Daily evening bulletin. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1856-1870, January 13, 1869, Image 1

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A.EnTsEN.--Otk Tuesday, the 12th instant, Robert B.
Liertsen. In the 724 year of hie age.
Funeral on Friday. toe 15th iturt... at fit Luke'. Church.
Dermantown • precisely at 4 o'clock. •••
BUNTING.—On Third.day afternoon. the 12th hut..
Barab IL. daughter in the late Jodab Bunting, in the 46th
year of her age.
The relative, and trice& of the family are Invited to
attend the funeral, from her late residence, Darby, on
First-day, the 17th lint, at 2 o'clock P.M., v ithoutfurther
notice •••.
DALLAR.—On the 11th inset, tSophia Chem Dallas, wife
of the Late Bon. Cleo. M. 8ai1.,.
The funeral services will tale place on Friday. at 1136
o'clock A. M., at Bt Pete.'s Church. The friends of the
famey are invited. •
GIIBB.—On the ;cm ning of the 11th Inst. Margaretta
wifo of A. Balmy Gibbs, and daughter of the late
Levi Taylor.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the fur erat from the residence of her
mother. 202 Routh Tenth street. on Thursday. 14th inst..
at 10 o'clock A. N. Interment at Laurel 11W.
MOttltlrl.—On the morning of the Uth mit • Isaac P.
Morris in the 66th year of hi. age.
lib relatives and frieocl4 are invited to attend the fu
neral, from his late residence, 026 Fine street on Fi.fth
day morning, at 10 o'cloolt Funeral to proceed to South
1.....0rt I Hill.
PEALE —On Tnesdav evening,the 12th hist • Harriet C.
Peale, relict of the late Rembrandt Peale.
Due SWIM of the funeral will he given. It
P I LI LLI 113.—At Bristol., Pa., on *rubiday. the 12th
0 , horab W ., a idow of John Phillips M. D.
The relatives and Glenda of the family are respectfully
invired to attend her funeral, from the residence of her
eondnlaw. Nymineton Phillips, on Friday. JanuarvlSth,
iaetaeithont farther notice ••
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Pitt Lan - iritta. January 11. L.
The following officers of the Philadelphia. and Reading
Railroad Company were unanimously re-elected to serve
for the ensuing year
PEI6IM 4T.
CHARLES E. ISHITIL
MANAGLIS.
H. P. MaKEAN,
A. K BOHILE,
R. B. CABEEI
J. B. LIPPLNOTT,
JOHN ASHII 115 T.
STEPHEN COLWELL
8 AMIa t il lu ktYLVORD
WILITN
VIAIEBII.
AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TUE STUCK•
holden of the LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD
4_,DBIYAN Y. held January 11, the following named Per•
fella were elected
IniE6II)ENT,
ABA PACKER.
b I - RECTOR*.
Anhbel Welch.
John N. Hutchinson,
William Y. Cony:Re:Lam.
Arto Pardee,
Edward Roberts.
William A Ingham,
Board. held' the same day.
ants elected Vies President,
8. C. LiONCIBTRETII„
Treasurer.
ltt
Charles Hartehorno,
William W. Longetroth,
E.:it:v.lli H. 'trotter,
John Taylor Johnston,
William H. Claimer.
David Thowa2,
And, at a wetting of th
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Beason, 110,040 ptnta of soup • 12.844 pounds of bread, and
16,485 sounds of corn meal. ,o famillea consisting of 1,218
adults and 1,569 children. A visitor tweets the con
dition of all applicants before tlekete are granted._ Tisree
is no paid collector employed by the Society, but ell the
members are duly authorized to receive denations to its
funds.
JOB. S. LEWIS. Precident.
11l Walnut street.
WILLIAM EVANS. Treasurer,
618 Market street.
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Dr. Albert li. Smith, Ha South Broad afTOet.
John C. Savory. let South Noitrth street,
H. B. Lippincott, N. W. corner Twentieth and Chiry.
ATTENDING SURGEON,' [ep
Dr. Thos. Geo. Morton, 1421 Chtsetnut etreet. Jas w e 2elt
sir THE ANNUAL MEETING OF CO,NTR(E,II
tors to the Mome tor Aged 'and Infirm OWEN
Persona will be held at the Franklin InstlinteSevedthst.
above Ohestunt, on FIFTH-DAY (Thureday) EVENING.
14th inst., at 734 o'clock. Addresses by Samuel ft. Ship
ley, and others. JalB lt*
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TILINS, at NEW INSTITUTE HALL, Broad and Spring
Garden 'Arcata. 3119 o tvoc%rp
.THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK-
Roldere of the Wlll i'E OAK OIL COM eANy w ill
be held on THURSDAY, the 14th day of January, 1869, at
11 o'clock, A. ed., No. 423 Walnut etreqt,
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January 19th, at 7.t o'clock.
Jaotiorpa JOHN LARDNER, Rea. Sec'y.
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-NO. 236.
tall tt rpit
Mrs. Young, widow of Tames Young, police
offl , er, who was killed the night of the election
In October, returnster sincere thanks to her
friends and the citizens who so kindly remem
bered her in her affliction. Through their kind
ness, the house which her' husband wished to
purchase has been paid for and settled upon her
and her children, and the remainder of the
money invested in Government stock..
—The Vicar of Elston, the birthplace and home,
of the celebrated ,author,of the "rilgrim's Pro-I
grebe," has made an appeal to the churches in.
America to aid in contributing to the expense of
restoring and thoroughly furnishing the ancient
and only church in that place, which is a grand
and massive structure, and making it a fitting i
monument to the memory of Bunyan. This
appeal Is made on the ground that the 'Pilgrim's:
Progress" is as much valued in America as it is in ,
England, and the memory of Its author as dear to
the general people.
—A good story is told of Jim Fisk, of Brie
fame. Bowie few, weeks ago he was pn board the
steamer Providence during a terrific gale. The
steamer Put back to Bristol. As , soon. as she
reached the pier Fisk remarked, tO,ti, number of ,
friends that ho expected the boat to go down In
five minutes ) and' that pending tlib fatal difiaster
he thought of every mean trick that Jim Fisk
ever did in his lifo. "Noll" said one of the pasty,
"You must have thought mighty quick."
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
seer NATIONAL BANK OP THE REPUBLIC..
PIIILAJOXLICIIIA, Jan. HIM,
At en election for Directors beld TIIIB DAY.the folio w.
ina•named gentlemen.were duly elected to eared for the
naming year:
WILLIAM I 3 RHA.WN,
BENJAMIN ROWLAND.Je,'
SAMUEL 41. BltiPti AU,
JOHN - PEAIIOE.-
ALFhED DAY,
110 WARD lIINCIIMAN,
WILLIAM I CJ EYFERt.
CHARLES HARDdON.
.J. BARLOW 180 1 )I:HEAD,
VVIILIAM HACKER,
CITARLES L. BHA RP LESS.
WILLIAM B BEM EN e.
And ate meeting of the Board held THIS DAY, WIL-
Lle DI 11 RBAWN was elected President. '
jalScrfrn 6th JOSEPH P. M UM roar), (ladder.
tar .1 . 118 PF.LPILIA,NATION &L B &NIL
JAIIIIAZY 11011.1862.
At the annual election held yeaterday,, the following
Stockholder. were elected Director. for the enaulng year:
Thomas Robins, Benjamin G. Godfrey,
Lewis it. Ashburat. George W. Meant,
N. Parker ehortridge. John weigh.
Edward Y. Townsend. J. Livingston Errinier.
Frank L. Bodine. Augustus Beaton.
George Whitney, Benjamin B. comegye,
llenry Precut.
And at the meeting of the Directors held this day, Mr.
111031 AS ROBINS was unanimoualy re-elected Prest.
dent, and B. B. BOkir-li VS. Vico President.
B. B. COMEGYB,
jail 611 Cashier.
I gor BANK tiF NOltTff
• At an election for Direct°
lowing stocknolders.were el.
'fboman
Jacob P. Jones.
Henry Lewis„
Charles S. Lewis.
David Scull,
John M. Whitall.
And at a meeting of the
BIM IL, Esq., was tuanntwo
Di
FLOODS IN J3ALTIIIOIIE.
Destruction of Property Tiiren.tetted.
The Baltimore Bun of yesterday says:
The line and almost spring -like weather of the
past few days was yesterday auperceded by a day
of rain. About daybreak bad weather set In.
and the rain fora while turned to sleet.. render
ing walking disagreeable and unsafe. Daring the
forenoon the temperature moderated somewhat,
but the rain continued to fall during
the entire day . and evening, except at
short Intervals. Late in the after
noon and during theearly portion of the night,
the water came down In torrents,caneing Jones's
tells to ,bow its turbulent inclination. For a
while the rise was quite rapid—so rapid, indeed,
that, a Mx:KJ ,or inundation was apprehended,
creating a considerable scare on the part of those
inhabiting the flooded district. The dwellers on
Harrison street, who had suffered so severely by
the flood last summer, naturally mani
fested the deepest concern as to a repitition of
the &taster, and when the water commenced to
overflow the sewer at the bend of Harrison street,
a number of the residents in the immediate vicin
ity began to remove their goods and wares to the
second story. .Nlen, women and children were
en the etreet, and all anxiously looking for
ihe water which was backed out of the sewer
into the middle of the street to take another
con MC.
DRAMATIC AND BILIINICAL.
—fit the Theatre Comigne this evening, the
Operetta • 66 " will be performed by the Galton
troupe. On Friday night, Atlas Susan °anon will
have a benefit.
—The first Parepa-Ross concert will be •given
ibis evening. Madame Parepa-Rosa will sing a
umber of choice selections. Mr. Levy will per
form upon the cornet-4-piston, and there will be
solo and concerted music by other members of
the troupe. The second concert will be given to
morrow evening.
—A miscellaneous entertainment will be given
at the American Theatre this evening.
—lt is announced that Madame Josephine
Schimpf. well known to musical people of this
city as a singer of very eminent ability, will give
a grand concert in Concert Hall on eke evening
of February 3d. ,Sladatte Sehimpf will be as
sisted by a number of popular artists from this
city and New York, and a programme of more
than usual attractiveness will be offered. We
are assured that this entertainment will be one
of the beat of the kind given in Philadelphia
during the present season.
—On Monday evening nest Mr. Davis B. Cas
seday will lecture at Concert Hall upon the theme
"True Womanhood."_,,
—At the Walnut this evening Boucicault's
drama After Dark will be repeated, with Mr.
John E. McDonough as "Old Tom." We per
ceive that two morning journals which profess
to give dramatic intelligence, and to indulge in
criticism, make no mention whatever of this
piece at the Walnut
—A Flash of Lightning Is continued at the Arch
and draws large houses. After this, we are to
have one of Shakespeare's dramas, Twelfth Night,
pritaps.
—Jerome Hopkins's appearance at the Bentz
MalinJe on Saturday, we believe, will be the only
instance thus far in our city of an untraveled
American artist appearing at once as interpreter
of classic music, performer of his own piano
compositions,
and as orchestral composer.
Taking these facts into consideration, and also
renumbering that this young enthusiast Is the
founder and supporter of the now renowned
"Orpheon Free Choral and Choir-Boy Schools
and Society" of New York. will naturally add
much to the interest with which the musical
public will regard the first appearance of this
truly exceptional young man.
--On Friday evening next, at the Academy of
Music, Miss Anna- E. Dickinson will deliver a
lecture r entitled.t'A Struggle for Life." This dis
course is said to be one of the very best ever
written by this talented young lady. It discusses
the question of woman's rights and wrongs.
Tickets can be procured at Gonkl.'s music store,
No. 926 Chestnut street.
The Officer 'Young Belief Fund.
int the Philadelphia Evening Bu
—A wise of two dollars was recently offered'
any member of the Connecticut Teachers . ' Insti
tute who would write and spell correctly the
words in the following sentence:. "It is an agree-
Able sight to witness the unparalleled embarrass
ment of a harnessed pedler attempting to gauge
the symmetry of a peeled onion, which a sibyl
has slabbed with a - poniard, regardless of the in
nuendoes of the lilies of comelier' hue." Thirty
eight teachers competed for the prizo,but nut one
rar3 succeafuk, , ,
. MERICA.
JANUARY 12th.1ii69.
. on the 12th instent, the fol.
ted for the em mints year:
Samuel Ocd
William 11. Kempton.
A. J. Lewis.
James O. Hand,
John H. Brown.
Israel Morris.
Board this day. THOMAS
only re-elected President.
J. BOCKLEY Mohler.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1869.
AFFAIRS IN JlMOillar
An Artist's Funeral—Tine fltisasini
Uie
mortal Services—The ataillie Chapel
in Advent—Young. Bliss America. its
the Crowd—SOluele of the Papas choir,
ac...
(Correspondence of the Phila. Evening Bulletin.] ,
Rums, December, 1868.—" All roads lead to
Rome" most certainly at this season, for it seems
ns if everybody was crowding in for the festivals
of Noel and Epiphany. Lorgfellow,the poet.
came yesterday. His avant-garde, in the shape of
eon and brother, have been in Rome several
days.
Advent, which is a sort of juvenile Lent, is
nearly over;and in a fortnight or so the Mesas',
who came into Rome at the beginning of the
season, will return to their mountain homes. I
shall miss them, for every morning, at the Ave
Mann hour, they sing under my bed-room win
dove on the Babuino; and I am awakened by their
wild mountain music and quaint singing of an
Advent hymn. Sometimes they eomo up to "the
Signorin's" door, and give Me a concert in the
ante-camera as tally-weight for my Are.
This week there have been five Requiem
Masses. On Wednesday, for the Italian painter,
Cesare Fracaseini, a young man of high reputa
tion, who died last week. An artist friend who
attended this painter's funeral told me It was
very effective. The body was transported from
the house to the Church of San Eustachlo, at six
o'clock in the evening, by the members of the
Fraternity of the Dead.
These processions, which are ordinary sights in
the streets of Home, have been too often de
scribed for a repetition to be needed; but familiar
as words had made me with them, I was none
the less impressed when I first saw one of these
solemn funerals—and indeed I begin to believe
they will always have a peculiar effect on me.
The masked figures bearing torches, chanting
in deep-- rich voices the- solemn Litany of- the
Dead, and walking with stately steps along the
crowded streets, followed by Capuchins who
make the responses, and a bier with funeral pall,
create a picture that is as elevating as solemn in
its influence:
"Better than all treasures
That in books are found."
On Thtirsday the tequienalwas for Roulni, and
the music composed , expressly for the occasion
by the Pope's chapel -master. It was like
modern Italian religious music—florid, brilliant
and effective, rather than solemn and classic. ,
Rossini left no funeral mass for his own burial
services. We wish they'would sing the great
composer's Stabat Mater at the memorial cele
brations. Much more taste has been showu in
Florence on this Regard subject. The 14th of
December, by order of the government, the Re
quiem of . Mozart was sung at the Church of Santa
Croce, at the funeral mass for 'he famous com
poser. The orchestra had ninety musicians, the
pest irately, Sixty singers, from the Florentine
churches united; and as the Archbishop refused
to set aside the prohibition against female voices
-tek the choir, the parts written for women were
-nag by boys, forty-four of whom were collected
om the Florentine and Lucca Musical Institutes,
I have been told by those who were present at
this fine service that the Lacrymosa dies dim, Con
lutatis, and especially the Re..t tremeada , were
rendered in a style that outruns all description.
While on the Rossini matter, I must not forget
to mention that Madame Rossini has consented
to the request that her husband's remains shall
be buried in Santa Croce, on condition that her
own, at her death, shall not be separated from
his, which condition has been accepted.
Sivori played at Florence the 3d of December
with great success,—the same friend tells me,—
tor a Rossini memorial representation at the
Theatre dale Logge. The proceeds of the evening
went towards the Rossini Monument Fund, and
this representation of the 3d was the first of a
-cries that are to be given throughout Italy for
this purpose.
The services at the Sistine Chapel on the Sun
days of Advent attract a great number of
strangers. By 8 o'clock in the morning a crowd
or curiously dressed men and women are amen,-
bled in the superb Sala Regis, of the Vatican
Palace, each one standing as near as possible to
the chapel door. Some of the feminine displays
A' dress are very droll.
Those "to the manner born" come later, and
are dressed as simply as possible in a plain black
gown, black mantle, and black veil tied over the
head : but "Young America" gets herself np
• tuanin,gly, with a Louis Quatorze conj ure, a co
quettish black rebosa, fastened to the marvellous
pile of hair by dashing combs or pins. and a
black silk robe, made a la Watteau with train,
puffs,and all the numberless distractions in the
feminine toilette of the present day. At what
hour these young women must begin their dress
ing on these raw December mornings is sorrow
ful to conjecture : one thing I have observed,
they do not come more than once—l never see
(he same face again.
Young or Old Zmerica of the other sex varies
his costume according to the relation he bears to
the lady, as father, or husband.
Paterfamilias generally looks , cross, and as if
• • the thing didn't pay." It is evident his daughter
has been bullying him into a full dress neck-tic,
on which they have comproniised. The husband,
who is very likely a newly-married one, seems
uncomfortable-in the full evening dress. He always
enters the ball with a suspleions,irate expression,
as if conscious of looking like a fool, but ready
to knock the first man down that' smiles. This
look soon disappears after mounting the grand
Scala Regis, or Royal Staircase—which is indeed
royal in its architectural effeetLfor he sees so
many various costumes passing across the hall:
Swiss Guards, Cardinals' flunkeys, a Papal chor
inter or an Abbe in knee-breeehes, going from one
place to another to perform some duty, and each
one carrying himself as naturally as if clothed in
the simplest garb. '
The scraps of conversation which the ear of
the observant listener can catch are ns droll and
incongruous as the dresses of the women.
"Have you seen the Transfiguratlonrasked one
lady of another, last Sunday. '
"Yes, but I don't like It all." ;
"No !" exclaimed the Brat, li,ttle startled at
Buell , temerity and originality. "Why, it is one
of the greatest pictures in the world. It is by
Raphael, you know," she added, in a tone that
had in it just a shade of timid inquiry.
"Oh ! yes,l know, but I think Raphael made a
failure there; the Christ bead le very poor. It is
not my style s of head at all."
Said refreshing young critic was a girl about
twenty, a bilde evidently, and her Omit "style of
head" was- resplendent; Ugh t hair dressed is la
•Campas—Hilfauto lire historians," wow hairdrea
ser told us the other evening whlh dressing our
'beads foe s Omer. , •"We llakkeeaore, madam,
mat WHOLE COUNTRY.
wind tie historical now-"a-days [(fads cprestion of:
bah dressing. We must know all the various
historical epochs." ,
So I give the historical style of the young wo-
man's bead in memory of my barber's admonl-
lion. A black veil was fastened to this coiffure
bpi/ massivo silver comb, that had large balls at
the summits of Its tiara-like points: she wore ear
rings'and a brooch of silver, and a handsome jet
and silver rosary around her neck. This last was
only apart of the costume, for she said she was
MLA a Catholic, and added in reply to some ad
miring remarks about the costly b3ads:
Oh, I wore tt because it seemed to suit my
&Cis ; It makes the whole effect more pictur
calm I"
The. crowd is always agita tad several times
during the period of waiting, by the opening of a
small door in the large chapel entrance way, to
let out or in some one attached to the Palace and
on duty. Then the large doors open wide fin. the
Swiss Quads to march in,but the eager• crowd is
keptleck by a halberd accompanying "Aspettor
and the heavy doors close for a few moments; as
it to give the people time " to calm their trans
ports ;" then they axe re-opened for the specta
tors, who are generally in the proportion of half
a dezen to a seat. The ladies replaced on the
right hand, the gentlemen on th left. The seats
`for the audience — we cannot callt congregation
—are in a place at the end of the chapel, separ
ated from the other part by a high open screen,
on.the top of which screen is a row of large can
dlesticks.
The service at the Sistine is not a public one.
Strangers are admitted, it is true, but the Mass is
one intended solely for the Pope, Cardinals and
the Papal Court. A mixed congregation is not
supposed to be present. All the other churches
in Rome are open for the public, bat the service
at the Sistine is that of a private Chapel belong•
ing to the Pope'apalace, the Vatican.-
The music also is different; indeed the &aline
is the only place in The Catiolic world where the
old music of Palestrhut and Attend and the Gre
gorian chants cau be heard in the greatest Der
feetion—in the true traditional style—a style that
no written notes can express. It is one that Is
not pleasing to the uneducated car; indeed, it re
quires a peculiar kind of culture to appreciate it,
for I have heard persona of good taste in modern,
and also what is called "classic music"--the
music of Beethoven and Mozart—express great
dislike for It, as well as disappointment.
t think early training of the ear, voice and
taste in such music is needed to understand its
meaning and its style; once comprehended, I am
sure it will be admitted that it seems inspired,
and the only music that ought to be sung with
the solemn and sublime sacrifice of the Mass.
I have heard it said, however, that the first
sounds of this sort of music are not only start
ling, but even ludicrous; and I have also 'been
told in solemn confidence that the first sugges
tions were of a midnight feline concert on a yard
fence.
The voices are all Male—no woman's voice is
ever admitted into the Papal cholr r -therefore the
soprano parts are executed by high tenors; and
as they were written for a kind of voice that no
longer exists, or at rare intervals, of course we
cannot now hear this music in its original per
fection.
But the great marvel of this singing in the
Papal choir is its exactitude. There is no organ,
no instrument of any kind, and yet the Intona
tion of the voices is perfect; not a false note, not
a single discordance can be heard—and I have been
a faithful listener since I came to Rome, for I pre
fer this, to all other church singing.
The harmonies are extremely difficult, the dis
sonances frequent, the parts strangely involved.
One chord will enclose two or three consonances
and as many dissonances; and these will separate
one :voice leading off, then unite in the most
wonderful manner. I often
.think of kaleido
scopic figures when 1 am listening to these
strange musical forms, for there is no symme
trical song-form, no melody-rhythm in them.
The character is sad, entreating, sublime and
wild. The harmonies seem the effect of chance,
but the chance is divine:
Dining Advent a Capuchin preaches to the
Pope, his Household and the Sacred
College of Cardinals. Holy Father sets
an example of attention; he insists that
the preacher shall speak freely, without
regard to the presence of the high dignitaries;
and I am told that his Holiness is extremely dis
pleased if a young priest comes in late. As the
sermon is always in choice Latin, never a
word of It do I understand,—one merit it has:
brevity; always Inside of a quarter of an hour in
length.
Modern Rome is not se dilapidated as I ex.-
peeled to find it; but I am informed that there is
much more activity in the city government than
there was some years ago. The municipality
latt*e about what la equal to i 300,000 of income,
.ind , the city repairs are attended to as well as
such a sum will permit.
Water and gas are freely distributed through
the streets; the pavements are kept in excellent
order; the- sewerage could not be better, and the
Iwo shores of the Tiber are cleaned and are being
prepared for wharves. It is forbidden to throw
garbage in the streets. Carts pass at certain
hours to carry off the refuse; indeed, the men will
come to the highest floor for a trifle. We live in
what is.ealled the third Piano, and there is a fa•
roily above us. The refuse is carried away front
our housekeeping for the small sum of six cents
a month.
To beaure, the Roman streets are anything but
dry and pleasant to walk on, at morning or night
fall, in some quarters, especially when the
sirocco blows; for the marshy state of the soli
shows itself not only on the shores but on the
Bret tlightiNf stops in the houses. _
There is a strong, philanthropic feeling 'at
work, and the members of the Society of Public
Benevolence are doing a groat deal of good.
This Society has established large bakeries, from
which the laboring classes can obtain better and
cheaper bread than at the licensed stores. This
Society is also es gaged in clearing out the quar
tem inhabited by the poor and in building new
ones.
Water is not very abundant on the Esquiline,
Viminal, Quirinal and Pincian. The inhabitants
of these hills suffer for the want of it. A society
is.engaged la bringing the old Mercian water
into thOcitY. This water, which is delicious, de
'ends into Rome from the Sublaco mountains,
over one of. those, Wonderful old aqueducts be
tween forty and fitty miles long. The Mercian
Aqueduct ; was . ruined first by the' barbarian
horde, then by - the carelessness of the middle
ages. We drove out in the , neighborhood of this
"Wonderful verses of the gods,
Of one import, of varied tone;
They chant the bliss of their abodes
To man imprisoned in his own."
aqueduct the other day and atm how rapidlylit
was being repaired; very soon there'will be an
abundance of excellent water on the very highest
points of the above-named htllsc
The Campagna harveat this autumn Of wheat,
Turkish corn hay and grapes' has been excel
lent. The olive harveat,which la_ now coming In,
is said to be tho finest that has been gathered for
many years. A. M. M. B.
FllO7ll sctianisztutto
Worreivondenoe of the Philadelphia, Evening Doliel-frLl
Hanurseena, Jan. 12, 1869.—10 n will notice
by the daily reports that a bill has been intro
priced into the Senate repealing the law of fast
year, giving your Judges two thousand dollars a
year In addition to their regular pay. Thuobjeqt
In so doing is to relieve the city of • the oblige,.
tion,and then introduce a bill requiring the State
to pay the amountligia69s§l
• The bill introduced by Mr. Connell, to - estabish
the office of Interpreter and Translator of Foreira
Languages, is a very important one tolilur
aidents from across the ocean, and will be altosi
tion of considerable emolument to the , man' who
gets it, It authorizes his appointment by the
Governor for three years, gives him power to'
appoint any number of clerks •and other as
sistants he may deem advisable, gives the Court
of Common Pleas_power toils his fees„, _requires
his translations, &a., to .be received as evidence,
and requires all witnesses testifying in foreign
languages or by documents in other than the
English, to produce the certificate of the new
Oft3claL
Mr. Flnher,of Ltutcaster i kas introduced and had
passed a re.aolution instructing the Library Com
mittees to examine certain bound , volumes of
New York and Philadelphia' newspapers, em
bracing some ten Or twelve years, and the pro
perty of a Lancaster newspaper vender, and re
port as to the propriety of purchasing than for
the State Litirary. If we are not mistaken, these
papers have been advertised for sale for some
time in the newspapers, but if they can be pur
chased cheep they may be valuable additlons to
the Library. The retrolutlim reminds me that
Mr. Wm. Buehler, of this city, has a most valu
able collection of bound journals, which he has
long been sextons should be:secured by the State,
and at a very reasonable coat.
I fear the resolution passed to-day, ordering
four thousand copies of Bates's filstory of the
Pennsylvania volunteers,, will be found to be a
costly one. The drat volume only has been is
sued, and it is large and 'fiandiomely bOubd, but
how much each will cost the State is known only
to the State printer, as no questions were asked
in the Senate.
Mr. Sabers has read a bill Incorporating the
Pennsylvania boiler Insurance Company, with a
capital of $500,000, and with Geo. Truman, Jr.'
W. W. Moore, Geo. W. Heston, Chas. E. Graeff,
Jno. C. Sleeper and James Kirkpatrick as incor
porators.
Mr. Hong has read .one which may not be a
snake, but it luoks very much like one. It pro
poses to give the Powell Tract Coal Company
power to build a railroad from their property to
the Lehigh Valley and Catawissa Railroads, to
borrow $1,000,000, to hold three thousand-more
acres of land, and to change the name of ,their
corporation to the Western Anthracite . Rallroad
and Coal Company.
General McCandless has offered a supplement
to the military law of 1864. lt has been prepared,
I understand, by well-known soh:tiers of your
city, and is, therefore it is to be presumed, en
dorsed by those who take the.most interest in the
matter. It provides that there shall be in the
First District a Board of OffiEelaTtoconaist of the
division, brigade, regiment, battalion and un
attached Company commanders and the Divi
sion and Brigade Inspectors. This Board is to
have full and exclusive control of the military
fund or the Division, to pay all expenses and re
ceive all moneys. It also provides for the paying
of the commutation by delinquents; for the In
spection of every command in May and Novem
ber of each year, and for the following staff
officers: The Major-General shall appoint such
aids as he may see fit, each to have the rank of
Major; an Assistant Adjutant-General with the
tank of Lieutenant Colonel; a Division Surgeon
with the rank of Major. and a Paymaster with
rank of Lieutenant-ColoneL Each Brigade com
mander shall appoint an Assistant Adjutant-Gen
eral and Surgeon, each with the rank of Major
and a Commissary with the rank of Captain
The Commander-In-Chief is authorized to exer
cisc full control in all matters appertaining.to
uniform, discipline, &c.
For the Philadelphia Evening Huilotto.]
City Drainage.
The importance of proper drainage to a popu
lous city like Philadelphia cannot be too highly
estimated, especially so in a latitude subject to
such extreme and sudden changes of temperature.
Communities, like individuals, are apt to over_
look and neglect to remedy defects that have long
existed, while lesser evils of more recent date will
WWII receive prompt attention. Any one
who had occasion to walk through the older por
tions of our city dining the few days of cold, clear
weather early in December, must have realized
that either the temperature was very much at
fault. or the practice of letting houses and yards
drain themselves over the surface of foot pave
ments is a nuisance. Opposite each dwelling the
filthy, greasy water from the kitchen, that ordi
narily
. forms a email and (to many Philadelphians)
an ineignificant stream for every passing lady to
drag her skirts through, then became a huge bar
of ice, too high and wide to jump over, and so
smooth and covered with foul half-frozen water,
as to be dangerous to step on. The elippings
and splashings of nedestnans trying to avoid
these obstacles were fearful to behold.
The old custore of teeing the whole surface and
house drainage above ground to , the street cor
ners before any of it is permitted to enter the
sewers, necessitates the use of deep and wide
gutters, and large unprotected "City inlets," that
admit hoop-skirts, old clothes , 4tc., and are both
dangerous for children and anything of less size
than a horse and cart. Then, too, the mud that
this always keeps in the gutters is too freely die
tributed by' Tensing carriages to be , agreeable,
especially in warm weather. The responsibility
of this system might be charged to our ancestors;
but what they found adequate for a entail town,
we are not excusable for retaining as suited to
the wants of a large city. The newer sections of
Philadelphia are better provided for, having direct
sewer connections with each house, so that the
street surface may be cleaner. But here, If the
mud or dust were more frequently carted away
before being swept by heavy rains to thesewers,
it would in the end be a saving in expense.
It seems to be the practice of our authorities,
in having sowers built, to let contractors both
furnish the materials and do the work. Hence It
follows that often we find used distorted black
headed brick and the pooreat mortal, laid in
joints more than half an inch in Thickness. So it
Is not to be wondered at that repairs are fre
quently needed—perhaps without cost to the
city'—but not Without much annoyanee to the
people.
All this trouble, it may be urged, arises from
neglect of, the officer. In charge. But who is ho ?
The Chief Engineer and Surveyor seems to have
vainly asked, in his annual reports, for action of
Councils to secure proper Inspection. Other
cities; both in this country and abroad, have offi
cers in immediate charge of drainage. They are
not party favorites who , must "rotate" with each
change of administration;- but intelligent, °du
cated men. 'whodesign and inspect all work done,
and. can report on the experience In other places
in" regard to rations systems, materials, prices,
ea. The result in every instance has been a
etrOng of fully five times the salary of su o -1 officer.
Cannot we, in some W. arrive at PLullor re
snits here in PhiladOphia I.
P. L. nTHERSTON. Puttawr.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FIFTH t*gI)ITION
BY TELEGRAPH:
IMPORTAIT FROItfi'iVASHINGTON
141):001
INDIAN
AmotheilaVie with the Skins
LATEST CABLE NE*l3
.&notheir :Indian Battle.
WASAMATON, JAIL 18.—The following. WAS CO*
calved at the War Department this morning:
ST. Louia, Jan. 13.—The following telegram
has just been received:
"FORT BAYS, Kansas. Jan.2Lb.—MajOr Ont..
eral W. A. Nichols, A. A. G.—Major Sheridan.
commanding at Fort Dodge, reports' that Lieut.
Martin, of the 3rd infantry has Just artived !rein
camp. and that Col. Evans hascaptured a Ca
moncha village of sixty lodges.
"Three men of the Third Cavalry werewo nnd
No Indians were killed. Col. Evans had retiarned
to his depot camp on the Canadian river.
[Signed] WITAIINOETIforCzavin, A. A. G.
"W. T. Sherman, Lieutenant-General."
By the Atlantic Cable,
Yuma. Jan. 13.--TheEveraing Post, the official ,
Journal, said In its bane of yresterday that Count
Von Bismarck, the Prussian,Prlme Minister, had
told Comit de Wimpffen t the Austrian Minister
at Berlin, that the retention of'Borott Von !oust
in °Mee would provoke seriotts - action on the
part of Prussia.
Losodzirilin. 13.—Th - e Loilidiiii - m — erittants are
extensively petitioning the Government to re
store the mall aerates between Southern, pton and
New York, by a contract with the' Hamburg-
American Steamship Company. The petitioners
show that the average time Madellby the Rain
burg-Amtitiean steamers is better ' than'that of
several othera, and equal to the best to which
mail service le accorded.
Pains, Jan. 13.—1 t is stated, to-day that. Rise
Razigabe, the present Ambassador at Paris from
Greeed: has been recalled to replace Rhigsris as
President of the Ministry.
The Protectorate Over lENE.yti..
ramie! Despatch to the Philadelphia Evades Bulletin.)
WASHINGTON Jan. I.3.—The debate on Mr.
Banks' resolulion °standing s protectorate to
Hayti continued untill P. M., when Mr:" Wood
ward, of Pennsylvania, moved to lay the, bill with
the amendments on the table; upon this he
called the yeas and nays. To the sun:Ulan of all
it was carried by the very large vote of ayes 162„
to says 36.
Marine Intelligence.
Nero YORK , Jan.l.3.=Arrived, stoninehip Den
marks from Liverpool.
•
Xl.tti CONGRESS—Second Sesta°lle
Dlonse—eontinned from Fourth Edition.]
.
The Bowie resumed the consideration of the reeolution
extending the protection of the •United States to lle.vti
• -
and tan Domingo.
Mr. naming in reply to a question of Mr . Celle in, eald
such protection baebeen asked by those 'who are autho
rized to epeak for the Government of San Domingo.
Mr Butter (Nines) offered a substitate in effect that
the President be authorized to extend protection over
the other islands of the Antilles to ouch an extent as he
may deem expedient, and net inconsistent with: the taw
of patient whenever fe infer of them sr the people dud!
desire such protection.
Mr. Bpaiding offered an amendment to extend protection
to any islands in the Atlantic or Pao.ffe. Unit e d
or those
hich lie nearer to the coast of the United States than to
any foreign Q.wernment.
Mr. Butter said he wag opposed to buying islands.
Mr. tipalding spoke in support of hie own amendment.
Mr. Mullins favored the proPoeiticfne
Messrs. Judd and dhellabarger °ppm. tiM.
lir. Robinson (N. Y.) offered an entailment to include
Ireland in the protection, &fanning ,that the. time bud
come when that country should be annexed to the United
States.
Mr. Delano said the Dommittee on Foreign Matra did
not countenance the resolution reported by Mr,: arks.
Mr. Brooks repifd to Mr. Butler, and 'said be Would not
vote for Mr. Butler's proposition, unless Ireland flan In-
Mr. Bingham opposed. Mr.. Butler's proposition. con.
tending that Congress had no authority to delegate the
power to the Executive. • • • • .
Array-atoll the Hotly of the Late Darwin
A. Finnet•
The Tribune says : The remains of the Hon-
Darwin A. Finney. member of the House of Rep
resentatives from Meadville, Pa.,
arrived New
York, on board the, ship City of New York; from
Antwerp; on Sunday last, consigned to Colonel
Prince, No. 2, Astor House. Mr.,Finsez was
born In Shrewsbury, Vt., in 1814, and, m moved
to Meadville, Pa., in 18.38; was elected to the
State Senate In 1854 and again MT, 'serving
until 1860. In 1866 he was elected`,to Con
gress, but on account of lU-health was in his
seat but a few days,' during the short session of
1867. In the,Aututrin of 1867 his shattered con
stitution dernarided his retirement, and in com
pany with bla 'accomplished wife, he sailed for
Europe. He died on the 25ttr day of .ianiust,
1868. His wife, perfectly, prostrated, sailed for
home, as soon as she was, able to travel, and the
remains of her husband were sent after her.
leaving Antwerp about the 22d day of November.
The body is in a metallic case, and that la
inclosed In lead. A permit has been granted by
the Board of Health and the Collector of she Port
to land the remains, and they will lie ( brought
ashore probably on Thursday evening or thaw
morning, at which time they will be deposited in
Trinity Church until Salaam morning, when
appropriato services will be held, and the Con
gressional Committee will remove them to
Laurel Hill Cemetery where, with the permis
sion of Mrs. Finney, they Will be
deposited in a vault. The Congressional
Committee appointed to take charge
of the remains are: The Hon. S. Newton Pettis,
of Pennsylvania, Chairman; the Hon., G. W.
Woodward, of Pennsylvania; the Hon. Charles
O'Neill, of Pennsylvania; the Hon. J. Lawrence
Gets, of Pennsylvania, and the Hon. James G.
Blaine, of Maine. There io a bare possibility that
the burial case may not be taken from the vessel
until Saturday morning, in which event no ser
vices will be Yield in this city, as the coffin will
be immediately taken to the cars and transferred
to Philadelphia. Should services be held, due
notice will be given.
EATAI. ACCIDENT AT JOHNSTOWN,
PA.
Explosion of Fire Damp;
The Johnstown Tribune says: Another frigifftfril
and fatal accident has occurred in, itiht.vici.iiity,
for the particulars of which we are ludebfied to
Coroner J. A. Harrold. Oo last Mondaya. party
of men , under the supervision of, Mr. Beret in
Jose went into an oh:it:dolled •
. ....go;'.'drift of ..,th e
Cambria Iron Company on PreaDent.Hiri,Jfor, the
purpose of removinz some • 01.d< rails
forming a part of the track of the . dilft. The
drift had been abandoned for, ab out four yeah.
When the male body of the, party advaaeed
about twenty or thirty 'yards, an oxplbsion.of
"lire damp" took place - the gas being,
from a lamp in the cap of Jose Boltz,
who was about ,one. hundred y ahead
of his coMpanions. ' -Frank Boltz, Conrad
Teeter, and Ifitederick Aletator
received injuries ffortiihe effects of which_ they
have since died. lames George, William Wills,
Frederick Ittlutyre and Patrick APAleer'also
ceived severe Httories. It is thonght , that •one of
them cannot t'furelVe. Ail the LOD:4 mew. ex
cept Metalvr, • were heads of families. • The Coro.
nor held an . inquest On_thehodyof each of Ma
dead "men, the jury in each Matatiee, fhldiva
Ve'Adict of "aetideutal death.", •
4: Oa o.oiook.
WAR.