GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXI-NO. 255. the evening bulletin PUBLIBIIKD KVKJiY lIVJiNINC* (Simdayß oxccptcd), AT TIIR Nf W IM LLEriX KVILDIIVG, 607 Gliestnut Street, Philadelphia, II y I'IIE - EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. MtOrUI>:TORB GIBSON ERNESTO. WALLACE, f. l!Vktii fkbtonT thos. iel>. DILLON . In San Francisco* Dec. £3, John P. Dillon, a native of Philadelphia, aged 40 yesr**; KATES.—Ua*toe2d instant, at hi* l%te residence, I6oti Mr. Wm. Kate?, Jn tho 7lat year of hi* age. •Ouo notice will bo riven ox the funeral. * LEKSER.-'On Saturday. Februajy lit, 1563, Rev. Isaac I.eeser. in tho find rear of hi* age. The Reverend Clergy and hi* male friend* are invited to attend hi* funeral, from hi* Into residence. No. J.2'47 Walnut street, on Tuesday morning. 4th fust., at 9 o'clock, fTho newspaper* throughout the United fctatea will please copy.) ** HOLLINGSWORTH.—On February !M, Hannah Wharton, rldi.-ft daughter *.f the late Thomas O. Hoi tfnpworth. The friend-, of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday morning, sth Inst., at lu o’clock, from her lato residence, VXI Locust street ** LYoSS.- At West llavcrtord, on Sunday, Feb. 2d, l-.dS, tlu* Reverend .las. Gllbourpo Lyon?, EL. D. Due notice will be given of the funeral. *** HCRAVFNDYKE.—On the morning of the 2d of Feb ruary, John Hcmvendyke, rir., in the .%tli year of his age. ilia male friends arc rer-pt?ctfuUy invited to attend his funeral, from bis lAt<* u-sidenee No.s£s.South .Ninth street. ou Wedue-dav xnornir.g, at. hulf-post h o’clock. FuiiCiai nor vice* at &t. MuryS Ciurciu South-Fourth ► triet. ■ ** SHIPI'EN. Mary Louisa Shipj »-n, onlv daughter of the IsteKdwHro Sbtppen. aud grand daughter of the iatc William Shippen, M.,i». BIMONT* »N.—At hno I'uul'o, Brazil, on the Pth of December. I>a~, the Rev. iu the Catlryea: of bi/» «ge. WHAiriDN.—On th*- mori-icg of the lit instant, at the residiriee of Colonel Wharton, iu Beithnore, f,ouisu, only child of the late. Edward Wlnrton, Esd., of Washington, i>. <*., aged twuitj-thveo year*. * \4 lil t l. RURE, MOHAIR FOR EVENING DRESSES, f 1 W IMTEMpEKACLoTI!. scarletcri;i:\ cloth. WHITE MfcJil.M ‘ AND DELAINE. EYRE. ri. CorbiD Thomas Kennedy A Bro V»>y! A' Kc'cnhcim Mi ller. Feigt-1 A* Heller. Fieulbcrgcr. Strow & Bowks J. 8. Custar A Son William Brook* B. Abb* L'-vett A iiaw orth. D. 4- iiunter A: Hro. L. Dunenbaum d: C 0... Tucetman d: Kaufman From Ur. Eutllow.in mmiH of #lO and undor.from the medical rrofcisdoii Towuj'hirs ot nuahkill, Moore and Nazareth, by W. llac>ett, Kh. It MB'* MKKCIIANTS* IXND.-TIIE FOURTEENTH * Anniversary of the Merchant** Fund will bo cele brated at the ACADEMY OP MUSIC On THURSDAY EVENING, February Oth, at VA o’clock. Orchestra will be nnder tho direction of Mark llnesler, Addresses will be delivered by HON. MORTON MoMICHAEL, RKV._A. A. WILLITSJO.J)., ' J. GILLINGHAM FELL, and other distin £Otahed speaker*. Cards of admission may be hod gratuitously by early application to WM C. LUDWIG. No. 36 North Third street. JAMES C. HAND, No, 614 Market street. ’ J. B. McFARLANu, No. 51 Sooth Fourth street. DELAWARE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Third and Walnut ate. jaaufe6,rp} REV. DR. WTLUTB WILL GIVE HIS NEW AND -popular lecture on **Tho Model Home; or, a Plea for Marnago and Domestic Joys,” on MOND 4 Y night, at eight o’clock, for the benolitsif his old church, at the corner of Seventh and Spring Garden streets. Tho pro ceeds of this lecture will bo appropriated to clear this tieautiful church from Its last dollar of indebtedness. Tickets, fifty cents: to be bad at the drug store of 11. A. BOWER, Northeast corner of Sixth and Green, and at tho ddfo the night of the lecture. Ja3l-3trp OFFICE OF THE LEIUGH COAL AND COMPANY. Philadelphia, January 30,186f0 Tlila Company is prcpirar ' yQLOMON SHEPHERD, No. 123 Street jaSO-tfrp ffgg* &OARI) OF TUADE.-THB ANNUAL MEETING, liU ' oitWsAHPOciatiou, for choice oi f/lheera and Mem#' bora of Executive Council, will bo lifld on MONDAY EVENING, February lid, at 8 o'clock. IIJSRKINS f U 3 . * . Secretary. mGZB* OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURE!!.- ;5? . Philadkm'iha, Jauuary 31,1869/ NQIICE.—AII outstanding warrants influedprovioußito rizes”lor copperplate penmanship that could not be spelled, now added beneath the title a plain, uncomely, French sign-manual. It is a work represented to contain the experi ence of his artistic life condensed. The oover shows, in the place of a publisher’s address, that of the artist author. iS'here is no agency for-it.. The writer wishes to see and judge the clieutal who respect him enough to go and’buy it. In . this instance, then, Couture, who is reported 'avaricious, has not used the' ordinary arts of authorship. On dipping into it Binc-e the purchase, I find it the strangest of medleys. The frankest and most obvious contradictions of opinion repeat them i-elvcs from end to end, interwoven with per sonalities, anecdotes and reflections, apropos of •nothing. The title of any chapter is the surest indication that that subject, of all others, will be '.excluded from consideration. The art-student opening pages ■will find,-indeed, how to set his paJlette—bnt immediately after, will lose him self among reminiscences, politics, the artist’s father, an'excursion to the Jardin dcs Plantes, and what not It requires that you know how to read it. \ V I wonder if Girdme has seen the remarks upon the “episodic treatment ’’ of history. The room in whiah I was received contained, among other things, two life-size crayon heads of George Sand and Beranger. How large they were, M>w simple, how elevated, how poetically right! Mme. Dndevant looked like a Pallas. Eeranger like a lino Anarijreon. Or rather, they each looked like their best selves. If I space I would tell in Couture's rapid words, and with Couture’s easy vanity, the story of the manufacture of this portrait of the great song-writer. How Beranger at first resented the painter's visit, and growled his amepities to him from behind a gradually closing door- How. on learning that he had to do with the paipter of the Decadence, he took a completely different tono, dragged him in, and exclaimed to Lisette, “Another moment, and I should have turned Couture out of doors!” How he subse quently waited upon the artist, and having walked all the way from the Street of Hell to the White Barrier, instantly fell asleep in the sitter’s chair: and how the narrator was obliged to nrouEe him, like Lear, with music, breaking out into ids own song of the Old Corporal. SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS. Henry C. Lea has jnst issued the January num ber of the veteran medical''quarterly, “The American Journal of the Medical Sciences,” which has long been published under the able management of Dr. Isaac Hays. It is filled, tis usual, with a great variety of original matter, proceedings of medical societies, reviews and bibliographic notices. The same publisher has issued the “Half Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences,” edited in Lon don by Dr. Ranking. It consists of articles from the British, Continental and American medical journals upon all subjects connected with medi cine and surgery, and is an invaluable book of re ference for the physician and student. In addition to these journals, a new one has just been started in Philadelphia, under the editorial direction ofDrs. 8. W. Butler and D. G. Brinton, called the “ Half-Yearly Compendium of Medical Science.” It includes tho departments of Comparative Anatomy, History of Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, etc., none of them touched upon in any similar work in our tongue, and embraces nearly four hundred sepa rate articles drawn from all sources, both Amer ican and Foreign. The “Compendium" starts'in its career with much spirit, and will doubtlessjae well received. The “American Journal of Horticulture” for February, Tilton & Co., Boston, contains a great variety of usefal articles on fruit and flower culture, new specimens of vegetables and other topics connected with the pursuit of horticul ture. Wo notice, a lively communication from Mr. George Husmann, 'of Hermann, Mo., on the subject of native wines. The vine-growers of that placo have become famous for thesuporior quality of their wines, and Mr. Hasmann handles his pen handsomely in defence of the products of his vineyards. ■- - -’ - The “American Law Review,” for January published by Little', Brown,* Co., Boston, has a number of contributions upon import ant legal topics. Tho rriarriago laws, Sunday Taws, intornal revonue system, copartnership liabilities, ,tho taw of bailments, are among the OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. Enfant Perdu. Eleventh Street Opera House. —Messrs. Carncross & Dixey announce for tills evening an entirely new burlesque, entitled Ours; or Maxi milian s Avengers. The,piece has real merit. It is filled with comical sitnations, sharp local hits, funny incidents and,keen satire. • In addition to this, Mr. J. L. Carncross will sing several favorite ballads, and there will be local and instrumental music, Ethiopean dancing, &c., by the members of the company. Philadelphia Opera House.— The laugh able burlesque, The Black Book, will be given at this popular establishment to-night, with ail the accessories of handsome scenery, eccentric cos tumeß and a. first- rate cast. This drama is well worth seeing. Besides this there will be a miscel laneous entertainment, in which the mouthers of the very excellent company w'ill participate. Mr. Frank Moran will give some of his most amusing negro personations, there will bo sing ing, dancing, instrumental music, and a pleasant variety of farce, extravaganza and burlesque. The entertainment at this house is a good one in every respect. Concert Hall.— “ Father Baldwin’s Old FoUcb” will give a performance at Concert Hail this even ing. This troupe consists of twenty-four artists who attire themselves in ancient costume and sing old tlmo music, consisting chiefly of selections of sacred music. Several of the per formers possess great ability, the boy soprano especially having a voice of great power and compass. Parlor Concert and Readings To-morrow evening there will be a select entertainment at the Hall of the Young Men’s Christian Associa tion. A number of well known and popular ar tists wlllislng, and Mr. Rufus Adams, the elocu tionist will read several selections from popular authors. Soiree Gymnastique.— The pupils of Lewis’s Gymnasium will give an exhibition to-morrow evening, at the Academy of Music. Blitz..—Blgnor Blitz will give an exhibition in Athletic Hall, Thirteenth and Jefferson this evening. —Ben Perley Poorri, the “ Parley " of Thei Bofr ton Journal, is named as possibly to succeed Bon. Butler in Congress—and a poor successor will mako, ■■■.■ . . * . . : ; ■ '■ topics discussed. There is also a large Bpace de voted to digests of English law reports, United States Supreme Court reports,and various State re ports. The legal profession must find this neri odieal of., much value as a compendium of legal information. , The “Journal of the Franklin Institute" for January, contains a number of useful and inte resting original articles. An account of the elevated street-railway, now being constructed, as ah experiment, in New York; a paper oh the cultivation and manufacture of beet-root sugar, an article on Civil and Mechanical Engineering: another on Mechanics, Physics and Chemistry, arc among the most interesting contributions. FBoinr south aherica. tCortesponflence of the Philadelphia Evemlng Bnllctln.] Callao, Peru, January 14th, 18G8 The revo lution is at an end. The Prado administration is a thing oj the past, and none bnt the office-holders of the late .government appear to regret the change. Colonel Prado may not be wanting in courage and personal bravery, bnt, with large forces under his command to remain outside of Arequipa for about four months, and at length, at the first repulse, to beat a hasty retreat, is con clusive evidence of military blundering ‘and incapacity. He returned to Callao in the war-ship Union, late on the evening onAthe 9th \inst., bringing with him the greater part jof what remained of his army, the qlhVL.portiojV arriving by the Pacific Steam Na vigatioirCouipany’n Bteamer Panama the follow ing-morning. . On Sunday there was great excite ment is this port and in the capital; at midnight Callao was in possession of tho so-called rebels, and on the following Monday it was feared an attempt might be made to retake the city: but in Lima the feeling was so strong against the Government that no attack was even meditated. There was some sharp and severe skirmishing in the streets of the capital, and many were killed and wounded, and in the disordered state pillaging and plunder ran riot for a day. Fortunately tor Callao,a very differed state of affairs'existed here. Fearing a repetition of the sacking of two years ago, the foreign residents were determined that so far as itrlay with them, no such wholesale robbery and thy ft would be allowed. They formed into corps or 60 and 60, horse as well as foot, numbering about 400. arid stationed themselves at different parts dF the city, and patrolled the streets, well armed, day and night The well-disposed citi zens felt secure, and the roughs were so rituch afraid that for once in tho history of the district they were forced to remain quietly at home. Knowing what Callao is, the varied and in flamniable materials of which the population is composed, and civil war being au Institution of tins country, the town may be left at any time without any government, it . becomes imperative on all those anxious for the safety and prosperity of.the city to see-to it-that a-civic guard-becomes a permanent and leading organization. Colonel Batta successfully repulsed every at tack made at Chielayo, and he is spoken of ao the leading man in the corning administration. In the meantime the Constitnuon of 1860 has been proclaimed, with General Canseco as second Vice' President. Prado offitiaUy resigned on the 7th instant, and has gone to Valparaiso in the United States stea merjiyaok. GfcsCso and Balta at® expected to arrive daily. It is'generally believed that a good strong gov ommenVivUl shortly be farmed” and with fetnrn ii?g peace we anticipate a busy and prosperous year in all commercial circles,which we fervently hope will make itself felt along the entire coast. AMUSEMENTS. Guano Duchess of Geeot.stein. —Mr. Bate man’ French Opera Company will appear at the Academy of Musid, on Tuesday, the 11th inst., in Offenbach’s comic opera The Grand Duchess of Gerobtein. The extraordinary sensation created by this performance throughout the country will insure crowded houses here. Of the opera and the company we will speak at length at another time. In the meanwhile we recommend every one to secure tickets immediately at Gould's store. Cap.i. Bentz.’s Orchestra Matinees,— A good result has attended this spirited effort to intro duce symphonies to our public, which, up to the present time, has. not known the exceeding beauty of this elevated and interesting class of compositions, which in Germany are more popu lar man anything performed. The symphony, No. 3 in E flat, by Mozart, will be performed on Thursday for the first time, arid, as its beautiful andante and popular minetto are so well known already, it is likely to-become a special favorite, for it ranks with the best of the great master’s works. Mr. Louis, the well known vocalist, will introduce a new song. The Voyage of Life, com posed expressly .for him by Mr. Thunder, one of onr most accomplished musicians. -‘TffK'TiiEATREs.—At the Chestnut this evening thfe Mikado Japanese troupe will make their first appearance. The feats performed by these acro bats and jugglers are said to be very marvellous, and as they will remain here during this week only, it is fair to suppose that the house will bo crowded every night. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Wil liams at the Walnut Street Theatre this evening will produce an Irish drama entitled TKe. Sham rock: or a Flower of Erin. Aftor which a com medietta, Latest from New York. At the Arch the sensational play Under the Gaslight will bo given. The American announces a varied performance. ~ DISASTERS, THE I*r: IV N SI'I ,v A I’ll A OGJi'SKAI, SAIUtOAD ACCIDENT. Additional Funicular*. From the Pittsburgh Commercial of Saturday, wc obtain the following additional details of the recent accident on The Pennsylvania Railroad!. H«>tV SIRS. DUGGAN IVAS» KILLED. Mr. Patrick Duggan, a resident of this eitv, aDd a blacksmith' by trade, has been recently married to Miss, Annie Hughes, a young lady who was for tome time engaged in the milii- Dery business. A few days ago they completed tbetr arrangements for going to California, where they hoped to better their 1 situation in life. They were accompanied by Patrick Hughes, a brother of the deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Duggan were in the front car from the rear, immediately in front of the first sleeping car, and occupied he second seat from the forward stove. When seen, a few minutes before the accident, Mr. Duggan was reclining with his head on her lap, apparently sleeping. After the accident (tho ear having gone over the embankment) she was seen lying against the stove. • Both limbs seemed to have been severed from the body, and as she sat immediately over the trucks it is supposed that she was kitted al most instantly, and it was impossible to get her bffly until after the ilamesssubslded. The trunk only remained—the limbs and head • having been consumed. Her bußband was burned by being driven against the stove, and was so badly injured that he could render her no assistance. The deceased is, highly spoken of, and her shocking death has cast a deep gloom over a. large circle of friends Amd acquaintances. Bhu was about twenty-three years of age. Her body will be brought back to this city’for interment. THE WRECK Tlic train was stopped withiu one huudred and fifty yards of the broken rail, showing that the engineer was running at a slow rate of speed at the time of the accident. The car in chargo of Mr. Doerr was the only Palace car attached to ihe train. Thu other two sleeping cars were No. SO. in charge of Conductor Matthews, and No. —. Conductor Kennedy. No. 71 was badlv wrcckc-d before it left the track .entirely, and the roof was oil' when it turned over on its sido and slid down the embankment. It was crashed to pieces iu the descent, caught fire aud was de stroyed. No 30 went down tho embankment end fore most, fell over on one side and went eu lively to pieces, resembling (in the language of Mr. Doerr) “a huge pile of oven wood.” It was remote from the other ears and did not take fire. No. ‘2!May diagonally across the track, aud took lire from one of the ttfd passenger cars which went over the bank. When conductor Doerr got ont his car, in less than five minutes.after' the casu alty, he found that the two passenger cars were then in flames, and the fire was running up to ward 22, striking it about the centre, In half an hour the four cars were a heap of ashes. why the casualties .were so i.ioiit Passenger travel is very light at this time, and There were only fifty-nine - passengers aboard when the tram left: A few mere perhaps udded at Altoona. In the four cars which were burnt, tlier,e were only twenty-eight passengers, dis tributed thus—live, six, seven, and ten. Had the train been fuller the casualties would -doubtless have been correspondingly incTeaswfe- With, the exception of Mrs. Duggan, none were so badly injured as to be unable to help themselves from the ruins. Thoso who were injured were soon removed to the other cars, and madeaacomfarta blo as possible. ; Medical attendance was at once procured, and the,injured received such treatment as the nature of their injuries required. The physician in the employ .of the company at that point reports ! that all of the injured are doing well, and that all will, recover. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT Mr. Doerr states (hat the rail, the breaking of which caused this accident, was broken into se veral pieces, wnieht leaves little doubt of this being the actual jynsc. The night was intensely cold, and this firel also strengthens the supposi -tion. The passengers, who examined the matter, were satisfied on this point, and had no word of ctipsnro to cast upon the company.- The acci dent is one of the most serious which has hap pened on the road, for a long time, and the loss in ears will be very considerable. It is a matter of considerable surprise, however, that such a terrible smash-up and burning could occur, nnd yet no greater loss of life be sustained. Of all mysteries, these railroad accidents appear the most mysterious as regards the large number who escaped compared with the fearful rigks which are necessarily ran. ' Tnr.EE Roads Merced in the Oil Region— The Oil Creek and Allegheny River Rail way CosirANY.— ln this city, on Thursday lust, articles of consolidation were signed by repre sentatives of the Warren and Franklin, the Fanners’, and the Oil Creek railioad companies, whereby the three coroorotions are merged into one, named “The Oil Creek and Allegheny Rivor Railway Company,” with a share capital of 5 4,259,000. The length of the roads consolidated is: Warren and Fjankiiu R. R.—lrvinc ton to Oil City 51 miles. Oil Creek R. H.—Corry to Petroleum Centre...... .••■ ■ • • •...... • -.... 38 “ Farmers’ .Railroad—Oil _City_ti>.Petro- leum Centre .8 Farmers’ R. R.—Cherry Run Branch —Rorisville to Plummer 3-11 “ The consolidated company huvo purchased the Reno Railroad, and intend, it is said, to take up its track and use the rails to lay down the wide gauge from Petroleum Centre to OU City, and the narrow gauge from Oil City to Franklin, thus making both gauges continuous and un broken. between Corry and Franklin. The merger stipulates that one common charge shall be imposed on oil irrespective of distance carried over the consolidated line; minimum specified fifjy cents per barrel. Hence, according to our information, the charge will be the same on a barrel of oil whether it no enrried from Pe troleum Centre to Oil City, 8 miles, destined down the Allegheny valley, or from Petroleum Centre to Corry, 38 miles, destined for the Erie or Lake Shore roads,orfrom PetroleumCentrc.by wav of Oil City, to Irvlneton, 59 miles, destined for*the Philadelphia and Erie railroad. The avowed intention of the parties iu tho mer ger is, to make and maintain the OU Creek and Allegheny River Railway a public highway, open to the cars of railroad and transportation com panies, on payment of a horizontal charge per barrel of oil, no matter what the leugth of mile age traversed between the termini of the conso lidated road. It 16 said, moreover, that the articles of agree ment are so drawn that curtain vital provisions cannot be altered without tho unanimous con sent of the parties in interest, and that this fixed and stationary clause was inserted so that, in tho event of the transfer of a majority, of capital, shares, new ownors cannot repeal, revoke or modify the Intent and object of tho act of the merger. Tho officers of the Oil City & AUegheuy Rivor R. W. Co. ore: President— Edward I’. Gay, Esq. (Pres’t PbUa. & Erie R. R.). Directors —William G. Moorhead, C. B. Wright,. H. S. Alden, W. G. Fargo: A. 8. Dlven (Erie RaUwoy), Chits. H. Leo (Lake Shore BaUway).— U. S. It. It. and Mining ltegister. —A letter from Halifax, published in a Mon treal paper, says—“ The distress among the poor fishermen of this.Provincois truly heart-rending, and unless immediate aid is procarsd- foi thorn many will'dio from absolute want." —Tho Marysvillo (Missouri) Enterprise says: “They are taking any quantity of fish out of the pond jnst south of town, by catting square blocks of .ice and turning them over. The fish are frozen fast,to the,lower side." -/ F, L FimmifflON. PRICE THREE CENTS, Adara a gorilla, ia a recent: question. —Thurlow Weed is a tbree-millioCAire. —Salt Lake has started a weekly l magazine. —Greeley is fifty-seven tO‘<4ay. ' —Queen Victoria says that every third!' woman’ In Cork is a beauty. —Tbe English are distributing tracts hi 'Abys sinia, but the natives are intractable. ■<•■ —Green Bay, Wls. v is the largest shingfcrtaar-; Uctin the world. , • —The inhabitants of Prince EtSwardT) rsldiifl' refused to be annexed to tho'Domislon.' " —New London will fit out five vessels for the* Greenland whale fishery the coming spring. ' —A firm of brewers in Newark, N. J., U4s Wir- • chased eight million dollars worth ofsalt.—Efe —Offenbach's extravaganza, “Genevieve US' Brabant,” is a greater success than his ■ “KobU-‘ son Crusoe.” ■■■■■•, —A Swiss inventor thinks he has found s bet ter motive power than steam, and wants to'sell the secret for $10,000,000. ' —There arc now in Ireland about 25,000>’ 'regu- ■ lar troops, comprisitig infantry, artillery, engi neers and cavalry. • . —The infant of a poor flower woman dibit on' its mother’s arm, starved, while she was pcddUa£ her bouquets on the streets of London: ' “ —A pantomime at one of the London theahred* was interrupted by the explosion of a Bine light: which blew up the property man and a flfUorT —Eladsit Tisdale recently died at Rldgcflold, Ct. His name spelled backwards or forwards wai ■' the same. He always spelled it backwards.. , —A “reformed drunkard" who had relapsed * rather surprised the people at Willard’s, in Washington, by walking into the breakfast'room * in bis bight-shirt. —LaTgo numbers of bones of an extinct race of human beings have been exhumed in digging for the foundation of a cathedral in San Antonia, Texas. ' —The most complete passenger elevator ever ' constructed has just been nut into the American House, Boston, by Otis Tufts, the inventor of - . this modem hotel luxury. - . —At Tyner’s Station, Tenn., a mother left her ; child on the floor of her cabin for a few mo psents, and upon her return found It vouredby a hog. —Mr! Thornton, the new British Minister at 1 Washington, has the title of Count in Portugal, where he has been ennobled. He should, .there- . fore, be called Count Thornton. —At a recdnt) banquet in England, a farmer was introduced,'whose lamily had held the identical homestead and lands which he now • tilled, for • more thnn eight hundred years. —Mr. and Mrs. Ristori and the two youthful Ristoris take a leeßon in English every day. The ' childrenget on very well, but’with the old folks ' the work is a little tough. • ■ • ' —A movement i 6 on foot in the Ohio Legisla ture to rcetore the old law recognizing ten per cent, interest as not- illegal when a matter .-of”" special contract. —Nasby writes concerninghis capabilities as a lecturer: “There is . a good deal of oratory in , me, but I don’t do as well as I can in any. one place, out of respect to the memory of Patrick. Henry.” , —The Mexican. banker, Jecker, is said by this • Indejiemhmce mlt/e to be now in Paris, having ar- . rived in the capital for the pnrpqse of bringing ; en action against the French Government for the paj ment of thirteen millions of francs. - —Four. British genembr.aU -OMac 80 yeatit- 'dUfc • have jnst been promoted to the rank of. fleld marEhal. One of them is General Burgoyno.Mo. was chief engineer of Pakenlmm’s unlucky expe- f dition to New Orleans, in 1814. Old Hickory \ beat Ills engineering out of sight with cotton bags. ' J —An unfortunate named Trent, confined in jailr at Evnnsviiie, for stealing, converted himself into a cold corpse by hanging, but left behind an epi taph, informing his friends that “I shuttled off this mortal coll Without the use of laid or oil." —The giant specimen of the Dracaena Draco, or Dragon Tree, growing at Orotava, in the island of Teneriffe, was destroyed during, the autumn of 1867 by a gale of wind. It was first I rought into general notice by Humboldt, some sixty years ago, and it was computed by him to be 6,000 years old. —lt was not Home, the Spiritualist, but Holmes, the violinist who married the sparkling Madame Moet, of Champagne celebrity. Madame bae four “pledges” from the departed Moet, each older than her new husband; but she is pretty,- possesscs infinite tact, and is well known in Paris for her literary cleverness. —Garibaldi has taken to the painless dissect ing of animals,using chloroform as an anaesthetic. He is getting over his wounds. He rises' at six, takcß his cap of hot coffee, and then to the bath. At nine he breakfasts on wine, meat, and bread and cheese; lunches at noon, dines at six,' and goes to bed at nine. —Assassinations of Union men in Arkansas are about us numerous now as they were during the war. No less than live white men have beeu murdered by rebels within a few weeks, and the discovery oi bodies of negroes by the roadside or iu the woods has become so common, that little notice is taken of them. —lt was Lobdell, not Brick Pomeroy,', who wrote the articles in the La Crosse .Democrat re joicing over the assassination of Lincoln. Brick had the reputation of them, and became a great man with the Democrats. Lobdell was smashed and burned up at the Angola railroad disaster, and the same fate awaits Brick—so far as the burning Is concerned. —Two well-known young ladies in Boston, on Wednesday, shoveled off a long and wide side walk, pater-familias having touched them up to . tlie eflect lhat they neither dared nor coaid do anything of the sort. They did do It, and showed, muscle, courage, and:' a determination, besides a., very pretty spectacle, which excited the curiosity, of lookers-on. . • —On Thursday evening, a bevy of young ladles. at ChilUcotho, Missouri, startled a number o£ young bachelors, Bays the Spectator, by driving to thur solitary quarters in a gay “rig,”, and ask ing them out to take an airing. The poor fellows had to go. The girls drove out to the house of a. late incorrigible bachelor, recently married; pro bably to show their bachelor friends what fate awaits them this leap year. 10(1 mUes. —“Darkle the mystery of life!" exclaims a, mournful poetess in The Independent. From her own description, her case is indeed a sad one: “I with bound hands go singing through the> world, . Who yet would pierce all thought, all depth pto "found, Break Time’s dull silence with responsive sound. Compel the far, mute ages to unfold The mystery of mvsterieß they hold „ In their abysmal bosoms, darkly cold! Which is the more to be pitied, this [ucWeaa, young woman, or the far, mute yges with thoir darkly cold abysmal bosoms?—.V. 1- San. —A marriage took place a few days, since, at. Tunis, which merits mention, if only to shovv how the’ Moors still retain hope-oT jecpßqwjring- Spain. Ltila, first cousin oi the Bev of Tonis, and a maiden of great beauty, married the weal thiest Moor of that regency, Abd Allah Looflr, who was not only the wealthiest, but the, hand- . somest yonng man of that country. Among the wedding gifts made his bride:were, the key-of;- the home his ancestors owned at Cordova, Spain; and ear-rings, made in .Gre.nma during the reign of Mulov Hhasam, and a baptis mal certificate of one of his great-great-groat gre'at-great-great-great grandmothers wp(>*b jured the Moslem creed for Christianity. Here Is an old family, dating back beyond the dis covery of America. FACT* AND r-VVCIKS.