GIBSON 'PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME-XXIL-NO. 470. THE EVENING BULLETIN rITELI/311130 EVERY (atiDdeye excepted). jT THE NEW EVILLETIN RUILDINO. 607 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.. n: TUE _'EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCLATION, I'ROPEIXTOXIL GIBSON PEACOCK. CASPER SOCCER. JR.. F. L. FETBE.RSTON. THOS. J. WILLIAKEION. FEANCIB WELLS. Tbe Ittrixxner L served to subscribers fn the city at 18 mats ~ woo payable to the carriers. or 818 • r annum. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Of Philadelphia, 8. E, Corner Fourth and Walnut Rte, 11111rThis institution has no superior in the linited E' $ $ CARDS. $ • •-$ ' • AB- Ms. Now stiles. biAiSON 5u21501 907 Uhestuat street,. WEDDING INVITATIONS EN GRAVED TN TEE Tv limed and beet manner. WUIB DREKA, ta• Caner and En ver. 103 Chestnut street. ieb BROWN—CARSON --On BaturdaLgtober 21R4 by . the Rev. F. W. Beasley, at 'the rest of the b dye father. near Torreadelk Nausea Brown sun Blizabe.th Lawrence, danigh_ter of thepyge C. Carson. IRWIN —BAKBR.-_-.On ,Wrsdnes4ay, last but t : by the Bev. David A. Ounnhothara. krranots. ntevenson urtnto Louisa Stewart Baker, all of thiladelphbr. DEED. BICKNELL—On Sunday. 25th Lust., Ruins Bicknell, N. D. Duo notice svill be given of the funeral. It DROWN.—At lAke Como, Minnesota. on the afternoon of the 'Rh Inst., Mary J. youngest daughter of William Brown. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her father. No. 1636 Locust street, on Tuesday afternoon. 27tis inet .at 2 o'clock. without further notice. To proceed to Lanni lIIIL fleaday merning. October 24th, Lewis . Lewis. , The tune . at will irks place on Tuesday th e 27th tart . ; . sit 12 o'clock 111 „. from his late residence. inekuce street • RIEtAINER.--ths the 25th Mat, Oath* Alechner. in /be Mb year of bar ' • - The motives and. Wends of the fatally ire respectfully Kiddoteday23lhinst, at. to attend the fral, from her late r fn une ono Ball 13.—Ott tsiday afternoon. Oct. 22d..1NA, Samuel N. Smith. in the /Ist year of his ago. The relatives and friends of the tautly are invited to attend the funeral. from his Late residence, on adgmont avenue. Chester. Delaware county. on Tuesday afternoon. at 2 o'clock. To proceed to Chester Rural Cemetery. -• bTlttrlllEllB -O n Batruday. morning, (fetch.* 21th. Agnes Malian. youngest - &aeon or the late John Struthers. The relatives and friends of the family are requested to attend the funeral,without • farther notice„ from the resi dence of her ttrothecinlaw. Charlas C. Dorm, No. SIC Wasnot street, on Tuesday. October 27 th . at 11 o'clock. 'o "pera! to proceed to Lame! Hill. WillTE.—Onlitmday afternoon itsth-October ; Wdliam R. White. in the 66th Year of his ego. The funeral will from lace on AVedneeatty.th inst. at 10 o'clock A. 1111.. his late residence. 127 South Twelfth eaten - e - , „, Witt GI. r.--Ou the 22d ittet4 at Brooklyn. N Y.. Alex ander 31. Wright. son of John K. Wright, of this city. in She W.d'ear of his age. Ths friends of the than) are busted Wetter:id the fu. acrid: from the resideoce of his father. No. 1725 Wallace street. on Tuuday. 27th but.. at 10 o'cloc.k A. Al.. svithow., further notice. , • , The rawest Toilet ` Soaps. .ffessirs. tIOLGATE •S:. CO , New YorXhave long adored the tattoo of being the resoufeetarere of the •Finftt fief Soaps 111 the Lofted Btatee, ocfpan,w.i 13t AMERICAN GROS GRAIN BLACK BILKS. AT cub Cf 00 per .yerd. at retelL—Theee raw are menu. factored by Cheney Boa., of Harttbrd, and are warranird , by; „time to ~b e al& 4iithinoverir. fibre and For sale by Motantss MY Goods House. Ste s treet: ED GIPPO I MI K K.V I FAME I MEGROi/PAIN ' FORM:SAND 0 T EDGE, DROWNS ARO IGAIIE GRO ORM. • MODE 011:D MAIN 1410:6 "Lund EYRE) At LANDELti. Fourth and Arch. SPECIAL naricms. o r THE OLD OARB CEMETERY CtIMPANY OF PDITADELPHIA. RICHARD VAUX, PCZISIDENT. PETRA A KEYdER. VICIE.PIICSIDENT. MARTIN LANDRNBERGER, TREASURER. H. H. WAINWRIGHT. - BECIIETAZY. • MANAGERS: BEN RANDOM], PICKARD J. DOBBINS. 351 BENJ. BULLOCK. PETER A. KEYSIM IEm LANDENBERGER. CHARLES 61U RICHARD C. RIDGWAY JOS. P. TOBIAS. THE "OLD 0 CEMETERY Is situated'on the Township Line Boad. - at the intersec. tion ca Nicetown lane. and embraces Hinman:we acres of romantically beautiful land. It is the estate known for many yeam u "Old Cake," late the country seat of John Tucker. E. The name is taken from the greatnumber and thrift and beauty of the majeatic "Old Oak" trees now growing on the propertv, and,which lend to it a charm and appearance of peainanencY peculiarly in harmony with the purposes to which the ground fa dedicated. No better eelection of n location for a cemetery could have been made. All the advantages possessed by each of the other cemeteries are 'combined in this. It is cen- tral in situation.and easily accesaibla by good roads from all directions:, it is perfectly convenient to and is but a short distancefrom Germantown. blimayunk, Nicetown, Frankford and Bridesbarg, and can be reached from, all Parts of the city of Philadelphia' by means of Broad atrect, vrhich la now the moat attractive and command ing in appearance of any, avenue. not only in this city but in - the - whole country. and which is free from those interruptions and delays which render private travel on most of our highways not only disagreeable but; often dangerous. It extends for long dbitaittea on leoth'Nicetown lane and Township Line road, and will have-three main and erne. mental gateways, so as to afford facilities for ingrew and egrets from all directions, and the drives through the place and Blithe approaches to it are No arranged that its embellialunents and superior advantages cannot fail to be at once seen and appreciated bythe visitor, It is the intention of thepropnetors tomake "Old Oaken the most beautiful Cemetery in America, and the. weld cial decorations, the !aka, drives, walks said horticultu ral ornamentation, will give it an appearance unsur passed by any other ever.bronghtto public, notice, and will tend to allay the feeling of gloom often caused by the zombre and funereal , upset saprevalent in Cemeteries generally. Te Buildhigs on the property are well-known as the Moat Costly and handsome ever erected by private capital. The Mansion will be need in part as a Chapel, and the suirrout dings beautified in keeping with the character of the place ; in a Word, the Proprietors wish to do away with the feeling oirepulaiveness so often aamciated with Graveyards and Charnel Houses, and hold out every In ducement to the friends and relatives of the departed, to visit the growl& whichi contain , relics no precious to them. The "Old Oaks" NVIII be median object of Interest to stranyers, as well as residents of Phibule/phia, and while the solemnity of the scene will not be viola ea, yet the impremion will be conveyed; that death is a 'mere sepa ration,and that those who have fought "life , a battle." are only resting from their labors, and are always kept alive in the memory of their survivoref. The grounds will be open to Visitors at all hours dur ing the day. The office of the Company is at No. 413 Chestnut street, Room N 0.1., where maps, and plans of the Cemetery can be seen. applicaDons made for lots, and any desired information given. - 0c.24-rp gig OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF REVISION of Taxes, No. 11 State House Row. Puitannt.rnta. Oct. 91,1868. The Board of Revision of Taxes will moot at their of fice. No. 11 state Home Row, on the following days, be tween the hours of 10 A. hi, and 8 P.M., for the purpose of hearing appeals from the Assessors - . returns of _taxes_for_ thWVear 18M. as follows; Find and Second WardsWednesday,October 28,1865. Third and Fourth Wards—Thursday, October.% 18th Fifth and Sixth Wards—Friday, October 30,1868. Seventh and Eighth Wards - Saturday,October 31.1868. Ninth and Tenth Wards—Weduesday.November 4.1868. Eleventh and Twelfth Wards—Thursday, November 5, 1868. Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards—Friday.November .6, 1868. • Fifteenth and Sixteenth Wards—Saturday, November 7, 1868. -• • - _ _ • Seventeenth and Eighteenth Wards—Alonday. Novena. iser 9;1868. . - Nineteenth Ward—TuesdaY. November 10.1868. ' ' Twentieth Ward—Wednesday; November 11.1865. Twenty-tirat and Twenty-second Wards—Thursday. November 19.1868. = Twenty-third and Twenty-faurth Wards—Friday, No. Vember 13, 1868. Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Wards—Saturday, No. vember 14. 1868. Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Wards—Monday.- I , lovember 1.6, 1868. - • TH , OHAS COCHRAN - WILLIAM LOUGHLIN, -SAMUEL HAWORTH. Board of Revision of Taxes. oc24,StrP' rrdl. l / 2 11 .013. 1518 AND 1520 L l oWi v °B ardstxCet.litspenoaiir, Deputmtmt.L-51edl. cal treatment and mndiclnolud dtataltowdy :to NEWSPAPERS , BOOKS,PAKPELVETS, WASTE paper. etc.; bong= by. -, • .= E. ELIINTES, 84f-ro No. 613 Jayne street. ..' . . • . , . .. , . • . - . . . ..., _. • . .. .. • . . ..., . • 1 . „ .. .. • . . .1: ` ;(•.,, : ~., . .. ~. , . ._ , ..., . , . . • . .... . . , . . . , I . . - • .. , ~ ” - • ... •.. I . .•. . ~ . ... ... . ~ t ... , .. .. . . . .. , ~ . . . . ..., , ..... _ . • . . • ~ ,•• . • ..,• " . • • • . . .. . • ... . ~, . . , . . . . . Fire at Bunter's Point, L. I.—Loss 5200,000. The N. Y. Herald of to-day says : One of the most destructive fires that occurred in the neighborhood of Hunter's Point. L. L, in a number of years broke out last night between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock. The cause of the conflagration was owing to an explosion of naphtha on board a Swedish brig which was lyiogat the foot of Ferry street. The vessel was laden with the combustible material, and a mo ment after the explosion was heard she was wrapped in one sheet of flames. The news of the disaster rapidly spread and the eon flazrationt which lit up the heavens, attracted crowds of persona to the river side. For a length of time the fire was confined to the vessel, but eventually the flames communicated with the ex tensive oil works of Rockfellowe, Andrews & Co. and Warren's oil works, in the shed of which were stored some nine or ten .th.onsand barrels of oil. -L -The ignitable quality . of the material Stored there soon consigned. therm and the buildings ad joining to destruction. As soon as was practicable the vessel was hauled out into the stream in order to prevent further• destruction, and there, after burning to the water's edge, sank. Much interest was mani• Tested as to the fate of the crew, as the rapidity with which the vessel was destroyed after the ex plosion took place rendered escape almost im posaible if tbey_were,on board at the time. One of the men was picked up on the dock,but so dread fully injured from the e ff ects of the ex plosion that he was unable to give any informa tion that might help in - ascertaining the fate of the remainder of crew—three in number. The firmament was brilliantly illuminated by the burning materials, and the flames at times rose so high that they could be witnessed at a long distance. The scene among the shipping and along the shore as the burning vessel was borne on with the tide was quite exciting. It was - feared at one time that many of the vessels might take fire from the flying sparks and thus cause much more disaster than had occurred already. The fire raged until long after midnight,and even at an early hour this morning the sky reflected the fire which was fast subsid ing. During the prevalence of the excitement attendant on the conflagration, a man named Thomas Kane was shot by an unknown rowdy, who wasprowling around probably for some evil I purpose. t was impossible to obtain any correct _estimate_ofthe amount ofdamage.done owing to the late hour at which the fire broke out; but the.lossee, it is thought, will not fall short of $200,000. NOTIOES. map& AID Ti,) I'HE WIDOW OF JAMES YOUNG.— Tho following additional contributions for the re lief of the widow of Policeman James Young have boon r. celyed: Prey. acknowledged. $528 10 Brought forward.— $* 10 G. P. Farmer 10 00 Madre tfu110ck...... 600 Cash... . . .. .. 10 le Tatham & 8r05...... '25 03 Copefand &Co.—. 500 Cen t *, & $ 70/ T. Reynolds & Boo— . 60) r001in1ir0...... 10 01 R.- Huston 25 00 C. A. Walborn. 10 00 J. B McCreary 10 to L I. . ..... .. . 5 o Henry Peybcrt 500 E . 600 W. L. D........... 800 Wm. E. Garrott & Jos. IL 600 Sons .:.:a....... 25 00 James Carstairs...:: 10 to Lld. liiir . .ir; T. W. Price.......... 10.00 Wa1t0n...........10 00 W.ll. Stevens 10 00 8. W. Bell oie D. B. Bottler 500 of Philadelphia and Careen.— . . 600 Farmers , ' and Ode. Judge J. Lclientele Bank. 17 00 Hare DJ 00 John IL Binghurst.. SOJ Bnry tew Gro art v D) 00e. 500 0........ ..... .......... 500 B. D. S Cash..throughliorth Cash ' ' 1 00 Charier Gilpin—. ... . 10 00 William 8. Grant... . 600 Henry and 51 others. 82 each.. 104 00 T. L. C..— ...... 1 00 T.-F.C0:..: : ... 10 00 John A. iihermer— . 11/ 60 Executive Comma teebllcan .sth d Ifrion imp party—. 10 00 W. ... . . . to 00 Romen.iiti;zi 00 John F. libermer...... 10 00 George H. Smith.-- 6OD P6lladel Chia , Ootobeg23, HALL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA. I ll rtitro, No. litto Chestnut street. Monthly bleating TC.NIGHT at g o'clock. Essay by go Rev. THOMAS J. BROWN. Subject: Greater Enterise in the Services of God Demanded and War ranted." 'Subject for discuasion: "Should non-Professors of Reli gion teach in our Sabbath Schools." Vocal and Instrumental music. Report of eto Tellers on Election of Officers for the en suing year. Tao • bile are invited. 1 CITHA., The Feeling In Cuba—lnsurrectionary Movement 46 HAVANA, Oct. 17.—There has been, since the expo ditions of Lopez, and his execution, October 1, 1851, a great misunderstanding in the United States with respect to the feeling of the . Cubans toward, our Government. Thousands of people today in the States think that these people would njoltita to join the Anierican Union. Thls is a mistake. There is no people in the world more jealous of foreigners than the native Cuban. The Mexicans are not more so. The Cuban popula don of this island would be glad 'of "independence, - Nome Would Supplement it by an nexation;" but, it should be added, "a very few." There is a great dislike to Spanish rule, and this is enite naturaL Our fathers raised a revolution because they were taxed by England without the privilege of representation. Precisely the same thing here, with this difference, viz.: our fathers did have a few offices and emoluments.' Not so with the _Onbana. The produce and commerce of Cuba support a Span ish army of 89.,000 men, and a Considerable navy beside. in which there are very few or no Cubans to be counted. The Custom House, the lottery—in short, every office in the island is in the hands of the Spanirada. "According to telegra ms received, In Yara, , Jurisdiction of Man lnt I a party of peasants (or country people) raised an insurrection on the I.oth inst., but the heads of the party are not as ' yet known," The statement is then made that a small fight had taken place between a column of Government troops and these bandits, and that the latter were soon put to flight, leaving one dead "and a NW - arms scattered here and there. This order was published on the . l4th: On the same dsy another order was in eerted in The Gaceta , referring to the state of matters in Porto Rico. Captain- General Pavia thinks that quiet will soon be en tirelywntored-therer.;:,He states that one .Roj (a Venezuelan) and his brothers are the principal agltators, and doubts theAr ability to escape: The same officialjonnud contains another order, pub lished yesterday, stating that a battle had taken place between the insurrectionary party and the Government troops near Tunia.Cuba; that the lat terhtul triumphed, taking a quantity ofprisoners. Perhaps this rising would have assumed much larger dimensions, had not Gen. Lersundi recog nized officially the Proviaional Junta, which he did on last Monday morning, the 11th. The whole truth came out at lest. The Gazeta and the Diario de la Marina, each issued a boletin extraordinaire in the morning, and an extra in the evening, apprising the public of what had happened in the Peninsula. and 'what govern. ment was really existing. Should things remain tranquil in Spain, there need be apprehended no trouble on this island; but should a civil war break out over there, there would be bloodshed here.—Nett York Tribune. HAYTI. DiSSelltiOnti Among the Cacos-Four Presidents in the Field—sainave7s Chances. HAVANA, Saturday, Oct. 17, 1868.—InteLUggnce from Port-fin-Prince to the sth inst.,. represents that on the 22d a September, Gen. Dominguez was proclaimed President at Miragoane, and that toward;the same time Ninage Saget was so hon ored at St. Mare; and one Rebecca at Jacmel. SO there are now four claimants in the field. But Sal nave having nine points of-the law on his side has decidedly the advantage, over all others, and appears to be disposed to make the most of it. On the Ist instant he was at Petit Goavo, where he was received and entertained with all the honors—salutes, Te Deum, On the 28th the revolutionists made an attack upon Gonalves, which was defended by the "in vincible" Victoria Ohevallier with so much de termination that the assailants were repulsed with considerable loss: Salnave , is making use of his naval force with' great advantage. Republican Ex. Coin. L W. of ltit Ward........ 25 00 . . .. 5 0000 airs. Jirtit B u tler :. ICO Uontnbutiosus reed and acknowledged by Phila. Inquirer.. 10 00 Contributiolus reed and acknowledged by Eva. Bulletin—. 208 00 John Eke (additi0n. !01).............. ..;.. . 600 Joint MI eGletney 2.00 Aaron A. Hurley.... 600 Samuel Castner 600 deorge F. Peabody... 600 Cub. J.T. .... 100 David E. 8r 0wn..... 600 1.340 C. HAND, Treftearer 10 0c26.14 POILAIELP)IIA, MOIiDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1868. POLITICAL. SCHUYLER COLFAX. An Eloquent Eulogy of general Giant. —On Friday last &tr. Colfax made a splendid speech at Detroit. We extract the following fine passage, relating to General Grant: " If yon want peace, Ulysses 8. Grant will give it to you. Triumphant on the battle-field. he gave to us those magic words, in his letter of ac ceptance—those four powerful, magnetic words— ' Let us have peace.' They are more magnetic than the names of _your candidates or standard hearers, State or National. ` Let us have peace.' If you want protection for all men, you know Ulysses 8. Grant will give it to you. it you want loyalty, triumphant, ;Ulysses 8. Grant will make loyalty, triumphant. If you want rebels to take back seats, Grant can make ,rebels take back seats. If you want to have stability and prosperity. Grant will give you stability.and prosperity. If you want ro vindicate the cause for which your sons fought and bled and fell, Grant willyindicate that cause. Tiny. are dear to him; the- brave boys that sleep on 81.uloli's bloody field, and Corinth's sandy shore, and where they fell fighting above the clouds at Lookout Mountain. You are faithful to the brave men who died for you, men who in spired by the noble cause showed a devotion to patriotism that even Napoleon's veterans never attrpassed.4f yon are faithful tothese brave men lying all ever this land in patriotic graves, you will decide by your votes, by the potent voice of men, that loyalty sh all govern this land of ours, that treason shall be rebuked, that its power shall be crushed and that from one end of this continent to the other loyalty, and loyalty alone,shall be triumphant henceforth and forever. Then when you rebuild upon the granite of loy alty, when you reject all the plans of your ene mies to rebuild on the traitorous quicksands of un repentant disloyalty; then when you strike down the power of these men who dare to utter their mason and their threats over the groans of the men they murdered for their devotion to the Union, yon can realize that they have not died in vain, but that their sacrifice, strengthened by Tour votes and in 3 our power, has given to us a land greater, more powerful, because more free, desuuect to run a career of brilliant triumph to all the ages yet to come. Now,l. ask yon to join with me in remembering these brave men—not alone the honored living—they are back with us; they aro held as the saviors of the Union. The world honors them; every loyal heart honors them, the Ameri can nation honors them, but I want you to join with me in the remembrance of the men who did not come back—to the lion • ored dead who gave their lives to strike down this power of treason ; and if you are going to carry out their work, if yon are going to be faithful to their memories, if you are going to be faithful to the sacrifices they made for their country, join with me in three cheers for the cause in welch they fought and 'fell, and that. is the cause of, tri-* umphant loyalty In this great land of ours. fTremendous cheers." I • , , THE LATE HOWELL COBS. A Conversation withjEtirn Prior to His Death, An acquaintance of Howell Cobb had an in terview with him prior to his death. The fol lowing extract from the published report of his conversation shows that he died a bitter and malignant rebel : "What do you propose as a means of restoring peace and healing the differences between the two sections ?" "All abandonment of every measure of recon struction and a recognition of every Southern State as an equal of every Nortnern State. Un less this is done there will be no peace and can -not be any. .TheBottthern , ,people ware.elannst In their efforts to restore the Union after hostili ties had ceased. Had they been met in a friendly spirit we.would now have been a united people and the Southern soldier would have•fonght aside of the Northern soldier, under the same ban ner, against a foreign enemy, with as much courage and fidelity as ho did for independence.. This feeling is almost dead in the South. Radical hglalation. with Its military and civil despotism, has embittered our people, and many I of them have begun to look with latter loathing upon a government which deliberately attempts to make the slave of yesterday rule men who ever possessed the highest order of freedom. Captain, you are not so blind as not to have per ceived that there is leas Unionism at the South to-day than there has been at any time within your recollection. And upon the result of the pending election depends whether the Union feel ing shall be revived or killed forever." "And what do you think of the prospect?" "Bad," he replied. "I am afraid that we cannot elect Seymour. Hula a good and able man, bat he cannot stem the current of this revolution. It must reach its climax. Grant himself will en deavor to stay it, but he, too, will be swept away. We have seen war, bloodshed, partial despotism. We are now seeing license in the name of liberty , . The next step will be anarchy and a renewal of hostilities, which will break out at the North." "Ab, General, the same thing was said in 1860." "So it was, Captain; but the lion was not armed. Suppose Grant President—and my pri vate opinion is that he will be elected—and what will be the result? Congress will be compelled to adopt measures for the southern Staten similar to those adopted In Tennessee; for unless the whites of the South are all disfranchised it will be impossible to make Radical States of these, and just as sure as we are permitted to vote, just so certain are weto destroy the radical party. Give us freedom of speech and of action and we will not only kill tne party here, but aided by the Northern Democracy, we will kill it at the North. The Radical leaders know this, and self-preservation will compel them to adopt harsh measures for the South. Despotism here will eventually react upon the North. One-half of this country cannot long remain free while the other half is in a state of vassala.ge . When the Northern people are made to feel the same. ty ranny which we are now feeling there will be a revolution at the North,and it is merely a matter of time for its occurrence. Revolution at the North makes us the arbiters, and then the Radi cal patty will not only be exterminated, but the South"—here the General paused. "But the South ?" I queried. "Will be an independent republic." And after a short pause he went on. "I may not live to see the day, but you may. Jeff Davis truly said that althongh our cause was lost the principles for which we fought can never die. If moderate counsels had prevailed after the war ended we would have had a lasting Union, but our groat idea of republican government would have triumphed in the end. Extremists have prevailed and will continue to prevail for some years to come. Captain, we have a long and dreary prospect before us; but I be lieve things will come out right after all. But when freedom comes again there will be two gov ernments instead of one. In their effort to pre vent the possible chance_of a Southern _ Confed eracy the Northern radicals are so acting as to make one inevitable." 'But, General, do you not think that if the radicals attempt to go any farther Grant will use his influence against them and call upon the De mocracy to aid him?" "No, I don't believe that Grant has any very great popularity. If Ben Wade had been the candidate for Presidency, he would not have re ceived a vote less than Grant will. I repeat that the progress of this revolution cannot be checked or hurried on by any particular •man. God knows I sincerely wish that the prospect was brighter, but to me at least it is' ery dark." 'Unpublished Letter ,From -General Grant. The Detroit Post says: Everything that throws light upon General Grant's character is of special interest now that his executive talent, judgment and skill are to be exercised in civil affairs for the next four years. The following letter, brief and concise, contains little that is now, bat it confirms the fact that at the outset of his campaign against Vicksburg,his plan was to take the city by circumvention and not by - direct attack. Like:- all great sol OCR WHOLE COUNTRY. diem, he had several detailed - plans for doing this, which he ' tried, but held istill in view the ultimate project of passing below the city and coming upon it from thataide, The digging of the canal, the routes by Lake Providence and liilliken's Bend, the expeditions up the Yazoo, through Steele's Bayou, and- to New Carthage, all had this one purpose of getting into the rear of the city. As one difficulty and another appeared, he had beyond each some thing else still to be tried. It is altogether probable that had he failed In the method, finally successful, he would have shown that even back of that, he possessed resources of skill and perseverance whicliwould have triumphed at last. We have every reason to believe that in the future be will meet the exigencies of his new experience with the same determination and the same fertility of means for executing the nation's will, enforcing the laws, collecting the revenue and exercising economy. It any lesson can be derived from his history in public life, it is that he has a well-defined °e ject, and more than ono way of attaining it. The letter was written to General W. F. Reynolds, of Detroit, Superintendent of the Lake Survey, and by its early date and confident tone shows that Vicksburg was not taken by accident, or by a happy stroke of luck that befell an imbecile and a fool: BEFORE VICKSBURG, Feb. 23 1863.—Dear Ray nolds:—A large mail, the fi rst in a week:, has Just arrived, and in It yours. I hasten to answer, out will necessarily be short, having a number of letters to write to go out by the 12 M. MAIL I am much obliged to you for your kind expression of confidence. The reduction of Vicksburg is a heavy contract, but I feel very confident of success. Bince arriving here, how ever, the amount of rain that has fallen has been a great drawback to our progress. It is now impossible to effect a landing on the east bank of the river at any point from which Vicksburg can be readhed, except under the guns of the enemy. By pas sing below and taking Port Hudson it would give high land all the way up to operate on,and give, in addition, 00-opera tion from Banks' forces. Hoping news from this Depailment will be favorable to our cause, rremain, truly yours, _ _ The Fort Pillow Blassacre—Forrest , s Despatch to Gen. Polk. O'rom the Akron (Ohio) Beacon. Oct. =I The Ku Klux Democracy have labored desper ately to show that the Fort Pillow massacre was not as bad as represented, and, if it was,, - that .it was not perpetrated by or through the orders of Gen. Forrest. This matter is pretty effectually settled by the following documental:deb our friend and subscriber, Henry &maul, 6f - Bnconorny, Macon county, Mo., a member ..of Konkle's 4in Ohio Battery—one of the veternakt s Waters of the war—captured among other reales, at, Greens boro, N. C., as a part of the rebel archives that were being removed from Richmond at the col lapse of the rebellion. That it is a genuine doca men t, no one who looks at it can doubt, and we will take great pleasure in ex biting it to any , who may have the curiosity to see it. It is as follows : Received at Richmond, Va. April 19, 1864. 8y telegraph, from Demopolis ' Ala., April 19. To Gen. S. Cooper, A. and I '. General: The fol lowing despatch just received from Gen. Forrest, dated Jackson, Tenn., April 15: L. Polk, Lieutenant-General: I attacked Fort Pillow on the morning of the 13th inst., with a part of Belt's and McCulloch's brigades, number ing 1,500, under Brigadier General J. R. Chal mers. After a short fight, drove the enemy, 700 strong, into the flirt under cover of their gunboats. Demanded a surrender, which was declined by Major L. W. Booth, command ing the United States forces. I stormed the fort and, after-a contest of thirty minutes, captured the entire garrison, killing 500, and taking 100 horses and a large amount of quartermaster's stores. The officers of the fort were all killed, including Major Booth. I sustained a loss of twenty-five killed and sixty wounded; among the wounded, the gallant Lieut.-Col. William K. Bled, while leading the Fifth MississippL Over one hundred citizens, who had fled to the fort from conscription, ran into the river and were drowned. The Confederate flag now floats over the fort. [Signed] N. B. FORREST, Major-General. [Signed] L. POLK Lieut.-General. Official copy of telegram received April 19, and respectfully submitted to Secretary of War. [Signed] JOHN W. RIRLY, L. A. G. The foregoing document is indorsed as fol lows : " 2,899. Gen. L. Polk, Demopolis, April 19, 1864. Filed." The Rebels Overwhelmed—Republican Triumphs. —A despatch from Parkersburg,West says: The following Republican majorities will give you an idea of what we have done: Rep. p. Counties. Maj. Itraj ße . bti. Preston 800 966 Braxton 80 2 Jackson 291 125 Fayette 50 138 Mason 130 138 Putnam. Jefferson Kanawha....l7o 477 These comparisons are with 1866, and they show about 30 per cent. Republican loss, but a good Ran on the vote of 1867. Brooke_ Oyes Duval for Congress 2 majority; Wood, 105; Har rison, 130; Doddridge, 400; Roane, 150; Marlon, 200; Monongahela, 500; Upahur, 400; Marshall, 700: Berkeley, 500; Jefferson, 30—majorities. In 26 counties, casting over three-fourths of the vote of the State, our majorities foot up 4,107. The remaining counties will probably increase this. The Republicans elect Duval in the Ist Dis trict and McGrew in the lid District to Congress. Four counties in the Did (Wielder's District) indicate 500 majority for the Republicans.. The Republican majority on joint ballot in the Legis lature is about 35, Hon I. N. Morris, of Quincy, 111., writes asfol ows to Frank Blair: SIR : In my letter under date of the inst., I stated it would be the last I should address you. I cannot, however, refrain from offering you my sincere condolence. Yon can just now exclaim, "Save me from my friends." , The New York World demands your expurgation from the Democratic ticket. This is unjust—cruel in the extreme. Why should you be made the scape goat of the New York Convention? You have certainly sins enough of your own,,to carry with out being burthened with those pothers. Your revolutionary principles you avowed- before the convention met - , and -- it -- was - became you enter— tained them, and for no other reason, you were nominated. Now, for your friends to kick you out of their company for doing just what they wanted you to do, and applauded you for doing, is the "unkind est cut of all." Alas! Alas! the ingratitude of even rebels. To be turned away by them to feed, like Nebuchadnezzar, ongrass, is too bad. I fear your nails will turn like that unfortunate Baby lonian monarch's; to "bird's claws," before you are ever returned to poster. Now in your great straight, to be abandoned "naked to your enemies,"—to have, all the misfor tunes which have' befallen the devotees of treason laid at your door; when others are equally guilty, being accessories before the fact, is, in my judgment, mean and cowardly. You do right in Twisting these shameful attacks on your "honicr and character. Stick to them, Frank—stick to: them; I admire your spunk; die Yonand that will be something in your favor. Yon have sworn that the horse was "sixteen feethigh,7 and stick to it. Don't give it up. I deeply sympathize with you. Only persevere and • you will - triumph. I think you have struck the right key to conciliate -vott!- ompEulions. The sensation occasioned by •you : N. B. FOAMIEST* WEST VIRQINI26 Rep. Rep. Counties. Ma). 'o'B. ma). 66. Harrison 130 254 Marion 200 319 Monongahelasoo 377 Mar5ha11.....700 664 Upshot. 400 473 Brooke 2 46 Tay10r.......224 877 Berkeley 500 551 Doddridge. .100 93 150 150 A LEITER?. OF CONDOLENCE To Frank Blair. Brodbead letter has died out, but a now tie of friendahip will spring up through the medium of your threat to assassinate Grant. Only keep that up, and you will do well. If spewed oat, it will be, I hope, on dry land, so that you may, alter all, reach Nineveh and warn the people of the judgment to come. You may in that way do a Mire good yet. Perhapayour notes would not be as sweet and musical as the dying swan's. but 'bey would be equally prophetic. In the end you could exclaim with the disconsolate British Cardi nal— " Is this the end of all my greatness ?" Farewell! Alas! a long farewell ! L N. Mona's. —Mr. E. L. Davenport will produce at the Wal nut street this evening a new emotional play en titled "F;" or the Branded; in which he. will sustain four different characters. The drama is said to possess a great deal of merit, and in, the hands of an artist like Mr. Davenport it should prove very attractive. —Lotta will appear at the Arch every night dur ing the present week in The Firefly. Her en gagementwill conclude on Saturday. —The Grand Duchess will be given this evening at the American theatre. —The Worrell Sisters are announced to appear at the Chestnut Street Theatre this evening in the Grand Duchess. When they were last here they. played an engagement at the American Theatre. —Even New York is beginning to regard Offen bach's indecent operas with disgust. We have already quoted the Tribune's opinion of Genviere de Brabant. Wilkes Spirit, a journal that is not apt to be very nice, speakes of the farce in these terms. "Having miserably failed in opera limn, Gran has betaken himself with alacrity to the spectacular drama and by resplendent costumes, fair scenery, and gor geous accessories of belted knights, disrobed women, and delirious cancan,—the unclean carnival spiced with a sensuality of action and obscenity of dlulooe which makes 'Genevieve de Brabant' the meat sada dons affront ever offered to the New York public,— has excited general curiosity and subsequent disgust. We earnestly protest in the name of every virtuous, modest woman and refined gentleman in the land, against the terribly defiling influence this pander Gran Is attempting to exercise over the men—the very young • men—of our city. Oar wives, mothers, and sisters are; of souse, safe from contamination, for after the painful embarrassment to which the gentler sex were subjected on Thursday evening, a respectable woman would as soon be seen going into a brothel as the doors of the French Theatre under the reigning regime. If Mr. Gratz had dared to subject the women of any God-fearing, law-abiding inland town to such mortification as a portion of the ladies exhibited on Thursday evening, he would be stoned and hooted out of the place. In this cosmopolitan city, however, there will be found enough French cooks, hair-dressers, market-gardeners, waiters, and ignorant people of the lower orders to encourage any vileness the filthy fertility of Mr. Gran may devise; but the well-bred ladies and gentlemen for whom the French Theatre was built will go there no more." Are the people of Philadelphia•willing to give encouragement to this kind of exhibition. When 'Gran, and Bateman and the rest of the panders come here with their penny trumpet music, and cocottes chantantes we sincerely hope respectable people in this city will set the seal of' their con demnation upon them, by quietly remaining • away from the playhouse. —The Orchestra matinee of Messrs. Sentz and Hassler took place as usual at. Musical Fund Hall .on Saturday last. , The. audience was largo, ana .a degree of interest was menifeeted• that, mast have been very gratifying not only to the, mana gers, but also to all who are desirous that the true °method of a public cultivation of musical taste oral appreciation of the art, shonid bejustly 'recognized and encouraged. An unfinished sym phcny of Schubert, in ti minor was performed for the first time in rhiladelphhia and ,but the second in America, and much curiosity was felt to ascertain the truth as to its reported beauty; particularly after the very exten-ive publicity , which its merits had attained tille r ugh the , press. , . That portion which we hive of the symphony consists of but two movements: an allegro mode-' rate and an andante con mot°. The work is so entirely characteristic of its great composer that the association of his name with the "Unfinished Symphony" is sufficient to convey a correct idea of its style—Schubert is always before you. His exquisitely weird conceptions, his complex har monies and his original orchestration are here so deliciously aided by the charming beauty of the .melodies,that the work furnishes almost as much enjoyment to the sensual ear as to the mind of the student of composition. This is always more or less apparent in the works of Schubert. A motive, for instance, in the first movement, for violoncellos, stands out so conspicuously and at tracts the listener so forcibly by its simple style, that the accompanying har monies—those strange, fantastic ones of which Schubert is so perfectly the master, are almost forgotten, and, when afterwards remem bered, seem only to have served as a veil to shut out from our minds all but the soothing tones of that almost living instrument—the cello. The second movement, however.the andante con mote, is that which must excite the greatest admiration of those who love the beautiful and whose feel ings are affected by the very perfection of mud col Poetry. An attempt at minute description of such a poem would only leave the reader in the most confused state, and impart not the faintest correct impression of its beauty. The exceed.' ingly difficult and abstruseicharacier of the move ment, its remarkable peculiarity of instruments-- don, and the Immense number of separate thoughts which Schubert has crowded Into it, make A necessary that the symphony should be heard to know even its most remarkable points; and the bearing must be oft repeated to judge of the extreme pleasure which its intimate acqaam tarn° can afford. 11. B. GRANT As to the performance - of this 4beautiful work we have to say that it was very creditable for a first recital. There was perhaps hardly enough of contrast made between the tempi of the two movements—the andante was not too slow, but the allegro, although moderato, could tulvanta- i geously have been somewhat quickened. The strings acquitted themselves finely, and left open only to criticism the performance of same of the wind instruments. Messrs. Bentz and Hassler need, however, an augmentation of their force of violins, and, this, in time, will most assuredly come if the managers are properly supported by the public, in their praiseworthy enterprise. This stipport,we are most happy to state is rapid ly increasing, and the prospects for a tine, per manent organization are very flattering. Mr. Bentz, we might add,is improving in his conduct ing of the waltzes of Strauss. This may be thought as beneath criticism, but a Strauss waltz is no easy thing to lead u to Stratus, and the de= eating of the composer of "Vienna Bon Bons," and "Decoy Birds" as a model in this particular will not detract from the reputation of any local leader. The Reformation Symphony of Mendelssohn will be performed for the third time in America and the first time in Philadelphia on Saturday next. Messrs. Bentz and Hassler announce that, in order to produce Mendelssohn's great Reforma tion-Symphony in all possible grandeur and per e_ctiou - ,they_huanbtained the hearty co-opera tion and personal assistance of a large delegation of the principal instrumentalists of the New York Philharmonic Society, who will be present to participate In the performance of the Symphony, on Saturday afternoon,October 31st, in the Musi cal Fund Hall. —An American dramatic company, consisting of five actors and three actresses, aro plOing at Shanghai. Seats in the boxes $3, pit $2, gal lery $l. —Democratic chairmen are still demonstrating the ratio of gains in the late election. But the most difficult ratio to demonstrate will be 'Ratio Seymour, on the fourth of next month. —A company in Buenos Ayres propose to carry living cattle and sheep to Europe,- at the rate of 5,000 of eaeh monthly. They will employ live large steamers, distil water for use on the way, and feed with steamed food. —A Kentuekian recently stated in a temper ance meeting in Louisville, that he "wasn't much on bourbon; but," he' added; "I allow that I've chewed nigh onto a ton of tobacco, as nigh as I can calculate, during the last fifty years, and I dgun.to_chewAhe weed when I was ltu evon yes DRAMATIC AND 1110810 Ala F. I. rETIIERSTON: PRICE THREE OENTS FACTS AND FANCIES. Zhe nourld Ginerul Blare. BT DINNIB O,'FVLITERTI% It's a nifty man I am, Sez the bowld Glnertil Blare ; • It's a powerful man Ism, Sez the bowld Gleeruißlare. I'll dayfind the Consthtltooshan Be the manes of rayvolooehun, And upsit ayche Instlntooshun, Sez the bowid Mural Blare. It's a vieth'ry we 611311 win, , Bez the bowld Ginend Blare; It's a triumph we shall win, Bez the bowld Glnerta Blare. We shall carry rinnsylvtutny. An' li kewise Injeanny, An' Ohio sure as anny, Bez the bowid Oinernl Blare. It's a small inishtake I made, Sex the bowld Ginerul Blare; It's a big mishtake I made, Seri the bowld Ginerul Blare. Chute wid grafe the mounted lyre, Fur me fat iz in the fire, • An' I may as well raytire, • • Seri the bowld Ginertd Blare. —There is a fellow up in Becks county whit thinks he has invented perpetual motion. —Men of the period—those who stop, ofbm take something. • —The heir apparent to the throne of Greece is henceforth to be called the Duke of Sparta. —Liszt has completed a requiem for male voices witht organ accompaniment. —Charles Mackay, the song writer and former New York correspondent of the London Times, In now editing the Landon Scotsman. —lt ls said that one of the first acts of the gov ernment in Spain will be to pass a decree declar ing Her Majesty's (Queen Isabella) children bas tard and incapable of reigning. —A citizen of Exeter, N. H., advertises that he cannot smoke hams this year, but manufactures and sells water-proof blacking, and acts as Jus tice of the Peace for Rockingham county! —The people of Minnesota, at the coming gen eral election, will vote on the question °fah-0115k lag the present grand jury system. —There is a movement on foot in Holland to induce the King to deprive his son of the succes sion 'te the throne. The bad character of the young Prince has Made him so thoroughly un popular that it •is doubtful if the Dutch people will allow him to ascend the throne. —Ducks and geese are far more abundant in all the Sloughs and rice lakes of the Mississippi than was ever known before. This is probably owing to the large crop-of wild rice that is found in every slash and slOugh this fall. -A subscription paper was lately circulate(' in a rural parish, with the following object in view: "We subscribe the amount oppoaite , our minted for the purpose of paying Me minded, and aptly to blow the same. —Nine young men who left Rouen on their velocipedes at 7 in the Morning, reached Paris at 9in the evening... They performed the diatanee of thirty-two leagues .in, eleven hours, having rested three hour(' during the day.' —Napoleon I. created nine minces, 82 dukes, 888 counts, 1,090 barons:, Napoleon: 111. has made l 2 dukes, 9 counts and viscouuts,2l barons, and authorized 868 Persons to put the aristocratic de before their names. There are now in France 'about 50,040 noble families. , —Au Attetriall statiatician, named Brad:Mit t has written a work on the various peoples . Austria; and gives the proportion which the races bear to each other. In every thousand, he ()aye. 254 are 0 0 1 100 11 ;;W:PzectUrartd.1510Vdet6; .164 Magyars , 'Bs Ruthertran'e,B4Croats and Kerbs, 82 Wallachs, 68 Pohl", 34^ SientOntei Oa Israelites, 16 Italians, and six not classified. .• , —Sixteen YearatigOrtiVYKe44l" L,PoolingetY, Wirtemburg, ,_ratkimtrepreil`,4a preset daylight,. All efforts to diaceVer trientAassin remained fruit- less. But a few•Weekteshice• a letter Written by a Catholic,priest,... l 4•4 l neii ol 4 infonned elitfine• rities of Esslingen that a lock:6lW who, in 1.852, had emigrated from that city, had confessed 'to him, on his death-bed, in•An.mt last, that belted committed the minder of Dr.Eampold. —Brown blend and baked beans, says the Boer ton Traveller, are among the acknottledget,hz stitutiona of New England. Boston Shoes her self a worthy metropolis of New England - by her cordial maintenance of these agreeable Inatittt dons. A single baker in Green Street, bakes weekly at least a thousand loaves'of brown life and a barrel of beans! His issue •of ' loaves on Sunday morning last was 700., , —Renter's Bureau distributed the other day. a telegram from Madrid, stating that General No valiches had succeeded in effecting a junction with the troops commanded •by General &Wen. Baylen is the famous Spanish city, but there is no General of that name. In 1862 Reuter distrl buted a despatch from Halifax, giving inforinti tion about the movements of the American• Ge neral Potomac. . , 44, —A young man, laboring over the gradusien roachments of woman-kind on masculine terri tory in the matter of (Tress, breaks into song •aa follows : "They took our coats—at first we hardly mimed 'em And then they aped our dickeys and cravat,: They stole our sacks—we only laughed and kissed 'em ; . - Emboldened_then they etole our very hats , Until, by slow and sure degrees,.the witches, Have taken all—our coats, hate, boots and breeches. - , • _ —The directors of the picture gallery of. Vienna. were lately made the victim , of an exceedingly in genious fraud. Two Fold paintings, apparently bearing the imprint of Raphael's genius, wore shown tothem, and, after kcareful investigation, pronounced genuine. They. then bought the paintings at - a high price, and had the mortifica tion 01 discovering,,soon after, that they were spurious and of recent origin. But the swindler who had got them up had managed to give 'thein an antiqbated appearance by far more deceptive than any of-the processes hitherto in use ,could have given them. Purchasers of, painting& are caritiouecl against buying "lately discovered works'of old masters" until some way by which this new process may be recognized has been discovered. —The following accident recently took •piece very close to Kosciusko's grave, at Zuehwyl, in the Swiss canton of Boleure. A Polish major, by the name of Bednarsky, scarcely thirty-slx years old, who had fought bravely in, fifteen battles, had arrived at Zuchwyl to pay , homage to the great hero of Poland, at his humble grave in the ewiss village grave-yard. While some Swiss in fantry soldiers were firing at a target, he took, a walk to the banks of the Aar, taking his little elghteen-months-old son with him. Although he was between two and three thousand yards frokni the infantrymen, cne of the bullets fired by,thena pierced his heart and killed him on the spot.. When be didnot return two hours after, his wife, who had awaited him at the village hotel, grew uneasy, and went in search of him. She found his corpse; the little child slept peacefully ma l e breast of his dead father. The distress of the poor widow excited the greatest compassion threngh out Switzerland. —During his sojourn at Potsdan2, the a of Russia visited the vault of the garris. • where the coffins of Frederick the • • father, Frederick William the Firs ander the Second was , much a Ring of Prussia pointed out - • , where Alexander tho First a :he Third, his father, ha , fidelity to one another over ' ' the Great, in November, 1: words are said to have p ' too, between the mon • • .' and the., Parislepers , with the long so o. his Prussian un mor, discredited in „, - eluded a treaty of., `. - Prussia, in case . • may be tme ale . , • f ... r ~t
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