Daily evening bulletin. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1856-1870, July 24, 1869, Image 2
Since the “Feast of tho Ass” (January 14, commemorating the flight -Into Egypt) has ceased to he celebrated by the Churches, ,w i e have little idea of the honor in which this lowly animal was held., At that festival, in Britain and Britanny, it;; was customary for. a beautiful yeung girl, with a babe at her breast, to ride on a splendidly decorated ass, through the streets,and to enter with the accompanying procession into tho church, when the ass stood close to the great altar. In place of the usual responses the people brayed, and at the end of the services the priest brayed thrice. A chorus hymn was then sung. This old hymn, as writ ten in a curious medley of Latin and French, has been preserved by Ducange.' The follow ing, if; a somewhat rough, is nearly a literal translation of some of its verses:, From the country of the East Came this strong and handsome beast; This able ass, beyond compare, Heavy loads and packs to Dear. ; Noto, Seignior Ass, a noblebray, Thybeauteous mouth at large display; Abundant food our hay-lofts yield, And oats abundant load tlie field. ■ Ile-hmo! Ucfimo! Ile-haio He was horn on Shechem’s hill: In Reuben’s vales he fed his fill; He drank of sacred stream, And gamboled in Bethlehem. ; Aoit), b'eignior Ass, etc. In leaping he excels the fawn, . The deer, the colts upon tho lawl>; Bess swift the dromedaries ran, ; Boasted of in Midian. Noio, Seignior Ass, etc. Gold from Araby the blest, Seba myrrh, of myrrh the best, To the church this ass did bring; Wo his stilrdy labors sing. : jVojo, Seignior rfss, etc, The bearded barley and its stem, And thistles, yield his fill of them:. ‘ He assists to separate, ■When it’s threshed, the chaff from wheat. Now, Seignior Ass, etc. — Harper's Magazine. PES-rICIIBES FItOJI HENRI TAINE. We publish some further extracts from Taine’s second volume, “ Italy : Florence and Venice,” recently issued in English by Leypoldt & Holt. Our selections will indicate sufli ciently the singularly clear, forcible way in "which M. Taine can impress the image in his own mind upon that of the reader: TINTORETTO'S PAINTING OF TIIE “ VENETIAN SLAVE.” No painting, in my judgment, surpasses or perhaps equals liis St. Mark in the Academy. At all events, no painting has made an equal impression on my mind. It is a vast picture, twenty feet square, containing fifty figures of the size of life, St. Mark sombre in the light, and a slave luminous amidst sombre person ages. The saint descends from the uppermost sky head foremost, precipitated, suspended in the an - , in order to rescue a slave from punish ment ; his head is in shadow and his feet are —in light; his body, compressed by an extraordi nary feat of foreshortening, plunges at one hound with the impetuosity of an eagle. No one, save Rubens, has so caught the instanta neousness of motion, the fury of flight; along side of this vehemence and this truthfulness classic figures seem stiff, as if copied after Academy models whose arms are upheld with strings; We are home along and follow him to the ground, as yet unreaclied. Here the naked slave, thrown up on his back in front of the spectator, and as miraculously foreshortened as the other, glows with the liuninousness of a Correggio. His superb, virile, muscular body palpitates; his ruddy cheeks, contrasted with his black curled beard, are empurpled with the brightest hues of life. The axes of iron and wood have heen shattered to pieces without having touched his flesh, and all are gazing at them. The turbaned executioner with upraised hands shows the judge the broken handle with an air of amazement, which excites him.throughout. The judge is a red Venetian pourpont, springs halfway off his seat and from his marble steps. The assistants around stretch themselves out and crowd up, some in the sixteenth century armor, others in cuirasses of Roman leather, others in Venetian caps and dalmatics, some with legs and arms naked, and one wholly ex cept a mantle on his thighs and a handkerchief on his head, with splendid contrasts of light and dark, with a variety, a brilliancy, an in —Rescribable--seductiveness—of— light-reflected; in the polished depths of the armor, diffused over lustrous figurings of silks, imprisoned in the warm shadows of the flesh and enlivened by the carnations, the greens and the rayed yellows of the opulent materials. Not a fold of drapery, not a tone of the body is there that does not add to the universal dash and bril liancy. A woman supported against a pe destal falls back in order to see better; she is so animated that her whole body trembles, her eyes flash and her mouth opens. Architectural forms in the background, and men on the ter races or clinging to columns, add the amplitude of space to the scenic richness. We cai^., breathe freely there, and the breath we can take is more inspiring than elsewhere; it is the flame of life as it Hashes forth in gleaming lucidity . from the adult and perfect brain of a man of genius; here <dl quivers and palpitates hr the joyousness of light and of beauty. There is no example of such luxuriousness and success ol' invention; one must see for himself the boldness and ease of the jet, the natural impulse of genius and temperament, the lively spontaneous creation, the necessity of expressing and the satisfaction in rendering his idea instantly, unconscious of rules, the sure and sudden dash of an instinct which cul minates at once and without an effort, in per- I feet action, as a bud flies and a horse runs. Attitudes, types and costumes of every kind, with all their peculiarities and divergencies, Hooded their minds and fell into harmony in ! - one sublime moment. The curved back of a woman, a criirass gleaming with light, an indo lent nude form in transparent shadow, rosy flesh with the pulsating amber skin, the deep scarlet of careless folds, the medley of heads, arms and legs, the reflection of tones brightened and transformed by mutual illuminations—all disgorged in a mass like water spouting from a surcharged conduit. Sudden and complete concentrations are inspiration itself, and per haps there is notin the world one fuller and more animated than this one. ' A charge sometimes made against the pre- Raphaelite school at this day is made by M. Taine against a portrait by Paul Veronese: A WIFE IMMORTALIZED. Sometimes truthfulness is so vivid that the painter, without knowing it, reaches the super “ l a tive comic. - Such is the portrait wliich yero ncsshas painted of his wife. She is forty-eight —years-old; double -chinnedr-has ' the ' airot'uv couh dowager arid the coiflure of. a poodle dog; with her black velvet robe cut low and square on the neck in a framework of lace she looks pompous enough and proud of her cliarms; she »s a well-preserved ample figure, well displayed, majestic and good natured, her ruddy flesh, . penect contentment and general roundness suggesting a fine turkey just ready for the spit. In the Pitti Palace in Florence SI. Taine no tices individually i )Ilt few of the pictures; among them that work of Raphael’s, which is perhaps the best known in America, if not the ■ most admired':' , ' ' JiAI'JIAEI.’K JlfAJKm* OF THE chair , -The Madonna della Scggiola is a beautiful Grecian or Circassian Sultana; her head is . covered with a sort of turban, while striped -oriental stuffs.ofbright.cbloESßllJ^BiblPiJficeJ, with gold wind around her , form; sjie bends , ovor her child tfith the ibcanjtifaj asipn bf a wild animal, and her dear’ eyes, without thought, look you full, in the face.' Raphael here has become the pagan, and only thinks of the beauty of physical being and the embel lishment of the human figure. You recognize this in the “Vision of Ezekiel,” a small canvas afoot high, hut of the grandest character. Jehovah, who appears in a whirlwind, is a Jupiter with nude breast, muscular arms and a royal hearing; and the angels around him have such chubby bodies as to be almost fat. None of the fury or delirium of the Hebre w seer subsists here; the angels are joyous, the group ing harmonious, and the coloring healthy and beautiful; this vision, which with the prophet makes the; teeth clatter, and the flesh creep, with the painter only elevates and fortifies the soul; that which we find with him throughout is perfection in the proportionate; all his per sonages, whether Christian or pagan, are in equilibrium and at peace with themselves and with all the world, (pp. 154,155.) IEX’AXE. The cathedral, at the first sight, is bewilder ing;; Gothic art, transported entire into Italy at the close of the middle ages, attains at once its triumph and its extravagance. Never had it been seen so pointed, so highly embroidered, so complex, so overcharged, so strongly resem bling a piece of jewelry; and as, instead of coarse and lifeless stone, it ; liere takes for its material the beautiful lustrous Italian marble, it becomes a pure chased gem as precious through its substance as through the labor be stowed on it. The whole church seems to be a colossal and magnificent crystallization, so splendidly do its forest of spires, its intersec tions of mouldings, its population of statues, its fringes of fretted, hollowed, embroidered and open marblework, ascend ip multiple and inter minable bright forms against the pure blue sky. Trtily it is the mystic candelabra of visions and legends, with a hundred thousand branches bristling and overflowing with sot rowing thorns and ecstatic roses, with angels,vir gins and martys upon every flower and on every thorn, with infinite myriads of the triumphant Church springing from the ground pyramidi cally even into the azure, with its millions of blended and vibrating voices mounting upward in a single shout, hosannah I Moved by such sentiments we quickly comprehend why archi tecture violated tlie ordinary conditions of matter and of its endurance. It no longer has a'ljggfld of its own; little does it care whether it be solid or a fragile construction; it is not a shelter but an expression; it does not concern itself with present fragility nor with the resto rations of the future; it is horn of a sublime frenzy and constitutes a sublime frenzy; so - much the worse for tlie stone that disintegrates and for generations that are to commence the work anew. The object is to manifest an in tense reverie and a unique transport; a certain moment in life is worth all the rest of life put together. The mystic pliilosophers of the early centuries sacrificed everything to tlie hope of once or twice transcending, in tlie course of so many long years, tlie limits of human exist ence, and of being translated for an mstant up to the ineffable One, tlie source of the universe, (pp. 344-345.) One stops before the statues of atliletes, of the “Discobulus,” of the small “Bacchante,” aud especially of the gods, “Mercury,” “Ve nus,” and the two Apollos. Muscles are oblit erated; the trunk is prolonged without depres sions or projections into the anns and thiglis; there is no effort. How strange tills tenn in our world where one encounters nothing but effort. The reason is, that since the Greeks, man, in developing himself, has become dis torted; he has become distorted all on one side through the predominance of cerebral ac tivity. Nowadays he desires too much, he aims too high and has too much to do. In those days, after a youth had exercised in the gymnasium, when he had learned a few hymns and could read Homer, when he had listened to orators in the agora and to philoso phers in the portico, Ins education was finished; the man was accomplished and he began life complete. A rich young English man of to-day ,of good family and calm in blood, who lias rowed, boxed and raced a good deal, who possesses healthy and jirecise ideas, who deliberately lives in tlie country, is, in these days,the least imperfect imitation of the young Athenian; he often possesses tlie same unity of feature and the same tranquil regard. But this does not last long. He is forced to imbibe too much knowledge and too positive knowledge— languages, geography, political economy, Greek -verses-At—Eton, -mathematics—at—Cambridge, newspaper statistics and documents, besides the Bible and ethics. Our civilization over whelms us; man staggers under the pressure of liis over-increasing task: the burden of in ventions and ideas which lie easily bore in in fancy is no longer proportioned to liis strength. He is obliged to shut hiiliself up in a little pro vince and become special. One development excludes others; he must be either laborer or student, politician or philosopher, manufacturer or man of family, and confine himself to one thing at tlie expense of all the rest; lie would be inadequate were be not mutilated. Hence the loss in him of calmness, and the loss in art of harmony. Compare the “Mercury” of John of Bologna with the young Greek athlete near him. The former springing on liis toe is a tour do force which is to do honor to the artiste, and prove an attractive spectacle to fix the eyes of visitors. The young Athenian, on the contrary; who says nothing, who does nothing, who is contented to live, is an eltigy of the city, a monument of its Olympic victories, an example for all the youths of its gymnasia; lie is of service to education, as tlie statue of a god is of service to religion. Neither the god nor tlie athlete need he inter esting ; it sullices for them to bo perfect and tranquil; they are not objects of luxury, but in stillments of public welfare; they are com memorative objects,and not pieces of furniture. People respect and profit by them; they do not use them for their diversion nor as a material for criticism.. For the first time in Italy I see a true river in a true plain; the Arno, yellow and tur bulent, rolls along between two long ranges of dingy houses. A mournful,negiected, meagrely populated, lifeless city, calling to mind one of our towns m decay, or set aside by a wander ing civilization, like Aix, Poitierp or Rennes— such is Pisa. There are two Tisas; one in which people have lapsed into ennui, and live from hand to mouth since the decadence, which is, in fact, the entire city except a remote corner; the other is this corner, a marble sepulchre where the Duoino, Baptistery, Leaning Tower and Campo-Santo silently repose like beautiful dead beings. This is the genuine Pisa, and in these relics of a departed life one beholds a world. " ' A I'ISAS ItENAISSANCE. A renaissance before the renaissance, a second budding, almost antique, of antique civiliza tion, a precocious and complete sentiment of healthy, joyous beauty, a primrose alter six . centuries of snow—such.aretheideasandthe tenns that rush through the mind. All is marble, and white marble, its immaculate brightness glowing in the azure. Everywhere appear grand, solid forms, the cupola, the full wall, balanced stories, the firmly-planted round or square mass; but over these forms, revived from the antique, like delicate foliage .refresh-' mg an old tree trunk, is dilfused an invention of their own in the shape of a covering of delicate columns supporting arcades that render the originality and grace of tliii architecture, thus renovated, indescribable. A NEW XVI'K OF AIICIIITECTUIIE. The most dillieult thing in the arts is to dis cover a type of architecture. The Greeks and THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1869. THE CATHEDRAL OF MILAN. ANCIENT IDEAL OF MAN. THE CITY OF PISA, .thc,mi,<idle ages _prOdnccd;Qnp_ complete; lin and the sixteenth and .seventeenth centuries produced one .half-complete. In orf der to find other types we are obliged to aban don Eiyrope and European ihlstory and con ■ sider those of Egypt, Persia, ' India 'or China. Usually they testify to a Completed civilization, to a profound transformation of all' instincts and of all customs. Really, to change any con ception of a thing so general as, form, what a change must lie effected in the human brain! Revolutions in painting and in literature have been much more frequent, much easier and much less significant. Figures traced on can vas and characters portrayed in books will change five or six times with a people before its architecture can be changed. Tlie mass to be moved is too great, and in the eleventh cen tury, in the times of bin- first Capet kings, Pisa moves it without effort.:: (pp. 50; 57). Here is an eloquent reflection upon the an cient glories of the same wonderful city: ART AND MORTALITY, The eyes, again tinning upward, rest on the four structures of ancient Pisa, solitary on a spot where the grass grows, and on the pallid lustre of the marbles profiled against the divine azure. What ruins, and what a cemetery of history 1 What human pulsations of which no other trace is left but a form imprinted on a fragment of stone 1 What indifference in the . smile of the placid firmament, and what cruel beauty in that luminous cupola, stretched, in turn, like a common funeral dais over the gene rations that have fallen! We read similar ideas in books, and, in tlie pride of youth, we have considered them 1 as rhetoric; but when man has lived the half of his career, and, turning in upon himself, he reckons up how many oi his ambitions he has subdued, liow much lie has wrung out of his hopes, and all the dead that lie buried in liis heart, the sternness and magnificence of nature appear to him as one, and tlie heavy sobbing of inward grief forces him to recognize a higher lamen tation, that of the human tragedy winch;, century after century, has buried so many com batants in one common grave, lie stops, feel ing upon bis bead, as upon that of those gone before, the hand of inexorable powers, anil lie comprehends bis' destiny. This humanity, of which he is a member, is figured in the Niobe at Florence. Around her, her sons and her daughters, all those she loves, fall. incessantly under the arrows of invisible archers. One of them is cast down on his back, and his breast, tmus-piereed, is throbbing; another, still living, stretches bis powerless bands up to the celes tial murderers; the youngest conceals his bead under bis mother’s robe. She, meanwhile, st ern and fixed, stands hopeless, her eyes raised to heaven, contemplating with admiration and horror the dazzling and deadly nimbus, the outstretched arms, the merciless arrows and the implacable serenity of the gods. (pp. 09, 70.) The following passage points out admirably tlie contrast between the Greek ideal of man hood, as presented in ancient sculpture, and that which our civilization offers to artists: MODERN ITALIAN AND ENGLISH WOMEN, The lady facing me is the wife of a major on garrison duty "in the Abruzzi, beautiful although mature, gay, prompt, Self-eoniident, and wliat a tongue ! Northern and Southern Europe, tlie Latin and the Germanic races, are a thousand leagues apart in this facility of ex pression, in bold judgment and in promptitude of action; She argues and decides everything— the indolence of the Abruzzi peasantry, their vendette, the embarrassments of the govern ment, her dog, her husband, the officers of the battalion, “ our fine regiment, tlie Twenty seventh.” She addresses me, and then turns to her neighbor, an ecclesiastic, who, like the rest, has tlie same Italian air—that is to say, he is gallant and obsequiously polite. Her sentences flow out with the velocity and so norousness of an inexhaustible torrent. Day before yesterday another, about forty eight, in a black spencer puffed with ribbons, and with a red face, entirely absorbed tlie con versation, and made the apartments ring with her tattle and exclamations. • The other day a pretty little bourgeoise became indisposed in the diligence intirieure, aud her husband had her removed up to the imperials by our side. She questioned us all, and corrected my Ch oi'S of pronunciation; after having two or three times in succession misplaced an or not having caught the precise tone, she be came impatient and gaqe me a scolding. She informs us that she is just married; that she and her husband hadn’t a cent to begin house keeping, Ac.; there are three men alongside of her, and she it is who takes and keeps the lead. I have in my mind fifty others, all of whom may be grouped around these three types.—The doniinajit trait is a-vivacLty amlarefoarness_ of conception boldly exploding the moment it is born. Their ideas are all cut out at sharp angles: she is the Frenchwoman, liiore vigor ous and less fine,“like the latter, and more than the latter, she is self-willed; she makes of her self a centrp; she does not await direction from another, she takes the initiative. There is nothing in her of the mild, the timid, the modest or tlie reserved, no capacity for bury ing herself in her household with her children and husband in'Germanic fashion. I involuntarily compare her with the English women who are present. Some there are very peculiar, puritanic at heart, rigid in morality, the fruits of mechanical principles— one, especially, in her straw hat like an ex tinguisher, a genuine spinster in embryo, with out toilet, grace, smile or set, always silent, or when she speaks, as keen as a knife-blade. Site belongs, without doubt, to that species of young lady who is found ascending tlie White Rile alone with her mother, or clambering up Mount Rlanc at four in tlie morning, tied to two guides by a rope; her dress converted into Dowsers, and striding along over the glaciers, in that country artificial selection litis produced sheep especially for meat, and natural selec tion women especially for action. But the same force lias operated more frequently in another sense; the despotic energy of tlie man and the necessity of a tranquil home to tlie overworked daily laborer have developed in the woman qualities belonging to the ancient Germanic stock, namely, a capacity for subor dination and respect,timorous reserve,aptitudes for domestic life, anil the sentiment of duty. She remains, accordingly, the young girl even into matrimony; on being spoken to she blushes; if, with all possible precaution and cir cumspection one tries to draw her out of the silence in which she is immured she expresses her sentiments with extreme modesty and im mediately relapses. She is immeasurably re moved from any aspirations of command, of taking the initiative, of independence even. In all the English couples I have recently met the man is the chief; in every Italian couple it is the woman, (pp. 103-105). Tub Biityisn Koyai. Humane Society liaye issued the following hints:—“Avoid bath ing' within two hours alter a meal.. Avoid bathing when exhausted by fatigue or from any other cause. Avoid bathing when the body js •'oliix*'' ' .br' " ‘ ' -"the cooling after perspiration: blit—bathe when the body is warm, provided no time is lost in getting into, the water. Avoid chilling the body-by sitting, or- standing-naked on the banks or in-boats after having been in the water. Avoid remaining too long in the water —leave the water immediately there is the slightest feeling of chilliness. Avoid bathing altogether in the open air if, after having been ’ a short time in the water, there is a sense of chilliness witl? numbness of the hands and. feet. ' The vigorous and strong may bathe early in the morning on an empty stomach. The' young, and tlrose that are weak, had better bathe three hours - -after a meal—the best time for such : is from two to three hours after breakfast. Those who are subject to attacks of giddiness and faintness, and those who suffer from palpitation and other sense of discomfort at the heart, ;Should not bathe without firtt;<giiisiiit|n|vli&t'ffi ’"medical 'adviser. 1 ” ~ T f T~ . < X '1 ■ > . ■■'■Vm. .■ i’■ ■!> New Discovery in JeruWilerti. t J June li,?lBo9.—have, (during the Hast few days,rsuccecded;iri driving: a gallery iupj to the great block bf,masonry forming-ilie north- 1 - cast miglegandhavefoundthewall toTfebuilt 0 of great beveled stones to a depth of at least 00 feet below tlie surface, and we have not yet cotne to the rock. In my last letter I expressed some diffidence about our being able to get across, on account of the treacherous nature of the soil, although we were then'only 50 feet off. By employing a diflerentjshape of .gallery .frame, and keep ing a non-commissioned officer continually at the head of the gallery fixing them, we. have been able to surmount these difficulties, aiid are now likely to make a great, addition to our knowledge.-of the ancient topography. Already we have made a lmppy commencement. We struck the , Haram Wall about 18 feet south of the northeast angle, and at a depth of about 32 feet below the surface. We then turned north, and ran along tlie Haram Wall for 20 feet without finding riny angle similar to that above. At this point a slit about 18 inches wide and 4 inches high was observed in the Haram Wall, formed by cutting out parts of the upper and lower beds of two courses. A stone, dropped down this slit, rolled rattling away for several feet. It was some time before I could believe that we bail really passed to tho north of the northeast angle; but there can now be no doubt of it, anil that the ancient wall below the surface runs several feet to the north of the northeast angle without break of any kind. * If the portions above ground are in situ, it would appear that this angle is a portion of an ancient;toiver reaching above tlie old city wall, probably somewhat similar to the view De Vogue gives of it (Plate xvi., “ Lc Temple de Jerusalem.”) We have this morning examined the slit mentioned above. At first it was impossible to squeeze through; but after a few hoiu-s it be came easier, though it is now only 7 in. in height. The passage in from this'slit is diffi cult to describe; the roof falls by steps; but tlie floor is a very steep, smooth Jucline, falling 12 ft. in 111, ft., like the slit and shoot for letters at a postroffice. The shoot ends abruptly, passing through the roof of a passage. This passage inns east and west; it is 3 ft. 9 in. high, and about 2 ft. wide; it runs nearly horizon tally, and at its eastern end opens out through the Haram-Wall.. At the west ern end it goes (liy measurement) to the east end of the Birket Israil; but it closed up by a perforated stone. This passage is 40 ft. ('.’) in length. On the south side of it, a little to the west of the shaft, is a staircase cut in the masonry, and running apparently to tlie sur face, but it is jammed up with stones. The roof of the passage is about' 48 ft. below the surface. The stones forming it are of great size, hut do not show large in comparison with those of the sides, which are from 14 ft. to 18 ft. in length, and vary from 5 ft. 10 in. to 4 ft. 0 in. in height. To the west of the staircase tlie bottom of the passage slopes down rapidly, so that in one place it is 12 ft. in height. Tlie roof also is stepped down 4 It., at about 11 ft. from tlie western end. Altogether, this pas sage bears a great resemblance to that which we found under the Single Gate, in October. 1807. At the eastern cm), where the passage opens out through the Hamm Wall, a rough masonry shaft has been built round, so that we can see a few feet up the wall, and about 7 feet down it below the sole of the gallery. It is evident that here there has been some tinkering at a comparatively modem date. In the course forming the sole of the passage there is a water-duct leading through the Ha ram Wall, about 5 inches square, very nicely cut; but in the next course, lower, a great ir regular hole lias been knocked out of the wall, so as to allow the water to pass through at a slightly lower level, and so run into an aipte- , duct 9 inches wide and 2 feet high, which com mences at this point, and runs nearly due east from the Haram Wall. All this botching and tinkering looks as if it had been done quite re cently, and the workmen have left their mark <m;tLie wall in the shape of .a-Christian cross, ol the type used by the early Christians, or during the Byzantine period. At the further end of the passage, to the 'west, the same large; massive stones are seen until the eye rests upon a large jierfprated stone closing it up. This stone is the first approach we have yet found to any architectural re mains about these old - “believe now are- admitted to be of the- time of the Kings of Judali), and though it merely shows us tlie kind of labor bestowed upon a concealed overflow aqueduct, still, it lias a bold anil pleasing effect, and liutil something else is found, will hold its own as some indication of the stylo of building at an early period. It consists simply of a stone closing up the end of the passage, with a recess or alcove cut in it 4 inches deep. AYithin this recess are three cylindrical holes, 5| 'inches in diameter, the lilies joining their - centres forming the ' sides of an equilateral triangle (see sketch, plan and section.) Below this appeal’s once to have been a basin to col lect the water; but whatever lias been there it lias been violently removed. It appears to me probable that the troops defending this portion of the wall came down the staircase into this passage to obtain water. At first sight this passage, appeals to be cut in the rock, as stalac tites have formed all over it, and hang grace fully from every joint, giving the place a very picturesque appearance. It seems probable that we are here some 20 feet above the rock. There can be little doubt that this is an ancient overflow from tlie Birket lsrail, which could not at that time have risen above this height, about 2J5 feet above the Mediterranean, or 25' feet above tlie present bottom of tlie pool, and 00 feet below the present top of the pool. It is also apparent that the Birket lsrail lias .been half full and overflowing-during the Christian period, and that for some purpose or other the water was carried away by an aque duct to the Kedron Valley. At tlie present day, when there is such a dearth of running, water in Jerusalem, it is rather mystifying to find that -within our era the Birket lsrail lias probably been constantly full up to a certain point, and flowing over. * It will be a great mistake now if we .have to stop this work for want of funds. We have got over to this north-east angle with consider able trouble and at great risk, and it is highly probable that difficulties would be put in the' way of a second excavation at this point. If the excavations are to continue, I am convinced it is essential that we should strain every nerve, to get sufficient funds to complete this work. Chaklks AVahhen, K. A. New Evidence about Lord and Lady By* Xacly Byron states, in a letter to n. C. Robinson, now first published in liis biography, that her husband (the great poet whom she de -sertedj t‘was-a-believer and-liad the gloomiest Calvinistie tenets. * * * It; is enough for me to remember that he who thinks • Ills transgressions ■ beyond forgivenexs (and sueli was his own deepest feeling) lias rigliteousness beyond that of the self-satisfied sinner, or perhaps of the half-awakened. It was impossible for me to doubt that, dould lie have,been at once assured of ills pardon, his living faith in a moral dutyand love of virtue (‘I love the-virtues which I cannot claim’) would have conquered every temptation. Judge, then, how I must hate the Creed which made bun see God as an Avenger, not a j Father. My own! impressions were just the 1 reverse, but could have little weight.” L _ , , / - ~ j >'ftr -^"1 ',; ‘ On Tuesday TMiridayaimd Saturdays., / ■f'.'On and after SATURDAY,- Juno 26t$V>tho now and • Cflnandld Btctum»>a,Aas*:.,oF THE .liAKE, Curtain W. Thompson, w|U oommonco runnlns TOKiilftily to. ‘Capo May, leaving-JArolJi Bt*ooP ; VI barf-on TUESDAY, THURSDAY nndj BATUItDAY-MOENENOS at A O nlplnnl/ *■.. ' v'l' ■ - FARE.' INCLUDING CARRIAGE HIRE, S 2 24, CHILDREN, '• •> “ 124. REASON I'ICKETS, 'BlO. CARRIAGE HIRE EXTRA. THE LADY OF THK LAKE is a fino soa boat, has handsome state-room accommodations, and is fit toil up with everything necessary for the safety and comfort of passengers. _ ■ •. Tickets sold and Bnggogo checked at the Transfer Oflltto* 828 Chestnut streets under tho Continental Hotel. Freight received until SJfio.’plock; . ,: For further particulars* iiwixiiro at tho Ofllco. No. 33 North IJELAWAIIE Avenue. w GIH. HUI)DEIjL> CALVIN TAGCrAHT. SUND A’SSIHJE nfe£rs~MjS3S£iM snlendhl Steamboat. John A. Warner, w m leave riiiiadulphin (Chestnut streot wharf), -ftt-DS ami 6 o’clock P.M., Megargee’ti wharf* Kensington, nt 2o’clock, P. M., for Burlington am! Bristol, Touching ot Riverton,.Amhilutda aml Beverly. Returning, leaves Bristol A. M.and 4 o’clock P. M. Faro 2fic. Excursion 40 cents. ___ jyl7e,tf fcgjEH SUNDAY , «Bsjg33SS3si«i- The splendid BWmhoat u T\vilight’ > will lt uvo Chestnut struct wharf at B>S o’clock A. M. and 236 P. M., stopping-at Megnrga’s wharf, Tacony, Riverton, Andalusia, Bevorly, Burlington and Bristol. Returning leaves Bristol at 11 o’clock A. M. and 5 P. 11., stopping at all the above lauding!*. Far» 25 cents* Excursion 40 cents. my2o-B,tf SUMMER RESORTS. COLUMBIA HOUSE, CAPE MAY, With accommodations for 750 guests, is now open. The Germania Serenade Band* under tho direction o Prof. Geo. Baalert, has been secured for the season. • GEO. J. BOLTON, Proprietor. _je2o.2m§_ ; • ■ _ _ UNITED STATES HOTEL, ATLANTIC OITY.N. J., Will open for tho reception of Guests Saturday, JTiine 20tli, 1800. Haealer’s Band, under tho direction of Mr. Simon Hasaler, is engaged for tho season. Persons wishing to engage Itooms will apply to . GEO. FREEMAN/Superintendent,. Atlantic City, N. J., , Or BROWN A WOELPPEB, ' 627 Richmond Street, Philadelphia. jes 2m SURF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., NOW OPEN FOB GUESTS. For Booms, Terms, &c., address THOMAS FARLEY, Proprietor. Carl Seritz's Parlor Orchestra has been enzasidfar the seasoti. ' _jyl tanl CAPE ISLAND, N. J. A first-class RESTAURANT, a la carte, will ho opened by ADOLPH PROBKAUER, of 222 8, THIRD Street, Philadelphia, on the 7th of June, under the nxuuo and title of 3IAISON DOREE, at the corner of WASH INGTON and JACKSON Sts., known as Ilart 'a Cottage. mr* Families will be supplied at tho Cottage. Lodging Rooms by Bay or Week to Rent. SPKINGB, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., J „ .Will be opened to Guests July Ist. “Excursion Tickets, ’* good for the season, over tho Pennsylvania Central Railroad, can bo procured from Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,.aud Harrisburg, to Knylor Station, *2miles from the Springs, where coaches will bo in readiueßs to convey guests to the Springs. The proprietor takes pleasure in notifying the public that the hotel is in proper order, and all amusements usually found at watering places can bo found at the above resort. Terms, S 2 50perday, or &£0 per month, FRANCIS A. GIBBONS. Proprietor. _ MOSES NEWTON, Superintendent, jy27-tf| Of the Atlantic Hotel, Newport. i'IRESSON SPRINGS.—THIS~F A VORITE \J SUMMER RESORT, situated on the summit of the ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS, 2AW FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SEA, will be open for tho re ception of guesteon the 15th day of June. Thebnildings connected with this establishment have been entirely renovated and newly furnished. Excursion tickets sold by the P. R. R..nt New York, Philadelphia, Lancaster. Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh, good for the season. All traius stop at Cresson. TWO FURNISHED COTTAGES FOR KENT. For further information address GEO. W. HULUN, Proprietor, _ _ Cresson Springs, iS'2-ims Cniuhriu county, Pa. . Light house cottage, Atlantic , City. JONAH tVOOTTON.Proprietor. Tlie most desirable JicnCiun tn the Island, being tlie nearest point to the surf. Guests for the house will leave tiiocars at tho United States Hotel. No bar. jylll-lmS hTEA ” BATHING.—NATIONAL:" HALL, J Capo May City, N.J, Tills Inrge and commodious hotel, known us tho National Hali, is now receiving visitors. A A HUN G AIIRETSON, - Proprietor. ■ Broad tor mountain house. llroiui Ton, Huntingdon comity, l’a., now open. jyllHm* W. T'. PEARSON, Proprietor. Delaware' house, uai’e is L And, N. J, is now open for the reception of visitors. - -jol7.gin§-^--QJ- JAMES MEORAV. Proprietor, DUMBER. Lumber Under Coven, ALWAYS DRY. Wnlmit, WKitc Piiir, Spnicd- llcuilockT i?)iin#lue>, alwiiyn on iniinl at low rates. WATSON & GILLINGHAM, 024 Richmond Street, Eighteenth Ward. mh29-ly§ MAULE, BBOTHEB & CO., 3500 South Street. 1 Q£Q PATTERN MAKERS. 1 Q£Q IOOt/. JPATTERNMAKKKa.. I«>ot7. CHOICE SELECTION MICniGAN°COBK PINE FOB PATTEItNB. 1 QCQ SPRUCE ANI) HjRMLOOk.I QfiQ ±00«7. spbuce and hemlock. loOi/. LABGE STOCK. 1 QUO ' FLORIDA FLOORING. 1 Q/JQ” 100 y. FLORIDA FLOORING. JLOOt/. CAROLINA FLOORING. VIRGINIA FLOORING. DELAWARE FLOORING' ASII FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING. IQ/?Q FLORjI)A BTUP BOARDSI Q/?Q JLOOi/. FLORIDA STEP BOARDS. IOUO. RAIL PLANK. HAIL PLANK. BOAIIBS WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. WALNUT BOARDS. WALNUT PLANK. ASSORTED FOR CABINET MAKERS, . BUILDERS,&O. 1869. 1869; UNDEETAKEItS’ LUMBEB, BED CEDAB. WALNUT AND I’INE. IQAQ SEASONED POPDAR. 1 Q£Q IODt/. SEASONED OIIEBBY. loDt/. • ASH. WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOABDS, HICKOBY. I ftfiQ Carolina scajstling.i q/»q . 10017. CAROLINA 11. T. SILLS. iOUc7. _ _ NORWAY SCANTLING. IQAQ CEDAR SHINGLESi 1 Q£Q 100*7. CEDAR SHINGLES.- 100*7. CYPRESS SHINGLES. LARGE'ASSORTMENT. e FOR SALK LOW. --- 1 Q7?Q ■ PLASTERING BATH. 1 Q£Q 100*7. PLASTERING LATH. 100*7. LATH. • • . - MALLE BROTHER «fc CO.. . - —— 2500 SOUTH STREET. ! " rriHGMas &. pohl. ■, l umber mer i JL chants, N 0.1011,8. Fourth street'.. At Jlicir yard will bu found w aln ut, Ash; Poplar, Cherry, Pino, Honii lock, Ac;, Ac., at reasonable prices. Give them 'a call, - . ' MARTIN THOMAS, mhl7-6m» , . ELIAS POHL. _ mo CONTRACTORS, LUMBERMEN ' Jj. and Shlp-buUdcrß.—Wo are now prepared to execute promptly orders for Southern Yellow Pine Timber, Blllpatnff and Ltlmher. COCHRAN, RUSSELL A 00., 22 North Front utrent. - '< v "mli2ltf; ¥" ELLOW PINE LUMBER.—ORDERS for cargoes of every description Salved Lnmbor exe cuted at short notice—ounlity subject'to inspection.. Apply to EDW. H. ROWLEY. 16 South Wharves. fc6 OHEATHING FELT. —iEST ’FRAMES jOEnplish Sheathing Felt,for saiobyPETBRWRIGHT A SONS, U? W«bwt street, \ WjMmg ° 1? ABpiTflTAifl; mimical Purveyor's Office > Jl °y> 20180!) ’ j -t L, u!uawc£? d at I^ lWio auctton in tills city, at Dopot. E street, ? 1< on “VVEDNERnat sortincut of,Hospital Furniture Wl J’nnh- Which will be found,the fol K w-3,000 fin Basins, 3,000 Iron Bedsteads a non Delf Bowls, 000 Leather BucketsWOWomW Buckets, 18,000 Tin Cups, 2,000 fio ? DiChls Litters, 000 Delf Pitchers, .4,000 Delf aPlaL™ HOODeifTeaPots/COO Salt-cellars, l,2ooßazora r nnrv-rv^ 8 ’ *«W Spittooim, lO MOO Teaspoons, 500 Mess Chests,,Boo Kubbor Cushions, 0,000 yards Gutta-percha CIoth;2,000 Bed-covers, and a large variety of other articles, embracing Funnels, Cork- Bcr ? «r’ Pi’W?* Lanterns, Scales a . u , (l Slates and Pencils,Bed -5> tl «. la 'V“b Bick-cliairs, Cots, Horse-Litters, Coflee-MilLs, Till Tumblers, &c., &c. "With a small exception the above articles are new. .Catalogues, with full, particulars* furnished upon application. V; c.i ;■ ■ • Terms—Lash, \ln Government funds onlv* 2o per cent, deposit required at the time of sale, and all purebuses to bo removed within live days. ■ . ' , CirXs. SUTHERLAND,. AxHwUmt Medical Purveyor, Brevet Colonel IT. S, A. 1 : iv2(Mit4 CITY ORDINANCES. QOMipUN council, OF PHILADELj [CLERK’S OFFICE.] Philadelphia, June 25; 18fi0. In accordance with a Resolution adopted by the Common Council of tlie City of Phila delphia, on Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of , 38CU > thu annexed bill, entitled 'An Ordinance to authorize a loan for. tho payment of Ground Rents and Mortgages, is hereby published for public information. . JOHN ECKSTEIN, Clerk of Common Council. An ordinance to authorize a loan for the payment of ground rents and mortgages. ‘ Section 1. The, Select find Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia do or dain, That the Mayor of Philadelphia bo and he is hereby authorized to borrow, at not less than par, on tho credit of the city, from time to time, seven, hundred thousand dollars for the payment of groiitid rents and mortgages held ngainst the city, for which interest not to exceed the rate ot six per cent, per annum shall be paid, half yearly, on the first days of January and July, at the office of the City Treasurer. I*lo principal of said loan shall bo payable and paid at the expiration of thirty years from, the date of the same and not be fore, without' the consent of the holders there of; and the certificates therefor in the usual form of the certificates'of city loan shall be is sued in such amounts as the lenders may re quire, but not for any fractional part of one hundred dollars, or, if required, in amounts of live'hundred or one thousand dollars; and it shall be expressed in said certificates that tlie loan therein mentioned and the interest thereof are payable free from all taxes. Sec. 2. Whenever any loan shall ne made by virtue thereof there shall be, by force ofvthfe ordinance, annually appropriated out or tho income of the corporate estates, and from tho sum raised by taxation, a sum suilieient to pay the interest on said certificates, and tho furt her sum of three-tenths of one per centum on the par value of such certificates so Issued shall be appropriated quarterly out of said in come and taxes to a sinking fund, which fund and its accumulations are hereby especially pledged for tlie redemption and payment or said certificates. paw resolution to publish a loan bill. Rasolral, That the Clerk of Common Coun cil be authorized to publish in two daily news papers of this city, daily, for four weeks, tho ordinance presented to tlie Common Council on Thursday, June 24, entitled, “An Or dinance to Authorize a Loan for the payment of Ground Rents and Mortgages.” And tho said Clerk, at the stated' meeting of Councils after the expiration of four Weeks from the first day of said publication, shall present to this Council one of each of said newspapers for every ' day in which the same shall navo been made. iu3> 24t4 Dkpaetmest of '-highways; BRIDGES, SEWERS, &a, OFFICE OF ■CHIEF COMMISSIONER, NO. IOiSOUTH FIFTH STREET. J'mr.Ai>nr.rniA,,Tnlv 21,180. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed Proposals will bo receive*! at tiie Of fice of tl>e Chief Commissioner of Highways until 11 o’clock A. M.'on MONDAY, ISith inst., for the construction of a sower on tho Tine—of—Twelfth- street from, the sewer at Oxford street to tho south. curh lino of Columbia avenue, with - a clear diame . ter of twa feetsixinches, and onthe ;.line .• of FiltepntU street from Market street to South Pclih Square. f lienee along South Penn Square to Broad < street, with a clear inside diameter of three feet on Him ter street, from Tenth to -Eleventh street,anil on Columbia avenuo front llie sewer in Eighth street to the westfcurblina of Hutchinson street, with clear inside diame ter of three feet, anil with such man-holes aa maybe directed by tin; Chief Engineer and Surveyor. The understanding to lie that tho sewers herein advertised are to bo completed on or before the 31st day •of December, 18—, ami the Contractor shall take hills prepared ' against the property fronting on said sewer to the amount of one dollar and iifty cents for each lineal foot of front oii each side of tha street as so much cash paid; the balance, an limited by ordinance, to he paid by the city; and the Contractor will he required to keep the street and sewer in good order for tlirea years after the sewer is finished. Any defi ciency will be paid by property owner. When the street is occupied by a. City Pas senger Railroad track, the Sewer shall be con structed along side of said track in such man ner as not to obstruct brinterfere with thesafe passage of the cars thereon; and no claim for remuneration shall he paid-the Contractor by the company using said track, as specified in act of Assembly approved May Bth, 18GG. Each proposal will he accompanied by a cer tificate that a Bond has been filed in the Daw Deparf meet as directed by Ordinance of May Sfltlij 18IJ0. If the lowest bidder shall not exe cute a contract within five days after the work is awarded, he will bo deemed as declining, and will be held liable on his bond for The dif ference between liis bid and the next lowesC bidder. Specifications may be had attheDepart inciit ol' Surveys,which will be strictly adhered to. The Department of Highways, reserves the right to reject all bids not doomed satis factory. All bidders may be present-at the time and place'of opening the said Proposals. -No al lowauce 'wiU he made:'for rock- excavation unless by special contract. . ■ MAH DON H. DICKINSON, jy2l-2tt Chief Commissioner, .of Highways. 1 COAD AND WOOD. ROBERT TENEB, (Into ivltli J. B. Tomlinuoh, Laurel St. Wlmrf.) ' « ' DAVID (3ALBBAITH. TENEB & aAIBRIITH, lIONEYBROdK LEHIGH, AND WYOMING- COAL,. _ r i i ifo 955 North Front Street. 89' r Trinl Ordcraipersonnify'pr by maiiVfhvUcilT'" ' . iv2l‘lmS . , ’’ • '■*' |L MASON ' JOHNF. BHBAFP. mHBi DNBEKBIGNED INVITE iATCDBN- X tion to their stock of , t',t v Spring Mountain, Lehigh and Locust Mountain Coal* which, with tlio preparation given by tia, wo think can not he oxcoucd by any other Coal. ■ '• : v Office, Franklin Institute Building, No. 15 S: Seventh street. , BINES & SHEAKJY jalfl-tf Archfltroqtwharf*Bchnylkilh ,/SAB FiXTUßES.—miskest, A THAGKABA, No. 738 Chestnut Btroot, manufac turers of Gbs Fixtures, Lamps, &c f , Ac.* would- call tho attention of the public to their large and ologant assort ment of Gas Chandeliers*Pendants, Brackets, &c,rTliey 'also introduce gas pipes into dwellings and public build ings, and attend to extending, altering and repairing gas pipes. All work warranted. ? ... IjVfeRNMENT SALE. PROPOSADS. . TEUEOBAPHIC SUMMARY. ■ v ; rr-re ;I jf The 'appearance of the; cotton 6atorpillarta‘ Alabama is reported by.tlie Selma Daily Times- The .Sultan Turkey.lias, refused, to re ceive the Viceroy of Egypt'.' J - ** u ’ ' The Cuban prisoners at Fort Lafayette were .yesterday released. . • William Edwards, a negro* was hung at ■St. Louis, yesterday, for the murder,-last win ter, of Louis Wilson. \ - An InteriiatlonalTndustrial Exhibition will ■he. opened at Biiilalo on the Otli of October next. : Capxaix Gift left Memphis on Thursday night for Clihia, to bring over . Chinese emi grants. , ... ; u"L John llowahd was yesterday, at Cincinnati, sentenced to the penitentiary, for liici, for kill ing Alfred Harris, in April last. The Turkish Minister Blacque Bey was pre sent, last night, at a . ball at White Sulphur springs, Va. ".' : : ■A telegram from Bombay, dated July 20, has the following: It is reported that .the Kirglie.sea have risen agajust Russian authority, all Toorkestan is so disturbed. A xtTMiiEis of Iridiaiv outrages are reported from Arizona, among which are the killing of mail carriers and destruction of mails between Tucson and Masifa. A'company of (rivalry have killed eight Indians near Camp VedcvuV' ’ Wade Bolton died at Memphis, yesterday, from the effects of pistol-shot wounds indicted by DivDickens/some time ago. Ilis will leaves each of his former negro slaves ten acres of land. . , ~ Petek Reddick, a mulatto, was hung yes terday, at Portsmouth, Va., for the. murder, iri January last, of Cornelius Hayes. Curing the execution a frame building, on which seven workmen Were, fell, injuring them severely: Particulars have reached the Revenue Department of the seizure of one of the largest distilleries in New York, On the nth of June, Several expert detectives were set to watch the establishment, and continued their vigils up to tire 12th of July, a little over three weeks. During that time over 33,000 bushels, of rye more than was accounted for entered the dis tillery. This single item alone defrauds the Government of $OO,OOO. The Secretary of the Treasury, in a letter to the Comptroller of the Currency,, decided to permit the substitution of 10-40 for 5-20 bonds, or the exchange of any gold-bearing bonds now held as security for circulating' notes, on the basis hitherto adopted—the 10-40’s to be re ceived at 85 per cent, of their par value, and all other gold-bearing bonds at 00 per cent. The 0 per cent, currency bouds issued by the United States, to the Pacific Railroad will not be received as security for the circulation of National banks, arid the exchange of gold bearing bonds will "be subject hereafter to re vision, if it shall be found that such exchange is so frequent as to become onerous to the De partment. The Printing Bureau of the Treasury De partment is now well started in the business of printing the new ten arid fifteen cent fractional currency notes.: .Thereare fgurmachiues now at work, and the number, will s be increased to six* The machines ; each cut four thousand live hundred sheets per day. Each ten cent sliM.-t.contains twenty notes, and each fifteen cent slieel fifteen. : The amount now furnished the Treasurer by the Printing Bureau is $30,000 in ten cent, and $40,500 in, fifteen cent notes per day. Five new roller presses'were received yesterday from the manufactory, of George Howard, Philadelphia. They will be used-in putting the seal on the new notes as fast as they arrive from New York. The twenty-five cent notes will arrive next week, and two presses will he set to work on them at once. AlTai rti In Cnba. Havana, July 23.—A report is. in- circula tion that the Government contemplates em bargoing tlie properties of Jose Baso, a wealthy Catalan,’ who is at present absent from the island. Seven plantations, - situated in the midst of the insurrectionary district, are un hurt. The owners are suspected of giving money to the rebels to save them from destruc tion. Advices from Santiago de Cuba to the 16th Inst, have been received, : Thearn val of the • monitor Centaur created quite a sensation. ; ‘ The explanations received by Admiral Hoff ; from the Spanish authorities,. relative .to the execution of Americans, are reported as being -—satisfactory,—and-4hA-Spanish Government justified in its action. , T A banquet was tendered the officers of the United States squadron on duty at Santiago, but declined. Several skirmishes had recently taken’place -f- between the troojis anil insurgents. The in -7 suigents attacked a number of garrisoned plan tations. General Jordan is in the country between , Santiago de Cuba and Bayamo. Jordan’s ' forces have been joined to those of liustan. ' Advices from Kingston to the 6th inst. have been received. Four hundred railroad employes had quelled a, negro rising at Old Harbor. Havana, July 23.—Captain-General De Bodas has issued a stringent decree, with the . object of avoiding frauds and simplifying the collection of custom dues. Thecargo of the schooner Grapeshot has been confiscated at Jamaica by the British au thorities, because of her violation of the neu trality laws. The owners of plantations within the juris diction of .Cienfugos are aiming themselves. . Rebel guerillas hav’e cut the railroad near- Santo Espiritu. \ , , AVAsn lNOton, \ July 23.—Advices received in this city from. leaders in the Cuban army to the 15tli state that on the IStli and 14th the trooptf of General Quesada, stationed between Puerto -Principe and Jfuevitas, were attacked hy General Letona, and in hotli instances were repulsed—on the "first day with a loss of fifty killed and wounded, and on the second with over one hundred. ■ The revolutionists.retain their position of Siege before Buerto Principe. The troops under General Figuerola, of General . Jordan’s command, occupying a position forty miles from St. Jago de Cuba, were attacked on the 12th by a Spanish force of 1,200, said to have been commanded by Brig.-Gen. Valine seda in pei-son. After three hours’ fighting the ♦Spaniards were compelled to give up the at tack. The next day, having been reinforced, • the Spanish general renewed the. attack with great vigor. 1 Three assaults were made on the - Cuban position, and in each the Spaniards —were repulsed. ; In the last attack, their loss was so that they were compelled to preci pitately retreat.* General Jordan participated - in the second day’s light. The loss of the Cu bans is set down at sixty-two in killed and —■ wounded.- - - - ’- — 3 Among the killed were two officers.. The, Spanish loss is reported to have been over three hundred. They made good their retreat —to‘StnTa g o'de Cubar7- J The Cubans are-in good spirits, and affected but little by the cholera and yoinito, so prevalent smong the Spanish . -troops. '' Authentication ol'Papers. In reply to an inquiry on the subject of the authentication of papers by notaries public, the Treasury Department says the act of September 10,1850; 'confers -<qn notaries' public the same, powers as justices Of tlie peace of any State or ! Territory. They have to take and certify oaths, affirmations -and acknowledgments, and the same, when certified under the hand and official seal of such notary, shall have’ the same face and effect as if taken or made_by, or be fore such justice or justices of the peace. But for any trial for peijury or subornation of per- takeri'dr m&daria aforeiaid,' the seafaridsigna ture of the notary shall not be deeriied suffi cient in themselves |o establish the official character of such the. saine shall be shown by other, arid, proper evidence. The Secretary : adds: “In view, ‘therefore, of the foregoing, it seems that no rule can properly he prescribed for. the government of the several officers of the Treasury Department, but that each head of an office shall exercise Ids own judgment in passing upon the sufficiency of the evidence of the official character of a notary public.” ■ • Tlie Irish Church. Bill. ; LoxDON,July 23.—Tlicrewas a full atten dance of members arid spectators in the House of Commons this evening. , When Mr. Glad stone rose to speak he was -greeted with’great cheering. Under a heavy sense of responsi bility, but with profound satisfaction, he moved that’the House agree.to the ‘iamendments in serted yesterday without exception or. reserva tion. .He called attention toTheexcision .from the preamble of the words specifying the propriation of the surplus, but as the point was better indicated in the bill he thought it would be invidious arid unnecessary to require theo retical and abstract declaration in the preamble. The reinsertion of the date of 1871 was not a token, ref victory, hut an indication of the joint and. harmonious working of the houses. He reviewed the other amend ments which had been met with objections, and said the substance of the government pro posals had remained materially' unaltered. He asked the House to: discard every word that might have been uttered tending to embitter the question, and'lie apologized for any wanntli of feeling that lie might have shown. He con gratulated the House on the satisfactory set tlement that had been arrived at, and praised the ability and moderation with wliiclr the de bates bad been conducted by Earl Granville and Lord Cairns. He hoped the disestablished. Church would develop within herself qualities by which her great career would be marked out for her, and that God would speed lrer on her new career. - Sir Bounded Palmer, member for Richmond, approved the course which had been taken. It, was honorable and fair to both sides. The point agreed upon was ope which all must ac cept. In case of an adverse decision we must Bow to the superior force of those who control events, aud when that time comes it is folly to refuse to see and acknowledge tlie fact. He thought tlie compromise was substantially a concession to the Church, and a settlement arrived at which was satisfactory and states manlike. He concluded his speech with a compliment to Mr. Gladstone on the tone and tenqier of the debate. Right Hon. Mr. Disraeli said that when the diflerence between the houses was only a mat ter of detail he felt that delay in tlie settlement was only a doubtful advantage, and might re sult in disaster and difficulties of an inconceiv able kind. Compromise was not unconditional surrender. ■■ Tlie most essential points in the amendments had been assented to, and he thought that the House and country- would, deem the compromise fair and just. He hoped the present would be the last occa sion when political circumstances would be dealt with on abstract principles. We had been on the eve of a collision, occasioned by a ' lriis understanding between the two Houses, at a time when each had deported itself in a man ner to show the possession of the confidence and satisfaction of the* country. Surely, all wenld ha.il with satisfaction and ratify with pleasure the settlement arrived at. At tlie: conclusion of Mri ” Disraeli’s' speech the amendments were agreed to without a di vision. T’he result was received with great cheering. Itallcre in Hnyti. Despatches' luive been received from Ebene zer Bassett, U. .8. Minister to Ilayti, dated July 5, from Port-au-Prince., He says that the U: S. ships of war'Gettysburg and Nipsic both left Port-au-Pnnce on the 3d, under orders and in; a disabled condition. The state of affairs there is somewhat alarming. The President (Salnavej was still in the field at the head of his armies in the south, and the rebellion -in the north' is - yet unsubdued. He says tlie currency is sold in the mar ket seven hundred Haytien dollars for one dollar in-gold, arid is rapidly depreciating, lie says there is danger that the.stores.and ware houses'at; Port-au-Prince will, rie pillaged by the - mob, and- that neither life" nor projieity -will-be r secure rand-i'ecommendstliatan-Ameri can sliip of war ‘ be immediately sent to that port and kept there for the protection of American interests during the present dis tracted condition of affairs.- ; " 7 Tlie letter was referred from the State De partment to the Secretary of the Navy, who at once ordered a war vessel sent as requested. The vessel has not yet been designated. /—'Wilmington, Del.,.proposes.to have afree, Eublic park, and the “ eyes of Wilmington’ ave fixed themselves upon a suitable spot.. The extent of ground proposed to be included in the purchase is between Adams street, ad joining the Brandywine Cemetery grounds and Rattlesnake Run, northwardly- of Lever ing avenue, including the Brandywine creek and race, to such natural boundaries on the opposite side of the Brandywine as may be deemed most desirable. This will be a pleasant breathing place for the Wilming tonians; aiid -the appropriation lor its purchase will probably be made by the City Councils. —A Florida letter says the crops are as good as they have been for ten years. Corn & better than usual, and the cotton very promising, with a good season and ex emption from caterpillars. The crop will he a good one. —The Mobile Register opposes the importa tion of Coolies on the ground that they will not only drive the negroes of the country into ab ject pauperism, but wifi enter into competition with all kinds of white labor, and; take the bread from the mouths of our kinsmen and women. From our late editions of Yesterday - By the Atlantic Cable. London, July 23.—Owing to the severe storms in Iceland during the past few days the telegraph wires have worked badly, whereby despatches from and to America were de layed. Madrid, July 23.—The , generals and other officers of the army who were recently ar rested for fomenting insurrection, were exiled to the Canary Islands. Another conspiracy was discovered and, frustrated bythe authori ties. The object was ; the assassination of Zoulla. the newly appointedjMinister of Jns- tice. . i ' : G eneral Sickles, the new American Minis ter, has arrived. LivEiiPobn , July: 23.—The loSs of hte by the explosipji at St. Helen’s colliery yesterday was much gfeatCr than first reported. -Fifty-eight dead bodies wero taken from the pit. Brussels, July 23.—Henry S. Sanford, the retiring American Minister, yesterday had an audience of leave, and Mr. Jones, the iiaw_ Minister, presented bis credentials.' TheAe-, casion >vas one of the usual congratulatory speech-making. . LivEnrooLr July 23, 2 P.M.—Cotton is a shade .firmer, and it is now thought the sales' will ho 15,000 bales. Yarns and fabrics at Manchester are steady / Glasoow, July 23.—Arrived, steamer Aca dia, from New York. From Washington. [Special Despatch to tlio Pliila. Evening Bujlotlu.] Washington, July -,23.-r-A piece (if politi cal gossip is attoati.to the effect that- Senator Anthony lias lately requested from the War Department "copies of, all letters written by. Senator Sprague,-Gontainlng-charges against officers in Rhode Island regiments during the recent war, whereby many of them were un- THE DAILY#4IETIK-£H^A^L^HfA t SATUHfrAY, JULY 24/1869, justly suspended, and purposes using them against Sin-ague .during the hext Hessiott/of Congress. • It; is -understood here among Ins triends that Senator, Anthony will,. next win* terirepen out ' a vigorous' fight on Senator Sprague in tlie Senate. The indications are favorable for a lively' time . between the'-two Rhode Island Senators When - Congress: again meets. 1 ' - ' : During the absence of President Grant, the White House is undergoing extensive rex>aira, Which have long been needed. 1 ; Judge Dent is still in the city; and appears confident that he.will bo the next Governor of Mississippi, notwithstanding but little support is given him by.'the! Republicans throughout the State. : The Canterbury Theatre building, a resort Which lias long been a disgrace to the national capital, was burnt to the ground this mom -s’he Departments are devoid of anything of injerest. Boston, July 23.—At a meeting of .the Com mon Council last, evening, on reconrinenda tion of the Mayor, an order was adopted pro viding for the proper celebration, oil the; part of tlie. city, .of the .successful laying of the French cable. A committee was appointed to arrange the details. Two British steamers, with the, French cable, were signalled from Highland Light, Cape Cod, at sunrise this morning.. They rounded into the bay-, for Drixßiiry, where the shore end . of the cable will be landed. They will reach their destina tion this forenoon. New Yoi*.k, July 23.— An evening paper has a long story- about Cubans taking passage on the Erie railroad: to join Colonel Ityan at N iagara, and intimates that a filibustering ex pedition will start from British shores, at St. John’s, or from the mouth of the St. Law rence. Washington, July 23.—John Wilkins, Col lector of Internal Revenue, Fourth New York District, has resigned. Ex-Secretary Stanton had a long inte.rview to-day with Secretary Boutwell. The amount of fractional currency of the fourth issue, of ten and fifteen cent notes, ah'eady issued, is $120,000, Plymouth, Mass., July 23. — The French Cable Expedition arrived off Duxbury- at noon to-day. The shore end of the cable will he laid to-morrow. New York, July- 23.—James Welsh, a well to-do citizen of Jersey-City, committed suicide to-day. The cause was family unpleasantness. The following ie the ariinunt of coal transported oyer the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad during the week ending Thursday, Ju1y22,1369: „ _ Toiis.Cwt. From St. Glair. _ 38,126 02 -• I-ort Carbon 10,666 03 “ Pottsville 5,7410(1 “ Schuylkill Haven, . ‘ 37,474 13 44 Anbuni. '. ’. 3./'.17 16 44 Port Clinton 37,574 1 2 -• Harrisburg and Dauphin... - 5,679 02 41 Allentown and Alliance 335 04 Total Anthracite Coal for week,,. 119J93 18 Bitmidnom, Coal from Harrisburg and Dau phin for week - L 9,547 0i Total for week paying freight. Coal fur the Company‘a nee 'Total of all kinds for the week ■ 131,496 02 Previously this year 1,919,193 07 Total To Thursday., l uly 23. ISOS, HOliailAM OF OCEAN STEAMERS. SHIPS FBOM FOB DATE Paraguay London,.New York -July 3 Siberia.,,. Liverpool-New York via B July 13 Denmark— Liverpool-New York July J 4 Minnesota— .Liverpool—New York , Jnly 14 City ofßrooklyuXiverpool—New York -July 15 Enropa Glasgow—New York July 16 China Liverpool—New York, July 17 City of Cork—--Liverpool—New York via H_ July 17 Geihtanla.—4,aHavre,'.New York , —Jnly 17 11,-Ilona—: London—New York— July 17 Palmyra- Liverpool—New York vln.H .July 20 Hermann Southampton—New York —Jnly 20 Erin ..——Liverpool—New York— July 21 TO DEPART. C. of Baltimore-New York—LirerDOol. July 27 Unlsf.tia ——New York—Humlmre July 27 Cuba-., New York—Liverpool July 23 Idaho New Torn—Liverpool— July. 28 City of Mexico-New Torn— Vera Cruz July 23 Pioneer—.——Philadelphia—Wilmington— -July 29 Tripoli:;—.; New York—Liverpool— —Jnly 29 Rhein——‘.New York—Bremen —July 29 C’ohunhia New York—Nassau aud Hav’a—!uly29 Arizona New York—Aapinwall July 31 TirpiioamJa „ Philadelphia,. Savannah July 31 Liberty Baltimore—New Orleana lulv3l Columbia —,—New York—Glaygow.. July 31 Virginia I—-New .tuirk—Liverpool July 31 Cilyol Brooklyn-New York—Liverpool— -——July3l board of trade. JOHN 0. JAMES, \ I). DL’ItiIOItOW. <3loktiily Committee THOS. li. GUAESPIE, ( POJtT OF SOTi Bisks,? SI fScx Bets, 7 {22| High Water, 2 44 ABHIVKD YESTERDAY. - Steamer K N Fairchild,Trout, 24 hours from New York, with mdse to W M Uaird A Co. IJriu Ktta M Tucker, Tucker, from Bath, with icc t# Knickerbocker Ice Co .a— a a Schr John Crocker, Hodgden, from Pencacola, with lumber to S L Merchant A Co. CLEARED YESTERDAY. Bteamer.F Franklin. Pierßon,:-.Baltimore* AGroveg, Jr Brig EBtellu(Br),Delap,Cork or Falmouth forordors Peter Wright & Sons. Schr.Restless, Baxter, Boston, Van Duscn, Bro & C<?. Schr VirginiiirMcFaadeDvFortland, do - - - SchrßßßNo42,Rodan-HartfortL do Schr Lizzie MnulJ, Beuhlnr, Salem, -do- - Schr Gettysburg, Corson. Chelsea, do Schrßic-lid Law, York, Providence, do Sclir Jos Hay, Hathaway, do do Schr Morning StaryLynch, Derby, do Schr 3111 Westcott, Gandy, Lynn, do Correspondence of tho Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. BEADING, July 22,1559. The following boats from the Union Canal passed into the Schuylkill Canal, hound to Philadelphia, laden and consigned as follower Jennie, with lumber to SchNavCo; Wisßahickon, do to Bouk & ItoudcnbuHh: Durango* do to J Keely; Moni tor, do to Wilmington Bit Co. F. Ship Canova, Wallace, entered out at Liverpool 10th inst. lor this port. Steamer Wener (NG), Weuke, cleared at New York yesterday for Bremen. Ship Escort, Whitman, 111 days from San Francisco, at New York yesterday. Ship Surprise, Runlett, from Amoy 29th March, with tea. at New York yestoruay;. Ship Factolus, Tobey.from New York Ist May for San Francisco, was spoken 20th May, lat 5 N, lon 27 W. Steamer Pioneer, Barrett,sailed from Wilmington,NC. yesterday, for.this port. Steamer JW Evennun, Suydor, cleared*Charleston yesterday for this port. Steamer Saxon, Beh nr, heuce at Boston yesterday. Steamer Arizona, Maury, from Aspinwnll 15th July, at New York yesterday. Steamer Clayjiiont; Robinson, heuce at Norfolk 21st inst. and sailed to return. ; Steamer Liberty, Heed, from New Orleans via Havana 17th inst* at Baltimore 22d. Steamer Lord Lovell (Br),Aguew, cleared at Baltimore 22d inst. for Havana.' Steamer HA Adams, Fenton, sailed from Richmond 21st inst. for James River to load for this port. ! JJnrk Lincoln, Thompson, hence at Now Orleans 19th instant. ... Bark Nellie (Br), Jason, from Rto Janeiro 2d ult.at Baltimore 22d Inst, with coffee. , „ . 1 Bark Washington Butcher,Hanson, cleared at N York yesterday for Mobile.; ' . • „„„ , Bark Haitienne, Murison, from Capo Town, CGH. at "Boston yesterday. *■ . ■ , , _ . __ _ : Brig J Ilowluml, Freeman, hence, below Boston22d Brig H Trowbridge, Leighton, cleared at Now York 22d lust, for this port. v • . ' , Schr Frunk & Emily, Colloy, cleared at St John,*Nß. 22d inst. for this port, , •• : Schr P 31 Wheaton, Wheaton, at Georgetown, DC. 22d Inst .from Ju ck soimlle. . ■ . Schr 3 A Guiwfortl, Young,lienco aFranversTSth iuhET ; Schr L 1) Small, Tico, hence at Danvers 19th inst. ; SchrsEEwen and Henrietta, hence at Now Loudon - - Price, henco fur-Portsmouth,-and Addle - Fuller* do for Salisbury,- at Holmca J Holo A3122d inst. ami sailt'd ligain. . _ T Sclir Sarnh:;Cullon -sailod from Charleston yesterday- Schr Steed, Kelley,hencent Boston22d inst. Schr Dauntless, C'oomua,cleured at Boston 22d instant for this port. : . . Schr wm S Hilles, Burgess, cleared at Boston 22d inst. 'fdr‘Aloxniulriar““^“ ——* Schr Pathway, Ilaley,honco at Nowburyport 21st inst. : SclirsMnrgie. 3lcFudden, and Louie F Smite, Crio, cleared at Boston 22d inst* for this port. Schr Surf, Abbott, arrived fit. New Havop 21st instant ' Scbrlllchard Yaux, Whitaker, lienco for Boston, at Holmes 5 Hole AM ; 2lst inst. Bchrs R Holmes, Hpluus, and M Hand, Norton, bonce at Providence 22il inst., : ’ . . ; Hclir H B Brooks, Lovo, sailed from Gardiner 18th inst. • Bchrltcno, Foster, hoiico nt Gloucester 22d inst. 3IAIUNE 3IISCELLANY.' BnrkJ W Beaver, Keaney, from Ban Francisco foif Bitkn. put into Honolulu lst'ult; in distress, having experienced lioavy weather, and sailed for destination Ship Elizabeth Hamilton, from Boston for Now York, before reported ashore on George’s Island, Bostou bar* bor, got off 22d and proceeded. , . , ' * __ Brig Italia (Br). ifays, at Balrimoro frotn Ponce, PR. Gth inst. reports: Loft lmrk Vivid, Phillips, for N York; had sprung aleak after being Loaded and ready for sea: laid (lWbnrged part of earpo; was finishing repairs and —would cviyweuce loading balance <H’ cargo same day. .Tlie French Cable. The Filibusters. From 'Washington. The French Cable. Suicide. Coal Statement. TO ARRIVE, MARINE BULLETIN. MEMORANDA, 1829. —CHARTER PERPETUAL. FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. office--435 and 437 Chestnut Street. Assets' on j anuary 1, 1869, -‘^3,6^7^7813.; Capital....,.—. 8400,00000 Accrued 5iirp1U8.„..............i^..'..........„...„..-. ; ..„1,08. , )ja8r0 I’rcmiums ....1,193343 43 UNSETTLED CLAIMS, INCOME FOB 1868 823,788 12. ’ 8360,000. Losses Paid Since ISS9 Over $5,500,000. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms The Company also issues Policies upon! the Bents of all kinds of buildings, Ground Bents and Mortgages. BIBECTOBS. • Alfred Fitter, Thomas Sparks, Wm.S. Grant* , . •Thomas 8. Ellis, Gustavus S, Benson* G.BAKEB. President. iES, Vico President. , Secretary. - ‘ i,AaslBta n tSecrotair. tde3l Alfred G. Baker, Samuel Grant, Geo. W; Bichards, Isaac Lea, -*• , AI pRED JAB. W. THEODORE M. BEGEI! gMBm, PHILADELPHIA. Incorporated march, 27, 1820. Office —No. 34 North Fifth Street. INSURE BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND MERCHANDISE GENERALLY FROM LOSS BY FIRE. Assets January 1, 1 ©O9, f 1,406,095 08. TRUSTEES: , „ , William H. Hamilton, Samuel Sparhawk, Peter A. Keyser, Charles P. Bower, JohnCurrow, Jesso Liehtfoot, George I. Young, Robert Shoemaker, Joseph R.Lyndall, • Peter Annbruster, Levi P. Coats, _ _ BI.H. Dickinson, . . Peter Wi linmson. « WM. H. HAMILTON, President, SAMUEL SPAIiHAWk, Vico President. WM. T. BUTLKB, Secretary. . DE LAW ABE MUTUAL SAFETY IN SURANCE COMPANY.* Incorporated by theLegislatureof Pennsylvania, 1835. Office S.E, corner, of THIRD and WALNUT Streets* Philadelphia. SABINE INSURANCES On Vessels, of the world. On goods by river, canal, lake and land carriage to all parts of the Union. FIRE INSURANCES On Merchandise generally, on Stores, Dwellings Houses, &c. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY, November 1,1&>8. _ \ 3200.000 United States Five Per Ceut.Loan, \ l(M0 ? d §203,500 00 120,000 United States Six Per Cent. Loan, 1831 —. 136,800 00 CO,OOO United States Six Percent. Loan (for Pncitlc Railroad) .. 60,000 00 200,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent. Loan 211,375 00 125,000 City of Philadelphia Si?c Per Cent. i. Loan (exempt from Tax) 123,501',00 60,000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent. Loan . 61,500 00 20,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First , t Mortgage Six Per Cent. Boudß .20,200 00 25,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Second ' Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds 24,000 00 25.000 Western Pennsylvania Railroad Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bondß (Pennarß.B. guarantee) 20,625 00 30,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Cent. Loan 21,000 00 7,000 State of Tennesseo Six Per Cent. Loan —.. 6,03125 15,000 Germantown Gas Company, princi pal and interest guaranteed by the City of Philadelphia, 3UO shares stock 15,000 00 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, • ‘ V 200 shares stock- 11,300 00 6,000 North Pennsylvania-, Railroad \ Company, 100 shares stock 3,500 00 20 000 Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Company, 80 sliareß stock.. 15,000 00 207,900 Loans on Bond and Mortgage, first __ liens on City Properties- 207,900 00 §1,109,900 Par - 129,141 02 2,355 00 2.050,639 09 1,916,607 01 Market Valued Cost, QUMi GO* 26 Real Estate...... Rills receivable for Insurances made ... .......... 322,486 91 Balauces duo at Agencies—Pre miums on Marino Policies— Accrued Interest and other debts due the C0mpany.......... 40,178 83 Stock and Scrip of sundry Corpo rations, $3,156 00. Estimated value.-.. . r 1,813 00 Cash in Bank-.... Cash in Drawer. DIBECTOBB. Thomas C. Hand, James B. McFarland, Edward Darlington, William C. Ludwig, Joseph H. Seal, Jacob P. Jones, Edmund A. Soudor, Joshua P. Eyre, TheophilnaPaulding, —William G. lh'ilitGJL, Hugh Craig, HenryC. Dallett, Jr., JolinC. Daviß, John D. Taylor, James C. Hand, Edward Lafourcade, John B. Penrose, Jacob Beigel, H. Jones Brooke, George-W-» Bernodou,... - Snoncer M’llvaine, Wm.C. Houston.. . Henry SloahT — -D^T,-Morgon^Eitt|bnrgh^ Samnel E. Stokes, Johnß. Semplo, do., JOHN C. DAVIS, Vice President, HENRY EYDBUBN, Secretary. HENRY HALL, A»»!t Secretary. The county fire insurance com pany.— Office,No. 110 South Fourth street, below ThO-iro Insurance Company, of the County of Phila delphia,” Incorporated hy the Legislature of Pennsylva nia in 1839, for indemnity against loss or damage by nre, exclusively.- • CBAKrBB .pBBEEIIIAI<. ... Thisoldand reliable institution, with ample capital mid contingent fund carefully invested, continues tom sure buildings, furniture, merchandise, &c„ either per manently or for n limited time, against loss or damage by fire, at the lowost rates consistent with the absolute safety of its customers. „ . , . . , Losses adjusted and jsddwlthan possible despatch. Clms. J. gutter, Andrew H. Miller, Uenrv Budd. James N. Stone, John llornT Edwin L. ltenkirt, Josepli bloore, Robert V. Massey, Jr., fVnrve Mecke. Mark Devine. George aucke, CHAKIiI j !S j sUTTEH, President. HENRY BDDD, Vico Prusidout. BENJAMIN F. HOECKLEY. Secretary and Treasurer. UNITED FIREMEN’S INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. Tliis Company takes risks at tbo lowest rates consistent with safety, and confines its business exclusively to FIRE INSURANCE IN THE CITY OF PHILADEL PHIA. OFFICE—No: 723 Arch street, Fourth National Bank Building. DIBEOTOBS. Thomas J. Martin, Usury W. Brenner, Jolm Hirst, Albertus King, Wb. A. Bolin, Henry Bumm, J nines Mongan, JamosWopd, William Glenn, John Shallcross, James Jennor, , J. Henry Askin, Alexander X. Dickson, Hugh Mulligan, Albert O.Boborta, Philip Fitzpatrick, James F. Dillon CONBAD-bTaNDBESB, President. Wm. A, Roxjn, Treoa. Wm. H. Fagbn.Sco'v. Tnii FBNXSYI. VANIA FIRE INSU RANCE COMPANY. —lncorporated 1825—Charter Perpetual. No. 610 WALNUT stroet, opposite Indepeiulonco Sauaro. This Company, favorably known to tue community for over forty years, continues to insure against loss or damage by lire on Public or Private Buildings, either permanently or for a limited time. Also pq Furniture, Stocks of Goods, and Merchandise generally, on liberal torms. Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, is invested in the most careful manner, which enables them to offer to the insured an undoubted security in the cose OfIOHS. DIBFCTOBS. Daniel Smith, Jr., JohnDevereux Alexander Benson, Thomas Smith, -ißaao-Hazlehurst, Honry-LoWis——- Thomas Bobins, J. Gillingham Fell, Daniel Haddqckj_Jr. -DANIEL SMiirH! Jb„ President. WM. G. CROWELL, Secretary »pl9-tf. An the, a c i'jfjeinsitr an o k com. PANY.-CHAItTER PERPETUAL. (Jflicof Nor3IIWALNUT Street, above Third, Philadii. Will insure against Lobs or Dnmngo by lire on Rudd inga, either perpetually.or fop u limited time, Household Furniture and Merchundisogeucrnlly. Also, Marine Insurance on Vessels, Cargoes and _lulun&JinHurancc to all parts of the Union. William Kaher, '■ Lewis Audonried, I). Luther, JohuKeteham, John It. Blackiston, j.E.lhiam, William I<\ Doun, Jehu B.lloyL . Peter Sieger, ; : Samuel 11. Uoihormel. WILLIAM USIIKIt, President. , . WILLIAM F. DEAN, Vico Presulont Wm..M, Smith, Secretary. ja22tuthstf “a"OOM .XXFANY, incorporated 1810.— Charter perpetuftl No. 810 WALNUT street, ftbovo Third, Philadelphia. Having ft largo paii-up Capital Stock and Surplus in vested in aound and iwailaolo 'Securities, continue to insure' on dwellings, stores, furniture, merchandise; vessels in port, ana thoir cargoes, and other personal property, AlUobbcb promptly adjusted. Thomas It. Mavis, Fdmund G. Dutilh, John Welsh, Charles W. Poultuoy, Patrick Brndy, Ibihol Morris, John T.Lewis, John P.\Vetherill» . William W. Paul. .. . 1 THOMAS K.MAHIS, President. - AlbertC. Crawford, Secretary. INSURANCE* .$116,150 03 ‘ 413 116,663 73 BO The Liverpool & Lon don & Globe Ins, Go, Assets Gold\ % 17,690,390 “ in the United States 2,000,000 Daily Receipts over $20,000.00 Premiums in 1868, , ss» 66 s>°7S'° o lasses in 1868, $3,662,445.00 No. 6 Merchants' Exchange, Philadelphia. THE RELIANCE INSURANCE COM PANY OF PHILADELPHIA Incorporated in 1841. o Charter Perpetual* Office, No. 308 Walnut street. CAPITAL $300,000. = Insures against loss or damage by FIRE, on Houses, Stores and other Buildings, limited or perpetual, and on Furniture, Goods, Wares and Merchandise in. town or country. LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED AND PAID. A55et5.......... ........;.$437,693 32 Invested in the following Securities, viz,* . First Mortgages on City Property, well so l cured . ....; §163,600 00 United States Government Loan- 117,000 00 Philadelphia City 0 Per Cent. Loans.. - .. 76,000 00 Pennsylvania §3,000,000 6 Per Cent Loan.... 30,000 00 Pennsylvania Railroad Bonds. First Mortgage 6,000 00 Cdlitden and Amboy Railroad Company ’aG Per Cent. L0an..... / Loans on Collaterals. Huntingdon and Brood Top 7 Per Cent. Mort gage Bonds... County Fire Insurance Company’s 5t0ck...... Mechanics’ Bank Stock Commercial Bank of Pennsylvania Stock. Union Mutual Insurance Company’s Stock Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia Stock 3,250 00 Cash in Bunk and oh hand.. .. 12,258 32 §437,593 32 Worth this date rit market prices i....§4£C381 32 Worth at Par. DIRECTORS. Thomas C. HUM Thomas H. Moore, William Mustier, Samuel Castner,- Samuel Bisphum, James T. Young, H.L.Carson, Isaac F. Baker, Wm. Stercnson, Christian J. Hoffman, Benj. W. Tingley, Samuel B. Thomas, Edward Siter. THOMAS C. HILL, President. Wm.Ciiubb, Secretary. Philadelphia, February 17, jal-tn th s tf_ J' EFFERSON FIBJB INSURANCE COM PANY or Philadelphia.—Office, No. 24 North Fifth street, near Market street. - Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. Charter perpetual: Capital and Assets. $166,000. Blake insurance against Loss or damage by Fire on Public or Private Buildings, Furniture, Stocks, Goods and Mor* chandieo, on favorably c , Wm. McDaniel,- Edward P. Moyer Israel Peterson, . Frederick Ladnor John F. Belsterling, Adam J.Olasz, Henry Troemner, Henry Dclany, Jacob Sclmndein, - John KUiott, Frederick Doll, Christian D. Friclc, Bamuel Miller, George E. Fort, William D, Gardner. WILLIAM McDANIEL, President. ISBAEL PETEBSON, Vice President. Philip E. Cqlemaw. Secretary and Treasurer. Fame insurance company, no, __,oKSr«ABm PEBPETDAL, FiBE insurance; Ix&ldsively. Insures against Loss or Damage by Firo t either by Per petual or Temporary Policies, DIRECTOH9 Charles Richnrdson, Robert Pearce, Wm. H. Rhawn, John Kessler, Jr., Francis N. Buck, Edward B.Orno, Henry Lewis, / Chnrles Stokes, Nathan Hilles, John W. Everman, George A. WeßtL Mordecni Bnzby, b CHARLES RICHARDSON, President, WM. H.RHAWN,Vice-President. WILLIAMS I. BLANCHARD, Secretary, apl tt 11,130,325 25 OO Fob boston.—steamship urns DIRECT, SAILING FROM EACH PORT EVERY Wednesday and Saturday. FROM FINE STREET WHARF; PHILADELPHIA, AND LONG WHARF, BOSTON. From Philadelphia. From Boston. 10 A. M. • 3 P. M. SAXON 7 ARIES, Wednesday, July 7. NORMAN, Saturduy, 44 10 ROMAN, Saturday, “ 10 ARIES, Wednesday, 44 14 SAXON, Wednesday, u ; W ROMAN, Saturday, “ 17 NORMAN, Saturday/ 4 17 SAXON,Wednesday, 44 21 ARIES, Wednesday, “ 21 NORMAN, Saturday, 44 24 ROMAN,Saturday, 44 24 ARIES, Wednesday 44 28 SAXON, Wednesday, u 23 ROMAN,Saturday, 44 31 NORMAN, Saturday,“ 31 These Steamships sail punctually. Freight received every dav. Freight forwarded to all points in Now England. ap F p£to rrCight " Pa S?^i^Y U ?^ ,^^^so^ R C T , cTI a “ OnB, 338 South Delaware avenue. Philadelphia, .Richmond and NORFOLK STEAMSHIP LINE. THROUGH FREIGHT AIK LINE TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. • . EVERT SATURDAY, at Noon, from FIRST WHARF above MARKET Street. THROUGH RATES to all points in North and South Carolina via Seaboard Air-Lino Railroad, connecting at - Portsmouth, and to Lynchburg, Va.. Tennessee anutho West via. Virginia and Tennessee Air-Line and Rlch mond and Danville Kuilroad. Fndeht HANDLED BU T ONCE,and taken at LOWER BATES THAN. ANY OTHER LINE. • The regularity, safety and cheapness of this route commend if to the public as the most desirable medium. for carrying every description of freight. No charge for commission, drayage, or any expense for Stenmsliipß insure at lowest rates. Freight received p CLY DE & CO. No. 12 South Wharves and Pier No. 1 North Wharves. W. PTFOItTER, Agent atßichmond and City Point, T. P. CROWELL & CO., Agents at Norfolk. Philadelphia and southern MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S REGULAR LINES, FROM QUEEN STREET WHARF. . The JUNIATA will sail for NEW ORLEANS, ■■■ —, August —, at SA. M. >' The JUNIATA will sail from NEW ORLEANS, via The TO N AND A will sail for SAVANNAH on Saturday, July 31, at» o’clock A. M. The TONAWANDA will sail from SAVANNAH on s Ti'iS'i’ioNEijßwill sail for WILMINGTON, N. C.,on Thursday, July 29. at 8 A.M. Through bills of lading signed, and passage tickets BILLS of fABINGSIGNEDut QUEEN ST. WHARF. For toightoy S a.« S ,«PSI i rto sBi Generftl Agont> 130 South Third street. FOR LIVERPOOL. The Fine First-class Ship “VIRGINIA . ” 934 Tons Register-Captain Campbell. This vessel succeeds the “Matilda ililyavd,” and having ,u portion of her cargo engaged, will have despatch. _ , For b;i,,ince of No. 115 Walnut street, Philadelphia. XTEW ' EXPRESS LINE TO ALEXAN JA| dria, Georgetown nnd Washington, D. C„ via Ches apeake and Deluwuro Canal, with connections at Alex andria from the most direct route for Lynchburg, Bris tol, Knoxville, Nashville, Dalton and the Southwest. Stwimera leave rogulurly from the first wharf above Market street, every Saturday at noon. Freight received daily. WM- I,- A CO., No. 12 South Wharves and l’ior 1 North Wharves. HYDE &.TYLER, Agents at Georgetown. M ELDKIDGE & CO., Agents at Alexandria, Ya. Notice, -Xi’an new york. via del aware AND RARITAN-CANAL- EXPRESS Hn« imtwpon Philadelphia nnd New York. leave daily from first wharf below Market street, "Philadelphia, anil foot of Wall atroot, Now York. Goois forwarded by all tho lines running out of New York—North, East ami West—free ot Commission. Kreieht received and forwarded on accommodating terniß rLC WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Agents, * No. 12 South Delaware avonuo, Philadelphia. JAS. HAND, Agent, No. 110 Wall Btroet, New York. XTOTIOE.—FOB NEW YORK, VIA DEI? AWARE AND RARITAN CANAL. „„„„. SWJFTSURE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURE LINES. Tho husinoHS of theao lines willborouuinedoii and after tho 19th of March. For froiglit, which will 1)0 taken on accommodating tenns, ■ 00.,^ TAEL AAV ARE AND CHESAPEAKE XJ Steam Tow-Boat Company .—Bargee towed between Philadelphia, Baltimore, Havre do uruco, Delawaro -City and4ntormo4liato pointa.,— WM. P. CLYDE & CO.-Agenta; Capt.VOHNtAHGH LIN, Siip’t OIUoc, 12 South AV hurves, Pliihidclphia. _ ■yrOTICE—FOR NEW YORK, A r IA DEL iM aware and Raritan Canal-Swirtsuro Transporta tion Company—Despatch and Bwiftsuro Linos. —The linnlnNisKv these Linos will ho roßiimed on nnd utter l’“ vvLHli tiCkon on accommodating terms, apply to WM. M..BAIRD *» CO., 132 South AVharvoß. /A ANTON PRESERVED GINGER.— \j ProHorvod Glncor, in syrup of the celebrated Chy d;fSl ao s,^ y b P y r lsril^irl^'A\ o cS^^ outh Delaware Xj A. CHEESE. —AN INVOICE OF NOR r TON’S celebrated Pino Apple Glioose dolly ex acted, and for sol B.Bt&SIER A CO., 8010 Agents. i • - GHALIC-— FOR- SALE, 180 TONS OF ■ Chalk, Afloat. Apply to oo.^ , INSURANCE. , , GROCERIES, MAJORS, <kV. ,,. , NEW SPICED SALMON, FIRST OF THE SEASON. ALBERT C. ROBERTS, SEALED IN FINE GBOOEBEES, Corner Eleventh and Vine Streets. ■ TIREBH PEACHES IN' LARGE CANS, Jj at Fifty Centß per: Can—tbs cheapest and best goods in the city.at COGSTY’S East End Grocery i H». 118 Booth Second street. ..--.i •. ■, "EiRENCH PEAS, MUSHROOMS. TRUF JC Acs, Tomatoes.Groon Corn, Asparagus, Ac.4n stor* and for sale at COUSTY’S East End Grocery, No. 113 South Second street. XTEW DATES, PIGS, PRUNES,- RAI- Xs Bins and Almonds—nil of new crop—in store and tor sale at COUSTY’B East End Grocery,NO. 118. South Second street. QJWEET OH—l6O DOZEN OF EXTRA Olivo Oil .expressly Imported ftr COHSTY'S East End Grocery, No. 1188onth Second street? > STONED CHERRIES, PLUMS, BLAOK -beiTies,-Peaches,JPrnnelloa.Pcarß, Lima Beans, snaker Sweet CormatOOßSTytSEast End Grocery, No, 118 South Second street.- . . . , . M; THOMAS & SONS, AUCTIONEERS. -SALES Public sales at tlio Philadelphia Exchango over* l2o 7 clock. - • ealeB “ert°the Auction Store EVERY : ' $&- gales at Boaidencea receive especial attention. ; real' estate sale-july 27. Will include-^ Peremptory SaIe—VERY VALUABLE TRACT OP WHITE PINE mid OTHER TIMBER LANDS, 474® Acres, .Tefteraon and Clarion, counties, Clarion river t Pennsylvania, nbout 9 niiles from Clarion. Executors 7 Peremptory: SaIe—GROUND RENT, $6B ayear. *• - Same Estate-*GROUND, RENT, #5l a year. Same Estatc-GROUND RENT, «5l a year. SnmoEatate—GßOUND BENTVS4Btf year; THREE-STORY BRICK TAVERN and DWELLING and STORE and DWELLING, N 05.920 and 922'South Ninth street, between Christian and Carpenter. Peremptory SaIe—BUILDING LOT,Otis street,north west of Girard avenuo. Eighteenth Ward. TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING, No. 622 Mar riott slrc6t, between Carpenter and .Christian and Fifth and Sixth streets; LARGE and VALUABLE BUILDING, N. W. corner of Fifteenth,and Willow streets, 93 by 100 feet. 3 FRAME DWELLINGS, N0.51l Catharinost. GENTEEL THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING* No. 520 South Twenty-second street, between Lombard nml South sts. _ Peremptory SaIe—THREE-STORY BRICK DWEL LING. No. 20 Ottor street, west of tho Frankford rood, with n frame sliop in the rear. VALUABLE BUSINESS STAND-THBEErSTOBY BRICK TAVERN and DWELLING, No; 405 Chestnut street, west of Fourthst. VE&Y ELEGANT COI’NTBY SEAT, and M.VN SION, 8 acres, Oak Lane, Cheltenham township, Mont gomery Chunty, l’a.. ' G,OOO 00 500 00 4,560 00 1,060 00 4,000 00 10 AW 00 380 00 , ' STOCKS, LOANS. Ac. 400 shares Union Passenger Railway Co. 3TO shares Green and Coates'Passenger Railway o#. 260 shares Chestnut and Walnut Passenger Rail way Co. 6 shares Central National Bank. G shares Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steam ship Co. , 2 shares Franklin Institute. - sliis Delaware Mutual Insurance Co. §2GOO Chestnut and Walnut Paas/Railway Co. bonds. $l7OO Rending and Columbia Ist mortgngo bonds. « 50 shares Old Township Lino Turnpike. 6 shares Bank of North America, 3 share Point Breeze Parle. 600 shares Upper Economy Petroleum 00. 400 shares East Oil Creek Petroleum Co. 600 shares Bruner Oil and Mining Co. $lO,OOO Connecting Railroad bonds. js'.'OOO Western Pennsylvania bonds. $4OOO St. Louid< Vnndnlia and Terre Haute. 7 ehnrcHFannersJMnrketCo. v -20 shares Western Bank, , 32 shares Bank Northern Liberties. ’ $. r OQ Union Pasaengpr Railway Co. bond, Pew No. 344 Holy Trinity Church; Assignees’ Sale-Estate of Bromboy Wharton lllius. FIX'fIJBES OF AN ALCOHOL DISTILLEISY AN© BECTIFYING ESTABLISHMENT. ON SATUBDAY MOBNING, ■ . July 31, at 11 o’clock, at No. 225 North Third street \rtll bo sold at public order of Wm. YogdoafAsaignoo in Bankruptcy, the Fixtures of nu Alcohol Distillery nndltcctifymg Establishment, ; all in good order, consist ing of 1 Freneji column still of 450 gallons, with all tho appurfunimces, in working order; 8 recolviuff stands and copper fixtures, complete; I syrup Kettle, 25 rectifying tubs, 2 cisterns. _ _ _ ~ " 1 stove and scuttle, 3 old clmirs,! old desk. ' AlßOjleasoholdof premises, which expires August !?, 1870. Kent $l,OOO per annum, considered worth #2,000. AUCTiGNEEKSi JjJ_ {Lately’Salesmen for M: Thotnas & Sons,) No. 529 CHESTNUT* street, roar entrance from Minor* Sale N0. : 2006 Mount Vernon street. SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. ON TUESDAY MORNING. July 27, at 10 o’clock, at No. 2005 Mount Vernon street, the superior Parlor and Chamber Furniture,Handsoraa Sideboard, Extension Table, fine Wax Fruiti Chiiuuuid Glass, Ac. A €j st r a tor’s SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, FINK FRENCH PLATE MANTEL MIRROR, HIGH CASE CLOCK. FINE CARPETS, GOLD 11. C. WATCH, 2 GOLD CHAINS, SILVER PLATE, &0* ON THURSDAY MORNING, July 29, nt 10 o’clock, at No. 714 North Eighth by j catalogue, by order of Admin Intrutor, tbb entire eupo ~ri or-Housobold-FurnltMroyS olid—Silver-Fdrksj-Spoo ns-: ntul Ladles, Gold Hunting Cabo Watcb, 2 Gold OUaina, &c., &c. i z ' ' " ' May bo seen early, bn the monting of halo, j___ Davis & harvey, auctioneers, (Lato -witli M l . Thomas & Sohß. J ' • - - - Store Nob. 48 and OONorthßl-XTHsfltxeetT :: — Larch Sale Noa. 48 and 60 North Sixth street. BCPKKIOK yPBNnPBBj NBENOU m^PI/AT®!. -MIS* lions, rosewood plano, cottage suits. OFFICE FURNITURE. BOOKCASES. FINE CAIIPETS. SUPEMOR FIREPROOF SAFES, Ac. . ON TUESDAY MORNING, At 10 o’clock, at tbo auction rooms, including thrco handsome Walnut- Chamber Suits, two largo elegant Wardrobes. superior Cubinotpook cafiOßrfino toned Bosewood-Piano* two French Plato Pier Mirrors, richly framed:, two French Pluto Oval Mirrors, two hundspmo suits Cottage Furnitturo, threa largo and elognut Sideboards, Lounges, superior Exten sion Table, Matrossos, tine ISngruviugs, Oflico Desks ami Tables, three superior Fireproof Safeß, fine Tapestry* Imperial and other Carpets, <fcc-. • Goode may bo examined on Monday, with catalogues. Also, I,GOU pounds "Whito Load. JAMES A. FREEMAN, AUCTIONEER, No. 422 WALNUT streotf. SALE OF REAL ESTATE, AUGUST 4, 1609. / • This Sole, on WEDNESDAY, at 12 o’clock noon, at thpExclmnge, rvill include tho following—: ■ , 2-GROUND RENTS OF 523 90 each, out of lots of ground Wistar street, S. K. of Collom etreot, 22d Ward.. Sale absolute. . ' , - *» COLLOM ST—A strip of ground, N. E. ofWakeflolOl street, 22d Ward. Sale absolute. TL. ASHBRIDGE & CO., ATJOTION . EERS. No. 605 MARKETstroot. abovo Fifth. SPECIAL SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, July 28, at 10 o’clock, wo will soli by catalogue, about SCO cases of Bouts and Shoes, of city and Eastern manu facture, to which tho attention of dealers Is called. rpHOMAS BIRCH & SON, AtJCTION- I EERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, * No. 1110 CHESTNUT street. Roar entranco No. 1107: Sansom street. Household Furniture of every description rocoived on Sales of Furniture at dwefhnce attended to on tho moat reasonable terrna. - ■ . ■ ■ : : ■■ / Ta. McClelland, auctioneer. . 1219 CHESTNUT street. - CONCERT HALL AUCTION iKOOMS. Roar ontranco on Clover street. Household Furniture and Merchandise of every de scription received on consignment. Sales of Furniture at dwellings attended to on reaßonablo terms. CD. McCLEES & CO., . . ; AUCTIONEERS, No. 506 MARKET street. ' ■ BOOT ANP SHOE SALES EVERT. MONPAT AND THURSDAT. . : BY BARRITT & CO., AUCTIONEERS. CASH AUCTION HOUSE, . ■ No. 230 MARKET streot. corner of Bank street. Cash advanced on consignments withont extra charge. pOTrmo.DroßOßQW.sca^;^ Nob. 232 nnd 234 MARKET street, corner of Bank street* Successors to JOHN B, MYERS A 00. mHE PBINCIPAL MONEY 'JL ment~S:E; corner of SIXTH, ftnd:BAiOßatroote. - - Money advanced on Merchandise generally-—Watches* Jewelry L Diomonds, Gold and JSilver Plato* and* on edS articles of valuo, for anylorigth of time agreed on. v.\: WATCHES AND JEWELRY AT PRIVATE: SALBL Pino Gold Hunting Case, Doublo Bottom andiOpen Face English. Anioricau and Swiss Patent Lover Waichae; Fine Gold Hunting Otiso and Open FaceLepino Watches; -Fine GohLUnptex.and other Watches; .Fine §ifeen iug Case and Open Faco. English, American andi Swfea Potent Lever and Lopino Watches; Double Case Englten Suartior and othor Watches; Ladles’ Fanoy Wtitcnea; ; iamond Breastpins; Finger Rings^Ear Bings; flguin: Arc,;, Fine Gold Chains; Medallions; Bracelets; Scarf Pins;Breastpins; Fiugor Rings; Pencil Cases and 1 Jow- SAXIt A largo and valuable Fireproof Cheat- , suitable for ft Jeweller; cost $6OO, Also, several Lots In South Comdon* Fifth and Cheat nutstreotß. -•: -- 1 ' j —— RODGERS’ AND WOSTENHOMTS POCKET KNIVES, PBARL uud BTAO lIAN DLESof beautiful fildsh: RODGER and WADE A BUTCHER’S, and the Ch'EEBRA.TI» LECOULTRB RAZOR. SOIBSORS IN CASKS of tho flnest aualiir- Razors, Knives, Scissors and Table OuHeWiglOdndhnJ polished. EABINSTRUMENTS of ‘S 0 ?. 0 . B WWffl , , , y construction to asßlflt the hearing, at P. MADEIMAH, Cutlorand SimiicjiilnstrumentMaser,no u .naftfHr * below Chestnut. **** AUCTION SALES. OEFICE...EpnKtrrUIIE, CUTLERY.