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Ist, Farah Coil LanMan, widow of the late Josiah
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JACKSON,--On the afternoon of the let inst., Win.
11. Jackson,' in the 58th year of Ida age.
The relativea and friends of th e family, also COl,O
- Lodge, No. 114, 1. 0. of O. F'.. and members of
the Order generally, and Samaritan Beneficisl Society,
are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his
late residence. 818 Columbia avenue. on Tuesday af
ternoon. the 4th inst., at 3 o'clock. Interment at
- Mount Peace Cemetery. •
1.1.0 Y D.—On the morning of the Rd instant, Mary
Lloyd, in the 70th yeu of her age.
Her relativep and friends and those of the family are
particularly invited to attend her funeral, on Fourth
day, at 9 o'clock. from tter late residence, No. 541
North Tenth street.
'PEACOPII.--On Sundny, May 2, Louisa Venom.=
widow of the Into James Petcock.
Funeral services at the house of Dr. W. S. Forbes,
No. 293 South Forty-second street. on Wednesday, at
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Edward G. and Susanna Whitman, in the 15th year of
We age.
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Wrighvgtown, N .7., to the 213th year of big age.
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THIS COURTS.
DIBTRIOT COIIIIT—Judge Stroud.-11.0dolph Stein vs.
Ben j. Scott, Jr. An action to recover for printing a
catalogue for defendant. Tho plaintiff claimed $2OO
for the work, Tho defence set tip that the charge was
eac;essive,_ as it was not worth more than $B6, which
the defendant was willing to pay. • On trial.
• -Dummy-Comm—Judge Thayen,—Thomaa ii - Ailon
tietb vs. Joatiun T 3. Luff. A feigned lame to teat the
ownership of.cettain personal property. Verdict (Or
defendant.
QUARTS'S SESSIONS—Judge Allleon.—The May term
of the Court commenced this Morning. Owing to the
number of excuses which the Court was obliged to
grant, but twelve grand jurors wore left, and a epeeist
venire then. issued, returnable to-morrow morning.
Tue Acanuary EXHIBITION. The public does
not notice such things very readily, bat even the
public must be struck this year with the absence
of many names of Philadelphia painters from the
catalogue of the Spring Exhibitien, and with the
loss of their pictures from the wails. A salon,
meanwhile, has been arranged by the Exhibition
Committee which is not far inferior to the salons
of other years; but the prevalence of foreign bor
rowed pictures is evident,an obvious sign of weak
ness. Our readers may care to know the reasons
why some of the Philadelphia artists have, not.
chosen this year to accept the advantages of the
Academy. We will try to state the rights of a
rather mixed dispute with the utmost brevity:
1. Some of our best and most dignified artists
object strongly to the concession by the Directors
of their rooms for the purpose of auction-shows;
this has been done foryears,the hire for the rooms
being a grateful addition to the treasury orthe
Academy. The - Directors are now saying that for
a year past no vendue has been held in their gal
leries; the fact is that exhibitions of auction-pie
tures, advertised as such, have been constant ;
only the merchants have been compelled to
withdraw their stock at the time of sale and hold
the vendue souiewhere else. The Directors
strongly insist on this distinction, which is a dig.
tinction without a difference; whatever odium
belongs to the cheapening of the - galleries by
renting 11 em to auctioneers, has not been made
rated by the carting of the pictures across the
way just before the sale.—The artists (for whose
benefit the Academy is supposed to exist), have
not proposed in any way to make up the revenue
which the Academy gains from this renting, bat
have insisted with much stress upon Its being
stopped; and some of them have now refused to
support the Exhibitions on this account.
2. The Academy holds a picture-exchange for
the benefit of the artists ; but access thereto costs
twenty-five cents. This is thought to be an anom
aly by a certain class of artiste, who have made
pain! ul and not very success! ul efforts to keep up
an exchange, with free admission. some where else
We believe that the Academy says that it ha.
uttered rooms gratis to this group of artists. for
their purposes; and that the said artiste deny
having received specifically ary such offer. They
have held aloof from the Academy,in an attitude
of aristocracy tempered by impecuniosity.
3. One or two artists say that when they have
ent pictures to the Academy, their works , .have
been badly arranged. This la a claim of an evi
dently worthless character. The objects lent 'to
an exhibition are out of the custody of the
nder, and be must take his luck, relying on the
fart that it Is the Academy's interest to make an
attractive display by giving prominence to all
good work. Besides, our Academy leaves the
arrangement of the galleries largely in the hands
of the artists.
The three complaints—that the Directors have
prostituted their building; that they offer to help
artiste sell their work yet tax the patrons whek
examine it; and that they arrange contributions
badly—are what stand between the artists and
the institution founded In their aid. Boma of
the Journals are giving prominence to these ques
tiona just now. The fact is, that the causes of
dissension have been operating for years, and
could have been better combated while forming
than now at their culmination. What remains
for us Is to make the best of an exhibition which
Is really very good.
Meantime, it is unjust not to point with com
mendation to one function which the Academy
MIS maintained with honorable consistency, and
has latterly improved. As an Academy or School,
it has rendered tar better assistance to young
practitioners of the Vine and Industrial Arts than
all the other Academies in the country together.
It has provided them with the finest collection of
antique models in the new world. The classeshave
never flagged. And during the past year, when
moat oppressed by the cabals of its old paplls, it
has taken a great step forward by appointing a
ea laritd professor of the first competency.
AT MESSRS. ESISLIL Ct Sows', the pay-exhibition
of BlerstadL's Vesuvius, and the free display of
Hill's Yo-Semite, continue. In both these paint
ings the great success is in the treatment of pas
sages of indirect light. Bierstadt (although the
,notiro of his picture is the most inartistic we
ever knew him to choose, and that is saying a
great deal) has exhibited all his power in shedding
gradually-dimishing flood of light down the
side of his mountain. Mira picture is far better
in every respect, and in our opinion one of the
first American landscapes, of the dloramic style.
And in this, too. the triumph is in the palpitation
of the minor lights. The sun, striking full upon
one wall of the canon, loaves the
parallel side in shadow ; but this dark
precipice is made to feel the dwelling presence of
the splendor with which the Intervale is filled; the
light beats back in dying waves, which surge
faintly up the shadowed rocks, and clothe the
powdery waterfall with a strange aerial suffusion.
It is an exquisite effect, one of the rarest enchan
mental of nature, delicately perceived and skil
fully fixed. American painters have a novel task
before them, in the seizure of the American
quality of air, the like of which has never been
represented In any country that has yet had a
landscape school Indications such as those
which constitute the success of the two pictures
just mentioned, seem to show that our landscap
ists perceive the thing, and are trying to grapple
with the difficulty.
BECMETARY
LIN FIRE MICR-
MPESIIB. Ponvim & COATES, No. 822 Chestnut
Street, have added to the attractions of their
beautiful library and magazine a flue colleotion
of paintings. These are principally arranged in
the gallery upstairs,though a brilliant one,a view
by Lewis of the entrance to the harbor at
Havana, with the Franciscan convent in the fore
ground, decorates a window on the street.
Another glittering work of this painter will be
found in the collection overhead, being a repre
sentation of Mount Mansfield, Vt., with the
village of Stow. George Sensell's "Esther de
nouncing Haman" hangs near by, and, it seems
to 'us, never looked so well; its strength
and vigor correct the half-light in which Ms
placed, and it seems to make a light and shade
of Its own against the wall; all who have seen
Schneesele's masterpiece at the Academy should
take care to examine this, in which the study of
architecture and costume is most authentic and
scholarly; it is justice to remind our readers that
Bensell's picture wile conceived and painted first
of the two. We call attention to Gerlach's moon
light landscape, an effective scenic' composition
by a rising artist; hard study from nature, like
that prosecuted by the botany-painters, is what
ho wants. Some magnificent foreign pictures
give tone to the display. There are two land
scapes by Oswald Achenbach, one of which ie a
luscious sultry scene near. Naples, while the
other represents a proccesion of peasantry,
headed by an unfortunate priest, blown ,
away by a storm in traversing an open-country
road; the ,study -of clouds,-representing --those
elaty, alumet geological, formations of vapor
where the lines have more Allan the sharpness of
gray marble, le singularly fine.. Another attrac
tive picture is a Holy Family by Landollo, the•
flesh painted with•the meretricious peachy quality
of certain class of French Ft.
Meant: , Porter & Coates ' likewise have ' the
THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, M9NDAY, MAY 3, 1869.
Roger's Groups, and foil portfolios of the latest
foreign and native ehromo-lithographs.
ART SALE nr NEW YORE.—On to-morrow and
Wednesday evenings a lot of fine pictures will be
.old by Miner & Baker at their Gallery, No.
845 Broadway, N.Y. Among the names of artists
are those of Blerstadt,.Plassan. Hammen], Wil
l. me, Schreyer, Robbo. Bosch, Lendeile, dtc.
This is eaid to
. be one of the finest collections ever
separated at an American auction.
THE ALA.B AEU. eLsims.
Sumner on the BusMese.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herold has had a talk with Senator Sumner
epon the reception of his speech in England. We
eJip the following:
Mr. Sumner—l am not altogether surprised at
the way they have taken It. England does not
like to be told the truth. There never has been a
timelslnce the Conquest when England liked to
be told the truth, especially if she happened to be
in the wrong. I consider that this is the first time
rite has had the truth squarely told her about the
Alabama claims.
Correspondent—l notice, Mr. Senator, that
even your friend John Bright does not quite agree
with you this time.
Mr. Sumner—No; but he tells the British Cab
inet in se many words that the embarrassment
caused by my speeeh serves them right. John
Bright knows Tory well that England is in the
wrong in this matter.
Correspondent—Do you think we will have a
war with England, Mr. Senator, before this thing
is settled ?
Mr. Sumner—No, air; I don't think we shall
have war. 1 hope there is enough intelligence
and good sense on both sides of the Atlantic to
avoid that. Our now Minister, Mr. Motley, un
derstands this whole question thoroughly and he
knows just what to du and how to do it.
Correspondent—The tone of the English press
is quite belligerent. you notice. One of the
papers, the London Star, said to bo John Bright's
organ, says "If Mr. Motley's instructions are
couched in a similar spirit (to your speech) his
mission will be fruitless."
Mr. Sumner—l am .inclined to think that
❑either the British Ministry nor the British press
understand our position exactly on this question.
"Fhe Alabama claims treaty, as it is called, is the
first instance since I have been Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relaticns, where a treaty
was absolutely reported against—that is. with
the re commendation that It be rejected. I have
frequently recommended some change or amend
ment in the terms of a treaty, but I do not re
member to have reported that a treaty
ught to be rejected. You know the Senate was
sMiost unanimous in rejecting the Alabama
reaty. There was but one vote in its favor—
last of Senator McCreery, of Kentucky. Now,
I do not wish to say anything unkind of Mr. Me-
Lreery, but you know he is intensely pro-slavery
to this day. Hti would argue a whole day, if you
would listen to htm, in favor of the rightfulness
~ f the institution of slavery. He is, therefore,
D exception to the general opinion of American
citizens.
Correspondent—According to the cable tele
, cram, Mr. Gladstone seems to think that the
,teaty was rejected on political grounds alone.
Mr. Sumner—Yes; he says he has assurance
tom reliable quarters that such was the fact.
Now where could he get such assurance? Ger
,amly not from any person in this country whose
opinion would amount to anytinnz. He must
bun got it from Mr. Reverdy Johnson. Mr.
Thornton is too well posted to have communi
cated any each inform:teflon.
Correepondent—Probably Mr. Johnson has
lepresented to Mr. Gladstone-that the treaty was
rejected because themajority in the Senate was
against both him and President Johnson, merely
as a matter of spite or revenge.
Mr. Sumner—Very likely; but such is not the
fact. The very next day after the Alabama treaty
was rejected I moved in Executive session
to take up the British naturalization
treaty, which was also negotiated by Mr.
Reverdy Johnson, and it was rati
fied. Now if we had been disposed to set in a
spirit of revenge we might have rejected that
treaty also. Mr. Johnson, I have no doubt, feels
mortified; but we cannot help that. I am sur
prised at the British Ministry, composed as it is
of politicians, that it should go on negotiating
this treaty with Reverdy Johnson under the cir
cumstances. You will notice that the negotiations
were-ell carried on after General Grant had been
dected President. The treaty was signed in Jan
uary. It was in that peculiar time in our system
of government between the two administrations.
when the acting President may be said to have
nothing in the shape of a party behind him.
Eteverdy Johnson really did not represent the
majority of the n American people. The British
Ministry should have been sharp enough to have
sLen this, and postponed negotiations until the
new administration came into power. I thought
once or twice of calling Mr. Thornton's attention
. o this, but upon reflection did not see that I
bad any right to do it. There is a carious cir
cumstance connected with the rejection of
the Alabama treaty, for which I am at a loss to
account. I notice that the London Times Caere
Mr. Sumner produced copies of the Times of
April lb, 16 and 17)—does not mention the re
it ction of the treaty nor refer to my speech.
The Times of the 15th contains a cable telegram
aencuncing the confirmation of Mr. Motley and
Mr. Jay. The Alabama treaty was rejected the
came day, and yet there Is no reference to it.
Correspondent—How do you account for that,
Mr. Senator? There can be little doubt. I think,
that the announcement was sent from this side
oy the Associated Press.
Mr. Sumner—There can be but one theory
about it—the fact must have been suppressed in
England either by Renter or by the Government,
moat pi obably the latter, through Renter. The
Bridal' Government was apprised of it, however,
at an early period, for I understand Mr. Thornton
sent a deapatch by cable announcing the action
of the Senate.
Lorrespondent—How do you account for the
English press not publishing your speech in coa
ti( e ion with their comments on it?
Mr. Sumner—That looks a little suspicious,
too. It would seem as it they were afraid to let
the people read it before the papers had a chance
to prejudice public sentiment against it. I think,
eowever, they will be compelled to print it.
Correspondent—Mr. Senator, do you think the
Alabama business can be amicably arranged?
Mr. Sumner—l hope so. When the British
Government and people understand our position
better I think much of the difficulty will vanish.
You see, they say, "What is the use of such an
in tense feeling on the part of the Americans about
a few ships? John Bull could put his hands la
one of his pockets and pay the damages
in an hour." But that is not exactly
the point. They do not look at it as we do.
They don't take Into consideration the injury they'
have done us. As Richard Cobden said, th y
might as well have battered down all our cities a
the seaboard. The injury Groat Britain has in
dicted on us is greater than it was in the wa of
1812, much greater. We have defined our p si
lion now, and I have reason to know there will e
no 3, fielding. We ask nothing but what is fal
and our people mean to have justice at least.
Mr. Motley sails on the 19th of this month. As
I have already said, he understands the question,
1 and is fully apprised of the wishes of the admin
letration. Until he arrives in England nothing
can be done. It has been reliably ascertained
that the instructions of this government to Min
' ister Motley do not suggest any mode of-adjust
ing the pending questions between the United
States and Great Britain. Nor do they require
him at present to propose the re-opening of
negotiations for the settlement of the Alabama
41ad'Otherelatnie. Ourteivernment will tibt . With
the deliberation due to this - important sub
ject and carefully avoid any cause of- offence,
while firmly presenting the American side of -the
1
' uestion to her Majesty's government when oc
salon shall roquire. . No, One connected , with the
dailnietration, including the'President, dordoes
the Biltleh Milliliter apprehend any injurious con-
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
sequences from the almost unanimous rejection
of the Alabama claims treaty by the Senate; and
this is staled on the authority of gentlemen,who,
fearful of serious difficulties, made special and
private inquiry In official circles and thus satis
fied themselves of the truth of this statement.
THE GOLD HILL MINING DISASTER•
Chapter Xecond—The nines Reopened
—Plenty of Panoke and Gas Discos..
esed—Several Men Asrpnyziated—ffiror
rlble and Fatal Accident.
The Gold Rill (Nevada) News of the 19th Inst.
has the following: ,;
Last Saturday forenoon it was concluded by
the powers Controlling the Yellow Jacket mine
to reopen the shaft and ascertain if possible the
damage and general state of affairs existing In
the valuable Subterranean regions of that mine.
Accordingly tile doors and windows of tne hoist
ing works building were carefully barricaded
against theedmisaion of all outsiders, not a soul
being allowcd inside except the officers of the
mine and • those controlling it, and what
workmen liwere required. At noon the
shaft -being uncovered, the ponder
ous machinery was in full - opera
tion and the blower Bending a supply of fresh air
froni the surface down into the lower levels of the
mine. Considerable gaseous smelt° came from
the shaft, but in rather a greater volume, of
course, than it bad for the past few days, while
it was closed. The shaft timbers were found to
be so swollen and sprung out of place by the
steam which bad been injected down the shaft
while it was closed, that the cage could not pass;
therefore, a_ vast amount of hewing and trimming
had to be done. This work was necessarily slow,
and attended with groat danger, as the
workmen were asphyxiated by the hot,
foul smoke and gas within that
narrow compartment of the shaft, and several
were brought to the surface that afternoon and
evening sick and disabled for the time. Indeed,
one man, who stood it longer than the rest and
worked over an hour below, was taken very sick
some little time after coming out, and soon be
came so convulsively violent that it took five or
six men to hold him. Dr. Hall attended him and
to.day he is at work again. It was midnight
before they were able to get the eagedown to the
900-foot or lower level of the mine, where the air
was found to be much better than above.
What explorations have been made since this
last reopening have developed no great amount
of damage done beyond what previously existed
in the two last-mentioned mines, and of which
we gave a description last week. By reason of
the foul air and the repairing and fixing of the
Yellow Jacket shafi, the exploration in that
mine has been comparatively limited. No fire
has been discovered, but there are considerable
caves to clear away, and much retimbering to be
done. The fire did not extend north from where
it first commenced, but worked south through
the If.entuck and Crown Point. The blockade at
the Yellow Jacket works still exists, no outsider
being admitted, hence all sorts of wild rumors
are afloat regarding the true state of affairs there.
About midnight last night,WiLliam H. Williams
was killed in the Yellow -- Jackershatt. He and
another workman were down at the 400-foot
level, engaged in trimming out the shaft timbers
where they interfered with the passage of the
cage. • They were strictly ordered not to go
away from the cage into the drift, on account of
the foul air; but it seems that he disobeyed the
injunctionty going into the drift, where he eat
for 15%0r 2C€ minutes, while his companion was
working in the shaft. Soon : apparently feeling
sick, he desired to go up to the surface,
and getting upon the cage, rang the
bell himself to go up. They went up together
but a short distance, when Williams suddenly
sank down against the side of the shaft, where he
was dragged past two sets of timbers, and then
his body rolled down between the heavy timbers
and the side of the cage, falling over 500 feet to
the bottom of the shaft. When brought to the
surface, afterward, nearly evt.ry bone in his body
was found to be broken, and his head torn com
pletely off below the chin, a small piece of scalp
alone remaining attached to the back of the
neck. Coroner Symons held an inquest on the
body this forenoon, and the verdict of the
jury was in accordance with what we have re
lated.
Accident to the Rev. Dr. Morton.
The Rev. Dr. Henry T. Morton had a very nar
row (-Scope, last week, from very serious injury.
while on a visit to a friend at Davidsonville,
Maryland. Dr. Morton writes to a friend here,
as follows: "Riding home with the Rev. Mr. Mc-
Rae, last Tuesday night, we missed the road, and
were tumbled, in a top wagon, down a steep
kink. The crash was tremendous. I disentan
gled myself in a moment, and caught the horse
by the bead with my right hand, (my left was
powerless) and held him until Mr. Mcßae could
creep out from under the ruins. He, too,
was crippled, but in his right arm;
se, with an arm apiece, we contrived to unhar
ness the horse and I led tam home, Mr. Mcßae
following in great agony. We were four miles
from home, and the trudge was anything but
pleasant. We had a doctor before morning,who
considers me all right, and Mr. Mcßae, though
terribly bruised, still possessed of unbroken
bones. He is still in bed (April 30th), and likely
to be there for some time. I am about with my
arm in a sling, but rapidly mending. I write
thinking that some exaggerated story might
creep to Philadelphia and needlessly disturb our
friends and well-wishers."
Why Chase was not Nominated—Val.
landigham Clears Big Coos Tails
and Accuses Seymour
Mr. Vallandigham, in the Dayton Ledger, in
dignantly denies the charge that he prevented
the nomination of Chttee,and caused the overthrow
of the Democratic party in the late election. He
eays:
The facts are exactly the reverse. Within much
Ices than "one hour" had "Vallandigham not
done anything," another man than Chase would
have been nominated. There may have been—
no doubt was—an unfortunate error of necessity,
but there was no "mistake in judgment." Cer
tainly, Seymour declined the nomination in good
faith; he was sincerely for Chase, and had he pos
sessed the presence of mind and boldness to have
anticipated "Vallandigham's furious declara
tions, so-called Col which we had just had previ
ous notice),by concluding his speech with the sug
gesting of Chase, Vallandigham would have been
silent; a similar scene would have followed,Chase
have been nominated and President to-day, and
the Democratic party, with its bold, brave men
at the front, in power. After the multiplied
treacheries and stupidities of the Democratic
managers from October, 1867, to July, 1868,there
was but one thing which could anti would have
commanded success—the nomination of Salmon
P. Chase, who, unlike Andrew Johnson, had
brains enough to comprehend that if he was to
verpower the strong-minded, strong-willed,
audacity of the Republican leaders, it was alone
by antagonizing to it the strong-minded, strong
willed, audacity of the "Copperheads" of
the Democratic party.—He was not
nominated; wherefore, and by reason of
the premises, Grant and his relatives now hold
place, if not power,while Beynaour crops his hay,
milks his cows, and churns his butter near "pent
up Utica; " Blair, in silent retirement, no longer
even a ra ilroad director, chews the cud of sweet
and bitter fancies over Grant's profoluadi s y
. hiddian
eapetty" American
Cecear, cleaving to The White House till carried
thence a corpse; 'Pendleton, from the linighta of
"Bowler Place," calmlystmeyeiwith musing oye,
the grionbacked slopes and pastures of the valleys
of Mill Creek and the , ILicking; McLean creates
pleasant parks alOng• the Ronattn-nosed dedivities
of Deer Creek; while Vallandrighatu i tto longer con
DISASTEatiI.
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POLITICAL.
(tined about the "great hereafter," whose slow
paced movements be has delivered over to his
tory, contentedly burls his "furious'acclarations"
at courts and juries in the vicinage of Burnside's
raid, vindicating the rights and redressing the
wrongs of those venerable gentlemen of ancient
family and renown—John Doe and Itichard Roe
--the aforesaid Seymour, Blair, Pendleton, Mc-
Lean and Vallandigham, with divers others "to
the grand jurors unknown," being all sweetly
oblivious to the fact that a New York Conven
tion was ever assembled, and each consoling him
self with the heavenly reflections that
"When wicked men b:ar sway,
The post ofi2onor is a private station."
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
SPA NN.
Liberty of Worship—Exciting Scene in
the Cortez+.
During the debate upon the religious liberty
clause in the Spanish Constitution,Senor Cutelur
made a thrilling speech in behalf of absolute
religions freedom. A correspondent of the N. Y.
Times says:
The honorable Deputy enlarged on the history
and political principles of Daniel Manta, whom
be thought a greater man than any other Italian,
including even Garabaldi, and then resumed as
follows:
Gentlemen, Senor Manterola said he would re
nounce all his beliefs, all his ideas, If the Jews
returned again to join together and rebuild the
temple in Jerusalem! But, what! Does Senor
Manterola believe the terrible dogma that the
children are responsible for the sine of their fa
thers? Does Senor Manterola believe that the
Jews of to-day are the same as those who cruci
fied Christ? Ido not believe it! lam more of a
Christian to do so. Great is God in Sinai! The
thunder precedes Him! The lightning accompa
nies Him! The light envelopes Him! The earth
trembles! The mountains are torn in pieces! Bat
there is a God greater and grander! Not
the majestic God of Sinai, but the hum
ble God of Calvary. The God nailed to a cross,
wounded, transfixed, crowned with thorns, gall
on his lips, and yet saying: "Father, forgive
them; forgive my murderers, forgive my persecu
tors, for they know not what they do.' Great
is the religion of Power, but greater is the reli
gion of Love ! Great is the religion of implacable
Justice:, but greater Is the religion of pardoning
a.erey. And I, la the name of Mat religion-1,
in the name of the Gospel, come here to ask that
,on will inscribe on the front of your funda
mental code ' Religious liberty !"—that is to say,
"Liberty, fraternity and eqnality among all man
kind !"
It is impossible to describe the effect of this
peroration and the scene which occurred as the
gifted orator sat down. The applause was im
mense, electrical, and repeated again and again.
As he flung himself, almost exhausted, into his
seat, he was instantly surrounded by dozens of
his Republican friends, some grasping his hands,
others embracing him, and others even kissing
him. Tears were even seen running down many
a cheek, not only among the Deputies, but in the
diplomatic and press tribunes above. Impelled
as it were by one common impulse the members
of the majority, including Fignerola and others
of the Ministry, left their seats and rushing over
to Castelar, were quite as demonstrative in- their
cpproval as the Republicans. They in their turn
shook his hands, embraced him, kissed him. The
excitement even extended itself to the President
of the Chamber, Riven:). Havily ringing his
bell he declared the session oval', and the next
moms ut, descending from his tribune, I saw him
embrace Senor Castelar and kiss Dim on both
cheeps.
The speech has been the universal topic of eon•
venation ever since. In the streets, in the clubs,
and in the press it has been justly landed as the
death-blow to religions intolerance and to the
power of the clergy in Spain. Even the news
papers which may be said to be the moat anti
republican, and which have hitherto always
adversely criticised the speeches and ideas of
Castelar, are full of commendation of this last
Effort, and boast of him as a "national glory!"
AR OUTRAGE OfV DRUENtIY.
Blow Aristocratic Villains are Treated
in England.
The London correspondent of the New York
Times sa, 6 :
Perhaps you may remember that Sir Eardley
C. E trdley was convicted not lolly ago of like
my, and sentenced to eighteen months' impris
onment. One of the ladies whom he beguiled
into a false marriage was an American. lam
sorry to say that the rascal has been released
from prison by order of the Home Secretary, of
course long before the expiration of his sen
tence. It is a scandalous business, and the Pall
Mall Gazette has done good service in calling at
tention to it. Sir Eardley C. Eardley was, it ap
pears, pining in prison—poor injured innocent!
It was necessary that he shoald go abroad in order
to preserve hisrecious health, and have another
opportunity ofrendering himself eligible for
transportation. His failing health, however,
might not alone have procured his release from
prison, but be happens to be a near relative of
the present first Lord of the Admiralty, Mr.
Childers, one of Mr. Gladstone's principal
colleagues. The "screw" was applied to another
member of the Ministry, and the felon was let
loose again upon society. Yon complain of the
facility with which criminals are allowed to evade
justice in New York, but I defy you to produce a
more shameful example than this. There was no
circumstance in Sir Eardley C. Eardloy's case
which entitled him to mercy—he was as
deliberate a bigamist as ever lived, and, as
the Pall Mall truly says, his " sentence was
regarded as a light one by those who followed
the details of the case, and especially by
these who believed that on that occasion Sir
Eardley was not tried for his first offence." There
is no knowing how many women this villain had
entrapped. Yet, because he is the relative of a
Cabinet Minister—for what other cause le there?
is liberated from prison when lees than three
months of his sentence had expired. The man
is now showing himself off all around London,
and had the impudence the other day to pre
sent himself at a club. He seems to be far from
having any intention of going abroad. "Of
course," as the Pall Mall suggests, "it may be
that the interesting criminal la only waiting to
redeem his promise of departure till he is mar
ried again." There wUI, I trust, be some inquiry
made into this unpardonable exercise of official
clemency. Some one will probably "ask a ques-
Lon" in the House of Commons, and Mr. Bruce
will have the opportunity of explaining the rea
son why a very lenient sentence was remitted.
The case can never be allowed to rest where it is.
CHS DIA DICKENS.
ftcverc Criticisms of the English
Prosy.
The London correspondent of the New York
Tilhed Eays :
_ The dinner given to Mr. Dickens recently, at
Liverpool, has given rise to some criticisms upon
his true place in literature. The Spectator, while
pronouncing the very highest enlogiums on Mr.
Dickens's humor, denies that he possesses some
higher qualities which over-enthusiastic admirers
have ascribed to him. "Half the geniality which
is supposed to bo Mr. Dickens's great merit,is the
most vulgar good-humor of temperament—a
strong disposition to approve the distribution of
punch and plum-pudding, slap men heartily
sing the back, and kiss pretty women be
hind doors." The writer also speaks of Mr.
Dickons'a "mawkish and unreal sentimentalism,"
,of . ','4uultlindirions passages tending
. oAcite
natisiiiNiuraiyirtriatlfr:Dickens "has-brought
people to think that there is a sort of piety in
being gushing and maudlin." But as a humorist
the critic takes Mr. Dickens to be without a rival
in any ago of the world—"not" ' even excepting
Aristophanes or Shakespeare. Perhaps Mr. ,
Dlekens will reconcile himself to the powder for
the sake of the jam is which it is presented.
F. L. FETIIERSTON. Publidtgi.
PRICE THREE CENTEL
X43IIEPT.
The Attempt oh the Life of the Viceroy.-
The following account of the recent , atleMpte
on the life of the Viceroy appeared In, the Lennon
papers of the 20th ult..;
xANDRut., April 10,.1869—The Intended at. ,
tempt on the life of the Viceroy on the, 2d lusty
which has hitherto been enveloped "in such 'mys
tery that great doubts have been thrown upon
its reality, has now been proved to be an abets
lute fact. A commission, composed of the Bug
lish, French, Italian and Greek Consuls :at Caire,„,
bas been. nominated to examine into the
affair, and their ,first opinion, Virsis that r ,
the whole was a fiction, but upon .for.r
Cher inquiry they have come to. the coughtsiall
that it was actually intended to assassinate net
only the Viceroy, but also his principal minister*
and other counsellors, who would undoubtedly
have accompanied him to the theatre. The fol
owing are the most authentic facts of the case
teat have atpresent transpired : The tneatre Ind
beenclosed for ten days previously, thus' gitrtng
the actors in the plot every opportunity for
the execution of their plane, which. were vary
, imple. The house is built of wood, and -
the
Viceroy's box Is the nearest to the stage on the
lett hand side. His Highness's chair is on ta.
eighty raised platform, and in the floor was found
the infernal machlue,composed of an apothecary's ,
mortar. At the bottom of the mortar was found
a layer of , gunpowder above which was a.laya
of ball, upon that anotheri r layer of powiler,.
on the top of all a layer of bullets and small nieces.,
of glass. Between each layer was placed paper,
and a quantity of powder was also.strown about.
under the raised platform, and;so armngedunder
the main gaspipe that fire could soon have. fin -I
ibbed the work of destruction. A wick, impreg,
Dated with some inflammable matter, was then
introduced into the mortar, and, passing down•
the wall, was hidden sufficiently by the gwapipe.
to escape observation; while the other end of the•
w lek was attached to a beam near a gas-jet in
the side scene, where it could easily be ignited:
The committee of inquiry is still continuing its '
investigations, but very secretly, and all that haso
as let indirectly transpired is that they are on
the track of the promoters of this infernal.
scb emu.
Asiother nttempt, which has been kept very so
ca t. was also made on the life of the Viceroy,
the Prince Heritier, and hie ministers on the 18th
nit , ae they were returning from Tomailia; ands
it was only owing to the intelligence of the driver
of he pilot engine that the attempt failed. About.
six miles from Cairo the pilot engine exploded's
foe signal that had been placed on the line &bent
s hundred yards from a turning that completely
hid from sight the rest of the line on which the
Viceroy's train was proceeding. The engine.
driver pulled up, but afterwards reflecting that
tbe day was too clear to need the use of fog .sig
uals, started again at full speed, and jest in time,
us nu was only well started when• the royal train.
tun ned the corner, and an accident would have
bet n inevitable.
COLOOIBII/1.
Action of Congress in Regard to tha
t anal 'treaty—an lEngliolt company
in the Field.
l'Axiara, April 23.—A number of resolutions
wt re presented in the Senate and House of Rep- •
resenuitives to reconsider the Darien • canal ,
trt ty, which, as I Informed you in a previous.,
let er, was rejected. They were, however, till
successively negatived,though with
nirlorities, the motion to reconsider being'
lost by a tie vote. A resolution was presented
in the House, authorizing the speaker to appoint!.
a committee to estgblish the conditions and, bases
upon which the - .Eteehtive may enter upon the
lot motion of a contract fora new treaty for the
excavation-of the Darien Ship Canal on the 1911t
ult. Her Britannic Majesty's legation laid before , '
the Senate a note, announcing that a company
has been formed In London for the building of a.
canal, and making certain propositions in re
ference to securing the privilege for its construc
tion from Congress.—Tribune.
AU OREHEN rs
—The Richinge English Opera Company begirt , . an
engagement at the Academy of Mimic this evening,.
with Anber's grand opera Crown Diatnends. Utirr
readers are familiar with the east, and with the merit,
of the performance. To-morrow night Wallace's opera„
Maritana, will be given; on Wednesday The Bose of
Captile; on Thursday Crispino a Its Comore; on
day, Mr. Pennoyer, the businese manager of the•com.
pat y, will have A benefit. when Martha will be-pro
dured. This opera will also he given at the SaturdaY
mat roue. On Monday of next week Mr. Behrens, the
acitinnplitthert leaner, witi have a benefit in the Rohs-- •
• mien Girt. Upon this occasion Miss Susan Gallon. ,
will appear, for the first tune in tufa city, as "Arline,"
and we r , oubt not she will give the part with much
spirit and skill.
- At the Arch lovely, lively. lissom little 'mita. lin- ;
gore a little longer, for the purpose of producing a
drama entitled Pepina, in which she will appear in ,
two characters. The cast Includes some of the best
members of the Arch street company, and the play
contains songs, banjo solos, dances, "walk-arounclv, " ;
kica.s, and so forth. Every, oody, of course, will peep : , t
111 a moment on J'epina. , ,
. .
—While one theatre has a Lotta another has . a Lot,
tery. Mr. John Brougham begins an engagetnent'at
the Walnut this evening, with his sensational drama, 'I:
The Lottery of Life. He will be certain to hark aq
crowded house. Nest week we are to have bia,tieW
bur canna, Much Ado About a Merchant of , Vensett—:
beibg a travesty upon Shylock.
- At the Theatre Comique, this evening, an unusual
attraction Is offered. Miss Susan Grafton and her, coin
pku y will appear In two new operettas, Jeanie . Lea'and
Lea Deux A weugles. The latter its by Offenbach.; , the • •
tamer is an English opera, and is said to be very
h,qll iful. We are very glad to announce that - the
ca (GUS have secured the services of an excellent.-
biliger in the person of a Mr. Clark. We learn
also that they are making arrangements by which two
01 hree more firet-clase voices will be added to their
company. These were great wants, and when they ,
are tally supplied the Gluttons will, we think, offer an,
anti rtainment that cannot be surpassed in any Brasil
opera house in the country. Miss Susan alone is worth
two prime donne with half a dezen chorus singers.
the, wn in.
-- Mr John E. McDonough announces that he will.
Runes'. at the Chestnut Street Theatre on Monday
evening of next week.with "slate Molt'a Huglisia Bar
iewque Comueny." Tho engagement will begin with,
an xtravaganza entitled Lucretia gargia, the grand
Doctresse. •
Al the American Theatre, to-night,a miecellanocann
perioi mance of unusual excellence wi t
.1. ,c,
be given, A, ,
number of new artists have been e Naged, and the
tam one ballet troupe having been retail tat will appear
in several novel dances. •
—Mr. J. B Lent, the proprietor , of the great New
Yoi k Circus, will bring his Immense establishment to..
this city this week, and on Monday evening, the Mb,
inv., will open it upon the lot, Eighth street, above ,
glare. It is one of the very best of its kind in the"'
woi Id, as its prolonged success in New York city , .
iltOOVEI&
.
At the Sentr-Ilassler matinee on Saturday, there:
wee a small audience but an unusually good perform
mice. Beethoven's Grand Symphony, Nu. 14 ;•
given with that excellence which is the result of
(meta and intelligent practice. The programme in
eluded also a selection from Rossini 's SiablvHarr: ,-
Mtraissa plendid waltz,. "The Beautiful Danube,
gai , p by Faust, and a song. "The Sea and the 'MeV'
by Mr. J. R. Fairlamb, the accomplished PhiladellitiN •
composer. The song is full of spirit and draratlAba.',;‘
pot , er, and is in every way worthy of hir.Fairlatiall'a,
high reputation, but it would have fountigreater fityor' •
in too hands of a more competent artist than W.W.1.; Ai
chtisL This young gentleman certainly ,has.talent; ~/
and a good voice, but he cannot manage music w.liteh,,,
-
should be sung by a fine basso. ifis'iroice ie aligtib.-
naritone, and with an orchestra acconipanimen.t.--,Yett:s , l
poeily given, by the way, on Saturday-about, one -t,
half the notes wore entirely lost. • ''
MANY little boys, and their motheM too;' '
were
dleappo.nted on Saturday by being prevented by
the ruin from visiting Mr.'Wanamaker'a new es—
tatilishment, and inspecting_ his__atock, ritSciye_
119
enough to see by to•day's advertWeraent that he'
has appointed another "Ladles' Day," and that'
on Wednesday, If thUvreather should proVe fa
vorable. they may have an opportunity of spend
ing a pleasant hour in looking through. this, pa
latial store and admiring the novelties of . the
Spring fashions iu the line - of clothing for Wis.
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