GffiSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII.-NO. 76.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
LETTER FBOSI PARIS.
I Correspondence of tho PbUa. Evcntne Bulletin.l
Paihk, Friday, June 25,1869.—1 f any further
proof were necessary of the correctness of the
view I took of .the late Incidents at Paris, and
of their , entire insignificance in a political
sense, it is to be found; in the fact that out of
1.033 persons arrested as “rioters,” 833 have
been set at liberty, without any punishment ait
all, and- against the remaining 20tt nothing
• sufficiently, serious could be, proved to render
; them liable to senteuces of more than from
one to six months imprisonment. The result,
therefore, clearly shows that most of
the accounts and telegrams first pub
lished on the subject, were of the most
exaggerated character,j and that the vast as
semblages which undoubtedly congregatedon
the BouleVard during one or two evenings
p ere composed mainly of sight-seers and
lookers-on, with a very small proportion of the
refuse of the population, or as the Comtitu
tiormel designated them at the time, a “hundred
and fifty vagabonds.” Our imcutc never ex
ceeded.the dimensions of the most ordinary
street row j find if the Government attempts
to give it any other character, It must he for
its own purposes, and in order to divert the
country from followihg up the far more formi
dable manifestation against the personal
authority of the Emperor which .was made at
the elections. Not only'Paris, but all the
great cities of France Ante protested, not by
ententes, but by their votes, against the existing
system of government. And this “protest” is
really formidable, and when hacked by the
votes of three and a half millions of elec
tors in the country, and by the presence of
, ninety or one hundred Opposition members
in the Chamber, is felt to be Store than a ma
jority with diminished confidence and a Gov
ernment with. diminished prestige can well
resist. The Emperor, in reality, does not
know what to do; and though he may look
very profound and bo very, sententious in
his public utterances, he is quite
unable to make up his mind : what course to
pursue. Meanwhile, he has done just what
might be expected from a man undcr.sucb cir
cumstances arid so bewildered—he has taken
advantage of the Paris riots, and has “pro
tested" in ids turn,and declared thathe “won’t
be bullied,” nor yield to “pressure.” The form
he lias adopted to do this Is highly character
istic of his predilection for crooked and round
about ways. A youngprotege of the Court aud
Ministry, M. de Maelcau, has addressed a let
ter, supposed to be written propria mot a, tothe
Emperor, hoping that his Majesty will stand
fi ini, andjaeitber. change his principles nor
his Miqisttjrs upon compulsion. And to
ibis obliging gentleman, who has tints favored
the Emperor with his advice, the latter has
graciously replied that he is quite of tliesame
opinion, and intends to abide by it. The whole.
thing is one of those little farces in which the
iniperiarpdliey delights. And ail the more so
because the letter, in fact, binds the Emperor
to nothing. For, although it says he will not
yield to emeutes (which have iu reality never
occurred), it does not say that lie will not yield
to the will of the country, expressed as I have
above intimated. And unless he can frighten
the French people out of their new-born de
sire to recover their lost liberties, it is evident
that the Emperor must, in the long run, either
part voluntarily with a considerable portion
of bis power, or else lose all. And X. think we
shall soon see, both by the tone of the new
Chamber arid" the language of" Mi riist ers, that
rhis is the conclusion to which we are tending.
The laying of the Franco-American cable is
being watched here with great interest; but
the accounts of the details of such proceedings
published by the French journals are. so bare
and insufficient, that X mast refer you to the
reports of English correspondents on the spot
for what took place at Brest. A grand ban
quet lias just been held in that city to celebrate
tlie commencement of the enterprise, where
toasts were drunk to the President of the
United States, and to the union of France,
England ami America.
The Count de Flalianlt, Grand Chancellor
otitbe Legion of Honor, is dead, or on the
point of being so. He was lately French Am
bassador at London, where he is well known,
having lived there many years in exile, and
having married an English peeress in her own
right. The Count was eighty-four years of
age, and if all that is said ol him be true, he
mast have passed through many strange ad
ventures in the course of his long life. I need
scarcely say, I presume, of Whom he is the re
puted father. But, however that may he, his
connection with the Queen Hortenso is too
well known a faet to he disputed or concealed.
•Yet what a singular position it places twomen
in, living almost in sight of one another on
either side of the Seine: one in the Tuileries,.
the other in the Hotel of the Legion of Honor,
with the consciousness of the nearness of the
tie which may unite them—and of the truth of
which one of them, at least, is, probably,
nware—and yet debarred from all recognition
of the fact. The Emperor’s family relations
have certainly been of a singulamlescription.
INoingn could see him beside tlie Due de
Horny and doubt the relationship which there
also existed. Yet was it ever, I wonder, ac
knowledged, or even alluded to, between
them? And now, again, did the Emporor
take leave of the Count de Flahault, and, if so,
in what character? Truly, the family records
of Bonapartism are not amongst the least of
the “mysteres de Paris!”
The Emperor and the Prince Imperial have
been on a visit together to the camp at
-Chalons (the Emperor never forgets to attend
to the army), and are expected to. return to
day. The Viceroy of Egypt, while in Paris,
was lodged at the Palace of the Elysee, where
ho was handsomely entertained at the Imperial
expense. T happened to hear some details re
specting only one single department of the
Imperial hospitality, which are amusing, and
just worth mentioning, perhaps, as ah exam
ple of the scale- on which things are kept up
in the royal and imperial, households of
lEurppf?.. ■
. Besides lodging . his guests and providing
them with everything , in the shape of car
riages, horses, attendailts, the Emperor,
more generous than other Parisian lodging
housekeepers in that respect; furnishes7alHhe
necessary table and other linen. • The super
intendence of tills single department for tho
supply of the Palaces of Compoignc, Fontaiuc
hleau, St. Cloud, Biarritz, the Elysee, the
Tuileries, the Trianon at Versailles, and
others,is quite, an important “administration,”
with a person of consequence at its head. Its
creation sis an office dates from Louis XIII.,
and many of its possessions have acquired a
sort of archaeological and historical Character
and, valpe, as gjgttimens 0 f the l weaving
art and the uses to which they have been put.
I was shown table napkins which had had the
honor of wiping :the ' mouth of the Grand
Monarquo himself In ! ' textnre. and fineness
they Were vastly inferior to tlie best damask
of modem times, and only distinguished by
having the well-known head and perriwig of
his Majesty produced upon tliemi Tlie depart
ment also preserves, as a. sort of relie, the
“sheets in which Louis XVIII. died;” but I
was unable to learn that any miracle had ever
been worked by them in consequence of their
contact with thfilast remains of the old gour
met bdespr.il of the 18th century. There
are also preserved vin the imperial
presses the Holland sheets, "which the
First Napoleon always used, and which, to
make a bad pun, seem to be regarded literally
as an imperial helr-“loom” of great value.
Altogether, the linen department of the Second
French -Empire, though mncli reduced in di
mensions from some of Its predecessors, still
contains no fewer than 30,000 articles, the
sheets alone.being 5,000 iirnumber. A single
imperial palace requires for use about 1,000
pair of sheets, 1;000 dozen of towels, 900 table
cloths, &c. There are some of the latter large
enough, in one piece, for a table of 200 guests'.
Tlie annual washing-bill of the imperial linen
establishment is about 120,000 to 150,000 francs.
[By the Atlantic Cable. I
ENGLAND.
Tbc Newmnrket Races.
Nkwmakkkt, July 7, 1809.—The sweep
stakes of 100 sovereigns each for three year
olds was a walk overby Lord Stamford's Brad
gate. ■ ' ■■ '"
The Midsummer stakes of fifty sovereigns
each, for three year olds, -was won by Baron
Kothscbild’sb. e. by Tim Whifier, out of Her
mione. beating Prince Soltykofts Bodsworth
second, and Mr. Prior's filly Misadventure, by
Adventurer, third. The betting at tlie start
was two to one against the "winner, twoto one
against-Misadventure, and three to one against
B'oilsworth. No others started. ; , ■ •
Tlio Exeter stakes, of 10 sovereigns each,
worewon.by Mr. Pryor’s filly, by King of
Trumps, out of Basquine, beating Baron Roth
schild's b. f. Malinina, by King Tom. second,
and Mr. J. B. Morrisey’s Calypso, third. The
betting was even on the -winner, and three
to one against Mahonia and Calypso. Five
ran. .
(By the Atlantic Cable. J
FRANCE.
Rumors France, Spain and
tlie I'nlted' States—Coiuttitutfonnl Re.
forms In France—The Emperor and the
■ Legislature. , ■
London,- July 7,1809.—The rttmor prevalent
here that Spam apjilied to 'France to urge
upon the Government of the. United States to
preserve a strict neutrality regarding, Cuba is
entirely unfounded nm" simply a canard.
Notwithstanding official denials, modifica
tions in tlie present French Ministry are im
minent. It is believed that M. Roulier, alter
presenting a system of personal government,
is almost certain to retire from the Cabinet in
order to give place to a new combination rep
resenting parliamentary government. This
may be regarded as constitutional. revolution.
Emile Ollivier is almost sure to become the
chief of the new Ministry. The Emperor,it is
said, is willing to abandon the arbitrary power
.which he has wielded since tile coup d'etat, and
to share the government of the country with
the Legislative Body. The Senate will shortly
assemble to carry out the organic changes re
ferred to.-
[By Mail.)
Peace Conference at Paris.
At the same time, says the Ternps, that the
address of the Emperor to the army came to
hand, tlie annual meeting of the International
League for permanentpeace took place. There
was a considerable riieetirig last year, but this
year it was very small. Ladies were present
in large numbers, and many ecclesiastics,
among therii Abbe de Guerry,M. Isidor, grand
Rabbi of Baris, and the grand Itabbi of Ge
neva. M. Michael Chevalier presided. In the
course of his address he said: “Small States
cannot be suppressed without profoundlv dis
turbing human morality. Tliey are remarkable
for their virtues and civilization,and their main
tenance must be demanded in the name of
liberty: in America tlie large States respect
the small; there is no question of natural
boundaries. How far Europe could organize
as has been done in America, he could not.
say, but he was convinced that if Europe does
not organize in a manner somewhat analo
gous, it will be decimated by- intestine strifes,
and devastated by the elements of egotism and
pride, of which it is formed; and there will
arrive a moment when it will be very , small
compared with America. Kemaiti'French,
English, Germans, Italians, Belgians and
Swiss, but be Europeans,And patriotism will
receive renewed force, arid the word''father
land will bear its true sense.”
ROME.
The Pope on the Present Position—ln
teresting and Important Speech.
~ Bomb, June 24, 1809.—The recurrences of
the Pope's election and coronation have
afforded his Holiness the opportunity of de
livering what would be considered in a secular
government an official discourse and a decla
ration of policy. On Thursday last, the anni
versary of his creation, Pius IX. replied in tho
following terms to the complimentary felicita
tions of the Sacred College; the Senate and
other - civil and religious dignitaries, congre
gated for that purpose in the Sdla dei Para
luenti at the Vatican:—Having arrived at the
conclusion of the 23d year of ray Ponti
ficate, it is my duty, before all, to thank the
Lord who has sustained my frailty in the midst
of such numerous and cruel trialsi.lt is my duty
to admire and bless the protection, full of
wisdom, which He has granted to the Church.
Doubtless He leaves her exposed to re
doubtable tempests, hut He sustains her at the
same time, and raises Up among Christians
men animated by a holy courage' to defend her
rights. Finally, I address my thanks to the
Sacred College arid --to ) all those
who, surround me, for Jhe noble part which
they take in the struggle, and for the' vows
which you (Cardinal Patrizi spoke in the name
of his eminent brethron) have jlist expressed
to me. , . . ■ -r.:. -. ■.
The world is divided, as it were* into two
societies; one numerous, powerful, restless and
agitated; the other less numerous,!but-calm
and faithful. • My very illustrious predecessor;
St. Gregory tho Great, compared these two
societies to those formerly collected,the first in
the plains of Sennaar, wliere nien created the
Tower of Pride,biit were confounded by God in
tlieir language and dispersed; the second at the
CoQiiaoulum, on tho day of Pentecost, where Pe
ter andithe Apostles and thousands of the faith
ful of divers nation? aU heard and understood
ope and the same language. Thus to-day we see
tlie revolution,' with sdcialisin in its smto, con
demning and (Jellying religion, morality tuid
God Himself; and, on the other side, the tthe
faithful, who, calm aiid firm in their falth;whlt
liaticutiy for good principle? to. rea\tiftet;ksir \
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1869.
salutary empire and for the designs of God to
be accomplished. All, if sovereigns adopted
these good principles bow much more
easy it would be for them to govern
their people! How much good could they
do to their people and themselves! The future
is inthe hands of God. AsHehns overthrown
the first- revolutionists, the demons, so He will
overthrow these. And we can and oughtto.
desire that tlie proud who persecute the
Church, may be humbled Ana confounded)
; Meanwhile-let us accomplish 1 faithfully our
sacred, duties to God. Ego avtem es.crcrbcir,
[ says the Psalmist, and let ns render Hiinae
; tiohs of .grace for having preserved .peace in
this marvelously privileged morsel of land,
whence we: can extend our looks find
our prayers over, the whole Church,
: Ah, how heavy are the evils which oppress
this church. >Vhat ruins, what tears every
where! Perhaps at-this moment, while lam
speaking,; a kingdom is deprived of' its last
bishop; he also thrown into prison or carried
into exile. (At this allusion to the persecu-'
tions iu Poland the Pope was painfully agi
tated.) Certainly, God might permit that we.
ourselves should have to encounter the same;
fate as those bishops. The plant wliicb
plunges its roots into the. soil on which we
still find safety might be stricken like the
mystic plant of the Prophet Daniel. - But the
dangers which menace, us are kept off by di
vine goodness, and that plant lias the word of
the Lord. Ilrivoketheall powerful protection
of God on the Sacred College, on 'the. pre
lates, on this dear city and those who repre
sent it (the Senate). I pray particularly for
two sorts of persons—those who ate in tribu
lation, that God may come to their aid; and
those, still more unfortunate, who livelu sin,
that God may grant them victorious grace.
There are even in,Borne some aliandoneosoids
who take tlie shadow for the liody, falsehood
for truth, and, who, Hying from the path of
justice, plunge into the forest full of roaring
beasts. Woe to those who act thus. It is the
sure loss of all good. May the Lord keep such
a lot from you all, and may He, through the
intercession of Mjtry, bless you, as I desird,
with all the force of my heart.— Herald.
The flßeamenleal Dosntn.
. (From the Saturday Bcview.J
11 is said—we know not on whiat. authority
—tliat one among the dogmas to be pro
nounced a part of Catholic truth inf he coming
Council at Koine is that of. the personal
(bodily) Assumption of the Virgin. We can
understand how purely theological dogmas are
supposed to be developed from first
principles in the consciousness of the Church,
but we can. hardly understand how these mat
ters of fact, can be attested except by special
revelation. If this is to be affirmed, will the
Church produce concurrent supernatural
manifestations of the Virgin to- different holy
men; communicating this incident of her per
sonal history? Or how will it be evidenced?
And wliatj nnless Heaven is a- specific local
ity', would it mean? \
craA.. ..
Proclamations of the New Captain-Gene
ral, De Rod as, to the People, the Sol
diers and the Hal tors.
The following proclamations have been is
sued hy Caballero De. Kodas, the Captain-
General of Cuba: • , ■ -
Inhabitants of the Island- of Cuba: For nine
months the most terrible plague that can afilict
humanity has been weighing upon this Island
—tliat of civil war. From the Unfortunate
hour that this unhappy period commenced
you . have seen commerce languish, industry
ridtied, and the most valuable properties dis
appear before the breath of the wind of insur
rection and the incendiary torch lighted by im
pure sons of Cuba, or fanatics led astray by ir
realinzable utopias, laboring in their folly and
madness to annihilate their mother by all the
means at their command, and have herdescend
from the state of wealth and prosperity she
was found enjoying, to become a deserted and
uninhabited country, covered with ruins and
ashes. You witness to-day, besides, a progress
ing emigration that is rapidly decreasing the
elements of wealth, and, worse than all. you
see brothers decimated by the fratricidal bullet
and the treacherous dagger, of the assassins.
I shall not stop at this moment to notice the
causes that may have conduced ns to.tlie actu
al situation. Given the present state of affairs,
my mission is to re-establish tranquillity and
confidence, terminate the civil war at all
costs, and afterwards study your necessities
aiiA.whatever may be conducive to tlie good
of the country; to propose to the government
of the nation all the reforms that
may lead this Gem of the Antilles
to that condition of culture, wealth, illustra
tion and happiness no doubt reserved for her
by destiny. 1 realize all the difficulties that I
have to contend with in assuming the thorny
command that the executive power has
honored mo with; but at tlie same time I in
dulgo iu the hope that I shallbe assisted in my
undertaking not only by- bur valorous and dis
ciplined many, but by the armed volunteers, to
whose decision and efforts the salvation of the
island is in part due, and by all honorable and
right-minded men.
It is but natural that you should desire to
know what will be my line of conduct. It is
foreshadowed in three words: — Spain, Justice
and Morality. Spain that will draw from her
immense patriotism inexhaustible resources
to maintain tlie integrity of her territory
within and without the Peninsula; morality
and strict economy in all tlie branches of the
administration; justice for all—tlie same for
man in opulence and tlie high functionary
as lor the modest journeyman. With
this simple programme, which I adopt
witli an unshakable faith in its worth, and
with a firm will, I hope to efface the vestiges
and traces of extermination and destruction
which the civil wav leaves behind it; to extin
guish all animosities; to heal all wounds, and
to dry all tears. I claim of you the amount of
generosity wdrthy of your noble Spanish blood
necessary to forget offences, and if we shall
then arrive to the end I aim at, for yon be the
glory and happiness of success, and for your
civil Governor and Captain-General tlie satis
faction of having towards its at
tainment. " Caballero »k Kodas.
Volunteers:—With your decisive and ener
getic attitude you have lent eminent service to
the cause of order, justice, and right. For this
you deserve well of the country, and in all its
extension arises an unanimous shout of praiso
for those who, abandoning their habitual oc
cupations, have converted themselves into
soldiers, defensors of the national honor. You
may well he proud of your conduct. Like
wise, I am proud not only to find myself at your
head to sustain the good cause, but also to-day
have the privilege of tendering to’ you tlie
thanks of the country, being oh this occasion
the faithful interpreter of the sentiments of the
government of the nation, and of your fellow- i
citizens. Volunteers! Viva Espana! “Viva
.Cuba! tboj handsomest and most beautiful of
the Spanish provinces !—Your Captain-Gene
ral, Caiiali.kko de Eodas.
Soldiers and Marines —A number of
Cubans, of unquiet and turbulent dispositions,
have taken up arms, raising, aloft the flngrof
rebellion against a common country, Assassi
nation and incendiarism are the only deeds
they can so far boast of, to their own disgrace
and,the eloquent enlightenment of those citi T
zehs who have remained faithful. Yon. know
already what to expect fromthe Insurgonts.
You responded to the shouts of sedition with
demonstrations of y our erystatiizediloyalty ,and
hastened to tho combat,; but, vain, desire! tho
rebels would not arid! will not. cross swords
with you, limiting themselves to tho exercise
of acts of perfidy,' cruelty and treason. .Never
theless, if you do not sustaincombats, beoauso
your eneraies refase them, you still gain -no
less glorv, proving yourselves as ever sober
men, persevering, subordinate, and worthy
sons of our beloved, Spain, To-day
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
that it becomes my (honor and privi
lege to place myself, at your head lo termi
nate the work of pacification' which, with so
much ardor and good exit, you havo com
menced, I entreat you that yori may ever con
tinue to be the protectors of the goodj faitbf'ul
friends or the vohlnteers.to-day your , brothers;,
generous with . the vanquished, and just
towards those who shall be taken arms, in
hand. Tims laboring, the country must for
ever remain indebted to you. Your country
men and foreigners wili,admire your virtues,
and you vrill leave an imperishable record of
glory in the hands of your Captain-General.
CaIIALLEKO UK KODAS.
An American Citizen In'Captivity.
Tlie following letter . from Donna Sertora;
Rufina Miranda de Robion, shows the mal
treatment to which her brother, a native of
Florida, has been subjected, by tlie authorities
in Cuba:
Jacksonville, Florida, July 2d, 1869.
Up Hear Sir: Mr. Thomas Mitandi, horn and
baptized in San Augustine, Florida, about tlie
year 1822, one year after the couritry
was. ceded to the United States, and beyond
doubt an American citizen,was lately arrested
at Maxiel,which m ahout 35 miles to the west.of
Havana,'and 300 or more from the theatre of
war. H 0 possessed a farm near that town, has
a wife anu children, and in no respect lias lmd
anything to do with the war. The seizure of
his person took place in ills own house; thence
he was conducted to the prison at Gnnnaguay
on the 9th of June, and, fettered, passed on to
Havana on the 17th uit. He was placed in the
iron cage of the prison, which is assigned ordi
narily to great malefactors, and his family are
now suffering for the necessaries of life. The
American Consul has not yet made the neces
sary reclamation in the ffiaftet.
A Strange Story.
Washington City, July 7.— Various letters
are reported as having been lately received
from Havana by parties at present residing in
this country, the purport of which is, that
different bodies ot volunteers have proposed
to open a subscription for the purpose of rais
ing the necessary funds to have I. Morales
Lemus, President of the Cuban Junta, and,
perhaps, one or more prominent parties as
sassinated. It is further stated that the pro
ject was warmly adopted and that a large
sum has been already raised for the purpose.
The additional statement is made rliat the
persons selected To do tlie deed al e already in
this country waiting opportunity.
It need surprise no one tliat such a thing
should be talked of, nay, resolved upon in
Havana. Tlie volunteers have themselves as
sassinated many wild had but very little to do,
some wlio really bad no connection whatever,
with the insurrectionary movement. A re
spectable sum was raised to present arms to
tbe bull-ligliter and duelist at New Orleans.
These death-dealing instruments are to be used
in 'assassination, or for a purpose akin td it,
namely, dueling. Even Balmaseda has sent
Lulls n sword, which is to he used in any way
that may suit the fancy of ; the New Orleans
cemetery keeper, provided, always, it shall lie
plunged, no matter how, into the bowels of
some one wlio is not infatuated with the
idea of preserving-. Cuba for Spain. Notwith
standing tlie ignorance of the masses of the
volunteers, and tlieir everyday villainies, it
hardly seems credible that these mad men
would undertake such a project as -the one
talked of; more especially is it a matter of
greater question, the attempt of any person to
carry it out. There is no law in tins country
to screen such villains; and though rich meii
have time arid again hired, for a few ounces,
negroes and others to do such work as this in
Cuba, and always escaped punishment, it is
hardly to be believed that such an act us the
one suggested will ever be attempted here.—
Tribune.
Mr. Nasby at Last Loses his Post-o!Hee«
and to Add to Ids Humiliation an Abo
lition Administration Appoints a Ne
gro In bis Place-Trouble at the Cor
ners. ■ __
Post Offis, CONFEDERIT X Koads (Wich
is in.the Stait uv Kentucky), June 29,1869. —
The tlie is cast. The guilloteen hez fallen—l
am no—longer. Postmaster at, Oonfedrit X
Roads, which is in the State of Kentucky. The
place wichknowd me once will know me no
more forever—the paper wich Deekin Pogi atn
takes will be handed out by a nigger—a nigger
will hev the openin uv letters addressed to
parties resithn hereabouts containin remit
tances —a nigger will hev the lifiin uv letters
addrest to lottry- managers and extraetin the
sweets therefrom—a nigger will be—but I can’t
dwell upon the rtisgustin theme no longer.
I hedbin iu Washington two weekk assi.stin
the CaneaslieilS uv that city to put their foot
upon the heads uv the cusstd niggers who ain’t
content to accept tlie situaslien and remain ez
they ailing liev bin, inferior beins. To say I
hed succeeded, is a week expreshen. 1 or
ganized a raid onto cm so ettectooally ez to
drive no less than, thirty uv ern out of eui
plovment, twenty-seven uv wich wuz com
pelled to steel their bread, wich give us a
splendid opportunity to show up the natcral
oussidiiess of the Afrikin race—which we im
proved.
On my arrival at the Corners, T knew to
wunst tliat suthin was wrong. 1 hed rid over
from .Secesssiouville on Bascoiii’s mule, wich
he lied sent over for me, and ez I rid up to his
door, I knew suthin hed happened. The bot
rtes behind tlie bar wuz draped in black ; tbe
barrels wuz festooned gloomily (wick is our
yoosiiiil method uv expressin grief at public
calamities), and the premises generally wore a
funeral aspeelt.
Wat is it ?” gasped I.
Bascom returned riot a word, blit waved his
hand toward the Post Offis.
Jtusliin thither, I bustid open the door, and
reeled almost agin tlie Avail! At the geneFUtr
delirrfii wux the grinnin face un a nigger! and
sett)n in my chair wuz .Joe Bigler, with Pol
lock beside liim, smokin pipes and laffin over
suthinJn_a iioospaper.
Bigler caught sight uv me, and dartin out,
pulled me inside them hitherto sacred pre
•■chicks.
“Permit me," s’cl ho jestingly, “to inter
(loose you to your successor, Mr. Ceezov.
Lubby.
“yiy successor! Wat (loos this mean?”
“Show him, Ceezer." 1
And the nigger, every tooth in his head!
shinin, handed me a eommishun, duly miule
out and signed. I saw it all at a glance, in
imitaslien-uv our Secretaiy Borio, 1 lied; left
my hizuls in the hands of a (lepetty, wicb, is
now the favorite method of dom public biz
nis. It arrived the day after I left, aml.lsaker
Gavitt, who Uistribited the mail, gave it to,the
cuss. - '
, Pollock inade'oiit the bonds and went onto
em himseli’, and in ten days the coramishen
come all regler, whereupon .‘Bigler backs the
nigger, and took forcible-possession, uv the
office. While I was absent they hod a perces
sioninhonor of tke ; joyful event, sed persesh
consistin uv Pollock, Bigler and tho new
Postmaster, /who' marched through the
streets with tho stars and stripes, banners
and sieh; Bigler remarkt that the perces
siOn wuamUi large, but it wua talented,
eminently respectable, and extremely versa
teol.. - lie (Bigler) carried the flag and played
tho fife, Pollock: carried a banner with an in
scription-, onto,- it “sound the loud timbrel o’or
Egypt's dark sea,” and.rdayed tho bass drum;
While the nigger bore aloft a banner inscribed
“where AfrtJys sunny fountains roll dowti the
golden sands," with - his - commission pinned
onto it, playin in addishen a pair of ausliont
cymbals. • .
• Bigler remarktfurthof’ that the porceshun
-created a positive, sensashun at tho Corners,
wich Lshood think it wood. “If wuzn’t,” sod
this tvrmentin cuss, “very much like the grand
[From tho Toledo Blade. 1
nasby.
perceshun wich tooknlace when yoo received
yoor, commission.. Then the whites nv the
Corners wuz elated, for they spectld to git wat
yoo owed cm in doo time, and the niggers wuz
correspondingly deprrist. They slunk into bv
ways and sideways; tliey didn’t hold up tlieir
heads, and they dusted out ez fast ez they cood
git. At tliis pereession there wuz a change.
The niggers lined* the streets ez we passed,
grinmn exultinly, and, tlie whites wuz deprest
correspondinly. ItssiDgler that at the Corners
the two races can’tfeel good botlnit the same
time.” '
My arrival -bavin become; known, by the
tim e I got back to Bancom’s, all my friends bed
gathered-there. There wuznt a dry eve among
em, and as I. thot of the joys once tastid, hut
now forever fled, mine moistened likewise.
There wuz a visible change in their manner
toward me. Thc-y regarded me with solisitood,
but I cood discern that tbe solisitood wus not
so much for me ez for themselves,
“Wat shel I do?” I askt. “Suthin must be
devised, for I can’t starve.”
“Pay me wat you owe me!” ejakelated Bas
•COlll.
“Pay me wat you owe me!” ejakelated Dekin
Pogram, and the same remark wuz made by
all uv em with wonderful yoonanimity. What
ever differences uv opinytin there might he on
other topics, on this they were all agreed.
.“Gentlemen.'” I commenced, hacking tip
into ri corner, “is- this generous? Is this the
treatment I liev a right to expect? Is this—”
I shood liev gone on at length, but jist at
that xninnit Pollock, Joe Bigler and tbe new
Postmaster c-ntered.' Boom wuz made for em
and cheers offered em, buttiiev declined tosit.
“I hev hizuis!” sedithis Postmaster, “disa
greeable hiznik, but it’s mv offiskel dooty to
perforin it.” ;•
_At tlie word “offishel” oomin from his
lips I groaned, wich was ekkoed hy those
present. .
“I liev in inyjliand,’’ continyood lie, “de
bond "giben by niyjpredeeessor, onto which is
de names uv Geo. VY. Bascom, Elkanah Po
gram, Hugh McPelter and tieth Peunibacker,
ez sureties. ] n dis Oder liand X hold a skedool
ob de property belongin to de ’nartment wich
was turned ober to liiin bv lus predecessor,
consistin of table, chairs, boxes, locks, bags,
et set try, wid sundry dollars wort of stamps,
paper, twine, &e. None ob dis postoffis
property', turned over to my predecessor by
bisJpretlecessor,isto be foundin de offis,and tie
objeek of dis visit is to notify yoo (lat unless
immejit payment, be made uv the amount
thereof, I am directed by de, ’partment, to
bring soot to wunst. against the sed sureties.”
Never before did 1 so appreciate A. John
son and his Postmaster-General Bandall. Un
der tlieir udministrashen watt Postmaster wuz
ever pulled up.for steelin anythin? Eko
misers.
This wuz tlie feather that broke the camel’s
hack.
“Wat!” exclaimed Bascom, “shel I lose wat
yoo owe me, arid then pav for what voo’ve
stole?” - •
■“Shel I lose the money,” said Pogram,
“which I lent yoo,arid in addishen pay a Abo-'
lishen govemment for property yoo’vc. con
fiscated?”
“But the property is here,” I remarkt to
Bascom, ‘ ‘you’ve, got it all. Why not return it'
and save all this trouble?”
“Wat wood I have: then, for tlie vvliisky
yoo’ve cousOemed?” he ejaekelated vishnsly,
“It’s all I’ve got from you, and I’ve bin koepin
yoo for four years.”
“Didn't that property- .pay., yoo fortholik
ker?” 1 asked, nut Basoom wuz in nohiuiior
for diggers, aiul he pitched into me, at wiclf
pleasant pastime tliey all followed sriot. liut
for Joe Bigler; they wood hev killed rite. Ez
it Wuz,they blaokt both my eyes and rolledjme
out onto the sidewalk, Bhutan the door, agin
me.
Ez I heard that door slum to, I felt that I
wuz lost. No offis! uo inoney! and Bascom’s
closed agin me!. Kin. there be a harder fate ?
I passed the riite with a fanner three triiles out,
who bein sick, hedn’t been.to.the Corners,and
consekently he knowd nothinmv the changes.
I heard tlie next day the result of the msk
-shen. Bascom returned sioh.uv the property
ez hedn’t been sold and. consoomed, which
consisted uv the boxes. Tlie chairs lied been
broken up in tbe frequent shindies wieh occur
at his place, tbc locks licd.beou sold to farm
ers, wlio yoozed cm on their smokehouses, the
bags bed been sold for wheat; and so on. The
stamjis, paper, twine and sieli figgered up
three hundred and forty-six- dollars, wieh wuz
three hundred more dollars than there wuz in
the Corners.
Bascom advanced the forty-six dollars, and
the three hundred wuz borrowed uv a banker
at Seeessiunville, who took mortgages on the
farms uv the imprudent bondsmen for sekoo
rity. Uv course 1 can't, go to back the Corners
under eggsistiu circumstances. It would lie un
comfortable for me to live there ez matters
have tormiuated. _ 1- shel, make my way to
Washington to see. ef 1 can’t git myself electid
ez Manager uv a Labor Association, and so
make a livin till there comes a change in the
Administration. I would fasten myself to A.
Johnson, but unforchinitly there ain’t enough
in liim to tie.to. I vvotikhez soon think .uv' tv
in myself to a car-wheel in, a storm at sea.
Petroleum V. Nashv.
(AV'ieh wuz Postmastev.)
ALARMING INTELLIGENCE.
Tlie Oyster Crop In Danger.
The Few York Post contains the following:
The inures is terrible and destructive indeed.
It wrought the downfall.of the livman Empire,
and it is now bent on the ruin of bin - American
oyster beds. Tile mode of demolition in the
two eases respectively was somewhat different.
The mures was the source of the Tyrian purple,
through which camoto.ltome that impmoasiren,
Luxury, and avenged'# conquered world. The
/aiiivy is a iiuivalvularshell-fish which fastens
itself upon our-oystons, and having bored a
hole through their outer covering, eats the
.Shrewsbury or Saddle Iloek at its leisnre. An
American Illue Point hits been fished up in
English waters with a mure x at work upon the
shell. The little pest accompanied a consignment
ot Ulue Points sent over by Mr. Genio Scott
to Mr. Francis,ofthe English Oyster Fisheries
Commission, wllo reports upon the fact in the
London ji'lehl.
The fact is alarming in every point of view.
Oysters multiply enormously, but so may
muriees, and tho extinction of our bivalves,
through tho agency of a univalve, is both
dreadful and humiliating to contemplate. But
another result of a yet more serious nature
seems to menace ns. What if the mu rex de
stroys tho English oysters, natives and all?
Shall it possibly become a ixtsus belli? Anil
shall the damage be put forward as an“o£&ot
to tho Alabama claims? .
AMDSEMSSTS.
—The pantomime, Jlumyty Dumpty,noixheing
Serformeii at the Arch Street Theatre, by the
llhiler & Denier Pantomime Troupe, is draw
ing crowded houses nightly. The present cool
weather renders these performances enjoyable
by preventing that discomfort which would
otherwise result from the crowded condition
of the house., ■ '
—On Friday ovoning next Miss Xeo Hudson,
the well-known equestrian actress, will begin
an engagement at the Theatre Oomiquo with
Mtaeppa. She . will ho supported by a good
company,-in which will be sevoral members of
the Arch Street Company of last year.
Newspaper Thieves.—Two juveniles,
-mmed-William Jennings and John Ward,
were arrested this morning, on Market street
for stealing newspapers from doorways. Thoy
will liavo a healing- at the Contra! Station this
afternoon.
F. L. FETHERST(B. PuWislieru
PRICE THREE. OEtfm
FACTS ASB FASCIJM, .
—Swinburne is in failing health
—Jacksboro, Texas, lissa Bemi-mont&lyidur
nal called The Fka. ' f* ,
—A negro lias been ndtontted to tbo't>ar in
Florida.
—Lablache's daughter;. Madame IHngtr:
lately died, in her fortieth year.
—lt is proposed to turn the city of Memphis
over into the bands of a receiver.-
, —French operais the latest* novelty at -iSk .
ceiOna, Spain. . ' ’ " • ' "
—Miss Professor Mitchell fe-to x>bserv<£f)l»
Solar eclipse next month at. litu’lipgton, Mt;
Mr. Burlingame is to-remaitt a mOnth’- te
Stockholm-. ' -
, —The London ; ifwlcat World publishes,
otters from Boston.containing reports of tlfe
ate Peace Jubilee.
’ —Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, -whose “Gates*-
A,iar” has achieved such populiWtyj is but l
twenty-fife. ' ■■
_—A Chinese comic singer is announced in a 1
London theatre. He sings both in Chinese
and English, andis named Cliee-Mah. - .
—California is adapted to the popttsr.cnlture;,
arid will soon furnish opium to the devotees of
that narcotic.
—A man who gav<* the name of Andrew
Johnson and said, that his occupaitfibn -yras.
“loafing,” has been arrestedin Kew Orleans
for being found in a railroad car, under Suspi
cious circumstances.
y-Thero are a.GOO newspapers published iw
this country; ot which five-sevenths are issued
in the Kortliern States. Slew York has' the
largest, and Florida the smallest numben-
—Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams have> just>
been offered fifty thousand dollars in gold t*
play for one season in Australia. They .were
recently ottered twenty thousand dollara in
gold to -visit California professionally.
—Bulwer is now seldom seen in the House
ot Lords. He is an old man, looks gone, as if
Ills day was done. He has quit Writing, coma
down lrom the clouds of romance, and walks
the plain old earth, “gloomy and unhappy.’’ l
—The bromide of ammonium is recoin--
meniled by Hr. Gibbs, of London,to those who’
.suiter from excess of fat. He says that, when
taken in small doses for a length of time,it wiill 1
diminish the weight of the body with, greateev '
certainty than any other known article.
—A tew days ago a fisherman residing on- -
the Oceechee canal, some ten or twelve, niiloa
from Savannah, Gn., sold liis wife to another
fisherman, for tiO bunches of fish, valued at fid
cents per hunch. 1 The wife was perfectly satisi -
fied with the sale, and is now living with her»-
purchaser.
—Juarez Sent two thousand letters found ins «
thenpartnients of the late Archduke .Maxi
milian to. ft French ex-depnty, in order that
tltey .might.he published at ,Brussels in
and Spanish. Tlie book bas been printed, hut ...
there is a delny about its circulation.
—The late iiostni.-Lster at, .SUullsbVirg, Wiih’-
eonsin, invited a mail to play cards with liimi -
and feeling aggrieved at liis refusal, ob
tained a pistol and shot liim twice, wounding"
him Very severely. Tlie postmaster then es-- i
eaped to Illinois, and liis victim lies in.a criti-:
cal condition. . ,
—Oliver Bartliclet, of Montreal, for bis
.services in-recruiting the; Papal .Zouayes in
Canada, lias been made a member of tlio
order of Piiis IX., entitling! him to file rank of
Colbpel in the Papal army; and the'right of !
sword and epaulets. Heis the first American
who lias received this distinction. '
—An artesian well lately sunk in. Algeria. 1
threw tip with the water an innumerable quan
tity of small iish, about half an inch in length,
resembling white bait, both in appearance and;
taste. .As the saud extracted from this well is
identical with that which forms the, bed of the
File, it is concluded that, an underground
communication uniat exist between it and that,
river.
—Two.maids were walking in the grove
(They both were growing old,)
The one to tell a talo of love,
The other to be told.
“He is not rich,” the elder said. - .
“For handsome, nor high-born;
The man whom I propose to wed
Most other girls would scorn.”
/‘AVhat is he, then? you make me fear;”
The maiden’s tears fell fast;
“He was the first to offer, dear,
And lie may be the last!”
A Western” paper relates this- story:-4-
“Deaeon B„ of Ohio, a very pious man, was.
noted for his long prayers, especially in his- .
family. One Monday morning the deacon andL : ."
his wife were alone, and, as was Ids Gustom„
after breakfast, a prayer was offered.' There ..
being an unusual amount of work that day,.
the deacon’s prayer was short, and seizing Ins...
liat ami milk pail lie started for the barn. His
wife being deaf did not notice his absence, butt* ,
supposed him to be still engaged, in prayer./.
On liis return from milking, lie was surprised'
to find her still kneeling. He stepped up,ta t
her and, shouted ‘Amen,’ when slio iinmedi-; ,
ately arose and went about her work as if®'*/
nothing had happened.’ "
—The ice factory at Few Orleans is lirgrentr;
success. It consists of six retorts of a ohemi—
cal freezing .mixture. From these six retortd
six pipes descend to six huge chests, wluclii
chests in turn radiate severally off into fours—
compartments. In each compartment are ..
long, thin tip eases, seven on one side and/
eight on the other. This making by all the’.
rules of arithmetic a total of fifty-six’"cases- im..
a box, and there being four boxes to. a chesty* ?
and six chests to a factory, it follows that,- at*;
full blast, this Southern ice factory can turng
out 1,344 cakes of ice eighteen inches long*,* .
twelve broad, anil two thick, at the corople-4 •
tion of each process. Tile ice is mneh/.colder*
than that frozen naturally, and lastatonuoki -
longer. The factory is a joint stock enterprise!, y
anil the property is exceedingly lucrative.- ; y_. f i
—A company of Chinese athletes astoaifiJliQp e *
tlie people of San Francisco, recently, with' •'
an exhibition of their agility. About: lfivoJf
them appeared on the stage amid the ditto; wd. 1
clangor of gongs and kettle-drums. They first
fought a sham battle with sword» ; cleavers,
pole-axes, lances, and short knives,, Tho ■>
tending was very rapid, and each tighten l was
an expert. Still, one warrior stood' against ak $3
host. He disarmed his antagonists as That as
they came; hurled them about. tile - stage*.
stabbed tlieni,-hewed them with brood axes, I
hacked them with swords, butted them witbL ,5
his head, lucked them in the breast with both, i«
feet at once, anil yet found, time, tft execute fej
hand-springs anil vaulting saniersaulfa amoßfl;.'®
them as he fought. A#' lash; he '•yaa&gfg
quished , all his fees, and. the- balf-nakjetl?y|
rascals took to -flight. He- ptaxsiatd. Soma?/i
rough tables, wero rangeeb along tho frontr Ofejg
the stage to represent hedges, tracks, logs atndpMß
hanks, which must obstruct pursuad, and pfijsP
suer alike. The runners vaulted the tahleslWs
turning lofty somersaults over each,’ am
landing indifl'erently On, their feet,- bands
heads or backs, as tho ease might be, ar»i thti
too, on a hnrdstago, covered only withTtfsV
strips of matting. Tho victorious fighterAi
splendid acrobat, was always after tli|d
Several times oue of his foes would turn,- afs
face him, when he would bound high ta-lvi
air, anil plunging down, plantbotli feet in, m
breast or his adversary, with snob force -isl
send him headlong across the ettnge. ThbAfJ
says that if over a troUpo -of thesC stitray hg
rvell-trained athletes were put to a falr/beSh*
physical activity and . strength, they ‘ctjttl
handle a regiment of the lazy, lank-lim]hß
whisky-sodden ruffians and cowatdswirtkttffal
a pastime of stoning, beating andilhfSEra
about Chinamen in the puhlie ;
city, /
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