ilffiSON PEMOCK. F,ditor.
'VOLUME XXII.-NO. 242;"
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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.
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EYRE LANDELL. Fourlh and Arch Stre,,te
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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406 Chestnut Street,
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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
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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.
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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
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PROGRAMME.
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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
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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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