(GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXII.-NO. 14.
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The BULLETIN Is served to subscribers In the city at 18
cents per week a able to the carriers, or 118 per annum.
ONE owswic or GOLD WILL DE GIVEN. FOR
ery_ontwo of • adulteration found In B. T. DAR.
LifiN COME. The Coffee le roasted, ground
mild &este° berrnetichtly tinder letters patknt from the
tinned States Government. All the aroma is moved, and
, the co ff ee presents a rich. skirey appearance. Every
family elsould use it. as ft is liftee,n to twenty per cent.
uteouner ihnn other pure coffee. One can in every twenty
.nongling d One I:War Greenback. For sale everywhere.
/flout grocer does not keep this Coffee, and wig not get
it for you. send your orders direct to It T. RADIO= Noe.
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- her or HENRY C. ififddANifi. S. W. owner Water sad
Chas Weeks. Ph fa. fetteLlat
INVITATIONS I'oll WEDDINGS, PARTIES, &C.,
executed in a superior manner, by
DREXA 1155 CHESTNUT STREET. lOW§
BROWN—BARNEY.—On the Std fit., near Chad&
:Ford. by the Rev Mr. Moore, Mr. Samuel B. Brown. of
,Phthutrlptda, to Wu Edna K. Berney. of Chadds Vord.
GRARAM-saTETINSON.--On the 234 inet..bi he Rev.
T. J, fihepherd. D. D., Mr. Simnel C, Graham to MIM
Ma R. Stevenson . Itsdighter of John B. Stevenson, Esq.,
ry
all of this city.
BAUNDEP,S--DAVIEL—On the Sid instant, by Friends*
ceremony, In the preseneeuf Mayor McMichael. Charles
Saunders, of Philadelphia. to Hannah P. Davis, of
Horsham. rei„ •
811EL'ML.T.DINE-11H041/4.—On Thursday ovenina,
the la inst., try the Rave Theo. C. idurphy,assisted by the
:Item. Wet Itet;emb. WilLam IL Shelmeraine to Stade.
ofyoun city geot daughter of the late Rey..Wittlam Rhoads, all
this . •
DIED.
BARTON.—On Sixth-day, 24th inst., Date Barton, in
hie 'eve nty.third year.
file relatives and friends are particularly invited to
the funeraL from 'his late residence, No. $6 Second
street. on 'third-day, Mtn hist., at s o'clock P. hI.. without
further notice.interment at South Laurel HU e•
1111BROW8.—This morning. Mrs N. M. Burrows, wife
of U. Burrows, and daughter of Francis'Cooper, E a t.
Duo notice be given of the funeral.
HARPERine 24th inst., John M. Harper.
Due notice of the funeral +slit be given. ' •
LAW.—Suddenly. Jane. wile of Hobert Law.
Due notice of the funeral will be given in Menders
Payers. •
bTEßLlNG.—Stiddents, on Friday morning. 24th hist,
at his residence . 1914 Arch street. Henry Sterling, in the
yearOf Ws age. •
One notice wilt be given of the funeral.
BTBAWN.--kin the morning of the 2fitb, Dr. Benjamin
Strarrn. aged 30 years.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend his funeral, on Monday the 27th, at
two o'clock P. 61„, from his late residence, N0.9/.1 North
/head street.
WOODAVARD.—ApriI 34th, Mary Josephine, daughter
of J. J. Woodward. in the Md year of her age.
Funeral from the residence of her father, No. 112 St ueo
street. on Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock.
YRE Q LANDELL OVEN TO-DAY TOE LIGHT
E
-ehadef , of Sprint Poplins for the Fashionable Waking
Dreirts,
Steel Colored Pepline.
!dodo Colored Pordtro.
Bikroarek Exact Shade.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
HALL ttE TOE YHVH() MEN'S CHRISTIAN
111la r Association. 1110C:hesitant etre-et •
Herder monthly nicotine MONDAY EVENLNG. April
11, Italt. at 8 o'clock.
Subject - 101 Dhiettaelon—"What can be done to recure
the active to operation of our thirts•eight hundred mom.
fx•ra in inceearing the natfulnete of the Asaotiationr'
AlLaro tntited. . •
Member. partionledy requested to ha present and loin
in fluidise:whet.
sar TliE FRIEALF. BIBLESOCIETYOF PlitLeVl)Ef.
will hold Rai annual rowing ia the Leeutv-
Room of Dnitreed'echurch.eor of Spruce and Seveoteenth
ittrotts, ou Theaday Evezdnp. filth 10. t..„ at 9 o'clock. nd
dreoees by Rev. Richard Newton. D. D., Rev- Win. r.
B.eed. D. D., and Rev. Ds. linsoptirles.
aer . . 4 ,10NA11 , 8 NIGIIT AT NINEVEH." REV.
Dr. AlArch's voice of eerrnona on ;Sight Scenes in,
the Dille. continued to inorro - x (Sunday) evening. at 8
o'clock, in Clinton Street (attach. Tenth atroct, below
lie cord it.
HALL
ABB9CIe•
Union service thle evening at 9 c'clock, conducted by
.Rev..A. 11. Earle.
Prayer ineett,ig at o'clock.
Bfble ►tudy every Thurxday evening. Ity
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Rap. NORTH BROAD STREET PRESBYTERIAN
Church. corner Broad and Green otrueta. Rev.Pet,ur
;Striker D. D..-Paotdr electwili preach to at 101
A. M. and s'i P.M. Sabbath-School at 3 o'clock. Stranger'
welcome. It'
411FN. ItICAARIE W. L: THE
O ar nerdy appointed Pastor of Trinity M. E. Church.
Eighth street above Race, will preach on Siind ay next. at
106 A. M. and Dt P. M. All are cordially invited.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CILUNCIE WASH
inatan Square. The Rev. Dr. Niellvaino, of Prince
ton. N. J., will preach to morrow at 1030 A. M., and 4
I'. M. . It*
Ilier ST. CLEMENT'S CHUN.Cif. TWENTIETH AND
Cherry streetv.—Tomiorrow being the, fourth Hun
day in the Month. the Afternoon service willbe omitted
Service in the evening at If before 8 o'clock. it"
aor BEF.EAN BAPTIST CI I ITH, E.
CSTN
atreet. above Fortieth. Rev. A. B. Earle will preach
an the Barran Itaptitt Church on 6..tiaday morning, Aryrit
2.6 tit„ at 10M o'clock.
jpar A SERMON TO FIREMEN, BY THE, REV. B.
Wider Morrie, will be preached in Chritt Church
on Sunday evening. Service at Vo, o'clock. Seatv
free.
stir OLD SPRUCE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH,
Spruce etreet below Fifth. Rev. J. Wheaton Smith,
D. D., Ptotor. Preaching Tomorrow at 10}O A. M., and
0 o'clock P.
par OLD ' PINE STREET CHURCH. FOURTEI
and Pine. Preaching by the l'amor, Rec. IL IL
to-morrnic at 104 o'clock A. M. and . 8 o'clock Y. M.
.All are cordially incited. It'
aralw•REV. M. D. KURTZ WILL PREACH AT %JAN.
"""' Church. Brown et, above Fourth, Sunday, 3 o'clock
Como one, come all. .
wifir WESTERN PRESBYTERIAN CHtil:Cli,
S,eventeentb and Filbert etreete.—Rev Mr. BrldelLe
-will preach Sabbath morning and afternoon. It*
air. CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY—L. PEN T
row craning. Services at 8 o'clock.
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eni will find the BIBLICAL CYCLOPEDIA of Drs.
:111cCLINTOCK and STRUNG. the most valuable work or
the kind extant. Agency. 89 South SIXTH. Street, above
Chestnut—Office of Ap Cyclopedia. It*
Hafting on the Delaware.
The Phillipsburg Donoerat, in an article on the
, Delaware and the ratting business, says: "Not,-
vithstaading the excessive cold end abundant
snows& the past winter, until now there has
been no general freshet in the waters of the upper
Delawaxia by which the lumber of • a year's in
dustry could find its way to market. Fora few
days rafts have passed in considerable numbers,
and with few casualties from the numerous
bridges -which obstruct this useful basi
l:less. One feature of this trade becomes more
and more apparent—that the supply of lumber
•on this stream is fast diminishing. The rush of
xaft which formerly presented such a sight of so
much Interest and cariosity is no longer to be
seen, and but a few years hence ,the teeming pop
niation of the valley of the Delaware will have
forgotten the annual crowds of hilarious and rol
licking raftmen that once enlivened its shorcs,and
, disturned the monotony of the staid residents
•upon its banks,
Poor lllen 9 s Lannon:.
The city of Glasgow, says the London Herald,
Is favored with the famous "cooking depots,'
managed by Mr. Corbett. At meal times the
men swarm into theSe depots by hundreds. First
, of all comes soup or broth, exceedingly good.
"The second course is a plate of meat or "collops,"
'the latter a favorite Scotch dish. With this the
lainerohas either slices of bread or potatoes,
enough to satisfy him under ordinary eircum
rstances for two days. ll' contenewith a "four-
Tenny," the meal would now bo at an end, but
the "tivepenny" includes "dessert" in the
shape of a slice of plum padding or rice pudding,
with milk and sugar. No intoxicating drinks
are to be bad on the premises, but water is fur
nished ad libitum and ginger beer and lemonade
can be purchasedat a penny a bottle. For break
fast—porridge can be had at a penny, and - ii good
allowance of milk, for a halfpenny. Some have
'"two goes," and so expend threepence on their
breakfast. Porridge, milk coffee and broad and
Initter,'ean,all
be indulged in for the total charge
of threepenee-halfpenny. • ,
—One and a half tons of maple sugar wnre made
At Enfield, N. H., from an orchard Of BIZ hundred
trees, in eight days, this spring,
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The Lehigh and Susquehanna
Railroad.
(Correvondence cir 'the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.)
WILT ESLAREF., April 18, 1868.—A couple of
days' delay beside the Susquehanna invites inn to
a review of the journey hither from Easton via
the now completed Lehigh and Susquehanna
Railroad. Looking forth ever the spacious ve
randahs of the "Wyoming Valley House"—
verandahs inviting enough, no doubt, in summer,
but invite now—l will unroll, ag 44 turbid river
rolls before me, the wonders of life way. Talk
lug of Wyoming, I may say I had heard of the
famous "Massacre," but did not know until wit
nessing a fracas between several "leading citi
zens" in a hotel last night, that they are threat
ened with that sort of "unpleasantnesa" here
quite frequently.
I enter the more readily and more thoroughly
upon a description of the latest achievement of
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, be
cause there has been as yet no formal opening,
and no consequent dining and wining of the
"Third Estate' there anent. Some feeble survi
ving spark of the faint flame of esprit du corps
wherewith I was warmed when of that ilk, in
duces me to send up (to the printer) my little
whiff of frankincense and myrrh Vora these
venerable Pennsylvania Laren.
The first object of interest in the new link be
tween the coal mines and the great coal markets
is found In the bridges at Easton, over the Dela
ware and Lehigh rlifers. These works are grand
and substantial, wrought iron truss with stone
piers—the New Jersey Legislature objecting to
any other material. I cannot better illustrate the
vague nature of the criticisms vented by some
persons concerning the late operations of this
Company, than by "a little story" in which these
bridges figure. A worthy old woman moving in
an bumble sphere in >Philadelphia was at Mauch
Chunk the other day. Complaining of the pov
erty of a relation, she said that there was a
Company somewhere called the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company. in which her friend had
invested money, and that this Company had
"built a bridge or something," and, therefore,
could not pay dividends now. Of course. this
state of things is very unpleasant to this and to alt
other old lady stockholders ; but as far as I can
learn the majority of heavy holders, though sorry
for the necessity that arose for such vast expendi
ture, deemed it unavoidable.
As it seems impossible to give any reader a fair
understanding of the late operations of this com
pany without a brief history of its past career. I
will proceed to furnish one, from a number of
reports I find before me. In 1791 a disappoint
ed hunter, returning to his home near the site of
Mauch Chunk, found beneath the roots of an up
turned tree (ridgy' the old geography picture of the
Potosi silver-finder) a black stone, that he knew
must be the stone coal he had beard of. This
was the origin of the great Lehigh coal business.
In 1793 the Lehigh Coal Company was formed.
They took up 10,000 acres, embracing five
sixths of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany's present real estate. But there was no exit
and no sale. There were then spaces of thirty
five miles along the Lehigh without habitation.
An occasional small scow of coal down the river
bap-hazard and a little local trade were all that
was done until 1818, when the Lehigh Naviga
tion Company was formed to improve the river.
Soon after the genius of Josiah White produced
a peculiar dam, which, by causing artificial
freshets, greatly facilitated the passage of boats.
Something similar was used by Gen. Clinton in
1779 to rescue his army, and Coma Porter's fleet
on the Red river was thus relieved by Col. Bailey
during the late rebellion.
In Is2o the Lehigh Coal and Lehigh Navigation
Company agreed to amalgamate. Josiah White
and Erakine Hazard, the great men of the Lehigh
region in the last generation, owned three-fifths
of the stock and the energy of the Company.
But what could they do. when 350 tons of coal
supplied the Philadelphia market for a whole
year ? In 1823, 28,300 tons were sent down, and
in that year a great plan for steamboat naviga
tion of the stream was devised, but failed because
a similar work on the Delaware was not permit
ted by the Legislature. An ordinary slack-water
navigation was therefore adopted.
The railroad from 3lauch Chunk to the Sum
mit mines—the second railroad in the coun
try—was built in 1826. The high dams of the
Cpper Lehigh were built in 1835. The
railroad, nineteen miles long, connecting
the head of the Lehigh ' Canal with the
Pennsylvania Canal—partly by planes over the
mountains—was built in 1640. This was the
original Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad. The
coal trade was now fully established—about
200,000 tons going annually from the Lehigh
region and 100,000 from the Schuylkill. The
great flood of 1841 left the Company in a despe
rate condition. It gradually recovered—so that
the greater flood of 1862, when the water rose 27
feet over theMauch Chunk dame and swept most
of them into the Delaware—found it able to sus
tain the shock. The pregress of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company's business is shown by
the fact that the net profit for 1862. in spite of
the freshet, was $183,000. The profit went on
increasing, until in 180 It reached near a million
and a half.
The great question before the Company in
1862 was, what shall be done to prevent the
recurrence of such disasters from floods. All
being agreed upon this point, the canal was re
built from Easton to Manch Chunk. But the
conservative party said: "Rebuild it also thence
to Penn Haven—nine miles—and bring the
Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad down sixteen
miles from Ito present terminus at White Haden
to Penn H aye ," thus restoring full
communication with the coal fields. The
more progressive party, • whose counsels
prevailed said: "Give us a first-class railroad
from Wilkesbarre to Easton. It has cost
half. a million to restore the canal to Mauch
Chunk, and it would cost a million more to re
store it above that. to even its former unsafe con
dition. Moreover - , public sentiment is opposed
to a work that has been the means of destroying
two hundred lives and millions of property in
one night." The progressives further said, "We
can never compete, with our rivals without a
through line of railroad. While the canal forms
the sole link for such a dishince, shipments have
to cease at the close of navigation."
A through line having been determined
on, the vast benefits derivable from a convection
with the Nescopeck mines induced them to ran a
branch thither, which is already one of the best
paying portions of the road. The Nanticoke
Railroad Company was also brought out; 1,000
acres of valuable coal lands bought in the
Wilitesbarre coal region, and control obtained
over the coal of the Wilkesbarre Coal Company,
with its 4,000 acres. The right of working the
Union Coal Company's road from
Wilkesbarre to Scranton was' also ob
tained. The result is the control of
over 200 miles of railroad, running to an im
mense number of breakers, 6,000 acres of coal
land in the Lehigh region, and nearly as many in
the Wyoming region, 48 miles of canal and 60
miles leased from the Delaware Division. "All
this costs money i They have gone too fast," say
many. "Wait and see," say others, more san
guine. "Better to do these things at present
prices than let'others occupy the grounds." To
my thinking, aftor two days spent in reviewing
the vast resources and Tossessions, the massive
works and great possibilities of the com
pany, it would be as disloyal to reason
to doubt its intone success as it was
disloyal to our country during the dark
days of the rebellion to doubt that she
Would come forth from the struggle "strong as
the eun,"&e. "Bat why sueli immense expense?"
still cry the disappointed. The Company may,
for answer, point toward-the scone of the late
Erie disaster and say: "When our works had
alain their hundred persons in a night, we said
- 4 enough of blood, we are men of peace and
Mercy. Let no make a railroad that no man
could say was unsafe." So. they made their
bridges of stone and iron; buriletiZed
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1868.
their timber so thdroughly that the chip
th erin g children hare abandoned them
in dt spair • sent to England for sixty pound Bes
et:mu. steel Jails for their whole track;
!oohed well to their curves, made broad their
.tobe•ballasttcl roadway, and built all the ma
-obry, including brilte, abutments and
pmts for two tracks, so that the additional cost
of grading for double• track would be trifling.
The management made up their minds that
t•tr Ty thing that iron and steel and stone could do
10 make a first-class road should be done. The
iLn bas certainly been carried out. We have
witness of this alreadnin the fact that, though
ihere have been so many accidents during this se
vere winter on other roads, especially through
broken rails, this road has been 'true as steel" to
its great mission of safe conveyance. So much of
history. A traveler's description of the road will
occupy another letter. P. Q.
I►IATaERS CV NEW YOKEL.
tConreoppridenee of the Philadelphia Evening Buttetle.l
New YORK, April 24 1368.—Mr. E. Cunard
publishes a card denying the report that the
Cuba, of the Cunard line, and the City of Paris, of
the Inman line, are racing across the
Atlantic. Inward-bound vessels, however, re
port the two steamships racing. When they
crossed the bar the City of Paris was sikty-live
miles ahead of the Cuba. The race—if it be a
race—will end at Queenstown.
The Consul of Ecuador at this port was sent
to jail the other day, in default of $150,000
bail, on a charge of obtaining money under false
pretences. The plaintiff, John "Graham, claims
625,000 damages.
Information has been received here of the safe
arrival in Calcutta of Mies Norris and Miss
Hook, missionary teachers sent out by the Wo
men's Union Missionary Society of America.
They left here in the California steamer Henry
Chauncey, taking the Pacific mail route from
San Francisca to Japan and China, and thence
hy steam to Calcutta. These are the firstqa. lesion
aries who have reached India by the wid of the
The society which sent them has been in
'-aicceseful operation for seven years.
The action of the legislature thus far on the
bill for the suppression of obscene literature causes
the moat lively satisfaction among good citizens
here. The Mil is in fact a thing of much interest•
in neatly all circles. Our streets have long been
•dirgraced by the display- of the most outrageously
obscene publications. but the hope that these may
-won be swept away is encouraged. Meanwhile
it is affirmed that a change is taking place& the •
,ensation drama, that the people are geffwing
tired of the ballet, and bine and red fire, etc., etc.,
ma really demand something which appeals to
nigher tastes. Some of our philosophers—for we
nave philosophers in this city—are congratulating
themselves that this change is radical, and that
the reaction will finally prove so great as to
sweep away, at least for a time, the "leg" business
!rota the stage. Tht v affirm that the decline of
ihe sensation school is evident in the auditorium,
if in not the treasury.
The emoke of the great Erie battle has not en
tirely cleared away, and there is yet a little firing
now and then in the courts,but there are signs of
truce and profound peace. The Albany phase
of the business went far ,to convince the people
that the parties to the quarrel had some sort of
a mutual undemanding, and now, what further
tends to this conviction is the fact that the Erie
railway officials, who have so long been fortified
at Taylor's hotel, in Jereey City, on Wednesday'
:,gain occupied their old offices in this city. The
chapter of loses by the war will prove of in
tense interest. The Messrs. Leland, of the Me
tropolitan Hotel of this city, have purchased the
above mentioned Taylor's Hotel, of Erie fame, for
i-250,600.
Pedestrianism extraordinary is not vet dead.
Kiss Nellie De Ware, after mature deliberation,
has decided that it is altogether beet for her to
attempt to walk from this city to Philadelphia,
for a wager of $l.OOO, and hoe accordingly "gone
into training." The misguided Nellie will take
this walk some fine morning, between the 15th
and the 22d of May. Young Miles, champion
pedestrian of California and Australia, and John
Goulding, ex-champiou hurdle-jumper and long
tistance pedestrian, of England, are to walk in
this city, one thousand miles in one thousand
^onsecutive hours. commencing to-morrow. It
both shall accomplish this, they will continue to
walk until one shall be exhausted. This is what
;s sarcastically called "sport."
Many groans still are heard because of the se
lection of the City Hall Park as a site for the aro-
L ased Post-office, but the matter would seem at
est to be definitely settled, for the Post-oilice
Committee, consisting of Representatives Ferry,
of Michigan; Lawrence, of Pennsylvania; Lin
, oln, of New York, with Postmaster-General
ilandall. having been la this city for several days
And taken the opinion of prominent merchants
,nd others. have approved of the plans and site
:Arcady chosen. The Committee has returned to
Washington.
The walls of Booth's theatre are rapidly rising,
and give promise of a beautiful building. The
receipts of various places of amusement in this
city during March were as follows: Theatre Fran
cats, ir..5,108: Wallach's, il2t; '
553: Pike's Opera
House, $18,039; New York Theatre, $6,58.5;
Olympic Theatre $:36,87:1; Kelly Leon's Min
:acts. $9,027. The receipts of other theatres
Ind minstrel halls for the same time are yet to he
announced.
The weather is changing for the better. Yesterday
soft and bright, and to-day, though cool, is
tIIII.IV.
A Singular Correspondence.
The French papers publish a correspondence
which has lately taken place between a young
physician in Paris, named Grenier, and the Bishop
of Orleans. The doctor, after receiving his
diploma ha Paris and beginning practice in the
country, was notified by the .I.linister of Public
Instruction that he was no longer licensed to kill
or care, because some materialist doctrines had
been discovered in his answers to certain ques
tions put to him by the examiners, and he must
theretore undergo another examination. Where
•npon the persecuted man wrote to the Bishop of
Orleans :
"You, Monseigneur, are very great, and I am
very little. Your words will have great weight
with the minister, and his excellency may very
possibly sacrifice me to please you. I shall as
tonish you greatly, in all probability, by telling
you that I am materialist and revolutionary, just
as you are Christian and reactionary, that is to
say, with the like certainty, the like faith, and I
might almost say the like nairet,. My father, a
freethinker and a materialist, was for forty-five
vears a medical practitioner in a small village of
Perigord. Ho did not escape persecution and
calumny, and he added not a sou to his paternal
fortune. I Inherit his opinions. My father died
suddenly, aged 71, by the bed-side of a poor pa
tient whom he visited gratuitously. This history
furnishes an answer to the questionNin your pam
phlet : ' Who will resign himself to live for a
quarter of a century in a village, poor, solitary
and calumniated, passing his whole time amongst
the dead and the dying ?' I reply boldly that phy
sicians will and do. I aspire to do as my father
did before me."
The Bishop's reply was as follows:
P "You tell me your father was a materialist and
freethinker, and that you agree in his opinions.
By what inadvertence is it that you 'do not per
ceive the'contradiction in terms of your theory?
For if thought is but'a produce of matter, how
can it be free? A materialist cannot possibly bo a
freethinker, for his horizon must necessarily he
limited. Your father, you say, was a materialist;
but your fathers were not. I would not desire
to' detract from the just respect which you
owe to the Immediate author of your
being, but I would ask you whether all
your other ancestors for many centuries were
fools and idlohs,deserving of no respeckhecanse
they believed in their hinnortal soul, and had not
yet made the splendid discovery that we are
nothing but atoms moved about by blind fatality?
You speak of belief In the soul as an antiquated
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
bud decaying doctrine. Thu 'past,' of which you
-o conk mptuouely speak, has been an Illustrious
ne. It comprises all ages, all genine. and every
i.haee of human civilization. No ! If belief in
he foul is the past, it is, also the present, and,
ace the faculty of medicine of Paris, it will be
the fu tut e."
At last accounts Dr. Grenier was not yet of
his trouble.
Suicide in Cincinnati—Ai Dian Shoots
Himself through the Heart.
tFrom the Cincinnati commercial of the 23d I
Last evening about .o 'clock, Christian F.
Kincke, a barber living on Third,near Mill street,
deliberately committed suicide by shooting him
self through the heart. A quarrel with his wife
Is commonly supposed to have been the cause of
the act, and the deed followed so close on the
termination of an excited dispute between them
that it is reasonable to believe that such was the
ease. In the afternoon Mrs. Kineke approached
him on the subject of buying a sewing
aptc.hine, a thing to which he was much
averse, and when she pressed him
to make the purchase against his
will, he became very' angry. It appears that she
taun Ltd him with being avaricious and miserly,
nd that he upbLlidcd her for wantonness and
prodigality. Harsh words were used, disreputable
names were applied by each to• the other, and a
long,wordy welfare was the consequence. He was
of a very passionate nature,
and so is she. It has
not been long since they had a similar quarrel,
in the course of which he shot and 'wounded her
very sevetely. Fearing that something of the
kind would again occur the wife called in Officer
Staufer and requested him to pacify her husband
ins well as he contd. Mr. Staufer took Kincke by
the arm in a friendly manner, walked with him
down to the bridge, crossing the bed of the old
canal, and endeavored to talk him into reason.
This was about quarter past five. For
some . time the barber spoke very savagely
about the treatment • which he had expe
rienced at the bonds of his wife, and violendy
declared that she should not have any thing that
belonged to him. He threatened 'to destroy a
policy of insurantt for tbl,ooo which he had on his
ate, and coutinue.ci, o rail on for rive or ten min
utes. Finally he became calmer, went back to
his shop. lit a cigar, and sat down, apparently
recovered from his fit of passion. But when the
officer had left, he told his wife that he ineant to
kill himself at exactly 6 o'clock, and compelled
her to leave the room. When she had gone, be
sot a pistol—a hideous, old-fashioned, doarle
barreled,piece of ordnance, loaded to the muzzle
with buck-shot and, coolly smoking his
clear, sat down to wait until the clock
indicated six. It was a few minutes after that
time when the wife and the children, who had
been driven from the shop, heard the report of
the pistol, and, running into the room, found
him lying on the iloor—dead. Ile had placed the
weapon directly over the heart, and had dis
charged it with the left hand, so that the shot
bad literally tern his heart to atoms and caused
instantaneous death. He was taken up and
carried into an adjoining room, and a physician
who was immediately summoned tried to detect
vitality, but of course without success, for he
had never breathed after the discharge of the
pistol. The Coroner was sent for, but up to 10
o'clock he had held no inquest on the body. He
will probably do so to-day.. Kincke was about
forty-silt years of age, and leaves, besides his
wife, four small children—the youngest not quite
half a month old.
Forgery in Chicago—Arrest of two Pro
minent Merchants.
[From the Chicago Journal of the 24th.]
Yesterday afternoon two grain dealers of this
city, F. A. Nye and Ebner B. McCloud, well
known on 'Change, were, at the instance of W.
11. Chandler, Superintendent of the Union Star
Freight Line, arrested and arraigned before Jus
tices D'Wolt and Winship, on the charge of for
gery.
It appears that about the Ist of the present
month, Mr. Chandler discovered that certain
parties bad for some time previous been engaged
In swindling the Transportation Company, by
means of forged scale cards. ,Thoy had by some
means come in possession of blank scale
cards, at different elevators, and in ship
ping grain, would rill out the blanks to suit
themselves. The railroad companies which
bad contracted to carry wheat at so
per bushel, or hundred weight, would receive the
cars filled with the produce and charges accord
ing to the number of pounds or bushels marked
on the cards, and not until a sharp practice had
been played upon them for many months did
they discover the alleged frauds. Parties in pos
session of the blank cards, upon making a ship
ment, would place the figures at from eight hun
dred to one thousand pounds below the actual
weight, and thus cave a neat little sum by each
transaction.
It is alleged that the accused have shipped
iifteen or twenty car loads a day for the past
several months, under these forgeries, and when
finally about a week since their practice w de
tected, they settled the financial part of the trans
action by the payment, of $.1,600.
Now, however, comes the settlement of the
criminal part of the affair. The defeud.ints are
charged with forgery, and are likely to be put
thre ugh in a legal way. We learn that the ac
cused allege that the act for which they were ar
rested is a common practice among the grain
dealers of Chicago, .and one that is winked at by
the railroad companies.
No testimony was adduced yesterday, but the
case was continued for ten days, the accused
being required to give bail 'in the sum of i 3,000
each.
Alleged Heavy Defalcation-Singular
Disappearance of a Springfield Bro
ker-krona Twenty to Fifty Thousand
i)ollars Involved.
[Fr on the Springfield (Mate.) Berth Scan, April 3.4.1
Volney Winehell, a well-known broker in this
city, left town two weeks ago to-day, under cir
cumstances Which give color to the rumor that
he does not intend to return. On the clay before
(April 7), J. Munroe Kibbe, of Somers, Conn.,
called upon Mr. Winchell at his office, and asked
for the United Slates bonds which he had prom
ked to obtain for him in exchange for
$-1.000 in seven-thirties that Mr. Kibbe
had left with him for that purpose.
Mr. Winchell made an evasive reply. As
the bonds were put in his possession early in
March, Mr. Kibbe was naturally a little uneasy
about the matter, and consulted F. S. Bailey?,
cashier of the Agawam Bank. Mr. Bailey assured
him that there was no occasion for more than
three clays' delay in making the exchange and
at Mr. Kibbe's solicitation accompanied him to
Mr. Winehell's office, when the broker told him
that hulled neither - the Treasury notes nor the
bonds available at that time. The result of the
conference was that Winehell was given until
the next Monday to procure one or the
other. The next clay (Friday) Mr. Winchell left
the city, saying that he was going to New York,
since when nothing has been seen of him here
abouts. The lease:of his office has been assigned
to It. E. Ladd. A. few clays ago his son came to
this city, paid the father's bill at the Hampden
Douse ' where he has lately boarded, and took
away his trunks. Winehell recently sold his
house on Pearl street for $15,000, and so far
as can be ascertained has now scarcely $lOO
worth of property in the city, which little is at
tached. Mrs. Winchell, to whom he was married
about a year ago, and with whom he has lived
very unhappily, town on a visit about the
same time that Mr. Winchell left, and when she
returned, a day or two ago, was greatly surprised
to find her husband away. She is still here, and
laboring under so much excitement that it is evi
dent that she, at least, believes the current report
to be true; also, that-Mr,,Winchell has deserted
his wife as well as his creditors.
If Mr. Winchell's absence should prove to be
permanent, he is a defaulter for a ,large amount
--how large It Is Impossible to estimate with, any
preciseness at the present time. The figure is not
CRIME.
likely to be mach below $20,000, and it may he
two or three times that sum. Mr. Winshell has
be en cxtensively engaged in the excaange of
United States treasury, notes for bonds, and it is
I; t.own that a large number of persons in towns
hereabouts have left with him the former,
but have not obtained the latter. More cases
of this hied will doubtless come to light after
this publication. The Mr. Kibbe already men
tioned is, as far as is known, the heaviest loser,
and his case is one of especial hardship. The
$4,500 which be entrusted to Winchell comprise
his entire savings for years; and when informed
yesterday of the probable Mate of the case he
was nearly overcome with emotion. A man in
South Hadley is in the same list for $1,300, and a
young man In this city is down for 31,500
every penny he has in the world. This is the
worst sad most atrocious feature) of this swindle,
if swindle it la. The sufferers are largely
hardworking people, whose earnings,
amassed little by little, and by no
easy process, are thus swept away from them.
k v
Among the losers who can hardl lio.reekoned in
this class is James Kirklatul, resident of the
First National Bank, who holds , inchell's note
for $1,720, payable on Saturday oi'thia week.
Numerous other people in this city.' are bitten
more or leas severely, including some who have
been accustomed to let Winchell monerat a high
rate of interest to relet it at a higher. One
of the victims has begun a Pult, against Wlnchell
for $lO.OOO, which we hope he may get:
Mr. Winchell is about sixty-five years old and
has lived a long time in Springfield.. He has
been known to be sharp, but few people would
suppose him to be a swindler. He has done a
large brokerage business for many years past.
It is certainly almost inexplicable that a man of
his age and means should set out on a course so
dishonorable as the one reported of him. The
only reason which can be suggested is `his un
happy domestic relations. Where he has gone
nobody knows. If he went to New York, as he
said he was going, he bas had time enough to got
thousands 01 miles away from Springfield. For
his creditors' sake we would be glad to chronicle
his return, but the probability is that his face will
never be seen here again.
DISASTERS.
Powder DIM Explosion in Delaware.
(From the Wilmington Commercial of the:Ath.l
Shortly before 10 o'clock last evening the noise
and shock of a powder mill explosion were
heard and felt in this city. It was caused by the
explosion of one of the rolling mills at E. I. Da
Pont, De Nen:lours Co.'s Powder Works. Lit
tle harm beyond the demolition of the mill was
done, and no one was hurt. It has been a long
time since any explosion occurred there before,
and such is the completeness of the arrange
ments .that under ordinary circumstances when
one does occur but little harm is done.
PIA DJEIBA.
Political Riots.•.severe Drought... The
tWine Crop.
From the Island of Madeira 'we have, mail
advices to the 28th ult., giving particulars of the
riot on that island, of which we previously had
telegraphic advices. It seems that the taxes im
posed upon the islanders had been increased to an
insupportable point, so that many' were utterly
unable to pay their assessments. Amid the gen
eral discontent occasioned by this state of things,
news came that a candidate, St. Anna by name,
was on his way from Lisbon to try and get
his election secured as Deputy for the City
of Funchal to the Portuguese Cortes. He
was said to have been mainly instrumental in
promoting the measures of Increased taxation,
consequently the people of the island, greatly ex
cited, declared that he would not be permitted to
land, or if he persisted In doing so, that he would
not leave the island alive. When the Galgo, the
vessel which conveyed him, arrived, a great
crowd assembled on the. beach. He ventured,
however, to land, but was instantly at
tacked and pelted with showers of stones, forc
ing him to take refuge in the Custom' House
close by. The mob then assaulted the building,
smashing in the windows and doors. The troops
were called out, and fired upon the people, kill
ing and wounding several, but still no impression
was made upon them. Finally a compromise was
made that ho should be allowed to
leave the Custom-house on condition that
he would at once quit the island, so
he returned through the crowd to the
beach unmolested, and went on Ward the vessel,
which conveyed him back to Lisbon On re
ceipt of the news there, the Government de
spatched a vessel-of-war to the island, but the
xcitement had subsided, and on the assurance of
the Governor that ho could maintain order during
the forthcoming election, she returned to Lisbon.
There had been an unusually long prevalence
of drought on the island, accompanied by the
scorching "Leste," or Easterly winds, which,
blowing over from the African deserts,
were blasting the vegetation and destroy
ing the grain crops in the lower lands.
This weather had lasted for near three months;
prayers for rain were being ()tiered in the
churches, and penitential processions parading
the streets.but still no signs of change. Should this
weather continue much longer, the grain and
vegetable crops will all be destroyed; as it is, the
cattle have barely enough to subsist upon. The
invalids frequenting the islands do not appear to
have suffered from this weather; but it has
effected the natives with dysenteric complaints.
The wine crops are yearly improving; the sugar-.
cane plantations are being very generally up
rooted and vines planted again in their stead,
the -ordinin" disease having very nearly dis
sppeared.
A Strange Legacy.
Once r? Week says: "A more extraordinary
legacy than that bequeathed to his fellow-citizens
by Father la Loque cannot well be imagined. At
his death his body was found stretched on a.
miserable bed in an attic of the Quartier do Ore
l:elle, which is anything but a fashionable district
of Paris. He was an old man, had lived in the
simplest way, sustaining himself almost entirely
on bread. his room contained hardly any furni
ture, yet hid in a corner was found a little cup
board with numerous shelves, and on these were
sorted with the greatest order regiments of corks.
In the centre was a manuscript, written by the
Pere la LoqUe, on which he stated that ho had
formerly been in possession of considerable
wealth, now squandered; that of all his greatness
there remained but these corks, drawn in better
times to welcome many a friend who, had now
forgotten him; that age and ruin had taught their
moral, and that on each cork would be found
written its history. This the old man did, hoping
that it would serve as a timely warning, and that,
placed on the shelves of some museum or of
a philosopher's study, they might be found to il
lustrate human nature. On one of the corks was
an inscription to this effect; 'Champagne cork;
bottle emptied 12th of May, 1843,with M. B—,
who wished to interest mein a business by which
I was to make ten millions. The affair cost mo
50,000 f. M. 8,--escaped to Belgium. A cau
tion to amateurs.' On another appears the fol
lowing note: 'Cork of Cyprus wine, of a bottle
emptied on the Ith of December, 1850, with a
dozen fast friends. Of these I have, not found a
single one to help nae on the day of my ruin.
The names of the twelve are annexed below."'
A Curious 'Weapon of Defence.
The carrying of weaponsis forbidden in Fromm
to persons in civil life, but an invention has been
made which, while conforming with the law, is
a partial aid as a means of defence against night
robbers. It consists of a small horn inserted in
the end of a cane, which contains an electric bat
tery and a small-lamp with two powerful reflec
tors. The intensity of this light, it is said, tem
porarily blinds any person at whom it is poinkli.
Tho lamp is kindled at will, by pressing a small
knob at the other end of the stick, which commit
nicates with an electric wire.
Query —Having the cane handy, would it, not
he as effective to knock the robber down with It
at once?
F. L. FETHERSTON. Palate.
PRIOR THREE CENTS
FACf/rX ern FANants.
An iunputolialled Poem by Hai
The following veraes, never, before publii4et
wire written by Mr. Buller*, in 1836, in repl,y , tor
some lines addressed to him by an aukocent,
young lady, who preowned upon her adadretieg,
of lialleek'e poetry, and upon the privilege, eit
Leap Year. The address given by her urea r
Campbell, Albi Cottage, Mount Fifteen,
Ohio :"
TO ELLEH (THE mecum° ntBDD.
Theraeottleh border-minstrel's lay
Entranced me oft in 6000°0 4 41 1 7 ;
lid forests., glens and streams;
Mountains and heather , blooming fair,
A Highland lake and lady were
The playmates of my dreams.
Years passed away; my dreams were 004
My pllgrinr footsteps prebsed alone
LochiCatrines storied shines;
And winds that winged me orer the lake
Breathed low, as if they feared to , break
The music of my etas.
No tramp of warrior men was heard;
For welcome song or challenge wort
I listened, butts Rain;
Andrmoored beneath his favfrite tree,
As vainly wooed the minstrelsy
01 gray - haired "Allan Bane.''
I 1311 W the Highland heath-dower small*
In beauty upon Ellen's tale ;
And, couched in Ellen's bower,
I watched, beneath the latticti leaves t
Her corning, thro' a summer eve's
Youngest and loveliest hour.
She came not ; lonely was her home ,
Herself of airy shapes that come,
Like shadows to depart.
Are there two Liens of the WO?
Or have I lived at last to find
An Elea of the heart?
For music like the borderer'. now
Rings round me, and again I bow
Before the shrine of song, .
Devoutly u I bowed In youth
For hearts that worship there in truth-
And joy are ever young.
And well my harp responds. to-day,
And willingly its cords obey
The minstrel's loved command ;
A minstrel maid whose infant eyes
Looked on Ohio's woods and skies,
My school-book's sunset land.
And beautiful the wreath she twines
Round "Alb' Cottage," bowered in viaey
Or blest in sleigh-bell mirth ;
And lovelier still her smile, that seems.
To bid me welcome in my dreams
Beside its peaceful hearth.
tong shall I deem that winningsmile
But a mere mockery, to beguile
Some lonely hour of care. '
And will this Ellen prove to be,
But like her namesake o'er the sea,
A being of the air ?
Or shall I take the morning's wing,
Armed with a parson and a•ring,
speed hill and vale along,
And at her cottage hearth ore night
Change into ftutteninge of delight,
Or (what's more likelylof affright,
The merry mock bird's song ?
—K. Y. Post.
—Jean Ingelow was born in 1830.
-.l'he real estate transfers of Chicago , nowt
amount to almost $200,000 per week.
—An Illinoisan has, within the last two years,
married four wives and burled three of them.
—lt is isad that the gamblers of New York win:.
ten millions of dollars annually. Who loses it?-
-The savings banks in Ban Francisco, whisk
are mainly patronized by the working classes,
contain $7,000,000 deposits in gold.
—Of the two hundred New England women
who went to Washington Territory two years
ago, all but three have married.
—Lieutenant General Bherman's house in. St-
Louis was broken into a few nights ago snit sev
oral small articles of silverware stolen.
—Mr. John Brougham Is at work on a play for
Edwin Booth s which Is to be played soon after
the opening of the new theatre in New Turk.
His play for the Williamses is nearly done..
—Two hundred and thirty-two girls were ex
amined for the 4 next term of Cambridge Uni—
versity, England. Tho highest umber wets•
taken by an Irish girl.
—The Mormons are building a fort at Cove
Creek, Utah, 1,000 teet square, with walls of
black volcanic rock, laid in cement, four feet
thick, and eighteen feet high.
—A letter was received at the Poet Office at:
.White River Junction the other day, hearing this•
unique address : "Mr. John Sullivan 9 miles from,
Vermont. Care of Mr. Brooks on a farm."' -
—A dramatization of "Oliver Twist" has been
interdicted in Loudon, in consequence of: thei.
immoral lessons taught in the scenes of the Jew
Pagin's.
—The Post Office Department is in search of a
stamp that cannot be used a second. time. The
frauds in this way amount to a large sum an
nually.
—A man in Cavendish, Vermont, was mean
enough to charge a dollar for acting as pall,lxter.:-
or at the funeral of a ;poor woman who wasam
buried at the expense of the town.
—When a certain facetious doctor was , asked •
how they could commemorate the discoverer or
other, he replied "Very simple. One spedestal 1
Two statues! Morton here! Jackson there t
Underneath the simple inscription—'To Ether. ""t
—A Western paper cruellX says:—"Ous mein—
ber in Congress has made a great speech—one of
his very best. It was written for him by a.
graduate of this office, and the matter and de—
livery do credit to both parties."
—A writer in a Western paper offers himself as
a candidate for a "testimonial." Re is moved
thereto, not by the consciousness of having done
anything ,to deserve one, but by the fact that
everybodyhe meets, who has done, no more than
he has, seems to be getting one.
—The following address upon a letter puzzled
one of our post-office clerks somewhat, a day or
two since:
"Colored Young Man, in a basement, keep
provisions. south side Market street, I think No.
6, Philadelphia, if not there will be In a few
days."
—Here is an numusical detail concerning Ros
sini. He Is like the bobolinks that have reached
the Carolina rico fields, and, busy with the pro-,
sale business of fattening on rice, forget hew
sing. Rossini, who writes no more music, ex..
cept an occasional extravifgance for opening.
ceremonies at exhibitions—Rossini, mute and,
well fattened, loves to eat, loves especially ma°,
caroni and asnaratrus. Once, a person who,.
wished to get Into b id s good graces anticipatedk
his visit by the present of some fine green peas.
He was, however, coldly received. Another,
better informed, sent asparagus, and the master
received him with open arms. Already has.
it been decided by himself, emu.
nothing but asparagus shall be plantedover the
tomb of Rossini. As another instance of refined
gourmm,dise, this , time flavored with , a shrewd,
practicability, is mentioned a dream:Ames that
occurred at an entertalionent giverf at the chateau.
de V—. A lady guest, seeing, itOsno very time
truffles on the sideboard, told the waiter to help ,
her to sonic. He refused to do so, much to lter
indignation. Just in time to pluveut a scene, an
intimate friend of the house come up, to whom
the lady explained her casaretemp& The friend
Informed her that, on account the exorbitant
price of the delicacy, orders had been given that
the trollies Should onlzr be ao r v c d, to um t at a ttot to 4
of the fatni4l
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