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GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 87.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
liCTTER FBOaiPARIS.
fC’orrcepondoncoof tlioPblln. Kvenlmr Bulletin.l
Pauih, Tuesday, July Gth, 1809.—Politics are
esxiecially lively just now in Paris, and every
day we are expecting.tlio Imperial oracle to
re-o]icn its mouth and communicate some in
telligence oi importance. The pressure being
put upon the Emperor by the press, by public
opinion and by the action 1 of the Chamber, is
i so great that the universal sentiment is that ho
must "speak or die.” Tho country is too im
ps tienttowait for the expiration ofsix montlis,
or fuliilment of M. Itouher’s du
bious promises of "doing Something,” and
, desires tt» know immediately and distinctly
what that something is, and what it has to ex
pect. The liberal party in the Chamber, feel
ing now that it has the nation at its back far
more than the imperial majority, has taken up
the initiative at oneo and in earnest. Declin
ing to wait the convenience of the govern
ment, and' anticipating the action even of the
ultra-liberals, the constitutional or tlen-parti
has proceeded forthwith to make known its
demands, and proposes to interpellate the go
vernment upon them: Numerously at
tended meetings of-, liberal deputies of
ail shades have been held, and reso
lutions proposed. These latter have
scarcely even yet, however, assumed quite a
definite form, because it is desired to frame
them so as to draw the greatest possible num
ber of signatures to them, even from tho ranks
of the majority itself. But under every form
they' demand an enlargement of the powers
and prerogatives of tho Cliamber quite incon
sistent and incompatible with the principles of
the present regime. The chief points de
manded arc tliat the right to choose, its own
President and other officers should be restored
to tbe Chamber; tliat ministers should be held
responsible in some shape or other, and be
chosen from among the deputies; that the
right of the Chamber to move amendments
should be greatly enlarged, with other propo
sitions,all tending to lower the prerogatives of
the crown and bring back a return to parlia
mentary government. The vigor, resolution
and confidence .with-- which the tiers-parti is
aiding is astonishing every one, and placing it
quite in the ascendant for the"moment. It is
thought that the Emperor must yield, or-that
if he resist lie is lost. There is great waver
ing, and even defection, in the ranks of the
majority itself , and it seems not improbable
that the aboyo demand for a radical change
of system may be backed by one hundred or
even one hundred and fifty votes. The Em
peror is, I believe, completely bewildered, and
lmrilly knows what to do; but I fully expect
that ere long lie will make the announcement
of important concessions in a liberal sense. /
The Viceroy of Egypt arrival here on Sun
day afternoon,from Brussels. Theta have been
all sorts of rumors afloat in Europe respecting
this semi-independent sovereign and tbe ob
ject be lias in view in these visits to different
courts and capitals. The Canal and its inau
guration and the regulation of. its future
traffic and neutrality afiord ‘the nominal pre
text for Ills travels. But an opinion ' prevails
that he is also engaged in paving the way for
an assumption of complete sovereignty and for
shaking off the obligations which still
bold him in nominal subjection to the
Sultan. Nay, some persons here believe that
he is actually preparing for future hostilities
: with bis Suzerain. Daring his last stay in
; Paris his Highness took great interest in the
Franco-Egyptian College of the Kuo Hadame
where so many of his subjects have been
trained and educated, and to which both his
army and administration at home are indebted
for so many of their ablest officers. Until
recently this institution has always been under
the direction of a civilian; my old and esteemed
friend, M. Jomard, of the Academy, and the
last survivor of the / great Egyptian scien
tific expedition under Napoleon 1.,
haying long held the post of Direc
tor, and having been lately ' succeeded
by his nephew. But now, suddenly, the lat
ter has been displaced, and a French Colonel
appointed; and the change is said to indicate
the intention of making the 'College more
strictly a military training-school, with a view
to coming events. There is certainly an im
pression that Egypt is shortly to become the
field of European rivalry, and that France
and. England especially are competing
there- for predominance of interest. The
approaching visit of the Empress is a
sort of counterpoise to that recently paid
by the Prince of Wales, the political
character of which latter visit was almost
openly avowed the other day in England,
in the shape of an appeal to the House of
Commons topay the Prince’s expenses, because
they had been incurred (and the Prince is
known to he heavily in debt) in support of the
national interests in the East. Nothing is
being spared here to make the Viceroy’s visit
as agreeable to him as the first. Notwitlistand- j
ing the grave pre-occupations and anxieties of !
the Emperor and the Court, which I have
. mentioned above, the Viceroy is considered
too important a guest to be neglected. Besides
festivities in his honor at St. Cloud, a grand
fete is in preparation at Versailles for to-inor
row or next day. The Viceroyial ptpdy will
visit., tho Chateau and galleries, with the
gardens and waterworks, and thence' join the
Emperor and Empress ata grand lunch in the
Palace of Trianon. After this, there will be a
dinner in the Gallery of Apollo, at St. Cloud,
to be followed by a concert and the acting of
a Froverbe; "the performances to conclude,” as
the play-hills say, with fire-works and water
. works, the latter appropriately extinguishing
the former. Here is what the French call a
joumee 6(«i remplie, and quite ’ throwing into
the shade Windsor and: Buckingham Palace.
It issaidnowthatthehealthofthe-Princo
Imperial is uot_ strong enough to allow
of his . accompanying the Empress
on her > visit to Egypt at the
opening of ; the canal. The inauguration is
understood to: he- postponed from October to
November; hut the day is not definitely fixed.
The Alta-1 talia Hallway Company, however,
has already announced the terns oh which it
will he prepared to 'convey excursionists to
assist at-tlie' opeging coromony, and visit at
the same time Upper and Central Italy. It
may be useful to lay these betimes • before you;
for such of your readers as may be projecting
A voyage to Europe in the fall. Tho price of a
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(Special Correspondence of tile i'hila.Kveiilne Balloon.]
McAnisTEnviLLK, Juniata county, July
20.—Getting up at four o’clock in the morning
is no very pleasant duty; lmt to take the four
o’clock train rind speed tone's way some fifty
miles without breakfast, and then drive over
a rather rough road with a pair of mules for
nine miles into the country among the moun
tains, is still more unpleasant. But, oh the
whole, the trip is invigorating and highly con
ducive to appetites This; however, is the only
way in which you can' reach McAiisterville.
You take the train for Mifflin, on the line of
the Pennsylvania Central, and if you are
sharp you will then have asmall spring wagon,
driven by a soldier’s orphan, waiting you at
the depot at Mifflin, from which place the
road to McAiisterville, though rough and
hilly,passes through a beautiful country. -
There are many things about the McAiis
terville Soldiers’ Orphans’ School which
make it attractive. In the first place, it is
beautifully located on a branch of Lost Creek,
amid the delightful scenery of Shade and
Tuscarora mountains, with pure air, good
water; and the most ample room. The goodly
little 'town of McAiisterville,. embracing
some eight hundred inhabitants, most follow
ing agricultural pursuits, has some very good,
old-fashioned, genial people, and is just such
a country community in which one lo ves to
101 l away a leisure day, tramping over
farms, eating hearty country dinners,
and hearing the fanners brag of their grain
and stock, with sturdy,glowing,honest country
faces around you—such faces as can at a
moment’s warning wreath into hearty, good
natured smiles, and break forth into rounds of
real, right-down earnest, side-splitiug peals of
laughter. Amid this little throng of good
hearted, strong arid stalwart men and women,
rosy childhood grows up. into manhood and
woman!) oodwith unaftected simplicity- and
sound, sterling common sense.
The McAiisterville Soldiers’ Orphans’
School, is one of the very neatest, largest and
best-governed of any in the State. It was the
first Soldiers’ Orphans’ school established
under the beneficent system now so pros
perous and extensive, and many were the
difficulties it encountered, as the pioneer in
the good cause. It has had the burden of all
the experiments introduced, being established
when no other locality had- the courage to
venture upon what was then certainly a very
doubtful enterprise. From it have sprung all
the reforms Existing in the system—being an
example from which every subsequent institu
tion copied. To this credit of being the
pioneer soldiers’orphans’ school McAiister
ville is most assuredly entitled, and a noble
credit it is.
Let us recount, briefly, its history. It was
originally a chartered Academy, under the su
pervision of Col. George McFarland, who
presided as Principal, with some sixty or
seventy students—young ladies and gentle
men. when the rebellion was inaugurated,
the Academy broke up, and the Colonel, then
only a school teacher, led thirty of his students
to the front to battle for the Union, enlisting
as their Captain in thelslst Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, forming company D of that regiment.
One of the boys m his company (W. L. Owens)
became a captain when he (then Captain Mc-
Farland) was promoted to the Colonelcy of his
regiment. Captain Owens is now one of tho
teachers at the Cassviile Soldiers’ Orphans’
School.
The old Academy building (there are two
large buildings used by this institution now) is
four stories in height and' is 64 by 48 feet in
extent. It was opened by Col. McFarland bn
the seventh day of October, 1864, as a Soldiers’
Orphans’ School. starting with threo children,
being the first soldiers’ orphans ever placed in
any institution by, the State of Pennsylvania.
These children were almost absolutely naked.
They were dirty and sick; with no living soul
to provide for them., This was under the tem
porary provision made by Gov. Curtin with
the funds placed in his hands for the purpose
by the Pennsylvania Briilroad Company. Then
the, system, began, under very discouraging
auspices. There was rio assurance that the
Legislature would , endorse the recommenda
tions of Gov. Curtin, or that it would continue '
from year to year to make asuffleient; or indeed
any, appropriation to keep • the pledge of
Pennsylvania to her soldiers that their or
phans should he cared for if they fell at the
hands of treason. A soldiers’ orphans’, school
was, to say tho least, a doubtful investment.
No funds could*ho procured for the purpose. !
Capitalists refused to risk their money in under
takings of sp doubtful a character financially,
having in view a thousand better investments
during the money-tight period of the war.
Then, too, to keep such an 1 establishment up,
all. the. clothing had to ho purchasedand every
expense had to he footed promptly, at war
prices. Calicoes now worth from 16 to 20 cents
ranged then at from 40 to 60 cents.
Tho poorest muslins were seventy-five bents.
Flour brought from fourteen to fifteen dollars
per barrel. Ticking, which now costs thirty
cents, was seventy-five cents. Everything was
outrageously high. The army had taken from
us much or our skilled, labor, and what was
left had to be transported long distances at
enormous expense. All these expenses, too,
had to be promptly liquidated, for the . pro
jectors of Soldiers’ • Orphans’ Schools could
obtain no credit. "Warm and sincere friend i
of Colonel McFarland came to him rind ad <1
vised him as friends riot to undertake the en
terprise, asserting that he would involve hlnv
' self: in financial difficulties' from which he "
return ticket from Paris to Suez, including
twenty days’ board, will be 1,200 francs.
Tlie ticket will be composed of two
coupons,—ono for the railway journey,
tho other for the sea voyage. Tho : railway
coupon is good for three months, and will ad
mit travelers to start from Suza, with the right
of visiting Turin, Milan, Venice, Bologna,
Florence, Bimini, Ancona, Brindisi, Foggia,
Cascrta, Naples, Pompeii, Castellamara, Alex
andria and Genoa, either before or after tlie
opening of the Canal. The sea coupon will
take travelers from Brindisi to Suez; and per
mit of their visiting all points of interest on
the Canal during twenty days. Sleeping ac
commodations on board, with a good
table and wine, are included in k tbo
above price, / which / certainly - appears
moderate. The steamers employed will be
those of the well-known Company of Dano
varo, of Naples, the owners of the Vesuvlo and
Capri. The excursion seems to be very in
viting and to irromiso much interest and plea
sure. I ought to have mentioned above that
another object attributed to the Viceroy’s visit
here is the formation of a French foreign le
gion/to be placed in garrison at Suez and
Ismail, with a special mission to guard the
canal and the isthmus.
I need scarcely say anything about the
Franco-American cable. Before these lines
reach you it will probably have spoken for
itself. By to-day's news all goes well, and the
new line betweeii France and America is all
but laid.
PEXSNYLTAS lAS SOLDIERS' Oil-
PIIASB.
JiO. IV.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21,1869.
would never But ho' steadily per
sevored; contMlingp a«d logically, too? that
it the system were, ever to prove a success,
it would. be onJy tlirongh the untxrinfr perse
verance ot its projectors, and by placing the
institutions in such a well-ordereif condition •
as must sooner or iater evoke the' approval
and admiration of the public. Without 1 this,
■a great'charily, which the Commonwealth
was bound in honor to fulfil, must inevitably
and utterly fail. In this no was ■ heaWilv
encouraged by Governor Curtin, and set about
lus work with a Arm hand and an unfailing
heart, i The institution is still in his hands;
hut.to- this day he has never made a living
from it. At the end of the first sbe months,.
at the settlement on the first day of
April, 1865, there was a total balance
on hand of 5!) 20! And this w'as all the profit
realized on all the labors and expenditures of
the Colonel and his estimable wife; who labored
with him.. The institution itself lias lived ■
, only through the constant care and rigid ap
plication of its proprietor, and he intends that
it shall continue to live, having abiding faith
in his investment. Even if State appropria
tionsshould cease, he believes that he oanstill
keep up liis establishment, for parents'and '
guardians of sense cannot help but see the
■ great advantages which these • institutions
J afiord, trained and governed as . they have
I been by the most experienced in the care:of
| children. He is satisfied that this style of
! school lias proved a great success, and must
I eventually prevail.
I In this school the industrial system, now so
I prevalent, was first started—the working by
detail, two hours of labor to six of study.
Here the farming plan was first adopted,
and the boys taught how to cultivate the. soil.
■ Trees, shrubbery, fruit, vegetables, etc., were
planted in large numbers. There are 281 acres
of rich farming land adjoining the buildings,on
which there are now 550 grape vines, 350 of
which are bearing splendid varieties; 160 apple,
peach, plum nnit cherry trees, to which have
been added 100 pear trees,6s maples,and 70 arbor
vita*, with raspberries, gooseberries, currants,
and every imaginable farm produce and gar
den truck—everything that makes up a real
country home, and, considering other accom
modations, everything that should, give the
cOniforts of a first-class living establishment.
And the State Superintendent desires that
. every one of the schools: in his charge should
take the same shape, in order that the children
may learn thriftiness, industry and self-de
pendence. The expense of the enterprise, he
contends, is no excuse for its non-existence;
because, trees, fruit and garden cultivation
hut enhance the value of real estate.
Here, too, the admirable and practical idea
of learning girls to sew, to knit, to wash, to
iroli, to scrub and to do everything required
of a good and faithful housfe-wife, first origi
nated. All the housekeeping is done by de
tails. The very excellent matron is constantly
about her business, and is not 'content until
her mammoth house is clean and fresh in ap
pearance. She devotes her time between the
sick room—though there are, happily, none
sick now—and the housekeeping dutiesi
The amiable seamstress has con
stantly under her charge from 15 to
20 girls, cutting and: snipping and sew
ing, and two se wing-machines and 'a knitting
machine grace her apartment. Every arti
cle of clothing is now made here—and made
much better, of course, than if entrusted to
contractors. Then there is the mending de
partment,'td which are assigned all the torn
trousers and dresses—some with grievous
rents—to be patched and scissored ana darned.
So much for the perfect industrial organiza
tion of the school.
We have described' the old building and
sketched its hhstory. In it are now contained
the main recitation-room, the dining-room,
the kitchen and store-house apartments, and
the bpys’ bath-rooms. Fifty boys sleep in the
upper story.
.Now for the improvements: In 1803 the
Colonel resolved to erect a new, larger, and
more substantial building, immediately across
the way. The boys made the bricks, dug the
foundation,and did a great deal of the hauling
and other work, under the direction of skilled
workmen. By tliis means the bricks, which
otherwise at that time in this locality , would
have cost ten dollars a thousand, were manu
factured at a cost of So 73. Soon the building
loomed up into a formidable pile ; brick upon
brick,and window upon window. On the IMth
day of July, 18(56, the corner-stone
was laid in the presence of 1,500 people,
mostly from the surrounding country, and
Prof. Bates, the State Historian, delivered a
most eloquent dedicatory address. The struc
ture is four stories high, excluding a plastered
attic, with porches at the main entrances, a
portico surrounding the second story, and a
long observatory on the roof. It lias a front
age of 40 feet, and a depth of. 70 feet. The
stories are from ten to eleven feet clear. Here
some 60 boys and 99 girls sleep, on cottage bed
steads and clean white bedding. Among the
well ordered apartments here’are the wash
room, with improved washing machines; the
mending and ironing room; a large play
room for the girls, 30 by 40 feet:
the girls’ bath room, furnished with water by
meaus of pipes and a hydraulic ram; the recep
tion room; the library; containing over 500
volumes; the store-room for the girls’ dresses;
a large sewing-room; offices and private apart
ments for the teachers and heads of depart
ments, and very neatly and substantially fur
nished sleeping-rooms for the inmates. A
large new bam and garden hot-house, both
mainly the work of the boys, have also been
added recently.
The following is a complete list of. the va
rious officers and managers of departments:
Principal —Prof. J. H. Smith.
Chaplain —Rev. G. W. Izer.
Male Teachers— Profs. E. L. Martin and W.
C.B. Miller.
Female Teachers—bliss Mary E. Smith, Miss
Annie K. Kelder and Miss Sallie Jacobs.
Matron— Miss lizzie J. Corbett.
Male Attendant —JosiaU McFarland.
Overseer of Sewing—Miss Mattie R.Axey.
Mending Department— Miss Mary Anderson,
Attending Physician— Dr. A. J. Fisher.
Overseer of Farm —James Stilzer.
Sfetcurd—Jacob Smith.
Baker— Wesley Baxter.
Washing Department —Mrs. Warner.
The pupils in this institution now number
211—99 girls and 112 boys. Thore have been,
off and on, over 400 children here, being at
one time the only school in this section or the
State. But many have been transferred to
Cassville, White Hall and Loysville. Besides,
48 have graduated—having reached their 16th
year—and been disposed of in apprenticeships
and adoption.
And now for the examination. Being tho
oldest school in the State; it takes a laudable
pride in its - intellectual advancement. Some
of the best teachers in the State are employed
here; and the institution bpasts of seven grades
in its educational steps upward, no other in
stitution having more than six grades, though
it is intended that the grades shall reach the
ninth when the, young minds shall have suffi
ciently advanced. /
The large school-room was filled this morn
ing,by eager youngsters assembled to hear the
introductory, words of the State Superin
tendent. They sang “Watch, and Pray” with
charming effect, when prayer was offered by
Prof. Bankin, of Indiana, ttie children all
kneeling. After the singing* of “Courts of the
Lord,” Col. .McFarland/proceeded with the
exercises of the annual examination.
The folio-wing are Homo of the averages on
the principal studies: ' . -
Seventh Grade—li' members; spelling, 97 ;
reading, 82; writing, 85; grammar, 81.
_ Sixth Grade .d—s members; spelling, 94; read
ing, 83; writing, 82; grammar, 78. ;
Sixth Grade #—l2 members; spelling, 93; read
ying, 84; grammar, 82. r '
OmiWHOLE COUNTRY.
) fifth Grade A~ll
j reading, 80. , . .
I fifth Grade B— l 3 members; '‘spelling, 87:
reading, 81.
■ Fourth Grade A —l 9 members; reading, 77;
spelling, 80.
•Fourth Grade 8 —22 members; reading, 75.
(^ra^e -4—20 members; reading, '7B.
37nn2 Grade if—is members: reading, 77. !
.The examination was concluded; at about
nine o clock in the evening, and ’the result re
flected great; credit upon the teachers and
pupils ot the varions classes. 1 ' .
Niprlyall the teachers, and those at the
heads of other departments, are men and
women of experience- The; Principal, Profes
sor fcmith, has been connected with the. insti
tution for four and a half years, presiding as
. Principal for two and a-lialf years. Messrs.
Miller and Martin, assistant teachers, though
of but three or four months’ standing here,
have in other positions proved their capacity
for the work assigned them: The: same may
said of M iss Kelacr, ‘Miss Jacobs, one of the
lady teachers, is a soldier’s orphan, and
a graduate of the institution. She is eminently
fitted, for the office of teacher, having won
honor and distinction as an attentive, obedient
and worthy pupil. Miss Mary Smith, the first
female teacher, has had a standing in the in
stitution oi three .years. Too much cannot be
said in praise ot Miss Corbett, the; efficient,
kind, and hard-working matron. Miss Arey,
the seamstress, has been in the establishment
lor over two years.
After the conclusion of the examination,
which was participated in by a board con
sisting of Messrs. M. G-. Matple, of White .
Hall; J. S. Ilankin, of Indiana; w. E. Oaveny,
of Chester Springs; James L. Paul, of the
Soldiers’ Department, and others,
the children gave a vocal and literarv con
cert, winch was highly appreciated by all
present.
Then followed the usual farewell speeches,
and with the happy songs of happy children
still ringing in the evening air among the
mountains of Juniata, this first annual exami
nation at McAlisterville, and the pleasant
social intercourse thus begotten, were hushed
in the sweet repose of slumber.
Nearly every pupil will leave the school for
home on Thursday and Friday,to spend the va
cation. There is not one ease of sickness to re
port, and ail will go to their mothers and
fnends,t heir trunks packed full of fancy needle
work and other gilts of aflection, with sound
minds and bodies. |
Col. McFarland goes hence to Cassville, to
conduct the last annual examination of 1861) on
Thursday. > ;
Prof. Cavcny, of Chester Springs, and Mr.
Paul, of the Orphans’ Department, proceed to
X/oysville to-morrow, to conduct the examinar
tion at that place, under authority of the State
Superintendent. L. S.
Tile Baid on the Camp at Hoboken.
(Fromtlie Kow York Times, of July 21. J
From ever? direction reports arrive of fresh
disasters to the Cuban fillibusteringmovement
which originated in this city. The latest re
verse which the patriots have met with oc
curred on Monday evening at West Hoboken,
where a camp of filibusters existed, having
been established there on Monday morning.
The camp consisted of an old and unfre
quented dwelling-house, situated -oh the
Weaverton road, and within a few hundred
yards of Sbiphey’s floral park on the
Hackensack nver. The distance from Hobo
ken proper was about four miles. It was .a
very good hiding-place and was apparently in
little danger of being discovered. At) 9 O’clock
on Monday night, however, a force of soventy
live marines, under command of a Major, and
fourteen sailors commanded by two Ensigns,
embarded on board of a steam tug at the
Brooklyn Navy-yard, bound for the locality
mentioned. They had instructions from Ad
miral Godon to aid Marshal Barlow in dis
banding the camp and arresting the filibusters.
The naval detachment landed at the Elysian
Fields, and was met by Marshal Bartow
and several of his deputies. Orders were then
given to have the force proceed against the
camp. After a trauip of three niiles.tho
marines came in sight Of the dwelling and
were then separatedin two squads, in order to
approach and surrouhd the sleeping men from
opposite directions, and thus cut off all avenues
ot retreat. The movement was strategically
accomplished, and at a given signal the united
command 1 - gave the: inmates of the
building notice of their presence. An
entrance. was immediatly forced,
and the aroused patriots were .directed
to dress themselves and get ready tci, march
This the latter proceeded to do in an unresist
ing manner, without giving the slightest
trouble to their captors. During the excite-'
ment, however, more than half the prisoners
managed to get outside of the cordon of
marines and to escape to the swamps, where
they successfully avoided their pursuers. The
crowd of captives which remained was subse
quently inspected and found to number fifty
men. These were inarohed to the Elysian
Fields, and at two o'clock in the morning
were placed on board the tugboat which con
veyed" them to Fort Lafayette, where they
joined. the Gardiner’s Island fillibus
ters who are confined there. Later informa
tion has been received in regard to the rem
nant of Byan’s forces who were left on Gardi
ner’s Island by the marines, they being unable
to find, their hiding-places. It is said that a
gathering of the fugitives was held soon after
the departure of the invaders, and that it Was
found that forty-one men had escaped cap
ture. A consultation was held among them,
when it was decided to make a hasty retreat
from the island before the United States au
thorities had time to make another raid upon
them. Despatches were forwarded to
the Cuban Junta without delay by a courier,
it being desirous to have a vessel sent to the
Island to take them off. A vessel was ob
tained which reached the island on Sunday
evening. . With the exception of Col. Byan,
Col. Currier and Lieut.-Ool.Bassey, the officer
who escaped from the tugboat Chase with
Byan’s trunk, every one of the filibusters took
passage for this city. The three named officers
went on board a small yacht, but did not dis
close what was.to be their destination. Previ
ous to embarking the men cheered their supe
rior officers,and promised to rejoin them in
Cuba. They also gave cheers for the owner
of the island and for his family. If was an
nounced at the time that the men were to ren
devous at Some quiet place in or near tills city,
for the purpose of reorganizing. It was also
whispered about that Col. Byan and his two
companions intended to have themselves trans
ferred from the.yacht to an Havana steamer,
but it is believed that such a report was circu
lated with the design of misleading the Mar
shal’s officers to regard to the real movements
of the Cuban officers,who,itis conjectured,will
soon land in this city. District-Attorney Pierre-
Jiont returned from Newport yesterday, and
levoted considerable tiine to Marshal Bartow,
-who wish-to-have-himrdccide=on-the-future
course toward the prisoners at Fort Lafayette.
It was found that it would be difficult to keep
them in confinement long, and equally diffi
cult to allow their unconditional release. They
will probably be liberated to-day on their per
sonal recognizance not to violate the neutral
ity laws or engage in another expedition;
Commissioners Shields and White will visit
the Fort for the purpose.of making tlie bonds.
—lf renfch,people do not celebrate their birth
day, but the, {festival of their patron .saint; for
instance, Jean, who was born on the first of
Jantrary, celebrated his birthday on St. John‘
the Baptist’s day. ; There are so many Jeans'
and J Cannes in Paris that the ; six flower mar*
fcets of Paris sold $20,000 worth of flowers on
St. John’s eve.
members; spelling, Si;
CUBA.
THE Oil, nnilONH.
Ohio and West Virginia—Canada Oil
From the Titusville Uerald of July iff we
gather the following petroleum items: :
. ,Cn the liynd farm two new wells have been
. struck within the last week. One of these, on.
Lease AQ..G9, is yielding about thirty barrels •:
a day, and is owned by Messrs. Black & Co.,
and the other oil the flats, near the creek; is
pumping about twenty barrels from the second
sand latter well Is owned by Blakes
ee * S'?- The Walnior well, also struck lately,
is yielding thirty barrels. *'••. •*’■
The production of the well off Lease No: 57 .
of the 'Pittsburgh and Cherry Bull Petroleum!
Company’s; tract,. Upper Cherry. Bun, which
,\t as reported at one. liundred and eicrlitv bar- •
roJs a day on Thursday Jast, is now down to
one hundred barrels a dav.
, About a week ago a new well was struck om
Lease !No. 24 0 t the Blood farm. It is now
yielding fifteen barrels a day. The working i
mterest is owned by Mr. C. if. Whitney.
\Vithin the last ten days the territory at Pit
hole b«s been extended somewhat* by tho
finding of two new wells. One of these is on J
the McKinney Farm, on the extreme northorn 1
Xiart ot the present known belt: It is yielding 1
eight barrels a day,and is owned by the Second, i
.National Petroleum Company. Tiie other,and !
the more important one, is located on the i
James Booker Farm, about one-lialf of a riffle I
south of the other producing wells. This well I
pumps twenty-livebarrels a day, and is owned,i
by Colonel Vernon. f
Mr. A. H. Bronson recently sold his niuo
producing wells on the Phoenix Oil Company’s
tract, West Pithole creek, to that Company.
The average daily product of these wells
last month was reported at seventy
The products of the territory in West Yir-
9 Uio . are reported to be increasing.
The following is the last estimate that, we have
obtained:
Smith’s Ferry, Ohio, hhls. per day, about 2.30
CowEun, “ “ “ ■■■:» g U( |
Sand Hill, West Va., “ “ “ lflo;
White Oak, “ “ « « ~S!
Oil Hock, “ “ ■
Burning Springs, W.Y.
Total barrels per day......... .1,250
The greater part of the increase is reported
to bare taken place within the last fifteen
days. The product of the territory at Oil Rock
was up to 100 barrels about ten (lays ago, but
latterly it again fell off. The above total must
betaken only as a high estimate. There is
now, on the whole, but a comparatively small
stock at the wells in West. Virginia, as the late
rams have, by causing frequent rises in the
Kanawha, furnislifed increased means of trans
portation to the Ohio. .
Canada oil is now attracting not a little at
tention on this side of the border, as it. is
generally supposed that it will soon come in
active competition with the product of the
United States. Last week sales oflo,ooo barrels,
Canadian refined, were made in New York,
for export, at prices ranging from 28 to 2!)
cents per gallon.- These -sales haVe renewed
the interest ifi the oil; and'the production and
stocks,in Canada are subjects of general coin
,ment. , We have at hand the figures of the
Canadian Crude Oil Association, in-regard
to the production, from which it appears
that during 18ti8 the total quantity pro
duced in Canada was 180,000 barrels, and that
the yield from January Ist to June Ist, this
reached 70,000 barrels. The daily pro
duct during June ranged from 750 to 800 bbis.,
which would make the aggregate yield for the
■first half of this year 04,000 barrels,at the out
side. There are now in Canada about sixty
producing wells and sixteen to twenty in pro
cess of drilling. The production on the 10th
inst. was about 800 barrels. With regard to
the present stock of oil in Canada there are
various estimates, some of which set it down
at about 300,000 barrels, and others at 350,000
barrels.
, IIST OF PATEMS.
Xiist of patents issued from the United States
Patent Oniee for the week ending July 20,
1860, and each bearing that date:
Hydrant— G. N. Bowman, Pottsville, Pa., ■. •
Ejector—G. W. Glass, New Brighton, Pa.
Harroic— E. A. Goodes, Philadelphia, as
signer to T. F. Matthews and W. Matthews,
Mechanicshurg, Pa.
Lock Nut —tTHagan, Rochester, Pa.
Shelving for Stores— W. &G. Koch, Cass, Pa.
Process and Apparatus for Utilizing the Waste i
Coal of Mines —T. M... Mitchell, Philadelphia, |
nssigner to the Anthracite Fuel Co., Philadel
phia. ’ _ : ‘
, Prying and Poking Apparatus’for, Preparing
Fuel from Waste Coal—T. M. Mitchell, Phil
adelphia, assigner to Anthracite Puel Com
pany,Philadelphia.
Mixing Apparatus for preparing Waste Coal
for M. Mitchell, Philadelphia, as
signer to Anthracite - Fuel Company, Phil
adelphia.
Propelling Apparatus— H. Mulford, Philadel
phia,pa.
Tempering Steel Castings—V. Parkin & S.
Tretheway, Alleghany county, Pa.
Valve Cock—T. Ramsden, Alleghany City,
and H. M. Da-vis, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Apparatus for Drawing Tube Skelps— Stephen
P. M. Tasker and R. Briggs, Philadelphia, Pa.
Brick Kiln —H. W. Adams, Philadelphia, Pa.
Plow Beam, Clevis Attachment— J. L. Bald
win, Troy, Pa.
Com Planter —H. C.Beshler, Berryshurg, Pa.
Boiler Flue Scraper —L. B. Brown, Petroleum
Centre, Pa.
Window Sash —S. Kepner, Pottstown, Pa.
Fabric whereof to make Collars, Cuffs, Bo
soms, and other Articles of Wearing Apparel —W.
E. Lockwood, Philadelphia, Pa.
Re-Issues —Manufacture of Hollow Glassware
—J. S. &T. B. Atterbury. (2), Pittsburgh, Pa.,
for themselves and Assignees of J. Reddick.
Bake-Tooth Bender —C. Coleman, Alleghany
City, Pa. ■
Extension—W. Adamson, Improvement
in Sand Paper Cutting Machine.
. ' Fkanoih D. Pastokius,
■ Solicitor of Patents,
Northwest corner of Fourth and Chestnut
streets.
Mont Blanc.— The first ascent for the vea
of Mont Bianc has just been effected. The
Mont Blanc Journal gives the particulars. The
party left Chaniounoc at six on the morning
of June2B, It was composed of Joseph Nice
let, of Lyons; Mr. Palmer Gannon, an Eng
lishman; Simon Mederio, guide, and three
porters. Having reached tho Grands Mulcts
at four in the afternoon, they started again at
half-past one- on tin: following morning, and
arrived at the Grand Plateau at a quarter past
seven. Tne way by the Corridor was found to
bo impracticable; owing to the quautityof
snow; so the travelers wore obliged: to strike
off to the right under the Dome du Goutfe and
effect a passage by cutting about 800step3
in the ice, hero frightfully in order,
lo'gain“th'e* crest dfthe smaller’ and larger
hump of the Dromedary- On two occasions
tho adventurers were forced to retrace their
steps, owingto the violence of the wind,whioh
threatened to precipitate tho whole party into
the abyss. At last, after terrible efforts, and
with snow up'to their waists,they reached’the
summit of Mont Blanc at 11.44 A. M. Here
Mr. Palmer Gannon was seized with a' fainting
tit, caused by the intensity of the cold,and had
to be subjected to friction with snow impreg
nated With rum. The .return to the Grands
Mulets was,effected by . a decent down Les.
Bosses—a very dangerous passago, and not
yet attempted by any ascending party. At
last, however, the piifty: 'arrlyed safely at
Chambunix at eight in tho e'voning, and were
greeted with a warm welcome from the nume
rous visitors.
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—John Brougham started a comic paper;ld
New York some years ago—tho Lantern—and
a funny story is told of him and it. Billy Bur-,
toil, the actor, was no friend to Brougham iu
“those days/ahdlhereis feaCbnlobellevbthab' ‘
no love was lost on cither side. The story
runs to the effect that John, on entering a res
taurant, found Billy and one pf his chums sit
ting at a table—Burton, as usual, “ fatigued.”
Misliking Brougham, Burton replied roughly
to the question: (‘ Have, you lead the Lantern
this week?”—by saying: “ NOM never read.
the thing, unless I’m drunk—unless I'm
drunk—(repeating in a louder tone) unless Pirn
drunk ßrougham, who is tho very pink of
politeness, when he-chboses to be courteous, k
immediately rose from the tahle at which he*
was sitting, advanced, hat ih hand, to the ond,
of Burton's table, and hiakinea bow in hia
grandest manner, observed: “Then, Mr. Bar- .
ton, I’m sure of one constant reader 1“ XWa
was a “settler.” Burton made no reply,, buty
the story got wind as too good a thing W Keejp.,
F. I FETHEMON. PtiWisluji-.
PRICE THREE CENTS
■ nos aid fawcaxm.
Riding on a Bail.
Shootfugo’er the prairie, . ,
'ln a. railway palace • ■ ■
liKtraordinary; , l , , f
Drink and witfle»jpleiity, , ’ . ’ . ,
. Ajmetitetf quite- hearty :
Aren twe a jolly . ; “1 ■ .
, IHd commercial party? , < l ,
C Honrs —Woo. woo, wooj woo, wfli*/ yrod,
Woo,woo, '' • ’
‘ , Woo, wool
i . .'V Auzxing through the*aunuitaf** ■
Buzzing -o'er the val’ev
•■v Blemmothfei# plpafiatitL
A riding on a rail. < r
Never growing weary,
Never running dry,
Everything in lovely,
And the goose hangs high-
Selling‘' puts” and “ optlbns;r
Conning o’er the papers;.::;
Otium cum dig,, i
• Cutting lively capers.
Citonus—Woo, woo, &c.
Splitting laurel ties,
Hunting for “ that spiko-”’
Just to see, you know, .
. , : What the thing looks like:
Ituflhug up old Jlrigham,
Utah’s tyrant king:
Tellingdiim Polygm-
Y’s not quite the tiling;
Chokus— Woo, WOOy &c.
Kisi ng with tlio lark,
. ■ Staging it.with “spirit,”'
Isn’t this old peaches,
Or at least quite near it ?'
(Nevermind what Kimbarfe
Says about the larking:
If he didn’t Hear it,
Twas ’oause lie wasn’tharking:) ■
C iionvs—Woo, woo, &c. >
Breakfasting! Ouintah"
On a mountain*trout—
Grantand Guwies and Hantioekv
Boldly snaked, him out—
Appetites and spirits
Plentiful and.hearty;:
. As I said . before, .
„ AVe’re a jolly party.
Chobus—-Woo, vrooj &e.
'bat'" *-
—What's in a name? They have liad tlie«*
worst Jtind of a-riot at Pleasant VuMSy. JJV jK
—Motto for a j rejected suitor—He wooed,:,
and she .wouldn’t; He cooed, but she couidnit..
1 of.l'resh salmou in, the Boston•
inarlcets have often .amounted .to. ten thousand,
pounds per day dnring the present summer: ■
—M-^’haHselounis : the Minister President,
of tlie Coiincil ot Htate in.Krniico. M r e trust
he is not a wolf in sheep’s clothing:
.—A young woman, inMicliigan lias applied .
tor a divorce after, a protracted.weddedJite of-'
exactly two weeks. How un-fort’niglit!
. —They have a protecting rope for bathers' at
the Branch, with a view, wo suppose,-of net
ting them on astring. :
- —The Spaniards in Cuba.are sutfering from
vomito. It is no wonder, therefore, that they
are inclined to throw-up theireausein disgust.
. —The'statUe; in tho'CitV'Ualt’frarlJ, N:Y., v
is often mistaken,for. -that of.. Beddy tlie
Blacksmith.
W! l s Sin'nJhqr, at the iionddh Beform.
Chib,, like Unde Ned?-"Because- ho ’was a
black-balled man. . .
—The fluid extract of lobelia, whon applied
to mosquito bites, entirely and'almost in
stantly puts an end to their itching. It can
be obtained of any druggist. ,
—Erratum.—Eor “John A. Logan, M. C., is
at hirge in this city,” printed in yesterday’s
Posh read “John A. Logan, M. Clafr large, is
: m this city.” —Chicago .Post. . ':■ ■■ ' _ , ’
—What is the difference between the cap
tain of a base ball nine l and. a prizefighter?
One heads the batters, and tho other-battorn
the heads. —-—~---
—White Pine papers chronicle “a good joke
on the grasshoppers,” Wliifch - have come ih
millions to that barren spot, leaving the wheat
fields of California to ripen gloriously.
—lt is reported' by. ah English paper that 1
the author of- “Breaking a- Butterfly” in,
engaged upon a new work—“Cruahine,»
Caterpillar.' 1
—General Philip Best, the great higer beer •
brewer of Milwaukee; died'a few days ago in,
: Germany, whither he had 'gone for Bis wife’s
health.
—The ancients used to venerate the "ashes”
of departed ancestors;-the moderns follow the
example, showing great affection- for tho
“dust” of theirs.;
—Emma Earristall, a Nevada gymnast, is
coming eastward. It is saidshe makes a table
of herself, and holds an anvil on.,her hreast
long enoughfor a horse-shoe to be made there
on.
—At an India rubber ihetory in Parkl Bow
may be seen, it is said, the largest belting aver
made tor a mill. The greatest belting over
heard of in connection with a “mill;” was that
given by Allen to McCoole recently.
—Chicago is disgusted with the- Baoific
Railroad. The directors won’t even. make a
freight depot there, as they are afraid of the
acquisitive propensities of tho burghers: of the
Lake City. , .
—Tho ancient Tombs lives, at Washington!
Georgia, practices law occasionally-and, It ip
said, lias the poorest possible opinion) of the
situation of anything in the worldr-espeeiaily.
of tho ancient Tombs, wo presume- .
—The Protestants of Bohemia,, Moravia and
Silesia celebrated the 500th anniversary of the
birth of Hubs op the tith July, at Czaslau;.
when a new reformed Church was opened in,
that town.
—A valuable tribute to the memory of tho.
late sculptor, Ball Hughes, has been bestowed!
on his widow by a few of his admiring
friends of Boston and vicinity, in the shape
of Government bunds to the amount of'
53,500.
- —Tho Boston Society of Natural History
have decided, to appropriately observe the
centennial anniversary of the birthi of
Alexander Humboldt, which falls on the 14th
of September next. The exercises will include
an address by Prof. Agassiz.
—The hall upon tho cupola of the Wapello.
(Iowa) Court HoiisC contains a quart of tho
best old rye whisky. It was put there years
ago by two frolieksomo tinners, whoput tbfi>
finishing touch on tho hall, and It baa re
mained there ever since.
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