boards. Another resolution is passed making them supervisors of the asylum. The charter provided that before each dispo sition of property $lO,OOO should be paid into the treasury. This contemplated,Oirty different dispositions. The programme Was Dien ar ranged to draw $400,000 from the people before each disposition, making $12,000,000 to be col lected, at least 6,000,000 of which would go to the operators. After opposition appeared in Pennsylvania, these shrewd men discover they could not have more than one disposition, and as the were only required to pay $lO,OOO before Each disposition ' without regard to the amount of money to be raised, or value of property disposed, they determined to raise $1,200,000 be fore the first disposition. The legal trustees met; they refused to ratify the proceedings - of the former meeting. - General Meade requested the opinion of the Attorney- General of the State, which was id denunciation of the project, and all who participated therein were liable to indietment,when GRNIERAL MEAD PRONOUNCED 1T A BWLNDI,R, he and Pennypacker withdrawing. Strange, then, that men whose only object was charity should run the hazard of the law's punishment; not strange that France, Edgerton 'and Dickinson should, for, they, had often taken such chances.' It has been asked why Mr. Anderson, who had entire control of the scheme, should not have then withdrawn his aid. He was afraid of his diamonds, theu on exhibi, don in Philadelphia, lest :they, might he seized, by the pollpe, and removed them to New York city. Here more devices were required to protect them from an anticipated r.dd by the police of that city. Mature deliberation-was again had, and it was concluded to exhibit the jewels at one place, while the office of the operators should be at another. Then, if the police came toolake an arrest', and should seize, as they were by law re quired, everything connected with the crime, and on exhibition, they would, however, not be justified in seizing the articles in another building. After the charter was obtained, making up the prizes involved some' discussion. Mr. Anderson first proposed to enter one thousand acres of oil land he owned in Pennsylvania, but as petro leum was at a'discount it was thought diamonds would be more attractive; and as he alleged he had paid over $150,000 for them, and been at some, expense, he was to receive, cost and ex penses, nearly $200,000, yet they were valued in the scheme at $300,000. Mr.. Anderson knew that $lOO,OOO were to be realized by some parties, yet suffers the fraud to go unrebuketh Then Judge Smith, whose legal advice had been valuable, was offered an opportunity to show his sympathy for the disabled soldier, and he offers a farm in Sullivan county, with some valuable stock, which he valued to the managers at $45,000; while they withhold the stock and, present tbe farm at $60,000. Here some one was •to be enriched by. the value of the stoekand-$15,000;--yet the judge takes•no excep-7 lion. When an exposcr Is made, and the ma nage** find they must go to the wall on the farm, theyp_rudently withdraw it, but toe late to re. move We character of the operation. . The testi mony shows that ate forced sale the farm might bring $6,000; a very liberal estimate would be trout $B,OOO to $10,000; while on the assessor's book of the 'town it is •valued at $3,500. Tho fact of Withdrawal is a concession of the fraud. A. portion of, the diamonds Mr.' Ane'iraon didzatAto have been a swindle upon him, and catibe riOie the leas so on the public. Some of the diamonds are said to be couplets, that is, a dent on an ''lnfecior bottom , difficult of tection after setting. On many of them Mr. churches, operas and balls will bear a more 'lengthened description than I have room to give this letter. E. D. W. The Gettysburg Lottery Scheme. THE REPORT OF MR. VAN WICK. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Re trenchment, made the following report: The Committee on Retrenchment, to whom was referred the report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, giving the reasons why the ,scheme known as the Gettysburg Asylum for In ,valid soldiers was exempt from the payment of special tax, would report that they examined many witnesses, among them some of the origl inators of the scheme, and interested in its suc cess, and the prominent facts were obtained from its friends and not its enemies. Substantially the facts are as follows: Anderson bad advanced money as a loan, yet so Inferior were they by reason of size and quality, although genuine diamonds, that. they were not redeemed; the owners—having played a sharp game—probably never intended to redeem them. In the list is the yacht Henrietta, proven to be worth $20,000, valued by the managers at $50,600. The managers in this case have, no doubt, increased the valuation given by her owner. Mr. Anderson called on Mr. Jones, publisher of the New York Times, who was interested in the publication of the Tribute book, many of which remained unsold, as it had no value for general reading, its main attraction being some plates and elegant binding; 1.000 copies were offered er $2O each: then Mr. Jones solicited newspapers to make no attack upon the scheme. Not satisfied with the indersementof the Penn sylvania Legislature they seek to defraud the revenue from the payment of tax--knowing that such exemption will be 'considered an additional guarantee of the good faith of the project. They made application to John H. Diehl, Collector of the Second District of Pennsylvania, May 28th, 1867. He knew that the good faith of the trans action was questioned; that the Attorney- General of the State had denounced it; that General Meade had withdrawn from and de nounced it; if he ascertained the facts, which the discharge of bib duties required, he knew their charter did not authorize the scheme they were • projecting. He knew from their charter that only ten thou sand -dollars were to be appropriated to the object of the charity previous to each drawing, and that by their by-laws, passed March 14, 1864, all moneys realized after paying the ten thousand dollars were to be re tained by France & Co., yet Mr. Diehl certifies "all the net proceeds were to be appropriated to the object of the charity." Mr. Diehl states in his circular that Attorney-General Brewster had brought the case before the Supreme Court. He also adds that three eminent counsel, naming them, bad given an opinion affirming its legality, whereas one of them, Mr. Meredith, has published a letter denying that he ever gave such an opinion. Mr. Diehl may have supposed it to have been all right, or he would probably not have allowed his eon to have been appointed re ceiver for the concern, • The Postmaster- General, who had advised his postmasters to aid this "truly patriotic and be nevolent enterprise," found that he had been de ceived, and by his authority the editor of the Mail, in the December number, says: "We are authorized by the Postmastqr-General to say that at the time he was induced to sign this recommendation he believed the enterprlsewas a praiseworthy One, and intended to aid a noble charity; but that he has become convinced that the scheme has been perverted to fraudulent pur poses, and he desires to withdraw the recom mendation he then made." This scheme uses the pretext of benefit to dis shied soldiers. In their name, we protest against the prostitution of , sympathy for their scars and empty sleeves, and holy impulses of charity for their misfortunes, to furnish a market for certain property, at fictitious values, and large profits to men, whether of acknowledged wealth and social position, or needy adventurers and professed gamblers. After the difficulty , in Pennsylvania, France & Co. were elbowed out on the ground, as albeged by one witness, that their character as lottery men was injuring the concern; yet that charac ter was the only consideration for their employ ment, and Mr. Hitchcock, who had been Emcees ful in a previous gift enterprise, substituted. 'After ten months' operation, the proof is, that , not sufficient money has yet been , realized to meet expenses. THE PROSPECT OP ANY DRAWING Is VRRY•RIMICYTE. Mr. Hitchcock testified that the expenses were about $BO,OOO more than the receipts, only $2O;- 000 having been received. Be also established that some of the trustees met at Philadelphia, on the 10th of January; 1868, and passed a resolu tion that the net proceeds of the concern should be appropriated to the object of the charity. The passage of such resolution at so late a day cannot relieve the scheme from the charges made, and, like the withdrawal of the farm, are certainly suspicions, if not conclusive evidence against it. At the same time a resolution was passed autho rizing the President of the association to make a contract with Mr. Hitchcock for the manago ment of the affairs, and that contract may b 3 so made as to swallow up a portion or the whole of the profits. Lotteries and gambling of all kinds are con demned by well-regulated communities. Unfor tunately, during the war, Congress sanctioned, indirectly, lotteries for religious and charitable purposes, by exempting them from the payment of special tax; the object was to encourage every expedient to raise money for the soldiers. As that was a war measure, Congress should make haste to repeal it, particular) since it is now used to pander to the passion or gaming, and a means of profit to operators. There has not probably been, since the war, a scheme of this kind, of any proportions, which was not com menced primarily and really to benefit the originators. All lotteries are swindles. Yet, by far the most dangerous lotteries are those where vice is made attractive, where a sense of the crime is deadened and consciousness ;of the_guilt removed, by the _pleasing delusion.. that honorable names endorie, and a pretended - gold end justify, violations of the law; yet there, is not a tithe of the excuse there is for a man bankrupted by misfortuee, ataking his lest dollar upon a throw of the dide or a shuffle of the cards. There' has been more demoralization in this country from gift enterprises than any other sin gle cause. Not only all classes, but each sex and all ages are drawn into the giddy whirl, and many, in buying their first ticket herei will spend their last dollar at the gaming table. Already the harvest has been prolific In an Out.- growth of villainous schemes, each With ,a dif terent device, such as Elmore & Co.; Clark, Webster & jewelry distribution Toilet Watch Company; the Pen and Pencil; and , Kelley's Pictorial and others, each with its own trick to Nictimlze the ignorant and credulous. A society of.distinguished gentlemen, for the - prevention of gambling, may be organized to hunt up the dens concealed from view, studiously avoiding public attention, where only now and then a victim is land but not guilty of the mean ness' of covering their crime under the guise of charity and the mantle of religion. Yet hand bills fill a city and adorn the press, telling, where a large gambling house fa in operation, and dia. monde are publicly exposed to entrap and allure. What an ally to aid charity, to be need sometimes as a handmaid to religion! Would• it be any more pernicious to allow professed gamblers to sit down in the vestry room, the session room or the body of the church, and there with dice and cards and other paraphernalia of the gaming table, no more criminal than the wheel, if they donate a portion of their unholy gains to the benefit of the church? Yet, in some sections, Moral men, professore of religion, ministers of the gospel, have interested themselves to popu larize this vice by seeking aid through its Influ ence. The committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the Commissioner of !eternal Revenue be requested to revoke the permit, here beforegiven, exempting the Gettysburg Asylum for Disabled Soldiers from the payment of any special •tax and_license, said revocation to take effect flonililly - 28, 1867 r niel — that-taxes and license be collected front said association the same as if no permit had ever boon given. T. CROIX. The Vote Vtieuniznotts low Aieunexatlonter HAVANA, Jan. 21—'100 VOW on the queetion of annexation to the United Stotee resulted unanimously In favor thenetif.„ There were two hundred and rive votes oast-;-aril in favor of an nexation. —Cllterette Is more the s wile above the level F. L. MENTON_ Mai* PRICE THREE CENTS. F4c" 411hrik""lq6, stanza, on Johnson. Br corrritemrtzr When Andrew Johnson'stooped t& treason . Men found too late tie could betray; What charm can give the creature reason, Or wash his bosom's Edging away , r The proper ebnrse for him tO foiibw, And hide hie shame from eitijreye, Is either to resign all hollow, Or wring his bosom welt, and-die.. —Stewart spends $BOO a year for elothesi:' —Wood is now dearer In Maine than coal. —Anna Bishop has been In radia for a year. —Cinelnnati has a skating pond of frozen boil:. —The Sultan is looking Into Ibis prisons—witin a view to reform them. —A man in New Orleans is under arrest for assault and battery upon an elephant:. —lt Is estimated that Twelve million copies of newspapers are printed daily. —The London Titliga calla Mr. Seward' "that as tute old man." —Every member of the New Haven , police. force ie married. . —l3.lram Powers, on a bust, cut. the face of a triend with a chisel. —A barrel of 'vinegar in a store at. Greentlel4 Wisconsin, exploded a few evenings since.. —A Miner's lamentation—" Vein is vein! give "—[Ex. —Brigham Young insists upon female tele graphic operators in his dominions. —Minnesota has sent 7,000,000 bushels of , wheat to market this year, and as much more is believed to be still in the farmers' hands. —The Gardiner Journal says that the packing of Ice does not' promise to be much of a business this winter in that vicinity. • - -Charles Dickens has given it as his opinion that American theatres are superior to those of England. - —When heirs in Japan quarrel about' an estate they settle the difficulty by. ripping • themselves up. That is splitting heirs with a vengeance.--E.v. —Archbishop Purcell's indulgidg in a cheerful theological controversy with a Protestant clergy man named Vickers, in Cincinnati. --G. B. McClellan, who has a Job on the Paris street railways, was formerly employed by the Illinois Central. —lt is said that Jefferson Davis thought blood-- shed would be !dal to the cause of thel3outh. It Vas. —Horace Greeley says that no stranger who over borrowed money of him ever returned it ex-: cept one, and he was in a lunatic asylitut. - - —A newspaper correspondent says that irer-- nand° Wood pays •$l 4 OOO a month for the house; which he keeps • in Washingtoo. —New-Mexico has, not a single public school. for her two hundred and twenty thousand iambi-. —A Winited (Cl). man, while chopping wood., a short time ago, washit above the eyebrow witn. a stick; and, although his eye was untottched„ the eight was entirely destroyed by , the blow. —Brickeburg, N. J., is said to owe its mune. and origin to the bricks carried there bythe: Newark-editors. The means of transportation; was hate. —The eketches of Fitz-Greene. Halle& which • • appear in the February numbers.of Pulaanee and Lippsncotes Magazines, seemto, hare been written, by the same hand. --British loontMolders , preteird American repudiation. But some, even of Queen, Victoria's issue, is hvedeersuble—Albert Edward,. for instance.' - - - —The Kmg of Freesia 1 threatened with apoplexy, and luta been compelled to be eareful, in his diet and to exercise a great deal In •come quence. —A lamplighter in Liverpool recently fell heir to a fortune of £20,000; and the knowledge threw: - him into such a state of excitement thathe was. attacked with brain fever and nearly died. We could stand It. —Mike Lipman, in the circus bnainess, has. gone into bankr u ptcy at. Cincinnati; liabillties, 4632,500; meta, one live bu ff alo, three bears, one wild cat, one pony, one den, one monitor. wagon. —The Common Council •of Erie, Penn., has agreed that whenever , a member la absent Ave minutes after the time for a regular meeting. ha 6110 be fined one dollar for the benefit of the poor. —Fri= Salt Lake papers we learn that the whole country has been deluged with rain storma unparalleled in its history. Wheat sown on tlfe 20th of September was ten inches in height on' the 24th ult. —Sheridan thought his School for Scandal the best comedy ever written in any language. Itwas his literary pet, and the copy as it now has hardly a single line in it that his first quit contained. -The -Confederate= generals of South°anew are at work. • Nine of them practice law; tyro, are teaching school; Wade Hampton, ?rotten — and, Manigault are engaged in planting, and ()anent"' Capers Is a ministerof the Episcopal Church. , —Borne of the on seceseronists in South Carolina have concluded that it was "unconstitu tional" for the defenders of Fort Sumpter to re turn the fire from Charleston. The conelualon Mattis time must give them profound satisfao- —Bishops Mel:Wahl(' and Smith are both said. to be primates since the death of Bishop Hop i bins, but Bishop Smith holds •the office., They were all three eonsecratedon the .same ~:d ay, Bishop Smith received the office before 'Bishop' Mcilvaine. = • —Last year some cif the American and F.nglisb correspondents detailed long interviews they had with Bismarck, whet(they had - never seen WM.' The less they knew, airmen) they particul One, who never was in Berlin, spoke of a smell wart on the Minister's little finger, of his left band. . —King Theodore having kicked up such a jolly row, as the English would 14 ay. b.)? propoeing to Victoria, thinks of offering marriage to the Em press Eugenie. The fact of her having-a hus band does not seem to count with the royal Abyssinian, whO condescendingly says she needn't accept him if she doesn't want to. What will' Louis have to say about it? ; —The new Japanese troupe recently arrived in New York is said to perform more remarkable feats than any of its predecessors. One of the tricks consists in balancing a boy on the limb of a tree held in the air, by first resting its base on ; a bird cage, the cage on a stool, and the latter in' a tub withiong bindles, and all sustained by the feet of one of •the men. buriegtlue tto bn wled t We , do — ub ßell t if T a a m P o e re ha e s xge te m ilee e bll case was ever thaw the following, credited to the English war department: "There is a tradition said to held**, torical, concerning a clerk la the war MUM, Who once wanted a peg whereon to hang his het.' To - save dm enamor a carpenter i ha ApVad•fifir -- / - hammer and a nail with which Co drive It in him self. si x meettt.pessedtefore received any answer'to his request, and he had long ago set up a peg of his own, when wsPeolalmessenger from the Tower arrived in Pill Mill with hammer sent to him at last through the medium MIMI ;, * haloes reeoltitionit tak; authmizations. - Act'the same time he misinformed . that it was oaf the proven* of the Tower , odielala to atAPPtit_Riali but that therowmdd coma to him from uWilma. Web, and after a few inouthie farther iVlittinifw. they to dill arrive—a pound of, naktivogilit by a great ambulance Wagon;WiellNlAtt4 !AMR.") . horses Mad its dome atteadanta." ' '
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