„ UIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXI.—NO. 263. THE EVENING BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVBBT EVENING (Snntara excepted), AT THE NEW BVEEETIN BUILDING, 607 Chestnut street, riillodolphla, l»T Tin EVENING! BULLETIN ABBOCIATION. CASPER 80UDER, j*., . FRANCIS WELLS. The Bulletin is eerred to-iubocrlbere in the . city at 18 cento per week. p»v»ble to the camera. or B 8 per annum. BIARKIJEI>. ' PEROT^BCHHOU«HS. T On the ,11th Instant, atßt, Androw'n Chureh.br the lUabt Rev. Wra. Bacon Stevens. :o.D..EflSn*heni Perot to Mary daughter ol JL Nelson • THL'RLOW—CLARK.—In Baltimore, MIL, on Thnr*. DIED. BAKER.-On Tuesday morning, 11th hub, Amelia R„ daußhhn' of Chsrles end Emma K. Baker, need fourteen “siDD-On fesdsy taersSns, 2th Sari., John B. Uadi, in the 71at year «f Ms sea. The rdaUree and Mend* ef the faintly are Invited to attendtbe funeral, on Thursday, lgthlnßt. at 2 o’clock, from hie late residence, 1317 Spruce street To proceed to the Woodlands . It ELLIS.—On the evening of February 9thi at BnrUhgtonl N. J , EllzabethL., wUe of Dr. Charles Etlhu . 7 herelaUvee andfrlende of the family are rcepectfoily Invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her lrasbsnr. No. llfMaln street, Burlington. N, J., onThnra relict of the late John 8. Lifptncott . The relattvre and. Mend* are invited to attend the funeral, oo Friday, February 14th, at ten Oteloek, from the rwldence of her eon-in-law, Oeo. B. Kerfeot, No, 033 Buttonwood streot. To proceed to Laurel UiU *• ,„l'EaL— OnTnijday. Feb. lUh,att*r a short bnt aevere Illness. Mrs. flira Ncal,wife of. Mr. ffn. Neal, ta the 64th year of her age** The relatives End friend* are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, Fen, IMb, at S o’clock, from the residence of her husband, No. 312 North Firth street. SHOEMAKER.—On Third day night. 11th hut, AmeUa 11., wife of lticbard H. Shoemaker, in the 71th year ot her age. Friende and relatives are Invited to attend the funeral, on Birthday, the 14th hut., at 12 o'clock, non, from the residence or nevhnsbsnd, York Road, corner of Cbelten ham avenue. Cheltenham town*hip, Montgomery county. Interment at AbiuKtnn.. *■ SCARLET Irr.KA CLOTH. WHITE MERLNO ANDDELAINE. KYKB A LANDELL, • . Fourth and Arch streets. BPEOIAL HOTICEB. B®* THE DEDICATION Of THIS BETHANY BABBATH SCHOOL HALL, Twenty-second tnd Shlppen Sts.; - WILL TAKE PLACE On Thursday Evening, Feb. 13tli« The cxei circs commence at 7M o'aloek, and will be con ducted by MajorOencral O. O. HOWARD. Kev. E. B. BEADLE, D. D„ Eev. JNO. CIIAMBEBS, Bev. J. M. CROWELL. D. D., Rev. OEO. J. MWOINB, of New York, >_ . Her. 8, T, LOWBeB, the Factor, GEO. 11.' STLARIf &q. Tickets can be had gratuitously, hy adults only, on ap plication to the following Committee: v CHAB. E. CORNELICR. 881 Chen; street 1 CH AS. E. MORRIS, 6ffi Walnut street f J. H. COYLE, 310 Market street 3 GEO. 11. BROWN.4OSoutIi Fourthstreet :f Or at J. E. GOULD'S Music Store, S3B Chestnut street. & Passenger Can run within one square. fekttrp; MR. CHARLES DICKENS’S FAREWELL READINGS. CONCERT HALL. ■ ■ An Office for the *a!e of RESERVED SEATS Lab been ’opened at CHARLES E. SMITH’S, GENERAL STATIONER. Vo. 109 South third lireet, near Chestnut, Srhere Seats can be procured for either of the two FARE WELL READINGS at TWO DOLLARS each, t.i:; fMtlirp , ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, CORNER OF FKANKFORO ROAD and PaLMER STREET (opposite New York Kensington Depot), in charge of the jjmera of 8t Ifr&neis.. ■ Accident c»»ef received if brought immediately after reception of injnry. , Lying in caaea received at a moderate rate of board. Free medical and surgical advice given on Wednesday rand Saturday Afternoons.between 4 and 6 o’cUl foli-tfrp INSTALLATION OF REV. WILLIAM T. EVA. Pastor of Betbetda Preebyterian Church. Friend all Ip Halt, corner of Norris and Sepvlva stree tf, will take place on WEDNESDAY EVEJTG, Feb. 12, at 7# o’clock JCer. Dr. Allen will preside; Rov. Dr. Shepherd will .preach; Rev. Albert Barnes will give the charge to the j’aetor; Rev. Frank Robbins the charge to the congrega tion. All are invited to this interesting service. The Union Passenger Railway cars pass tho HalL folU-St* rp BALL YOUNG,MEN’S CHRISTIAN ABBGCIA tioo. No. 1210 Chestnut Street. SCIENTIFIC LECTURES. Thursday,* February 13, Dr. W. W. KEEN, "Brain and • Nervous System.’ l illustrated with extensive models and -<li»fn-u>)r. Feb: ulty 20, liev. E. K. BEADLE,D.L)., "Jlol liucod Lffo.',’' ■ , ■ 1 foli2t,rps VST D I c K E N 8 . A FEW CHOICE BEATS AT TWO DOLLARS. C. E. SMITH, 109 South THIKD street. mag- OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AMD NAVIGATION COMPANY. " - " * i.'i Philadelphia, January SO, 1868. , Thu Company u prepared to purchue lta Loan due in is:u, at par. ■ , ■ SOLOMON SHEPHEBD. Treasurer. ■ ■ tlo. 123 South. Second Street.' is3o-t/rp'- o. 8. FOWXEU‘B X>AST DAY Off PHKENO IOfIcdI MamtautHnu uid a4vlco k M to beat bminew. mßf'r HOWARD HOBPytAL. NOS. 1518 AMD ISO) Lombard street Dispensarr Department—Modi* e&l treatment and medicines fumuhedgratoltonilrfco the poor. ■ del7Smg ■ - No. ft!B Jayne atraot Ole Bull—Ufa Troubles in JPeqnayla vanla. After giving an account of Ole Boll’s troubles in connection with bis Norwegian colonialspec ulation in Pennsylvania, in 1863, and the settle ment of thediiheulty, a writer relates-the fol lowing: “A new series of petty persecutions fol lowed. Once a sheriff appeared in the midst of one of his concerts, with authority to seize his violin. Ole Bull assured him that he should have only he would permit him to finish the con-„ cert with .it. No: he had no discretion in the master. This occnrred ln the green room. The occasion is rendered otnerwise notable .by the part borne by-Adelina Patti, then-quito young, who was parUtdpatlng in the concert. She got into a perfect tempest of passion over the insult, thoy blackmanwant ?' length Ole Bull turned to the Sheriff and said: n a manner wMch those who know him can lm lg^e.; .This Is a villainous proceeding. You lad better look out.' sir I ;The people here -trill won take the matter Into their own bandsi If yon lonotdesist. Meanwhile tho door to the room ladbeen fcstenod. The Sheriff begged °F 8 l®t off, and went on Ms wav cjolclng, tote.seen no more. On anotherocca ion an oflfcerentered Ole Boll's room at 2 I’clock at night, where he lay sick of lever. It iad been, sworn to that Oloßnllihad Made his irrangemehts to leave the country at 4 in the norntog, and there was no cholce. bnt that ha oust got op and follow the officer. Ole 8011. too lek to walk, Miidmi#liiailBfllssias When yon are lying on your dying baa, may lod forgive you for this.” The m&n. who proved 1 p be a German, could not resist this ominous I ppeal, and left him, after hnmbly asking his I iardon." EUROPEAN AFFAIRS LETTEH FBOJI P Alt IS. ; fCorreopondcace of fho Philadelphia Evonlng Bulletin.] Pairs, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1868 At lust there is something tie say agaln-V Not, indeed, of a very agreeable nature, for it the repetition again of the old cry of “more money.” M. Magne has at last got his Budget ready, and published the usual report to the Emperor on the state of the finances. That state may be briefly sudlincd np in the two : unpleasant utterances of defldte and a new loan of fonrbnndred and forty millions. But as the report is onjy jnst out, I'shall confine myself for the present to laying the chief items of it before yon, referring appreciation and public opinion upon it for a later occasion. There mb sa nsnal fottrlnidgets Is presence 1866,7, 8 and 9. The floating debt or ancovered oxpehditureto the end of the .first mentioned year is stated at 727,000,000. To this the year 1867 hAs added 189,000,000, making thus a promising deficiency of 916,000,000 to begin the present year with. This last mentioned year was estimated no later than July last, to furnish a snrplns of 124,000,000. Bat, Alas! “new filets” have npset “calculations,” and M. Magne now announces that, like its predecessors, 1868 only helps to swell the ever growing national incubus by another deficiency of 102,000,000, “besides new necessities to be provided for.” I shall not follow M. Magne into the distant re gion s of 1869, into which he plunges, snly to dis port himself In new “calculations,” never pro bably destined to be realized. Suffice it to say that he begins by demanding 187 millions to be' expended on “armament” of all kinds. All those “extraordinary” expenses areto be met, of • course, fay “extraordinary” means; and there fore, as M, Magne says, it is better to “face a Joan resolutely,” and at once. He admits, how ever, as well he may, that a loan is always a “grave measure;” as It certainly Is, in the midst of what is called peace. M. MagHe “thinks!’ that a sum 0f440 millions will suffice; and so it will, probably—until the next Is called for. . He pro poses to raise it by, public subscription, and spread the amount over “at least 20 monthly payments." The abundance of capital, he adds, assures the succeesof this appeal to pnblic credit. The claims of the Mexican bond-holders arc pronounced to be “untenable as a matter of right,” but supportable on “moral considera tions,” the chief of which latter is that ‘‘Mexico paid part of her debt to France ont of these loans.” Tie Emperor “has given orders to examine into the manner and amount of the in- demnity.” Such are ihe chief items of the state ment, of which I shall say more by-and-by, when ihave learned the general effect produced by it. Being on the subject of Budgets, however, it may at once save some of your readers trouble and satisfy their curiosity to have laid before them, by way of comparison, a short epitome of the state of the 'ltalian finances also; The’resdlt of the national balance-Bheet is not encouraging, but the Italians have at least the courage to look their pecuniary difficulties in the face and pub lish them openly before the world. The deficit,, then, of 1866, comprising all previous de ficiencies, amounts to 168.028,000 francs; that of 1867 to 223,946,000; and that of 18S8 to 238,177,000; grand total of financial delinquencies down to the end of the present year, 630,151,000 francs. And now, how is the honeßt and straight-forward bnt inex- perienced M. de Cam bray Digny, late Prefect of Florence, and now Finance Minister, going to set abont to square accounts, or nearly so, in December next? First, the National Bank prom ised a loan of 218,000,000 at the breaking-out of the last war. In addition to this, the same estab lishment advances 100,060,000, on mortgage of ecclesiastical property. Again, the bank is bonnd by its statutes to lend another 30,000,000. lastly, the Government can issue Treasury notes to the extent of 250,000,000. Total pro duce, 658,000,000, or 27,947,000 in excess of the deficiency. Bnt—there is always a “but,” un happily, in these financial matters—a sum of 190,640,000 cannot begot in by the end of 1868. above excess of 27,947,000 be deducted from the latter sum, there remains 162,692,000 f. as the final settlement of the finan cial year 1868.' The estimated deficit of 1869 (for the Italian system, like the French, is fond of looking far ahead) is stated at 246,000,000, and this is to be met in three ways: by the crea tion of new taxes; by, the change of old ones; and by administrative reforms. But I shall .not follow' the minister into, this remote iuturc. Suffice it .to, say, that by. obtaining 7G,000,000 from (he unpopular grist-tax, he hopes to reduce the deficit of 1869 to 78 millions, and to arrive, perhaps, at an equal balance sheet in ten years. For immediate resources, the minister relies upon handing over the right and title of tho Government in ecclesiastical property, to a financial company, which undertakes to make advances on future sales. The minister still esti mates that property at a milliard, and I see by recent ' returns that the sales already made, and which were estimated to produce only 625,386 francs, have in reality produced 1,886,671 francs, or more than double the' above amount. - Wo do not go quite sofaßt ahead in this coun try as in the United States, bnt still we do not re main altogether stationary. Moßt of your read ers probably, and all those who visited the late Exhibition, have heard of theCreuzot Ironworks, at the head of which is M. ’Schneider, President of tho Corps Legislate. The foundry was first established in 1774; bnt in reality remained quite in obscurity until 1837. At that- date, Creuzot was a mere village of a hundred inhabitants. It now boasts a population of 22,500 sonls, and has just, I see, presented a bill to the Legislature) raising It to the rank of chief town of a Canton. For Europe, we consider this “fast, "in the course of thirty years. ' -■ A magnificent, unpublished manuscript of Rochainbeau, containing hisJonrnal,day by day, of all themllltaiy operations of the last year of, the War oflndependense, has jnsl been pur chased here by C. F. Harris, of Providonce, R. I. The volume contains plana of the campaign, of the two camps, French and American, and British, Yorktown, &c., &c, all In splendid con dition. It is a superb acquisition, ■ and quite a national monument in itself.' The intention of Mr.' Harris is, I believe, to publish the manuscript, yiUh/ao similes ot the drawings. The original itself is worthy of a public library. Some .very valuable presents have recently been made to the Imperial Library here. •U. Beanmirller, the well-known Vienna publisher, has presented 4 his entire collection exhibited In the Champ do Mars, amounting to. four hundred and twenty-eight volumes. M. Chauveau, Super intendent of Public Instruction in Lower Canada, has given a collection of French works printed PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1868. at Montreal and Quebec. Mr. Harris, of New York, two works relating to the discovery and history of America, and entitled Notes on Colum bos, and Bibliotheca Americana Velusttssima. Bnt the most curious donation of all, perhaps, if not exactly the most valuable, is n series of copies of fifty-one Chinese inscriptions of the oldest] date, by M. Fontanier, Chancellor and Interpreter to the French Embassy at Pekin. One of these in scriptions dates back to 2,000 years before the Christian era. The ten journals which were prosecuted, for ille .gaT reports of the debates in the Chamber, have ail been found guilty, as anticipated, by the Court of Correctional Police. and eentenced to l,ooof. fine and the expenses. This prosecution is an other of the nsw ever-recurring of the Imperial Government. Even the. imperialist La France , in ah article signed by a gdUator, says that “for the joumais which are condemned; the proseentien is a trifling misfortune; but for the Government, It is a blander.” TUBKJBY. Despatches from the Seat of War in uandla—Ttie united States. Steamer Tlconderoga on the Coast—-Admiral Parroßnt’M Fleet Bxpected In the Archipelago; Constantinople, Feb. 9, byway of London, Feb. 11,1868.—Official advices from the seat of war in Candle, dated on the 26th of January, have been received by the Cabinet of the Forte. The despatches detail the movements of the Imperial troops, and call attention to the fact that the United States war steamer Ticonderega, mounting nine guns, and forming part of an ; American squadron, had arrived on the coast of Crete under special orders received from Admiral Farragut, in command of the American fleet in the European waters. It is also announced and believed in the politi cal circles of Turkey that the remainder of the vessels of the United States flaetumder Admiral Feiragut will leave their present Stations at an early day and sail for the Grecian Archipelago, where they will muster in force N. ¥. herald. OBITUARY. Mir David Brewster* Tlie cable brings ns intelligence of the death of this distinguished British savant on the 10th inst, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Sir David Brewster was bom in Jedburg, Scot land, December 11,1781. He was educated for the Church of Scotland, of which he became li centiate, and in 1800 he received from the Univer sity of Edinburg the honorary degree of A. M. While studying there he enjoyed the intimate lriendshlp oi Robinson, Playfair and Dngald Stewart. In 1808 he undertook the editorship of (he “Edinburg Encyclopedia, which was only finished in 1830. In 1807 he received Uhc honorary degree oi LL. D. from the University of Aberdeen, and. subsequently from Cambridge the degree of A.M., and that of D. C. L; from Oxford. In 1808 he was also elected a Fellow of * the Royal Society of Edinbnrg, and afterwards filled the olfices of Secretarvand Vice President. Between 1801 and 1812 he devoted his attention to the study of. optics and the results were em bodied in a “Treatise on New .Philosophical In struments” in 18i3, when he announced his discovery in : regard to "the polariza tion of light, which was also made by Mains and Arago, From this time his contributions to the Edinburg and London philosophical trans actions contain the record of many brilliant dis coveries in optics In regard to the polarization of light, and also in the absorption of light in pass ingthrough various, media. While writing the article lnstruments” in the “Edin burg Encyclopaedia” he was led by a proposal of Bnffon to suggest the construction of a new illuminating apparatus for to con sist of lens made of zones of glass, to be built up of several circular segments,and thus increase the illuminating power to an “extraordinary de gree. This beautiiul and valuable inven tion was claimed by the French savant Frisnei, and it now bears his name. In 1816 Dr. Brewster invented the kaleidoscope, an instrument which has had immense sales, but which resulted in no pecuniary benefit to the inventor, in consequence of the patent being evaded. In 1819, in conjunction with Professor Jameson, he established the Edinburg Philosophi cal Journal , and subsequently the Edinburg Jour nal of Science. In 1825 the Institute of France elected Dr. Brewster a corresponding member, ■ and he has since received the same honors from royal academies of Rossis, Prussia, Austria, Sweden and Denmark. In 1831 he proposed the meeting at York, out 6f which grew the British Association for the Advancement of Sciences: and in the same year he received the decoration of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order, and the next year the honor of knighthood from King William IV. In 1838 he was appointed Principal of the University of St. Andrew, being the first layman who ever held that office. In 1859 he was unanimously elected Principal of the University of Edinburg. In 1849 he was elected ono of the eight foreign members of the National Institute of France,the distinguished philosopher Arago being the Chairman of the Committee on Selection of Candidates. Sir David received also the-Prussian Orderof Merit, and in 1855 the Emperor Napoleon made him Officer of the Legion of Honor. Sir David has edited and written various works, besides contributing largely to the Edinburg and Quaiterlg Reviews, ; and the transactions of all the prominent scien tific associations in Great Britain. His most popular works are a “Treatise on the Kaleido scope,” a “Treatise on, the Stereoscope,” a “Trea tise on Optics,” “Letters on Natural Magic,” “The Martyrs, of:Science,” “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Isaac Newton,” “More Wonjs, than One,” and others that we have not space to . mention., It is impossible to recall here in our limited space all the facts with which Sir David has enriched the most delicate branches of natu ral philosophy, and the laws, experimental and positive, to which he has reduced these discover ies cannot be expressed except in scientific terms and formulas not generally understood. Hls.de velopment. of Newton’s discovery of the polariza tion of light really Constituted a new branch of science. The result of his researches in this do main’ of science,’ forms, as it were, a mine of scientific wealth from which his contemporaries have; already freely drawn, and which furnishes a rich field for future phil osophers. We also owe to the deceased valuable facts resulting from his researches on the mean temperature of the earth and the deter mination of the isothermal lines. In his exami nation of the mineral world he also discovered two new fluids. Dr. Brewster was not indifferent to the general movement of ideas and to the po litical and social questions that have agitated the world, In religion he adopted the principles of the Independent Free Uhureh.His first wifc-was a daughterof McPherson, translator or author of “Ossianj” and his second wife was a daughter of the late Thomas Prnnell. Sir David Brewster’s death will be lamented wherever science has her votaries. A iavely Tiiue Expected. ‘ According to one Professor Dellsser, a series of celestial ana terrestrial phenomena is at hand. On the night of the 27th of February, in the west ern heavens, there will be a conjunction of tho moon with Jupiter and Venus! and three nights later Jupiter; will pass Venus by only twontr threo seconds of a. degree. . .The result of these' conjunctions and perturbations will he atmo spheric commotion—electrical discharges, heavy gales, high tides, earthquakes, ahdnobody knows ' whaf besides. Moreover, the whole year will be fearful ,for its storms. Inundations, eruptions, qnakingsof the earth; Ac., <fco. ’ Theso are solemn portents. -■ Added to the com motions incident to the Presidential campaign, such material outbursts will make life exciting The newspaper reporters will be in clover.— AT. T. Post. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. A Oerittan Attempts to Murder a Per* vaut tiirl, and commits Suicide. Coroner RoUina commenced an inquest yes terday at the Charles-Street Station House over the remains of Albert Garraguoh, a German, aged 42 years, who committed suicide yesterday morning by cutting his throat in the kitchen of Mr. Henry Strauss, No. 141 West Thirteenth street, after an nnsuccclhfol attempt to mur der Sophia Woelt, a domestic employed there. The circumstances and facts In this singular case are folly narrated In the state ments of thtf twb witnesses examined yesterday: Bophla Woelt stated that she was a chamber maid employed by Mr. Henry Strauss, No. 141 West Thirteenth Street, and had known the de ceased forthe pasttwoyears; she at first sup posed that be was 'a single man, and lived In vSuSI ptiCtlj about wliic iiiOuius ago she went to live with him as housekeeper, with a view to marrying him; he proposed marriage, and when she assented, he declined to marry her; soon after this ■ she discovered-that he was a mar ried mart by opening a letter from his wife; she continued to live with him for five or six months, when she left him and entered service at diflerent places; the deceased followed her and endeavored to persuade her to come back, but she refused; some time ago she informed the deceased that she- was engaged to be married, and he threatened to ehootboth her intended and herself; she then said that if he did not want her to marry the other young man she would g. back to Germany, when he again threatened to shoot her. This morning (Tues day), about C.B# o’clock, deceased came to the honse and quarreled with wit ness about a basket. She told him to go and lire with his wife, when he be came excited. She went Into the cellar toget coal, and he followed her, and, telling her to say her last prayere, fired twice at her with a pistol. Neither of the bullets took effect,’■however, and he attacked her with a razor. During the strag gle which ensned the/deccased fell, and thin wit ness ran away for assistance. When she came back the deceased was lying in the passage be tween the kitchen and front basement, wlth hia throat cut, and death ensned in a few moments. About a week ago he showed the witness a pis tol, and it was the same that he used in endeavor ing to shoot her. Deceased was so intoxicated when he first came to the house that he contd scarcely stand. Catharine Walter, of No. 183 Hester street, testified that she had known deceased for twelve years, and he had not lived with his wife all ot that time; he was at her honse on Monday night, when he gave her two letters which he desired her to keep until Saturday and send them to Germany; It anything happened to him'she was to see about bis funeral; deceased appeared to be quite despondent, and said that when he flrat knew Sophia Woelt he had some money, but as he had spent it all his friends had forsaken him; he threatened to shoot himself, when witness and ber husband dissuaded him from doing so; he left the honse about ten o’clock, and told witness that he had written her a letter which would be fptmd in due time. On the person of tho deceased was found the letter spoken of by the last witness, written in German, in. which he requested her to collect cer tain moneys due him,onu sec his remains decently bnried. The body was subsequently removed to - the ddsd-house. at Bellevue Hospital, where the inquest wlllfce concluded to-d4y.—A T , ■Y. Herald nfto-dau. ’.. . . • Bold Bobbery la Bew York—Ten Thou sand Dollars In Bonds Taken from a Private Residence. Some time ago a gentleman, named D. W. Stidalph, residing at Mount Vernon, Westchester county, purchased $lO,OOO worth of Central Pacific Railroad bonds, numbered 6,027 to 6,063, inclusive, of the-“D" series, and for safe-keeping placed them in on iron safe in a certain room of his house. By some means or other certain persons, whose ideas as to the sacredness of the rule of meum and tuum could not have, been of the most correct order, learned that the bonds were in the safe, in Mr. Stidalph’s house, and re solved on getting possession of them. They went to work on Monday night. The first diffi culty they had to encounter in.the accomplish ment of their design was a watch dog, who had no conscientious scruples about how severely he gnawed at the limbs of strangers whom he found prowling about Mr. Stidalph’s house of nights, and so they gave the animal a good meal of flesh, meat highly seasoned with poison, that finished him. They then entered the house through the ki hen win dow, and from the kitchen they ascended to the room in which the safe was located. Once in ■ the room, itwould appear that they experienced but little difficulty in opening the safe with a key which fitted the lock as if it were the legitimate •; key of the treasure holder. jLter getting pos session of the bonds, $7O in bills, and between $6O and $7O in gold and silver, the burglars went out of the house the way they had entered, no doubt rejoicing, Ur. Stidalph, the unfortunate loser of the bonds, says that he last saw them in the safe on the first day of last month, and that on discover ing yesterday morniDg that his house had been burglariously entered he went into the room in which the safe was and.thtere found evidences of a burglar's doings in the marks of wax, candle grease, matches, and several other articles scat tered about the floor. How the safe was opened he is at a loss to understand,as he himself always carried the key abont his person, and he knew of no person having a duplicate. Strange to say, no person in tho house heard the burglars at work, although several members of the family did not retire on Monday night till eleven o’clock, and two of them had their beds oh 'the same floor on which the safe was located.UMr. Stidalph. called at police headquarters yesterday morning and laid the case ■ before Detective whp was in charge of the detective office at the time of his visit. What the opinions of the de tectives are concerning the robbery it is not ne cessary to state, although they have formed an opinion as to who the robbers might be.— N. Y. Herald. Barm; Failure in Memphis—-Excite ment Among tbe Citizens. [From the Memphis (Tenn.) Poet of Feb. 6th.] Great excitement was produced In the city yesterday by the, suspension of the Gayoso Savings Institution. The bank had been opened ;a t the usual hour In the morning, and business was transacted until noon, when the doors were' closed. The news at once began to spread over tho city, and was at first discredited by many, but persons began to wend their way to the Dank, and soon crowds were gathered in front of the building. The report proved too true.A brief notice on the door announced the fact that the - bank had been, compelled to.closc,, and promised further particulars uj the morning. . • - The Gayoso has been doing a large business among all classes, andpoesesseathe general con fidence of the community. Its average deposits, as stated by its officers last month, am'onttted to $450,000. Its depositors Embraced aU'Masses of tbo corn munlty, ,h'ot only merchants and. business men, but persons of limited means, Who had de posited their little savings in what they deemed a place of safety * . The crowd embraced men and Mid anxiety Uponthe iaCeifof an.** peered in aetbe wifidows of the building os if in the vain hope thqt something might thereby be learned of Hnclr hard-earned -■ savings. Others Stood around, intently listening fo every remark dropped in tbe crowd, and striding to gain some information ip regard to tho affairs ofthe bank, and the prospect of Its. resuming payment The anxiety was gpnem and oppressive, Nothing could bo learned or done, however, and with tha slight hope that the promlsod announcement in the morning might contain something more en couraging, the crowd, after a time, began to dis perse. CRIME. BPOCKUO THACEDVIIVNEW YORK. The suspension caused o ran on the other banks of the. city; but all calls on them wore promptly met. This morning all opened as usual, and tbe alarm, to a great extent subsided. The following card from the cashier of the sns pended bank appeared in the morning papers: To the Creditors of the Gayoio Savings Institu tion : In our past and more recent efforts to re lieve the bnsfness community and commercial interest of Memphis, in times of trial and pecu niary embarrassment, we have been induced, from time to time, to loan largely from bur capital and resources,'using at tbe same time, as we believed, every precaution to loon only upon prompt and reliable securities. Owing, however, to the present depression in trade and business matters generally, and the un usual stringency In money matters, we find it utterly Impossible to realize sufficient upon our business paper, which is duly maturing, or upon any description of assets: In our-possession— either of real estate or discounted paper—to meet ibe urgent demands which are now being pressed upon us. . Under.these circumstances we find it utterly impossible to continue business, and thus the ne cessity is forced upon us, to suspend further pay mentelor the present. Every possible effort that could be made to avert this necessity has been made, bnt withont success. The assets of the Institution, although not im mediately available, for the reasons assigned,it is believed, with proper management, can bo ulti mately realized to a very great extent. E. M. Avebv, Cashier. The American Exchange Bank Defalt . cation. The continuous exposure of banking Officials, who have In moments of temptation criminally used the funds of their respective institutions, begin to seriously alarm the moneyed interests of tbe metropolis, and Its representatives ner vously speculate upon the ends of such embez zlements. They remember with vividness the storms of defalcation that kave swept over the country, and endeavor to form some fitting conclusion as to the cause of such frequent delinquencies. They wonder, too, why the prosecution of these abusers of confi dence, these defaulters, are so seldom carried on, and why a community of interests Bhoald suffer throngh.the laxity of 1 the higher officers of the aggrieved banks In their omission to satisfy the demands of justice. This adds materially to their alarm, and the seeming willingness to effect compromises with tho sureties of the offending parties is an enigma of still more inexplicable character. The latest revelation of this character, where the funds of a prominent banking establishment were surreptiaonsiftSSßiFsfnd used to satisfy an inordinate desire to join the etock speculating bands of Wall street, is that of the American Exchange Bank, noted fully, so far as - allowed to be made public, yesterday. The defaulting person was the assistant cashier, Theodore Vnite, long an officer of the bank, and until this blot W'as.discovered he enjoyed the confidence of his su periors and associates. Having held important' positions outside of the bank, this blow to his friends comes with telling effect,' and to them Is a sad commentary on poof humanity. ■ What little was lc,arned ye6lerday in relation to this defalcation, acknowledged by the bank officers, is that the amount will not exceed $60,000, and that at a meeting-held by, the officers in the morning it is alleged the. matter was fully discussed; but ’the opinion exists .that Vnite is not likely to be prosecuted, as suchtrials assume an annoying phase, afe tedious 'ail'd un satisfactory. Yet it is to be hoped that some ex ample will be made of this class of criminals that will be a warning hereafter, to those in like posi tions who may be similarly tempted New ■ York' Herald. . DISASTERS. FEARFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Strange Catastrophe In the mtoun» tains—A Brakeman Fatally Injured, Four others Hurt, Tnro Hundred and T-cventr.Five Feet of Ifack Torn Up. [[From tho Nuhville (Term.) Union. February 7.] A strange and unaccountable catastrophe oc curred yesterday morning, on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, on the grade of the Cum berland Mountains which descends into the beautiful and wildly picturesque region known as Tantallon. As the regular freight train for Chattanooga: consisting of fifteen cars, heavily laden, was passing over a plecC of trestle-work, the re a? freight car and the caboose began to drag as if some rails of the track had given way, and in a few minutes both were dashed to pieces, alter hnviDg torn up some two hundred and twenty five feet of the road and demolished twenty-five feet of the trestle-work. The conductor, Wm. Jackson, and a brakeman named John Farrell, were on top of the caboose at the time; Tim. Callahan, another brakeman, and a negfo employe wore inside. When the train stopped at the foot of the grade, the four persons wno were on and in the caboose were found among the ruins of the two cars, Farrell terribly injured, Conductor Jackson insensible, with his head badly cut, and some of his ribs ap parently broken, Callahan severely but not seri ously injured, and the negro with a considerably battered skull. The locomotive, tender and thirteen cars kept the track, the two cars being the only ones on. As soon as tho accident was discovered, brake man Martin Callahan, brother of Tim. Callahan, acting upon his own responsibility, and Without stickling for orders from the conductor, ran back about a mile and signaled and stopped the ap proaching passenger train, which would soon have been thundering down the grade and over, the broken track, making a double catastrophe, the consequences of which would have been fear ful. ; The wounded men were conveyed to the depot building, find as soon as possible three snrgcons were summoned. ' The canse of the accident is a mystery, and nothing is left but the conjecture that it must have been Occasioned by a roil breaking from frost. Tbe train was running at only ordinary speed at the time of the occurrence. • CUBA. Stormy Voyage of tbe I'rench Steamer 1 roper atr IceEugenie—French nca> of»war «t l^lutiiilfne-»Rl«t«ri at matansai. by way of Lake City, Fla., Feb. 11, , 1868.—The ‘ French mail steamer Imperatrlce Eugenie has arrived here from Bt. Nazalre after a tempestuous voyage. The captain has come ashoro, and' reports the damage to his vessel as slight. The dates by the Imperatrlce Eugenie are—St Nazalre, January 18; Martinique, Feb ruary 41-Attholattcrplacewerethe war vessels ■ San lajitno, Semlromls, Admiral, Hermlone and Acheron. The mail steamer Florlde arrived at Martinique on the 2d lust.,'and was kept four days in quarantine. Captain-General Lersundi has returned to Ha vana temporarily, Klstori has been creating quito a lurore a tMatanzas. As high as $l6O has . been pald for a box at one performance.: A great many Mexicans have arrived hero front France. by way ofLake City, ll, died a protest againstthe embargo laid on his vessel. This brig has since sailed foe Hamburg. A grand Ball was riven on last Saturday even ing at the Qaalno-Tho ball was Well attended by the elite ofthe American society here. There was quite a larae.number of American young ladles and officers of the United Stateagunboaf Shaw mut This vessel is here awaiting orders. Yes terday a drill and champagne breakfast took place aboard, at which many American ladles were present The Don hashot yet arrived. The Treasury Is calling pensioners whose claims were duo in October, November or December last to present themselves. E L. mntmmN. Poblislißr. PRICE THREE CENTS. ' FACTS A9B MgeilM. —Celeste has been on the stage for fifty yean. —Centre of Gravity—A judgein court— Pimch, —M. Salntc-Beuve is slowly convalescing from, his severe illness. —Albert Pike has been delivering a Masonic address in New Orleans. —Whyisaboy chasings chicken like a col lision at sea? Because he's running a fowl. • 11 —The women’s rights question rage! In Italy. ■ Mrs.Mozzoni is the spokeswoman —Phil. Sheridan denies that he is to be matri menially “swung Off." the horse—has beensoli ftg' —A daughter of Charles iver,the novelisthaa met with eomo success as, a 'mposer. —The Prince Imperial star i first “forcalcnla ■ tlon” In his class of the LycCe Bonaparte. ■ —Miss Kellogg is at Nice, hand In glove win nobs and nobbesses. ' —Why is a : dead-brokospendthrlft like a fire proof safe? Because he’s In an income-bnst-ibla condition. ■ •• —Butchering'the Queen't English At what time of the year ought horse to be eaten aa a substitute for beef? At the Equ.ine~Ox ! I —A New York Judge has decided that cats are ' not property. Query.—What daws do they come nnder? . —On all sides there Is heard a demand for tha enactment of laws to protect the young from the poisonous influence of obscene literature. —Dickens’S manuscript is described as being a terror lb composltors,while Topper’s is said to ha quite otherwise. ; y ' •—A “fast man' about town,” In BuflMo, aged thirteen, has been arrested for getting drunk and whipping bis wife. —Thq Catholle Bishop of Massachusetts refttsea.,. to allow masses to be said for the souls of tha Manchester martyrs. -■ / , —Mr. Jones, a worthy Michigander, met witb ; really an unpleasant accident in his mill: he was sawed in two. ; —Key says that Shakespeare mentions the in vincible George Francis, when he says. “ThslfaV Train again.” - ' —Cashmere is making a raid against witches, slitting their noses and tongues and catting Off ' their ears. • —At a. recent session of the Supreme Court of Vermont, seventeen divorces were granted, and thirty-four rofueed. • ’ —The lee in the gap up the Delaware river is m some places piled up 10 the height iof twelve and fifteen feet; —Carl Schurz claims that be has been tendered and decUneda seatln the North German Parilar : ment. ■ -—Skating is rapidly becoming one of the libe ral arts. They have at Pittaburghwhat is called a “Skatorlal Congress," a phrase possibly invented ’ by one of the ‘‘reportorfal” corps. • ; . —The Mormons are preparing to defend them selves against the , enforcement of the. laws, and are constructing a largo and strong fort near ' Cove Creek. ’• —A flying maebino has been invented by an English lawyer. He has a steam engine fitted with wings, with which' he intends to convey passengers through the air. . ‘ • —The Swisehelm has recovered sixty thousand dollars in real estate',, near Pittsburgh, from her divorced'husband, who made exclusive'claim toit. , , v; ~ ; ■ —The D. B. White who desired a duel with Butler, is a presiding elder In a church of Rich mond, and moreover one of the 1 beat pistol shots in Virginia. . —During the recent visit of the Duke Of Edin burgh to Australia; a woman crushed her child to death In her arms in her excitement to see hla Royal Highness. —The Mayor of Brownsville, Texas, docs not command the respect of all his fellow-citizens. A few mornings since he discovered a brace of dead dogs tied to his door-knob. —There are quarries of stone In the Immediate vicinity of Chicago, composed of carbonate o£ Ume impregnated with bitumen, from which It la supposed that asphaltum pavement, not inferior to that of Paris, can be made. re P° rt ed to be felt in Stuttgardt that the birds In that region will all die front hunger during the winter, and appeals are mads to-the people to prepare for their food all tho fragments heretofore thrown away. —The Nevada Territorial Enterprise Is Informed that the Central Pacific Railroad, abovo the sink of the Humboldt, will run lor fifteen miles through a peat bog, with several miles of peat on each side.. —The railroads everywhere aTe coming down on the sale of indecent publications in the cars, the New York Central, Hudson River and Harlem being among the. latest which have for bidden it. . —Orvil L. Grant, brother of General Grant, is in business In Chicago, and said to bear a strong resemblance to the great Captain of the agA Ha is generally reticent, though communicatlvo enough when the occasion requires, and Is verv ; loud of fast horses. —At Mound City,'lllinois, there are eight moni tors laid tip; and as the care of them is rather a costly and troublesome job, it Is proposed to ex cavate a'fcaaln, at a cobi of $lOO,OOO, In which ■* they may he allowed to rot or rust without fur ther expense. / —The last edition of Lord Derby’s translation of the “Iliad'’ contains a number of - translations from the classic and nurdern poets, as Horace, Catullus and Schiller; which are not np to the standard which he set himself in hla Greek trans lation. j - Rival.petitions are hr circulation in som» parts of Ontario, one signed by ladies chlefiy. against leaning any license to seu liquor, add ths other from the young menithat the restrictions aa to the number of dealers may be removed. So Canada has a war of sexes in prospect, - ' —A new athlete of extraordinary strength has made hla appearance at, the HolbOm Theatre, London. He makes a full awing upon the tra peze, • holding the rope only by his teeth; and hanging by his feet, head downwards, he swings three men, depending ,on the strength of l3s wrists. . —Ananias_ B, Knott has obtained a divorco from his wife in St. Louis on the ground of “ cruel and abusive treatment,” -He was Knott, her husband, and she was Knott, his wife. Now she is not; that Is to say she la not Knott, and ba la dlvo reed, still he Is Knott. Why not?— lf. ’ World, ... —Here is a matrimonial notice from an exchange: , , „ , . Jones — Kaion, —On Tuesday, February 4, Ini . New Orleans; by Rev. Father Kinney, Mr. Peter ’ Jones toMlss Maty Jane 8. Eaton, of Liverpool,. England, and for a number of years a resident or, that city. Professionally a bollor-maker qf strictly temperate habits. —A mammoth ridged sea turtle, soyOn fbeh soveh inches long, nine feet four .Inches, across, and weighing nearly eight hundred pounds, Is on exhibition in Hartford. It was; captured by a „ gentleman off Long Island, in .September, and la tho onlv one of.the kind ever seen In this coun try, It’ls a native of the Antarctic Ocean, and it ; is a matter of wonder how It came to this part of > tho globe. 1 —The following song from H MaterAnser>'m&f interest our classical readers: “Cano carmon slxponso, acorhls plena rye, Malta* aves atras.percoctaa In a pie; Übl plo apertua turn canlt avium grex; Nonne suavis clous hoc locarl ante rex; Fulsset rex tn parlor, multo de nummo tnmens; Regina’in culina, bread andmel consumens; Anellla was In horto, dependens out her clothes, Quum venlt parva cornix demorsacst her uoso.
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