fIIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXL-NO. 283. THE EVENING r BULLIiITIN PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING (Sundays excepted). AT THE NEW BULLETIN BUILDING, 607 Chestnut Street, ehtladelphita, DV vim • EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. PISMO 117TOB6A_ OniSON PEACOCK. ERNES O. WALLAE% FETBEBSTON. THUS. J.,WILLIAMSON. CASPERBOIMER. Ja., FKA.NCIS WELLS. The Bra.Lerrst is served to subscribers In the city ale emits .er week pay* to the earrumi. or *8 per annum. TN MATIONS FOR WEDDINGS, PARTIES. &.. executed ins su_pe rior manner by DRELL ma CHYAITN DT STREET. feDalfi MAititlED. BAKER,KAIGLIN.LOn the sth instant, at FHende' Meeting House on Arch street, Samuel Baker to Elizabeth del kiatit. daughter of'Jaines E. Raisins, all of roils. lIPWITII—II ART.—At Bye Neck. N.Y., Feb. 57, b the .ev. IL Grey. Barry Beck u of California, to Ida Blanche, daughter of the late F. W. Hart, of Philadel, p SMITH--WATSON,,—On the 10th bud • at Sfonkstown !lurch. liOnhilln. /Selma, hf the Kee. Benjamin Jetutton, Vicar of taumcondra. Robert Smith. Boit. of /top& terrace, Kirgstown, to Kate. f ourth daughter of Adolphus Eugene 'Watson, Beg., V. S. N., Philadaiphig. COORMAN.—AIfred Brener Cookman, on of Rev. Alfred and Anne E. Cookman, in the sixteenth year of him age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully treated , e attend the funeral services at Spring Garden M. E. Church, Twentieth and eyries Garden ettmdm. on ityMday) afternoon, KO o'clock. • ATIII C.K.---tua eventag of the 3d instant. rands A. Kirkpatrick, in the 31st year of his age. The relatives and friends of the (amity, also the mem bers of Bhekinah Lodge No. 246. A. Y. bL; the members of Excelsior Mark Lodge No. 216, and the members of Keystone Chapter No. 175, A. Y. 31 are respectfully invited to attend his funeral. from the residence of his mother. 623 Arch street, on listarday morning, ith intt at 11 o'clock, A. M. susitrz.- Feb. 16th at Berziek, Columbia county. Pa., Frazer. and on the 3d of March, Charles, twin sons of Alexander and Lydia Shenk, aged 2 years. TURNEIL—In New York. March 2. Eliza, daughter of Bev. Joseph Turner, and slater of Rev Samuel IL Turner, D. 1).. late Professor in the Protestant Episcopal Theolo. gloat Sentin sty, aged 92 years. WINEDEENEk.--On the motnine of the 9th Instant, Annie J . wife of Llavid luebr,-ner. The relatives and Mends of the family are respectfully invited to attend her funeral. from the residence of her husband, No. 1637 Viet street. on Saturday, the 7th hut, st 2 o'clock, P. M. VVOOEIR Altl).—On the lith 'what. William 71. Wood. ward, In the 32d year of his ate. The relatives and friends. also Concordia Lodso No, 67, trarn Ma , k Lodge No. 214. A. Y. M.: Employee of Ring .t Baird. and the Phibuielphia Hose Company No. 1, are respecttully invited to attend his funeral, from his late residence, . Nu. 1331 b'ulton street, below Fitzwater, on Sunday afternoon, at one o'clock. Interment at Mount .Morlah Cemetery. • 7.I.MMEKMAN.—In Lancaster. March 4, Dr. Theodore ',Zimmerman. cd 57 years and 25 dap.. PYRE & LANDELL OPEN TO-DAY TIIE LION r shales of !Wins Poplins foe the Fashionable Walking Dresses. Steel Colored Popthis. Mode Colored Pordigua Ithimarek Exact gbade. ItEILIGIOVS NOTICES. iII*rWEST SPRUCE smnr (.;oft:vEß ot $4 1 - enteentb.and Spina; strecto.—Thero will .1.0 ' , pedal eery ice hold in• the; Lecture Room. We orcoing, , luarter hrfore S O'clock. Sermon by - .Rev. AU-vim:Ler Reed. D. D. • lto. rigor -BIEHOP - RANDAI.J. OP COLORADO, (It V.) admlnUter the Rita *1 Confirmation at tit Thnothy'e Volga. ftaxboroaat, on Sunday morning nest. lo! , G A. M. mite' dt.. iwms,tL ricnracm:lu stir 'CONCERT HALL.. • sziLiecr sx&nrigre et Sk K. Attuttoopii, 7Nt`AID OF Tar. SWAIM , '8 MISSION SCBOOL. On TUESDAY .STENIN 0. March at 8 otlisok. 'Tickets. l cents. Reserved Seats, 75 coots. "To be procured et TltUt Idostc Store. 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Treasurer. jaZi.ttrP _ No. IT.I South Second Street. -THE MANAGERS OF THE "viral: lIIILADEL. phis Children'. Home acknowledge the receipt of $1162111 frorn'the Direetces of the Market Street P. Co., and relent sincere thank. or their kinclueaa and lib. erality. sLtucu 43.18.38. It. or THE PLUMBING BVSLNESS OF TILE, LATE .101iN PHILBIN will be continued by his eon. STEPHEN K. PUILBIN and JOHN E. E E YANSON. ILIIIN YANSON. No. I I South Seventh .tract. f r`-' 4 . ,et,TP. salldr. HOWARD HOSPITAL. NOS. 1618 AND 16N Lombard street., Diepeniary Department—Medi eel treatment and medldami• • tun:abed gratuitously to the poor. • wir NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, PAMPULETS, WASTE paper. Asc., bought by E. UTER., te.18.1m0434 ,la,la gig U Jayne divot. AMUSEMENTS. THE THEATRE9.-At the Chestnut this evening the local drama Dead Sea Fruit will be given. There will be a matinee to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon. Lotta will haa farewell benetAt the Arch this evening in"Littlea•Nell" and the "Marchioness." At the Walnut Mr. J. W. Wal lack, Jr., will have a farewell benefit in A }Via ter's Tale. Mrs. Wallack will sustain the chs.- racter "Hermione." A fine performance may be cxpected. The American announces a wheel-, laneons entertainment., Prixrdambrnra, Orrar4 HOUSE.-Mr. R. M. Nies, the basso, will have n bensifit in this opera house to-night in an attractive performance. A number el well-known arllste will appear. OLIVE LOGAN'S LECTURE.-MISS Olive Logan, the famous actress and anther. will repeat her lecture "Stage Struck," at Concert Hall. We -cordially recommend this discourse and its fair Author to our readers. The entertairnent is of the very finest order, and those who are fortu nate enough to be l ie will have reason to believe that the eve been profitably spent. Miss Logan will deli* same lecture to-mor row afternoon. Sarzur Ruarso.—On Tuesday evening, the 10th inst., Mr. Samuel IC. Murdoch, the well known elocutionist, will read favorite selections from popular authors, at Concert Hall. The en tertainment will be ven in behalf of the Ed ward's Mission School. Mns. BOWERS' BirxErrr.—On Monday even ing next Mrs. D. P. Bowers will have a compli mentary benefit at the Walnut St. Theatre. Mrs. Bowers is about to leave for California, and this benefit is tendered her by her friends and admires ere. An attractive bill will be presented. BunsixTr.—Mr. Alfred Burnett, the celebrated humorist and mimic, will give an entertainment at Assembly Buildings ilia evening. Mr. Burnett noesesses extra.Ordinary'powere and neverfails to keep his audiences in a roar of laughter. He in troduces new impersonations every night. READINC4.—Mr. Rufus Adams, the elocutionist, - will road selections from popular authors at the Church, Eighteenth and Mount Vernon streets, this evening, for the benefit of the Church. ELEVENTH STREET OPERA HOUSE.—The excel lent burlesque, entitled Angthing You Like, will be presented at this Opera Reuse this evening, with local scenery, local-hits, humorous situations and general jollity. There win also be the usual minstrel entertainment, with singing, dancing, negro comicalities, &c. The entertainment at this house is of an excellenteharaeter. —Unkind friends of 'Maxiadlian are to pubilsit suoUter book of hie: EUROPEAN AFFAIRS LETTER Elloll*/ PAILLEN. tborrespondonee of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.) PAD,D3, Tuesday, February 1801, 1868.—The de tails of such a measure as the French law of the press, now passing through the Chamber, present in general but little interest to the foreign reader. Now and then, however, during the discussion an incident croPs out which is worth attention as illustrative of the character and principles of the power which now holds sway in this country. And such an incident is that which occurred the other day respecting the mode of appointing the judges who try political prosecutions against individuals or the Press. These trials take place in what is called the Sixth Chamber, or Correctional Police Court. By a regulation of the French Courts in Paris, none of the Judges are allowed to sit more than two years consecutively in the same Court, but are changed from one to the other by rota tion. Bet the order of rotation was always fixed by the Judges themselves, without the inter ference of the Government, up to the year 1859. In that year, however, the Government, by a simple imperial decree, completely upset the above regulation, and ordered that the rota tion of the Judges shotild be fixed, not by the Judges themselves, but by the Brocurcur, or, as we should say, Attorney-General of the Government and the Minister of Justice.. or course, the motive for such a change was evident. It was simply to enable the Administration to nominate such Judges for the Sixth Chamber as would be most likely, by their known political feelings and character, to insure convictions in such cases and visit the offenders severely. It is unnecessary to point out what a gross perversion of the principles of justice and tainting of the very fountain-head of equity this unseemly ma ecouvre of the Administration Involved, to say nothing of the imputation which it im plied upon the integrity of the judicial , dharacter. The decree itself was little known to the general public; but its consequencee were made pretty evident the other day, in the Cham ber, where,as I mentioned at the time,M. Eugene Pelletan showed that In this same Sixth Chamber there bad been just forty-one political prosecu tions and forty-one conviction& It cannot be denied, therefore, that the Government system has at least worked successfully ! Well, When the tribunal for press offences came under consideration in the present bill, M. Berryer, the esteemed and respected leader of the, Paris bar, was entrusted to ehow ' up this flagrant outrage upon the dignity and impartiality of the courts of justice. This he did most effectually,characterie. hog the action of the government in the matter as abcminable and intolerable and a perversion of the very first principles ofjCuffice. The Attorney- General, he said, was the man who instituted these prosecutions, and he saw it was who cominated the judges to try the cases. To the Governueent also these, same judges looked for promotion. Upon this latter head, M. Berryer, having been unwisely challenged by the Minister to make good his insinuation—took a list of the Presiding Judges of the Sixth Chamber since 1859, and showed that trery one these 3.tagi4- atcs, without a single exception,hud received pro motion and emolument within a year after his nomination. Coupling this fact with that of theconvictioss announced by M. Pelletan,there can be no doubt, I: think, of what the practical working of 'the Sixth Chamber has been. The Government must have been'thoroughly ashamed of this exposure. Nevertheless it would not yield the point nor give up its obnoxious privilege. The servile ma jority, as usual, rallied round any measure calcu lated to stifle free expression of opinion, and re jected, by 173 votes to 48, the proposed amend went for choosing the judgespf political cases by lot. A large number of the more respectable supporters of the Government abstained, how ever, from voting at all, and M. Thiers, in a warn ing voice, next day called upon the Ministers to beware lest the minority in the Chamber should come. without their being aware of it(as in 1618), to represent a majority in the country. As suredly such will eventually be the case if the Government thus tampers with justice, with the finances, with home and foreign policy, with everything in fact, in a manner at once so little creditable and so unsuccessfuL We are still a good deal occupied here in American circles with the prospect of trouble with England. The better opinion certainly is both opposed to such a donflict and also incredu lous of its taking place. Still there is uneasiness and uncertainty omethe subject amongst us; and I am also now frequently interrogated respecting it by people of this country who are friendly disposed towards America and take an in terest in her affairs. And this reminds me that I must beg leave quite to differ with one of your co temporaries, the New York Tiszeg,when he states broadly that "war with England means now war with England and France combined." A greater error could scarcely have been fallen into than in the nee ofthe little particle which I have under ! lined. "Nei" and "then" jest make all the differ ence in •the question at lEDIIO. During the war, or even daring the Mexican expedition, France might have been, unwillingly indeed, dragged by her government into such a combination against America. But "now," never. The French people have had enough of intervention in Ame rica, and the utmost the Emperor would be able or would dare to do for his ally across the chan nel in such an eventuality, would be to offer, as I dare say he would, his mediation. We are shortly promised a work, the appear ance of which will be an epoch in the literary and political world. The will of Talleyrand con tains, as is well known, the followthg direction on the subject of the papers ho left behind him : "My Reminiscences," it says, "which have been long since • written, and which I hereby desire shall not be published until thirty years atter my decease, will explain,ao posterity my' conduct during the revolutionary tempest." The cele brated ex-bishop and diplomatist died on the 17th of May, 1838, in the same house in the Rae St. Florentine in which, in 1814, ho received the Emperor = " Alexander of Russia. The limit imposed upon the publication of his memoirs is therefore, it will be seen, nearly expired. With regard to what the wily old poli tician says of himself and his conduct," it will, of course, be necessary to be o one's guard, but if he out, and is publ hed without too much application of the scissors,-it Will be won derfully curious to hear what such an observer has to say of other people. The selentire world has just eXperlmiced a DD.. vero lose in one of the youngest but feet least distingtiiehed of its members, lkork Foucault, who died on Saturday last,at the early age of 49. Ms most Important invention, pore PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY MARCH 6, 1868. haps, was his telescopic reflector, which made h;na known to all the observatories of the world. But one of his most popular experiments was the demonstration of the. earth's motion by means of a gigantic pendulum, suspended from the dome inside the Pantheon of Paris, and which some ten or twelve years ago the whole population was Hocking to ace. The deceased was buried yesterday, and was followed to the grave by deputations from all the scientific bodies. We are just treated M a now cab tariff, which runs over a column and a half of the Moniteur. It is a curious document, and evidently not intended for the edification of strangers, at least trans-Atlantic strangers. The tariff is "kilometric," and the cabs which adopt it must have a "kilometric and horary counter,' which must mark the "real" distance when the cab is in motion, and the "fictive" distance when the 'Cab stands still! There is a. gTeat deal more of the same sort, equally intelligible and practi cal; and one thinks one sees and hears the nice little disputes about "real" and "fictive" dis tances which will ensue between cabby and his fares. The only intelligible regulation laid down is one which is sure not to be observed, viz: that cabs shall drive 8 kilometres, or about 6 miles per hour, which Paris cabs are quite certain not to do at any price, and still less for 85 centimes for the first kilometre, and 25 for each succeeding one. PARIS, Friday, Feb. 21, 1865.—The intelligence brought by more recent arrivals from the United States has already a good deal modified the feel ing to which I alluded in my last letter, respecting the relations with England. The language of President Johnson is generally interpreted as In dicating a more conciliatory policy than had been attributed to him, and not a desire to push mat ters to extremities. Certainly the President was not called upon to express his hopes of an amicable arrangement of the existing difficulties between the two countries, unless hel really en tertained such, and desired to see them realized. On the contrary, as is generally re marked here in French circles, he might have seized upon the opportunity of the official reception of the British Minister to throw oat a trumpet note both to England and to Europe (as Napoleon 111. did to Austria, on New Year's Day), and have merely "regretted" that the "misunderstanding" w ith Great Britain was as bad as it was. Noth ing of the sort, however, occurred. and the absence of it is, I think, regarded as a general source of satisfaction by American residents here, and most assuredly so by our French friends. A conflict between England and the United States would be a great source of embarrassinent to all parties here, both politically • and commercially. For "liberal Franee," the France that still lives and hopes for liberty, has need of the united sympathy and ex amples of both countries ; and to see them at deadly is.sue on very inadequate grounds would be a death blow to the moral support which all that is beet and- • most worthy in France looks 'for at their hands. The commercial world, ou the other hand, which is only just beginning timidly to regain some little confidence with respect to continental affairs, was thrown Into a. fresh convulsion of alarm at the bare idea of all the unforeseen com plications which might arise out of maritime war fare cat ried on over every sea, and on such a scale us would be sure to be the case in a great naval struggle between Great Britain and the United States. The French people are both less fond of fighting and seeing others fight than they were, and would greatly prefer that nothing interfere at this mordent to check the reviving activity of af fairs at Lyons and Mulhouse, or the snug business of I a good marry millions sterling per annum which (ha spite of their grumbling over the com mercial treaty) they are quite conscious of doing with their neighbors across the Channel. We are all, therefore, I think, considerably re lieved by the import of the above tidings and the more pacific constructions which have been put upon them. This is the more satisfactory be cause, in other respects, though the European horizon is hazy, there is nothing to indicate the approach of any serious perturbations. There is a good deal of talk about troubles and movements of troops in Servia; Mol davia, Bessarabia, and such out-lying places; but, it may be asked, when is such not the case? The crossing of the French frontier at Strasbourg by a number of refugee Hanoverians, provided with Austrian passports, has given um brage to Prussia. But the former power declares the passports to have been given by the police, without any consultation with the authorities at Vienna. And the aloniteue has explained that the imperial government simply disarmed these political and military refugees, and ordered their withdrawal into the interior. King George of Hanover has made a speech which reminds one that he is the grandson of poor old George III.; but tells a tale, too, of how far the worldly Count Bismaick has gone' ahead since the days of what used once to be called the "old •times before the. war." A curious addition,. or at least new arrage went, has just been made in the French Archives. It consists of the famous official Registers of the Bastille. There wore three great books kept in that prison. In one of these the prisoneri signed his name to a list of the articles found upon him on his arrival, and which were all deposited in a vast chamber, and ticketed with the number of his dungeon. A second book contained the names of all the persons under confinement, with the ox. pensea of each, and was submitted monthly to the Minister of State. The third book contained, amongst other things, a complete epitome of the life of each prisoner, his sayings, doings, con duct, bearing, all that could be obtained by in terrogation, or private watching, or listening at his cell. One column of this book, notifying the (rare) exception of a prisoner's liberation, shows that a promise was previously exacted "never to levcal any thing he had seen inside the wails," as well as an expression of "deep gratitude" for the goodness of the king in letting him out ! It is not known that many Frfoich speakers take infinite pains in revising, as they have a •right to do, their'speeches before they appear in the Moniteur. Thus M. Thiers generally passes the greater part of the night in the office of the official journal, when he has addressed the Cham ber during the day. There he sits, sipping cups of chocolate, and putting the highest finish upon his own extemporary orations : No, wonder his speeches "read" so remarkably well, for they are in reality "written" as well as spoken. M. Finite 011ivier is equally careful (of his own reputation), and with a similar result. Ilut Jules Favre's Speeches are, just as correct in language, without (Wei . being looked •at by him. .111 s. extempora neotts diction is simply perfect, withourcorroc lion. • Ilertior Is .perapicuous, 4400gh without OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. much tiro or elegance. unless when arou.ed to a peroration. lie never eolreetf3 proofs. saying, as ho did the other day, that to - ;o back to his speech alter it was, spoken would he like "re turning to soup after coffee !" The vessel of the French Trans-Atlantic Corn pany, the Ville de Paris, a Clyde-built boat, ap pears to have made a fine run in her :est trir. from New York to Brest. On the fourth day out she fell in with a tremendous ice pack, extending far out of eight on every side. On investigation, it was found that the lee, though of the consider able thickness of from half a yard to three quarters, was generally without adhesion or emu pectness. The captain, therefore, put his vessel into one of the tracks leading through the mass, and after some twelve hours ticklish steering at half-speed, succeeded in reaching open water In safety on the other side. He then clapped on all steam to make up for lost time, and performing some 350 knots in the twenty-four hours, succeeded in bringing his vessel to anchor in the roadstead of Brest in six days and sixteen hours from his departure, having averaged a speed of fourteen knots and a half, and being forty-seven hours in advance of regulation time. Every one speaks well of the comfort of these boats, and with regard to speed the Pereire and Ville do Paris have little or nothing to envy in the Cunard line, while the convenience 'of railing it from Brest to Paris is certainly a great desideratum for those bound hither. , A valuable economy seems likely to be attained in the use of fuel for steam purposes by the fabri cation of a species of coal-brick, for which we are indebted to two intelligent employes on the Orleans and Bordeaux line of railway. Both railroads and manufactories in France have long employed their coal-dust in the form of bricks; and hitherto, I believe, the best of the kind have been made at Havre. But Messrs Gazag,ne and Utule:;, the employes alluded to, have produced what are called briquettes boedebtis ,, , , , of a quality, far superior to any others in point of combustion. The combination is formed of coal-dust, mixed with certain fatty and resinous substances, and the addition of a small quantity of petroleum, whence the fuel is known here by the name of the "petroleum brick." The result is a flaming cora bustible,capable of giving intense heat, and real izing, it is asserted, an economy of at least one seventh in the consumption of fuel. This petro leum brick is applicable to all steam pur poses, and is about to be adopted universally on the Mediterranean lines, where coal is so costly an article. The imperial staff of the French War Depart ment have published, in the course of last year, ten more plates of their magnificent map of France. The whole work was to consist of '274 portions. Of these 246 have now appeared; and it is calculated that three more years will suffice to complete the entire undertaking. ENGLAND. The New British Cabinet—Disraeh on the Policy of the Government. LoNpox, raureday, March 5, midnight.—ln the House of Commons this evening,Mr. Disraeli appeared for the first time since the resignation of Lord Derby. Upon entering the House he was received with loud cheers from both the Govern ment and Opposition benches. Mr. Disraeli soon afterward rose. and after gi s. ing notices of the introduction of certain mea sures relating to Scotland and Ireland, referred to the retirement of the Earl of Derby, saying his colleagues were loth to sever their connection with suclia leader; no language could express their estimate of the character and career of such a chief; and they all most earnestly hoped for his restoration to health and power. Mr. Disraeli then proceeded to say: Her Majclity had been pleased to entrust to him the task of forming a Government, and he could not decline the gracious offer, accompanied as it was by the generous support of his colleagues. In domestic affairs the policy of Lord Derby during the last two years of his administration would be followed by the new Ministry, and in foreign affairs the policy of Lord Stanley would be adhered to. This would be a policy of peace—not one of Isolation, but one of generous sympathy and re gard for our own interests and those of other nations. Such a policy would never lessen the influence or dignity of England, based as it was upon esteem and respect. The domestic policy 01 the new Government would be a liberal one— cheers and laughter t—recognizing national traits as best securing national institutions. He regretted the necessity of continuing the suspen sion of the writ ot' iv/4as cogats in Ireland, but, as Lord Derby had said on a public occasion, such action was the only safeguard against un scrupulous foreign confederation. Such a sus pension of the privilege of the writ was not in compatible with the gentle exercise of the law, and he was of opinion that the grievances of Irchimrshould be treated with a tender regard for that country. Affer a few more explanations, not of general importance, Mr. Disraeli resumed his seat amid applause. ,fir. Bouverie, member for Kilmarnock, said the policy of Lord Derby, referred to by the Premier, was uncertain. If it meant retention of office only, the new Government would meet serious opposition. In the House of Lords to-night the Earl of Malmesbury said the subject of Irish grievances would conic up for discussion on Tuesday next. After announcing the change in the Government, be 'added that, its .policy would remain un altered: Earl Rinsell declared that no confidence could be placed in a policy which was saying one thing and meaning another. He said the Liberal mem bers had given their support to Lord Derby on his pledge to bring about a reduction of the fran chise, but none had in reality been made. Such a mode of educating a party was unprecedented. LONDON, Thursday, March 3th.—A. large meet iDg of the friends of Mr. Disraelitwas held at his residence last night. Nearly all the lead ing Tory members of Parliament were present. The proceedings have not been made public, but the meeting is regarded as a favorable indication of the strength of the new Premier. FRANCE.. A Snap'eons Individual at the Tail. erica' (Earls Correspondence London Daily Nem.] On. Saturday, at about 1 o'clock, well-dressed man, under thirty years of age, of most, gentle manly appearance, walked under the arch in the Place du Carrousel, in the two niches of which there are sentries on horseback, as at the Horse Guards, climbed over the railings of the closed gates with extraordinary dexterity and celerity, and ran across the spacious courtyard towards the private entrance to the Tuileries, on p the left-hand- side towb'rds. the - Seine.. The cavalry sentinels sitting silently solemnly on their horses, and never expecting to be called upon for actual duty, did not know what he was doing. He was perceived from two guardhouses and pursued, but having a great'start, he got into the Tuileries first. There he took the Cent- Guard on duty by surprise, and dashed past him, saying ho had come on urgent business.- He got as far as the ante-room of the Emperor's study before helves arrested. Then he said, "I must speak to the ladies." Ile was lodged in a lock-up chamber at the corner of the palace, near _the_gate—at the Fortier of the garden sur-_ mounted by two'Tions,;"A Makifitratti'larserit for to interrogate him, but be had not been in confineMent more than a few minutes before he dashed Ernst.lf against a window looking out npon the river, and fell thlongh upon the quay. itlien taken up he WWI fouCd to have a broken wi.s and his forehead badly lacerated. The Emperor's house-surgeon, Dr. Pictra Banta, ex amined him, and after seeing in what a serious ,fate he was, ordered him to be taken to the Char ittl Hos Oral, where he now is. The marr is a German—whether a madman or au assassin is yet a question. 111 il ataxy Prepirrat ton se According to a correspondent of the Incrpend ance Beige military preparations arc being urged forward w:lth extraordinary activity in France. The National Guard Mobile is• being formed with worderful hante. "This." hr adds, "is not the only indication of the anxiety of tbe government to he prepared for any contingency. The pro visioning of tits arsenals and , thearmy clothing stores is vigorously going on. The deficiencies which were left behind by the administration of Marshal Randon.will soon be supplied. No doubt the object is to seenre peace by preparing for war. But if the old Roman adage be correct, it did not seem to have the same force before Sadowa as after that battle. :Tour arsenals and magazines were then unfurnished it was beeattee they were emptied principally to carry on the war in Mexico without being obliged to impose fresh burdtns on the tax-payers. The security was so complete that a few , months before the war in Germanv Marshal Bandon received orders to do away with even the cadres of the battalions and Equadrona which were dissolved from motives of economy. The present war department has re paired all this. and is taking such vigorous and active steps that people begin to think that they are not prompted by something that mayhappen in the remote future." Tire Conwerdat. The .11;morial Diplornm'iptc says: • Advisee from Vienna deny in the most formal manner the state ment that the Austrian Government had solicited the good offices of France to induce the Pope to consent to a revision of the Concordat. The objections raised by the Holy Bee refer essentially to doctrinal principles, and all the efforts of France would • be powerless to regulate the reli gious questions Involved. ITALY. Desperate Fight Iletween• the Priests and People in Padua. . A Venetian journal gives the following particu lars of an alarming disturbance In Padua, on the 31st of January. It was intended to perform a Te Dem in honor of those who fell at Montana on the Pope's side. The clergy were busily employed in preparing the ceremony, a'd the bells were set ringing at. an curly hour. At noon on the 31st of January, however, the students issued a manifesto invok ing maledictions on those who should rejoice over the innocent blood which was shed on that occasion. At four o'clock they assembled in the cathedral where the ceremony was to take place, and went up to the priests, who were waiting for the ap pointed hour to begin. They shouted and roared in a manner that baffles description; the priests lied, the candles were extinguished, the curtains removed, imprecations were called down upon the Pope, and the hymn of Garibaldi was chanted; with wild enthusiasm. The National Guards were called to arms, but they did not make their appearance. The rector addressed some sympa, thetic and patriotic words to the students, which were well • received, but the ' excitement was too great to allow the matter tO stop here. They went in a body to the churches of San Francisco, Santa Lucia and others. At the semi nary, the matter assumed a more grave aspect. Here the priests, armed with candle-sticks, crosses, and other implements which could not be distinguished in the dark, resisted,--and -in dicted wounds on several of the students. The ecclesiastical students were allowed to pass by without interruption, but the priests were not so. fortunate, for they were struck at without merc.y. No life was loot and no serious injury was done. The only object removed from the church was a door. which the people paraded through the streets. The limps of Venice says that an ecclesiastic addressed the people in the Cathedral, and told them that the order for the religions ceremony had come from Rome. The Ossereatore Romano, however, denies that any order of the kind had been issued to the Italian bishops by the Pope.. 11,1138191 A. The Crisis' in Easteru.A4fairs. Letters from tit. r etersbarg (bays the / U, ln oriai Dipioniatigite), "mention that the Russian Gov ernment is taking every opportunity to give the most pacific assurances to the representatives of foreign courts. Those declarations appear to be the more sincere from the fact that Prince Gorts chakoff, by whom they arc made, has a personal interest in observing them. The Russian Vice- Chancellor thus shows that he remains master of a situation in which General Ignatieff is try ing to play a conspicuous part; this latter di plomatist ie, besides, employing all his influence to precipitate a catastrophe in the Eastern ;ittee tion." The nusylan Alliance. The Courtier Ruse, In answer to the .Touraut des Dagus, declares . that the alliance between Prussia and Russia is an accomplished tact. OBITUARY. Gen. A lexand.er Asiton.th. The announcement is made by telegraph of the death of Gen. Alexander Asboth, oar Minister re sident to the Argentine Republic and Uruguay.. Gen. Asboth was a Hungarian by birth, and the brother of the noted Gen. Asboth, of Hungarian revolutionary fame. He himself held the rank of Colonel in the same army, and was somewhat noted as a talented cavalry officer. Re visited this country with Kossuth, wad eventually took up his residence in New' York. When Gen. Fremont was appointed to-the-De partment of the West he took Gen. Asboth with him, giving him the title of Briga dier-General making him chief of his staff. When Gen. Fremont took the field, Gen. Asboth Was placed in command of a division as an act ing Major-General; but when Gen. Fremont was recalled, Gen. Asboth was also removed. He was afterward commissioned a Brigadier-General by the Government, and placed in command of a di vision of Gen. Curtis's army corps, and served in the West with distinction. ri q talent and bravery were proven in several actions, in one of which he was wounded. His command and field of action was changed several times during the war, but whenever or wherever called upon to perform duty, he did it with credit to himself and to the Government. Shortly after the close of the war, he was appointed to the office of Minister Resident to the Argentine Republic, the duties of which ho discharged up to the time of his death. Skeleton or a Man Found In a Mineral Drilr t. [(From the Galeria (IlL) Gazette, Feb. 59.1 On the farm of Mr. Andrew Sherard, about two miles from this city, there is an old mineral drift, in the side of a hill, from which some mineral was taken, at one time, but the diggings were abandoned - some twenty years ago. - Lastithurs-• day a little son of Mr. Sherard, and another boy, while out at play, walked into this drift, and when about one hun dred teat from the entrance they wore startled at the sight of a human skeleton, which, was sitting up in an almost erect pdaition, only slightly leaning back against the side wall of the; drift. The flesh was entirely consumed, leaving the bones perfectly bare, and the supposition is that the man had been dead for several years. Of course the (motion as to how he came there is all a matter of conjecture. lie may, kayo walked in there in ,a state of intoxica letri-and-dicd, there; • ori tia. poisath/e , that be was murdered and the body idd away there for con cealment. • F. L. FETHIRSTON. Pa•MsifW. PRICE THREE CENTS. rsers AND FANCIES. —Cori dock is playing in Ban Francisco —Jeff. DAVI3 is said to bo tilles with apprehttt sion teat the Republicans violate the Constitatim —Forty-seven telegraph wires centre in Chloe.- go. The daily receipts are about $1,1,00. —The peach dross, tenderest at this season, are' reported but Slightly injured by the - late storms: —Some one eanr the time of &Oee ing. ginra hands the palmy days of life. —Vanderbilt has fifteen years morettoliVe. ac cording to Dr. Lambert, of Now York. —An early spring--jemplng out of liestrat faY o'clock In the morning.—Lowell Cortt:ter; —Dan Rice understands quiet electionetnittp He rents a pew in every church In Hirer* Pit- —Edward A. Pollard tnitt become one • of die editora of the World: —A letter was dropped' into an Indlautf.wat' office recently, addressed to 'Mr. ColdfacW;tbsi Senator of Congress." —Hartford mechanics have invented a mscidnef that will make 9,000 pins any hour, which 3 I.TAt per minute and five in two seconds. —The character in which Linttei will appearnie her return to New' York in March wiliNei "Topsy." —Beauregard distinguished 'himself the ofrhar• day by quelling a panic in a crowded New Oir leans theatre, caused by an Marmot' fire. —Murdoch is announced, to give a series pit ' readings in Chicago "for the benefit of MN" Dickens, sister-in-law of Charles Dickens." —A congregational church in Chicago has ess• tablished female and minor suffrage among itar membem. —Chicago is a big city. Its , latcst')arge gang was a chicken light, which lasted aa night, is which 100 Jowls participated. —A Boston man has discovered oysters near San Francisco, and is supplying "natives" to Um natives. —Captain M. F. Maury 'will shortly assume the duties of Professor of Marine Science in the Virginia Military and Naval Institute. —Mrs. Cobden announces that she proposes to arrange, with a view to publication, a collection of Mr. Cobden's letters on public questions, com mencing with those on national education., —The Legislature of the Cherokees, at its late session, passed an act appropriating ten thousand dollars for the erection of a building suitable far a capitol, at Tahlequah, the capital of the nation. —Cardinal Antonelli is in weak health, and as ho does not exactly "live by the Gospel," since he has with his brother a fortune of sixty million francs, he intends soon to retire from his office. —A Munchausen story comps from Ohio, shoat a loaded wagon which slipped backward on a steep hill, jerking a horse out of the harness,und throwing him over the load like an acrobat. —Robert Watson Williams, a wealthy New Yorker, who died last week, bequeathed to a your g colored man employed in the office of (he New York Time.; more than $50,000. —Ti.e wages of four Prominent Europeans are as follows: Louis Napoleon, $13,2 , 10 a day; Queen Victoria, $6,027; Francis Joseph, 010,950, and the King of Prussia, $8,210. —Vitriol-throwing is in vogue in San Fria. , eisco. One man has died of-the effects of having vitriol thrown at him, and another has died (sud denly) of the effects of throwing vitriol at some body else. —John Schell and a Mr. Hinkston, •of Ahnir' a, Michigan, were hunting the other day, and•being• separated a little distance, Hinkston saw• &hod.- through the brush in a stooping position, and; mistaking him for a bear, fired and killed him. —The 'latest Boston notion is.." The Marriage- Fund Association," which agrees to give a dower to married and marriageable members, premiums on the birth of children, and aids all In obtaining husbands or wives, homes, "health and hap* Fleas." —Hartford has a new fire alarm. Borne of the wires were broken the other day and came to the groundwhen an ingenious urchin discovered that by placing two ends together the bells could be made to ring. lie did it several times, with result very distracting to the fire department. —The Chicago correspondent of the New York Town and G'euntry says: "Miss Mary McVicker. whom Mr. Booth has selected as loading lady for his New York theatre, and who—if rumor may be trusted—plays Juliet to his Romeo in reality as well as dramatically, supported him In the leading female roles." —On the night of the tni, a party of bold free booters made a descent upon the village of Hei den, in Johnson county, Missouri, broke into several stores, and were fired upon, but escaped.. They had two wagons, ono of which was cap tured. They failed to load their wagons, and s• took away little of value. —Johnson's supporters are all pretty much like the chap in Chicago ' who the other day championed his master in this wise as told by the Post "I fought four years for the Constitu tion, and by ! lam willing to fight for Johnson now !" said a bummer on the street the other day. "Under whom did you serve ?" said a bystander. "Why, under General Lee, by !" was the reply. —A colored man working for Col. Cranor, the southwest part of Gentry county, Mlaaouri,, was found dead on Friday, the 21st inst.. with two bullet holes in him, one in the head and the the other in the back. He had evidently beers mu rdered,and two young men have been arrested on suspicion, says the News, and are now before an officer who is holding an investigation. The' deceased was a middle-aged, Inoffensive, well-be haved man; and leaves a family. He was making rails in the timber when killed —The following good story Is told in England: Mr. Thornton, the new British Minister at Wash ington, just before he left England, met an American gentleman whose political status hedbil. not exactly comprehend, and baganto praise the great talent , and skill of. President Johnson. The = Americas - looked - rather- = black; -and -Mr. , Thornton,finding that he had blundered, modaled his remarks and finally • suggested that at all. events Mr. Johnson did wonders for an entirely self-made man. The American could refrain no. longer, and replied: "Well, if he is a self-made man, I must say that it relieves the Almighty of a grave responsibility." —The following personal description of the. present Tycoon is from the Yeddo correspon dence of a Ban Francisco paper: "The Tycoon IS a small man, of olive complexion, with, regular features, moreiraucasian than Mongolian, and a large intelligent eye. His expression was that of a man who has many affairs of importance upon.. his mind, but his smile was free, cordial and plea sant as a woman's. His dress was a long, wide sleeved robe - of violet crape, upon which: was embroidered in some darker color the trefoil of his family; about his neck and under hie robe, but showing above it, was folded a. white crape scarf. His wide trowsers were of silk and gold thread woven together, and were: worn only to his.anhies so that below - one could. see the white stockings With which alone his feet. were covered. He wore no sword, but carried he his hand a painted fan. His head was bare. —The Bt. Joseph (Missouri) Herald reports strobe:- elopement ease. A .3Lrs. Canon haslee,. with a doctor, first addressing - the following to. her husband ; "DEA:: Ifunilv—You.'re played out. I like Dr. —so well that I prefer going. with him rather than staying wait rau.--you good-for-nothing, degenerate cuss. Its none of' your business where we're going to. • It won't dui you a bit of good to follow ns, for I wouldn't live another day with Yon to save your life. You made a ndstake In thinking-I-loved you.- Inver did. I married you merely for convenience sake. I take the baby along, and ra take bare of it. You can sue for a divorce, or get married es soon as you plem), The woman wko gets you mat healthy old Good ; virtuous and you'll be happy. Tour' "LATE Wu a."