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GREAT FIRE IN CLEVELAND.
Oil Work! Destroyed.
[From the Cleveland Leader of July 2a]
One of the moßt extensive and serious confla
grations occurred Tuesday which has been known
in Cleveland for a long time. It resulted In the
total destruction of the Rock Oil Refinery, be
longing to Dr. Marcus C. Parker, situated on
[Central Way.
1 The immediate occasion of the fire is unknown.
It caught from an explosion of the still, but it is
not‘known what caused the explosion. As may
easily be Imagined, the fire spread with fearful
rapidity, consuming everything about and being
fed by oil. The explosion occurred at abont
quarter past seven o’clock In the evening, and
the fire burned between two and three hours.
The explosion was terrific. The body of Mr.
Samuel Smith, foreman, was thrown high Into
the air, and falling back into the building was
burned up so completely that only the skull and
a few of the bones were found afterwards. He
was an old man, aged fifty-seven years. He leaves
a wife and an adopted child, fils wife haß been
sick for some time. What was left of the body
was put Into a box and taken In charge by his
•brother, Major Smith.
George Bowder, refiner, and George Silk, the
. only other men on the premises, wero knocked
down, and very severely, If not fatally, bnrned.
—They-were..taken from the buildlng andcorried
to houses on the Heights. Every particle of
skin was burned off and the flesh badly seared
They were enveloped in white lead and oil, and
-Dr. Joneß was called, who did everything he
could to alleviate the excruciating sufferings of
the men. Both are young men and single. Mr
’■Bowder boarded on Cedar street, and Mr. Silk on
Hill street.
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-Oil Works, but was extinguished after having
damaged the works to the amount of about sl6o*
Dr. Parker’s loss is $lO,OOO. He has an insurance
of abont $5,000.
Communication.
“In God we -Trust”- to Grant ns Peace, with
-Power to lead the nation, aided by the logic of
cold/acts (Colfax) in the progressive ways of Jus
tice and Equal Rights, that it may novor see more
(Seymour) riot, rapine and murder, or hear the
insane ana drunken blare (Blair) of treason and
rebellion. ’ Milo.
—Napoleon sits three-quarters of an hour at
•dinner.
Jlaxlj Bulletin
A Fete in Econen-Hnir Tlmy iniurn
Merry in Provlnclnl France—Rural
Gamew—Some Frencli Gymnastics.
tCon-fepondenceof tho Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
Losdos, July 18,18(!8. —A mouth ago ono of
my letters closed with a triumphant entrance Into
the town of Ecouen, flogs flying from May poles,
peasants decked in holiday finery, and village
bands, followed by the usual crowd of curious
and eager boys, who had no eyes for anything
but tho little son of the drum-major, whose uni
form and performance on a tin fife excited more
admiration than the harmony of Strauss’s band
could possibly have done. Of course, we joined
the crowd obd followed over cobble-stones, up
hilly strec>B, along by the ruined walls oftumble
down cottages Into a wood os. beautiful as the
oldest of old trees, covered with the greenest
of green foliage, could be. Eight in the heart of
this old forest was a square of about four acres,
entirely cleared of trees, fqtJLhe express purpose
of accommodating the revellers in these yearly
fttes. At the upper end was .a large square tent,
open on the Inner side, and . shaded by a, whito
-scollopcd^-canopy,—edged-with"red“a“F«ncH
flag crowning the pointed top. This was the
evening ball room. Crimson divans ran all round
it for the mammas who, according to European
ideas, are considered first In fete or celebration of
any sort. In this one matter young America
might profit by a little instruction, though the
extremes of Old World notions regarding eti
quette could not and should not be carried out in
an enlightened Republic.
I attended a bill in Germany where about a
hundred young ladies were attended by their
mammas. When supper was announced all
pressed forward, supposing they were
to staDd in a crowd and be as uncom
fortable as possible while par taking of the viands.
But to their amazement the hostess stepped for
ward and said, “As it Is the custom in Germany
for the parents to be waited on first, the young
folks had better continue dancing till
their supper-time Is announced. "’ Some
looked blank, some giggled, bnt
all retired good-naturedly, and seemed willing to
trust to the consideration of the parents, who had
the first chance for a feast. It was really a
charming contrast to see the comfortable way
they were Etatcd and waited on, after the jostling
into corners, and implied, if not oxpressed.
idea that they were only invited as wall-flowers
or foils for the brilliancy of the young folks, as it
often occnrß in onr home parties. These peasant
mothers of Ecouen attended their daughters to
the fete, followed them everywhere, and sat be
side them in the ball-room, and If they consented
to their dancing, the moment the dance was con
cluded, received them from the thankful jeune
homvie, who left immediately, with a request to
renew the pleasure sometime during the evening.
No palace regulations could have been more
strictly observed. On the side of the square op
posite the ball-room was a circular tenti
with saddled horses and swinging chairs’
revolving on a central pole, tamed by a
crank in the hands of a man who seemed bone
less and nerveless. He turue,d that craDk all day,
with its twenty vehicles all the time occupied by
men, women and children, five times round the
circle for two sons. A hand-organ lent a charm
to this performance, and I think the boy who
worked it was a eon of the man who turned the
other crank. On either side of this hollow
square were the usual startling pictures of al l
sorts of impossible reptiles, venomous, before
their sting was extracted, wound in multitudi
nous folds around the rigid bodies ol fearless in
fanta, and huge placards informing the staring
crowd that they had better embrace ibis rare op
portunity to see a phenomenon that was unpre
cedented in the annals of France! Every variety
of fancy articles and sweetmeats were for sale,
which the piercing shrieks of children and the
deafening sounds of drums and hammers moele
it impossible for any one with hearing to avoid
discovering.
In the centre of all was the attraction. Seating
ourselves on one of the rash-bottomed chairs
that formed a hollow square within a hollow
square, we were prepared to watch the games of
the peasants,that were to be followed by rewards
to the successful competitors. The Mayor of the
town conducted the games and decided disputes,
while his lady sat in a circle of admiring friends
(what lady Mayoress hasn’t friends ?) and held
ihe prizes. First, a frame, with five or six cords
stretehed over it, was placed on end, in the en
closure ol people. The village girls stood in line,
side by side, on a board opposite, about twenty
steps from the frame. Then a large plaster-of
paris head and neck, with eyes the size of a tea
cup, only painted, not cut out, was placed over
the head and face, resting on the shoulders tf
number one. A pair of scissors was placed in
her hands, and, opening them, to my amazement
she walked straight up to the frame and with
one snap of the scissors cut the centre cord.
Amidst a shout of applause the mask was re
moved and the blushing girl informed she had
won the first priie— a gold chain and cross! To
show that the task was no easy one no less than
fifty-four attempts were made to win the second
prize, when number one was allowed to try it
and failed only by one Btep to the left of the
frame, while others had gone in all sorts of zig
zag directions, not being accustomed to walking
blind-folded and agitated no doubt by the shouts
“a droite a droite!" “au gauche /” “coupe.'" of the
interested fathers and brothers looking on. The
second prize was given to the girl who walked
straight, bnt brought the scissors between
and not over the cord. It was a silver
chain and - cross -of- Genoese - workman
ship. The ground was cleared for,
the boys’ game. And of all lndicrons sights, it
exceeded. Poor Fillieoddy would havo paused in
his “solemn determination to eat poppy leaves
and die,” to laugh I A frame with heavy posts
was planted firmly ia tho ground, with a revolv
ing shelf across the top, connected with short
cords toaropo fastened at either end to tho posts.
On the shelf a bowl of water stood directly In
the centre; suspended from it was a pipe with a
bright red handle. The feat to be accomplished
was to raise the body by the rope, bringing the
mouth on a level with the pipe,and seize tho pipe
between the teeth. Number one took off his hat,
smoothed tho skirt of his bine cotton blouse, pnt
his hair carefully behind his ears and carefully
took tho rope* in his hands. Raising himself
gradually and steadily, tho shelf turned slowly,
till tho basin of water over his head was on a
s ant , Perilous to behold. - “Pronez-gardo 1"
shotted tlie crovrd. Down, Uq came Instantly, the
my27-tfB
BDEOPEAS AFFAIRS
A WOMAN’S EXPERIENCES IN
EIIBOPE.
MO. XXVI.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1868.
basin righting itself as soon. , Another
balance was tried’; the crowd became
enthusiastic, certain he wonld succcod.
A momentary forgetfulness, a sudden
spring at the pipe, and my gentleman dropped
from the rope, drenched with the contents of the
overturne'dbasiDjJilsßheepißhfacohttlfcovered
with wefTocks, and his blonso dripping with
water, on irresistibly comic speetaclo for the
ovqrjoyed crowd. This was repeated sixty-eight
times, when a rough shepherd boy, a natura 1
gymnast, ran np, and fixing his eyes on the
sheif, raised and lowered himself twenty times
without touching the ground, finally balanced
himself just to the line, and brought down the
pipe in his mouth', leaving the water undisturbed
in the bowl. A moment after he received a silver
watch from the “lady mayoress,” and was fol
lowed about as if he had led tho Abyssinian Ex
pedition. In this strain the games were con
tinued till time for the ball, and we returned
home, wearied with real enjoyment of these rus
tic but innocent village sports. E. D. W.
The Napoleonic Dynasty.
Tho London Times maintains that, by the
Emperor’s own showing, France has outgrown
the leading strings in which she has so long been
bcld; that she has attained bo much capacity /or
self-government as to reconcile thejEmperor to
the idea of entrusting her to the guidance of an
infant and a woman, without .mßgiWng either
about the welfare of the country or about the con
tinuance of the Imperial line. Perhaps the ex
pectations of the Emperor will be all the more
likely to be realized tho more fully and promptly
he acts np to them. France will.be all the more
ready to declare for the peipetuation of the
Napoleon dynasty when she feels convinced that
it reigns by the nation's Ireo choice.
Personal government cannot survive the person,
and the strength of tho dynasty lies in a timely
dissociation of its destinies from those ©f any
Cabinet or party in the State. Of all dangers
that may compass the Empire, none is ho winch
to be dreaded as a blind reliance on packed con
stituencies, too heavy a leaning on an artificial
Parllamentaiy majority. It is in other matters
besides political assassination that men are fool
ishly apt to do evil that good may come of It.
To have a corrupt legislature at the back of a
minister mav seem to a short-sighted sovereign
then e plus ultra of constitutional government;
but honesty is tho best policy even in that respect,
and the safety of a throne will be found not only
in the true knowledge of the people’s will, but
also in a timely submission to its unbiased ex
pression, even if it entails the sacrifice of a too
plausible and complacent minister, of a too zeal
ous Arcadian policy, or of a teo obsequious set of
prefects.
Funeral of Samuel Lover.
The Pall Mall Gazette of July 16 sayß:
Mr. Samnel Lover’s funeral took place yester
day at Kensal Green. The principal mourners
were Mrs. Lover, the widow of the deceased; the
Rev. W. Worby, M. A., the Rev. G. Morris, M.
A., brothers-in-law to deceased; the Rev. E.Ham
-11 ton Nelson, M. A., incumbent of 8i Stephen’s,
Avenue road, St. Johnswood; Mr. Frederick
Peak, solicitor; and the Bev. H. C. Davis. On
arriving at tho cemetery the London Irish Volun
teers met the cortege at the gates. The service
was performed by the Rev. E. H. kelson, M. A.,
assisted by the Rev. H. C. Davis, M. A. The
coffin was placed by the side of the two daugh
ters of the .poet, Lucy and Meta Lover. The
grove is in the eastern division of the cemetery,
is situated between those of John Cassell and'
John M’Dongal Stewart, the Australian ex
plorer.
Pecuniary Troubles ol the Pope.
The Pall Mall Gazette Bays .
In a letter of the 10th our Roman correspondent
says: “The tardy payment of an Instalment of
the Pontifical debt is, I am Informed, due to a
threat Irom the Pope, in an audience which he
gave to General Dumont on the 21st of laßt
month, that he would shortly declare to the
whole world, in a public allocution, that if he
was reduced to beggary and forced to solicit alms
of Catholics, it was becanse the French Govern
ment permitted Italy to break her engagements
with him. The words of the Holy Father were
telegraphed by General Dumont to Paris, and
the Emperor Napoleon, who has some reason for
wishing to appear on the best terms with Rome,
despatched to Florence a peremptory nete,
which obtained for his Holiness' the three
millions of francs mentioned in my last.
The Holy Father is still very bitter about his re
ception at the camp, and his exposure (here to
the pitiless storm. He says that he ordered a
chapel to be built of wood, not of linen. It was
intended to invite the generals and principal
officers to a banquet at Grottofenata, but the
Pope was so incensed that, though arrange
ments had been made for a dlnuer of sixty
covers, he countermanded the order. He is ex
pected to speak very strongly to General Kan
sler at his next audience. There is also a rumor
that the camp will be broken up in a few days.
In fact, the rain and constant storms render ma
nieuvres impracticable, and the unavoidable ex
posure has had such an effect on the troops that
no less than" 600 men out of the 4,000 in camp
are sick.”
Tiie Irish Church Question.
The English papers have the following com
ments on Mr. Bright’s Bpeech In favor of the dis
memberment of the Irish Church establishment:
The Daily News anticipates tho objection that
Mr. Bright s speech, though eloquent, is wholly
unpractical, and tends no one knows whither.
Ii it tends to stir up the people of Ireland to
hearty co-operation in the new Parliament with
the policy of religions equality by impartial en
dowment, which has been adopted by lie present
House of Commons, one cannot imagine any
thing more practical. Mr. Bright, however, may
fairly reply that he has made his contributions to
the settlement of the Irish difficulty; and unless
the tone of the debates of the present session,
both on the land question and on the Church
question, be very misleading, the ultimate solu
tion is likely to be found in measures not very
remote from the propositions which he has re
commended. Irish landlords and Irish church
men may go further and fare worse. Behind Mr.
Bright there is Mr. Mill on the one side, and Mr
Miall on the other. A little injudicious delay
may transform Mr* Bright’s schemes from revo
lutionary projects into compromises for which
the time has gone by.
The Times is prepared to go with Mr. Bright as
far sb religions equality in Ireland is concerned.
Let ns have that at least. But when Mr. Bright
repoats his scheme for regenerating both the race
and the island by jhe artificial- production of
peasant proprietors, he is attempting what is ut
terly impossible, what has no ground in justice,
or in the sentiment of equality, or in the public
interest, and what can only .end In failure and
disappointment. No doubt a peasant proprietor
ship, or a large class of “statesmen,” as they ex
ist still in some parts of England, would be bet
ter, politically and socially, than a, reign of ab
sentee landowners and the rest of the actual sys
tem. But the peasant proprietors or small land
owners must bo of spontaneous growth and must
arise out of encouraging circumstances. When
such classes appear the condition of affairs
that produced them will maintain them,
and will cither keep them sound or
develop them into something better. But
where they do not exist, and are planted by force
of law, no law will ever be able to sustain them
against the course of nature.
_ Tim Standard is foolishly wise. It asks whether
it is realiy Mr. Bright’s opinion that wo should
restore Ireland to tne condition in which she
was two hundred years ago? Is all that English
wisdom and liberality have done for that Island
to be obliterated, and no account token of any
thing but of English errors and English follies?
To what epoch does Mr. Bright propose to carry
us back as our model Irißh period? To go back
two hundred years is to return'to ah"ago pnof to
the rise of nearly all that Mr. Bright would call
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
liberty and civilization in England. Wonld he
have Ireland bo as though the battle had not been
’won by the Protestants, and the verdict of time
reversed? To wish for this is a madness of which
it is impossible to snspect Mr. Bright He is
perfectly awnro how blind, how foolish, how im
practicable are his aspirations. To niter such
sentiments, therefore, to a Limerick meeting of
Liberals is nothing less than a crimo against the
very principles of liberty and of civilization which
Mr. Bright professes. He does not believe se
riously that Ireland would bo the better for tho
reversal of the whole legislation of tho last two
centuries. He only says so to catch the votes of
the party in Ireland who are inclined to disaffec
tion, and to attach them to the side of his own
political leader, Mr. Gladstone.
The Spanlab Troubles.
The Gazette de France gives a curious, and, for
the greater part, improbable account of the late
occurrences at Madrid. The details, it says, it has
from Madrid, from a personage, “highly placed,
in a position to be well informed, and in whom
it has every confidence.” With all this, however,
the Gazette de France gives the information “with
all reservo.” After mentioning that the object of
the Alleged conspiracy was to depose Queen Isa
bella, and place her sister, the Duchess of Mont
pensier, on the throne, overtures having been
mode some time before to the Duke, “who had
accepted them,” it adds that, once the Rubicon
passed, the Duke felt that tho of
’which he was besome the head, conid
not go on without. “ a considerable
alliance; ” and therefore ho addressed
himself to Prussia. An'agent, of ..the Generals
who took part in the plot nod already made the
first overture at Berlin, so that tho ground was
well prepared for those of tho Duke, which were
favorably received. The Prussian Government
promised without hesitation its countenance and
good offices, and even to give the money de
manded of it, but on these conditions—the new
Queen should not seek to be recognized by
France, by consenting to sign a treaty of alliance
with the Imperial Government. Spain must con
sequently remain neutral in case of war breaking
out between Prussia and France, and Spain
should take no step and make no demonstration
calculated to impede the free action of Italy, but
should leave her perfectly at liberty to make
common cause with Prussia against France in
whatever way she might think DroDer.
manifesto from General Prim.
The following address to the people of Spain,
issued by General Prim and others, is published
in. the London papers :
"To the Nation-,
“The present reactionary ministry, in • whose
bands, by order of the Crown, the destiny of tho
country has been confided, is an arbitrary gov
ernment. For many years martial law has been
tbe substitute for a constitution sunk down be
fore to a shadow of Us original self, and in con
st quence the liberal party has been placed in
such a position that it has been compelled to ab
stain from taking any part in public business,
and to devote itself solely to the duty oi main
taming that dignity which, In the presentstate of
tyrannical oppression and anarchy, affords the
sole guaranty for the future trUmph of constitu
tional right.
“The Central Committee well know that Spain
is involved in notorious difficulties, that calumny
is at work against them; and they see with sor
row the miserable condition of Bpain—the dis
turbed state of the public mind, the discredit of
the nation abroad, the decline of commerce and
industry—all the mournful inheritance of arbi
trary administration. They are thoroughly con
scious of the importance of any action on their
own part, and it is only after the careful conside
ration of every vital question that, guided oy jus
tice, reason and public utility, they have re
sponded to the principles of their hopes and to
the wishes of the nation.
“With a supreme government based on tradi
tional tyranny, the situation of Spain to-day is
what ii was yesterday, what it always has been
and always will be until the reactionary political
influences shall have undergone a radical change.
Liberty in Spain, as administered now, Is an re
sult to humanity. The electoral law has been
made a government monopoly; parliamentary
rights are derided; the municipalities are under
arbitrary control, the press under a strict censor
ship, the exchequer empty, the ecclesiastical
property sold without profit to the state,
ihe money thus raised wasted, the law su
perseded, the public debt increased. Spanish
paper with no value in foreign markets, agricul
ture perishing, industry paralyzed, excessiye
taxation still insufficient. Against such a miser
able state of theeonntry, while the whole nation,
with a bleediDg heart, remembers the sanguinary
Dights of the 10th of April and the 3d of October,
1*65, it would be iomossible that the liberal
party should abstain from protesting in the only
lorm allowed to them, by maintaining a passive
self-respect and wholly abstaining from public
business.
“In this course the Central Committee not
only obey their own principles, but follow the
path traced out for them by the patriotic words
of the programme of October, 1804. If the pub
lic resources are wasted (it Baid); if bankruptcy is
the only solution of our financial questions; if
the traditional obstacle, the Court, is ever in op
position to Liberal principles, and ever favoring
the reaction, we shall quietly look for the dowip
fall of an order of things, strong and powerful
yesterday,but feeble and tottering to-day,through
ihe scandal of its own vices. And if we are pow
erless to save from ruin the glory of our flag, or
to enforce the principles on which true liberty is
based, we are determined to save, at all events
the dignity of Spain.
“Miserable Is the condition of a state when, by
the fault of those who lead her, she Is placed be
tween shame and danger, with wretchedness on
one Bide and revolution on the other. She gives
all that she is asked, and gains nothing in ex.
change, even the right of law—of that law over
which she is the indisputable sovereign.
“The ambition of the reactionary party has
no bounds; it despises public opinion. Let the
government of Spain seek its strength in an
electoral monopoly; let it Dut to the proof every
resource in its power. It may attempt to torn
the religions sentiments of the people against
progress; it may enrich evory one of its own
members; it may seek an opportunity to revive
the old inquisitorial regime, and the traditional
prerogative of monarchial absolutism; but pub
lic opinion iq on the watch, and if its light be
not sufficient to dissipate the darkness of old
times, it will become a flame in the hearts of the
people.
“The liberal principles proclaimed by the Pro
gressist party have a natural tendency to draw
men together, and to strengthen their wishes for
perfect liberty. Habeas Corpus law, civil and po
litical freedom, economy in public expenditure,
reform m the system of taxation, independence
of the municipalities and provinces,unity of right
and uniformity of legislature, reforms in the
army and navy, establishment of juries abolished
by the-government; secured rights “of electors,
freedom of the press, religious toleration, liberty
oi education, right of public meeting and a&socia
tion—these are the principles on which tho
Spain * >ar * y base the future happiness of
“Juan Prim, )
‘‘Joaquin Aguirre, i Vice
, ‘Prvxades Mateo Saoasta, 1 Presidents.
“Manuel Lasala, J
“(Other signatures follow.)”
Opinions of the Englisli Press.
r J* I) o CS . Ont , Government of Spain, says the
London Saturday Reoien', is a despotism guided
priests, and ■ ft has the sense to behave like
what it is. It does not make tho country power
ful or peaceful, or rich or contented, but it keeps
up a governmentjafterits own pattern, and it con
centrates its whole thoughts on the difficult task
of continuing to survive. Up to this momont it
has succeeded, and if it goes courageously on,
and arrestß in good time every one It suspects; or
whom it suspects it may someday suspect, It may
go on for a good time to come. And,fortunately
forjt, U has enlisted a very-powerful friend in Its
service. The revolutionary party find that if they
wish to avoid thq perils of a Republic they are
almost inevitably turned in the direction of the
Duke of Montpcnsior, and directly they areeo
l p. ri >ed they mako an enemy of the Emperor of
the French.
The Spectator remarks that a country with
seventeen millions of brave people, resources
practically without limit, and tho geographical
situation of.Spaln r i.s, whlleparalyzod by lts ln
stltutions, a direct and most serious loss to the -
general stock of reserved power in Europe. Her
paralysis bas lasted long, but it will end the day
tho people and the Government como into har
mony again, and every cmeuie in the Peninsula
Is, therefore, of Eotopean Importance. Tho mis
fortune Is that as every erntute must originally be
military, Europe tan never estimate beforehand
its object, its chances, or its probable result.
Incendiarism In Russia.
A correspondent at St. Petersburg, writing on
the 9th Inst., says: “Incendiary fires arongaln
becoming frequent in various parts of Russia:
whole villages are reported to be in flames, and
several large towns have been partially bnmt.
These fires seem to be chiefly attributable to the
distress in which whole districts have been
plunged by the famine which still continues,
though on a smaller scale than before. The Si
berian plaguo, too, is beginning to appear in
several districts.
“The animosity against the Poles is still very
great. It is reported that the Emperor Alexan
der will go to Warsaw in August to review 120;-
000 men In the presence of the King of Prussia
I do not vouch tor the truth of this report, which
however, is generally believed by well-informed
people here." .... _
Castor Knott, the Berlin Conserva-
Pastor Knak Is welcomed by the Berlin papers
as a positive godsend at this time of the year.
The municipality, the theologians of ail schools,
and th(i Kreuz Zeitung keep up a brisk correspon
dence on the old question of the sun standing
still at Joshua’B bidding. Pastor Knak has lately
addressed a new letter on the subject to his rev
erend brethren. These, it seems,had endeavored
to sav e the text by alleging (in accordance with
ancient Jewish and Christian commentators) that
Scripture always accommodates itself to the pop
ular parlance, as we ourselves speak of the sun
“rising” and “sotting.” Pastor Knak will have
nono of that He says: “The Bible speaks dis
tinctly of ‘God causing His sun to rise over the
just,’ Ac., and, therefore, the earth must stand
still and the sun moves. For the laughter I
cause,” he continues, “I care little. I am as
happy as a child. And what is more, I do not
stand alone; I have some of the highest scientific
authorities on my side.” He refrains, however,
from mentioning them.
i/ETTIilt FBOSf WASHING TON*
Jolinson’s Sew Soutbeni Policy—Tbe
Carpet-Banners to be Left to SbUt for
Tb'emselvcs—A Session oipongrcra In
September Probable—Tbe Bemocrats
Trying to get Collector Cabo Re
moved, to Control Ihe Custom-House
Patronage for tbe Next Election—
Tbe Pardon of William n. Cooper
and Rls Friends in Quod—Tbe Demo
crats Want Tbelr Votes—The Presi
dent and Alderman racMullin, Ac.
[Correipondence o l the Fhilada. Bally Evening Bulletin.]
W AsuiSGTOs, July 29, 1868 The recent order
of the President, re-arranging the military dis*
triets of the South, la the first development of the
line of policy he intends to pursue in regard to
theBonthem States.' Hia object Is to give the
unreconstructed rebels full swing—but not the
kind of “swing” some should have, at the end of
a rope—during' the coming Presidential
electipn; and by withdrawing military
protection from the loyal citizens, as far as he
can lawfully do, it will encourage the Democrats
to make every exertion to carry their States by
intimidating the colored voters and over-awing
the loyal whites. It Is asserted to-day that in
spite of the law passed by Congress, in regard to
the Electoral College,, elections will be held in
Virginia, Mississippi and Texas for Presidential
electors, who will insist upon the
votes of these States being counted,
ihe same as if they were represented in
Congress.’ Cool-headed Republicans here,
however, think that with the Southern State Go
vernments in the hands of our friends, they
ought to be able to carry all the States recently
admitted for Grant and Colfax, but others fear
that the withdrawal of all military protection to
the loyal voters will discourage them and keep
many of them from voting for fear of violence at
the hands of the revolutionary party. To re
medy this it is proposed that the Legislatures
of all the reconstructed States shall be
authorized to cast the electoral vote of their res
pective States, as South Carolina did for many
years. An act of Congress would bo requisite to
legalize this proceeding, and it Beems probable
that an effort will be made to have a full Con
gress here the lust of September, to legislate for
contingencies which may occur in the meantime,
and to counteract any arbitrary acts which
Johnson may commit, looking to the nullifica
tion of the reconstruction acts.
EFFORTS TO REMOVE COLLECTOR CAKE.
A determined effort is being made by Pennsyl
vania Democrats for the removal of Collector
Cake. Charges of various kinds have been made
against him, and laid before Secretary McCulloch,
which are undergoing investigation. The object
is to get Cake suspended and a Democrat ap
pointed in his place, who will use the patronage
of the Custom fionse for the benefit of the Demo
crats in the October and November elections. It
matters not whether the charges against Cake
are groundless or not, they want him removed,
and they calculate that if a Democrat is appoint
ed ad interim, he will continue to hold the office
till after the October election, at all events, be
cause, if the President should suspend Coke,
he is not required to send his reasons
for such suspension to the Senate
till within twenty days after that body meets
again, and this would keep their man in the office
till some time in the middle of October. Then, if
the Benate should not meet In September, as some
think probable, the ad interim would hold the
Collectorship till January, probably,long after he
had “done his worst” againßt the Republicans of
5 our city and State. This is their programme,'
and there seems to bo some probability of its
being successful. Senator Cattail yesterday asked
a suspension of action by the Secretary upon the
charges till be could have an opportunity of
going to Philadelphia and investigating them,
which request was granted, and nothing will bo
done in the matter for some days yet.
THE CONTRACT FOR PRINTING POSTAGE STAMPS.
Postmaster-General Randall has not yet
awarded the contract for printing postage
stamps. The experts who examined the work
manship of the bidders have completed their
labors, bat the P. M. G. has not yet had time to |
give their report a full consideration.
TIIE TARDON OF WM. SI. COOPER AND OTHERS.
A formidable delegation of Democratic politi
cians from Philadelphia are hero, urging the par
don of Wm. M. Cooper, convicted in the United
States District Court of whisky frauds. It seems
they brought all their Influence to bear for the
pardon of Cooper alone, without reference to
Orr and the others convicted at the same time.
The matter was referred by the President to
Attorney-General Evarts, who has addressed a
letter to Acting District Attorney Charles
Gilpin, asking information concerning
all the parties implicated, and
Mr. Gilpin’s report will probably de
cide what action will be taken in regard to all the
parties incarcerated. Attorney-General Evarts
went over to New York this morning, to attend
tho entertainment at Secretary Seward’s country
seat at Auburn, and will not return till next
week, which will prevent any action being taken
in the matter for Borne days yet, as the President
invariably relies upon the recommendation of the
Attorney-Gonefaiin such cases. The Democrats
are very anxious to get the defendants out before
F. 1. EETHERSTOif. Pohlislier.
PRICE THREE CENTS
tho election takes place, as it will be several vote*
more added to then* strength.
Ar.DERMAX .MC-MULLES AND THE FBESIDEWT.
The worthy Alderman of yonr Fourth Ward
had a very interesting interview with President
Johnson a few days ago, in which the latter re
newed to the former the “assurances of his dis
tinguished consideration,” and hoped the Do
rn do better this year than last in
Philadelphia. Tho President, in closing, said:
Alderman, it’s a bitter mil for me to swallow.
Seymour and Blair, but I am resolved to do all I
can to promote thoir election.” And ho will—
that s certain. Susqueiiahna.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—Extra Billy Smith Is stumping Virginia
against reconstruction. ■ ■ ■ •
—Mrs. Lincoln has engaged apartments in the
Rue Balzac, Paris.
E —Victor Hugo’s new book Is to bo called “The
—Wagner seeks the quiet of Switzerland to
complete his new opera, “Niebelungen.”
—The negroes in Austin, Texas, publish a
newspaper called The Freedman’s Press.
~ ~ RlBl< ?y’ 6 Japs have been performing before
the Spanish Court.
Van Zandt has made a success In “Rlgo-
— ono °f the evils most recently attributed to
dMm 13
desirable; as when
other’s cana^ 11 en * araenlc. in each.
♦„“ AI i exi X de £ H * ® te phena denies that ho helped
to make tho Democratic platform. But It is vile
enough to have been even his work.
coo , k a Nl “S ttra hotel receives
to us month. A stow-pendous price, it seems
—'Hie remarkable haziness of tho atmosphere
which has been perceptible for several days, is
attributed In some quarters to tho influence of the
fires now raging in tho Canadian woods.
—The first thing Queen Eatonma of Mobehr
ordered, when arrived at her Paris hotel In the
July heat, was a big fire in the chimney-place.,
before which she sat shivering in a leopard skin.
—A Vienna paper says that Grant owes' his
nomination to the fact that he is the handsomest
officer In the American army. Bnt we don’t claim
porsonal loveliness for the General.
—Fnmz Splegelrelndqflelogerman was arrested
os a vagrant in Chicago on Saturday, and fined
84, and thought it a good thing that he was not
charged so much a letter for his whole name.
—Menotti Garibaldi's recently, married wife is
ambitions of military distinction, and is moving
to enroll a battalion of Amazons. It is to be
hoped her belligerent proclivities will be exer
ciacd elsewhere than on ner husband.
—Three hundred and twenty yaehts, ranging
from ten to six hundred tons each, are advertised
for sale In English journals—nearly all of them
the jproporty of private gentlemen, and built for
confederate blockade running.
—A statistician proves that the whole human
race, since Adam, could bo buried in the State of
Connecticut and nobody crowded. The Demo
cratic branch of the race will bo buried there In
November.
—Two young ladles were examining aatatnette
of Andromeda, labelled, “Executed In Terra
Cotta. “Executed in Terra Cotta,” says one:
•where is that?” “I am sure I don’t know/
returned, the other; “but I pity the Door girl
wherever It was.” K
slow a coach as Gen. McClellan was, ho
bad Uiepluck to thus reproach Seymour when lie
asked him to go to the eastern portion of the city
and speak to the rioters. He said: “If 16hculd
go to tho people, as you call them.it would not be
with a speech, but with grape and canister.”
—The Church of England is coming out ex
tremely strong against tho re-marriage of di
vorced persons. Dean Elliott has had to resign
his place in Convocation because he has married
a lady who had obtained a divorce from her foiv
mer husband.
—Offenbach is seriously advised by tho critics
oi Paris to stop publishing more operas. Thor
intimate that his verve has beon exhausted, anti
that, in case the public should hiss his new pro
ductions, it might commence also to dislike his
old and still popular operas. In which event his
copyrights would become worthless.
—Admiral Farragut is said to be a millionaire.
He owns a number of pretty houses, some unoc.
copied lots, and twenty acres now in wheat,
within the city limits of Vallejo, California. As
that city is to be tho western terminns of tho
Central Pacific Railroad, this property Is destined
to become a mine oi wealth, and within a year
has been trebled in price.
—The Gazette de Lausanne says a considerable
trade in ice has been lately organized by a person
named Robatol, residing near Martigny. The
ice from the glaciers having beon sawn into regu
lar cubes of small volume' and perfect transpa
rency, is packed in boxes, and sent off by fast
trains to various centres of population in France
and arrives with vory little waste.
—For a debt of 8480, the Sheriff of Clay
county, Indiana, levied upon tho through freight
train to St. Louis, on Tuesday night, and kept
850,000 worth of goods for twenty-four hours.
The superintendent of the road paid the debt at
ten o’clock, and relieved the tram. The Sheriff
chained the train to the track while the train was
waiting.
—Edward B. Moore, managing editor of the
Brook]yn Union, haß completed his opera of
“ Mooua,” which claims to bo the onlv original
and entirely American opera produced in this
country. The scene is laid in Salem during the
days of witchcraft, and eminent critics speak
favorably of tho work. When you se© tho char
actors there will be no difficulty In determining
which is witch.
—A bachelor uncle, to whom his niece applied
for advice on the question of choosing between
two suitors, one of whom was rich and the other
poor, the latter being the most ardent, as well os
the favorite lover—replied, 1 ‘My dear, the ques
tion being stripped of all illusory elements, your
choice simply lies between love and beef. Now,
love is an idea; while beef is a reality. Love yon
can get along without; but beef von must
Therefore, make Bure of your beef.”
—The Knox (111.) Republican has the following:
“A farmer near Oneida, one day last week, white
on an unfrequented part of his farm, near &
ravine, discovered that an oak sapling had been
cut and dragged to the ravine, which caused him
to investigate the matter, tho result Of which was
he found a trap door covered by the sod, which
opened into a room excavated in tho grounds
This room was quite well fitted up with tables
and chairs, containing stolen property of
all kinds, and was evidently the rendezvous of '
thieves.”
—Victor Hugo writes all his manuscripts with
a very soft lead pencil, which he often forgets to '
sharpen, so that the letters assume a gigantic
size, and eight or ten lines cover nearly a whole
sheet of paper. Perhaps no other eminent con
temporary author complies so conscientiously
with the sensible advico which Horace gives to
poets and authors, Victor Hugo corrects his
manuscripts again and again, until the work
often undergoes a complete change. Some of his
most celebrated poems he rewrote so' often that
his son, Charles, intends to publish, after his
father’s death, aneditiop of tha poema of Victor
Hugo, with the stanzas which his father “rejected.
These stanzas, it is said, would form a volume of
great beauty and value. Somotimes Victor Hugo
works very rapidly; thus, for instance, he com
pleted tho last part of Lea MUaablea in a week.
The “Tollers of the Sea” was written in six
months. Some of his best poems were written
on the spnr of tho moment. Louis Philippe used
to say of him, “Hugo is a queer fellow, but puts
the brains of all Frenchman together and than
cannot come up to his.”