IBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII.-NO. 20.
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Durns-WEED.-On Thursday. April 89th, 1662,
at ht. Peter's Episcopal Church, by the Rev. Thos. P.
paylee, Fleury Banks Dearee, of this city, to Elsa
bt r n E. O. Weed, of Germantown: •
THAW—MITCHELL.—On the 29th of April, In
Christ Church, Mliford, Del. ' by Rey. J, Leighton
William IL Thaw, of Philadelphia, and C,
Lizzie. danghier of the late Dr. James R. Mitchell, of
the former place.
TOWEI-:-HEA.TON —Oa the 29W of Apili ti at the
Church. of the Holy Trinity, by the Rev. billies
Brooki,,Oue D. Tows, of New York, to Rosalie
daughter of Angurttus Heaton, •
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BRATTY.—On the BOth alt,, Samuel Beatty, aged
9$ vent& '
The male relatives and friends are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral, from his late residence.
HO Rodman street, on . Monday afternoon. at $
o'clock.'
llifildlTlL—Suddenly. on. the 49th tat, Mary L.,
widow of
.the late J. Few Smith, in the 61st, year of
her age,
The relatives and friends of the family arc respect
fully invited to attend'the funeral, from the residence
of her eon. Wm. Fewsmith, No. CO Cooper street,
Camden, at 10 o'clock A. M on Monday; May ad. In
terment at Colestown Cemetery. •
GLENN.—On the Both nit., Jennie Gilbert, daughter
of George D. andlitary Glenn. aged eight months. •
LIVINGSTON.—On the 29th of April, in Baltimore.
prier a protracted Illness, John P. Livingston, in the
47th year of his age.
LAMB.—At P'ratiliford, on the 46th ult., John 11.
Lamb, M. D. in th e :Sib year of his age.
The friend of the fatally. College of Physicians,
County Medical Society and Northern Medical Asso
ciation, are invited to attend his funeral, this (Bataday)
aftelkoou..Ats o'clock, 'Cass leave Fifth and Si x th
Streets Belied' every.ls minute*.
MAYRIII. - --Tlata morning. at 11 o'clock, Mary W.
Sayre, strife of James W. Sayre. in the 26th year of
her owe.
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at 10 A IL. and Rev. Joseph Hutchinson at 73C P. M.lt•
Anusanscv vs
—At the Walnut,this evening,the London Bur!mote
Company will close their engagement oy appearing in
the three good plays which were given last nightnpon
the occasion of Mrs. Wolcot'e benefit, —The Heir at
Law, the burlesque Hunchback, and The Octoroon. In
the first of those dramas Mr. Walcot's "Dr. Panglosa"
and Mr. Felix Rogers's "Zekiel Homespun" are par
ticularly good. On Monday Ur. John Brougham will
appear in The Lottery of Lffe.
—Lotter will appear at the Arch, this evening, In
The Fwe Fry. On Monday she will appear in the new
drama Ptpitta.;
—At the Chestnut, this evening, The Field of the
Cloth of Gold will be produced for the last time.
—Miss Susan Galion will appear at the Theatre Co
mique this evening, in Javotto and La Rote de St.
Fleur. On Monday two new operettas will be given.
—We are desired to state that there will be ao post
ponement of the Anniversary Riereizes of the Northern
Home for Friendless Children, at the Academy of
Mimic, to-night, notwithstanding the present unfavor
able aspect of the weather. A. pleasant entertain
ment is promised to those who may attend, and we
hope there will be a full house.
—On the evening of next Monday week, Mr. S.
Behrens, the accomplished leader of the 'Whinge
English Opera' Company, will have a benefit, at the
Academy of Mtuldc, in the Bohemian Girl, Mies Susan
Gatton will appear as "Arline," and will be supported
by Castle, Campbell, and the other members of the
company. This is a great cast, and there will,
without doubt. be a large audience present. The wise
will secure tickets at an early day.
—At the Ataerican,thls evening, a miscellaneous ,
en
tertainment will be given, during which there will be
dancing by eight leading artists, supported by a
lint-class ballet troupe.
—The forty-sixth annual exhibition of native and
foreign paintings and sculpture la now open day and
evening at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arta.
—On Monday evening next the Bjchings' Opera
Company will begin an engagement at the Academy
of Music, with Auher'e grand opera Crown Diamonds.
All the leading members of the troupe will appear in
the cast.
—lt is announced that the "Hippotheatron." from
New York, will shortly begin a series of exhibitions
in this city. The "Hippotheatron" is a circus, which,
if report says truly, is very much superior to circuses
in general. The particulars will be given in Monday's
papers.
—The Chestnut Street Velocipede Rink, at Twenty
third and Chestnut streets; is open every day from 8
A. M. to 10% P. M.,, for those who wish to learn the
art of riding or enjoy the exercise.
. •
—Wyman, the magician and yentritoquiat,gives an
entertainment at the Assembly Butklinga to-night.
—Here la a Parla item: "Yriscnier, you are
charged with begging on the public street on
\ Sunday, on the pretence that you are suffering
Ilforgrievous wound." "Well, it is all true:
c a
Wh t y didn't you show the wound to the police.
then, when they asked to seat?" "I couldn't
your honor. My wound is closed on-Sundays. "
The Alabama Claims
Senator Sumner's Speech in England—
Its Effect on the People and Go
vernment—What England Shored Do
In Beply—A Cabinet Council and
Opinion of John Bright, Lord
Clarendon and Mir. Gladstone.
I BY ATLANTIC CABLES'
LONDON, April.Bo, 1869.—Tne London papers,
this morning, open their editorial pages with
comments on the speech lately delivered by Sena
tor Sumner, in the United States Senate, on the
subject of the Alabama claims, and the relations
generally existing between Great Britain and
America. The writers suppress the text of the
speech, however.
The London Star, JOhn Bright's organ, says
that the claizei of Mr. Sumner are so new and
startling and so vaguely put that they must .be
regarded simply as enormous and withal unex
pe,eted that if they convey merely the shadow
of his Instructions Minister Motley will come to
the English metropolis in a very different official
guise from that:rimier which Minister Johnson,
the genial diner-ont now about to bid adieu to
the Court and people, arrived. The Star deplores
the rejection by England of the early overtures
made by ex-Minister Adams for a settlement of
this question. President Grant is not, it is
said, a whole-touted lover of peace as was the
late Mr. Lincoln. He has intense determhiation
of character, but is a Western man, without that
natural genius which served Mr. Lincoln, who,
instead of reading, had actual experience of the
world. President Grant has no training, either
as a lawyer or a politician. He is intensely
American and the entire world is acquainted with
Lia resoluteness of purpose. After defending
England from the charge of a general sympathy
with the rebel confederates, the writer confesses
that the escape.of the Alabama from England was
not h deplorable and disgraceful, form
ing the wont precedent Great Britain
could establish for the future in such like
contingency. The Star expresses, however, Its
amazement at the character of Mr. Sumner's de
mands in reparation. If Mr. Motley's instruc
tions are couched in a similar spirit his mission
will be fruitless, as the extravagance of the pro
p:mittens will strike the public at once. Every
one knows how anxious the British people are to
deal fairly on the subject; but they justly consider
that if her concessions are tb be merely used as
standpoints for further and at present unheard of
demands England must carefully consider the
position, lest by yielding unadvisedly she should
,stabilah a worse precedent than even that of
burning ships on the high seas by admitting a
discussion of demands utterly untenable and
which ought to be resisted.
The London Times designates the estimates of
American damages put forth by Mr. Sumner as
portentous, as it has already reached .A 422,000,000,
nod may in the future embrace the possible earn
ings of all the soldiers drawn from the fields of
productive labor by war. The speech, it adds, is
worthy of Mr. Sumner's ability, and deserves an
impartial consideration. He wants, however,
'something more than national reparation from
England, asking for contrition and a public he
miliation. The Times asserts that in this Eng
land is cruelly wronged, and America has
had no useful object served. Expres
sions of regret and penitence are re
quired by treaty. Trestles of peace, however,
dictated by conquerors at the head of udes, are
found to be unencumbered by such expressions.
An acknowledgment of moral liability for these
claims, made beforehand, would prejudge the
controversy and stultify the proposed settlement.
In the event of an arbitration court declaring
England not liable to pay damages would her
apology be taken back ? The view taken by Mr.
Bumner's argument on these points is puerile,
unreasonable and unstatesman like The Times
argues that the concesalun of belligerent rights to
the South was a simple act and fact not dependent
on the Union blockade, for had there not been a
blockade It would not have altered the case to any
appreciable degree. The prevailing tone of Mr.
Sumner's speech is characterized as passionate
and remonstrative and his menace betrays a one •
sided partisanship lamentable as coming from •a
representative of a great country. Mr. Sumner
makes, it is said, no complaint against France,
although the Emperor Napoleon was desirous of
recognizing the independence of the Southern
confederation. It is alleged that though England
is held forth as the only foreign Power implaca
bly hostile to America it is not too much to say
that one moment during the war the
late of the American Union depended
on the voice of England, whose sword
thrown into the scale would have altered the
result. She declined the contest, and it evinces
a degree of unfairness bordering on infatuation
to leave this consideration out of account. It Is
a common practice with American journalists
and politicians to vilify England, and the pro
tective tariff plan is popular with them merely as
likely to inflict an injury on Great Britain. Let
atonement be made for the use of insulting lan
guage by individuals, and it will be seen whether
England and America, by a retrospective verdict
of public opinion, will continue the cultivation
of mutual respect,which is as necessary as In the
private relations of life. Nations, as such, only
deal in overt acts, and these constitute merely
possible subjects for pecuniary compensation.
The London Standard, a Tory organ, says that
the American Senate has done more than reject
the treaty, as it has given the world reasons to
believe by Mr. Sumner's speech, which, as en
dorsed by that supreme body, covers all ques
tions of the foreign diplomacy of the country. The
English people now know what Mr. Motley will
have to aim at In his efforts to arrange the Ala
bama claims on the former basis, now wasted
away. In some respects good will ensue from
the candor which the American Senate displays.
Formerly the danger was that England would step
beyond a due regard for the national honor and
rignity and allow the claims ;but now when the
demand has assumed its present proportions
they will feel assured that even with John Bright
in the Cabinet they are safe from a chance of dis
graceful capitulation. The American claim can
hardly be described in serious language and Its
terms not excite indignation. They might as
wall argue against a proposal for American
troops to hold the Tower of London as a mate
rial guarantee, or that the Prince of Wales should
be sent to Washington and placed In the hands of
the federal authorities as a hostage for England's
good behavior in the future. The
policy of England on this subject is no
longer an open question. America
bas formally recorded her resolution that there
shall be no settlement of the Alabama claims
short of that England shall surrender at discre
tion and submit to any punishment which the
United States Senate, in its supremacy over the
affairs of the world, may choose to inflict. In
other words, she has decided that the Alabama
claims shall not be amicably settled, whatever
may ensue. The Interval at the present day is
long between national hatred and bombardment;
it is useless to ignore and dangerous to forget
that the feeling In America Is one of Intense
and unmitigated hatred toward Groat
Britain, and that a war with Eng
land would be regarded as a na
tional luxury, but expensive. England has not
only admitted that such a war would be ex
pensive, but deplorable. Under the circum
stances It Id probable that the Americans will
elect to kee p the Alabama claims-in reserve and
await -their -opportanity for --revenge --more- •
cheaply. War is not an agreeable solution,
though involving danger rather than dishonor,
and it may be bettor to accept any settlement
which the present adminstration in London may
have made if the attitude of the American Senate
was less ridiculous.
Mr. Sumner's speech creates an intense excite
ment in political circles. , , , •
SATINS,
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. MAY 1, 1869.
At a Cabinet meeting yesterday the ,subject of
the speech Was informally discussed.
Mr. Bright declared that the embarrasement
which its publication produced served England
vei y properly, but he agreed riot to consent to
tniertaia the terms of sentiment foreshadowed
try Mr. Sumner.
Lord Clarendon expressed his belief that the
actual ncgotlations going on between the two
countrieson the subject were of a far less extreme
character than the speeches of American Sena
tors or articles in the public press. Re hoped to
find Mr.MoLley as courteous as Minister Johnson
had been. The present administration was eager
for a lasting continuance of friendly relations
with the United States.
Mr. Gladstone professed to have good emir
(ince, from reliable quarters, that the recent re
jection of the treaty on this subject by the Amer
ican legislature was purely a political movement.
The present administration will endeavor. to
Fettle the Alabama question on liberal and hon
orable terms. Outside the tone of the English
people is anti-American, and more so since hav
ing read only a partial publication of Senator
dumner's argument.
IZIPOUTANT FRAM SOME.
Will she Ecumenical Council Ever be
meld 7
[Route (Aprils) Correspondence Landon Thneal
There Is very general feeling outside Rome
that the famous council summoned, for the Bth of
Dc comber will not assemble, or will break down.
Ls to its assembling, unless the political phase of
Europe is much changed, there can be no doubt;
se to its breaking dosn3; it la anotherquestion ;
but the opinion of those on whom I ninctt'isiy la
that delicate questions will not be brought too
prominently forward ; that they will be kept a
tittle beneath the surface, taken for granted,
and glided over. Some of the more excited
prelates of the Clinrch in Rome have from
he first considered the step both impolite, and
dangerous. "Why, when affairs are going on so
well., risk a discussion the results of which Sill so
lifflcult to foretell ?" But such remonstrances
mere of no effect, as the Popo has set his heart
upon the Council, and the foreign Bishops
specially are ardently in favor of it; and one can
asily understand why they should be, as for
nearly 300 years the government of the Catholic
or Universal Church has been the monopoly of
be Italian clergy. It is not unlikely, therefore,
.bat a struggle will be caused by foreign and
French ambition, or by foreign
interpretations of "univereality." Many of the
Italian journals have ventured wildly to publish
programme of the questions to be agitated in
.he coming Church, and have insertedamong
others, the marriage of priests; but, w hile this
,attar article must be utterly discarded from the
dreams of journalists, no one, I believe, knows
what is to be discussed. The only thing of which
we can speak with any degree of probability is of
the organization. The business of the council
will be prepared by five sections or congregations,
tome of which already exist, as that of the Pro
paganda, each being under the presidency and
.oatrol of a Cantinal. Every section will pre
pare its special class of subjects, which, having
seen discussed and approved, will undergo
the same process before all the eongre
.. atlons In union. Afterwards they will
..e laid before the Holy Father, who will finally
~p prove or reject them. Cardinal Reisach will
preside over the section which is to prepare the
questions touching the relations of the Pontifical
government with foreign States, and as all
aoyereigns are excluded from the Council, the
Pope in determining the character of these rela
tions will act through his Cardinal, or by his
animate veto or approval, as King of Kings and
Lord of Lords. So will it be with the other sec
dome and I am not surprised, therefore, on con
verging with persons devoted to the Church, to
find that the most sanguine expectations are en
, ermined of the success of the council. Each
question will be sifted over and over again, and
ultimately submitted to the approval or rejee•
den of hie Holiness. And as in the preparation
.o will it be in the final decision. The council
will be Pius IX., and Pitts IX. will be virtually
declared Infallible. That this will be, or is in
tended to be, the spirit of the proceedings, we
may infer from a perusal of the "Civilta Casio
lice" of the 21st of November, 1868. The direc
tors of this periodical were constituted into a
.. congregazione" some time since by a Papal
brief of Pine IX., with permission to publish
forever whatever seemed to them to be right.
The well-known organ of the Jesuits, it is no less
50, therefore, of the Pope. In an article on the
(Ecumenical Council, it Insists that "the convo
cation of a Council can belong only to the
Pontiff;" and after describing the moral power
of one at whose invitation the most distinguished
persons came from all quarters of the globe to
do him homage, adds :
"They recognize him as father, pastor, master,
guide, in everything infallible, and to him they
dubject their intellect, their will their words,
their acts, even themselves. They protest (as
was seen in a solemn act recently signed by 500
Bishops assembled in Rome) to believe what he
relieves, to feel what he feels, to speak as he
speaks, to reject what he rejects, to not willingly
deviate one iota from what ho shall be pleased to
prescribe,"
If suclare the principles on which the Coun
cil is to be conducted, its decisions are already
made, and the Bishops of the Roman Catholic
Church might as well remain in their dioceses.
Some highly cultivated and well informed friends
of mine good Roman Catholics, too, say:
"The'Pope has introduced during his Pontifi
cate of twenty-three years many novelties in
which he honestly believes and for the perma
nency of which he is anxious. Thus, he seeks
for what some may call an act of indemnity, or
what may be better styled a confirmation of the
past. The word 'syllabus' will not be named.
The temporal power will not be put too much in
the foreground; it will not be attempted to erect
the infallibility of the Pope into a dogma in as
many words; but principles involving all these
points will be laid down and sanctioned. The
Bishops of the Church, under the influence of the
genius led, will do as Rome desired, glide
smoothly over all difficulties, and things will re
main exactly as they were before."
I give you this as the impression of well-in
formed, far-seeing Roman Catholics, and it ap
pears to me to be justified by the quotations I
have given above. Should it however happen,
contrary to all expectation, that any invincible
opposition should arise, it will be easy, without
dieeolving, to adjourn the meeting of the Council
sine die. The site on which it is to be held is on
the right of the dome of St. Peter's—an ample
and a noble space. With regard to other prepara
tions, his Hotinese has nominated a eongregazi
one of five prelates, whose duty it will be to re
ceive and lodge the Bishops; and to them he has
caused it to be written that they will be enter
tained free of all personal expense during their
Aojourn in Rome. All, however, have replied, as
lam informed, except the French and Italian
Bishops, that they will provide for themselves;
but their answers In the same sense may be forth
coming. Already learned doctors of the Church
are arriving to study the questions which may be
submitted to the council, and among them is the
Rev. Mr. (or Dr.) Corcoran, of Canada. Among
outer reasons which thoughtful men in Rome
eslgn for believing that the objects aimed at in
calling the council are those stated above
le the fact that the Church is not divided by any
great or new schism, and that the greatest indif
ference generally exists as to its interests. For
whet, therefore, are bishops palled together
but to sanction the past and virtually to create
an authority hitherto not universally acknowl
edized?.,At present, however, all are occupied
with the Spectacles which are to bo exhibited on
Saturday, Btaidarand•Modday: -. 1 - Most .- or many'
of the Easter visitors have remained to see
them, and as it was during the Holy Week so it
is now—there is scarcely accommodation for a
mouse. :
—A clergyman at Kingston, England, refuses
to admlt.youpg ladies to confirmation unleal they
promise never to . dance.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
8001117 T FOE TIM PaIiVISNTION
or CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, 1 320 Chestnut street.
Messrs. Editors.—The dog, the companion
and friend.; of man in both civilized and
Savage life, has of latter times in this country
received an undue share of public attention, not
from any favoritism or affection, but from a
vague eense of uneasiness and apprehension that
be bears about him, and may impart, the germ of
ono of the most horrid diseases known to medi
cine. This is not surprising, when we take all
the circumstances into view, and the absence of
correct information as regards the nature of this
disease (hydrophobia) in the dog. We all know
tbatthis uneasy feeling is not confined to the
few, but pervades to a large extent the public
mind.
In tills city, for many years past, the course of
eventain this connection has been pretty much
the same. About this time we hear of the usual
number of " mad doge killed " in our streets.
municipal enactments soon -follow, and in due
time thereafter we see email gangs of half-naked,
narefooted negroes, with lasso in their hands,
moving at a dog trot through our streets and
liege, flanked by perspiring policemen, and pre
ceded by a cloud of skirmishers in the shae of
half-grown.boys (boys always aide with the d ogs),
whose duty it is to give timely warning to any
hapless, nnmuzzled cur. of the approach of the
Melon. Excitement is kept alive, and we hear
nervous] and timid citizens questioning the pro
priety of exterminating the race.
I:am well aware that this exciting subject is so
deeply buried beneath long years of prejudice
(and ignorance, perhaps) that with many it will
ne - Aidicult to obtain even a patient hearing.
Still we should make the effort, and in calm rea
ton-endeavor correctly to estimate the actual ex
tent of the dangers to which our citizens are ex
posed. In alluding to a subject which has, at
different times, engaged the attention of men
eminent in their prolesaion, in Europe and this
country, I shall express no opinion nor criticise
legislation, DOT do I wish to provoke any reply.
will have to do only with facts as they are, and
.here leave the subject. If in ao doing I can in
a degree mitigate or allay an unwholesome ex
zitement in the public mind, my end will have
Seen attained.
Mad-dog excitements are not confined to this
zountry; they have, on several occasions, sm
utted in England. Brighton, some years ago,
had a perfect panic on this subject amongst its
citizens. The following is an extract of an
editorial in the Brighton Herald at the time,
which, in some respects, may apply to our lati
.nde: "There is no town in this kingdom, so the
-xtraordinary precautions taken on the subject
would make It appear, that has been so alarm
ugly Infested with mad dogs as this during the
ast half century. In the course of this period,
scores of persons have been bitten by the re
ported rabid animals, but it is remarkable that
not a solitary instance can be adduced in which
any human creature has been subjected to the
2oatsequenees which such bites and inoculations
are said to produce. From the above, therefore,
It may justly be inferred that the town has been
kept in a ferment of apprehension, when there
ass been no existing cause for it."
Epilepsy Is a common disease in dogs,and many
are killed when foaming at the month, and strug
gling in - fits, as "mad dogs." No rt, a mad dog
never has.fite, never avoids water, never rune with
his tail between his legs, unless pursued and fright
ened.
Hydrophobia is of ancient date. It was known
to medicine nearly ten centuries ago, and not
.vithstanding the strides made in science since
its distitevery, medical men have not yet arrived
11 any common stand-point as regards a fall
saowledge of its nature; but, differingas they do
in some particulars,' there are others on which
the preponderance of the weight of testimony of
most authors is of entire accord. One of these
is, that canine madness was never known to
originate in hot weather. The late Dr. Hew
on used to ridicule the idea. Youatt,
the celebrated Veterinary Surgeon of London,
challenges one single instance of its being pro
duced In a dog by a vertical ann. It is unknown
as a disease in Syria, the West Indies, South
America, and the ilia. Constantinople, that
city of dogs and the plague, is a stranger to it.
Dalloway, in hin description of it (p. 71) save—
"lts only seavengerii of its narrow, 111-paved ,
lanes, are packs of unowned dogs, who by night
perform this useful office. Among such a num
r,er of dogs it is truly singular that canine mad-
Less is scarcely known." Dr. Hinniken, in his
notes on hirdeira tells us, "that curs of the most
wretched description . abound there; that they
Are %filleted with almost every disease, tormented
oy flies, thirst, heat and famine, and yet no rabid
cog was ever seen there.' Barrow, likewise, an
nis Travels in' Southern Africa, remarked the en
lire absence of Canine Mednees, though the
Kaftan had plenty of dogs: -
I have alluded to the testimony of medical men
that canine madness does not occur in warm
weather; but there is another point upon which
there is very little diversity of sentiment,and that
is that Hydrophobia Is of very rare occurrence at
any season. The late' Dr. Goddard had never
keen a case. Our well-known fellow-townsman,
Dr. Addinell Hewson, tells me he never saw but
due, and that some twenty years since. The re
,2ords of the Pennsylvania Hospital show that
rem 1762 to 1880, a period of seventy years, out
of 28,105 admissions to its wards, of all kinds of
diseases, there was but °ilea hydrophobia; whilst
of diseases closely resembling it (Manla-a-potn,
Petanns and Hysteria), there were 320. Robert
White, an English Surgeon, some years since
published a book entitled "Doubts of Hydropho-
Aa as a Specific Disease to be Communicated by
he Bite of a Dog."
But there is another aspect in w blob we must
consider hydrophobia. It is established, beyond
all doubt, that it occurs In the human race, with
out the instrumentallty,of any animal, irrespec
tive of those diseases whose symptoms so closely
resemble it, and have so frequently been taken
for it, even by medical men. Dr. Bardeley, of
Edinburgh, in his "Observations on Canine and
dpontaneous Hydrophobia," cites five different
cases coining under his observation, where the
patients have never been in contact with any
animal. Doctor Percival gives a case of death by
hydrophobia in a young gentleman whose mid
dle finger, on its Internal edge, was slightly
wounded by a splinter of wood. Baissen,
'Docteur en Medicine de la Ifaculte do Paris," in
Ills "Traite sur L'Elydrophoble," gives full details
of several cases of spontaneous origin, and the
cffect of vapor-bath in their cure. There Is a
very close resemblanee in the symptoms of
mania-a-potu and tetanus to this disease. Doctor
Ben j. Bush, in his "Essay on Tetanus," remarked
the joint similarity with hydrophobia, having
particularly noticed the symptoms of irritability
and debility, and the same sense of strangulation
Jolt in swallowing Squids, as occurring In both
maladies.
Youatt testifies to his successful treatment of
,•sees from the bite of rabid dogs in England,
never having lost but one patient, and that one
died from fright. He also asserts that he has
been four times bitten by doge decidedly rabid.
If we accept the fact that the nature of the dog,
like human, is much the same the world over, it
is not a little remarkable that somehow or other
by far the largest share of this infliction seems
to have fallen to the lot of the Anglo Saxon race.
8. MORRIS WALN, President.
Groeley on the Newspaper Scandal.
(From to•dars Tribune.)
The charges on which Mr. Young stands ar
raigned by the Bun ori the strength of these let
ters aro substantially these:
1. Having an exaggerated conceit of his own
abilities and qualifications for journallem, wish a
eorrespondlnirs'defective a -appreciation-- of the
merits of some of hia present or recant mio
elates:
2. Abusing his positionen the 'Tribune and his
influence as a journalist.to. promote his private
ends, and especially to procure loans or subsidies
for bb3 or, 131 a frienihr rhiladelphia venture or
ventures. • I .
S. 13ettnying We confidence reposed in hial by
The Dogs and Hydrophobia!
this establishment to transmit, surreptitiously,
the aespatehes of the Associated Press to (n
Poiladelpilla Journal or journals not entitled to
receive them.
—With the first of these imputations the public
has no proper business; the second we are confi
dent are false and unfounded; the third we trust
will prove equally so; but this involves the in
fere aqi of others whose right to a searching in
vestigation is unquestionable, no matter what
they must think of the means whereby it has
been rendered necessary. We call, there
fore, upon our partners In the Asso
ciated Press to institute forthwith a rigorous
scrutiny, before some impartial arbiter or tri
bunal, of the charges against Mr. Young with
regard to the despatches of the Association, pro
posing to take no part In that scrutiny unless we
are made the party defendant, but insisting that
Mr. Young, or whoever may be suspected or im
plicated, shall not be stabbed in the back, but
shall have the fullest opportunity for explana
tion and defence. We need, no
add that we consider the offence al
leged a very grave one, especially If the
offender be one honored and trusted as. Mr.
Young has been. But t pending such scrutiny,
we beg' that it be understood that Mr. Young has
not been removed nor saspendolosor in any man
ner condemned by was has been mistakenly
asserted by the Bun, and telegraphed all over the
country. Ills not our custom to pass judgment
on any one on the strength of a mere Indictment,
especially when the finding of it was plainly im
pelled by envy, and malice, and blighted as
pirations. FL G.
UITY BULLETIN.
Nnw CuLvDDlS.—There are now in course of
construction two large culverts, one on North
Broad street, the other on Brown street. The
one on Broad street is nine feet in diameter,
commencing at the intersection of Gunner's Wan
and Broad street, near the Connecting Railroad
bridge. Ilpasses along Broad street to Ontario,
thence to Smedley, thence to Tioga, and thence
to Twenty-second street, at which place the work
will terminate, the culvert being nearly a mile
and a half long. The object of this wirer is to
drain that portion of the city, which is fast Im
proving and increasing in population rapidly.
The one on Brown street is five feet iu diameter,
starting from Franklin street and running to
Eleventh, and up Eleventh street to Parrish,
connecting with the sewer at that point. This
improvement is intended to prevent the filling of
cellars along the line of Parrish and portions of
Poplar street, when there is a heavy fall of rain,
in consequence of the Inability of the present
sewer to carry off the water.
POUCH APPOINTAtICNTS.—tdartin lillacky was
yesterday appointed Lieutenant of Police in the
Fourth District, in place of Abraham Bowers,
removed. Lieut. Bowers hats occupied the posi-
tion since June 30, 1858. Chruttonher Gercke
was appointed Lieutenant of the Sixth District
in place of John H. Leighton, removed. The
latter was appointed policeman in January, 1860;
in 1865 he was appointed Sergeant, and in 1866
Lieutenant. William H. Sunder was appointed
Lieutenant of the Ninth District in place of John
G. Lovcaire, removed. Lieut. Loveaire'e service
dates from August 31, 1854. George H. Guyer
was appointed Sergeant of the First District in
place of Robert Walsh, resigned. John
Lynch was appointed Sargent of the
Sixth District, in place of Samuel Hamilton, re
moved. Capt. John W. Ryan has been appointed
a special officer at the Central Station, in plane
of William Warnock, removed. Warnock's
appointment was on June let 1858 He
PBS the officer who worked up the Twitehell case.
NEW 13°mm - rms.—Tim Building Inspectors Is
sued 728 permits, for the erection of new build
ings, during the month of April. 01 that num
ber 665 were for dwellings-252 for two. storied,
398 for three-storied, and lb for four-storied;
bake-house, 1; chnreh, factories, 2; offices, 8;
shops, 7; stables, 22; school-house, 1; savings
fund, 1; stores, 11; synagogue, 1; store-houses.
8; shed, 1; slaughter-house, 1; saloon, 1; tsverns,
L. There were also 154 permits for additions and
alterations Leaned.
During the month the Inspectors ordered ten
dangerous buildings to be taken down or made
sate, and eight wooden buildings to be removed.
CHANG'S OP TIMU.—The summer time-table of
the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown
Railroad Co., to take effect on Monday next, la
advertised to-day. Several important changes
will be made. Tor Germantown there will be
additional trains at 4.85 and 631 P. M. On Sun
day al train will leave Germantown at 3 o'clock,
and Philadelphia at 4 o'clock. On the Norris-
Luivn branch there will be additional trains,
leaving Norristown at 631 A. M. and 9,L4 P. M.
Also,an express leaving Philadelphia at 5 o'clock
F. M., and a way train at 10 o'clock P. M.
Sunday leave Norristown at 8 o'clock and
Philadelphia at 4 o'clock.
House ROBLIBRIZB.—Lust evening, between
eight and nine o'clock, the house of Peter Van
Hart, at Diamond and Philip streets, was en
tered by boring through a window shutter on a
side alley. The thief ascended to the second
story room, from which $360 were stolen.
The dwelling of Lawrence Kelley, No. 114
Noble street, was entered last night by boring
through a back shutter. A silver watch,a breast
pin and a coat were carried off.
STRAY Mayor bee Issued a
notice that all horses, cows, sheep, or any de
scription of cattle whatsoever, or hog, sow,
shoat, pig, or goat, found going at large in any
of the highways of the city, or in any of the
public squares or parks thereof, or upon any un
inclosed field, common or picot, of land therein,
Y. ill be taken up and disposed of u provided by
ordinance of March 1, 1865.
RESIGNATION OF AD OLD BANC Orv,cea.—Mr.
John Hockley has resigned his position as
Cashier of the Bank of North America. Mr.
Hockley has been connected with this institution
tor forty-font years, and during that time has
been an able - and zealous officer, discharging his
duties always with entire satisfaction to the
stockholders. His successor is John H. Watt,
Esq., who has very acceptably filled the position
of Assistant Cashier for some lime past.
PARK Imritovitianwrs.—The old housett on the
slip of land lying west of Reading Railroad and
north of Coates street are being removed by
order of the Park Commissioners, preparatory to
the extension of the Park improvements. A few
of the houses aro yet tenanted, but as the parties
have been notified to leave, the work of demolish
ing the buildings will not be delayed.
MAY BALL.—The annual May ball and exami
nation of pupils of Prof. Asher will take 'place
at Musical Fund Hall, on Monday evening next.
A very pleasant affair may be expected, and the
examination of the masters and misses will, no
doubt, be interesting.
Bowan Tuirr.F.—Peter Wilder, hailing from
Sehuylhill county, was arrested in Spring Garden
street market this morning, upon the charge of
the larceny of Al pounds of butter from a wagon.
He was committed by Aid. Massey.
RUN Ovitn.—Sarah L. Ifarding,aged four years,
was run over by an express wagon, at Fourth
and Willow streets, yesterday alternoon,and was
seriously injured.
SUPERVISOR APPOINTED. —The Mayor has ap
pointed Martin Ulrick Supervisor of the Twenty
eighth Ward, to 1111 a vacancy caused by resigna
tion.
OUR Fun TRADERS AliD TRArPSEs, in fitting
out here, find Ayer's medicines one of their most
profitable articles of traftic. Around'Alave Lake
and the wild regions of the North, the Indians
know their uses and, have an wilding faith in
them. They saY:;t,"Ayar-great,ridedicine — cure
Sick man." and his/remedies for the diseases from
which, they sutra' will often bring forth their
stock of skins even quicker than wampum, rum,
or tobacco, Savages are net fools if they are
ansophistlested In some of . thp arts of .elelliza
tlon.-111onts ea/ Pilot.
F. L. FEIBitMTON.-
PRICE THREE CENTS.
A Fight with Indians Gallant (lOW
duct of a Young CortoortaLV
A letter dated Fort Fetter Mart, 'Wyoming
Territory, April 15th, received in this city, , con
tains the following : ' " '
"A warm Indian fight occurred on La Ratite,
Hill, 20 miles southeast of this post,'lalitAreer
between about sixty Minnecongee SiOnx,
sight soldiers of the 4th U. S. Infantry, garrisea
ing this post. The soldiers were out repairing',
be telegraph line. The sergeant in eornreand,
named Robert Rhea, being a , short distance Musa
;he train, was cutoff, and doubtless capturealmt
no trace of him has been found; although every
effort has been made to recover himi. by the conk
mending officer, Col. C. H. Coulton, andchte
subordinates.' His saddle was found , on the trail,
~bout seven miles from where the fight occurred.
"Private Emory was killed and scalped on the
field; but Corporal Saunders succeeded, after a'
severe fight, and with the exercise 'of excellent
judgment, in bringing the , remainder of the party ,
safely to the post. He also brought In the teams,
and other property, and the body of his slain
comrade. The conduct of this young non-ebnt-•
missioned officer and his little party watt- truly'
heroic, and It deserves to be acknowtedged by
the public press generally "
MORE ANNEX&TION
Big Slice of Mexico Comtur tm I.
WASHINGTON, April 30.—There was It full •
meeting of the Cabinet to-day. Thre,e of the
members, who wore absent on yesterday, were
summoned by telegraph to be present. • The
cause of this extraordinary session was the recep
tion of important despatches from General Row.
crane, Minister to Mexico: Dr. C. W:
United States Consul at Mexico, arrived here.
yesterday, direct from the Mexican capital: Us'
was the special bearer of despatches to President
Grant and Secretary Fish from General ROM.
crane. It has transpired since the meet
ing that when the despatches were opened
they contained a direct preposition from the
Mexican government to cede to the United State*
a certain portion of its territory for a specified
BIM in gold, the object being;evldently, to replen
ish by such a sale the present depleted treasury
of Mexico. The territory which it is proposed
o cede lies on the Gulf of California, and is be
lieved to include the States of Sonora and Sins--
loa. The negotiation originates with Senor Ro
msro, the present Secretary of the Treasury of
the Juarez Government who was formerly Mexi
can Minister to the United States, but they, of
course, meet the approval of President Juarez&
No conclusion was reached by the Cabinet to-day,.
.tud it is likely that the negotiations will be sub
jected to several consultations before any de
cision is made.— World.
To-day.
Need we remind our lady readers that this fs•
the day fixed by Mr. Wanamaker for the display:
of his new stock of elegant clothing for boys-end ,
children !
FACIWN MID FARVIES.
—Minnie Hauck Is concertizing in Pads.
—Chicago is troubled with a headless ghost.
—Why does a railroad conductor pouch a hob
in our ticket? To let you pass through.
—Within less than six years 25,000,000 forest
trees have been planted in lowa.
—Drinking a cup of strong lye is the latest
5 Lyle of suicide in the West.
—The Paris chiropodist who took ont a cons
for the Nabob of Bengal, charged him 400 francs.
—The health of Mr. Alexander H. Stephens !a
eon eiderably huproved.
—The Re►. X. Orr has been called from ?lifts-
An eh usette to a Philadelphia pulpit. The joke is
too obvious to require pointing.
—An advertisement in an Australian paper ba
rites proposals trom clergymen "for marrying
two or more couples."
—Many veseeli are at the Florida ports picking
up cattle for the Cuban market, the duty having
been revoked by Governor-General Dnice.
—Tbo London Examiner, founded by
Hunt, and the London Review, founded by Uhae.
Mackay, have eauleseed.
—Lamartine's barber saved ail his clippings ,
from that bard's bead, and is now making memo
rial moneys by 'selling them In locks.
—The dept-slayer at the Cincinnati pound • was
badly chawed up by a big specimen of the bull•
trireme the other day.
—A Republitan having been appointed post
master at Columbus, Mississippi, the local paper
viewe the citizens to step the use of boxes, end,
Lithe cut down the revenue of the postmaster.
—A shrewd but unenlightened school directory,
,sway out West, used to say, on examining a can—
didate for the post of teacher, "We all know that
a, b, c is vowels, but we want to know why they
is vowels."
—The overland westward travel is increashit
rapidly as Spring advances. Large crowds of
emigrants are daily arriving at St. Louis; on the
way for the Platte Valley and Pacific Railroad ,
line.
—A cruel transition from romance to reality
was that experienced by a Cincinnati girt the.
other evening, who tried to drown herself for
love, but was rescued and locked- up over night
on a charge of drunkenness.
—The Cuban meeting, last night, was a huge
success, but it had a very narrowescape, tower&
as close. Some of the people who tacked them,
,=elves on to the regular programme, and some,
who tried hard to do so, but tailed, came within
an ace of spoiling the whole affair.
—One of the rooms in the new palace of the
Sultan at Tcheragan Talent le to be furnishedtby
els lisjesty's mother. The furniture and, hang—,
legs are to be of the richest description, and the
expense of fitting up this single roo'• will be
not lees than $150,000.
—A family fend In St. Lords was nearlyi Battiest
the other day. One of the aggrieved ppartioa• put
a lot of gunpowder in the cellar of his enemies'
house and attached a fuse to a lighted candle.
The candle tipped over and went out, and the
whole apparatus was found the next day.
—The Emprees Eugenie is going to visit Car—
lotta at Leeken, about the first of May. As both
Carlotta and the Queen of Belgium are known to ,
dislike the Empress intensoiy, the gossips fn.
Paris are at a loss to know what may have In
duced the Empress to..resolvo coon visiting them.
The Prince Imperial will accompany Ids mother.
—.Western editors get on very "hefty" musical
criticisms occasionally, as witness the following
on Parepa-Ross: "We cannot Imagine, with her
groat fleshiness and awkward ligure,how Parepa-
Rosa could be successful as a actress lu opera;
but in a concert she is a wash-tub full of
melody."
—The Paris Figaro probably refers to Patti
when it eays:—"While we are talking of the ap
proaching marriage of one Bingen we must refer
to the difficulties of another. It appears that
during a recent tour her husbandlost alittle MOM
money than the artiste made." •
is stated that the Pope has given 81. , Elowk.
uod three commissions—the composition Of, a,
mass, a national song and an oratorio. Thelma t
most be in three peals, and be written for three ,
choirs—a terrestrial choir upon the stage, ma Inv
lomat chorus below it, and a celestial •chats , be
hind the scenes.
—The Knoxville Whig Mrs there watt. pplitrk
script to the card front &rioter BrownlOn; in re
talon to the .1,500 nontribrited by , Andrew
Johnson toward the re-establishment of , the.
donator's newspaper. The posted" the MO
soya, is as follows:
13 . -- While.MlliterY.Goirctl3Matr aohmom
made large ameseinents Upon alexia Rebela of'
?diddle Tennelsee. and compelled; them to psy
over to him thousands of doilase. As he launder.
taking to explain what he did with other moneys.
these Rebel contributors 'would like to know
what bra been done witts the money wrenched
from them sk the polt4 of %lA°
er
bnyon s' et.'
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