'GIBSON PEACOCK Editor.
VOLUME XXII.-NO. 12.
TIIE EVENING BULLETIN
- rULLIMIED EVERY ILVI L71(1
(Sunday)! excepted>. ' '
AT TIME NEW BULLETIN BUILDING,
1307 Chizitrsint.Strept, Philadolphlta,
BY TN";
EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION.
rr.ope.mron...
GIBSON PEACOCK ERNEST C. WALLACE,
F. L. FETIIERSTON,_ 41100. J. WILLIAMSON,
CAEPER SOVDER., Jn..
FRANCIS WELLS.
The Bur,txrit4 le eeryed to subserihere in the city at 18
cents r wee a able to the earriere, or S 8 ..r annum.
INVITATIONS FOR WEDDINGS. PARTIES. &C.,
executed in a 'superior mannerk by
DREKA, 10113 CHESTNUT STREET. feas•til
MARRIED.
DICKSON—ALLEN.—On tbe '2.24 Instant, by the Rey.
stepben It ring, Jr.. J. Newton Diekoon, of Philadel
phia, •nd Amelia 15.. daugbter of •i. W. Allen, Req., of
Now lark eft•.
POTTS—MOOSE.--At St. Luke'e Church. on Wednea
day, April =I. by Rev. William Hobart Hare. Henry
Potts. Jr.. of Pottstown. to Rota V. 'Moore, of Pldladel•
ibis.
DIED.
IL'OLKAER.—Thureday morniug, April 23d, Walter G..
only child of Sarni. and Maria F. Vollteroaged 19 month'.
fr uneral from the rosidence 'filo grandraCtler.263 North
Sixth ' , greet, on Saturday morning, Iltla infant, *Ms
o'clock.
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BILIESTLEY.—OnTutedisy everingMat Aptil.Caroline
D., wife of Alexander. Priestley, and daughter of George
W. Stuver.
Her Mende and those of the family are invited to
attend her funera4_ without further notice. from her
father's t asidence, No. 1024 Baca street, on Saturday, 25th
instant. at 10 o'clock A. M.
ZERWECH.—In Baltimore, on Tuesday morning, April
Slat. Mary Ann, wife of Daniel Zerweck, in the 77th year
of her age.
NITRE LANDELL OTM4 TCLUAIe THE LIGHT
d.H shade, of Opting Poplins for the Fashionable Walking'
Dream.
Stott Colored Poplins.
?dodo Colored Poplins.
Bismarck Bract Shade.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
mutt) FELTZ, RECEIVER OF
thiIrTA F X JOY TIM CITY O P A IL ADELPHIA.—
ut: The underelgned retidents and taxpayereoLthe
City of Philadelphia, having observed and appreciated
the fidelity with which your datita as st public *Meer
hate been discharged—having noticed with gratification
your eonatant andsuceessfal effort* to eerie the public, in
a spirit of accommodation and courteay too eeldom found
in public aervants--and having okeerved with dill further
gratificatlantheigeneroasusmner in which you proposed
return to the City Treasury the commission of five
per cent. upon delinquent taxes allowed bY the
Act of Aaembly, and upon which proposition the
Legislature enacted the Law new governing the case—
and believing that the best interests of the city will be
eutwerved by the continuance in office and particularly is
the office which you hold, of thou. who have proved them"
selves at once 's* capable and faithful, respectfully request
that they may be allowed to present your name to the Re
publican Nominating Cones rat ion of the City of Philadel
Ph ia. as a candidate for renomination. We make this re.
quest at this eufy day. not se pa:thane, but as those who
c'es'el that tney have a right to le,lst Mien the continued
service of those who have proved themselves—as women , .
unhesttatingly say you have—honest, capable, and prompt
in the discharge of official dotiee.
Respectfully. yours,
Peter Williamson, iThomes Potter.
Thomas T. Tooker, Sr., Thomas C.llllllll.
Saver C: )1,.. McCurdy,
Caleb Cope . • James J. Dover.
Arthur 8. Simpson. B. Hammett.
Henry Godley, Charles DutUli,•
Thomas T. Teske; Jr.. IW. B. RM,,
William H.Tiaskeri 10. Gatehen. •
Start:tee r. Taker, William C. Henezey.
J. E. Cal &fe ll II CO., Louis Wzr.
dohs Cote, James C. her.
John Tricketr. ,ittleman et,
acery Hfieep. Wharton Flatter,
Josgth myebt.. EL
Ball smith Arne. hilorslie Wallace. N.D.,
„I, ..iloseekarten. • 'J. te
lawart.
Ww, Amer dt rem” Watt,.
Teter D. Myer*, Blabon,
David. pew "[hewn. W. Richardson,
John -' robe' PiUey,
Farnsworth At Lower. /I. T. Hoyt, •
'Thomas W. Prim, ' tt. O. Williamson,
George W. Edwards. Theodore B. fis t
William Howell, J, It Gemrig.
Win. P. Hughey, Jamb}lawn,
Charles IQ gorge, Quarles S. Pam:oast.
E. A. Shalleross. • Samuel P. Cansentel,
J. Sargent Price. James 0. Hardie,
Henry C. Townsend. 'Ellwood Johnson.
Henry C. Thompson. Spencer Roberta.
.F. 4 win Kirkpatrick. George Pbrkenpine.
Alex. E. Kirkpatrick, 'Charles W. Higgins.
Henry A. Bower. ' Robert S. Bower.
Thomas Sappington, Charles B. Barrett.
Jesse White, LI" sties Mlles.
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Alexander reaves. Burton J. Kollock.
B. 8. Worrell. M dward Karcher,
Jamea Neill, W. H. Clark,
iirnryJones. Samuel Forcer.
J. Lowndes Newbold, R. W. Cushman,
Josiah L. Newbeld, L. B. Walker,
Josiah L. Harvey, E. Cubberty
Robert Clark, Thomas L Ash.
L Barclay Thorie, James P. Butler,
William. Kinsey. James L Merolla=
Ilenaamln Hunter, Peter N. emit.
Robert B. Salter. Brooke,
Charles B Truitt. James Batsman.
Jim. B. Chestnut;
J. H. Devira,
M. ft. Harris, Jahn Blakely.
B. W. Truitt. J. Addison Henry,
David Young. J. G. fftcon.
Edward Pe reington,Jr.„ Alan Wood,
'illiam li. Myers, IL K. }tarnish,
John W. flick,. F. W. Hastings .
Dgrakresrer DECZ7V7.2. or Tr ire, Apr 072.1803.
Prrrn W 11111.11160.14, CAL= Core, J.1...11115 E. attn.
W ELL & Co..lldreena. Tsioxin Amu 011116.6.
Goitlonen: Your communication asking me to allow
my name to be presented to the Republican Conven
tion for renomination as Receiver of Taxes, has been re
vel% ed. Under previous terms, while the pemuneration
provided by law was much as to secure to the head of this
department large pecuniary profit, it would certainly
have been farthest from my thoughts; but under present
circumstances, and in view of the flittering andOreenient,
of my adminiatration, as set forth layout' corn inuniee
tion. I have concluded to offer myitelf Ids a earididete
before the Republican Nominating . ; : eolsventietholind if •
elected, shall strive to continue to Merit youripproba- -
lion. Very hilly yours, ' •
'443 trvs BIC/LARD PM=
ow AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE
Stockholders of the CENTRAL TRANSPORTA
TION COMPANY, held at the Office, No. 3003 MARKET ,
street, Philadelphia, on MONDAY, April MX the follow.
lug officers were unanimously re . -elected to serve for the
ensuing year:
DIZZOTOBB.
0. W. Childs. E. C. Knight,
G. O. Franciscus G. R. Dykeman,
Andrew Carnegie, L. L. Mount,. '
J. J. H
Jonah ood
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SECaBTAa4 AND TILF.d. 8 Ult EA,
J. P. CA' ATRDIGER. apX.2trp"
OFFICE OF THE *AMERICAN FIRE INSU.
018r :RANCE COMPAN Y, No. MO Walnut street.
A general meeting of the stockholders in the.gmerican
Fire Insurance Company will be held. agreeably to chart
er, on MONDAY, the fourth day of May next, at twelve
o'clock. M.
The annual election for Directors will take place Immo.
cllately thereafter.
apdlth,s,tu,tmyn
A. C. L CRAWFORD. Sec'ry
airTO TOE PUBIIO.—I, TUE SUBSCRIBER,
labored for three weeks under the most severe at.
taclrof 'Dysentery, during which time I had not a full
night's rest until (in has kindness) Mr. Simon Gartland,
who heard Of my ilium, brought me a bottle of mixed
Mustard, and after taking It a second time I found relief,
and in a few days was quite recovered. I feel that I owe
this much to those who. may be suffering from a similar
attack. JOHN BROLIAN,
It. Ileuitonville, Twenty-fourth Ward.
MONUMENT CEMETERY NOTICE—THE
annual meeting of the Lot Holders in "The Monu
ment Cemetery of Philadelphia." and an' election for
bianaaers to serve tho ensuing year, 'will be hold at the
Hall of the Piro Association. North street, west of Fifth,
on MONDAY AFTERNOON, May 4th next. at 4 o'clock.
ap23 tmy4) E. TAYLOR. Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA AND DARBY R. R. CO. —A
Stir meethavlif the Stockholders rot the Philadelphia
and Dare,' B. R. Co. will be held at the Ottice of the
Company, Twentyeecond street, below Spruce, on SAT.
URDAY,96thmnatt., at 10A. M. to vote upon the accept.
ance of two supplements to their charter, recently passed
by the Legislature of Pennsylvania
apgli 2trp" S. GROSS FRY, Preeident.
OrWOMEN'S ;WORK ,IN THE 011URCIL A
meeting of the 'Ladles' and Pastoni , _Ohrietion Union
will bo held on THIS ( Thursday ) EVENING, April 211 d.
in Trinity M. R. Church. _Eighth street. above Race.
Dr.X before 8 o'clock. Addresses' by Bishop Shawn.
Dr. Carso,t4 Rim R. W. Eitunpleiss, Rov. W. J. titophen
son, Rev. U. Cleavebuid. Fud Ohara.' Public invitod. 5
Dart= ama t pleamtistiAN ABBO9IA.
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(Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bultetin.l
PARIS, Tuesday, April 7, 1868.—We are what
the French call en pleine.9 racances, in full holiday
tide. Chambers, law courts and public libraries
are shut rap . for men; and, as the swarms of
youngsters who fill the streets make manifest to
every eye and every comprehension, schools
and colleges are closed for boys. The
churches are filled, and the stores are even
fuller than the churches. In the former, or
rather outside at the' door, you can buy
sprigs or benches' of box-tree, which is
here used instead of palms, and has been blessed
by M. le Curd, for a few sour; and in the latter you
can pay as many louts as you like for an (Eutd ,
POeue , or Easter egg, as large as that which
Aladdin was tempted to ask for by the wicked
megician—filled with potnte ch 'fru, elle.F, or any
other trifle which you may deem most accepta
ble to the female deity wham the offering l- in
tended to propitiate. Nothing could have
happened more propitiously for the enjoyment
and , recreations of the /30.2011 than the
sudden change in the weather, which took place
on Saturday last. Just as I had been lamenting
to you the continuance of the cutting North
winds, a breath came upon us from the "sweet
South," which. in twenty-four houre, sent great
coats and eachene_ and similar ineumbrancea to
the right-about till winter comes again. Up went
lire thermometer to seventy degrees and more,
and out came buds and blossoms with a rapidity
bordering on the miraculous. As if in honor of Palm
Sunday, the whole city was hung with beautiful
Spring garlands, in the short Interval between Sat
urday night and Sunday morning, and on the af
ternoon of the latter day the sight in the Bois
de Boulogne was one of those, which, for popn
ular enjoyment and gayety, can scarcely be equal
led, save among the French people. Hundreds
and thousands of citizens and eitizeneSees were
spread over the grass and under the light shade
of the young foliage, while myriads of children
played around them—all with that complete aban
donmentof dull care, at least for the moment. and
theta/wiz/nark giving of one's self tip to the day's
holiday—to the sunshine at once of the heart and
of the sky—which Is the peculiar gift of this
light-hearted nation. When the Emperor and
Empress and Prince Imperial ; with their several
brilliant equipages and retinae, drove through
these happy groups, lying about basking in the
sun in every direction, and cheering and uncover
ing as the Imperial proceesion passed, from very
gaiele de (a.vr and good humor—one could hardly
help asking oneself whether after all it was not
. very comfortable sort • of thing to be
- paternally" governed, and to have some one to
look after the affairs of the nation (and his own).
without having to bother one's brains about the
matter! Brilliant debates in the British Parlia
ment, lasting till four o'clock in the morning—
imposing scenes of impeachment in an American
Senate. when a Chief Ruler is summoned to the
bar of the nation—are, no doubt, thrilling spec
tacks ; but they do somehow or other take It out
of a man uncommonly, and leave him very little
time for "lying on the grass "—like the Freneh!
There is a new species of amusement started
up in Paris just now,which, as it is holiday time,
and morally impossible to talk sense or politics,
I may as well mention, as being adapted to the
season and the occasion. Wherever you go now,
In the pleasant parks of the town, the Champs
Flyedes, the newly-formed Avenues or the Bois,
you are certain to stumble upon, or to run
against, or to be run upon by a man or a boy
mounted upon two, three er four wheels, of
which he sits astride. I have not yet seen any
of these instruments of locomotion fitted with a
side-saddle, or mounted by what is here termed
a lady en Amazon, but I have no doubt
that in this progressive age, some
female member of the whole or the demi
monde will shortly distinguish herself in this
novel species of equitation. When I say "novel,"
however, the term is only relative; for, as your
readers hate no doubt immediately discovered,
- t his "novelty" is nothing more than the revival
of the old velocipede, or hobby-horse, of some
half a century ago. True, the "animal" has never
quite disappeared from existence, or been classed
amongst the ante-delueianol or been recon
structed by Professor Owen from the fossil re
mains of one of its vertebra. But, nevertheless,
the velocipede had been disused, and is
now being resuscitated here with child-like, or
rather childish gratification. Yon see grave and
gray men coming along upon their grasshopper- '
looking machines. The other day, or rather
night, I was struck by an object approaching me
at great speed, in the dark, with a single light,
looking like the eye of Polyphemus, in front,
and with little or no noise, On stepping aside
to let the phenomenon pass, which, I confess, I
did.rather precipitately, not being familiar with
the custom, .I saw it was an individual mounted
on his velocipede, who had ingeniously,
and in strict accordance with police
regulations for "night traveling," stuck a lantern
to the fore, as he thus paid his evening visits to
his friends. I supporie we shall soon hear Mr.
So-and-So's velocipede "Called," instead of horse.
or carriage, and be able to rejoice in the posses
sion of a biped, tripod or quadruped which does
not "eat off its head!" There is a regular exhl- '
bition of these machines to a seen at , this mo
ment at the Palace of Industry; amidst the show
of horses,larness and all things connected with
the stable, which, as I mentioned in my last
letter, are displayed just now in that building
by the Hippie Society of France. It is curious
to see these wooden brines etanding there in
eompetition with their rival of flesh and blood..
Some of them aro really ,very beautifully made,
and form a very pretty toy, with_ their polished
steel Wheels and springs, and a great deal Of co
quetry in their get-np. Those on only two'
wheels aro of course the hest, though 'the most
difficult to minage.. One naturally asked, two
questtous about them—the cost and the weight.
The reply to the , first was 300 franca;' to the
SPECIAL NOTICES.
kir
of T gli g U T A . V i nyyjNg A tp. k ? .. Tl A lE MI MBEltri
will e held at the Put; on MONDAY, the S tritt= 1
. ° lft
4 o'clock P.
. • .
The election for a President and Directors of the Mauls.
tion will be held at the Office of the Association, No. 144
South Fourth street, on MONDAY. May 4th next, between
the bourn of 10 A, M. and 2 P. M. ap2o-6tri4
Stir SPECIAL MEETING OF THE STOCKIIOLD
ere of Abe Mercantile Library Company will be
held oil TUESDAY EVENMG,' the alth blatant. at 8
o'clock, for the purpose of taking farther action on the'
pending amendments to tho chatter.
JOHN LARDNER,
• apl&-littrp, • Recording tiecretary.
_DIVIDEND - No'rlCE — OCEAN OIL COMPANY.
A Dividend of One Per Crnt . ha. been declared,
payable on and after May lat next, clear of tames.
Bockacloee 25t1:!, m. open Mat now ,. JR..
aP23,51.25,48,30 sto Treaeurer.
' PHILADELPHIA ORTHERAMIC HOSPITAL,
serNo.ls.ooutb Moth Areet. Club.foot, hip and apl
nal dlsettaat and bodily deformitlea treated. Apply daily
at lk o'clock. apLs?,:torP:
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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23; 1868.
att er 281;11os, or about. GO pounds. Will the
scientific ingenuity of man,even in this nineteenth
century, ever be able to invent any piece of
machinery for loczmotion, by his own powers,
which shall counterbalance the disadvantages of
whatever additional weight he has got to move?
It may well be doubted ; tor nature has made his
own machinery so perfect, that nothing can be
added lo it without a loss, rather than a gain, in
poiter. Still, would not an India-rubber, yeloci
pede be possible and preferable to these Parisian
ones ? And so, having ridden my hobby-horse
well nigh to death, I leave the solution of the
problem to the genius of the western hemi
sphere,
44 Varialstking Day."
The artists are as busy as beavers to-day, in the
cool and luminous halls of the Academy of Fine
Arts. It is the old-time fest a of the guild, the
golden day when, as bonhomme Leslie tells us in
his pleasant autobiography, artists meet their
equals and interiors and magnificos on friendly
and chatty terms among the pots of copatand the
smear of paint. One, with a wary chisel, touches
up the dimples of his statue. One hums the
dance-music of the tarantella as he ,flings an
additional sheet of sunshine overbis Italian land
scape. One talks in German to a yellow-bearded
foreigner. All are equally important, in their
wonderful behind-the-scenes. All, for this bright
hour of privilege, are first. To-morrow they
will be fighting again and buzzing around each
other's reputations with the energy of humming
birds.
The forthcoming exhibition will inclucle,among
other pictures:
By Hamilton. the wreck scene from "David
Copperfield," in his best manner; the Monitor
Fleet off the coast of Delaware, a tremendotis
thundercloud effect; and a number of less - capital
efforts. By W. T. Richards, an afternoon coast
seene,"Mount Desert Island. - By Ruisell Smith,
Mount Washington, seen from near the head
waters of the Saco. By Rothermel, a picture
dated this y ear, representing a passage from Kenil
worth—Leicester confessing his marriage with
Amy Robsart to the Queen. By Lewis, largo
landscapes representing Harper's Ferry after the
war, Lake of the Clouds, neat Mt. Mansfield, &c.
By Mr. J. W. John, Luncheon in Harvest time.
By Paul Weber, a neat and elaborate delineation
of a woodland rivulet. By Hazeltine, "Amalfi."
By E. L. Henry, a fine interior, taken from some
manor in the old .Tudor Style. By Mr. Heade,
"Point Judith.," By Shattuck, the White Hills
in October.
In first-class foreign pictures the collection is
singularly rich. Mr. Boric lays the Academy un
der great obligations for the glorlotts little - cata
logue of the best modern French artists which he
lends to the Fxhibition of 1868. From his gal
lery are sent the Delacroix, "The Lion Hunt,"
and a small but characteristic Millet, consisting
of a single female figure, "In the Field." Mr.
Claghorne has spared a miniature fruit-piece, by
Prayer, a photographically minute study of some
cherries and nuts. By the same artist, confec
tionery. champagne, and a branch of plums. By
Fromentin, an admirable night-piece, Arabs steal
ing horses by starlight. By laabey. a marvellous
picture, almost oppressed with gorgeousness, an
"effet" of a pompous medieval marriage, in
tended for that of Henry of Navarre with Mar
garet of Valois. By Daubigny, a river-scene.
By D6camps (another fortunate possission of
11r. Boric's) Saracen Horsemen, defiling past the
garden-walls of a rock-built Ffistent city at dawn.
By M. Lion Goupil, a young French artist of
the highest promise, heretofore an utter pictur
in America, we notice a painting of an ex
quisite female figure, in the action of examining
jewelry, entitled "The Casket."
In English art, we observe with interest the
original " Blacksmith " picture by Herring, so
universally popular by engraving. Mrs. Elizabeth
Murray contributes two interesting water-colors,
the "Spanish Milk-Stall," recently described in
our columns, and a small, careful head of a
Moorish Gipsy.
In monochrome, our greatest favorites on a
hasty examinatidp, were the crayon portraits of
Stephen J. Ferris. * k
In sculpture, besidlarge "Paradise Lost"
groups of Mr. Daftly, wel)atice a plaster model
of a subject from Cooper, by Mr. Harniach. It
is the incident of the "Wept of Wish-ton-wish"'
where Narra-mattah intercedes with her savage
husband for the safety of her people. A flue
bust of Lincoln, by a Boston lady of great talent,
Mrs. Sarah Ames, will, we are sure, meet general
approval by its faithfulness and unconscious no
bility.
Startling Sensation—A Panther Killed
in the Public. Streets of Mobile.
[From the Mobile Evening News of the 16th.]
Great excitement was created in the upper part
of the city this morning, caused by the appear
ance of a wild and ferocious panther in the
streets. It seems that early in the morning a ne
gro employed at the house of Mr. C. Bright, on
Court street, above Broad, discovered a panther
coming from under the house. Mr. Bright was
immediately called, and coming out with his gun,
discharged a load of buckshot into the animal's
head, inflicting only a few trifling wounds.
Upon being shot, the panther gave a terrible
roar, and springing over a fence at least fifteen
feet high, rushed into Mrs. Roberts' yard, on Gov
ernment street. He was here fired upon several
times. After clearing about half a dozen fences,
the enraged beast next turned up in Major Pll
- yard, from which he soon emerged. By this
time a large number of men and boys, together
with several dogs, had joined in the pursuit.
After leaving Major Pillan's yard, the panther
crossed back to Conti, and entered slot about ono
hundred and fifty yards from the place where he
was first discovered.
As he sprung over the fence, several ladies who
happened to be in the yard screamed lustily, and
fled for the house and barricaded the doors. Two
pistol shots were fired at him, but without effect.
Passing through the yard, he entered the prom
ises of Mr. Shepherd. The panther here turned at
bay and showed signs of fight, giving time for the
large and excited crowd in pursuit to come up,
who, upon getting.within range,saluted him with
rattling valley, only eight shots, however, taking
effect.
I He immediately fled from the yard to Dauphin
street,., and thence to Leßaron's lane, 'Where he
was brought down by two pistol shots discharged
by Mr. J.V. Bright. ti Two negroes armed with
M then rushed p, and by several well di
rected blows despatched the terrible monster.
The yelling of the men in pursuit, the roar of
the panther, and the discharge of a large num
ber of fire-arms, it can be readdy supposed,
threw the community in the vieloity, of the oc
currence into a great state of alarm and excite
; The dead animal, enveloped in a blanket, was
brought on a dray to a stop ' on Dauphin street,
near Royal, where an immense crowd soon ga
thered, anxious to get a eight of the beast, but
Mr, Bright determined not to aalialY ths curiosity
of the public at, large without some remunera
en. After muelc delay, the dtiere , Were`daelly"
thrown open, and an AdMilialoll of 25 , Cents was
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
•Theptinther was measured, and found to tie d
fc et 10 inches long.
Ude is, the first time within the memo's' , of the
oldest inhabitant that a wild panther has been
et en in the Streets, and many supposed that be
bad escaped from aomo menagerie. The
general'_ belief, however, is that he was 'driven
hem the swamps by the heavy storm.
Death et C 01.... N. roster.
(From Abe Pittsburgh Diapstch of Spill 22 .)
Died—On Tueeday noon, at his residence in
Allegheny City, aged 46 yeas and i days, Col.
James Heron Poster.
Colonel Foster was born in Greensburg, West
moreland county, Pa., on the 18th day of April,
A. D., 1822; he was the son of the late Alexander
W. Foster, who for nearly half a century was a
prominent member of the bar of Western Penn
sylvania. Colonel Foster became a resident of
eittebturgh in April, 1831, on the removal of his
father to this city, and being allowed to follow
his own wishes in the choice of a profession, he
became a printer, working first on the
Pittsburgh Times, along with Ephraim
Floyd and T. W. Wright. During the
winter of 1838-9 he worked on the Pennsylvania
Telegraph. at Harrisburg, and subsequently in
this city on the Daily Advocate, then conducted
by the late Robert M. Riddle. In 1841, at the age
of nineteen years, he originated the Penny Press
of this city. He subsequently established the
A a ge which t after he left it, became the Conuner
eta/Journal. In ,1846 he made his third, last,
and moat enceessful venture in newspaperdom
by Issuing the first number of the Dispatch, with
which he was connected for more than twenty
two years.
In 1848, Col. F. joined a party of friends and
sailed from Baltimore, by way of Cape Horn, to
the then inviting field of California. On landing
at San Francisco, with about twenty-five cents in
hiapocket, he found that something was to be
done, and that without delay. As usual, he was
not long in adapting himself to circumstances,
and commenced at once to play the part of ferry
man, landing passengers from vessels on their
arrival, although we question if,before that time,
he bad ever had aair of oars In his hands. wile In a little houses began
to spring up, and behold him
a house painter at Congressman's
wages! On the arrival. of General Geary, and
.his aeseamntion of the office of Alealde, he ap-.
pointed Colonel F. one of his clerks. and the
Colonel ever after retained freshly in his memory
the many acts of personal kindness of which he
was the recipient from the first Aleolde of San
Francisco. Finding that litigation was growing
with the increase 01 emigration from the. Atlantic
side of the continent, the Colonel resigned his
clerkship and hung out his shingle as a full
fledged Attornev-at-Law,practitdng very 811CCe83•
fully before a Missouri Judge, who had wandered
to California across the plains.
After spending some time in California, he re
turned to Pittsburgh for the purpose of settling
up his business and making ins permanent home
on the Pacific side,• but circumstances caused him
to change his resolution, and he settled down to
the editorial desk, from which he was taken to
serve two terms in the State Legislature.
When the President called for troops for three
months' service, Colonel Foster was.a Lieutenant
in one of our volunteer comps:ales, and joined
with it in offering himself under the call. On its
discharge in August, 1861, he irenediately un
furled his flag to recruit a company for the war,
and it is needless to say his quota was very soon
filled. During the "ten days" at Richmond he
served on General A. P. Howe's Staff, and was
remarkable for his calmness under the heaviest
lire.
Colonel Foster was of delicate constitution
from his early childhood, and those who knew
him best thought he was imprudent in exposing
so weak a frame to the hazards of a soldier'a life,
but his indomitable will seemed to neutralize his
physical weakness, and carried him through his
campaigns nearly to the end; but finally his lungs
were attacked, and although he thought he had
derived advantage from his voyage to the Medi
terranean in the summer and autumn of 1867, he
took a violent cold on the day ho landed at New
York, which finally overcame him. He kept up
to the last, affirming his Intent to "die with his
harness on," having visited the Dispatcle office as
lately as three o'clock on Monday last, and
written the leading editorial in Tuesday's issue.
In many respects the subject of our notice was
a man of mark. He possessed high intellect and
powers; was intensely honest in his opinions and
generally very earnest in their expresaten. We
doubt if he had an enemy in the world, and we
know be had many, very maLic ardent friends,
who loved him for his many It qualities. He
leaves a widow and three chit ren; one brother,
A. W. Foster, of this city; and one sister, the
wife of Major-General Crossalan, of the army. -
His death, which took place at ten minutes
after twelve o'clock, was peaceful in the extreme.
Sitting in bed, he had called for the Dispatch, and
read It, and then, after a few words conversa
tion with his wife, lay back on his pillow and
went quietly to sleep. And thus did this estimable
man pass away from us. His death leaves a void
here that cannot be filled, and there are few who
read this notice who will not drop a tear to his
memory.
Death of Bishop Hawks, of ITlkssouri,
[Fromithe St. Loofa Democrat of tho 2ah.]
The death of Right Rev. Cicero S. Hawks,
1).D., LL.D., Bishop of this diocese, at the ago
at 55 yeare, occurred at half past six last evening.
He was a prelate of distinguished reputation, a
man of sound learning, and of extensive influ
ence in the Protestant Episcopal church. His
long connection with the religious interests of the
city will make his loss deeply felt outside the de
nomination to which ho belonged.
Bishop Hawks was born in Newborn, North
Carolina, on the 26th of May, 1812. His parent
age was of pure British stock, his father having
been-an Englishman, and his mother was from
Ireland. He was the youngest of nine children,
of whom • only ~ the eldest is now living, Mrs.
Phebe Anderson, of Tallahatchie, Florida, widow
of Hon. Walker Anderson, Judge of the, Su
preme Court of that State. He was a brother of
Rev. Francis • Hawks, D. D., of Now York, in
whose family he resided from a child, and to
whom be was indebted for his education, Francis
having taught him his letters, and personally su
perintended his studies in every , branch of knowl
edge till he entered upon the duties of his profes
sion. He was a ripe classical scholar, which he
awed to his brother's superior culture. Four of
the brothers have deceased within two years, the
Bishop being the last.
lie was for seven years rector of Trinity
Church, Buffalo New York, having entered upon
his duties there in 1836, at the age of twenty-four '
years. He was a remarkable conversationalist, a
tine speaker from the pulpit, almost invariably
preaching extemporaneously, and in diocesan
conventions a ready debater and a man of sound
views. As a necessity, he was greatly beloved,
and rose continually in influence, and no man of
his age was more thoroughly esteemed nor more
extensively held In respect. In 1843 he accepted
an invitation to the rectorate of Christ Church
in St. Louis, and in 1,844 was elected
and consecrated Bishop of the dio
cese a position he has worthily
filled' for twenty-four years, illustrating all
th e gifts of scholarship, social' virtues' and
piety which made his life so harmonious and at
tractive. For the last year he has, been suffering
f r om paralysis, and has been conscious of his aro
proaellag end, waitingtes moot Waif a Christian
shottld, trusting in the faith 'Which had inspired
bim to point others to the path of Immortal life.
ou Saturday evening he entertairte4 spaeftiende
at his table, and enjoyed their society with his
accustomed sympathy. , Abut an hour after he
wasseized with avidlcattit of veuniAnzatt at 10
S'clock became' uncon ious; in whieh, let 9
tate ho remained 'unlll his spirit passed
roortality,at half petat>Sunday 'evening
Li his domestic , wilatioaa Bishop /law two ,
=MI
OBITUARY.
passed - through the vicissitudes common to
humanity. In February, 18:35, he berried Annie,
daughter of Dr. Jones, of Hillsboro, N. C., a lady
of Huguenot descent, of great culture and unos
tentatious piety. She came with him to St.
Louis and died in 1855. But one child was the
fruit of this marriage, a daughter named Isabella.
She was a most lovely girl, and dying in June,
1864, left her father childless. There are many
in our city to whom the memory of "Belle
Hawks" is as precious as the aroma of a beauti
ful flower. In March of the same year the
Bishop married Adak daughter of Judge Abiali
Leonard, of the Supreme Court of the State, and
she survives him with two yonng children.
The Bishop was a man of strong sympathies,
and of great energy of character. Both quali
ties were exhibited in a very 'marked manner in
18411, when the cholera made- fearful ravages in
the city. He was untiring in his devotion to the
suffering, regardless of personal exposure and
sacrifice, and attending to the physical as well
as the spritual wants of the stricken victims.
.On T uraday he dictated a farewell letter to his
surviving sister, full of tender sensibility, a glow
ing patriotism, and Christian resignation. In
the late civil war, the Bishop was a most decided
Union man, adhering to the sacred cause of the
Government against the section of his nativity
which was attempting to destroy it. This brought
him in antagonism to his own relatives, and hard
feelings were engendered in consequence. The
last letter to Mrs. Anderson was a touching re
view of the past, breathing a spirit of forgive
ness for all misunderstanding, and urging a
hearty acquiescence in the' results of the war,
and a spirit of charitable generosity to all shades
of opinion. It was a fitting close to a life of
singular blamelessness, and of devotion to all
things pure and of good report.
Bishop Hawks had fallen before old age had
•come upon him, and when men of his acquire
ments and piety pass away in the midst of use
fulness it is at best a public calamity. But he
leaves behind him the record of a life well spent,
and an influence that will, long- linger in happy
memories both in the East and the West.
Tragedies an Konsas=Man Shot tit
Parkril le—Murder near Tina° env.
[From the Leavenworth Conservative, April 'l7.]
THE PARKVILLE AFFAIR.
We are called upon to record two startling
events, which have transpired in Platte county
during the past week, one being the killing of a
man named Dorf, in Parkville, on Tuesday, and
the other the finding of the dead body of one Sey
mour, near Platte City, on Wednesday.
The facts in the first case are, as near as we can
learn, about as follows: An election took place at
Parkville one day In the latter part of last week,
at which Samuel Doff—commonly known as
" Big Sam," in consequence of having been a
very large man and a great bully—ran for City
Marshal, He was defeated by the exertions of
many of the more peaceful disposed persons,
among whom was John Whitlow. The two had
had some difficulty on election day,and Whitlow'a
thumb was nearly bitten off by the bully. On
Tuesday morning Dorr arose and started•out in
town, saying he was going to kill about a
half a dozen of the men who had connived'at his
defeat. The first one he met was Whitlow,
at
whom he immediately began to shoot with his
revolver. After he, had tired four times at his
antagonist without striking him, Whitlow drew
a pistol and shot him twice in rapidsuccession,
one ball passing through both temples, and
forcing both his eyes out on his cheeks, the other
hitting him in the neck, barely missing the
jugular vein. The wounded man was taken up,
placed in a wagon and carried to his place of re
sidence. On the way he admitted that Whitlow
was perfectly justifiable in shooting him. It is
impossible for him to recover. Reis said to be
a man of very bad character and has long been
the terror of many of his neighbors.
About one year ago a man named, we believe,
Seymour, who then lived at Weston, ran away
with the wife of Mr. John B. Wells,of the Weston
ferry. They were traced to Chicago, where Sey
mour was arrested on a criminal warrant and
brought back. The ease came before thegrand
jury of Platte county, and they refused to rind a
bill. On Wednesday of this week the District
Attorney caused the prisoner to be discharged.
He left town in the afternoon for Weston,
and before night word arrived at Platte
City that his dead body had been found a
short distance from town, fairly riddled with
bullets.
Sheriff Ogden started out to ascertain the facts,
and trace out the guilty parties.
Them are the facts In both cases, as near
as our Informant, Colonel Clough, could obtain
them.
The excitement is said to be intense at both the
scenes of the tragedies.
THEATRES, Etc
THE Turwrnr:s.—Mr. Edwin Booth will ap-
Tear at the Walnut to night in Richard the. Phird.
o-morrow evening Mr. Baoth will have a bene
fit, when Romeo and Juliet will be performed.
At the Chestnut to-night the spectacle of the
Black Crook will be prevented, with Mile. Mani,
the famous dansense, in some of her most beauti
ful dances. The comedy, Does She Love Me?
with the drama Pauline, will begin at the Arch
this evening. To-morrow night Mr. Owen Mar
lowe will have a benefit in a first rate bill. The
American theatre offers a Varied performance.
RI CI I INGS' OPERA TROUPE.—The opera Son nam-
Lula was sung by the Richings Opera troupe at
the Academy of Music, last evening, to a large
audience. The performance was in every respect
satisfactory, all of the artists giving their parts in
the most praiseworthy manner. This evening
The Daughter of the Regiment will be given with a
first rate cast, and an unusually brilliant per
formance may be Anticipated. To-morrow night
Mr. A. 8. Pennoyer, the business manager of the
company will have a benefit, when Baffe's Bohe
mian Girl will be given. The great popularity of
this opera would suffice to crowd the house, bat
Mr. Pennoyer deserves something for his own
merit, and for the careful exactness with which
he manages the affairs of his company. We hope
the sale of tickets will be great in proportion to
his deserts.
MISS FANNY B, PRICE.—On Monday evening
next this young lady will make her first appear
ance in this city in the character of "Leah.' Miss.
Price is a Philadelphian by birth, and she has
acquired some celebrity In other cities as a tragic
actress. She comes here warmly recommended.
and we feel sure our own public will be glad to
recognize whatever talent she possesses, and to
extend to her ti hearty welcome.
CARL BENTZ'S ORCITESTRA.---On the afternoon
of Thursday the Seth inst., Carl Sentz's Grand
Orchestra will have a complimentary benefit at
Horticultural Hall. This performance will be
the last of the series of matinees, and as the pro
lgramme will be more than usually attractive, we
opo a large audience will be present on the oc
casion.
ELEVENTH STREET OPERA HOUSE.—MCB6IB.
Cameron and Dixey offer a very attractive en
tertainment at their establishment this evening.
The sensation piece entitled Lift on a .111
Cotton Boat will be given with all Its remarkable
effects, and there will be in addition a series of
now burlesque, farces and negro comicalitles.
Mr. Carncross will sing several popular ballads,
and there will be instrumental and vocal music
by the members of the troupe.
CARL WOLFBOHN'a MATINES.—The ninth ma-.
Linde of the Beethoven series will be given In the
Foyer of the Academy to-morrow afternoon,at
4X o'clock. The following programme will be
presented , Sonata—B flat major, opus 22. Al-
Itgro con brio—Adagio con motto esprosione—
Minuetto,,Allegrattrogrardoso—dtondo, Allegretto.
Bong ---3 r ob 10 40 9 todi 21tendelssehti. Boasts--
3 list major, opus b 7, ripe Andante-Allegro
timito vivace—Ailagiet,eop. eapreselone—Allegto
*lta o . .. 8110 4 8 P0P 0 8 0 rettade. , Behubert. Boasts
-147 minor, vouirl 51. (Boasts Testament), Pines
toso--Arlettai molt* serepike 0 Cantabile
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WACITS Alai► rativauses'
—lt is said of an Irish comedian that he wears
brogue at one end and brogans at the other.
—lt is said that the President is losing' flesh.
Well, he ought to; he is being tried out.—Rr.
—A favorite American letter—An X.-4 f',.? r M
rifle Democrat.
—St. Louis is killing its unlicensed dogs at the
rate of 500 a month.
—Nashville fishermen have seen a sea-serpent.
They fired at him, and he disappeared. -
—The deaf mutes of Cincinnati have organized
a society for mute-ual improvement.
—Henry W. Longfellow, with his family, will
pass the summer in Europe.
—The copyright Cherry's well-known ballad,
"Shells of the Ocean," sold in London recently
for £285.
—A lady, startled out of sleep by some one
trying to enter the house, cried - out, "Who is
there ?" "Your late husband," was the reply.
—Two Amerleanladies appeared at a private
hal masque in Parls—one as the Freedom of tie
Press, and the other as the Map of America.
—A pleasant mode of torture in British India
is to fasten a bag of wasps on the criminal's
stomach and then stir up the insects.
—A matrimonial agent in Paris annonnees that
ugliness is no impediment to marriage under Kr
management.
—Verdi's oera, "Joan of Arc," was revived f
the express p p urpose of allowing the pretty Pato or
to appear in a suit of mall.
—The of tea is about to be iduced
in Jamaica,culture
under the auspices of the ntro English
Government.
—One of Brigham Young's daughters officiate&
as floor manager at a recent Leap-Year ball at
Salt Lake City.
—An English jury has decided that 113,750 is'
the exact value at a wife, run over by a railroad
train.
—The reigning belle of Portland drive ^the
finest span of horses in the city, and does all the
cooking for her father's family.
—a. year ago a man paid $l,OOO for some land
in Omaha. Ile has just sold it to a railroad for
$36,000.
—A proposition is before the Canadian Parila
ment to give Mrs. D'Arcy McGee an annuity of
4,500 pound sterling.
—General Sherman, in writing to a friend in.
Columbus, says of the Kansas hotels, that "their
price is three dollars a day—board and lodging
extra."
—A Washington merchant advertises for an
experienced book-keeper at a salary of eight dol
lars a week. He probably expects, and certainly
deserves, to be robbed.
—Tennyson's new poem, "Lucretius," occu
pies nine pages in Macmillan's for May. It is
rumored that some of the Swinburnion luxuri
ance was cut out by the editor of the Magazine.
—An epileptic Michigan convict sleeps five days
at a nap. Be eats nothing during these periods;
and no means have been invented to keep hint
awake.
—Southern papers announce with great Saba
faction that Gen. Butler, as chief manager of the
impeachment trial, is called " Sergeant Buzfaz."
Have they forgotten that Sergeant B. won his
case ?—Ex.
—The Deseret NeWS is affirmed Ital.', Paris
fashions should be introduced among the Mor
mon women, and is startled at the possibility of
a saint being obliged to pay the clothing ex
penses of a dozen wives.
—A movement is on foot among the citizens of
Worcester, Mass., and vicinity to stock Lake
Chaubunagungnmaug with lake trout, whits fish,
dz.c. About $1,500 have been subscribed, in' aid et
the project.
—Of all who perished by the Sea Bird only one
body has come ashore, and no others probably
will. When the steamer Niagara sank, in 1855,
in two hundred feet of water, involving a heavy
loss of life, not a single body was ever reco
vered.
—A youth named Elkin hanged himself at
Liverpool, because his father had "bloomed him
up." The paternal parent on being asked, why.
on discovering his son hanging in hie bedroom t
he did not send for a doctor immediately, replied.
that "he had his cows to attend to." •
—Gen. Brisbin, who is writing "Grant Papers"
for the Cincinnati Gazette, relates that at a clan
lunch in California he once asked the General
(then Captain Grant) how he liked clime. The
latter drily replied that he thought then% a very
good substitute for "gutta perch& oysters."
—lt is said to be in contemplation by the Eng
lish War Department to call in, melt down and
utilise all the Russian guns taken in the Crime=
war, at present scattered about the metropolitan
parka and other parts of the country. These
gone have for a long time past been considered
obnoxious to Russians visiting Great Britain.
—There is a story of a man who bought slot of
hogs in Illinois' and drove them slowly to Chi
cago. He was compelled to sell at a loss of $4.09.
Returning home he was asked by his neighbors
what were the profits of the operation. "Well,"
said be, "I reckon I didn't make much money out ,
of the trip, but I had the company of the hays
down."
—Mr. Bonner s supernuously says: "General
Grant had nothing whatever to do with the
writing or the publication of the sketch of his
early life written for the Ledger by his father.
The sketch was begun and finished before Gene
ral Grant knew anything about it, and appeared
in the Ledger in full, just as it came from the
General's 'father, without the curtailment of a
single word." •
—A singular calamity has befallen the town of
Essen, In Rhenish Brussia. The soil is sinking
at several points; a new street, one of the finest
in the place,
being specially affected. Three
houses have already been obliged to be taken
down,
and a fourth is on the point of disappear
ing. Twenty-seven others show symptoms of
ruin. The cause of the giving way in the ground
is unknown.
—House rents are so exorbitant in New
Orleans that a "grasping landlord" advertises to
let "a splendid hogshead, just vacated by the
former occupant, who leaves it for no fault. The
premises are a sweet location for a family with
young children: are in thorough repair, with
bunghole centrally situated, and hoops fn good
order.
, —The wife of a clergyman in New Haven, Ct.,
publishes a statement that, instead of having
robbed her husband of $40,000 worth of bonds
after he bad settled $lO,OOO on her at their mar
riage (as reported in the newspapers), the fact is
that he never came nearer the gift than a pro-
raise, and was so Insufferably stingy and abusive
that she put $B,OOO bonds In a place of safety,
where she could control the interest for the sup
port of the family.
—The London Owl furnishes the following late
naval intelligence: "The Ark was built in
Messrs. lihem do Japhet's yard, the foremost
ship-builders of the period. At her launch,
though from her build and size It must ha►e
been clear that she was destined for rough sot ,
vice, and not for mere coasting, which was tlaCti
the only trade, no remonstrance seems to have ' f .
been addressed to those in authority. She Woa.st.
t i
three-decker and gopher-plated. She was Alit
provisioned, evidences were' ample that she, -
no intention of putting into any porn t„
her mission was to keep the setts for an itltt e taite
period. At the end of her cruise nothing Kea
herself was left on the surface of the °o6* '
She held undisputed sway. • Yot her
owners were never called . to
,account for , thew
results. There is a tradition that onolg•thie fine
on board, named Rem, wonted to WO*, Nick
fiag, but WAS spebdily rebuked by 14 cominual
fug officer." . . ' - • .-'' ' • • ,
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