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BROLASKY.—On the evening of May Bth, Elizabeth I lowell, wile of Simon Brolaaky, in the 69th year of her ' Vile relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Monday next. at 2 P. AL, from her hit ioand's realdeuce„ :so. 1414 Walnut street. .• HOSFUIII).—At bee, on board the steamer Santiago de Cuba, on haturday. May 9. 'William S. HoAford. late Acting Assistant is aster lulled Mat e s- Navy. oftltle.—Svdden y. at her teddeoce, in Springfield. I telasvare county, en thd evening of the sth Met, T. it. Morris. wife of Paschall Bernie. 'I lie funeral will take place on Seventh.clay morning, to leave the house at 10 o'clock, to which the friends of the femur are Lnvited, without further notice. interment at Springfield Alettuie Heine. Alf..—On the • giti instant, Alice S., youngest daughter of I. F. and A. G. Whitall, in the twenty.rdoth y"ur of her age. 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The Directors have dila day declared a Dividend of Four Per Cent., clear of taxes, pay.ble on demand. inyB ROBERT B. SALTR. Caahler. 1 . % / Zn i giguar l e: RE Z. Y rie r alla " x I 3 I ) C .If Pula elect, 1,111 preach next Sabbath monde* at 10,4 o'clock, and in the evening at 8 o'clock. sitre atirLoggegeergrplZAlLlT.y., &JOB. 15 '5 . 13 l eaessedleal treatment and medishiea furnished gratuitously to the Poor, PHILADELPHIA ORTHOP-EDIC HOSPITAL, a ll irNo. 15 South Ninth street. Club-foot, hip and api cal &reams and bodily deformities treated. Apply daily at 19 o'clock. apl6aturnl ger NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS. PAMPFILETSqVASTB . a t ie n + ) sr. &c., bought . by No. th ayne Att. NINTH AND CHESTNITT STREETS. SECOND AND LAST ARTICLE About the year 1785, Mr. Charles Wilson Peale, an ingenious and skillful citizen of Maryland,con oeived the idea of establishing a museum in this •city. The collection, which started with &single prepared bird, or fish, or some other object in natural history, was commenced in a small two storied house at Third and Lombard streets. Its projector was enterprising and industrious, and the museum, cutgrowing its contracted quarters, was removed to the building of the American Philosophical Society, which still stands on the eastern side of Independence Square. Room again becoming scarce, the collection was removed to the State House, Where for • a number of years it occupied. the portion of the ancient building now used as the chambers of City Councils. Upon the comple tion of Mr. Peter A. Browne's Arcade building, on •Chestnut street, between Sixth and Seventh, the collection was transferred to the upper story, and thare it grew and prospered apace. Almost up to the time of the death of the elder Peale, in 1827, he continued to add specimens of his handiwork with the pencil and easel, to the fine historical gallery of the institution. His sons painted, lec tured and conducted popular scientific experi ments, and while the museum was constantly in oreasing in extent and attractiveness, it was per forming an important work in popularizing use ful and scientific knowledge. The Peaks, father and sons, formed principally with their own hands, the most valuable col lection in existence of portraits of revolutionary characters; they enabled the people of their day and generation to hand down to posterity the outlines of their own features through the cheap medium of the profile-cutter; they accumulated the most complete collection in the country of Indian relics and curiosities, and they instructed the youth of thirty, forty, and even fifty years ago in the marvels of steam and electricity. Softie of the readers of the BULLETIN will 'remember, with a smile,the experiments with the old Frank lin electrical battery, when the mysterloaS agent was a mere plaything, and when no one dreamed of the great part which, in after years, it would play in the events of tho world. In the corridors of the Museum, the first locomotive ever built in Philadelphia used to puff along in advance of a train of miniature cars, which were generally freighted with delighted urchins. This tiny en. glue was built by the late M. W. Baldwin, and its builder, when he was shaping its crank: and pis tons, had no more thought of the future of the trade, and of his large connection with it, than the youngster who turned the wheel of the "electerizing machine" (as the boys per sisted in calling it) in the Museum, dreamed of the achievements of Morse, House or Field. Peale's Museum was long a favorite Philadel phia institution and the collection having passed into the hands of a company, it was determined to secure for it a permanent location. Accord ingly in 1837 the swath= portion of the Isaac Brown Parker lot at Ninth and Chestnut streets, was purchased at what was then deemed a very high figure and the interest upon the purchase money was secured by a mortgage upon the property. The dimensions of the lot were seventy feet in width on Ninth street and two two hundred and thirty-eight feet in depth upon Bansonr, or George street, as it was then called. Upon this lot a massive structure of stone and brick was reared at a cost for the building and lot of 8130,000. This huge struc ture was two lofty stories in height. The second story was intended for the use of the Peale col lection. The fine collection was arranged in alcoves 11. the immense hall up stairs and in the galleries; while the famous skeleton of the mastodon, a stuffed elephant; and some other large objects, were placed upon steps along the centre' of the main apartment. On the 4th ofJnly, 1838, the Museum was opened in what was called at the time its permanent home, but which proved to po its grave. The projectors of the enterpri.% did not weigh with sufficient caution the difference between the expense of supporting the establishment which they had erected, and the cost of keeping up the. old and comparatively inexpensive quarters in the Arcade. Besides this, the very hugeneis of the exhibition hall had a depressing effect, and persons who were glad to spend a few hours in the cozy alcoves and apartments of the Arcade, and who always found instruction and attraction in Its lecture-room, cared but little for a visit to the new building where dullness reigned supreme. The end was plainly foreseen long before the blow fell. Heavy expenses, and light receipts, bad their usual result, and the collection was brought to the hammer and scattered to different parts of the Union. A considerable portion of it was in Barnnitie Museum. at Seventh and Chestnut streets, and it shared the fate of that concern when it became a nrgy to the flames la 1851. The Museum property at Ninth and George streets finally fell into the hands of Mr. Parker. the original owner of the ground, who foreclosed his mortgage and obtained the property at an enormous sacrifice. Fortunately a large postion of the picture gallery was secured to Philadelphia, many of the valuable historical por traits having been purchased by the City for Inde pendence Hall. At the time of the construction of the Museum Building the location upon the first floor of the splendid collection of Chinese curiosities. be longing to Mr. Nathan Dunn, was a portion of the plan of the projectors. The collection was placed therein as soon as the building was com pleted, and its great popularity at once gave a name to the entire structure, and it continued to be called the "Chinese Museum" down to the time of its destruction. Mr. Dunn, the owner of the Chinese collection, wks:l-.P.ldladelphlan, and a member of the Society of kends. He had been engaged for many years in I.he mercantile business In China, and, while there, had con ceived the project of getting together a collection of objects which would give the people of our own country a correct idea of the habits, &c., of the disciples of COIIIIICII2B. First ho had life-size and life-like wax figures which represented every order of the Chinese, from the blind beggar to the Mandarin of the first class. These figures were all dressed exactly as the originals dress, and all were presented in the exer cise of their respective vocations. The huge room in which the collection was exhibited was fitted up with compartments which represented Chinese streets, Chinese parlors, Chinese cham bers, Chinese workshops, Chinese stores and Chinese temples. All these Were appropriately furnished, not with painted shams in the way of tools, fixtures, &c., but with real substantial articles which were made In China, and which at that moment had their counterparts in the houses and shops of the Celestials. The collec tion was wonderfully complete down to its most minute details, and it used to attract swarms of visitors. It was finally taken to London. Its owner has long been dead, and his ashes rest at Laurel Hill. It is understood that it was his in tention to have bequeathed his collection to the city of Philadelphia as a free Museum; but subse quent financial embarrassments induced him to revoke this provision of his Will. The Chinese curiosities were removed from the Museum Building some time before the Pejde collection was scattered. The building then, had a varied experience. Political meetings and con ventions, shilling concerts, mammoth balls, hor ticultural shows, exhibitions of the Franklin In stitute, grand popular banquets, &c., &c., were among the uses to which the property was ap plied. The historically inclined diner at the Continental, if he thinks proper, can reflect as be disposes of his "green-seal" and his terrapin and chicken-salad in its magnificent dining room, of how the spot whore he is seated has often echoed to the sound of festive brass bands, 'and to the conflicting shouts of Whigs and Demo crats as the questions of tariffs, fiscal-agents, Mexican War and "64.40, or fight!" were dis cussed. The visitors to the bar of the Hotel, or to its billiard room, can also, if 'so minded, take comfort from the fact that they slake their thirst and wield thncue upon..classic ground. As we have already said in the first article upon this subject, the National Theatre and the Chinese Museum shared a common fate at the time of the conflagration of July oth, 1854. Their dn. struction. was complete, everything combuitible being consumed and the walls tumbling in ruins. The fire was a memorable one, and it left heaps of ruins which were long a disgrace to Chestnut street. All the property, except that owned by Mr. Isaac Brown Parker, was speedily rebuilt; but Mr. Parker put hie ruins up at a high' figure, and they remained unimproved for a long time. In 1857 the Butler House Hotel Company, which bad been incorporated for the purpose of building a hotel on the Butler property at the IQ. W. corner of Eighth and Chestnut streets, purchased from Mr. Parker and the Scott estate all the ground ori ginally covered by the. National Theatre; the Mu scum Building, and the houses between, the lat. ter•and Chestnut street, at a cost of $346,000, and PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1868. the splendid pile known as the Continental Ho tel was erected upon the site. The investment bas not been a paiing , one to the stockholders. but it has accomplished the primary object of giving a renewed Impetus to the prosperity and improvement .of the city. Ten years have not yet elapsed since the completion of the building; but It already has a history which has grown principally out of the war and the events which led to the great struggle. LETTER. CRON FARMS. The Trip of the Prince imperial-His Seception by the People—The Cerro. Monies at Cherbourg and Brest— Jules Favre and the Wrench Academy —The Exhibition season. ICarrestiontiteaes or sae Phlmolai& Evenfas Bulletin.] Paws, Friday, April 24, 1868.—1 t is difficult to imagine in the present day that the French nation ever produced such a famous chronicler as old Froissart, or filled volumes with such interesting matter as that contained its their matchless "Memoires de St. Simon" and similar great works. Certainly,the chroniclers of these times, who fulfil the duties of correspondents to the Parisian press, fall far short of that faculty of shrewd observation which so strongly characterized the writers of old to whom I have above alluded. More than one of these modern chroniclers fol lowed, as was natural, in the footsteps of the Prince Imperial during• his late holiday excur sion, ane I calculated upon having been able, through the instrumentality of these eyeswit neeeee, to have conveyed to your readers some correct idea of the general result of this first public appeal of the heir-apparent to the feel ings of the French nation. Of course the recep tion accorded to the Prince, the bearing of the population toward him; and the boy's own de meanor under the strange and unnatural cir cumstances in which- monarchical institu tions placed a child of his age—these wore the real and noteworthy incidents of remark. But, unfortunately, although the newspapers furnish us with many tiresome details about the port and aarbor of Cherbourg and Brest, and the mere official displays made there on the occasion of the Prince's visit, they tell one little or nothing about the Prince himself. All I have been able to learn (in my own absence from the scene) comes from friends who happened to be lookers on, and who have kindly conveyed to me their general impressions of what took place. The Prince's reception at Cherbourg, when ho first arrived, was, I am as sured, far more official than popular. The inci dent which, above all, marked the event, was the entire absence of the corporation of the town, caused, it is said, by the ,umbrage taken by, its Members at the arrogance of the military and naval authorities, who completely put the civil powers in the background. There was, of course, a i len tiful display of flags on the streets, and the cannon thundered from the ships and forts. But the whole scene had an official stamp upon it, and the poor boy was led about the harbor' and docks just as any other "great man" would have been, his pale face looking often very tired, while he bowed and kissed his hand mechanically; to the crowd. My •friend seemed to doabt whether such exhibitions of a mere child did not smack a great deal too much of the old idea of royalty and the ancien rigirne, to please a revo lutionized and revolutionary people like the French; and whethet to have sent the Prince down like a little boy, as he is, to run about the town and shipping, and amuse himself with some comrades of his own age would not have ingratiated him much more with his future sub jects than thus to set him up before their eyes like an imperial puppet. The spirit of the times is quite opposed, even in Europe, to this species of baby royalty, which only tends to make the Math tation itself ridiculous. At Brest lam assured that the merely official character of the reception was still more manifest. One-half of the popu lation is, of course, in the pay of the dock yards, and of these people the presence and their enthusiasm could be commanded and counted on. But the other half, consisting mainly of the upper classes, showed themselves indifferent to, if not disgusted with all this official parade surrounding a mere chili, and refused to participate in it. It is generally asserted, too, that the persons to whom the Prince was intrusted rendered themselves su premely ridiculous by the way in which they kept the poor boy under perpetual restraint, lest he should commit any breach of etiquette, while at the same time they loaded him perpetually, whenever they addressed him on the moat trivia/ matter, with the ponderous titles of "Monseig neur," and "Vetre Alteese Imperiale;' literally scolding and "bowing down and worshiping him," all in a breath. One wonders that a man of Napoleon's good sense does not see that all this is ridiculous, rather than sublime. But his dynasty is sometimes the weak, as well as the strong point of the Emperor. Altogether my conclusion is that the Empire has "taken noth ing" by this move of its young scion towards the West. Jules Fevre was admitted yesterday to the French Academy. His sponsors wore Thiers and Berryor, between whom he entered the hall of the Institute, crowded with the highest intel lect of France. What a trio! And all three in orpositioa! And what a shout greeted their ap pearance! Here was enthusiasm indeed, and al most defiance. What a contrast between the ; official homage paid to the poor , boy at Cher bourg and Brest, and that addressed to the bitter est enemies of his father, in the heart of the capi tal, by the united intelligence of the country. This is the season for the opening of annual exhibitions in Paris, and in the absence of any such gigantic attraction as that of last year,the public is glad to avail itself of sources of amusement on a lesser scale. The Palace of Industry in the Chomps Elysdes is being cleared of the horses and stables of the Hippie Society, in order to be pre pared for an united artistic and floral exhibition, which promises to be extremely beautiful and agreeable. The Horticultural Society of France has taken' possession of the nave, which was so recently used, as I described, for a circus, and is converting it into a spacious garden for the reception - ef.flowers, rare plants and trait; amidst which will be interspersed fountains, and also the groups of statuary which, have been ad- Mitted by the Jury to the Annual Exhibition of Modern Artists. The paintings of the latter 'Will be arranged as usual in the galleries above, and the whole interior of the building will thus, .no doubt, form a favorite lounge Air the fashionable world during the remainder of the season. 'Phsi floral part of the Exhibition. lass to in cons tinually. renewed, so as to, Taiintain the same. tion to 'the end. '' Just at ,`preffietft, the favOrite 'rendezvous is in the Jardin d'Acclimatation of the BOis de Boulogne, where au extremely fine show OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. of five poultry has been organized by the Direc tors, aided and encouraged by the Government, which gives several gold and silver medals. The collection of French birds is well worth seeing. and is such probably as no other country in the world could produce In point of fineness of race, and quality and beauty of plumage. The breeds of Crevecamr, La Fleche and Houdan in Nor mandy and the West, and that of La,Bresse, near Lyons, in the South, are really magnificent; and prove what careful crossing and rearing will do to convert a common barndoor fowl into sohand some and elegant a specimen of the feathered tribe. There were great numbers of American visitors present in the Garden, and their admira- Lion of the birds was universal. Nor were the prices unreasonable. The highest I heard asked for a pair was 150 francs for a fine breed of the Fleche. When sold as poulets gran in the market about Christmas time, these birds often bring 60 and 70 francs apiece. There is a fine show also of Cochin China fowls, but this species has lately lost much of the estimation in which it was for merly held among breeders. Triennial Festival in Boston—Grand Chorus and Orchestra—The Scene in the Music liall—appeazance of the . Building—The Programme -, Excel. fence of the Performance Bliss Alide Topp. (Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin ] BosroN, May 6, 1868.—The "First Triennial Festival of the Handel and Haydn Society ) " by far the greatest musical event of the past three years, was inaugurated yesterday morning and continued last evening at Music Hall, by grand concerts given by this Boston society, assisted by a boat of musical talent from all parts of tho East. A magnificent array of performers took part in the affair and a glorious programme was given in a manner about which Americans have only read, unless the festival of three years ago, or some of those of England or Germany have been attended. The number of the chorus is 747 voices and of the orchestra 115 instruments. This multitude is not raw material, crowded together for the name of magnitude, bat tho toughly drilled and disciplined musicians, either professional or amateur, whose work upon the compositions performed, has been continuous and laborious, and whose rich reward for their efforts is now the admiring applause of a dom munity thankful, yet at the same time moat genuinely critical. , Fully one-third of the immense Music Hall is occupied by the stage, made trebly large for the occasion. and handsomely decorated with cloth of red and white. The places for the chorus extend from the stage, gradually ascending at an angle of about thirty degrees, to the second or highest gallery. Every avallable'foot is occupied, some of the tenors and basses even being obliged to stand during the performances, so cramped are they for room. The centre of the stage is occupied by the orchestra, Mr. Carl Zerrahn, the conductor, being in the front. The soloista arc directly about him and almost among the violins. • Then come the strings; and what a force of them ! Sixty-four violins, violas and cellos —of which twenty two are first violins. On the left side are the soprar os, and on the right the altos. Behind the sopranos are placed the tenors, and back of the altos stand the bassos. The "great organ" looms up in the back:ground,.and by comparison with "its enormous proportions the appearance of everything is rendered small. A fine audience, both morning and:evening, filling the hall from floor to gallery, testified the great interest taken in the initiatory performance,and showed Its just appreciation by frequent and overwhelming applause. It is perfectly apparent that such an affair as this festival cannot be carried on without very great expense; and in fact the finances have to form the great foun dation upon which to work. To encour age the society and to place the festival in a position in which it must succeed when pro perly managed, a number of Boston gentlemen have virtually bonded themselves to the amount in the aggregrate of $50,000, to cover all losses. This places those requiring pay for their services in a confident state of mind, and gives to the undertaking a stability never before equaled. The labors of the secretary of the society, Mr. Loring B. Barnes, have been immense in this par ticular; and to him also hi a great measure, be longs the credit of the fine order and regularity which is seen in all departments of the festival. Under such auspices and after such an enormous amount of labor spent in steady rehearsing, this “First Triennial Festival" must be a complete success. And now that some idea of the inners] arrangements have been given, it will be well to proceed to the performance. Br fore the commencement of the opening choral, Otto Nicolai's "Religious Overture," the theme of which is the same as that fino old air of Marcel, in the Huguenots, which introduces him ifflle firat act of the opera, and used by him so frequently, a short address was delivered by the President of the Society, after which the busts of Mozart, Beethoven and Palestrina, pre sented by Miss Charlotte Cushman to the Music Hall, were for the first time unveiled to public view. A shout and a great waving of handker chiefs greeted the faces of the masters, and then Mr. Carl Zerrahn stepped upon the stage, fol lowed by Mme. Parepa Rosa, Miss Adelaide Phillips, and Mr. George Simpson, the soloists of the concert. In a moment the immense volume of sound burst upon the audience. ' The full force of all but the organ was used. Even this great instrument, forced to its utmost capacity, is I,ot sufficient to diminish in any way the legitimate effect of the voices. A perfect mass tai beautiful musical sound; no deafening noise as might be supposed,but magnificently finished,and thrilling one with the highest and most sublime emotions. An indescribable feeling of exaltation, a total inability to compare the music to any thing ever before heard in this country, followed by an almost perfect state of enjoyment, seemed to take possession of all; and when the last line of the beautiful verse of which the overture is composed,. was reached, when the glorious strength of that mighty chorus, orchestra, and lull organ were brought to bear upon , the words, ' On Earth to none so strong as He," the very building seemed to shake, and a feeling of awe at what magnificence and solemnity there is in such music for such a text, took - the place of all else, and brought out to the fullest whatever religious reverence. each indi vidual possessed. Then followed Mendelssohn's "Ninety-fifth Psalm" opened by Mr. Simpson in the solo "0 come let us worship." This gentle man's voice is not sufficiently powerful to do justice to the parts which have been assigned Aim. Philadelphia knows him so well that it Is unnecessary to particularize. The entire compo sition with this exception, was given very artisti cally, and showed systematic and effectual prepa ration. The "Hymn of Praise" of Mendelssohn, which came lastupon the programme, was really the gnat treat .of, the morning, preceded by a symphony finely' rendered that showed to the beet advantage the Woriderikal effect of the stringed instruments; it opened witli - the chorus "All men, all things ," and ;like the others which came before, was grand. -, Mme. Paropa-Rosa did splendidly and fully sustained hor enviable repu tation as an oratorio singer, In which capacity, it May not be Out of Place toremark, she, is vastly superior than in that of aid operatic prima donna. 'Handel% ' , Samson" 'Was Tgiven in"the evening to a house'crowded"tuf hi the morning. By, those .who justlyti 1 - reelate thisimmient master one of the most, ti)3l OW ' Innenta was enjoyed. The soloists • i'• the ea those of the morn M' - ing, and in addition - tde and Whitney, eg a vi the former of whom , as • twitch" was In good nivsicsi,. voice and sang well. Mme. Paropa brought down the house in "Let the bright seraphim," with cornet obligato. This afternoon a grand symphony concert takes place, in which the entire orchestra will participate. The sensation is to be the first ap pearance of Mies Alide'Topp, of whom the great Hans von Bulow writes as follows: "Miss Alide Topp, Court Pianist to the Prince Hohenzollern- Eleckingen, whom I am proud to call my pupil, though not world-renowned, will soon become so, as her debut in every place in which she has thus far appeared has always produced a pro found sensation. Excellent female pianists we have in the musical world (Schumann, Clause!, Mehl*, Goddard, dm) Miss Topp beats them U Tomorrow night is "St. Paul," on Saturday the "Creation," and a grand last performance on Sunday, when the •'Messiah" will be produced. There is great enthusiasm manifested, and Ml doubtcdly this festival will result In Much musi cal benefit to all who are interested. rbiladelplita Artists Abroad. The Nouveau Journal de Paris of the 18th nit. gives the following handsome notice of Mr. I. Rice, of this city, who is now pursuing his musi- Cal studies in Paris: "A soiree took place last Sunday evening, a the'residence of Mme. K—, and we confess tha we have not enjoyed such an intellectual tout' , for a long time. The musical part of the enter tainment was performed by Mons. Rice, a young American artist, who was rapturously applauded by the select audience, for the brilliant and ex quisite execution with which he played the most intricate cqncertos. We sincerely trust that this young artist, with his rare talent, will meet with equal success upon his return to his native Country. Fw . muz7TTwvw: . i. EL GLAND. Mr. Gladstone's Reply to His Enemies. To the Editor of the London Tunee:•—Though reluctant to attempt any encroachment on vonr space with reference to personal matters, I feel that I have no alternative at a time when per sonal charges, however irrelevant, are employed as the means of injuring or impeding a great cause. Within the last fortnight or thereabouts, the following statements, purporting to be of fact, have been assiduously circulated respecting me in different parts of the country: 1. That when in Rome I made arrangements with the Pope to destroy the Church establish ment in Ireland, with some other like matters, being myself a Roman Catholic at heart. 2. That during and since the government of Sir Robert Peel I have resisted and (till now) prevented the preferment of Dr. Wynter. 3. That I have publicly condemned all support of the clergy hi the three kingdoms from Church or public funds. 4. That when at Balmoral I refused to attend her Majesty at Crathic Church. 5. That 1 have received the thanks of the Pope for my proceedings respecting the Irish Church. 6. That I am a member of a High Church Ritu alist congregation. Aware how in times of public excitement ru mor grows and gathers through the combined action of eagerness, credulity and levity, I will not bestow a singlamrsh word upon any of these statements. Neither will I advert to thecause to which some of them may be due, for I am deter mined to avoid, as long as it may be possible, envenomloga great political controversy, and what I think a noble cense, with the - elements of religious bigotry and hatred. • But I will, in the first place, declare that these statements, one and all, are untrue, in letter and in spirit, from the beginning to the end; and since it is impossible for me to continue entangled, as I have recently been, in the searches and corre spondences which such fictions entail, I venture to request all persons whatsoever who may be interested in the matter, if any like statements should hereafter come under their view, in the in terest of truth, to withhold their belief. To more vague and general charges this is not the place to refer. I have the honor to be, sir, Sour faithful servant, W. E. GLADSTONE, 11 CARLTON HOUSE TZ.D.RACE, April 24,1868. ITALY. Prince Unnibort's [Turin (April •73) correspondence of Galignani's Mee veneer.] The contract of marriage between Prince Hum bert and the Princess Margherita, of Genoa, was signed on Tuesday and witnessed by the French, Prussian and Saxon ministers. The next mord lag, at half-past ten, the ro al family, the high dignitaries of State, the min n ters, the parliamen tary deputations and the numbers of the Muni cipal Council assembled in the great ballroom of the palace for the ceremony of the civil marriage. The President of the Senate read the prescribed article of the code, received the declarations of the Prince and Princess and proclaimed their marriage. Immediately after the cortege proceeded to the cathedral, which had been magnificently deco rated for the occasion, and were there Joined by the diplomatic body. H.loh mass was then cele brated, the Archbishop of Turin oftielating. On the return to the patace deputations from the army and National Guard presented bouquets to the Princess Margherita. The King decorated the Archbishop of Turin and the President of the Senate with the collar of the Annunzlata. The city is crowded and exceedingly animated. The popular demonstrations towards the King, the Prince and Princess have been most enthusi astic. A heavy fall of hail took place in Mantua on the Bth of April. The streets were completely covered, and for some hours had all the appear ance of winter. At Leghorn there was an expectation of a strike analogous to that which took place lately in Turin, although from dift'ertint motives. The naval porters demanded a rise of wages, and the Chamber of Commerce refused to accede to the demand, and replied to the application by a pro tut in which it declared that its members would resign rather than give way. There was there. fore the danger of a double strike—that of the porters and that of the Chamber of Commerce. —The "White Fawn" paraphernalia of the Boston Theatre has been sent to Chicago, where the piece is to bp produced. It filled tour largo Cars. —The London Post says Blerstadt is a great painter, but not so great as Church. Now wo hope there is not going to bo anothbr Church dis pute outside of Parliament. —lt is said that one of the members of the Ohio Legislature, who recently voted for the bill disfranchising students, wrote, while traveling abroad, to have his letters directed to Eurip." Ono of the pictures ho then purchased, and now adorning his "palatial residence" is labelled "An ()shun Landskip." —The report that the Queen of Saxony would henceforth require ladies to appear at her court With their hair brushed and combed, has been de nied with all the emphasis of official announce. ment. Maids and matrons may now go to the royal palace as disheveled as they choose. —lt may be mentioned as a matter of Interest bearing on the expected conclusion of the tat 'peachment trial, that Andrew Johnson is having his private residence at Greenville Tennessee, put in repatr,and is building a small addition thereto. Let it be remembered that by a singular coinci dence the tune of "Greenville" is always sung to the hymn "Days of absence." —Quite a stir was recently made with refer ence to the alleged refusal of the Lord Chamber lain, the Earl of Bradford, to itcenso an adapta-. Lion of "Oliver Twist" for the London stage; but, according to the Manchester Guardian, "those who found fault with Lard Braillord'a attempted Interdict are foremd reluctantly to own that there was more to be! OK I gainet the play than we were willing to believe. F. I. FETHERSTOL'faIiIi4O; PRICE THREE CENTS. --The Philadelphian who has reached middle life and is not proud of "Tom Florence," the "widow's friend and the boat builder's son" of ancient days, is unworthy of the name of Phila.- delphian. "Tom" has long lived on the fat of Washington, and is supposed to enjoy confiden tial relations with His - Excellency, Andrew John son. A clever satire, just published in Washing ton, hits off one of "Tom's" old peculiarities very neatly. "Tom's" eloquence used to consist largel of wild quotations from Comly ' s Spelling. Boo k : and the copy books of the day, and he is thus de scribed as paying an early visit to the President, yet in bed, to announce to him the discoverythat Mr. Stanton is not to be trusted: There Tom Florence stood in the half-opened door, His long, unkempt locks with gray sprinkled . o'er, His dimensions in height about 5 ft. 4. Of portly physique—long-bearded and gray, His tout ensemble Indeed we may say Like the King of Clubs looks---if this is tots bard on The King, we humbly solicit his pardon. He opened his mouth and proceeded to speak.; To speak—nay, to yell; and shriek after shriek He sent at the Presbient, who,like a ghost, Sat looking bewildered from p i llow to post. These shrieks, yells or shouts when fairly din scuted, And each proper tone in its true line directed, Each syllable given its own proper place, The too audible sound smoothed down with • grace, Was something like this—they may be quota tione, They sounded like one of Tom's usual orating: AbfATFUR "The Rubicon I fear, is passed;" "The fatal die I know is cast." "Rise, or Greece forever falls! Up, or freedom breathes her last." "Away, away to the gory plain!" "Truth crushed to earth will rise again." "We know our rights, and knowing, dare main tain." "Who would be free, himself must strike the blow," "With his back to the field and his feet to the foe." "Roderigh vich Alpine, Dhu ho fere!" "Once more dear friends, to the breech!" (he be seeches, Whilst Andy takes hint and puts on his breeches). "Come as the yvinds come when forests are rended, Como as the waves come when navies are stranded!" "Ours not to reason why, Ours but to do or die." "Away, away to the Paynim tower! Nor loiter now in thy lady's bower;" "Strike till the last armed foe expires!" • "E'en in our ashes live our wonted fires." "20 - and ye the timbrel! swell high the chorus!" "Where breathes the foe but falleth before us?" "And if on the gory plain we lie," 'Big pig, little pig, Floor Hoe on Din!" Quoth Andy: "My fears, Tom, you're trying to banter, Pray settle down, won't you?—there's the des canter,— And tell in plain English—you know it—the reason For such a strange visit at such a strange season." "My liege lord and master," said Tom with a grace, As he wiped cold dew from his classical face, "May I drop down before you. with cholera cramp, If I haven't found out there's Achan in the camp." "A can in the camp? A can of what, fellow? Beshrew me, old boy, but I think you are mellow; Come, none of your sells, or your weasand throttle; A can—what's a can any worse than a bottle?" "Go softly," said Tom, "I fear I'm mistaken, Did I say A-chan? I meant. to say A-chan, Accent the penultimate, that la the rule Taught me in my youth at the village day school. And hero let me tell you the Achan I mein Is a spy, an eavesdropper, a tattling machine, Who bearsall our plans; who lends us his ear; Who tells every word to our foe, it is clear; That Aeban is Stanton, yes, lierawrosr, my dear." —The Keckley book is said to have Set Mrs. ' Lincoln at work on a genuine "revelation." But we sincerely hope for decency sake it is not true. —Referring to the discussion about the career, character and conduct of the Prime Minister, 'a London paper observes: "Mr. Disraeli's writings are a perfect arsenal of weapons for Mr.Disraelre opponents; and the most telling attacks upon his character and conduct are at least a tribute to his wit. He has supplied invention and satire; his adversaries have needed little else than memory." —Mr. Dodge, the missionary, and son of W. E. Dodge, of New York, who has just been on a visit to Petra, with the artist Church, heard a "discourse" by Elder Adams, at Jaffa, and writes borne about it as follows: "We heard an ?extra-- ordinary address from the leader of the now al most defunct American. colony. Such a tirade of Ignorance, coarseness, vulgarity, and Well-nigh blasphemy, I never heard." —A remarkable story is told of a rooster at San Francisco that had his head chopped off on the 28th of February, and on the 22d. of March was walking around as big as life, not havbig suffered the least inconvenience from his decapi tation. Ho is fed on boiled milk by means of a quill inserted in his threat. We suspect that it was a dead rooster fixed up as a rase-ter decelve simple people. —The plan for a marginal street in Boston, to connect the railroad depots with deeper water, is making pr some three hundred merchants c erg ; ig petitioned the city government to that effect. It is to be made by filling, and to run from Rowe's wharf to Commercial , ono hundred feet wide and furnish passage for the freight railway. The total cost is expected to be $1,000,000. New land to the value of $8,000,000 will be added. —The Brunswick Telegraph printed the follow ing Latin line last week, and asked for a transla tion :-- Quls crudus enim leetus albus et spiravit. We should say that "Hurrah for the red, white and blue" would be a correct rendering, or lite rally, thus : Who raw for the read.white and blew. —Boston Advertiser. —New York must be a very wicked place, with a great deal of false doctrine floating about. A correspondent of a Southern paper, writing from that city, makes the following astounding an nouncement: `•I recently heard s sermon from a celebrated High Church divlue.which was neither more nor less than an effort to blend the mysii eism of the ancient flro-worshippers with the elm ple truths of Christianity." —The following is a literal copy of the flat of questions proposed for discussion in a debating club out West: Subgechs of Diskushiow. Is dansim morrallo rong? Is the reading of fletishus wurks couneudihk? Is it necessary that fomalls ahud roma thorough llterrary educashun? Ort tem:ills to take part in polltikes? I)uz dross constitute the mortal part of Whet rols? —The discovery of an ancient Roane wharf on the Tiber hats been followed by,the Auding of Immense quantities of rare marbles etorod them ; just as they were taken from the gnarled. The heavy stony tribute exacted, bit; the (lew d from the subject provinces of Africa an `Greece. and unemployed in the fabrics nt,igsathon AGM* ball re-appeared after an immersion ofinsiny ocotillo* hi the muddy bank of the Tiber; and will furnish materials for the renewalof the varlegeted . Mar , ' • ble pavements of the, churches in. Rome for centuries to come. FACT* AND FANCIES.
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