MSOJV PEACOCK. EcMor. VOLTtIME XXI.--N O, 270. TUK SEVENING BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVEIIT EVESISa • (flnnday. excepted), - AT THB HIiW BVUiETIN BtIIDWO, 007 Cbtwtnnt Street, Pbiiudclphla, BY tub . . r . ■ ■ ' KVEKIBQ BBW.ETIN AHSOCIATION. 5 -'"l'.' ' K ' i' CASPEKBOUDEB. Jo., FKAHCIB WELUJ.. Tht> Bcluktik le«ervea toeubteribenin the rfty »t ti tent« t.w week, pay .bio to the camera, or <8 pot annum. TNVITATIOHB FOB WEDDINGS, PARTIES, in., 1 executed In aenperior nuuuicr by DRBKA, No. loa <.‘hi'tmitnt.eet. fc2Q.tH by Rev. T. J, Shop. hf-rd« L>, I),, Mr. .Jotm.Addison Horey to Mias Annie Elizabeth Cade, sHof tbh city. • J'O'iTKR—SPOONERe- On Wednesday morning, Feb. 1?. by the Bov. FrenkUn 8 Kbioftof New York, Harry Potter to Emily/G;, youngest daughter of Edwin Spooner, all of this city. (New York japer* pleaeecopy.J* I>LEI>. BOYD.—On the 17th Met,, David Boyd, Br., hi the 79th year ot hi’age. - ■ , ■ The relative* andfriend* of the family; the members of Solomon’s Wdie No* IM, AY,M. i the Grand Lodge of Fi biktylvani*, A. M„ and the Hibernian Society, are rerr ectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late rerfdence ,N. E. obrner of. 5 Hamilton and Elchte^nth *tm t*. hnn»d»y. SOtb Inst, at 3 o’clock, P. M. * KAIOHN.—On the owning of the l&th Inst., at blared* dtnee, 1819 Green street, after a very short Illness, Charles Krtffihn, in the tad year of his ago. Due notice of «b<? funeral will tse given, •• LA P6l/I.Y.- On the aUth hist* Joseph B. Lapsley, in the Si!d year of hU *gfc Due notice will be given of the funeral. * M 1 LUOAN.—i/n the evening of tne 19th Inst., at his late Tf->ldfrnc<\ near Haddonflcld. N. J„ Wra. C. SlUHgtn, in the 49th year of his age. Due notice will be given of the funeral, * PKNHOBE.~On the 19th icat., Margaretta Penrose, £n the 75Ui year of her age. The relatives and friends ef the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her nephew, Cnarle* P. Collins, 8981 Locust street, Twenty-seventh' AN a.-d, on Friday afternoon, tho SUt Instant, at 2 o’clock, without further notice. « ptaTßß—duddenly, on the morning of Ufc 19th Inst, atjnirUnston, t*. ,1.. Thoms* G. Potter, The j rlstivctf and friends Of the family, the members of So! ujon’s Lodge Na Ilf, A. V. 3L; Üborty Lodge No. 272, ’ J. <u. F.. are rekpectfully invited to attend tUo funeral, from the residence *f bla mother, No 1534 Park avenue, bet urea Thirteenth and Broad, abovo .Jefferson street/*, cm Baturda> morning* £2d las*..* at 10o'clock. * ro\», NhV-Np.—On the l*th insL, - ' after a short illness, ;ii>e livrtha. touttgesi child of Henry C. and Georgian* JL. T<-TVDH*nd. a«td seven month*. * HaONLR. On the 19th in at., Totfas AV agner, in the 7r*th yearot hi*- age. i I jimle f? iends are invited to attend hu'fnncTAt, from hi> Ints* residence, I*>£H Chestnut e trect, on Saturday after. d< ov. L- i ftu?., at 3 o’clock, without further notice. *«• OBITUABY Died ou Sunday*t!m SWthof J*c”anr. MiW. Maetua K. i.daughter of the late Mr. Juan G , and Mrs, M tty K. Stocker, and relict of Mr. Hebert M. Lewis, in lie Fvvrnty.nintbyear of fttrr aae. Mu*. Lr.v, te- n memfccred her Creator in the day* of her y<. Hi. At ti t early age of about fourteen years, sberc xii td t’.iC promUf h et her Baptism, in the solemn ordt neo e l Couhraation. and not lona afterwards became u t. ’o ft d*n!r&bt ot the Parish cf St. Peter’s, then (in con* u wlrl. chrbt Cirarch and 8l Jatnea's) under tba cnasgeof the venerable Bishop White. 1 **ij « oibract d, the principles of our holy religion *ri v. vaii:; hw growth, st'cnglnijned vrl‘h her strength, ardv, r?t- r .hibit dln many lovely and beautiful ;rd«, She wai {.u affectionate N‘ i/e, a ions mother, and a faith ful t* f< iid. Prominently cli*r«cteri»tic was her warm »r>d * ltd' sympathy with the sick; the needy* and tho si..;*rit'v Bht» obeyed the Apwtolic iDjanrticn to “weep wit-- that anchliko Phrrbe, w*as “a stK*.* co .u roi many,” A he&ntiful epiiit of humlUty blended with ! f-r euaritic*-. and wiihher entire dependence on tfco M.i {«-> and love of our Adorable Redeemer, Her feeling? ja« *< t ';rch>« din the language of herfavorite lijnui: In my band no price I bring, niinply to ifay crcr* 1 cling.” >i: ■*. Li'.*!.'* was deeply attached to the doctrines apd ■w.;>vi ;j ft j ih<.v>Pmf«fetant FiPiscopal(lhurcti,and ite In* tr re"r:-■ were always near her heart. She loved Urn flotuo o; v . i. and when deprived, in cou*co<)cn.ce of failing h"HHi, ot the.io'ilcgoof astcmbltng witli the congrega riiui ‘i tJ«a, U wo* hallo Wed by the Pc iuent ministration* of bi 1 i*:cptlon*f the Stepper oj ti» f ' SjOT d. Tii: j .-ph tip wearisome day* and nights of a protracted illu? ■*. soothed by the Under care of her devnted and aided hy «J! which medical skill could do V> r andrellevi*. iho awaited, wlthptTfecteompo th«> <r;num*B* to depart. Oti our Christian Sabbath- I>:o. jaliowed, trorn Apostolic tiom. &s coyiiucnoratlve oi the h*-‘<'irr- > ction of our Lord, :»n<l pointing onward to tb* Mt ..-ed reet of the Eternal sablatb in the skies, her ei irft let! It* ecruiuherin* Walla; and tho Impru»*of per fn t prate remained on the countenance cf Iter ** Whcae life #o sweetly ceased to be. It lapped in immortality. l4 The funeral solemnities wereobserved at Bt. Peter’# Church, on the Wednesday following her decease. Her w illui* feet had often sought those sacred courts. There tL*“ v,-,ut of him who wjw, for several vears, her faithful l\v»tor, wa#» heard in the sublime and elevating words of thr Anthem and l/e**on appointed for the Burial of the d*nd: and at fin* grate, the solemn Sentences, Commit n ’•Jit Mid Prayere, were -aid by him whose privilege- it m »- to nold for her. for the last time, “the cup of blese- Inc." and to comacnd her spirit to the God who gave it *1 du-t w a-s castTlpon the co!hn by the band of one of the most honored of the memlx-re of 8t Peter** her. attached friend of m»nv years. It was an inclement day without, but peace dwelt far within, Uodhad given Ilia b*' hv-cd sleco. B< ;jf ath the shadow of the venerable walls iho loved eo much, rest all that was mortal of Mrs. Lewis. The er«>t li marked by ajptoln marbto slab, on which are In arrihrd the words of the Huly Apostle: “Cnui&T in you I‘ii 11r.,*K05 Gm.eu" It? K. F. 0. I.ANDELL OPEN TO-DAY THE LIGHT J 4 shndM of tipring Poplins for the Fashionable Walking Urt-see. Steel Colored Pofliue. Mode Colored Por-tlne. binsarcl Exact shade. HEECIAE NOTICED. war ANEWLECTURE K<*v. Henry Ward Beecher, IXTHE ACADEHV OPSISIC, 'J'hurHfiay Evening, February 37, FOR THF. BENEFIT OF THE ' verse him chribtih Assomnov. I Fi.J’j,ft-’THE PURSUITOF HAPPINESS." Admission to all part# of the house, BO cento. So extra nf-amt /or RtWHtvl' &<!to. Tickets for pale at J. £. GOULD’ft New Piano >tore, 923 CHESTNUT street' ’i;-.»ore open at 7. lecture begins ate, fe2o-3trp moor OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, \ w * mf PuiLAHELrurA, Feb. li, 1863. NOTICE.—City Wamento issued in 1867 will be paid in the following order: Warranto issued from January Ist lt> July lit will be paid from March tot to 10th ; those •to»u*d from July tot to December 3tot will be paid from ICthtoiHth; Warranto of 1868 will be paid after the 20th March. All interest on Warrants will ccaie after’the .date* abate Holders of 4ive or more Warranto ni il pfetent aschedule of the-same,foradjustment, bs*‘ -fore the time of payment ' * A ' . JOSEPH N. PEHtSOL, : foli>strps ______ City Treasurer.' 1 If®» FRANKLIN INSTITUTE LECTURES.—MR. ir**' Lew is W. Leeds will commence a course on Venti lation, on FRIDAY EVENING, Slat Inst, at 8 o’clock, and continue on Friday evenings, 28th Inst, March 6th und 18th. i Tickets for the Course, 75 cento each: single admissions, *25 cento. WILLIAM HAMILTON, r fe3o-2trps Actuary. ;f®» ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL. CORNER OF w FRANKFORD ROAD and PALMER STREET New York Kensington Depot), in charge of the listers of St Francis. . Accident cages received if brought Immediately after tception of Injury, ( Lyingin cases received at a moderate rate of board. Free medical and surgical advice gi vert 1 on Wednesday md Saturday Afternoons.between 4 aud 6 o’clU. tcl2-tfrp |®-, THE GRAND TESTIMONIAL TO 6. K. MUR- DOOH will take vtoce at CONCERT HALL, on AIONDATi EVENING, February 24t8| 1868, when he wifi yuad choice select!ona of poetry and prose. < Admission 60 cento. = Reserved seats 76 cento. For sale at TRUMPLER’S, No. jib Chestnut street; BONER & CO., 1102 Chestnut Btrcet, ;md at the HalL feUtfrp it@“M2£|K I L<S, E U« THB LEinoH coal and , navigation company. _ . PiUtADO.PHtA, January 30,1865. i!UjH Company la prepared to purchase lie Loan due ?;ii xo»u, «r j>ar, SOLOMON SHEPHERD. Treasurer. No. laa South Second Street '} jaftVtfrp t;SIS"S3Sj?®®3«« fete fc*™ t -:-;The public are invited to ‘ THE GERMANIA ORCHESTRA —IN rnvSp .i®' tjoence of tho multiplicity of engagement SitK bombers of tho Germanf* Orcheetrl, no Afte-hoin r£ *iarsal will take place on Feb. 334., . “ f™ 9 n“,if®' ffiß* HOWARD HOSMTAL, NOS. 1618 ANO'Tnai 31 Lombard street. Dispensary Department |d treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to the JP iillj IMldm. 'Omupondrace of tile Philadelphia Eveninx Bulletin. 1 Pahis. Friday, Feb. 7, 1868—The criels of which I spoke in toy last Is over. The Emperor mid the Government made np their minds to act willi resolution, and the Bill on the Press, which is certainly an improvement on the existing state of things, has been rescued from the fangs of M. Gisnier fde Cassagnae), and his “Arcadians.” In deed. the latter fairly turned tail and deserted their leader, as soon as ihey found themselves on the point cf an open rupture with the .Government. On Tuesday last, M. Kouher, the Minister of State, rose, amidst profound silence, to communicate the final .resolution adopted regarding the Bill. Ui- said two objections were made to the bill; first, that it was inopportune and uncalled for: secondly, that party spirit was not yet sufficiently appeased in the country to admit of such legisla tion without danger. He denied that the mea sure was uncalled for, because, he Eaid, four mil ''Hems of young electors had sprubg np. alhe&tta events of lU> 2, whose aspirations, and ideas wwf \ try different from those of their predecessors id 1658 and the following years.. They demanded an extension of the public liberties. He entreated the majority not to irritate this spirit by attempt ing to fetter it, but to.guide and moderate .>t by going forward along with it. He did not deny that the old hostile parties still existed: but he did deny that they had any power to do harm. “ The entire country, with the exception, perhaps, of an obscure corner of Park, declared itself, by the elections, to be absolutely devoted to order, to the Sovereign and to the existing form of Government.” The result of the election in the Department du Nord, one of tho wealthiest and most intelligent In France, which had. just as the Minister was speaking, returned the Go vernment candidate by a majority of 20,000 to r.OOO— certainly went lar to corroborate the above bold and confident assertion of M. Kouher. Finally, he asserted that there had never been any real hesitation about this bill on the part cf the Government; a fact which perhaps admits of some doubt, for, if so, why all those Councils which succeeded each other so rapidly at the Tuileries towards the close of last week? However, there can be no doubt aVout the conclusion at last ar rived at, which was, as M. Kouher announced, amidst loud cheers, to “give the Bill an energetic support.” The above declaration evidently gave the orj/i fa grace to the plots of the “Arcadians.” who hastened to desert their leader by a general -*<iure tjuipeut. The Chamber refused to hear any other speakers, and demanded an immediate vote upon the First section of the BUI, which accords the right to : any person ‘ to establish a newspaper without previous permission. The House divided upon this question, which was urfierstood. to be decisive of the fate of the bill, when M. Grenier found himself, amidst much laughter, at the head of a minority of Severn against 210! “We represent the seven wise men of Greece”—exclaimed the Director of the Pays with unblhshing assurance. “Yes,” said a member 61 the opposition, who sat near him, “or the Seven Cardinal Sins!” And thus terminated a crisis which was reaUy one of great importance. For had the Govern ment retreated from its position, moderate as the advance has been, such a step would, as M. Thiera rightly declared, have' been a reaction in .favor of absolute power, as opposed to .progressive advancement in a liberal direction. America has reason to feel proud that her example in this respect exorcised no small degree of influence over the decision arrived at. Again and again the position of the Press in America was quoted by the Opposition, and even appealed to by the more moderate Im perialists. M. EmUe OlUvier produced quite a sensation, by repeating the language addressed to De Tocqueville, by a “celebrated American juris consult": “The only legitimate means,” he said, “of limiting the power of the’Press, was by mul tiplying newspapers as much as possible.” Add then, by way of illustration, M. OlUvier added that he had been recently told, “by a well known advocate of New York,” that “there were, eight hundred newspapers in •that State alone, or more than in all Europe put together.” The same example and opinions wero subsequently again cited by a member of the majority, M. Segris, daring the discussion of the stamp dutyr and with stick force and effect as to compel the minister to con sent to that article of the bill beingsent back to -' the committee for revision. Americans' cannot but feel gratified and flattered when they, read of these appeals made in Europe to the practice and • principles of their own country, and when they , see how slowly but gradually the influence of their example is extending Itself among the pop ulations of the Old World. And surely this is feap-au-p SPEC*. } & ARTISTS’ FUND SOCIETY, Galleries 1334 Chestnut St. The Exhibition of February and march will he free to the Public. Open d*Uy from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. feVt 15 B«Mtrpt_ KB ’ PAl !«!i»' E —ielB.rroo-rp.fr , , Jayne street OtITICAt NOTICES. ■ST KOOMB «F TfIK REPUBLICAN CITY EX ECUTI\ £ COMMITTEE* 1105 CHJ&HTNUT STREET. - , Feksuaby 4,1868. lo Accordance with the coll of the Republican State Ex ecutive poffnnfttec, the Republican citizens of Phfla. delphia will meet in their respective election divisions on the 4th TUESDAY of February, 26th Inst., between the hours of 6 and 8 o’clock F. M.» to elect one delegate from each division to a Congressional Convention, said Con ventfon to elect two delegatee and two alternates from each Congressional District to the Notional Convention, to beheld In Chicago, on the 20th day of May next, (to nominate a candidate for President and Vice President of the United States. Also, one Senatorial and one Representative delegate from each division to the several Senatorial and Repre sentative Conventions, to eleet delegates to the State Convention to be held in Philadelphia, on the llthdsy of March next, which Convention shall nominate candi* dates for Auditor and Surveyor-General, elect four dele* gates to the National Convention, and form the Electoral Ticket Bald Conventions hball meet the following morning February 2£th. at 10 o’clock, at such places as are provided for in Rule Tenth oi the Rules for the government of the Union Republican Party. Except the first and Fifth Representative Conventions, which shall meet as follows: Pint District at jonthwest comer of Paesyuhk Road and.Wfcarton street. Fifth District at northwest comer of Sixth andSansom rtret-t?. .Tliofp elections yhntl be held in conformity with the Supplementary Rules adopied -ith, IWH. Dv order of the Republican City-Estcative Committee, WM. E, LEEDS, President. 'iZ‘ac Mrßil'ni'?,* Becrclarie*. ii ijkb eboji jpabis. fOTICES. The question of the stamp duty on newspapers bos been very warmly debated, and brougiit out some curious statistical facts. It is at present six centimes in Paris, and three in the country. The government consents only to a reduction of one centime.- M. GndronJt, the proprietor of the Opinion Nationatc , showed that a newspaper which cleared 100,000 francs a year, paid to the government between 400,000 and 500,000 francs in th£- shape of duties and' p’ostuges, the latter being fonr centimes for every paper. He. de nounced this as exorbitant, and demanded a re duction of one-half. Out of 54 francs for sub scription to a. Paris political newspaper,36 franca went to the Btate Treasury. He especially com plained of the exemption of both the morning and evening Moniteurs from this tax, which was the real reason why the evening edition of that journal, or Petit Monitcur, had a circulation of 260,000. The article has been sent back for re vision, and may perhaps undergo some slight modification in a libera] sense. The Emperor took a long ride throngh the streets of Paris, the other day, in the course o which he met with a complete ovation. He mounted his horse at the Tuileries and went straight to the Central Markets, the Boulevards, and tho most populons parts of the city. He was well received everywhere; bat it was when he came round again to the Place de la Concorde and the Champa Elyse'es that, whether by any preconcerted plan or not, Ido not pretend to say, quite a popular demonstration took place; He -was literally mobbed by a bard of enthusiastSft’who surrounded his horse, before and behind, and escorted him at a foot-pace, all the way to the Tuileries, singing La Seine Uorlense and other “loyal'’ airs. The Emperor tried once to escape them, and get throngh the crowd. But the people only laughed, and locking their arms together,hemmed him in, and only relieved him at the gate of the "Palace. Napoleon uncovered his head and bowed, and looked pleased and surprised at all this devotion, which was evidently intended as a demonstration in favor of the new advance made in liberal principles. I doubt, however, whether be quite believed in the genuineness, or at least spontaneousnessj of what he witnessed. He is too much accustomed to “official"’ mauifesta lious not to suspect a little previous “arrange ment’when he finds himself greeted with such unwonted iervor. - felfuitrp; The Prince Imperial also has been recently be fore the public. He took part, as I mentioned would be the case, in the Banquet of his success ful school-fellows at the College Bonaparte, on the Jilt of St. Charlemagne. He was entitled to be present, as having been twice first in his class for Latin exercises and arithmetic. The little fellow arrived in state, accompanied by his “gov ernor." General Frossard, and by his equerry, aide-dc-camp and tutor, and was received by the Minister of Public Instruction, “assisted” in that or-trous task by the Viee-Eeetor of the* Academy of Pails and other learned personages. His High m s- began by distributing a fewerossesand deco lalions; given to him by his “Pa,” for that pur pose. and then took the chief place at theiestive board. The Minister proposed the health of me Emperor and Empress, fur which the Prince “ n iurned thanks,” as he afterwards did for his own health being drank, proposing in his turn ibe toast of “Prosperity to the College.” Every one, of course, who was present was “charmed'' with the Prince’s grace and intelligence. And, truly, for a child of twelve years old, he acquitted himself perhaps only too well and too preco ciousi?. 'Such “forcing” must be very trying both to the mind, body and nerves of so delicate looking a boy. He will be thirteen, however, next monthj when he- is ta go through his pemiere C'. nonunion, or be confirmed. He has now a regu lar and numerous household, composed of mili tary and naval officers, and resides la a suite of apartments of his own in the Pavilion de Fiore, looking on to the Seine. | Bobbery in Uiltago Thc House of a j Citizen Entered by liisgui&cit Bob. wi?.nto«o. n “ <lcrc ‘ l ° f vaiuub,t * I [From the Chicago Journal of Feb. tSili.] I A robbers’, attended with the most astounding I coolness and audacity on the part of the thieves [ that was ever perpetrated in.this city, was accom plished lagt night by some—at present—unknown I I'lit unparalleled scamps. - An hour or two after retiring to rest, Mr. John Downing, a “sporting man,” who resides onSan gumon street, was awakened by a strange noise ■n his sleeping apartment. On his rising from a, recumbent to a sitting posture and looking round' he room, a couple of men with blackened faces suddenly approached the bed, and ordered him, in terms not tp.be mistaken, to keep quiet, or he would find himself in . At .the same time he telt the cold muzzle of a revolver touching his temple. Having imposed Bilence upon their vic tim, the desperadoes next commanded him to [ deliver into their possession nil his money and JW other valuables he might have in the house reminding him that non-compliance with their I demands would entail upon them the disagreeable I necessity of blowing his brains ont. Under the | very unpleasant circumstances,andshowing that refusal would be sheer madness, he. told them [ where to find the treasure they wanted. One went in search of-and appropriated tho articles as he found.th.em, while the other held a loaded and fully cocked revolver to Mr. Downing’s head. After having possessed themselves of $2,250 in greenbacks, three watches with chains, and a diamond pin, they prepared to depart. Bat here came the most andaeioospart of the transaction. One of the men, seeing Mrs. Downing In the bed,. was struck with the idea that she might possibly have a number of valuable rings on her fingers. Wheeling around, and again placing a revolver in close proximity to Mr. Downing’s bead, he ordered his companion to go to the other side of the bed and examine Mrs. Downing’s fingers. That lady Was too terrified to offer any resistance, and the thieves succeeded in dragging a diamond ring worth $5OO from one other hands. Having again cautioned their victims as to silence, the robbers coolly doparted, having enriched themselves by money and jewelry to the extent of $4,000, Daring: Robbery lit Detroit-A. Bank, mg HouseKo bbedin openuay. One of the coolest robberies on record was perpetrated at the office of W. P. Bathbone & Jo., brokers and real estate agents, at the corner of Jefferson avenue and Griswold streets, at one o clock yesterday afternoon. About a quarter to 1 o’clock a lady dressed In deep, mourning entered the* office (which Is also the headquarters of tho Detroit Protective Fuel Company), and askcd to see.a specimen of srrate coal. Mr. Banda!!, of the' firm of Bathbone & ,Go., compited wlth her request, and' while en gaKca withher/a . man stepped in and asked pet* mission to refer to a city dlreotory, which was of oomno granted. The coal customer having (hand the desiredarllcle/orderedaload.andlnalructed the gentleman to have it left at 7tCongrm‘streot, PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1868. part of tho mission of America upon eartb, and u aw motive and object for close and friendly relnuobs between the two hemispheres. CRIME. (From the bctroit Freo Prena of the 16th. J OUR WHOIiE COUNTRY. Whether the boy intended to kill himself or was merely trying experiments, is, of conrso. im possible now to tell, the prevalent belief in that neighborhood, is, that he just tightened the strap around his neck to satisfy some caprice, but the buckle catching, he became frightened, and losing his presence'ol mind, was unable to release him self. and so suffocated. The belief is strengthed by the fact that several year- ago he tried the experiment of hanging himself with a rope, in his father’s cellar, but found it unpleasant, and told the fauiUy about it. He did it then, however, with no intention of killing himself, but merely to satisfy his curi osity ss to hhnt hanging was like. No possible cause of his committing suicide tan be imagined, he was of -cheerful disposition, of respectable parentage, and a very good,steady boy, a Sunday-school scholar, and 'a Good Tem plar. His parents formerly lived in Neward, In this State. ; Coroner Bellow held an inquest upon him, and the jury, taking all the facts into considera tion. could not bring themselves to believe that the boy had voluntarily caused his own death, and so rendered a verdict of death from ac cidental strangulation, caused by tightening a leather strap around his neck with his, own hands. •* In the Congressional debate of Vfednesday last, on the bill to pension certain soldiere and sailors of the War of , 1812, Mr. Charles .O’Neill, of Philadelphia, made tho following /sensible re marks:- - ' - - ' " "I have found la my experience in this House that a wrong statement forcibly made Is very apt to have considerable influence; and when my friend from Illinois'CMr'. Washburne) urged that the amount necessary, to ■ pay these pensions would be $172,000,000,he perhaps did this very just measure much harm, and I think the state ment should be corrected. “Mr. Speaker, I rose mainly to make a sugges tion with regard to the number of men who are likely to be the recipients of these pensions If this bill should be passed." The gentleman from Now York (Mr. Pruyn) has said that they would not exceed twenty thousands My Impression is that the number of. these veterans who, being in indi gent circumstances, would make application would not average many more than onehundred in each ef the Ipyal States, and would probably not equal In tho aggregate anything like five thousand in the whole country. ! “I know, sir, that this House would not meas ure by money the valno of that patrotism ex hibited in by-gone dayß. The men for whose benefit this bill is Intended sustained oitr nation-, alitv in their day.just as zealously and efficiently and' patriotically as did onr soldiers in the war for the Union through which we havq lately passed, to whom we nave given bounties. I hope, however, that my colleague who has charge or the bill will bo able to inform us as tp the mum ber of those who wilt be likely to claim pensions under the proposed legislation. “Ifeel confident there will hot be fonnd more than five thousand of these gallant soldiers and sailors living, and scarcely three thousand who 1 will apply for the benefit afforded by the bill, and that it will not require an expenditure, even' in the first year, of more than s§oo,ooo. The record year the. amount will probably fall to $20,000; and In the following years to comparatively nothing. Why, sir. It is known beyond doubt that the survivors of the War of 1812 would not average less than seventy-five' years of age. The gentleman from - Missouri. (Mr. Loan) state* me that four of >fhhjo' .veterans have dJeawthtn his knowledge slice the bill was introduwA' into Congress.''iMtbOw thattwo or thrCe'-hava died within my own i ast. As she turned to quit the office,the some por i-on who had been so anxious to sec a director? presented himself again at the front door,, ba: immediately thereafter went away. Mr. Ran ball then l went behind the counter, and in glanc ing casually about the room, bis attention was attracted to the money in the chow window,, which appeared, to have been carelessly over- This aroused his snspiclons, and, on examining tbe'tlll, he discovered it had been med dled with also, a still closer examination rcveal ing the startling fact that it-had been swept Of all its contents, except in one compartment, in which was somo $4OO or $6OO in greenbacks of the denomination of $6. Several hundred dol lars in Canada bills, which were lying in the win- ■ dow, bad also been taken, making a total loss of abonf $l,OOO. Terrible Affair in Cleveland-Bloody ropfllct wiltx an , Escaped * Mur. dcrcr-Hc Killn one Ban andßadiy Wounds Another. Cleveland papers of the 18th contain accounts of a terrible conflict with an escaped murderer, last Saturday night, at Monroeville, Ohio. I ; appears that some weeks ago a man named Bolton, alios Black, effected his escape from the Michigan penitentiary, at which institution he was serving out a life sentence for murder. A reward of $3,000 was of fered tot his capture, and handbills containing a description of the man were exten- : sively circulated. On Saturday lt*was ascertained that he was at the house of a sister, near the town of Monroeville,when two constables of that place, named Green and Brevier, attempted to arrest him. Armed with revolvers they took positions at the front and rear doors of the house wherein the murderer -Was secreted, and knocked and demanded admission. Bolton, well armed, confronted, and ordered them away. After parleying a -few minutes, during which time the officers made known their intention by ordering him to surrender, he fired upon them twice, killing Mr. Brevier, one of the constables, who lives at Monroeville, outright, and wounding constable Green seriously, though Dot dangerously, in the head. Bolton then-se cured Mr. Brevier's revolver, and escaped to the woods. The whole neighborhood was immediately alarmed by the terrible re sult of tho attempt to effect a capture, and early in the morning another party started in pursuit of the fugitive. During the afternoon they came upon him in a wood, where occurred the final fight near Hunt’s Corners, He maintained the ferocity of a tiger, as ho stood at bay in that .lonely wood, a convicted murderer and escaped convict, surrounded by well-armed officers of justice, whom he Threatened with instant death if they ap proached within range of his revolver. An other parley with the murderer ensued, hut he could not be persuaded to surrender, under any circumstances, and the officers were finally obliged to either kill or-wonnd him, to prevent another escape. They fired upon him. The shot took m the shoulder, whereupon Bolton agreed to give up all resistance, and quietly sub mitted to the capture, and is now in jail at Nor walk, Ohio. Suicide ill. Wilmington, Delaware, [From the Wilmington Commercial, Feb. 19th.] Yesterday afternoon, between five and six o’clock, as two sous of Samuel Alexander, of Rising Snn, were playing with another boy in their father’s shop, William Alexander,aged about fifteen, suddenly left the others, saving, he was going in the yard, and telling his brother to mind the other boy— to keep him from the tools it is supposed. After he had been cone a good while his aunt, wondering what bad become of William, sent his brother to hunt him. He found the door of the outhouse closed and fastened,but saw his brother inside with a.sthip around his.neck. He ran and told bis aunt,, who immediately went down and opened the door, which was’ merely buttoned, with a knife. She found the boy with the strap tightly buckled around his neck, and one end of it fastened above bis head, but not fastened se curely enough to have borne any strain as it give way as soon as she caught hold of it. It is sup posed from this that the boy buckled the strap around his ncek with his own hands. She im mediately took it off, and had him carried to the bouse and a.phvsican summoned, but it was of no use, as life was extinct when the boy was first found. Tbe Soldiers of 1818. neighborhood duriDg the. la6t month or two. Thus they are drooping off rapidly nearly day by day; and It will not be Idngbofore there will be none remajning of the gMlaht army and navy of that war to ask Congress for this pension. Then let us do justice to those who are left. The country will sustain ns in onr efforts to bring joy to the hearts of the few who survive that contest which ended so gloriously for the Republic, , . Tlie Sew masonic Temple. To the Editors of the Evening Bulletin :—ln com mon with many other citizens of Philadelphia, your correspondent heard with feelings of plea sore and pride that onr city was abont to be em bellished by the addition of a magnificent Masonic Temple, to be erected on onr principal thorough fare.' lit point of Elze, Broad street is certainly without a peer in any other city in the,world, and we may justly hope l that In due course of time we shall see it filled with buildings architecturally worthy of the cnlturc and education of bur citizens. The ancient and honorable Order of Freo, Masons ranks first amongst associations .of its, kind, both as regards its work in the community and the culture and personal character of its members. What, then, must have been the bitter disappointment of every lover of architectural beauty, when the drawing accepted by ‘ the com mittee for the proposed now building was placed before the public !• . It might be said that' as the Masons alone de fray the expenses of the bnilding, any interference on the part of outsiders is unwarranted and in bad taste. But let it be remembered that this building may last for hundreds pf vears, and Its size and.importance will determine the artistic reputation of this generation in the eyes of many succeeding ones. In an article lately published iu the Eecning Telegraph, the writer, after deeply deploring the blemish abont to be inflicted upon bnr noble ave nue, gives the impression that the architectural prolession generally had been invited to com pete for the design, and that tho published plan . had been chosen after a due competition- This Is, to the credit of the profession be it sold, by no means the case. Architecture has been making rapid strides in this city during the last few vears, and had the committee of the Grand Lodge made the competition general, the result would have been satisfactory to all parties. The city would • have gained an additional ornament, the Order a monument suited to the culture and wealth of its members, and the successful competitor the just reward of talent and patient industry. It is, of course, taken for granted that the committee was composed of men capable of doing the work intrusted to th&m, and able to distinguish between a Noiman chnrch and a building appropriate for a Masonic Temple. It must stiil be in the power of the committee to reconsider the matter, and it is sincerely to be hoped that they will give the profession an opportunity of vindicating itself reforc the community. The writer of this article is neither Mason nor architect, and is only in duced by his love of justice to address yon in this matter. Respectfully yours, MUSICAL Italian Opera.— On Monday evening, March 2d, Max Strakosch’s Italian Opera Company will inaugurate a brief season at the Academy of Music, with the opera La Traviata. In which Madame La Grange will sustain the role. of“ Vi oletta, with Brignoli as "Alfredo.” Tickets can be procured at tie Academy, or at Trumpler’s. Mendelssohn Society's Concert.— The se cond subscription concert of the Mendelssohn Society will be given this evening, at Concert Hall. The programme is an excellent one, and the arlifitswho are announced to appear are ac complished and popular. Tickets art for sale at 1230 Chestnut street. Grand Concert.— On Saturday evening, the 22d inst., a concert will be given at Musical Fund Hall, by tbe Amphion Amateur Musical Associa tion, in aid of the French Benevolent Association. It is hoped and believed that liberal support and encouragement will be given to this under taking. Not only is the society eminently wor thy and deserving, but the entertainment ‘will be of tlu J highrst class, The performers are geutie men of acknowledged skill, and the programme that has been arranged contains selections of choice music. The first public rehearsal of the orchestra classes of the American Conservatory of Music will take place at the tenth matinee, on Saturday next, the 22d instant, at Horticultural Hall, on which occasion the anniversary of Washing ton's birthday will be celebrated by the perform ance of a selection of patriotic music- by a grand orchestra of eighty performers, who wil make their debut, not -as finished artists, but for the purpose of exhibiting to their friends the progress made by them as students of orchestral music. The first private rehearsal was conducted by Mr. Carl Gaertner, at the Conservatory, last evening. ~ Mr. Jarvis's Classical Soirees.— On Satur day evening next Mr. Charles H. Jarvis will give the third of his scries of six classical soirees, at at Natatorium Hall, Broad street, below Walnut. Th’e programmers a most attractive one, inclu ding selections from Von Weber, Beethoven, Chopin and Schubert. Tickets are for sale at all the principal music stores. Musical Festival. —On Saturday evening next a concert will be given at Horticultural Hafl in aid of the Gettysburg Asylum Fond. Mark Hassler’s orchestra will be present, and Mrs. Henrietta Behrens, with other artists, will par ticipate. AMUSEMENTS. Tin. Theatres.— At the Walnut this evening Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams will appear in two dramas, Connie SoOgah and Pat's Blunders To-morrow evening they will have a joint benefit in a fine bill. At the Arch Under the Gaslight will be given to-night. On Monday Lotta will appear at "Little Nell." At the Chestnut this evening the three German dwarfs will appear in a very attractive performance, after which the Flying Baud. The American offers a varied entertain ment. Assembly Buildings Mr. Aif. Barnett will give one of his original and peculiar entertain ments at Assembly Buildings this evening. Mr. Burnett is a mimic of extraordinary powers, and he manages to personate a dozen different Indi viduals In quick succession, with inarvelouß skill. His performance is very. amnßlng and it cannot &U to draw a full house, , Eleventh Street Opera House— This eve ning the burleeque of Ours; or Maximilian's Aven gers will be given at this Opera House. A num ber of other burlesques are also announced, together with farce, extravaganza, singing, danc ing nnd Ethiopian comicalities. Philadelphia Ofkba House.— The sensation burlesque “ Underthe Lamp-post," is announced for to-night, with startling stage effects and a great cast. - There will bo the usual medley of negro delineations, vocal and instrumental music, dancing, -extravaganza, faree, &c.,- &tf. The en tertainment at this house is an excellent one. MiC Sinn's Benefit.— To-morrow evening Mr. W. E. Sinn, the ieeßee and manager of the Chest- ; nut StieetTheatre, will have a Benefit In a fine ; bill. .Mr.Slnn's personal.popularlto, added tobls’ deserved reputation as a sucpeeSful.caterer to the appetite of the publlo for amusement, will suffice to insure him a orowded house ■ Readings— This evening,' at Assembly Bulld- Idrs. Mr. H-.tyc.,J^Uuy v the . welhknown elocu tionist? series of readings audtnlpor- BcnajipfißjtASlSlWJditetwtlbihjhnt may- be expected. I Mb. MvRhdoKVR^ADiNQ —The elocutionist. Mr. S. K. Murdochi'hßs been invited of prominettt’genuemen to give fr feWllng.'and he has designated tho2fthlnsf. tor the purpose. The reading wIH be givhn at ConcertHaU. • E. I PRICE THREE C ENTS —The Queen says that the American legation at 1 aria ia the rendezvous of dandyism. ;-Princess iiagmar, wife ef the EnssiaaGearo-’ vitch, is the handsomest princess In Europe. Her husband is one of the hottielleat of princes —“Thou ralncst in this boSonr,” as thehhap said when the basin of water was thrown over him by the lady he was serenading. . —ln all parts of Tcxsb lands are nowftelci'at' about one-tenth of their Value six years ago; an<| the tendency is still downward. —A rejected lover at Hannibal, Missouri, saw the Courier, lately attempted to blow his brain* out with a bugle and conldn’t. Perhaps he had no brains, j ; —Commodore Nntt went a skating at Leaven worth, Kansas, the other day, and, aavs the Cm- his little drumsticks with —Kingjohn qf(3axopy,.they say, Is going to resign. Ever since the death-of his daughter, Sophia, the old mah has been subject to distress ing Qts of melancholy, Somebody says it Is “folly to expect a girl to ove a man whom everybody speaks well oft , Get, up a persecution and her affections wSI cling do last that a dozen guardians can’t remove them.' —ln the list of subscriptions for the relief of distress in the east of London, advertised lathe T.vies, Is the following curious Item: “Tho Hon. Charles Ellis and two of hfs snakes, ?d." —The President of the Detroit Common Coun cil is a good speller. The other day he appointed committees on “bidrolix,” “helth, “public bilA iugs,” “licenses,” “markits," Ac., Ac. —James Cheever, a mail carrier, who lay four ‘ days and nights during the recent cold snip on the prairie in Montana, will lose his armS and • legs. . ' ■ ' —Punch has a “charade for costermongers My first is unfathomable,, my second odotifer ons, and my whole is a people ot Africa. Abyse lniane. —Mr. Burlingame gets a salary of $5, r ),00» in gold a year from the Chinese Government, under bis new appointment as Minister to America, England and France. —Thirteen thousand Irishmen in London have thus far signed the address of iovalty to the Queen, and four hundred priests in Ireland have signed tho declaration in favor of the repeal of the union. —The English government has determined to fortify aU its police stations, and has begun with those of London, which are now provided with bullet-proof iron shntterß,and stocked with small arms and ammunition. —A young lady near Colnmbuß, Mississippi, met ber death very suddenly a few nights since, irom eating snow. She complained of a head ache when she retired, and was found cold ahd stiff in her bed about midnight. —An obstreperous female in Greene county, this State, has challenged a man to fight with pistols. Cause,- breach of promise. ’Tt - appehrS she took advantage of this being leap year,, and proposed to him; he accepted, but changed his mind, and hence she challenged. —A Western paper says that the editor of its rival sheet was skating recently and broke through the ice. He went in up to his ears,but the hole was not large enough to let them through. While he Was waiting for some one to take him out his ears froze, and they have since been amputated and used for door mats. ; _ —The Memorial Diplomatique, is indignant - at Secretary Seward, who, it says, ordered the American Vice Consul not to display the United States flag atjholf-njaßt on the day of Maxlmtl- ' inn’s funeral, and forbade the American Chargf at Vienna to take part in the funeral ceremonies Justice. —A jealous youth and his new married wife at 1 Housatonic, Mass., agreed on separation and talked about divorce, but he couldn’t endure absence and came to be reconciled. She cooled : his ardor with a “ hot so fast, ” and he resorted to uphial of arsenic; hut—alas for the tragedy—his wile snatching it from his hands, found It buck wheat flour. —M. Nelaton. Garibaldi’s famous surgeon, has taken a man’s Jaw off and put It on again. We suggest another patient for M. Nelaton to try his experiment upon. His name is Train. Only, if lie once succeed in getting that jaw off, we pray Heaven he may never succeed in getting is on again.— Ex. —Walter Brown, the Portland boatman, has brought home with him a paper boat; 31% feet long and 12 Inches wide, which weighs but 22’ pounds, and a little more than half as much as the lightest wooden boat of similiar dimensions. It is said to be gas-tight; so that by being filled with gas. its weight can be reduced to about 8 ’ pounds. • —On Saturday the appointment of threo Catho lic Bishops was received from Cardinal Barnabo. of Rome. The Pope has designated the follow ing : Rev. William O'Hara, of St. Patrick’s, to be Bishop of Scranton; Rev. J. F. Shanahan, of Media, Pa., to bo Bishop of Harrisburg; and Rev. Dr. Becker, of Richmond, Virginia, to bo Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, —A Paris paper records the death of Mme, i.ouis Duels, nee Anna-Euphrosine Talma, at the age of ninety-five years. She was the sister of the great Talma, and married the nephew of the tragic poet who translated Shakespsare info French. A full size portrait of her is preserved in the Thetitre-Fran<;aig In a picture represent - ing the last moments of Talma. She is painted seated beside the great tragedian, holding Ilia hand. —Says a New Tork paper: “What we call rub bers, the Philadelphians call ‘gums,’ A gentle man of that city and his wife coming to spend the evening at a house where they werevery • much ut home, he entered, the parlor alone; .and ' to the.. question,, ‘Why,. where, ia Emily?’ an swered; ‘Ob, Emily te outside, cleaning her gums upon the mat:’ whereupon there was a mo mentary look of astonishment, and then a peal of laughter.” ■ ■ .- v —Not long ago asacred concert was announced -o in Chicago for the performance of the “Stabat Mater.” After the singers were engaged from the opera troupe'then playing tberp, a German. .. beer, shop outbid the manager, and the concert had to get, along without the chorus. The manager announced their absence, to be owlng to the “harshness of the weather and the delicate . organization of these children of song.” , —lt Is understood that the Treasury Depart ment has arrived at the sum which it Holds to be due from Mcßae, the Confederate agent abroad, who received moneys and cotton from the rebel Government, and disbursed the same according to. its orders. The amount Is about $12,000,000, and this does not include twenty-six vessels sola by him to various parties which our Govern ment claims. —A well of naphtha has been discovered at Kuduco, in the Caucasus, by boring At the depth of 274 feet from the surface the liquid was first struck, and for a whole month gave a sup • ply of 1,500 barrels daily. Since then afresh , . source has been met, which rises with irresistible: force to the height of forty feet -bpve the 'gronnd*TheTetbemgTpur lncnesiil diameter,and delivering a daily supply of 6,000 barrels. The armament mania, save the Sitcle, has Seized even the Roman States,lnto which soldiers arerushing and where ballets are Ip large 'stock. 1 Who can be surprised at this when we findn cele brated preacher, Father Hy&clo the;. thus apostro- r ohlzlng the sword in the chuioh of Notre D&me: 1 : •‘Give us, Almighty Lord, on fields of battle that faith which we received on the .field of battle— that faith of Tolbiac which has constituted our grandeur, and which it is sought to take away from ns. let the bloodof ©nr young men, (oo > precious to be wasted lnidlenees—to be corrupted in the pleasures ofjm unworthy peacar-bepoured. out in war., Outfixirti'thy Scabhafd.swofdofthe Bord— Gladius JJamntei Gideonfs—<tat and do , thy work; do it quickly, and do It well.*’ ‘ , FACTS AMO FANCIES*
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