GlB» PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXII-NO. 255. AGENTS AND SOLICITORS FOR LIFE INSURANCE lod all pcnoaa tonUmplallng Imuran re, WIU. DO WELL TO BEE MR. H. G. WILSON, AT THE OFFICE OF THE Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., , 821 CHESTNUT STREET. lalßstathtflM •CP'EDDING CARDS, iNVITATIONB 808 PAR TT UeaTlic. Newitylu. MASON AGO., 907 Cheetsst utroet. t*?EUDINa INVITATIONB ENGRAVED IN THE ”7 Nowert *£3 bet manner. LOUIS DREKA, Sta tioner and Engraver. ICS3 Cheetnut street. f0b90.-tf CHURCH-RANDOLPH,-Febnnuya.lS«>, In Haiti, more, by (lie Rev. Alexander E Gibaon. Bex. Franc la E. Cburclvol Jrbnadelpbia. and.Mlu Annie Bandelpb.nl •Baltimoro ■ " MAR*! IN—SOUTH.—On (he (th lnat.nt, at 8t An. drew'a Cburcb. by the Rev. W. P. I‘addock. Mr. Kobert T. Martin to Mlu CarolineH. Bontb. both of PblladeL vbia.i.! ■. , •. , • DIED. ADLER. --Thle morning. Mary FTaneea. youngMt daughter of Dr. John M. and Harriet B. Adler. * ESWOKTHY.-Ontbe ttb iutant, Jouph Estvorthy, In thepith year of bpige. ■ * —LENTZe-Baddonly.nn the Sdbutint, Jacob Lentz, in the elat year of bU ago . The rotative* and (Send* el the familr.abe Kenilng (on lodge. No. 911. A. Y. M. and Northern Liberty Lodge, No. IVL O. o t O F. a»d Elm Trie OounelLUnlted American Mcehanlea. tbe I’blladelpbia Hide and Tallow, and tbe Philadelphia Sheep Butcher, AiiocDttoca are leopectlully Invited to attend bu funeral. (ram bli late raidroeo No. IMB Montgomery-avenue, east of Prank (ord road.onSunday«(temoonnext,atao’eloek. Inter ment at Fftlu.rr ntreet ground. * * oTUDDAKT.—On (be evening ol the fith but.. Mn Re. beeea ntoddart, leUetei tbe la>e John Dtoddart, In tbe 92d year of her age. Funeral from her late reeldencd. 129 North Seventh >treet,Tuerdey. 10 A. M„ to which tlie male fri nda ol tbe latnily ate Invited. TAYLuB—<Jn the evening of tbe Bth lutant, Cornelia, daughter cf dolm U. and Elizabeth U. Taylor, aged 9 yeua and Id day*. Tbe relatives and friend, of tbe family are reepectfuUy invited to attend her funeral, from her parents' residence, dlt Qneenetreot. on Tuesday afternoon, ai 1 o’clock. ♦ Magnificent black dress bilk a BATIN FaUJSD UROGRAIN& HEAVIEST corded bilks. WIDUWB' BILKS. NEW LOT, BLACK BILKS WHOLESALE. EYRE it LANDEEU Founhand Arch Streets. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. 0«r. TRINITY M. E. CHURCH, EIGHTH STREET. above Knee.—liov James Nel lat 10X. and Rev. R. W F . Ban phrtfr, paitor, at 7M. Stranger* Invited. It* ■fisn THIKITrEFOBMED - CHUECBL TENTH AND " Filbert streets. Rev. rrof. Doolittle, ol Near Bruns wick. v* ill pr ach to aorrow. Bervlco at 10X o'clock morning and Hi evenlcg. It* ntr BERING GARDEN BaITIST CHURCH. THlR teentbetreet abovo Wallace. Rev. L P. Hornber fer. Paitor. I’ricrhlug to-morrow at 10H A It. and IX ’. M. Babbatb vchool at 2P. M. MSp* WEST JUtCH. CORNER EIGHTEENTH. **** Frescoing by Dr. Willit*-IQ»6 and A cotirec of *'x Lecture* will be commenced Id this church, Fab'-*- -ary lh. First Lecture by Dr. Willlta. It* K eTaDAMsT D.D., WILL PttEACH Kafcbatd itornlup. and liev J. B, Diehl will lecture on Bible Lands. ZX F. M. in Western Presbyterian Church*Seventeenth And Filbert streets. It* ‘ FlttST REFORMED CHURCH-SEVENTH and spring Garden rtreef*.—Rev. George F. (Jtio, of F.rle, Psu. ■will nraaeh in this Church bund ay Morning at lu>s and Bvetiingnt 7 & oVloch. It* SPRtfCEIBTBier CUL-RCHe SEVEN -1X tecctli and hpruco streets,—Rer W. P. Breed, D. D., wIU preset the ninth of the eerie* of d tcourse-* on the Book of Esther, to-morrow at 101* A. M- Subject— - 7be *Balargtm*nt n Decreed- It* HEIDELBERG REFORMED CHURCH— Melon etreef, aboreTwelfth.--eermonT* morrow'. F.SI. Pre-chlng hy fiev. Wm. tt Cullies. bobiect In tbe morning—“ The Baptism of Fire ” Id fbe evetrfug—‘*The Noble Ksaolntion.** Berrices each evening during next week. All are welcome. It* >O>TUE mmmj ingtrn 6<)p&re. Rev. Herrick Johnsoo. D Pastor, will preach tomorrow at A. M. and 1% F. ML *1 he 7lh of the series of sermons on tbe Significant QueaUons of Scripture to-morrow evening. Subject— ** Why will ye dler’ au arc welcome. It* MSB* "THE DOUBLE SAFEGUARD."-PREACHING at Logan Square Church, Twentieth and Vine ■t:eeta. by Paator, her. Tboe. J. Blown, a+ 10M o'clock. Monthly Meetina of Childrcu'* Aid noclety in me Even ing at 734 o'clock. Addreetea by Jamca U* Coyle and Jamn 1. Doran, Eaqa.. and Pa*tor. It* IO- CLINTON STREET CHURCH, TENTH mnMr street, below Spruce. Ordination of Elder? to-mor row. Sunday morning at 10)6 o’clock Sermon bv the Pastor. Charge to Eiders by Rev. Albert Bamea Charge to Poopio by Bov. Dr. Mean. Sermon In the evening by Rev. Or. March. Subject—"Tbe Power of an J£nol*ea Life.’* All Invited. It* ■fir SERMON TO YOUNG HEN. UNDER THE A LB P. UEB OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRIBTXAN ASSOCIATION. Rev. THhO. BT£VEj*B will breach a sermon especially to young men TOMORROW (Baobath) KVI-NJNG. at tbo Central M. E. Church, Vlae street, be low Thirteenth, at*7Jd o'clock. Beat* reserved for young men. M< dlcal students and strangers in the cl ty are cordially invited to attend. Its SPECIAL NOTICES. o&r American Academy of Music, JAMES E. MURDOCH Will Bead, under Ute aniplcM or The Mercantile Library Company, MONDAY EVENING, fcbuajj 8, 1869. at 8 o'tlock. Ticket. For Sale at TBUMPLEB'S Music Store, No. 926 CUkBTNU r Btreet. Parquet Re*orved Beats. 75 cents. Parquet Circle H« served Beat. 76 centa Balcony neeerved Boat. 76 centa Femur Circle Reserved Seats. M cents. feSCtrp ser fame insurance company, 400 Chestnut Btreet, PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 18. 1889. This Company, incorporated in 1656, and doing a Fire Insurance business exclusively, to enable it to aecept a large amount of business constantly declined for want of adequate capital, will, in accordance with a supplement to its charter, increase its CAPITAL STOCK FROM $109,400, US PRESENT AMT, To $900,000, ■9 BUSHED OF FIFTY DOLLIBS EICH, and for which Subscription Book, are now open at thia office. ; By order of the Board of Directors. CHARLES RICHARDSON, • «. PRESIDENT. WILLIAM H.BIUWN, VICE PRESIDENT. WILLIAMS I. BLANCHARD, ; SECEETABY. ' Jaaotfrp} »®“TO RAILROAD CONTRACTORS Proposals will be receivod at {MAUCH CHUNK. Pa., until February the 17tb. 1860, for the GRADUATION and MASONRY of thd NEBQUEHONING VALLEY RAIL ROAD, Including the approaches of NESQUEUONINQ TUNNEL. Specifications and Information as to the work In dotaQ •may be obtained on application at the Eneineor*. Office. Bauch Chunk. , . > j. B. RIOOBHEAD, President. laid tfe!7rp ■ger CONCERT HALL OS CORDOVA’S ■■ SECOND LECTURE •ON THURBDAY EVENING, Feb. 11, ON THURSDAY EVENING. Feb. 18. MB9, aßUNDr obtained at QOULD'd 933 CHESTNUT i ittto (Emg miktiK Paris. Friday, Jan. 22, 1869.— We seem at last to have arrived very close upon the conclusion of that extremely dnli and uninteresting affair called the Conference of Paris. I have always thought and maintained from the first that the matter wonld end as it has now all bnt done, be cause it seemed to me to be evident that there was “no fight" in the powers who might be sup posed interested in giving the quarrel larger dimensions. And as soon as It was known, or rather felt, that this was the case, there was an end either to serious anxiety or serious re sults. There is a great fuss made here ia Europe about having established In some sort the “prin ciple of arbitration;” and it is represented as a great fact that a question of international law has been submitted to a bind of Conrt of Appeal to decide upon it, instead of as formerly being de cided by the sword. But Isi ould like to know what great advantage such arbitration is 10 Europe so long as every nation, or rather every government, deems it necessary to stand armed to the teeth, and crush the people under a load of taxation to maintain what Napoleon 111. face tiously terms a “peace establishment.” Here we have had the Emperor in his speech especially congratulating his subjects upon the gratifying facts that their armameuta are brought to the highest state of perfection, that their arsenals and powder magazines are full, their reserves trained und disciplined, the national guard organized, their lleet transformed, and their fortresses all in fighting order. And all this, he Informs them with a gravity that is really serio-comic, and enough, as they say, to make a cat laugh—all this •a merely “putting things on a peace-footing,” aqd in order to be able to say that “we desire peace!” If we turn from the Emperor'e lan guage to that of bis Ministers, we have some thing more about what this said “peace looting" means in imperial and European estimation. In the Report on the State of the Empire just laid before the Chambers by imperial command, there is, of course, a chapter devoted to the army. From this I take the folio wing fig ures as a specimen of what is deemed necessary under the Empire to keep the peace: The effec tive force of the French regular army is set down at this moment at 448,711, or little short of half a million of-men actually engaged as soldiers, and therefore withdrawn from agriculture and com merce and industry, at a time when the demand for labor is universal and the aupplv everywhere short of it. The grand /total of the active army and the re serve is stated at 647,267 men, and whon to those aro • added ' the mobilized national gnord, all armed, trained and exercised, as observed by Na poleon, the “sum total of our disposable forces, says the report, with evident satisfaction and pride, “amounts to 1,028,900 men." And this is a peace establishment; and this is what the im perial government of France considers necessary to keep np, in order to day without humiliation that it desires peace, and is not afraid of war! Can one wonder, on reading this, that public ini stiuction in Franco is stinted and starved, or that the masses of the population arc loft stupid in I ignorance and bigotry ? • f | You will hear of the eerious outbreaks and disturb bailees which have takon place In the French coloi ny of the Isle do la Reunion. The clrcaratsanoeao? MPEOIAIi NOTICES* THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY THE PREVENTION OFI&HELTY TO ANIMALS. ROOMS, NO. tm CUKoTNUT STREET. _ 5, 1860. The PennsyivaniaSocJety for the Prerfeption of Cruelty to Animals, No. 1322 Chestnut street* .abkuowiedgo cho receipt of the following sum* alnco Aupiat'vth, 18$9: Mr#. Vni. Wiater .\7. $6 00 Mias EL l\ Smith i 2 uu H. W. BartoL Rj oo Miss W ..... so *5. W. Baldwin. 2 00 Alexander Benson 36 00 A Young Man 4 00 M. A. Lonjrstretb sou B. B. 8&rt01....*.. SO 00 Xboma* 8. Newiin 30 Oi IS Benjamin Marshall 500 Thomas Sparks - so uo J. P. Tobias , 25 00 H-S. Hands ACo 25 0o A friend to lho cause..... s oj g. g.T. „ ~ 6W H-M.... 800 •L M., Jr... ;.;.v;v ' 6 00 R.H.P. 500 W.II. Gataner....... 3500 John Gibson, Son A Co 1M 00 T. E. Baton 1 00 Caleb Cope,. , 10 00 James IL Ureevea 00 Total Donations in aid of the objects of ttxe Society and sub' Mnipnonaformcmbenblp (86 Bo lt Treasurer. PHILADKDPHIA ELECTBOFATHIU INtft'X ■■J'TOTION. 1230 WALNUT street. DBS. QAILOWAY and BOLLKS. the teachers of the great discovery In the application of Electricity for the speedy and permanent cure of acute and chronic dis eases* criU instruct another cla*a icthietdenee and prao sB£ • fflJSSSfiFSi,"** l wmmeneeon MOMMY EVEN -ING, FEBRUARY 8. . Students of either sex can become members of the class by making application at the Institution during the day or evening. N. B.~Wa still guarantee to welL'Qua.hvibd Medfrai Electricians lucrative positions. ProfiC. ILBOLjuES. the Discoverer, will locate them. We &ze constantly receiving calls for our students from various parts of the country. f©| 4trps tfty ELECTRICAL JNBTITUTB. W 1220 WALNUT STREET. PmiJki»XLVsta« February 2d. 1869. A class of Ladies and Gentlemen is now forming at Dr. i. W. BE* KWUII'S. USO Walnut street, Philadelphia, for instruction in the use of Electricity for the treatment of Chronic Diseases,to which all desiring to becoming stu dents, both of the medical colleges and othetaara invited. ’ All *i udents Joining the Clara for Februmy Bth, will be admitted to the Operating Booms for practical iostruo 'lcdl Terms arrsnged on application. Dr. B. W. BECKWITH, feS-St/pi 1230 Walnut street. ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS—CHESTNUT AND TENTH aTREETS. ON EVENING. FEBRUARY 11th* THE YOUNG AND GIFTED LECTURERS, MIBB PAULINE BREWSTER BMYTHE. WILL. DEI.IV6R U£R THRILLING AND POPULAR LECTURE—“AN APPEAL TO W M AN. M TICKW 526 UTS. RESERVED SEATS. 60 UTB. Obtained at GOULD’S, i*23 Choatnut; TRUMPLER’S, P2C Cbcr'nut, and at th«» Door. DOORS OPEN AT 7. LECTURE AT 8 O’CLOCK. fe6 a Hi 2t n>; |gf WILLS OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. RACE ABOVE EIGHTEENTH STREET. Open daily at lIA ML, for treatment ol diseases of the eye. VISITING MANAGERB. EZRA DYER. M.D., 1429 Walnut street. AMOo UILLBORN, « North Tenth street ELMORE C. HINE. M. D„ 18S4 Green street ATTENDING BURGEoN, rrpj Dr. Tbos. Geo. Morton, 1421 Cueetnut street, jt* w e gst TIIiKD ANNIVERSARY OF THE “HOME FjH wmm Utile Wanderers,' 1 at the Academy of Miuie, on FRIDAY EVEN ISO, February 12, l&». Addresses by Kev. Dr*. Will Ute, Newton »nd otuen. Singing by tbe t.itUe Wandorera. under tbe direction of J. E, Gfould, fc><| X>oors open at balf.past & Exercises commence at half* pact 7. < ick eta, 60 cents; to be had at the door and at the Home. 3S3Bhippcn street. fe&6ts ggg»HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSVLVa^I HORATIO GATfcS JONES Eeu. will lead a pa per before the Boeiety on MON DA V EVENING, Feb. fC atHo'rlock. Bubject Andrew Bradford the founder of tbe tint newspaper in Philadelphia. JAMES BQRIQLEY, It* Librarian. SBf PHILADELPHIA ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL. No, IS South Ninth street— ClttbSooL Hip and sT><r.ai Diseases, and Bodilu IM/ormttia treated Apply tally at 13 o'clock. DoOSutm MW- HOWABB HOSPITAL, NOB. 1518 AND 1530 " “ Lombard street. Dispensary Department—Medt ol treatment and mod trine fonmhed fertUaitoaslT to the poor. EUROPEAN AFFAIRS LETTER FROM PARIS. (Correspondence of the Philada. Ereninc Bulletin.! PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1869. tbe cnee and tbe condnct of tbe antboritles an much criticised,and are about to be modethesub joct of interpellations in the Chamber. Mcantlmo tbe government Is despatching reinforcements' in great haste, and something libe two thousand; Infantry arc being embarked at Toulon. The cause of the disturbances seems to have been ebb tty religions excitement created by the Jesuits and ultra-montane press; bnt tbe fact of the riot .having occurred on the 2d. of December has served to impart a political color to the event. The weather has suddenly changed iu Paris from long continued warmth and moisture to bright clear frost, and for the first time we have a conviction thatitls really winter.- -Every ono; seema to enjoy this seasonable cold and the snnsbino which accompanies It. The pnblic drives are thronged with open carriages, filled, with fur-ciad occupants, among which the Em peror and Empress seldom fail to appear. His, Majesty,lndeed, as 1 recently mentioned, la inde fatigable in his bodily exercises; and one rarely takes, up the official journal without finding it. notified that the Emperor has been enjoying a day’s shooting at some one or other of his nu merous properties. Then the theatre takes up a considerable portion of the impc: rial time, and not a new piece comes out bnt an evening is devoted to see itT Court* dinners and balls fill up tbe intervals, and prevent royalty, I suppose, from being ennuyi. Alto gether, with the aid of a small income of thirty three millions a year as pocket money, Imperial ism la pretty well off in France, and there ought to bo no deficit in iu budget, whatever may bo the case with that of the natioh. Nor does Napoleon forget to put his own house In order amidst the general embellishment of the capital After having had the Palace of the Elysde rebuilt (of course at the national ex pense—for that does not come out of his private Income), he Is now gradually rebuild ing the Tnffleriee in the most snmptnous style. The portion called the Pavilion Manson, adjoin ing the river and the quays, is just finished. I save rarely seen so rich a piece of architecture The entire facade is literally encrusted with the most elaborate carved stone work; which, joined with the richly glided balconies, and the frame •vork ol the'wlndow-gaBbes.(forthatistholastem r>e]lishmeat),also gilded externally—forms an en umble of really dazzling magnificence. The Prince Imperial has been installed with his household" In these new apartments, which have been snmptnonsly fitted up for himself and his suite. I went over them the other day,-and. tbe view from the windows over the Beine and environs is delicious. The young gentleman is eertalDly well lodged. I was amazed, too. to see tbe other day, at the new Grand Opera now in' progress, the immense extent of accommoda tion reserved to tho Imperial family. They will occupy nearly an entire wing of the building. The imperial carriages are to drive in and up to be first tier of boxes, which are provided with private saloons behind, besides waiting-rooms for reite, guard, servants,Ac.,with stables and coach houses below ; while an immense circular n»u with twelve gigantic marble columns, serves for »o Imperial promenade between the acts. Verily, me is sot the etu du ptuple for nothing. TOE SPANISH REVOLUTION. Abolition of Slavery Resolved Upon, IBpodsl Despatch to the N. Y. Tribune ] Madrid, Feb. s.— As the time for the meeting of the Constituent Cortes—the 11th of February —is near at hand, the Provisional Government are busy completing the draft of the new Consti tution, which they will recommend to tho” Cortes lor adoption. Little is yet known of the articles of tbelr draft, bnt the Abolitionists,who embrace men of all political parties, have at length suc ceeded in obtaining from the Government the official assurance that their draft will contain a clause prohibiting slavery in all the Spanish possessions. The best method of freeing tbe slaves is to be left altogether to the decision of ihe Cortes. As it is known that the Liberal Unionists, the Progressists, and the Republicans »re generally in favor of the Immediate abolition ef slavery, and that even some of the Absolutists favor such a measure, it ia expected that tho Con -tituant Cortes will adopt thia article of the new Conetitatioß by an overwhelming majority. —Commenting on the above the Tribune says : “The Provisional Government of Spain has in many things disappointed the just expectations of that nation and of Christendom. Men whose mission was to be tbe apostles of republicanism, and who started fairly upon that shining rood, have preferred to turn back and become the champions of reaction. Bnt at last we have one evidence that the expulsion of the Bourbons has not been in vain ;—one illustrious proof that Prim and Serrano comprehend the logic of their insurrection. A cable despatch, forwarded yes terday afternoon from Madrid, by the special cor • tepoedent of tbe Tribune, conveys the anthen i/c intelligence that the Provisional Government will, on the assembly of the Constituent Cortes, -übuilt to It a Constitution of which the great feature will be tbe abolition of Slattry throughout the Spanish dominion! Thus do the nations reap tbe golden fruits of our oloody sowing ! Whether Cuban revolt succeed or fall, Cuban slavery 1b ended. Tbo Brazilian and Portuguese governments must speedily fol low the bentficent example; and within ten years Ircrn Ihe emancipation of American slaves it may jet come about that not a single slave shall darken tbe light of Christendom.” rite Spanish Elections—The Grand Re sult—•■ fee monarchists Ahead—The Vote of fladrld. [Madrid (January 19) Correspondence of London Herald.] As 1 have aU along predloted, the Monarchists have carried the majorities throughout Spain. In Madrid the Republicans have not succeeded in winning one seat. The following is the “final close ol the poll,” after tho three days' voting: MOMAbOIIIttTB, ÜBrDIII.IOAMg. Prim 83,187 Oronee. 14.019 seriuno 31,727 Figueroa lt.uuu Hecerrn 31,673 Oastelar 14,715 Rivero 34,279 Garcia L0pez........14,179 Zoiilla 30,765 Pi Margall 14.351 Topol e 81,385 G&rrldo 13.729 Haguatn 29.450 Pierrad 14,850 The soven Monarchical candidates have time beaded the noil, and will sit in the Cortos Con stituents as the deputies firr the capital. It will be noticed that tiagaßta, the lowest of the Mon archical list, bad double the cumber of votes of Kigueras, tho highest on the Republican one. Tho total of electors who voted in the three days was 64,517, being two-thirds of tho entire register. 1 do not give yon the list of othor persons for whom votes were tendered from two up to 1,300, as they were about fifty or sixty in number. The highest were—Aguirre, 1,302: Martos 728. All Quiet at the Polls—Spanish Boasts. (From the Madrid ImparclaL] The French have a saying “That Africa begins at tho Pyrenees." What shall we now say of Bpain after tho magnificent epectaclo our people have given in tho elections. From all parts of the Peninsula we bear of the great order which prevailed in the act, unknown boforo in Spain, or even in Ihe rest of Europe, .of tho exercise of universal suffrage. Republicans, Unlonistus, Progresistas,, Abeolutistas, all parties have gone peacefully to the urns. In England, the first time they made use, not o,f uni versal suffrage, but of a mere amplification of tbo suffrage, there were gravo disorders in many* places. When in that country so accustomed to the practices of liberty, a mere amplification of the snffrsgo produced serlotis conflicts,lt was no i OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. lo be wondered at that some had fears that in Spain, in her transition state from oppression to llberty.wltb a pnblic unaccustomed to liberal practices in electoral movements,wo should have bad perturbations, disorders and bloodshed. But soho of theso have happened.' In two; or three places there have been slight disturbances, but they were quickly sup pressed, hud they count for nothing In the gouo ral picture of order the country has presented. < nP r J >eo^o tyive given alesßon to Europe entire. . Wemavo spoken of England, what shall we say of France? There they havo universal suffrage, bnt what pee do they make of It? To establish “Dd sustain taesarism, to throw down the statue of Liberty, and to raise np a personal power incompatible with the liberties of the people. If tbe.eelf-love of Spain has hitherto been wounded by the sayfbg, "Africa begins at tho Pyrenees,” can wo not now retort, “Yes, but In the Pyre nees of the North, and hot In the Pyrenees of the South 1” • „On the 18 th of January, tho birthday of Fronds , ’ IF“ > E ot j^Ple B , was duly commemorated at the Fsrnese Palace. In the morning tho King reecived a deputation of Neapolitans and SlcE Hars, who presented him with addresses from tbe principal cities of his old kingdom, hearing altogether 200,000 signatures. The deputation, ■>fter reading the addresses, expressed a hope that tbe present year wonld terminate the usurpa pat iODwfalch separated tho King from his faithful t objects, and restore him to the throne of his ancestors. Francis n., In his reply .said that God permitted disasters to occur for the gdod of man, so the past would be instructive both to his be loved subjects and himself, and he should return to them to form lies which the whole world could, not break. He added that he shared their hope that the present year would bring about this result, for which he prayed unceasingly to God; and he sbonld look for it with more confi dence after receiving these addresses. Tho Pall Mall Gazette contains this : In a discriminating notice of General Gran t in tbe Edinburgh /tevieio a fact is mentioned con nected with tbe fall of Bichmond which is, we believe, quite new to this country, and but little known even in the States. It is that when Rlch tnfeLd was abandoned by Lee there were stored up not far off on tbe North Carolina Railways r onr months' provisions for such an army as his, which with a little exertion might have been forwarded long before to relieve those dire necessities which contributed so much to the downfall of the chief Confederate position. The breakdown of Lee’s commissariat system was, of coarse, known beiore in a general way; but such a circumstance as this throws tresb light on the difficulties with which be had to contend,. and tbe mismanagement for which be was himself partially responsible. The writer of the article says he derived hla Information on ibis point privately from a “very distinguished ex- Confederate general, who held the highest command until tbe close of the war, andjeft It with on untarnished name”—General Joseph Johnston, we presume, being thus indicated. The Pall Mall Gazette says; An amusing Incident occurred at the opening of the French Chambers. A newly appointed attache at tbe American embassy came to witness the eeremony, bnt, belDg unknown to the police, was stopped by the two officials at the door, who asked him his name. Tbe attache answered some thing in English, and attempted to pass on, but the officials refused to admit him. This so en raged the American that he seized the two officials by the collar and knocked their heads against each other two or three times. An officer now came up and asked tbe attache for his card, which was Immediately produced, and bad a remarkable effect on tbe conduct of the police men. notwithstanding the hard usage they had received. They bowed profoundly, and with much empreeument showed the attache to his scat. Progress of tbe National Lincoln Hon. nment- Models of the Colossal Statues of Secretary Stanton ana Bishop Simpson Completed—The Tar. iff Bill Dead for this Session—The Air Line Project—The Exposure of Al leged Corruption In Passing: the Alash a Appropriation Bill* l Correspondence sf the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.) Washington, Feb. &.—Notwithstanding very little is said about the National Lincoln Monn ment in the pnbUc papers, the work upon it is steadily progressing. Clark Mills, the sculptor, has already finished the models for the colossal statues of ex-Secretary Stanton and Bishop Simpson, of Philadelphia and la now waiting for farther orders from the committee to commence other models, which orders will be given in a few days. The fignro of Mr. Stanton is nine feet three inches in height, md that of Bishop Simpron is nearly ten feet, be being a taller man than Mr. Stanton. These will be placed on the monument fifty feet above the ground, and in that position will appear about life-size to spectators on term jirma. The likenesses are pronounced by those who have seen tbe models to be perfect, and have received the unqualified approval of the committee having charge of the work. SECRETARY Sl’ct'LLOCll’s RKl'l.V TO MR. BCO- It was expected that tho reply of Secretary McCulloch to the resolution introduced by Mr. Scofield on Tuesday last, requesting copies of the correspondence on tbe euoject of the dis charge of the twelve inspectors in the Philadel phia Custom House, would have been submitted to-day, bnt it did not make its appearance. It is understood that it will be sent to tho House to-morrow. From present appearances it does not seem probable that the Tariff bill will be passed during the present session, as there are so many mea sures pressing for consideration, and the time is now so short. It is due to General Moorhead, nowever, to say that he has labored unceasingly and pereeverinely to get the matter before the House, and if he has not been successful the fault s not with him. H« is a faithful representative of the interests of Pennsylvania. TIIEAIR-LINK RAILROAD BILL. There is no probability of this bill being passed this stßßlon, if ever. It is supported by parties hostile to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com pany, but cot to the other railroad lines between here and New York city. The opponents of this bill have sufficient strength to keep it from pass ing at this session, and at the spring session there will be much more important measures to engage tho attention of Congress. Tbo rail road interest of the country, too, is almost unani mously opposed to it, ub they regard tho incor poration of this company as the entering wedge to Congress chartering railroad companies all over the country, which is a necessary conse quence. When tho Baltimore and Potomac Rail road, between here and Bultimore, is completed during tho present year, there will bo little hoard about an air-lino from hero to New York, as this will give tbo advocates of competition all the competition they want. THE ALLEGED EXPOSURES IN THE ALASKA AFFAIR. The Committee investigating the alleged cor rupt use of money to secure tho passage of the appropriation bill to pay for Alaska havo made no report yet, not having concluded their Investi gations. The reports .sect from here ns to tbe character of the testimony should bo-recoivod wiih great allowance, ns no reporters are ad-; milled, and the alleged facts are gathered ia frag mentary pieces from the witnesses themsolves.who sometimes.tell a very different esory afterwards to what they tell in tho CemmUtoe rooin, abd some times the reports are gathered horn outside par ties, who know nothing except the stereotyped phrase, “they say so and do.” Mr. U. 'H. A Bourbon Festival. An English story About l.ec. A Belli gereut American. LETTER FBOIII WASHINGTON. FIELD'S RESOLUTION. THE TARIFF RII.L. Painter, the correspondent who is alleged to be criminated by the evidence of one of tbe parties who received money for hla services, de nies point-blank the assertions made by Mr. F. P. Stanton, and appeared before tho committee to day and requested to make the contradiction un der oath, but a quorum of the committee not be ing present, the further examination was post poned till to-morrow. Mr. Painter is well known here, and very few of tbe newpaper profession believe that bo did anything that was either dis creditable or disreputable. SnsqußitANNA. THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. PAINTER. In addition to tbe foregoing from a Washing ton correspondent, wo have tho following des patch from Mr. Painter: ' Washington, Feb. 6, 1869 The statement of your correspondent as to tbe testimony of Mr. Walker and Mr. Frederick P. Stanton, and my action in relation thereto, Is lalse. Mr. Walkor swore that I. had never spoken to him on any subject in my life, aud Mr. Frederick F. Stanton's allegation that I had applied to him for monoy for myself or any one else Is contradicted point blank by me, under oath, and by his cross-examination. He admitted that he (Frederick P. Stanton) had always denied ever having any connection with the matter nnlil it came out on the investigation. I never Saw or heard oi Martin, except through newspaper statements, and I have never heard any one bnt your correspondent, who has a per sonal quarrel with me, allege that I had. Neither Walker noxStanton has so testified. U. H. Painter. NEW JEBBET BAITEIH Railroad Legislation. —A memorial has been submitted to the New Jersey Legislature, signed by Hon. Ashbel Welch, General President of the united railroad companlos of New Jersey, asking that body to pass au act equalizing the tax upon freight, so that agricultural products and coarse freights can be carried. The immediate ten dency of this measure Is to reduce the rates of freigntage upon all kinds of merchandise carried between any points on the roads within the State, a measure which is entirely just, and cannot faff to be healtbfnl to all parties concerned; because it will be tbe fairest mode of taxation, and the' moat beneficial to the State, the Companies and the community at large. It wonld be beneficial to ibe State, because at the present moment it is estimated that more than one-half of all the goods carried between New York and Philadelphia (in cluding probably three-quarters of off the fourth class goods) go by sea, and pay the State nothing. To take tbeufby rail wonld require such redaction that the profit, after paying transit duty, wonld bo reduced far below what it Is now on the smaller amount carried. But with a transit duty of five emts per ton on heavy groceries and goods of like class, the quantity carried wonld be quad rupled, and also the revenue of the State In creased. Very low* rates between these great titles wonld increase quantities indefinitely. A large railroad tonnage of medium and low-priced articles is now camcu which was not contem plated by tbe original law, and on which the law never intended to levy a transit duty of fif teen cents par ton. Upon these grounds the com panies ask lor a modification ol these rates, and it will only be an act of justice to tbe State and ibe business community at large, if the Legisla ture grant the prayer of the memorialists. After the Justices At tbo recent session of ibd Grand Jury of Camden County, resolu tions were passed condemnatory of the practice of jnsticcßof tbe peace Issuing warrants with the words: “And bring him or her forthwith beiore cue, or any other Justice oi the peace of said county,” stricken out, and asking the conrt to iuke cognizance ot the practice. Tbe practical operation of issuing warrants with the above sentenco erased is that a justice in Camden can command a citizen residing at the farthest ex tremity of the county to be dragged from homo sud friends, where be could easily obtain ball, to Camden,among strangers, where most likely he could not get ball ana would have to be locked np. Exciting Rack.— Yesterday tbe citizens of Camden were attracted to a laughable extent by a race between Henry Hires and tbe officers of the Conrt, down Federal street. It appears that Hires had been placed on trial for some offence in Ihe prisoner’s dock in tho court-room, when he dexterously effected bis escape and ran for liberty towards the ferry. The race was exciting, bnt ihe poor man was re-captured just as he was go ing on board the ferry boat. Boys Held to Answer.— Mayor Cox yester terday held four boys to answer at Conrt the charge of breaking into school houses and ab stracting therefrom books and other articles. They were also charged with other misdemean ors. Tbo Fame Insurance Company [From the American Exchange and Review of February. IBOH The Fame Insurance Company of Philadelphia, dow in its thirteenth year, will double its present cash capital preparatory to extending its liaes of rhk and its business generally. Boohs of sub scription to the capital stock have been opened at the present office of the company, 400 Chestnut street, in order to afford facilities for all so de siring to subscribe and to secure the advantage of ihe widest distribution of the stock. The in crease of the cash capital Is, however, a fixed fact. In order to attain the requisite accommodations for enlarged operations the company will remove to the building of the National Bank of the Re public, 809 Chestnut stree\ The new office is commodious and elegant in all its appointments, and the location a very desirable ono. Increase of local Philadelphia fire insurance capital has been much talked of. but the pro mises of ench increase have not amounted to mnch, yet its necessity is admitted on all sldeß. We have now, however, something definite in this connccilon, and the new capital is placed most acceptably. It is not entrusted to mere ad ventnrereln tbo business, but a solid, dnrable basis has been laid, through years of experience, for its proper and successful employment. The Fame began business Bept. 1, 1856, and ibis period was the beginning of a series of eventful and disastrous years in tbo history of Philadelphia insurance. It passed through tbo ordeal with credit; it proved Us reliability at every trial, never contested a loss, and never bad a lawsuit of any kind Originally $50,000 of the capital was paid np; subsequently the cash capital was Increased to nearly $lOO,OOO, and the present addition will give the Fame a fall paid up capital of $200,000. The president and score-' tary of the Fame have been connectod with the company from the start. Charles Richardson, Esq., now president, was originally a director, and subsequently willed the position cf vice-president His oceesslon to the presi dency gives good promise for tho new era upon which tbo Fame Is entering. Mr. Rich >rd sou is a gentleman of rare business qualifications, is manager of the Philadelphia branch of the great bouse of J. C. Howe & Co., lie has evidenced the possession of capacities of no common order. Wm. H. Rhawn, Esq., vice-president, has a first class financial and administrative record ns presi dent of the National Bank of the Republic. In Williams I. Blanchard, Esq., secrutery, the Fame has had a falthlul and laborious oxoeiuive officer from the first day of Its career. Tho reputation of Ihe offleo is largely the result of his manage meat; as a fire underwriter,ho knows “The guiicd shore To a most daßgeroue sea;” and disciplined by the. expericnco and observation of tho past, ho Is pecu liarly qualified to conduct tho company on its new career. That tho Famo will receive Its fall share of tho mercantile patrunago'of tho city ad mits of scarcely it douhtL, This is duo to it by tho commercial interest such Is but the sustain-, lug of a (accessary and worthy agency of the city's business. —lt is estimated that there are nearly thirty thousand young men in Boston under marriage engagements, waiting for better tithes. F. L. PRICE THREE CENTS. FIFTH EDITION by telegraph. IMPORTANT BY CABLE The Hew Greek Ministry a F&Rturo NEW CONSTITUTION FOR SPAIN Slavery to be Abolished in Her Domlaioas- CLARENDON-JOHNBON TREATY THE "TIMES” DENOUNCES XT By the Atlantic CoAla. 1 ATHBss,Feb. 6—The new Ministry Isa tUlirtt and Bulgaria, the former Prime L recalled. The King Is firm for adherence to. the protocol. Maekib, Feb. 6.—The draft of anew coustlto tlon, to be presented to the Cortes,eboUshea sla very everywhere In the Spanlslrdomißioni.. . v London, Feb. 6—The Government hasiresolred, on the abolition of university tests. The fall text of the Clarendon-Johnson treaty, has been. ro: eeived by mall to the New Fork papers.., The Times of to-day denounces the treaty, and says U is Incomprehensible and-without order- Unless there was a secret stipnlatlomsottiewhere to the contrary, the consideration of the question,of re cognition of the Southern States as belligerents wss plainly provided for to this treaty. l ‘ Nothing indeed was excluded. Tho defects of the treaty have grown oat of and are owtog to tho-semii pnblle fashion in which the negotiations, were conducted. f If the United States Senate hesitates to. ratify the project, England will not qhafe. ’ It Is. desirable that the whole treaty be revised and, re cast. As itls now, practically every claim may go to the foreign umpire for final decision.; If this bo a settlement, the IHmes asks for a. new definition of the word. Fortieth Cougrcis.-Tblrd getiloi^ IHocsi:—Continued from tho Fourth EdiUoa.l • Adverse reports were made from the Military Committee on claims of officers for three months* pay proper, under tho act of March 3d, 1865, be yond the limits fixed by the law, and on the-mcmo rial of the Common Connell of Pittsburgh for tho removal of the Allegheny Arsenal beyond tea' city limits. Mr. Garfield, from the same committee, i&> ported a bill for the relief of Jno. E. Kecalde and his sab-contractor, which was passed. The morning hour having expired, Mr. Hooper, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill to prevent tho fnrtbe* In crease of the public debt, and for other purposes, and asked that It be printed and committed, no giving notice that he would call it up. next Week. A Bogus Detective* HAr.Risnnso.Feb. 6 .The public are cautioned against a swindler named James D. Lewis, who is procuring money from enndry persons under false pretence that he holds a commission "from the Governor of Pennsylvania as a poliao detective. Several checks op the State Treasurer from him were presented here to-day. From RBaine. Hallowrll, Maine, February 6 Er-Gover nor Hubbard died in his office to-day, of heart disease. 7 Eire In New Yorb. New Yore, Feb. 6.— Stelnmetz’s picture frataio factoi v, in Mulberry street, and the New Tork frame manufactory were burned to-day. The loss is $lOO,OOO. FARE IN M’KEIiSPOBT. A Hotel Burned. Tbe Pittsburgh Chronicle of yesterday says: Between 3 aud 4 o’clock this morning a fire broke out in M'Keeaport, which resulted in the total destruction of the Hiawatha House, at the corner of Fifth and Market streets, and a Small frame building immediately adjoining, on Market street. The fire it appears, originated In the frame baildlngs on Market street, and when dis covered had gained considerable headway. The citizens responded promptly to the alarm given, bnt being wlthont engines, ladders, backets, or other necessary apparatus for use of fires,'were unable to render any effective service. There was a strong wind blowing at tho time and tbe flames were carried up from tbe burning bnilding to a heavy cornice projecting from tho Hiawatha House, to which they oouj.- mnnicated. in a short time the entire roof was enveloped in flames,and the citizens directed their efforts towards saving the farnltnre in the house, aDd to prevent the spread of the fire to the ad jacent buildings. The fire raged with great fierceness, and for a time it was feared that the entire block would be destroyed. The outbuild ings in the rear of the Hiawatha House were torn down, and bv this precaution, together with the protection afforded by tbe snow to the roofs of the buildings adjoining, the fire was confined to the buildings named. Tbo Hiawatha bnilding was owned and occu pied by Wm. McMillln, as a hotel. It was three stories in height, and was tho best hotel in - the borough. The principal part of the fnrnitaro was removed, although in a damaged condition. Mr. McMiilin’s loss will not fall far short of $23,- 000, and bo has no insurance whatever. English Opinion of minister Johnson anil uis Treaty* The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on tbe chances that the Glarendon-Johnson ' treaty will bo rejected by onr Senate, says: “With the best intentions, Mr. Roverdy John son has evidently overstated tho affection of the American people for England, ao<j his country men are naturally inclined to disprove his words as soon as may be by some exceptionally hostile act. Tho opportunity they are In want of la afforded by the right reserved to more than ono tbird of tho Senate to reject any treaty concluded by tho Executive.” —The Gardener's Monthly says: "Should any Of our fair readers find hor plants, by some unlucky calculation, frozen In tbo morning, do not to rn ove them at once to a warm place, but dip them io cold water and sot them in a dark, spot where they will barely escape freezing. Sun light will only help tbo frost’s destructive powers." —A boy In Michigan recently hodjbls leg ampu tated, and a fow days afterward said that tile great (oe of tho amputated limb, was cramped, and that it pained him, and insisted that UU father should disinter the amputated limb add straighten the too. To quiet him, his wishes were compiled with, and he said he was relieved from tbifpulo. —Last week an employ fe at the Meriden (Cohn.) Manufacturing Company, wanting to cool a sol di ring iroD, thrust it, as ho thought, Into: a pall of water, but which turned ohi to be a pail, of nnphlha. There wasq llashand a blazQ.andairay It all Went—man as well. Fortunately he escaped, without much injury. —Grant is the subject of an article Rt tho, iajfi number of the Edinburgh Review. v .. 1 FflMisheiv 4:00 O^Olook:
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