H Lit GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXII.—NO. 267. •ST FAME INSURANCE COMPANY, 4G6 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Ju. 18, 1869. Tbia Company. Incorporated In 1866, and doing a Fire Inaurance bnaineae exclnalvcly, to enable It to accept a large amount of buaineea constantly declined for want of edequato capital, will, to accordance with a supplement to ita charter, increase its CAPITAL STOCK FEQI $lOO,OOO, ITS PRESENT AIOUST, To $200,000, IB SQIBE* OF PIPIT DOLLiBS E4CO, and for which Babecription Books are now open at this office. By order of tho Board of Directors. OHAUI.EN HICHABDSON, president. WILLIAM H. EIIAWS, VICE PRESIDENT. WUXIABIB I. BLABCHABD, SECRETARY. la3otfn>} AGENTS AND SOLICITORS FOR LIFE INSURANCE 5 Ind aOpeneoj contUllflUiig Insnranee, WILL DO WELL TO BEE ME H. Gr. WILSON, AT THB OFFICE OF THE Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co, 021 CHEBTHUT BTBEBT. Jai6atathtf lpt WEDDING CARDS. ties, Ac. New style*. BIABON 6 807 Chcatant street. WEDDING INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE W Neweet sad beet manner* LOUIS DREKA* Sta tioner and Engraver. K 33 Chestnut street. feb 20,-tf _ MoCItEIGHT—GREER.-On the evening of the 18th (net., by Uio Rev. Dr. Crowell, John McCreight, E»q., to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Robert Greer, all of thin rlty. No card.*. DIED. ARMSTRONG.—SuddenIy, February 20th, Marga ret M., wife of Cbas. E. Armstrong, and eldest daugh ter of Robert Haye*. The relatives ard frif rd* of the family arc reaped fully lnv»icd to attend the fuucra 1 , from the residence of her buabond. No C 22 North Sixth atreet, on Tn«e <lay, 23d IneL, at 2 o’clock P. M. Interment at Laurel Hill. RENNERS.—On Friday morning, mb Inst, after a lingering lHue*s,' Anna Rebecca, wife of Jamee Benner*. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully Invited to attend the funeral, from the ru.-ddeoee of her husband. *36 N«r h Broad street, on Tuesday xnorntnp, 23d tn&t.. at 8 o’clock, IPjrb Maw at (Jborch of Assumption To proceed lo Laurel llixh. *’ IX)VIK. - the 2 th in«t . Mary, wife of Henri 11. Lovie, in iho SStb year oi her a*?e. The relatives and friends of Uie family are respect fully Ibvlled to attend ' he funeral, from tho residence «»f her hoFbnud. No. &R 8 South Ninth street, on Mon day afternoon, at 1 o’clock. „ MONTL-Ai Palermo, on the Uth Inat.. Banpy Read, yocn est daughter of Frances A. and Lq gi Monil. ff 8 Control at said tort. NATHANS.—Suddenly, on tbe lath in*L, In this city, Mr*. Mary A,, wife of John J. Nathans, of New If iii k city Funeral from the residence of Mr. John Childs, 709 N'T'h Eighth etree b, on Monday, 22d insL, 2 o’clock. To proceed to Laurel Hill. SIMMONS.—At St. Thomas, W. 1., January 24th, after a short lllne*s. Edwara, second sou of Edward B. and the late Eliza Simmons, in the 20th year of hbs age* . Magnificent black dress silks. SATIN FACED OItoGRAINS. HEAVIEST CORDED BILKS. WW>WB’ BILKS. NEW LOT black silks wholesale. EYRE A LANDELL. Fourth and Arch Btroots. BELIGIODS NOTICES* S6T SERMON TO YOUNG MEN, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE Young Ren’s Christian Association, Bev. J. SFENCEB KBNNABD Will proach a Sermon especially to Young Mon TO MORROW (Sabbath) EVENING, at tho Tenth Baptiet Church, Eighth street, above Green, at "X o'clock. Seats Reserved for Young Men. Medical Students and Strangers in the city arc cordi ally InTited to attend. Hf afipt~REV E. E. ADAMS D. D., WILL PREACH lN Western Preebyterisn Church, Seventeenth and Filbert, at IoX and SX. Afternoon eermon on Jonah. It* NORTH TENTH ETREET PRESBYTERIAN **** Cbnrch (below Girard avenuet.Rev. Matthew New. kirk. Pastor.—Services at 10X and 7X o'clock. All in. Tiled. u ' MRS REV. THOMAS R BRACKEN WILL PREACH to-morrow at 10)6 A. M. and 7)6 I’. M. in North L. 1\ Church, on Master street, near Fifteenth. Sea a tree. AU aro •welcome. ThENITY M. E, CHURCH. EIGHTH STREET, abo re Race.—Rev O H TifTanv. D. D., of N J , will pearh at 10#. and Bev. J. F. Chaplain at 7)6. Btrai3gera Invited. 1* mgar* FIRST REFORMED CHURCH-SEVENTH ***' and Bprin* Garden street*.— Kov. J, F. Derg, D. D.« will preach to morrow morning at 10)6 and evening at 7*6 o’clock. _____ *<l Mms CHILDREN’S CHURCH.—THE NEXT MONTH- Iy sermon to the young, on Biblo Wonders, at tho Church of the Epiphany, to-morrow afternoon at three o’clock. •- » ■CSV- BT. CLEMENT'S CHURCH.TWBNTIETU AND Cherry atreeta. During Lent tho Sunday afternoon earvlre will be omitted. Service t<-morrow evening at 7X o'clock. If THIRD REFORMED CHURCH. TENTH AND mme Filbert atreeta Rev. C. D. Hai tranft, of Now Bruns wick, will preach to morrow. Service at 10X o’clock morning, and 7#i»Tonipg. it* •0* ARCH BTBKET M. E. CHURCH—ANNUAL Collection for Missions— l>t. Durbin at 10>S A. M. Sabbath School at 2M P. M. Addresse* by Dra. Durbin and Tiffany. Preaching at 7X P. M. by Dr. Tiffany. It* Ws?» THE POWER TO BECOME BONS OP GOD. - mrm - Rev. Dr. March will continue hia Course of Serin ms in Clinton Street Churcb. Tenth street, below Spruce, to morrow (Sunday) evening, at 7M o’clock Subject aa above. AH pf repps cordially Invited. It* ttfSP- REV. J. F. ELDER, OF ORANGE, N. ,1., WILL ** n * l preach before the Young People*’ Association, of the Tabernacle Baptist Church. Chestnut street, above Eighteenth, oil Sunday evening, at 7M o'clock “The Vic tory for Young Men.” It* ttfig»BFRMONTO YOUNG MEN. -THE FOURTH OF the series will be delivered to-morrow evening at o’clock, by Rev. R. E, Buadle D.D., in tho North Prea hytMian Church, Sixth street above Green. The Pastor, S. W. Henry, D- Dwill preach at 10J$ A, M it• mm. WEST SPRUCE STREET CHURCH, BEV enteeath and Spruce etreetd—Rev. W. P. Breed, D. D.« will preach the eleventh of the discourses on tho B-iok of Esther to-morrow at lOJtf A, M. Subject—“ The Monument.” Service in tho afternoon at B>d o’clock It* ■A* REV. WM. B. CULL!SS WILL PREACH IN tho Heidelberg Reformed Church, Melon street, above Tweltth street, to-morro v at 10.80 A. M. and 7.30 P. M bubject in the evening—“ The Resplendent On«.” Sunday School at 230 P. M. All aro welcouio. It* »»*» CENTENARY M. E. CHURCH, CAMDEN, N. J. Tho Annual Missionary Sermon will bo delivered by thejuev. Dr. G. D Carrow, on Sunday Morning, the 21et Inat Service at half-pad 10 o’clock Tho Rev. W. V. Kelley, A. M.. Pastor, will preach In the evening. Service at half-past 7 o’clock It* **£*» THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN OIIUuCH, Washington Sduare. Rev. Herrick Johnson, D. D., Pastor, will preach to-morrow at 10» A, M., and 7)4 P.M, Morning subjrct, tho ninth au stion of the ►eries ~-*Who touched me?” Evening— I Toe relation of tho <Jburch to Amusements, or tho Gospel Law of Things Indifferent, All are welcome. - It* HALL YOUNG MEN’B CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA TE TltfN. 1210 CHESTNUT street li.iht'JKonttly meeting of the Association will be held on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, at 8 o’clock. Efleay by Rov. DAVID A. CUNNINGHAM. a..t ““ojvct—"Deism and Christianity Compared." , )e0 ’ fo „ r discussion-" I. Deism bettor than no Roll* «lop for an Individual or a Btato ?” 'Tho°od a jr* II Ov^?, t E“q en,al Ml “ l0, undor tho dr™ olloll of Tho publio aro invited. Xt NPKUIAL NOTICED* I6T THE PARDEE SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT IN LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, EASTON, PA* Tbli Department of Lafayette College wee organised October, 1866, by (be mnnlficenee of A. PARDEE, Esq.. of Hazleton, Pa., who baa placed In the hands of the Tnu. tees the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. This has enabled tho Board to add to the Faculty of the CoL lege eminent Instructors In the rations departments of Physical Science; and tho munificence of tho citizens of Easton and of friends of the College elsewhere, has sup. plied funds for the buildings and apparatus necessary for tboiough courses of Scientific Instruction, Including L— A General Scientific Course of Four Years. This Is the seme as tho CLASSICAL COURSE in the College, except Ancient Languages, for which Modern Languages and Sciences are substituted. Gradu&toe in this course receive the Degree of BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY. ll.—Three Technical Courses of Two Years Bach. L ENGINEERING.—CiviI, Topographical and Me chanical. This course is designed to give Profession* Preparation for the ocatlon* construction and saperin tendency of Engineering Woiks of every- description. Graduates receive the Degree of C. E. 11. MINING AND METALLUBGY.-Thls Course offers the means of special preparation for exploring undevel oped mineral resources, and for taking charge of mining or metallurgical works. Graduates receive the Degree of M. E. II T . CH F MISTS Y. - This course Includes text book fetudy, lectures and laboratory practice, every facility for which is found in the Laboratories of JENKB * Li EMI CAL HALL Graduates receive the Degree of 8. 8. THE LOCATION n( i afayetteCollcgeJn the midst of the great Mining and MftDufactu>ing Region of the Middle States.gives peculiar ■ d vantages for PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in the above Departments. In addition, therefore, to the Lee tuxes. Recitations and Laboratory Practice, the Classes arc organized into WORKING BECTIONS. so that Students mav be thoroughly prepared by actual work in the I ield. Furnaces, Rolling Mills, Ac., for pro 1, heional employment In the following Departments,via.: I.—Koad JSuglneerlng Tbe goes through all the necessary operations (including Field VVorkand Office Work) for the construe* t icu of a Railroad from Easton to some selected terminus. • ll.—Mining Enginefring. Mints near Easton ore examined, and Written Reports are made, accompanied by Plans, Calculations and a dii r.isMtion of tbe principles involved. lll.—Mining Geology and Metal lurgy. Actual Work in tbe Laboratory, Field. Furnaces and KollJcg Mills. Special attention given to tho geology and exploitation ol Coal and Iron Ores, and to tho Metallurgy (. f Iron and Steel. IV.—Technical Chemistry. Particular attention Is given to the Chemistry of Agri culture, Medicine, Metallurgy, and the Manufacturing processes. Provision is also made for advanced students who may wish to make original researches. TUITION FEEB per session of three months, in the General Scientific Course, HFTEEN DOLLARS; in the Technical Courses or Working Sections, TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS. For Circulars or further inf ormation, address any of the following MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY: WILLIAM C. CATTELL, D. D., PRESIDENT, and Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy. TRAILL GREEN, M. D. LL. D., DEAN of the Pardee Scientific Department and Adamson Professor of General and Applied Chemistry. JAMES H. COFFIN, LL. D., Professor of Mathe matics and Astronomy. GEORGE BURROWEB, D. D., Professor of Biblical Instruction. FRANCIS A. MARCH, A. M., Professor of the English Language and Comparative Philology. JOHN LEAMAN, A. M., M. D., Professor of Human Physiology and Anatomy. JAMES R. ECKARD, D. D., Professor of History and Rhetoric. LYMAN COLEMAN, D. D., Professor of Phy f|£al Geography. . HjENRY 8. OSBORN, LL.D., Professor of Mining " and Metallurgy. THOMAS C. PORTER, D. D., Professor of Botany and Zoology. AUGUSTUS A. BLOOMBERGH, A.M., Professor of Modern Languages. GHARLEB H. HITCHCOCK, A. M., Professor of Geology and Mineralogy. HENRY F. WALLING, C. E., Professor of Civil and Topographical Engineering. ROBERT BARBER YOUNGMAN, A.M., Adjunct Profeebor of the English Language. BELDEN JENNINGS COFFIN, A. M., Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. EDWARD 8. MOFFAT, A. M., M. E., Adjunct Professor of Mining and Metallurgy. JAMES W. MOORE, A. M., Tutor in Mathe matics and Engineering. GEORGE TROXELL KELLER, A. 8., Tutor in Modern Languages. BENJAMIN C. YOUNGMAN, A. M., Tutor in Mathematics. CHARLES McINTYRE, B. S., Assistant In Chemistry. ABRAM P. GARBER, B. 8., Assistant in Natural History. Catalogues containing full Information as to the Classical Course pursued by the candidates for the Degree of Bachelor op Arts may be|had on application to Professor Tounqman, Clerk of the Faculty, PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1869. HFECfAIi NOTICES. mr PHYSICAL CULTURE fIrmTORIVSI iND PHYSICAL lIISTimB, Broad Street* below Walnut. V “MENS SANA IN CO&PORB BANO." The last quarter of the Gymnastic Season begins THURSDAY', tbe 18ih inst Classes of Misses and Young i udiee met Mondate and Thursdays: Classes for Llttlo Boys and Masters, Tuesdays and'Fridays; Private lea tor s. Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Swimming Department opens sa usual, the l*t of May. • fe!6 5 tip AT A SPECIAL MEETING OP THB B )AHD **** of Directors of tbe Franklin-Fine Insurance Com pany, of PbUadetybla, bold at their office on Friday manii**, February 19th, 1809, tbe following resolntions were offered and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That this Board, with unfeigned feelings of sorrow, deplore tbe decease of the late venerable and troly respected President of this institution. _ „„ t. Resolved, That in the decease of CBAS. Ni BANCKER, JK*q.« this Company baa met with an irreparable lo«e, universally distinguished as be was for . hla unblemished character, bis high sense of honor, his elevated moral and religious life andnis unequalled knowledge of' the btul ness of this company, giving as he did, his faithful and devoted services to it since 1829, that being the* year In which the Corporation was founded by him. • Resolved, That tbia Board sympathises most truly with the family of tbe deceased, with whom they sincerely condole in tbia melancholy bereavement, the greatest they could sustain. I&tioloed* 1 hat this Board will pay their lost tribute of respect to the venerable deceased by attending bis fane* ral in a body. Resolved* That the Vice President be requested to communicate a copy of these resolutions to the family of tho deceased J. W. MOALLIBTER, It Secretary pro. tern. REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER Will Lecture under the Auspices of the YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION', BE* THURSDAY EVENING, February 25, Babject—RATIONAL AMUSEMENTS. The sale of Tickets will begin at J. E. Gould’s Piano Rooms, 923 Chestnut street, Saturday morning. 20th init Reserved Seats on first day of sale, 75 cents. After Satur day, 60 cents to all parts of tne hou»e. fe!7-4M m?Sr» OFFICE OF THE OIL CREEK AND ALLE •*'*' gheny River Railway. Cobby, Feb. 10th, 1809. At a meeting of the Stockholders of tbe till Creek and Allegheny hiver Railway Company, held this day. the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: EDWARD F. GAY, President. BOAitP OF DIBEOTOEa. Wm. ft. Forgo, Cbas. H. Lee, Wm. G. Moorhead, A. 8. Diven, Chat. B. Wright,Thoa A. Scott. VICEPBIfIIDEWT AKD BtJTKRINTENDENT. H.F. BWEETZER BECHET AJJY AfCD TBESfiUBZB, F. A. PHILLIPA m NOTICE-ALL PERSONS HAVING PLANS for pmcing Names of Streets on Lamps of City, are requested to meet the Bob-Committee on Police of City Councils, on FRIDAY, the 26th daj of February. 1869,. at Committee Boom of Councils, S. W. comer of Fifth and (;tH£tnut streets. Bt 1 P. H. Parties will bring their i lac?, as also state the price per lamp at which they will mmieh them. By order of the Committee. _ ABRAHAM STEWART, fe2o»e,tu,th3t} Clerk of Committee. affig- OFFICE OF THE RELIANCE" INSURANCE W COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, No. 308 WAL- N UT street. At a meeting of the Boaid of Direct on of the Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia, held this day. THOMAS C. hill. Era , was unanimously elected Presi dent and WTU.TaM CHUBB, Secretary. felB3trpfi WILLIAM CHUBB, Secretary, #«Y* WILLS OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. Race above eighteenth street. Open daily at 11 A. IL. for treatment oi diseases of the fj* VISITING MANAGERS, EZRA DYER, M. D.. 1429 Walnut street AMOs HIIXBORN, 14 North Tenth street. ELMORE a HINE. M. D- 1B&I Green street ATTENDING SURGEON, [rp§ Dr, Thou. Geo. Morton, 1421 Chestnut street. j&6 w e 3dt rj&f THE PUBLIC ARE REQUESTED TO BUS PEND their opinion aa to the Conspiracy Caw published In (he newspapers hi regard to PRICE I. PATTON and SAMUEL M. HAGER, aa the statement was made only i.y one side, la entirely false and for the purpose of extor tioD. (in PRICE L PATTON. HOWABB HOSPITAL, NOS. ISIS AND 1530 Lombard street. Dispensary Deportment-Medi cal treatment .ns msiUriim fnnushoa Eraluitous) - to the poor. LETTBB PBOm WASHIJiGIOH. • tie Grand 1 nriugunation Reception at tbe Treasury Huildlng The Col ored People to Have a Ball of tbelr Own, Exclusively—Colored Men at tbe President’s Reception-The Phil adelphia flavy Yard investigations —Three Reports Probable. [Correspondence of the PbUsdetphin Evening Bulletin.) Washington, Feb. 19, 1869.—The committee having in charge the Inauguration ceremonies expect to announce their programme In a day or two. The ball Is now called an “Inauguration Reception,” with tickets at $lO. Dancing will ce tbe order of the .night, and amid good music, gay company, and one of the most beantiful balls in the country, the affair bids fair to be a grand success. Borae people have tried to make double by Inducing the colored people to present themselves, but the latter havo more eense than ibeir advisers, for they have arranged a ball “on (heir own hook,” on the same evening, where (hey can indulge themselves to their heart's con tent. No person will be denied admission on ac count of color, as the question has not been raised in the committee, bat If it had, the de rision would have been favorable to admitting all who were willing to pay, without any distinction. It is a noticeable fact that at the President's reception on Tuesday evening last, several col ored men were present, and promenaded with tho throne. They were well dressed, and be haved themselves* as well as any of the white people, bnt I am unable to say whether they were introduced to the Prebident or not. The parties endeavoring to create this issue about the ball tire the old disloyal seceah element. THE BANKKKS HONORING WASHINGTON’S BIRTH- Tbo prominent bankers of Washington City. Messrs. Jay Cooke <fc Co., Lewis Johnson & Co., Riggs & Co., and Rittenhonso, Fowlor <& Co., announce that they will close their offices on Washington’s birthday, and request that paper maturing that day may be provided for on Satur day, 20lb. THE NAVY YARK INVESTIGATION. The Naval Committee of the Honse are still investigating the alleged irregularities in the pmchase of tools bv the department of steam engineering at the Philadelphia Navy-yard, and from present indications there will probably bo three reports presented to the Honse on the sub ject. BUSQUEHANNA. (.Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. 1 Tkknton, Fob. 19.—0. 8. District Court,Judge Field presiding. The case of the United States vs. Theodore Tappen, charged with passing counterfeit money last November, in Newark, N. J., was resumed this morning. One of the counsel for the defendant was a well-known New V ork lawyer, and beißg somewhat unaccustomed to the mode of procedure in this Court, he per sistently Interposed objections to the admissi bility of testimony which he considered irrelevant to the case, which led to warm controversy be tween him, the District Attorney and the Judge. The case was concluded this evening, the jury returning a verdict of guilty. Bentenco de ferred. Tfhe Porltins Homicide. Oyek and Terminer— Judges Ludlow and Brewßter—This morning the jury in the case of Joseph Flanigan, charged with the murdor of Henry Perkins, camo into Court with a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, with a recommendation to mercy. —A Eutaw (Ala.) editor takes.dogs in pftymont for subscriptions to bis paper. fol3a4trpj OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Phii*adeli'liia, February 17.1669. mom iBENfos. THE COURTS. ■EUROPEAN AFFAIRS HOME. Arrival of tbe spanlob Ambaiuulor- JHe Will Not lie UeceivcO. Bomb, Jan. 20,1869 The arrival of a Spanieh umbasenctor named by tbe provisional government and who bas not been, and will not bo received by tbe Pope, as such is the subject of all con vereation. Hr. Posada Hcrrora teaman of talent, not diplomatic, as It le the first time ho appears in that character; that as Minister of the Interior during O'Donnell's long ministry (for Bpaln) of five years be distinguished himself. Therefore one wonders the more that be shonld place himself in such a position as that of an unrecognized ambassa dor by tbis government: and I am assured by a person well informed that both the Pope and Antonelli, whom he has visited, have most politely, but decidedly, made him feel that he is nere and received by them only as Hr. Posada Herrera, a Catholic, visiting the Head of the church. Wbat makes this position more absurd Is that it is well known that two other Bpanish ambassadors have been privately received by Pius IX. and his Prime Minister—Mr. Catalina as Isabel the Second's Envoy, and there is also one sent by Charles VII. And here I may mention that there is a party in Borne hard at work for thlß gentleman pretender to the vacant throne of Spain. There Is a regular Carlißt committee here, and General Tristany, well-known for having preserved his Carlißt prin ciples since he fonght In the ranks of the army of Isabel’s uncle, and, later, helped or tried to help Francis 11. to return to his Neapolitan throne by heading the brigands in Calabria, is here to receive orders. SPAIN* Tire Insult to tne Papal Nuncio—His House surrounded by an Excited Populace—Demonstration in favor of Religious freedom—Speech of Ser rano. A correspondent writing from Madrid to the New York Herald says: I gave yon an acconnt yesterday of the anti clerical demonstration ot the people of Madrid on the previous night, In which the palace of tbe Nuncio would have suffered a great deal bad not Kivero, the First Alcalde, reached the ground m time to protect it with volunteers. Ab it was, the Papal coat of arms was torn down, dragged through the streets, acd finally burned in front of the Minister of Grace and Justice. The Nnncio himself, learning the feeling of themnUitndc towards himself, very sensibly found refuge in either the French or American Legation. He would have suffered if he had fallen into the hands of the mob, which was crying “ Death to the Pope,” “Down with tbe Nnncio," &c., with great vehemence. For tunately be was not found, and the capital was spared a scene that weald have tarnished its fame forever. Another demonstration was made In front of tbe residence of the President of the Coancil of Ministers, Gen. Serrano, and at a time when the Conncil was in session discuseing matters con nected with the atrocions assassination of the civil Governor of Burgos. Beveral thousand people joined in the manifestation, as it took place on the Colle do Alcala, one of the principal streets or the city, and commit tees were formed to wait upon the Government and demand the immediate issue of a decree declaring freedom of worship. The Coancil of Ministers received the various deputations from the mdsees, and from the Tertulia Progressists, and listened attentively to wbat they had to offer, and finally, when the statements were completed, the President of the Ministry, General Berrano, went to the window and addressed the crowd, Which was crying, “ Viva la Libertad de CuUorl” Abajo el Papa!" and analogous watch-words. Generoi Serrano said that the general excite ment concerning the non-reception of the Spanish Ambassador, Senor Herrara, by the Pope, was based on exaggerated reports. Cardi nal Antonelli had received him, and the Pontifical Government had accepted the principles of the revolution, which had abolished certain eccle siastical laws; that the dignity of„ Spain was in safe hande and had not suffered at all; and, in all cases, he assured the people that the govern ment’s faithful guardians of the national honor would treat the representative from Borne in the same manner that the Spanish Ambassador had been treated. Respecting the courts of Burgos, originating also in public excitement, the government has seen to it,and knew from repeated telegrams that the council of war whicn hud charge of the canse was proceeding with the greatest rapidity towards its solution; that the government was disposed to be inexorable in the treatment of the authors of so horrible a crime; that seventy-one persons were in arrest among the church offi cials, and the law shonld be strictly carried onu With respect to Ihe question of liberty of worship, question grave, complex and transcendental, tbe government had studied it, and lookiag over the entire field had concluded to submit it to the decision of the Cortes, u body just elected by universal suffrage, and expressing the free will‘lot the people; that one ol the first bases of the constitution tbe Provisional government pro posed to submit to the Cortes was that of lib erty of worship. The government had given to Bpain the broadest libtrty, and it had officially and solemnly manifested to the chiefs of the He brews in London, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Bay onne, &c., that they had abolished tbe edict of Philip 111,, made in 1496, expelling the Jews. They had authorized the erection of Pro testant churches in Spain, and religions services of that cbnrch had been observed In Madrid re cently. Referring to the church opened last Sun day, with a congregation of Spanish Protestants, two hnndred and fifty in number—a fact, if un noticed by the Liberals, not unobserved by tbe Nationalists, all the kinds of religious faith might be enjoyed here that are eDjoyed in any civilized nation, and Spain had tine liberty of worship to-day, and not toleration, as tbe enemies of the government said. He combatted the idea of the possibility of tho existence of a free church in a tree State. It would be dangerous to liberty and oil that. How motley Looks. [Don Piatt in the Cincinnati Commercial.] I was introduced to this celebrity on Friday last, and wob quite taken aback by the personal get-up of the great historian. I had thrown on my mental canvas a delicate, slender man, with a student’s stoop to his shoulders, and was quite surprised to find a stout, healthy gentlemau, of square shoulders, reasonable digestive appara tus, standing something over the medium height, solidly on hid heuls, as if he were something of a man of the world, iuclined to adipose, and liable to debt. Hia face Ib a good dinner face, with well regulated features, out of the way of each otner, that, iu conversation, lights up like a lantern. The shake of his bauds was something between Hooper's, thut Beema to be feeling you cautiously, before giving a Masonic sign, and Griswold's, that” seizes your hand and wiings, as if it were the popular paw, aud to bo held to. With that trunk of bis Motley can do a deal of hard work,, mascnlar or otherwise, and would reflect credit on the position,lu violent contrast to old diplomatic Billy, who Is, you know, naturally good, but thinks it brilliant to bo bad. Tike funeral of Sol Smith. _ iffrom the Sf. Louts Dlspatoh, Fob. 16.) The last sad rites in connection with tho de cease of the above well-knowu gontleman took place this morning. At hla late residence on Chouteau avenue, between Eighth and Ninth streets,alarge concourse of people was assembled at ten o’clock for the purpose of testifying their respect to the memory of the distin guished theatrical manager and citizen. Among those jpreseht wo noticed Dahlol G. Taylor, Dr. A. Paul, John G. Priost, Ben -Da Bar, Dr. Forbes, Mr. Doan, George J. Jonos and many others; Bov; Dr. Elliot, of the Unitarian Church, Nimh and Olive streets, delivered a brief and Im pressive service at the house. The body wae en closed inamotalllc casket, suitably Inscribed, and was borne to Bellefontaine Cemetery in a hearse drawn by a pair of black horses. There were seven sous of the deceased present, all of whom acted as pallbearers. The funeral cortege left the house at half-paet ten o'clock. CUBA* iVvrfvnl of Cbasseurs—Position of Ccs* pedes’ forces— Holguin Surrounded by Insnrgcnia-t'ommnnioatlon Be tween Bemedloi und Havana Cut Off—Situation In tne Eastern Depart ment, Havana', Feb. 18, via La kb City, Feb. 19,1869. One thousand chaaeeura arrived to-day from Spain and landed amid enthusiastic demonstra tions. The Diario says General Cespedea and tho greater part of the rebels are within the jnrladic tlon of Holguin; they draw their supplies from tbe haciendas? TbeSpanish forces on tho Island lb arms num ber 70,060 men. Advices from Holguin to'the 7th Inst, have been received. The communication with the troops bas been cut off by the Insurgents, who surround the town and' Intercept supplies'of cattle. Families are flying from Remedtos, alarmed at tbe approach of the rebellion.- Tbe telegraph lines connecting with Havana have been de stroyed and mails have been captured by the in surgents. At Jaghay a party of 100 Insurgents were sur prised. Sixty were captured and the rest dis persed. Tbe Insurgents were near Trintdad on tbe 17tb. They were under the command of Riojos and Bravo. At CienfDegos it is reported that tbe troops have retaken Manicaragua, with 200 Insurgent prisoners. Troops hove been sent again to Santiago, Man znnimo and Bayamo; but operations have been suspended by superior orders, and.Valmaseda’s forces have been divided between Santiago, Jig noni and Bayamo. Nulanes and others have surrendered them selves to Valmaseda and asked tor permission to leave the country. GRANT’S CABINET. More Speculation—Efforts of New Yorkers—An Untruthful Report* The Washington correspondent of the Boston A tlverliter says : Tho New Yorkers are over here in full force to do what they can to aid General Grant in select ing hie cabinet. Most of them are of the Fenton stripe politically, ana they present General Sickles lor the War Department on one hand, und John Cochrane for the Attorney-General’s office on the other. They have not yet ventured io lay their case before General Grant, and are a good deal troubled by a rumor or the impression (hat Judge Edwards Pierrepont is the coming man tor the Cabinet from their Slate. Ex- Governor Fish aud Mr. Evarts for the Stale Department, and Special Commissioner Wells and Henry Clews, the banker, for the Treasury Department, aie the other names mentioned ia connection with the cabinet from New York, but nobody pretends to know anything about the mutter. General Granl himself made a declara tion in conversation, this morning, which will coubtiess esse the sensitive sonls of those who ft ur that he may take a Democrat or two 1 in his Cabinet. He said that if he were a Republican Senator, and a Democratic President were to se lect a Democratic Cabinet, he should vote for tbelr confirmation; but if under similar circum stances a President elected by the Republican party should select Democratic advisers, he would think he tailed in doing his duty if be did not vote lor their rejection. It Is thought that this remark may be taken as conclusive by even tbe most stubborn who profess to believe General Grout wanting in sympathy with the Republican party, though after all it is no stronger than his declaration the other day that the members of his Cabinet would be gentlemen who supported the administration during the war and the Con gressional policy of reconstruction since the war. It seems advisable, while on this subject, to char acterize as wholly unfounded the paragraph go ing the rounds of the newspapers which says that it is customary for the President elect to allow the Vice President elect to name one member or the Cabinet and that Mr. Colfax has accordingly rtketed Mr. John D. Delrees, the Congressional primer. There never has been such a custom, the Vice President having no voice whatever in Cabinet-making. The relations between General Giant and Mr. Colfax are extremely cordial, and the General has probably talked with his associate about Cabinet matters, bnt Mr. Colfax Is known to hold that the selection of confidential advisers is peculiarly the President’s affair, and he has neither urged nor asked the appointment of any body. The friends of ex-Senator Creßswell of Maryland were circulating a recommendation In his favor to-day through the House, but it did not receive many signatures. Applicants for Office- General Grant’s Opinion of Uecommendationg, The Washington correspondent of the New York Time.i says: A few simple-minded men, with no clear idea ot bow to seek or to fill an office, are to be seen about the hotels, ns of old, armed with recom mendations and soliciting additional signatures. But as a rule it is remarked that the place hunters are few, or at least more than usually discreet, and keep quiet for the present. The unfortunate ones get negative replies to their applications for more signatures. “I have not put pen to paper in favor of anyone,” said a prominent Nuw York politician to-day to one of these petitioners. “ You will only damage your sell and friends by any application at this time.” Here is one reform which Gen. Grant has already Introduced ; and judging by the care and timidity with which recommenaadons are signed, they will, under Grant, mean more than they do now. Servants’ and place-hunters’ recommendations, like brevet commissions, have grown to be very meaningless. Gen. Grant learned the folly of cheap recom mendations daring the war by a sad experience. Gen. Hillyer relates that shortly after the fall of Vicksburg a surgeon of an Illinois regiment, who had won his (tUllyer’s) affections by somo means, complaiued to him of the unpleasantness of a non-combatant's position to a man of pe culiarly belligerent disposition like himself, and rt quested him as a favor to recommend him for some position where he could do a little fighting. Hillyer was delighted at tho opportunity to re commend such a fighting doctor, and at the fur ther suggestion and request of tho surgeon pro mised to get Gen. Grant’s signature to the same. And did, too, Gen. Grant saying, “I do this, Hillvcr, on your recommendation; you know all about tho man ?" The assurance was given, and the signature was appended. Nothing was beard of tho matter again until Gon. Grant came East, and was in want of a few General officers. On his application Sir. Stanton sent him, among others, Brig.-Gen. , the former surgeoD. Grant soon found he could not drill a regiment, and with considerable feeling demanded of Sir. Stanton to know why he bad sent him such a man. Mr. Stanton, in reply, showed thu recommendation signed U. 8. Grant. There could bo no reply, and much mortified, Grant turned away. Since that time recommendations have meant moro to him than ever. A Bladetubure UuoU Tho roport was prevalent yesterday that a duel occurred on Wednesday morning about four miles from Bladensbarg. The parties partici pating are said to be Judge Harrison, of West Virginia, and a well-known officer in the late Rebel Army. The military man was badly wounded at the first Are, and is said to bo now in this city under the care of his frionds, who pro pose to remove him to his home in Virginia as eoon as he recovers sufficiently to bear the journoy. —Washington Rcpubliaan. F. I. EETHEHSTOIT. Pnfi&ta PRICE THREE CENTS. FAOTW AND FARGIEST. —Pins IX. works ten hours a day. —Mr-Henszey’s cool-scale bill was, of course’,- referred to the Committee of Weighs and Means. —Judy queries whether tbero is any difference between an orchestra stall and a* “band” boat. 4 —Mile. Bchnelder’s professlofiallncome is set down at $30,000 a year. ...t —What Spangler wants- to be—as Cloak's* Mndd. —The London Times attaeks tho “Learned Blacksmith’s" English. —Church, the artist, has been wintering among the Bedouin Arabs. • * —Baroche, the French Minister of Justice, I* old, plain, stout and wicked; also,a great dandy. —The speculator who hired all the lamp-posts in Cincinnati for advertising pays $3 60 a post. —Napoleon hasn't skated this winter. Beit who has? —The number of persons that compose the Penobscot tribe of Indians in Maine is 452. , 7 —Mr. Henszey seems to have got into what our Azoic neighbors wonld call the ‘‘Carbonif erous period.” ' > - —Andrew Johnson’s name for Governor al ready appears at the head of five Tennessee papers. —A correspondent who complains that the Lincoln statue is to be cast at Munich is respect* lully Informed that the fact will be com-Munlch ated to the committee in charge. —A San Francisco executor charged in his bin for the settlement of an-estate four dollars for time spent In attending- tho funeral of the de ceased, who was bis brother. —The two young fellows who- were arrested for tearing down all the fixtures ofa raitway car riage, in England, ‘Tor a lark," were sent to prison for five years. —The highest permanent human habitation on the surface of the globe Is the Buddhist monas tery of Bonle, in Thibet, at a height of 15,117 fee If above the eea. T —The “King of Pain," of long-haired memory, was lately convicted in Lexington, Kentucky, of dealing faro. The Governor of the State has pardoned him. —St. Thomas’s Chnrcb, in New Yorfccity.isto have a fnll chime of bells, the largest of which will weigh 5,600 pounds and be the hbaviest har monic bell ever cast in the country. ■ , —A monkey in the Paris Garden of Plants) gilt hold of the queue of one of Burlingame's- manda rins, the other day, and made him howl with an guish. —The Cnnard people cun-’nrdly. believe that the Russia and City of Paris have made such a wonderful run. They don’t understand what a Russian business the other lines are doing. —A little girl in Cincinnati has been sacking pons so long lhat ink has become her natural diet, and she now drinks ink by the bottle. Tha Doctora consider ber case almost ink-curable. Bhe insists that it is all write inside of her. —As an illustration of the progress-of Greece Id civilization, it is stated that between 1830 and 1866 the number of schools increassd from 110 to 1,808, and the number of pupils from: 9,240 to 76,373. S' —As far back as last July, Maggie Mitchell was married to Henry T. Paddock, of Toledo) a gen tleman of fifty, to whom the actress- haatodg been affianced. She has quitted Mm-stagehand will live with her husband In New York city. —Persons not already acquainted witbthefact are informed that San Francisco is -in latitude thirty-seven 'forty-seven; Boston In forty-two twenty-one, and Richmond within a dozen miles of the latitude of San Francisco. —A Boston ‘‘servant gal,” who had a “fol lower,” told the lady with whom she-sought : ‘a situation that she preferred that he should be kept in ignorance of the fact that she was doing housework, as he supposed she was “boarding.'" —The Rev. H. A. Wisi, who died ■ last week in Richmond, Va„ was the only surviving son of Gov. Wise, his brother, Jennings Wise, editor of the Richmond Enquirer , having been killed at the battle of Roanoke Island. —Queen Victoria, it is said, keeps the apart ments of the late Prince Albert in exactly the-same condition that they were at his-death—slipped* and dressing-gown all ready, as if-ho might come back to them any day. —Ladies In New Orleans- construct: their paniers of old newspapers; which was demon strated the other day by a polite youth, wlio en deavored to remove a trailing incumbrance from a lady's skirt and brought down the whole edi fice. i; : ; —According to German statistics,. more than 250,000 emigrants left Europe in 1868- Co find bwtrxs in America. Of these, 120,000 embarked at Liverpool, 60,000 at Bremen, 44,000- at Ham burg, 20,000 at Havre, and about 2,000 at Ant werp. , , —A pair of fond lovers in New Orleans, tired of life and the persecutions of cruel parents,,tied their right hands together and leaped. from a bridge with suicidal Intent. But while the youth weDt over the rail, the maiden went underhand they were both found, dangling and screaming. l —A member of the Prussian Chambers, previ ously remarkable ehiefly for bis silence,has,since thu abolition of the franking prlvilege.becomoan iDcuesant though rather irrelevant speaker.,His reason for this sndden change is, that be finds it tho most economical method of transmitting the newß to his wife. —Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor, is with out a garrison. Its dilapidated-condition shows that it will soon become one of the things of the paßt. The chain of rebel earthworks and bat teries extending along the entire front of the island facing the city and-James Island remain undisturbed. —“The organization of the next Congress,” says G. A. T., “is as good as settled. Interested gossip to the contrary notwithstanding. Henry D. Washburne will be Sergoant-at-Arms In place of Ordway, the present inenmbent—l had, nearly said incnbns. James G. Blaine will be elected Speaker, and he will be the only officer taken from New England. Edward McPherson will be ' a > made Clerk by right of chaste and honorable ser vice, perfect integrity and hlgh-mindedncss.” —Why. only yesterday there was a case of starvation In the newspapers, occurring in tho Isle of Dogs, that might have made one’s blood rnn cold. “The bed upon which the deceased woman and child had died (of starvation) was composed of rage; there was no bed-clothcs; and a small box, placed upon a broken chair, had served as a table. Upon it lay a tract, entitled ‘The Goodness of God.’ The only artlclo ofifooa in the room was a piece of salt, of which the de ceased woman had eaten part before she.died.” London Letter* , , The following document, picked up ima town in Indiana, is Bald by an expert to have, the ring of the gonnlne metal: “Ob, My Doreßfe Matey i will try to ancer rare Deer letter. Ot how my throbbln heart Does ake to Embrasayou once more. Q>you Darling Rosy Bud wont you marry, me. I here the eko ancar 1 will. Dont let that ugly thing take you.a Baggy Ridlnagln. Qjhow 1 Felt the first time wo tntebed our Ispps together. O how my hole frame did quiver but t must stop or I will go crazy. O how, wo will' dlvldo thosorros and joys and comtorta of Ufa Anaer rite of from your George." —The pulpit, which so frequently cansurekpro fanlty, is not always free from that vice. - Thus the Rev. Sidney Corbett lectored; at Qqinoy. lU., on a recent Sunday evening, announcing as his subject “Mud,” and as his text “Prepare ye tho way of tho Lori.” A popular minister is said to have preached in an Eastern city,.on the Sunday immediately preceding his usual summer vaca tion, frrjin the text ga a fishing,’’ and on another occasion to have selected as the text to a sermon to fast young men, the words “Lot her drive,'-’ arbitrarily wrested and perverted In thou: leaning frou* too fiWQunt of Paul’s shipwreck.
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