MUSICAL. La Grande Ducukssk pkGkrolstein—Offen bach’s comic opera,'Lu duoed at the Academy of Musiß l&st evening t j opera* we* be«F'with a stopband impwSbte plot tf nhiCphicall? as we may, lor the Bake ot the rnnslc- but In !m Luchesse the story is bo clever, so p.M ot’brilliant wit and genuine humor;so over ioWwlth jollity and rah, qndltscharacters de eDltc iheir grotesque exaggeration, are so faithful ?o he persons of whom they are the types, that it would acquire Immense pot ularlty merely as a drama, without a note of the music that belongs text was written by Frenchmen; who pro bably "did not dream of satirizing American manners, politics, or military mcn nnd vet It s difficult to free the mind from the Idea that ?.puok” and “Paul" and “Bonm” are not in tended ns representatives—and not exaggerated °nC:s\ cither—of prominent Americans. Of course this is not the case, but the fact of the resemblance only serves to show that the absurdities and weaknesses of humanity tako nearly Aim same shape, whether In France, the little Duchy, or th» c-reat. free. United States. Here 16 the story. La Grande bnekesse is a pretty little loss in her feens who has but lately come Into possession of her ® authority, and It is during her reign over her mighty territory of a few hundred acres that the™vents of the drama ocenr. “Prince Paul” is the heir apparent, to a government of eoual importance, and ho is now upon a visit to the Duchy, bent upon contracting a matrimonial alliance with "La LuchesseJ' “Paul” iß.qnite Im bedlo enough to stand at the foot of the class at the school for feeble-minded children, so La Luchesse judiciously thinks she wlil look around a litOe while before says “yes.” • , , “Baron Puck” isu glorious old specimen of a diplomat, upon the Seward model. If he has not takeh.a fewlessona at our State Department, he is certainly Inspired. Instead, however, of having, like Seward.lo keep hlsgovermentsober and decent, his 'etthple dnty ls to keep her flym falling in love, fine has grown tired of doll babies and sweethearts, and she craves some now excitement. To amuse her the “Baron," with Napoleonic recklessness decides to have a war. "La Grand Luchesse," filled with martial ardor, visits the camp where her vast army of one regi ment is drawn up In, line. She sees- private “Fritz” in the ranks, and, despite all the precau tions of the “Bonm," she falls in love with him instantly. “Fuck” expresses his anxiety by vio lently brandishing nis umbrella; “General Bonm,’’who Is alrtady“Fritz’e" rival for the love of the peasant girl “Wanda,” fairly explodes with rage: “Prince Paul” gradually comprehends the situation and mildly imprecates about it. But “La Duchcsse" Is perfectly serenei first she makes “Fritz” a corporal, then a sergeant, and, in short* runs him Up tho scale until he raches the rank of general, with all the graceful facility with which wo used to moke generals out of no bodies during the late war. , , “Fritz”’takes It all good humoredly, poking fun at the furious “Bourn." Then La Luchesse desires “Bourn” to explain his plan for the cam paign. The Generals forte Is strategy. He is a very McClellan In Intricate combinations. He explains his design. It is todivide his army Into three paris; then he will march by three separate roads and concentrate upon a certain point; Where on earth that certain point Is, or what he will do when he gets there, he has not the re motest Idea. “Fritz” laughs at the plan and says it’s all bosh. If he had command, he would just march tho army along in a bunch until he met the enemy, and then he Would go in and win like any other fellow, if he could. “La Luchesse ” is delighted, and she deposes the strategic “Bonm” and gives “Fritz” his office. Then the army gets ready, “Fritz” goes to “La Luchesse"’ to say good-by, and She gives him the seered sabre of her pa—Le sabre demon pere which he sweaTß to wield valiantly. In the next act “Fritz”has returned and,covered with glory, recounts his trlnmphs. He met the enemy and they were his. His mancouvra3 were simple, he madothcmail drank and they polished ©n the field cl bottles': “Bonm,” “Puck” and “Paul" are frenzied with rage, and combine to effect his destruction, but “La LacAesje" is de lighted, and after dismissing her court makes love to him In a style that would be warrantable only upon the supposition that it was leap year, or that she had read in Victoria’s book, of the Queen’s doing likewise. But “Fritz” dees not take. He loves “Wanda” and his heart Is closed to any other woman, although Bhe sane so sweet a little song as the IJites lui of “La Luchesse." The obtuseness of “Fritz” would make him unpopular with every woman present,- were it not for his fidelity to “Wanda.” “La Dnchesse’.’ dismisses him in despair, and assigns him to the Wing of the place. Here he brings his brldo, and “La Duchesse” hearing of this, finds her love suddenly turned to hate, and she joins the conspirators. “Bonm,” “Pack” and “Paul" have “kept the pot a boiling” mean time, and all is ready for “Fritz’s” distraction, and it seems extremely likely that the valiant warrior will come to grief, The act closes with a wild half mad dance, that comes os near the can-can os is tolerable in America. The next episode is a broad burlesque upon our habit of serenading great generals and boring them to make speeches. “Fritz" is in his apart ments billing and cooing with “Wanda." Music is heard outside, and going to the window he makes a speech. Then there is a similar inter ruption; and again, just as he begins to make himself comfortable, in rush the conspirators headed by the implacabio “Bourn,” who Informs “Fritz" that the enemy are at a- certain point, where, in reality; an indignant husband waits to chastise “Bourn.” “Fritz" falls into the trap, buckles on “the sabre of her pa,” and goes out to meet the foe, while the conspirators enjoy a hearty laugh at his expense. The scene changes to the camp. The little ‘ ']>uchue'e” offers her irrepressible affections and her honorß . to “Baron Grog,” "Prince Paul's' 1 right hand man, but recalls them with disgust when she learns that he is married ' and has four chil dren. Finally, finding she can get nobody else, she surrenders herself to “Paul,” who smiles feebly, when in rushes “Fritz,” with his hat smashed, his clothes disordered, and lr. satyre de monpere twisted into a corkscrew. The husband, “Bourn’s” enemy, has thrashed him within an inch of his life. Then “La Duchesne'' tackles him, and gradually reduces him from rank to rank to his wd position of a private soldier. Then he re signs, accepts the village school-mastership, mar ries “Wanda” and is happy. No one who has a high estimate of the drama or of music, as fine arts, can look with any great pleasure upon the unparalleled success of the Grande Duchesne. The story is funny, just as .negro minstrelsy is funny. The music ' is scarcely of a higher order than that of the negro .minstrels, though Offenbach’s educa tion and experience as a writer for an orchestra have given him a -kind of knowledge above that of the bODes and the banjo. ■ But there is not an instrumental passage that rises above the most common-place dance music. There is, not a melody for the voice that is su perior to the average of the vaudeville songs of the French stage. There is not a chorus that can compare with chorussea that are very common In Germany and Italy, and not uncom mon in England and America. In a word, the music of the Grande. Duchesne is trash, not worth criticising ; suitable for a burlesque theatre, but not grateful to the ears of most of those who go to a theatre like the Academy of Music. People will “catch the malady,” as Mrs. Partington savs, of “Ah! que j’alme leß militaires, ’ of “ Void le sabre" and of the “ Legends duWerre,” just as they have caught and hummed and whistled “ Jim Crow.” “Johnny Comes March ing Home’ r and “Champagne Charley.” The music ofeither of tbese would shine in'Mr.' Offenbach’s chef Sauure. But their success on the stage or in uie street is not a sign of advance ment in taste or ctdlivation. „ As for the acting and ainging of Mr. Bateman’s company, both are very clever. Mile. Toßtee, who plays the “Grand Duchess,” has a little mez zo-soprano voice, fairly 'cultivated, which might . do very well in a Small theatre, but' I# lost in a large one. She acts with an excess of confidence ■*;—ample confidence in herself and over-confi ’deace in the public. The role, as tho author of the drama made it, is not an exalted one; but Mile. Tostte makes it more brood and vulgar than is heceesary for tke amusement even of the not very fastidious public of the present day. There is action all through that is wholly un called for. Some of this may be excused in such a ridiculous scene as that which cndß the second act. But When the ballad, “11 etalt un de mes' alenx," 1* accompanied with looks, ges tures wd movements of the body ecarcely removed from grossness, ladies and gentlemen think that the performance had better never been translated from the stage of the Varl «t&. The other characters of thievery much over-rated piece were well abstained. That of “Fritz,” by M. Guffroy, was particularly ffood, though M. Guffroy haß nothing worthy of being calk 3 a voice, and his singing;was, therefore, not as good as his speaking. M. Duchesne as “General Bourn," M. Lagrtffottl aS“iJarpn Pack - and M. Lednc as “Prince Paul" were excellent The last named is an example of the best school of French comic actors; and the' performance of the threo in the long scene in tho second act can never fall to amase .excessively. : The chorus of the company is very good, altogether better than ' the music demands or deserves. Tho orchestra, led by\ Blrgfeld, is large and efficient One cannot help regretting, however, that it has not better work to be employed upox than this of ■ Offenbach's. The Grande Luchesse Is to be.played nightly this week and next. Longer than that It cam hardly attract large audiences to the Philadelphia'Opera Honse, ana Philadelphia need not be ashamed it it docs not, though the same piece has run over a hundrednlghts In New York, and a good many more in Pads. S' Carl Skntz’s Orchestra to-morrow plays the beautiful overture to Buy Bias by Monaelssohn, and Mr. Win. Stoll, Jr., “The Coming Man," as violin solo, is to perform the entire and only con certo for violin and orchestra written by Men delssohn, which he executes with rare skill and precision,. Italian Otera.— On Monday, tho Becond of March, tho La Grangc-Brignoll opera troupe will begin a short season of Italian opera at the Aca demy of Music. AMUSEMENTS. The Theatres.— At the Arch this evening Under the Gaslight will be performed. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams win appear at the Walnut to-night In The Lqkes qf Kiuarneg and the Irish Lion. At thp Chestnut The Flying. Scud Will be given.’ The American, offers a varied bill. Philadklphia Opera House. —At this popu lar place of amdsement to-night, will be per formed a new burlesque entitled Under the Lamm post. This IS a sharp and racy satire, and Is filled with good local aha political hits, fanny Inci dents, and laughablo situations. All of the most accomplished members of this excellent company appear in the parts. In addition, to this there wifi be the usual miscellaneous entertainments, comprising singing, dancing, negro Impersona tions by Mr. Frank Moran and other popular performers, with burlesque, farce' and extrava ganza by the quantity. Eleventh Steeet Opera House. —The capital burleßque of Ours, or Maximilian's Avengers will be given this evening at this theatre. Tne piece is of thebest of its kind, and cannot fail to please those who see it.- There will also be vocal and instrumental music, farce, dancing and Ethiopian eccentricities. „ SLATE. NO. 111. Slate tho (liula-l'crcba Stone—many |j sea—Gives Us the “stones of Venice” -A Slate Hllls-Slate Fever—A Grand Sight—War Prices— Great Prof its-Prospoctors a.nd Specu lators—“ Stun Shingles” Everywhere ..lever Broken-Lions in the Way- Principal obstacles—A Blast on Onr Own Trumpet. [Correspondence ot tne Philadelphia EvenJaz Bnlletln.] , Chapman Quarries, Pa., February 10th, 1868. , —lt can be safely asserted that no other stone can be used for so many purposes as slate. Be sides excelling all'otber materials for roofing and ciphering-tablets, it Is gradually taking the place of wood in building anil the file arts. Its tough ness, evenness of grain and durability make It a sort of gutta-percha among stones, capable of being wrought into any shape. No one visiting a large elate factory can fail to be delighted with tbo way in which it works Up. lou hardly know which to praise most,, the plain, unpolished man tle, or the splendidly enameled one. The coarser varieties are used for linings for furnaces and for flagging. The finer qualities are wrought into tesselated floors, tobacco pipes, inkstands, antique lamps and mantle ornaments.. A very largo amount is nsed for billiard tables and mantles, common tables, connters, shelvlngs, wainscoting, vestibules, door and window Bills, safes, cisterns, washstands,coffinßjind sarcophagi. Enameled slate Is made to represent scagliola, porphyry, serpentine, sieEite, verde antique, ana nearly all other ornamental stones. Few con UistlDgnish the natural irom the artificial. The “Stones of Venice” are domesticated among us by this cheap enamel. Moreover, the enameled elate is lighter, more durable and difficult to de face than most of the stones it counterfeits, and will not take stains even from powerful acids. As a building material, slate stands very high, for these reasons: It la cheap, easily quar ried, is inclined to break into symmetrical rec tangles, is easily wrought, hardens by exposure, and is impervious to moisture, for which reason it has long been nsed for cellars. The green, red, brown, &c., slates come mostly from Vermont. Some of the best of them are found in Virginia. School- slates are found in oil the States that contain outcroppings of the forma tion, but not in all the quarries. .In this part of Northampton county none are found. Wo have a peculiar formation here. I will now enter upon a full description of it and tho method of prepar ing it for the market. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company have conceived such a high opinion of the value of the slate of this region that they have just com pleted a branch railroad about twelve miles long to this place. This road, called the Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad, was laid out several years ago by the residents here, and partly graded ai far as the “Wind Gap,” where the Pennsyl vania Slate Company’s Works are situated. The means of the original Company having given out, the work was abandoned until laßt summer, when the Lehigh Company took It up. We have had regular trains running lor a couple of months. Tho visitor, taking these cars’ ot tho beautiful Moravian town of Bethlehem* passes for about ten miles up the valley of the Monocacy creek, . through a very fertile region, the northern part of which is still called tho “Irish Settlement, or rather “The Settlement,” haviug been several generations since taken in hand by a thrifty batid of Protestant Irish. Last summer, when crops looked so poorly in other places, there wob as fine tall wheat and corn on these rich limestono plains as I ever saw In the West. Wet weather does not trouble them much. In the very wottest they have to rely on cißtorus for water, as the land Is full of “limeatone sinks." There is probably a series of mammoth caves under them. At The town of Bath you suddenly quit the plaina'and fertility, and come upon the elate hills and comparative sterility—the geological forma tion showing a curious conglomerate of slate and limestone. The inhabitants of these hills' havo always envied their neighbors of the “low lands”—being ignorant of the vast wealth beneath their feet. The soil is in many places more than half composed of bits of slate an inch or two lone. There la a tradition that a traveler once, passing through the farm on which I am located —the post barren of all—saw a squirrel sitting on a stump holding a bit of slate In his paws, and gnawing It with an agonized expression of' countenance,and sweat running down his cheeks. The hairy fool sent forth such squeaks : “That their discharge did stretch his leathern coat , Almost to bursting; and the big, round tears Coursed one another down his innocent nose In piteous chase." The old farmer, howeveif manages to raise his “ pocket-full of rye ” if not Of rhino. He looks to us Elate ibeirfbr tbdt.i ' ‘ Near our location Is the great Chapman Quarry, the success of which did more than anything else to arouse the “ slate fover ” that followed the oil malady, though with lesß violent symp tom b, a few years since, Chapman came' to this country as a common slater some thirty years ago, and worked at. the old Christian Spring Quarry, near Nazareth, a slow old affair worked with slate axes Instead of powder. The excava tion there is not yet much larger than others here that have been onlv worked two years. But the owner mado money, while many of the fast works have only made losses. Chapman being very industrious, saved moneyas a journeyman, ana for years • kept/ up a keen 'scent for a rich opening. He tried various places abont here, at Little Gap and at Reading, wlthoutgalning much.Butsomo ten years since he. was attracted to his present location by amen who saw good Indications there, end leased the pjreihlses. This lease he bonght.for a bottle of whisky. I suppose he considers it worth a million now. Before the war he only managed to woriy through In splte.of the uncommon ad-', vantages of the place. But the rebellion stopping importation,slate rose from alHtio over $2 a eqnar; THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN,—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, IjBBBffARY *2, IB6o* ; ss high ns $8 76 at Bethlehem. and other neigh boring ra'lrond towns. • Becoming' associated with capitalists, he pushed tho business so that ■there 1b a hole there now abontono hundred and fifty toot deep and several thousand In circum ference, that Is worth “iiCie. admission" * to sigut • seers any day. A quarry like this haa the •advan • tago over the largest mines as a spectacle—that you can stand outside and, see the whole of the working at a glance. r „ .„ , This Company make about one-tenth o> tn ° roofing-slate that is manufactured in the United States, viz. 20,000’ SqvtarSs per annum. ■ They have to make about (00 squares a day to do tnH. Before the railroad came, It took a dozen six mule teams to haul the day’s products to the tai high river. These kept the roads in an awful condition. As soon as It was noised abroad that the Chap man Company were claiming to make a cloar profit of *BO,OOO a year, and that quarries in other parts of the country were' also making large sums, a slate fever set in. Prospectors were out with their picks in all directions, and many worthless leases were sold at high figures. This region was especially Infested with explo rers and speculators, for tho reason that hero tho merchantable article does not really run In veins as in most elate regions. Over a spice, say twelve miles by five, tho formation seems to be homogeneous. All around us, at Slatington, Little Gap and Wind Gap, and in most other slate regions, tho pure and regularly cleavable slate Is found in distinct veins, often not more than twenty or thirty feet wide. On all sides of these veins you find bastard slate, conglomerate, Umcstone .or sandstone. Therefore, In those parts yon have plain sailing until your vein deteriorates or runs . under a. nigh hilL Here, however, no matter where you dlg in, by going deep Bnough, you- can find something that will work up Into the semblance of guod : “stun shingles," as the Vermonters call them. Hence the temptation to speculation. Moke your little opening at any point where there is not much'earth on the stone, and not mnch rottch Over, the 'solid slate; split out a few slate, by'no matter how many hardkrioefes; then hie in a great state of apparent excitement to some large town, and lay your case before the capitalists—especially those who have made sud den fortunes in coal, and so have great respect for underground. Get some of them to come and look. Take them first to the big quarry to see what has been done, and then to yonr own ‘‘discovery,’’ to see what may be.; Swear that it is exactly the “same vein;” prove this by pointing in the direction of the big quarry. Rap on yonr slate with your knnekles to show that they have the “same ring" and are “good metal.” Tell how many goof offers yon have had.' Say yon must have an answer on the spot—ln short, em ploy all that eloquence with which the Idea of “something for nothing” inspires yon, and yon win your caso. At least this used to be the story two years ago. Now “hard times," lower prices, and the sightof half a dozen great excavations, that costhnndreds of thousands, filled with water, has dampened the ardor. Even a year ago, many a party of city gents went by to look at some imaginary Eldorado. They would stop, perhaps, at some large opening that was just about to be abandoned as worthless. Some one of the party who had learned a few slate expressions would cicerone the rest, point ing ont the beauties and strong points, while the lease-seller who had them in tow would laugh in his sleeve. The fact is that finding a good .quarry in this locality is not finding a good vein so much as a soft spot in the generally hard, rough formation, which, except in these best places; cannot be profitably quarried. This brings me to an ex planation of the difference between our good material and that of onr neighbors at the Lehigh, the Bine Mountain, &c. At the latter places No. 1 slate must, at least, be perfectly uniform In appearance and color. -With them, any, slate having dark , bands, called “ribbons,” running through them, are sure to rot soon, and are sold as No. 2. Every date from here has not only dark bands .through It, but also hard lines of a denser material. For want of scientific name, I call them streaks of induration: These streaks ran through the whole region; sometimes they are uniform with the planes of cleavage. In that case the slate, though much harder, re sembles the slate of the other regions. Gener ally these two planes form a considerable angle with each other. Often they are at right angles. Tho principal obstacles to getting a good quarry anywhere here, are the number and thick ness of these streaks, the great mass of earth and rotten slate over the solid slate, tho pressure of linge veins of qnartz and bastard slate, and the absence of natural seams or joints. One quarry of most beautiful material near the big one loses' half of its value by being almost in a solid lump, so that tho trouble and expense of quarrying is quadrupled to what it is where nature has the Btuff already sliced Into convenient masses. Another great drawback in this, as In all slate regions, is the crookedness of the “planes” of cleavage In most places. There can be no good quarry unlesß these are straight We claim a very high . place for onr roofing slate (we keep only roofing and flags), and con sider that the hard streaks which prevent onr sawing the material Into mantles and the other . articles enumerated, act as a sort of strong skele ton. We also claim that our slate is denser, and thcnco more durable and impervious to moisture than most others. In the softer forma tions that are nsed for so many purposes, you will find a bed of school-slate alongside a roofing bed. Some of onr men say, with more malice than reason perhaps, that yon can as well expect to find good: anthracite and bitumi nous coal in the same mine as good roofing and school-slate in the same quarry. Be that as it ’may, the temptation Is so great and so often irre sistible to ran ciphering-slates in with the roofing when the former are dull of sale, and the cipher ing sort are so sure speedily upon a roof, that builders are for this reason inclined to bo suspicions of all slate that comes from a region where school-slates are found. This gives ns a great advantage; for even If disposed to cheat In this way, we could not possibly do so. Onr slate is such a dark bine that It is called “Pennsylvania Black.” There are plenty of roofs now thirty years old, dark as ever; while many of the fancy extra smooth roofs, quarried olsewhore, have turned brown in two years. I fipd the subject grows upon me ‘as I come to my own “stamping-ground.” So another letter seems to bo called lor. Qu.kstob. CITY BUIiIiETJCN, •.Salting the Tbacks.—The passenger railway companies in this city have been allowed to have their own way so long that it appears to be of no nse for the public to grumble at inconveni ences and outrages, and it seems to be . almost a. farce for City Councils to pass any ordinance providing proper regulations. The salt question absorbed public attention for a long period, and at last City Councils, in deference to the nearly universal wish of the people, passed an ordln anceprobibitlng the use of salt upon the railway trucks. Very good machines for cleansing the snow from the tracks have been put in operation upon several roads, and the cost of main taining these machines Is ' probably much leßs than the amount which would have to be paid for salt, but the companies aro adverse to being governed in any manner, and various efforts have been made to .get us back again to the salt-slush nuisance. The public has been inconvenienced in different ways —the stoppage of the cars-at an early hour in the evening; running the cars at long Intervals, &c. All the difficulties are attributed to the prohibi tion of the use of salt. Some companies have openly defied the law. On the Market street road Balt has been used on two or three occasions * -during this season. On thd Chestnut ahd Walnut Streetroad, on Monday night, a very ingenious plan was devised to elosu the optics orthe law officers. Ordinary carts were used, and from them wore shoveled eomethiny upon the track. Tho name ' thing looked like ashes, bnt as the snow was very rapidly turned Into slush, and as ashes have never been known to act in that way upon ice, It U fair to Infer that the substance thrown upon the track was salt. On portions of the Itaee and , Vine streets road salt was also used on Monday i night. On the Third street railway, near Spruco ; , street, last evening, there was considerable slash, ' ahd sopao individuals had the curiosity to go into an investigation of tho matter. The result was tho findlng of lumps of salt lying along the i track. This open defiance of the law should re ceive the Immediate attention of the proper au i, thorites. " ’ . ’ ” .''' . Anotiusb Arbkst—Henry Till, another of the yontbswho are charged with having committed numerous, depredations upon stores in the Six teenth WttftSeveMteath Wards, was arrested last evening, by the Tenth District Police. He was taken before Alderman Shoemaker,and was com mitted, in default of $5OO bail, for trial. v Howard. Hospital. —Tho following Is tkb medical report of the Howard Hospital, No. 1618 Lombard street, for January, 1868: Number of patients registered since March 1, .1867, 6,752; number of patients registered during Janaary, 640, as follows: Diseases of. tho digestive organs, 125; do. chest, 201; do. femahis, &0., 83; do. brain, 29; do. eye and car, 67; do. skin, 18; fevers, 3b; vceleo-ri-nal affection, ,2; surgery. 74; tooth ex tracted, 66; total number of visits of patients daring the month, 1,990; number of presariptlons since March 'I, 15,260; for the month, 1, 480. Among the special cases recorded wore: 1 dis location of' the shouldor, 1 do. with fracture of the clavicle, 2 fractures of the elaviclo, 3 fractures of- the radius lower third, 6 fractures of the radius (Barton’s), 1 fracture of the radius at the radio-carpal articulatino of the third and fourth fingers, netessary from sloughing and exposure of the bone, restutlng from effects of the cold. Needs Attention.— Walnut street, from Dock to Third* is almost entirely Impassible In conse quence of the snow. Tho street Is occupied by two railway tracks—those of tne Spruce and Pine and Chestnut and Walnut Streets Companies. Theßnow has beon carefully cleared from the tracks and has beon banked ,np In the of the street. ' This pile is folly three feet in height, and it is impossible for vehicles of any descrip tion to pass along that square. Tho railway companies are required by law to cart the snow away from the streets, bnt they have never com plied with the law. This nuisance is In the busi ness centre of the city and the police should see that it is removed. Smashing Things.— A maß, named Cornelius Kelly, went into a tavern, at Thirty-fifth and Haverford streets, yesterday. He was drank, and the proprietor -refused to let him have any liquor. Then, it Is alleged, he assaulted the pro prietor and commenced smashing the bar fixtures and breaking the furniture. He was arrested and taken before Alderman Maull, by whom he was committed for a farther hearing. Beat His Father.—A young man named John Baker, residing at Nineteenth and Lombard streets, was arrested last night and taken before Aid. Dallas upon the charge of assault and battety and malicious mischief. It Is alleged that ho beat his father in a shameful manner, and then broke the windows and smashed the furniture In the house. Hd was committed in default of $1,500 ball to answer at court." Dishonest Domestic. —Mary Beatty, employed as In thehonsoof Mr. Baker, at For ty-second and Walnut streets, was arrested yes terday upon the charge of the lareeßy of wearing apparel. Articles have been missed from tho house on several occasions, and yesterday Mary was caught with a bundle of clothing which did not belong to her. She w»s taken before Aider man Lungron and committed to answer. The Bethany Mishion.— The dedication of tbo largest Sabbath School Hall on this contloent,the Bethany Mission Building, at Twenty-second and Shippen streets, Is awakening a veiy general pnbllc interest. Major-General Howard will be present, and the other eminent speakere an nounced will render the dedication exercises to morrow evening uncommonly interesting. Paving Taxes— The Receiver of Taxes com menced on Monday morning to receive the city and State taxes for 1868, and the office has been crowded dally by persons desirous to pay their dues and save the discount allowed by the city. Every morning, for some time before the opening of the office, the doors are besieged by an anxious throng. ■ The Result oe a Political Discussion.— A German, named Fred. Heller, was before Alder man Toland yesterday, upon the charge of as sault and battery. It Is alleged that he had a po litical discussion with a man named Sailor, at Chatham and Green streets. This led to a quar rel. and Heller beat Sailor. He was held in $BOO bail for his appearance at Court. Arrival of a Steamship— Tho steamship Star of the Union, blockaded in the ice a few miles below the city since Friday last, arrived at her wharf last evening. She will sail for New Orleans, Via Havana, on Saturday, the 15th inst, at 8 A.M. Foundling. —A mole infant about four weeks old was found on the steps of a honse at Thirty sixth and Haverford streets, yesterday. The foundling was taken to the Almshouse. At no Cost—All {Pain, any kind, from the sole of the foot to the crown of tho head, internal, external, chronic, aente, in the head, fare, teeth, neck, shoulders, stomach, sides, back, hip, legs or feet, removed, free of expense, by Dr. Wolcott, for anybody, atlTO Chatham square, New York, or 622 Arch Btreet, Philadelphia, by the use of Pain Paint. Sold also, by the druggists, 25 cents per bottle. Bring along the hardest cases; the crowd is big every day, and Is getting larger fast Old chronic rheumatism, er inflammatory, is radically cured; pain stopped at once on the spot. Pain in body, limbs, all over, Pain in head, face, teeth or side. Pain in liver, heart or shoulder. Pain with Pain Paint, joy betide. Drnggißts are Belling palntso last. It keepa them lively—does not last; Renew their stock, lay in a store. And still the people call for more. , CITY NOTICES- Whenever a really valuablo article is adver tised, it is our pleasure, as well as credit, to make a special notice of it; and such an article we take to be “Helmbold’s Fluid Extract of Bnchu." As a cura tive in cases of diseases ol' the kidneys, it U the medi cine. - Unlike other patent medicine advertisers, Dr. Beimbold freely advertises the names of the inere dienta of his compound, and no regular physician has yet fonnd fault with it, while it is known that many such are freely recommending it in cases of the above named diseases. There are some counterfeits in existence, so parties purchasing shonld get only Heimbold’s. “Bower’s Gum Arabic Secrets.' —Try them for your Cough, Bore Throat, Hoarseness or Bronchial Affections. Bower’s Depot is Sixth and Vine. Sold by druggists, 35 cents. Gay’s Chisa Palace, No. 1022 Chestnut street.—Selling off the en tire stock at less than im porting cost, .. ’ , _ . The assortment consists of Bohemian, French ana American Cut Glassware, White French and Deco rated China, Silver-plated Ware, Table Cutlery Welter’s, Stone China, &c. , And the most complete stock or Fancy Goods, In cluding Parian Marble and Bronze Statuary, Gilt Mounted Ornaments and Lava Ware over Imported .to - White French China- Cups and Saucers, per set, IS) .pieces 25 White French China Dining Plates,o# In.,per dz. 200 Do. do. do Breakfast do. ,6M “ “ 190 Do. do. do. Tea do..!* “ 180 Cut Glass Goblets, pec dozen ....'. -. 2 25 Do. do. Champagnes, per dozen!.. 176 Do. do. Wines, per dozen ...126 Do. do. Tumblers, per dozen. 126 And all other goods at equally low prices. ■ Florence Sewing Machine. Florence Sewing Macblec, Florence Sewing Machine. ’ . Office, 1123 Oheqtnnt street. Philadelphia. Gboveb & Baker’s Highest Premium Sewing Machines, 730 Chestnut street, , . Startled with a New Delight.— The ladies are enthusiastic in their praise of Phalen & Son’s Ex tract of tno “Night Blooming Cereus.” -Delicious entrancing, thrilling, imperishable, stainless, indis pensable—these are phrases they apply to the most perfect perfume humanity has ever inhaled. Pastry Flour! Pastry Flour !! 1 - Of choicest white Wheat : Each barrel warranted. *,Mitchell*Fletcher,, 1204 Chestnut street. Venus and Jnplter are said to , be rapidly ap proaching each other., We can’t say much? of Venus, as we never meddle with the girls muchly, hut Jew Petor still Uves In Sonth street, and Invest all his spare change in "Century,” like General Jackson otherman.” ■- If'You Wish a Handsome And durable Bet of Fine Furs, : At very low prices, go to „ „ • , Oakforday Continental HoteL The correspondence between President,: John-, eon and General Grant revealed the fact that Johnson thought Grant had not told the truth fa every Instance, alsmUat Grant thought Johnson had told a,faise bsod.As things now stand, tt-i* very much like, the clothing stores where each say thcy sell cheaper tnan the other. The truo system of commanding., trade. ts to give a superior article at a fair prlco, an at. ctmrios Stokes * Co.’s First, claea Keady-mado Clothing House, under too Continental. Maryland Hams 1 Maryland Hams kitdieU& Flct()he i2o4Cheetnntstieot, The reason cotes so ussy (llfle»ntdlee«*oM# ( becas«lt W ttojbtit remedy fora dcraaged s»toacfi(-’<>r now known, and becatee.lt liivlgorswa ths eonto Bjrstcm, strengthens the tiervoos fibres, elevates the suwaard Of all the vital forces, and sustains a most healthful tone of tho entire; human: organism. Mctllcluo that will do this, will cure auy dlsf ase, for the simple rea son, that nature will do the rest. ■ ... _ We guarantee, that no woman or child, however palo and emaciated, can use these Bitters regulariy for twenty-one days, 'without the return of .the rosy cheeks and fair complexion characteristic of good health, "' ' _ , Bold by all Druggists and Dealers. Dr. S.B. Haktman * Co.,’ Proprietors, Lancaster, Pa., and Chicago, Illinois. Ip Yon Wish a: Handsome And durable set of Pine Pars. At very low prices, go to ' J Oakfords’, continental Hotel “Is Yotm horse gentle, Mr. Dabster?” “Per fectly gentle, sir; the only (holt he has got (If that be a fault) la a playful habit of extending bis bind hoofs now and then." “By extending his hind hopfe, yon don't incan kicklng, T hopef” “Some people call It kicking, Mr. Green, but It’s only a slight 'reaction of the muscles—an Infirmity rather than a vice.” By the woy.it may he aa well at this point to advlße oar rott ers to buy their coal of W. W. Alter, Ninth street be low Girard avenue, and at the corner of Sixth and Spring Garden streets. Alter offers his coal at greatly reduced prices. . “Plants’a" Superfine St. Louis Poor, ■ Mitchell & Fletcher, 1204 Chestnut street. Bower’s Inpant Cordial Is a certain. Bale and speedy cure for cholic, pains and. sp&Btuo~-yloldlng great rellefto children teething. Twenty-live eehta per bottle. ' 1 ' “Davis’"Diamond Hams! „ ■'■ ■ Mitchell & Fletcher, 1204 Chestnut etreet. Ir You Wish a Handsome And durable set Of Fine Furs, , AtVe^k P »oSuteatalHoteU Surgical iNSTitujiENrsand drugglsta' sundries. Baowniadtoaorflia, . 28 South Eighth street. Deafness. Blindness and catarrh.— J. Isaacs, M. D., Pro lessor of the Eye and Ear, treat* Ml diseases appertaining to the above members, with the utmost success. Testimonials from the''tnost re* Uablesourcee In the city can be aeon at his office, No, 60S Arch street. The medlbal faculty are invited to ao company their patients, ss he has no secrets'in his practice. Artificial eyes Inserted. Nocharge made forexamlnatlon. MARINE BULLETIN. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA— Feubpaby 12. OTSee Marine Bulletin on Third, Page. MEMORANDA. Bhlp Tuscarora, Rowland, entered out at Liverpool 27th nit. for thla rort. ■ Ship Cba» Davenport. Stevens, at Liverpool 26th ult from New Orleans. . ■ . . „ , Ship Gentoo, Freeman, from Boston 18tb Dee. for Mel bourne, waa spoken 4th ult. lat Ift G 9 N, lon 3583 W. Ship California, Barber, from San Francisco 3d Sept for Liverpool, was off Point Lanas 29th ult .... , Steamer Roman, Baker, hence at Boston at 7 o'clock thlsmomlns. ~ , Steamer City of Paris (Br), Kennedy, from Liverpool 29th ult and Queenstown 30th. at Now York Yesterday. fiteamcr IVm l'cnn, Billtnge, cleared at London 25th ult for New York, and waa off Dover 27th. Steamer Fire Queen, Williamson, sailed from Liverpool 27th ult. for Havana and NaW Orleans. Bark Return. Chipman, hence at Queenstown 26th ult Bark Hone Carl, from London, at Deal 26th ult and sailed for this port _ . ... .... Bark Queen of Scotts. Smith, hence at Antwerp 21th ult. B&xk Luigi Graf, from London for this port,,put injo Falmouth 26th ult. leaky. .... BflTk Desiah, GUkey, Bailed from Newport 24th ult. for New York. Brig Charles Albert, Nickerson, hence at Naples 16th nit. Brig bolus. Seabrook, hence for Hamburg, galled from Portland 26th ult. i • Brig Komaine, Card, hence at Palmonth 27th nit Brii Albert Dewls, Dew is. hence for Antwerp* galled froniFaJraouth 26th ult—not before. Bchr Nellie C Paine, Jone«. from Boston for this port* emack Fire Fly, of Newport, at Providence, parted her mooring* Sunday, during the gale, and lave sunk on south side Commercial wharf. . • ■ •, Tugboat H 8 Stevens, while going up the Eaet Hlver, yesterday morning, having in tow the barge Jacob Beha« fer, struck a large cue of ice an d was so badly damaged that she sunk almost immediately opposite Pier 4& No lives were lost • SKATING PARKS. WEST PHILADELPHIA PARK, __ TV , Till RTY-FIKBT AND WALNUT STREETS. ICE ELEGANT ON THE PARK NOW. EVERY SKATER GIVES PRAISE TO ITS EXCELLENCE. RECOLLECT THE SEASON 18 NEARLY CLOSED. dont miss the last opportunities for a “SPECIAL NOTICE."—This Park la as much attended .atixUbtßftsin theday. We have completely established Night Skating. Order and comfort aro aa complete at night as in tbo day, and Skaters can rely on Skating at this Park when the “Siena” are on the Market street and Chestnut and Walnutmect cars. Don't be deceived by.the running water in the street!, but look for our Signs on cars. IN TREPANATION, GRAND FANCY DRE9BCABNI; VAL AND FIBFAVORKB, FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. NO EXPENSE SPARED. It* CENTRAL SKATING PARK. \J FIFTEENTH AND WALLACE BTREETS. ICE IN SPLENDID ORDER. BEST SKATING OP THE SEASON TO DAY. Music and Illumination. It AMUSEMENTS. See Sixth Page for Additional A' OS. FOWLER’S LAST LECTURE AT ASSEMBLY . Building, FRIDAY EVENING at 7tf, on Intellect, Memory, Self-education, Jkc* Seats, 25 cents. ’Labt Dole of hts Phrenological Examinations at the Continental, Monday at 2P. M. Cali at once. fe!22ts WATCHES, JEWELRY, &C. SILVER.^ We have now in stock a large assortment o( SILVER, BRITISH STERLING AND • COIN, To which we would callspcclal attention. CLARK & BIDDLE, No. 719 Chestnut Street. fes«w VI LINEN STORE, *** BSB Arph t—— ■ "V 1 We wo epenlni tbo tuulnew of the new row with A THOROUGH REDUCTION I3V PRICES, To Clear Off Snrplns Stock. We offer to Linen Bayers The Largest limm Stook in the City At Less than Jobbers’ Prloes. All onr Linens we of out own Importations. . Warranted Free from Cotton* deP-mWO 1868. 1868. £ Fourth and Arcb._ *■ OOODMUSUNBByTHBOTEOR GOOD ALL-WOOLFLANNELa. TABLE UNENB AND NAPKINA LAaOBBLANKBTSAMD QUILTS. BLACK BILES AMD PLASH COVDPOVUP DEBOJZB BEOCHEABOWOOLANaHAWIKCI^aLOW^ falthmn Sheetlnc. «4 and 6-4 Pillow Uuatlm. nW Yaik Milla.WflMaraa, vllle. Wanuuttt, Bay Milla, Unit of the Loom, and Foreatdale. Buy lief ore further advance. 'Wuelesftle and teUIL BTOKE3 A WOOD, 1M Arch rtroet GROCERIES, LIQCOUB, AtU Olive Oil, Frenoh Peas, Mushrooms, Maccaroni, Truffles, Fates de Foie Gras, Potted Meats, Dud ether Fine BtOadn A» Table Use* Theec gooda are all our own Importation, and of the finest quality that can bo obtained from any European market. v ■' c SIMON COLTON & CLARKS, (mperten, Jobbers and Retailer*, \ 8. W. corner Broad and Walnut, jal-wf m . CALIFORNIA ' Orange Bloasofn Wine Tonic,” A delicious beverage, made of pure Wise, and fred from AlcohoL As a leraedr for dyspepsia and nervous de-. billty It 1* used ta France andtkmth America. The trade will be supplied on liberal terms. CARMICK & CO., BOLE AGENTS, . N. & corner Float and Chestnut. fcll-tf rpS ■ • MEDICUML. AN INTERESTING LETTER TO MR. LEOPOLD HOFF (HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT DETQT, M 2 BROAD WAY, NEW YORK), BY THOS. HARFORD, ESQ.. OF THE NEW YORK BOMB JOURNAL-Hzm* Bib: As an act of gratitude to you. and for the advantage of any ono who may read this, 1 wish to say that my daughter has derived great relief and benefit from fad me of your Malt Extract Beverage of Health. She has been ill for m long time suffering from consumption, general debility, loss of blood and strength. I followed the advice of the well-known Dr. W. John Mitchell, to try your Malt Beverage, and am pleased to admit that from its use she has received s/reat benefit, and seems to be recovering her health.’' She feels compelled to take it continually, for If she mimes it but ono day she suffers considerably, and there is a relapse of her old complaint and a return of physical weakness. Therefore your preparation should be generally known aa a Wonderful remedy. Sold at Druggists and Grocers. JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY A COWDEN. Wholesale‘Agsnts. Also for sale by J. C. BAKER A CO. lel>w f m- STATIONEBI. HIGHEST PREMIUM AWARDED . FOR JBIItASriK BOOKS, WM. F. MURPHY’S SONS, S39Chestnuf Street, Practical Blank Book Mojoufaetoem. „*ReamJJow« Printers and BUtloners. Diaries, G?! d PenSjOugeryj A full assortment efßlank Books andJjJJSrfcfygj Btottonery.aopsfantfaon band. _ no>»mw«nspt FAMTBBL looking glasses At Low I*rices» Novelties in Ohroxuo lithographs, Fine Engravings, New Galleries of Paintings, NOW OPEN, With fate arrivals of CHOICE PICTUREB. JAMES S. EARLE & SONS, 816 Chestnut Street.