€IBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXL—NO. 254. I'HE evening bulletin PUBLISHED EVKItY EVEHISG (•3undayf cxecptod), AT TIfKIVJBW BDIiLJBTIN RUILDING, 007 Cbestnut street, PUUadcJjpliia, IJV TUB !• VEMNG BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. PitOPHIKTORS GIBSON PEACOCK. ERNESTO. WALLACE. V* h. FETHEUSTON, THOS. .7. WILLI AMSOth UABPEK BOUDEU. A, FRANCIS WELLS. The Botuletin is Served to trotwcriberH In tbe city at 18 c#nta per week, payable to the carriers, or 88 per annum. WEDDING INVITATIONS AND VISITING CARDS ▼I Engraved or Written. Newest styles of Wedding Stationery. OaUand look at sample. W. G. FERRY, Stationer, jn7 *729 Arch etreefc. MABUIEU. EARLE—MATHEW-—On Nor. 19, at Buenos Ayre*, by the Itev. L C. Ford. Arthur, youngest son of Hardman Earle. I>i., of Allcrton Tower, Lancashire, to Ida 12u uLcniia Jttinic*cld« *t daughter of Geo. Buckley Mathew, torn. C. P.. Her Majesty'* Envoy Extraordinary and Jtfinufer Plenipotentiary in Brazil. BTAP.R—ITSIIEK.- On the Mi January, at Bt. James Church, by Henry ,J. Morton. William <\ Starr to Mnrv Rodney,daughter of the late Hodncy Fisher. Esq. * YOl m,—I’RIi.KE.—On the :iOthulL. at St. Clement’* Church. bv the Rector, the Rev. Treadwell Walden, Jarne* p. Toting."of SI. Louis. Mo., to Miss Lucy A. l’ricke, of Philadelphia. No Card* (Bouton, St. Louis and New Oflvau* paper* please copy.'] *• Dim ItIRNEY.—On the 2Pth ult., Agutba McDowell, eldest daughter of the late Ma.'c-MJem r;U D. B. Birnoy, in the 2<>tb 7ear of her age. ‘iliarelatives and friends of tho family are reepcctinlly invited tr. attend the funeral, from the residence of her mother. No. 1910 Delancey Pin, e, on Monday afternoon, at 2 o’clock. It HERRING.-On tho 30th ultimo, of pneumonia. Mr* I A. Herring, relict of the late It. G. Herring, in the S7th rear of her age. .... The friend* of tho family are regretfully Invited to at tend her funeral, from her late residence, No, l.?>o \ Ino *trett. on Monday morning, 34 inat. Funeral services at .the Church of tho Atonement, at II o’clock A. M. Inter mant at St. Andrew’s Church. , KENNEDY.-On the Slat ultimo, Laura Eva, only and beloved daughter of Hugh, Jr., uad Hannah A. Kennedy, aged y years, 2 mouths and 24 day-., A ~ it Funeral irom tho residence oi her parent* iMo North Second street, ou Monday afternoon. F' i b. :td, at lo'clock, -intft rf cnf a» Monument Ccmct'-ry. * Mi i-uWAK.- (*d Thmvday. Jan. In Now Tor*, CMnariuc, daughter of Mrirtfn and the late Don they Me c;.-vva*i, - native ol Ballyuhr.nnoii, county Lorn rsl. Lc iMid. OBITUARY At Camp Wide, Tuan*, dan. L'lii, IKAMahT < II A WM.rJ y, 1 \V.\ UT !(OU MAN, 4th U. *. Cavalry, l\ H. A. Alav. de:\r Charlie, have ‘taps” indeed pontided for you, •ind baa ‘>ui loved coxurado of the rainp.pickf t and battle* !ic!d toiiudin? A brave joldi'T aad a noble gentleman, nouehov-* left o briiilitor record. A f*-ih'v v .oldicr of the brave Old I ourtb. on * who -h >r< d • iili von the nod the j'r-rilflot tlie-trrb'e, .»d-r- taiv -lijrl't tribute to yonr memory. .I:.-* \h» Gnat t-'buimnud* r why hna ordered you iu, u>t r- it-.' to the breaking hv.irt* that *nffer from thia r\a hi v t: t 11- l-’idi. l. is-;-. Until !Ti:E Moll All: F'.'K EVKNINO J»I:K.S»Ls, whitf-opi-ira cloth. sscai:ij;toi'i:ka cloth.. , WIIITE MEW.no and DIXAINE. EVKi:<t I.ANI>EOI„ fourth and Ar-.h etc it Ki.i.KooiA S orlcns. JW-'T HE LOSS OF THE SOUL ” SPECIAL UNION SEBIItBS . •« SAlii'-ATK EVENING*. eojutneurtos at T'.oYloi.k. CONCERT HALL, CHESTNUT STREET. above Twelfth. .1 n4tr ihi at'AClof- of tin: VOl. , ME.V.S CHRISTIAN A»K»(iIATIOS. flu.tnon TOMORROW EVENING !>■ ur.V. r. S. HENSON, B. D, “TbcLoraof thf Soul.” TV* lr*e ;><* of the Mull b* riven hv th« ‘1 huvius -.no statvd place of wo:-«hip optunlJy in vited; .Vo'.* J7cc. MP 111 f'ttCH OF THE" i lOLY A!-(»3TU«.-TIUS VOO r .„. plI -i s |, will .-ontiunc holiHns their «to« in the Lecture-room oi tbti Tabc/P Priebvtcrian ChurcfL, we»t jddt? ol Hfibtcf nili etrcc?, below Chri*tisn rtiect, «ntr*Bce on Montrose elreet. ovcrj* e veil lug, it 7’ o’clock rjitil lurther notice. iiev. S. H. Arpb’*ca, Factor oi Church o< the Mediator, u iil preach ne-.tSmv day creates. .Siuidaj School audible at t* A. M. »» ■MTT- -i 111- THIRTEENTH OF THE feLKILo OI Sermons to Medical Student* by the Bichors and riergy ot tlie Proteataht F.niscopal Church, will be deity. < red by tlic Iter. l)r. tltd-iohn. at the Church of .the f.pi glfanv; Chestnut and Fifteenth etreite, on BL.NDaV EVENING next, at 7,'4 o’clock. . The seat, in the middle aide will lie reserved ter stu. dents. ' 115 •d. ST. ANDREWS lilt 1:0H. EIGHTH srUl.Bl, VO? .— jT „ Spruce.—The iuurlh of the Course m Scr moo* being delivered in this Gmir:h. on the faret Sunday evening ot the. month, ’.rill beßcJcercd To morrow 1 sun day) Evening, at 7)4 o’clock. Subject ’’God. Itecmd upon the Heaven?.’’ 11. OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, W? Eleventh and Wood ftrrW. 1. 11. Stockton, Pastor. Rev. H. L lie ward. To-morrow, Sr.. I‘. M. Reread dim «ottr.f of ••Seriea for the Pi on u” on Ibe Bible and < amimon heme." Wc with to arc the people. - Come nil and fed at home. “ WOo Second, Annlvervary oi tlic l.' hld of St Luke * Oliutrh. Germantown. will tie held on Sunday evening, the id A report will be read, and addrceeea delivered br the Iter. Dr. Itndder. Bev. Messrs. Ilarria and Foggo-l* La WEST ARCH STREET PREBBYTEIUAN dW Ch' ich. -Rev. Mr, Nevius, late Missionary to Gains, will preach To-morrow, aUO'i. A. JL: Kiiv.Ai A- Wi'liO. D D. will preach at tie I*. Mi.Constcgationnl Bible t lass at 9-, A. M. Strangers welcome. lt_ .ST. .HIDE’S CHUJtCHwFRANKUX, ABo YE -Brown-Rev. Charier T. Kellogg, Rector, sen ices on Sunday at 10M A. M. and VA P. M. The Pastor liejtuM & pciie* of sermons on tst;nd*y Evening f«b. i!d» on tin* ‘Ground of the Chrutiauilor*." A cordial welcome ex r ; tended to nil. rfes- BELSHAZZAR’S FF.AST, OR THE LAST JPSo Kicllt 0 f tbo Klnre of Babylen.-louith sermon ot tho series hr Rev. Dr. March, to morrow ( Sunday) even iuß, at 7 V o'clock, in the Clinton Street Church, Tenth „tieri. below Spruce. All persons are cordially invited to attend. . ; I: OLD PINK STREET CIILROH, LORN EH UP Fomth and Pine Streets. Caching by the Pastor, Rev. 11. U. Alien, to morrow 10 h A. M., in the evening at 7k o'clock, tho tenth lecture to young .pcoplo.-&ublect, 4k Tbe Husband.” | ** ST. JUDE’S CHURCH, FRANKLIN CTRL!.I ■ww abOTO Brown.—Heroatterthe Sunday services will be at 10!< morning and 7M evening. The sermon to. monow evening will he the urst ot a eerie*' on The Christian Hope.” , • u MP SERMONS TO WOMEN -TIIC TIUUJ) OF THE ■“t eeriea will ho preached m the Church ot the liner, oeesor. Spring Garden, below Broad, by the Lector, Sun day evening. Service at 7.(10. » * MORAVIAN CHURCH, CORNER FRANKLIN I® and Wood streets.—Service to-morrow at 1014 .A. ,M., Rev. J. H. Summer. At 7)4 P- M. sermon by Rev. A. .1. Lory, a converted Jow. u OLD SPRUCE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, Sfe snnieo street, below Fifth, Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, D D .Pastor —Preaching Sunday Morning,at 10)4 o'clock; Evening, at 7)4 o'clock, by the Pastor. It* •eas- FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WASH ■Wh ington Square. Tho Rev. Jamea Nolll will preach Sabbath niorning at 10)4 o'clock. Rev. John McLeod in the afternoon at o'clock. 11 SPRING GARDEN BAPTIST CHL'ROH, TlilK teouthfltroct, above Wallace, law. L..J . Hornby «rcr, Pftutor.- Preaching to-morrow ;ttlU>j A. M. and »% P. M. __ CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURtf' LO . oust street, above fifteenth. —Preaching io-inorrow Morning and Evening, by Rev. Dr. Mcllyame, ot 1 nuc«» ■ ton, New Jewoy. u m\ Paul’s church, third street. below Walnut, will he open a# usual to-morrow evening, at o’clock. 11 TRINITY CHURCH, CATHARINE STREET, above Second.—llov. .fo/in W. Brown, Rector. Sei* sdcea To morrow at IQA; A. M. and VA P« M. B meg* western Presbyterian churcilseven- etreeta;—Rev. Mr. Brldoll# will SPEtHAIi WOTICKB* -gy- MERCHANTS; ~FO 'iW? Annivcmary of tUo Merchants’ 1 una wm uu v jprated at the Ott THUESDAY^V^EWNQ.Kfthi' III ? °GrohMtFawMbe under tlio direction ot Stek llaealor. FELL,’ahd other dintin- Ut cl h rds Kdmtelon may ho had gratuitously by early r pI LUbWIG, No. 86 North Third street tam hh n uAN D, No. 6W Market street. t t* mnvARLAN b, No. t»l South Fourth street . ♦lf /tff g * * ii # ♦ N . SPECIAL NOTICES. * 6y " American Academy of Music. SOIBEE QYMNASTIQUE. nr THE PUPILS OF LEWIS'S GYMNASIUM, Tuesday Evening, Feb. 4, at 7 1-2 o’clock.' A rich programme of Gymnastics by tli£ pupils of both fiorce, Acrobtitiecxercisen. Spurrings etc. Gfiorua by tho Young Milnncrchor, etc. JUwerved Beat*, IXI cent*. Can be secured at tho comer of .Ninth and Arrti, or at \V. H. Bonur & Co'r.iloaCheatnut.wtrect, tivo days before the Exhibition. r ja3l*4trps PROF. LOUIS AGASSIZ WILL LECTURE AT HORTIC'IXTIBAKc HALL, Kveriin:** February 5. TICKETS .PIFTY CENTS. Forealc at TIM MTLEU’S, 926 CHESTNUT Btrect. jaGl-f h tgy* a CARD.--THE UNDERSIGNED TENDERS HIS riDcere thanks to tho member* of the Philadelphia Hose and Steamer, the Pho uix, Columbia, and America iioHe, the Washington Hook and Ladder Company, and to the Fire Department generally, for their successful effort* in extinguishing the lire on hi* premises early thi* morning. ToObiet Fngineer McCusker his thank* are paricular lydue for bis very judicious umnagementof the lire, by which he prevented the contents of the building from being deluged with water. JAM? 8 B. RODGERS. Fnn. 1, !*»*. It* No. f>2 ;iiid 54 North Sixth *trt*eL REV. DIL \YILLrrs WILL'GIVEiIIs NEW AND popular lecture mi “The Model Home; or, a Plea for Marriage and Domestic Joys.” ou MOND i V night, at eight o’clock, fur tho benefit of his old church, at tba corner f»f Seventh and Spring Garden street*. f lhe pro ceeds of this lerture will be appropriated to-dear this beautiful church from it* last dollar of indebtedness. Tickets, fifty cenG; to be bad at the drug store of li. A. BOWEIh Northeast corner of Sixth and Green, and at tho do*r the night or the lecture. jaGl-'itrp, OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND w NAMGATJON COMPANY". i’uii.AiiELi'HiA, .latnsry f;o. Jg#<. 'J hi-. Cou.rony i“ prepared to purchase it-* Loan duo in l*7u, at t x\r. ' S<>LOMuN SHEPHERD, J r**asnrer. No. 122 South Second Street. AMERICAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.- - 9%M * Th*-?c who dc/.ireto cuter their name* as pupils at this Institution will please remember that next week will he .the la*t opportunity for tbir before the begin ning of th«- second half of the Winter quarter, jus per ad voitiocmcLt under “Instruction.” It? 'J HE ADJOURNED MEETING OF STOCK holder* of the Mercantile Library Company, to con rider the proposed amendment to the Charter, will be held on TUESDAY EVENLNG.Fobi ustry 4th, at VA o’clock. JOHN LAEDNER, jtt£o,tfe-1,fp,5 lUrcording Secretary. HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 151*1 AND 1520 Lombard *treet. Dippensary Department.—Medh cal treatment and medicine* fumiihed gratuitously to the poor. '■gB> o. S. IVVwLEU WILL COMMENCE A COURSE of lecture* cn Phrenology and Rcyeb'logy.as ap plied to human and *Hi improvement, at Assembly rtuiHk utaTUIDAVEVENING, at 7.M, Feb. 7. Ibi.i;. ja2PtfrpB NEWSPAPERS, BOOKSTPAMPHLITrS. WASTE Paper, &c. Bought by E. HUNTER. do!7 am} No. 613 Jayne street. AMIJSKMFNTS. lltt-KKtfsV Rkadings-. —lsaM. Mr. Dick ens ifuve the last of the first eeriee of readings from his works, at Concert Hall. “David pcrfifcld” and “Boots at the Holly Tree Inn* were the selections. BoUhof these were read upon a previouri occasion city, and the entertainment was commented upon at the time i-y this journal. It is sufficient to say now, that the reading last evening w;«s in the completest sense satisfactory to all present. Tub Tiiiivrra^-.: —At the Chestnut,this evening, Mr. .John K. Owens will conclude his engagement with a fine bill. To'tdles-. Vorhj HYn/.v; and Vick Ttupiu mi't Torn Kin?/, will be performed. The Mikado Japanese Troupe will appear at this theatre on Monday. At the Arch this evening, the sensational drama Ci>d< r th? (ntxlighi will be L'ivcu. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams at the Walnut will appear in ftnm to GW/ Lw-k; An Hour id Nr/'iV/v, and Thr. happy Mav.. The American oflers a varied performance. The Japan use.—' The famous Mikado Japanese troupe will infill an engagement of six nights at the Chestnut Street Theatre, on Monday.cvenin" next Tills is said to be the most accomplished of any of the companies of jugglers which have appeared in this city. Some of their feauof sleight of hand, and of strength and agility are said to approach the marvelous. Oi.i • Folks.— At Concert Hall, on Monday evening next. '‘Father Baldwin's Old Folks ' will bodin' a'brief season. This troupe numbers amor." its members several very accomplished male and female sinecr-, the most marvelous of them all being a boy soprano, of wonderful power. The programme otl'ered for the first evening is very attractive. Ena kn in Stbket Omusa Hou*k This even infr a very attractive entertainment will lx; given , at Messrs. Carucross it Dixoy’s opera house. The pantomime of 'The Maui' Iharl will be per formed, with all the accessories of handsome scenery, costumes, wonderful transformations and ludicrous situations. .JP burlesque entitled Th> A rri’-ul of Vichnt will be given, with Lew Simmons as “Charles Dickens.'’ Mr. Carncross will sing several favorite ballade, and there will lie a miscellaneous performance by the troupe. Mk Jas. E. Mi nraii u. — On Saturday, Feb ruarv/'th. this popular eloeutionis’. will read at Concert Hall. " ‘ ."'"‘ Pnii.ADKi.iiiiA Onr.KA Horst:.—The famous burlesque. The lit-ick Hook, will be repeated at thi-theatre to-nifiht. The lilaek /)W.: is a first rate burlesque of the HUn l: Crook stj’le of per formance. It is full'of good hits, funny situa tions and amusing incidents. In addition to this there will be singing, dancing, Ethiopian eccen tricities by Frank Moran and other first-rate per formers, and a plentiful sprinkling ol' wit and humor. > The entertainment at this house is al ways excellent. Car. i. Roesf.’s Coni krt. — Carl Roese’s grand vocal and instrumental concert will be given on Friday eVcning next at Horticultural Hall. An attractive programme has been prepared and a large number of our most popular artists will participate.' Seats can be secured at Trumpler’s. Caledonian Ball. —The ninth annual ball of Die Caledonian Club will be given on Tuesday evening, the Ith inst., at Musical Fund Hall. It is expected that this will be a brilliant and ele gant affair. The picturesque Highland costume will be worn by all the members of the Club. The arrangements are in the hands of well-known and competent gentlemen, who will do all in their power to make their guests comfortable, and the. entertainment enjoyable, i v Saverc Famine In Tmii‘.■•ipyenl of tUe American Consuls To the. Editor of the Evening Bulletin — Sir : I have this day received a second appeal from Mr. Heap. United States Consul at Tunis, urging contributions from America to save the people, many of whom are dally perishing from famine. The State Department at Washington has been made acquainted with the facts, and from that source the public may expect fuller information, nnd be induced to lake more extended action. I do not, howovor, feel at liberty to delay a single day in making known this demand of humanity upon Christian nations, not the less urgent because thoso who ate starving are the followers of Mohammed. Mr. Heap i writos': “I have endeavored in ray letter, to give some idea of judiciously nxpbndedwiU do an immense amount ot good. Ikayiaplan in view which I can cushy carry ont!f famished with the necessary funds,.and whip will save many hundreds of livcß. If ajymney is raised it should be ro mltted wUhoutelay. Do not let yonr efforts relax; for recollct that overyromittanCGwUlbe instrumental ln»nng many lives.” , Donations wt be received at - No. 811 Arch street, No- 9 Soto Bfoad street, and at the store of Cornelius & Bter, No. 710 Chestnut street - 1 EuX Pmom. PaHADBWHUJaa. 31,1848. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY I r 1868. 9.ETTEH f HOJI PAWS. OllenAneh’s Bobinivois Clrasoe. (Corropondenco «i tno Philadelphia JSw«teg BuUotte.3 Pawls, Jan. i, 1868.—The Paris musical seasott has returned, <md brought with it many old and new works of bitr and email masters. It haa given evidence of a strong determination to moke its appearance a noted bn*. Indeed, it possesses tho advantage of having a not very brilliant pre decessor. The }jn7 1807, it is (rue, commenced under bright auspices. The Athene was founded and promised an excellent rcsalt. iUgmn and /.< Vvyaifc r-n Chine were given to the “Opera Comifiue." Ancient and long forgotten partitions were reproduced. The Magic llute and the VreytOmlz were introduced to the Paris public of the present generation. Yet the year 1867 did not cominuo as was expected. The Athene proved a failure, and is now turned into a ridicule. One of- the tenth-rate Parisian bur lesque dramatic companies has chosen it for its theatre. The resurrection of ancient works of great masters was but limited. The now ones, with the exception of Kurnev and Juliet, were mediocrities, and dscd a’slower or faster death. The season of JB6B was therefore eagerly awaited to re-invigorate the dormant state of the art, and it ha- already, to a certain extent, fulfilled its mission, In giving us two works of a greater di mension,and perhaps of longer dnration, namely, Cardillur, of Daubrceme, and liebimon Crams, of Oflenbach.. There was more interest attached to the latter of the two. on account of its being the composition of a known musical author, although known tinder different allure*. No one could understand how Oflenbach, the triumphator of the Opcrette, showered as he is with glory and gold, should so suddenly become ambitious of another fame, and turn his talents into another channel. A Parisian journalist at last discovered the cause, and revealed it to his readers. One morniDg, some time ago, Messrs. Garmon and Cremicux .sat quietly in a room of Offenbach’s rt-idence. smoking the cigars of their host. Cor mon seemed to be prc-occupied, and paid mor« attention to the smoke waving from the cigar than to the conversation. On a sudden, how<- ever. he arose, measured the room several times, in rapid paces, and then, collecting himself, advanced calmly to his astonished friends, andi with a noble gesture, exclaimed, “Eureka!" Offenbach and Cremicux looked dubiously at each other. “Offenbach, my friend, you are born to some thing nobler than the Opcrette,'’ continued Cnrmon. “Yes. I am beginning to be convinced of that,’’ interrupted Offenbach, considerably im pressed by the flattery of bis companion. “And I have been searching for a suitable text h. an Opera Comique—" “is it possiblecried Cremicux, envious of the goodidca of his collaborator. “Since nearly two weeks— ’’ ‘■'ls it possible!” exclaimed Offenbach, ad miring the astonishing perseverance o£ M- Gormon. “And now, while calmly smoking mv cigar—" “ !/y cigar," replied Offenbach, ••I have found the long-sought subject, which might combine the tragic with the comic, the dramatic with the lyric, the serious with the bur lesque ; in short, which would allow you to continue in the form which you have made popu lar and which has rendered you, celebrated, while, at the same time, your yet hidden qualities would therein have a chance of showing themselves to the admiring eyes of the public. Gentlemen, the i-übject I hare ehoßcn." continued Cormon, with an air of importance, “is De FoeV celebrated novel—" “Robinson Crusoe," cried all three together. “Robinson Crusoe," echoed Cremieux: “Robin son Crusoe—that reminds me forcibly of- a little popular song — “Poor Robinson Crusoe! Poor Robinson Crusoe! He made him a coat, Of tlie skin of it goat; I don't know how he could do so. 1 don't know how he could do so. “The subject is not at all ridiculous." remarked Offenbach, thoughtfully. “Because there arc savages and cannibals.in it?" asked the imperturbable Cremieux. “Yes,’’ responded Offenbach, “undoubtedly this is one of its principal advantages. Original and eccentric are considered as synonyms by the present generation: but yon know verylvcU, my" dear friend, that the composer must be inspired by the scene which the poet presents, and adapt his music to it. Now, if the scene is common place. there are no means left for the eccentric, and onr critics consider the music as wanting in originality. The fitst requisite for making an opera a success is, therefore, that the poem be eccentric; and can we find personages and sceneß more curious than those of the Caribbee Islands?” Cremieux was silent. He found no means of answering the logical conclusions of Offenbach. Cormon took advantage of Crtmieux’s confusion, and said, good-naturedly, “You see, Cremieux, Offenbach Jpartakes of my views. Obduration leads to no good; so come, and let us drink a bottle of champagne in company, to hallow our union and our new ideas. Offenbach and company then went to their club and drank their champagne. About three months after the event just de scribed, the Paris music-loviug people wore as touished bra placard, H ROBINSON C-RUSOK, . dc MM. Cormon ct Cremieux. I Musique de ' | Jacques Offenbach, and hurried to secure seats for the first represen tation. Indeed they did well' to make haste, since in less than three hours after the advertise ment not a standing-place was left at the Opera Comlque. I arrived among the lost at the ticket office, and considered myself fortunate to obtain, aftor considerable nudging, a small corner whose modest and recluse position had escaped the at tention of my predecessors. .On th.o stated oven ins, .about, ten minutes bo-, fore the beginning of the ** — 1 arnved at oißHhvin “ . ,f ‘ M¥nor ' and fonndit occu pied by the umbrella an d hat of an obstinate th«f\h C n ° f ,bepublic > wbo “ttompted to prove that the comer in question belonged of right to the owner of the approximate seat. By dint of ,' perseveranoe,however, I succeeded In -f? him ofhia mistake,andjuBt .---motor raised hiA baton, I took of doubly gained cot”"' . a. ueep alienee now reigns. Krery one la searohlng a musical idea, or at least an Intention, in the mass of sound contained in the overture. If Dr. Johnson could have oi/K whoiiF. co tamer. The quartette, “To-day is iffenday,'’ is, however, a beautiful morce&u, one of the best of Offen bach's compositions. The second act is upon the Caribice Islands. There is a very agreeable air sung by Friday, which does honor to Oflenhsch's ta'ent! The duet between Robinson and Friday is also an excellent and noble composition. It is, however, astonishing that Friday, the young savage—very savagely played by Mmc.Galli-Marie—who speaks French with an astonishing facility, knows all. nouns,verbs, adjectives and adverbs by heart, has not yet overcome the very simple difficulty of em ploying the first person, which, however trou blesome it may be for old savages, must be a very easy thing for such a bright young cannibal as himself. The second act is very long, and more than one scene is everything else than amusing. Tho third act opens by a chorus of sailors, ori ginal, eccentric, and excellent at the same time. There is also a trio, veritably beautiful. The impression of the whole opera is an agree ble ©dc. - There is no comparison between Offen bach, author of Kojinson Crime, and Offenbach author ot /.« Belle JUline. The music of the far mer is noble, and the vulgar portions in it are but exceptional. It has created much excitement in Paris, and an excitement favorable to the author, and if Offenbach again offers an opera con bjyu to the Parisians, it will be the work of on<iwbo ; e merit has already been considered ac cepted and established. Isaac L. Rick, , Pupil of the Conservatoire. Dying Declaration oftuhe Victim. [From the Memphis IV,t o; Jan. 27. J The terrible scene of violence, disorder and bloodshed which occurred in the Criminal Court room on Friday evening, during the examina tion of Winters, McPartland and Costcllo, before Justice Hall, has startled the cpmmunity more than any occurrence which has taken place for a long time. The subject has been a general topic of conversation, and the opinion is universally expressed that If something is not done to change the state of affairs and Inaugurate a reign of law, order and peace, our city .will be almost ruined, and will be shunned by every man who has any regard for his life. Aside from the terrible aspect ot the case morally, the injury which is done to our city commercially, and the drawback which is given to its progress by the state of violence and the disregard of law which prevail, are incalculable in extent.. Can nothing be done to change the present deplorable state of affairs?' Mr. Thomas Malone, who was shot in the court room on Friday evening; died yesterday morning, alter intense suffering." On Saturday attemoon lie made the following declaration before Com missioner Burditt, of the Metropolitan l'oliee: I, Thomas Malone, believing that I am in a dying condition, that dissolution is inevitable at an early period, from the wounds iullietcd by a piriol shot, make this, my dying declaration, to vnt ;-.On the 2ffh 'day of'January? whilst In the Criminal Court room, in' the. city of Memphis, State of Tennessee, John Cosgrove shot the. I did not make any attempt to strike hint, and did not make any demonstration upon or against him." lie has no reason for doing this. T’Ctis is correct. A. P. Buriuit, Acting-Superintendent Metropolitan Police. Cosgrove was arrested on Saturday evening by Sheriff Winters, and lodged in jail to await ex amination. v Murder In Georgia—A man stripped and Given Seventy-five Laslicst [From the Kavannah Bcpublicau, Jon. K.J On Wednesday a bloody murder was discovered to have been committed in Effingham county. As the talc is told, on the 2-lth of last mouth a white man, entirely unknown and supposed to be a foreigner, went to the cabin of a negro near the Augusta road, seventeen milcsjfrom the city, drew out the staple which held the padlock and entered the place and stole a half peek of ground peas. Ho was caught by the owner of the cabin, who, in company with three others, stripped the man, then tied him to a tree, and with a whip gave him seventy-five lashes upon his taro back and then turned the suflering vic tim jooso. Nothing was said about the matter until Wednesday last, when some negroes, who were prowling in the swamp suddenly hnd re vealed to their gaze a sickening sight. There in the swam]), up to that time hidden front mortal sight, lay the body of a white man—or rather, the remains of the body. The licst upon tho head and part of the body was catca away. The negroes gathered up what was left of the body and carried it out of tho swamp, and gave notice of their discovery, and a coro ner’s jury was culled to investigate the matter. There wero twp bullet wounds in, tho head—ono in’tho backTpart, thb other in the side: When the-.. , T „, negroes lifted the-body- up tho bullet in tho baeV “ fK Sar3.vtakiixa Dxaoß»'^ 6M e lld A part of tho head dropped out. The bod*-r£***““ This singular set of people about a mile from where f'“cleat Aztecs oflou'T^” o^'^®^ ffio aTCStfrr,™ attached teJfctfa that led to the belief that the re- Ayer &Co emSJw £amtdl anny pf them in dhr lAafflfe yrerothose of the_man who had been glng Sarsanar^* l ® o *’ ro, l™with Barrow Useb wore- plainly and spaaee, a -{Lruf tope, and a bag of water, they 0 1116 J uar { iB ,P f leah, the welts are read'- the forest, where tho wild banana ra H J? 2 R? W 8 etpicU by negroes. It is gen- fnmb*<* them food, and thick-leaved (tees their erully believed that it is tho same person, antfthe on V-shelter- Few of those who find, themselves nalural concluslon is th&t alter torthenting their this proanet know how much ttetim those barbarous savages terminated falser I they aie indebted to the toll of these hnmblo 1»- istence. A negro was jurosted on suspicion of I borord, who dig health for thousands of Doctor been present, he would probably not have as serted tint of all noises music was the most agr/iCabU 1 . The oyi Hurt continues. Some ol the audience, after rnauy iruith-as re searches of the above-mentioned idea, seek their newspapers in despair. The overture continues. The majority of the milder females fair them selves with surprising obstinacy. The overture cdntfnT.es. The angels in Paradise commence to eat oranges. The overture continues, continues, continues! Will it never end ? But hark! There is n loud, continuous crash: the readers drop their journals, the ladies their £ans, the angels their oranges,—tho overture is finished. The curtain is raised upon a scene representing an English room in an English house, on a Sun day morning. Its inmates cere engaged in deep devotion. Between-each prayer they dance the jig. It is probably on account of tills vicious practice that the Lord has punished them with a good-for-notbing son. This latter individual amuses bimrelf more: with sailors than with hymn-books, and although it is rather late in the afternoon, has not yet returned from his riots. Between the jig and the prayer, therefore, the lather has tho habit of calling his son a scape grace in presence of the whole assembled' com pany, who alt join in chorus and say: “What a seapc-grace!” This chorus is musically insignificant, and in tended to be so. CRIME. THE MEMPHIS TRACIKVr. Witness—W. F. Green. bis Thomas X Mamins murk. Norman B..Shimer,- charged with tho murder of Jobn;Smith, at Palace Varieties,was arraigned and,a plea entered. William Wharton, colored, was also arraigned-on a charge of killing Wil liam Warms, ,'Esq. - John F.- vWhitagr, colored, was arraigned on the charge of kiting James Coles. Mr. Dwight announced that he would. •A’’; counsel in these eases ten days’ notice uu time fixed far trial. {■Woexlnseni in ('incinutili-A Di<f- Da truest Cnaliicri [Frnrn the anchraatt Gazette, Jan. J».J About a month since Mr. A. M. Keoly, Agent to the Merchants' Union Express Company in this city, canto to the conclusion that some one efhis employes had been embezzling the funds of ®c Company. Suspicion naturaUv attached itself to the Cashier, Mr. J. V. 11. Lott, who had [ the entire melody of all the money of the Com pany. Mr. Heoly kept biß suspicions to himself for a few days, and then commenced a rigid examination Of life Cashier's books. In this he was assisted by Mr. Lott, who seemed, os rather feigned, to be perfectly ignorant of the eausc making the examination nceessary. The investigation being' concluded, it was found that the cash was $(>,300 short. In regard t® this deficiency Mr. I.ottwaa questioned, but at the time ho stated that he knew nothing of it. Being hard pressed, however, he a few days since confessed; that lie had appropriated $9OO to his own use. Having acknowledged the' cmbexrdcment of $909, it was fair to presume that ho had taken the whole amount named' above,' and it was determined to have him arrested. Accordingly, yesterday morning Mr. Healy ap peared at the oQce of Col. Murkbrcil, Clerk of the Police Court, and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Lott, charging him, however, with the embezzlement of only $9OO. The warrant was put in the hands oi an officer, and' Lott was arrested and taken .to the Ninth Street Station house, yesterday afternoon, where ho remained foreevenl hours. He was finally released on bail of $1,500 for his appearance bofore the Police Court this morning. It is understood, however, that he will waive an examination, and allow his case to go directly before the Grand ■ July, which meets on Monday next. Mr. Lott is a young married'man, and l has always borne a good character. What in dued him to commit the theft, and what ho did with the money, wifi probably not he known for some time yet. Rascality in Pltislwrfdi—A lUerctuint CJiaieeii with limbeaßlemcnt, [From tbs Fittsbarrih Post, of Jan. Sl.] A very heavy business transaction of some what nnestlonablc character haa been charged against a Market street merchant, named Abra ham Cohen. Tile charge is made before the Mayor, by Marks Nathan, of New York city’. Both prosecutor and defendant are members of the firm of Goldanstan. Cohen & Co., hoop Blurt manufacturers.and dealers. The firm is estab lishcd Vj- Chatham street, New York, and futs branch houses in this city, New Orleans, Mem phis and other cities. The establishment in Pittsburgh' is located at No. 00 Market street. The defendant, it appears, had charge of the firm business here, a position which he lias held since May last. For some time past, as is stated,, the other partners have had suspicion that the bnsintss here was not all right. The New- York partners came on here and established the fact, as they say, that Cohen had, during the past few months surreptitiously disposed of goods to the amount of $4,000, the proceeds of which he had applied to himself. These- goods* arc- said to have been, packed in boxes and shipped by him, under fictitious names, to some parties in Uniontown, Fayette county. Besides these goods, amounting; as we have said, to $4,000, it is claimed that the books show a deficit on the part of the defendant, which will swell the whole sum to over $lO,OOO, as was learn ed by taking stock. Information, was mode against him before the Mayor Wednesday even ing, and a warrant issued. Officers McCroady and, Wrigley searched.lor him until a late hour last night, but Yesffisßtdy nldtnlng at about eight o'clock, they arrested him on Fourth street. Ho states that the charge against him is the result of a.business misunderstanding, and that a careful examination of the books will place him right before his partners and the pub lic. The prisoner wa9 required to give bail in the sum of $4,000, and being unable to procure security, be was committed tor a. hearing. THE COURTS. TUE ItEMISSION -Of SENTENCES. Tire I'arilau ((neHtion Removed to ttte Supreme Court. Quarter Sessions —Judge Ludlow.— As the Attorney-General had appliad for a writ of error in the Supreme Court for the purpose ing the proceedings of the Quarter Sessions in the case of Mallory and Keating, the keeper of the prison declined to discharge them to-day, al though thoir term, under the now sentence of the Court, has now expired. This morning counsel for the two prisoners applied for a writ of habeas carpus, designed to secure the release of the two men! ‘ Judge Allison in reply, said: “A writ of error having been allowed by the Supreme Court, this cause, as it appears on our records, is thereby removed to that tribunal, and is no longer aubjeet to our con trol. This lias no necessary, connection with the cause of detainer of the prisoners; and upon a return to a writ of habeas corpus by the keeper of the County Prison, showing that the time named in the com mitment had expired, tlio Court would perhaps be required to set the prisoners at liberty and no power, save that of the Supreme .Court,’would have a right to hinder or delay the discharge. To do so would expose the offender to an in dictment for obstructing the due process of the law. Bnt, inasmuch as this case, as it appears on our records, is now virtually in the Supremo Court, wo suggest that application bo there made for the allowance of a writ of habeas corpus and that the question be thus raised to the right ot the prisoners lo and immediate discharge.” The counsel stated that this course would be pursued. IloiuicictiM. Oyer and Tekminkr— Judges Allison and Peirce.—ln the case of William J. Ovens, charged with the murder of Colonel Riddle, the jury yes terday afternoon returned a verdict of not guilty. ... Tho ease of Margaret Anspach, charged with infanticide, was concluded last evoning about eoven o’clock, with a verdict of guilty of murder in tho second degree, with a recommendation to mercy. Oyer and Termini;!-.— Judges Allison and Ludlow This morning Thomas Comfort, who pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter, in causing the death of Francis O’Neil, wa? sen tenced to four years and three months. In pass ing sentence Judgo Allißon expressed his regret that the prisoner, who had shown such a good record, should have been guilty of this offence, lie owed liis present position to a free indul gence in liquor. Taking into consideration his previous good character and the fact that it was probable that the deceased had made the first assault, the sentence was made moderate. F.'Jj, VEMfflgaß. Fnblfcsbeiv PRIOB THRBB-0B» T TB. FACTS AWJDF'AKfcIKS*. ‘ Bellows is piifliD2*'the Ffioly il«»d. Sapoieou'a boy wilt be tjweiwiei ManA —■A company Urns been’formed in western New' s’orlc to breed mink for their far. —Leap Tear )>nllg are eniarenina; Salt L wlor City. —Twcfctc convict;! in tbe'Mitine iJtiittf Prist to arc under sen lent? of death. ... rr-iidmUn. w,hen .. last . heard'of v/aa JaiAmater-' dam, and ntvj appreciated. —An- Ohio bn by swallowed it snake, arid' now hisses in its sleep. It shuttled ?> its mortal >coiL —Theodore tilts vrilit the “American- W’OMan" In Cleveland on Monday. —Engiand pays soo9'a -near for each ofite e.ot dkirs. —Blot has started eupeptic eating- UouAei itt' Boston. —Vesuvius is drawing crowds of sightseers '.- Do they coma to lava-t it? —The dog tax in Vormetit yields JtTO.OftO-aa*' is very papular. —Alptc casc3-of trichina .arc reported at St. Louis. ; —lncendiarism is alarmingly prevalent in east ern Masecicbusctts. i —A rival of Diokens, as a render of Dickens, has dbwnad on Troy. iCa name-is-Claif.'- : —Captain Alexander, the humane keeper Of Castle Thunder, keeps a gin -shop In Liverpool. Silk culture is very successful at tiia Cope of Good Hope. Americans eat yearly -15 : pounds of sugar each, on an average—They musteat, more—why one girl i 3 Bweeter thr.n that — A Caban b in Louisville looking for suitable grounds for the establishment' of the Spanish pastimes of bull-baiting and cock-fighting. —Miss Annie Clara Jagerisky hae akaled thirty hours without rest, at Detroit. A kind of Jago risky business for Anna Clara. —Great preparations arc mailing at tie Ttiil crie.s for the first-eommnnion of the Evince ini--- penal. —White gunpowder which is entirely consumed and leaves no residuum in the gun is the latest military improvement in France. —There in a digging machine its operation among tho marl beds of Monmouth county, New -.Jersey. wkich tukcs up atoaof marl a minute. —The school teachers of Baltimore have started a project for removing the remains of Jhde, the poet, to Green Mount-cemetery, nsar ttttcity. —A man in East St. Louis was avrestod-foe set ting fire to ids own house, on which there was no insurance. An Irishman and a negro tumbled, iato a well in Houston tho other day. The negro was drowned; tho other stood on tiptoe and kept his head above water. ; —A portrait of Jefferson, said- to ba‘ the last original picture since the burning of the Smith sonian Gallery, is- offered for sale- to the Ken tucky Legislature.' " ' —Three of the five Harvard students engaged in- tho recent hazing of a freßhman-afchia board ing house, in Cambridge, have been suspended from the college for tho torm of onoyoar. —A Quincy (111.) heiress, forced, to- marry against her will, has run away from her husband and been found dancing in a- ballet, at Nashville, Tenn. —The bride of the newly married heir apparent of Persia came to hiia in a sky bids carriage. Maybe the color expressed her feeling at the prospect. —The Philadelphians are greatly alarmed at the accumulation ol ico in New .Pork harbor.—.V, T. dun. Not half as much as the New Workers are. ' Don't whistle to kcop your courage up. —Rev. J. Hickey, of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Chicago, took poison by accident a few days since, supposing it was toothache drops. HC is ; lying in a dangerous condition. —Beecher, T. K., says that the more liquor a . man drinks the less ho knows. Nevertheless, the Beecher family are understood te> be total absti nents. —The Selma (Ala.) TYwieastates that it' ia in formed, on good authority, that large laai -1 holders in Greene county are offering to give ; the nse of their plantations for next year to>-any one who will agree to pay taxes on them. Here is a specimen.of editorial courtesy in Nebraska : [ “The Ham Fat Man of the Nebraska City I Press ia said to have unhorsed Sugar Bob( of the , Omaha Republican,, concerning the call of the black-and-tan State Convention,the otlierday.” —Suez has a model Post-office. On the arrival of mails from England and India, tho rush for letters is said to be indescribable. Eackono helps himself to whatever letter or letters he can lay hands upon. In tho scramble many letters are torn in shreds. —H. Joromc Barr, an ingenious mechanic in Bloomfield, Conn. , is getting up a combination organ and piano that shall be operated by one set of keys. Ho has been ten yearn at work.on it already. It will consist of nearly IS,OOO pieces. — li.r. Such instruments already exist. —The sporling fraternity of .Sk Lonishas been; recently related over two distinguished arrivals 7 from the Pacific coast, known as “Slippery Sim" and tho “Great American Pie Biter.” The latter gentleman stakes large sums upon his ability to bite through twenty-four pies at one time. —Tho number of candidates for orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church does norkeap pace* with the increase of the number of communicants. At tho present rate of admission to holy onlers. Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, says it ivonld take ten years to fill the vacant parishes in his diocese. / —Last July the agents of the Merchants’ Union .Express Company in Syracuse boxed' up a hen.. and started her oh a journey to tl* West, as a joke., She has been traveling eveysmee, having gone over nearly every route of; the company, -* more than 25,000 miles in all, aw llB still the transports of travel, ’ —Lord Stansfleld thinks/hat the education laws of England aro good,;“°ugh, and therefore that it is folly to think ofHianging. them. The London Herald, with disrespect for nobility, likens this sj?* 111 *?. to that of the man who didn’t see the r/fat of the joke, and didn't wantrto eee it. “H-ilked to be nice and stupid.’* —Riding on a railroad for the first time, ;t Western gentler oll ) whon the conductor called for his fare h n(led him a five dollar bill, with the remark the thing get. I don’t waut any chane/ Never rode in tho kcers before, and am Whins 10 P a f something extra for tho inn.” 7 'Lily Maxwell, of Manchester, who did a smaiumsincss in the gcocn-grocer line, before she A*! herself put on the registry and voted for j—)b Bright, which she did. not because she be- I wired In woman’s rights theoretically, but be -1 cause Bho wanted to help elect Mr. Bright, has been splendidly advertised, and her business has increased wonderfully. —The only public library In Walrassia constats of about 1,500 volumes, with Governmentre cords, mppa. and manuscripts. The <»ly, Agaßrih can volume is a copy of Wendell PWSrag’s speeches. The other volumes are. printed lit Russian, with a sprinkling of the awedwh, Ger~ man and French. Think of an Eaquiina'ux Lo ginning bis American education With Php-pa’n speeches! —Recently, in Bridgewater, England, % mm applied for relief, stating that ho was tumWa tn work. The opposed,tfce.cl»itn r ftta“~ that to the man had riWlw.* ried four V.yes,^ ttnreeof whom wera atfil H*. and werw von .» and atoone woman. M SVSfI P° rty The boars# d&cSbd to let Mr’tSo bis wlToa for support, but no 1m . won brought against bU» for P^;
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