GIBSON JPEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 6. ETHB IKVENING BULLETIN’ rUBUBIIED KTBUT KVKHIHO, (Sunday* eicopted), THE! HEW MJMJETIIV BUnDINO. m sol cbesinut Street, FlilladolpUla, • BV TUB EVENING bulletin association. rgoPßnrroßS. r.IJ.SOMMUUO WfciLl 8. Thfl Butucrnr ii imed to eabacriberß In the city At IB front* t>cr weak, payable to tho carriers, or 88 per annum. wvb. YvT aqjgtf} 907 Chestnut «troot. TTS/EDDINQ invitations engraved in THE 'W Newest and best manner, LOUIS DBEKA. Bta- Hnner and Engraver. K. 38 Chestnut street. leblft-U MABBICD. BEAUMONT-VOGUES.—On Thursday, April tßtb, at St. Mart'e Churcb. by tbc liev, W. H. N. Stewart, LL. D., Edward A Beamnonr, or Brownebnrc, Pa, to Harriet Eliza Vngdes, daughter of tbo late James C. .Vogdes, of Philadelphia. ’ ItEESK—DAVIS.—On the ISth Inst., at the Cburcb of the Advent, bv tlie Rev. J. N. Turner, J. Harrison Reese to Eldie, youngest daughter of John Darts, Eeq., all ofPbUadeloh'n, No cards. ... ... tSOLMB—McOLOBKKY.—On the lbUi mßt., at the Cathedral, by Right Rev. Bishop Wood, Sidney J. B. Polms to Elsie, daughter of ihc late Dr. J. h. A. Cloeker, of this city. No cutis. ~ WATSON—CRUoE.—Io New York, on the Uth Inst, by thoßer. Dr Ogllby, Eugene W. Watson, V &. Navy, to Virginia, daughier of Isaac Cruse, Esq. DIBD. BATTEN.— Soddenly. on the leth Inst., Rossell Thomas. Infant eon of Horsco 11. and Mangle Batten. The relatives and friends arc respectfully Invited to attend ibe funeral, on tomorrow (.Saturday) morniag, at to o’clock, from No. 2028 Cedar street. * BILLINGS.—In New York, on Wednesday, April 34> b, J, ML 1511 Huge. In tbe 44tb year of hi* nge. The friends of tbe family are Invited to attend his funeral, from his late ret I deice. JTB Madison avcone, on Saturday, 17ih InaW, at vtf o’clock A. M. The ro malne, will bo conveyed to Somers, fot inteimenL BttYAN.—On the 14tb inetsnl. in Baltimore, after a lingering illness, Emma V, in tHe 2ith >ear of her •gc, wife of Arthur L. Bryan, iftti eldest daaghtcr of Joseph and Caroline Wilton. tiiBISTIIv.—On the 14ib Inst, Margaret Christie, agf?d *8 years. . Funeral from tbe residence of her nephew, w. c. Watson, corner of Manbeim and Wayne *treetF, Ger mantewn. cm Saturday morning, tbe nth iust.. o’clock. .. „ ' GOLDY.—On the 13th Inrt , at Noniton, Mont* goinejy county, Samuel GoJdy, of this cii>. aged Si The relatives and Mends of the family. Montgomery Lodge. No. 19. A. V. M„ Mercantile Loduc, No. SS, A. (?.*G; F.. United States Hone Company, No. 14 Good Intern Hose and Hook and Ladder Comp .ay, No. t, and membersof tbe l’ullce force are nsueeu fully Invited to attend the Inneral, from the residence o! hia mother-in-law, No. 1019 .South Sixth street, on Sunday next, the lsth itnd., al2 o'clock P. 5L ‘it MVEK.—On the Islh Instant, Isaac Myer, in the sJd year of bis age. ■ . Bla Mends and the friends of his family arc invited tn attend bis funeral, OB Saturday, the 17th Inst, at 2 o'clock P. M . from the residence of hi. son-in-law, Charles A. Duy, No. 819 Somb ScTenleeulh street, i REMINGTON.-On the 14th instant, Lydia H., willow of the late Dr. Isaac Remington, In tae 61et year ol ber age. ... , , The relatives and friend* of the family are invited U atUud her funeral, from her late reeldence. No. *2O Wood eutet, on fctevenib*day aferaoon, tbe 17th iuai, at two o’clock. Interment at Friend*’ tioothweeteru Ground. I KUGUI.ES —At Walthaman. Massachusetts, on tbe 14th Instant, in the 79th year of her age, Lydia Bag gies. relict of Micah Kasg’er. and daughier of the late Bamue! Rodman. of New Bedford. Masaicharelt*. ■ ‘lj'Y UE ALANDM-C OPBN THIS MORNING. NEW PAUKIUS Fl'K HI I K CHAIN ACHTttIENr EB. BKEGEB. FONGEI-3. At. Ac. SFEOIAt NOTH), BSf~ FOE CITY TREASURER, JOSEPH Ns PEIBSOL, Bublsct to Democratic Bnlw- B©“0™IW? < OK r THiS E W>MMISS K }NERS poKTHE ERECTION UFPUBUC BUILD,NOS. FniLAnnu'Uix, April 6. 196?. Dos Una for new Public Buildings, to be erected on In dependence Square. In tbe eity of Philadelphia, with ■neeifieatlona. and estimates for tbe same. will be re eefved at tbebpFlCK OF THE ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF bERVEtS,” ho *24 South FIFTH rtrcebimtiltho URST BAY OF BfcPrEMBER next, at IS M Architect, intending to eubtnit plan. will receive cir. colars containing full ln'onuation a* to the general char acter of tbe proposed bulk) Inga, the amount of accorn znodation to be provided. Ac., by applying. either per ronally or by letter, lo the undereigned, Secretory of tho Board of Bommisslonere, at the *outhwe«t corner of Walnut and Fifth street*. , . . , A premium of $2,000 will be paid for the design po*ueis tnc the moit ment. 81 WO for tbe beat Bl,ttt) for the third, and BWQ for the fourth. The decision upon the merits of the plana to bo mode, and tbe premium* to be awarded, by Ino Board of CommUaionera, on or before ihe tint day of Octob»rnext, at 12 M. All rejected plans will be retained. By order of the Board of CommlMioners. pi ; 0ll ) Secretary. PITNDaY BUHbOL~~ INS! ITI7TB, TO BE W& bgjd b? the Pennsylvania Sabbath School Arrocia tion, ,n (1 '^ HANVBABIiATH SCHOOL HAU. TWENTY-SEUO'I) AND 6 H IH’£N STREETS. • B-e.uulDii on SUNDAY EVE'INO, April 18. 18-S. at 8 o-ffo?k?«rfcODUu«lng MONDAY April W:TUEHDAY, April 20; VIEI NEBDAY. April 31; and jrHIJttSDAk, April Ei. Afternoon. at 3 o'clock, and Evening, at 8 0 hev fc *Morfirß FGG) ESTON. of Chicago; VINCFNT. of hew York: » RUMBL'hU of Hartfoid, and other lead ng Sunday School Emtn will tAe path Everybody If in Vited. m>7 IBKrp i o O F I4EDAL I. 0 0. F. Tbe*Coinnieinora!ive Medal (TWO INCJIG3 in diam»fer) nntbu-iz.d by the Joint Committee of the Grand Lodge and Grard Encampment of reunaylyaoia, I. <).O. F., U row >eady for delivety. and can pe had on application to JOUN J. SCHEU. Becreta-yof the Com inillee. No 40 Eoutll 1 bird etreet, t-> » born all orders from aarntr muet boaddrweed. The Cotnnnttco underrtand that other* are tellina n bat are called the live or TARAI'K MEDALS, and would rtato that thia la 11. only authorized MEDAL 0.0.^ apl6*f m wSU ___ Chairman. CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE. Bw Puil**elpuia* April 13, Ist*. NO*i'X* 'K To bolder Of FIVE AND SIX PER CENT. LOANS «f tboCJty of fbiUrelphJft. - * . _ . i Lonoa of the City of Philadfelpbta, maturing Jnlj 1. 1869 will bo paid on presentation Rt this office. Interest from date e fm tt tatitj 6gEpH N vmwu City Treasurer. aplo f m w 12 5 a»<LhCTURE.-MOH[NO KV \\V, A (JON YEUT fioiuheitllicuUm, will lecture in the Nortb Dip* tl** Church, Camden, • . J., on TUTS EVENING- Ad juilt&ucc 26 cent s. Children 10 cents. lti MISS ANNA E. DICKINSON Will Lecture at the Town Halt Germantown, On FRIDAY, April 10, ISO, at BT. M. Suhjoct: "ASIHUGGLE FOR LIFE." Tlcketn 51 cent*. Rpßei ved seat* 25 cent* additional. I'or ealo at BARKER’S and at the door. npi&.2trp* TURKISH BATHS, ilo9 GIRARD FROM THE Ludies' department strictly private. Open day and wen toy. apl-tfrpl wr new method of ™NO ttß(ji *pS«SSraS?«SED WILL * SON. 11= S. Fourth A HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS- 1611 and 1620 LOM “®r bard street. Diepeneary Department.-Slodirat treatment and medicine loiinißhed gratuitouely to the goer- ' , llton THE PLAINS. Indian Depredations. A despatch to the Omaha Republican, from He lena, Montana Territory, April 11, says: Advices from Fort Ellis stato that on the 6th Instant a party of ten Indians stole cattle and .horses frem a ranch on Dry Creek. As soon as It became known a party of fifteen or twenty cltl xensand four mounted soldiers from Kills started In pnrsnlt; and, followed the trail seventy-flvo miles, and edmo hp wlth-tho ludiana. - The party hilled and scalped nine, the tenth one making his escape on a stolon horse. Private Colby, of Fort Ellis, was killed. Two other soldiers and one citizen were badly wounded. It is rumored that tbo Crow Indians have burned their treaty sintj propose going on the war path. Caban IScvoimionary Address to tbe Feople of tbe Cmted States. Set or Valicnte, the general agent for the Ga bon republican government, has prepared the following address to tbe people of. the United States, setting forth the causes end prospects of tbe existing revolution in Cnba, ond tbe claims of , tbe straggling patriots upon Americans: To the People of the United States Seeing that frequent misrepresentations of the revolutionary movement going on In Cnba are mode through tbe press, I org leave to answer them by laying before the public a brief staicmont of facts con- , nectcd with that movement. Itcvolnllona never go backward. They may bo , checked lor a shorter or longer time, bat finally burst forth with lrroslatlble impnl&o and roll on to a successful lßsae. So with regard to Cnba, which has failed hr several attempts to overthrow the tyrant over, her, but is likely to succeed now In the strangle for freedom and. self-government. To review her efforts/ for national existence and sketch tbe grievances which justify the revolu tion going on within her borders, are tbe pur poses of ibis address, which is respcctfally sub mitted by the undersigned, as general agent of the Cuban rcvolntion. FORMER BBIIELI.IOSS. Ever since the close of the war of independence in yon lb America the Captain-General of Cnba bos been clothed by special law with all tue powers given to commanders of besieged places. This severe measure arose from the revolutionary attempt which was then defeated through tbe In let Terence of the United States Government, lest universal freedom in slavebolding Cuba Bhonld affect slavery in I tho Southern States of this country, as Mr. Clay remarked at the time, in e xplanation of his opposition to the military expedition which Venezuela, then at war with Spain, was fitting ont to help Cnba to achieve her independence; so that Cnba has been since that lime groaning under a relentless tyr anny,but still endeavoring now and then to shako it off. Her endeavors have brought about not oHly the persecution or execution of many illue trions Cabans,bnt also that of many high-minded Spaniards, such as General Lorenzo, who, whllo Governor of Santiago do Cnba, in 1836, pro claimed there the liberal constitution, promul gated In Spain, and was persecuted by Captain- General Tacon, who sent from Havana a heavy tody of troops- against him and his constitu tional followers. Several years later many Cubans who remonstrated against the slave trade were persecuted for having done so, nearly all of them driven into exile. Bhorlly thereafter military commissions were set at work all over the Western Department of Cnba to sup press an alleged conspiracy among the colored people. Tbe guilty parties were found chiefly among the rich tree colored men, whoso property was, of coarse, confiscated and their lives taken ov wholesale on tho scaffold, while not a few of them died under the lasb, which was freely and merciir 6sly nsed to compel them to confession, lhe suppression of this alleged conspiracy was followed a few years later by a real conspiracy of the whole- people,, under ihe lead of General Lope*, who being da- • lectfd before his plans were matured for on up rising iu the central part of the island, fled and come to the United States, whence he sailed In 1850 st the bead of some COO men and landed at Cardenas. He failed in his attempt to free Cuba md returned to the United States. During the -üb&cquenl year partial uprisings took place and Lopez sailed for Cuba once more with about 450 men, to assist his friends in their efforts to : chicve Cuban Independence; but he again foiled, and himself ond many of bis followers were exe cuted. However, the Cubans, persevering in their determination to be free, renewed their plans. to that end, and a well organized movement was started under General Quitman, bnt fell through, in 1866, with the loss of valuable lives and the banish ment of a great many distinguished Cubans, to sayDOtblngof a heavy outlay of money. Yet, nevertheless, the Cubans, not despairing, a few years afterwards began to work again lor their freedom, and when the late Spanish revolution broke ont they were finally maturing their plans co free Cnba from the military sway of Spain. THE FRESKRT UPRISING. That revolution improved their opportunity, and on tho 101 b of October laat they rose np in arms, as appears from the following extract of 11 eir declaration of independence, dated at Man zanillo on that day,viz.: "In arming onrselves against the tyrannical government of Bpain we most, according to precedent in all civilized countries, proclaim be fore the world the cause that impels ns to take this step, which, though likely to entail consid erable disturbances upon the present, will insnro me happiness of tho future. “It is well known that Spain governs the Island of Cnba with an iron and bloodstained hand. The former holds the latter, deprived of political, civil oDd religions liberty. Hence the unfortu nate Cubanß being illegally prosecuted and thrown iulo exile, or executed by military com missions in times of peace. Hence their being kept from public meetings, and forbidden to speak or write on affairs of State ; hence their remonstrances* against ihe evils that afflict them being looked upon as ibe proceedings of rebels, from the fact that they are bound to keep silence and obey. Hence the i ever-ending plaene of hungry officials trom Spain to devour the product of their industry and labor. Hence their exclnsion from public sta t ons aDd want of opportunity to skill them i elves in the art of government. Hence the re strictions to which public instruction with them is subjected, in order to Keep them so ignorant ue not to be able to know and enforce their rights In any shape or form whatever. Hence the navy ond standmg army, which are kept upon their country at an enormous expenditure from their own wealth to mako them bend their knees and -u bin it their necks to the iron yoke thatdisgraces i in in. Hence the grinding taxation under which i hey labor, and which would make thorn all perish in misery bnt for the marvellous fertility of the soil. On the othor hand, Cnba cannot rot per as she ought to, because white rnmigration that salts her best is arl lullv kept from her shores by the Spanish govern ment, and as Spain has many a tlmo promised ns Cubans to respect onr rights without having hllherlo fulfilled her promises; as she continues to tax ns heavily, and by so doing is likely to de stroy our wealth; as we are in danger of losing onr properly, onr lives and onr honor under far ther Spanish domination; as we have reached a depth of degradation utterly revolting to man hood; as great nations have sprang from revolt against a similar dißgraco, after exhausted plead ings for relief; as wo despair of justice from Spain tbrongh reasoning, and cannot longer livo de prived of the rights which other people enjoy, we are constrained to appeal to arms to assert onr rights in tho battle-field, cherishing the hope that our grievances will be a sufficient exense for ibis last resort to redress them and secure onr fn tnre welfare. “To the God of our conscience and to all civil ized nations we submit the sincerity of our pur pose. Vengeance does not mislead us, nor is ambition our guide. Wo only want to bo freo, and see ail men with us equally freo, as the Crea tor intended all 'mankind to bo. Our earnest bo lief is that all men are brethren. Hence our love uf toleration, order and justice iu every respect. We desire the gradual abolition of slavery, with indemnification] we admire universal suffrage, as it insures tho sovereignty of the people; wo de-' mand a religious regard for the inallenabls rights of man as the basis of freedom and national greatness.” i Such are the facts showing tho oppression of i Cnba and her efforts to bo tree to the 10th of , October last., - ' c , THE rßoswscr to-pat; - r Since then tho Cuban liberating army has bean l gradually increasing, notwithstanding the losses l consequent upon a steady campaign, and now r comprises some 42,000 mon under C. M. Qespodes, who is tho Commander-in-Chiof of that army and FOURTH AXD ABCli. CUBA. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY* APRIL 16, 1869. the bead of the Republican Government dnlv es tablished tfltbln tbe lines of the liberators. Their lilies inn. in a westerly direction from tbe eastern end of tbe island to Sagua la Grande, witbont r< aching the seaboard, either North or Soutb, for tbe want of the requisite armament to hold it. But the territory pointed ont is nearly two 'birds of tbe area of Cnba, In which slavery bos bc< n abolished, and in which the Spanish control only the ground where they are k< pi at bay. This has been done by the patriots In a comparatively ebort time, notwithstanding ibdr sad deficiency in war material, and leads to tbe belief that If they had been tolerably supplied wlib such materials their movements would now cover also the remainder of the Island, where no uprising has yet taken place from utter want oi amis, while their enemies are fnlly armed with ihe beet approved weapons of the United Stitca. But such nic our neutrality laws. They allow a European Power to obtain war materials freely ttom onr workshops to crash a people straggling for freedom in the very heart ot America, and prohibit the same people from supplying themselves with similar materials irotn ns to carry on their straggle against that i.owcr. Yet the Spanish hirelings, in their mis representations of the Cuban revolution, fre quently assert through their editorial columns and otherwise that the laws referred to have been violated. Let them bear in mind that from the tort-going statement cf facts no other conclusion can be drawn but that Cnba is fairly started in her way to national independence; that her sous have been manfully fighting for it these six months, without having yet violated onr neutrality, dls pite their lack of arms, and are therefore entitled to the earnest sympathy pt our people, and the more so as their straggle involves a great Ameri can principle—namely, that no European Power shall longer control any "conn try upon this hemisphere. 3. Vali exte. EUKOPBAN AFFAIBB BOSE. in Important Statement—Pronpeeta of me ffcnaiomcal Connell, Tbe Pall Hall Gazette says: “A carious story reaches us from Rome, on inlborily entitled to every respect. Wo are In formed that from a qnarter wheUclT it Was little expected a serious effort is now being mode to induce the Pope to prorogue indefinitely the Uicumenical Connell. Special Congregtalens nuVe been appointed to prepare and digest the various opinions which the Vatican proposes to •nbmil to the assembled divines for their confir mation. We are now told that in tho Congrega ion charged with the due elaboration of the two .'ordinal points for which the Coun cil has been convoked—the personal .□fallibility of the Pope and the condemnation of jolitical liberalism in accordance with the Pope’s declarations in the Syllabus—the doctors have fallen out amongst themselves, and cannot be brought to any agreement Bat dissent on these two points ruins the whole project, which was broached in the conviction that the formal ac ceptance by a unanimous Church of these pet ar ticles of Jesuit doctrine might be secured. Alarmed by the discordance in this preliminary Congregation—to which it was found neces sary to add foreign,aind especially German,divines —the Jesuit* began to thißk it wonld be prudent to find a plea for postponing the Connell; and accordingly they addressed themselves to the Pcpe with that intention. Here, however, the fathers got a check.' Pins IX. dotes on his Coun cil as a woman dotes upon a child born to her when she thought herself past child-bearing. He clings to this project with the fondnesß of Jacob for Benjamin; aDd therefore, when these gentle men who bad hitherto stimulated his anticipations of a glorious new paternity,approached him with a suggestion that it might be as well to give np the Idea, the Pope flew into one of his constitutional fnrles, and sent the fathers back into their dun geon-like monastery discomfited, to reflect on what had best be done under the circumstances. After a while, they resolved to invoke the coun sel of Cardinal Biiio, a prelate high in the Pope’s favor, and reported to have been the chief au thor in the actual composition of the Syllabus, it was thought that when his first passion had subsided Pius IX. might be amenable to the choice of this approved abettor of bis pet desires. The Cardinal, therefore, did go to his Holiness, spoke to him of the unfortunate perversity of mind displayed in the select Congregation, and sought to open the intellect of the Holy Father to the grave danger of scandal to the Chnrch in tho event of each per versity being manifested in the Council- Bnt the Cardinal bad no more favorable reception than his prompters. The Pope, we are informed, was immovable. Tho Connell should meet at the appointed time, be replied, and nolhj ide should induce him to postpone its assembly. But tbe Pope, though passionate, is a man of ißfirm resolution; and if the spirit of in subordination to Jesuit influence exhibited in the congregation should prove stubborn—which, no doubt, is a considerable assumption—and if, as is affirmed, Cardinal Antonelll has become nncasy at certain manifestations, it Is quite on the cards that the G£cumenical Connell may be still put off as often and for as long periods as that of Trent was put off after convocation. But this is. of course, mere matter of speculation." IJOMIKICrV OF CANADA. Upcnlnn of Parliament—Speech of the governor General Consolidation and Confederation. Ottawa, April 15, 1809.—T0-day at 3 o’clock P. M., bis Excellency the Governor-General opened the second session ol the First Parlia ment of the Dominion of Canada with tho fol lowing speech : Honorable Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Commons : I have great satisfaction in bating recourse lo jour advice, and I rejoice to think that on this, the first occasion on which I have had the honor of addressing you, we may congratulate ourselves on the aspect of public allairs at home and abroad; on tho prevalence of peaceful councils among the nations, and on the indications of agreement and tranquillity favor able alike to the development of foreign com merce and tho prosecution of domestic industry. The great scheme, confederation, was inaugu rated under the auspices of my predecessors. It is to me a source of pride lo hud my Dame in honorable association with the rising fortuaos of the Dominion of Canada, aud I shall count it a happiness, as well as a duly, to co-operate to the utmost of my ability in furthering tho efforts to strengthen the ties that bind the different pro vinces together, and to insnre an attachment of the people to the soil by the enactment of wise and (qua! laws. Your efforts in these directions rnm now more than ever likely to bo called into action, inasmuch as tho terms upon which these great accessions are offered to the' Dominion will uc submitted for yonr immediate consideration. His Excellency then referred to the fact that the Hudson Bay Company has accepted tho terms proposed for the surrender of their rights tu the Northwest territory, and commeuded the subject to the immediate consideration of Par liament. 1 Ho continued as follows; I was much gratified by the communications from the Governor of Newfoundland, expressing the' desire for admis sion into the Union whlcn prevails among the inhabitants of that colony, and especially by his despatch of tho 20th of March last, covering copies of tho resolutions which havo boon poesed by the Coupcil and Asaembly, and which act foith tho conditions they consider it desirable to advance. These documents shall be furnished at once, for tho information of Parlia ment, and I hope that before tbo close of the ‘'speslonTmoy bo IfiTh posTUbh'' IS sUbmtt'lte de-" tails of a provisional arrangement for .your con sideration. It will bo a pleasure td me, us well ak a subject of general congratulation if at some eatly day, the flno colonjf of Newfoundland—un rivalled aa a nursery of hardy aeamen ond inox- OUR WHOIiE COUNTRY. banstible in Its wealth of (fisheries —becomes a part of the Dominion, In accordance with the suggestion of her Mv jeety's government, an earnest attempt has been made to allay the discontent unhappily existing in Nova Scotia. In continuance of the conree commenced last session, bills will be presented to yon for the as similation of the criminal laws existing in the several provinces. Among other measnres bills will bo presented to you for the establishment of nniform and amended laws respecting Parlia mentary elections, bankruptcy and insolvency, and patents of Invention and dlecovory. * CHEAT FI HE IN FITTS BCBGII. An Oil HeHnery Horned—Los* 9200,000 The Pittsburgh Gazette of yesterday says: One of the most disastrous conflagrations that has taken place in tbe city for several monibß, occurred at the extensive oil works of Forsythe Bros’., oh the Sbarpsbnrg road, in the Eighteenth Ward, yesterday. Abont half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, a still containing a quantity of benzine, which was being distilled by steam, a new process, in consequence of too great a pressure, bursted or exploded, and the contents, which were scattered over two or three acres of ground, ignited when ever it came in contact with fire, and almost in stantly-everything on tho west sldoof the barsted still for a distance of one hundred yards was en veloped in flames. As soon as the benzine was consumed the flames ou that side of the oil works subsided, without any serious .damage having been done. The bensine remaining in the exploded tank continued to burn, and from it tbe flames communicated to the agitators abovo and to thq oil stills below,when the conflagration became general. The settling house, in which there were five tanks containing about oue thou sand live hundred barrels of finished oil, next took fire and from that the fire spread tb tbe bnlldiog in which was tbe distilled oil tank, which contained between seven and eight thou sand barrels o'i distilled oil. The several build ings referred to were consumed in a very short space of time, and the immense quantity of oil in the tanks becoming ignited the flames raged with atilt greater fary and defied all efforts to ex tinguish them. The Pittsburgh Commercial has the following concerning the tosses: Tbe loss is estimated ss follows • —Damage to works, $60,000; refined oil in coarse of treatment, $15,000; distilled oil awaiting treatment, six thou sand barrels, $60,000; crude, eighteen thousand barrels, 8108,000; total, 8233,000. On which there is an insurance as follows:—On refined oil, 615,000; on crude oil, $30,000. We could not learn what companies the policies were held in, bnt several of our Pittsburgh companies nro said to be heavy losers. There was no Insurance on the six thousand barrels of distilate awaiting refining, which, if totally destroyed, will involve a loss of $60,000. Neither was there insurance on tho tar or benzine, and only partial insurance on the works. Tbe explosion made a loud report and was fol lowed by several others. As stated above, the burning oil shot out on either side for the dis tance of at least one hundred feet, scorching and burning everything it reached. Two frame dwellings on an adjoining lot and eitnated abont one hundred feet from the benzine still,owned by Nicholas Snyder, and occupied by four families, viz.: Thomas Crane, John SlcDonaugh, James Cook and Daniel Durkin were wrapped in a sheet of fiaine immediately after the explosion, and the inmatci, in attempting to escape, were burned. Mrß. Crane was severely burned about tbe head, face and arm*,-and the child was also burned about the head. Mrs. John M'Donoogh was terribly burned about the bead aDd neck,and her child,which she was carrying in her arms, was sis* severely bnrned on the head. Mr. Cook was also burned abont the head. The houses also took fire, bnt by the active exertions of tho fire men the buildings were saved in a damaged con dition. The Injured were removed to a house in the vicinity, where D r Ti re i?-. mid Robinson at tended them. The Injuries, <uu>ough severe, are not considered dangerous. The families succeeded in saving the most of ibeir furniture, but some little was destroyed. Tbe loss to the owner of the building will be about $5OO. Shortly after the explosion occurred some of the burning benzine ran down the river and com-, manicated with a bnlk boat containing oil. A posse of tbe firemen immediately ent tho boat loose, and on it started down the river. . Jnst op posite tbe Acid Works, abont a bait a mile below the scene of the Are, they succeeded, by tbo ut most exertion, in extinguishing tbe fire, and this boat, with several others lying in the river, were taken to the opposite bank, out of reach of the fire, and tied up. The Harrisburg Telegraph of yesterday says; V.'e learn the following particulars of a riot which look place at Marietta, Lancaster county, yester day afternoon,between one and two o’clock. The rlace was filled tvith a large number or raftsmen, one of whom, while nmfferthd influence of liquor, got into a dispute with three of tbe roughs oi the town. One of tho roughs attacked the river muu, and finding him too mnch to handle, called to his assistance several of bis companions. The . onsequence was that the riverman was severely punished. He was token into a barber thop to havo ble wounds dressed, when some of the Yankees, hearing of tbe lil-treat ment of their friend, became boieterons, and a general melee ensued between tnem and the roughs, in which each missiles as they could lay their hands on were brought into requisition, the rafumen using their pole axes, augers, hand spikes and knives. During the fracas a can was cut in the stomach by a knife in the bands of one of the rivermen, and a serious, if not mortal wound inflicted. A number of the citizens of the place, in their endeavors to qnell the disturbance, were severely pelted with stones, receiving some slight and others serious injuries. The riot was quieted for a time, until the approach of the Harrisburg accommodation train, at 6.41, when a regular raid was made upon the rivermen about entering tho train for this city. Stones wore burled promiscuously at the train, breaking win dows; one of a large size flying through the win dow struck a riverman on' the head, inflict ing serious injuries. The train was in chargo of Mr. Thomas Miller, conductor, who harried it out of reach of danger. Our Informant states that the train was stoned by the enraged Mariettans. No arrests were made' up to a late hour last cvcniDg. Wo learn that tbe employes of the train were in imminent danger of their lives. District Cotot—Judge Hare.—William A. Morse vs. James R. Milliken. An action on a promiesory note. Verdict for plaintiff for $452 20. John Emerson vs. Jackson Watt. An action to recover for a lot of syrup sold defendant. On trial. • Quarter Sessions— Judge Brewster. The whole morning was occupied with the trial of Geo. R. Krcßsler, on a charge of larceny as bailee, growing ont of a real estate transaction. After tho case for the Commonwealth, repre sented by Win. L. Hirst, Jr., was ooncludod, I. N. Brown, for' the defendant, established .the good character of tho defendant, and . then took tho grouud that the charge itself was barred by ttieTitatpra ofmKTf&tihnsf" The oouS’iraifeetßanr verdict Of noigullty fo be reh'dered. . ‘ -—Opening tho public libraries bn Sunday » advocated by Assistant Bishop AriuUiKO.of Wis consin. , V i .. DISASTERS. ACCIDENTS. A BULK BOAT ON VISE. BIOT IN JIAIIIETTA, several Persona ' Badly Hart* THE COURTS. Tiro, Delaware Peach eras—lt l» Serl- I oiftty Damaged, Tbe'-Wittnlngton Commercial -of last evening says: There is no longer room to doubt that the snow storms of Sunday aud Monday mornlags did great* damage to the peach crop, in all parts of tbe Peninsula. We have fuller advices from along tbe Delaware Railroad than anywhere else, and of conreo this tells the whole story, as the conn lies lying on cilher side of those traversed by this road suffered similarly to thoso In the etmc latitude with themselves. The damage along this road then seems to be as follows: Between thl3 city and Townsend tbe buds wero but slightly swollen, and the iojury done Is believed to be slight. From Townsend to Seaford tbe damage is much greater, Increas ing southward according to tbe stage of develop ment reached by tbe buds. About Dover much damage has been done, and one large grower at Willow Grove, a few miles south of there, states that bis crop is totally destroyed. It is believed however, that it is not qalto so bad as this in that section. From Beaford South, through Sussex, Wicomico and Somerset conntlep, where at the time of the storm the trees were In full blossom, it is believed that tbe whole crop is utterly de stroyed. This is a heavy, loss indeed, as there were an immense number of trees in this section that would havo Dome frolt this season. FBOM HEW FORK* New York, April 16 Eiwin Rogers', who committed suicide in a station-house on Tuesday nigbt, was a spiritualist. Mr. Conklin, another spiritualist, testified before Coroner Koenan yes terday that on Tuesday Rogers called on him and left his own obituary notice, which ho desired to have inserted in tbe pap< s. Mr. Conklin farther said that for the last yei bo has been writing let if rs for a weekly paper .aroagh the medium of Edgar A. Poe. A-iawter named Anderson, practicing at the Tombs Police Court, was yesterday committed to prison by Judge Dowling on a charge of swind ling a client’s widow, under alleged ag gravating circumstances. Duilog 1868 272.121 passengers landed at this pori, of whom 213,686 were aliens. The number of aliens la lees by 29,011 than in 1867. Tbe strike of the drivers upon the Second avenue Railroad still continues, with but little prospect of an immediate termination. George Smith was arrested yesterday on a charge of being implicated in the late $26,000 for gery on the Bank of the State of New York, The Russian Itlts«lon» Tne appointment of Andrew G. Curtin as Minister lo Russia is an honorable tribute to one of our most vigorous and patriotic war Gov ernors, and one of the few Pennsylvania poli ticians who has obtained success without incur-, ring the odium of corruption. He Is an able aud honest mail, wbo would servo the country with credit in any diplomatic position. —Chicago Tri bune. AMEhE.IIENTS. —I he FiHd of the Cloth of Gold will be repeated at the Chestnut this evening, with all the attractions, ln clnding lhe Leon brothers, tbe bnrlesqne Japs, tbo "flviDg gymnasts,” the velocipede feat, and O’Reardon, the man wbo bangs music on' of beer mugs. —At the Walnut, this evening, tbe Misses Lizzie and Jennie Willmote will appear in lhe spectacular bur lesque, The Forty Thieves. Mr. Rogers, the comedian, snetninß tbe part of “Hassarae” in this piece, and of “Rascal Jack” 1b an amusing farce of that name. There will be a matinee at two o'clock to-morrow, when The Forty Thieves will be pretented, and Mr. i-,,,.«rs will appear as "The Artful Dodger" in Oliver Twist. - 'i he regular Sentz-Hasslcr concert will bo given to-morrow afternoon, at Musical Fund HalL We an- Dfi tbe programme: Symphony No. 2, D major Haydn 1. Adagio- Allegro. 2. Andante. 3. Mlnuetto al legro. 4. Allegro splriioso. Piano Solo—Bacchanaie Wehli Mr. Carl Koese. Cornet Solo—Sleep Well Abt Mr. Wm. .Swore. Waltz -Rounds from tbe Heart Piefke Galop—Leicht GepSck The thirtieth and last matinee of the present season will take place on May Bth, 1869. - Gran's French Comic Opera Company will appear at tbe Academy this evening in Herva's opera /. 'K.I ( rev-'. The cade will Include Hose-BelL Desclanzas, Carrier and Francis. To-morrow afternoon tleneoicne de lirabant will be given. The comedy ot School will be given at the Arch Street Theatre this evening. There will be a matinfo at two o’clock to-morrow. On Monday Lotta will appear in The Old Curiosity Sho/i. -At the American this evening a miscellaneous en tertainment will be given. —At lhe Theatre Combine the Brebon Swiss bell rirgeie continue to aeltgHMho»-*ndionc«K. On Sat urenv afternoon at two o'BieSk they will give a fare well inuiime performancerar the special accomodation or ladies and children. The Sasan Gallon Opera Com nonv will commence an engagement at the Theatre Comiqae on Tneeoay evening next, opening with the oncra Liechen and Fritsahen. Daring their stay It is He. Intention to bring out several new operas. From il,e surecss lhat attended the performances ol this trutipe upon lurmer occasions in this city, there is no donht bnt that their iKtroirers, and all lovers of good singing and acting, wili he in altendince. -This evening. Miss Annu if. Dickinson, wili loci arc In the Town Hall, Germant.wn, apon the sub icet “A Strngg'e for Life." This will be Miss Dickin son’s first appearance lu Germantown, and a largo undience Is expected. . \ performance will bo given In the Amateurs l>rns in" Room, on Severteeuth street, on Wednesday evening next, hv the T'Mladolphls Opera Company, The very eharro’ing comic opera. The Doctor of Alcan tnra, will be p-esenled, with a cast iuclnding Misses Blenc, Kredonia and Naomi Dnrang and Mr. George bishop. There will be a toll orchestra, under the di rection of Mr. W <■'- lhelr.ch " —The Empress ol Austria kissed, at Aram, during the recent journey of the imperial couple through Croatia, one hundred babies. Tne Croatian children are very baudlorac, and the Empress expressed hur delight and astonish ment at the remarkable beauty of the little ones. —Baron Briase, tho cookery man, was married, n few weeks ago, to the daughter ol ;t wealthy wine merchant in Burgundy. —Baroness Babette Beyfus. the last surviving sister of Mayer Anselm, the founder of lhe turnons Rothschild house, died at Frankfort, March 16, aged 86. —A factory workman at Bridgeport, Conn., labors daily from 7 A. M. till 6 F. M., when he goes on duty as one of the city night watch. He does not sleep at all.—Ax. Ho Is an exceptional" night watchman then. —Bishop Huntington’s episcopal robes were given him by a lady of his late flock. A Lawn dress, we suppose. At an editorial convention in Switzerland it was stated, a few weeks ago, that there was not in the whole country an editor who received a salary of flve thousand francs. The Chinese embassadors dislike Paris. They complain of the rapacity of the shopkeepers, and the unpleasant curiosity manifested at all places of amusement which they visit. —An lowa merchant has offered, the young lady graduates of a seminary each a calico dress, on condition that it shall bo worn on commence ment day. Sharp advertiser, that. —Mr. Higgins, the British astronomer, has de monstrated by experiment that heat from tho principal fixed stars reaches this, earth. Not enough to put a person in a perspiration, how ever. ■ i —The spectre of Martha Grinder Is reported to squeak and gibber in the Btrccts of Pittsburgh at unseemly hoars. —A lady'in Detroit has obtained a divorce be caase her husband need unkind langungo to nor and compelled her to black bis boots, l.hotr son should have done all the shining, wo think. - -Klrk.-#arris f ..of^ontucby l his wife, sold tier their throe offsprings tor €>-o, which is very, cheap for children. • ! —Roman.Catholic Bishop Gibbons Ist'ahMlov; .aitLfor his, impoverished dioceso.ot North Qmo . Una. /' : : F. I. EETHERSTOX. Mister. PRICE THREE CENTS. FIFTH EM TIM BY TELEGRAPH. LATEST FBOM WASHINGTON PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS Affairs in New York City' Nominations. Washington, April 18.' Tbe fpllowing nominations were made to-day: Consuls—At Foochow, M. M. Delano, of orndo; Wlnnepeg, Oscar Mallnroos, of Minne sota. Commissioner under treaty with Mexico, VST. H. Wadsworth. Eli 8. Parker, Commissioner of Indian affairs. United States Marshal Northern District of M ss'ssipi, J. B. Townsend. United States Marshal for Georgia! Wm. H» Smyth. Associate Justice Arizona, laham Reaves. United States Attorney Southern District Illi nois, Ben ford Wilson. Supervising Inspector of Steamboats, Second- District, Addison Lowe. Appraiser, Philadelphia, Wilmer Worthington. General Appraiser for tho Sooth, L. D. Kol lo? g. Aesayer, Mint, San Francisco, O. D. Mansou. Melter and Refiner, Mint, San Francisco,]Jos. P. Cochran. Director of Mint, Philadelphia, James Pollock. Coiner of Mint, San Francisco, Jos. P. Harm stead. New York Hatters. [Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Erenlnr Bulletin.l New York, April 16 — An unknown white man* was found in tho East river this morning with a bullet through his head. He was dressed com monly. In the spiritual photograph cose before Judge DowliDg, of the Special Sessions, at tbe prelimin ary hearing to day, Jndge Edmunds, a well known spUilnaUit, appeared as counsel for the defendant, and presented twelvo points to show that tbe photographs made were really the like nesses of spirits of the other world. A large number of prominent spiritualists were present, who showed much interest in the proceedings. A furtnerhearlng was postponed nntil Wednes day. " ' : The strike on the Second avenue cars con tinues. Only gne cor was run at seven o'clock this morning. Suicide by Hanging. Buffalo, April 16.—A German named Philip Dietrlck hanged himself to-day while drank. He leaves a wife and five children, tho former in an Insane asylum. Tbe Worcester £T3nrder Trial, Worcester, Mass., April 16.— 1 n the murd« r case of Mrs. La Flamme and Dora, tbe jury after being out 8% hoars, returned a verdict of not guilty. FACT’S- AKl> FANCIES. —The Richings Opera Troupe sing in Washing ton this and all next week. —Susan Golton hatra benefit ip Cleveland, Ohio, this evening. —lowa has nearly twenty-flvo times as great k population as thirty years ago. —“The Anti-Chinese Knk-Klni Democracy” are burning seboolhonses in California. —Annie Lanrid was a witness in a' recent law ease in Nevada. —Confederate General Wheeler abstains from politics and addicts himself to rural rodnstiy. —Goldwln Smith's professional lectures are to. be reprinted in the Atlantic Monthly. - —Fifteen hundred mechanics emigrated loot year from Copenhagen to the U nited States. —Two slavers, containing one hundred and; fifty slaves, have been captured by the British' ship Penguin, near Madagascar. —Bome of Rossini's personal effects were sold' at an absurdly low price, even on the basis oP their intrinsic value. Onr war cost almost exactly one-half of tbs aggregate exponse of all the wars of the world between 1864 and 1868. —A gold nugget weighing ‘2OO pounds, troy,has been dbg up in Victoria. It is supposed to be the. largest lump ever found. —Maharajah Duleop Singh, the dethroned In dian monarch, has taken the oath os a county magistrate in England. . -■ —Farts has a sensation in the shape of a mar-- vellous violinist named Algelo Bartelloni, who reminds some critics of Paganini. u —The parties engaged in sinking an artesian well in Charleston have met with a disagreeable f obstruction in the shape of an alligator, which ,!, must be very Bmall unless the pipe is unusually, large. —A gentlemanly thief in San Francisco, dis poses of such property as may bo valuable la the person from whom he took it but can do him lit-' tie good, by pawning it, and he then sends the pawn tickets to the owner. —The largest man on record in modem times was Miles Darden,, a native of North Carolina, born in 1738. He was seven feet and six inebes in height. At his death, in 1857, he weighed a little over one thousand pounds. —ln view of the damages lately awarded to Mr. Charles Reade, tn the Griffith Gaunt ease, by a New York jury, that popular author Is now known in Loneon circles as the “Sixconlenarian of fictional literature." —A new device of two or three Nbw York pa pers for making political enemies uncomfortable lB prefixing “Mister,” spelled in full, before their names. “Mister Grant" seems to.be tho favorite object of this cruel malice, and the tears be will shed over the persecution ought to put tho hard hearted editors to shame.— Ex. —The original manusciipt of the celebrated Hequtem ot Mozart is to be seen in the Imports! Court Library at Vienna. Ttat precious relic woe purchased on order of the late Emperor- Francis by Count Dletrlchstein, then President of that institution, and waa deposited there as a precious gift, and is now shown to tbp public.; —General Prim, it is thought in Madrid, has made more money and reaped more fame by the Spanish revolution than all the rest of the revolutionary leaders. Having the army under hie absolute control, ha is master of the situs*, tion, ond he will force Serrano and Topoto , into the background as. soon ns It suits his pur poses. . ■ —Upon the argument of a case of broach of, ruarriugo uromieo ui Lebanon, N. Y., last week, when it wus alleged the defendant wanted 1 to. rnarrv bis deceased wife's sister in unseemly baste one cl tho counsel said: “The cold b»kQd potatoes of the funeral- were fried for the mar riaire /east." And the man who thus Improve® upon Hamlet got a verdict of ,fl,BOO lor bis client. , , —A young fiend who had assassinated bis own mother was recently guillotined at Montpelier. Bis head was covered witfi a black vailto indi cate the unnatural character of the crime ho had committed. Upon reaching,the foot of tho scaf fold bo refused to ascend the steps,.and--offered tho moot desperate resistance to the executioner and his assistants,-who baa the utmost difficulty in dragging him up the steps.. The vasUcoa-: 'course of people who witnessed thfs "fidfrlble scene seemed fronton with disimay} all seomel to> bold their breath, and a sigh- of relief essapad .everybody when the head of the criminal had' fallen autl tlic bloody 6ceuo watt oter v ; 4:00 O’Olook.
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