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BROWN.—On the morning of the 16th instant, Nathan
S. lifown., on of Thomas , lirown, aged 7.r Years.
'I he relatives and friends 01 the family are reaper-flair
invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No.
1634 North Fllteentb street. on Thursday. the 15th mat..
at S o'clock. Interment at Mount Vernon Cemetery. Of
SAAItIhAN.—On the lath inst. Mies Maggie Cochran,
daughter of the Late Lewis Cochran. in the 19th year of
her age.
'I he relatives and friend, of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral. frism her residence, No. 756
L von street, on Friday morning neat at $Y o'click.
High Mass at St . biers's! Church. Interment at Cathedral
Uemelo ry • •
FENN e.t.L. —On Tuesday morning, 17th inst., Caroline
Fennea. in the anh year of her age.
cA'ICIfEL—This morning. Agnes, wile of Collin M.
Gatchel.
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LATI'A.—At his late residence. No. 1663 Arch street,
JobirE. Latta.Essi.. in the felth year of b's age.
Due retire will am siva n of the funeral. •
hOGERS —Suddenly. on Sunday. the 15th inst. Mrs.
F.sizabeth A. lingerie, daughter of the late Tobias Riley.
sq.
Tee relatives and trim& are resoeMfully invited to at.
tend her funeral, from the residence of her son, (Saone T.
Dales North 'tenth street, on Thursday after.
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2IIE PAIECAGUAY Tuot'nue
Conduct of Minister Washburne
The New York Erening Post,commenting upon
the Conduct of Minister VVashburne in Paraguay
(an account of which we publish in oar inside
paws?, says:
It s asserted that Mr. Washburn° left the
country and abandoned to the barbarous Dicta
tor Lopez, two American citizens, Porter C.
Bliss and Geo. F. 3lrusterman, both of whom
were, moreover, employed in the legation, and
were thus officers of the United dtates.
So incredible a story Of cowardice on the part
of a United States Minister must be received as at
least doubtful, and susceptible of some explana
tion honorable to Mr. Washburn°, did not a long
letter of Washbnrno's, which will be found else
where, fully confirm it. He relates,in this letter,
which is addressed to the English Minister at Rio
de Janeiro, that Bliss and Masterman were
"forced from his side" as he and they were pas
sing from the legation to the water side, where
they were to embark in a United States vessel.
Not only did he suffer this atrocious violation of
the rights of Americans, of his own officers, but
he seems, from his own - account, -to have-gone
quietly aboard the vessel waiting for him, and to
have sailed off, leaving them to their fate, with
out stopping even to remonstrate.
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We hope our Government will act promptly in
this matter. -Tha country has a right to demand
that the President shall scud out, without the loss
of a day, by the speediest conveyance, a man
with spirit to assert and maintain oar rights and
the honor of our flag, to take the place of Wash
burne; and the new Minister must be backed by
a fleet which will enable him to wring from
Lopez at once the most ample reparation and
apology for his outrage upon our flag, and the
immediate restoration of - all - the personswhoM
he forced from the legation.
There can be no argument on this question. If
our flag does not protect Americans in foreign
countries,
It Is a aham; it has no right to a place
among the flags of the nations; and unless our
government acts promptly and vigorously in this
matter we shall become contemptible among for
eigners. Let an officer of courage and patriotism
—a man like Farragut or Porter—beteent at once
in the fastest man-of-war we have; lot him take
the fleet which always lies in Rio de Janeiro with
him, and lot him be instructed to deal with Lo
pez as Decatur did with the Day of Algiers.
FROM NEW YORK.
N.Evz _YonK,Nov-17-=-__ln_the iloqr of_Alder
men yesterday the resignation of Mayor Hoff
man, to take effect on the 30th Inst., was re
oeived. In the Board of Councilmen the resigns
-WaS• 'tinatlttionsly aceeptedstie
resolutions were adopted.
%The inquest on the body of James Barron, who
was crushed to death by the •ferry-boat Weehaw.
ken, at the Barclay street pier, on Sunday, was
held yesterday. The testimony as to the guard
chains being up or down was very contradictdry.
The jury rendered a verdict of death by accident.
The corner-stone was laid yesterday after;
noon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in
Seventy-fourth street, near Fourth. avenue.
Bishop Potter, fourteen of the clergy of his
Diocese, a number of choristers in 'white robes,
and several young ladles of the Bible - Class
of the church, assisted in the ceremonids _slut
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Gen. Grant passed yesterday in visiting Mr.
Rogers, , at _Long Island, k taking a. drive with
Colonel Pierce, _ and _ dining_ , '_resi
dence of :Ind& Pierrepont. This evening he will
be present-at—the-Bar (linnet-given to Hon. Wil
liam M. Everts, the Attorney-General of the
United States. , '
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EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
LETICEIEL FROM PARIO.
Napoleon In a
,Paelfle Attitude—Whe
!sow maps of - France a Political
- Manifesto of tbaNapoleon Type—lNo
Discover■ 'What Everyßody Already
Knows—France Hemmed in by .114311.1-
Om travail Powers—Htepublicam
Demonstration on All Saints. Day—
The Graves of Dead Republicans
Decorated.
Vorreepondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
Pants, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1868.—While Austria
and the great ursua major of the north of Europe
have been alarming the old world, as mentioned
In my last,by their somewhat bellicose language,
the Emperor Napoleon has been pacific in such
demonstrations as ho has of late vouchsafed us.
His new maps of France, as you will see, are
being made the subject of remark and congratula
tion by the press generally,and the publication of
these, coupled with his recognition of the new
state of things iikSpain, is regarded as sufficient
to make matters 'easy for the winter, at least, if
not for, e longer future. The three maps
of France - under the restoration, under tbo
Govena . Merit of JulY, and under the Second Em
Ore, are a curious species of political manifesto,
altogether of the Lords Napoleon type. They are
accompanied by an explanatory note, which has,
no doubt, been inspired, if not actually written,
by the imperial geographer himself. It is in
tended to show : first, that by the treaties of
1815, France (as I myself pointed oat fully to
your readers at the time the claim for Luxem
bourg was put forward) was designedly hemmed
in by hostile powers and fortresses, which were de
liberately intended to reduce her to a strategic im
possibility of military action. Secondly, the note
shows that, by the revolution of July In France,
followed shortly by that in Belgium, the position
of France was considerably amelloraied; many of
the opposing fortresses were destroyed; Paris and
Lyons, and other Internal points greatly strength
ened, and the bond of the Holy Alliance shaken.
Still, however, says the note, the Germanic Con
federation existed, and, under the lead of Prussia,
presented an united population of seventy mil-
Hoes, capable of placing four hundred and sixty
thousand men under arms. But then, lastly, con
tinues the note, came the Second Empire, under
which France has recovered her natural frontiers
towards the Alps; Italy has been freed
from the yoke of Austria; the Germanic
Confederation has been quite dissolved;
and though Prussia has certainly been aggran
distd as a single State, yet the equilibrium of
Europe has not on that account been broken to
the detriment of France. "For," concludes this
singular document, with great naivete and elm
entity, as though it wers_telling us something
quite new and constituting a remarkable discov
ery, " France, with her unity of territory and her
orty millions of unmixed population, has no
thing to fear from any one!" Certainly not; who
ever supposed she bad? But this is what every
one has been saying and repeating until weary,
any time within the last two years and more,and
asking, why, then, does France Insist upon
standing armed d, as though in a
paroxysm of terror, and expecting every day in
vasion and captivity ? Why, then, hat, her gov
ernment insisted upon reorganizing her armies,
at vast expense, as though for immediate conflict,
and being in a position to place not half a mil
lion of men in the field, bat 1,200,000 ? Napoleon
111. and his publisher of maps of France seem to
think that they have made a wonderful discovery
by finding out facts, such as the above, which
the press of all Europe and America as well
have been dinning into their ears without
intermission, ever since the incident of
Badowa was made the pretext for all the mad
and ruinous preparations that have suc
ceeded it. Every other power assured France
that she had "nothing to fear," both because so
strong in herself, and, still more, because no one
dreamed of attacking her. Yet, still she went
on, piling armament upan armament, both by
sea and land, though protesting all the while her
pacific intentions; and no*, after she has just spent
another four hundred millions, her Emperor
assures both herself and Europe that under the
Second Empire she has "nothing to fear" from
any one! What a pity he didn't find it oft. sooner!
Certainly, It was not for want of being told of it!
However, better late than never; the avowal will
do good, even though made at the eleventh
hour, and has already gone far to counteract
the bellicose echoes from other quarters.
But it cannot be denied also that the incident has
proved another sickener of " personal " govern
ment, and that the counpriloes hot fail to ask
what is the use of entrusting so vast a discretion
ary power in the heeds of one who sees such a
very little way before his nose, and only finds a
thing out after he has been told it by every one,'
and epent millions upon it unnecessarily.
The Government is at its tricks again with the
press. Alarmed-at the way in which "personal'
government .is discussed and its weakness and
failures shown up by the leading Journals,
the aleniteur of this morning utters a deb
growl of rage. For some time past, it says,
several newspapers allow themselves to discuss
the character and extent of the "constitutional"
attributes of the Chief of the State. The Govern
ment reminds the press that such discussions are
formally interdicted by the Senatus-consulturn
of the 18th of January, 1866. Fortunately, how
ever, "warnings" have been got rid of, and the
Government must prosecute before it can carry
the above threat into execution. But such prose
cutions never fail to iucroaso tho public exaspera
tion.
Sunday last being All Saints Day, in French La
Toussaint, or Tour des Morts,when all the Catho
lic population visit the cemeteries, the latter
were crowded to excess from morning till night.
Great numbers of crowns and immortelles were
deposited on the tombs of Cavaignac and other
deceased Republicans. It was sthought there
would have been a political demonstration. But
a large police force was stationed near the sus
pected quarters, and the day passed without any
other than the above pacific. manifestation of
The veteran Rossini is so seriously unwell that
his recovery is scarcely hoped for. He_ has no
Faitkiifkir malady,except Eirafewmerr,ntrtvd4r; -
is only 7d, although ho is often erroneously called
an octogenarian. But his ago was always a tender
subject with the gallant Caviliero, who never
lilted any allusion to be made to it. He is lying
at his pretty Villa in the Bois de Boulogne, close
to the Porte de. Paesy, built upon a piece of
ground Which Baron Haussmann and the City of
Paris would fain have insisted upon presenting
to him gratis. - But the maestro was obdurate; he
did not like, he said, to be plaCed - under
Obligations, and insisted upon paying—
half a ..frane l The, story; is quite • true,
and *a reciipt for the . "purchase money" was
duly made out'for him under' the seal and signa•
-ture.of-the-city. -But Rossinii as is.wellknown , ,
Is celebrated for his jokes, and all'his friends and
admixerd . hope that he may yet rally and live to
make many more.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1868.
The ex-Qpeen of Spain is new fully expected
to arrive in Paris, with such plunder as she has
been able to carry off, and to reside hero with
her "respected" mother. The Prince of Asturias
is to be put to school along with the Prince Im
perial, at the College Bonaparte; and it will
doubtless edify the French people to see their
future sovereign educated and brought up amidst
Each good principles and company.
The Lyons papers relate an incident which
shows the extent to which imperialist toadyism
is capable of being carried at the present day.
The Duke and'Duchess of Persigny, in passing
through the town, went to visit the City Mu
seum. But no sooner was the director of that
institution, an ardent imperialist, aware of his
august visitors and the presence of the bosom
friend of the Emperor, than he ordered the build
ing to be cleared, and actually turned the public
out of their own property, in order that ld. and
Madame de Persigny might have the place ail to
themseives. I leave you to guess the impression
which such an act of official servility has left
upon a population like that of Lyons.
- Our countryman. Mr. J. B. Stoner, so well
known a( home by his invention of• the national
life-saving apparatus, has been zealously, em
ployed hero in making knoln the results of his
beneficent labors, and also In receiving the well
merited reward of his philanthropy. Last week
he exhibited his invention on the Seine before a
large assemblage of the members of the French
Humane Society, giving practical proof of its
efficiency for saving life by descending into the
river, accompanied not only by his friend Mr.
Craddock, but also by the wife of the latter gen
tleman, when all three astonished the spectators
by the ease with which they trod the water, and
eat and drank, and displayed flags and exploded
Bengal fire and other signals of distress. On a
following day, being the yearly meeting of the
Humane Society, held at the Hotel de Ville, Mr.
Stoner was especially invited to attend, when the
gold medal of the Society was conferred on him
for his invention, and he was at the same time
enrolled as an honorary member of that dis.
tinguished association.
SPAILkI.
EL Spanish tiepublic.
The London Advertiser expresses its cordial
concurrence with the Pall Mall Gazette in the
opinion that many of the conditions which are
suitable to the establishment and maintenance of
a republic concur in the case of Spain. The Mr
ferencea in religion which have sometimes stood
in the way of harmonious action in the Swiss Re
public would not apply in the case of Spain, es
pecially after the Ultramontane "Blacks" and
Jesuits have been expelled. A republic would of
course tend to prevent that system of centrali
zation which is often only spiritual and
political despotism under another) t zie. In a
word, if the Spaniard were his own .waster, and
his own soldier; if a democracy were established;
defended by en army of volunteers, and the af
fairs of the Mlon administered by proper func
tionaries, approved by the real representatives of
the people, with a President—such as General
['rim—manifestly the "'mall" for the "hour"—
responsible to Yarliament at their 'bead, there is
no reason to suppose that Spain would not pre
sent the spectacle of a prosperous, united, and
peaceful nation, but, on the contrary, every
reason to believe she would.
Personal Appearance of Gen. Prim.
A correspondent of the Neue Freie Pre.9se of
Vienna thus describes the principal leader of the
Spanish revolution :—"General Prim wears a
common military tunic, with two golden stars
on the collar, aed a white kipi similar to that of
the Spanish cavalry, with a broad gold border.
This is all that shows him to be a soldier. When
in a civilian's dress he gives you the idea of a
drawing room dandy, with a bobby for riding,
hunting, and love adventures. There is
nothing martial about him; no roughness—not
even soldierly plainness—in his character;
and his manner is not in the slightest
degree that of a swash-buckler. He is
alight, well formed, barely above the middle
height, and when on horseback looks like any
thing but a Mars. But his head is far more at
tractive than a dozen ordinary soldiers' heads.
there is a mysterious brilliancy about it like that
abich`distinguishes the fancy portraits of a Tin-
Loretto. The deep, intense blackness of his large
eyes, his hair and his silky whiskers and mous
tache, are striking even in the South, where dark
people are not wanting, and, combined with his
olive complexion, gives an expression of strong
passion. His countenance is constantly working
under the impulse of an internal restlessnes:-.
Rossini's Illness.
The Pall Mall Gazette, speaking of Rossini's
final illness, says:
Rossini's illness.which is of a serious and com
plicated kind (he is seventy-seven years of age,
no is in a very debilitated condition, and ho has
recently been attacked with inflammation of the
lungs), did not, until quite lately, render him un
able to receive visitors. It was just at the be
ginning of the full musical season—in the last
week, that is to say, of October—when all the
friends of the great composer were looking for
ward to the recommencement of his charming
Saturday evenings, that he was suddenly
obliged to take to his bed. It was soon
rumored that his condition had become hopeless.
It was even reported that Rossini was
dead; and in proof of the fact the particular ser
vice to .be performed at his funeral (the petite
incese, written by Rossini for Pißet-Will, the
banker.) was named. Indeed, the vocal and or
chestral parts of that Work were eagerly sought
by artists anxious to take part in the funeral
ceremony. On the 27th It was announced that
inflammation of the lungs had,subsided under
treatment prescribed by MM. Barth and Vio Bo
nato. But the patient was much enfeebled, and
there was no improvement in his general health.
On the 28th there was a consultation at Ros
sini's house between Doctors Nelaton,
Barth and 'Vlo Bonato. The patient
was very weak, and ' seemed to have
no' hope of recovery. His despair, manifested
only by signs, gave the physicians much concern.
During the night of the 29th no change for the
worse took place. He slept calmly until three in
the morning, when he awoke, and, as if affected
by the change in the , weather, seemed a little
weaker. Nevertheless he spoke, and gradually
recovered some strength. He even became im
patient, and when M. Barth came to see him said
in a half jocose, half serious tone, "If my room
were on the fourth f10w...1 would throw myself
out of the window, only it is on the first."
"Come," replied IL Barth, "what would be the
use of that? For Nourrit it was too soon; for
you it would be too late." A young physician
remains constantly by Rossini's bedside.
The Florida, Executive Conviicattons.
The " impeachment question " at Tallahassee
seems - to -- haveassumed - a - new - phase,and has now
become a - struggle - for the possession of the Gov
ernment, between the Governor and the Lieuten
ant-Governor. The-- Governor having been
'insp - etteliedrthe'Llentenalft=GoVOrntsr — aglts - him
to vacate, and demands possession of the Execu
tive office. The Governor, backed by the opinion
of the Supreme Court and of his legal advisers,
declares the body which impeached . him illegal,
refuses to resign his authority, and arrests the
Lieutenant-Governor and G. J. Alden, late
Secretary of State, for conspiracy against
the Government.. Not only have we two
persons claiming to exercise the
!unctions of Governor, but, to make
matters worse, there are two claimants to the of
fice of Secretary of State. Mr. Alden having re
fused to resign at the request ~o the Governor.
Jonathan C. Gibbs is anpointed it is place, and
°Moine possession of the. Secret '8 office, bat
Mr. Affiehretains-possession""of the tate seals.
If the Governor has been - guilty gh crimes
and misdemeanors," as charged, its certainly
right that he should be brought t account. - I
such charges are made without being true, it'is
but just the Governor should have the benefit of
a solemn investigation and fair Acquittal, and
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
this latter view of. the case, we are informed, was
the one which indtieed a majority of the mem
bers of the Alsembly to vote for Impeachment.—
Jackycmville (Fla.) Union, N0r.12.
Clone of the Dead-lock Between Secre
retary McCulloch and Como:ibisloner
'Rollins, Concerning the attpervisor
ebtp ttnertion—The Nomination for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
btill Undecided—Youthworth on the
Ground Waiting Patiently—His Po
litical Fan the Denunciation of An.
drew Johnson for Apostasy—Dismis
sals from the Philadelphia Custom
Elouse—Democrats and Republicans
to go Overboard—Visiting Committee
of the Good Will Engine Committee
of Philadelphia —Preparing . for
Grant's inauguration, &c.
Morreeporidencs of the Phila. ETB/111/ff
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 18G8.—From certain in
dications to-day, there is reason to believe that
the long-pending dead-lock between Secretary
McCulloch and Commissioner Rollins, concern
ing the appointment of Supervisors of Interne
Revenue, has been definitely settled; and that the
remaining nominations will be acted on to-mor
row, and that the greater portion of those now
pending before the Secretary will be confirmed,
and some will be rejected. Who will be con
firmed or who rejected will not be known till to
morrow, and those interested are deeply anxious.
D. P. Southwortb, the nominee for Su
pervisor for the Eastern District of Penn
sylvania, came down this morning on
some private business, but learning that the su
pervisor matter will be settled to-morrow, he de
cided to remain and await the decision of the
Secretary in his case. Mr. Southworth has made
use of no extraneous means to secure his con
firmation at the hands of the Secretary, bat has
simply rested his case union its merits alone,with
out even asking a friend - to speak to the Secretary
in his behalf. He was formerly assessor of in
ternal revenue for the Fourth collection district
of Pennsylvania, and enjoyed the reputation of
being one of the best assessors in the United
States. His integrity Is unquestioned, his ability
undoubted, and those who know him cannot help
saying that for the supervisorship of the District
named ho would be emphatically "the right man
in the right place." But unfortunately for Mr.
Southworth, when Johnson "swung round the
circle," the former wrote and published a letter,
in which he animadverted pretty strongly upon
Johnson's apostacy, and the result was his offi
cial head was soon severed by the guillotine
which worked so actively at that time in decapi
tating all Republicans who had the independence
to express their disapproval of the President's
famous "policy." This was the head and front
of Sonthwortb's offending, and if he should be
rejected by the Secretary, it will be solely on ac-
C0111)t of the latter believing that he would be
doing wrong in confirming a man who had
openly denounced President Johnson. The Secre
tary, it is understood, admits that Mr.
S. possesses the qualifications for the position,
but it remains to be seen whether he will con
sider this offence of Sonthwortb one of the un
pardonable political sins. In the event of South
worth's being rejected for Supervisor, it is under
stood he will be urged as a candidate for Com
missioner of Internal Revenue under General
Grant, and will be backed up by a strong Penn
sylvania influence.
DISCHARGE OF DAY MSPECTOES AT THE PHILA-
Secretary McCulloch to-day decided to dis
charge twelve day inspectors from the Philadel
phia Custom House, on account of the reduction
cf business which is expected to ensue during
the winter season. Thu list of those selected for
sacrifice had not been mad' , out at the Treasury
this afternoon, and your correspondent was in
formed that It would be ready for publication
to-morrow. The further statement was made
that the dismissals were not made on political
grounds, nor would Collector Cake be permitted
to select Democrats exclusively for discharge.
The probability is, the Secretary will select six
Republicans and six Democrats. He certainly
will take good care that his Democratic friends
are not harshly dealt with.
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A Committee of the Good Will Fire Company of
Philadelphia, composed of Messrs. William H.
Garrett, Robert McCalvey, Gordon Gavit, and
John G. Rollick, er.. visited our city yesterday
morning, for the purpose of engaging quarters to
attend the Inauguration on the 4th of March. The
company will bring over one hundred fully
quipped members, and a beautiful hose-carriage
constructi.d for the purpose. The committee
succeeded in securing quarters at the Kirkwood
Honfe, and the apparatus will be housed at the
Franklin Engine house. During yesterday the
above named gentlemen were the guests of Chief
Engineer Elwood, John C. Clary, and William H.
Gorbntt, of the Fire Commissioners, and through
the kindness of Mr. John Blye, an omnibus was
furnished and the visitors were shown many
points of interest about our city. The committee
left for home in the evening train yesterday, well
pleased with the hospitality extended by their
friends and all they saw about the National
metropolis.
eArr. 31 . KIEBIN ORDERED TO REPORT TO GMiERAL
By direction of the Secretary of War, so much
of special orders dated Nov. 10, 1868, as directed
Capt. Chambers MeKibbin, 35th U. S. Infantry,
to proceed without delay to join his company in
the Fifth 'Military District, is revoked, and he
will report for duty to Major• General Meade,
commanding Department of . the South.
8136V' EILANNA.
GEN. BLITLEII ON THE ELECTION
A reporter has had a conversation with General
Butler, during which the following dialogue oc
curred :
Reporter—Woll, General, what do you think
of the election?
General Butler—lt has turned out precisely as
it waa intended it_ should by the Democratic
leaders from the beginning. It was what the
horse jockeys would call a "thrown race;" for
no political party was ever so completely, so
thoroughly sold out by the leaders as the Demo
cracy.
Reporter—How was that?
General Butler—l will tell you. The rank and
file and the Western democracy were pledged
against the national debt, and against its pay
ment in gold and the high rates of interest. The
chairman of the Democratic National Committee,
Mr. Belmont, was the United States agent of for
eign bankers ; is held abroad some six bun
dled millions of dollars of the United States
bonds; paynient in gold would make more than
two hundred millions - difference in value. The
Democratic Convention was managed by Belmont
in conjunction with other New York politicians.
Ihave long known their tactics. It has always
been of more consequence to them to
save the city and State of New York -than
to ---- save --- the — geneml—government -elec
tion. If they must lose either they
always prefer the latter; therefore they deter
mined against Chase, Hendricks and Hancock,
fearing that with them the Democracy would
win in the nation, and they took up Seymour in
order to save the State of New York. They made
no fight for Maine. the result of which would
have been.the index of •the contest, but sent Pen
dleton there, whose notions were distasteful, at
least to the Republicans ' from whom alone they
could have made gains. They had already placed
a Western man on the ticket (Blair), who of all
men Is the most obnoxious to Western Demo
crats, he baving_been an abolitionist and a violent
Republican general m the Union army, although
a man of apknowledged ability. They arranged
their platform sous to revive all the Issues of the
war and thug oVershadow entirely all questions
of finance and taxation, on whicti last Issues they
never get a hearing during the whole campaign
Of course this threw the vote of every.true pa
triot and toper picoluitryOgalust those who
LETTENt. MOH WASHINGTON.
DELPHIA CUSTOM HOUSE
POLITICAL.
How Democracy Was gold Ont.
had ever - been opposed to them during the war.
While the contest—the only actual contest of the
campaign—was going on in Ohio, Pennsylvania
and .ndiana, 11'011 be observed Seymour did not
take the stump, although in the two last named
States less than 6,000 votes would have changed
the result. When these elections were found tt,-
comfortably close the New York World and the
Notional Intelligencer, ono owned and the other
parelitikd by the Democracy. entirely demoral
ized the party by the impossible proposition to
ehtinge the candidates. It thus being made sure
that the Democrats had no chance of carrying the
general election, Seymour immediately took the
N
stump to save ew - York, Mr. Belmont issued an
address, aid the played-for result was obtained.
New York WAS saved to her politicians, and the
value of the bonds of Beltuont's foreign clithats
was enhanced.
Reporter—ln view of these facts, General,
what do you think Grant's course will be towards
the Democrats?
General Butler—These same men are now pat
tilt General Grant on the shoulder and endea
-Voting to win him to their purposes, but General
Grant is bound by every principle of honor that
bolds men in their action to carryout the recoil
vtruction measures of Congress, and to give suf
frage to the negro and frilly protect him in its
njoymerit. The very fact that Louisiana has
gone against him by 55,000 majority, whole par
ishes not giving him a single vote under the
reign'of terror which existed there, where thou
sands of Republican votes were thrown before,
will impel him and the Republican party to do
this. The New York and Belmont Democrats
will get some comfort from the financial policy
to which the new administration la pledged.
I look to see the action of the new administra
tion radical upon all points raised and settled by
thp war, but conservative upon finance.
DUAMATIV AND MUSICAL.
MR. EDWIN FORREST'S "RICHELIEU."
Mr. Edwin Forrest began his engagement at
the Walnut last night with "Richelieu," one of
the best, if not the best of his personations. It is
Mr. Foirest's misfortune to have acquired and
cultivated to fixedness of habit, certain manner•
Isms which are especially distasteful to the culti
vated play-goers of this day. He grinds his jaws
together; gasps asthmatically; prolongs his
enunciation upon occasions almost to painful
ness; at times Enoven over the stage with a
etrange, unmeaffing series of jumps, and in,
the fiercest tempest of passion he often roars
with frightful, unnatural vehemence. These.
things belong to the earlier years of the Ameri
can stage, when we had crude notions of art, and
mistook its utmost distance from nature as the
,nrumit of its perfection. In these later times,
the school of phich Ristori is the model disciple
has found favor with cultured people; it is a
school' which has less physical violence and
rent, but more fervor and infinitely greater in
tensity.
But with all Mr. Forrest's manifest faults, it is
folly to deny that he has great genius. He could
not have held his present position upon the stage
in this day, amid the other and younger figures
which crowd upon it, unless he possessed some
quality of greatness—some strong individuality,
which he has not in common witn smaller men.
lie is still unsurpassed as a reader;; there are few
men who can fling so luminous, sb intelligent a
spirit into the cold body of the text as he can ;
nod there are passages, even in his most objec
tionable personations, in which the light of his
genius glows with exceeding brilliancy. His
- Richelien"—a character almost created by him
is more nearly faultless than anything he at
tenni s ; it is not surpassed even by his wonder
ful "Lear." In it -there is less violence, fewer
tricks of the mere actor,lees art and more nature
than in the rest. His individuality is
almost completely lost—a rare thing. with Mr.
Forrest—in his assumed character, and we can
forget for the time that this is anybody but the
Cardinal. If any comparison might bo drawn be
tween his representation and the equally fa
milial one of Edwin Booth, it could not be upon
the merits of isolated passages in the play. Each
differs from the other, and where there is simi
tat ity, Mr. Forrest may take the credit of having
furnished the original design. The fairest way to
consider the two, is to compare the single char
acteristic which die tinguishes one entire perform
ance from the other. Mr. Booth's "Richelieu" is
more subtle. elegant and purely intellectual. Mr.
Forrest's physical power pervades the tenderest
episodes of his personation. There is strength,
orandeur and animal force in every sentence;
his enemies, not more than the audience, are
stunned, overwhelmed, crushed by the torrent of
his passion In the passages which call it forth.
He gives us more of the lion; Mr. Booth more of
the lox. Mr. Forrest has none of that spirituality,
none of that fine intelligence which is displayed
more in the slightest inflections of the voice, the
flashes of expression in the face, than in broadly
perceptible bodily movements. Mr. Forrest
draws his "Richelieu" with rough crayon in bold
magnificent outline; Mr. Booth's sensitive hand
sketches it with delicate brash, and fills it with
lights and shadows. One is full of fine sensibility,
the other is rugged, stalwart and great. Mr.
Booth's "Richelieu" is the personation of a
student—it Is the Cardinal Duke of history; Mr.
Forrest has made a character not less powerful,
if less subtle, from the inspirations of his own
genius.
But, whatever Mr. Forrest's excellences and
faults, he deserves high respect, not more for his
ardent devotion to his art, than for his strict
fidelity to it in its best and noblest forms. When
men only a little less gifted than he is, have left
the high road of so called legitimate dramatic
art, and gone wandering off in the crooked paths,
and amid the sloughs of sensationalism, it is a
source of satisfaction to praise an actor who is
true to the best inspirations of his genius, and
who will not degrade his art to meet the sup-_
posed popular demand for baStard drama. A
Performance like that of last night, is worth all
the cheap agony and the absurd realism, of mod
ern drama; all the antics of vulgar French con
cert-room singers, who kick their way through
weak burlesques, and all the undressed spectacu
lar shows that ever attracted the applause of au
diences whose tastes are neither particular nor
nice. Mr. Forrest's extraordinary success is a
continual protest against the theory that the
present passion for sensationalism is anything
but a perversion of the popular appetite which
will soon be nauseated of the food for which it
longs.
Virginias IA announced by Mr. Forrest for this
evening.
—The Lancashire Lass continues to attract
large audiences to the Chestnut and Arch Street
theatres.
—The Theatre Comique on Seventh street be
low Arch, will be open this evening with a va
ried entertainment.
—At the American this evening a miscellaneous
performance will be given.
—The now cathedral organ will be opened to
morrow evening. A very attractive programme
has been prepared by the organists who are to
perform upon the instrument.
—Miss Caroline McCaffrey will give a select
concert at Musical Fund Hall on Friday evening:
next. Miss McCaffrey will be assisted by several
well known and very accomplished artists, anti
as the programme contains a most excellent se
lection of classical and popular music, an enter
tainment of unusual excellencvnay be anticiya
led:
—Blind Toni made his first appearance at Con
cert Hall last night in the presence of a very
large audience. Ho played with his acenstomed
skill, and was heartily applauded throughout.
He will give another performance this evening.
—The concert of the Young Miinnerchor will
be given on Thursday evening next at Musical
Fund Ball. Several very fine choruses will. be
sung, and the programme will be varied with
solos by Messrs. Jacob Graff, Win. Hartman and
others. A powerful orchestra, comprising the
best muslcianain the city, will assist on this oc
casion. , , •
--The Mendelssohn Society will give the first
of its series of three concerts on.Tbursday eve
ning, December 17th, at Musical Fund Hall. The
society is under direction of Mr. Jean Lords,
who is frilly competent to bring to perfection his
design of making this, association one of the best
In the country.
*-31az tatrali.o Ach roEllively urnouncee no
L FETKERSTON. Pablisben
PRICE THREE CENTS.
that Miss AliddTopp, the famous pianist, will ap
pear in both concerts in Concert @,..11 on the 25th
and 27th instant. Miss Topp brings with her
from Eastern cities a brilliant reputation, and we
have a right to expect from her performances of
unusual excellence. With Miss Kellogg, she will
attract immense audiences, and we recommend
those who desire to attend on either occasion to
secure seats at en early day. The sale of reserved
seats will begin at Trurnpler's on Saturday.
FACTS AND -FANPIIES.
—A water famine prevails In Montreal.
—Cheyenne offered Parena $l,OOO to "switdia
off there and sing a song.'
—The Mormons axe organking societies for
silk culture.
—Motto for Isabella-- 'What's one woman's
pleasure is a country Spain.—Tomahawk.
—"The Lancashire Lass" has made her appear
ance in Toronto.
—Gov.-elect Hoffman has selected two bunt
ings at Albany for his gubernatorial abode.
—The church organ question still distiftbs Ca
nadian Presbyterians.
—American rifles are in great demand in Cuba,
and theiSpanish soldiers are being armed with
them as fast as they can be procured.
—One of Judy's "musical notes" is a query,
whether a man who robs his benefactor twice - is
necessarily a double-base.
—Apples are now Carried to China in good etm
dition, by packing them in ice, and readily sell
at Hong Kong for two dollars per dozen In gold.
—The Fapal Nuncio at Madrid is said to have
acknowledged that - Rome will lose 82,000,000
francs a year by the revolution in Spain.
—Hon. Levi Bishop has been reading an origi
nal and aboriginal poem in Detroit with the
taking title of "Teuelisa Grondie."
—John Eigamberg tried to kill himself with.
laudanum in Buffalo, because his wife asked himr
for money: A dangerous precedent.
—Victor Emmanuel has sent one of his
nephews, fourteen years old, to be educated at
Harrow.
—The Tomahawk says that Mark Lemon's,real.
staff In Fleet street is not nearly so good as his
Falstaff.
—The Parisian gossips say that something must
be the matter between the Marquis do Caux and
his wife Adelina, as the two very frequently do
not see each other for three or four days.
—Arnanit, the manager of the Paris Hippo
' dromp, the French Barnum, attracts at the pre
sent time immense audiences to his circus by
velocipede races.
—The Boston Post says Boston has had three
thousand speeches since the campaign com
menced. No other "Hub" surely ever had spokes
driven in like that.—Reeolneion.
—The Temps says that Andrew Johnson, who
will visit Europe next spring, will be stared at
by thousands who read about his, trial, and
thought, if convicted. he would be sent tothe
scaffold.
—The exceedingly reverend J.W.Rogers,leader
of the ritualistic movement in Tennessee,has been
persecuted into the Catholic Church, and pub
lishes a card to that effect in the Memphis,
Appeal.
—Jackson Haines, the American skater, and
the young ballet girl, Leopoldine Adacker, after
a very successful engagement at the Carl Thea—
tre, in Vienna, are now playing at Wolteradorff's
Theatre,. in Berlin.
_The Path Al all Izine says that Anson Her;
lingame Is the trickiest diplomatist whom. the.
United States have produced for a ' long timi
past, and that European ,Goverriments,therefore,
should be on their guard in their negotiations
with the Chinese embassy.
—Ben Perley Poore, looking at Greenough's
undraped statue of Washington, one day, 'ith a
frozen rain-drop on the end of its nose, sitting
out in the weather at the freezing point, said:
"Poor George; he's pointing to the fate= Office,
where his breeches art!"
—The question whether or not the American
Jews should vote hi a body against Gen. Grant,.
has bon discussed by all the French periodicals
devoted to Jewish interests. All of them de
nounce the attempt to array the American Jews
aaainst a political candidate as foolish and crib:Li--
nal in the extreme.
—A lunar rainbow was Witnessed at Virginia i ,
111., about four o'clock Friday morning. oc
cupied about the same space and locality above
the eastern horizon that the solar rainbow usually
does in a midsummer evening. Its color was
simple, and of a pale, dingy white, possessing
none of the beauties of the solar rainbow..
—An advertisment in the London Times seri
ously announces a new song, with the modest.
request, "Oh, give me back but yesterday!" A.
companion to the above, "Oh, could you , spare
to-morrow?" is In preparation; to be afterwards
followed by the sequel lyric of "You haven't_got..
sada • a thing as next week about you, have
you?"
—Mr. Pollard, in an article on Stonewall Jack-
eon in Puosam's Monthly for December, states.
that he once recommended a night attack to be
made by assailants stripped naked and armed
with bowie knives, suggesting that the novelty
and terror of such an apparition would paralyze
the enemy.
—Herman Grimm's "Unconquerable rowers,"
that remarkable novel of life in America and
Germany, has been translated into French,Duteb t
swedish and Italian, and the European critics;
with few exceptions, pronounce it the most re—
markable novel published in Europe for several
years past.
—lt In related that a Western
~postransterc—
ould it have been Nasby?—has ,written to Gen.
Grant.- that _until the-October eleellon-he was.•
neutral, supposing that the General was Eo, also_
Since then he roled up, his sleeves and went to
work. All he now asks Is to be allowed to re
tain his office. -
—it is given out that the Navy Department
have in preparation, to 'issue, in book form, a.
long report of Admiral Farraeut's recent cruise,
Made up from his despatches and from other
sources of information.giving, among other
matters of interest, a detailed account of - his re
ception by the various nations that be has visited
—Gounod, the composer of "Faust" and other
French operas, is nioderately. wealthy. On hht
opera "Faust" he receives annually about twelve
thousand francs in taiitienies. His last opera,.
"Romeo and Juliet," is, financially, efallure, and.
has yielded to him, altogether, only about twenty
thousand francs. It has almost disappeared from.
the stage.
—Mlle Karoly, the French tragedienne, who
has lately performed Hamlet and Romeo in Paris,
was, until her nineteenth year, a poor seametresa
In the city of Saumur. One day, in,goitig to the
shop where she was employed,s stopped at a,
book stall and mechanically too up . a voiume,
.
whose leaves she commenced turning over.
Suddenly ehe fixed her eyes on pas age, read'u.
pogo or two very eagerly, bong a volume for
a few sous, and hastened home with it. In her
little garret she read in the volume for may
hours, forgetaing'efery thing - OM ' "The — title or
the-volume---was-rteille's TrapdiesP- -When
she had d read and reread the book she - resolved to
become an actress, and now she is one of the
most brilliant artistes on the French stage.
—Alcott, in his Tablets, just published, gives us
a new origin of the somewhat disparaging epithet
of "carroty," when applied. to the hair or the
head. It occurs in his remarkable cliapter cat,
"The Garden," in which, as if in scorn of every.
day commerce and manufactures, of the politica
of party, and the theology of the' pulpit, he
devotes some fifty or sixty pages' to a learned
disquisition upon potatoes and • parsnips, - the.
:esthetics and sympathies of these; and their re,
tenon to human happiness and human life. "The
carrot," he says, "has lost.the reputation it had
in Queen Elizabeth's time, l the. leaves tieing used
in the head-dresses of , the ladles of her court,
trom whence the epithet(learroty') applied to
the hair is derived." It is curious that whilst
this eastern obtained in that ancient emtrt of the
virgin queen - , the custom of stainhur the hair of
tidies to the color of golden carrots protons in tbs
Court of Momenta. So that "carroty hair," uistead i
of being an impugnment of personal beauty. is
now considered its greatest Kitiq—as y.te (ox Q.ne,
allysie thonaht it Was. •„