GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIL-NO. 157. THE EVENING BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVERY EVIMEG, (13oxidayo excepted). AT TILE NEW BULLETIN BUILDING. 601 Chestnut street, Philadelphln, .I.ll' VIC EVENING BULLETIN ABBOGIATION. PROPIIIXTONS. GLUON PEACOCK. CARPER BOUDEB. P. L. FETHEIWTON. THOB. J. WILLLUSBON. FEMME WELLS. The Innucrin io served to subccribero in tho city at 18 cents • •r week. • a able to the carriers. or 88 .er annum. AMERICABI LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Pblladeiralias 8. E; Corner Fourth and Walnut Ste. or This Institution has no superior in the United Oaths. INSURE AGAINST ACCIDENT IN TAM TRAVELERS' INSI7II,ANCE CO., OF HARTFORD, GA N. Assets over - - - $1,000,000 Perrone leaving the city erpecially will feel better astir bed by being hunted. St !ULM Ws ALLEN, Agent and Attorney, FOItIttBT BUILDING. 117 South fourth Street. Philadelphia. virsporma CAWS. INVITATIONS FOR PAR. : v ties. &c. Vow dyke. 11&80N euraft 4417 Chestnut street. UTEDDING HVYTTA.TIONES ENGRAVED IN THE Irr Newest and beat manner. LOUIS DILEKA. Stay Honer and Engraver. U Cheetnnt etreet. feb%l.-tt DIED. DOWLING.—On the Bth hrt. Mrs. kLary Dowling. . 'Me relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral. from her late residence. N o 8r.5 ecordn Second street. on Monday morning. the 12th ' hot, at 8% o'clock. la torment at Cathedral tAnnetruir. DEEMS -On the 9th hut.. Colonel Charlet , Bard Peen, In the tr,d Tear of him age.: _ • , • Ills nude relatives and friend s , Ma Canard's Lodge. N 0.67. A. Y. M. bud theft. W. timus4 Lodge of P I. Tanta. and the Order generally. are Welted to attend bia futtersl from ids late residence . No. I W Pithert etreet. on Monday aftes. et 8 o'elor. ' • - !" 18110111.741C—0n Friday evening. 9th inst. Susannah 8.. wile of Richard llicliman. 'The relat i ves. at d Mende et the familPere invited to attepd hers from the reeitl.b(ee of her hatband. 1.07 Vine on "rueadEl g 3th Mat, at 2 o'clock P. 61. 2** ppote_pill a l gorment inetsry. • 9 SK.677.MiD -*At Re ,on Friday morning. Oct. eth. from there rif at sa' accidental tan-shot wound. ..D ssnitlitt 'X tie r tiall'M an .. ortiiii firer* arerasped...l - ally ip *Red to et Uro4 klie tmerel, at Oast place, en Wednesday 11 10 111 1 14 neat. Mit r Interment at 11 o'clock •',.. V, Alt yEtit..—ea niomilll of the 10th inst. of heart dbease. John Wand in the Mit year of his age. Due notice veol be given of the funeral. • . fAmonit Toilet Sonpf.--ffessire. Col. gaol Neer York, have lesit 11K12,1-11Ted --the reputation of bekve the tuanufaelnrere of the ril2ett Totlet Soaps to the lrhiledateizet. 0c5.1n.w.f 13: CIOOD BLAMA_ND COLORED SILKS. 4 1,..11 - "OOT ELK: CORDEDIIATINYACEGRO GRALN -Pt RPLE AND GLLT EDGE. DROWNS o,Nrk BLUE Gag oga.m. 7:4ODE COLD PLAIN BALA. anal!' EYRe, & LANDELL. 'Fourth and Arch. a'rlCltatovs - sbiridki. ow OPEN ATE,MEETINGS. Roti g iouto Services, Veda' the auevices of the VOING MEN'S CORISTIAS 111110C1 TICV * Will be held TO MORROW AFTERNOON. at Oa o'clock. oil BROAD street, opposite BEDFORD. Mu, at the comer of BROAD and MASTER streets. Preaching at the letter place by Rev. R. lIEBER NEWTON. UNION PRAYER MEETING at the Uall. 121.0 CIDEST. NU I' street. Tails EVENING at 8 o'cloek. 114 Mir SERMON TO YOUNG MEN , BY the Rev. Dr. REED. at the . CENTRAL PRESBYTE RIAN CIiERCIL EIGHTH street. above ARCH (Eighth and Cherry.) TO-MORROW EVENING at ~ t e o'clock. Young Men specially invited and seats reserve '" , Wir The Want of "Nerve" IN ''CIIBISTIAN ENTERPB.I}3E." Sermon by Her. Thor. J. Brown, Puler at Logan Square 10 Church A. corner Twentieth and 'Vine etreete,to.inorrow.at ,4 IS. • t. 4, illir REV. HERRICK JOHNSON D. D.. PASTOR OF the First Presbyterian gAux4i,VrathLagkon Square. will preach To.morrow. UV A.M. and 134 P. 31. It* ofig.SPRING GARDEN BAPTIST :CHURCH—TB:Ia w.'" Weigh etratt Maya Wallace: P. Bomber ger. Pastor. Preaching to-morrow 10,3CA.M. and 7,V.P.11t Nabbath Scbool Prayer Meeting at PAL IHJEOH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES, VirTLutr•Ouit and Christian etreeta. Berviceg lathe above Chinch on Sunday next. at 10.30 A. H., and 7.30 t'. M., by the Bettor. Bev. Manes D. Cooper. ltd REFORMED VERJRCII, TENT Warabert str eets: liev.J. Samford lioollttle valll a preZc i t! tomorrow. Service at MI o'clock mornlagssud 7;j - o'clock evening. . WEST SPRUCE STREET CHURCH. SEVEN. Ildrtecuth arid Spruce atreeta.—Bev. W. P Breed. D.D.„ will preach on SabbathpornitmUth hut., at 1.0% o'clock. and hi the Evening at 7 o'clock. when the !abject will be'Ptayer—lta Power. ST. CHAPEL. NINTII STREET BE. low Bwood. Besda free. All are invited. Di vire acrvice wilt be held in the mortdpg at 10 4A. and in the evening before 8 o'clock P. ca. Rev. w. Fact , Brown. Rector of the Pariah. will preach lathe evening. mop BEIDELdEItD REFORMED CHURCIL—SER. J vises will be held he the USD, northeast scrota Brosd and Boring Garden streets (entrance on Broad) on Sunday at UM A. M. and 4P. M. Preaebtho in the mom. ins by Rev. W. B. Collies. it. iggivbA GREAT MULTITUDE CA.MiI WITH LAN. tams and Torches. Nev. Dr. March will preach on this subject to-morrow. SUNDAY evening. at 7)d o'clock. lu Clinton Street Churcb.Tenth sheet below. Spruce. All persons (Young Mne especialW aro invitedlo attend. 119 Or WEST A ROE - STRE ET 'PRESBYTERIAN Church...corner ght _Preactdog by astor. Rev. A. A. Willits. D.D.. O N A. M. and 73t1 r. Bab. bath School 2N. Lecture and Prayer Meoting, Friday. SN P. M. Sabbath School et Mellon. Sixteenth and Pearl. S P. M. 1116 rcgdiE R AILI', 1}. 7;r 1 M, thr i ggel of Sacred Historical Sermons will be preached by the Rector Sunday evening: Subject—Christ and Pontius Pilate or the Glorious ITfumph of PtteciPle and the id" noble Defeat of Polley. it' NORTH BROAD ST. PB.ESBYTERIAN CHURCH —Preaching to morrow by the Pastor. Rev. Peter Stryker A D.D.. at 1034 A. I‘l.,_.ork "THE EAOLE , S NEST BURR" ~ ) uP. At 7 3 1 P. M.. Hie tirut of *room* of ser mons on Gospel Truth as illustrated _Lby.Bunyan's Pil grim's Progress. Subloct. "THE ALARA." Strazumrs welcome. 11.• DEB/CATION F• THE CHAPEL OF THE IN F ONNTENARY METHOD/ST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, CAMDEN, N. J., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th, 1868. Service in the morning at half-past. 10 o'clock. The Rev. Bishop JANES will preach and consecrate the Chapel f a the afternoon, at I o'clock, a Sabbath School Service will be held. The Eev.J. M. FREEMANot Newark,N.J., will preach. • In the evening, at half past 7 o'clock,theßev.CHAßLES H. PAYNE; of l hiladelphia, will preach rt. ISPIEVIAL NOTIM34 UNIVERSITY- OF ' PENNSYLVANIA_ NINTH S'IItEET ABOVE CHESTNUT. PHILA. __MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD SEEhItON Balk - The General Introductor7 to the One . HUndrOGI and Third Come of Lecturce will be delivered by HenrySl, Smith, M. D.. Protector of Surgery. on MONDAY. Ina 12th instant, at 1913,f o'clock, P. at. _ ocntrpe AR. E. iturGEREI. M. D., Dean. ' strOFFICE OF THE CALDwELL OIL COMPANY 211336 WALNUT - STREET. • PIIILADELPILIA, Oct. 10, 1868. The annual meetins of Stockholders of the CaldWrell 011 Company will be held at tide office on WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21.1868, at 12 o'clock M. • At which time an election for Directors will be held. oclU.9sB CHARLES M. BITER. Secretary. THE HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE. Tenth street, above Market: The Introductory Address will be delivered by Professor A B. Thomas; on MONDAY, at 12 o'clock. noon. The regular Course of Lecturee will commence the next day at 10 A. M. it sluns..— HOWARD .H IDEAL. NOS. 15)13 AND IMO wow L om b ard / m oot Dapoprotent—fdedleat treatmea stud dlodiOlues Od IdAtusttudi to the poor. . . , , , ". - . ' • . ; •,.. , . ...• . • , . . • . - • . . • . .. . . . . • . .. 0 . . - 1 . , . . . . . ... ... • ,_._ at ...... .. ... , ‘...... ... _• .....,...,. i I ... _ . . , •_.... • r . .. .. • . . . 1 - . ,-; .. : . ' ' I'. : ~, 4 11% -',.,'•-‘ ...'-' --..-', ; ; , '. '. ..: ''• ;. .'. '... . ':' '.. ~..,. . .. ...-..,.. ~...... .: i....: . . .i. 1 . ' .....; pri • , • , ••: r .:, •• 11 11: 1 , li r ' ' '' ' •': ' • ''.:•• , t' '' . •'' • ,:. , . _ ',", --. , • ') . ,' . t .. . , . , ...... L•- • . . . , ..• - . • . , • - . • .. . . •,.. . , . . • . . . . • . . . . . , .. . • arzoisz zunnWna, Itivi Wm. Morley,Punshon g li.: TheelotuentEnallshorator s tvM deliver Two Latium attho ACADEME Or MUSIC, FRIDAY EVENING. October Leah. Sabi oct—"Daniel in Babylon." MONDAYEVRNING 4 October DIN Sublact—"Elotence and Her Monwries." Reserved Seats ip Paninet and Parquet Circle al 00. Reserved Beata in the Balcony and Fatuity Cir cle. and Otago 'rickety.ls I 00. For sale at the M. E. Book Boom. No. 1018 ARCH street. • ' , • Oa th e• , THE ANNUAL MEETINSILFOE THE ELEC. r 4 r Don of officers of the WOMEN' e FREEDMEN'S RELIEF ASSoCIATION, anxillarYlo the FM=711%31111 Freedman's Union Commission, wur be held at their Rooms. 711 Sansone atrect, on MONDAY, tho 12th b:ustant, al o'clock A. M. All Femme Interested in the cause of the education of the freed people are earnertlylnvlisid to attend. The as sworociatikout'. l on greatly deldre to enlarge the number of efficietnt NEWSPAPER& BOO= PALIO%I:MM m f 4 A117111 IfirPavan emu. boasts Int . • . :Teem street. LETTER FROM WA6HIEQTON. Pennsylvanians on the Move-Going Heine to Vote-Vheeks by the Nail. road Companies to Prevent Dupes& tion-Ohloans Taking their 'Wives and Little Ones with Them-Som• Unpublished Facts Concerning the Postage-Stantp Contract - = phls knterprise in Washingten—The Quaker City Style IPreferred,hut ythe People Can't Get It—The 'lmprove ments Another Year win Witnesi►,Qce. fOoetespondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Wasnusoros, Oct. 9.—Aireauly many Pennsyl vanians, of both parties, have gone home to vote, particularly those hailing froth the interior coun ties of the State. Mors will leave to-morrow and on Monday. The reduced rates of fare have de cided many to go who would not otherwise have gone, and the result is that very few entitled to vote in your State will remain here. The rail road companies require all who desire to avail themselves of the reduced rates tb present a certificate from the president or secretary of some political club, set ting forth that the party is a legal voter in Pennsylvania, and is entitled to purchase tickets at the reduced rates. This was done to prevent imposition, because if some such restriction were not placed upon travelers, every man going north would buy tickets at the low rates, and trust to lack to'sell them at the end of the Jour ney to other parties desirous of returning to Washiegton. The Pennsylvtudans. however, were not able to make such satisfactory arrangements with the railroad companies as were made by the Ohio - Oommittee, who secured transportation to Ohio fer the wives and children of voters at the same ratio of reduction conceded to the voters. By this means a considerable nuMber of family. parties have been made up for trips to the Buck eye State, and many pleasant re-unions with "the old folk!. at home"_ will be the result._ THE CONTRACT FOR ravrrrSo POSTAGE STAIIPS. dome talk has been occasioned here since the award of the contract for printing postage stamps tor the next four years, which contract was awarded to the National Bank Note Company of New York, by the Postmaster-General It *as supposed the contract was not awarded to the lowest bidder, but an examination of the bids will show that this impression was wrong. It would have gratified rhiladelphisms very muchif „Butler & Carpenter, of your city, had been awarded the contract, as Le - al:Mid have been a matter of pride for the Quaker, City to have sup plied the government with the very essential con venience of postage stamps. The bids of Messrs. Butler- etiDatramter were seemingly the lowest. They put in four proposals to famish the stamps at 17, '2O, 25, and 25 cents per thousand for the different classes. In addition to the sums naked, B. & C. made no estimate liar preparing receipts, and added a charge of five (5) cents per 1,000 on every 1,000 additional, for embossing which made their bids respectively 22, 27. 20, and 30 cents per 1,000, including the embossing. The bid of the National Bank Note Company was 25 cents per 1,000 "all round,"for the stamps, but they also made no charge for preparing receipts. When the matter came to be settled it was tound that the bids of this Company were lower on the average than any other bidders,con sequently the contract was awarded to then, They are allowed an extra charge of one half cent per 1,000 stamps for preparing , receipts, which gives them 253, cents per 1,000, and binds them to furnish everything. The American Bank Note Company offered to furnish the stamps at 26X cents, all round, for -the different classes, and made an extra charge of % of a cent per 1,000 for preparing receipts. These three were the chief bidders, so it will be seen that the award was fairly made, and to the best interests of the Government. i!rA V;4 ;4 :1:4 t.44II,ZikIY , AzIS S.Ytt 0).4 Never, at any fonder period, was so much building going on, outside of. Government con tracts, as is now in progress in Washington. Be sides a splendid Masonic Temple, nwnerous handsome and expensive private dwellings on nearly every street, and many large and stately churches, the Younglitees Christian Association are erecting a splendid brown stonebuilding, with iron ornamented windowheads and columns, at the corner of Ninth And D streets, on the lot formerly occupied by the mansion of Mud ton Taylor, the retired bookseller. , This build ing, when finished, will be one or the finest in Washington, excepting, of course, the public buildings, and will compare with any building of its character in the country. It was designed and contracted for by Plowman & filtarkweather, who continct to erect it complete for $105,000. Idr. Thomas M. Plowman is a Philadelphian, well known_ in your city, but has been doing business here for some time, and he and his paft ner have buildings in progress here which, when completed, will reach in value to half , a million of dollars. The row of four magnificent private dwellings on Fifteenth street below I. now nearly completed, at-a, coat-or $25,000 loch, pill give some idea of the Character of the business done by this firm, and the manner in which they are appreciated by the wealthy citizens of Washing ton. The last row spoken of are fully,. equal to the beat of your elegant residences on North Broad street, and are magnificent specimens of Architecture, situate in the centre of an aristo cratic neighborhood, and wIII be a great orna ment to the city. Next spring, this firm intend building a row of fifty houses on Capitol 11111,1 n the real Philadelphia style, whichis greatly pre ferred here by many citizens. but few builders erect houses on the plan so deservedly: popular in Philadelphia. They are coming to it, how ever, and next year whole rows of houses a to Philadelphia plan, will spring up in every direc tion. SUSQUEHANNA. THEATRES. Ete: AT Tim Wawarr, thin evening, Mrs. Lander will conclude her engagement with her impersonation of 7Taiay - Xlicb - etb:"11r: - J:11: - Tityloi• will appear as "Macbeth." The performance will conclude with The People's Lawyer. On Monday, Mr. Chanfrau in the comedy Sam. AT TEE Amon, this evening. Latta will appear again in "Little Nell" and "The Marchioness , ' supported by Mr. Craig as "Dick Swiveller." AT Tun Czurerrarr, to-night, Foul Plali will be given_ for the last time. The price of admission has been re duced to fifty cents. AT Two .almatostr, to-night, The Grand Duchess will desbe. given, with a macellaneons performance besi RESCUING A PRISONEIL—Thomas Mnleahey, re siding at No.l9.Print° street, was arrested yester dayi."and talumlbeforelilderman Tittermary,upon the charge of rescuing a prisoner from Policeman_ Stineman. Ha;was committed, for trial. —Mr. Gladstone toms lately • asked what he would do with the_revenues of the Irish church if he should stteneed in accomplishing its "dises tablislnent.(' He: declined to ptate his inten tions at preeent, but added: "Return me to power, and will propose a plan which will, I elleVe, be a eeptsOle tb,o nation." GI PHILADELPM, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 'lB6B. , CQTAEiIVS; The Democratic Naturalizations JUSTICE SHARSWOOD'S DECISION CO, ENOWDEN IXOIRATED MD THE MB DISOWNED REVIEW OF NATURALIZATION Important Letter from Judge Agnew Re Cot demts the &Ha of Snowden In the matter of the Rule on James Roes Snowden, Esq.. Prothonotary of this Court, to show cause why an attachment should not Issue against him for contempt. . The process of attachment c ontempt le a settunaly remedy whielebis beim mem by the : comas in eftg. land as far back as the =We the lane extend: 4 Black stone Com. 28e. The nu of ft was eo much enlarged by . judicial decisions that the Legislature of this State maw proper to provide by the act of April a. leeet (6 Smith 55) that "the power of the judges of thee urverid courts of this Commonwealth to issue attachment" and intlicuummary punishments for contempt of court shall be restricted to the foilbwing cues; that is to say. to the official miscon duct of the o ffi cers of such courts respectively, to the negligence or disobedience of officers, patties,,jurore. or witnesses against the lawful prouss of the Court, to the misbehavior of any person in the presence of the Court, obstructing the administration of justice " This provi sion was reenacted by the revised act of June K LEM. (Pamph. 2, 793.) The mode of proceeding is well explained in Hollingsworth vs. Durum (Weilisee, Ben, Rep., eg. A rule is generally granted in the first instance on affi davits. upon the return of wnich the defendant answers on oath the evidence is hersd; and if the court should be of opinion that the fact on which the rule was taken is not "efficiently answered or excused, tied that in point 'of law a contempt has been incurred, an attachment is awarded. When the defendant is brought in od this writ, heanswere interrogations propounded to him on behalf of the cede wont:Tubb, in whose name the writ always Issues and if he gives such answers as purge him from the criminality, be must be discharged. 4 Market. Corn., Dn. (Cale of nutmeat out ihsw, 9 Watts, 416. ' .In tole case the lute was grantee upon affidavits that twelve naturalization certificates, purporting to be tithed and sealed in blank by the Prothonotary of this Court, had been towel on the person of a Ounce who had been arrested and was la custody on another charge. The certificates were ;reduced. I allowed the respondent on the bearing of the motion to prove, which he did by eeveras wit lemma well acquainted with his haudwriting,, that the, denatures-were forgeries; yet, as tbe imereeefone of the' seal appeared to be genuine, I granted the rule. On the return of it the respondent put in an answer on oath. in which he positively and distinctly denies any : knowledge of the ramie` or that any such had - ever been signed, sealed or issued with his knowledge or by his authority. No attempt ever has been made to prove, by a single wit nem. that the handwriting is that of the reepondsat. Tee Attorney-General, Mr. Brewster. with that cinder which always characterize, him as a gentleman and a lawyer, has admitted that it is not.. lie *.hist also declared with the same frankness that he does not believe the respondent to have knowinglyleaued or prmitted to be feinted an, blank certificates like those in question. Ties Whole evidence establishes this beyond a doubt. The penional Integrity of the reeposidentiattiere fore fully vindicated. But the ground hes been assumed Mat he IMO been minty of gross negligence in allowing the business in the office to be so traneacted, that natu ralization certificates , such as these , might be eurrepte Hourly obtained; and emcb gross neglect, if it exist', would unquestionably condttute official misconduct. All the clerks in the nice, Rome who have been heretofore connected with it but are not 11 , 19 and many other wit nesses. have been examined: The widest- ransierand the - fallen opportunity by adjournment has been given to the Commonwealth to pursue the investigation. It was duo 'Lake to the Court and theeemnienity and the respondent himself, that this should be done. Tbe specifications of alleged negligence have been reduced to five, which I will proceed to examine. Fire As to the seal. That the die by which the seal is affixed to writs and record' should be carefully guarded roust be admitted by every nee acquainted with the law on this subject. It Is establiehed beyond all questioniliat the seal of a Court of Record proves itself. Nor is it ne rosary for a party offering itin evidenceto prove it or the signature of the attesting clerk. The burden of dir' Proving it Is cast upon him who alleges that it is Wine. This is the law as O.IV administered in all eurcourte. as laid down in every standard work on evidence and fully supported by all the decided caste. 'ln proving a record by a copy under seal," says Mr. Greenleaf. "It is to be remembered that the courts recognize without eiroqf the seal of State, and the seals of the Superior Ceuta -of J. , • t 4 ^....and of all courts established by Pub lic ate-thee" "The seals of the courts of justice, ' says Mr. Starkie. "are of public credit. are part of constitution of she etude, and supposed to be known to all." 1 Green. leaf oh Ev. U 3. Btarkie on Er. e, Am. ed. 258,—Phffilm on ev. X , re cowieue note 714. in which the American cases are collected. 1 could multiply citations on this point, but I forbear. as Ido not believe any lawyer can be found who question. it. That such a certificate of a judicial proceeeding is conclusive and cannot be set aside on the ground of any errors, illeagqali ties or irregularities, where the court had jurisdiction. unless by the same court in which it took place or some higher court on erroe or appeal. and stands conclueive as to all the world until it is actually so set aside, is a point equally incontrovertible. MePhenton vs. Cauliff. US. ee R. sEt, Weckerly vs. The German Luthern Congrega. tion. lelleade 150. Marsh vs. Her. 4 - Rawls 284. Bower a. Tullman, 6, W. et B. 556. Gaple et al Titus et al. 5 Wright. 195 legion of authorit ies might be invoked:as - -wellerens this as from every State in • the Union, to the •• same effect. It has been held in the en peen] e Court of - the leaned States that the judgment of a court admitting_ an alian to become a - citizen Is conclusive that all the provisions • f the law have - been • complied with. Stark. vs. The Chesapeake Ins. so., 7 Crunch, 420; Bpratt vs. Berate 4 Pets in, =I. "This judgment. says Chief Justice Mar. ensleels entered on record as the judgment of the court. It eeemq teens, len pe in legal bum to close, all inquiry, and like every other judgment, to be complete evidence of its own validity." The same principle hail been recog nized and applied to certificates li o naturalizon in every State coult he which the quehas ever arisen. McDaniel vallicharde, 1 McCord, 187; Ritchie ye, Put nam, 13 Wendell, 524; McCarthy se. Richards, 1 Belden, 2in. 1 have searched diligently , but without succeee. through all the books for any decision, or oven dictum, which either denies, qualifies. er. deatiM this deer. trine. It is one .of the firmest settled founda tion stones of the law. It is evident then from these considerations that the importance of guarding the seals of this court from being tampered with cannot be overestimated. It Is objected against the respondent that it is not kept in a safe position. It has been proved, how• ever; that it wu - kept in she same place for many years before ho was appointed Prothonotary. He found it there when be feet took possession of the office Every judge, who has been on this bench during an that time , has , of recseene. frequently seen it. It is within theview of all the clerks when the office is not crowded. and when it is crowded, i e isenear and wilegn view of one of them. When the crowd became so great lately that • the atten tion of this clerkmight either accidentally or designed. ly be diverted to another quarter. the reipoadent eointeda dark. whose wile duty it should be to take charge of it, and see that it was affixed to no paper, unless by some one duly author ized. It is certainly unimportant that this person had been but a few days before employed, when this duty was seemed to him. It required no special knowledge or experience to perform it. Of his sobriety Intelligence and integrity no question has been made. the seal sCuld be kept locked, and beunlocked every time it is eeded is an idea no one can entertain for a moment, , eis indeed th e ßerke should be allowed to keep always eon band a very considerable unmber of all kinds of write and certificates of record, ready sealed, which, however, the ComMonwealth objects to etrenuoualy as being itself evidence of negligence. We must not leave out of view in the conddition of this case that the room provided for therrothenotary of this_ Court is small and narrow — entirely insufficient for the safe and convenient transaction of its bushings and the security of its Important records. That, however, is not the faultof the respondent I think this specification is not sustained. .... . The second allegation is that the respondent e wake. Hoed his name during his absence to be rugned by the clerk to certain documents to be used at Washington hi obtaining pensions and bounties from the Treasury of tee Wilted States. It seems that the rule in that depart. merit is not to receive documents signed per loomed. tionem. Whether this was right or wrong in the respon dent Ido not think lam called on to decide. It does not relate to the record or business of the Court. It is done. ea I understane, tO authenticate the eignatures pf alder- men to:meats and other documents. If his practice is wrong he no amenable to the Federal authorities. It is fully pi oved that be never authorized it to be done in certifying the records of this Court, but expressly forbade it. I dismiss this specification. The third allegation is that be allowed naturalization certificates signed and sealed in blank• to be used by his clerks. It the fact was clearlyy established I would not consider it as evidence of negligence.. provided due pre. cautions were observed as to the custody of the papers. I see nothing in the fact that each of these clerks may have bad at times a pile of certificates directly before him, and immediately under hie eye, ready signed and sealed, while engaged in filling them up. The' evidence shows that sine.e.thei creallecameact- z great as-to snake such a practicadangerous.it has been dUcontineed, cer. tahey, if Mr. McCarthy is to be believed. since .the seal has been placed in his charge. no certificate in blank has t ame d. d under it. I findtho negligence thereforeunder this hea The fourth allegation is that the' darker permitted - blanks;riellterr. - eigned noreealed to be taken out of the office to be filled up by strangers. I do not know that this has been shown to have been broughtto the knowledge of respondent. It has been testified, however. to be a co men practice in all the offices. It very much expediates business. Without the seal and attestation the blank is nothing: and I cannot see that it would be much security • against frauds to refuse this accommodation. The fifth and last allegation is that the resoondeat ap pointed temporarily sr a clerk a man who in 11.53 was con-, vide& end educe served out an Imprisonment of two yeagi for the offence of altering forged pension certificates. I clearly appears that the respondent engaged him on the recommendation of his chief chsrk.hir. Rosa, without any knowledge of the fact of such conviction, or of anything against the character of the man , as he has sworn In his supplemental answer filed. Mr. Ross confirms this, and adds that though he had known tie individual In ( Mei . lion for many years and 11161117 parsing of his acquaintance he had never beard of the cenvictlSlM and that when he ' recommended him he believed him character to be good. There is not the slightest evidence, that this clerk. ws ,guilty of any irregularity or impropriety during the short period that he was employed in the office. Noneglegenoe has been established in tnismatter.. - . , After hearing the whole case ln connection; with the clear and eabonotary testimony Anthony main. an export of long and large experience, aa 10' the matir Practicability of makint. bY the Olocirotyp44 prima* OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. fare seal from a geed paper impression'. of the original' which' would make impression., on paper equal 1 . 0 the best of them appearing on there forged blanks, lam in stromsly belie ed to th e opinion that they were not scale., the Office. That opinion has been con fi rmed hi , comparing their impress - lona with twelve genuine ones made at the same time, and which are in evidence. , Every one of the scale of the forged , expert'. excepts one. la better than the unpenneat and best of the twelVe true ones, and are all about equally good, pet none of these is as sharp and good as a flue lor erre mon taken separately. The letters oh all the false pacers are di. tlntt and legible, while after the first four or five of the genuine ones, no lettere can be distinguished at all I thins it most probable. from their uniform ere pearence, that the false seals are all single separate ice vrereions from a die. not to sharp es the orisdnal. just ouch a one an accordion to Mr. Morin, could be eleetlo• typed from a paper impreerion. It will be observed that in the course of this searching investigation into the conduct of the respondent no charge hes been made nor any• evidence given of any misconduct in that part of naturalization, which was tender hie immediate supervision rn court. None of the clerks or alms engaged to assist him in those • dutieis ;haveh been relied or examined. Yet as .in in all parts of the process have been alluded to. I may rake this opportunity to make a few remarge In orphaned= of the mode adopted in this Ind heretofore in the other courts of this city in admitting aliens to the rights of citizenship.- do not mean of eonne, to expend any opinion upon the legality of that mode. because the ques tion may in some, form como before the Court in been and it would evidently bo Improper for me. as it does not arise in the case before me, to prejudge a question of finch impOrtinca • - lt is 'not incsmslatent however with my duty Ms teat MS peat to say. that if this mode so long punned be illegal, and therefore void, and the naturalization certificates homed wider it can be lawfullly rejected, then ninatentlis of all the aliens naturalized by em Courts during the last thirty yews, will be reduced again to the condition of alien& .. ... , Any man , whether lawyer or not. whcecan draw ale:- teal Inference, must acknowledge that this' onsequeuee is inevitable: - When I took my seat upon the bench of the District Court in 1845, I found this system had been followed by the learned and pure men, who were mem bers of the Court, which had preceied that to which I had been appointed; and by that disthignietted jurist Judge/Chg. teen Prendent of the Court in (Ammon Pleas. ' That system Is tbis : In the cases of applications on declaration of intention, the _judge examines the papers and lefound to be mauler , de livers them to the clerk or care of the ofecere to administer the required oath to the petitioner and MB voucber ill the court room, •• La the case of those who apply °nab e ground of having arrived in the country under the age of eighteen--as they are required to produce no papers--there is nothing to examine. she minion, with the accompanying affidavits. is is printed 'mei, the came in all these cases, and sho clerk has only to tee that it is properly filled up with the name and court. try of the petitioner, and the year of his arrival.. Upon taking my Seat in the Court of Nisi Pries on the first Mon. day of lieptember of this year. I foundon inquiry that the established practice hero had been -to refer the examina tion of the papery, in an asses: to the' Prothonotary, with directions, however, that If any doubt or queatien arose in his mind in any, to report it for the opinion of the Judge. I saw clearly the reason of this difference. The Prothonotary of tfihs Comtism lawyer of mature age, and experience, appointed by the. Court itself , and pose ceasing its entire confidence. /IC is always personally present in court attending to bia duties, . Whereat In the other courts, th e prothonotaries and clerks are generally not lawyers, are noeappointed by the courts, end act en • Only by deputies. I determined, however, on reflection, [oversee the same practice I heti affrays followed in the. District Court, not from any or the slighteri. want of confi dence in Col. enowdea, but I thought. I would feel better gaittfied if' I gave such personal supervision to the matter as I bad been in the habit of doing. I acted acme/limey There watt et other, I difference, but in which thought the practice now was a decided improvement, I observed that the oath ad ministered to petitioners as minors instead of being gen eral " that th e donternts of 'their petitions were true" re• cited„ parttenlerly the facts set forth in them. I took occasion to eeprtse my marohetion of it to the Prothon otary. As to the pokey or expediency of changing this preetiee of so menyyearetriaartieg. be substituting one.. aceonipanied with more formality and delay, it is unnecessary that 1 should now exams any opinion- If any elan can be adopted be which the naturalization of foreigners can be spread ra. deity over the whole year, instead of nine-tenths of ft being crowded into the few weeks before the election, it would undoubtedly be an improvement. Even then I apprehend it would be found a very serious interruption audimpedimentto the other-bminesa of the comb, it it were rermired that this Judge should personally examine • very petitioner and his voucher, during which time all other pleas must of necessity cease. /17 receilection is that in 1851 it was tried in OM of one coneta. I do not know how long, but it was abandoned because it was found Impracticable comistently with a regard to, the rights of other suitors. But, however this mar be, It e, plan te a t any inch change of practice °eget to bean. noextred at least nine months b efore an election. so that au persons entitled may take measures accordingly To string it upon the community on the eve of such an event would work the greenest injus tice. By the delays it would occasion It . would very much increase the crowd in and at the doors of tne Court room; there weal be clamor and struggling for precedents which could not well be prevented or re. strallea : if arranged in a line it would require the peti tioners and thed vouchers to await in attendance per haps taverna days before their tame would conic: labor ing men would thus lose valuable time which they could In afford eand Jew ouid be a practical denial of the riget to hundreds of men-fall:end lunar entitled to it under the laws of, the land. 'lt MDT be that among so many eases there are instancem o f f n ma. F yyti tt ry and false persoperion. But / dount if ' the change proposed would tend to prevent those mimes. Every day drat I eat..except during the first two weeks, AV bell the applications were comparatively few,' rejected many petitions. In several instances I specially exam• toed the petitioner and his voucher on oath, if anything appeared doubtful or auspicious on the papers. That a very large number have been naturalized is true, but not morel thine- than was to be expected In every elec. tion preceding a Presidential eleetion.which I remember, except 18644tbe number has been large. in the fall of 185 e, twelve years ago, More than fi ve thousand PeTBO/11 were naturalized In the District Court alone. Since then ' the yearly influy.. of foreigners has been very great, But there exist medal reasons why the numbers should be much greater on this than on any former occasion. During i the war naturalization almost entirely ceased. This, a the fist Presidential election since its close, SO that ere is in fact nearly the arrivals of eight years, which hove been held back. I remarked in examining the declarations. how very large a number Were were who might have been naturalized prior to 18o4' . There is another cause for a very considerable per tentage of In crease. In 1862 Congress peened an act allowing any honorably-discharged soldiee, to be naturalized on one year's reeidence, and Without, any previous declaration. I think that sluing the month I eat at Nits' Prins I examinee int m ent on I ma n y e e e o n f t d , i t s h h f g oe as o e p e a aa mm berg as evidence of frauds and irregularities. If there Is any impression among the members of the bar and in the community that the whole"process •of naturalization has been conducted by the Prothonotary, without any personal atipervisiOn byme. and that in a loose and unu sual manner, it will bneen from this statement that it to entirely without foundation in fast. I have theft disposed of this cane eo far as the rule on the Prothonotary ht concerned. 1 order it to be dia. cbarged. But I have' not forgotten Ceer the main object with which this investigation was commenced was to diet over by whom and how these forged papers, if they siltyme from the office, were obtained. in order that the gu parties might be discovered and punished. The first apptication to me on the part of the Commonweath was for an attachment, or bench warrant, as it was termed, against dohn Devine, in whose possession they were found, in order that he might be compelled to disclose how they came into hie possession. I thought it very 'clear tete tender the Act of Assembly before re. ' 'erred to. 1 bad no pewee to issue an attachment for con ' , term tin such a case. It was at my suggeetibie that the rule was entered en the Prothonotary. by which the pro- CCtB of the Court could be need to compel the aepearance of Devine and other persone, so that the perpetrators of this great crime might be discovered and brought to that condign punishment which they so well deserve. I said 1 would award a writ of habeas wrings ad testi li cancluai to bring up Devine from prison, but that he , ought to have - counsel present to advise with and instruct. him as to his rights an a wit ness. No application, however,"was made to me for the writ during that day, which was Saturday. October 8, 16093. It now appeara that Devine was dhcharged front whomthat name night. The committing magietrate. pr o he was discharged. has not been pro duced. and we have no evidence as to who went his bail. Devine himself says that • he does not know. I mint coerces 1 should have been better satisfied if the ball hadbeen brought before me to be examined as a witness. No amblr:ma was taken out against Devine on fe =dile. nor any charge preferred against him. When the Court met. at le o'clock M., on that day, ac cording to adjournment, a motion was made for a writ of habeas corensetrut no petitioner affidavi were presented. I would have allowed time, however, to prepare them issued the writ and waited for its return. It being sug gested however, that Devine was present in Court, I directed his name to be called. He answered and ap peared. On his subsequent examination he said that he had come of his own accord, without sug geed= or advice from anybody, because he un— derstood from what he read in a Sunday nowepayer that be Was to be tried. I think it somewhat ' remarkable that this mareupon whose person these blank chtificates were found, had thus the most ample opportm tunliy, if he was guilty to lice from Justice , or to avoid appearing as a witness in this case. Being without coun sel. he was carefully instructed by me before giling his testimony that he had a right to decline to answer any question, which would either criminate or tend to criminate himself. He submitted to an. ewer, and did td all appearance, answer every question fully • I see no reason whatever to doubt the truth of his testimony', It wait clear, oneistent with the testimony of de other witnessea and consistent with itself. No conu adiction has been attempted to be pointed out. No man, I think, can enrtrin a belief for a moment that be, John ei therDevioe. /stole these blanks out of the office or forged , e • names. The presumption in the first - instance . undoubtedly is that they were in his _pee/eerier:l for an unhervfel and guilty purpose. 1 do got believe on' the. evidence, however, that he know that-the Directs were In hie tat.' session. or at all eventeivhat they were. Nor do I believe that they were giyen to him or put in his pocket foe elea tion purposes. The man or mon who would commit the crime of purloining and 'Crane them would not select' suety an agent to consummate it. I have come to the cor elusion. after- full consideration and weighing , all thecircumstance!. that John - Deets°. on the night or early rimming of hie serest at the corner of Jefferson avenue end Wewhington •atreet. fell among his enemies, pereonal or . political. Hie worst enemy in deed, was thatwhich he had "put into hits mouth to steal away his brains." Like Curio. when he awoke later , in , the day, he remembered "a man of things. but nothing distinctly—a quarrel, but nothing wherefore.” ••, . That he was drunk.the police ollicef,Vhis arrested him' for snapping a pistol at a man and his 'Wife craning the street. Widnes., and. .' he himself. c on f irms 'f it. He :remembers"nothing about the ,- 2,_ - quarrel , the title. pistol or the papers. He admits ee watch and the money, which Were taken hem him and afterwards ' returned. though . he : foetid., the . money mu= lees . than we expected: which =envie:Um consideriog the manner in which: by "Ileett tare had Geed to - day. The, pistol: wasnotrettuned.te , and it has not been produced hem, or that weintigei nay whether it, wan his or not Not ' a Mesh witneste brut n called who . was present whenith e . arrest was Mode.' iti 'tell nu who were th ere and how the quarrel MOWS,' fo r ere were loud tUt r: woniasays the pOliceman—vonleorna thelf4, and his wife who Wet° MUMS the litreeti Malt VI; r it was said, the pistol was snapped. Some person or persons followed the officer and him atter the arrest. At toe door of the etation.honse, as he ,wss going down the steps. Devine was assaulted from behind . and struck a severe blosseor blows on the bead with come blunt instrument. Ile was stunned. This is his own account, and the officer testi fies to the same thing. The officer 1111915 them was no fine at the staHorshouse to receive the prisoner. and that he could not therefore arrest the • FA/silent wi hoot letting htm gO. I think he would have been Ittfeetly justified in doing so, even it Divine had reaped, which was not very likely in his then condition. lie did not call for help nor spring his rattle. Ile does not know who the asesitant was, and i ea:roma the perpetra tor of this gross outrage will never be brought to Justice, V. hen Divine a woke from his drunken debauch, ha foun d his hair clotted with blood and gore, and requested In vein for some one to wash and dress it, offering to n 47. When the other prisoners were sent down to prison. h e wished to go also. and asked why he was not taken. He says that the officer in charge, whom lie named, answered that "they wanted to make nee of him.. No one has been produced I. contradict these statements of Devine or explain them. very much regret this for the sake of the character of the administration of the law. u I thought that Devine bad liorsessihn of the papers knowingly, and for a fraudulens =Pose I would amend myself bound of prison. wn bin ne d himorder his arrest. to commit him to or bind him over to answer the charge before the proper tribunal. But I think that the evidence before me corroborates his' own statement that he was In possession of these papers without guilt on his part, and l.therefore, make no order in regard to him. Rule discharged. • • The . VieUre of 'Judge Agnew. The follovilng : letter from Judge Agnew to Colonel Snowden Wall receivedthis mdrnlng: ItzsvEn, Oct. Elth,iB6B.=-Elitt &hind: Theuncom mon character of the recentproceedings in the gamma Court at Nisi Prins. for the naturalization of forefingers, waken it my duty. as a member of the Bench, to address you. ..However they may be deemed Justified by eome portions of the public, an account of the end thev serve, Cr bv the practice maid to exist in some Courts. the pro ceedings which have taken place to:lday= official cop& entice es the Prothonotary of the Conn, are, in my bldg. meat, without the sanction of 'law or pmoriety and aro notyttstifted by any known mint In the outset, I must say that my entire confidence in your integrity warrants the belief that you are not consciously a party to any ac tual fraud. • Yet, while this may cover your character as a man, it does not abate the reprobation with which a large body of the community looks upon the loose and dia.' orderly practices which you have given your officialeanc. don, nor remove the unwarranted discredit it brines upon. the Court. I feel this as one of its member,, and regret it still more, because I am unable to discover any mode hi which I, or oven a majority of the Fleach.cart at thititime remedy the case. The Court in Bane fit not insession, and cannot meet until the 19th inst. at. Pittsburgh. while the Bench of the Nisi PritU3 has been occupied by those pro. vionsly assigned to hold its periods in September and October. The naturalization of aliens is a judicial act, in which the Court meet be eathfied, on evidence of the residence of -the applicant in the. United States and this State, for the legal periods of time; that he in a free white person. and has behaved himself as a man of good Incrral charterer attached to the prinetplee of the Consti tution of the United State,, and weU disposed to the good order axehapspinesa of the game.. Now. in view of the manner in 'which you have suffered your subordinates and the tipstaven of the Court to rush the papers through in more than a maelgtrom current...how is it possible that a single requisite of the law could be compiled with. in twelve judicial days,from the filet of September tothe 3d of ()Cam. inclutiveeyeu have permitted to be run through 6,458 sets of patient, averaging only 3i geconds for each set. tin somisdayethe„average lees . The whole number on the 24th. was Y2O. livers*. ng only 2.5 eeconds to f. get. These figures are taken from your own statement furnished to Brother Read. The whole number of mato rati ~t ione, according to that statement. was 8,018, from September 14 to October 3. Now neither you nor your clerke and the tipataves could in this time open the papers, gather the contents and ad - ft ieleterthe oath firstto•the witness - an d - then - to the - ligi: plicant such tees could you ascertain the class to which applicant belongs, scrutinize his appearance and that of hie voucher. Make him comprehend the true nature of hie application, his abjuration of his former al legiance and the adoption of the new one he in about to assume, and carry through the proceeding in an intent hue and proper way. lt is clear you could not. in the short time allotted to each ease, determine the propriety of admitting- the— applicent--to--eitizenthip, even if-the Power belenged to you; and it id still' more clear that ' you conld not and did not communicate each Gage to the court for its approval. In short. the whole promsling was uninteligiblle, informal, disorderly and illegal, and is damaging the reputation of the court. Yon had not time in this continuous press to collect your own feas,and meet have done the business fornothing unless you have kerne ontsidegguarantee to fall back upon. This mode of proceeding is not - even: sanctioned by the irregular practise.' which is said to have existed in come courts. A custom - to permit the clerk or deputies to .carry on theproceas 'of natural ization in the presenee of the court, in. an ordinary way, where occasional applications only• oecur, and where time is taken by the officer. to examine the papal, read them to time parties deliberately. see that hey are all regular, and that all the requisites of the law have been properly. observedp each rt. custom, nnwar ranted,as it is in my Judgment, to delegate this important I unction of the court to clerks and tipstaves,csnnotinstify this pellmellsoeed. this .absence of all timed and ex amination and this disorderly haste with which you have suffered your imbordinates .to drive the papers through the Court. How is it possible that from five, and even seven hundred persona and as many more as their wit nesses, making Itoo l o 1.4000 persons, can be examined in one day of five home. and their cases intelligently dici ng-fled of? It bigot possible. How can frauds bearded against in such a proceeding? Who con identify gu either parties or witneeses unless it might be the common voucher who swears by the tlurtiee and forties? What is then to prevent, one man in as many days representing a dozen Seta of papere? If the el tine judge thought the • practice as he has known it to exist warranted a delegation of his Power of determination, yet it did not Jeanie' von or your deputies In the clues of rho dele gated. authority. I am compelled, therefore, in my own !uglification, least it should be supposed the Bench at large sanctions your acts, to express my dissatisfaction. end in order that such a practice may not seem to be sanctioned by the highest court in the State. and thus to become a precedent for the general guidance of judges in the inferior courts. I am truly yours, dm., DANIEL AGNEW. COL. JAS. ROSS SNOWDEN, Prothonotary Supreme Court, Phila. • P. El —I have sent a copy of this letter to my Brother Read, who concurs with mo in disapproving of your pro ceedings. D. AGNEW. .1416'41:19rim[oidiWI WHOLESALE THIEVINS.—AIfred Fenster was arrested last evening at Fifth street and Girard avenue. The police have been looking for him some time. He is charged with having com mitted depredations on various places In the Seventeenth Ward. He was taken before Ald.' Ett gleton and was sent below-in default of $2,000. bail. A SHARP DonoE.---This morning John Farley was arraigned before Alderman Tittermary. He Is alleged to belong to a gang who defraud farm era In the Second street market. The plan Is for one to buy and pay for a basket of produce. In a few minutes several men:step up and ell bas kets, and when the farmer's attention is drawn off, they remove their loads. Farley was com mitted. A. Telegraphic Anecdote—“ Joe Gar. gery.” A contributor to the Telegrapher tells this story : "A decent looking middle-aged man called at my office one morning when I was clean-, ing the battery sines, and wished to notify his brother in P------- that another brother lay at the point of death at home. His man ner plainly invited me to write out a despatch at his dictation, but being too bewildered as to which wire went into which screw-cup to act as a scribe, I evaded his eye, and fur ribbed pens, 'ink and paper, over which, with - eqrgh of ,perplexity as ,profound as my own,' he , went' iit".once to work. And such work! I almost , repented not haying spared to him a moment on aseinewhat labor he had made at his • task. Dickens has given us a good picture of the unskilful penman in the person of Joe Gargery. My customer was much like Joseph in the management of the _quill. Re turned up his sleeves to begin with and squared himself resolutely at the desk, throwinghis left arm far around the paper, and hanging his head very much on one side. His eyes scowled sheepwuie at the growing pothooks beneath them, and his tongue, thrust out to its fullest extent, followed in its motions those of his cramped fingers. The hand that grasped the pen was a fist, and its clutch quite disregarded the presence of ink, as was made manifest by the deep stains that soon covered hie fingers, or were . communicated _ to his face, in the absent-Milidedpauses inci dent to his literary effort.:',,Many a'fresh pen did he try, many a fair VIM zulif and emit aside before suited in tlia'result of his /toil. And when he was suited; indeed,..it was a pleasant thing to note the look of solid sati4- faction, of exultation, even, show 'out upon his honest countenance, in spite of Ake tear. marks marks down his cheeks and his watery yes, ' as be passed the scrawl over to me: ' "To Bum Btsnir, P----." That production ran: • ' "Deer bill: Ten to one Jinx% die afore utoruin' J 9 Buant.": F. I. EMUS= WARM 4 . PRICE THREE OKM. racirs AND FANG/F21.3 The Angel et ,Sleep. He droops his plumy, snow elifylage. He waves his balmy hand, • And wide the gate of silence wings \ That guards the shadowy land. Forgot is time, the sentinel Teat stands outside the door ; The gloomy train of cares ea well That clogged our steps before; Oh river of oblivion! Thy draughts are sweet and deep, For memory slumbers on her threw", Rocked by the angelllgeeP• • There is a face whose loveliness Is marred by hues of care; But sleep has swept it with his kiss • And made it smooth and fair. There is a worn and weary brain That rests until the morn. • • . There is a heart that beats with pain. . That feels eo more forlorn., • , Oh, death's fair brother, how divine Must be that alamber deep, Mom sweet, moroecalna t more free than thins; When his belove& sleep. - —What's in a mune? Four letters. —Behind time.--The back of a clock. _ —Mosquitoes never trust of courte-•they variably present their bills in advance, —Miss Biuloch'sstory,"A Woman's Sind nel° has already appeared in book formin Eng land, sreligrath has done Walt. Whitmire& "Leaves of Grass" into German. —This is a first-Class - British joke from Tao The Dean of Carlisle says that smoking is are , to . play Old Nick-et:We with one. —A version of "Les Miserables," by Bernard, the adapter of "Faust," is ambirg- the expected novelties in London. —Another unpublished symphony by Schubert has been unearthed by Mr. George Grove, and will soon be published in England. —A moose was recently captured at St. Mary's, Nova Scotia, which weighed eight hunth•a pounds. The antlers extended nine feet. —The Chicagoan, the literary paper, of that city, has changed hands. It is understo od to is` successful. , . , • , —Some correspondents at Reme express the belief that the rope will never see another De- - cember. But who ever did see a December? London Te/egraph devoutly hopes that Burlingame's name in; Chinese may-,not become the basis of a comic song. They can make game of part of his name. —The report is circulated by one of the Lon don journals that Queen Victoria and Mr. Dis raeli have become converts to the doctrine a women's voting. —Father Ignatius is described as a very Pale person, with a careworn, fanatic face, sometbt. of an ittvallkand - tremendousty condelted. makes the.people indignatious. —Miss Braddonnext work will be entitled "Run to Earth." 'Run in the ground expresses the condition of Mies Braddon's proclivity for writing poor novels, permit us to 5ay..,., —Madame Anna Lagrange arrived In this country by - tlissteanierVille - dn - ParKftobril rest;' and will shortly appear in operatic concerts, under the direction of Max 6trakosch. • —We learn front one source; that Miss Dora Shaw is writing the Menken's life, and from another that. ate Is at work on the Menken's our toblograpby.• Pahaw! —The Italian government has withdrawn it , subvention of 800,000 francs from the famous La. Beals opera house Milan. The 'stockholders are naturally Indignant. —The campaign artillery of the French army consists of 1,200 cannons, the trains and horses of iihich are all complete and ready for any emezgency. —Voters in Italy have to pay a tax and be able to read and write. How the Democratic majority . would be reduced if we had such a proviso in this country! —A talking match between two women is la progress In New Lisbon, Ohio. The present in dieations are that the question of superiority will not be decided until Death cuts short one of them. —Dan Corbett bet he could jump from the bridge over the Susquehanna, at TonaWanda,nl4 ,, forty feet to the water below. He made this leap. but struck the water on his stomach, sank, atld was even no more. , —The Democracy are improving their songs.. One of the latcst contains the following: , Niggers now can vote; - ' " Bo can I; Igttdifs ' ' ' • • I'll go to Idaseacnnsetts . • And run for Donger-ess. ' • —A Paris colleotor lately bqught an bld stove made' by a potter of Villingen nearly three hun dred years ago for six hundred florins; and', sub sequently sold it to an English collector for nearly five times that sum. It is made, of clay. and •us adorned with pictures of the Bible. —lt is nodded as a remarkable fact that the castle of Part, where Queen Isabella of Spain, is now taking refuge, is the same in which Henry IV. of France, the first of the royal line of Boor- bons, was born, three hundred and fifteen years ago. It is certainly a singular coincidence. —Copies of the fac•eimile edition of the New Tes tament in Greek from the. Vatican copy, so long promised. have arrived. in London. It appears. under the special auspices 'of the Pope and is edited by Feathers Vercalione and Ce.zza. The work will be completed in six volumes, and will be a valuable addition to religious literature." —The following is attributed to the pea of a distinnulahed candidate for the second office in the gift of the peophr: - "In the pure and cristal cup t A gill I poured of ancient rye, And as with this Intixed it up The water smiled—and so did I." —By order of the Mum Royal of Ihtly, "each of the'two hundred gentlemen who took part in the tournament on the occasion of his marriage , has received a 'jewelled ornament as appendage to a watch. These gifts bear the initials of the royal pair in brilliants, and are of fine Florentine ,manniacture. Photograph portraits of Prime Humbert. and the Princess Marguerite accom panied each present." • —A sporting gentleman of Paris; having lost his last shilling at a club where play is carried on, went to the country,where Itht ester sent him three thousand francs. Ho won all beek, again; a • and got a considerable sum of monty in Intnd.. Be then went to hie hotel, to his bootmaker mut tailor, paid them, and made arrangementa to be fed, clothed and shod for ten years. —The Popular Gazelle of Berlin publishes the following curious note : "The body of journey men butchers have given notice to their em ployers that on and after the let of October next the latter will not be permitted to trztoyer (use the 'thou' instead of the 'you') their workmen. Such of the latter as allow that freedom will be punished." _ —During the festivities at Cardiff , Wats, in. honor of the Marquis of Bute attaining his a performing goat was exhibited, which had been taught, among other things, to pick - otit from an alphabet strewed about the floor the let ters B II T E, and from numerous agar= and' cyphers the number 300,000, which represei . , the marquis's yearly income` o in • —Governor Brownlow sayryin, paper, the, ", KnOxville Whig, that though he is unable to; write he is "able to think on a, large-scale," and he describes the process of gettin his thoughts , before his readers, which is; brie fly, impressing into his service as amanuenses, those who 'tan upon him. It must be admitted that this plan of s extinguishing bores is a thought upon a r large • cale. • . —A retired Judge. named Spalletta, resided at Castrogiovenni, la Melly, with his family. • lie was known as a very economical .man, and was believed, to possess alarms sum in specie. Ne member 'of the househoid baying been seen for; some days, the authorities broke open athe doer of his residence and found the <bodies of the owner, his wife, his daughter, and ofe nude end female servant lying in pools oftiood, India gut adveneed etar,o Of d,eCompositioa.. • •
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