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.”.
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