GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. TOLUME XXIII-NO. 4. THB EVENING’ BULLETIN. fubusiikd kvbbt evening, . (Sunday*, excepted), ' at THE BEW BCUETIIV BDltDim HOT Cbcitunt Nircct, FhlladolpUla. nyru* ’■ ■ EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. _ _ . FRANCIS WbLIB. Theßrtxwrnil»eerved to nbxsriben In the dty at 18 Mnt* par woek. payable to tho cantors. or 88 per annum. WEDDING CABDB. INVITATIONS FOB PAH »T _tli«. *O, New ityle*. MASON A CO.. anEEtfj 807 Chestnut street. WEDDING INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE VV Newest and boat manner, LOUIS DBEKA. Sta tioner and Engraver. K 33 Chestnut etreet. febso.-tf ftfABBM). PETTIT—BTEWART.—On tic 13th Inst., a*, the reriaente oi tie bride'* father, by tbc Bov. E. E. Aden*, D.D.. assisted by Rev. P. Stryker. D.D., John Pi fit to Alida R, daughter of It. I). Stewart, all of this city. .. - •• SAITMENIG—STAUFFEtL—On tbefi'h Instant, In Baliimorc. by ihc Rev H A. Seblelcbter. WlllUm R. fcaumcnig to Mute Mary E. Stauffer,younger.t daugh ter of George W. Stauffer. K q . all of Baltimore. r. ■’ - : VUSUi / ASHMBAB.—On;, the :13ih liifit., I'lir.u B,,daughter <>! tbc laic Theodore Ashmead, MI It . Of German town. . . .. -- :.-J Tho relntlvea ore Invited to attond ber funeral, on Thtmday afternoon fltstb tnat), at 8 o’clock. " BARTON.—On the night ot. Sunday, llth innt.. In bla 28th year, William. 11. Bauox, eon of Samuel and Warja Bartop. ; ; . i Tbc relative* and friend* of the family arc respect fully lptlted to Attend hie fancral, from blafutncr’-a reefdcnce, No. 632 North Fourth etreet, on Thursday afternoon. 16ih tntt., at S ociock. Interment at Souih Lunrei Hill. •• UOGDFJILtbw.—On tho 13th instant. Maty, wife of Janies tiooufe lour. ' The relntlvea ard frlonda of the family arc respect fully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of ber husband, Bit Clinton etreet, on Friday, the ICih iutt, ai 8 o’clock P. 4L Interment at Laurel Hill. ■** fiENEKLS.— Thin morning. Mrs, Slaty Henkels, In tte 7Pib year of ter age, rolled of the late Daniel Ilenkcla. Due notice will be given of. the funeral. tf LUTZ —On the 12th Intt, Miebau! B, Lata, In the 68th year ol bift age. The rslotlves ann male friend*. Royal Arch Chapter A. T. jit. of Eeadlny, and the Order la crcneral, aUo the Union League ol.Philadelphia, ate respectfully lu vlti a n> attend the funeral, from hi* late residence, No. 1003 Norib-Fifth street, on Saturday afternoon, 17th tnel., at l o'clock. To proceed lo Miaul Peace Cimeii.ry. [Rending (Pa), Ohio, Indiana and din Francisco pspero please copy.’ . ** PJtATT.—On the 12th tnsuuit, Thataae Pratt, In the 96i b j ear of hie age. The male relative* and friends of the family are re spectfully Invited Pi ahead tho funeral, trom till lute re-idcncc. No. 249 North Tenth street, on Tdaodsy afternoon, the 16ih inot., at 3 o’clock. Iriturmeat at South Laurel Bill. *’ J£YRE & LA> DELL, oi'BK tuts morning. NEW l AblilCS Ki II,II'F’EK. Sl' K CHAIN Al BTJUEN.' KB. 8EB(i» H, TOhUEEri, Sir. tic. RPEOUL NOTICES, eng?* TO TUB CITIZENS OF Fflll,AJ)£Li'fll&. The undeifigDid.ln consequence of the slander, oue rohrcpreaenUiloua thht have etrculatrd through the city. in the pi cm and o btrwi*e, resulting In the removal ol ihe ißJbtmd track* on Hroadrtreet. deem ft duo to (hus&eU& toirive «* brl<-f itatemeot of their action In the premise d* fen log »o a fntnre day a more extended ro ▼lew of the who e subject, In which they propo*o to ex amtceacd cmt.raf ntmore fully os the action and bleruoflYtt efihoic nhohare hens moat prominent In thU-movcment. Dujiagtbo month of February laittbey.ln common with ot* or citizen*, petitioned Councils for an extension of the time fixed by ordinance for the removal of tbo fratlm from Hioad street. giving rrvone therefor, to which your attention l« yet’otpect/uHr called. Title petition wen banded to the Select Cooncflmoa fr*m the Tenth Vi ard. who U aleo Chairman of tht> Com xnittee on llailrosd*. and waa by him, ut‘ their request. To Council*. and, with a dieclaimer on hia p«rt of any sympathy with Its objeei, was rderred to hi* com mlttee. '1 lie i etlf loners having bo*o promised a bearing b *forc the committee were astonished to ri»d their p-tlcloo acted upon w itbout notice to them, adversely repotted and of course refused by Connells tier* the matter with them reati d for tht rro(*t Tb' Wcaidect of tbc Pe» wytvania Railroad Company, seeing the utter impossibility of maintaining the present trade with the WmU withoutirovlous adequate provision for Its icvotoniodaUna. addressed C •ucdls with a view to hare <he time tor the removal o' the rails from tfroad street extended to July 1. 'ibis application was *o manipulated in Councils as to Induce the officers ef tho KaiUood to mi«yo that without the co-operatloo of tin* former petitiouCTs the requ st wobld not feo granted. lr vrae held tb&t U would place Councils In tho awkward predicament of granting at the request of one Individual, withe ot add it onal reasons, what bad been peremptorily denied a largo number ot petitioners, representing im potent butinevs inteii-ets. / ‘ibty wenvthtn fore, requested to join la ‘his new ap plication. Notwlibsta iding the petiueners full they hsd no influence in I'ounclis, they wero quite wiilia* to as*let the iTOtirtm of the PennevJvania Railroad Company in hu endeavors- A paper was accordingly prepared acts presented to them for eft nature It was found to eoutaln an implied ccuti act, by w fetch they to lefloquish all their lights in and upon said street in considerailoo of an «xten»lon of the time for 1 hree months. The undmlgned unhesitatingly declined to enter Into such sawc-mint, and refused <o b* rold out for such a comid* ration. A number of pontons. mostly tenan t after considerable pervuasten, aid elm, being desirous to reUln the advantages of the road as iougas powlble. This act of 1 heirs is now charged r* * breach of faith on our part, who refused to coinprrmim ou-selves by a »y such arrangement. It was made the basis tho precipi tate action of Councils in tne removal of the tracks, aud under Cover o' this plea they seek to escaoo critic!tm. ‘J ho law of lfc&i, framed by Councils and passed at their request, providedtbat beforo tberemjv*lof the tracks, or other obstructions, compensation eh'iuld bo made ’o all panics larioa rUhtr*, privileges. &c., on the lino of the road. Had this law be*nfaithfullv carried out, there would have I etn no ne ccesUy for further IcgtsUtio o. But since a deebion of the Supreme Court. dUiuh*ft!ox the la jut.ctiiD against tie remov** of >bo rails ou south Broad Street, Council* have faied to comply with thuUv, claiming flu- tight to remove tbe track* u itbout r ference to He pro* ialope, thus placing our rights, of agreed to f»e second In th«< act, iu jeopardy. Uuch bciug to« cose, eminent couDrel uudor whose advice w c have acted, pre pared a bill for tbu purpose of enforcicg the provisions of the act of 1866. w hich it was our desire to have passed. No d» lay or extension of finfa was asked ai will b* seen by those who will read its provisions, but only a faithful compliarc** with tbu original law authorizing tho re moval of the tiackt*. « Wo cousider this law just and equitable; Wo do not be lieve the pt'op*obf this city desire ©great public i-upovc mont (ssihel-rprovaiueutof Hroad etreutls thou# it to bo) at tbe expense of & few citizens, buc that those wh o BDeUiutUm-tf-vbowevir 'mall, shall be compensat'd. The tights of thex»oorCft a**c never to bo disregarded. Wo shall, then foie, persevere iu our efforts to obtaia justice. One word in regard tolbo •‘rumors** that we have raised money to-influence legislation. Thus is a convenient wiupon, for ihe use of which nobody la re*pou*U>te. it •was used at tne proper moment when our petition was before councils to prejudice our case, aud a committee was appointed to investigate the matter, who? without one fact in their possession or one responsible name as voucher, wo botiove still sit as “a terror to ovlt doers.* 1 Now, wo deny fund challenge proof to the contrary >, that one cent has been raised eub-crloed, contrlbu: dor nsed by u« to lufluunce either Councils or the Legislature. Ou tho contrary, the members of tbu latter body, to whom the till was shown previous to ils belog t ffdrvd, admitted Its Justice, and ending we only a.ked a faithful compli ance with the law of 1866, aud no extension of time, as snrtd us that In their opinioa It ought to pass, and would give it their vote if necessary, We believed the justice of the bill would insuroforita favorable consideration. From *be above it will bo seen that, so far from there having b( ou &Dy breach of faith on our part, we have had r©<ounieto!hei*to>*.aiure, by the advice of counsel, to maintain our riguta as guaranteed by tho act of 1866, ■whose protitriouM are now. sought to beevaded by the city authorities; and v huteverloisor Incoavenleucdd oik citi zens may tpffer iu con equrnce of the removal of the tracks at this time should tie charged to thoje to whom it , rt peri y t.lo n | f . uancßAi(^co ., , AKIHUK COW I’ON, BENJAMIN ROWLAND. JtODEItT EKVIEN, OUAB. KAYNOJt, 8. K. MALONE. m WM. P. BUAKPLEBB, IUUMAB ALLMAN, CIUAB A. Rlil'l'LUitf., R. WIBTAK. „ W L. WIST Alt. BAMUEL W, HESS, NEL'ON GAVIT, K. W.I'ATUIUK &00., 1. W. NEl* L & Ottf . ÜBAUaM Si JONES, 'ArvDUEW H WEILS. WMH. WEaTBU. JAO -B WirMBB, B. I'.BENOER PEttoiVAL A. BELL, ELAM WEN -EK. ROUERTJJALDOLEUaii, BENJAMIN MALONE. A. H HAYNOK, KOBERTB, (AcUdr Exo. utor cuato <~t A. B. Itobert’.) a.l;;N v EKY &00., BHOEMAKLU E. LEM 8. V ,v'K I MoINTYEF. JußEfll BEITLER.' BATHS. 11CSGIRARD STEEE-^ FROM THE -ovouiugf' dei ’ artment “trictur prtvnta Opon^da^oad mar- TO ARCHITECTS. 1 •f*' OFFICE OF TUB COMMISSIONERS FOJtTHE ERECTION OFPUBLIC BUII.D NUH. _ , ' _ I niunnu’UiA, April B, 1869. Deilanefcr new Public Buildings to bo erected on Iq aepM'deuce gqiiare. In tbo city of PhiLdalpbta, with epcclth altons. and estimates lor tbe ftiinr, will ho re ccivcd at the OFFICE oft TTIB ’•DEPARTMENT OF SCRVET 8." No *24 Booth FIF rH strectmotU tho FIRST OF tEPIEMBERSexf, Bt S 3 M (m : Architect* intending to submit planawill reectvoclr omars containing full in'ormetloo as to the general cb 4r actrr of the.jiroroi'ed buildings, the amount of accom modation to bo provldf d. Ac., by applying, either per sonally or by letter, to the undersigned. Secretary of the Board of Commissioners, at tho southwest carntr of Walnut snd Fifth streets. A premium of 83,000 will he paid for the design posters. In* the inoit merit. SI MW for tbe second beat, 81,000 for the third, and 8600 for the fourth. The decision upon tho merits of the plans to bo made, and tho premiums to ba an nrded, by tho Board of Commissioners, on or before tbs first flay or Octobirncxt, at 13 M. Ail rejected plans nil! bo returned. By ozder of tho Board of Commissioners. , . H. C. FCtIH, hp 7 18t,rp, Secretary. • agw NEW METHOD OF HUH.DIN't Cheap and Beautiful Cottages, lirrcTlptirc clicnlan free. »H4-ttn,’] A. IT. CALI) WILL A BON. 113 8. Fourth at. «gg». HOWARD HOSPITAL. NOB-1618 and 1621 LOW ~ w bard street; Dispensary Department.—Medical treatment and medicine inrnisbed gratuitously to tho poor. Tint Womeh'h Nation ai. Art Association. Tbe Sorosisof lady-painters are abont closing Ibcir little exhibition at Haßeltlne’s rooms. Tho faccess displayed in many of their efforts is qatto bigh enough to re iitare the fair aspirants in the groceinl art they have chosen. The best picture on exhibition is dotibticss tho copy from Andrea del Sarto, mode at Florence by Miss Anna Lea. It is a study, foil at once of talent and of careful ness, and is decidedly above the average of gallery-copies; the heads of the lour figures are particularly fine—so lino Indeed as to have di 'cried tbe artist’s attention a little from the re maining parts of the composition. Tbfct overween ing attention to the human face (called divine) is, according to our observation, the character istic of all lady artists; and though revealing a pleasant characteristic, is not quite compatible with the true art-spirit,which extends an exaclly < qual sympathy to every object represented. The contrast between the execution of the flesh in any of these four faces and that of the naked leg near tbe middle of the group, will explain what •a c tninu —the trait would be a trifle were it not moled in the inmost spirit and comprehension of ilie art of painting, and, as we observed, very common among female artists. The copy is, on the whole, an acquisition of great value, speaking of it intrinsically and wlthoot reference to the sex or history of the painter. . The lithographs of Miss Peart are about the most advanced works shown by tho borne-mem bers of the Association; they are scientifically exact as far as they go, but show a certain love of omline, and hesitation in ligbt-and-shade- Min Wagner, in the “Playing Bride,” and other selections, shows immense industry—so mneb, and so relentlessly applied, that itglvcsherworks a slightly iron-bound look; but can there be a b* tier fault ? Miss Oakley's “Grapes” exhibit real feeling for quality and color. The “Welsh Fisher Giil,” contributed under the turn ptuceau of August Biller, is something warm, florid, gorgeous,—and rich as cake and honey. We can speak favorably, too, of tire. Peale’s copy after Patti Weber, lira. Stna- Icj 'e “Maitrarolta,” and tbe contributions of Mrs. Waters (1J) and Misses Johnson (1C), and Mary Smith (lit). Mire Waugh, a sculptor and painter of remarkable talent, contributes a bust admira bly modeled and showing portrait-fidelity in every line. The regular self-lmprovemen t of this little band of brave-hearted students js truly encouraging, and we bopo they will feel strong enoDgb to give periodical exhibitions regularly in farnie. FOURTH AHI> ARCII, Sprague’* Attack on Brown ft Ives. CAUI>. It is for the State of Rhode Island to brand with feeling Infamy the foul and atrocious calum nies with which the character of tbe people of this State has been aspersed before the world npon the floor of th'c Senate of tbe United States,- by one of Its members, placed there by the State it self. But it is Incumbent upon us publicly to notice a specific allegation made in tbe speech of the Hon. William Sprague, od the Blh day of this month. In the Senate of the United States, and contained in these- words: “This great family came to me in 1857 and made this proposition: ‘Let as join oar lorcee. prevent a suspension of specie payment, break down those who are oar rivals in business or otherwise, and buy up their propeity.' At that time 1 had no debts whatever pressing upon me. Hnt did I unite with them in carrying into effect this vicious and pernicious scheme? Sir, I did cot. I repudiated and spurned the proposal.” This charge is made in the presence of the 81 note, under the privileges of that body, guaran teed, by these words of the -Constitution of tho Unlike States: ‘ ‘Add lor any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place.” Bnt we, in the presence of the great tribunal of public justice, and under the personal re epoDSlbilitv of our owu names, hereby declare that this allegation is totally false and muliciona. 'lbcte are other imputations against us in the tome speech, tqnolly unfounded, but as they are couched in vogue and iDdefluiieexpressions, we •to not deem it necessary to notice them, further thun to deny explicitly the charge made of our attempt to impair the mercantile standing of the' Senator. We are totally ignorant of any occasion which cm justify or explain the attack made upon us by Senator Sprague. BitOVVN & IVKS, 1 by Jons Carter Brown, - Sole Partners, and Ron set H. Ives, j Providence, April 12, 1860. Patents for Pennsylvanians. List of patents Issued from the Halted States Patent Office for the week ending April 13,1863, uud each bearing that date: “Blast-Heating Apparatus for Smcltlng-Far ujci-b"—Joseph 0. Kent, Pbillipsburg, N. J. "Animai Trap"—Joßinh W. Elis, Pittsburgh, Pa. “Manufacture of Rails for Railroads”—Charles Howitt, Hamilton township, N. J. “Casting Tuyeres”—W. M. Johnston, Pitts burgh, Pa., assignor to himself and D. P. Estep, same place. “Null Plate Feeder” Castle, Pa. “Jog Top’’—Homer Wiight, Pittsburgh, Pa., otsignor to himself, H. H. Collins & B. F. Col in, e, same place. “ Vise”-J. D. Beck, Liberty, Pa. “Bosh Holder" Daniel Donehoo, Beaver Court Hoaee, Pa. “ Ear Blank for Elliptic Springs W. Evans, Pittsburgh, assignor to John Evans, Philadelphia. “ Cooking, Stove"— F. Falls & J. P. Hayes, Philadelphia, assignors to F. Fall. “Velocipede"—W. S. Hill, Manchester, N. H. ‘'Screw Threading Machine"—William J. Lewis, Pittsburgh, Pa. “Velocipede”—F. W. McClcave, New Bedford, Mass. "Velocipedo”—T. H. Mott, New York, N. Y. “Forming Mill”—Harvey F. Seibert, Brady’s Bend, Pa. . • ,r - “Velocipede"—John J. White,Philadelphia, Pa. “Circular flaw"— James E. Emerson, Trenton, Pa. / “Snrfaco Condenser”—John Houpt, Sprlng . field. Pa. / ‘ “8 rlvo for Cure of Foot Rot In Sheep”—John McDowell, Boffalo lowoßbip, Fa. “Folding Bedstead"—John Muller, Philadel phia,l’a. ; V "Ring and Traveler for Spinning”—Thomas I Welbntn, Philadelphia, Pa. I Extension. —“Imp rove moot in Cultivators"— G: W. N. Yost, of Corry, Pa.- . ' 1 Francis D. Pastorious, Sbllcltor of Patents, N, W. cor. Foutth and Chestnut streets. srmiui. notices. HIE mi ABCS. J. R. Richardson, New PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1869. LETTER FBOH 1,1 ECTT EIV A[V T-G EN BUAJL. SHEEHAN. Tho Surrender of Gen. J. E, Johnston. 7'o the Jidifor of dm N. X. Tribune 8IK: In y our iseue ot yesterday is a notice of Mr. HooJy’a picture, representing tho interview between Mr. Lincoln, Gtn. Grant, Admiral Porter and myself, wt,icl> repeats substantially the accounts pub lished in Wilkes'Spirit of the Times, explanatory of that interview, and attributing to Mr. Lmcoln himself the paternity of the terms to Gen. John ston’s army nt Durham, id April, 1865, 1 am glad you have called public attention to the picture itielf, because 1 feel o personal intei ist that Mr.- Hoaly should be appreciated as one of our very best artists. But some friends hero think by silence I may be construed as willing to throw off on Mr. Lincoln the odium of those teiroa. If there be any odium, which 1 doubt, I surely would not be Willtbg least show ol it should go to Mr. Lincoln's memory, which 'I ' -'hold In too much Veneration to be stained by anything done or said ny me; I understand that the substance of Mr. Wilkes’s original article was compiled by him after it railroad conversation with Admiral Porter, who was present at tbat interview os represented 16 the picture, and who madp a note of tho con versation immediately alter we separated. Be would be more likely to have preserved the exact words' used on the occasion than I, who made no. notes, then or' since. I cannot now even pretend to recall more than the subjects (cached upon by tho several par ties, and the impression left on my mind after we parted. The interview was in March, nfearly a month before tbe final catastrophe; and it was ! my part of tbe plan of operations to move my army, re-eßforccd by Schofield, then at Golds boro’, N. t)., to Bnrkcßvllle, Va., when Lee would have been forced to surrender in Rich mond. The true move left to him was a hasty abandonment of Richmond, join his foice to Johnston’s, and ' strike me in open country. The only question was; could 1 sustain this joint attack till General Grant come up In pursuit? I was con :khnt I could; but at the very moment of oar conveisation General Gr-mt was moving General Sbetldan’e heavy force oi cavalry to his extreme iefi, to prevent this very contingency. Mr. Lin coln, in bearing ns speak of a final bloody battle, n filch I then thought would fall on me near Raleigh, did exclaim more than once, that blood enong b had already been shed, and he hoped that the war would end witbont any more, we spoke of what was to be done with Davis, other party leaders, and the rebel army; and be left me under ibe impression that alb he asked of ns was,To dissipate these armies, and get the soldiersJback to thsir homes anyhow, the quicker the better, leaving him free io apply the remedy, and the restoration M Civil Law. He (Mr. Lincoln) surely left upon my mind the impression warranted by Admiral Por ter's account, that he bad long tbonghtof his course of action when the rebel armies were out of his way, and that he wanted to get civil go vernments reorganized at the Boutb, the quicker the better, and strictly conforming with our gen eral system. I bad been absent so long that I presumed of coarse that Congress had enacted ail the laws necessary to meet the event of peace, so long ex pected,and the near approach of which must then Have been seen by the mest obtuse; and all I aimed to do was to remit the u txT .orißy Barren curing to ms to the conditions of the laws of .the country as they then existed. At tbe time of. Johnston’s snrrender at Bar naul, I drew bp the terms with my own hand. Breckinridge bad nothing ataii to do with them, more than to discuss their effect, and be knew bey only applied to the military; and he forth with proceeded to make bis escape from the i ountry, a coarse that X believe Mr. Lincoln wished that Mr. Davis should have succeeded in effecting, as well as all the other leading South ern politicians, against whom public indignation always turned with u feeling far more Intense than against Gens. Lee, Johnston and other purely military men. I repeat that, according to my memory, Mr. Lincoln did not expressly name any specific tcims of snrrender, but he was In that kindly and at ntie frame of mind that would have induced bim to approve fully what I did, excepting prob ably he woold have interlined gome modica tlons, such as rccogDizing his several proclama tions antecedent, ns well as tbe laws oi Congress, which would have been perfectly right andoc i eptablc to me and to all parlies. 1 dislike to open this or any other old question, red do it for the reason stated, viz., lest 1 be construed os throwing off on Mr. Lincoln what bis friends think should be properly borne by me alone. If in the original »termfX had, as I certainly meant, included of tho Presi de m, they would have covered the slavery question and all the real State ques ilons which caused the war; and had not Mr. Lincoln been assassinated at that very mo ment, 1 believe those “terms” would have taken ibe usual course of approval, modification, or absolute disapproval,and been returned to me, like hundreds of other official acts, without the newspaper clamor and unpleasant controversies Eo unkindly and unpleasantly thrust upon me at the lime. ( I am truly youre, W. T. Sherman, General. Washington, D. C., April 11, 1869. lOBBEBV ON JAT COOKE A CO. A New York Bank Victimized. The Tt ilium, of this morning says: Odc of ibe most remarkable foigerios ever com muted in this city—remarkable not so moch lor >be amount of money obtained as for the clever mts and tßill with which the affair was carried through—was discovered on Monday afternoon, '.ut was kept secret nntil yesterday, when the Incls become the subject of comment on Wall street. The forgery was evidently planned and executed by a master hand, aided by men who were well versed in the mode of doing banking easiness in voguo in the gteat Arm' uf Joy Cooke & Co., whose office is located u t the corner of Wall and Nassau streets. The forged checks were five in number, tho highest culling lor $9,000 and the lowest for $9OO, their aggregate being $26,000, and were executed ou peifict fac simile copies of tho check forms used uy the firm. They were presented on Monday btternoon at tho Bank of the State of New York, on Wall street, and at once paid, all the slgna (ures being such perfect forgeries that none bat one perfectly familiar with the sign manual of the supposed signer could detect them. The skill and knowledge of the forgers were more clcaily shown, however, In iboir pqrfcct adhe rence to tho rules which govern tho firm of Jaj’ Coobe & Co., as well as those in force at tho bank. Joy Cooke & Co. have four or five cashiers, whose dnty ft is to indorse checks bear ing the firm signature over lo tho person to whom the money is to be paid. Thus, if a check bear ii g the signature of the firm should be presented at bank, without the indorsement of tbo cashier, it would not bo paid. To successfully carry out their plan, fhertfore, the forgers mndo a triple lorgery, first signing the name of. the firm, then the indorsement .to the holder, and, to make assurance doubly snre, appended another signature of the cashier to each check, identifying the holder. This lost precaution wub taken because .it is a custom of ibo firm to arrarge with their bank never to cash a cheek for over $6,000 unless the holdor is iden tified. As the teller saw the cashier's identifica tion of the holder on each or the checks, ho en tertained no doubt of, their genuineness, and probably supposed that the holder was a stranger in the city. The employds bf Jay CoOko & Co. pronounce the forged signatures to bo almost per fect fac similes of the original, and devoid of that stiffness which generally characterizes forgeries. The case is as yet very mysterious, and, as far as lean be ascertained, ;Uoithfcr Jay Cooke nor tho ;bank officials have any eltio ob to the purpotr.t itoreolthofoigexies. V-,. .... OUR WHORE COUNTRY. ‘ Tbe Cuban Navy-Trophic* of tbo War. The Havana correspondent of the New .Fork .Times my ft ■ > ' a. - The first and only attempt to organize a Cuban navy is over. Thus ends the Cubans’ dream of •captured Spanish vessels and of supplies landed cßd carried in crafts flying tho single star -flag. The Comanditarlo, alias the l'ara, was captured on tbe 3Jst ult. at Providence Key, one of the chain of Keys near Nassau,where she was an chored awaiting a supply of < coal. The Comanditarlo was lying in shallow water, where .-be could not be reached by the Spanish man-of war San Quinlin until the arrival of tbo improvised Spanish trim boat Aha, one of tho togs plying in the harbor of Havana. The per sons on board of the Comanditarlo immediately ook to their boats. Accounts differ, ha. to whether one of tbe boats was capsized by the sun or ettnek by a ball hred from tho San Qulntin, and also whtlher two or six men were drowned Among them was Mr. Ossorio, tho loader of the . xpiditlon. The Comanditarlo was brought here in tow by tbe San Qulntin, and tbe Ana remained watching tbe Koy to force the ptutbo men-of-warmen into the terrible olterua- Ive of starving or delivering themselves into the bands of their enemies to be hanged. As a mat ter of humanity some English or American man of-war:onght to proceed toStirrup Keys and take besemen off, who, according to tho roles of na tions, committed an act of piracy, but whole reality did nothing more than execute an order *’f their recognized chieftain, which they hod the pluck to undertake to do bnt not the ability to cony out. Salt water is tv location where the Cubans have not yet learned to locate themselves. Taking into consideration the fact that they are natives ol an island this appears ratuer strange, bnt as the Spaniards formerly, and the outside barbarians latterly, did all this work for them (as a matter of course not to please tbe Cabans unt lor their own benefit), the Cabans had. al ways qnletiy remained at home. Since writing the foregoing the Spanish steam ers Marteilla and Ana nave arrived from the Keys, and brought a few prisoners. A. court martial is now sitting on the flagship to try them. What on idea ?to capture a steamer and uot burn her before allowing her to fall again into the hands oi tbe Spaniards. TRGTIITES OP WAR. The Prensa, in its yesterday’s issue, speaking of the Cuban flag which tho artillery a ragged through the dirt in the streets, and of another which was brought by the N uevo Almeudarea, says : “We are sure that the diligent correspondents of the New Fork journals have already communi cated the arrival of these flags by telegraph to the United States, and we don’t doubt that the beantllnl Cubans with the flowing hair will at once provide other colors for their brethren, that they may abandon (hem to the soldiers and volunteers pursuing them. Place aux dames." The virulent, and, at times, indecent attacks of many Havana Journals on the Cuban iadieß have btcome of regular occurrence, and their hatred is easily explained by the fact that the Cuban ladies, although indolent, are brave, conrageoas, and to the utmost extent self-sacrificing, when the question of Cuban, independence is at issne. Were the ■ men only equally united, and some of them half as bravo, and ready to lay down their lives and chattels tor the catiße of independence, tbe victory would loug ago have been theirs. Tue Caban ladies deserve all nroise, and their exertions have been equal to those made by .the women of any other land in .similar times. Regarding the flags, however, which' -the Praua Is anxious to have referred' to, it must be confessed that they well deserve a mention, os one of them was actually captured on the field of scrimmage, and was not found by some police officer in the trunk of an old widow lady. What a pity that the valiant Spanish soldiers have snch enemies to encounter to tell ties about ibem, when the plain truth is amply sufficient. Everybody knows that the Spanish soldier is valiant, obedient and a strict disciplinarian, and this is the reason why these newspapers, by ibtlr bombastic articles, make them objects of ridicule. THE XnOJUnON CONFERENCE. The Salt Rake Reporter of the 2d inst. contains the following sarcastic prophecy: On next Tuesday will occur the great semi annual Conference of Use "Latter-day Saints.” It will no doubt be a great occasion, for the •• brethren,” as many Important matters are to be considered. But thousands who are interested will find it impossible to be present, and for their nlightenment we give an ontline of what will bo said and done. Experience la the past and "reve lation” for the intnre enables ns to determine this with tolerable certainty: as any man who has heard a dozen Mormon sermons can tell trom the circumstances abont what the next one will consist of. It is not probable any new move will be inangnrated this timo, as “co operation”.ia not yet played out and will suffice to amuse‘the people for, peThaps, another year. Alter the nsnal opening ceremonies, the choir will sing a hymn, composed for the occasion by the “Sait Like Poetess,” containing abandant i tiers nee to "our Prophet, Brignam Young” and tho “Peace of Deseret.” “Prt-Bideul" George A. Smith will then make a lengthy speech on the •history and persecutions of the Bairns.” We me glad to hear he has improved it somewhat since we last heard it. Again he will tell, in glowing but ungrammatical English now the bold pioneers “stuck their spades into .he soli of Jackson corn)ly, Missouri,” and were invltid lo leave by their neighbors; bow they es tablished the printing press at Independence, which taught abolition sentiments, and was, therefore, torn down; how the “Saints” labored at Nanvoo and were driven away from their homes. Ho will probably forget to state tbit ■ hey practiced polygamy there though denying it in all their papers and sermons, and afterwards came out and contradicted their own denials. Again will the “Mormon battalion” oo mustered, t moiled and sent on its long murch to California. But bu will omit to state that Brigham Yoang re ciived $20,000 from the Government, which he pocketed lor his private “bonus." Again will it »e told bow the soldior “Saints” made ajubes iu Ntw Mexico and dug wells and discovered gold in California, till the face of the genial George will glow with plons compioptncy. Porhaps he niU tell ub also how the astute Bam Brannan re ceived $60,000 from Brighatu, to expend tor the "Saints” in California, and most unaccountably neglected to return himself or the money either. After Smith, John Taylor will give a short sketch of the “Mormon war," and after testifying to “ibis people's loyalty and devotion to the country, will prove it by boasting how “tho bravo Mormon boys kept Johnston’s army shiv ering on the plains of Brldger through a dreary winter.’ Ho will close by a reference to tho “per secution of the “Saints." “LleutenanC-Genei-ai" I). 11. Wells, an “apostle of peace” by means of sword and gup,wilt then makes few remarks on “persecution.” He will.be followed by Brigham Young on “persecnUon" and “no trade with our enemies." The “presidents of the jstakos” will then give their experience; their sermons will be • varied by occasional remarks on “persecution.” Orson Hyde will then preach on “apostvey,lying and inlsQ prophecy, ’’ with some personal allu sions to the Missouri “persecution.” Brigham will then indulge in A fow forvont maledictions against the itiobocrats." A vote will thou Lo taken “to bus tain the Prosidloncy,” which will ue unanimous of ■ course; or if any vote “nay,” they, will ho at once “cut off pud de livutd over"—Bee report of the trial of Sidney Higdon. After a fervent prayer. “Elder” Gaorgo 0- Canuon will recite: the history of tho Nanvoo Jix/onitor , and follow wich'soma appropriate rc utuiks onibcSnlt Lake Reporter , after which .the arstmbly WtltYory appropriately adjourn. Hav ing tHua B;y cD our distant readers As good an Idea of ihu Conference as they could haye liy at tending It, wo- are happy to Lave Bavcd them any further attention to the matter. CCBAN AFFAIBI. A Guess at Its Bcsults. DEATH OF A HKlimr. A Cultivated English uentlcmtm Be. conics a uecluie-A Bomuuuestorri [From tho Cincinnati Commercial J William Knight, a notablo hermit, has just died near Rockingham, lowa, aged eqyeuty-flvo years. Thiity years ago he left England'without a word to his relatives, and, going direct to lowa, re sumed hie budlm ss as aD attorney, rapidly win ning fame in that capacity. His friend* in Eng land advertised descriptions of him, with offers of reward for tidings of his whereabouts. For years, their efforts were fruitless, Kulght Hostessed a heavy gold watch of very peenfiar 'construction. Descriptions of this watch' were sent to the leading watch dealers ia America. Knight’s watch got out of order. He rent It to Philadelphia, to an establishment ia which a description of the watch , was posted. The proprietor wrote to London parties that bo hod received the watch.' Over came Knight's friends, making their way to Davenport as rapidly as the meagre traveling facilities would. allow. They found the runaway. They hold conference after conference with him to induce his return to England. They resorted to Strategy, and endeavored to secure his arrest for some offence that ho might be sent buck a.prisoner. All in vain. From that time forward until his death, on Sunday last, Knight was a changed man. He bought a smill farm near Rockingham, a heavily-Wooded tract; erected afon of shanty in the forest, aUd there, alone, wltb no companions but bis pipe; books and papers, be spent bis time. He received papers from England regularly, and loved to read of new and noted books and their authors. He cooked his own food, washed his own clothes, cut his own wood, and was his own servant generally. Ho rorely received callers. Bometimes he would be seized with a letter-writing flt, and a letter to his iawyeis every day for a lortnigbl would be the result—an answer being expected by bim os fully as though the matter of correspondence was of the utmost importance. And thus he lived the life of a hermit, save in relation with his attor neys alone. Why he, who'was so gifted by na ture, and so splendidly educated, cbose to aban don bis luxations home and wealthy friends,tnake bis way to the frontier of the American wilds for a residence, aDd then,- when discovered by his friends, resort to the life of a hermit, is explained eolv by an admission in one of his letters to his legal friends, wherein he admits having been hopelessly cast down by disappointment in a love affair—he wooed, won and lost a lovely Euglish girl—lost her because she preferred a “belted Irelght” and a castle to a young barrister, who, being a younger eon, bad to make his own way to tortune and to fame. Alrxandcr B. BtopUens. A correspondent of the AngUßta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel, writing under date of the sth inst., eavs : “In response to a very kind invitation, such as could come from none other than as warm and hospitable a heart as Hon. A. H. Stephens is known to possess, on the 2d instant, I made a brief bnt pleasant visit to Liberty Hall. I found Mr. Stephens still unable to stand or walk, and only able to move from the fire-place to the bed, from chair to chair, without any assis tance, except some one to arrange them. For several months previous to the accident which prostrated him,he was so weak as scarcely to be able to raise himself when down. He now thinks there is not vlnlity in theorgan affteted to recuperate, and has tittle hope of ever being able to walk again. The burden of his anxiety is tbo completion of the second volume of bis history of the war between the States. The material for the work is all ready, and nothing lacking but physical strength to put it together. I learn that 57.000 copies of this work have already been sold through the agents of the publishers.. Deal on die Prairies—Several Soldiers Frozen to ileata. [Fiam tbe St. Paul Pioneer.! Mr. Charles S. Moore, late Sergeant-Major of the Thlrty-firet Infantry, arrived io this city yes terday from Fort Stevenson,via Forts Totten and Abercrombie. He left Fort Stevenson on tho 6th of Match, in company with a number of sol diers and a guide. About half way between Fort Stevenson and Fort Ransom the guide became snow-blind, and was unable to direct the party. A portion turned back, while Mr. Moore and several others kept on and arrived safely at Fort Ransom. Those who turned back were separated in a blinding snow storm. Some of them got back to Fort Stevenson, from whence a party was sent ont to look for the othere. The bodies of Q. M. Sergeant F. Bit liner, Co. H., and Jobn Shank wqrer found upon the prairie frozen to death.- Others were found ia a log shanty, badly irozen. Q M. Sergeant H. O. Bogicr is missing, and it is probable that he perished in the storm. Fatal it ail road Accident, iFrom the Wjlroiogton Commercial, April 13.1 A slDgnlar and I'atal accident occurred on the P. W. & B. R. R. this morning, just above Shell pot brioge, a mile or two above this city. As the train which leuven Wilmington ut 8.10 was approaching, uno of the regular section men of the road, named Francis Me LaughUd, was seen working on the roud. The whistle was blown and every itiort made to attract his attention, but he never looked np or paid any attention, bnt continued at work nniil it was too late to escape. The locomotive Birack him thro if lop Hm to one side of the track, crushing his and k lliDg him mstautlv. His body was jjot murh mangled. His remains were brought to ibis city, and the Coroner held an inqaest on them, the jury rendering a vurdict of accidental death. Deceased was unmarried, was 21 or 25 years of age, and lived at-No. 605 Pine street. AtfICfEMKtVTS. -Grnericvt dc Brabunl will bo presented at tbo Academy of Music this evening by Gruu'e French th mic Ot era Company. Miles. Rose-Dell uud Des- Dauzas will appear In the cast together, with all iho good artists in (ho company. Oa Taars day night Uenivteca de Brabant will bo repealed, uu Friday L'oril Crete will be presented. For Salar rlay afternoon wo have Genevieve. and for the eventug Fleur da The. Seats can be reserved at the Academy, at boner’s music store and at the Continental Hotel. —The burlesque, The Forty Thieve*, will be pre sents at tho Walnut this evening, with Misses Lizzie and Jet nlo Willmoto in the cast, and with the come dian Felix Rogers os ‘‘Uassorac." The piece is placed upon the bingo handsomely, and is introduced with a very beautiful overture, composed by Mr. Simon lluss ler, and '.s played,ln a very superb manner by his orchestra. The comedy School will bo repeated this oveuing at the Arch Street Theatre. On Monday Lotia wifi appear in The itld Curiosity Shop. - 7he Field of the. Cloth of Gold will he srivoD at tho Chennai this evening, In tho usaal splendid Btvle. It has proved an Immense success, and Messrs. Ile.st & Co deserve much praise for having nnulo it si In spite of the unpopularity of tho Theatre. -On Friday aftornoon next, in the Foyor of the Acadt my, Mr. Carl Wolfsohn will give his sixth and last classical matinee. Thu programme is tbo best yet offered. Mr. Rudolph Henulg will appear, and Mr. Edward Colotme, the violinist, will play for the last lime in this city. —Tho American announces a mlaceUaueoite parforra unco for this evening. \ performance will be given in tho Amateurs Drawing Room, on Seventeenth street, on Wednesday evening next, by tho Philadelphia Opera Company. The very charming comic opera, The Doctor of A lean lard, will be .presented, with a cast iucludmg Misses Eleho, Fredonla gild Naomi Diming and Mr. Georg ’ bishop. There will bo a Tull orchestra, under the lit section .Of Mb, W. G. Dietrich. —On Friday evoniug of next week Slg. bar ill, pf IhiB.city,will dive a grand concert at Concoct Hall, in which sevcral llrst-fato artists will appear. —A company of Swiss bell ringers will give a por . form .ECO at ibo Theatre Comiqno this and every evening. The troupe le nno of ihe most famous and popular In the world, and its members are said to bo singularly proficient in tholr art. —The Velocipede Rink, at. Twenty-first and Rtco streets,will be open every afloruttonaudovening, with exhibitions bytltoKJnoro Velocipede troupe,composed of young ladles, , J?. L. PETHERSTON. PoWistan PRICE THREE CENTS. FACTS AND ribSOIBS. LINCOLN. [ FROCI' thR 008 BBOITBD AT TUB H.IBVAKO 001 C i mhmoratiost, inr.r 21,1855. J Life may bo given Id many way?,- And loyally to Truth bo se&ledf ■■ ■ As bravely lti tbe closet as the Held. Bo bountiful Is [Cate; . Bot then to stand beside her. . : , " hen eraven cbnrla derido her, , To rront a lo in arms and not to ylold, This shows, melhinks, Gad’s pin® Aoa nscaenre of a etalvr&rt man. Limbed like the oJd heroic breeds ”bo stands eeif-polaod on maotioOrd'd solid earth, _. ~ Not rorccd to frame excuses for hLrbfriA, Ted from within with all • thte strength ho ■ needft'' Snch was he, our Martyr-Chief, Whom late the Nation he had led. ■ With ashes on her head, • , Wept with the passion of an angry grief: pr ® ECIU things I turn To speak what in my heart will beat and bawi And hang my wreath on bis world-honored crtW Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man gave on some worn-out plan, V . Repeating ns by rote: • For film her Old World moulds aside she threw*,: Aud; choosing sweet clay from the breast ‘ Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted.shaped a hero new. Wise, steadfast in tbe strength of God, and tnufcf' How beautiful to 6eo Once more a shepherd of mankind Indeed,’ Who loved hiß charge, bat never loved to leadk One whose meek flock the people Joyed to be. Not lpred by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth. And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! • They knew that outward grace is dusk They could not cboose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering «hi», And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to Bpring again and thrust. His was no lonely monntain-peaklf mind. Thrusting to thin air o’er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors bllndg Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined, 7 Fruitful and friendly tor all human klad, , Yet also nigh to heaven and lovod,of loftiest stars. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting momward stID, ‘ Ere any mores of Serf and Foer- Could Natur-’u equal seneme deface; Here was a typo of the truO elder race, , And one of Plutarch’s men talked with us face to face. ' I praise him not; It were too late;; And BOmodnnative weakness there must be - In him who condescends to victory - Such os the Present gives, and cannot wait, v . Safe in himself as in a fate. ! i 80 always firmly he: , ~, ’ He knew to bid bis time,-. ! . .. And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime?. ' Till the wise years decide. Great captains, with their guns and dnuuu. Disturb our judgment for the hour, : But at lsst silence comes; These- ajl are gone, and standing like ft-. tower, ~ Our children shall behold his fame; : 1 The kindly earnest.brave,foreseeingmani Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, - .■ > ■ New birth of onr new soil, the first Ame rican. —St. Petersburg is to have an American club, —One patent medicine manufacturer advertises in twenty-five hundred papers in this country. —Charleston has a company for canning oysters and shrimps. —Hartz does all tho Davenport brothers' tricks In San Francisco. Utah papers speak of freqaent landslides among the Rocky Moon tains this spring. —“The man at tho wheel”—The Velocipedes* trian. —Three Haytlen paper dollars are uo tv worth a cent in coin. y., —Les Miserable! dramatized Is announced at the London Drury Lane Theatre. —Ehrlicb'bftfljsijtteu an opera entitled “ King George” for the Carlsrnbe Theatre. —The Chinese in California take kindly to tho velocipede. —Miss Snsan Denln Is playing an engagement In Loudon, nnd acts Claude Alelnotta. —Train has delivered his “seventy-fifth lecture of the course of GOO in succession.” IVun by a Week Ib the title of a now comedy by Tom Taylor lor the Queen’s Theatre, London. —Tho “airy, fairy Lilian" ef Tennyson’s early, dslnly mnse is a Mrs. Rawnestoy, mother of seven children. —Prince Napoleon is getting very bald. His oldest son bears o striking resemblance to him und to tho great Emperor. —One hundred thousand volumes of the' works of Hugh Miller, the geologist, havo been pub lished in Edinburgh up to the present time; —Rachel's estate has just been settled, aod.hor broihers and Osiers have succeeded -in choaUmr hi r children. —A photograph of the first colored voter In Minnesota has been taken, framed, andpresentod to the State Historical Society. —Mr. Anthony Trollope introduces John Bright in his novel of “Pitmens Finn," under tho name of “Mr. Turnbull,” and abuses him roundly. —When Tompkin has been '‘shaved, why doe a he resemble a Musical Ifistromunt?—Because ho’A a Frit ud Shorn (French Barn'.)—Judy. —Kansas has appropriated 81,400 to bay to bacco for the prisoners In the Stale penitentiary, and 8300 to pay the salary of the chaplain,. —A Mississippi town has begun an extensivit raid on profane swearers, and has secured nu merous conviclions lor the offence. —lt has been fully determined to suppress tbo “imaf-gnu’’ procession in Paris, for thu fu ture. —A notice of a birth in a London paper ban appended to it these words: “Mr. Forbes (the f tiher of the child) requests the prayers of hie friends and acquaintances in this sore affliction.'’ —Lamartine’s favorite phraso in regard to Napoleon I.wns: “Great in action, small in Ideas,. nulblDg so far as virtue is concerned; such a man. he was!” —Mr. TcDuyeon has again refused tho offer ot tw peerage. Well, considering some of tho people , who havo been mode lords, ho Is wise in refusing; , a baton honor.— Fun. , —The famous sleigh in which Napoleon rode, , Id 1812, from Russia to Dresden, Is now in tho ' possession of the (Jonntess Theresa Nimplhseb r . a distinguished member of tho Bohemian nobility. ' —The eurions eloek In tho tower ot the north- l east corner of the Palais do Justice, In Paris,,tho work of a German narnrd Henri do Vie, was s placed there by Charles V. on Agatch 25, 1370 k ; or 4311 years ago. , , \vre-.,' —“Walt Wbiiman/'eays a Washington letter, “although really Democratic, still retatn&,UU old) > desk in tho Attorney-General's .office;' "Ag: l*.f telllr gon the old man, aud his dlsonJOredTialr' aid heavv board grow whiter atul moro pttri,- ’> art bal every day. After office hours in tUo aftoiL 1 boon bo saunters • slowly np tho Avenue, or mounts tbo platform of, a street car for a rldo,: sometimes going to the end ot tho ronto end .re turning on the same car, Ilol&a quiet, bonevo-’ lent-luoklng, bluc-byed oid gontloman, who. makes but few aequalntancek,’’and eschows par- l ’ tors altogether, for tbe promeiiiido.' i Efe writes ' now entirely for English ptirioaioals, believing W*i ? productions better ttpprcciated In that diroaUna than at home.” ■ . v Jambs Rosski.l Lowblu..
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