GIBSOI PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIII.-NO. 82. FOREIGN CORKESr ONDENCE IiOTEIt FBOM PARIS. [Corrcspomlonco of die riilln. Evening;Bulletin. 1 Paris, Friday, duly 3d, ISOJf. —‘The day after to-morrow is the Fourth of July, and for tlio first time in several yi’uthear nothing in Paris of any preparations being made to cele brate the national anniversary. I'lie reason assigned is that the day falls on a Sunday; an odd motive forthe abstention in the eyes of the people amongst whom we dwell, who will certainly quote against as,on such an occasion, the , maxim of “better day, better deed,” and- why . Americans should think ■it wrong to “rejoice and be glad” on ;, one, day -of - the week more than another. It certainly appears to me that a “commemoration” of a sober form and suit able (character might have been indulged in, and such as could not have given offence 'to f.lie strictest disciplinarians. Our consolation (though a poor one) undcrtlic disappointment must be the unfavorable state of the weather, ■which certainly offers neither opportunity nor temptation for indulging in files champ tires . Such a June, and such a climacteric aspect of the longest days of the year as we have “en joyed” during tlielastfortnight,have beenlong unknown to its. Fires and winter clothing have completely reversed the natural order of things, and the fruits and flowers of the earth have suffered eqnaljy with the human creation from the inclemency of the season. For tunately the period is one which does not. yet affect our vintage,beyond the fact of retarding it, a circumstance which is far from being ai ways unfavorable to its final results. The vines are undoubtedly hehiiHlhamlaud “lading their time.” But we may well expect a tine ‘•fall” to redeem the failure of the summer anil make amends for present chilliness. The sea side watering places arcsuffering. and those who leave Paris" are rather inclined tomove into the interior of the .continent, to seek warmth and shelter. Baden-Baden, Horn bourg, .Spa, and other similar resorts, seem to be the favorites; 1 there being as yet little desire manifested to face tho snows and glaciers of Switzerland, where accounts say that even many of the lower passes have been made im practicable by heavy falls of snow or rain. Baris, however, is fast losing its “season” lopb and its population of pleasnre-seekers. American residents have trooped-off in vast number*, their new diplomatic representative. Mr. Waslibnrne, .-sitting the example by re tiring to Hombotirg. General Fremont has arrived in Paris, his principal business being, I understand, the vindication Of tlio character of the Trans continental Memphis Railway Company, whose reputation certainly demands an imme diate and doughty champion, for it-has been assailed openly and in no measured terms. -\Vo are all really very much in the dark on the subject here, and are greatly desirous to learn, either from the General or any one else, the ins and outs and true character of that .much-debated enterprise. The public is quite bewildered just now with Die variety of the projects for intercommuni cation which are being continually brought before it. , There is a superb model just now exhibiting at the Palace of Industry of a marine caual between this capital and Dieppe, which is to lyalize the desire of. tlie French people by Converting Paris into a port denier. I believe the Parisians have never forgiven London lor having a navig-.ible river, ami burn with a desire to rival the commercial prestige of the gloomy British capital, as they have certainly cut it out in all other respects. Then, again, the plan of a submarine tun nel beneath the channel is a • prodigious favorite with the French public, and appeals strongly to their imaginative and speculative faculties. It is curious that almost every scheme for" effecting'this has proceeded from French rather than British engineers, and that the desire for its accomplishment is far more ardent hero than in England. It is known to be a special hobby of the Emperor, wlio always shows alacrity in inspecting any plans submitted to him for its completion. The opening, or at least the inaugura tion of .the Istluhus of Suez, will evi dently form a prominent feature of our autumn programme. A large cortege will accompany the Empress, and the maritime companies, the Messageries Jmperiales and others, promise shortly to publish prospec • fuses of the fates at which they will bo pre pared to convey parties of excursionists there and hack, and even to board and lodge, and provide them with all ' things necessary 'throughout the tour. The attraction Eastward promises to be very great, and will draw mul titudes iu that direction; but I apprehend that all who undertake the expedition must be prepared to rough it and go through no small amount of fatigue, and even privation. It seems certain that the Bhnpress will proceed, with her son, on her long-projected pilgrimage to Jerusalem, after witnessing the inaugura tion of the Canal. Her Majesty is also understood to have ac cepted the invitation of the Sultan to visit ■ him at Constantinople, a determination on the , part of a lady traveling alone, as an ' "unprotected female.” which imst till old iasliioned Musselmans with the strangest ideas of the manners of Christian women! And to say the truth, her Imperial Majesty’s pro jected journey, as regards its objects; hosts anil visits, will present one of the most extra ordinary jumbles ever puttogether. . She first a„Mqhajnjnedanso_v:ereignofEgypt;t.Uen she proceeds to witness the most stupendous triumph of modern skill and civilization which, perhaps, the world has ever seen; from that she rushes -Into primitive Christianity, and goes to kneel at the Holy Sepulchre ~ and visit the tombs of the Prophets. Retracing h'er steps from the latter, she proceeds to the City of the Prophet, and . from the capital of the Christian to that of the Mohammedan Messiah. The pious Empress and god-son of the Holy Father will he lodged in the palace of the descendant of the great Caliph,—the oldest daughter of the Church will meet, and ~ perhaps even pinbraco iff amity, the represen tative of. its mightiest enemy. These are surely .wonderful ‘ conquests of civilization and liberty of conscience; and after passing through such a bewilderment of emotions, the Empress must not bo surprised if some day she find herself, after a pious crossing and ;7 \ v j..‘ A, ' ';),• • , ~ ,; * ; ■ ' v ;‘ : ‘ genuflection, repeating to herself involun tarily that “God is great!” The Paelia of Egypt is to he back here in a day or two, and will be lodged tnis time, not as the guest of the Emperor, at the Elysee, but at tlie house of his son-in-law, Husscin-Pacha, in the litte.de Las-Cazos. The Empress is pre paring a grand /He for Idm at St. Cloud, for the beginning of next week. The Imperial family seem to have taken up their residence, for the remainder of the summer, in the vicinity of Paris, and propose giving a series of matinees and soirees in the gardens of the' Palace of St* Cloud, to indemnify themselves and their friends for their privation of Fontainebleau, The Emperor has begun to stroll about the little town and the banks of the’ river, just as he used to do in Fontainebleau and tlie forest. The other day, a friend who is staying at St. Cloud witnessed a curious scene, highly characteristic at once of the Em peror’s bonhommie and adroitness. He was walking in a part, ot the Park to which the public is admitted, and was followed dodged about by\a parcel of troublesome and curious children. He probably did not like to seem ill-natured by ordering them oflj so he sought out one of the gingerbread stalls which are always to be found in the neighborhood, purchased the whole of the stock at a bargain, and then upsetting the entire concern with his own hand, left the contents to tlie mercy of the hungry crowd of urchins. FROM VIRGINIA. (Correspondence of the Fhila. Evening Bulletin,] AYent Point, Va., July 12. —For months the Old Dominion has been in a state of high ex citement. The torpor which succeeded the war and was perpetuated by tlie pres ence of tlie military authority, grew into fever heat under the conflict of contending parties, both of which ivere nnimated with the hope of victory; and never perhaps was a political contest con ducted with greater ardor and zeal. It was ! felt on both sides that the result at the first election under the reconstruction laws would probably exert' a "potent influence on future similar occasions, and lienee every Effort for triumph was made which ingenuity could devise and persistent labor could execute. The result your readers alrendv know. Walker, the Conservative candidate, has been. elected Governor by a majority that will not fall short, xterhajis, of twenty-five thousand. - It is useless to say that this issue has made the successful party greatly jubilant. It is, however, to be remembered that many in fluences combined to produce the defeat of Wells which may not be equally operative hereafter. A number.of unsuitable perilous, who have recently migrated hither from the North for official emoluments, secured nomi nntioßS for important offices, and thus arrayed public sentiment against the Radical ticket to an extent to which )it would not have been under■ ; other , circumstances. .As this is the first opportunity the colored population -have liad of aspiripg to office, the number of aspirants among them was entirely too large to prevent any reason able hope of success. They seem to have for gotten that all such revolutions as that which is now progressing must be gradual in order to be sure. Then, again, it is beyond question that the bread and butter argument was brought to bear with tremendous force on the citizens of African descent. They were, in very many instances, gi%-eu to understand that unless they cast their votes in accordance with the wish of their employers, they would lose their places, and such a menace, to'persons so timid and dependent iii theit new circum stances, could not well fail to keep public sen timent from having a fair expression. As far as we can judge, there is a general disposition to acquiesce quietly in the new condition of things. Worn down by the pro tracted war,and now again excited for a season by political conflict, tlie people seem inclined to go to work, as far as possible repair their shattered circumstances, and brighten the future, Tliis is as it should be. It is high time that industrial pursuits should receive their due share of attention, and nothing else, we are persuaded, is necessary to make Virginia arise from her prostration and reaoli a point of development and prosperity hitherto un known. Already many persons from the North have settled within her borders, and in view of tlie cheapness of hind, the gen eral salubrity of the climate, the abundance of mineral resources, aud the proximity to market by water and rail, it cannot be doubted . that, this number will be speedily and greatly augmented. Few will go to the distant West, when so ninny advantages, within a day's travel, attract them to the sunny South, with peace restored and social comfort placed be yond all suspicion. This peninsula, with many other positions, gives evidence of the new impulse that is felt iii business relations. We have now a daily train ot ears to Richmond, and a daily line of steamers to .Baltimore. Passengers • leaving tlie latter city in the evening arrive at .West Point for a late breakfast the next morning. JVe have fre quent visitors from the Northern States, many of whom have purchased large plantations in tlio vicinity, or are preparing to locate in our beautiful and growing town, where the broad _aml bright Mattipony and Pamunky unite to form the majestic Fork river, ivlnch empties itself in the noble Chesapeake. It gives us pleasure to say that, as far as we have been able to observe, the colored population conduct themselves with creditable propriety. Talcing into consideration tlieir ignorance and the sud denness of their transition from bond age to freedom, their quietness, order and in dustry are all commendable. Few of them are disposed to leave the places of their former residence, for local attachment is one of their marked peculiarities. Time will surely elevate them above the chattel level they have so long endured. Viator. DISASTER IN WEST VIRGINIA. Family of Six Persona Burned to Death. The Buckhannon (West Virginia) News, of the 7th instant, has been furnished* by Mr. E. J. Biut, with an account oftho following ter rible accident: ‘ : On the night of the 2d instant, in Washing-: ton township, near the mouth of Truby’s run, 1 on the east bank of the Buckhannon river, Upshur county, the house known as the Ber lin property was destroyed by fire, and six per sons burned to death—Mrs. Quick and her three children, and two girls of Mr. Kimball, the eldest about thirteen years, and the. other ten. Mr. John Quick, the' hus band and father, had gone to Huttons ville,carrying the mail from that pi ace to Sago. His wife being afraid to stay alone, Mr.-Kim ball’s children were called in to stay all night. How the house caught fire is not known, but is supposed to be accidental. They were all •lying In. a back rpoin in-tlie lower part ofrthe house—three in a bed. I arrived at the place about six o’clock A. M., I shall never forget the awiul house in ruins, the six bodies burning: three lying side by side, and the others in the same way at nnother'place, apparently just as they were lying in lied. My' first, conclusion was that all suffocated before 1 the fire reached them. Mr. Kimball,tl»c father PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 15,1869. of the oldest girls, had gottliere a few minutes before. The poor man was almost frantic with grief and sorrow. THE FRENCH CABLE. The Shore End Spliced to the Deep Sea Cable, The Operators at Work and Communica* tion with Brest. A Special Message to Napoleon, Dictated by Himself. Tone and Action of the American Government. • St. Pierre, Miquelon, July 14.—Tlie ocean table was spliced to the shore end to-dav, by the steamer William Corry. The cause of the failure to splice yesterday was that the shore end was lost. The buoy was easily found, but "when taken up it -was dis covered that the cable was detached, and it was therefore necessary to grapple for it. Directly after the splice was made the in struments and the full stall' of operators were sent on shore, and coramuification was. soon opened with Brest. Sir James Anderson, the commander of tlie Great Eastern, had brought with him a sealed message Which had been prepared by the Em peror Napoleon, and the purport of which was to remain unknown until it was opened bn tliis side of the Atlantic upon the comple tion of the cable, when the message was to be sent to the Emperor over the wires in order that lie might thus judge of the accuracy of the transmission. This message was sent to France to-day. Tone and Action of the Cabinet In .Wash ington—Congress May Consider the Question of Territorial Inviolability —Secretary Flsli to the French Min ister—Government Privileges of the Fnltcd States Over the Cable. Washixiitox, July 14, 186!!.—With the ex ccption of the “ojiinion” of Attorney-General Hoar and the letters addressed to the French and the British Minister by Secretary Fish, no action has been taken by. the government to prevent the landing of the French cable on tlie coast of Massachusetts. Secretary Bontwell has iiot, as 're ported in some quarters/ordered a United States revenue cutter to proceed to the point -where it to land the, cable on United States territory, and prevent it, lior is it likely that any such course will be, pursued. The matter was pending in Congress at the, ad journment, and it will probably be left to that body to settle it. Secretary Fisli considered it Ills duty to place the French Minister in pos session of the facts so—far as the action a four Government has bean developed, relative-to the landing of the cable, so that he might in form his Government of the risk it must run in attemiiting to land the, cable on United States territory without authority from Cbm gress. The. point to he insisted upon is that tlie government' of the United States sliall have equal facilities and jirivileges over the cable with that of France. This seems to be about the only abjection to the landing of the cable in the minds, of government officials. This, top, was the. principal object which the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations had in view in reporting and urging die passage of the bill to prevent the landing of any foreign cable on the shores of the United States without the consent of Congress. There does not seem to be any very strict law on the subject beyond what is cited by the Attorney-General in his “opinion” on the question, and some good lawyers re gard that rather as a labored report to strain a point, in favor of the Atlantic cable monopoly tlfan as sound law. If the cable is actually lauded some action may be taken by the Gov ernment. to prevent its being worked, at least until Congress meets. What course will be pursued does not seem to be known iust now. -A. Y. Herald. The French Cable and the Cabinet. {From the Boston Evening Transcript of July 13.] The French cable seems to have encountered the especial official enmity of the Attorney- General of the United .States, and now Secre tary Fish lias joined in the attack upon it. With two such powerful personages enlisted for the maintenance of the present monopoly in ocean telegraphy those who are reaping from this source a golden harvest by extor tionate charges are in hopes to prevent the en trance and establishment of a competitive element which will tend to diminish their un reasonably swollen gains. In the interest of free communication and unfettered trade we trust that the hopes and plans of the monopo lists will be defeated, no matter by whom sus tained. Further and More Exact Description of tlie Manner ot Working It. The Boston Post contains the following ex tremely interesting statement, which is fuller than our account published yesterday: During the whole course of the Great East ern messages have been continually passing from the shore to the ship; and while the latter lias only on rare occasions, owing to the trouble and danger of making the necessary shifting of connections, returned the compli ment, each roll or pitch of the huge vessel has been faithfully indicated by the instrument at Brest. This instrument ls that now uni versally adopted in working all Jong subma rine lines—the reflectingVgalvauometer. The principle of this most delicate instrument was discovered a few years since by a German elec trician, named Weber. This instrument con sists of a small mirror with a magnet laid across its back, and that the two are very small indeed may be judged by the fact that both together weigh less than three-eighths of a grain. This infinitesimally small reflector, which is intensely bright, is suspended by a silk thread as fine as a hair in the midst of a small circular coil of! insulated copper wires. Directly a current is sent. through this circu lai coil, no matter how slight, it induces an other electric current within its circle, which acts in an opposite direction, and this causes the little magnet at the back of tlie mirror to turn to right or left; and, of course, to tnrn the little mirror with its reflecting ray of light with it. By a very simple arrange ment this line ray of light is thrown upon a horizontal graduated scale, about three feet long and . three feet distant from the mirror. Thus, when a current is sent through the little circular coil round the mirror, the magnet is acted upon, and turns the mirror with its ray 01 light—say on tho left of the scale in front, of it. When the current is reversed, and that is ’ Instantly done by pressing a little key in, the speaking in strument, the current in the circular coil is re versed and in tho opposite direction, and this in turn sends the rays of light from the mirror on to the opposite side of tlie scale to the right. When the raj r ot'liglit rests stationary on any part oftho scale ft means, a dot; when it •moves rapidlyto tho right-or-left ■ it means so many dashes .according to the distance dt goes. Tlnisthe little pencil of light makes dots or dashes on the scale, just as the old Morse in strument. used to make them in visible ink on paper,- and any combination of words; or letters or figures can be formed; and : read' with the - utmost ■ ease ~by the receiving' clerk, wlio is watching liowi OUR. WHOIiE COUNTRY. the light moves and dictating the letters and words it sends. When the cable is at rest the light remains stationary in the centre bf the scale at zero. When a fault occurs the loss of electricity is shown; by the currents, or the reverse currents, turning the light more to the right or leit of the centre of the scale than it should do. When a total fault occurs—that is, when the cable has parted—the little ray of light flies off the scale altogether, and is never seen again till the miscliierisrepaired. : So ex quisitely delicate is this - instrument that , most distinct messages have been sent through the whole length , of the present French cable with no greater bat tery power than that afforded by a lady’s thimble filled with weak sulphuric acid and water. It was by this reflecting galvanome ter that the watchers at Brest knew whether tlie Great Eastern at the other end of tlie long rope of hemp and steel wtis steady or not. Each roll of tlie ship produced a slight mag netic current in her vast coils,which,transmit ted through the cable to the sensitive instru ment, turned the ray of light to the right or to the left of tlie scale, thus showing in a fraction of a second of time the precise degree and rapidity at.which tlie.vessel was rolling. Tliis unceasing vibration followed tlie voyage of the ship, marking its progress and incidents to the close. ; . The French Cable a* Work. The French transatlantic telegraph cable is a fixed fact—one of the grandscientiflc facts of tlie century. The shore end was spliced to the deep sea cable yesterday, and communication opened from St. Pierre,‘Miquelon, to Brest im mediately afterwards. Sir .Tames Anderson placed the instruments in order,signalizing the success of the achievement by transmitting a special message to Napoleon 111. This message was drafted by the Emperor him self before the expedition sailed" from Francs, with the view that it should be delivered to him verbatim on its return, so that he could at once test the performance of tlie line and ac curacy of tlie operators on either side’. The fuss which wits lately reported as likely to en sue in Washington, owing to the expression of opinions by some of tlie Cabinet Ministers ad verse to tlie legality of the landing of the ca ble on the soil of Massachusetts, appears to have subsided, so that it is probable that the administration of President Grant-will not be held answerable in history for the utterance of sentiments hostile to the- perfection of the undertaking. , It appears, indeed, from our special telegram from Washington, published to-day,that Secretary Fish, with lfis associates in the Cabinet, were moved to their first acts of apparent opposition to the cable by a zealous regard for the inviolability of Ameri can territory merely—a point which is likely to be referred to the particular consideration of Congress for ultimate solution. We aro told, indeed, that it is - very likely just now that, although the shore end may.be landed and; the wire chain between tlie countries made perfect, messages cannot be transmitted befoie a Congressional legalization is obtained. Thera is much to lie said, evidently, on both sides. ; We go for cables and plentv of them.— Ikrol'i ~ A correspondent of the. rail Mali C aid. to w rites from Rome under date of June Si: “The Pope is wholly taken up with the suli "jeet of the Council, so that lie speaks of no thing else, and seems to think of nothing else. H e has already struck a medal which is to commemorate the event, and intends to give one to each bishop. A celebrated physician here recently said the Council presented a great danger to the Holy Father, who, in Ills present ekeited state,was not equal to meeting opposition, and might have an apoplectic stroke if exposed to it. Whether under this apprehension, or on some other ground, influential persons have sought to get theCjmncil postponed till De cember, 1870, and tSP Italian journals assert this has been resolved upon. The general un certainty about it is evidenced iii the contracts made with the bishops who have taken apart ments, the terms all requiring the payment of a month’s rent in advance, to be forfeited if the Council Is postponed. Nevertheless, you may be assure* that the Pope, up to this time, remains firm in his determination of holding tlie Council next December. He is doubtless supported in his iiuqio.se by the same disposi tion in the French government, which con tinues to look very favorably on the project. A few days ago the Marquis de\ BanneviHe had a long interview about it with Cardinal Antonelli, and intimated that the; Emperor would be represented in the Council by M.. Beroelie.” I’russln and the Council. [Berlin (June SO) correspondence London Daily News.-] The Prussian Government lias had the credit of being on particularly friendly terms with the Pope some time past; but this feeling will certainly notpreventits resisting the reso lutions of the Oecumenical Council in case they should be of such a character as is gene rally expected.' Prussia lias far too large a Catholic population to allow of her remaining an indifferent spectator should the Council at tempt. to tamper with the relations between a Protestant sovereign and liis Catholic sub jects. The semi-oflieial North German Gazette has a short paragraph which clearly points in this direction. It commences with observing that the reason alleged by several governments tor declining the Bavarian proposition for some joint action against the resolutions of the (Ecumenical Council was the uncertainty wliat these resolutions would be, and the im possibility of choosing their.measures before hand. According to the French papersit was Count Beust, more especially, who raised this objection in a despatch to Count Ingelheim, the Austrian Minister at Munich. On this the IVorWi German Gazette remarks that the ob jection would ho plausible if there was not al ready Hullicient evidence as to what the character of the Council and the nature of its resolutions would be, but that the compo sition of the sub-committees, who will prepare the programme of tlie proceedings, leaves no doubt, on lliisf point. All tlie leading members of these committees are the most decided and zealous partisans of ultnttnontanism, so much so ae completely to confirm the opinion that the great object of the Council will ho to give additional strength to that.system, especially in its relations to tho secular power. Under these circumstances it is impossible to blame . the various-govern ments if they already' commence their prepa rations for resisting any such encroachments on the part of the Catholic Church; indeed their adopting such an attitude may prevent the expected conflict. The Pall Hall Gazette oftho 2d lias the fol lowing in reference to the grand French soheino of connecting tho Rliono with tho Mediterranean by m?ans of a canal:— While kings and peoples are preparing to celebrate the apotheosis ofi"M. Lessops, and the French are indulging in tho magnificent vision of bringing tlie sea to Paris from Dieppo at the trifling cost 0f£00,000,000 francs, a canal 'of'farlcss'ambitiottß jffetmMDHsybinr perhaps of equally great” practical utility, has boon rap idly advancing toward completion without at tracting the notice its importance desorves. The' Rhone, which traverses so large a part of Franco as a navigable river, is practically use less for purposes of foreign trade, owing to the liar of shitting sand which obstructs its moutli. Some years ago an engineer suggested tho EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. - ROME. Tlie <Ectunenlcai Connell. GERMANY. Another Grand Canal Scheme. possibility of uniting tliis river with the Medi terranean by a canal. Hi* plan was adopted; and at a probable cost of 12,000,000 francs' this most important work will be terminated be fore the end of tlie year. The canal is twenty feet deep, and will enter the .Mediterranean at the Golfe de Foz, between; Cette and Mar seilles. ■ APPALLING ACCIDENT. Men Darned to Dentil in leuistonii, I*n. The Lewistown True Democrat says: On Wednesday of last week, sQon after the one p, clock whistle blew for the men to commence work at Freedom Iron and Steel Works, the whistle blew an alarm. On reaching the cupola room, iriwas found that the bar upon winch rested the supports of the bottom ot the cupola which was in- use, and winch .at tlie time contained five tons of molten ironnearly' ready to run out, had broken, and that James A. Junkin, furnace builder, and that George Bearly, his helper, both of this place, who were engaged in malting repairs under the cupola, had been caught in the plunging muss of molten iron and cinder and terribly burned. Mr. Junkin ran out of the cupola room, followed by Mr. Bearlv, their (ilothes in flames. Some men at work in the rear of the engine house first saw them, and did all\ they could to smother the. flames and relieve them of tlieir burning clothes. Phvsl cians were sent for at once, and in the mean time everything was done that was possible to alleviate the sufferings of tlie injured men. They were removed to their homes during the afternoon, and Mr. Bearly, the surface of whose body was burned to a crisp almost from head to foot, died the same evening. Mr. Junkin, whose injuries were chiefly confined to his legs, from the hips down, lingered until Monday, when death ended his suflerings. Mr. Junldn was aged about 42 years, and leaves a familv. Mr. Bearly was a son of Daniel Bearlv, aged 2(s,and unmamied. Mr. Junkin had taken out a life insurance polity for $l,OOO onlv in February last. Tlie cupola bottom was secured in tlie man ner in generalrise, and it, was considered per fectly secure by those in charge of the cupo las, who are careful and experienced men, and had examined tlie supports during the morn ing. No possible blame, therefore, can be at tached either to the workmen or the Com pany. As evidence of the general prudence and carefulness which characterize the man agement at Freedom, it, is worthy of mention that this is the first serious accident which ever occurred at these works. THE GREAT UNWASHED. Items of tbe Democratic Convention In Harrisburg. Tlie Harrisburg papers of yesterday furnish the following accounts of- the results of the presence of the Democratic party managers in the State capital: ; Attempt to Pick a Pocket.— Some time during last , night, while.Mr, Thomas Farley* proprietor of .the Jones House, was sitting, m the reading-room of the hotel, asleep, he felt some person reach his hand into his pocket. Upon Ills awakening, the would-be thief started out of the hotel at a 2.40 rate, and ran’ across the square. Mr. Farley cried “Stop tliief,” and the night watchman employed by the proprietors of stores in the vicinity fol lowed tlie offender and brought him to a stand* still by threatening to shoot him if he. did not stop. He was conveyed to prison, and liad a hearing before the Mayor this morning, when lie gave his name as IVm. dowel, and stated he had come to this, city with the Cass Club, of Philadelphia. - . ■ Benin,Aits About. —Early yesterday morn ing the house of Harry Northamer, on Cowden street, near Herr, was entered by the cellar door and a silver watch and seventy-five dol lars were abstracted. A Gj.ohious Crowd.— Some of the Demo crats jstoppihg at the Jones House, became quite tipsy yesterday, and between five and six o’clock last evening they amused themselves by throwing tumblers, pitchers and champagne bottles (some of which were full) into the street. The noise frightened the horse of Alr~ Walzer, one of our city butchers. $3 Reward.— Stolen, a small terrier pup, four months old, ears not trimmed. The above will be paid by returning same, aud no ques tioiis asked, to C. It. Comings. Mayor’s Court.— Since our last renort there were thirteen inebriates before the Mayor, who were disposed of in the usual manner. Romtixo a Senator.—At tlie Democratic Convention yesterday, ex-Senator Buekalew had his pocket picked of $2OO. Hard ox his Friends.— ln the Convention yesterday morning, Frank W. Hughes com plained that he “had to run a gauntlet of pick pockets to reach his seat in the hall.” LIST OF PATENTS. List, of patents issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending July 13, 18110, and each bearing that (late: l^pool —M. F. Doran, Philadelphia, Pa. Horse Ilay Fork —J. A. Eborly & H. "W ech(er, Beamstowii Station, Pa. Apparatus for Raising Coal —A. Lawton, Philadelphia, Pa.,-assignortcrF. N. Lawton. Cooking More— J. H. McConnell. New castle, Pa., assignee to himself and J It, Richardson. Method of Making Hands for Mangle Bundles —J. Reese, Pittsburgh, Pa. Coal Loading Apparatus— S. S. Roberts, Elizabeth, Pa. Appuratusfor Shotting Metals— T. Shaw, Phila delphia, Pa. , Extension Ladder —W. F. Trautman, Llwel lyn, Pa. Horse Hay Fork — .l. M. "Walker, Rossville, Fa- Door Look —T. B; Worrell, Frankforil, Pa. Blast Furnace —G. Atkins, Sharon, Pa. Pipe Cutter —E. Clarkson. Carbondnle, Pa. Feck-tie Retainer —S. A. Fite, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to himself and J. H. Mansur. Hatchet —J. Jenkins, Philadelphia, Pa. Lightning Rod —L. D. Vermily. Dayton,Ohio, and W. S. Reyburn and E. A. Hunter, Phila delphia. wagon Brake —W.P. Alcorn, Now "Wilming ton, l’a. Machine for Clearitif/ Land —E, Bennett, Bal timore, Mil., assignor to himself and AV. T. Gillemler. .. Method of Propelling .S^ds—J.Braim,Philadel phia, Pa. Printing Revenue Stamps, &c., in two or more Colors— J. Earle and A. B. Steel, Philadelphia, Pa. - Shuttle-box Operating Lever for Looms - 8.-H. Jenles, Bridesburg; Pa; Atmospheric Tanning Apparatus— J. E. Kauf feit, Slirewsbnrg, Pa. Automatic Check-Row Corn Planter —J. L. Ifreider, Chestnut Bevel, Pa. Balanced Cylindrical Slide Valve—d. G. 3lil hollaud, Harrisburg, Pa. Apparatus t'or Making Mouldsfar Metal Cast ings—A. Weaber, Philadelphia, Pa. Re-Issues— Compound Fabric for the produc tion of Shirt Collars, AV. E. Lockwood, Phila delphia, Pa., assignee of AV.Hunt. Manufac ture of Iron, D. Stewart, Kittanning, Pa. .Designs—Scarf Pattern, F. AV. Henson, Phil adelphia, Pa. Stove Door, J'. A. Sheppard, Philadelphia, Pa. —, —-pjrAjreis-’Dr-P a sTOitru s; - ~— ■ Solicitor of Patents, " Korthwest corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets. —ln 1808 the consumption of flour in Paris amounted to 2,000,000 quintals (-150,000,000 .pounds), which is equal to about 010,000,000 pounds of bread. F. I. EETHERSTON. PaWisher.* PRICE THREE CE&TH FACTS AaVD FANCIES* Extract fhom oKoito/: sliot’s roSMh'kcATirA,” is Tint, Sk I '- LA STIC' .MOXTIILYMfOK ■SaIJOB«T; ' ■ . * I stayed among those lulls; and oft heard more ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Of Agaflin. I liked to hoar her name, As that of one-lialf grandaiiio and half saint, ottered with reverent playfulness. • The lad* Anti younger men all called ilier mother,'aunt,, Or granny, vvitli their pet diminutives, ~x , And bade their lasses and tlieir .brides behave ilight yveli to one who surely made a link ’Twixtfaulty folkand God by -Toying both: ■■ ‘ Isot one but counted service done by her, - Asking no pay save just her daily bread. At feasts and weddings, when the VTiassed in,' groups ;r Along the vale, and the, good- country wine, ■ Being vocal in them, made them quire alone In quaintly mingled mirth and piety, ' Theyfaih must jestxand play some friendlr trick ■;> - ■' v . On three Old maids; but when the moment* came Always they bated breath and made their sport...,; _ Gentle as leather-stroke, that Agatha v . ’ Might like the Waking for the love it showed. Their songs made happy music ’inid the hills. For nature tuned their race to harmony, And poet Hans, the tailor, wrote them songs That grew from out their life, as crocuses < ' t Grow in the meadow's moistness. ’Twas his song,' .’ v . They oft sang, wending homeward from a feust, —' The song Igive you.. It brings in, you see, Their gentle .jesting with the three old maids.' Midnight by'the chapel bell! Homeward, homeward all, farewell! I with you, and you with me, Miles are short with company, Heart of Mary, bless thewag, , Keep Us all by night and day! Moon and stars at feast with night How have drunk their till of light. Home they hurry, making time v ; Trot apace, like merry rhyme. Heart of j\fwy, mystic rose, •Send its all a street repose! Swiftly through the wood down hill Bun till yoil can hear the mill. Toni’s ghost is wandering now, Shaped .just like a snow-white cow. Heart of Mary, morning star Ward off danger, near or far! Toni’s wagon with its load ' Fell and crushed him in the road ’Twixtthese pine trees. Never fear! Give a neighbor’s ghost good clieer. Holy Babe, our God and Brother t • -Bind usfast to one-aOotlier! ' Hark! the mil] is at its work, Now we-pass beyond the murk, To thehollow, where the moon Makes her silvery afternoon. Good ,Saint Joseph, faithful spouse, - Help us all id keep our vows! Here the three old muidews'dwell, Agatfia and Kate, and Nell See, the moon shines on the thatch, We will go and Sliake the latch. \Heart of Mary, mtp of joy, - Give its mirth without alloy Hush, ’t is here, no noise; sing low, Bap with gentle knuckles—so 1 Like the little tapping birds On the door; then sing good words. ' Meek Saint Anna, old and fair, Hallow dllthe snow-white hair! Little maidens old, sweet dreams! Sleep one sleep till morning beams. 31 others ye, who help us aIT, Quick at hand, if ill befall. . Holy Gabriel, lily-laden, \ Blest, the aged mother-maiden! —Nap) C;esar. ileon has almost finished his “liife of —Two years/more of drilling will complete tlie tunnel through the Alps. ; —Seven deaths from drunkenness is the daily rate in Russia. —London is very much'pleased'with a new soprano named Ruggiere Antonioli. —Five thousand choristers sang together at an open-air festival in London -last week,. —Gen. and Gov. Green Clay Smith has be come a Baptist preacher. —Passengers by the Pacific Railroad, stop ping at Sherman station, are warned to look; out for hears. * —lt is said that'John Bright will certainly come to America in the spring, though which spring is not stated. —Exploring parties sent out by the Russian government have discovered extensive coal mines on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. —The Prince ol' AV ales is the President of the association which proposes a monument to Faraday. —Tire ex-rebel Commodore 3laurv, Pro fesssor in the Virginia 3lilitary Institute, at Charlottesville, lias been tendered the Presi dency of Alabama University. - —The AVest Point cadets have received orders to prepare for a marching expedition, early next month. Tills is an innovation jtt the regular routine of instruction. —Tlie I Valla WallnStatesman speaks.of!a town away out in Oregon having' elected a “clean Democratic ticket.” It is to he Uopeiftlmt tha occurrence!* not an unusual one. 5 —Mr. AA'm. Swinton, of tlie Hhw York Times, lias been elected Professor of Belles Lettresin the University of California. His acceptance or declination is not noted yet. —The name of tlie English poet 3lilton has just been given to a street newly pierced in tlie Faubourg 3lontmatre, Paris, between the Rues Lamartine and Des Martyrs, —The Detroit Post thinks that our naval vessels, if wo would have them inspire terroc, should receive such names as Cholera .and Yellow Fever, 2fitro-Glyeerine and Susan U.. Anthony. —lt is reported that a young lady out West, who recently received an unprecedently largo verdict in a breach of promise case, has en gaged herself to eleven of the twelve jurymen who gave her the money. —The editor of the Waterbary American telegraphed the other day to Col. A. H. at Plymouth, 3la.ss.: “Send us full particulars of the flood.” The facetious Penn replied: ‘• You’ll ttud them in Genesis.” —- —Generar Itosecraus was Colonel of' the regiment in which Ins competitor, General Hayes, was rntyor, and the ilrst night the latter ever slept in a tent was passed in tho company. ■ ■ . —Coiiut Plaferlias'received from' the com munal authorities of Kapperswi, in Switzer land, the otter of a room in the ancient castle of that town for tho Polish Historical 3lu sueiun, of which he is the founder. ', , —A deputation recently waited on Earl 7 Granville at his official residence, in Eondon/ / to represent the expediency of disestablishing / the Church in Jamaica; to which ho replied / that, although the government agreed with/ their.views, the mode of proceeding waa nos yet'decided upotr.- -- ---—: /■ ■—“Jlany comments,”.says La Pafe, “a ' made in the Spanish colony of Paris ;oii tl resolution taken by M. Marfori, tho former ’ tendaut of Queen Isabella, to quit France settle in some foreign country. What iac tain is tbafthc peraonago in question is to travel, and that he has taken leavo Maicsty.”. f . M f. 'r- —r-v» ; — -r-**
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