UtiSON PEACOCK. Editor.
OLUME XXIII-NO. 79.
POREMiSi CORRESPONDESCE.
letter fboh home.
rwenty-Third Anniversary Of the Pope’s
Election—Political Affairs—Murders In
Florence, Leghorn anil , Bome—The
Coming Council—Tlie Eternal City
In Numtncr—Tlie Bugbear of Roman
Fever—A Prize Offered to; Archieolo
ffislfi.
(CoVreniKiiiileiiee of the I'hila.Kvmiing Bulletin.)
Piazza he Sraona, Rosie, Italv, Tuesday,
I Hue’ 22<1,1809. —Last Thursday, the 17th, was.
the anniversary of the Pope’s election. The
cannon was tired—twenty-three salutfes —the
niuuber of years Pius IX. has reigned overthe
Chureli; there was a papal chapel; and after
mass a reception was given by the Pope to the
College ofi Cardinals, the Court, Prelates,
Senate, Chi'ets ofßeligious Orders, and all such
persons as have a right to he present at jioii
tiiical functions. Cardinal Patrizi made the
eougrat ulatory speech, and His Holiness re
plied in a very short and touchingaddress. He
first gave thanks for having arrived at the end
of the twenty-third year of his pontificate;
alluded to the troubles his reign had been sub
jected to, and ufter a few concise remarks on
the agitations of the Christian world, gave the
Benediction. 1
Now Pins IX. enters on the twenty-fourth
year of his reign. Only four Popes have lived
twenty-four years—Sylvester 1., Adrian 1.,
Pius VI. and Pius VII. Each one of these
Popes lived in troubled times; stirring events
took place during their pontificates.' /
When Sylvester was a priest in Home, he
saw the defeat of Maxeiitius by Constantine,
on the Milvian Bridge—now Ponte Molle.
This defeat, it will be remembered, is the sub
ject of tin largest historical painting in the
world; it is in the Hall of Constantine, at the
Vatican—the first picture in the fourth stanze,
or Room of-Raphael; and though it was exe
cuted by Giulio Romano, it was designed en
tirely by Raphael.
The great First Council of Nice, A. D. 825,
was assembled during Sylvester's pontificate.
The Pope did not attend this Council, on ac
count of bis advanced age, but his represeuta
tivc, Ozius, with two Roman priests, sat there
in Sylvester’s place, and they were named first
i n the ads of the Council; they took prece
dence of the Patriarchs of Alexandria and
Antioch. The Arian heresy troubled tills
Pope's reign, and the leaning of Constantine
to AriuniMii at one period caused much grief
to the aged Pontiff. Like the present Pope,
lie was a very holy man. He was elected Pope
A. O. ."12. and died A. D. 335, after having
been Pope twenty-four yeaxs and eleven
months.
Pope Adrian 1. (Colonua). was the contem
porary of Charlemagne. He was elected Pope
in 771 and died in 795. The Second Council
of Nice sat during his pontificate, and the
J conoclast heresy caused much dissension.
Pius VI. (Angelo Braschi) was elected in
1774 and died in 17‘.«>. He reigned twenty
four years and eleven months.
Pius VII. (Gregorio Barnalio Chiaramonti)
was elected in 17!itl and died in 1823.
Their pontificates are near enough to our
own times fonts to bo.familiar with the great
trouble*, that agitated not only the lives of the
poor old Popes, hut the whole world. They
included the period called Ay Hoerenthe Rev
olutionary Age of Europe; ayd the persecu
tions poor Pitts VII. suffered from Napoleon
1., his deposition and imprisonment by the
Kreneli Emperor, enlisted the sympathy of
friend and foe.
Pins IX.’.s pontificate has also been a stormy
one, but it bids fair now to have a peaceful
ending: for although tho news this week is
agitating, almost alarming, yet cool,far-seeing
men do not anticipate positive'trouble.
Louis Napoleon has sent General tie Floury
to Florence, and withdrawn his former
Minister (Malaret.) This is not agreeable, as
de Floury is an enemy to the Papal Govern
ment. lint Florence—or, more properly speak
ing, Victor Emmanuel and bis ministry have
their hands too full of local troubles to be
thinking of interfering with Romo just now.
The attempted uswissination of Major Lobbia
in Florence, last week, causes a great deal of
excitement there.
This deputy (Lobbia) had called on the
Chamber for a commission to examine into the
alleged tobacco frauds, and handed in some
sealed envelopes, to be opened only by this
commission. These envo!oi>es contained, ac
cording to Deputy Lobbia, a list of tho names
of the Government officials implicated in tho
frauds, and the proofs.
Tiie night before tho sitting of the Commis
sion, Deputy Lobbia was attacked in tho
street and received four stabs ; one was aimed
at his heart, hut was arrested by a largo
pocket-book, which he luckily had in his
pocket. His life was saved hv his liaviug
about him a pistol, which put the assassins
to flight.
They-have a way in Florenoo of getting rid
of troublesome informers. Martoro, who in
formed on the mon who killed tho Austrian
Consul lugliiramo at Leghorn, in their at
tepipt to assassinate General de (Jreuneville,
was also mysteriously murdered a week ago.
We have our own little murderouß amuse
ments of that kind going on in Rome. Last
week a shopkeeper—a dyer—who lives near
St‘. Agostino and Piazza Madaina—had a dis
turbance with a Zouave about some money
owing to him. The Zouave was arrested and
made to pay. The other Zouaves resented
their comrade’s affront; a riot took place, in
which one of the Zouaves wns killed and tho
11 shopkeeper wounded. ,
There has been a report.the iffst week that'
Cardinal Berardi was Sent on diplomatic busl
-1 ness to Paris, but it is not true.
Cardinal Riario-Sforza, Archbishop of Na
ples, is now in Rome; be camo this last week,
and is at the Hotel de la Minervo.
Italy is at this moment less. inclined to wav
than any other country in 'Europe. Victor
Emmanuel and his Ministry are trying to heal
their great malady, the finances; they need
money; and, moreover, their once strong
allies, the Garibaldians and Mazziniaus are
now their enemies. - They are quite willing tq
avoid-problematical battle-fields. --
IT the revolutionists woulcTonly Tot ’“ltaly
alone a few years, she would rival many
younger nations. Those Yankoos of the Pe
ninsnln, tho Piedmontese, have distributed
ahroada trading and agricultural spirit'. Turin,
Venice, Brescia and Bologna, and other lead
ing cities, are entering on a new career. The
development of the resources of the 1 country
is the great subject .with the people, and the
political affairs of Prussia, Austria andFrauce
will receive little attention. ’ ;j ■
Rome never was more tranquil poUtically,or
more busy. Public works ih : Borne have al
ways been on an imperial scale,and the present
Pope hus always been noted for firing almost
on bread and water and spending every six
pence of his income on alius and improve
ments. The public works directed by him are
done in the best and finest style, for his taste
and judgment are excellent.
The Council prejwirations , are going on
steadily. It will be a very tranquil, defibera
tive assembly, not half so interesting in point
of pious squabbles us some of our own presby
teries and religious conventions.
The theorems of the Syllabus, the infalli
bility of the Pope,.any new dogma in honor of
Christ’s Mother—those bugbears to “out
siders”—wifi probably not be touched on.
There is no need of formulating any fresh dog
mas. No schism exists in the Catholic
Church, consequently new articles of faith are
not wanted.
The Pope is known to be extremely mode
rate and conservative, and the vast concourse
of Bishops which trill assemble in December—
-922 in number—coming from all quarters of
the Christian world, must bring in a new ele
ment that will prove beneficial.
The Presbyterian clergy of your city have
been well represented here lately, liev. Dr.
Heed, of the Central Presbyterian Church,
and Rev. Dr. Henry, of the Sixth Presbyterian
Church, of Philadelphia, left Borne last Thurs
day. Rev. Dr. Patton, of Utica, a Baptist
clergyman of eminence, was also in Home lust
week, with his two daughters, and a Mr.
Spadone, of New York.
We have been extremely amused by the ac
counts these gentlemen brought to us of the
reports circulated elsewhere about tile heat
and unhealtliiness of Rome. One of Dr. Pat
ton’s party actually remained in Florence, and
the rest came in fear and trembling, holding
their lives almost in their bawls—the cry of
“Roman lever" had been so alarming.
The truth is, Kernels both cool ami healthy.
The nights arc so fresh fiiat a fight blanket is
comfortable on the beds, and wheu wo drive
out we have to take waps and shawls, for we
are sure to need them before wc return. And
the streets'and country are so beautiful now!
On ~Saturday we drove out beyond Ponte
M olic. Tlie hay and wheat were being har
vested, and the “Grand Turk grain,” Us tlie
Italians call Indian coin, looked green and
stately. Out on the road leading to Ponte
Molle, tlie walls arc brilliant witli the oleander
dowers. Opposite the Coliseum is a wood
whose trees are full of dazzling red pome
granates, and on the Via Laliiena, leading to
the Porta Jlaggiore, the ; Via Paradisa, Mont
anvert, &c., the milky-white clematis blossoms
lie so thickly on the hedges and busies as to
look like snow-flakes; poppies and larkspurs,
morning-glories and every’ colored flower
make the ground, walls and hedges glorious in
lines.
Before I close I must have a few words of
grumbling about this same bugbear, “Roman
fever.” The English and Americans give that
name to every sickness one has in Rome.
Persons come to Rome and race about sight
seeing for twelve or fifteen hours a day; go
into cold churches or galleries when over
heated, where they meet with a sudden dimi
nution of atmosphere—then, as some gentle
men do,"visit the different caffes, and try all
tlie varieties of drinks, from the native Italian
eolunounds down to those made_o.£. what the
Italians call “old ifononyakela Whishiskeii,’’ —
and after all this imprudence, if any one of
the party falls ill, straightway springs tip the
doleful cry : “Roman fever! ’’
Some of my friends who have lived in
Home, “offand on,” for many years, and who
have often remained in the city all the year
round, deny the existence of any such disease
as “ Roman fever.”
That there is a malaria or miasmainandahout
Rome, however, 1 fancy is true. The medical
definition of miasma is: that influence pro
duced by a morbid principle inherent in the
atmosphere of a locality, probably derived
from the soil. The essence of this principle is
unknown, but it disposes those who are ex
posed to it any length of time to ague or inter
mittent fever.
Ancient Rome suffered front ague. Livy
and Horace mention it. The Romans had tem
ples erected to the Dea Fcbvis. So this mias
matic trouble lias always, existed; less now
than formerly, however, owing to the improve
ment of the Campagua, the turning ot it into
great farm lands, and the unremitting exer
tions of the Government to keep Rome in a
healthy condition. During August and Sep
tember, when the summer heats and decaying
vegetation vitiate the atmosphere, Rome is of
course unhealthy to some constitutions; but,
after all, this mal’aria is rnoro dangerous in
certain localities and in the environs. The
climate of Rome is more of a preservative than
invigorative nature; therefore, it is better for
st rangers to go north in August and Septem
ber to find invigorating influences.
The Romans have strong constitutions, and
are a healthy people. Any one that walks or
drives a great deal throughout Rome, as we
do, must notice this. Even in the quarters of
the lower classes, where we see the people at
work on the sidewalks, thick as a swarm of
bees, and the children playing iu the streets,
their healthiness is evident, notwithstanding
their dirt, unwholesome food, miserable homes
dind half-nakedness.
Rome
few deformed or maimed persons,as in Naples.
As a general rule, tho Romans are atemporato
race, and the waters of Rome arotrue health
giving fountains. All over tho city are pretty
little lemonade booths, built beside tho various
fountains. Our fountain in tho Piazza di
Spagualias two; the Fountain of Trevi has
three. They look like largo baby-houses, aro
built of wood, throe walls, a counter across tho
front,and a door at each end. Thoy are roofed
over, and papered inside with some pictur
esque scene pr landscape. The water from the
-fountain is introduced into the booths by
"pipes, and is always arranged' in sonic attrac
tive form. By tho Fountain of Trevi one of
the booths has a pretty littlo jet of water dan
cing up in the centre of the counter and dash
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 12,1869.
ing its spray over, a heap of lemons.
The counters are decorated with a great
deal of taste—flowers everywhere. The main
drink of tlie people is lemonade, which is not
only made at these fountaih booths, but also
by men and boys who carry around in the
streets a stand which contains a copper kettle
of water, a box of sugar, a pile of lemons and
a lemon-squeezer. As I write now, under my
window they are crying out “Limonada,”
“Acqua Fresca.”
The Roman Pontifical Academy of Arche
ology have lately published an advertisement
which offers a prize on a subject that may be
interesting to some Americans who have
visited that remarkable marble wharf of anciont
Borne, on the Tiber, called the “Marmorata.”
The prize is to be a gold medal, worth 40
sequins, to be given to the one who shall send
in the best dissertation on the following argu
ment:
“On Roman marble quarries, especially
those-which were opened in Asia and Africa;
the epoch in which they began; when they
ceased; under whose public administration
\yere"they; by what routes were the great
•blocks of marble which have been found in
the Mamorata transported to Borne ; a descrip
tion of the enormous commercial movement
that must have been caused in Rome by the
transporting, buying and selling of these mar
bles from Asia and Africa.”
All the members of the Academy are ex
cluded from the contest for this prize; but it is
open to persons of all nations, all languages,
and all religions.
These dissertations must be written in Latin,
Italian, or French, and will be received up to
20th J nne, 1871. The decision of the commit
tee of examination will be given in November,
1871. The dissertations are to be without the
name of tlie writer, but must be distinguished
by a title and epigraph, and accompanied by a
sdttda or paper in a sealed envelope. This
wheda is to contain the name and address of
tlie author, and on the outside of the envelope
there must be tlie title and epigraph of the
dissertation.
They may lie sent by post or otherwise, but
folded, sealed and post-paid, to M. ie Baron
Visconti, perpetual Secretary of the Roman
Pontifical Academy of Arcliaiology.
The dissertation which will merit the prize
will be inserted in the Acts of the Society.
The envelopes containing the schedrn of the
other dissertations will not he opened, but
burned.
The writing of tlie dissertation must be clear
\ °
and legible.
The frescoes on the walls of the newly dis
covered chambers at the Temple of the
Caesars are to be photographed shortly. lam
studying these excavations under the kind
direction of Mr. Lanciani, a Roman arclneoio
gist of considerable reputation. We go regu
larly every week, and are taking the place in
divisions, beginning at the earliest period. I
discovered the last time 1 was there that I had
made a mistake in the locality of these fres
coed rooms. They arty not under Vespasian’s
public palace, but on the declivity of the hill
outside. Ax.nt, Brewster..
THE DEMOCRATIC CONTENTIONS.
Wlint the Reverend Chambers Thinks—A
Blast from the War Horse—-Polities in
the Pulpit.
We give a few choice extracts from the
Fourth of July sermon preached by the Rev,
John Chambers, on the 4th inst. After telling
his people, what we all so well know, that he
has “ never intentionally interfered with the
political organizations of the country,” and ex
pressing a wish'that he may perish whenever
lie brings any-partisan feeling- into-his pulpit,
the Reverend gentleman walks into the Demo
cratic Conventions and the Democratic nomi
nations in the following refreshing style:
“When we see, therefore, that men are thus
corrupt, and that the most corrupt men are to
be found congregated in the so-called conven
tions for the very purpose of seeking men to
rule over them, and that you have vile, un
principled, and untruthful, and unreliable
men, who are without the fear of God,coming
together to make a selection, they will select
tlieir own filth, kith and kin, and men like
themselves; because, as their object is not
purify, as it is not generous, as it is not the
broad east philanthropy that should govern
and control men, hut selfish, thieving
and personal gain, having only selfish ob
jects in view, they will make selections of
such men for posts' of honor, for legislative
bodies, for offices of. power as will suit them,
anti answer their selfish and ofttimes their
ignorant and wicked purposes. When I see
such men seeking to be elevated into posi
tions of trust and honor, as a citizen of (his
country, as a Christian minister, as a citizen
of this'community, aud as one interested in
the present and eternal well-being of our fel
low-men, I feel it to be my duty to make in
quiries. When called upon to perform a very
important duty in the discharge of my fran
chise, I consider it very important, very
solemn, very- responsible, indeed. I, there
fore, must inquire. Ido not know, for exam
ple, who the man is, or who the men are,
that are to be voted for to-day or to-morrow
oi- next day .this year or the next. I come to
inquire; and when 1 do so, what answer do I
get? I find men have been selected by a Con
vention that are thieves, or that harbor
thieves, or that can he bought and bribed. I
am not surprised,for the characters of the men
that were brought together to make the se
lection, were themselves no better than the
persons that they have selected, ami they se
lect persons because their venality and want
of principle suits them, they thereby being
able to accomplish their own selfish objects.
There is just the trouble. And then they ask
me, as a respectable; citizen and an honest
man, to support a man like that! It cannot
he done. |
# * * * * m. *
“Now did the citizens of Philadelphia',con
sult the Lord in the selection of men to go
into their Convention this past yy-eek? If they
had done so they yvould not have selected the
vilest of the vile; and yvhat have you to ex
pect ? What have you to look for ? What
may we calculate upon when the vilest of tho
vile rule the balMt-box; yvhen decent, respect
ablfrcitizens dare not show themselves, other'
than at tho risk of their lives and property ?
You have men no hotter than.-highwaymen
and thieves; men without principle; mon yvlio
yvould rather swear a-thousand blasphemous
oaths than utter one just and beautiful senti
ment. .
* * **.*,* *
“Now how is it? Why men are sent from
the city of Philadelphia, to tho Legislative
halls of this State, that do not know the differ
ence betyveen tho dotted i and tho first per
sonal pronoun. I have received letters from
men in Harrisburg with not a single t crossed,
nor a singlo first personal pronoun from be
ginning to end—all little. i;»>. with dots over
each,” . • .
—Marshal D’Hilliers, the Commnnde'r-in-
Cluef .of the French , Imperial Guard, is so
infirm tliathe is unable to mount ou horse
back.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
Eleventh Festival of the Northeastern
THE WELCOME IN BALTI
MORE.
Baltimore, July 11, 18G9-—At the present
writing (12 M. of Sunday) singers in twos,
threes and larger squads fill the air with their
merry songs, and proclaim that Baltimore has
been banded over into their possession. Some
of the strains are just a little disjointed, and
suggest copious libations of the German
. nectar. But what the music loses in quality
Las been gained in good humor. A happier
set of mortals than it has been my fortune to
meet this evening can nowhere be found, ex
cept at a Siingerfe.st.
The German beatitude, more happily ex
pressed by the untranslatable gemuethlichkeit,
is all-pervading. Beer fosters, although it
does not create this mood, and, since beer is
flowing as if the hung had been knocked out
of a tun greater than that of Heidel
berg, since tlie Baltimore societies
have almost outdone themselves in
the heartiness of their greeting to
their brethren in song and in nationality,
there must needs be jollity and good cheer on
every hand.
Tlie entry of the visiting singers waS almost
an ovation. Rockets signalled their approach;
crowds lined the streets through which they
passed; flags and banners and many colored
lanterns added to the beauty of the scene,
while the various brass bands made up in
energy for their want of skill. Those brought
from Philadelphia were not creditable. The
Juvenile House of Refuge Band of this city
was no better.
Arrived at Monument. Square, the singers
were welcomed by Mayor Banks, and, after
listening to a chorus by tlie Baltimore socie
ties, took up tlieir march to the Concordia
Club House, tlie headquarters of tlie Siinger
fest, where the various organizations were
placed in charge of committees, and by them
escorted to their special headquarters.
This morning the delegates from the three
cities, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York,
will meet at Concordia Hall for the purpose
of revising the statutes of the Bund. During
the day excursions by land and water will
afford the visitors a chance of escape from the
heated city. In tlie evening we are to have a
monster performance of the “Messiah” at the
Maryland Institute. Tlie chorus is announced
in the German programmes as 250, while the
English bills tell us that there are to he 400.
The solo parts wifi be sung by Madame Rot
ter, Mlie.Frederici and Messrs. Himraer and
Hermanns. f. s.
Baltimore, July 11. —Tlie great beat of to
day has somewhat interfered with the enjoy
ments expected ; but tbe singers have amused
themselves in various ways in and around the
city.
The great hall of the Maryland Institute
was well filled in the evening, when Handel’s
oratorio of The Messiahwas sung, Mme. Rotter,
Mme. Frederici, Mr. Trimmer and Mr. Herr
manns taking the solo parts. The choruses
were sung by several hundred voices, male
and female, and there was a large orchestra.
The performance generally yvas very good.
Baltimore, July 12.—A pleasant change in
the weather gives promise that this day’s por
tion of the festivities yvill be heartily enjoyed.
In the morning there was quite a fine mili
tary parade, nine regiments of infantry, of tho
First Division of the National Guard, turning
out, under command of Major-General Bower
mati.
The singing societies were on the alert at an
early hour, preparing for the grand procession,
the order of which was as follows:
First Brigade.
General Cooper and Staff.
First Regiment, Col. Watkins.
Second Regiment, Col. Schley-.
Third Regiment, Lieut.-Col. Peters,
Fourth Regiment, Col. Leftwicli.
Second Brigade.
General Carr and Staff.
Sixth Regiment, Col. It. G. King.
Seventh Regiment, Col. William 11. Boyle.
Eighth Regiment, Col. B. A. Simpson.
Ninth Regiment, Col. E. T. Joyce.
Second Division.
Band of Music.
Marshal, William Bkhk.
Staff.
Social Democrat Turner Association.
Three Barouches, each drawn by Four Horses.
Executive Committee, Honorary President.
Leader of the Festival.
Orators of the Festival and Representative of
the German Sangerbund, Mr. Tschirsh.
New York Siingerbund, Twenty-nine Associa-
Third Division.
Music.
H. G. Pf.ei-e, Marshal, and Staff.
Turner Association, Virwaeirts.
Barouches with the Coiuinitteo of Invitation.
. ; Mayor of-the City. -—: —
Officers of the Steamship Berlin, in Carriages.
Members of the Committee of Thirty.
Presidents of the City Council.
Police Commissioners.
Philadelphia Sangerbund, twenty-two Associ-
Indepeudont Turner Association in five Car-
riages.
Honorary Committee and Members of the
Committee of Thirty-.
Baltimore Sangerbund. r~
Reprcsentatives of Wm. Knabe & Co.’s Plant)
Factory, two Wagons, each drawn by font-
, Horses. -.
Representatives of Gaehlo’s Kano L act-ory,
, two Wagons, each drawn by four Horses.
The wagons of both these factories carry tho
tour prizes.
THE GERMAN SINGERS.
Siengerbund.
(■Correspondence of tlio Pliila. Evening Bulletin. 1
THE OKATOniO IX THE EVENING
to-day’s proceedings.
Captain Raiiier’s Cavalry.
Band of Music.
Chi ee Marshal, A. Rummer.
Staff.
Flags of the States.
First Division
As Escort to the Governor.
Marshal, Otto Hunckel.
Staff.
IStirger Schiitzen Association on Foot,
Governor Bowie, with Staff.
Music:
Division General Boverman, with Staff
Fourth- Division.
Music.
Fifth Division.
Music. ■
Marshal, Jourf Sommerfelh.
Four Carriages.
Members of the Committee of Thirty.
Honorary- Committee and Members of the
Press.
Baltimore Schiitzen Association.
Concordia. '
Germania.
Sixth Division.
Music.
Marshal, Fit. Eli.enbrock.
IStiiff.
Three Carriages, Members of the Committee
.. of Thirty, Honorary Committee,
and Members of the Press.
Butchers’ Association, No. l.
Butchers’ Association, No. 2.
Bakers’Association in a AVagon Drawn by
Four Horses.
Citizens.
The procession made a fine appearance, and
the streets through which it passed were
crowded with spectators. It. started about
nine o’clock, from the Concordia Club House,
passing through Baltimore street, Hanover,
Lombard, Exchange place, Lombard street,
High, Baltimore, North Charles street (saluta
tion of Washington Monument), Monument
street, Howard, Fayette, Eutaw, and back to
Concordia Buildings. At the latter place it
was reviewed by the Governor. The societies
afterwards dispersed to their several head
quarters.
THE PRIZE CONCERT,
This evening the grand prize concert is to
take place at the Maryland Institute, eighteen
societies competing for tlie four prizes—which
are four graud pi anils, made in Baltimore.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
FRANCE.
Nome Incidents »t' tbe French Elections.
The Pans correspondent of the London
Times writes as follows:
“To know to what extremities a French
peasant can be led by the love of his com
mune, and to understand the wonderful work
ing of our universal suffrage in the rural
districts, you ought to read at length the trial
before the Cour "d’Assises of the Saone-et-
Loire of a schoolmaster indicted for 1 laving
opened during the night the ballot-box of his
cominune, and for having inserted in it
•sixteen government tickets instead of
the same number \of opposition tickets,
which lie carefully destroyed. What
excuse do you imagine was pleaded by this
poor man in extenuation of a crime which is
legally punished with penal servitude‘l did
it,’ said he candidly, ‘for the honor and for the
interest of the commune.’ And, indeed, tho
unfortunate schoolmaster had received, lys a
public functionary, such eluqueut and impera
tive circulars from the Prefect, the Sub-Pre
fect and his immediate and much feared
superior, the Inspector of Primary Education,
that, being charged by his illiterate Mayor
with the direction of the poll and the custody
of the ballot-box, lie dared not send back the
-result of the ballot to tlie Prefect without hav
ing secured an unanimity of votes for the gov
ernment candidate.
“ it wm to secure this unanimity that, with
out being bribed by any candidate, the panic
stricken schoolmaster verified nightly the con
tents of the ballot-box, which he had taken
home, and inserted sixteen tickets taken from
the remnant of a parcel sent to him by the
Prefect for official distribution among the vil
lagers. The misdeed became known by mere
chance and by the confession of the schoolmas
ter, alleging again and again Ids good inten
tion, anu saying—which was too true—that the
commune, if unanimous for the official candi
date, was sure to obtain through him from the
government anything it might want for the
future.
“We must add, to make this picture of uni
versal suffrage complete, the caijdid evidence
of an elector who excused himself, not with
out some fear, for having voted for the oppo
sition candidate to please a friend of his: ‘As
for myself,’ he said, •! did not care a hit. The
one or the other was. alike to me. I know
about these matters just as much sis my sheep
do, and I put into the box whatever ticket
comes first into my hand.’ That honest vil
lager is quite right in not caring about what
he cannot understand, but we must excuse
cities like Bordeaux, Nantes anil Toulouse for
feeling.and showing some impatience when
thousands and thousands of such, electors,
taught and led by such schoolmasters, are en
listed by the Executive to annihilate the vote
of the town, and to supersede the opposition
candidates bv others about whom they know
and care ‘just as much as their own sheep.’ ”
Tlie State of Europe.
Under the title of VEurope Maludc the fol
lowing article has appeared at Baris from the
pen of Emile de Girardin:
Fifteen years ago the Emperor Nicholas in
conversation one evening with the British
Embassador. Lord Seymour, used a phrase in
reference to the Turkish Government, which
has since been much used and abused. If it
were possible for the father of Alexander 11.
to come among us he would, no doubt, be
astonished to iliscover that the mori
bund of 1854 is not dead, but
is going on favorably. But if
he fancied, turning his eyes from Constanti
nople on the different parts of Europe, he
would be frightened at the morbid symptoms
which appear in all the nations, and in all the
governments. The “sick man” of to-day
would be more tlian the Ottoman empire—he
would lie the eutire of Europe. Scarcely, out
of the internal crisis of the five nights, June
7—ll (the election days)—as far its Franco
throws her eyes around her she sees notldng
on all sides but uneasiness, perturbations, poli
tical and social troubles—these are no other
tiiau the street disturbances, or mental inqui
etudes. Italy has given her parody of our re
cent eineutes with a fidelity of imitation truly
remarkable. The streets of Milan have pre
sented for many days together the aspect of
the boulevard de Belleville. -Turin, Naples,
Bergaino and Reggio have also had their emeutex
in miniature, with the same programme,
the same details, and . the same catas
tropliies. Tranquillity is reestablished appa
rently ; but, ns the Opinions if
the material condition should afford no
cause of serious alarm, the situation, moral
and political, above all, the financial situation,
are of the gravest character. At Genoa, us in
Baris, the journals arc seized, anil the journal
ists arrested. One day-it. is the Movers, and the
-morro.wj,t.hi the turn.of the Giovuntri Italiann.
In Italy, as elsewhere; it is •
safe when they strike the press. It is from this
disturber,this irritant, that they pretend all the
evils coiue. In England,despite the majority of
tliirty-three-votes at the second reading of tho-
Irish bill, it must not he imagined that all is
terminated, that the cessation of tho parlia
mentary conflict is an accomplished fact). The
hostile amendments will give a now occasion,
the war will recommenco another feerm The
tin:il result is not doubtful, but with, the mad
ness of those whom ,J upitcr would,destroy tho
House of Lords makes one more step towards
its downfall; tho “sick man” in England is the
'Parliament: ' -
Austria is'also sick: her Parliament works
badlv ; flip Hungarian Diet has. also, her irre
concilablm Austria"also suffers from' tho
travail'in which ,Germany is engaged, and
which the King of Prussia, with his bauquet
and speeches, hastens to completion, and
EETHERSTON. Pnlj)istei.’
PRICE TMREECMtf&
achieves the work of unity.. No less
is the constitutional travail* Of Spain. 'Phew
also are ententes, conspiracies andaVfes'tqnff#
even Gen. Prim has tteclaredin-liislastspeech.
that they will besevere, ifneeessai'y.tostlpjlrijs**
revolts. Wf doubt the efficacy ofsttuhtneans,'
am! we believe that cruelty—lsabtllaeiists-to'
prove it—lias never .snbduedanyexcebt those
who have called for its intervenfiob'. ,"To sum
up. we see among all our neighbdrS; the
valetudinaire of yvliom the : EmpeiOrNicholoa’
spoke. Europe appears to-be nothing,more?
than an-immense infirmary; blit \vcTOoli;yainiy‘
for the physician who ought to he ntllo'tbw
cover it. That physician; we need hartUyaayu
is named Liberty!
Rl/EEBT VICTORIA!
A Visit to I.omlon—A I.nck onsdliiMiAtnu
A London letter contains the following: ,
Loudon lias been excited by that rare event,,
a visit of her Majesty the Queen: She eame' -
up for the breakfast yesterday, and she- thole
her departure again for Windsor at half-feastf
ten o'clock this morning. A special train was • •
prodded for her, and'on ■ the platform, about
one hundred spectators were gathered’ to* sec’
her off. The Queen was dressed in deep blAok.
—all black, dress, shawl and bonnet. Slie has
grown fat,-and her face looks coarse and ;
loated. Tills may seem an ungallanfc
criticism, but it is true. Her Majesty’s “pet-,,
mauent boarder,” Prince Christian, with’ his *
pretty wife, looking delicate and out of spirits ;*-
were in the royal train, with the Princesses'
Louise and Beatrice, and the Princes Arthur '
and Leopold. Beatrice and 1 Leopold fade; in 5
the carnage with the Queen, the others--going •-
in separate apartments. Beatrice is -a ■ very,"
sweet child, with light hair, worn crimped hnu
flowing, and Leopold-bears.:about- him-the' -
marks of his indisposition, but, has a mild and*
pleasant expression of countenance.- There,
was no cheering when the royal party ap
peared or when they left the station,-except a*
solitary “ ’ip, ’ip, ’ip, ’urrah!” from a fat,
excited middle aged gentleman. Bufc
tlie attempt at enthusiasm signally failed,
and the last “’urrali” came forth* with *a*
smothered sound, as if the loyal subject of her-
Majesty had just suffered an eclipse from a
leather bed. The fact is, the Londoners do
not like the Queen, however much they-may -
respect her. Her unpopularity may be read in.
every countenance anu gathered from many a
side remark, and while her death would' be
deeply mourned by all her people, her abdica- -
tion in favor of the Prince of Wales would be
hailed with enthusiastic joy, at least in the
metropolis. Very few persons would- : have
believed twenty-live years ago that Queen Vic
toria would ever live to be as unpopular a ■
sovereign as she is to-day.
FACTS A9iU FANCIES.
—Hon. S. S. Cox writes from Malaga- that
much of the wine is made from the potato,
—Kentucky has raised a snake with a head
at either end, and without a caudal extremity.
—We now have three ocean cables and one
at Brest.— Ex. .
—Portland, Oregon, engaged George Krancie
Train for 4th of July orator.
—One of the blonde burlesquers drives the
handsomest pony phaeton at Long. .Branch.
Hoes she take buff oaths ?
—Wapello, lud., is excited by the report that
the ball on the Court House contains a quart
of whisky.
—A West Virginia paper, descanting on the:
attractions of the Kanawha Valley, says that
the soil is “rich and salubrious.”
—The Chicago and St. Louis papers, having
nothing better to quarrel over, are discussing
which of these two cities shall become the na
tional capital.
—Two Russian operas ;irc promised fb'r per—
foriunneo at, St. Petersburg this year, 'La Rose
deeVarput/ies, by Saloraan, ana La Pumanee du
Liable, by SerofiV :
—The Boston Herald nominates Charles
Francis Adams as a candidate for Governor,
and says John Quincy had better stand one
side ami “give the old man a chance.”
—Chicago is now the great distributing post
oflioefor all tbe American mails for China,
Japan, the SandwiclA Islands, and"tho States
of the Pacific slope. ■
—Mr. D. D. Howard, supposed to he the last;
survivor of the company poisoned at the Na
tional Hotel in Washington in 1857, has just
sailed for Europe. He has been .an invalid :
ever since the poisoning.
—There are twenty dukes not of royal blood -
in the peerage of r England. Of these, eight'
voted for the Irish Church bill, six voted
against it. two were paired, two remained neu
tral, for reasons which they explained, and the
remaining two were the turf-ruined Dukes of’
Newcastle and Hamilton.
—A kind physician, living . near Boston, ,
wishing to smooth the last hours of a poor
woman whom he was attending, asked her if
there was anything that.ho could do for her •
before she died. The poor soul, looking .up,
replied: “Doctor, I have always thought that., '
1 should like to have a glass butterdish before
1 died! ” '
—.Soon alter the. appearance of .Mme.de
fstael’s novel, “Delphine,” in whiehslie is said
to have introduced Talleyrand in the charac
ter of an old woman, she ventured to aslc him
wluit bethought of the book., “Delpliino,” lie
replied; “that is the work, is it not, in which
vnu and I are exhibited, in the disguise of fe
males
—The palace constructing at Ismailia for the
reception of the Empress Eugenie during her .
stay in Egypt, will lie one hundred and eighty
feet, wide and oiie hundred and twenty feeti.
deep. In the centre there is to he a dome
covered with Persian blinds, ami on. the
ground floor there will he tlie ball’, reception,,
anil refreshment rooms. The building will
contain no less than 17,400 cubic feet of:ma
sonry, anil its estimated cost is 700,000 francs.
—A Michigan clergyman says that lie lately
askcil tlie liegress Sojourner Truth if the re-,
port that she had joined the spiritualists was
true. He thus describes tills scene:; “She
looked at me in amazement, and said; ‘W.ha>
tolc yimdat, chile‘lt is so stated, in. the
newspapers, and I want, to know if you have
joined the spiritualists,’ said 1.. Straightening,
up her tall frame, somewhat, lowered, by the ,
weight of 00 years or mure, her eve kindling,
and her long right arm coming down with a
vigorous gesture, she replied, ‘Bress your soul,.
cinle, dales nothen to jins You may tell all tho ■
people Sojourner ‘long to Jesus deso many
years—shels true to de Master.as de • anvil .to
■do hammer. 1 never give up my faith in Jesus 4
for anything else.’ Anil so, the woman that
was converted in Christ 'long years’ ago. Anils,
it difficult to he converted to ‘tiothon just at. l
the end of her journey.”
—The Pasha of Cyprus, at the head, of Uis,-
force, has gained a,glorious victory ov.er tho-;
great enemies of the i.sle, : locusts,
for manv years have destroyed, itsprospmity..
In vain'Pasha after Pasha, took the field,
against them. Now, it is. affirmed, there are-;
no locusts in tho island. The. Pasha carried,
on a campaign with 2,p«lniqn- for thirty days,
leading them himself, kaoping Ins saihiie for
twelve hours at a timo>.and campiagy wit alh
night The insects w.sra caugnv in a kiwi or
cloth or not; and he devoted to their- destruc
tion tiie available Ksjnueo in tho treasury. Ho .
paid a shilling for two and a half poundsof
winged locusts, awl at this rate got toother
about four tons, which were duly weighed
under the direction of himself and the CouucU
of State,and thencohsigUed to be buried in tho
earth. On tho return' of Said Pasha to', tho
ettv of Nikosia, he was reoeived-by the head*
of the communities, muftis, rabbis and clergy,
and by the corporations, and escorted into;
the city. - -
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