Daily evening bulletin., March 24, 1869, Image 1

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BENEZET.—On the 23d inst,,lohn Stephen Benezet,
In the 81st year of his age.
His relatives and friends and those of the family
are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from ale
late reeidence, No. 1636 Cherry street, on Friday. the
26th Inst., at 10 o'clock. ••
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Year of
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general, aro respectfully invited to attend the faueral.
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on Friday, the 26111 inst„ at 2 o'clock. interment at
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FRONI NEW NORli.
NEW YORK, March 24.—A very large and en
-thuslastie meeting of workingmen, accompanied
by music and banners, crowded the Cooper In
stitute last night for the purpose of taking mea
sures to consolidate the workingmen of the city
into one political organization, which would vote
only for suck political candidates as would make
thdinteresta of labor paramount to ail others.
Many speeches wore made, and resolutions were
adopted.
The fair of , the New York State Poultry So
ciety, held in the Empire City Skating Rink, was
continued yesterday. Tbe exhibition is now
nearly complete, and all the cages of birds, &c.,
are in position. The larger part of the speci
mens are first-rate. Mr. Horace Greeley de
'livered the evening:address last evening.
John Real, who is to be hanged on Friday of
meat week, is :visited daily by Fathers Durangnet
and Dorcot. Illa four sisters also visit him daily.
Real deeply feels the disgrace he has brought
upon his family, and carefully avoids all refer
ence to the tragedy. It is saM that he hopes to
be reprieved.
A meeting took place yesterday afternoon at
the Produce Exchange for the purpose of urging
- upon the Legislature a constitutional amendment
which would admit of appropriating funds for
the enlargement of the State canals. Resolu
tions were presented by a committee compoaed
of Jesse Hoyt, Robert Getty, David Dows, and
Carlos Cobb,,and speeches were made by Mr.
Israel T. Hatch, E
of Buffalo, and Colonel Edward
Blacken, President of the xchange Board.
The Sixth Annual Commencement of the Now
York Medical College for women took place last
evening in the hall of the Historical Society, at
swhich ten of the lady students graduated.
antler and Schenck.
(From the Boston Advertiser.]
WASHINGTON Monday, March 22, 1869.—The
tussle bet Ween Messrs. Butler and Schenck, in
• , the House last. Tuesday, is likely to lead to some
-spicy developments. .Mr. Butler, it wlll bo re
-membered, pretty directly charged Mr. Schenck
with being in the whisky-ring. It is sup
posed that while carrying aii the - Woolo9-lm
peachment, investigation he got hold of Mr.
Bchenck's despatches. The fight is by no moans
ended, and it was generally expected that It
would be renewed to-day, but no occasion of
'.:wed, though both gladiators went to the House
fully prepared to "pitch in" if there was half a
.chance. Mr. Schenck has got hold of something
which, his friends say, shows Mr. Butler to have
been in the whisky-ring for a good while. All
'outsiders are anxious to have the next engage
'meat open,d and Many good patriots are daily en
<enraging the contestants to go in and tear each
other to pieces.
—Two ahrawd and penetrating gentlemen write
to na that they have discovered the answer to the
. 'lenigma published in this column on Saturday.
It is" Madam."
Itarsza EU (iii swam.
art.Eatters In the Eternal City—
Wessell alma . Welsca's PiCeILYOU
Mindanao Jersehnu-Baumann and
Her Works—Gounod, I.lezt, dre., &c.
iCorrestandence of the Phlladelphht Evening BeMU.,
Bonin, March,. MG9.—I continuo my notes of
visits to various studios,
Mr. George Yenta, who was a pupil of the
oelebrated Couture for several years, has a studio
in Rome which is also a place possessing much
attraction. At present he is finishing two bean
,
dint pictures. One is an interior, the choir in
the left transept of the interesting old Church
Ban Pietro, at Perugit. In it is en organ, some
carved stalls (whose designs were made by Ra
phael), a lectern, with a picturesque worked.iron
lamp rod; on It is an illaminated choir:hook. ,Two
monks pass slowly by, and a portion of the back
of the high altar It also seen; from a window in
the upper part of the transept streams down
the life and light of the picture. .
It is a quiet, peaceful and beautiful work, dt to
look at when one is hot and weary; for it tells a
sweet, still story of a cool church, fine old wood
carvings, peaceable, religions men, echoes of
grand old music, and an atmosphere of soft, fra
grant, Italian air. All these have been caught by
the painter and placed on the canvass with happy
artistic fidelity. This picture is to belong, when
Ithiehed, to Mr. Merriman. of New York.
One of the moat conscientious, delightful
painters in Itcme, of mountains and waterfalls,
and everything appertaining to Alpine regions,
is Mr. Welsch. Ills pictures please me more
than Blerstades, for they are more faithful to na
ture, quite as full of the ideal, and not so melo
dramatic. Be is now completing several pic
tures which are orders. Two lam very fond of;
one Is a Beene in the Tyrol, near balzburg. the
tall of the Obersee: the other is on the Gemmig
Oeschtnnen. They are pictures to have in one 'e
ovin room for consolation and repose. They are
full of Natute,pnd her secrets of light and shadow
ileve been studied with subtle cleverness by the
Alia. The iris in the mist is suggested, not
painted. The shadows Ile on the mountain sides,
4 boat sails off from a shore with an naknown
purpose, and the clouds mingle with the moan
mine In the water mirror.
M 1123 5t rp§
it is a glorious privilege when one takes a
walk of au afternoon to be able to enter some
reat artist's studio and drink In so much beauty
find sympathize with so umehnspiration.
The celebrated Madame derichan-Baumann is
ID Rome. She has come for two months to pre
pare for a visit which she expects to pay to
America next October. It may be remembered
ihat this artist is the wife of Jerichan, the great
Danish sculptor, President of the Danish Royal
Academy, Thorwaldsen's successor. Jerichan is
not in Rome this season; he is in Copenhagen, at
work on the monument to (Ersted; but models of
hie famous works can be seen at his studios ha;
the Palazzo Lovell, Plasr.o del Popoio; Hercules
and Liebe, which belongs to the Danish Royal
Academy; Bpotless Love, or the Creation of
Eve, which the Danish nobility presented to
the Prineese,Alexandra on the occasion of her
marriage with the Prince of Wales; the celebrated
Leopard Hunter; Alma Gethe, the portrait
monument of Glithe's grandchild, &c.
Mine. Jeriehan's paintings have a Zara'
pean celebrity; copies of some of that&
are now in her husband's studios, and
she Is also engaged on new works.
tier moat renowned pictures are in the various
Royal collections of Europe—Queen of Eng
land's, Emperor and Empress of France, Kings
of Prussia and Denmark, ete. In the Roman
studio is a copy of her large picture, "Saved from
the Wreck," which belongs to the Emperor of
France, and which gained gold medals at Am
sterdam and Berlin.
Seine of her smaller pictures are deeply inter
esting-, one is of a fisherman , rowing swiftly
away from a storm; he looksanzionsly around at
the gathering clouds; at his feet, in the bottom of
the boat, is his eon, a baby boy, who gazes oat
of the picture with the sweetest unconsciousness'
of danger and rests his little head against his
I
father as f sure of his Providence.
"The Girls Singing" is a brilliant bit of .color
ding;s it s i represents a m
group lanm a e
c b h o u ok e T b hoelry
two
ressed
in the costume worn by the peasant
women of the island of Amak. Both girls are
rich, healthy, rustic beauties; beside them is a
little boy, listening and staring, with all his
might; behind is a young woman, with her face
bowtd on the pew, telling us a story of remorse
or forgiveness, and at the aide are the heads and
faces of a congregation. It is one of the richest
and most beautiful of Mme. Jerichan-Baumann's
pictures of this style.
Jerichau's works are full "originality,
end produce a fresh, delightful effect, for they
are creations that show a passionate study of na
ture. Her subjects are simple but treated with
great strength, and her management Of light and
shadow shows a knowledge of the science of her
art, as the simple, honest,enthuslastle treatment
of her ideas displays deep feeling and warm
heartintss. •
Mme. Jerichau-Baumann was born at Warsaw,
and educated as an artist at Dusseldorf. When
she was a young girl and her pictures were ex
hibited in Rome, Cornelius said to Borne of his
indents who were with him, "Gentlemen, this
young woman is the only man among you."
And Theophile Gautier says there are only
three women painters in Europe: Mme..Jerichau-
Banmam, Rosa Bonbons and Henrietto Brown.
Henri Leroux, a French painter of the Greco-
Romano school (a sort of pre-Raphael antique
style), of which school Hamont.is a leader, has
j net finished a painting for Mr. Herrimann (the
same gentleman who has ordered Mr. Yeweire
Perugia picture), and it goes to the French Ex
position to-day.
This work has created some talk, and shows
a great deal of conscientious labor and artistic
skill in its handling. It represents the trial of a
Vestal Virgin, or rather her condemnation. Her
sisters have sentenced her to death for allowing
the Sacred Fire to die out. They sit in a group
on one side of the picture, a crowd of beautiful
blondes and brunettes in loose white garments
and rich golden Pompeian jewelry—French fame,
it must be admitted, and costumes that remind
one of a scene in Belle Hdlene. The young Ves
tal, in her agony, bas thrown herself at the feet
of the Goddess; her pose is very fine; at that in
stant the miracle takes place, a stream of fire de
scends-from heaven, and a flame arises on the
altar; the Vestal is saved. The effect of this rat
raculons light upon the architecture and marble
floor, le the piece ski resistance of the picture—
the point that is most commented upon. The
execution is elaborate—every point la finished up i
with the exaotitudo of this school, which is some-I
times painful. Indeed, these sort of pictures are ;
like a dose of hasheesh; they remind one of a ;
gallery exhumed from some long-buried gallery
of the Augustan age. They possess a certain kind
of beauty, but it is that of a poisonous hot-house
flower, and the attraction of an insidious, per-,
niciono perfume not of the fresh air and open'
shy. It is a relief to turn from, them to the,
sweet, innocent passion, and true life and nature
which is found in Mme. Jerichan's work.
Gottnod has left Rome. His 'Francesca de'
Rimini" I have tint heard so much of, as of his
musical poem, "La Calvalre," which he has
written for the Pope. It is not completed and ,
J
next autumn the composer,intends to visit ern-
Wan, In order to give his work the advantage of.
local coloring. Gounod is it devout Catholic; he ,
attends confession and holy communion three:
amen a week. Now this for an Englishman,
American or even an Irishmen would be remark
able; but for a Frenchman and successful opera,
composer it is something but little short of a:
miracle.
Abbate - I,lBst, who Is spending the .winter 'in
Weimar, returns next spring, and at the request
of the Pope, will endeavor to 'mutts& the too
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1869.
lend style of religious range in Rome. He will
have a herculean task.
The Portuguese Ifinlater, Dec de Be!daubs,
has left, and the mission Is 10 be changed into a
simple legation.
The French journals will have alrea dy van
you the news of De Isontertinea and M. Tral)-
loutes death, so I shall not take up any apace
with the numerous anecdotes about loth which
are floating about. This one of M. Troplong,
however, you may not bear: When 11. Monslier
was ill the Emperor called in person to see she
dying man, and it was considered a great honor
but M. Troplong, when he heard of the Imperial
visit ' said to his wife:
"It is all up with Idoustler now. A. visit from
the Emperor in eneh cases, my friend, la tv coup
de grace."
Esser Mme. Troplong remembered this; so when
the Emperor paid the same compliment to her
sick husband, she frankly refused to let him enter
the room, and when his Majesty asked why, re
plied naively :
My God, Sire! I will not deceive you. At
such moments as this your visits are unlucky.
3o sick men has ever survived them; for instance,
M. Mocquart, M. de Horny and M. de Mona
tier."
The Emperor took no offence, but talked
kindly for a few momenta with the agitated wife,
and then left her. During the short period of
Traplong's illness , his Majesty sent, however,
constantly to inquire after the old Counsellor.
But death does not wait on Imperial visits, and
the great French jurisconsult has gone to take
his place in the list of immortals.
The municipality of Rome have prohibited
veloerpedee in the public drives, such as the Lu
cian and Borghese. die. A terrible accident which
happened lately has caused this edict— A
velocipede terrified the barges of a carriage; they
ran off at a furious gallop and dashed the vehicle
to pieces. In the carriage were a Mrs. Firmin
and her daughters, English persona who have
seen anima/ winter visitors to Rome, and *young
Pontifical Zonave . Mrs. Firtnin has since died of
her Injuries, the Zonave is not expected tolive, and
the young ladies will bear on their faces for life
the frightful memories of this fatal drive.
Two busts he'll been lately discovered at
Pompeii; they are of Pompey and Brutus,. A
Iriend who has seen them tells me they are ex
actly like the authentic portraits remaining of
these great Romans. They are made in that
alabaster-like marble of Athos. These busts are
in almost a perfect state; only the tip of the nose
in Erutua is wanting. The Pompey bust is can=
sidered the more remarkable and life-like of the
two,and there is a marked difference In the treat-:
meat and handling of the busts.
Several dangeror4 accidents have happened
this winter in the Roman Runt. Prince Borgheee
smite, his leg; Prince Napoleon Canino turned a
somersault and nearly broke his collar bone;Count
Rochefoucauld's horse put his foot in a hots and
made his muter stand upon his head; and lase
meek Prince Ginstlaninra leader, Mr. Knight, an
Englishman,pnt hie hose at a four-rail fence; the;
horse touched it with the fore feet, sent Mr..
Height over his kead , and then fell on break-
Ing Ills h and injuring him Another
day. Mr. C hat les Kirke, of Philadelphint ernally.ia, a very;
dashing and fearless rider, was served In
the same way,but came off with less injury. The
Lampagna is a dangerous riding ground.
Ez•Preeldent Johnson at Home.
Gaszzavems, Tenn., March 20.—A committee
of Citizens of, Oreenvi In sympathy with Mr.,
Johnson's polio= headed by CoL James Britton,'
Attorney-Ueneral of this Judicial District, left
ibis place last evening, and mat Mr. Johnson and '
family at Bristol, the terminus of the Virginia
Railroad. A special train was in waiting for
elm, and at 8 o'clock A. M. the steam was
put on, the signal given, and, amid the loud
cheering of rebels and their sympathizers,
Mr. Johnson and the committee left for this
place, and in three hours and a half they were at
he depot. A few minutes before an extra train
bad arrived from Knoxville, with the lion. T. a.
R. Nelson and a few other friends of Mr. John-
Ken. A short time ere these trains arrived, seve
nil of the citizens of this county and a few from
adjoining counties made their appearance at the
depot to witness the reception. The brass band
from Knoxville was also present, which added
much to the occasion. There was also a carnage
tilled with young girls, who, as Mr. Johnson
came out upon the platform of the
rear car, stepp forward, and Miss Bell
McGaughey read the following address, written
by a rebel citizen: "Mr. Johnson, the name of
Ihe daughters of Greenville, I bid you welcome,
thrice welcome, to your home. Please accept
this emblem of purity, and may God bless
*nd reward you for all your labor and success."
abe then presented Mr. Johnson a bouquet called
row the garden near where the Rebel John Mor
an was killed. Mr. Johnsou,somewhat affected,
ck nowledged the present in a neat little Sunday-
School address, by referring to an ancient dame
wto said upon a certain oceasion,wben speaking
01 her children—"these are my jewels," and em
braced them. Mr. Johnson then embraced
these little daughters as only an affection
ate parent can do under such circum
stances. He was then escorted by the committee
to a carriage, and as he stood erect viewing the
crowd of people, he lifted his bat, and with a
Emile beaming upon his countenance, took his
eat. Here an attempt was made to cheer him,
exit the crowd not hearing the signal given by a
drunken man standing upon the platform, the
carriage passed on to the ex-Alderman's old
tome, beaded by the brass band. There were
present about 1,000 people, and up to this time
pretty good order was maintained, excepting
eome demonstrations made by intoxicated per
,one... Arriving in town, Mr. Johnson and Com
mittee left their carriages and entered the law
c ffice of Britten, Sewell & Ingersol,
when they were introduced to seve
ral persons friendly and otherwise
to the President's policy. He then walked out
upon a platform fronting the Court House, and
was introduced to his fellow-citizens by Col.
Britian, in a neat and appropriate address. He
remarked:" I am here in the name and on be
half of the Committee to welcome you, and I can
say that you are welcome to your home to enjoy
the peace and quiet of a civilian's We. In the
name, and on behalf of your political friends, I
a ould say 'We 1 done,good and faithful servaut.'
e well remember that at the commencement of
the Rebellion your voice was raised in the United
States Senate with seven-fold thunder against
treason and rebellion, and when you re
turned among us yon traveled through the
country over hills, mountains, and through our
valleys, and your voice was heard like that of
Jonah, as he spoke to the inhabitants of the city
of Nineveh In ancient times. I trust that you
will live to see your policy, that you undertook
to carry out, adopted by the country; and that
your motives, which have so often been im
pugned, may be fully understood by the people;
and when your life shall be no more among men,
and your spirit gone to God who gave it, and
Your body consigned to the tomb In some beau
tiful place in the county of Green, that it may be
Osited like that of Washington, Jefferson and
Madison, and other great and good men of oar
glorious nation."
The Hon. T. A. R. Nelson, being, called upon,
delivered a short address. He remarked: "We
of the lower portion of East Tennessee extend to
you as warm a welcome as the citizens of this
place. I well remember, at the early breaking
out of this rebellion, how von and I, sir, con
tended together for the Union; and also re
member when you had to leave the country for
the purpose of preserving your life. I remem
ber, too, how
,your voice was raised in the United
States Senate in defence of the Constitution of
our great country..l remember with a grateful
heart how you defended the capital of our State,
when Military;Governor, against the Rebel army.
I have often said that it seemed as though Provi
dence bad raised you up for some great and good
purpose to stand up and , defend the Constitution
of o'er cot:Miry; and I would say in this connec
tion; without intending to flatter you, that there
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
Major Henry, a "carpet-bagger" from New
York, was then called upon, and made a few re
marks, giving Mr. Johnson a hearty welcome.
At the close of each address the band discoursed
some very appropriate music, and among other
Invert played was "Home, Sweet Home," &e.
Mr. Johnson was then loudly called upon-for a
peeeb. He faced the audience and esid:
Fellow Citizens: After receiving mess yen have,
I am not qualified to give expression to my feel
ings; and 1 might refer to the tune just played by
the band, and say that "there is no place like
borne." I came to this town in 1826,a poor boy,
and a stranger. In your midst I pitched my tent.
and leaned upon you for succor and support. I
was taken by the band by many friends, and step
by step I have gone through what I have, and there
as not a parallel in history. You elevated me to
office, and, in the languae of Mr. Nelson, I have
never been ashamed of my origin and my pro
fessions; for it is merit and worth that makes the
man. In early life I was elected Alderman; then
Mayor; then to the Legislature; then to the State
Senate; then an elector for President and Vice
President. I was then in Congress for several
years; then Governor of the State for years—after
which I was elected to the United States Senate,
and was there when the war broke out. Daring
the war I was made Military Governor. I was
then elected Vice President of the United States,
and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, I became by
an inscrutable Providence President of this great
nation. It is now for the country to judge of my
action. When in the midst of faction and, I
might say diabolism, I stood up for the Constitu
tion of my country, and.after an absence of eight
years, rata now in your midst to receive this
welcome. After having filled all the positions in
the gift of the people. I can, in the lang.uatre of
Samuel of old, say "Whose ass have I taken,and
whose ox have I taken, or from whose hand have
I received a bribe to blind mine eyes with," &c.
Would to God that others could say the same. I
wish that others could say that they have not
violated the Constitution. And now let me say,
and it is in no spirit of egotism I can. say to this
people that I have not violated the confidence of
he people. Whom have I betrayed? The very beat
energies of my life have been devoted for the good
of the people, and trader all circumstances I have
been able to bear up under the anathemas of my
enemies. I now feel more pride and honor in
stepping into private life than being inaugurated
again President over the ruins of a violated Con
stitution. Let me say toyou again, that when
vice prevails, I would rather be a private citizen.
The time was, when party spirit prevailed—when
my friend, Mr. Nelson, and I used to discuss
great national questions, he a Whig, and I a De
mocrat. ,- We honestly differed in reference to
the construction. of the Constitution, but now
we are upon the same platform. [Here there was
some disturbance, and Mr. Johnson said, "Your
attention, if you please.l This thing is at an end
with me now, but I must say to you that there
is danger approaching, and I feel it my duty to
put you upon your guard, There is an arbitrary
Cougreea, that assumes to dictate to the people.
The time has come when the people must arouse
and declare their rights under the Constitution,
for the Constitution belongs to the people. If
Congress can wipe out all liberty, you had better
have a Prince to rule over you. J Hera he made
about the same remarks that - he "made at Balti
more. 1... He further remarked: I did not intend at
this thee to say what I have, but I felt it to be my
duty, as a conservator of the Constitution thus
early to warn you of approaching danger. There
has been much said about Slavery of late years,
at I have been the greatest slave for the last
four years in all the land. I can now say that 1
am a free man. lam not in power a slave, but
in private life a sovereign. But I must attain eall
your attention to the Constitutlep, and would
say that it it is not rescued from usurpers in the
next two years, our Constitution and country,
with all our civil liberties, will tal gone. I see
before me many of my old friends, but many of
them have gene the way of all the earth; they
sleep that sleep that knows no waking. Where
are some of the old men that took me by the
hand in my youth? Where are the Hardins, the
Joneses, the Simses and others? They have paid
the debt of nature years ago. I have come
back to live here among you the remainder of
my life, and if it is the will of Providence, to die
and be buried here. Will you not let an old
man, after he has borne the burden of his coun
try for many years, and spent his time for his
country's good, come back and live with you the
remainder of his days? are therd any that will
deny him a little earth to lay away his body? Is
there one here so unkind that would deny me a
little resting place when I shall have passed from
the land of defamation and persecution ?
Although my public career is ended, (here one
cried out, "We differ with you.") yet I will go as
far as any other to relieve my country from rain.
If I can'tdo any better I will take the advice of
the elder Cato to his eon when he went oat to
west Cusar, "Go, repair to the Temple, and
then, If nothing more can be done, I wilt lift my
prayer to heaven, that my country may be re
,tored from its rains." And now, my country
men, accept my sincere thanks for your kind re
ception to-day. This will ever be a green spot
in my memory, and as long as there is a pulsa
tion in my heart I will remember this occasion.
May the blessings of an All-Wise Providence rest
upon you.
The forepart of the day was unite unpleasant,
Jut toward noon the rain ceased. There were
•uure drunken men in town to-day than have
, Cell here for years. There were several fights
.ad arrests made, and many were imprisoned.
While I have been writing several abuts have
Jeer' fired from a cannon. The boys also are ea
:aged in fireworks. The President and family
sere serenaded by the members of the band.—
rrthune.
A...rtii BREWS TER
A telegram from Paris announces the death in
that city on Monday of this prominent Mexican
general and politician. He was born in Mexico
during the latter part of the last century, re
ceived a fine education, and early distinguished
himself as a man of ability and an officer of skill
and courage. During the Texan war he served
as a general officer under Santa Anna, and was a
participant in the "massacre of the Alamo"
the records of which were found in his
journal. At the battle of San Jacinto his con
vieuous gallantry was rewarded by President
bustamente, who appointed him Secretary
of War—a position he filled with success, the sup
pression of the insurrection headed by Urrea in
1840 being due to the energy and courage he dis
played. During the latter part of the same year,
however, a successful revolution drove Busts,
tu ente from power, depriving Almonto of his
ince. Possessing but slender means he was
forced to make a livelihood as lecturer on sciences
in the city of Mexico, until his appointment as
Mexican Minister to Washington, where ho
remained for several years, making numer
ous friends by his suave manners, digni
fied bearing and undoubted talents. After
he suspension of diplomatic relations
between this country and Mexico he represented
his government at the French and British Courts,
until the return to power of his friend Santa
Anna in 1853, when he was sent again to Wash
ington. In 1856 the downfall of the dictator no
casioned his removal from the Uni ed States; but
he was not allowed to "rairin long in retirement,
he being shortly after appointed Minister to
England. In 1861 the allied intervention took
place, which culminated in the re-establishing of
the empire. Almonte, ever opposed to the lib°,
role, lost no opportunity to urge the French Em
peror to the course he subsequently pursued. In
the, midst of tbe.:dissensions between the
allied commanders he-arrived at Vera,Crtia with
letters from Napoleon, which gave to the inter
is no statesman in all our land whose history and
career I review with more pride. /nail your ex
altation by the people you have never denied nor
been ashamed of your origin and business. Com
mencing life spoor ignorant boy, you have ar
rived at the culminating point of honor in our
nation.
OBITUARY.
Juan Wepomuceno Almonte.
vemtion a new but not altogether ultexPecteff
feature. England and Spain withdrew from the
alliance. France continued the work of establish
ing a new order of things in Mexico. Almonte
' declared himself dictator, and proceeded to or
ganize an army which m ade itself notorious ibr
. Its excesses. When Maximilian watrproclaimed
Emperor that unfortunate Prince bestowed
many marks of favor, upon the deceased,
at one time appointing him head' of the
Imperial household. The suppression of the
rebellion in the United States and the de
cisive attitude assumed by the government ren
dered the chances of imperial success uncertain.
The French troops were announced la be with
drawn, and Almorrte was sent on a mission to
France. Be failed, however, to aid Maximilian,
although it is but justice to his memory to admit
that he made every possible effort to induce Na
poleon to keep his formes in Mexico a few months
longer. After the downfall of the Empire and
execution of the Emperor the deceased took np
his residence in Paris, where he lived until his
death. General Almonte was a man of rare
abilities and varied attainments. But few natives
of Mexico can boast of the high mental culture
he possessed.—Herald.
Pierre Swage Insane.
(From the , New Orleans Bee of March 203
In the Second District Court, Judge Dap'antler,
Pews. Cbarvet and Duplantler, of counsel, have
Hiedpetition of Allain Eustis, of this city, pray
ing for the interdiction of Hon. Pierre Soul&
The petition represents that Pierre Sonid, re•
siding In this city, le and has been for several
months past laboring under an habitual state of
insanity, whieh is notorious and apparent to all
who see him, or converse with him, and that
owing to said state of insanity he is utterly In
competent to take care of his person or to ad
minister his estate; and that all of his acts show
clearly that he is out of his right mind.
Petitioner further shows, that Pierre Soule was
parried to Armantine Mercier, now deceased,and
that the sole issue of said marriage is one son,
Nelvil Soule, of lawful age; that Pierre Soule is
owner of property, movable and immovable, in
this city, and that owing to the insanity aforesaid
be cannot administer the same; that he is living
at the place aforesaid - under the care of his daugh
ter-in-law. Mrs. Angella de Sentmanat, wife of
Nelvil Soule, the said Nelvil Soak) being at present
in a delicate Mate df health;that she has doneevery
thing in herpower,and employed the best medical
aid and assistance to cure him, but without suc
cess; that your petitioner having been requested,
as an intimate friend and relative, by the said
Mrs. Soule, to provoke the' interdiction of the
said Pierre bottid, he is- tinder the painful neces
sity of applying to this Honorable Court for his
interdiction; and that the said Pierre Soule be
interdicted as an insane person. And petitioner
prays for general relief.
Upon a supplemental petition Jtidge Duvig
neand appointed Allain Eustis, the petitioner, as
temporary administrator for the preservation of
the movable and immovable property of the said
Pierre Soule.
THE COURTS.
Quesraa BEsamms--Judge Peirce.—Thomas Camp
bell was acquitted of a charge of malicious mischief.
in breaking a carriage. The evidence showed that
Mr. Campbell was dnying a milk wagon, when. owing
to the sudden stoppage °Mite prosecutor's carriage in
advance, the two vehicles came into contact.
Seemems Comer—Chief Justice Thompson, and Jus
tices Read, Agnew and Williams.—The list for War
ren, &e., 14 still before the Court.
* IT(eEJKEN .
This Oratorio, which the Handel and Haydn Society
will perform on Thursday night, has always been
esteemed one of RoesinPe best works. Its extreme
difficulty has, however, prevented its general use, as
its solos, concerted music and Instrumentation tax the
highest resources of artists who attempt them. The
array of names selected by the Society is a. guarantee
that they have spared no efforts to make it a good per
formance, while the selection of the present week
seems peculiarly appropriate to the subject.
The story of the Oratorio follows closely the sacred
narrative. It opens during the plague of thick dark
ness. while Pharaoh and the people are supplicating
for light. The king sends for Moses and entreats him
to pray for their deliverance, promising no longer to
stay the departure of the Israelites. Light returns at
the invocation of the Prophet,and Pharaoh grants per.
mission for their departure, which permission is again
wilt drawn. In the midst of his haughty refusal.comes
the awful storm of hail and rain. Pharaoh still re=
tains hie defiant spirit, which finally results in the de
struction of the firet- born of Egypt. The Oratorio con
cludes with the triumphant chorus of the Israelites
alter their passage through the Red Sea.
Through the long lapse of ages thea3 events have
been commemorated be their descendants until the
closing occurrences in the life of Jesus of Nazareth
added to the solemnity with which this week hen been
invest ed,azid. renders the performance of this Oratorio
peculiarly appropriate at. this time.
We are glad to notice that the Society open the
upper tiers at a reduced price, as many who would not
otherwise do so, and who appreciate these perform
ances, can attend.
As the Oratorio is of moderate length. we hope that
no one will leave before the conclusion of the last
chorus, and we suggest the importance of a prompt
commencement.
—At the Walnut, to-night, k'uct/ Play will be pre
ented .
—Tho Field of the Cloth of Cold continues to draw
large audit nces at the Chestnut.
—For this evening a miacellaneons entertainment la
annonnced at the American.
—On Tuesday evening neat, at Concert Hall,a grand
concert will be given, under the auspices o( Mr. Thos.
E. Harkins. Among the artists who will appear, we
may mention Mrs. Mozart, Miss Caroline IdeCaffery,
Mr. Rudolph Beunig, and Mr. George Simpson. The
programme will be very attractive.
—Mr. James E. Murdoch has recovered from his re
cent attack of illness, and will deliver his famous ad
oress—Recollections and lalpreesions of Abraham Lin
coin—at the Academy of Music, on next Saturday
evening. Mr. Murdoch's enviable reputation as an or
a or, and the remarkable record of kis patriotic cervi
ces during and since the war, are enough to attract a
crowded audience on this occasion. The proceeds are
to be devoted to the benefit of the soldiers' orphans in
the Northern Hume and the Lincoln Institution.
—For her benefit, this evening, at the Arch, Mies
Fanny Davenport offers a most attractive bill. Mr. B.
L. Davenport will appear in one of his very finest
characters—" Rover," in the comedy of Wad Oats—and
Uraiu's burlesque, Barba Bieue, will be given, with a
farce to complete the entertainment.
—Mr. Hemple will have a benefit, in a first-rate bill,
at the Arch on Saturday night.
—The Jape will exercise themselves at the Theatre
Comique this evening.
—On Wedmisday, the list inst., MaiMaretzek will
begin a brief season of Italian Opera in the Academy
of Music. The troupe contains Miss Kellogg, Madame
De La Grange, Mies Agatha States, Miss McCulloch,
Theodore Habelmann, Signor Antornicci,Herr Formea,
and other great artists. During the season Meyer
beer's great opera, Le Prophet I, will he produced in
splendid style. Don Giovanni, Fra Dinvolo, Crispin,
Foust and Belisario will also be given. The sale of
seats will begin at Trampler's music store to-morrow
morning, and there will, of course, be a rush for them.
Probably this will be the last opportunity during the
present season to enjoy legitimate operatic perform
ances. Miss Kellogg will depart for Europe in the
summer, so this will he her farewell engagement, and
the only chance to hear her, perhaps, for many years.
She is a great favorite in tins city, and would be a suf
ficient attraction without the other artiste, all of whom,
however, are good. The operas above mentioned are
among the best that could have been selected. The
Prophet has been given, we believe, but a single time
in this city. It is a magnificent composition, and it
will be brounla out here in the most elegant manner,
with an immense chorus, a good coat, and superb ap
pointments.
At Musical Fund Hall, this evening, Johanna and
Willie Hese. in combination with several well-known
artists, will give a concert.
—On Friday night next, at Musical Fund Ball, Mr
Carl Gaertner will give his last clasalcal some of the
season. The following programme win be uttered:
Quintette, op. .. ... .... . . .7deridelesolin.
By 112 e Philadelphia Classical Qtduletto Cinb.
Soprano Solo—(The °nog Nan)............5chubert.
' By a Pu.
Plano Solo—(Novollottoa, op. 2 pil 1) Schumann.
Prof. John F. flimmdlebacti.
Ll ' . . ............. aydn.
Andante and Variations.
For two Violins, Viols and Violopcello.
Recitativ and Axle... .. . • . . . —Beethoven.
(Abacheulicher wo oilet Du
in.)
By a Pupil.
Quintotte iu E flat; No. ts.
By the Qtantette Club.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FACTS AND FAIIICIF.St.
—An ox hide ow exhibition itelEh . m Annetta"
has a superficial atnfhce of 145 spun° fest; .
—ltaly listened tn twenty-two. flew at
operas last year.
—Unity, N. H., is evenly balanced! It tow'
tains a populatioh of 460 males and 460; females.
—Brignoli Is forming a traveling troupe for o.
Southern and Weatern tour. Rosalie Durand(
and Signor Ronconi will )be among Its members:.
—But one descendant of Kant, the grekt
man phllosopher,is pow iiving,and he 11911' pau tre r
In Calm, Prussia. He is a raendi-Kant, of course.
—The burning of dead bodies Is being strongly'
advocated in Paris. It is thought that the Frond s%
Assembly may make cremation legal.
—A , society for the protection of babies- ler
Paris, gives medals to the most careful; nuns.;
and to mothers who suckle their own infantso,
—The Duke of Aumale writes sharpleadent.
on the Emperor Napoleoni. for the London.
Times.
—A Path-paper gives some news about "IWIL.
C: and E. /hawker, better known as the Siamese
twins."
—Colorado la to raise Cashmere goats. Shit
have already been imported for breeding par
poses.
• —A Kentucky paper announces itself as the
"OrKan °tithe People and of the Bourbon. ,
Whieky Trade."
—Liszt has positively refused to plarat a con
cert soon to be given at Budz-Pesth. lie declined' ,
on principle.
—France will celebrate extensively the centen
ary anniversary otthe birth of the first Napoleon,
on the 16th orAugnet next.
—John Stuart Mill says all reforms "have to
pass through tbiee stages—ridicule, argument and
adoption."
—At a classical theatre in Edinburgh, a sonata
of Beethoven's was performed netween the "bare
back acts."
—A Bt. Lads paper commends the Countess of
Baerndorf, who is playing there, for her "lady—
like habits."
—Martin Pasehond, the writer, was run over'
by a velocipede while on his way to condole with
Lamartine's family, and lies at the point of death.
—S. man in Independence, Missouri, was tried
for stealing a pig. The defence was that the ar
ticle stolen was a hog, and on that plea the prhi
oner got clear.
—The expenses of the convent - case recently
tried in London were two hundred thousand dot
hire in gpld. It is a costly thing to be a "Fiattrin
human girl."
—lt is reported that Barney Williams- has
bought the Moffatt mansion in Union BeaariA,
New York, intending to erect a new theatre at
a cost of $200,000.,
—lt is said the temperance lecturers, in ap
pealing to the topers to choose between Alchobal.
and Sobriety, exclaim: "Under which King,
Benzineian?"
—Plus the Ninth is in good health and making
great preparationsfor the celebration of the fif
tieth anniversary of his entrance into the priest
hood, which falls on April U.
—lt is estimated that the snow in Tuckemian'is
ravine, in the White Mountains, is at least.*
thousand feet deep. Hopes are entertained of *
magnificent soow-areh there next 4uPatt
—knoble Ceinglan shot the Methodist Rim.
Samuel Anthony and killed him for solemnizing
the marriage of his step-daughter without his
consent. _ •
—Dickens is going to give a "morning read
ing" at the request of the actors of Kondon.
whose professional engagements preclude their
hearing him in the evening.
—The Springfield Republican says of the late
Hon. James Guthrie : "He was a man of sense.
and for a Kentuckian, of some moderation, bat
was never equal to his reputation."
—Bishop Ames, of the Methodist Chunk, de.
dared in a conference held at Alexandria, Va...
that "tobacco was doing more harm to the
Church than whisky."
—An imperial ukase from St. Peterabgrg de
crees that all noble Polish families must prove
the validity of their titles by documentarrevi••
dence before the let of July next, or lose their
rights to assume them.
—Jersey City folks still exhibit the old tumble
down carpenter shop In which Patti, who now,
sings for thousands of dollars nightly, made her
musical debut. What better place to appear on
the boards ?
—The "distinguished American statesmen'
whom the Moscow Gazette claims to have ena•aged
as ita correspondent from the United states, la be
lieved to be no other than Bayard Taylor. At
least the Paris Peal)le says so.
—"Has your husband got naturalized??' lnr
quired an energetic politician or a roaust female.
Got natural eyes!" was the response, In an In—
dignant tone; "yes, be goray; and natural tothe.,
too'"
—A California paper announces that the snonr
shoe races were about to begin in a neighboring
town, and adds: "Considerable sport may be ex
pected. One tnan has already broken his. leg
practieing on the track."
—The musical pitch controversy has found an
echo in Italy, and the writer of an article in La:
Seen : congratulates singers on the probability
of a change being made in the English diapason,
hitherto found , to be very trying to new comer&
—The Grant excitement on the 4th of March
must have been very general in Germany. The
accession of the victor of Vicksburg,was cele
brated at least at eighty or ninety different places
in the Fatherland. Half a dozen poets of merit
had promised to recite odes on the occasion.
—A Washington correspondent reports that
the "two Be,"
or Hancock and Hoffman, are
freely spoken of by representative Democrats at
the Capital as suitable standard-bearers of the
party at the next Presidential election. "H's"
are nothing if their asidrations are net attended
to.
—A lunatic lodged in a bedroom at the Farwell
Honed in Chicago, the other day, locked himself
in, and began smashing every thing. He waa
cap $ ed, after a severe tight with about thirty
pet" , armed with sponges saturated with
chl $ rm.
—Ab old lady lately • applied for a pension In
Indiana as the widow of a soldier of 1812, stating
that her husband was lost on the Ohio river
In 1847. The Department replied that the soldier
was still living and receiving a pension In Ten
nessee. The old lady is now alter the truant of
twenty-two years.
—The Postmaster at Venice, Ohio, has for the
last two years kept a memorandum of the various
ways in which the name of his post-office was
spelled. The number is seventy-one, and among
the " worst spells " arei " Wannes," " Ponlge,.
" Venue," " Wannus " and " Woernels."
—line of the Mobile papers endeavors to de
lude its readers with the idea that the book write.
ten by pirate Semmes was well received
when the tact is that they condemned the booN
itself nod the taste displayed by the 'author itilsl
suing it, in much harsher terms than Wero4o
- upon It In the northern States. , •
• .
—A moralist took his daughter to see the
Siamese Twine. "Observe, Prudence, My. dear,tt
he remarked to her, "observe the care exercised
by Providence which united these two enigma;
and think what a heavy and f wearlfunne fetter
might that membrane which attaches : them to- ,
cether have been, if, Instead of -being. brothers,
they had been strangers to each other. " .
—A friend of ours writes us: "My eldest son
was born on Patrick's eve; ‘besides, my father'm
name was Patrick. He was baptized on Bt.
Patrick's day, in Bt. Patrick's Church (Belfast),
by the Rev. Patrick MeAuly. There were eleven
children to be baptinPd, all boys, with different
names (intended), but rather McAuly suggested
a ensue°, and the whole batch were earriod offer
young Patricks!"—Boston Pilot.