=i.._St T 4 GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. v 0 LUM XXLNO. 279. THE ' ' EVENING B I,,LE.A IN eithusinr.to mrsay Evzstuga , (Sunday, eicepted). A T THE NEW IIIULLETIN BrILDING, 607 Clacelleut Street., Philadelphia, lir lima EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIA.TION. THOPIIIZTOBB. r • GIBSON P_EA ERNEST C. wAta,Am . YETIIRIM, 11105. J. WILLIAMSON. CASPER itOUDEE. FRA.NUIS 'WELL% The Buttrrut la served to enbecribera in the city at le cent. per week. vavabie to the car era. or 48 annum INVTTATIONS cuted FOR a ITV - REDI Ier NG% PARTIES. dco., exe in raper manner by. • DREKA. 1083t1IIEST.NUT dTREET. feAttif - . DIED. ALLDEKDICE.—At New Castle Del., on Saturday, the ii9th ultimo, Sarah Isabella, relict of the late John A. Aliderdice. BEECKER.--On the 20th nit, Howard Clarence, son of J. F. and Catharine H. Deecher. aged 22 months. Gone to meet his brc titer. The relatives and friends aro respectfully Invited to attend the funeral. from his parents' residence. DM North Twelfth street, on Wednesday. 4th instant, at 2 o'clock. To proceed to Laurel 11111 Cemetery. •• lII:LL.—On the Ist uhima Sarah It.. Doll. youngest daughter of Lewis G. and &rah K. Dail. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the foneral, from the residence of her parent?, No. 1431 VW! , skeet, on Thursday morning". sth teat..elerrn O'clock. Moaday, morning, March 24, Mary P... wife it lidwin A. Kelley, in the 25tb rear of her age. 04 LCCAK.,--tin_ the 29th ult., Frank M. Lucas, son of M the iste John and argaret Lucas. in the 19th year-of his tea The relatives and hien& of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral. Wednesoay afternoon, at 3 o'c lock, from Hie residence of his mother. 752 Florida street. without farther notice. [New York and Beaton capes' plearkecopy.l WATKIN.---buddenly, on the evening of February Wth, Charles Viatkln. Ills male friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral. from the t arldence of his brother .in law. John M. thaler, No. 738 Eolith Tenth street, en Wednesday. .51arcb 4th. at ii o'clock. F. M. To proceed to North Laurel hill. il • • "" VILE d tAtiDELL OPEN TODAY THE LlGar F shades of Opting Poplinefor the raehlonable Walking Drew& Steel Colored Poplins. Mode Colored Poplins. Illstnarek Exact Shade. SPECIAL ARYMIVES. cialte. LE CTURE RY CIIRD,LI.I Ut, nC CHAIM); wiit lecture at Concert Hall, on TILJE - 1 TAY E% ENING NEXT,. March 9. Subject—Journey to the Cannibal Country ; the Goriita.itoh ibits,aud rtttinitiea t • Man illustrated by IltanletOtta dlag rama. Tickets DO cents. No extra charge for restrred seats. 'Co be had at Trumpleee No 9M Chestnut street Boner, No. Ilea theatzut Area, 14,18.4trp' ST. l4AR** O l liOBPITM.. O'.Ktirlt Y FiIANKFORD ROAD and PALMER o'fltßET! fc•pposlie New York Kensington Depot/. in charge of thu Widens et St. Francis. Accident vacs received if brought immediately after ncention of injury. Lying In met received at a. moderate rate of Ward. Free medical and surgical advice given on Wednesday and Raturday - Afternoona between 4 and 4 well.. telt.l i(rr. mar OFFICE OF TILE AMERICA 3 EXPLiehliNti COlit PANT O P F L PLHDILIAIOEL F H biAl February WA. - The regular annusl Illtering of the Stockholders of "The Anirrlcan Exploring Company of Philatiolpeir" will be fe Id at the office of :Ito company, 5C6 Walnut street, on I Ehl UV, March 10th, it.gk,st 12 o'cllac. JOIIN M. 11.2.SELTINE, Secretary. OPFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NANIGAT/ON OOMPANY. rau.snairur a. January 30,18003. MIA Volk:any Is prepared to purchase its Loan due In DM al par. SOLOMON EHEPHERO.Treasurer. No., 1.22 donttr Bacmd street. lap. PHILADELPHIA FEBRUARY SOH. tetk. The eeetutl meeting of-the Stxkbolders of the ExcelsiorPreaw Brick itanafacturint Comeau. will be held at the office of the camp _soy trews Building). al W shut shred, on 210 DAY Mach 9th., 12 o'clock. M. fe.4-ift2lrh• 8.14 MARCtlMENT.Re,setsirv. WEST 61 , 1:1;(;E STIOEVIktaI. Cult Sea of Seventeenth and bruise streets.—fttere will be *pedal service bele In the. Lecture Room. every evening this week, at quarter Wool, o'clock. Sermon thte ev*u tug.. by Rev. J. Wheaton Saab. D.D. - THE pLusrailia susnius OP THE LATE 815 " . .1OTIN I'IIII,BIN will be continued by -bin 0311, STEPHEN K. PLUIBIN and JOHN E. L, BYNEION. BON. 111110 ti. f eaUtnt • . 11 &nth Seventh street. war- TIDE ANNUAL "IIEETEIG, OF THE c y I ANG America Cricket (Dub will be held in Lan th's Dell Germantown. on TUESDAY EVEN= March Zit at Et o'clock. Ife2B-2t rel ALF. MELLOR, See.r. --- H4I*ARDitoIIiTTAL. NOS. MB AND UM I'mr Lombard - n etra=l2=ePaga d it- - y g et e cal treatment end poor. ger NEWSPAPERS, BOORS, PAMPfILETA_WASTE paper. bought E. HUNT= relgam Ne. 612 Jayne street. DISASTERS. Shocking Affair, in St. Lonfo—A Man Torn to Pieces In a 113111. (From the St. Loofa Democrat of Feb. A shocking and most lamentable casualty took place at a quarter before six o'clock !act evening, at the 3iississippppi Planing Mill, corner of Thir teenth and O'Fallan streets. The chief engineer, Mr. Bch), Wiggenhorm, was pestling around the end of a lice of shafting, when his coat was caught by the revolving wheel and he was instantly fastened to and whirled about it with swift velocity. The room was then dark but his screams 'brought help and lights, and hurriedly the engine was stopped, and the mar:lewd victim was picked up. His coat, ehitt and boots had been torn off, leaving only his panttdoons on his person. Both his arms and his left ankle were broken, his back was dreadfully lacerated, and , he was 'suffering from extensive internal hemorrhage. He was removed to the office of the mill and placed on a temporarily arranged couch, and Dr. Heitzig was called in. The surgeon and physician afforded all the poor relief possible; in about two hours the unfortunate man expired. He leaves a wife and five children. A messenger was despatched for the wife, who arrived only to look upon the lifeless and broken form of the husband and father, late the protector rand supporter of herself and little ones. The de ceased was but about thirty-five years ()rage, an •excelleet — Wwi.aowV ' - industrious'llo - rattch ee teemed. His mother, two brothers and two sisters share the affiictioin. • AMUSEMENTS. Turraernss..—tAt the Chestnut; this evening, will be produeed for the first &de Mr. John Brougham's new Dead - Sea Fruit, a Story of Philadelphia. It has been mounted in 'superior style, with handsome local scenery, ac., and will be presented with &powerful cast. Lotta, at the Arch, will' appear this evening in - her charming impersonations "Little Nell' and the "Mar .chioness," with Mr. Craig as "Dick Swivoller.” At the Walnut, to-night, Mr. J. Wallack„ Jr. will appear in the drama "Henry Dunbar," with a strong cast. A varied entertainment will be given at the American. OLIVE LOGAN'S LECTURE.—On Wednesday evening next, at Concert Miss Olive Logan, the well•known actress and author, will deliver her new lecture, entitled "Stage Struck." This discourse has been warmly praised by the New York press, and we doubt not it will find favor with the Philadelphia public. The lecture will ho repeated on Friday night and on. Saturday afternoon. ElamEtrrn STAR= OrEuA Housx.—The excel lent burlesque, entitled Anything You Like, will be presented at this Opera House this evening, with local seentrry ; liti , /eta! bitsmordtis'elttintfiltni and general jollity. There will also be the usual minstrel entertainment, with singing,, dancing, negro comicallties, &c. The entertainment at this house is of an excellent character. Do Chaim Lu's LECTURE.—Mknorrow evening, at Concert Mill, Mr. Paul Du Chaillu, the cele brated African explorer, will deliver a lecture upon the "Gorilla' and ' kindred subjects. The reputation of M. Du Chant Is so great that it is iitir.(l l Y ...IrcessarY -saw question Niiir-'O6 intensely interesting. On Thursday ho will lecture again. —Li postmaster In one of the, benighted Ms triets of this State keeps the office iu his hat,— a plan which has some disadvantages certainly. . . , , . , . - • ..„ . • . . .. . 6 ..., . . \ . ~. .. . it , . . . .. • . , • ,11 ... . _... _. _... ._ , ~.. .- n• , .... ~ :. ..• . ~ .. . . .. , . , . .... , . . . ... ~ .. . .. _... . . • . . • , .... . . . . . . . . .. .. . • . .. .. ... . .. . . • . . . . . , . . .. . .. . . . . .. . ........ . , . . . . .. . .. . . .. , . . . .. _ .„ , • . , . . . . . .. • • . • . . • . .. . " . • ..• . • and at the LtelL KASH STEPS. Lxxxvi. nEConen, and Art Gossip There... Co- eluded. (Correspondence of tee Philadelphia Evonles Bulletin.) Faithfullest among the faithful and devoutest among the devotees of the little Ecoaen commun ity, I found our old friend Howard Helmick, so pleasantly known to many Philadelphians, not by his paintings alone, but by his literary contribu tions to the Sunday Dispatch. Helmick Is finishing a cabinet-sized interior, quite in the liire taste, which I hope you wilt soon admire in America. It is a touching little idyl of home and happiness, founded upon the supreme event which Nature, though she repeats it, every day, never allows to become common place, but varies, perpetually with new and im provised touches of tenderness. In the close-bed, between the white, lavendered sheets, lies the lit tle peasant mother, sleeping or fainting, and tin' conscious that he is for the mom cut a heroine In the foreground the wrinkled grandmother, a repository of home love, tends the , new-arrived while the sage femme of the village, her gay old thee puckered with anxiety and kindness, hovers near, a sort of homely genius of nativity. The dingy cottage chamber is humble enough, but it is the guest-chamber of a foreigner soul, and something of mysterious and sacred spreads through it with the repressed sunbeams. But you ought to know out of what sort of raw material artists are obliged to weave their charm ing Illusions. "She is positively the most diabolical hag you ever saw In your life," complained Helmick, in reference to the comfortable old gossip; "every evening when lam putting up she comes and grins at me like Milton's death, and says 'oil. done aunt les frisettes?' You feel was obliged to prom ise a row of jet-black curls to make her pose at all; and you can't conceive how she remembers it. She fights the other harridan, who is her sis ter, from morning till night—till sunset, I ought to say, for they go to bed then, having no species of light in their hole; and it is painful to think how they must fight for the covers. They fight about everything. They are continually want ing presents from me, although I pay them well. The only means by which I can get an approach to the expression I want Is to say that now I sm putting in the curls; but I am soon found out, and then the old Yahoo spits like a cat." "The hovel, though, is glorious, I must ad mit," pursued the artist. "The dampest wall is covercOvith a kind of green and blue mould, with, a good many snails; there is nothing finer in - Teniers. The cobwebs are at the same time woolly, downy, peachy. pearly and Grapy. There Is no light at Rembrandt, on my word— and I often come home from my work completely blind. Yon notice I sneeze a good deal; diph theria or consumption, I'm uncertain which; where I sit there is a strong draught pouring up my back directly from the potato-hole below to the gaps in the thatch where the rain comes in. We pay them so much a year not to mend the roof; mend that roof, and your half-tones are lost, the mould and snails dry up, the general laciness disappears, your studies inevitably be corn° dry and German, and Ecouen loses an im portant figure In her capitaL" listened with sympathy, and I....adanal that there are compensations in all things. Helmick's proper studio—an immense barn of a place, big enough for Tintoret to have painted his Crucifixion in—contained many other pic tures, more or less completed, studies of land scape and the like. All those which were in pro cess of finishing were of the humblest genre sub jects. But I noticed in odd niches and corners, ostentatiously hidden and yet fondly peeping out to be seen, a number of sketches of a very di!, ferent character; there were .Scripture scenes, broadly and hastily made out, Depositions, Noli me-tangeres, Sze., and epic situations, with heroes in imposing attitudes. After hastily looking at these, I said sharply "Those things arc what you would like to paint ?" "Ah, yes ! But, you see, you've got to paint, not what you like, but what Money likes. Reli gion does not sell. Ary Scheffer himself died poor. Sometime, however, I hope to pitch in. You don't care to attack Paradise Lost and Di vine Comedies until you're sure you are up in your grammar." I shook bands on that, greatly liking his honest humility. But how oddly adjusted are the bur dens we bear in this milange of a world! Here the painter, who represents old women with al most the pencil of Gerard Dow, is sighing to paint deities and allegories. I suppose the poor clowns who tumble into the circus are con vinced they have a vocation for the pulpit. On the other hand, Rachel and Mrs. Siddons are con vinced they were born for comedy. Beard, the bear-painter at home, told me he hated his gro tesquerie4p, and was persuaded he couldlpaint the spiritual' side of animated nature to the utter „conhision of Tnedstose/ 'Helmick 'ariapied himself up, kissed his wife and boy, and took me out to see Ecouen. , 0 Nothing is drearier than the ordinary French village, especially if it is anywhere within the radius and influence of Paris. Long lines of ut terly vapid and eventiess houses, built of the chalky Caen stone which so soon becomes dirty and opaque and clayey; the church, probably some agonizing structure of ttie last century, a mass of knobs, fillets, ' and scrolls that stream down the walls like breadths of paper-hangings unrolling; the mayor's box, eventless as the other houses, but boasting more windows, and Surrounded with trees clipped square; the hotel, a 'slimy nuisance that brings your heart into your throat with a sense of garlic and suffocation; the caprice and individuality which used to distin guish the French race all gone, and each man's house - as like hi's neighbor's as buttons cm a card; and finally, this faded corsuseation set in an im menet:, . plain spangled with other villages equidistant, equally dim and earthy, and, to the I stranger, precisely like the first ' and like each other. ......An_early.ltunp, glistening-through. the twilight from a large and lofty window, was pointed out by my companion. There, he said, were work ing two brave little Philadelphia maids, who, having fluttered through the course at the Phila delphia Academy, had one day fluttered over to France, fluttered into Ecouen, and settled down under the able tutorship of M. Paul . Soyer. Many a time and olt had I seen Missy H— and Mei • (.;:liending over.. the boards among_ the;pol.. 'shed Greek statues of the Academy, absolved in the perplexities of an Ariadne's hair, or a nerve's armor. Here in Ecouen,' away from home and friends. yet cheery and self-sustained like Hilda in her Roman tower, they kindle their PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,: MARCH . 2, 1868. lefty lamp to touch an unfamiliar landscape, and toll late, and early in the fascinating fields of art. There must be many sympathisers of theirs at home, who will be glad to hear that they are welt and stout-hearted, that M. Boyer is greatly in terested in their career, and that their improve ment Is rapid and unquestionable. We dropped in at one or two of the famous Ecouen "interiors"--cottage rooms , more or less like the one eo enthusiastically depicted by Helmick, and conspicuous for decay, crumbliness and supreme discomfort. These interiors, pre served by the artists themselves, with great care and at some expense, from the least approach to improvement or smartness, are the backgrounds you admire so heartily in the enchanting home scenes of Frere and his school. They are Inhabited by mumbling peasants, who have learned to Sit as models, and have given over being astonished at any combinations—such as parents, outlaws, lovers, prodigals, returned soldiers, he - artless fathers, dying wives, etc.—lnto which It may please the painter to present them. Under the alchemy of art these corroding walls become richer than tapestry, these ragged aprons fill with gold, these toothless gums and palsied lips arti culate the glad word "success." . When I was younger and had my illusions, I would have hailed with enchantment the Utopia of a land-locked Econen, Whore a family of harm less dreamers come In at the close of every day from the breezy bids, and talk high things of art among theinseives around the evening fires. Its isolation would have been a charm, its simplicity Arcadian, its harmony of interests angelical; its unworldliness sublime. But I came away from Ecouen aware of many things. Aware that if I sent my card to Mme. A. I should be cut by Mrs. B. Aware that if I took lessons of Appelles I shotild have an enemy in Protogenes. Aware that there is a Cireean ten dency in little villages to change gradually your most amusing friends into bores. Aware that ray servant would talk about me to my enemy's ser vant. Aware that the most paintable interiors are damp, that village wives are viragos, and that village hinds may be ungenerous enough to accuse you of having starved your donkey in order to paint a subject that would "cause Sterne to be forgotten." ENFANT PERDU. CALD WELL & COOS NEW STORE. We have hi our, possession a lithographic view of Chestnut street as it was in 1840. It exhibits both sides of the street from Fifth street eastward. The United States Hotel was the fashionable house of the time, and it occupied a large portion of the picture. East and west of it were ancient dwellings with their first floors converted into shops; in the carriage-way are omnibuases, and upon the sidewalks are high-hatted and tight coated gentlemen escorting lanky skirted and big bonnetted ladles. In the year in which this scene was presented James E. Caldwell & Co. started a watch-making and jewelry establishment upon the north side of Chestnut street, below Fifth, in an old-fashioned building which stood upon the spot, now occupied by the office of the . Franklin Fire Insurance Company. The store was a showy one for the time; but there is a vast difference between the stores of the present day and those of twenty-eight years ago, and Caldwell & Co's store, showy as it was deemed in V"rt,..; would be eQuifiderell very in significant in these days of more refined taste and greatly enlarged ideas of buiiness enter prise. In 1843, the tide of retail store keeping fashion was setting in the direction of the row of old dwellings which then ex tended from the Custom House to Fifth street, and Caldwell & Co. having secured one of these buildings fitted it up in a style of elegance which was deemed magnificent a quarter of a cen tury ago. In 1858, trade and fashion had made great strides to the westward, and Caldwell & Co., unwilling to be left in the rear of progress secured the elegant marble-fronted store Imme diately to the eastward of the Continental Hotel, and fitted it up in a style of elega nee which was worthy of any period or any country. Here the firm has continued until this day, when they opened, upon Chestnut street, above Ninth, upon the site which was formerly occupied by the old Burd mansion, what we believe to be the most magnificent establishment of the kind in the world. The style of the fixtures and ornaments is tha t which prevailed in the days of Louis XIV., and everything has been brought into keeping with this antique design. The edifice is four stories in height, with a front of thirty-three feet and a to tal depth of two hundred and thirty-five feet. On entering, the visitor finds himself within an ele gantly-embellished department to be devoted to the sale of general jewelry. This has a depth of one hundred and ten feet, being separated from the next department by what is technically termed a "screen," consisting of a heavily-corniced arch, supported by pilasters and columns, in imitation of the beautiful sienna marble, and resting upon pedestals of delicately blue-veined white marble. These latter are relleyed-by genuine Sienna: Qatar ble panels, which are in fine contrast with the general surroundings. Ranged on either side of this department are finely polished, black walnut jewelry cases, which enhance the beauty of the room by their contrast with the elegantly frescoed walls and ceiling. The counters are of blue-veined marble, and bear upon their tops large show cases. .Besides these receptacles for jewelry, there extends through the centre a series of finely polished tables, to be used for the same purpose. This apartment is brilliantly lighted by candelabra and brackets, having an aggregate number of 114 jets. The gas fixtures throughout are from the establishment of Cornelius & Baker, and, as a matter of course, they are elegant and effective. The second apartment is the "silverTroom,' which has a depth of sixty feet, and is furnished in a style similar to that of the apartment above mentioned, having, however, a double cornice, and it is lighted by a large and elegantly formed chandelier, and brackets, consisting in all of 44 jets. In the rear of this is the "bronze" department, wherein will be- constantly kept a valuable array of bronze ornaments of every conceivable kind.-This room is , thirty feet-squarec and it has beyond it a space divided off into offices, counting and show rooms, Sc. The walls and ceilings of all these apartments are frescoed in the most tasteful and beautiful manner of any we have ever seen; and their neutral tints and golden bands present from the main floOr a charming prospect— The_ door, too, is entirely new, being of_tesselated...marble.. The.gallery:of the btfilding, - or, properly - speaking, "the second (story, will be used for the display of paintings. It is not necessary to' speak of the magnificent stock of rich wares that. are displayed in this palatial establishment. The fame of Caldwell S . : Co. is wide-spread as the Union, itself; and the OUR WHOLE ,UOUATRY. eleganee of their stock of goods is well under stood by every Philadelphian. On Saturday evening there was a private view of this beautiful store afforded to the member B of the newspaper press and a number of promi nent citizens. After the inspection was over, the company repaired to the Continental Hotel, where they partook of a ha ndsome collation. In addition to the editorial fraternity; the master mechanics and artists engaged in fitting up the store, and the employees of the firm were pres ent. Mayor McMichael presided, and capital speeches were made by Ma honor the Mayer, James 'E. Caldwell, Esq.; es-Governor Curtin, Daniel Dougherty, Esq., John W. Forney, Esq.. and other gentlemen. While Mr. James E. Caldwell remains at the head of the firm, there has been an infusion of younger blood into lt, which will insure its per manent vitality. The firm, as at present consti tuted, is as follows: James E. Caldwell, Richard A. Lewis, Joseph H. Brazier, George W. Banks, J. Albert Caldwell. For the Philadelphia IlveninOlttiletial Washington's Birth darat Gettysburg. A former communication narrated the opening of the year at the National Homestead, since whiclitime the cuthnt of affairs has passed as smoothly on as-Could 'possibly be expected in so large a faintly. Fewer counter currents, fewer eddying(agitating movements have transpired than' often accompany the navigation of much erofiller craft even on - familiar waters. In relation to the Homestead in its varied as pects, it may be said that its course is not only onward, but.upward as well—onward, as to the general improvement of the children; upward, in their higher and moat interesting tendencies. The 224 of February offered an opportunity to make a deep and [Lasting impression upon their be-mauve Leans - respecting-Waanington. the model man, the spotless patriot, and true Chris thin; the first and best of the great names on our couutry'a roll of honor, with which these children .re to become faxilliar while under the ever if. tell Pal Care of the Homestead. The day came; it was bright, bur cold, and Cemetery Hill was rathericy to ascend with ease. But the good citizens were out in fall force. From Pennsylvania College came pyotessors and students; from the Theological Seminary a simi lar attendance. The visitors were received at the door of the main building, and passed from thence to the principal school-room, which was handsomely draped with flags. The gay colors were relieved by evergreens and pictures and texts in tasteful lettering . . Opposite the entrance a stage was erected for the children, the wall be hind which was , more elaborately ornamented. The centre of the festooned flags upon it was surmounted by the name of Waahington.in large gilt letters on a blue field, and this was wreathed with green. Above were arranged thirteen shields in the form of an arch, Pennsylvania as the key firone. each bearing the abbreviated name of the State represented. At 2 o'clock, P. M. the sixty soldiers' orphans were seated on the stage, appearing in their neat uniform of blue. Thilgirls had the addition of White sashes thrown over the left shoulder, each set in 'front with a shield, emblazonekwith the name 'of a 'State. The exercises opened with prayer by the Rev. Prof. 'Ferrier of Pennsylva eta College. :Raging •by the children tot owed, Lieutenant Norton, Principal, accompanying their clear, sweet voices -with the organ. After this came the "Saltation to. the ' Flag," written for the occaalon (by the Matron). This was the most touching of the children's part in the exer cises, especially as when the last two lines of each verse were repeated each boy sprang to Ida feet, ,iceeted the flag with a wave of his. lewd, and the full chorus of voices sang: "Hail to, the Flag ! all peerless in might ; Hail to the Flag! of the red, blue and white." In the last salutation, the flag of the battlefield was referred to, and their youthful voices natur ally fell into the minor key, as they now joined again "Hail to the flag of crimsoned gold ! That wrapped our fathers in its fold !" The effect was indeed tonchin,T, and would have repaid a lengthened journey to Gettysburg to witness the scene. After this came the happy presentation of the "Boyhood of Washington"in an address by Major Cleetou, of New Haven, Connecticut. Then followed an allegorical tableaux, first, of the thirteen original State; accompanied with a reci tation, entitled "Tribute to Washington,"an origi nal poetical production(by the Matron),and next, of all the States represented by an equal number of the smallest girls, and on the appearance of the representatives of the new States,-the sixty children sang in the (torus: "Joined hand in hand the new States come To bless the name of Washington." Following these very pretty and patriotic tableaux were remarks by Prof. Ferrier and D. McConanghy, Esq., while Major Cleeton gave some interesting details of his experience as Agent of the Homestead in the New England States. The Professor, in his earnest remarks, called upon his students present to view the insti tution aright, both as to its local and national importance. He spoke feelingly of its orphan inmates, of their uniform good deportment in the public house of prayer, in their Sabbath. school at home; their knowledge of and love for the Bible; their readiness of answer, their zeal and respect. The orphans are under the Rev. Professor's eye in the church where he ministers, and he comes out often to their Sabbath-school, at the Homestead, and is thus reliable authority in reference both to the children and their management. One of the Profegrrs of the Theological Semi nary ego e yto the children,when "America, 'tie of thee," was sung in full - choir, and the ben ediefion pronounced. At the close of the exercises, the Zonaves of Gettysburg, under. Captain. Norris, made their appearance on the grounds, and drilled for a half hoar or longer, in presence of the orphans, much to their gratification. E. L. (For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.) To Philadelphia, Presbyterians. The appeal emanating from the ladies of the United Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Va., endorsed by the trtu3tess and Pastor has been addressed to the citizens of Philadelphia, asking for a donation to rebuild their church, which was destroyed by fire. A slip from the Richmond Daily Dispatch says "that they intend making this one of the most beautiful and substantial temples in the South." It will be remembered that the old church was destroyed by fire in April, 1865, ignited by the rebels when escaping from Richmond. It was a good and substantial building, having a large con gregation, with the Rev. Dr. Read as its.pastor. Shortly after its destruction, the writer visited Richmond, and was lnformed,that the Rev. pas tor, as well as the entire congregation, with very few exceptions, were intensely disloyal; that the loyal few were treated in an unchristian manner, the disloyal ones refusing all intercourse with thom r alatt.the Rev. Pastor AnforMing. them.that their presence in the church was obnoxions.to the congregation, and requesting them to refrain from further attendance. At a Fair held for the benefit of the church, the secession flag was the only one seen. No love was expressed or sentiment favorable , to the Union was uttered. A portrait of. Stonewall Jackson, a man who tried his utmost to destroy the Union, was one of-' the most conspicuous attractions. Attached to it vroit tblo.liacqto:_"Aplan of Golli_a champion of lAberty,,Virginia m.ourustikkloai It appears to me that this congregation should be satisfied ) under existing circumstances, by erecting a building equal to the one destroyed and not desire to erect one that shall be one of the most beautiful and substantial temples of the South, especially so when the funds to accom- plieb it are expected tcr be deiived maixtly from the Narth. Feb. 28, 1868. A. LOYAL PRFAItYTERJAN. CRIIIE. suicide in Cineinnat b..AI Murderer Caro His Throat—End of a Career of Crime.- Morn the Cincinnati Gazette, of Feb. %MA/ Patrick Roes, alias Pat McDonald, charged with having committed a murder hr Ireland', in 1861 i was, after,slx years of pursuit, arstAted in this city on Tuesday evening last, and confined In the Ninth Street Station HouseVTesterday ne at tempted to commit suicideby cutting his throat. In 1864, Rose having tired of being pursued by officers, determined to come to this country. and accordingly made arrangements to work his way over on a sailing vessel. News of his escape from the country soon reached the ears of the British anthoritles, and a reward of 525,000 was offered for his arrest. 'Stimulated by this large reward, two English detectives, having procured the necessary papers for the arrest of Ross, provided he could be found, came to this country about three years and a half ago. Arriving in New York, they sent a description of the man to the police authorities in all the principal cities of the United States. Ross was traced from place to place, until he arrived in this city, whore he had a brother and sister living. Here he remained concealed until the detectives left- the country, and-then obtained employment at the Gas Works. This became known to our pollee authorities who were on thefook out for iffin,and three of them proceeded to the Gas Works for the purpose of arresting him. They, not liking to arrest him In the pre sence of his fellow workmen, sent a messenger 'in; requesting him to come to the office, where they were in waiting. Ross it seemed had sus picions that the officers desired to arrest him, and instead of going to the office, he made his escape through a back door. He remained away from the city until abent eight months since, when the matter having ap parently - died out, he returned. From that time until Tuesday evening, rwhen he was arrested, be has been in the city constantly and could have been arrested at almost any time. On Tuesday, Policeman Roberts, whom it seems had worked with Ross at the Gas Works, saw him on the street, and remembering the fact of the attempt to secare him at that time, deter mined to arrest him. Mr. Roberts confided his information to Lieut. Evans,and Sergeant Tucker, and these three men succeeded in making the arrest. Ross was confined In the Central Ave nue Station House during Tuesday night, and on Wednesday morning he was removed to the solitary cell, or "Calcutta," as it is called, at the Ninth - street Station House. in try -ntime, a de - itch .nt - to Mr in _au meantime, a despa. was sentlo Mr. Archibald, the British Consul at New York, ,re luting the tact of, the arrest having been made. The following reply was received yesterday NEW Yon N, Feb. 27.—5. D. Evans, Lieutenant of Police: Papers required are with Mr. R— E—, of Cincinnati. Telegraph me to-morrow,. if they suffice to hold Ross until witness to prove identity can come from Ireland. I will then tele graph to Dublin for him, and for instructions. E. M. ARCHIBALD. From this, it will be seen that had notlhe elr ctimatance which we arc about to relate occurred, Ross would undoubtedly have been held to await a requisitlea. As we have already said, Rosa was confined in the solitary cell, no one being allowed, by order of the Chili of Police, to communicate with him. Yesterday. about one o'clock, Mr. wens, the turnkey, took Ross his dinner, aud after set-- tins; it on the bench of the cell, the 'prisoner ra, marked. "There is more tlian I will ever 'eat." . Mr. Owens paid no attention to• the rear rk, but left to attend to the prisoners in the other room, In about half. an hour he returned, and found Ross lying on.bis face on the floor of tite eel}, with his throat cnt from ear to ear, and bleeding profusely. The knife with which the unfortunate man had attempted to terminate his life was his hand, and proved to be the knife which had been handed in with his dinner. It was very dull, and the wound inflicted by it was terribly ragged and unsightly. He was unconscious from the loss of blood, but clasped the knife firmly in his right hand. Medical aid was at once called, and in a few minutes Drs. Bonner and Cilley were in attend ance. They both pronounced the wound neces sarily fatal, the windpipe being entirely severed. Everything possible was done for the prisoner, and at 5 o'clock he was removed to the tommercial Hospital. Before this reaches the eye of the reader, however, Ross will undoubtedly have passed from this world. He is a man appdrently about 38 or 40 years of age, of medium bight, and red side whiskers. He is very much wasted away, having suffered with chronic diarrhoea for five months past. MUSICAL. GRAND CONCERT.—On Monday evening, March 9th, a grand vocal and instrumental concert will be given at Horticultural Hall, hi aid of the Hebrew Philanthropic Association. A number of favorite arthsteo will appear,and the full Germania orchestra will be present. BunNurr.—Mr. Alfred Burnett, the celebrated humorist and mimic, will give an entertainment at Assembly Buildings this evening. Mr. Burnett possesies extraordinary powers and never fails to keep his audiences in a roar of laughter. He In troduces now impersonations every night. ITALIAN OPERA.—This evening Max Strak. osch's Italian Opera troupe will appear at the Academy of Music in the opera La Travicifa.' The cast will Include Mad. Do la Grange, Signor Brignoll and other eminent artists. The season wilt last during this week only. To-morrow night the opera Rigoleilo. The Weather for February. B. J L. sends us the following table of the weather at Gennantovm for the :month" just passed : FEBRUARY. 1868. 11.4 1 ge; . • -5: , ':, .., § 1 c'ei, g e., 7 ,- ; . „ ..., Wind and Weather. Q ;,. . a ' .. Q 1 9 11 28130.8 29 N. W. Clear. 2 7 17 99180.3 28 S. W. Clear. ;8 2 10 1930.7 14 N. Clear. , 4'3 7 28 1 80 . 5 29 S. W. Clear. 6 81928 30 228 6-10 N. E. Snowing. 6 In. 611 82142 29.7 BO N. W. Clear. 7 8 1893 80.3 25 N. W. Clear. 8 *4 41930.6 20 W. Clear. 915 1536130 39 1 3-10 S. W. Rain and Snow. 10 20 18 20'80.5 201 ' N. W. Clear. 11 . 7 18 20 30.4 911 , N. W. Clear. 12 5 15 81 30.5 31 N. W. Clear. 13 14 23 37 30.8 37 N. W. Clear. 14 12 20 85 80.5 95 • N. W. Clear. 15 11 27 37 80.2 42 S. W. Cloudy. 16 29 34 86 80.339 N. W. Clear. 17 18 34 85 30.1 87 1 4-10 S. Snow and Rain. • 18 17 34 26 80.9 28 S. W. Clear. 19 18 3046 80 47 S. Clear. 20 80 49 51 80.1 51 S. W. Clear. 91 84 43 48 29.9 51 S. W. Cloudy. • 92i 44 11 22 80,4 ' ~..., , W t Vicar_ IS., 1 93 "1 dlB 80.8 7 N. Clear. - • 24 7 12 17 80.7 19 N.'E. Cloud,y. Snow. 25 15 21 25 80.6 24 8-10 N. E. Cloudy. Snow,. In, 26116 25 28180 528 N. E. Cloudy. 27120 29 37 30 87 N. E. Cloudy. Snow. 2823 81 37 29.834 N. Cloudy. Snow. • 29 1 14 98129 80 29 W. Clear. "Below Zero. ==! Lowest Point; ... Eight o'clock, . Twelve , wolocu,, Three o'clock... Depth of Bain.. ....... ; 6-10 . .... . . .......... . . . ......80040 ••• • • ..... ••• • • 1-10 ht. —Canada has got nearly through_ with 'umber ing operations for the season. Only a very small amount has been ent, as the business b dal!. F. L. tETIIERSTON. M PRICE THREE OENTS. FAISM . li'AfgrlM —Lawrettee,-, tuoinot ,a single pauper. , —ArtemultWaurn„old agektt' +term Olive 1.4!,. gan sametapabity. ,-;•Pigeon hole” hue! been deciaretffsn illegat gaine by the f e puisville court& —The man wile lives on tick probably tputti Lenten fare.—Loteell Courier. —Derby's translation of Homer into reathect I sixth edition. • • --Prattle chickens are so plenteir 2.l2risoft . that they , are , used for satine'sfood. =Jerusalem has only twenty-two that:Mad in habitants. . --Whets to the horse dhtner in Londtet , wereti sold for sheet $7. • —The feet county treasury robbed 'Rosati:Wl a Harrison, lowa, and' ,the amount taken • tirtati $15,000.: - • —An Indiana gentleman, who lost , sight of hie brother nineteen• yearn'ago, haajnat heard of h 1 p . prospecting for gold in Patagonia,. . —A Preach paper announces the death, at the. age of 81 years of the mother of Count , retiork Ole son of the first Napoleon. —Gall's statue of Jefferson wit being at Charlottesville during the apprOsching,Conal7 mencement weak of the Univers • —A sUffering woman in • Bridgeport, c1.,•41 begging alms that ebe may have Bridgeport, baby Rham tographed. • • , —Southern papers call Semmes the "barePo( the seas." Appropriate; he . did more at delzing than at fighting. —Train promises his hundred thoussuldopoultda sterling to the Irish girls of America "in trust for thelreedom of .h.erand." —A company hoe been otganized to construct a ditch sixty miles long to bring water to, a Mine to Colorado. It will cost two and a; quarter millions. —Pula papers announce the death. of %metal Camou at Paris. He , was an old soldier Of the first empire ' and led the brilliant charge at: ailt fertno. He was &senator. , . . : k —Kentneky is , to pay to John ,Young.Brovra the salary to which he would have heeiventitled, from government as member of Congress if the; House bad admitted - him to a seat. —An elegant overcoat, made of buffalo 4skln: and lined with fine silk, valued at 51.00%. Wks been received by Major General Wool from RUE sia—a gift from a personal friend In thati, —The Boston Journal says that Mrs. Van.Zsztdb has sung thirty-one nights at the'La. ficala;in, Milan, and with the greatest success onleach oc-h casiorx. The American singers now hold the first places In the European opera houses. , ~ , I pg —Pedestrian matches are, now arranged great numbers; to• be . walked as soon aS did spring. opens. The fever started too late,hiattalt, to have its run before ,the cold weather i•Wppect..., It in the bud.,. —A voting man e who had the inisftiktutie to resemble a member of the. California Legiblatnie r was recently knocked down, and, kick9d t , tuatk . stamped upon until half dead, in BacranientO - :"It, is :a way of lobbying they haveolit Mete. • —The town bf Bedford, fifteen nailer; tlrota Bos ton, has' neither minisklr, lawyev i ttor 41111E04Am: 1 : the ladies teach all the. sehoola. Vottli p ag. ever, happened there, except the' birth of reeldene Stearba,, of Amiterat College. - . , , proposes" ter enact a law that .any person'who has read wnewsp4per account of any alleged crimes shall he, incapable of serv_hapkon jury to, try any person- accused of havd - intelligent juries such'a —Hersea in Austndia tires *Agin theizu and cannot be rid of at any prim... Two haw* d re d. woce t at tinmtp-ofghtehillhkiii to feed pigs th,and a compeey puthased - 14090 noble steeds for the purpose of boiling doWa lb* —The Popp still has a nuncio accredit " t IM "Court of the Two /Reifies."' Tho ex-Ming of Naples is reported. to be highly elated at theipros pacts of reaction in Italy, and has reappoints the cabinet dismissed when Venice was ceded to Victor Enunanuel. - • • • —The SLIMES of Madame Meted hi Maims h as b een unprecedented evess.try that ;of_ her Arida season in this country. , AlthOugh- she int,ended to have , played only twenty nights, she, notv, ex— pects to remain in Cabs until.the latter part' 'of April. —A belligerent Californian, named Dow, in ful filment of a boyish vow of vengewice, Ocetit.ly came all the way to Massachusetts to retediatat upon his old schoolmaster, the nev. Geo. Craven; for a "licking" which the latter had givext hiex about twenty years 'ago. Having thrashed Craven to his heart's Content, Dow started at once for home; feeling much better. • —An opera, called and• founded on "Hainiet," by Ambrose Thomas, is in rehearsal at:the arand, Opera, Paris. A theatrical Journal says that last, week the scene in which 19iihilia appeal's 't was gone through for the first time; and that it created such a profound impression On theounsi clans of the orchestra that they broke into ap= planse. —surprise has often been manifested by ; philo.: , logists at the fact that the word "salkt., ously spe ll ed e ls found •in so' many anguages. One of the most ingenious explanations itt that of Becanus, who said that -at • the dispersion of mankind at the foot Of the tower of Babel every one took away valuables MIS aack, the most indispensable article for;a long journey, and thaa no one forgot the name of the thing .which` was all in all to him. '--Mr° George William Curtis, in one .of his "Easy Chair" papers, states that: the late Abed G. Greene *as engaged during the latter,portlon of his tranquil lily in writing a huMOVotts ,pOeM; "The Yankee Muster," into whichit vaalia put pose-to-weave eVerY tzuly,XanlceelgaliM tbaCbo, could gather. It grew, year by year, waxing to , a humorous epic. It was privately shotru at vtuiz one epochs to many perooha, and Mr. Curtis ex presses .a hope that it Willtow be &Wilted., .. E. M. Stanton STICK. ' • , . EXECUTIVE' MANSION, Feb:2l; 1868, Kick. A. J. WAR Dermtraillieb 22 , 1868 . —A couple of young men, of Vincennee, having a misunderstanding about a ,young repaired to the Illinois side of the river, on Fri.. day morning, to settle - they matter according, to the eodeqinel. The Sun' says the parties met. with enrgeon, witneases, a bottle of brandy, and went at it in earnest, with revolver in band; at the word "fire," given by the respective seconder" they wheeled • and fired—one of them reeled.= almost Jell, when he discovered that his Otago., nist "missed' his aim," as ho also had done, etre eluded not to "fall so early in the fight," , inedi there being a mutual feeling between, the Awe for adjustment of the difficulty. shook hand Sand, made'friends, both having sustained their tationni - chivalrte young men. _ —Bays the Boston Advertiser, we „'give one more composition by the West Indite negro boy,. It Is a treatise on the hippopotami*, 4.1'11 of the 1608 t T remeaJUlcu or.6,uinzells lit thelflippot potamse. is , also called the RiVer Hohiobo cause he rezemidis An =Once Ilg,,,bontraknob.„ . byes and wares no hue. .410 luto .no Tayla tuid• is celebrated for his Emile.° Toskteer. Tort difficult to catch as you never know ware to dad r...litrif;;WklVlMAcrilklAti4Vrt:. lre yon never see llim cause amnia n . der water which makes the 'l i quoring bay er Is A Fubei. In'Native wilds and originail • state He is veny Terriffeek. .He Treads.upen His Ea limeys with' His Feet and is 'the Beheeldoth Scripeher r " - • SENATE CHAbitiXit. ) amassEs
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