GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 15. Wedding cardb, invitations fob fab tie*** New style* MABON *OO.. •r Bstf9 907 Chestnut street. WEDDING INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE Newest end best manner, LOUIS DBEKA, Sta* tloner and Exuraver, 1033 Gbestnnt street feb 20,-tf XTCAKItIEU. WHITE-WAItttEN.-On Fourth-day,Fourth month, 14tb, At tfco residence of tho bride’s parents. Upper Springfield. N. J., br Mayor Nappin, of Trenton, Charlee 11. White, Jr., to Elizabeth warren. It DIED. QATCHELDER.—SuddenIy, on the morning of the 24th inet-,ot Cambridge, Mops., Mary Montgomery, wife of Samuel Batcbelder, E«fj., aged 70 ye%ra. * HENDRY,—On Sunday morning. 25ih fast, Charles D. Hendry. M. D., in the 60th year of his age. The relatives and friends of his family are respect fully invited to attend his funeral, from his Jate resi dence, 807 Federal street, Camden, N, J., on Wednes day morning, 28th JdaL, at lo o'clock, without farther Dotico. Interment at Colestown Cemetery. * # PALMER.—On the morning of the 24th inst., at Germantown, Sidney, eon of d. Frank and Jalio It. Palmer, aged 21 months and C days. The relatives and friende arc invited to attend the iuceraL at 3 o’clock P. M.,on Tuesday. April 27th, from his parents* residence. Church lane. To pro ceed to Laurel Hill. ta'-MAfiOSIC NOTICE.-THE MEMBEKB OF Solomon'* Lodge, No. 114, A. V. M.. and the Order In get ernl, are fraternally iDvlted to meet at the Hall, ou WKIINBSDAY, 28lh Inst., at 2 o’clock P. M.. to attend the funeral of Brother UKOHGE W. HOWELL. By order of the W. M. 3 eHAHLEH U. KINGSTON, Secretary. apM-St* OHAWLS FOB SPRING SALES. O. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. FULL LINE OF WHITE SHAWLS. PUuL LINE OF BLACK SHAWLS. FULL LINK OF PLAIN BHAWI H. „ EVRE Si LANDKLL. FOURTH AND ARCH STS. SPECIAL NOTICES. St' Sixth Pave /or Additional Solieex. JEST WOOD A CARY. 725 CHESTNUT STREBT. r>ovKi.n u> im BONNETS AND HATS. mt)2i lmfp _________ BSST REPUBLICAN INVINCIBLESs THE ANNEAL MEETING Ol the Club will be held On Tuesday Evening, April *7, 1860, At 8 o’clock, at Tho National Union. Club House, 1105 CHESTNUT STREET. \VSL MoMICHAEL, President Wm. L. Fox. Becordlni Secretary. >p26 2t «©“ MAP! MAP! MAP! A new and correct MAP OF PHILADELPHIA, from enrv.TS In Department of Burvevs. Recommended bv Mr. Emcaes, Ctdel Zn*lnter of Ph.ladelphia. Published 605 CHESTNUT Btreet- ggy. FREE CUBA. HAIL TO THE NEW REPUBLIC. WELCOME. THRICE WELCOME CUBA! AMONG TIIE NATIONS. OF THE EARTH ! ! THE PEOPLE OF PHILADELPHIA. Without DibTi? otiom ok PASTY, are invited to assemble at the ACADEMY OF MUSIC, on FRIDAY at 8 o'clock, to express their ermpathr for the NUDLK PATRIOT* OF CURA IN THBIB HEROIC STKUGOL.E FOB LIBERTY, ahi* to ooaokbt aibabohks yob bjeouiu ING TO TIUCM POSITIVE AID AND TU£ IUMEDIATR BEOOiiM TIBENf)RMORALEB LEMUS and OTHER CUBANS, HON. N, P. BANKS, HON. CARL BCUUR/s HON. SAMUEL. J KaNDaLL. HON. WM. D KELLEY, GENERAL JOBHUAT. OWEN, U9N. A. K. MoCLURE. THf£dOBECUYLER, But.. JOHN GOFORTH. Esq, mod other distinguished speaker* have been invited to ad drCoMt K o |S e^vho* hate wrong, barbarity and tyranny. ■ Cons all who love Lidbbty. Hors and aui»t in brurkh ino CtJOA from the thratttoni of the vi lest d* spotism that ever tortured humanity. __ . # „ >. „„ Rkmkhdkb. oitizkns, that the patriots of Cuba have proclaimed and enforced Emancipation— they hove ex tirpated BLAvwtY-BLAcii men and Wuite men—the freedmen and iho plan tore are now brethren In anna - battling shoulder to shoulder for freedom and Indb rEJIDZHOK, . . _ They appeal to us; they invoke tho Ambbioan Peoi lk to interpose and stay tho bloody hands of the murderous myrmidons of vengeful dPAitisn Tybanwt. It is the Ma cedonian cry, “Come over and help pm." Reminding ns of our Revolutionary struggle they say: " As you, great Americans, were some ninety years “ago even so aro wc now. Help rs ah you wkbb “helped. Nations gave you sympathy, money, “arms, shelter in their porta and co operation tony "before your freedom teas a fixed fact— when “It h*d yet to be fought out and won on the battle field." . _ , _ “Poland gave you her Pulaaki and Ko6uii>ko. “Jbrland her Montuomeby. Scotland her Paul Jonea. 4 Germany her Stkuuen nnd DrKalh. “and Fbancf her Beaumabouaih and Lai ay- F.TTB. “Beto us in our perilous struggle as Franco and “other nations were to vou in the days of your “bleeding agony and trial. Within the space of “six months, with scanty means, but with In vincible courage and Inexorable will, we have “rescued more than half our lovely land from ,- UKB DKSt'OILCRB. W» BHAI.I. TIUUMPU. “ 'For Freedom's battle onco begun, “Bequeathed from bleeding sire to eon “Though bottled oft Is ever won.' “And as our own Cuban poet baa sung: “ 'Quiero a Cuba, feliz auparada “De esa imbocll nacion do tlranoe, “Be esa gente quo 1 luman Hlepanos, “Quo nos quleron aun mas degradar.' ’ Shall we, ciUeene, be deaf to ihi» appeal? Siiam. we, tbo great people of modern times—the world’s teachers in all ffiat belongs to JHumxnitv and Liheutv—«iiu,i. m jib Burma when the woes of the downtrodden Vina in our caret Snam. we bo inert when the fierce duel between Dk&potism end Liubuty is convulsing the garden island ol the woild—almost within our sight—within u few hours'nail from our coast? „ , .. Ar.l, mm msroiiv thundki’.m NO 1 Our. Mihbion lathe regeneration of Nations; cub iu tv—to secure Liubui t for all men. Destiny iiab beiuoatkii ub ro Dei'bnjj, Pboteot and Pbebekve Human ltiuum , , _ Comb, then, Amebioanb, native ond uatnralizod; Co me. Citizens, without distinction of party, comb with high resolves, oome with tho inflexible determination to make CUBA FREE AND .INDEPENDENT. (It.) PbiLADELPHIA-IRON-WORKS,-FIPi'EENTH ■’ and Hamilton streets. To Real Eetato ' 'wnora ,nd Buildors The undersigned are Agents in this city for ''Hyatt's" patent “Load Band Lights.” and will furnish name at short notice. apMStt H. C. ORAM A CO. Tllh FIFTy. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 7T71-J'X",? 1 !’, W ‘ M ,bo held on TUESDAY EVENING, the27th Inßtnnt, at 8 o'clock, in tho Lecture Kooni of tho NVott Spruce Street Church, corner of Seven toeutU and Spruce Btroete. , - it* SPECIAL NOTICES* | tsp- REPORT TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE •**' CURRENCY OF THE TRADESMEN’S NA TIONAL BANK. J’lfii.ADKLrtiiA, April 17,1669. LIABILITIES Capital 8200,(no TO Surplus Fund aud Profit* 418,798 03 B6lB 708 03 Deposit* 1,2 1 4.554 17 Circulation 176.95'J O.i Circulation State Bank, 3.56) no l tearing House Receipt* 15.5.75 65 Duo to National Bank* 7.486 5- RESOURCES. I.oana and,.Dl*rounts United State* Bonds to secure circulation Real Estate.. Expenses 0,744 67 Taxes paid 6,747 24 Due bxNatlonal and other Baoks, 46,657 33 Ca.h items LB7O 48 Fractional Curxonc; 2,760 87 National Bank Notes 11,426 00 Specie 4,203 83 Exchange for Clearing-House,. 315.987 36 Legal Tender Notes a 120.0' bOO Three per cent. Certificates—V 165,000 00 N: 8667.870 87 \ 82.137 30 t 33 JOHN COSTNER, Cashier. Afiiriot'd before mo tills 23d daj 01-April, 1869 JOS. KOB3TON. lt{ NNotary Public. 1 HE MAE ABIH. The Acadbmy Exhibition.— For the forty sixth time the Academy opens the door and in vites the public to witness the progress of the year. To day begins its regular annual exhibi tion, sustained to a considerable extent by tbe labors of its own pupils. In reviewing tbe works which adorn tbe walls, we feel It dno to give the place of honor to these, reserving for subsequent notice tbe achievements of artists from a distance. Our examination was made on Saturday evening, when u inrc<■ concourse of ladies and gentlemen responded to the profuse invitations of the Di rectors, und enjoyed tbe display until a rather late hour. Tbe cynosure oi tbe exhibition was beyond a doubt Proi. Schueesele’s large historical paint ing of “Queen Esther denouncing Hainan to Ahasaerus,'' No. 96. It is a picture at once bril liant and scientific, in which crowds of radianl oriental figures are grouped around tbe bases ol a strange and imposing architecture. Interesting in itself and wlihont extrinsic considerations, tbe picture becomes, when the circumstances of its achievement are known, a work of heroism. It is pioper that tbe public should bo aware of the way in which this splendid task was achieved. Prof. Snhaeeselc, tbe victim for many years of a certain exhaustion oi the motor nerves Induced by too steady a devotion to his art, only paints at all with extreme difficulty. His conceptions are better than ever, bis sense of drawing and grouping has reached the last stage oi a rare edu cation, bnt the wavering hand almost refuses to commit tbe lesson to canvas. The minute and clatoratc lines with which this large scene is covered, were only produced by tbe painful club bing together of the two hands,the tremnlonsness of one arm being corrected by the partial firm ness oi the other. Fatignc, induced by disease and by the unnatural effort necessary to counter act it, supervened constantly, and made the bag ging pencil useless. The picture is crowded with faces, in which the play of expression is rendered with tbe most delicate accuracy. Id many of these eitauiions, where the wavering oi a hair's breadth might rain tho effect, the painter’s success was due to another kind of ministry, one which has not often before been made available In such a case. In the success of this bravo painter, more than in that of any we can recol lect, the support of a devoted woman eaters as an element. When tbe work was minute and difficult, and tbe tired wrist fluttered at the mark, a third band—the haDd that had been joined Years before at the altar—crept under, with a woman's delicate firmness and the discipline of a steady affection. Laid oa the soft palm of his wife, the artist's fingers have touched the delicate shadings of this canvas again and again, in a tried reliance on the support that could not fall and the love too strong to bend. We confess we caDnot look upon this graceful and sunny picture without a feeling of tenderness (bat the painted history Itself could not excite. Tbe old masters loved to represent the Roman Charity—the scene in which a prisoned father iB nourished from the very breast to which he had given birth. To us there is something almost as touching in this newest charity, in which the graces and the arts are born again from tbe mar riage of two hands that religion had blessed, for other ends, so long ago, in the flower of sturdy youth. Tbe picture of Esther and Human is, though of a hackneyed subject, a Btrikingly original one. The carefully-Btndied architecture and accessor ies reveal, in a kind of luxury of fancifnlaess, a more oriental East than what we call the orient. We pass beyond tbe latitude of Egypt and Syria to revel in tbe monstrous forms and complicated dccoralions of Persia. It is the atrium of the palace at Shushan, and a velum or canopy of royal crimson shades the marble floors and throws a warm shadow up the carvings of the walls. Tho crowds, draped in every splendid color, encircle tbe tables, from which graceful children bear away the vessels. The monarch hears with a transport of eastern passion the ac cusation of his favorite crealnre; Haman, pale and cringing, starts to leave the banqnet; while Esther, the king's new odalisque, his garden of lilies, leans, in sheeted draperies of white, quite over the glitter ing table, as she passionately' declaims against tho adversary of her race. This extended and in tricate scene is struck ont with a touch which reveals no loss of the vigor of perfect manhood; there is nothing left to be apologized for by the exceptional manner of the painting; it is diagramed and lighted on (hose eternal principles of art which yield a lasting pleasure. The Academy, which owns the picture by the generosity of a number of friends who wish well both to it and to its Professor, will never need to be ashamed of it As a sober, classical, ch as to de monstration of tbe abiding principles of beauty, it will hang beforo the Academy’s pupils a per petual example, and be copied by generations of students who will never have met the genial Teacher who elaborated it for them. There is another large picture which, from the circumstances of Us production, demands par lieuiar notice. Mr. D. W. C. Boutelle, an artist of Bethlehem, whose modest contributions to the Academy have been noticed year by year as ex hibiting marks of a very genuine talent, had’ always longed for an opportunity to show his powers on a more adequate scale. A gentleman of means, Mr. Barton H. Jenks, impressed with ihe ability of the ambitions painter, finally gave him carte blanche for a serious and elaborate effort of landscape art This has been completed, and contributed to the Aca demy; it is a representation of trout fishing, for which there has been arranged in the catalogue the somewhat elaborate title of "Morning in the Valley of the BattenkiU, Ver mont.” (.No. 113.) We learn that it gives great satisfaction to the generone owner, who has be spoken other efforts of the same pencil. It 1a a painting full of solid excellences, full of study, lull of careful detail, and one which we like for Us haughty freedom from clap-trap. It is such a painting as looks much better in tho parlor or private gallery than among pictures heightened and tinted expressly to make tho season's sonsa tlon. Poußsin,(who is more smok4 r-n We caDnot at present devote mnch space even loonrmost admired friends among the Phila delphia artists. Severs! of them make the exhi bition painfully conepicnous by their absence. Rotbermel, absorbed by his enormons picture of Gettysburg, has been unable to finish a single picture for the Academy. Richards, whose largest lorest- picture bos been carried past the Academy to figure in New York, only exhibits two pictures; one of them, (145), a view of the Wissahickon. exhibits tbe painful botanic detail by which this or tist made his reputation; the other, “Lake Tbnn,” more to our taste, is a light and lovely piece of atmosphere, almost like a water-color. Hamilton exhibits nothing .of aDy great importance which has not been seen nelore. His prond and strong picture of “Brig antine Shoals daring a Gale," has been seen and wondered at on Chestnut street, and is now very appropriately removed to the Academy for a more select appreciation; he exhibits half-a-dozen oil-studies made on the sea-beach, which have the merit of simplicity, and fidelity to the impression of tbe moment; and his Tegner's Drnjiu, though 1101 s an unfa miliar pleasure to us, comes in strikingly and stormily amoDg more placid pictures, sup porting tbe elegance of Longfellow like a giant supporting a flower. Thomas Moran comes round again to the side of the old Alma Mater, leillDg ont bis thirteen several pieces of tribute money. We recognize, by its blushing, the “Re morse of Cain"—also the sheep of Abel, which come up with their tales behind them to be counted, donbtless glad to be iu the fold once more.—Moran’s versatility and splen dor of color are exhibited very happily by several of these varied examples; our own favorite is tbe quietest he presents—tbe /Elian Bridge and Tomb of Hadrian, with a golden sky and the shadowy dome ol 8L Peter’s beyond. His (84) ■Dreamland," is a reverie of paint, a bath of pure Turnerism, full of beauties for persons who have undergone a peculiar sort of cultivation, bat not professing to be based upon nature. His lithographic drawing in the South-West Room is remarkably . asy Bnd clever, in tbe method of Calame. Mr. D. K. Knight exhibits nothing we have not seen re-fore in some pnblic place or other, but his "Veteran,” “Rival Pets," “Rehearsal,” and “Paul at Athens” (in the handsome line-engraving by Ritchie) have a gracelul and welcome effect in relieving tbe tendency to landscape among the exhibitors. SLI2MU to 213 009 00 111 5-J0 o<> In portrait, we have the veteran Mr. Hewitt, one of whose three contributions, the "Portrait of a Child" owned by Mr. Featherston, is a graceful, sunny, silky-headed beauty, whose charms are borrowed Irom an exquisite original. Mr. Waugh exhibits his portrait of Grant, and several others, several of which are half-length, and very satisfactory in likeness and drawing; amid the pressure of a very active business as a likeness taker, Mr. Waugh sometimes finds an boar for jthe play of bis fancy, and graceful though mannered figures like this (No. 94) “Reverie” are the result. HU gifted daughter, Miss Ida Wangh, exhibits a childish group, painted with strange equilibrium and knowledge, in which the style of the father U plainly seen, with a little feminine fineness, esprit and character-study in addition; her “Bargain,” No. 107, U a life-like and pleasant transaction, and a very good bargain for the public; the bust of Mr. Karl Gaertner is a very happy effort in a walk of art which antil lately has been considered ibe exclusive one of the fair artisl: may we see many more achievements of the same graceful fingers, always speaking, as these do, of study, patience and advance. Among the portraits con tributed, we may single ont Mr. Alfred Stanch's bead of a Gentleman, (No. 17), as showing more skill and talent than any of his previous works that we remember. Mr. Conarroe only exhibits one portrait, No. 4G: his best pupil, Mr. G. W. Pettit, who has occasionally exhibited very creditable likenesses, only shows one head, and that a fancy one. It is called “Marina,” (108 1 and has previously attracted attention on Cnest nnt strec-t.l Mr. G. B. Wood exhibits a number of small, minutely-touched figure pieces, the work of a landseape-porist turned figure-realist, and each note- worthy lor eomo modest but perfectly gen- excellence. The beautiful and elegant oabinct picture by Howard Helmick which we praised tbe other day at the Artist's Fund, has been placed at the Academy (85, “The Suitor”) and looks well beside the most finished examples ol French figure art. Lewis has sent in his “Moro Castle,” his “Happy Valley" and a couple of water-colors that are exquisitely airy and delicate. His oil pictures will 66t his admirers to musing, and asking whether Lewiß is advancing or retro grading—whether he shows less or more of the paint, and more or less of the science of art. Among foreign pictures the most regarded on Saturday evening were the two beautiful Arca dian scenes by Bongnereau, the Dwarfs of Zama cols, tbe “Ramparts” by Yibert, the landscape by Andreas Achenbach and the two examples by Flamm. Pictures by 6einin. Even if it were un intentional insult it might well have bean provokgd by certain high handed proceedings of the Spanish fleet, which concern ourselves ns well as tho United States. What is too self-evident to bo denied is lhat it is utterly and fia- OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1869. EHOLMD. gran fly Inconsistent with the grounds upon which the Alabama claims have been always supported by American diplomatists. The complaint against Great Britain ig that we con ceded belligerent rights to tbe Confederates with uedne baste, though not till after belligerent rights bad been assumed by the United states Government through a proclamation of blockado. With a far weaker justification the American House of Commons now urges the President to take a far stronger coarse. Solar as tho facts ore known there is no comparison between the position of tbe Cuban insurgents and that of the Confederates in the first year of the war. The utmost that is alleged on behalf of the former, in the address to President Grant, is that two-thirds of the island is under their control,and a majority of the population in their favor. In respect of capacity for self-govern ment, they are immeasureably behind the South ern whiles, and nothing bnt the Internal embar rassments of Bpaln baa enabled them to hold their own against General Dulce. Yet it Is pro posed not only to recognize them as belligerents, ont to recognize them as an independent State, without awaiting the issue of tbe contest. Again, we eay, this may be right, bnt if it be right, how frivolous are all the charges against the British government In respect ofits attitude towards the Southern confederacy. Let us imagine a similar resolution having been carried in our own House of Commons and communicated to Mr. Seward. There is a difference, indeed, in constitutional power between the House of Commons and the House of Representatives, and the possible seces sion of Cuba has long been familiar to the Ame rican mind, but all other differences tell on the opposite side. It will greatlv surprise ns if Mr. Motley does not emphatically repudiate this ex post facto precedent, and give up its defencs in despair. We freely admit, on our part, that President Grant is in no degree responsible for it, and is perfectly free to open negotiations on Mr. Beward’s basis, as if it did not exist We only commend it to the attention of those who, for getting what passed wheif’Hungary revolted, draw unfavorable contrasts between American and English observance of neutrality. In the diplomatic intercourse of great nations,(» quoque arguments are wholly out of place. If England has dODe a wrong to the United States a subse quent wrong done by tbe United States to Spain cannot be set off against it. The real moral of the case is that, so long as governments act hon orably by each other, too mnch weight should not be given to manifestations of feeling in pop ular assemblies. A IHTBIEBIOCB REVELATION. Traces of an Old Crime—A Boston Tragedy Unraveled. The Boston Traveller contains the following: Some of the evidence before the Committee on tbe Metropolitan Police of the Legislature, relates to the mnrder ol tie Jolcc children m the Bussy Woods, at West Itoxbury, on the 12th of Jane, 1865. It will be remembered that the girj, Isabella N. Joice, was out raged and mnrdered, and her brother John S., ol twelve, killed under circumstances indicating that he was attempting to ran from the scene of the tragedy. The bodies were found the next day at abont ten o'clock, large rewards were offered for the detection of the murderer, and one or more arrests were made, bat no evidence bearing directly on the real marderer has ever been made public, and the parties arrested on suspicion were released. Bat while the matter has been involved In mystery, there has been evidence in possession of certain parties which seemed to point out tbe real murderer. For some reason the train of evidence has not been followed up. A well-known merchant of this city has testified be fore the*Policc Committee to facts substantially as follows: On Monday afternoon succeeding the mnrder. which was on the afternoon of Saturday,he was in the vicinity of (he Bnepy Woods, and having heard of the mnrder took a stroll through the woods in company with a friend. Beiween iwo and three o'clock he got near tbe scene of the mnrder, and saw some of the traces of the straggle. While there he saw Detectives Jones and Heain, Officer McDonald, of Jamaica Plain, and Mr. Motley, a resident of the neighborhood. After these men went away, this merchant found on the ground, near the ecene of the mnrder, fonr letters, which he picked up and now has in his possesion. One or more of these letters bore stains of blood, and on ex amining them they proved to be a portion of a corres pondence between two men and two women, whose names are known bat which are withheld. Enclosed in the letters were coin, ipi 'tnr"-'. and their contents showed the bad character ot the Muter and the parties to whom they were addressed. Upon making this discovery the merchant returned to Boston, and called upon the Chief of Police and showed him the letters. As soon as he saw the hand writing-the Chief said he recognized it, and knew who the writers were. The Chief said that he would at tend to the case immediately; bnt the parties, who are known to the merchant, nave never been arrested. In the Boston Herald of June 216 t, nine days after the murder, the following paragraph appeared in reference to these letters: ‘•lt was Ehown beyond a donbt that these (letters) had accidentally dropped from the pocket of a coat of a gentleman who was wandering through the grove, while it was thrown over his arm, and the party could not have known of the murder until after tbe finding of the bodies was announced in tbe newspapers.” This paragraph ie believed to have come from the chief of Police. Why the parties were not arrested is doi known to us, bnt we suppose the Chier can icadily explain. -At the Theatre Comlque, to-night, the Gallon Upcra Company will appear in the new operetta of Javvtte and the musical farce. Cross Purposes. —ilr. J. H. Hackett will appear at the Walnnt, this evening, as "Faktaff” in the J terry If’iusa of 11'indoor, alter which, Ixion. —Lott a appears at tho Arch, to-night, in the drima of Tire Fly. —At the Chestnnt, to-night, The Field of the Cloth ~/ Hold will he given. -The American offers a varied bill lor this evening, including dancing by eight flrst-clasa artists. —A grand concert will be given at tbe Academy on Thaißday night next, under the direction of Mr. Thomas E. Harkins. Several first-rate artists will participate. —Wyman, the magician and ventriloqaist, gives an entertainment at the Assembly Buildings to-night. —At Concert Hail, to-morrow night. Prof. E. P. Chase, an Odd Fellow by the way, will give a concert. The famous Hesß children, Madame Behrens, Miss C. McCaffrey, and several other artistn will appear. —This (Monday) evening, the Chestnut Street Rink, at Twenty-third and Chestnut streets, will be openod as a "Velocipedrome," under the able management of Mr. Wm. E. Sinn. It Is intended to make the inaugu ial night a grand one. A number of the most necom plit-hed velocipede riders in the country will be present, ami Here will be several trials of skill. A gold medal will be given to the best rider, a silver medal to the most skilful boy rider, and a silver medal ol' consider able value to the host velocipede. —A Parlor Concert will be given in the foyer of the Academy on Wcdnesdey afternoon next, by the ■‘Siting Quartette Clnb,” A very fine programme has been arranged. Ticketß can be procured at Mcyer’B Mucic store, No. 1413 Chestnut street. _ One of the most attractive and brilliant concerts of ihe season will take place at Musical Fnud llail on Thursday evening, April 29th, on which occaaionthe Mendelssohn Musical Society will give a testimonial benefit to Mr. Jean Louis. Some of the best mu ticians in the city have proffered their services, and a (all orchestra has been engaged. The concert will be divided into tbree parte, sacred, classical and mis cellaneous, and a great variety of rare music may b 5 nnticipaled. —Mr. 8. N. Pike’s diamonds are valued at t 150,0C0. Whisky did it. —iho crop of maple sugar in tho Northern States is unexpectedly large. —lt has become fashionable for Parisian ladles to wear wigs made of floss silk. —What part did tho Sphinx take in ancient warfare? It riddled the enomy. —A Western clergyman says it is carious to note how many people attend a circus “only be cause they want to Dlease their children, but still more curious to observe that in many instances - luhafi taken two -or three .nblerbodied men, with as in any women, to look after one little boy or gin.” —Still another matrimonial story about Nilsson is that she is abont to marry a French nobleman, the Duke do Marsa.aud will abandon the stage. —The Falls of St. Anthofly are gradually wear ing away, and it 1b said will noon 1 degenerate into a mere rapid. * , ■ I. 0. 0. F. “FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND TRUTH.” “Faith, Hope and Charity.” SEMI-CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION IN PHILADELPHIA, Exercises at the Academy of Music. Addresses of J. W. Stokes, F. G-. M.; B.D. Farnsworth, M.W. G. 8., and Oration of J. L. Eidgely, P. G. BL The Grand- Parade. PROGRAMME OF THE EVENING EXERCISES. THE B A L L. The Appearance of tha Philadelphia Skating Rink. Philadelphia presents an exceedingly gay and animated appearance to-day. Banting is dis played in the greatest profusion. In various parts of the city flags are floating, and many houses—public and private—are handsomely de corated. The hotels are all filled to their utmost capacity, by strangers, and the streets in the cen tre oi the city are lined with people. The occa sion of all this gaiety Is the grand national cele bration of tbe semi-centennial anniversary of Odd Fellowship. The Grand Lodge of the United States, at its meeting in September, 1868, directed that Ibis celebration should take place in this city; and P. G. Sire Kennedy of New York, P. G. Sire Nicholson of Pennsylvania, P. G. Sire Veitch of Missouri, P. G. Sire Perkins of Pennsylvania, Grand Bire E. D. Farnsworth of Tennessee, and Representatives Ford of Massachusetts, Garev of Maryland, Read of New Jersey, and Moris of Del aware, were appointed a committee to make the Decessary arrangements for the celebration. The joint committees of the Lodges and Encamp ments In the eity have held frequent meetings for months past, arranging plans for the event. The result of their labors aro being witnessed by our citizens to-day. This being a national celebration, it is partici pated in by numerous lodges and delegations from other States. As early as Saturday morn ing the strangers began to arrive in the city, and from that time antil this morning, every train which reached here brought lodges, delegations and individual members of the Order,to take part in the exercises of to-day. The strangers in the eity are now numbered by thousands. Tho hotel accommodations of the city are extensive, bat on this occasion many of the visitors to the city were unable to secure quarters, and were provided for by members of the Order residing here. THE SCENE ON BROAD STREET. At a very early hour this morning, the ap pearance of Broad street, in front of the Acad, emy of Mnsic, gave evidence that some nnnsnal event was abont to transpire in that vicinity. Small knots of people assembled at the different corners,and as the hoar of 9 o’clock approached the crowd increased until both sides of Broad street, from Spruce to Walnut, presented a very animated appearance. Possessed with the desire to “turn an honest penny,’ a large number of apple women, orange venders, pea-nut merchants, ice cream men, mineral water fountain proprietors, and others, exhibited a sort of “squatter sovereignty” privr lege, and the different corners and pavements were crowded with stands, tables, &c., and a brisk business was done by the different venders of edibles and bibiblcs. A large police force was in attendance and the pavements were kept clear lor passers-by. THE EXERCISES AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Tbe interior of the Academy where the open ing celebration of the day was to take place was without any decoration of any kind,with the ex ception of a white flag suspended over the centre of the stage, and which contained, in red letters, the words “G. L. U. 8.,” above which was’ the letters I. O. O. F. This was the flag or standard of tbe Grand Lodge of the United States. A rostrum was placed directly in front of the stuge, and an open space being left, on either side were ranged in semi-circular form a large camber of arm-chairs, for prominent officials who were to be present at the celebration. The orchestra was occupied by a band of forty pisked musicians, under the direction of L. En gelke. At twenty minutes past nine o’clock the offi cers of the Grand Lodge of the United States ap peared on the stage, headed by Mayer Fox and the Grand Bire of tbe Order, and took the posi tions assigned to them. The officers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylva nia and officers of tho Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania occupied seats behind the officers of tho Grand Lodge of the United Stateß, and be hind and around the latter were ranged a body of 100 singors. The appearance of the stage,with the handsome regolin of the Grand Officers, was very brilliant. The centio of the parquet was occupied by tho Grand Lodge of Maryland, who marched into the building about 9 o’clock. This body wore bright red collars and looked well. The right of the parquet was occupied by tho Grand Lodge of Now Jersey, and the loft of tho same was in possession oi the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia. The front of tho parquet was assigned to offi cers of Grand Lodges of different jurisdictions. The members of the Grand Encampment or . Pennsylvania occupied the left of tho parquet C ’ Tho balcony and upper tiers of t jJ e . ■ were appropriated for and occupied by B P® C^' tdrerSOarge, 1 among whum-werea largenumbflt ofladleß and children. A„„4 nm Tr For some unaccountable reason, the Academy was not crowded in uny part. Tho balcony pre sented a tolerably full nppearanco, bnt with this exception The attend,.nee was Comparatively meagre: The exercises, however, were of u very irnpi'ceslvb character, and cotittmanctcd respect:* fu] attention. E 1. PaMislisr. PRICE THREE OaENTS. The proceedings were opened’ bj T PWf®**" mance of the overture to “Zamp: V'by the «r cheatra. THU ANNIVKItSART HYsnr, Written expressly for this oocasion b V Bro. B. P. Bhillaber, of Biloam Lodge, Boato ®i MaeS., was snng by a chorus of one bhndrei 1 accompanied by the orchestra. Thohy Htt to #• follows: Lrt tbo glad anthem ring 1 Hither bright offerings bring. Crowning this day— Day of our Order’s pride. Day when onr natal tide. First on its mission wide,. Took its blest way. Feebly wb course began. Bearing good-will to man-w Earnest bat slow; t Angels Its errand know, -..uj Smiled on its purpose true, - And Heaven’s own rain and dew - i ' > Made it o’erflow. Now, with an Increase grand. Outspread o'er all the land, Potent for good,' Friendship admits its sway, Love cheers It with its ray. Truth’s beacon points Its way To plentltude. On, ’neath our flag enrolled, Marches an army bold. Zealous and strong; Eager the war to wage Where Want and Buffering rage. Man’s sorrows to assuage, And flght the Wrong. God of onr hope and trust! To Thee the tribute jnst We grateful pay: Then wast oar early Friend. Thou didst ounyotuh defend. Be Thoo, nntil the end. Our Guide and Stay. The second and fourth verses of the ode were sung in quartet by Messrs. J. Graf, C- Meissner, J. Jacob and A. E. Taylor. FRAriER. Rev. J. W. Venable, R. W. Grand Chaplain, then delivered the following prayer: Almighty God, the King eternal, immortal and invisible! We, thy dependent creatures, ap proach Thee in reverence and humility, ac knowledging onr nnworthiness and imploring Tby divine favor and forgiveness. , Without Thee nothing is strong, nothing is holy. Wo feel that all human efforts for the-accomplish ment of good avail nothing without Thy bless ing. We desire to thank Thee,. Heavenly Father, for the prosperity and success which has at tended onr efforts in the work of benevolence and charity. .We assemble together this day to commemo rate the wonderful providence which has guided our Order in its mission of mercy for fitly years, making “the little one a strong nation” and the feeble band to increase to a great brotherhood, spreading throughout the length and breadth pf the land. Let Thy blessing attend the brother who is now to set forth onr principles and aims. May his words of ripened wisdom'and esperfcnca have due Impreeslon npon ail who-hear them. We commend to Thy fatherly goodness, Ob,l Lord! the widow and the orphan, and alt who - are afilicted or distressed in mind,body or estate.- May it please Thee to comfort and relieve theuk: according to their several necessities, giving: them patience under their sufferings and a happy; issue out of all their afflictions. ' We now commend ourselves-and onr brethren everywhere to Tby protection. Make tsa faithful in the discharge of our duty towards Thee and towards our fellow men. May we realize tbs . blessedness arising from the practice of the golde* rule of loving onr neighbor as ourselves. Be will « as, especially this day, and preserve ns from al l evil of sonl and body. Direct ns in all) our doing a with Tby most gracions favor, and farther o a with Thy continual help, that in all onr wor) .s begun, continued, and ended in Thee, Thy hoi ly name may be magnified now and forever. Amei a. ADDRESS OF WELCOME. John W. Stokeß, P. G. M., of POnnsylvanJ ts, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangemea ts, then delivered the following address of wolcof no to the Grand Lodge of Lhe United States: M. W. Grand Sire, Officers and Members of the R. li'. Grand Lodge of the United States-. Through the partiality of my brethren, ani 1 on behalf of the R. W. Grand Lodge arid R. W. Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania, it beco mes my duty to express to yon the grateful plea sure they feel in having yon present with them t ipon this interesting occasion. The R. W. Grand Lodge of the United 9 fates having resolved that the Fiftieth Annlverao ,ry of the introduction of Odd Fellowship in Aar terica be appropriately celebrated this day tbrou ghout the entire jurisdiction, and that a Grand Nt tional Celebration Of the occasion, under their aui spices, should tahe place in this city, in obedience 1 to this direction a number of the brethren of thi i Order are assembled to-day to extend to yon a cordial and hearty welcome. We have also beat 1 joined by the brethren of the Order from soin eof tijfi adjoining jurisdictions in doing honor to the legislative head of our great Praternit; /; arid I tahe occasion here to thank them fo r uniting with us in our endeavors to make the cj remotjies of the day as imposing as was demand.ed by ihS importance of the event whieh you deotried proper to commemorate. ! - *■ Tbe brethren in this jurisdiction fully appre ciate the high compliment paid them in' selecting this city os the place for lhe proper observance of the Grand National/ Semi-Centennial tion of the Order. Your prcsencewith ns to-day gives also an additional interest to the occasion* for which, in the name of the brethren, T tender vou their sincere thanks. * I hope I shall be pardoned if I claim fon them some right to this flattering consideration, by a. brief reference to' the progress of the Older in this jurisdiction. Boon after the Order was intiroducecljilitto the United States it became successfully established in thiß city and State, and its steady^progress through the prejudices that surrounded, U in its yonnger days has been moßt remarkable. Having been organized “Tor the encouragement and sup port ofbrothers of the Order when in,distress, or on travel, and for the purposes of Setve&sleme and Charity," it invited to its altars a class which re cognized the necessity and value uf an association for mutual aid and relief in such cases. Keeping tbeee great objects and purposes ofrtbs organisa tion constantly in view, thoy raore the star to ultimate success; and from, our hnmblei beginning, through persistent energy and devo tion to the humane and benovbJenipri/iclßlcs ft inculcates, we have, I hope, aUaitstxLn position which Will entitle ns to rank amcogst the bene volent institutions ot the times, perhaps the peer of any oi them. ...... As the tree must bo jndged|by the fruit j* bears,. I trust 1 shall be pardoned-if I rater to the means, at our command in tbis State, seal fcho way ip, wbieb they havo been heretofore dispensed,in carrying out tbe great, objects rind purposes op the organization. • Witbost alluding to the aggregated rcvoumji and relief for the past half century, ffbeg to refer odlv to the oilicial reports tor tbe last year. .. \ f We have located in this city HC‘-Lodges, with a membership of over, 2G,000. Wo have also .57 En T campments, with a membership of nearly 4,000. We have in the Btato, including the abate, 526 Lodges, with a membership of and,lBii Encampments, with a membership off 10,000. United, wo have, by tholast official report for the past year, in this Btato, a rovenue Of $504,00-4,00; and by the soma report these waß distributed for relief, during tbo year, 53'i7,.923 21 v fnearly one half of tbo latter amount having beau paicC oat in this city. The reports for the prosont flsad year now, just ending will present a still more cheering pros pe*t_of th-i pi-ngrora of showing an increasing revenue : and largo acces sions ot members. As the amount of the annual roveuuo and relief has steadily Increased from year to year in the past, and the Order is growing In public favor and appreciation, wo tjray with, reason iudalgo the kind, hone that tho means for doing good-In the future Will bo largely augmented; and ■Of 5. -Sii ' >' > J i ‘j-vi'.f- .Iff i;*;! ■■vVi' ■- i ;kj dVfi'Vft