'GIBSON PEACOCK. Editur. VOLUME XXII.-NO. 20. EVENINGEVEUT BULLETIN EUBLlatiEry EVIM • eaCePted) , ATTER NEW BISLII.EIift EIVILRING, 607 Chestnut Street, PBllllBl4lolishiley Dv THE EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. mortal:Tom 0111/1018 PEACOCII, ERNEST C WALLACE, F. L. EETBERBTON TllO -.. J. WILVAMBON. C J ASYEB SOUDES. r., FRANCIS WELLS. The litnts.rrtrr le wired to subscribers in the city at 18 mate week. a able to the carriers, or SFt .or oscura. inNie OUNCE OF GOLD WILL BE GIVEN FOR NJ ova __ounce of adulteration found in B. C. BAB. SITT'S LION COFFEE. This Coffee ie roasted, ground end Halm hermetically under letters pat. nt trom the 'United States Government. Alt the aroma is saved, and the coffee presegta a rich, glossy appearance. Every lantily should useit, ash is fifteen to twenty per cent. stronger than other pure coffee. One can In every twenty cos aOw e Dollar Greenback. For sale everywhere. Ityour grooer , does not keep s ec t II off and dl not got it for you, send your orders do ii . es, ea, 66, 67,(8.88 70, 72 and 74 Washington street. New York , or BENI C. KrzwaG. B. W. corner Water and Chestnut stret Philadelphia. re9&saa2t PViTATIONH FOR WEDDINGS, PARTIES. &C., executed in a euperior manner. by DREKA. 1033 CHESTNUT STREET. fe3l-SO MARRIED. OLIVER—HROBBTON.—On Wednesday evening. the 29th ult., at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. J. Raunders Reed. William Watson Oliver to Miriam. daughter of Joseph BrobeLon. Esq., aU of this city. No Cards. STEVENSON—DIESTON.—On the Beth of April, at Ceorgetown, D. C.. by the Rev. John A Reed. of Wash ington. Mc. Roberts Stevenson.knilazielphia. to Mies Jennie A., daughter of Mr. Jacob tileston, of George. town. D. C. W ORLEY —DUCOM3ION.- -On Thursday evealag4nril 1t S. by the Rev. Alex. Uhirsa, at the. Church of the Covenant. Francis D. 'Worley and Louisa Ducommon • both of this city. DIED. - - the 351.11 ujWno, James J. Fair grieve, in the Seth year of his age. The relatives and friends of the faintly.flee the St. Joeeph's it. V. Sodality and society St. Vincent de arc respectfully invited to attend the Tune, al, from his late residence. No. ‘Valout etreet, on Monday mor ning, May 4th. at 8 o'clock. Funeral rer vicek — st - p Joseph's. Interment at Cathedral Cemetery t FL ItCoCSON..--On the let Met, .Mro. - Hiatt ll.,Fergaeon. olaughter of the Ist., John lieh ore. Funeral from No. yr °rill T antieth atreeton Tto.Coday morning, sth Bud., at 10 o'clock. ILoutoville parnii plesee •• d MitWIN.—On the 30th ult., Mar/ bferwin, In the 8.2 d year of her age. relatives and friends of the family are reopeerfully invited to attend the funeral. from her tato roaidence. Ise. 314 S. Broad street, on Monday. the 4th instant, at 10 o'clock A. M.. without farther notice. To proceed to Laurel 11111 Cemetery. MILLER.—On the lot inst. Edward Earley, aon of S. S. and Sallie E. Miller. aged 4 month*. Ituneral Monday. 4th inst.. at 10 o'clock. from hie parents' .residence, 14rf, Sarth twelfth street, above bloater. To proceed to Laurel Hilt Cemetery. SCAM:IAI otN,—Cn the morrdng ye a rne lot in•tant, Edwin Stedelman„ far the thirty 61th y of his age. Funeral from the °mere W ay ne. Montgomery county, Pa. ltelatices and friends are invited to -tteon, without alp further notice. Monday afternoon. o'clock. • sTiLLWELt..--Ou the jet inst., Elias Stillwell, in the Gidyear of his age. The relative' and friende are respectfully invited to attend the f un..•ll,froui hie late residence, No. tl - 1 Mount Vernon Weil, on Tocoday morning, May sth, at eleven o'clock. ARDLEY.—Suddenly. on the let inetant„ Howard u atty. sigrd yeare. his relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from Me late residence, N 0.731 Wood street, on Sessond day a ft ernoon. 4th instant , at 3 o'clock. To proceed to Fair 11111. 11 Usti ON a SON HAN' i; s - r RECEIVED al Black and white t.iped rambiques, 25 cents, Black. large rsesh. wide Bern* Bernard. Black Bibs Hernant and Grenadines. Gray Crape Poplins. aLie cense. flack and white striped Lawns. Black and white striped Poplins, 25 cents. Black and whit ile heetch (anew= a. White sts.d black Striped /AWE& Wholesale and o.etail Mourning Dry Good'- noose, o 318 GLIEtrrN VT street. myl-2.g LANDELL OPEN TO.l , AY TUE LI(11-1 Ala abodes of Spring Poplins for Urn Faithloatible Walktng Dreteea. Steel Colored Popijno ode Colored Poplh. M Straiarck Exact Shade. /RELIGIOUS NOTICES. g4l4hip•fHl GOSPEL FOR TUE PEOPLE.—PIIII.A -•"*" delyhis Tract and Minion Society, Office Itt;4 Chestnut @nett. Second story, Boom .No. S.—the :rid Union Meeting be held In the Bethany Presbyterian Church, Twenty-second and Shipper. en ilium:lay Even ing, Sd. at - ;14. Public invited. 'I met Vsitors' Monthly Lnion Meeting (or Prayer, Ex hortations...ad Repots, will be held at the Presbyterian church, Ninth and Wharton. on Friday Evening. Slay Nth, at a quarter to eight o'clock. Come. it' TVALITtr Chestnut c n i n t. C . 11.1118TIAN AdSvCia• Union Service Thin k.vetting at 8 o'clock, conducted by Ray. A. U. Prayer Meeting et 7% o'clock. Whin Study every Thursday Evening. its All invited. glippr' ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN CIIUNCI corner of Nineteenth and Green streets. Public 'Worship at 10Y1 o'clock in the morning. and "zi to o'clock In the evening Annive:ssrjr of the Sunday Schools to morrow afternoon, May 3d, at 3 o'clock. sermon in the evening by the Pieter, Rev. 1. M. Gueefngham, D. D tt oa the subject of Church Marie. sigtgr.UNIVERSALIST SUNDAY SCHOOL. ANN'. vengiry— Church of the Itesslah, Locust, below Broad..—The anniversary will be held at the Church edi fice to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The exercises will be of Interest to our Orthodox friends ag well as to Uni versalist% Everybody cordially invited to bo present. It. inkier. THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF TIIE Sabbath Schools attached to the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church. cerenteenth and spruce :greets, will be held tomorrow afternoon. the 3d instant, at 4 o'clock. Interesting exercises may be expected. Ad dresses by the Rev, Des. Willits and limed. The public cordially invited. - , It. THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE :3!;N- S lll2r das wheels of the Alexander Preabyterlan Chard!, 'will be held toxnerrow t Sunday) af tornoon, at:; o'clq.:lc, in the Church. corner of Nineteenth read Green strew. Addraaers by He. S. A. Mutehmore, Res% Alfred "1' &vier .and the Pastor, Rev. T. M. Cunningham. D. I). 11' at i r ell Ultell OF THE HOLY APOSTLES.--SEE. vice to 1110ITOW (!Sunday) evening In the Lcet Boom of Tabor Preebyterian Chnrch, Eighteenth, below • Mitten (entrance on Mantrcee street) at before eight o'clock. Bev. IL L. Duhring will preach. it; spar PETER'S DELIVERANCE BY TUE ANGEL, At Night—Rev. Dr. Blarch'a eertee of eonnonii on night. Kener in tne Bible continued to-morrow (8. undaV. evening. at 8 o'clock. in Clinton street Church. '1 enth. below npruce. AU seatafree on Sunday evening, end the public cordially invited. THE FORTY•FIIIST ANNIVER3APX OF TILE E ldr Philadelphia Tract and Silesian Society, will he held at Om Church ‘,l . the Epiphany. corner of E iitecul h and Cbtatnut, on Tueeday evening. May bth, at 8 o'cl , ck. Rev. Y. S. Benson and Rev. T. I)a 'Witt Talmage will addcere the meeting. Public invited. I. taskle. GOD'S RECORD XS FOREIGN LANDS.—TILE Seventh of the Conran of Lectures on thin subject will (D. 1 ,) be delivered in St. Andrew's Church ! Eighth street above Spruce, Sunday (to4norrow) evening, at 8 o'clock. Subject: "The Monuments of Egypt." *Qr. NORTH BROAD STREET PRESBYTERIAN Church, corner Broad and Green streets. Itev.Peter trvicer D. D.. Pastor eleemvill preach to-m)rrow at lots; .A. M. and ;la P.M. babbatMSchool at 3 o'clock. Strangers 'welcome. It" . TRINITY M. E. CHURCII, EIGHTH STREET, above Race. Preaching on Sunday next at 103.6 A. M. by Lev. James Neal. Sacrament of the Lord's duo per at SX. P. M. Preaching at 7 P. M. by Rev. Richard litunphrina, Paator. It. WESRUCE STREET CIWRCII: SEVEN War teeuth andSprueo alum, ner . Wm. P. 13.1m41, D. wilt preach a eermon upon "The Sabbath School Teacher," on Sabbath morning, 3d May,at 103.6 o'clock. • 1105r Ei v r , RAL PRSBYTERUN CUM; IL h street , above Arch. I'reaehhig by the l'astort ()r. Reed ) to morrow morning at iO3 o`c ock Second Servico at 4 P.M. It* Mag. REV. C. IL PAYNE WILL PREACH IN TLIE Arch &trot Si. E. Church, Broad and Arch s treet,, on Sunday morning at 10.33 o'clock, and at tl o'clock in the oreniug. It. Mirg D v " y?:Ant T ! A l74 T Spruce et below X). D.. Pastor . Preaching tomorrow, at 10: A. SI., Ana 8 P.M. It' Mir OLD I'INE STREET CHURCH, FOOnTII and rine. Morning 1014 o'clock, ncv.E. T. Bartlett, 'Evenlntl. 8 o'clock, ltov. R. H. Allen, All aro cordially invited. It soi r BISHOP STEVENS WILL CONFIRM Al` TIIII ;Service Church o'c lo ofck.th me Atoneeat tomorrow afternoon. at 4 It. SPECIAL NOTICES. A STATED MEETIN4 OF THE BR )AD 11112 r SIREET MUTUAL. PROTECTIVE • ASSOCIA• TION wilt be hold at the Hall, No. 803 North Broad street, MONDAY EVENING, the 4 h Inst., at 8 o'clock. .All property owners on the street opposed to the Nicol. eon pavement Job are particularly requested to at end. It VAN BEM. Secretary. mew TAE SPRUCE AND PINE STREET CARS Pr ow wW.commencetunningfromtheExchange through to Fairmount Park on SUNDAY, fdityti. Single fare only. LUKE KEEGAN. apr° Birp. Superintendent. SPFAJIAL NOTIOZS. PS - GREEN HILL HALL, Corner of Seventeenth and Poplar Sts. MAJOR A. R. CALHOUN, Who has Mat returned from the PLAINS, will deliver a .LECTURE upon tho • " FAR WEST'" At the above Hell on next Tuesday Evening, May sth. roy2 Mrpf Ate CLEANLINESS CONDUCIVE TO HEALTH AND COMFORT. MECHANICAL DISINFECTING and • CLEANSINO COMPANY OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. Take pleasure lis offering to the citizens and public gene. rally, their UNIVERSAL DISINFECTANT A liquid manufactured by the aid of steam. the effects of which are most wonderful, instantaneous and durable, yet pee/seating nothing in its composition that is in any manner prejudicial to heal bu to deodorizinge contracy. by its remarkable clamming and qualities, ono of the greatest promoters thereof. Alter repeated trials and examinations In the Depart ment of . Chemistry and the Museum of Natural History. of Paris, it ban received the highest commendation in the report of the Directors of those imperial institutions, and ie therefore confidently recommended to the citizens and public, =supplying a want of many years, and thus con duce to the health and comfort of every householder. It is theretofore to the interest of the public to further the objects the Company have in view, and which have en tailed upon them considerable trouble and expense in order to procure the necessary paper* for the , U. S. Agency. It is a known fact in Hygiene that the rapid and often fatal development of diseases, infectious and otherwise, can be clearly and distinctly traced to the rising of elfin. via; hence, whatever tends to check any offensive smell, whether of privies. closets, sinks or domestic vmosis, in a simple and effective stemma will recommend itself to the favorable notice of every citizen, particularly as the Lug: of the LUSE'. eEcTANT does not in any manner im pair the fertilizing qualities of the refuse matter, and %% Melt i 4 an immense advantage to the agricultural in terest. Thr"Disinfectent is for tale at the Company's Office. , FIFTH ti EREE..f. At el ee per Gallon. In geld 5 gallon cans. each accompanied with full di rections for vie.' - N. U.—Privies, cos. pm:a, and other nuisances disin- Jested and cleansed by machinery, at the shalt -t notice. Lt.} gee PHILADELI'IIIA NATATORIUM., AND MI SICA L INSTITUTE REOPENING OF TIIE V.VISLMING DEPART Dr..IANSEN reepectinlly annormcee to hie friende and the atr,ne of the I neti tonna that he will open him exten . EiVe Bath for public ineyectioo, next 1111;litiDA'3 , April both, from 9A. M.. till 9 P. M. At 9,5; I'. AL inauguration of the reason. by all the Gen 11,a en cloYeeriber-.. FRIDAY. 31,1 y lA. the Bail will be open for all viAtlro, from 9 A.M. Oil C, P. M. At P. Al., a elate of little Orin will swim for their lady friende. '1 ickrte rf invitation can be prro,:red at the OFFICT: of the NATATORIUM, on the day previous. On SA'f tiRDAY; May , the `2d the Inetttation open! for inetruction and its regular bueine.e at thl usual hour. remberatore always the eame—eumnier heat. For particular_, Fee Circular.. apl 3trp PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT u . Plo Lanni.i.ra, May 2, 1945. NOTICE TO STOCKEIOLDRitI: The Board of Di -rectors havetliii day declared a etord•annual Dividend of Three Per Cent. on the capital rtoci: of the Company. payable dividend hear Fiveton and State and a !tallier et Per Gent. payable in etot:ic on ar d alter May ae. Blank rocrere of attorney, for collecting dividend.. can he obtained at the eihee of the Company. '2:77 Barth Third tre t. THOMAS T. FIRTH.. Iny2.3dt Trea,urer. Tr.....vm wimp: NY - A Kreeablv to the cell of the UN IoN RE,PCBLICAN CITY b.Xt.CI*TIVI: COMMITTEE% to , - - cittLaie of roc Tenth 'Ward will tucemble at the northeast conker of BROAD sad RACE Streets. on MONDAY EVENING, MAY an, At b o'clock, to form a UNION ItLi'llitLlC.AN ASSOCIATION. HENRY O. HOWELL, Prerideut Ward E. Com. HENRY HEINS, Sebrctary. torl.'2l rp• it6r OFFICE. PENNSYLVANIA MILK CuMPAN NO. "a:l3 'IARKET S CREv.T, Aluu f!. 4 ru. The Pennsylvania Milk Company has incremed its fa, rallies for doing bucklers re as to b , ..` able to ouppl) its customers in the thickly Fettled dfstricta of the city with reasonable regularity. The Prices are for Cream 21 cente per quart; Milk, cents per quart; Skimmed Milk, 4 cents per quart. J. C. SHAPYLESS, ziecretary. EIGSTII WARD.—THE UNION REPUBLICAN 116 r CITIZENS of the Eighth Ward will meet at the OLD IioRTICULITRAL HALL. eouthweat comer el' 10:0AD and WALNUT Streets. on MONDAY EVEN. IN G. 4th instant, at $ o'clock. to commence the organiza tion of the party tinder the new rube lately adapted. By eider of JOIIN my -2t Fr;iiiident of Ward Executive Coiawittee. viir TUE UNION REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF TIIE Txenty.eeventh Ward will meet at the hall Thirty. seventh and Market street, in accordance with Rule. Id of the new rules, on MONDAY EVENING, klay 4th. at o'clock, for the purpcoe of organizing a new Ward Aatoti. ation. . JAMES MILLER, my24try• • Pres ident of Old _Association. egicy- PE seNSYLVAN fA HOSPITAL—THE CON ."' tributore to the Pennsylvania floepital are hereby notified that the anneal election for Managers and Tree •urer will be held at the Ilcarital, Eighth street, below Spruce, on the 4th proximo.at 4 o'clock r. M. atr2i ttrp Wth"TA.k. MORRIS, Secretary. Fourth•month POINT BREEZE PARK ASSOCIATION, April 27th, I£t a. The election for a Preei dent and Directore of the Aseoclia tibu will be held at the Office of the Aeeociation. No. 144 South Fourth etreet, on MONDAY, May 4th next, between the noure of JO A, M.apl7-iitrps MVP. FREE LECTURE.—TEMPEIIAMENTS , TEAS EVENING, at l'idrersity. Ninth street, belles Locust. Great discoveries Dr. Powell's) illadtrated VAAL tinge, etc., by WM. B. ELLIOTT. Address., laid ketstreet. It' mpiers 110 WARD BOSPITAL. NOS. 1518 AND In2O Lorunnrd =Crest, t• Di-n,ary Departinrtt,--.11-d“:al treatment and medicine* tarnished gratuitously to tti" poor. maw— PRILADELPINA ORTI - 10P:EDIC HOSPITAL. No. 15 South Ninth tree t. Club-foot, hip and -pi. eta dt=eitees and bodily deformitiee treated. Apply daily st 12 o'clock. spl23riri4 NEWSPELPERS, BOORS, PILMFOILETs,wASTE paper, Axe., bought by HUNTER. to).18-tf rp 61348. - ine etreet. zi - Etsr - J - E - u - s - er - 11 - A7nrkus. Jurors.—The following gentlemen compose the list of Grand Jurors for the May term of f3ainden conr,ty Couete which commence on Tueiley next: A, W. Markley, Win. P. Totem, Isaiah Wooiston, Thomas Loring, Janice H. Stevens. John li. Hey, Joseph C. llolacour, Francis Hoggs, S. S. F.. Cowperthwatte. Richard Shivers, Randall KAlines% E.Westcott, Samuel Burroughs, Joseph M. Haines. J. W. Chenseman, Levi B. Newton, John S. Wood, Joel A. Bodine, Jr.. 'Molnar S. 11 diem, Joel Kirkbride, John J. Lawrence, Benjamin Cooper, Jonathan Burr, John S. Lee. C4RELESBNES.—A day or two since two girls very imprudently attempted to cross the railroad bridge over Newton creek, Just as a train Wat? apnroachiug, and had it not been for their being di.morered in time oy the engineer, who instantly checked the train, they would have been imtantly killed. [hie narrow escape ought to verve as ri warning against crossing railroad bridges where them am no footways.. A( CEPTED A CALL—Rev. S. C. Dare, formerly pastor of the Baptist Church In North Ward, Canidemlias accepted a call to become the pastor of tho Bapt6t Church at Wooddtowv, Balem county. CRUSHED TO DRATIL—The prOprietOT of a saw mill, 'Thomas E. Chow, Esq., near Colo's N ill, Camden county, was crushed to death by a heavy piece of tim ber falling on him. lie leaves a wife and three children THEATRES. Etc. THE 711EATItra.—Mr. Edwin Booth will conclude hie engagement at the Walnut this evening in Richard the Thin/. The Black Crook will be presented at the Chest- nut. liangled Threads will be given at the Arch twilight.' A varied porforniance will be given at the American. Ilicatruis' OPERA Taol;rE.--f his afternoon Ctri teretta will be presented by the.llichinge company. On Monday the pathetic opera Linda di Caamounix will be gwen. BLlTZ.—Bignor Blitz will give an exhibition of magic at own Hall, Germantown, to-night. NLrorentl.--On Tuesday evening next, the sth instant,; Major A. it. Calhoun will. deliver a lecture upon "The Far 'West," at Green Hill Hall, corner of Seventeenth and Poplar etreate. The proceeds will be devoted to a chari table purpose. Major Calhoun had justteturned from an extended tour in the West, and as he lawell bloom as an eloquent speaker he will, of course, draw rt full house. 'fur: do .y' Laxin.—A splendid panorama of the Holy Land. illustrating at 'the same' time a jeurney through Egypt. Syria, and Turkey, is now on exhibition at Con,4 cart flail. W Ym.A.N.—Wym an, the Magician and Ventriloquist, will ive a Fades of exhibitions at Assembly Buildings. hogin. pang on. 31ondity evening next. . ELEVENTH STREET OPSl4.lloaalt —The pp:tamale mt.. nounred for this evening by -Mess's Canto:nes k Dixey, contains a multituee of novelties and good things. The Ku. /flux-Klan will do dark, and deadly deeds. auddisplay the mysterious power of , their organization. The new burlesque, Light at Lest, will bo produced In. handsome Ptyle, together. with !tinging by Callicrosa, dancing, in ftrumental music and new coinicaliiim • . - PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1868.. tiTangled Ihreads” at the Arch. A sagacious publisher once observed that a book was already half successful if it had a feli citous title. If this assertion holds true in the case of dramas, the play entitled Tangled Threads, - produced last night at the Arch Street Theatre, will enjoy immense popularity. The name con cisely expresses the precise condition of the thread of the story; it is so inextricably tangled that it i 8 difficult to perceive that it has any con secutiveness at all. The first act has the slightest possible connection with the other two, and is ' so entirely superfluous that it could be dispensed with without affecting the meagre plot in any objectionable degree. Indeed it maybe affirmed that the de mands of decency and propriety would be better fulfilled if We were done. The representation upon the stage of the attempt of a brutal slave driver to effect the ruin of an innocent girl can only excite the disgust and shock the sensibili ties of decent people. The mere wantonness with which this episode is introduced in Tangled Threads only serve to aggravate the offence. This is the moat serious objection to the play, and our kindly suggestion will doubtless indnee the application of the only remedy. But the al teration must be made by some gentle hand. A conscientious and remorseless pruner would in evitably cut away the whole drama, and, playing Alexander, solve the problem by severing every Gordian knot in the whole skein of Tangled Threads. To those who witnessed the performance last evening, the reason for this will be apparent. The play—which may be classed among the mad dest of melodramas—is full of the absurd im possibilities which belong to literature of that sind. The murdered girl—killed without the slightest apparent reason—is announced to be "a quadroon slave" and yet the father, "Uncle Ben," is as black as his shadow. Either the dramatist desired us to understand that the avuncular Ben jamin was but a step-father, or else he does not comprehend the precise amount of auseegena lion which makes a quadroon possible. Neither is it comprehensible why the overseer should suddenly be found guilty of the murder of the girl,and be driven to an awful death by his own friends; and at the very time too, when those friends are engaged in a lively and exhilarating skirmish with the continental forces: It is interesting also to inquire as to the manner in which the mill caught lire; why the combus tion was all upon the outside ; why the parties in the mill were not afraid of the crumbling walls; and why the continental soldiery—with fervent patriotism we admit their bravery—rushed into a blazing and reined building, when they would have been much more comfortable outside. We would also like to know at what period of the war General Washington visited South Carolina; when did irresponsible tories condemn prisoneraso death in the presence of British troops; and When did British officers stand coldly by and hear their asters called "liars," and see them treated eenerally in an unbecomingly rough manner? All this stuff is incident to angled Threads, and there is more of the seine character,although it is not quite so glaringly absurd. The introduction of the burning mill is in ac cordance with precedent. The drama Light at" Lust contained a similar scene, a hotel being sac nfieed to the "devouring element." It is related that at the grave of a certain departed Texan a !lateral discourse of this character was delivered: "The lamented dead, my friends, was a first-rate . feller. He swapped horses and he run 'em ; he riz cocks, and he fit 'em, and they do say he was good at fires." The author of 'Tangled Threads has this lame excellent quality. He is a consummate ar s anger of 'lde:strut:the conflagrations." The following brief synopsis will give some idea of the plot. We must first assert, however, that the finest piece of acting was given by Mr. Mackey the character of "Uncle Ben"—the poorest part .n the piece. Negro "delineations" have been sretty wdl overdenoin this land of the free, but Mr. Mackey gave a most admirable pci'sona don, characterized by singular originality and truth to nature. Mrs. Walcot deserves to be praised next. Miss Price, the neneticiary, has , no claim whatever to consideration as a star ac- MSS. Scene Ist: —Nancy is disclosed in a state of PCS tacy over a novel, just exactly as other chamber maids In other plays have been before her. Enter itose,who confesses that she, loves Vivian in spite of his having entered the Continental army. Pa rental anguish of Ler fond ma upon hearing this revelation. Inharmonious chorus of negroes, 1r be, sing merrily in their misery. Scene 2d.—Sugar mill. Drover enters cracking a whip. Tells Uncle Ben that he wants his :laughter. Second exhibition of parental an guish—this time on •the part of Uncle Ben. Exit the down-trodden children of Afric'a turning soil. Enter Uncle Ben's daughter Fanny. Overseer makes love to her; is repulsed Brief wrestling match, at the conclusion of which the overseer drops Fanny into the sugar mill. where infatuated people suppose she is rushed to death. Enter negroes, Uncle t3en is i aeccused of the murder; Enter British soldiers. fhe door is barricaded and a tight ensues. Clouds of smoke and a smell of villainous saltpetre. During the skirmish the overseer drops carefully Into the mill; Is ground up; the building catches are: the continental troops rush in, and form a thrilling tableau:" curtain descends to joyous music by the band. Part 2d.—Sergeant Brickly enters and makes ove to Nancy. Plenty of heartfelt affections around. Love's young dream a , reality. Vivian w:dlis in and makes himself much at home. Uncle Ben warns him of danger. Lion hearted Vivian goes to bed. Enter tories; prowl around on tip-toes as if they were afraid of waking the aaby. They enter Vivian's room; after a brief -truggle Vivian is captured. Rose rushes in and fixes his head in a comfortable position upon her mgaish-stricken bosom. Murmurs from envious fortes, who, nevertheless, stand still so that they oar' assist lu the formation of what the bill calls - •a brilliant tableau . ' which curtain descends upon to music in C minor by the first fiddles, Act ad—Brlckly is disguised as Nancy's grand mother—original and amusing idea—conducts himself like a grandmother with St. Vitus's lance. Vivian wounded and a prisoner. Enter lurks, who express keen anxiety to hang *him. Rose's brother tries to prevent it. Lots are drawn, and it Is decided that Vivian shall be lunched into eternity. Exit tories, in order to give Rose' a chance to • exhibit the effect 'hat undying affection has upon people when 't vets hold of them. The fatal moment arrives. Audience breathless. Gallery gods having finished applauding the startlingly original references to the virtues of the immortal George Washington, hold their last peanut ancrunched while they await the arrival of the Continental army from the green-room. Enter the Continental army. Despair of the tortes; ex ultation of Vivian and Rose, loud applause from the galleries. Burst's of inspiring music, waving of the Star Spangled Banner, and "beautiful tab ' lean," upon which the curtain descends. - This is the whole of the, ploy.. , It will be re peated this evening. Shoeltlng Death in Baltimore—a :Ilan Itttten hp Ix Rattlesnake. [Flom the Haiti= e Sun, 31ay . lnt.J Mr. John Brooks, a well-known bird and snake fancier, residing at No. 26 East Fayette Street, about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, whilst Playinfotrith a pet rattlesnake, was bitten by the reptile, and died within fifteen minutes. Coroner Sultzer held an inquest, the jury rendering a ver dict of "death from the bite of a 'rattlesnake." It was in evidence that the deceased was exhibit ing his snake to some friends, when it turned upon him and bit him on the left cheek, high up towardr, the eye. He at once replaged,the snake in its cage and took a strong stiniblant, remark ing to his wife and daughter that his time had come. They assisted "him. up.%lt.airs, where ho took an affectionate leave of his family, and expired in a few Momenta. Dr. Liebman, who was called in, was ot the opinion, that the poiepn frpra,the reptile at ,once reached the atooks was in his torty. ninth year, and 'MO a wife and six. children. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. He had been for many years engaged In the bust cas of stuffer and preserver of birds and ani mals, and had on several previous occasions been ',Hien by reptiles, about a year ago by the same rattlesnake that caused his death. On the Dormer occasion he was bitten in the arm, and by the use of stimulants, binding the arm and ~ a thing it, he then recovered in a few days. Tht• -cepa presented where the deceased lay was one not often met with. Every portion of the apart ment in which was the corpse appeared to be filled with stuffed reptiles, birds,. dogs, &c., presenting the appearance of a curiosity shop. presenting deceased thus, died as he had lived, sur rounded by the varied specimens of the animal creation. Waal isni—DivraelPs "Heated Imagi nation,' and “Illatunday.rhursday” Letter. • To the Editor of the London Times.--Ste: In the days when Mr. Disraeli wrote novels he showed a very humorous appreciation of certain political cries, which used to he got up for election purposes, and of which the absurdity mattered little so long as they were compact and allitera tive. But in- fiction Mr. Disraeli never gave a' more grotesque illustration of that dodge than he is now attempting in reality. The "combination of High Church Ritualists: and Irish ROmanists " is worthy of the inventor of "Our Young Queen and our Old Constitution." But is this line of busines quite such as beseems the Prime Minister of England? And even if Mr. Disraeli's first utterance on the subject was let pass the other night in the House of Com mons, when it could be ascribed to the "heated imagination," is it stuff to be gravely written from the Minister's Easter retreat with the deli berate date of Maui:lly-Thursday ? Has he not any Tapers and Tadpoles to whom this undigni fied work might be committed, mcu from whose position the cry could more aptly be started with the proper wink. to be shouted back with the proper hustings' hiccup ? Or does Mr. Disraeli seriously propose to him self in the last third•of the nineteenth century to be personally the Titus Oates of this precious "conspiracy:' which, he has discovered? Let us hope not. The original plot-finder no doubt at tained great temporary success, and poetic jus tice was afterwards satisfied when he expiated that success in the pillory. But, now-a-days, in the career of an unsuccessful Oates both elements of interest will be wanting. And the role would be so merely ridiculous that we may at least hope Mr. Disraeli will reserve it till he is no longer in the place of great men, nor can discredit English statesmanship with the iias(o. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, April 14. S ENE x. Then and Now. The EnrzliEh papers re-publish the following: [From "Conicgeby." by the Right Hon. B. Disraeli ]1.1'.) - What can be more anomalous than the present connection between state and church? Every condition on which it was originally consented to has been cancelled. The original alliance Was, in my view, an equal calamity for the nation and the churchtbut at least it was an intelligible com pact. The only consequences of the present union of church • and state are, that on the side of the state there is per petual interference in ecclesiastical govern ment, and on the side of the church a sedulous avoidance of all those principles on which alone church government can be established, and by widen atone can the Church of England again become universal. It (the church) would de as great things now, if it were divorced from the degrading and, tyrannical connection that en chains it. You would have other sons of peas ants bishops of England, instead of men appoint. ed to that sacred office solely because they were the needy scions of a factitious aristocracy, men of gross ignorance, profligate habits, and grind ing extortion, who have disgraced the Episcopal throne, and:.profaned the altar. There is, I think, a rising feeling in the community, that parliamentary interference in matters ecclesiastical - ..laas not tended either to the spiritual or the material elevation of the humbler orders. Divorce the church from the state, and the spiritual power that struggled against the brute force of the dark ages, against tyrannical monarchs and barbarons barons, will struggle again in opposition to influence of a dif ferent form, but of a similar tendency, equally selfish. equally insensible, equally barbarizing. Holy church,transformed into a national establisn men t, and therefore grumbled at by all the nation for whom it was not supported: What an inevi table harvest of sedition, radicalism, infidelity ! I really think thee Is no society, however great its resources, that et aid long resist the united influ ences of chief magistrate, virtual representation and church establishment. Bismarck once more Snubs Napoleon (Aprill.s) Cotreepoudeuce Londim Time 3.) Resolute as ever, Count Bismarck has declined the Napoleonic proposals respee.ing a Russo- Prusso-Freneh co-operation in the,,Edst. He has likewise refuted to renounce the idea of a nearer connexion with Southern Germany, in return for .in unequivocal recognition of the new arrange ments in the north. While assuring France that he has for the present no intention to cross the Main. and extend the Federal institution to its southern bank, he has yet given her to under stand that this is a purely internal question, on which no engagement can be entered into with foreign powers. To this cautions in timation he either has, or at any rate might have, added little; inclined as he is to precipitate the consummation of the German destinies, it is just possible that were France to embroil herself in some other'quarter his countrymen would force him to profit by this favorable opportunity for realizing the unity ideal of the race. Thus de nied admittance at the first door at which he knocked, Napoleon has deemed it too venture some to continuo his ronnd and strike a bargaiu with Russia, independent of Prussia. Had lie done otherwise he would have run the risk of seeing Germany united, While he was deep in the intricacies of the Eastern question. It is very evident now that to prevent this was one of the principal reasons which induced him to make an oiler of so-called co-operation at Berlin. Warlike Preparations in Prussia and trance. (Extract from a Letter lathe riteeelos Bulletin Interim. EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ENGLtLND. PRUSSIA. I understand now the anguish of Prince Napo leon. It is impossible to travel in this Germany—. so prudent, so firm, and so patriotic—without teeing what a ftirmidable rival wo have contrib uted to raise up against ourselves. Neither in Northern or Southern Germany do people desire war. "What have we done," they say, "that the French should wish to attack us? Let them only leave us to settle our own affairs among our selves." "We are not Prussians," say the Wur terubergers and Bavarians, with one voice; "but it is our business, and not that of France, to re sist the absorbing tendencies of Prussia. I cannot help observing a vague fear of a sudden attack trom France. The Germans know, for she boasts herself, that she is "ready"—that her navy especially is ready—and they are apprehen sive. It is known that Prusna has lately sent as many as six more military spies to Metz, Thlon ville and Strasburg. On the other hand the Prus sian government is well aware that numbers of French officers aro making their observations on the Main and all the•lines of defence of Northern Germany. The situation in this respect is so en trndue on both sides as to,have prodtteed a sort of reciprOcal toleration. Neithe: Prussian nor - French °films emplmed in this secret service are allowed - tornattei phot(igtsplis or drawings, but ti oi otherwise t y aro nht.interfOrdwitla. ' Whether war 18'0: d' Of:Ant& I,'"oaVitit duiy. t 'ltet the lit *v 'kWh tliolv,e *lank ,At'Stratibing alone kiOnAtdd,fliteri if tititgrot itireittrr, four regimentertirod ishatttokatiseuns, and two batteries of horse artillery. Although, moreover, Strasburg is, strategically speaking, onIN a reserve depot, I saw there a great dimly engineers and pontonniers. FortificAtions am going on upon. the whole Rhine frontier. In ay lug this I betray no secrets, for the Preset Lti officers, with their telescopes, see what is doing trout their own aide of the Kehl Bridge,and count every stroke of the pickaxe. The Prussians admit that the Chaseepot is superior to their needle-gun In length of range and precision; but they say the calibre of the bore is too lit tle, and the wounds the bullets lake are not effective. The Prussian soldiers,they flatter them selves, will beat the Chassepots by firing coolly at short distances, and following up their fire with the bayonet and even blows from the butts of their muskets at close quarters. They think the French Chassepots too light to resist a charge. As to artillery, they boast that in spite of our mitrailleuses theirs Is the superior arm, and they rely greatly upon the superitir education of their soldiers. The general impression in Germany is that France is in a state of decadence, and that French soldiers are not much to be feared. It makes me sick to see the small consideration in which my nation is held m Gef'many; but I Will hope that the half of what is said may be set down to braggadocio. CRIME. Melancholy Suicide in Cincinnati. [From the Cincinnati Gazette of the aeth.l Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, one of the chambermaids at the St. Nicholas, corner of Fourth and Race streets, on going to the room occupied by Charles W. Adams, found the door locked, and an odor peculiar to the bodies of' de ceased persons issuing, Remembering that she, was unable to gain admittance on Tuesday, she suspected that all was not right, and accordingly informed Mr. Roth, the proprie tor of the house. Mr. Roth summoned the porter. The latter, by r• means of a ladder placed on the 'roof of the kitchen, suc ceeded in raising the window of the room, and stepped in. Ile found Adams laying on his right side on the bed, a corpse. The porter on making this discovery at once opened the door for Mr. Roth and several other persons who were,stand log in the hall, but the stench was so intolerable' that it was several minutes before any of them could enter. Finally, Mr. Roth having examined the body, and being satisfied that death had been caused by suicide, ordered the room locked, and sent for Coroner Emmert. This official arrived shortly after 2 o'clock. and having impanneled a jury proceeded to hold an inquest. Two letters were found on a small writing table. The first was addressed to the Coroner, and is as follows: "CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 24.—T0 Coraner of Cincinnati: DEAR SIR—As you may be called to serve me in an official manner, please note the following suggestion: A telegram addressed to my father, W. K. Adams, Esq., 31 Bank street, 'Cleveland, Ohio, may relieve yon of some care and responsibility. Respectfully yours, ac., L. W. Annals. "P. S. You may render a verdict as follows: "Weary with the battle of life, disgusted with the past, displeased with the present, without hone for the future, satiated with sorrows and af flictions, as well of the joys of-life, whether my destiny is fulfilled or not, fate snuffs . the candle, and says adieu._, C. W. ADAMS." The other reads - as follows, and seems to be in tended for friends. or the public generally: I "CINCINNATI, 0., April 24.—How I write a word is more than I can understand, for I cer tainly am not in the humor. It may be a satis faction, however, to a chosen few, to have the assurance that I shall ever cherish the friendehip and many kindnesses bestowed upon me. I have failed in my undertakings (I cannot • think It was entirely through want of tenacity or strength of purpose)—failed in every enterprise and under taking, both of private and business nature, some of which have been very dear to me. To accom plish the most promising, my efforts have been l i the most futile, so that in reality my whole life has been one aeries of errors, or mistake, sand failures. "At first, pecuniary embarrassments stare me in the face, In stern reality. I have already ex hausted every available resource, and now have no way whatever to turn for succor. Should my departure occasion grief to any one, they still have the satisfaction of feeling that all earthly' sorrows have ceased with me. lam very well aware that my life has not been a faultless one, yet the knowledge of even one act of kindness, if no more, is a satisfaction 'none can deny me. If my friends, amidst all the bitterness of memory, can recall to mind one virtue I possess, let them cherish it; for I take my life with feelings of charity to all Mankind, and harbor enmity to ward none. If my coming into the world occa sioned sorrow and affliction, may my exit occa sion much less, is the prayer of "Citas. SV. Anams." Two or three witnesses were examined, and from the testimony adduced, it appears that the deceased was traveling agent for the hardware and saddlery firms of MeAboy, Spand & Co. ' of Pittsburgh, and Asa D. Dickinson & Co., 49 Mur ray streets, New York. He arrived in this city on Thursday,'April 13, and took rooms at the St. Nicholas, where he had since been stopping. One day during the early part of last week Adams drew a draft on Dickin son & Co., for a small amount of money, and on Friday last it was returnecl,having been protested. This seemed to completely unnerve him, and on Saturday and Sunday he drank to excess. The last seen of him was on Monday morning, about 11 o'clock, when he entered his room and locked the door. Yesterday a small vial marked lauda -111110 was found ou the bed, and it is supposed that he took the contents immediately after entering the room. Dr. Mead, who examined the body, gave it as his opinion that death ensued shortly afterward, or some time during the after s noon of Monday. This opinion is verified by the tact as already stated that the chambermaid was unable to gain admittance to the room on Tues day morning. The jury returned a verdict of "death from suicide, occasioned by taking laudanum." The deceased was apparently about 27 or 28 years of age, 9 feet 8 or 9 inches in height, light hair and chin whiskers. His body was taken charge of by the Coroner, and will be held awaiting instruc tions from Cleveland. ART 110E11.8. The private collection of Mr. Aaron Shaw, an amateur of taste, will be disposed of ou Thursday and Friday evenings next, at the rooms of Nir. Scott, opposite the Academy of Fine Arts. They arc now on exhibition day and evening... Many prominent names are included, from the English, French, Flemish and American schools, such as Boddingtou, Henriette Bonner, Bosch of Diissel dorf, Boughton, Thomas Hicks,Llamilton E. Moran, Van kitarkenborg, Bensell, and C. Wilson Peale. It is not often that a sculptor does himself much credit when be drops the chisel to take up the brush. The habitudes of forming sarfaco of a single color are a bad preparation for chiaros curo. We were therefore considerably interested in noticing the effort of Alfred Stanch to paint a subject in the Dusseldorf style—a modest picture called "Censure," now hanging at the Academy under number 80. Mr. Stanch, to whose skilful instrument we owe a number lof the sculptural decorations of our fair city, here rovotas, espe cially in the modeling of an old woman's head, a Intent which is well worth cultivating. The wa led is a girl who stops her work to 'read a love letter, and whose mother, stealing up from be hind, seems "on direful thoughts intent." —Speaking of arguing the Erie ease before the New York l. t eglidature, Qat) Said it would be of no avail, It Was so apparent, tnat, there WAS "bay sat" in the Wight Of the members --Baron do' Graben, 'Marshal of Saxe Coburg Gothii, 445 conducted "Prince Albert to England to presettlYdro the.PrirreeseVieterl3,' . has Just died. aih • A F. I. FETHERSTON. Publish= PRICE THREE CENTS. FIFTH EDITION BY TELEGRAPET. LATER FROM WASUINGTON. THE REVENUE AND TARIFF BILLS THE IMPEACHMENT COURT. Me Revenue and Tariff Mlle. Spoeial Despatch to the Philadelphia Evades Bulledst WASHINGTON, May 2.—The Ways and. Means Committee were in session the whole day with. the exception of a short recess. They are at work revising the Internal Revenue laws, and expect to have their bill ready for presentation to the House es soon as the general business is again commenced. The revision of the Tariff' bill, which is in the hands of the Sub-Committee, composed of Messrs. Moorhead, Maynard and Niblack, is not as far advanced as the Revenue law, and will not be submitted at so early a. period in the session. I be Impeuxts in Trial* rEneeiaiDeapateh to the Phi'oda. Evening Ealletita WASHINGTON, May 2d.—After the recess Mr. Stanbery resumed the delivery of his, speech in person. Ho sketched the history of his personal relations with the President, and pronounced a warm etdogium on the character of his Chief. He closed at three o'clOck, and the Senate at once adjourned. FACTS AND riproms., —Napoleon-is rheumatic, again. —Bread upon the waters—A sailor. —Billings and cueings—Playing billiards. —Cincinnati Is cutting down her shade trees. —Wales wants Xlo,boo added to his income. —Turtle Soup—A printer who shoves the "forms" to the stereotyping room. —A New Jersey horse fancier has built a Turkish bath for his horses. —Satrap—A, military officer whose political views are net Democratic. —Lightning is credited with having melted the telegraph cable across the Ohio above Louisville —Panama has ordered a steam fire•engine from this country. —Ole Bull visited Windsor. Vt.., some days ago, simply to play for the mother of one of his old friends in this country. —Blondin lost his•fortune in the wine trade, and is now playing monkey parts in a London music hull. —A man in New Haven is said to have com mitted suicide becanee his rent was raised. A'bad precedent in this vicinity; —Presidential nominations In Arkansas are in genious. The latest is of Mr. Johnson for the first place and Mr. Fillmore for the second. • —Mr. Church. the artist, has gone to Arabia to paint the landscapes aid curious sculptures of Petra. —The Bridgeport (Conn.) Standard nominates es• Governor lincking,ham for Vice Prosident,"or any other office." —An Englieh paper has discovered the line which divides a dtstiretion from a difference. It says that "a little difference•frequently makes many enemies"; while "a little distinction attracts host of friends to the person on whom it is con ferred." —A Southern Conservative journal says: "A. great many papers in the South, and some in the North, are endeavoring to prove that Gen Grant is a fool. We have too high a respect for the ge nius of Lee, Johnston, Bragg and Beauregard to believe it. Indeed, wehavo heard this pot-metal howl at times when we have thought that he was entirely 'too smart.' " —Japanese scissors are in the share of our sugar-tongs—of steel—and sever articles freely as the blades approximate by pressure. Theirlook ing-glasses are highly burnished steel. They. use a very . elastic transparent silk paper in window frames instead of glass, and a more firm opaque substance of the same, stretched on<Zsames as partitions inside their dwellings. —At a masked ball lately given in Paris.by Col. Norton the Marquis de In Tour appeared as a court lady. His shoulders, which were bare, were as white as snow, as polished as Pariah mar ble, and as symmetrical as those of the Medlcian Venus. When the hour of unmasking arrived, everybody was astonished to find that Wean charms belonged to a man. —The Abbe. Bauer, chaplain of the Tuileries, may be called a trifle exacting. In a recent. ser nide at the Madeleine he informed his audience, one of the most fashionable that can be collected in Paris. that, in view of the wide-spread deprav ity of the age, he demanded of them the glorifi cation of the Pontifical cause. "For that object," be said, ".Lask.my brethren, all your money and all pour blood." —The New York Cit'.te says: "Unless this book of Mrs. Lincoln's milliner Is denounced'as it deserves to be,. we may look for a succession of similar works. Whenever Mr. Stewart, or Mayor Hoffman,or anyjprominent citizen discharges a servant irl, we SHEER have a volume of 'piquant gossip' as to the family arrangements of har.em ployer ; and it is easy to imagine the way in which the most innocent matters may be' dis torted by the ignorance and malice of an angry woman, aided by the hired pen of an unscrupul ous Bohemian." —The Boston Tsars/lee says: "A gentleman, who for several years had resided in the suburbs of this city, had succeeded in gathering quite a collection of ancient coins. About a year r4o he moved into town, and placing his treasuresda a box, depositerialtern iu a closet. Not long since he had occasion to go to his coin box, and very much to his surprise found it empty. Upon ap pealing to his wife for an explanation, he learned that she (not knowing their value . ) had been cul tivating her taste for music by bestowing them liberally upon organ-grinders. —A geological curiosity lately found at Gales burg. Illinois, is thus described by the Free Preq.3: "Imagine the foot of a giant enclosed in a mocca sin, the leather partially torn awahand all turned to solid stone, and the reader has andtlea of the curiosity. The length of this gigantic pedal ex tremity is sixteen and one-half inches; breadth across the ball of foot six and one-quarter inches; and it weighs twenty-two and one-hall pounds. The petrifaction was discovered in a bed of soap stone. But whether it oiled formed the foot of some antediluvian gigan tie specimen of hu manity, or whcller it is one of those curiously-shaped ac cidental formations of rock, In which this coun try abounds, we leave the skilled geologist to explain." —ln Putnam's Magazine, for May, Mr. C. W. Elliott gives a sketch of life in San. Francisco, which is not only gossipy bat statisticaL.. One of the hotels there must be a paradise for confirmed old bachelors. Mr. Elliott says: "But the 'What Cheer' hotel is a Yankee shoot grafted upon a California stock, and proves a most profitable growth. All is done for cash, and your bed is paid for before you get into it. A large restau rant supplies four thousand meals a day at price); from fifteen cents upward. -, Ample, means are provided for you to black ..your own boots free; and the library, of five thousand volumes, is open to all. There Is no bar.'''The house has one :more peculiarity—no Woman' is allowed within It; the servants arc all Men, and no man's wife can sleep with him st,this hew. Itpsyest thu rate of 00,000 to 440,000 per year." 4 4:00 CYOloolc.
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