SON PEACOCK
.: Editor.
VOLUME XXIL-NO. 233
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(Sundays excepted),
&T THE NEW BULLETIN BITILDINEL
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JOHN C. TABER,
General Agent
oar
AMERICAN
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA,
S. E corner Fourth and Walnut Streets.
At 0113ce daily from 19 to 9 o'clock.
CANVASSERS WANTED,
WEDDING CARDS. INVITATIONS FOR PAS
des. &a. New styles. IdASON'a CO..
matt§ 1101 Chestnut street.
EDDING INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN TIM
vr Newest and beet manner. LOUIS DKEKA. Sta
honer and Engraver. =Meet:trot street. tab %Lit
MARRIED.
BRUCKNER—BIEBtON.—In Brooklyn, N. Y. at the
realdente of the bride's father. on Wedruseday.,January
6th. by the Rev. Mr. Funk. William if. Bruckner, Pri. D..
of PhiladelphLa, to Eliza lienrictta, daughter of George
B. Simon. Bavarian I.:oozul.
RA W F()tt D.—On•Wednesday evening, Jan.
6th, 1t69, at the residence of the bride'. parente, in Hite
burgh, by the Rey. J. tierviaorough, Mr A. J. Baird. of
rhiradelebbi, Pa.. and Met Maggio L. Crawford, dough•
ter of John Crawford, hay Piturburth, ea.
HOLGIer Ws OLSEI.—nu rel ay, hurt., by Rev.
George 1.. Frenthr. H. Lenox kJ oove.Sl ft. of Phil
obia, to Harriet Bootevelt, Cornell , -r of the late Charier
W. Woolsey, Eeq., of New York city.
DIED.
BEIDLER. This moruittg, 9tlck inet... Dora Howell. wile
of I.: R. Rohner.
Due notice of the funeral will be gis en.
FBAENKEI....—On the 7th Init.. Fanny, wife of Rev.
Fracrokel, in the etith year of her age.
The ft lends of the family and members of the eonttre
e•ttsn Beth brael are respectfully invited to attend the
loners/. (rent the residence, No. 614 North eleventh street,
rit elands,- n2oreing,thel4thlnst, at ltitelock prechsely,
without further notice. '•
- -
RAVEL fho .9tO lu • t.. James Antoine Ra v el, son of
Jul.n M. and Steal° Karel. aced 3 month&
„ .
The relativer and blends of the family are rmmectfully
lied to attend t e funeral, from the residence of hie
Parente, 22 Jacoby street, on Monday afternoon. at 2
o'clock. To proceed to Monument Cemetery.
lot:11A ItOSON.--Ou the 7th bust. Robert W. Richard•
I , OV In the 6001 year of ht. age.
Hb relatlees and friends are Invited to attend the fu.
neral, from hi. late residence. dld North Tenth etreet, on
becond-day morning, the 11th Inst. at 10 o'clock. without
further notice. •
I.C. ATTE./ GOOD. -On the 7th instant. Mary, wife of
Timmer cattergood. in the alth year of her age.
Her friends and thole of the fetidly are respectfully In.
vited to attend her f littoral. from the residence of her hus
band, near blartltallton. Charter county. ea.. on First.
day. the lath inst.. at 12 o'clock. Carriages will, be pro
vided to meet the train at Wert Chester. which leaves
the depot, 'I birty-firet and Chestnut etreets.Pidladelphla,
at b.:10 A. M. •
BLACK MINED WATER , PitOOF CLOTII3.—JUST
received, Work Mixed Watenprootn. of $1 2.5 to $1 ;5
a pad. BESOON .fi BON.
Moturdng Dry Goods Hone.
I+7 gt• l'to.9LB Chestnut etreet.
11 I ELODEON COVERS ANIMAGNIFICENT PIANO
cOVARS
P.EDUCID IN PRICE FOR THE
I.IuLIDAN PREDENTs.
EYRn k LANDELL.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
fltIN
. M M. E. 'II CR% 11. I:alit:fit STREra,
at°roh fl u ulPhrum, pasibr. will
ilthrB7 ANDREWS LUTHERAN CUURGEI,N. E.
cornet Broad and Arch. Rev. Dr Stork , Pastor.
Services to-morrow at 75 , .; P.M. Communion 1O ..A.M it•
air THIRD REFORMED CHURCH, TENTH AND
Filbert street, Rev. 11.abrouel. Du 13. E of New
York.otill preach to-morrow. Service at bile O'clock,
morthng, and e-yening. lt•
ter tHE FIRST PRE3I.IITERIAN
VinAlllngton B , lnare. Rev. Herrick Johnson. D. D,
Pastor, will preach to.morrow ar lo'f, A. SI and
P. M. lt•
wr SPRING GARDEN BAPTIST THIS.
teenth street, above Wallace. L P. liornber•
ger, Pastor. Preaching To morrow at leSi A. AL lad
P. M. Sabbath reboot at 2.R, P. M. It'
65y- MAKE HASTE—REV. DR. MA.ltel I killon this piibject in Clinton Street Church, Tenth
.tretit., Delon- Spruce, to-morrow (Sunday) evening. at 71§
o'clock. All persons arc cordially invited.
ite"MUCH FORGIVEN. MUCH LOVE—SERMON
by ReN . Thos. E. Brown, Pastor, at Logan Square
Ctitirch, To Morrow, at lOX A. M. Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper administered at 8) P. M. Lanai service In
the Evening. It.
Or FIRST REFORMED CHURCH. SEVENTH
and Spring Garden etreet.. Proferaor J F. Berg.
D. D., will preach in Hit., t liurch on Sunda, - morning at
10. 1 / 4 ,, and evening at 7.5. a o'clock. Ynn are invited to at.
per WEST SPRUCE STREET CRURCII, SEVEN
teenth and Spruce etreete. The Rev. W. P. Bree , '
D. D.. wilt preach to-morrou , at 1O A. M. and 7ts, P. M.
Subject in the morning -"The Heroic Receive." being
the fifth dit , courre of the aeries on the Book of Father. P
stir DAILY INION PRAYER MEETINGS ARE
bold at Edo Chestnut from 13 to 1. Come! On
Monday afternoon, 11th at 4, the next Union Prier
Meeting at the Church of the Covenant, Filbert above
Seventeenth. Public invited. It•
noir FI.RET I)A\ ,OR BI . NDAY.Si 'IIOOL SOCII:T1
.
The annual meeting of the Society will be hell
on Wednesday neat, 13th inst., NI., at No. 1121
Chestnut street.
ALEXANDER KIRKPATRICK%
tiecre.ar v
71.1 E SUNDA Y SCROOLS OF EMANUEL E
S e3. Church, Eighteenth Ward. will celebrate their :13c1
Anniversary on Sunday Afternoon next, commencing at
o'clock, in the Church. Mariboroush street, above Cl.
rard Avenue. Addresses will be delivered by the Rector
of the Church, Rev. W. B. Munroe. Also, by Rev. George
Bringhurst. of All Saints P. E. Church. lt•
THE VIFTY.SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
CHRISTIANITY IN PENNSYLVANIA will be held in
ST. MARK'S CHURCH. Locust street, TO•MORROVV
EVENINLI. 10th Met, at 73e o'clock.
The sermon will be preached by BISHOP KERFSOT,
and an address mado by BDRIOP MORRIS.
The Clergy and Menthercof the Society will meet at 7
o'clock In the Bchool Denoting on Locust street. It•
SERMON T IPurAV I SPIrEt OF THE YOUNG
MEN'S CI! OILMAN ASSOCIATION, REV. Pitt LLI P
BROOKS will preach a sermon enoecially to young Nen,
to morrow (Sabbath) evolving, at the Church of the not) ,
Trinity.cornor of Walnut street and Rittenhouse Square,
at 75 o'clock.
Scats reserved for young men. Medical st ud en t '
and strangers in the city are cordially invited to
attend.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
for Academy of Music.
A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
MISS ANNA M -DICKINSON,
On Friday Evening; January 15th.
This popular and distinguished Lecturer will discourse
=ton the WRONOS OF WOMAN AND Tfill REMEDY
on the above OCCIU3iOI3. The Address has been pronounced
by the Eastern Press, irrespective of party to bo the moat
totichinp and //miffing appeal In behalf of her
eex that has yet boon made, mid with one voice accord it
her very hannicet effort
ESERVED SEATS
ADMISSION
PROSCENIUM BOXES, holding 8 FIVE DOLLARS.
The °Coning bale of Rebervcd Beata will coenc at
9 o'clock. on TUESDAY MORNING. the 12th instant at
GOULD'S Piano Rooms, No. 828 CHESTNUT Street.
Jogtfrv§
"TIIE SOCIETY FOR SUPPLYING THE POOP.
with Soup," No. 938 Griecom street, have die
tributed to the, poor of their District during the pact
neaeon, 110,040 pints of soup • 12,844 pounds of bread, and
16,489 potmds of corn meal, to families 4,onsisting of 1,219
adults and 1,50 children. A visitor impacts the con
dition of all applicants before tickets are granted. Three
is no paid collector employed by the Society, but all the
members aro duly authorised to receive donations to its
tuna
JOEL S. LEWIS, President,
111 Walnut street.
WILLIAM EVANS, Treasurer,
618 Market street.
GEO. J. SCATTERGOOD, Secretary.
413 Spruce street
deBl.l2tr
MLI O E F lINE U FTH E E HAMNDA NYH AND
I MUTUAL
SOUTH
FOURTH STREET.
PHILADELPHIA. Dee. 2 1 11868,.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the and in
Band Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Philadolohla.
and the annual electron for twelve Dlreettora to serve for
the enauing year, will be held at their °Skeen MONDAY,
January 11, 1(62, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M.
and 2 o'clock P. M., in accordance with the provisions of
the oharter.
de26o,2trP . J. G, DIXON, Secretary.
.FIFTY CENTS
:ViIENTY•FIVE CENTS
BPEOIAL NOTICES,
ear TY:A(111E18' INBTITUTE.--L.E.,1 URES Al'
CONt;EoT .BALL.
"Pooution as an Art.n illntkratod.wftb Reatinal . BY
SANI GEL K. MU *MOCK. TUERDAY. Jan - . 12.
"1 be Good Fight." by 'ltay.plublAS K. BREEDER;
TU} SDAY. Jan 19. • ' '
"Anatomy and Phyla:4o; l illustrated' with 'elaatfc
moddr. prepered . by Dr. Aur.ou.x. of 'Paris, by_ Dr. P. G.
11EILLIER, TAJEdDAY and 11.1CliSIDAY. Jan. 28
and 9A „ ,
Doors open at 7 o'clock P. M. Lecture tag o'clock.
Tickets for the 'four lectures, 191 co. Single tickets
cente, or -rale fat TRUM PLEB'S, 926 Chestnut street,
and at , the c door.. On I the. evening. of each
tine. , • : jarytu th e , tutt.rp'i
WILLS OPTIIALMIC HOSPITAL.
RACE ABOVB EtOIITEF.NTLI STREET.
°Vett daily ak.ll A. DI.. for treatment or di/waste of the
eye.
VISITING} MANAUENS. • • -
Dr. Albert 11. Smith. lit South B road street,
John C. Suvetrii Rd South r ourth street,
11. B. Lippincott N. W. corner Twentieth and Chei
Al - TENDING SI:RGEoN,
Dr. Tboa. Geo.:itorton.l42l Ct/eetnut street. ja.6 w e 21%
egistp• FOR SALE—SPATE AND COUNTY RIGHTS
•••••' of a valuable patent jult introduced, and of the
greatest importance to g. consumers. Agents wantoo.to
when a liberal commission will be paid. Partnora
wanted with capital. Apply- to eery. it RE:I , LBR, et
col Binder's, fourth etreet. below Cellowhill etreet,
P11116E100,11.. j a 7 6trp
gogr• PHYLA DELPHIA JANUARY 9, 1969.
An adjourned meeting of the Commiestonere for
the Erection of Public Buildings will be held in Select
Compel/ Chamber on MONDAY EVENING, Ilth trot., at
730 o'clock. for permanent organization.
Jae 2tre: R. P. GILLINGHAM. Secretary.
itsco. ON MOTION OF FURMAN SHEPPARD. EBQ..
CIAIILEB HOWSON c. sendl clay admitted to
practice In the District Loan Coolt of Common
Pleas for the Lily and County of Philadelphia. 1t•
tog- BIGNOR BLITZ AND HIS LEARNED CANA
RY BIRDS and LITTLE ROBBIE are coming;
aIsoFLORAL CONCERT and DRAMATIC RECITA
TIINB, at NEW INSTITUTE BALL. Broad and Spring
Garden atret ts. ja9 w atm
geir HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOB. 1518 1520
Lombard otreet, Dispensary Department—Siedi
cal treatment and medicine furnished gratuitously to
We poor.
m ito• PHILADELPHIA 0111110PiEDIU HOSPITAL,
"""" No. 15 South Ninth etreot. —Club-foot. flip and
Ypinal DthecuseA, and Bodily Bcformittaa treated Apply
daily at 15 o'clock. 003ln-col
DIVIDEND NOTICES.
flir OFFICE OF THE Pfl ILADELVELIA AND
Gray'a Ferry (Spruce and Pine streets) Rail
road (.;nmpany, TWEIsTY-SEGOND Street. below
c coca . Janu •ry 7. 18M —Dividend No. 16.—A dividend
v i Et. Dollar Per &late, clear of Taxer, ban been thin
day e, dared payable on and after the 15th inaL. until
which time the transfer books will be cloned.
jar. ulb 8. 011.088 FRY. Preeldent.
PENBIST LVAINIA.
The Valuation of Personal Estate,
Assessment of Tax, Population and
sables In Each County.
The report of General Hartranft, the Auditor-
General, just issued, contains the following
statement, showing the valuation of Personal
Estate in the several counties of the Common
wealth, and taxable for State purposes; the as
sessment of tax theron for the year 1868, as fixed
by the Revenue Commissioners at their last tri
ennial meeting; also, the half mill tax author-
Ix( d per act of May 16. 1861. and supplement-,
thereto, approved April 10, 1862, the population
of each county, according to the census of 1860,
and the taxable inhabitanl , therein for the year
1868:
Adam(
n Ilegb`ol
Armetr'g.
Beaver...
Bedford
Bet kr
Nair
lirndford.
butler
• arnblis
tunnertn
Carbon.
(:better .
Centre.
Clarion.
Clinton.
Clearfield
t ol noble
Crela lord
( tunber d
Da 'obit)
Debi tv are
Erie...
1.772,74 J 1.50
I
4.A17.611 80
1.664.051 2U
1.77/35.250 6
1. 1.6,0f9 00
4_1•C3.4.31
yryg Lt,14,14.11K1
782 40
1 57 , 1,923 (t
8-4,90
34.41.3,5
4,109 18
9tii Kt+ El)
111.156 I[Ni
1.. C. 4,118
P.lOB pas rn
L =1.41X3 IX
1.0.51.1"A1 40
-`3l 19
2-Jla 2,/5
2'2.210 1)
4.0 E, 5:3
2..1b 41
1.' 1 66
1,•750
43.AAN1 45
5 4 .5 19
41
4 243 11
11,053 4'l
8,167 11
a 016 4t
tea, WI 44.,
1.402.112 t
2.1 - .33226
8 12. 1)70 40
8.1 oi,Eal•-
3,45 407 k 1.01
3,111.71 , 4 40
Llt 124 Utt
Ni
2.6k1/14
Fayette
Frnnklin.
Fulton
Greene.
Hunl'g'u.
J• nom
J III) tate
Len en ter
LEM rrnce
Lebnueu
Lehigh.
Luzernr
Ljeoin nit
Mercer.
M Kean
Utr;{in..
Monroe.
NI nig
Montour
Nortb'mt.
Nortlelnd
Perry
IMEN3
9ak1,8 88
1 311 te2.3 3)
1.34312:4 4u
1.15 n fr y'
1.33. 34 3
' 5'45 97
"1.46^
F 3.43.1) :31
10.119 61
4,54 44
awe
077,1," 0 20
If ' 0
1.110,-5 - 00
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1;8909o w i
L 736,410 tif
1 , 71, - tr
1,0` 40 , 4111
, 4 4 :.•6
3,934 49
11. 4 14 .1
1.6b6 _4
1_ :61 04
4.2.63 74
17 .3.4
176 Pe7
it.,115".3 fv
"7"3
574 "Ki _
4,616 '42 ,4 41 , 1
1.4P4.671
1.0.4.'+t
131,671q.59.
3pc.i.NA
' 91
1
1 899 ts.)
3,012. 77
Potter
Scbuylk'l
Snyder..
Bornereet.
Sorqu'll'a
TtoFft .
ruon.
N ertongo.
Warm]
Waeh'o
Wayne.
Westro'ld
Wyoming
Y0rk......
49331 c 1 i
3.41:1,169
Oal 60
1.1P5 ,+6l
515 61
5.927 06
3,202 ,13
4810 01
2 405 .30
2.314 ry4
8 121 RI
18 WI SO
t,-;3
1,2r). - ),372 ))),
!4°.650 _
91. 2 b"fl
3,554.F13
1.341.1 40
2., , t.,0,1 0 .-44 40
b 10,190 UO
4.835.670 ai
1667 016 70
21r...829,941 40
r —According to ihe net of Amembly approved th ,
16th day of April. IF6H, the above amount of tax In re
duced ilft7 per cent.
MARYLAND.
A New Railroad on the Eastern Shore.
(From the Denton (Md.) Union.)
A movement Is on foot to secure a charter at
the present session of the Delaware Legislature
for the construction of a railroad commencing
at Harrington-and terminating at "The Stakes,"
is this county, four miles above Denton. We
have good authority for stating that the bill of
incorporation for such a railroad has been drawn,
and that it will pass through both houses of the
Legislature without any serious opposition.
The rotate proposed is substantially the same
as the Queenstown and Barrington Railroad,
with the exceptilm that that portion between
"The Stakes" and Queenstown is omitted.
The object of this road is. we presume. to se
cure a short water route between New York and
Baltimore, as well as to afford a channel for the
shipment of peaches from the lower part of the
peninsula at cheaper rates than is charged by the
railroad companies. And the route proposed is
a most feasible one for this end. At present,steam
ships and the larger class of sailing vessels are
forced to proceed down the Chesapeake, doable
Cape Charles, and then return in a north
erly direction, thus plowing the azure deep for
several hundred miles before reaching the same
parallel of latitude with Baltimore. It will thus
be seen at a glance what delay is necessary In or
der to accomplish a trip between the two cities
by water. They enjoy much quicker communi
cation with each other by rail, but the freights
on the railroads are so enormous that self-inter
est forces them to employ water communication
for the transit of heavy articles.
A Fair nit.
The Wilmington Commercial very forcibly says:
Some long-winded chap, writing to the Casette
about the whipping -post, s ays: "If every one
would sweep before his door the Ear& would bo
clean." Yee ; but suppose they do as our crimi
nal law now does—sweep their filth In front of
their neighbor's doors—how worth' the street be
then ?
—A mysterious• masker appeared at a party In
Nashville the other night and received many
compliments for the fidelity with which he sus
tained the character of a negro. When the time
came for unmasking, the secret of his success
was discovered in the fact that he was in truth
what ho seemed to be.
—The young ladles of Staunton, Va., aro to
hare tvlfle match on the 18th of this month,
1411014
3i.11
fit
LAO.I
4 4.04 i
6. 4.0
L.Ba3
Now
6 :466
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2i ...1 i 5
AE II TON January 8,1869.—A considerable
number of Pennsylvania politicians have been
here during the week, some to urge the passage
of a tariff bill this session and some to work for
or against the confirmation of certain parties
whose nominations are before the Senate. It was
expected that the nomination of Collector
Cummings as Commissioner of Internal
Revenue would have been taken up to-day;
but there was no executive session held; couse
quently,it goes over for the present. The Finance
Committee have agreed to report adversely upon
this nomination, which will cause it to be taken
up and acted upon; and it will not,as was supposed
a week or two ago, be allowed to slumber daring
the remainder of the session enacted upon. It
will be decided, one way or the other, in a few
days, probably to-morrow. After the case of
Mr. Cummings is disposed of, the nomination of
Mr. Marks, as Collector of the Port, will
be acted upon. The Chairman of the
Committee on Commerce, Senator Zach. Chandler,
being absent in Michigan, there has been nothing
done with Marks's case during. the Senator's ab
sence: but as soon as he returns, the Committee
will act promptly, as Mr. Marks's friends are
iire,sing warmly for a decision. The probability
is that his name will be reported to the Senate
without any recommendation from the Commit
tee, eo as to let Senators vote as they please in
the case.
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04
10.414
1n.112
45.9311
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II 2.,
'2,-
The debate in the Senate on the Sue Murphy
case excites great interest in outside circles, as
its decision will afford a precedent for other
claimants who are anxiously waiting to put In
their claims. A count of the Senate, made this
morning, renders it almost certain that the bill
will pass, as all the Southern Senators are in fa
vor of it, on accoubt of so many of their con
stituents being interested in the payment
cf such claims. There is good reason for
stating that a person is none from New
Orleans having in his possession some $600,000
worth of such claims, from a single parish in
Louisiana, for supplies taken by Union troops,
which he bought up at his own figures. If the
Sue Murphy bill passes Congress he will come in
under the precedent thus established, and insist
upon being paid, upon the sameprinciple. There
is no telling where this will end, if the door is
once opened to this description of claims, which
will be almost endless and - boundless in extent.
49 41. 08
The House Committee on Accounts have
stopped the supply of stationery to the reporters
in the House gallery, which amounted to about
$2OO annually. The Committee say there is no
law to warrant the expenditure. There is
a general disposition all round to 2nt down
needless expenditures, and the newspaper men
have grumbled very little, because the matter
was scarcely worth making complaint about:
but they expect the members will apply the
same principle to their own excessive use of sta
tionery in many cases.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune says :
The question of the Danish Islands purchase
has become one of the math topics of discussion
here. The view of this matter taken by some of the
prominent Senators is, that the main question is
to know whether the action of Congress has not
been so completely anticipated by the Executive
branch of the Government that Congress is
placed in a very embarrassing condition.
The questions thus involved in this treaty
are at this time the subject of the most
thorough investigation by the members of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, who
keep secret certain of the most important docu
ments of the case. It has been ascertained that
one of the most serious difficulties which arise
out of this Danish affair relates to the vote of the
people of St. Thomas and St. Johns. Mr. Seward,
as it is well known, sent Dr. Hawley to the
Danish Islands to influence the people there, and
the Navy Department at the same time
sent Admiral Palmer with several vessels to sup
,port Dr. Hawley. The object of the latter's
mission was to make a thorough canvass of
those people, to show them the advantages they
bad in.transferring their allegiance to the United
States, and by explanations and promises to in
fluence them to make the transfer. As is well
known,• the St. Thomas people, understanding
through him and Admiral Palmer the &Ivan ,
tages they would derive from the transfer, and
supported by the population of free negroes,Wl,lo
PHILADELPHIA,
,SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1869.
KEW PUBLICATIONS.
DB. NEVTN'S . COMMENTARY ON ST. LUKE
"Popular Coramentary on , the Gospel accord
lug to Luke." By Allred Nevin, D. D., Philadel
phia. Published by Flint.
There are many considerations why a good
careful, scholarly, yet popular elucidation of the
Gospel of fit. Luke should be more needed, and
more successful in interesting the world at large,
than that of any other book in the Bible. Setting
aside for the moment St. Luke's warm piety and
missionary earnestness for the cause he 'had
espoused, there are reasons of history and criti
cism which make his Gospel the favorite, even
with sceptical investigators, among the fourgreat
Christian histories. lie was.probably a heathen
convert; if so, with the exception perhaps 'of
Job, the only chronicler outside the pale of Ju
daism allowed to contribute to the books of the
Bible. lie•was a scholar; and his style is more
exact, more Satisfying to criticism, more like that
of one of the classic historians, than that of any
other of the Bible authors. He was a physician;
9315 fact 2, besides indicating his literary cultiva
tion, gives special fulness and interest to his ac-'
count of the miracles of healing, and
makes him dwell with minute attention
on the extraordinary births of the
Saviour and the Baptist. He has the in stinct
and method of the compiler; he is the only evan
gelist who arranges the events of his history in
cladses—the others narrate their experience in an
artless chronological sequence. His Inspired'
labors have, given us a number of the most
exquisite of the parables, unrecorded by the other
evangelists, such as those of the Prodigal Son,
Dives and Lazarus, the Pharisee and the Publi
can. He appreciated Paul, traveled with him,
probably cherished and saved that frail bodily
constitution for its Immense work, and lay with
him in prison when Paul told Timotheus, last
before his martyrdom: "Only Lute Is with me."
What Dr. Nevin has done for his author has
been to arrange in one handsome octavo volume,
I, the text, verse by verse, with parallel passages.
11, his Exposition of the Gospel, which is very
lull and pains taking, with a combination of the
arebteological method of Kitto and the moral
method of Scott. 111, having Sabbath Schools,
Daily Lessons, &c.. in view, to divide the Gospel
into portions of suitable length, with questions.
IV, a table to assist in harmonizing the four Gos
pels. V, another Table, giving the Saviour's life
by Chronological Events. VI. an Appendix, with
minutiae that would have confused tile notes.
The book is neatly and conveniently issued,
with a map and a good many illustrative cuts.
We heartily commend it as one of the very best
compromises we have ever seen between Bible
criticism, which tears apart, and Bible elucida
tion, which harmonizes and strengthens.
LETS. Men WASHINGTON,
The Nominations before the Senate
Soon to be Acted on and Decided—
he Senate bill to Indemnify Sae
Murphy important Principle
in
volved— Prospect of the Passage of
the Bill—Saying up Similar Claims
in the South—batting off the Stet
aionery from the Reporters in the
Mouse, dc.c.
'orrtgoondenee of the Philadelatia Evening Bulletin.)
RETRENCIDIENT AND ECONO%IY
The St. Thomas Pterehase.
OUR WHOLE COINTRY.
were, very desirous to become citizens of the
United States, the vote was carried by an over
whelming majority. After the Vote, was taken
the Danish Government' acting in accordance
with the understanding previously arrived at be
tween the United States and Denmark, declared
in the most solemn manner that those people
were set free and by their own will
ceased to be a part of the Danish territory. The
question now asked by Congressmen is, what is
now the status of those islands, and shall the
United States oblige Denmark to take back
populations whom she assented to let free from
their allegiance after a negotiation with the
United States which lasted three years ? This is
one of the many serious questions involved in
the Danish purchase. ,
The news of the death of tho Hon,J9hn _Minor
Botts of Virginia fl ashed along the wires yester
day and filled the whole country with most un
feigned sorrow. During the Rebellion, when
treason in the South was merit and loyalty a
cause of distrust, Mr. Botts was one of the noble
few who maintained that the act Of Secession
was an act of treachery never equalled, and de
serving of the punishment which, thanks to the
efforts of our armies, it in due time received.
John Minor Botts was born at Dumfries,,Prince
William county, Virginia, on the 16th of Sep
tember, 1802. Soon after his birth his parents
removed first to Fredericksburg and afterward to
Richmond, where they perished in the great con
flagration of the theatre in 1811. After the death
of his parents Mr. Botts was sent to school, and
at the early ago of 18 was admitted to the bar.
After devoting six years to the practice of his
profession he retired to his farm, at Henrico, Vir
ginia, and employed hie time iu agricultural pur
suits and study. In 1833 he was elected to the
Legialatnre, and in 1834, when the Whig party
assumed definite form, he became one of its
, most ardent and prominent supporters. In 1839
he was returned to the XXVIlth Congress, and
became an earnest advocate of most of Henry
Clay's measures, among which may be mentioned
a - national tank, a protective tariff, and a distri
bution of thgpublic lands to the several States.
In addition to the political support which he af
forded Mr. Clay, he was also his 'warm, personal
'newt, and to the day of the death of the great
Commoner, this friendship continued. In 1839
he was a delegate to the Convention at Harris
burg, Pa., which nominated General Harrison.
Soon after the accession of Mr. Tyler to office,
Mr. Botts took occasion to sound him as to his
political opinions, and finding that he bad se
cede° from the Whig party, he abandoned him.
feeling that to adhere to a man who had forfeited
his word in one instance would be rendering
himself liable to treachery. Previous to the in
terview in which the discovery was made, Mr.
Botts had numbered Mr. Tyler among his most
intimate friends. After the interview he wrote
a letter to a friend in which he
intimated that it would be necessary, to
"look after Capt. Tyler." In the Presi
dential campaign he used his influence in favor of
Mr. Clay. In the Congress of 1843 air. Botts was left
out, but in 1844 ho was again elected for the
third time. On the expiration ofithis term he re
tired to private life, and has since held no official
position. When Mr. Clay died,and the-old Whig
party became extinct,Mr. Botts became identified
with the American or Know-nothing party, by
which a futile attempt was made in 1859 to nom
inate him for the Presidency.
In 1852 be resumed the practice of his profes
sion at Richmond, and as he was well known as
amen of great talent,- and legal ability, he met
with much success. When the war broke out he
was still in Riclutond, but after in vain using his
utmost endeavors to prevent the State of Vir
ginia from taking the suicidal step of secession,
he retired to hie tarm and there resided through
out the war. an object of hatred to the Rebels.
In March, 1862, Gen. Winder, whose name
has become notorious in connection with
the Andersonville brutalities,made a descent upon
the residence of Mr. Botts with 100 men, and be
came he was a consistent Union man,arrested him
and conveyed him to prison, where he was held
in solitary confinement for eight months. The
alleged reason was that Mr. Botts was thought
by the Confederate Government to be engaged
on the secret history of the Confederacy; but as a
strict search failed to disclose any of the docu
ments pertaining to the said history, and as the
release of Mr. Botts was not ordered when it wits
found that he had been engaged in no treasonable
work against the so-called Cenfederacy, it is fair
to-presume that the prosecution was prompted
by the motive above stated, and not by any fear
of a secret history.
After the defeat and surrender of General Lee
in 1865, Mr. Botta became deeply interested in
political affairs, laboring earnestly and faithfully
for the early restoration of the State to the Union.
But his Unionism during the war was a bar to his
success, and his suggestions were either totally
disregarded, or, where they chanced to coincide
with the interest of the "first families," were
very reluctantly adopted. In 1866, when the
Convention of Southern loyalists was held, Mr.
Botts was one of its most prominent
members, and a year afterwards he
became one of the sureties of Jeffer
son Davis. Of late his energies have been con
stantly giving way, and although daring the late
campaign he expressed an ardent desire to aid in
the canvass in favor of General Grant, his physi
cal failings prevented him. As a statesman, John
Minor Botts was favorably known for many
years ; as a politician. he combined those rare
faculties, untiring energy and unswerving ho
nesty, and the crowningglory of his life was his
devotion to the cause of the Union during a time
when his devotion was maintained at the peril of
his lift.—.V. F. Trilndie.
THE ACIUIDJERT AT DIOCIIESTER.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. B.—Thus far but eight
persons have died in consequence of the falling
of the school-house floor on Wednesday night.
There are ncarly be of the wounded, but most of
them are out of danger. Six of the killed wore
buried this morning. One funeral was held for
all at the St. Peter's and St. Paul's Catholic
Church. The Coroner's investigation shows that
the cause of the accident was the neglect to put
a stone cap of full size upon a brick pier in the
cellar.
The Rochester Democrat gives the following
details: "At, the earliest momentpracticable the
crushed forms were placed tenderly in the cham
ber of the priest and in the contiguous houses,
where the kindest attention and solicitude were
shown by the occupants. In the priest's house
the scenes were cruelly touching. On the table
lay the forms of two dead women, Mrs. Muck
and Ratio Lawrence, the one nearly three-score,
the other but 15, with heads crushed and
faces clotted with gore. In the next room
lay Mr. David C. Way, who can hardly
recover. On the first floor a little creature lay
groaning and sobbing with a broken arm. In
etill another room an old man, George Popps, lay
on the floor, no relatives to mourn or care for
him, but over him sat a sad, tearful woman, rock
ing mournfully over the stranger, who was her
ledger. His face was peaceful, and save the
bandage which upheld his jaw, one would have
imagined him sleeping. Beyond him on the
Sour was the most pathetic of all the night's
bloody work. A little girl, with swollen features,
lay in the painful attitude of one who had
snuggled for life. Black, purple streaks dis
figured tiro taco, and the mouth was
compressed in unutterable agony. Her head,
covered with flaxen curls, was dab
bled with blood, and her hands still retained a
clotted mat of hair. This was the girl Maggie
Wiese. She lay in the corner, unnoticed save by
the curlons. Suddenly a girlish figure 'gained
admittance; and rushing frenziedly to the little
dead form, gave a piercing shriek of woful re
cognition, throw herself -beside the • dead-form.
kissing the cold lips, and walling out, "Oh
Maggie. Oh my Go Maggie; what will our
father say? What will he say ?" at the same
time caressing the little bloody form. At
last,. exhausted 'hy her intense grief, the
Mllzied little one sunk into a sort of collapse,and
OBITUARY.
John Elinor Botts.
DISASTERS.
Cause off the Disaster.
rocked and sobbed, convulsively. In the cham
ber above lay Mrs. Enchs,.wounded nigh unto
death, bothlimbS being broken,and an arm either
broken or paralyzed. There were, it will be
seen, four dead bodice in the priest's house, and
three either seriously or -mortally wounded. In
the church. which was thrown open, an agitated
mass swayed, some to see with
awful forebodings, others to see with
melancholy curiosity, In one seat, still
closely beside each other, lav the shattered forms
of Barnard Donner and wife. The thoughtful
ness of kindly spectators had covered the naked
ness. the bodies having been entirely denuded of
clothing. Immediately opposite the school, at
Mr. Tanner's, lay the tiodies.of Kiss Emma Beers
and Mrs. Catharine apairi. The former a miss
of 18, the adopted daughter of Charlea G. Boers,
was taken to the featiVal by a servant, who was
quite badly wounded also. -
RAILROAD' TRAIN ON FIRE.
Accident at Rtiltway, Pi. J.
The Newark Advertiser of yesterday says:
Last night, as the Millstone freight train stood
awaiting the passage of the 'Washington line at
the junction of the Woodbridge and Perth Am
boy Railroad, at Rahway, nine cars - of hay, at
tached to the rear of the freight train, were set
on tire by the passing train. Efforts were made
by the train hands to throw off the burning hay,
but the tiro sprelid so rapidly that the — men were
surrounded by flames in a few seconds. An
alarm was then sounded, and the whole Fire De
partment turned out,. and did good service, with
the scant supply of water at hand. Eight
cars were more or lees damaged by
fire, four being entirely consumed. About
100 bales of hay were thrown off and
saved in a perfect condition. The eight was a
grand one, the cars being occupied by the crowd,
and were unloaded as they were pushed along,
until the mass of fire extended, on cars and
ground, for a quarter of a mile. AU the trains
were detained until about 4 A. M., except the
Cincinnati Express, from New York, which ran
through the burning, mass, at 11 P. M. The
burning bay and cars were removed from the
track' by daylight, and the rails In several places
were found to be so severely warped as to neces
sitate their removal. The entire loss is eight
car-loads of hay, and eight platform cars burned,
of which four are entirely consumed.
A Phenomenon in Detroit River.
The Detroit (Rich.) Post says:
"Captain Stone, of the Railway Ferry Union,
states that betwee n 8 and 9 o'clock of New Year's
morning the water of the iJetrolt river began to
flow up stream. The force of this contrary cur
rent is said to have been so great that the ice,
HUM and °time substances floating in the river
were swept along upward by it at a rate but little
lower than the river's ordinary downward flow
of two and three-quarter miles per hoar.
The hull of the new steamer Sheboygan, lying at
the foot of Woodward avenue, le Protected by
logs from floating ice. These logs are fastened
each with heavy chains at the upper end, so that
ordinarily the lorce - of the current keeps them in
place, but on this occasion the logs were turned
about. The upward current was swiftest on the
American side, and gradually lessened until along
the Canadian shore the stream seemed at a per
fect stand still.
"This strange occurrence lasted about six
hours, and was preceded by a suddenrise of about
eighteen inches in* the water level. At the end of
the time the waters were observed to slowly halt,
remain stationary for a little time,and then gradu
ally resume their flowing in the natural direction,
until at last they were moving at ordinary speed.
With the cessation of.the abmornal flow the waters
subsided to their accustomed leveL Daring the
whole time the wind was blowing strongly from the
northeast, thus being nearly down stream. Old
enilors, dock-wallopers and the oldest inhabitants
aver that the memory of man ranneth not back to
the time when such an event has occurred. The
most probable caose for the phenomenon is as-
sumed to be the banking up of the waters of Lake
Erie at the mouth of Detroit river. On Thursday
night there was a strong east wind, and this is be
lieved to have resulted in piling up the waters of
the lake at Its western end."
JAMAICA.
Disturbance at Kingston.
We are Informed by private advices. dated at
Kingston, December 17, 1868, that at the close of
the three days' race contest, a serious fracas hap
pened between the military (black troops) known
commonly as the "Royal African Corps," and
the civilians, which resulted in the slaughter on
the spot of three persons,and the wounding of
others, who were conveyed to the
hospital in North street. All these lay
in a precarious state. The mil
tary were with much difficulty restored to order,
for under the influence of liquor and gunpowder
they are even indisciplined to their superior offi
cers' orders. The race course of Kingston is full
one mile In diameter, and is all around studded
with beautiful tropical cottages, which are in
habited by the elite of society, mostly whites;
hence may be judged the dismay oceasloned by
such an unexpected casualty.
Sixty tears Ago.
The Boston Transcript says:
"A gentleman iu this vicinity, in recently look
ing over his father's papers, found the following
letter from the publisher of a paper in Philadel
phia. It will be seen that Boston money would
not be taken for a Democratic paper in Philadel
phia sixty years ago:
"'Sir—Your letter of the 22d inst. was re
ceived this day. The bank note therein con
tained I now return to von, as it Is of no value
whatever here. If yon will be good enough to
send by post a live-dollar note of any house in
the city of New York, or in the States of New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland or Virginia, the
Aurora shall be immediately sent to you. New
England notes cannot be passed here at 50 per
cent. discount. Respectfully yours,
" `Wm. J. 1) I? ANN:.
• 'Philadelphia, September 27, 1808.'"
DRAMATIC AND lIIMICAL.
—At the Walnut, this evening, The Orange Girl
will be given for the last time. On Monday Mr.
John E. McDonough will appear in After Dark.
—A Flash of Lightning is continued at the
Aich.
—Alriaodontoperitization and a number of
other things equally amazing are announced for
to-night at the American.
—The Galton Opera Company will appear at
the Theatre Comique this evening, in the ope
retta "66."
—Madame Parepa-Rosa will give concerts on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings of next week
at Concert Hall. She will be assisted by several
eminent artiste, among whom wo may mention
Mr. J. Levy, the famous: English cornet-player,
as a performer from whom much is promised,
and from whom a groat deal may be expected.
SEIZURE OF SMUGGLED OPIUM.—An important
seizure of opium, smuggled from Chins on the
steamship Great Republic, which arrived in port
last Tuesday, was made by the Custom House
inspectors yesterday. "California Joe," the re
nowned sharp-shooter of the Army of the Poto
mac. and another inspector, are the fortunate
persons who made the seizure, and will realize a
handsome profit for their vigilance. These offi
cers wore making a thorough search in every
portion of the vessel, when one of them came
upon a suspicious looking panel on the coiling of
one of the staterooms. He called his companion,
and on further examination it was found that the
panel had been removed, and had been fastened
again by screws. The officers procured.a screw
driver and on taking the panel from its place
they discovered, stowed away in the - aperture, a
largo quantity of opium in cans. The quantity
captured in estimated to be Wbflirl2o;ooo.--Scua
Francisco Tinges Dec. 24.
—The —Fischicao, of Train, caricatures the
-Turco•Greek question by Turkey, held by Frince
and England, blowing down a structure built of
cards (general peace) by a strong breath (ultima
tum to Greece). It has taken so much labor to
construct; that edifice, and now they persevere in
'rerpportlnk an invalid who by one breath can
overthrow it.'
.11.• L. TOjs
'PRICE THREE cENra,
FACTS AND r&imuy.
—Carl Benson of New 'York, was' ohaildrigat
to find a rhyme fOr"v,eloelpede,” and produttett
be following : • There was was a map on a velocipede;
Who said I need•rior give my hogs a coed;
-Without oats or. hay _
•
He will go ali the day.
It's a cheap thing to keep a velocipede.
The Boston Advertiser man sought to , improve,,,
it, thus :
There was a man with a
velocipede` : '-
Who said, "I will not do so gross
As make any fuss .
oar o
Abo borse-r 'bus,
When I can ut
ride on my v eloci pede.
A Wretch on the Chicago Foil' being thtur*
tempted, fails. To wit:
There's a vehicle called the arelecipede.
Which is said to excel anvhoss for speed'
- • So Ouse all your jars •'
About crowded street-cars,
Art mount, every man, his velocipede. $
The Cincinnali Times then takes a shy 'at it.
with this deplorable result:
• A - gentleman who cannot bossa steed;
Can safely ride on a velocipede.
Yon drive with your two-legs,
You feed it on shoe-pegs,
• And thus you fat up your . velocipede.
After all, these fellows had better come to Phil—
adelphia to ascertain how such things are done...
For instance:
If Benson, who sings the velocipede,
In prose wbuld express all his gossip, he'd ,
. Teach his steed how to go
Two-wheel or to whoa!
As becomes . a well-mounted - velocipede.
—Brigham Young taxes his five drinking ant
billiard saloons 5800 a month each.
—Chicago bus had a wedding with 585,000-
worth of presents.
—ls a man who reads a hook bound in sheep in.
danger oftetting on the ram-page?
—The musical influence of water is shown by
the fact that drowning men catch at Strauss.
—What girl goes most upon the ice? It's Sate,
of course.
—Dr. March willpreach to-morrow upon the
very proper theme 4 ilidake Haste." ,
—The Rinks are all supported by trussed roofs.
Trust is a bad support for a rink.
—People visit skating rinks because they're
rinklined.
—Philadelphians, like the old Perimlane, have
their linkers.
—The Telegraph of yesterday says "General
Rousseau's death leaves a vacancy in, the army of
Brigadier-Generals."
—Young ladles who are indefatigable skaters at rink had better be eareful,or they, will, get up
reputations as bard linkers.
—The worst one of all. Why is the rink to the
people who live in ft like the daily receipts? Be.
cause it's their rink hum.
'—Why should the most accomplished men at:
the skating - rinks be discharged? Why, became
they're rink-competent.
—Rich young Hindoos in India drive about itt
dog-cartF, smoke cheroots and drink_brandy; fort
ail the world like English bloods.
—The Emperor of Russia forbids the announce-,
went hereafter by the newspapers of attempts
upon his life.
—The Cambridge students aro widening ands
deepening the Cam, and expect to improve in
rowing so an to bout Oxford.
—Walt Whitman is working hard to boat
Browning in the length. If not the quality, of a.
poem.
—A young lady in New Albany, Ind., receive&
sixty calls on New Year's Day, and sang "Cap.'
rain Jinks" fifty-five times.
—The new suspension bridge at Niagara Falls
has a span of 1,190 feet, and is 190 feet above then
river.
—Home, the Spiritualist, is trying to mend his
broken fortunes with new tricks. He now playa
with red-hot coals, and puts his head in the
grate.
—Gall Fs' Iliessenger announces that "M.
Makle • H has been elected Mayor of New
York," and that "General Costae has seized on
the village of Cheyenne." And this is fame!
—There is another man who expects a Rood.
He lives in Tennessee, where he is building a six
story ark, with apartments for all the animals,
snakes excepted.
—An Englishman wants a patent for a plan by
which the weight of passengers and goods may
assist in propelling the ears in which they are
carried.
—The Pope has addressed a letter to the Count
of Paris, which will be printed and distributed
throughout Spain as a propaganda in favor of
Carlos VII.
—A woman in Now York has given the autho
rities notice that she prefersemil intends to.wear
male costume, but the police keep-arresting her,
and she wants to know why.
—An expedition has been fitted out in Get
--
many to visit Egypt and make a collection of
photographic views. Among other places Mem
phis will be visited and views of the subterranean
chambers will be taken by means of the magne
sium light.
—Twenty years ago the bell of the North Pres
byterian Church at lovfa City,lowa, was spirited
away by an apostate clergyman named Hummer,
and carried to Balt Lake City. The Rev. Mr. Os
mond, the present pastor or the church, has re
ceived a letter from Brigham Yonng,expressing a
willingness to give up the ball and aid its return
to the church. Hummer was a bummer.
—The three orphan children of the late Augus
tus Dickens have been placed by the Probate
Court of Chicago under the guardianship of J.
Linton Waters, Esq., an old and attached friend
of the family. Mr, Waters was formerly front
Salem Mass., and is well known in Essex county.
He will undertake the charge of the children
until their friends in England shall indicate what
their future is to be.
—According to a writer in Figaro, the famous
prayer in Rossini's "Moses in Egypt" is nothing
more than an air well kno wain tee departments
along the Pyrenees. "Our forefathers," he says.
"made the mountains resound with the echoes of
that melody: we sing it from infancy; and the old
ploughman has never guided the slow steps of
his cattle otherwise than with that national
song."
—A "warmed" pavement is the latest invention
claimed in England. • The philanthropic and
brilliant inventor proposes to construct fines im
mediately under the street, with pipes leading
from the sewers. Warm air passing through
them will "provide againfit' the effects of frost,
and keep the feet of passengers warm." That
patent will never be infringed in this world
—An intoxicated man recently laid down on
the railroad track near the Covington,Kentucky,
depot, and fell asleep. A little dog belonging to
a house close by, seeing a train approach, ran
and jumped upon his face, and barked and
scratched him until he awoke, just in time to get
out of the way of the cars. The man, believing
this to be a divine warning to abstain from drink
ing, took the pledge forthwith.
—A Paris letter to the London , News , makes
the following noticeable relation: "M. Paul de
Caseagnac, in the Pays, warns'the Emperor
that his son, when he grows up to estate,
will find himself without adherente. He takes up
his parable from the refusale' of the law and
medical students to accept invitations to Com
piegne. This season it was arranged to ask two
young men from every • school to the hunting
palace. There was no difficulty in getting cadets
from St. Cyr or engineers in embryo from the
Polytechnic: but one guest only was recruited
from the Ecole 'Norrnale, and twenty invitations
were-.vainly. eel to the future M. D.: e.. The
young sawbones, fearing the scorn and contempt
of their comrades, pleaded the absorbing ealla of ,
study as a season for not accepting the unprece
dented honor of imperial hospitality. It lea fact
scarcely credible, but still a fact, that not a single
medical student could be found willing to (=-
change the hard life or the Quartler Latin for
a Week's luxttry,sach as students could scare**
dna% of, at the table Of tile 1301,0reian.",
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