GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXL-NO. 284. • () NE OUNCE OF GOLD WILL BE GIVEN FOR eve ounce of adulteration found in B. T. BA B. BITTIi ON COFFKIL This (Joffe. is routed, ground end sealed hermetically under lettere patent trout the ignited Statee GoYenunetit. - All the aroma , is wed, and the coffee presents a rich, gloesy appearance. Every fondly eitould use% suit la.fifteen to twenty percent. stronger than other pure coffee. F or lla every twenty contains a (lee Doilar Greenback. sale eveuwhere. lfyour grocer does not keep this Coffee and will not get it for you. send your Orders !Mutt* B.T. BAB BITT, Nos. ei, or h t 36, 07, elf ,f 9, Ilk 72 and 74 watibington street, New ork, or HENRY Ph i KELOG B. W: corner Water and Chestnut etreets, ladelphia. feflea,l3t INVITATIONS FOR 'WEDDINGII3,. PARTIES. &e., iM ite tatlll t aaM l T i rdel ) r; ; feSq.d. P r4 l Zi k I L,l Massachusetts. 4th D by Rev. Dr. Morrison, William Rotch Wider, of Philadelphia, to Mary a, daughter of Frederick A., 'Bustin, of MiltoL DIED. dinscipi,_-On liaturday,ith March Franklin Peale, son of Cliluiett IL and germ I s Gibson. n the ittl year of his a Il e male friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, foul ~ the reside nce of his parents, in Linden oteer Germantown , on ' , lleesday afternoon,t at two o'ektell a i NEB .-Departed this life. in" Baltimore . on - the moraine( the Bth int., Susan P. Resit% in the 29th ii ti la r r -V n i . the morning of the 6th Inst. Anthony 7 Joyce. Bri : rat will take plate Irma his late residence in' Tuesday, the loth bud., at one o'clock. P. M. •• II IL.-On the Bth hot, Rev. Roland T. Kenai!, in the 97 ye hie age, . , L _ ee will ne,glves of the ftuseral, Wit : INEI.-Att tasmosi, Philadelphia, th t rrestdezee of hie biotiter-infaw, Jacob L. Jobason.,_on ith bast. Ciissles, son .of Robert and Ellea Perkba. o fßangor. Ifs., in - the 115th year of his age. His Mends are invited to attend his funernt. from Chi. moral. 01 - Sunday. afternoon. Mb Wt.. at 2 o'clock. Car., wabe,at Mts. Ne/kr_rt, Na 221 , South Fourth Strad. r a i l fre P. IL (Bangor (Mabel and ßoston papers please i r ISIOIL,LIPS.-On the evening of the 6th inst.. John Phillips. in the 76th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his fassralmbich wilt take place from his istenosidencit,— ' High street. Germantown, on Thu May morning. the Eith inst.. at 11 o'clock. BPSNCE.-Onmorning of the 6th lust rine Omentetter Spence, relict of Captain Joseph Spence, aged in vita. • The funeral will take place on Sunday, eth loot, at 2 O'clock Y. M., from her late residence, No. 230 lni on street. , o Ts proceed to the German Lutheran Cemetery. ElrEtEgk takfiDELL OPEN TODAY THE LI y r shades of Spring Poplins for the Fashionable Walking Dreams. Steel Colored Poplins. Mode golore4 Folios Mataarek Exact Shade. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. lifor_ u Fl RAIT PRESBYTERIAN C _WARR -3..twiri=zzalgteldirri tea l !. 41 , wirtoip i j I ;MP rrEI g C u - "v . eneeeltn Breach Sabbath moniag and afternoon sap. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. THIRD STREET, below slim!, will be open as usual to-morrow .evening, at 73 Welock. • It' ear— OLP PINE STREET UHUB.CII. 'FOURTH AND Pine streets. Preaching , by the Pastor. Rev.:lt H. lento -marrow , niozotag sal evening. All e,ontlally vted. ser ß Fsh r rlitIAN Ca i yiten. A nt h TOW o'clock. :tial l l)=l.ot "i l l a in ti nt" ev shag at 730 o'clock. , lt.e. nivTA. A. mune, P.D I _IIVMAPHEACII IN the West Arch Street Presattenan Church. to morrow, at 10X A. M., and 7X P. M . Lotomuzion serstece in the morning. ' air CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHIJECiI. end street. above Fifteenth, haketilth nt bon'ew. r:l2l3l2.l=thir" L1V,°141,11. Pr iu loaf WHOOP - RAND/Mail "OF • LOadtK) ' • "N , r D. v.) adadatete the tote f 9 Botifirtnatan at St. $ 6111 . 1 c914 1 04 11 Y iseeziluit_nesto at tO% A.lll. tans It* I CHlThterr OX_TUE SAViorik WAIT .111,14A ddPhia. wilbrir F. Paddocit. will preach to rrpw creates. Berries coaarseheiv at o'clock, Bab. ;ea : 'Oars 'Record on Show 11314 Ice." 1t• "TIRE NIGHT PASSAGE # • , TSB Nlnth Hermon of the series no" Wit Scenes in the Bible," oy Dr. March , tomorrow tozolm.) at 7)#l o'clock, I Rev. ntim Clinton e treet Church, - Tenth " Va Sprott. An pereone en cordially ievtled to attend. It. ser cranAL pusßyTtßum cinaca. Elsbtit and Cherry streeta.—fiervices tamer. row in the morning at RN o'clock and in the evening at 734 o'clock. by the Tutor. Rev. Dr. Reed. Subject to. the evening— ° Propuaticra ter Eternity.' " sir AN OPENING SERVICE. TO MARE: TUE com le,g W on of tbe eidarkeinent and decoration of the build will be held in Wren" Church. German. town, on gib DAY EVENING. March ath..al 7.4.6. Ser mon by Rev. Mate Brooks. . stirs . R OLD.filgataiTß2,7"!;: r n.LlNVll: B. D . r-a r ia u to c r , preaching to-morrow morning by the Par tor. Evening by the Rev. Edward Hawes. All cordially invited. it• Air TUE FIRST OF A BERIP OF UNION MIS. gionary Services, to he held dints Lent in several Churches of Germantown, will be held in St. Luke'. I:berth, on TUURdDAY EVENING, March 12th, at 7.45. Mi.elopary Addressee will be made. The public are °or. (Rally invited. SPECIAL NOTICES. ow - CONCERT HALL. SELECT READING er S. K. MURDOCH, 114 AU) OF THE EDWARD'S MISSION SCHOOL, On TUESDAY EVENING. Much 10. at 8 o'clock. Tickets, 50 cents. Reserved Seats, 76 cents. To be procured at TRUMPLER'S Music Store. No. 936 Cheatzut street, and at the hall on the evening of the Readt* uthB4trp• stir __SONG@ Or SCALAf t iI). AMERICA. ENGLAND MAND. A Grand Testimonial Concert under the auspices of The Scotttish Societies. to _ MR. KENEDY, The unrivalled Scottish Vocalist, at Musical Fund Hall. Friday the 13th inst. The Caledonia Club will appear in Mtg. land Costume. Tickets for sale at Trumpler's Music Mire, 928 Chestnut Loons open at 7, comminene at 8 o'clock. It. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, OFFICE OF CHIEF COMItUSI3IONER, NO. lei S. "FIFTH STREET. Pitu.stm.ricia. March 3,1888. Notice to,owners of calla,wasons, drays and barro wen,. The annual litenge dne the city will be received and renewal of the Bente until April L 1838, (without penalty) at the above °Rice, i d u alanrit o'clock A. M. to 3 o'clock - Penalty far , of renewal of license $ 3 each. 'on any af the above , ire Ihslmsyilre cured. THOMAS M. TRIOL. tcl3-tu,th,s,Bi4rp License Clerk. oF"'"• ONTONAGON MINING COMPANY OF hLICIII. GAN.—Notice Is hereby. given that the annual meeting of the Stockholders or Sus Company will be held at No. 132 Walnut streak On.WEDNESDAY, the Bth day of April next, at ik o'clock, M., at which time an Election will be Mild for (Akers to serve for the OMILOK,,TOSr. WK. k MACTIER, Secretary. mh7-135t. ST. MARY'S BOOPTLILL,_ S TRE ET . _ FRANKFORD ROAD and PAIXE (opposite Newyork Kensington Depot), in charge of the Salaam of St. ftancia. Accident cases received if brought immediately after reception of Injury. 1.7 1 141.i1l cases received at a moderate rate of board. tree medical and surgical advice given on Wednesday and Saturday Afternoonabetween 4 and 6 o'clk. ,fel2-tfrP ser MASONIC NOTICE.—THE OFFICERS AND members of Concordia Lodge, No. 67. A. Y. M. and the fraternla i n general. are requested to meet at the :Masonic )3 Chest street, on SUNDAY AFTER NOON. Bth hes t. , at 1 o'clock. to attend the funeral of our deceased.. Brother. W M. 11. WOODWARD. Diatonic ress. " BY order of the W. M. mh6.2trp... ROBERT HUTCHINSON. Secretary. 1115r NIVIII C A M TIOSTOOWANe nCill COAL AND Pumansa.rnia. January 80. 1888. This Company is prepared to purchase Lta Loan due in 1870. at var. SOLOMON SHEPHERD. Treasurer. 14 12 Ltfrli J. No. 122 South,Scnd Stmt. _ ao wir.. HOWARD • HO ITAL , NOB. 1618 AND Me "'mbar , / a neary Department-44144 cal treatment snd m fornlehed gratuitously to the poor. NEWITAIr O }IBOOKS, PAMPEILETEI th rdBTE felß.Cri r i4l. bY N0. . 013 Jayneset. MEDIOINAkas DR. HARTMAN'S BEEF, IRON AND BRANDT A Certain Cure for Consumption and all Diseases of the Lungs or proge?kal Tube i . Et , v - , Laboratoaleca teinioAPl gengitome., iJOHNOTON, BOLLAPWA If 3 1 0 0 WDK t. A ROBERT RHOEbIAIDERV ie. lOUltill and anon ' . Wawa 914 te9l4mrpii SPEELVLa NOTICES. stir To the Select and Common Councils OF THE - CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. The undersigned Cltizens and lax-payers respectfully represent: That the system of freight transportation through the streets of our city, with its attendant immoralities, is, in the opinion of your Petitioners, dligracoful and revolting to the feelings of our citizens. That on Market and Broad streets this tide of iniquity has rolled on for years, un checked and unabated by the Corporations whose freight is transported over these streets. Instances of cruelty and profanity, perpetrated by men to all appearance recom mended to their positions by their being the most har dened and most unfeeling of their species. are of daily, almost hourly occurrence. Your Petitimuers are of opinion the time has arrived when this disgraceful state of things should le stopped at all meta,' Mud we ask, in the name of humanity, in the name of a Christian community. that the freight rails be altogether reserved from of Market and Broad streets, and we Offer the following 11n sullen't of our po. titian: We look in vain for any parallel to this state of affairs in the large Cities of Europe sad this country. Other Miles have far more inlaid trade, bet in no one hurtance, to our knowledge, have they surrendered their twat and noblest avenues, and the heart of their cities, to obtain it. Philadelphia possoeses tiro railroad dePede,torminatind at tide water, abundantly adequate to accommodate all the foreign frero of these roads, and there seems no valid reason why our /ace( city trade should not terminate with the termination of the steam power. The load of iniquity, which now ties like an incubus on the energies of Market and Broad street, once removed, improvements would rapidly follow, and a full return bo realized by the City Treatraror la an enhanced valuation of taxable property. That the contemplated location at the intersection of Broad and Market streets of some of our most flourishing literature and art, will be next to futile, of science, iN ltu so long as the present surroundings exist Access to them except from the rear, would be at times impose!. his. and that repose and quiet which should always char. acterizo the abodes of literature and science, will be diffi cult of attatument,vvhere the incessant crack of the whip, the clattering of hoofs, and oaths of the mule-drivers, in. vade the abodes of learning. All of n bleb is respectfully sabrnitted. Pruuts.r.r.PlllA. February, 1863. ' JOHN A. BROWN, ' RICHARD VAU X, CHARLES PLAT T , MATTHIAS MARIS. CHARLES W. CUSHMAN, CHARLES H. REEVEn, JAMES M. LONG ACRE. • AMBROSE WHITE. LIEMA N U. POTTER., E. H. KENNEDY. THEO. A. WESSEL% ALFRED ROGERS, RICHARD It MILLER, RICHARD W. BENSON, JAMES GA./MULL, 8. W. THAI KARA & SON. GEO. E. TAYLOR, • AMOS S. NEWBOLD. WM. M. SMITH, HENRY D. SHERRERD. CHARLES TAYLOR, JOHN WILLIAMS, JOSEPH BURKE, CHAS. H. MASON. MORGAN BUDD. - EDW. A. MURPHY,' • ATWOOD SMITH. FORMAN P. HOLLINSHRAD, ROGPAK HAS. .1 R.OGER LANCASTERS. CHAS. JOSEPH C. oßtlms. GEO. H. HA V ERSTICE. Jn.. YD P. SMITM ARIS H. JO IL M. 1...DM/lON, • SAMUEL MASON SAMUEL M. DINES. CHARLES HIMMEL W. B. HILL. 1.. H. STEEL, JARVIS MASON, C. M. GATCHEL, WHARTON DRIFFITTS. W. C MoGAMY, E. L. MO9& • G. BA'PTERSON. WM. F. JUDSON. G. A. WOOD, A. J. ANTELO. WM. 8. VAUX. JOSEPH A. CLAY O. H. HUTCHINSON, HORATIO GATES JONES. HENRIDDYLE.Y nEBEIIT. A. B JAN. BAYARD. C. COPE. WILLIAM PURVES. • ! B. H. PITFIELD, R. V. BOSWELL, JAN. McKER, 8. B. 1 , OTTERALL, S. MORRIS WALN. Clad S. NORRIS, ISAAC NORRIS, JOHN K. FINDLAY, THOS. It. MARIS, • A. C. L. CRAWFORD, THUS. C. HAND, HENRY L. LYLBURN, HENRY BALL. E. TURLY, F. 13. WILLS IL P. wiLittlit. H. P. & W. P. SMITH. THEO. WERNWAG. FARNHAM, KIRKHAM & H. L. CARSON & SON. E. P. BORDEN J. IL SHORT RIDGE, LOVE. BLACK I CO. LEONARD, BAKER & CO. CHARLES CONRAD, WOLFE A CO. ' BROOKS. MILLER & CO, CLAGHORN. HERRING I C"). MEIGS & BRO. ' WILLIAM WATSON A CO. - WEE & Dr: LOCKWOJD, P.LON DUNBAR— RICHARD 8 SMITH, doirs mosS, H. NEWBOLD, SON& AVE RTSEN N THUS. WOOLMA, JAMES B. NEWBOLD. JAY COOKE & THOMAS SMITH. • THOMAS ItoBINS, C. H. CLARE J. T. THOMAS J. M. HAFLEIGIOOKSL DAVID BR. B. W. BEESLEY. WIL PETTIT, GEO. W. VOCII, RUSSELL DAWSON. W. D. GEMMILL, - BDWD. SAMUELS, EDWARD WHARTON. R. G /1108. WEHI3,BRTER. . FELT_ • WM. A. ROL L ROBERT R. tKIRSON. E. T. POSEY, F CRLES S. OGDEN. ERDI HA NAND COKE. E. F. POULTERER._ HENRY B. ABEIMNAII, , J. M. ARRIBON HORATIO ETTkiG. . JOHNJ. HART ANN. THEODORE HARP. - THO& ELLIS.. ELLIOT FISHER. CHARLES PENROSE. GEO.LEWIS. P. LOUGHEAD. JAMES T. GRAFF. JAMES L. CLAGHORN. AUG. HEATON JOHN HORN I _JIL. J. R. LAMBDIN, WM. HART CARR. RICHARD PAX SON. EDWARD TA.YLOR. JAMESNSON I mAtiDGNITEff.L. JOSEal i ;wrgt. T ' JR.. WHO AL BUO.K, R. O. LOWRY G HAR E O.NL N T ES OTEND C snarl S. HUNTINGTON JO ES. THOMAS W. EMMET. . 'THOMAS IL Nur, 46 ,. ... , G. H. OROSSMAN. • • JOHN GOFORTH, ALEX. BROWN. .1 1!. E. CHASE, . ' ;GEO. F. TYLER... - -JAMES BOSS sNowDEN. JAMES K. I RR IL M. WATTS ,_ JOHN BOHLEN , _ . • , . _ WM. A. PORTER,' - NDIA RUBBER MACHINE BELTING. STEAM PAWL. 1 ins Hose, dtc. Zteera and dealers will Had s full assortment of 'l,TalentAruloanbst4-Rublutt BalttodhEaskisifo: WE, at the Manufacturer's Headonarters, • G(H)DYEAR , B, • • SOS Chestnut skeet. Routh side. N 11..« Ne have now on hand a have lot of _Gentlemen% Lathes , and,Mhsuse Gaon 'Boots. Abu. eirerY Tirlell and UtYlO Of QUM OVOCCOMB. • ' • • ' PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY MARCH 7, 1868. LETTER FROM NEW YORK. Impeachment—The Excise Law —The Gift Enterprise t Swindles—The Wea• Cher—The People's Readings—Mrs. Kemblo• [Corrcepondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Naw YORK, March sth, 1868.—Impeachment is still talked of by all ' classes, but in a compara tively quiet soi tof way. It has ceased to be an excitement. The people discuss it In about the same manner they would any other matter of great interest before Congress. One can hardly help wondering at this speedy calm, when the excitment attendant on the first announcement of impeachment Is remembered. But this people easily accommodates itself to circumstances. There Is, of course, much speculation as to the final result, to all kinds of bets are pending. The shock to business was very slight, and now the old tone is- fully recovered. In abort, impeachment or no ImpOehment, our world revolves much the same as before. The 'Excise Law is again prominently before the public, principally because of the action of the Assemlaly in palming a bill repealing the law and substituting another. That the foes of the present law are bulgy it is needless to affirm. The friends of the law are be-eomLug more and more slittt, and are holding meetings for the ere nof a public sentiment which shall prevent any repeal. At a meeting recently held at the Cooper Institute the resolutions submitted affirmed that the Metropolitan Excise Law has closed 2,425 grog-shops; has effected the saving to th e poor of $lOO,OOO per week, and has - col lected $2,600,000. It was asserted that if the bill before the Legislature should become a law it would be entirely ineffective and inoperative, and cause the stream of intemperance to flow on un checked, and give oveuonee more the Christian Sabbath to desecration, lawlessness, dissipation and crime. It would seem that the excise battle is not speedily to be ended. The gift enterprise men still keep busy, and, of course, still keep making money. They know the people with whom they have to deal. They know that a certain per tentage of the people will embark in any enterprise—no matter what its nature—that stoutly promises to give a ten dollar greenback for every cent invested. And eo thousands and thousands of dollars annually go to the pockets of the swindlers of this city, while the hosts of the swindled, kept . on the pins of expectancy for months,find out their own blunders too late, thus allowing the heartless scoundrels time to fully mature their plans to escape the wrath which otherwise might be visited upon them. It takes some swindled men all their, lives to find out the nature of swindling. The gift enterprises have made some of their projectors great fortunes. The form of the swindle is being constantly va ried. Now it is one bait, and now another. The larger portion of those who "take stock" in such operations are from the country. Some of these often wonder how the gift-man who sends the splendid circulars knows of them, their names, residences, &a. It is the simplest -thing in the world. Only a few days ago a gentleman who has access to the books of subscription of a certain great newspaper, told me that one of these gift concerns offered him so many dollars for every thousand of names on the list. And so of other kinds of business- be sides that of the newspapers, where lists of names are kept; if one man won't sell them, per haps another will.. The names secured, the mails are loaded down with circulars setting forth in flaming sentences the manifest benefits accrulep to any one who invests $1 or $5 in the "Great Blanktown Gift Silvermine," the Now-you-see-it and-now-you-don't-see-it-Petroleum Company, "The Brave Heroes' Asylum," "The Great Clap-trap Gift Company, paid up capital 99 mil lions," etc., etc. Sure as a problem in life in surance is the return to the gift swindler. The police of course know of all this business, but somehow there is little breaking-up done. The latest swindle is that of an imaginary law-firm issuing circulars to collect prizes in these gift concerns for persons who have purchased tickets; a remittance of $2 being required in advance of such collection. There isa touch of genius in the impudence of this rascality. How a man who takes a newspaper can be so often ennui by the gilt enterprises paaseth under standing. We are having a dreadful ,"spell of weather." Tuesday was the coldest day we have had since January Bth, 1866, and the coldest day in March for a great many years. Yesterday, however.the weather showed a little more moderation; but the snow of the recent storm still blocks un the streets. The railroad and ferrymen and their un fortunate patronizers are all much fretted, and altogether we are a suffering people. New York is one of the worst places in the world for a fa lions snow-storm and a down-below-zero.at mosphere. It simply clogs everything. The first of the series of "The People's Read ings" was given on Wednesday evening, at the Cooper Institute. The audience was a large one, and the entertainment gave great satisfaction. Mr. Jackson R. Schultz presided. Prof. Fro bisher, the elocutionist, to whom the credit for this movement is in great part due, made a short speech, in which he explained the design of these entertainments, and referred to the great secedes, - of - popular - readings -- in - England. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher made an address, in which be spoke in the most hopeful manner of the great things possible, in an educational way, from these small beginnings. He paid a very high compliment • to Mrs. Fanny Kemble. The other exercises of the even ing consisted of readings by Prof. Frobisher, Mr. H. K. Fulton, Mr. W. G. Whitney, and others. The readings of Mrs. Fanny Kemble, are re ceived in the great way they deserve. Her audi ences are large and their enthusiasm unbounded. Mrs. Kemble has lost none of her former power to enchant an intelligent andlenoe, and it .}s uni-, venally conceded that New York- has 'not- had - such an intellectual treat since her appearance here, years ago. Aire. Ramble's Third Rending. (From Teodoro New York World.] Mrs. Kemble last night read "The Tempest" entire, to the delight of a very large audience. It did not follow that because she could • incarnate the lovelorn Juliet or the fiercer poem of Lady Macbeth that this drama must be equally. within her grasp. There is need of all the resources of art to compass . its diversities. Princes, courtiers, sailors, airy sprites, and freckled whelps hag-born,• human passion, supernatural magic, and physical tumult are the materials which shift and vary with contrasting splendor or blend in that wondrous unity which belongs alone to Shakespeare's dramas• and it is with these the reader has to deal and not slight the running accompaniment of poetry that winds about and overflows it with out being part of the theme. To say, however, that Mrs. Kemble understood all this and recited the play from beginning to end with a delicate perception of; all its requirements, is exact Jus tice and not the praise she won. To say rather that she succeeded in throwing a glimmer of the sunshine of Prospero's enchanted isle across'her audience would be nearer to the goner ous,trath. .s. In it the audience were content to sit .spell-. bound at the old story, old ltscif as the sunshine, but, _like it, ever beautiful, and holding within itself all tints that proffer us new harmonies at each unfolding. . We are not. among those who- conelder Mrs: Kemble's elocution or rhetoric perfeet.lEfer utter ance is not always the beat; it is often harsh with consonants and set in unnatikal tones. The imperative necessity of making, as broadly distinctive RS voice, will do it, the sex and character, of the persopages who are dealt „vet*, ~necessity ~ float ieasls'..to vocal extravagances which are ,eultivated rather than repressed by the reader' who knows the luxury of having a character instantly recor nlzed by the audience. • But Mrs.' Kemble's' skill, its primarily mental. It is intuitive power OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. THE THEATIML—At the Chestnut this evening the local. drama _Dead Sea Fruit will De re peated with all the nandsome stage effects and a fine cast. - At the Arch Lotta closes her engage ment with her fine performance of "Little Nal" and the "Marchioness." On Monday the play Maud's . - Peril. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallack, Jr., will appear for the last time at the Walnut this evening, in The Brigand and Guy Mannerly. In the latter drama Mrs. Wallack will sustain the charcter of "Meg Merrilies." A varied per formance will be given at the American. OLE BOLL.—OIe Bull, the great Norwegian vio linist, announces his intention to give three con certs at Horticultural Hall, next week, on Thurs day and Friday evenings and on Saturday after noon. Of course there will be a general desire to see and hear the old musician, who, if report be true, has lost none of his cunning, but who can do even more wonderful things with "his fiddle and his bow" than he did twenty years age. ELEMNTII STREET OPERA HOUSE.—The excel lent burlesque, entitled Anything You Like, will be presented at this Opera House this evening, with local scenery, local hits, humorous situations and general jollity. There will also be the usual minstrel entertainment, with singing, dancing, negro comicalities, &c. The entertainment at this house is of an excellent character. SELEcr READING.—On Tuesday evening, the 10th inst., Mr. Samuel K. Murdoch, the well known elocutionist, will read favorite selections from popular authors, at Concert Hall. The en tertaisment will begiven in behalf of the Ed ward's Mission School. MRS. BOWERS' BENEvrr.—On Monday even ing next Mrs. D. P. Bowers will have a compli mentary benefit at the Walnut Bt. Theatre. Mrs. Sowers le about to leave for California, and this benefit is tendered her by her friends and admir ers. An attractive bill will be.presented, BURNETT.—Mr. - Alfred Burnett, the celebrated humorist and mimic, will give an entertainment at Assembly Buildings this evening. Mr. Burnett possesses extraordinary powers and neverfails to keep his audiences in a roar of laughter. life in troduces neW impersonations every night. GP.AND ORGAN CONCERT.—On Thursday even ing the 26th insts., a grand organ concert will be given at Concert Hall. The principal organists of the.city,will participaM,,and a very attractive entertainment may be expected. GRAND CONORRT.—On Monday evening,March 9th, a grand vocal and instrumental concert will be given at Horticultural Hall, in aid of the He brewl'hilanthropic Association. A number of favorite artistes will appear, and the fall Ger mania orchestra will be present. TESTIAIONLAL CONCERT.—The various Scottish Societies in this city have tendered to Mr. Ken nedy, the famous Scotch vocalist, a compli mentary concert, which will be given at Musical Fund Hall, on Friday evening, the 13th inst. A very attractive programme has been prepared, and an entertainment of the finest character may be expected. AL Man Attempts to Blow his Brains Out with a Pistol—The Ball Flattens Against hie Forehead. The following circumstance occurred in Chi cago, of course Erastus Benedict, a young man twenty-two years of age, resides with his brother Aden, at No. 240 West Madison street ,They are in easy circumstances, having a large fortune left them on the death of their parents, who were drowned in the steamer Arctic some fourteen years ago. As they had no ow to watch over and guide them, they naturally ran into page of dissipa tion, especially - Erasttuf, who b: , •e beavy drinker. While under the effects of liquor he be comes entirely insane, and sometimes evinces a strong • desire to put an end to his , existence. While in the army he became a confirmed drinker; liut finally, seeing its effect 'upon him, 11. 4 .) for a time reformed. • • • • • On Friday evening, however, Erastus deter mined on a spree, and Aden, who is the younger of the two, left - bbn and went home. Erasing kept up his carousals all night, and on going to his room his brother noticed his' condition and followed him. Near 11 o'clock, while in a state•berdering.ooUsanttY, Erastus -went to his trunk, and taking a large Colt's revolver, which carries a half -Donee: bail, aimed it at his breast: Aden, seeing his • intention, knocked his arm, and the ball passed over his bead. • A struggle ensued for the possession of the grasping the whole of the story in all its detail and exquisite unity, and overlooking none of the light, airy touches which are so essential to the real Intellectual coherence. She recites the drama deliberately and dispassionately. but she manages to impart the poet's own flavor to it, and In so doing succeeds in lifting it at times from a recitation to an heroic trance. Ariel grows from a phantasy into form and meaning. Miranda interests us afresh and strallgely. Caliban starts out of the mere diction a real distinctive whelp, more impressive than the ridiculous creature that appealed to our eye alone in theatric trappings. Proven:l.'s wrongs have a reality about them that we never detected before, because they were never so articulate. It is In the treatment of the wo manly emotions, If any emotions can be dis tinctively womanly, that Mrs. Kemble excels. She knows, all their intricacies and unfoldings, and it la her wonderful gilt that a facile expres sion can give than voice in every delicate mood and In the fiercest overflow. This faculty is - doubtless a heritage. It was this which first thrilled our people In Bianca and Juliet years ago, and which, mellowed and sub dued, still sashes out at times even in such char acters as Miranda. Dramatic love is generally loud and mawkish, or driveling. Its destiny is demonstration, not expression. With Mrs. Kemble we may learn a Leeson of moderation and of power. We need not mention, what every reader knows, that the Tempest deals with materials that are not strictly within the scope of a reader. It is, In a word, put down in the modern catalogues as "spectacular piece:" It is, therefore, with timely significance that a woman, unaided by anything but a red cnrtain, essays to prove that the intellectual worth of the drama is ample to hold an intelligent audience, and that Shake speare's music poured with such stile ent, genius upon the world is still fresh andl"..7 --11 ._ have we the instruments properly attuned to its reception and discourse. All that was fresh and charming in the young actress is mellowed now and shines more golden than ever in the shape of maturity. Whatever excellence may be due to study, there was before all that nice intuition which belongs to a fine or ganization. Without it the airy fancy of the "tempest" would be the merest rhapsody, and with It the reader moves securely on through all the diablerie, _held by the invisible cords of hu man sympathy. [From the New York Tribune.) Our remarks in Wednesday's Tribune on the ill breeding of certain persons who chose to dis turb the whole audience by. coming in after the reading had begun, appear to have made no im pression whatever, for last evening a large num ber repeated the offence, and kept Mrs. Kemble waiting to begin the play for full five minutes. Such persons, no matter bow costly they may be dressed; no matter what furs- and velvets, and silks they may have on, are vulgar snobs, and their proper place is in the kitchen, though, on the whole, we don't want them in our kitchen, for they would .probably think it equally fine to be always late with the dinner. We were. glad to see, however, that Mrs. Kemble was not too much disturbed by this display of clownish ness. She stood and surveyed them- as if they. were some curious, deformed creatures quite out of her sphere, and as if on the whole Was best to be patient with them, "for the worm, look you, will do his kind." -AM-USEMENTS. MUSICAL. weapon, but as Eraatns was the stronger of the two he soon freed himself, when placing the muzzle of the pistol within an inch of his fore head he fired again, the burning powder scorch ing his flesh. Strange to say, instead of killing him instantly, the ball flattened against his skull and fell upon, the bed, where it was afterwards found, about the size and shape of a five-cent piece. The young mot fell Insensible , and medi cal aid was at once called: the physicians, how ever, say that he is not in any danger whatever. although he Is at times delirious. It was a most wonderful escape, and a thick skull is probably what saved the rash young man's life. CITY BULLETIN. Brsoor STKimes.—The many friends of Bishop Stevens wily be glad to know that he is steadily recovering from the effects of his recent severe accident. He has been able to sit up, at inter vals, during the week, and the reports from tuba medical. attendant, Dr. Mayer ' are very encouraging. The statement made by the Epiacop(Riara this week, that the Bishop is threa tened with " railway spine disease" is a blander in the use of terms, that disease resulting, not from railway accidents, but from incessant rail way traveling. Bishop Stevens is at the house of Judge Conynghsm, where he, of course, receives every possible attention. Porcritz ENTERTAINMENT AND Itorraccrrom }'OR THE MASSES ON THE PLAN OF TILE CHEAP READINGS IN LONDON.—The large building of the Bethany Mission, at Twenty-second and Shlppen be used for popularlectures,dtc.,on Friday evening of each week. The programme for the first month embraces readings, brass band con cert, lecture to working-men, and one night de voted to chemical experiments. The services of the best men in each branch will be engaged, while the rate fixed for admission will be kept low enough to just cover expenses. For the first month the admission for youths will be five cents and for adults ten cents. No tickets, but exact change to be handed in at the door. The course begins next Friday night. TEAT " SWINDLER."-A few days ago an item denouncing as a swindler a young man who is collecting money for Catholic Institutions was published, in the BULLETIN. It has since been ascertained on undoubted authority, that the statements made were false, and that 4the para graph was written and printed by a young man to satisfy a personal spite against the individual who was denounced. The latter possesses ex , cellent testimonials in regard to his unimpeach able character, and this publication is made in justice to him. J. M. Moriarty, the writer of the article has been arrested and held to bail upon the charge of libel. A CLERICAL (TALI..—The Vestry of Grace Church, New York, have extended a unanimous call to the Rev. Henry C. Potter, D. D„ of Trinity Church, Boston, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Rev. Dr. Taylor. Dr. Potter is the son of, the late Bishop Alo.nso Potter, of this city, and is an excellent selection for the im portant post to which he has been called. SUPPOSED HORSE THIEF.—The Third District Police yesterday arrested a negro named William Taylor, on suspicion of haying stolen a fine mare, which he was offering to sell at Broad and Fitz water"streets for $37. Trim anlmfd Is worth &Wont $2OO, and the owner can get information at the Union Street Police Station. Ald. Morrow com mitted Taylor for a further hearing. -- ROMIED.—Zena Curnitt, of Newark, N. J., has been speeding a few days In this city. Yesterday be drew 0400 from one of the banks, and started out to "see sights." He visited several drinking saloons, and when he returned to the hotel, at Thirtieth and Market streets, where he Is stop ping, he found that he had been robbed of all his money. Juvrmix Turps.—A youth named Thomas Nolen, aged 16 years, was arrested yesterday while in the act of stealing cotton and wool from bales in front of stores on Front street. He had a bag nearly full of the stolen material when captured. He Was taken before Recorder Enen, and was placed under $BOO ball. THE LATE Rev. DR. LyoNs.—The Right Rev. Bishop Odenheimer yesterday preached the funeral sermon of the Rev. James Gllbourne Lyons, LL. D., at St. Peter's Church, before a large congregation. The sermon was an elo quent and touching tribute to the Christian cha racter and work of the deceased. A NEW TELEGRAPH OFFICE.—The Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Company have established an office at the northwest corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets, for the convenience of business houses in that vicinity. Tfie company are pre pared to send messages to all parts of the coun try promptly and expeditiously. A THIEVING BOATMAN.—Charles Glenn. a boat man, hailing from New Hope, Pennsylvania, was arrested last evening by Detective Webb, on the charge of having stolen from an express wagon a packa_ge_containing one dozen hoop skirts. He Will have a llearing - af the — Central Station this afternoon. - Cuumiry TO A House.—Alderman Kemble had before hireyesterday Thomas McCann, charged with having cruelly beaten a horse with a piece of flooritm. The accused was arrested on Colum bia avenue, above Tenth street. He was held in 0600 bail to answer at court. STEALING BEEF.—A colored man named Wm, Jackson, a resident of St. Mary street, was ar rested this morning for steallegit quarter of beef from the stall_ of Wm. Forsyth, In , the Girard . - aventte - market; near Germentown - avenue. -- He was committed by Alderman Shoemaker. ANOTHER ARREST.—Hugh Tagged wg arrested yesterday upon the charge of having been con cerned in the robbery of the store of Mrs. O'Gor man, at Thirteenth end Catharine streets, a few days since. Ho wee committed by Alderman Mink. ENTRY THLRF.—Ephraim Kimball was arrested yesterday and taken • before Alderman Toland upon the charge of having stolen two coats from the entry of a boarding-house on Front street, above Coates. He was held in 41,000 bail for STORE ROBBERY.-TIIIB morning, about two o'clock, the bulk window of the store of Anton Bauer, No. 1307 Vine - street, was broken open and was robbed of cassimerea and clothing valued at $6O. THE GAS INSPECTION DODGE.—The residence of Mrs. Lewis, No. 710 Pine street, was robbed yesterday by a couple of individuate who repre sented themselves as having been sent to inspect the gas pipes. The thieves got a silver watch. TAPPING A TILL.--Jonathan - Balteson Waif sr= rested last ebertlng foi having robbed the. money drawer of a tavern on Frankford road, help,: Ot• ter Street. He got $2 80, Ho was held to 01- sWer, by Ald. Shoemaket LARCENY OF A IVATCH.—Pritrlok Devlin wad arrested yesterday upon suspicion of luiving stolen a watch which be offered to pawn'at an establishment at Twelfth and Rodman streets. He was committed by Alderman Swift. Mitairine • FORT MC,ORORvidaroli pilot • bliat Co quetto repOrts Mita 'schooner. Anawan, from Rondonia, for orders. ' - Passed op—ltio, Eyelet, from West, Indies. Brigs Paragon, Carbarien; Oeree, from ifetamiaa, for Baltimore. F I. FETHERSTON. PubUm PRIDE THREE CENTS. PACTS, Awn WANUINS. . _ —Dtt Challlu says that African belles requite twenty-four hours to arrange'the chignon. —The Emperor Napoleon will visit tke this spring. —The Tribune calls New York an "archlUX4ll-' rally bedeviled city." —lt took four days to elect a mayor in Mon treal. —By a fashionable young married woman; III& latest thing out—my husband.—Amih. ' —Motto for inveterate wine drinkers—"A port life and a sherry one."--,ftedy. —A self-denying woman—one who sends Word 1. "not at home," when she is.—Ex. —Prince Humbert paid .20,000 for the Pope's'' dispensation allowing him to marry his cousin. —What portions of the body are the beet Info 5 elers? The two wrists.—Judy. —"William Tell" has been represented five liursr dred times in Paris. —The Doncaster (English) papers announce the marriage of a Mr. Snowball, Amman, to Miss Winter, both of that town. —An intoxicated lamp-lighter of anciaaagi caused some amusement by ascending aumittig posts and attempting to light thein. —Lucca was called out twenty-two tinsel sit', the first night of her performance of Afarytunre in St. Petersburg. —The Down (Irish) Cathedral is closed, sa no clergyman could be found to undertake the duty at the low stipend provided—fifty-six pounds per annum. • —The department of the Anbe, in France, hag a complete series of signattires by the reigning sovereignd of France from St. Louis to the pro sent Loris, Who Is not a saint. —Forrest, who has a deserved reputation as s highly successful guerilla, is insuring lives in At lanta. If every one was sure to get his deserts no company would insure his life. —One of the Brownsville, Turas, garrison, dlS ebarginu his gun into the river, according to so dere, picked off a Mexican lady on the other side of the river. —The nettle plants, says Behleiden, are the ser pents of the vegetable kingdom. The shnilarigr between the instruments with which both pro duce and poison their wounds, is very remark able. —An Italian marquis has been condemned to six months' imprisonment, and to be degraded from his rank and honors, for embezzling the pitiful sum of 1153 francs intrusted to him to buy books for. a soldiers' library. • —Miss C. M. Huntley, a Boston girl, has made a very successful debut at Copenhagen, in "Rigo letto," having been called before the curtain at the end of each act. She has received offers front managers in Stockholm and other cities. —Fifteen thousand signatures have been ob tained in Roubaix asking the Emperor Napoleon not to renew the treaty of commerce with Eng land. The petition is to be presented in a per sonal audience by a deputation of workmen chosen for the purpose. —The Richmond Enquirer andExanthum thief(/' • that "this country has never products a states man 01 purer character, more indomitable will or unquestioned courage than Mr. Davis," meaning Jeff. of course. Virginia used to be proud oC being the'mother State of Washington. = -- -Lettertrfrom tife - AbyTileaTteafitlies - deseribe King Theodore as a savage monster • who pull ashes oftenders by burning them alive in thdr cabins, or driving his baggage wagons over their bodies till all semblance of humanity is erotic& out of them. —The Richmond (Va.) Divatch. (rebel) sayst: "If Mr. Johnson had moved earlier, and foreiNy ejected Congress from the capitol, his chatiedi for a successful appeal to:the people would hale been all the world to nothing .' There is wisdom for you. —ln view of the great value of ostrich feathea„ and the excellence of its tiesh,various efforts have been made in Europe to domesticate it. The suc cess has, however, been only partial, as, owing perhaps,to the restriction of exercise, the legs be. come very weak, the bone often breaking with apparently slight cause. —Rossini was recently serenaded by an orches tra and vocal music, both solo and chores. Tickets were issued, admitting to the composer's and the whole affair seems to have bees cut and dried with great care. A crown of laurel leaves in gold was presented by some of the prin cipal artists, and Rossini was of course very muck affected. —Jefferson Davis was in New Orleans the other• day, and had an enthusiastic reception. A' de spateh says: "All the fire companies, as they passed the St. Charles Hotel, gave him repeated cheers. As they missed General Hancock's head quarters they took off their hats, and the band played • The Bonnie Blue Flag.' Bat six out it thirty companies carried ,the flag of the United States." —Last hemmer a democratic Alderman in Ro chester gave one of his constituents the following document to secure a withdrawal of the citizens opposition to the construction of a certain sewer: "iCOCHESTER, June 16,1867.—1 the undersigned bleach myself hereby to be all expenses for /*la thes Kupperschmeid•witsch meh-ekoer bulkt- - ing Bellinger Bew_etover thasume ordwenty-fivw - Dollar. JOHN MAIIDER. —An unsuspecting married man, from one of the Eastern States, who recently visited Chicago, relates that as soon as he reached the city, and before he was fairly out of the depot, he was at tacked by a score of small boys, who pressed upon him the cards of various lawyers, and ea saulted him with shouts of "Want a divorce, mister? "Here you are; divorce you in fifteen ' minutes !" and such like astounding cries. —ln Paris there is a dealer in old clothes who belongs to the aristocracy of the, trade. He Wks only the clothing of celebrated persons. -- Among his present treaattresare mentioned a belt of -Abd -- el Kadi r' a hat of Guizot, the lace handkerchief which Mme. Rodne Stoltz tore to pieces in DM' when Paris hissed her in the opera of "Robert Bruce", a boot once worn by Dejazdt, and petti: coats formerly belonging to Taglionil and otlier stage celebrities. —The Bishop of Oxford, irreverently called "Soapy Sam," recently emplo yed _ Mr. Alfred Pyo to design a gateway for the Episcopal Palace at Cuddesden. The Bishop waa so pleased with the design that he graciously suggested his own initials being placed over one pillar and those of the architect over the other. But when it was proposed to put "8. 0." on the right column and ''A. P." on the left, the Prelate objected that that would never do, as it palpably spelt "Soap." —One of the deputies in the Italian Parliament has called the attention of Government to a regu lar traffic in Italian music boys. The mode of operation is-to go through the poor districts and purchase the boys of their parents for a nominal sum and then transport them to London'or New York. He asserted of his own knowledge, haviag for many years lived in England, that a company existed in London that had made a large fortmatt by engaging in this traffic. singular and fatal accident recently °O• custed on the premises of. Le.. OrAgt..l/Qult'irkle44.;,:,._ in Norwalk, Conn. A large bed o mortar koi been mixed, which had become frozen hard on the surface, and the workmen had dug Into tip bed in order to obtain mortar that had not bee. frozen. On Friday morning a workman nosed Steven ii went for mortar, as usual, when -theist • caved in and buried him up. He was soon iii out, but life was extinct. - r • —The following Irish epitaph, although volv old, Is worth reprinting occasionally: Here Lies Lady O'Looney, Great niece of Burjte, commonly cant TdeSublime. She was bland, Mao paint and deeply rellgtous. She Mao painted in water colors, , And sent several pictures to the ikbpdtton Sbe was thin emudn.toaAdyJicom4 - • - And of such is the Kingdom' of Hamm
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