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.