GIBSON Mfatf VOLUME XXI.-KO. 265. i THE EVENING- BULLETIN ’., J»flBL»HB0-*VEBT «VBWpi> ; . • ;> -i vi r.v » AT THB WBW'HI/fcIiIETIW OiriH»IIVO f . nnroueMiiMltnch rkUMelvUla. ; ■ S.'ri °* **ie UffMati™ ■ i.V tan i f tltaiWitr, apropok at tbe Army Hill EVENING BULLETIN AS800IATI0». j HUtmilßß-l’Qiilcnpl. GIBSON PEACOCK. EKN BBT 0. WAfiACE. I £Corre«p©B«ence of tbs PhllwteliihU Evening Balltfln.l I thought I had gone over mj- ltroaod conscl- Ths BBuuerw is »*rT*4ts»ab«eHb*ritot£s dir st 18 enllouely enough for a mere Irresponsible Enfant oentstH* weelr.parsbl^oth. e,uiw«.or^sr>.W PerdUt in moviß g capriciously around the dim : .. v* v >DIEH.'. . T r srrpttoof the Napoleonic oracles, just touching Mw “’ Thon,M B - tte walls,pointing, at the priests,and venting a lib 'iia retattyoi.sai. frfpid? jftba fsmllT ate invited , tlnniild.donbt about the authenticity of the gad. I takeiton me to Interpret an nthatt^ci directed by one of the Caesarian “Ideas" of the tio.mv&eeSnetm B»tnttl»y monrniz, day, la a force somewhat tooblg, somewhat too Slnwm mixed, and not qnitcamuslng enough, to serve fllaaat, me for a theme. A few adjuncts and particulars, .The. «@nw jumjriend* ,«ry ryoeytfnjwjaVttea to however, have occurred to me.since dropping the kIS. to P 6ll on thelast occasion, which I may add in the rroowd to Lamyi HUL _ . .... . •• form of a postcrlpt, hoping that they will give a ■ IHOrtoOTes:definition :torybn#cdnceptlbn: of » ■ y ?be > reiStwS’ and friend. „ e «*peel/nll y invited to ““‘f 1 1 held “j* mo6t Parliamentary of Parlia attend the foncrtl, OBflnadAjv Feb. ieth, at a o'clock, Jnentd. * •from t the re.idence of her hruban* rf*«b Norta Fifth The tempests are most violent at the beginning «.eU«eAu™to. th F!®fk ° r f* d of “*® debates - Those of the eommence- The feiitfve. and friend, of the familr an nMpoc&nUy ment are. dne to members who have flown into the sitting loaded with some Idea which has been C ’S l B^*-JiV ri S£ u Jii rther ““V 0 *-„ **„ gathering In the last interval, some recollected JnSg BbSSSeri iniant ion°oMxikudioruSa shiSj! personality from a rival on the other side, some fihedaker. mmmJL correction, some denial—and who long to dla- Mveute TORE m j^aIKFOEEVENiMO DKBBBEB. charge themselves. Those of the close are due ’ BC!ARi.ET3i'FKAeen followed by a remark still ’ more wounding on the part of M. Schneider. “listen to what M. the President says to me,"continued the Paris deputy, ‘Will yon' take your scat, M. Pelletan?’ (if. 1 Pelletan was not standing.), ‘The animation, I might say i the paesioui which you throw into these debates | may permit your judgment io be suspected? j Very well! I say it to ST. the President, my Judg ment la an affair beyond his competence, and I accept him forjudge of my reason no more than I would accept him for judge of my morals.” This gesture immediately from the shoulder was attended by considerable noise in the cham ber, among which could be heard the ringing’ “trbs-bien i” of Jnles Favre. The aged President,, though only what Sir. Leicester Dedlock would call an “iron gentle man," has the aristocratic keenness and quietude in public which belong to Sir Brooke Fosbrooke. With a tespf old man’s persistence he secured the last word. “M. too often gives himself oyer to a sort of animation which . I am obliged to remark. I do not, at all, pretend to make myself the arbiter or connoisseur of.his judgment and reason" (the sensible President refrained from touching upon i the challenge sb to morality), but what I am sure of Is, that animation, certain limits passed,'may tempt him who submits to it outside of the just sense ot things. It was with this meaning simply, and not to say anything palnfnl to M. Pelletan,— (which Is not among my habits,)—that I recalled if. Pelletan to moderation; and I seize this occa sion to give him the advice to make moderation more frequently hid guide. There are no othe r observations on the Minutes.” A session thus briskly commenced could not be wearisome. A little eet-tb between two keen speakers awakens everything; and the orators threw themselves upon the bill with positive luxury. On another visit I fqund the opening clouded by the decoram and melancholy of the funeral. A member had died,. and the fact was an nounced by ; the President amid a universal and respectful silence. I have no knowledge of M. de Retoms; only conjecturing him from the title to have been on the imperial side of tho house. i It was impossible, however, from tho unani mous and warm assent arising from every part of tho assembly In response to the neat little compliment to hls-memory from the Presidential lips, to discover on which side the deceased legis lator’s sympathies had been. Death hacj leveled all mere political' dlstlnetions, and the tribute' was perfect. I certainly have heard no expression of opin ion in that chamber at all similar, in complete ness and harmony, to that decent little elegy; 1 Twelve members were then indicated by lot to attend tbe'obsequies. The Presidont drew the members’ cards from a large tiosket until h$ had. filled the nnmber, and the'names 'thus - chosen by the goddess of accident were read by an usher to their surprised owners. , • ; ... A damp seemed to be thrown upon human de liberations by an event so fatal to earthly au thority. That day’s orations were heavy, and the relieved session rose in little more than an hour. , , , Enfant Perdu. ' IPKOtAL SOTIVEh. ffijg- APPEAL BY THE MAGDALEN SOCIETY. ASYLUM TWKNTY.KIbSFF AND RACE STREETS^ , ymu.vnKLrniA. J»ntiary2slh, 1861 The MAOWtrs SociKtr/orVttKiformanimpftriukn Women wuj-litsitdtseii itburescued neamaMou -sand women from ruin, and restored many of : them to U»tb»-of uiefnloeoa. It hue note afamlly or Twenty-Six, and Uln need of immediate old to carry op its work. Jo corporation with tbo Midnight Madina Atmociallot «, ftut oryanlzedin tnL City,'conildrrable additional expenaeo will be incurred.and there nro no fund* to meet them. Thi* Boeiotr hu rarely appealed of late yean to the public, and cornea now with that additional claim for •favor. The City of Philadelphia contain, over Tieelee 1 ho wind fallen Women. IVhat further to necewaiy to appeal to your rympathy t what citizen in the fall enjoyment of hia own virtqoui flreelde need* any other argument than that Twelve Thouaand Friendlon, Outcait Women, are •crvina ont to him for help? Of the whole nember of fallen women who inhabit our eltv one-lhlrdnt leant are detiroua.of reformation but hnow not what atop to take. They want only thoKuid ing band of eympathy to lead them into pathaof uaefut nrta and virtue. lodo tblaia theworiof theMaadaleaHoeietT,andfor which it now appeala to tho publlt Threc Thouund Dollar* will be required to carry out the proposed plan. Contribntlona to make up this sum are earncatly aoll riled by Ihr Manager*, and may be rent to the Tfeaiurer. JOHN W. £)IDDoK.No SlSCbestani Street, or to any of tlie Manaaennamed below. v"\ Very iteapecttuUy, .... . ...AMBROSE WHITE, Preaident „ BOARD OF MANAGERS. M. Is DAWSON, Con Seventh and Walnut atreeta- AG. COFFIN. No: ga Walnut .treat. , ■ JAaiEB it GREEVBo,Chores L-ne, Germantown. J. I‘IgHEU LEAIHNG, No.StlGheatoutatreS, W ILLIAM PUIIVEtS, Sp. WTSoSthSinth rtxect. MineHin lnet i IhSlSEKl^MVSol^^^oceatreeh Che*tnat street.' ••• " - .* • ’TV- fet4Jtrp-* THe'bECONDAND .LAST LECTURE 9F Prof. UQBKhT E/ROGERS..aeforetbe TEACII e“' Wednesday m;ENiNf;, February w. The lecture Will be brilllanUy illustrated by new and botcl experincntir Tickets ofad mission, SO cents. For sale at Trumpler’e. 938 Chestnut afreet. No extra charge for referred Mate. 1 • ■ • - felt-34 ■ m&r ST. MARY’S > HOSPITAL, CdRNRR OF ■w* FRANKFOKD ROAD and PALMER STREET (opposite New York Kensington Depot), in chaigo of the Staters of St fnacb. Accident c*»ee receivedif brought immediately after -reception of injury. Lying In caeca received atamoderate rate of hoard. Free medical and annical advice given .00 Wednesday and Saturday Afternoonsbetween 4 and 6 o'cli. fel3-tfrp agp POBT-OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA PESNSYL •**' VANIA, Fmntuattr 13,1668. Mail for Havana, per steamer Star of the Union, will close at this Office ate A. 11,, SATURDAY. Feb IS. H. H. BINGHAM, It Postmaster. nE5g» OPFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION company, PlntAOKWinA. January 30,1868. This Company la prepared to purchase its Loan duo in 1870, at pat, . . -■ 1 ■ SOLOMON SHEPHERD, Treasurer. ]a3o-tfrp No. 133 South Second Street. ■as MISSIONARY SERVICES AT ARCH BTREBT M. a Church, Sabbath. Feb. 16th. Rev. J. F. McCleßsn will preach In the morning at 1016 o’clock, and Rcr. T. M. Griffiths in the evening at VA o’clock. Mbs aionary collection morning and evening. folt-at* aasa- O. 8. FOWLER’S LABT DAY OF PHRENO .logical examinationa and advice aa to best business, msrrlages, children. Ac ..Ac.; from 8 A. M. to 10 P. 31., at the continental tiU Monday at 3 P.M.. only. [felMtrpj MP- HOWARD HOSPITAL. NOB. 1918 AND 1930 Lombard street. Dispensary. Department—Medi. cal treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to the poor.- ■"’"T' - w Paper, *O. Bough* fo E. HUNTER, deWibnt .. i , . No. B 3 Jayne afreet. F.ASTWICJK SKA.TINQ PARK, GRAY’S FERRY. Grand Gala Day on Saturday, Isthiqtt., For tbc benefit of the. Park, upon which occasion the IIEAGUER IlHOTjjEßfCrhe Champion fikatera from Janada, will Bltate for the iant time. ; . , lt« W TIURTY-FIRBT AND WALNUT STREETS. was DUE 80UI'H all day, which sol tonedthelce so much that wo did net uso it from 3 uutil 5 o'clock. At 5 r’clook the waiting masa of people were again permitted 0 skate, the ice at that hour, hofpgeiegant But TO-DAY the wind la NORTHWEST, and as this P “ p ergoe s “E r ß*ls MOST EXCELLENT. , And beyond doubt will remain good. 7 3KATERS BHUULD A SKATE ON SUCH AS THE SEASON IS NEARLY GONE. BEAUTIFUL SKATING AT NIGHT. WILL BE REPEATED TOMORROW NIGHT THE FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL GIVEN LAST NIGHT. It" iJEmKNXS. Bee Sixth I‘aat J'Br., A ddiffonai Amuuemgitt. l/TR. CHARLEBtJHCKENS’S READINGS-CFARE- W. WELL READING IN PHILADELPHIA.) Mr. CHARUSS SICKENS will read THIS (Friday) iVEMlyii.lebruary uth. In Concert Hall (being his ut reading in Philadelphia), hia DOCTOR MARIGOLD, me THETRIALb4(Sm PICKWICK. 7 The Bcadings wJJI commence at 8 o’clock* and be com* rued within uro noum The audionco lfl earnestly recruited to be seated ton ilnutcg beitre the commencement ottbq.Readlnr It} ■JIBTH. PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY J4tb, 1868. fflcTrtt sottttThtoa?&*??^ onM,^- o, h Coß l oos j UiAiM*—Many years jtlon of Liverpool mode a grant of land to the Nlor of the parish ana his successors for tho urposes of a churchyard. Modern town Im rovements now render it requisite that the eor oratlon should retake possession of aliarrow alp of the churchyard (St. Fetor’s) for the ldening Of Church street—on the line of the lain thoroughfare out of the'town. The rector aimed compensation for compulsory purchase ad the matter tibs recently referred to an arbi ■ator, who-awarded £6,000 as- the yalue ofthe ,nd required by the corporation. BASH STUFS.- Lxxxrfr. v qrne Orent Walker, nates, at meridian, ‘ Mlnlmippl, i [Speclal TeJonr»phlcOiw|ip«nd«iice of the Selma Timeis Mkbuman, Mlw‘i Bsiteß. tfic ex-Federal Beigeant, who is to walk alone and unattended from Vicksburg to Washington by the Ist of June, carrying a United : States flag, reached here to-day. He was cold, wet and thirsty, and said he wonld like to take a drink. He was escorted to w saloon hi tin enthusiastic crowd of ex-rebels, who treatedShlm with distin guished consideration, and the whole party took sugar And whisky. Bates pronounced it good, and the party took another taste all around. Bates still approved of the mixture, and wanted to stand treat himself, but it couldn’t be thought of. v '.r' : • -.'..'r' A delegation of citizens, headed bytheMayor, called on-Batesv and oysters were ordered. - Bates took a dozen raw and a dozen fried, with butter, and pepper. , '* j The Mayor presented his guest- with : tbefree dom of the city. The barkeeper now treated.' They, all took whisky and sugar, Bates and the- Mayor adjourned to the'Millard room and played PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAYJFBBRUARY 14, 1868. a friendly game, at intervals taking whisky and sugar. Alter which, on account of the weather, they took a little whisky, and sugar. ». Bates now left the city, on the Selma road, b'nt after going aboot,a half mile, escorted by a dele gation of citizens, headed by the Mavor, ho re turned and took some whisky; and sugar.; Tho landlord gave Bates a bottle of whisky and an enterprising grpeety merchant gave him two pounds of sugar, which he put In his pockets. After this, Bates left on the road for Selma. CRIME. Xhe Scknylkiu County «w«er-The • _ ■■■ HeMrernyirtery. It Will beremembtd that a man named. Carpen ter pretended to have received .confessions ■ from three, meh whom he accused of the murder of . Captain Rehrer., Ho had acted ua detective,, and . having secured a mnn Of money.andgotthe ac cused into snddenly left.. The Anthra cite Journal oi the Bth says regarding him: •‘We ore now at liberty to publish facts In re gard to thls mon Carpenter, of which wo were In possession last week, but which we then with heldlor prudential reasons: “He left here on Friday,' the 2ith ult, Immedi ately after the arrest of Thomas L. Smith, John Albrighton, Jr., and David Lomlson, ostensibly to go to Altoona after the woman implicated by him In the matter. On the foUowiag day, officer E. C. Farrow, of the County Police, started after him with a subpoena to attend a hearing of the prisoners. He round him atScranton, served the writ upon hirn, and he promised to return with the officer the next day; but instead of doing so, Carpenter gave him the slip. The officer then telegraphed to Marshal , Helsler, stating the. circumstances and asking for a warrant for him. Not receiving a reply Imme diately, he came on here and saw Rowland Jones, Esq., who being now convinced by. his conduct that Carpenter was an impostor, went before Esquire Frailey, of Pottsvihe, and had a warrant Issued for his arrest upon the charge of obtaining money under false pretences.. Armed with this writ, officer FarfowagaHi started after Carpenter, whom he had seme difficnlty in finding; as/he, expecting a warrant would bo after him, was on the lookout for the officer, and had hired parties to Warn him of bis coming. After some manauvering, however, on Friday of last week officer Farrow discovered that his man was at a place called Pollock’s Mill, a few miles beyond Wyoming, Luzerne county. He. was informed that Car penter was on the lookout for him, and advised to get the services of some policeman un known to Carpenter to arrest him. This, how ever, he declined doing; and getting the loan of a dilapidated looking sled and an old horse, he dls guised himself—not In a “black gown and cap,” unt'iu an old military overcoat, with a hood—and Slatted for Pollock's Mill. Upon nearing the mill, be discovered hia man seated in the second story upon some.gndn, hags and watching down the road upon which he had approached; but so perfect was the officer’s disguise, that Carpenter mistook him for an iold farmer until Fiutow tapped him upon the shoulder, with the remark “/want you!" Carpenter in stantly sprang up and 6truck the officer with all his strength; but failing to floor hint, .ho received a hearty return of the compliment, .which .“ sent him to grass.” Before he could,recover himself the officer sprang upon him and clapped the handcuffs upon hia wrists; then placing him in - the sled he started for Wyoming. On the way Carpenter, whose hands are very small, managed to slip the handcuffs off, while holding his hands under the blanket. The officer, how ever. discovered it, and, replacing the bracelets, ' coolly informed his prisoner that if-he got ont of the shed, he should not get out after him. Carpenter, who appeared to have, no relish for cola lead, was docile enongh after this until he got to Wyoming, when he was'taken to Wilkes harre and lodged in jail over night. The next day—Saturday last—he was brought here and im mediately taken to Fottsville and committed to prison there. “While on his way here, in explanation of his conduct,’ Carpenter stated to officer Farrow that it was all right; that he, of course, wanted to make all the money he conld out of the case, and that be bad been paid $l,OOO by John Albrighton, Sr., to leave; that he had taken this money and gone away to finish working up the case, and that at the pieper time he would hare returned. Of-course nobody believes a word of his story, 'as all the statements he has made in the matter hare proved to be false. “At all events, Carpenter is in jail at Pottsville, where he will in all probability remain until the March court. We understand that charges will be brought against him for false pretences, as sault and battery, malicious arrest and false im prisonment Should it be proven that he is an impostor, which at present there appears to be tin?best of reasons for believing, we hope he maj be pnnished with a severity commensurate with his deserts. A man who, for the sake of a few paltry dollars, would make statements and charges affecting the liberty and imperiling the Uves of innocent parties, and increase tho trou bles and anxieties, while extorting money from an already sorely-afflicted family, Is a heartiest scoundrel, whose liberty is not consistent with the public welfare. He should be imprisoned for A Street Fight in Tennessee—One man Hilled nncl NeveraJ Wounded* We find the following In the Nashville Banner: “From residents or Lincoln county who are , now in the city,-we have gathered the details of a fearful affray which occurred in Fayetteville last Monday. On that-day a large number of persons had gathered in town, perhaps more than had been there at the same time since the close of the War. The excitement with regard to the advance in cotton had attracted many who stldomleft thelr.Jbmißii", ,ui ..... “About four o’clock in the afternoon, as Cap tain J. Cal. Hilbert wos engaged in selling a horse at-auctlon, on th&.westslde of the Public Square, in front of Smith & Blake’s drug-store, a fellow named Jack Kemp rode into the erowd and cried out, in a vaunting way, ‘l’m a radical; and I can whip any d—d rascal that ain’t.’ To this boast, a young man named Charles Eakes mode some reply, half injbke and half in earnest, and accompanied his remark by a kick at Kemp’s horse. The horse became frightened and occa sioned considerable commotion in the crowd. . Kemp apprehended, that an attack was about to be made on him jumped to the ground and took to his heels. The crowd, which was variously estima ted from five to six hundred persons, followed him, laughlug'and yelling, without any apparent object In view. Among the pursuers- wore men of both political parties, but Kemp had-been drinking freely and fvas unable to distinguish be tween his friends Ana "those whom he consi . dered his enemies. : Hd'ran at full speed through Smith & Blake’s drug store, and just as he came out ofthe backdoor some one shot at but mlascd him. This began to give a serious aspect to the affair, causing many who had followed Kemp . Kemp continued his flight to Ben Thompson’s . saloon, and thence to a dry goods store kept by one Reynolds, a violent Radical, who caused the doors and .windows to be shat against the ,' crowd. .. “After Kemp.bad.made,good his escape,' the ex citement subsided, and there, would not have .been any further difficulty had. not most of the radi-» cals who were in town gathered in front of Thompsons saloon, and made, threatening de monstrations against certain conservatives who - had incurred the hostility of the league leaders. The exact origin of the terrible melee which en sued we did not ascertain, but it is stated to have commenced between Niece Gray,- a conservative, and Elisha Brown, a radical.. - The friends of both parties soon took part, and for some time the air wbb llteraUyfllledwith rocks,brlok»andother missiles, '% As toe blood ofthe combatanta became 1 still more heated by the passions over which they had lost control, pistols were brought Into re quisition, and a hot fire, was kept np on bath OURWHOLi COUNTRY. mysterious Bobbery in St. JLouta- Walcben ansi - Diamonds stolen in Broad Daylight. [From the St. Louie Democrat, Utb.l About XI o’clock Bn Friday morning a lady called at toe jewelry store of Boogher Brothers, on Fifth street, under the Southern Hotel, and said:- she.wanted tobnya traveling cap. There was no one in the store except’ one or the pro prietors. In toe east end of toe store, in front of toe doOr that leads into' the office of, toe hotel; is a show-case containing. valuable watches, diamonds, &e. This ease was locked, and the Jiey was lying near by on toe safe. In waiting upon the lady, Mr. Boogher had to pass to, u corner of the store, out of sight of thlp show case, and was engaged for about twenty minutes. The lady appeared restive, and fre quently looked around toward too show-case,and after making her purchase she left leisurely. In a few minutes Mr. B. had occasion to examine the show-case, and, finding the key in the lock, made an examination, and found that over $1,500 worth of watches and diamond jewelry hod been stolen. It was too late to pursne the lady; who, no doubt, was the “stall" used by the thief, for she had been gone too long, and there was’ nothing peculiar about her appearance to lead to her identification. The employes of the hotel had observed no one enter the store at the east door, and no cine Was found to-direct suspicion to any’ one. The thief had stopped into the store while Mr. B. was out of view, and taking the key from' the safe, had hastily, helped himself ,to a portion of the contents of the showcase, and departed as noiselessly as he came. One ot the casescarried off was eight or ten inches square. Extraordinary conduct of a Bride- [FrOm the Chicago Evening JournaL] St. Locts, Feb. 12.—An exciting incident oc curred on the up train leaving St. Louis at three o’clock yesterday afternoon. A man named. Nicholas Watson, at five o’clock yesterday morn ing, married, at Jacksonville, a Miss Angelina Lumsden, whose jEather resides at MurraysviUe, ill. The train reached St. Louis at noon yester day, and they took toe Pacific Road; on their way to Southern Kansas, where Watson lives, intending to stop at Sedalia, and proceed to Greenfield, Dade eounty, where hia father re sides. On x the trip Watsoh appeared excited, and told his wife some men were fol lowing him, and, when within a mile of. Jefferson City, and while tho train was nnder fall headway, he jumped through a window, breaking the glaas, and falling to toe ground. The train was stopped, backed up, and the conductor aud passengers searched for the man, who, it was thought, would be fopnd dead, but being dis covered lurking in toe bushes near the river-side, be sprang on toe ice and ran at full speed across theSiLsouri river, watched by all the passengers till he vanished in the woods on the other side.. He was evidently deranged, but his newly-wedded wife could give no explanation of the cause. Three Conches on the Northwestern Bailroad Hurled Down on Embank ment—The Pars on Eire (From the Chicago Tribune, Fob. 12.1 A serious railroad accident occurred on Mon day on the Council Bluffs and Omaha Division of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Three cars of "a passenger train were hurled down a steep embankment, and; rested bottom upward. Two of the cars took fire, one of them beiag wholly destroyed. Scarcely one ol' all who were on board escaped injury to a greater or less ex tent, yet It is not known that a Bingle life was lost. The day express train from Omaha at U o’clock on M onday morning lor Chicago. It consisted, besides the engine and tender, of a baggage car, two passenger coaches, and' the sleeping car “Council Bluff," of Pullman's line. About 11.45 o'clock, soon alter • leaving:, Marshall, which is 288 miles from this city, everyone who was asleep on the train was- . aronsed by the violent shaking of the cars. -If was perceived that the wheels of the three last cars had left the track and were bouncing, along oyer- the tics. The engi neer was signaled, and • the engine slacked ■down. But before’lt had to-any great degree di minished Its rate of speed, the cars that were off the track had gradually neared the edge of the embankment, which at this place is about fifteen feet in height. All this occurred sooner than it can be related, and before any of the passengers conld leave their berths or seats. The cars hav ingbeen carried to the edge of 1 the incline, and still moving With considerable headway, were forced over the embankment and rolling over, were crowded - and smashed together' upside down, at the bottom. - Great confusion occurred among the passengers, some of whom were - still asleep,at the time of the. crash. In the ■ passenger coaches they were thrown out of their seats and bruised, scratched and otherwise in-, jnred. In the sleeping car they were tumbled out : ot their berths ana dashed violently against' the roof, which now lay upon the ground; clothing, , baggage and articles oc personal property, the bedding and furniture of the , car, were thrown hither and,thither, smothering, entangling or burning the startled Bleepers. Splinters anjd pieces of broken “wood -audglass were thfowkt* violently against the persons of the passengers, who, the fights hating been extinguished, lay in tho dark, crowded and jostled against one another, yet afraid, to move. hardly realizing where they were or what had happened. Some added to tbe confaslbrifby gitihg vent to’ thelr alarm in shrieks.and ones, - Then was started the ory that the cars weraon flre, and simultaneously there was madeafUgbfor the doors and win dows by thoso who knqw where they were. This Increased the fright-of too .terror-stricken, and they redoubted their'cries and screams, The sleeping-carundoaeOfthe passenger,cars had, In lact,,takea nre,and some qf the composed en deavored to put- out' tae-flames * in -toe- sleep ing-car, with success.»Boon the paasengere were all got out ofthe demolished can»,andtoo extent, ofthe Injuries ortha wounded was investigated. Many, In toe first panic, were - supposed to. have been klllod outright; but it was soon found that no one was dead, though sides. ,The'radicals numbered about' fifty, and were well-armed. < “While the conflict was still raging, the radi cals were- retreating, but fighting stubbornly as they wen t, ope of their leaders named Pamphlcn, ran Into Smith’s saloon, about forty yards from where the melee began. Just us ho reached the counter he was shot In the back by somebody in the street. The hall passed through his heart and he died in about twenty minutes. His death soon caused a suspension of hostilities, both sides tacitly agreeing that the wounded Should be. taken, caro of before tho affair proceeded any further. “It was found that another, Pamphienand two men named Brown, all radicals, had been serf-, onsly lfnot mortally wounded.- They were conveyed to a. livery stable near, by until' medical assistance could be Obtained. Three others of the same party were taken Into Price's shoe shop. “Among, the conreroiftea was ii brother of j Captainßoone, oommandet of General Forrest's escort dnring the war. He received a severe cop-, luslott on the bead. Napoleon Smith was- shot thtough'the fleshy part ofthe hand, and beaten about the head With a clubbed pistol by one of the Pamphlens. Jack McElroy also got his'head badly .cut In several plffcce. Numeroua other .par tidpanfs ln tno affray were more or lees lnjured. Elisha Brown, one of toofradlcalleaders, had his lower jaw broken and'suffered Internal Injuries, from Which: it was not thought that he could possibly recover. “As far as we could learn, the fight resulted in a 'draw—neither side being justified in claiming the Victory. -The anhnns of toe participants was more personal than political, although it cannot be donbted that the bitterness of feeling existing between toe radicals, and conservatives in that section served to aggravate toe affair." groom. DISASTERS. ItAILKOAD ACCIDENT'. many- .were quite .badly injured.' Tfco only persons who were seriously htot Was a young lady, a^courin of toe wife of the conduc tor, Mr. Daniel Richardson, and an elderly lady whose name ie nnknown. The former was taken out from, among thedebris ofthe aleeplng-Car in seaaible, and placed In the baggage-car, which, with tho engine, still.remained on toe track. No ’others were dangerously injured, though hardly one 1 among the passengers escaped without bruises. On the tritin were two babies; whose mothers clung tightly to them and preserved them from harm. The passengers searehed for their effects among the wreck,.and succeeded in recovering nearly everything of value. One gen tleman from Nevoda, however, failed to find his gold wateh, wMeh he had placed beneath the pil low of his berth.. ■ • i The coalshwbidh had been .torown from the stove in the passenger ear created * fire which' toe utmost efforts were nnable to prevent from spreading, andasno.woter was obtainable,.the car was left to burn up. The passqi«ers all got on board the baggags ear ana Were' oonveyed to Belle FUtim, the next station,where they disem barked. The wounded were Cored for, : and the remainder proceeded to their various destinations by the . next train. The lady who was so severely wounded was placed under toe care of a physician at Belle Plalne, She was found' to he very badly Injured In ternally, and it was thought that she conld not recover. With this exception, the injuries of all were of a nature comparatively slight. The train contained few passengers, otherwise the accident might have resnlted* much more disastrously. ■Hie sleeping car was only about half filial, and toe other Cars contained about the same propor tion of passengers. The cause of toe disaster was a broken rall- Only a few feet the other side of where the acci dent occurred is a bridge which stands at a con siderable elevation. Had the cars gone off there the consequences mu4t have been terrible. The Explosion or OH World in Brook irn-AddMlsnal Particulars—Death ol Another man—Coroner’s Inquest. Additional facts which have been gleaned of the terrible catastrophe and fire In the oil refinery of I Richardson, In Ewen street, near Columbia, South Brooklyn, that occurred on Wednesday night, a report of which has already been pub lished in the Berald, exhibit a very melancholy state of affairs. The structure was a frame build ing, containing seven stills, flve of. which were in operation at half-past ten o’clock on Wednesday , night, when the unlooked-for accident occurred which sent two seals into eternity, one instantly, and toe other before the dawn oi light. There were three men at work in the refinery at the time, John Brogh, Edward Conroy ana Joseph Conroy. The gaß escaping from one of the stiffs ignited, as we nave already stated, from a candle in the hands of one of the men, and the explo sion followed instantly. Hibernia Engine Com pany No. 16, which Is located in the immediate vicinity of tho oil works, was prompt in assem bling at the scene of the disaster; and nnder the guidance of Ass’bEngineor W. Dowd did all that was possible under toe circumstances to rescue the unfortunate men from toe ruins ofthe blazing and hissing pile. Mr. Dowd risked his life, in re moving the charred remains of James- Brogh, while toe foreman of the company, J&ncs Cmr ran, succeeded in resetting Edward Conroy in a dying condition. • Joseph'Conroy madegood his ' escape with.bat slight injury. Tne establishment was owned by Childes Richardson, who bus tains a loss 0f.525,000, there being no insurance. The loss Is chiefly in off, the bnuding and machinery not being of much value. Brogh was an Irishman, forty years of age, and resided at the - corner o; Columbia and King streets, where he leaves a wife and six children, who are wholly unprovided for. Edward Conroy was conveyed to toe Long Island College Hospital, where lie lingered until four o’clock yesterday morning, when he died. He was a single man, and ’ Uvea in King street. Deceased was a' brother of Joseph Conroy, who so miraculously escaped death. Coroner Slattery commenced to hold an request yesterday. After examining several witnesses the case was ad journed until to-morrow.— A r . Y. Herald. MUSICAL. La Gra.ndk Duchesse.—There is no good rea son why opera boujje should not become as mnch of an institution in this coontiy as grand opera. First-rate low comedy and oven burlesque obtain favor here among intelligent people, who find them a pleasant substitute occasionally for heavy tragedies; and opera bouffe would undoubtedly fulfil the same purpose in the musical world u the pieces presented were of a first-rate character, both in the respects of music and text. The plots of most operas are sp inane, atnpid apd im probable that they would be beneath contempt without the musical garb with which they are clothed and made presentable, r Opera bouffe, at least as far as Philadelphians have had an opportunity to observe is Open to the entirely differentcharge that the drama is excellent while too mu6lc is trsßhy. The composer who sb all happily combine beau tiful music with a witty and sprightly text will bid fair to obtain , lasting fame. Many of the burlesqne operas in existence would probably find as great favor in this coun try, as they have in European citiesprovlded they were toned down to suit too refined taste of. our musical public. Because the Black Crook drama was successful here, it does not follow naturally that wo will approve grossneas and Indelicacy in opera. The classes of people who attend these two species of entertainment differ widely in culture, refinement and taste. True lovers of tho opera never conld contribute to the success of,the spectacular, undressed drama. For these reasons La Grande Duchesse can never acquire great popularity in tola city. Tbeper formanco at the Academy has .these merits,that it is placed upon toe stage in teoellent style, and that toe participants are first-rate acton. In deed as masters ot burlesque,'' it is very doubtful if the personators of “Paul,” “Puck • and “Bourn”, have ever Been equaled in this qoan try, and some of .our.actora. in the. some line might study their representations with advan tage. Butt beyond, these and a very funny story,, The Duchess has no claim to our lasting regard. She is’ not seemly at times, and while ffls9olute Paris may applaud -her. Indelicacy and conceive that it;constitutes a claim to popnlar favor, the careful morality of this, country will probably find it only provocative of disgust; and entitled therefore to censure. ~ —Tatinsual rehearsal of the GermanterOrchestra will be given to-morrow aftornbbn, at Musical Fund Hoff. Tho followlng programme will be offered: "4 ■■■■•. ,\"v .. 1. Overteur—Queen for One Day ...,...; .Adam. Song—An ihr Vei1ehen............ vßeisslger. 3. Concert Stueck Solo for Piano, per- • formed by Mrs. M. Groebl .Weber. 4. Overture—Catharina Cornaro F. Lacbnor. 6; Qoartetto—from Rlgoletto.../..Vi.... .Verdi ■6. Beauty Galop (first time)..i......C.Lachner. P Italian Opera.—On ■ Monday, the l second' of March, the La Grange-Brignoli opera troupe will begin a short season of Italian opera at tho Aca demy of Music. _ . Coitions Petition.—A curious petition was' presented to the French Sonato last month; A lawyer of Mans, one Sionr Bdrard de Ponththieu, prayed for “the re-establishment of a Roman em pire. (ho government of "which should becon nded tothe King of Italy; Jn exchange for the. States of the Church tho Pope to receive s pro, - perty> dither: the island of Sardinia or of the cfe'nl county, pf Vonalssin—a fertile dlstrlnt of; Froy ence-fhnd an annual revenue of ’ ' » A No’vKiliScaNK.—A spectacle 'which drates a crowd date to the SWlcpot Gardens Jb|! thatof sf . lady who; Ifc luir, daily walk,' attracts nftmd ‘ her flights of tbe wlld .pigeons who l6ageMtoie old trees, and SCoreai of sparrows anA-;Otheri birds, whoperobottjter shoulders, andeveuhavo the audatjlty to. peck at her months The lady is dally escorted to her homo by a perfect squadron of her feathered friends, who then'return to their 'quarters,: ;v/ "pr:' • ' E I, HETHEBSTON. Paayer. PBICJ& •tHREB.CENTS, ’ FACTS Atm HAM fiEßfe* —Mrs.Sunder fata Chicago. ' "'1 —Wcatoo has ceased iodr»w,‘but not'to 2»W billiard hall coming #29,000 has Just bixm put up In Omaha. ', . ,* a Mm&n b " mbeM ****** tow —A man killed himaeKln Hartford last Sataiw day, because ho Mold Ho* get wcwlfi, *^ e^.“ e f n . b J! BWritto ‘ ® letter of eondolenoe to Mm. Charles Kean on her loss. * toswusn. aro morethan,2W) 8li ' ns —Tbe *o« ti> tnmem ofWestefn steamboat* r***® =j^apasaasisag|sjs —The Omaha'Herald makes the encomashitfi announcement that “not' am«». im immmlS —Chicago has two hundred and fifty Doltcentm• ’ P° r annum; -and one/ MatStak. ' and fifty firemen, with #9OO salary aye«£^^ • -rtt F.: Hapdy, considered lastyearone ofther bankruptcy me “ of ClncinnaU > has petitioned for " —The Mareellles’ jonnials annenace that the brothers Davenport have arrived- in -thateltr t»> give representations. . , T —lt takes 16,000 bales of cotton, or 6.1«0 00*> —Madame Juarez has beet) fined for not having lights upon her carriage while traversing the streets of the Mexican capital at night; ; " —“Chronicles and Characters”!* thetitleof the new volume of poems by OwenMeredith-fc-Koberfct Lytton. f —Thackeray thought children should be taught whist at |en or twelve, as a part of that- edaca— tlon, and favored a professor of the game, - . : t—The Tale profetsors are giving a course of scientific lectures In popular language -to’ practi cal mechanics. —The death Is announced of Dr. Daw. the brother and biographer of 81r Humphrey EaVy and eminent as a chemist, geologist, and pbjad ologist, which took place on the2lth of January. —“Hambletonian Star,”, one of the most promising trotting stalllohs in tho eduntry, bred > by R. A. Alexander, of Kentucky, died-recihtly of lock-jaw. . —There la a lady In Boston, it is said, who haa furnished homes for over 7,000 foundlings., The demand for children for adoption in that city ap pears tobe very great. —Tho NewTork Methodist saysthat collisions have occurred between the . two Methodist Book- ConcemSat New York and ‘ Cincinnati which • threaten to Interfere with their itsefttlnesk. —A vivandtere, whoaccompauiedthearmles of < the first Napoleop, hasr just died fa the Asylum • of La Salpetrlero, at the ago of ioi. She went through the Russian campaign,''and'' was’ at Waterloo. , . . —A. stock.compauy haß been formed . at Poria for the purpose of seeming the gold and other , - precious metals, buried With; the corpses at .the Parisian cemeteries, which are about to be aban doned. ' —There are forty mfimbera Of the Corps Le gislate whofill pettyofficesatihe Tulleries, and who never.were In the department which .they represent in the Legislature." Three of the Em peror’s aids-de-camp are also '‘representatives of the people.” .. .. . , —A gentleman In Hartford, Conn., lately bonghS a crow and bod it cooked as an experiment.. He " invited two of his friends to dine with, him, and they pronounced it the best partridge they had ever eaten. He is elated at having discovered a new game bird, and offers fifty cents apiece foo crows. —The Lynchburg (Va.) ■ News has discovered the reason why, the Honse Of Bishops of . '.the Protestam Episcopal Church wish'to elect a pre siding bishop as successor to the late Bishop Hopkins. . Dr. Smith, tho legitimate senior, ft seems, is a Southern man, anff “not sound” on the political questions of the day. —The leaning of soup to the destitute poor at the police stations In Boston began on Saturday. The Mayor and some members of the city council went the rounds and tasted the soup and tho fish chowder given out, and prononnced it ex cellent—of course they would have their spoons in the feed. —The land in England is said to be owned by 1 some thirty thousand men. The London Star Bays it has heard of a person who was uneasy in * his mind, lest these thirty thousand,'out of pa tience with strikes, disgusted with reform; wor ried by railroads and shocked at the increase; of population, should one day combine and give tbs whole English nation notice to'quit. i ’ —A member of the New Jersey. Legislature at- • tempted to commit suicide the other, evening by blowing out the gas; instead of turning It off, when howenttohed. He was rescued from_bis. _ perilous situation by a room mate, .who arrived, about half an hour afterward. ,He gave, as, an. excuse for his conduct that he “thought.tho darn’d thing was a patent taller candleif —A yonng gentleman of color tin Allentown, Pa., who was sent to get something to smoke the meat In his employer’s smoke hotise.went oat and invested'‘the moneyin cigars; and seating', . himself in the smoke honse .under the, meat, lighted a cigar and pufled away. He'had dis posed of sixteen cigars in this way before tho, blander was discovered by the family. —Lewiston, Maine, has had a’theatrlCal rhpre sentatlon of the -West. Aubtirn murder by a. traveling troupe. The murder! scene drew forth,, applause from, the audience which crowded tho ball.' Verrtll, Who'was'once convicted‘of eom-r -plicity in the crime, was present ' and 1 at tho, close a contribution was taken np tor hls.benefit. It is said that he lqoka pale and ill slnce hls re lease. /• "V v ■ —Fred Douglass, In a lecture at Chicago, lash, week, ibid: “All that he would ask 1 for ’thir col ored men was fair play and hands off. ffcera was no (ear of their pretending to rulethaequn try. It would he governed as of oIA By‘Anglo- Saxons and Anglo-Saxon statesmeu* 'Of hls.peo plethorewere only four millions, and ho asked, for them only their proportionate share In. tho government. ’ . .... —Charivari tells a tunny story of a man- In, France, Who.was attacked by foqr or flwhrob berswhile returning to his home at night' A bright idea flashed npon hlm, and he bega&'shout ibg "Pies la Kepitblique. n \ Instantly tha poUeo , gathered from all quarters, the robbers dropped ilioir plunder and fled,-the shouter was seised— of course—but, on making explanations,.was at-, lowed to depart, 1 The Empire Is peace. . v -About the first of November last agentlemam entered a Detroit street car, and rode.sopm dis tance. A dbg belonging to this gen tiomatt fol lowed the car, and not observing his master* when ho left the: vehicle, continued hto course? fas the end of - tho iaad, ,Stew.,teat tlmql» kaAfbl- - lowed the same car day after day, apwroatly never losing sigh t of it, and no MMUntof, coax ing can induco hlm to abandon his sett-uqpQsed L ■ ( / s j* * > —According to the Fall Riven (N-TA .Timet, there Is a young lady Uyteg, in, Somerset. “Mass.; who has ten grand■parents, oil of whom are living, and whose united, ages amount;to five hundred, and forty-elght'yeara. - On tho father’s side the grandlathePa l age 'la 44 year*} grandmother, ilf great-grandfather; 66; great grandmother, 68; great-greafrgranafathwt idgft ride! grandfather 42 years;’ grandmototevat; great-grandfather, 70; \*