GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 78.
M)LMERM' OBI'UAN HtHOOUS.
: v Annual Vacation and Examination.
DuI'AUTMENT OF SOLDIEBS’ ORPHANS’
Habrisburii, Pa., July 9, lWi!*.—-
To the Principals and Managers of the Soldiers’
■Orphans’ Schools and Homes: —
ANNUAL VACATION.
Another vear of school duties is about to
close,and the regular annual summer vacation
"to occur—commencing this year on Friday,
-July 23d, 1869, and terminating on Thursday,
September 2d, 1869.
The regulations issued for last vacation,
dated July 3,1808, a copy of which is herewith
enclosed, will continue in force, except as
tabove modified. The very satisfactory results
•following the hearty and intelligent observance
of these regulations at most of the Schools and
Homes last year have convinced me of tlieir
practical value, and are my apology for asking
and expecting a like observance of them tins
year at all the Schools and Homes under my
superintendence.
ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS. ,
The anhual examination of Schools and j
Homes, to which attention was called at the .
beginning of the year, will occur as
Those of the Eastern Schools, conducted by
the Superintendent with the aid of Hon* WU
mer Worthington, Hon. H. C. Hickok, and ,
other well-known philanthropists and educar
tors, will be held at the following times and
{
Northern Home, Twenty-third and Brown j
streets, Philadelphia, Monday, July L-. j
Lincoln Institution, 308 South Eleventh
-street, Philadelphia, Tuesday, Jnlyl3- u
Chester Springs, Chester county, Wednes-
Home, Lancaster county, Thurs
day, July 10. ' ; „
Mount Joy, Lancaster county, Friday,
J \?hite Hall, Cumberland county, Saturday',
Jl McAiistcrville. Juniata county, Tuesday,
Huntingdon county, Thursday,
July 22.
Those of the Western and Northeastern
Schools, conducted by Inspector Cornforth,
•with the aid of several distinguished gentle
men, will be held as follows: .
PhilUpsburg, Beaver county, Friday, July a.
Dayton, Armstrong county,Monday,July 12.
Titusville, Crawford county, Wednesday,
July 14. „ ~ - ,
Uniontown, Fayette county, Friday July 16.
Mansfield, Tioga county, Tuesday, July 20.
Harford, Busquehanna county, Thursday,
-Julv22. . . . . T T
The following will he conducted byjas. L.
Paul, Esq., Chief Clerk, aided also by gentle
men of ability: , _ ~
Jacksonville, Centre county, Friday,
July lfi. ' .
Lovsville, Perry county, Wednesday,
Andereontmrg, Perry county, Thursday,
-Julv •
Arrangements are also made for the exami
nation of the Schools and Homes not enu
merated- _ , .
In all cases the Principal or Superintendent
of the institution examined will be considered
n member of the Examining Board, and will
be invited to assist. Tlie examinations will be
public, and all interested in our soldiers'or
phans aTe cordially invited to attend. Blanks
art prepared, upon which the results will be
recorded, to.be filed in this Department, for
the inspection of all who desire to examine
them. .
It affords me sincere pleasure to congratu
late yon upon the very gratifying prosperity
enjoyed and progress made dunng the past
year. A kind Providence has blessed: our
large families of soldiers’ orphans With a re
markable degree of health. The improve
ments in buildings andgronnds, and in the
cultivation of the school fann3, have secured
increased comfort, and a greater variety of
food. The Increased number and efticiency of
teachers and employes, and th,-> adoption of a
carefully considered system of grading, have
added to the thoroughness of educational and
industrial instruction, and the accumulation ot
clothing, through more careful habits aml bet
ter mending, has added to the wardrobes of
_ „ the children. Xt is believed tliat the result ot
~ the present annual examinations will be very
eraufving to those who have had snmcient
faith In the efliciency of our system Of educa
ting the soldiers’ orphans of the State to anti-:
cipatesuch results. ....
It is also hoped and believed that the r eturn
of these orphans to their mothers and friends,
and to the communities in which they pre
viously lived,in their improved and improving
condition, will be productive of many good re
sults, and will lead many peoplefheretoforepn
dlfferent to their claims to consider and ac
knowledge them, and to thank God that it was
ever put into the hearts of friends of humanity
to make such wise and judicious provision for
them. , , „
Wishing all a safe return home, a cordial re
-ception from and intercourse with kindred,
friends and former associates, and a return to
school in improved health and zeal,
I am sincerely and cordially yours,
Geo. F. McF.uu.anii,
Superintendent Soldiers’ Orphans.
THE CHINESE IN AMERICA.
Speech of n Chinaman In California.
At San Francisco, a few days ago, Senators
"Wade and Conkling and the House Commit
tee of Ways and Means met with the repre
sentatives of the six Chinese Companies ot the
city and several Qf the leading merchants and
hankers. There was an interchange of com
pliment and sentiment, and one of the Chinese
representatives. Fung Tang, delivered the
following speech, which has not been before
Xe sen(iemeii: —It gives me, and all Chinese
merchants of San Francisco, great pleasure to
meet honorable Senators and members ot
' Congress of the United States. We are made
very-happy by seeing you here, for we can ex
plain to vou our wishes and the wants of our
people. .'Our Government took pleasure in
appointing an American Ambassador, to
make treaties with Foreign Fowers, and we
are satisfied with your treaty with our nation,
but want the just protection it promises us.
America is prooably better known to the
Chinese people than any other country, be
cause manv of our people have lived here,
and written home faithful accounts of the
country. . , . .
China is a very old nation, but our people
have learned many new things from Ameri
cans. Tlie population of China is very large,
and intercourse between our countries will be
very intimate, if we have just laws to protect
ns. You probably know that we have very
rich merchants and bankers in China, but we
cannot advise them to risk their capital here
—~TWherrthelrugentcannofrtestify in yourCourts,-
for hue your own-capitalists-they-wish to
know that their property is protected and
.secure to them before parting with it. Much
gold and silver is hoarded in China which
might be used profitably here, if the Chinese
felt sure we had full and proper protection.
We merchants have tried to be honest and
fair in our dealings with your merchants here,
and have paid our debts to Americans as scru
pulously as to our own people. The managers
of some of your largest San Francisco firms,
engaged in trade with China, who have trusted
ns for hundreds of thousands of dollars at a 1
time, without security, are here to. prove the
• truth of what 1 say. We have introduced
your grain and other American, produce into
. China, and labored to establish a trade,which'
if properly encouraged,must prove of great
. value to this country. We hope you wlllpass
alaw doubling the Government pay of your
lino of China steamers, and oblige them to
run each way twice a month; for we feel cer
tain that the coat will he email, when compared,
to the benefits your country., will receive.;
Captain Eldridge will tell you how much of
their freight and passage money, is. paid by
our people now—and should you increase the .
nlimber of trips, we will do all in our power
to support this line, and thus insure its sne-s
C(*s. i
At the banquet given in this city before the?
sailing of the first American steamship for
China, I made a speech full of congratulations
on the commencement of this great enter
prise. All Chinese felt very happy, because
we thought it would make our nations better;
acquainted,and we hoped you would, by know-; ■
ing us, learn to like us, mid be willing to pro-;
tcet us from some evils we now sutler, and
which we think unjust. , ;
"We think your special tax, collected only,
from Chinese miners, is not according to our
treaty with your G overnment. Wo are will-,
ing to pay taxes cheerfully when taxed equally,
with others. We also think the tax ot five
dollars collected from each Chinaman for
coming into this State is not right, if this is a
free country. But most of, all, we feel the
want of protection to life and property when
courts of justice refuse our testimony, and
thus leave iis defenceless, and unable -to
obtain justice for ourselves, and often for
others.
The Chinese who come to California to labor
I are poor men, so our companies, which are
I formed to assist them, and not to oppress
! them, advance money to bring them here, but
no slavery exists at ail among our people, for
every man receives wages tor Ids labor and
works voluntarily. Some people in California
have said we have Hlaves here.butit is not true.
We make men contribute from their earnings
enough to pay their debts, if money has been
advanced to bring them to this country.
China can furnish you good, faithful, indus
trious men,to cultivate rice; and cotton in your
Southern States, if you wish to employ them;
or to raise tea and silk in California, if you
will make laws to protect and make them feel
safe, and insure them equal justice with other
nations, according to their treaty with your
Government.
As a people, we; wish to do nght, and treat
all men well. If you will converse with my
countrymen here to-day they will answer any
questions vou'wish to ask, and we hope, on
your return to Washington, you will speak
favorably of us to the United States Govern
ment.
For all Chinese inCalifornia and the Chinese
merchants of San Francisco, we welcome you
here, and thank you kindly for thinking of us
and honoring us with a visit. We have re
ceived much kindness from many excellent
people in California, all of which we appre
ciate and for which we gratefully tender our
thanks.
THE NORTH POLE.
Expedition to tbe Arctic Bectons.
Quite recently an expedition, tinder the\i
general cliarge of Dr. Hayes, the Arctic ex
plorer, and including Bradford, the artist, and
two experienced photographera, started for
Greenland, and will proceed in the Arctic re
gions as far as can he done in time to return
in October. The objects of the trip are to ob
tain pictures of Arctic scenery (including
sketches and photographs), which will be in
corporated in an account of the expedition
which Dr. Hayes will write and Messrs.
Fields, Osgood & Co. will publish. It
seems strange that apparently so obvious
a thing as securing photographs m those to us
unknown regions Has never before been at
tempted; certainly the views wilt be awaited
with great interest. It is Dr. Hayes’s inten
tion, upon His return in October, to organize
an expedition which will start', next year; and
of which the object Will be to solve the vexed
question of the existence of an open tolar
sea, and, if possible, reach the North Pole it
self. The following letter from Dr. Hayes
gives an entertaining account of the prepara
tions made for the present expedition just be
fore starting from Newfoundland:
St. Johns, Newfoundland, June 22.— ily
Dear Sir: The Panther is now coaling, and
will be ready for sea on Saturday. She has
any amount of ‘-iron wood” sheathing on her
sides, and iron on her cutwater, and dead
wood in her eyes, to make ice a matter oi no
sort of consequence to her. She ts a hark,
with a full spread of canvas, ami in the good
old wav, with a screw lifted, she makes ten
knots the hour, and under sail alone makes
oight knots. She measures over threo hundred
tons, and carries over four hundred tons o
coal, which is good for fifty days steaming
and since we .shall not be out over three
months, and will rarely if ever work under a
full bead of steam, ana will often use none at
all, we want nothing more in the steam way,
or in any other wav, that I can see.
And this is the craft (Capt Bartlett, master),
which we have chartered, and in which we
are to sail on our little summer trip to Green
land, partly for pleasure, partly for health, and
partly for business.
The voyage, if a little novel, is not danger
ous, and in the Panther it must of necessity he
comfortable. The indefatigable zeal and
energy of Mr. Bradford has left nothing un
supplied in the commissary way : and if you
could see Dunmore and Cricherson (the pho
tographers), with their endless bottles and
baths and chemicals, and Bradford with his
box of paints, you would think the icebergs
would grow alarmed about their reputations,
and that Greenland would make an efiort to
justify its name; for you may he
sure that nothing wall escape these
enthusiastic gentlemen, and that every
thin" will he done up in black and white, and
in divers colors. As for destination, we go
everywhere on the Greenland coast that we
can get to. My own particular interest is in
the. southern part, which I have never visited,
and -where are the ruins of the old Norwegian
settlements of the pre-Columbian period. You
know it is claimed that there are a lot of
round-towers in South Greenland similar to
that mysterious structure about which the ivy
clings as tightly as the fancy on the pretty
green common of charming Newport. Well,
whatever they may be, I want to look them
up, and Bradford wants to have them photo
graphed, and as for the famous old view
of Kakortok, near Julianeshaab, which
GTaah and Kink have figured, why, if we can
only get that, and the crumbled Cathedral at-
Gardar, (whore, according to Torfaeus, seven
teen successive bishops administered “the or
dinances of the Apostolic chair,”) into the
camera,l think our Archadogicaol friends will
rejoice and he exceeding glad. Gardar was
the headquarters of the bishop, or otiicialisjor
the bygds, or inhabited places, east and west
of the “Island of Greenland,” at “the furthest
limits of the great ocean,” and was within the
see of Trondheim, Norway. Beyond lay the
uhygds ,or uninhabited places, in which region
-is-now situated the quite-ieuent Banish colony
of TTpernavikj.my old starting point of 1860,
whaio we touch, and where Tsfiall make pro
visrans for the gathering together of dogs and
furs and hunters for my North Pole cam
paign, which I trust will come oft next year.
Aside from these serious objects which I have
mentioned, and the hope I have ot getting
upon some more of the Greenland glaciers,.our’
voyage is one of relaxation, and by the time.
•this.letter reaches you you will have abundant
cause to envy us, as you swelter in the July
| temperature of Boston. Wo made a good run
• i —first in the Inman steamer to Halifax, and
5 thence in another Inman steamer which plies
! irom Halifax to this place every other week.
I am sorry you were hot on the wharf when"
twe shdveaoff ftoiil'Kew York;"for ram pure
vou would have acted on the spirits as a sun
beam on a Newfoundland fog. Being bound
for Greenland, it was generally understood
that we were ngt to meet again in this world
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 10,1869.
—Mich in the effect of the imagination—hut.,
God willing, I will-greet, you in October.
Meanwhile, preserve me in your,memory,- ami;
believe me sincerely your friend.— World.
I. J. HAykb.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRJ9.
[By the Atlantic Cable.]
FRANCE.
Tbe Governmental Crisis—Demand* of.
the Oi>»o*lUon—M. Roulier’s Position—,
The Emperor Quietly Watelilng the.
Course of Events.
Paws, July 9.— The governmental crisis in,
Prance increases in intensity. The members,
of the constitutional opposition in the Corps
Legislatlf declare as their ultimatum that
uothiug'short of the retirement of M. Rouhcr;
will satisfy them., The Emperor: desires his,
retirement, but hesitates to dismiss him on ac
count of the Minister’s devotion and ability in
discharging : the duties, of his position, M,
Bouhors failure to comply, with the .evident,
wish of the Emiierqr is severely criticised..,
Yestyrday the proprietor of one of the lead-,
ing journals said: “M. Koulier, your time has
come—leave—decamp—clear out!” >
“ I know it,” answeredthe Minister, “ hut:
my wife won’t resigii,” which is literally true,'
as .Madame objects to giving up palace honors.;
Tlie Emperor will waitmeantimetill this little:
domestic trouble is settled. 1 :
Tlie majority of tlie Assembly are opposed
to the propositions of the left centre,
the first instance, demands a responsible min
istry, and, secondly, the autonomy of the As
sembly. The Emperor is. therefore, obliged
to parley with the opposition, the minority of
whom do not wish to defy him openly, and
hence the legislative dead-lock, wliich must be
brought to an end in the course of next week.
[By Mail.j
ROHE.
Tbe Pope's latest Allocution.
On June 23th the Pope delivered an allocu
tion in a. secret consistory held for the purpose
of creating fourteen Archbishops and Bishops.
His Holiness deplored the new law adopted in
Italy for subjecting clerical pupils to military
conscription, as being an infringement of the
immunities, the rights and the liberty of the
Church. His Holiness dwelt upon the lament
able evils afflicting the Church in Austria and
Hungary, and upon the just complaints of the
Bishops of those countries. The events in-
Spain also gave cause for sadness and mourn
ing. In Poland the Knssian government con
tinued its persecutions, which had led'to the
exile of Catholic Bishops. Still the Episco
pal zeal, undaunted lw those trials, was a
source of consolation. His Holiness said in
conclusion: “Let the enemies of Christ con
sider how terrible will be tbe fate of his ene
mies. Let us constantly pray to tbe Merciful
Eather to bring them back from the way of
perdition to the paths of justice, and to crown
the Church with fresh triumphs.”
ENGLAND.
Horrible Harder in Smitbfleld.
On the 28th a whole family, consisting of the
father, mother, and six children, the eldest
thirteen years and the, youngest fourteen
months, were found poisoned at Smithfiehl.
It is supposed that the father administered the
poison, hydrocyanic acid, to his family and then
took it himselt, as he sent a letter to the police
authorities stating that upon calling at his
house they would find something to interest
them, It would appear that Dnggiu, tbe
father, who had. been us a silver
smith, bad received notice to leave both his
situation and his place of abode.. Although
luiliad “coxnplahied of his head,” there was
nothing m his manner to indicate that he eon r
templateti the commission of such a crime as
wholesale murder.
English Noblemen.
The Pall Mall Gazette states that a son of one
of the Lords, who in the course of nature may
take his seat unquestioned, has been proved to
lie a thief and a forger. The London News
says : “It is now a matter of public notoriety
tliat a well-known and popular earl has added
one more to the tale of aristocratic failures,
and that the House of Westmoreland
is as the House of Hastings, Ham
ilton-, and Newcastle; while rumor, stand
ing at the doors of the great emporiums
of gossip, the clubs, points with cynical pity
to a well-known baronet, who is a sportsman
as the Irishman was a tailor, by right of pri
mogeniture, as coming up hand over hand to
take the same jump that has landed already
four nobles in a bottomless bog. By his side,
too, are riding, as the Black Horseman rode
by the side of the reckless huntsman in the
Herman legend, the same forms that were
alongside Hastings, Hamilton, and Newcastle
when thev. ran their fatal course; the great sup
porters of the spirit of gambling, the money
dealers of the West.”
SPAIN.
Anti-Constitutional Sentiment.
A Madrid correspondent says:
The Government seems determined to exact
the Constitutional oath from public functiona
ries of every class. The result has been that,
numbers have resigned, and that the resigna
tions are still coming in. The Gazette is full of
them, and there is a grand chance for office
seekers who are not quite so scrupulous. As the
authors of the documents referred to, with a
yiew of meeting the matter and avoiding em
barrassments, tire Republican members of the
Cortes have very seriously debated, at a pri
vate caucus meeting, the course that ought to
be adopted by those members of their party
who might be required to swear fidelity to the
Constitution under a threat of losing their
honors or their offices. They have decided
that a good Republican may swear fidelity to
it. in a manifesto just issued aud published in
to-day’s Republican papers.
ADELINA PATTI.
The Singer Trents the Public Roughly.
Tho Pall Mall Gazette has the following:
On Friday last lldme. Adelina Patti was
announced to appear in the “Figlia del Reggi
mento,” but at the lastmoment,after the doors
were opened and the audience had begun to
arrive, notices were posted up. that . Mdme.
Patti was suffering from a severe hoarseness
and quite unable to sing. Another opera was
therefore substituted. It is rather trying .after
paying Taney prices to' hear Patti
in “Gazza Ladra” or “Figlia” to bo
put off with the everlasting “Trovatore” or
hackneyed “Huguenots;” but the charming
singer’s many admirers will, at least, be con
soled to learn that her repeated attacks of ill
ness are not of an alarming kind. The severe
hoarseness which prevented her from appear
ing at .Covent Garden.on/Friday, did not in_
Tfie liast disable her from'singmglieforo' tho
Prinoe of Wales aud Pacha of Egypt at Marl
borough House the same evening, where, in
deed, it is said, she never warbled more
clearly and enehantingly.
AMUSEMENTS.
—The amusing pantomime Ilumpty Dumpty
is meeting with well-deserved success at the
Arch Street Theatre. The audiences are very
largo, considering the warmth of the weather,
ana the performances give increasing satisfac
tion for they grow jolliey and funnier every
evening..
—At the Theatre Comique, last night, Miss
Leo Hudson appeared as“-Mazeppa” In the
drama of that name. The performance boomed
to give much satisfaction to the audlouco, and
the rider of the fiery untamed stood was
heartily applauded.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
THE TRAGEDY IN TERRE HAUTE.
Two Editors' Shot Down tar a. Policeman
—Cause of UieOostardly. Assault.
[From Uio Terra Haute (TiMMExprcßa of July".]
Yesterday afternoon, about 2.o’clock, C. W.-
Brown anti Major O. J. Smith, editors and
proprietors of the /Saturday Evenim Gazette
wore shot b)f Erwin D. Erney, a day pollce
liinn, under circumstances ox the' most atro
cious character. • - r
Major Smith was returning from dinner to
liisotiice, and just as he passed McKcon &
Minshall’s lianlc, Erney ran up heiiind him
and dealt him a blow upon the back of the
head with a “biliv.” Stunned and bewildered
by the blow, Mr. Smith ran out into the street,
Erney following him up: and before reaching,
the opposite corner struck several other,
blows. By the time both men reached the:
cornere'bear Cornelias & Haggerty’s store,
Mr. Smith had succeeded in drawing a
small pistol, and deliberately walked to-:
ward : ICrney, the pistol directed at
him. Erney jumped behind-a lamp-post and
drew a navy revolver. Smith attempted to,
shoot, but-his pistol missed tire. Erney then
fired,'and Smith fired, a moment after, the
shots being nearly simultaneous. Erney’sshot
took etteet in the fleshy portion of Smith’s
right leg, the ball going-clear through the leg,
and was inside his pant when they were after
ward taken off. Immediately after firing,
Erney started across the-street in: a south
easterly;; direction, hut on, reaching the
middle, of the street started hack for Ins liat,
which lie had dropped. / At this moment Mr.
C. W. Brown reached the ground, and seeing
Erney going in the direction of Smith, doubt
less supposed he was going jo, renew the at
tack,and walkedtow'ardhinL with outstretched
arms, seemingly endeavoring to stop him,
when Erney, only three or .four feet from
Brown, again fired,the hall taking effect in the
upper portion of the right bredst.
Erney was arrested a few minutes after and
lodged in jail, where he now remains. _
Major Smith was able to walk to his office,
half a square distant, where his wounds were
dressed. The wounds upon the head are not
thought to be of a senaus character. _ The
bullet, which passed through the leg, did not
strike the bone or arteries, and with no un
favorable after-residts,will rapidly heal. It is
directly opposite a similar wound in the other
leg, received during the war. After the wound
was dressed he was removed to the residence
of J. O. Jones, Esq., where he was lying quite
comfortable last evening. •.
Mr. Brown walked into MclCeon . & Min
shall’s Bank, where the blood, which was
flowing profusely, was staunched, and was ■
then taken to\his residence, corner of Swan
and Eourth streets. At onr last advices his
condition was reported of the most; critical
character. ' . :
The immediate cause of this b’oody affair
was the publication, in last Saturday’s Gazette
of the following article:
I’ltACTicK what You Piieach. —Our Com
mon Council has become somewhat noted for
its persistent determination to administer the
affairs of our city economically. Such a policy
is laudable in the highest degree. But, Mr;
Common Council, you are ;paying an exile
from Pennsylvania’s “inhospitable shore
sixty or seventy dollars per month for duty as
a “day policeman," with which honors he gees
strutting about like a gay young cavalier,witb
his badge of authority pinned to his breast,
more noble within himself than a French.hero
with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. What
mission he has to fill other than to show oft a
policeman’s star to good advantage, I
know not. To boys and women he might
strike terror, hut to those of more advanced
age than a dozen yearn, heis but a jest and a
laughing show. From one .who is competent
to know, X learn he , has made three ; arrests
during bis short term of Office, and that .they
were women, two’ of whom were acquitted,
having been anested without cause; and the
other would have been acquitted bad she pro
cured legal advice. He attempted to arrest
one man, be it said to his praise, but, owing to
some little palpitation of the heart, he did not
succeed until assistance was volunteered to
him. “Let the Devil have his dues,” is an old
saying, and he gets his dues when i they
are paid into the Treasury. He is
always close enough —to earn his wit
ness fees—his name is Era—something,
I don’t know what. Go you to the Slayer’s
office at .any hour of. the day and.yon will find
him lounging about., peering down His august
Honor’s throat every time he gapes, to see if
there is not a rent in that mighty bosom, bow
ing and scraping, ready to scratch the mud
from His Honor’s hoots or button his waist
coat, carry cigars, or run to the Post-office for
His Excellency, but never once looks to the
preservation of good order in our city. What
do we want with a day policeman, anyhow ?
Our City Marshal and Ins deputies, together
with bur numerous policemen, are certainly
able to preserve good order in the city. And
is it necessary for His Honor, the Mayor, to
have a faithful squire, paid by the city, attend
ing upon him from morning until night, of
these long summer days ? Enoch.
On Monday Erney called on Mr. Smith for
the name of the author, and was told he
would confer with the author and give an an
swer on the day following (yesterday). Erney
called again on the same evening and some
high words passed between the two —Erney
asserting that lie would take measures ,to ob
tain legal satisfaction. The next intimation
Mr. Smith had of hostilities was the unex
pected assault of yesterday afternoon.
Erney has been employed as a special day
policeman since the incoming of the new
Council, having been selected by the Police
Board on the recommendation oi the Mayor.
He has no family or relatives in this vicinity,
and lias heretofore been regarded as a quiet
and very inoffensive man. The most intense
feeling prevailed in the city during the after
noon,and in the evening large crowds collected
at various places on the streets, and threats of
Lynch law were freely indulged in; but we are
happy to state tliismorning that better counsels
prevailed, and the lawwul he allowed to take
due course.
We give the above version from the many
reports in circulation, believing it to be very
nearly correct, although we cannot vouch for its
exact truthfulness. A judicial investigation. will
probably be held to-day, of which we will give
full report.
BLAIR AT LONG BRANCH.
Particulars of the Row Over His
lirunken, Rebel Speech.
The New York Sun contains the following
particulars of the Blair fuss at tho Long Branch
Banquet:
The banquet, although announced to take
place at 8 P. M., was, owing to some mis
understanding, delayed until near 10 P. M.
At that hour the entire party, preceded by
Admiral Furragut, Lieutenant-General Shen
ilaffaUdFrankP.BlalrTJr.venteredThedm-
ing-room. The Admiral sat in the middle, and
to nis right was General Sheridan.' 'Next to
Sheridan Bat Blair. After consuming an hour
or so in soothing the aching* of sharp appe
tites, we knew by the noisy discharge ot
champagne corks tnat the hour for toasting,
speech-making and wining -had arrived- Ad
mital Farragut arose and began the call of
sentiments: After “The Army and Navy had
been toasted, aud “Little Bhirdiad made his
little speech, there were cries of Blair! Blair'
Frank Bluir!”
A TICE PRESIDENT POSTURING. '
All eyes'of course were turned to the woiud
have-been-iper-chance Vice President .They
saw him sitting, about three feet Behind the
table in a fre'e and easy position, lus feet rest
ing upon ai chair, puffing away 1 furiausly at a
cigar. Around him were the Stetsons, Shori
dau Shook, and three or tout others, >•••••_•:
. FRANK THOUGHT HIMSELF IN A,''CAUCUS., ■
Not many seconds elapsed after the calls for :
Mr. Blair, when that gentleman slowly arose, j
advanced nervously* aud staggered for some- i
filing to support him. (The fable in this in-j
stance answered tliepurpose.) After standing:
as if absorbed in deep thought, lie cloned : lus ;
eves and entered upon liis harangue. He said ■,
that not one word had, been spoken about s
those who were once and are, our brothers.,
He would say one word for the people who<
had been our enemies. He knew that when ;
he spoke of them beloro soldiers, lie spoke to
a magnanimous and generous court.
That those against whom we contended,:
those whom’wo .aspersed -as rebels and
traitors, and over whom we had triumphed,
were a great and generous people, and well
worthy of our best steel. Turning to Admiral
Farragut, who politely bowed acquiescence,
General Blair continued:
“"We have heard the praises of Farragut, ;
Sheridan, and others to-night. We will yet
hear of Lee” (pronounced in a louder tone and ,
exulting manner), “and of Stonewall Jack-;
son.” The General articulated tho name of
this distinguished rebel with his voice pitched
at its highest key. Hisses, cries: of “Order,”
“Traitor,” “Sit down,” “Sit down,” “Put him;
out,” “Shame.” ,
General Blair was not discouraged, but said, ,
in a hauglitymanner, “Does anybody dissent?
Is there any dissent?”
CHALLENGED ON THE SPOT.
“Yes, sir. there is. Ido, sir, Ido. My name,
is Major Robert A. Haggerty, sir.” (Sensa-;
tion.J j
A pause followed, which was almost im
mediately broken by cries of “Don’t hear him,” ;
“Shut up,” &c., &c. .
Gen. Blair—l do not .ask to be heard. I,
do not beg for a hearing. I never have and
nev<(r will.
Alter the wildest confusion and excitement
had lasted about ten minutes, Admiral Farra
gut, who had been doing his utmost to restore
harmony, finally secured attention, and good
naturedly said that, as the meuting had asked
Mr. Blair to speak, they ought to hear him
patiently.
SQUELCHING THE OFFENDER.
Oapt. Montgomery, of the navy, said: “Mr.
Chairman, I call Mr. Blair to order. There is
an article in our by-laws which forbids any
political discussion or harangue at any of our
meetings. I call upon the Chair to enforce
that rule.”
Admiral Farragut—Have you a copy ? Let
me see it.
A copy was shown him. He read the clause
alluded to by Capt. Montgomery. He then
addressed Mr. Blair. “Yes, Mr. Blair, I call
you to order because our By-laws do not per
mit any political speeches at any of our meet
ings. Intentionally or otherwise, you have
introduced politics here.”
Blair, with an idiotic chuckle, resumed liis
seat.
THE FLIGHT OF THE FAIR
The pleasures of the evening were about
being brought to an abrupt termination, when;
Admiral Bailey proposed an'extra toast:
“The Union ladies oftheUnited States. ,
At this I bethought me of the “ladies of the
Stetson House” whom I had seen watching
the proceedings through the open windows. I
turned and looked. Not.one was there. Why,
did they go? Before leaving I went to where
Gen. Blair was and spoke to him. I had a good;
chance to observe him closely and satisfy my
self as to bis condition. He was becoming,
convalescent, but, with no prospect of alto
gether recovering until morning.
In answer to an observation of mine, that
his remarks startled and displeased the as
semblage, lie'replied, “Yes, d—it, I knew I
could letch them, and I did it.” He winked
very significantly as he concluded this sen
teller. ■ ■
For two hours after the banquet was over an
excited multitude, grouped in the lobbies and
corridors of the, hotel, continued commenting
very excitedly upon this incident. They did
not compliment Mr. Blair. ■
This morning the feeling against Mr. Blair
was very hitter. The majority of the officers
of the Army and Navy of the Gulf say that
they have been insulted. Many wild rumors
are afloat.
EX-SECRETABY SEWARD.
His Reception In Salt Lake City.
H on. William H. Seward was serenaded in
Salt Lake City, Utah, on the evening of Juno
25, and, in response to calls from the crowd,
spoke as follows: , , ■
"Fellow-citizens lt would he impossible for
me to speak so as to ho heard by so largo an
audience as this; and were it otherwise proper,
the circumstances under which I am traveling
through the country forbid me from engaging
in any kind of discussion of public or political
affairs. They do not forbid me, however, ac
knowledging tho hospitality and kindness
which have been shown me by my fel
low-citizens. This is all that I can do,
and I do it with a free, kind and
good heart. I thank you for the hospitality
you have shown me since I came to your city.
I thank you for your attendance to-night, and
I pray God that the great marvel which I wit
ness here may result in establishing a good
civilization in the heart .of the American con
tinent, and be a sign, token and assurance to
mankind in every nation oi the earth that it
cannot fail, if it he prosecuted by industry and
virtue, in advancing the welfare of the whole
human race. Accept my thanks once more
for this kind greeting, and permit me to hid
you a cordial good-nicht.”
The band prayed “Thou art gone from my
gaze,” when in response to vociferous calls,
Mr.F. W . Seward was introduced by Aider
man Richards, and said:
“ Fellow-citizens: I thank you heartily for
this kind greeting. It has given me much
pleasure to visit a region of country of wliich
I have heard so much, and in which, in com
mon with all my fellow-couutrynien, I have
taken so deep an interest. Even the brief glance
that we have already been able to bestow upon
it assures us of its wealth, of the
greatness of its agricultural resources,
and of its rich future. 1 join with
vqji in your congratulations over the comple
tion of the Pacific Road. Remote as you
have hitherto been, both from the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts, von are now brought in
close connection with each of them. It Is not
easy to estimate the value of the benefits
which that road is destined to confer upon
you, upon our country, and upon the world;
nor is it easy to estimate the value of the
guaranty it gives of prosperity to our States,
and of the perpetuity of the Union. Accept,
gentlemen; my best wishes for your future,and
my hearty thanks for this greeting.”
—Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paid, who are at
present in Germany, are announced to give
some musical extracts from, their popular en
tertainment at Schwalbach, 'near weisbaden,
in the elegant hotel Zum Aliee Baal. This,
watering-place, Which has a special reputation
in Germany, is at present crowded with .visi
tora from all parts mf Europe.
—Jewelry in Paris this summer is very fan
ciful. The most recherche sets are enamels, hut
In curious shapes. Little plates are worn as
cuff 1 buttons and brooches, to imitate all the
■ admired crockery ever heard pt, ■ from tho
Bernard de Palissy style to Sevres, Saxouy
anil China wares. Fven Rouen hardware is
iii favor.
—A new London weekly, to bo called the
Cavity, devoted entirely to music and the
drama, will give m each number a photograph
of some artist, with autobiograi>hy.
—ARtonoKraphicsCliool.coiißistiugoftwen
tv-four pupils of various nations, lias been
established l it Rome; for tho purpose of taking
notes during the coining council.
> F. L. FETHERSTON. PMuibsc.
? . i,r {
PRIOETHREB CENTS
FACTS ANl> FANCIES.
(For the Philaaa, Evening Biilldtla.
KiOve*»Opldeii49treniai.
There is a golden stream.
Dropped from the hills of Heaven; •
Onward it flows with glittering gleam,'' !
Answering hack the morning beam ''
And the soft tints of even.
Ever it takes its course
Towards the boundless sea; 1
Nothing can stay its wondrdus force, -
Brought from its great Eternal source
Of life and purity. 1 *■' 1
Ossa and Pelion heap • ~ "
Their rugged rocks before ;
But the golden stream, with bounding leap.
Around their melting base dotli sweep, ■ ‘
And.liies toward the shore, — •
The shore whose other side
Shall ne’er be reached or known;
The shore of the sea, so smooth and wide,
Amid whose glorious, golden tide, •
Stands God’s eternal throne.
Where'er this golden stream
Elows over mead and lea, :
Its banks with fragrant flowers teem,
And the dark grotys light, and the echoes aeon
To wake Heaven's melody.
Where, amid wreck and blight;
Stretches the barren sand,
The golden stream siuketh out of sight,
But floweth ever with growing might
Toward the ocean’s strand.
Up to the light it springs ,
When desert wastes are gone,
And a deeper, brighter glow it brings,
As its joyous glance it upward flings,
And ever hasteth on.
Oh, stream of gold so pure,
Erom the river of life sent down! "
We sail forever with thee, secure,
To the ocean where thou shalt circle sure,
; 1 Eorever around the throne! 1 ■
—The army worm is on a raid in Illinois.
—All the Minnesota railroads are overbur
dened with business.
—An entire jury of Smiths was recently im
panneled in Sheffield, England.
—Buskin has a new book in press, which ha
calls “ The Queen of the Air.”:
—A Eondon theatre advertises a “talented
company of goblins.”
—The Paris rioters when on .trial all put. ia
the plea of intoxication. ■ - .
—St. Petersburg is applauding a white
“Blind Tom.”
—Minnie Hauck is to sing for two years at
the Vienna Opera House.
—Thiers spent $5,000 in bill-posting in Paris
before the election.
—A Dutch engineer proposes to drain • the
“rolling Znyder Zee.” -
—A'Louisville policeman personated a thief
for fun the other night, and didit so well that
liegotshot.
—The immortal Crockett lias left an'equally
immortal ancestor .who lives jn. AxkauaaB T an A
inherits his ancestral peculiarities.
—The month of June was so cold in Europe
that the summer resorts were nearly aban
doned by tourists.
—Minnesota swamp lands are fast coming
into notice for agricultural purposes, ana
after drainage make the most valuable soil in
the State. ’ . '
—Bullion City, in the White Pine district,has
been laid out several days and great “improve
ments” have been made. Three, restaurants
anil the same number of saloons constitute the
town. V
—On opening a vault in Cracow,the, re
mains of Casimir the-Great wore discovered.
A crown and sceptre were also found in the
tomb. Casimir was the last of the Plasfc
dynasty which ruTed Poland in the fourteenth
century. ,
—A hoarder at a Wliito Pine hotel being
about to depart, said to the waiter: ‘?Boy, run
upstairs to No. 10, and bring, (Jown my, bag
gage.” “Wbar is your baggage, massa, and
.whatisit?” “Why, three pistols, a pack of
cards, a bowie-knife “arid a shirt. You’ll find
them under my pillow.” '!
—Arabella Goddard, during her more recent
concerts, has revived forgotten works by Dus
sek, Steibelt, Clements, AlbrechtsbOrger and
Scarlatti. The London Musical World is, in
ecstasies over this; but it may be asked
•whether these things would have ever been
forgotten if they had been specially worth re
membering.
—The author of “Waverly” erected a hand
some tombstone in the romantic churchyard of
Irongrey, over the grave of Helen Walker*
the prototype of the imaginary .Teanie Deans,
in the greatest of his fictions, “The Heart of
Mid-Lothian.” We are sorry to see that the
bases of the uprights or supporting pillars at
either end of the tomlistone have been ruth
lessly clipped and broken (the pieces being
taken away), evidently by some selfish and
soulless relic-hunters.— Dumfries Courier.
—A Mayor Williamson, in a report to tha
commissary of Benar, in India, solemnly avers
that it is the custom of families in those parts'*
whenever a husband andfather has been eaten
by a'tiger (which is rather the rule than tha
exception), to change their family name. The
object of this is to prevent the tiger trout
exterminating the household, either through
i appetite, if the father agreed with him, or
through rage, if the father gave bun the dys
pepsia.
—A tavern-keeper, in a town of Wisconsin,
employed a German blacksmith to dp a certain
iob of work, for which he paid the cash at
once. Afterwaid a neighbor got a sim- ;
ilar job. done on credit for a less price.
Upon being asked the reason, the blacksmith
replied, “You zee, I’ve zo much charge on my
book, and I zometimes lose ’em; and zo veu I
have a good cash customerl shares good price;
but veil I puts it on my book I do not like to
sharge zo much, zo if I never gets em I na •
lose zo much.” ‘ ,
—At a dinner given in San F rancisco a few
days ago, at which Ben Wade and’ other dis
tinguished visitors from the east were present,
the conversation turned' upon the introduction
of Chinese labor. Mr. Wade was
tween Mayor McCoppiu and a .gentlmmu^
“vi6ltritly r oi>pbscd:to — Chine3o_dabor.':“Sem*i
ator,’’ said the gentleman -fen Wade’s right*
“do yon think it fpr the benefit of the
to encourage Chinese immigration. MOSfl
undoubtedly.” Would you have them vote
“Why not? The Irishvote; and the vhiuesa
are more frugal, more’ industrious, nwwn ,ia*
genious, more pacific and : orderly than tha
Irish.” Then, turning to Mayor MoCoppm,
the Senator innocently asked: “I>aut yoa
think so, Mr. McCoppinV” The company
were aghast at this most unfortunate contra
temps. Some looked grave. ’ Some hpmaj
scarcely restrain their laughter. But ww
Mavor was equal to the occasion. With ad
mirable mifonib and ready presence of mind,
he rciilicd: “Certainly. Senator, ,«*,/
most ingenious-and remarkable race. . Tr
joke win beseeri when It is remembered tr
the Mayor is himself an Irishman.
BERM
tU i> i\: i
■