GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXII.—NO. 260.
•9* FAME INSURANCE COMPANY,
400 Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 18, 1869.
This Company, Incorporated In 1856, and doing a Fire
Inaorance tmrlnoea exeliulvcly, to enable It to accept a
.Urge amoimt of buxtocu constantly declined (or want of
-adeiuate capital, will, In aooordance with a eupplcmont
to ite charter, Increase IU
Wm BMI mi $100,060. ITB PBESBBI AHOUST,
To $>900,000,
OISHIBEIOFFiFtTDOLLABI EICH»
and (or which SobecripUon Book* arc no nr open at this
alike.
St order el the Board otDiiyctan.
GIIABLEB BICHARDSOW,
PRESIDENT.
HIIXIAH H.BHAHS,
, VICE PRESIDENT.
WIUJAHS I. BIASCHAItD,
BEtiBETABY. . „
<,■ ■■: . ■ ;■■ ■■ ■ . Ja3otfrpt_
SOLICITORS
OY
ALE LIFE COM PASTIES
haring Iwuranee to place, will find the
New England Mutual
an organization they can confidently recommend.
; As acta, 87,000.000,
STROUD A MABBTON. Oooersl Agents,
ftauwriatd 8> North FIFTH Street.
TJtrEDDISa CARDS, INVITATIOMS FOB PAR
W tUa,Ao. New style*. MASON AGO.,
aaSStfl 901 Lbcetnat street.
XXTEDDINQ INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE
. W Newcat and tieat manner. LOUIS DRBKA, Btr
tinner and Engraver, 1(33 Chertnnt .treat feb aB,-tf
MAJBBIEU.
. CLABK—STONES,—By Rer William BufiAart*. D. Dm
on tbe llthln*t ant, Loaia J. Clark and Bnaanna. daughter
el John C. btonc. of tbU city. *
LAID—GIBBONB.-On the Mh tmUnt, at tbe reeldeuoe
of the br'de, in Baltimore, by tbe Rev. tdmoim Dldler,
Edward W. Lain ta Sar»fl F. Gibbon*. both of Baltimore
°*?WOBD —SB CBTEB.—On the Uth lnitanL at the
Church of the Incarnation. hy the Her. Joacph Newlln,
Mr. Jamea It, Sword, to Matilda W., eldmt daughter el
Win. H. Shuater, all of thin city *
ADS MB.-On tho 9th inrtant, in Botton. Mn Maerle,
wife of J. Frank Adanu, and daughter of laabeua and tbe
late Jamei Hall. _ . . ...
BONING.—On Wedewday night, alter a lingering ill.
new. William Boning, In hUSSth year.
Tba relative* and mate frienda af the family, also the
members af Covenant Lodge at the Order of Independent
.Odd FeUowa,. are icspectfuUy turned to _ attend-tho
• foneral, fiom bis Into reildrnce No 235 North Fifth
atreet. an Saturday, the Uth instant, at 1 o'clock P. U.
To proceed to Laurel Hill . „ .
IIIiJBEKD—On tbe loth instant. Rebecca B Hibbard,
daughter of Wm. P. UibberA in the 39tb year of ber «c.
: The reUttrea and frienda of the family are incited to
attend her funeral, from ber broth*.•» raldenoe. 316 North
- Tenth street, on Saturdsy, IStb instant at half past 10
7 o'clock. To proceed to Che*Ur Valley. Train trill lease
Pennaylv-Bia Central Railroad Depot Tblr»y-firrt and
> Market itrerte, for PaoU. at UO V. IL Interment at
Whiteland Friend*’ Burying Ground, Cfle.ter county,
..Fa.-•
■ BOSE.-On the evening of the loth instant Mary, wife
of Jcseohßosc.lnthe.t,btyear. - , . , ■
Relating and friend* of the family are tori ted to at
tend her funeral, from her husband's real deuce. No. 818
. North SUtnetrtctonte.tuMay afternoon at a t*. M. • :
; .VOGDEa.—On Wednetday. February 10. Johnfi.
' friends of the deceased are re
apeeifnlly inrited to attend hie funeral, from his tats
'■ reddenNetth Fortieth atreet (north of imaoarter
avenue, Wnt Phlladelp la>, on Saturday, 18th insubt,
‘ The rtlialonj eerrteea wtU begin at 1 p. M. precisely, and
the Interment will bo at Laurel Hill. •
■rfitr JEFFBBBON medical college of phila
dciphUu—The Trtutee* and Medical Faculty of tbe
Jeffereo*. .Medical College are requcftjd to attend tbe Ita
DeniofJSOjlt YOGDftß* Etq„lateeeeretaryandTrea-
imrerof the Board* on Saturday February 13tb, at 1 P.
£l,from hi* Utc rttidenee, M 7 North Fortieth
< W«*t Philadelphia. tfcrvlce to tike piece at IP. M. pro
<£iely. The funeral will proceed to Laurel HIU Cemetery.
By order.
a w. faibmaw.
Bee rotary pro tern.
Take Market rtreet ean to d*po», or iUee and Vino
atnetear# to Fortieth and Uaverford atreeta. fell-gt
TIT AGNIFICENT BLACK DRESS BILKS.
ill satin fackd grog rains.
HEAVIEST CORDED SILKS.
WIDOWS* SILKS, NEW LOT,
BLACK BILKS WHOLESALE.
EYRE 6 LANDELL. Fourth and Arch Streets.
BPEOIAL NOTIOKS.
«*r TO RAILROAD CONTRACTORS
Propoeala will b« received at QIADCEI CHUNK, Pa,
tin til February <be 17th. 1869, (or Bis GRADUATION and
MABONRY of the NESQUEHONING VALLEY RAIL
ROAD, Including the approaches of NESQUEHONING
TUNNEL.
SpedS cation* and Information as to the work In detail
day be obtained on application at the Engineer's Office,
Mauck Chunk.
J. B. BOORHEAD, Pieildcflt
jaH tfeWrp
PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 11, 18©.—NO
"w TICK.— Application will bo made by the under
signed to the Department of Highway?. Malu4 South Fifth
street, on FRIDAY, the 26th last, at 12 o'clock M., for a
contract for paring Tacony ttreet from Bridge afreet to
Church street. In the Twenty-Third Ward. All persons
Interested in said paring are inrlted to be present to show
cause why the contract should not be a waited to ths ap
plicant, the following named persons baring signed for
she same:
Ernest Winter, H. K Allen, Edward Pratt, T. Gottlieb
Tusa, Charles Myers, Anthony Wentzeli Thomas T. Web
ster, Cornelius Marsh*m, Jesse Taylor, Wm. < ihamberlin,
George More. John J. Bray, Mary B. Smith, Dotcher,
Frederick Galeninger, Fraud* Degnan, Htnry Oltchlager,
Robert Borns, M. D , Conrad Zimmerman, Nicholas Zeie
lor, W. J. Lawreneo, B. H. Allen, Conrad Fink, A. K.
Schofield, James Roth. Elizabeth Quirk. James Fitz
patrick, Sarah Kane, Jam?* Mortimer, Charles Meier,
William Stanley, Thomas Wilson, Enuna M. McGowan.
M. M. Rodgers, Mary Vanhorn, Thomas Cavender, Anna
F. Perrine, Barton'U. Jeuke. Christopher Bockina. Daniel
Schofield, Jonathan M. Rile, Byron Woodward, E. tL
BroomalU A. F. Hauserman.
It*
OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLERS OF POBLIO
SCHOOLS. First District of Pennsylvania.
A Philadelphia. Feb. 11.1669
.At & meeting of the ControUers’of Patmc Schools, First
pistrletof Pennsylvania, bold it the Controllers' Cham*
her, TUESDAY. February fifth, 1669. the following Amend*
.jnent to the By-Laws was adopted:
''Home study may be optional with pupils; bot shall
not in any .case be required by teachers, when text
books are taken home by pupils ft shall bp thot>e only each
•day In which recitations nave been prepared in the after
noon for the ensuing day; and no addition shall be made
to the lessons designed on account of the books being
taken home. The true principle in education is, *Not hew
much, but how well. 1 Short lessons-are therefore en
joined In all eases, and teachers prohibited from using the
text-book in recitations, except in orthography, etymo
logy, and reading."
From the minutes
feiaatj H. W. HALMWELL. Secretary.
*ar- CELTIC ASBOCIJtTION OF! AMERICA.
LECTURE BV
.TOnN MITCHEL. Efla.
AT CONCERT HALL, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17,
At 8 P.M.,
For the Benefit of the Celtlo Library Fund.
Bublee t—" Who are the Celts f"
Tickets fifty cents. For sale at the book stores of
Weßßrs. Curomlsky, 1037 Chestnut B'reet; Turnor A Bro„
AOB Chestnut street, Grambo, corner Sixth and Chestnut,
and Bosnian, 103 South Fifth street.
Choice seats reserved for ladles and gentlemen accom
panying them without extra charge,
R. SHELTON MACKENZIE,
President
felO 7trp
JAB. O’DONNELL, Secretary.
Jt Sir SCIENTIFIC LECTURE -THIS EVENING.
BALL YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ABBOCIA
TION. laivObostnut street.
nr. J c.VMNG MEARS will Lecture THIS (Friday)
EVEMNG.Vt »S’CL ok.
Subject: "Tiio-Function of Digestion."
February IB—Rev. A. G. THOMAS.
Subjeot: “Around tho Pyramids.”
February SQ—Dr. E. E. HUTCHINS,
subject: “Health; Hew to Preserve It."
Tickets furnished at the Rooms. It
0&“ T THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE "HOME FOR
‘he Academy of Music, on
liSiwf,?™? l * ll ! o ' February 13, ISB9. Addresses by
r WUUtts, Newton <nd others. 81n(ing by the
LlUIe Wanderers, under the direction of J. B, Gould,
SB5? h alf-past 6. Exercises commence at half*
E to be had at tho door and at the
[ome, 883 Bhippen street- fes6trps
09“ CARL GAERTNBR’S
SECOND CLASSICAL SOIREE,
AT THE MOSHIAL FUND HALL,
l ItIDAV E\ ENINO, FEB, 12, lBW.r9U.atfP
Pailj <f tettiug Iklleim
JACOB M. PETERS.
MPEOIAL NOTHJKS.
tgy- THE FOLLOWING DO NATIONS WERE HADE
to the L'ncoln luatitn ion. at tho time of Mm.
Kemrie'e Reading, in July last and, owing to some fnsd.
Tortenco, were omitted in the Us t of donations in the an
nual report:
Evkhiko Hci.i.rtih, Evening Ttlroraph. Unit'd Btutea
Gazette and North American, Pitta. Inquirer, end Age,
gratuitous advertising ; ’ }
Mr. 0. W. Childs, printing the'tlckete, and also a do
nation of $8
MfvJV. P. Kildare, prinUng GOO Circulars.
Mr. It. P. King, printing 3,000 Programmes die.
Mr. Carl Bents, personal eervleoa.inoo tdnctlng the Or
chestra. being equivalent to a donatio'' of ss'.
Mr. D. Rodney King, a donation of $35 towards Floral
docoraticna.
Messrs. Horetmann It Sons, tho uso of Flags.
Mr. George Hood, the gratuitous sale af tickets at the
Academy.
■cay INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING—HON.
J. 8. DIBHb'STBAVELB It. ORIENTAL LANDS.
Maps, Bellca, Pictures. Ao. Green Street M. E. Church,
Green atreet, above Tenth. TO-Ml OH r and TO M JR
RGW NIGHT. atTMo'clock:BATOßOAY;at 3 o’clack.
P. M., Feo.il, IS and 13. Aambuion, 35 cents; Children,
Bl cents. fell-3trp* ;
jjg* N O T I C E. -
_Dgpa*TMia*T or Rkokitsbov Tsjtre, B. E. oomrns of
Sixth ati® CnxsTUCT STEgrre. - 1
The Tut Duplicates will bo ready for the reeelpt of
City andstate Taxes for tho year 18S9 on MONDAV next,
February Uth. A Discount at the rate of nine per cent,
per annum will be alio wed for prompt paymdai .
... - _ JOHN M. MELLOY,
„ j. Receiver of Taxes.
Pmuajimupgia, February 10, 1869, fell-3trp9 1
HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOB. MSB AND WO
"" Lombard street; Dispensary Dmortoeut.—Medi
gl treatment and mefllrite fnnflahed fcrkt nitons'- to
FHOJt T BENTON.
Tbe Leglslßlure-Bllls Rlgned-Fnlleg
Stitfes District Court,
(CoiTcapondciioe of the Philads. Evening Bulletin. 1
Trbston, Feb. ll.—ln the Benate, Mr. Bettle,
of Camden, Introduced a bill for the better regu
lation and government of the State Prison, ac
companied by a report of the Committee on
State Prison, which report explains the provi
sions of the bill. The Important feature of this
bill U the appointment of a new officer, called
the Supervisor of tbs State Prison, to be desig
nated, from time to time, by the Governor, Chan
cellor, Chief Justice, and Attorney-General. He
shall hold his office for three years, with a salary
of 82,500 per annum, and to him is committed,
coder the supervision of the Board of Snpervi
sors (composed of himself, the Comptroller and
Treasurer), the general management and control
of the business and financial affaire of tbe
S. The Supervisor is to have charge of
accountable for the moneys received and
led, and to render frequent and particular 1
its to the Board of Supervisors and the
ttnre. The offices of Keepers and Inspect
ors are left as provided by tbe Constltntlon. The
whole law has \jtxn revised to meet these objects
and make the system consistent In all Us parte j
and tbe.revlslon Is offered as a substitute for the
old lair, which, with its supplements Is repealed
by this act ■ The bill also supplies a deficiency
existing in the old law, by providing for the re
moval to tbe Asylum of prisoners who have be*
come Insane. Tbe fact that tbe Supervisor is td
be appointed by officers - who, from their character
and tenure of their offices, are as far ss possible]
removed from direct political Influence, will. It
is hoped, tend in the fatore to secure oar State
Prison system from some of tbe evils which now
incumber it, f
The act to incorporate the Philadelphia and'
Camden Bridge Company was ordered to a third
also, the act incorporating National
S&pk Yard Company. The following bills were
patted:
Jiufepleinent incorporating Gloucester City,
Camden county, enabling it to borrow money
kio build a City Hall and for other
an act to charter Passaic Thread Company.
Hocsk.— Mr. Price Introduced a bill to incor
porate the Sanltorinm of New Jersey. Mr.
Smith offered a joint resolntion, which was
adopted, that a joint committee ol five be ap
pointed to ascertain whether the Central R. K.
bridge, In Newark Bay, Is an obstruction to
navigation, and report thereon to the Legisla
ture. Mr. Sheppard introduced a resolntion
condemning the attempt of the last Legislature
to withdraw the consent oi the State to the
fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the
United Slates, setting, forth that tbe same was
uncalled for by tho people of the State. Laid on
tbe table.
A supplement to the act respecting the Or
phans' Court, and the authority and power of
the Surrogate, was brought up on its second
reading, and created an earnest discussion be
tween Messrs. Abett, Valentine. Janes and
Whalen. It relates' to Henry D. Morton, a
minor, six years of age, of Burlington county;
authorizing $30,000 of his money to be deposited
in a Trust Company, in consequence of inability
to obtain a guaidian who would give the neces
sary security for fifteen years. The boy having
no parents, this is an act of special legislation in
his behalf.
Both Houses stand adjourned until Monday
evening. - -
The Governor's private Secretary laid before
the Senate, to-4ay, a large number of bills signed
by the Governor. Among them was the act va
lidating the lease of the Morris and Essex R. R.
to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R.
Company. Also, the act incorporating the Hew
Brunswick Chemical Co., and the act legalizing
ibe Charter t lection held in New Brunswick.
U. 8. District Court— Judge Field.—The ease
of William Treadwell, of Newark, charged with
'orging naturalization papers, was postponed.
Noah D. Taylor (Senator from Hudson county),
and Samuel Kay, of Trenton,, entered bail for
the accrued in the sum of $5,000 for his appear
ance when called for. George W. Thorne, In
ternal Revenue Collector oi the Fifth District,
was placed upon trial, charged with allowing
whisky to be removed from bonded warehouses
in Jersey City, on fraudulent bonds, without pay
ing a Bpeeial tax. The trial will be resumed to
morrow. There has been some huge swindling
of the government. A remarkable feature in the
cate is that thus far nearly all who have appeared
in it as criminals, witnesses, &c., are lawyers.
Tbs Passage of tbe Copper Bill.
(From the Detroit Advertiser, Feb. 0,1
The news of the passage of the copper tariff
sent a thrill of life and joy through the dormant
and despondent business public of the Lake Su
perior region. At Honghton, when the news was
received, the people rnshed into the street
hurrahing, the old gnn was hanled ont and a
salute fired, the steam whistles of all the
mines in tne vicinage shrieked their shrill
joy, bonfires were lighted, some houses il
luminated, and every man shook hands
smilingly with his neighbor. There were of
coarse impromptu meetings, and speeches wore
delivered by Jay Hubbell, Esq., R. Bhelden,
Mr. McKenzie, of the Gazette, and hearty com
mendation was bestowed npon Hon. John F.
Diiggs, A. H. Sibley, the Michigan Legislature,
Senator Chandler, and others, A delegation of
100 citizens of Honghton crossed over to Hancock
tojtpresd tho nows, and there were similar cele
brations to those described above, hold at Rock
land, Eagle River and Marquette. At Hancoek
the celebration was kept np all night. The talk
of handsome testimonials to Mr. Driggs, Jay
Hubbell, Dr. McKenzie and Mr. Chandler is ac
tively resumed. The Gazette saye that not less
than seventy-five poundsof silver and $6,000 in
money should be raised for that purpose.
The Body of J. WilKes Booth
Mr. John T. Ford sends the following dispatch
from Washington :
The statement that John T. Ford and others
are applying for the body of John Wilkes Booth
is without the slightest foundation in fact. Such
an application has nover been oontemplatod by
the parties named.
—The third rolame of the four-volume edition
of Mr. Robert Browning's poem has appeared in
England.
—A Memphis paper calls upon the Kuk-ltlax
«o “gobblo up" a yillaln."
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1869.
BUBOPEAJST AFFAIRS
LETTER FltOK PARIS.
The Accident to tbe Perelre—Excite
ment Among Americana in Paris—
Tbe company Blamed lor tbe acd*
dent—'l he Ship Over-Driven.
(Correspondence of the Phlla. Evening BalXetiu.]
Paris, Friday, Jan. 29,1809.— I There are nata
relly few..subjects of greater Interest to oar.
American Colony here In Paris than transatlantic
navigation. Where people- are so continually
-crossing -the ocean, -and- that not slngly-and
alone, sis men of business to and from Llvetpool
and England,—but as families come to Paris and
France, with wlves and children-and-groups of
friends, —when this is the cate, a safe, secure and
pleasant transit Is, or ought to bo, the
great? object aimed at, rather than the
mere Shortening of the voyage by a few
boon, _at », great, risk. Every sensible man
who brought Us. family to Paris lit those days
still looks back with satisfactory remembrance,
even in these times of “eight-day passages,” to
the comfortable, well-found and aafe old "family'
boat,” as it need to be called, the Arago, with her
excellent and lamented commander, Captain
Lynes, who, If he was somewhat long about it,
was pretty ante at last to land you all right atj
yonr destination. Still, it was no donbt felt to]
be a great boon to American .families traveling
chiefly for pleasnre, when, by the estab
lifbment of tbe French Transatlantic Company,-
and by faster boats, and the aid of the railway to]
Brest, the sea voyage waa lessened- to them by
almost one-half, and the tiresome circuit by
Liverpool, mid thence across the British Channel*
wholly avoided. And there can be little donbt
that snch a line of route, successfully managed,'
must at length have monopolized the entire Amo*
dean passenger traffic; beeaue,even for travelers
going to England, it was pleasant and. equally
direct The Transatlantic Company had the
ball at their foot, If they only knew how to keep
it; and, as remarked with pride tbe other day by
tbe official jonfnal, they were gaining on ttml.
British rivals across tho ocean, Jut os they were
by their Eastern lines to India and China. Bat,'
to preserve their advantage, it was necessary to
*how that they knew how to use it with discre
tion, and this has not quite proved to be the case.]-
For some time past it has been thought here, by
men of experience in such matters, that the
Transatlantic Company were “driving’']
their boats, and making it too
much and too exclusively their object to gain a'
j reputation for quick passages. Not only have?
several minor accidents occurred, but complaints]
of discomfort, and of everything being sacrificed*
to gain time, became pretty general, and people'
began to fight shy of the French boats, and even]
predict a probable catastrophe. Arid so it* has]
very speedily come, to pus, and there is great]
reason to be thankful that the loss has not
even worse than it is. All Paris,]
and especially all American Paris,' is
of course talking, ,of nothing but the}
disaster to the Perelre, and her return in
a crippled condition to Havre, when four days
out from Brest, and after a moat painful loss ol
life. It Is not necessary, I think, for me to lay]
tefore you the details of this sad incident, which]
will reach yon in so many ways in print, and in.
a fuller form than my space wonld allow me to
give them. The sensation here was very palniul,
for, of coarse, among eighty-three passengers,
many had left friends and relatives at Paris, and
tbe tidings of the disaster, though bad enough In
reality, reached na at first in a very
exaggerated form, and no one knew who
waa hurt or who waa tost. The wonder, indeed,
seems to be that, considering the hour at which
the ship was struck by the sea, a far greater num
ber of persons were not washed overboard. But
the Impression certainly is that snch an accident
ought never to have happened at all to a pas
senger ship, and -that, in fact, the Perelre never
wonld have been so struck by the sea had she
not been driven through it at the moment at a
peed altogether Indefensible in snch weather.
She had evidently no time to rise to the head
seas against which she was being forced,
and, therefore, of,conrse, went through, instead
of over them. The account, indeed, of
the weight of water which brake over her seems
almost unparalleled. At least one does hot often,
I think, heard a wave which, after staviog In
he bows and carrying away everything forward,
has still volume and strength enough left to poor
down into the chief cabin and “break the back"
of a young lady, who is sitting reading there I
There is something frightfully appalling in read
ing of snch foree, cansing “instantaneous death”
o a young and beautiful person, only eighteen
tears old, and who had jnst been scan
"safely off to America” by her aged
rather. Snch tremendous Incidents would
not occur unless a ship was pressed too heavily
against a head sea; for,ol course, (ho foree of the
water is just doubled by tbe speed put upon the
vessel. The Perelre was in perfect order and
under complete command when the accident
happened, and in no way Injured by the storm
she had encountered. But lor the attempt te
'orceher ahead, in order to "make a passage,”
*he wonld, In all probability, have arrived safely
at her destination, though a few hours perhaps
behind her time, but without the loss of six
lives, of twenty persona maimed and
wounded (to aay nothing of the terror
and alarm ol passengers on board and friends on
shore), and without extensive and expensive
damages to the ship, and, far worse,loss of repu
tation to the line. For that the company will
ho seriously injured in the latter respect there
can be no donbt. Its first object onght to havo
been toestablisb a reputation for safety and com
fort, and the natural advantages of the route
would have done the rest Instead of that, speed
hasbetn chiefly aimed at; and Captain Dachoßne,
a brave and enterprising officer, was no donbt
doing his utmost to fulfil what he knew to be the
great wish of his employers. Of his courage and
skill In the moment ol peril there can be no
doubt, and all the passengers signed a testi
monial to that effect. Bnt neither courage nor
skill will avail whon eorumon prudence is ne
glected; and If the French Transatlantic Com
pany wonld recover its favor With the public, it
must instruct Its commanders to act more on the
latter principle. I have noticed this matter at
eomo.length because it Is a very serious ono, and
Involving tho lives and property of vast nam.
here of our people, and la at this moment univer
sally spoken of.
Our frosty weather has gone as suddenly as 1
came, and pnt an end to all tbe gay projects so
laboriously arranged fora torch-light fete this
evening upon the ice. Within a very few hours,
we have passed from Sevoral degrees boloW
freezing-point into warm rain.
There is no political nows of moment to
OURWHOIiE COUNTRY.
mention. The Greek answer Is still waited for,
and not likely, It seems, to reach ns for some
days at least. There are rumors connected with
this delay, and the possible cause of it, which are
npt, altogether foreign to American Interests,
but which I shall allndefo mere fully at a future
opportunity, and when I have learned Wore re
specting them.
The Constituent Cartes anit ttie
Tbroae* .
Tke following letter from Madrid will be found
especially Interesting In view of tkefbet that the
Cortea.met yesterday:
Madbid, Jan. 23, 1869 Universal suffrage,
which hitherto could not be apoken or thought
of wllhont a smile, has now had for the first
time a truly fair trial In the Peninsula. The Con
stituent or rather the Sovereign Parliament, Just
elected In the midst of perfect order and freedom
may be considered a pVetty faithful reflection Of
the conntryitself,or atleaat an exact expression
of the opinion of the majority of each separate
province. This is therefore the first opportunity
which hitherto baa presented ltsril or making a
rough guess at the probable issue of the Spanish
revolution, subject, however, to any of those un
expected emergencies for which thf» country has
.acquired a classical renown.
There are six so called aeriout candidates for
the Spanish throne—first, the clerical candidate,
Don Carlos de Bourbon Este, sol-dlsant Duke of
second, the restoration candidate, Don
Alfonso, Prince of the Asturias: third, the in
triguing and bribing candidate, the Duke de
Montpensler; fourth, the national candidate,
Ferdinand. ex-Kegent of. Portugal; fifth, the
popular, also, called the eotnlc, candidate, Gen.
Espartero; and, sixth, the diplomatic candidate,
the Duke of Aosta.
The composition of the Cortes will shew the
chances of success of each of these six indi
viduals. There arc about: Twelve theocratico
absolntlsts who will support the pugnacious Don
Carlos, not so mnch with their votes as by rale*
iDßdvll war in the north-eastern provinces. Six
Uoderados, that is to say, Conservatives, faithful
to the fallen cause, and, therefore, ready to help
the Northern absolutists and the Southern
social-republicans In disturbing the peace.
Efghty Unionists, or Conservative Liberals, who
wi11... vote tor liontpensler— that is, for doo
irinarlsm and the restoration of the family
compact policy. One hundred and seventy Pro
gressists, so divided—one-fonrth for Montpen
sicr, apd three-fourths for Don Fernando ol Por
tugal. the national candidate prove
Anally Impossible, the latter three-fonrths will
fall batik, one npon Espartero, and two npon the
Duke of Aosta. Twenty Monarchico-Democrats
for' Don Fernando, or Aosta End Espartero.!
Seventy Republicans. Ton see, therefore, that
Ferdinand Uobnrg Braganza, if this candidate;
wexe poislkle, would have no serious opponent, :
but Aosta will haveKrContond with Montpensier.:
' It is now mtfiored that we do not' require a :
kisg nntil we shall have a constitutional cnarter
ready for him to swear to. The Constituent Cortes
of 1854-56 took upwards of a year to frame one.
In the meantime we shall have, they say; a demi-!
responsibletriumviratefortbe mere purpose of
appointing ministers or. accepting their reslgna-;
tioti. A ministerlaf Change is, indeed. Imminent.
This triumvirate would afford a very plausible
means. Of getting, rid Of certain Intellectual nulll
tlea (such as General Prim), who now stand very:
much In the way of their’colleagues; but the
Cortexeould scarcely spare such other men as
.Rivero, * Democrat, Olozaga, a Progressist, and.
Rios Rosas,' a Unionist, who are about theonly -
statesmen out of three hundred and fifty depu
ties. /
Free Bellgton—The pint Protestant
Service tiyspaln.
An the first public Pro
testant service mAladrfa appears.inJhe London
Daily Netcs. The rpornlrr"which the,(Service took
place had evidently, the writer Bays, been a dining
or rcoeptlouTOom. It had a doneie row of neat
red-cushioned benches, with a narrow passage in
the centre; a harmonium in one corner. ’The
seats were foil at the beginning, and afterwards
the room became crowded, and manv had to go
away. The preacher wore the blade gown and
white bands, and the service, which he-read in
Spanish, waa part of the English liturgy.'
singing was from a printed sneet of four hymns,
which was given to every one on entering. One
of these was a translation of that of Blliott’s, be
ginning— \
and another was the Doxology. The writer
counted 139 persons present; bat how many of
these were Protestants he could not telL That
a goodly number, however, were Protestants' was
evidenced by the singing. There were not a
dozen women nor half a dozen children present.
The preacher was Pastor Ruet, who is character
ized in the letter as the Spaniard who has done
so mueh for Protestantism in Algeria. is
described as a man of wonderfnl eloquence.
The discourse lasted exactly half an hoar,
dnring the whole of which period he was
listened to with the most rapt attention. His
manner was deeply earnest withont the least ap
proach to “rank” lathe course of his sermon
he said that 1m and hie friends were Spaniards,
and nof-hehoiden for one penny to any one bat
Spaniards. England certainly, as a Protestant
country, sympathized with the movement, but
beyond that he and his friends neither asked nor
accepted any assistance from England. One or
two priests were in the congregation.
Ttoc Agiatainatlan at Burg-os- Later
The assassination is referred to at some length
by the London Tima correspondent in his letter
of the 2sth of January. He points ont that it
was the murdered governor of Burgos, who, on
the approach of the general election, pat forth a
circular to the Alcades under his jurisdiction,
bidding them exert themselves in behalf of the
Government candidates, and supplying them
with the list of the names of the men on whose
return he was bent. It became known lately
that the Minister of Public Instruction or Fo
mento, Benor Ruin Zorilla. had issued secret or
ders to all the officials dependent on his own and
on tho Home departments. The object of these
Instructions remained for eomo time a mystery,
and it was, as usual, made the theme ofVeudless
speculation, What the Minister wished, as Know
appears, was that in ail the large towns an inven
tory shonld bo made of all the boobs, objects of
art, plate, jewels,- and other treasures to be found
in the chnrches, sb the experience of these last
three or fonr months has shown how unsafe each
articles, in Spain as well as in Italy, are in the
hands of the priests, and how unacconntably
everything valuable is liable to disap
pear from sacred places. The Cathedral of
tturgos, which is one of the noblest
Gothic ediCceßinSpain.is also one of the chnrches
most richly and splendidly endowed. Its archi
epiecopal see Is established on so magniilcent a
scale that Ml the revenncß of the town and pro
vince—one of the toost fertile in old Castile—ire
insufficient to meet the exigencies of the mero
ecclesiastical expenditure. Tho decree which led
10 the murder Is published iu the Gazette. It
orders an : inventory to be taken of books, manu
scripts, codes, scrolls, parchments, documents,
prints, seals, coins, medals, and any other object,
artistic or archieologic, which may serve to Illus
trate science or literature. Exception Is made In
favor of euchohjecte as may be destined to tho Im
mediate wnntsor frequent uses of public worship,
and such as may be kept within the places sot
apart for Us performance. The immediate object,
of the measure is the “secularization of scientific,
literary ana artistic property existing in ecclesi
astical Institutions.” The right upon which the
decree is founded is that “the'produce of genius
belongs not to individuals, but to the whole na
tion. Its object Is “preservation and utilization
in public museums and libraries of treasures
which in private localities are lost to all useful
purposes and : exposed to a variety of dangers.”
Beveral Bishops have, It appears, protested
against the decree,but nowhero except at Burgos
has there boon'any resistance.
spAior.
Jtut u I un without one pies.
Particulars.
Tbe Pore and Denmark.
Tbe Pall Mall Gazette Bays:
Who does not remember the proverbial diffi
culty of understanding the Sleswick-Holstein
question? We are almost of opinion that tbe war
of 1866 broke out because everybody gave up its
unraveling and it had to bo cut with a sharp
aword. Now we suddenly And that them is
some one who knows allabout it, but somehow
did not speak before, probably being engaged
with some little problems of their own. His
Holiness the Pope, according to an no
cohnt by the “Conierence-ConacUlor" David, of
Copenhagen, expressed himself to this gentleman
on the occasion of his reoent visit to the Vatican
in the following terms: "I have not for a long
time been able to make oat the Sleswlck matter,
or the relation of your country to Germany; bnt
I have taken the trouble to apply myself to. the
qneetion, and I understand now how unjustly the
brave pile Danish people and its King, whose
fate I deeply, deplore, havo been treated." To
which the'Conference-Councillor replied: “ Yes,
It was a hard fate to inaugurate one’s dynasty by
giving np. two-fifths of the land.” The Pope again
expreseed his sympathy, and promised to pray
A. Valuable Discovery.
The Fall Mall Gazette says:
According to the Spectator, a treasore of price
less value has been found among the stores of the
India House. Oriental scholars all over -the
world will feel their blood quicken at the news
that the library of Tlmonr, collected In the course
of hla conquests, has been discovered. r “Among
other treasures are documents of extraordinary
value connected with the biography of Moham
med." Tbe discovery of this cheat may proba
bly cause a large part of Eastern history to be
rewritten.
Obsequies of tbe Belgian Prince.
A funeral service in memory of the late Prince
Royal of Belgium wae celebrated on the 28th
nit, in the cathedral of Brussels, by the Arch
bishop of Mallnea. A large number of persons
were present, Including tbe different public
bodies. v.
The Belgians in Paris are signing an address to
King Leopold expressing their sympathy with
bis Majesty on hiß late poinfal loss.
The Court of Prussia cannot go Into mourning
for the Prince Royal of Belgium, as a role exists
that Buch a measure cannot be taken at Berlin,
not only for a foreign prince, bnt even for a
member of the reigning family, if the deceased
was not twelve years old.
DISASTERS.
HUE X « PITTRBQBQB,
Glass Works UMlroycd.
Tbe Pittsburgh Chronicle ol yesterday says* ‘
Shortly after one o'clock this morning an alarm
of fire was given from box No. 76, at Pennsylva
nia avenne and Brady street, which was caused
by the breaking ont of a fire In the glass works
of Messrs. Adams, Powers & Col located on the
bank of the Monongabela river, near Boho ran.
The flames spread with great rapldity.and in less
than an hour the works were entirely 1 destroyed.:
Tne building, was of frame, one story high, and
was filled with a large stock, consisting panel- I
pally of lamp'cbimneys, in the manufacture ' of
which the .firm was extensively enrfSfed. The
works were in operation at the tknefbljgtttje full
compliment ol hands was not on duty. Tme loss,
it is estimated, will be from $16,000 to<#ss&?ooo,'
npon which there' is an insurance to Me amount
of $7,000. \
TOOK HEW loan,
New York, Feb. 12 —At half-past four o’clock
yesterday morning a young German named Bam
berger shot his betrothed at her door, at <No. 861
West Sixteenth street, and then shotyWmsalf.
The two, in company with another partydiying
In the same house, had jnst returned frdtp.#MU.
A letter In the pocket of Bamberger-Bbijtral£ra
the attempted sniclde at least was premedrStisaJ
Bamberger died in tbe afternoon, bnt theljgjtEjfp
still living. One Bord, tbe stepfather of the
was arrested, bnt the Coroner’s jnry charged thb
murderous attempt at Bamberger’s hands, and
Bord was released. -a
Tbe body of Mrs. Gamble, who was supposed
to have been poisoned some time in last Angnst,
and whose husband was examined at the time on
a charge of committing the deed, has been in the
Morgue in tbis city since the close of judicial pro
ceedings, awaiting a certificate of burial. Coro
ner Bchirmer, yesterday, held an investigation,
wherein the remains were folly identified, and
directed tbe jnry to render a verdict of death
from unknown causes. The body was given to
her relatives.
The obsequies of James T. Brady took place
at St Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday. An im
mense congregation was present. A solemn
mass of reqnlem was offered np, and an eulo
ginm pronounced on the eminent lawyer by Rev.
Dr. McGlynn, of St. Stephen’s, Twenty-eighth
street. The remains were interred In tbe family
vault under the Cathedral.
In consequence of the funeral of James T.
Brady, yesterday, the Supreme Court (except
Chambers), the Superior Court and Court of
Common Pleas, in all their branches, were closed.
The offices of each Court were open in con
formity to law, bnt, for all practical pnrposes,
might as well have been closed for the ooeaaion
also.
The friends of John C. Braine, the alleged
Chesapeake pirate, are using their utmost en
deavors to have him released. He is confined in
the county jail in Brooklyn and has become a
mere wreck of his former self, being afflicted by
disease and compelled to go about on scratch.
Brian am Voting's Breaching.
Tbe Balt Lake Daily Reporter speaks of Brig
ham’s funeral discourse over tbe body of the lec
turer, Mies Augusta St. Clair, os an “outrage on
decency.” It was a very strong doctrinal sermon,
with much self-glorification, and an attack npon
religious opponents.
AnOSBBENn.
—Tame Cate will be given at the Arch to-night,
with Craig's Barba Bleue. Twelfth Night is an
nounced for tbe matinee to-morrow.
—Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams will appear at
the Walnut to-night in The Fairy Circle and Cue
tome of the Country.
—The Galtons will appear ae the Chestnnl to
night in Ching-Choio-lii.
—A varied entertainment will be given at the
American.
—The second concert of the Philharmonic So
ciety will be given to-morrow night at the Aca
demy.
—The second of Carl Gaertner’s classical soi
rees will be given at Musical Fund Hall this even
ing. The following programme will be pre
sented :
Quintette, np. 8 Gade.
liy the Philadelphia Classical Quintette Club,
j O wort thou in the C'unld Blast. .Mendelssohn.
?• -Duos.
• ) Greeting Mendelssohn.
By Pnpllß of Carl Gaertner.
Concerto—Plano, (a minor,) Schumann.
Piano Accompaniment.
Messrs. Himmelsbach and Boettger.
a. Song, “On the Soa” Schubert.
b. Crudlo Song, with oblogato Violin Spofcr.
Quintette, No? 8, in G, minor ....Mozart.
For two Vioitnß, two Violas, and Violoncello.
By the Quintette Club.
—Tho Memorial Diplomatique obligingly In
structs its readers and tho public in general that
they are governed by thirty-eight reigning sove
reigns, of whom the Pope, aged 70, is the oldost,
and Henry XXII. of Reues, aged 22, the youngest
Tbcv are blessed by four Emperors—France,
Austria, Russia and Brazil—one Sultan, elovou
Kings, uno Queen, six Grand Dukee, five Dukes
and ten Princes. Among these the Prince Mona
co rules over the Smallest territory.
E. I. FETHERSTON. Pahliateß
PRICE THREE CENTS.
fAon si» ritsoifet
Ib mi old Cbarefi.
Through the chancel, quaint and T
streamed the eveningsanllght soldo*. ' '
Firing purple pnlplt-Btair,
And the aged preacher there. '
Sweet the solemn anthem soared.
Note on note, and word on word.
Ringing through the long defiles
Of the dim and ancient tdslos.
And upon its ealm Burcease.
All the air,- with Inbreathed petite.
Seemed to gather force, and sww
Through the temple, cither way.
And the preacher's tones at length
Rolled jn circuit, gathering stcrneth.
Swelled around the lofty nave^^*
Like a sea-hymn in a eare-i
Echoing from the walls around,
Psalm and prayer.withsweet rebo**i_
realm and prayer, and lesson gtren.
Passed, or seemed to pass, to heaven.
-Florida Is luxuriating on ripe Watansetaul
d^atga aoo^wa ‘ w * swai “^
—lt is said that the tea most In favor aoeaw
unmarried ladles, Is beau He. “
• —A Fact—Courtship is Uiss r butjmatrimosyfo
DllßMss
—Mrs. BeottSWdons gives readings la,
buigh this week. 11 •
gi^SS^^ of
—Dr. McCosh is said to play a dual gams iif
whist. He ought to be a cardinal. •
—The members of the Rhode Island LeeiOof
tnre are paid one dollar per day. They all walls
home eveiy night, and back In the morning -
—A man In Alexander, Ya., had his knee-ean
broken by a shoe dealer who was removing a
tight boot from his foot. .»
—A picture by Rubens, valued at £900; hod
been destroyed by the flames that consumed’*
picture gaUgfy in Easter, England. , >
—A CltitdnnaU genius advertises for a situa
tion, saying that “Workis not so much an object
as good wages.”
—A negro boy in Columbua.Ohlo, fifteen yeas*,
old, lately a slave,has earyed a miniature loeoma
tlve In wood, perfect InSU- Us parts, with ate
axe and a jackknife for his only tools. : : : -■ ■
—The fogs on the Delaware would have 1 toe
effect Of filling onr House of CorrecHon'wlto-
Petty-foggers, which would be a good' thing for
the bar of Philadelphia. , » i . ?v ii 4.
-John Brougham has made a hit In Ids new
theatre, at New York, by Introducing a scene lit
which Mies Effle Germon rides a vetoclbedeen
thestaße. ' ■' v. .7:V;
— l The Id«sa that cur old friend, tfie QiVTaux 1 i &
the author or the Azole editorials of the PnsMi ta
absurd. "The language is somewhat in Us style.
but the sentiments ! .
—t Tho Clerk of the Lynchburg (Ya.). Hustings’
Court lately issued a license.to Frank wade,agefi
ninety, to marry Phcbe Thweatt, aged seventy.
Their parents did not object . : ii.rA
—The envlrons of Rosena, in Upper Hungary,
are infested at present ;i>y ,»■ - band of brigands,
commanded by a monk who waa recently an In-,
mate'of a Capuchin monastery; ~s«= •• -;■:■■■ m y
—An exchange observes-- Mr. Swords- pub
lishes. the Vicksburg Herald and Mr. Speara odlte
it Wecan only suppose that thUr readers mun
ket v an arrow-minded—oh, botherf '
—The Grand Jury how In session in Onondaga
county, New York, Includes among Its members
a negro named Logucs, born a slave; but now un
educated clergyman. 1 .
—The best argument In favor of Petty’s Island
for a House of Correction, Is that it is the natural
place for Petty offenders. They could never
escape, on account of their being tide all over the
•Island.
—Madame Olympo Audouard, who. spent a few
weekßlnthis country at the close 6t the last
year, Is lecturing In Paris on the Mormons, the
Rocky Mountains, the Pacific RaUway. the-Indt
ans, and other objects ofintereat whlchmay-be
seen in New York, where she passed hoi 1 time. 7
—The Canton (Ohio) Hepubhean proposes te
make a velocipede with rimmed wheels; eothatlt
can be ran at the rate of one hundred, miles on
hour on a single rail of a railroad. 'ln 'case of
meeting a lightning train, wouldn’t it bo very bad:
for the bicycle? ;
—At the opening of the Legislative Chambers
in Paris, the Drocession was attentively watched
by ex-Queen Isabella from her present nbdde.' It
was romarked that she wore a lookaf deep.tnel
ancholy, doubtless caused by former recollec
tions. ‘ '7
—Burglars broke into a store In Wisconsin,
and, the gas being sbnt off, they used paper
lights made from five dollar greenbacks. It
thus cost them thirty dollars to break opew
the safe in which they found less than thirtjr
oents. ; -‘ l - ■< -~7
—A private letter from Pan mentions as a
rumor, credited in society there, that, tho Marquis
of Bute will shortly be admitted intothe Romish
priesthood. The report claims asauthovity Moo
signore Cape), who received his lordship, into
the bosom of the Chnrch. The Marquis is now
at Rome.
—Near Bever Castle, where Henry VIH.
wooed Anna Bulleyn,there is to.this day a public
bouse sign, exhibiting the linoaments of Bluff
King Hal; bnt the population around from time
immemorial have always ealled it' “the Ball and
Batcher," intending, no donbt, ‘‘the Bulleyn
Butcher.”
—Among the creditors of theHarqaisde Caax,
Adelina Patti’s husband, is a dealer in eotlUlon
decorations, to whom the Marquis owes eight
thousand francs. The decorations were .used at
the balls of the Tullerles, where the Marquis de
Canx, for several years past, managed the co-
Ul lions. -
—A Roman correspondent says: “A very beau
tiful etatuo of the Indian Bacchus has been dog
Dp on the Ostian road, and is now to be seen at
the studio of the sculptor Altini, in the Via 8.
Nicolo del Tolentlnl. It 1b evidently of Greek
origin, with a beautiful head, entirely undefacod.
It is offered for sale by its present owner for
60,000 fr., and, bnt lor the poverty oi the Trea
sury, it would long since have been purchased
for the Vatican Gallery.”
—This playful patter of the polysyllables la
from the Zanesville, Ohio, Signal : “A creature
so stolid aDd pachydermatous as he who exudes
malevolence, through the Courier, remains quits
Indifferent to being repeatedly proved a ma
licious libeller. His mental organization Is So
obtuse as to be lmpervious'to the light that ex
poses his hideousness to view. He Is like tho os
trich in the fable, with its head in the sandbank,
and its prodigious rear all in the air., To tho
fatuity of the ostrich, however, he adds the cant
of p hypocritical Pharisee ond tho spleen of a
hypochondriac—and these traits are plainly de
lineated In hlfl Phvslognomy.'’ There will bo ;>a
funeral in Zanesville if this proceeds. ■, - .
—The followin'; In an anecdote told by Goethe
In his memoirs. When traveling In Italy tm
bought a colossal head of Jupiter, which be
placed on a pedestal at the toot ofhla bed. Hav
ing left bis room early one morning, in oomptt
anco with his housokeepet’a desire to pot things
to rights, which she always did in the company
of her cat, he waa called by her suddenly to come
and view a miracle, Goethe hastened back,
wondering what was going on. “Look at ray
cat," said the enraptured rttbman; “it.is adoring
the Creator. I knew It hr' ' like a Chris
tian, but is this not trui ,taral?“ Oa
close examination Goethr ' the aeo
phj to bad crossed its frr Janitor's
rhich'
chin, and was licking off
adhered to the plaster aft
from (be mould.
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