Daily evening bulletin. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1856-1870, November 12, 1868, Image 1

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    etIBSON PEACOCK. Mai"
VOLUME XXII.-NO. 185.
THE EVENING BULLETIN.
PUBLIBILED EVERY ictraMACl.
(Sundays excepted).
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EDDING CARDS. INVITATIONS FOS PAR.
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WEDDING INVITSTIONS ENORAVED IN THE
TV Newest _and best manner. LOUIS DREES, Sty
Uoner and Engraver. E 33 Chestnut street. tab 20.11
HOLMES—WILSON.4)h the 11th Met. according to
the ceder of Frtands i Reined O. 'latexes. of , Loudon
.entuttl. Virlidnisaand nahte H.; darbihter of Alward W.
cf Phtts
BANI3ELL—MART.IN.—On November 11th. at the
March of the Atonement. br Rev E N. Potter. B. R.
M#Lmett, of this city. to Jennie E., daughter of Dr. P. A.
Martha. Of nethteheut. Pa. •
el TA—WITIIIIIO.—On the 12th hut.. at the Church.
•of St. Matthias. int the Rector. Rev, Robert It'Aßtase.
James W. tutta tonne Z., daughter of the iete kihrtsanh.
Withers. L. . •
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FAEP.—On the morning of the 10th Inst. Lillie F., wife
of Theodore Dam in the Itid Year of her ASA. .
The relatives and friends of the tamale' areftelsecttbliv
Invited to attend the funeral. from the residence of her
husband. No. 1026 Arch street. on Friday morning. the
12th lost. at 10 o'clock •
FOltD.--tris the evening of the 10th inst.. after
tug illness. George W. Ford, in the 46th year of his age.
The relatives and male friends of the family; able
Skekinah Lodge, N 0.246. A l Y •AL ,• the Union League of
the City of Philadelphia u Minolta and State Connell, Q.
of U. A. M. ; Northern Liberty Degree Goultellbxo. hp.
of U. A. BL•. Experiment Connell. No. 1. o.'of •A.
U. A. id. Hall Association; Lmige, No. A. F. A.;
the Ned .nal Union Chiba Phrladelphia• the Columbia.
South Penn and Lincoln Dose Companies. are respect.
fully Invited to attend the funeral. from his late resi
dence. P 42 North Twelfth street. on Sunday afternoon. at
1 o'clock. To proceed to American Mechanics' Cam&
ea 3l
WKINEL—On Tuesday morning. November 10th,
John liawkMa. in the 7th year of his Ka
Ihe relatives and friends of the family are respectful:lr
invited to attend his funeral. from tea late relli • in
Raper Darby. on Friday morning the leth:inst,,sit 10
o'clock. withcnt further notice. Interment at Media
Cemetery. •
OBITVARY.
How often, as we pan through life, does the beautiful
sentiment force itself upon our minds, - Death roves •
shining mark"? And yet the great Destroyer has but little
regard for worldly distinctions. Who*. however. sa with
our frtemi;ALUERNON ROBERTS , the sullied of tide
notice, we see one rudely banded o ff the stage of time.
Just all the fruits of • we.U.ordered head and heart were
ripening into usefulness. and when meaty. within the
ever-widening circle of his Influence, had only began to
appreciate the value of his character, how =tariff! does
it occur to us. 'Death loves • shintne mark: ,
Mr. Roberts was a descendant of a Welsh family, who
came into this country with the great founder of our
State, and his family still hold the beautiful farm on the
edge of the dchaylkill, with no more recent tenure than
a end to his ancestors from Milan Penn Illmself.
With a cultivated mind too active to be fettered try the
simple details of agricultural life, some years sloes he
engaged in the manufacture of Iron in an establishment
located on the old Homestead.
Brasil at first, it grew fromyear to year, with now
it Is second to none in the country of its kind
A visit to Penneoyd Works would at once * disclose the
qualities of hie mind. Neat cottages for the workmen.
complete withall - the - elemeola of wmfort- the — large
public school he delighted to foster and a 'library pro.
j mud tor tee benefit of the plan.. attest an enlightened
economy and a genial feeling between the employer and
employed. worthy of all imitation,
Perste°. tin all enterprises designed for the improve
meta of tie neighborhood, his loss there will be severely
felt. but the elastic spirit of the age wlllilill that void.
But the house is desolate. It was there his beautiful
character was but appreciated and most fully de
veloped. Rind and conciliatory to all, in hot own house.
hold he was more than a brother. caring for and runlet
patine their every went
Mysterious Indeed are the ways of Providence to thus
sever the ties of affection and love at so unexpected a
moment.
`Leaves have their time to tag
And flowers to wither intim North wind's breath.
Btt. sii—tkou hoot 01l meow for thine osni—Obooth!
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aPEVISI. NOTICES.
stir HORACE GREEXEIf
WILL LECTURE ON
TEMPERiiNeg •
AT CON( lIRT libid. .ON THIMBDAT EVENING.
NOVEMBER 12th. at 8 o'clock.
Under the auspice/ of thel t o i r . Maa's 41 o3oL.
The 7ickets teay be obtalued,tree at the Rooms. 1910,
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For the benefit'of the Freedmen's lilissionChureiNthsules..
Yon. AdlitnNL.Pasior./will be held at the
AtiliF.DßLlr BUILDINGS.
C9p2er of 'Reath and Chestnut streets. Brom MONDAY.
the seth. to the 21st of November.
We appeal to the benevolence of all who are friendly.to
the came for more help. Donations of money or 'Fancy
articbie may be left at /Presbyterian Rome(
Bookstore)
Uhestont street. nolthtu.th.s3t
of ONIVEIiBITY
Annual Meeting theS P oc E NI S A I ; A rl i ernl I ZE
be held attho College Ball on FRllliez.movemberlathott
4 o'clock. P. M.
.GEORGED. BUDD. Itzo. Szontrany.
Dar PROF. MORTO
, First lecture will be retreated on THURSDAY for
normembers, and on FRIDAY for members, of the .
Franklin Institute. . noll at;
mar, PHILADELPHIA ,ORTHORIEDIC HOSPITAL. No. 15 eolith Ninth street —Clubfoot /Bp and
Epinal Diseases. and Bodily Defortnitieti treated &la
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-for clothing store, auction business. or liquor store. For
- particulars. cat on LEIDY 619 Walnut streak or JAMES
, CHADVVICK. Pennsylvania Howse, Chester. nol9-3t•
inFORREHM 1N GERMANTOWN,--.4 VERY Derr
.trable Dwelling, on Tulpohooken elreet. with ma
dorn 'improvement& imitable for ,a small , fatally.
- Will be let to a good tenant with or without furniture.
Apply to'JOHN C. 130011`.
nog go 226 Walnut street. Phila.
—A:Paris paper, the Horoscope, gives rules lor
a new art of reading the character, of a person by
his style of laughing. We are-told that • "Ha,
ha" indicates that pthe laugher is frank, fickle,
•fond . of noise and nervous. Phlegmatic and mel
ancholy people laugh thus: "He, he; he." When
, yotilear a man laugh "Ho, ho," it betakenS gen
erous sentiments, and firmness in his actions;
but, it is added, beware of a woman: .whe uses
this vowel in her laughing. "Re, he,,h9,r is,the
laugh of children and innocent persons, and do-
Dotes a nature pliable, devoted, but timid and ir
resolute. Blondes also laugh thus. Avoid like
tbe plague all who laugh "hit, hp." They arc
avaricious, hypocritical, misanthropic, and take
:Measure nothing.
N3PRAB AFFAIRS
LETTER FROM PARIS.
Ugoweepondenes of the Philadelphia Eonlee
Penis Friday Oct. 30,1868.—We should be at
this moment in a state of complete political pla
titude, awaiting only tranquilly the solution of
the Spanish question, were It not for some rather
ominous symptoms Which have suddenly loomed
up In the North of &nape. These have pro
ceeded, In the first place, from Austria, and
secondly, from Russia, that great Colossus of the
Old World, whose power and influence alone
counterbalances in Europe that of the United
,States. Russia, It hs true, lies dormant just now.
But; if I mistake` hot. she 'onl,y'reernits her in
'terns! strength. Shit has not forgotten the pre
diction I quoted only on Tuesday last, that
Europe had to choose between being Cossack or
,republican; and by and by, - nuder a more am
bitions Czar perhapi than the amiable Alexander,
she will awake, like a giant refreshed with sleep
:and bid for the sceptre and inheritance of some
of the crumbling thrones of Europe. Russia, and
Amelles have hoth the strength of young blood
in their veins, and both seek alike for the devel
opment and exercise of their active and expan
sive energies, while the rest of ;the world sinks
rather into the'repose and indolence of age.
But to return to the demonstration I
:was speaking of: Austria has ventured,
by the month of M. do Benet, to utter some
thing to make people uneasy. That Minister,
addressing a Committee of the Austrian Perlis
' ment, went so far as to allude to the possibility,
or even probability of an eventual conflict be
tween France , and Prussia, and in the contempla
tion of such an event, insisted upon
the necessity of an army of
800,000 men. Eight hundred thousand soldiera
for a bankrupt State like that of the Emperor
Francis Joseph ! Such policy seems stark mad
ness, and can have but one aim in view : The
deeperate hope of retrieving past disasters in the
`midst of a general scrimmage. If Austria
keep up an army of 800,000 men, it can be for no
purpose save to throw herself upon Prussia,
:when the latter is engaged with France. The
policy is suicidal ; but nevertheless Europe feels
that It is on the cards, and hence listens uneasily
to M. de Beast's rather Imprudent utterance.
Then, again, as I have said, a warning and start
ling voice cube also from Russia. The Journal
de St. Peterabourg, an authoritative organ, prints
an article on "War or Peace," which is eignift
cant in a country where the press Is not generally
allowed to make things "unpleasant" without
permission. Here again, a conflict between
France and Prussia openly contemplated. If
'victorious France, it is said, should cross the
',Rhine and revolutionize Posen, the movement
would extend to Poland proper, and, in that case,
"the Russian armies would take the field to re
store order. The national movement throturhoiat
;Russia would be rapin and energetic from the day
when the French eagle entered Germany and re
awakened the souvenir of the First Empire."
There is no doubt that the above is alarming
language, and one wonders that the Russian
Government has permitted it to be published. It
is the more alarming because my correspondents
In the Spanish Peninsula intimate to me that it le
thought there:that even the Emperor Alexander,
mild and moderate though ho be in pereonal
character, views with deep regret, and even ap
prehension, the severe blow inflicted on the mo
narchical, egitimate and divine-right principle
by the summary ejection of Isabella and her race.
Should a Republic, by any chance, be established
In an old monarchical and once first-class Euro
pean state like Spain, Russia may
feel that it is the thin end of the
wedge applied to the block of which she forms
the opposite extremity, and that the rent, if once
- allowed - to - spread - WEI stop only when It has
reached the other side. There is no saying, if
this sentiment gain ground, how soon the
"Cossack" and "Republican" principles may find
themselves advaneing,face to face,acroas Europe,
from the snows of the Sierra Nevada on one
side and those of the Russian steppes on the
other. Truly, these are like to be stirring times
amidst so many contending influences and
interests.
A strange sort of circular has just been ad
dressed by the Pretender Don Carlos, partly to
his " subjects "(!) partly to the "other sovereigns"
of Europe! Just as the Spanish people
have sent one legitimate ' monarch about
her business, and declared that they will
never again have anything to do with any
of her kith •or kin,- this precious repre
sentative of "divine right" talks, with incom
parable naivete, about the probability of " God
and cir,culastanses '!,placing him on the throne of
Spain 1 Be. does not even say "God and la volonti
nationals," after the fashion of Napoleon and the
Second Empire ! And his chief promise Is ad
dressed, not even to,„the people he is so anxious
to rule over, but to his future fellow-sovereigns—
to whom he is kind enough to say that "he hopes
toilve With them on the beet possible terms !^ it
hteitiWiis thp Benthons that 'jot,'
eveseadvend
this son of Don Juan 40_,Bonrbors is worthy, In
this respect, of theblcied 'Of all his progenitors.
The following telegrath has just been made
:public in Paris, received from San Francisco by
P. Donohue, of that city, at present on a visit to
Paris, and by him communicated to many Cali
fornians and other Americans, to their great re
lief:
"fins Fnexeisco, Oetober 27.—N0 great dam
age done; confidence restored, and all happy.
[Signed] -"F. MoCoernr, Mayor."
leis unnecessary to observe that , the telegram
relates to the late earthquake, and, in face of the.
accounts from Peru, - has afforded the greatest
satisfaction.
Competition In political journalism has ran
very, high, of late, years la Paris, bat has been:
quite ont-done recently by, the effort which finan
cial newspapers have made to outstrip each other
in public favor. The principal organ of this cha
,meter in Paris, for some time past, was -the
Semaine financere, which was generally regarded
nitorlighauthorinbjevta conneeted_with
- the - money-market - It - was on -- this - account, I
presume, that M. Emile de Girardin and one or
two other political personages,- who are
known to dabble largely in other affairs
besides affairs of State, determined to get
hold of this publication, and turn it to
account for their own Interest. They bedame, ac
cordingly, the purchasernof the Seeming Finals
dere, and put:out 'a -.flaming. flaming announcement to
the effect that whoever desired to have really re
liable information as to the value of public, and
other Securities ought to look to their pages to
obtain it. This, of contse,elccited gteat wrath on
the part of shareholders taut speculators whose:
interests lay in a different, difection from those
of the;new proprietors of the &mains Financier&
The former determined to getup afinancial journa
of their own, which shonld blow hot • whenever
the other blew cold; and vice versa! Accardingly,
the Union des Aetionnaires was started 'at a
l och' lower price than' the rival paper,
mi 274111
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVE BEft 12, 1368.
and a regular conflict began, and has
gone on over since, until the other
day the Semaine Financiere informed. its readers
that whoever sent a franc's worth' of stamps to
the office would receive the journal for three
months, its original price having been, If I re
collect rightly, that sum fora elude number, for
it is a large and bulky publication. The Union
des iictiannaires, however; wasdetermlned not to
be outdone in "generosity ; " and so it announced '
that in future, a "refutation of all the financial
views and opinions" of its rival will be "regularly
published on the Thursday" (the &make Finan
dere appearing on the Saturday); and that
the journal " will be forwarded gratis
to all who ask for it, for the .space
of three months!" Competition can hardly
go farther than this; and, indeed,
the only advance that can now be made on such
terms Is to begin by offering premiums to those
who are willing that one or the other journal
should be sent to them! The Union des Ac
ticmnaires has, indeed, already undertaken some
thing of the kind, by sending round to its "sub
scribers" a little pamphlet pulling up the value of
certain securities against others. Thus it takes
the Isthmus of Sues under its special patronage,
probably not without a "consideration," and ono
ofits last effortsis devoted to convincing the public
of the superiority of this investment over every
other. The picture is certainly drawn couleur de
rose; for not only are Suez shares represented to
be safer than every other. but they give a clear
interest of 1234 per cent., to say nothing of the
pleasure of contributing to the completion of a
work which has occasioned so much chagrin to
our neighbor, Joholinil, over the way !
AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.
Prince Carlos to the European Powers.
The following is the text of a communication
the young Prince Carlos has addressed from Paris
to the various powers of Europe:
SIRE: My birth and the actual state of Spain
make it a duty on my part to bring to the
knowledge of your Majesty the abdication Of
my august father. • l'Here comes the text of
the abdication. If God and circumstances
should place me on the Spanish throne, I
shall strive to loyally reconcile the use
ful institutions of our epoch with the
indispensable ones of the past, leaving to the
Geseral Cortes, freely named, the great and dial
cult task of endowing my dear country with a
constitution which will be, I hope, at the same
time Spanish and definitive. The day I shall at
tain that honor I shall draw as close as possible
my personal relations with your Majesty, and
with your nation those of my own people. Re
ceive, sire, the assurance of my high consideration.
CARLOS DE BORBON Y DE Earn,
The Ex-Queen's Character—Spanish
Professors—The Ministers of Instruc
tion.
The Madrid correspondent of the Daily News,
ander date of Oct. 28th, say& By several decrees
which appear in the Gazette of this morning, an
act of justice is done to many learned.and honor
able men. Sometime ago ft occurred either to
the late Queen or her advisers to rehabilitate her
Majesty's damaged character at the expense of
the honesty and veracity of the professors of the
Spanish Universities. A document was therefore
prepared, in which these learned men were made
to express the horror and indignation with which
they had heard the charges which were being cir
culated against her Majesty's morals and good
manners, and to declare their entire disbelief in
the truth of these imputations. This certificate
of character was presented to every professor in
Spain, and each one was required, on pain of
deprivation, to fix to it his signature. Some men
who were without private means, afraid to
face the privations which must result from the
loss of their positions, yielded to the menace
and signed the document. Others, however,
who enjoyed a more independent position,or who
had more moral courage, resented the indignity
which was being offered them, and refused to put
their hands to a paper the contents of which did
not represent their real opinions. For this of
fence they were deprived of their professional
chairs; and although they were not exiled from
Spain, were compelled to take up their residence
in towns at some distance from those in which
they had previously resided and where they had
discharged their educational functions. By
order of the Minister of Public Instruction, all
these gentlemen have now been restored to their
chairs.
Relief for Switzerland.
The Emperor Napoleon has sent, through the
Marquis de Cozanz, Chargé d'Affaires of France
t Berne, a subscription of 20,000 franca (.£800),
in aid of the yictims of the recent inundations in
d witzerland.
Another Velverton Case.
A curious action against Major Yelverton,at the
instance of his former antagonist,Mrs.Mana The
resa Longworth,otherwise Yelverton, was decided
by the First division of the Court of Sessions. The
lady now seeks to have the judgments of this
court and of the Hot se of Lords "reduced"—that
is to say. annulled and declared void—on the
ground that the Scotch courts had not jurisdic
tion to entertain actions in which neither of
the parties, was domiciled in Scotland or
had 'even had forty days' refildence be
fore citation. The Court seemed to .think
that, se the lady In the Present action of redac
tion appealed' to the same court whose jurisdic
tion to decide the former case she was denying,
her case amounted. to a contention that it had
I not jurisdiction to decide - wrong, but that ft bad
jurisdiction to decide rightly and repair that
wrong. They, therefore dismissed the action:.
The lady, on the other hand, may saz . that fit;
-ilecisloirof-Thursdarmanzattairbrim aclinowf
edgment that all the judgments in the following
action were pronounced by courts without juris
diction.
GEO. FRANCIS TSAIIV.
ited-Uot Manifesto.
The London correspondent of the Chicago
Evening Journal writes as follows:.
I had quite made up my mind not to allude
again to our distinguished countryman, George
Francis Train, but it is quite impossible to avoid
it on this occasion. During his enforced resi
dence in the Irish prison he has contrived to issue
a little sheet semi-occasionally, called the Train
Extra, and the last number contains his farewell
address to England. It is supposed, therefore,
that be has finally determined to pay the £l,lOO
claimed of him, for, unless he does, there is no
hope for his release. I enclose the manifesto,
and venture to say that since the day when Cad
mus first invented letters they were never used
for forming such an extraordinary series of
words as this document contains. Ic out-Tralns
Train; it is spread-eagleism triumphant. Here
it is:
"A good-by to England. My P. P. C. With
the cowardice of thills_and_theent—witee
ofthe sneac, the miserable-minions-of-this se base
Government, with their infernal Alabama in
trigue, have insulted my flag and country, as
well as the Irish people through my person, I,
George Francis Train, an American citizen, in
carcerated in a British bastile for being true to
Ireland, do hereby solemnly swear to return to
America and demand justice for the Irish race
at the bar of the American Congress. No blood
hound on die scent, no Indian on the trail, will
be surer of his game. With my fingers on the
jugular vein of England, so help me God, I will
never let go until America becomes American,
and Ireland has an Irish flag, over an Irish Re
public, free from the damnable injustice of ages.
Revenge is wild justice. Ireland shall be re
venged. The payment of the Alabama claims
and the release of the American citizens has al
ready been balanced by the national insult to the
Chinese Ambassador, because he happens to be
an American. Time will show who =has the
most power—the American Minister dining with
the British noble, or the American citizen dining
with the Irish peasant. '
"Gnonon Fnalicei Team.
"Fours COuirrs, Marshalisea, Octobor,-18813."
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
Gen. Grant's Declination or the Pro.
posed Popular Dentomustratlon-8L
Reception of the Commence—Scenes
and linctdents—specntattone Con•
corning Cabinet Appointments From
Pennsylvania.'-Who
Are Lithely to
Dave Portfolios—How Gen. Grattt
Treats office-scoffers They Mast
Practice Patience and Restrain
Their Exuberance Philadespinta,
Democratic office-Holders Sleeking
to be Retained, hut Alma Go Over.
board, at c.
[Correspondence of the Philadelphia. Evening ,Balletto.]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 1868.—1 was present
yesterday when General Grant received Mayor
Bowen, the City Councilmen and the delegation
from the Boys in Blue, in all twelve peen, who
called on the President elect to tender him thei r
congratulations, and ask him to name a time and
place, when they might organize a grand public
demonstration of ,the citizens of this District to
congratulate him, and at the same
time have a grand procession in hits
honor. The delegation came in carriages, and
after sending their names up by an orderly to the
General—(he receives visitors in the second-story
front room of his headquarters)—they passed up
stairs, followed by a throng of newspaper corres
pondents as large as the delegation itself. After.
the Mayor and his friends had arranged them
selves in a semi-circle around the President, who, i
upon their approach, rose, and shook each one
cordially by the hand, Mr. Bowen took from his
breast-pocket a roll of paper, and commenced
reading his address.
Grant was in plain citizens' clothes, rather the
worse for wear, and stood motionless, holding his
lighted cigar between the fingers of his right
hand, from which the smoke gracefully curled
upward, while Bowen was reading his speech
from the paper.
Grant looked the orator squarely in the face
while the reading was going on, and not a mus
cle of his face moved; but I fancied I could de
tect a twinkle of sarcasm in his eye as he waited
until Bowen had concluded.. Then in a slow,
deliberate tone, he told them he desired no pub
lic demonstration, and that none should take
place with his consent, and if any of his
friends wished to call on him, he y would be glad
to receive them either at his home or his office,
but under no circumstances would he consent to
any public display. Then he added, with a
slight gesture of dissatisfaction: "All public de
monstrations are very embarrassing to me. I
feel uncomfortable when I am subjected to them,
and shall not consent to them in this instance,
or any other, where I can help it." There was a
slight tone of severity in his manner, which
quickly communicated itself to the delegation,
who could not avoid feeling that they had made,
a mistake.
Be then seated himself, and took one or two
puffs at his cigar. At this, Mayor Bowen, who
looked the picture of self-dissatisfaction, stepped
forward one or two paces, and whispered some
thing his low tone to the General, who did not
appear pleased with such confidential attentions
in presence of the other gentlemen, and he mo
tioned Mayor Bowen to a seat, saying: "Please
take a seat, sir."
The Mayor sat down for an instanthnt he was
uneasy, and rose immediately, when the delega
tion, after again shaking hands with the Gene
ral, retired. There was an air of awkward em
barrassment, which made ono feel relieved when
the interview was over.
The newspaper correspondents remained, and
before retiring they shook hands with the Gene.
ral, and, congratulated him upon his election.
At this impromptu salutation there was no reserve.
as thn"press gang" have been In the habit of
visiting the headquarters so frequently that Gen.
Grant knows nearly every one personally, so he
returned their congratulations with great earn
estnees and cordiality.
CABINET SPECULATIONS.
Everybody 'is talking about the Cabinet, and
the men who will be invited to take portfolios.
The parties named are legion, and it Is scarcely
necessary to go over the roll, except to name
the probable chances of those mentioned from
Pennsylvania. Everybody is in the dark about
the matter, as General Grant wisely keeps his own
counsel, so we are all compelled to exercise the
Yankee privilegeof "guessing" Theim_preasiou
prevails that either Judge ielley, ex-Governor
Curtin or Hon. John W. Forney will be selected
to represent your State. Judge Kelley is men
tioned as the probable Secretary , of the Navy,
Governor Curtin for the Interior Department, and
Colonel Forney as Postmaster-General. These are
the speculations thus far about Pennsylvania's
share, and it must be conceded that either of the
gentlemen named would reflect honor upon the
State, but which one will be selected can only be
determined by events.
The name of Hon. Galosha A. Groot has also
teen mentioned, but as he is understood to be a
candidate for United States Senator, that may
probably withdraw his name from the list,
rzintsyzventA ..a.rrourzuntivs.
Considerable fluttering was occasioned among
Pennsylvania politicians from the fact that Sena
tor Cameron and his son, Don Cameron, accom
panied the President elect from Harrisburg to
this city, on Saturday evening, but,as Senator
Cameron is one of the officials of te Northern
Central Railroad Company, and probably,deaked
to tender to the President elect all proper courte
ales due to his exalted station,
the fact of his ac
companying him here has been fully discussed,
and it is conceded that it has no political signifl-:
cance.
Judge,Kelley, too,, W as hero on Tuesday, and
had a king
with
With Grant, who. treats all
his friends with kindnesa and consideration,,eo
this visit was ah3o fully commented on, and the'
same conclision arrived at as in the case' of Senn
tor Cimeron. -
Hon. Charles - 01 , 14111o,.alsowaltarlacthe t _
Thl r 'rernflarelect, and h alo vety, friendly interview
with him on general subjects. •
Hon. JOhri W. Forney is also here, and has ,
been in consultatiopt with-the Pre,sident-elect on
political questiona, one of which Was universal
suffrage.
It is too early yet to say what Grant will do
concerning Federal appointments, as no one yet
has had the hardihood to , broach the subject to
him. The report is that he directed one of his staff
officers,Gen. Bodeen, to receive, ell written com
munications soliciting offices and destroy them,
without submitting them to him; and one corres
pondent avers that five hundred such applications
were thus sent to the tomb of the Capulets. This
is evidently an exaggeration, for one can scarcely
credit the story that there are five hundred men
in the United States foolish enough to intrude
upon him their applications at this time. There
fore the story must be received cum grano salis.
It is said, however, that one or two parties in
Philadelphia have so far forgotten all ideas of
propriety as to address him upon such subjects,
and it is further asserted that such letters were
instantly consigned to the waste-paper basket,
without reading. Office-seekers would do well to
mane a note of this'and restrain their impatience
The candidates for various positions in Phila
delphia are beginning to multiply, and in a day'
or two I propose to name a few of the most
prominent. As soon ,as Congress meets again,
they will 'be here in force from a ll parts of_l44_
country, and a lively time may be expected .the
coming winter. After that time the ice will be
broken, and the earnest efforts of the contestants
will be exerted 'for success. The feeling
among the *publicans is tdmeite a clean sweep
of all Democratii and lukewarm, Republicans
who espoused Johnsorilem, The report, is that
several of - the Demuerate holding: important po
sitions in Philadelphia','Will endeavor to be re
tained, on the 'ground that - they - are not 'parti
sans, but thislwill avail nothing, for if . Seyrnotr
had succeeded, `the DenfacatS would not even
have suffered a Repuhlicarttb'lle a laborer in the
Custom House. '';
CP.041,
Progress Of the Itevelittlitia—Report
the Revolutionary Junta of iitavadiz.
Nov. t—A severe encounter 'Wok place on the
25th ult., between the Bpanieh forces under Col._
Quires, numbering 'l,OOO men, and the patrlota
under Manuel /gum GmUllo and =Rawl milk
LETTER mom wesmactrom.
bering 600, in the vicinity of Balm According
to official Spanish report, Col. QlllroB, supposing
that the patriots would fly at the that fire,
of the regular troops, at first only or
dered an advance of • a Company of ; the
regiment "Corona," supported by one;
Company of regiment "Cuba," leaving the re
maining forces in reserve.. Speedily convinced
that so far from waiting to be attacked. the pa
irlota were about to attack biro, he ordered up
his whole force, leaving only one Con:Wetly in
reserve. Of the patriots 450 were mounted, armed
only were machetes;' 150 on foot, armed With
rifles and revolvers. Immediately on the advance
of the Spanish troops, fhb 450 mounted patriots
debouched on the main road, and charged the
Spanish troops so furiously that they had no,
time allowed them to reload •their mus
kets after the first fire, but were reduced to do
fending themselves with the bayonet, fighting, as ,
the official report says, toot by foot to maintain
their ground. After a desperete hen.% to hand
encounter, which lasted one hour and three-quer-
ten, the Spanish troops fell back to Bake, flay
ing sustained a loss of 185 men in killed and',
wounded. The patriots lost 80. As the tele
graph wires are cut in this direction, the news
was not received Until the 2d inst.
Nov. 3.—At Macho y Portilin, the Spanish
schooner Anduluna captured a schooner that
had just succeeded in landing a cargo of arms
and ammunition for the patriots. A ;skirmish
took place t r oop s he 26th ult. 'at Bimini" between
The Spanishrs under Commandante Rafael
Jeren and a email body of patriots, with no hn
portant results, although the official report, as
usual, claims that the patriots were repulsed.
Nov.4.—By the American steamer Columbia,ar
rived this morning, the Spanish Government has
received a small lot of Peabody rifles. The
Spanish steamer Montezuma, for Cuba by way of
Nuevitas, was advertised to Leave yesterday, but
by order of the Captain-General was detained
until the arrival of She Columbia. She left this"
afternoon, carrying the above-mentioned Pea
body rifles and re-inforeementa for the Spanish'
troops, probably the last that it will be . ' In the
bower of the Government to send, unless re-In
foreements should arrive from Spain, an event
which we both expect and are prepared for.
jjfiArev. 5 —The glorious news of a popular and
extensive revolt against Spanish tyranny in
Puerto Principewas received yesterday, and con
firmed this morning. The Spanish authorities
haVe published nothing on the subject as yet, but
endeavor to suppress the news. Paerto Principe
is the second town in importance in the Eastern
Department, the population is 40,000, and the re
volt general among all classes. By the time this
reaches you the revolution will have broken out
in the Western Department, not far from this
city. We want no reforms. Our cry is "Inde
pendence of Spain, and annexation to the United .
States."
By order of the Revolutionary Junta, In see
sion in the city of Havana,the sth day of Novem-
Der, 1868. The Secretary, Arrow° Strcau.
DUAMULTIO AND EILUSIVAL.
Messrs. Bentz and Hassler Will produce
Haydn's "Surprise Symphony." (a sketch of
which We publish in another column) at their
matinee performance on Saturday. The follow
ing is the entire programme:
Surprise Symphony, No. 6, in 0 major ,
Introduction—Adagio cantabile,
1. 'avec° mi.
2. Andante
8. Minuetto, Allegro molto.
4. Finale—Allegro molto.
Song—Beautiful Angel.... ........ —Graben Hoffman.
C0rnet........:................Mr. Wm. Ewers.
Waltz—Gemuths T0ne.................. ..... •Plerke.
Quadrille—La Grand Duchesse...... •.. • . ..... ..BiaL
March—Storming the Daeppel Fortifications. •Fletke.
Many inquiries have been made as to the
repetition of the glorious Reformation Symphony
In an evening concert, so as to enable those per
eons who cannot attend a matinde performance,
to bear it. We understand a subscription list is
being privately handed around in order to enable
the management to produce it on a grand scale,
with proportion■ unattempted heretofore. We
wish, and venture to predict, a brilliant success.
—The Lancashire Lau continues to attract
large audiences at the Chestnut and Arch Street
Theatres
—Mr. E. L Davenport will appear again this
evening at the Walnut in The Pilot and London
Assurance.
_Attila American th R eymilisgrimiscellaneous
entertainment will be given.
—The old opera house, on Seventh street, is
soon to be reopened under the name of Theatre
Comique.
—Blind Tom will begin a brief engagement
at Concert Hall on Monday evening next.
Editor Evening : Last Saturday
afternoon, Nov. 7th, a favored number of lovers
of music in Philadelphia received an invitation
to the Foyer of the Academy, when an opportu
nity was afforded them of hearing, for the first
time, in America, Mr. Gotthilf Guhlemann,
graduate of the Leipzig Conservatory, who per
formed in a string Qaartett, Violin Solo, and a
Piano Concerto. The matin4e opened with :a
string Qnartett, by Haydn, which was played by
Messrs. 4. Guhlemann, Wm. Stoll, Jr., Theo.
Boettger, and R. Hennig; and was, in every re
spect, most satisfactory to the connoisseurs of
art, who showed, by their silence and rapt atten
tion, how entirely they were in sympathy with
the performers, only giving expression to their
feelings at the close of each movement, by hearty
and well-merited applause.
The rendering of this exquisite composition
was, remarkably fine, especially In the first three
parts. All the delicacy and refinement which Is
the distinguishing charm of this great composer,
were most , artistically revealed in ,every, minute
particular, Whtle the unity of the whole was en
tirEly preserved. So perfect was the sympathy
of the performers that the crescendos and siscres
cendos were expressed as though by one Instra
ment, and the , tcmos were woluto •,; ; ; ;; ;
; .
The pure intonation throughout and the nnsf
fected, traitelni conception, of the whole were re-,
markable.. It was pithily to he seen from the
performance of, these, four young artiste .that
each was animated by a thorough knowledge of
and devoted love for his art.
This successful beginning must delight those
who have been instrumental in bringing. these
young artists together in quartette, and mint in-
spire all with great hope for the future. ,
Mr. Guhlemann showed himself a worthy pupil
of his famous master David in his able perform
ance of the Concerto Milita iro, by Lipinski. The
great technical difficulties of this composition
were overcome by Mr. Guhlemaran in ,the most
masterly manner. In this solo be displayed the
greater technical facility and power of tones, but
in the encore which followed it, "The Child's
Sony," by David, he played in a truly sympa
thetic manner and with exquisite purity and
sweetness of tone.
This satisfactory hour was concluded by the
• last two movements of Chopin's Concerts in E
minor. In the Romanza, the young artist com
bined great delicacy of touch with a truly artistic
conception, especially in his remarkable kpato
and cantabile playing, while in the Rondo he was
distinguished for the elegance and accuracy of
his performance which was, however, conceived
more in the French than in the German spirit.
The orchestral accompainment, arranged for
a second plittio, was played by Mr. Boettger, a
member of the Quartell.
The pleasure which we thus enjoyed on Satur
day afternoon, makes us entirely capable of
sympathizing with Mr. Gublentann in the satis
faction which he must have experienced by the
compliment of a reception thus tendered to him,
on the eve of his settling among us as a teacher
of the piano and violin.
The liallroadaccident at nollidays-
burg, Pa.
The Hollidaysburg Standard gives the follow
ing particulars of the explotion of a locomotive
near that place, brief mention of which has al
ready been made in our telegraphic columns:
Engine No. 43, used as a pusher and shifter on
the ltraneli,Railroad, exploded her. boiler at or
near Portage Iron Works while engaged in
shitting cars, on Monday afternoon last,instantly
killing the engineer, Robert - Patterson, and the
fireman, Philip G. Davis. Tho engine was in the
act of Into& ran from Um agog OA to tho
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
track, when, just as the'flexion wit.. ptglitig: :
the valve, ahe blew up with terrific fortv. Mr, .
Patterson the engineer, although a large and'
powerful ' man, Weighing at least ' two hundred=
pounds, was thrown a distance of between fiver
and six hundred yards, and when hit body
nu i a asa of crusesra w k ag
-
and blee p ding rmadnity mass
to h lookpon d .
The lifeless body of Mr. Davis, the fireman, was .
found lying a distance of some twenty feet front
the track both his legs and one arm being
broken, his ribs crushed in, and his skull freer-.
tared.
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Both the unfortnnaL men resided in
hog'
haveand leave 'wives and large families, who
have the warmest, sympathies of the entire cote--
maul* , in their sudden and terrible bereave
ment.
The cause of the explosion Is not positivtiy
known. The engine was regarded as a gist-class
0110 of her kind, and Mr. Patterson was one of
the oldest and moat experienced and careful Ott..
ginetra on the road. Mr. Davis was also als olds
and experienced railroader.
The indletary and Church Question- -
The Attempted murder of the Hay=
mica cortaist. ,
HAVANA, Nov. 5, 1868. Datee from Jarasick
are to the 27thult.
The Legislature was to be summoueo.
ately for the transaction of public business. ' Sir'
John Peter Grant, in preparation for the session,
has returned to King's House from his mot:1114h/
residence at Creighton. Some important mem-
sures are in preparation for the'regulation of the
judicial system and the Established Church ha
Jamaica. The sudden demise of John McPher
son Macnell le announced ; his funeral took.
place on the 26th and was largely attended. Fol
lowing his death tlze Magistrates' Court merges
into the District Court, thus saving the govern
ment some $6,000 in !Wades.
A correspondent 1 . /riling from Kingston sayer •
An attempt was made on the 21th inst. to assassi
nate Mr. Wooley, the llaytien Consul in this city,
while writing his packet letter and official des- .
patches for HayU. A bullet whizzed past his ear
and lodged in the nail of the room in which he"
was sitting, and a report of a pistol outside gave
information that the idea was murder. The
Haylien refugees arc naturally enough suspected,
for they publicly insulted Mr. Wooley on his
landing in Kingston from the 'French mail
steamer. •
FACTS AND 'FANCIES.
—Goldwin Smith will winter in 'Ba ltimore.
—The New York State Inebriate As lam has
only, 80 inmates 42 males and 38 females.
—The trouble at present with one class of spec»
ulatons is In-grain.
—White men m Arizona buy and Bell Apaelo
Indians as slaves.
—"The Lancashire Lass" is running in. °Wein
nati and in Chicago.
—Peabody% benefactions exceed idx million
dollars.
Eugenie encourages high tortoise-shelf
—Pollard is now after Lee, whom he calls'
"stupidly, affected." • •
—A nual journalist denounces the death of a
Miss Barber as "111-timed. -
—Ben Rill intends to make Augusta, Georgia,
his home. We sincerely trust there may be
nothing to call him away from his family.
—Bismarck owns a wood-paper mill near Ber
lin, and manufacturer Bismarck sells big wares to
Minister Bismarck.
—Dr. Salisbury, of Portsmouth, N. H., pm- •
ferred an ounce of hydrocyanic acid to the con
tinued company of Mrs. Salisbury.
—"A new book by the late Artemus Ward,with
85 pictures from his panorama," is announced
by his English executors.
—A man at filers, Prance, nearly killed him
self by drinking eighty-four cups of coffee for It
wager. A cup of strong salt and water poured
down his throat in time saved his life.
—The aggregate population of the several In
dian nations now on the war path is 20,870. Of
this number it is estimated 8,000 to 10,000 are
warriors.
—New York is to have street letter-boxes that
will admit newspapers and parcels. ill:
be stolen - from, and that wfla indicate on a dial
the hour of the next collection.
..11.aydA.
—Napoleon Young undertook to walk seven.
and a half miles at Columbus, Ohio, while Ida
M. Montana walked three and a half; bat be
didn't.
—The Revolution Boys "such has been the
crushing effect of public sentiment, that women
feel almost like apologizing for being on the
earth at all."
—Dore's illustrations of Tennytion's "Enid,"
nine engravings on steel, are just published is
London, completing the pictures of the "Idyls of
the King."
—Among the candidates for Parliament are flys
generals, four admirals, thirty-six colonel/ and
lieutenant-colonels, thirty-three majors, and
forty-three captains, military and naval.
—A girl in New Orleans tried to hang herself by
a cord to a hook in the ceiling. The cord was''
jest too long, and in her struggles her heels rat=
tied so loudly on the - door that people came up
and cut her down: f
—Eleven ballots were cast in . Indianapolis on
Tuesday last by Germans for the abolition of the
Presidentaal office. A memorial to Congress •
praying for, the' same is being circulated there,and
has been , eigned by a number of the more radical
German citizens. ‘, ' •
—The editor of the Norfolk Vir yot4ol- an has dt/000
covered a new use for,gurnao. ,He says, that the
blouson/8 and tenderleaves. of ttte ,sumac when
dried and added to one's 'smoking tobacco give
It an ex 'Waite Sever, which the Grand T.drk..,..
-aeverenjoyed his Stfdlheu Lairtitea.
—A daughter of the late Sir Henry Bishop, the.
musical, composer, was:recently convicted In an
English court of defrauding•a railway company:
by making a false claim forlost baggsge,and was
sent to prison for a year. She left two daughters
destitute and uncared. for. -
—The New York Sun places the speeches of Mr.
Stanton at the head of ill those mide on either ,
side in the late campaign. It characterizeahiS ef
forts as those of a great orator who handled his
topics with masterly force, and thinking with
passion couched his ideas in strong, compact
and often picturesque language. It Intimates
a desire that they should be collected and pnb
balled in book form.
—A Nashville special says thatga. very large
negro vote cast in Tennessee for the Democrats
at the recent election, has somewhat surprised
both political parties. The Memphis Avalanche,
one 'of the most outspoken of Southern journals.
comes out in a long leader declaring squarely for
the right and justice of universal suffrage, and
other papers are hinting in the,seme direction.
—Among the incidents of the present Ottban
insurrection, which is not without its inevitable
crop of horrors, it is related that a man named
Estrampee, who held the position of Lieutenant
of Police under Lersundi, and whose brother was
garroted in 1854 for his participation in the Lo
pez expedition, has been taken prisoner by the
insurgents and shot. One brother kil ga r rot e d-
-traitor to his counnymen,and the other
'for trying to free them.
—People have heard of women without spell-
ing—never In this faliwithout - Scotch plaide;
neither of sitting down on anything. Ladies are
very much offended 31-offered a chair; it is gruel
towarda their. meak-esx and panniers; they can-: ,
not do it. When, once., dressed, they„have, to
stand up, even if ready to drop, for velvet intsyr •
not be crushed with Impunity, nor all,the either
low empires behind, on which sPread bows ,!'ends
and trimmings of all kinds. ; r
—The remnant of Seminole Indians remaining
in Florida say they, wish to remain in the fitate,:,
but that it:has become so sickly in the Big Cr•
press, where they are now living, that. they
live there no longer, ; and that numberti of theta .
will, in a short time; leave the Cypress and go to' 4,
Lake Okeechobee, where they will have better
health, and where they will , have good land toy
cultivate. They say "good land on Okes,
chobee—rot6o corn, taut) and potatimi
bitty."
JMU&ICJIL.'