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Baltimore.
MUttutS—CLARK.—On the lath of April,. at the Paris
twidenee of General Dix. Minister of the United States.
I , y the Bev. Wm. .0. Lamson. the Hoe. Dwight Morrie
United States Consul to Havre, to Mfrs Grace Josephine
, Clark, only child of Lewis W. Clark, Eeq.. and nine. S.
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W ELLS---1 tOOKE —,l t Sag father. N.Y., on Thursday.
the 7th inst , by Rev. David P. McDonald, ID. D., Andrew
Bret ly Wells. of Philadelphia, to Miss Sallie D daughter
of the late L. D. Cooke, EKt .of Sag Harbor, N. Y. '!
DIED.
lIROLASKY.—On the evening of Mat! 6th. Elizabeth
Howell, wife of Simon Broiseky, In the 89th year of her
4 l ' be relatives and friends of the family are invited to
Attend the funeral. on (WO Monday at 2 P. 142., from her
bits oard's residence, 2..0.1414 Walnut street. •
COTTRINGEB.--On the morning of the nth inst.. Mrs.
Mary C. Cottringar, in the 10th year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the faintly are inspectfully
invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No,
EA North Twelfth street. on Wedninday, 12th istant, at
2 P. M. ss
EATON—At Wuhington, D. C.. on Friday, May 8.
Elizabeth Belden Spencer, wife of Amos B. Eaton. Com.
rnbutayzGeneral Unitt.4l States Army.
.—Suddenly oo the 9th inst.. William M. Ford,
In the 2tub year of h is age.
The friends of the family. Rising Star Lodge No. ID3.
Ivo.V. M.
the Dil Excelator 111 is., No 216; tiotental R. A. C..
162; igent Eire Kin" Company, nod the cue.
ploy,/ of the Pennsylveutia Rilit o.d .ny are
invited to attend hie funeral. from his I residence,
IT, South Fifth street, on Wednesday, May 12th, at 2
o'clock P. M.
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SINCLAIR—At Mystic, Conn.. on Thursday. May 7,
lEllphemla Al. Sinclair. widow of thu late William
Sinclair. United States Navy.
S9lll'll.—On the 10th ire., in the 57th year of his age,
ltoherta Smith. ••
TA 11,0/1.-41n the PSI y e ar Trenton. New Jersey,
Mestere Taylor, in tbe,72111 of hie age. •
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Spruce Street Million (Tenth and South street..)
will be held to the Spruce ntrect Snead Uharch. Spruce
Areet. bulovr Fifth. on HoNDAY evt;Ni:v G. May 11, at
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Home Lite ; Its Duties and Pleasures,
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Admirston:43 cents. No extra charge for Reserved
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rooms. PM Chestnut atreet, on and after Tuesday, May 12,
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isslisa. THE THIRD REGULAR MONTHLY MEET
ins of the St. Andrew's Building and Loan Associa
tion will be held TOMORROW (Tuesday) EVENI a G. at
*o'clock. at the Hall. d. E. corner Eighth and Walnut
streets.
A. few remaining shares of stock for sale. Money to
loan. JOHN IL SCOTT, JR..
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Secretary.
riar. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.—D "ART.
UMWDtENT OF ARTS.--The public examinations of the
Senior Claris for Degrees will be held from May bth to MAY
LEd. beginning each day at 4 o'clock, P. M.; and also on
Tuesdays, at IPa o'clock. A. M.
FRANCIS A. JACKSON,
mytt.l2tl Secretary ot the Faculty,
mover THE 1 IiIItTEENTII ANNUAL DIEMNG OF
The Jewish Foster Home society will Mce Place
to-morrow, TEJESDAY, May IJ, at 3 o'clock, P. M., at the
Ballot the liarmonie Society, Coates et., fret door below
:Franklin.
Lombard
d ARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 15t8 AND 159:1
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treatment and ; heet
medicines gp a l ifthed P gratuit t u ' el i t e Pthe
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dOCiet9. of Philadelphia. will be held at th:
,Asylunt,N. E. corner of Eighteenth and Cherry etreotr,
TuuDAY MOENING, May 12th, at 12 o'clock. emit
PHILADELPHIA ORTHOPEDIC uosPrrAL,
OlirNo. lb &nth Ninth street. Clubfoot, hip and mid
nal dhows and bodily deformities treated. Appl=3'
at 19 o'clock. IWO
maw NEWSPAPERS. BOORS. PAMPRLETS,WAS
w•v era p t se r :r. bang 4, by E. BUNTER,
1318Jsyne street.
TH BATE ES, Etc.
Tut TIITAIII7I4.—At the Arch Street Theatre this even.
lug a new candidate for histrionic honors, Mies Amy
•glirdlestone, will mke her ttibut in Bums-steno's drama
Mus Daughter tif the .fleaftheht. If report speak truly
this lady possesses remarkable talent and has already
acquired some distinction in another branch of art.
At the Walnut this eveng, Mr. John Brougham will
_appear for the first time season in the character of
'l)r. Savage." in his erten brilliant comedy, Playing with
,Eire. Mr. Brougham is to be congratulated upon hie
'withdrawal of that wretched balderdash called The Lot
trU Of We, and now that he has produced a really first.
rate play, we sincerely hope intelligent playgoers will
Rive him liberal encouragement
Mr. McDonough anuouncos that this will be the last
week of the Black &wk. In the meantime it will be per-
formed every evening with Morlacchi and the other
idanceni, in some of their most brilliant put&
A rubeellaneoug entertainment 14 announced at the
'American,
EI,IIVYKTII I:W=2T Orate Moues.—The programme for
this evening's performance at tide popular place of emcee.
anent, is an excellent one. Tho Black Crook ballet la a
leading attraction ,114 the way of an extravaganza, and
imvpsuohnient Wriat, with a capital burlesque of
Visnoted.2'breada, also are very amusing. sad cannot tail
to please the large Audience 'which nightly attend these
Xrdnstrel performances. Mr. J. L. Carncross will clog
:several pathetic ballads thie evening, and there wilt be
ringing, dancing, and negro comicallties by the company.
WYK&N,—Wymat6.the magician. will w h e n n he aliment at Assembly*Buildinsea to-night, he will
perform feats of legerdemair and ventriloquism. At the
woncluaion of the performance gifts will be dishibuted
amend the audience.
Aes.Pmav oA Muare.—The Grand Duda4B of Gerdstein
'will be performed at the Academy of Music, this evening,
lby Bateman , . French Company.'
— Somebody has counted the number of I's in
ss late number of Alex'. Dumas's new parlor; there
"wore ninety-two of . them. ID is accused of ask
'Sag correspondents toreturn his letters, and is t
Yells them to dealers in autographs, and makes
*lOO orslso a year 'by, the trade. it' Is said his
(daughter, Who was divorced from her husband'
porno years since, is :about to appear on the state;
ine looks as'if she would 'make a capital Mrs.
Caudieror an untamed shrew,: r .partg Letter: .
-%.-INTERESTINCI TO YoUTICVII.I. BARR
imilden brief not'a little girl.
-NO. 27
A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCES IN EU-
Christmas In a German City Md.
night Blass at the Dresden Coart
Church, ike„, &c.
(Correspondence of the Thliadeiehla Evening Butletial
Pants, April 19, 1868.—1 n the shade of a wild
chestnut tree, with birds caroling their sweet Wel
crime to Spring, the air as mild as our loveliest
May weather at home, a vision of the strawber
ries, large as any I ever saw, on which we dined
yesterday, with asparagus, green peas, new po
tatoes, and all those Bower and fruits that
complete a feast such as Tantalus beheld, bat
could not reach, it is difficult to bring recollec
tions of more remote places and occurrences to
mind, clearly enough to describe them to others.
But, with a bold effort, I will assume the magic
wand of Signor Blitz, and presto ! we arc in the
shadow of the Court Church at Dresden, on
Christmas eve.
We have before ns a great pile of dark stone,
massive and imposing in appearance, but with
no grace or symmetry in its style of architecture,
the plainest of the Italian order. From the left
side in the second story a covered gallery, with
windows looking from both sides of it, extends
across the street to the Palace, for the use of the
royal family, who by this means walk into their
botor over the high altar, and present themselves
before the congregation as devout worshippers in
the faith of the Roman Catholic Church. The
religion of Saxony is Protestant; but in 1697 Au
gustus Second abjured the faith of his fathers in
order to secure the crown of Poland. So, while
the court is Catholic, the subjects arc Lutheran.
Christmas eve in a German city is some
thing to be recollected with intense plea
stiri;, and all the Christmas carols of
old German poets, the legends and fairy spec
tacles of pantomime renown, float through the
imagination with the remembrance. In the new
market, covering a very large platz or square, ar
ranged in covered booths, are evergreens in urns,
baskets, wreaths and bouquets, with wax candles
already ingeniously fastened on the branches,
gilded cherubs suspended over them, represent
ink the Christ-child, so beautifully named by
Martin Luther, gold and silver apples,'
swinging on gay ribands from each
bough, dolls in the costume of every na
tion, some even personating flowers, such
as the morning glory, the calyx and tendrils
forming a bewitching little cap. But beware!
raise that cap at your peril! Your nostrils are
ass tiled by salts of ammonia for the toilette of
Miss Lydia Languish. There is a pretty rose.
If you clasp this little lady to your heart, be care
ful. She parts at the waist, and concealed in the
folds of her dress of rose leaves, are little bottles
of perfume for ladies' handkerchiefs. Toys of
the most various and wonderful mechanism
tempt the crowds of mothers and slitters, perso
natinglianta Clans, and the cheapness of the
articles causes as Much astonishment to Ameri
cans as their beautiful finish.
There is an hour in the day when children only
are allowed to sell. Oh, what a pretty sight!
On trays and stands, in baskets and on barrows
the little ones carry their offerings,many of them
having actually made the toys and carved the
Images for sale. Yon cannot resist this appeal,
and well are you repaid for purchasing. A dozen
childish voices call after you, grateful for the
favor to their companion: "Thanks, lady, may
_ our Father's blessing and many happy New Years
be yours !" As evening comes on, the booths are
lighted, the store windows glitter - with
their holiday ornaments, and in the
windows of dwell age we see trees,
decorations and tables loaded with
gifts, while happy children stand gazing at the
Christ child and the hundreds of wax lights, in
toxicated With pleasure and wishing the birthday
of the Saviour might come around oftener than
once a year. By ten o'clock all the stores are
closed, the streets deserted, and the family gather
ings around tables loaded with gifts, Christmas
cake and coffee being served as generously as
the innumerable wishes for many returns of the
happy occasion, make one feel that in spite of
sin and sorrow, this earth has itn sunny hours
that seem reflections of the glories we anticipate
In the world for which our probation here is
fitting us.
Twelve o'clock! The chimes ring out clear
and strong on the frosty midnight air, and from
every atreet,over every bridge of the Elbe, people
are hurrying to prayers. Desiring to see how
royalty heralded the birthday of our Saviour,we
joined a crowd that darned us into the Court
Church. Looking towards the royal boxes that
opened like windows with sliding sashes into the
church, we beheld the King and Queen
kneeling, with their prayer books and wax
candles on the prie-dieu before them—the Prince
and Princess Albert, and the Prince ar
George, in the opposite box. It is im
possible to convey an Idea of the impressive
scene of that congregation. Each worshipper•
was kneeling and holding a lighted taper to
enable 1,1,1 m to read the prayers, there being no
gas in the Church. The taperis were all of dif
ferent-colored wax, some forming baskets, bon-,
quets, and figures of every description. It was
curious to *see the flame creeping around each
object, diroinishing as it traced the.design. At
least two thousand people were bowed in sant
prayer, the rays from their candles forming one
luminous halo, while high up in the arches and
around the massive pillars, a gloom of darkness
spread like a pall over the death-like cold Church,
that never is heated, and where my heart seemed
to congeal.
The service of the mass finished, a burst of ma
sk from the 'organ-gallery, up in the gloom,
caused all to glance up as they took, their seats
and set the tapers on a railing In front or
them. Lights had been placed there in a semi
circle, and as the voices of the singers, cultivated
to perfection in the Conservatoire of Berlln,came
floating in strains 'of heavenly melody, it seemed
a fitting announcement of the birth of Emanuel
from an angelic choir. The choruses,
joined with the deep rolling tones of a
splendid organ by Silberman, were grand
boyoud expression. As the last notes
died away, the' royal ` family left their boxes their
attendant gathered up the gilded books and
golden taper-nazis, the priests and attendants
left the altar, an wo crowded out into the
street, so cold, so hortibly chilled, that we vowed
we would wait till summer-time before venturing
into that church again. It is singular how much_
cold the Europeans can breathe in while they,
envelope themselies in furlaand woolen clothes,.
that keep them in a constant glow. Our 4mort. ,
can lungs seem to hp of different material, and
'suffer ,congestions and 'all sorts of agony, that
all the Martzenbicr and coffee of Doutoadand.
Will no a ev
t t
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HOPE.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY e ll, 1868.
On the next morning,' Christmas day, remem
bering our vow, we refused to go and hear the
mass sung by the opera troupe in the Court
church, and we visited the picture galleries,
Grosser Garten and skating parks, where we met
more Americans than Germans, the' latter enjoy
ing their family re-unions at home,while we wore
seeking distraction from thoughts that world
force themselves upon us of scenes in former
years, when we mingled on these holidays with
dear friends "whom the rude jostles of the world
have severed from us and cast far beyond our
reach." How happy we made our waiters, cham
bermaids and the children who brought our
clothes from the laundry, by giving them a small
silver coin ! Their wages are so trilling that ten,
cents to a German servant is more than a dollar
to an - Amerkanized Biddle.
At the dinner table our turkey was served with
rose-kraut, that is, sweelsour-kraut and chestnut
sauce. The latter dish is really delicious. The
chestnuts of Europe are very large, and when
steamed, mashed and strained, they form a most
appetizing sauce for almost any kind of meat.
libelled and preserved whole in syrup, afterwards
glazed and set in little crimped papers of differ
ent colors, they make a pretty variety on a table
of sweetmeats. The Germans are as ingenious in
their cuisine ae the French, but as a general think
their sweet-sour dishes and sour-sweet entrees
are not so palatable to American taste. If our
housekeepers at home understood economy as it
is practiced in Europe, many families might feast
sumptuously where they now waste. A Ger
man, French or Italian cook can compose a din
ner of the leavings of a previous meal, and it
will be superior in every way to some of the mos
expensive tables I h a ve seen prepared in America.
In my next I will speak of the amusements of
Dresuen. E. D. W.
LETTER FROPI. JOEIPE QUILL.
Important from Washington ....
Another Terrible Conspiracy ...The
t owing Man ...A Hark 'Future In
**respect...Signs of the Times.—
Changes in the Capital.
itioeeial Corre3p(ndence of theßulletin.] Philadelphia Evening
Wasiirs(.,roN, May Bth.—l am engaged at pre
sent in unravelling plots.
Every journalist upon arriving in Washington
instantly sets to work to unravel a plot. It Is
the regular thing, and you are always treated
with scorn by the old correspondents until yon
have laid bare some secret conspiracy against the
peace and quiet of the nation.
So I have discovered one, and I think you will
admit that it is important and interesting.
There is a plan on foot among the freedmen ,
to overthrow this government; give the negroes
the supremacy; erect a Colored People's Empire,
and place King Theodore, of Abyssinia, upon the
throne!
You think Theodore is dead; but he isn't. I
That is part of the plot. ?
The facts are these—l have them, both from a
reliable gentleman and an intelligent contraband,
and as they are whispered in official circles, be
sides, you can rely upon them.
As you well know, the British Government de
sires to crush out this Republic; and so it got up
the Abyssinian expedition and spread a report
that Theodore was killed, in order to throw us
off our guard. Actually he is being brought to
England, and will be shipped to New York, dis
guised as an Egyptian mummy for the Historical
Society.
In the meantime, the conspirators in Congress,
will remove President Johnson, and before Ben
Wade can step in, Theodore will come to the
capital, and take a position as head waiter in Mr.
Wade's family.
Awaiting a favorable opportunity while Mr.
Wade is at dinner, lie will despatch him with the
carving -knife; take a horse-car for the White
House; rally around him an army with banners,
and proclaim himself monarch of all ho surveys,
and of all that has been surveyed by other stir
-veyors.
This is but a mere outline of the plot.
Theodore claims the throne of America as his
birthright. He is a descendant of King Solomon
and the Queen of Sheba. Solomon, you remem
ber, was a Jew. The aboriginal Indians of this
continent were undoubtedly of Israelitish descent,
1 and, therefore, as the real proprietors of the
country, are entitled to the supremacy.
In official circles this is looked upon as deter
mining finally the disputed question " Has the
white man or the Indian the best right to the
soil?"
The changes that will take place under the
Ethiopian administration will be numerous and
important.
The whole Democratic party will be &frau
chized.
All the statues in the capitol will be removed.
Sojourner Truth, done in cast-iron, with an imi
tation poke bonnot,and a Dutch metal umbrella,
will surmount the dome of the capitol, where
America at present rears her crest; Jefferson, in
front of the White House, will be melted down
to make an Othello ; Cleopatra in bronze bomba
zine will prance on a brass jackass, wherenow
General Jackson curbs his barbed steed. Han
nibal, swearing in black marble upon the soap
stone altar of his country, will replace Green
ough's statue of Washington. The White House
will be dyed black.
Conjecture has already arranged the Cabinet
of Theodore.
Fred. Douglass will occupy the State Depart
ent, and will have a carte blanche to buy in the
hole continent of Africa, and all the stray vol
canoes and earthquakes he can lay his hands on.
Mr. Sumner will be appointed to the Hayti=
ission, as it Is desirable that we should be well
re esente.d in that quarter.
Nt c .
prominent barber in K. street is mentioned
'
connection with the Treasury Department, but
I am unable to trace this rumor to any reliable
source.
King Theodore will combine the cares of State
with the manufacture of parasols upon Pennsyl
vania avenue. These goods will be sold at less
than jobbers' prices, and persons will do well to
call and examine the magnificent stock before
purchasing elsewhere.
Under the new. dispensation Washington so
ciety promises to bo unusually gay during the
coming winter.
Theodore himself has seven hundred and fifty.
four wives, and:one,additional girl whom ho In
courting. These will cacti give a reception once
II week, and the wives of members of the' Cabinet
will do likewlie. - .' , . , •
,:, An extraordinary rise in the prices of frippery
may be expected ..
These reports watt color from the fact that the .
Whitewashers Isroteetive Union of •Washingtoti
bee beep in secret session for a week, and no leis
:.. : than ferty•twe carpet-44cm and a pusti•cart
man have been detected in . the aet of taking
OUR. WHOLE COUNTRY.
dancing lessons and reading Mill on Political
Economy.
I may also state that President Johnson's
Head Cook, in his testimony given before the
Congressional investigating committee, admitted
that h had clandestinely studied Miss Leslie's
Guide to Good Behavior, and purchased a seal
ring.
My informant, however, says that the moat
ominous fact in this connection Is the statement
of a government detective, that at an entertain
ment given by a negro minstrel troupe the other
night, the end man, in answer to the quest[o
proposed by the conversationalist, Why is -King
Theodore like a four•cent loaf of brea replied
"Because he can't climb a tree."
This answer is supposed by e detective to
have belonged to a previous nundrum,and it is
therefore fair to surmise that the true reply was
withheld because of HS connection with the plot.
I give all this for What it is worth, and you can
send me a check for the amount; but you can
rely on one thing, I don't intend that any man in
this District of Columbia shall beat mess a writer
of startling despatches, although I admit that
some of the correspondents have nearly done so.
JOIPS QUILL.
United States Naval Mission to Corea
—Search for the Crow and Pastion.
gem of the General &Lerman—Ainevi-
Call Citizens Said to he Alive in the
Territory-1 he Bodieki of tlie Head to
be necoVered iniportwit: Conse
quences Anticipated.
[From Today's New York Herald.]
QUEEN'S HOTEL, LoNous, May 10, 1868.—Tele
grams just to hand from Malta,of this day's date,
report that despatches from China have been re
ceived from Admiral Farrag - nt announcing that
the United States steamer Shenandoah (seven
guns), Captain Febiger in command. serving in
the Asiatic squadron, had proceeded niftier orders
to Corea to inquire into the fate of any of the
survivors of the American bark General Sherman
who may be found on the territory of the pen
insula.
Reports have been received from time to time
by the American naval officers, in the China
waters, as well as by Gen. J. L. Kiernan, United
States Consul at Ching-Kiang, which stated,
vaguely at first, that some few American citizens
belonging to the General Sherman (one was
named as Akerman) were still held by the'
Coreans, the responsibility of their detention
being made to oscillate between the Chinese and
Japanese.
Other accounts asserted that all the crew and
passengers of the Sherman were dead and that
their bodies were buried, but may be recovered.
The Shenandoah will be employed in clearing
up the case.
Captain Febiger, her commander, is well fitted
for the duty, and it was expected at Shanghae
for some time past that he would be detailed
on it.
The Captain is second in command of the
'United States China squadron and was transferred
from the steamer Ashuelot to the Shenandoah on
the 22d of February,to succeed Commodore Golds
borough who, becoming senior Flag Odicer on
the station by the sudden death of Admiral Bell,
hoisted his tag on , the Hartford.
Captain F,ehiger's Command extends from
Ningbo to the Gulf of Petchlli, and during his
present important mission ho will make strict
inquiry into the fate of both the passengers and
crew of the Sherman and endeavor to obtain
some proof of how they were treated or disposed
of.
The Captain will have the sympathy of the
French and English.
The French had an expeditionary search in the
Corea in 1866 after the bodies of murdered mis
sionaries, and the British sorrow with the Ameri
cans in the case of the General Sherman.
_Captain Febiger and the Shenandoah may
open Corea to foreign commerce, a much de
sired eTent, as the country is said be rich la
gold and silver.
In lEtiP. the French sacked the town of Kang
boa and carried off a public library, and the
present American expedition may terminate in a
smart war extending to acquisition.
The Government of Corea is a despotic mon
archy; but the King tacitly acknowledges the
feudal supremacy of China the Emperor sending
two high officers from Pekin to visit each mon
arch on his accession to the throne.
The massacre of the crew of the General Sher
man may lead to important results.
Mr. Disraeli on the Attempt on Prince
Alfred's , lLife—A "Dark Confederacy' ,
kxtending—Mr. Gladstone's Sympa.
thy with the Queen—What is
Thought of the Budget—Manufa.c.
lure or Church Petitions.
In the House of Commons on the 27th of April,
Mr. Disraeli, who, on rising, was greeted with
acclamations, announced the news of the attempt
on Prince Alfred's life. He said—ln rising to
make a motion before the readina• ` of the order
of the day, I doubt not that the House is
anticipating its purpose. , It is to move an ad
dress to Her Majesty, expressing on the part of
the house its sympathy with Her Majesty on
the distressing intelligence which arrived here on
Saturday last, which had occasioned her Majesty
so much griel and which still causes her mach
anxiety. [Hear, hear. I Mine will be a common
voice when i express the sorrow and the indigna
tion with which the House and the country heard
the intelligence of the attempt to assassinate his
Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. I /fear,
beard And if anything could aggravate the
atrocity of the act it would be the circumstances
under which it was committed. His Royal
Highness was visiting the moat distant station
of her Majesty's colonial empire;
he was, in
a certain degree, representing the majesty
of England; he elicited a sentiment of earnest en
thusiasm which must have touched the heart of
the country in which he was, and he had com
manded throughout the whole of his travels a
reception which was due to his Intellince and
I
his cordial manners. [Hear, hear. When the
act was perpetrated he was fulfilling one of those
offices which are the graceful appanages of hie
illustrious order; he was establishing a new
charity, and that charity in favor of the noble
prolusion to which he is devoted, in which I
may say, he has distinguished himself, and of
which, I trust, he will live to be the ornament.
I Hear, heard It is impossible, in noticing
this subject, to evade the cause of the act in
question. We live in an age of progress, or
sometimeswe flatter ourselves that such is our
happy fate ; but there appear to be cycles in oar
progress in which the worst passions and habits
of distant ages are revived. Some distant cen
turies ago the world was tortured with the con
viction that there was some mysterious power in
existence who could' command in every camp;
and coast, and capital in the world a poinard at
its disposal and devotion. It seems that at this
time, too, some dark confederacy of that kind la
spreading, over the world. [Hear, heart. All I
can say is, that I regret that for a moment
such acts should have been associated with the
name of Ireland. [Hear, hear]. I am myself con
vinced, &hi have expreased before in this house,
that the imputation, is unjust. [Heard I be
lieVe that these acts and the characters who per
petrated theM, are the distempered consequence
of civil wars atld'disorgaitized society, that their
dark Invasion MA touched Ireland, bat that the
nation as a whole entirely repudiated them, and
the manner in which another son of the Queen
has recently been., received has proved that the
loyalty of the 'dab nation has been unchanged
and nntilutmedi and that those loyal and just feel
Ingo which have bea characteristics of the pea
ale flow With the owe vigor we have ever rectos
L 4.1 . 1 ) t_TMAJI :4;.v.silril 4PVI I
CWNA.
ENGLAND.
nized. I trust that under these circumstances
I may move, "That an humble address be pree
sented to her Majesty, containing an expression
of sorrow and indignation at the atrocious at
tempt to assassinate his Royal Highness the
Duke of Edinburgh while on a. visit to her Ma
jesty's Australian colonies, and to offer their
heartfelt congratulations to her Majesty on his
preservation from mortal injury, and to assure
her Majesty of the sympathy of the House under
her Majeety*s present anxietvand of their earnest
hope for the speedy recovery of his Royal High
ness. [Loud cheering. I
Mr. Gladstone—l rise for the purpose of
seconding that address which has just been
moved by the right ho • • rable gentleman. I
heartily concur—every m o must concur—in the
sentiment of sorrow and in the sentiment of in
dignation which are expressed in the terms of
the address; and we must all, I think, feel a sin
cere thankfulness to the Almighty, who has
been pleased, on this critical occasion, if not
entirely to paralyze the arm of the amain, yet
to prevent—and I trust definitely to prevent, at
any rate thus far to prevent.—that mortal conse
quence at which the assassin aimed.
I do not know whether, judging, as.
I judge, merely from expressions contained in
telegraphic intelligence, it would be safe or wise
to assume it as rigidly demonstrated that thi
foul and loathsome deed was connected with the
Fenian conspiracy. If it be so, lam sorry to say
it only adds another dark shadow to the distres
which previous acts of horror have brought upon
the name of that conspiracy. But whether it be
so or not It cannot in the main affect the senti
ment with which I am sure that address will be
voted by the house. Every man who has the
smallest share of human feeling must
feel a profound regret, on the one hand
at this new cause of anxiety to her Ma
jesty, and on the other hand at the fact that
her Majesty has been spared another deep and
severe affliction in the midst of that crushing
affliction which has darkened her day. And as
regards the Prince himself, undoubtedly if any
thing could have disarmed the hand of the crimi
nal one would have thought it would have been
his youth, his great intelligence, the genial man
ners which have endeared him to all with whom
he has been brought into contact. This is a sub
ject on which I think few words are best, the
object being to convey to the foot of the throne
the dutiful and loyal sentiments we feel for her
Majesty, and I will therefore only say that I most
cordially second the motion.
Sir Henry de Hogliton and the Confed.
orate Cotton Loan.
The question, "who is Sir Henry do Hoghton?"
started in this country and, strangely enough,
taken up by the English press, is at , length defi
nitely settled by the following catd tram the
gentleman himself. He intimates, as will bo
seen, that the list of English Confederate bond
holders was not a forgery,as has been pronounced
in England. It would be interesting to have
further revelations on this subject trom Sir
H eery. who, doubtless, knows a great deal more
than he has yet chosen to tell concerning that
unfortunate cotton-loan speculation: •
To the Editor of the London herald—Sln: Some
evenings ago a paragraph appeared in the Pall
Mall Gazette, asking "Who is Sir Henry de
floghton?" cavilling at the American newspapers
for believing in the existence of such a fictitious
personage, and still more that they should have
credited that be had been involved in the Confed
erate cotton loan.
What the purport or intention of this article
was remains for the Pall Mall Gazette to explain,
for I cannot; and can only appeal to you to let
me make 11;,known through your columns that I
do exist, and to state that if I was alone in my
silence with regard to the list of contributors to
the Confederate cotton loan, I have the merit of
truth on my side. Also that if I did lose by that
loan even the sum attributed to my name by , the
Pall Mall Gazette I at least was not ashamed of
the cause in which I lost it, nor sought to fall
away from my friends when that cause came to
its worst.
I stood loyally by the Southern people from
first to last, and I believe there is not an Ameri
can (be he North or South) who would condemn
me for adhering throughout to a losing cause,
which I believed, and still believe, to have been
a just one.
/ have no desire to make mischief with regard
to the list which the Pall Mall Gazette Is pleased
to designate as "an i........:l__!!'"rgery;" bet, per
haps. it may some day become known that Mr.
Bigelowand Mr. Seward were not quite so much
befooled in it as they were supposed to be.
I have the honor to be, air, your obedient ser
vant, HENRY DE HOGIITON,
No. 16 Cockspnr street, B. W., and Hoghton
Tower, Lancashire.
April 25.
SPAIN•
Hew Piarvaez Caught llle Death 11l
nes:a—Military Statistics.
A communication from Madrid states that
Marshal Narvaez lost his life through an act of
imprudence. He was recovering from a very
severe attack of influenza, and still had a dis
tressing cough, when he went to a rote given by
ono of the Grandees. 4'he heat in the room was
suffocating, and the Marshal took an ice, which
made him so ill that he had immediately to return
home.
In consequence of the death of the Duke do
Valencia there remain only four marshals in the
Spanish army, namely, the Duke de la Vittpria,
the Marquis de Duero, the Duke de la Torre and
Count de Chaste.
The total effective of the Spanish army is 79,-
1.15 men, not including officers. The new civic
guard is composed of u,523 rank and file.
RUSbIA•
Royal Four—A Grand Naval Review—
Foreign Assertion and Imperial
reply.
The Empress of Russia is to proceed towards
the end of :May to Kissengen.
The Russian journals announce that General
Totleben has been ordered by the government to
inspect all the Russian fortresses and ports in the
Baltic.
On the lath of May Admiral Butakoff will re
view at Croustadt thirty-two frigates and iron
clads.
The Journalde St. Petersboury says: Afforeign
journal, a few days back, spoke of "a ukase sup
pressing the consulates at Warsaw," as well as
at "a circular addressed by Prince Gortschaltoff
to the representatives of Russia abroad, giving
them news of that important step." False
news, like spots of oil, spreads with a singular
persistence, and of all information it is that
which is propagated with the greatest facility.
The majority of the foreign journals now
reproduce the statement, at the same, time em
bellishing it with gratuitous commentaries. We
believe we have good authority for announcing
that the circular attributed to Prince Gortscha
koff does not exist, for the excellent reason that
no such measure as that referred to had been
adopted, and that nothing is changed in the Dosi
tion of the foreign consulates at Warsaw. As
they were before so they are still.
• JE'ROat NJ W YORK.
Nnw YoRK, May 11.—The Coroner's inquest in
the case of Mary Sherman, who was found dead
Friday night, at No. 67 James street where she
rt. sided, was concluded yesterday. The verdict
declares that her husband, John Sherman, caused
her death, and he was committed to the TOmbs
to await the action of the Grand Jury.
Yesterday Archbishop McCloskey dedicated'the
Catholic Church of the Transfiguration, Mott
anal street, which has lately been enlarged a beau
tified. .
At the anniversary of the American Home Mis
sionary Societ , g at the Broadway Tabernacle, last
evening, Rev. J. P. Thompsowo D t .D., preached
the annual sermon, in which ho gave his views
with regard to inapetwinnent, the suffrage question
and the politica of the day in general: 'rho en
nual report was read s - which set forth that the So
ciety had employed 900 preachers during the past
•
F. 1.. FETHERSTON.Wm.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FACTS AND irucur.s.
—Princess Bacclocchl has the measles.
—The oldest revolver extant—the earth.
—A vein hope—prospecting for gold
—Jeff Davis la in Canada.
—Men of the time judges at a horse=tnee.
Lowell Courier.
—Barnum's singed giraffe Is dead. Ilia WV
will be gi-rallled off. -
—A smart Mlssouri thief stole several kegs Of
powder, and for security sunk them in the then
—The Lowell Courier accutieslgnatine Donnell/
of getting indigna dons.
—Miclelet's coming volume Is called The Mee
*
—Epitaph for the late cannibal King of Doke
mey : "One who loved his fellow-men."
—A would be suicide in Cincinnati only NO
ceeded in shooting off his nose.
—A grocer is like a highwayman when he 110
in weight.
—Harriet Beecher Stowe announces a new
novel in London.
—lnstead of throwing mnd, amiable Oongreisa
men have taken to throwing guano at each other
-Lowell Courier.
—Walt. Whitman is called "the great syntacil
cal gymnast of the age." lie is a kind of rhe
torical Waits.
—One of the revenue collectors In lowa &IRO
to have collected more in taxes than was as
sassed. The race of such officers Is small.
—lt is reported that Anton Rubinstein, the
celebrated pianist, is soon to come to this coun
try, under an arrangement with the Chickerings.
—"Are you coming ?" said the throat to the
oyster. "I'm onithe point of it," muttered the
oyster to the fork.
—All the clericals in France are up in arms
against M. Bain te-Beure, the critic, for having
given a literary dinner on Good Friday.
—The editor of a Chien:To paper remarks that
half the people who attend musical entertain
ments in that'city "don't know the difference be
tween a symphony and a sardine.",
—A rich man who has been for twenty years
in the Hartford Insane Asylum has been ia per
fect mental health for nearly twelve years, bat
makes it now his voluntary abode.
—A correspondent, "R. B. 1., wishes to know
whether the "waters of Babylon" were different
from other babblin' brooks. Babble on! babble
on! we refuse to answer.
—The Ledger makes a funny blunder this
morning. It laughs at a man who announces the
loss of "a gold lady's watch," and yet says that
the timepiece was " advertised as lost io a New
Je7:sey tzeuvaper."
=SERVED Hire Itinirr.—UnWholesome Youth
—I also am very musical. I sang "Woodman,
Spare that Tree," last night, and there wasn't a
dry eye in the room.
Cruel Young Lady Were you alone?
—Comte de Flahault, at one time notorious as
the lover of Hortense Beauharnais, and the re
puted father of the Emperor Napoloon'slate half
brother, Due do Moray, is still living in France
at a very advanced age.
—J. Hammond Trumbull, of Hartford, Ct., is
said to be the only living person who can read
John Eliot's Indian Bible, a copy of which was
recently sold for $1,130. He has compiled from
the book a dictionary of 7,000 words.
-Patti's benefit at the Italian Opera, in Paris,
was an ovation. Seats sold as high as $l5, and
every place was taken. There were showers of
huge bouquets, and from a box close to the stage
a gold palm branch was handed by a lady.
—George Francis Tritli having prophetically
disposed of himself 7143 President of the 'United
States, makes this . prediction : "Before many
rears England will be a Republic, and Benjamin
Disraeli the President thereof."
—The bloodless duel near Washington grew
out of what one woman said about another • wo
man. The participants are likely to be punished
for their folly, but the gossipors who caused it
Will escape.
—A gentleman In Paris "Innovates sprint" by
appearing out every 21st of March in a pair of
white pantaloons. A man who would have done
such a thing last March would have been a pats
loonatic.
—Borne one has started the prepOsterotits
theory that baldness may be eared, by tram
p, anting hair from one head to another.—Er.
it's nothing but the old arrangement of wig
wearing.
—The name of Senator Nye having been sug
gested for Secretary of the Trearery,,a ,Western
paper, without endorsing the Bugg:MUT, says
that "anybody can see with half-Aft Nye we
should be better off than under McCnilOoch.'
—Bridgewater, England, was recently thrown
into a state of consternation at the reported
death of the Queen. An old Guernsey school
master was arrested for circulating the unfounded
report and admitted that he started it in a joke,.
Ho went to jail. '
—When the Czarowitz, the heir apparent of
the Russian throne, visited Berlln,he was present
at a session of the federal parliament. This was
the first time that a Russian prince had ever seen
a modern representative assembly.
—The divorce returns for Englatid and Wales
for the vent 1866 have just been issued. In that
year nine divorced men married spinsters, five
divorced 'men married widows, eight non
divorced bachelors and one non-divorced widower
married divorced women.
—The following lines on the failure in business
of a man namd Homer are, old but good:
That Homer should a bankrupt be,
Is not so very ono D'lr,E SEE,
If it be true as I'm instructed, •
So ILL BE HAD his books conducted.
—The latest swindle is a 'Rochester invention:
When hay is sold -b the ton,a man conceals him.'
self In the load and is .welghed with it. While
the load is driven to the barn of the 'purchaser,
the man leaves his hiding-place and goes baek to
the hay market to be sold over. Some Morddeai
ought to hang this. Hay-man.
--Storrow Iliggbisort, of the Harvard class of
1868, and for four years. chaplain' of the Ninth
United States colored regiment, has been placed
at the head of the National College In Uruguay,
South America, with a salary of $2,400 in gold,
besides quarters and rations.
—The pastor of a Vermont church, noticing
that some of his congregation were, asleep,
stopped in his sermon and announced titti hymn,
"Rouse thee, sinner, from thy sleep," but at the
conclusion of the reading' remarked that they
would omit the singing, and went on with his
discourse.
—Mr. Anthony Trollops is described by a re
porter, who saw him at the impeachment trial,
is bald, with heavy and reddish side whiskers.
Ho wears spectacles with perfectlyround glaeseo.
weighs at least two hundred pounds, and has the
general appearance of a heavy hualness.man
considerable initellgence.
—A Poughkeepsie paper gravely propose& to
"improve tlio scenery of the Hudson!' by artifi
cial adornments. Its plan is to Place. a, WOW*
statue of Hendrick Hudson on
of liberty on the
point of lona Island, an American flagon -lro4
Montgomery, a statue of Washington pnik e ttro ,,
montery at West Point, and a L'aulgniilcont , '
statue" of Robert Fulton on Polliterslldand at
the northern end of the Mediu:lAN
—Just before the news was received. eta° fall
of Magdala, a learned Germs* professor, Dr.
Schweintnrth, of Berlin, ready paper betore the
Geographical Society of that, city; to which he;
proved to his own satisfaction that 'the `Eeitlieti'
were going to fall Irc AbYsebria. •'Ho argued that
as Magda's was a fortri* , : in coidparison :With
which KiMigsteba'and jatrenbreitstein wore, Mgt
trifles, and was, moreover , situated at the TOP 0 /
a rocky eminetictkanding_ in all directions
by valleys four thousand feet deep, therefore a.
bombardment of it would be folly.