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    GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIL-NO. 117.
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DIED.
COOK.-Ou the morning of the 23d instant. Sallie 1.,
w'fe . '.at Jot nA. Cook, In the 24th year of her age.
Ihe thistly. P and Meade of the family are reepectfully
in , ited tee attend the funeral, from the residence of her
mother. Mary A. Shoemaker, No. 4421• Main street,
Mansynnk. on Wednesday morning nett .at la o'clock.*
OtthEINBANK —4)n Monday afternoon. August 21 h,
Rev. Richard N. Greenbank, of the Philadelphia Annual
Conference to the 76th year of hie age.
1 he member. of the Conference. and the friend/ of the
fatly, are Invited to attend his funeral from his late
re/Mt-nee. No 152/Wallace etrect, on nand 's% 37th inst.
....at I o'clock P. M Service/ at the tledding M. E. Church.
at 2. o'clock. ;reel/ply. •
LAN:4EI%—On Sunday. August =I, in New Vork.•of
cot gum ptiln. lingh Lanuey. aged 32 year/. 2 months, and
2t clay/.
PLNEOSE.—On the morning of the 23'h initant. after
a brief litneft. ilebe...ca W. renrom, relict of the late
daincelp. Psnrnte. 0 . ! this •••
63117 H. —On the '2lst In.t , Arabella Theresa. second
daughter of Genfihos. Kilby 8 with, aged 16 years.
Fancy:it services (this) Tue2day.22.thinst .at 4 o'clock P
trona the residence of bar father, at larrind ale.
[Eschange papers please con7l.—E'vezerzio Bur.t.EriN.•
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
wEr ATTENTION ! BOYS IN BLUE!
'oldie! a' mod gallon' State Central Committee
Rooms, Philadelphia,
Dad SOUTH SEVENTH STREET.
To the Boys in Blue. Soldiers' and Bailors' Clubs. Grant
and Colfax Cluimand all Republican political organiza
tions throughout the State:
You are requested to send the full name and addresses
of the officers of your Associations to these BEADQUAR
-111-1113 ►t once, that you may be supplied from time to
time with documents. dm.
Members of this Committee (both County and Town
ship) will please aid an furthering the object of this
notice.
By order of the Committee.
CIIARLBB IL T. COLLIES, Chairman.
A. L. RUSSELL, Secretary.
It.
serHeakuartera Republican Invinciblea
ORDER No. 11,.
The Member. will mumble
• Wasinesday, August 26th, 1868,
At 7 o'clock P. M., sharp. for Parade. to the First and
Second Congreerional Districts, end to receive our new
arand of colors.
BENJ. L. TAYLOR, (Met IllarthaL
Erns Lutrxria.)
Beaus TODD. "W a nt M a rth a'''.
au:; Btret
UNION LEAGUE BOUM
PUILADELP/11A. August 19. 1868,
A SPECIAL-MEETING OF THE UNION LEAGUE of
.Philadelphia. will be held at the • -
LEAGUE HOUSE.
ON WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 28,
At 8 o'clock P.M.,
'To take such action as may be necessary in view of the
approaching elections.
By order of the Board of Directors.
aul9.7t
air PARDEE SCIENTIFICCOURBE
LIWAYETTE COLLEGE.
The neat term commences on,THUILSDAY. September
0. Candidates foradmiselen may be examined the day
before (September 9), or on TUR.SDAY. July the aay
before the Annual Commencement.
For circulars, apply to President CATTELL, or to
Professor B. B. YOUNOMAN.
Clerk of the Faculty.
jyl4 tf
EasTom, Pa, Jnly, 1868
sor FIRST REPUBLICAN GUN 1 1
GRANT AND COLFAX.
AND THE WHOLE TICKET
Grand Banner Anteing by the citizens of the First, Sec
.ond and '1 wenty-sixth Wards on -
WEDNEbDAY EVENING, AUG. 28,1869,
at 8 o'clock, at tae Junction of Passyunk Road and Whar
ton street.
Gen. J. W. Fisher, lion. Charles O'Neill,
Lancaster county, Hoe. Galusha A. Grow,
Gen. Hector Tyndale, Lion. H. Bucher Swope.
-Col John W. Forney, Clearfield county,
Col. James Givm, Hon. Charles Gibbons,
N ajor J, T. Pratt, lion. Leonard Mers,
Capt. J. W. Curry, Thos. J. Worrell, ISsq
Lt. Lemuel Reeves. 8eui, 16 . - Bet,Ty. Es John Bhedden, Esq; •
and others will address the meeting.' The Republican
invineibles, the Grant and Colfax Clubs 7of the First,
Nineteenth and Twenty.exth Wards, and the Berry
Campaign Club, will be out in force. All Republican
clubs and the public are invited.
W, B. R. SELBY, Pree't, Second Ward,
WM. GRAHAM, Treasurer. First Ward.
DAVID B. BAKER, Sec'y. -- Twenty-sixth Ward. (au2-1.24
OFFICE OF THE LOCUST MOUNTAIN COAL
a t6. AND IRON COMPANY, No. 230 SOUTH THIRD
STREET. .
PIRTADELPIILt. vend 20.1868.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors; held this day,
a cenii-Annual Dividend of FOUR PER CENT. on the
Capital Stock, clear of State taxes, was declared, payable
to the Stockholders or their legal representatives on and
-after/teem!- IM.
The Transfer Books will be closed until the Istproxiroo:
EDWARD ELY.
Treasurer. '
au2o tael
rrTri
,==
Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
gee- RALLY! RALLY! RALLY!
A MEETING OF THE
GRANT, COLFAX AND MYERB CLUB
Of the THIRTEENTH WARD will be held THIS EVE.
NINO; at 8 o'clock, at — the — Club — Room, N.B. corner of
NINTH and SPRING GARDEN gamete.
The rietting will he add, mad by the Hon. L. MYER 3
and E. H. RAUCH, Req., editor of "Father A braham," of
Reading. All are invited..
EDWIN IL }TrI.EII. President.
JAB. W. BAYBE. Secretary. \ it,
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• PATLADICLIMIA. May 27 18611
NOTICE to the bade= of bonds of the ?Mule/Phis
and heading Railroad (kunPanY. doe _ -
The company offer to exclunge any of bonds of
$1,003 each at any time before thet day 01 October next,
at par , for a new mortgage bonito equal amount. bearing
7 per cent. interest , clear of Uni /Rates and State taxes.
having 25 years to run.
Tbe bonds not sunpridered on or before the Lrt of Octo
her next will be paid at maturity. in accordance with
their tenor. mMt octl B. BRADFORD. Treasurer.
NOTICE THE.: PENNSYLVANIA-FIRE IN.
enrance Company.—Augnat 25th, 1868.
The annual meeting of the stockholder* of the Pommy!.
viola Fire Insurance Company will be held at their
Mee on AIONDAV, the 7th day willember next, at 10
o'clock, A 31.. when an election be held for nine dl
recton, to terse for the enactingYe_tir.
w. 31. O. CROWELL,
an2Adteepfill Secretary.
ler HOWARD HO ITAL. NOS. 1618 AND 1620
Lombard Etreet. D Department.—Bledleal
e&tmen and .medicines f gratuitously to the
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POLVTIVAL.
Interview with Gen Longstreet—Gen.
Grohs Ills Candidate for the Presi
dency.
The New York. Tribune of to'-day says :—Yes
terday a Chieftain of the late Rebellion, Gen,
James Longstreer. arrived in New York. Since
the war he acciptiii the situation and has used
his influence to counsel and guide his people and
to 'sad them safely back to an enduring peace.
Yestei day eve ling a reporter called upon the
Geuerai me New York Rotel. Imagine seated
at a table, a tall, well-built man in a snit of black.
The face is a kindly, pleasant one, the beard
is sandy and grizzled, and the cheeks
are allotted. The forehead is high and the
elves are gray and soft in expression.
The mouth squarely cut denotes decision,
and there is that quiet, resolute air about him
diet reminded one of General Grant, whom he
strongly resembles in looks and manners. Al
though: eufferlug from_an attack of fever he bore
himself resolutely above pain, and after dinner
conversed freely upon affairs In the Southern
States. As a portion of the conversation bears
directly upon the coming campaign I will give
it in lull.
Reporter—Do you think we.mill have better
days in the Southern :states?
„ Gen. Longstreet—Assuredly. The cotton crop
has been very large this year, and we will soon
have capital of our own to work upon.
Reporterluppose Seymour is elected, do you
think we will have another war?
Gen. L.—l cannot say as to that, but I believe
that if he is elected it will open all those old
James, and we will have trouble; bull don't think
he will beelected. • .
Repe—What do yen think a Prant?
L—stbsts my Man. believe be is a fair
man. I met, him at West Point. I think
he is above Meanness. ills silence's grand.
It
R is p.
—There
to the is ono thing I would like to ask.
regard negro.
Gem L. (smilingly).—l will tell you all I
know.
Rep.—Will he keep his contracts In regard to
labor?
Gin. L.—l can relate my own experienee. My
men have worked well. They like to have a
white man come out in the field and tell them
what to do. There was always a class of lazy
men who would sit in their houses and give their
orders. These men deserve to have trouble.
Rep.—And in regard to jury trials—l mean ne
groes upon a jury bench?
Gen. L.—ln some cases that is bad—for in
stance, where an action involves an account.
Negroes generally are ignorant upon intricate
matters of business. But, if a district is disposed
to do right with them, the jury may be divided.—
white and black. They (the negroes) soon learn
and appreciate the position.
Rep.—About negro supremacy?
Gen. L.—Ah, that can never be; it is silly to
think of it. They can, never be stronger than
they are to-day, and, the whites of - the South
know it, but they are misled by the politicians.
Rep.—ln regard to the acts of Reconstruction?
Gen. advise my friends to accept them,
and come into the Union, and try to bring about
peace and prosperity. I told the people of Ala
bama if they would not be guided by the politi
cians they would come out all right.
Rep.--And_ you think it will come oat all right?
Gen. L.—l do; the crops are large. The cotton
crop is worth '5200,000,000. That is a step
toward bringing about the desired result. Chase
Was my man. I think if nominated he could
have been elected, and the Southern people would
flatly about him without knowing it; I cannot
vote for Seymour; bat any way, I think good
times are not far distant.
Letter from Governok Brovvulow.
Governor Brownlow, of Tennessee, addressed
the following, letter to the recent Republicau
State Convention in Knoxville :
KNOXVILLE, Aug. 10, 1868.—Gentlemen: Being
denied the pleasure and the honor of meeting
with you in person and participating in your
deliberations, I take' this method to express to
yon my hearty sympathy with you and the great
Republican party of the nation, of which you are
a part. I congratulate you upon what I deem
the certain success of Grant and Colfax—the
former the greateat general of _the ago and the
Vise
nation—in the pending canvass; and I
also congratulate you - upon the certain utter
defeat of Seymour and Blair, the standard
bearers of the party of revolution and of: the re
storation of the "lost cause." The conflict is,
and is to be, sharp, bitter and unscrupulous so
far as our opponents are concerned, but ,We may
well conclude this is their "last ditch," ltd that
beaten here (as beaten they most assuredly will
be), the threatened temple of our national liberty
and laws will stand forth in its integrity, un
marred by the strife, and its permanence assured.
In order-to secure our triumph and perpetuate
our party in Tennessee it is of the utmost import
once that harniony prevail in our councils. At a
time like the present a true man would rather
sacrifice his own interests and submit to
foreeo his owns-personal claims than to
imperil the suestiss of the cause on which
so much depends, by insisting upon thorn. When
immigrants come to settle in oar State they should
be welcomed with earnest cordiality, without
stopping to inquire first on which side of the
Ohio they were born. Missouri, which has
adopted the policy Isuegest,and which,mere than
any other State, has received large accessions of
poptdaticai and wealth by immigration, will give,
it is supposed, a larger majority for Grant and
Colfax than she did in 1864 for Lincoln. Trusting
that you will have a harmonious and profitable
session, and that when you separate it shall be to
return to your homes and work for our noble
cause like beavers, 1,. have the honor to remain;
with high consideration, yours moat !respect
funY's W. cf. Bnowishow
Nasby Loose—Speech at a Demo.
crane ;Pole Raising.
The Zanesville (Ohio) Courier flunishei a repok
of the proceedings of a Democratic meeting, and
of the speech which was delivered on that occa
sion; iiasby could not excel the richness of this
eptorleal-ellort
• A RIM SPERM FROM RAY.
The .speech of the occasion was roade by
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1868.
James EBY, Esq.; if District No. 2, Falls town
ship. For the beneat of those who had not the
pleasure of hearing him we reproduce his speech
in full:
"My Fellourcitizens came down from my
pleasant home in the country, where I have spent
the best part of my life in feeding pigs, hoeing
corn and drinking whisky.- I have found that a
little good old corn whisky is good, it is whole
some, It is necessary to keep the Democracy from
oosing out at my libgers' ends—as litarryatt says
in one of his novels. I am known hereabodts;
many good old Democrats that inhabit this dark
ened spot have oftentimes taken charge of me
and tenderly treated me as ion , as I had money,
wheel was not in aperpendicular condition—
while my Republican friend above here menu and
many a time kicked me out of hls house in the
depth of winter, in the heat of summer, early In
spring and late in autumn. And why. my Demo
cratic fellow-citizens? Because I had been taking
a little of the creature to keep my patriotism
alive. You took me in, fellow Democrats—you
fed me with the feed that is good for me—you
nursed me tenderly, and I paid the-bills for all of
us, and on that account I am at this nole-raising
to tell you bow much I love you. (Cheers.. I
am a Democrat, - fellow-citizens; I don't know
Who Seymour is. Marryatt in his novels don't
mention him, and the works on shipwreck don't
say anything about him, and I don't care who he
is,;whether old or young, drunk or sober, good
or bad, black or white—he is on the Demo
cratic ticket and I will vote for him. l Great
cheering.( My Democratic citizens, I am
getting diy. I could tell you about all the
shipwrecks from Noah's first expedition to
the present, but I know you are dry, and I will
not consume your time. I will say that the old
shin is not going steady; something is wronz,the
rudder is - shippedi - breakelii' - are - airrear;, Ado W.
will run aground unless we elect Sey
mour or Jeff. Davis, or some other good man.
Vociferous cheering.') The White House is in
mourning for the good old Democrats of yore. I
am an Irishman, and being an Irishman I hate a
nigger; but I am ready to swallow nigger, boots
and all, if we can have the good old Democratic
times we bad from 1856 to 1860. My fellow Dem
ocrats, the pole is up, I helped to raise her, and
now all I ask of you is to raise me if ever you
should see me in need of raising. Now let us all
drink."
At this time Jim retired, and the crowd sent up
cheer upon cheer for Jim.
The Southern Leaders Paean War.
Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, in
a speech made in Atlanta on the 18th inst., spoke
thus of the designs of the rebel leaders:
"Not only do the Democratic platform, Mr.
Seymour's letter of acceptance, and Gen. ftlair's
letter to Brodhead,threaten the peace of the coun
try, but the action and the speeches of the South
ern leaders of the disunion party, styling itself
the Democratic party. indicate revolution beyond
a doubt. In 1860 I acted with those lead
ers, I knew their counsels, I heard their
popular harangues, and their appeals to
the prejudices of the people. They touched the
popular heart, and they moved the mass to ac
tion. I hear the same expressions now, the same
artful appeals to popular prejudices, the same
keynotes to revolution. And I see the people
who have lost heavily by the war and whose pre
judices, as these leaders know, are on that ac
count the more easily moved, shouting to the
war cry, and moving forward like sheep to the
slaughter: - ' Disappointed ambition drives the
leaders forrigd: Thff once_ atoqd., high in 'llse
National tedirSeds." - "TakSY'Wein indeed masters of
the position. They,rotle.upon the storm and di
rected its fury. ' ErclUded from the Cabinet and
the Senate. like fallen angels, some of them now
prefer to "rule in hell rather than serve in hea
ven." If they cannot govern this country they
are determined to destroy it. And as they are
disfranchised on account of, their rebellion, and
see no hope of early relief from their' disabilities.
and have no assurance of popular favor if re
lieved, they feel that they have little to lose and
may have something to gain by another appeal
to arms."
Democratic Campaign Song.
One of tho Western papers prints the following
as the certainly appropriate Democratic cam
paign song :
" Nigger, Nigger, Nigger,
Nigger, Nigger, Nig,
Nigger, Niger, Nigger,
Nigger, Nigger, Nig.
" Nigger, Nigger, Nigger,
Nigger, Nigger, Nig,
Nigger, Nigger, Nigger,
Nigger, Nigger, Nig."
There is a little "sameness" about it: but it
contains pretty much all the arguments found in
Mr. Blair's letter.
torjl) QL44IN',WI 41:1 I ;4:
Another Attack on Bone—Lutrignua
of the Garibaidinutts.
An Italian correspondent writes: My observa
tion and information tend to confirm me in the
impression that the party of action is secretly
agitating throughout Italy. In the first place
Menotti and Ricciotti Garibaldi are constantly
traveling in Italy and make frequent voyages to
Canrera. When visiting Italian towns they are
known to have long confidential interviews with
leading Garibaldian partisans, and it is not un
reasonably concluded that these visits, costing
long and expensive journeys, are not undertaken
for the mere pleasure of exchanging friendly sal
utations.
Menotti Garibaldi, according to a Turin demo
cratic organ, has lately also visited England in
order to collectginds for a second Garlbaldian
invasion. - His "brother Ricciotti. it may be re
membered, madd a similar visit last year with
very good results.
Another sigoaificant point is that a movement
has recently been set afoot to organize mutual
relief or benefit societies among the Garibaldlans.
Such ir3 tb 7Yifridancemtinti vi Lae - iujufrna - tire
Moniteur of Italian democracy. 'his looks mar
vellously like a revivification, under an innocent
title, of the societies established last year aid
of what 'were called the Roman insurgents, al
beit the insurgents all came from this side of the
frontier. People ask, pertinently enough, why
Garibaldians should form special benefit
societies, and regard the movement as an
organization for political purposes—a view
which I perfectly share with them. The places
at which secret enlistments' of volunteers are said
to be most actively carried on are Terai, Orvieto,
Leghorn and Genoa. Terni is the residence of
Metro Faustini, one of Garibaldi's most devoted
partisans,. while Barilli an old Garibaldlan cap
taint who took a probainent part in hen year's
movement. is established at Genoa. Naples is
another active revolutionary centre. , I wie the
term revolutionary inaiamnch as Mazzini and
Garibaldi now make common cause, and the suc
cess of a Garibaldian invasion of Rome, unsup
pOrted or opposed by the Italian government,
will be a critical moment in the fortunes of the
Savoy monarchy.
Nothing More urgently demonstrates the ne
cessity for a solution, of the Roman question
before Italy ean•be really tranquil and prosperous
than the cruel dilemma in which it may auy day
place the government of the country. Let there
be a strong , popular feeling in Italy, resulting in
the departure'of volunteers
"feeling
for the
Roman State,. could. the Italian government
suffer a second iiinetapa and live? Victor Emman
ttel's popularity received a severe shack last year
by reason-of -- the e- hesitating -- pusillanimity with
which be refused to follow Rattazirs counsel
of despatehlitg an Italian - array to, antici
pate the French at Rome: Would not the gov
ernment be equally damaged by violent and
forcible repression of a Garlbaidian movement
supported by. the fealing of tbt' majority of the
nation? Finally, -let imanppose an insurreCtion_
tO break out at Rome, to be doubtless exalt
gtdshed in blOod by Freneli '
troops and Pontifical
mercenaries. Could any government resist 'the,
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.,
indignant clamor that would then be raised in
Italy for intervention in the Roman States, even
t the risk of rupture with France? The whole
question is a thorny one, and much mom blood
will yet be spilt to solveit. 'T/s a pity that the
"solution" of European questions nowadays
generally assumes the same ensanguined hue.
Prussia and Italy.:
The London Standard ridicules the idea that
Prussia has interposed to threaten Italy with her
displeasure if she joins an alliance with France.
Certainly if there were any negotiations for an
alliance between France and Italy, an alliance
which should place the army of Italy at the dis
position of France in exchange for her protection,
an interposition like that attributed to Count Use
dem, would bring them to a speedy and success
ful termination. Italy has nothing to fear from
Prussia; a 1 though she may have something to gala
from her alliance, if she, can have it with
out offending France. Napoleon has the keys of
Italy. Be could raise, with hardly an effort, a
Catholic insurrection which would occupy half
the Italian army, not to suppress, but to watch
it, whilst obliging the rest to stand ready for the
protection of Piedmont. And what about Aus
tria ? Italy certainly could not do anything of
' herself to gain the provinces she seeks ; she
could hardly help Prussia, and Prussia could give
her no real aid. On the other hand Prussia can
do her no harm as an enemy. General von Moltke
cannot reach her frontier, and as for the Prussian
fleet, poor as her own is, she could drive it in a
few days out of the Mediterranean. But the
great joke is the threat that Prussia will form a
strategical combination with the Italian National
party—in other words, raise a revolution against
King Victor Emmanuel. All the help Prussia
could give to such a movement would be peen
niary,-autl gritutingthe - ItaliarrNa
enough to fall into the trap, the only persons
to reap the 'advantage would be the Reactionist
party.
The Austrian achutzenfest.
The following account of the great Schutzen
fest now being held in Vienna will be found in
teresting :
Descending from groups to Individuals we find
that the king of the hooting feat (to the present)
is a countryman named Michael Frasier, from the
Vorarlberg, who, with three shots, made sixty
points on the Feld Industrie target. This is the
highest, possible number. One Hans Larsen,
from Drammon, Norway, who fires with a
weapon of his own invention, has greatly dis
tinguished himself both by the rapidity and pro.
Melon of his shots. He hasheen invited by the
Imperial Minister of War to call on, him and ex
bibit his weapon. I shall have occasion to speak
of this competitor from the Far Northwest when
I describe the Kaiser's visit to the Festplatz.
One of the_sharpehooters_from Amerie.a has
won a goblet. He is Mr. Timothy Grttaz, of
Highland, Illinois. Mr. Grnaz first learned to
handle the king of weapons in Switzerland. He
has lived twenty years in the United States, and
his right hand has not forgotten its cunning.
I give the names of the competitors from the
United States as I find them printed in the Tag-
Glatt, of this city. They are:—Louis J. Ladner,
of Philadelphia; C. J. Young, of Baltimore; M.
Briel, of Washington; Rud: Wick; of Louisville;
Jacob E. Bommer, Peter Rath,' J. Lederer M.
Oppenheim,Paul de Glimes,iand Joseph
of New York; Max Fetterbacher and. Gottfried
Volker, from St. Louis: Sal. Elsner and Max
Gram_, 97 San Joser,ClolleajiArk.-geuryl,_Platl
pti2r, t.. 12 .4,a3 3A4 Ferdinand Brans,
from Cincinnati; -Ulrich Miller, from Kutztown;
Captain Reichard, from Wilkesbarre; Timothy
Grauz:tuid Karl Glatter, from Highland, ill.
Thursday afternoon the Kaiser visited the Fest
Platt. I saw him' as he drove down the Ring and
Prater streets,accompanied by one adjutant,and I
could not help wondering whether he noticed chat
the, in Austria, long persecuted national German
colors (black, red and gold) were now displayed in
the most fashionable quarters of the Kaiserstadt
twice as often as. the Austrian colors (black and
yellow). This munificent dis Flay of the German
tri-color is in itself a sign of the new era in West
Austria.
Arrived at the Fest-Halle, he was presented
with two goblets of wine and beer. Choosing
the former, he drank "to the welfare of the
sharpshooters here assembled." He was then
conducted to the gift temple, at the portal of
which be was met by -two Low German peasant
girls, who have come hither with the Ham
burgers, and who prolibred a monster bouquet
carrying the device, "The sharpshooters to the
Empress." Hereupon the Kilter remarked, "I
will deliver it fresh to:my wife, as I depart for
Isch this evening." When the Emperor
entered the shooting hall the shooters
ceased firing and hurried to welcome him.
"Pray continue to shoot; gentlemen, please
go on. lao not wish to 'interrupt any one. I
am a friend of the sharphooters, and no one
should stop his work." He stepped Into a stand
where one of the few sharpshooters from France
happened to be about to fire. On being informed
that his companion was a Frenchman, he said,
"yon are a Frenchman, I hear ?" "Yes, sire, I
am from Lorraine, and, as the Mayor of Nancy
told you on your arrival in our city on your way
to the Paris Exhibition, we have not forgotten
the benefits which your ancestors conferred upon
our province."
The Kaiser thanked the Lorrainer for his hap
py reply.
At one of the Industrie targets the Kaiser ac
cepted a musket. He shot three times. The
first and second shots struck the centre! the third
hit the target to the left of the centre. To the
invitation to take another shot, the Emperbr re
plied, "Let ns go, else I shall do worse." On
leaving the shooting stands the Kaiser was pre
sented with a glass of beer, which he emptied.
When, however, a silver goblet of wine was
offered him, he smiled and only took a sip, re
marking thereafter that if he emptied so many
classes the natural consequences would ensue.
This obiervation caused great mirth. When the
Kaiser had visited all the buildings and had
chatted with the architect and contractor, he
prepared
. to leave. _ The sharpshooters had
erM eiralt!usifttgeh — the — theatilitoWeiTs - d — etettie:
him enthusiastically as he passed through their
ranks to the osier.
Americans in Europe.
A correspondent writing front Pranitfort-on-tho
Main; on the 11th of August, says:--
"There are many distinguished Americar.s at
presint sojourning here and at the neighboring
watering places of Ilornburgyes-Monts., FriB Ex
cellency George Hancroft, United States Minister
at Berlin, remained here a few days with his
lady, on his return to the....Prusalan capital, PitOr
he had flnislied thenegotiations about those mach
discussed protection treaties betWeeti the South
German Courts of Munich, Stuttgardt; Uarlartthe,
and Darmstadt and the United States,govern
ment. CommodOre Inman, of the' United States
Navy, bus spent some time here, and has now left
for I,ucerne, and Commodore Livingstoib of the
Same service, still remains. Mr. J. - P. linnnedy,
formerly Secretary of the United States Navy, is
at Homburg, which is crowded with visitors,
among whom are hundreds of Americans."
The Swiss and French Alliamee.
The Bund, of Berne, send-official orgaz of the
Swiss Federal Council, piablishes the following
contradiction to the rumors of negotiations be
tween the French and Swiss governments :
"We cannot say what truth there is in the com
munications said to be taking place between
France on the one hand and".! 'Belgium and Hol
land on the other,'butos for Switzerland we can
Alm, on the teat authority, that the assertions
made are void; of foundation. No overture of
the kind has-Deep-made—to the Federal Connell,
and nothing is known, in official circles of Berne
of any fact, or:lndleation'that' would warrant the
inforeAco Evaperor,of the French desires
to engage SivitiOrland in a political and military
alliance with France."
A telegram from Vienna In the Northeastern
Correspondence recdo:
"The Tttrldeligovetnoaent has received Luta-
Illvasion of Turks
genre that armed bands are preParing to invade
its territory from Greece. It - has resolved to
rend reinforcements to the frontier of the Hel
lenic kingdom, and has forwarded to Athens au
energetic note. We in no manner guaran tee the
authenticity of this statement. For some time
past so many erroneous and exaggerated reports
have reached us from the-East that we shall do
warn the reader against these alarming rumors.
So, while publishing thd telegram in question,
we express the hope that the news it couveye
may not be confirmed." 1
Baron Remittal !Speech. ,
The Provincia Corresymdence, of Berlin, ex
presses lively satisfaction at the speech of Baron
de Benet at the banquet to the German Riflemen
at Vienna. It adds that the address will not re
main without echo In Prussia. This - country,
says the journal, has not taken part in the nego
tiations opened between the South German
States; but • It approves of them as being emi
nently useful in point of view of the general sys
tem of defending GerFaany.
Late Foreign Items.
From the last number of the Continental
(Paris) Gazette we extract the following items of
interest:.
—M. Hartmann, te Prefect of the Seine,
bad a narrow escape of being the victim of an
assassin a day or two ago. A. workman called
at the Hotel de. Ville and asked to see the prefect;
on being Informed that M. Haussniannlhad gone
to his country seat at Boulogne, he at once
started thither. Suspicion having, however,been
excited. by his demeanor, he was followed in
time, and arrested at the chateau with a dagger
in his hand. He confessed that it was his inten
tion-to-stab therefeti--b-iit—refased-tb-stfite—hrs
reasons, and it is charitably supposed the man is
mad.
—Vesuvius still gives signs of life and activitY,
and on one or two evenings this week the spec
tacle was scarcely less grand than daring the
time the mountain was in full eruption. Large
streams of fire issued from , the crater, and red
hot stones were thrown an immense distance into
the air. The old mountain shook Its jolly sides,
and the shocks were distinctly felt in Naples. So
strong were they, in fact, that people say and be
lieve to this day that there has been an earth
quake.
—.M. Bourgand, who was for eleven years a
prisoner and chief armourer of King Theodore,
denies that he committed suicide, and positively
afllrms that he was Shot by one of his own offi
cers. He also states that the ball entered the
back of his neck. M. Bourgand will shortly pub
lish a book under the title of "The Armortrer of
Theodore,or eleven years' captivity in Abyssinia.'
—The Gazette de Cologne states that In .conse
quence-ef the extreme heat, a portion of the rails
upon the track between Dusseldorf and Dais
bourg, have been warped and twisted, so that
they resemble serpents, and the trains have been
detained for several hours, until they could be
replaced.
—A letter from'Soria, in Spain, says that the
pine forests have been burning eighty days, and
the number of trees consumed will not be less
than 50,000,000.
—A new Journal has lately appeared at Lisbon,
called A Voz Feminine, which is written by
ladles', and devoted' to the cause. of woman's
emancipation.. 'Spam is'teen to fiction, pdetry,
mdefe, Watery, -fashions, Sr,c'. •
—A journey Is, about to be undertaken upon
velocipedes by. '-some amateurs at MarCeilles.
They visit Genoa and Turin, from thence to
Butz, and over Mont Cenis, returniug. to Paris by
the valley of the Rhone. The velocipedes for thls
long journey have been made eo that a valise and
other small articles can be taken.
—A great , commotion has been caused at Flor
ence on account of the extraction and robbdry
from the Government archives of many valuable
documents. The most important of theta' relate
to the inquiry on the Bastogi railway scandal,
and the report. of the Sicilian Commission,
—On Monday, saYs the Courier du Havre, a trial
of the submarine telescope took place at the Bas
sin de l'Eure. 'The• results exceeded the most
sangnine expectations. The smallest pearls
could be distinctly seen upon the bottom, and
muscles on the hull of the ship Tampico. Not
withstanding the darkness, nothing escaped the
eyes of the observer, who was able, to his great
astonishment, to see all movements of the
various inhabitants of the deep In their private
life.
piercing of the tunnel through Mont
Cenis continues to advance satisfactorily. On
theist. of June 8,384 metres had been completed;
during that month 60 additional metres have
been finished on the southern side, and 51 on the
northern, making a total of 8,498 oat of the
whole length of 12,220, leaving 3,722 metres yet
to be executed.
—A letter from Lucerne states that Queen Vic
toria occupies her time in making excursions on
the lake and in the gorges of the Rougloch. The
steamer Winkelried was placed at her Majesty's
service by the Municipal Council.
—The Pontifical Zouaves aro all armed with
the needle-gun. Each gun has been separately
blessed, so as to make it doubly deadly.
—Madrid papers announce the death, in that
city, of Bonnairo, the well known performer on
the trapeze. He fell from a groat might in the
course of one of his performances and died hn
mcdiately after, aged 28.
flOstalltaton of the Bishop of the Nee of
W ilualngton.
„The Wilmington Commercial of yesterday
says : St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
was filled to , Its utmost capacity, yes
terday morning, to witness the great
est event in the history of the Catholic
Church in this Stafe, the installation of Thomas
A. Becker, as Bishop of the Bee of Wilmington.
Archbishop'Spaulding, of Baltimore, was pre
sent and led in theceremony. There were like
wise several clergymen from a distance. ,
Ine. - eclreintinfes - cOnimmeild - my nie - 14form- --
. once upon the organ, ors march 7 wherEttie.Arch :
bishop, BishoP, Priests'and clerks, came in pro
cession from the Sixth street door of the church.
Upon reaching the altar, they chanted a prayer
in Latin; after•lwhicli• the ceremony of installa
tion was performed, and ended with the Arch
ifialieps, accoliiiiiied by some of the clergy,
-leading the Bls pto the throne. The Arch
isishoiT wee clot ed in, a purple robe, with a
White crape, cape over hisshoulders, and the
Bishop in plong crape robe with a golden-col-
cited clohk over it. e'wore -- his on his
Inntd: and bold the piehop's golden crosier in his
- 'band.
. Pontif
mass was performed
after - the, ceimony of the installati on. ArchblatoP Bulding
preached a sermon from
John, 28 chap:, 18 verse. He referred at some
length.to the Catholic church as the only way to
salvation; to its strength in the world. beginning
with its foundation by St. Peter and St
Tata, and extending century ,by century
into the different nations of the earth, until now
'it (accede in numbers all the other Christian de
nominations. Ho stated in the course of his
sermon that there were about 1,008 bishops in
the world.
Holy Mass was then performed with the choir,
led by the very efficient organist, Mr. John F.
Miller, singing Lambillotte's Mass, in fine style.
After, the Mass, Bishop. Becker made a few re
marks, saying ho had come here for the purpose
of endeavoring to' save souls, and referred to the
forwardness of the Catholic Church in this com
munity. He hope.d that the zeal manifested by
the Catholics herntoforeWould,not be abated, bat
that they woul4 continue to work, with him in the
great work - or saving souls, that. ho would havm
their prasers, and he. hopedhe would not eas
honor the great chain' of Bishops referred to by
the Archbishop. He wished for the welf‘re of
the pe4le, an d that grace might be increasedin
this.community.
The benediction was then tonorAtlced by the
Bishop, ,after which the Arc bistop closed the
aerviceS, b 7 giYing EPINCIPai > benediction.
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FACTS AND immix.
A CIITNESE TRAGEDY.
0. fair was the maid that 1 loved long am
And her cheek was as soft asitte softest of dough,
And sweet was the song that at evening abc sang,
By the bright flowing waves of the..Yang-tze-
Her eyes slanted down• like the lightning's fast
gleam,
•And her skin was the color of chocolate cream,
And wildly her screams •on• the evening'air rang-
As she tried for to walk by the Timg-tze-klang.
But, alas, tier dear feet were so daintly+small,•
That they couldn't support her dear form, not
atall;.
And e'en as a ball from a rifle goes bang,
She plunged in tie waves of the Yarrptze-klang.
And often at-night de I walk by the brink,
I see a white shape rising out of the drink; -
'Tla the maid that I- loved and my heart feels So
pang
As I think of my loss by the Yang-tze-rang.
—Prussia can count 144 millionaires.
—Ancestral halls.- , Drafts on our forefa4hers.
—Blind Tom is to perform in Provideneei
-The ghost of 'pestilence—Cholera infautum.
—Agassia has gene to St. Louis to take train
for California.
—One of the deedendants of Martin Luther is
manager of a provincial theatre in Wurtemberg.
—Father Hyacinthe, the • renowned French
priest, is said to look like Henry Ward Beecher.
—Mrs. Barney Williams wore $20,000 worth of
-----
—A bookseller announces that he "will soon
publish Annie Thomas's Three Wivea!'"
—Wagner is ill with chagrin at the failurerof
his bat opera. •
—Kentucky has no daily papers outside of
Louisville. It gives 90,000 Democratic majority.
—Darwin and Stuart Mill have just received
doctorates from Bonn. Tres bon!
—Salmon breeding has turned out successfully
.in New Zealand.
—Disraeli is to have the garter. Mrs. Disraeli
has bad it some time.
—lt is said that Harper's Monthly will begin to
publish the names of Its contributors next year.
-Five pail-bearers at Mrs. Vanderbilt's funeral
represented $250,000,000. "We brought nothing_
into this world, Sze."
—Sir Henry Bnlwer tells his constituents that
England's immediate business is to conciliate
Ireland.
—Vanderbilt has never paid Horace Greeley the
$113,000 his son borrowed of the editor of the
Tribune, and failed to return.
—The attempt to assassinate Victoria at Lu
zerne turns out to have been a case of mental
hal-Luzern& ation! •
—The fight at the Broadway Theatre was a yen.,
sion of "Foul Play" not contemplated, by the ei—
ther, , •
—Private Smith, of the 33d infantry, tbr 1 0, -
he ought to be arrested under revenue limp be. 7
cause he keeps a private still.
—A Califernlapaper says OweriMeredith.
years -old.-
that
the cane
mh:fag° as%
atherfil that% the cue.
. ,
The (2/ es have a gambling house at Grata
Valley, California, with a first-class bar-roonx
where liquors are'served in Americas style.
—Mize - . Amy Girdlestone (Miss-Ames), who
made her first appearance upon any stage at the
Arch Street 'Theatre, Is to play at Broughanfis
Fifth Avenue Theatre nest season.
--The cable announces the death of Dolce.
As he bad been exiled to the Canaries for his
country's good, somebody will undoubtedly say
of him: "Dulce a decorum est pro potrio morL"
—The expenses of the Associated , Press, not
withstanding the extra cost of cable despatches,
are $60,000 a year less than they were two years
ago.
—The assemblage of rebel generals and politi
cians at Greenbrier, Va., has an odor of sulphur
about it which must soptac t uie 4 , 4l l ltr a ta _ soute
of them.
—Among the new novels, we sc,o an announce
ment of Dower House. It comes rather too late
in the season: we have had (d) our house painted
long since—early in the spring, in fact.—Fun.
—At the annual fetes which have just takeu_
place at Brussels, a military drama was per
formed, in which the storming of Magdala by the
British troops and the capture of Theodore was.
represented.
—An apparatus for rescuing persons from
drowning is described as a "long, tough ash pole,
with hooks of galvanized iron that can be in
serted in the mouth, noee or eyes." Everybody
will be wanting to try it, Of course.
—A magazinist makes a grumbling porter at
the Springs say : "You call that a trunk, do you?-
It only needs a lightning rod to make it look a
darned sight more like a boarding-house than
what's to be found In Saratogy !"
—lt is rumored that Mark Lemon, the editor
of Punch, is about to play the part of Fal3talf.
Mr. Lemon, we are tole, is a• good actor, and he
is to appear as Falstaff in a drawing-room enter—
tainment, of course in London.
—Jules Richter wrote a Greek poem for the re
cent jubilee of the University of Bonn. But
Bonn refused to receive it because it contained
allusions too direct to sundry of her professors.
Nevertheless, literary Germany bought it up
eagerly, and girds at the professors.
—The Kirghese, Turcomans and othe,r harbor
ens Asiatics, have an unpleasant habit of•makinp:
slaves of etray foreigners who enter.thar coun
try withoutproper authority; to pre.vent escape,
they insert a horse-hair into a small incision is a
prisoner's heel, and cripple him for life. He is
thus secured, against walking away, and May
take good care tnat,he does not, have access to a
home..,
roused from his trance by the tinkle of ice
tumblers of mint julep as the bearers mere forti
fying themselves for the long
-walk to the grave.
He sat up in his coffin and demanded- a drinic„.
and the funeral ended by the mourners all ad
journing to the house of the resurrected
man, where juleps passed round lorig„ ,
enough te.almost accompr,h for the whole party.
that fate from which the 4 4.rst one hadrtie nausea
ered their host.
—A tombstone in a village cemetery in the in-_
tenor of this State is ederned by a piece of scalp-- -
ture which brings in relief a colt, a - boy and
tree. The colt, whl( appears to.bo of • vicious
character and habit, is represented calticking the
boy in the stomach, much to. his astonistunent
and dismay. Then fellows the epliaph, with hitt ,
torie
„phrase, in Vida wiser
"Sacred to the menica7 of
Henry Mulls,
"Born June '2'1,1821, of Henay,Harrls and Jane
his wife. Dit.d on the ith of May, 1437, by the
kick of a colt, in his bowels, pcaceitil.ky and quiet.
a friend to his father and mother'find respected
by all who knew him and went ti that world
where horses can't kick and wheact sorrow and,
weeping I .s no more."
—The: Scots:cc:a says'-'"A bust of' Dante has
just be_en executed, by hlr: John Hutcheson. It. S.
A. ii.is a composition from dictates and memo
rane.a made by the arast durixtg last winter's re
sit/eine in Florence. It is unlike tiny otherbust
oy the noel, for it. 'represents him when about
',twenty-five years of age, whereas the others gene
rally show him as an old man". We 'believe the
leading fcaturee 'are taken from the portrait by
his contemporary, Giotto, in the Palazzo del Po
desta-.-- Tim lace, is beaming with poetry- and be
nignity, and se at - that period of IJante's life his
beloved Beatrice; the source of his inspiration.
had juettied, a tendermelaneholy has bean in-
UstcLintathe-expression.—The ample
the long oval es, the gently compressed lips.
are full of thought, and at:ye a vivid idea, of thyk .
grtut /tali= poet. , •