GIBSON Mfatf
VOLUME XXI.-KO. 265. i
THE EVENING- BULLETIN
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■ 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'FKA<SbTH. to, otAer causes—principally digestion, .The
WHITE chamber has then that disease called by the
Fourth and Anh streets. moderns “ nerves”—an access of which has set
in about half-past five. The air is then charged
with a general sense of dinner-engagements, the
very atmosphere to explode most suddenly at
’ any chance spark. * * ,'
On my last visit to the Palace Bourbon an ex
change of compliments sufficiently tart was made
between a deputy of the Opposition and the very
high-priest of the solemnity, the “ Excellency ” (a
flattering estimate of the uuthoi i/y),of the Presi
dent Schneider. It was on this occasion the pas
sionate and revolutionary M. Pelletan who shot
into the room with a grievance. Seizing the op
portunity of the reading of the minutes of the
last session, he demanded the floor, and signalled
a “frivoloua lUtle. romance” on the part of the
report in the Monkeur, That paper had stated
that, having perpetrated an interruption, he
had been reseated by the President “I
was not on my legs, and consequently could
not have been made' to sit down,” remarked
the deputy, With a' roundness and deliberation
which, made thd point nmroTeliing, end pro
ceeded to add that the incident had l>een 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; \*