GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XX.11.--NO. 17. 'THE EVENING BULLETIN -1;VIILISIIED EVERY EVENING (Sundays excepted). AT THE NEW E rIN 607 Cheetnut Street, Philadelphia, ItY Till: EVENTNG BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. PP.OlgtlP.7OllO. OITISON PEACOCK, • EUN EST II WALLACE, F. L. PF.TIIERSTON, ;Do J. WILLIAMSON. cASPER SOUDER. FRANCIS WELLS. The iividaniti is served to subscribers in the city at 18 Cents , er week • syabte to the carriers, or per n (MUM INVITATIONS FOR WEDDINGS, PARTIES. exeted in a eupertormanner. b 7 IDRERA. lOW CHESINLYI STREET. fcDltn MARRIED. ELLIB-811EWELL—On the Bth that; at the Church" of the Atonement. at o'clock L. M.. by Rev. Benjamin Watson, D. EL Ryan T. Ellis to tattle M., youngest 'laughter of William M. Shewell, Esq., all of this city. DIED. HARMER—On the 27th inst., John W. II armer, In the t7l) seventyAiret year of bis age. The (relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from Ms late residence, No. 1405 fdoyamensing avenue. on Friday, May let, at one o'clock P. M. To proceed to Germantown. Servicee to Haines Street M. E. Church. SEEGEft.—On the Beth inst.. aim Ann Sever. relict of the late David Seeger, decemed, In the 89th year of her age. Funeral cervices at Grace Church, at 11 o'clock ne• ively. SHIELDS.—At New Orleans. La., August 10. 1967, Geo. W. Shields. M. D. Asebtant Surgeon United Statec Army. His remains will be interred at Laurel Hilt on Thurs. day, the o^Oth hut., At 10 o'clock A. M. • WAlt?iElt—At Panama, on the 15th Instant. James 'Gaper, son of Francis 'V. and Mary M. Warner, aged 24 years. 2t ITWO-YARDS WIDE. BLACK BYZANTINES, CAM- I els' Hair Bareger, klorentines. llernania Grenadian Bar m% Crepe Alaretz. Barret:re and ramartinep, for mile DEBBOIC 4: 130I.s.wholeealo ta urn d retail Moing Dry ,00de Mouse, No.PIB Obtainut efteet. apia it EYItE LANDELL OPEN TO. l ' AY THE LIGHT Ilbades of Spring Poplin! for tho Faahlormble Walking -.7irennea. Steel Colored Poplin!. Mode Colored Poplin!. • Bloniarek Exact Shade. ilrlafTl nilkYll 11-12 U ser To the WWI. Republican Party. Agreeably to the new Rule. of, the Union Republican - Part", the citizens of the oeveral Wards throughout the city will assemble finch plarce ILA may be designated the Ward Executive Committees). on MONDAY EVENING, May 4, o'clock. to form Ward Ai Fottatlont. WM. R. LEEDS, :'re , ident Union Republican City Executive Committee. our: L Hu.e Seeretarice. hicilatni4) *Ma ' Pi ILADELPHIA !‘:ATA1`011.101 AND 11.11 SICAL INSTITUTE. REOPENING OF TBE EAribi.MING DEPART. Di. JANSEN respectfully announces to his friends and the patrons of the Institution that he will open his exten• rive Bath for public ftetforf; next 1111./BSDAN April th_. from 9A. IL. till 9P. M. A t 931. P. At. inauguration of the lesson, by all the Oem tier cm Subscribers. FRIDAY. May truths Mall will be open for all visitors. from 9A. M.. DU 3t. At BP. 31., a clan of little girls will swim for their lady friends. Tickets of invitation can be procured at the OFFICE of the NATATORIUM. on the day previous. On SATURDAY. May the Id. the Institution opens for instruction nod Its regular business at the usual hour. Temperature always the same—eturuner heat. For particulars. set circular. apZi strp - - 16" OFFICE PHILADELPHIA AND S OUTH ERN MAIL iSI EABIBUIP tWIPAN Y. 314 8. DELA. WARE AVENUE. PIII LA DELPHI/L e April:AVM., The Annual Meeting et the Steskholders of Chia Cam vany will he held on WEDNCSDAY, May eth. tern. at 1:1 o'clock. noon, at the Board' of 'Trade ROOM, 50 CHEST. Street, at which time there will be an election. for Seven Direttors, to serve for the ensuing year. S. }LANADAN. sp2P-74 Preeldent. THE ANNUAL MEETING , 01 , THE STOCK. Ie r HOLDERS of the GREEN MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY will be held at the Office of the Cam pan_ No. 3 Merchant's Exchange. Itllatielphia, =TUESDAY,. 31a 12, 'Mt at 12 o'clock. noon. The Transfer Hooke will be closed from May first to thirteenth. WM. S. GREEN, Secretary. Puit,aart.etri A. Apt El " ltd& areq. my14685t• TUE WEST PHILADELPHIA CHORAL SO. deli will hereafter hold its meetings in the Hall of Prof. Saunders's Lustitute..Thirty.eightb (greet, above Market. All the members are requested to be preeent at that place THIS EVENING. J. A. L. WILSON. Secretary pro teat. PENNSYLVANTA HOSIITAL..—THE CON. tributore to the Pen:wry/ads tioepital are hereby notified that the annual 4ft-bon for Managere and Tree eurer will be bald at the Merits!. Eighth etreet, below spruce, on the 4th proxitno.at 4 o'clock ,741. ap27 6trp WISTAR MORRId, Secretary. Fourth-month 13th. 1866. a e r POINT' BREEZE PARS ASSOCIATION. ADtil 2ith. 1869. The election fora President and Directors of the A Asada- Oyu will be held at the Office of the Association. No. 144 south Fourth street, on MONDAY. May 4th next, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. sy274itti4 nap. THE SPRUCE AND PINE STREET CARS willcommencosunnlng from the Exchange through fo Fairmount Park on SUNDAY, May 9, IS6 Single fare LUKE KEEGAN, apr2 stro. Superintendent- PHILADELPHIA ORTHOPXDIC HOSPITAL, No. 15 South Ninth street. Club-foot„ hip and Epi nal &Mane@ and bodily deformttiee treated. Apply daily at 12 o'clock. aPls:inirPl HOWARD HOSPITAL. NON. 1018 AND IMO 1165.- Lombard etre6t. Dispensary Department,--Xledical treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to the ;oor. I NEWSPAPERS t BOOM, PA.MPHLETSWASTE Paper. dte., bought by E. HUNTER. aro3-t1 IV • No. 613 Jayne etreet: THE PARAGUAYAN WAR. Reported Success of the Alnes—The Whereabouts of Lopez Unknown. LONDON, April 28, 1888, Night.---News from Rio Janeiro to the 9th inst. has been received here. bates from the seat of war on the Parana are to March 25. . The allies had taken the Paraguayan lines at Royas, and the headquarters of the Marquis de Caxias were at Reno. _ . Marshal Lopez has abandoned Pucu and his whereabouts were unknown. The allied fleet has gone up the river again to Fort Humaita, which was soon to be attacked. the allies expect that MO Paraguayans will sur render. THEATRES, Eto. THE THEATRES.—Mr. Edwin Booth will appear at the Walnut this evening in The Fools' Revenge. The Black Crook, with Diani, Leah and Sands in brilliant dances, will be presented at the Chestnut. At the Arch ;Miss Fanny B. Price will attempt "Fanchon." On Friday this young lady will ap pear in a play styled Tangled Threads. The American announces a varied performance. Burz.—At the Town Hall, Germantown, the great, unsurpassable, incomparable Signor Blitz - will give exhibitions of magic, ventriloquism and ledgerdemain, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, and on Saturday afternoon. The Sig nor will soon retire from the stage, and all his friends should pay him a farewell visit. ELEVENTH • STREET OPERA HOUSE.—The pro gramme announced for this evening by Messrs. Carneross et Ailey contains a Multitude of no velties and good things. The Kuk-Klux-Klan will do dark and deadly deeds, and display the mysterious power of their organization. The now burlesque, Light at Laet, will be produced in handsome style, together with singing by Cam /cross, dancing, inetnyriontal music, and negro t omicEdities. —A grumpy Cincinnatian threatened his family with, his suicide. They politely requested hlm not to commit it in the house, as it would be disagreeable, and be as politely complied with their request, and going out of doors, blew out ibis brains. - . _ . . , . . , I Ji ai, ill i f, 1 ilt il t t lit 4 1 . . . No, gentlemen who manage the interests of this foremost American art-academy, you begin with the secondary, instead of beginifing with the beginning. Your wish la to educate the pub e 'lie? Then try to form and turn out graduates capable of doing so. The pictures and other works of art lent this year to the Academy are hurled together iu a chaos. Is it possible that the committee is unaware of the dense confusion of the general public mind on matters of civilization ? Is it so ignorant of ignoranee? What is the sensation of the ordinary tourgeoie standing before one of the Academy's sheeted walls, where French, German and American pictures shoulder and struggle with each other, with just as much ar rangement as the broken victuals in a beggar's wallet ? Ile is, and ought to be, a model of con fusion. He dimly feels that the American can vases are the brightest, the reddest and the bluest. He sees that Hamilton indicates his figures with splotches, and it seems to him that I'a.•ini does the same thing ; Preyer has painted grapes and plums that look as if you could lift them and eat them ; but then, a great many other people paint grapes that likewise appear very round, grid he has possibly been struck with some pretty design of grapes In gold and chromo on the cards of a Catawba Wine Company. If the Wine Company's placard were glazed and framed before him he would like it as well as the Preyer. We are compelled to regard this state of mind as that which the managers intend to inculcate. The honest and bewildered citizen who sees little native pieces exposed for twenty-five and fifty dollars beside similar subjects by foreign ar tists at twenty-five and fifty thousand franc.s,may perhaps by that very difference be tempted to loose his purse-strings and pay for the pretty cheap daub; that, in the enlightened" sense of the committee, may seem a happy way of blending the encouragement of home art with an educational system ^ for the community. The real state of things, as the well-meaning citizen ought to be taught, is that foreign art schools, amid a host of fostering influences and examples, have attained an excellence which it would be madness to look for in a juvenile re public getting its living amid forest.. that the high foreign price is a fair indication of the esti mation in which the work is held among a public that has made such things a devoted study ; that his American bargain; if exposed in the French er Belgian market, would be represented by a far lower sum,•so that the difference which so strikes him would be indefinitely increased. A burnt finger or two, and then a little travel, would open his eyes to the fact that this purse-anomaly must have some kind of explanation ; that excellences, and degrees, and tones which his blunt senses have never been taught to estimate, must have something in them after all ; and, for a final clench to his conviction, we would like him to expose his smart American gallery. with its com plete riches of blue and red and yellow, at auction in the Hefei Druot, in Paris. Now the hanging committees, it seems to us, ought to try and make their galleries represent this continental tour which we imagined for our brave bourgeois. Let the different nationalities be separated by bounds as definite as their proper oceans and mountain chains. Such English pictures as are present— and the Academy exposes some most interesting Leslies, a world of Weste. and a capi tal Herring—might come first, as the best prepa ration, and the representative of a school almost as uninstructed and formless as our own; then might come the Italian pictures—the Pa, S,:ae of Gastaldi, and others—to show the influence of old traditions in the historic realms of art; then the intelligent French picture e, representing the art of the present, and their off-shoot, the Belgian; and finally the German schools, almost as intelligent as the French, almost as narrative and literary in feeling as the English. These specimens might hang around the walls of certain galleries, as geographical and anabse mica! plates decorate a school-room; the spec tator would walk them through, and the deriva tion of art would gradually impress him, in pro portion to his intelligence. Then, to lead and prepare his mind, there might be arranged some spacious chamber to be hung with the efforts of our landscape school—the universe of foliage— the pendant lake precipitated from basin to basin—the savannahs and prairies in which the occidental intelligence is forming. Here he could breathe his native air. The atmosphere of wilderness and savagery would prepare him to renounce the finished splendors of European taste, and when he reached the final room or cabinet in which it might be worth while to hang Our dozen successes in the ideal or historical vein, he would reach it in a charitable, disci plined mood that would bereave his judgment of its rawness—his Yankee satire of its edge. Me Academy of Fine Arts-Hanging Costimittoes. In a notice day before yesterday we rave the man aging committee credit for what we believe to be their unimpeachable disinterestedness in arrang ing the stores collected for the spring exhibition. But this disinterestedness may exist in its utmost candor along with faults of judgment very amen able to criticism : and we cannot think that the committee. in the views they openly declare and promulgate on the subject of their management of the School, show themselves to be, in their conception of this interesting duty, quite above instruction and criticism. Their theory is this : that, popular taste being in need of teaching in art-matters. there is nothing to do but to fur nish the best examples obtainable, and set them before the public vision in the arrangement beet adapted to display their intrinsic merit. There, in the opinion of the present committee, the question ends: in our own, the question is only begun at that point. What is the function of any High or Normal School ? Is it to train the silken bands of visit ors who flutter in at the commencements and little festivals of the institution ? Or is it to train the students:? . ART ITVIVIS The more practical sort of visitors to the Exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts must have noticed with interest a group of fine archi tectural drawings hung together in the southwest gallery. We observed certain of them involun tarily on our first visit, and were at once struck by the practical and practicable nature of their design, as well as by the artistic neatness and exactitude of their detail. Front and flank eleva tions of a building intended for an Insurance Company, a general design of a Presbyterian Church—not a 19w church, hewever,„ judging from the pinnacles—with rear and interior views of the same, and an excellent store-front, are comprised in these drawings, which we learn from the catalogue arc duo to, the cultivated PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1868. talent of Mr. Henry A. SlEllf, architect, 420 Walnut street. A carefully-finished design for the new Bank ing Rouge of the Philadelphia Saving Fund So ciety, In the vicinity of the above drawings, was prepared by Addison Hutton. Practical Architect, 152 South Fourth street. We consider the architectural department of an art•exhibition by no means its least apposite part, and shoula be glad to find our ambitious 3 oung draughtsmen more ready to display their better works. EUROPEAN AFFAIR FROM VIENNA. Austria and iteme—Nsttect of the ate.. peal of the concordat—An Embassy to the Pope—Geed Feeling Ite.estait. listed:-The Papal Army. [Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin! VIENNA, April 8, 1868.-11 is a well-known fact that the relations between the Court of Vienna and the Papal See have not been of a very friendly character, in consequence of the civil marriage bill and that of public instruction having become laws in Austria. Nevertheless the Emperor Is unwilling to push matters as far as an open rup ture with the Pope, and has therefore forwarded a special message to the Holy Father by a person, about whose identity the most contradictory state ments have been made in the newspapers. I re fer to Count de Liedekerke-Beaufort, a member of the House of Representatives of Belgium, who resides in Brussels; he is a large property owner and one of the pillars of the conservative-catholic party in hie home: he enjoys considerable credit among the high elergy, is personally acquainted with the Pope, and on familiar terms with Cardinal Auto- Geld. Six months ago M. de Liedekerke was entirely unknown In Vienna, and the Emperor, as well as Baron Beust, was not oven aware of his existence. As above stated, the relations be tween Vienna and Rome had beceme some.vhat delicate on account of the Concordat affair. The Emperor was therefore desirous to write to the Pope. and .asked M. Beast for a person qualified to be entrusted with the mission of delivering the letter. It was the Emperor's wish that the envoy be able in case of need successfully to explain to the Pope the considerations which he had to take, and to inform him of the real state of affairs in Vienna, as well as to set forth the necessity on the part of the Pope to relax the traditional severity of the volley of the Holy See. A friend of Count Liedekerke pointed him out to the Prime Minis ter as the proper man for the mission. He was at once called to Vienna, presented. to the Empe ror. and soon afterwards left for Rome with an autograph letter from the Emperor to the Pope. M. Liedekerke was not charged with actual orders for negotiations, for" if such had been considered - necessary, they would have been attended to by Count Crivelly, Austrian Ambassador in Rome. His duty was to enlighten the Pope in regard to the real inten tions of the Imperial government,the plans of the Emperor and the conduct which he proposed to follow under the circumstances in whic.,, he was placed. The Envoy was very well received in Rome, and has made himself equally useful to both courts. He has succeeded in forming a recon ciliation where a rupture was imminent, and has returned to, this city a few days ago.' The Emperor and the Empress received him at their residence, in Ofen, with marked distinction, and, us a general thing, the public appears to be well satisfied with the result of his mission. Advices from Rome state that many thousands of strangers are flocking into the city to witness the religious ceremonies daring the Holy Week. The rumors about the failing health of the Pope appear to be entirely without foundation, and the Holy Father expects to attend to the ceremonies in it. Peter's Cathedral on Easterday and Holy Friday. The French army of occupation is said to be composed,of about 5,000 men at present, and rumors are afloat again about their being recalled to France, which are however en tirely without foundation,as is asserted by reliable parties. The Pope may set his mind to rest on that score, for Napoleon's policy would not allow him to withdraw his troops at a time when Italy is dissatisfied and a certain class of its popu lation ready to "annex" the Holy City, as soon as a favorable opportunity presents. The Papal army is far from being reduced, and the latest private authentic letters state that the recruits are constantly drilled, receive new arms and equipments, and that the troops are more com pletely on a war footing than at any time daring the late disturbances. King Theodore—HL Pedigree as Traced by Himself. The following is King Theodore's pedigree, ,^.c cording to his own account, given ju.eL befotc the Eng•liEh invasion. In the name of the Father, and of the Eon, and of the Holy Ghost, one God. The King of Kings, Theodore. created by the Trinity its servant, installed by it and made I'rince, to his children given to him by God and to all the Franks (Europeans) by your God and the God of your friend Theodore, who appeared to Moses on Mount Sinai and in the Red Sea, who appeared to Joshua at Jericho, who through his servant Samuel anointed Saul when he was seeking the asses that were lost, who, when Saul turned from his Creator, commanded Samuel to anoint David. Solomon was King after David, according to the word of the prophet and of his father, notwith standing that Adonias (Adonija.h), against the will of God, was proclaimed King by the people, and obtained favor in their eight. Solomon, by the Queen of Azyob (the southeast), begat Meni lek, who became King of Ethiopia. From Meni lek down to the dynasty of the Gallas, all the kings were atageplayers (az/mire), who sought from. God neither wisdom nor strength; but with His help the means of raising up the empire were found when God chose me, His servant, to be King. My countrymen said, "The river Is dried up; its bed is empty;" and they insulted me because my mother was poor, and called me the son of a beggar. But the Turks knew the great ness of my father, who made them his tributaries as far as the frontiers of Egypt and to the gates of their cities. My father and my mother de scended from David and from Solomon, and they are also of the seed of Abiltham, the servant of God. Now, those who insulted me with the name of a beggar's son arc themselves beggars, and beg for their daily bread. Without God's will neither wisdom nor power can save from ruin. Nevertheless as God said unto Adam, "in - the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread," it is necessary not to fall B into slothfulness. ut it is needless for me to give you this advice; for, as the proverb <says "speak not of wisdom to the sage, neither cut the food of a lion." There is nothing powerful in the world. Many have had mortars and can nons in abundance, and nevertheless have suc cumbed. Napoleon had myriads of them, yet he died conquered, after having subjugated the Franks. Nicholas, Emperor of the Muscovites, possessed them in abundance, and was van quished by the French, the English, and the Turks, and died without having accomplished the desire of his heart. If in your country you meet with any parti sans oft he brigand'Negusye who shall say, like the traitors of this country, that Ethiopia is gov erned by the son of a beggar, wager with them a field covered with gold that I, the r•rasent Empe ror, am on the throne of my fathers , Abraham and David, and bring them h.ere to be confronted with me. It is God "that hath put down- the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree." —A sycamore tree one hundred and ten feet high, and with a hollow fourteen feet in the clear, is reported to be Standing in Whonn county, Illinois. J:111t*C0 ro or .11 hip m t 4 Ant:other Outia4re hi t►lentphtu—Mnrdera •otad Abgallit t pots u negro. . [Ft-1m the .61etuRlith Poet. Aprih2s.] Slavery dies hard. Those who once cracked the slave whip in merciless cruelty oyen the naked forms of human fathers, mothers and' children, and heard with indifference the thrilling out burst of their agony and misery, and boasted of their fortunes in ,tech and blood, relinquish their la powers as masters, and pride as owners, with a fitful spasms and desperate efforts for lite as a dangerous serpent exhibits when its head is-being mashed and ground under the heel of man. Though slavery, with all its brutal distinctions and loatheome habiliments, surrendered up all its authority and existence to freedom and elual ty at Appomattox Court House three years•ago, yet there .are still frequent collisions betweerfthe t anguished and the victor, and many a desperate fusilade with the old weapons. One of these skirmishes happened this morning near the corner of Union and Main streets, be tween A. C. Lake, conductor of street car No. and Mr. R. H. McCain, a widely known and CD teemed colored citizen of this city. The circum stances are as follows: Mr. McCain having some qnsiness near the line of one of the street rail roads, rode out in one of the cars without being objected to or interrupted as a passenger. After completing his business he waited for a car in which to return. Car No. 9' soon came along and he stepped aboard and took a eeat. The conductor :immediately or dered him' to go outside, which McClain refused to do. The conductor becoming enraged, forced him to get off the car. Mr. McCain re marked, as be stepped out, that this was "car No. 9, and that it would be all right." Lake re plied with much agitation "you report me and I will kill you i' Without retorting McCain went direct to Justice Griffith and swore out a warrant for Lake's arrest. Officer Lammon executed the warrant and held the party for Wit\ before Justice Griffith this morning at ten o'clock. Soon after breakfast this morning Mr. McCain, passing along the street, stopped in with the crowd that were collected in front of Mr. Tap,g's store lis tening to the account of the robbery of the store last night, when up came Lake with a pistol in his hand, and after making some remark to McCain, fired at him. The ball penetrated through McCain's clothes on the left side and barely entered the flesh near the lower rib. McCain, who was prepared for ,the event, returned the shot, but missed his aim. He then retreated within the store, toward the left corner at the farther end, at the same time trying to discharge his pistol at Lake,!who in the meantime fired three more shots at McCain and directly into the crowd of men who had dodged into the corner. The lives of all were hazarded. McCain was rendered defenceless by the derangement of his pistol, and to save himself rushed up the stairway adjoining. Fortunately at this juncture Officer limulaoltz came in, arrested both parties, and marched them down to the lower station house. Both were locked up. Mr.lLake's brother soon came after him with a pistol in his hand, and while parleying got into a dispute with Mr. McCain, and would have shot him but for the interference of the police, who disarmed him. Lake was brought before Justice Griffith this morning, but by some defect in the writ he was discharged on the charge of violating the com mon carrier law, On the charge of threatening to kill McCain he was put under bonds of 51,000 to keep the peace. • - Remarkable Desertion Case in. Chi. eago—A Husband Absconds with 51,1,000. [From the Chicago Republican of the 2.7 th.) A sad case of supposed swindling and deser tion, on the part of a husband towards his wife acid family, has lust been developed, the circum stances concerning which are as follows: Wi(limn Straight, a well-to-do farmer,nntil recently living near Monongahela, Pa., has been a married man for some eight years.• Until the fall of 1.847 he seemed to be a loving and devoted husband, but since that time he has not proved himself the honest, upright man that a fond wife supposed him to be. During . the fall just passed. Straight paid a visit to this city. remaining away from his family several weeks. After his return home his wile thought that his conduct had changed toward her, and although believing that she was no longer loved she endeavored to make his home a happy one. One day when he was overhauling some papers a photograph of a beautiful woman fell to the floor, and was picked up by his little boy. who asked his father who it was. The little fellow was informed that it was a picture of a cousin. Mrs. Straight obtained possession of the photograph, and was at once satisfied that it represented no relation of theirs. To make it more suspicious to her jealous mind, the back of the card denoted that it had been made in Chicago. • Last April he sold out in Pennsylvania and came to this city, on his way for Muskegon, Michigan. The family arrived here on the 11th instant. and went on board the propeller Trues dell one week ago last Thursday. As the bag gage had not yet arrived, Mr. Straight volun teered to remain in Chicago and take charge of the same. Since then he has not been seen by his wife and little son. Mrs. Straight says that she is certain that he had in his possession ielti,- Oute of this large amount e 3,000 was her private property. Thinking that her husband would soon follow, -he remained on the boat and was conveyed to Muskegon, where she awaited the a.rrival;of Mr. Straight, but all in vain. Determined to ascer tain, if possible, the reason of his long absence, she returned to this city, arriving yesterday fore noon in the Comet. She at once reported the above facta at the Central Police Station, to De tective Sergeant Moore,who,aided by experienced help, will soon, undoubtedly, unravel the mys tery attendant upon the husband's absence. The performance of Gounod's Grand opera, at the Academy of Music last evening, was the most satisfactory of any given by the Ilichings troupe during; their present engage ment. The audience was quite large, and was disposed to be somewhat enthusiastic and demen strative. The singers caught inspiration from the house. and, without exception, gave their various parts in the most creditable manner. The deli, dons music of the opera of itself would animate the coldest singer, and the sweet pathos of the story is such that no true artist could fail to ap ply to its just interpretation his highest histrionic ability. Probably every opera goer has heard ea, .r. 01 the parts sung singly, at different times, more skilfully than they were given last evening. It is not difficult to recall at least one "Mephis tophdes" superior to that of Mr. Campbell, and among the names of those who hate sung the music of "Marguerite," and of "Faust," we might select a number who gave the parts more nearly faultless 4 than Miss Richings or Mr. Cas tle did. But the performance taken in its com pleteness was an unusually good one, and the ar tists who participated in it have no reason to fear the result of comparison with those given by other troupes in this city. Mr. Campbell's "Mephistopheles" was a very commendable and praiseworthy effort. He exe cuted the difficult music of the part with careful and exact skill. His deficiency in power, occa sionally apparent, was compensated for by his judicious acting, and his fervid manner. The serenade in the third act was given with greater effect than any of the other passages in the role. It was hardly wicked enough; but the audience wore sufficiently pleased with it to give It a hearty encore. Indeed, the, chief fault with Mr. Camp bell's impersonation of the infernal gentleman Is, that it is not as malignant as It should be. There is not enough cold-blooded, ferocious rascality about It. Even his "make up," which was ad mirable in its way, lacked a certain grotesque fiendishness, which properly belongs to this Satanic personage: It may. be that Mr. Campbell is so amiable and good-natured a gentleman, that CRIME. "Faust' , by the Jitichingu Troupe. Ue 6hrinks from doing violence to his feeling -8, by indulging too tieciily in the horrible; but we think he might be a little more demoniacal without shocking the sensibilities of his audience. Mr. Castle gave a very good interpretatl•on or "Faust." At times ho seemed not to be In vs.ice, and the music was Dot given with the fery Jr of its rr quircments, but latterly this was not ob io rvable; and after the first act Mr. Castle sang a ith spirit and effect. The duet with "Marguar lie," in the second act, was deliciously given, particularly that portion of it beginning "0 ten der morn;" this, and the savanna in the same act, were sung in a manner worthy of Mr. Cas— tle's fine powers. Ills costumes were in the best taste. Mrs. Seguin sustained the minor part of "Siebell' in her customary pleasing manner. The address to the flowers in the garden scene wag characterized by aloaost passionate sweetness, and its conclusion was the elgnal for the most enthusiastic encore of the evening. Miss Riohings's impersonationof "Marguerite" deserves warm praise. Excellent taste and judg ment in the matter of costume, combined with a display of remarkable histrionic_ ability in pre senting the character, made it very accepta ble, and served‘as eufficient atonement for what ever deficiency there might have been. in the vo calization. Btvt , this was not in any Instance espe cially marked. Miss Richings sang sweetly throughout, presenting a personation which other artists might have surpassed in somispre spects but which many who have performed the part, have not equaled in others. The interview with "Faust" in the garden; the song at, the win dow: the affecting episode in which sheds cursed by "Valentine:" the scene in the churchyard, and the melancholy scene with "Faust" in the prison, were all given with genuine artistic skill; and en title Miss Richings to a high degree of praise. The opera was placed upon the stage .magnifi cently. The chorus was unusually large and well trained, and the orchestra under the able leadership of Mr. Behrens, fulfilled the highest requirements. This evening the ever popular opera Ji(r7th,t will be given, and there , . will, of course. be a large audience present. In this connection we desire to give expression to the common sentiment of the audience in re gard to the behavior of the parties, male and female, who occupied one of the proscenium boxes. At various times during the performance, and incessantly between the acts these persons indulged in loud conversation and in boisterous laughter, to the great annoyance of the..ledies and gentlemen who came to hear the music,. and not to admire the costumes, or wonder at the conversational powers of unprofessional per formers. Such conduct touches the extreme of vulgarity, and we sincerely hope that upon the next similar oecasion thdre will be such an en pression of disapprobation from the audience that the offenders will be compelled to good behavior. MUSICAL. THE COMPI:IMF,NTARY BENEFIT CONcEET , ten dered to Carl Sentz's Orchestra by a number. of influential gentlemen of this city, will take place on Thursday afternoon next, at Hortictiltural Ball, and promises to surpass anything of the kind given in Philadelphia for many years. The orchestra, at present numbering over forty mem bers, is to be increased for the occasion to sixty performers, and a programme of extraordinary merit is offered. This force of instruments, it will be noticed by those familiar with such mat ters, embraces the entire strength of our re sident musicians, and is very nearly equal to the regular standard of the Philharmonic of New York. The addition of fifty per cent. to. the number , of the , largest orchestra which has ever performed here, will produce an• effect that can hardly be realized until heard. This augmentation will take place principally among the violins, the very branch where at present Mr. Bentz needs more power. The programme is ex ceedingly well arranged and opens with the great "Jupiter Symphony," which, by the way, is one of the most thoroughly rehearsed and best ren dered of the entire repertoire of the orchestra. .Meyerbeer's magnificent Fackel-Tanz (Danse des Flambeaux) follows a bit of the "music of the future" in the shape of Wagner's finest piece of instrumentation: the overture to "Rienzi," Messrs. Thunder, Stoll and Sartori are the goloists and will undoubtedly strengthen their enviable reputation by their performance. tint it is the e,t.lentble, the unusually large ~/t zabie, which will furnish the great novelty; and this, together with the fact of the immense amount of labor through which Mr. Sentz and his musicians have gcne to perfect themselves in symphonic recitals, should be more than a suffi cient inducement to all who appreciate high musical art to aid the benefit in every possible way. The orchestra can be a permanent in stitution: but it cannot be so unless its mem bers are properly encouraged. The educa tion which is itn2arted 'to a commmn nity by such a series of matinees as that of the past season, is certainly astonishing. Many, who six months ago had hardly heard a symphony, who were acquainted with none of its distinguishing features:, know nothing of the different styles of great composers, and could H not tell Mozart from Schuman, or aydn from Beethoven. have not only become well versed in the general points of the compositions of these masters, but have found a task which is classical and discriminating, and which, if cultivated among a more extended portion of the youth of America, would soon drive "Grand Duchesses" and "Beautiful Helens" back to that nest. of all abominations. Paris, from which they have un fortunatelv wandered. Now is the time to decide whether this organi zation, which has already done so much, shall continue next season under better and more liberal auspices. The ice has been effectually broken; and now that the most difficult part of the task has been accomplished in so self,.;acrl tieing a manner by Mr. Bentz and his associates, they should Lave the practical commenda tion of the public. Competition, that great hin drance to the successful working of annder taking such as this, has been almost.entlre /u ly re moved, and former members of other societies will beglad to reinforce the future "Orchestra of Philadelphia" when the season of 'f',43 and '69 shall be opened. All that these gentlemen ask is a moderate compensation for their time spent in the service of the public. Their own pride and interest in the bright and honorable name of the _tlrst musical association of our city, will furnish sufficient inducement for them to labor in the - cause of art with a will determined upon genuine success. Those who care to obtain an idea of what is purposed for next season will not forget a visit to Horticultural Hall on Thursday afternoon. CAP.', SENTZ'S Ont. lIESTRA.—The following pro gramme has been prepared for the grand compli mentary benefit to-morrow afternoon : Symphony No. 4—Jupiter (by universal re quest)-1, Allegro vivace; 2, Andante Cantabile; :i, Stinnett° Allegretto; 7, Finale Allegro Motto. Mozart. Grand Concerto for Violin, No. 7, A minor, Rode, with orchestra accompaniment, Mr. Wm. Stoll, Jr. . Duo Polonaise (for piano and violoncello), Chopin. Viez-srs.. H. G. Thunder and Albert Sartori. - . - Overture—"Rienzi, the last of the Tribunes," (from original score,) Watmer. Fackel-Tanz (flambeau dance), Meyerbeer. Overture—Fra Mayola (by general request), Auber. —A Scotch paper describes the present state of the farm at Craigenputtock, where Mr. Carlyle lived from it 327 to 1e34, and, where he wrote the best of his essays. He still owns tho place, al though be has only visited it twice since he wont up to Lon - don to live. 'His tenant admires him greatly,and shows !otters from him written about the management of the farm and in the language of ordinary people. —An Irish paper states that a movement for the erection of a monument to the memory of Thomas Francis Meagher has been initiated by a few citizens of Waterford, hte native town,. F. I. NETHERECK. PRIOE THREE. CENT. FAO= AND FAYNQIIBS. —John Bright won't come t. America *emote he is afraid of excitement. —Napoleon is building houses-ton stories . ..hist' He designs them for ten-ants. —One of our weatern eachaupgs - gives "prover. gram," of the impeachment p manaffera. —Sergeant Bates with his flag hae.gone Lome, Probably to his customary flagon. —The Rev. Dr. Bisorti has announced his ac ceptance of the office of• Bishop of \fermont. —Chicago wants a &AULT steam firn-engine r to fight fire on the wharves. —The ease for the Pres. idea will clew whets? Evar-ts done, unless Stan'tery speaks. -Motto for titot i ennsylvania Milk Cam— - We have met the enemy and hos-ours. —Thad. Stevens no 'doubt wishes kelvs... - liontwell. —Brignoli is, like Mario, followed by •an 4 miring and infatuated fernalt. Blit, Brell de - climes to marry-o. —One of the Webb sisters to become a wife in California. Who has been induced to agto that Webb? —.X cockney friend of ours who has recently' attended a horse banquet says •iie prefers weal to whoa. —There Is a young man attending college- ht Albion,Mich. whose heart is on , his right side. But is it In the right place? —lt b said that the President'sftworite Sabbath hymn, now-a-.days, commences: "Safely thrbugit.' another week." —Thousands of birds, dead from starvation, Massach - ssetts papers report, have been picked up in the western part of that Stats. —The Pundietonlans have an e7e on Gov ernor EngliEli, of Connecticut, for 'ilce President. But it is not Idiely their eyedol will get that office. —Tho Detroit Post chronicles th 3 arrest of a man for having a copy of the New York Times In his pocket, the policeman insisting that it was a violation of law to carry a concealed rerolre)% —A California lawyer has a case in hand from which he expects half a million in-fees. The prosecution of that case ought to her entirely feasible. —A Cuban slave, Manuel Roblejo by name, is endeavoring to purchase his freedom by the. sate of his poems. Ho will still earn his , liberty by Manuel labor. —Some one has paid one of the editors of the Warrensburg (Mo.) Standard a very dubious compliment, by presenting him a lot in• a grave ) ard. —Dr. I. I.Hayes, in a recent lecture inthroted that ho had not given up all hope of renewing his explorations. But he mentioned that "year by year it became lees probable." —Senator Wilson Is to be one of the principal speakers at the temperance meetings, which are to be held at the Capitol grounds at Washington this summer. —The June number of Lippincott's Magazines will contain a new poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, of 324 lines, written expressly for that Magazine. —Landlady—Oh! sir, the foreign gent upstairs has got such a beautiful 'armonlum. Mrs got twenty stops. Is.llicted Lodger—Well, -don't doubt your word, but I've been listening to an fortnight, and haven't heard one of 'em myself. --The Boston Transcript suggests the endow ment of an institution to teach the art of house keeping. There had better be a school to teach wives how to keep house on the half pay allowed by certain miserly husbands. —An arithmetical question: Some thirty misses took passage with Mr. Dickens in the Russia. II a miss is as good as a mile, what are thirty misses good for P—E.r. Why, about 3,000 miles of course. in this instance. —A Decatur (Dl.) lady advertises for :Armband who must be handsome, well off, temperate, anti tobacco, and go to church regularly. The lady is twenty-seven, fair and good-looking, and has money. —The grasshoppers have hatched out thicker than ever on' the prairies of lowa. lieither rain, fire, snow nor frost seems to affect the consUtn tion of these insects. They are said to•be very tough locustomers. —A Democrat in Meriden, Ct.; excited by the election, demolisbed an opponent thus: "Ye needn't talk to me! I'll bet if you try ten years you can't make me equal to a niggerino how you can tix it!" The point was visible. —Thurlow Weed says the chairmtsuship of the Dickens banquet belonged to Mr. Greeley, as the senior city editor of New York, ar.d denies that he absented himself because the honor was not conferred on him. • —The ghost of a woman killed on an Maoist railroad is said to haunt the scene of the casu alty, and the accessories of a spectral train and locomotive are not wanting. If It would haunt some of the directors the effect would be raw. —Hendrik Censelerwe, the ellebrated Flemish story-teller, following the example of Mr. Dickens, is reciting, his own tales in Amsterdam just now, to crowded and gratified audiences. Now we suppose, like our Treasury. Department, he will be bothered with conscience money. —Mr. Spurgeon defends the system ct reph eine; the present sectarian :77stem of English schools with a purely secular one. He says that •'village lads could generally carry In a hollow tooth all the religion they rceeive at the charity schools." High Church parties think Spurgeon is splurgin' too much. —Those who put their names to billa merely as a "matter of form" to oblige a friend., generally have to repent their folly—(we know , a man who won't even "endorse" a friend's oLierion)—still there is one good point in their proceedings— they - write only on one•side of the proper."—filin. —A young man, newly married,.:iumped from the boat at Fall River, :Mass., after it had started for Providence, the other clay, as he had forgot ten to tell his wife of his intention,. and was fear ful of the consequences if he should depart with outdoing so. He managed to swam to shore and afterwards fish ont his kat and valise. —Fifteen years ago Moses L. ©ekes of Boston sailed to Havana, and soon after the lady who afterward became his wife seat him a letter en (losing two gold dollars. Both husband and,wife have been dead for some time, but the lotter,with the enclosure safe, was only rccoived by the young . man's father on Wednesday last. —in earthquake was felt in the centre and north of France on the 4th inst. It occurred he , tween one and two o'clock in the morning, and consisted of four shocks in as many seconds,, ac companied by a subterranean rumbling noise. The furniture was rocked about in the.touses,. and the startled cattle awakened from their sleep and bellowed loudly. The shock seemed to run front west to east. —Here is a suggesllve item from the Boston Trareler : "The persons who, at the opening or the St. James's, appropriated some silver skew ers, nnddh the idea probably that they were hair pins, are respectfully requested to return the same, as they were intended simply - far the orna mentation of dishes, and not as gifts to the guests." returnedf the number taken have been ad.- ready through the mall. —Some sport is made at the carelessness of the editor of a certain pictorial weekly in copying a, week or two ago from an English magadna an article which first appeared In the Jemmy num ber of an American magazine. It is also men tioned that one of our 2morican monthlies has just published a story that appeared fifteen years ago in another periodical, only a few alterations having been made. —Gen. Ilalleck la fortifying Alaska. Ile has established a fort on Kodlac Island, and another on the Gulf of Chugachink both garrisoned by detachments from the Socoric\etlltery, sad Mist. ling with cannon. Now d better look for an enemy to attack thcao tontildable works.
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