CrIBSOI4 PEACQC.K. Bitor.
VOLUMEIXXIII. - NO. 68.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER FROR ROAM
Liszt, the Pianist... Visit to his Residence
...Description of the Apartment and its
Eurnittre—Liszt's 'Manners and Con.
vermillion-AWN
.Playina of a Fantasia
on Themes from
Cormipondenee of the Phila. Evening Bulletin.]
ROIME, ITALY, June 8
The church of San Francesco Rotuma,
added to its classical,lsite, its possessions, of
the tOmbs of. a holy 'Roman s Patrician' saint,
and of a great Umbrian' painter, Gentile da
Fabriano, has another attraction, which will
make it hereafter a classical spot to the musi
cal student : A great int:Meal •poet--Liszt, the
inspired rhapsodist of the piano, at the very
point of perfection in that,instrnment---lives
under the roof of the Olivetan Puildings,
whicliare at.the hack of the church of San
Francesco ltoniana. ,
Last winter, in ; January, the day before
Liszt left Horne
,for Weimar, a friend intro
duced metothe great musiciart,who courteomi
ly expressed a hope that we might meet again
this spring, after his return from Weimar.
During the winter I have formed the ac
quaintance of a young priest, who is the inti
mate friend and pupil of- LisZtri-Don Zefirino
FalciOui. This young gentleman lives with
his mother and her brother,an old priest, in a
charming little, house on the Palatine hill.
There he was'borri, on the very ground
. of the
Palace of the Casars. His uncle—a' benefl
ciaire of St. Maria Maggiore---has charge of
the small, interesting old church, St. Sebas
tiana aIA Monte •Pplatino, which the Prince
'Haiberini is now repairing: This church; the
adjoining garden; the house, with its occu
pants and accessories; the entrance-hall down
stairs; Whose walls are hung with prints of old
musical composers; tie 'young musical priest's
room above. with ins library of quaint old
books, busts and portraits of great musicians;
piano, holding a latirel-crowned bust of his
idol, friend and muster, Liszt, —all make up a
Spot frill of roniatiee:4:Fifty novels might be
thought of there, and: dip picturesque-looking
young musical prieit might be the hero of a
hundred romances. -My imagination always
ties off on voyageslif diScovery in the region
Of fiction whenever "Igo there.
Through Don Zefifino as we call him, I re
,ceived, a fortnightsince, an invitation from
Liszt to call upon him; and last Friday after
noon I went with Don Zetirino, accompanied
by a lady friend. We found some gentlemen
in the salon. Liszt received us most cordially,
and, after a pleasantlittle talk, said to me, in a
low voice:
"If you can wait until after these gentlemen
leave, Twill play for you."
During their visit I bad time to examine the
eeMrateti,! 1411:41ciiin: and his ',surroundings'.
Liszt is known to be singularly free from all
luitiriOns tastes. His reception room is a
large, spacious oue. The floor is covered with
a simple driigget. On the day I was there the
large table, which stands in the first, corner,
had on it a plain white cover, some pamphlets
and well-Used books, and a paper-weight or
two of simple fashion. In the other corner near
the large, full grand Chickering piano, was a
statuette of the Blessed Virgin; beside this was
a small table, with papers, photographs and
two mall busts—one of Wagner, the other of
the 'young King of Bavaria, who jilted his
pretty young cousin. The only thing on the
plainly papered Walls was a map of the seven
hills_otalorne. The other furniture consisted
of chairs and two sofas, covered with coalition
brocatelle, and the curtains to the windows
were of -the simplest white muslin. , • But the
view from , these , windows made amends for
all shortcomings
,in the way of upholstery.
The sac'th Via pas.ses under them; the Areh' of
Titus and .Palatine :Hill lie in front, and by
leaning a little out there can ho seen to the
left the ever graceful profile of the Colosseum
against the tender,throbbing blue or the beau
tiful Roman Sky. - • -
Liszt, toe,- must be described while , we are
waiting, for his visitors to leave.. He is- fifty
seVen—tor, like kings and queens, his • birth is
registered„ and there can be no evasion—but
he does not look so old by ten years. The
Abbe :s costume is very 'becoming to him, for
lie has a well-shaped leg and foot. The:shoes
bad on them goill buckles, but the rest of the
dress WILS very plain,—black silk stockings,
knee-breeches fastened at the knee with three
black buttons, and a long black coat, made
something like a wornan's polonaise—the or
thodox Abbe dress.
Liszt's hair is thick and long, as in his pic
tures, but streaked with grey. The expres
sion of the face is benignant and dignified,
and his eyes are a bright keen grey. The wild,
melancholy look, and defiant expression of the
mouth and long, firm jaw, Which can be seen
in early pictures of this remarkable man, have
disappeared entirely,if they ever existed:, He is
called homely by a - great many; but when I
admire a gifted person I never think of good
or bad looks; to me such faces:are always just
the ones that Ought to belong to their owners.
"It must to admitted," said a fridfidito me,
"that Liszt has six huge warts on his thee."
Yes, I remember noticing themLa superb
one on the forehead, just above the nos.eand
I thought when I looked at them how well
they agreed with his face; they L added to the
individuality. 'But,after all, in the expression
of Liszt's face lies the charm;•it is kind, cour !
teems, gentle and yet dignified. He is accused
of bping haughty.and conceited. I saw noth
ing of it. . I did notice a high air of.poetie ex- !
altationa happy; free, independent expres-,
siou, which was extremely attractive. • •
Ziszt'sinanners are easy, quiet and genial;
and he converses freely in French;;German
and Italian; English hesneaks sleivly, but
well, After his visitors, left,. he rubbed •hiS
hands and said gayly: •
"Now we will have the music while it is
fresh." • ; ,
But just asho said this the door opened, a
new visitor entered who had to be attended
to, and We waited another ten . or fifteen midi)
utes. During thattime I noticed his hands.
They are slender, the fingers long and thin;
.welhkeptizood.shaped nails; but the. thumb
was the wonder . . ---We.havabeen amusing our ! ,
selves over Desbarolles' "Jfysti:res de la Main,"
this:winter, and we carried on a sotto voce con-
venation over these marvellous thumbs. They
are the longest ever saw-, and reach upto the
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the whole of life," all old- 'ehiromantists have
said, and Liszys certainly Bemis to be one
proof at least of thik We eXamined as well
ass we could his other fingers, balanced them
with these thumbs, and used all our superfiCial
knowledge: * The result' was that of most ,for
tune-tellers who know the fate they . prophesy.
Liszt's fingers, are finely formed; they express
idealism and 'poetry, susceptibility, analytic
order;. they are. smooth and flexible, which
implies inspiration,fact and egotism; but every
quality is balanced and controlled, by these
long thumbs; powerful will speaks in the first
joint, and logic in the secondiand these,united
to the fine fingers and firm hand, according to
Desbarolles, give activity, power of execution,
and lead on to fortune.
The second :visitor_ left .and Liszt said, as he
took a seat at the.iiiano :- •
"Shine you are interested in Chopin, I will
give you something of his!! •
To see Liszt playing is 'W3, fine 'as to, hear
him. :His mobile face expresses every vary
ing emotion and feeling in the music. He
seemed one, with his instrument. , I forgot to
examine .IhoW, made his", viondeifhl
.. trill,
which is more like the nightingale note than
any other piano trill I ever heard; and when
he ended one and passed on to tho other ma+
Cal passages, Ithought of : • ;
"her poet-soul she fiingeth
Over pain to victory;"
the music went with the same keen Sweep as
the bird nbte does. I could not analyse or
note any way or manner of his playing while
I listened, except this his perfect stillness,
his quiet pose. That firm hand, long, supple,
smooth fingers:and powerful thumbs drew out
the music, as if it had been harntonious
breath, and the face was lofty; smiling, gentle,
serious, just as the music came. I was not
surprised as arc I had expected to be—net over
powered; but his music made me perfectly
happy, it seemed to be full and satisfactory.
" tiV hat did he play ?" I have been asked very
often since.: If he had not, tOldme',l should
not have known. Two or thee gleams of some
of the Chopin Etudes peeped out here
and there, but flitted ofijustasmyinemory. tried
to seize on them. After awhile a mystic con
flo4on began, and a mazourka glided swiftly
by. It was a beautiful shadowy dramatic fan
tasia, and sometimes Liszt looked _just as he
does in the popular picture which almost every
American mthsic-lOving girl has hanging over
her piano—"Matinie with Liszt"—in which
Czerny, Berlioz and Ernit are listening to this
king of pianists.
" But what did lie play?" my friends repeat.
"Three etudes and a mazourka of Chopin, ar
ranged by myself as a fantasia," a s Liszt'§ re
ply, when asked. .
I thanked him after he was through, and we
.
took our leave. Be accompanied our little
party through his ante-room to the head of the
stairs, shaking us by the hand cordially many,
times, and repeating his courteous invitation
to come again to see him, and so ended my ;
"Matinee Lei Lixtzt."
. ANNE 13nEwsrEn
THE lECIUdIENICAL 0011YNCIL.'
(Metal Letters from Rome.
, [From tho Catholic Mirror.]
The Archbishop. of Baltimore, having 'ad
dressed letters of inquiry to the proper au
thorities in Rome ha regard to certain points
interesting to the Bishops of these States Who
propose to attend the approaching General
Council of the Vatican, has been favored with
replies, extracts from Which, containing all
that is of practical importance, are here sub
joinedichletly for the information of those Itt.
Rev.-Prelates Of the Province who expressed
to him an interest hitilie sfilifeeta — .iid ask - CA - Ws
opinion. It may be added, that from a private
letter received from what is regarded as a re
liable source in Rome, it is probable that each
Archbishop and Bishop will be allowed to
bring or appoint one theologian to the Coun
cil, whose name will appear on the Conciliary
Record. So soon as official intelligence of this
or of any other important matter connected
with the Great . Council will be received, it will
be promptly published for the information of
those concerned.
1. In reply to the inquiry whether all the
Bishops are bound to assistat the CECumenical
Council, Cardinal Barnabo, in a• letter dated
April 30,-1869, answers:
"It is certain and not to be doubted, 1153 ap
pears from the Bull of Convocationitself, that
every Bishop is bound to be present, or where
he cannot, to appoint an ecclesiastic to repre
sent him, explaining at the same time the legi
timate motives which prevent his' personal at
tendance. In cases in which particular cir
cumstances will not permit a Bishop to absent
himself from his diocese, the Holy Father has
expressed himself as not a;•erse to granting a
dispensation. It is, however, necessary that
the Bishop should make special application for
dispensation to His Holiness himself."
In another letter of May 3d the Cardinal
thus responds to certain queries iu regard to
the style and material of the ecclesiastical
costume ordered, in a special circular, to be
worn by the Bishops attending the CounciP
the explanation comes from the Monsignor°
Prefetto dello Ceremonie Pontificie:
"In the first place, it should be. noted that
in the brief instruction'transmitted to the
Bishop, no mention was. made on purpose\
(imlustrioSumente) of the quality (material) of
the said vestments or costume, but only of the
form, quoting the correspondingparagraphs of
the Roman Ceremonial (of Bishops). It is true
that in said paragraphs there is question also
of the quality, but nothing is said in the in
struction on the subject for the reason that,
according to the prevailing usage, silk is ex
cluded on the day of consecration. However,
it should be remarked that, according to the
usage observed in Remo, all wear woolen in
the winter on account of the cold; and that
the-Sento:my Manteletta and _Mozetta. ought
always to be Of the same material—that is, if
of silk, all of silk, and vice versa; and that,
moreover, in regard.to the Cappa, Bishops in,
ever . y,season use woolen, adding over it furs of,
ermine in winter."
rw; BOSTON JUBILEE.
The Gihnore Testimonials—Letter from
-Mr. Julius Eiehlberg.
A Boston paper says
Ainong the, numerous letters Mr. Gilmore
has received is the following' from Mr. Eich
berg:
BOSTON CONSERVATORY Or MUSIC, BOSTON,
June' 24,1869.—/ ) . 8. Gilniore, Esq.—DEAR. SIR
Allow me, to sincerely congratulate you on the'
eminent succeSS that crowned the 'National
Peace Jubilee," originated by You. As ono of
its conductors, and as , a_meMber of the Music
Cornmittee;',l bad a fell opportunity to ;iiiiiire=
plate the tireless energv . , the, entire,linseltish
ness of him m
to whose enorts Boston is indebted,
for tie'long-to-be-reembered week , ending'
with the 19th of 'June: Allow me' o' add,, with
my best wishes- fer 7 the- success.-of.yout_ap.4-
.proriching testimonial; Alia 1; Most,
happy to aid it ..,brany and all' melats in my,
power. I remain, with great respect,
. Yours, very obedient,'
Junius EICIUiERG,
Director Boston 9onservatory:
PHILADELPHIA,, MOTDAy, , JUNE 28, 1869.
rAaritmotrnrr PARK'
VISTA DRIVE
The Commissioners have not much reason
to complain that their Park is neglected. Since
Herr Schwartzmann ' and his three
hundred men terminated their feat
of grading six difficult miles in: sixty
days, nearly every hoise in the city has' been
OVer them. The Drive is at this moment phila
delphia's Via Sacra. Our inhabitants hay a re
ligiously pranced up it, tooled it with. -their
wheels, struggled threugh its deep sandy
places, and paused to stare obediently from its
plateaus, until, it is like the way of the world.
Some collisions have occurred in the abrupt
angles, and some jams in: the narrow paths.
But the good-nature of the public has not
been perceptibly interrupted, and the generni
verdict pronounces the Park a success. The in
convenient features of the Drive are such as wll
be less perceived when the bifurcation of future
roads shall divert a part of the ' throng from
their present Indian file along it The correc
tion of almost any of its disadvantageiWould
have involved a greater evil. The Proems-
Lean policy of cutting, it everywhereVia:if
equal width would have, sacrificed some of
the finest trees, whose perfections a whole
century has been incessantly preparing for
our enjoyment. To have overco me the 'ab
rupt turns would have meant the :grading of
elevations crowned with other botanical
masterpieces, and yielding the most admirable
prospect& These natural charms have been
prepared too elaborately,l3y a succession of
curious events, to' lie lightly thrown away.
In the first place, every one knows the
curious natural process by which the Schuyl
kill River, along its course of 120 miles, is first
poisoned, and then antidoted and cleansed by
the chemical Composition of the beds through
which it flows, apparently express for the pur
pose of giving drink to the denizens of our
goodly city. The beauties of bill and wocd
land which were irrigated by its purified wave
attracted early the notice of citizens fatigued
with the closeness and noise of the
town. The site of the present —Park
was dotted with the residences of rich voluri.
tuaries. But when ,the thirst of the growing
city demanded a more ddequate water-suptily
than that gathered at Centre Square, and the
river was obstructed with a dant - to feed the
new reservoir.; at Fairmount, a distressing re
sult was noticed by the Epicureans upon its
banks. That section of the stream ckanged
character from a current to a lake; the ' water
gave forth unwholesome exhalations, and the
health of the neighboring families was thought
to be affected. A sort of panic en
sued, and the fine mansions above Fait:-
ffioutat were gradnally—deserted and :became
almost misalable.l The 'danger was , probably
at all times much e*ggerated; and when a
little pleasure-steamer began to paddle rip and
down the Schuylkill, the regular agitatibn of
the water .was found quite sufficient to obviate
the deleterious effects. The river -banks, how
ever, remained cheap; the dog was ' no longer
mad, but he had got his bad name, and hiS
fancy value was gozie, ,Flom.thia Wtory it re
sults that our Park could he bought.
The pretty villas and fine old stabling ac
commodations of former aristocrats were
afterwards degraded to uses vile, and some of
them remain deserted and in interesting ruin
among the ancestral trees. The latter have
been attending quietly to their own business,
and growing in 'beauty year by year. The
solitude, the damps, the neglect, were con
genial to their improvement, and they en
larged their leafy shadows every Spring, and
sowed their acorns and che y stuuts every Fall,
to prepare ready to our hands the most mag
nificent park foliage in' the New World;
foliage amid which the venerable trees of Bos
ton Common would show but as au incident,
and the trim avenues of Central Park • but as
borders; foliage that fitly rivals the
legendary woodland of • Windsor, with
its • undesired accompaniment of Herne's
ghost; or the forest of Fontainebleau,
with its own Black Huntsman; or the dark
Roman gardens;
"Or walks in Boboli's ducal bowera"
at Florence; or whatever has been done in
any country by the art of man to emphasize
and deepen the expression of nature. The
efforts of former planters, or the relics of the
forest primeval, cover the gracefulisloPes with
verdant yet venerable beauty. The Eagles
field Grove, dipping down to Mantua Run;
the picturesque remains of the Penn Mansion
Avenue, with its scattered trunks of twenty
feet about, and its columnar skeletons of pine
trees, embraced by clinging vines; the cluster
of "Heroules' Club," in Angelica Valley; the
group of immense chestnuts at the northern
border of Landsdowne Ledge, and the curious
ring of twenty-five shoots around the burnt-
Out shell, ten feet across, of a parent tree;
the . symmetrical oaks of Druid Way; and num
bers of isolated forest giants that captivate the
eye of'the tree-lover at every turn of this glo
rious road; these stately decorations, which no:
money could supply to the present generation .
and century, have been curiously set, trimmed,
irrigated, saved, and then' cheapened, in-order
that we might have a ready-made VoTsailles
ithe instant that we paid the price. •
scenery that is developed by such
points of view as that from the head of Sweet .
Briar Vale, or that from Landsdowne Con
course; is properly to be called Lake Scenery.
The river, to be sure, is crossed by bridges,.
which give interest to the prospect; put its,
broad, calm, dimpled character, its capricious
headlands and wooded slopes, its early tenni
nation in either direction, and the absence of
a current, suggest the , windings of some land
locked lake in.,* elevated 1011-conntry. Prom:
a higher standpoint,' hoWever, the river -flow,
of the Schuylkill is manifeSt ; from the brow
of George's Hill, whet& they aro - excavating
the great —reservoir, „ ee .the lus
trous stream traveling southward, to meet its
broad confluent the Delaware, whose waters
shine 'in the :distance beneath:. the Jersey
woods. The' whole city :with its roofs and
chimneys; the dome of its. Cathedral, the
`spires of its many churches, lies hetweim,--the
city of happiest homes, of most generous:
charities. '
;.,.. Quite.recently:,a plain,.goed,.....qaiet PALl77a_
sister'and a brother who dwelt upon, and:who',
dearly loved the Schuylkill backs ; unosteiita .3
tioii4ly gave their wealthY acreS'away.tc; the;
people—the acres that inolude this lofty belvi
'dere.. The. gift came nh;nost iu sllence, with!
OM WHOIO COVNTRY.
the rarest modesty. The other day the brothel
stood upon the upland he hail renounced, and
in a low voice .recited to a few. auditors the
history of the spot; is existing in the memory
of an old reshient. His. mind Went
Back,., to the :.days when ; - few homes
were built between that spot and
the steeple of the State-house, and when float
ing bridges were the only communication, un
til his family felled their forests to lay the
beams of a more 'permanent viaduct Ms
thoughts played :among -';the scenes lie bad
watched from that hill; and all the prospect
meant to lum.„ Then he. turned his back upon
the summit, whiCh will be the pedestai of his
gentle fame, and went silently down the
valley away from his possessions: forever.
v.A.lfetter deed, done in a more exquisite Sim-
Iplicity, is not written in the annals of any city.
Until the statue of our Man of Ross shall rise,
in its quaint old-fashioned garb and its attitude
of blessing over the toilers of the great city,
' we ought to construct that effigy in our hearts;
and never watch our sunset shadows stream
ing towards the town without some kind of a,
blessing in our hearts for so silently lavish a
giver.
Expected Rising in the West-41. Bloody
\ Masquerade.
lEfAvara; June 21 - .-=Affairs in the interior
are worse than ever for the Government, and
you will soon hear of a rising in the Western
district. The landing of an expedi
tions is expected to open operations
in that quarter. ' The Volunteer Secret
Committee has established its condi
tions for the admission-.of Caballera. • I may
quote them in my next. We had a grand
parade yesterday afternoon,
.attended by the
Acting Captain - General, Felipe Grooves. Es
pinar, and Rafael Clerija. Also a masquerade
ball at the Louvre, winch ended by "vivas"
and "mneras a Espana" and "vivas" and "mu
eras a Cespedes," with several killed and
ivotinded and further. arrests. 4.
Venezuela About to Recognize Cuban
Belligerency,.
- 4ot long after Cespedes raised the standard
of,revolt be communicated with all the South
Aerichn Republics. It was a long time be
fore the news could" reach Venezuela; but
when it did the Congress of the Republic took
action, and named a, Commission to lciok into
-the matter- and , report.---The COMMlSsio,fi ad
dressed to the Congress the following
gitizens, Senators and Deputies:—The Com
mission charged with looking into the politi
caraffifirs of Cuba and Puerto Rico, after such
an investigation as the matter seemed to re
quire, has come to the conclusion that Vene
zuela, remembering her historical and politi
cal antecedents, can with propriety recognize
the: Cubans and Porto Ricans as having the
unlimited right to insurrection; to conquer their
independence and liberty, and to be treated
and regarded as belligerents. put, inasmuch
as we are satisfied that this is not a ouestion
within the competency of Congress, tfie Com
mission deems it proper to forward , this com
munication to the National: Executive, to the
endthat when the proper time shall be deemed
to have arrived he can proceed iu conformity
With that which is prescribed by the National
Constitution; and in accordance with the pub=
lie law`of nations.
CAVACAS, MUT?, 1869.
Signed by Lins'Levil de Goda, Miguel Aris
teguita, and others.
The Power of the Rebellion Confessed.
The Prenia ofliavana in a recent article,
frankly owns that great 4n g ers are now hang
ing over the _Wand of Cuba. On account of
its accustomed boldness, more importance is
clue to its statements than to those of another
journal in Cuba.. "We have never," it says,
"made light of the danger; never have we un
derrated the enemy which has so many re
sources, and such large sympathies among the
democratte ball in Europe and
America. An immense quantity of funds
is held at the disposition of our ene
mies. Many Spaniards would not believe this,
notwithstanding we laboredto convince them,
but late events have settled that question. To
send out so many expeditions, to maintain so
many agenta Cuba, in the metropolis, and
abitad, must, of necessity, cost a great deal of
money. ' When the insurrection commenced
the Prensa gave out assurances of this fact,
but nobody believed us." * * * "This
view was further strengthened when we found
out that these same men were not paying their
store bills, neither the, iron merchants, nor the
grocery keepers, and that they were hypothe
cating their city- property - and - collecting in ad
vance the price of their crops. The thing was
quite clear that these men had money which
they might use in conspiracy against the • GO
vernment; and there were a few who begin to
thinkas we did. Well,. eight months have
rolled by, and the great expenditures continue
being made by our enemies; much money, has
been 'extracted from the secret societies of
Europe, and likewise from mercantile associ
ations,the latter being interested in 'destroying
our sugar-producing capacity.
:The consolidation of two connecting lines
into one great through, route to New York .'
and Philadelphia was realized - and made com
plete by the vote of the stock and bondholders
of the 'Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad Company, at Pittsburgh, yesterday;
which was unanimous for the ratification of
the lease of their road to the Pennsylvania
Central for 999 years.. We shall make con
siderable local , and national history be-
Ifore the year, 2868
_brings the expira
tion of these articles of agreement. Our.
then citizens will knOw more than we now do
regarding matters that are now disturbing the
peace of mind of our St: Louis neighbors in
contemplating the growth of Chicago. The
Park questions Will have long been settled,
and possibly the Lake front matter will have
got out of the courts. 'Meanwhile the parties
- of - the - first partin - thislease - will - bein the en-
joymont of steady and'solid returns ou their in
vestment. For the Pittsburgh,'' Fort
Wayne and Chicago: does not go into
these nuptials a dowerless bride, but had
attained trout rank in standing aod business
among Western roads. This union achieves
the first, through line from Chicago to the
seaboard; just as this route offered long ago
the first through palace oars to tide water at •
New York and Philadelphia. The - name
and style of the leased portion will be the;
Pittsburgh, . Fort Wayne and , Chicago divi
sion of the Pennsylvania. 'Central :Railroad.,
COMpany. The line '2bears the imperishable
feather in its cap—sixty-nine • miles the
shortest route to New York.i . As the work
of, building the great Chicago passenger
!house :is devOlved -upon the Pennsylvania
. folks, we shall be glad to see them up this way,
and omen Our columns for their calls for con
tractors' bids. The West Side needs amazingly
to have - these' depot questions settled; and
now that the Pittsburgh, Felt Wayne and
Chicago . has married for-life, it is time to build
;thelaomeste'utand settle'down._ It not as
,yet transpired .What line the Pennsylvania will
make its eonnectioh west from :Chicago, but
as there are several marriageable 'girls and
several suitors in the market, there are some
further railroad marriages shortly to be ;.tu
uounced. • :
cuss.
Railway Consolidation.
[From the Chicago Republ IC= ofJune
GETTYSBURG.
Preparations for the Dedication of
the. Soldiers' Monument.
A. correspondent of the N.V. Times writes
froni Gettysburg of the . Soldiers' National
Dloninnent: „ ,
The monument now approaching comple
tion and to be dedicated on the Ist of July is
the most imposing memento of the Civil IVar
anywhere in the country, and, will, not be
finished at a cost of less than 550,000, although
the original estimate was but 525,060. It is
from designs by J. G. Batterson, of Hartford,
Connecticut, who also furnished the clay
riuidels Of the statuary, which were worked
out in marble at Rome by Randolph Rogers.
The superstructure is sixty feet high con
sisting of a massive pedestal, twenty-five
feet square at the .base, and the die and cap
crowned with a three-quarter globe : on which
stands a colossal statue of the Genius of Lib
erty, holding in her right band the victor's
wreath of laurel, and ;clasping with the left a
'sheathed sword. Projecting from the angles
of the pedestal are four buttresses, supporting
the same number of allegorical statues, repre
senting War, History,Peace and Plenty. War
is personified by an Atnerican soldier, who
resting from the conflict, relates to His!.
tory the story of the battle the monu
ment • commemorates, while History, with
stylus' and tablet, is chiseled as re
cording the achievements of the field. Peace
is symbolized by a statue of the American me
"chanic, with the accessories of a cog-wheel,
'hammer and chisel,' while Plenty is repre
sented by a female figure, wiih a sheaf of
wheat and fruits, as emblematic of peace and
abundance as the soldier's crowning triumph:
The 'buttresses on which these statues—which
are all colossal—are seated, have the sides
ornamented with bas-reliefs in re son
with the idea embodied in the statue.
'The , upper aio and cap of the monu
ment are circular, and on the die is a circlet of
bronzestars made up of one for each State
having dead in the cemetery. The cornice
and plinth above the main die of the pedestal
are octagonal and. heavily ,moulded, and on
the plinth. rests an octagonal moulded, base,
bearing upon its face the national arms in
high relief. The panel of the main die, on the
west side, between the statues, has engraved
on it :
G'ETTY:IITITRG )
July 1,2, 3,
1863.
While the corresponding panel on the oppo
site side has the following from Lincoln's
-dedicatory , 'address.:.: _‘Jt is forus,_the_living;
rather to' be dedicated here to the unfinished
work - that they' haVe' thus far so, nobly ,car
ried- on. • It :is ' , rather for'us to be here dedi
.cated to the great task remaining before ns—
that from , these! honored dead we take-in
creased devotion to the:cause for . which they
here gave the last , full measure of devotion—
that we here highly, resiolvelhat the dead shall
not have died in .vain; that the.. nation shall,
under God, have - anew birth of freedom; and
that the .Government of the people; by the
people, and for the people, , shall , not perish
-from the earth."—Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863.
The monument itself is executed in granite
and the five statues in -marble, solhat when
completed it, will have the - same general effect
as the cemetery in 'which it ,stands. But it is
not yet finished,. nor will it be by Thursday
next, for Peace and Plenty-have not yet ar-;
rived froin Italy, and of the materials now on
the ground only the pedestal with the but-
tresses' and the statues of War and History
have been. put in place. Mr. Wills, . how
ever, is sanguine that except the two non
arrived statues, all will be finished in time for
the final ceremonies, and, as he is giving his
personal attention to the work, there is
reason to believe that he will not be dis
appointed. It is impossible, of course, to in
dulge in any minute criticism of the- monu
ment in its present unfinished state, but it can
• be said that in the expression of eager recital
thrown into the face of War, and in the ab
sorbed listening aspect and attitude of History,
the sculptor has commendably worked out the
idea of the designer. lt is lamentable, how
ever, that the marble of both statics has
been badly disfigured during the passage
across the ocean, in consequence of gross care
lessness of package and stowage, and, un
sightly as they now appear, it is feared that
some of the stains can never be wholly eradi
cated.
THE. DEDICATORY CEREMONY
The last of the series 'of solemnublic cere
monies connected With the establi p shment of
the Soldiers' National Cemetery is to take
place on Thursday next; the 'hit of of July.
The Committee of Arrangements, consisting
of David Wills, R. H. McCiirdy,, W. Y. Sel
leek, Ben Deferd and Edward M. Dubois,
have concluded all the preliminaries necessary
to the success of this last pageant: The pro
gramme of the day includes the opening re
marks and prayer by Rev: Henry Ward
Beecher. ' the unveiling of the monument by.
Major-general George G. Meade . ' the ora
tion ori • the progress .of civil liberty in
the United States (Wring the last ten
years y by Senator Oliver P. Minton of Indiana,
an original poem by Bayard Taylor, and the
closing prayer by Rev. S. S: Schmucker, of
Gettysburg. Many distinguished gentlemen.
have signified their intention of being pres
ent, among whom are Senator Fenton,of New
York; Governor Jewell, of Connecticut; EX - -
Governor Ward, of New -Jersey . Governor
Crapo, of Michigan; General Humphreys,
Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, and oth
ers, but" Mr. Wills has not received any notice
to expect the presence of the President of the
United States and other memberg of the Na
tional Government, all of whom have been
invited.
•• The visiting military organizations to take
part in the ceremonies will be the Utica (N.Y.)
Zonaves, the LaneaSter (Peria,.) Foncibles,the
Harrisburg (Penna,) City Zouaves, the Clara
bersburg (Penna.) Hmisrein Zouaves,tho York
(Penna.) Zeikel Guards, and the two military
companies of Adams county, Penna., General:
Meade has suggested the possibility of the
presence of a part of the militia of Philadel
phia, under General Provost, but there is
nothing certain in the matter, and the organi
zations mentioned, together with the Balti
more :NatiOnal Musical Association, are all
that are-sure - -to--be- present,. hilt they_will.be,
reinforced in the procession' by local lodges of
Freemasons, Odd Fellows and . othev bodies.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Supplies for the Cuban Iniairgents.•
The Pall Mall Gazette of June 14th says:
There appears to be no doubt that at least one
vessel equipped with warlike Stores for the
- insurgents in Cubatwas7a, Hewed' te-- escape
froin New f ork. The American Government
'stopped the Quaker City, but only after strong
re-,enforcethents for the Rebels had safely
departed from the port. Of colirso they
will .compeM;ate Spain for the conse
quences of this negligence? A correspondent
of a New'.York-paper sailed with the expedi
tion, "ostensibly forJainaica?' Seeing that the
vesselliadnif board arms' . fok 5,000 men and
ten pieces of artillery, the authorities must
have wondered what was her_business at Ja
maica. • Infuture, when the exertions of the
- government to stop the Quaker City -are
boasted of, it wonktlie well to explain - .the es,
cape of tlmvessels,:loinied. With anus,. - which
scarcely took thetrouble to conceal their real
-destination,-
The Pall galkWazette. of June•ltsays: The
.-Americana are accused efseeking
.to 'convert
their recentlyrpurehasedisubjects - in. Alaskato
Protestautuan , A Russian priest, Humid. ROv-
F' ;L L. limilms!roN. Fa**.
PRICE THREE
rikruin, who had been sent to Sitkafort4ta
e pu
pose of maintaining the orthotlok, church
there, writes to his countrymen thatthe Cathe
dral had been closed by an order of:the-COI:I
-mander of the American troops, and. that 411
the, natives who intended'to observe ',Tient kid
been arrested. .It would be ,inters. tin
learn how the American clergy proceed ,in
their work of conversion, RS the _natives InurOir
not a single word of English, while' the' Cler
gymen, in all probability, know:no othet 'lan
,
gunge.
ZAMA". ItIGHTS,, - Yr
Neggi * m Eligibility to Otneetini
The Macon Telegrapk'a leading DefriocrOtto
paper in Georgia, frankly concedes that, by the
recent decisiorrof the • Supreme ebuttottho
State, negroes are just as eligible', to nir civil
offices as whites. In concluding fan artieleo
upon the subject, it says:
"No well-informed. man can haie t *doubt
that the Federal GoVernment is determined to
resent the negroes in the Legislature ,ate - all
hazards, and thfit all our, opposition, will.;bo
futile. The refusal of the Legislature , fro,Ko . •
spect this decision of the Supreme Court,
only bring about, a legisratiVO plugatibit
by bayonets; but we should dare , less' fbr
that than to see the Legislature-:assume
an indefensible and untenable position; against
an authoritative though unsatisfactory exposi
tion of the law; or adopt any temporaryf3lge•
clients which would be practically - unnvailing•
against the dominantdespotism. In the midst
of all our troubles let us preserve respect= for
law. Let us arm ourselves with patience' and
look forward in hopeto better days." '
FACIp6 AND FANCIES.
Lotta is playing the Marchioness in. Detcoitt.
The Georgia harvest is plenteous, but then
laborers are few.
—John E. Owens has returned from his CZ
forma and Utah tour.' • ' "
—Mr. and iqrs. Mansilehl were adtiaittedte ,
the lowa bar on the same day last week.
—Lord Byron's tragedy of Manfred 143
been performed this month in London.
A. Georgia paper is eSiled the .Ain , Litte
Eagle.
—The old stone mill at Newport, Rhode
Island, made famous by LongfelloW's "Skele
ton in Armor," is to have a fence to protect it.
—Tennyson has
nearly. Completed a new
volume of poeins: He has been engaged'on
the - work since last October. ' •
—A tablet and bronze medallion have been
affixed to the house in .Flamburg where Men
delssohn was born.
Bismarck says_thuthe_ always intru.sts
'lnuit commissions to men with spirited and
ambitious wives. ,
—The Toledo clerks have organized a so
ciety . for assistingunfortunate or afflicted
.
members oftheir , ,
• , -;-An ambitious San 'Franoiscaii . is•malcing
1,000 cigars of the finest Havana tbbacce, each
one tipped with gold, and all a present Tor. our
smoking President. •
—A 'deacon of a church . 111 - KalarnazOo,
Michigan', has given an edifice , the society'
on condition that it shall be:lree,ihisl that
therel - singing. shall be congregationa • ' ".:',
The Belgian •:chemistS, who invented:a ,
procesS of making Flemish butter out of beef
tallow, now manufacture champagne at 4441-
ling a bottle. • ' , ,
•
—A Frenchman has obtained possessionnf
some of ex-Queen Isabella's letters, to her 'fa
vorites, and,is to have them printed , irthfae
simile for sale. •
—Verdi,,Ricci and Petrella have contributed
the greater portion of the Rossini monumental
mass. Mercadante declined to eo-operatn,
pleading his advanced age.
—Madame Parepa-Rosais (mina. to St ithe
. •, C •
rine's, Canada, to take the mineral avatars
there, and will rest all summer, so as to be able
to enter fresh on the season of 'English opera
in the fall.
—A request hasl been pre,sented by the
ladies of St. Petersburg to the authorities, so
liciting permission to found, an establishment
for the publication of literary works written
by women.
—A novel sty]e of head-dress in., Paris :is a
garland of tulips worn upon the head,' so-ar
ranged that the beat of the room causes the
tulips gradually to. .unfold, displaying
diamonds, rubies, and other precious :stones.
The expense is trifling! •
—A rejected lOi , er, at , Germantown,,Ten
ne.ssee, who bad spoken disteSpectfully the
cold one, inpublic ' was ordered by alavOred
suitor to call upon the young lady and. make
an apology. Ile did so last Friday night, and
she accepted the apology with a raw-hide,
which she dreW froth. the folds of her dress.
—Speaking of hnportant new books;..tho
Bookseller
_says: ~ ‘llre are lookinglorward
much interest to John Forster's biography, of
w alter Savage Landor, now on the evo of pub
lieation. It is a comtbrt to think, that the life
of the grand old poet, whose last years ir3Ve
spent in half-voluntary and half-foreed:er,de,
should have fallen into such entirely' coia.p'o
tent hinds." ..;
• =An English paper says: "Mr. Swinbiirtie
is at work on his 'Tristram and Yseolt,' which,
When finished, is intended by its author to. ex
hibit the poetic capabilities of the subject :to
Mr. Matthew Arnold, who treated it in a -vol
ume of his . early poems If Xis. ,;SWin
burne's poem is half as fine , as .Miittimw
Arnold's , . "Tristram and VSoult, 7 !, it, be
altogether the best :thing that Mr. Switibarno
—Mr..C.was in the habit of asking children
to repeat the text on their return from chttroh,
to prove that they - bad:paid attention: On - the
Sabbath the text was; !Why stand ye here all
the day idle? Go into my vineyard and , Work,
and. whatsoever is right- I* will pay thee?"
Charlie came home, and was asked to repeat
The text. Be hesitated a moment, and tlien,as
if it had just come to him after much thought,
he said, 'AN'hat are you standing round . here
doing nothing for? Go into my barn-yard
and 12,09 to work, and I'll make it all right with
you.
—The Ledger's advertising columns furnish
the,following:
- 4 'BMM - IM—A roan goat, with a streak 'Own
its back about 2.1 years old:"
marsEit
—At the Arch Street Theatre, on Saturday
night, the pantomime Humpty-Dumpty was
produced, to an audience which was surpris
ingly large, considering the_ warmth. of the
weather. The piece is some. degrees funnier
than such things generally are, and we Should
thinkthat a mau who could smile at an. ordl,
nary_ paidominie might get -,up a 'series ,of
hearty latighs'at-this one. - 20.-Tonypenier
a capital clown, with, a most expressive,botuk
tenance, and a nice seise of humor. Together
with the unhappy Pantaloon, who is made the
Mitt Of, all the severe pradtical jokes, the Clown,
appeara to have an. mdia 7 rubber.:elasticity•
and se, 'although._ the ; 1 _Pantaloon; am
all :the common people axe:l6l44od -about
in distreesing and painfulmanner, i they seem
to' enjoy it and to feel,"no : hurt., Idr.,Leslie to
an agile Harlequin, :and: Idlle: , : -Auriol . is as
pretty a Colithibind U.S we can exPect.to have
during the warm weather, .Tbe ballet , also, is
very good, the costumes of, the'dancers being
admirably contrived for coinfort during what
the reporters call '"tho heated tem." Uwe
Might make any suggestion it would be that
the long prologue should be ontitted:
Yates, doubtless, is. unite . a Rachel in i 301110.46..
partments of histrionisM, but as.
nary characters. in Ifampty-Dastptv, she Oa
not be:regarded as a complete success..
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