GESON I%eOCK. Edita. VOLOI/E - XXII.NO. 281. EVENING BULLETIN: r.oniunim EVERT NVEISING, (Bun sYs ted), OAT TILE NNW BULLETIN sunanrire.• 601Chestiaut Street, Philadelphia. Burazrui dBBOOIATION. esorscrrosa 1311184412:ZW* • CARPER 8013)811. Js RL b THOB. J HU1.1.18014. - • 1 1 2:818818 WELLS. The Is served to subscribers in the city et 18 Ilents per iris*. payable to the carrier., or $8 per annum. ICILTRDMNO CARDS. INV/TATIONS FOR PAR v icap ac, attsZtgat, MrYfDING v" AMONG ENGRAVED IN THE ewn4 and ."._ manner. WU'S DEEKA, Sta. Winer and maimar.lo23 Medina street. tab au.-tt pa)a tri DENCKLA.—On the 7th Inst., Aim, relict of the late Au gusto. U. Denckla, In the 69th year of her age. Due notice of the funeral will be given. • OTARRELL.—On the 9th inst., at the Pastoral reeldence, Phoenixville, Rev. Philip O'Farrell. in the 68th year of his age. The Rev. clergy' and friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, on Friday morning, at 10 o'clock, at Phomindite., • , , " . PUIPPB.—On Fcrarthdrik minting. 19th {natant, Elmma,youtigest daughter of Stephen and Eliza Phipm Her relatives and Mends and those of the family arc invited to attead. the funeral, from the. residence of her parents; No. tin 'Marshall street, on Second-day afternoon. at 1 o'clock. TRIBAULT.:.--On the evening of the 9th Instant, Francis Thibault. Due notice of the funeral will be given. EirHARSONYTHOYAL ARCH CHAPTER, NO. Z 2. —Tbe alters ,and members are requested co meet at the Masonic 111111,11 arch st 2 o'clock. to attend the tarratototar deceased companion, EDWARD W. 1r .- -- • JOBHPIi 8. RILEY. see,. IArHITS ANDWADS TignOM3B. , • • • ' •iJsetoPolltas cow of WHIT AND BLADE' EfIGLIBH PERC ALES. BEASON 6; BON, No. ate Cbtotnat street SPECIAL NOTICE& mottir. AT.A. *METING OF Tar. STOCKHOLDER'S OF 1 ""' theatAbblatlonaißink. held.. THIS DAY , at Vs dr Bata( Hamm. audee the WOW OngiklitaltiOD—With •OM SW al lIISMOXI. all mid to—the. following named Semen ware shaded Dintatone J. 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Pubac are respect tully invited. mh6.e.m.watrip mor leh li Vr o3"l N LEMLL. : . 2l9ll.E.f t i_D s a ii. X) eat treatment and. ta mlet to the peon The Tiaranis of ilasaliagel Library. /dr. Welford writes from London to the BoOk Auger: "The sale of the Marquis of Hastings' 11- brew was a curious affair, deserving of a few words. It exemplifies in what narrow grooves intelligence runs , in England. There turned out to be stowed away in Dennington Park, broughttogether in the course of two centu ries or more, the accumulation of the Raw dons and the Old Earl Rawdons of Hunting don, over twenty-four thousand volumes, weighing over . than' - twenty tons. Appa rently not a book had been added since the days of the Lord Bawd= of the American Revolutionary War, better known afterwards as Esti of Moira and Marquis of' Hastings. The, disposal of such a collection, if properly apanaged, would take up two, or perhaps three weeks, with a sufficient catalogue. Instead of this they were, ignorantly, all tied nro In bundles, according to a very brief and_imperfect list, and sold off in four daya. The result was a perfect scramble among the booksellers, whom the apparent chance of a sacrifice had brought together in large numbers. They had to buy the lots unseen, and their competition pushed the sum re alized to C 5,600 as the proceeds of the sale, though, as , they - combine not to bid against-cach other, and sell over again among themselves, the choicer articles, that sum is no indication of *hat the books really were worth. f ' Among the lots of books worth £4O or £5O tied up with others mere waste roaper, some sharp eyes discovered • a copy of joini Eliot'S Indian Bible, the second , edition, clear and perfect as the day it was' printed; and in another turned up a volume' of Tracts (in German) from Benjamin' Franklin's press— perhaps unique. Original plans and thaw_ ings of Lord 2RiWdOBIB campaigns in the Bouthein States were also found by, lucky in: dividaals.” The COttlineso of idolatry. Many persons cavil at the costliness of our churches, and religions observances. But those of the tmcluistimized Asti= sre'found to be far more ,expensive. A. missionary in China took pains.to collect statistics as to the cost of idolatrous , worship in that country. He reperted that in one district in Shanghai at leaskslB,o69' ere expended annually te pease th e 11; of the dead. As there , are 1,620 districts in the empire, some spending more and some less, the average would give nearly thirty Millions of dollars spent for the Hien gods. In , the same manner it is esti mated that $31,752,600 are expended annually for Fore gods. Add to this the amount spent in each family for the worship!ot its ancestom, say $1 50 to each family, and with 80,000,000 'fanatics of dye persons each, the ~, aggregate' is si2o,oop,oop. Cut' down a half, or three-fourths -oven, and the amount is still greater than is given to all Christian objects in this country. —Burlingame has been favored with a cigarette om Napoleon's private case. ' . 40 . ‘ 1 1 .; ; -. .. 7 \'. ," ' ~' : ' --‘ ' ' '„''' ' ''' -.; .- • .: ~.,',., ..... t ..: ,• '. ' - -,- -•, ' F . e '-' I, ',. .‘ l ' , - .(' ',. ' : . ‘.: : s• . 1 ' ::'''''''''" '-''' '''' .. . -' ;'-'' B ~ ..... .... . _ _,.. ..,, , , . , . . , . .. __ . .. . , . .., _ __ .. .. ._ ~.:.. l'.,'‘. J A ... I.' . ' , . , • . , . rumoit mat musioo. Who Caused Their Withdraisral• The Now York Times contains the followbrg:-- The general Impression of the- pnblie,"baried upon the publlehed diplomatic mord& of the ilme,.is that the withdrawal of the French troops from Mexicolfas the result of Mr. Beward's firm and rather menacing note of Dec. 6, 11365, to IL Montholft the Trench ' Minister. But all persons at all familiar with diplomatic history are well aware that formal, notes between na- lions on controverted points often times simply record Amanita which have been accomplished by other means. In nine cases out of ten the real adjustment of international disputes is effected in quiet conversations between the contending partlee, or •those who - represent their interests, arid the diplomatic correspon dence which ' follows merely puts into official form the results' thus reached. •As a matter of coarse this correspondence Is.all the public sees or knows of the whole transaction—and gives to it the shape and color which it bears in history. ' We have reason to believe that the withdrawal of the French from Mexico affords no exception to the been rule, and • that while seeming to have been the result of the diplomacy of the two Governmenta, and especially of the threatening note from Mr. Seward already referred to, it was in reality accomplished In a very different man ner and by an entirely different agency. We have read the original papers, correspond ence and memoranda relating to this subject, and may at some future , „ day , lay , them before the , publie,—contenting onreelved for the prevent: with stating that they show the real arrangement by which the Emperor agreed to withdraw his troops from Mexico was made by him with Presi dent Lincoln, through the personal agency of Geruwel J.Watson Webb...theft:inner effitor of:the New York Courier and Enquirer who had become ' - personallriacilnahiteti with Lot& Napoleon when the latter came as an exile from France to this country from Brailkin l l.B3s; for whom he had always cherished a warm personal friendship, and with whom he had maintained a constant correspondence. When General Webb was appointed Minister to Brazil in 1861, intend lug to go tollio' byway of Europe. be was re quested by Mr. Lincoln to see the Emperor and learn his views in relation to our then blockade .4 the goutberWcoast. ;Thuboterelevr.took at Fontainebleau oh the2Bth OfJhly and Gene .. . Est Webb's report to President Lincoln of that in terview, and Mr. Daytem'a representation of its influences upon his position was so satisfactory, `that a great weight of anxiety was removed from the mind of the Executive. General Veit) next visited Lord John Russell, o whorille • ems personally well known; and by invitation` spent' whet of a daywith him at Peru broke Lodge, Richmond Park. Of that interview be also made: an official report, "hi* topther with the message intrusted to him from the Em peror Napoleon to President Lincoln, removed all exilletrin r.qta/A, 1 111 7AuWeMice , *MAP= bloCkade. ,General Webb then repaired. to Itio de Janeiro nd took charge of his mission; and in February, 1863, when he learned that the Emperor of France uad commenced Welled= intervention, he not only urged upon our t Gotentmeuit,the enforce.; client of the Monroe - doctririe. but be wrote to the Emperor, pointing out the grand mistake he had mace -in.recognir4hli the row Party In htex icoltioticrt6 be relied - on or eapablenf giv ing him support , his hazardous•• proceed - rig. He showed how utterly inipossitdo it was that 'ho United States should ever assent to his pro- medium), and announced as absolutely certain that the people; irrespective of the Government, would insist upon the withdrawal of his forces from Mexico; while the people of France could cot but disapprove if a proceeding calculated to produce a collision with the United States. This letter remained unanswered some two months, when, the course of events, and more-re liable information in regard to the Priest Party in Mexico, satisfied the Emperor that his old friend bad not deceived him. but had related to him truths, which, most probably, he would not learn from any other source. Finally on the 22d of May, 1863, the Emperor acknowledged the re ceipt of Gen. Webb's letter, and with the utmost frankness explained how he was drawn into this Mexican affair, and declared his determine don to withdraw the moment he could do so with credit and without compromitting the boner of France. He also gave notice that, while it was his intention to withdraw, he must not be threatened. Any attempt of the kind would to complicate his relations with his own people as necessarily to prevent his withdrawing. The letter, which we have read,is a very extra ordinary production, exceedingly friendly, frank and creditable to his sagacity and good judgment. General Webb very properly considered the let ter as designed rather for the President of the United States than for himself, and accordingly lerwarded it to Mr. Lincoln. The written pledge it contained that the Emperor would withdraw his troops from Mexico, whenever he could do so with honor, was accepted by Mr. Lincoln in the same spirit in which it was written,and hence the lull which took place in our negotiations with France, during the next two years. After Mr. Lincoln's death, a new and less friendly tone is ipparent in our correspondence with France. fir. Lincoln's prudence, hnd his reliance upon the good faith of the Emperor, no longer guided our Councils; and in the Autumn of 1865, the wisest' among us apprehended a Collision with our ancient ally. Such an event—a war with the most powerful nation in the world, in tho then unsettled state of the country, and the derange ment of our finances, was something too terrible io anticipate; and yet it appeared but too proba ble. General Webb arrived at Lisboa on his way home, at the close of October, 1865, and wrote from Lisbon to the 'Emperor, announcing his in tention to sail In foie. days for New York from Liverpool, and inquiring what he could do in rep• trard to the Mexican question. On arrival at Southampton, he received a telegram from the Emperor urging him to visit Paris. He went ac cordingly, and, on his arrival at the Hotel Bristol, on the evening of the 9th of November, was met by an invitation or command to breakfast with the Emperor at St. Oland on the following morn ing. Of course, he went accordingly, and, after breakfast, s_pent more than two hours with His Majesty , . The result was an agreement between the parties, subject to the approval of the Presi dent, that the French troops should be with drawn from Mexico in twelve, eighteen and twenty-four months. It was stipulated by the Emperor, that our Minister in France should know nothing of this arrangement; and to guard against its becoming public by the action of our Congress, even Mr. Seward was not to have knowledge of it officially. And it was further ameed that if President John spn approved of what had been arranged,General Webb should write to the Emperor to that effect, and thus prevent the arrangement getting into the Foreign Office of either 'country—the Em peror pledging himself to announce the fact in Apri1,.1866, through the Monitsur. General Webb arrived here, after a stormy pas sage of seventeen days, on the sth December, 1865. He was prohibited from putting pen to paper on the subject; and although the thermom eter was but little above zero, he repaired to Waehington the same ' night , and imniediately made his report. On the evening of the 6th ,De cember, 1865 , Milt Seward Called on General Webb and informed , him' that the President ap proved of his arrangement with the Emperor Na poleon, and desired him to write to the Emperor In his (the Presidcrit's) name, and express his cor dial approbation of the proposed , settlement of the Mexican question. General Webb wrote accordingly; and in April, ,1866, the Mmdteur' contained the promised an nouncementof the Emperor's littentlOn to with drawtis troops from Mexico. Thus It will appear, that the Department of State hadmothing whatever to der, with the settle ment of the Mexican question; and it , is most unjust to Napoleon 111. to peresit„,uncontra:- dieted, the universally received idea that the PHILADELPHIA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1869. French troops were - withdraWn from Wilco in consequence :of the threatening letter from Mr. Seward to the Marquis de Montholon, which bears date December 6, and was sent to him on the 11th. As a matter of course, both'in this country and In Europe, the ;public could attribute the withdrawal from Mex ico to no other cause; but as it now appears that the letter referred to was written after Mr. dowsed had been officially notified of the settlement of this all-Important ques tion, and after ne had directed Gen eral Webb, in the name of the President, to com municate to the Emperor the President's approval and acceptance of such settlement thus agreed upon, public sentiment both here and In France will do justice to the Emperor and vindicate him from the reproach of having been driven out of Mexico by anything that could be construed into a threat. It seems clear, from the documentary evidence which has been submitted to us in this matter, that as early as the 22d of May, 1863, the Empe ror, in his letter to General Webb, declared that he desired very much to withdraw from the Mexican business, and expressed his determine -Lion to retire his troops just as soon as he could do so with honor and without wounding the sen sitive pride of, the French people. From that "determination he never swerved, and Mr. - Lincolndied in the full faith that he would ful fill this understanding and that the Mexican question would thin be settled. After Mr. Lin coln's death the subject became one of political agitation,and we seemed to be on the eve of a rupture with France, when the. personal relations which General Webb , had maintained with ,the . Emperor enabled him in an unofficial 'and , friendly Interview to effeet an understangg which would have been found much-:more cult, if not absolutely impossible, of an attain ment through the, ordinary channels of diplo matic Intercourse. General Webb, from whom we have these facts, and who has permitted us to read the corres pondence, examine the original inal telegrams, &c., and to"make publie this statement from them, may be censured by some persons for having so tong suppressed these important developments, due alike to our country and Napoleon. But it must be born in mind that. General Webb was an officer of the State Department, and could not, without a great breach of official etiquette and a violation 'ef duty, Make any revela tions on the 'subject tmtli Mr. Johnson and sir. Seward had retired from office. He inle, however, never failed to vindicate the Emperorof France from the reproach that he •• .V Bf. induced to. retire from Mexico by reason of , nre,atti fulminated more than two years after, he _Ad voldntarilyiven a written pledge to •retire, .nd efterhe .ba dspetificlly named the manner is well as the time of his retiring. The Emperor, ,ayarGeneral Webb;not only carried Ottt the ar=`' rangement made by Marin its true spirit, but ...hen it became apparent that he must retire .ll pis forces at once to insure their safety, and not by detachments, intiterid of fixing upon eigh teen monthi •as the average of the time agreed upon.' he voluntarily named elitteenmoriths,, IMareh, 1867,) as the period for vrithdrawing. General Webb maintains that no official per zonage ever kept faith better than has Lords Na poleon in this Mexican affair; and he asserts, *hat the public will be gratified to learn, thttt us was.among the first who perceived• his error n going 'to Mexico, and at once voluntarily oledked himself' to withdraw as soon as be odd doaeo - Without compromising the honor of France. It is scarcely necessary to add, that General Webb, who is now on his return to Brazil, has placed these facts at our disposal, to be _u im mediately after the *th of March, as an act of justice to cane who has conducted himself through u t this affair with a frankness and good faith Nhicit are conspicuous in the whole transaction. POLITICAL. ME CABINET AND, FOREION Bus. 81088. fleeting to be Held To-day—Farther aminatiousto be Glade—% aslabartid to be Minister to Frande—Bancroft to Remain at Berlln—Curtin to go to Russia or Italy. WABIIMOTON. Tuesday, March 9, 1869.—A spe cial Cabinet meeting is called for to-morrow at noon. A number of nominations for foreign missions will be submitted, and then sent to the donate. Washbume goes to France; Bancroft will lemain at Berlin; Motley will be returned to Aus tria, and Gov. Curtin will be offered the mission to either Russia or Italy. No one has been fixed upon yet for the mission to England. Several prominent persona are suggested, but Gen. Grant ,o-day had not decided upon the one whom he ,bould select. It is understood that William B. Taylor will be (minuted for' 'Postmaster of New York, vice James Kelly, and Ex-Marshal Murdock. removed '.y Johnson, renominated for Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania.—New York Tribune. Le) ;0 tvEll morn 1:4: ITALY. attempted Assassination of the goes.- tor of Palermo. The Amico del Popolo of Palermo gives the fol 'wing details of the assault on the Questor of hat city : On the morning of the 18th, just alter eleven 'clock, the advocate Albanese, our Qaestor, was tescending from the Royal Palace, where he had 'eel" conierring with the Prefect._ On arriving .t the piazza Vittoria he was struck by a man .vith a --poniard, but parried the attack by , aising his right arm, which was wounded. The *semis) then'airued another blow, which took . ffect in the right side of the breast; but whether ~wing to the band of the aggressor trembling, a to a sudden retrograde movement on the part , 4 the other, the blade did not penetrate deeply. ['he assaila nt was about to strike a third time, when the Questor knocked the weapon out of his hand. After watching his victim for a few moments, the culprit took to flight, but not un til he had been recognized by, the wounded man as one Fazio, a dealer in vermicelli, .gFd twenty-seven. He had but just got out of prison, where he bad been confined for attempts ..tt murder, robbery, etc., and having been placed ander the surveillance of the police, had visited the Questor on the proceeding evening to ask -ome questions. The replies given bribe latter appeared_ to have determined him to commit the mime in question. The whole city is much ex cited, and great indignation is manifested In con .,ermence of the services rendered by our func tionary in the discharge of his difficult duty. steamboat eollndon and Loss of Life In the Miediterraancatn. On the night of the 16th nit. a collision took place at sea between the advice boat Latonche- Treville, sent by the Emperor to convey the body of Fnad Bacha tb Constantinople, and the Prince Pierre Bonaparte steam packet. The latter vessel, when coming from Corsica to Marseilles with the malls, suddenly came into collision near the Hyeres islands with the other, and, as both were goin at the rate of ten knots an hour, the shock'was terrible. The Latouche-Treville, more solidly constructed than the othor,was enabled to escape destruction, but the packet, a light iron craft, was nearly cut in two and sank in five min utes. Thirteen of the passengers disanpoared, to rise no more; but the despatch boat, which re mained for some time on the spot to afford any possible assistance, succeeded in saving the lives of about thirty persons, among whom was M. Gavin', Deputy, and brother of the prefect of Nice.. The disaster above mentioned is attributed to owa of those fatalities that cannot be well ex plained. The two vessels had sighted each other, the lights were all in position, the weather was fair vilth , a . slight . breeze frOm the east~ the sea calm, bus the night amt. , OUR WHOLE COMTRY. The Richmond Dispatch of Monday. In its ac count of , the trial of young Grant for the murder of Pollard, gives the following particulars of the scene in the court room upon the return of the jury to announce their verdict: The suspense grew almost tedious as the jurors slowly took their seats, and their mimes seemed coubled in length as the Clerk called them over. Every voice was hushed, every ear was pricked ready to bear the result, and every eye turned eagerly toward the foreman. 7'he prisoner's de meanor remained unchanged, save for a slight tinge of anxiety which seemed to overspread his countenantie, which grew a shade paler, made in appearance more so by contrast with the dark snadows underneath the eyes. The jury being called, the Clerk asked: "What say you, gentle men of the jug, guilty or not guilty?" To which the foreman,Mr. C. C. Berry, of Alexandria, re plied: "Not ullty." Upon this there was a manifestation of ap plause among the spectators by way of the clap ping of hands and the stamping of feet. No cheer was heard. This was of but a moment's duration, however; for the Deputy, who seemed ready for u, proinptly checked any such demonstration. The jury was then discharged; and the Sergeant made proclamation that any one who had any thing further to enter against James Grant, to show why he should not be discharged, should come forward and make the same known. No one making any reply, James Grant was de clared acquitted of the murder, and the court was adjourned. The,rush of friends towards Mr. Grant to ex tend their congrattistions was so great that it was many moments before he could leave the court room. , Re subsequently did so, and quietly re paired to his residence. ahe Supplemetat to the 8300 Exemp- Messrs. Editors:—lt was stated irt the Ledger of Wednesday, the 24th of February, that Mr. Rogers; in: the House, at Harrisburg, reported favorably from Committee a supplement to the $3OO exemption law. This supplement, it would poem, secures to married men an exemption of $5OO, and prep eludes the possibility of a Waiver. lam largely acquainted with merchants and With men - in private life in this city. I have cow/timed with them often and long on the $3OO. exemption law, and frequently of late on this 'supplemental bill, and .in every instance those public merchants and private gentlemen have stigmatized that law, and do now stigmatize this supplemental bill, as measures prejudicial to the interests of the poor who require credit; oppres sive and distressftd to merchants who give - credit; conducive to, extravagance and dishonesty on She part of the credited, and actually unjust in themselves.. These are charges broad, bold and serious, but they can be substantiated by proofs which no member of the House at Harrisburg is capable of demolishing. First—They are prejudicial to the Interests of the pOor man, for, in case of such man wishing to start in business, he applies to a merchant for goods on credit; the merchant, seeing that the amount remaining to his debtor over three or, 'five hundred dollars, would not, in all probability, liquidate the debt, and knowing that if his debtor possessed even three or five hundred dollars, and refueed to pay, he could not recover his debt by 'reason of the exemption law, refuses the desired credit. , and the poor man is thus deprived of the opportunity to try his chances in business. - , 'Whereas, it this law did not exist the merchant would nigllle with himself that In all probability xis debtor would own at some time or other some property equal to at least the amount of his bill, and on his reftising to pay, that he could re cover the debt bydue action at law,and would there tore grant credit and give the poor man a chance of entering business. Then if the debtor was an honest Emilie would pay his bills,and.would not require the protection of the exemption law; and if not anhonest tnan it were no pity if the arm of pastiest- fell on him vigorously and unspar ingly. From this it le Pvident that in as much as the exemption law is axle/Acted, and the merchant shorn of the power to recover his debts, by so much will the interests of the poor man be injured by diminishing his chances of obtaining credit. Hence this law, which is ostensibly for the benefit of the poor man, works most efficiently to his disadvan. cage. Beconci—lt is oppressive and distressful to mer chants—for a large number in this city make a tegular business, m fact follow it for a living,of cheating merchants, under protection of this law. They have recourse to so many stratagems, and practice so many wiles, to obtain credit, that the most cautions and sagacious merchants are not always able to detect and baffle them. To ingra tiate themselves with a merchant they will buy a few small bills for cash, tell a few plausible ntoriee, and,at length, having won his confidence they obtain a larger bill which they never pay, and the merchant receives only insults when he asks it. Third—lt is conducive to extravagance on the part of the credited, for it often happens that a man, who has been heretofore honest, when he nude himself in the possession of a large bill of goods, and knows that in case of non-payment, the law, to a large extent, protects his property from distraint, will yield to the temptations of 'port and fast living, and recklessly squander the money which he would have economized for his creditor bad the law threatened his delinquency with meet chastisement. This law, you see, bolds out temptations to honest men to become rogues. These views I have often heard ex pressed by merchants, whose opinions were the result of acute observation and mature experi ence, and business men in general will bear wit ness to their accuracy. Now, since our , benevolent and sapient legislators are so anxious for the protection of the poorer portion of the community, could not their fertile and capacious minds contrive some means by which the above mentioned evils would be remedied and mer chants protected from the depredations of swindlers? Fourth—The exemption law is in itself unjust, for it violates men's rights. John has lent James t3OO, payable at the end of sixty days. At the expiration of sixty days John has a right to these (ENO. But James, who owns 0800 only, refuses io pay, and the exemption law pre vents John recovering this money to which he has a right. Hence it violates his right; ergo, is unjust. This law is particularly distressing when, as very frequently happens, John, or the creditor, is not only the poorer of tho two, but in extreme poverty. But our legislators at Harrisburg will raise their pious and humane voices and exclaim: Will you subject the p oor man to the tyranny of the rich merchant? Will you permit the latter to sell out the fundturei and bedding of the widow's cot, and throw herself and her helpless orphans on the cold charities of the world ? I reply: our merchants aro men of intelligence, refinement, generosity and humanity, and if left to the dictates of their own refined natures, would rarely be guilty of any cruel or ignoble %avoid better commit the poor lathe mercy and humanity of rich and generous merchants than put the merchants in the power of the above-mentioned wily and unscrupulous swin dlers. Those I believe are some of the evils re sulting from this law; and I think it would be no unfair request to, ask some of its prominent ad vocates to point out to their constituents what advantages accrue from it, and to show cause why, so far from passing the supplemental bill, the present law should not be repealed. GANYMIZDE. GRIME. , nl.loPollard Murder. [For the ritiladelvhis Evening En *ion Law. Eaarth4tunkes In India. Late East India papers give accounts of the vilelent earthquake which shook various parts of Bengal between January 10 and 11. It was most severely felt in Cachar and 1t1383111. The earth quake was felt as far mat of Calcutta as Dina, we. Cachar whoreit' WAS most'severe, the earth seemed agitated by a great wave, rising in a swell twenty feet high, tossing trees and buildings about, and making the hills reel. The river changed its course and ran upward for an hour, tossing the water fifty feet into the air. The earth opened in hun dreds of places, vomiting up volumes of blue sand and water, and epgniting houses, cattle and men; in some cases closing over what it had swallowed, and. In others remaining in yawning abysses, showing the roofs of houses twenty feet below the surface. The convulsion was felt over all Lower Bengal at the same time, and continued with great shocks for several days. Near Literary Establishment—The liolesa.le and Detail Warerooms of Messrs. Porters Coates. Times are changed since the vile booth kept by Mr. Cave, at Saint John's Gate, Clerkenwell, rep resented the focus of English literature. Oar very press has got to be luxurious, and is not satisfied unless its inky results are displayed in palaces and saloons that recall the miracle o Aladdin. This march of ideas has been compre hended by Messrs. Porter & Coates, the scholarly publishers and wholesale booksellers, who have lately determined to arrange their vast stock in warerooms that shall show all the infinitude of a library and all the luxury of a palace. To com plete their plan they have arranged for one of the completest displays of Retail Literature to be found anywhere, and have placed this depart ment under the superintendence of a gentleman universally looked up to for his cultivation and knowledge of the trade, Mr. Willis P. Hazard. Messrs. Porter & Coates's new establishment is in the welbithown,PCaldwelln building, adjoin ing the property of the Continental Hotel, and originally fitted up by the great jeweller 88 a costly expression of his architectural taste. This store, the elaborate beauty of which 'luta not been tarnished by spy later 'erections; has been thoroughly re fitted, re-frescoed, and furnished with a new sur face within and without, until its marble walls and glittering Interior have the freshness of crys tal. Inside, by means of carved tables, elaborate walnutrand-cheatnut book-eases, bronzes, can delabra, and matted marble floors, the place has' acquired the air of a ,costly library rather than that of a store. The retail department, exclu sively occupying the ground floor to a great depth, of exhaustive completeness, and bas been arranged by the skill. of Mr. Hazard in a classification that will . greatly assist purchasers in finding what they want. On tering, the visitor will first see, on the shelves and tables at the right, a thorongly complete stock of juvenile books; these lead by a natural transition, to fiction and light literature; then come in snecession, history, travels, and science. On the lefe-hand, or eastern side, are found in or der a full display of bibles and prayer-books; first class illustrated literature, or books in which the value of the engravings counterbalances their lit erary importance; then an enormous cage of singing -birds, y-clept in the trade,posts; then the belles- kttree and general miscellanea. In these various departments Messrs. Porter & Coates have already collected, and propose always to keep an absolutely complete exhibit of the pub-, lishing movement of the day. Their stock not only includes the full variety provided by American publishers, but all 'saleable works issued in England, such as the magniti tient gift-books of London firms, the latest treatisees on science, _etc., down to the hand some and striking • picture-books for children published in Great Britain and Germany, and collected for along time back briar. Hazard as a sort of speciality. The retail trade will be attracted to this large stock at once by coniddera tions of choice and of economy, the arrange ments of Messrs. Porter & Coates being such that each single book can be sold - at the wholesale price marked in the publisher's catalogue, and not at the profit demanded in mere retail stores. The wholesale stock, very complete in stand ard works and with a speciality of juveniles, is openly displayed at the back part of the premi ses, and the original publications of the firm fill up the remainder of the space. The magnificent gallery upstairs Is to be richly fitted up as a con versation-room and art-saloon, a purpose to which the brilliant arrangements for light and display particularly invite. A very large and fine painting by Achenbach, never seen here, will be exhibited at the public opening, which takes place to-morrow. The proprietors:intended to make their bow to the public to-day, but all gala Intentions were remorselessly frowned down by the impracticable weather. AMUIMBIENTS. —Much Ado About Nothing will be repeated at Ihe Arch Street Theatre this evening. —The Chestnut Street Theatre is closed. A "great dramatis company" rented it for this week, but as their first p erformance on Monday night was a pecuniary failure, they folded their tents, like the Arabs, and silently stole away—re port says, without paying their rent. —The Japanese troupe will appear at the Thea tre Comique this evening, in a number of their most wonderful acts. "All Right" will do some wondrous deeds. —On Wednesday, the 24th inst., the Hess chil dren, who appeared at the Bentz-Hassler tnatinde a week or two ago, will give a concert in Concert Hall. —On Tuesday evening of next week Messrs. Hess & Co., of Chicago, will open at the Chest nut Street Theatre with a buriesqe company, in the extravaganza, The Field of the Cloth of Gold. —At Concert Hall this evening, "The Arabian Nights Entertainment" will be given in fifty tableaux, together with singing, humorous imi tations, and a variety of other things. Presents will be distributed to the audience. —On Thursday evening next, at Concert Hall, B. E. klegargee, Esq., will give readings from "David Copperfleid" for the benefit of the. Penn Widows' Asylum. This entertainment promises to be an agreeable one, and as the charity is very worthy we hope the house will be crowded. —The Emerald Rift) , will be given at the Wal nut Street Theatre Ibis evening by Mr. and Mrs Barney Williams. —On Monday evening next Mlle. Janauscheit, tbo famous German actress, will begin a season of Pia nights at the Academy of Music, with Maria Stuart; on Tuesday Catharine the Second, and on Wednesday Marianna. On Thursday the sale of seats will begin at Wittig's, 1021 Chestnut st.. and at the Academy. —The third grand concert of the Philharmonic Society will be given in the Academy of Music on Saturday evening next. There will be a large chorus present from the Young Maennerehor Society, and an immense orchestra under the direction of Mr. W. G. Dietrich. The last public rehearsal for this concert will be given in Horti cultural Hall, on Friday afternoon next at 3 o'clock. The following performance will be offered: las torele 8ymph0ny........ ...... .... ...Beethoven 1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo. 2. Andante Con Moto. B. Allegro, Grand Orchestra. Concerto for Plano in It Minor (Op. II )... Chopin (with orchestral accompaniment.) Y. Romanzay. 2. Rondo Vivace. Mr. S. B. Mills. Chorus for male voices: Gruen. ....... A. M. Stoch Young Mrunnercbor Society, with accompaniments by four French horns. Solo Piano-" Hungarian G psey Malodles"...Tansey. Mr. B. B. Mills. Overtara—"Meeratllle" ..........Mondelesohn %, Grand Orchestra. Death of Hon. Chas, Et: Coburn. The Harrieburg Telegraph, of yesterday, says: The friends of edhcation throughout the State will regret to learn of the death of Hon. Charles R. Coburn, which took place at his late regdence at Nichols Tloga county, at noon yesterday, after a li ngering LUneas. The remains will be interred • ~ ~ F. VEIBERSION..;:hddiSi' PRICE THREE CENTS at thatplace to-morrow. Mr. Coburn at the Mai of his death was Deputy Superintendent it PIMP mon Schools of this Commonwealth.' ' FACTS AND NANCONA•' --Corn is knee-high in Tampa, Florida: • • , —Gonnod has nearly finished his of "81. Cecilia." —"A would-be fillelde" Is described by a Chic** go paper. —Tom Taylor has written a drama on the•EitOTY of "Jeanned'Are" for Miss Neilabn. —An artist on the piano, whct pounds nitidti , out of it , with a clothes brush, is about to. concerts In Parld. —The Attorney-General of Wisconsin is ' , described as "the best single•handed banqueter hi' the Northwest." —Dunckier is the name of a foreign violoneeP liet who has been engaged by Max StrakOschltnt • a COL cen tour in this-country. —Queen Victoria has recently engaged, art reader, the daughter of the preacher who con—::.s firmed the late rrinee Albert at Coburg q G . —The circulation of Cardinal Anton&A's organ, the agservatore Ronuuso l .falls short of seven han dred copies. —A Houston genius sews cows' tails on, oltt horse hides, and thus converts the latter Into & merchantable article. —English newspapers 'tell' of a girl in Wales. ' who has not eaten anything since October,l.B67: ' S . Nice girl for a boarder.. • , • —Bt. Petersburgh is crazy over Patti: At her second representation., a box tfold.for $BOO, Anti a chair in the twelfth row brought .1204 • —lt is noticed as a curious. coincidence Gist' Charles Reade's snit should have been , brOuldtt., just at the time a new story appearzi,Wlu Ga/axy. • , —A son of Gov. Throckmorton, of Ur*, tried to poison himself for love, the„ Other day..and: , only succeeded in making himself Terfnueoth—' i fortable. • ~ - —Bagier, the manager of tlii:ltalino6dia - V1 4 ; 4 7 Parts, proposed, two years alto, tci Moline PattLA and received from her, with many expressibits , or regret—s mitten. :v. if„,t —Carlo Oattaneo, the celebrated Italian rein,: intionist, who commanded, the, insurreetiodearwsi forces at Milan in 18413, died, a paw weeks ,024, at Lugano. ' , —Bjernarne Bjornson, the:Norwegian poet thruiV::,- .) story-seller; is one of the most learnedngalstn,' of his country. He translate, his Worlesitito'4 German, English and French. • —Many valuable relics have been •' 1 from the mansion of Thomas• Jefferson, cello, Virginia, and the house is sadly, in-neediet:L_':•l repair. 's; —The favorite color of Queen Isabellit; o o 3 Pals;l l ''' to light brown. She thinks, that dresses color are moat suitable to hei, coMplaincia she has ordered all, the rooms which 'she w ill enpy in her new palace to be , hung witle`Paper';'', of that color. • • ; ,• • • —There is a rumor in Parisian musical circles' that Strakoschis desirous of canceling hbl• con-i tract with Minnie Hauck, and that , a /aWsttit arise from their disagreement:. , • -.•-• -The collection of leaden and China' loy"sokr;clq diers owned by the King of Presets is osaid,te.:~s have cost upward of ten thousand dollars. 511* fit, two large rooms in theroyal palace of th,tbt),*„ burg., —Horterrse Schneider has in her boudoitn rieblv-fraiaed portrait of the' Prince' of 'Wtilad, -- p, containing -his 'autograph and tenser , ftitteriffe' 4 ‘ lines about Wales's admiration of .11orteatieli,tal4.??. 0 , ante and graces • ' ;ft. 1 —The little Crown Prince of Belgium lila lefret kind of will—a touching document, la which he ;- bequeaths his toys to his sisters and some of: his playmates. The royal family was deeply affected when it Was read by the King a few days.after the burial of the Prince. - —The principal stockhOlder in the Inckpendatacet Beige, the most profitable paper on the European' continent, is a young girl of seventeen, who, be sides, owns in her own tighten estate worth over , one million francs. —Five boys who possess • great musical tahmte ' are educated at the Christiania Conservatory, at. the expense of Ole Bull, who has promised to take care of them until they have finished their studies. One of these boys is the son of a poor day-laborer, and the others are' eons`of Peasants in very humble circumstances. —Pretty Wile Tchernays, the bright star of the' St. Petersburg ballet, wait poisoned; a few weeks ago, by One of her admirers, whose advances she bad repelled in a rather haughty manner. He sent her a glass of champagne containing a strong 5, nose of poison. When she drank the wine, the effects of the poison prostrated her immedlateiy. —lndia has bad a curious railway aceident. An elephant, seeing the red light and the smoke, _ concluded that the noisy locomotive was , an enemy to be summarily demolished. He accord ingly placed himself on the track and met the strange creature head on, with trunk and • tusks. •-.5' The result was a dead elephant and eleven care capsized. —Mr. Bright excited unoontrollablejanghter., ‘ ;,. 1 at the fishmongers' banquet to the tainistry;„iii. retort's g to what his probable bound - wet:ol haVO been if he bad been a bishop, and then reproved them for laughing "as if such a thing Were ab- • solutely impossible; but, judging • front the melt. some of whom we nave how as , bishops, Ldonl think anything needs to be wondered at," which canted renewed merriment. —ln arecently published volume entitled "Cul- ture and Anarchy," Matthew Arnold expresses , the opinion that Shakespeare and Virgil ,wquid have been dreadfully bored if they had crossed; in the Mayflower with the Pilgrim Fathers. He also says that the Cornell University "seems to rest upon a provincial misconception. of what culture truly is, and to be calculated to produce miners, or engineers, or architects, not sweetness and light." —Jttmes Russell Lowell, In his " Bigiow Pa pua," thus describes a visit to tho home of our now Attorney-General, E. Rockwood HOar, at Concord: " An' I've ben seats a vision' the dedge,_ Whose garding whispers with the river's edge, Where rve sot mornin's lazy as the bream, Whose only busineu is to head up Orman. . (We call 'em punkin seed,) or else in chPt Along 'th the Jedge, who covers with hts hat -, More wit an' gumption an' , shrewd Yankee. sense Than there is mosses on an ole stone fence." —The female prisoners in Warsaw who are sentenced to be flogged, receive their stripes at the hands of a tall, herculean woman, who be labors her poor sisters more mercilessly than the Coeeacks do the male prisoners. The Russian , ~ Code exempts women from corporeal punish ment, but the courts always have it inflletedupon ,.• female prisoners as a means to wrest confessions '' from them. Nearly all the ladies of the aristoc racy. who were arrested In the last four or AveJ , , years on charges of complicity in the insurrec tionary movements against the Russian Govern-, ment, were flogged, and they pretend to beratker proud than otherwlee of the treatment they 44`' , laundergo while in prison. ' p' The Emperor has finally consented ' tot rchase by the State of the collection'Of relies of ' - poleon I• , hitherto in the possession of Print."' yl Napoleon. The collection will be plaeed.. in .tire' Museum of Versailles, and opent,o inspectiOn ,in , the early part of May. It, is !mid to' contain, a - great many curious things, among theta a small faded silken rosette, the drat love token which, General Bonaparte received atJosephlne's hands " at a ball given by Madame Tale% Tbp General carried this rosette - for several scare' In his vest • pocket. The collection of Napoleon's letters is ' • exceedingly full and interesting. It , embrimes nearly all the letters written.brNapoleondurintr 7 the revolution. The abdication act, signed ' the , Fontaineolean in the year 1814, Isola° among 1,44 papers. , ENIIM ,)* T ."; : MEM
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