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VOLUME XXIIL-NO. 69.
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MARRIED.
TYLER—SPENCEIL—In New York.' Juno 26th, by
the Itev. L. E. Pratt. Julia, daughter of the late
President...C.)ler; to lam 11. Bpeneer, of Tuscarora,
Livingatott county, New York.,
MED.
BROWEB.—At Orange, N. J., Susan C. Whitney,
wife of Bloomfield Brower.
Tier relatives and friends are invited to attend her fa- .
neral, on Wednesday, the 30th inst., at 2 o'clock, from
the residence of her brother-in-law, John B. Brower,
No. 261 York street, Jersey City. Interment at Green
wood Cemetery.
BUIST.—This morning, of cholera Infauttun,John M.,
of the late John M. Guist.
Funeral from' the residence of his mother, Mrs. S. M.
1tu15t,1323 South Broad street. The relatives and friends
are n•q nested to attend, without further notice. ends
are
Monday morning, the 26th inst.,Mary
Morris, infant daughter of John and Elizabeth Cooke,
of Cheltenham, Montgomery county.
The funeral will take place at the Church of ,St. James
the Leis, on Wednesday afternoon, the 110th inst., at six
o'clock.
COX.—In Newport, B. 1., en Thursday, Juno 24th,
Mari', widow of E. N. Cox, United States Navy. and
daughterfof the late J. L. R. Mentandevert, in the 84th
year of her age. •
DBEER.—,Sciddenly, on Saturday, the 26th instant,
Frederick Annin, infant son of Frederick A. and Louisa
O. Dreer.
OWEN.—At Baltimore, on Friday, June 26th, Wil
liam O. Owen, formerly of this city. •
T RON BAB,EGES. HEAVIEST MESCH
.I.^ IRON BAREGER,B-4 WIDE.
IRON BAREGES, 4.4 WIDE.
IRON BAREGES, 3.4 WIDE.
EYRE LANDELL. FOURTH AND ARCM
SPECIAL NOTICES.
lob PROTECTION
AGAINST SOME OF THE
INCONVENIENCES AND DISCOMFORTS
OF
SIIMBIER TRAVEL.
TRAVELING SUIT%
Light Texture, Dark Color,
Won't Show Dust.
Linen and Alpaca Dusters
MADE UP TO BE
Ornamentatas well as UsefaL
LINEN OVERALLS,
To Protect the Pantaloons,
AT THE
New Chestnut St. Clothing Establishment
OF
JOHN WANAMAKER,
tin and 520 Chestnut Street.
my 6 rp
U' ROSE HILL CEMETERY.
A. new and beautiful CEMETERY has • been recently
located on LA NOASTER Avenue, a short distance from
' Ovetlirook Station, on the Pennsylvania Central Rail
road,just beyond the city line and near the boundary of
, the new City Park. The Hestonville Passenger Rail
road, it is expected, will shortly be extended and pass in
front of this Cemetery. These grounds, in natural and
created embellishments t are equaled by few and sur
paased by no Cemetery an the country. The projectors
are now selling a limited number of Lots of 10 by 12 feet
at $W per lot, payable in installments. The price will
shortly be doubled. Portions of the ground c
allotted to Societies on favorable terms. Partidesiring
to purchase are invited to visit these grounds without
delay. and judge for themselves of the advantages offered.
For further information, apply at the Office of the Presi
dent, A. M. HOPKINS,
818 WALNUT Street,
GEO. CHANDLER PAUL,
- 17:p North TENTH Street.
Or of the Secretury,_
BOARD OF ..IANAOFIR9.
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eo
A. M. Hopkins, G. Chandler Paul,
Jacob Gakeler, Geo. W. Buckman,
_ Saud. J. allace.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
On and after THURSDAY, July Ist, the Office of the
COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE for the
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF PENN
SYLVANIA (comprising the First, Twenty-sixth,
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Wards) will be
REMOVED to N0.71e. WALNUT Street, Second Story . .
WM.' R. LEEDS, Collector.
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Root's Wrought Iron Sectional
SAFETY BOILER
This Boiler, of which over 100 have been sold during
the mod two years, being composed of the best Wrought
Iron Tubes_tested to 500 pounds, and having no large
sheet Iron shell to explode, offers absolute safety from
explosion. It combines economy, durability and other
advantages of the sectional form Send for Pamphlets.
Persons wanting , Boilers In :Philadelphia and vicinity
will be called upon by addressing JOHN B. ROOT, 95
an. i EBTY - StreetTN - ow - 11 . rrk
anted, an energetic.
LOCAL AGENT..
je22 to f titro
•
•
10. "THAT BOY OF NORCOTT'S."
Tilts is the title of a new and fascinating English
tale in this 'week's Germantown Telegraph. -Prla.3 five
-cents. ..Fer sale by newsdealers. ~. _ ...1029-2tre...
Eu. WEST PENN SQUARE ---- _
En dish and Classic-114 School, In the Building of
the Third National Bank, S. W. corner of Market and
?derrick streets. Entrance on Merrick street. School
room , , he ground . floor. The Principal, GEORGE.
EAR E N, will be at the room fromB.l4 to 1136 o'clock,„
4113 J !ill and 30th, to receive applications for pupils
fort "IF 811 term. je2B-2trp
STATE RIGHTS FOR SALE.—
I:l? " State rights of a valuable invention just patented,
an designed for the slicing, cutting and chipping of
dried beef, cabbage, dm., are hereby offered for sales It
is an article of great value to proprietors of hotels and
restaurantb, unit it should be introduced into every fam
ily. State rights for 'sale. Model can be soon at the
telegraph office, Cooper's Point, N. J.
my2S-011 . MUNDY & HOFFMAN.
1.08. FRANK. PALMER, LL. D., SUR
'•
geon Artist, has just been commissioned by the
Surgeon• General to supply the Arm and Log for
mutilated Officers of the U. S. Palmer " Army and Navy The
Governmental offices are to be located in Philadelphia,
Nbw.Yark and Boston, and aro all conducted by Pr.
PALDIF.H. my 27 7Strp§
.
1:1
~
(I HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 11)18
and 15211 Lombard street, Dispensary Department.
—Medical treatment and medicine turnieheil gratuitously
to the poor.
. .
SPECIAL NOTICES.
per'. Fourth of July at the Sea-Shore
VIA
Camden and Atlantic Railroad.
Trains for Atlantic. City leave Vine Street Ferry on
SATURDAY, July 3d, at 8.00 and 9.45 A. Di., and2.oo,
9.15 awl 4.15 I'.
The 2.00 and 3.16 P. M. trains run through from Phila
delphia in TWO HOURS.
Tickets sold on SATURDAY - and SUNDAY, July 3d
and 4th, are good to return on any train MONDAY,
the 6th.
Parefor the Round Trip, S 3 00.
D. if. MUNDY, Agent,
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OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF
U r. FAIRMOUNT PARK;
Its SoutIrFIFTH Street.
NOTICE TO STEAM ENGINE BUILDERS
Proposals will be received at tble office until noon of
FRIDAY, July 2, for delivering at Fairmount Park •
A MARI ENGINE, WITH BOILER AND DRIVING
PULLEY
complete, of compriet form, suitable for occasional re
moval, that will work easily to twelve horse power.
Proposals must be accompanied by specifications
deacribing the form, dimensions and weight of the ma
chine, and a statement of the time at which it will be
deliverall ready for use, and must be delivered to the
"CoMmlttee on Plans and Improvements."
je293trp JOHN C. CRESSON, Chief Engineer.
DEDICATION OF THE WASH
urY INGTON STATUE,
• - • JULY 5, 1869.
The statue of George Washington, to be presented to
the city by the Washington Monument Association of
the First School District of Pennsylvania, will be
placed 'in position and presented to the city, with ap
propriate ceremonies, on MONDAY (July 6) next, at
A. 31.
The Controllers, Directors Teachers and Pupils of tho
Public Schools, the Mayor, Heads of Departments, mem
bers of Select and Common Councils,Military, the Ca
dets attached to the Sixth School Section, as a guard of
honor, and all associations bearing the name of Wash
int:ton, are invited to participate in the ceremonies.
Organizations desirous to take part are invited to meet
the Committee, in Select Council Chamber, on THURS
DAY, July 1, at 8 P. 31.
WILLIAM 11. HANNA.,
M-2t • Chairman of Committee.
L?.. THE ATTENTIO'N OF OUR BEAD
EIIS is called to a ppublic sale of five new and cont.
Mete residences TO-MORROWWellnesdaybat 3 o'clock
31., at wa m ta g ton. Delaware. They are on the finest
avenue of the city, near the beautiful Itrandywine, and
the street Railway is a direct communication for depot
or boat. For cool and beautiful places to live they can
not be surpassed, and as they will positively be sold,such
an opportunity rarely offersto get a bargain.
V linintgion, Delaware, by
it CLEMENT B. SMYTH.
flaa PENNSYLVANIA 1: AILHOAD—
OFFICE OF GENERAL FREIGHT AGENT,
No. 1302. Market street.
, • PIIILADEL PHIA, Juno 28, 1869:
NOTICE.
The rates for the transportation of Coal, to take effect
July Ist, 1869, can be obtained upon application at this
office.
S. B. KINGSTON,
je29 itrpf, General Freight Agent.
•
10OFFICE HUNTINGDON AND
" BROAD TOP MOUNTALN RAILROAD CO.,
No. 411 Walnut Street. •
PHILADELPHIA, June 29,1369.
Coupons No. 21, due February Ist, 1869, on the Second
jlortgage Bonds of the Huntingdon and Broad Top
:Mountain Railroad add Coal Company, will be paid ai
oflit e of the Company, on and after the sth day of July,
DAL J. I'. AERTSEN,• ,
je29 Agent for Trustees.
fo. TUBKISH , BATHE.
1109 GLEARD 'STREET. TWO SQUARES FROBI THE.
CONTINENTAL-
Ladies' department strictly private. Open da and
overdo • . aPi-ti y_
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DIVIDEND NOTICES.
u. OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA
AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY, No.
227 S. FOURTH STREET.
PIIILADELPIIIA,JIII:I6 240369
NOTICE.—In accordance with the terms of the lease
and contract between the East Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and the 'Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company, dated May 19, 1569, the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company will pay at their offige, 227
South FOURTH street, Philadelphia, on and after the
1 3 0th day of July, 1869, a DIVIDEND of el 60 per share,
clear of all taxes, to. the Stockholders of the East Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, as they stand registered on
the books of the East Pennsylvania Railroad ConfPalOr
on the Ist of July, 1869. . .....
S. BRADFORD,
Treasurer of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co
NOTE.—The tranafer hooka of the EAST PENNSYL
VANIA RAILROAD COMPANY will be closed on July
I and reopened on July 11th, 1869.
. .
HENRY C. JONES,
jetljy2Orp§ Treasurer East Pennsylvania RR. Co
[O, PEMBERTON & HIGHTSTOWN
RAILROAD COMPANY.—The coupons of the
mortgage bonds of this Company due July Ist, will be
paid on that date at the offi-o.f'
BOWEN & FOX,
113 Merchants' Exchange.
The dividend upon the stock will be paid at, the Com
pany . 8 naive in Wrightstown, N. J. je23strp
P E Is: NSYL VANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY, TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT..
PHILADELPHLA., Pa., lifity 3d,1869.'
The Board of Directors have this clay declared a semi
annual Dividend of Five Per Cent. on the Capital Stock
of the Company, clear of National and State taxes, paya
ble in cash on and after May 30,1869.
Blank powers of attorney for collecting dividends can
be had at the Office of the Company, No. 238 South Third
street.
The Office will be opened at 8 A. M. and closed at 4 P.
31., from Ma v 30th to June Ath, for the payment of divi
dends, and after that date from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
THOMAS T. FIRTH,
Treasurer.
NOTE —The third instalment on New Stock of 1558. is
due and ,ay able on or before June 15. mt•B•2mrp§
TO RENT
. FOR RE.NT,
THE UPPER ROOMS
Of Building now being vacated by a° MERCANTILE
LIBRARY COMPANY, cornor of FIFTH. and LI-
Streets. \ D. T. PRATT,
111,9 FOURTH Street.
je29 th
sir TO' RENT—A HANDSOMELY FUR-,
2,lLit nisbed house on Arch street, between Fifteenth and
r•ixteenth streets. Possession on I , t of September next.
stable and coach-house can be h id if desired• Address,
ARCH STItEET," at this office. je29-6t*
rpo • LET—TWO VERY DESIRABLE
...IL Offices, N0..247 S. Third street; recently occupied by
the Collector of the First District. Apply to THOMAti
L. EVANS, No, ID Walnut street. jel9-s,tu,th,6trp'
THE COURTS.
•
Sharswood.—This morning, in the
ease of the City vs. The Empire Passenger Railway Com
pany. Justice Shorewood delivered the following opinion,
refusing the injunction prayed for to restrain the.
Twelfth and Sixteenth Streets Passenger Railway from
laving trucks:
That the Legislature have the constitutional power to
take possession of mad appiopruite the streets of an in
corporated city to the purpolies of a railroad, either di-,
tawny or through a company created for that purpose,
has not been and cool be controverted situ:tithe
_ttase of the Philadel s. m
_acid Trenton Railroad Co
pany; 0 'Wharton 25. tls contended; however, that - the •
,ierendants are about to take the cobble
stones, which belong to the, city, without
• making or - tendering inhajuate . (... compensag
lion, The only affidavit which has .been submitted to
me on the subject shows' that it Is not the intention to
take these stones in the sense of the Constitution. They,
are borld by their charter to repave the street.
along which the track of the railroad is to be laid, and
the President (dale corporation, defendante,decla res that
it is the intention of the company to replace the stones
which may necessarily be disturbed, and to hold any ear
plus forties MO of the plaintiffs, to be delivered to them
at any point to be designated. If any damages under
these circumstances should arise to the city it will be of
that kind called consequential, notivithin the Constitu
t Rana provision on the subject.
Motion refused.
o.ltElt AND TramiNEß.Judgeg Ludlow and Brewster.
---,ln the case of William. Cutely,* charged with causing
the death of William Hudson (before reported.l., , the , case
t was tiliblllittOd to the jury without requiring the defend
ant to call witnesses, end A verdict of not guilty was
rendered.
Tile morning. John Morris. Levi Styles, and John
Baxter. three lads. were put on trial, charged with being
roncerucd i s the ;,it d ,•k upon Whim AlleKieve, in
Isioil-tabor lest. at 'West Philadelphia, which resulted in
his A , jun .is:ls Witog
. called whet - our report
PHIUDELPITTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 29,1869.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
L FXOIII ROME.
A Tame Nightingale, his songs and his
Sympathies—Liszt" Introduced to a
llinsman.:-Bornan Views... Excavations
at the Palace of the Ciesars...lVonder
. ful Ancient 'Frescoes...Discoveries at
the Emporium—lmprovements and
Repairs In and about St. Peter's.
[Correspondence of the Phila. Evening Bulletin.ll
__ Roam, Italy, .Piazza di Spagna, Tuesday,
June 15th, 1869.—A few weeks since a friend
hung over my writing-table a tame nightingale,
thus giving me a chance to enjoy this luxury
of the woods at my leisure. The bird sings
sometimes in the day, but its finest burst of
song is at 3 o'clock In the morning. Last night
or rather this morning, I was awakened by a
duet and responding solos between our bird
and a strange nightingale outside the window
the visitor bad probably. come down from the
Pincian Gardens, which lie,•as most of you
know, only a - little distance off. They overhang
the northeast side of the ',Piazza di Spagna
The two birds vied with each other; my bird
told the story of its woes most touchingly, and
yet may-be it was lauding up.the charms of its
gilded bondage, for it has never known any
other life than that of caged m.
There is no bird song like that of the night
ingale. The skylark's is beautiful, fresh, full
of joy and hope, "the bird of the laborer,"
the bird . of heaven. He mounts up•into the
air, floats along the cloud regions until ahriost
lost to sight, a little speck in the blue throbbing
sky-, from which pours down a rich, full flood
of melody. Yes, the lark has something divine
in his song, but the nightingale is the human
poet, and when I listen to this bird in my
study, I recall all the beautiful terms old poets
and new have bestowed on their feathered
kinsman, "wingeriVoiee," "voice of fire."
He is a curious little creature; his plumsge
is gray and brown, with a yellowish tinge in
it ; the breast anil throat are a soft mouse-color;
the legs long, the neck long and supple, the
bill sharp and long also, and the little eyes
fiery and quick. I often find him peeping oat
of his cage at me while lam writing or read
ing, and we have grown to be very good
friends already. •
His food- is curious: Raw beers heart cut
up fine, one little measure full daily, about a
gill; three live worms from flour: and a sort of
dried farina, made up of ground hemp and
poppy seed. A gill of this is grated for him
daily. Flesh, blood, hemp and poppy ! The
delirium of the night song and the dreaming
silence of the daylight hours come from the
intoxicating hemp and sleepy poppy seeds.
Michelet says the nightingale is the only
one among theiwinged tribe to - whom should
be given the name of artist. b
"Why?" bursts out the rhapsodist. "Because
the nightingale' alone -is a creator; he alone
varies, enriches arid amplifies - his song, and
adds to it new strains. One other bird attains
sublime effects, the lark, daughter of the sun.
there is this difference, however—the lark
does not sing in the night; he does not feel the
elevating influence of the evening, the pro
found poesy of the shadows, the solemnity of
Midnight; he has no aspirations before day
dawn, none of that poetic fervor which unveils
to us a great heart full of tenderness. The lark
has a lyric genius, the nightingale is epic
dramatic." .
• Michelet says, also, the nightingale needs
appreciation and applause; he shows plainly '
that he values the attentive ear of a human
being, and understands well such admiration..
This is very true. My bird loves to be noticed,
and replies with thrilling melody to my
whistles and caressing words. His melody is
delicious. In the woods there is no chance to
study the character of this bird-song, but here
in my room_ is every opportunity. My bed
room-is adjoining, and I always awaken when
he sings in the night, and notice his first
phrase. I whistle to him and say every pretty,
kind word I can think of. He stops, listens,
and replies with bewitching intelligence. His
trill is thrilling; he runs little enharmonic
scales and fiorituras, and, as Liszt says of
Chopin's music, "warbles out little groups of
superadded notes which fall like light drops
of pearly dew upon the melodic figure." He
strikes a low note, then a high one, with all
the singing sharpness of a skillful violinist try
ing his instrument; the latter is the note of
sorrow, and it is, as the French . say,dichirante.
Sometimes the bird dwells on this high note
for a few instants, breathing intensely on it a
perfect pulse-throb of anguish, and when he
ceases I feel that one second more might have
almost driven .me mad: This high note is
stridulous, like the sharp drawing of the bow
dyer the violin. As Gautier says: "I hear it
with my heart instead of with my ears." It is
the note which made Barnefeld sing :
"She, poor bird, as all forlorn,
Leaned her breast up till a thorn".
After he has poured out his grief, his voice
ripples off into a delicious gurgle, which
doubtless suggested the "jug, jug, jug" of the
old English poets when they strove to describe
his song.
And there he sits—the little winged poet—
looking down on me very cunningly; he comes
close to the wires, turns his head ou one side,
gazes at me out of his tiny fiery eyes, and
looks as if lie was wondering what I. was
doing. Writing of you, my beautiful singer,
nitrilot-in-wordsakin--tyaur note•
great poets have sung your praises, my bird,
but to no one can your song. be dearer than
to me—to no one can you bring more consola
tion and find keener appreciation.
Abbe Liszt called to see me yesterday.
Aftei - a little - pleasant talk, I said,. -Ai: Corn
. mandatore, I-have a kinsman of yours in the
next room; allow me to present him to you," _
Liszt looked surprisedand a little mystified,
as he well inight,' but followed us obediently
Out of the drawing-room. When he saw the
nightingale, however, he laughed heartily and
replied :
i "You are right. That bird is a true artist."'
And now we must have' a little Roman news,
for at all times of the year "enterprises of
great pith and moment" are being transacted
in this old city. Fashion comes and goes;
but Rome; like the great ocean, fbrev,er rolls
en. Sculptors inotlel,..artistspatni s fachite(4o,
plan, churches held testa~, galleries are open
custodians and I H•ggars are alw:iys ready for
fees and :dins, and the , vonikrful excava
- fions . at Ostia, oil tlic 7 Tibe'r and in thi , l''alace
1 of tin° Cas . ..:l;'; , , eo , ltiutiolv inter and summer
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
A few weeks since, de Rosa, the Emperor
of France's Chief at the Palace of the thesars,
discovered ;two beautiful rooms under the pub
lic palace of Vespasian. (De Rosa, by the way,
LS said tole a descendant of Salvator Rosa.) A
gentleman connected with the Roman excava
tions took me to see them a few days ago.
The coloring of the frescoes is richer than any
thing found In Pompell,and the designs bolder,
More free 'and - fresh. The story of. Io is told
quite artistically on one panel. Argus is a;
Shepherd and Mercury a messenger; the face
of Argllf4 is very fine. Around the wall of one
of the rooms is a very rich bordering of beauti
ful winged sphinxes. One of the rooms seemed
out of proportion, and Rosa suggested that if
the wall was removed the rest of the chamber
might be found. They were demolishing this
wall the day I was there; and, sure enough,
the fresco was found continued on the oppo
Site side. I never saw anything so rich and
'rosy as the background or foundation colors
of part of the walls, and a piece of the fresco
I have - shows that the coloring matter must
have been put on when the wall was very wet,
for the rosy red has sunk in quite deep.
When de Rosa discovered these
_TOMS he
sent a telegram to Louis Napoleon, who re
turned a telegram reply immediately, which
conferred some title on the indefatigable com
mandant of the works.
The excavations ate "Emporium" on the
Tiber (or Marmorata, as it is called) have
reached a new point, where a fresh collection
of precious Marbles are found. These beds of
valuable material are superposed, and surpass
in richness yisconti's expectations even. At
a late meeting of the Roman Archmological
Academy (which was held last week), Bruzza
delivered a lecture upon the ancient inscrip
tions which have been found on the Emporium
marbles, and this learned archmologist says
that their number is more considerable to him
than al] other inscriptions heretofore found.
Four meetings of the Academy have been de
voted to , the Emporium excavations alone.
The Roman municipality are having the
floors of the Halls of the Capitol MuSetcm
newly flagged with chequer work of white and
black marbles. The Hall of the Doves is just
finished, and was opened on Thursday last'for
the first time.
_ Everything relating to St. Peter's is always,
interesting. This great church is being tho
roughly repaired. The mosaics on the interior
of the cupola have been regilded and puf in
perfect order; now the outside of this same
cupola is to have the cover of ltad and copper,
which protects
,the masonry, renewed. The
architects who have charge of the building
discovered that the lead being oxydized, there
are infiltrations of water which may penetrate
to and injure the interior. A fabric of sheets
of lead has been established in one of the
courts of the. Vatican; the whole expense is
estimated at 100,000 francs, $20,000 gold; this
the Pope bears personally.
Every year, in the month of June, the Fabric
of St. Peter's have the 104 gilt copper lamps
which surround the place at St. Peter's called
the Confession, cleaned. The arm of each
lamp is formed 'as a branch of olive leaves,
surmounted by a crown of roses; in this crown
is placed the vessel for oil. These lamps are
kept burning night and day all the year round,
except on good Friday, when they are extin
guished. They were made under the pontifi
cate of Pius vu., Chiaramonte, 1823, cost
120,000 crowns 2nd are_ gilt a doppio zecch
—that is, double gilt.
Every year this same society—the Fabric of
St. Peter's—makes an offering to the tomb of
the Apostle, which is in the Confession. This
year the gift consists of two candlesticks is
style baroque (as an odd style is termed in that
class of art), copied from the elegant ones in
the chapel of St. Gregory Barbadigo ( Venitiau)
which chapel is in the Church of St. Mark at
Rome.
Last week there were some changes made in
the army garrisons. The Pontifical troops, sup
plied with new arms, have only one ball, which
is adapted to all the arms of small calibre.
They have three balls for arms of large calibre
of 4, 12 and 24.
M. de Kisseleff, Minister from Russia to
Florence, is now in Rome. The wife of this
Ambassador was Donna Francesca Ruspoli;
she was formerly the beautiful widow of a son
of the late Duke Torlouia, at Rome. As this
lady has married a schismatic without the
Pope's permission, neithei,M. nor Madame do
Kisseleff can reside in Rome.
Mr. WelleS, the irrepressible aeronaut, who
came to grief at his attempted balloon ascen
sion, some weeks ago, from the Villa Borithese,
had better success day before yesterday. He
and his balloon went up beautifully, and landed
near Tivoli that same evening. It was a fine
afternoon, little or no wind; everything was in
his favor.
While the balloon was filling the audience
was entertained by a velocipede race, whose
drivers were dressed in the costume of the
middle ages. When it was over, there was a
grotesque exhibition of a fellow on a three
wheeled velocipede, to which was attached a
stuffed donkey. The driver purposely lost his
pose, the artificial donkey stood in the air,
while the driver floundered around, with his
velocipede, pretending to be in great fright.
The whole thin. , b was very absurd,' but exces
sively droll, and caused great merriment to this
crowd of grown-up children—ltalians, who
—are-the easiest—amused—people- , -lit-the-world
ANNE BRE WSTER.
Independence Day in the Episcopal
Church.
[For the . Philane. Evening Bulletin.)
Mr. Editor:—ln view of ,the approaching an
niversary-a-. American Independence (which
'this-year happens on Sunday), I send you,.not:
only as a matter of historic interest, but also as
aguide to the clergy in ordering the services
of the day, a copy of the service for the Fourth(
of 'July, taken from the "Proposed" Prayer
Book of the Episcopal Church, published at
the close of the Revolution, but which was not
included in the present Book of . Common
Prayer, solely because many of the . clergy at
that time had, been opposed to independence,
and Would, in using this service, be compelled
. (as Bishop White says in
~ his Memoirs) to
„"fnake, -animplied...aekLlSl.WitAgPNAcßQ.4,*.
error in en address to Altnighty4:l-otillt-- Tho;
thanksgiving 'is the same as that set forth by
Bishop Stevens, to be used by the clergy this
. _
SEIIVICE FOE TILE FOURTH OF Jinx.
In., e,ciactorii,A*ntences.
Lofil bath been mindful of us and Ho
shall bless us; He shall bless them thatfear the -
Lord, both small andgreat.
o that men would therefore praise the Lord
for His goodness,and declare the wonders that
He doeth for the children of men.
Instead of Venite Exultemus:
1. My song shall be always of the loving
kindness I pt. the I Lord!' With my mouth
hill I ever be showing His truth from one
goner I ation I to.an I other.ll
2. The merciful and gracious Lord bath so
done His I marvel-lous I works 11 that- they
ought to be I bad- I in re- I membrance.ll
3. Who can express the noble acts I of the I
Lordll or I show forth I all his I praise!'
\ .4:The works of the I Lord are I-greatH
sought out of all them I that have I pleasure I
therein!!
11. For He will not I . alway be I chiding!'
neither keepeth He His I anger for I ever II
6. He hath not dealt with usi after our I shisll
nor rewarded us according I to our I wicked I
nesses4
7. For look how high the heaven is in coin,
patison I ofthe .1 earthhl So great is His mercy
to I ward them that I fear himil
8. Yea, like as a father pitieth his I own
childrenp even so is the Lord merciful I
unto I them that I fear
9. Thou, 0 God, .hast Iproved' usII Thou
also halt tried us I like as I silver is I tried.ll
10. Thou. didst remember I us in our low
estate', and redeem us I from our I enemies!!
for Thy I mercy en I dureth for I ever!!
Proper Plahns.
118th, except verses 10, 11,12,13, 22, 23, and
concluding with the 24th verse.
Lessons.
Deuteronomy VIII.; I. Thessaloniam V., 12
to 23 v. inclusive.
Collect.
Almighty God, who bast in all ages showed
forth Thy power and mercy in the wonderful
preservation of Thy Church, and in the pro
tection of every nation and people professing
Thy holy and eternal truth, and putting their
sure trust in TheeoVe yield Thee our un
feigned thanks and praise for all Thy public.
mercies, and more especially for that signal
and wonderful manifestation of Thy provi
dence which we commemorate this day; where
fore not unto us,o Lord, not unto us, but
unto Thy name, be ascribed all honor and
glory, in all Churches of the Saints, from
generation to generation, through Jesus
Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Thanksgiving.
0 (Jodi whose name is excellent in all the
earth, and Thy glory above the Heavens, Who,
as on this day, didst inspire the hearts of our
Delegates in Congress to lay the perpetual
foundations of. peace, liberty, and safety; we
bless and adore Thy. glorious Majesty for this
Thy loving kindness \aud Providence; and we
humbly pray 'that the devout sense of this
signal mercy may renew and increase in us a
spirit of love and thankfulness to Thee, its
only Author, a spirit of peaceable submission
to the laws and government of our country,
and a Apirit of fervent zeal for our holy Reli
gion, which Thou has preserved and secured
to us, and our posterity. May we improve
these inestimable blessings An the advance
ment of Religion, 'Liberty," and Science
throughout this land, till the wilderness and
solitary place be glad through us, and the
desert rejoice and blossom as the rose. This
we beg, thrOugh the merits of Jesus Christ,
our tiviour. Amen.
ROBBERY OF ME 'OCEAN BANK, N. Y.
8200,900 Stolen: ;
The Tribune of this morning, giving the par
ticulars of the robbery of the Ocean Bank,
says:
From all that could be learned from those
who should know most about the burglary,tho
entrance was made through the floor of the
bank from the basement which had been rented
to a German tenant as a broker's office. The
ceiling was opened, and a hole about 24 inches
square cut, sufficiently large to admit the body
of a good-sized man. The hole was putthrough
the ceiling and floor near the centre of the Pre
sident's room. Through this the tools used by
the thieves were taken. The windows of the
basement were carefully hung with, cloths
while the hole was being cut through,andafter
this portion of the work was , completed, the
windows of the bank were hung in like man
ner, the cloths being wet toprevent, as much
its possible, the sound of their operations be
ing heard on the street. In addition to the
cloths brought by the thieves the old coats
worn by the bank clerks were used for the
same purpose. The bank vault is in the rear
of the first floor, and is unusually strong.
The outer door is fitted with a combination
lock. Inside this is another outer
door, leading to a second compartment,
and within this again a third door. in the
third compartment are two safes containing
the deposits of the bank, while in the outer
compartments are shelves on which are ranged
tin boxes belonging to the special depositors,
and containing their valuables. The combi
nation, a knowledge of which was necessary
before the outer door could be opened, was
known to but four persons. One of these
Was the colored porter, Alexander, who
closed this door and the bank, as usual,
on Saturday afternoon. By some unknown
means, the thieves obtained the secret
of the
_combination, and. accordingly
opened the outer door of the vault without
difficulty. The key of the inner. door was left
banging on a hook inrthe first compartment,
and this second doorwas thus opened without
trouble. In this compartment were the boxes
of the depositors, and those, of course, were
soon rifled of their contents, and the bills and
United States bonds secured. The door, open
ing into the third compartment was forced
from its hinges by a powerful jackscrew. The
bank safes in this third compartment were
forced open by the jackscrew and wedges.
The implements used by the thieves were
left behind them, and were found lying on the
floor of the bank when it was opened yester
day morning. They make one of the most
complete sets ever used' by any . gang of bur
glars in this country,, and consist of a jack
screw, heavy iron 'crowbars, jimmies, sledge
hammers, files, drills, braces and bits, wedges
of all sizes, skeleton keys,
spikes, augurs, and
a number of smaller tools. There were also
two pairs of steel handcuffs, two or three for
midable looking knives, a coil of rope, and a
box of pistol cartridges, 'alio - Wing that the
rascals were prepared to resist to the death.
o----molest—them—in—their - work.
The entire outfit must have cost from $1;500 to.
$2,000.
In the same vault from which 'the burglars
took their spoils were two old envelopes, one
containing $lOO,OOO, the' other $300,000 in un
registered United States bonds. On the floor
Lesterday morning were found $4,600 in
United States
_greenbacks, dropped by the
thieves in their hnste. iis .said that Mr. W.
O'Kell, who occupied — the - front basement on -
Greenwich street, lostooo in notes. A bag,
of coin lying within reach was not taken.
Mr. D. :Martin, President of the bank ;
lost $6OO in gold coin. The detectives are of
the opinien that the work was done under the
direction and with the aid of Weaver and
McQuade, the accomplished bank robbers,who
robbed the National Bank of New Windsor,
Maryland, lastwiuter, as the tools, which are
Very valuable, could hardly be in the posses
sion of artists of less experience and smaller
capital. There is an additional confiruudion
(Atlas Opinion in the, fact that the burglars
seem to liave taken titne..te)enjOy 'their: otiana
and brandy, 'even kik:red priiiiiiitit.4‘6l"
the President?kPrivate sarretiimp . Among. the
funds stelen.Weresloo,ocifthe bonds of the
POrtagetalteand•Lake.- Superior Canal, with
coupons attached, besides Li. S. bonds ~of difs
ferent i sluts 1.
F. L. FETHrIISTON. Pablisber.,
P.ItICE:TH.R.EK QE,11,i,5::.:',;''.','
FACTS AND FANCIED.
—Only 3,000 miles of wire are required ,
complete the telegraphic circuit of the globe.
home of the fate/ N. P.'"
Willis, 1V:18 sold for $35,000. .0
—"Q. Cluckers," a Western. paper ; qtylee the .
female conventioniAts.
—Long Branch IC to have a velocipede rink
and a captive balloon this suintner.
—Horace Greeley has an utq'trrellarOrtly-ti•iti
years old.
--Ristori's daughter has jilted her An;toripszt
young man.
—Mt James T. Fields has been visiting Xt.:
Charles Dickens at Gad's Hill.
—Bismarck has given the Vioeroy'of Egypt
some cannon used at Sadowa.
—Cockney plaid or stripes for trousers Is
now the only correct costume.• '
. —The expenditures of the British Museum/
for the coming year are estimated at $566101&
—S. S. Cox says that he has discovered that
he is eighty per cent. water. The remaining.
per cent. is milk.
,
—Miss Sullivan, of Circleville; Ohio, WOW '
married last week to a Catholic priest whoa ,
Bishop nosecrans had. excommunicated . ,
,
—The man who always leayes church before!
service is over, in speaking of an "ancient"
single lady, said she was "fearfully maid."- L
—Two hundred thousand muskrat 'skins
were shipped from St. Paul, Minnesota,
to-
England - last week.
—When the enterprising butcher's clerk
"sets up on his own hook," does he• find a.
comfortable seat?
—The Viceroy tipped Victor Emmanuel's
servants 2,000 francs on his recent visit to
Venice.
--Costello, the Fenian, is writing, out his•
experience in the"' British Basilic " for a Neils .
York paper.
—An English hypercritic charges Rossini
with plagiarizing his M/1.43 froth Spohr and..
Verdi.
—"Historical Ninepins" is the curious title
of a sort of scrap-book of the odds and ends of
history, lately published in London.. •
—Female velocipediata and a balloon ascen
sion will help celebrate the Fourth of July at
Hamilton; Ohio. •
—At Montrose,-lowa, are two apple trees
eighty-eight years old, remnants of au orchard
planted in 1793, by a Frenchman named
Louis Howe Lession, an Indian trader, . .
—A Virginian kills rattlesnakes by seizing
them by the throat and ejecting tobacco juice
from his mouth into theirs, as their-jaws °peal:
under the pressure.
—Eugenie is cramming with an oriental
professor for her Eastern trip, and recently
asked him whether the pyramids were built
before or after Christ.
—A young man traveled recently ninety
miles on the Panhandle Railroad by. crouch
ing on the truck of a passenger car. 'Would it•
be proper to call this man a truck-ulent felr
low ?
—Mr: P. T. Barnum is at his sea-side place
at Bridgeport, busily engaged in completing
his'autobiogTaphy, which he has contracted to
put into the hands of his publishers' August
•
—lt is said that Michigan is'making_ about:
$14,000 a year, out of the funds of ; the -Utuyer,- :
sity. The fund in gold is $500,000, which has
been Worth $700,000 in greenbacks. The State'
only rays the interest on the $500,000.• If this ,
is true, Michigan is engaged in a very small.
style of business, and she ought tO be ashamed.:
at herself.
H. Rogers, editor of the 'Courieri at
Great Barrington, _Mass., announces his inten
tion of riding, to Ithaca, N. Y., two hundred.
and forty miles distant, on a velocipede. ,The
chances are that he will • exhaust five iiain
pantaloons, and then smash the vehicle after•
the first twenty miles.
—Visitors to Italy report a change for the
better in the principal towns. Even citieslike
Verona, Modena, Bologna, and Padua give
evidences of increased. activity, of new‘spec
ulations, and of a larger and freer life. The
streets are being improved and enlarged; the
shops are brighter, the hotels and. cafes are
better.
The Cat: a Study. • •
[From the French of Victor Hugo.]
The cat is the concrete symbol of a,
lating politician:
It is always on the fence !
It is the feline embodiment of one of the
profoundest human principles wrenched:from
the circumambience of the Unknown, au&
hurled into the bosom of consciousness.
Nine tailors make one man. A cat has nine• .
times the life of one man, for it has mue
Possession, also, is nine points of the law. Be
hold a legal possession of existence equal to
the span of eighty-one clothiers' lives.
Let us bow reverently before this august
fact.
The wanderer by the midnight seashore,
when the moon—that argent cornucopia of '
heaven—is streaming forth her flowers and.
fruits of radiance, and the illimitable is illu
initiated by the ineffable, will have remarked_
the phosphorescent ridges that scintillate
along the willows' tops, until the breakers
seem to curve and suorthke horses' necks with
manes of lightning clad.
So, 0 man, when in the darkness of thine;
own chamber, thou passest thine ltud, along;
the furry spine of this feline phantom• of the
back yard, the electric sparks dart forth, and a
flash of lightning fusetillfogether the lingers.
and the fur.
Exquisite antithesis Of natt,tre,F!.. The fireside
embraces the ocean. The , hearthstene is paved:
with seashells. The moristers'Of the deep
dis—
port reflected in the glowing embers. The•inr.
finite Abroad is brought into anaugaination.
with finite At Home.
The ocean roars.
The cat Oily ptirs.
The billows rise and culminate and break.
The cat's back rises. The feline tide isnp,
anti we have a permanent billoW of fur and
flesh..
0 impossible co-existence of tincontradintorr
contradictions! •
The Duke of Wellington was pronounced;
the greatest captain of his age. General.
Grant is pronounced the greatest, captain.of
his.
The„greatest_captuin_of_aayitge er as theca •
taut with his whiskers. •
Let u.s not call this the tergiversation.of
tory. Call it rather the tergiversation of. na
ture.
The whiskers of the captain.
The Ivhisiters of the cat.
The hirsute exponent of martial supre
macy. The feline symbolise; of the Bearded!
Lady, crossing her claws before- the thrnily:
Jealousy has been calle,d, the gieen-p.Yea'
monster ;
The cat is the green-eyed monster:
Both-lip.,in wait. Neither 'deStrov its tic
tim without toying with` t. One is the fcef,
the other the friend of the fireside, Either is
to he met in almost evecy tr nSly. FAArli, is of
both sexes. • -
"Old Tom" gin in excess is. one of maukt
bitterest, bibulous foes; man is.the bitterest
bibulous fue of old Torn cater. The one puts
the bricks into the hats of the second to be
shied at the heads of the third,
0 osculation between sky and, earth! 0 lips
of the Seen.toutbing the lips of -the-Thiseent
0 wave of thought careering through the
asymptotes of cloudland, crystalizing Into art.,:
ge . lic foci the tangents oflnunanity.
The stars are out at night.
t•lo are the eats!
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