GMSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIIL-NO. 58.
Farewell Entertainment to General
Great Gathering of Ainericans...* Bril
liant Assemblage—Who were Present—
ISPetela of General Wit—A Relief from
Political Discord.
IGerreeDendence of the Phila. Evening Itulktin.l
'limns, Friday, June 4, 1869.—An entertain
ment whichwill long be memorable to all Ame
ricans who were present at it, took place on
Tuesday last, the Ist inst., at the Grand Hotel
in this city. The occasion, as you will doubt
less ere this be aware, was to bid farewell to
General Dix, not as a Minister,lettaS a citizen
of the United States,whom his fellow-country
men saw leaving them with great
regret, and to whom they were all anx
ious to pay a parting tribute of re=
petit mid affection before his departure
For General Dix, more fortunate in that re
spect than some of his diplomatic colleagues
in Europe, while perfectly conciliating the
good will of the government and People among'
whom his mission appointed him, has such
ceeded hi doing so without in any degree de
rogating from his own dignity, or forfeiting
the respect and approval of his own country
men. The official sojourn, indeed, of General
Dix in the French capital, though short, has
been peculiarly felicitous. No salons in Paris
(as I have frequently had occasion to
remark) have been moreeagerly frequented
during the gay season by guests of all nations
than those of the American Minister; while
at the palaCe of the Sovereign to whom he was
accredited, his own reception,. as he himself
acknowledgoi in graceful terms in his recent
speech, has been all that he could desire or
expert, either for his Government or himself.
These social and official successes of their
national . 'representative at. Paris, espe
cially when joined to the recollection of
high services rendered in difficiffi times at
home—his' cOnntrymen resident here very
properly considered ought to be made the ob
ject of some special mark of their regard be
fore he took his leave of them. It tvw4 aceord
i ugly determined to invite the General to . hane
a day for his reception atexpnbliC'illit'ii'eraffir
the Ist of.lune was fixed by liin4 for that ppri .
pose, chiefly, believe, because after that date
the Minister would be completely merged
in the private citizen. and the
latter would feel himself at liberfy
to speak lila sentiments more freely—a liberty
of which,it will be seen, he availed himself
to a considerable extent. General Dix, in fact,
having had hia audience of, conge at the
Tuileries a fewdaya back, and exchanged the
usual of the occasion, and presented
his successor, and having, moreosser, dined
with and taken leave of the imperial circle on
the Monday, previous—was in all respects, on
Tuesday evening last, a free man, and spoke
' with thesincerity of such. It need scarcely be
said that the occasion of doing honor to their
distinguished countryman, statesman andsol
dier was eagerly embraced by Americans in
Paris. About four hundred persons, of whom
one-half were ladies, took their seats in the
leinquetting ball of the Grand Hotel, where
seven tables were ranged for their reception,—
a table of honor extending across the head of
the Hall, with six others place I at right
angles -to it.. 'Tiiitsgeodly.assemblage, set off
with so many female toiletteit; condiinel with
the great beauty of proportions and rich
decorations of the Hall itself, aided on this oc
casion by the adjuncts of countless French and
American st.andards, produced an effect of un
rivalled brilliancy\; and when, at 8 o'clock
precisely, the guest of the evening, escorted I
liy Mr: Washbtirne, enteredthe room and the
band struck up " Hail Columbia!" and the en
tire company rose simultaneously in honor of
their illustrious visitor—the scene assumed a
degree of enthusiasm that was quite catching.
The President of the evening was Elliot C.
Cuwdin. Esq. (N. Y.), who most worthily and
eloquently fulfilled the pleasing duties of the
occasion. On his right, of course, sat General
Dix, and on his left Mr. Washburne; while.
near at hand were placed Mr. Burlingame, the
Chi nese Am bassador,with Pembroke Fetridge,
Esq., organizer of the banquet, and Messrs.
Dewey, Phalen, Munroe, Johnston and others,
by whom it had been originally prompted. It
is needless to say that the banquet itself,
the table, and all the arrangements con
meted _ with the entertainment, were every
thing that the most fastidious eye or taste
could desire. And now, when I . have
arrived at this point (dray description of thiii '-
memorable evening, I am obliged to pause.,,and
confess that my letter must needs remain like
the play of Hamlet with the chief character
left out. For the best part--4/te part of the en
tire occasion—was the speech of General Dix.
And that speech is far beyond my space or
limit. Indeed, it was no mere speech; at least,
not a mere after-dinner speech, though a most
welcome one . even after dinner. It was, in
many respects, a sound and carefully-prepared
enunciation of the highest principles of national
and social policy, addressed to his fellow
citizens by an American of long experience in
practical statemanship and of high culture.
And yet the address was so genial in tone, so
simple ill its true eloquence, so simplex, miindi
ties in its refined and chastened expression
that the lessons of deep wisdom and thankful
ness which it contained did not fall heavy on
the ear, or sound in any degree unsuitable to
a festive occasion. „Such an, utterance cannot
analyzed, nor Shall I attempt to do so, or
give you a bare and Meagre abstract of a
speech which fills more than two columns; of
our newspapers, Which is rich in admirable;
precepts, and-breathes good will to all men.
. It must be read entire to be appreciated
properly, and will be certain 'to reach you in
.. : that form. I will only 8.4 y that as : (4-eneral.
Dix's utterance is full of Profund; political and
wisdom as regards the future policy and
fortunes of his own cotintry,go:it -breathes ;of
peace andjustice to every other; and seems to
claim for the American people the glorious
and lofty position of a dignitied'UNAmuEn •
— 2.lEtr.rnAt.rry (so printed in the corrected text),
whose slowly.but surely preponderating influ
ence should gradually win over to its example
all other nations' and kindred of the
earth. There is great subliniity in
the conception, and it was expressed
iu langtiage of simple andtouching eldquence -
which was quite worthy of it. the
m seh
.
tients.of this admiral* oration will . create
the same deep impressien . athoine as that with
which they were listened to here.'-
The above agreeable theme has been a grate,
fill relief to the discordant jarring which is
going on juht now in Paris between the Lill- !
Arent sections of the liberal party, in view of
the second polling for the elections. The
ultra-democrats are, to my' mind, .acting
fools and madmen, basely ungrateful to such
men as Jules Favre, and incapable, seemingly,
of appreciating the immense value, at a crisis
like the present, of such.. men as 4. Thiers in
the Chamber.
THE PEACE JUBILEE.
THE OPENING DAY.
THE COLISEUM BY GAS AND BY
DAYLIGHT.
THE GREAT CONCERT OF
YESTERDAY.
FULL ACCOUNT OF EACH PER-
FORMANCE.
SpecL i Correspondence of the Phihula. Eve. Bulletin
THE NIGHT BEFORE
BOSTON, Tuesday, June 15.—Last evening
the Coliseum watt lighted up, so that the work
men might continue their operations through
the night. The effect of the illumination was
very beautiful. By the light of the myriad
burners ~, roughness, the coarseness and de
.bitilding were toned.down . qp:that
they were not as offensively- obvious as in the
• day time. The vast room seemed to gain in
iturnen.sity, and, brilliant as the gas lamps
were, the far-off corners and recesses of the
building seemed more distant than ever. There
was a flutter of drapery and flags upon ceil
ing and post and wall, the bright colors com
ing out to good advantage in the softened
light. The labor of construction was almost
accomplished. Upon the stage, stretching in
four parallel lines from the conductor's stand
to the organ, were the anvils—the one hun-.
tired Boston anvils upon which the Boston
fire department this day haraniered. the Black
unitieschorus. The organ had been partially
. covered with a muslin affair, which answered
the purpose of a sounding board. The centre
of the building was.. filled with unarrAnged ..
chairs, upon which hundreds :of epectators,.
eager to anticipate the sensations of to-day, -
had fixed themselves. The workmen passed
their time away in sweeping up the floor, and
the clouds of dust which rose from the lively
brooms seemed almost like the smoke of the
first incense offered to the fair Angelof Peace;
who, robed in a drab-colored robe de nuit,stands
waving a willow twig upon the centre of the
inside of the north gable. .
BY WAN OF INTERLUDE
The first grand concert of the Jubilee is o4er.
Before I tell you about it, let me dispose of
some preliminary matters.
THE REHEARSAL
— At nine o'clock this morning a rehearsal was
called of the full grand orchestra and chorus.
The musicians were very prompt, and soon the
south end of the great building was filled with
the players and singers. The instrumentalists
occupied the entire parquette or pit, while the
vocalists were seated upon rows of benches
ranged upon three sides and stretching away
upwards to the roof.
It was nearly half-past ten o'clock when the
performers . had been arranged in proper order
in their seats, and the fiddling and tooting
commenced. This rehearsal was really the
first in which the entire chortts and orchestra
have participated, and as I have indicated in
my despatch, the result was in some degree
satisfactory. It will be fairer to reserve criti
cism for the.public performance.
In the midst of the hubbub of the arrange
ment of the musicians, the great drum was
brought_in,_and received with cheers. This in
strument is eightfeerib diameter, With heads
made - of the skins-of: two nrlmmoth oxen
which were driven-aluiffid the country upon
exhibition a few months ago. Upon the bat
ter head is inscribed iirlinge letters,the Ulys
semi motto, "Let Us Have Peace?' Queer
legend fora Brobdignagian drum! There will
be no peace within a quarter of a mile of it
when it is beaten.
TALK AND GRUB
While the chorus was in the very frenzy of
the Gloria in Execlsis from the Twelfth Mass,
the two hundred journalists present were in
vited to the reception room,. an elegantly fur
nished apartment, decorated with bright flow
ers which filled the air with fragrance, and
received by . the Mayor of Boston. This worthy
official made a short speech—a model of brevity,
after which the editor of the Boston - Commer
cial Bulletin recited a lively original poem.
This ceremony over, the_ company proceeded
to the dining-room, where a handsome collar
tion was served up, and where champagne
corks popped jollily to the accompaniments in
the Outer room of a grand old chorale.
At three in the afternoon the musicians
were all in their places, filling about two-fifths
of the house, while the mighty space around
for the audience was crowded with an enthu
siastic multitude musing the liveliest anticipa
tions of pleasure from the consummation of all
the labor, the ingenuity, the hopes and fears of
the last three months. here were ten thou
sand singers in the building—enongh to fill the
Philadelphia Academy:of Music 'tliree'or four
times. One then Shed instrumental performers
were.present, and for half an hour hefere the .
appointed time there 11,.:_noise.:. of
twanging strings, " snapped catgut,
tooted brass, squeaking clarionettes, growling .
double 'basses, rattled drums, Clanking . ' Om
'
bals twittering flutes, and divers other instru
ments of music. The grand orchestra was tu
ning up. It was bewildering, distracting, ter
rific. It seemed as if the inmates of some: hi
natic asylum had broken loose, and seizing
fiddles and horna,struCk out mita vain endeavor
to play the Music of the Future. These gentle
luumonists seemed like
• "Crusaders sent •
. • From sreneinferMil cifnic. '
• To pluck the opus of Sentiment
And dock the tail of Rhyme; •
To crack thoroice of Melody • ' • - •
And break the logs of Time." • .
•
At last the great organ opened its .valves, and
gave out a most tremendouS A=the very big,.
gent, loudest, , roundest capital A over sounded
upon this continent. The musicians' caught
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1869.
the pitch—a shade lower than that to which
the Philadelphians are accustomed—and soon
all the thousand instruments were chiming in
unison with the monsterpipe, away, up there
in the rear of the multitude.
THE ORGAN.
Before going any further, let me say a word
about this organ. I have described some of its
peculiarities already, but I heard it for the first
time to-day. It has but twelve speaking stops,
and one manvale and pedale, but -its power is
simply Wonderful. lam assured, by unbiassed
musicians, that it is twice as loud as the Great
organ' in the Music Hall here, and I know
myself that it fills. the vast room of the Coli
seum with a volume of sound which over
ich elms and drowns the orchestra entirely,mak-.
lag the very rafters quiver. Withal t its tunes are
as sweet and round and full as if there was
but a tenth of the actual . force. It forms a
magnificent support for the grand chorus,.
overshadowing -the multitude of smaller in
strianents -below in front of it. It is worth
hile to note that the organist is so far distant
from the conductor that he is compelled to
watch his movements through an opera-glass.
It was originally intended, I believe, to have a
patent double million magnifying gas micro
scopic telescope rigged up for this purpose,
but it couldn't be arranged in rime.
THE CAORUIS.
The chorus comprises, as has been stated
already, ten thousand singers. Of these eighty
five hundred belong in the State of Massachu
setts. They are members of the well-disciplined
singing societies which exist in every town in
New England. To the long practice obtained
in these good schools
_is to be attributed the
somewhat remarkable manner in which the
choruses of to-day were sung by this vast mul
titude after one short rehearsal. I wish Penn
sylvania could boast of so many proficient
singers. I think the performance of this ma
jestic chorus this afternoon is in the highest
degree creditable to New England. It is the
visible, audible evidence of the existence of
an appreciation of music and a culture in this
community of which no other section can
boast.
THE IitURBIUTI OF THE AUDIENCE
While the preparations for the first piece
were proceeding, a confused hum, almost a
roar, came up from the immense audience—
the hum of thirty thousand voices tuned down
even below the conversational pitch. It was
with great difficulty that this tremendous.mur
mur was.hushed. . . . . . ....
When all were quiet, Rev. ,Edward Everett
Hall made a prayer of praise and thankigiv
ing; Mayor Sliurtleft delivered a short address,
and Hon. Alexander H. Rice followed with
an eloquent oration.
OLE BULL
At. the . conclusion, Ole Bull came to the
front, and was received with great cheering
andclapping of hands. The old man bowed,
again and again in, response -to - ,thncompli
ment, and.then took his seat at the head of the
first violinists. He will play in that post of
honor throughout the entire Jubilee. Upon
his left were Carl Rosa, and Carl Gaertner, of
Philadelphia, both drawing vigorous bows.
THE CHORALE
Then Mr. Gilmore, the authorand conductor
of this Jubilee, stood upon the leader's plat
form. By his side uprose his .trumpeter—a
gentleman whose duty it is to give the signal
for quiet and for commencement. He blew a
Mighty blast, and there was deep silence.
Then the only Gilmore lifted up his white
baton, and on the down stroke the whole great
brchestra and chorus burst into the harmony
pi Luther's grand old chorale, Eine Feste Burg
ist ttn&Y Gott.
THE STAR-SPANGLED.
Then came the national hymn. It was given
by full chorus, orchestra, brass bands, and the
organ—which blew such a mighty and patriotic
blast, that the four perspiring blowers thought
of fainting at the conclusion.
A party by the name of Ball wrote an addi
tional verse for this Jubilee. I refrain from
publishing it, because I think Ball didn't do
justice to the occasion, even if he did to 'him
self. I have an idea that this poet is the gen
tleman from New Jersey who raised such a
row awhile ago over his claim to the author
ship of that most pathetic ballad, "Rock me to
-sleep, mother." .•
It would have been well for Ball's credit if
he had been rocked to sleep, and kept from
waking up when he thought of writing this
Verse.
Well, the Star Spangled Banner was sung
and payed in a manner which, without exag
geration,,moved the keenly sensitive among
the audience almost to tears. I never knew
before what sublimity there was in this melody
which we have been accustomed rather to un
derrate. It was beautiful, sublime, thrilling.
The male voices sung the first verse; the fe
male voices the second, and then, upon the
concluding stanzas, - the entire harmony of the
mighty chorus and orchestra poured forth,
with the accompaniment of roaring cannon,
fired exactly in time.
The.audience rose to their feet in a frenzy
and rent the air with cheers. Men threw up
their hats and hurrahed. Women joined their
voices in the cry, and over the whole house
waved their handkerchiefs, until it seemed as
if a host of whitetpigeotis fluttered in the air. I
never saw such a sight. I never:heard such
sounds. It was worth coining from Atistralia
-to be present at this supreme moment.
• A repetition was demanded, and so Mr. Gil
more mounted the stand again, and the hymn
was repeated in even a more splendid man
lier.
THE 'HYMN
. 9P PEACE.
After a recess of fifteen minutes, the music
of Keller's American Hymn was sung to the
following words by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Angel of Peace; thou bast wandered too long!
Spread thy white wings to the sunshine of love I
Come while our voices are blending in song,—
Fly to our ark like the storm-beaten dove I
Fly to our ark on the wings of the dove,—
Fly
o'er the far-sounding billows of song,
Crowned with thine olive-leaf garland of love,—
Angel of Peace, thou bast waited toolong I
Brothers wemeet, in this altar of thine
Mingling• the gifts we have gathered for thee,
Sweet with the odors of myrtle anti pine,
Breeze of the prairie and breath of the sea,—
Meadow and mountain and forest and sea I
Sweet is the fragrance of myrtle and pine,
Sweeter the incense we offer to thee,
Brothers once more round this altar of thine I
Angels of Bethlehem, answer the strain !
Hark I a new-birth song is filling the sky !
Loud as the storm-wind that tumbles the main
Bid the full breath of the organ reply,-
I..et_tho loutl.temptist_of-voices_mply
Roll its long surge like the earth-shaking main I
Swell the vast song till it mounts to the sky !
Angels of Bethlehem, echothe strain I
The wordware altogether unworthy of the
sublime strains of the composition. If any
man but Mr. Holmes bad written them, they
would not have been acceptedhy a fastidious
Committee. But no Boston thing can proceed
without his assistance. :When Oliver 'Wen
dell Holmes dies, Boston will be abandoned
by the:bereaved and miserable inhabitants:
The beautiful music was' giVen. withgrand
effect by the chorus, organ, orchestra and mil
itary bands:- --- -
The overture to William Tell followed—from
the liows and horns of the orchestra under
Mr. Gilmore's direction. It was played so
well, that Rosainicotild he have•imard it—
would have been prouder than ever of this
melodious composition. He • never heard it
given as it was here to-day.
TFIE INI'LAMMATUS. •
Mad. Parepa-Rosa came forward again,and
sang the inflammalus from the &abut Mater.
Her voice was heard oven itetter_than at first.
She was Well stippoirted by the chorus. From
the tremendous roar of its accompanknent,
the clear voice of Parepa emerged into the
solo strains like asilver streamseparating from
tionighty lake and flowing out into its own
brightness and glory. This was the best per
formance•of the day; and the fair singer was
rewarded with great applause and au mon.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
THE CORONATION
After this "The Coronation 'March." - from
The Prophet was given by the orchestra me'
poorly • 0
than anything upon the programme. It
was played out of tune and time, and it pro
duceci no enthusiasm whatever. •
THE ANVIL CHORUS.
Then. came "The Anvil Chorus" with the
entire force of the
,Jubilee participating, to
gether with artillery, and the hammering 'of
two hundred anvils by as many red-shirted
firemen. This was really great. Everybody
sang and played as if they roved the exercise
and the MUSIC,. I will do justice to the gaiant
extinguishers of the "devouring' element". by
Baying that they beat their anvils in exact
time and with great effect. This piece calted
forth an encore, and was given with even more
Vr7ll the second tirne.
It was magnificent. The full orchestra par;
ticipated, supported by'the deep bass' and the
ringing treble of the giant organ, while the
entire chorus sang the majestic harmony with
splendid and thrilling effect. The voices came
out even better than at the rehearsal. But I I
must confess to a feeling of disappointment at
the smallness of the volume of sound. When
one sits in the presence often thchisand trained
Singers it is natural to expect to be over
whehned by the tremendous weight of the
music. But here the mighty building seemed
too vast for even this .enormous congregation
of vocalists, and so, while the general effect
was sublime, it was not so awful—so crushing,
so much like the irresistible force of an ocean
as I expected.
The chorale . was applauded loudly by the
audience.
TANN - HAUSER.
The overture to Tannhauser came next. Mr.
Julius Eichberg, the composer of the Doctor
of Alcantara, and a gentleman of high culture,
led:the orchestra. Six hundred instruments
participated, and among these were the mem
bers of a dozen brasS bands. This added much
to the elegance of the performance. It is diffi
cult generally to secure enough brass to give
the proper effect to this noble composition,
and so I am sure that it was given as it never
has been given since Wagner wrote the score.
Mr. Eichberg led splendidly, holding his ire,
nieruie orchestra well in hand, and keeping
much better time than that observed in the
preceding piece. The players gave evidence
of much careful training, marking the phras-
Angwith a. clearness and intelligence which
was . 'verz,' remarkable, considering the enor
mous number of the instruments.
Of course Taw - damsel. was warmly 41? lauded;
Mr. EiChberg, personally, coming in for two
or three lond cheers.
I may remark that the overture was declared
by the programme to be the work of Mozart.
Bo there are Some people in Boston—printers,
perhaps—who are not airefully educated in
musical matters.
The Gloria in Excelsis from Mozart's Twelfth
Mass was No. 3 upon the progranuue. Mr.
Carl Zerrahn wielded the baton- He is a
popular man in Boston, and the chorus,
orchestra and audience cheered him vigor
ously. I liked the performance of this spinted
chorus even better than that of Luther's old
hymn. The sopranos are run up among the
high notes, and so they and the other vocal
ists sang more vigorously; and with the
great reverberation of the organ, and the full
barmonrof the orchestra, the Gloria thrilled
the audience, so that at tbe close they cheered
and; stamped and clapped until the great
skeletoir of the biribling trembled.
With the exception of one other piece, the
Gloria was given with by far the best effect.
It was. simply granu.
Enter Parepa-Rosa, clothed in white satin,
robust, beautiful. Cheering began back of the
organ, as she came upon the rear of the stage;
the bassi took up the cry, and passed it on to
the tenon; the aid and soprani strained their
eyes, saw the great prima, and they, too,
hurrahed and waved their white kerchiefs.
The audience joined in the strain, and by' the
time Parepa reached the front, the cheers were
deafening.
Two hundred violins began the obliged° to
Gounod's Ave Maria. One performer usually
plays this. But these two hundred gave it with
the precision, delicacy and force of a single
man. Then Parepa began the sweet and ten
der strain. She sang excellently well, and,
greatly to my surprise, her voice did not lose
much of its power in the
. great space. It had
its edge barely taken off—if I may use such a
phrase—bnt most of her notes were as pure
and clear as if she sang in a simple theatre.
The orchestra of six hundred—the fiddling six
hundred—accompanied her, with the rich un
dertone of the organ bearing up the harmony.
Aud yet the instrumentation was not too loud,
but rather so nicely balanced that the hearer
was not conscious of its greatness. Parepa re
tired amid tremendous applause.
The concert concluded with the hymn "My
Country 'tis of Thee," sung to the stolen air of
"God Save the Queen." Of course, everybody
and everything—organ, chorus, orchestra,
brass bands, firemen and audience joined in
this•ohl melody, and so made it almost sub
lime. Then there was cheering, clapping of
hands, tossing of hats and enthusiasm gener
ally, after Which tingreat, concourse of people
poured through the doers to the street and the
first day of the Jubilee was over.
It wail successful, and lam glad to record
the fact, for hitherto, I, like all the other jour
nalists here, have been a doubter. There may
have been some . clap-trap and quackery, but
the • fact stands out t hat to-day forty thou
sand people have listened to the most magnifi
cent musical performance ever given in the
world.
A LESSER CONCERT.
Among other entertainments _arranged for aMusements of visitors during the Jubilee
is a baby-show, in Tremont Temple. I visited
the exhibition last evening, and derived much
satisfaction in a small way from it. About two
hundred and fifty infants are entered for the
prizes. The ages of the competitors range
from five years down to next to nothing at all.
The collectiOn comprises every human variety,
from the mammoth baby which weighs two
hundred pounds and is put in its crib with a
derrick, to the microscopic baby which can be
scraped up in a teaspoon. I asked the man for
a programme when I entered, but he said
that the performance would be of
general --- char:t was. ROWS of wet
and dry nurses were ranged upon the plat
form, holding the cherubs in promiscuous po
sitions, or watching them caroling. along the
floor and clambering upon the benches.
These •guardian angeLs conversed in that '
soothing but unknown language which is used
in speaking to babes and the hum of their
tender syllables could be heard high above the
chorus of the . juvenileS. This was vigorous
and loud. It was in some reSpects a more in
teresting .concert than that at the Coliseum.
The most of the voices were of the soprand
- kind; -- pitched --- alniost into fasettii. There
were solos, duos, trios, quartettes, and cho
ruses,, :sung in various and discordant keys,
and broken abruptly now and then by the sud
den hUshing of voices, the owners of which
were choked off by the application to their
' mouths of bottles with gum things on tie
ncizzles. There was a piano accompaniment
played by an energetic female, who had less
care for liarmony than the vocal artists.
It is.a remarkable' fact that eVery, mother
there felt certain that her infant would take
_the .first _There_are several
~0f.,1 these of
various values, from rattle and gum ring
to a full suit ottriangular trowsers. .These
will be awarded to the fattest baby, the thin ..
nest baby, the baby with the bulgi*foreliead,
the baldest-headed babyi the effissest-eyed
baby,, the bOw-leggeilest .baby, the flattest
nosed baby, the baby with the reddest hair
the most vocitOrous and lively twins, and tit
GLORIA IN EXCELSIB
AVE MAMA
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heartiest crier. But I pity the man who makes
the awards. Every woman, whose baby is
counted unworthy will consider that man an
unjust judge, and make efforts to scratch his
eyes out. 1 would rather be the weakest baby in;
the lot, and take the largest dose of catnip and
paregoric than be that man. Joirri QUILL.
A MISSOURI DESPERADO.
The Murderer of Seventy.eight Men at
Large. „ • -
[From the St. Louie Democrat ofiune 11.1
Sam. Hildebrand, who, during the war, was
a notorious bushwacker, has -long been the
terror of St. Frangois and Washington coun
ties.- He is known to have killed no less than
seventy-eight men, and his robberies are un
numbered. He keeps the tally of his victims
by cutting nicks in the butt of his rifle. He had
been repeatedly pursued, shot at and wounded
by officers of justice, but has always 'con
rived to escape capture by boldly assailing
his pursuers. -
This terrible outlaw wore a steel plate upon
his breast and another on Ins back, and is con
sidered bullet-proof. Time and again has he
been shot in the breast, but the bullets glanced
off, and with-a demoniac laugh the assassin
has defied - his pursuers. He has an uncle
named Williams, residing in St. Francois coun
ly, abOut twelve miles from Irondale, and
spends a good deal of his time at his house.. He
has many friends on Big river who befriended
Min in the hour of danger, while those who
dislike him, and would rejoice to see him'
brought to justice, are afraid to say or do any
thing against him. When • he takes a dislike
to a man he lies in wait for him on the roadside
or near a field, and thinks no more ef- putting.
a bullet through a man's heart than shooting a
squirrel.
During the rebellion, Hildebrand went to
the house of James McClain, a soldier of the
Tenth Missouri, outraged hisavife, and carried
off all his stock, clothing, &c. On his return,
home, McClain swore vengeance against the
outlaw, and has ever since pursued him with a
firm determination to rid the earth of such a
monster. About a week ago the two met, and
McClain shot Hildebrand in the thigh; but he
Made his escape.
The people of St. Francois county applied
'last winter to the Chief of Police of this city
for assistance in capturing the desperado, and
Men were sent there ou several occasions, but
have never been abre.to get a sight of the man.
On Friday week, :NlcClana, Sheriff Breckin
rid"e, of Washington county, with fourteen
picked men from Potosi, De Soto and Iron
dale: went to the house of Williams, where
Hildebrand was Stopping, to assist in
arresting or killing him, - "The cabin of Williams
is built of logs with daYlight shining through.
the chinking. The desperado was alone, the
family of W illiams having fled. Approaching
the door,Slierifilireckinridge called on Hilda
brand to surrender, as there was no hope of
his escape, the house being surrounded by six
teen men. The reply made by Hildebrand was
in keeping with his character. He coolly thrust
his left hand out at the door and shot Breck
inridge in the groin, inflicting a fearful and
dangerous wound. McClain fired and struck
Hildebrand in the thigh. Andrew Bean fired
twice, the bullets striking Hildebrand on the
breast, and glancing off on his steel vest. Mc-
Clain entered au old kitchen near - by, and was
looking through a crevice between the logs, to
see the position of the robber and murderer,
when Hildebrand fired at him, the ball striking
his heart and killing him on the spot.
After shooting McClain Hildebrand re
mained in the house, filing and receiving re
peated volleys from without, iuitil about nine
O'clock at night, when he left his fort, and
jumping over the fence fled to the woods. A
shower of bullets followed him, and lie was
hit and dropped his gun and his hat, but ef
fected his escape.
In the meantime a despatch had been sent
to Captain Lee, of this city,urging him to send
some men down, and stating that the man was
surrounded at the house of.. Williams.
- - -
Officers BoWer - T - (formerly -Colonel of the
Tenth Missouri),McQueen and Voorhies were
sent down. They took the cars to Irondale,
and from there walked to thehunse of
Williams. They arrived at the house early on
Saturday morning, and there learned the
tragic cvents related above. It was useless for
them to undertake to pursue Hildebrand, and
so they returned to the city.
It really appears incredible that a single
man should keep two entire counties in awe
and dread; that no one can be found bold
enough to follow and attack this outlaw, and
that his murders and depredations should be
so tamely submitted to. Such, however, we
are assnred, is the fact. It may become neces
sary for the Governor to order out a company
or a regiment of soldiers to hunt down this
wild beast. •
LIST OF PATENTS.
List of patents issued from the United States
Patent Office for the week ending June lb,
1869, and each bearing that date:
Paper for the manufeature - of paper bags—
Antedated Juno 4, 1869. W. E. Farrell, Phila
delphia Pa.
Ice Veloepede—G. IL Miller and J. Jageler,
Binghampton, N. Y.
Velocipedell. P. Flint, 2, Nueces county,
Texas.
:e.locipede—F . A. Spafford and 31. G. Railing
tdi , Columbus, Ohio. . .
I. elocipede—,J. C. Wirtz, New York..
Velocipede—C. A. Harper, New York, N. Y.
Piston Packing—A. McMullin, Paterson,
.
Uterine Supporter—J. S:. Rankin, Pittsburgh,
Pa. •
Machine for making Lead. Shavings—Joseph.
Repetti, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ftre-Place Heater—J. M. Thatcher, Bergen,
N.J.
.team G'enerator—J. N. Wilfoug, Philadel
phia, Pa.
Cultivator—J. A. Benedict, West Spring
field, Pa.
ilanufacture of Iron and ASYeel—J. Lee Floyd;
Philadelphia, Pa.
sash Cord Fastening—J. G. Gabel, Lebanon,
Pa.
Field Fence—D. W. Keefer, Leechbur,g, Pa.
Apparatus for detaching Horses from Carriages
1 - '—& --- KepnerTPottstown, - Pat7 - u&sigifOlq - o - J". E.
Meister and J. F. Evans.
Cotton Bale Tie—T. Campbell Oakman, Pat
erson,N. J. , .•
Apparatus 105. Tanning HicleiH.W. Atha
Philadelphia, Pa,
Harness Tug—J. S. H. Dickinson, Jackson,
Pa.
Device for 1? cdaing and Kneading Bread—A. G.
Good, Reading, Pa. •
ComNnationi?ocker,Sled and Swing — G. Knell,
Moorestown, Pa.
Horse Potver—W. Laurer,Peru Mills, Pa.
- - Sewing — Machine - Work Plate-4. Rehluss;
Philadelphia, Pa.
Method of Con4ructiag .PilevbrForming
&c P. Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sash Thilder—C. Shall, Mount Joy. Pa.
.DEsiort-4.. R. Jose and. E. L. Calely, Phila
delphia, Pa., assignors to Cox, Whiteman
Cox.
• . FRANCIS D. I'ASTOMUS,
Solicitor of. Patents,
Northwest corner, of Fourth. and Chestnut
streets.
—At • the 'French Derti,f, the PrincesS de
lletternich tried simplicity for a sensation.
She wore a little hat—a Louis XV.l.,—of ride
straw; trimmed"with • blabk velvet and a gray
and blue , feather falling over the chignon; Not
the ghost of a crinoline or 'ajewel. Some la
dies wore a costume, one half of maroon vel
vet; the other otb white silk,
F. L. MTON. Pdblis
PRICE THREE. CENTS:
FACTS AND FANCIES,
ragments from 'Poems of Rural LAW kyr
'William Barnes, rendered into Englishfroin ,
the Dorsetshire dialect]
'Twas when the op'ning dawn was still,-
I took my lonely road, up hill," • , -
Toward the eastern sky in gloom„
Or touched with palest primrose blootn;- , -
And there the moon, at morning break,
Though yet =met, was gleaming weak,
And fiesh'ning air began to pass,
All voiceless over darksome grass, • '
Before the sun
Had yet begun
To dazzle down the morning imago.
Where periwinkles' buds of blue-
By lilies' hollow cups may wind,
What; then, can.their two colors do,
But call our sister back to mind?.
She wore no black—she wore her white;,
She wore no black--she wore her blue..
She never mourned.another's flight,
For she has been the first that flew,
From where our nimble feet did tread,
From stone to stone, the water's bed.
w i t
The sweet'ning fruit that ND fall shall •bring;
Is now a bud within its rind; i
_The nest the bird shall-build n spring
Is now in moss and- grass entwin'd;
The summer days will show us, hung
On boughs, the fruit and nest of young.
-
I waited on through time and tide,.
Till I could house you here, my bride. •
WIFE.
If wedlock bonds in heaven are bound,
Then what's our lot, will all come round.
—Vaux talks in a peculiar way. See his
speech on another page.
•
—Reverdy Johnson' threatens the publiit
with a pamphlet in his own vindication..
—The London Saturday Review speaks of "dm.
town of St. Louis, in Illinois"—ineaning the
chief city of Missouri.
—Queen Isabella is said to be going to lino is:
Prague.. .._She is already regarded as a Behe--
mian.
—The Anderson Troop of Penn oc -
all that are' left of it, are to meet in' Carhsle,..-
July.2lst, to form a permanent organization.
—France has appointed a Consul to Mexico,.,
which is the first, step towards recognition of '
the Juarez government.
—A red belly perch', with "two mouths and ,
two tongues," has been caught in South Caro-
Una.
—Pollard, in his new book. on Jeff: Davis.
says Yencey'S life was shortened by his hand
to-hand fight in the Confederate Senate wail,' 7
Bill. It wrenched his-spine. •
—At asocial meeting of negroes in Balti
more,a few days ago, the following toast was
Offerd: "Our wives and daughters--May the
women of our race never unsex thenaselves by
becoming strong-minded." t •
—Signor Blitz sails for Europe to-morroiv,to
he gone several months. He takes his grand-:-.. ,
children to their mother, Mrs. Vanzant,:who ,
is now singing in the Royal ItalianDpera,
London.
—Col. P.. J. Moses,in the Columbus (Ga.) En
qttirer, makes the following very liberal offer:.
•"I will pay fifty cents a bushel for blackber
ries and furnish the blackberries, if delivered: ,
at my farm, etc." - •
—The Memphis Post says: "The murder: of '
Col. Crane, at'Jackson, Miss., by Col. E. M:
Yerger, undoubtedly one of the ablest ands
most popular citizens of that State, whenin ;
fit of passion,will do the South untold injury : "
What kind of a man is Col. Yerger
not in a tit of passion? .
—Troplong, one of Napoleon's most cunning
and servile tools, it has now been ascertained,
died in consequence of a violent altercation
which he had with Haussmahn. Troplong
appealed to the Emperor, who refused, to in-:
terfere, and the mortification which this event
caused to Troplong, brought on an attack of .
fever, of which he died.
—A girl keeper of a toll-gate in England wen:_
asked by a swell velocipethSt, who thought to.
chaff het, how much he had to pay. "That,
sir," replied she, "depends upon whether yen.
ride through the gate, or whether you get off
your dandy horse and drag it through; be
cause in that case every two-wheeled vehicle
'drawn by a horse or an ass pays three-pence."
—Persigny and Maupas are the riehestof the
leading Bonapartist& Rochefort says that
"Persigny entered into the coup cl'etat conspi
racy because he was at that time so poor that -
lie was unable to pay his tailor's bill," and as
he was now so wealthy, he would, to save his.
property, be orie of the first to desert the cause •,
of Napoleon, in case the imperial cause ahottici
be seriously endangered.
—English papers publish the following letter
from Prince Alamayon, (King Theodore's son)
now in the-isle of Wight, to a former school
fellow :
"My dear --,---Y oil. got plenty butterfly ix,
the school? no got in here. too much cold.
Did you see snow and make suowmau.,
like it very much. me ride one pony oh so
very nice. One day me go to hounds. the fox
run away and dogs'hill him Give my love to
Charlie Good bye." •
—The King of Sweden recently lost; inithe
public promenade, a small snuff-box of no
great value, but which he prized very highly,:
because his grandfather, Bernadotte, badused
it during his campaigns. A well-dressed gen
tleman picked it up and . returned it: to the
King,. "Do you like to take snuff'?" asked the
King. "I dp, your Majesty,?' *as the reply.
"Well, then, sir, let me present you withg this
snuff=box (handing him a very beautifulf§nuff
box made of silver and set with precious
stones.) I gun so lilippy that I got this valuable
relic back, that•l hope yow will not refuse my
little present." The gentleman thanked the
King, and gave the snuff-box to a committee
selling goods fOr charitable purposes. : When..
the story of the snuff-box became getierally•
known, the'box was sold for several hundred`
rix-dollars.
-From .J.2Honnue qui Writ," by Hector:
Fuego:
* * * * * This man had; a black'
bangup. Bangup, grave all air. Bangup. The:
beam of thesheep,4lle-report-oftlie-cotton
pod winin it opens, the sweat of the firming
ham mechanic, the inexpressible come-and-go.,
of needles, the sareastie gnashing of the scis-.
sons, and the burning kisses of the sad4ron„:
all were in that hangup. All and nothifig.;:'
- Mathematic pronnsemisity of the Seen andthil ,
Unseen. Secret cohabitation of Electicism,
and The Abstract. , • , . ,•
The sleeve reyealed misfortunes,. There: : is :
--ice at the Polo. There was grease" on:-this,
sleeve. The baugup had been ,young. wzO.
now a prey to all the panics of decrepitude.
The.ellioW-yawned_Thit4aWitAY:ecii.tear,2;
And this tear was a witness. More than a wit-
IIeNS, a traitor.. It gave state's-evidence of the
absence of a shirt.
A fly.settied upou tho bangup. Mack
Addition of sombre to sombre. ,This
was horrible. The baugup betWooat the, man.:
and the tly. The dead between two, living,Th6.
one carried the other. The otherearriedfboth
_ -
A. sinister knock re - &3l.toed. through:•'the
depths ()film solitude. .. •
• A man entered. TheLbangup bowed.. • l're
sentiments of the dorsal colitwp This man
was a tailor. Taylor in English,sehneider
German. In French, - Taylor is ? a. Paron, and
Schneider a Grand Duchess, Thia 'Wier had,
in his hand a rag: This .rag• had' Decent°, un—
der the implacable wheetia paper: Man is
more implacable than the' wheel he makes of
.the paper a note. Bilh protest. The ivai haa
worn out the coat. The' coat has consumed
the mau, * .4- *