GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 15.
Wedding cardb, invitations fob fab
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WEDDING INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN THE
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tllh FIFTy. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
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EVENING, the27th Inßtnnt, at 8 o'clock, in tho Lecture
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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 smok</ in tho "Deluge”
and mqro sculptural in the "Clip of Diogenes")
woalffluiVtf approved this sober, calm, patient
and savant composition; and .if Poussin had
wanted figures ior his scenery, he would have
beon capablo of borrowing thCso clever, woll
poised SitcrtifeSof Bpßi-ismoir,‘tharrisd itfsitch hk
pressive altitudes from their square pedestals of
natural rock. Mr. Boutelle. eomo day, will be
pain ling equally elaborate scenes with a little
more ease and sense of freedom; meanwhile we
may sincerely congratulate him on his solid suc
cess, both in this picture and in the “Spoils of
the Saucon” and “Sunset on tho Sea-coast,"
which hang in the opposite gallery.
We cannot leave the north-east room without
sparing a word or two for Fenntmore’s picture of
Monnt Washington, No. 127. It Is a large, care
rul aDd most conscientious picture of the White
Mountain group, with a sunny play of light, and
tome excellent foreground work, especially in
tbe bouquet of trees at tho right, which forms a
screen without being flat. Mr. FcnnimorO ex
hibits three more landscapes, of which one (No.
208), a view of the Scbnylkill just above the city,
*s r* markable for a very skillul and tender evening
sky.
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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.
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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 6ei<une aDd Bonbenr, long
familiar to our public, were likewise exhibited.
In ecoiptnre there was not much that was new.
Bailiy's large bronze is not yet ready, and the ill
health of Harnisch has prevented his expending
his skill on any very serious effort; he, however,
Bends some fancies that are not without his own
peculiar grace.
Everything considered, the plncky old Acad
emy was admitted to have done valiantly. The
efforts of its factions and fractions young ene
mies have had no perceptible effect on its pros
perity, and it holds the l&Bt of lie time-honored
tourneys as cheerily as ever, without a hiatus
visible among the plates oi its armor or a sign
of distress in its hospitable and pleasant mien.
'Abe Recognition of Cuban Independ
ence by the united states.
Tbe London Times of the 13th inst. contains a
column editorial on tbe recent action of the House
oi Representatives of the United States in relation
to the prospective recognition of Cuban inde
pendence, from which we make tho following
extract:
The House oi Representatives at Washington
has closed its session with a characteristic act.
It has passed a prospective resolution for the
recognition of Caban independence by a majority
so large that one report describes it as curried
unanimously. More than a month ago a similar
resolution was adopted by tho late House of
Representatives and strangely coupled with a
profession of sympathy with the revolution in
Spain. In both cases the vote could have none
bnt a moral effect, since the constitutional re
sponsibility rests with the President, who has
already received a memorial on the subject from
the Cuban insurgents. The Honso of Represen
tatives, however, assures President Grant ot its
support in the event ot his seeing fit to recognize
any do facto government in Cuba based on Re
publican principles.
The belief of tho American people that Cuba
must sooner or later fall into Ihcir hands has
loDg been all but oponly avowed. Not only the
intrinsic value of the ißlaDd, buL the conscious
ness that it might be worth irntui'tely more to
America than to Spain, irresistibly recommends
'thdiactiof onnexatiofi. *• * * Far ho it from
ns to represent this action, however premature,
as a moral enormity or as an intentional insult to
Si>nin. 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
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