GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIIL-NO. 28.
WRIRDING CARDS. INV/TATlPfirri_ FOR PAR
tiles. 'to. New dais. noN &
aulsol 907 Chestnut street.
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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."
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FULL LINE OF BLACK SHAWLS.
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FRENCH FLOWERS,
NEAPOLITAN HATS,
FANCY HAIR HATS,
RIBBONS AND SILKS,
CRAPES AND ILLUSIONS,
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BELOW COST.
W 00D - '& CARY.
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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 •
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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
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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: