GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. THE EVENING BUbLSTIN. {•OBUBBIDf ITUT BVEBZHO,. (Sandmyi exoeptedH xb its wen bulletin building. etH Cbeetimt Street, Pbllodolptiia, EVEOTNO BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. • FSOTBIROUk ■MPIJBHBP** The Bvnxsnjf U served to eabecriben in the city.et IB HP^pflfggeli^ygttotoibflcgmflrßtOf^pgr^ftOflna. w'K s;ss». , ”" T “8ao»7^“ mwKHf 907 Chettnat «treet, Wedding invitations enoraved in the Newest and beat manner. I>'UlB DKEKA, Bta tlonerand Engraver. BB3Cbastnat afreet. •.;.fobag. DIED. ABHMEAD.-Oil tbe 13ih inaL, Eliza 8.. daughter of thu Ittio Theodore Aebmead, M. D, of Germ ia town ** JJAHTONf.’-On-the night of Bandey, tUb Ins*.. In hie 28tb year; ' William M. Barton, son of Samnel and libria 1 Barton. v- J ' ■ Ibe relailvea and Mends of tbe family are reepect folly Invited to sliced hla faneral, from bla_fathera itsidefiTe, No. M 2 North! PdOrth riroet.on Thursday afternoon. lßih Inet, at S o clock. Interment at bomb Laurel Hill. ■■■■ '• .- , „ , , . I.UI Z.-On tbe 121 b lnit, Michael B. LaU, In the DOih yearot fcißßgo • - i The relatives'ianri ffiflJc Mend** Hoyal Arch Cbapjor A. X. M. of ;iho .Order In aeneral. a *o the Union Lewtbe tdPbiMflpWa.are reroectfally lo vit<d toa'terid »Do;faperala iWwn Ma. Ikto retlaooce, No. 1009 North Fifib eUeet, on 1 B«urdiy afternoon, Utb lm>t„ at 1 o’clock. 'To proceed w Meant Peace Cemmery. [Beading <P») Ohio. Indiana and Ran HraDClooopapefs'please enpv.J •• „ „ ... MEBltn'i.—On tbe lllb lnat, Daniel 8. Merritt., 1L B?BinilO nW lrta and friend* are Invited to attend tbe funeral, from bis late icaldence 1019 Clinton atreer, on Wednesday, tub (net, at 8 o’clock P. M, Topro ceed tolerate) Bill. . . . MoOAELUM-'-On NM> loth Inst, Catharine Mc- Culmm. 1”') ■ r.~ -f . The relatives and friend* of lbe family are respect fully Invited to Atend tbe fnueral, from bar residence, Nil. 1182 Pine street, on Wednesday afternoon, nt I o'clock • . • PRATT On tbe I3:h instant, Tboma* Pratt, In tbe ooib year of bis ape. , . , , ~ Tbe male relative* and friends of the family are re rpitlfbiiy iuvlied P> attend 'be facers!, irom bis lnu> residence. No. V*9 N->rtb Tenth Birtei, no Tnar-day afiemoon, the IMh ln*W, at 8 o’clock. Iniermentm Bunlli Laurel Bill. . jWItE A LANDELL, FOURTH AND ARCH. OPEN THIS MORNING.. „„ NEW FAHRICB Ft,lt Jt’PEB. 8U KCHAIN AUBTIiiEN E 3. SERGES. PONGEES. Ac. Ac- SPECIAL NOTICES. a®- A LECTURE /IT Bov. T. lIEWITT TAIMAtiE CONCERT HALL. ■*UESDAY EVENING. April 20m, 1809. ioljrtt-“Oir StrLW; w, tie Ptemroif i'cni Baiting,” PROCEEDS FOB A BENEVOLENT OBJECT. ADMISSION-..- FIPTY CB.TTS. Tickets atGOU LD’A 923 Olit BfNLTSUot. aonttip ■ ' , ■ S^OKHCE^IYIKOOMHIBSTOSERS FOKXHE ERECTION OF PlißhlC BCII.UMM. . - 1 nu. ADBUPUIa, April 6. IW3. DerUns for new Pnbllc Budditmatobe erected on In. dopendtoee B<iu*re. In tie cttyeTlTilledelpMe. wl'b rttcificatlons. end ertlmates for tee iua«, will bs re fclvid ettb»«K>lCK .iF TUB ••DBPABXMBMT OP SLRVF.rB." bo 134 booth PIFITI *lreit.imtUtho FIRST I>AY OFbfcPrßWßtUee*t.a»l» *4 Architects iottodio* to eubrntr plan* will reooireelr. eoUrs containing fuU ln'o»m»tinn as to the asnaral th ir aoicrof thcprjroeid builslnga the amount of aocom mocatlon to be pio*id,d. Ac., by applying, either par ronally or by letter, to the undersigned. decretory of the Board of Comm'Hiioeti, at the southwest cartur of Walnut sod Fifth streeta ... . . A premium of 41000 will te paid for the de«lgo po*io;»- tng the mo.t merit. SI »W for Hie woond best. *t.oo) for .the third, and SSOO (or the fourth. The deelrfon upon rbe merits of the Hit sto be made, and the premium* to be awarded, by the Board ot Commie,loners, on or buforo the first day of Octob. rent, at 111 All rejtcted plat a will bo returned. . By order of the Board of Comml»ilong». c pU(}tL Secretary. sd7 IStfrp a-a?* JLIBIU RY COMPANY. ««*rl bn annu .1 election or Director, and a Trea-urer of the Library Company «f MrlUdelpbta will ba held at the library on MuNl>AY,ihetbud day of Mar nexc at S<”tlock In tbo afternoon, wnontbe lToaiurer will attend 10 ncclto the atonal laymeptj. At* there are etveral ahaiea on wblchfiooe am duo. tbD own.tr of then, or their repretfutatlvea are hereby nodlird Ibat they wU.be foifeil-d axreeaoly to the Chatter and Lavre of the Cornea’y. uuleas tbo arreari are paid off on the third day of May or within ten day. thereafter WM. B. WHITMAN. BccreUrr. No books will be given ont or received on th.l »ftsr Bot ,. » t «t roy3) OFFICE VULCAN MINING COMPANY. COT Urt ‘ U PmL*J‘VLPUI*. April U, 1838 HieADnahl Mssttre o' sto-hho ders ol tho Vuicin MiliitZ L'drupana ti'lueb M Kt Ibi*!' ofice. So. 5M »VhJ n“i » ko-?oo TH"IWOaY. M>t 13'h, 18®. at 13 o’clock M .(o tho election *li. Lectors and traosactio'i nt other hull rei. o. A. liiMJrlsS, b aplMmrlSt SccreUjr_ guso»:- NATION*L UNION • I.UH, , SBir 1105 CHESTNUT STREET. Piw.adio.i'iiia. April IS, 18»9. The Annual Meeting of Ibe club will be uciu on IU ES DAY. I3tta inet., betwicnibo botirs of 4 »ud 8 u'cl >ctt, « ben an Uectun of < fflcetv to «rve too enaula* year wit UkertTck 'VaUi. J FIELD, President E. A. MtEKICK. bee', y. »pl33trpi SB- KiiTIUE-kPPUCATION WILL BE MALE titbe (iovernorof t'-umylvanla lor the pard m ol rsfrlok Bbanley. coovlcted at th I Decoinb-r Soil u 18«9 of too Court of Quarter Undone. In and for too tit y nud County of Philadelphia, of larceny, Ac. epl3- uJ;4 t roll. 13.18®. Btiv* PRISONS IN Of.I.IUAI'E HE-l lii Ml IULU trait them cl on of the Hciontlflo Treatment of «■ Dre. UALb/W*Y as B >ILEj. Their dlteovrry coaster In the proper application of Magnttbm. tialvaciam at d Electricity lor the euro tf all dh eaaca. They make thia department of tho Uea na Art a i pcclalty. ana fa many rua, they cure after all outer trennehadfailtd. Office, 1280 WALNUT atreet. second door from Thirteenth. ao6-tti th TtUKIBU MATHS. ~ U09O1BAU) STREET,TWO SQUABE3 PROM THE CONTINENTAL. Ladles' department alrlcUy private. Open day and cvtilcr. . ■ aol tfroi ll’lWa RD HOSPITAL. NOS- 1516 and IBS -LO t bard street, Dispensary Oop trtmcnL—Medltai treatment and medicine lnrnlahed gratuitously to the ponr^ Nkiv Publications dt Messrs. Pbtbbson.—A novel In which Greek hie of the fourth century Is revived for the reader, with all the conflict of its pagan and Christianized elements, has been written ty tho Swedish author Victor Rydberg, and felicitously translated ,by W. W. Thom is, Jr. lately our Consul at Gothenburg; Too title Is "The Last Athenian.” Frederica Bremer, the most competent possible judge, called this-story, in her very last published letter, "the best ana most genial historical novel tbaj_ ever was writ ten in tfao Swedish language.” A glowing de scription of It which she gave to the translator, durirg bis official residence in Sweden, incited him to read It and undertake the translation. A'l who have enjoyed VVm. Ware’s classlo stories, "Zeiiobia’’aßd ,, Aurelian InMrBCbtld's"Philothß9, 1 n Mr8Cbtld's"PhilothB9,’ i and Kingsley’s “Hypatia,” should rood this fine Greek tale, whose literary merit is equal to that of the best of them, whose study of ancient man ners is profound; and whose moral Is deeply in teresting. Peterson & Brothers have Issued it in one ofthelrreadable and neatly-bound volumes, at $2 00. 1 "Tho Cured of Gold,” by Mrs. Ann 8. Btephens, now running through the columns of the N't a Torts fFee£/y, Will be published in book form on Baturday next, by the same house, at <£l 75. —One firm in Switzerland sends annually one million francs worth of music boxes to the United Stated. —Sergeant Michael Moore, of the Ninth Rsgu- IWB| wiiohofl been continuously la tho army tor fifty-six years, and- who served In the war* of 181l’|BIiick Hawk and Florida,has been appointed Second Lieutenant In tho army,with a view to his .being immediately thereafter retired, la view of loDg and faithful «ervloes,ana as a reward for tho same. ■. p'jHft' JBl+ ■Mlm wL •,■< ■ .- i 'fiß-. . j • 8®"- •*; a^^'’ **mm&-' : ' ■•»•' L;ii' y. f '. i ■ ' . • -'■•■■••• ” ■- ‘ • , ; ' TUEAPADEinr or PIBB AOM. Its Museum. SIXTH VAPEtt. WUXIAM E. V7K&T. There bangs unnoticed over the easterlydoor of the northwest gallery, o square frame which contains a round brad. The latter is crisped all■ over with curls, os if a carpenter bad.passed over it with a plane; it Is a male portrait, ’so deter mined to be beantlfnl that one can have nothing to do with It. The face la youngand not manly, and the eyebrows are so arcb, the month is so smiling, the nick so swanlike,tbe head carried so Ulllligly, that it is almost odions. The type re veals the sentimental side of The Corsair; its date to history is marked by the open sailor’s throat, which succeeded the cloudy cambric scarrof Bean Binmmel as’the latter bad deposed the incrmjabU, with bis Iron cravat and bow like the bunch of lightnings of a JaplterTonans; Nobody, however, Is offended try our portrait, for it bangs high and unremarkably. Its execu tion, too, Is in that rigid .manner, betraying the artist who works impartially on family portrait and on tavern-signs, which was common enough in ibis country lorty years back, and which cue Instinctively condones by passing with a hasty shudder to something else. .The portrait, how ever, Is that of no American subject, and It Is not by any means destitute of historical slgnifi cance. It Is remembered, and well remembered, with a conflict of feelings, by an old woman who is historical too, In a manner. Bba la thinking euieJy, now-a-doye, though far away, ot the por trait. aid the sitter, and the sitting, and perhaps the painter. Sue is prond ot the part she h.s played, which Is that of the sunflower noticed only because It has reflected the sou, and because It travesties him when be is set. The original o! 'be portrait was in fact Byron, and Lbe only per son who thinks much about it is the French Marchioness de Buissy, who when that paint was wet was known as (Joontess Gulccloll, then with bt r father and brothers tinder the political and othci protection of Lord Byron In western Italy. The sight of that poor dunb would carry her thoughts back to the year 1822, to the epoch 01 her own world-famed loneliness, and to volup tuous villa-life on the sapphire-curve cif the Med ltemnean. The picture represents Lord Byron two yean, before bis death, aid was painted by a Kentucky portrait-taker, named William E. West. He bad been one of the numberless young men whom Thomas Sully, (he refuge of the ignorant and in digent ol the profession, had endowed with a lesson or two and a kind word or two, and de spatched on his way disfiguring. West went-to Eu it pe and to Italy. His climax was effected at Leghorn. Now Leghorn, to theordinary modern traveler, Is lbe mi st eventless, the most prosaic, ibe most purgatorial of the Mediterranean ports. Tbe hours that yon spend waiting for some ugly { uqvtbvt dts tneesageriei impiriate» an WOftO than lost. There la nothing to do. You go down’to tbe Daretua, and watch some sweltering creatures caulk a boat, and you contemplate the hideons- Dtrs of tbe four bronze slaves under the statue of Ferdinand L—But all that la when there Is no Gukcioil. Let her rich Lombard face appear upon the cone, emillrg and stimulating, and the baking inviicna of Leghorn change to bowers and roses, worthy of Childo Harold, worthy o Moore, who seta the acconnt of this picture’* making In the proper place in bis Life of Byron, using tbe words of the enthusiastic painter himself. Moore quotes from West: “On tbe day of ap pointment I arrival at tyro o'clock, and began tbe picture. I found him a bad situ r. Ho talked ill ibti i mo, and asked a multitude of qaestlona übonl America,—bow I liked Italy, what I .bought of toe Italians, &C. Wnen bu woe eileni bo Wut [coj boiler sitter than before; for he uesnmeu a countenance that did cot belong to blm. PB if be wob sluing lor a frontispiece to Cblltle Harold. In about an noar oar first sitting iciinlnaieS; and I returned to Leghorn, scarcely able to persuade myself that this was the haughty tutsabibiope whose character was always eu vtlopid in gl.ooai and mystery, for I do not ro an tubere\er to have nut wi b manners more aibile and attractive: The next day I returned, ,id bad another sitting of an boar, during which lie sc< nu d anxious to know what I should make ofm> utdei taking.” Two houre settee quite long enough to have left bis gallant lordship deprived of female society, it Is high time for the painter to draw bis curtain, and prtsent his Gulccioll; perhaps if she bad bttn earlier on the scene the portrait would have bad a diffircnt expression; at nnv rate, the raw Kentuckian introduces his lovely apparalioa with considerable instinctive iclat as follows: "While I wbb painting,the window from which [ nceivtd my light was suddenly darkened, and 1 beaid a voice exclaim, ‘E troppo bellu!' I lamed and discovered a beautiful female stoop ing down to loc k in, the. ground up the outside bt lug on a level with the bottom of the win dow.” This would seem almost too much for the luck ol the picture,— the djfadvaotage of paiullng. In the first place, without tho convenience of a studio light, and then the solo available aperture to be darkened fn this highly distracting manner! West, however, declares that Byron, after Intro ducing the Countess, of whom he seemed very fond, became “a much better sitter." Tno painter proceeds with bis story, dexterously luterneavlug the comments which should serve as advertise ments for his work: “The next day I was pleased to find the pro gress 1 had mace in bis likeness bad given satis tuction; for when we were alone, he said he had a particular favor to tequest of me—would I grant m? 1 said I should’ be happy to oblige him; and be enjoined to me the flattering task of, paiullng the Conntess Gniecloli’s portrait for hlntx*- Tbis labor of compliment was executed by the painter with much sympathy, and Byron must have (elt that in it he was eouriing hts Tata Afor ganata (if we may be allowed such an atrocious coinage) over again; for he bc-guiled the time by going over with the young backwoodsman, In a sort of revorie, the soft story of their meoilng and . their life. The portrait was engraved, duplicated and scattered here and there. For some time it was the Byron, as understood by his lordship's readers, for it figured ns a prlnt ln the English edition of his works. The Amerloan edition pub liebed by the Harpers some thirty years ago is distinguished by a particularly deformed versioa of It. As forlbo Gniccloll, sho did not always say of it “4 treppo hello" In her “liyron jugi,'' published but r* centiy, the capricious old lady, In fact, can hardly find an epithet too strong for the “caricature.". . "Among the bad portraits of Lord Byron spread over iho world," says his jealous memo* riollst, "there Is otto That surpasses all bthors in ugliness, which is often put up for Sale, and which » mercantile spirit wishes io pass off for a good likeness; it was done by ah American, Mr. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1869. West, an excellent man, but a very bad painter. This portrait, which America requested to have token, and which Lord Byron consented to sit for, was begun at Montenero, near Leghorn; but Lord ByrciD, being obliged to leave Montenero enddenly, could only give- Mr. .West two or three fillings. It was then finished from memory, and) far from being at all like Lord Byron, is a fiigbifnl caricature, which his family or friends rngbt to destroy." P.67.' Alas! the “frighlfal caricature” that “sur passes all others In ugliness” Is our swan-necked bero of Iho Pennsylvania Academy. Beholder, will have a kinder feeling for Iho picture, sincoit baa been passed through fitch a bitter wash 01 ■spitefnl anlmadversion. Thu fact is, the canvas bangs to-day in all the dejection of a Transpa rency meant to be shown by festive,candles, but uncharitably exposed byday.' It looks opaque and blsck and white. It ebon Id bo seen with at tbe lustre of Italy, and Gulccioli’s youthful eyes, behind It. 1 a The' Academy possesses no other example o ibe Marchioness de.Boiesy’s “excellent man.' Not very much is remembered of him. He ap l-ears to have been no; relation of Benjamin Wei l's, bnt woe the son of a talentea mechanician of Lexington, Kentucky. Leslie, with bis ready good w oid for everybody, has .a kind paragraph about him, the point ol which is that Irving was. tend of him. He netd have no better epitaph, days Leslie, writing from London: “Mr. Wi st Is a modest man. His last picture B are from Ihe ‘Pride of the Village,’ and ‘Aaneit-.- del’Arbre.’ The pathos and uatarol expression of the last attracted the admiration of Mr. Slot bred and Mr. Rogers, two nitn whoso good opi nion ts well worm having. His pictures have a merit cot the most common in tbe nrt: tbe prin cipal figures are much the best. -* * * * If luuuitei with ’Washington Irving you will be .bio to obtain much more information than I can -lie you about blm. Irviig and ho were very lull mate.” To have bet n Intimate with living—to have u-sid Item Byron's Ups the story of his grand passion—must be Weal’s compensation for his iallure in portraiture. ECBOPEAN AFFAIXKS LETTER ruom BODE. ovpsiea at. Sa Teter’s-Stranger* in £Home—weceptloo at xilss rusinuan’s —a i.iand concert—churen. tbe' lAriht-llore Iteligloaa Featlvala— bentli of a Ureal Engraver. Comevondeae* of tna Philadelphia Evening ßulletin.) Bomb, March 24,1869.—0ne of tbe most re maikable sights in St. Peter’s last Sunday was a company of g> piles in the grand nave. A band of ibese cmions people have lately come to th' -[.viront of the Eternal City, and are encamped ,ust ontsldo the Porto del CavaJegglerL The crowd of strangers arriving goes on in rearing daily. Among some of the new arrivals 1 notice the names of Mr. Lewis Redner, of your city, and hia niece, Miss Bagcr; Mr. and Mrs Seward Potter, of New York, and Mr. and Mre- James Boylan. Miss Cushman's last reception of tbe season, to which I have alluded,was one ot the most Drilllanl ■of this winter. The toilettes were splendid; ,thc leltors of every Dstion, titled and untitled pilnecs and commoners, ladles of high degree, merchant princes and great artists. The music »as of tbe best order. Added to Miss Cnshman’a bwo songs, which possess a peculiar attraction, there was sieging by the celebrated Roman con rello, Madame Rosali, and her son, and Mr. John Thomas's unrivulltd harp performances. Last evening there was a fine concert in the hall of Ibe Palazzo Pamphilia-Dorli. Although evt ry one who chose to pay ten francs gold could go, the affair was a full-dress entertain ment. Handsome yonng Italians in dress-coats, <vbiie kid gloves, and ushers’ bine rosettes at tbi jutton-boles, stood at tbe door, received every udy, offered their arms, and banded each one gulluniiy to a good seat. Tbe music was excel eat, but lbe programme was too long. Tuere were several plecee; among them La Carita, by Koesinl, which look the best part of the evenmg At 103-3 o'clock, when we onght to have bteo dUmireed.tbc main piece of the evening began ibe Stabat Mater. It was sung deligbtfullv- Madame Roiati, and Gionnonl, a charming Homan soprano, seemed to vie with each other, and a delightful yonng tenor sang witbexqni -iio taste and feeling. Bat it was after mldnlgnt when our carriage drove into the Piazza di Apagna. Church'e “Damascus” is completed, and goe? to London In a few days, where U wUI be exhl hued for a month or six weeks; then it will go to New York, to Its owner, Mr. Pnelps; and Mr Church leaves Rome for Athens to-morrow. In/ April be returns to Rome for his family, and tbe£ ■ bey turn their faces homeward. We are very ■>orry to lose them. I shall miss this boanllfm picture cf “Damascus;” it has been one of my greatest enjoyments this winter; but I shall feel try proud when I read of its auccoss in America. This spring there are new attractions added to (he Holy Week and Easter ceremonies, which doubtless help to increase the number of visitor* to the Eternal City, and these are the foists ol the Ulb, 12th and 18th of April. On a 12lb of April some years ago,at tho church of 81. Agnes outside the. walls, a flooring give way, and the Tope, with his suite, who were present, was precipitated from a considerable height. Ever since it has been the custom to celebrate this preservation of his Holiness, and at the same time or following day, the Pope's re turn from Gaeta In ’52 has been honored. This \ ear, on the 11th of April, falls the Pope’s golden wtddinz; that is, the iifllolh anniversary of the hrst mass celebrated by the young prlust Mastai, uow Pius IX. The three festivals are to be celebrated es suite. Wbat special ceremouies uro to be observed ou three interesting occasions hive not yet been announced. There is one tblug decided on, however (I believe), and that is to raiso In Rome tome great monument that shall perpetuate tbo uumory ol these events. The most remaikable and at the same time useful proposition is to res tore, that unparalleled building of antiquity, called tho Basilica of Con* stnntine, or the Temple of Peace, which stoud between fhe Forum and Coliseum, on thd Via Sacra. Every one will remember the ruins of Its colossal arcades. The elements of Its restora tion lie on the very ground around It, the white marble architraves and maestig of the blocks fallen from its huge vaults. ,It will cost an ouor* tnous sum, it is true; but it la a superb propo sition, and.lf decided upon, can be readily done; for the zealous spirit of association la nowhere so strong as in the Catholic Church, qnd Itsbody of Bishops; nearly hind . hundred in number scattered all over the world, can raise tho mem OURWHOIiE COUNTRY. with little trouble. Moreover, Iho phn, lf exe cuted, wiU give occupation to numberless work men, and bring prosperity to this grand old city. Easter week promises to be very gay. Mr. Tbomas givcß a grand concert on Easier Taesday afternoon. On that same evening De. and Mrs Gonld have one of their brilliant soiices. Wed nesday there will be a fine military review, rtorsday, Mt. aßd Mra. Terry receive their Irlends at the Palazzo OdescalchL Bistort is iu Rome, andfoor representations of this celebrated .circes are promised us. Bpt between now and Easter Monday hard work miist be done. The real fatigue of the Holy (Vetk ceremonies will begin this afternoon, with ibc -Bainl A/trerere In the Slstine Chapel, and un 'U next Monday we poor forettieri will do noth iOg bat go np to St. Peter'e early In the morning.; arid return late In the day, too tired for anything but dinner and sleep. The newa of the Pope’s 111 health is not true. He looked remarkably hearty on Palm Sunday,- and hie voice was full and strong.' You have, of course, received tbe newß of Cal amatta’s death. Ije was the greatest of iivlag eograven. - His heads of Mine. Bind and Bar anger, from, Couture’s floe portraits, are espe. daily popular in the Uulted States, but hts en - ravlcgsofßaphael’s master-pieces are celebrated in Enrope for correctness and harmony of tone. Calamaita was born at Civita Vecchia, in 1802; be stndied at Rome under Marchettl and Grangl-' acome. Cniamatta lived In France many years; bis daughter married Maurice Sand, the son of ihp.fsn.pns French authoress. His lost years were spent at Milan, where be was teacher of en graving In the Academy. The Italian govern ment decorated him with the Cross of Com mander of the Orders of St. Maurice and SL Lazarus. ■ This great engraver was-burled at Milan the . 10th of March, with much honor. Coant Bclglo joso, President of tbe Milan Academy, and Cala matta's son-in-law, Maurice Sand, walked beside the funeral car. A few months before Calamatta'9 death he finished the engraving of “ La Source," a picture of Ingres, and he bad begun R iphacl’s “ Dispute of the Sacrament" This last Is left, unfortn- Dately, nnfiniehid. Calamaita was also Professor of Engraving In tbe Academy of Fine Arts at Brussels, and Honorary Member of the French Institute, which last distinction Is rarely granted to foreigners. Awjtf. Bbewsteb. The outrages committed in Rome’become more and more alarming. A few days, ago, at nine o’clock in the tvt nlng, Major Ftoccbl, of the Pontifical artillery, author of a “Life of Jesus Christ,” and a devoted partisan ef the Pope, was =tabbed by an assassin on the stairs ol his own house, in the Piazza Fiammetla. Death was in rianianeboe, and the assassin escaped, cat etupidon has fallen on the Major’s - brother-in-law, Signor Albacosl, ana the-'police have taken him into custody. ■ On the same day a foreign lady who bad jostreceived the sum of 25,000 francs was dogged by two thieves into the chnrch of St. Lonls of France, where she went to hear mass. One of the ruffians got possession of her pocket nook,containing the money,(bongh she canght his tiond and tried to wrest it from him. She then raised an ontcry, and fortunately some Zouaves reached the door of tbe chnrch in time to inter cept the thief and recover the money. A Diplomatic Bow. A serious dlffeienco, we bear, has arisen be tween the Marqnis de Banneviile, the French Ambassador at kome, and the Marquis de Lava iette. Tbe Marqnla de Banneviile complains that ibe minister treats him more as a sab-Becretary then an ambassador, and he has written to the Emperor to request either that bis position may be better defined or that he may be n called. Recently the ambassador demanded ■ f tbe Pontifical Government, on the pare of Italy, the extradition ol tbe notorious brigand Colnix, who, it appears, has been living in se em ity in Rome for more than a year. The Libe ral party in Rome declare they have positive in tc,runitlon that Italy has joined Franco and Aus irtu in a treaty of alliance, and that ono of the covenants provides that “the status quo shall be maintained at Rome till tbe death ot Pius IX., when Kometbali be declared tbe capital of Italy.' TBS CABMET ON THB CUBA QUES TION. ttpntnab Inseleuce to be Bebulxed— i onaoivative I lews of Secretary t tat.— (recognition ot unban Inde pendence Fuvurcd by the Beat ot tlse eabiueb The Washington correspondent of the Herald says: The Cnban question has been very much dis cussed here to-day, and from all that can be n aintd from official quarters it seems not at all improbable that tronble will grow ont of the late enaction of international law by the officers of Fansndo Catolica in tbe seizure of two passen gers fr cm an American brig. It is well known acre that the Cabinet is not a unit on tbe question of Caban recognition. The mutter was seriously consideied-at the Cabinet meeting on Friday last; bnt, though no decision was arrived at, the views of - each , member, except perhaps Kawllus/'mCCVme. .known. Secretary Fish txprtssid vert conservative views. He felt' as much sympathy for tbe struggling Unbans ub any man, and earnestly hoped that their < irons to achieve independence might be crowned with snccess; bat at the same time he dtprecaled any official pronunciamiento on the part of the administration lu favor of one side or the other. He thought it should be tbe policy of the United States to remain perfectly neutral, and 10 adbcie rigidly to the old doctrine of non inter vention. lu his opinion Uuoa'a destiny was an nexation, which would come at uu distant day without any action on the part Of this govern ment. “Let her alone,” said Fish; “givo her a chance tingle handed to work out her own destiny, und she will gravitate towards tbe republlcaa Union In spite of every obstacle. Spain will soon lire of resisting the mandates of fate. Proud ibciogh she be, the old Castilian monarchy will Hud that she cannot afford to continue her effort* to crush out the free aspiratiousof tbe republican sentiment of Ctiba. It is an enterprise too costly and must be abandoned sooner or later. But let ibe Untied States Interfere, and Spain will not only exhaust her own resources to prevent our acquisition of the island, but she will draw to her assistance the combined strength of England and France, and wo will have to com bat a coalition representing tbe most powerful military and naval forces in Europe. Why tempt Ibis contest unnecessarily? Why drag the re public into a formidable war, when it has but just emoiged from the most formidable civil strife in tbe annals of history ? What we neod now is peace—peaco, unless preserved at tbe sacrifice of honor, a sacrifice .which U not even la question In the present condition of of lairs.” Sucn are tho views ol Premier FIbU. who belongs to the old conservative school, and who is hardly equal- to, the live issues of tho hour. Grant has great confidence in his Baero tmy of State; and, though his. prWaUr~ , ~ i ira are bellived not tho saute, stilt it is feared the foreign policy of tbe administration will be shaped aud galdtd by Mr. Fish. ['■■ ■ •< ■’ . WHAT TUB OTttKRS TUINK. Other numbers or the OuOlnul aro dlnmotrl colly opposed to the moderate pollfty doQosolled. by the Secret*** of Stale. B»me of them nrgo BOAS. Conilaned assassinations. prompt, vigorous action,and want tho President to proclaim a bold and manly policy In regent to Cuba,, Boric and Cresw til-are said to bo quite enthusiastic in their advocacy of Caban recog nition. They believe wo have bad enough ot tmckllng and subserviency to monarchical in t wests under the specious pretext of the sacrod niss'of International law, and that tbe time bos come when wo ongbt to take a fresh start, not emit reonnouncing the Monroe doctrine, bnt tiro claiming lo tbe world our intention to sweep from the conliuenl tho last vestige of moaarcut oi.l domination. Since tbe news of tho Insult to ibe Amtilean flag involved in tbe seizure of paw ► engers Irorn an American brig, tue feelings of Ilorie acd Crrswell, and puihaps other members ot the Cabinet, have been turned more tirorgly in tbe channel of. Cuban sympathy, aud a more vigorous policy has been urged upon Gen. Grant. Leading Senators and Representatives, among tbe latter Gen. Banks, have waited upon the President and Secretaty Fish, and counselled an immediate demand'of a satisfactory explana tion from Spanish authorities. But Flshatiit bug* conservatism to b>B bosom, and repeats his timid warnings about tbe dangers of a war with Spiiu, England and France. He states that he has as yet received no official information concerning tho alleged outrage, ond.fhut in the nb»ot»co of such knowledge be cannot with propriety act TBE EUS SIDEM* AMO BOSS. ' A fcpccli of War At tuo tVlitte Kquie— belligerent Interview Between tile Freaideut and senutnr «an-The Senator ordered toLeavo the Execu tive frctence. Senator Ross, of Kansas, one of the gallant seven who voted against impeachment, boarded the Presidential lion in his den this morning. The report is that Ross went to the White House to look alter certain appointments for his tar off State. Ho had heard that tbe President intended to make certain nominations incompatible with the slate he (Ross) had made out lor bimself. Ross, like older Senators, is human, and has a soul nut above yearning for tbe loaves and fishes. His soul felt sad at whu be had learned concerning the designs of Presi dent Grant, and to give bis sonl comfort he wcEded bis way to ibe White Boose. He was admitted at tbe same time as old Z ich. Chandler, bnt hnd the first chance to speak his little piece to the President. "1 coma, klr. President, to talk with you about tbe appointments from my State, having heard that you intend to make certain nominations that may not harmonize with my desires, if you deem it worth while to consult them in the least.” To which Grant laconically and Interrogatively responded, "Well, sir?” Tnis Presidential response was not in the true manner to be relished by tbe Kansas Senator. "Am I to understand that I am rightly informed as to your stated-intentions to disregard my pre ferences in tbe matter of appointments, Mr. Pre sident?” inquired tbe Senator. "That is a- question hardly susceptible of an answer, sir. To what appointments do you al <'d< ? Inform me and then I can reply," rejoined Grant. Senator Ross liked the second answer as little as the. first, bat having come for enlighteum-ni be was detetmined not to go away in a fog. The Senator, therefore, with suppressed rage, ex plained the appointments to which he had refer ence. "Frankly, sir,” said Grant, “I intend not to make those appointments.” "What, elt! Ton scorn to accommodate me in 'he least,” exclaimed Ross, boiling over with rage. "Sir, I believe I have given yon my answer,” fiimiy bnt sternly replied Grant. “Tula is not treating me fairly, Mr. President, nor as one gentleman should another,” uttered Senator Ross. "l buvo no intention to be dictated to, sir,” said Grant sharply. "Nor have I to be insulted, even by yon, sir, were yon twenty limes tbe President,” exclaimed Ross, with bis ire stirred up Co white heat. ‘I must decile e to be annoyed any farther on tbe subject,” mattered Grunt between his teeth, "and desire tbe Interview should terminate.” "You and your desires may go to ball!" roared ont Ross. "Leave tho room, sir! Leave tho room, or I shall force yon out!” thundered Grant. Ross took Us departure accordingly, in a terri ble rrge, quitting the Wbite Houso like one rush irg from a plague, and hurried to the Capitol. President Grant threw himself into a chair tbe aiomeDt tbe door closed and wiped bis brow with a pociict-bandkcrcbief, evidently very much agitated. Old Z reh. Chandler approached and waff thus addressed by tbe President: • Excuse me fir a few moments. Senator. After bat interview I must lake a little time to cool off." Sucb is the account which I h ive learned red which 1 give substantially as It came to me. 1 do not voneh lor its trub, bat have good grounds to believe it is not very diffuredT from tbe actual occurrence.— Uerald. ATHJNBMBNT&. —At Ibe Wolnnt, this evening, the hnrlesquo The Forty Thieves will be presruud, with Jll,«"s Jenn'e and L'zzte Wlllmore in the com. and with Ur. Felix 10 gets as "Hafsarac,” the lerrifle villain wiih a thirst for irloud. Tnn performance will begin with a very amusing fane, eDthled Ilascat Jush. School conilnoes to be saccesefnl at tho Arch, but ii will I e withdrawn alter ibis w<H k to m iko way for I,ut'ii. who will appear in her old parts and tn a new drama. _2 he Field, (\f the Clolh of Gold will be given at Ibe ill this evening. m the utu*l spleudld style. I» has proved an Imiheiire Miccess, ai;d Messrs. Ht,B* & Co deserve much praise for having made its) la spile of ibe niiptM ulttruy of ibe '1 bealre. -TiMDorruw evening Gran's French Comic Opera Con paoy will begiu h- engagement at the Academy or Music, wlih G<ntvieoe de Brabant, an opera wh'cn com a Ins tome music voiy much bet’er than anything in any t ther ol OflVnbach'a composition*. Mile. Rose Bel!, who sustains ibe character of “Drogan," who, by ibe way, bas not much character to easUin, is pretty, graceful, a good actress, «nd a very tolerable singer. The cast includes all lh* best unis is of the company, nnd as ibe costumes and appointments .are all of the most beautiful description, au attractive entertainment nt ibis peculiar character may. be expeced. On Thursday n'ght Geiuv-tcc de Brabant will be repeated. On Friday L'cetl Cr ete will be presented. Forttitar day nfiernoon wn have GtntvUce. and for tho evening Fleur de Th 4. Seats can be reserved at tho Academy, at Boner's mnetc store and at ihe Continental Hotel. _.Tho regnlar weekly rehearsal of tho Germania Orchestra will be gtveu to morrow afternoon, at Hor ticultural Hull. Wo annex ibe programme. Overture, “ Nabucn” G. Verdi •Wander Med," Solo for Flute and Cornel. ..H, Proch Performed by E. Koch,aud G. Dunn. Morgenblaettor, “Waltz" John Stratus Ai.riuuto from Gth Symphony Uaflibovan Ovorlnte. “l)er Narhtluger zn Granida". .C. Krentzor Seotnor du Dnel "Huguenots” Meyeroeer Traumbilder, Knntaele (Zither Solo) H. C. Ltimby Performed by B. Langlota. Tbe last public rehearsal ot tbs season will take piece Apill SSib. —Mrs. Henrietta Behrens will give a concert at the Amateurs’ Drawing Room, on Seventeenth street, this evening. The entertainment will be of the tlnoat character. - On Friday afternoon nest, In the Foyer of the Acadimy, llr. Garl Wolfaobn will give his sixth and lint classical tnallnbi'. The programme is tho beat yer offend. Mr. Rudolph Henntg wbl appear, and Mr., Edward Colotme, tho vlullnlat, will play for the last* time Inthlu city, - - —The American announces a miscellaneous parform once for this cveulng. A performance will be given In the Araa'eurr Drawing Room, pn Seventeenth street, oh Wedue'day ivi ning next, by the Philadelphia Oiiera The very chnrmlug comic opera, The Doctor of Ai’on (are, will he presented, with ncast lupliidtng Mla-ei l.lHi e, Fredinim and Naomi Duran* and Mr. u-org lilsbop. There will he n-full orchestra, under tne ot ruction of Mri W.,0. Dietrich, r, ■ . v > -On Friday evening of next .utn ihl- city, Will give a uraud concert "t Oimcort Hall, In which tever’iil llfet-rau> artiste will appear. ■ ! - A company of Swiss bell rlngem AJSS form tco at Tbo troupe h one of ihu mustJAiu<ia*aiui popular In the wilJldfand lia members are said to bo ulpgalnrly proficient In tholr art. ' F. I. FETHERSTON. PnSHslwr. - PRICE THREE CENTS; FACTO AND FANCIES* —Reverdy Johnson’a dinersty Is at an end; ' —Senator Roes felt quUe “pnt out” by fhß? President's treatment of him yesterday. —Tho cumber of_conversions at revivals durieut’ last week Is reported at over 8,000. —Schneider has appeared in the new Offes- ■ bacblrm, “La Dira.” It won’fbaar translation. • President Grant would almost have hoen jas linid 1’ he hod given Ross a Presidential wuo-loe. 1 —Cooper’s novels In a Romaic version nrovory popular in Athens, Fashionable invitations to dinner in Paris •comain the bill of faro. : ■ , —Robert Buchanan, the Engltsh poet, is eomine to read us his poems this coming antodm. • "T 1 —Garrett Davis denounces President Grant's iri riled appointment of Mr. Bassett as HiTtl mtrlty. . • ’ J - —-Jnbsl Early declines a complimentary dinne r tendered him by his Lvncbburg friends. He don’t want a day of Jubal E. : , . » —Numbers ot young men are constantly leaving Hanover, in order to eacapo serving in the Prna elan army. . i —lf Minister Bassett shonld bo decapitated la' Hayti, what wonld be left of him? Nothing hot his aesetts. —On Mondayoflastweek Mrs. A. A. Dodd,.or" Hnm-jebuig, Warren countv, Otilo, received! ■ forty-one votes lor Justiceof the Peace.: —Baron Brisse, the famous writer oncniinary, matters, has been taken quite sick inconsequence! of an indigestion. No wonder. ~ "i —Wbat’s in a name? The first colored Minister ■ of the United States is named . Ebony-sir Di Baa «tt. ■.. —A man in Wilmington, Del., tried to brink ont the Black Crook with three ballot girls andam Irishman. He was driven otf the stage with ‘ jells, hisses and cabbage stalks. -nr.ua ‘Avy-'S —Lmgiewicz has written another letter nbont 'be fUfleiiDge of Poland, in which he calls tbO“ Emperor Alexander the Second of Russia “ the .' ecrofulouß drunkard at Bt. Petersburg.”, —One of the friars at the convent at Preaburg, .- Hurgury, was recenUy poisoned while partaking; of the sacrament by the servant having poured • sulphuric acid into bis cup. —Menotil Garibaldi is not living vorv happily; with his yonng wife. She resides at ’Leghorn, ' und he has gone back to Caprera. Wei shoUta say that “Me naughty Garibaldi” was not lfvittg' with Madame at all. .. . —The Cedar Rapids Times claims the champion— ship lor a yonng girl, “sweet sixteen," of, Linn ,i county, lowa, as follows: For six weeks last wider, during the sickness of her father and . mother, she attended forty-eight head ot sheep,. -: eight head of horses, twelve head Of cattle, ana two calves, besides milking throe cows, driving" the cattle cpHhquarter of a mile overy day to : water, cleaning the horses’ stable, dnlag -the •' bonsework, and taking care of her sick parents —When Ferdinand the Second,of Naples, better? known os King Bomba, first heard of railroads* he gave It as his opinion that they were aa in vention ot the devil, and that none of them.. shonld ever be constructed la bis States. His confessor had finally to remonstrate lit the most urgent manner with him in order’ to obtain bia consent to the building of the first railroad In ' Naples, and even then he raised all kinds of oh blades wbllu the work was in progress. —King Victor Emmanuel recently visited Her culaneum and Pompeii, and surprised the learned gentleman who accompanied him on that' deem sion by bis utter Ignorance of ancient history. He really thought that the eruption of Vesuvius, In consequence of which the two ancient cities-' were overwhelmed by volcanic ashes, had- oc curred fonr or five hundred years ago. It Is stated' ihat when, In the coarse of conversation, the name of Pliny was mentioned, the King of Italy did not know who Pliny was. —There la considerable sectional animosity be tween Galesburg and Kpoxviile, in Knox coanty, Illinois, arising to n considerable extent, from a straggle to secure tbe connty-seat. An lllastnt ilon of ibis feeling la tbo following from the Giles—’’ burg Free Press: During a visit to Knoxville, lew days since, passing in front of the principal store in Ibe village, we halted for a moment be fore tbe proprietor, whom we happened to know,, end ashed blm, “ How’s trade ? - ’ “ Well,” aaia be, slowly removing a halF-cbewed straw from hi*- inontb, and looking for encouragement toward’ the conrt-honso, " it’s pooty brisk; pickin’ up a< good’eal. Old Granny M Was In ’yer this.- mom in’, ’n traded for an egg’s worth of tea, to bw paid for when her pallet lays." —Among tho anecdotes told of Berlioz by Hu* Patio kuilletonlsls are tho following: "while., yonng and wholly witbont any resource bnt his iron will, Berlioz had copied with bis own hand, tbo works ot Glnck and Haydn. He knew these Immortal works by heart and followed wlthlß tense interest the representations of thnen at tho opera. One night he suddenly, arose and shaking;. bis list at tbo orchestra, exclaimed: ‘Uymbali, have to bnslcess in that pasaagcl’ A few minutes afterwards he arose again and cried with all his might, ‘Ombnls again? He never wrote cyra-. bale there!’ He was pnt ont of thehonsu.” "Old ’ Pilncc Metternieh was as Ignorant of made as •' possible. One day, alter hearing an orohestr&oC.i live hundred pieces conducted by Berlioz, ho ' atktd tbe lutler, ‘Do yon often write music 'for ; live hnndrrd performers?’ ‘So,’ replied 7 ‘not often. Generally I only write fop four han ditd and flfly.”' ’* —Tbe late Lord Belbaven beqneathed.to Queen; Victoria ibe following interesting relics of fflfrry,' • Qoien of Scoia: Relic No. lls a cabinet madOof ebony, richly ornamented in front with desigusii In tortoise-sboll; height, five feet, two inches;;: width, fonr feet two inches; depth, one foot nlno, iDchts. The front opens with folding doors. It* tbe centre aro two small folding doors, wblob, ] on being opened, reveal a small recess, with ' l> rrclaitd pavtinect and roof with side mlrrore. Tbe inner folding doors are surrounded with drawers. Tbe Scottish Queen brought this oabl net »ilh her from France on her return: to Scot land to begin her eventful career. The souvenir must be three hundred years old, but it is ill wonderfully good preservation. Relic No. 2it a. purse (ibe work of Quern Mary’s own handaß beautifully wrought with a crown, scepter ana’ sword In gold, with the words "God Save King James." Relic No. 3is a piece of unleavened bread, to which uo antbontic history is attached*, but traditionally understood to have boun.a frog—r merit of what Queen Mary had used when par* • ilcipatlng in the most solemn rite of her religion.. 1 here Is also a lock of Mary’s hair, which Is of a. tight color. —John Paul pleadsfortbe dogs iu the following; ■ touching terms: “Now, I don’t like hydropho bia myself, uDy belter than any ope clso doos. Not that ibe inability to drink w»ter— which,!#.,, one of the symptoms of tho disease,—would causa , mo any acute suffering, but because it ip un^-,, pleasant to keep your frlonds in a constant stole , of fear lest yon should bile thorn, und decidedly. uncomfortable to bo smothered wlth_ pdla we, # bleb la Ino Western modo of curing tbe disease, nd tbe patient at tbe same time. No unpreju diced person can deny that th > dogs jrro, , greatly the supiriors of the mm. No dog, mb ever lowered himself so, far as to beep.to. , an alderman, or a member of no dog ever edited nfl«h newspaper, or tnctmo , a Radical political lecturer, and no dog evdP“ Joined tbe Erio ring. Who are oar revenue la- ‘ ini ctors and coiners of countorteitraouoy? .MbU, not dogs- Who fill oar prisons anl aluvstmuse#.;; and legislative chambers? Menagdß , among them.. Who ate the Jailors iad. turnkyy*, of ouryi Isons, using their uuthorUy and murder the uhbnppyfelons? M’-n.with whom.'* noidog would even associate. What oonsUtatai '• ihe detective police, andf the rottofthu orlmluri classes? Mc«— aiw“S ft men; not a dost,**;;#«» a ' woak-iu(tdea pup can be. found la- |t*etr ,ranks. A Dogs are niuruliind atrfpily conscientious; doj* , aru iiustwoitby io tho iust balr, dogt aid; Mel’, and niß&hanlmoa& ;Oan any oao 8»y, M WtKin,, formes?" ■\ /\ 'l a"' ' -v-"
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