GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIII.—-NO. 10. BTHB EVENING BULLETIN; rOBUBHBD EVBBY EVEtUSO, ; 1 (Sundays excepted}, THE HEW DBIIETIIV BriLDUIQ. ' 60T C&mrtaut Htreet, Pbllodelptao, EVENING BULLETIN association. PEOFBIETOES. HIBSON PEACOCK, CABPBB 80UDEH, Jm. V.U FETHKEaTON, THUS. J, WUriJAMSON. “ l FBANGIB WbLl 8. The Beusnn is served to subscribers In the city at 18 Bents par week, payable to the carriers, or 88 per annum. TSrBMHHO CARDS. INVITATIONB FORPAR ITT ties. dro. Hew styles. MASON A CO., anjgtf} r, EOT Chestnut street, TA/EDDINO INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE W Newest and best manner. LOUIS DKEKA. St> Boner and Engraver. ICB3 Chestnut street. feb2o.-tf MABBIED. . CAKPBNTBK-WHEEI.EH.-Oa the ICth Instant. At Trinity Church, Potteville, by the Rev. W. P lewis, Preston Carpenter and Catharine C., daughter of Edward H.Wheeler, all of Pottsville. * MARTIN—PAUL.—On the 19 th instant, at the resi dence of the bride’s parems, by tbo Rev. Wash ngton B. Erbeu, Mr. Benjamin O. Martin to Miss Sallle tie- Jonc Pan!, both of this city. * RYDER—MILLER.—On April 9lb, 1869, by the Rev. Dr, Butler oC'tbe Protestant. Episcopal Church, Mr. <l. W. D. Ryder and Mies Hannah' D. Miller. TlTKlk- . ' BONsXtLii-On Sccbed-day morning, April 19th, Jlapnub, widdw of thelate Johnßutuall.aged 81 years. Tbo relatives and friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend her fnneraL from her late resi dence, No. 1120 Olrard street, on Fourth-day aft»r iioon, at lio’clock. " MoILYAINK.—On, the 19th Inst., at Flushing. Pa., the residence of hla parents. In the 19’b year of bis age, Alexander Murray, son of Alexander Mnrray and Mary C, Mcllvaine • SMITH.—April I9tb, Mary E.; Smith, daughter of the lain Edward Smith. * SWANN.—Suddenly, -on the ISth lust, Charles Swann, formerly ol Worcestershire, England. . Funeral from his late residence. Burlington, N. J. Doc notice will he given. *' WITMER.— This morning, Jacob Witmer, In the 70;h year of hi* age. JgYRB 4c LAN DELL, OPEN Ttllß MOHN'IN'G. NEWFABIUCS FOUJL’PES. BJIX CHAIN AUSTIiIEN .■ EB, BEBGEB, PONGEES. &c. be. BFEUIAL ROTICEb. ggp FOB CITY TREASURER, JOSEPH ft* PEIHSOE, Subject toDemocratle Bntee. FORTHE EJiECTION OFFUUUO BUILD.KOS. ViiJLAmiU'UiAc April & IB® Design* for new Public Building*, to bo erected on In dependence Square, in the city of Philedelpniu, wish tfpeclficalioM, and estimates tot fte tame, will ba re ittbelOFFlCE OF THE •DEPAItI'MENT OP BUR V Eta,’’No Sit Boutll FIFTH itnutunliltho FIRST DAY OF bEFTEM HER next, at 12 M , Architect, Intending CO submit planjwtll receive clr oulere ceatainlng full in'onnation aa to the general char acter of the proposed buildioge. the amount of accorn rrodatlon to be piorided. Ac- by applying. either per. ernally or ter letter, to the undersigned. Secretary of the Foard ot Commleatonere, at the aouthweet corner of "Walnut »nd Filth etrecie. , A premium of 63,000 will bo paid for tho deiigo potjcn fng the moat merit. 81.6 CU for tbe eeeoud beet. 81.001 for -the third. and 8500 f orthe fourth. Tbe decision upon the merit* or the pier: to be made, smd the premium! to be awarded. by the Board of Commtaeionem. on or before the firet day of October Doxt, at 13 61. All rejected plana win be returned. ■By order of the Board of Cotßmleeionara. pDGH> aollSUrp ■ Secretary. Mir’ COME TO BETHANY. TWENTY-SECOND andflblppenetrcoti. Tbe beat Bunday-echool In dilute ever held In Philadelphia. THIS (Toe-Say) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. ••The Effect of Teachio* oa onr Beholare," by Nclion K^ D ! ( te sSool'and the Family." Rev. wP. Held ops. "Studio* in Paleatlne Geography and Hi-Aory. with bril limit and coloesal picture a,' by Rev. Allred Taylor. Ita MaV- OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH ZINC COMPANY. W®- No.on Walnut street. PiniAOEl-rillA, Aautl 20,1869. The Annual Mectlns of the stockholder! of the Xlnc Company wIU be held at tbe Company 1 ! Office, oo WEDNESDAY. May 6. atiao'cl.ck M..10r the purpose of clectineMvoa Director! to aerve dories the eruutng year, and for the traniactlon or any other biulneaa that tn ap3o°Ht <! b ° t ° re th °Gordon MONGES. Treamrer. —— PHILADELPHIA, April 19,1859. Th« annual election for mm %|Tera of tbe DIKBB‘ HOME in tbe city of Philadelphia wiilbehsld at the Dome oo MONDAY EVKNITtG. May 10. 15©, be tween the houn of b and 10 o’clock. _____ b. O, h&LL. Beer tary. ap3).tu<s=» tniylOi PERSONS IN DELICATE HEALTH BHJULD wii themiclvea of the Scientific Treatment of i Dt*.Q ALLOWAY 4s BO LLE a. Their dIJCOTeiT eoailrta in the proper application of mi.gn.tl.rn. Galvanism and Electricity lor the cure of all •rfiifffaw. They make this department of the Healing Art * •Dociaitr. and in many c&ee« they euro after all other means had tailed. Office, IZ3O WALNUTstreet,, eecond -Soor from Thirteenth. apg-tu th edstrp} jytynTgBKIBH BATHa" UIBGIBABD FKOM THE department strictly private. open B Jf^ r J" <l NEW METHOD OF BUILDING CHEAP AND a® Beautiful Cottager. Circular free. A. D. O.4LD WELL * BOMB, m South Fourth atreet. .paistrp mffs- HOWARD HOSPITAIs NOS- 151-> an<t 15&) LO a Ww bard street. Dispensary Deturtment.—Medi:al treatment and medietas tarnished grataltoasly to the poor. CBIUK. Hnrdet on tfie Eastern SUoro of Vlr- ginia. Tbe Norfolk Virginian has advices stating that a shocking murder was committed In Eastvifle, Northampton county, on Wednesday of last ■wt ek. It says.- It appears that between XI and 12 o clock on "Wednesday night two whlto boys were passing near the store of Mr. Westcott, when they saw a negro rash ont and moke off. They fired upon liim twice, bnt without success, and upon enter ing the etoro found too body of Mr. Westcott, dead, bis head nearly severed from his body, and lying in a pool of blood. The alarm was imme diately given, bnt the lateness of the hoar pre vented any active pursuit being made that night, hut enough was seen to show that a desperate struggle-had taken plaoe, and traces of blood were seen leading from the house. At an early honr the next morning the citizens of the place, accompanied by many negroes, tamed ont en masse fn search of the murderer. Following the bloody traces, they led to the cabin of a negro by the name of Wright, living about a mllu from the village, where blood was found In the yard. ■Wright was not at home. The woods fn the neighborhood was thoroughly scoured, aad about one o’clock a negro by the name of Col lins found this fugitive secreted In the top of a fallen tree.: The blood upon the ground and In Ills cabin vfah then ascertained to have been ■caused bv a severe ent upon the arm of Wright, supposed to havo been received In thedeath struegle With the murdered man. After bis arrest, Wright confessed that he had commlttcd tho murder for the purpose of plun dering tbO store. That bo had planned it, and In order to effect an entrance with less difficulty, had dressed himself in his wife’s clothes. He stated that when he'went to the door and knocked, Mr. Westcott. finding that it was a wo anan, apparently, catne down and admitted him. -After talking a little, he took the opportunity, "Whenhls vletlm’s attention was turned away,and stabbed him in the neck, inflicting a fatal wound. Tomake sure, however, he stabbed him twice snore, when, becoming alarmed at voices, he .rushed from the house. This account is cor roborated by finding several articles In the store -known to belong to his wife, snch as a shawl, und o button which had been torn from herdress. Threats were freely made of lynching the mur derer, but better connsel prevailed, and he was lodgediu the jail of the place to await a trial. ,:Three other arrests; have been made, and. all of the suspected,parties are now In confinement. . Mr. Westcott was an old gentleman of about i«ixtyyearso£ age, and was much respected by all who know him. ; —An Indiana town of i.ioo Inhabitants has precipitated upon Washington seventeen appli cants for tho post-office. .'>'..... . . . .. , . FOURTH AND ARUII, HUJBOPEAN AFFAIBB UEmit FU4HI BOHEa Ihe Herricet of Holy Weeh-AllesrP* IMJaorere and ttte popida tihoir tae tlac fitatlnc—Becepllon by the Pope on Faster JBve. [Correipohdence of the Philadelphia' Evening Bulletin 1 Rome, Piazza i>t Spagna, April l X, 1869.—We bavo survived the fatigue of Holy Week, and I live to record the struggle and tho victory. It-is wise to decide on one thing . at each times, and not to pursue nil hopelessly. I selected the mto trertt in the Sistine Chapel, and to these I devo ted all my strength. Tho day that Allegri’s Miserere was sung— Holy Thursday—l went to the Scala Regia — Royal Staircase—at eleven o'clock In tho morn ing. There 1 etoo'd an hoar and a half in front of ibe guards, who forbade the passage of the dense crowd that stood at its foot.' At half-past 12 1 took my stand against the door of the Sistine, and kept it throngh all tbe passing to and fro of carpets and benches and huge altar-stands, and sweeping clouds of dost, for the chapel was prepared at that time for the Good Friday services. By 2 o'clock the Royal Hall, or Hala Regia, was pretty well filled. A 1 3 o'clock the Pope passed throngh the Hall from Urn sapper ceremony to his apartments. Tbere we stood, patient and impatient, as onr dispositions happened to be, until the doors were opened at half-past three. Then there was a rash pell-mell for the four hundred seats, by thotr sands of women. I was rewarded for my per' elbitnce by reaching the front seat In the syna" g<pu<*, and I heard one of the things I have wifbed to bear through many long years of my life wished to. Tbe tentbra lasted from fonr o’clock to five ■ud a half; then tbe first notes of the miserere rose np, as on angel’s wings. It is all useless to attempt to describe it; and as for how I felt, no words could do jnslicc to my exalted state of feel iLg. There was eo much combined; it was the culmination of years of stndy and longing; and with it were wonnd np memories of the sweetest years of my life, —those days when I practiced ibe duets of Durante, listened to stories of these divine old masters of the sixteenth and •evtuteenth century, and was on closer terms of iuiimacy with Leo and Bcarlatti, Palestrina and Alitgrl, iban with composers of my own or In termediate times. Tbe psalms are song in,the Gregorian chant; ibe lamentations are in a figured chant of Allegri t>nd Gregorian by turns. When the miserere is reuebed, the Chapel is sombre in its light; the sibyls and prophets take a peculiar appearance, and the faded old frescoes show nothing bat the lorms of euperhatnaa men and women, sitting aloft, os if part of tho grand service; for the voices of the choir are as unearthly as the won derful pictures. Tbe greatest masters have set this fine psalm to mnsic. Xn 1633 Luigi Dentice, a Neapolitan, published a miserere, which was without rival un til Allegri composed his, somewhere between 1629, when he entered the Papal choir, and 1652, the period of bis death. The first verse begins with all the voices; then follows a light crescendo, and the voices separatc gradnally like a beautiful sheaf opening. There are rich tisanes of curious harmonious combina tions; the bass is deep and magnificent; around it wind the silvery sopranos, tangling and un tangling, and all the while the music maintains Us grave dignity. After all the verses are sang, st the last, the whole voices unite in one har mony that is energetic and bold, and fills np th e .all measure of expression required for that “sac rifice of justice, oblations and whole bnrnt offer ings" which the Psalmist declares shall be ac cepted. Baini'e—a modern composition, of 1825 I be lieve—was snug on Holy Wednesday. It has in it some majestic, harmonious effects, but is uot so simple and grand as Allegri’s. It was, after all, an Imitation, os was also the one snng on Good Friday—Mustafa’s Miserere. Mustatais the present leader of the Papal Choir; he is a good musician, and was once celebrated for his soprano voice. He is now about 45, and hi* voice has lost its freshness and much of its sweet ness, bnl his true ecclesiastical style makes the lover of each strange old mnsic pardon a great deal. Holy Saturday, or Easter Bve, the Pope re ceived over 2,000 of the strangers now visiting Rome. As I knew It would bo an interesting sight,l applied to Monslgnor Nardl for permission to be present, and went with Mme. Jerlchan- Baumann, her son, yeung Jcrichau, who is studying at Rome under Bennonville, the French landscapist, and M. Fanllsen, the Pope's Cham berlain. M. Panilsen is the grandson of Thorwaidsen. Tho rash for carriages was so great daring the day that onr coachman disappointed us; thus we arrived late. Tho paper which I received os a summons to the andlence said the reception wonld be held in one of the Halls of the Arazzi —those which contain the tapestries of Raphael. These tapestries were manufactured at Arras, in France; bcnce the name of the Halls. Bnt when we arrived at the Vatican we were directed to the great Gallery of Maps, whioh Is beyond the Halls of the Arazzi. This large hall is 600 feet loDg, and its wails are hang with ca rious old maps of Italy and lts islands, painted in the 16th oentnry, daring the papacy of Gregory XIII.,by a Dominican father.lgnazio Danti,after wards Bishop of Alatri. We found the place crowded with a mass of men, in toll evening dress, and women, in every kind of black costume. Almost every woman had ropes ol chaplets banging from her arms, and her hands filled with crosses, crucifixes aqd copies of the St. Peter statue, in bronze or silver gilt; Borne bad bracelets and other articles of jewelry. ; 1 The Pope walked slowly np and down an aisle made In the centre of the hall by his attendants, and on either side of him was a living hedge. One of his attendants received the paper summons hr notice, read from it the name of the person pre senting it, 'and the Pope extended his hand to bo kissed. As the crowd was so dense,this presenta tion bad to be done in rather a wholesale manner, but the scene was extremely interesting. His Holiness was the only calm, self-possessed person present; he seemed pleased with tho eagerness- and enthusiasm ’displayed, and ox* tended his band with great courtesy , and be nignity. When Madame Jerichan’s name was read, he paused, asked her nfowquestlons about her family and hueband,ancl receivod herand her son very graciously. He went from one to another of the kneeling, excited crowd with smiling com posure, sometimes saving “God bless yon, my child." As the Pope wah aDomlnican priest, ijie dress is always white, and if Is very beaomlng to him. Ho soemed as fresh and bright as if ho had PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1869. just returned from a country visit, Instead of having gone through a fatiguing week of long ceremonies, with dense crowds about him every day. The Pope's complexion is soft and clear; hair white, and ej'es a rich warm brown—not “cold bine,” as Mi - Bayard Taylor represents them In a letter, a resume of art and Roman affairs, published in the New York Tribune last autumn. After walking np- ana 1 down the hall several limes, his Holiness was placed on an elevation, and made an address to tho crowd In- French. It was simple, but very touching. He addressed ns as Christians,■ without any allusion to the probable differences that conld exist In such a promiscuous crowd; reminded ns of onr re spective dntles as- men and women, and-begged us to remember that our Father was waiting for us in Heaven. To my nex, especially, he recalled the holv women who bad followed ot® Lord through life, “and were first at tbe Cross,, last at” the Sepulchre.” After this little speech, which was delivered in a clear, load voice—and every word of it conld be heard in any part of the hal —hlß Holinees gave ns the benediction. This benediction was beautiful. He blessed us “In onr ontgoings and Incomings, onr journeys □ow and throngh life, onr homes, families and i rleEde; those we had with ns and those we had ,efl behind.” The speech and blessing wore paternal and ten der, and soanded as it coming from the heart of a kind, good old man, who bad seen enough of life, its laws, its disciplines, its joys and sorrows, to know of how little worth were worldly things, atd how far above all earthly value was tbe hu man soul, the human being. It was evident we ,-tood before him as so many dear children whom oe was presenting to God with the overflowing :alih and tenderness of a good spirit mellowed ■jj age. Alter the benediction the Pope passed throngh the room with smiling, courteous dignity. We gathered onr rosaries and various articles to gether, and the crowd gradually dispersed. SPAI9. Tbe Tate Insurrection in Andalusia. Madrid, March 28,1869. The recent Xeres difficulty was more serious than was generally supposed. After intelligence had come that the Osurrectlonists hod retired lrom the barricades >t the request of the municipal officers and the fiends ol good order, affairs took another tnru. Kvil advisers were not wanting to urge the mal contents to rcoccnpy the barricades, which they lid during the afternoon, and force was used to - is perse ihe mob. Alter a brief engagement the two companies ot troops carried the barricades and irove out the armed peasants and dispersed ■bun. There were a very few casnalties occur ring from this engagement. During ihe night the insurrectionary forces gathered together igain, erected now barricades and held posses sion of one quarter of the city. Reinforcements •f troops having arrived from Bevllle and Cadiz, preparaiioss were made to attack the barricades i.d put down tho Insurrection. At five o'clock ■n the morning the attack was made on two dif ferent points, and pretty hard fighting occurred at various barricades, behind which the peasantry hung tenaciously. Tho bar ricades were carried, one by one, by the troops, and after a conflict of five hours tbe rising was effectually put down, but not with out serious losses on both sides. The troops lost over one hundred men in killed and wounded, and the peasantry many more, though it is diffi cult to ascertain their losses as yet, because the dead and wounded have been secreted. Nearly 600 prisoners were taken by the troops, of whom 300 were detained and have already been sent to Oats, on the African coast, to be tried and pun ished by military law. The vigorous action of the authorities of Xeres probably prevented a general outbreak in Andalusia, because tbe peo ple there are ready for a fight on the question of conscription, abont the taxes on tobacco and salt, and for most anything else. LETT KM room WASHINGTON. Wicked and Foollsb Bnmors about Warlike Preparations—Authorita tive Denial of the Canards—Senator t ameron Opposing Gen. A. I. Hus aell. of Pennsylvania; also, Governor Pollock for Director of the mint— How Cameron Treated Galosha A. Grow—An Important Invention to Prevent Passengers Beliif Boasted Alive on Ballroadi, Ac. , Correspondence of the Phliada. Evening Bulletin.] Washington, April 19, 1869. — There seems to he a determination on the port of some people here to embroil onr country, if ’ possible, in a quarrel with Spain abont the Cnban insurrection. Whether this proceeds from the Cnban jnnta, located permanently here, I am nnable to say; hat the fact is evident that the most ridicnlons and absurd rumors are sent abroad every day, designed to stir np excitement on that subject. Lust week it was telegraphed from hero that there would be an extra session of Congress called within thirty days, to consider the “Cnban quee doD," whatever that may be. Then, too, the pa pers Ibis afternoon are filled with a lot of stall about a large number of naval vessels being or dered in readiness to proceed to Cnban waters, for an “emergency." There is no truth whatever in these reports. First, I have it from the high est authority that no Idea of calling an extra ses ,len of Congress has been entertained for a mo ment, and the California Senators to-day,Messrs. Cole and Casserly, in the Senate, stamped as a falsehood the statement that they had authorized snch a publication to be mado, which the New York World attributed to one ol them. I bad a short interview to-day with Admiral Porter, at the Navy Departmcnt.and he ridiculed the idea that any increased naval force had been ordered to Cnba. No orders had been given to place all the available vessels at the New England navy-yards in immediate readiness for sea. He stated that the intention was to relieve all the vessels on dnty on the Cnban coast monthly dnr- Ing the summer, so as not to expose tho crews too long to the dreaded yellow fever,which some times decimates them dnring the hot season; bnt that as soon as one vessel arrived there another would be ordered home, and that the naval force iu Cnban waters would not be increased. BKNATOK CAMERON OPPOSING CURTIN’S FRIENDS. On Saturday last the name of Alexander L. Russell, of Pennsylvania, was sent by the Presi dent to the Senate a$ Minister for Ecuador. Gen. Russell was Adjutant-General of the State of Pennsylvania daring the rebellion, and rendered valuable and efficient sorvlce to that position. In discharging his duties, he was necessarily closely associated with ex-Govemor Carlin, for obvlons reasons. Hib nomination by tbe President was a fitting recognition of tbe services rendered by Gen. RnEsell, who is a man of intelligence and marked ability, and would represent onr country abroad with credit to himself and the State whence he comes. Before he was, nominated, Bcnator Cameron professed the warmest friend ship for him, und promised him his support, bnt since he has been nomi nated, the wily old Senator has changed bis tune, and Is doing all he can to defeat his con firmation—not because General Russell is not competent for the place, or deserving; bnt simply because “be is ono of Cnrtln’s friends," and, for sooth, .Cameron is bonnd to defeat him if he oan. Tbe matter was before the Sonate Committee on Foreign Relations this morning, of which Com mittee Cameron 1b a. member, and It wsis post poned for farther, action. ' It la hardly thought, however, that Senators like Charles Stunner and OURWHOLE COUNTRY. „ TOE DIBRCTOnsIIIKOFTHK MINT. It was also reported 10-day that Cameron was opposing tbe confirmation of ex-Gov. Jameß Pollock for Director of iho Mint, because Pollock uas not the man Cameron wanted fe/r ihe place l Cameron wanted M. Hall BMuton for this posi tion, but ftseems tbe President Bolected Governor Pollock hitaself, on accou n t of personal consid erations. HOW CAJ73HON TREATED GAIU79HA A. GROW. —Thc;district represen ted in the Haase by J a dge Woodward of your State is Democratic, and ac eordirg to the agreement entered intoln caucnß by the Republican Senators and Representatives, the control of its patronage was given to-the two Senators, Cameron and Scott. The Hon. GMu sha A. Grow lives in that district,-and being a representative nan of the Republican party, nie wishes were consulted in the nomination of the collector of internal revenue—that in, he recommended a man In whom be hadconfidence, and this recommendation was adopted by Sena tors Cameron and Scott, in writing, which was placed on file in tbe Internal Revenue Bureau. Mr. Grow-Supposed Ibis settled the matter beyond; changes, and left the city, feeling confident that his friend's name would-be sent to the Senate.. He bad not been long absent before he learned that another icon's name had been sent to the Senate for the place. He impfediately relurnea to -Wash ington, Saw Camerpn, who assured him he had nothing to do with it, that-the only name he had recommended was that of Mr. Grow’s iriend, and that it was stiff on file in the Bureau. Mr. Grow repaired to the Revenue Bureau, and learned from Commissioner Delano that Senator Cameron bad verbally requested the- name of tbe last named party to be sent in, and he accordingly . bad withheld the name of Mr. Grow's friend, and rent forward the one verbally recommended by Cameron. He added lhat U Cameron desired the names changed, and the name of Mr. Grow's friend sent in, he (Delano) would have the first name withdrawn. While this was going on, Cameron, learning what Grow was after, secured the immediate confirmation of the man first sent in. This little episode has caused considerable talk among Pennsylvanians here within the last few days. Comment is unneces sary. Annie Brewster. Collector Wm. R. Leeds, of the Second Collec tion District, came down this morning with bis bond, which was approved forthwith, and he left in. the noon train for Philadelphia with his com mission in bis pocket, and will enter upon his duties immediately. In the will of tbe late Josbua Pierce, which has been filed and proved in this city, there are several 'leqnests to Philadelphians; among them ODe of 53.700 to Juliet- C. Walton, of Philadeipbla, laughter of Abraham Walton, and to eacb of the laughters of Jacob P. Coates, of Philadelphia, 8150 to purchase gold watches with. Besides a targe number ol other bequests, tbe deceased left t large sura of money for the establishment of a bundling hospital, Btmitar to those existing in some of the large cities of the country. He names John B- Blake and Moses Kelly as executors. .. Anything that will tend to make hnman life more secure upon railroads, and save the enor mous destruction oi property which results from railroad'collisions and “smash-ops” generally, will be hailed by the traveling community with pleasnre. One of tbe most practical, inexpensive and effective inventions ever offered to the public bas just been patented by George S. Koontz ( of ibis city, and Edward rolls and McLeod D. Lewis, of Baltimore, designed to prevent a rail road car from taking fire from the upsetting of tbe stove, in case of a collision, or tbe breaking of an axle, or any oi the thousand dangers which beset a man when he is “riding on a rail. '' Their invention consists of a fire-extinguisher, applica ble to any car stove, and so arranged that the furnace will be in ready communication with a vessel containing Water, which, by an ingenious contrivance, is instantly precipitated upon the fire and extinguishes it wbeneveran accident oc curs. Besides this, the inventors claim that their apparatus can be used for heating air, to be con veyed to the interior of tbe car, equalizing the heat inside, which affords a double advantage, first in preventing fire In cases of accidents, and in warming the cars more thoroughly than at present. The Invention is important to railway companies, who do not want to roast their pas sengers in pent-up cars whenever an accident occurs. The inventors are all practical railroad men, and understand thoroughly what is needed in this particular. Susquehanna. Cuban filibustering. The Boston Advertiser's Washington correspon dent says: Despatches from Savannah lead the friends of the Cnban revolution here to believe that General J. B. Steedman has made a successful landing in Cnba with a picked force of men. The expedl ilon has been in preparation for a nnmber of months; General Steedman himself spent two weeks in Havana, aad during the latter part of ihc time was so far under arrest sb to be ordered quietly by the Captain-General to report io him dolly. The first rendezvons of his party was on one of the islands near New Or leans. When Admiral Hoff received his first or ders the headquarters of the expedition were changed to a point on tho Florida coast. A blockade-runner, captnred from tbe rebels In the late war, was obtained,and the belief is that near one thousand men, well supplied with arms and thoroughly accustomed to their use, havo made a landing on the Cnban shore. Fho revolutionary ieadeis have been tolly acquainted with General dteedman's movements for some time. The Washington correspondent of the Now York World save: The Foreign Relations Committee havo before ;bem a list of five hundred and twenty-sevon sum mary executions reported to have been made by ihe Spanish authorities on the Island of Cuba within the last three-and-a-half months. This list is to be most diligently scanned—first, to see If It Is entirely correct; second, to see If any Americans are included in it. The list produces great ex citement, and even if Americans are not fonnd m it, ingennity is aiding indignation to discover if the cruelty cannot be made the object of repre sentation of some sort or other. The rumors regarding contemplated expeditions from the States to Cnba are not incorrect. A force of for mldable dimensions Is being prepared. A pro minent Western General of volunteers Is in com mand already.aml attention is being diverted from toe real port of embarkation by the publication of false places as Intended. The real point has not beon solected, but It will be neither at Now Orleans nor New York. This may be relied on. 1 'The lost proposal of the in surgent agents Is that both parlies be allowed to buy arms and 'ammunition to the States In open market. There.seems to bo no way of getting at this, nnless It be allowed sub rosa, short of recog nition. The initiative iu recognition onr gov ernment willnot take, but the insurgents’ frlendß here aver that the steamer expected from Vera Cruz at New York; to-morrow or noxt day, will bring news of the recognition of the iri surgenta by Mexico and Bogota, and that their act will_ bo soon followed by Chilo, Colom bia! and Eouador.This is what they ,say, and of its trath the arrival of advices per steamer will soon shew one way or another. It Is certain that lnsurgent agentß havo beep , prosecuting ef forts for recognition In Mexico and In the Senth American republics fob many weeks. The hatred of those countries towards Spain has been their lover. MeaUtltae thegovernment’s Intention to protect American , citizens in Caba, and Ameri can vessels in Cnban waters continues unabated. —A vefy eutoglßtlo 'obituary of a lady sayji “Sho was married - twenty-four■’ years, and all (hat time novor ones banged the door." Gov, Mertop, who are also metnbersof this Com mittee, will permit these dirftrucefnl petty squab bles and persona) dislikes of Senator Cameron to icflnenee their action and Induce them to over slaugh a good man. elmirly because he Is a friend ol a man against whotji Cameron has a grudge. COLLECTOR Ltrails. lIEQDESTS TO PHILADELPHIANS. AN IMPORTANT INVENTION TO RAILWAY TRA- YELBBS. FURTHER PARTICULARS. me History of General Longstrcet’s + .lietterr ... A wviler in the Banner aj the South (Father Ryan's paper), under date oS Alexandria, V'a.. March 21, says: ‘’’And now about that letter; and what I now Miy r I hove direct, as spoken by Longstreet him n lf, when hi an odjoining county to this, last 3 car, visiting a valued friend. Ho says that after the war closed be was in New Orleans, and also many ether Confederate Generals, and on u cer tain q*cosion r being in conversation with some of bi6‘Brother officers, it was thought that tboy were looked npon with distrnst and hate by the United States authorities, that a fetter written by some ODe or more of those on the subject won'd be a benefit to the South. Longstreet be irg the ranking Genera], was pitched l upon to mite tin letter. General Longstreet says he tbonght some expression from him,'or all of them, acceptlDgihesttnatiOD, would beof benefit to the South'. He says'tho letter whs written by himself, and afterward handed around among his brother officers-for their consideration, some of whom approved altogether, some altered* some of the expressions, and the letter was then returned to him (General Longstreet) for publication. Is was published, ana yon khtfw the storm K raised; and how cornea the disgraceful part ot' She proceeding. very Generals who approved of that letter Blank from onr loved General, and left him alone to bear the brnnt of the reproach called up to the South by thut letter. - Not one had had the man liness to acknowledge that he knew anything ot it; and General Longstreet, with that dogged ness of disposition which rendered bis corps invin cible, said he was able to bear it all, and would not murmur; that tbnt letter had caused trouble eDougb, let it stop with him. . Nor did he depart fronrthts determination, ex cept on one occasion, jnst after the letter was published, he met one of the Generals referred to above on the street, who immediately crossed to the other side, not wlahing-to recognize him. A tew days afterward, as General Longstreet sat in the St. Charles Hotel in conversation with tome lriends, this General came In but did not recognize Longstreet; smarting under this iD sult, he called to the former, and said: “I wish to say to these gentlemen in your presence, that you were one of the men who proposed this let ter, and the last one who read it before publica tion, end as mnch in lhn mud ns I in the mire." Hr. Sumner’s ptpnecli— A Canadian View, ' [From the Montreal Gazette, April 17.] We give np an nnnsnal amount of onr spaco to-da7 to a speech delivered in the United States Senate by Mr. Sumner, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, and on the Alabama question. It is understood that Mr. Sumner was the spokesman, In the Senate, of President Grant’s Cabinet in this matter, and his utterance may, therefore, be regarded as official. His speech was the only one of those delivered at the secret session which was allowed to be published, and from the precision ol its expres sion. it bad evidently been written to serve for a species of manifesto, Regarded as the ease of,the new administration at Washington agairat Great Britain, the state ment of Mr. Sumner assumes an importance greater than intrinsically belongs to it With the words of peace on his lips he yet ex hibits a depth of bitterness difficult to describe; using word-skill to fire the American heart against Britain, while he pntß the demand in snch a form that it is impossible It can bo com piled with. - The whole Bpeech leaves on oar mind the im pression that the Uhited'SCates Government; for whatever purpose, desire an open question with Great Britain. Bnt it is a policy which Is always dangerous, and slira np ill feeling. While Mr. Sumner was so very bitter against the British Government because it, in common with others,recognized the fact of belligerency, be bad no word of thanks for Us refusal to accede to the request of France to recognize the Indepen dence of the Sooth after the battle of Frederlcks bnrg. Hod England yielded to the solicitations ol Napoleon on that occasion,the whole face of this continent would now be changed, and Mr. Sum ner wonld not talk in his present tone. AnOBEHEHTS. —Offenbach's eo-c&lled opera, La Vie Parieienne, was produced at tbo Academy of Music last evening by Gran's French Company. It Is not necessary lo undertake criticism of the piece or the performance. Neither has sufficient dignity to merit it, albeit a por tion of the lattir was good enough to-deserve praise as extravagant burlesque acting The plot is slight, the text Is smutty, the music, with the exception of two or three airs, is below the Offmbach standard, and. although we should not wish for more of it, there is not enough of it to give the piece a claim to the tt'le of an opera. What there is was sang very. well by Hose- Bell. Desclauzas, Carrier, and the rest. Tbo acting, considered merely in an artistic sense, was capital. Theie have not been any funnier bnrlesque persona tions at the Academy since opera bouffc took posses sion of it. Generally, too. It was so than the dialogue, but the performance concluded with I the can-can, danced in a farion®, frantic and disgust ing fashion. It is not necessary to moralize upon this entertainment-, for if people want such performances they will be given with as much looseness as will be permitted by the law against immoral exhibitions; but it was impossible that any lover of true art should have looked upon some of the sceaes upon the stage lasL evening, without a regret that such things should occnpy the Academy of Maslc to the exclusion of a '•lnas oi performances to which any man could take his wile and dangbiers without fear of giving them of fence. La Vie ParUienne will be repeated to-night, —The Misses Jennie and Lizzie Wlllmore and Mr. FeJix Rogers will appear at the Walnut this evening d The Party Thieve *, and In a drama entitled The Or* phan*; or Alphonte the Sondencript. On Friday and fSatnrelay evenings Mr. James H. Hackett will appear in “Falstaff.” —At the Chestnut, to-night, The Field of the Cloth of Gold will he given in superb style- by the burlesque company. —Miss Susan Gallon wttl begin on engagement at the Theatre Comique this evening, with her opera company. Tbo operettas, “66" and Litachen and Fritzchen will be given, —The regular rehearsal of tbe Germania Orchestra will be given to-morrow afternoon, at Horticultural H aIL The followlug programme will be presented: Overture, “Le Lac dcs Fees" Aubsr Den Schoenen Hell {Cornet Solo, Ist time) A. Nelthardt Performed by G. Dunn. Patronessen “Waltz" (Ist time) .John Strauss Andante, from Symphony No. 4, N. W. Gads Overture, “Returning from Abroad" Mendelssohn Duett from “Semiramiß” Rossini Grand March,from “L’Africaine” Meyerbeer The last public rehearsal of tbe season will bo given on Wednesday of next week. —On Wednesday night next, at tbe Assembly Buildings, Wyman, the magician, will give on exhi bition. —A performance will be given in the Amateurs' Drawing Room, on Seventeenth street, on Wednesday ev( nlng next, by the Philadelphia Opera Company. The very charming comic opera. The Doctor of Alcan* tara, will be presented, with a cast Including Mieses B'cne, Fredonla and Naomi Dnrang, and Mr. George Dir hop. There will be a fall orchestra, nnder the direc tion of Mr. W. G. Dlotrlch. ■ * • —At Musical Fund Hall, an Thursday evening next, a testimonial concert will bo given to Mr, A. Bach eoqld, the well-known professor of mußlc, by his lrknos and pupils, The programme Is very attractive. Among those announced to appear area number of popular artists. reappearance at the Arch last evening at tracted, of course: a very large audience. She played the two partfl of •'Little Hell" and the “Marchioness in her usual style, much, to the delight of everybody. In the scenes between tbo '‘Marchioness” and • dick SwivePer,"* she i and Cra’g were excessively funny. They Introduced some novelties, the -most amusing or which was a burlesque of the scene from Fra Diavoto, : t'On v yonder ‘rock 1 recliniog." Mr. Mackay,_Mr. Kverley, Mr. Wallis and Mrs. Thayer were sit excel lent lu their respective part*. Tiiesomubul Is an nounced tor this evdnlng. ’ v I v —A miscellaneous ont?rhttament ' American Theatre .this* evontag. Thc oaWrprtßinft manager of the Arntrlcan has b**™?]} 1 , dancers, .11 of whom appear In the h»Ue[* esenovou lbnp Do Bobs end Sohlhearo S’-on®, ’"orth the price of. aamlsston. to say nothing of MMi MssisUe, Be ftawtfl sadßctoUM. F L. FETKERSTON. PnMfeliOtt PRICE THREE CENTS. FIFTH EDIiTOF BY TELEGBAPH. * ADDITIONAL CARLE NEWS LATEST FROM WASHINGTON THE equadoh Misaioisr WithdrawarofGen.fßiiflsr3Ji'fl;i|amo* from: BALTIMORE Kimßarly Brothers vs. Gen. Butler* —. S__ : By tbcrAttoatlc cable. Brussels, April 20.—The trouble' among *ba miners at Mods, who have been on A strike for higher wages, has ended, and no farther rioting is apprehended. The workmen announce that they are ready to resume work peacefully:and at a small advance on the prices heretofore paid. Lisnorr, April 20—The regular mall steiHBr has arrived trom Rio Janeiro. The war news is not important. The Paraguayan prisoners of war released bv the allies at Angostura had re joined President Lopez: The Paraguayans had made several very successful raids lath the territory held by the allies. rbe Casa ot li imaeny rta fion, Bailor. Baltimore, Apnl 20.—1 n the 0. 8. Sanremo Conn, to-day. Chief Jnstlco Chase, sitting With Judge Giles, the case of Kimberly against Butler came up; for the plaintiff, A. M. Meade, Addison aDd R. J. Brent; and for the defendant, Hon.,Ca leb Cnsblng and Wm. Schley. An argument was bnd on the construction of the word “arrest" in the Constitution and the privileges of a member of Congress from arrest. Mr. Addison opened the argument, followed by - Mr. Cushing. Mr. Bcbley,,in consequenceofill ness, did not argne tbe case. Mr. Brent followed Mr. Cnßhing, and is’ now speaking. General * Butler is present and the court room-la crowded. , From Washington. Wa6hingtoi», April 20 The National Execu tive Committee of the Union League of America, which has usually met in Washington, will con vene ot the St. Nfcholos Hotel, in New Yorkjcltv on Friday, April SOtb, at coon. ' The new organization of the Interna! Revenue Bureau, which has been under consideration by the Commissioner and his assistants, went Into effect to-day. ( Nomination Withdrawn. [Special Despatch to tbe Phlla. Evening Bulletin.} WABiiraoTON, April 20—The name of General A. L. Russell, of Pennsylvania, nominated! for Minister to Ecuador, was withdrawn to-day front tbe Senate, at his own special request. from Uostan, Bostov, April 20.—Dennis Sullivanwas arrested last night for the alleged ravishing of a little girl In a by-street Jn South Boston, pud has been committed without bail. ' : Obituary. PoLonsitEPsiE, April 20.—Professor Mltobell, the mathematician, aged 76, died at Vassar Col lege yesterday, from general debility. The DlfflcnltyAbout itliolster Hale, Donn Piatt writes from Washington to the Cincinnati Commercial, asfollows; I am told by one of therdiplbmatic corps here* Benor Strapolletta, that Hale's nnpopaiafity la Madrid did not come of his smuggling propensi ties and practice, bnt from a habit ho had or wetting his thnmb when dealing the cards to whist. He was passlonatelyvfond ofwhlat, and: had this, to tbe hidalgos of Spain, offensive prao— lice. He was very fond of whist, bat couldget no one to play with him. The diplomatic circles shtraned him like the plague, and when a strange- diplomat or conrUer appeared at court, they .would take hlm aahhv and warn him, if he had - any- regard- for th» pnrlty of his sonl, to avoid Hale's card-table. And at last they sought to destroy him by thin frivolous charge of smuggling carpets. The publication of this diplomatic muss lifts the cnrtaln from the Inner life of onraecrodttad agents abroad. I donbt not bnt that the curtain could be lifted from before a good many lega tions, to the amazement and amusement of the American people at home. We send such.a,queer set abroad. I was talking to an eminent gentleman, lately selected to All a responsible diplomatic post; apd while conversing he applied tho thnmb and fOro tieger to his nose, sons to grasp that organ, and, sneezing, gave a convulsive snort; In a word;Jut blew his noso in the primitive style. - ‘‘Yon will have ip change that sort of thing,” I said, “my dear fellow, when you get to yonr poet.” - - “Why, no! How?" He knew I hod served once in a high diplo matic position, and ho listened tomy oplniona withpiofonnd interest. I said; “All diplomats nee tweezers In blowing their noses. A Charge d’Affaires uses plated ware, the Minister Resident Uses silver, th^. Envoy Extra ordinary has gold, the Ambassador gold set In precious stones. In a like manner each dipio mat has a fork lo scratch, his back." My friend looked at me Inqnlringlr for. some teconds, and then said, in a low; tone, '‘Tho devil!" nr. Waahburuo’s Departure from Ualena. IFrom tho Galena (111.) Gazette, April 15. J Hon. E B. Woshbume, our Minister to Franco, will leave this evening for the East, preparatory to taking his departure for Paris. He will visit hla father atrd other relatives In tho State of Maine, and will sail from New York for Paris on (he Ist of May by the French steamer Perelre. Mr. Washbume’a health has greatly improved within the paßt month, and he is now looking better than at any previous time daring the past year. We have strong hopes that he may yet fully recover his health. We wish him a pleasant sojourn In Europe, and hope be may return to bis old home In the full vigor of hoalth. , Mr. Washburne will retain his lino mansion and other property in Galona, with the Intention of return ing here for a home after tho close of 1 his mis sion. —Dr. Bernard, tho President of the Academy of Medicine In Paris, treats with contempt the objections to vivisection, and declares that the science of medicine, properly so called, will not exist until doctors cut up enough living Cats, dogs and other animals, to form a proper basis of induction. He acknowledges, however; that tho strangely human behavior of a poor monkey under bis dlssoctiug knifo caused Meg to doslro to nse chloroform. It was thought before'thl* address was delivered that French physicians had recognized the cruelty of the practice, especially asapursuit of careless students. The Horrible doings at Abort, where veterinary students learned to practice on the living homo, have been, it Is stated, of late years, groatiy curtailed, ana Instepd of ten mlsorableaultnals subjected to sixty operatlons and,eight,honrgof lnconoelyabl* agony, there, are now at most, bnt one or two. And npw the feyll |AtjtMt}ngtiJp afresh unde* the ansplcee pfthomedlcar academy! 'twelve 1 needles tbrotmh tho**dUeaaod n«n}>i3[ leaving them there for half an hoar, ;‘t i; i V.>: i l ' •. r iy£':, 5
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