GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXI.—NO. 261. THE evening bulletin PUBLISIIItD KVKBT KVfflfWO’: fßuiidajreexeeptod), AT TBS HEW BCU.ETIS BCIf-DIKO, ‘eOT Cheatimt Street, Philadelphia, Bf THJB ’< EVENING ; BULLETIN: ASSOCIATION, !^iKAiA , iisagigjpfe i agi; cards Httra. Newmt atylea of Weddin* look at sample . ' W. (i. PERKY, Stationer, ■ - 728 Arab itreet. WEDDINGW . Engraved or Stationery. C*U« • .v : "dieiK i: ' v BUDD."On Sunday nKnnta*; Sihhut, Johnß. Budd, Ffan-day *fternoon. the 9th inxtent, JwepUElilntM.ißth«74ui yf»rofbb Me, . The rd*tlywh«i4Xri«#d,«, the temtly «• Invited »-> attend the fnnasL from w* late raridence, Me. 783 8. KecmttlmtiMimrtMt;, the 13th hut., at 3 o’clock. Interment at Ground. _ ■ ■■■: •* iTarSiaN.—On the Bth but. at Rupert • Pa, Almira Jl, wlf* of A. It. Barman, and daughter et the late Conrad C K?frrC<Ol-On the morula* of the 10th butaat Mb. Harriet Keattfn*. relict of the tote Lambert KeattUf, In * h Th» r3See# l lm¥ e, frlond»*#f the funny are {netted to atttMthe funeral. from tmtdenee of her e*nU-l*w, Hubert Lovett, .Jrvsen Wallace itreet on Tbunday * t EUmtJ. Llpplnoott, relict of the fuoenl, on Friday. February 14th, at ten o’clock, from the. revidence offceraon-inJaw, (Ho. B. No. 6SB ‘h , ffir#kte?i“SsST4. s .«i s^ Van Odoon, tot tho 08th year of her age, relict of Matthew V and WttSift funeral, on Wedneaday, jroh. Kth, at 10 A. St, front her late reahtenee. 18U Beach itreet. - ' "“T^^^^BYBBAJhANIIKbL. ■ . Fourth and AKb street*. tVBUUIi BIWIOM MT* THE DEDICATION BETHANF SABBATH SCHOOL HALL, Twenty-second and Shfppen Bts. f WII.L, TiKT, PLACE On Thursday Evening!, Feb. 13th. The exe rebe* commence at 7,4 o’clock, and will be con ducted by ■ ■ Major-General O. O. HOWARD. Iter. E, B. BltaDBE. D. D., ’ Iter. JKO. CHAMBEBB, . HevrJ.M. CROWELL, D. D., Rev. GEO. J. MINQINS. of New York, Eev. 8. T. LOWBIE. the Paetor. GEO. 1L STUART. Eao. Ticket* can he bad *rafultottUy, by odulta only, on ap plication to timf otto win* Committee: CHAB.E.CORNEUW.BM Cherry atreefc OKAS, B. ItOBRIS, OB Walnut street ,J,n.COYLK,S* Market tirtwt teRG. IL 8R0WM.46 Booth Fourth atreet WatJ.E. aocura Mode Store, sea Cheetah atreet. Faamwer Can yon wlthhi one ' feSdirpt i®“ MR CHARLEB DICKENS’S FAREWELL READINGS. CONCERT HALL. An Office (or the tale of RESERVED SEATS haabe«n •ojeneont CHABLES E. SMITH’S, general stationer. .■ + cr«, 109 Sooth Third f tree**- near Cheotont, whsre Sesia eao be procorwl for either of the (wo FABE Dol<UBBeach. feAtlirp * ' " MT PROF. ROBERT E. ROGERS, Of the Unlvmity et Perauylnurb, wJR Lecture b«f are the TEAOHIRB’ IIBIITHTB) At Horticultural Hall, On Tuesday Evening, February lira, BUBJECT: ELECTRICITY. Thl* Letter* will l» brililuitly. and beautifully Illas trsted by novel experiment*, uid b confidently expected to etirnua anythin* heretofore given on thh subject to * rhluSelohl* eudlenco. Forlorn CIIEBTNBTStreet, and st the door. ; ' , f eW“5 . BSr THE CH ARTS '■ OF THE •• ' - '• , UNITED STATES LAW ASSOCIATION AND COLLECTION UNION, Containing thn name of f reliabla. and. ■ r ELMAN &OVEKMAN, Itrp* ,'' ;;;' J v/': 80. HOBTH FIFTH STREET/, IMS- NORMAL INSTITUTE FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL ®* r TEACHERS, nnder the chute t. 7 .the PENNSYL VANIA SABBATH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION., now be in* heldattha TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, CHEBINUr Street, wcet of EUhteenth. ' Tho fotbwln* an the - exertUe* for THIS (Mondxy) EVENING, commenetn* at IX o’clock: . Pnynrnnt.PHbe.'fiftMnviitautee. • Addreue* will be delivered ea the foOowla* euhjeeb: “The Object of* Sunday Behoolhutltuto,” Introduc ioiy Addron, by Rev. G. A. PKLTZ. '-••How to Prepared Lemon." by Rev. J. H. VINCENT. “Book* and Otbor.Holpe to bo need by the Teacher," by ANDREW A. SMITH,Eeq. MATTHEW NEWKIRK. Eeq., will pretile. ; The meetinf* will be continued on TUESDAY, WED NESDAY, and THURSDAY AFTERNOONS and EVEN INGS. the proceeding* of which will he announced tn fu ttnro advertisement*. Iff OFFICE OF THE. lua.raiivFebTliUulßffl. At the Annual Election ht samed lentlemen were duly the enanlng year: yilUant P.jenlui,. JaeonjU Fealmere, DnnitfiL Collier, ~ _ I „ . ■ Jammß.lt _ At a meeting of the Board 1 FJEffika waa reeled lI.j'TROTTEK reappointed felO,m t w,fSt».T. 0. TROTTE AT A HEOTING OF THE PETROUS H-HAS; Iphlladelphis,bold at No. 115 Walnut etreet, on Februatrsttln liavibe undendaned wore, ap pointed a committee to proceed to Washington. and. jointly with committees from New York, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, urge upon Congress the necessity of removing the tax from Refined Petroleum, and also to bare the present mode *1 measuring oil by calliper and rode abol- Jsbed, and wetghlngsubsmnted G, WARDEN. 1 »r_; , w*«? SCOM ' OF REV. WII.UAM T. EVA. K?U ‘ilvfttM ebtrfoitp. tUe Onion cam paw the Halt. felgAt»rp , This Company IP fi. l fL In 18,<Vot par. SO LOMON SHEPHERD. Treasurer. ' JaflO-tfrp Wo. l>b flonth tfqcond street. deHlnd No. 618 Jay no street. Paft (EtKiung' .IWMitt BUCK MOUNTAIN COAL VALNUT STBEET,TniLi letd thin day; thefoUowtn* r elected XHreotora, to eerre I Wm.Henty Trotter, ' BenJ.T, Trodtck. I Geo. J. Blehardeen, 1 UoFtriand. held on >he 10th tn»t, WIL- SadJPinMideßhend THOMAS /Secretary and.Treaeuror. v Secretary and Treaanrar. SPECIAL NOTICES* j/J* BIX.TH WARD, FIFTH DIVISION. TO T>4E REPUBLICAN VOTERS. ( Acrordina to tbcuiuca for tho government of the union Republican Party. (heDiviaiOn Executive Committee and the election officer* will moet to reelater the nnmea of the Republican voters ofthe Fifth Dlvuion, Hlxth Ward, at the OjdJFalstaflHotehcomer of Sixth and Jayne streets, on TUESDAY evenlruj, February 11th, tram four to debt o’clock. T TBDS.O. PARKER,! Executive It* ‘ - » I/lt b’llAltßA, ( Committee. mgg- A SPECIAL.MEETING OFTHE BTOCKHOLD EBSoftIie EAGLE TRANSPORTATION COM PANY, to tokeinto eotMideration the Hauldation of tee fndehtedneaa of the Company, will be held at their Oflice. No. 974 South Third atreet, on MONDAY, 34th but. at U o’clock A. M. ' . , By order of the Board. • • ■ fel»nrw4t’ F. E. PAIGE, Secretary. POST-OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA. PENNAu , • FkiiatrauT lOtlt 1868. ’Malla for'Havana Per steamer Liberty, aaUlng from Baltimore, will close at thla OfllM at 9P. H. TO NIGUT. 16th’ lost, and per steamer Star of the Union, sailbnt from yi, t IS;Wgh A m,p. M, HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1618 AND. 1520 Lombard atreet, Dlapraaary DepartmenL-Medi eal tmalmaai and medicines furnished (ratal tdoilr to tho poer, v ■■ ■ ..■ T ~ > Dr. JT. R. scbeick’i (of Philadelphia.) . Adltoe tD lntpmpento men that Irish 16 qait drinking, and how to become sober, übcFol men. Also, the cause of manv other diseases, and how to prevent them.' If the public only knew tho mild and yet powerfol effects of Schenck’s Mandrake pills In removing fall billons disorders, and would use them according to the directions which accont pany each box. very little other medicine would be required to keep the system in order. Nearly all diseases arc .caused by a disordered or overloaded state ,of the stomach. These pills, nnlike many other purgatives, do not inltate the stomach or constipate the bowels -by frequent use. In the ordinary way of living, almost'every one occasionally overloads or otherwise Imposes upon the stomach. The stomach la a machine to make blood out of food. ’ Now, If the stomach and liver are inactive, digestion stops, and the whole body faecoafps Inwrt and disease. At thls stage Behenck’s-Manflrtke PiHs-should be used freelv; but, as nearly every one is opposed to purgatives, they, neglect themselves, think ing It will wear off or nature wiß cor rect itself. They go on in this way until the liver becomes congested and the stomach so loaded with mucus or' slime that the appetite ceases, and in k-short time they are taken down with some dangerous disease. Sometimes they will take a dose of purgative medicine and physic the etomsch a little, ana they feel relieved tempo rarily. Perhaps the itomach has been partially cleansed but the liver not touched. Now, if they would take Bcbenck’s Mandrake Pills, and physic freely until the liver and stomach were thoroughly cleansed, the appetite would soon come too. - As soon as the stomach is emptied It requires food, aDd it will soon digest without purgatives.' It Is a ereat mistake In people being afraid to physic, fearing it will cause diarrhoea or be too weaken- in diarrbcea It is proper to physic,for that cannot occur lmtoa* a person is billons. To eat a hearty dinner and feeling heavy and drowsy after it, take one Mandrake Pill, It will netjjire any inconvenience, bat help nature throw off the load. If snbject to sick headache, take slx Man drake Fills; where the bowels are costive, skin sallow, tongue coated, depressed spirits, sleepless nights, variable appetite, take Bcbenck’s Beaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills according to direction, followthemupfqra cored before. It to sate to ear that one-third of the grown people axe affected,. In.' the way indlr cated above. Consumption, hemorrhage of the liipgs,' dropsy, - paralysis, gout, rheumatism, typhoid, pneumonia and nearly every Other disease is caused by a bilious derangement of the stomach. Men that are in the habit of drinking too much willfledgreat relief from Scheuck’g■ Mandrake Fills. Howmany men that In their hearts would do anything If they could only quit drinking! They deserve a.great deal more pity than they geL They wish to stop it much more than many would imagine bom the way they go on. It has become a and hard to break off. Many a man feels when ne starts out in the morning that he will never drink soother drop. He meets his old associates and feels so bod that he thinks he will take just one drink; takes half a tumbler full but it does not do much good; it Is a starter; twenty or thirty more finishes up the day. Such want kind talk and judgment They want help, and Schenck’s Mandrake Pills is just the help they require. If a man comes home at night fall of whisky, and would take a large dose of the pills, he could eat some breaklSst and feel more fit (or business, and the taste fo* rum, partially lost for food, has taken its place; and instead of that, if he had not taken the pills, he would have had to take perhaps a dozen drinks to balance his head. If a man wishes to quit drinking he must physic freely every day for a long time. He soon will lose all appetite for drinking. They have been the means of reforming thousands, and will cure almost every one that has a wish to quit, for if a man has a good appetite and the food digests well, he can quit drinking if he wishes. Tbe Dependent and Criminal Pepala fioa of PennaflTanlEU IKTEBRSTIHO STATEMENTS. The report of the Citizens' Association ot Pennsylvania on- the dependent and criminal population of'the State, made to the Legislature, has been received. , The dependent population of the Common* wealth are considered under four distinct divi sions, to wit: First—i Those persons who are supported at public expense in county poor-houses, and by township overseers of the poor, known as “pau pers.". Second—The homeless and wandering popula tion, who move from county to county, and live by petty depredations, andpnbllc begging,known as vagrants. ZAird—The insane, idiotic, deaf mutes, blind and friendless, who are supported by State appro priations In the Institutions erected by State patronage for these several classes. Fourth—Tbs Inmates of the House of Refuge. Paupers In poor-houses, and chargeable to counties, number 14,988, or one in 216 of the population. Cost of malntalnlng4hem, at 29 cents per day each - (the estimate of the Philadelphia Almshouse, the lowest in the State), or *lO6 60 per year; amounts to *1,697,720, or*2 67 for each voter In the State. . The percentage of public poor, who are helpless from age, disease, or other Infirmity; is about 46, leaving 66 who are able to employ themselves In .soffie' occupation that may In part remunerate the counties for their support. Relief given to deserving poor, not residents In poor-houßes. generally termed “outdoor relief," amounts to 9196,876 66, or 32 cents to each voter. The number of second class of poor, de nominated vagrants,Jannot be well ascertained; butfrom returns in hand, the number of meals furnished to sficb,at ihepoor-houeea, is estimated at 361,000, which at’ 16. cents per meal would amount to *64,160, or 9 cents to. each voter.. i . The number of nigbtaHedglngs furnished to traveling poor is 119,096. Add to this the lodgings In Bthtlon-houses in Philadelphia, 16,260, and we have a total of 165,346 nights' lodgings furnished to vagrants. ■ • • ' C : The third class of poor willbe considered under the several divisions bywhlch they are univcr eally recognised. ' 1. Insane-* There ate five, hospitals for insane ’ln Pennsylvania, besides those attached to county ■ houses, to wit: “Pennsylvania Hospital for la- 1 sane," at Philadelphia, a well-known private cof- , potation; “Asylum for PersonsTJeprived of the Use of their Reason," atFrankfoid, helonginr to the Society of Friends: “CUfton HaU ’’ ville, Delaware county, a private Institution cpilr: ducted by Dr. R. A. Given; “Btate Lunatic Hos pital," at Harrisburg, and the “Western Penn- PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEB HUARY 10, 1868. eylvanla Hospital’ for Insane,” at Dixmont; in Allegheny county. , ... The cspaclty for the accommodation of patients In these several institutions la about 1,100. ’ The amounts which have been approx priated by tbe Legislature for ibis class, are as follows: Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, - Incorporated in 1846, 8389,600; Western Penn sylvania Hospital for Insane, incorporated In 1848, 8492,428 60. Total amount of appropriated for Insane, 8882,023 60. * * . ' * OnC class of persons is to be found in perhaps all onr hospitals for insane, who. by common' consent, are unsuitable occupants for such in stitutions, viz., intlriates. The proportion of such cases is not known, but that they occupy places In our State and private Institutions which legitimately belong to, insane patients, Is well known.. . ; '■ As an example of the opinions held by the physicians in charge of such hospitals, we may quote tbe following from one of the most dis tinguisbed.Superintendents of. such institutions in this State: “ To' associate insane persons. with Inebri ates,, I regard m so great an evil that I can teareely 7 Snd' a reasonable . excuse for its, its being tolerated. It Is an evil to both classes, and should be remedied at as early a day as pos sible. Ihave great laltb in the restoration of the. inebriate In an asylum especially constructed and eondneted for his benefit, but I have no hope of his recovery If placed with tbe Insane, and am very certain, that bis association with the latter Is injurious.” How far the Commonwealth is justified in per mitting the places of insane persons tobeoo cupicdby persona who are riot insane, Is a ques tion, which: has not been, determined; but we believe that .the voice of those' who are experienced in the treatment of insanity should be heeded, and also that the opinions of both inebriates,, and insane persona or their friends should be regarded with respect, when they claim that two such distinct forms of disease should not be subjected to treat ment In the same institution. As additional testi mony on this subject, we are permitted to say tbat JDr. B. HL Glven, of Clifton Hall, before men tioned, has publicly announced his intention to recetve no more inebriates In his private asylum for insane, after having tried the commingling of tbe two classes In the same bailding for a num ber of years, and satisfied himself that such asso ciation is unsulted to both classes. The propor tion of insanity attributed tointemperaneelsabout one-third, and the cost of maintaining them per year to each Voter U 6.2 cents. Feeble-minded Children— is but one in stitution for this unfortunate class, and among all. the charities of the State, no one is more de serving of public sympathy and support. An idiot is the lowest type of humanity, amTfn pro portion as one Glass of .society Is removed- fur ther from foe ordinary normal standard than another, Is foe of that class upon the more favored portion, imperative. This institution, chartered in 1863, has re ceived for building Improvements, and main tenance of children, the sqm of. $229,243, Still there are imbeciles in the Commonwealth bearing about foe same proportional number to fo’e population as tbe Insane; while, foe State makes provision for not more than eighty. It is true that foe results of treatment In cases of Idiocy.cannot be compared with those of In sanity, so far as recoveries are concerned; but foe economy to foe State in making ample provision for thefeeble-miuded, is chiefly to be sought far io foe- relief er ftie families .who are thus afflicted, by removing from their midst such help lets ones, and allowing tire-energies -of parents to be directed to useful and productive employ ment, and thus contributing to foe common wealth, whereas without such , removal, there would be a constant blight and burden that would binderprosperity and; development. Intemper: ance of one dr both parents is supposed to be foe cause of one-third of cases of this character, and the cost to each voter df the State for their main tenance Is 3.3 cents per year. Deaf Mutes.— The^Pennsylvania Institution for Deaf and Dnmb, located in Philadelphia, has been doing its quiet work since 1821, and has re ceived from foe State Treasury the sum of $843,- 000, for foe Buppert and instruction of deaf mutes —bcneficiarieß of foe Commonwealth—a majority or whom have been restored to society, and as useful and productive ' citizens, have returned to foe State their share of support for those who have subsequently claimed foe advantages of the Institution. The proportion of deaf-mnteness attributed to intemperance is not generally estimated; bat foe scrofulous and other forms of constitutional in firm ity, to which this calamity is attributable, In most coses may be fairly charged to the use of Intoxicants in not less than one-third the cases; and foe cost of maintaining this class to each voter is 5.8 cents. Blind.— To liVa in the world and. not see it is a sad calamity, but to be able to learn, without sight, what is around us and to know how to ap preciate to a large -extent foe enjoyments that others possess, is a great blessing-that foe State has bestowed upon her sightless children by the establishment of the “Pennsylvania Institni tion for foe Instruction of foe Blind,” located nt Philadelphia. The money appropriated to this Institution since its orgauza&cs tin 1833, for support, building, &c„ amounts to $484,450; and a good practical ednea llon, musical and-literary, with foe enjoyment of moral and social culture, and honorable and self-sußtainiug employment in mechanic arts, have been given to nearly all the 610 inmates of foe Institution, who would otherwise have remained in their sad and hopeless condition,a burden upon their families or foe community. Blindness is foe resnlt,ln cengenltal cases, of foe same general causes that are assigned to deaf-mnteness, and shorn foe same proportion of such cases owe their Infirmity to an Intemperate parentage. The annual cost of the blind to each voter is 5.0 cents. Friendleta Children -There is but one institu tion foy this does receiving annual State* ap propriations, foe “Northern Home for Friendless Children,” located In Philadel phia, -having a capacity for two hun dred inmates. This institution was incor porated in 1864, and has received from foe State $50,000. . . Bouses of Refuge. —The two reformatories for children, known as Houbcb of Refuge, have made their mark upon the public mind in each a way as to have become parts of the established ma chinery of foe State for restoring neglected and vagrant youth from foe ipafos or vice. , The testimony of those Interested In foe care of this class Is that one-half of foe whole number are returned to society as useful anfi honorable citi zens. . For this' reason foe State. cannot bat re view foe expenditure it has made for these instl tntlons wtfoan honest pride. The two Houses of Refuge have receivea from tho public treasury ■ for building, maintenance of ; inmates, &c., foe sum of $783,760, for which have been returned 616 useful citizens' from foe Western Refuge alone [no return has been received from foe Honse of Refuge at Philadelphia [while they stUl have foe buildiDgs and appliances for continuing the same processes of redemption and reforma tion for many years'to come. Intemperance of parents Is a prolific source- of delinquency in childhood, ana itwlll be safe to attribnte two foirdß of sqeh-cases to thls caose. The . cost of maintaining them Is 7.1 cents to each voter. ' V CRIMINALS. The' estimated population of "county jails is 8.447; of penitentiaries, 669. ' Total population ot State and county prisons, 9,116, or one in 402 pf the population, i ' : The average cost fbr.the maintenanceof these prisoners Is 44 cents each;' per day, a total per. ; day of $4,011 04, :OT $1,4W.029 60. per year, or to each voter in the State $2 46., Cause*, not be doabted that two-thirds ofthe panperlsm'Mld’crime,:of thbState are. justly attributed to intemperance, slid It Is stated by authorities - {that one - third,, of- the dependent classes; ife .die., are to tie traced'to the same cAtisei If vve.apply fob rule to foe figorea before us, wehqve the ag gregate cost Of malntHnlng paupers and prison ers whose condition Is due to intemperance $2,- v ■ OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. 204,244 per year, and the aggregate cost for main l raining insane, idiotic and other dependent per sons Iron! the same cause. $65,666 66. " These are startUmr facts which deserve candid thought,iand should"be taken into account by legislators, and all persons who have an interest in .public, morale, and in foe economy of onr Stale affnire. * .* , * > : * Pennsylvania has a proud record to bequeath to future generations, in her generous bestow nient of charities to her helpless citizens, and to her public school-children; but she has yet to make her record in foe 1 direction of curing and preventing - intemperance. It Is, therefore, respectfully submitted to your honorable bodies,that this evil,-as it exists among us, very frequently takes the form ef a disease, and should be treated as such.’ It to a terrible in heritance which.' has come down to as from foe past. ; Even children exhibit a taste for intoxi cants, which is tho bcglnning of lifetime suffering and shame, and no means are Instituted to euro foe malady. ■ ‘ Good men unite in temperance societies and pledge themselves to total abstinence, and who ever abstains totally witi never become s drunk ard. But foe great multitude of men do not affiliate, with such societies,—foe great multi tude who feel they have not strength to—keep the pledge, •If they r take it, and Whose very sense of honor keeps them from doing so; .these men need- sympathy and aid, that they may be kept from tbe com mission of crime, in foe daily &ar of which they live, and yet foe Btate affords them no ‘means of rellef; ana they stand to-day on foe thresholds of tens of thousands of homes in fob Common wealth, between -afflicted families within, and jaffa and poor-houses, or public shame without, whilo they struggle with themselves, and pray for a place of refuge where they may find whole some restraint, and bo cheered with foe hope of winning back again foe love that weeps in foe family, and the respectability and honor that they have forfeited in society. The officers df the Citizens’ Association are: President —Joseph Parrish,- M. D. Vice Presidents—John M. Maria and Henry Lewis. . Secretary —Joshua M. Woolston. Director*—John A. Wright, Bamuel Parrish, George Mllllken.T.T. TaakerjJr., Thomas A. Scott, Matthew Baird. Francis West, M. D. • Treaeury —Provident Llfe and Treat Company. MUSICAL. Carl Woifsoiin’s Fourth Beethoven* Ma- TtctßE will take place on Friday afternoon, when he will be assisted by Mrs. Behrens. The Sonatas to be performed are opns 14, No. 1, in E major; opns 31, No. 1, in G major; opns SO (Bpring Sonata), in E minor. The first-named Sonata is a short one having only eleven pages in Moschelcs’ edition, and, although criticized as containing much Inat b common-place, b recognized aa possessing some beautilru and delicious passages. As, for Instance, foe phrase in minims in the first allegro, has been compared to foe song of the first lark in 1 spring-tune as-she joyously rises toward heaven when a beautiful bright day has made the heart -glad by its sunshine, so pleasant after foe" rigors of a hard winter which' -is passing . away. This Sonata has also been said to resemble one of Van Dyck’s grand ladles, whose fade b fresh and rosy as her carriage b austere and grandiose. The passage in semiquavers, ascending by thirds at the fifth measure of the allegro. b 1 a graceless and un grateful one ;J and wonld require' able, quairtett playera to give * Smooth and even effect to It; be udesitba mere filling up, and b found else where In Beethoven's ana Mozart's works. . The allegretto laments in E minor, and hope comes; not to lb relief till foe entrance of the Trio in C major. The third and' last movement, Rondo, allegro commodo, presents bnt little interest, and Beethoven docs not appear in person tin at foe second phrase in minims, which is as beautiful as the remainder is vulgar, a thing happening so rarely -in fob master’s works that there is a slight malicious pleasure in dwelling upon It This opus consists of two sonatas, dedicated to foe Baroness de Braun, which have been spoken of by Schindler In some detail, wherein he finds in them an exposition of two opposing .princi ples; foe euppucatory and foe recalcitrant. But they are generally conceded to lack breadth and elevation of style. The sonata opns 31, No. 1, b one bf a set of three dedicated to foe Countess Browne. The first allegro Is in two-four time, a rhythm re served by the.old school for finales, rondos as they said then. There exists a single sonata, by Mozart, not one by Clement!, Dussck, Hummel, Mendelssohn, or Weber, In which foe first allegro is in two-four time. As foe allegro opns 28 (Re major) is calm, this is rude, capricious, ab rupt and repellant; it is a journey over some rough mountain roads.' The adagio-in Do major (nine-eight time) is an image of foe infinite, and gives evidence of foe grand style which we have previously met In opus 22. The first fonr measures present the harmonic progression and melodic phrase ot tho soug of Uriel In foe second part of foe Creation by Haydn, and fob circumstance lends an addi tional interest. Tho ehronffatlc scales and trilb which ofnpßient some notes of foe melody which recall foe air of Uriel are like bee fallen from the bund of a fairy. Haydn's air b and remains the Song.of UricVbnt what do..these f?nr measures not become nnder foe hand of -Th emotive b transferred to foe'bass with inimit able effect, set off most gracefully by the light, airy ornamentation of the higher part. Tbbadagio grazloso baa fresh as foe balmy breeze in Bnmmer that comes, from foe sea, and never flags In interest from foe first to foe lost note. It should be pbyed In a calm; even move ment, and bso fnli of grace and sweetness as to remind the hearer of foe flowing melodies of Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi The Rondo in common time allegretto is a gay dance; there b a vague affinity bweenfob Rondo and that of opns 28„wbich cannot fall to ihtercst one lq,a composer like Beethoven. . The Sonata opus 90 wob dedicated to Count Lichnowski, and is composed of two move ments.-The first paints the passion which the Count felt for an actress, and the objections which weighed. against desire to marry her; the second the happiness which ho found in the union. Beethoven at first said nothing to his friend, but the Count having [believed that he recognised a programme In the Sonata, was told by the com poser that he had recounted In it the history of the love'of the Count, and that the first move ment might be called “contest between head and heart;” the 'Becond, “conversation with ’the beloved one/’ The persons to whom this Sonata was addressed, are not more; their recollection , survives them In this epithalamlum'for the plauo, on the wings of this hymn of happiness to which) Beethoven,gave no other title than these words: nicht zu geschwind and sehr eingbar vorzu tragen; for It! was at this period that; in an excess of German purism, he abandoned tbo Italian technical words which were conven tional and adepted by the whole civilized world, to whlobhe however returned again in a tew years afterwards. This departure from old Italian landmarks was deeply regretted and criticised by Moscheles, who, although loving the great master with all the depth of an- earnest nature, In his new splendid edition of the Sonatas of Beethoven, restored:the proper and definite terms which nad been used by the great men of Italy and the other shining lights of art in .other portions of the. World. This Bonata. -Is a fresh improvisation, is not trammeled with the forms of former times, and la not divided as a Bermon In so many points and application)}. Some persona will say: “If it is not a Sonata what is It?" To these Beethoven has gained the jgfct tossy, “It Is L” Without wisiung'to-exaggerate the-worth of this tittle work, we conn it out think that Itdlstaneesthe most admired ' fJhls Sonatas by the.might of the Invention .of t! e eecbnd movement, and by the superior mam er In which the programme I* treated, ’ This l sautiful composition is sometimes known as the fpHng Sonata- 4 The Granh Duchess.— To-morrow evening Offenbach’s comic opera Tbe Grand Duchess of Geralstein will bo produced at the Academy of Music by Mr. Bateman’s French Opera Company. It is rather injudicious to attempt to eulogize u performance before it takes place, but the extra ordinary popularity which this company has ac quired, in the opera, and the warmth of the praise received by them in other cities, are suffi cient assurance- that the entertainment is of the highest class. Of the operaltself a very careful critic writes in these terms: “Like any other burlesque, opera bouJFe might easily be carried too for, not only for American propriety—-whichls not altogether unlike a ve neer and chips off at a touch sometimes—but for propriety in the abstract, and we doubt not that in Paris It often skims dangerously near the verge of double entendre and license. But “The Grand Duchess” does not so; that, satirizes characters which are. as wemighteay, historical types, and although' its humor reaches the smallest : hlslrlo nic and musical detail, yet it aims at generalities, andJhfls no need of local aUuaioaf, “timely" bits, or 1 present jests. . The - untraveied American who hss cot had opportunities for notiiis tim rious but silly tnanauvres of petty sovereignties aping empires, the caprices Of .‘high-mighti nesses,’ and the pomp of plenipotentiary envoys, will lose something or the lull flavor of thi&onara. But wo have all seen enough of the parade of would-be heroes, and of the ‘foes and feathers' of even real warriors, of the glory of staff-office'h, as well as of the flrtations of marriageable and desirable damsels and the expedients of their alternately hopeful and hopeless lovers, t* find fait inspiration for hearty mirth and bigh good humor. And every one who has a Using for capital music will also find food for his delecta tion. Nothing deep, nothing heavy, nothing Germaneeque or grandiose, but all light, fresh, appropriate, original, alive with a purpose, and thoroughly genuine.” Tickets are'lor sale at Gould’s piano store. Carl. Behtz’s Orchestra Matinte on next Thur sday, 1b to be graced by the performance of, a Mo zart Piano Concerto, by Mr. Thunder and orches tra. These beautiful compositions are rarely given in public and there Is an historical as well as musical interest attached to them: The famouß Rienzi Overture, by Wagner, will also be per formed. SPICY CORRESPOHDEACE. Pennsylvania and the Rothschilds— . Mr. Belmont and the Pennsylvania Treasurer.., The following correspondence explains itself: To the Treasurer of the Slate of Pennsylvania: — We have received from Messrs. N. M. Rothschilds & Sons, London, *190,886 10 Pennsylvania State 6 per cent, stock, which we sent to Philadelphia for redemption, to be followed in a few days by h further lot of *lOO,OOO. Besides these, Messrs.. Rothschild hold abont - *200,000 more of styck already overdue and becoming due thls year. These gentlemen again complain of the In justice of the action pf the .State of" Penn sylvania' in forcing its creditors to accept payment In a depreciated currency, and have instructed ns to receive payment only under protest as heretofore. They would, however,: prefer to hold the stock if an arrangement could be made with your State for a continuation of the loan, and will only accept payment now if compelled to'do so by a discontinuance of the interest We have written, to the Farmers’and Mechanics’ National. Bank of Philadelphia ato Confer, with yon on this subject before accepting payment, and we beg yon will give thhv matter yonr serious consideration,..ana let as know whether an extension as desired by Messrs: Rothschild is possible. Hoping soon to hear from von, we remain respectfully youre, " Auo. Belmont & Co. New York, Jan. 28,1868. Messrs. Avgust Belmont $ Co Gestlemex: In reply to your note of the j!Bth, I beg to say that no arrangement can be made by which the Messrs. Rothschild can retain the old loan (now overdue) and continue to draw interest on Ik Yon state that should no arrangement be made, you will be compelled to accept payment under protest. To this we' have not the slightest ob jection. Yonr .complaints abont the in justice of our - not paying yon In gold may eeeizt just to yon, bnt to us they seem ridiculous. I have no doubt Messrs. August Belmont & Co. had many liabilities out, when the legal-tender act was passed, which became due after gold had risen to a premium of 80. I have not yet heard of their conscience compelling them to pav in gold, instead of the legal-tender. We are willing to give you the pound of flesh, but not one drop of Christian blood. Respectfully W. H. Kemule, State Treasurer. Habbibburg, Jan. 30,1868. Sir: I have’to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 30th ultimo, addressed to my house, in reply to our apolication on behalf of Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons of Loudon, whd had In structed tis to receive payment of the Pennsyl vania State Stock now due, under protest.ln case the State should not pay the principal la cola, and in case no arrangement coala be made having in view a continuation of the interest and an ex tension of tho time of redemption of the capi tal. Messrs. Rothschild act in this matte: as trustees of the holders of the debentures of the late United States Bank of Pennsylvania, resid ing in England and on the Continent of Europe. You seera so well acquainted with the_ financial transactions of States and Individuals that "you must know that by these debentures hundreds of widows and orphans have been reduced to beg gary. Messrs. Rothschild, in trying to save for their constituents all they can ont of the wreck, have made through my bouse an application, which they as well os I deem just and equitable, and this application was made in a cour teous and respectful manner. In so doing Messrs. Rothschild have evinced a new proof, If any was wanted, of their strict and honorable appreciation of the obligations assumed by them ns trustees lor the innocent holders .of the most disastrous security ever negotiated by their house, a negotiation based principally upon the faith of the State of Pennsylvania and Its great banking institution. - Yonr reference to the liabilities of my house, contracted In coin and assumed by you to have been paid In currency, is os Impertinent as It Is untrue in point of fact. August Belmont & Co. have .never declined to meet any demand for the payment in coin of any liability contracted by them In coin, before or since the legal tender act. If they had adopted-the course* toward their creditors which yon propose to take on behalf of the. State of Pennsylvania toward her Unfortunate creditors represented by the Messrs. Rothschild, there might have been some excuse for the lack of courtesy which you have exhibited in your letter to them. In conclusion, I take this opportunity to express my regret that the State or Pennsylvania should have for its 'Treasurer a person who could so far disgrace thu State be assumes to represent and forget the dig nity ol the office he holds, as to reply to a civil business communication in a manner which must raise the blush of shame on the cheek of every citizen of that great and honored State. lam your obedient servant, August Belmokx. Willum Kemble, Esq.. State Treasurer of the 8 tato ofPennsylvania, Harrisburg. New fork, Feb. 4,1868. Manton Marble was called upon at the free trade dinner given Mr. Bryant - In: No w York, the other day, fora speech. Ho said: “Whether or not the organ of speech be stiuatod.behlnd. the baggy eyelid, as the phrenologists, I believe,- say IttsTor whetherlt be si matedin the left anterior lode of the cerebrum, as Dr. Hammond teils us It is,r it tSientirely certain that I‘ ataanirtiiril spha siac-r-wthleh word, if yomwill .turn Jtoyour dic- and 'get the best,'you will see it rie flucd byvutb Webster of some future period thus: ‘AMq»o>--ananlmal which has nottbefisoulty of talking while balanced on bl« hind legs.’" , —There are five Utoußknd students oi music in Boston. * > * , • 1 f. p mmt PRICE THREE CENT& FACTS A«V FANCIER. —The following • new; poem hf Tcdtiyson W published in the lust number at Every Saturday : WAGCM. Glory of warrior, glory of oratoryglory ofsong; Paid with a voice that will pans t» he tyst In cu* * endless Bca— " Glory of Virtue, to fight, toafnig<Vtarlgitt the wrong—• Nay, but sheaim'd' not at glory, tM lover 64 glory she: ' i Give her the going on, and star , The wageaof Bin i» death: if the wages of Vlrttiei ■ bedCftt! WonW she have heart to endhre for the Mfeofl the worm and.the fly ? ■ , t She desires ho isles of 'the bleat, no quiet seat* ofttejnst, To rest in a goldetr grove, or to-baak la a em** . . mer eky:« : Give her the,wages of going on; anti not to diet.. Ar.nKD'Tioßnrsos, -*juß7ora ABjnrr;iSMim|»CD» —Dickens is 58 years old. —There are forty-one theatres in-Parte. ; +ltla not singular that the pianist Topp should have each a strong proeMvity foreword*. —The pianist Topp Is the principal' topic of conversation in mnsfcal circles In New YoriL . —Mias Adelaide Topp is'Said fa> be a tlp-lOp player upon the piano. —Bismarck abstains front church-going on ac count of his health. —Where' did Mils T&pp, .the planted begin her musical career? Why, Topp would nator ally begin to httra: —Thb manner in which Miss Topp tackles her instrument leads'us to beUeveithatshe'-has a goo 4 deal of piano-fortetnde. n- / < . > —Helen Western is playing in Buffalo, and » critic says “she is immense,” which- is a physical fact, but a histrionic heresy. —Fashionable circles relate that Senator Har lan’s daughter is Very soon to be married to .Ro bert-Lincoln, the late President's son. —A msn in Chesterfield, N. H., weighs 10* lbs., hie wife 300, one of his two daughters 20fe and the other 209 lbs. —lt is estimated by a statistical writer, that a girl of to-day costs four times as much per pound as one cost thirty years ago. , , . t / —A brick school-honse, costing seventy thoo sand dollars,was dedicated at Lawrence, on Wed nesday, with interesting exercises. —“ Skedaddle,” the horse which John Morgan rode, has been bought by. a Kentuckian for #3,000. . < —“Mephilipenotrasceomomento” la the name given, to a new musical instrument, on the other eide of the Atlantic. —A duel Was fought between- Italian Deputies Nicotera and Assent!. Nlcotera received a dan gerous wound in the head, which has brought pn congestion of the brain. - Sr-A Maine paper says tijat the milkmen of that tate complain bitterly- of the drought. The milkmen here have plenty of water andaae.it freely. ■ —A dog and pig fight is announced in Brook lyn- The dog weighs 30 pounds and thepig S* jjounds. The pig- will probably rue-it hog and —Ata public houie in. DfevonshirCt..England, the landlord has it painted uponfeldetUs door— .“Goodbeer sold here, but don’t take my word lor it.” —Tbe Cincinnati Gazelle says business in that city is prostrated, and hundreds and thousands of persons, representing nearly’every branch at business and labor, are out of employment. , —Thirty years ago there was bat one homoeo pathic- physician in New England,- now there are over two hundred and fifty la Massachsetba, alone. . , —A widower, accompanied by bis six dhUdraa, *■ and a widow, with a similar “following," walked six miles in Virginia to be married. The knot was tied, and at last accounts the little family of fourteen were living happily under one roof. —A great excitement has been chased in Turkey by the fact that the Sultan has gone ont to dinner with a subject, a mark of condescen sion which is utterly at variance with all the traditions of the Moslem faith. —Mr. John David Macbride,. the principal of Mugdalen Hall, Oxford, has jost died, in the hlne tiein year of his age. He graduated in 1799, and was a crack scholar, but his scholarship was and continued that of the eighteenth century. —A man named Morrill, with several aliases, hailing from Orford, N. Hi, has been arrested for imitating the example of the Mormon prophet to the extent of having, three or four firing wives. Very immoral Morrill It seems to us. —The recent cold weather in New Orleans has hilled the bananas, turning the. fruit from a brilliant green to black. Each banana was frozen through, and resembled a solid piece ot black marble. ■ 1 —•The captain of a ferry boat on a Western river wae asked by a frightened lady passengep “if people wore ever lost by these boats?"- He : gave the encouraging reply, “Not often, ma'am; we generally find them afterward by dragging the river." t - —The New Orleans Crescent says there is an old mnlatto woman ■in thoErench part of that city who has no|left her house for SO years; She lives alone and admits no, company. She has some children outside who supply her with food through a hole in the gate. —A Western paper advertises thus . “Bun Away.—A hired man trained: John; ha hose turned np flvefeet eight inches high, and had on a pair of corduroy pants much worn." ■ How that nose must have looked dressed up in corduroy pants i ■ ' R— Fifty-one persona were commlttedto prison, in the course of two days, by a London aider man, for begging In the streets. Many of them were in S eem condition; some of them almost naked. One man died of starvation within a day or so after his committal to hard labor. —The Macon Telegraph says: “ Jacob Thomp son, one of the distinguished American rebels, recently received a remittance of tdO.QOO ln gold —the proceeds of a sale of his landa lsing along the Mississippi river. Before the war he was the richest man in Mississippi—hi? wealth befog over one million dollars." —A lady recently advertised in an exchange that she wanted a’ “gentleman forbreakfast and tea,!’ while another, in the same journal, asks for “a husband having a Roman nose strong re ligious tendencies, uvA a third party seekafo re cover “a lost wallet belonging to a gentleman made of calf skin.” —Matrimonfol advertisements have their pecu liarities. A down-eaater advertises his wife thus: Qn the sixteenth of July, on the night of Monday, Eloped from' her husband, the wife of John Grandy; - , . His grief for her absence each day growing ShouJjLany one find her, he begs them to~-keep her. ■ . - ■ /. —A Western showman thus placards bis ca riosities: * - ’ • y ' A BAITBI. SNAIOK TOO BB SHpTO f the history of thls snsickls as foUeraj - He was kecht on lung mountfog by a poore man With a large Eaurausy befog ticks per oaM, and Wenemus. he Is now In A bocks and cant Hurt Wicb is mutch Betterthsnto he runnin Wifi' . cause he cant went toete nothin. sdmitsnco U ■sick > '•'< V*"' ‘ Pints For them what plees To pay It end titrip* pentfl.for " ... _V' < them wh&t Dont. a liberal reduckskta ItorEs**, molees* _ for more perbcklers pleas toecawloijQld Dick. * ‘
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