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• VOLUME XXII.-NO. 191.
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EVAN 3—DP.lNGllnaT.—November lEth, l&A by the
Rev. Philtre Brooke, Mordecai D.- Evans to Mary 0..
daughter of John Brit:46llra. all if this cap.
DAZARD—MOURE.—On 'Wodneaday, Nov. 18th. in 3t.
Jon.et`n Church. t' , •ewtoo.e, L. L,by the Rev. V. V. M.
Johnson D.D.. braided by the Rev. buena ti C3X.
and the Env- Frazcis Vinton, D.D., Marla Lodes, eldeit
daughter of John J. Moot. Eaq of Newtown. to Oliver
ki azird. tided eon cd tan lateL.Grant Parry, of New
par* If. I.
TYIiON- -STU - ART.—en the 13th (net.. by the Eev.
- Dr. Wylie. anirtcd by the Rev.- Dr. HMI. of Now Yo:k.
Jierlot-rt U. Tyson to Mary. daighter of Gicorgo li. Stouft,
W Frew( T-r , RAKE —At the raider Ce If J. Clarence
CI-truest. I: Wow:4l'nd Terrace, ThiladeLaila. November
13. b. Rev. V$ abate Radcliff. Charles 5. Wetteott, of
d'hiladelphls. and Anna Perry. lounge:et daughter of
idon. Charles D. Drake. U. id. Senator fro.o IllasoarL
DIED.
illsOW N.—On the morning of the leth instant. Nathan
5. Brown, eon el Thomas Worm aged 23 yeses.
The re I ativea and friends of the family are reapecofuthr
invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence. No.
ILA North Fllteenth attest. on Tlrutuday. the ii,th mak,
at 2 o'clock.. interment at Mount Vernon Cemetery:
(hi', (.111:L-01. the 171.11 inst. Agnes, wile of Collin M.
atchel aged 37 years.
'1 he tele tiese and friends of the family are respectfully
invitt dto attend ties funeral, arum the realism nof her
husband. No. llk3 North Tweiltylirat street, on tiixtleilay.
the teeth Mat, at 2 o'crack. Interment at Fair Hill
-Cemetery.
Lk]. i'Llt.—On Tuesday, NftV. Fah. at his refidence,
Lapides. Drlaware county, Pa.. Ron. George G. Lcipor,
in the rad year of his age.
The funeral will take place from his late midenter, on
Fliday. ate :Mb November. at I o'clock P. M. 't he res.
five@ and Irlanda of the taw ity are invited to attend his
lump al. without further notice. INew, 'York and
.sore paten, please coPy.I
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ger GRAND ORGAN CONCERT
The new cegan. built by Matra E. es G. G. Hook. of
Beaton. for the Green DM Presbyterian Church. Girard
aveuue, above P.ixteenth strret, a be formally opened
Tl.llB kJ:ENING. I..oveluba 19. "..4 he folio wins talent has
been eramted: Prof. D. Wood, Prof. 11. G. Tnander and
Mr. 0. a. Knipe. There will oe dap et selection of 'gear
te , ta and chorerree. rung by male emcee,
Ticket!. one dollar; to be had at the door. Itl
inglipee ()EGAN OPFNING AND CONCERT.-4LIVed"
w""'' Presbyterian Church. Twenty •secof , d and Mount
Ve.r.on rte.—The new Urger, built by G. G. Hook,
of Boston for the above Church. will be fonhally opened
en 'IIIIESDAY EVENING, Nov. 19, IS6), by a Grand
Concert, under the direction of Hugh A,. Clirke (if:genie:
'Lurch of Holy Trinity), tub teed by the choir of the See
eendElutch Refortnec Chutes, Col. D. W. C. Moore. W.
W. Gilchrist and others. Ticket!, 50 cents. 10
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Young [nen are cordielly invited.
Union Prayer meeting every Saturdak evening. It
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Spinal Dim'amt. and Bcdilu Ikformitie, treated Apply
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EUROPEAN AFFALRB
LETTER FROM PARIS.
(eorreepondenoa of the Phila. Evening Bulletin.)
PARIS. Friday, Nov. 6, 1868.—The in telligence
of Grant's election, which has now reached us,
bad been so completely "discounted" in France
and in Europe, that the effect produced by the
news has been much less than would have been
the case, bad the event remained of doubtful is
sue to the last. Upon the whole, the new Presi
dent of the United States meets with a favorable
reception on this side of the Atlantic. Amongst
the public at large,and the financial world in par
ticular, who are both turning their attention so
seriously to American State investment, this good
feeling is largely promoted by the impression
which has taken irresistible bold of the Minds of
so many people, that the election of Seymour
nmeant repudiation and that the election of Grant
Is a guaranty for payment in gold. It is un.
necessary for me to point out, when writing to
America, how ranch too wide and aloplatet. this
assumption is, in either case, and how many other
circumstances and causes must be taken into con
sideration, besides the result of the election,
before the great financial question can be finally
set at rest. But most people here who are deeply
interested in the matter have jumped to a con
clusion at once; and there can be little doubt that
the chief result of Grant's election, as far as En-
rope is concerned, will be a large increase of fa
vor in the money market for United /Mates bonds.
dis to our newspapers, they are BO behindlipnil
and so slow, that it will be full three or four days
befOre they,exprces their opinions upon the event
In question; and even when they at last do so,it is
a thousand to one against their saying anything
worth noticing. The chief use made here of
American elections is to hold thent up as a con-
trast between the way in which the principle of
universal suffrage is worked in the United States
.and under the Second Empire: and there is no
doubt that, in that point of view, as In so many
others, American example is telling every year
more and more forcibly upon the social, and
political institutions of the OltnWkorld, and tend
ing gradually to remodel ko / ar, — . - E4en in Spain,
It would appear, front later accounts,
that the people of that country are becoming
more and more inclined to extend their imitation
of America beyond the practice of universal
suffrage, and to make trial of a Republican.gov
ernemnt in extenso. Yon are aware, from my
previous letters, that I look upon the immediate
trial of such an experiroont, in a country, lik6
Spain, with the greatest apprehension; and only
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dread lest the movement may be inspired and
encouraged by those who wish to Introduce
confusion and anarchy, in order to throw
hack the Spanish people Into the arms
of despotiem, as was the case here after 1818.,
Still, it cannot be denied, that Republican princi
ples have made immense advances in Europe
during the last twenty years, and that the popu
lar aspirations tend more and more .to an adop
tion of the Federal - system. A large basis for this
has been already , laid in both Northern and
Sowthern Germany, although the fact is probably
not so clearly recognised by King Frederic
William, - of Prussia, as' by his acute and
far-sighted . Minister. Austria, again, has
become, by her separation from po
litical union with Hungary, a federal power .
In Italy and in England, the monarchical princi
ple exists little more than in name; and the ap
proaching elections in the latter will probably
Impart quite a now complexion to her next Legis
lature. Here In France "personal" government
hag made such a failure o It, that the country is
incoming ripe for a change : and the great object
is how to bring it about without falling back
into the 'weaknesses and extravagances
of 1848. Already the Mick, the great re
publican and popular organ, begins
to point cautiously to the accession of Napoleon
IV. as an , epoch and an opportunity for which
the nation should stand prepared for the resump
tion of its rights, and, if necessary, a remodel
ling of its political organization. 'Supported by
the general spread of these opinions, the Spanish
people might perhaps make the great experiment
*ith more chance of auccess,though undoubtedly
at present the least flited of all to begin or to set
the example.
There seems, however, every reason to believe
that Spain will find real difficulty he procuring
an eligible King, and surely a stronger symptom
of the failing' prestige of that once high oftlee
could scarcely be exhibited. It is now stated, on
good authority, that the "best man," von Ferdi
nand of Portugal, has positively decided upon
declining the perilous honor. The English
Prince is quite out of the question. The British
Government would never be guilty of such ai
actor insanity as to permit him to accept the
offer, even if made seriously. Mon tpensier's
chance Is considered to be gene, even if it ever
exlefed. Who ate the Spaniards to choose, or who
are they to get for their King? The dilemma
is lidiculons, at gum, and painful to a proud
people, and exposes them to what they can least
stand—being laughed at ! The very position
may urge them to take the leap at once, and,
after t Jung for a
_llepeblic, vote for .their first
President. Bat such a convulsion would shake
the whole European system to its basis, and
corm the inevitable precursor of more extensive
changes. '
the Court has taken its departure to Come
pieg,no, not sorry, perhaps, to get ont of the way
of Queen Isabella before she arrives. Her ex-
Majesty is expected to-morrow, and takes up
uer abode in the Champs Elysies, where Iwo
.aujoinleg private hotels have been rented for
her acd her suite at seventy-four thousand francs
per annum. Curiously enough, these two
uotele belong to an eccentric old lady, who
J 38.8 always hitherto refused to come to reason
able terms with any tenant, though at a loss of
such a rental as the above for nearly twenty
years. At last she appears to have met with an
occupant to her mind, and can say with truth of
the epanlsh revolution, that it is an ill wind that
Wows nobody good !
Our papers are filled with accounts of the new
earthquake in California, an event which the re
cent slight shock of the same terrible visitations
in England brings home to the feelings of ever)
one. For when these things are happening at
bottt extremities of the globe, there is no saying
whose turn it may be-The danfage and
alarm at San Francisco i st e e,e - presented as so se
rious, that the feelings of Californians and their
friends here in Paris have been most painfull3
aroused.and further tidings are anxiously looked
f ir.
31. Lecoq, the secretary of Jules Fevre, who
disappeared In Switzerland, near the site of the
inundations, has been sought for in vein, and ir
supposed to have been -eithenhowne4tor ascals-41-
elated.
The Isthmus of Suez will be "officially" passed
for the first time, In a day or two, by the French
sloop-of-war, the Levrette, which left Tonto',
yesterday, to take up her station In the Red Sea.
by way of the canal. The evens is to be made
the occasion of a grand Nte, at which the Viceroy
isespected to be present, attended and followed
by many hundreds of pleasure boats and some
thousands of guests and spectators.
The Eruption or Vesuvius.
NAPLES, Oct. 25.—Vesuvius, in spite of the oft
repeated predictions of Professor Palmieri that
the eruption was at an end, is still more or less
.ctive, and a week ago the spectacle was meant
ticent, with three splendid streams of lava flow
leg down on the north side of the cone Into the
valley known as the Atli° del Cavallo. The pre
sent eruption has been remarkable for its dura
tion, for at no thee since last November
has the mountain been at rest, while
the greater part of the time its , activity
has, been such as to attract crowds of strangers
to enjoy the spectacle. From the 13th of Novem
ber to about the middle of February, the laboring
of the mountain was very great, and almost Con
stant, while the flowing of lava was enormous.
about the middle of, February or the first of
March the eruption began to decrease in power,
and from March tO the firtit. oT Eh% month the
condition of Vesuvius has varied almost weekly,
at times throwing seethe and red hot stones into
the air with tremendous force for a few days,then
relapsing into comparative Inactivity, with only
its colum of white vapor to denote the terrible
forces below, and then again sending forth at in
,ervals small streams of molten lava to decorate
the crater's - lip and disappear alter
running a lew rods down the
side of the cone. On the whole, how
evtr, the activity of the mountain was on the
decrease nit to the first of October,and the savants
declared that Vesuvius was relapsing into its
normal condition. On the sth of this month,
however, a change was visible in the form of the
cone, and In the night of the sth and 6th, the
clouds above-the-or-Ater wermilltimined-with-the
, red glare of the fires below: On the following
morning all signs of activity had disappeared,but
by evening the laboring of the moantain had
again increased, and jets of flame and showers of
atone burst forth la rapid succession. On the 7th
the smoke was more dense and black, while the in
struments at the observatory indicated a constant
agitation of the entire mountain, and a renewal
of the eruption on a grand scale was predicted
by the Proftssor, 'Oho watches night and day,
surrounded by his instruments, in the eyrie on
the mountain Eide. Toward night the cone .
opened on , the..north side, and fe magnificent
stream .of lava-flowed in the direction of the
Atrio del Cavallo. On the -Bth and 9th the
flow of lava was so great that tour or five
streams Doured down the mountain side, cross
big the road- generally used by visitors in as
cending, and reaching almost to the observatory.
The quantity of seorhe and stonea hurled into the
air , wits so: great that the vicinity. of the crater
could only be reached with, the greatest danger.
Great numbers of visitors, however, - ascended
to the lava, and the ' Neapolitans—especi
ally the hotel proprietors--were in high
spirits at the prospects of a new lease_of life tor
the eruption and another season with golden
haricots. During the Was of 10, 11 and 114 the
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEffBER 19, 1868.
flow of lava Increased rather than diminished,and
;he spectacle at night was particularly grand and
he:lmila Slight shocks of earthquake were fre
quent around (he base of the mountain, and the
;tetonatiens or "thunderings" were heard at night
in Nttples like the discharge of distant artillery.
On the 13th, however, there wadiA much less
tetivlty visible, and the quantify—a lava was
much diminished; and by the 18th the overflow
had entirely ceased, and the mountain was al
most inactive. Much of the time since
then the weather has been so boisterous
that but few persons have ventured to ascend the
mountain, and the clouds have hidden the cone
from view. Professor Palmieri is, however, at
Lis posit and reports that the aismograph still in
dicates considerable agitation below; but there
bas been no furthetemission of lava, and much
has smoke. from the crater. After careful study
and observation of the volcano under all Its dif
ferent phases, Professor Palmieri has advanced
the theory that the eruption is influenced by the
moon. I believe his theory does not attempt to
explain the philosophy of this influence, bat is
founded simply on the fact that the eraptloa is
always more violent when the moon lain the full;
acid less active between the first and second quar
ters.—N. Y. Tribune.
Girardin on the Election of Grant.'
M. De Girardin, in La Liberle of the 6th, says:
"Every friend In the two worlds will rejoice at
this election, which has just given Washington.
Adams, Jt fferson, Madison and Abraham Lincoln
a successor worthy of them." M. De Girardin
then proceeds to urge upon the Spaniards to
imitate the example of the United States—to
found the United States of Iberia. "Spaniards
have" he says, "an Embarras du Chois among
candidates for the Presidency of a Federal Re
public who would give them every guarantee.
A FEARFUL. ISASTER
AT SEA.
The Packet Ship Isaac Webb Ashore
Off Sandy Hook.
The Terrible Story of Her Voyage
to this Port.
Sixty-four Days at Sea-- -Captain Killed
and Crew Demoralized.
[From the N. Y. Timem of to day,l
A disastrous shipwreck occurred off Sandy
Hook on Tuesday night, by which the packetship
Isaac Webb, running between LiverpoOl and
+his city, was nearly lost, with all her valuable
cargo of merchandise and precious freight of hu
man beings.
The story of the disaster, as gleaned from a
vassebger at Castle Garden last night, was,
briefly stated, as follows: The Isaac Webb, Capt.
J. C. Stowell, left Liverpool on the morning of
the 13th September, with a valuable assorted
cargo and 854 passengers, most of whom were
Irish, and a few German. The early part of the
voyage was agreeable, line weather and fair
breezes being enjoyed„ and there was every proa
elect of a ripeedy,snecessful trip. After a few days,
aowever, a norm storm arose, with the most vie
eat head winds, and very heavy seas, and this
unfortunate state.of things continued throughout
t e
• tie passage. T ward the end of the first week
the Captain, wh . on deck superintending the
management of e vessel, was struck upon the
head by one of the heavy blocks which fell from
the rlgging,and Was instantly killed. This proved
an unfortunate event for the passengers, as
the death of the master of the ship demoralized
the crew, and left the control of the vessel, at a
most perilous juncture, wholly without respon
sible direction. The first mate, of
course, succeeded the deceased. Captain in
command, but he did not seem to have the same
, mount of influence with the crew as his prede
cessor, and matters were all at loose ends. The
crew Old much as they pleased,but to their credit
,t is said that each man did all he could for the
safety of the vessel and the welfare of those on
oard. The storm continued with almost un
abatefi fury throughout the voyage, and many
sere the hair-breadth escapes from a fearful
loom. When the Banks of Newfoundland had
oetn almost reached, the ship was found to be in
a sin king condition, and fears were
ntertained that she could not reach port in
afety. Tlar first mate decided to ran into
Halifax, but the crew demurred, and led by the
•econd mate, peremptorily refused to obey or-
Aers, the leader of the mutinous body presenting
4 pistol to the head of his superior and threaten
ng to blow his brains out unless he changed or
.iers. Directions were accordingly modified, and
Ibe vessel was steered fer this port. The ship was
tilling rapidly, and it was necessary to employ
be entire passenger company in turns to work
.he pumps, and tills was done day and night.
ro add to the misfortunes of the situation, the
supply of provisions and water gave
out, and starvation stared the company
n the face. Fortunately, an outward
uound vessel was passed, which furnished
, small stock of provisions and water, and thus
replenished, hope began to dawn upon them once
wore. Sandy 1100 k Light was sigLted on Tau
day night, but a terrible storm prevailed, and
"gain did hope vanish,as utter destruction seemed
inevitable. The sails had all been blown from the
masts, the anchor lost, and the ship became en
tirely unmanageable, in which condition she was
stranded between the outer middle channel and
!be beach, off Sandy Hook. Portions of the
cargo were thrown overboard in order to lighten
the vessel, and the pumps! were still vigorously
worked. By these almost superhuman ex
, rtions the ship was so far saved, and
y esterday morning the inmates were res
cued from their perilous situation by the
steamer Philip, belonging to the-New Yorii. Sub
marine Company. While on the way to Sandy
Hook, at about 7 o'clock in the morning, Capt.
Chas. Hazzard. of the Philip,descried the disabled
vessel, from which the most urgent appeals for
help were being signaled by the--passengers and
crew. When reached, the vessel was found to
have eight feet of water in her hold, and was
thumping very heavily on the beach. The sea was
ttemer done, making a complete breach over her.
Capt. Hazzard succeeded at great risk in getting
a hawser to the ship, and with the assistance of
the steaming 'Yankee, Capt. Hennesy, towed
her into shoal water, inside Sandy Hook. If it
bad not been for Captain Hazzard's timely as
sistance, the ship must have gone to pieces on
the beach, and a great many.lives would have
been lost; and to him too much credit cannot be
elven for his generous daring. The passengers
were transferred on board the Yankee,and brought
up to the city at about six o'clock last evening,
as d landed at Castle Garden. Captain Waters,
agent of the Submarine Company, has three
powerful ateam - pumps - oerboardtheratilp, and is
in - hopes that, after discharging more of
the cargo, he can pump out the water
and bring her to the city. Superintendent Ken
nedy, of the Metropolitan Police, sent Officer Daniels down, who rendered very efficient aid in
transferring the passengers, who were completely
demoralised. They had worked at the pumps in
cessantly for thirty days and nights, and were
greatly exhausted, having had but little sleep,
and only one and a half biscuits each since Sun
day last. Five of the passengers actually died of
hunger, and were barred in the ocean.
The Captain's body, - it is said, was int
pert ectly embalmed, placed i n a .rough
pine boy, and removed from the vessel
last evening to No. 107 South street, whence it
will be taken to the dead-house to await the ac
tion of the- authorities. -:The passengers when
landed presented a wretched appearance,_and
when they sat down to the bounteous feast pro
'vided for them by the Castle Garden officials,they,
ate voraciously, and afterward retired to com
fortable beds for the first time lu marry nights.
All that could be done was done to 'make the
condition of the unfortunate creatures • com
fortable, • and many were the expresalons of
gratitude that were poured forth lik the rescued.
Tio Isaac Webb is one of the well-knows it,J.
OUR WHOLE COVNTRM
packet ships of the Black Ball Line, 1
owned by C. H. Marshall & Co. She Is of 1,497
tons register, and was thoroughly over
hauled by her bnilder,W. H. Webb,- In 1864, when
certain defects in her construction wore re- I
moved.
Discharges from the Philadelphia
Custom House—Names of the Victims
—The Bishop Simpson Maine rand—,
The Accident to Assessor Phillips—
Who WM Act During his Absence
!'tom the Office. ace.
Morreapopdence of the Philadelphia Evening Balletin:l
WASIIINGTON, Nov. 18th, 1868.—The following
letter, addressed to Collector Cake by Secretary
McCulloch, explains itself, and gives the names
of those "elected " to retire to the shades of pri.
_vete life. It will be seen that the Secretary makes
selections for discharge without consulting the
Collector, but upon the recommendation of a
special agent, whose name is not given. As far
as I can learn, the preponderance of the twelve
selected for dlactiarge is rather upon the side of
the Republicans, it being alleged that they out
number the Democrats in the Custom HOMO, in
the same proportion. The letter from the Seer°.
tau is as follows:
TREASENIC DEPARTMENT, WAHITNOTON, D. C., Nov.
17th, 1268 —Sir:—Upon the recommendation of a
special agent of this Department, the following-named
litepg.cors at your port. will cease from and after the
20114 inst,sfter which date their names will no dropped
from the rolls of the Department, viz:—
G. Seignian, No. 12, Jacob Parry, No. 22,
A. Bartholoinew,No. 26, 0..1. Finley, No. 27,
T. K Boyer, No. 82, E.C. Broadwell, No. 3 3,
W. D. Raoul, No. 85, Daniq Krebs, No. 43
E. Itobineon, No. 45, facob . Brown. Jr., 10. 47,
Samuel E. White, N 0.52, W. J. Martz. No. 61.
The reduction in the force of your Department be
ing Made for the purpose of reducing the expenses of
your district, will be considered permanent, and you
will please notify the Department of your action in the
matter,
I ara, very respectfully,
'lron IdoCuttocu, Secretary of the Trca.ury.
Joseph W. Cane, Esq., Collector of Customs,
Philadelphia, Pa.
_ . .
The cash contributions received thus far by the
Treasurer of the Lincoln Monument Association,
General Spinner, and placed to the Credit of the
Bishop Simpson Statue Fund, - amount to $O3l.
It will require $6,000 at least to place upon the
monument a statue of the pattern designed, and
this fact aced only be mentioned to insure the
balance being raised without delay by the friends
of the distinguished divine. All the contributions
go to the credit of the general fund, in aid of the
monument, but Separate_aCcounts are Kept of the
sums received from / the friends of Seorotal7
Stanton. General Sherman, George H. Stunt,
Bishop Simpson and others, in order that a gen
erous rivalry may be excited, which will swell
the receipts for the whole. Besides this, it gives
the friends of the gentlemen named the satisfac
tion of knowing that their contributions will be
applied to the expense of placing the statues of
their friends upon the monument, in accordance
with the wishes of the donors.
itt4iim,VlOßSO)t4:ll,o4lbllo.lFNlPlßitigkli:+3.olloMVO
Assessor Clifford S. Phillips, of the Second
Collection District of Pennsylvania, having been
accidentally wounded while gunning recently on
the Eastern Shore of Aiaryland,which will prevent
him from discharging his duties for some time,
the Chief Clerk in Air. Phillips's office, William
Culbertson, Esq., has addressed a letter of in
quiry to the Commissioner of. Internal Revenue,
asking whether Assistant Assessor Clement B.
Philips, who resides in the same division of the
district in which the Assessor resides, may not
perform the dram of approving distillers' bonds
during the per aod Assessor Phillips is absent from
his office on a..count of injuries received. The
Commissioner has not yet given a decision upon
the question, but it seems probable that under
the act of July 20, the Assistant Assessor referred
to will beanthorized to perform the duties of
Chief Assessor during the temporary absence of
the latter from the cause referred W.
GEN. EKIN AND THE iIIJARTERKASTER'S DEPART-
• amirr.
By direction of the Secretary of War, Brevet
Brigadier-General Jams A. Ekin, of Pennsyl
vania, Deputy Quartermaster General, is autho
rized to act as Quartermaster-General during the
absence of General Meige.
Tim CAniEDRAL One.tie.—The grand organ,
built by Messrs. J. C. B. Standbridge 48ons, for
the Cathedral, on' Logan Square, was formally
opened last night in the presence vf a large audi
ence, which quite filled. the grand nave of the
CathedraL
We have given partial description of
this fine instilfhient, the largest in Philadelphia,
end one of the first four or five organs In the
United States. We give to-day a fall list of the
stops:
GREAT GROAN. Stop'd Diapason. 8 feet.
Double Open Diapason. Principal, 4 feet.
open Diapason. Flute. 4 feet.
Violin. 8 feet. Vox Humana. 8 feet.
Du cissima, 8 feet. Twelfth.
PA elodle, 8 feet. Fifteenth.
Stop'd Diapason. Seventeenth.
I-duelld. Sesquialtera, 2 ranks.
stave Violin. Oboe, 8 feet
Traverse flute. Trumpet, 8 feet.
'1 welfth. Tremulant
Fit teen th. not.° OUGAN.
L.eßGlGniterS. 4 ranks. Stop'd Diapason, 8 feet.
Mixture) 3 ranks. Urchl Oboe.
Trumpet, 8 feet Trumpet. 8 feet. -
Octave Trumpet, 4 feet. Clarion° t and Bassoon.
OBOLS °BALS. Harmonic Flute. 4 feet.
Bourdon. 16 feet. Panel. ORGAN.
Oren oiaties,,n. 8 feet. Double of, en Liiapason.lB ft.
Viol d'Amour, Bfeet. Double Dutciana, 16 feet.
1 ulciana, 8 feet. Open Diapason, 8 feet.
Stop'd Diapason. Violoncello. 8 feet
Priucipal,4 feet. Trombone, 16 feet
t himney lute, 4 feet. Coupler, Great and Swell
Twelfth. liaison.
Fifteenth. Great and Solo Unison.
sere nteeath. Choir to Great Suo-Ootaves.
Sesoulabera. 2 ranks. Swell to Choir Unison.
Clarionet, 8 feet. Pedals and Great.
SWELL ouster. Pedals and Choir.
Bourdon. 16 feet. Pedal Check.
open Diapason, 8 feet. Wind Alarm.
Lialophone. Blank. -
In this Instrument are: Six 16 feet Tone-stops, includ•
log 16 ft. Trumpet. Twenty three 8 ft. Tone-Stops, in
cluding 8 Reed b.ops: 9 4 it. Tone•Stops.including Ifleod
Stop ; Twelve above 4 ft. including mixtures, die.
Thirty-nine Metal Stops, and Eleven Wood Stops. To
tal -Fifty Sounding Stops; and one Tremulant.
Great • . . . 1169 pipes.
Swell, ................... ............ ...... . ...... 812 "
Sole, 290
pedals • 145 "
Additional capacity
TAI L ' capacity..... 3913
The case of the urgan. Valet occupies a lofty
gallery at the west end of the nave, Is supported
by lour pilasters and two pillars, fluted, and of
the Corinthian order; and there are three panels
of gilt pipes, those in the centre being arranged
in a semi-cylindrical form, and sweeping upward
until they reach an arch. Before this stands a
caryatide, supporting a White cross, which
pierces the apex of a cornice that slopes away
to either side. The cornice that surrounds the
whole organ in a miniature of that which adorns
the Cathedral wall. Th 3 case ih paintedwhite,
with panelling of delicate blue.
Unusually good taste was displayed in the ar
rangement of the programme for the opening la
evening, with the single exception of Mey -
beer's " Flambeau Dance," Which was rather o t
of place in ench august company as that of Bach ;
Mozart and Handel. The William Tell Overture,
by a X•ort of common consent, has come to be re
garded as orthodox in ail places and on all occa
slops, a.bd was splendidly played last night by
Mr. WAed.
It is not necessary to make a critical notice of
the performance °tam several parts of the pro
gramme. On such occasions, Me main purpose
is not to show-off the organists, but the organ.
Ench perfcrnier had,: however, made admirable
selections - , and played them in admirable style. ,
Mr. Thunder gave Bach's Fugue in. A Minor, with
fine effect and afterwards played an arrangement
of the prominent Mrs of ROssinl's "Stabat Mater"
by . Iderendante. Mr. Newland played a selection
from "Judas lidaccabzens" with great spirit and
expression. Mr. David Wood, the blind organist
of St. Stephen's Church, astonished those who are
not familiar with his rare talents, by hisperform
ance of Handers "Harmonious Black.smith,"
and the "William Tell" over urn. Els.arst plena _
Buch'e Fugue in E minor, w , a played thtOUgllaiit
zErimit FROM WASEItINGTON.
THE DOLLOP SIMPSON STATUE FUND
DRAMATIC AND 111113S1CAL.
with wonderful precision, but without any modu
lation of the scope, which deprived it of a por-
tion of its effect. Mr. H. A. Clarke played
Mozart's familiar Andante from the Quintana in
E flat, in a way which brought out the quieter
effects of the instrument, and afterward, Dr.
Nares' Fugue in E fiat. Mr. M. H. Cross, the
,Cathedral Organist,gave Kreutzer's Grand March,
Meyerbed'a ?'Flambeau Dance" and an original
voluntary at' the opening of the second part.
The whole performance wasthoroaahly malefic
tory, and reflected much credit on the gentlemen
who volunteered their services on this occasion.
The general verdict of the audience, which was
a highly critical one, was eminently favorable.
Mr. Standbridge has had fall play for all his pe
culiar genius as an organ-builder, and ho has
combined all the results of his long experience in
this noble instrument. Varied as the programme
was last night, there were, many of its beauties
wLlch were but imperfectly developed.
The - builder's acknowledged excellence,
if not supremacy, among American
builders, in his reed and other fancy stops, has
never been more fully vindicated than in Ilia
last product of his skill,while the solider qualities
of the diapasons came out with most gratifying
effect. We received the lltpression, upon this
first hearing, that in 'ying finch a bril
liant voicing to the ;Atures and other
shrill tones in order to -' hring the instru
ment up to the vast capaci , ef the Cathedral,
the builder has carried this p . t to the extreme
limit which it will bear, and Lflut when the fall
g \.
power of the organ is brought out, there is not a
perfect accord with the resonant architectural
qualities of the building. Upon this point, how
ever, we should not form any final judgment
without further acquaintance. Apart - from this
suggestion, we find abundant 'room, in the vari
ety, purity, deptlil and volume of tone, to cos
gratulate the Cathedral authorities and the mu
sical community generally, on this splendid ac
quisition.
We understand that the organ has been erected
at a cost of 5011,600, which does not suggest a
very large margin of profit for the veteran buil
der, whose enthusiastic devotion to his art has
often led him, in past times, to indulge his ambi
tion and taste, at the expense of the legitimate
profits of his business.
—The Rossini Matinee of the Ge 6, mita Or
chestra, at Horticultural Hall, yesterday, was
well attended. The - programme was well ar
ranged to exhibit the lamented composer's varl
ets styles. The overtures to the Italiana in Al
yeri and La Gazza Ladra gave the graceful bril
liant Ideas of his youth,- while the overture to
William Tell showed the mature brain of man
hood, engaged upon work that we at Once he
roic and romantic. Selections from the Skagit
Mater, Semiramide and the romance from Wil
ham TelP h as a cornet solo for Mr. G. Dunn
made up e rest of the Rossini se ,
ketions, and
it is due to Messrs. Wm. Stoll and G. Mueller to
express the great delight they -.afforded in the
duo from Berniramide, on the clarinet and bas
soon. The noble Funeral March from Beetho
ven's Eroica symphony was happily introduced
ib the programme and well played by the orches
tra, which was, throughout, well directed by Mr.
Wm. G. Dietrich.
—The concert of the Young Maennerchor will
take place this evening at Musical Fund Hall.
The programme embrac. q the overture to "Der'
Freischutz," the First Finale from "Lohengrin"
by the orchestra; solos by J Graf end Mr. Hart
mann; Rohtranl Chorus and "Approach of
Spring" by the Young Maennerchtar; "Solitude in
the Woods"—Quartette, by the naembers of the
Society. and "Battle of Spirits" and the Roman
Triumphal Chorus, by Young Maennerchor,with
orchestral accompaniment. The programme and
the high reputation of the Society are sufficient
to show that a very fine concert may be expected.
—A new organ will be opened this evening in
the Green Hill Presbyterian Church, Girard ave
nue ~,above Sixteenth street. Messrs. H. G.
Thunder, D. D. Wood, 0. A. Knipe and other
players will display the instrument, and there
will also be vocal music.
—Mr. Edwin Forrest will appear in Othello at
the Walnut Street Theatre this evening, sup
ported by the very talented young actor, Mr. G.
R. Clarke, as ' lago."
—At the Arch Street Theatre this evening The
Lancashire Lass will be performed.
—The Lancashire Lass is announced at the
Chestnut for the remaining nights of this week.
On Monday the play Blow for Blow will be pro
duced in splendid style.
—A miscellaneous performance is announced
ior this evening at the American Theatre.
—The Theatre Comique, Seventh street below
Arch, announces a very attractive entertainment
for to-night.
—Mar Strakosch will be here on the 25th and
26th lusts. with Miss Kellogg, Miss Alide Topp,
and a tine company besides.. The sale of tickets
will begin at Trumpler's on Saturday.
—Blind Tom will give an entertainment at
Concert Hall this evening, and there will be a
matinie this afternoon.
SUSQUEHANNA. •
—The concert to be given by Miss Caroline
McCaffrey to-morrow evening, at Musical Fund
Hall, promises to be very successful. The per
formers are all well known and popular, and the
programme contains some of the very best selec
tions that could have been made for an entertain
ment of this description. The programme is
nr anged ea followF:
2, Dnett, "Love and War." Cooke
31e9sre. Simpson and Thomas.
. .
2. Romanza, "Non e ve-," Mattei
Mies Caroline McCaffrey.
3. Ballad, "Waiting."................ ......
hi'me Henrietta Behrens.
4. Cavatins, "Inie (Ernani,) Verdi
Mr. J. It Thomas.
is Dno, "Dolce contorto," (11 Giuramento,l
Mercsdante
plisses Caroline and Helen McCaffrey.
G. Song, "The Fisher Maiden,"........,.....Meyerb eor
Mr. George Simpson.
7. Quartette, "Just like Love," Novelle
M'me Behrens, Mies McCaffrey, Messrs. Simpson and
Thomas.
1. Trio, "La Carita''............. ............ —Rossini
M'mo Behrens and the Misses McCaffrey.
2. Song, Bonnie Dundee_ .............. ....Scotch
Mr. J. B. Thomas.
S. Valse DI Concert... ........ ........ ......Venzano
M'me Behrens.
4. Serenade, "Come into the Garden, Mand"....Balte
Mr. Geo. Simpson.
5. Descriptive Song, "The Three riatiers"....S. D. S.
Miss Caroline McCaffrey.
1.1 Quartette, "The Bellry Tower" Hatton
M'me Behrens, Miss Idepaffrey, Messrs. Simpson and
—Max Maretzek will bbgin a, two weeks season
of grand opera at the Academy (if Musium Mon
day evening, November 30th. He has a double
company of Italian and German artists, and will
give Italian and German operas alternately. Af
ter the trashy music and vulgar acting Abet have
lately degraded the Academy,, it will bora refresh
ing treat to bear there again the compositions of
Rossini, Beethoven, Verdi, Anbcr, lieillni. Meyer
beer and other writers of good music. It is to
be hoped that the success of the season will bo
such as to prove that the popular taste has not
been permanently vitiated.
—A course of lectures has been arranged in
Germantown in aid of the Soldiers' and Seamen's
Monument Association of the Twenty-second
Ward. The first one will be delivered in the
own Hall, next Tuesday evening, by Col. R.
Stockett Matthews, of Maryland, his subject be
ing "The Romance of American Progress." Col.
Matthews is a remarkably eloquent orator, and
in such a cause deserves to, have a, large audience.
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The Susquehanna-bridge at Colima.
The bridge over the Susquehanna at Columbia,
has now reached the York county share, and it is
beliet.ed that it will be so - far completed by the
first of January as to open for travel. We loam
from the York True .Democrat that Increased
railroad facilities will be afforded the public, by
the .Lancaster accommodation train. which
leaves Philadelphia, at, 4 o'clock. 1 ) . M., running
directly through to York, instead of stopping at
Columbia, as it now does at 11„B.: M. The same
train will lam York early the next morning for
the through route to Philadelphia, tens affording
the business men of. Yorke the opportunity 'of
leaving home early in the morning, attending to
their business until 4 o'clock and returning the
same evening.
-L -, Eutereort i 9 said to be gettlug deaf..
Thomas
WEL. ra.
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The Women's Rights ConVention
By tno Atlantic Cable.
LONDON, Nov. 19.—The Times of tide nearning . i
states that 376 members of the new House•of :
Commons have been chosen so far, and that tha
Liberal majority Is 118. ' •
Reverdy Johnson has accepted as invitatioil to
dine with the London Workingmen's Society on
the 28th.
Nerugs, Nov. 19:—The eruptian of Vesuvius is
increasing in v,olerics and grandeur.
Full Particulars or the Loss or the
star of the Union.
HAVANA, Nov. I.9.—Further particulars of the
wreck of the steamer Star of the Union have bceti
received. She ran on Morello reef, about a mite
from the shore, at 6.30 F. M. on Friday. The
captain says in his report that it was retain .
very hard, and that he was on that account de—
ceived by the current. He saw a light an shore
which he took for the one at Bahia Honda.
The steamer lies where she struck, with her
back broken. The cargo will •be saved in a d.it
imaged condition if the eca remains calm. The
hull and machinery will be a total loss. Thera
was a very heavy Eta with breakers when the
ship struck. - A boat which was pot out was cap-
sized by the snrj while attempting to laud, and
two persons, a Mr. Clark, of San Francisco, and
George Johnson, of Philadelphia, passezgers,
were drowned. Their bodies have not yet been
recovered.
The American war-steamer Penobscot, which
wasp the port went promptly to the assistance
of the Star of the Union, and Leman& ordered
the Bp a nish mitm- ofiivar steamer Francis co I.ll!Assits
to the same place. These vessels offered every
assistance possible; and, returned here to-day
with the particulars above given. The bark Anna.
was also wrecked on 'Friday night on the Colo
rado reefs, The captain, his wife and child and.
all the crew were saved.
The Women's Rights Convention'.
Boerox, Nov. 19: There was a large
attendance on the reassembling of the:
at the Women's Rights Convent! on to day.
The Rev. James Freeman Clarke advocated oda-,
eating the - sexes together, and detailed the prco
gress of r *s idea In the schools of West Rm.
bury: - The best way was to educate the boys and
girls together, and they would not fell in love saw
quickly when educated together,Ths' study was.
not conducive to love-making.
' It would b 3 a very useful and practical thing`
to put women on school committees, sa me& did
not like to become members of such bodies; and
neglected the duties. Addresses were delivered
by the Bev. Charles Barnard, Fred. Douglath
and Eton. Frank W. Bird, expressive of sym—
pathy in the movement to establish sufkage for
women'`.
Lynch Law.
i
. ST. Louis, Nov. 15.—An Omaha despatch BMW
the Frontier Index reports the hanging of three
roughs, at Bear River City, who were taken from
the jail by a Vigilance Comm;Lice.
FACTS AMA re.NlOllEs.
—A Knoxville barber has paid live dollars for
shaving a man on Sunday.
—A Paris velocipedlst has made 123 miles iu 24
,—lt is only twenty-six hours' staging from the
end of the Union Pacific to Salt Lake.
—A skull of a mastodon bus been found in Film
county, Ohio.
—Vallandigham has sold oat his. newspaper.
Belmont sold him out.
—ltaly gets two and a half millions a year frota
lotteries. -
—Unbranded cattle over a year old are every
body's property in Texas.,'T
—A married man shoo% never buy his cigars
on credit, for by so dfling he becomes a weed
ower.
—Rev. Mr. Ward, of Now York, denounces
piano musts as "lascivious." What must he
think of the music of a "double base."
—The hnee plush ultra—the knee-breeehea
worn by the footmen of some of our "Are ne
aristocracy."
—Mr. Corcoran is going to bpild in Washing
ton, at his own cost, an asylum for agod and In
digent women.
—Gardening has been introduced into the
course of a Female Seminary at Rochester, N.Y.,
and a greenhouse for plant culture and propaga
lon is to be built.
—A picture of Abraham Lincoln was found oh
it body of Coshackama,Chief of the Apache
Indians, who was killed in battlo with oar,
troops f
fast mcinth. Perhaps tho chief owned a.
ten dollar greenback.
—The new Episcopal diocese of Easton, which
comprises what is known as the Eastern shore. of
Maryland, Is to be formally organized ou the MIL
The clergy and lay representatives will then as
semble at Easton to make choice of a bishop.
--In Canada they are considering the question
of the adailsidou oC girlsfto the grammar schooli,.
and dieemsiug the iaterpretatlun of ,- the word
"pupil" in the public acts—detutlnir whether it ,
means glil as well as boy.
—Governor Chamberlain, of 1 1 ,1alne,,thas- a lyres
um lecture on the "Left at Gettyabrikg." I3e can
not know anything about, it by expertemm, for tr.'
he had been left at Gettysburg he could not be
holding office in Maine.
—A loyal Englishman has taughttis-dok, by
.much punishment, to refuse food offered blur "la
the name of the lash Republic," but to greeliisr
snatch whatever Is presented "in the name of the
Queen. '
, ,
—Spurgeon says that, being corapelled, hi take
a little goot_wine lar_. Ills stomach's,- acherhe
drank it secretly let..t hla eiamplc should cotrati4
his brethren' ; but it wits fumna out, amid now_he
does hie debaucbery in public.
—ln reply to a - young writer who wishes` to.
know. "which , magazine will me the highest
postilenk quickest," the Petersburg I::xpre9s ad
visca'a powder magazine, if you contribute a,
fiery article,"
—So fond are the 'French of "mots" that ono •
of, the ehatges by vubith the present unpopular-gip
ity of the Empress Eugenie ia explained by thou
Is that she never esid a sharp thing in ber life;
and opportunities to do so, which she tillowe.d
pass by tvithont maim them to account, am
inentioncd to prove what a dull sort of Woman..
eho ie. T .
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