GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXII-NO. 269.
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DIED.
BANKSON.—On tho morning of Sunday, the 21sf
instant, of heart disease, Salomo Wharum, wile o
Lloyd Backfion. In tbc 71st year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend her funeral, from the residence
ol her husband, 1010 Wallace street, on Wednesday,
the 2-lth instant, si 10 o'clock.
HAUUISON.'—On the afternoon of February 20th,
Charles C. Harrison, in the 65. h vcar of his age.
His relatives and male friends are resoevtfully In
vited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday next, 24tb
Instant at 11 o'c'ock A. M., from the residence of his
sister. No. I*os Filbert street S
LANK.—On tho 22 d insl., William Horae®-, son of
Davis H. and Caroline D. Lane, aged 5 yews and 2
months.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral. from the re*lacncc
of hie parents, No. 39 North Toi/ty-ulnih street, on
Thnreday, the 25th inat.. at a o’clock P. M. To pro
ceed to Moout Moriah Cemciery. ••
TEVIB.—On Monday, February 22d, I*o9, In her
25th year, Delia Falrman, wife <>f Edwin L Tevia
The funeral will take place at No *ii Locust etrect,
on Wednesday next, at 2 o'clock p. M ■
WARE.—On the evening of the Wd ineL, John F.
Ware, son of Dr. Jonathon aud Mary A. Ware, of
31 Ikon, Mass. 2t
Magnificent black dress silks.
BATIN FACED UKOGKAIN&
HEAVIEST CORDED SILKfI.
WIDOWS' Bit.Kß, NEW LOT.
BLACK BILKS WHOLESALE.
EYRE Si LANDKLL, Fourth and Arch Btreeta.
BFECIAL NOTICES.
GEO. B. WOOD, Jr.,
S. W Corner Sixth and Walnut.
feast tp»
(fgj“ REV. HEXEY WARD BEEUIiEE
Will Lecture under the auapicea of tiro
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, ,
THURSDAY EVENING, February 25,
Subject - RATIONAL AMUSEMENTS.
Adrrfr* on to ail part* of the hou/e, ROce-iti*. V.<*Tfra
chat'jc jer jtiefitrvtit Sra'.s. 'ticket* tor p.iic at J. H
Gould's Plano Hooznr, i'J3 Chestnut street. c .it;
gM- OFFICE OF HIE GILr CHEEK AND ALIJ>
■- 1 jCr gheny RHer Hail way.
(J >l;u\. Keb. l&fh.
At ft meeting of the Stockholder* ut the Oil Oieek and
A!Wgb*t»y i xetr Kailn ay Company, bold this day. the
following ofheera were elected to aerae for the ensuing
7ear
EI‘WARP F. GAY. President
ihjajm* <>» utce<rroit-L.
Wm. G. Furco, {1 L« e. Wm. G Moorhead. A. S
iMvcn, Cbm*. 11 WrUbt/l'hon A. ScntL
VICE I*P.iMI>K>T AM* tn-KUIME-M<EJiT,
U K.SVVI'i; ZER.
fcKCUtfTAi'.V AM* THEiP ; uEE.
F A. PIiILL.H a.
r>>Y- INSTITUTION W)K THE BLINO.'I WENTIEni
and Race. Exhibition every Y,'r DNEAMAY, at
31$ B. M. Ad.'lAralou !: 1 t.-eu cenbj. No half fried for
children. 1 : *
Wgg»KEADIN(IB AND HE* 'IT VTIONS HI II V MU
1,1 CULLY, Er>) . . t the Church.form r of lirnad *nd
Ilrar dywlne etreete, on WEDNtrDAY EVENIN'i. KisD.
24, »t 8 o’clock. Admission. 50 centre
fig?- LANDSDO'VN-LANDSDOWN.- WIU n..t the
,rl " r ovlrons of this 1 state convene. and adof-t some
measures to prevent the racrinco of their pi onerijf 22 :u‘
«BBg» HOWAKB HOSPITAL, NOS. ms AND IfDU
Lombard street. Dispensary Dejairtinenf.- Modi
cal treatment and medicine furnished - in
the poor.
SEW JEBSEI KIAITEBS.
Yesterday. —The parade of the American Me
chanics yesterday, in CamdeD. was a very fine
display of the various occupations pursued by the
members represented. Bomc Councils hud a
miniature cabinet manufactory in operation;
another had a house in process of erection ; ano
ther a boat, representing the building of a ship ;
another a coifee-roastiDg and grinding establish
ment ; and others had various representations of
mechanical arts. The following Councils were
represented :
Ffr.it Division— Pioneer Corps on the right;
National Cornet Band, of Camden: Union Degree
Council, No. 2, 26 men; Camden Council, No. 7,
120 meß; Morning Star Council, No. 11, 100 men;
Evening Star Council, No. la, G 5 men; United
Council, No. 20, 50 members; MeobttDic Council.
No. 50, 50 men; Medford Council, No. a, 20 men;
Washington Council, No. 10, 38 men; Vincen
town Council, No. 20, 12 memburs. This Division
■was ulbo accompanied by the Union Band, of
Camdt n.
Second Division— Enterprise Council, N'o. 2,
paraded 176 members; Resolution, No. 1,5 o
men; Pennsylvania, N'o. 0, 20 men; Kensington
Council, No. il, 100 men; Vigilant Council, No.
12, oilmen; Diligent Council, No. 42, 10 men;
Prcdonia Council, No. 52, 175 men; Lincoln
Council, No. 99, 50 men; Western Council, N'o.
111, 60 men: United Council, No. 175, about 75
men. This Division was accompanied by splen
did music, and made a neat appearance.
Third Division —Lincoln Council,Junior Order,
No. 1, 'paraded 60 members; Washington Coun
cil, No. 6, 18 members; Eagle CdaneiL No. 3 75
members; Kensinglon Council, No. 5, 50 mem
bers; Independent Council, No. 8, 32 members;
Union Council, No. 9, 16 members; -Eoiian
Council, Np. 17, 120 members; Hand-in-Hand
Council, No. 39, 120 members; Rescue Council
No. 15, 30 members.
The procession attracted much interest, and
was cordially greeted by tho citizens of Camden
along its entire route.
Accidentally Shot.—A small lad named
Prank Letts was quite seriously injured yester
day morning by the accidental discharge ol' a pis
tol in the hands of another boy named John Al
ien. Both parties reside on Federal street, Cam
den, above Fifth.
Runaway. —Tho horses belonging to the Shiff
ler Hose Company, yesterday' atlurnoon, took
fright and ran away at a fearful speed. Fortu
nately no ono was ipjured. These horses have
run away several times, and unless care is taken
with them they will yet do some serious damage.
Borneo.— About eleven o’clock last night, a
small inclbßUic, used as an ice cream stand, in
the Diamond Cottage Garden, Camden, was sot
on fire by some incendiary, and was entirely de
stroyed. Loss trilling.
Fighting —Several parties wore before Mayor
Cox, this morning, for gotting into rows last
evening and indulging in pugilistic exercises.
Some were lined and others held for further
examination.
Found Dead—Thiß morning a man named
Nathan Carter, living at Eighth and Market
streots, Camden, waß found dead in his bod. He
went to bed comparatively well, and had made
no unusual complain is.
_ IMPORTATIONS
(A H e |5ENA d H Evening BuUotin.
■M ut mob^s' i"o i /v^^i l a b,T,tCO ‘ nb ‘ tilOh, ' dß
B ailj) (teitta iklletiti
Turkey and Greece—Tl»e French Elec
tions—lmperial Anxiety—A Bribery
A xposnrc—Press ProsecntloiiH-Ueatn
of Princess Baccloclil—Uompulsory
Oym nasties—Patti ut Petersburg.
(Correiipondrnce ef the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Pauib, Friday, February slh, 18U9 X met the
Turkish Ambassador at an official soirdo, yester
day, and If anything can be conjectured correctly
from a man's outward visage and expression,
-certainly his Excellency is persuaded that matters
will turn out as be could wish at Athens. The
public here evidently share the same sentiments,
for Turkish securities contiuue to rise steadily, and
although the official journal Is again silent on the
subject this mornlDg, the ministerial press reduces
tho pending question to the point that the Greek
government Is only holding out and' stickling
about matters of fonn, such as the inode of re
newing diplomatic relations, &c., for the sake of
soothing the popular feeling at home. But the
expectation Is now universal that a few days will
Eettle the difficulty, for the present.
Meanwhile, the great effort of the Imperial gov
ernment la now again concentrated upon Internal
politics and preparations for the ensuing elections.
The recent debates which were got np In the
Chamber on the subject of public meetings and
the revival of Socialism were, no doubt, con
cocted expressly between the Government and
the most advanced section of the majority, in or
der to alarm the electors and make them once
more throw themselves for safety into the arms
of Imperialism. It was expected that the oppo
sition would have denied much that has been
stated to have occurred at these meetings, and
thus have afforded M. liouher an opportanlty of
reading extracts from violent speeches,
which would have been disseminated
through all the roral districts by the evening
edition of the official journal, which la posted
.gratis In every commune of Franco. Bat Jules
Fnvre and others wisely abstained from such a
course, and the only impression left by the de
bate was that those socialist and atheistical ora
tors represent no one bnt themselves and a few
followers, and are quite neglected by the mass ef
tho population, even In Paris. A simllarattempi
is about to bo made in the Senate to depreciate
ihe press In the eyes of the country, and provoke
a dhcession upon its “excesses," and with tho
- ame view—to create a reactionary feeliug against
any farther demands lor an enlargement of the
p üblic liberties.
Another mode of Influencing the elections Is by
weeding out in time all Prefects and subordinate
officials who are regarded as not being
‘thorough" enough In their imperial and dynas
tic sentiments. Bat the government is already
veiling itself into scrapes in this respect. It was
r‘-l orted to mo a few days since that the respected
sLd influential Prefect of Seine et Oise, who re
idcs at Versailles, had been requested to resign,
tnd that the government had attempted to bribu
tiim to do bo quietly and without noise,
by ihe oll'qr of a seat in the Senate
and the rank ol Commander in the Legion of
Honor. But M. Bolclli,the gentleman lu question,
when he found out what the administration was
about, went straight to the Minister's residence,
threw down his commission lnd gauntly, refused
to accept anything m place of it, and returning
home again. published a letter to his fellow-citizens
exposing tho insult and disgrace which hud been
put upon him for acting independently at.d with
•i view to their interests. The affair has made
great noise in the district around Paris ; and the
government was so much alarmed for the conse
quences that it actually tried to persuade M. Bo
tch! to “go aDd travel'’ for some time,ln order to
get him out of the way !
Prosecutions against the press increase all over
the country, and are now become too nmnerou 8
to register. They are almost invariably followed
by condemnations, with fines and Imprisonments
so that it has become almost impossible to say
now bow many nnfortnnatc editors and printers
are shut up for periods of one, two or three
months, and these periods oftener doubled or
trebled for a repetition of the alleged offence.
Another means of “persecuting" the prcsß is to
interdict the &ale of a journal in the public btreets,
which can bo done by a simple order of the
police or the Minister. Tho Vautoie has jnst
been punished in this faehion for a satirical arti
cle bv Edmond About, ridiculing the visit of Ihe
Prince Imperial to the College of Cannes, on the
bAc ol Bt. Charlemagne, where a boy of twelve
years old “presided at a grand banquet,” with
‘the Minister of Public Instruction at his right
i rnd," Ac., ifcc. M. About, to indemnify the
public for tho trouble they must now havo in
procuring the (niulois, has promised them a daily
political summary from his own pen, which will
no doubt bo made more bitter by persecution.
Only ihe other day he was a Court guest and
special favorite of the Empress: but now, with
him U 6 with many others, iempora mutetntur.
The Princess Bnecioehi, a cousin of the Em
peror’s, is dead. Bhe broke her leg some time
ago when stepping into her carriage at Renues.
l'he Empress went to sou her, and she was sup
posed to be getting better. Bnt after being re
inured to her own country house in tho neighbor
hood, she grew suddenly worse, and expired yes
terday. She is said to have mado the Prince
Imperial her heir.
Although the imperial government is so jealous
of the minds of its subjects being instructed and
enlightened by a free press, it manifests a truly
paternal solicitude for the due develop
ment of ihclr bodies and limbs. On
ibe proposition of tho Minister ol
Public Instruction, tho Emperor has just
signed a decree making gymnastics compulsory
iu all French schools and colleges. A gymnastic
master is io be nominated to every college and
school by the Minister, who is also to fix the
number of hours for exercise, from which no
pupil is to bo excepted, unless by order of the
Mayor or on tho certificate of a doctor. The
exercises arc to be regulated by an official pro
gramme attached to tho decree, and a Commis
sion of five membors is to be formed, charged
with the examination of candidates who desire
to have certificates of their fitness to give “gym
nastic instruction." Like ali the other “bless
lnge” of paternal and imperial govornmont, this
last iB of course compulsory, and neitherpupils,
nor parents nor the public, are allowod to have
a word to say or to express any choice iu the
matter.
Tho very lateßt traces of the Universal Exhibi
tion ar« on the point ol disappearing. The build
ings occupied by the Imperial Commission, and
the lofty and elegant cbalot of the General Com
missariat, close to the gato In the Avenuo Rapp,
which eo many will remember, are all but demol
ished, and aro the last which remain. Tho Champ
BUBOPEAH AFFAIRS
LETTER FROM PARIS.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1869.
de Mars onee more displays its vast naked sur
face, and Is restored to circulation as before. The
whole vision of what It so lately was seems now
like a dream which has, Indeed, “loft not a rack
behind." The double rows of trees which before
existed are beiug replanted where they had been
removed, and soon manoeuvres of vast bodies ol
troops which may desolate Europe may take
place on the samo ground where Europe and all
ho world met bo recently to Inaugurate per
petual peace.
Mile. Patti seems to be gathering everywhere
fr«b laurels as la Marquise de Canx. Her re
ception at St. Petersburg was altogether “impe
rial.” After the first act of tho Barbiere, she was
tent for to the imperial box, where the Emperor
and Empress detained her between the acts, and
where she was introduced to the Grand Dukes
and all the principal nobility of the Russian
Court. I wonder whether she regrets not being
Mile. Patti stilt, and having a still higher chance
open to her than that of wife of the leader of the
cotillon at the Empress’s balls!
Another anecdote connected with music: At
the last ball at the Hotel de Ville, Strauss pulled
out his watch at midnight, and, turalDg to his
orchestra, said: “Gentlemen, M. Auber has just
entered on his 87th year; let ns play the qua
drilles of MassanieUo in his honor.
SPAIN,
Henri de Bourbon on the Aspirations
of the unite of dlontpensier for .the
throne of Spain*
The Infanta, Don Henri de Boarbon, Dakoof
Seville, seems determined to amply revenge him
self for the homOiatione put upon him in other
limeß by hie French con3ins. The following
documents have just been pablished by the
Spanish Prince, who twenty-four years ago was
tee candidate of the progreslsta party for the
band of Qnecn Isabella:
The statement published by several journals
that I bad challenged the Duke of Montpensier
to fight a duel Is Incorrect, and I add that I
should have been glad to seize that occasion not
only to give a lesson to my cousin, but also to
punish in him the aspirant to the throne of ms
sister-in-law, the refugee forgetful of the benefits
be received from her, and the foreign pretender.'
As Montpensier Is immensely rich the rumor has
been set about that he bribed a chief of the
Spanish navy. Allow me to protest against such
an allegation, which is not only a calumny
against the chief in question, but a calumny on
the entire navy,of which I have tbehonor to form
part. There are, indeed, persons of all ranks who
have sold themselves. Before as well as alter these
events, In Paris os on the coast of Spain an*
Portugal, and particularly at Cadiz, I obtained*
information on tnls point But the navy bf my
rouniry is not and never will be set np for Bale,
and if it began the Insurrection of September
last, it was assuredly not to menr the reproach
•jf history by delivering Spain over to a foreigner;
nor was it to serve an anti-national cause. The
Spanish people have no deginj, and they nover
nod a desire, that foreigners should be imposed
on them, and the Spanish navy, as well as the
Spanish army, are well aware of the fact. All
ihe machinations, all the clap-traps, all the polit
ic al eleight-of hand that may be had recourse" to.
iv ill never snbdne our national character. I
i.ave said that the statement circu
lated by the journals is incorrect. It Ib
not, then, in a duel that I expect to meet Mont
pensier; and If be ever makes up hl6 mind to
issne lrom the walls of his closet and come down
on the battle-field—for he must be sure of raising
an opposition in arms—he will find me in the
front rank ol his enemies and making straight at
film. And now let those who wish him well give
him this salutary conneel—namely, not to let
timself be seduced to the last by the false glitter
of a crown, and by the encouragement of his
mercenaries and his flatterers; not to disregard
the Spanish spirit, a spirit eminently national,
which other foreigners with more prndenee do
not disregard. The terrible drama of Mexico is
forgotten by no one. Let not ambition, then,
to dazzle the Duke of Montpensier as to make
him forget, in the hope of a few hours’ reigo, the
late of the unfortunate Maximilian. I close ibis
letter with a word to the foreign agents who
Hatter themselves they see in the pretensions to
ihe IhroDe of Castile of the father-in-law of the
Count de Paris a sort of fireship against the
French empire. Conspire in your own country
and leave tb.a alone! Pack up your baggage
and take back your hero and your countrymen '
The Spanish nation is free ! ”It has no need of
'be ridiculous permission of this French Duke to I
establish on the wider basis of progress, of re
ligious tolerance, of civilizatiob and of liberty,
its political laws. Let the foreigner remain
at home. * Henri or Bottrhon.
Duke of Seville.
To the Provisional Government of tipain' Why
not declare the truth? What good reason can
there be tor hiding it? I will declare it, though
1 draw upon my head haired and vengeance.
But that hatred will produce no effect upon me.
When the public interest is at stake no consider
ation shall stand in the way. Here is the truth
Foreign agentß insinuated themselves amid tho
eoniueed elements out of which camo the rising
<f September Inßt year. That participation whs
from the verv commencement with the accord of
certain of our own countrymen. Those persons,
who are for the restoration In France of the Or
eaus family, imagined the combination of
i Montpensier monarchy. And Spaniards
of a certain positiOD, forgetful of our history, for
getting the policy of Louis Philippe towards our
jouciry and onr liberties; forgetful, too, of our
martyrs and of tho blood which reddened every
grain of sand in during,the long
Struggle for our independence, accepted that
plan . The greater number signed it for money!
ft is a shame to say so. The others signed with
the pious will to contribute to the overthrow of
the Emperor Napoleon. Such was the fact, and
the symbol was Montpensier. Thoso who deny
it know in their conscience that they are liars!
Those who paid lor tho conspiracy, dissatisfied
at the delay, now harass the persons they
bought, and demand from them the resti
iution of the money or the fulfilment of
tLelr promise;. Hence certain sanguinary
acts. Others detach themselves, and will
detach themselves, in order to produce political
einbarra66ments. The Montpensierlsts believe
that the door is open to them in the direction of
Cadiz since tho lesson given to the Andalusian
pt ople. But it is necessary to deceive them or to
aLoot down tho populations of Madrid, Barcelona
and other Spanish towns. Bat, reverting to tho
compact above mentioned, it would bo more
noble for tbc Spanish Orleanists, instead of mak
ing use of MontpehMer.to throw asido the mask,
It clare war against the Emperor, and come to
Franee to get up their pronunciamiento. Of what
good is treason? Out of respect for international
relations tho provincial government should put
an end to these things. *
Henri or Bouhron, Duke of Seville.
Xlie Orleans versus the Bourbons.
The following communication from the Prince
of Orleans appeared in tho London Time .1, ad
dressed to Us editor, on the (ith inst.:
It is well known that the abusive language of
which the Iniante Don Henry is so indiscrimi
nately lavish has uot • for years been deemed
worm an answer. But your Paris correspondent,
in sending you the Ihfante’s lam'letters, repre
sents them as being a rovengofor tho humiliation
put upon him by his French cousins. •
Allow ine, sir, to deny that this Prince has over
suffered tho least humiliation on our part. If he
ever was a candidate for Queen Isabella's hand lie
haß not been excluded by tho French Govern
ment.
Ono tiling In which wo may have been mis
taken is in having received Don Henry too well;
indeed, more as a member of our own family
than 08 a foreign Prince, when, hie parents being
OUR WHOIiE COUNTRY.
expelled- from Spain, be enjoyed with them in
Parts the hospitality of the King, my father. I
remain, sir, yours truly, Lours D’Oislbans.
Bushht Park, Teddington, Feb. 5.
Birthday at the Capi
tal—How the JDay was Observed by
the Various Heads of Departments—
the Senate Republican Caucus Upon
the Repeal of the Tenure of Office
Law—Determination not to Repeal
the Law till After the Sleeting of the
Next Congress-General Oront’s staff
Officers—Delegation of Philadelphia:
Whisky Dealers—meeting of Penn*
sylvaniang to Receive Senator Scott.
CConreapondence of the PhilvEvenlng Bulletfco.]
I Washington, Feb. 22,1869 —This Is the anni
versary of Washington's birthday; and beyond
the .display of a few flags from, the hotels and
public buildings, and the increased accessions to
tho crowds npon Pennsylvania avenue, showing
that it. was some kind of a holiday, there was
little,else to denote that it was the natal day of
the Father of his Country. It was expected that
President Johnson wonld have issued orders In
rrgaid to the observance of the day, but he did
not; and each Secretary was left to do as he
pleased in the matter, to give his subordinates
holiday or not. lour government clerk or, offi
cial is always keenly alive to the beneficent
effects of a holiday, for there is no deduction
mafic on the pay rolls at the end of the month,eo
this rather gives a zest to the enjoyment of the
indulgence.
Secretary Schofield, early in the morning,
issued ordera to all the employes of the War De
partment, releasing them from doty in honor of
we day, and the War office presented “deserted
halls” for the time being. The notice of the or
. der, however, did not reach General GroDt’shead
quarters, where he and the officers of his staff
were os busily employed as on other days. They
took no holiday,-and the stream of visitors to see
the General was rather increased than otherwise,
on account of tho partial suspension of business
elsewhere.
At the Navy Department “all hands” were kept
rigidly up to the rack, by Secretaiy Welles, who
maintained that ihe (lay was not a holiday recog
nized by law, so he was determined not to violate
the law *y making it a holiday upon his own
order.
At the Treasury Department,Secretary McCul
loch gave all his cmploj es holiday at 12 o'clock,
tor the remainder of the day,and preciselyat noon
there was a stream of humanity pouring forth
from tho immense marble palace which resem
bled the dispersion of a town meeting,
At the : Post Office Department the jolly Post
master-General slyiy remarked that he had no
objections to hla employes absenting themselves
if they chose. It is almost 'unnecessary to say
that they Quickly took the hint,, and at nodn
there was, scarcely a corporal's gnaid in the
building, ,
At lhe-Interior Department Secretary Brown
ing dismissed bis employes at noon, and in a
shoiiUme the doors were closed to visitors, and
those: .having business with the Patent Office.
Land Office, Pension Bureau or Indian Bureau, 1
were Compelled to postpone it till to-morrow.
I did not visit the other Departments, but the
above shows that thcie was h pretty general sus
pension of official business jn an informal way
the Secretaries all feel that they will go out of
office in a fortnight, and are not disposed to
exact a;rigid compliance with rules for the little
epan of official lile left them.
Tho great attraction for strangers and idlers
was the Balls of Congress. It was announced in
the morning papers that the Republican Senators
would hold a caucus to decide what action they
would take In regard to the repeal of the Tennre
of-Offlee law, and as nearly every man and wo
man holding office in Washington are deeply in
terested in the settlement of this question, there
was a large audience in the Senate Chamber when
that body met at noon.
The Republican Senators had been in secret
session an hour or more, when the hour for the
meeting of the Senate arrived. Tney had oome
to no conclusion, so the caucus adjourned tem
porarily, the Senate was opened for Dustness, and
alter prayers, Senator Anthony moved to take a
recess till hall-past seven in the evening, “in
honor of the day," but really to give the Repub
lican Senators an opportunity to resume tho
caucus. This motion was agreed to, and the
caucus met again.
No reporters were present at the caucus, but
, Irom the freedom with which Senators spoke ot
its proceedings after the adjournment, there was
do difficulty in finding out what was done. The'
deliberations were not harmonious. They agreed,
however, to take no action upon the repeal
of the Tenure of Office law until after tne meet
ing of the next Congress, on the Ith of March
next. Tho arguments advanced by the majority
for this course were, that it would be impolitic
at this time to repeal the law, as la approving its
unconditional repeal it would give Presi
dent Jbhnson an opportunity to lecture
Congress for putting the bridle upon
him..._jvnd the inconsistency of not sub
jecting his successor to the same restrictions.
Then, too, it was urged by those opposed to un
conditional repeal, that il Congress modified the
law by giving the President the absolute control
oi his Cabinet offlehre; and leaving the balance of
ibe law stand as at present, Johnson would veto
snch a bill and give Congress a sound lecture
upon the unconstitutionality of tho entire act;
and aa,he would not care now what he would
say, the apprehensions of Senators were aroused
lest he should wound their sensibilities and their
dignity. These were the arguments advanced by
the mrjority, an 4 thev were strong enough to
carry their point.
Il is tmderstood that a number ol the Republi
can Senators, who maintain that to keep this law
on the statute book is equivalent to expressing a
want of confidence in General Grant, declined to
vote upon the question In caucus, ns they openly
stated they would not bo bound by it, bat, never
theless, they were allowed to express their opin
ions freely. Among those taking this ground
are said to be Senators Cameron, Morton, Fes
senden, Thayer, Robertson, of South Carolina,
and others, whose names I conld not got. They
argued that, it was little less than an insult to
General Grant to bind him down to the same re
strictions which were placed on Johnson, and
that there was no good reason why he shonld not
be left as freo in the matter of appointments os
oil the other Presidents had been from the time
01 Washington down to Lincoln's term. It was
no nse, however; they were overpowered, and it
remains to uo seen now whether they, with the
assistance of the Democrats, will ho ablo to pass
iho repeal bill in _the shape it came from the
House.
This division among tho Republican Senators
is much to be regretted, as, if the law is not re
pealed,all the present Qabinet officers under Grant
can hold over one month, If they choose to do
so, and can thrust themselves into Gen. Grant’s
Cabinet counsels, if the majority of the Senate
should uot Bee proper to confirm Gen. Grant’s
nominees for Cabinet positions. The oxplana
uon is that some of the Republican Senators are
not satisfied with Grant’s reticence in regard to
the men who are to compose his Cabinet, and
they are determined not to vote for tho repeal of
the law nntll they know whom he intends to
make his constitutional advisers.
Tho affair has occasioned a groat deal of
anxious solicitude on the part of those who ear
nestly desire to see harmony existing between
the incoming President and Congress, and from
tho opposition and unfriendly spirit displayed on
the part oi the Senators towards Gen. Grant the
greatest fears ore entertained of a conflict be
tween them. It is too'early yet to predict what
will be the result, but as it is well known that
Gen. Grant desires the repeal of tho law, there
can bo no good reasons assigned for non-com
pliance with his wishes on the part of the Benato.
LETIXB rBOn WASHINGTON.
Till? BEKATE CAUCUS.
A DELEGATION OF PHILADELPHIA WHISKY KEN
consisting of Messrs. Slnnot, Hannis, Doagheny
nna Catherwood, arrived to-day, to urge Con-
Lr C n S >aBS amendment offered by Jadge
KeJley in the Bonec,and which passed that body,
extending the time for withdrawing distilled
warehouses for one year from
the 20lb of April next. They waited on Senators
Cameron, Cattel! and other Senators, advocating
the extension, which will probably be taken up
in the Senate this week, In the form of an inde
pendent bill, if the tax bill cannot bo considered
entire by the Senate.
A SENSATION STOBY SPOILED.
There Is no troth id the story telegraphed
“ OD ° here that a desk bad been placed in Gen
eral Grant’s office for the accommodation of Gen
eral Sherman, or that the officers of General
Grant's staff Intend resigning their staff positions
before General Grant is inaugurated. At least,
the officers of General Grant’s staff know nothing
of the matter, and they certainly ought to know,
it should be stated to your non-military readers
that officers do not resign staff positions. They
are always detailed for such duty in orders from
the War Department, and when there is no
further duty for them to' perform, they are re
lieved in orders,and do not resign tnelr positions.
General Grant’s staff officers, like all officers in
B ifflUat positions, await orders from the General
in-Chief as to what disposition shall be made of
them. These stories originated In White House
circles, and It is not likely that General Grant
would make known his plans In advance to
parties who surround Andrew Johnßon.
MEET IS O OF PEXHBVXVABIAJJB. ’
A meeting of Pennsylvanians was held on
Saturday evening, at Union League Hall, to make
arrangements for the reception of Senator Scott,
who is expected here about the first of March.
There was considerable diversity of opinion as to
what was the best mode to receive him, and it
was finally decided to have a social reception, at
somo public place, where all the Republican
Pennsylvanians can call upon him before he takes
his seat in the Senate. He sent two very modest
letters, stating that he did not desire any oaten*
tatlons djsplay. The parties at the meeting were
mostly from the western part of the State, and
were principally clerks in tho departments. They
bold another meeting next Saturday evening.
None of the Congressmen from Pennsylvania
were present. Bosqoehanxa.
A3ICMBMENTB.
COMBDX AT THE ABOII.
—A Victim of Circumstances/, introduced to the
public at the Arch, last evening,ls a little French
comedy of the best class. It has none of the som
breness and dignity of the standard English com
edy, which must have five act 6 for development;
it it light, blithesome, brimful of fan and very
rapid in its progress, it has the advantage, too,
ot being new. The material, to be sure, is some
what ancient, many of the most comical situa
tions, for instance, resulting from the secretion of
a person in an adjoining room, while the indi
vidual upon the stage tries to rid himself oi
»n unwelcome visitor. But all the
familiar effects are workedop in original forms,
and there are plenty ofjbovel and effective scenes.
The plav fulfils the highest requisite of genuine
humor in containing a succession of surprises
from the first to the last. The climaxes come
wbenleaßt expected, and in shapes entirely un
anticipated; the characters do most unlooked-for
things in an original manner; the dialogue is'
filled with questions which are only less startling
than the nnique answers; and throughout the
whole drama,the text sparkles with'pureTvltTancr
overflows with exuberant and delicious humor.
The-plot is not intricate, but it is fantastic; the
colors change with every movement of tho char
acters, and the andlence are kept in a state of
continual excitement by the great variety of the
action and the ceaseless flow of incidents. It is
hardly fair to dignify this eccentric play with the
title of comedy. It is really an elaborate farce,
In which there is not a single intrinsically comic
personage. The characters are all serious ind 1-
viduals, who provoke mirth by their slight ex
aggeration of nature, and by the infinite perplex
ities in which they are entangled by the
catastrophes. They are nearly all new
people In comedy too. There Is a fierce old if
rago of a mother-fn-law; the well-known figure
in real life, who encourages her daughter to do
battle with her husband, on the questions of dry
good’s bills, bonnetE, and lodge meetings. Mrs.
Thayer represented this Mephistophelean female
with matchless skill. The opportunity afforded
by the text was largo, and Mrs. Thayer availed
herself of it with tho facility of a great artist.
There is a mysterious, incomprehensible woman
iu the play, a woman who does and says strange,
unaccountable things, which arc explained only
in the last act. Mrs. Drew represented this queer
character-with great effect. Mrs. Creese played
the mother-in-law’s daughter most admirably,
while Mr. Barton Hill made the oppressed hus
band and tho victim of circumstances as pitiable,
perplexed and amusing a being as can be
imagined. Mr. James gave one of the best per
sonations in the play, aB the free and easy friend
of the hero, and Mr. Hemple, of course, was good
as the hen-pecked gardener. This nearly ex
hauets the adjectives, but it is hardly fair to pass
over such a performance as this one without
commending its excellence iu warm terms. The
audience laughed continually, so much, in fact,
that if there had been four acts, it would have
been quite Impossible for half the people to have
exercised their risibilities upon the good things
in it for very weariness of laughter.
For this reasoD, perhaps, the burlesque, Pocu
iwntas did not seem as intensely funny os usual.
it is really one of the most amusing extravagan
zas ever written. Some of the allusions are ont
of date, and many oi the pans seem ancient, but
the drama is what a good burlesque should be, a
mass ot b range incongruities, careless of lime,
custom, fashion, history and fact, and mixing up
tho present and the past with a total disregard of
the unities. Mr. Craig's make-up os “Powhattan”
was first rate, but he played with something less
than hie usual spirit. Mr. James would
have made a better “John Smith” than Mr. Hill.
The latter has not much burlesque power, whiin
the former is better in snch parts than in any
thing else. Mis 6 Davenport made the most
charming “Pocahontas” that can be imagined.
She ployed with Infinite humor and vivacity, and
sang very sweetly. Mrs. Thayer’s amazing ver
satility was displayed in tho manner in which she
personated the copper-colored squaw who keeps
the boarding school. If this burlesque remains
upon the bills, we suggest that Mr. Craig be per
mitted to introduce a few good loeal hits into the
text.
—Atthe Walnut this evening, Mr. and Mrs.
Ramey Williams will appear in Shandy ilaffxire;
hi ana Out oj /'lace, and A Loan of a Laser.
—The operetta I'anehet/c will be given at the
Chestnut Street Theatre this ovonfng, by Miss
Susan Gallon ’b comic opera company. On Friday
night Mr. Thomas Whlllln will have a benefit.
—The Japanese troupe will appear at tho
American this evening, and there will also bo a
performance by the stock company.
—Mr. James IS. Murdoch, the tragedian, will
read at Morton Hall, West Philadelphia, on
Thursday eveniug next.
—The Lincoln Memorial Tableaux will bo ex
hibited at Concert Hall this evoning.
—Mrs. Frances M. Carter will give select read
ings at the Amateur’s Drawing Room, on Seven
teenth stieot, on Friday evoning.
—The regular weekly rehearsal of tho Germania
Orchestra will bo given to-morrow afternoon, at
Horticultural Hall, with the following excellent
programme:
Overture—" Siege do Corinth,"
Wicderfieheu
Cornet Solo performed by ti. Dunn,
“KnenetJurlebeu" Walt/. . .John tttr/iuss
Adagio trom SimUish Symphony M,tnulelßBobn
Overture “Dor I’ieSscl-iuu," Wober
(Juartetto from MgoluUo , .Vordi
’IVr/.ett and Finale, from Lucrezla ttorglu,
G, Doui/etil
—On Thursday evening next, at the Academy
of Music, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will lecture
upon 11 national Amusements." '■ "
F. I. FETHERSTON Poblislisr.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
—Tho French opera company will appear at
the Academy, on Monday night next, in iMpHti*
< h £u. B , ea ! a caß 1,6 procured at Boner’s No. 1102.
Chestnut street.
-Garibaldi’s novel, “CleUa," will bo published
in ibis country in April. l
f Rossetti Is to edit a new edition,
of Shelley, and write a life of the poet. -.
Pr7sMems°. d ® any ei ‘ rebol Generala aro railroad
to I F B7O nCiSOO thinka of Ua7ln 5 a “World’*.'
—What goes most against a farmer’s strain?.
His mowing machine. b ( :
—Miss Mary Louise Warner, aged fourteen to
P,9R Dl ? r . barl)cr 1“ Lansing, Michigan..
Bh6 is established in her own shop. wu ®
—Brigham Young has finally fixed the leek'
length of Mormon ladles’ dresses. They maW ‘-
extend to the top of their shoes. 6y i
—Robert poem wUI be calls*
Tho Book of Orm; A Prelude to the Epic ” lU'
sale will be an-ormous. e * ,
—Carl Scburz will remain one of the owner* of
the St. Louts WestUch Post , and will probably
con tribute articles to it no wand then. .
—Mibb Kellogg denies that she ever said . Bid
Clevelanders conld not appreciate
higher In music than “Sweet Home.” .
TT —Tho winter has been a severe one in Frances
Heavy rains have taken the place of snow
storms, and the conntry Is inundated In many
. 7 _Tll £ re 18 0 lar S e cave underflfookont Moun
tain. Recent discoveries have rendered it:ear
ceedlDgly Interesting. There Is a river and a
cascade In It.
—lf the English Channel bridge be ever bnilt. a
pneumatic tube is to be affixed to each side far
up'wlffi Fhrls rly commanlcation wUI tone be kept
—Mr. Alexander H. Stephens’s accident was m -
injury to the sciatic nerve, and put him In in
tense pain for a few days, although at last ac
counts he was more comfortable.
—Celeste Lenoir was an old French womai’’
who died In Hew Orleans the other day. In her
yonuj ehe had been a vivandiere under Napoleon
meat d ehonldered a malik et in one engage^
- Accounts from' all parts of Northwest Mis
souri represent the fall wheat as looking remark
ably well. The breadth of land sown last fall was
much larger than ÜBUal.and the winter has proved
favorable for it if for nothing else.
—A Washington telegram says: “A mourn-‘
lully suggestive object stood in front of a trunk
store in this oity, to-day, in the shape of a newly
covered trunk of medium size, freshly marked
Johnson, Tennessee.’ ”
—The favorite Chinese “concealed weapon” is
nn iron bolt, about 18 Inches long, covered with
red cloth, with a heavy knob on one end. Tiie*y
me very common in San Francisco and are com--,
eldered quite knobby.
—Relying on the statistics of the last thirteen ,
years the New York Sun says it is almost certain ‘
that eome fifty persons will be slain In that city *
during the year 1869, either by deliberate murder '
or some lees guilty form ol homicide. -n .
—A new law in Cincinnati prohibits tho opera- ;
I t on of commercial agents or "drummera’lin that
Icily. A traveling agent ota NewYorkhataud
'cap establishment has just, beon fined $5O and
costs, and another agent double that amount
—Secret societies of a very dangerous kind are
common among the Chinese. They often exercise
the most despotic and arbitrary power, iri spite
ol the weak municipal and other civil authorities.
Such societies are also in existence among tha
Chinese in California. :
—George Yonng, having a dispute with Samuel
, Pittsburgh, settled it iu a conclusive but
illogical manner by devonnng the right ear and
the entire nose of Mr. Shore, thns altering the
configuration of Shore, and rendering himself
liable to be snmmoned before the Congressional
Committee on Rivers and Harbors.
—A humorous note, which a Cleveland gentle-'
mqn tossed into the English Channel seven. '
months ago, Inclosed in a bottle, hasjust been ;
returned to his address, No. 366 Superior street* <
Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. It was picked up at ■
Worthing, near Brighton, England, after floating
in the water six months. It was covered with
barnacles.
—Sir James Bcarlott is correcting several long-'
established absurdities in tho English army drill. '
Among others is a parade movement, in which '
the column marches very slowly in review tac
enable the commanding officer to note the per- •
sonal bearing of each officer. This custom origi
nated in very ancient timeß as a means of tolling
whether the officers were sober or not.
“Now, youDg people,” said a Professor of 1
natural bistory to bis class, ‘mow, then, as to' ?•
hens. A hen has tho capacity of laying just six •
hundred eggs and no more, and she finishes tha ■
job in just about live years. Now what is to ba ;
done with her after that?" “Cut off her,head:
and sell her to a boarding-house keeper for !
spring-chicken," exclaimed an urchin whose.
lalher dealt In poultry.
—Auber, Gounod, Verdi, and Wagner, the fohk
areal composers, are worth together over two"
million trance. Jean Jacques . Offenbach, the ,
composer of so many popular operettas, has not
saved much money. Ho is a stock gambler, and,
moreover, an unlucky one; besides, he made
tome disastrous theatrical ventures. Abbep
despises Offenbach’s works, and predicts that.
Jean Jacques will live to see the day when they
are entirely forgotten.
—During the Bhort period of skating In Paris,
the reserve ponds of the Bois werogay with every
variety of costume. There wore dark green
toilettes, robes of light groy cloth and satin, ele
gantly looped to show a great deal of ankle, and
trimmed with otter; Polish velvets, Siberian, furs
and Hungarian kolbackß; garhet velvet and satin,
with toque, muff and boa of bine fox fur (the
costume worn by an American belle); piles of
fleece; coverlets ofleopard’sskin; and glacier blue
with crystal ornaments.
—Bronislaus Szwarc, one of the most able and
popular of the leaders of the Polish national
movement of 1861-2, disappeared mysteriously a.
lew months after the Insurrection broke out. Ho
has just found means to communicate with his
friends, who, after making every effort to And
out what had become of him, had given him up
for lost. He was sentenced eariy in, 1863 to Si
beria, but it now appears that for the last five
years ho has bei n chained to a wall in one of
those fatal cuscmonls, lying below the level of the
river Neva at Cronstadt, where so many political
prisoners have died a miserable death. Those
who have seen him there, and who knew him at
Warsaw, when he was a handsome,, spirited
joungman, say that it isnow quite impossible
to recognize him. He is a cripple, prematurely,
old, uttorly broken down by disease and suffer--
ing, and without a spark of his old energy left. ' f
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