GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIIL-NO. 28. WRIRDING CARDS. INV/TATlPfirri_ FOR PAR tiles. 'to. New dais. noN & aulsol 907 Chestnut street. y t All I t ; . :: . • : Newest and beet manner. LOUIE DIIEKA. Sta tioner and Engraver. UM Chestnut street. feb 20,-U DIED. ARNOLD.—On Monday morning, May 10th. In New York, after a lingering Illness Fannie 8., wife of Ell W. Arnold. and daughter of Simon and Rosetta Beru be imer. in the 22d year of her age. • FOSTER. —On the 11th instant, Joanna Foster, eged 62 years. Due notice of the funeral will be given. GOLDSBOROUGH.—On Saturday. the Bth instant, ?lary Lawrence, wife of Commodore J. R. Golds borough, U. B..klavy, and daughter of the late John Penington. The funeral will take place from her late residence, No. 260 South Sixteenth street, on Wednesday, the 12th inst., at 9 o'clock A. M. To proceed to St: James the Less. HART.—On the morning of the 11th fruit , Samuel Wincheater,eon of Anna and theists William 11. Hart. Due notice of the funeral will be given. KINSEY.—On Seventh-day. the Bth inst., Phehe, widow of the late William Kinsey. in the eighty-fifth year of her age. The' relatives and Mends of the family are respect fully invited to attend the Ittneral, from her late resi dence, In Frankford, on'Third-day afternoon, Fifth month, lith. at 3 o'cloelr, witherit further notice. • LAFFERTY.—On the 11th inst., Alice ',Jane, daugh ter of William T. and Elizabeth Lafferty,age,4ll4 yearn. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully invited to Attend the funeral. from the residence of her parents, No 607 Smith Tenth street, on Thurs day afternoon, the 18th inst., at i o'clock. •• TILDEN.—On the 9th last., Hiram IL. son of the late Hiram B. and Mary Tilden, after a lingering ill ness, aged 16 years. • The funeral will take place from the residence of his grandmother. lire. Lydia Warr, No. 1825 Girard ave nue, on Wednesday, the 12th inst.. at 8 o'clock P. It. To proceed to Laurel BIM The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend, with out farther notice. • OBITUARY Died, this morning, about 6 o'clock, at his mother's residence, N. E. corner Eleventh and Walnut, In the twenty-fifth year of his age, SAMVEL W. HART. All who intimately knew the departed can.apiiie elate the irreparable bereavement which his family and Mende have sustained. Idolized at home and en deared to a select circle of companions, who will re member with Inexpressible sadness the cadences of the rich tenor voice which moved them at times to tears, his untimely death has made a void which no thing earthly can dd. Just one year ago he was at tacked by that most insidious disease, consumption ; and naught that professional 9kill, or that motherly and sisterly care could render, was withheld from him. Bat human aid was unavailing, and he slowly sank to death, without pain, In the arms of Jums, with whom he had made his peace. -Green he the turf above thee, Friend of my Metter days None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise." t It. T. LzBAWLs FOR srui NG sALEs, 1-3 WHOLESALE aND KETAIL. FULL LINE OF WHITE SHAWL& FULL LINE OF BLACK SHAWLS. FULL LINE OF PLAIN SHAWLS. ENKE & LANDELL. FOURTH AND Afton sTB sPECILS.I. NOTICES. see Sixth Pace for daft-lonia AYotirck WOOD & CARY, OPEN, DAILY Novelties In FANCY BONNETS, TRIMMED HATS, FRENCH FLOWERS, NEAPOLITAN HATS, FANCY HAIR HATS, RIBBONS AND SILKS, CRAPES AND ILLUSIONS, Every New Style Oat, WOOD & CARY, No, 725 CHESTNUT STREET, A few line imported Bonnets and 11at8 BELOW COST. W 00D - '& CARY. arll2 1m p a Financial Reform ! Revenue Tariir ! Equal Taxation ! 111.14 EDWARD ATRENSON of Boston, will addreaa a Mejng at CONCERT BALL, TUESDAY, May Ilth, at 8 o'clock P. M., on the Subject of Financial R eform. _FREE ADMISSION. Reasonable Men. Men of Common Sense, are invited to attend. mylo•Etrpl Mgr OFFICE PHILADELPHIA AN HERN "^"— M. B. B. CO., 190 SOUTH THIR STREET MAY 10.1859. At is meeting of the Stockholders of this Company held on WEDNESDAY Bth.tint ., the following named gentle men were elected Director s to serve for the ensuing year: 8. Flanagan, Henry Willem Wm. S. Russell. Richard Wood, Wm. Massey, B. Perkins, Jr.. George . Allen. And at a meeting of the Board held this day. FLANAGAN was elected President , and CHARI.ES S. TEAL, Secretary andlreasurer. CHARLES S. TEAL, Secretary. ANNUAL MEETING OP THERA AME (.; N Sunday - School Union will bo held at tbo Bo c i lety 4 s Building. No. 1123 Chestnut street. on TESDAY. 11th Lust : istA o'clock P. M. /rule It rpq warTURKISH BATHS 1109 GIRARD STREEOTINETN, TWO SQU L. ARES FROM THE CNTA Ladies' department strictly private. Open day and o,olllllg. apl•tfrp§ NEW METHOD OF WILDING CLIBA.E. AND w i t r BEA I TTIF L'L COTTAG S. Vireo tare tree. voyll.llt ro • I A. D. 11ALDWELE, 112 S 3uth fourth rt. mg-pp. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT. PUMAS) Pa.. May 3d, 1869. Tho Board of Directors have this day declared a semi annual dividend of live per cent. ou the capital stock of the Company, clear of National and State taxes, payable in cash on and attar May 30,1869. Blank powers of attorney for collectinis dividends can be bud at the Office of tie Company, No. 234 5. Third street. The Office will bo opened at BA. M. and Owed at 4 P. , from May 30 to Juno 6. for the payment of dividends, and after that date from 0 A. M. to 3 P.M. TIIOMAS T. FIRTH, Treasurer. NOTE.—The thirdlnatalment on New Stock of 1868 Ie duo and payable on or before June 15. [my4 2airps sey- b i.g? wAmilimplTAL. N 8. 1, 15 19 a e n n d t. lstagi c al a • l treatment and medicine Dispensary gratuitously to the poor. GENUINE RIO TAPIOCA.WITH FULL DIRECTIONS for use. Fresh Betlilehem. Canada and Scotch Cat. meal. Pearl Bayociiarle , ..Barinaceous Food. itacohottto Cox's Gelatine, Caracas Cacao. and other Dietetics. For sale by JAMES T. SHINN, 8. W. cor. Broad and Spruce streets'. apla tfrp ISAAC ! ' TRANS, AUCTIONEER. N. E. CORNER Third i Spruce streets, only one squaro bolow the Eachav ;. $280,000 to loan, in large or email amounts, on diamo ',diver plate, watches. and all goods of valtlo, , , I.)Illco hours from 8A.M.t07 P. M. W - Petah. lisher:zor the last forty yearn. Advances mado in large amotAts at the lowest markot rates, laB ttrP , , ~ --. • • ,• . .. ... . ~ . . .., -: . , . ~ .. • • ...... ~... : ••••••,,. 1 .,...,-„,„. • , •• , .. . . . . ~.'..t • ~ . ~ 0. . - . , ~.:,.:.-..-'i.',:, ..1'...'.. .:: I ._. . ' •. • . _ ....,,. '..'' , :-•',,,* , • , . , . . ~ „.-. :"..,... •'. '2., \ ~• , - - , . • .. • . . ~,• , • , . .-. , • . I '. , ... . , . ... . , . .1 . . . . , ~ • " 7 - ' ` . • . • • ..., . ~ . , . .. . . . . • . . . • ,__..... . ~ • _ " ... . ._ L 4 THE MAN WHO LAU ORLI' priromtunizil EXTEAOT PROM ♦ VIITIMI PORTION. [The readers of the Btrx.La-rrar may be interested in its own translation of a small portion of L'llamtne qui liit, not yet published in English by any part of the British or Americah press. It is accared for this paper by a special indiscretion. The fatal sobriety of an English at rest seems to have strangely impressed the author, accustomed to the nervous and theatrical vlo• lence of the French magistracy.) While Ursur, apostrophising Homo, had his head down, Hwy:Tian° bad raised his eyes. lie made as if to drink a cup of tea, and did not drink it; he placed it on the table deliberately , like a spring stretching out; his fingers remained expanded, and ho stayed motionless, his eye fixed, forgetting to breathe. A man was standing behind Dea, framed in the doorway. This man was dressed in black, with a legal cape. Ho wore a wig which came down to the eyebrows, and ho held in his hand an iron baton, carved into a crown at each end. This baton was short and solid. Imagine Medusa passing her head between two branches in Paradise. Ursus, who had perceived the commotion of a new-comer, and who had pricked up his head without loosing Homo, recognized this redoubt able personage. He trembled from head to foot. He spoke low in the ear of Gwyn!)'eine; "It is the wapentake." Gwynplaine remembered. An expression of surprise was about to escape him. He kept itin, The iron baton terminating at each extremity in a crown was the iron-weapon. It was from the iron-weapon, upon which the officers of civic justice took oath on entering into (Alice, that the old wapen takes of the English po lice derivi.d their authority. Behind the man in the wig, is the dusk, was perceived the landlord. in consternation. The man. without saying a word, and personifying t hat meta Thtmis of the old maps, lowered his right arm over the radiant Dea, and touched with the iron club the shoulder of Gwynplaine, at the same time that, with the thumb of his left hand, h e pointed behind him to the door of the Green - Box. This double gesture, all the more imperial thist it was silent, was as much as to say : Follow me. "1') o signo exrundi, sursum Owlet. - said the Norman register-keeper. The individual on whom the iron weapon was placid had but one right, the right to obey. No retort to that mute order. The heavy penalties of the English code threatened the refractory. Blew York and Philadelphia. NEw Vona, May 8, 1869.—T0 the Editors o/ 'h , Bulletm: —Perhaps there has not been a time within the past twenty or thirty years when such an opportunity has been offered to the people.of your city to attain a supremacy In the manofac uring and commercial trade of this country and other parts of the world as the prawn tmot only In internal trade, but also in foreign. The reasons for this must be as clear as any earthly foresight can foretell. In the first place, New York city has grown opulent and defiant by a system of bravado for We last thirty years, which has now arrived at a crisis of offensivenesa and oppression. The rich property-holders are now driving the honest merchant from this mart of trade by their greal and exactions. The man of moderate means Is nt the mercy of the millionaire, who knows no let u The Judges and rulers of the city are corrupt, almost entirely. The State Legislature is con trolled by money. The cif} is tali of Fisks and Goulds on a smaller scale. In a word, there is no peace or rest for the good. Extravagance in living, dress and show have set the people mad. New York is made up of a mongrel population irom every quarter of the globe, and no man is safe in business from the cunning artifice of Idle brains at work to cheat his fellow-man. The Irish who come here yearly have been advised by their friends not to remain an hour in this city as they fare worse than they do in their own country), but to go to the west. In a word, New Tura Is not what New York was years ago, when the-people were humble and frugal.. Therefore, as the. Paci fi c Railroad now goes Into operation, let every man in your city do all he cats to make the merits of the place known all over the world. Keep your rents down to a living point, and in lees than five years your city will stand first in population, prosperity and character. 11. C. THE COMING BRAKEMAN. A Look Into the Laxly Future. Mr. Alfred D. Richardson, in a chapter on the Pacific Railroad, in his now edition of "Beyond the Mississippi," says his pen lingers and ho list ens for the voice of the future brakeman. Day after day on the continental journey will ho open his door and shout to the sleepy passen gt.rs "Chicago. Change cars for New Orleans and Loh e Superior." "Missouri River. Change cars for Saskatche wan, Kansas City, and Galveston." • 'Rocky Mountains. Change cars for Sante Fe, El Paso, Matamorae, City of Mexico, and all points on the Northern and Southern Pacific Railroads." "Great Salt Lake—twenty minutes for dinner. Change ears for Fort Benton, British Columbia, Big Canyon of the Colorado, Panama, Lima and Valparaiso.'' "Sierra Nevadas. Change cars for Owyhee, Columbia River, Puget Sound, Bitka and Kam f.,ehatka." "San Francisco. Passengers for New Zea land, Honolulu, Melbourne Yokohama, Hong I Kong, and all other points n Asia, Africa and Europe will keep their seats till landed ,on the wharf of the line of the Pacific Mail St amship company. Baggage checked through t Pekin. Calcutta,Grand Cairo,Constautinoplc, St. Peters burg. Paris and Liverpool." CANADA. Hold Language by a Canadian Jour. The Montreal Daily Star, commenting on the rumor of an approaching visit from Mr. Thorn ton, the British Minister to the United States, to look into the reports about a desire for annexa tion, Wes this (tor a Canadian journal) singu larly bold and outspoken language: "Mr. Thornton will see a country 3,000 miles from England more Tory tutu the strictest Con servative, and clinging to the name of a connec tion which carries as much practical significance as the the Jacet on a nameless grave; a country with the finest water-power in the world,holding. like a geographical pontiff, the keys which unlock the ocean and the Inland, which open the great gates through which pass the manufactures of one continent,and the corn of another,and which com mands the great highway between Europe and Asia. A country which while possessing these treasures, like a cock on a dunghill, would give them all for a grain of barley: A country where all the business Is done on credit, where ten per cent. of its tradesmen are insolvents annually, where for miles one rides by depopulated farms, whose starving Inhabitants have emigrated by thousands, and whose population is decreasing at the rate of 60,000 a year per million: A country ruled by a Government, a bank and a railway— a whose policy 18 tiejf, and whose practice is Jobbery—and ti mass of prominent eiticene running, to a. rallway-station after a 'gallant Bart,' with the feverish intensity of 80 PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1869. many cure after a spaniel. Mr. Thornton will find all these phenomena springing from one cause—British connection." "BLEST IS THE TIE THAT BINDS The Pacific Railroad---Furthir Accounts of the Celebration--- The Troubles. Among the Work men. We give below additional accounts of the inau gural ceremonies of the Pacific Railroad : beene In the Wastylngton telegraph Office. Weems°To'', May 10.—The announcement baying been made here_about noon to-day that the driving of the spikes in the last rail which would complete the line of railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans would be communi cated to all the telegraph offices in the country the Instant the work was done, a large crowd gathered In the main office of the Western Union Telegraph Company hero to receive the welcome news. Mr. Tinker, the Manager of the office here, placed a magnetic ball In a conspicuous place, where all present could witness the per formance, and connected the same with the main lines, notifying the various offices throughout the count'' , that he was ready. New Orleans, New York and Boston instantly answered that they were ready. Boon afterward, at 2.27 P. M., many of the offices in different parts of the coun try began to make all sorts of Inquiries of the of lice at Omaha, from which point the circuit was to be started. That office replied: "To everybody: Keep quiet. When the last spike Is driven at Promontory Point we will say •Done.' Don't break the circuit, but watch for the signals of the blows of the hammer." After some little trouble in the Chicago office, and the closing of a circuit west of Buffalo, the instrument here was adjusted, and at 2.27 P. M., vromontory Point, 2,40 ilea west of Washing ton, said to the people con egated in the various telegraph offices: "Almost ready. Hats off; prayer is being cffe red." A silence for the prayer ensued. At 2.40 the bell tapped again, and the office at the Point said: "We have got done praying. The spike is about to be presented." Chicago replied: "We understand. All are ready in the East." Promontory Point—" All ready now, the spike ',sill soon be driven- The signal will be three dots for the commencement of the blows." For a moment the instrument was silent, and 'nen the hammer of the magnet tapped the bell, one, two, three—the signal. Another pause of a lew seconds, and the lit atning came flashing eastward, vibrating over ..,400 miles, between the junction of the two roads and Washington, and the blows of the hammer upon the spike were de ,ivered instantly, in telegraphing accents, on the bell here. At 2.47 P. M. Promontory Point gave he signal, "Done !," The announcement that ;be continent was spanned with iron. Gen. Sherman and a number of other promi nent officers witnessed the event at the tele ' graphing instrument in the War Department. the... President bad promised to be present there, but some mate delPotlou got hold of nim and detained him until it was too late. The Celebration at Promontory. PROSIONTOUY, Ufab, Maylo, I.B69.—The' long looked for moment has arrived. The - construc tion of the Pacific Railroad Is um fait accompli. The inhabitants of the Atlantic board and the dwellers on the Pacific elope are henceforth em phatically one people. I write on Promontory Summit, amid the deafening shouts of the multi tude, with the tick, tick of the telegraph close to my ear. The proceedings of the day are: 1. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Todd, of Pittsfield, asking the favor of Heaven upon the enterprise. 2 Laying of two rails, one opposite the other —one for the Union Pacific Railroad and one for the Central Pacific Railaiwtd. 3. Presentation of spikes to the two compa nies—on the part of California by Dr. Harkness, on the part of Nevada by Hon. F. A. Prate, and ern the part of Arizona by Goy. Safford. 4. Response by Gov. Stanford on the part of the Central Pacific Railroad. 5. Response by Gen. G. M. Dodge on the part f the Union Pacific Railroad. G. Driving of the last spikes by the two com panies; telegraph to be attached to the last spike 01 the Central Pacific Company,and the last blow to announce to the world by telegraph the com pletion of the Pacific.Rallroad. Telegram to the President of the United States. 8. Telegram to the Associated Press. Explanation of Cho Workingman's Ac tion—.lheir 111-Treatment by the Railroad Company—AStranire Story of Inhumanity. Oibina., May 3, 1869.—The arrest or detention uf Vice President Durant by his workingmen on the Union Pacific Railroad excites no surprise here,where nearly all the operations of that over grown monopoly are known. All accounts I can gather agree that the company have treated heir workmen in the most shameful manner. Greater numbers than were needed were induced o go out to the end of the track for work. When arrived they had a choice either to work for the ompany for inadequate compensation or starve. I he fare back to Omaha was about forty dollars; going back by the cars was, therefore, out of the .uestion. To attempt to walk back was certain death by Indians. The poor creatures were herefore completely at the mercy of the railroad The condition of these workingmen has been deplorable for some months past. I will gile one example to show how they are treated. Tp workingmen, entirely without means, got on tne care at the end of the track with the intention of returning to Omaha if.posslble. The conductor r.nding they hod DOZaooe,y, put them off at the first watering place. They got on again and the conductor permitted them to ride , to a point on the open prairie, half way between two stations, when ailing the brakemen to his assistance he seized his victims and thrust them from the train while doing at full speed—some twenty or twenty-five miles per hour. What became of the poor reature s I never learned. Whether they were hied by being thrown from the train or by the Indians I have not heard. My informant saw hem thrust from the train while going at full steed, as here stated. AN IN IFAICIOUS'L AW. The Ohl? -V-leible,Aiditailxture Bill. The VisibleJAdmixtnre bill, which became a law in Ohio on Wednesday last, is well said to be 'about "the meanest act" ever perpetrated by a law-making power. It provides that any person, not a white male citizen of the United States, who shall vote, shall be punished by imprison ment in the penitentiary from one to five years. It also provides that any person who shall induce e negro to vote shall be punished by imprison ment in, the penitentiary from one to five years. On this the Columbus State Journal comments : ' "Our Democratic Legislature says that a negro must go to the penitentiary from one to five years for voting while a non-resident white man or an nnnaturalized foreigner, for the same offence, is punished snffielently if he goes to the county jail and spends from one to six months there. It also pays that if a person induces a negro to vote ho must atone for bis offence by spending from one to five, years in the penitentiary,-but. IL he.inducea 'a non-resident to vote he can satisfy the Ven geance of the law by spending from one to six months in the county jail. Our statute provides 'that a non-resident must know that he is an Ille gal-voter before he can be convicted of illegal voting, but our General Assembly says that it is iot necessary fora negro to know that he is an llegal voter." OUR. WHOLE COUNTRY. Disastrous Conflagration—Six Build lags Destroyed—Lord *40900P. The Pittsburgh Gazette of yesterday has the fol lowing: A disastrous conflagration occurred in McKees port about half-past twelve o'clock Sunday mor ning, by which the National Hotel, the Masonic Hall building, three dwelling houses and a stable were totally destroyed. The fire originated in one of the rooms of the hotel, shortly after twelve o'clock when an alarm was given, but owing to the limited facilities for extinguisning fires, and the rapid progre s s of the flames, which had gained considerable headway before they were discovered, all efforts to suppress them or prevent the fire from extend ing to adjoining buildings were unavailing. The stable attached to the hotel and situated a short distance in rear of it next took fire, and being frame, was soon consumed. The flames then epread to the Mansion Hall building, a large three-story structure adjoining the hotel on one eide,and to a frame building on the opposite side, and from the latter be ten brick dwellings, all of which were consumed. flo far as we have been enabled to ascertain, but little of the furniture in any of the buildings was saved, and the loss will not fall short of $40,000, upon which there is only a partial insurance. Frightful. Accident at Shamokin. The Harrisburg Patriot of yesterday says: We learn from a gentleman residing at Shamo kin, that on Saturday morning last, shortly after 7 o'clock, engine No. b 7, while pushing a train toward the mines, about four miles east of the above place, exploded the boiler, killing the engi neer, Mr. Pipher, and his fireman, a young man named Baldy, almost instantly. Baldy and Pipher were blown several yards up the side of a hill, and when picked up were found to be dreadfully scalded and braised—life, of course, being extinct. Two or three others on the train at the time of the explosion were badly scalded. By the Westphalia, which arrived in New York yesterday, we have the following interesting foreign Items : —A diplomatic difficulty is expected to occur very shortly respecting the right of Prussia to occupy the fortress at Mayenco. The demand will probably emanate from France and Austria, and perhaps England will join them. The vies don appears to be whether Hesse treated with Pruseia or the North German Confederation. —it is reported that Count Bismarck has made overtures of an offensive and defensive alliance to the British Minister of Berlin, in the event of a war between Prussia and France, to which the latter replied that England would remain neutral as long as her interests were not prejudiced. —Tie Spanish Goveniment intends sending a special agent to London respecting the cession ! of Gibraltar to Spain. —The• Semaphore, of Marseilles, announces that M. Thiers has accepted the candidature of the first circumscription of Bouches•dn-Rhono against M. Ferdinand de Lessens. —The A renir ,V(itional publishes a telegram from the Hague declaring that a workmen's riot bad broken oat in the-island of Walcheren, and chat bye men were killed and- seVeral wonaded. Nothing Is said of the cause of the disturbance. —The I.lietater of PublieWorks In the Brussels Chamber on the 27th of last month decnnea to answer a question relative to the progress of the railwei negotiation with France, on the ground that the moment was inopportune for the discus sion of the subject. —General Klapka has just been elected at Temeswar, Hungary, by a majority of sixty three. This is a great success for the governs merit. Many Prussian agents were remarked to be working in favor of the General's adversary. —According to the Untrers; of Brussels, the following is the text of an appeal addressed by the Committee of the International Working men's Society to the Belgian miners : "Friends, Companions, Brothers: For a long time you have suffered a grinding slaVery. Now take your revenge; kill and massacre if entire liberty in everything is not given to you. Down with the capitalists ! Death to the nobility and clergy! The republic for ever! Courage! If your knives and staves are not sufficient we will give you arms. Take revenge ! "THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEF.." —The Viceroy of Egypt 15 expected to arrive in Paris about the 15th inst., and will take up his residence at the Tuileries. He will afterwards proceed to Vichy and Eaux-Bonnea. —lt was reported at Tonrnay on the 27th ult. that the colliera of Mons have signed a petition raking for the annexation of Belgium to France. NEw Yung, May 11.—The second trotting match between Lady Thorn and American Girl, was won yesterday by Lady Thorn,at the Fashion Course. The best mile was in 2.27. Five decrees of divorce were granted by the Supreme Court of this judicial district yesterday, by Presiding Justice Clerk°. In three instances the husbands were the parties complainant, in two eases wives obtained decrees against their husbands. District-Attorney Garvin, in prosecuting a case in the General Sessions yesterday, took occasion to Say that if the man who saw the Rogers mur der and said, "Jim, don't do it," would come forwurd and tell who committed the deed, ho hould have full immunity from punishment. About 11 o'clock last night smoke was discov ered issuing from the third floor windows of the white marble front five-story building, No. 520 Broadway. The Fire Department was promptly at hand, headed by Chief Engineer Kingsland, and a dozen streams were soon turned upon the tire from front and rear. Lines of hose were taken to the roofs of the adjoining build logs, and holes being cut in the roof of the one on fire, streams were thus brought to bear directly upon the flames, and ultimately they were subdued, though not until the upper floors and contents were badly damaged by fire and water. The first floor and basement are oc cupied by Messrs. Dingebury,Abbott, Gay & Co.. dealers in hats, caps, and furs. They also occupy a portion of No. 522. Their loss on stock by water Is from $10;000 to $15,000. Fully insured. Their loss would have been very much greater, but for the fact that the Insurance Patrol covered up the greater portion of the stock before the water had come through from the upper floors. The second, third, fourth and fifth floors were occupied - by L. it M. Gloser, manufacturer , ' and ale() dealers in hats, caps and furs. Loss on stock, $60,000. • Fully insured. The building wus damaged to the amount of $5,000. Sections of police were present under command of Capt. Garland. WHITTIER AND THE FREED.WIEN. The Christian Register says: We have the pleasure of giving a letter from J. G. Whittier, whose beautiful lines, "floward at Atlanta," were read to the boy who is therein commemorated. We give also a letter called forth by them from the boy in question. It will prove in Itself the strongest argument for the freedmen's cause, for it shows how susceptible they are of improvement. To the Sec. L. F.—AatEsituity, 28th,4 m0.,1869. --DEAR nitwit>: I cheerfully comply with thy request as respects the copy of a letter from the little black boy to whom allusion is made in my verEee,22ll9.waritALMlatzta,r___llm _letter was accompanied -- by one from Mary__ Withington, (laughter of my dear friend Dr. Withington, of Newburyport, who is a teacher at Atlanta. She speaks of Richard in strong terms commen dation. Very truly, thy friend, , Jour( O. Wntrrnrat. I WHAT TUB. NKOMO BOY WROTIC Tun rem M,; John G. Whittier:--XY spe etut;--I.lkave DISASTERS. FUZE AT BIIcKEESPOR.T. EUROPEAN I CEMIA. FROM. NEW YORK Interesting Letters LETTER FROM WHITTIER heard your poem read and like it very well. I go to school to Mies Tw!When, from Connecticut. I study Third National Reader,Davies's Intellectual Arithmetic, Walton% Written Arithmetic and Geography. I have a very good teacher. We have very nice Sunday and day schools. Oar pastor, Rev. C. W. Francis, is to bo Installed this evening. He has been the cause of many corning to our Saviour, and so it is with the teachers; they are very kind. lam a little miller-boy and expect to go to work this week. You make a mistake in thinking that I said "mama," for I have given up that word. I thank you very much for your interest in our people. Very respectfully, RIVITARD B. WRIGHT. Atlanta, Ga., March 29, 1869. AUUSEILENT& MISR lIIIIIAN GALVIN IN THE "DOURRIAN GIRL." —Certainly Mr. Behrens was prompted by his good genius when the idea occurred to him to ask Sasso Galton to sing at his benefit. It was a lucky 'thought for him, for it filled the Academy as it has not been filled before this season. It was a happy thought for her, because it gave her the opportunity to display her fine powers in the presence of a Multitude of people who had not seen her or believed In her before. We think Miss Susan may fairly be proud of the result of her undertaking. Artistically, her trintnph was nearly complete. In every other sense it was entirely so. The audience displayed an immense amount of en thusiasm, applauding and cheering whenever there was a decent excuse for so doing, and fairly smother ing the sweet singer with flowers. There was a solitary deficiency in Miss Susan's per formance. She lacked power. Her voice IS pure alitt sweet and clear, bat it had not force enough last night to fill the immense building. It Is not at all unlikely that this want of volume results, in some measure, from her habit of singing in a very much smaller build ing, and further opportunity to sing in the Academy may make the deficiency less perceptible. But this is actually the only thing that can be said of the per formance that is not eulogistic. Miss Galton sang every no'e of her part with finished elegance, and her actin was superb. When she began the first air, "I dream that I dwelt in marble halls," there was a very per ceptible nervousness, as if her heart was beating at the rat nit ninety throbs a minute. It would have tried any w man's nerves to know that 3,000 people sat in ellen diner:it upon a first attempt of a difficalt part. r c h But Miss Susan has courage enough for a grand army and a brigade or two over, and so she dashed bravely into the melody, and sang it so nicely that she was sn eered, when, gaining fresh confidence, she sang even better than at first. The song "Come with the Gyp sey Bride," was also given with admirable effect,and it too was demanded a second time.' Miss Susan being cii ter mined to unbury all her talents, displayed, in this episode,a saltatory skill which might have made dusky Isabel Cebu pale with envy. She danced exquisitely si ell upon the toes of her nearly invisible slippers. In sne succeeding quartette—the most beautiful concerted siece in the opera—the pretty singer shone to great ail.:antage; and this also was encored. Her best ef forts were reserved for the trot act. In the interview with the "Count," where "Arline" prays for the pre set vation of her lover, Miss Gallon surpassed her pre vious efforts, in her vocalization, which was full of anus and passion, and iii her splendid acting. Her ereatest triumph, however, was the final air, the ".11,: von giunge," from SOnnambulti . It was a wise interpolation, for it is suited to Miss Galtisn's voice, and she sang it magnificently,—better, indeed, than :illy ming Wee in the opera. She was called before the curtain twice daring the evening. This performance must have satisfied the doub'ers in the audience that this young woman is a thoroughly good musician, a careful, precise and elegant singer, and an actress of the very best description. People were incredulous when they read the praises bestowed upon her for her splendid personation of "Amine" in ~ 0 7111(1714bUla at the Chestnut some months ago. Her performance last evening only confirms the truth of our assertion at that time, that - this little artist, who devotes herself to comedy, is capable of intense and passionate tragedy. At all times her manner is grace int ana elegant, and her excellence in this respect would suttee to win the favor of the public even if her singing was less artistic. We have not so soon for gotten the vulgaritysise the French women who ca pered upon the Academy stage, that we should fal •o appreciate completely the refinement and sweet modesty of . M ire Gal on. We sincerely hope that her success last night may have the effect of crowding the Theatre Comique nightly. It should do so, more es pecially than ever, now, when the company has been improved by the addition of several good artists. HROUIALATIS'S NEW' BUR.LIitiqUE. --The Walnut Street Theatre was well tilled las evening— better, we believe, than it has been far sonic time. The attraction was Jan Brougham 'a new bur_ esque called Much Ado About a M , rchant of runic.% I n which he personated "Shyloclta' 2 -- The piec.., like all of Brougham's burlesques, is better written than the imported ones. It abounds in funny situations, sparkles with wit, and the puns scattered through it are generally very good. Many of the hits are mean.. especially fur the New York public, and all were not - taken" by the audience of last evening. Bu t the trial scene, which is a ridiculous retire, nentation of a New York co net of Justice, was under stood and heartily en ioyed. Brougham's acting was, of course, capital tbrougnou I. Chapman, as "Tuba]," and Mrs. Walcot, as "Lorenzo ,'' were excellent. So much cannot be said of the rest of the performers, many of whom seem to be unable to enter into the spirit of burlesque. But. Brougham carries the piece triumphantly to a close by his amazing cleverness• The piece will doubtless improve on repetition; and it is to be expected that Mr. Ilassier's orchestra will ;earn to accompany the songs somewhat better than it did last night. The new Dario:Nue will be repeated every evening this week. It it followed by a new do mestic drama called The Peep-show Man. —At the Academy of Mimic, this evening, Mrs. Ber nard, Mrs. Seguin and Messrs. Castle and Campbell will appear In Martha. - —Lotto, will appear at the Arth to-night in the drama Telefon. —To-morrow evening Mr. John E. McDonough wilt reopen the Chestnut Street Theatre with the Elise Bolt Burlesque Company, in the extravaganza Lu cretia Borgia, the Grand Doctress. —The New York Circus, exhibiting upon the lot Eighth street, above Race, will be open this evening, when a first-class performance will be..glyen .the excellent company. This circus claims to be and I.e . eery much better than other institutione of the same cline. There is no clap-trap or humbug about it. —The American Theatre announces a good miscel laneous entertainment for nil: evening, including new harets, by Seib he and others plays by the Rash wood sisters, and variety performances by the mem bers of the immense company, —The Chestnut Street Rink. at Twenty-third and Chestnut streets, Is open daily from 8 A. M. to 1036 P. NI., for riders and learners. This evening there will be a grand exhlbttion,when a half dozen superb prizes trill be competed for by accomplishou riders. Au ex citing time tnay be expected. —Mr. William Castle, the tenor of the Ettelfing. Com pany, will have a benefit at the Academy of Music on ridny evening, in La Traviata. —Mr. Barton 11111, Bingo manager of the Arch, will have a farewell benefit on Monday evening next, prior to his departure for Europe, —At the Theatre Comique. this eveniny, Miss Susan Gahm will appear in Panchette and the musical farce of A Rainy Day. —Mr. Charles M. Jarvis, of this city, played at the concert of the N.Y. Philharmonic Society on Saturday, and while one or two of the papers suffered their prejudice against Philadelphia to blind their sense of Justice, the Times was complimentary and voracious as follows: The first pitlce de rlsistance was the Beethoven "Concerto, in )Major ." The plant/part was ren dered by Mr. Charles H. Jarvis, of Philadelphia,a gen tleman who bas a high reputation in that city so a thorough scientific musician, a successful Instructor„ and 'favorite public performer: He 'showed a very , clear and intelligent comprehension of this beautiful Concertp, rendering its peculiarly exacting passages of interplay and combination with the orchestra moat admirably. Ills touch is clean and crisp, his ideas of interpretation well defined, and, d although lacking somewhat in warmth of expression, his accentuation is unusually musician-like and satiefactOry. F. L. FETHERgrON. Publishm. t. 'PRICE THREE CENTS. FACTS AND FANCIES.. —Pnisala talks of a trans-Atlantic cable. —There are a million Baptista in Great Britain and Ireland. —A female mechanic In Springfield hag vented and is making a new sewing. machine., —The housekeepers of Hartford pmposo .tts hold a convention on the servant-girl question. —The greenback price of a ticket to San Nati disco Is called b9ISR 91. —A Tennessee w..miLin of 34 is the mOtherof 28 children. Our gracious! —Fish resembling shad are found in. Lake Olie- r tario. —An Indiana town pays twenty-two per cant.. Interest on loans. —The last Spanish loan of sso,ooo,ooo•hawbeetk:'. contracted for at a discount that will give th* • - Treasury only $15,000,000. —General Joe Lane; who was on the tletne 7 cratic National ticket with Brecklntidge in 1860; has joined the Catholic Church. . • - - - —M. Chevalier's balloon tariff across the At antic is $260 a passenger. High onotiO honid think, even for a balloon. , • • —Napoleon was lately bitten by a small dog. It did not hurt him much, but he remarked,ln half jocular way, "It's a bad sign." , —A bill has been introduced In the Italian Ekni ate to prohibit the illicit deportation of boys ail organ-grinders. —A grand"sqaatter sovereignty" war is threat ened in Kansas by citizens who doit' o t want to be ousted from their lands by Indian treaties. ' —Bl. Louis essays to rival Chicago, and yet thei ' former place only had five divorces in the month of April ! —Louisville has the small-pox, and people are advised to keep away from the infected localities, since "however healthy the disease is said to be, it is not without its inconveniences." —The number of newspapers now printed in the United States in the German language larger than the whole number of public journals : in the country in 1806. —The daughter of Jenny Lind is about , the same age as the eon of Louis Napoleon; for prospects of success we should go in for the for mer. —Madame Rossini continues at Pansy, at her dying husband's request, her Friday dinner parties. Rossini's vacant chair is still at the head of the table, but his favorite dish of maccaroni is omitted from the list of viands. —Lord Palmerston's church at, Romsey is bank rupt. The "clock-winder" won't perform his diny, and the clock has run down. The bell ringers decline to ring for nothing,and the clergy man pays for the gas out of his own pocket. —A hotel landlord in California saves the'ex pease of a gong by keeping a dog. The weight of the landlord on the dog's tall causes the ant= mal to howl sufficiently loud to awaken all the guests. —The men who will never die are the men who voted for Washington, the man who first nomi nated Grant, the oldest Freemason, the last. sol dier of the Revolution, Jefferson's body servant, the oldest American actor, and the man who originated the idea of the. Pacific railway. —The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican reports the recent discoday in the gorges of the.moimtains, near Allegheny Springs, of a waterfall ' norms hundred j get nigh! A party was soon to •lemma ; Lynchburg to visit the spot and attest ,thee, troth , of ill. resort- —ln many European capitals there is an offi cial residence or palace, at which royal visitors are entertained. The London Times advocates , the maintenance of such establishments in Eng land. The Times says the nation needs such, mansion, and that economy would be consulted by the erection of an establishment of that kind. —A scheme is on foot to cut a ship canal through Ireland, from Dublin to Galway, a dis tance of one hundred miles. The object is tolin prove the communication between England and" America, and it is said that the whole of the ite= cessary capital can be immediately obtabsted. —lt is rumored that a new paper is to be started in New Orleans to till the void left by the Crescent. Its name is to be The Delta, and its managing editor will be Col. Darant DaPonte. late chief editor of the Crewcut. It is to bo con- . ducted after the fashion of the "red hot" journale of the day. —A recent book of historical reminiscences of the House of Commons narrates the laughable faire of one member who rose Ludy primed for a first attempt. He said: "Mr. Speaker, I eat as tonished —, sir, I am astonished —, sir, I tun - astonished," and then his astonishment oveveame-- him and he sat down, never to rise in Parliament again. —An itinerant quack doctor in Texas was ap plit d to by one of Col. Hays's rangers to extract the iron point of an Indian arrow-head from his head, where it had been lodged for some time. "I cannot 'etract this, stranger," said the doctor, '•bekase to do so would go nigh you; but. I'll tell you what I can do. I can give you a pill that will melt it in your head." —Leslie, the Royal Academician, speaking in his autobiography of having been frequently ordered to make drawings of the dead, and of the reluctance with which in every case he entered the room where the body lay, says that the faint indication of a smile which always lighted up the features of the dead, as ho sat at work, so at tracted him that ho invariably felt reluctant to go away. —The morning papers say some strange things about clever little Miss Susan Gaiton's perform ance at the Academy. One of them declarctpthat "as an ensemble she left nothing to be wished for, cacept strength, last evening." Another says: - Those passages which required to be treated ron garbo, were delightfully rendered by Miss Gallon, and in riforimenti, she displayed a taste in invention,' " &c. —The editor of the Minnesota Federal Union, apologizing for the shabby appearance of his paper, says delinquents do not pay up their sub scription, and concludes with this compliment to the Minnesotians: "In no land where we havo heretofore dwelt, have we been so extraordina rily humbugged, and discovered so many (un fledged 'shysters' and 'scalawags' as in this of Minnesota. They appear to spring up sponta neously, and to be indigenous to this fertile soil." —A gentleman residing in a town near Boston, while attending divine service a Sunday or Iwo ago, was, under the soothing influence of the ser mon, lulled into a pleasant slumber. Ho was finally disturbed by the touch of a contribution. box in the hands of one of the deacons, who wati . taking up a collection; but, without opening his' eyes, the Ele eper ejaculated "Beason," arid sank.. back to resume his nap. It is unnecessary Le Buy that he was a season-ticket passenger on a rad road. —ln a new burlesque just brought out in LOn don called "Hypermnestra, the Girl of. the.: Period," the fifty daughters of the King, of ) cif ecee, who are wedded, of course, to tho fifty , eons of the King of Egypt. appear in one • • sCene: 4 in their bed-gowns and night-caps, each , holdirr!., a dagger and a chamber candlestick. "This is, we believe, a novel idea altogether," says a Lon don paper; "but we think that very few of the , princes would have selected a bride from'amerg them if he had first seen them in• this, mast Unbe coming attire." —The Great Peace Jubilee at Boston can no longer be considered as a doubtfid witlifintente Financially, its success < has been .placed beyond peradventure, while musically, the Ludications are more favorable than the most Sanguine ex- ' pests - dons of its originators; the great chorus. the largest the world has Aver seen, is - now full. and the orchestral 'ranks are rapidly dillug up. The superintendent of 'chorus Mr. E. Tourise. has found it necessary to issue' a circular stalks; that no more- choral organizations . can be ac cepted, and that societies, already accolgod InT4 4 make no more additions to their numbers:
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