VOLUME XXIL-NO. 40 'THE " EVENING - BULLETIN ruBLIBUED itvicßY EVENING (Bandage excepted). Alir THE NEW BULLETIN BUILDING, 130 T Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, BY TIDE EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. moenixxons. GIBSON PEACOM ERNEST C. WALLACE. W. L. FETIIERSTOrk TIIOe. WILLIAMSON. JASPER &OMER. an. FRANCIS WELLS. The MILLI:fin serve d to rubterlbere In tho city et 18 bent/ per week. posble to the carriers, or $8 per annum. IMITATIONS FOR WEDDINGS, PARTIES. C. J. executed in 6 aupe_rfor manner . by ORFALA. ROI CHESTNUT STREET. leWtf4 EVANS.—On the morning of the Zth instant,' Thomas Evans, in the flat year of his age. Funeral will take place at 2 o'clock. on Fifth-dayr n In., at Friends' South Western burying ground. • iIERINO.—On the 25th inst. Mu. Susan Prying the 131111 year of her age. • BEINS.—On the 25th bet, Charlotte D.. daughter of the late Evan F. Johns, and wife of George-W. Heins. The relatives and friends are reapeetrully Invited to at. tend her funeral from the residence her husband No. VAS Noah Eleventh street, on Frl morning, 29th inst. ca Os o'clock, A. M. To proceed-to Fivertlxville. lIENDERSON.—At flyereerFrance. on the 3d of May, 3FO, Delia Alden, wife Henry Henderson. Esq., of , G , rmantown. Fe. • iii PBURN.—On thl2sth moat.. Maria, wife of the late James Ilephturf, of this city. Funeral from the tteldence of Gordon MOllso4l, No. lit Venal NineteoUt street, on Friday. the 29th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. STEELs—t . m the morning of the 25th inst.. Hannah W. Mtes4vHie of the late Robert Steel, in the 63d year of her _,.. f 2r gaseral from the residence of her son, Edward T. Steel, 73C0. 2034 Green street, on Fourth-day, 27th inst., at 8 • zz , clock. • 'WYSE d: LAANDELL OPEN TO-DAY THE LIGHT .V.l shades of Spring Poplins for the Pashionahhs Walking Pressea Steel Colored POplina. Mode Colored Poplins. libonerck Exact Sallied°. POLITICAL rto VIC Eq. ratir CART). To My Friends of the National Union Republican PaMy: GENTLIHEN : Being solicited by many leading mem. here et the Republican party to permit my name to be lased as a candle ate for Mayor, and having reason to be gicve that a large majority of the voters of the party were Sn favor of my nomination, I consented to allow my name to go before the Convention to be held on the loth of June next. On my return from Chicago, on naturday evening last, I learned that one of the Judges of the Supreme 4ioartl had, in the "Girard Coßeme. Cast,. proclaimed that .r nem her of Ccruneff teas not eligible to the office of FavOr. As 0112 it a quest on which lawyers eminent in the pro. teeelon differ upon. 0.13 d one that may possibly he brought ?afore this Judge for decision, I think it is my duty to the tarty that has Placed mein honorable position not to put it interests in jeopardy I the. efore.with many thanks to 2by lrien.s.n ho haze manifested eo much interest in Sy liehalf, respectfully withdraw my name from the list of candidates. Yours, rapertfuni. WILLIAM S. STOKLEY, • , No. 1,222 FILBERT STREET. REPUBLICAN INVINCtIILEB.—CO. D.—MEM. 12.5 r bete and all those deatroun of becoming member of.A find-clam company will aeftuilile At the Ball of the Cood Intent Bente, OD Spruce etret,o importanceyeve 'Mutt May 27, at ti o'cloca. fluelnens ofneeds attention. • 2.8.2trp. OE j.L. OARRIGUEB, Bee'y, TENTH PRECINCT. FIFTEENTH WARD.—A War meeting of the Republican Clittirine of the Tenth 'Precinct of the Fifteenth Ward will be held at No. 1916 Coatis greet (eecand etory), on WEDNESDAY EVE*. /NO. oth hut., at 8 o'clock. EDWIN It• Preeldent Tenth Precinct Acsociation. SPECIAL NOTICES. atir Fe.mily Plate and Valuables. Families leaving the city during the coming season can, zit a email expense, have Weir FAMILY PLATE or VALUABLE% taken care of under a guarantee by Tle Fidelity Insurance, Inuit and Safe Deposit Company, No. 421 Chestnut Street:, N. B. BROWNE, President. R. PAT'S' EllbON, Secretary and Treasurer. ate - Sunday Excursions to the Sea, Via Camden and Atlantic Railroad. The Sunday Mail Train for Atlantic City will be re• slimed Sunday Next, May alst, And be continued until further notice,leaving Vine Street aJerry at 7.30 Fat Returning, will leave Atlantic City t tal r. M. to Atlantic City, 00. Round Trip 'Bekaa, good to return Sunday evening or Monday mor• Ling, $3 01 my2B tf rP.I -mar- OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM PANY. Prithannuena May 13th, MX NOTICE TO STOCEBOLDEIIIS.—In pursnance of theta elution" adopted by the Board of Directors at a Stated Meeting held this day, notice he herebygiven to the Stock holders of this Company that they will have the privilege .of subscribing. either directly or by subetitution, wider -pinch rules as may prescribed thor, for Ter Cent. of additional Stock at Par eref ,in proportion toTwentyllve their trespective interests as they stand registered on the books of the Company. May 20tb, 1868. Holders of loss than four Shares will be entitled to sub ticribe for a full share, and those holding more Shares than a multiple of four Shares will be entitled to an addl. Stional Share. Subscription to tho new Stock will be received on and after May Nth, 18M, and Ju l y rivilege of subscribing cease on the Beth day of, fess. The instalments on account of the new Shares shall the paid in cash, as followe: bd. Twenty-five Per Cent. at the time of subscription. on or before the Beth day of July, 1868. 2d. Twenty .five Per Cont. on or before the 15th day of sDocembes. 186& Ild. Twentylive Por Cent. on or before the 15th day of Uune, 1889. dth. Twenty-five Per Cent. on or before the 15th day of Wecember, likll, or if Stockholders should prefer,the whole amount may bopaid up at once, or any remaining instal lments may be paid up in full at the time of the payment of the second of third inistalment,and eachinstalment paid kip shall be entitled to a pro rata dividend that may be do. iclared on full about's. THOMAS T. FIRM r0y144,13,1306rP Treasurer. OFFICE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. EASTERN DiVISIOr4. PIIILAMILPIIIA, May 35th. 1868. The Interest in (fold on the First Mortgage Bonds of the 'Union Pacific Railway Company, Easton Division, due Zone let, 1888, will ho paid on presentation of the cooper's therefor at the Banking House of DABNEY, MORGAN di CO., 58 Exchang NeewYork. On and ter at 1n928 after ,tu.th,s,gt§.th date, WM. J. PALMER, Treas. hifir•G OPSILLI3 PHILADELPHIA CITY DIRECTORY is for sale at the following places, : Directory Office, 201 South Fifth street. J. B. Lippincott & Co.. Booksellers. 115 Market street. Philadelphia Local Express Co,. 626 Chestnut street. William Hann. Stationer, 43 South Fourth street' and James Hogan & Co., Stationers, Fourth and Walnut. my2o 12trp2 hop. HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. IRS AND sem Lombard street, Dispensary Department,—Medical treatment and medicines furnished gratnitoesl/10 the spoor. , • oirNr. l lsVllMllht,b.°A.thal'e,ll 3 .`t? hip and epi pal diseases and bodily deformities treated. Apply daily pt 19 o'clock. aoie =roe DIED. my2A Strps D. H. MUNDY, Agent. SPECIAL NOTICES. or NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS WASTE paper, &c., bought by E. iturerEß, Rp2mf rp No , Alg Jayne Ares EUROPEAN AFF I : LETTER FRORT Perplexities of at , Government—The Destitution 16 Alteria-6Difficultieit in all Quar s—A Prospective Trout. ble with nix—Passage of the Press Law—T e Imperial Visit to Orleans. leorreovon once of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin] PARIS, Tuesday, May 12th, 1868.—The French in trouble in Africa in,two places at once, to say nothing of the shocking massacre of a mid shipman, two petty officers and eight seamen in Japan. Thus,neitlier in America,Asta nor Africa does the distant action of the Second Emperor pro ceed satisfactorily ; while in Europe the Empe ror's arm, if I may be allowed to use a Scriptu ral figure of speech, is decidedly shortened. In French . Algeria the famine and distress have risen to such a point that the native population has become desperate, and for some time past we have heard of nothing but murder, assassination and robbery in the neighborhood of Algiers and throughout the colony. But this morning's news is worse than any previous in telligence. A French child was found murdered on one of the Boule . vards of the town. The crime was immediately attributed to the Arabs. The French population thronged the streets for two days, in a state of emeute, just as they would have done at home. Ten thousand people attended the child's funeral, and there is an outcry for the disarmament of the natives. The French press is publishing articles of such violence against the Arabs that the Governor General, Marshal McMahon, has been compelled to put in force once more the obsolete press law, and send a "warning" to the ,11.11 bar, the principal journal of Algiers. This unpleasant state of affairs happens very inopportunely; for something is taking place in the neighboring Province of Tunis, of which the French might .not be sorry to avail themselves, to extend their possessions along the South ern shores of the Mediterranean, if other cir cumstances made the occasion favorable. The French Consul-General at Tanis has hauled down his flag, and broken off diplo matic ,relations with the Bey, sending or ders to all other Consular Agents to do the same. The difference is nominally financial, the Bey having suddenly, it is asserted, refused to ad here to certain puuniary arrangements with the French Government, to which he had appended his signature. But the French papers arc in sinuating that the Bey is thus acting at the in stigation of England, who is urging Tanis, so they say, to annex itself to Turkey, in order, of course, to place it under the safeguard of the •`integrity" of the Ottoman Empire, and prevent the French from getting hold of it. Now there as no doubt that a well-founded quarrel with Tunis would be highly ac ceptable just now to the Second Empire. A Tunisian expedition, and its almost certain and easy success, would" be a good set off against the failure in Mexico. And such an enterprise, besides being popular in the army, would be so also with the country, were it only because it would be undertaken in rivalry and emulation of England. Already private accounts I rom Marseilles speak of the Governor General of Algeria being on the qui rice for a campaign for the enlargement of his dominions. But serious disturbances amongst the Arabs at home might interfere with these designs and baulk a good opportunity. And even if these did not arise, England would be almost certain to take umbrage and remonstrate, to the hazard, perhaps, of the entente cordiale. We must wait to see what turns up; but on every side the Emperor seems likely to have his hands full of business. The Senate has passed the new Press Bill, as there was no doubt it would do, notwithstanding its ill humor with the measure, and the more lib. eral policy it is supposed to denote. But there has been much grumbling on the occasion ; and these potent,grave and reverend Signors seem de cidedly. to think that neither their places, their pay, nor their uniforms and gold lace, will long be worth a year's purchase, if the Emperor per severes in these absurd ideas about "liberty." Three elections have just taken place for the French Chamber. In two of them the govern ment candidates have been successful, having polled 34,000 votes, against 19,000 given to the opposition candidates. But the liberal party seems to consider a minority of 1:9,000 votes .very satisfactory, when compared with the "unanimity" which used to be the invariable rule in former times on similar occasions. In the third electoral college the two opposition candidates combined have a considerable majority over the ring official can didate, and there is therefore every chance that one of the former will be returned at the final poll. Now that a general election is so near, these partial trials are regarded with considerable interest. On Sunday last the Emperor and Empress paid their promised visit to Orleans,returnlng the same day. In reply to a "loyal and dutiful" address of the Mayor, the Emperor said, significantly, that "he was persuaded that -the industrial in terests of the district might develop themselves with confidence in the midst of the general tran quillity of Europe." The Bishop of Orleans,who received the visitors at the cathedral, hoped the Emperor would imitate "that immortal monarch Charlemagne," who had done so much for the Church. The Emperor, with a touch, perhaps, of satire, reminded the Bishop that if Orleans had produced Joan of Arc, it had also more recently sheltered the relics of the grand armies of the Empire. the greater performance, perhaps the Emperor thought, of the two. ENGLAND. The Queen, the Cabinet and Church— Royal Reply to use nous° of Coon ntons—Vietoria and the rrinCeSS 01 Wales In Public. LOIVDON, May 13.—Now that the Queen has re turned a gracious reply to the address of the Home of Commons, and has permitted them to proceed with the disestablishment of the Irish Church, people are beginning to understand that, as a constitutional sovereign, her Majesty conic do no less, whatever may be her private feelings. All sorts of rumors as to the Queen s intentions had been in circulation, butt the royal communi cation to the Commons has set them all at rest,. Still the Queen's personal prejudices remain the same, and only this morning the London News, the official liberal organ, breaks bluntly through its formal reserve, and declares that the .Queen has been advising her Ministers instead of having them to advise her. Today the Queen has laid the corner-stone of St. Thomas' Hospital—a huge edifice to be erected ILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 26,.1868. op . 'site the Mouses of Parliament. There was immense crowd, and her Majesty was cordially 'cheered, but not half so heartily as the pretty Princess of Wales. The ceremonies were very simple, and occupied hardly half an hour. The national anthem was read, and sung when the Queen appeared. Then her Majesty smoothed the,mortar ' levelled the stone and struck it three blows with a mallet. The Queen was dressed completely in black, with a widow's cap beneath her black bonnet. She looked ill. Only yester day she held a drawing room, and was obliged to retire on account of fatigue and sickness. The Princess of Wales wore a lilac colored dress, with bonnet and parasol to match. Ir&LY. Secretary Seward and Garibaldi—The "Secret Agency" Commlouden. The Italian journals publish the following let ter, addressed by Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, to Mr. Marsh, the American representative at Florence WASHINGTON, April 10, 1868.—1 have received your despatch of March 22, enclosing a copy of a note addressed to you by General Garibaldi. The General says: "I learn from our friends that Mr. Seward has done me the honor to cite my name'among those of the agents of the groat republic. As I have never had that honor I beg of you to 'intercede with him to get it effaced." I have ascertained, by an examination of the archives, that the rectification which the General calls for is perfectly correct. The assertion to which it relates was founded on an incomplete and erroneous extract from a correspondence ex changed between the American government and Garibaldi. Care will be taken to give the correc tion as much publicity as the incorrect statement which gave rise to it. You will be pleased to con vey to the General a copy . of this despatch, together with the expression of my regret for the inadvertence, and the assurance of my deep respect and esteem. TIIIIEL EY. The Sultan's Reform Bill. The following mail telegrams from Constanti rople explain a little more fully than our cable :eports the nature of the reforms advocated by the Sultan of Turkey: i CONSTANTINOPLE., May 11, 1868.—The Sultan opened in persen today the Council of State at the Porte and delivered an address. The Ministers presented reports on the situa tion of public works and of the army and pro posed several bills. In order to facilitate the despatch of the gene ral business outside, four sub-prefectures of po ,ice have been cleated, as well as a system of cor ectional tribunals. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 17th, 1868.—The address made by the Sultan to the Council of State was marked by an eminently liberal spirit. His Ma jesty energetically asserted the necessity of breaking with old routine and of frankly drawing close to European civilization. The Sultan's words produced a profound son- 4.10 an Proposes to Make the Descent of hiagttra Palls in a Lite-bout. [From the Detroit Free Press.] Since the days of the Blondin furore, when nun and women stood aghast - at the foolhardy eating of the great rope-walker, in the perform %nee of his ren , -Aable feats at the Niagara Falls, no such excitement has been known. A project has recently' been started. however, which, if carried into execution, will eclipse any fest of daring ever yet attempted. Charles Ockford, of this city, the sixty-hour hater, has conceived the idea of making the perilous passage over the Falls of Niagara in an India-rubber life-beat, of peculiar construction. A few weeks ago the idea suggested itself to his mind, and upon communicating it to some East ern gentlemen, it was- proposed by them that a purse of $30,000 be raised to induce him to make the undertaking. He accordingly perfected hier scheme and the contract for build tug the boat has been let to the Goodyear Rubber Company, for $l,OOO. The boat will be an ob long, with a mean diameter of eight feet, six inches thick at top and sides and three feet thick at the,hottom. A shaft of the same material will extend'trom side to side in the centre, on which will be swung on a pivot a seat, to which the adventurous occupant will be fastened. Opening at the top will be an aperture suffi ciently large for him to get inside, after which it will be filled with air and closed up. It is calcu lated that sufficient air can be retained to sustain life about twenty minutes. A small cable will be attached to the ball by which it will be towed after the descent shall have been made, for which purpose parties will be stationed in boats imme diately below the falls. The model of this novel craft is now in this city, and there is no doubt that the attempt to carry this startling project into execution will be made during the present season. Mr. Ockford is quite confident that he shall succeed, but the chances for success certainly look dubious. Should he succeed, Mr. Sydney Doty, of Pontiac, will also undertake the same feat. A Shipload of Emigrants to Liberia. The Savannah News has the following account of the departure of emigrants to Liberia from that port: "The superior ship Golconda, owned by the American Colonization Society, went to sea yes-. terday with four hundred and fifty-one emigrants for Liberia. Of these, twelve were from this city, five from Augusta, twenty-five from Sparta thirty-seven from Marion, Twiggs county, and two hundred and four from Columbus,Ga., twelve from Mobile, and thirty-nine from Eufaula, Ala., forty-two from Columbus, Miss., sixty-five from Ridge, South Carolina, and nine from Nashville, Tenn. They have chosen as their places of settle ment in the African republic—Monrovia, sixty eight; Cape Palmas, ninety, and Bassa, two hun dred and ninety-two. "Most of the men are tanners and mechanics, and are well supplied with agricultural imple ments and tools. Turning lathes and the requi site machinery for grist and saw mills, for which ample water power abounds in Liberia, were taken by some of the well-to-do of them. Sew ing machines were not forgotten by the women. Our stores were patronized by the people for many of these articles; others were brought by them. Free transportation in the ship was given them by the society, such articles tending to pro mote the success of the emigrants and the repub lic to which theygo. "A fair proportion of the company can read, and some can read and write. The communi cants of, churches are remarkably numerous. There are five licensed ministers of the Baptist and Methodist denominations." Great Freshet at Troy. The Troy (N. Y.) Times, of Friday evening, says : "One of the most extraordinary freshets that ever occurred in the Hudson at this season of the year commenced at eight o'clock last night, and still continues at the hour of writing (12 M). The water is at least five or six feet above the dock, some fourteen feet above the or dinary level of the river. We have of course had higher water, but rarely, if ever, at this season of the year has the Hudson been so swollen and turbulent as now. "At 6 o'clock last evening the water was about even with the docks ; at 834 o'clock it com menced to rise, and for three hours it increased at the rapid rate of six inches to the hour, when it assumed a stand still and remained steady until 3 o'clock this morning, when it again be gan to rise very rapidly. At 5 o'clock the police rang an alarm from St . Paul's Church bell, and various citizens who had property along the docks were notified of the freshet, and took - measures to secure them selves from loss. All along the docks great ac tivity, was shown; and owing to the prompt noti fication of the pollee but little property was car ried awtly. In West Troy, however, a consider able quantity of lumber floated off, though the losses in .individual cases are comparatively small. An entire pile of lumber on the pier south of the side-mit floated off this morning', hut the owners fortunately were able to secure the most of IL" 'terrible Ruffering of the Passengers and Crew of the Brigantine Queen— /tit Frozen to Death. The following account of the loss of the brig antine Queen, near Gull Island, Newfoundland, Is given in a letter, dated Fortune Harbor, Green Ray, April 26,1868, and published in the Bt. Johns' Courier: have to inform you of one of the most melon eholy occurrences on record in the annals of Newfoundland. The brigantine Qaeen, which was supposed to have been lost in the neighbor hood of Twillingate about the middle of Decem ber last, was actually lost on Cape John, Gull Island, December 12. The crew and passengers succeeded in getting on shore, but only to perish some days afterwards. Four of the crow re turned to the wreck after they got ashore to en deavor to procure some food. While on board the ' dable, which was attached to the cliff, parted, and the vessel drifted out to sea; it is supposed she•sunk. The persons thus lost in the vessel were the pilot, the boatswain, one seaman and a passenger. On the 21st of April, a vessel cruising about in the mouth of Green Bay, was becalmed near Gulf Island, and a boat from her went towards the island to shoot some birds. When they got to the island theY only saw one bird, at which the men tired. The bird flew a little distance, and then fell apparently dead. One of the men went to pick it up, but had not gone far when, to his great surprise he saw two skeletons lying nearly side by side. He called to his companions, who ran up to him. On looking about they saw a piece of canvas a few yards away from the men, but so frozen to the rocks that they could not get it pp. They cut it in several places, and found underneath the bodies of nine men and two women. The men then returned to their vessel and ran her up to, Tilt Cove, where they stated what they had seen. Coffins were imme diately prepared and next day the same vessel, with about sixty hands, proceeded to the island fo remove the bodies to Tilt Grove for inter ment. In searching for the bodies after they were landed in Tilt Cove, it was found that the captain and Mr. Dowsley had kept 4 journal up to the 21th December, twelve days after they were wrecked. At that time they were all living. On that date Mr. Dowsley wrote in the journal :—"I have this day walked all round this island, and see nothing before me but death. I expect to be one of the first to die, as I now feel very weak." After that he wrote no more. Mr. Dowsley says in hiS journal :—"I do not expect my body will ever be found." • The scene the people witnessed when removing the bodies can be better imagined than described. They were all so frozen together that they had to be separated with pries and crowbars. The captain stated in the journal as follows: "We made the island on the 11th, at; 4 o'clock P. M. Not caring to run for Tilt Cove we hove to sea for the night. At 12 o'clock hove round and ran in for the bay, and at 6 o'clock A. M. the vessel ran ashore in a snow-storm." Nothing like this has occurred in Newfound land within the memory of the eldest people liv ing here. There was. I believe, a man named Gushne lost his vessel on the Horse Islands about sixty years since in the month of April, when all those who got ashore perished from cold and hunger. The skeletons of the men were found the following summer, and some papers Riving an account of where they were lost and how they died. Where the Queen was lost is only about three miles from the land, and a man from the shore saw a light several times on the island and told different persons of it, but they would not believe him. If there had been any reason to suppose there were parties there, there would have been no difficulty in gettingl them off. The island is very seldom visited except in the sum mer season. • W. H. SEWARD The following incidents of the late erup tion are additional, and will be found very inter esting: The number of shocks which occurred at Waio hinu from March 29th to April 10th Is estimated by Mr. Silloway to have been upward of 2,000, there having been some days between 300 and 400. The heaviest shock occurred on Thursday, April 2d, being the same that was felt so sensibly at Honolulu. This destroyed every church and nearly every dwelling in the whole dis trict. From ten to twelve o'clock of that day there had been service in the large church in Walohinu, and it was crowded "with people. Only four hours after they left the heavy shock came, the walls tumbled in, and the roof fell flat—all the work of twenty seconds. At the same instant every man, woman, and child were thrown from their feet. Horses and cattle dropped down as if dead. A man riding on horseback had his horse tumble under him so suddenly that be found himself and horse lying flat on the ground before the thought of an earthquake entered his mind. The earth opened all through the district, and in some places caused dangerous fissures, while in others it closed up again. In one place it closed 20 feet from where it opened. These fissures make it dangerous to travel in the dark. Everywhere the roads are broken up, and it will take much money and labor to restore them to their old condition. As the Kona packet was passing the south point of the island, about three mites from the shore, a conical island, 400 feet high, rose out of the sea ,pildway between the vessel and the land, emitting a column of steam and smoke. The lava river flows Into the sea at this island, and has extended the shore out to it one mile at least, so that it is now on the mainland. The packet was so near when this island burst up that the mud was spattered on the masts and sails of the vessel. The scene at the eruption was a most melan choly, one to Witness. There were hundreds of fine cattle grazing around the farm-houses, when the lava streams surrounded them and hemmed them in. The poor animals seemed aware of the danger, but saw no way to escape. The fiery lava drew nearer and nearer till the heat made them restless, but they would not run. They bravely looked the bloody foe in the face, stood firm till it reached them, then fell in the stream— s sudden cloud of smoke followed, and not a sign remained. Thus ono after another fell till over 200 were consumed. An incident which ought not to be omitted is the shower of ashes which preceded the erup tion. Daring Monday night, prior to the erup tion,the ground throughout the district was cov ered with a coating of fine sand and light pumice stone, of a light yellowish color. Where this shower of sand and pumice stone came from is as yet unknown, but probably from some vent hole near the crater. The sufferings and alarm experienced by the residents of Kan during the two weeks that the earthquakes and eruptions continued prior to their leaving, appear to have been great. Night after nightthey were compelled to sleep on the moun tain ridge back of the village,exposed to the cold and damp winds and rain from the sea, subsist ing on tam and fishes when they could get these, or fasting when they could not. The whole district is in ruins, a field of deso lation, and probably $500,000 would not restore it to what IV waa a month ago. It is no wonder that the foreigners are leaving, the place, with the intention of never returning to it again. DISASTERS. entr*RECK. SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Eruption of Manna Loa. The number of deaths be between eighty and one hundred. The exact number may not be known for some time, as some persons are miss ing whose absence may yet be accounted for. The loss of life is melancholy indeed, and the sympathy of the Hawaiian people, I trust, will be deeplyexpressed in some way to the mourning and bereaved families of Kau, whose tender ties have been so suddenly and keenly severed by the hand of God. The tidal wave was much greater than before stated. It rolled in over the tops of the cocoanut trees, probably GO feet high, and drove the float ing rubbish, timber, etc., inlanci a distance of a quarter of a mile in some places, taking with it when it returned to. the Bea, horses, men, women, and almost everything movable. Dli &TIC. Br. Brougham's New Drama at the I Walnut. Mr. John Brougham presented for the first time at the Walnut Street Theatre last evening, a drama entitled Hearts ; or, the Serpents of Society. The title is slightly melo-dramatic, and is, in some degree, indicative of the Intensity of the play. Hearts is said to be a dramatization of Miss Braddon's novel, "Only a Clod," and the arrangement is an excellent one, worthy of Mr. Brougham's skill as a master of stage effect. The plot is somewhat intricate, and is in teresting;many of the situations are very effective, and although the coloring of some of them is very high, and although many of the episodes have all the improbability of the wildest--(that is to say the 13raddon)—school of sensational ro mance, the play is vigorous, graceful, and some- Almes exciting. Strict conscientiousness could not give it warmer praise than this. It is mid way between Brougham's Playing with Fire and hie Lottery of Life. It partakes of the character istics of both, being not as purely legitimate as the first, and not by any means as completely bastard as the latter. It contains the ekments of popularity, and we sincerely hope it may find favor with that capricious public whose tastes .authors, actors, and managers., strive—some times in despair—to satisfy. The play is much better than the performance was last.night. Mr. Brougham, of course, ac quitted himself admirably. In high comedy parts he has few superiors, and he played last evening with his usual vivacity and elegance. He was the calcium light among the candles. With two or three exceptions the subordinate parts in the drama were wretchedly sustained—no, they were not sustained, they were butchered. The most objectionable nersonationsere 'those of Messrs. —.Reilly and Emerson. Their acting served as a foil to the more tolerable perform ance of some of the others. It made the latter appear better by comparison, just as the effect of Mr. Broughant's acting was heightened by the Contrast with that of the more meritorious mem bers of the company. The characters al lotted to the two gentlemen in question, are of the Dundreary type, and in attempting to in terpret them Messrs. Reilly and Emerson made a most absurd failure. The latter gentleman &trine - h the first two acts was nearly unintelligi ble. As far as the audience were 'concerned he might just as well have spoken in the Choctaw dialect. Mr. Reilly's enunciation was somewhat more distinct, but he, as well as Mr. Emerson, indulged in a drawl such as the feeblest minded fop in Great Britain could not have accomplished; in such contortions of the body as no man in decent society, no matter how great a fool he might be, ever dreamed of attempting, and in a general want of good taste and proper apprecia ation of the hhmor of their parts. The only amusing thing about their personations was their utter unconsciousness of the fact that they were very silly. The galleries and the ushers applauded, and the two young gentlemen felt encouraged. But, alas! the gal lery standard of merit is not as elevated as that circle of the gods itself, and the ushers we fear are always prejudiced. These two actors spoiled the performance. If Mr. Brougham will take them in hand and teach them something of elo cution, give them a few lessons in the costumers art, encourage them to keep their legs still, in struct them how to drawl, and take them aside in a friendly way and tell them what the play means, he may hope to do better with his drama next time. At present we fear the applause and laughter injudiciously bestowed last evening may encourage them to attempt wilder flights—mad der absurdities than those which marked their first attempt. In his speech before the curtain Mr. Brougham indulged in a good-natured fling at the news paper press, which, he asserted, constantly de manded of him, "something new," and he pointed to the empty benches as the result of his answer to that demand. Mr. Brougham is wrong. It will not do to lay the responsibility of any failure of his upon the newspapers, which have uniformly recognized his talent, and spoken of him in kindly terms. The independent press found fault with The Lottery of Life because it was unworthy of its author, and was intrinsi cally poor. But this did not restrain Mr. Brougham from producing it over and over again. It was finally taken off the stage because it did not draw. Ito- body complained of his excellent comedies, and if such had been the case, full houses would have compensated him for any pangs he might have felt. Mr. Brougham desires to make money, and no one can blame him for gratifying a legitimate desire with the illegitimate drama, provided, of course, that high art fails. But the mistake made by him Is in supposing that the popular appetite can be satisfied with nothing but sensation. A first rate play, well performed, will fill the theatre with greater cer tainty than an agonizing drama will. The play now upon the stage at the Arch Is an evid ence of this. Of course Mt: Brougham cannot throw cif incomparable dramas by the quantity, but the labor expended upon half a dozen poor ones might produce an excellent one that would be more profitable. Hearts is a step upward., and we do not doubt that it would prove very popular if it were in the hands of a company more uniformly good. For the sake of the au thor, who deserves well of the public for the many pleasant hours he has afforded them we hope it may be immensely successful. The Pantomlne at the Chestnut. The "grand pantomime," Bundy Dimply, pro-. duced at the Chestnut last night, was, we regret to say, not by any means a complete success. Making every allowance for the blunders and the general awkwardness always attendant upon a first representation, the pantomime did not make as favorable an impression as it should have done, and the immense audience assembled to witness it went away disappointed and dissatis fied. It has some merit. The last scene is pretty ; two or three of the dancers acquitted themselves creditably. and the new tricks were good. But most of the changes and transformations aro very, very old; and la milirulty has robbed them of their surprising char acter. The infant ballet Was wretched. Apart from the unpleasant effect of introducing chil dren upon the stage in such attire and in such unnatural performances, they acquitted them selves in an absurd and blundering manner that rendered the whole thing more offensive. We arc glad to see, from the appearance of the piece. that Mr. Sinn did not expend fifteen thousand dollars in Its production. If ho bad It would have been a very unwise outlay of capital. —The Pall Mall Gazelle, says of the victory at Magdalu: "It is as if the four and twenty tailors had succeeded in killing their snail and carrying off his shell in triumph. The >fuss made about sending 10,000 men to a place where they never encountered any serious resistance, was perhaps twenty times as great as the Freneh found it, ne cessary to make last autumn, when they sent a much larger force to Rome with the prospect be fore them of provoking a European war." —Large quantities of leo still remain piled up along the shores of 'many of the islands in Lake Superior, aud at the last accounts there were im mense fields of it near the head of the lake. • PRICE THREE CENTS. FIFTH EDITION BY TELEGRAPI. LATEST FROM WASHINGTON. THE BRIBERY INVESTIGhTfONk I Woolley at the Bar of the Houses Woolley at the Bar of vltito House, Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Ever/dna Bolletta3 WASHINGTON, May 26.—Woolley'a nsee canter up in the House after the Court adjourned. Mr. Sontwell's resolution was adopted and the question was put kg the Speaker, what excuse he had to offer. His answer in writing, prepared by his counsel, who were present, was read. He recited the c'reumstances of Ws case, an/ while professing bis w;ilingnos to answer ques— tions relating to the subject under investigation, ho denied the right of the Man;gera to ask vague and general. questions in relearn to Ins private affairs. He professed himself ready t . ) obey the commands of the Horse. He was now ready to answer any proper questions whiett the Managers might put to him. He repeated his averment that be knew nothing of any combination to buy the votes of Senators. Mr. Butler submitted a rc3o'ution that the Managers be empowered and directed to continue this investigation. Objected to as oat of order by • the Democrats, and objection ' over ruled on the ground that it related to the,pending case of contempt. In the capacity of Managers the Speaker ruled that their functions had caused, but this- was a question growing out of the action of the House, and therefore in order, and properly before the House. Mr. Butler's resolution continuing the Managers' investigation, was adopted; and Mr. Boutwell then submitted a resolu tion to confine the witness in the Capitol until he should purge himself of his contempt by ap pearing before theina, and answering such proper questions as they should put. From New York. NEW Yonti, May 26.—A man named Egan,wher abused the family of J. P. Bendon, a mechanic, in Forty-ettcond street, last night, was kilted by Bendon, who surrendered himself to the police. John Stanley, aged 28, was terribly. stabbed last night by three men named Daly, James Gor man and Peter Gorman. He will. probably die. 2f7arkois byTelegraph. NEW Yf:ii K. May 20.—Cotton declining; sales at 800 3034 cents . i. lour dell. sod declined 10181.15 centi State, 80 70410 re: Ohio, 70(13 40; Western, $8 20010 41/: t outhern drooping, sales at $9 80®14 75; California lower at 8O 110@l3 50. Wheat dull, and declined 1(42 cents. Corn steady ; new mixed. $1 09(4110: Oats doll and de clining. Beef quiet. Pork nea.y. Lard dull at 113401.93[ cents. Whisky den, FACTS AND FANCENA• The Tyngs. (From the Brooklyn Eagle.] Little T. I'll preach in churches made of logs, In spite of Stubbs, in spite of Boggs ; I'll preach from barrels and from tubs, In spite of Boggs. In spite of Stubbs. Big T. Do, Steve, and never mind your gown. Tour bands and surplice—throw them down; A bobtail coat of cloth or kersey Is good enough at least for Jersey. Little T. -- Suppose the bishops interfere, - And I am made a culprit clear— Can't you thunderbolt then forge, And hurl it from the new "St. George ?" Big T. Be sure I can ; and out of spite, A wrathy sermon I will write. With Bishop Potter I'll be even, And make you out the martyr Stephen. I'll rate the Court and every "Judge," And call the whole proceedings "fridge." With ridicule I'll cut and slash, And use up Boggs, and Stubbs, and Nash. Besides, my boy, each rev'rend name I'll bellow through the trump of Fame; With Echo's voice I'll make it ring— Sure as my name is Stephen Tyng. —E. A. Pollard edits the New York News. —St. Louis has 287 policemen. —Ben. Wade is described as a "festive ewearist." —The Tycoon wears a feminine smile and no hat. —Mr. Milburn, the blind preacher, has gone to Berlin to have his eyes treated. —Louisa Muhibach received a copyright of $7OO from her Lerman publishers for her "Joseph the Second and his Court." —Napoleon gives the Princess Salome (Prince Achille Iklurat's bride), $200,000 to start with,and the Czar allows her $12,000 a year. —John Joker has been appointed an Inspector by the Common Council of Cincinnati. This is carrying levity too far. —Mr. Edward Campbell Tavish has lately pnb-" Robed in England "A Study on the Works of Alfred Tennyson." —A gentleman in Syracuse has gone to raising mushrooms. People generally don't like to take up too mush-room intheir gardens. —Fred. Seward is proposing the life of his father. His father meantime should be prepar ing for his death. The New Bedford Mercury says two vessels lately arrived at that port which together made a. loss to the owners of least $70,000. —The London Review exhibits its knowledge of Mr. Lo when it remarks that a "red Indian has been known to gamble until, having lost everything else, he staked and lost his scalp." —Patti don't attend rehearsals. She sends her brother-in-law to whistle her part of the score. We should think such a system in-Com-pattl , hle with the proper comprehension of the part. —The Bishop of Exeter has attained his nineti eth year, having been born at Bridgewater on the 6th of_May, 1778. Certainly an :ifteter-ordittary ago for a hard-worked man. • —Josh Billings, in a burlesque answer to cor respondent says: "Your idea that frogs grow more bobtailed as they grow older is too ettseolt good to be lost." —Says the Lowell Courier—lt is astonishing to see how many there are who inhabii,threerstory houses, are clothed in purple and tine linen, end fare sumptuously every day-411 for 0,000 a year and exemptions. —A Buenos Ayres letter states that on captur ing Cnrupaity it was discovered that nothing but quaker guns remained in the, stronghold, . while me stationary sentinels proved to be, angled. scarecrows. —Among the effects of an old lady, recently deceased in Belgium, nine and a half yards of old soiled, gilded lace, were'discovered. This proved, on examination, to be getiltine Brussels point, 15e Or more years old, and a quality not now 1111611111- factured. it was appraised at three Moment dollars in gold. 4:00 Or°look.
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