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DISASTERS.
.Accident on tbo'Pennsylvania. Boil
road—Twenty Emigrants injured.
A very serious accident occurred yesterday, at
INewton Hamilton Station, on the Pennsylvania
trailroad, 165 miles east of Fittsbnrgh. When the
emigrant train west was nearing the station
named, four of the cars were thrown from the
Track, one of which rolled down an embankment,
mnd was demolished. Abont twenty of the occu
pants were more or less injured, but none seri
krasly. One woman had her wrist fractured, and
another hod her collar bone broken. Medical as
sistance was promptly rendered, and the injured
•were enabled to proceed without much delay.
!The cause of the accident is not known.
..At Altoona another train of cars
•was provided, on which the pas
sengers came to Pittsburgh, arriving last night
at 10.40. As soon as the train reached the depot,
Drs. Hamilton, Emmerling and Purviance gave
•the wounded each attention as they needed.
'.Their injuries consisted principally of braises
about their bodies and limbs, none of which are
serious. All save four of them were able to pro
■ceed on their jonmey westward this morning.
Since the above was written, we understand
That the accident was caused by the breaking of
an axle on one of the emigrant cars. The parties
•who were most seriously injured will all be able
To resume their journey westward this evening,
•with one exception. He will remain at the Union
3)epot under treatment —Pittsburgh Chronicle oj
the 20th.
THE OfMJBTS.
Quarter Sessions— Judge Brewster.—Seven-
Seen cases were taken up this morning and a
tnumber were disposed ol The dockot is very
Thll and it. will require several days to hear and
-■determine the merits ol tho numerous domestic
•quarrels.
BUKdPEAH AFFAIRS
LETTEB FHOJI VIENNA.
Tlie Troubles with llomr-Afinlr, In
Bohemia and Uunifnrr Prus.la
nod Austria —The French and the
Popo-Algerla.
[Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletio.]
Vienna, July 2d, 18G8.—'The quarrel between
Pope Pius IX. end Baron von Buest, onr prime
minister, begins already to become an old story,
and Is certainly not very profitable to the liberal
party and their Influence over the Austrian peo
ple. Tho fact of tho matter Is p'alnly this, that
civil marriage will become much more general
than It Is at present, and be pnt under the ex
clusive control of the civil authorities, If the
bishops In Austria continue to offer resistance
to the constitution and the laws of tbe country
in regard to civil marriage and kindred ques
tions.
The interview of M. Benat with the Czerhian
leaders of the Opposition at Prague has likewise
had a favorable termination, and has not been, as
was feared, prodnetive of serious differences be
tween the Austrian Government and the Greeks,
or between the members of the different Minis
tries themselves. f
The Hungarian Diet Is still in session, and dis
cusses at' present the military question; it ap
pears that 38,000 recruits are for the present pro
posed to be drafted for the Hungarian army.
The rumor hod been spread in Paris that the
Prussian Embassador in Rome had, endeavored to
heighten the excitement of the Papal Govern
ment against Austria about the marriage laws,
and to prevent a reconciliation between Rome
and Vienna. This rumor.however, is denounced
by the Prussian os well as the Italian press, as a
rnebn calumniation of Prussia. Both parties sav
that such a thing was impossible for a Prussian
Embassador, because an improvement is aimed at
by the new Austrian marriage and school laws,
such as has existed and been practiced in
Prussia this long time past
General Dumont,the commander of the French
army of occupation in the Papal States, Is appa
rwjtlv on very good terms with the clerical au
thorities there. He has lately had an opportu
nity to repeat the famous “never” of Minister
Kouher In regard to tnc worldly power of the
Pope. A festival was given by the Delegate of
Oivita Veecbia to the French officers, when GeD.
Dumont pronounced the following toast: “To
Pius IX The supreme priest, whom France and
the Emperor will never abandon. Long live the
Pope!’ The Delegate answered with a short
speech, in which he praised the services which
the French Emperor renders to the Holy See by
extending bis protection to Rome. He said that
the community generally was greatly benefited
hy such services at the same time, and ended
with a hurrah for the Emperor.
The latest news from Algeria, Is anything but
favorable, in spite ot the crop of cereals having
commenced already. Famine still prevail* in
many parts of the country, and the epidemic,
which invariably follows famine, claims Innu
merable victims among the natives. There have,
moreover, been many heavy rain showers, which
have caused inundations, and completely de
-troyed the harvest in manv places.
A WOMAN’S EXPERIENCES IN
EUROPE.
NO. XXIV
rbc Duke of Edinburgh’s Return
NolcmnitiOH at Westminster Abbey—
Appearance of tbe Royal Party—
I'oartb ol July Abroad.
,Corrcepondence ol the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
London, jHly 7th, 1868.
“ She loved me for the dangers I had passed .”
For Iwo whole weeks England has been with
trumpet-tongue proclaiming to Alfred, Duke of
Edinburgh, “That thou art well restored, my
lord, lam glad!” Church and State, peer and
commoner have united to “ show- their loves.”
Hia escape from the assassin's hand and safe
return to his mother, Queen Victoria, has been
the theme of orators, lawyers and ministers,
poets, actors and editors. Some two or three
weeks ago the Queen gave a breakfast at Buck
ingham Palace, at which the guests sat down to
table in tne gardens at four o'clock, P. M., and
rose at seven. That was a few days before his
Grace arrived, and it was announced that a grand
festival would be given in honor of his return, the
like of which London has not seen since the mar
riage of the Prince of Wales. Of course, every
one is anxious to know when and what it will
be, bnt so far no revelation haß been made.
Paul Pry was very much engaged on the morn
ing of the breakfast. He knew the number o f
respirations Patti mado in her songs, the height
to the inch of each of the Swiss minstrels, the
number of yards of tapestry laid on the walks fo r
the Queen to pass over, and that one gardener
whose turn for furnishing strawbeirles for the
royal feast was past, received, with some fow
others, eighty pounds sterling for extra
strawberries for the occasion. I am sorry
I am unable to state the number .of
‘•ou'bces ever-weight” of meat consumed.
The Sunday after the arrival of the Duke we
went to Westminster Abbey, innocent of any ex
traordinary service in store for ns.
To say the Abbey was crowded is telling the
bare truth. After a long but grand litany
chanted by the full chorus of boys and men, the
Archbißhop of Canterbury arose and repeated
the text, “I say unto thee, yonng man, arise;'
and he arose and was restored whole to his
mother, and she was a widow.” The effect of
this announcement that the royal family was pres
ent, and that the text so beautifully selected and
tonchi ugly repeated was actually addressed to the
restored child of the widowed Qneen, was boyond
description. The silence of the audience in thsCfc
grand Temple of the Past and Present, during
the address that had three events to. celebrate,
was intense. On that day, thirty years ago, Vic
toria had entered the Abbey and stood before the
altar, amid the nobles of the land, to receive the
crown she has worn with so much womanly
grace, dignity, and honor. The acclamations of
the people that greeted her as she came out of
the Abbey a youthful Qneen, had been echoed
and re-echoed through the corridors of time, and
on this day her sorrows are as much lamented as
her victories are applauded. The intervening
Providence that had saved the widowed Qneen a
terrible affliction in staying the hand of the as
sassin was the second subject for consideration.
There were many moistened eyelashes at the
close of these remarks, and only the sanctity of
"the place prevented lond demonstration of the
emotions of the people.
The return of the English army from the Abys
sinian expedition was the third and last part o f
the discourse.'' The Archbishop considered i*
a just and noble war, inasmuch as the honor or
England would have been compromised had she
refused to fight for the rescue from imprison
ment and death of her loyal subjects by a crnel
and arbitrary government.
We left the Abbey at this point and joined a
crowd of curious strangers who had stationed
themselves at the front failings of the royal-en
trance to see the procession of tho royal car
riages. A.ljne of footmen in gold lace stood at
the gates. Presently, two ushers In long black
silk robes, each carrying a silver sceptre, came
oat and stood on each, side the gate.
Then followed fonr ushers In white robes,
after, them the Prince of Wales, accompanied
by a.blshop in fall church paraphernalia,followed
by the Princess of Wales, in pink silk and lace
overdress, bonnet, parasol and mantel to match.
The Duke of Edinburgh, also accompanied by a
bishop, followed by the Princess Teck in a pcarj
colored dress, made like the pink of the Princess
of Wales. Prince Teck; the Viscountess Walden
and Beveral Counts and Marquises followed
each gentlemen accompanied by a bishop and
each lady alone. The crowd rnsbed from every
door of the Abbey, but while every head was un
covered among the gentlemen, and every lady
waved her handkerchief, not a shont arose to
break the silence or mar. the solemnity of the
Babbath eeremonial. For eelf command and dig
nified deportment, under arfch circumstances, the
English people do certainly deserve the palm.
The Contrast whs-neit only, observed but felt,
In tbe crush of people at the Crystal Palace, on
Saturday last, tbe fourth of July. I hod intended
to give an account of the festivities there in this
letter, bnt my remarks leading to it, as it was a
combined compliment to Americans In London
and tbe Duke of Edinburgh, leave me no space,
and I will only mention, as an instance of genu
ine kindly feeling, that on entering the breakfast
room of onr English boarding-honse on the
Fourth, onr eyes were gladdened with the sight
of the American flag, the Stars and Stripes,
bound with the Eoglish flag and streamers of red,
white and bine! If yon would like to know how
we felt, leave home for a year, and In the midst
of a foreign triumphal rejoicing, catch a glimpse,
of yonr own flag, one single banner in a host of
stranger flags. It stirs the heart to its very
depths. E. D. W.
Sir Morton I’elo’s Bankruptcy.
The London Telegraph of July 7 says:
“At the Bankruptcy Court yesterday Sir
Morton Peto and his ttvo partners; Messrs.
Betts and Crampton, passed their last ex
amination, and received orders of discharge.
It is impossible not to feel a hearty satisfac
tion that the case has thus terminated, and
that a gentleman who has occupied so prom
inent a place in the public eye as the late
member for Bristol has at length emerged
with credit from a trying ordeal. But for the
connection with the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway Company, the fate of the
eminent firm would have excited no more
special notice, than that of others who have
faced the enormous risks, as well as enjoyed
the splendid profits, attaching to that most
hazardous of all modem occupations—the
business of a contractor. The misfortunes
of the railway, ho wever, and the well-esta
blished personal repute of Sir Morton as a
politician and philanthropist, have made the
failure more than a nine days’ wonder, and
raised it beyond the level of ordinary mer
cantile disasters.
“Pew persons can have been surprised by
ithe proceedings of yesterday. The length
ened and searching examination to which, the
bankrupts were subjected at the hands of so
competent an inquisitor ias Mr. Linklater, al
though it revealed the existence of loose and
careless arrangements,and of a practice based
on most erroneous estimates as to results,
showed nothing which brought the individuals
maiDly concerned within the penal clauses of
the Bankruptcy Act It certainly appears
astounding that ehormous transactions could
have been undertaken with so little care to
define the two sides of the bargain as to per
mit a miscalculation to the extent of more
than six millions sterling; yet such appears to
have been the fact. Mr. Linklater yesterday
Btated that the assignees were satisfied, after a
careful investigation, that the bankrupts were
liable, not for the actual market price of cer
tain debentures, which they had issued, but
for the par or full nominal value. Of course
it cannot be supposed that the firm really
intended such an arrangement, but that con
fuseg financing, which was the rule in the
later days of their association with the rail
way, left the vital point undetermined.
“Meanwhile, from the worst consequences
of their suspension the bankrupts are now re
leased. Vast wealth they have forfaited, but
the burden of an onerous liability is cast off,
and they are free to begin the world anew.
They will not be alone in their satisfaction at
the release; ior when a gentleman, a member
of Parliament, a man who has commanded
the respect ot all classes, is relieved of the
load which has so long and so painfully hung
over his repute as well as his fortunes, society
itself sympathizes in the break of sunshine
and participates in the gain.” ;
POLITICAL.
Cary, of Ohio, on tbe Presidency.
Hon. 8. F. Cary, r who was elected from Cin
cinnati in opposition to the Republican candidate,
does not seem to be able to make up his mind to
go for Seymour. He has .written the . following
letter: ,
“ Hoese of Representatives. Washington,
D. C., July 11, 1868 T. J. White, Esq.: Dear
Sir— l have received yonr flattering' letter of tho
9th Inst., and hasten to reply. Whatever tho
workingmen ; may . think, and however they may
feel about the nominations in the National Con
ventions, or the influences which were brought to
bear by bondholders, bankers, gold-gamblers and
the moneyed aristocracy to secure the known re
sults, I suppose the situation must be accepted.
It seems to me that, in the present emergency,we
must make our fight in the Congressional
Districts, leaving each man to make his*
own choice in the - Presidential canvass. If
we can elect enough members of Congress who
are trae to the principles of the workingmen,
as announced in the platform at Chicago bv the
Labor Congress, In August, 1867, to hold the
balance of power, we may secure such legisla
tion as will relieve labor from unjust exactions.
There are two planks in the Democratic national
platform which must meet the approval of all
•our workingmen. I refer to the one in regard
to finance, and the one on the public lands. My
own positlen is easily defined. I am: committed
fßlly to the principles elaborately stated in the
platform of the Labor Congress, and pro
pose to fight it out on that line without
regard to the success- of any party, or
any Presidential candidate. Ido not propose to
make any entangling alliances, and will make no
pledges to any political party. My name is at
the disposal of the workingmen of my district,
andlbeg to assure, you-that if they can agreo
upon a name more acceptable than mine, it will
gratify me to unite with thetq jn electing tne man
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
of their choice to tho plsce I now have the honor
10 occupy/ In office or out of office, I shall not
cease to denounce tbe contrivances to rob labor
cfits Just rewards, and to -demand that the pro
ducers of all tho wealth shall have a fair share of
their earnings.
“ Yonr assurances that my course in Congress
meets, with the hearty endorsement of the great
majority of my .constituents afford megreat satis
faction.
“ Doubtless I have made mistakes, bnt in every
instance where I have been called upon to act, I
have done so with sole reference to what I be
lieved to be the pnblic good. ’
“ With great respect, &c. S. F. Cary.”
A Letter from' utneral Grant to tbe
/ mayor of l-rarenwortli.
[From the Leavenworth <Kan«a«) Bulletin, of July 16th,]
The following letter, received this morning by
Mayor Moreheod: from General Grant, explains
Itself. As we expected; the General refuses any
public demonstration, but will be happy to meet
his friends at tbe quarters of General Sheridan,
at the fori. General Grant will remain bnt one
day at the fort, and then leave for tho West. The
citizens of Leavenworth will, of course, be de
lighted to pay their respects to the “Great Cap
tain:”
St. Louis, Mo., July 14, 1868 Hon. C. R.
Morehead, Jr., Mayor of Leavenworth, Kama*. —
Dear Sir:—Yonr favor of the 11th Inst.,enclosing
resolution of. tbe Connell of Leavenworth City,
extending to me a pnblic reception and asking
when! shall be in your city* Is received. I expect
to leave this city for Leavenworth In the train ■
which starts in the afternoon to-morrow. I will
probably be In Leavenworth - one day, at the
quarter! of General Sheridan, when I will be
happy to meet all the citizens who may do me the
honor to call. Bnt allow me to decline a pnblic
reception. I fully'appreciate the compliment
conveyed In the resolution which yon forward,
.and thank the City Council and citizens for it;
bnt wbllo traveling for recreation and-to inspect
personallv a country with which I have so much
to do and have sever seen, I would much prefer
avoiding pnblic demonstrations.
Believing that you and the citizens of Leaven
worth, to whom I reiterate my thanks, will fully
appreciate this feeling and the motive which in
duces me to decline this proffered kindness, I
subscribe myself,very respectfully, yonr obedient
servant, U. S. Grant.
Washington, July, 1868.— 1 t haring been pro
posed to organize a Society of Singing Soldiers,
to be composed of men who have served honora
bly in tbe Union army during the late rebellion,
and who have lost a limb or been otherwise disa
bled, for the purpose of taking part in tho politi
cal meetings in tbe coming campaign, for Grant
and Colfax and Victory, we, the
heartily approve of the snggestion, andjiecom
mend that the plan be adopted by the National
Union Republican Committee : £
[Signed by the Republican Senators and-mem
bers of Congress generally. |
Rooms Republican National Committee,
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, July 20,1868.
—The foregoing plan for organizing Choirs and
Societies of Singing Soldiers la heartily approved
by the National Republican Committee, and re
commended for adoption in all onr principal
cities, commencing with New York. To pay the
expenses of organizing, drilling'pnd sending on
excursions snch choirs, spectareontrlbutions are
invited to be forwarded, to Horace Greeley,
Tribune office, New York. . .
’ Wm. E. Chandler, Scc’ry.
SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
Tbe Bucccss of tbe Revolution—Cap
ture of tbe Capital—Details of tbe
Assault.
[Corretpondence of tho New York Times ]
Caracas, Monday, July 6, 1868. — The revolu
tion has triumphed, and is in possession of this
capital.
The attack commenced on tho 22d ult., at 2
o’clock in the morning. The first fight occurred
in the neighboring small village of Chacao, from
where the Government troops were repelled after
bard fighting. Gen. Bruzual, in foil uniform, at
the head of fifty lancers, tried to Check the re
treat, but in vain. The Government troops then
retreated to their intrenchments in the city. The
Archbishop’B palace, the cathedral, all the
churches, the Government house, tho barracks of
San Carloß, and even private dwellings were for
tified., The revolutionists continued their ad
vance, and from street to street, from barricade
to barricade, the struggle was carried on for two
days, feats of valor being displayed on both
sides.
On the 24th the tower of the cathedral, which
formed one of the four cardinal points of defence,
being rather closely pressed by Gen. Jose G. No
nagas,proposed to remain neutral. Gen.Bruzual,
exasperated at this act, sent Geu. Lara to take
over the command, bnts the tower had already
surrendered. Gen. Norton, a Frenchman by
birth,who defended the palace of the Archbishop,
surrendered voluntarily. These two events left
one part of the town defenceless, and to this
uDjnstifiable condnet on the part of the Generals
is mainly ascribed the victory of the revolution.
All the other points surrendered or were captured
after hard fighting. Tho barracks of Ban Carlos,
the last stronghold of the Government, surren
dered on the 25th.
Thus ended the assault, which lasted from the
22d to tbe 25th, under the incessant firing of
musketry and cannon. The revolutionary forces
amounted to 4,000, and the Government troops
to 2,000 men. Number of killed 311, wounded,
704. Total; 1,016.
Gen. Bruzual managed to escaped at midnight,
with Gens. Ochoa, Aristegmcta and others to La
gaayra. There they spiked the cannon and ship
ped the whole garrison on board tho war steamer
Parureche, ana sailed for Puerto Cabello.
Gen. Joße Tadeo Monagas, Commander-in
Chief'of the revolutionary forces, made his entry
into this city amid the acclamations of tho popu
lation. ATe Deum has been sung, and the city
was illuminated for several nights. A medal has
been created with the inscription, “Llbertador
de Caracas,” and “Union y Libertad,” to be
distributed among the army. No persecutions
have taken place. Great moderation has been
displayed.
Among the dead are Gen. Meriano Parra, Col.
A. Cupru, Ramon Adrian, D. Carrillo, H. Madrlz
and Maclodo.
The new Government has boen recognized by
all tbe foreign Ministers. On the sth Instant the
entire body of the American Legation proceeded
to the Government House to felicitate the head
of the Executive, being the day of Independence
of this Republic. Mr. Prayn, in charge of tho
Legation, and Mr. Talmage, Special Commis
sioner of the United States, delivered speeches in
commemoration of the day.
The new ministry is composed of the following
members:
Guillermo Tell Villegas, Minister of Interior
and Justice presiding over the Connell of Minis
ters.
Marcos Santana, Finance.
Gen. Mateo Guerra Marcano, Foreign Affaire.
Gin. Domingo Monagas, War and Marine.
Director Nicanon Borges, Public Works.
Director Parga, Credito Publico.
These are men of the highest standing, and
seldom has this country been presided over by
better men. , Mr.' Marcos Santana is a person of
such high responsibility that, it is asserted, he
has been able through his infiuenoo to negotiate
a loan of $500,000 for the. new Government.
Gen. Joso Tadeo Monagastbas started With..
2,000 men for Puerto Cabello. At this city
(dates to 7th), Gen. Bruzual has established the
scat of the Government. He has appointed his
new Ministry,, and is fortifying himself. He has
the whole fleet in his favor—say the steamers
Puruneche. Maparori and Bolivar—and it is ru
mored be intends blockading Taguayra.. Gen.
BruauaHs adopting rather despotic measures'.
The merchants 'refuse- to advance him fund*,
Singing for tbS Million.
VENEZUELA.
and in tho absence of legal resources, ho
seizes everything that can be realized Arithln his
reach. As Puerto Cabello is a well fortified place,
Bruzaal, with bis 1,000 men, can support Belong
slrge. In fact Puerto Cabello is impregnable
without a fleet. . - \
The State of Zulla, I learn from Maracaibo, Ib\
quiet. President Sutherland has remained neu.
tral up- to tho present moment. .
IJETTEH FROM WASHINGTON.
Johnson on tho Rampage—He Deluges
tbe Senate with messages and Nomi
nations—Speculations as to Some of
tbe Prominent Candidates—Hender.
son Gets Bis Reward for Elis Im
peachment Vote—‘l be Appraisers’
Stores in Philadelphia—Persever
ance of Bon. Charles O’Neill—Jadge
Kelley Investigating Philadelphia
' Harry Yard Affairs. Ac.
:Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Washington, July 20th, 1868—Congress was
inundated to-day with Executive business—first,
tn tho veto of tho Electoral Cbllego‘ bill, which
was passed with “railroad speed” by overwhelm
fog majorities In' both Houses over the Presi
dent's objections, and Is, therefore, now a law of
the land. Poor Johnson! Ho Imagines
the most important personage In tho nation
On; Saturday we were deluged-with a -lot o
amendments, prepared by himself, antksnbmitted
to the “Constitution tinkers” -whom he so bit
terly denonneed two years ago, and to-day ho
stands out as the most obstinate and bungling
specimen of a “Constitution tinker” that the
country has ever seen. IStiNI ’ifSi
Then we were overwhelmed with important
nominations—Ministers to Austria, Spain, Bus/
sia and Mexico—all of which bear tho ear-marks
of being prepared by bimself alone. Wm. M.
Watts, Esq., of Philadelphia, selected for the
mission to Austria, is tho gentleman who built
tbe palatial residence on South Broad street, be
low tho Baltimore depot—a gentleman of large
means and refined tastes; but little seems to be
known about his political Opinions. His whole
history will bo closely scrutinized before he is
confirmed for the position lately filled by the
" brilliant and accompliabed historian, Motley.
For Commissioner of Patents, the President
nominated Judge Elisha Foote, of New York, the
faiher-in-law of Senator Henderson, whoso
wedding, a few weeks ago, was attended
by the President and a highly select and distin
guished company. This Is Henderson’s reward
lor Ills vote on the impeachment question. Foote
is one of the chief examiners in the Patent Office,
and Is a capable map for the place; but whether
the Senate will endorse this bargain-and-sale ar
rangement remains to be seen. For Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, Col. Edmond Coo
per was nominated. Cooper is a Tennessee Dem
ocrat, and the bosom friend of the President, hav
ing been a long time a member of the President’s
family, making the White House his home. He
wbb rejected for Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury, and hlB prospects of being confirmed now
are not very bright, unless the Senate
should decide to turn the whole - Internal
Revenue department completely into Johnson’s
hands, as he would direct all its operations in
case of Cooper’s confirmation.
For Commissioner of Pensions, C. C. Cox, of
Maryland, was nominated. Cox was Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, under Swann, Is a strong
Democrat, but his political friends are a little
suspicious of him, at least Swann’s friends were
nfraid for him to goto the Senate, as they alleged
that Cox would then succeed to the Governor
ship, and woqld sell out the State to the Repub
licans. These nominations will keep the Senate
busy for some days, and the idea of adjournment
before the week is out seems to be abandoned.
POSTPONEMENT OF THE TARIFF HILL.
This bill has been laid over till next session,
much to the disappointment of the Pennsylvania
members, tyho labored earnestly to get it up, but
were unsuccessful.' It should have been advo
cated earlier in the season.
APPROPRIATION FOR THE APPRAISERS’ STORES IN
PHILADELPHIA.
Through the perseverance of Hon. Charles
O’Neill, the appropriation of $75,000 to com
plete the work on the Appraisers’ stores on the
site of the old Pennsylvania Bank building, which
was struck ont bv the House in tho Deficiency
Appropriation bill, haß been restored, 825,000
being appropriated in the Deficiency bill and
850,000 in the Civil Appropriation bill, by the
Committees of Conference, entirely through Mr.
O’Nelll’B exertions. The appropriation will paßs
in this shape, without doubt.
ALLEGED “UtREGDLAHITIEs” IN THE NAVY YARD.
A sub-committee of the Naval Committee of the
House, consisting of Hons. Wm- D. Kelley, Ste
vens (N. H.), ana Ferry (Mich-), were In Phila
delphia last week examining into the manner in
which the operations of tho Department of Steam
Engineering at your Navy Yard have been con
ducted. The committee took a large mass ef
testimony, end will report the result of their in
vestigations in a few days. From all that has
transpired, it is understood that the investiga
tions will show that the affairs of this department
at the Navy Yard have been very loosely, if not
corruptly managed. Judge Kelley’s absence with
thiß committee will explain why he was not pre
sent last week when the tariff bill was called up.
The committee have returned to Washington,
and are now preparing their report.
PRAYERS FOR RAIN.
Prayers for rain were offered up in nearly all
our city churches yesterday. The weather to-day
was op'pressively hot and sultry. It clouded over
a little, but all Bigns of rain passed away,and the
heat is as intense as ever.
CRIME.
Suicide and Attempted Murder.
Thomas Merklein, of Mechanicsburg, was em
ployed in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops, at
Altoona, where he labored for a considerable
time. He there made the acquaintance of a
young lady named Seibert, to whom he became
devotedly attached, and finally the two were be
trothed, but, from some cause Miss 8. recently
saw proper to break the engagement Merklein
made repeated efforts, since, to obtain her con
sent to a union, but without avail. On Friday
evening last he quit:work as usual, but did not
return- next morning. -During the forenoon
(Saturday) he visited the residence of the
Seibert family, and obtained a private in
terview with Miss 8. " He again endeavored
to gain her .consent to -marry him. She re
fused, at the same time Btatlng her cause for so
doing, whereupon Merklein drew a pistol, and
pointing it to her heart, fired, at the same time
declaring that she should not become the wife of
any one. Immediately after firing he turned the
pistol towards his own head i and shot himself,
producing instant death. Fortunately, Miss Sei
bert was not fatally woanded, jthe ballet entering
her arm near tho shoulder.
The tragedy produced greatoxcitement among
thopeople of Altoona, where the parties were
well known. It is said that Merklein had been
intoxicated several days before he performed the
deed that stamped him a murderer and suicide.
—lt is related that Rev. Edward Wolfe, the wri
ter of the memorable and. popular lines on the
death of Sir John Moore, who fell at Corunna,
Spain, was a posthumous, child of his mother—
that is, he wag born after the Supposed death of
his mother and' her burial. The story runs, that
after she had lam some time .in the vault chosen
for burial place,-. Borne sacrilegious wretches,
knowing that-hersjewelryhad not been rembved
from her person, attempted to rob her in, her
grave. They .did so, bo violently .that'la ( tearing
the rings from her fingers, they caused the blood
to flow, which revived her, and she wns Bubse
“quently'rescued from 1 the jjrtvo.aAd/Aftorwaida
boro the author of the aforesaid lines.’ *
IV L. EETHERSTOK. PoMislier,
—Only 105 deaths In Boston last week.
—Mercadante is blind, bathe is dictating a new"
opera.
—Seventeen of the Paris theatres closed lately
on account of the hot weather.
\—Franoe’s natural army—The infantry at
Brest.
—'Eo what race do lawyers belong? Thefee-
Une. \
—Beattreerard Is welcomed back at New Orleans
from-New^Tork.
—Deaths ui Brooklyn last week, 412: of sun
stroke, 28. \ '
—Andrew Jonbson talks of going to Newport.
General Jeo Johnsura Is already there.
—The Chinese Embassy write their own alpksl
bet and of course bringvUielr own Ts.
—More “steam men” are to be built In New
ark, N. J.. . \
—A parrot appeared as a witness jin a London
police court, ana won a case writs owner. r
—Servia is golnjg to have anNumual Skupta
chlna—a case of Serna right :. \ ,
—Saxe, who wants to go':to Vienna, ought to
go to Saxony. ’ . \
—Hon. Wm. Bigler is lying seriously III: at his
residence in Clearfield. \
—About 350 families are spending the Bummer
at Newport, R. I. ,F\,
Semmes is for Seymour an&Blair. ---WHial6wv
la for Grant and Colfax; Natural,-underthe cir—.
cumstances. . : ■ \
—The Princess of Wales Is doing well. I The
Queenwent from Windsor to London to see her
and the baby.
—Virginia is very anxious for German immi
grants. They are wanted to plant corn and sup
plant negroes.
—A one-leg and one-arm cricket game was
played at Brlxton, England; the one-leggere win
ning after a hard tUBseL
—An American girl has had the honor of re
ceiving from the Paris police the compliment of
being the most expert thief they ever met, and of
going for threeyears to a French prison.
—Among the best and most popular opera
singers now in London are three Americans,
Patti, Kellogg and Vanzini—the latter Mrs. Van
Zandt, a daughter of Signor Blitz.
—The rates of telegrams between Paris and
London have been reduced. The price of a sim
ple message of twenty words Is now four francs;,
thirty works, six francs; forty weirds eight
francs.
—A Coroner’s jury was summoned at Bridge
port, Conn., to preside over a man supposed to
be dead. As they were proceedine with the busi
ness, the man “canto to,” and wanted to know
what the matter was. \ Verdict, dead—drunk.
■ —Three hundred and twenty yachts, ranging
from ten to six hundred tons each, are advertised
for sale in English journals; nearly all of them
the property of private gentlemen, with a few
here and there tried, and that were built for Con
federate blockade running.
—General Cluseret announces in his new Paris
paper that he will shortly begin a series of articles
on the literary ladles of New York. He will first
pay his respects to Mother Carey’s. chickens,
Mary L. Booth, Fanny Fern, &c. The articles
will be headed, “Les Chevaliercs du Bas-Blou."
—“Aunt Rogers," well known to the people of
Newburyport for forty years past, as 1 a traveling'
dealer in herbs and berries, etui piles her trade l
that city, at the age of ninety-five years. ' sm
collects her herbs and berries in Byfield, her
place of residence, six miles from the city, and
she’expects to keep on going a berrying till she
goes to her own.
—A queer fish was caught in a shad,seine at
Lower Horton, Nova Scotia, recently. It is thuß
described : “It had six feet of a tail, attached to
a junky body of eight feet in length. ItshSad
resembled a pig’s head with a small month, its
flesh was thick, and tho cavity inside very small.
There was one fin on its back a foot long, and
one on each side two feet long., It is supposed
to weigh about four hundred poundß.”
—ln Washington, a few days..ago,.. Judge
Fisher made a decree divorcing Corihda A.
Etheridge from the bonds of matrimony with
James Etheridge. The petitioner sots forth that
she was married to tho respondentbn the Bth of
March, 1862, at which time she believed that her
former husband, David S. Kellogg, hod been
killed in battle about a year previously, but she,
to her great surprise, bund subsequently that ha
was living.
—A writer in the C'ongregutionalist proposes a
remedy for sleeping in church. He says: “Take
a piece of horso-radish root of good size, and of
a finger’s length, to the sanctuary, and the
moment the sermon begins, put a piece in your
mouth about tho size of a common corn, bite and
moisten it faithfully with the saliva, and the eyes
Will not only be easily kept open, but a tearful
attention may also be promoted, to the exclusion
of drowsiness till the sermon ends."
—A Milan letter in the Liberte states that a con
flict haß just broken ont between M. Ricciardi,
Archbishop of that diocese, and the Holy See, on
account ora speech pronounced by (bat prelate
at the marriage of Prince Humbert. The Sacred
College had reprimanded him, and he had repu
diated the censure in declaring that he should al
ways know how to reconcile his patriotic feel
ings with his ecclesiastical duties. The Pope has
now summoned the Archbishop to Rome ad au
diendum verbum pontificis.
—At a Crystal Palaco fete in honor of the Dnka
pi Edinburgh’s arrival, a new song-was snng, Of
which tho following verse is a sample:
“When o’er the land a flash of pain
Shot through the electric wire
That England’s darling son was slain
High rose the people’s ire;
Now let him know the coward blow
Our fealty doth evince,
And blend oar prayers that God who spares
May save our sailor Prince.”
BUSQUEHANNA,
—ln one of the pistol galleries on the Paris
Boulevard, the favorite target is an egg on a
water fountain which with the jet rises and falls
capriciously as woman’s humor. The egg Is a
mere Bhell that it may be more docile to the fluc
tuations of the water. The owner of the shoot
ing gallery procures these egg shells front a
neighboring pastry-cook, at the price of four
francs the hundred. Tho cook makes his appren
tices thrust a needle-like tube through the shell
and sack the egg, emptying their months in a
basin os fast as they are filled. These eggs are
then used in making pastry and the shells are sold.
—The French Embassador at Florence ; spoke
the other, day to Victor Emanuel’s Minister of
Justice, informing him that Madame Rattaazi
was telling everybody that hor forthcoming vol
ume, “L’Xmpe'ratrice Blbl,” was intend"d to bur
lesque the Empress of the French, and asked if
the Italian Government would not take steps to
prevent the publication of the work.v The Min
ister replied he was unable to interfere. The
novel will probably create a great sensation. Th«
Emperor Napoleon is called in it the “Emperor
Todo,” for the Empress Eugenie used to call him
durine the first years of their wedded life,“Mon
Todo?’ (My all—todo, one of the Spafikfii words
ef which she then need a great many.) -
—Blanc is the proprietor of the Homberg gam
bling hell. Ho is worth Bomething like $12,000,-
000, It was Blanc who first introduced into hie
gambling hell the feature of female decoy-dncks.
Ladies generally.shrink from gambling there if
the seats atthe tables ore all occupied by the
lords of creation. The shrewd BlOnc, therefore,
employs' half : a dozen Parisian cocottes, with
faded charms, to Bit all day long at the tables,and
gamble with tho funds he furnishes them- They
are very richly dressed,and the croupiers address
tbem,with-“Dncheas”and “Countess,” an& the
like; but these wretched women have to doff
their finery at 11 o’clock at night, when theknr
saal is closed, and when they return in theivowa,
humble toilet to .the garret where they hvo-.
Their • expenses are paid by Blanc, who fpvcs, ■
them in addition five or sts a day- .
FACTS AHD FANCIES*