ilffiSON PEMOCK. F,ditor. 'VOLUME XXII.-NO. 242;" THE EVENING BULLETIN. PUBLISHED EVERY BYRUM, (Sunday. excepted), ST TIM NEW BULLETIN 111101ILDI GOT Cll n icarMilt !Orem*, Piallitylelplata 4 , EPENIBIIit BULLETIN ASSOCIATION, thiSION_ES..iO„ 4• .. rs ok A ra S wroca . t yaFuunnoTOr 'Tho E J. S ueor4 . „ - • FRANCIS _W The inmrnie Inserted to rabecribe It re In the city st i 8 mats • • wee • payable to the carrion. or SO per annum. 8; INVITATI ONS N Ol uo riitt mothr.ENG CARD ONS F t MASON Wm." 1141 V f.)7 Cheetaut stmt. WiDDING INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE ieweet sod hest ;manner. LOWS DREICIL , Sta • timer and Fantraver. K M Chestnut etreet, tab 20,41 OARRETT--HYOWASIL-4)u the 14th tOrtant, at St. Mark's Chrurb. Bolton, by Itov. George Johnslo, Mr. James W. -Girrett, of Philadelvlda tr Miss Sarah M. lloward, daughter of Edward tio ward. ot Boston. DILEJIr FIROWN.—On the morning of the 21st lest.. We...tang. ton Brown. in the Wet year .J his age. Thefriends and those of.-the family are invited twat: tend the funeral, from tie late residence. ltio9 Arch street.' on Seventh day the VA inst. at 1 o'clock. Inter-tient at South L- uni la ill. JACKSON .—.lll St. Louis. Mo.,_ on the 17th lust '. I\'.a Hayward: , Ot Millen C. and M ary ft. Jackson iitr mistivelfitlid friends arevespectfully - iuvitod - to at tond the funeral, from the residence of his parcots. No 1710 North Thirteenth street, on beventh-day. the 21d inst., fit 2 o'clock. • /1311.141P13.:---Earlv on the Morning of tho. 224- inst. Mrs. Ann In the :OtH yea , of her age. Due notios trill he given of the funeraL POLlC,,lilmidenly, an the 14th inst.. James Fontaine Polk. aged a years formerly of Winche•tor. Va. The 'datives and male friends of tiro family are re spectfully invited to attend the funeral. from the red deuce of his brotherin.taw. Dr,. Philip Leidy. No , 115 Sixth etreet, to morrow , at o'clock P. It. • BAILER —lb% morning, o. pneumonia. Randolph Salter. in the Nith year of his age. MAOKIFICENT BLACK DRESS SILKS. BATIK FAVKL iittOGRAINS. ligAvjEsi. d . OBl - /ED BILKS. WIDOWS' SILKS. h w LOT. BLACK BILKS tvll-)Lf.SALC. EYRE LANDELL. Fourlh and Arch Stre,,te SPECIAL NOTICES. Stir FAME INSURANCE COMPANY, 406 Chestnut Street, PLILLADELPLUA„ JAM 18. 16. A Thf.. Company, Incorporated in 1856, and doing a Fire in-urance buttress exclusively. to enable it to accept a large atabyat of koe}ocM constantly declined for want of nominate c'iltaaL will. in accordance with a supplement toll* chatter, increase its QPII&L FZOt K FRO $lOO,OOO, ITS PIII B 1 AHOUVI, To BQ, 00,0'00, El SHARER t)F-F+Fil DOLLARS £4to, Apd for wbirti Subscription Hooke are now open at this ..31liee. fty wider of tho Bond of Director!. cmiat,Es ft I VII &EDSON,' PRESIDENT. WILLIAM Ili RE&NirN, VIER PRESIDENT WILLI& 3114 ElmacienAts.D, s Ex:Er:reit fIAtROAD CONTRAtTORS Propelsls 'will be received et :MAUCH MIN& PALI until Feet - eery ate itch. DO. for the GII.ADUATION and MASONRY of the NEBQUEIMNING VALLEY RAIL ROAM ferleditie She IWO:caches of NESQUEHONING TUNNEL. Spertficationa and Information an to the work in detail may be obtained on application at the Engineer`. Offire. blanch Chtrek. J. B. MOORHEAD, President. •=iMI w a r coNcr.E-r LULL. SCIENTIFIC LEVTIIRES I,Y DB. J. F. BOYNTON T BIRD OF THE SERIES. THIS ERIDAY EVENING, January 2 0 — INTRODUCT/ON or PLA NET A.NIMAL - LUPE: UPON OUR ON MONDAY EVENING, Jaitunry 115 COAL BEDS AND OM BEDS. ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. Jitntiar.v. THE AGE OF REPTILES. ON FRIDAY .EVENING. January . THE MASTODON AND MAMMOTH PERIOD ADMISSION FIFTY CENTS. RESERV ED SEATS. SEVENTY-FIVE CENT Tieketa for the Wanes of the courae. tour in number, with reserved eeata, so. Tickete to be obtained at Gould'e Piano Rooms, ni Chestnut etreet aim at the hall on the aveningt of the L*citirea Doors open at 7. Lecture at & ja2l see OFFICE OF THE LIFE LCibURANCE . . At the Annual Election held on the lith met. the follow ing' Storkooiders were elected Directors, to serve for the ensuing Yost, viz. • w Whim F. Smith, Robert M. Foust. Joseph Collins. Henry C. Cram, Nicholas 1 , ittenhonse, Samuel.). Garber, J , sera' Beckham. Adam Werth man. Philip Gilenger, :)eorgo W. Ilichener, John Ph. Tram, Christopher F. Miller. At a meeting of the DireCtors held this day. WILLIAM F. SMITH was elected President : . JOSEPH COLLINS, Vice President: BENEZET F. FOLher, Solicitor. ia4.2 3t• itol3k.atT 11. 1 1 0 CST, Secretary. SCIENTIFIC LECTURE • THIS P.VENIN G,_ HALL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTI Ali ASSOCIATION, 1210 CHFSTNIIT STREET. • - Prof. L. T. DEAL will Lecture THIS (Friday) ,EVEN IN O, at 8 o'clock Subject--"CitiIiMISTRY, THE ATMOSPHERE AND - fI•S CONSTITUENTS." To he Illustrated with Numerous and Brilliant Experi• meats. Jaaaarp al, JUDGE TITUS. Subject "Utah and the - Mormons." Tickets furniohed at the Rooms. its mar OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA. AND Gravta Ferry Padfiengar Railway Comeauy 2 A, Jan. li, 1869. At the Annual - Meeting - of the tifockholdera of thie Company, held 'I ODAY, the following officer , were elected to serve for the maiming year. PHrEilliiniT—S..GßOßß FRY. . I.IIItEOTORS. .Ino. P. McFadden. rm. Wanamaker, Oliver Hopkinson, Lewis Blallock, Chaf..F. Norton J ' Owen B. Limns. lit aeue AS. McFADDEN, .JB. legig.• of MISS AND MR , 13PRISSLERM THIRD SOIREE Race attest will take U. at tho hall P-28 5 PROGRAMME. . _ Concerto O major (Quintett accomp.)..C. M. von Weber. Varlatlona—Plano and Cello; Op. E.........Mendeleehon. Sonata B flat—Piano solo. Nlozart. Sonata F major—Plano and Vi01in..,........8eeth0ven. Quintett E flat nolnor—Piano - andfitringe....Unmmel. To commence at 8 o'clock.la2l,2crt4 mgr. TIIE MAGIC COMB WILL COLOR THE liAllt orlielvd a permanent Black or Brown. It contains no -poleon. Tberois no slop or Brain arieing from, ite nee. Ono Comb forwarded on reteipt of $t 25 Price Bata fur- Welted to.dcalere only, on application. Address W. PATTON. Troonoror Magic Comb Co.. Springfield, Masa. ---Scienlifia American. JatB6trp• star FIRST N A TIONAL BANK. Prmanm.rima,January 11,1t369. At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held on the 12th blatant, the following gentlemen wereelected Direr ,fore of tho Bank for the ensuing year: C. H. Clark, George F. Tyler, S. A. Caldwell. ' James A. Wright, --It. D. Cabins. H. W. Clark, George Philter, W. G. Hoorehoad. _And at a meeting of the Board, held this day, C. D. MARK was unanimously re-elected President, and GEORGE P/EIILLER, Vice President. MORTON MeAIICHAZCZJa.„ ..Jal96trp • Cashier. p er _HOWAREFIZIOSPITA. NI2IIAIB In AND IVA .Lembard street, Dispensary anent.-610th — & lo di w e/treatment out medicine furubho tultously to NO. PHILADELPHIA ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, xona llog e'g i south Ninth street. —Muth/oot, Hip and and Liocitiii Decor treated APPLY (DOW at 12 o'clock. , no43m.tPS Jan) tfrP) : ANDIN-lULND ISIUTt •AL PLIPANV. lA. Jan. .% 1 Fsol/. ja2O,RUPI srokyiAL ortriloms. C • By the disastrous fire on the night of the 14th inst., the establishment of the undersigned was totally destroyed, involving the loss of the lives of two of their most esteemed and valuable clerks, an event which they feel cannot be ton deeply deplored. They desire to make their sin. cete and grateful . acknowledgments for the many favors undCr which they have been placed, in connection with this calamity : To the numberless friends, whose heartfelt ex pression of sympathy have done so much to sustain them under their. heavy losses, and to en, courage them in the pro rapt resumption of their business - - To the CHIEF ENGINEER of the Fire Depart ment, his ASSISTANTS and the FIREMEN gen erally, tor lkeir'devele4 and daring efforts to sub due the conflagration. All that skill, courage and perseverance could do was done by the FIRE-DEPARTMENT-on thlsocc.adon: _ _ To the POLICE, under the able command of the Acting Chief, HARRISON G. CLARK and LIEUTENANT CONNOLLY, for their vigilance and cadent aide inthe protection of the Talus ble property, and In aiding in the extinguishment of the fire : To JOHN RICE, Este, for his prompt, mag -121111i11101311 and unconditional oft: of that former premises, No. 822 Chestnut street. To BAILEY & CO., for their equally generous and handeome offer of their elegant building, No. big Lbestiluc, atreet, which has been gratefully .reepted : To the NEWSPAPER PRESS conerally, for ibeir wary tapressions of kindly interest and oyn.pfitny. The undersigned are now rapidly reorganizing their business, and will be prepared on' Monday 0. at to n eeive their friends at their new store, where they hope :o fill their orders as heretofore. JAMES E. CALDWELL & CO., Jewellers, 819 CIFESTNUT STREET. te-- N <Oa 1C.147,1 TO DEALERS IN GUN POWDER. F xtrasta from an let for the More 'Maul PICIticall01) of I lie and Property from Damages- by the Eaploslou of Gunpowder and Cutt Cotton In the city of Philadelphia Be it ensetedby the Bethate and Monte of limes= title of the Commonwealth of Permsyiyarda, in 'General damnably met. and it is he ruby enacted by the authority of the same. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to have or keep -slily quantity of gunpowder or gun-cotton in any house, store, alio: building', cellar, or other place, within the city of Philadelphia (except in the public magazines, or in a quantity not exceeding two Pounds for private usm, unless in the manner hereinafter provided. - • That' it shall be lawful for the Mayor of the city of Philadelphia to grant licenser, cinder the official seal of said city. to any , porters or perrous desirous to sell gun render or gun-cotton therein.: 'The person or Ivrea:l9f so licensed may have on their premise' a quantity of gun powder or gun-cotton not exceeding in all twenty-five pounds at any one time. The person or persons so licensed thernot be protected against any of the penalties or con. 'sequences hereinafter provided for violations of this act, exospt while they have on come conrpicuons part of the front of each of the houses or buildings in which they mar be licensed to tell gunpowder or gun-cotton ender this act a sign en which shall be distinctly painted. in let tere legible to persons passing such home., or buildings. the words "Licensed to sell Gunpowder." or "Licensed to tell Guts-cotton." That every carriage need for conveying gunpowder or eun•cotton within thficity of Philadelphia, in accordance with the provisions of the act. now in force relative thereto, ' , ball. in addition To the requirements therein contained, have painted on each,idde thereof. in letters distinctly legible to all pesters-by. the word - Gun powder." That if any gunpowder or eumeotten, exceeding the quantity mentioned in this act, shall be found in the pos.. re.aion or custody of any person or persons. in violation of the provisions herein contained, by any fireman of any company belonging to the Fire Department of the said city. during Any fire therein, it shall be lawful for such fireman to !ciao' the ea me without any warrant, and to immediately convey the came and report such seizure to the chief engineer of the. Fire Department, or, in his ab genet., the acting assistant engineer, and the raid . chief engineer or asofetant shall convey or CAMEO It to be con veyed to any magazine for the storing of gunpowder. That any viola t ion of tho provisions of thin act rela tire to the keeping or conveying of gunpowder or gun cotton, or of any of the provisions of the acts now in force relative to the introduction of gunpowder or guncotton Into the city of Philadelphia, shall. in addition to the forfeiture of the gunpowder or gun-cotson. as hereinbe fore provided; also subject the offender or offenders to a fine of five hundred dollars for each offence, to be recove red, with costs of suit, in an at- Lion of debt, in any court having cognir.aneo thereof, by, to, Bud fo7 the use of the- Philadelphia Arsociation for the Relief of Disabled Firemen. And all gunpowder or gun cotton found withitt the city of Philadelphia, in vio lation of the provisions in , :hie act contained, shall bo fattened for the use orthe atoreiaid - Phlladelphia Asse elation for the Relief of Disabled Firemen . Approved the twentieth day of March, Anne one tPeueand tight hundred and fifty-8U JAF. POLLOCK. NOTICE To Merchants and Storekeepers. An Act for the Better Neetirity of Lite and Limb la the City of Philadelphia. Be it enacted by the Senate and Douse of Repreeenta., tirec of the Comm of/wealth of Pennsylvania in General. Arcembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority; ; of the came. That in any store or building in the city of Philadelphia in which there shall exist or be placed on' any hoictway, hatchway, elevator.' or weli•hole, or in. which there shall be made Any opening through the floor, the dame shell be properly protected or covered by a good' and sufficient trapdoor or such'other appliances as may he necessary to occur° the eame from bola g or becoming• dangerous to life or limb, and on the completion orthei business of each day the said rapdoor or other applian., cee ehall be safely closed by the occupant having the use' and control of the same ; any violation of the provialone of this act shall subject the offender or offenders to a fine' of fifty dollars for each offence. to be recovered with coat of chit in an action of debt in any conrc having cogni= mince thereof. by, to, and for the; use of the Philadelphia: Association for the Relief of. Disabled PireMen. Approved the eixteenth day of February. Anno Domini ono tbeiteand eig ht hundred and abaytte. The Trustees of the "Philadelphia &violation for the Relief of Disabled Firemen" call the attention of all per. eons intereeted to the above Laws ; It is not tho desire, ed the Board-that any one should bo fined through ign o r. once of the existence of said enactments. GEORGE W. TRYON. President. EDWARD D. YATES. Secretary. ja1446.18 243125.6trP4 --The State Geologist of Illinois says that there is coal enough in a single stratum under:. lying Perry county alone to pay, at the _rate of $1 per ton, the entire national debt. Gen. C rans 9 a First Miring to a Painter a.O. Wrongs*. During the recent visit of the President-elect to this city be found au hour, amid' all his en gage merits, for our celebrated portrait-painter, Mr. S. B. Waugh. _The latter, expc'etiog the in terview, Lad canvas and materials all prepared, and palette on thumb. At the stinniated moment Grant entered, on military lime. He had been inspecting Cbureh's Niagara, in the galleries be : neath the studio, and was be.sidea it little Intathed by the subsequent ascent. Then, he had never sat to a painter before. Soaring to an elevated atelier, with a Niagara on the brain, for the first time in one's life,—this may be impressive, but it is not calming. liesldes,,the lion, is not quite at home in the swan's green-room; his mil itary way oflooking at things is at a disadvantr age :when he comes to the grottoes of art. Grant, however, breached the opening successfully, by means of his old stratagem,---his nose of assuming, with alibis might, - the mien of, an ordinary man. He encountered the artist with that supreme' quietude which had done him such good service with Pemberton and Lee. He only expressed his feelings, like the laconic Pancks in "Little Dorrit," by means of his hair; this,with an honest bourgeois instinct, Grant began to smooth with the palm of his band on entering. The painter, alarmed, begged the General to leave his hair alone. It was a thousand tunes better in the rough. A great success of the painting (which we have Just examined), is therefore in the hair. Grant's fine black cherelure is seen doggedly encroaching on the admirable forehead, and sweeping back from the broad temple, with a little more of an admired disorder, and a little less of the etiquette of the hairbrush.than we find in most of the phos .oLerapha. Mr. Waugh has had another triumph, in the expression of the eyes. Grant's bluish Scotch eye, often cold and unfathom able, will break, at certain momenta of geniality, into unexpected revelations and confidences.- Mr. Waugh has watched him for long hours, at din ner and ba the conversation-room, and the re .tilt of this lawful espial is seen in the depth, the limpidity, the grave and humane wisdom o f this tell-tale feature as shown in the painting. The artist has wrung its secret from that wilfully im passive mask, and forced the soul behind to show for what it is; modest, broad, balanced, scrupu lous, considerate and tree. The face in the portrait is three-quarters full, and the canvas of three-quirters dimensions, that !a, showing the bust, lite-size, to the second waistcoat-button or thereabouts. It is finished in • vignette, after the example of Stnart's best Washington; and, as it blends into cloud and inme on every side, reminds one of some appa- Ilion of military heroism breaking through the moke of battle. The modeling of the flesh is very areful, but the skin has that dry opacity which .istinaulshes the method of the artist. The vievi , ,of ,curse, excludes from consideration that remark able fulneaa at the back of the head, which gives -uch impressive individuality to Grant's profile. The friends of the President-elect who have seen be portrait are unanimous, we hear, in proclaim ,ag it ta most life-like and satisfactory in ex., pression yet produced. This corresponds with our own impression. and we believe that this head, or replicas of it, will become historical as he first likeness of the soldier-president that has resulted from the conscientious and intelligent study of an able artist_ The Whets in Isegard to the Vicksburg' Canaphign. A letter writer to the N. Y. Herald sends the following from Washington: A correspondent of a New York paper, whose communication was published yesterday in re card to the orders of Banks to supersede Grant etfore the fall of Vicksburg, is singularly misled in his statements. The simple facts are these The President, Secretary Stanton, Halleck and Grant all agreed that the armies of Grant and Banks should be com bined, the more efficiently to operate against Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Banks was the enior officer. For that reason, when the armies were combined, the command would necessarily have devolved upon Banks. On the 2d of April, I 126:3, Halleck telegraphed to Grant, "What is most desired, and your attention is again called to this objeet, is, that your forces and those of Gen. Banks shall be brought into co-operation as early as possible. Me cannot get up to co-operate with you on Vicksburg, cannot you get troops down to help him on Port Hudson." On the llth of May, after Grant had captured Grand Gulf and Port Gibson, Halleck telegraphed him as lollows—"If possible, the forces of yourself and Banks should be united between Vicksburg and Port Hudson, so as to attack these places separately with the combined forces. The same thing has been urged on Banks." On the lath of May Grant telegraphed to Halleck, from Jackson, MIEB., as follows— sent a special messenger to Banks, giving him the subatance of the Information I bad and asking him to join me as soon as possible." This messenger was sent on the 10th. On the 2cl of June Halleck tele graphed to Grant as follows: "I bare sent de spatch after despatch to Banks to join you. Why he does not Ido not understand. Ills separate Operating on Port Hudson is in direct violation of his instructions. If possible send him this de vetch." 'On the same day President Lincoln tele graphed to Grant as follows: - Are you in com munication with General Banks? Is he coining towards you or going further off? Is there, or has there been, anything to hinder his coming directly to you by water?" On the Bth of J une Grant telegraphed to President Lincoln: "I send, by mall a letter from General 'Banhaa" This letter from Gerieral Banks stated his reasons for not pro cot ding with his army to combine it with Grant's army and assume the command to which his rank entitled him. When Banks remonstrated against the orders from Washington and Grant's own request that he (Binka) should join him (Grant), which necessarily would give Banks the command, "unless there was express designation by the President to the contrary," Grant sent a member of his staff to urge upon Banks to bring his army up the river. Grant further instructed this staff officer to say to Banks that he hoped no feeling of delicacy hi regard to the matter of rank would deter him; that he, Grant would cheerfully surrender the. command. Both Generals acted nobly in the matter—Grant in salking all per sonal considerations for the supposed good of the service and Banks in deClining to step is and take the fruit which Grant had shaken until it wis ready to fall. Yon will see, therefore, that the correspondent is grossly mistaken in sup posing that General `Grant has received any now light on this subject within the past month. I am assured by a gentleman who was there with Gen. Grant that it was well understood at Grant's, headquarters, not that Banks was specially or-; doted to relieve Grant, but to unite the two ar mies. which Would have resulted in his superseds lag Grant, becausehe ( Dania) Was the .senior , officer. lam further assured by the same an-', thorlty that' there was' no ' time during - the, siege of Vicksburg when General Grant; did not : possess the entire confidence and, receive the earnest co-operation of the President,! the Secretary of War and the General-in-Chief.! Mr. Dana, the Assistant Secretary of 'War, was!. with Grant, and'was "fully advised Of all his A. G. CURTIN _mat.witciLE COUNTRY. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1869. grille rime ARTS" A SENSATION SPOILED. plane and operations during the entire siege of Vicbaburg. Be made full. and, frequent reports to Blanton, and approved and applauded Grant's ;•onduct. The fact that this matter is not dis cuss( din the text of Badeau's book is probably because he was not aware that Banks at that time ranked Grant, and therefore did not appreciate the effect of the orders and telegrams which are published in be appendix to his book. Badean was not, Ulf on g afterward: a member of Grant's staff, and hridmo personal knowledge of this most interest ing period of Grant's history. Grant's whole conduct during this period displays the remark able fad that 113 all his campaigns, and - in all his reports, he never seemed to do anything for his own personal distinction. He was ready to yield command on the eve-of apparent victory to make , the success of the cause more certain. G l'i' :/:K:iu(' j: jI:4,*&l:& 1;(f)ktl:A A - -Great Beacham—Who Started- the New Movement—it New Isepalahean Marty ha -Virginia. Iticirmortn, Jan. 18.—The people of Virginia long tor peace, and the first step was taken to ward it just when the people were ripe for re action. The election of Gen. Grant had made the most sanguine of the rebels lose all hope of aid from the Northern Democracy by whom they had been-to often deceived, and who had shown - that they desired to prolong the sufferings of the South, and use them as political capital. The election also convinced Vir ginians that it was the of the anierican people, constitutionally expressed, that the negro should be allowed to exerelse the right of suffrage, and that farther opposition to that will would be second only in folly to the in auguration of anotbei rebellion. Fortunately there were some prominent persons who had the manliness to come out and publish these senti ments fn the newspapers. None but men of name and tame dare take such a stand ,• humbler individuals would have been suspected at looking after the " loaves and fishes." But Stuart, Baldwin, Sutherlin and their associates wore above suspicion. Lile•louir serviceilhad endeared them to the State,and their sincerity, integrity and pureness of heart none could doubt, however some might differ with them. The facts about the Richmond Conference need not be rehearsed. Forty gentlemen of Vir ginie,every one of whose names were known and honored, met at the Exchange Hotel, and after careful deliberation, agreed to appoint a committee whose uty it should be to signify to Congress the wil lingness of the people of this State to accept negro suffrage ; coupled with universal amnesty, and to assure that body of their earnest desire for a return of peace and union. The Committee was appointed, and has now been for more than s week at the Capital. laboring with heart and soul for the success of their mission. Their cordial reception by the leading Republicans,and especi ally the kindly greeting of the Tribune, has already had a most beneficial effect, tending to convince the.people of Virginia of. the fact that the sup posed unreasonable enmity of the great party of the Republic against them as a people has no foundation in fact, and that at the North* as here, there prevails a strong desire for the restoration of friendly relations between the two sections. It is more than probable that if the proposed amnesty is granted with universal suffrage, there will be a new division of parties in this. State, the great body of the white people, including those who are now pushing the "new movement," becoming apart of the Republican party of the Union. or cooperating with the same, while the ultra Southerners, sttett as Wise, Robert Geld and Daniel, will continue to work with the Northern Democrats, with whom they are so loth to part. —Tribune. VOA.ING. He has a Vision about a Canal. A correspondent, writing from Salt Lake City, says of Brigham Young:—He is no longer young, and the Mormons will soon have to look out for a new prophet. Brigham has, it is said, lately had another revelation to the effect that the Lord desires a canal dug from Salt Lake City to Salt Lake Valley. It is to the following effect: "Get thee up, Brigham, and dig a canal in the valley that it may be more fertile; that there may be fish; that the sun may be strong enough to ripen the cotton-plant, and give raiment as well as food to my saints on earth." The Lord has spoken. He has said unto His prophet, brethren willing to aid Gods work should come to me before the bishops' meetings. rroth which it would appear that Brigham is 'going to try irrigation and cotton growing. Of course the faithful will furnish all the teams, harrows and laborers ne6essary to per form the work. It is wonderful what au eye to enterprise in Utah the Lord has. Just now, how ever, Brigham is said• to be in trouble; having contracted to build a portion of the Pacific Rail road, he did not think the enterprise would be pushed so fast, and was waiting until newt spring to do up the job. Now the Railroad King, Durant, is among the Mormons, ask ing them to grade and lay the ties in midwinter. Brigham has sworn to have the road ready when needed, and is in a pucker to know how to fulfil his oath. The big gun of Durant can almost, already, be beard in the Mormon capital, and tee great railroad man is coaling, with his Ave thou sand teams and army of men, leaving a trail of iron behind him. The rails are now being put down in Weber Canon, beyond Owenee Ranch. The ties are bedded and the grading done to within forty miles of Ogden, where Brighton's contract comes in. The end of the line, on that side, will probably be, this winter, at Echo City, though Durant says there will be no halt. In the valley beyond the grading is heavy, the ground frozen hard, and there are three feet of snow. Brigham says they must wait until spring, but Durant tolls him to remove the snow, dig up the frozen earth and pat down the ties. We shall see presently who is the .Pro phet in railroad matters, Brigham or Durant. The former will probably have a revelation of snow scrapers soon, and the Lord will deliver the faithful trom trouble by enabling them to fulfill their contract. Jeff. Davis in Pawls—Ms Mode of Life. tFrom the Gnulolo3 Mr. JelL Davis, ex-President of the Confeder ate States of America, is amoriff' ' us, with his wife, whose heroism is equal to the harshness of her destiny. -He comes to see Paris and seek hero a retreat to which he can bring in a week his child ren, left temporarily in America. Nothing can be more simple than ails man, who is expert enced, like, our fathers of '93, and who, like them, sent suddenly to all points of the Southern States as many armies- as the French Republic opposed to the I coalition in Europe. Jett Davis is very thin, but erect. His chest is • not hollow, and his body-supports-an admirable head, joined to broad' shoulders by a rather thin neck. His forehead is ample r his hair gray, his contour rather bulging, in which„ are set clear blue eyes,. which are very soft, yet observing. , His face is thin, his eheek-bones prominent, and consequently his checks appear hollow. The nose is aquiline, and like an eagle's beak. His mouth is rather large and indicative of goodness and res. T elution; his chin protninent. The otsemble• of that ascetic face is now a mixture of meditation and indulgence. • * * Jeff. Davis speaks_mildly, and Ida_face ex panda as he smiles. He ie naturally slow in ex-; pressing. hid - Ideas in our languagO t which he I constantly mixes up with idioms from his own tongue.. He is quiet in gesture and in recrimina tion, but bis'phrases in the .mother tongue. are well rounded, concise•and neat. Has experience 7 in the failure) of better,or Wormer combinations,. rendered him, less positive? Or dace he always premed,. in the . : expression of his ideas, less in an absolute than,a dubious way?, It , ist true, he feels his way In our langnage. He has remained true ter the principles of dal very, but modified, as he adituts. He . concedes, rights to the negro race which can prove that It is born to enjoy them and made to understand. them; but, at the bottom, he is convinced that the African and Caucasian race cannot assimi late. As to the rest, the extreme violence which the exigencies of the antislavery party caused, the effect of which was the Sudden ruin of the Southern people, was, in his opinion, the conse quence of the resistance which the latter made. Bore, Jeff. Davis is fully enjoying all the curi osities ibllt Paris affords, which no finds very beautiful, and which , he untiringly visits all the day. As_to his material life, he does not care as tc.his food, breakfasting on a slice of bread and butter and a cup of coffee, and dining on two dishes. Mr. Jeff. Davis dined on New rear's day at the residence of his old representative at Paris, Mr. Slidell. The - dinner was.quite private, and Mrs. Davis, in monnainz for her mother, was not thcEe. BAD11111(1 0 - D-11111178110Aleir —At the Theatre Comique, last _night, the Gal ton Opera Company appeared in two very pretty operettas, - La Raw de Be. . Fleur and Lischen and Fritzchen. The farce Cool as a Cucumber was also performed. The house was crowded to its utmost capacity, and the entertainment gave 'en tire satisfaction, even to those most disposed to be hypercritical. Miss Susan Gallon—in the bills dbareEpectfully designated - as "liirufid". , —was, of course, the great attraction. She played and sang with ranch sweetness, and with marked ability in both the characters. A querulous per son- might be disposed to question the propriety of introducing that beautiful but somewhat worn ballad "Comin' thro' the rye" into every opera produced by the company, but as Mies Gallon sings it with apeculiarly bewitching grace, most of her bearers feel able to stand a great deal of it. Her performance throughout was worthy of warm praise; and she won many new friends among those who witnessed it. Her success is due not more to her voice than to her vivacious manner. and to her very excellent management of her facial expression. In this latter particular, she is a &Et- rate artist. Miss Galton divided the boners with Mr. Thomas Whifiln, who, in all three pieces, dis played comic talent of the highest order. There ure very few better low comedians in this coun try, and none, that we know of, who have as rood a tenor voice. He was heartily applauded last night, and he well deserved warm commen dation. This company have won popularity here ? and we believe they might readily extend their en gagement to the end of the season by occasion ally inticducing judicious changes of - the pro gramme. If they will take the advice of their friends, and those who know neat, they will re main in the snug little Theatre Comique, and not attempt to make their success greater in a larger building. They are not strong enough numeri cally to venture upon any performances more, laborious and exacting than those they have Al ready given: and now that very remarkable suc cess Is assured where they are, It would be foolish to attempt any experiments with capricious pub lic taste. They can crowd the Theatre Comique every, Melt, but it is very doubtful if a larger building could be filled; and so while the ex penses would be greater, there would be a dismal, d !splitting array of empty benches to. sing to. Manager Donnelly is capable, and popular, and learned in the art of catching the public fancy. Another manager might fail even with as good a company. —Daly's Fla& of Lightning continues to attract such immense audiences, to the. Arch that- the heart of the manager saddens as he reflects that it must be withdrawn in favor of api • • in which there is no nits for the thunder and 'lice for electrical effects. On Nionday ni ht Twelfth iglu,or What You Wen, will be pr ((laced, and we venture to say that it will attract good houses. It will be placed upon the stage in an unusually handsome manner, with new scenery, new cos tumes, appropriate music,and the following cast, which is in every respect excellent: Viola Mrs. John Drew Orsluo ...... . ....... Mr. L. L. James Pebaelian. six Toby ............:.......Mr. F. F. Mackey Sir Andrew .I , znecheek........ . ...... Mr. R Craig Clown Mt. S. Rem le 11 I:oberto losbinn Vadentite (;filintets Olivia. —Bolicicault's drama After hark COlLltiLltleB to attract immense audiences to the Walnut. It Fume destined to have prolonged success. —The .American Theatre promises a varied per formance to-night with a number of new stars. —Signor Blitz will give an exhibition of leger demain at Broad and Spring Garden streets this evening. —At the Alexander Presbyterian Church, Nineteenth and Green, Rev. Stephen IL Tyng, Jr., will lecture upon "John Bunyan." F. , Boynton will give the third lecture of ins entertaining and instructive series at Con cert Hall to-night. Theme—•'lntroduction of Animal Life upon our Planet." --The Bentz-Hassler orchestra will be made faller than usual to-morrow afternoon, to give proper effect to Anber's Ove:ture to Massaniclid, Offen bach's Overture to Orpheus, Wagner's Lohengrin, and other brilliant selections. The popularity of these orchestra matinees always assures a fashion able audience. ItIEX I t:O. Later train tie Capital Another Friendly Banquet. The Sigh) .X/X, of January 2d, has the fol lowing : Last evening at a dinner given by Riva Palacio to the now and old City Council,.M.r. Lerdu, Sec retary of State, gave a toast. "Friendship between Mexico and the United States, and GUI. Rose crane," the latter being present. Gen. Rosecrans, feeling that he could not express himself in Span ish, made a brief speech in English, giving to' Mexico the most complete assurances of the cordial friendship of the United States and that the present and incoming administration have no other policy. The words of the Minister of the United States wore immediately interpreted by Mr. Mariscal and were received with tremen dous bursts of applause. The Correo of Vera Cruz and other pipers In Mexico would Insist upon reflecting upon the .people of the United States by . maintaining that their Minister is mixed up in railroad projects. This le most posi tively denied by the General. • • t he liteonainis of Lieut. Beecher Stolen by the tudiaus. [From the Bottou Tr&voler of Jan. o.] Lieut. Fredit. K. Beecher, on of Rev. Charles ' Beecher, of Georgetown, Mass., wai3 killed in the inelan war in September, 1868, and was' buried with another officer on the field. It.was the in tention to remove the body to Georgetown for • burial, and =mongers were despatched for that purpose, and their return Was looked for the past week, when the funeral sec-: vices were to be held (conducted by, Rev., Henry Ward Boucher) at Georgetown. The, messengers have 'returned, and brought the sad tidings that the grave had been robbed by Indians arid that no trace • could be bad of the body of: young Beecher. The grave_ adjoinibg hal:Leis°, been desecrated and its inmate convoyed away. No information could bo learned of the perpotra tore of the outrage, and the afflicted friends are thus denied' giving. a• Christian burial• to their: kindred dust. • • "• hright little boy whOlad been 'shippecV aboard of a brig objected to going in her' became he wanted,to go, in, a ship. HO fortified his post- r ! rtion by quoting from :the New' Testament the : Intim* that nobody "'can serve two motors," 'QM' said That be did not what to go in a two master cit4er, • ; , • When I have you, heart's delight. . Mine, my own, forever; All shall be as you think right, Till you care my folly ' Let inn None but you, and never Mind any one but Polly. --Every qatu.o.4lll! -An unfortunate eat committed pusstelio hw our press, yesterday, reducing one of oar; form& to an extensive pi. As a natural result of tetra; ducing cat Into our pie, the weal of - the ma- chine was stopped. Samtwel Weller will pietas take notice. press-clgps life was lost, yesterdaY, by 111 Individual leaping into our fast Hoe. Reqtdoseab in peaces. —The influence of tho press was brought _to bear, yesterday, in favor of preventing Mime cruelty to at least one animal. - —There was a just ( retribution in the mittila don of the feline creature who walked into' oar press - 'yesterday. She used to Mew till lab herself: —When that cat was cut in half yesterday; the pressman simply remarked "What pun.. severance!" —Our cat certainly had nine lives,, or she wouldn't have gone through so many "forma"! in dying. • —Our• cat littered things up dreadfully-yester day. She has always been great on litters... —We —We had an original tail in part of our edition yesterday, in several parts. —The Bum-mix was distributed yeste,rday, far an 'ear. —One of our editions yesterday was a,_ptsv 'dltion for one poor unfortunate. —An ice-boat made nine miles twelie minutes at Poughkeepsie last week. —Sojourner Truth has been giving receptions In Detroit. —A party of Chicago capitalists want a chat* for a 431,000,000 hotel. —Arvunpublished novel by Eugene Sue, found among his papers, is about to be printed. , —The young Marquis of Bute, one of the rich est noblemen in England, has just joined the Church of Rome. • . Zaneaville young lady requested a photo grapher:: to, make her picture • look-"as•if /lwas writin' a porno- 7 ' • :` —The year 1868 cave birth to nofewer thap new Paris journals, more, than a bandred,of which died in Infancy before the 31at,of December : 1 1 —kr. Robert Lyt!on has ready a iew;votOke of poems, called ••Orval, or the Fool Pm?, and other Imitations and Paraphrases." —One of the New. York papers thanks, a inetit ber for "five tbensand pamphlets weighing Per haps two tons." • —An .anxions office-seeker from Alaske'txin, templates conciliating the next President bY.Pre- - renting -him a building lot in &Aka. ' - ' —At a recent fete given by the , Pope, the of the . Vatican were crowded with,ladkts, whose presence is said to, have been an incident without example, and to have greatly seandale. lzed the old prelates. —A portion of the . anti-Ritnallst party, iti-Ane trona have formed what they designate 'a "Free Church of England," and have elected-'a blshots. lie went through a form of consecration "Wok. the oaths of supremacy, and on the , follititinit Sunday hold a general ordination. , , —A gentleman of Houston • was tra - Mtened? by strange sounds the other nigh; and on going out to his garden found three negates Wally, et gaged, two in digging, and the third biretalint aloud from the Bible. They were after thetitrate‘ Lafitte's gold. —The French Government schooner Livrette has recently passed throughout the entireliength of the Suez Canal, and M. - de Lamps statesiltiat in six months from this date shipit,ofasmUettan 3,000 tons burden will be able tci ultversatnel4- Bans, either by sail or steam. —An lowa editor takes naive t o tell histratulete that he has had an introdnetioa te yonng,lady from Ohio, whom he mentionBby name, sun sago she "is all sorts of alovely girl, sharp as a - frosty morning, full of tricks as aZeer„end'hatitiyna a whole flock of snots , birds. Welcome." —ln Trumbull county, Ohio, Betsy Bitten, 'aged sixty, has sued a rich farmer risme& Tendergratit for breachof promise. She• worked ,three years for him for nothing, expecting to be Ids brag, but the volatile old fellow went off to,PettneYlve nia and married a dashing widow. Betsy thinks.. 5,000 will reconstruct her shattered'affeetione, —The first Episcopal Cathedral_ _ ever, hat in. New England was opened for the' first titaecin Christmas.' It has been fully organized, after the English system, by the Right Nee/Y, the Bishop of Maine. The - youngest - Alamo in the New England States, that of the State of Maine, is the first one to have its full catitedrat systeut. Chicago, Buffalo. Pittsburgh, and some ,ether cities have already adopted it. • —A London correspondent says: "Few Englisbi men, even at this day, have the moralcourage to let their beards grow. A 101 l beard is seen only among the highest'class, who are above law;:the lowest, below - law, and Bohemians andetb.er out laws, who.are beyond the law. Father Ignatius shaves his head, and walks the streets -in his Benedictine gown and cowl. Father Parches, the Brighton Ritualist, has a moustache like a slim-brush. But there is not a banker's clerk in England who dares let a hair grow beyond. the strictly regulation whisker." ;—The Salt Lake Reporter accuses the Mormon oligarchy of allowing murderers to go unpun ished, and sounds the following note of warning to the "Brighamites ' "AS aura as the' night succeedeth the day , it will end in blood:' Lae! or no law men wilt not always sit tall' tout lthAte iheir-frit nd s murdered. Retaliation will be trleti,, scores of innocent men and women will, Stiffer for the crimes of a few. Men must knew that they are heaping up wrath agalnst, aAO et wrath, and when their trouble ,comett thee wrongs will be repaid with interest' on some body. Mr. A. Everly Barton Rill Mr. W4ll, Mr. Snyder Mr Mevtier ..Mr. Creese Mr. North Mr. Collins Mr. Osborne Miss Lizzie Price, --nriberr ,241!5 Fp3ny. L)avenpor —While serving. , labia %oath. as Wattle writer in the Department of J at, Herlin,,BigasTek developed that Irascibility or 'finlaperaolont and - imperiousness of-manner which-have since eitar actarlzed him. Ho waa once taking 'down the statements of a man .summoned before one a his. superior oflicera, and grow so ludiltuant-aCthe men's coolness,lhat, e . c i rang up and. said, you, don't , behave bettcr kick you out Or,the room.' The Superior', w o was present, tapped Bismarck on b y photilder, and'said, "Turn ago man out of the room is my allele 'Presently .netit.etrige tor c'ornplalut was given, and BIAMOrek sprang up again, exclaiming, If you Alnu't tn>- bave,better, I'll mate my superior kick VO4 Out. the Mut." YETHERSTON. Peb F. L. PRICE THREE CENTS. FACTS AND FANCIES. If I bad my heart's &Veit Choice of rank, and whether To be rich, or brave, or bright,— 'Twouid be no such folk,: Only this, my heart's delight, Just to be together,. Together with you, • Are we fools for dreaming eT, Never asking whether You and I may snit? ah, uo, - Waking is the folly: - Life but lives in dreaming gal Come and be together, Together with we, Pony. Not because your face is filr, And your smile enchanting,. Not because of golden hair, Redder Ups than holly: Even pot because—but time,. Reascsi go a-wanting, Unless her name b Polly. ~; ~~ ,~
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