GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. YOIAJME XXIII.-NO. 7. BPHE lEVENING BULLETIN: PUBLISHED EVEUT KVEHEJQ,; , ; (Bandayi excepted). AT THE H£H BKIJ.ETIIV BVKM>XNO. an dtmnut direst, PUladeipUa, 1 irr the EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION, , ; FBOIHIETOBB. rffigßßß&r: SrfflMV r.ikßwuuw FRANGIB WUitB , Tbs BouJn’ni 1* served to subscribers In tbo city st It aanta OCT. week, payable to tbe carrion, or 88 per annum. rOTKDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS . FOB PAK |W ties,Ao. Newstyles. MASON SCO-*. anSStfS ' -807 Chestnut street. WEDDINO INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE Nsweat and beat manner, LOUIS DUEKA. 8t >- Boner and Bnaravcr. 1t33 Chestnut atreet. febi!o.-ti MARRIED. s DAVTSON—BEI&.—On Titnrfiday evening, 15th in stant, at St. AudrewV Episcopal Church, Mantua, by tbe Rev. 8. K Smith* dames, 8, Davison to L'/./.10 llatpcr Sell, daughter of John A; Bell, »I West Phila delphia. . RKYNAI. DK ST. MICHEL—HIGGINS.—In New York, ori Tbnredav, April 15, by His Grace tbe Moat Rev. Archbishop McCloshcy. Piurrd Jean Jale» Itaynnl de Bt. Michel to Nathalie"?. Higglne. . „ TAYLOR—BARNKS.—On Tbnr«dav evening, April 15th, at tbe residence ttf the Urldela P.WPiA. feMto*; Tbi*tae J.)Mft>wi>; Charles Tagler to Alice Barne*. nil oi lljleeityif jtojeard*., ,.hi ■'. ’■ S.- : i * 2 OOJJ)Y.-On Mho Wth in»t , aCNorriton, Mont ycflintv' : •• y • .* Thereiatlvce and ftieDds of ibo famt! v.Mimlpomory Lodge. No. 19. A. Y. M., Mercantile Lodge,. No. A. 0. 0. R. 7 . Untied Staten Hose Company, No. Ji. Good'-lntent Hotc aml Hook and I.adder Company. No. 2, and membeyaot tbe Police forco ere reMKtct fuily invited to attmd Ihe itinerai. from the residence of bia mother-in-law, No, 1012 South Sixth street, ou Sunday nexL the IStb lnat., at 2 o’clock P- Ml 1 1 * LANI>Kt,L, OPEN TlllB MORXINC. NEW EAHUICS KOI! JI PKI pil • K CHAIN AL'STKIENr Kft. HEROES, fONGKr.rf. &<i *e. IFEUIAL HO Her Sixth /'age jar Additional iaTcfiOTin"or*THiTcOVE'C*}ff. FIL.HK.KT Street, i-bove Seventeenth. Bl«bop Steven* peetedto adtrinlirUr tbo riU* of coifirinatiou in < tup ebiueft loaoirew evening. _ ; u THE VIBBT PBEBBVTBEI4N CHUR jt Wa*bit>gton Pqusro. iiov. Herrick i>. I* . Pa**or, will t*rc&ch to-morrow, at 10>* .V. M. and ♦ * p. M. H*_ "TllK AftNUAL MEETINGS OF aTOOi "a' holflemol tbn HAKCt.AV COAL COMI’AN\ will be held as thecOice of tbe Oinpany. IS! south ro-irth effect, on MONDAY. Mi) 3. IV*. -t 12 o'clock. M.. wh<-u an election will be held for efliccm to serve tba ensuing year. [aplt-ata th.7t«) HARVEY rill aW. Hccretirr. Ilio Aurora Boreal in of Ihandar fYigDt. There has been considerable speculation among scientific men as to the cause of the extraordl ntry Itluminutioo of the skies on Thursday night We are happy to give the most.recent and reliable theory. It is well known that these Northern Lights are reductions of something or other, brilliant and bean Ufa!. Bat what eoald hi beautiful. now, us to cause such magnificent reflective displays ? The theory which we feel polil to announce Is that the wonderful appear a»r*e was caused by reflections from the mag nificent lot of gorgeously tinted spring r ods in RockbUl <S Wilson's store. Departing om the did logy idea that every man ought to. dress in black, und make himself look as much as -possible like, dark midnight, this long-established and enterprising Arm have made provision for each citizen to attire himself with all the splendour ol an Aurora Borealis. KsainlnaUon of this un surpassed Spring 6tock of Clothes, and materials ready to be made Into clothes, and lnvestigatloa into the wonderfully low prices, will well repay our (Hi/.: us. „ .. „ s* Go. then, to the Great Brown Slone Hall, Mb. and 005 Cbcslnnt street, and yon will be hand somely dealt with by Koikiiill <fc Wilson. Bddrere to Governor Bnrnwtoe. The following Is the address to Governor Bum side, of Rhode Island, which is receiving the signatures of soldiers and citizens generally throughout that State: Tu HU Excellency, Ambrose E. Iturnside, Gov ernor of (he State of Rhode /timid, and lately Major-General in the Army of the United States: We. tho nndcrslgnea, citizens of Rhode Island, have read with profound indignation the remarks of the Hon. William Sprague in the Senate of the United States, in which yon and the officers and soldiers from this State under your command in the first battle of the war, have been most wan tonly and maliciously assailed before the whole country. We feel that a great wrong has been done to yon and to the bravo men, both the living and] the dead, who served with yon lu the army of the Republic; and also that the military honor of Rhode Island has beeu deeply wounded and the lair fame of the State foully traduced in the national Senate at Washington by one who was bound to chotish and protect them. For the purpose, therefore, of rebuking these atrocious calumnies, and oi renewing both to you and to thoso who served with you, tho expression of our nhdimlnlsbed gratitude, confidence and respect, ■wo hereby invito you to name a day at your own convenience, on which yon will meet ns and others of yonr fellow-citizens at a public recep tion In the city of Providence. AMIISEJSEBirs. flcrvu’s comic opera, If tF.il Creei. was produced at ihe Academy of Mn*k, lost oVuulag, for tho tint timo In Philadelphia, by Gran's Froniu troupe. In many respects tte performance was the best ever given by a bovj/c company in this city, Miles, Rose-Bell and Dcsclauzas, with Carrier, Muasay, Beckers and Gcnot, acted and sang with spirit and Intelligence, while the chorus was unusually excellent. The opera is more pleasing than the majority of those com posed by Offenbach. It is the work of a man of greater talent, better aspirations, stronger scruples against de grading bis art, and yet with as keen a sense of hu mor and of tho demands of burlesque. Home of tno musical effectß are very fnuny, and their character is completely developed by contrast with the very beauti ful music by which they arc surrounded. Toe opera contains a number of graccfnl melodies, and a mulii inde of concerted pieces so much superior to anything of tho kind ever offered by French comic singers in tho Academy, that the audience was surprised and pleased. The choruses are particularly due, and they were sung superbly. Tho nest was tho hunting churns in the first act—which, by the way, cotttaius most of the choicest music. This was given with remarkable precision and effect, and was warmly encored. The text of the libretto is witty and fall of legitimate fun. It is, moreover, nearly altogether det-euL and this fact seems to have had an unpleasant effect upon the sulo of tickets. It wBb rumored that the opera was re spectably dull, and, as a consequence, the house was little more than half fall. Fleur dr I’bl will he given this evening, and as it contains a great deal of smut, a la -go aucicncc may he expected. —Those who nltondcd Mr. Oar! Wolfsohn’s concert In the foyer of the Academy yesterday after noon, were disappointed to learn that Mr. Coionne.the violinist, was sick and unable to fulfil his portion ol tho ptogramme. Mr. Wolfsohn and Mr. Rennie bore the whole burden of the performance. Tho former gentleman Introduced, as a satisfactory substitute for Sir, Coionne's solo, Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, which,Mr. Wolfsoha played most superbly. Mr. Hen mig gave Schumann's Abenlied with characteristic grace, and the programme was then adhered to. oach ■piece receiving careful and artistic treatment. It Ib to bet hoped that; during the next season, Mr. tvolfsonn will undertake to Interpret Beethoven more fre «iucntlyi Bvon if he does not give the great masters compositions upon every occasion, it will be judicious to'lnlrodhce them at least more frequently than has been done during tho present season. —At the Walnut, this evening, the Misses Lizzie and Jennie Wiilmoie will appear in tho spectacular bur lesque, Tho Forty Thkseto. Mr. Rogers, the comedian, Bustulns the part of “Ilasssrac” lu this piece, and of /'Rascal Jack" in an amusing farce of that name. —Tho comedy of School will ho glvon at tho Arch Street Theatte tW»Jov,enlhg..J3a..Mauday4rotta.»iM. appear In The Old Curiosity Shop. —At the American this evening a miscellaneous en tertainment will ho given. —The Field of the Cloth of Gold will be repeated at the Chestnut this evenihg, with all tho attractions, In cluding the Leon brothers, the burlesque Japs, tho “dying gymnasts," the velocipede foot, and O’Roardou. Lippincntt's Magazine for next month IS OUt to day, and copies are sent ob by the pnblishers and by Turpor Bros. It has several articles of very particular excellence. First ol these, for solid merit, wo ought to place Prof. Coppeo’s, chaplet of curious philological beads, presented under the name of “A Few Cnrioas Derivatives.” Each of tbcfelhslances of derivation, compressed Into the roDDdest and shortest statement, suggests vast consequences of an historic or geographic nature, and the mind involuntarily Alls the spaces between the Professor’s paragraphs with the strangest arabesques of reverlo. The proof, leader should not have let the miss-spelling of r/iauseeur slip. —Thore is plenty of nalnral hislory, ot- a i.very fresh kind, uncontaminated by having been repeated and baled through the text-books, In Mr. Hamlin's “Salmon-Fishing In Mclne. ” Mr. Charles Morris, on “Spectrum Analysis, is very grave and very :i ihfoiintng. -—A practical Coal-mifier,: Mr.. Thomas H. Walton, contributes a picture of life in the shafts which Is.of the most, genuine and unused originality’-- quite arare “And” tor a magazine-render. In the next rank come the sketchy, personal articles, such: as 'Gaylord Clork'a clear and happy “Kecollcdlibns of Irving,” and Jl. • H. Coates's me moir of a well-remembered Philadelphia negro of revolutionary date, Earl Douglas; the article is hrimfull of zest, and we hope to fled room for It some day soon.—The Action of the number begins with chapters xv—xviil of Mr. Dale Owen's “Beyond the Breakers,” which all agree improyes as it proceeds.—Clarke Davis has a short, brisk - story, embodying a Poe-like situation,;entitled “Dick Lyle’s Fee.”—Mrs.:Pres cott Bpoffdrd contributes another condensed,' completed tale, much In her early, strong style, —a story of French society, named from the hero ihe baron llougegorge.—“A Ileal Ghost Story,” located at Clermont Seminary, Is cither a genuine legend or one prepared with rare verisimilitude Tbe metrical contributions, one of which we , t nute to-day,are three in number,—a concluding instalment of Mr. Lelacd’s “Brcltmann in Poli tics,'' Adelalne Cilley's “Argosy,” and the '‘May apple*," to be seen on our flret page. The Itaok noiices contain a good synthesis of recent obser vations in China: the “Gossip” has less than usual of the local zest whidh everybody has lound so pleasant. In Jaiy we are to have An thony Trollope. KOt’KTH ANU arch, 'lCtlff. The May number of the Gala-ry is a very brisk and good one, In which six exlcuded articles (three fictitious) are followed by a lively variety ~f short ejaculations on most eubjccls under the tun. Among the latter may be mentioned four teen skllfully-selscted poems printed in succes sion. The great gun, ol course, is the Instal ment of Charles Ucado’s Btory, “Put yourself in hlsPlace,” in which the writer lets himself down, with the skill of a crafty noveleshfrom-the climax of blowing his hero out of the window und hang ing him there by ono hand like jerked beef for ihe horrific space of one month—from April to. May. The anti-climax, or post-climax, is we say, craftily managed, and a new character is Introduced, Dr. Atp noyisc, who promises to turn out one Of Euide's overdrawn but racy eccentrics, who, by the by, are usnaliy doctors—Mr. Grant White concludes his “Words anti their Uses” by the addition of a “Desultory Denunciation" of Eng lish Dictionaries. We await the collectio- of these original, and sometimes wild, but striking theories. In a vol nmc; they form, with Mr. Grant White's skirmishing correspondence in the ft,jurat Table, a literature by themselves. A capital sketch of the late lawyer Brady appropri ately winds up the solid Introductory part of the magazine, which we receive from Porter & (bates. 822 Chestnut street, and from Turner Bros. Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens's new novel, “The Curse ot Gold," which has been running tor the last three months through the columns of the New fork Weekly, where it has proved to be the most popular novel that has ever appeared in the columns of that paper, Is published to-day by T. B. Fiterson <& Broihers, Philadelphia. It is as philanthropic, generous and womanly a story as Mrs. Stephens has ever penned. It Is issued in a large duodecimo volume of live hundred pages, and is tor sale by all booksellers, at the low price ot 76 in cloth, or $1 50 in paper cover. A Hew Way to Collect Debts, A dentist In Vienna recently supplied Madame de 8., a lady well known in fashionable circles, with a splendid set of false teeth, worth about $2OO, and waited with exceeding patience lor payment. Finding that tho lady “made no sign,” bo applied, after three months had elapsed from tho date of dellvory, by letter for tno discharge of his claim. No answer. A fortnight litter ho wrote again, in somowhat stronger language,but received as little notice of his, second' as of his first application. Determined: to have bis money, and to be even with Madame do B. far her dis courtesy, he inserted ln a siaall su burban paper the following advertisement: “A magnificent set of self-adjusting enamelled' teeth to be sold dirt-cheap. They are daily on ' view in tho mouth of Madame do B. | full name Stadt 8o and So-Btrcet, No. —Their he cut out the slip, and enclosed It to the fair defaulter inwdnveiopff.- Tw<rioti« aftcf* bis- bill t puid, nnd Madame de B. hoped, os the paper hi which tbe advertisement appeared wus on iu ~ significant one, that she had heard tbe last of her bargain: but the leading journals of Vienna have got bold of the story, and no teeth have made - such a sensation since Cadmus’s famous crop. NEW MAGAZINE!*, SHAD The naileries on tbe Delaware -In jury by oas Befnse, ac. The Chester Republican sayß the gUI-nct fisher men complain of the unusual scarcity oi shad, and lhe oldest among them predict that the sea son will be an unprofitable one. It is a well known fact that for a numborof years past, shad nave been geltlDg scarce, and notwithstanding the Improved methods which havs been do v eed to capture them, they have not boon taken lu large quantities fdr many soasods. Tweuty flve years ago, with a gill net not over sixty fathoms in length, it was not an unusual occurrence to catch, in n drift of four miles, oc cupying iu the operation three or four hours, two hundred and fifty shad. Now, with a net of three or four hundred fathoms, it is a rare thing to take more than twenty or thirty, after fishing nearly all day and part of tbe night. The ex penses of an outfit, comprising a net and boat, teach about two hundred and fifty dollars, and many of the fishermen do not realize the first cost of the material. They attribute the scarcity of fish wholly to the condition of the water, it being at times wholly unfit for them to live in, owing to the refuse from gas works in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, which, in times of freshet, abounds in tbe river and poisons the water. Fish canght directly after a lroshot are as luminous as phosphorus, and are totally unfit to eat. Some plan should be devised to remedy an evil which threatens to, and will in the end, drive the shad from our rivers. We want some legislation on the subject, or in a few years this delightful fish will disappear from the Delaware. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1869. THE IHDIAN FBAVDI. How Jobe wore srmhged-A Elide Hit ofxx plantation. Tho Washington correspondent of tha Tribune say*: A Bolt of a novel character has been on trial for some days past in ono of tbe courts here. The plalDllff is General Thomas Ewing, Jr., who sues Mr. Perry Fuller, ex-Indian Agent and ex-Uol . lector of the Port of New Orleans, and geberal jobber, for a share of tho profits on dividends In various jobs wbireln ihe plaintlirand defendant had mutual Interest. To-day a fetter written to Ewing by F'oller,"concerning some of the lobby schemes both gentlemen hod on hand, was pro duced and read in open court. The following Is a literal copy of said letter, and will bo found exceedingly interesting - ;■■■;. i New Orleans, Jan. 25, 18G9 .—Dear General >hieing, Jr.-. I am in receipt of ydnrs.of the 17th jnstl, I wrote Huntingdon that 0. Ewing had 'large Interests in the contracts and Vouchers, and All would be right os soon as tbd appropriations iwere.jhade. I shall eomoto Washington as soon us lom relieved, or before, if not relieved by the .luthof February, I shall'come on, a'nd there we lean fix up all about the House. X will see you 'on that matter also, and I shall not close on the iUcuee now. Now, Genera), !am after a bigger .'and more profitable enterprise than' the Indian 'business cun bo. I can place you. and. Huullog •don in 1L It costs nothing- It is only to; get a Sniil Indorsed by Congress to pay the interest on H ate bonds for levee purposes.. This will work, and cost nothing. Why did you hot get the ap pointment, as I wrote yon. by solicitor, to, ap- j ; pear in tbe wine cases. You let a good tjbinz slip. I wish you would do all you can for. (job Casey’s appointment in my place. lam anxious, to have him appointed for several reasons! If te is appointed I will remain in New Orleans and the South, and forward business to yon, for I could then have a bank for a fine business, and all claims and salts coming through the Custom House here I could place in y'our hands, and it Is >,lt cash, and bnt tittle delay. Write me soon all Lhe news, and believe me truly your friend, The Indian business referred to above, means he,nnmerons Indian contracts in which Falter tlguredeo conspicuously some time ago. The I- vee bond bnsinees means tbe bill introduced in Congress to grant aid to rebuild the levees on the Mississippi. The Casey referred to was among the first appointments made by President Grant. His friends say Fuller used his name wuuont authority, aDd did tt for the purpose of gain, by having it andcretood that-he would be influential with him. THE PI BATE AUBABA. Her light with tbe heaxsarge-A Strange btory. The Boston Trartllcr says: : One of the crew of the pirate Alabama is now bn board the steamer Virginia, lying at East Boston. He says that the Deerhound was In fact a paid tender to tbe Alabama, that she hind oh hoard the chronometers and, other valuables Which had been stolen from American f hips (for the thieves were not permitted to land them at Cherbourg), that a few days before the fight .with the Kcarsarge she brought fifty men from Ports mouth (England), trained gunners, who had rtccivtd their training on board the British practice-ship Excellent, to work the gans.tbat these meD, when the Alabama left Cherbourg, were stationed at the guns, and had entire con trol of them, for the officers knew very little, if anything, of gunnery, and that he thinks the Alabama fired three shots to one fired by the ‘Ktan-arge. The Alabama was eomewhat quick m her roll log, and hence why the firing was so rapid. The Aonncrs could not elevate or doprees the guns with any degree of accuracy, therefore, they frosted to inck to hull the Kearearge, for their line firing was uniformly correct; bat the shot generally passed over the Kearsarge or among her rigging without doing much damage. Ou the other haDd, he says, the firing of the Eeorsurge was very trne; every time a shot struck tbe Ala bama, it made her tremble fore and aft, and toward the close of the action, crash upon crash tore her almost in two amidship. When she filled' ond went down. She lost 47 men out of 212 with Which she began the action. He thinks her powder was had, her officers iydre fodla, and the Englishmen who worked the guns'too self-cOD geited to imitate the cool deliberatiqn of aim that prevailed on board the Kcarsarge from first to last. t'l'oor Cariolla’’ and the l(acca ol lilt 1 UelßiaiUi Poor Carlotta, jn her lucid intervals, which are generally of pretty long duration, Is hard at work upon her book of the Mexican Empire, her physician thinking that this kind of mental labor ts salutary rather than injurious to her. Those who have seen portions of the work say that it is exceedingly well written, and the royal familv of Belgium is reported to be quite willing to allow the book to be published. Carlotta ha 3 always been noted for her ability as a writer. Among the papers left by her father, King Leo pold the First, arc several splendidly bound volumes of letters written to him by his daughter during the last seven years of bis life; and this correspondence is said to abound with Charming and sprightly passages. When Car iotta's fits of insanity draw nigb, she suddenly commences to abstain from food, for no other reason than because it is her fixed idea that at tempts are constantly made to poisou her. She then steadily refuses to eat anything, and the Queen of Belgium alone is able to make her par bike ol some food, but only by tasting every morsel which Carlotta eats. The patience and devotion which the young Queen display’s on such occasions are truly wonderful, and tnc more praiseworthy, as, to hen Carlotta first made her acquaintance in Brussels, she disliked her young "sister-in-law, and frequently slighted her In an inexcusable manner. The excellent conduct of the Queen since 1866 has excited general admiration ia Bel gium, and done much towards strengthening the aspect of the nation for the dynasty, which the poor opinion generally entertained in regard to the good-natured, but dull and insignificant king, had considerably lessened. Seventeen years ago this Queen of Belgium,‘who is cow displaying so many noble qualities of the heart and mind, was an impetuous, rosy-cheeked, round-faced girl, who, her father used to say, was better fitted to become a cavalry officer than anything else. She lived with her parents at Pcsth, and was so fond of horses and riding on horseback, that when she was told she was to become the wife of the Crown Prince of Belgium (the was then scarcely eixteen years old), her n lnclancc to leave her home on the banks of the Danube could be overcame only by the promise that was given her, that her favorite horses sbonld accompany her to Brussels. The number of fine saddle-horses which arrived with the young bride at the Belgian capital ex cited quite a soDsation among the staid bnrgbers of Brussels, and the prim aDd ceremonious ladles of the court of Leopold the First were not a lit tle surprised when they saw their future Qaeon ffir the first time la the midst of her dearly be loved horses, feeding and caressing them, and Causing them to perform a thousand little'tncke. Nearly everybody shook his head and predicted that eho would' one day make a sorry Quean; but her father-in-law, old Leopold, said sbo would ciome out all right, and bccamo Bpuedily greatly attached to her, and no one grloved more for him when he died than his young daughter-in-law. ■ Tunnelling- Baltimore. * . , j The Baltimore American of yesterday says: The application of tho Baltimore and • Potomac ltallrond', through Its President, Gov, Bowie* to tnnneMHeweBtcudofthcclty,-wlll,wboporrc- J dcivc the prompt sanction of tho.,City Goanclis. [ 3 bey propose to construct their tunnel under the cds of the afreets, either on the Unc of Northern avenue, or nhder wihehoster'and Wilson streets, ffom tho west end of tho city to Jones’ Kalla. It Will be uo damage to property on the line of the OUR WIIOIiE COUNTRY. i tunnel, as it will pass under the gas and water ; pipes, out of both sight and hearing; - . and when completed and in operation," i will be of vast advantage to . the bnsl : neesinterests of the 'city. The construction of : ibis tunnel wiircott not Jess than a million of dollars, tbiee-fourlhs of it in labor; giving em ployment to many hundreds .of laborers, stone masons; quarrymen and bricklayers. Thecsca vatiocß at the east end of the, proposed tunnel have already commenced, and It Is tbe Intention of tbe Company, so Boon as the sanction of the Connells is obtained, to push l the work rapidly, so as to have it completed in time for the open ing of the road to Washington, which it is ex pected will bo accomplished’ by the middle ot, January next. - ■ 4 4 ” l Nkw York, April 17.— A very enthusiastic maEff meeting of tbe National Workingmen’s Union was held lost night at the Cooper Insti tute, to*sympathize with tho painters in their strike to maintain the rule of eight; hoars as a day’s work. Resolutions were passed strongly denouncing the kite acliun ol Brrie. and Bawlins in Yedneing tho pay of the eight hoar mentin government, employ. ! Thfeinquiry with regard to tho funds in: the possession ’of the Union Pacific Bailroad Com-. pany, instituted at the snit of William M. Tweed, Ji., was continued before A. A. Bedfield, referee,: yeaterday. The examination of. Hoary C. Crane was resumed, and occupied the entire session. ' The strike of the Second avenue railroad driver remains in statu guo. But lour cars were run ning yesterday. • Thomas Brennan, indicted with the notorious scoundrel better .known as “Reddy the Black smith,” for robbing a countryman of $5OO, was tried at.the Court ed General Sessions yesterday And was seßlencfii to fifteen years in tho State Prieon. “Reddy” is promised the same sentence Whin convicted. i Tbe spirit-photograph ease waß up before Jus tice Dowling yesterday. The defendants’ coun sel dcclari d their ability to prove tho ness of the spirit-photographs. No evidence was taken yesterday.- The case was adjourned to the 21st inst. - ■ ' Tunneling Under tbe Sea. Fin: fty Fuller, 1 A scheme has been proposed, says Cassell’s Magazine, for uniting Ireland and Scotland, so as to ao away with the necessity of making a sea passage altogether. The entrance ‘to the railway runnel, by whicb.itis.to be accomplished. On the Irish side is to be from a point about midway be tween Cnshcndcn and Cushendall, on the coast of Antrim, and on tbe Scotch side of Glenstone, and whence it would run through the head-of the Mull of Can tyre. The total length of the tunnel under water would be fourteen miles three far longe, and it is said that the ground through Which it Would have to be made is ex actly suited for tunneling ... opera tions, and the sandstone’for lining it can be had in any quantity on the Irish aide. It is proposed to'construct tho tunnel fdr a eingfe line 'only, the.’ extreme depth being twenty-one feet, and the clear width at the level of the rails fifteen feet- It is proposed, however, to lay down three lines of rails to accommodate wide- and narrow gauge carriages. The gradient at the entrance of the tnnnel on Ihe Irish side would be one in sixty for abont five miles; it would then fall to one in eighty-two tor about half that distance, and to one in Z 73 for about five miles in the centre of the tunnel under the water, rising from that to one In 272, then to one in 113, tben tc one in sixty for about the same distance as on the Irish side, which continues to ihe entrance of the tunnel on the Scotch side. The estimated time that wonld be occupied ini completlng : the tunnel is, allowing' for all contii gescics, under six years, and the cost under fohr and a quarter millions.- To pay a dividend of five per . cent, the weekly earnings mast be, £42 per mile, and an estimate is ap pended to show that the gross earnings would be largely in excess of this amount, and that the mineral resources of the land in the immediate vicinity of the Irish end of the tunnel would be immensely developed. Nobody will be disposed to deny that a rail we v communication between the two countries Would ue a very desirable thing if it can be accomplished. The New York Tribune says: Superintendent Kennedy received a note from District-Attorney Garvin, yesterday, requesting that James Smith, the man who was arrested fpr passing, one of the torged checks purporting to nave been leaned by Jay Cooke <& Co., at the Bank ot the Btato of Now York.be detainod at Po lice Headquarters at present, as the authorities wished time to examine the matter more thoroughly. The bank officers declare that the checks are genuine, and that the signatures aie also genuine, that in fact the checks have bien stolen by some person, and the amounts d rawn filled in afterward. Certainly the signa tures are wonderfully correct imitutious of the genuine, if Uiey are forged. It is alleged that Pitt Cooke, one of the partners of Jay Cooke & Co., is in the habit tf signing a number of checks in blank, each morning, which are filled up during the day by Mr. Hill, the cashier.' Accord ingly the bank officers declare that they will con test the case, and it will probably come before toe Courts. Jay Cooke & Co. sav that the checks are clearly forgeries; that they were paid Without question by the Bank-teller, and that the bank «ill tbcrelorc have to stand the loss. When the Inst forged check was presented, the paying tel ler, Suepectbg something wrong, went to the cashier of the bank, and, showing him the check, asked if it was all right. The official looked at it, and recognizing the signatures, re plied in the allirmative. and the check was paid. It has for some time past oeen understood by the teller of the hank that no check for more than $5,000 coming from the above firm would be cashed. In this io stance, however, two or more checks formoro than that amount wero presented and cashed. Alter the closing of the bank, the teller pro ceeded to Jay Uooko & Co.’s place of business, and remonstrated with Mr. Hill forhaviog broken through his rule in-sending checks to be cashed lor so large an amount. Mr. Hill denied having done so, nnd lhus the forgery was discovered. A correspondent of the Washington Star says l "I premise by saying that I am a native of Frederick City, and have known the Fritchle family all my lifetime, and that it is one of the most respectablo of the entire community; and it lion been a surpiso to me that no one has ven tured upon a vindication of her claims to the honor which the poet has given hor. Barbara Frilcbio was it reality at the time referred to. When Jackson was passing through Frederick.of necessity ho had tp pass the house in which she lived, on west .Patrick street, south side, next to Carroll Creek. As he and his troops passed her house, gho appeared nt the dormer window of her one-storied house and waved the Stars and Stnpeß before their veritable faces. One of bis men raised his - ,gnn ; toward her, and she cried, 'Shoot! shooil’ still .waving her flag. Jackson himself knocked his gun aside, and commanded h)tn not to attempt any such thing, at the same time raising his hat In honor of the flag. A shout then went up from hlsofvn men, and they passed ob This is the gist of tho story, which 1 have often heard in Frederick, and never heard it con tradicted by any ono. Mrs. ftnantriil’s story may bo true, bat I never heard' it beforo I taw it id yonr paper. 1 ’ : Miss vans paa a now novol, which contains a, picturesque snramary ’of .all the cvclopiedlas ejuunt, ana for which she haß bcon offered $16,- 0(10. ' - ' Napoleon's Life •of Cicear, lias loaf so much money, by that ven ture thathe Is clamorona for some fat printing j6b at the hands of the Government. Ho will probably get .the Journal, Official, as the present publisher of the official paper is abosu tu declare bits inability to fulfil tho contrail, ; : * EBOM NEW YORK. Tbe forgery on Jay Cooke A Co. Barbara Fritcble Again. CITY BULLETIN. Funeral or Lrnur. Galoy.— The funeral of the late Samuel Goldy, formerly Lieutenant of Police in the Third District, will take place to morrow afternoon, from tbe residence of his mother-in-law, No. 1012 South Sixth. street, and wifi be attended by fhe Masons,Firemen, Chief of Police, Lieutenants and a detail of men, and a large circle of personal friends! Chief Mulbollsnd has issued the following or der upon tbe subject-. ‘.‘Genera/ Orders No. 12-.—Having learned with deep regret of the death of cx Lieutenant Samuel Goldy, who, for many jeaifvwaa eounected with this department in various capacities, as a token of respect, and to mark the appreciation of tho department of the services rendered to' the city by tbe deceased, it is hereby ’directed that ono hundred men be detailed, fully-equipped and un der the command of Lieutenant John Spear, to attend his faneraL: “By order of Ihe Mayor." A SALUT.vRr WArnino.— Collector Moore, has need great cautiouln the selection of his subordi nates, (tnd yet he has already-beon compelled to caneeLone of h)s appointments on tho score of Intemperance. The uppoiotmenthad been made tinder the pre-sea re of a' formidable array of strong recommendations, -personal and political, but the evidence of it* unfitness was brought so directly under the Collector’s personal observa tion that no choice was left for bis action. 'This prompt removal is a timely warning, that onr flew Collector means to have none bat good, steady men in his service, and it also suggests a caution to those who lend ibelr names to appli cants for oflice who arc not in all respect* competent and worthy. House Ransacked.— Tbe dwelling of Henry R. Halliwell, No. 341 South Thirteenth street, was entered laßt nieht through a rear second story window, which was reached by moans of a ladder which the thieves foundlu the yard.- The house was ransacked, bat nothing was stolen,and it is supposed that the robbers were frightened before they had time to Bccnre any plunder. Slight Fire.—Last ovening, about eight o’clock, a fire occurred in the third-story of tho dwelling ot Gto. Mountjoy, No. 173 d North Thirteenth street. A window cuitaiu took fire, from a gns-bnrner, and sot fire to the carpet. Loss übout'slCo. ' Reckless Driving.— William Arnold was ar rested yesterday at Fourth ond Callowbill streets, on the charge of reckless driving. He was taken before Aldi rman Becker, and was held in 9500 bail to answer at Court. An Owner Wanted.— A handsome Buffalo robe, found on tbe street, awaits an owner at the Tenth District Police Station. Resigned —George Clark, who has been a member of the Reservo Corps of Pollco for nine 5 ears past, has resigned. Salk os-, Superior Furniture M. Thomas & Sons will sell on Monday, at 10 o'clock, the entire stock of superior cabinet furniture, manu factured by Thomas McGoin, at his warerooms, No. 1707 Chestnut street. Sale peremptory. The Ta uebnacle Methodist Church During tbe past - few months this chnrch has grown in numbers, and now compares favorably with some of the largest congregations of this de nomination Id the city. In order to carry for watd some of tbe benevolent movements of the chnrch, the services of Rev. J. T. Gracey have been eecnred for tbe purpose of giving two lec tures on his extensive travels In “India.” These lectures will be given on Thursday and Friday of the comiDg wet-k. The lectures will embrace in formation gained from personal observation. From John Turn v'lth’s Great News Depot, No. 6H Chestnut street, German Democrat Build ing. (opposite onr-own officiv)-wn have received all Ihe Mvntrlies, Jiarncr’s, Godey’s, laldy Friend, Frierson's, etc., together with all the principal Weeklies, embracing Hearth and Home, Frank- Leslie, Harper's Weekly, Appleton's Journal, New World, and a quantity of Comic and Serio-comic literature snitable for all classes. Tberocan also be found every variety of useful and fancy articles. Mr. T. bos supplied a want that has long existed by establishing such a store as this in our neigh borhood. Tiknkr Bros. & Co., 808 Chestnut street, never fail In the promptest attentions when the monthly magazlnts begin to arrive. They send us io-day copies of all the periodicals now ready, such os The Gahixy, lAppincoiCs. Gudet/'s, Ar thur's Home , Arthur's (hu;e a M"iith, Arthur's Children's Uotir, Mrs. Henry Peterson’s Lady's hritiid. Also, Harper’s cheap pamphlet issues of Beaile’s “ It is Never too I.ite to Mend," and of the Strom? new story h? the author of “ Gup Lirtni/st-me," called “Breaking a Butterfly." This last is the novel-gourmand's strong meat, and will be in great request in the present bandy form, which includes transfers of the English illustra tions. They likewise send us their own repnbli esation of that gtnial old joke, “Illustrations of the Poets, from passages in the life of llttlo Billy Yidhlns.” Harry Stephensuovor did anything so pleasant and creamy as this familiar Odysiey of adventures, each with a poetic warrant in the fprm of some well-known citation, and mostly concentrating with dire fatality upon the Inviting jluteat regions of tho plump and luckless Billy. A Bvkjian Missionauy.— Rev. James M. Has w< 11, who sailtd from this country, In 18t>5, as a missionary to Buruiab, lias been spending a few months in this citv with his wife. Ho is about returning to his field of labor, and wiU lcavc Philadelphia next Tuesday, sailing from Noto York on Thursday. Mr. Haewell expects to ar-" rivo in Burnnih in seven weeks from tho time ho leaves this country. A pleasant larowell gather ing took place, on Thursday evening, at tho residence of William Patten, Esq. Rev. Howard Maleorn, D D., Rev. Dr. Henson, aud many other ministers were present. Remarks were made by Rev. Dr. Ktncrld, Rov. Dr. Castle. Kev. Dr. Levy, Rev. Dr. Winter and Rev. Mr. Haswoll, after which a prayer was offered by Rov.Dr.Rmdolph. A farewell public meeting will be held on Sunday morning at the Baptist church, corner of Thirty sixth aud Chestnut streets; and in tho evening in tho German chnrcb.on Sixth streot above Poplar. The thousands who have listened to his earnest appeals in behalf of Burinah will fellow the loved missionary with their heartfelt prayers. The southern Cuban movement. LFrom tho Savannah Advertiser, April 13.1 Prom a piivatq letter received in this city yes teiday wo learn that since the 2d Inst, four expe ditious have left the Florida coast for Cuba. The Foam took out about 150 men' under Colonel Thornton, the Bertie about the eamo number under Captain Broughton, and another vessel took sixty-five men under Captain jacobl. All of these parlies are nndor tho command of Major Hamilton, who, however, did not Bail on the Foam, his health not permitting, as ho has not, yet recovered from the Injuries "received from a railroad Occident sobie weeks since. Major Ham ilton hnß gonu lo Now Orleans to attend to mat ters connected with tho Cuban movement, and will, probably, do tho cause far more good in sending forward men and material than he could have done by going in person in his present con dition of health. —Napoleon tho Third never examinos, the ap plications for pardon addressed to him by®rlml uals whom the Courts have sentenced to doath, -bat confirms only the recommendations made to him by the Minister of Justice In such cases. King William,of Prussia,on the contrary, studies all sttcb eases with the utmost care, and duvotos a great deal df caro to thorn. Francis Joseph and Victor Emmanuel have lately displayed tho ut most uvotsion to signing any more dualh war rants. Bo that Ices persons ““'e nowadays exe cuted in Austria and Italy than in any other Ea rbpean countries., 1 } —Gounod denios that ho is golug to c tilist for a monk. 1 ■ v F. L. FETHERSTON. PuMishen PRICE THREE CENTS. FACTS AND FANCIES. ‘ tProm Llpnlneott's Magazlna.l MAY APPLES. Hid in the deep, dank bellows of the woods* Their green escutcheons the May apples raise/- - Though through the thick sereeit' Of th'hlf aoB» tudes Scarce pierces the sun’s blaze; • ’ i Perchance to keep from irreJizious sight, ' Borne on each breast, a star-flower lily whlta. .-■& Mysterious plants l that nurse a luscious trult* That star, transformed by,Summer’s sultry aits And in the fibres of the long ellm root 7 A potent medicine bear; While in eacn shield, which that pure blossom hides , .v.'' 80 carefully, a poisonous death resides* Benuly nnd use and noxiousness aro hera«>. Most diverse powers in alender limits ilo ; Pleasure that palls, an ill that all men feswy : And joyoncefor tho eye; ; . . And therewithal—worthy a wlso man’s note” To ill itself a marvelous antidote. | ' There’s wonder in the lowliest plants that giow£ ■ Beauty ond grace for ull thal truly seep And these I sirig the Almighty Artist show A No less than lowering tree; 7 The royal oak that soars above thosod : -V 1 No more than these dees testify of God. ' a • ' W. L. SIiOKMAKKB. —french Democrats call the Prince Imperlsd “Velocipede IV.” :"a —The widow of Gen. Kouaseau’Js reported; £0 be very poor. 'i Oifen bach is writing a novel. If H Is not smutty it will be novel. ' ; —Nearly all the crowned ladies of Europe 1 lira said to be in lavor of female suffrage. ' \ —Mormouiem is said to bo increasing in Ulsnols. ’ ' ' A V ‘ —Noble's miscellaneous poems have just been issued in England. —A colored Henry, Ward Beecher steals chair* ih at. Joseph, Mo. —Mrs. Stanton says the Revolution editors didn't kiss "one son of Adam over two years old” while canvassing the West. 1 . i —Napoleon has bonght Lamartine’s place at Saint Point, to pnt his model farm theories in practice. ■ .v: —Mr. Jefferson Davis writes that his health !* re-established, and that ho is coming back to what was his home to earn his living. A » —The favorite reading of King William of Prussia consists of works on the life and times of Napoleon the first. 1 - —That naughty noble. Marquis of Cans, hypp? tbecates Patti’s coming concerts for immediater coin. —Once more It is positively stated that Gustaye Doie, the artisl, and Mile. Christine Nilsson, the singer, will be married in August. - —Hector Berlioz was an ardentadmlrer of Vir gil's .Kneid. He had one handled editions of the great Roman poet In his library. —Thiers has the satisfaction of knowing that 105,000 sets or 2,100,000 volumes of his History o£ the Consulate and Empire have been sold 1 li» franco alone. ’ —Bjoernson, the Norwegian poet and novelist, 1 is delighted with the favorable receptionwith. which his books have met in (he United Bt^te»^ v He is anxious to make a trip to America. —lt is one of the minor duties of tiie police of London to kick from the sidewalks the pieces of orange peel that are carelessly thrown down by orungc eaters. " ' —An “enraged musician” In Christ Church, New York, quilted the organ stool in. the middles of a bvmn last Sunday, because one of tho offl—' - clatingclergymen happened to offend him. —The rumor that the Board of Health cannot get any of the contractors to agree to removo the dirt from tho neighborhood of the Academy ofMnslc, until the French Opera is gone, needs confirmation. —A plan for cutting a canal through the, val ley of the Garonne, France, to unite the Meditar-’ , ~ rancan and the Bay of Biscay, is receiving ,mbcb ‘ , attention and is favorably regarded. The Cost 6f" the scheme is estimated at $BB,-100.000 and to ' be ■‘ 4 possible of accomplishment In six years. Tho projected canal would he for merchant and warn ships of tho largest size. —Prof. Coppeo, in lAppincoU’s Jf«</aune, pro- < pounds a philological question which it will s puzzle most persons to settle; we beg to that the new Minister to Franco take it oven.' with him: ’ ‘ “Why does the Identical relation subsist be tween mr.che and mediant in French, as between*' 5 inch and taitked in Eqglish?" f A correspondent df the same magazine, i to? : ferring to Ihc definition of suits tn the paper en titled “Our Provincialisms," published In tho- March number, relates tho following anecdote: A. , schoolmaster in a Lancaster conntypunlie school ■■■> was drilling u class of youngsters in arithmetic- ' 1 Be said to them: “If I cut ad apple in two what.' l s will tho parts be?" “Halved!” was tho answer. ! “If I cut the halves in two, what would you call , the parte?” “Quarters !” “if 1-cut the qitacioriv, .i a in two, what will the parts be?" Answer, t oiuaai7 f ; mous), “Suits !’’ ’ " —One of tho visitors of the Prluce Imperial, ... on his recent birthday, was an old peasant from' Normandy, who, instead of presenting; ns had' la on expected, a gilt to tho son of Nupo.oon, on being admitted to him, informed the astonished - boy that he was a seer, and often held conversa tions with angels and spirits. Ho wound up.by , predicting lo the Prince that he would ascend the . imperial throne and reign happily for.- many" , years. Tho conclusion of his speech pacified the Pilnce’s attendants, who had already intended to hußtle the old. peasant unceremoniously, oat of ihc room. Instead of doiDg so, they uow> made the old fellow a handsome present. —Cheyenne.must he a pious and moral, town: “My kind cicerone (says a writer in Lippincott's) ushered me into a place called tho Gold-room, which he assured me, was one*of the most re spectable places in the town. In tho first room front, men and women were engaged Indiscrlmlu . ately at curds; the room back of it was devoted to keno, faro, three-card monte, roulette and. the sweat-cloth. Up stairs, a church, deacon waa dCaling faro tor tho accommodation of the parson and olhor prominent members of the oon grogation; these gentlemen were too- respectable to play on the ground-iloor. You will readily- , infer that I did not remain long, nor did T make- “ aby further investigations. I liad seon of Cheyenne.” ; —Some Years ugo, affirms ■>, & wGlsv * to-do old iadv appeared, at one of the priucipaE njarblc-yarda In tliis city,, noted, tor tho beauty of Its monumental designs, aud selected as a tomb for a deceased female relative a handsome piece of elaborate sculpture. At last, nothing in tho interview between her and the chief of tho og T , tabiishment remained to be said, save tor aim,to , inquire what iuscriptlon should be,put on sthtt.-. tomb Tlu rcupon the okl lady drew ItJOmihqr ,;:; capacious lelicnle a slip ,of paper whiqh, ftbo>. handed lo her questioner, who, aghast, baud alftUd* ~ “Affliction sore long time she bare,. .\ Phvslclans was In vain, ’ ’ '7 ', Till-” t; I ';'', r “Surely, ma’am,” said hc\ interrupting- Wmsblt ! and looking at tho old lady, who had approvingly nodded her head in cadence to tho tines, “yon do “ ’■ not mean to put that on tbe tomb?” “Why not?’* replied tho old lady, “It’e troe;, every, word of a It: ‘affliction sore long time s.le bQio, physicians was in vain.’ ’’ “But, my dear, .madam,” rbmon- - Seated the unhappy man, ’‘surely yon could get. , somilblug equally truo ans appropriate, bat not so common.’' “No, no,’ 1 ' rejoined the* old lady, steadily, “not so trod avid appropriate—and feav tij'ul, too!" “Well,” exolaWied tho- desperate man, vwo can't put that on; The Ledger has the cbpj light of It, and w.e don’t cam to run the risk of bung sued'." 1,.
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