GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXI.—NO. 261.
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ducted by ■ ■
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Iter. E, B. BltaDBE. D. D., ’
Iter. JKO. CHAMBEBB, .
HevrJ.M. CROWELL, D. D.,
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On Tuesday Evening, February lira,
BUBJECT:
ELECTRICITY.
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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-
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OF REV. WII.UAM T. EVA.
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Onion cam paw the Halt. felgAt»rp
, This Company IP fi. l fL
In 18,<Vot par. SO LOMON SHEPHERD. Treasurer. '
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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
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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. * ‘