GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXII.—NO. 60. THE EVENING BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVEttT EVKHNO (Sundays excepted). ATTBE Nmr BDIXETIN BiniiDlNa, ,007 Cbenntil Street, PlilladelpUla, * , BY TDK EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. > nOPBISTOBA. GIBSON PEACOCK, CASPER SOUDEB, Jjl. The Bcttimi, li served to auhtcrlben is the city at 18 fiesta per week, payable to the camera, or 88 per annum. ...... AmebicaN Life Insurance Company, Of Philadelphia, S. E. Corner Fourth and Walnut Sts. &"This Institution has no superior in the United iStates. v- ■ ■ ■■' ■ , ■ myST-tft INVITATIONS FOB WEDDINGS. PASTIES. &C.. L executed in a auperlor manner, by DKEKA. 1U33 CHE3TN UTUITBEET. feaO-tfi B BACTCIXAMALACEPOINp v|1 TO 810th WHITE CRAPE MARETZ. , ’ , , EYRE A LaaDELL, Fourth and Arch ata. FOIi^EU^-tINCIC-Cnthe 18th St Clement** Church, by tlio Rev. Treadwell Walden* Thomaa G. Pol- to Susan M., daughter ©1 the late George Llnck. No HUEY.— OnThoroday morning, June 18th, •by the Kcv. Alexander Reed. D.D, Will N tfoland, of \Ve*t Philadelphia. to Jocephlne. d&nebter of Benjamin and Sarah Huey. of KalrviUe, Chester county, Pa. • vv'ULLI AMS—STED BINB. —In Christ Church. Pough keepsie, June 16, by Kev. George T. Rider. &L A-. Ida Xea h lla WiUiama; only daughter of the late General J.H 8. William*. formerly ot Buffalo. and «lnce of Son Fran cisco. to J Louis Stebblnt, of Springfield, Maaa. DIED. ULJB3.—Suddenly, June 17th .Theodore Allen, eldest ten of Theodore ana Mary C. BLUe, aged 13 yeara and 6 months. * . the evening of the 16th Inst, George M. 'Cdfttcj, iulbe-gsthye&raf hta’age.' . , .... The relative* ana friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, ho. 1616 Arch Sixth-day afternoon, the 19th lust., at tnree LEVERING.—Suddenly, on the 18th ln.t. Bailie Zell Lcverinc Duo notice wul be given of the ftmeraL f MAhBLK.—In New York, on Wednesday, Jane 17th, Delia If. Wcftt.itife of Slauton Marble. . -FEMTONANV On the 18th ln>t, mma Louisa, daugh ter of Wm. U. and Catharine B. Perpignan, aged 19, The relative* and friend* of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral at her father** realdeuce, 761 'Erie -Greet, on Saturday, at 2 o’clock P. 51., without •further notice. ' • •« SPECIAL NOTICES. OT Christian Work and Workers. Rev. JOHN HALL, D. D, of New York. ? . . Will Pre.rta a Sermon on CHRISTIAN WORK AND WORKERS, ■On THUHSDaY EVENING. 18th JniL, at8 o’clock, t the CENTRAL PEEBBYTBIUAN CHURCH, <;oroer ot Eittbth end Cherry htrcctc. Cbtffition. of ell denomination, ore Invited, lei* 2tru* PRNftßfc LVAMIA iiAILKUAD tArid PnnjLinnLFHiiu Mar 13th« 1888. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDEBB.--In pursuance of reso lution* adopted by the Board of Directors at a Stated Meeting held ihu day* notice 1# hereby given to the Stock holders of till* Company that they will have the privilege of subscribing, either directly or by subfufcation, under trach rales as may be prescribed therefor* for Twenty-five f?er Cent of additional Btock at Par.tn proportion to their respective interests as they stand registered on the books of ui» Company, May 20th. 1868. . Holden of less 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. addi tional Share. Subscriptions to the new Stock will be received on and after May ftth, 1868, and the privilege of subscribing .-will tease on the SOui. day of July, 1868. _ The instalments on account of the new Shares ebaH ho paid in cash* as follows:, Ut TweutySve Per Cent at the time of eahtcription, ■on or before the Bath day of July, 1868. Sd. Twentr-fire Per Cent, on or before tha lith day of lBBB. • 2d; Twenty-five Per Cent, on or before the 15th day of 4th! Twenty-five Per Cent, on or before the 15th day of Pec ember, 16tZ\ or if Stockholders should prefer.the whole amount-may bo paid up at once* or any remaining instal ments may be paid up in full at the time of the payment cf the second Oi tbirdingtalmivntjanfleaghinßtalTneptpald np *l**ll be entitled to a pro rata dividend that may be do tired on full .harea THOMAS T. FIRTH. myl4-tjy3o;rp Treasurer. CARD. osr omc] PA NY. Having recovered from the effects of the LATE FI BE. , u 4 wo are prepared to supply our customers and the trade generally with ’ ■ ALCOHOLS AND COLOGNE BWBITB of all description* at the LOWEST MARKET RATE 3. A continu&nco of former favors from our cus tomer* and the trade generally la moat respectfully solicited. JAMES F. SHERIDAN. Orescent Alcohol Works. Nos. 636 end 637 Bouth Front street, Philadelphia. jel?-2trp; Miff. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD «•» COMPANY. OFFICE NO. 237 SOUTH FOURTH ■STREET, Philadelphia, Met 27, 1863. NOTICE to tho holders of hoods of tho Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, due April 1, 1870: The Company offer to exchange any of these bonds of ■SI.OOO each at any time before the Ist day of October next, at par, for a new mortgage bond of equal amount, bearing 7] per cent interest clear of United States and State taxes, not surrendered on or before the Ist of Octo her next* will be paid at maturity, in accordance with their tenor. my29't octl S* BRADFORD, Treasurer, a£B» UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, FACULTY OF AKTS. • ' . The annual Examinations of the Junior* Sophomore ana 'Freshmen Classes* at the close of the College Year, will do held dally (except Satudays) from 10 till 2 o'clock, from Juno 6th.to June 23d. , Candidatesfor admission will be examined on Wednes •day. June 24th. at 10 o'clock. , The Commencement will he held at tho Academy of Muaio.onThun S day.JnnoSsUu ANcl3 0 „ je6-1615_ Secretary of the Faculty. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL IN AID ’■ OF Trinity M. E. 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Mooie, of South Rend, Indiana, who was for twelve years, as . pastor and friend, in the entire confidence of Mr. ‘ Colfax, and had access to the files of the paper published by Mr. Colfax for twenty years. He began this biography two or three years ago, so that it is not one of the hurried and ephemeral publications so common in election years. Mr. Moore is a gentleman of fino talent and culture, and there is no doubt but that his 1 biography of Mr. Colfax will be worthy of . Us distinguished subject. .. ' It will be published in a large duodecimo vol ume of five hundred pages, printed from large type, and on the finest and best of white paper; Mr, Moore is in receipt of a letter from Hon. AU'- Colta, expressing perfect confidence in the fidelity of the work. . A'portrait, engraved by the Hlmanß from a re cent photograph, accompanies' the booh, an India proof of which likeness hasbeen sent us by the courtesy of Messrs. Peterson. i- A .UOnAA’S EXPSBIESCES IN kl;roi*e. so. x.v.“ [CorrcjrosdfEcc of flio I'h!lndel,hla Evening Bulletin.! Pabis, June 2,1868. —The Palais do l'lndastrlo for the prccent week has become a Horticultural Exposition, bnt the exhibition of paintings began on the first of May will be resumed on theloth of Junc. The paintings and sculpture' of living artists only are admitted to this exhibition, and it Is the dream of every student of the fine arts to see his work displayed at the spring salons and receive the medal that France awards to every one who proves worthy, without regard to nation or sex. Two.thousond five hundred and eighty seven paintings, besides oyer 8,000 designs, litho graphs,engravings and pieces of.sculpture, appear this year, and our" American students have, been most generously treated, by the committee.; The contributlonsof Hazeltine, Cole, Bacon, Ramsay, Miss Stevenson' andf Miss Haldeman, the last three Philadelphians, attract universal attention and admiration. The pictures of Mr. Howard Hclmick, of Philadelphia,' ore ao mlnntely and elegantly finished that they deserve' special men tion, ns they receive the mo3f flattering praises from 'the admirers of the Flemish, and French schools. In design his pictnres have the ease, grace and truth to nature of ;the French, while in finish they are os careful' os most of the pro dnctlona of German artiste that in the galleries of Dresden rank as first of their school. All the paintings,are placed In equally good positions, the light being so disposed, os it enters through fivehundred and ninety-eight large win dows and is transmitted to the ground floor through rectangular skylights, that, each group’ is displayed under most favorable auspices. Over the doors of the salons are the letters correspond ing with the initials of the exhibitors, and by ihls.capltal arrangement one can walk straight to the galleries con taming the works ot friends without first wearying the eyes and feet in search of them through rows of miscellaneous and sometimes Indifferent paintings. Not more than two workß are accepted from one artist, and only those who have received five medals, including the first or gold medal, can enter them without inspection and approval of the committee or j nry chosen by the vote of all the artists. Those marked “Exempt" are Invariably excellent, no favoritism being possible under the regulations so fairly determined on. After four or five visits' to the gal leries and the greatest enjoyment in the company of a number of American and French artists, to whom I had the pleasure of being introduced, I accepted an invitation to visit the artists in their homes and see how our American students live in order to accomplish the great ends to which their ambition aspires. The day appointed was the beginning of a Spring fete, the place a village about nine miles from Paris, called Econen. As the cars were crowded with friends and relatives of the villagers and country people for miles around, I chose a first-class car, and amused mj self with copying off the following translation of a notice printed, on porcelain In French, German and English, over a small tri angnlar glass case, inserted in the partition be. tween the carriages, which contained a ring that was fastened to a rope or wire communicating with the bell on the engine.* “Signal Bei-i-” “Should any extraordinary case require the presence of the guard, passengers are requested to break the glass with their elbow, draw down the ring, and agitate their arms through the right hand window, according to the direction .of the train. Any passenger having called without reason able cause will be liable to prosecution,” Fortunately, there was no occasion to use my elbow for such a purpose, and I only speculated on, without the necessity of practically trying the efficacy Of “ agitating mg arms out of the window of a train running thirty miles an hour. The whole way, on both sides of the track,presented a series of groves, gardens and grain fields In the loveliest May dress, and peasants, in costumes of the brightest colors, resting In the most pictu resque attitudes, to gaze after the flying train completed one of those scenes that seem to be long only to picture galleries, to those who have never crossed tho ocean and visited the old world. Reaching the station of Villlers-le-Belle, I hur ried with the crowd to secure a place in the dili gence for Ecouen, and after the mashing of toes and “ Mesdames, Messieurs,” were over, we started at a break-neck rate through as beautiful a district of country as could be found anywhere in the world. The rich green 'foliage of wild chestnut trees, mingled wlth more deli cate tints of the drooplng-wlllows, old oaks, sturdy centurions that have witnessed the return of ns many seasons as there are dead kings and princes lying in the vaults of Saint Denis in the distance; the odor of sweet violets, tuberoses, mlgnoßette and lilles-of-the-valley, that grow wild on the roadside; the singing of birds;, the sweet voices of joyous children, in white dresses and gay ribbons, hasting to the fete; peasant boys In blue blouses and hob-nailed boots; young girls with caps frilled and Bklrts bordered with stripes of every hue, displaying bright colored stockings and foot encased in pretty laced boots—the hamlets overgrown with ivy, and at the entrance to every street of the village, at the top of every hill, and on both sides of each en trance to the woods where the/efe was celebrated, painted May-poles, with the French colors flying from them, in red, white and blue streamers, made up a scene that no pen could picture, and excited emotions that no tongue could describe. Reaching the diligence station, at Ecouen, the driver, on his high box in front of the stage, touched a spring, under his foot, the,door flew open, and os’we all scrambled out he blew a tremendous blast on a large horn that called out the shop-keepers and servants of gentlemen who had commissioned him to bring p arcels and boxes from Paris. Following a long double line of Bchool-boys, French gentlemen’s sons, in dress coats and beavers, like little men cut down, and a great wagon loaded with every utensil for household; and.farm use, so skillfully arranged as todisplay the wares most tempting to housekeepers and . farmers, without concealing the incredible: amount of things piled on one wagon, like a caravan shop, I reached the cottage occupied by Mr.Helmick. While hie.wife, baby and the nurse;; were preparing for the fete, he conducted me to the studios of artists already mentioned, as well: ns to those ot Mr. Schenek,from Holstoin, before; whoso "Autour de Tauge," at the Exposition, thej Princess Mathilda held the' Emperor prisoner, to; help her decide on purchasing, it. The picture: consists’of portraits of seven donkeys around a; trough of water, their faces only presented, the; water streaming from , their . mouths, and; PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1868, each visage bearing a mlxturo of tho grave and comical expression so characteristic of the don-' key tribe, that - one is affected very peculiarly on : ~ first looking at the picture, and struck, with the wonderful power of the artist in giving .seven; portraits of the same animal.so entirely distinct in characteristics and all so true to life. The artist has received all tho medals and nas in his studio pictnres that have been exhibited, marked “exempt,” as well as a great number of unfinished new ones.' The most beautiful are flocks of sheep in landscapes, taken from South ern France, with, skieS that are to bo found only neitr the Mediterranean, and peasants whose every : movement makes an wrUstle Finishing our inspection of tire studios with. a .visit to M. Frdrc, who has gained all the. medals awarded, first, second, and third, and is hors con court at the Exposition; admiring his Interior of churches, hamlets and rains; his landscapes and figures, that a versatile talent and great,in dustry-have produced, we were satisfied that each arffsts as himself, M; Schenck and other masters living in the tillage, were flt teachers'for the twenty or thirty American etadents of art who have clustered .around. them. In Mr. Hel mlck’s studio we found .unfinished pic tures, promising great merit f One is a subject well chosen arid treated in'a; moßt artistic man ner: ' “The Letter from America," read' by a young, hopeful peasant to a group of listeners who betray, csednllty, joy. gipve and anxious ex pectation, hope and sullen donht, according! to their experiences In a land where fortunes are never realised by the lower classes, and .by those who cannot fancy the emulation that rouses the ambition, . and the success that rewards tho efforts of their wandering children in the world of promise— , America! The two pictnres pn .exhibition are highly esteemed, but I could not help regretting that “The Letter from America” was not one of them. It is to be hoped Ihc purchaser,lf American, will place it in one of our Art Galleries, for the enjoyment of those who appreciate the talent that seeks improvement In old countries, bnt never Ignores the merits ,of the new rising conn try on the western side of the Atlantic. As this letter has reached more than the' nsnal length, I must close it, leaving the file for my next. E. D. W. ECEOFEM AFFAIRS LETTER FBOifl PABIS. [Uorreepondenee of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, ] Paris, Friday, June 5, 1868. I ought scarcely to mention, peshaps, the ' foolish report .to which pnbliclty was given by. that ultra imperialist organ, the Pays, of the arrest of two "suspicious” individuals at Rouen, Who were supposed to meditate an attempt on the life of the Emperor. There is not a word of truth in tho statement, and for once ' the affirmation o 1 the iloniteur to that effect may be relied on. The times are passed for the occurrence of snch incidents, and unless any one could be found, blood-thirsty enough to desire to assassinate Napoleon 111. for being a free-trader, there Is little now either in the acts or policy of that “good, easy man” to provoke any one to lift his hand against him. It is not ani mosity which the Emperor of the'French has now to apprehend on the part of his versatile subjects, so much as—an other feeling! Serious pleasure, and even serious business, Is almost over In Paris for the present season, and ihat at an unusually early,period.. All our grand salons are now closed;the Tuileries are as good as shnt up, and the Court on the verge of a flight either to St. Cloud or Fontainebleau,or both—one at a time,that is; for, as a British (or Irish) peer i, reported once to have said in the Upper House ‘ ‘even a Lord can’t be in two places at once—like a bird !” Prince Napoleon, too, is off on his sum mer rambles to Southern Germany; and, it - is said, afterward to the East. And so, also, Is the Princess Mathilde, who dismissed on Sunday last her motley court of literati and beaux esprits and withdrew to the shades of her summer Villa at St. Gratien. I don’t know whether M. Thier.- has abandoned the Budget as hopeless. But h has entirely abandoned his town residence, and gone off to St Germain for the rest of the session. M. Guizot, looking still hide and hearty and full of life, and talking less of his seventy-seven years, than M. Thiers does of his seventy, has retired to the snug retreat of his old age at Val Richer,after superintending and writing a preface to his daughter’s, Mine. Cornelia do Witt’s trans lation of Qneen Victoria’s Journal. Onr prosy Senate has snnk into a silence not likely to be again broken. The Corps Legislatif has just done a useful hit of work by reducing the rate 4 of telegraphic despatches to half a franc (ten cents) within the limits of the same department, and a franc within the limits of the Empire. What has not the world to thank Professor Morse for! A letter, signed George Harvey, addressed from London to onr American Continental Gazette in this city, and entitled “Honor to whom honor >s due,” .recalls, aptly— apropos to present dis putes on the' subject—how, as far back as 1820, Professor ■ Morse, in one of his voyages to England, in the cabin, after dinner, “demon strated his theory by exciting a piece of sealing wax by rubbing it on his coat-sleeve, and then, touching a knitting needle, Bhowed at once the principles of attraction and repulsion at the op posite end. “Here,” adds the writer truly, “yon have, in a few words, the origin of the great and useful application of electricity to telegraphy.” All that now remains for tho Corps Legis latif to do is to vote money.' The report on the Loan has been presented, and the Commission proposes to reduce it from four hundred and forty to four hundred and eleven millions; a proposal to which the government refuses to yield its assent The Chamber must, therefore, decide, and will probably do so by a compro mise. ..But neither the country nor the money market : seem to trouble themselves much about such a trifle as twenty or thirty millions, more or less. Do not the ■ coffers of tho Bank of France regorger at this very moment with a sum of one thousand two hundred millions of unem ployed capital! The opening of the Havre International (?) Maritime Exposition’on Monday last, the first of Jnne, seems to have been a, very doll affair, and promises badly for the success of the undertak ing. Accounts say that the Exhibition becomes more and more a. mere copy in miniature of tha 1 of Paris; but, of course,;immeasurably inferior, and proportionably less attractive. The public is; in fact; satiated just how with such things; and can very well afford to wait for the American Universal Exhibition of 1875! • The Monttevr of this morning announces that the difference with the Bey of Tunis is at an end, and that the French Consul has remounted hi 9 flog in that city. OmiTVHbLE COUNTRY; ' When describing, a short time ago, ths show of horses oi the Hippie Society at Paris, I men tioned the rage for, velocipedes which-bad taken possession of all ranks of the population. The teste, for these hobby-horses has gone on Increas ing to such a length that at last the .“Ad ministra tion". (which • looks after, everything), has, been obliged to forbid their appearance In the Bois dc Boulogne, or: at least In those ' parts of thc public promenades whichare moat crowded, and frequented, ; Tho velocipede question, ; indeed, has ■■ become quite serious, and has even led to an official communique addressed to a favorite journal.' Tho Fyjaro un dertook the defence of the velocipedltes, and pro tested against the. tyranny of their being forbid den bi figure amongst the other “eqnlpagbs” of the Faiisian (eag monde; and the“Admlnlstration” (whoever! tbatfnay be) actually condescended to .reply thnttho measure in question was adopted And the amateurs du velocipede prohibited from ap pearing, to. 7 drive, entirely out ■of consideration for . the . safety ; of the lat ter,-.- .and lest : they • should : be. ecrctsSs byeome; professional Jehu, jealous .of .this sub stitution of wood .and lron lor horseflesh. . Is there another government 'in. the world so “p&- ternal’.’ aa that of the Second Empire, whlchwill hot allow a citizen cvento “Use his hobby horse,” lest he should come togrleil BUt/exclUded from the perils, of the'Bols de Boulogne, tho amateurs du velocipede (as the government coils them) have betaken themselves to the safer and cooler re gions of ' the Park of 8t- Cloud; and there, on Sunday last, in ' tho. presence of a new description of ’‘sporting world,” “velo cipede” races actually ' took place. Instead of the pedigrees of the “horses,” their “dimem. slons” were given; the,“mounts” varying from 90 centimetres to one metre.. One race was for the swiftest; tbc other for the slowest; the latter being won by the rider who conld contrive to arrive last by moving; most slowly without los ing his balance and capsizing altogether. There were prizes of gold, silver and bronze medals and the Mayor of 8t Cloud presided! What a wonderful people these French are! And, is it to be wondered at that, in 1815, the Dnke of Wellington and old Blncher wore seen, when In Paris, riding side by side on cock-horses in a merry-go-round! ' The Abrogation of tire Concordat—Tbe Emperor of Aastrla Seeks and Ob tains the Forgiveness bf the Pope. [Rome (May SO) Correspondence of the Fall Mall Ga Mon signor Haynold, Archbishop of Koloiza, in Hungary, the friend and confidant of the Em peror of Austria, recently arrived hero with, an autograph letter from his Imperial Majesty to the Pope, and charged with a secret mission. Some tune ago the Emperor, through Count Crivelli E remised the Holy Father that he would with old his sanction from the new religious, laws passed by the Austrian Chambers, and his letter informs 'his Holiness that he has been obliged to give way on the question, as the public fcenng it excited left him no alterna tive but abdication. The object of the Archbishop of Koloiza was to reconcile the Pope to this de jection, and he has done his best in the matter, having had several interviews with the Holy Father, and pleaded his cause with great earnest ness. The eloquent prelate presented to His .Holiness-the evils which would result from the Emperor’s abdication, dwelling particularly on the regency involved by the minority of his son, pointing oat the uncontrolled power that would thns be vested in hostile hands 5 and entreated the Holy Father not only to remit, the Emperor’s promise, but to give him in this emergency the'benefit of that enlighten ment which he received from Heaven. ..The piety and submission of the descendant of Ru dolph'of Hapßbnrg quite overcome the Pope, and the Archbishop is now carrying to Vienna an autograph letter from His Holiness, expressing the deepest commiseration for the pitiable situa tion Of the Emperor, and stating that the Pope regards him as deprived of 'liberty, and not re sponsible for the acts he is obliged to do; conse quently, ho is not bonnd by them, and may be at peace with his conscience, provided he deter mines-to take advantage of the first opportunity to abrogate each of the decrees as ore contrary to the laws of God and the Chnrch. The Arch bishop was so elated with this success that he' announced it to the Emperor by telegraph before he left Rome. The llealtli of Gountßlsmorett. A Berlin despatch of 'June 5 says: “Xt is an nounced that the physician attending Count Bis marck considers him to.be suffering from great over-taxation of the nervous system. Absolute retirement and quiet is necesaary-for his restora tion to health. He has just recovered from an attack pf pleurisy, but will be compelled to ab stain altogether from’ participation in public affairs.” General Gram’s Departure—His Arri val In this City—Me Goes Immedi ately to Washington. f [From to-day’s New Y ork Tribunal % West Point, June 17.—At three o’clock this afternoon the private carriage of Gen. Pitcher, Superintendent, of Post, was ready to receive, General and Mrs. Grant and their daughter, who 7 appeared a few minutes afterward upon the bal cony of the hotel, and then descending the stair case they entered the'carriage and were whirled across the parade ground and down to the steam boat wharf.' Quietly'and without parade the General quitted West Point Let us pause and think how most any other man high in authority would have wished to moko his departure from this historic place, and upon so/great an occasion as the visiting of the officers of a naval fleet announced. Such an one’s leaving the Post would have been proclaimed mid thundering of cannon from the Battery and the Fleet Riding down through open ranks of soldiers at "present arms,” followed by his staff elegantly uniformed and mounted, with a troop oT orderlies and a* squadron of cavaliy at their heels. Tho banners in lines bending, as the Chief rode 0n... A special steamer laying in the stream would receive Mm on board |wfaile drums rolled and' cannon roar. Yet all this pomp General Grant avoided, and, like some private gentleman, rode quiotly to the steamboat landing in the open carriage of Ms friend,and awaited tho steamer from Albany with other passengers. The steamer Chauncey Vlbbard soon rounded a bend in the rivet and shot like an arrow for the wharf. The General took Ms wife’s hand and led her toward the gang-plank of the steamer, followed by General Pitcher with his daughter. There-was a hurried hand-shoklhg between the Generals as the plank was withdrawn, and the steamer started for Now York. > At the gathering ef the officers to-day to de liver the diplomas, Gen. Grant’donned his uni form for the first time since he arrived At the post. Hecamedowii upon the balcony. The stoop of the shoulder hod disappeared, and U. S. Grant looked. every inch-the General of the United States armies. On the way down the river, on board the Yibbard,; Gen. Grant, lighting a cigar, and taking a newspaper, sat down near the guards and enjoyed the panorama that seemed to’move before him. The string band on: board: played national' airs while ha sat reading and smoking. The newspaper bojywas selflhgbadgeß of the General and suddenly coming up to the smoker said “Grant badges 25 cents a: piece, good likeness only twenty-live cents.” Grant put his AISIBIA AND BLOKE'. GEBHANY. WEST FOIST. band Into Ms pocket and taking out a fifty cent note handed It to the boy, took tho badge and said “never mind the change,'.' and resumed , his . cigar. Tho boy looked up to say "thank you,” and recognized thc .Genefol, blushed and hastily retreatea amid the smiles of lookers ou. At dress parade to-night a huge assemblage of la dles and gentlemen gathered. •; After, the parade the gneets of the hotel take seats on the balcony and look out upon the river, ,or join in the promenade. There Is batons topic of conversation to-night, and that Is the grand ball on board the Macedonian and Savannah to morrow evening. . The Chauncey Vibbard, with General Grant on board, arrived at New York at a quarter before six. . < .. Evening,—A grand display, of pyrotechnics took place at 9 o'cloch this evening; witnessed by a large concourse of. people; among them were the midshipmen from, tne naval fleet and their officers.' Some of the pieces were very beautifal and Ingenious in their construction, one elegant one, with our army aad'navy In large raised let toffs, calling forth loud applause. ' After the fire works several of the officers (and midshipmen .proceeded' to Cozens’s Hotel to participate in a nop.attbolplace. , THE ABBIVAL IN NEW YORK, AND DEPARTURE FOR THE CAPITOL. ! • The Intelligence that General Grant would ar rive in. tho city loat evening, ‘had preceded l him only a few hours, and probably few . of our citi zens were expecting him. And certainly there was little flourish in the unpretending, plainly dressed gentleman, who stepped on shore at the foot of Dcsbrosses street, accompanied‘only by Ms wife and daughter, that few would at first have supposed him to be the greatest soldier of the world and the President to-be of the United States. The General passed on board tho Desbros- Beßßtreet feiry-boat, to take tho o’clock Wash ington' train, almost wholly Unrecognized' ex cept by thosowho hod ,been his fellow-passen gers from West Point. ■ After the , crowded ferry-boat hod quitted tho dock, however, the distinguished party were recognized by a few. Tho intelligence flew through the crowd, and, in a short time, the General, who was quietly puf fing his cigar in the open air,' glad enough, evi dently, to enjoy tho reireshing breeze in pleasant obscurity, was surrounded by hundreds, who ap peared to devour his greatness with eager eyes, lie was, however, determined on not being lion ized, and farther than good-naturedly returning salutations, devoted himself to conversation with his wife and daughter, and enjoying the river scene around Mm, like any other man of com mon sense who, at'times at least, prefers a few hours of quiet enjoyment to the heat and clamor of public, notice. It has been Bald that “Some men ore born great, some acMeve greatness, and some have great ness thrust upon them.” That Grant acMeved unparalleled ■ greatness as a soldier is unquestioned; but it only re quires a glance at the somewhat weary, bored expression wMch invests Ms strong,many coun tenance, to see that civil honors have been thrust upon him, and that he has made up Ms mind to bear them like a patriot. Bnt the public cannot long remain considerate when they have their idol in their mldßt, almost in their arms. As the end of the boat .swung into the dock, abnriy irishman whosat on one of tho,way chains, and who had been eyeing thb hero'with varying emoL tions, cried out at the top of his voice, "Three cheers for Ulayse3 8. Grant, the hayxo of the whole wnrruld!” The cheers were given spon taneously, and with a will, and - the General turned , lifted ghis hat, and. bowed his thanks, and then unconcernedly resumed his conversa tion with the lady at Ms side. But the news of his presence leaped the water-space between bridge and boat, passing swiftly through the depot and out into the city, and the cheers were heartily caught up by the hastily gathered crowds, through which tho distiugufshed party, not without some difficulty, made their way to Taylor’s Hotel, immediately across tho street from the depot, where they quickly found refuge in private apartments. It was now 0.15 o’clock,' —an hour and a quarter before the starting of the train, yet in a very brief space of time, pro bably before the weary travelers had finished the discussion of their subper. the hotel, bar-room and restaurant yjwere filled and beset with a motley /throng, eager to catch a glimpse of that soldier fade wMch a hundred desperate victories in behalf of free dom and the Union have taught us toYevere, arid which a BtaiMess private character, p. pure and patriotic life, have made us esteem and love. In the meantime, of course, political discussions were the order of the hour. To one who listened to these, it would be surprising to find how wide and universal is the esteem In /wMch Gen. Grant is held by all classes. Of course, tho majority of those present were of the Republican faith; but there were Democrats also in num bers, who were equally expressive of their admiration for the great soldier of the Union—the darling/Of the people. "Hore’s to Gen. Grant!" “Success to the Hero of Appo matox Court-House!’/ “Grant and tlio UMon !’- “Grant and Colfax, forever.” Such were the’ toasts that were vDcifefatcd over .the ringing counter of the bar( “Prapt,” “Grant,” “Grant” —this was the name that was heard from every knot of earnest Men, every deeply-engaged party of a dozen or More. Finally, about 7jY o'clock, Gen. Grant, Accompanied by his family, de scended and made an ineffectual attempt tp cross the street unobserved. It would net do. The- crowd surged into the street and ./around Mm. A hundred hands—each with a heart in it—were eagerly stretched forth to seize the hand whleji had victoriously wielded the .nation’s sworel. But the General was, sensibly enough, mainly intent to be on railroad time. “General,” exclaimed one l'nssy, inconsiderate fellow, push ing forward, “what do you think of the present political prospect?” “I don’t think of it at all at present," was the reply. “My principal object just now is to catch the train.” And passing de terminedly forward, he did so. But the shrill whistle of the engine, as the cars that bore him WasMngtonwa.ro slowly rumbled out of the de pot, was not sufficient to drown tho sturdy cheere that bade him God-speed on Ms way. THE GREAT GAINES LAWSUIT. Letter front Mrs. Gaines. [From tho New Orleana Bee, of the 151U.J The rumor having been circnlated that a new question had arisen in “the Gaines case,” wMch would be contested by the present occupants, namely, that tho said'occupants would be al lowed their improvements.lt is proper that these parties should understand the nature of the deci sions of the highest court in relation to this mat ter, in order to prevent farther unnecessary liti gation. . The question of allowing improvements was strongly argned ip the Supreme Court of the United States by Messrs. Brent and May, two of the ablest lawyers that have been engaged against me, and the reault.of the decision in this case al lowed no improvements whatever to the con testants, but, on the contrary, decreed, that ! should be placed in possession of mj property and rccclvo back rents and profits. The decree was sustained in' the Horirien case, delivered in 1861, and indorsed by the Supreme Court of the United States in April last, In its de cision against the city of; New. Orleans and other cases, that “tho question of law and fact applica ble to her rights were determined in the case of Gaines vs. Herinen.”: ’ . / " “OFFER OF.'COMPROMISE. ' ’ “To tho Occupants of my Estate.—After thlrly 'fivo years of litigation,-which has terminated fully, finally, tod in every particular, in my favor, by the decision of the Supreme Coart of the United States, rendered in April; 1868, I now again, as in former years, reiterate my desiro to compromise on liberal terms, and Invite all those who feel dis posed to take aa vintage of .this, rayTast offer, to; come forward tod enter into a final settlement. •The futility of any further opposition will ap» ■ •pear obvious. > • •; • Mvba Cr-AnR Gainks. ‘ “No. 13G Camp street, Juno is, 18?8.” ; ; IV L. EETHERS3M. PaMislax. PRICE THREE GKNTS. FACTS AMI FANCIES. - Cmeinnatl-furnlshed—tho-sllver medals for West Point this year. , . ' —Mrs. Bowora Is playing Hlstori’a character* In San Francisco. —The Worrell Sisters hare produced an English, version of the Grand Puchess. .. —Verdi did’ refuse the decoration of the Crown of Italy, as was reported. —Sweden has begun coining live and ten franc pieces In accordance with the proposed system of ' international coinage. ■ ..—The railroad conductor recently.scalped in Nebraska has nearly recovered. - His “baldness” forms a rectangle eight inches by fouri; ‘‘ ~ London publishing houee has arranged with Mr. Dickens to. give a farewell series of readings n London this 1011. • ‘ J - —Excursion parties go from Son Francisco ;o see the great, eruption in : tho Sandwich Islands. ■■ . ; —little girls with nice lonj of prowlers in the streets ol'f.ondon, dippedand sent home In sad plight. :• ;s. ■ - —A yonng Texan insisted Upon paying his taxev infold the other:day,-thereby losing some tea —A Chattanooga ploughman exploded a oort ndge with the point of' his plough, but escaped wltn'a nose-bleed and the loss or his moustaches —Mr. Arthur Matthlson,, an' English’ literary gentleman of some note who has redded in New York for several years, is to be prompter of the Parepa-Rosa troupe in California. ; , ;. —The wedding, dress of the daughter of the Queen of Spain was all lace "and pearls, aid she rode; to church In a tortoise shell coach. —Verdi'S complaint against the Italian'Home Minister is, that the latter'said nobody bttt Ros sini and Auber had written, any music since Meyerbeer- VK .;.. , —New 'Orleans is having its streets labeled on the corncr lamps. .The painter Isn’t up in ortho graphy. and have Liberty spelt “Llbertey —Weed’s paper says of Greeley: “When hp attends Divine service he falls fast asleep ami disturbs the congregation and the Sabbath by a ’ trombone performance onhis nasal organ.’’/ —Punch has made a great deal of tun byamagr inlng a machine for cutting hair. This hits actu ally been accomplished, so far as homes' and oxen ore concerned, by a French inventor. : —A London paper explains that/{he carious advertisements which appear insome of the Eng lish journals are written and paid forby a literary gentleman of means, simply for sport. . —The autopsy of Cardinal Andrea showed that the cause of nls death was tubercular phthisis and serious disease of the membrane enveloping the brain. ; . •/ . . ; , —A sunken ship, covered with mud-, was used for the foundation of a house In San Francisco. Now the filling has given way,the hull la moving off, and; the house W likely to bo found, in the next.lot some day. / —A retnrned Californian found the baby he hadleft at home/a miss of five summers.’ One day ho ofiendeu her and she irefully ex, claimed, “I wishyou had never married unto the family. / —A poor /Vermont widbw decorated a whole graveyard herself. The little cemetery is near Washington, and contains the remains of forty Union soldiers, including those of her own son. Assisted 7 only by her children, she wove forty wreaths of flowers, and laid one on each mound. —K new way to collect old debts has been found in Kentucky. The creditor had his debtor attested for possessing counterfeit money, and; when the officers made a search and discovered #2,000 in genuine greenbacks,he attached the loti /securing his amount. , ' —Two lawyers had a fight in the Louisville Police Court, on Saturday. The judge fined them, but remitted the fine. The bollTgereats shortly after engaged in a second combat. The judge fined them again, and again revoked his’ edict, but did not succeed in getting up a third round. ' —Mr. Worrell, the father of the beautiful and popular Worrell sisters, has bought a magnificent country scat on Long Island, where he proposes to retire at the expiration of the present season at the New York Theatre, together with his family. —Mrs. Eunice Warner, formerly of Great Bar* flngton, Mass., became a mother at 13 years, a grandmother at 27, a great-grandmother at 40, a great-great-grandmother at 56, n great-groat great-grandmothcr at 74 years, after which she lived several years. - . —Smith bought a gallon of gin to take home, and by way of -a label, wrote his name upon a card, which happened to be the seven of clubs, and tied it to the handle. A friend coming along and observing the jug, quietly remarked, “That? an' awful careless way to leave that liquor.” “Why?” Said Smith. “Because somebody might come along with the eight of clubs and take it.” —Professor Tyndall concludes his memoir of Faraday with the. sentence: “You might not credit m© were I to tell you how lightly I value ■the honor of being Faraday’s successor compared with tho honor of having been Faraday’s friend. His friendship was energy and inspiration; hia mantle is a burden almost too heavy to be borne." —ln tho course of a discussion in the British Parliament in 1865, a Mr. Bali presented ibl«. overwhelming argument against a free school system: “If a national system of education is adopted,the children of my tenants wifi bo sent to school; if the children of my tenants are sent to school, my turnips will not be weeded; if my turnipß are not weeded, I shall eat fat mutton no more.” —The story is told of Menschikoff,: the Russian General,' that on ono occasion when he was dis playing his regiment to the Emperor Nicholas, tho latter remarked some trifling deficiencies in the matter of tho dress of the, men, and, petulantly exclaimed, “I would rather . see your regiment not dressed at ail than dressed so.’’ Menachikofif quickly turned to his command :“Attention! uniforms off!” • To tho bewilderment of the Czar the men had in a moment stripped to tho skin, though it was freezing weather. Saluting his Em peror, Menschikoff said : , “Sire, my men are at your Majesty’", orders.” Nicholas did not get angry- ',.V, —A Now York paper conceives the following to ■be a specimen of the correspondence going home from our Chinese visitors: “Dear Whang-Tang: * * Jolly time—New York—big city—much dinner—no rat—bah!—no cat—bah!—plenty dog, but no cook ’em. Plenty women, too—no yCllow face—pink—bah!—big eyes—bah!—no slant. * ■* Waiah-Ing-ton—little city—big streets—no like him much—Mounto Vernon—nver—somebody's tomb—great man—born long time , ago—seven thousand years—great man—cut down tree— told a lie—whip somebody—died—old Burly told us all about him—wo much interested—4pen byes—say ‘yes’ every little while—great man— harikari.: ' Tek-Hoo.” —Napoleon and Josephine were dining alone, .when the Emperor informed her of his resolution to put her away. Josephine of course fainted—a female manoeuvre which alarmed his . Majesty; who immediately summoned assistance in tho shape of Chamberlain do Baussot. As the. Em press coulinuated inanimate,. Napoleon, wishing to avoid a scene in the palace, asked :M. de Bans- > set if he were strong enough to carry tho Empresa into her apartments by a back staircase. The Chamberlain replied in tho affirmative, and took the Empress in nis arms; the Emperor went first, 'descending backward and holding Joacphine’a feet.; When half way <jow» M. de Baussefs ■>, swordgotbotwepu his.legs&nd he clutched hia precions burden, tighter whilst recovering him self.. Great was his surprise when the Empress .whispered:, .“Take, care .sir; you are squeezing me too tight.” . . .. ; hair are the victims
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