GIBSON PEACOGKr«or.
VOLUME XXL—NO. 277.
•THE lEVENING BULLETIN
FC]>MfiUEl> EVERT EVENING
(-Sundays excepted).
AT THE NEW BULtETIN BtrilsDlNG,
«OTCbe<tmit Street, miadolphla,
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EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION.
j • ?xonunoß|i .
ta tho city at la
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TNVITATIONB FOR WEDDINGS, PARTIES, dto..
1 , executed u a superior manner by
DREKA. ItBaOHKBTNC'roTRtiBT. feaO-tfj
SUBiUBU.
GATfS—SOVEREIGN.—On Thursday, February 27tb.
In Germantown. Pa,, by the Rer. T. Sovereign, -Jahcz
Gates, Ex),, and Hlae leabel M„ daughter of tbe othclatlng
C hEEaKY—PEACOCK.—On Thursday evening I'ob.
27th, by the Kov. Eobt. 0. Matl&ck» Jobn’F. Hillary to
J&tnrr K. I'encock. daughter of tbe late D. B. Peacock,
i>q.,allof Pollaaelphha, [Burlington and Mount Holly
P ±M£smk-Oo the Mth fost.. by the. Rev. Wm.
B. Wood, Mr. Ben done* and Mice Rachel Leeber, both of
this city. \
DIED.
ABBOTT.-On Thursday, the 27th instaat, Samuel W.
Abbott, In the 61>t year or bie age.
Due notice will be given of tbe funeral *
DF.BINGFiK.-On the 26th of February, im, at bki resi
dence, No. «18 North Front street. Henry Deringer, aged
82year».
- The friend* of the family are Invited to attend bis
morrow (BaturdayX at 10 A. M. To proceed
FULTQfS-dn Friday, 27th lint, Mr*. Sarah Fulton,
widtVr of Mark Fulton, aged 86. It
MECONKKY.—On Thursday evening, 27 th InaU David
Meconkcy. la the sixty-ninth (©til) year of bla age. .
The friend* ef the family are Invited to attend the
funeral from his late residence, in Went Cheater, on Mon
day afternoon, March aeeond (2d), at two (2) o’clock.. • ,
MOBlifB.-On the morning or the 36th Instant, Levi
Blorris, in tlie 61st roar of hla age. . .
The funeral wlu meet at his late residence. In Lower
Merion-on Seventh-day, the 29th Instant, at 2P. M. *
_ WHWFIBI.D.—At Orange, New Jitter, February 26.
dsn-nee Bird, son of Edwin A. and Susie B. Whltheld,
a, sd two yearn, two month* and twenty-ax dart. »
Ta'VRE * LANDELL OPEN TO DAY THE LIGHI’
Xu shades ofSprinc Poplins for the Fashionable Walking
DfCMtfL
Steel Colored PopHna,
Mode Colored Poplinm
BUtbitrck Exact Sb&de.
sFeoial mmcEs.
war To the Select and Common Councils
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
’J'l<e undersigned Citizens and Tax-pas/en reipcet/uily
represent:
That the system of freight transportation through the
sticct* of our city, with Its attendant Immoralities, Is, In
the opinion of your Petitioners, disgraceful and revolting
to the feelings of our eltlzene. That on Market and Broad
street* this tide of iniquity has rolled on for yean, un
checked and unabated by tbe Corporations whose freight
i* transported ovir these streets. Instances of cruelty and
profanity, perpetrated by men to all appearances recom
mended to their positions by their being rho most
hardened, and most unfeeling of their species, are of daDy,
almost honriy occurrence. —*
Your petitioners arc of opinion the time has arrived
’s-hea tide disgracelul state of things should be stopped
at all costs. And we ask. In the name of humanity, in
the Bathe of a Christian community, thstthefrolght rails
be sltogether removed from otT Market sued Broad streets,
and we ofltr the following in support ef our petition:
We look In vain for dny parallel to this state of affairs
in UM large Cities of Europe and. this country. Other
ciiiee have fag morn inland trade, butin no ehe Instance,
to onr Knowledge; fcVwrtfcVy auwssAstwd Mtetr ftwestand
noblest aveouw, and the heart of their eitiesi to obtaia.it.
Philadelphia possesses five railroad dspois. terminating
at tide water, abundantly adequate to accommodate all
tlwforeUm f rads of these road*, and them seems no valid
reason why our local city trade should net terminate
with the termination of the steam pewer.
The lo»ff of Iniquity, which now lie* like an incubus on
the tnerfica of Market and Broad streets; ouee removed,
improvements would rapidly follow, and a full return be
realized by tbe City Treasurer in an enhanced valuation
of taxable property.
Tbattbecontemplated location at the intersection of
Broad and Haricot streets of tome of oermort flooriahing
institutions of science, literature dnd art. wifi be next to
futile, to long aa the present ituroundincs exist. Access
to them except from the rear, would be at times impos
sible, and! that repose and quiet which should always
characterize tbe abodes of literature and science, will be
difficult of attainment, where the inceeeant crack oi the
whip. I lie clattering «1 hoofs, and oath* of the mulodri
\ cm, invade the abcMea of learning.
All of which la respectfully submitted.
i'an-iDxu-uiA, February, 1688.
r. S-—Copies of this memorial are at the Philadelphia
EichasgeTug the Athemeam for signatures, t lt{
oar SELECT ENTERTAINMENT.
HEADINGS AMD IMPERSONATIONS
»*
If, V# fllcCIIUiVf
From the Works of Bhakeipeara. Dieltem, Ac..
At (he Clmreh. BROAD and B KANDY WINE Street*.
Above Spring Garden street. .
FEIDAY EVEMb 0. Feb. Stth. 1568. It*
LECTERR BY D 0 CHAILLU.-PAUL DU
ww CHAILLU will leeture at Concert Hall, onTUES
DAY EVESING NEXT, March 3. Subject-Journey to
the Cannibal Country; the Gorllla,iw h.bits,and atHufties
tv Man. illustrated by numerous diagrams. Tickets so
C< Noextracharge for roasrvedscats.
To be bad M Triimplsi**, No. Mo Chestnut street;
Boner, No. 1102 Lhcstnutetreet, ■•
feSS-ftrp* ' • ' andattheHalL
men* THE TWENTIETH ANNEAL COMMENOE-
Mtar OY THE HOMffiOPATHIO MEDICAL
• COLLEGE OF FENNBYLVANIA will be held ’
OMFRIDAY EVENING. FEBHU-aEV 28th, 1868,
At So'clodnat HORTICULIDR AL HALL, Broad street,
by Prefejsor A R-Morgan.
A-fineßand of Mtule will be in attendance. • - .
The public le Invited to be present.' ' fe3b-3trp*
■wap* ST. • MARY'S HOSPITAL. CARNEftr OF
'»**' FRANKFORD ROAD, and PALMER STREET
/oppodte New York Kemdneton Depot), In charge of the
Ardent eAeesnweived If brought Immediately after
ncepUott of injury. i : ‘ . . .
Lv[ii«.ln*aaMreeelveaatamoderatenteo{baarA. .
. Freemedteal and eurklcai advlce given on Wednesday
.andSafiirdar Alternoonabetweenland«o'clk. feia-tfrp
OF THE LEHIGH COAL < AND
<*•» NAtfOA%ON , .
. PBnjtnntwaia, Jannary 30,1668.
Tht> Company 1* prepared to purchase It* Loan due
4nvm,atpar. gOIIOMON^ BHEPHERD, Treasurer.
JaflO-tfrp - No. Ha Soutirßoeond Street
THE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE
•"' Penwylvanla Collegeof Dental StiWery Will, be
held at the Musical Fund Hilton Saturday evenlntFcb.
39tb. 1968, at 7 34 o’clock. Valedictonr far Prof. 0. T.
Barker/The public are pam]
g(g f* HOWARD HOSPITAL. NOB. IjM AND^UTp
cd treatment and xnedichieytuTniehedsriituitouriY to the
«oor. . . , .• 1 ■ ■ ■- v
MOP* SECOND LECTOR® ON VENTILATION.—BY
Mr. t W. Leeda at the Franklin Institute, THIS
-<Friday) EVENING;at eight o’clock. W
■» NEWSPAPERS. BOOKS.- PAMPHLETS; WASTE
N,.yg,Li
POUIICAL NOTICES.
K»* AT.THS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OF
the SlktnLegUlaUye Dletrlot, hold Feb., 39tbr 1868,
lorthenurpoieot electing a Delegate from i&ld Convon
y ventlon.the following roeolutlon wae
_
RePuhUoaa State, Convention from the Sixth Legislative
hereby Inetrueted to vote In said Con-
National Convention who
Ahdanxay boußd to vote la ratdeConvon-
GEN. U. B. GRANT, FOR PRESIDENT,
T lOB FREBIDENT,
. Of the United States* as the noininoee of the JRepubiican
JartF. . _ WALTER ALLISON.
W, H. HOLMES, am**# I *"*. 0f
—London la to have s paper to be called the
Strangled Journal of theßrawlers. Strangula
tion may stand in the way of Its attaining a great
circulation. ' .
—The Emperor Napoleon has presented to the
Queen of Prussia two valuable porcelain Sevres
- vases, which her Majesty admired at the Exhi
bition. .
J 3 atli (EbMig fittllcf in
SLATE.
NO. IV.
TJbc l arge Quarry-llolstuorks-Miii.
iaturc Hailroadu—Nlatcrsi and iiicir
loolH—Nature Conoiaernte-Delicacy
ot Slate—tMcalping”—Church Steps—
I.caves from nfattire’s Bootas-Drcss-
Ing Slate—memoranda about soft
Slate Quarries—Cautions rbe Old
Slate Roof House”—Quests of Quies
'tor. ' .
(Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening BuUotln.l
Chapsian Quarries, Pa., Feb. 20,18G8 Tlio
traveler approaching the great quarry at this
place observes first in the valley ahead of him a
village of about fifty houses, there being an off
shootof it npon the hill on the west. He next sees
great piles of slate rubbish, mueß'of which would
be used for flagging if it was near a city. Tbe
immediate works consist of an irregular outer
circle of slaters’ shanties—some of which (the
best in summer) are made by raising walk of the
rectangular rubbish, and throwing a board roof
across—and an inner circle of engine-houses and
derricks, the latter on the edge of the excavation.
For the first operations in uncovering, "boom
derricks,” upright masts steadied by long guys
from the top, and supporting booms, are used.
These derricks are warked by horse-power. For
tbe advanced stages of the work a hoisting ap
paratus is used that is not seen, I think, in any
other trade. The main feature of these hoist
works is a two-legged affair, such as is used
in cities to raise stone fronts for houses.
But in this case, instead of standing nearly per
pendicular, it is nearly horizontal—one end pro
jecting over the quarry and elevated about twenty
live degrees by a strong framework. A fixed
chain extends from the outermost part of the
structure to the bottom ot the opening at the
further side. A second chain passing over rollers
near the end of the frame, and (hence to the
engine,ls fastened to an iron pnllev that plays np
and down on the other chain with the stones and
rubbish boxes booked to it. Every timers load
is hoisted, a little car a yard square, on asection
of railroad spiked to a movable platform, is
shoved out under it. This ten feet square plat
form is on wheels, is worked out and In by a crank
and an endless chain. These little ears run on iron
(racks made of flat rails set on edge, out to the
slate shanties and rubbish damps. The hoist
works are dangerous affairs Last summer a
stone being set unevenly, on the car tipped up,
and sent a man whirling into the abyss with the
ear on top of him. OX course the fall alone (130
feel) killed him.
These arc the largest slate works in the United
States, employing 150 men. As many as 70
of these are slaters, the rest quarrymen and la
borers.
On entering one of the largest shanties you
see the railroad running through the middle of
it. On each side are piled large blocks of slate,
some of them weighing three or four tons. Soma
are three-feet cubes—others will be twelve or
fifteen feet long and not more than six inches
thick. When not cutting these stones,the slaters
sit back of them in pairs. Each pair is called a
block. Usually Ibe two have a space about 8
1C feet partitioned off for themselves. Theifr
tools are few and simple and their work
'is truly simple. Mature seems in
deed to have undertaken to furnish
this material so nearly ready for use, that only
enough work -would remain for men to do to
keep those engaged at it from getting too wretch
edly lazy. The visitor fairly laughs with pleased
surprise as he sees a slater sometimes, after Open
ing the end of a twelve-foot block with his chisel,
take hold of the" end of the quarter-inch thick
sheet of stone with bis hand and peel it off from
the block as easily as if it was birch bark. Per
haps some readers would not have been surprised
if I had told them that roofing-slate was made by
pouring liquid clay on a flat surface and
leaving it to dry like paper-pulp. Yet tho
truth fa eDanger than that fiction would have
been.
But I should show the whole operation. Slate,
like corai (ride Topper), is very susceptible of at
mospheric influence when first hoisted out. Heat
dries it so that it will not split readily. This is
one reason why such pain is taken to hoist large
blocks and to keep them covered. It must be
moist until it is “dressed;" then, if it is what it
should be, it meets only friendly helpers in the
air. I have seen some soft slate quarries that
were of so delicate a nature that it was necessary
to keep streams of water running over the cx-
Sosed surfaces. Frost also affects the cleavage.
no freezing rather helps it to split; but let it be
frozen and then thawed before splitting and it is
useless—cleaves as raggedly as if it was rotten.
At Slatington they have to have stoves in their
shanties in winter, and have to put their small
blocks in holes in the ground and cover them
until they are needed.
When a slater takes hold of a large block he
studies it a moment to see how he can make the
most of it He always wants it to be at least
six inches lhick, so that it will “sculp" easily:
He usually aims to make as many largo slates as
possible—those from twenty to twenty-four
inches long. In “sculping”—probably a corrup
tion of “scolloping"—he takes his hammer and
“gouge,” and gouges out a groove, about an inch
deep, in the end of the .block, at right-angles
with the plane of cleavage, and at least a foot
from one side. He then takes his sculping
chiscl—octagonal inch steel, with an edge -of
about two Inches—chisels this groove quite
straight, that he may be able to exert a uniform
force when he “comes to blows.". When he is
ready for the finishing strokes he holds his chisel
Tightly, so that It will ’rebound from the stone,
and thus give a more perfect shock. By a few
skillful blows he will send a straight crack
through the great stone, that is perhaps twelve
feet long and a foot thick, and it falls asunder,
as if by magic.' ?
One singular proof of the delicate organization
of the material is found in the fact that the slater
can influence the direction of this crack by de
flecting his chisel. After giving a smart blow or
two, he wipes. the locality wltn a wet rag, to see
if there is any sign of the crack, and also (me) to
give direction to it. IT then he sees that it la run
ning too much one way he deflects his chisel in
the next blow, so as to urge the future course of
the crack toward tho otherslde.
This second phase of the work often produces
blocks resembling in size and evenness the great
steps of a marble church. The moment the mass
lies cloven before him, the wiser Paladin; he seizes
a stick having a rag on the end from a keg of
water, and slaps the water all along the “fresh
sides,—apparently, to exclude the air, and income
other mysterious way aid the cleavage. Then,
with chisel and wedge, by a few ringmg blowa
(good slate ringsnnder the hammer like bellmetal)
he splits his secondary into tertiary blocks, a
couple of inches thick, carries, them to his
seat, and 1b ready for the final wonder of cleavdge
already described. When he has cut a leaf In
this book of nature that is more than two feet
long, he breaks It into such lengths by a series* of
Mows with the butt of hlA“splitting chisel” before
handing - his work to fee “dresser.” The splitting
chisels are: broad and thin—a cross between an
apothecary’s spatula and a “caulking iron.”
Some are two feet long. The dresser sits on a
“dressing bench-a railroad tie sawed in twain
makes two of them. A two-poln ted straight edge
of lrop, Tjihoitf. two- feet
down into it at one end. .It Is like a mammoth
two-bladed pocket-knife sticking there, or. the
two-pointed iron used In Urn docks'to hold two
floating logs together. His dressing-knife lfi like
an exaggerated thick- backod bntcher-knife. He
. has no other tool except a “marking-istick,”. two
feet and a half long, notched at the inches, and a
nail In the end to scratch with. He lavs the piece
of slate on tho straight-edged iron of the bench :
before him, inarkß it off as largo as possible, and
slashes into it with the knife in a Way that one
would suppose would smash the frail stone leaf
to atoms; hut it usually receives . the Mows
as. meekly and gives way to the cleaving edge’ as
exactly as if it was fresh leather, •
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1868.
There are dressing machines which Will dress
as much ae twomori; but they waste a good deal
of stuff, rind being much opposed by the men.
have not yet come into general use. Two men will
sometimes split and dress ten "squares” of slate
in a day—a eqnare being enough to cover one
liimdred square feet or ten feet square on a roof,
inoluding the three-inch tip.
I have now given the whole process of manu
facturing roofing slate. I will conclude with
some m< moranda I made last year for a friend,
who was about to investigate the Virginia quar
ries. Those, mostly in the shape of questions to
to be asked, comprise all I have to say about the
soft slate quarries, from which both roofing and
cyphering slate, as well as all the other articles
(numerated, arc obtained.
Wbat other quarries near It on same vein?
16 the adjacent formation bastard slate or what ?
Is there any adjacent stream likely to inundate
it? Any abandoned quarries near? Is there
frost enough in winter to afl'ect the slate se
riously? What is the pitch of the plane of
cleavage ? Has it cyphering beds or mantel beds ?
If so, how wide ? Hit has school beds, are there
factories near, and what price do they pay?
Is tbe slate straight? In what direction do the
ribbons run ? (In these quarries tbe ribbons are
found mostly rotten—thev thus servo aa “joints”
to facilitate removal.) Are the slate split from
the end or side of block, or both? How thick a
space lies between the "water splits” at various
depths? Is there abundant dumping ground?
Are the colors likely to fade ? Are there any
vains of quartz Id or near the place? Has it been
worked in winter ? Can any dressed slates be
shown that have been a year on the ground ? If
so does, the color hold ? How many “ blocks ”
were ever worked? How many squares to a
block does it average? What price does roofing
slate bring? What is freight? What money
has been made here ? What force could be used
next year? What has been principal market?
Have slaters been easily obtained, and
at what rate? What would they corn
tract for ? What is the price of laboi ?’
Tbe following injunctions were added :
Examine the rubbish heap to see if it holds its
color. Examine'tho slate by fusion m a forge to
detect sulphur, and by'soaking in water to teat
irnperviousness to moisture. (This necessitates
w cighing before and after the soaking.) Look
out for veins the further development of which
would necessitate tunneling. Trust onlv such
specimens as you see dug and split. Observe
w lietber specimens are taken from a point easily
worked, and whether the best slate leads to or is
near another property. Examine the roots of
the neighborhood to see if the slate on them Is
rotten or dingy. Nearly all these questions and
cautions apply equally well to pnr own forma
tion. '
And now, as I can think of nothing more that
would be germane to the subject, and fear that
much of this is Dutch to my readers, I will have
done. I might indeed make copious extracts
from the new story called "The Old Biate Iloof
House,” now in course of publication in “Ijppin
coU's Magazine.” But as that periodical is doubt
less as much esteemed already by Philadelphians
as "our market houses!” I spare you, and con
tinue in silence my various quests. Quaestor.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
ENGLAND.
Cabinet Changes and .the Lord Chan
cellorship— Democratic Reform meet
ing American bympathizers in
« ooncil—The Alabama Claims—Pop
ularX*lan of settlement-ami Peace.
Queen’s HothL, Loudon, February 26,1868
Lord Chelmsford, Lord Chancellor of England,
has resigned his seat on the woolsack in conse
quence of Cabinet and official changes contem
plated by Mr. Disraeli. Lord Chelmsford sup
ports the new premier.
Bir Hngh Cairns, one of. the Lords Justices of
the Court of Appeals, succeeds to the Chancsllor
ship.
An influential democratic reform meeting was
held at 8t- James Hall this evening. Many sym
pathizers with the cause of republican govern
ment in the United States attended and the Hall
was crowded.
John Brluht, with many other members of Par
liament, the Kev. Newman Hall and other well
known personages were present.
Mr. Urieht occupied tbe chair. He spoke
strongly in favor of the United States and the
government policy and power of the American
people and of England’s duty aud necessity of
cultivating and maintaining friendly relations
with them. If, he said, the British government
and English press had acted rightly and pru
dently during the time of the late war in America
no power bh earth conld have alienated the two
nations in feeling or separated them in interest.
Mr. Bright, in conclusion, expressed his firm be
lief that ail prominent questions of apparent
difficulty now pending between the two countries
uonjd be amicably settled.
The ltev. Newman Hail followed. He stated
,he nature and probable extent of the Alabama
claims carefully aud in explicit terms to the as
semblage, showing that England was completely
ill the wrong. He said although the people of
the United States waited and appeared to post
pone the matter, the Alabama claims subject
would lead to war in some short time unless the
bill was paid, fie would advise a settlcmcnfoT
the matter by arbitration in the manner proposed
by, or;agreed to, by the United States. The
reverend gentleman wound up his address with
a powerful appeal to the people of England and
America to affirm and maintain a perpetual peace
in the interest of universal civilization. Mr. Hall
resumed his seat amid loud cheering.
The following resolution was then proposed :
Resolved, That this meetiDg expresses the most
hearty good will towards A \ erica, and pledges
itself to snmiort any government at home in Its
efforts to effect a prompt, rightebUß and pacific
settlement of all international differences, and
especially of those connected with the Alabama
claims question.
The resolution was adopted unanimously amid
loud cheers and with every person in the hall
standing.
Bone.
The FcastollUePurification.
[From the N. Y. World. 1
Rome, Feb. s.—On Sunday, 2d,Candlemas Day
and the Feaßt of the Purification, the customary
ceremonies took place in St. Peter’s. The cele
bration by the Church of this festival in honor of
the Virgin, dates in the Eastern .Church from a
period eariierthan492, whou tho Popo St.Golaslua
instituted its observance in the Church of Rome.
This pontiff especially ordained a solemn proces
sion, for the pnrpose of expiating and displacing
the prevalent superstition of the linpercaff* con
secrated by the Arcadian Evandcr to the worship
of the god Pan. : Gelasius wrote a letter on
the subject to the Senator Andrsmachue, who
bad expressed extreme disgust,atthe suppression
of the antique rites. The Lupercalla fell annu
ally on the 16th of February, and was a ceremo
nial: symbolical of a. purification of land and
when the young men were wont to ran
about with thongs > made of goaiskin,- Striking
those whom they met, much as nowadays, without
any idea: except impudence, the common mas
queraders--in the carnival hit right and left with
inflatedibiaddetfs; But the'skin W the ga®t gaVe“
February its name, and-it‘ls singular to observe
another of the many Instances where tho early
Church absorbed cmaeanetifiod by a widely dif
ferent spirit those pophiar feasts and even sym
bols which would have heem .difficult.to have up
rooted-altogether in those first days of the new
religion. The cemmencemen tof the Purification
of the Virgin, forty days aftetf thfe birth of the
Saviour, oUtbxactly at the; pbrbd of, the proces
sion.'that Tutted from the dwa .before Eneas
reach# the Italian shores, and tira& a procession
1 w#T3t#ifih#hy the Church, was fol
loßMjSiSwrthffthe. Christomjjwj^cphit^njof
ttePaitaa ntee. ?Mtey.bore in twjrhandsllghKd
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
divinity of Christ, the wax being typical Of the
purity and mortality of the first, the liglif of
ibe latter. The Popes had been in the habit of
ulebratirg the fits of the Purification and the
procession in the chapel of their palace. In 183!?
Gregory XVI. decided thenceforward on trans
icrriiig the ceremonial to the Basilica itself,
giving thereby great satisfaction to the laith
lul, who could never find places sufficient in the
Sixtine sbapel. The cardinals assist at the mass
with all the signs and tokens of tbeir several
dignities. The patriarchs, archbishops, and
bishops coming-in their violet copes and white
mitres. Ths Bovereign Pontiff ascends bis throne
in the tribune, surrounded by his whole court,
and immediately after receiving the homage of
the • Bacred College of Cardinals, com
mences the blessing, of the vandtea. Three
of these are dedicated to the Pope himself,
two enormous tapers of twenty pounds each,
and one of two pounds only,, most richly orna
mented, to be carried in his hand by his Holiness
during the snbsequent procession and! the Mass.
The Cardinals receive each their candle of three
pouads weight, and kiBS first this and then tbe
bem of the Papal cope. The bishops kiss- their ta
pers of two poundseach and kiss the Pope's knee.
Tbe other recipients of a little amount of wax, to
wit,ambassadors,prelates,and lay persons of dis
tinction, kiss the loot only. After the distribution,
tbe Pope washes his hands in a basin presented
to him by the prince in attendance near tbe
throne, and the procession takes- places The
cortege leaves the choir on the right side of tbe
altar, makes the tour of the nave, and returns by
the left or gospel side. His Holiness- thorn de
scends from the elevated chair in which, he has
been borfie through tlie church, and takes his
former seat. The violet robes ef the cardinals
are laid aside, and the ecailet assumed, and’ mass
is sung by one of their number, to whom, special
powera have been accorded by a Papal bulL as
otherwise mass at the high altar of anv basilica
is reserved for the Pontiff. On this occasion the
German Cardinal, Keisach.sung mass, at the con
clusion of which his Holiness intoned the Ambro
sian hymn, with which it has been customary to
conclude this day’s ceremonial since‘the
preservation of the city of Home in
1703 from threatened destruction by . earth
quake. After bestowing general bene
diction, the Pope returned to his'own'apartment
in the Vatican, there to receive as usual the of
ferings of wax from the patriarchal and minor
basilicas, from the different parish churches, the
religious orders, the Knights of Malta, and the
holy house of Lorctto. These he in turn bestows
on poor convents and charitable institutions for
pilgrims and incurables. He sends them like
wise to persons whom he wishes to distin
guish, to members of his own family, personal
attendants, and the various artists employed
about the apostolical palaces. When the Feast of
the Purification does not, as this year, fall on a
Stlnday, it is still kept as a day of obligation, and .
is one of the fifteen holidays' left to be observed
strictly by Pius VI. when, in 1798,' he suppressed
tbe obligation on tbe remainder of the thirty-four
which up to that date had been maintained by
the Church.
MEXICO.
Tbe American Jfaegion In Mexico—Scan-
Galons Treatment.
[Garreapondence of the N. Y. Hereld.l
According to the decree of Benito Juarez, made
in Monterey ton the 11th of August, 1864, such
Americans as would enter the liberal service were
to have in addition to their full pay of one' rank
higher than that which-ibey held in the United
Slates army, fifteen bupnred acres of land, on ah
average nessmitoe'. to their rank. It is reported
to hsve been discovered! that there jp-e scrioua
difficulties : in the way of carrying onfcjbia
decree in the cases of the Legion of Hfmor,
the body of Americans who BtUl .await their
pay; and it is even declared that the
general government possesses no lands, they
being the property of the separate State 3. Under
all of the circumstances it has been proposed to
the Legion to accept a sum of mone; in hen of
the land—not $1,500, but $3OO. %imo, perhaps
the majority, have agreed to accept it; having, at
the same time,but little confidence that the repre
sentation concerning the land, so gloriously and
picturesquely promised in the decree, would be
honorably carried out by the subordinate officials’
who might have the particulars under their
charge. As a natural consequence the feeling is
not cordial towards the Government J>y the Le
gion, which has also been subjected to asrattempt
at disgrace within a ffcw weeks by the civil
or military commander (it is impossible to say
which, as both are inclined to shirk the respon
sibility), who declared in a written document to
the Secretary of War in substance that-thc-Ame
rican Legion was a nuisance and recommended
that they be ordered. out of the country—of
course saying nothing about paying them. Every
American in Mexico who knows.anything about
the Legion and the behavior of its members on
many a battle-field in the late civil war at home,
aud also of their deeds and sufferings at Zacatecas
and at Querotaro are strnck dumb at the-treat
ment which they are receiving. ,
It is now about two weeks since the arrange
ment was made and accepted by., a portion of
them to receive $3OO in full, and ae yet less than
a dozen have been paid, although the implied if
not definite nndcrslfinding was that the payment
should be made immediately, and before they
would be compelled to hypothecate ihat amount
tor necessary living expenses. Many of the most
respectable families of the States, dnd especially
of New York, are represented in the Legion
—the Proudfoots, the Catlins, Blaisdeils,
die. Their friends and relatives .in : the
states, however, need hardly expect to
welcome "nuisances” on their arrival home,as the
entire Legion, with possibly a few exceptions
(which occnr in military bodies in all countries),
have won the esteem oi foreigners here, inclu
ding Americans, and elsewhere the everlasting
gratitude of liberal Mexico, This may be unpala
table to be re-read in Mexico, but it is hardly pos
sible to suffer the Legion. to leave Mexico aDd
expect that a correspondent, who.has an Ameri
can heart burning within him, could allow at
least as much as the above to remain, unsaid, es
pecially when among them are very many- of
his late companions in arms in Virginia ana the
southwest. . *
Address of JUexlctui £xiles Co tbe Pope.
The Diario.de la Marina of Havana contains
the’ following address sent to his Holiness the
Pope, and signed by General Santa Anna and
most of the leading ex-imperialists now in Ha
vana:
Daly Father: The,undersigned Mexicans, eml-
f rants and residents in Havana, have the high
onor to address your Holiness and mosthumbly
to present yon with our most sincere congratu
lations on the success with which the Holy See
has passed through the dangers , created
bv the revolution of ■ the Italian
populace. This terrible tempest having
bien overcome, and France having again goat ]
anteed the temporal power ot your Holiness, the
members of the - Catholic Church, hope for tran
quil days to its visible head,-, and ; also tor the
prosperity of the Christian religion. Undersuch
pleasing circumstances the undersigned, as
Catholics and friends of good principles, raise to
your Holiness the vows which they coatipually
direct to Heaven for the peace and prosperity of
the Church. Being desirous that your Holindes
be persuaded’ of the sentiments which animate'
''■ns, and‘<oyst^'tlia^.'islSf<Stt(l^%Bte'ri'- : fS3£IIER»D@r-"- : 'icwreA”
sented, we hayenamed.GeneralMsuuelßaanrpz
do Arrelano, ex-Dlrector of ArtiUery of the Im
perial army at. the defence ofrQuoretoro, to; haVe
the high honor of transmitting them, to -your
Holiness. > t !
The undersigned beseech yonr. Holiness to
deign to send them your apostoUe i Messing, as
unto yonr most falththl sons. - , s ■ >
Antonio Lopez de Bantk Anna, former Presl
dent bf Mexico, .The GweraU of Brigade—Felix
Zulosga, AntomOTaj»#a,.BemtoZenea,Mandel
R. de* Arrelaaoi'>F«lentsff'7Tart(j!^^.:‘‘^Rt»Ml6.
tallon—MapueiH, CameSHitwiMw-;
D. Galindo, Juan J. Jaurc,»fii, Lorenzo Garcia do
Bebvilo. LieutenaDt Generaf-of Artillerv, Lorenzo
Rojl; Captain of Infantry, Juan. N. Garav; Di
rector of tbe Military Tcleg-jpwot Vera 'Cruz,
Francisco de P- Travesi. ’
CRIME.
INCENDIARISM IN Ht/mi.ff.
Throe Attempts in Twenty-four Hours,
[Prom tße Buffalo CqmmCTcinl. February 26 ]
Notwithstanding the precautions taken by the
authorities, tie incendiaries are still at their
devilish work. Since the detailed account! of fires
. given by ns on Monday three more incendiary
attempis harp been made, one of.which wiv» luliy
successes],' end resulted in the destruction of ths
old Melodcon. About' 4 o'clock this morning a
fire was' discovered' in the building formerly
known atrCarr’a Melodeon,No. 280 Washington
street, in rear of St. James’s Hall. There are
different stories in relation to' tbe exact locality
where the fire commenced, bnt from all tine
facts we can gather, after diligent inquiry, itto
altogether likely that the incendiary torch was
applied to the scenery on the stage. The bundl
ing was completely burned' out; with the excep
tion of the basement floor, and- nothing but the
walls are left. The scenery, properties, &c. r
which were formerly used at the ACefcdeon, were
owned" ity ‘ Thomas Carr, and' were Valued at
$l,OOO. These were destroyed, and there was no
insurance. The basement was- occupied on one
side by T. Keenan, as a gas fitting’and plumbing
shop, and on the other'byForrester dk Eritline,
ornamental plasters. The first-named!gentleman
estimates bis loss at about $250; ana the two
latter at about $3OO. There was no- insurance
on any of the property in the basement The
budding, a four-story brick, had'buen altered in
the interio(,and the second and third 1 floors taken
ont previous to Mr. Carr’s occupation of it as a
place of amusement. It was the property of
George and Albert Brisbane, and> was valoed at
from $7,000 to $9,000. There was no insurance
on the building, which was unoccupied. The
adjoining bnildiDg, No. 278' Washington street,
was damaged considerably by fire arid! water.
The third and fourth floors were pretty thor
oughly drenched. Frederick Graham oeeaplcd
the basement and first and second fibers-. The
basement waß used as a kitchen, and there was
nearly two feet of water in it this morning.
The first and second floors
fonr or five tenants occuplcMroomsoVthe third
and fourth floors, and hatreiheir efffects more
or less damaged by water. Philip- Thomas,
one of the tenants, states'that some one stole
several articles of valuable jewelry from his
rooms during the progress of the fi re. Mr. Gra
ham’s loss will amount to sloo,whicW is- covered
by insurance for $l,OOO in the Albany Xhaurancc
Company. No. 278 i 6 owned by Riley Saunders,
Esq., and is valued at $7,000. Mr. Saun
ders has insurance on the building to the extent
of $3,000, which will fully cover the dam
age done. St. James’s Hall' escaped
without any damage, as did also the baUd-.
ing in the rear! of the burned one. The'West
ern Transportation Company keep a day* and
night watch over their property in and about tbe
Erie Basin. They have a night force of four men,
and besides there are the N. F. Police and the.
Special Police recently appointed .to keep-watch
and gua'd over the citof.. Notwithstanding these
precautions, however,we learn that two attempts
were made on Monday night to fire the Western
Transportation Company’s Warehouse.. There
were combustible materials -pi iced in- tbe
privy, and. fired. The discovery was
made bf the, night- watchfrom thesmell of smoke
in time to prevent much damage. Had the incen
diaries succeeded In their plans, there would un
doubtedly have been a large destruction of pro
perty, including the warehouse of the W. T. Co.,
as well as thtir fleet of propellers moored- along
side of tbe building. Not only these, but the wa
ter-line warehouse of Cnmmings & Clark would
have been endangered, as well as a lumber-yard
near it. The discovery of the diabolical attempt
was most opportune and fortunate.
Between 2 and 3 o’clock this morning, Frank
, a night-watchman in the employ of Marsh
& Sternberg, discovered a fire in the engine-room
of tbe Empire Elevator, on the south side of tbe
creek, opposite tbe Sternberg and Wadsworth
Elevators. He immediately c died to bis aid! one
of the N. F. Police, and they took buckets of
water over the creek, polled off tbe cl ip-boards
on the lower pari of the engine-room, and threw
water on the roof of the room and put out the
lire.' Kerosene bad been thrown on the clap
boards of the engine-room, which is only one
story high, and on the outside of tbe elevator,
and that being done, the fire was kindled. The
timely discovery of the fire, and the prompt ac
tion of the two men before mentioned, saved both
the Empire and the Marine Elevator, on the op
posite side of the slip.
A man was arrested by order of Superintendent
Reynolds this morning, on suspicion of attempt
ing tho dcstrnction of the warehonse of the
Western Transportation Company yesterday
morning. The circumstances strongly point to
the man in custody, and he js detained for inves
tigation. There was a rumor this morning that
a man had been arrested on suspicion- of firing
tbe oldMelodeon building, bnt this is a mis
take. A person was arrested for disorderly con
duct, but nothing more serious was urged-against
him. V ''' :
Tire Idaho Tragedy—The Kate oi Scr»
gcant Dennollle and WHO, flew
Iforbt
We h'ave received the following letter, dated
Fort Boise, Idaho Territory, February lhth: 1
To the Editor of the JVew YorkEtoeninfr Post
With a view to relieve from further,suspense the
inquiring friends of the ill-fated Sergeant Den
noille and wife, I respectfully ask room in your ;
columns'for the following: About the 24th of
October, 1867, as Sergeant Peter Dtnnoille, of
Company C, Twenty-third Infantry, accompanied
by bis wife and First Sergeant Samuel Nichols, of.
thcsame company, wias traveUng in an ambu
lance on his way- to Fort Boise from Camp Lyon,
Southwestemldaho,they were attacked by a party
of Indians about ten miles from the latter camp.
On the first round fired by the Indians, Forgeant
Dennollle exclaimed, “I am shot,” and fell dead
from the ambulance. His wlfe became almost
frantic. Sergeant Nichols drove rapidly a short
distance, when one of the hones stumbled, and
both then alighted. Sergeant Nichols was armed
with a sixteen shooter, and endeavoied-toper
suade Mrs. Dennoille to take refuge with him in
the rocks, hut she returned to the lifeless form of
her husband, and was immediately captured by
thb savages; Sergeant Niehota escaped. Unhurt,
and, arriving athta post, made In substance the
foregoing statement.
, Brevet Colonel J. B. Sinclair, Captain Twenty
third Infantry, commanding Fort Boise; Brevet
Major J. C. Hunt. First Cavalry, commanding
Camp •Lyon, and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J.
Coppinger, Captaln 'TwSnty-thlrd Infantry,
commanding the camp of “Three Forks of the
Owyhee,” sent detachments from their respective
commands to ascertain the fate of or rescue the
unfortunate woman, bat without success.
' The body of Sergeant Dennoille was found per
fectly nnde,' scarred and slabbed all over. It was
convoyed to Camp Lyon and interred.
—According to a correspondent of the New
.ForkXri&ime,.thf>-ladles of .Chile, ats, .very. ,ac-.
complished in ,music and nothing,else. It is said
that performers who would, pass Tor accomplished
pianists,ln this countiy would therebe Wgarded
as hardly 1 above mediocrity. The character of
tbe muslo Selected and enjoyed is of the-highest
classical order,"but It ls no unuaual thlpgffor
ttios.who are tooroughlyfatnUlar witojaschf
Beethoven and Mendelssohn to be wholly IgUo
raht lh theefrnplerdepartmentaof edapation. i
—An Arkansas negro,.expounding the Scrip
tures, had occasion to tpnch ujfew antediluvian
longevity, and In the courtbof* hi* remarks said
that inthoeodays men: didn’t many before they
were SOO, and, in fact, weretwcaty-dve years ala
before they were bom.
F. I.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
facts astd
—The Toitahawh glve&the following table of
■WAITS AHD MEASURES W ABYStHtftA. :
Mifss Measure.
50 moles make 1 mnfeteerto look after"them.
- mnleteere to look sifter them make 1 good
'thing of it.
100 good things of it malto 1 penny'en ttf tho
income tax.
1 penny on to the income-tax makealD.OOO-,'
, - 000 Englishmen swear.
British' Wcri(3. . ' ‘
2 visits' to the HorsB Guards make T? six
months’delay.
. 2 six months' delays make 1 hit of Botibar
management
12 bits oFßombSy management make 1 Aa
nesley Bay.
100 Annesfey Bays make 1' Abysobaian- Expedf*
- tion. -
The bare Idea of two AbySßiniaa Expedition#
- • makesoneMad.
—The- tobacco dealers of Ba&viße, Va.. an
about to form a board Of tfaefe'. ' .
—A Mr. Wright, of claims to
have discovered perpetaaliporien.:
—Senrfys’s latest lecturings enr tire Alabama
were at Atlanta last week. i ■ -*■
—The- Pope's Canadian troopo wear’wdwte o*l
- to match. ' : <
—Barton'Hill is to Bupport Mr.JOrrcs t in a two
weeks' engagement at Louisville.
—Jefferson Davie and family are soon-expected
on a visit to-Louisville.
—A direct descendant of Martin lather, ia the
eighth generation, lives at Hagerstown, MBb
—A Michigani youth tried to cub iff hin bead
with a hatchet. *» W .
—An in obviated Sewthem cri O'c epealft- off Mr.
Winkle’s Blp'Van'JeSferson. *
—A Frenchman has invented a. kcttloln which
water is boiled: in six minutes by friction-/, without
any fire. .
—A bidder at a horse auction isi Nashville last
week mounted a mare to try her .speed, and wax
so. Well satisfied! that he has not yet returns®;
—Boss ncsoiaation as JHiniater to
China 1b strongly indorsed by ■ the CaUfomus
press.
—Opera House Crosby has had * silver' tea set
given him in testimonlalefksa being OpererHthisx
Crosby. 'I
—Mr. William Young’s new evening paper in>
New York, from which great things are ezdebted;,
will ba called Krorg.A'ftermm.
—MS. Arthur Helps,the Queen’s literary ‘‘help*”'
owes hen favor to a former friendship: between'
himself and the Prince Consort. ,
—Governor Dnrkee of Utah did not alludo to-
Mormoniem In his annual message, and- thereby
displeased both parties.
—Hon. John Merrissey is, it is said, soam-to
give a sparring exhibition in New York in aid of
the po6r.
—Alexander Smith left some unpublished preae
papers, aeon to be published under the tUirf of
‘•Last Leaves,” with a memoir of the author.
—Many wells and 1 springs In New York State
and Canada, which have never failed before are
now completely, dry. This is attributed to'vol
canic action.
—Mr; Bandmann was announced' to appearha<
London in hlf> favorite play of Narcissi. It hae
been adapted for the English stage by Mr. Tom.
Taylor.'. ' . .-I#
—An enterprising Chinaman in California- is
making money s taivina all the rale- ctnudtt
, alive, undiAttchiug ihcflfflSr' Kg
eat. -•!> ■ ■ ; ■ :j ...
—The whole of the Egyptian cavalry have been.
supplied with Colt’s revolvers. Thus we. pro
gress. Think of Pharaoh chasing, Moses throagh
the Bed Sea with a revolver and a bowlc knitetf
—Accounts come to ns In the technological
journals of the application of electricity to -the
purification offcast iron by passing a current;
through the metal while melted. '
—Genera) Burnside has contracted for the con
struction of the Cairo and Vincennes Bailroad-ia
Illinois, to finish the whole line within twd yeans
from November 25, 1887.
—Longfellow’s translation of Dante Is quoted)
by tho Italian editor of the new edition pub
lished at Milan, for the explanation of obscure -
passages. r '
—Colombia College ie to publish autohlogi»t ;
phk/aof the graduating class in its next catalogue,
und which the students are requested to fargishi
them; they are also cautioned to “use a becom
ing modesty.” T
—A Russian princess has beensued byadairy
man of Porta to recover 500 franca for milfc for
nishcd by him for the princess’s bath. The qyea
lion turns on the purity of the milk. Tho prior
ctss evidently believes in in-cream-ation.
—“My dear, what makes yon always yawtk?”
The wife exclaimed, her tempergone, ■! •
“Is home so dnll and dreary ?’.’
“Not so,” he said, “my love, not so;
Bnt man and wife are one.yon know; .
And when alone , I’m weary."
—Mrs. Warren Clark, of Athol,- New Hamp
sbire, died almost instantly last - week an ner-,
way to a class meeting. The Editor ofthoAthoi
Chronicle say s : “The autopsy revealed' exten
sive cardiac disease, hypertrophy complicated:
with aneurism ofthe aorta just befow its bifurca
tion.” What the poor man means to say is,' that
tho woman died of heart disease: ’
—A writer In the Edinburgh Review has thls to.
say about oysters “on the half shell:“ ‘Oysters,"
says old Fuller, ‘are the only moat which mem
eat alive and yet acconnt it no cruelty.’ ‘ The
idea of .eating any creature whilst etilialwe does,
it must be confessed, savor a little eft fetodUy,
and, as King James Was wont to say, ‘he wAa ft
very valiant man who first CifwUS
of oysters;’ or, as the poet Gay 6ung-of the’final
raw-oyater cater in the wpll-knuwn lines:; ■
‘The man,h«d sureapalatecavfered?e’er ,
First broke the oozy oyster's pearly coal, ,
And risked the living morsel down his
The popular idea with regard ;'tb> eating* raw
oysters Isthatthe animal is killed.as soonas
‘The damsel’s knife the gaping sbelbcoMtiaande,
And the Salt liquor streams between be abends.
But this is a mistake; if the oyster is not dead
before It la opened, it Is undoubtedly swallowed.
'allve.” :1 "':.
—General Grant’s father la writing a biography
of hiß eon in the New York ludger. 1 Hue 1 is aa
episode in the General's life:.
“ When Dlysaea was a boy, if a draw or any
show came along, in which there. was. % call for
eomehody to come forward and! ride a pony, ha
was always the one to present hlmaelfi and what
ever he undertook to me he rode. This practice
be keDt up until he got to be so large that he was
ashamed to ride a pony.
• WDce, when he was a boy, a show came (dong
in which there was a mischievous pony; trained
to go round the ring like ligbtaJng I “and he was
expected to throw any bay that a ttempted to ride
him. . ' '
‘“Will any boy come forward and ride,this,
pony ?" shouted the ring-master. \ ,
“piysses stepped forward, and mounted the
pony. The performance began., Routld ;oud
round and round the ring went the,
and faster, maklng tbe Kreateat e®nmo ( d«japttnt
the rider. Bat Ulysses sat as steadyas tf.JfiS had
grown to the pony’s hack, rreecuflyodidame a ...
large monkey ana sprang up beluufpTlly sses.'
The people set up a grtat Shout of.ftugjjtey.-and \
oh the pony ran; built all produced no effect on
the rider. Then the riug-mastor :• made"the
monkey-jump up on
ing with bis feet on his shoulders, and with his
hands holding on. to his teal?* *t this'there was
another and a etulloudoretioal, but not a muscle
of Ulysses’ face moved. Therewiuinot a tremor
of his nerves. A,few more rounds and thdrioK*
master gave l tup; he hadteome aeiosa a wh: that
the ponjrand thb moator tnttt cwdd not dls
, mount.