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DIED.
EVANS.—On the mornin of the 25th Instalit, Thomaa
Evans. In the 71st year of hi g s
age.
His Mends and those of the family are invited to
attend his funeral from his late residence. 817 Arch street,
on Fifthelay, the 28th lest., at 3 o'clock, P.M. Inter
ment at Friends' SouttoWatern ground. •
11.13PB1;RN.—On the 25th inst., Maria, wife of the
late James Hepburn, of this city.
. Funeral from the residence of Gordon Menges, No. 119
'o'clock.
Nineteenth street, on Friday. the "25th inst., at 10
.o'clock. A. M.
tit/Mi.—On the 25th loot., Charlotte D.. daughter of
the late Evan F. Johns. and wile of Beattie W. Heine.
The relatives and friend. are respectfully invited to at.
tend her fonereL from the ratidence of her husband No.
.1505 No, th Eleventh e fleet. on Friday morning 2.lth inst,.
at 634 o'clock. a. M. To proceed to PhoMixvilfe.
HA LLOWELL.—On the te;th Inst., Atm Hallowell. in
the tsth year of her age.
Funeral ft em her late reeidence, DM' Spruce street, on
Fiftli.day. 2Fith inst.. at 3 P. M. Interment at South
Laurel 11111. ••
MASON.—On Wednesday morning. the 27th toot., 8&o.
l'artheztia Mason. In the 76th year of her age.
Funeral on Saturday afternonn. :Nth Inst., at 8 o'clock,
from t, e residence of her I , ol,•iti.l* VV. Mr. N. 8. Beetley.
'Wyoming and Bridge etreets. West Philadelphia. Inter.
merit at %V to dlande. •••
AGILI- —Suddenly. at hie midence in Backe county,
on tiecocd.day, the 25th rust., bl
st., Jonathan P. eat in Ins
70th year.
Fuorral from Friends' Sleeting House. Solebery , on
iiixtb.day. the 35th inst. at he o'clock. Carriages will
meet the 7 A. N. train from Kensington Depot at Lam.
bertville. •
TOW NSEND.—On the nth fruit, after a long illness,
Slaty Fleming. wife of hey. Dr. Stephen Townsend, in
the. tzth year of her age
Her relatives and friends, are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral from the residence of her husband. No.
1V.:0 Vice street, on Friday morning, =4th inst., at 10
o'rlock. To proceed to Laurel Hill Cemetery. •11.
THIMPLE.—em the 2itith inst., Louis 11. Trimble, in the
I.sth year of hie ego.
Due notice will be given of his funeraL •
lritE LANDELL OPEN TO-LAY THE LIGHT
Hi shades of Spring Poplins for the Fashionable Walking
Ureters.
Steel Colored Poplins.
Mode Colored Poplins.
Bismarck Exeet Shade. •
3PECJIAL , SOTIOES.
War lIEMOVA.L.
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Agent and Attorney for
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or ,
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No. 117 S. Fourth Street.
Life and Accident Policies combined. or either separate.
nvitcowl3t
ter Asst. Quarter Mahler Oenl's Office,
'Opt. of Penns. G. A R. U. S ,
Philadelphia, flay 21, 1868.
An appeal is made from the Grand Commander of the
Department of Virginia, G. A. ft.„ to the Loyal
Mates, asking donations of small flags to decorate be
graves of the L'Mon .dead in the various eametiries
around Richmond. ---'
'fliers are seven cemeteries within reach of Richmond,
At:obtaining each about throe thousand (3,000) Union dead.
among whom arc repreontatives of every Northern
State.
It being deemed impossible to get flowers enough for
the occasion, they have determined to use small flags
The undersigned less been directed to receive all such
donations. and will promptly forward them, by Expreee,
to George T. Egbort, Richmond, Va.
W. J. MACKEY.
Assistant Quartermaster General,
Uept. of Penna., G. A. R.
rny2eAt NS
Or Family Plate and Valuables.
Fanatic° leaving the city during the coming semon can,
at a email °openly, have their FAMILY PLATE or
VALUABLES taken care of under a guarantee by
The Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Rafe
Deposit Company,
No. 421 Chestnut Street.
N. B. BROWNE. Pre Went.
E Perrzasorr. Secretary and Treasurer.
mY2B 3trpo
Sunday Exeureions to the Sea,
Via Camden and Atlantic Railroad /
The Sunday Mall Train for Atlantic City will be ra
‘sitmed
' Sunday Nest, May 318 t,
And be continued until further notice, leaving Vine Street
_Ferry at 7.131/A_, M. Returning, will leave Atiaatic thty
,at CM I'. NI, Irate to Atlantic City, 012 00. Round Trip
`Tickets, good to return Sunday evening or Monday mot.-
mho, 113 00. D. H. 31IINDY, Agent.
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Mgr; OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM
PANY.
PHILADELPHIA. May 13th. 1868.
' IgOTICE TO STOCKIIOLDEIO3.—In pursuance of rasa:
I ens adopted by the Board of Directors at a Stated
ting held this day. notice ie hereby_given to the Stock
dere of this Company that they will have the privilege
. ,enbsciibing, either directly or by substitutiON under
#
antis rules as may be prescribed therefor, for Twenty- fi ve
+Per Cent.'of addltiono Stock at Par,in proportion to their
respeetiVe interests as they stand registered on the books
of the Company, May 26th. maxt.
Holders of Ws than four Shares will be entitled to sub
scribe for a full share. and those holding more. Shares
*than a multiple of four Shares will be entitled to an add',
Donal Share.
Subscriptions to the new Stock will be received on and
after May 10th, 1888, and the privilege of subscribing ,
will cease on the 80th day of July, 18g.
The instalments on account of the new Shares shall
foe Tardily cash, as follows .• .
Ist enty.five Per Gent at the time of eubscrlption.
Am or be ore the Ileth day of July. 180.
2d. Twenty-tive Per Cent. on or before the 15th day of
December, 1868.
3d. Twentyfive Per Cent. on or before the lath day of
June, 1868. • ..
4th. Twenty-five Per Cent. on or before the 16th day of
December, IM,• or if Stockholders should prefer,the whole
amount may be aid up at once. or any rem h
aining ustab
• Manta may no Paid up in frill at the time of th payment
,of the second ow thirdinetalment,andeachi eat paid
tip shall be entitled to a pro rata dividend that may be de•
mgred on full shares.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
OFFICE OF THE LEHIGM LUZERNE
116 r RAILROAD COMPANY, NO. 7.20 WALNUT
STREET,
PIIII.J.DRI.P/11A, May .6,1888.
A Swill meeting of the Stockholders of the Lehigh
.Itallread Company will be hel 4 at their °Mee on
SATUt 'AY, June IS, at 11 o'clock A. Di.. for the purpose
of ronsidering and acting Amon en ag-cement for consoli
dating the said,Company with the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company.
The Tratuder Book, will be closed on and afferJunel.
EDWARD ROBERTS, Jr.,
tny27w that Treasurer.
ear OOPSILL'S PHILADELPMA CITY DIRECTORY
is for rate at the following place*, viz.:
Directory Oflice, 201 South Mut street,
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Philadelphia Local Express Co.. 625 Chestnut street.
William Mann i Statlow. 43 South Fourth street. and
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sir PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE
Arta—The Annual Election fora President and
twelve Directors, will be held at the Academy. on MON.
DAY. Mot June, between the hours of 12 noon and 2
C. M. JOHN T. LEWIS. Elecretar7.
Pnmennt.rirte. May 27. 188 EL. _ roy2lt J 0 10
stir "MT SOUTHERN TOUR."
On account of the rapid sale of tickets to Mimi
St. Ylales Lecture, TO-MORROW EVENINe, in Concert
Nall, the entire floor will be reserved.
Tickets at Trumplees Music Store, No. 926 Chestnut
street.
Ser Lo l l grjeD IarITAL;I I IO p 3. ibis AND
treatment and metttelnee turi a lta gratuitously to the
poor.
gap. ' " •. • :4tl:,
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E. It • B.
No. 613.1 a street.
POLITICAL NoricE*.
REPUBLICAN lEVINCIBLES.—CO.
bets and all those desirous of becoming members
of a first-clam company will assemble at the Ball of the
Good Intent liose, 602 Spruce street; on Wednesday eve
ning. Ns* 27, at 8 o'clock. BDlfinets of importance needs
attention.
Mv2ti2trp. GEO. L. GARRIGUES,
Mrs. Komble 9 o “Cymbenna.”
Mrs. Kemble gave us raother delightful enter
tainment last evening at Concert Rail. " Cym
benne " is not among themost popular of Shakes
peare's plays, and many of Mrs. Kemble's ad-
Mirers wondered at the selection. But few per
formances could have given the intelligent
audience a more beautiful illustration, both
of the Ekill and taste of Mrs. Kemble and
of the transcendent, vet subtle genius of
her great author. " - Cymbelinii," "in the
rough," Is very rough, and few indeed
would venture the dfillcnit task of reading it
aloud before a miscellaneous audience. But under
the delicate manipulation of Mrs. Kemble's fine
genius, the outer, coarse husk of the play, suited
well enough for the age for which it was written,
is stripped away, and a picture of surpassing
beauty and refined delicacy is revealed. We have
the story of the chaste and loving lmogen, as it
dwelt in the conception of Shakespeare, divested
of all those externals which, if presented in these
days, would mar its beauty and convert it into
an offence.
• Mrs. Kemble's personations last night, were
very fine. The characters of l'osauveus, Imogen'.
lackitno, risanio, Belarius and Cloten, all so vary
ing from each other, were given with great dis
crimination and effect. Many little touches of
fine shading were introduced in a way that de
lighted the audience. lachimo's "She writes so
to you? cloth she?" was one of these, and hno
gen's pitiful little way of saying :
"Best draw my sword; and if mine enemy
But fear the sword like me, he'll scarcely look
on't."
was another that was keenly enjoyed. One of
the most remarkable passages of Mrs. Kemble's,
last night was the reading of the letter in which
Poehumua orders Ps:sanio to kill Imogen. Irno
gen's stony, mechanical method with which she
reads the horrible charges of her husband
is the perfection of delicate art. Many other
very beautiful passages might be cited. The
burial chant which her unknown brothers sing
over the supposed dead body of Imogen, "Fear
no more the heat o'the sun," was given with a
peculiar musical intonation that could almost be
reduced to notation. In startling contrast
with this were the rough, coarse tones
of Cloten, and the wild out-burst
In which I-cantata declares himself before
Cymbeline and accuses himself of Imogen's
death. The whole performance was a new illus
tration of Mrs. Kemble's rare power and fur
nished a fresh appetite to enjoy the few remain
ing opportunities to hear these unrivaled "Read
ings." This afternoon we have "The Merry
Wives of Windsor;" on Friday evening, "Mary
Stuart," and on Saturday afternoon the final
"Miscellaneous Reading."
THEATRES. Etc.
TILE THEATRES.—At the Chestnut this evening
the pantomime Ilumpty Dumpty will be presented,
with ballet, transformations, .Cc. Mr. John
Brougham will appear at the Walnut this evening
in his own drama Hearts ; or the Serpents- of So
ciety. At the Arch to-night Mrs. Drew and Mr.
Barton Hill will appear in the• fine play A Wife
Well Won. The American announces a miscel
laneous performance.
HRS. KEASBLE'S READINGS.—On Friday even
ing next at Concert Hall, Mrs. Frances Anne
Kemble will read her own translation and adap
tation of Schiller's. Mary Stuart. On Saturday
afternoon she will read a miscellaneous selection.
Mn. BARTON'S HILL'S BENEFIT.—On Friday
evening next Mr. Barton Hill will have a benefit
at the Arch Street Theatre. The dramas Life of
an Actress and The Gunmaker of Moscow will be
presented, and Craig will appear in his little
dpla y ces his imitation of Lore Made by M
Charl ry e s Dickens. in which he intro-
MISS EFFIE GRRMON'S Bexenr.—Miss Effie
Germon, the popular and versatile actress, will
have agrand benefit at the Walnut Street Thea
tre on Saturday afternoon, the 6th of June. Mr.
Brougham, Mr. Marlowe, and a large number of
other first-rate artists will appear, and Carnerose
Dixey's Minstrels will also participate. Miss
Germon is an excellent actrese,unrivaled indeed,
n her peculiar line. As she has multitudes of
riends, the hone will, of course, be crowded.
ELEVENTH STREET OPERA HOUSE.—The
Hurrah Trip Around the World will be presented
by Messrs. Carneross & Dixey this evening with
handsome and amusing steno offects,and musical
performances by the whole company. Humpty
Dumpfy, a burlesque of tho best kind, will bo pro
duced, with The Spectres Frolic and a multitude
of other good things, including singing by Cern
cross, dancing, negro delineations, farce and ex
travaganza.
• WymAn.—The great magician Wyman will give
an exhibition of legerdemain and ventriloquism
at Assembly Buildings to-night. Wyman Is a
great artist, and he renders is entertainments
additionally attractive by distributing presents to
his patrons.
, DRAMATIC FUND BENEFIT.—On Saturday after
noon next a benefit will be given at the .A.cadeuty
of Music to the American Dramatic Fund. A
programme of the moat attractive character has
been prepared, and a number of popular actors
will appear in favorite part.. Tickets can
be procured at Trumpler's music store.
Buunsx.—On Thursday evening, the'2Bth inst.,
Mr. George Hood, of the Academy of Mink will
have a benefit, when The Growl' Duchess' of
Gerolstein will be presented by Bateman's French
Company.
GRAND CONCERT.—On Saturday evening, the
80th inst., Mr. L. Engelke will have a grand com
plimentary concert at the Academy of MIMIC. A
large number of eminent artistes will appear.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY,, MAY 27, 1868.
EUROPEAN AFFtijr]Eo3
LETTEJEI FBOIU PARIS.
The Press Bill in the Corps Legislatif
—Popularity of the American Model
—Example of the 'United States—The
Fete at the Grand Opera—Marriage
of Prince Achille Murat—The Bridal
Present..
Wonoopondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 4
PARIS, Friday, May 15, 1868,4 have often had
occasion to remark,of late, that there is scarcely
any subject now which comes , before a European
public, or turns up for debate in a European
legislature, without the example of America
being cited and appealed to as an argument.
Thus, all through the discussion of the army bill,
all through the disco ion of the press bill, and
that, again, of the rig t of public meeting bill,
the grand argument of the French liberals was
the Immediate disbandment of the American
armies ;after the war, the unlimited
freedom and numbers of the American journals,
the equally unlimited right of the American peo•
pie to assemble and deliberate about their own
affairs. So far, however, the examples quoted,
have all been in defence of the principles advoca-'
tcd by the liberal party In this country. But
now a different set of politicians have made an
ally of the United States, and have cited America
as a witness in their favor; and, it must be al
lowed, with considerable practical effect. M.
Kolb-Bernard, the great manufacturer of
Roubaix, in the north of France, and one
of the leaders of the powerful tiers-party which is
gradually forming, if not exactly against the gov
ernment, at least with the object of effectually
controlling its power—made a greed protectionist
epeech,the other day, in the Chamber. Of course,
the recent commercial policy of America was too
good a cheral de battaille not to be brought for
ward on such an occasion by the French protec
tionist. Look at America, he cried, triumphantly;
see what a spoke her policy has put in the
wheel of this free-trade system, which
was to have made the tour du monde so easily
and rapidly.: he 'has closed her markets, and
surrounded herself with the barriers of protec
tion. That American people, 'whom we are so
fond of citing as being at the head of the prog
ress of the world, determined at once to re-estab
lish their finances and to consolidate their manu
factures, are not above having recourse to that
protectionist system which has been derisively
called the Chinese Wall. They remember
by what means and legislation England
first established her commercial and
industrial prosperity, and are not afraid to resort
to the same superannuated traditions. We shall
soon feel, he says, in the markets of Europe, the
crushing effects of American manufacturlngtom
petition, bitched as it will be by inexhaustible
t xtent of territory, the enterprising genius of the
people, and their "pretensions to domineer over
the Old World." Mark the last phrase; for it
reveals what is yearly becoming (especially since.
the enormous development of power exhibited
dering the war) a prominent feeling of conti
nental Europe with regard to America. The people
of the United States are never spoken of without
reiriect in this country; but the respect is by no
means unntingled with fear. I' have sometimes
met with ludicrogsly exaggerated examples Of
this Tatter sentiment. Only recently I encoun
tered a small Parisian tradesman, so impregnated
with this Americaphobia, that he seemed to think
neither himself nor his business in safety from
transatlantic enterprise and audacity. Of course,
pour ]'encourager, I told him that I certainly
could not consider Parisian property
worth three years' purchase, for be
fore that time those terrible Yankees,
who had frightened the Emperor out of Mexico,
would infallibly retaliate by steaming up the
Seine in their monitors and taking possession !
I really believe the poor man thought I was in
earnest. But M. Kolb-Bernard's reference to
America told upon the Chamber, and will tell also
upon the country ; as every citation of American
practice does now tell upon Europe, whether for
betteror-worse.
Another example of this same influence, though
of a totally different character, has just been af
forded by one of the most ornate and beautiful
entertainments 'which has taken place
in Paris this season. All your readers, and
all visitors to the Exposition of last
year, must be aware of the interest excited by the
Report of the American Commission for the re
lief of the wounded on the field of battle, and by
the admirable and unique display of the material
used for that purpose, which was exhibited on
the Champ de Mars. Through American and Swiss
example combined (both, be It remarked, of re
publican origin)—this truly Christian work of
mitigating the horrors of war has now become
really Internalimiakor, it may be said, universal;
and it was a great treiriiph for both America and
Switzerland to witness and aid in so splendid an
illustration of the good results of their
zeal in to good a cause as that which
was exhibited at the magnificent international
fete given at the Grand Opera in aid of the fund of
the Association. Both the Emperor and Empress
were present; a very unusual exception at such
public entertainments, where they are often "an
nounced" to go, but which they generally "pa
tronise" without going to them. I believe lam
justified in saying that the personal appearance
of their Majesties in state, accompanied by a
splendid suite, was mainly owing to American
influence, conspicuously in the exertion of which
may be mentioned the names of Mr. Beck
ivlth, late Commissioner-General at the Universal
Exhibition, and Dr. Thomas W. Evans, to whose
zeal we were mainly indebted for the celebrity at
tained by the American Sanitary Commission in
Europe. The visit, indeed, of their Majesties to
the fete at the Grand Opera was generally re
garded as a homage pain to the efforts of America
in the cause of humanity, and to the admiration
so warmly expressed by the Empress at whit she
had heard and witnessed last summer. As to any
detailed description of the fete itself, that would
far exceed my limits, and be out of my usual sub
jects. But it was,lndeed, most beautiful as a coup
&ail. The chief ornaments were arms, appro
priately turned into the trappings of peace, and
arrangewith most elegant and artistic ingenuity
into the oat varied forms of palm trees, :epano
plies, has s and decorations of every kind. All
America, that is, all America in Paris, was there
distinguished as': usual, at least the female por
tion, by beauty and grace of toilette, bat yet
more distinguished, and more envied, for beauty
of person. The entire diplornatic circle, also, did
homage by thelepresence to this great American
movement in favor of humanity, and about mid
. night the entrance of the Emperor and:Empress,
with the entire court, completed the splendors'
' of a scene which must have been , witnessed to
be properly appreciated.
Tie lif snifter of this Morning is again ; filled
OUR WHOLE' COUNTRY.
with the names of a goodly array of Monseiglieurs,
Princes and Anuses Imperiales who / once more
tilled the Chapel of the Tullerke, yesterdly • at
the celebration of tne marriage of Prince A.chille
Murat with the Russian Princess of bfingrelia.
This is a capital match for a son of our old so:
quaintance, Prince Joachim, who never . has
much to bestow either upon eons or daughters.
The Emperor Napoleon gives the bridegroom
a trifling present of a million. The Emperor
Alexander of Russia bestow' an annuity of 50,000
francs a year on the bride, whose mother has pre
sented her with a trousseau, and above all a dia
mond coronet, which bare been the talk of all
Paris.
'The City of Tientsin Besieged by Rebels
—Pekin in Danger Plunder of VII.
Japes by the insurgents—Foreign
War Vessels Protecting Property and
Treaty alights.
From the New York herald.]
Quintet's idermL, LONDON, May 26, 1868.—Tele
grains from China, dated in the commercial city
of Tientsin, In the province of Chi-11, and port of
Pekin on the Ist of May, and transmitted to this
city by way of Klaehtka on the China-Siberian
frontier, report that the Southern insurgents,
growing bold from the result of their campaign
against Shansi), were besieging the city of
Tientsin during five days.
The leader threatened to assault the town and
attempt to carry it by storm, and thus place the
Imperial capital, Pekin, from which Tientsin is
distant seventy miles southeast, at the mercy of
his followers, by giving them control of the
point of confluence of the Yuen-ling and Pekin,..
or Pelho. rivers.
The rebel forces move from their position to
the agricultural districts, itnd had already plun
dered the villages lying around Tientsin.
Thei city is defended by a garrison numbering
twenty thousand men.
Three steam gunboats were laid in the river off
Tientsin charged with the duty of protecting for
eigners and foreign interests.
This duty will be performed in a vigorous man
ner, as in Tientsin was signed the famous treaty
with the Chinese government which accorded to
the foreign Ministers a right of residence in Pe
kin, besides many commercial advantages, none
of which can the governments of Europe and the
United States permit to be impaired or destroyed
by rebellion or native dissension.
The force besieging lientsin is said to be made
up partly of rebels from Shantung who, in the
early part of the year, marched from the east
ward near the borders of the Yellow Sea and Gulf
of Chili and formed a junction with the Moham
medan invaders advancing on Kangsuh and
Shensi after the death of Soo-Wang, a leader
who was killed in battle by the imperialists.
The Imperial General Li had almost extin
guished the movement when he vanquished the
Nienfl some time since ; but the Tientsin markets
have been lately considerably disturbed by the
operations of the Mohammedan conspirators, and
as a mligious sentiment is involved in their agi
tation, they appear to have collected a very large
force.
The insurgents for the most part carry their
wives and children with them, and were reported
as numbering at certain points, all told, one hun
dred and twenty thousand souls a few months
8111 CC.
By the steamer Scotia, which arrived in New
York yesterday, we have the following items of
news:
The bill permitting the British Government' to
acquire the -various telegraph lines had been
withdrawn from Parliament.
',Sergeant Armstrong natified to the House of
Commons on May 15 that on the"2sth he should
move that "in the opinion of this House the po
sition of her Maps' Ministers is opposed to
the principle of rep, -sentative government, sub
versive of constitutional government, and
incompatible with the character and dignity of
Parliament." This announcement was received
with load cheers from the Opposition benches.
Mr. Armstrong brought forward the motion en
tirely upon his own responsibility, and consulted
neither Mr. Gladstone nor the Irish members upon
the matter. The notice had, of course, given
rise to considerable controversy and speculation
on the'part of the press.
Mr. Bright presented a petition from the rep
resentatives of the Province of Nova Scotia, pray
ing for the repeal of the act of Union with Cana
da. Theetitioners complained that the act
overthrew the beet institutions of Nova Scotia,
materially changed the relations toward the Im
perial Government, put them to enormous cost
and inconvenience, by compelling them to trans
act business in a capital 800 miles away, and
took from Nova Scotia the regulation of her
trade, her banking system and her savings
banks, her inland fisheries, her militia, coart and
criminial law, They stated further that the act was
most distasteful to the people of Nova Scotia;
that it was fraught with evil, uncalled for and
unjust; that their disapproval of the act was
rendered more intense by the mode in which it
had been presented and carried, and that it was a
surprise upon the people of Nova Scotia and a
fraud upon the Imperial Parliament. Mr. Bright
presented a petition to similar effect from the
delegates sent to England from the Assembly of
Nova Scotia, and gave notice that on the 26th
instant he should call the attention of the House
to the whole subject.
Harvard (U. 8.) University have agreed to row
Oxford a three-mile race on the river Ouse, in
August or September, 1869, on the terms pro
posed by Oxford, viz,, each boat to carry a cox
swain. This is the substance of a letter received
by the President of the Oxford Club, and a meet
ing of the Club has been called to consider the
question.
On the evening of the 14th, Mr. George Francis
Train delivered the first of two lectures in the
Free Trade -HO, Manchester; on English, Irish
and American subjects. A charge was made for
admission_, but the attendance was a miserable
failure. Not more than twenty or thirty seats
were occupied at the commencement of the
meeting, and only a score of individuals more in
the reserved seats. A large crowd, however, as
sembled outside t and world no doubt have made
a considerable addition to the audience had not a
fee been demanded for admission.
l!Ir. Rome's Reply to Prot. Faraday's
Letter.
To the Editor of the Pall Hall Gazette:
6i. —I am very glad that Professor Tyndall has
been so fortunate as to, obtain the letter of the
late Professor Faraday to Sir Emerson Tennent.
It is the first time I have seen it, and all I knew
of it was from the information of the late Mr.
Robert Bell, who had arranged With Sir Emerson
Tennent for a seance. The time was fixed, and
Mr. Faraday was expected, when Mr. Bell in
formed me that Mr. Faraday refused to come with
out having a programme. It was therefore not I
who "declined to combat," for I had nothing to
do with it.
Mrs. Crawford Parks, at whose house, 7 Corn
wall terrace, Regent's Park, I was at the time
lodging with my family, was likewise informed
to the same effect by Mr. Bell, and made an entry
at the time in her diary. "A scientific gentle
man who bad written to disprove spiritual man
ifestations was to have joined the party; how
ever, he requested to have a programme which
he said was due to him and to , his position. It
being impossible to give a programme, he de
clined to join the seance." But now that we have
the letter Moil (which I observe makes no
condition that Professor Tyndall should be
of the party; and .I never, heard that he .was to
have been present), it appears that the pro
gramme, or
_previous writing, was to have been
of. Professor Faraday's sole dictation. and'l can
quite Utuieratand that Mr. Robert Bell should
have seen at once that it was useless to attempt
any investigation.with a person in the temper of
Mr. FAraday'arequiremexits, Only consider that
CHINA•
ZNGIALN D.
The News by Dian.
I was to sign a treaty of which the following
were two of the articles :—"7. if the effects
are miracles, or. the work of spirits, does he,
admit the utterly contemptible character- both
of them one their results up to the present
time, in respect either of yielding information or
instruction, or-supplying any force or action of,
the least value to mankind? 8. If they be na
tural effects Isithout natural law, can they be of
any use or value to mankind ?" I would ask if
this is the tone of a humble student and inquirer,
prepared to analyze and ascertain facts, or
whether it be not the sign of a mind fir gone In
prejudging the question at Issue. When these
matters first engaged public attention, Professor
Faraday had unfortunately publicly de
cided that they were due to involuntary
muscular action; and, as time went ou,
every development of them which proved the in
correctness of his explanation was received al
most as a personal affront by him. This ac
counts, I believe, for the sub-acid tone of the
whole treaty which he wished to impose on me
through Mr. Bell, and which induced Mr. Bell to
think that Professor Faraday was not likely to
be a successful wooer of inquiry. I am sure that
neither Mr. Faraday nor Mr. 'Tyndall have ac
quired their high reputation by investigating na
ture in any such spirit, fOr even hydrogen,or any
long - suffering gas, or even the
spectrum analysis, would have felt in
sulted by being submitted to such conditions as
those sought to be imposed on me as a prelimi
nary inquiry. Mr. Tyndall says that he is ready
to witness and investigate in the spirit of Mr.
Faraday's letter. From the attitude he, takes up
up, I fully believe it, and as such spirit is not
that of logic, nor according to scientific method,
I will wait until he can approach the subject in a
more humble frame of mind. I firmly believe
both "English law and English common sense"
will be able to take care of themselves without
Mr. Tyndall'a assistance.
Your obedient servant,
D. D. HOME.
m
Cox's Hotel, Jer street, May 9,-1868. ,
THE IPALTROON OF ALBANY•
Feudalism in America—A Cnriona
H /story.
[From the Newark Advertiser of the 20th.)
Stephen Van Rennsaalaer, the Patroon of Al
bany, died yesterday in 41tat city, in the 80th year
of his age. His death is interesting, principally
because he, with his estate, was one of the last
vestiges of feudalism, and of the old relation of
lord and vassal in the United States.
In 1630, and subsequently, Kiliaen Van Renns-
Gainer purchased land in the immediate vicinity
of Fort Orange, now Alban—, forming a trb.ct of
twenty-four miles in breadth by forty-eight in
length. This estate was ceded upon the old con
ditions of the feudal tenure. Its lord and master
was known as the Patroon. Was entailed upon
the successive oldest sons and nearest of kin.
The system of tenantry was that which pre
vailed over Europe at the time, and which still
exists on the "Manor of Rennssalaerwyck."
The tenant was almost a vassal, belonging to
the soil. His lease ran, in some cases, "while
trees grow and waters run:" in others, for ninety
nine years, and in others still, for two or three
lives. The rent was not to be paid in money, but
in tribute.. Each year the tenant was to deliver
at the mills of the Patroon so many bushels of
wheat, etc., and at his kitchen door, hat in hand,
eo many chickens and eggs. and so much of each
of the various kinds of farm produce. At the
time, the terms were liberal, and even generous.
The tenants knew no other mode of life. The
Lord of the Manor was the object of their highest
veneration, and a happier, more stupid set of
people never lived than those who dwelt upon
the Manor of Rernassalaerwyek. The happiness
hag long since departed. The stupidity, in part,
remains. Yet there was never any unkindness
on the part of the Patroon: He was moderate in
hard times, and in all money , matters,but exacted
a subservience and homage in demeanor, which,
however suited to colonial times, became de
cidedly unfashionable after the era of the Ameri
can Republic. Men who vote expect that office
holders shall take off their hats.
However, the estate went on. The eciurta
sus
tained the leases, and no serious trouble occurred,
until twenty-five or thirty years ago, when the
tenants found themselves discontented. The old
formalities had died out with the advancing de
mocracy of the age, but the manner of paying
the rent was troublesome and childish. Even
when this was to a large extent compromised,
tenants insisted that the land, on which they and
their ancestors had lived for two centuries, be
longed to them by right of long holding, that
the whole tenure of the Patroon was nnrepubli
can, unsuited to the age, a vestige of feudality,
and a general nuisance which ought to be re
moved. The cry of "Down with the Rent" was
raised. Tenants refused to pay in any shape.
Sheriffs who went out to levy upon pro
perty to enforce the collection of the Patroon's
legal claims, came back with fewer clothes, and
more tar and feathers, than they had when they
started. Now and then an officer was killed, yet
all the time the Patroon was legally right. Fi
nally, a Mr. Philip Church, from Allegany Co:,
N. Y., appeared:upon the scene. Through him a
reconciliation was effected; just how we do not
know, but we imagine that he farmed the entire
estate, and made generous concessions to the
tenants. So the Manor of Rennssalaerwyck was
saved, and the "Anti-Rent War" was ended.
Of the succession of Patroons, Stophenopho
died yesterday, was the sixth in lineal descent.
Up to the Revolutionary War, none of the Van
Rennesalaers seem to have been conspicuous,
aside from their wealth and dignity. In that
crisis of the nation, -Stephen, the fifth (and father
of him who died yesterday), was too young to
take a part. He was a student at Princeton, and
was removed thence to Harvard, on account of
the proximity of the British army; a fact which
shows the republican sentiment of the family.
After the Revolutionary War ho served in many
offices, was one of the fathers of the Erie Canal,
served gallantry in the war of 1812, endow
ed the Rennssalaer Institute, and died, as even
rich mon must, in 1839, at the age of 75.
His successor, the subject of this sketch, had
enough on his hands to manage his refractory
tenants, who were just then getting troublesome,
without taking any part In public affairs. His
death has no especial moral; but his estate and,
as the prayer book says, his "condition in life"
are an anomaly in our political institutions
worthy of some remark. His warfare of life was
the "Anti Rent War;" his only enemies were the
"Indians," as the disguised anti-renters were
called. Requiescat in pace.
4--Mies Clara Louise Kellogg was to sing at the
dr,st private concert given at Buckingham
Palace,.May 20th. Her popularity in England hi
Immense.
---- ,
—Hall's Journal of Health tells tourists how to
secure extra' attentions : "Take a pretty girl
along; if you have note daughter or sister, look
around among your country cousins, and where
ever you find her pay her expenses, and in the
long run you will find it largely remunerative in
the direction we have named. We have tried it
and speak from experience. We once took a
really beautiful girl erith our family as nurse for
our youngest child, and we shall never forget the
partialities shown us everywhere; the fact is,. it
made such an impression on our mind that we
resolved that if we ever made an important
journey again, we:would arrange in some way to
have some young, beautiful face along."
—Mrs. Stanton says In the Revetution that she
has "taken care of seven babies; yet has worked
the cause of women twenty years or more.
en we went to Albany to address the Legisite•
'titre, we took our nurse and bablea to the Dela
you House, left them, safe there, in a robm, went
to the Capitol, fouzd it filled with ladies, and
made our speech. It takes longgeer` to ipeak
than listen. -Wherrare llulehed, we shook hands
all round, and weuthometo our babies, and the
rest of the women to that'll , if we were a mem
ber of the Leglelatweiwe could spend a few Ware
every day,..at the ~ClO4Ol which other women
spend 113 faatileflubleS.allat 3bupPlag, gouiplugt
dining, drepAug and
, F.. L. FETHERSTON. PaWle`4
PRICE THREE OENT3.!
FIFTH EDITION
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE PRIZE FIGHT.
THE MiLL P 0 E.r.PPONED:
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Coburn Arrested—The Mill Postp*lned.'
COLD Spßirra, May 27, 3 P. M.--Coburn wart
arrested lust as he was entering the ring, and the
fight Is probably of
An impromptu fight between Patsey Shepherd
and Mike Coburn, was broken up by the roughs.
ILth Concretise-4second Session.
Ilioree—Continued from the Third Edition.]
On motion of Mr. Blaine (Me.), the Senate
amendments to the army appropriation bill were
takennp, non-concurred in and a committee of
conference askrd for.
Mr. Schenck (Ohio), from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported back the Internal Tax
bill, and stated that he would ask to have it con
sidered in Committee of the Whole, as a epeciat
order to-morrow, and from day to day until dis
posed of.
He explained that under the instructions of the
committee he reported back a printed bill with
out amendment. The committee had been re
vising the bill and he would have a number of
amendments, not a very great number, however,
to submit as the section would- be read, though
they were mostly of a verbal character, giving
greater precision and exactness to the bill.
The Speaker decided that the Indian appro
priation bill must first be disposed of in Com
mittee of the Whole.
Mr. Washburne (IIL) expressed his opinion
that the bill would be disposed of tc•Jay.
Mr. Schenck offered a resolution for supplying
to the library of the National Alylum for Dis
abled Soldiers, at Dayton, Ohio, copies of the
journals of both Houses of the laws of Congress,
annual messages of the' President, the Congres
atonal Globe and other public documents.
Mr. Garfield (Ohio) suggested that the like
books be supplied to the Branch Asylums at
Augusta, Maine, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Mr. Schenck agreed, and the resolution as
modified was adopted.
Mr. Ferry (hitch) offered the following
resolution, which was agreed to unanimously:
Whereas,The 30th day of May next, inst., is
designated for the purpose of strewing flowers
upon the graves of those who died in defence of
their country during the late rebellion, and
Whereas, Public and private duties forbid many
citizens of theta ation from personal participation,
and circumstances render it impracticable for
many to visit with the officers the graves of the
heroic dead who rest in national places• distant
from home and kindred;
Therefore, in behalf of this body and; the people
represented, who unavoidably are deprived of the
sacred memorial of personally responding to this
patriotic homage, be it
Resolved, That Gen. N. Michier,Superintendent
of Public Grounds, be and he is hereby instructed
to prepare and transmit, so far as practicable,
to each of the National Union Soldiers'
Cemeteries, selections of flowers from all the
public gardens, to be intermingled with like
touchingly beautiful offerings of otner citizens,
who upon that hallowed occasion gather to cast
floral tributes of grateful devotion to the memory
of the fallen braves, who, in defence of universal
liberty, cheerfully and nobly died that the Re
public might live.
EKON NEW YORK.
NEW Tonic, May 27.—The regular May anni
versary of the Brooklyn Sunday schools was held
in that city ,yesterday. The parade was one of
the finelt of the kind had for several years past.
There were abotit , 25,000 children, representing
112 schools, in procession.
The case of the Mercantile Bank against Bodine
and others in which suit was brought to recover
on a bond in the sum of $lO,OOO, given as surety
for Charles Windsor as a pledge for the faithful
performance of his obligations as paying teller of
the Mercantile Bank,was concluded yesterday. It
will be remembered that Windsor absconded in
1864 to Europe, takin . g with him about a quarter
of a million dollars of the funds of the bank. The
jury found a verdict for plaintiff for $lO,OOO, with
interest.
The Union Republican General Committee met
last evening, at the headquarters, eorner of
Broadway and Twenty-second street, Hon. Wm.
Lambcer presiding. Mr. C. C. Pinckney offered
resolutions indorsing the nominations of Grant
and Colfax, after which Judge Fithian, delegate
to the Convention, submitted a verbal report. A:
stirring address by Gen. Jno. Cseluaue closed
the exercises of the meeting.
Thomas Stanley was assaulted in Foarteenth
street, near First avenue, yesterday morning,
about 12.80 o'clock, by Michael Daly, Peter Gor-,
man and James Gorman, Daly stabbing him in
the neck and thigh. The assailants were ar
rested by Officers Little and Sims, of the
Eighteenth Precinct, and were committed by
Justice Dodge to await the result of the injuries.
Stanley was removed to Bellevue Hospital,where
his wounds were dOEffired to be dangerous.
Patrick Egan, of No. 225 West Forty-second
street, was killed yesterday morning , during a
quarrel with John P. Bendon, residing in the
same house. It appears that considerable ill
feeling existed between the two men, and they
came near baying a fight on the previous even
ing, Egan having, as Bendon says, procured an
axe and threatened the latter with I.t. Bendoa
surrendered himself yesterday to the police, and
claims to have acted in self-defence, as Egan at
him at 5 A. M. with a knife, when Benden
kicked him and threw him down, death ensuing,
as is supposed by him, from a wound received by
Egan from his own knife. An inquest will
held to-day.
' Whittler to Colfax.
Colfax!—well chosen to preside
O'er Freedom's Congress, and to guide,
As one who holds the reins'of fate,
The current of its great debate;
Prompted by one too wise and good,
And fair, withal, to be withstood,
Here, from our Northern river banks,
I send to thee my , hearty thanks
For all the patience which has borne
The weary toot of Bunkum's horn,
The hissing of the Copperhead,
And Folly dropping words of lead I
wigely ready when the scale
Hangs poised to make the right prevail;
Still foremost, though Secessions head
Be crushed, with scornful heel to tread
The life out from its writhing tail!
As wise, firm, faithful to the end
God keep thee, prays thy sincere friend.
Tour; G. Wia4Tuni.
—There are 189 lecturers on aphittuiliarn hi We
country who get their living thereby.
mediums naturally have an affinity forth*, circu
lating medium.
—A significant caricature is cirenlatinximeb .
In England, representing , Ge 9 IT: the
prince of Wales, the latter of w says to the
eider reProboto, "go on, (9Dow:thee r "
—lt is reported in, London *a - Mr. Dickens
cleared £40,000; or $2O0 ` 000 in: by tram,-
Atlantic' readings; • But noboay's mamma as
far as we can perceive . .
—A young lady Chicago answered a "per
sonar' toy a pemonid ‘. • ew was hustled, Leto
.
a 01 0 40 carriagoand Of; oldrgololog , her
liberty by , a fog_ %%ellen. welch, intaakei
the vela* olbilet•OVotm " '
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