JBSON PEACOCK. Editor. STUB EVENING BULLETIN.’ PUBLISHED EVEUT EVEHINO, .(Bnudaya excepted), ATKBJE BEW BEU.ETIIV BUILDING. COT Chestnut Ntreet, Philadelphia. ' _____ BT TQZ EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. PBOPBIKTOES. V. The BoLLSTpf U served to subscribers Id the city at Ifl gntfj>erwecfc L payable to the carriora. or 88 per tnnnm esr FAME INSURANCE COMPANY, 406 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18, 1869. This Company, Incorporated in 1856, and doing a Fire Insurance btuloeea exclusively, to enable it to accept a large amount of buaineea constantly declined for want of adequate capital, will, in accordance with a supplement to its charter. Increase its CAPITAL STOCK FROM $lOO,OOO, ITS PRESENT AHOUST, To $200,000, DO SHADES OF FIFII DOLLARS EICB, and for which Subscription Books are now open at thin office. By order of the Board of Director*. CttABLES BIGHABDBON, PRESIDENT. WILLIAM H. BIIAWS, VICE PRESIDENT. WILLIAMS I. BLAKCHAUD, SECRETARY. SOLICITORS A L lit LIFE COM PA NI E 8 Bavins Insurance to place, will find the New England Mutual an organization they can confidently recommend. 4ueu, 81,000 000. STBOCD & MAJUJTON. General A*ento, 33 North FIFTH Street. fefi m w t l&U "fITEODINQ CARDS. INVITATIONS FOR PAR .If ties, Ac. New style*. MASON A CO.. au2stf} 607 Chestnut street. "OTEDDINQ INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE TT Newest and beet manner. LOIIB DREKA, Sta tioner and Engraver. 1C33 Chestnut street feb 30,-tf HALL.—At Vicksburg, Mia*.. Feb. 14, ISC9, Annie Maud wife of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel P. P. G. Hall, V. 8. A. LEX. On tbc morning of the 17th, Charles F. Lex. Funeral from No. L-:s Arch bi r ecf, on Saturday morning, 20tb in*L, at 10 o'clock, to which his male relative* and friends are invited. • NATHANS.—Suddenly, on tbc l->th List., in this < i y. Mrs. Mary A., wife of John J, Nathans, of New York city. Funeral from the residence of Mr. John Childs, 709 North Eighth street, on Moudav, icst.. at 2 o'r'ock, To proceed to Laurel HI L •• TVIAGNIFICENT BLACK DRESS BILKS. 11l BATIN FaCEL UKOGKAINS. HEAVIEST CURBED SILKS. WIDOWS’ BILKS. NEW LOT. BLACK SILKS WHOLESALE. EYRE & LAN DELL, Fourth and Arch Streets. ■PEt'IAI. NOTICES. OST PHYBIOAL CULTURE. . MTATOBII'JJ »!U» FBfSIC&L ISBTITITE, Broad Street, below Walnut. ‘'MENS SANA IN CORPORA SANO " The last quarter of the Gymoaftic Season begins THURSDAY, the tftth Inst. Claeses of Misses and Young Ladies cut ct Monday? and Thurrdave , for Little Hoys and Masters, Tuesdays and Friday*, Private lee soce, Y\ cdne»dty« aLd Baiu'deya. The Swimming Department opens as usual, the Ist of Way. leldotlp afiV. HENRY WARD BE] Will Lecture under the auspices of the YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, E.' THURSDAY’ EVENING, February 2',. Bubject—RATIONAL AMUSEMENTS. «»!? Of Ticket! will begin »t J. E. Gould’s Plano Rooms, 923 Choetnut street Saturday mornhig, 30th lost Beeerved Seats on first dap of sale, ,b cent £ After Satur day, 60 cent* to ail parts of the houve. fel7-4ts &E PVB LI CAN ~~IN VIN CIB L EB* EXCU R3ION to Washington, March 8, 4. 6, IMO, to attend the In saturation of tho President of the United States. Members and tbeir friends desirous of participating the Club on this occasion, aro requested to present Clie lr names to the Committee immediately. TICKETS FOE THE ROUND TRIP, 820. Further information can be had of EZRA LUKENS. Secretary and Treasurer of "Waahlnpton Committee,” No. 14? South Fourth Street (Entrance on Harmony). felsin'W-f«3t flfefiß* SCIENTIFIC " THIS EVENING. BALL YOUNG MEN’S CHUIBTIAN ASSOCIATION. _ . „ — M l-’lu Chestnut street jvTn4 g J®S M c* o w 1“ Le< ’ tureTHla ,Frid^- Subject: "Around tbe Pyramid:' ’ 1 Fcbranry 38.-Dr. E. R. HUTCHINS. Subject: "Health: Hew to Preserve it." I March 6.-OEO. W. MKAKS. E*<j subject: "Journeje io Switzerland." Ticketa fumlihed at tbe Rooms. It ®®*i.S^.lfiF„e,2. ;F c PR EBTON COAJ. AND IM- BtreoL PH ° VEMFNT COUI ' A - NY ' No - 326 WALNUT .. .. , Puilai>H.l'uia. February 17. 18®. ~A ; P moot in cof the Board of Directors, held this day. a «°'’«nty.twe (76) cents a share was ie dared from the earning* of the laet three months’ buai of 1868. Day able on Morchl. 1 March 3 r “° oks clo6ed fiom lhljl datfc. and open on felD tmbl} jqhn H. WIESTLING). Treasurer. B@* , OFFICE OF RECEIVER OF TAXES. MONDAY next. FEBRDABY 2Sd. being WASHING- TON'S BIRTHDAY, and a National Holiday, THIS OFFICE will bo closed. J. M. MELLOY. Reci *®“COMPANY°OF the reliance insurance NtJTfltreet! ANY 0F PHILADELPHIA* No. 808 WAL- a a u ~, Philadelphia, February 17. 18*$q Ala meeting of the Board of Directors of the itolianca of Phila <lelohia, held thiaday! IHOAI AS C. 1111,1. I .f- ij , was unanimously elected Pro.t dent, end WILLIAk CHUBB, Secretary. ““ 1 fl ' fe!B 3trpB WILLIAM CHUBB, Secretary. HOSPITAL. NQ& ISO ANDTsi "Manardstreet, Dispensary Department—Medl “6®tment and medicine fumiUhedgrMuifcoufl*' to cnepoor. 'l'too Cuban Expedition front Florida. (From the Fomandlnu (Fla.) Union, Feb. 10.] Several Cubans arrived in this city on Thura- Morning last, a part of them registering at their hotel from New York, and others from .Honduras. They were very gentlemanly, well educated, and conversed freely upon gonerol sub jects] but nothing could be learned from them as to their business in this city. On Sunday morn ing thjx party was Increased by the arrival ?orifZ l3r ' f th S? olhcrB - making In all about iprty-ave of them, registering from Honduras lmmediately after they hadbreak- Whnrf ont . i , re P ar ly proceeded to Dibble's 1 2 hore ‘hey were promptly met by the for Nassa^ 0 “iFp n T°h n ' W K^ h thßy Bad chartered reticent nnd'^:,ni The whole c °mpany was very their th D ? waa known concerning cent bvth? Pmvlous to their departure, ex house^offleera Ti of ‘H? Btea mor and the Custom as to their n>imZo ore h S? £ocn “ueh speculation mys°tery to P e l, vTryo B ne. WhlCh remaltt ■»> 4 , ,f ? 1 ? n ‘hly satirical journal, to be called the Capitol, is threatened In Washington Ilaxij €jbimng %nlktm. DIEI>. LIFE INSURANCE. Registered Policies. J^ e Editor of the Tribune —Fbieni) : Will e .° good 88 10 Inform me on the matter of the Weekly Bulletin printed In thy newspaper, Clvlng a statement of the condition of the re gistered policies of the North America Ufe In surance Company. lam insured in oie of the Life Insurance Companies of thy cltr, but my nerves having been somewhat ung;rnug by suDdry thrusts at life Insurance by The New York Herald , I was reminded of having seen In thy newspaper something abonl securing payment of life Insurance policies by a deposit with the State Utncers at Albany. I am sorry to trouble thee with what theo may f ßtec t m 8 P rivate matter. I had thought to ask for the Information from the Company in ques tion, but, os they are interested parties, it might be that the information might not bo fairly fur nished,and this is my apology for inflicting upon thee this long letter. If thee can give me the de sired Information through the columns of The Tbihuhe, thee may serve me and the public a good turn. Tby friend, hL F. I'oujjhktcptie, Jan. 8, 1869. What we understand of tho Bulletin referred to, printed in Tub Thibune every Tuesday morning, Ib, that the North America Life Insu rance Company make certain deposits of secu rities in the Insurance Department at Albany under a law of the Blate authorizing such de posits, and for which the Company receives from the Department Registered Policies of Life Insu rance to be issued to persons insuring their lives with that Company in such amounts as they may require. These policies, like the National Bank notes, state on their face that they are “secured by pledge of public stocks and bonds and mortgages.” By reference to the Bul letin lor this week we find that the Company have deposited $525,000, and that the amount of the Registered Policies issued on this deposit is $13,213,380, and that the sum required to be deposited is $475,789, showing a surplus of $49,211. At the first blush we confess it teemed to us a paradox how $475,783 conld secure 213 213,380, but on reflection and a tittle applica nt 1 . 0 * what knowledge we possess of the princi ples governing life insurance, It might, under certain circume tanccs.be ample for that purpose This deposit of $475,789 it what is termed in life Insurance Ute.“reie7-i’e,” or that sum of money and the accumulating interest thereon, which with ibeprcmiumt to be paid, and their interest accumulation, will pay all the policies as they may Jrom time to time mature tin the death of the insured. Were all to die within the space of a year, or within any other short space of time say two or three years, or dvph ten years—it is indent the “reserve" would not bo sufficient. But such an occurrence would entirely be out of the common course of events, affecting alike any sy stem of life insurance yet devised. Perhaps no ten nee has reached a higher degree of exactness than that which applies ibe laws relating to the vitality of the human iamily in civilized commu ultnr to the purposes of Irfe insurance. The uni tn the operation of these natural laws is no lets certain Oran curious. Out ol a given number of living persons—a number large euougb, of course, to secure the working of the laws of -versge—it can be determined with absolute cer tainty how many will die within a given period It follows, therefore, that any given sum of money may be set aside to be paid to each of the i numerated persons as they may, under tho ope rations of ttesc natural lawß, lrom lime to time die. This we understand to be Life Insurance. Now we are ashed to say what we know of the Registry of Policies at Albany. For his iniormation we simply have to say that what is termed the “reserve” is de posited at Albany instead of being in the vaults of the Company in New York. It stems to us a mere question of safety. Are the invested funds of a Lite insurance Company safer in the custody of State officials, properly guarded by statutory provisions, than in the custody ot the managers oi the companies ? We will not express our opinion, lest we hurt the feelings of many very good men connected with such insti tutions in this City and elsewhere; bnt we will say that we can easily conceive how the funds of our Life Insurance Companies may be in jeopardy. Funds Invested in such securi ties as are allowed by law to be de posited at Albany, are put beyond ihe handling of anybody. There" they are, and there they must remain, or so much as may be necessary, until every obligation beariag the Stale signet is fully satisfied. We understand that these securities may be cjtchnnijed for others of like character and value, oat not otherwise. One point in this question has been suggested to us as bearing upon the matter of extravagance in conducting the business, and the danger to be apprehended from unwarrantable dividends of supposed surplus. Competition in this business is now extremely sharp, and to promote business it Is to bo feared that too much may be paid for tho whislle— that with high commis sion aud brokerage, and other expenses, nothing will be left for the “reserve.” As we look upon the registry deposit system, a company required to make the legal deposit would not have enough for both deposit aud extravagant expenses. In this view of the case it seems to ns that a law requiring a deposit of securities measured by some legal, scientific standard, would be a very proper one. Life Insurance Companies ask lrom the public a measure ol confidence beyond •my other corporations for the keeping of eur money. A policy of Lite Insurance is a con tract for a ilitfime. demanding on the part of the insured an annual payment or deposit daring his entire life, without the right to withdraw a dollar should his needs demand,.or his confidence be shaken as to the solvency of his Company, except at a sacrifice of a very largo portion of.hls de posits, if not all. It docs seem to us that the public have a claim for some socmity beyond lhat now ordinarily given by our Life insurance Com panles.—Editor Tribune New York, Eeb. 18. This North America Life Insurance Company of New York is the one represented in Philadel phia by Mr. Nelson F. Evans, General Agent for Pennsylvania, at 434 Walnut street, through whom three thousand persons have been insured during the past four years. To them the above indorsement of the Tribune will be very gratify ing. FLOOD IN THE SUSQUEHANNA. The River at Williamsport. The Williamsport Standard of Tuesday says the . water this morning is 11 feet on the bridge pier. The ice went out yesterday in de luchcd bodies without doing auy damage. But few saw logß and timber sticks passed this point, and we hope our boom and lumbermen will be prepared to catch all the logs that come down. Although immenso amounts of money have been expended in erect ing and improving booms at Willlams- P or 'i n is said the further expendi ture of about $40,000, at the mouth of Loyalsock creek, would render the tuciliLies complete for s io] ping all the logs that might oso-ipo the boom above. This project has been agitated for some time, but it has not received the attention its Im portance demands, for every season enough logs go by and are lost to pay for this boom. During the great flood of 1865, nearly 15,000,000 leot were caught in Ransom’s boom, near this point, and 11 tho improvomont now con templated had been made, almost the entire amount lost wtjuld have been stopped. It seems to us. therefore, that it would be wise economy to erect a boom at ouco at the place suggested. It is proposed to tho lumbermen to unite and erect this work on the plan of a Mutual tog In surance Company. Mr. Ransom has proffered a proposition to tniscffcot, and wo hope no time will be Jpst In accepting and carrying ft out. Our I city should not allow a single log to bo lost that can be saved. —The message of tho Governor of Kansas Is pnbllshod every year In English, German and Swedish. room TRENTON. New Jersey Legislature Appoint, meats by tlie Governor, Ac. .Corrcmondißce «f the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Tcextom, Feb. 18.—In tho Senate Mr. Cobb of fered a preamble and resolution showing that the Newark and New York Railroad Company have failed to pay the annual rental of $5,000 duo the Slate on April 1,1868; therefore, resolved that the Attorney-General be instructed to enforce tho pay ment of the same by suit or otherwise. Adopted. The bill to ascertain the rights of the State and certain riparian owners was made the special older for Tuesday next. This bill has reference to lands lying In New York Bay. In the afternoon the Senate passed a bill to In corporate the Philadelphia and Camdon Bridge Company. This bill Is similar in all its parts to the odo pending in CoDgress, for the same pnr tcei6lamro aleo l ° thal beforo the Penn6 y lvania The House to-day devoted the greater part of itß time in discussing the bill passed yesterday creating the county of Muscannitong from the counties of Warren, Morris and Hunterdon. Those who opposed the bill so strongly yesterday still hoped to kill It,and moved a reconsideration of lbe vote this morning, which led to a pro- I longed discussion betwoen Messrs. Valentine, Whalen and Conover. The motion to reconsider was lost by 25 to 28. Both Houses stand ad- J'“ Q JJ>ed until Monday evening, 22d instant, at 8 Jr. M. J To-day the Governor sent to the Senate the following appointments, which were conflrmed by that body.—Judge of the Court of Errors, E. L. B. Wales; R. L. Thompson, Prosecutor of Gloucester County; R. Jenkins, Prosecutor of Camden Conntv. In compliance with an invitation from the Commissioners of the Soldiers’ Children’s Homo the Governor, members of the Senato and House of Assembly yesterday paid a visit to that insti tution. After some Interesting exercises by the children, speeches were made by Governor Ran dolph, Senators Cobb and Torrey. U. 8. Distbict Court—Judge Field, presiding. - The case of the United States vs. Theodore Tappen, charged with passing five counterfeit @lO bills on the Anbnrn National Bank, in Newark last November. Without concluding the case,’ the Court adjourned until to-morrow morning The printers’strike still continues. The ein plojes seem to think that the employers are not quite so determined as they were in the beginning of the week. One of the proprietors of one of ihe newspapers and job offices went to New York vesterday, and hired Borne twenty-five composi tors; bnt when they learned the correct circum stances of ihe case, they refused to come. The employers sav they wUI, under all circumstances, adhere to their determination not to employ any of those now on a strike, at any priee CHIMES. The Carlisle Tragedy. The York Democrat at last furnishes us with ihe details of the tragedy at Carlisle. Pa. of which the telegraph gave snch meagre and un satisfactory accounts. It says: We premise by stating that, as the result of a ' bemical analysis, Ur. Schmppehae been arrested and committed to prison. The case will be brought up on a writ of habeas corpus on Tues day next. The following are the facts : ' On the 28th of January last, Mlbs Maria M. etinnccke, a maiden lady aged seventy years whose place of residence was the city of Balti more, but who was stopping temporarily at Car lisle, died suddenly, and, as the sequel will show rather mysteriously, in the latter place. She bad been In the habit of visiting Carlisle fre quently before for the benefit ofher health, and on tbia last occasion b&d formed th© ocoualat anee of Dr. Paul Bchoeppe, a yonng German phy sidan residing In that borough, who, It seems, was pretty regular In his attendance upon her np lo the time of her death. On the 271 h of Janu ary, Miss Stinnecke was taken seriously 111 and -ummoned the Doctor to her bedside. The fol lowing morning she was discovered by the chambermaid lying in an Insensible condition, in which she continued until the afternoon, when she died. After her remains had been taken to Baltimore and the funeral services were over Dr Pan! Schmppe and another person, after culling in W. H. Miller, Esq., of Carlisle, proceeded to examine the papers of the deceased and discovered among them a will bearing date November 17th, 1868. This will bequeaths dif lerent sums of money to various Educational and Hdigions Societies, making the Methodlßt and Presbyterian Board of Publication residuary Itgatee. It was offered for probate in Court, when immediately after Dr. Paul Schceppe, by bis attorney, offered another of later date, which devises and bequeaths all the pronerty of de ceased to him and makes him sole executor. This will is dated In December last, Is in the writing of Dr Stjeeppe himself, and attested bv him and Lis father. The circumstance of Miss Stinnecke changing her first will and making another giving the w hole of her property, amounting to about $50,- t'oo, to an entire stranger, has given rise to sus picions that she was foully dealt with, and an accommodating dose of morphine or some other poison was employed by Dr. Paul Schmppe to rid himself of the only obstacle In the way of his '(?“ edia ‘® enjoyment of his newly-found fortuno While therefore, the two wills will be the subject of legal examination and disposal in the proper '.ourt of Baltimore, the Judges have ordered three hundred dollars ont of deceased’s estate to be appropriated to the expense of a /wst mortem examination, to ascertain whether or not poison had been administered and death by that means produced. The result of the . summation will be awaited with painful interest. The genuineness of Miss SUnnecke’s signature to fhc will presented for probate by Mr. Paul Scbu ppe, is disputed, and It la now alleged by persons acquainted with her hand writing, to be a torgery. It is said that there are already clrcum stances of a sufficiently suspicions character to authorize the arrest of the Doctor. Tho whole affair is exceedingly strange and mysterious and further developments will be rcouired to throw tho necessary light upon the subject. adchemeivts. —Mrs. Baniey Williams will have a benefit at the WMnut, this evening, In three pieces: / reland a . s " as ; r alienee and Perse rerance, and The Irish Tutor On Monday afternoon, Brougham’s Lottery of Life will be given. —At the Arch, this evening, Mrs. Drew and the company will appear in .1 Lesson in Love, and I ne Honeymoon. evening Japß wUI appear at the American, this nn7s!l»kf S rh appear at the Chest nut Street Theatre to-night, In La Sonnambula. ” 0 hopo she will have a crowded house. To morrow afternoon two operettas will be given. -° n Thursday evening of next weok Rev. Henry Want Beecher will lecture in the Academy ol Music upon Rational Amusements.” Tickets J >ro S" e l OD “nd after to-morrow at Gould e, No. 923 Chestnut etreot. „ -°P Monday, March Ist, Mr. James Fisk’s French Opera troupe will begin a season of six nights of comic opera at tho Academy of,-Music. . Rational Guard’s Hall, this evtmfng, the N< \ 29G L °-°- F - will celebrate i™ 1 w i y ' fi t anniversary. There will be a very excellent concert, in which sovernl well known musicians will participate. _ MJ e ® Bkaw, the English woman who has al way® taken caro of tho Prince Imperial, Is about aia ed \ Jho prines told hiß mother ouco eafis Mlsi shaw! 8 ° WOU 88 “ Bobo '” a 8 ho r ,B .° P ro P. oa,tlon before tho Kentucky of fllrafcStHslns^ 10^11 * BW 11,0 OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. TAe Harder at Itiirg-oa—7ti6 Papal IVumio; „ F r ?„ m „/?, ain wo 'earn that the body of the n!^ d ,T^ OV , ( ?r n . or of Bargos has been em- f D<l W ! U be e€nt t 0 Xore?, hi* native „ Pension to hia family has been docreed by the Provisional Government Tho Governor was a widower with four children. The Madrid ° f tbe Lond °n Tima save that a ,? e ' k, i own piet y and vlrtu o has drawn P“Manifesto in which, in the namo of the clergy, he protests against the assumption that apy man belonging to the clerical order may ba £®L keen directly or indirectly compli- n ßte * n atrocious assassination at slSEf.li™. expresses hia anticipated detestation of any such complicity in case it should ever be proved. It is stated that the good priest has been all about Madrid for two anxiet y and even with tears in hie eyes, soliciting signatures to his declaration f“ e . “embers of the clergy, but with all his r-uorts only three other names have been added 10 °„ n at ibe foot of the document. . , “! e I ,V* pal Nuncio at Madrid, who had to hide himself from the popular fury after the assassins tioziy uob ventured to return to bis residence. Ho was accompanied on hla return by Senor Bi vero, and was revived by the Civil Governor of -Province of Madrid upon bis arrival. Indecision of tbe Bpanlardsi A correspondent writing from Madrid says : The revolution is now fonr months old; yet the men who made it are as far from agreeing what to substitute for the power which they overthrew as ever. No fusion has yet been effected between the Progressistas and the Unionists: nor is there any banner round which they can rally. Of the royal names so much canvassed, that of Ferdi nand is no longer heard. The Duke of Aosta was thought to be the most promising candida- Idro for a week or two of the present month, but now it is understood (hat there is a 'hitch” there also. The troth “.. a ‘ none of these fonlgn potentates excite any enthusiasm here, nor can we expect them to do so. The best of them would only be a makeshift, aod Espartero would be a far more popular makeshift than any of them. On the other hand, Espartero, the only Spaniard of whom all Spaniards speak with some respect, would be too obviously a makeshift. What is wanted is a central power with sufficient strength and prospect of permanence to keep down the factions—to realize the resnlte of the revolution and to establish them. Until such a power comes all measures ©i religions and other reform are mere children’s houses bnllt on the sand—the next wave will make an end of them. I Thousand Spaniards Expected I from Spain—Severe t with the I Sawiago^ SM^^0^ increasing; at I 5L avaha - Feb - 17 ■ vla Late Cl tv, Feb. 18, 1889. —Toe authorities report that 2,000 chaseeurs of the Spanish army are expected momentarily from I Spain to reinforce the troops already here. A force of Bpanish troops, under Qalros, has I arrived at Jiguanl, a town lying near Bayamo I from Santiago de Cuba. Severe fighting took place ail along the route between his forces and the insurgents under Gen. Cespedes. In one of these engagements Cespedes bad his horse killed under Dim. Count Valmaseda was at Jiguanl with the main body of his forces. The insurgent chiefs were constantly moving from one point to another, thus balding pursuit and wearying their enemies with long and pro fitless marches. A despatch from Sagna la Grande, dated to day, reports that the Sugarters Insurgents have burned the railroad bridges and almost destroyed the road to Las Cruces, the junction of the Villa Clara Railroad. Intelligence from Santiago de Cuba to the 13th inst. r< ports that more estates have been burned by the insurgents. The cholera was increasing, twenty more deaths from It having been reported. Many of the troops were in the hospitals suffering from the disease. ® The shore end of the second telegraph cable between Cuba and Key West, which was recov ered on Tuesday last, has been landed. Tne in sulation was found to be perfect. {nr maiu | Hevolntionlsts Close to Havana—Tbe Cubans Hopeful of Success. foUowHavana correspondent writes os In the city of Managua, district of Santa Maria de Rosano, and distant but eight leagues from Havana, four hundred men.including nnout sixty Cnbanß of Havana, headed by the proprietor of the rastora estate, pronounced on the 7th against the Spanish rule and for the Republican government, and since have en trenched themselves at Gnaoima, and / are R^‘u g , the l r [ oru ? 8 fa6t ’ Troops have i’left Banta Maria, Balvario, Rejacal, and San Antonio to attack the new insurgents. I hear of other “OTements in the districts of Bcjncal and Gnines, bnt I have failed to obtain , P „n r ia C^ a . rß .u° What I have de- In U „t d r,u» t 0 lhe .Western Department fully enfllees D fif Inanifc , Bt f° your readers that within its h plaved t^oat. r ” TOlUUon “ “P la y ta g- n P” a “d not tub CUIJAKB HOPEFUL. , unquestionable progress of Cuban in f na^ have had opposite rwiL 4? e Cubans and Spaniards of Ba y an ?' first are pleased, and look far pcf ?i y forwa rd to a time of political thI V «E?“ 111811 th ®y have ever done before. The others are angry and excited. The LHario , br ayir)g most discordantly lor a having been "blind” hereto !° re n fii?i .‘‘‘mensions of the revolution, and nf n„Jl d t^ y . loßt 611 f aith In its system of paper victories. The Prensa Is bark fartously at'the government; says that if had been eon tinned in office he better lor its side,and wants the ! „ a r yetCln ?f Ceneral Dnlce replaced by tho ““ JSP’SS? 10 ?. fh .-existence before his advent P?w, Br ' Cuba, which is a rldiou iously loyal Spanish Voice, is howling lugubri ou6iy, aa d calls all Spaniards to the rescue, all suspected Cubans near at hand to be first dis posed of by imprisonment, banishment, the aar rote, the sword, and other means. A half a dozen Bmal , l iP Jeernals, all overteoming with Spanish patriotism and loyalty, yelp their notes ef ‘‘Jatta aed anger In unison, and thus increase the interest felt in the situation by an impartial '°°i r "? n TOP on ove P tB Uko your humble corros pondeut. Tho certainty of ‘'squally times ahead'' mduees a continuation of tho emigration of Havanas opulent families. Most go to the United States. All tho cabins of the Moro Castle, leaving to-day for Now York, have been engaged for several days past Many young Cubans leave with their families, but most with* the intention of . afterwards making their way back to tho seats of war, to eulist in , n ?. r , a pespedes’s fast-increasing “armies b< i ra j? n " Many hare also already suddenly disappeared from Havana, and are to day in arms against the powers that bo. The . °i'f y ’ H a ac ? ou ? t ,Pf, ‘Ma exodus and the military situation, Is dull la the extreme. Business is daily becoming worso. Alblsu's Amphitheatre Is open every night, but tho attendance Is always *. Hermann tho "world-renowned prestl dlgltatenr, Is holding forth at the Tacon, but with very limited pecuniary success. The mili tary bands that were once wont to delight thou sands oi persons of both Boxes every evening In. the Parqao .Isabel with their delightful music, have not played there since the 2,'id ult., and there 1s no prospect of their doing so^oon. EUROPEAN AFFATRH SPAIN. CUBA. | BT CABLE, j Parlor Concert*. (For the 'Philadelphia Erantna BnUaH. f Jar. J'.dilor: —Wlll you allow us, through your widely circulated paper, to satisfy the often-ex pressed wishes of many that the series of con certs known as “parlor concerts,” should receive some public notice, not only as an acknowledg ment to the artists connected with them, but as a matter of justice to many who are ignorant of tbe opportunity thus afforded them Tor musical culture. For. as these concerts, begun nine years ago, were at first private in their character, it is not to be expected that those who have not attended them should be aware of tbe degree of excellence to which they have attained. HjWhiie It is a matter of congratulation, not only to Miss Jackson, but also to all true lovers of music in Philadelphia, that, In the successful formation of her string quartett, eho sees the realization of hopes which she has cherished and labored for with untiring energy for some years— it must be veiy gratifying to her that she is now supported by true artists, who, by their earnest and appreciative study with her, can bring out to advantage the classic style and thorough intel ligence of her piano playing. The Bystem of touch which she employs en ables her to give expression to the most varied leellng, as has been clearly shown in her playing of Beethoven’s Gelster Trio, Haydn’s trio in C ® a J or . and BchUbert's great trio in E flat. With all her force,for strength she certainly possesses, seldom or never ie a harsh or nnmnsical tone .o. Cer t a toly In her playing of Weber’s Con cert utucs, there was a clear understanding and thorough appreciation of the work, combined wiui a fire and spirit which has been lamentably deficient In tbe performances of others whom we have heard attempt this test piece of muale; and yet ft did not reach the degree of excellence whloh we wonld desire, simply because a woman's nervous sys tem cannot, except in rare, isolated instances, 6Qppiy the strength which such a work requires —a strength which must also be cnltivated from early youth for and before the pnbllc. Henoe it is, perhaps, that Miss Jaokson la unfitted for solo-playing in public; because, as her playing of concerted music tesUflev, her nature is too delicately and highly strung to do otherwise than shrink from such a performance. Concerted music is her forte, and in this, in the estimation of many competent jndgee, she holds rank above sdv other resident pianist among us. Of her string quartett, composed of Messrs G. Gnhlemann, W. Stoll, Jr., T. Boettger and R. Hennig, we can assert what we believe will be granted by all possessed of musical judgment that it is the best ever heard here, an opinion shared by those who have enjoyed excellent op portunities of forming their judgment on the best standard. In intonation, in careful delinea tion of musical thoughts, while the crescendos and decrescendos issue as from one bow It is certainly admirable, bnt at the same time there is occasionally wanting more fire which ought to originate with the first violin, and which wonld avetd the danger o( monotony of expression whloh sometimes threatens these performances. We must also bee to take exception to a certain modern style of changing the tempo, which was done by a ritardando at the close of the fifth variation of the Andante in Beethoven’s quartett No. 5. We know such things are done by experienced qnar tett players, but we cannot think them in strict conformity with the spirit of the composition and we wonld rather never hear them. With these two exceptions we think we are safe in pronouncing the two quartette by Haydn the one of Beethoven, and that of Bchnbert as ad mirable, and very far in advance of any perform ance of the kind we have ever heard here. For it must always be remembered that to have a good quartett there must be four musicians so practiced together that our alienUon is not attracted by tbe flue playing of some one member, causing us to listen to him especially as to a soloist; our mind must be en gaged in following the performance as a whole until we are engrossed, and lifted above instru ments and performers, Into the pure atmosphere of inspiration. Thus only can we be brought into sympathy with the creative genine of the oom poser. May we not hope for this inspiring perfection from this quartett which promises so finely? We know and the members of it know that sneb perfection is not achieved without care tul Btndy and much time. hot them have every encouragement to go on as they have begun. It wonld be most unjust, in speaking of those concerts, not to mention the able assistance af forded by both Mr. Gnhlemann and Mr. Hennig by their soio-playing. Mr. Gnhlemann, on the violin, has an admirable method, possessing great purity of tone and fine intonation; perhaps wanting, as we have already hinted, a little more tire. This, as he is still very young, we confi dently hope he will acqnire as he gains in con fidence before the publie, for there is now some times perceptible a nervous timidity very natnr il to a young artist, too modest to feel himself equal lo the high standard which Is the result of his appreciation of his art. Mr. Hennig’s character as a soloist is already well established here. The true artist clearly shows himself in him. Possessing an exquisite ear, he ie tender and sympathetic, while perfectly capable of great fire and passion. We mast by him to bear in mind that our orchestras, as they ure now consumed,are not calculated to improve the playing of such violoncellist. Another pleasant feature in these concerts con sists in the introducUon of vocal music, mostly in the form of a male vocal qnartett, under the able direction of Mr. Engelke, and In an occasional soprano solo in good style and artisUc finish. Certainly the parlor concerts rank foremoat among concerts of chamber music. We cannot bnt regret that only two more of the series re main to be enjoyed. Cnpublisbed Facts Abonl the murder of l»r. Porkman, The Chicago Tribune pointing out the resem blance between the recent murder of McConnell by a debtor and that of Parkman by Dr. Webster recalls come incidents in the latter crimo never betore made public. “Within a half hour after leaving hts horrible work at the laboratory, the burning: of the remains of his victim, on the afternoon of the murder, Dr. Webster called on his way home at a mantuamakor s and tried on, talking all the while in biß nsaal pleasant way about the most trivial details, a now dressing gown which was making for him. At the same lime ho provided himself with strychnine, with which he attempted to take his own life when lodged in jaii. But another fact, known to verv few persons, and never before published, is, that he confessed to the attending physician in a hur ried whisper, when he supposed his own death was imminent from the poison ho had just taken that he had killed Dr. Parkman. The testimony of this physician would have hanged him even had there been no other evidence; but he died be fore the Professor was brought to trial, and up to the timo ol his death none'but his wife know that he was the repository of this Important secret. —Prince Napoleon, who is harassed by his creditors, is desirous of selling his collection of relics of Napoleon tbo First, for which ho has spent very large sums during the past twenty-flve years, to the keeper of the Museum dcs Souver ains, at the Louvre,for half a million francs. The Emperor, howover, is opposed to the transaction for the present. —Tho King of Italy seldom touches a pen. His invaluable private secretary imitates his mon arch's hand-writing perfectly, signature and all. —A Sail Franciscan offers to drive the small pox ont of that city by means of magnetism, for a fee of $300,000. —New Mexico needs reconstruction. It con tains some three thousand peons held in slavery" for debt. 3 —A man In Ohio is fatbor of five boys named Fremont,Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. F. I. FETHERSWW. PaKislaft facts a arm favcies. Howard at Atlanta. BY JOHN a. WHITTin it. Right In the track where Sherman Ploughed his red furrow, Out of the narrow cabin, _ fr< ? m , tl)e ct| i“ r ’s burrow, l lfi Httlo black people, _Wlth freedom cewlydowered, *^ o Northern teacher. Stood the Boldier, Howard. Usjened and heard the children Of the poor and long-enslavfcd Reading the word of Jesus, Singing the songs of David, fithold !—the dumb lips speaking The blind eyes seeing! Bones of the Prophet’s vision Warmed into being! Transformed ho saw them passing , Their new life’s portal; 5 Almost it seemed the mortal Pat on the Immortal. No more with the beasts or burden. No more with stone and clod, But crowned with glory and honoc In the image of God ! There was the human chattel Its mankind taking; There, in each dark, bronze statue. A soul was waking! The man of many battles, With tears his eyelids pressing. Stretched over those dusky foreheads His one-armed blessing. And he said: “Who hears can never sear or doubt you: What shall I tell the children Up North about you?" Then ran round a whisper, a murmur Some answer devising; And a little boy stood up: “Massa. Tell ’em we’re rising V' O black boy of Atlanta! But half was spoken : The slave’s chain and the master’s Alike are broken. The one curse of the races field both in tether: rising,—all are rising, Ine black and white together! O brave men and fair women t 111 comes of hate and scorning Shall the darkv&ces only Be turned to morning ? Make Time your sole avenger, AH-healing, all-redressing; Meet Fate half-way, and make it A joy and blessing! —Joe Jefferson is in LouisviUe! nrto —A Minnesota butcher has got into trouble by peddling the hesh of dogs us mutton. " ■ wJ? t ?« da T ‘ Bnocklnrldge ore starting at subscription to buy Mr. John C. a residence. „„7^ a ?i 8 A Chri ! tittl Vf edersen writes that he cut not visit America this year. ln~wfeJousin 1 fl ° o<l ° f whea ‘ ’ l3 2° in £ t(> market —email-pox is adding to the horror of the fam me in India. . —BeUe Boyd has arrived in New Orleans from Texas, promising to read and threatening to play. —yonr church,” the parson cries. To chnrch each fair one goes; The old go there to close their eyes. The young to eye their clothes. —Bon Carlos and his wife attended a service in rans to commemorate the anniversary of the execution of Louie XVI. The lady Isgreat-grand nitce of the guillotined monarch. .rnbiin^^m 6 ? that f ho Mal Tland Senators ?r WU for an air line railroad between New York and Washington, by talking ogainsS time when it reaches the Senate from tEe House —Mr. Gladstone is coming out with a book entiiled ’Juventus Mundi," to be foUowed, possibly, by the Juventus of every d.v iu the week. ' J —The most beautiful young lady in Madrid is Morsnal Serrano’s illegitimate daughter. She is nineteen years old, and was educated In tha choicest Parisian schools. —The late Sol. Smith was by tarns a law stu dent, a printer, an aetor, and an editor. In 1861 be was elected a member of the Missouri State Convention as an “unconditional Union man.” —The curtain at the new San Francisco thea tre Is made of reps In stripes of green, red and gold, and the act-drop Is a view of the harbor, with ocean steamers ond yachts leaving and en tering. —That magniflcent old Iron-clad. McKean!Bu chanan, is back In New Tork, plaving Hamlet in the afternoon and Othello in tbe evening. We suggest that ho play Macbeth and some other of his rollicking extravaganzas in the morning Cin. Commercial. 6 * —Here is one verse from the plaint of a Lon don tenor: “Break, break, break, O voice ! I must urge thy plea, Por the tender skin of my larynx is torn And I fail in my upper G !” 1 g Howard Paul was recently asked for a pass to bis entertainment by tho landlord of the hotel where he was stopping in England. He obtained a sheet of paper on which to write the order at the office, and the next day found it charged on his Dill. —Christina Nillson has caused a very handsome house to be built for her parents in her humble Swedish birthplace, and otherwise prpvided for them. Most of the money which tbe young can tatrice has accumulated since 1864 is profitably invested in Parisian real estate. 3 —A Frenchman at Natchitoches, Louisiana, in tends to plant, the coming year, sevoral acres of poppies, ond to make oplnm. Ho says that an acre of poppies will make fifty pounds of opium worth fifteen to twenty dollars a pound, at a cost of less than lour dollars a pound for manufactur ing. —Pretty soon some of our antiquarians will contend that Bunker Hill battle is a fiction. Al ready magazine writers undertake to prove that Putnam wasn’t there, and if he was thore, that ho was cowardly and traitorons.and that former his torians do not know where Warren fell! In the course of a month or two it will be denied that there Is aDy monument to commemorate tho spot. —Boston Post. —The Emperor of the French is said to bo more embarrassed by his private indebtedness than even previous to the coup d’itat. Both he and the Empress have boen living for the past fifteen years far beyond their means, and au of Eugenie's private proporty is heavily mortgaged.’ Bhe never thinks of the rainy days which may bo, in store for her in the future, but is as oxtrava-. gant ns If the French exchequer were inexhausti ble, and the Imperial dynasty not founded on. Band, but sure to reign for centuries to come. —All the surviving members of the Provisional Government of France in 1848, except Ledru Roll Id and .Louis Blanc, aro troor. Gamier-Pagfea lived a long time.beforo entering the Corps Legis late, on what little money he received for giving private lessons in mathematics. Albert is for£ man in the gaa works at a salary of sixty francs a week. Marie has lost most of his fortune bv the dishonesty of a banking house. Cre'mieux who was quite rich, has sustained such heavy losses at the Bourse that ho has nothing but the money bo earns at the bar. Ledru ReUin, though ho is no longer as rich as he usedto.be, is still in very cpmfortabla circumstances. Louis Blanc, a man of indefatigable industry, has. made money by his literary labors, lives In London In good style, and Is believed to bo worth over a hundred thousand francs. As for Lamartine, it Is well known that he owes more than he ever will ho able to pay.
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