THE FINE ARTS. TITS PROBASCO COLLECTION AT CTSCINNATL The Cisuirmati Commercial, m a third aid paper devoted to the Probasco-gallery, coritines itself to landscapes and statues ` the latter appear to be by inferior men, Ives being die best name; it is updoubtedly a problem, given:l plastic art in a prosperous condition on the seaboaid, hew to open a market in'the valley of the Visaingippl, risky transportation having the effect of keeping Collections poor and taste low. The Probasco collection contains two pictures by Theodore Rotsetse. 'lto critic explains the paluteals pauriq• of robject and devotion to spate, a litxcry of art whichis at the centre of the Frcn& tlLwsc y pcboal, Tamor.onx -nit tree. trkz.44, ptecttntz!ezitg of the color of ckl'ecta, the p . rtmrk - 4.1i0n an exact gradation from cos yaxial Of' ails-Uwe to an other. It is , tvatl - pmatreZy •tass t» co this when the artist *sans with a ifiet'utias :4-elek.‘r opposesunnatural 4orst7rasts 04:A"' belt and ez,a4c.. ,But let him sit beaus 'shim:A - V:los% .s.."ents in nature and astrearat Tra olatla truth to color and gradation, skaal be Wai Taal it rcazirss complete knowledge tif The laight a snot the palette, most delicate Tame:titian, rvriz and cx•c l ulslte manipulation in abets - rota PLa.l),yrati or, of detail, but it is the clialorasin Whirl conceals rather than reveals ailtaa. "lie upright landscape before me la an 171.5LIDCttl that Rousseau has this fac -tatv az ths supreme degree. An old road winds airrix flit skin of the for e st. A group of wood aibripptas arc st work by the road-aide; through zi t h rieTc-,Tal the Mrs we catch a glimpse of a scream of waltz and a hillside beyond, and over Viz is the st,y throbbing with light and air. It is zbe aamplete realization of an August noonday. . It doss mot inspire you to some tremendous deed ,carlanaism. It is sensuous rather, and you would choose to lie in the shade of the trees and muse and dream. It is the laisser all ex of human ex ists-ace- Another picture shows us a group of farm houses and gardens, perched on a hill-side, which falls away into a valley, the land rising again to where a lino of trees stand, against the sty. This picture is as heavily painted as the other, and in parts is perfectly true to nature, but it has not the beautiful unity of the first picture. The last is the largest and most remarkable of the three pictures. No artist that ever lived, but Rousseau, could so simulate the appearance of distance that we sec here, in which the stream of water, wan dering out of the shadows of , the town and cot tage in the foreground, passes on through the fiat meadow-land, and is lost miles away upon the edge of the horizon. It is but an inch of space in the Canvass, yet the great distance is as real as in nature. The trees are also finely and elaborately painted and have gm same perspec tive, while the sky is nearly covered with clouds, which float in visible atmosphere; of all things this picture requires frequent seeing. There could scarcely be more finished detail in painting, yet it never imposes itself upon you. The pain ter is out of sight—the artist is lost in his art. JULICS IMPRIES "Dupres is another great painter of landscape, but, unlike Rcussean, he aims at brilliancy of ef fect, and frequently loads his canvas with color, so that, if you approach it very near, there is neither grace nor comeliness to be seen; but when standing at the proper distance, as in the picture before us, the eye is dazzled with the glowing sun light in a great space of sky, while the landscape of plain, and the broken bank of a pool of water in the foreground, are gorgeous with color, not in strong contrasts, but in luxurious ensemble of color. There is another Dapres here, small and more quiet in tome." CONSTANT TROTON I The critic lets Blip the remark that Troyon is equally celebrated as an animal and landscape painter. This is not our impression. Troyon's figures, of whatever kind, are always treated as ejects, even in compositions made up of them en tirely. This Is the landscape method. I " You can walk round his cows and sheep, so distinctly do they stand out from the canvas. He appears here in a large picture, where cattle, driven by a peasant woman, are coming down a road. They seem to be seeking shelter from a storm of wind and rain, which darkens the dis tant sky, and the plain and field. "In the group of cows standing beneath some willow trees, one can hardly recognize the mas culine female band which achieved that master piece of animal painting, "The Horse Fair." It Is a curious bit of art history that, a few years ego, the "Horse Fair' went begging through England, and was finally bought by Ur. Wright. an American, for five or six thousand dollars. Mr. A. T. Stewart, the other day, paid for this same picture $35,000, and collectors are glad to give high prices for the smallest examples from the easel of this wonderful woman." The Commercial goes on to describe a fine horse-picture by a mysterious Schreizer, "a Ger man resident in Paris." This we conclude to be Adolphe Schreyer, of Frankfort-on-Maine, the principal hippie artist of the day. ADOLPHE SCHREYER - 'We have seen several of his works where horses are dashing over the ground at full speed. One of these portrays Arabs mounted on their spirited steeds, hunting the ter, and nothing could equal the vigor and fiery spirit of these pictures. The scene before us describes a fierce mom storm in a forest,w here travelers, overtaken by the storm, have sought the shelter of a rough log-cabin; the tired horses are just entering a rude stable, whose roof is covered with the snow. This is all painted in deep rich colors, with the hand of a master. ll= "Two carefully-painted landscapes have the signature of Koekkoek. A deep valley inclosed by a steep mountain Is an effective example of Guidi. Tilt re is a cattle piece by Auguste Bon benr, a brother of Rosa. Verscheur has a view of an inn with horses watering. An energetic little picture is by Brakassat, where an enraged bull is pitching head-first into a plucky dog, who would fain seize him by the throat. Oswald Aehenbach manifests his capacity to cover a large canvas In a view of a quay covered with people, in some city on the Mediterranean, if we can judge by the costumes of the crowd. There are other landscapes hero by noted artists, but we will close this criticism of the paintings by calling attention ton singular and graphic figure-piece 'Which came from Russia, and which tells the story of how the fighting man of the Czar killed 'his opponent in the ring with a single blow of his fist "The reflection occurred to us in this brief re • view of one of the most valuable and complete collection of objects of art in America. that our students need not go to Europe to obtain a know ledge of the works of the great masters, for the libetalitv and taste of our citizens have brought them within the observation of all who choose to study and admire." THE Journal de St. Petersbourg has the follow ing interesting artistic news, which is that the Czar has consented to allow photographs to be taken of all the treasures contained iu the Im perial Gallery of the Hermitage. IN PHILADELPHIA "The Interior of St. Peter's during the Holy Week," painted by A. Weldon bach, a German artist, who has resided in Balti more for several years, is now on free exhibition at 1108 Arch street (Tenbner, Bchellman Bum aing,) and is worthy of a visit. The view, which was taken on the spot, of course, is that presen ted from under the stupendous and magnificent dome. ART-ADVIOEB FROM QUICAGO speak of the re turn of various artists from their summer sketch ing excursions. Ford and the Reeds have come ha from Pennsylvania with landscapes. Bigelow has been studying on Lake Champlain. Fahri- ChM% "Shadow Dance," a venerable exhibition stager (it is a portrait of Maggie Mitchell, who gig eav is 43,1fJ3110.113_aincionhghtnight, oid,) la at the Opera h ouse Gallery, with Mosher's "Lust Cause." In the (Studio?) "Gallery," Mr. Eastman's col lection still forms the principal feature, and the fame of the Idurlllos, the Claude, the Salvator Rosa, and the other productions of renowned masters, attracts numerous visitors. It is found pleasanter to believe them genuine than forger ks, and, their adherents triumphantly ask, if Murillo and the others did not paint them, what artist, living or dead, could do such work? Mr. Eastman has departed for Europe, and will 80013 send back more choice works of art, which have been secured during his visit to America. lEESTADT'S Vrsccios 113 now on exhibition at Putnam's Art Gallery, New York. It is a mid right view of Veenyine in eruption, taken near the Hezzoltsg_e in last January, when the snow lay deep on , the surrounding country. The ar ravgement of the objects presented gives to the picture an unbalanced appearance at drat eight, width is not lessened by the knowledge thilt the view is strieUy drawn in accordance with nature. The volcanos is shown to the left, in.the distance, spouting firs and smoke. The clouds sweep away sluggishly over the blue night sky in murky . fire-lit to to the right of the picture, and from the base of the mountain extends .to the limit of the foreground a•desolate declivity of volcanic countrY, with chtutms and hurtle:locks enow-whitened and fire-tinted. The 'adjacent ridge of Somme rising close 'to 'Vesu vius, stretches along in , shadow toward the beholder, and very -zmaterially lessens the prondnence of the volcano. The can vas, which we should judge is six feet by four, is fully two-thirdsgiven up to the foreground, which presents only three distinct objects of re lief aside from the monotony of snow and scoria, and the few stunted shrubs that have shoved their stalks up into the poisonous air, and they are, a broken and angular upheaval of reeks, the ruins of the Hermitage (consisting of three crnaibling walls) and two leafless trees. Nothing else im pedes the view, for the artist has wisely left the scene undisturbed by any human accessories. The volcano sends a red shaft of fire into the heavens, partly veiled in its own smoke that fills up the instance, jets of fire leap up into the dark ness all along the ridge that sweeps down to the plain, marking the course of the molten river, and serene and glistening . , spreads out the inter vening space in the cold moonlight. How would our ingenious picture-clearers,who have put new faces on so many venerable relics of the past, relish' a rule such as this, which hae just been communicated anew to all the provin cial authorities in Prussia? They aro strictly en joined to keep watch over all the local collections or objects of art, monuments, church pictures, glass paintings, &c.,within their special domains, in order that 2 "on no account any 'cleanings' or 'restorations of any kind Abe undertaken without a special permission of the Government ;" who will, in case of need, despatch a competent per son to do all that is necessary. This admonition, v.hich rather sharply follows on the mishap in the Berlin Museum (the restoration of a certain Andrea del Sarto), savors some what of the pro verb of the child and the well. GREAT BRITAIN. Our Misrepresentative in London—Tho ?inglish Frees Lectures Mr. lieverdy Johnson—the Meaning of the Laird- Johnson Fraternization. [From the New York Tribune.] Lola - cox, Oct. 21.—Another English Liberal journal raises its voice to warn Mr. Reverdy Johnson against his contemplated alliance with Mr. Laird. I have quoted copiously from the News. I now have to add this stinging para graph from the Star: "Mr. Reverdy Johnson's courtesy to the ene mies of the North in this 'country Is beginning to bring him into very bad odor with his own countrymen. Since his appearance at Sheffield the leading Republican journals have commented on his present attitude and his antecedents with the utmost severity, and in more than ono quar ter there hasbeen a cry for 11s recall. His con sentirfg to sit at a table at which Mr. Roebuck was to be a guest, the advantage taken of the op portunitv4ide unwise act of condescension af lorded, and his kindly mention of Lord Wharn -Man who, next to Mr. Laird, the. Americans have the greatest reason to de test, have all contributed to irritate his country men against Mr. Johnson to the highest degree. It is now remembered that he is a Southern man, that he always sympathized with Secession, and that his courtesies to its friends here are not accidents, but acts of deep intent. Perhaps what Arneric , the feel most keenly of all is, that an Eriglieh journal should have found it necessary to warn Mr. Johnson not to attend the banquet at Liverpool if Mr. Laird is to be invited. That an American Minister should need to have his own dignity and that of his nation in ttuti keeping of strangers, is considered deeply humi liating. It may safely be said that, if Mr. Reverdy Johnson sit down with the builder of the Alabama at the Liverpool banquet, nothing can save him from instant recall." The Star is right; Americans do feel keenly the humiliation of seeing' their Minister draw down upon himself these just rebakek and warnings that seem likely to be Ineffectual. On the other hand, the Tory organs have taken up the joint defence of Mr. Reverdy Johnson and Mr. Laird. The Standard insists that the programme shall be carried out to the letter; the Anglo-rebels who filled this bitter cup. for the mouth mean that it shall be drained. "The American Minister" says the Tory organ, "is far too high minded a statesman to be influenced by the un worthy considerations which are urged as a reason why be should decline to be present In Mr. Laird's company." It puts forward a whole sale deleuce of Laird and his pirate building policy, and the article is so plainly inspired by Lain] himself that but one conclusion could be drawn. When it was written, the thing had been talked over. Mr. Johnson bad privately com municated his perfect willingness to meet Mr. Laird, and it was agreed that the plot should be publicly defended. Mr. Johnson has succeeded in establishing re lations that will strike loyal Americans as some what peculiar. We know tolerbly that the Tory journals hated and assailed us throughout the war; that the Liberal journals were and arc the true friends of the 'Union. If a question arose respecting the Arner!can Minister, we should expect to find the Tories attacking him, the Liberals defending. It is Mr. Reverdy John son himself whO has chosen to reverse this natural order of things, and who has contrived to make himself an object of suspicion to the Liberals, and an object of admiration to the enemies of Lis country. I have no rea son to suppose that Mr. Johnson has yielded to these remonstrances. The debate has run high, both here and among the Alabama builders ci Liverpool. They little expected to raise such a storm. When It broke they still meant to defy it, and hence the articles in The Mondani, but I em informed. on authority I cannot doubt, that they have evoked one protest from a very differ ent quarter. Lord Stanley himself sent word to the promoters of this banquet that rather than bring Mr. Laird and Mr. Johnson together, they would do well to abandon the din ner. Ho dreaded the effect in America. As a diplomatist his reputation is pledged to the settlement in some way of the Alabama claims. Be does not want to have to discuss them with a Minister whose power is in danger of being destro3ed by the resentment of his in sulted and indignant countrymen. But hie ad vice has not been taken. The dinner is to go on, but the protest of Lord Stanley, which must be understood as dictated wholly by diplomatic considerations—may possibly succeed in keeping Mr. Johnson and Mr. Land apart. The latter will be sure to hear of Lord Stanley's wish, and may respect it so far as to abstain from going to the dinner. If we are saved the disgrace of that meeting, we shall not owe it to Mr. Johnson's sense of what is due to his country, nor to his respect for the opinion of the friends of his country. We shall owe it, I verily believe, wholly to the interested Interference or the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, and it is not yet certain that even his interposition will save Mr. Reverdy Johnson from the suicidal lolly which ho has Intended to commit. The Laird party thought it desirable to shield themselves with the name of some American w not e toy ally is beyond dispute, and whose pres ence at the dinner might serve as a kind of certifi cate. to the Alabama builder and his ministerial guest. No such person could be found in Eng land; but one eminent Awed - man had . Just sailed lor hence, and it was thought his name might be us/d with impunity. Mr. Laird's friends there lute announced, through a Liverpool paper, that Mr. Cyrus Field's departure for America would prevent him from being present at the Laird• Johnson dinner. This was cleverly contrived, for Mr. Field is not in New York, whence he might telegraph a contradiction, but is half-way across the Atlantic, and could not re pudiate this ungenerous use of his name till it had done its work. tut they forgot that Mr. Field left friends in England, who would not be likely to keep silence while he was being slandered. Both the News' and the Star print letters this morning denying that Mr. Field had - aryl - Litt - nth - in of - tieing present at a din nei where Mr. Laird was to be one of the com pany. "For Mr. Field," says the writer. "is a loyal American, and I know of none such who will not regard the presence of the American Minister at this Liverpool festival as a humiliation." The letter is signed "An Ameri can," but I venture to say that it ez prt the feeling of nine out of ten of the English Liberals. I received a letter from one of them this morning, saying: "I .certainly do not understand how any loyal American can dine with Laird. I, who am an Englishmanomuld 710 i." • Still another report seems to have been mann laeturect in order to divert attention at home Irvin Mr. Johnson's fraternization with Laird and his nest of Liverpool pirates. This was shrewdly Fent to a Liberal paper, which was so fur imposed upon yesterday morning as to state in its money article that Lord Stanley and Mr. Johnson had agreed upon an international com mission to determine the Alabama claims. But this was pat out a day too soon, for The Globe, the evening ministerial organ, declared, the same afternoon, that the statement was not only with out authority but without foundation. THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5;1.868. TILE 11111111DATION IN SWII'ZEB LAND• 'Appeal to the awles and to the wartendo o 8 Switzerleund In the United States. . , A calamity has befallen'the Cantons of Tessin, Valais, Grisone, St. (call; and•l,Jri, which r in its immensity, stands unequalled in the annals of Switzerland. On the 27th ,of September rain commenced to fall in torrentaalong the northern and southern slopes of - the" Alps, and continued to descend, vvith but little intermission, for eight days. During all this time a powerful south wind raged furiously amidst the masses of snow and ice which had lain undisturbed for centuries in their inacceesible Alpine strongholds. Every mountain rivulet swelled into a rushing stream, every etreanrinto a torrent, carrying ap palling destruction in its course. The rivers of Tessin, the Rhone, the Reuse, the Rhine, and the Inn, In their relentless power, obliterated many of the choiceit beauties of nature, impoverished ' thousands of families, and hurried hundreds to a watery grave. Heart-rending and vain was the struggle of human bands against the overpowering force of the watery element. On it came, in the dead of night, terrible in its might, scattering destruc tion far and wide, and piling up in the meadows the mountain debris of ages. Rocks weighing hundreds of tons.wero torn from their resting places, and in their course joined the revelry of destruction. Whole forests, vineyards and mea dows stacked with grain, have disappeared, and, in many places, not a vestige of roads, bridges and fences are left; houses mills and fac toriet are torn from their foundations, and even cemeteries and charnel-houses have been invaded, and their contents scattered along the course of the devastation. Thousands of cattle lie choked in the mud, and thousands of our fellow beings are reduced to abject poverty. Along the Rhine, village upon village lies half buried in mud and debris, and every article of bedding and wearing apparel has either been swept away or rendered useless in 'homes where comfort, and oven plenty, reigned; while their verdant meadows, productive orchards and beau tiful gardens are ono mass of grayish mud. Sixty millions of francs will fall far short of the loss sustained. On such extraordinary occa sions it is meet that unusual measures be adop ted to alleviate, at least in part, the sufferings of our brethren. The Federal Government of Switzerland, prompted by a feeling which it knew would meet with a hearty response from its people, at once despatched its President to the suffering localities, and' ordered to the scene of devastation the various corps of sappers and miners, to render all possible assistance. Ere this, one million of francs will have been appropriated by the Federal Government, and a like sum will, no doubt, have been contributed by the several Cantons. Already a con*ntion of delegates from all the Cantons have assembled in Berne, and relief associations have sprung up in every section of the land, whose offerings will be distributed by the Central Relief Association, or ganized under the auspices of the . Federal Go vernment. Many individuals have given most liberally, and the people of adjacent countries are also busy, heart and hand, in the noble work of relieving want. Among others, the King and Queen of Wnrtemberg made at once a remittance and organized a Relief Society, over which they will preside. And we, fi llow countrymen and brethren, shall we stand aloof? Shall we leave unheeded the cry of distress, the pleading eye cast over from Switzerland ? No,no. must be the ready response of eve ry heart. The painful tidings from our sorely-visited brethren will find an echo here in bountifully-blessed America. A mite from every feeling heart, a gift from every generous hand, and this visitation of Almighty God will afford another proof of the truthfulness of our coun try's motto, - "One for all and all for ono." The unusual exigencies of this national ca lamity make an appeal to the Philanthropy of his countrymen and his country's friends, on the part of the undersigned, virtually obligatory. Fellow-citizens of the United States, up, then. and be doing in the noble work of relieving our suffering brethren! Organize, and let us labor promptly, unitedly aniharnestly. Donations will be thankfully received • and weekly reported by the Swiss Consul, Mr. Ru dolph Koradi, S. W. corner Fourth and Wood streets, Philadelphia, by whom they will be transmitted to the undersigned,ifor remittance to the Central Relief Association in Switzerland. God bless the giVel. JOHN Political Agent and Consul-General of Switzer land, Washington city, D. C. A Teacher in netroit Cruelly Whips a Young Cady—He Is Convicted of Assault and Battery and Fined S2O. (From the Detroit Free Press. Nov 2.1 Mr. Frederick D. Hart, Principal of the Junior Department in the Barstow Union Scbooh was arrested yesterday for an assault and battery corn mitt( d upon two of his pupils, named Louisa Hoffman and Mary Marshall, who were about fifteen years of age. The facts in the case, as sworn to by the principal witnesses, are these: Lust Monday morning the young ladles in ques tion were detained at home later than usual by the illness of Mrs. Hoffman, and when they arrived at school they were pre cisely one minute too Into. Mr. Hart intimated that he should punish them for tardiness, but did not even ask if they had any excuse to offer, neither did he order them suspended, as he had a nominal right to do, until an investigation could be had. At the close of the afternoon session Hart dismissed all the pupils except Misses Hoff man and Marshall. He called the former into the recitation room and ordered her to hold out her hand for punishment. She spiritedly declined to comply with the demand, and tried to convince him that he had neither just cause nor right to inflict corporal punishment upon her under any circumstances, and urged that she had - committed no breach of rules which she could not satisfactorily ex plain if he would accorci, r her the opportunity. This seemed to arouse thl model instructor, and he exchanged the light rattan, with which he had just proposed to punish the young lady, for a heavy ruler, with which he struck her four or five heavy blows on tho knuckles and ball of the band. Cringing with pain thus inflicted, she in voluntarily opened her hand, and Hart struck her five more terrific blows. The result of all this punishment was a' badly bruised hand, which, even yesterday (nearly a week afterward,) was still considerably swollen and discolored. Miss Marshall also received a similar castigation on the same occasion. When the girls returned home that evening they Informed their people of the outrage to which they had been snbjected,and their brothers shortly afterward called upon Hart at his lodg ings. A quarrel ensued, which eventuated in a personal encounter between Hart and the boys, and on the following day the champions of the young ladies were arrested for assault and bat tery. They told their story and were released on their own recognizance with instructions to ap pear in the Police Court yesterday for sentence. The trial of Hart was first called, and resulted in his being convictei and sentenced to pay a fine of $2O, or be committed to the House of Correction for thirty days. He chose the for mer alternative, however, and also withdrew his complaint against the boys, Hoffman and Mar shall, in consideration of which Miss Marshall made the same disposition of her charge against Hart. We are assured that the conduct of Hart in this case is sincerely deprecated, not only by Superintendent Doty, but every member of the Board of Education to whom the facts have been made known. Romance of a Submarine Diver. [From the Buffalo Exprees, October a] John C. Green, the diver, whose unhappy death by his own band we chronicled yesterday, was in his time the principal actor In a little drains, the story of which is an illustration of the fact that as we unconsciously tread every day on the graves of the past generations, so we daily meet in every walk of life those whose hearts are the-living —tombs of burled hopes. Early in life be became deeply attached to a young lady in Chelsea, Mass., the beauti ful and accomplished daughter of a wealthy citizen. The attachment was recipro cated, and although while the father of the lady looked with no favorable eye upon what he con sidered an unequal engagement, he wisely fore bore trom active opposition. In return Green pledged himself never to claim the hand of his affianced until he had accumulated sufficient to enable him to retire from a vocation so fall of peril in its nature and uncertain in its results. Lighted on by the star of hope he became the most daring and enterprising submarine opera tor of his time, now plunging down among the weird and Qtrangeiy beautiful caves of the tropical seas, which held the wretched gal leons of Spain, and then exploring the bottom of Lake Erie for the sunken treasures of oar Inland commerce, Such enterprise soon brought its re ward, and he was enabled to look upon the con summation of his hopes as very near at hand. When he undertook to rescue the treasure from the sunken steamer Atlantic ho meant that it should be his last job of diving, and he commu nicated this fact with radiant face to the few SCHOOL. DISCIPLINE. friends who shared the cherished secret„of his life. He entered enthusiastically 'npon-,..tbe -"the task, and this very impatience proyed:hbi ruin. Diving the_ progress oT hieworkke imprudently- insisting on ,deseendingl while wanni against the repionstrance of his comrades. 'The restiltis well-known..r . He. was seized with paralysis and was dragge&to the surface; more deal than alive. From that attack he never covered.. `Ho dragged out the miserable reirmant of his life' a melancholy wreck in' health' and in' hopes. Moody and disconsolate ho sought in the intoxicating glass temporary relict from the sorrow which oppressed him. At length he has rashly ended his misery and his life altogether, and fonitd in the suicide's grave the peace he vainly sought elsewhere. Thanks of the Provisional Govern ment of Crete to Senator Summer. The Provisional Government of Crete has ad dressed to Senatoaumner an acknowledgment of the resolutions reported by Mm in favor of an autonomic government in that island. The fol lowing is a literal translation of the communica tion, which Is in Greek: The Provisional Cretan Government to Hon.Charlett Sumner, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Re lations, United States Senate, tfe., cte.: No. 3,074. GnLIA Or ST. BASIL, Sept. 11, 18613.—1 t is with a heart overflowing with gratitude and emotion that we have read the humane and noble resolu tion introduced by you in the Senate of the Uni ted States; a resolution which we hope will serve to guide in future the great Republic in its diplo matic action with regard to the Cretan question, and which will ever remain as an indelible proof of your philhellenic sentiments toward a Christian people fighting for its liberty. While expressing to tyouin the name of Crete,our warmest thanks, we rejoice in the hope that the xesolutiOns adopted by the Congress of the United States in be• half of our struggle, are a first step toward the speedy recognition of the Provisional Cretan Go vernment, and that those who .feel for us some sympathy, and have already more than once raised their noble voice in the name of our ina lienable rights, will spare no effort until they suc ceed to bestow upon us here that great and just boon which will at last secure our complete in dependence and enable us to enter a now phase of political regeneration. Bo pleased to accept, Mr. Senator, the expres sions of our higliest considerations and respect. [Signed] TUB PROVISIONAL GOVERNME NT. Here follow eight signatures in Greek, with the seal of the Cretan Government. (Translated for tho Philadelphia Evening Bdi HILL OF FARE FOR TO-ICIORROW 9 SI DILVIVER. 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This is not to be confounded with a hash of cooked meat. Bore no confidence in the art of dressing-up tabl,- (wrings. LE B. B. [We observe that the watchful Baron, true to his mission of perfecting the breed of vegetables, is to open an exposition of truffles at the last of November, upon the Boulevards, which will be open four days; the last will be devoted to sales. The object ofsßaron Brisse is to enable tho public to ascertain the different qualities, as those from Saint Germain,Chanmont, and Etampes are daily eold for the much sought-after ones of Perigord. I THE FINE ARTS. LOOKING GLASSES, THE VERY CI{EAREST AND 13IESP. JAMES S. EARLE & SONS, 816 CIESTNIIT STREET. XIIisCEa,LAIVEOIJS. IMPROVED 6110.74'\ BALTIMOREfiIrdA FIRE-PLAGE TTEATERI WITH Illuminating Doors and Windows, And Magazine of sufficient capa city for fuel to last 24 hours. The mod cheerful and perfect Heater In use. SOW WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BY J. S. CLARK, 1008 Market Street, Philadelphia. oc6 Imrp GOLD'S Latest Improved Patent Low Steam and Hot Water Apparatus, For Warming and Ventilating Private and Public *Biuldiage, Also, the approved Cooking Apparatus. AMERICAN KITCHENER, On the European plan of heavy callings. durability and neatneee of constructioN for Hotel's, Public kustitutione and the better clam of Private Reeidencee. NOT AIR FURNACES of the latest improvement:a GRIFFITH PATENT ARCHJNEMIAN VENTILATORS, ItE4II3TEItB. VENTILATORS, dm. Union Steam and Water Heating Co., JAMES P. WOOD & CO.. 41 South FOURTH Itreet, Philadelplda. B. M. FELTWELL, Superintendent. ivB 4mrpo E. S. Et oleik, UPHOLSTERER, No. 186 North Ninth Street, PHILADELPHIA. WINDOW SHADES, BEDS, MA.TRESSES, CURTAINS AND CARPETS. Funittire Repaired and Upholstered!. selsmrp ENVELOPES! ENVELOPES! 5,000,000 SAFETY ENVELOPES colors, qualities and sizes. for sale at reduced price, at the Bteam Enyelepe Manufactory. I 223 SOUTH STRE sel7.thunl SAMUEL BEY. Agent r m, WEAVER it CO. NEW CORDAGE FACTORY NOW IN FULL OPERATION. No. U N. WATER =A se N. DEL. aye INDIA RUBBER MACHINE E BI TIN( STEAM Packing Dom, Ac. Engineers and dealers will find a frill assortment of Goodyear's Patent Vulcanized Rubber Belting. Packing Dom &c., at the Manufacturer's Headquarter& GOODYEAR'S Chesbant street South eide. N. 13.—We have now on hand a large lot of Gentlemen Ladiee' and Misses' Gum Boots. Also. every variety and style of Gum Overcoats. NIUMIVELLAMCOUS• _ Hy. _ EJks9r INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY. This Company have an exclusive grant to lay Submaxrine CableF.;;, CANTON TO,TEIN-TSIN, (the seaport of Pekin,) connecting all tho porta on tho ASIATIC COAST, whose foreign commerce amounts to One Thousand Millions Annually. The Company le chartered by the Legislature of the State of Now York, with a Capital of $5,000,000; Shares, $lOO Each. A limited number of shares are offered at $5O each, payable $lO cash, $l5 November 1, balance in monthly instalments of $2 50 per share. The inquiries for this stock are now very active, and the s Thard of Directors in struct us to say it may be withdrawn at any time, and that none will be of fered on the above terms after Novem ber 20 next. For Circulars, Maps and fall information, apply to DREXEL & CO., No. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA ; To duly authorized Banks and Bankers through out Pennsylvania, and at the Office of the Company, Nos. 28 and 25 NASEIA.II Street, HEW YORK. a_n29. trip: JEtIEIVI C2PVAT_A. THROUGH FREIGHT DEPARTMENT Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, On and after MONDAY, November 2d, 1868, freight for Baltimore, 'Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Lynchburg, and all points in Virginia, Tennessee, Ala hems, Miscicalppi, Georgia, Arkanzae, and North and south Carolinas via ANNAMESSIC LINE, VIEGINIA AND TENNEBIEE AIR LINE, BANDY, ALEXANDRIA AND UNARM RAILROAD, Richmond and 1/42 Ricer Railroad, Will be received at the New Freight Depot of the Comp soy, 1 - oiler Washington Av. and Swanson St. Instead of Broad and Cherry streets, as at prisent. Freight loaded and despatched daily by rail lines to all Southern and Southwestern points.. Cartmen will find a good driveway via FRONT and WASHINGTON Streets !JOHN S. WILSON, General Through Freight Agent. oc2S utz rpo GROCERS. HOTELKEEPERS, FAMILIES AND Others.—The undersigued him Just received a fresh supply of Catawba, California and Champagne Wines. Tonle Ale (for invWide). constantly on hand. P• J. JORDAN. 220 Pear street, Below Third and Walnut streets. infit: i . a p t isiliANS tAtr AllTlMEEß, N. one_ t Ct " glo rt n% Exchange. *En& to lran . lit larg or amid amounts, on diamonds. silver plate. watchetkieweiry. and AKA. ooda of value. Office hours from 8A.M.t07 P. M. fiw" Estab. 'Jailed for the last forty years. Advances made in large amount. at the lowest market rates. jag.tfrp " PALE MEHCHANTB, STOREKEEPERS. F Ho and dealers :- 200 eases Champagne and Crab Cider. WO bbla. Champagne and Crab Cider. P. J.'JORDAN. 5153 Pear street. lIIILLINEItit GOODS. FA. LA CPJOINTIMG-. CHOICE MILLINERY GOODS. 49. A. & D. STERN, 724 Arch Street: selE.tu th Soo vim tip o __ GENT'S PATENT SPRING AND re ~ , toned Over Galters,Cloth,Leather whit 2 d ~, t brown Linen; Childron't Cloth a nd Velvet . .ir _ , 1.R.._ de ug ,s• also made to order ,:::• • •'OENT , B FURNISHING GOODS, A of every description, very low, tO3 Chestnut for ladles anatrgeeetiV at oilier of Ninth. The beet Kid Woven RICHRLDKRFER 'S 11 1101444 OPEN IN THE EVENING. AZ"ll'''' LIQIIORS, &v. 1 ADOLPH WOYTT • ElB Walnut Street, =roar= or L'iiIOME WEIL CLABETS G11MP143114,&& Phllid°labia Agent for BININOER At COMB celebrated GOLD M AL PORT, SDERRY-AND MADEIRA. OLD i COGNAC. RYE. LONDON DOCK GIN, acc. 1 °coital!. :11rAi oil 1,11 NILMAINOIAIIar . :1111/4101DOLPH8c ri RS .fi r 1 DEALERS IN ALL GOVERNMENT SEOURITIES Bills of Exchange for sale! on London, Frankfort, Paris, eta We Issue Letten of Credit on Nam. James W. Tucker & Co., Paris. available for travelers , use through. out the world. Having now direct private commit. nication by wire between our Phila.- delphia and mew York Offices, we aro constantly in receipt of all quotations from New 'Verb, and are prepared to execute all orders,tvitil promptness,' a STOCKS, BONDS AND GOLD. SMITH, RANDOLPH Si 00. BA NK ING HOUSE deKr• 112 and 114. So. 7 . 41131. ST. ParY, tort.. DEALERS IN ALL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES We wlli receive applications for Policies of Life Insurance in the new National Life Insurance Company of the United Biotech. Pull information given at our office. GOLD AND GOLD COUPONS BOUGHT By P. B:. PETERSON di CO.. 89 South Third Street. Telegraphic Index of Quotations stationed in a co* spicuous place in our °ince. STOOKS, BONDS. ikee, Bought sad Sold on Commission et the respective Basra ot Brokers of Ors, York. Bostork Balthaare tad delphla. awn tme THE SAFE DEPOSIT CO., For Safe Keeping of Valuable.. fiectari. tier, etc., and Keating of Safer. DIRECTOR& N. B. Browne, J. 011itnaham Fell, I Alex. Henry. C. H. Clarke. (1. Marateeter. B. A. Caldwell. John Welch. E. W. Clark. Cleo. Le. Tyler, OFFICE, NO. 421 tIFIESTNUT STUFF C. N. R. BROWNF., President C. H. cLattic. Vice President. R. PATTERSON. Secretary and Trerourer. Jald the Si tern GOLD BOUGHT. DE HAVEN & BRO., 40 SOUTH THIRD STREET sal Zan /.‘f 0.1 • t4,IPIA-cl,4"+, r- (--- LEWIS LADOMUS & CI -----, .DIAMOND DEALERS & JEWELERS. WATOILM, JEWELRY .1, SILVER IVIRE. L WATOKEE apt JEWELRY REPAIRED. i 802 Chestnut st., Phila• Watches of the Finest Makers, Diamond and Other Jewelry, Of the fated etytee. Sand Silver and Plated Ware, Etr-, Etc SMALL SUMS FOB ]EYELET ' HOLM% A in huge assortment Jai warred. with a varlets et settto. _WEL R. WARNE & Wholesale Dealers fa WATCHES AND JEWELRY. N. N. corner Ileirenth and Chestnut Streets, And lute of Na 95 South Third irtreet. leBla ItESTAIIRABIrS. HENRY REINHARDT, Hotel and Restaurant, No. 06 S. Sixth Street, below Chestnut, OPPOSITE THE NEW COURT HOUSE.) MEALS SERVED AT ALL HOURS. Wines Liquors, etc. of the choicest brands. JONES HOUSE, HARRISBURG. PENNBYLVAIMIA. The undersigned having leased the above popular and well known House, which has been thoroughly repaired and greatly improved, as now as entirely • refurnished throughout with elegant now furniture, including all the appointments of a list-class Hotel; will be ready for the reception of guests on and after the ldth of November. 11368. ocallm¢ DRINA% PURE PAINTS.—WE OFFER TO THE TRADE PURE I manufacture, Zin undoubtedd Colored Faints of our own of_p_urity s , in quantities to snit purchasers. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO„ Dealers in Paints and Varnishes, N.E. corner Fourth and Race streets.. • no]7•tt RHO BAIL ROOT, OF RECENT IPA PORTATION AND very superior quality; bite Gum Arable, East In. Castor Oil. VVbite and Mottled Castile o esp. Olive 011, of various brands. For sale by riOBD• SHOEMAKER CO.,dt Druggists, Northeast . eoruer Fourth and Kara streets. ' n 0274 SUNDRIEB.—GRADUATES, MORTAR. D Pill Tiles, Combs, Brollies. stirrers. Tweezers. Puff Boxes. nops Surgical Instruments, Trusses, liard and Soft tubber Goads, Cases. Glass and Metal Syringes, die,, allat ".First Banda" prices. SNOWDEN &-BROTIIER. aDbtX - 23 South Eighth street. ROBERT . SHOEMAKER do C 0.,. • WHOLESALE Druggists, Northeiud comer Fourth and Kate streets, invite the attexitiou of the Trade to their largo stock of 'Nine Drugs and (Aerate ste, Essential Oils, Spongers. Corks. -16 c. n 027 tra THOMAS FARLEY. Proprietor. THE EXACT TRUTH ASOI77I'AEr 6EN VICITORIA.2 , , . . flier Peculiarities—Causes. of Her Un popularity. The Independent recently contained . the following interesting article: - "Two years ago,or thereabouts,a Wretched little paper, published in Lausanne, Switzer- land, indulged itself in some scandalous stories about the Qum of Great Britain, and the British representative at Berne, or one of his subordinates,,had thefolly to elevate the libel into importance by prosecuting thejour nalist. This was perhaps the first time' that any scandal about Queen Victoria found its way into print. Long before this, however. Queen Victoria's loyal subjects had talked about her at; Mrs. Candor talks "of some of her friends. At last these whisperings began to find distinct and open expression. A weekly paper, called the Tomahawk, was started in London, and it made itself famous at once by a cartoon entitled 'A Brown Study.' The artist represented a heavy-looking i3cotchman, of the lower class, with kilt and sporran, standing on the steps of the British throne, while the British lion gazed, from below mith wondering and puz zled eyes at the audacious and nonchalant intruder—somewhat as the Emperor Alexis Comnellus, in Scott's noveli looks astounded at the Frank count,Robert of Paris, loung ing on the imperial seat. The cartoon in the Tomahawk was admirably executed; it , was the work of a man Of genius in his way= Matt Morgan, ono of the principal scene painters, of Covent Garden Theatre. The pa per, which had not then and has not had since any literary merit whatever, became, celebrated and popular in a moment. People were scandalized, shocked, amused, aroused. Tomahawk's cartoon had, in fact, illustrated what everybody had been talking about,won dering at and grumbline over. "Tide is the scandal about Queen. Victoria. In her personal service, her most constant and close attendant is a Scotch groom, or 011ie, named John Brown. He rides on the box of her carriage, he hands her in, he hands her out, he cloaks her, shawls her, opens doors for her, is always near her. Pop ular rumor avers that he sleeps on a rug out side ber bedroom door; and, although this certainly is not his habit, it is beyond doubt that he has done so occasionally, while the Queen was traveling, He has been so closely, indeed, in attendance on the Queen that un questionably there might be grave cause for scandal were he a Itizzio or a •Poternicin,even though she was not a Mary Stuart or a Cath arine the Second. Add to this that the ladies of the family of Brunswick have not in pre vious generations been always virtuous. ‘Chaeune a son B4t,' said the impertinent court lady to George 111.% mother, in allusion to the famous scandal about that princess and the Earl of Bute. Take further into consideration the fact that all the West End tradesmen, dressmakers, milliners, cooks and lackeys ab solutely detest Queen Victoria.' because of the dulness created by her long retirement; and that it has become an article of faith with all that class that the depression of trade and even the finaneial colpse of England are to be directly attributed to the Queen's pro tracted and inconvenient seclusion. Think then how delighted all that class must have been when it first became whispered about that the sorrow of the royal lady was not quite heavenly, after all. Is it wonderful that the scandal was eagerly and delightedly spread? In fact, people busily spread it who did not in their hearts believe it; and before long it be came the universal talk—a whisper of Lon (kip. The Queen began to be spoken of in eking phrase as 'Mrs. Brown.' .Funch one day published, under the bead of 'Court News,' the announcement that 'Mrs. John Brown walked on the slopes yesterday.' Great mirth was created once by an odd jumble of names in a London daily paper, which, giving a report of some popular de monstration, said the proceedings closed with the singing of 'God Save the Queen, and John Brown'—the fact meant to be conveyed being that the meeting sang the national anthem, and also our famous hymn to the memory of the Harper's Ferry martyr. Things went so far that the Queen in her recent book actually inserted a passage explaining the position of John Brown in her household. It is needless to say that those who love scandal and like to believe it liked and believed it none the less because of this well-meant attempt at explanation. "What is the exact truth in all this 1 The Queen is a good, pure, true-hearted woman— alittle given to eccentricity at the best of times, lately so shaken and even shattered in nerves as to be occasionally not quiet mis tress of herselt This John Brown, an honest, dense, thick-headed Scotchman, was a faith ful servant of Prince Albert. His face and name are associated with the memory of some of Victoria's very happiest days. How tenderly she loved her husband, how she de lighted in his society, nobody needs to be told. The classic woman who swallowed the ashes of her dead lord did not love more wholly and absorbingly than did the heavy featured uninteresting Queen of England. She clings to the old servant of her husband as she might to her husband's dog. BM it is beyond all question that a certain taint of nervous excitability—one does'not like to call it madness—is an element in the feelings which inspire the Queen to defy, scandal, in Eng land. It is commonly 'said by those who de fend the Queen that she labors under the de lusion that the soul of Prince Albert has been transfused into the homely frame of John Brown. This is a wild exaggeration; bat it is quite true- that - - the manner., in which the Quern connects the memory of Prince Albert with the presence of. John:Brown has some thing morbid, fantastic, and almost mono maniacal in it is not madness (yet that way madness, lies), she has frequent fits of nervous irritation, which would seem to those unaccustomed to them to border upon frenzy.. Not long since (this story is the simple truth) two of the cabinet ministers were at Osborne,, conversing in a, sort of in formal council' with her Majesty. A page, charged with some Message, tanned at the door—two or three light taps. The Queen, who had been talking and listening with great interest, became so startled and excited by the sound that she screamed, sprang up, paced the room in the wildest alarm, and for a long time was utterly, unable to settle down to calm and rational conversation of any kinO. .IJnder the influence of morbid at tacks like these, 'there is 'sometimes. little re liance to be placed on what the Queen may say, or determine, or do. She was alwaYs somewhat inclined to be headstrong ; now she is apt to form sudden plans, or take sud den resolves,'from which nothing can divert her. She will leave London, and rush to Osborne or to Balmoral, at the most critical period of a session, at a moment when a change of ministry maybe impending ; and, when she has resolved on any such esca pade, no remonstrance or advice can dis suade her. In thie way she has persisted in keeping John Brown as her personal attend ant, and allowing him to be conspicuous in his attentions everywhere; and no ser vants'-hall or club scandal can induce her to send him into the background, or to alter her friendly deportment toward him. Un questionably, this is unwise; but Queen Vic toria is not in a mental condition from which wisdom can be always expected. She is not. mad--that. 1)3 all any one can venture to -say. "Sheliyinpopular—widely and,profonntily . unpopular: Not in the • active, aggressive sprise-- ; not as George the Third was once were ptpular, when- brickbats and stones were pelted at his carriage; not as Adelaide, wife of William the Fourth, was unpopular,when a tumultuous meeting at Charing Cross threw up handkerchiefs in delight at •O'Connell's daring allusion to Whitehall and the soyop_ eign who lostbis hes& there because' - his' dr lowed himself to be' guided by his foreign wlfe—in no such sense hi Victorth, unpopular. But the mass'of her people have ceased to care about her, the West End dislikes, her, gentility slanders her, flu.nkeyismgirdi at her. Of personal loyalty to her there is little or none. A few high-minded politicians and their followers respect her