CxIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXII.--.NO. 6.
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INVITATIONS FOR WEDDINGS, PARTIES. 'dte.
executed in a ruporior rammer byp
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MARBLED.
'HAY—DONNER.—On Wednesday. Aril Bth. by the
*we. Henryry N. Pohlman, of Albany, James Hay, of thle
cit , daughter of Andrew Bonner, Esq., of
Albany. „ • •
GASEILL—WHITEMAN.—On the morning of theldth
inst., by the Rev. Deese I.'..Aleop. Hector of ;hrlst Church,
klye. N. Y.. H. Maurice Usokili to Manua H. 'Whiteman,
froth of thin city. • •
zoTEStr.NnON—GL:FiIt.NdEY,,Ort the. evening - of the
11th inst., at the Frankford Presbyterian d'
tur. by ERN'.
ThomasV. Murphy. Mr. John D.. ritevelpon. Jr . to Miss
- Mary Eisatman Guernsey, daughter of Dr. William F.
uerniey, all of 0118 city.
DIED.
uitowNE.-OD the 16th instant, Jane Tunic, wife of
tare eel Browne.
The relative* and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend her funeral, from tar resilience of her
hueband. No. 1117 Callowhill street, on Monday afternoon.
the :nth hut.. at 3 o'clock. To proceed to Mount Veion
Cemetery.
FLOMERFELT.—On the 11th Inst., Mr. A. L Flomerf,lt
need 51 seam
The' relatives and friends of the family, also Lodge 187
WE Y.ll. Wectacoe and Franklin Fire Compardet, are
invited to attend the funtraL from his late residence, No.
tl2 Catharine street, this (Thursday) afternoon, at three
o'clock,
LAFFERTY.—On the 15th inetant, Mary A. Lafferty,
slaughter of T. and Elizabeth Lafferty, in her :cif"
year.
M.( CALLUM.—Suddenly, on the 15th Inst., Alexander.
tom of liugh and Mahal& 31cCalltun, in the oth year of
Lis age.
Thu relatives , and friends of the family am invited to
Tttend his funeral. from the residence' of hie parents,
Nein street. Germantown. on Bairn - day rate:nonn.lBth
, at 1 Wake); .
31cG1L1..-On the Itith Wet.. Henrietta Harrison. wife.
L. McGlle, and rooug...t daughter of George W.
j.lrlgott. in the 28thyear of her age.
D.l.l36tice will be riven of the tuner:it
McKENNA.—On the 14th intt.. Mr. Patrick McKenna.
-need W yearn.
The relatives and friends of the family are rears Of Air
invited to attend his funeral. from his late residence. :T1
01.111 Inwth rtreet. on irriday morning, pro .lAfdy at tt
. n • c l oc k.. Di g ), Mop? a t Church. Interment at
Cemeterr.
LANDELL OPEN TO-DAY . Tiff: LIGH
lipring Poplin for (.14e Fashionable Wel k br,g
11.4"1" iiteel Colored Poplin&
Mode Colored l'opllto.
Ilizmarc Ex Act z,hnde.
PECIA .NOT ClEft.
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way- LICTURE AND ( . 9 NcEirr,
ta v. A. A. WILLI ra, D. U, will deliver hi. new
tleethre. "I'l c... Model Horne." at Concert Ilan, on TUES.
DAY. April :lot, at a o'clock. -
lo connection with the abo: c a Grand Concert will he
rill en by the follswir.e artteto , .
Madame It enrietto lichrena ' . , Elopri no
blri. - Anuir E. Simplon ~ Contraite
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ileicrved ecate.idceira. ............. .to Do had at .1. E.Gould'e
r yv piano Nom., ECE Cheetnut, or at the do: :r on thr leveri
ng ot the Lecture. apic3-th.a.tu.rp3t*
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nTO(/I.IIOLDEEfo' NOTICE.—A MEETING Of
U P "' thr hitoekholdere of the Germantown Par/emitter
:Railway COmPan:r wilthe held at andr office on WED.
NI;nDA April z413,1e6i, st I P.M., to take into conaide•
ration the pal/del of inerearing the, v.nrnber of the
ii , ard r f Diantgere in purausace or n - anoplement to an
act of Asembly. approved the Al ty of April. Patt.
By ordrr of the Board of 31anaaarL
aplo the tact* JOSEPIi SINGEP.LY, Secretary .
°OrA COURSE OF LECTURI S ON BOTANY. TO
Ladire and Gentlctmen, will be delivered in the Bet
entitle and cLiosiCiii inatliutp, 3. E. corner of ,rolhr and
•TE,ltteetit % leant Ridge avenue. Introdue
-2,1y duitftrpe) wARDAT. Arrira, at 5 0'406.
iti.l J. R. ENNie. /Principal tploltittp
Bar A- - SPECIAL NIFETIN4t OF THE STOCKHOLD•
ens of the Mercantile Library Company wilt be
ItrAd TCESIDAY EVENIING. the IZtti luatant, at c
o'clock. for the purpore of taking turtltcr &atm oa the
vending astetidmente to the charter.
JOHN LARDNEH,
apls-12try: Recording decreary.
Nrie. ISLFORTAIi'f TO TRAVELERS.
Examine yutir =lateen whon you enter a eleopine our
If made of EIAIiTIC SPONGE. you can ernother the
Ciro with it in CI Ma of at chltuit, as it ie Innfectly inc‘nn
buctibic. riphi3trp%
Nt)TICE.—IN CONSEQUENCE OF' HE UNF.a•
gavorable state of the weather, the opening of
tiANIUEL R. PRHALIPS'S Saddlery &ant,linhinent. No.
T.C.O Chestnut atreet,will be continued to-ruarrow, Friday,
all day..
abirrlteTl
ywrir P.CD IC HO SP ITA
kitltt i
aid dlaeshes and bo dily defo=tlen
at 12 o'clock. • apls 3olrp:
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wir to LIOWAR I D iti EIOSEITAL, 1 , ;09. 1519 AND lfal
eat tna=t a ttztd ule:4ll,l:allarY Department—Sleds
"Qr.
NENS - SP&PERS. BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, WASTE
rahs rper, &c... bought by , HUNTER,
No. Ng Jayne mtn,et.
'lite Chesapeake Bay Piracy—Arrest of
two of the Murderero.
(From the Somerset (Jid.) Herald.)
t'wo'neggrroca calling themselves William Wilson and
Wlllfam Wells, were arrested, nun Is, and the other near
Drummondtown. Accent no county. Va., on the gill and 7th
inst., by constable David T. Topping. for the murder of
<Captain Benjamin Johnson and Henry . Cannon. Diet
Frotchett. as published last week,) of the schooner Brave.
They ia ere brought to this town and Lodged in jail on the
10th Irk.. by Constable Topping and Jelin Larmore. Esq.
'They ronfees that the captain and Cannon were both
XDlledand.thrownoverboard. ' •
The other two parties now at large are named George
atalley and Frank Bounds. We learn that one of these
parties has been seen in Amnesic county, Virginia and
it is supposed that both of them are still larking in that
county.
ILL , is the moat horrible affair that has ever been
perpetrated withinthe Malts of thisnountyand it is to be
;toped that all the guilty once may be speedily brought to
Justice. '
There wail a negro brought to this place yesterday and
-committed to jail, on suspicion of being oso of the above
.gart les ; but it is generally thought that he (a not.
MUSICAL.
JEAN Locifee Coriegwr, in the Academy of MIMIC, will
ibeno ordinary occasion. 'The production of such works
zia MendeLisoltn's "Wa!put& Night" and Beethoven's
"Choral Fantasia" in tndtcative of a high purpose on the
part connection exllent Society. Ti ere is a coincidence In
lids worth noting: When Mendelssohn pro
duced the cantata of tlia "First Walpargis Night" to the
words of a ballad by Goethe (entirely distinct from the
name subjeet in Fanat).it wan at &concert at the Gewand.
sums in Leipzig, on the 2d of February, 1143 when the
Beethoven "Choral Fantasia" was played by Mad. Schu
mann. biendelssohn began its composition in Rome, and,
.at is thought, at the express instance of Goethe. This
- work in worth examining, for both in music and poetry
'there is an aiming at oomething more noble and elevated
Than mere music. The "Lurline,' by liilleir, is also an in.
.Zerresting romantic subject, and the admirers of Mr. Ha.
ibelra an will be glad to hear him, for the first time in this
-tcountry, in a style aid part which gained him some repo
,tation in Germany._ Mendelseelm is represented by Inv
other fine composition for the piano, a "Rondo Brilliante.,"
which hodedicated to his master. Igruditte Moecheles, the
• oldest of living pianists. •
CONCEItIr.—A concert in aid of the Mechanics' Benevo
,gent and RelletAssociation will be given at Athletic Hall,
hirteenth and Jefferson, by the Philadelphia Aoliaus,
•on Friday evening, 17th instant. The following pro
gramme has been arranged: Grand March, Liberty MM.
tory Band, No. latile of the 95th regiment P. V. Colonel
'Gonne. 1. Chorus, Haymakers; Duett, Flotow ;
Male Quartett, Arlon; 4. Comic Refrain, Freeborn. Baud.
• 5. Solo, - ',Tempest," Barker fit Duett,Aht; 7.Male Quartett,
Cox; 8. Solo.Orßfith. Overture Liberty Military Band.
1. Chorus. Haymakers,. 2. Male (,‘Tartett. Arlon; 3. Duett,
clitibert: 4. Comique,P. Berger. and. 5. Cliorus.Baini ;6.
• teMuicitefralp,Free born ,-7. Duett,Russell; 8.51.a1e Quartet',
''Home, Sweet !tome," or "Sherman's March to
ith Sea," Liberty Military Band.
• (ONCRRT.—At Concert Hall this evening a grand con
tort will be given in aid of the Catholic Philepatrian
;Society. A large number of eminent artists will appear,
aind agneet attractive programme will be presented.
11A11.11.1'S OONeEßT.—Signor A. Burin's. grand concert
will be given on Friday evening at the Musical Fund Hall.
lie will .bte assisted by accomplished instrumental and
vocal lutists.
THEATRtS, Eto.
Tut Tuna:rags. —llir. Edwin Booth. Trill appear at the
alrmt tonight in hie great poreonation of " Hamlet."
'The Black Crook will be in wonted at thq. Cheetuut. Play
go announced at the Arch. The American dram a varied
yorfonnance.
ELF.VENTII BTIIPALT OPI:U6 - 11011131L—The entertainment
offered at this popular place of amusement tonight will
loci of the highest character. A number of now pieces are
'announced, among them the axtravaganza. "Life on a
Alississippi Cotton Boat. ' The lama • entitled Trix on
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:Travelers will also be given, w ine wind m i eco m nom ,
performance, including tries(' V0. ,- negro Comical'.
'Mee, ballad singing by .3. L.. roes. and a multi•
Curie of other good. dump, - --,,,. 1, ~,,,, , ~.,
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Ittoncnote Omuta Taornen.—On the 20th inet:the favorite
Alebinge , Opera Troupolvill begin ( a brief eeaeon at the
Academy of music; with the opera of Martha., The Note of
tickets will begin on NV edneeda.y, the lath: at 'Frumpier's
lisle ( Store. No, i 26 Chestnut street,
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On Monday next will be exhibited, at Wende
roth, Taylor & Brown's, No. 914 Chestnut street,
Wenderoth's large and accurate oil-painting of
the Battle of Gettysburg, representing the action
of the second day In the afternoon, that is to say
of Menday, Judy 2d, 1863.
The centre of interest at this time was Culp's
Hill, an eminence a little to the southeast of
Gettysburg, disembarrassed of foliage upon the
Summit, bat wooded along Its most abrupt slope
in the direction of the farm of Henry Culp. On
this point Meade—imagining, from the deploy
ment, early in the day, of Ewell's left around
the base of the crest, that this would be'the centre
of attack—reserved some forcea of the Fifth and
Sixth Corps, and used the bill as an observatory,
commanding a view of the city and of Cemetery
Ridge, from which Sickles was unadvisedly push
ing towards the Peach Orchard and the Etnmets
burg road. The rebel forces, almost surrounding
our army, were constantly endeavoring to break
our lines and push In to the cluster of elevations
which culminates In Little Round Top; and it was
not until night, after a hand-to-hand conflict with
Hood's troops which recalls the Homeric ages,
'that the key of the battle-ground wris secured In
our hands, and the sorely-thinned brigadbs' of
, Vincent and Fisher could breathe again.
The time of the picture is in the afternoon.
Meade, viewed in profile, and sitting firmly upon
a magnificent horse, As centrally planted upon
the bill as upon a pedestal, his bronze face re
lieved against the volumes of dense white smoke
which hang around the circle of artillery defend
ing the height. Ile is surrounded by his staff,
General Dickinson, 3lajor Cadwallader, Colonels
Starr and Biddle and Captain Carpenter. General
Barstow, having ridden up the acclivity, is re
porting to Meade, his right hand pointing to
Cemetery Hill. whose gentle slope swells upward
into, the lett of the picture, crowned with its
peaceful tombs, and covered with the
wounded and dead whom the Louisiana troops
are leaving behind in their hot retreat. Near the
middle of the scene the roofs and spires of Get
tysburg show through the interval between
Cule's and Cemetery Hills. A detachment of
our forces In the left foreground winds down
into the valley, meeting a group of confixierate
prisoners and colors (from the famous "Louisi
ana Tigers"), who are being biOnght up as a
trophy, to General Meade. The lower right-hand
~ :orner is occupied with a more consolatory scene,
indicaking the accompaniment of beneficence that I
,traveled along with our actions so closely and so
nobly.* A wagon of Sanitary Commission stores
is unloading. Surgeons are busily selecting their
,emedles; an assistant disposes of a Ca.ie of sup
plies; the wounded, both loyal and confederate,
are receiving attention, and a swooning federal.
,_aptaln is being revived in the arms of a male
flume.
Pictures like these are a complement to history.
Though wanting in artistic breadth, Mr. Wen
deroth's painting is so reliable,, so exact, so con
scientiously copied from nature to - the farthest
crest of the landscape and the minutest detail of
a soldier's accoutrements, that it will help to tell
the fortunate history of the Pennsylvania raid to
generations yet unborn with more than the pic
turesqueness of the romancer and more than the
definition of the historian. It is, too, a painting
that will keep constantly improving as time rolls
forward. A few years will tone its contrasts, and
moderate its rude opacity of white and its cold
breadths of blue: while the very commendable
study in its particulars will be perpetually in
structive to whoever shall wish to study out the
gallant achievement of Meade in reversing the
tamous invasion.of the North.
Such pictures, indeed, made soon after the
fact, with the actual actors for models, the
clothes they wore and the weapons they used for
accessories, and their living memory for criti
cism—are the truest history. The posses9lon of
a gallery of such illustrative paintings would be
the very nutriment of the hobby of the antiqua
rian. Every man who studies, with the Perpe
tually-annoying Insraciency of material around
him, knows what It is to cry out for "more
light," with the avid4Af the shepherd-lads re
called by Taine the dritttur. he stands among
the pictures of local history iittheNaples Museum.
I'he little herdsmen, relates Taine, agreed to a
3vishing-match. One, breaking off a mouthful of
his black bread, cried, "If I was king I would
eat nothing but fat ;" the other, who was out of
breath chasing hogs, chimed in, "If I was king,
I would watch my beasts on horseback." If I
was king," confesses the ardent student, capping
wishes with his humble rivals, "I would transport
all these portraits and historical subjects to my
cabinet, and learn from them the realities of
history." There are few historians, accustomed
to the annoyance of gleaning their stores in one
library or museum after another, who would not
like to find the same kind of royalty; and move
on in the same road to perfection.
It lath be hoped that this most creditable pic
ture will be secured to decorate the National
Orphans' Homestead, on Cemetery Hill, at Get
tysburg, for the benefit of which institution the
exhibition will be held.
James Thomas Brndenell, seventh Earl of Car
digan; who led the celebrated charge of the Six
Hundred at Balaklava, and whose name has been
prominently before the public in more or less
nonorable connections throughout most of his
career, died at his seat, in Northamptonshire,
England, on the 28th of March, in consequence
of a fall from his horse. He was born in 1797,
and entered the army at the somewhat ma
ture age of twenty-seven, purchasing a cornet
in the Eighth Hussars. The influence of wealth
and family position in the military career in
England was strikingly exemplified in his case,
for in four years, without haying seen a day's
service in the field, he had risen to be a Lieu
tenant-Colonel, which, by the usages of the Brit
ish army, made him the actual commander of
the regiment. He was the bean ideal of a ca
valry officer of the "Guy Livingstone". school,
handsome in person, one of the best horsemen of
his time, daring, impetuous; ambitious, haughty
and passionate in his dealings with men, unscru
pulous and successful in his intimacies with
women.
The scandals of his private conduct became the
reproach of the peerage, and his violent and over
bearing temper made his regiment the most noto
rious in the service. For his treatment of a Maj.
Wathen he was court-martialed, censured and
placed on half-pay. An officer with less interest
would probably have remained on half-pay to the
end of his days; but in less than two years he
manage d to have himself restored - and gazetted
to the Eleventh Hussars, then serving in India.
His short term of service abroad seems to
have been as uncomfortable as • his
mili
tary career at home. The officers
hated him cordially, and when he
brought his command back to England a series o
quarrels and biekerings broke out which caused
the, whole country to ring with his name. lie
THE FINE ARTS.
WenderotWs Battle of Gettysburg.
Death, of Lord Cardigan•
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1868.
insulted one captain by reprimanding him for in
troducing Rhine wine in a "black bottle" at a
mess banquet; ho provoked another into a breach
of discipline which ended in the expulsion of the
Mjured man from the cervice; 'and he fought a
duel upon Wimbledon Common with Captain
Harvey Tuckett, wko bad served under him in
India, and had resigned his commission, so it is
said, for the purpose of ,challenging the noble
lord.
Lord
Tnckett was wounded in the duel,,and
Lord Cardigan was Indicted for felony. He
availed himself of his privilege as a peer, and
lected to be tried by the House of Lords. The
trial, which took place in Westminster Hall be
fore one of the most brilliant and aristrocratie
assemblages which had ever witnessed a prose
onion In England since the impeachment of
Warren Hastings, was a cruel mockery ofjuebee.
There was but the faintest show of pressing the
charge, and the accused was hastily acquitted
on the ground that .there was no certainty
that the Harvey , Tnckett named in the
indictment was identical with the Harvey
Tuckett proved to have been shot! Lord
Cardigan went back to his regiment with hie
temper more savage and insolent than ever, and
so little affected by public opinion that one of his
first actions was to flog a man at Hounslow Bar
racks, 'after parade, on Sunday afternoon. The
Adjutant-General publicly admonished him that
his subordinates were gentlemen, and that he
was in authority not only to exercise military
command, but "to give an example of modera
tion, temper and discretion." The difficulties of
the Eleventh Hussars were brought before Parlia
ment, and a, member , stated in the House of
Commons that "in two years, the regiment being
5U strong, the Earl of Cardigan had held' one
hundred and five courts-martial. In the same two
years he punished in the defaulters' list upwards
of seven hundred men.
Daring the same period sixty men were placod
In Canterbury jail. The punishments exceeded
those inflated in India ever a period of twenty
years, although the regiment was seven hundred
strong. Nevertheless, Lord Cardigan was a good
soldier and an efficient disciplinarian, and possi
bly it was this circumstance quite as much as
favoritism which enabled him to retain his rank,
and on the outbreak of the Crimean war to be
appointed to the command cf the Light Brigade.
Eils personal courage was superb. Yet on the
held of Balaklava he seems' to have let slip two
splendid opportunities. The first was when he had
a chance to sweep down upon the rear and flank
of the BUEbiall horse, then engaged with the Eng
lish cavalry, but i relbsed because his brother-in
law and superior officer. Lord Lucan, with whom
he did riot agree, had posted him where he stood.
The second was when, on his fatuous "chestnut
horse with the white heels," he rode. with the
gallant six hundred into the Valley of Death, and
.cut them to get out again as best they could.
Despite the admiration aroused by the exploit,
the Earl's conduct was severely critteised, and
soon afterward he returned home. Good fortune,
however, followed.him to the end of his llfe. He
w Kappointoti Inspector-General of Cavalry (an
employment for which he was probably well
fitted), and became a Knight Commander of the
Bath in 1855 and Lieutenant-General in 1861.
IiVire.:4II.IIUPODOI
Itterrous CloNpucr.—Last night, between tan
and eleven o'clock, a row occurred at Harmer's
Cornucopia, at the southeast corner of Broad and
Chestnut streets. It seems that several parties
who had gone to the house for supper got into a
quarrel about some women. From words they
went to blows, and one man was struck with a
pitcher. A regular fist fight then ensued. BloOdy
cosec,
black eyes and scratched faces were the
result. During the wrangle, chairs were over
turned and broken, dishes and glasses were
smashed, and considerable damage was done to
everything in the room. The belligerents got
out upon the staircase, and the fighting - was kept
up until the bar-room was reached, and there an
other smashing of things occurred. The noise
eau6ed by the disturbance was heard
for some distance, and the attaches of the
stablishment sprang a rattle from the window.
Policeman On came up and arrested John P.
Ahern, alleged to have been one of the partici
pants in the affray. The attention of the watch
man at the Union League House, David Robin
,on, was attracted by-the noise, and he went to
the assistance of Officer Orr. Policemen Pulp
and Garvin also arrived on the spot, and John
Raymond, Lawrence O'Brien and Matthew Snow
den were taken into custody. The prisoners were
taken to the Fifth District Police Station, but
were soon released upon security being entered
by Alderman William McMullen for their appear
auce this morning. After the hearing this morn
ing, before Alderman Swift, the defendants were
!Inca for drunkenness, and were held to bail to
keep the peace.
FIRE AT MANAMIli.—This morning, about
half-past five o'clockt a fire broke out in the dry
ing-house attached to the cotton mills of Gen.
Robert Patterson, located at Manayunk. The
structure was a two-storied brick. The whole
interior Was destroyed, and a considerable
quantity of material in process of drying was
owned. The main mills were not injured. The
flames originated from the heating apparatus.
DisonnEntx.—Thomas Evans and Jelin Devine
,vere arrested yesterday at Fifth and Library
itreets, by Day Sergeants Jeffries and Albright.
They were behaving in a very disorderly manner,
ind were annoying passers-by. Devine was
heard by one of the officers to exclaim, "Here's
health to John Wilkes Booth, who shot the
nigger Lincoln." The prisoners were arraigned
he two Alderman Beitler, last evening, and were
placed under $l,OOO bail.
T HUNDER STORM.—At an early hour thin morn
lug there were several showers of .rain, accom
panied by sharp dashes of lightning and heavy
claps of thunder. About ten o'clock the rain
commenced to fall steadily, and since that time
is has been pouring down in torrents. The light
ning has continued at intervals. The clouds aro
very heavy and in many places the gas had to be
lighted.
Boon Tiirxr.—A man named John Hayes,
while passing Market and Water streets yesterday
afternoon, took a fancy to a lot of stockings
which were hanging up in front of a store. He
helped himself to two dozen pairs and continued
his walk. A Fourth Distrietpolicernan followed
and captured the thief and his plunder. Hayes
was taken before Alderman Hurley, and was held
in $BOO ball to answer at court.
ARRITSTEM—Eugenie McKinney, who is charged
with having been concerned:in an assault upon
Michael Morgan, was arrested yesterday. IL will
be remembered that Morgan went to the house of
the McKinney's to see hie wife, who is a daughter
of Mrs. McKinney, and he was attacked and badly
beaten. The accused had a hearing before Aid.
Heins and was held in S2O ball for trial.
LARCENY Or A„ WATCH.---Margaret Wiggins,
residing on Race street,, near Seventh, was ar
rested yesterday and taken before Alderman God
bou, upon the charge of the larceny of w watch
from a man who had been in her company a few
nights since. She was held in $BOO bail for trial.
—Lord Byron's ,correspondence has been dis
covered in, a curious' way.. A pet ape of the
monks of the Armenian convent of Machitarists
on San Lagro Island, in the`lagoons of Vonlee,
so pleasantly sketched by Mr. Howell in his
"Venetian Life, " was the agent Of the discovery:
This ape, escaping from his hooter, took refuge
on the top of a, bookcase, and being pursued
threw` the head of the biother a roll of yellow
and desty letters, which jiroved to be , Lord
Byron's. .It. is supposed-that therwill be pub-
fished, but no hint is given as to the nature of
them. " '
—Offenbach 15 engaged in writing new opera
buffo, which will first be performed In, America.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
THE ERIE RAILROAD DISASTER.
Further Details—How the Accident
Occurred—What the Directors
say—Bringing the Dead
Bodies to the City
of New York.
Front the New York Papers or to-day.
Can's Rock is sixteen miles from Port J 01146
and overhangs a tributary of the Delaware, the
scenery of which in this neighborhood is almost
Alps like in abruptness of outline. The cliff
Itself is from two to three hundred feet in height,
belted about midway with a narrow ledge or
lengthened table, upon which the track is laid—
the table being girlie too narrow for
any sort of possible" safety In. case of
accident. The rock is of the craggy
order which trap ridges usually assumes
being, moreover, exceeding sleep and precipi
tous, an idiosyncracy so peculiar to the valley of
the Delaware in this region that it has developed
Into a sort of proverb that one may live in the
valley of the Delaware and only see the sun at
noon. The bluff in question overhangs the river
so juttingly that only.n very narrow bottom in
tervenes at its base, the railroad track winding
around the mountain about one hundred feet
from Its base, or possibly a little lees.
Of the accident the herald says:
The whole was a work of possibly ten seconds
—not more—and as speedily as possible the
engine was brought to a stand and an examina
tion of the extent of the accident was made.
Down the bluff, having given the alarm, rushed
conductor and assistants, While, in the meantime,
the rear ear of the four had taken fire from the
embers scattered from the stove, and was blazing
like a great will-o'-the-wisp in the foes below.
In the meantime, also, a messenger was sent to
the nearest telt graph station, and word was sent
to Port Jervis and assistance requested. The de
mand was responded to as soon as convenient,
in an extra train, which proceeded with
all necessary • implements, armed and
quipped, to the scene of the disaster. With the
feeble help on hand the conductor and assistants
did what they could before further assistance
came to the rescue, their first attention being
given to those who exhibited signs of lifer With
a groan one dragged himself out from beneath
the mass of rublestapart of which was human and
part of which was human workmanship; another
begged piteously for help; another shrieked with
the pain of contusions just beginning to be real
ized, the poor bruised individual having beeu half
stunned with halt a hundred concussions, each
more violent than the preceding.
Few are spared disfigurement or deformity,and
!Lineal lives are beaten out instantly. The air is
Irelghted with groans, sobs and sighs of the quick
and the djing; and the smooth. Delaware flows
quietly along, while it receives as tributaries the
oozing, trickling rivulets of blood and liquified
brains. One poor fellow, a Frenchman, named'
Sauss,has his nostrils scraped out as if done by an
oyster-knife. A man named Pruinton, as he
bounces from reek to rock,has his eyes beaten in,
his upper forehead torn off, and a hole is dug
oat of his skull with as much facility as If it were
a spring turnip. A woman named snow,with her
husband and seven young children, are jammed,
when they strike the plateau, under a heavy car.
Depth is merciful in his care and docd frot
mutilate the features; a smash on the crown of
her head, and the lamp is put out forever.
The husband and seven children live to tell
the pitiful tale, but all arc injured more or less.
One man has his jaw torn out, and it hangs
limp by- a chin whisker dangling from the chin.
His fingers are twitted, torn, and burnt by the
embers in the rear car. His eyes are glassy and
have a reproachful look. There is a little lad of
ten years, unknown, with a cultivated face, rosy
cheeks.. Death struck him gently, and
be lays by the surging Delaware's bank,
with a placid smile on his features, after
buinping his childish head from rock to rock
downward. There lie together, grasped in their
last embrace, man and with, Ephraim and Mary
Hoyt, torn and mutilated, their foreheads riven
and furrowed with the traces of the jagged rock
points. The quiet emcee of Chenango, 100 miles
away, buried in the shades of lofty hills, shall
never see them again. Alone, stiffened, and fast
getting cold, with his calm, resolute face, is C. K.
Loomis, of Buffalo, his hair dripping with the
washing, sedgy waters, and a dark streak under
the eyes to tell how he was swept into the il
limitable space of night. Nothing but a con
fuses mass of torn timber, broken bones and
bleeding bodies; and, to add to the horrors of it,
one of the, cars takes fire from the scattered coals
of the stove, and six persons jammed in the
seats—four women and two men—are slowly re
duced to ashes and calcined bones. Oh, the pity
of it! One man named Oliver, residing at the
Fifth Avenue Motel in N. Y. city, has both legs
broken. He is jammed under a car flat on his
back, and while thus undergoing unspeakable
tortures, his eyes aye fastened on - —man aloe
side of kim, , who is also taste]
whose head is broken to feagnra
old man hears her last expiring
being free,he makes a vain attemp
For two long hours, this old man
and sickly, lies on the cold di
morass before he can be extricates..
To say - that the scene baffled descriptioliNuld
be speaking paradoxically; for, as one of the
facetious wounded remarks, there was plenty of
sensation but no scene. It was altogether too
dark for the latter. Seven of the dead were
burned to death amid the debris of the wrecked
ears, and the remainder. known to have been six,
were killed in the descent by the action of the
rough boulders, which smashed in the ribs of the
huge vehicles as they descended, leaving nothing
but rubbish and skeletons •to fled the
bottom. Yesterday morning the marks of the
catastrolme were visible on many "a jutting boul
der between the ledge and the bottom of the nar
row ravine where the cars lay—a few fragments,
blistered bodies and a few handfuls of ashes. Five
mortal hours without, surgeon or opiate—five
mortal hours,, each of .which had an age of pain
in it to the poor, stunned, bruised and
bewildered sufferers; and the wounded had
all been gathered up and were on their
'Way to Port Jervis. A ghastly regiment
they were—ghastlier was never conceived
or penciled oven by the fantastic Dore. Fifty-tour
mutilations of something human, with three hun
dred wounds and bruises and broken bones rather
unequally distiibuted among them. At 9 o'clock,
the relief train having made Port Jervis. a motley
car full of broken bones and broken heads was
landed—all the work of a simple defective rail,
and all the fault of some, contractor who had
undertaken to make a defective rail answer the
purpose just as well as one not defective.
In the meantime the fifty or sixty persons who
have escaped in the five foremost cars are out and
endeavoring, to assist •those burled in the ruin
and wreck of matter, The engine is reversed,
and the people on the cars do their best to clear
away the broken and burning timbers. The gray
mist of the morning breaks slowly on the river,
and after a time the woueuded, .. the dying and the
deadi with the elceptidh " of • those burned to
death, are put on the earff,which reach Port Jer-'
vie at - eight o'clock In the morning. The
entire town, men, women and children turn out
to assist the 'suffering ones. The Delaware,
Minnesink and American hotels are "converted
into temporary hOspitals, twenty-four rooms in
the first named house 'being meade to servo as
'hospital i
Warde. 7 4
, Telegrams pour n - and Ottt'Qf the town as the
news spreads, all over the' brnaditatd, ainfeVery.
incoming tralwb*ge the terrified friends and
Mathew Of tha Weeanded'and dying. •
ARE rvAL late' WairbEDAT JERSEY car. • ,
The trairenWhi., arrived in Jersey City at noon
and at seven Milintatpagotie - O'clecie yesterday,,
conveyed seVerel bf eke. Mistral piteseagenhrtuteteel
of whom, lent slightly hart, walked*. the!ferly6
boat and crossed to New York. The follow ng
who were severely injured, were placed on a
steam tug and conveyed to the piers of New
York and Brooklyn nearest their residence: A.
S. Gillett, wife and child, and Mies Stewart,
who were conveyed on matresses from the
pier at the foot of Charles street to the residence
of a friend at 16 Vannest place; Camden C. Dike
and Bigelow, his nephew, were afterwards taken
to Brooklyn. Mr. Charles Mclntosh, ferry super
intendent, was unremitting in his exertions to
alleviate the condition of the sufferers. When
the boat was made fast to the pier at Now York
a large crowd collected and thronged the passage
to West street as the melancholy . pro
cession wended its way. A compact bed
borne on the shoulders of four men con
tained the writhing, gasping form of Mrs. Gillett,
who appeared to be on the point of sending forth
the last vital spark. The spectators Jostled and
gaped, and in half whispers inquired who the
victims were—whether there were any further
casualties, and with a pitying glance at thepro
cessionists and their burden, muttered an audible
prayer for the relief of the sufferers. The
first victim Is borne along, unconscious
of the staring throng, the excitement
and the bustle, and unconscious even of
the proximity of those she holds dearest
on earth. The husband comes next, wrapped up
on his little pallet and smarting under the scars
and burns, which become irritated from the mo
tion of the carriers. who tread cautiously through
the slushy street. A third group follows close,
and there is no motion perceptible in the form
which lies stretched on the pallet, and a whisper
is heard on every side—" She is dead." This Is
Miss Stewart, who has become quite prostrate.
Then comes
The poor child of two years, who seems al
ready an orphan, sits boldly upright in the arms
of a stranger, and the procession ends. Every
body gazes at the little fellow, and a murmur of
pity breaks from the crowd as he caste his eyes
upward to meet the glance of father and mother,
but in vain. No cry, no moan from the young
sufferer, who, though he must have accompa
nied his parents in their fearful descent over the
rocky precipice, presents few marks beyond a
swelling on one side of his head. And yet calm
and quiet was the expression of the countenance,
for his perception, fortunately, had not yet been
matured to realize horror in the awful calamity.
How the mother must have clung to that child
in the moment of peril; and how Providence
watched over it and rescued it from the jaws of
the grave!
The Eric Directors charge that in consequence
of the granting of an injunction preventing them
from issuing 610,000,000 worth of bonds ' the
Vanderbilt party are indirectly the cause of the
deplorable accident which occurred on the Erie
railroad. At a meeting of the Directors, held
last January, reports were received from the va
rious officers of the road in reference to the
condition of its affairs. The following placard
has been extensively circulated in the West by
the Vanderbilt party; containing an extract from
the report of Superintendent Riddle, submitted
at that meeting:
"Ban CONDITION OF THE EOIE RAILWAY.
"We 'extract the following from Superinten
dent's report of the condition of the New York
and Erie Railway, published in the Cincinnati
Gazette of the 12th inst. The remarks of the
Superintendent show the superiority of the steel
over the ordinary iron rail. The Superintendent
further says :
'We have passed through three months of .un
usually severe winter weather, and moved more
than au average winter tunnage,i with the
road-bed frozen solid as a rock, the rails in
cased in snow and ice, eo that it has been im
possible to do much in the way of repairs; the
iron rails have broken, laminated and worn out
beyond all precedent, until there is scarce a
mile of your road, except that laid with steel
rails, between Jersey City and Salamanca or
Buffalo, where it is safe to run a train at the or
dinary passenger train speed, and many portions
of the road can only be traversed safely by
reducing the speed of all trains to 12 or 15 miles
an hour, solely on account of the worn out and
rotten. condition of the rails. Broken wheels,
axles. engines and trains off the track have been
of daily, almost hourly occurrence for the last
two months, caused mostly by defective rails.
Fully I,oeo broken rails were taken from the
track iu the month of January, while the number
removed on account of lamination crushing, or
wearing out was much greater. February will
show a still worse record than January.
'The condition of the iron at the present'date_
is such as to give me much anxiety and appre
hension for the safety of trains. We cannot and
do not attempt to make the schedule time with
our trains; nearly all lose from two to five hours
in passing over the road, and it has been only by
the exercise of extreme caution we have been
able thus far to escape serious accident.' "
It was found from the report of the Treasurer
that the Company was in debt. $1,100,000. The
Directors say that it was at this meeting that
they resolved to issue $10,000,000 worth of bonds
to repair the road and purchase steel rails. They
- ^iediately contracted for the purchase , of 20,000
A' of steel rails, to replace the broken rails
had been snapped during the severe cold
ter. That immediately after the granting
injunction, the firm with whom they con
al refused to furnish the rails unless the
tnt should be depoSited with Baring •fe;
.ters. In consequence of the injunction the.
Treasurer refused to disburse any of the
funds, of the„ Company until the present dif
ticultiCs could be adjusted. The directors say
that for the past three months the speed of the
express trains has been reduced to the accommo
dation-train schedule,. and that until the track is
relaid with steel rails in insecure places. It will be
deemed unsafe to run at a higher rate of speed.
Bdranger's god of grisettes aud,.drunkards, that
God in whom you can believe without purity of
We t : elevation of mind, seems to us the myth
of tupidity, substituted to that of the antique
sen tient. We are tempted to make ourselves
atheists to escape from his deism, and dovots,
not to be the accomplices of his platitude; so
much so that the orthodox song-writer of 1828
appears to us at the same tithe impious and a •
Philistine.
True religion, in'fact, is the fruit of silence and
recollection. It is synonymous with distinction,
with elevation, with refinement; it is born with
moral delicacy, at the moment when the virtuous
man, re-entering within himself, listens to the
voices that call there. In that silence, all senses
being appeased, all noises from outside being
hushed, a murmur, penetrating and gentle,comes
to the soul, and recalls, like the sounds of a re
mote village bell, the mystery of the infinite.
Like, then, to some lost child who vainly seeks to
unravel the secret of his birth, the meditating man
feels himself homeless. A. thousand sighs from,
tris 'country provoke within him melan
choly returns. Ho rises above the slimy
soil of reality towards fields in sun
light; he, smells those perfumes of the antique
days which the seas of the south still retained
when the vessels of Alexander traversed them for
the first time. Death in the clothes of a Pilgrim
coming back from the Holy Land knocks at the
gate of the soul, which begins to feel what it did
not perceive in the troubles of life, that it will be
sweet to it to dig. It Is assured then that its
works shall follow it; truth appears to it AS . the,
reward of good actions; it sees the insufficiency
of all fleeting forms to express the ideal; the
words "to be," or blankness, lose their contra
dictory' sense; it contemplates-with.divinity;
under the relations of a son .mrith'hiO fathor; and
prays with this Manz'. "OutFither who art in
kl eaveni"--From new urork,' 4 ,Qupstions
Contemporains." ,
,
One of the English religiotisinVerS Is making '
A riddllaided-07 - ftivoe'ef correspondents on the
wearing of moustaches hi , Methodist ministers.
Certainly 'Or} iMpertirieut to do such a, thing,
under the yerk news of the udaisten3.
A MELANCHOLY SPECTACL3r:
WHAT THE umEeTons 5.1.1
Renan on Bora.ngoi.
F. L. FETHERSTON. PubUm
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FACTS AMID ,Fillyipai* , ° ;:,,;
—France is going to try - raising opluM. ?., „,„
Dumas, fie, has been haying old tapeatryfir'
G,OOO francs, and refusing 40,000 francs for dt.
—The peach crop in New Jersey is said to bur
hurt by the late frosts. -
—Why might carpenters believe there fa no
such thing as stone? Because they neVetsaW
—What did the spider do when he etsmc'oatot
the ark? Be- took a fly, and went hoinc."'
—Andther successful breeder of short
Whisky tar. • .
—An English traveler has discoveredilata&fos.
ail oysters m the vicinity of the pyramid&of
Egypt. - .
—Prince Murat wants to sell his chateatt.
Beeenval near Paris. But that makes nopar
ticular difference to any orris. • ", -
—There is a sign in Harrison county, Indians: 4
bearing the following inscription: "Hearn & Wife
Saw and Grist Mill.'r
—The Earl of Cardigan, who died in England
a few days ago, was the leader or, the•Light,Bri- A
gad at Balakiava.
—Eug6nie discards trails, and all female Paris
is cuStLng off the extra length of its diCsses in.
despair at the mutability of human affairti.
—An inventor at Washingtcin Claims the Entice •
very of a process •of setting or 'distributing'tppts
by machinery operated by electridlty.
—The streets in Detroit were recentlyfictOixe
because of the obstruction of the sewers. kiy,
off hoop skirts.
"Why are old plaids so devoted to their
eate?"; asked a young fellow of an elderly lady.:,
"Because, haring no husbands, they take to
the rnext most treacherous animals," :yr ata tha reply.
—A western editor 13Ay$ that', his connection
with the press has thawed and, resolved itself int.
adieu. Just as well, too, we have no doubt, for
his readers.
—A California editor says helately met a'gratn
marian who had just made a tour through the
mines, cogitating thus: "PoSitive, mine; cost
parative, miner; superlative, minus!" • •
—The executioner of Madrid had assassinated a'
woman. The European opponents of the death
penalty claim that this event is the most atTiking
proof of the fact that executions will not deter
murderers from shedding human blood. • • I, ' "
—On the street cars of a Nashville company te
new feature has been introduced, which' luta thy"
merit of originality. They have •all'lthe
papers placed In convenient positions for thEi n etiJ .
tertaintuent of its patrons. We should. ()Wet tso
the insertion of some daily papers into our cars.
—Fanny Janauschek has sent forty theasand
dollars' worth of American bonds, the' net profits
of her trip to the United States, 'to her •relatlvets'
in Prague. Dawlson made fifty thouilaud dollars,
but his expenses were trlfli.u,g• colnpared witit
those of Mlle Janatu3chek. • '
—Punch. says:"Women arc said to have stionget
attachments than men. It is evinced in little
things. A.man is often attached to an old'hat;
but did, yon ever know of a woman having' an
attachment for an old bonnet?" , Echo ansWers--
"Never."
--A French writer says of the Highland troops:
"In the eyes of the Turks the Scotch had, one:
enormous fault, that of showing their legs. X 4
our eyes they have but one defect; a slight one,
but still excessively annoying —their ,deprarid.
taste for the screaming of the bagpipes."'
—An offer has been made by a Cincinnati ciU-
zen to the city government to pay - fifteen hun
dred dollars a year for the use of the four htta-,..
Bred street lamp-posts. He wishes, o cover each_
post with metallic advertising cards. A Cour
mittee of Councils has reported favorably on the
matter.
—The long-talked-of bridge' between 'England '
and France, across the Straits of Dover, seems to
be making some progress toward realization-,
The works of the model of the international
bridge are being carried on Withgreat ,rapidlty,.
and in two months it is hoped that they will be
forward enough to permit df some practical ex-:
periments being made.
—An important discovery has ,recently been.-
made among the papers left by the late lamented ,
Alexis de Tocqueville. It is the manuscript of
an entirely new edition of his celebrated work on'
"Democracy in America." M. Ratiabonni, *krt . '
read the manuscript, says that It is certain tot ,
create a sensation; the author having rewritten
a number of chapters, and changed his views in-
regard to many important points. •„ ,•
—Several prominent German and French jour
nalists are on their way to the United States to
be present at the closing scenes of President .
Johnson's trial, and to write reports of what will, •
take place on that occasion for the newspapers, •
they represent. A Dusseldorf painter;will also
be in Washington- at the time, and sketch the
scene at the close of the trial for a great historical,
painting.
• , 1
—Thiers is preparing an article on Andrew. •
Johnson's impeachment for the Rerun. deal j• - )elite" •
Mom/es.. Ho was recently asked by some Of,hia • .
colleagues what he thought about the affair,,and
he said, in his usual blunt way :•,"Pclizlieu,,l.ittree, ,
no sympathies for a man who is elected President.
under one of the most elastic Consdintious in the',
world, and cannot,even Muter such favorable cir
cumstances, keep up a good understanding with '
the Legislature.'
—At a public school exhibition in a Michigan
village, one of the visitors made a brief address
to the pupils, on the necessity of obeying their
teachers and rowing up
. loyal and. useful eitit
zena. To give emphasis to his remarks,- he
pointed to a large national flag, spread on one
side pt the room, and inquired: "Boys, what is
that flax for?" A little urchin, who understood
"the , situation" of the house oetter than the
speaker, promptly answered: cover up'the
dirt, sir."
—An exchange says : A. neighbor who had re
peatedly been urged by some female acquaint
ances' to accompany them to a skating , pond, ,at
last yielded, no longer able to resist the blandish
ments of his bewitching tormentors. Ho went.
He said he put,on a pair of. skates, and struck
boldly out, and thfi next thing ho kne,w he was
himself in bed, the minister sitting beside him
singing a psalm, the doctor courting his wife,
and the undertaker measuring him for a walnut
coffin.
Important Knott!Rory Seizure( trtlAtto'
• cage—Prominent. Ottizenis' lmpH
cased.
' [From the Chicago Republican, April 14th]
One of the most imoortant seizures that has been made.
for some time by the Revenue officers of this District teak
llace between two and three o'clock last Monday morn.
ug. Implicating, as it does, some of our most prominent
citizens in a gigantic attempt to swindle the Government.
the facts, as published below, will prove of interest to our
readers. , ,
From information obtained in a maoner best kiloton to
themselves, the nuspiclomi of certain officers connected, . ', :
with the internal revenue department were aroused en
the doings of an establishment at 619 South State "trete,
ostensibly iu the manufacture of vinegar and p1ciea.1(.1118,.,.
place, owned by a Joint stork company. amongwttont
are such members as George Fuller,son of the we .known, -
Judge of that name, W. U. Ovington, Secretary of they
~ West Division Railway Company. and Milford D. Su, •!-..
chanan, Cashier of the Commercial National Bank. haw,„
been watched for some time, and was, n‘J. long since, eg,,...: ,. , ; ',
aimined by detectives; but so well arranged were, the pre- ' "
mimes that nothing suspicious could bo discovered by tjant.• ~:
°Moore.
. . ,
Finallv s howevor, an abundance of proof had beet:tool, + ,
lected, and they felt satisfied that a sudden descent %Mon.
the place would result in much good to the dePartnient.
accordingly the premises were visited at an 61 07% ki p pli l ' '
yesterday morning, entrance being eirectonf,,, , •by ,s;' '
door through the boiler-room. .- • .:,". • .I , .'' f + '., ' t c; ,, -
Two men wore found in charge busily"rlie ~l ik, '
running the works , and when surprised by - .0 Mo.
one of them instantly ran to a door leading torlatnera.,ipc! •
which was located ono of the stills, mind taste ; it, 'tt
was, however, finally forced .opeta;,,:waok ~tas.,ix.: g
.claimed that he had done all he cOn4.4",iloi t y'tho
.we tup he was not to blame... •. , +. ~,,, ,t; , r A, ,1, , . 4•. f
'y 'A z . i rapid examinatiOn o,f tb.e p roo t ' 'Whott
it was found tbstt a stlikettin te pei l l ia *, ,i ftli t.,,.,
operation and prods at , Is " " *um: ,i ,
~ wines running between and teigt:' , MitalltuflOW'+
tory was so wel.t. t 1 4;411.4.011 0, o•
II
it cdrild De , o•o3Mtliety , Igoe , a' It 4 ; ~
a tit , k.
. nalookettler Wll4 , thi l effigt.' le a, g110 )1140 ? .
0 04,
• workmen OtlkPrilllNk anaugn t et e AWN,.
thing. taconcestl.thelent SILO " ' vet plaustvB , oll,_ ;
/darned kr tho WineAnnettleeln t they hairo,',‘lllßlPg
Dane OR the eetaliolUbllleutt, . ,