GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor, VOLUME XXI.—NO. 271. 'HE lEVENINQ BULLETIN PUBLISHED ZCVRBT EVBNTHa ' (Monday* excepted), AT THUENKW BIIIJiETIff BCItDITO, 607 Chestnut btreet, Phlkidetpblii, , 1-' . BY TB» ■ EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. GIBSON PEACOCK. 0. WALLACE. F. U FETHERSTON. THOB. J. WILLIAMSON, CASPER BOEDER, jk. FRANCIS WJLLB. The Bvunui is .erred to enbecribora In the cHy at IB een*« n»T weekiuM'ablc to thecamow,orftB per annum. INVITATIONS TOE 'WEDpJNGB,FAffriEB. *«„ X executed * «upertor manner by . , , PKBUA. IgaaCIIKSTNUT STREET. . IcM-tH • ■■■'.,' ; ■" - MABRIEIi. ABH 7 DVOTT.-Onth* I«h iwt, at the reeldenee of the brfde’e fel her, by the Hoy. J. w. Bochum, if. Harry Adr to Sa£G.. eldeSdaUghter of Thee. WiDyitt, iKof JIEANB—KBAMEH,—On Tuesday eveninrthe. Kith inrh.toAlM&tofnvftuar the borna of thcßrtde’B pa. »nU.by Rev.J.EfuaßerauelS.Beane,Ewu.al PhUa delphUito Vine Afctue L. Knuasr, of Allentown. LEKCH—BTIDFOLHI—On tho 2Mh iutaut, atthe re«L ..deDM ot (Wf»H to the Key. P. a Henadn, Dante! 6.’ Larch, ol Eaadiag, Pa# to Mary K StfdfoZe, of thirdly. „ PREh PILLE-HOWELL,-In Trenton, N. .T.. on the fWlue> ~r" died. t ELTONGEAD.“At hla realdence, Thunulry evening, February 29th, VV. D. Ettonhead, In the airly.fourth year of hi. age. . February tak Ellen Pordc, wife of Win. b. HanaeUTlh the.ysd year of her age. • • The funeral will take pUeecmßaturday afternoon next, at 3 o'clock, from the remence of her hue band. No. 1410 Arch itreet • KAIO HN.—On the evening of the 10th in»t> v at bfo reel dence, l«l9oreen ftreet, altera very «hortilljie«i Charle* Kalghn, in the 63d year of hit! we. The relative* and friends of the family are Invited to attend hi* funeral, from hi* late residence, on Seventh day, thcSSdfnst,at 1 o'clock,wlthoutfurthcrnotice. To proceed to Fair Hill. ; * MiOVU.—At Germantown, on the morning of the 30th a nit, Ann WjMUamr. daughter of Henry if. and AnaabeUa W tloyd. In the 22d year of derate. The friend* of the family are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her grandfather. No. 43 Tulpchocken street oti Sccmd-dar morning, *4m fn -t.. at IQ o'clock. Interment at Laurel 11111# •» iicMIXAMIN.—On the 30th inet, James MtMinamin, aj{edMjcarv. . .. T» rehitirea and friend* of the family are rcapectfuliy invited to attend the funeral, from hi* late residence. Kciiyvillf, on Saturday afternoon, attwo o'clock, without f urtner notice. * Ftmeral eervice and Interment at Bt. <bailtji;burtb. * MILLKtaNc—On tho 15th ln*t, Wm. C. Milligan, in the 4?tb year of hi* age. ihe relative* and friend* are Invited to attend the fuiii-ral from hi# late residence, near Haddonfield. X. J.,. on Monday, the 24th iort., at ten A- M. Car* leave Point. N\ .f„ at 7 JGO and 10 A, M. Funeral «*rviee nt the M. E. Ghureh, Haddoniield, at U A. M. Interment at Laurel IIJII Ometert. •• fcPOTTKP.—Suddenly, on the morning <f the lOlhiost, at Hunicgton, J M TlioinjM? O. Potter. : HU friend* and t!io*e of the family, the momlKTj of Sol- roofi'< LrtdgeXo. lit, A. ¥. M.; liberty J-odge No. 272, J. o. O. P., and the Order* In general, are reroectf oily in vit<*d to Kttend the fr.neraL from the residence of bia mother, No. IW4 Park avenue between Thlrrfcnthand ih. juJ, above Jeflfonon atrecte, toti«orrow, 22d uuh, at lu o'clock. A. M. *- I'nlCUhTT.—On the Seth imt., Meeta T.. svife cf Wm. Pricbett, and daughter of the Uto IV-N, PatruCo, of thlrcity. : The illative* and friend* of the family aiererpectfnHv hiMuo •'» aftendber tuner*!, from the residence of her h;ieband. No, 115 South Nineteenth afreet, on Monday, '2-tth i r«t., at lv o'clock, A. M., without further notice." rill.L.—At wuty, onthesath tnrt., Joseph T. 81U, eldcat aoti of tha lateJocepbSHLin tlmtlrt ycarof biaaee. * • WAGNEK.—On the IStn Inst, TobUa Wagner,ln the 7f.lh jearof hla age. llhr male ft land* are Invited to attend Ilia faneraL from hb bte residence, 1604 CTiastsut street, on Sattirday after* noon. 2£d ineL, at 3 o'clock, without further notice. ° , OBITUARY. Hut little conaoXatioß can imparted by kindred'or frionda to.a,widoiyed mother,- who has ropes WJy keen called to drinkof the blttarwatara of aßUctlon. It i* on>y the abiding, auataining faith of a Christian mother In an evcnlivisg and ev'et loving Saviour that can ebeer and comfort her in the tad and lonely hours of twnrwwnwßßt-'*'---"'-- : ■ -- ■ ■■ While fatally lies are tundcrod npon <»arth« »hd iieo* to eoßtemplate and anticipate a reunion in that better tand where U ** No mord death, neltheraorrow nor ervieg” To a family where al] are M iolut heir# to a heavenly inheritance.” the departure of one after another bur in* -ereare* the heavenward attraction* to thoxc who, for a eboftfcaaon, remain M Where storm after f tonn rise* o'er the dark wav.” Tn penning these lines w* have before tu the unoxpcctsd notice of the death of H. l*onxii, a lovlzur eon and brother, a true friend, end, In Mb bueincrs rclotjons, honcet and faithfnl. Called away from Ear’ll, and earthly «cene* and rela tions, ih»eonaounir thought ts that, white earth lias l#«t, In a Ten has (lined. May all wno knew and loved our departed friend be abo indy. f*mi.vt»:Lru[A,'Feb. 21,11®. } R. ViBONK< NOTICE.—The olhcora and member* of Solomon'e Lodge No. 114, A. Y. U, and the Order im general, are fraternally invited to meet at the Hall, ■Cm-stnnt etreet, on Saturday morning, 22d instant, at 9# o'clock, tc attend the funeral of our late Brother Thomas G. POTT**. By order of the Vf. M. CHARLES H. KINGSTON. .Secretory. T/YKE * LAN DELL OPEN TODAY THE 14‘irtF Urcslitf* °*' Spr * B * PopUhafor the Fasbldnable Walking Steel Colored Poplins. Mode Colored Poi&he. Bksoarck Exact Shade. BPEVIAL NOTICES. Q&- A NEW LECTURE Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, AT THE ACABEJI V OF MUSIC', Thursday Evening, February 37, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOVflfO JUH'I CHRISTUM AAIOCIITIO.Y. BuUJect-“THK PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.” AdmlMlon io all parts of the house. Meent*. So extra >‘‘tiryC Jut luictvtd Statu. Tic'Kcfs for Bale at ■}. F.. •GOULD'S New Plano Store, 933 CHESTNUT street. Door* open at 7. Lecture begins at 8. feSWtrp B@* PROCLAMATION. WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY. Order of Arrangements : All ptivons of the ago of 16 years and upwards are ■ herein- notified to roeetON TUB SQUARE TO-MORROW MORNING, and march tingle die to the Office of the Washington Life Insurance Co., Won. 800 and 811- Cbcstnut Streot, And Inaare their lives In sum» of from 8600 to $BO,OOO, as shall suit their convenience, and herein fail not. Given under our hands and seals this 21st day of Feb ruary, 1808. US CHAMBERS & SON, General Agents, i ««r FRANKLIN institute lectures.^ms. Si Lewis W. Leeds will commence » course on Ventt. ij nation, on FRIDAY EVENING, 31st hut. at 8 o’clock, 1! and continue on Friday evenings, 28th hut., March titli l and 13th. fc Tickets for the Course, 75 cents each; efngloadmlselons, r -26 cents. WILLIAM HAMILTON. ’ « fe2Q-2t rps Actuary. wa» ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, CORNEL OF **** FRANKFORD ROAD and PALMER STREET Kensington Depot), In charge of the i j Accidento*ses received if brought immediately after :i ’•locution of injury. ;i Lying-In leases received at a moderate rate of board. '■! T™ o tnealcal and surgical advice given on Wednesday ;| and Saturday Afternoons between i and 6 o’clh. felitfrp 'I TESTIMONIAL TO 8. K. MUR ii CONCERT HALL, on i MONDAY EVENING, February 24tb, 1868, when he will 1 n choiM selection* of poetry and prose* - Adralasion.w cents. , . 1, rSSH? 80 »‘ 8 cents. For sale at TRUMPLER'S, No. ' Bt ,T eet '■ RONER is CO., 1102 Chestnutstreot, Laud at tho Hall. felHfrp lUfaWroAf prc ”“OA^?T' 0 A^ ? T'“ 0 'S ,I *S’Loand'ue rr:r b ° wm °z sh*™***-^. j laSAtfn- . . No. 123 South ifecond street li lttßP*- QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE THaOHERQ* |^mSret 2^°s?. CCrt lecture at 5j The public are invited to attend. ■ - fo2o-3tro jlaS"*' THE GERMANIA ORCHESTRA.-IN CONsE' )' " w quenco of the multiplicity of ent'anemt-ntu iiiti, tiiL / members of the Germanfa Orchestra; no aLIT,-™,;,, Rearsal will take place on Feb. 33d. A 7sftT,U a ' HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AND'lfiai' Lombard street. Dispensary caltreatment and medWeu faral&ed gratulWuSy to the JKSV* NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, PAMPfc£LETS, WASTE &C - bOU * itby XT folB,lmo*rp-j No. 613 Jayno Btreet. S POUXICAL NOTICES, *®»4«pOMS CF„ THEvREPUBUICAN CITY" EX* COMMITTEE, nos CHESTNUT STREET. ' . ■ - ■ ■v7 • •' '•>.■ 3E*J!iißCfAßylB69* In accordance with this c»U of the Republican State Ex ecutlve Committee, the 'Republican citizen* of PhHa. dclphla will meet in (heirrespeefive clecHondl visions on tho IthTCIiSDAY of Fobruary, 25th in«t.,bsttvccn the hopes of 8 sod 8 o’clock. P. M., to ■ elect one delegate from caeb division to a Congrenlonal Convention, aaid Con venllon to elect two'delegates and two altcmatca from each Congressional District to the National Convention, to he held In Chicago, on tho 28th day of May next, tto nominate a candidate for President and Vico President of the United States. Also, one Senatorial and'one Representative delegate from each division to the several Senatorial and Repre sentative Conventions, to ..elect delegates to the Btato Convention to be hcld fn -Philadelphia, on the 11th day of Marchnext, which Convention shall nominate candi dates for Auditor and Sorvoyor-deneral, elect four dele gate# to the National Convention, and form the Electoral Ticket. .V'..-. . Said Conventions shall meet the following morning February 28th, at 10 o'clock, at anch places as are provided for in Rule Teuth of the Rules for the government of the Union Republican Parly. Except the First and Fifth Representative Conventions, which shall meet as follows: FirstDlstrlct at southwest corner of Poasyunk Road and Wharton street. Fifth District at northwest corner of Sixth andSansom streets. - ' Theft! election* nball bo heM in conformity with tbe Supplementary ltulcaadoplcd Feb. ttb, 186 a By order of the Republican City Executive Committee, WJI. R. LEEDS, PreeideaL felMtrn JOJIN L. IllU., ! , I-aacM<-Bkiii».( Secretaries. BASH STEPS* LXXXIV. riurlß—A liltnipse of tbe legislative Chamber, apropo# of tbe Army BUI IMicaiuen-rMbPottacripti [CorresponSeneo of the Philadelphia Evenls* Bnßetlo.l In leaving the Chamber I tried to collect and synthesize my impressions a little, and determine what effect the conduct of the Legislative Sessions had really made upon my ultramarine taste. These Sessions exert their functions under most peculiar circumstances. Their role is to repre* j sent with finished verisimilitude the aspect of free I discussion, vith the part of freedom left out. A j Government, supported upon a paid and brainless ; provincial vote, Is confronted in the metropolis with brains and bile In plenty, the contribution of the most intelligent fraction of tbe commu nity. These it can .confute at any moment by that handy provision, a majority. Still, reeog i nizitjg the weight of rational opinion everywhere, I and eager to show how skilfully it can play its j part of generous discussion, it invites the fullest j expression of hostile sentiments. This expres sion is useful to it in many ways: the opposition may sometimes be made to commit itself, to reveal its own inconsistencies, and afford a wily minister the chance to cancel two enemies by setting one against the other; or at least there iB shown in the course of disenssion mhere the captive is get ting.too lively, where his muscles are working most and require another cord, or where they are rcaUydeadraitngaad-palsyingfrom impededclr culation. The Emperor is no Bourbon; he de sires no moribund slave; he requires a subject out of whom work may be got: he uses Jean Crapeau as though he loved him, that he may live the longer. At this moment, agonized by a half-dozen of signal failures; feeling that his public are tired of him in all his old ports; finding to his cha grin lhat internal improvements and the culture of civilization are not what confers upon a ruler the boon of popular glory, he seem 6 to be suffer ing himself to follow his buccaneerish, advisers into the path of military ambition. He allows his hand to relax from the fond employ which U loves, and for which it really haß a cunning, and tries to address its unapt and stiffened tendons to the sword. This restlessness produced new. confusions in the important and protracted debate of which I write. Some members had to come forth and be infallible in parts which they had but imperfectly studied: the Prime Minister himself was obliged to talk as much ns possible like a soldier, at the same time that he was fain to catch an unusual grace of modesty, and momentarily admit Mar shal Niel, Minister of War, as his equal upon the rostrum. The opposition was not ranged upon this question in its usual solid . phalanx. A Frenchman is hardly himself when Franco's military glory is being discussed. Three depu ties, Messieurs Segris, ‘ Millet, and de la Guistiere, pronounced orations against the bill, and subsequently voted for it. Even the witty Glais-IJizoin .was indiscriminate and little to the purpose; the burden' of his song was, “Very well, gentlemen, for all this a heavy bill will be’brought in before long,”—a word verified in the promptest manner from the ministry of ..finance, for M; Magne has jnst presented a report • demanding a new loan of 410 millions, to be almost exclusively applied to armaments. A number of legislators, not quite sure on which side patriotism lay, but vaguely secure of them selves so long as they tried to spite the govern ment, delivered speeches which they do not them eeFves very well remmher. ; Under all these complications, however, the discussions on the army hill have moved on with little lapse from the urbanity and dignity habitual to the most polished parliament on earth. The spite and personality were not less enttiag,' per haps, than in an ordinary American senatorial wrangle ; but they were feathered with an ele gance,-a grace of cultivated manners, that de spatched instead:■ of impeded them. Do not think that these courteous champions were aris tocrats; the ranks of the popular deputies are largely filled from ordinary professions.* Several legislators are editors; one, Dupont,, is a printer; the President hithseli, as I have, men tioned, is at the head of a large Iron .foundry, Bnt they leave outside the manners of the oonv posing and puddling rooms. I recollect a slight feint between M. Rouhcr and M. Olllvier, the least elegant,of all the deputies. The minister, thinking to have entrapped the Liberal In some admission, remarked, “My own sentiments are exnctlyexpre£Heffby ! M.Ollivier.’’' , X'he deputy, raising his tumbled head from the tribune, (it has since then, by’ the by, been covered with sticking-plaster, the consequences ef an awkward fall,) slowly ; pronounced, -at the top of his grating voice, the following crusher: “I am ravished whenever I find myself, in harmony with M., the Minister of State; bnt in this instance it is because the ideas of M., the Minister, have divided themselves into two irre concilable and contradictory parts; in this confusion, in which Ml, the Minister of State, is unconsciously defeating himself, it enchants me to find some part of my own opinion.” You know how one of our fine Hooslcr giants would have turned such a chalice in tho, Representatives; and how tho ladies’ gal- I’HIIADKU’IHA. PH IDA Y, FEBRUARY 21, 1868. lery would have applandcdhls “burly Saxon" when he said, “There, then, the sound half of' you I eat, and the rotten half I, throw to the ;hogs!" " " ‘ , " ; v The most grating concomitant of the-' French Legislature would be, to a deputy of American Ideas, the Presidency. The ceremony- ; with which the distinguished' iron-mater, is received, tho military guard, the rolling salnte, the herald ing and uncovering, arebad enough; far worse is the obvious direction he gives to affairs. An American Liberal legislator would be little satis-' fled to see his Speaker frankly taking a side in the order of the debate, constituting himself the monarch instead of the ' ser vant of the meeting, assisting the orators, of one party, giving them all' the, time they, claim for their remarks, allowing them to inter rupt and occasionally even to cough down an op position speaker, and coming openlyto their as sistance in time of need; whOe he harassed the others, ruled them strictly up to time, reproved them for every excited expression, and sharply checked their own comments and criticisms on their opponents. In the careful arrangements necessary for giv ing to the public early and accurate reports of what is transacted in the Chamber, the French Legislature leaves, I belieVe, little to be desired. A communication from the Government, for example, Is received by the public at largo a couple of hours, perhaps, after the reading. Snch communications are read in the beginning ot a session. Emissaries from the different af ternoon journals attend in their little hall, called Salle dee Joumaux, looking oh the Hue do Bour gogne, and immediately after the presentation it is brought ont' to them by one of the editing secre taries, who dictates it to ail who will copy. The editing secretaries have their table, and tho stenographers their little pulpits, at the base of that group of furniture, known as the bureau, which comprises the president’s estrade, the ora tor’s tribune, the rail of the ushers, <fcc. In this focus concentrates the action, properly so called, of the session. There, with their ears close to the lips of the orator, they catch up his words in their first freshness, and take them down with no other ambition than the most absolute accuracy. Their estimate of an orator is drily professional. They talk of a speaker, not by his ideas, but by bis “lines." The accomplished Favre will utter, occasionally, twenty-four of his polished “llaes” (Monittur's type) per minute. The scholarly’ Thiers, in his energetic moments, as many as twenty-five. The more elaborate Ronhcr utters bis Johnsonian periods within the limits of nine teen to twenty-three “lines” a minute. The rude and too faithful notes of the stenog raphers are next delivered over to the modeling handß of the discreet 51. Manrel-Dupeyrd, chief of the Scrclre du Compte-Ilendu Analytique. He is for the orator a kind of pocket guardian angel He knows exactly how to dress, trim and present the speeches; lie can seize the pith of the argu. ment, present it in all its force and with all its author’s individuality, at the same time lopping off redundancies and moulding deformities into grace. His function is a nice and delicate one. He is between two opposed influences, orator and journal—the journal, which is sure to find his reports too long, the doting orator, sure to think them too short- The final revision—the light, rapid, artistic touch that makes perfection,—is committed to a gentleman of the utmost tact and capacity, 31. Lagache, Director of all the stenographic service, who has himself been legislator, and appreciates parliamentary doings by second nature. No need to instruct this accomplished carrier-dove what words, he shall treasure, what slips he shall drop, what messages he shall carry the wrong way. No need to write at tho head of the analysis the name of the orator. He recognizes at the first glance the habitual' catchwords of' 0 his col leagues; the “permit me” of 31. Thiers; the ‘’for my part” of 31. Ollivier; the “in any degree” of 31. Rouher; ho knows that the “wines of the South” appertain to 31. Pagezy; the “railway accidents” to 31. Brame; the “eco nomical interests” to 31. Haentjens; the “cider’ to 31. Douesnel; the “French bravura” to M. Bel montet, and the “silkworms” to 31. Fabre. (“Arc we all to jikr?" whipped in Picard one day—lifer means either to spin or to take rank behind another.') Finally the pinched, pulled, smoothed and scented report comes out for the morning's break fast table, so smart that the original authors of it hardly recognize themselves. [Corrwpondenee of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Skkami-ork, Dec. 20, 1807 Never, since the trading factories of the East India Company were formed into an empire by Warren Hastings, has a question of greater importance been.raised than that -which now confronts ns—the decentral ization of the Government. Not a centnry has passed since the office of Govornor-Gcneral was created by Parliament, and from that crea tion down almost to the present time the object of all legislation has been the strengthening of the military and financial control of the central Government over the minor ad ministrations. A . different policy now has its champions. In the language of the conservatives of existing- Brltish-Indlain stitutioaafitwas left for a Secretary of State, at once-SMHn, so ambitious and so ignorant as Lord CBWaBe, and for a successor neither so clever norTflfflSltions, but still more inevitably Ig norant, Sir Stafford Northcote, to steal from Mr. Brighthis policy of Americanizing India, as their party had borrowed ttyttgjnf Americanizing Eng land. These conservaQKßave a certain amount i of rugged practical Wisdom in their theory I and practice. For, much as there is in the political . institutions of America which is beautiful and Wise, thoee institutions are only to be urged upon a people frilly prepared for them, and no man who has lived here and studied this people can shut his eyes to the fact that India is hundreds of years behind America, and tbatefforts.at decentralization are not only un warranted but absolutely dangerous. To Ameri canize Englandis in many respects safe, easy and desirable; but to apply to India conditions for which even Old England is prepared is to make ah; advance bid- for anarchy. The pro posed breaking up of our centralized finan cial system into six or eight parts, glviug to each province the uncontrolled management of revenue as well as expenditure, urged by some men of high position in govennental affairs, who should die, however, lrom the nature of their position, less lamentably ignorant of the genius or India/ andthe real ten dencies of thejr scheme are looked upon by per- ' haps a better informed and wiser ciaßs with. forebodings. For those who urge decentralizing schemes calmly contemplate a time, and do all in their power to Hasten it, when Bengal, Madras, Bombay, the northwestern Provinces, the Pun jab, CentralTndla and Burmah shall be indepen dent of each other and of any Central Govern ment any nearer than Downfug street. AU of which their opponents claim simply invites to disaster. Even Sir Charles Wood, who no doubt did much to weaken the authority of tho Go- j OURWHOLE COUNTRY.' Second Concert of the slendelssohn So ciety —The attendance at the second concert of this yonng and energetic organization, last eve ning, was quite large, Concert Hall being com fortably filled with an audience largely composed of the elite and fashion of the city. The principal item upon the programme -presented was the Lurhne (cantata), of Ferdinand Hiller. It is a lovely work, and worthy of Mendelssohn, in the highest moods of his excellence. For a first per formance, that of last night deserves especial commendation. The choruses had evidently been carefully- rehearsed, and were rendered with con siderable attShtlon 'to flip' details of expression. Noteworthy, also, was the lovely tenor solo sung by Mr: 'Bradshaw, with its exquisite violin ac companiment, performed by Mr. Wm. Stoll, Jr., which was done so well that an eDcore was demanded. Mm Behrenß, who sang the soprano solos, was evidently laboring fftby der a serious indisposition, and did not do herself, or the music of her part, anything like adequate justice. We trast the management will appreciate the propriety of giving the Lurline a place upon its next programme, after the ex perience of its enthusiastic reception lastevenin". Our brief reference to tins delightful entertain ment would certainly be incomplete without complementary mention of Mr. Thunder's finished performance of the Cajiriccio (op. 22) for Piano, by Mendelssohn, with orchestral accompaniments, one ot the composer’s happiest inspirations; Mr. Thunder’s interpretation of which left nothing to be desired. We congratu late our friends of the “Mendelssohn” upon the steady advance which they seem to be making in tbe right direction. To Messrs. Louis and Thun der much or all of the praise for their encourag ing success is due. ' Italian Opera — On Monday evening, March 2<i, Max Strakosch’s Italian Opera Company will inaugurate a brief season at the Academy of Music, with The opera La Traviala. in which Madame La Grange will sustain the role of “Vio letta, with Brignoli as “Alfredo.” Tickets can be procured at the Academy, or at Trumpler’s. Grand Concert. —On Saturday evening, the 22d inst., a concert will be given at 3fusiealFand Hall, by the Amphion Amateur 3fuslcal 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 won- LhyanddeBerving,.bnt thaenierlalnment-wiUbe of the highest class. The performers are gentle men of acknowledged skill, and tho programme that has been arranged contains selefflons of choice music. A. /The American Conservatory of. 3lestc. •The first public rehearsal of the orchestral classes of the American Conservatory of 3luslc will take place at the tenth matine'e, on Saturday next, the 22d instant, at Horticultural Hall, on which occasion the anniversary of Washing ton’s birthday wiil.be celebrated by the perform ance of a selection of patriotic music by a grand orchestra of eighty performers, who will make their debut, not as ' finished artists, but ior the purpose of exhibiting to their friends the progress made by them as students of orchestral music. The first private rehearsal was conducted by 3lr. Carl Gaertner, at the Conservatory, lost evening. Exfant Perdu. Me. Jarvis’s Classical Soirees.— On Satur day evening next 3lr. Charles H. Jarvis will give the third of his series of six classical soirees, at at Natatorinm Hall, Broad street, below Walnut. The programme.ls a most attractive one, inclu ding selections from Von Weber, Beethoven. Chopin and Schnbert. Tickots are for sale at all the principal mnsic stores. Musical Festival. —On Saturday evening next a concert will begiverrat Horticultural HaS in aid of the Gettysburg Asylnm Fund. 3lark Hassler’s orchestra will bo present, and Mrs. Henrietta Behrens, with other artists, will par ticipate. A Caution to tbc Working JPeaple, To the Editor of the Philadelphia, Evening Sub let in : E"riSißSaries from several New York Trades Societies are and ha ve for some time been ope rating among ogrmechanlcsjin&tlgatingthem to demand higher prices for their labor than Is now paid in this City. It should; I think, be the’ policy of our mechanics, as well as our mer chants and manufacturers, to make their prices for labor and for finished > goods always some thing lower than is offered by our Now York yVfe«ffe, otherwiso those enterprising and unscruj pulous people with their gilded attractions and radial connection# will draw from us the buyers in .our immediate vicinity, a\ they uow do those in distant parts' of our own State, as well as tlioso ln the States west and south of us. Our mechanics do not have so much to pay for rent, provisions, &c.j why, then, should tboy demand New York wages? If they lhaist oh doing so, the many real advantages which our city pOBSCBsba will be neutralized, or lost tonss and oiftmerchante and manufacturers (as many have in la to years done) veiuor-General in relation to the Secretary of • State, and .so indirectly: td bring tbe office into contempt in the eyes of both tbe hqtives ‘ ? j.theJocalgovernments.wastoooxperienccd’in Indian affairs not to - know the . necessity of a strict financial control) at least, over a Presi dency which, like Madias,- was invited by its own Governor to rebel, or wbieh, like Bombay, j bas rushed to ruin and dragged the general trea sury with it. The question Is still before the local governments,in whose handstde Govtrnor- Geneial bas placed a terrible weapon, to be used against, some even of bis own sound policies. The protest of Sir Heniy Durand is said to be the ablest ptmier which, has been written by any' member of the Government of India slDce Lord Canning’* time. The Conservatives contend that no federaliza tion or decentralization scheme is fora moment to fkoyghtof, as applicable to a country like' BriUshTDdia. None df the condltldns are to be found here whieh in any Bense would render appUcoWe what is called “Bright’s dreata,” or CoL'Strachey’s American scheme. There is not I only no representation in India, but It must be centuiteu before representation can be possi ble. The physical circumstances are also fully to- be considered. But, beyond all this, India Is not - a settled conntty, and can hardly be, under alien rule and sur rounded by savage tribes and semi-savage po tentates. India will for a long time continue to be subject to internal revolt and frontier war, and must be a unity to confront these dangers. Our administration among the Asiaticskto be suc cessful, must; It is claimed, hot only ite a unity, but be centred in the person of one holer. And finally, it is as a unity that British India has In curred financial liabilities In the markets of Eu rope to the extent of £200,000,000 sterling. This debt must be largely increased during the next few years. Capitalists will not lend to Bengal or Madras or. Bombay on the same terms as they have lent to the Government of India. Pro claim decentralization, and there would be a panic In Indian securities; the irrigation and railway extensions; requiring at least fifty mil lions sterling in the next ten years, would be ar rested, and the general credit and progress of the empire would be struck a heavy blow. Of course,the assumed objects of the promoters of these schemes are to render taxation more fruitful, and expenditure more economical. It is doubtful if even these objects would be gained under half a dozen governments, independent of each other and of a central authority. The risks are top positive, too alarming for such experi ments. Immediate reforms are needed in the financial administration of British India,blit these must be inaugurated in such a way as not to im- I .peril the unity or political stability of the Govern ment, and yet in such,a way as to enlist the several provinces in the cause of economy and of revenue expansion. Such is .the theory of many j men who have studied India’s necessities long and well. MUSICAL,. will remove their establishments, direct to- New York, where the bulk of buyers, by artful as well as well by enterprising means,' are made moist to congregate. Let our Philadelphia mechanics bc ware, and avoid the trap so temptingly set for them. fi. A. T. AMUSEMENTS. The Theatres —At the Chestnut, this evening, Mr. Sinn will have a benefit In The Virginia Mommy; The Flging Scud; Blade-Fyed Susan. Matinee to-morrow afternoon. At the Walnut, to-night, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams have a farewell benefit In Connie Soogahf Patience and Perstreranee, and Pat's Blunders. Matrneo to morrow I ,When Beauty and the Beast wiS be given. At the Arch Under the will be given to night and to-morrow afternoon.. The American gives a varied performance. Blitz.— Signor Blitz will give performances at Athletic Hall Thirteenth- and : Jefferson streets, to-morrow af ternoon and evening. Assemm.t Bitldings.— Wfr. Alf. Burnett will give one of his original and peculiar entertain ments at Assembly Buildings this evening. Mr. Bnrnett is a mimic of extraordinary powers, and he manages to personate a- dozen different indi viduals Tn quick succession, with marvelous skill. His performance is very amusing and it cannot fail to draw a full bouse. Eleventh Street Opera House.— This eve ning, the burlesque of Ours; or Masrimilian's A ven ders will be given at this Opera House. A num ber of other burlesques are also announced, together with farce, extravaganza, singing, danc ing and Ethiopian comicalities. \ Philadelphia Opera House. —The sensation burlesque “ Under the Lamp-post," is announced for to-night, with startling stage effects and a great cast. There wifi be the usual medley df negro delineations, vocal and instrumental music, dancing, extravaganza, farce, &c., &e. The en tertainment at this house is an excefiont one. Me. Murdoch’s Reading.— The elocutionist, Mr. 8. K.sfurdoch, has been invited by annmbe of prominent gentlemen to give a reading, and he has designated the 24th inst for the purpose. The reading will be given at Concert Hail Consumption* That much-to-be-dreaded dlseaso of the lanes, which seems to have taken up its abode In the United Btates, has, in consequence of its dreadial ravages in the human family, caused many of oaf most eminent physicians to turn thefr attention to it, that they, by so doing, might be enabled by close observation to discover something in the mineral or vegetable kingdom that would act upon those delicate organs in such a manner as to arrest, if possible, its further progress, or eradicate the germ which was lurking in the sys tem, having been contracted from one or the other of the parents. After a long and seHous study, and a post mortem examination of the human body, the medical faculty generally came to the conclusion that it was a, hereditary disease with some persons,and that others might contract it threugh heavy colds, or wilful neglect of the mode ofliving. This portion of the subject having been settled to their entire satisfaction, they then turned their attention to devise such means as their enlarged views and practice enabled them so to do. That they did work seriously and assidu ously to reach that culminating point cannot for a moment be doubted, but it seems that their labors were not crowned with that Bueeess that they merited, and the question was left open for some more distant time, when there woahl arise a person who would discover a remedy to meet the wants of the unfortunate victims of this dreadful disease. That person is Doctor Joseph H. Schenck; having contracted this disease himself in early life, he, like many others at that day, called in a physician, who, I have na doubt, did all that laid in bis power, but failed to perform a cure. One of his lungs was already gone, and he possessed too much shrewd ness not to see that if something different from that which ho had been doing was not immediately applied, the other lung would become affected, and death would ensue. Ne cessity, it is said, is the mother of invention. He put his wits to work, and made a decoction, which he freely partook of, and, to his great sur prise, healed up the diseased long, which, by so doing,prevented the disease from spreading,' and thereby saved the lung which was unaffected,and he was therefore restored to his usual health. Finding his discovery had proved so beneficial to himself, he, in the goodness of his heart, felt a strong desire to assist his fellow-men who were simi larly situated, and they were cured. This fact gave him confidence In’its powers to overcome this fell destroyer of the huuian race, and he then, after having given it a fair trial, commenced to turn ids attention to Its manuiacture upon a more extensive scale, until it has become one of the most popular medicines rf the day. It is known and denominated Dr. Schtnck’s Pulmonic Syrup. I shall not descant upon its effects upon the human system, but will beg leave to refer the readers of this article to Dr. Schenck’s Almanac, where all the information as to its mefits can be obtained. After several years of experience be discovered that persons of a weak constitution might contract consumotion in consequence of a diseased liver; he then 'made a study of this vital, but important organ, and after much research, and experimental efforts, disco vered a composition which would eject the bile and carry it off, relieving the entire system of the dreadful ahd dangerous condition which a dis eased liver is sure to produce. After having effected this to his, entire satisfaction, he then turned his attention to the discovery of an admixture of substances, which he formed into a decoction, to act as a tonic, to strengthen and invigorate the stomach and bowels; and thereby prevent too great a relaxation of' theayatom, by the operation of the pills, and to givwtone to the stomach, while it assisted the digestive organs. After he had givon them afairtrial, he discovered that they wonld act as well in a combined maimer, and better than in a separate capacity, and thus he recommends the whole three preparations to be taken at the same time. The Mandrake Pills eject the bile and mucus from the liver, stomach and bowels. The Seaweed Tonic gives strength, tone and vigor to the organs by dxciting the liver to action, and aiding the chats of the stomach, producing a good appetite and good digestion. The Pulmonic Symp purifies the blood, and thereby keeps the lungs and heart, and indeed the whole sys tem, -in a perfect healthy condition. Such are the wonderful effects produced bv those three safe and beneficial medicines. My advice, then, to my fellow citizens, is this, when either your selves or any members of your family are attacked, in. cither of ..those vital , organs, the tongs and the liver, go immediately to Dr. Schenck, while yet in the incipient state, and consnlt him, and X have every reason to believo he wllleffecta cure. The .many strong and res pectable certificates which have been j' isented to the public from time to time ough to be a sufficient guarantee to prove the asstf n made by him, that consumption can be cut By One Wif Pun, AI)A., Feb. 21st, 1868. . Ij, , .NOWS, THE COUKTsi Quarter Sessions— Judge Ludlow.—Catherine O’Halleran was convicted of a charge of adultery. Charles Marian was charged with forgery; It was alleged that, ho presented to Wanamaker & Brown a forged check for $125. purporting to be drawn by J. S Whlting. On trial. - Supreme Couß*r—Chief Justice Thompson,aud Justices Strong, Road, Agnow and Sharswood.— The Philadelphia list is sill before thu eonrt. —The'lrfradon Sevieiu does not like the present stylo of hearses.' It says; “Of all carriages that < were ever invented the hearse lathe mostwdeous, and there really is no propriety about Its build or decorations whatever. It is simply a very un seemly cupboard; and why it Bhould bo sur mounted with plumes, of all Conceivable things, no onei we presume, Isprepared to explain.” F. L. PETHERSTON. PnblisW^ PRICE TUtitSE CENTS. •■ACTS ■ ; V. . —Tbe Tycoon is a tied eoou.— Ex. r-Sir David Brewster invented tbe Stereoscope. d way with melancholy—suicide.—J'Ym. “Pstis is petting sick of legft. ’There in actually a demand for brainsln theatrical clrofee. • ~?,£™? ue . ls meditate the bulMing Of a cotton factory in Wilmington, Delaware. ... j£S*iK3«K.“ *•*“■ **“«*“' jig***-* a turkey—when he's a goblin*.— —The real phantom eall—a mock tun* . “I’aris is going to Brussels to pee “Euy Bias.* which has been interdicted in France. 3 . —Slight of hand—Ketasing an offer of mar nage- ■ k , —The late Charles Kean was the first man- S who took a strolling company round the _ —Bishop Atkinson, fof North Carolina, heard Brougham speak In the House of Lords, and characterized the speech as senile twaddto —Adah Macs Menken % latest entertain ment Is entitled “Recollections of two hemis- —George Jordan is abont to appear with Band mann in a sensational American drama at the London Lyceum. —A jealous husband in Cleveland soothed bis resentment by chopping his wife’s piano to PICCvQt . —General Gustavos W. Smith, of the rebel army, recently pardoned, is superintendent of Iron works and rolling mills at Chattanooga. —The ex-Queen of Naples is given to masauer admg In male attire, and has a fondness tor cigarettes. —Russia has had a very severe winter. Tbe peasants have been living on bread made of straw and sawdust tor weeks.. —There was skating near Montgomery, Ala., the other day, hut the whole citv could supnir but one pair of skates. * —The DuUe of Newcastle was shot In the lace by a reverend gentleman who was out hunting with him. > ■ —A young lady somnambulist in St. Louis at tempted to enact in her sleep the tragedy of a novel she had read in her waking hours bar stabbing her sister with a table knife. —lt is calculated that the proportion of (hose killed in the streets of London is nearly five hun dred times as great as of persons killed while rid ing on the English railwayl. —air. Gladstone gave a “penny reading” in Flintshire on the Scfinst. He read from the works of Sir Walter Scott, adding a running commentary of his own. —General McClellan has gone to Florence from Vienna with his wife, whose health reqnires th® chdDge. The day before his departurehe was en tertained at dinner by the Archduke Albert —The Borgian act of poisoning has beea ‘re vived in Lima, where a lady was killed by ing a poisonedTetter in her hands while she real it. ' 1 —Dr. Camming, in a letter to the London Tel egraph, says he is misunderstood when ’ pedpio supposehimto beaprophef. The statement to quite superfluous. * —Ah irrepressible Yankee is boring, a hole la the Black; Hulk td furnish Cheyenne with a vot-* cauo to be far superior to Vesuyius In every ro-‘ spect It will be Illuminated by natural meads on every fourth of July. —A boy in Wisconsin went to draw a pail of water,and while bringingit home slipped and fell. Before he could get up his clothing was frozen t@ the ground, and he, flat on his back, could not arise. Cold weather in Wisconsin. —A foreign mathematician has calculated half a million people in Paris alone have aver aged half an hour each in trying to solve thn 1 ‘Roman question” puzzle,‘which is neither more nor less than the double hook puzzle. The time altogether amounts to fifty-seven years of one man’s life, working twelve hours a day. Paris to now puzzling its brains over another toy called the “Mexican question.” .—Victor Hugo has sent the following letter to Garibaldi: "Dear Garibaldi —There was a lyre In the tent of Achilles; a harp in that of Judas Maccabteuz; Orlando sont a copy of verao* to Charlemagne; Frederick 11. addressed odes to Voltaire. Heroes are poets. Yon, too, prove it I read with deep emotion the noble lyrical epistle which you addressed to me, and in which you speak to the soul of Italy in iho language* Of France. The same breath of justice ana liberty which Inspires you with great deeds, Inspires you with great thoughts. Farewell, illustrious friend. Victor Hugo.” , —lt appears that Lord Willoughby, the heredi tary Lord Chamberlain, of England, besides get- Ung himself involved in abominable domestic ' scandals, la in the habit of replenishing his ‘ cof- ' fers by breeding pug-dogs lor sale. “Genuine Willoughby pups are advertised in the TAti<Za» Field for ten guineas and fifteen guineas each. An English paper thinks his lordship sells “the little monsters at highly Tomtinorativn prlwn ” ’Tf fe announced tbafthe only genuine breed oan be obtained at Grimsthorpe Castle. The chlof puppy is not for sole. —At Wilson’s Skating Park, near the Riverside House, Bpringwella, Michigan, “Silas," a .huge ■negro, bet that he could skate three litpes around the bay on his head. A large skate, .mado of rail road iron for the express occasion, was strapped - ■ on his woolly sconce,and by the assistance of nr6 umpires, they placed him upon his - one holding his pedal extremities. By the move ment of his head and the muscles of his neck he propelled around the bay three times in Just nine minutes, baton-the home stretch his guides landed him in an airhole in the ice, and he went down four feet in the river. He was immediately rescued, and no damage done to hia head. • * —Prussia is going to ask the United States Go vernment to pay for the ship Martaban-and her cargo of rice, which belonged to Aldysius Schrei ber. Prussian Vice Consul at Singapore,-and which wore destroyed in 1863 by the pirate Ra phael Bemmes. Schreiber applied first to the British Government for redress, and, aa his ap plication was unsuccessful, he finally laid the matter before Bismarck, who promised to attend to it. The Martaban was originally an American vessel, and sailed afterward under the British flag. Tho pirate claimed that the transfer was not valid, and destroyed her. ......... the Paris Liberti, Quean Victo ria, who “for’sonie- time past has been considered by the princely families of Europe as legitimate heiress of the influence formerly exercised by King Leopold of Belgium," and who particularly concerns herself with princely marriages, has just failed in a matrimonial negotiation—which waß to bring about a union between Prince Fre derick of Hohenzollern (brother of the sovereign. of Roumania) and a Princess of the House of . Orleans.' “Vve believe," adds tke Ai£«r<c, “thafe *• the principal cause of the failure was the friend ship Which the family of Hohenaollem enter tains lor the reigning dynasty of France, '. —Once a Weei relates thb following Story;— ' “A friend of mine was riding outhe outside of a . North Devon coach, from Barnstable to Hflra corae, when the driver said to him, ‘l’ve had a coin guv’ me to-day two hundred year old. Did you ever see a coin two hundred year Old?’ 'Oh, , yes, I have one myself two thousand years old.’ ‘Ah/ said the driver, ‘have ye?’ and moke no ! more during the rest of the journty. When the coach mrived at Us-destination, the driver caige up to my friend vrith an Intensely self-satisfied air, and said,:‘L told you as we drav’along! had . a coin two hundred year old.’ ‘Yes.’ 'And you : said to. me as you had ono two thousand year old?’ ‘Yes, sot have.’ ‘Now it’s a Ue.’ ‘What 1 do you mean by that?' ‘What do I moan? Why*, it's only 1867, now.”' Wf- s£■s,.
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