rIBSOtf PEACOCK. Editor.
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Tho BciJLimK fa carved to anDaeiibera tn lbe city at 18
' oßnta pcr week, payable to tho carrion. or 6a pgr manna I
AmebicaU
3jife Insurance Company,
Of Philadelphia,
35. E. Comet Fourth and-Walnut Sts.
C&~This Institution has no superior in the United
TNVITATIONB FOBWEDMNG3, PASTIES, AO.,
X executed In a superior
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WABBTEP.
BRIAN—GOODJER.—On tbc evening of the 2d lout., by
-tbc Kev, George-F.Wiswell, P.D» Air. Jamci T. Brlui
and Miss Rebecca A, Goodlex. all ox this city, *
POToDAMEB—NATHANS.—On tho afternoon of the
:3d iret., by tho Bor. B. Mortas.Mr.ltartln Potsdam sr to
Mies Benreneda Valentina Nathans, daughter of Moses
3s ntbs ns. Esq., all of this city.
OIEl>.
CLEMENT.—June 3d,Harriet F,. daughter of tho late
• Judge jolm Fi*hrr,ana widow.of Ur, £. >Y. Clement, of
l/eiawarc. * » t
/I be funeral will take place from the residence of. her
>f. l«ter, Mr*. .Joseph Maxneld, GWJ North Ten'-h street, on
Saturday afternoon,dtiiiast.,at3o’clock. To proceed to
JLatirel BUI.
MAGEE.—On the evening of the IctinsL, G;orge W.
Mcgee. in the 37th year cfhfi nge.
The* relatives andfriends of the family are respectfully
invited, without further notice, to attend his funeral,
from the. residence of ills father. No. 1418 Arch street, on
the 4tMS2h. at 3 o'clock. * .
BOSS.—On the 3d inrt,; Jano Boaa, relict of Bov. John
;-Ro*% of Zanesville. Ohio.'* - ; ~
uue notice cHic funeral will be given; **
E»YKF A LANDELL OPEN TO-DAY THE LIGHT
*v shades of Spring Poplins for the Fashionable Walking
•Dresses.
fteel Colored-Poplins. . ■ ~
lode Colored Poplins.* !
Bismarck Exact bhade.
POLITICAL! NOTICES.
CONTROLLER. 1863.
SAMUEL P. HANCOCK.
- Subject to the ltalea of the Republican Party. jo4 Strip
Wb» sfcoNlT PRECINCT, EIGHTH ward - a
m-etin* of the-Union Republican citizens of the
iSecenfl Pred&ot will beTheld at the B.' W. cor. Twelfth
und Locuft strcets, on tIIIDAV EVENING. Jonefi. at 8
o’clock.- -It.HiCK«. { ofEr.Coir %
«S3f»NATIOS SL UNION CLUB,
1105 CHKBTNUT STREET.
PuU.iBEJ.PHIA. Jones, ISB.
GRANT ATJU UoLI'AX.
T)e member, of thoNatirual Union Club wlil m Get at
■ thp Club UOUM ;
ON UMDAIr'EVFNIKONEIT, June s atgo’cloek.
Al‘ in f empathy eyltb lie political opinions are cordially
tinvited. -
. 1 Jic meeMni-wiTI bdaddrewed by the ,
■ Hon. BENJAMIN HA- BIS BREWSTER
DENM3 W. O’BRIEN". Esq,
JOHN E ABBICKB. President.
A JE WatunuEliAvy. Bwretaiy. ■ je4-3tn>S
TO THB UNION REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF
■*? THE CiTYOF PHILADELPHIA:
Hannfit»erred twot«nn« mtheoJSco of City Controller
v»Uh whch iny fello w-citizeua-have honored me« and
•hat’inß declined beiscjitimed as a candidate for a farther
term, yet orerpreesea to accept In caee 1 was nominated*
and an opportunity now offering to enter Into hosinesa U&
coming year, I moatTCapactfaily beg loaroto declingroe
-1 ins considered a candidate for City Controller under any
Wi*H heai tfclt thanks to my many firiemu
lor thefr favors and kind expression offecuns toward me,
it* I remain, truly joura, JO3. K. LVNDALL.
*gg» TO,THE UNION REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF
PHItADFLPI’IA.-Agreeably to tho RULES of
the UNION REPUBLICAN PARTY, the citizens of
Philadelphia Bill elect, la each Election Divliloo
thioughoi t theeltr, on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, Jane
3 h, between the noara of i and 8 o'c-ock, ONE DELE
GATE to each Of the Convention to nominate candi
date! for the bffieoaof MA YOB. DISTUIOT ATTOR
NEY. CITY CONTROLLER. RECEIVER OP TAXES.
CITY BOLICITOB. PKOTHONOTARYOF THEOOOBT
OF COMMON PLEAS. CITY COMMISSIONER, two
Judgee of tbeDISTRICT COU RTMembera ofCONI IKEdS.
Members of the STATE SENATE in the Second and
fourth SENATORIAL DISTRIO rS. Members of STATE
LEGISLATURE, and two DELEGATES from each Rise
-tion Division to the WARD CONVENTIONS, and Tbreo
Members from each Election Division to tho WARD EX
ECUTIVE COMMITTEES, and In the TWENTY.
EIGHTH WARE One Delegate from each Division toa
SURVEYOR'S CONVENTION.
The conventions shall meet as provided for m Rule sth
of the rules for tho aovernment or the Union Republican
, 1 arty and the CITY CONVENTIONS ahaU meet as fol
lows:
Convention to Nominate the MAYOR, at CONCERT
HALL. CHESTNUT STREET. ABOVE TWELFTH.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY. AMERICAN MECHANICS’
BALL, FOURTH AND GEORGE STREETS. Seeond
‘ S, eITY COMMISSIONER, NATIONAL- GUARDS’
HALL RACE STREET, ABOVE FIFTH. ,
PROTHONOTARY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
WASHINGTON HALL, EIGHTH AND BPBINIi
-GARDEN. . ■ ■ .■■■■■
RECEIVER OF TAXES, AT NATIONAL HALL,
MARBLET STREET, ABOVE TWELFTH, second
et C?TY SOLICITOR, ABSEMBLY BUILDINGS,TENTH
and CHESTNUT Streets, second atory front. .
JUDGES, at OLD QUARTER SESSIONS, SIXTH
-Strscf, below CHESTNUT. :•
CITV CONTROLLERS. ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, S.
E. corner BROAD and BPEING GARDEN. .
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONS as foUows:
First District—At! ISTIUCT COURT ROOM, S. E. cor
ner SIXTH and CHESTNUT Streets.^
Second District-ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS, second
JB T?lrd*District-AMERICAN MECHANICS’ HALL,
:firptfloor. ‘
-Fourth Districfc.-SPfcrNG GARDENc HALL, THIR
TEENTH nod SPRING GARDEN rtreeta.
SURVEYOR'S CONVENTION, Twenty-Eighth Ward,
;La MB TAVERN. - ■' j. --
The above Contentions meet WEDNESDAY, Jane 10th,
at 10 o’clock A. M.
By order of Republican City Executive Committoe
t . r \ WM. H, LEEDS, President.
Isaac Moßnrng. 1 Secretaries.
BFEOIAX. NOTICES,
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM
i FsiLiOEUPEUa UsylStbrlSOSb
NOTICE TO STOCKIIOLDBUS.—In pursuance of reso
jßntiona adopted hy the Board of Directors at a Stated
(Meeting bold this day. notice Is hereby given to the Stock-
Qholders of this Company that they will navo the privilege
•of subscribing. either directly or by substitution, under
•ouch rnles as may be prescribed therefor, for Twenty-five
■Per Cent, of additional Stock at Putin proportion to their
•respective interests as they stand repsfered on the books
° f will be entitled to snb
rocribefora full share, and those holding more Shares
tshanamnltiplenf four Shares will beehtitled to an addi
tional Share. ■ . -'i
Subscriptions to the new Stock Win be received on and
•nfterMay. 80th, 1868, and the privilege of subscribing
wUi cease on the 80th day of July, 1868. „
. The instalments on account of the new Shares shall
>Be paid in cash. as follows: . . .
Ist Twenty-five Per Cent at the time of subscription,
■•on or before the 80th day of duly, 1868. - -
2d. Twenty-five Per Cent on or before the 16th day of
(December. 1868. i : :
8d; Twenty-five Per Cent on orhefore the 16th day of
. Jrrpn, 186 A - •
<tti..l*wentyvfivo Per Cent-on or before the 16th day of
186% or if Stockholders should prefer.the whole
amount may bo , paid-up at once, or any remaining instal<
.'Cnenta may he paid up in full at the time of the payment
*Of the second m f ftpfifnfltftlmnnt paifl -
tip shall be entitled to a pro rata dividend that may be de
clared on fall shares. ; : 'v
THOMABT. FIRTH.
. . myH-tjyBQsrp • ■ . -.Treasurer.
READING RAILROAD
OFFICE NO. 227 SOUTH (FOURTH
wn-mm- . ... PratanEtmnA, May 27,1868.
holders of ,bonds of the Philadelphia
a » <s .l t e? d insßaUroad Company, due April 1, 1870:- ,
a vim ofl .? r to exchange aay’% there bonds of
i?*!!!**/*?-** any time before the latoay'Oi October next,
at par* for a new mortgage bond of.-euiial amount; bearing
hOTlng 26y?uS hvrmS." 0 ' States and State taxes!
'■their tenor. • my29-t ocU B. BRADFOKD?Tre^urer.
■SST 90 I i9 ER , T il °E THH “LITER
' AdveDHJburch. , aid oI «“ (Brotherhood of
. Assembly Building, THURSDAY EVENING. .Tuns a Iraq •
bo hoa ,itTnim sfeis ;
... 1 ’ t 1.... ' ; ■/. - ,: •. - r “ " • •
|3 iiilij dunmg Iklktiti
p. aCrimbT, >
|. - BPJKUIAI.HOTICE*. - - f ;
Of MUSIC THE \N
AcadsmvnfVmJß?* 1 !?f-f < J c *yf <>l^ erA oi ,ho Araoriean
»SVH%^ A t^O«n 0 /if^‘ ~tAc ‘ 1 ‘ ,n^
Chairman, and
*1.4 i“oardofpireclora was presented by
urci*/ H.iSri’ 'i. ICa 9 Hand, Bui, and, with the Treae
-BlockhoSm 4 ’ wa * old ered to be printed and sent to the
,T'2L ! 5 n r,'l f J«ne» Mlllikcß, E»q, thanks were tend
thof Arnsnn?» rcc^t r * tr oxcclTcnt mnnngemoatof
wo Acaoemy and unremitting attention to Its Intel-
th '“ th# ***’**?”»*
,£«■»« JameaTnwuair,
Steiner, frerdluand J. uifer. Frederick UrafT,
Spark*, James JU CUghom,
r ** Camac, AL D., and llenry
Imt l of Directors, held on the 2d
iE M^M r is c, slS’S. chMen:
Trcunrer—.JAMES TKAQDAIR,
gccrotaiy-MIfIHAEL Nft BET/
Solicitor—AUßßEY H. SMITH, .: . jtj
Iyp^yg^ETEUHAMPEniEATTHEEASTWICg
, . JOn (To-morrow) FRIDAY, June B.
irT„7i- Admliilnn can bo had throngh any of the
iUninen, or at the ofilce of the Fork, No.« 8 WALNUf
rocei. . • - . jts
•®“rJShJI^2SLPB? FITAI ’ NOS. 1818 AND l£3o
apSßtfni •• Mo.6lßJ»ynestreet
tfiatfdoek.* 0^b ° aUy onalßostreated. Ap^i^agy
IHEFIHEABTS.
.. The Eianiimox at tub Academy.— Mr. WU-
I Ham T. Richards, absorbed with bespoken work,
and hardly at rest again after Ms long absence In
Europe, had little that bo could spare for this
spring’s exhibition. He has sent two of his small
sea-coast studies, Nos. 228 and-245. Tho first is
a view on the coast of Mount Desert Island, and
| represents the breakers Wishing In andout.among
■the crags, the whole bathed with sunset and sug
gesting the fresh exhalations of seaweed
air. The difficult fines of .QpaSt currents, with
the mutual influenceis of waves, that gatbef.
‘and’, overbear,’and pull- and tug at each
other, and draw their neighbors Into new
shapes and into rugged channels, still
mantled with minor systems of ripples and
feathered with suddenly-created foam, these are
what Richards comprehends, having given many
a patient hour to the , study of the New "Jersey
abd New England shores. When applying him-,
self to the composition of one of these coast*
scenes, he first calculates, like a problem in en
gineering, the character of the shore, its resist
ance and Inclination, the channels and outlets it
affords; and the strength of the eddy. Then,
having determined the guiding lines, he works
ont the waves Into, equations, and figures them
over with little characters and dimples, the moat
insignificant of which yon are persuaded to be
the result of inevitable calculation—take out the
least 'of its’warts or vcinings, and the whole"
.wave would die. The whole impression
is that of one of those ingenlons photographs
which.represent a street crowd instantaneously
petrifaction, .with theirgestnres, their
grimaces, their momentary passions and titilla
tlons suddenly struck into immortality. Rich*
ards is cool enough to make a statue of the moan-
No other-American possesses this
calm—no other painter, of whatever coufl
s try. with whom we, are acquainted, has reduced
the Hooting characters of water to this kind of
formula. An analyst by oil, his prepossessions
and instincts, and the possessor of a mind of that
sort of quietism whicli-is sensitive and observant
.of the most evanescent trace, he can sit hour by
. hour upomtho promontory cliff and hold an in
quisition pyer the tortured sea. The hurl,-the
recoil, the grinning of the rocks and the spitting
of the foam, the dragged and dishevelled weed, the
sharp roller, and the sullen weltering tumulus tha
shudders separately over every ineh of its va3
body before it plunges into oblivion, these move
ments and details go down seriatim into his min
ntes,with a stupendous exhibition of memory, and
a cairn se% possession from which nothing can es
cape. In the“Fogey day atNantucket,”thc fainter
pulsations of the ocean aro taken down second
by second; it is like a notation of the failing
vitality of a dying captive; the lapping of the long
beach-waves is there, the difficult lifting and fright
ened fall of V)o spray, the turning of exhausted
waves upoWh flattened bed, the flutter and hurry
ing ebb of myriads of little globules and petty cur
rents, a perspective of fainter and fainter waves,
until at a point impossible to deflne the whole
' breadth of the ocean has stolen off under cover
of the fog and died into the infinite. In this pic
ture there is no color, and the monotonous gray
comports woll with the low key of the descrip
tion. In the Mount Desert rock scene there is a,
pretence of indicating the sunset hour; but it is
more like a conscientious verification of the
of day in a' log-book than like a breathing, sym
pathetic live for the day’s swift, exquisite mo
ment of translation.. Mr. Richards, with full
knowledge of what has in the world
has chosen his part and allied himself with the
draughtsmen. None knows better than he that
no painter has yet succeeded in the sort of detail
he admires and the mastery of tone. We believe
that human faculty is too limited for this
'rabge, and that to the . end of time
Michael Angelo will proclaim that Titian
cannot draw, and the colorists' insist tha
the Sixtine frescoes are bas-reliefe. Our own
impression, in regarding the, sunset on Mount
Desert (which Is . really interesting as one of
Richards's few essays at emotion) was of some
thing mechanical, ii reproachable—and intolera
ble. ,We cannot better express our sense of this
effect Uwn in. saying that the suffusion of sunset
was dragged up to tbs drawing like a matter of
carpentry, notched in, and hammered on, and
badly fitted in certain places—covering parts,and
leaving other parts bare and cold- Now, to the
eye of. a colorist, the visit of sunset is not a car
penriy.but ah alchemy.' etretcbes with volup
tuousness over the surface; but it drains into tho
hollows; it lives even in the shadows, a rosy life:
it Is no affair of painting this facet red and that
facet purple; It Is a heat that sheets everything
withfiamo.
Political Disabilities In the South*
The following ‘letter, without; date, addressed
by Senator Stunner to a citizen of Columbia, S.
C.,we find in the Charleston papers: :
Senate Chamber, Washington City.—Dear
Sir: I have your letter of the 19 th In reference to
the removal of your political disabilities. I, am
not buto that the time has yet come to moke ex
ceptions to our general policy in Individual cases;
to dotao would be to open the door to innumer
able applications, andoncoopen.lt would be dif
ficult to shut it. I hope to. meet such cases as
yours by soino general, enact'mdnt*and,as soon
as the condition of the country will perrntt, I
shall be thei first to ndvocate.the removal of alt.
disabilities updor which yon labor at present.
-. V l'ours truly, . ■
. ”■ ' V Cuakues Bumsek.
A WOMAN’S EXJPJBRIBNCJBS IK £D.
ICOPJ2.
ko^T“
[Corre«pondcnc»'of th# Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
Paeis, May, IBGB—There Is no city in' the
world where musical entertainments are so uni
versally good as at Dresden... The Slnfonle .con
certs by (he Stadt MvsikcJior, under the direction
of Pufflioldt, are only surpassed by those of the
Conservatoire of Paris, where every performer
Is a professor composer, and in most coses, past
middle age. There is one grand difference In the
two Institutions. The Conservatoire hr exclusive,
and out-alders like onr party have ah: Opportu
nity to hear the wonderful execution of their
music only when some great demand on the chari
ty of the government calls for extra contributions.
Hen the seats Of the Salle de Conservatoire sell at
Blstori prices and are engaged a month in ad
vance. Bor pleasure, I prefer the Slnfonle con
certs at Dresden. At the- Conservatoire, so per
fect Is the movement,'so precise the marking of
time of each instrument, and so exquisitely
clear and united tho nOtcs that are scarcely
sonnded in that one great orchestra of a hundred
masters,'that! almost sobbed with relief from the
tension of nerve and mind, while one single
power of genius seemed to impel every hand to
call forth wails of passionate utterance, as a soul
in agony might express, but I never heard imi
tated so perfectly before; . That music was a
study, and wearied us all; we were too tired to
take refreshment after it, and all drove home to
sleep like school girls after a. trying review day.
Music is second nature to the Germans, and
they perform it with so much ease, interpreting
Beethoven, Handel, Cherubini, Mozart, Schubert
and Lanner with equal felicity, awakening the
sympathies of their audiences without exhausting
them, and affording : perfect delight and satisfac
tion without betraying th£ effort or intimating
tho laborious practice by which they arrived at
the point where music is all harmony and gives
pleasure without satiety. On the days When the
Binfonie concerts are held at the Grosser Gar
ten fill Dresden seems to rise an hour earlier than
usual, the delph and wooden ware scrubbed and
scenred, dinner prepared by three Instead ol four
| o’clock, and the tires all covered for the
| night, the servants -dismissed to
! their homes, as but few ‘sleep
| in .the apartments of their employers, and
mother, father, grandmother and grandfather,
1 and all the children old enough to knit or drink!
• Martyen-bler, put on their fur-lined-wrappings
[ and wade through the snow-storm two and three
miles to the Concert Hall. O, Wolfsohn, Sentz,
and ail ye children ol a land of music, will you
ever bring our American tastes up to this point,
when the nation will require the Government to
provide for it the music 6f the masters by orches
tras trained for the credit as 'well * as the
service of the Government, and when the
applause or silence of the people will be
to you encouragement or reproach justly
merited? We are rapid in all’
our acquirements, and with the example br
fore us of the refining- influence of music on the
German character, no doubt time will do lor us
wbat centuries have accomplished tor them.'
Taking a droschkie, or cab, at half-past three, we
arrived at the hall of the Grosser-garten at four,
and found.the room, large enough to accommo
date four hundred people, with chairs and tables,
filled. The musicians, 'fifty in number, were
placed on a platform raised feet above
the floor, and a largo placard, suspended by a
string to one of the columns at . the end of
the stage, announced that the perform
ance would begin with the “Ouverturo
(Nr. 1) zn ‘ Leonore,’ vL. von Beethoven.” The
bright cheery fire in the immense stoves, the
little foot-stools under the tables to keep our feet
from scraping on the sanded floors, the groups of
happy families, with countenances so placid that
one would never imagine grief hod ever afflicted
them, all sewing, embroidering and knitting on
the female side, and reading, icritiny and smoking
on the male side, while great quart mugs, of glass
with metal covers, filled with the foaming
amber-colored beer,-stood on each fable to be
noiselessly opened, raised to the lips, tasted
only , replaced on s the /table, carefully
closed to exclude the smoke and heat
twenty times during an overture, was on
experience so entirely foreign to American ideas
of amusement, that we were absolutely charmed
with the novelty of onr situation. Go toa smoker
concert in Germany, sit opposite Meinherr von
fiickendorf, with snuff-colored velveteen knee
breeches, green stockings and green coat, wreaths
i of smoke ascending in regular circles from hU
long-Btcmmed pipe, his face complacing iteeff
while Minnie or Hilda, on either
in with the stitches of their/knitting,
the intelligent glances from a group of
students, and the King's guard, in their
yellow uniforms, fair Saxptt complexions and
golden hair, all imitateffby about two hundred
Americans, who smqkts, take beer, potato salad,
block-bread, midjcffron lemonade, knit, sew, read
and write, anil tonally, adapt themselves so per
feetly to the eocasion that their costumes alone
betray them as foreigners. But guard even you r
breathing—the sweet strains oi Bchumon’s Abend'
lied are trembling'tff a close. What applause!
Soldiers, students, Minnie, Hilda, grandfather
and grandmother, beat their haqds on the tables
till the Conductor consents to repeat the en
chanting air, and in a moment more
you are plunged deep in reveries, carried across
the ocean to yonr own ,6nug Bjtting-room; yen
are reading Sartor RcsartHß, and -Carlyle has be
come tangible and not arhapsodlst only. You
are about to shake hands with himand- tell him
you I know where his inspiration came from,
when the loud'and repeated applause brings you
to the end of Ensxi:n Tueh., or part first of the
..concert finch a visiting from table; to table,
laughter,' chatting. Introductions and recogni
tions. Oit is delightful! The musicians return
to their stands mid part second begins. The en
tire Sinfonie (Nr. 2) G-toollj of Mozart, Allegro
molto, Andante, Minnotto, Allegro assai,
arc performed as wo. never can hope
|o hear it at homo, and not
a sound'in all that assembly breaks tho spell,
though each one continues his occupation as
steadily os if- no other creature were present.
Another recess. Byen -tho house-dogs,' that hayo
slept under the tables, come for their share of
- refreshment, and tako. the lumps of sugar from
grandmother, and Minnie, and-Hilda's lovers.
"Tho sly rogues! -Pert third is composed of
Schubert's serenade, Lanncr's waltzes, Mans
feldt’s pclkasand other, light pieces, that Bond us
all dancing home j?ith light hoarts, light—yes,
light heads, lf-wo orb hot Germans, for we never
ffrank beer by the quart before—and a blessing in
our hearts for King John of Saxony. No w the
moat „ marvelous part of all this adventure is
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
lo be (old. The expense! Oar carriage cost ns
three “groS’ ornints cents apiece. Entrance fee
two-and-a-half “new groachcn,” or obont eight
cents apiece. The beer and eatables fifteen cents
apiece. Total, thirty-two cents for classic music
by this best performers, foar hoars of uninter
rupted: social and literary delight, and an expe
rience which money alone coaid not indaco as
to forget So much for the smoker concerts of
Dresden, , ; E. D. TV.
•The Financial Budget-A Bnhleniamo
XMtrA Canal on Uii) RUne-oeiirao.
tloM «t Boniautic Scenery—J£nin of
tbe WfnetirowlnK Interoac, '
{Conawoadcacß of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.)
Way 16, 1868.—There are no roses
without thorns! and even the Prussian govern
ment bod on opportunity for realizing the truth
of that proverb when the financial budget had to
be submitted to Parliament, "together with the
measures how to cover the system of taxation
and the increased public expenses. Some si?
months ago it occurred to tho Berlin Minister of
Finance to increase the duty on tobacco. It was
a risky undertaking to propose' the taxation of
an article which, from a luxury, has become an
actual necessity to ninety-nine-out of a hundred
'•late Germans. Until now the total revenue of
the ZoDvereih from that source has nferer risen
to quite two.millions of dollars In gold, whereas
the revenue, on the same article amounts
to- thirty: millions and the income
m Englana fer exceeds the .latter sum. It may
be safely asserted that of all countries on the face
of the earth Germany is tho one that mosti
assiduously devotes itself to the worship of cigar
and pipe; and has yet managed to defray the ex
pense incidental to those vaporous rites at the
lowest possible rate. A tax on that article could
not therefore be expected to be looked at with
favorable eyes On the part of the people and their
representatives, especially those of the Southern
States, where the home produce had been bur
dened. with no excise" whatever, - while Prussia
had levied a tax Of thalers per cent, In place
of 2?£ thalers, as proposed by the Minis
try. The duty -on imports Is in
tended to , be raised-from 4 to 6 thalers
percent., and it is anticipated that the Govern
ment will cany their point in that particular, but
me increase oi tne excise tax will certainly meet
with vigorous opposition, and all the Ministry
may obtain will be the Introduction
of the excise in the Southern States
on,-the. home, produce, equal in amount
to that already in force iffPruisaia. This age of
materialism, and commercial speculation pays
.little attention to the beauties oFnature, and our
Ministiy.of Finance and Commerce-have con
ceived the barbarous idea of having the most ro
mantic part of toe Khine. transformed into a
canal. fcThe King has ordered the matter
to be submitted to another thorough ex
amination, and the work of destruction to be sus
pended nnul iinal decision. In the vicinity
i of Bingen, the river is said to be obstructed
with so many rocks,-:-.that none but small
vessels can navigate without danger, and it is,
. therefore, proposed.that a canal be constructed
along side of the dangerous spot. Such an im
provement would, however,: not only demive
thatregion of its principal charms, but convert
the river, for many miles, into - a mire, Injurious
to ihe health on account 01-iia exhalations, be
sides driving away all those millionaires who
have purchased conn try seats in that vicinity
and who have largely contributed towards the
wealth and prosperity of the inhabitants. The
wine culture'would likewise be ruined for many
miles along the river, and if it is taken m con
sideration that the very finest grape which Ger
many produces grows in the neighborhood of
Bingen and Johannisberg, the loss will be under
stood, accruing to the population of those dis
tricts, and the just objections which tney raise
against any such plan being executed.
Prince Meiternich, Austrian embassador at
Paris, has arrived at Coblentz, and will spend
some time in hiacastle, the iambus Johannisberg.
He would only be of the many who would suffer
materially ffoip the construction of the above
mentioned canal.
Rlr. Disraeli’s furry DtfficnlUeo—vin.
filc-Uandea Battle of tae Premier-
Uneen Victoria’s Uctireincnt. /
London, May 20,1868 —PoUUcally, wo nre all
waiting for to-morrow night As you krfow by
telegraph, Mr. Disraeli is again in difficulties. He
has been beaten upon two cUvlsionsdn the Scotch
Reform bUl—one being in regard-to the abolition
of ten small and corrupt/Engliah boroughs
and the other in regard-'to the abolition of
rating in Scotland./ Both defeats were
unnecessary, and .were caused bv'Mr. Dis
raeli's unavoidable absence from" the House
during the debate.- He committed the con
duct of thehlll to the Attorney-General and this
is the result. The truth is that Mr. Disraeli Is '
now fighting Parliament single-handed. He has
nobody to help him and everybody against him
Jn tho House. But he is sustained and encouraged
by the personal sympathy of the Queen, and to
please her ho continues the unequal struggle.
Undoubtedly he'should have resigned or dis
solved Parliament after his defeat on the Irish
Church question, asd.he would have done so but
for the Queen’s interference. Now this much
misunderstood man has borne every sort of Par
liamentary humiliation for her Majesty’s sake,
and jon may be Eure that, when ne loses the
Premiership he will have his reward, in another
shape.
But during, this grave ministerial crisis, when
everybody -else is anxiously counting the mo
ments before to-morrow evening, when Mr. Dis
raeli will declare the intentions of the govern
ment, the Queen has'gone quietly off to Balmo
ral, as if no change oi ministers were possible,
and the Prince of, Wales is inaugurating the Art
Exhibition at Leeds, leaving loyalty unrepre
sented in London. Ton are certain to notice
(and I hope yon will republish) the severe but
deserved attack upon her Majesty, which ap
pears editorially in this -morning’s Times.' The
article rebukes Mr; Disraeli for permitting the
Queen to leave Louden at such a juncture; but
that Is simply/the Parliamentary manner of re
buking the Queen herself. That article was not
written without due reason. For her own sako,
as well as for the sake of the ministry, the Qneen
.ought to have remained in London now at any
sacrifice; but her obstlimte persistence in her
own whims and wishes, has again involved Mr.
Disraeli in a muddle from which he is at present
unable toseecleariy any way of escap.e,
Birth of tut Austrian Archduchess—
Xmperlul Rejoicing.
Vienna, Hay 12, 1868 — The birth of Francis
Joseph’s daughter,' the infant Archduchess, has
afforded occasion 1 for the renewal of an Old World
folly, worthy only of the middle ages. The over
flowing joy of the Emperor-King’s , heart has
moved him to confer upon his subjects on
both sides of tho Leltha the bless
ing of letting loose a number of
criminals upon: society, among whom
by the way, is a hero named Sandor, sometimes
called the HungarianJßobln Hood, and believed
to be one oi the most finished highwayman and
chivalrous cutthroats! living. Another and bet
ter act of amnesty is that which restores their
pensions to those of the ofiicersof the imperial
army who lost their right to the same in conse
quence of their having fought on the popnlnr or
national Hungarian side inlS4B or 1819. '
In reply to the deputation ftoni the -Keiehsrath
which waited on “ the . Emperor-King to present
their congratulations on the hippy family event,
the sovereign said: (, Letns maKQ forward,quickly
eueopeam affairs
X.ETTJ3U FBOn BEBLlitr.
ESOtASD.
ACSXBIA.
and rcsqjutcly.on the road wchaveent'orcd upon,
that we may the eoonor arrive at frultlal and fien
txiclal results.
IHBrEHUSS.
P Sl!?TJ , i o,l *? , 's,* no !“ ,,,,o n Author.
Ittes to Ktcelve Gen. O’Aclll’t Visit—
°r *** e Volunteer*-
I - TliclrVorgetf nines* of Hldfewap
I . MosxßEAt, June 3.—The Canadians are waking.
! up and making-great preparations. Lieutenant-
General Sir Charles Windham and Colonel Mac
f dougal,.Adjutant-General of Volunteers, and
oilier military officers have determined on the
I tactics to be adopted and have ni&de all other pro-
I parotions necessary In the event of a Fenian raid.
| These are more complete than In 1866. New field
| brigade-share been formed In several districts,
commanded . by ; regular- officers, composed of
regulars and armed with Snider and
Enfield rifles, with troops of cavalry and batter
t lea.of artllleiy attached. Each acts independ-
I en “7-_Tenta and field stores are held ready for
! “If - The Commissariat Is managed by Imperial
officers. Tho Adjutant-General has issued fall
instructions to staff officers, suitable for
all poaible emergencies. Gnnboats have
been placed on the St. Lawrence, and the
■bakes, manned- t>y sailors of the Royal
navy, to keep, up a vigilant patrol. All are
prepared, to dive a warm reception to the invad
ing army. The volunteers hero are eager for it
CMBPoign, though,"i>f course, unless combined
with the rcgnlors, they would make aneztroinely
poor show. They have been demoralized bydls- .
satisfaction at the new Military MIL The banks
to Eastern townships have removed specie to
Montreal—AT. Y. World. ' ■ -. '■ -. ■■ y..|
TWO poWbkb HOUSES BLOWN VP.
1 I Bea man /Torn In Pieces—Trees rip.
rooted—Spicks of.tTmber TUrownOne
i I feet, luto tne Air—Tke
/ at a lllstancc of x'lilrty
M nifcs, .*■ '■ ro-J
Juno 3. 1868—A dull, lieavy
report of an explosion ot some kind startled the
I people of this city at e o’clock this morning from
I* , r elnmberß. On my way down the
river I learned that two-' powder
houses belonging to Smith Rand, : located
west of Newburg, had been blown up, and, of
l course, at once concluded thattho explosion was
the first report of their demolition. The houses
spoken of were located In a sort of ravine, two
or three hundred lcet apart. One was called the
I graining mill and- the other the. glazing mill.
In tho graining mill at the tlmo of the occurrence
were five tons of powder in tho cake. In tho
■ I glazing mill there was about-one ton ot powder.
. I. The buildings were separated from each other by a
I stream, across which is it dam. On the south
j side was a stbrehonse in which three hundred
I kegs of powder ready for market were stored.
Next to it also Was another building, - which was
connected with the graining mill by an Iron shaft
.fourinches in diameter and eighty, feet long.
This,'then, was the situation. At six A. Ml the
graining--mill exploded with a tremendous
shock, being blown to atoms. In five seconds
after the glazing mill also exploded with a terv
rifle report. The building on. the south eidi"
of the road did not explode, but tho doors
were blown. pff, the. sides crashed in nnd the roof
tom away. The Iron shaft spoken of above was
I broken in twain and. fifteen feet of it carried over
the tops ot trees a distance, of five hundred
yards. Another piece twiee the length was bent,
almost double. VVflfen tho explosion took place
a column of smoko and dost shot far into the
air and Was Visible ' many miles. Tonne trees
I were uprooted and thrown a third of a mile,.
while old trees able to stand-the shock were
j stripped of branches and leaves
( entirely and every jinch of them I
j blackened - and' charred. Laigq numbers .of
birds were found dead and "dying in , Iho vlcic- I
ity. The saddest part of the affair Is yet to be
told. In the graining mill at the time of the ex
plosion a German named Adam Schosslervvas at j
work. He was a faithful man and hadlbeen in |
tho employ of the company five years. I
His body was. blown to pieces, head and a
portion of his shoulderswereiotmd near a tree
[ abouLklx hundred feet from the mill. Other
|. pieces of his body, including limbs, pieces of
charred flesh and part of one of his arms, were I
found strewn atbng>on tho grohnd and hanging
10 branches of tpets. It wus a terribly sickening
Bight. Onlvabout two-thirds ofJiis body wore
found. Twcause.of tho explosion is not known.
One theory is as follows:—For about two weeks I
nastonen have been at work near tho mill blast
ing; Some of the stone from lie blasts wero hurled
/fiboni promiscuously, a few lodging in tne -
roof of the graining mill. It is thought that this
morning ono of the stones dropped through, and
that tho friction caused by.its coming In contact
with the powder caused the explosion.
The report Was distinctly heard In an area of
thirty miles. AtNewbnrg horses Were thrown
violently to the ground, buildings were shaken
and window glasses wejo broken. The earth was
.greatly agitated. Had the explosion occurred
one hour later .twenty persons would have been I
.killed, as that number go to work every, mom- 1
tog ot seven o'clock in tho graining mill. I
neglected to mention that sticks of timber .were
thrown one thousand feet into the 1 air .V. f r .
Herald. ' I
Tornado in a emu- Terrible Destruc
tion,
fFrom tho San Antonio (Texas) Express of May 3L]
yesterday the snn set as nsnol, with no ap
pearance of a storm. At half-past seven 'O'clock
P. M., the heavens darkened, the wind com
menced to blow from the north, and the light
ning became very brilliant;, it continued thusun
tU half-past eight; when the wind freshened, the
rain commenced to fall, and within fifteen min
utes It had increased to a hurricane,accompanied
with the moat fearful hall shower ever known.
Chunks of ice foil as large os a good sized pitcher
one weighing two and a half pounds by actual
weight. Every exposed glass towards the north
In the city was dashed to pieces in an instant.
Fronts of stores were opened, merchandise
destroyed, houses blown down, ‘and men cut
to shreds. Among the details reaching
ns, we ieam of two men On a dray: Mr.-Lonla,
one of the party, was knocked oft of tho drav
and returned badly battered, and bleeding pro- i
fns’eiy.-fibfkpowing what had become of his
companion khd dray. The old Presbyterian
Church; opposite this office and next to the
Kleopper Hotel, was nnroofed and nothin"'left
but tho wreck of the side walls, the ends having
blown dear down. Treertwo feet through were
twisted off like pipe Atoms, and the hail dashed
through tin roots, leaving holes as dean as can
non balls would have done. A roof forty feet lone
sailed off the Alamo and landed tWO hundred yards
away, in thecentre of the Alamo Plaza. Blinds
were dashed in: and hail lay a foot deep In places.
The front of the Express office is among those
“aeued to, drenching the sanctum and damaging
the library. A number of houses were unroofed,
and we hear painful rumors of persons perishing;
but of- course details are impossible at this late
honr.- The damage of this city alone cannot bo
less than $lOO,OOO, besides the destruction of all
the fruit and crops.
We cannot give, the extent of tho storm; but
from the time It lasted, it is judged to have ex
tended over considerable territory;
Accident on tlie JVewJerser RaHtoadi
(From the New York Poet of last night.]
A serious accident occurred between 12 and 1
o’clock yesterday morning to the mldnlghtPhUa
delphia train. The Hackensack bridgeis under
going.repaira, and all trains use one track in
crossing. At the time the Philadelphia train an
proached the awllcU was out of lilace. and a ato
nal of danger was exhibited.- The signal was
■changed bnt.the switch remained wrong The
engineer started his train, but fortunately had
not gatnedjznuch headway when the engine, ten
dor and baggage-car ran off the track., The engine
aud tender were thrown down asteep embank’
meat ana brokcix topleccsr Tho baggage car
ran off and was also damaged. The, other cars]
remained on the 'track. The passengers were
E. l. EETHERSTOH- FotMar.
much frightened, and sercmf were bruised Thw
engineer escaped with a ' few injuries. It wa»
jonndneeesB»7yto take the engine apart to get
itnp the embankment, and men arc now- at
yiOTK on It*
hiFw' 8 *>£oh running a t usual’ speed
the Joßsof life would have bcetr terrible- The
accident was the rcsplt of,carelessness, ' •
.. FACT*. AfeO FA*CUES.
7, 118 neTOr made {or deep,
work i l ?ff the finer sense
■
T„“K^S';3“TS,2Tai“ ie “““
Bnrely bm» flowers bwp ' hft ppy watch,-their
Ts their fond memory of the joying ligtst
roe tije how I -
“F “bUfs too brief* only tweee
woridi to Jhear theToice of lore,
touch, the breath>of tenderness,
AnfeUien to rest as from a spectacle.
Bt *U ,ieaa of the nighfc
™,y T ®througd all my happy houra ogaln
themquitensway .
Th^„-i e vS la ?u d ’Ehen inlonciStcss
The face that beat before me to the day
to ™ ow n%hVm°revivM mm>
■ ,T i»i ■-■ ■ George Er.ror.
-Half-bred horaeamako capital sandwiches.
—Secession has divided the Sorbets
inTlFa® t f l . o , Kortk*?' Monthly M rich Is oiUn- ;
.gnished. It Is merged into Putnam*a-.
l itTiF IF “ flh ?r°. t S’ T Ma P ara . he wHlbe more
likely to bill himself than to Injure the Falls.—
J£z; t • ?.'■ ~ i ; ,
S°o4rmany Connecticutcrs have burnt
Peat speculation. Just aa we.,
all did in that other peat—petroleum.
—General Meado is announced by an Atlanta
paper to have come Out,for Grant and’ Colfax.
“Come out” of what?
„ wasthe penalty which-a •
a?%“the a ofe«dS reC — d^ rtl7 “ S ‘° Bt ° P
»p«“”|.rxfcr gzgzz
troupca visited it during one week. >; ,•.■;
- \,~Z HaU-Hamllton has quarreled with Tickuor
A Fields, and.the Allantic_Monihhj will know "■
her no more. . • ••' • u ” .
JZ^f^ entei SP physicians'have succumbed to the- '
SsS^f d fe. tyPhUSf ° yCr ’ ln ,
Jho prown Prtocessof Kussla hhs been de-
Hart of a Prince, and his name is to bo Nicli
-v.r Ten . th - o ?, sal,a swallows; find lodgings-in a.
NewH^shi^ oB^;^ 8 at
hotrSjil of JEngland, sent a bust of
| her brother, made by herseli', to the Royal Aca-
I , dem y> and the royal artists say with a wink that
itis “a work of infinite talent.” ,
.^rZ h ?, Cl ?, tli ? ht, l itl K rod ,? nt PP ln this coun-
ifl nowto bo seen
mouth N house, No. 52 Daniel street, Ports-
good example of
what.passes for fine writing In that Stato when
IJi 8^! akß °f “ a pea-eyed freedman, whose name
I we dlsremembcr.”
? r0 P°tlt»nhpg.the autho-
I ?H eB J thedrcidatlonln Germdny of
“wspapere, printed in German, which
I t ? cir B t°ries without authority. Better
have an international copyright law.
I a triumphant appeal of an Irishman
Who was a lover of antiquity, who in arguing the
I °f architecture oyer the now, ssridh
Where will you find any modern building that
lasted so long as the ancient?” s
—There is a good deal of trathin the following
advertisement: “A gentleman of middle age!
wife a yearly Income of $3,000. wishes to fin? »
who who has a small capital; his jovial character
has been valued equal to $lO,OOO a year.” - - ~, <
, — A “an in Albany, who had a gossiping wife-
of “asa greatsemutf” that
bis wife went out of the house every day- forty
times to gossip with seme of her neighbors, aiS
that she remained out two hours every time t :
A Party of farmers in Greon Lake county;
Wisconsin, numbering about thirty, chose aicSa
last week and went on a gopher lunt, for a sup- '
per for the party.- The hunt lasted a week, and,-
l wo thousand two 'hnndred and twenty-one
gophers were slain. v
—A venerable sage oncesaid, “Foungmau. let
me give you a Piece of advice. Never mariy : a
rich wife: behold In me one who, married rich.
My wile had thirty-seven and ii half cents, while
I had but a quarter, and she has been twitting mo
ef tne oaa mce cents ever siAceJ* . :
—Salome, Prince Achillo Murat’s bride, has been
educated carefully and strictly, one point being
that she was compelled to rise at 5 o’clock, auu£
mer and winter, and mend her own stockings.
Humbug. -Why didn’t she mend them before
going to bed ? .
—Surgeons, lately advised Madeline Brohan,
tne actress, that she had a cancer on her breast,
and prepared to cut itont. One of them, how
ever, looked at the case , a little differently; and
altera short operation extracted a needle that
had,caused the difficulty. It was a necdle-s ex
citement
—The Mobile Tribune claims 'that it has done
more than any other paper in that vicinity to
‘•make radicalism odious.” It says that no de
clared radical can carry orfS'buainess in Mobile,
or associate with gentlemen, and proudly boasts
ihatlt has brought about this state of things.
—Here Ib' what Carlyle sayd of a great ihan
who talks little: “He that works and does some
poem, sot hetbat merely IsworfchyoF
Uje aame of poet. Cromwell, emblem 6r the
dumb English, Is in teres tingto me by the very
inadequacy of his speech, heroic insight, valor
and belief without words—how noble it Is in
comparison to tho adroitest flow of words with
out heroic insight.”-
—“I Was,a' sugar-planter once, but I didn’t
it.* said a Yankee hostler, toa
company of Maine capitalists whom he over
°n the hotel steps abdut going
South to buy up plantations ana'workihe them v
onalarge scale*- a You,a sugar-planterl” ex- .
ono Sf- capitalists with greatsnrprise.
‘When was that ? Tdl us oil about it." “’Twaa
when I buried my old sweet-heart.”
an actor who is comparatively unknown & th&e
benighted regions:—“Mr. Eairclough, the celo
brated.Amcrican tragedian, will shortly arrive,
with Mr. Quest, in thiß country, un his way to
St. Petersburg. : Bisperfo&uances in the United
States created such a sensation ’that a Russian. .
gentleman offered him a salary equal to Mario
and Griai’s united for fifty performances.” Sly
fellow, to keep this immonso sensation out of
our American newspapers. . ; . ,
—The story is told of a venerable theological
Prdfessor that, while once addressing a Sunday
. school, he happened to use the word “epitomo.”
Suspecting thathe might be using toh big a word
for, their comprehension, he thus translated it
into childish vernacular; “But perhapth,'chil-
you don’t know what epitome nieantb
Epitome, epitome; why, it is thynonomouth.
with thynopthith.” That wasa miracie of cloar
ness compared with the' explanation of Christ's
presence In the sacrament which Dr. Morgan Dlx
gives to confirmation classes in his Manuair He
tells these children that Christ's ‘fgiorifiedhuman
ity” becomes present in tho communion“sucra
locally, hyper-phyeically, and spiritually, in
on^toGodf’ Qn by the hurc!l r but Uwnw.