GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor; VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 2. •THE EVENING- BULLETIN. PimMBBXO BTKBT EVEMtHO, (Bundaya excepted), U THE SEW BIIItETIJI 607 Cbeetnut Hlreet, Philadelphia, , BVENIHa BULLETIN ASSOCIATION, _ •• ■■ nortlBTOM. •'' ••:’»»- - grflaoH peacock, gasper bolder, jb.. Tie Bhuxthi la aerved to snbseribctt In the city at 18 Mats per week, payable to the or 88 per annum. WEDDIHa CARDS, INVITATIONS .JfORPAB *vties.**. New style*. - mason aoo„ sugtß - •• ■ ■ " - SO7 Chestnut street, WEDDING INViTATIONB ENGRAVED IN THE T» Newest, and. best manner, LoltJß DREKA, Sts ttoniwr end Engraver. MBB Cbestnnt street. feb ath-tf MABHIED. BEAMER-PAGAN.-Ou the Sih Inst, in Wubtng ton, V. C„ by Hie Kev. M’. Hweel, Mr. George L. Bo»- mor, (of Philadelphia, to Mice Fannie Pagan, ofOeorge townj D. C.’ .■ -- ■. DIED. BAETON.—On Sunday nigh?, 11th Inst., in bis 23th year. William 11. Barton, sun of Samuel and Maria Barton. Doe notice will be given of the fnneraL I DBINKER.—In Ibis city, on Sunday afternoon, tie lltb jnat, Hannah Drinkor,daughteronhe late Henry b. Drinker.’ MUIEIIT.—On tfao 11th lnat,, Daniel 8. Merritt. M. D. Bis male relatives and Mends are invited to attend the funeral, from hl» late residence tots C inton street, cn Wednesday, I4ih insu, at 8 o'clock P. M, To pro ceed to Laurel llill. ” Mci;ALLITM.-On tne 10th Inst., Citharloe Mc- Oa'lum. The relatives and friends of ibe family are respect fully Invited to a 1 tend the funeral, from her residence, No. 1182 Pine street, on Wednesday afternoon, at 1 o’clock. *•* OPBINQ GLOVES—FIKdC QUALITY ONLY. „„ O EYRE ft LANDKLL rOGKTtI AND ARCH. KEEP ONLY THE BKBI GLOVES. ■ . CHOICE OPRI’-U COLORS. BLACK AMD WUJiB. sizes from « to 8. SPECIAL, NOTICES. S®* fortub KKEGTKINOPPUBUCBUI'.D.MJ*. Kmr.AUELFUtA. April 6, 1869. Detijcns for new Public Budding#, be erocud on lo deperdtsoe Square, in the city of Philadelphia, with tperifitatios*. and estimates for Ve ■a m e,w'U be re ceived at fbn OKI* ICB OF THE “DEPAHTMEST OP fcCRVEt 8» M ho riW South FIFTH streetuntU the FIRST DAY OP fcEPrKMWKft next, at 19 VI Architect* intending to submit plana wilt receive clr cularßCortalniDg fulMn'onnnUon a« to the general char acter of the proresrtf bullrings, the amount or accotn iuotfatitD to be pioridrd, Ac., by applying, either per penally or by letter, to the tmderdgned. Secretary of the Board of ConimiMionc’e, at the southwest corner of Walnut and Fifth street*. ~, . , , A premium of $9,000 will be paid for the de*i*n poivw tog themovtsnerir, tiMv for the second bt*L BMW for the third, and AMO for the fourth. The dectrion upon the zneritaof thOPtasa to bemade, and the premiums to be awarded* by the Board d Commtiidoaeit, on or before the ftntou of Octob* r r ext. at IS 11. All rejected plan a ill be returned. IfyoTdcr of the Board of *" * ap7 Wtfrp mar MjTICE.—APPLICATION WILL BE MADE Bw bvthe uiidersfgijed t* the Lrpwrtment of HUhoijs No IMSouth Elf turr et. on BATURDA». the3ttblari at 1J o'clock M ' a Contract lor ’'avia* Uarrtaan -tree’., 11 otu Main •>- ,o Willow itreet, In tbe T venty-thlrd Ward, tbe following named persons having slimed a coo trici therefor, eta.: H R. A) cn, Lynford HowknL <J. H. Otbe, tivrou Woodward aba: In P. Holmes. Anthony WrozcU, Lewis HllU slice Cooney, Emma C. Woodwa-d, io btn tboan, Joan abal'erosa. Jaxnca A- Knorr, Joiopn B. Kmp. Samuel H.J’erhlns. All persons Interested may ‘ t L“"i»«ss ut ““ ,rTU “ u S^B^E^^S'p^H^^ASBOCIA- (Tuesday, £VESI ? O - i‘df«V». H. BYPHEH, Erq- „ - Ocettihs /or di*co**Jon: ** (Should JTc I*l Ab * ttnenoo be u» iodiJOezuoble reqawito to Cburefc Hembenhlp 7" RecitvUoßßbj stkuei K- Mi7KiXK;u. k*q Vocal ood IfißtraxDeoUl Mublc. Thopabllo trefn«f cd. ■was. NATIONAL UNION f LUJS n „„„ ■w 1101 CHESTNUT BTRSFn\ Fsiusiusie April I3,JSW. Tbe Annual Meetingof the Club will beixeld on TUES DAY. Uth luet., between tbe boon of Sand Bo’cljet when an election ol officer, to oerve lh« eo.ulas yew- win takepUce. PAULJ FlELD.Preddcnt wo. Tim. fcl L MtItIUCK. Becvr. apUfStrpl MD» OFFICE of’TUB AMERICAN FIBS IXBUR- A&'CB COMPANY. PmuDiuDU, April la. 1869. The Directors here tble dap declared a dlrideud of Seven Dollars and Fifty i>oU per ehareforthi la-teU Booth*. which will be paid te the Stockholder* or their k-*al reprefontatives, on asd after t.e J!d loe'e- Ufree frcir i'l t&il& A. O. 1> IiHAWruBU, Becretary NOTICE.—THE AN n UAL ELECTION FOR Preeldeot »nd Manaeen of the Elmira and Wd lUnoro-t Railroad Ceropanr will beheld at their office No. aw Walnut street, on MONDAY, May Bd. at U gclock. X| ' Id. Pa UClUbOt apll m.w.f till myS Secretary. BATUB. 1100 GIRARD STREET,TWO SQUARES FROM THE CONTINENTAL. " Ladles' department strictly private. Open day and evening. »>> W gfrf- HOWARD UUBPITAL. NOB- 1618 and I6l> U>* a** 7 bard a tree t, Diapepeary Department—Medical treatment *&d medicine inxnlabed gratuitously to too poor ____ IMPOKTATIONB. „ Reported for Iho Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. LONDON-Bark Gyda. Lovold-S » indee E T .lackaon; 1047 vrt old rails J E Usaloy A Co: :■ bales wo4 John A James Dobson: ICO k> g» (3 eks mdse French. Richards A Co :'O9 bbla Ven red H Karsten; Quantity of chalk Hai» A 1 rat: lease H L Neaball; 3 Btooa scrap Iron Naylor A Co; Bun pfgslesd John T Lotria A Bro: 4 bales oeeoa matting 1 esse mdro order i AhDXFK—Bark Ella Moore, Marrters-622 tons rail ro>d lion Nailer A Co. dIAJiLNJBi MUJUUBTIM. PORT OF pnn.tnm.PßlA-AraiL 13. BT&e Marine Bulletin m Inside Pa at. ARRIVED THIS DAY. • BhtkEll* Moore (Br), Mantere. « days from C irdlll with railroad iron to Naylor A Co—verfljl to Workman dt Oo Bcb'r Lehman Blew. Blew. 1 days from Wood's Bole, with guano to J B Reeie A Co. . Bsbr ids U Burgess, 6 days from Boston, with mdse to Knight A Bona. _ CLEARED THIS DAY. Bsrk Cairo (Br). Carroll, Antwerp, C C Van Horn. Brig Lot h Lommond. Griffin. Zaaa, E \ Bonder A Co. B'lg Alhalroea tmitb, Bt John, Mb via Portland, Me. J E Bailor A. Co. „ Brhr Foam. Honan. Norwich, Booth Walter A Co. Bohr Teripc.-t, Hand do do fcchr Read RKNo 48, Smith, Brooklyn. Slnnlckion A Co. Bchr Momlug Light, Ireland, Non Haven, do MEMORANDA. Ship D McPherson, Mason, entered out at Liverpool 36th nIL lor tble port. Ship Herald ef the Morning, Wlnsor, cleared at Boston loth inst for San Francisco. . „ .. , . Bblp Nydla (Br). Thompson, cleared at Mobile 7th Inst for Liverpool, With 3890 bales cotton, weighing 1,188.733 poundavslmdat $35&1W85. Bieamer Fault*. Freeman, henco at N York vesterday. Steamer Orltntal, Snow, ctearod at Boeton 10th uut. f 'sterume? liberty, Roed, from Baltimore via Havana, at I 'BteamerNobrarka l (Br). Gnard, from Liverpool Both nit. ■via Queenstown aist, with 1023 parsengers. at Now York 7 8tcamerLadona. Hovoy. at New Orleans 7tk Inst, from Volunteer, Jones from Wilmington, NO. at Hammond, cleared at London 81st H'resto?" Brown, from Antwerp for this port, at Ferreira, was loading at Lisbon 37th nit, to sail soon for this port. Brig Ruth, Curphy, from Rio Janeiro 13th Feb. at New <> SehrZ , BtooimaD, Adams bonce at Wilmington, NO. 9th H Mills, Mills, cleared at Wilmington, NC. 9th il Bchr MarlomLeppert, hence at New Orlesna 7th lost. Bchr J B Johnson, Smith, hence at Wlokford Hth Inst. Bchr'lranstt, Kacnett. hence at Warren4th lust Bcbrs Montana, Parker, from Somerset for this pgrtanl N U Skinner,Thrasher, from Dlgbtonfor do, sailed from Newport Bth Inst. _ , Snhr Goidod Basic. Howes from Warren for this port, at Now. York yesterday. BchisM Vanar.Jr. Cnryelle. from Plymouth, and J E Sawyer, Btubo. from New Haven, hotl) .(or this port, at New York Yesterday. GRENOBLE WALNUTa-35 BALES NEW An Crop shell Grenoble Walmtia landing and for ealehy JUS. B. BUSBIER A CO.. 108 South Delaware avenue. White castile soap—loo boxes genuine WhlteCaaiile Soap, landing from brig Pennsylvania, from Genoa, and for sale uy JOB. B. BUBBIEtt A CO., 108 South Delaware avenue ■VTEW.CROP ARABIAN DATRS.-100 MATTS. P'NE AN qusiiiy, landing and for sale by JOB. B. BUSBIER A CO„ 108 South Delaware avenus Bely Week-Palm Nnndny at. St. I*eler"«—Tire Crowd and ibe Cinth- Nlnßulflrent Cureinqnlca—Uleaalnn ol •be I'uluia—lbe iHutric, Ac. [Correspondence of the Phtiada. Evening Bnlletln.] Bomb, Piazza diSpaosa, 23d March, 1860. As this is Holy Week, all the world.in Rome is occupied in ths pursuit of the vat ions religious ceremonies under difficulties. The crowd which will usetmblo to bear the famous Misereres at the Blstlno will bo something frightful to encounter. Four babdred ladies only can be accommodated in the Siellne Chops), sod at least four thousand tltkcis ere Irsuejl. Tbo thing will ol course work Just as if there were no tickets sent out at all; ibe first comer will faro tbo best. Boodsy was Palm Sunday, and although we bed been up quite late the previous evcuiog at Miss Cushman's last reception of the season (which by tbo way was a brilliant affair, and I will mention It farther on), we were on the way to St. Peter's by 7% o’clock. The morning wa„ cloudy, and every little while rain sprinkled over the hurrying crowd which whirled by in every direction. St. Peter’s is the main object of attraction to ihc fores tiers, of course; but the varions churches iu Bourn,the convents and other religious hoarej have each and all their ceremonies, and the mi joilly of Italians go thither on ail these feast" days. The crowd in the streets was a curious one io tbo new comer, for all sorts of persons wer abroad. Women in rebosas, or veils; men in knee-bieeches and cocked hats; Cardinals’ ser vsnts »lik mantles; baskets filled with the things called “palrnr;" “fiys” or "traps” dashing aloug, whose drivers were reckless of their horses' knees and the lives of their employers; line private car riages and Cardinals' bright 6Carlet and gold coaches; soldiers and beggars, gypsies and every body. Through the kindness of Monsignor Nardl, we had two tickets to the San Andrea baloooy.or log *U—a balcony on one of the four piers that sap' port the great dome; and, through another Mind's courtesy, I hod a ticket to the Military Tribune. Thus my party was free from the crowd that inched pell-mell to the gronpaof Sint, call'd "tnbunet” that are erected on either sldr of the High Altar, and at the bases of the fron< piers of the dome. Of course, enough tickets had been issued to fill these tribunes ten times over. a C. PUGH, Secretary. At cix o'clock "the early birds that catch tbi woim ’ were at 8L Peter’s, waiting to seize the drat chance to eecnre a seat. The Innocent new comers who thought tbat the possession of the broad, large, blue paper order, which their bank ers had gracloualy sent them, wonld certainly >ecnie them a seat, took the matter more tlcureiy. Many of thorn are rich; have Jeeme* Yellow plushee and lady’s maids, couriers and coaches, tbat make those who walk on the round, muddy stones, crack a commandment more than once. Bo these comfortable persons rose at a reasona ble boor; ate their breakfasts; and U they were well-to-do Ameilcans, doubtless grumbled at Italian cooking, and pined for the seven kinds of hot bread to be bad "at home.” Then they walked down through marble halls and stately staircases, and lelt very grand when numberless able-bodied white men—men withont votes— touched .their hats as the wealthy forest Uri passed. My compatriots doubtless thought it as good as being a Major-General, a Cabinet of Seer, or that unknown, half-envied, half-despised thing—a foreign nobleman. Bat once In 8t Peter's, their wings began to fall; they found themselves mortal, mammae' and daughters’ cosily lace veils and shawls were rent in tatters; rich Pails-made black silks with train* and paniers, flounces and fringes, velvets and what-nots were trampled on ruthlessly, and Ut. poor things were fanslled hither and thither with out ceremony. The solemn, Imposing blue ticket,bearing on It in choice Italian: “Sagri Palazzi jipaslolicia Vonunica dtUa Palme-, Bolenne Funzione-tKI! Basilica Vaticana (iacred Apostolical Palaces. Palm Sunduj; Solemn Functions of the Vatican Basilica), they found of no more use than Bj much common brown wrapplng-papor. The tickets had on them also the imposing stamp of the Major Domo of the apostolical palace and tho name of their banker; and besides there were threo or four lines In elegant Italian, which re quested them to dress In a certain costume, and maintain the decorum which the place and cere mony required. Their costume wsb blameless; but as for decorum, that was out of the question, There sat “the early birds" In the very tribune eeata lo which their tickets told them they were entitled. Free-born Americans, who had gone through the blood and debt of a civil war In order lo learn the meaning of law, order, obe dience and eubmissslon to ofllclal decrees,and the value of a bona fide government, to be served this aay ! A friend of oars stood near each a crowd of our Injured compatriots. “Here’s onr ticketi!” thundered pater familial. snatching the orders from the cunning courier, who was immediately non eat invenlue. "U— n that stuttering courlei!"the Irate papa mat ured; "I’ll dismiss him tomorrow; and as for these bowing apes, I’ll report them. I am en titled to the seals and I'll have them.” "Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys aio marching," and a flic of Swiss Guards interrupted pater fumiliae In his career oi indignant dofence of bis rlgbtf; he and his feminines, with their ruffled plumage, were driven out into the grand nave, which can never bo crowded. By this time he bad recovered blB tenses, and the lost decorum which the valueless bine ticket In his hand requested him (o observe. Growling and grumbling, this party and others In similar circumstances, wandered around tho vast nave during the ceremonies, and caught glimpses ef the processions here and there; while some,more enterprising than others, pushed Into thectowd of soldiers and officers near the high altar and absis, and clambored up od the marble ledges of the piers. From my high position, with the aid of an’eye glnES, I could Belze on (he tout ensemble. The balcony in which I wob is'far above the statue of San Andies that stands in an alcove on the pier; this slutne is 16 feet high, and so far above the base of the pier, that no tall man can. touch even the base of its pedeslal. I was on a line with the angels on the summit of the grand bal dacblno of the high altar.Tbus I was able to look down with cowfortubla composure on tho bust ling crowd.beneath me. It Is a beautlinl sight. I have read volumes of descriptions of these great Fostas at Bt. Peter’s, BBBOPEAN AFFAIRS ustUß riioa Bone* PBILADELLHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1869; and so have yon; therefore I Wilt not take np my time cor yours inn repetition of them. There is toomnch going on in Romo or vital Interest for a letter-writer to waste any time In using one flake of. that sometimes very, necessary'material; "padding." I have seen every great ceremony so far from ibis San Andrea Loggia—Christmas' Day, St Peter’s ,Chair Feast, Candlemas;* Palm Sunday; and If I live through this week'slabors. I sh il be able to. add the Isivande, or Washingof the Apostles’ Feet, and Easter Sunday, to my list,for I have Ban‘ Andrea - Loggia tickets to both' forctfons. The ceremonies of Palm Sunday resemblo the others In 'some general points. The. Pope is car rlcd through the church with a procession at all I'utslnf; at Christmas and Easter he has a canopy . uid the famous 'feather fans on either side o him. At Cacdletfias the lighted cradles form «" p< cullar feature, and on Palin Sunday tho palms ■re the prominent objects. There paisas are not the green or half-withered branches of the, palm or the box, which- last, is osed in America; but they are the palm lex dried, bleached, and, as they say in Rome shoot everything madenp by hand into any form,“artis * tically woiked.” - The members of tbeCimaldol • onveate plait and form them Into their faotastl al shapes, and the palms come from Ban Remo— :t liitie place on the Genoese shore. One family— the Brtsca—has enjoyed the monopoly of supply iog Easter Palms to the Vatican Basilica, for it arly three hundred years, ever since the time Fontana raised that gieat Heliopolis Obelisk ol the Vatican, during the papacy of Sixtus V. lory, or Murray, or Harper' has told yoo their pretty story of young Bretca and the wet roper ong ago; and on the walls of the Vatican Library $ on have seen the fresco that commemorates tbL> i act, which is as “fine as fiction;” sol need not waste epaco In repeating it. The ceremony of blessing palms nsed to take place in a little church, Santa Marla in Juris, and after the benediction a procession headed 1 by the Pope went to St. Peer’s. There was another pious custom in those far-off days, whlffi has also :allen into disuse, lam sorry to say. A. copy of be Holy Gospels was always carried aloft in the <>out of the procession, as representing the pre sence of our Blessed Lord triumphant. The music on Palm Sunday was beautiful— Credo by Vittorio, Stabat and Offertory by Palestrina, and Becedictns, by Bain',- but nothing i baTe ever heard has equaUtd the divine effect ol ihe choruses in the "Story or Song of. the Pas sion," as it is called. This portion of the cere-., inony is certainly the most touching and effective -ervice 1 have ever seen or heard; After the epistle, the Pope leaves his throne, kneels in 'root of the altar, and remains there daring the chanting of the Passion. - Three priests stand at the high altar in alb and lea con’s stole; one, the tenor, takes the part of uairator; the second, contralto, is the party sum moned aa witness; the third, basso, is the holy.' •wflerer. Christ The chornse», —* ny the Papsl choir'unaccompanied by organ, Be ill this Papal mnslc is, represent the pleb or peo ple. And these choruses are enbllmely beautiful. The music of them was composed by Thomas Louis d’Avlla, a contemporary of Palestrina, lo tSFS. The solemn tones and strange harmonies rose up In the grand Basilica, and floated around the huge dome; the chords swelled and died away, Oiled up again and glowed as with the reflection of some distant Are. I listened, looked up into be fine cupoU,on Us enperb mosales and gigantic proportions, snd thought of two skylarks which I had beard the Sunday previous on the Cam pagna, that soared and song, and “singing ever, .oared”, as they mounted and mounted until they were lost to sight in the deep bine of the far-off heavens. Anna Brkwstks. Infidelity in Paris. Good Friday in Paris was made the occasion tor i dt monstratlon of certain infidels against what hey profess to call the prejudice* ol good Cath olics. A lot of people got up a banquet, enti led i bar.qent of free thought—their Idea of a feast ol ■rce thought beiDg lo Insult the convictions of ttxir neighbors. The majority of their neighbors being accustomed to certain pri vations of foed on this day in particular, these friends of free thonght conceived the Idea of a demonstration which took the shape of eating old roast veal and pork-Chops, to show their contempt for the religions feelings of their fei ows and “to spite the clericals.” Another Holy Alliance The Vienna Wanderer has a rather remarkable article npon ihe projected alliance between France, Austria and Italy. That such an Idea bas been broached, and that considerable efforts have been made lo bring Austria into the com pact, the Wanderer admits. That they have tiitberto been nnsnccesslnl the same paper affirms. Austria can have nothing to gain from such an alliance,- except a speculative revenge which will tot enter into the minds of practical statesmen. Besides, the friendship of France has been fatal to Austria. “The friendship ol Napoleon III.,” says the IVimderer, "has cost Austria her Italian possessions; has madohera partner to the disaster of Mexico; and even after ttoDiggratz tho policy of France did not spare Austria one of her sacrifices which she waa obliged to make to Prussia." As to Italy’s post -ion in this matter of alliance, the same paper Muirs anlhoritalively that a short time Blnco Na poleon 111. agreed to withdraw the French troops entirely from Borne, in consideration of a conces sion by the Itulian government, the parport of which has not been disclosed. The Freucb papers deny ibis, and also another motor that proposi tions for a Joint occupation of Civita Vecchta had been formally entertained by France. Tbe Austrian Borgia. Tbe Baronets Julia Ebergenyi, who, as may be remembered, was about two years back con demned to Imprisonment for Hie for having, with Count Cborineky, poisoned tbe wife of the latter, bus just made an attempt to escape from the prison of Hendorf, nnder the disguise of a nnn. disc was, however, detected and stopped by one of the jailors si the moment she was about to pass through tbe gates.- A Iqdy belonging to a high family of Vienna was wailing for her out side with a carriage. Political Disturbances in Italy.' From Italy there Is news of 'pollUcal arrests In Naples, and of distribution of revolutionary proclamations in tbe southern provinces. Ac voiding to the Florence correspondent of the Paris Tempt, several non-commissioned officers and BoidU-rs of tho Neapolitan garrison are among the persous arrested. The report runs that a Republican conspiracy has- been dis covered, but upon this subject nothing certain appeals to be known, and but little Importance Is attached to the rumor. MnnlcrousA (tempt in PateTmo. A panic was canted In tho dihedral at Palermo Holy Week, by a bomb being thrown through a window daring divine service and when the buildlbg was crowded. The missile exploded without hurting any one seriously, but ~ln the copfußlon oml burry to escape many pursans woe thrown down. ; Thu author of this outrage has not been discovered. ■ OCBWHOLE COUNTRY. Another Eastern Question. A recent Telegram from Paris slated that a depu tation from the Inhabitants of the islands of the Sporades, situated In the Archipelago, had arrived In Jtbat city for (he purpose of Inducing the French government to nte Its influence to prevent the attempted Infringement by the Sublime Porte or tho guaranteed onionomy of these islands.' A Paris correspondtnt states that the French gov ernment has relured to luterfere .in the matter, and it is announced that the deputation is .now >n London for the purpose of obtaining the inter-, vcntlen other Majesty’s government. IDE RPARUBIIS AND JOHN BtILL. Apaniah Insult to tbo Byltlsb Flapr < at<<ting of Throe Hundred spaiuttli Soldier* mu tue Merry iNluudn - Mpn.ii fai>'Stcu.oi.tt ar Finnir nt iftlmtua Wrecners in * hoir Own Water*. “ [From ibaNuiau Herald ol April L) By the arrival of the schooner Elva, trom the Banks, lo day, wo have received the following rtartllng Inttlligi nee: The day before yesterday ihe Cnban privateer Commaudltano, alias Tarrii, was wrecked on one of those dan gerous reefs iu the vicinity of the Berry islands, where the crew went on shore. They had not long been there, however, when six SpanUh men-of-war hove insight, and immediately lauded a number, of marines and soldiers on the island, ■>nd proceeded to scour over the whole island in -eaicb of Ibe Cuban refngees, and not coatent with' invading Her Majesty’s territories, com menced firing at our Babama wreckers, wno hap pened to be in the neighborhood! This intelli gence may be relied upon as ambcntic, and is nothing short of a declaration of war against Great Britain. The following Is the aworo evi dence given by tbe captain of tbe schooner Elva, before the Hon. E. B. A. Tavtor: Walter Mingo, sworn— On Thursday evening latt,-abreast of ttltrrup Cay Lighthouse, standiag in on the Starboard tack, aboit half a milo off ibe light, heading in for Great Harbor, I saw four steamers, two coming toward me, and one larger than tbe rest lying to, with a small one astern; just as I got abreast of Great Harbor Channel, about a quarter of a mile off, one of the iwo steamed close to me and fired two gnus; after she fired 1 bauled the schooner’s jib sheet to windward; sbe ran broadstae to me and spoke to me in Spanish, and made signs to me to stop and if I did not they would fire into me; they loaded tbe guns, and after seeing this I hauled ;be jib-sheet to windward, and she put out aboat manned by six men and one officer, and they boarded me; tbe officers asked me where I was. from; I told him I was from the Banks: he asked me 10 show him my papers; I showed him tnv clearance from Cuetomsat Nassau; be was no't satisfied with that; he said he. wanted my papers; 1 told him no; I show* d him my wreckiog articles, stUI be was not satisfied; be told me tbe Captain of the man-of war said (bathe must bring my pa pers; I would not give him tho papers; I said if the Captain Wants them he must come and tike thereby force; he then went to the tiller to take it from the man that was steering, to bring her ire I wonld not allow him to do it; l took tbe Jller and kept her lull and ran into Great Har bor; the man-of-war boat was still alongside, and the smaller steamer, flying the Spanish flag, chased me and could not catch me nntll I anchored in Great Harbor; as soon os I anchored, lour boats from tbe one that was chasing me, with; about 201) men, armed, accom panied with officers, came alongside and re mair.rd near me resting on their oars; at this time ;h,q officer who first boarded me was still on meMd"lbe"offi«rTat r 5.s5 ,n o , «Bffi tl!^ w £fP. boarded me, and quitted about 6.30 o’clock; tUe lingoister was not in uniform; be said to me, "The officer requires tbat your vessel be searched,” 1 did not refuse, and he went to the batefaway and went below with me; he satisfied himself that there was nothing but ballast; came up again; tbe whole of the boats’ crews went ashore; the boat, with her crew, who first boarded, went off ana joined the sbip she came trom; these men remained ashore for two hours and a half, armed with guns and bayonets; I did not land, but remained at anchor until 2.1& o'clock, and weighed anchor and came out, and sailed for Nassau; came in at 2 o’clock this morn ing, dead heat down. The Nassau Herald thus comments on the oc currence: We publish in another part of onr paper this evening intelligence which has baa the effect of arousing the indignation of the whole of Her Majesty’s subjects In the Bahamas. There proba bly never was a more provoked and wanton ln enlt offered to the dignity of the British nation eiDce tbe foundation of tho monarchy than the one we report this evening. Can there be anything conceived of ■ more outrageous character than the deliberate invasion of the territories of a power by another, when amicable relations are supposed (o exist between them. This act. on the part of tbe Spaniards, is the beginning of the end—it has, bevond all questions, sealed their fate, and has effected tbe liberation of Cuba from lie tbraldom of an arrogant and effete power. We have said that this outrage, on the part of ihe Spanish eunboats, la an act of war on Her Majesty of England, and we learn that the British junboat'Cbernb has. or is about to leave for the scene of ontraee with a detachment of Her Ma jesty's Second W. I. Regiment on board. It af lords na the highest satisfaction to notice the prompiimde with which His Excellency Sir Jumi 8 Walker, C. B , has acted In the matter, In .is much bb It gives assurance to onr wreckers >bal they will be protected In the fullest sense oi ibe term, and that no power on earth will be per mitted to insnlt tbe British flig with Impunity,or to interfere with any frienda who may have sought onr protection. One of Mr. Seward’s Vnflniabed Beal Itntate Operations. Tbe Washington correspondent of the N. T. Herald lays: Cesuie Moreno, the great Asiatic traveler, who bas an Island to sell In some part oi Ihe globe, has relurued here. It will be remembered Mo reno had some negotiations with Secretary S jw ard about the matter, bat before the sage of Au burn could make up his mind Anally, a change of administration occurred. Moreno comes here now to try hfs luck with Secretary Fish. If he can do half what he promises, Moreno and hl> island will be a choap bargain at $600,000, or even $1,000,000. Nrw Tons, April 12 Coroner Flynn held an Inquest yesterday on the body of Edward Hanley, keeper of it liquor saloon. No. 106 Wash ington street, who committed suicide about ton o'clock Saturday night by taking a quarter of an ounce of strychnine—a quantity sufficient to kill at least 200 persons. A mass meeting of Germans was held at tbe Sladt theatre yesterday,for the purpose of giving expression to the German sentiment in regard to tbe proposed .amendments to the Excise law. About 2,600 persons were present, representa tives of various clubs or societies numbering at least 461000 voters. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Oitorbourg, former Charge d’Affalroa to Mexico; and by Mr. Gobs. Resolutions endors ing tho proposed amendments were unanimously adopted.: Fourteen cases of Martel brandy, said to have been landed by one of the Liverpool steamers that sailed on Saturday, wore seized from a store on South 'Street on Saturday evening by revenue officers. Ah attempt was made, about seven o'clock Sutuiday night, by an assassin who had-secreted himself od the corner of Twelfth street and Third avenue, to shoot Officer Green, of the Fifteenth precinct.. Fortunately, the would-bo murderer's aim was not true and the officer escaped iiahurt. Tbe case of Bam'Sutton, on trial' for 'murder; before Judge Bedle, at Hackensack; vfas submit ted to tbe. jury-on Saturday, night, who, after an hour’s absence, I rstitrued a vsrdlcl af guilty. Owing to tbe lateness oC tho hour . Judge Bedla postjioucd soutepclujg. tl\o prisoner:, for the pro-; sent. , ’ JFBon new iohil Ano»BHnim —On Saturday evening last, at the Walnut Street Theatre, the burlesque 'Hie Forty Thieves was pro ’ dnebd by the Rogers Company. It la simply, an ox iravsgsnza bnilt upon tbe’old story of to finding of ihe treasure of All-Baba, and tho scalding of tha rob. cere with red hot oil by ibo efficient hired girl, Mor glana. It ts a British burlesque, but Mr. Rogers, who to an expert in such matters, has naturalized It, and crammed ft so full of Americanisms and local al'n ritne.thnt II lakes admirable with a Philadelphianudl eneb. It is lively,extravagant and very amusing. The mnnngcmeDl have placed It upon tho stage hand somely—perhaps with a superfluity of logs-but still so n’eely as to make ft especially attractive to those who have a fondness for spectacle and goad fun. Miss Jenny Willmore tabes tbe part of "Ganem,” tbe son ■oi AH-Babaj—a joolh wno Is directly Instrumental la robbir g. discomfiting and bringing to grief tho forty thieves. Miss Willmore plays with charming •grace and spirit; and does better justice 'to ber talent as a burlesque actress, than sbe did 1b Ixicn, Miss Lizzie Willmore appears as ‘ , A v dallab > " and appears to much advent, age. Mr. Rogers assumes tbe character of "Hasaarac,’' ibe villain ot tbe piece. He Is an old-fashioned a-age brigand, with a terrific scowl, a heavy tread, a fond, ness for muttered cone?, a babtt of rolling hlar’saud a general disposition to make himself amusingly disa greeable: Mr. Rogers plays tbls part with wonderful skill. He la a remedian of remarkable ability, aud he has in “Uarearac” an opportunity to display his talent to ihe best advantage. His personation alone is worth going to eee. Hr. Rogers also appears in a piece entitled Rascal Jack, and gives a first-rate perform ance. Both of there dramas will be repeated every night this week. —On Friday evening of next week Slg. Barill, of 'bis city, will give a grand concert at Concert Hall, la which teveral first-rate artists will appear. For Thursday evening next, at Musical Fund Hall, a Bscred Concert is announced, during which there will be “a beautiful tableaux of the Ten Virgins In cos tome, with their great songa” This announcement wlll'he likely to keep many persons away. There Is a very general, very strong, and very proper feeling In ibis cemmnnity against theatrical representations or religious subjects, Tbe time for religious myeteries passed several centuries ago. —lt bos been officially decided that an uinbrella which has s new handle pat on It, and then sheds lea gingbam lor alpaca, alter which another lot~Bf-wire work Is placed inside of It, ts, \o all Intents and par. pores, ibe tame umbrella tbat it was at first. On this principle we feel eafe to assert that the burlesque. The Fuld o/ the Cloth of Gold, lsstlU raanisgat the Ooeat nut. Ever since Us Introduction the managers have been altering and Improving Inhere a little and there a little, nntil Us parent and Us best friends would not re cognize it. The changes are all for tbe better; the most amnsing things ore still retained. The cow- bel; rlngen still jingle oat of time and tone, and the bur. 'esque Jana contlnne to perform extraordinary feats. Tnis week there will be Bcme new attractions. Tbe Leon Brothers intend to acrobat and flip-flap in the most amazing manner. O’Reardon, wisely disliking there high and lofty tnmblers, will exercise himself musically and otherwise upon his own vitreona tum blers; Miss Putnam will slosh around nponavoloci pede; Hernandez, tbe most amusing pantomimlst in the world, wUI appear In a variety of performances; a corps of Chicago policemen will be Introduced: and two new gymna- la. Mile. Zulelia and Mona. VentirU will do several Incredible things. The policemen men. uuuv., ... thin* aa fonixd very entertaining. —A great many people whonave Jmv... .School for a week past, in order to attend the opera, h ill have a chance this week to compensate tor their neglect. The pleasant little comedy will be presented at tbe Arch every nigbt, with Mrs. Drew as “Noomle Tigfctv’ Pretty soon Lotta will be along, with some old and new dramas; and after tbat we shall hav e Robertson's liov.e. ' —A companyof Swiss bell ringer* will glee a per form jl.ce at ihe Theatre Cumiqne this and every evening. The troape la one of the meet famous and popnlar in the world, and it* member* are said to be singularly proficient In tbelr art. We hope the house will be crowded every night during the engagement. On Tuecday, the noth Inst., MlsaSoaan Galtou will re turn with her company, and a batch of new operas, —The Philharmonic Society gave the fourth and final concert of Its first season on Saturday evening, at he Academy of Music, the attendance being very g<H,d. The Symphony was Mozart’s, No 3, la E flat. This was played with Tery commendable care and our i cctnese, and each movenfent was heartily enjoyed. Then followed Von WoDer’s Conecrto, commonly ailed hia “Concert Stuck,” Mlso Altdo Topp playing he piano part. The (election was not one of the best, or the ptero la thoroughly hacknled, and there are many more beautiful and effective c impositions o[ more recent dote. Miss Topp’s playing of it was all hat could be dealred. Her strength of finger, cle eai.ee of tench and technical mastery of her lnstra ment are remarkable in a woman. Later In the pro gramme the p ayed one of Liszt’s difficult Hungarian rhapsodies, and for an encore Gottschulk's “Last Hoje"—shut her unworthy and Injudicious selection Mr. Rudolph Henuig'a violoncello eolo—an "Adagio” by Moliquc—was an exqubhe and artistic p rrform ancc. lie Young Aiamnercbor Society sing a flu thsrus, wi h orchestral accompaniment; bat they dl not produie ns pleasing an efTect as they did In an nn e accumpanhd churns at the previous concert The end leriaument finished with ihe overture to ll ’illism Till, very well performed. The first season of the Phi'harmonlc Sorlety may be regarded as a decided »access. The managers have had many difficulties to contend with, and there have been Jealonsles and Ill reeling towards them among tome of our resident ruuskians, such as hare ueen the bano of all onr past musical organizations. Philadelphia Is now, however, ,urge enough to maintain a permanent and flnt-claas orchestra, that can defy all selfish attempts to Injure tt nd we trust that this will he proved by a still ..renter succeas in tbo second season of the Philhar monic Society. —Gran’s French Comic Opera Company will bogin an engagement at the Academy of Music on Wednes day evi nlng next with (Jeneoieee do ilrabant. In this opera Miles. Rose-Bell and lJeatlauzus will appear, «tth the entire company of artists, Including the “two tamous comic grenadiers, Rose-Bell is one of the pieiticst and most graceful of the opera boaffe singers who hare cume to Ibis country. She has a lighCswoot aopir.no volte, of constferaole range, and wltbal a very pleasant way of using It. The opera contains, we i I,ink, the must pleasing music ever written by Offen bach,some of the airs ranging considerably nlgherthau jg tunes and ordluaty hand organ melodies. One of the best Is a pretty serenade in the first act, sung by Miles. Hose-Bell and Hesdauzas. In this opera also are the ,zo comical grenadiers whoso portraits appear upon he cover of the libretto. Their performance Is about be runniest thing In the entertu’nmeut,and deservedly ranks high Us a bit of excellent low comedy. Mr. Graa pr , mlses to do his best to bring this oporaotn In fine -tyle. On Thursday evening It will bo repeated; Ou Frldny L'ceil Crtri will bo presented F ir Satur day Hliernoon we have OenooiSoe. and for the evening b'Uur de TUi, Seats can he leserved at the Academy, ,t boner’s music store and at ihe Continental Hotel. Libretti ure for sale at the same places. - A matlnde petformance will bo given to-morrow nt half-past two, by Curncrosß & Dlxey, at their Opart Bouse, for Ihe benefit of the Newsboys' Home. A few tickets can be secured at Train pier’s. Tne object it good, and tho bouse should be crowded. -On Friday afternoon next, in the Foyer of •he Acmbrny, Mr. Curl Wolfsohu, will give his sirth and last classical matinee. The programme is the best ret i flertd. Mr. Rudolph Heuntg will appear, and Mr. Edward Colonne, tho violinist, will play for the las. ilmoln Ibis city. , ... —The American nnnonntes a miscellaneous pjrwrm nice foribla evening. .-;Aperfofmauci will be gjwj‘ IW F.edoi aand Na iml Duran* and Mr. Qoaap lilshop: There will •»,».*?«. orcUgatra,undor the di rection of Mr, W. G.Diolrich. F. L. FETHERSTOK PABstet PRICE TBREECMT& facts Anorawoißs. Anxious traveller' touuttoc agent:MWUtfßrtr-*■ n°.. ,r ? D arrlTe on timo ?” -Ticket SgCntr”lt mil be ten to one if it does.” , r , —Mazzinl says in bfs forthcoming volume Wat Napoleon the Third Invited him in 1869 to ; vlMt him secretly either In Faria or Gonoas 6utsU^»" > the invitation was promptly declined. . .j, ~ —Why couldn't they get tho piano open at th** Philharmonic on Saturday?' Beeanso it had A; lid a-Topp,moro than a match 1 for the menon tho stage. —Austria prohibits the killing of altogether. Maine onco passed a eiutilMt lawrJ BDd included tbe tunefai woodpecker ataoDiE tbs protected birds. '• V**., 7. . —Mira Alldo Topp, the pianist; Is said to be en 1 - '■ gaged to no married to a captain in ; tho First- Bigitnent of lhe Prussian Life-guards. The wed ding will take place next June. —Col. Totten has decldedjafter a series or tide .. observations, taken at Panama and 1 Aspltt wst’' Buy, end connected by accurate levels along the lineof railroad, that the mean height of- the; At* lan tic and Pacific Oceans is exactly thesamc.- —Ambergris Is found In dyspeptic whales W" those who have the liver complaint. A. New- Bedford whaler recently captured a whaleooti- > tatnlog 285 pounds of ambergris; wot>th.s97.» pound. . v •■" —Anthony Trollope has lost his lawsuit against i Tanchnitz, the Leipzig publisher. Mr.Taaebhlt* testified, in coarse of the trial, that none oPTrol lope’s hooks bad had a large sale ini his collection of British authors. —An intelligent gentleman from- Germany, oa bis first visit to an American church, bad acon tribntion box with.a bole in tbe top presented (nr blm, and whispered to the collector, “I don’t got. mein bopers, not can’t vote.” —The climate of St. Petersburg is bolleved.to hove greatly Injured the health of Madams Patti- Cunx. She has refused to sign a newcoa— tract with the manager of the Imperial Opera; In- ’ —Arsene Honssaye treats, in his last paper- on female beanly, of tbe ladles of Italy. “They would be more Irresistible and bewitching,” bo says, rather ungallanlly. “if they did not too., often forget to have recourse to those nsefdl> articles, soap, water and tooth-brashes."' —Garibaldi Is still undecided as to the tltte which bis novel is to bear. The object of tho - wot k Is to exhibit tbe corruption of the Roman* priesthood. He had entitled It at first “Cell*.**’ Next he changed the name to “Roma MlUtantfc* 1 . But he wants still another title for It. —An Indiana man went to Chicago during thB» caily part of the winter, and packed 20,000 tonn of ice. Dnrirg the warm weather he' sold it Co speculators for 917,000 more than It cost him* and went home. Since then another fine croj» has ripened, and the price has gone down more than une-half. —The European Princes seem at the present time to have a hankering for excelling as drama— lists. The Prince hereditary of Saxe-Melntngen, a youth of eighteen, bos recently written a tra—, gedy, entitled “ The Emperor Henry V.,", which, tbe critics have found so good that it will- bo shortly performed at the Royal Theatre in Berlin; —A Nashville druggist has invented a rat-paint ; made of a preparation of phosphorus. 1 Ton first catch a rat and paint him. After dark he looka ; like a ball of fire, and going among hls fidlovr rats, they become frightened, and vacate the pro- - mlcee, the phosphorescent rat following of coura® and hurrying up the rear. —Tteophlle Gautier, now an abject flatterer of ' thP-Effperer Napoleon, called him In a pamphlet Strasbnrg, “a blear'eycd’uodlw’trwv.tßJaaißtat and appearance of a chimpanzee,"“a caricature on the First Empire,” a “clown who onght to be engaged by the proprietors of the hippodrome.*’ —London Fun reports that tbe Peace Society Is considering the feasibility of reducing the height of the Alps below the line of perpetual snow. Their reason for wishing to do this is that at. present these mountains endanger the peace Of Europe. They give rise to piques, and prodnea coolness bttween France and Switzerland and' 1 I taly. —lt was the Duke de Montpensler whO| la ths year 1868, informed the American Embassudor-at Madrid of the secret efforts which Napoleon ths Third wss making to iednee the Spanish Go vernment to recognize the Sonthern Confederacy.. Serrano, Prim, Blvero, Olozago, Casteltar and Orense, the leading men of the Spanish, revolu tion, were all warm friends of the North daring* the war of the rebellion. —Mr. Dlckens'elanltof “Jamdice vs.Jarndlce,-’ has a parallel in a snit which has just been settled in Loudon by a compromise. Too salt was bom. in 1805, and was reared and nurtured by thirty one counsel and eight Arms of solicitors. . The suit having grown to manhood, prudaced four yonng soils as its offspring, all of which became, extinct with their parent. The occasion of the- r original snit was the fslinre of a banking-house, which was formed in 1794, and stopped in, 1803, —Scientific discovery has destroyed another of onr most popnlar theories. Hemlock, to-which. Socrates and Fhoeion were said their death, Is pronounced by toxicologists to .be no poison at all. Sixty grains of tincture of hemlock, were recently administered to a yonng woman without any apparent effects, and a person' alter a dose of tweDty-four grains of the pure Juice of tbe leaves of tho hemlock only experienced a slight muscular Dumbness, which passed off aften an honr. From further experiments it appear*, that ihe common hemlock is neither a poison, nor even a medicinal remedy. Whattheaucledt* calhd hemlock was doubtless the cicuta virooa,L., which Is, in fact, a most poisonous plant. —The Mount Pleasant (Iowa) Press, of a re cent date, says: “Oat of fifty woman eating sap per at a festival, it ip a fact that thirty at them sit on eDe of their feet. Why do they?" Tho Oehalooea Citizen undertakes to give an answer in ihe following atrocious manner: “They don’t ont this way. Ton can find no woman in this bill wick with a foot big enough lor any thirty other women to- sit on. Not much. Good Heavens! what underpinning the Monet Pleas ant dames mast have if the above reflection of onr bachelor contemporary was suggested, by actual observation. And yet, iu case of a grasshopper raid, two or three such feefc around on a farm couldn’t be sneezed aL -Press-clous Paragraphs : , . And now that Twltchell’s remains have found a resting place, wo append the following law for Hie benefit of ho who murdered him by furnish ing the poison.— April 12. . , Industry may be rnado tributary to tlao support of great evils, that corrupt like plaguo-polsott ihe common humanity, and destroy, tumid exterior of apparent prosperity, the staid-■ ina of nations. Hell itself is an organized indus- manhood in the world Which, th* leaden feet of dlplomucy can never overtake, non its dainty fingers restrain. For it squadrons Of surveillance are no barrlor to shut 1 luniiy and Its enterprise. It went to Grewjjv , careless of the sneering selfishness of those who would have sold out tho Morea to the decimattOO of a renegade pasha tor a cargo of figs —Jden, -• A relentless slavery which lets no light Into tho foul und weura oat tho body of Its cha(tol#in.,iii decade of rteorons years with paipoao tuopfr , tbookht.— ldevt- • ■.. *. r • » Tho comltv of nations! It is bat the parase pedantry of*a Slato paper, of no more signlS cssce la affairs .than the species and .phantasm* ’ of the ancient • ’ Now, wh it are thoVrights of Spain?" Thoso’ of tbe ancient Koman masters against a ravolled beJotrj ! She claims and exorcises, these; for al though.she perpotrntes ln ber.viuiteaneu np,cra-< cifixious, she yet fuailtades or deports tho ,o*p lurid patriots botwcen.Bim and aun.— ltem.' It would deserve uniyoisal detestation Instead of tnlld derision, if it covered withapblogoilo wordiness the atrocities of the Spaniard.—Men*, > Shull wo help hor? Her future la imaged in the gleam of ecabbajtdless blades.—Wem. \ Ji.
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