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Wednesday morning next, at 9 o'clock. Services at St.
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Phillips, in the 76th year of his age.
'The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
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his latereeldence, nigh street. Germantown, on Thursday
mornims, the 12th 1 o'clock.
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MUSICAL.
CARL SENT Z'S OnattEhTWA MATINZES, WC learn
with regret. will close on April 30th, when the
thirtieth and last concert will given. A more
brilliant and well-directed effort in musical exhi
bition has never been enjoyed by this public; we
wish we could add that it has been appreciated and
sustained in accordance with Its merits. Up to
this attempt to give regular performances of
Symphony, the lovers of this grand and ele
vated style of compoaition had such rare
chances of bearing it that we may almost say they
had none. Symphony in its demands for superior
ability in its composition and development,bears
in the musical mind the relative position to
tragedy in the literary mind. In this style Haydn
and Mozarkhave been creators of models, which
have been Imitated and am lifted by others,
notably by Beethoven. But Mr. Bentz has shown
great judgment and has controled his artistic
pride and ambition in confining himself to the
works of Haydn and Mozart, for they are simple,
natural and easily understood. In later years the
German composers have thrown so much inner
meaning and metaphysical speculation into their
works,• that the mind and the ear both
have to be educated up to a perfect
comprehension and enjoyment of their ideas. But
this objection, if it be one, does not lie against
the symphoniee of Haydn and Mozart, for any
child may liaten to them with pleasure, and any
musician - , however advanced, with profit. __They_
are but reflections of the nature, simple and
childlike, of their inventors. They are pictures
of beautiful landscapes, happy hoboes, mountain
and valley, peasant love and contented hearts.
To hear them is to purify our nature, refine our
teelinge, and make us better men and women.
Bat that is not all that has been done by Mr.
Sentz. HOlas given us the waltzes of wonder
ful, fertile and facile genius of the Dance, Johann
,Stranaa, in a meaner unknown to us before.
They are not mean or low compositions; they are
sweet little poemsathounding in musical beauties
and suggestive of many pleasing images to the
mind, and then how fascinating to .the gay young
maiden who trips it lightly in the mazy dance;
bow her heart-pulses rise and fall with the
cadence of the many-colored strains that fall in
terchangeably and antiphonally from flute and
•cornet, clarinett and bassoon, violin and oboe,
born and trombone. There is a tradition in the
rendering of these fascinating trifles, and with
out the knowledge and experience desired, they
lose much of their attractiveness. We congratu
late Mr. Bentz for having so well ful fi lled his
promises to the public, and we condole with the
audience that they will so soon lose the pleasure
which they have enjoyed in such perfection and
with such cheapness for the Fast five months.
Nothing so instructs a public m musical appro.
clatiation as a well-appointed orchestra, and as
concerts and theatres now go, the opportunity to
hear the hotter class of works for instruments is
only left.to the meanies, Which are so soon to be
discontinued. "On next Thursday the celebrated
War Symphony, composed by Haydn*, will be
performed for the first time, we believe, in this
•city. Several interesting lighter pieces are an
nounced.
CARL WOLFSOIIN'S SIXTH BEETROVRN MATINUR.
—The half of this series of excellent concerts has
already been given. Great satisfaction has been
, expressed at the masterly manner in which Mr.
:Wolfsohn--bas4exeented -his most ditietrit.task. - -
'The remaining numbers of the aeries contain
:those &mates best known and most appreciated
by amateur's and connoisseurs who have paid
attention to this great composer's works. The
Sixth Matinee wilt be given in the Foyer of, the
Academy of Music on - Friday afternoon, March
13th, when Mr. Wolfsohn will , have the vainabb3,
assistance of Mrs. 11. Behrens, who will sing the
Cavatina from Weber's Fraisciiitz, and the Ave!
Maria of Schubert.
The sonatas to be performed aro opus 7, in E
flat major; opus 13,in C minor (senate pathetique). '
.opus 110, A flat major.
The sonata, opus 7, is the fourth in order of
composition, and;was dedicated to the Countess
Keglevies, utakinetts appearance in 1797. It is
already a thousend leagues in advance of the
three ureceding sonatas. The lion rattles the bars
of the cage where he is yet held imprisoned by a
merciless school. If the allegro throws up fire
works and Chinese trees, there must bo recog
nized in the largo the advent of au order of things
new in chamber music. This beautiful move
ment is an oratorio of holy ecatacy within
the limits and province of the piano;
a tear ; fallen from the eyes of the
Magdalen upon the valley of misery inhabited
by man; one of those moments when man feels
himself nearer to God; the treasures of faith
inspired by this scene. The third movement;
Scherzo, Allegro, is a picture of one of the hap
piest gatherings that were ever brought together
on the shores of a lake, on the velvety green
sward, under the shade of overhanging old trees,
where the dance went merrily round to the gay
mound of galonbet and tamborine. The trio in B
fat rainier is scarcely In keeping with the cheer
fulness of the other half. The motivo of the
Rondo, PocoAllegretto, is full of grace, slim
piteity and tenderness, and breathes that faith in
the affections, which is the happiness of youth.
The Largo has been arranged for a song with, the
title Le teavail de la jourme eat
The title in the original edition of the sonata
opus 13 reads thus: 'Grande Senate Pathdtique,
etc.," and was dedicated to the Prince Lichnowsky,
an excellent amateur and warm friend of Bee
thoven, in whose house were held those musical
meetings in which the composer's works were
first produced, and who settled upon him an
annuity. It has been arranged for a nonetto,
quartetto, quintetto, full orchestra,piano, four
bands, two violine, and the Adagio for the voice
on the text: Vail de la femme avnee. The Leip
zig Gazette Ala:leak Ulmer:elk said of it, when
first published, in 1800: "It is justly called
pathelique; the sonata really has passion." Bee
thoven was not partial to the custom of giving
titles to his works, but from the announcement
in the original edition, cited above,, he appears in
this instance to have departed from his usual
reserve; and-- has -Indicated --- what-- were
his inner meaning and programme. when he com
mitted his thoughts to paper. Perhaps none of
his sonatas has undergone the dishonors and
thigellations which have been heaped upon this
for sixty years in young ladles? boarding schools
and other institutions. where the piano is net
studied. In visiting such inatitutione should you
peradventure mention the name of Beethoven,
the lady of the house will almost certainly draw
cut from beneath richly-hound books, with which
the eanterbmy is groaning, a well-thumbed paper
which you recognize. With all afrighted manner
you exclaim: "Madame, it is the Pathetiiue ! "
'Yes, sir; it is Beethoven ! " she replies with self
satisfied expression of countenance. Spare the
timid and innocent girl, with spiral curie, your
criticism, and save yourself an infliction by jump
ing into the first conveyance, be it what it may.
The Pathitire has taken the place of the Battle
of Pruyee and Caliph of Bagdad of the last gene
stator, and comes as naturally to the future
mothers as measles and love. Yes! the SO7laie
Potbelly - at is too grand,too magnificent to entrust
to immature hands, however industriously ap
plied and well directed in their studies of the
key-board. It requires ripe intelligence and
large expression; without these it may fail of
satisfying the hearer that he is listening
to a great and much-loved composition.
There is a history of another Senate
Pathitique, composed by Lipawaki, who flour
ished about 1770; there has been some dispute
whether Beethoven or Lipawski is the originator
of the title in question. However that may be,
It is certain that we at this day know Beethoven's
Senate Patlidlique, but we do not Lipawski's.
Few of Beethoven's Sonatas are so well known
and appreciated, and when there is a chance to
bear it performed by a master who understands
his art, there is shown an- interest and attention
extremely gratifying to the executant, who fre
quently labors for the elevation 'of the public
taste with but little reward.
The Sonata, opus 110 in A flat major, is the
thirty-first of those composed for piano solo, and
in its classification is the fourth as recognized of
the Third penod. It is more regular than its
fellows which precede it. The first movement,
Moderato, has some queer things in it. There
falls from the clouds a passage in demisemiquav
ers where the fingers feather the keys of the
piano as the swan on the solitary lake, whence
the bunter forces her to rise. The melodic phrase
which governs this morcean is pressing, concise
and impassioned. The Scherzo, of pompous sim
plicity and noisy with cries of triumph,
has the character of an invincible power: it is the
step of some old Roman. guard. Its third part,
figuring the trio or the alternative, is a tissue of
ideas which have no relation to the material
world, tint belong to fairy-land. This episode
supposes a pianist of the first rank. Each mea
sure presents a group of four quavers in a move
ment which is not rapid ; nothing more easy at
the first glance, but the left hand jumping from
the lowest bass notes has others distributed
among the more acute, from which it must again
descend at the middle of the keyboard, and then
strike a single note in the unaccented part of the
measure. It is a difficulty, and this scherzo can
scarcely be rendered in perfection by the piano.
An orchestra is wanted. The adagio
is less a piece of music than a picture. In it
Beethoven makes the attempt to vibrate a string
of the piano in changing the finger on a synco
pated note. Two measures of the recitative pre
sent twenty-seven times the la on the sLvtli line
above, divided into fourteen syucopations taken
by the fourth and third finger of the right hand.
This change of finger on a syncopated note is in
tended to produce a_particular effect. The finale
of the sonata is a Fuga, interrupted in a most
unexpected manner by the repetition of the arioso
of She adagio. Hand says of ,this fugue: "We
see here a simple idea in appearance developed
with great richness. Each of the three perform
ances carries in itself its own seal, and neverthe
lees all struggle by a sympathetic variety' to ren
der the same truth, the same sentiment."
ureters OEGAITOO3tCERT.-801320 ' enrioei"es s has
been expressed in regard to this announcement.
We are Wormed that twenty-four of, our princi- -
_pal organista will take part in this interesting and
unique entertainnient. Some of the names have
been mentioned to us and all will be published in
a few days. The Soloists engaged already are
Mrs. Behrens, Messrs. Thunder, Benkert, Bentz,
Garton, Hoffman and others. The seats will be
told with coupon tickets, and every effort made
to afford satisfaction to the audience, which is
expected to be unusually large, as 'Weedy orders
have come in from the country to engage places.
CODICEET,—A grand operatic concert will be
given at Horticultural Hall on the evening of
Mareh 18th, by the "Black Swan" and other
artists. A fine entertainment may be expected.
Chun= CONCERT.—A grand concert will tbe
given at Horticultural Hall this evening in aid of
one of the noblest and most deserving charities
of this city. The programme is a very attractive
one, comprising selections of popular,sacred and
classical music, and the artists are all of the
highest grade. We sincerely hope the house
may be crowded.
OLE Buras—On Thursday and Friday evenings,
and on Saturday afternoon of this week, the
famous violinis_t, Ole Bull, will give concerts at
Horticultural Hall. He will be assisted upon
each occasion by competent artists.
Anbere New Opera. •
Tile London, fllmtrated News contains this brief
account of the 'last — prOdifetion — of the 'veteran
composer Auger
"An event ha,just occurred which is worth re
cording in the' annals of music. On 'Saturday,.
Feb. Ib, 1868, a new opera, entitled,. Uri Promzer .
Jour de iionheur,' composed by Daniel Francois
Auber, was performed for the first time at the
Opfra'Comique, in Paris; the composer being then
In, the eighty-fifth year of his age. Such, is the,
fact. The opera was not, only performed, but
perfortaod in the presence ,of the illustrious
musician himself, who eat on the stagei
surrotuided byea host of friends, and
enjoying one of the most 'brilliant
ovations ever bestowed' upon an artist.: What
is more It appears from the concurrent voicesof.
the Parisian public and press that this latest effort
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1868.
of this marvellous octogenarian betrays none of
the infirmities of old age, but is, on the contrary,
one of the most brilliant achievements of the
most brilliant composer of the present century.
Beyond this our knowledge, derived from the re
',Una of the Parisian journals, does not
enable us .to go; but, if it be such a
work as It is described to be, we may predict with
confidence that we shall soon have the opportn
city of seeing it with our own eyes and hearing
It with our own ears within the walls of Covent
Gaidev. From Auber's great age and the num
ber of his Works, it might be inferred that he ' was
a precocious genius; but it was not so. It was not
till he had reached tke ripe age of five-and•forty,
that he prcduced the work, "La Neige," by
which he laid the foundation of his fame; so that
the vast number of his subsequent triumphs have
been achieved within the period of forty years.
There is no such instance of such fertility com
bined with industry to be found in the whole
range of musical biography. We may mention
it as a remarkable circumstance that on the same
night that Anber was enjoying at Paris one of
thegreatest of his triumphs, he - was enjoying
another in London without knowing it; for on
that same night a London audience were wit
nessing an excellent performance of his charming
`Ambassadrice.'"
DISASTERS.
LARGE FIRE IN BROOKLYN.
Destruction of the Church. of St.
Charles Borromeo, Sidney Place—
lbxtensive Loss an Yetintangs and
Other Valuable Property—Damage
542,600.
[From the New York World.]
All that now remains of the neat, elegant. well
known and favorite sacred edifice, St. Charles
Borromeo Church, Sidney place, Brooklyn, are
the blackened walls and smouldering timbers to
tell -- of the ravages - of - the devouring element
which left nothing but a bleak ruin.
The fire was ciscovered about two o'clock yes
terday morning, by some people passing the
vicinity, who immediately gave the alarm, when
the Clay Ball bell pealed forth at the same
mo
ment, and the firemen were out with their wonted
-lacrity in response to the summons. The
!lames raged with great fury about the location
of the beaters, and defied the efforts of the
tiretnen to extinguish them. The first work of
the pastor was to ascend the altar and remove
he blessed sacrament, which was suc
cessfully accomplished. The consecrated gold
:.nd silver vessels were also removed, together
with several of the ornaments. In the vestry
wardrobe were several thousand dollars' worth
of sacrificial vestments of the most beautiful and
costly workmanship, the collection of years.
Through their united exertions, Rev. Fathers
Free] and McGivren succeeded in causing the
safe removal of• the larger portion of the vest
ments, though the water had stained several of
them so as to materially impair their original
beauty. They were Insured for ei,soo.
But among the most deplorable losses sustained
in the burning of the Church of St. Charles
Borromeo was, perhaps, the destruction of the
Paintings width adorned the buildings. "The
Crucifixon," a large and very superior work of
art, which has for nearly seventeen years hung
immediately over the altar, against the wall, "was
destroyed. This' painting cost upwards of :51,000
and was very much admired.
On the gavel side of the sanctuary was pen
dant a beautiful painting of the 'lmmaculate
Conception," and on the epistle side a very fine
painting of St. Charles Borromco, the patron
aint of the church. The side walls were adorned
by six choice specimens of art of the school of
Riehael Angelo, four of which were the evangt.•-
lists and the others St. Veronica and St. Cecelia.
These were worth between . s3,ooo and $4,000, and
were also consumed.
A finepiece of sculpture, representing St.
Francis of Assisisum, which stood on the gospel
side of the altar, which cost el,OOO, was also de
.troyed.
The organ, which has long been regarded as
one of the best In Brooklyn, was purchased at a
cost of $3,500 a few years ago. There was a very
choice and valuable collection of sacred music in
the choir gallery, which shared the fate of the
urgan. The latter and the music was insured in
the Niagara Insurance Company for the sum•of
$l,BOO only.
There seems to be but little doubt in regard to the
origin of the fire, all who were in the vicinity
immediately after the flames were discovered
agreeing that it must have originated from the
heater. Father Fred, who was one of the first to
enter the building after the fire had been dis
covered, states that the flames came up through
the floor, almost directly over the heater. There
had been a fire in the building <throughout the
day, and confessions had been held as usual on
Saturday night. The church was locked up by
the sexton about ten o'clock, he having prepared
the fire in the heaters, so that it would keep the
building comfortable for Sunday.
JAPAN.
Admiral Bell's Beath by Browning—
The Accident. and Officers and Igen
lost—Funeral Ceremony and Place
of Burial.
UNITED STATES STEAMER ONEIDA, 11AEBOR OF
Iliot.o, Japan, Jan. 14, 1868.—1 write to state
that a' terrible and fatal occurrence has taken
place near hero which has cast a gloom over
our entire fleet. On the morning of the 11th
met. Admiral Henry Hayward Bell, of the flag
ship Hartford ; his flag lieutenant, Lieutenant
Commander Reed; his coxswain and nine out of
a crew of twelve men were drowned, three only
being rescued. This sad event took place
in the harbor of Oases, some twenty miles from
here, by the capsizing of the Admiral's barge, at
nine o'clock on the morning of the 11th instant,
when on a visit to the American Minister there,
when she was struck by the surf on the bar,turu
ing her broadside on, and before she could be
righted she was struck a second time and
with all on Ward. Boats were immediately
put off from the fleet, and every effort made to
reach and rescue them from the surging surf, but
in vain.
The Admiral's body, that of his flag lieutenant
and four of the crew were found and brought, on
hero on board the United States steamer Hartford,
accompanied by the United States steamers She
nandoah and Iroquois, which vessels returned
here on the 12th instant, with lbws all half-masted,
from Osaca, whither they had gone three days
before. The other six bodies have been brought
here since.
On the promulgation of this sad intelligence
the flags of the English fleet, as well as our own,
were half-masted. The funeral is fixed for the
tub inst. All officers are to wear crape on the
left arm, above the elbow, for thirty days, by a
general order just issued by Commodore Golds
borough, who assumes command.
At half past ten A. M. on the 14th inst. all the
boats of our fleet and those of the English fleet
formed on the United States steamer Hartford,
when the process of lowering the twelve coffins
se, iatiM into the boats took place, and at eleven
A. M. they put off for shore, when the Hartford
commenced telling off thirteen minute guns,
which was taken up in rotation by the Commo
dore's ship, the Shenandoah, and subsequently
by thp other vessels of our fleet in the order of
the superiority ollsenlOrity"of their respective
commands; following which came thirteen min
ute-guns from the English iron-clad frigate Ocean
as a last mark of respect to 'a b'ravelleparted*
comrade.in.arms of the mighty, waters. ,
On shdre the Inhere Cortege formed at ' half
past eleven A. M., the English division on the
left, the American on the right. - A strong de
tachment of marines was drawn up in line, under
command of Captain Forney, and paid a last
ltibuto of respect to the departed by saluting
their remains with presented arias amid the
rolling of =tilled drums. The. procession then
'slowly wended its way to the ceMbterniwhichis
about half tVnilld from the leibh; hi the foreign
grant of land, - in the .following :order: The
marines, with arms reversed, led the way, fol-
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY,
lowed by the band of the iron clad Ocean play
lng the "Dead March in Saul," after which
came the corpse of the late Admiral, which
was carried by the crew and followed by Commo
dore Goldsborough and the three survivors of the
melancholy accident. Next came the corpse of
the Flag Lieutenant, followed •by a number of
officers, and then the bodies of the ten seamen,
parried two abreast, each coffin covered with the
American ensign. These were followed by a large
body of American and English seamen, marching
four abreast, our men taking the right of the line
of procession, the English the left. Next fol
lowed the consular officers, followed by a num
ber of American and English officers, the ,rear of
the procession being brought up by the foreicm
residents and a large concourse of the native
population.
After the funeral services had been read through
by the chaplain the firing party advanced and
discharged three rounds of musketry over the
graves, which were then closed in on conse
crated ground. This ground is to be fenced in
and on appropriate monument and inscription
raiscdover this first and sacred American settle
ment, in the newly opened port of Moo, Japan.
At sunset of the same evening a touching cere
mony took place on board the Hartford,when the
Admiral's flag was run up the mizzen, saluted
with thirteen guns, and struck never to be raised
again. ,
IDIPEACHDIEIQT.
What Mr. Johnson Says.
[Waehingtou Telegram to the Roston Poet.]
In a Cabinet meeting to-day the situation was
freely discussed, there being no business requiring
attention, and the President joined heartily in
the conversation. He said his connection with
the trial was but the result of his having po—
session of the power the dominant party was
aiming to usurp, and the present movement was
the last desperate act by which to seize that power
and subvert the Government. The trial,he saul,wai
one in which he had a great interest, in common
with the whole American people. This interest
he had and felt—nothing less, and nothing more.
In his present connection with the trial, he is un
derstood to regard himself singly as the represen
tative of the liberties of the people, and in this
representative capacity he will make his defence.
Such are known to be President Johnson's views
of ids impeachment and trial, and he claims to
have no interest in the proceedings beyond that
of auy other patriotic citizen who isjdetermined
to do his duty in defence of the Constitution and
the liberties of the country.
The President's Probable Action:
[Telegram to another Democratic Journal.l
I am able to repeat to-night my previous as
sertion that the President has been advised to re
sign by some of his Democratic friends ' and I
can add, upon undoubted authority, that he has
also been advised to respond to tho writ by send
ing to the Senate a demurrer, in which he will
claim that the specifications or charges against
him do not amount to high crimes and misde
meanors in the constitutional sense of those
terms, and will demand that the Senate take
action in the case similar to that taken by an or
dinary court Nvhen it quashes an indictment. He
will not pretend to argue points of evidence or
set up any other reason for a •dismissal of the
case than that the counts against lam are not suf
ficiently grave, and even if they are proved to be
well-founded, to warrant the exertion of the au
thority of the Senate in trying him on them. This
demurrer will doubtless be overruled, and then
the alternative of resigning or -submitting to trial
and certain conviction. It is probable that Sena
tor Wade will not vote on the Stud result in the
isialomiess his vote is necessary to insure convic
tion; and it under the circumstances, he does
vote for conviction, it Is also probable that he
will resign his position as President of the Senate.
Speaker Colfax will then become President of the
United States, under the act of the last Congress,
which provides for such contingencies.
Mr. IN age's Position.
tWaahington Despatch to Cincinnati Gazette.]
It is learned from responsible Republican
sources to-night, that it has been virtually con
cluded, in view of conflicting interests, that Mr.
Wade will resign his position - as President of the
Senate in the event of the conviction of PreAdent
Johnson, thereby leaving the office open either
to a new election by the Senate or to the Speaker
of the House, who. in the absence of any acting
Vice-President, becomes President of the United
States. This will be looked upon as a little sen
sational, but the source whence the information
ib derived, fully warrants its publication.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The English Press On President John-
The Morning Star says. editorially: President
Johnson scenes determined to bring the contest
between himself and the Legislature to an issue.
Having failed to entrap Gen. Grant into an
attitude of hostility to Congress, he has at length
isned an order removing Mr. Stanton from the
Ministry of War; and appointing Adjutant-Gen.
Tut mas ha his room. 31r. Stanton has referred
the matter to Congress, and, mean time, refuses
to give up pomesslon. The Senate has passed a
resolution declaring the order of Johnson illegal,
and both the Senate and House of Representatives
have requested the Reconstruction Committee to
consider what further action should be taken.
One telegram even states that the House of Repre
sentatives has passed by a majority a resolution
to Impeach-6th° President for this act of illegality.
It is hard to see how they can avoid such a
course; and were it not that the devious ways of
American politicians on the eve of a Presidential
election are Inscrutable, we cannot divine what
President Johnson expects to gain by his will
ful and defiant course, except to plunge
the country into excitement and con
tention. In a monarchical State a con
flict of this nature would almost necessarily lead
to civil war. There is no fear of such a result in
America, simply because Mr, Johnson cannot
command a man, or musket, or $l,OOO. There
may be excitement; there may be a great impeach
ment case L there may be a State trial before the,
fiapreme Court, but the appeal will be to law,
not to violence. Mr. Jblanson evidently ex
pects that If he can drive his adversaries into
the extreme position of impeaching him, the
more moderate people throughout the Unichi
will come over to his side. In this we be
lieve he will be mistaken. In the American
community, when the question fairly comes to the
front,whether the view of the law taken by the
Houses of Legislature or that taken by
Mr. Andrew Johnson is to be upheld, the
people will side with their representatives, and
send Mr. Andrew Johnson back to Tennessee.
It is a pity for the great Republic that In place of
the firmness, combined with wisdom, which
distinguished Mr. Lincoln, • ehe should now
have in •her Chief Miigistrate an obstinacy
which keeps the whole nation in turmoil. The
contrast at once shows the strength and weakness
of a republican form of government. The peo
ple may be mistaken in their choice, but they
can also get rid of their President If he sets him
self above the law. If Mr. Andrew Johnson had
been king in a limited monarchy, he would have
run a great chance of losing his head In a loss
metaphorical fashion than he seems already to
11100 clone. • •
4iENERAL
ilin•Appointment in the Army.
- From, the entertaining sketches of Genera
Grant, written by ; the Genera's father, and now
being published by Mr. Robert Bonner in the
N. I. Ledger, we make the following extract :
I owned a leathetstore at Galena, ill., which
was condttoted' by my two other, sons. Grant
went to Galena:and , joined them in that.
lie toolvright hOitt of the business with his ac
customed indnstry, and was, a very good sales
man. Ho' had faculty, , to ,entortala liceP/0
conversation, athongh ho talked but little
But never *mild take' any palm to'ex
tend his acquaintance In Galena; and aftor ho
joined the army, and had begun to be
distinguished, citizens of the town would stop in
front of our store, within six feet of the win
dows, and look in to see which of the Grants
it was that was absent, and had suddenly become
famous.
After the fall of Fort Sumter, Grant wrote to
me at Coving ton, asking me if I did not think, as
he had been educated at the expense of the Go
vernment. he had bettor go into the army? I
wrote back that I thought he had better. But
before he received my answer, and within
Fix days after the fall of Fort Sumter, he was
drilling a company.
This company offered to elect him captain; but
a gentleman who desired a higher military posi
tion, and thought this would serve as a stepping
stone to it, frankly confessed his aspirations to
Grant, who told him that he'should not be a can
didate himself, and also told the company that.
be should decline; but he agreed to go with them
to Springfield, the capital of the State.
On this mission he was accompanied by the
Hon. E. B. Wasbburne, the Representative in
Congress from the Galena district, who intro
duced him to Governor Yates, the Governor of
the State. Mr. Yates did not appear to take
much notice of him at the time; but, a day or
two afterwards, sent for him and asked him:
"Do you understand how many men It takes to
make a company? And how many to make a
regiment ? And what officers each must have ?"
"Oh, yes," replied Grant, "I understand all
about such matters; I was educated at West
Point, and served eleven years in the regular
army."
"%Veil, then," said the Governor, "I want you
to take a chair, here in my office, as Adjutant-
General of the State."
Grant remained in this capacity several weeks,
when he made a short visit to us at Covington.
While he was absent from Springfield, Mr. Burk,
a young man employed in our house at Galena,
called on Gov. Yates, nnd, in the course of the In
terview, the Governorsaid to him: •
"What kind of a man is this Grant? He has
been educated at %Vest Point, and says he wants
to go into the army; several regiments have of
fered to elect him Colonel, hut he says 'No,'
and declines to be a candidate. What does ho
want?"
"Yon see, Governor," says Burk, "Grant has
only served in the regular army, where they have
no elections, but officers are promoted according
to seniority. Whatever place you want him for,
just appoint him without consulting him at all
beforehand, and you will find he will accept what
ever he is appointed to."
Acting on this suggestion, the Governor tele
graphed to me that he had appointed Ulysses
Colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry. But Grant
had left for Springfield before the telegram was
received, by way of Terra Haute, where Rey
nolds, a favorite classmate of his, was living.
On his arrival at Springfield he was notified of his
appointment, and assumed command of his regi
ment, which entered at once into active service
in Missouri, under Brigadier-General Pope.
At the beginning of the war, Grant, or rather
Mrs. Grant, owned three very likely slaves in
Missouri; but he told them before any Proclama
tion of Emancipation was issued to go free and
look out for themselves. - -
The history of General Grant's subsequent mili
tary career, of his great Western and Eastern
-campaigns, and of hie respective promotions up
to his present rank, is a part of the familiar his
tory of the country; and I do not propose to en
ter upon that. When the great outcry was made
against him after the battle of Pittsburgh Land.:
ing, one of his aids wrote several letters in his
defence, and sent them to me for publication. I
published one, which seemed to have a very salu
tary effect on public sentiment in this part of the
country: but as soon as General Grant learned of
it, he telegraphed me not to publish any more.
General Grant wrote to me oncefrom the West,
during the war, that the Government had asked a
good deal of him, but they had never asked any
more than he felt himself equal to. He always
wrote in good spirits.
On his way to Washington to take command of
the Army of the Potomac, ho stopped an hour to
see us. His mother asked him if ho was not
"afraid to attack Lee." "Not at all," he replied.
"I know Lee as well as ho knows himself. I
know all his strong points, and all his weak ones.
I intend to attack his weak points, and flank his
strong ones."
He wrote to us occasionally throughout the
war; but his time was too much occupied for him
to write frequently or at much length. His
mother suffered much less anxiety about him
than she did during the Mexican war. She
seemed to feel throughout the rebellion, that
he had been raised up for the particular purpose
of that war, and that the same Power that had
raised him up, would protect him.
AMUSEMENTS.
TIIE THEATRES.-At the Walnut Street Theatre
this evening, Mrs. D. P. Bowers will have a com
plimentary benefit in a bill which includes the
drama Ludy udley's Secret, and the last two acts
of Mart/ Stuart. The subordinate characters in
these plays will be taken by the prominent mem
bers of the company, and the cast being a judi
cious one, a very excellent performance may be
expected. This will be Mrs. Bowers' last appear
ance hero prior to her departure for California,
and it is believed her friends and admi,•ers will
embrace the opportunity to testify to their appre
ciation of her genuine artistic abilityand her per
sonal worth.
The local drama, head Sea Fruit, will be given
at the Chestnut this evening, with handsome
scenic effects and a good cast.
The Arch announces the drama Mend's Peril
this evening, with Mrs. Drew in the character of
"Lady Maud."
At the American a varied performance will be
given.
PHILADELPHIA OPERA lEfoosn.—An attractive
minstrel entertainment will be given at this house
this evening. The performance will include sing
ing, dancing, instrumental music, burlesque,
farce and negro personations. Several of the
most accomplished Members of the profession
are attached to the company engaged at this
house.
FatratcrAnnrc.--Ot Concert Hall to-morrow
evening, Mr. B. K. Murdoch, the well known elo
cutionist will give a reading in behalf of the Ed
wards Missiont3chool. The selections oomprise
extracts from favorite authors, and as Mr. Mur
doch possesses rare talent as a reader, an enter
tainment of great merit may be expected.
BunNuTr.—Mr. Alfred Burnett, the celebrated
mimic, will give one of his amusing exhibitions
at Assembly Buildings, this evening. Mr. Bur
nett assumes a multitude of different characters
every night, and they are ail drawn with
great power and fidelity to nature.
ELEVEN= STREET OPERA House.--The great
burlesque upon Untkr the Gaslight entitled
Anything You Like,will be given at Carncross and
Dixey's this evening. This is one of the most
amusing pieces of the kind ever placed upon the
stage in this city. It abounds in local hits, comi
cal situations, and contains a multitude of good
things.. There will also be a miscellaneous min
strel performance.
MRS. KE3IIIIX'S READINGS.—On Monday evert
ing next Mrs. Frances Anne Kemble will give the
first of- a series of four readings at Concert nail.
Mrs. Kemble reads only from Fdrakespeple,rand
she proposes to give a single play entire each
.evoning.. Instead of being monotonous, this
plan will be likely to give greater satisfaction
than if brief selections were made from a dozen
different authori. - Mre.- Kemble probably hut no,
equal in the world as an interpreter of Shake
poare,,and she contrives eo to davelorrand illus
trate the various characters of , the dramas from
which she reads, that 'the interest of the listener
is very much greator,tiatur, it mould' be if the text
was mouthed by &company Arstiook actors upon
the stage. The• sale of tiekelts„will begin on
Thuraday next at Otould's Music, attire.
We:— st They call u Tepinterit LOW' Toplcian out
. •
F. I. FETIITISION.
PRIOJ TAREE OUTS.
cams AND FANCISIS•
—Silas Kellogg is at Nice . .
—Lord 'Russell is writing a history of d lota
macy. •
—The London Timel advertises mann4ript ear
mons for "hard-worked-clergymen." ., -
—One halt the 'British moan& comes .:,014 Of •
smokers and drinkers. • • • • ,
—General Itilpatriek is on a trip alonga
'•
eastern slope of the Andes. ' • • • • • •
—A San Francisco amateur gynrkest "paftst
up" a 162 pound dumb-bell. •
—A New York policeman shot a staffed tiger f -
at the Barnum ; fire.-
"Robinson Crnsoe" is now in rellearsai.
Brussels, Vidnna, Antwerp, Ghent,. ffeseyee.
Lyons, Bordeaux, Nancy and Toulouse.
—There is an incredible story of a Nov Yorker
who got a bill through the Albany Legialatnreat c ;
an expense of only thirty-seven cents.
—Buchanan, the poet calls Carlyiet,s •wtoidoi
"the insincere brutalities Of our German fieotebk:•''
man."
—Some of the Albany legislators want to pod
a law forbidding marriage between grand-parentai
and grand-children.
—General Wool has 'Wed' to ' aeo his elght,►.
fourth year, yet he may be saidlo be only just
age, for helms witnessed only twautpona
days. , '
—Bata cannot live In Alaska, because their'
holes freeze up, nor in St.. Thomas, because;
their holes are turned wrong side out by eattb
quakes.
...—Swlnburne is at work upon Ms 'poem of. ;
" Bothwell," which is,
of course, based on' c
life of Mary, Queen of Scots. •
—The Episcopal Bishops of the South. ask the .
Dag - 118h public for $500,000, with which. they,
can build a "University for the Southern
States," - -
—"The original Artemus Ward, shovnuan," is
exhibiting a skating elephant , in Cleveland, and
wants to bet six dollars that he can outekate any
other elephantrin the United States.
—ln January, the cold was 32 deg. below zero
in St. Petersburg and 36 deg. in Moscow, Two
children were frozen to death on their way to'
school.
—Mrs. Cobb, the President's bosom friend, pro
poses, if Andy is convicted by the high courrot
the Senate, that he pardon himself. Gracious,-
Mrs. Cobb!
—At a recent Fenian meeting in Cranstbn, It.
1.. a colored veteran soldier enrolled his-• rim**
among the fighting members, amid great en -S,
tbrisiasm.
—The death of the horse which was bnitalir
driven from Boston to Worcester, forty miles is
one hundred and fifty minutes, has provoked the
Bostonians to the formation of a society forpre—
vention of cruelty to animals. ,
—A St. Joseph editor claims for that -city;
"more and more competent ,musicians than to
any city of 30,000 inhabitants in the world:"
Among the instruments he mentions the "barkip,)
the accordeon, the concertina." .
A conterfrative student in a western college,
discussing the question of negro suffrage Iva,
public debate, closed his eloquent argumentwith:
the remark—"lf you choose to marry blacks you
may do so; but as for myself, when I many:,
shall marry - one of my own sex?
—Weste,rn papers report a remarkabte- phe—
nomenon at- ticottville,--1111uols.- In digging - tir
several localities near that place, a depth of‘ttre•
or six feet, fire breaks out, and continues blazing:- ;
The' citizens are puzzled anduncomfortableabout
—The Mans&ld (Ohio) Herald learns that a
man named Jordon, living near Loudonv il le,.
drank a pint of whisky and, pepper one day last.
week, to break an attack of fever and ague, with
which he was troubled. The fever was "broke," l
but its sudden stopping killed the man.
—The-supply of prairie furs will be smaller. ,
than usual this year. The buffalo-robe "crop'"
has been only one-half the quantity that is gime-.
rally bunted up (or down) for the market. The-
catch of rats and minks only show an increase , . ;
this season.
—Highwaymen in Mississippi continuo their
outrages. A gentleman from Alabama, named
Burk, was waylaid, beaten badly and robbed, near
Grenada, last week. White men and negroes are
banded together in Mississippi and Arkansas,.
stealing stock, driving it to the river, and ship—
ping it on bo its going north.
—A Louisville paper says: "The discover 7 of st
new gold mining region, superior to that ot Cali
fornia in its palmiest days, within fifty miles. or
Louisville, Kentucky, will shortly create an ex
citement tar beyond anything ever witnessed be
this section. We are not at liberty to name the.
locality at present."
—Every entomologist knows bow indifferent
are insects to mutilations that would be instant.
death to a quadruped. Mr. Stoddart. in his en
tertaining little volume, "Angling Remluiscea-,
ces," has put it beyond all probability of doubt
that fishes feel no hurt from the hook. Think of
that!
—A Canadian has invented a metallic boot and:
shoe heel, whielkis made of cast iron, brass, cep—
per, or any other suitable metal. It is said to
have the . advantages of being neater ti► a nn
leather heels; easier for the foot; lariting longer;
warmer in winter; more effectual in excluding
dampness, and not se apt to slip.
—ln making some excavations recently near
the castle of Crevecceur, near Boarigues in Bel
gium, the workmen discovered mines in which
wore canvas bags filled with gunpowdrs. They
are supposed to have been placed there by the
troops of Henry 11. of France,when they besieged,
the town in 1554. • The articles were in good,
state of preservation.
—A Massachusetts cotton • manufaotarersent a
despatch to Memphis a-few weeks ago,'ordoiing
his agent to sell his goods in store there, but *a
despatch was not received until three days after
It was sent. Meantime his goods advanced sad
he made 87,000 in consequence. He does nob
propose to sae the telegraph company for dam.-
ages.
—A story of Theodore Hook is told by. Corns,
lips O'Dowd in.his last essay, to the effect thatat
some civic banquet, on the appearance of a fifth.
course of dainties, Hook laid down his knife and
fork, and declared that he would " take the rest
out in money." The idea, O'Dowd declares, was
"-eminently British," and he wishes that such
policy might be pursued as to make King Theo
dore see the sense of such a course, give up his,
prisoners, and take the rest of the Abyssinian
campaign out In money.
• —lt has been a time-honored precedent in MU •
sachusetts that the Chief Justice of the Supreme.
Court should possess four special qualifications:
Ha must be a Unitarian, a graduate of Harvard.
a member of the Massachusetts Histori
Society, and own, a lot in Mount Auburn. •
Judge Chapman, recently elevated to that
position, is a graduate of no college, and is
without the other essentials. And yet the wodi "
moves
—Disraeli's ancestry is the subject of connEnt
in the London journals; and the theme of feelt
tenable gossip In the aristocratic clubs is the toga
bitbility-obbis being-raised to tha-pceragn.-The ; .g.
Y. Ilerald has taken up the cudgels on thbfelde of
the Atlantic tor the present Premier of brand,
and contends that his ancestry's highertin elder
than the proudest Norman of thew nth-that
Plantagenet or Tudor, or even thaathat, or.Queet.
Victoria herself. The Ilerakt, In traelea up the
ancestral tree, went nearly as far barb as those,
pomatial times when Adini delved and Eve AM*. •
They say, however, in the clubs that he IA a Mon
without a father; and, , if' so, he meet be one of
Donee Greeley's. "self-made men." The`late
Daniel O'Connell lona since settled' this moot
question. In a shartrpersenal enconnterbotwetia
them in the Englfsh House of COMUIPIIS I UlO .
great rigitator'dedared' that Benjamin Disraeli
was a lineal deecendant of the ImPeatkitt