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THVITATIONB FOB WEDDINGS, PASTIES, fid.
1 e»e c a^n»ro|^ro^CT^y ßTH E ET fe2pjg
"majtitiEix.—— —
nKTFFITH—WAODILL.—Io Fayetteville. on the l l4th
'mlttv J to Hnak*. Mr. d. ». Griffith, of Phlla
ddpkufpt to Mira * Ellen F. WaddiU, of Fayetteville,
I, VOLLME I Inilananolfa Ind-on the Utb
Init-by toe Bev. A. tieaaonie, Frederick O. Vol mer, of
Philadelphia, to Mira V.rina D. Wick, daughter of the
taiellonTW W.Wick,of Indianapolis. •
ia'.VAIID—BEN N FT.—On the 18th of June, at Longwood,
St. Louie county, Mo- Llent Georgo Silver* Ward, L. S.
A . ol Philadelphia. , a. r iioph.w and namoaako of Dr.
ijcorao U. Sllvtra. dei tbt, of St Lo“U. to MLii Lon «
Gareacbe Benoct, daught* r of the fate Mr Bcnnet, and
niece of Mrs. Gen, Hancock
L>lEl>.
HAl.LOWELI—Drowned. JulylKb. to nrOTk]rn.N-
Y.. Tbomaa Swency. a u n of if. A- and G. J. uauoneu.
*”l/j.Vtln Kiel were interred at Laurel Hill (thia city), on
*NVr nVzkV.-.- On the 20th Inat., after a ahort Illnee*.
JotiuM. Htniav, In too S2d year of hia age- ~ ..
Hia relative* and Glenda •re 'eapocUiilly Invited to
**t/nd liLs funCraL from tho residence oi his father, No.
4211 Plrnry Place, West Philadelphia, on Friday
notm. mUi instant, at 2 o’clock. Interment at Laurel
—On tho morning of July 3l»fc UWB, Al'red,
s-ou of Salnuel and Danier-. H uston, in the sixth year of
h PfcARSON.-Onthc CM imt.D*vrl* Pear*on, aged 57
T Tho relatives and friend- are rcspe;tfulty. Invited to
Attend tbe funeral, from bis late realdeuce. York road,
al o%« Hieing Bun Village, on Friday morning. .4th inst,
at 10 o’clock Cnni*BtM will be in readiness at, o clock,
S» tb/JfSSs Of William H.
Arrlt titr«r«*L to COQVQf tbO friends td thß hOUSe.
nUAHPLESS.- On the flat ln»t- WiUiam fL, aon of D.
Offley and bather 11. ebarplM*, In tbe Wth year of his age.
'I he friends of tlio family are reepectfinly Invited to
attend hia funeral, from the retldence of hia parents. No.
del r outh Klg|toon flixth-day morning next, toe
Si WH Montiroinary county. Pa., on
the Si t inatant, Mary Moore, daughter of the late Moore
and friend* of the family are.invited to
attend her tuneral, Irom too residence of her brother, D.
C. Wb .rton. No. I<U3 Locust etrcct, on Friday morning.
31th Inat, at 10 o’clock.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
AT A MEETING OF TIIE COAL TRADfe
8®^ held tn tho office of Moss's. DVY.II UDDELL * CO..
July ISOS, tho following preamble and resolutions
Divine Ruler of .J. thing,.
tA remove DAVISFEOHBON. Een.. from this life, after a
brief Hland whereat, it t right and proper that
tbSa with whom he hoe been so long aeeocloted in the
perplexities and successes of business, and who have
inosrehim so intimately, shontd give some appropriate
exprcs'ion to their feelings on this mournful occasion;
That the Coal Trade of Schnylkill county Is
4eeplv indebted to the skill, industry and perseverance of
Davis PearsoD, as one of ft* early pioneer*, in the de
velopment of Its mineral wealth, as well as forJtsjformcr
prosperity and present magnitude, he having contributed
in'rovlewing hi. burin*., ca'ear. both a.
a miner and merchant we rejoice In the success that
•crowned his effirts, enabling him to acomflulate a large
fortune, and also in the benevolence with which he was
diatinguiehed, never refusing aid to tho deserving, but
seeking out the worthy poor and supplying the.r wants,
ivt lie at tho ssmo time the vaiiou. benevolent and ire
Ugious imUtnUonß, which looked to him for support,
found In him a chS'ful giver, and wo cannot forget Doth
his liberality and . fflciency in furnishing men and means
to sustain the Government during the rebellion.
JlMofmf. that asahnsbmd and father ho was kind
and indulgent, using all possinle means to promo a their
health and happiness. That a. a friend he was genial
and considerate, dyer ready to recipr.cate to tho last de
gree courtesies extended b> othere to him. and that in his
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at /Ssoirerf,^atft^opy°of 7 the foregoing
tin and Miners' Journal _ r ... _ nuw .
Jiceotved, That Messrs. Neill, McCreary and Blakiston
a>o a commltteo to bear the proceedings of this meeting to
ihe family. ALFRED DAY, President.
Wa.P. Bti:ezt, Secretary. It*
jy pAunr.E~RCIENTIFIC CODRSE
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.
The next term commences on THURSDAY, September
10. Candidates for admission may be examined the day
before 9), or on TUESDAY, July 28, the day
before the Annual Commencement.
For circulars, apply to President CATTELL, or to
* r circulars, B . YOUNGMAN,
Clerk of the Faculty.
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.—In pursuanceef reso
(Cations adopted hy the Board of Directors at a Stated
ajleetinit held this day, notice Is hereby given to the Stoch.
too Were of thlsCompany that they will have.thejrivUen
«f subscribing, either directly or by oabßtltntion, under
*auch rnlea as may bo prescribed therefor, for Twenty-five
4Per Cent of additional Stock at Par,ln proportioii to their
respective interests as they stand registered on the books
■pf thi Company, May aotfi. 1868. .. .
Holders ox less than four Shares will be entitled to sub.
ttcribe for a full share, and those holding more Shares
■chan a multiple of four Bh&rci will be entitled to an addl*
to the new Stock will berai slvedon and
pfter May 80th* 1868, and the privilege sabecribing
•will cease on the 80th day of July, 1868. _ . 1(
The instalments on account of the new Shares shall
gbe paid in cash* as follows:
Ist. Twenty-five Per Cent, at the time of subscription,
ton or before the 80th day of Jtdy; 1868.
ad* Twenty-five Per Cent, on or before the 15th day .of
® BdL I Twenty• five Per Cent, on or before the 15th day of
4th! Twenty-five Per Cent on or before the 15th day of
December, 18S*. or if Stockholders should prefer,the whole
•amount may be paid.up at once, or any remaining instal
-tments may be paid up m full at the time of the paymenl
the second o> third instalment, and eachinstalment paid
aiiall be entitled to a pro rata dividend that may be do*
«krea on full shares. THOMABT. FIRTH,
myl4-t]y3ojrp , Treasurer,
ptttt.adelphia and beading railroad
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The Company ofler to exchange dry of ibese bonds of
(31,000 each at any time before the Ist day of October next,
Cber nextiwUl be paid at maturity, in accordance with
tenor. mj2Bt octl B. BRADFORD. Treasurer.
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EUEOPEAH AFFAIRS
LETTER ntOITI PARIS.
AmcricnnH in Parla—Progress of Amo
rlcun ffteuM In Franco-BJUscellnne
oim (natters.
[ C'oirpepondcnce o( the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.)
P'aiiis, Friday, Jaly 10th, 1808.— With the
dj Idr echoes of the American Jete of the Fourth
of July, the social festivities of the Paris season
of 1868 may bo said to have finally sunk to rest.
The Americans were the first to begin, early in
November or even in October,add they have been
the last to end—in the dqg-days 1 One begins to
think and to ask, what would Paris be now with
out them? As I have more than once had occasion
to remark of late years, the transatlantic element
assumes year after year more and more im
portance in this central capital, and more influ
ence over the French mind in general. In the
imperial circle at Court, American beauty and
dress have won for themselves the foremost
place amongst all foreign competitors; while in
private society, Americans equally take the
lead in the ton and dash, and, it must be con
fessed, too, in the extravagance of fashionable
life. But these ore. though by no means to be de
spised, yet comparatively trifling causes of in
fluenee. It ~lp impossible not to .per
ceive how fast American ideas- are gaining
ground in France on much higher subjects. If
M. de Tocqucville were alive now, he would be
flattered to see how much progress “American
democracy” has made among his countrymen
since his great-work was published, and in spite
of the apparent success of imperialism.- But the
real fact is that democracy is taking root in
France, while the Empire is but a splendid pa
geant, which every one feels might, “like the
baseless fabric of a vision,” disappear at
any moment and “leave not a rack be
hind." It exists only by the favor of fortuitous
circumstances, and the preponderance of mate
rial force. But there is no national' faith in it;
the heart of the people is not in it, and not a
hand would be raised to fight for it voluntarily'
and for its own sake. But democratic ideas, in
the American sense, pervade every day more and
more the French mind, and the nation turns its
eyes naturally towards America as an example to
follow now, just as it thought it was following
American example in 1783 and in 1818. Let us only
hope that the effort to do so will be more
calm and moderate; and therefore more success
ful than it has proved in the former instances.
The French have hitherto thought that in order
• to be like America,” they had nothing to do but
to “set up a republic.” Alas! they never reflec
ted that a republican “form” is nothing withoata
republican “mind,” and so they found themselves
utterly unable to “work" the delicate machinery
oy which a really free people remains master of
its own destinies. But there are better symptoms
now visible, as I was going to remark, when
pandered somewhat from the immediate sub
ject with which I began this letter. Instead of
thinking merely how to pull down one govern
ment which they don't like, and set up another
for which they are not fit, the FrenCh seem to be
slowly and steadily imbuing themselves with
American “principles," as a necessary prepara
ion for American “practice”—a process which
they were formerly in the habit of reversing. Al l
through the present session of the Legislature,
the references to American example, as I have
so often had occasion to remark, have been
incessant. The new law on the Press
was constantly discussed with reference to what
was dono and thought on the subject in America,
and American authorities were as continually
i|Uoted. The same was the ease with respect to
the bill as to the right of public meeting; and in
the discussion of the new army bill, of the rail
ways, steam navigation and the finances, any
reference to American method or example was
always eagerly listened to by the Chamber. The
organization of American armies during the war
was a subject of great interest to a military na
tion like the French; but above all,the disbanding
of these armies has left a profound and
endurable impression. M. Laboulaye, in his
clever book of Paris en A merigue. was one of the
first to seize and avail himsell of the genera
tendency displayed by the French mind to test
and compare their own customs and institutions
by and with those of America; and the prodi
gious sale of the ‘witty publication, and the hun
dreds of editions it has gone through in this
country, would' be almost sufficient of itself to
prove the justice of the remarks I have made
upon the increased influence of transatlantic
ideas, so visible in the ranks of Parisian society
at the close of the season of 1868.
The Constitutionnel informs us that the adminis.
tration of telegraphic lines has decided to establish
a submarine cable between France and the United
States, and have granted the concession to Baron
Emile d’Erlanger, of Paris, and Mr. Julias Reuter,
of London, for twenty yeare. It is to be hoped
they may find another Cyrus Field to help them
is the undertaking.
The Correctional Tribunal of Paris has just sen
tenced the proprietor, of the Electeur, Mr. Pas
quet, and Mr. Ferry, the writer of the article en
titled “Grandes Manoeuvres Electorates ,” to a fine
of 5,G00 francs each, and the printer to one of 500
francs. The caution money exacted on starting
the journal is security for the payment of these
sums. This paper, as I before mentioned, is un
der the direction of M. Jules Favre.
Two Bourse speculators, an uncle and nephew,
came to blows a few days since at the Exchange,
and, hot satisfied with that striking proof of
natural affection, indulged their... feelings in a
duel with swords in the Bois de Boulogne. After
a few passes the nephew was slightly wounded in
the breast, which satisfied both the combatants,
and the affair was brought to nn end. Two offi
cers of the line were the seconds of the nephew,
and those of the uncle were his clerk apd a writer
.in the Charivari. It is not every one who, like
the Emperor, can congratulate himself on being
“the nephew of his uncle!”
The Chambers are still In session and will con
tinue to be so for some time to come, if the
months of Messrs les Deputes are not treated
like those of the canine race, which are all
muzzled at this season of the year. The time
lor long speeches has passed, said one of the
members, the other day, as he ascended the tri.
bune, and he went on for more than an hour.
Even Marshal Niel, the Minister of War, has
been indulging in much superfluous talk. In a
recent debate he drew a picture of the virtues of
' - tEe~Cßassepbt rifle, which“might almost have
' frightened his audience, whilst it %ust also have
convinced . them that su,ch “engines of
i 'missive ruin” will eventually be tho best of peace?.
| makers. When everybody is sure to Mil every
body nqbody will be willing to fight Even the
!-1 moat belligerent-monarchs-wlll not send their ar
mies to certaia destruction, although they might
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1868.
be as philosophical aa tbe late President Dupin
himself, when be said,' in answer to a reproach
of not having properly defended the prerogative
of the Legislative Assembly, “If I bad bad fonr
men and a corporal at my disposal, I would have
sent them all to be killed for me.”
The Emperor is still at Fontainblean, bntwill
soon go to Plombieres. He will not be regretted
by the good people of the former town,as ho pre
vents strangers from going there by shutting np
his beantlfal gardens.
WETTER FIIOJI TBIESTG.
Tbe Allocation and Us Effect in Aus
tria—JUumors from Italy—flic oari
daldls.
[Corropondenco of thn Philadelphia EvenlnK Bulletin.]
Tbikste, July 3,1868.—1 f you were to judge
by the papers, you might thluk that the Papal
Allocution, which bandies Austria so sharply, has
produced an immense impression, yet such is
really not the case either here or in any other
part of the Austrian empire. Something of the
kind had been expected as an answer to the con
fessional laws, bnt it was expected as on imme
diate rejoinder of blow for blow, while now after
a month's time,when the pnblic have almost for
gotten the subject, it is little more than a blow in
the air. If there was any calculation In this de
]aj7irwWaTalße~one:~
deed, like a thunderstroke from a clear sky, but
It came too late, and will scarcely frighten, much
less hurt any one now. The importance of
the struggle lay more in. the fight and
victory than in the profit" to be
derived from victory, for in order to gain it more
surely,an easy retreat was keft open to the adver
saries, and only so much was taken as was abso
lutely necessary. If this was done it was less in
the hope that such moderation would be appre
ciated in Rome, than out of regard for the sfcru
plcs of people at home. Nor is there mnch dan
ger of this moderation being forgotten now, for
although there are some who are crying out that
the best reply to the Allocution would be to
adopt the late Dr. Muhlficld’s short, paragraphic
raying, “that the Concordat has ceased to exist,”
they are not likely to find a ready echo. The
Reicherath of Austria has had its say, and so has
now the Papal See, and there the matter may
rest for Eome time to come.
Reports of secret enlistments in Italy having
t een lately spread—the natural inference being
that they were for Garibaldian purposes—the
Italian Government has caused searching inqui
ries to be made as to their foundation. The Min
ister of the Interior has had the matter thor
oughly investigated, and Is convinced that it is a
mere canard, propagated by a Paris paper which
pretends to semi-official sources of information,
bnt in Teality is entitled to very little credit. It
seems that offers were mode to enlist men for
eome South American service, but that few, If
any, enrollments were made.
a few weeks ago a report' was spread that
Prussia was going to raise a foreign legion in
preparation for a war with France, and the Prus
sian. Legation in Florence were so pestered with
applications from pugnacious Italians ambitious
to mount the black and white cockade that for a
moment there was an idea at the Italian capital
of giving pnblic notice that Prussia would fight
for herself and needed no foreign volunteers; bat
i ids was not done, because it might have given
;he thing too much importance. As for a
Garibaldian enterprise there is every reason to
oeiieve that nothing of the kind iB in con
templation. According to the latest accounts
Garibaldi was suffering mnch from rheumatism
and obliged- to U6e crutches. Menotti Garibaldi
is going to be married; his matrimonial expedi
tion to Milan, like his father’s peace pilgrimage
to Geneva, might merely be a cover for plottings
and warlike designs, but there are no grounds
for thinking that snth is the case. You may de
pend that the Government of Italy is on the alert,
and that neither an Aspromonte nor a Mentana
is likely to occur while it remains in office.
The Pope Visits His Army.
A letter from Rome, of fuly 3d, says:
“Yesterday the Pope paid a visit to his army
on the plateau of Monte Cave, arriving at Rocca
di Papa In a carriage at eight o’clock in the morn
ing. As his Holiness entered the camp, rain be
gan to fall, and was driven on by furious gusts of
wind, which rose to a storm when the Holy Fa
iher reached the temporary chapel, erected at
great cost, in the midst of the camp. In this
labric the troops assembled to hear the Pope say
mass, which he accomplished nnder great difficul
ties; for at that elevation the air was extremely
cold,obliging him to wear his camauro, or red vel
vet cap, and, ae the rain pierced the thin roof of
ihe chapel, a red umbrella was hell} over
his head. The white linen for the altar was
retained in in its place by the weight of bullets,
and the Host was placed nnder a glass clock
tbade, to prevent its being carried away by the
tempest. In spite of these discomforts, the Holy
Father went through all the service of the mass
with his usual deliberation. The troops then
gathered in the middle of the camp, where the
Pope mounted a scaffold, and, regardless of
wind and rain, bestowed upon them his solemn
benediction. General Kanzler wished him to
wait for the troops to march past, but his Holiness
was too fatigued, and hastened away, Intending
to accomplish the descent lrom the mountain in
a litter. This operation, however, proved even
more fruitful of discomfort than the celebration of
mass in the camp chapel, and the cover of the
Utter so cramped the knees of the Holy Father
i that he insisted on alighting. But he found it
equally painful to walk, as the ground was sod
den with rain, and the mad ankle-deep; and he
•oald only proceed by catching at the rides of
the soldiers who Uned the way. Finally, the
jaded Pontiff reached his carriage, and was con
veyed to Grottoferrata. This journey, which has
been a true martyrdom for the old man, and has
already produced a bad effect on his health, is
said to have cost, in all its accompaniments,
00,000 francs. Fortunately the Italian govern
ment has just paid into the Pontldcal exchequer
3,000,000 francs, and promises another instal
ment of itß debt next week."
Eongfellow In England.
When Mr. Longfellow attended a public school
festival on a recent occasion lie retired at a cer
tain point of the proceedings at which it ap
peared likely that he would be called upon to make
a speech. Mr. Lowe upon this remarked that
Mr. Longfellow was the' only American he had
ever known who ran away to avoid speaking in
public. The criticism had, of course, a basis of
truth, but it was not entirely just, although it
would probably be confirmed by the popular
notion of the American character. Mr. Longfel
low has at any rate successfully avoided speech
making until last night, when Mr. Gladstone
drew mm out. A complimentary dinner which
was originally understood to be of a strictly
private character so rapidly increased in dimen
sions that it ulhmately __assumed the
■ appearance of-—a—public-^—ceremony;
and only the positive interdict of the
poet prevented speeches being made which mteht
have satisfied the tendencies of Mr. Lowe’s ideal
American, but which would have been
distasteful to the New England guests. In the
delightful gardens of Holland. House, or at the
friendly tables of his admirers,' Mr. Longfellow
“lraa had'the opportunity ofmeoting distinguished
Englishmen without paying the penalty of "say-
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
icg a few words lo the company.” If he did not
escape last night quite so easily, he will remem
ber that it was a countryman of his own who
gave the dinner, and Mr. Gladstone only obeyed
» general call when be proposed Mr. Longfellow’s
health. Under all the circumstances he may
congratulate himself to-day that hlB modesty was
not subjected to a more violent trlaL A train
bad been laid which might have astonished him
if he had not made a point of soliciting that the
private character of the dinner might bepreserved
to the end. —Pall Mall Gazette.
Yesterday evening a dinner was given to Pro
fessor, Longfellow by Mr. Bierstadt, a distin
guished American artist, at the Langnam Hotel,
Portland place. Tho occasion was of a tho
roughly international character, and the attend-,
once comprised some of the most distinguished'
men on both sides of the Atlantic. The enter
tainment itself was a brilliant one, and nothing
was wanting to render it a fitting homage to the
poet whose worts have become honsehola words
Id England as well as in Amerlsa.
The list of those present Included the Duke of
Argyll, Admiral Farragut, Lord Airlie, Lord
Houghton, Lord Eliot, the Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone, M. P., Lieutenant-General Sir Hope
Grant, Sir William Knoilys, Sir Henry Bulwer,
Sir Robert Collier, Sir Henry Thompson, Sir
James Anderson, the Hon. George Waldegrave
Leslie, Mr. Benjamin Moran. (American Charge
d’Affaires), Connt Mallei,, (Italian Chargd
■aOTHf^TfeTHaff.^
Mr. Lalng, M. P., Mr. Cyrus W. Field, Mr. Win
ihrop, Mr. Watkin, Mr. Coleridge, Q. C., M. P.,
the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, M. P., Mr. T. B.
Potter, M. P., Captain W. C. Harris, Mr. T. M.
Wegnelin, M. P., Mr. Milner Gibson, M. P., Mr.
B. Foster, Mr. E. M. Ward, R. A., Mr. 8. C. Hall,
Mr. Thoms Hughes* M. P., Mr. Charles Mackay,
Mr. S. A. Hart, Mr. E.W.Oook, R. A., Mr. Jacob
Bright, M. P., Mr. Bass, M. P., Mr. Hibbert, M.
P., Sir Edward Landseer,R.A. , Mr. Robert Brown
ing, Bir John Simeon, the Rev. Dr. Lomrfellow
(brother of the poet), Mr. T. Appleton, Mr. W.
Appleton, Mr. John Bell, Mr. Mogier, Mr. Borth
wlek ,M r. H oward Paul, Mr. A. H. Novell!. Comman
der R. B. Lowry, Mr. Otway, M. P., Mr. Morse
(American Consul In London),Mr.Parke Godwin,
Rev. Dr. Rogers, Rev. Dr. Farrar, Mr. J. W.
Pease, M. P., Colonel Finley Anderson, Mr. Geo.
Melly, M. P., Mr. Shaw Lefevre, M. P., Mr. C. J.
Monk, M. P., Colonel Sannderson, M. P., Mr. J.
Platt, M. P., etc., etc.
After the dinner, which was intended to be of
a private nature, there were loud calls for Mr.
Gladstone, and the right honorable gentleman
ultimately responded to the urgent demonstra
tions of the assembly.
Mr. Gladstone said he felt bound to say some
thing in consequence of the glorious past which
the two countries—England and tlio United
States—possessed in common. It became them to
break through even the restrictions which the
authority of their respected host had imposed
upon them, and to give vent to those enthusias
tic feelings which one and all entertained on that
interesting occasion. It waß impossible
to sit at the social board with a
man of Mr. Longfellow’s world-wide
fame without offering him some tribute of
aomiration. Let them, therefore, simply but
cordially assnre him that they were conscious of
the great honor which they did themselves in re
ceiving this great poet amongst them. There
was no class of persons less able to do justice to
an event of that kind than those whose career
destined them to tread the toilsome and dusty
road of polities, and who were, therefore, too
little sensible of the influences which were
brought to bear upon mankind in general by the
priest of the muses. Bat at the same time they
were not so wholly dead to the sentiments
which were naturally awakened on an oc
casion of that kind as not to be glad to ren
der the tribnte of hearty admiration to one
whom they must regard not only as a poet, but
os an American citizen. [Cheers.] They re
joiced to recognize in Mr. Longfellow one of the
distinguished brotherhood of letters, whom they
so delighted to honor, and in whose writings
they felt an especial interest, whenever any inter
national event occurred to bring together repre
sentatives of the literature of England and the
United. States. The right honorable gentleman
concluded by calling upon the company to drink
most heartily and cordially, to the health, happi
ness and fame of Professor Longfellow, [Loud
and long-continued cheering. ]
Mr. Longfellow acknowledged the compliment
with great brevity, begging the company to ac
cept his hearty thanks for the generous welcome
which had been accorded to him.
The Duke of Argyll, in response to a general
call, proposed the neolth of Admiral Farragut, of
the United States Navy, and Sir Hope Grant, of
the British army.
After a brief acknowledgment from those gen
tlemen.
The Rev. Mr. Cox proposed the health of Mr.
Bieratadt, who, in one or two words, acknow
ledged the compliment, and the company then
dispersed.
In the course of the evening Mr. J. L. Hatton
and Mr. Chaplin Henry supplied an appropriate
musical entertainment, and the latter gentleman
sang Mr. LongfeUow’s “ Village Blacksmith.”
Mrs. Bierstadt and several other ladles entered
the room before the close of the proceedings, and
the former received the congratulations of many
of the guests.
A likeness of the distinguished poet was at
tached to the bill of fare placed before the com
pany ; and a small oil picture, painted by Mr.
Bierstadt, was attached to the menu especiaUy
prepared for Mr. Longfellow himself, the subject
of it being the “Departure of Hiawatha,” as de
scribed in the concluding Unesof the paem.
In London, on the 9th inst., the original auto
graph MSS. of many of Sir Walter Scott's novels
and poems were disposed of by Messrs. Christie,
Manson & Woods, by order of the trustees of the
late Mr. Robert Cadell, of Edinburgh. The fol
lowing were the prices realized by the various
works, all being the original autographs: Quen
tin Durward, MS., rnssia extra, unent, £26 first
offer, keenly contested, £142; The Abbot, the ori
ginal MS., 4to, russla extra, uncut (pp. 31-53 in
vol. i., and 29-31 in vol. ii. deficient), £5O; Chron
icles of the Canongate first and second series,
4to, russia extra, uncut, £5l; Woodstock, 4to,
ru6sia, uncut, £120; The Betrothed and The Talis
man, bound in one vol, 410, rnssia extra, uncut,
£147; St. Ronan’s Well, £119; The Vision
of Don Roderick, Field, of Waterloo, and
other pieces, 4to (stanzas 19 to 54, in
Don Roderick deficient), £57; Life of Napoleon
Bonaparte, 9 vols. «vo, the proof sheets, With
MS. notes by Mr. James Ballantyne, and 57 au
tograph letters between Scott and Ballantyne,
169; Woodstock, 3 vols. in 2, 8 vo, the prpof
sheets of the first edition,-with numerous MS.
notes by Mr. James Ballantyne, and very ex
tensive corrections and additions in the autograph
of the author, rnssia extra, uncut—inserted are
14 autograph letters written to Ballantyne during
the progress of the work, £59; The Tales of the
Crusaders, The Betrothed, and The Talisman. 4
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tion, with MS. noteß, by James Ballantyne, and
numerons corrections and additions in the
autograph of the Author, russia extra, un
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and Quentin Durward, 6 vols. in 3, Bvo. tho
proof sheets of the first edition, with MS. notes
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iather, being Storiea from the History of Scot
Bleratadt’a Dinner to Longfellow*
[From tho London Dally Nows of July 10.1
Sole ol Walter Scott mannscrlipts.
land. C vols. 12mo, interleaved with numerous
corrections and additions by the author, half
rnssia, uncut. Edinburgh, 1838, £lOO. The wholo
produced £1,073.
POLdtTICAI*. -
THE OEftHANS ON Oil ANT AND COE-
1 lie German Grant and Colfax Cam*
pnlgn club to tbe German Ameri
cana of me city and State of Now
York.
Fellow Citizens: After an eight years’ struggle
at the ballot box, in Congress and on the battle
field, the following question presses itself upon
yonr attention: Shall peace be secured to the Re
puhlic, according to the words of General Grant,
by,wisely husbanding the results which events
have produced ? Shall the daily life of the citi
zen and the pursuits of bnsiness take up again
their undisturbed course ? Shall the honor and
credit of the Union be preserved? Or,on the other
band, and in accordance with the programme of
the Democratic party, as laid down by their can
didate for the Vice Presidency, shall a new civil
war be kindled, in order that all things now ex
isting and anspiclously regulating themselves
may be plunged into interminable chaos, to the
end that the defeated enemies of the Union, and
their allies, the crafty demagogues of the Demo
cratic party, may again have an opportunity to
doniineer over and plunder the conntiy ? Shall
- thefaith-pledged " bythe rfegUbttc'W'nrcreiliiOTa'
be broken, ana thus the finances and business of
tbe conntiy be cngnlpbedin ruin and desolation?
This Is the alternative to which in the last
analysis everything that is said or done
in the present strife of opinions
and purposes reduces itself. Strip
the kernel of tho coverings in which sophistry
has disguised it, and you will find tho naked
question to be simply: Shall peace and prosperity
•ome to tbe Republic from tbe election of No
vember next, or reaction and a new civil war ?
Can there be any doubt for a moment as to what
every citizen who seeks the welfare of the country
should do ? Whatever differences of opinion
there may be upon matters of detail, no nonest
or tbonghtfnl citizen can desire the complete
overthrow of the present state of things,
In other words, a second rebellion. The Grant
and Colfax Campaign Club of the City
and County of New York, animated by
the views above expressed and full of confi
dence, turns to all the German-Amerlcanß of
the State with the summons: “Look and exam
ine for yourselves, and decide for the good of
tbe Republic!” To tbe German Republicans it
proclaims: “Organize! make ready for tho im
pending struggle!” The Club has set itself the
laßk of bringing about, so far as possible, the ef
fective union oi the German Republican party of
the State, and of contributing from its own
means to promote activity where there Is a lack
of local means. To this end, the Club has
resolved that Dr. Friedrlck Behiitz, the President
of its Executive Committee, and whose name is
on tho electoral ticket put in nomina
tion by tbe Republican Convention at
Syracuse, should make a tour through tho
State, with the view to bring .the Grant and Col
fax Campaign Clnb of the city and coufity of
New York into close connection with the German
Republicans of all the cities and localities of the
State. German Republicans 1 Rally to oar sup
port ! Organize! Form with us a well disciplined
phalanx, m order that the name of the liberal
minded Germans in the coming conflict may
shine forth os glorious, both in tne new and the
old fatherland, as it did in tho first battle for
freedom nnder Fremont. For the success of the
State ticket headed by the name of the worthy,
liberal John A. Griswold, every good Repub
lican will work with cheerfulness and zeal. We
have to care for the welfare of tho State as well
us that of the Union. Let ns, therefore, Repub
lican fellow-citizens, unite ourselves in a close
bond of anion. Let as then fling the weight of
the liberal-minded German element into theßcales
of the election so decisively as to turn them, and
a double triumph crowned with blessings will be
the reward ol our exertions.
Dr. A. Jacobi, President; Friedrlck Schiitz,
President Executive Committee; General Kry
zanowski, First Vice President: H. Merz, Second
Vice President; G. Reiningor, Third Vico Presi
dent; Bcnj. Lthmaier, Treasurer; S. Riess, Carl
Wirth, J. Scodnhof, Secretaries.
English Views of tho Tammany Nomi
nal ions.
[From the Pall Mall Gazette of July XOth.l
The Democratic party oppose Grant and Col
fax with Ex-Governor Seymour and Genera
Frank Blair. Dees any Democratic politician
really expect to win with that ticket? It is prob
ably "indicative rather of a sense of hopelessness
on the part of the leaders than any expectation
of defeating the Republican candidates. If they
are to lose the day, they may as well lose It with
a captain of their own opinions at their head,and
not subject themselves to tho additional humilia
tion of borrowing a chief from the enemy. Hod
the managing Democrats seen a prospect of
gaining the day with Mr. Chase they would
doubtless have accepted him, „but since
failure is all but inevitable, it “Is worth
while to pay some regard to their consistency.
General Blair did good service in the Northern
armies during the war, and is fairly popular with
the soldiers. But how can he contest tho ground
with Grant ? Governor Seymour is a highly re
spectable candidate, and If his election depended
on New York State he might be the successor of
President Johnson. But the West cares little
about him, and the financial policy-now defi
nitely advocated by the party cannot yet carry
through two Weak men. What it will do by ana
by, when taxation becomes a little more weari
some to tbe people, it wonld he dangerous to
predict. It Is plain enough, however, that we
have seen the beginning of a movement destined
to result in very serious consequences.
[From the London Spectator of July 11th* J
The Convention of the American Democratic
party, held at New York on 4th July, have, after
twenty-two ballots, nominated Mr. Horatio Sey
mour for President. They have, however, at the
same time accepted a “platform” which it has not
pleased Mr. Renter's agent to send to England
entire; but which, according to his summary “fa
vors” the taxation of United States coupons, and
the payment of all debts in paper,unless expressly
declared to be payable in gold. This is, of conrae,
partial repudiation, and the platform would seem
to annul the nomination Mr. Seymour is a
Peace Democrat, upholds slavery, and is gene
rally opposed to all Bound ideas of politics; bat
he is a gentleman, and nothing in his history
suggests that he would assist in robbing the
creditors of the State by main force. If the
temptation is too great for him, and he yioldß,
his opponents will nave only to raise the cry of
“Grant and Honesty,” to carry tho whole country.
Anticipatory Biograptiy*
Within a week after the announoement of
Lord Brougham’s death, Mr. John McGil
ebrist had published a half-crown volume
(pp. 256, octavo) of his “Life and Career,”
with extracts from ms speeches and notices
of his contemporaries. The late Mr. C. R.'
Dod,' compiler of the “Parliamentary Com-
E anion” and the “Peerage,” which bUH bear
is name, supplied tho limes for many years
with the admirable memoirs 'of celebrated
personages which appeared in that journal,
sometimes at great length (the Duke of Wel
lingtonoccupied twopages),-simultaneously
Vvi th the' announcemenr of tlielr deaths. He
is said to have written an extended memoir
of- Brougham twenty years ago, when the
Ex-Chancellor had nearly completed his
seventieth year. It happened, however, that
Mr. Dod died in 1855,50 that Lord Brougham
ontlivp.il his speculative biographer by thirteen
years! '
F. I. EETHERSTON. Fobßslier'.
FRIOE THREE GENTS.
FACTS AND FANCIES. !
Buriat of ScyinßCTy
Not a sigh was hoard nor a funeral'groan
As up the Salt River wo scurried,
But we longed toleavo the cold corpus alone,
For we heartily wished ho was buried;
We buried him deeply on election day,
(All our votes for Ulysses costing)
And smiled when we thought how his New* York
“friends”
Would pray for his rest everlasting.
No star-spangled banner enclosed hla breast/-
Bnt in a wet blanket we found him,
And he lay like a grayback taking his rest
With a secesh flag around him.
Just as our Jolly job was-done
Salt River the moon-beam a reflected,
And we knew by the booming of Union guns
That Grant and “Old Ski" were elected.
—A powerful grain elevator—rye whisky. :
—Democratic tactics: Doolittle and fiaymourA
Grant’s plan: Say lets and do more. . > '
—What is the worst kind of husbandry?.
When a man in clever marries a woman in weeds.
—The report of Seymour’s insanity arose from
the fact that he fancies he can beat Grant.
—A yonng Missourian, eulogizing his girl’s
beauty, said: “I’ll be doggoned' if she ain’t as
pnrty as a red wagon.” . ;
, A Western paper desired to say “Fbmales are
working their way into the watch-making busi
ness;” but a mlssprint made it “match-making.’’
—Attentive wife, in the late heated term: Din
ner’s ready, Charlie; come along, thero’h a dear,
before it gets hot!
—Six persons escaped from the prison at Tren
ton during the fire on Saturday night.- They
propose to get out a patent for a new fire-escape.
—An old bachelor correspondent advises us to
publish the births under the head of “new
music.”— Gloucester A dvertiser.
—. liissouri paper calls the nomination of
Frank P.Blair on the ticket with Seymour letting
“the tail go with tho hide.”
—A shaggy, formidable looking lynx, five
feet in length, was killed last week at Lyons.
Michigan.
—The favorite airs at the Seymour meetings in.
the South are “Dixie,” “Tho Bonnie Blue Flag’,”
“Maryland, my Maryland,” &c.
—Circumstances alter, cases. During the war
peoplo said,“Let ns try and get out of the draft I ,”' ■
and now every one of the same people say, “Let
us try and get Into the draft.”
—On the 2d inst.,a lady living on Goose Island, : .;i
Illinois, gave birth to three children—two bova
and one girl. The mother and children are doing; ; *
well. . '
—'There is living near Vernon, Ind., a colored,
man named Grigg Harper, who was born in Vir
ginia In 1746, and is consequently one hundred’
and twenty-two years of age.
—A cow belonging to Mr. K. Dolan, of Mound*
City, 111., recently gave birth to four calves, one
of which has two tails. All of . the calves iw
living, and apparently in a healthy condition.
—Daniel Pratt, tho “Great American Traveler,’'
recently attempted suicide at New; York because
his political aspirations have outrun the appre
ciation of the public.
—:Numerous ducks have died unaccountably a6'
Petersburg, Va., lately. Foul play was suspected*
but on investigation]!: Was found that they had
_*»estiga,.
died of sunstroke I
not save them.
—A Paris telegram states that a concession for
the privilege of laying a telegraphic cable between
France and America has been granted by the
French Government to Boron Emile d'Erlanger'
and Mr. Julius Reuter for twenty years.
—The lobster business in New England is in
creasing. One Boston company, with two facto
ries at Jonesport and one at Mfc Desert, give em
ployment to 150 men, and an equal number of
women. For the live lobster they pay one-half
cent per pound.
—An electrical organ was recently inaugurated
in the Church of St. Augustin, Paris. A single
wire passing trom the key to on electromagnet
communicates to it a galvanic current, thus ob
viating the old syßtem of the long chain of
wooden slips called trackers that require such
hard thumping to cause them to move promptly.
—A Democrat of over forty years’ standing, in
Indianapolis, remarked, the other day: ‘‘The
nominations at New York are the most popular
nominations ever mado in this country." Upon '
being asked to give his reasons, he replied: ‘‘Be
cause those nominations please all the Republi
cans and nearly half the Democrats."
—Three thousand women dwell within the
palace grounds of the King of Siam, dependent
on the royal bounty. Man}’ of them are the
wives of former monarchs or princes, and others:.
are near relatives. The King has only thirty or
forty wives, and polygamy, though allowed, is
hot universal, being regulated by the ability of
the men to provide for the women.
—The text of the Pontifical bull convening the
Accumenical Council of iB6O, was received by
the laßt steamer. The Tope makes obligatory
the attendance of all cardinals, archbishops,
bishopß and abbots, who can possibly reach
Rome by the Bth of December, 1869. Thlß will
be the twenty-first General Connell. Its object
Is, according to the language of the ball, “to as
sure the integrity of the faith, respect for religion
and the ecclesiastical laws, the improvement of
pnblic morals, the establishment of peace and
concord, and the removal of the illß afflicting
civil and religious society.”
—A letter from Paris to tho Pall Mall Gazelle
tells the following severe joke on the Emperor:
“There is a story in circulation here that an au
gust person was surprised whilst strolling near
the Cb fiteau of Fontainebleau to perceive a spring,
which, on close inspection, he found to resemble ■
a spring at Wiesbaden; the water, too, had’ a 1”
slight flavor of broth peculiar to the German well. *
The water was analyzed and favorably reported!
on, and not a person in the chateau but tasted the '
new spring. The head cook having since com- .
plained that a drain into which the kitchen slops
were emptied wasont of order, the true source of
the Wiesbaden well was discovered, but no one
hos yet been bold enough to infbrm the augcßh
person of his error." '
—Colonel Negroni, the French officer%ho,
few years since, exhibited in London and other
capitals a large collection of spells of the Summer
Palace at Pekin, has lately been sentenced, itt
Paris to one month's imprisonment and a fine of
3,000 francs for fraud. Ho represented his collec
tion to bo of immense volne in hls prospectuses
(at one time 180,000,000 francs),, and by this
means he contrived to pledge some of the articles
at prices far beyond their real value. One of ,
these was a diamond on which he raised £19;000,
and which was found to be worth not as. many
pence.. The parties who instituted the prosecu
tion were paid their money and withdrew, but
the public prosecutor thought it ins duty to go
on with it.
—At Akron,Ohio, a few days ago, two persona
of spiritual faith married themselves, with a little
aid from the Mayor, by repeating the following
formula: “In the presence of our spirit and
earth friends, I take Electa A. Sandforot Whom I
hold by the .right hand.. to be my lawfal wife,
hoping by kindness and affection to- 1m to her a
faithful and loving husband, while in- the earth
form." The lady then repeated: “In the pres
ence of our spirit and. earth friends, I toko Abel
Underwood, whom I hold by tbe right faand, to —.
be my lawful husband, hbpipg - bjr'kmdnes9 _ and
aifection to be to him a loving and faithful who
whUhin the earth form:"- The Mayor then eald:
“Having pledged your marital vows in the pres
ence ot these witnesses, and of the workvl noi»v -■
In the name, and by the author^ j-f the State of
Ohio, pronounce yon husband and wife. M
Beacon fiftvs thoy wotfid have m> torm cf CQlft*
word deatffowunw*
- tom *uey
Even the quack doctors could