GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXI.-NO. 267. THE EVENING- BULLETIN But a day of reckoning must come. The French . " ' ;“»Uon, like its anniesfis subject to panlc^d AT THE KKW mnM.ETIS Bni.I)I!VO, if ° De £houl , d arlße at a wrOB K moment, wo may 607 Clicatnut Mri-ct, t'lillculclnbiu, ' wltDe _ B 8 0 catastrophe which will test severely the irr .-rha stability of Empire hiid dynasty. evening BULLEJ ASSOCIATION. ; The Sennto hae, passed the new army bill with on S„™rt g , volco -,, •„ CABPEE SOUOEK. JB., FHANOIS WEU& ’ The journals condemned by the Correctional The Bcn.*Ttw Id «crve4 toaubeorlbere In the city at IS Police Court have all annealed niralnat fhn ann centa per week, payable to the camera or M nur annum . . .. . “Ppcaicu against me sen " fence, Ijut with no hope of the revision of the judgment; for,as Eugene Pelletan observed only yesterday In the Chamber, there has never been , an instance known In which a' press artlele, in criminated by the government; has been declared innocent by a French tribunal. The assertion is not greatly to the honor of the French Judges but I doubt whether it can be refated;'or, at least, further than by one or two Of those rare exertions which serve only'to prove the rule. The Corps Legisiatif is at last fairly engaged in the discussion br the bill on the Press. By far the greater number of questions under debate are of a much too technlcaland special character to bo of interest to the foreign reader—such, for in stance, as the amount of caution money to be de posited by a journal, the Stamp duty, and similar enactments. The really great question at Issue is whether the press in France shall be free, that is, as free as In America and England and Italy, or not; and to judge by the attitude, already manifested by the majority, there can be little doubt that the re strictions imposed On the liberty of public dis cussion will be sufficiently great. M. Thiers made yesterday one of his great speeches upon the question, and, I am happy to say, in this case on the right aide. He contended that, with out a free press, there could be no real liberty for a nation; and that without “complete” liberty there could be no free press. Half and half or restricted liberty was of no avail, and meant and .could mean only dissimulated bondage. He reproduced, with great effect, his own language used on the same subject more than thirty years ago, when he was a minister, and in which he contended for unlimited freedom of discussion and icmark, even to the limits ol 1 ’misrepresentation and personal detraction. Such i abuses, he rightly argued, must be endured for I the sake of the greater advantage of freedom of i. i-peech; and would, besides, soon correct them -1 stives, as they did in the United States and in ! !! England. He was loudly cheered by the opposi- i ! tlon and the more liberal section of the Chamber, j but the -candulaU du gonremement showed by j their murmurs that their votes were already i pledged. In consequence of the judgment pronounced against them, and whifh. in case of a'second offence, would probably involve a penalty of a,OOO francs fine and six months’ imprisonment —the newspapers scarcely allude to the above debate, or bestow only a few words, on it, with feat and trembling, publishing only the official report- What a farce to be “discussing” a law on the press under such.circumstances! It seems, however, that even the Corps Legis latif can show some fight when the con flict ib pro ..oris, cl foci#, and■ to defend at once their own dwellings and the homes of their ancestors from the "expropria tions” of Baron Haussmann, the Prefect. This terrible modem .-Edlle has determined to , drive one of his new Boulevards through a portion of the Cemetery of Montmartre, and both the Go vernment and the Emperor back him in the enterprise; the latter having examined the locality in person the other day and decided In favor of the project. The bill was' accordingly presented .to the Chamber under Government patronage and support. I But so strong was the feeling raised by this aggression against the manes of their ancestors, that 100 members voted against the measure and 103 for it; leaving it morally con demned by this feeble majority, to say nothing of 31 members of the usual ministerial majority, who took care to be absent at the moment they were wanted. This is the greatest check onr eti terprising Prefect has yet received in his career ! of "embellishment.” ' " The Emperor has again, gone off on a “ shoot ing ” excursion, this time to Rambouillet. It is much remarked how these shooting expeditions are paraded before the eyes of the public by the official and semi-official journals, as though the intention were to prove by them how extremely well and actively disposed the Emperor is. On a former occasion, at Fontainbleau, in two days 2,364 head of game were slaughtered r.n butlut: and very nearly the same quantity again at Compiiignc. The Prince Imperial is pursuing his studies at the College Bonaparter so named after his great ancestor. He is at present only in the 7th class, but is said to distinguish himself much among his youthful fellow students, by his original com positions, for which he has several times gained the first place. , niEu.' Friday,February hi. In New York. Jame* B„ eon of Margaret end the late John Manly, in the 23d year of bl* mo, ; «Hssi^essffliSJSKi"- . MWMOK.-On rrWmy.MthUaL, Cithortae Mlanlok, fa.the Wtti yearof her ago.;. ’ W mT ViFnf^‘^i I ffif VK ™ aDfiEBSEa a Foortb and Arch ■treefa. WBOPAIi NOTIOOb ■»* Bev. Hemy Ward Beecher WAX DELIVER HIS NEW LECTURE, “The Pursuit of Happiness,” AT TOE ACADEMY OF MUSIC’, ’ Tbnndiy Evening, Feb, *7(h, at 8 o'clock, Mr. Beecher this teat on in Philadelphia. „ Ticket* will be for sale »t J. EL fSfIULD’O Now Piano glore. rn fOEBTSLT street, WEDNESDAY M?)HNINu", Fsbruarylftth. Ticket*. 60 cent*. No extra etiarpe for Reserved Beat*. fel64trp t&T Prom Joppa to the Jordan. A descriptive Lecture on th* above subject will bo d*’- ilvtrcdon MONDAY EVENING, February 17th. 1863, by Dr. WM. WILSON TURNER, in the NORTH BAPTIST CHURCH, EIGHTH street, above MASTER. Ticket*. 25 cent*. feis-st* ®®*ven otL DEA “ JR8 ‘ Refiners, and Oi nee or City Issr-roTOE or itrrtNLD Prraoi.r.rji, KKEOsJOnK, ami Bukm.no (jlUi* No.lfS WALWin’ktreet. Pmr.ADii.i’ui.v, February 15, IKS. To I'xfinert, Denier*, and Vender* of Refined Petroleum, Ktn>*«ne, and Bnrotog Blufda, (Urd and Whale Oils only excepted):— TAKE NOTICE. 1 ■brusry'peietfi, " *° ct Assembly, approved ON AND AFTER THURSDAY. Feb. 20th, Any perron or perron* who shall icil or cause to bo sold or delivered, any REFINED PETROLEUM. KEROSENE, OR BURNING ; °<*¥’ . (Lard and Wliale Oil only excepted), the fire test ef which »hail be lev* than U 0 degree* Fahrenßeit, or with out Hie brand of the Inspector, or who shall adulterate oil after tUd dame shall have been tealed and branded. .HI be liable to a fine of not more than five hundred dol lars, and an imprisonment not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the court. IP on* in Bond, er for export or shipment beyond the limit* of tie State of Pennsylvania, ONLY, are exempt from thipcuvisloo* of the above-named AcL mar. raa secojtd and past lec-turf. of Prof. KOBEKT E. hOUKKK. before tiie TKACII LB3 1 INBTITLTD. will be delivered at ; HOrtTICULirKAIi HALL, WEDNESDAY EVENING* FEBRUARY I®. _ SUBJECT: “ELECTRICITY. WTTH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO _• • GALVANISM AM) MAGNETISM." The Lecture will ba brilUaiitly illustrated by .cetr and novel experiments. Tickets of &4ifiire!on. CO cents. For sale at Trumplcr**, {&> Chestnut .street, and at the door. No extra charge for reserved seats. which can only be obtained at Trtinjp lei's. Pooraopcn at 7. Lecture will commence at 8. folT-iti »gg» OFFICE OF TUB CITY TREASURER FiiiL Feb. 14,' 1863. . NOTICE.—City Warrants issued In 1867 will be paid in the following order: Warrants issued from January let to July Ist will bo paid from March Ist to 10th; those issued from July Ist to December 3Ut will bo paid from lcth to 20th: W orrantfl of 1863 will be paid after the 90th March. All interest en Warrants will cease after the dates above named. Holders of five or more Warrants will present a schedule of the same, for adjustment, be fore the time of payment JOSEPH N. PEIRSOL, fel&6trjps , City Treasurer. ■fig* ' THE GRAND TESTIMONIAL TO S. K. MCR DOCH will take place at CONCERT HaLL. on MONDAY EVENING, February 24th. 1868, when be will read choice selections of poetry and prose. Admission 50 cents. Reserved seats 76 cents. For sale at TRUMPLER’S. No. 926 Chestnut street; BONER & CO., 1103 Chestnut street aad at the llall. fe!7tfrp BT. MARY** HOSPITAL CORNER OF FRANKFURD ROAD and PALMER STREET (opposite New York Kensington Depot), in charge of the Sisters of Bt. Francis. Accident c«bCB received if brought immediately after rtcontion of Injury, Lying in cases received at a moderate rate of board. Free medical and surgical advice given on Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons, between 4 and 6 o’eik. fel2-tirp nfig* OFFICE OF THE LBHIGU COAL AND navigation company. Pmi.Ai)KLririA, January GO, 1865. Tills Company Is prepared to purchase its Loan duo En 1870, a/ par. SOLOMON SHEPHERD, Treasurer. jaSO-tfrp ' No. 122 South Second Street MT HOWARD HOSPITAL NOB.-1618 AND im •* w Lombard street Dispensary Department.—Meal, cal treatment and modicinea furnished gratuitously to the poor. • , EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ' LETTER FROM PARIS. Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Pakis, Friday, Jan. 31,1868—When I trans mitted to you on Tuesday last the principal items of the ministerial financial statement, which had then just appeared, I promisedto send you in my next the-appreciation of the eountryupon that document and tho measures proposed by it. The appreciation, such as it is, has been very soon made. It amounts, in fact, to very little beyond a silent acquiescence. The country and the press have jnst heard it announced to them that; the expenditure of the govern ment has far exceeded the revenue, and that a considerable addition is about to be made to the public debt in the midst of peace, and neither country nor press say scarcely a word. The latter, not unnaturally perhaps, occupies Itself far more with tho con demnation rn masse of ten of the leading journals of .the capital, nnder which it is smarting at this moment, than- with the Btate of- the public puree; and as to the country, it seems to be thinking far more of how much money it can make by lending to' Itself on advantageous terms, than of tho sums it is called upon to pay, or the use which is to be made of them. Only let the government issue the loan at a favorable ilgure.for.invcstsaentv ftnd4tnray ask" for aild get" as much money as it likes. Even the possibility, not to say probability, that the Corps Legislate may deem the amount afpresent demanded (440 millions) wholly inadequate to meet the deficien cies and prospective expense, appeare.to give rise to little other reflection than thatp*>pie must get their favors ready for a larger subscription The 400 millions, or twice - the amount will be subscribed in a twinkling, and with the greatest facility; there is no doubt about that The question is, how long will and how Jong can this indifference on one side and extravagance an the other go on and.lastf France is rich and prosperous; and all looks smiling at present jB the arbitration of a man of honor, 'and the counsel on both sides seemed to think that this would be the most desirable course/ Mr. Coleridge handed to the Lord Chief' Justice a draughtof the terms to which his client the Countesß would consent, but,’ as Lord Willoughby was not In town, the case was adjonrned until the following Monday. /The family of the Willoughby D’Eresby is one of the most ancient among the English nobility. The bolder of the title,is for the time being the I; hereditary Grand Chamberlain of England; and tt® present lord; who is defendant in this suit; is the fortieth baron in a direct line. What is thotight of his nobility in the Court- of 'Queen’s Bench may be judged by the following peroration of Mr. Coleridge e speech, in which the-Lord : Chief Justice, .by the course he pursued, seemed entirely to agree. ~ ' Mr. Coleridge said: It was true that 1 she had not been married to the defendant, but the ab sence of .the religions obligation would make the relations between them under the circumstances . in some respects more Sacred to a man of honor. She had left her husband for him, had borne him a daughter, and lived With him for fifteen years. She was as faithful to him as woman ever was to man. In health and in sickness she de voted herself to him with unwearied attention. She bad bnt one fault; and if he bad in him one spark of the feelings of a gentleman, it did not he in his month to reproach her with it The man would be the biggest scoundrel that ' ever breathed who, having lived with a woman during her best years, and taken from her her love and her .means, could then deliberately fling her off. The defendant hero had acknowledged his obligation, and would no donbt have earned ont his ezpressed intention had he not come un der baneful .influence. Being so, he seized her wretched furniture and turned her into the street. Bnt let the Lord High Chamberlain of England, the man whose duty it was to marshal the nobles of the country to the throne of the . Sovereign—let him say in that ac tion: “I. an English nobleman, an English gen tleman, have sold yonr property, and have the proceeds; bntyou are a married woman—vou can not maintain this action. , I will take advantage of this legal technicality to defeat your just claim.” Let the Lord High Chamberlain of Eng land do tJiiß if he dare—let bim go to Court and tell his high-sonled and pure-minded Royal mis tress what manner of actions her Chamberlain commits; and let him add that ho resorted to a defence which miserably failed—a defense ns bad in law as it was unfounded in honesty and lienor. (Applause.] The case terminated on the 3d of February by n reference to arbitration. The Lord Chief Justice was to appoint the referee. ABYSSINIA. lespatcbes from the Hostile Camps-. KijOK Theodoras in a Bad Strait*.a. Battle limnlnent (Tear .HacJala—Ad vance ot the Esryptians.*The Weather intensely Warm. Suez, Egypt, February 11th, by way of Malta and London, February 16tb, 1868.—The BDecial correspondent of the New York Herald at tached to the British military expedition in Abyssinia forwards advices from the headquarters’ post of the army at Senafe. from which it ap pears that King Theodoras is at his camp near the palace of Magdala, where the English captives are confined;- The Abyssinian mop arch is said to be in a bad strait in a military point of view. An engagement between the two armies is imminent and may take place at any moment. Very few of the disaffected native chiefs now acknowledge any feaitv to Theodoras. The Chief Kassai, ruler of the’ Tigre district, opeDly courts the favor of Major-General Napier. General Napier fears that this chief; whose po litical character is bad, aims at making a secret attack on him, and" consequently seeks to ar range and perfect a binding treaty of alliance with him so as to hold him answerable for his future acts. Thirty-five thousand British troops of all classes have been landed at Zonla, and the ad vance of the Queen’s army has reached to within two days’ march of Antaio, half-way towards Magdala from the. shore line, where jt is very probable the expected battle will take place. The Egyptians, with a contingent embracing many Turks, are very near to Magdala, bnt they ute no cantion and still march on in a reckless manner, without the sanction of the superior off cers of the English army. The English in the interior number about twenty thousand. The troops suffered considerably from the heat of the weather. VESUVIUS. - [ Grapbic Account of tbe Great Land , ! slip nearh'aples-Shops and Dwelling I Houses Overwhelmed—An American Gentleman Among tbe Sufferers. 1 ! (Correppondenco of tlie London Timea.3 , | N.\n.ns, Wednesday, Jan. 22.—Vesuvius,which ! has puzzled every one bv its caprices, is now j again active and glorious." When I lost spoke of the mountain it waß reposing, and the eruption was supposed by many to be On the decline, but on tbe 23d inst. the instruments were much agi tated, the lava began to pour forth, and two shocks oi earthquake were felt even iit Naples. For two or three days the old road- to the Obser vatory has been the most favorable ono,-as the lava has been pouring down over the cone m that direction in three or four separate streams, wear ing the appearance of as many gigantic fingers forever elongating. It is calculated that the j lava is ejected to the height of 1,100 metres above 1 the level of the 6ea, bo that you may easily con j ceive how magnificent is the spectacle. For two ! days the mountain has been covered with snow, oven to the lip of tho crater, thus presenting that remarkable association of fire and frost which astonished Us:, some weeks since. Last night tho eruption was singularly grand, and as the lava descended also toward the Piano delle ■-Ginestre it. seemed as if tbe entire cone was covered by streams of lire. " A sad disaster has befallen one of the most beautiful quarters of this city. Last night, about 6.45 o’clock, there was a land-slip of that hure tufa mountain which towers up above tho corner of Santa Lucia, leading round to the Chiatomone, overwhelming Ihe shops and dwelling-houses which, lay; below. The report in the city, early this morning was that 55 bodies had been already, disinterred; but, as little trust Is to be placed in statements in moments of excitement, I procured the escort of a Guard of Public Security, and was admitted to the scene of the disaster. Many who read this will remember how long they have lingered at several coral and print shops just at the turn of Santa Lucia; less agreeable reminiscences they,will have of one or two wine-shops and trattoiHe frequented by the people. Well, all are overwhelmed, and how many unhappy beings lie buried beneath is up to the present time unknown. In some re spects I was reminded of tho appearance of Torre -del Greco during tho earthquako of 1861—there were long beams and rafters standing perpen dicularly. out of the rubbish; chairs, tables, beds, and other articles of household furniture were mingled with the rains; sections of houses ...which ctycgto andclimbedup the cliff.wera.ap,.. parent, with private cupboards full of bottlos, but . tho inhabitants and facades; indeed the 'greater portion of the houses; lay embedded be . ncath the mass of tufa Which lay piled high be neath, obstructing aU communication betweon the city and the: Riviera di Chiaga in this direc tion' - . ,*• - .. v ' .... ' , It was meat painful to'think of the amount of suffering that lay buried there without the possi billty of reUef,for the work ©’excavation was pro nounced to be dangerous. How high the moun tains tands which nominates Santa Lucia I cannot say—certainly many hundred feet, and, eomposed as it Is of very frnble materials, there was full expectation .that even larger masses would fall. , On tho very/summlf and at the ex treme; edge, there ' are banicks; the stone facing •of the mountain had given way, OURWHOLE COUNTRY. A commission of engineers and architects was appointed to examine the mountain and report whether it would be safe to remove the rains at I the base, It was a work of great danger, tor tbev bad to scramble over the wrecks of the demol ished bouser, at the risk of being swallowed np by another landfall. At length it was decided that nothing could be done until the monntain had been propped, and how this can be done ap pears to me to be a mokt puzzling affair. Some thought that the best thing‘would be tb explode that part -of the 'monntain with a mine, bnt this would have endangered much property near at hand. At present, therefore, we are quite in the dark as to the extent of the disaster, and if any unfortunate persons are buried they must remain victims. The houses destroyed are a lodging-house mnch frequented by foreigners; two,jif not three, coral' shops, a shop where en gravings were sold, a eafe partially so, a wine-shop mnch frequented, ana one or two small eating-houses. I believe that most In the lodging-houses escaped; they had timely warning in certain noises made by the breaking away of .the cliff. A family who were in an npper room were unable to escape, bnt through the bravely ofa Captain of the BCrsaglieri were got down by ropes and ladders. An American gen tleman who was lodging there was severely wounded; and was sent off to the Pellegrini. I have just visited him, as the poor fellow knew only two persons in Naples, and he tells me he was lying on his bed when the roof fell iu and a rafter came down on his body. It broke the bones of the pelvis, and he has, mofeover, a wound in the head. It is hoped that those who were in the cafe had time to escape, as the door is partially open; as to those in the coral-shops, the wine-shops and the traitone, they mnst in evitably be lost, and it is feared there were many there. It beirg a cold night, the sentinel at the en trance to the Castel d’Nnovo, had retired within his box, and waß thus saved from any injury. He reports that at the time the mountain fell a carriage was passing, and others add an omni bus; if so, they must bo overwhelmed. Of course, there is great excitement in the city, and the disaster is the sole topic of conversation. His Koyal Highness, the Duke d’Aosta, who had been up Vesuvius, on his return in the evening, went down to Santa Lucia, and remained till a late hoar. This morning I saw him there again, and by bis orders, on the report of the Commission of Engineers, the works were 1 immediately suspended. There were present also tbeltegio Delegato, the Questor, and all the civic and military authorities, while the trofips kept the ground, together with the police, and, in fact, were prepared to do all the work, bnt it was too perilous to proceed with. Two bodies of workmen have already been disinterred, and two or three wounded have been taken off to the hospitals; bnt I fear that a great loss of life has yet to be revealed. As to the can.se of this terrible affair, therocan, I think, be little doubt that the principal one is the long-continued activity of. Vesuvius. For two moritbs and more we have , been rocking in our beds; the seisometer has accurately marked ail the oscillations. In a former letter I spoke of a scientific friend who for several days marked these oscillations by observing the motion of a piece of Iron suspended from bis shut ters. Well,- these frequent vibrations „ mnst of necessity have produced some effect on this great tnfa mountain, and for several days the in habitants of the ruined houses, and a gentleman in the Hotel Crocelle, observed indications of movement. It is only fair to say, however, that the Crocelle is put ot the line of danger, but no doubt the signs observed were occasioned by the vibrationsoftheadjoining tufa. Itis to be noted, too, that in Santa Lncia there are hot springs of sulphur and iron which attract thousands of invalids daring the summer, and these indicate a connection between this part of the city and Vesu vius. From what I hear, the proprietors of the rained hoases suspected danger, and meditated some precautions, bnt they conld not decide upon any combined plan. Vesuvius still maintains its activity, and last night was very splendid. Bold Outrage in lowa—A Cattle Dro ver Assaulted by Two Ruffians, Cut witlt Knives, and Robbed of $3OO. [From tho Dußuqne Timeo, 13th. ] \Ve were made acquainted yesterday, with the particulars of a high-handed outrage which has recently been perpetrated in tho vicinity of Shell rock, butler county, lowa. Lust Saturday evening, about 7 o’clock, a cat tle-buyer of that place, named C. 8. Mills, while returning home from one of his trips, was waylaid by two ruffians, badly wounded, and robbed. He had arrived within two miles and a half of his residence, and near a piece of timber, when he was passed byacoupltof men on horseback, going in the came direction. They rode on at full speed until they; passed through the piece of timber, when, finding the way all clear, they returned, and met Mills about half-way in the woods. Without saying a word, or giving their victim the least sign in regard to their intentions, one of the men caught tho horse that Mills rode by the head, while the other assaulted him with a sharp knife, striking and cutting him severely. A terrible struggle ensued. Mills is a powerful man, and, thinking that the villains were Intent upon taking Ms life, defended himself with all his power Fearful., blown were glven.and received, but finally Mills' was dragged from his horse, and finding that he was getting cut badly by the mur derous knifOjiie told the fiends that he would surrender. Thpy then searched his pockets, and look therefrom about three hundred dollars in greenbacks, a good watch and some .valuable papers. Having effected their purpose, thoy then mounted their horses and rode off, leaving Mr. Mills stretched upon the ground in a state of un consciousness-: In this position he was found by some neighbors, who happened to be passing, and - a physician sent for. After having his wounds dressed, ‘ he was brought home, and, though still confined tb his bed, it is considered that biu wound Bare not fatal. No cluo to the au thora of this Infamous outrage has yet been ob tained. One man has been arrested on suspicion, but as nothing .could be proved againßt him, ho was discharged, “’f"JJ[°® Nnjner lu Indiana—An HodTPuiioiit Provocation —Escape of Use Murderer. [From Ulq Now Albany Lodger, Feb. loth.] Salem.has been the scene of another of thoeo bloody scenes for which it has of late become too no , ' On Saturday last, when the freight train reached that place, Walker B. Hodman, Jr., got andwept up ipto- tfih .town, where ha topka drink or two, ho having a gun with him at tho time- At about 4 o’cleck in' tho afternoon, in * Brother’s store, he mot Absalom Wright, an old ,a]Sd well-known Washington cSunly, residing ffwiSiv? 11 ?, 8,0111 ;! Salem. Rodman to i? tbe mpzzlo of his gun, which Mr. Wrigjit didtwq dlfforenttimcs. Kod- HJ?? n , a , l y offensive'manner, ordered Wright to look into the barrol of the gun. Wright tefasefl; saying, “don’t do that again; when, without farther words, Rod- £ a “ drew_hl9 gtra and with .the but struck Mr. Wright aheavyblow.over Ihe head, felling him to the grounm, speechieesand in sensible. Dr.. Wm. A. Flack waa called, who , dressed the wounds, andd]H all that his.skill could accom plish to save, the life of tho unfortunate man, but 1 and tfae apparent probability was that the tofa might yield, and this vast pile'of bulk?- ing topple o ver. The work of excavation, there fore, was.fnil of danger, not merely to those! en gaged in it, bnt to -fho crowd who stood arodnd. kven ; as I looked masses of rock and building f 1 ftpd here and there long lines of sand, as it tfcere of smoke, eatne trickling down. There were very few persons employed, therefore, in excavatmgrall that could be done was to preaorvo 'order, and keep off the hosts of street Arabs, who everyjiow and. then tried to break through the cordon of soldiers. . CRIME, without success.,The skull was terribly fractured, and Mr. Wright ldy in an unconscious condition till five o'clock Sunday morning, when he died. The mnrderer made bis escape, and hod not been arrested this forenoon. He is represented to us »6 a desperate character. He, is the same who killed a man at Medora. Jackspn county, on the 4th of July laat. The drilling of Mr. Wright, on old man of sixty-five, was a cold-blooded, in excusable murder, and naturally creates a great deal of excitement at Salem and throughout ‘ Washington county; where both tie murderer and We victim are well known. It is to be Impede no effort will be spared to arrest the guilty per petrator of this foul deed. DISASTERS. Singular Accident in imnota—Fifty or Person* at Umaiion Party Preciytated into a Cellar. , (From the Belvidere (DU SUadud »f tbs IStb.J ■ Gn Thursday evening last the good people of Bonus Prairie and thereabouts assembled at Rußsellville. at the house of Rev. A. P. Field, a Ereacber of the Obrlstian denomination, to make im a donation visit. The bouse was crowded— the donations flowed in tight lively, and all were enjoying themselves as moch as they woald at a wedding. One portion of the crowd had partaken of supper, and .' tables and eatables were being got ready for another batch, when some one in the parlor began to entertain the company with vocal music. This at once at tracted the crowd in that direction, and soon the room and space aronnd the melodeon was packed with as many people as could, conveniently find standing room. While they, were listening to the music, suddenly, with a crash, tho floor gave way, and the fifty or sixty persons fouud them selves ip tho cellar in one promiscuous heap. The ends of the floor, striking npon some bar rels or boxes at the side of the cellar, made the position of affairs still worse. There was no outer door or hatchway to the cellar, and the only mode of retreat was by the cellar stairs, whlchjed upward into®bne of'the rooms.. These were blocked. At first all was dark, as the lights were extinguished. Pretty soon a blaze was visible, caused by fire from the’ stove, or some of the lamps, and the hor ror-stricken party had lively fears of being burned up in a pile. Tho folks who were in the other part of tho house rushed for ward to see what the matter was, and walked off into the cellar. Luckily there was consider able water handy, which was pitched down and the fire put out. The stairs were Cleared and the sufferers released frotja their terrible prison. As circumstances did not admit »£ much ceremony, some of tM drawn forth loft a good BEhreof tfieir dresses behind. Singular to relate, no bones were broken, but therAwns hardly a person who escaped without a block eyeor a bruise, a spoiled dress or a burn. This remarkable scene did not, howover, Wind up the donation party, as there were damages, to repair. Parties started, off at duj break ior the lumber, and by noon the next day the floor was repaired, and everything set to rights. We think, the Bonus folks will remember that particular donation pijrty for some time. Fire at Sea—An Unknown Railing: Ten “< SecnJßurnJng: oft (table laland- Tlicory Regarding the Safety of Her Crew* - Not the least of tie many appalling calamities that are the portion of those who “go down to the sea,” undone flUedroo oiten with scenes of the most harrowing character, Is that of .afire, where all that is beautifnl in naval art’fallsa prey to hissing tiameß. Like lingo hlots upon the world’s history the records of such disasters that have, with.thelr attending incidents of death and suffering, made their ineffaceable work come welliDg np in the mind at every recurrence of such tidings, and prayers are involuntarily made that He who alone can protect the mariner amid his exposurcmay be pleased to save all thus un fortunate. •Following quickly upon the news of gales,fear ful hurricanes and dead and dying seamen comes the intelligence that an American sbip,laden with an inflammable cargo, was seen the evening of February 12th, off Sable Maud. almost burned to the water’s edge. Nothing could be obtained to satisfy the solid tons discoverers that the ere w were safe or give aught of its name or character, only the fearful fact that the seething, hissing flames were slowly and surely eating into and consuming all that once was an evidence, possibly, of the na tion's skill in architecture. The few facts attending the disaster are suc cinctly given by Captain Billingo, of the steam ship William Penn, that arrived at this port yes terday morning. Ho Bays the light of the burn ing vessel conld be seen for seventy miles, and, approaching it as near as prndence dictated, he found it to be an American ship of about one thousand tons burden, its ’ positioa ninety miles Sable Island. The flames shot out of the hold with demoniac rage, and the thick clouds of • black .smoko inter mingled with them in a peculiarly threatening manner. As it was night, rockets were fired by him at intervals of two and three minutes, as an evidence to tho crew of the ill fated ship, if any whero in tho vicinity, that iriends were ready to relieve them in their dire necessity. But the trackless solitude of the sea sent back no 1 espouse, and then a boat was low ered from the William Penn, with the second mate in command, who pulled around the burn ing wreck. Tho examination led tho crew of the boat to surmise, and this supposition is freely endorsed by Captain Blllinge, that the ■ vessel was laden with petroleum, and ,had been on fire at least two days. She was of black, hull, and the fire had commenced in her hold, the name upon her stern being totally obliterated. Her sails aßd masts were still in tho water alongside, near the hull, and as the waves flowed into her porta the flames shot up with renewed fury, sending still thicker clouds of smoke upwards and aroundg: .. ■ , • Being fair'weather, with the sea fortunately very smooth. Captain Billingo believes that the crew of tbg burning ship had, as soon as she was discovered to be on Are, taken to their boats, and unless rescued by some passing vessel not yet beard from, they, with tho favorable wind then blowing, had sailed for and reached Sable island. From this inhospitable place, almost a howling wilderness, if such a theory.proves to be an ac tuality, one and all will join hands in trusting that they will sbbn find relief; or a fate too terri- j bio for contemplation will befall them. Millionaires.— An English paper says: “Mr. Gladstone was compeUed ln bis last budget .to mention, the death of a'private individual, Mr. Thornton, whoso wealth was so enormous that the legacy duty received perceptibly affected the national revenue. Mr. Thornton, however, left only two-and-a-half millions, and the Cambrian, a respectable Welsh paper, now declares that the properly of the late Mr. Crawshay, tho ironmas ter, the bulk of which Is bequeathed to his youngest son, exceeds seven millions. If that statement is correct, Mr. Crawshay must have been the largest, or nearly the largest, holder of personalty in Europe. • - —A project is-under -consideration for,.tunnel ing the Niagara river at Buffalo, so as to form direct railroad communication with Chicago,.and a void-ferriage- The place selected is the anortest crossing between Fort Erie and the American Si de. The river at this point Hows ovor a bed of solid stratified rock, and is twenty-four feet deep at the proposed site. Those facts ore eminently favorable to the process of tunneling, avoiding heavy expenses for deep excavations, and heavy grades to and from the tunnel.' —lt Is said that notwithstanding the fame acquired by Hawthorne, not more than 50,000 copies of his books have been sold in this country, —lt is proposed to erect a monument in' Mil waukee to Solomon Juneau, the. founder of the city. ' ,■ F. I. FETHERSTOtf. PaliKsfer; PRIOETffREEMm FACTS ASSFANCUtr. —Dr. Mudd expects soon'tdbe pardeaedl —When the Pacific Railroad is flntehed'k’ttw*- e -S? 8Y K® round the world! tathree mtmtbs. : ‘ . —The Dowell CouriercallßttteeßtabV&tJßOet Of soup bouses a ration-al proceeding ** ada r l *tavrati) aPwhiMi tney are arrested In Nashville.: , e„™P e . ,e .‘ re .> Bix, £ th °twandCMi>amoji in-Calf fornin; but a dnmsen one Is a rare Bight. ; . £!iS7 D i Yrb3CCBS of Pruosia la transl** tiDg her mother s recent work into German. , yictoria*s jewels are eatfmatedi&b® worth about $5,000,000. ." - w —A lad in a French prison harmade ant of ?**£?*. a wa that keeps perfect time. An efltert Is be to made to secure his freedoms " ?\£%®?“ 1 i a ,s anionneed-'as the era-* Twk w«kly. Ad^“ to Y 9 n "B a Nj*r ‘-Shakespeare ’by impudent boys/ w “J“X\ Adams ho?held theofflcedf Mhisferta longer than any other person’ since Blanc is. to be brought forward 0# flie liberals as a candidate for thefrench aoma Leglslatif, at the coming election at Marseille r-A new translation of Shtiltv's hslnv —Queen Victoria has sent to every hospital id a copy of her “Journal in the Ulgh- T?£ tU £ a 8 reeor dy taken suddenly ill fa Paris, and Miss Harris sangthe part of Lucia wtthsncfc effect tipt a repetition has been called for. —A prominent.journalist fa New York, Who is perfecilyibald, has offered a reward of sl,ofio for a tale that will make his hair stand on. end. —George Sand Is quite rich. Her fortune la eo trmated at nearly 5*000,000 francs. Her copy rights ylold her afl income of 260.000 francs a year. 1 —The Boston Transcript says : The depth of frost m the ground this winter is pronounced far railroad men greater than for any winter for forty years. —Louisville covers an area of 27 square miles,- having nine miles of, river front, and extending *■'ibree miles. She has a population of 160,000, and 70 churches. —f : ? r P oroa l punishment of girls has been abolished at the Cambridge (Mass.) schools - foe onejnonth, on trial, and its permanent abolition at the end of that time is expected. —The collection of animals at the Central Park Is to be enriched by the addition of fourteen camels, wbioh are now on their way fr'om Texas to be placed there. . —A Washington letter-writer describes a mem ber of Gen. Grant’s staff asi one of the greatest beaux fa that city. We may call him the bow of Ulysses. —Louisville Journal. —Dumaa has Improved Shakespeare’s “Hamlet 1 * out of ail recognition. He strikes out much of Oph§l° 3t ’ ■ and lets Hamlet survive to mari^p ■ —Two beautifully shaped couches .in broil zet nave just been found in Pompeii. They are said to be the most perfect articles yet discovered in the ruins. ’• .■ , . —Garibaldi’s ill health, it is said-la Bnrlnim.Tliii. air ot Caprors does hot agito with certain that a journey to Borne would reatom mm. —Burglars in Louisiana ore redueedto tiia necessity of breaking Into the penltehtiarst at Baton Bouge, and stealing the clqth# Of |h» . tT} 10 Bt 2*y , tbat Ole Bull’s Violin was . seized in Chicago for his falling to give a concert fa s hall he had engaged, is wholly false. He broke no engagement and hia violin was not seized. ' ' —Queen Isabella Is frequently insulted when sbe makes her appearance on the streets of Madrid now-a-days. Even her stupid and ras cally father, Ferdinand, was not so generally loathed as she is. . ■* •-■French ingennlty extends even to the mode of fopmJUfag snicide. A man recently attempted his life fa Paris, by placing two cartridges, fa hia month and then setting fire to them.,with a, match. He was horribly wounded, bnt not him —The latest musical sensation in New York State is a young woman ef Batavia, who plays two airs with her right hand, one with her left, and sings a fourth, simultaneously; Sweet medley. —Spain has pardoned all who participated in thc lftte iosulTCction under General Prim nxcops military men who have not surrendered for trim. All press prosecutions have been dismissed also. The explanation iB that Spain wants to borrow money. ... ->• —lt is said that Wagner nd longer charms tins King of Bavaria, but as his love for the “mn@ic of the future” was the only positive quality possessed by that royal personage, perhaps there is little causo for rejoicing that the fascination is gono. • _ —lt is said that an enterprising bill-postsr. of Cincinnati has contracted with the Covington, and Cincinnati Bridge Company for the privilege of sticking bills on the abutment walls Of the Cincinnati end of the bridge, and agreed to pavr $12,500 a year for the same? e * —Several persons were made indignant and were led to threaten legal proceedings fa a West ern town, on discovering that their cows werofa variably milked dry and initholr own yards. On® ; of them set himself with a pistol to watefeand pre vent the theft, and discovered the culprits-rbla Pigs. . . . " —lt is said that the Emperor of the French, re cently, at the first ball at the Tuileries, laughed very heartily at the American Minister, 1 General D 1 x, who was- conversing quite seriously-witii one of the secret police spies, who attended the ball fa the dazzling uniform of a Bel&ian officer, ~ Punch represents Louis Napoleoft holding the Pope over an abyss by a slender cord,. Tha red shirts standing around are hallowing «]jet him fall.”. “No,” replies Napoleon, “that would make too much noise; I’ll let him' slide.’* Ac cordingdo last accounts Nap is preparing to “let him slide-’’ —Pittsburgh is to be the goal of a young lady of New Lisbon, Ohio. She is to walk there in thirty consecutive hours fora purse Of- five hun dred dollars. She is said to be an old maid, and to keep her up to her work a young man is to walk before, holding out a promise of marriage when the feat is accomplished. —Victor Hugo sends, every New Year’s Day, 1 pencil drawings of an allegorical character to his friends in France. This year all of these drawings-related to the military bill. On one of them wos only an empty cradle, a mare of blood and ;a t coffin, with the inscription! slcnr Bonaparto’s New Tear’s present to S’ranqei; 1 ? —ln a cily near, Savannah, Georgia, it is, tohl that a country gentleman sent to his friend oer- ..Thcmeß'.hapt .recsiyed themthdes, . sold them as requested, used the money for Wa' own purpose and then failed;, whereupon he 1 wrote thus to hls afflicted countryman': “Hear ' Friend, I acknowledge I spent your l money, f feel that my God has forgiven? the’ sin: and I trust that yon will, as I’ya taken the rieueflfc of the Biuikrapt act. Affectionately, YourFriond.? —T. P. Plnkham, seventy-one years of age. died suddenly in Lafayette, Indiana, last week. He was in good bqalth till about half ?an hone before his death, when he went down anS remarked; “I am golnghomeilnhalf affhoii?— In Uilrty mlnutes—i quietly proceeded to rive dhreotlohe about hht business; and,commending hla soul to his Maker, expired in exactly thirty-fourndnutos. Hla relatives wanted to go for a doctor; bat he Midi “It Is no ngej J shall go beuco in half an hour," 7