GIBSGNf PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 94. FOREXGK COKREBPOIVDEJSCE .J. ... , . .. ■ l iETTEB FBOSK PARK. . {Corrcepottdonco of Oio.l*bilndelplilft Evening Bullotin.] I’akib, Friday, July 10th, JB6iJ, —Resignation ! Prorogation—Convocation—all theseacta have | followed rapidly upon the Imperial Message, i and carried us through a crisis of extraordi- i nary excitement into a sort of interregnum of : comparative tranquillity. But people can ! . hardly believe what has really taken place, or : that they arc actually only now. waiting for the ’ fulfilment of promised reforms, which, if sin- ! cerely meant and honestly executed, can < scarcely fail to realize all that is essential for the liberties of the nation. Tlio’ interval pro posed before the meeting of the Senate, on tho 2d August, is somewhat long; but hardly too long for so important a work as that of com pletely transforming the existing institutions, and beginning, as itjwerc, afrasli, after the complete break-down of asyßtem which has been on trial for twenty years.- For such must be really the result of tlio late proceedings, if they l>e carried out to their full extent and acted upon in good faith. The Emperor, it is true,does notsay nor evcnadmitbyimpli cation, so much in bis address- Ho cannot bring hlm aeltto allow,in so many words,that bis pet plan of followingout lea ide'ea Kapoltonieraxes has fill ed, and proved wholly inadequate to meet the demands of Ids subjects and the requirement of modern enlightenment. But . the reason why the Constitutional party appear willing to accept as satisfactory, for tho present, and as a sufficient instalment, the concessions now offered to them in answer to their interpella tion, is, that they see in these concessions the necessary germ of many.others, and the con fession of the ultimate triumph of the princi ples for which-they have so long contended. And that they are right in thns acting, and in taking tliis view, becomes and is likely to become more and more every day the impression of the country and of men of moderate . opinions ,of all classes. With a President of its own election, and standing orders of regulations of its own com piling, the Chamber will bo free from all offi cial restrictions,and at liberty to discnss|wbat subject, and in what manner, it pleases. There, will l>e no nominee of the Emperor in the chair, ever on the watch to muzzle the free expression of opinion and to call a tronble - - some orator to order, on the plea that he is “violating the Constitution.’?' There could be no more flagrant violation, of the Constitu tion'- than was perpetrated by the. very interpellation which has brought about the wonderful moral revolution which is now in the course of accomplishment, and there is no doubt that the same party wbiclr concocted . U has distinctly in view the perpetration of ’ several other similar delinquencies before it i: considers Its task to have been completed. There is muck complaining among the ultra liberals because nothing is said in tbemessage about the renunciation of the system of official i candidates, without which, as they rightly observe, there can he no faithful and trust worthy representation of the national will. But the truth is that official candidateships have been so completely condemned by public J. opinion, and so thoroughly exposed by the public press during the late elections, that they are already de facto renounced and become a dead letter, and will hardly venture to show themselves again at another general election, . The very official candidates themselves be came at last ashamed of their designation, and more than one such owed his final success to his complete repudiation of any such title or character. The names of many others who figured as such in their electoral addresses aro now to be found those of the 116- who signed the intcr pellation. The Government cannot fail to see tlfe inutility of adheringto a system which has grown to he alike obnoxious both to the elec tors and the candidates. There is thus every “ probability of the Corps Legislatif becoming, . under the .new system about to he inaugurated, a really i ndependent body, bothin its internal t . and external organization; and if, with such independence, it does not accomplish all that either itself or tho nation desires, the fault will ho its own, and not that either of tho government or tho Emperor. Besides, the prestige of the Chain her is already ten times ■what it was before. It—that is,the independent portion of it, even although in a minority, has broken down the authority of the old ma jority and the Emperor combined, and com pelled the latter to come to terms, and pledge himself, as lie does in the message, to act with them, who have become the majority in their turn. The old ultra-imperialist majority is no whore—completely broken up—its ranks tli|nncd by desertion—and its remnant loft fitting on the extreme right of the Charn , her, like the legitimists after the revolution of ate*). .Nor do the changes which are about to take place seem likely to be conflucd in their ac tion to one branch of the. Legislature only. Tho message, you will observe, intimates that .the attributions of tlio Senate are also to be ■brought under consideration. It is well known that the Emperor lias long desired to make the Upper Chamber something more than the de bating society of antiquated old fogies which it has been under that prince of flatterers and adulators, President Troplong. To effect tliis, two things are requisite: Independence of its members and publicity of. its dobates; and "there is an expectation that, -tho Senate is, about to bo re-modelled in both these respects. -As long as the Senate is mado a. more -recep tacle of nominees of the Emperor and a re : sourco-l'or court patronage, it can neither feel conscious of independence itself, nor enjoy the consideration of the country. It is hoped that the Emporor is; about to tako a hintin' this respect from 'the American Constitution, and make,the French Senate, liko that, of the ! United States, an elective body. Only, in this ! case, the electors would bo the Conscils GehernuX of the Departments, which, being themselves the result of universal suffrage,-i ’ would fully express public opinion in their choice of a Senate, which would I thus be composed of a member from ' each of the eighty-nine departments i of France. Tho scheme flattering, and 1 would receive, I think, the warm approbation of the now dominant Liberal party. But I confess, for myself, that I doubt wliothor tlio 1 Emperor will voluntarily part with so large aii amount of personal patronage as the nomina tion of ten or fifteen Senators per annum; with salaries of 30 or 40,000 francs. If he do so, then, I think, there will no longer bo room to doubt the sincerity of his intentions,; orliis ,ftnal, resolution to abandon the principle of “personal government.” ! ,'i'ho Chamber, as ,you will have learned, is I prorogued indefinitely. The first idea was to i prorogue only to the tilth inst, But as nothing. : could really be done until the Senate had met i and passed the necessary measures, after ■ the 2d August, it was felt to be better to- name no day. Much offence lias been taken at this prorogation. But ! think it is only objectionable in point of form. It was done by decree in the oiiicial journal, and the decree published before it was communicated .to the Chamber,which was not respectful. It ought to have been done by motion of adjourn ment in the.fchsunber, made.by the President or one of the ministers.' Such adjournment was indispensable; for all the old ministers re signed, and none were willing to face the Chamber and the debates on the contested elections, not > even M. Itouber himself, with > the diminished influence wliich they felt they I must now possess. The Emperor, therefore, | had no. resource but to adjourn until a new i ministry can be formed. ' (iBAM) FIBKWOBKB AT CBESBON. fCurrespondenceof the Phila. Evening Bulletin.] Cuebson, Pa., July 28.—The event of the season here, thus far, has been the display of fireworks last evening, under tho manage ment of Prof. Jackson, the Philadelphia pyrotechnist. The spot chosen for the exhibi tion was the'open spacein front of the Moun tain House, where it could be well seen by all the visitors. In addition to the four hundred or more visitors to the Mountain House, there were large parties brought by special trains froin'botb Pittsburgh and Altoona. The display began about half-past eight o’clock in the evening, and it was not over till near half-past ten. Every .piece was a splendid success, hut the finale, in which the word “Cresson,” in huge letters of fire, ap peared, was particularly fine. Every one who saw- it declared that there lias rarely been so beautiful an exhibition of fireworks in this country. After it was over, Mr. Mullen,proprietor of the Mountain House, surprised the company by\inviting them into the large dining-room ot the hotel, .where a bountiful and excellent collation was spread, which was heartily en joyed,' not only by the guests of the house, hut by the temporary visitors from Pittsburgh and Altoona. ; Allegheny. The Philological Convention. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Wednesday, July 28. , —About twenty more delegates arrived to-day to attend the Philological Convention; In ac cordance with the directions of the .Business Committee, this was class-day, papers being, read upon the proper pronunciation of Latin and Greek,and upon the proper mode of teach ing the ancient languages. Tlie first paper was liy Prof. Teuling,- and the second by Prof. H alderman. President Whitney then read Professor Bristed’s paper (who has resided five years at Oxford) on the question, whether we ought to change the methods of pronuncia tion. He is conservative on that point. Dr. Arnold, of Hamilton, followed with a paper on ‘'Accent,” from a, treatise contending that the accents meant to preserve the harmonious cadence of Greek Professors Teuling, Had ley, Arnold, Dwight and Taylor were : ap pointed a Committee to consider the suliject of pronunciation. Professor Lainson spoke to remarks of Dr. Raymond, President of Vassar College, as to whether language were a sdSßce or an art. He was of.opinion that it was an art and a power. What, he said, was the practical • use of. seeking original pronunciation of classic tongues when we do not know the original pronunciation of ottr own English? Dr;Brown, editor of the American Baptist,: said it was both science and art. One thing is settled pretty wclbhc said; we may say that universally we know the power and value of tlie,vowels, . .. ; . ‘ Professor Harkness observed that this is no Muali.subject; it requires caution. Next year it would not be comfortable to have 1 to retract what they determined this year. . Professor Hackney read a paper on the good results of .classical learning evolved from a proper method of study, and on the elements ol success in the study. The time and method necessary, he said; are in effect uncounted in America. How shall we make tho most of our limited time? Mental discipline by the Ger man method is* not available here. The classics have a soul as well as a body. He was followed by Rev. Mr. Colton, of Yale School, New York, on the best method of teaching Latin and Greek. Professor Magill, of Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania; next reiul a paper on the true Inundation of a course of linguistic studies Last, evening Mr. Bliss, Consul to Paraguay, delivered an address upon his travels in South 'America. To-morrow at noon tho Convention will adjourn *hie die. and then will occur the lirst meeting of the American Philological Association, which Was originated by tho Con vention to-day, and provided with a con stitution. Tins constitution declares the ob| . < t of the Association to be ‘'the advancement and dif fusion of knowledge,” and provides that any lover of philology may become a member oh the payment of ss.’ ’. To-morrow morning- the Convention will visit Vassar College, and in the evening, on invitation of. Professor Eastman, will be en tertained at Eastman Park with an open-air concert. The Congregational Church, in which the Convention is being held, is this evening well tilled' with ladies and gentlemen. Among the papers rcad.to-night was one by Professor Dwight.on thorough classical study. —The monument to James Buchanan, in Woodward Hill Cemetery, at Lancaster, con sists of one block of Italian marble sot upon a heavy base of New Hamshire granite.. A very heavy moulding, well proportioned, surrounds the base, and around i the; cap, from a heavy ' scotia, is atvreath of d&k-deaves, intersnersedv with acorns; On the west side ofthatombis en graved the 1 following inscription, in accord ance with the will of the deceased: “Here rest the remains, of James Buchanan; fifteenth’ -President of the United States; hormn Erank lln county,Pa., April.23d, 1791, diedatWheat land, Juno; -Ist, 18(18.”, On the opposite Bide is engraved the ■ name of “Buchanan.” The size of the Italian block is. six feet two inches long, three .feet wide,'and three feet six inches high; and is from’ the Carrara quarry,; Italy, and Js said to. he the finest and best evor im- I ported to this country. The baseis seven feet and ono inch in length by three feet and seven inches in width.. The height of the monument is five feet above the raised foundation.’ Tho !, weight of the tomb is twentythousand pounds. I v —A clergyman once traveling ini a stage • coach was asked by one of.tho passengers if ho thought that pipus-hegthen would go to heaven “Sit,"answered the Clergyman, “I am not appointed judge of the world; and, conse quently, cannot tell; hut if evor you go .to hea ven, you shall either find them tirereor a good reason why they are not. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1869. THE FINE ARTS. The New Painting at the Academy of Pine large picture of extraordinary originality hafg lately been set up in the Academy, being one of the many examples of high foreign art which have been, secured for exhibition in. this city by the good fortune, oj: by that watchful enterprise which generally passes for good fortune, of Haseltine; the im porter and expert. It is a large canvas, filling the northern end of the north-east gallery.; . . It represents, an interview and confabulation between CeSare Borgia And Macchiavelli; pre sumably in 1502, the. period when the Floren tine republic sent its Secretary as envoy, to treat with the unscrupulous: Duke of Valen tino,who had proceeded by his pecnliarsys tem of poisoning and assassination'to possess' himself,of most of the principalities of North Italy, i To asoul like that of Macchiavelli,this decisive way of getting power was entirely admirable, and the envoy is known to have endured, pitied and embraced the ducal crimi nal with whom he was treating; and to have taken him for the pattern of a Prince, in his great work with that title. The scene includes only the two figures, l Borgia and the secretary, life size, sitting facing each other in one of the large, hare Tuscan saloons. Borgia relieves against the embrasure of. a gigantic window reaching to the floor. He sits upon an ottoman, in the perfection of insolent carelessness, apparently setting forth his views to the appreciative se cretary, who, with the rounded, snubbed fea tures of a ferret, sits perking his head forward and digesting the lessons ot tyranny and usur pation. Both figures are lighted from the window behind, but Borgia’s face 1 is completely in shadow; be sits with chin; thrown up, bracing his spine by the two hands 'set on his hips, high-shouldered, and throating, his legs, in flame-colored hose, stiffly out be fore him. The action, peculiar yet full of life, is so graphic that you can see him heat a tattoo with his feet on the cushion, at the same time making his sword dance as it is balanced across his knees. His figure and head express the finished satisfaction of a man who feels himself in the way of successfully clearing ob stacles from his path, implacable, easy, im perturbable andfatal. Themanwlio.havingflis posed of conscience, is prepared to relish life, reveals himself here in infernal, business-like enjoyment. Itis an attitude of takingone’s ease m one’s inn, the inn being the charnel-house of your victims. Directiyabove the Duke’s head is seen the mocking word “Libekt as,” among the decorations of the window-jamb; the case ment reveais a prospect of square Tuscan buildings and roofs, and among the figures of the sash is seen a scutcheon hearing a griflln with, a sword." To the figure of Borgia;-thus braced and vibrating with tyranny, crushing the velvets under his body and beating them i with his feet, dandling his sword and finger ing his dagger, his harlequin costume drag gled and drawn down with some recent exer cisers opposed the person of Macchi avelli, worldly wisdom incarnated; >he stoops and bends “the pregnant hinges of the knee” as he sits; his secretary’s gown is wrapped about him; his round eyes glitter appreciatively in his round head, as he picks absently at the fingers of his long glovesthe couple complement each other; it is tho velvet scabbard grinning to entertain the sword. The two are alone in a lofty, bleak apartment; Borgia’s red standard leans against the tapestry; a great space of bare surfaces en closes the couple ; and the only incident of tho tesselated floor is the glow of light dying alcfng it by inches as it recedes from the window. The quality of this painting is very high; as it hangs in the Academy, hardly any of -tho other pictures can bear it; the Wests look pasty, and tho Wittkamp7 seen through" the" doorway, like baked clay; in~ its luminous gloom, liviDg light and airy quality, it seems hke a bit of nature among a company of paint ings. .In arrangement, its principal virtue is in its daring; there is hardly any composition; arms and. legs and: straight lines stick out. in every direction, and strike against every part of the margin; the large allegories near by seem like mathematical calculations in comxiarison with its cureless vitality. . The painter is Federigo Farnftini, of Sesto', a small town near Milan; the picturo in ques tion was among those which, having received a gold medal at the Paris Salon of 1867, were, about the middle of the duration of the Great Exposition,' removed thither to form an in creased attraction at the Champ do Mars. The criticisms in the French papers wero numerous, and all, so far as we know, favor able. On the breaking up of any of these ex aggerated monsters of exhibitions, sueh as that of 1807, there are always plenty of strayed ohjets da vertu lingering on the ground and seeking a refuge. The picturo in question, hardly adapted for a private gallery, and not having been included among the many pur chases made by the French and English gov ernments, has been committed to the Now World, to seek its fortune, by the artist. It is proposed to purchase it by private con tributions for the Academy, and rnoro than half the price ($2,000) iB already subscribed. It has been seen nowhere else in America. Our artists could hardly have a more valuable ex ample before them, or our public a more ex quisite'lnterpretation of “the philosophy of history.” We further tho plan with our best wishes, and with the above explanatory re marks. . : Oub Soumjtoks at Rome.— Tho artists are bqsy finishing off their work. Mr. Rogers has just sent away his ,artillery soldier and sailor for the Soldi era’ Monument at Providenco, It. 1., and his artillery and cavalry soldiers for the Soldiers’ Monument at Detroit. Rbiiioliart is having his Antigone putinto marble: 'lie lias a beautiful thing on hand—a Clytle—which will detain liim alter most ofhis brethren havo left. Mr. Ives is finishing his grand colossal statue , of Roger Sherman, one of the: two ordered from the artist by the State of Con necticut for the Capitol at Washington; Two hundred-cases of pictures and statuary loft hero a few days since for the Art Exhibition at 'Munich'. The Bavarian government takes charge; of them from; the moment they are deposited at the railroad station in Borne, and transports them,at its.own. oxpenso to Munich. It also returns them free at the close of the exhibition to the’railroad station again. Miss' Foley sends some'of her fine bas-reliefs ’ there. This young ladylb at. work' upon a loyely fountain, which we shall seo com pleted next year. A group of three beautiful '"children are .nestling under a column or trunk OUR WHOiLE COUNTRY. half hidden by aqtsrtie plants; * Above them bend acanthus leaves, whence the water is flowing into the lower basi*. Miss StobbVns’s bronze Angel of the Pool of ( Bethesda is in Munich, to Tie east; but nnfor tunatety it will not be completed in time to enter the Exhibition. ' It can Tie seen, how ever, at Muller’s royal foundry during the summer, ■: ■ The angel is just alighting upon; a. inateof rock in the centre of the upper basin, “.troubling;the waters.” Tlie .water is to break in natural jets from every part of’ .the ; rock,, and fall in mist or spray about the fountain, Tbe work is for, the Central Park, ■ . Miss Hosmer has been- Sard at work during the winter, but is still almost 'hermetically; sealed in ber studio. She has been l making a; large’ portrait statue of the Queen of Naples,: and a monument for Mrs. Letchwevth’, a lovely, young -American: woman who died, on Lake Geneva last summer. Miss "Whitney has just sent off a very remarkable study, which has been seen by but few of her friends as yet.; It is the figure of a woman, from whom the glory of womanhood has all departed! 1 She-is seated upon a broken column, - Prom her hand, lying, listlessly upon her lap,, the coins which shebas collected during the day have fallen.’ Beside, her a beggar’s medal and a priest’s -mask tell how these have! been earned. Into the hem of her dress were woven the cele brated' statues which Borne possesses—the Lnocoon, the Apollo Belvedere, the Dying Gladiator and others. Below them, is a fringe of rags. . There is old age written all over the figuroj the face and throat ore shrivelled and ! wrinkled ;_tho form is bent, but the eye is still I of surpassing depth. In it alone can we read I what she. once was. Thus has Borne appeared to this artist, and thus has she shown it to us. — Cor. Evening Post. DISASTERS. CATASTKOriUBISr NEW YOUK. Explosion of Fireworks In aWagonvHlne .Persons Terribly Injured. . ■ . iFrom th« X. V. Worldof this morning.] : A terrible catastrophe, which it is believed will result in a fearful loss of life, occurred last evening, and was occasioned, by the explosion ot a large quantity of lire works in a wagon, supposed to have been caused by gross care lessness. So far the catastrophe has resulted in serious injuries to no less than nine persons, several of whom it was feared would not sur vive the night. From what could he gathered by the World reporter. from those who witnessed the terrible affair, and those con versant with the facts connected therewith, it appears that yesterday morning an associa tion, composed chiefly of young men residing in the vicinity Of Cherry and Kodseveltstreets, ill the Fourth Ward, known as the Jeremiah Murphy Chowder Chib, left this city for 1 an excursion or pic-nic at Bayonne, New Jersey. spending the day in various pleasurable exercises, the entire party, consisting of over fifty persons, returned to this city in the eve ning. The party occupied a large truck drawn by eight horses, anil two smaller opes drawn by four hordes each,besides other conveyances. At the J ersey City Ferry the excursionists were met by a large crowd of their friends and, associates, who accompanied the wagons anil' (rucks through the streets. The rear of the procession was- brought up by alargefeed vyngijn.heloiiging to X>ent& Co., drawnhy four horses, and in this wagon were twenty dozen sky-rockets, of all sizes, and ten dozen'Koman caudles, besides other fireworks, with which the association intended to make a pyrotechnic display at their, duh-liouse. There were two or three men .in charge of this wagon, besides the driver, and a number of boys had jumped aboard, anil bad been allowed to ride on the tailboard of the wagon. While passing along .Broadway and through Park row seve ral] rockets were fired by the persons in charge of the wagon, the last oiie being fired in front of French's Hotel. At about 8.30 o’clock, when immediately opposite the office of the -. New--. ■ York-— Journal, . -No.- 15 Chatham - ” street, from Home un explained/cause, a portion of the fireworks in the wagon ignited, and a terrific explosion followed. All the fireworks exploded, the rockets and Homan candles throwing showers : of sparks and halls : of - fire into the dense crowd surrounding the wagon, dealing death- .and -destruction -on all sides. The ignition and explosion of the fire works made a splendid display, a most bril liant spectacle/beantiful in-appearanee, yet sadly destructive in its effects 111. A lew moments all the fireworks had exploded, anil the miniature- bomhardinent-by the Homan candles bad ceased, but the dire effects of the/ catastrophe will be remembered by those of the unfortunate victims who may survive their injuries for years to come. _ The wagon was in a blaze in a moment, and the horses attached to the vehicle, be coming frightened at noise of the ex plosion and glare of the flames, started up Chatham street at a fearful paco, but had not gone a great distance when they were stopped by Mr. J, Bush,- of Ho. 11 Chatham street. ■ In las endeavors to detain the frightened animals Mr. Bush was knocked down and trampled upon, sustaining severe injuries about the head and legs. He was taken to his home. The driver of tho wagon was thrown from his seat, run over and badly injured about thelower part oi the body. He was also removed to his homo in Fast Tenth street. His name was not ascer tained. The noise caused by the explosion and tho shouts of those who witnessed the terrible scene attracted the attention of tlio police. Sergeant Robinson, of the Twenty-sixth Pre cinct (City Hall Police), with several of his i men, with Officers "Waterman and Iticlly, of the Fourth District, were promptly on hand, and at once set to work to pick up the injured men and boys who were found lying on the street. The following are among those most seriously injured:—Morris Kelly, aged twelvo years, living. at 35 Cherry street, terribly burned about the head, body, and legs. His injuries are supposed to ho of a fatal nature. Michael Mulcahoy, aged 14, of 52 Cherry street. This lad was sitting on the wagon, and was unable to extricate himself, having become jammed in the tail board. He was most horribly injured all over the body, every stitch of clothing having been burned off his body. Wm. ftedoian, aged 30, of 35 Cherry street, vVas fearfully burned about tbo body, and was also run over. His injuries,- are of such a nature that his recovery is considered very doubtful. John Wogan, aged 45, of 45 Cherry street, was burned about the body and struck in the left hip. by a rocket. The injuries are said to be of a fafijl character. Officer Thos. Maher, df the Fourteenth Precinct police, who is said to be the President of the Club, was walking alongside the wagon, when the explosion • occurred. - Ho is terribly burned about tho’heod, neck and chest, and so fearful are liis injuries that he is not expected to sur vive the, night. v All, the above named were: removed to the neighboring stores, where their injuries were, temporarily eared for., Captain Allaire , of the Fourth Precinct ordered them to he conveyed . to tho New" York Hospital, 'which was done -as -soon as conveyances-icould • be .obtained. David Howard, alias “'Bally Hooly,” a newsboy about twonty years ot age, of 315 Water street,- was most fearfully burned about the, lower porfioiii of the abdomen. He was-taken to Bellevue Hospital in an ambulance, where his death. was momentarily expected to-occur. Michael Barrett, aged 17, had his eyed burned ' out of Ills • head; and' his hands burned to a'- crisp. He was taken to liis home, at No. 52 • Cherry street. - Ho cannot possibly . - -The bodies of , the injured persons presented * * a sickening: and, revolting : appearance., *ln most instances all the clothing, had been burned off, and the surface of tho bodies thuB ' oxposed fo view was blackened and burned to a crisp. The above named persons are all those most seriously injured; but there is no doubt that quite a number, of other persons, bystanders and pedestrians; ivere morc'Oirless injured,; and were taken home by their friends. The police are entitled to great credit for their promptactionjm caring for; the wounded per sons. The attaches ofthe Kcw Yorker Journal, oi French’s Hotel, and a number of, firemen belonging to Engine Company . Np. 7, and Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, exerted themselves to the utmost m tenderlyremoviimz: and’caring for the sufferers'.' ' i . ’Whatguve rise to the explosion lias not been definitely ascertained, and there are several theories in regard to it. It Was stated that tli» men on the wagon were smoking and at the same time handling , the ; fireworks iin the most reckless manner.' If tliis statement be the truth, there can he <no doubt hut that the ffcdWorks ignited from a lighted cigar. Some of the members, of the association, however, state that the fire works ignited while the person in charge of the wagon Yvas firing off a rocket, some of the sparks falling among the combustibles. . When the sufferers were' conveyed to the' hospital they wero at once- stripped of; wha little clothing remained on their persons, and were placed in bed in the wards. The House Surgeon and several of his assistants were at once summoned, and everything within the scope of human power was done to render tlu-m comfortable. Tho surgeons and nurses were assiduous in their attentions; but not withstanding all their exertions on behalf of the victims, it was feared that most of them would snccumb to the shock consequent upon their fearful injuries. ■ Below will he founda'recapitulation of those injured, as far as ascertained: AT NKWYOIiK HOSWm. Thomas Kelly, aged 12, of No. 35 Cherry street. ■■■.. ■ . ■ ■ , Michael Mulcahoy, aged 14, of N 0.52 Cherry street.' ■ 'Vm. Bcdijan, aged 30, of No. 35 Cherry •street. John "Wogan, aged 45,0 f N 0,45 Cherrv street. Thomas Maher, (President of the Club), of the Fourteenth Precinct Police. AT BEELKVUE HOSMTAIi. David Howard, aged 20, of 315 Water street. ; AT TIIKIIt HOMES. J. Bush, of 11 Chatham street. , , Michael Barrett, aged 17, of 52 Cherry street. The driver of the wagou, name not ascer tained, East Tenth street. A Terrible Drowning Affair. The heartrending particulars of the drown ing of two hoys and two girls, children ot Messrs. John and H. G. Turner, of Charles town, Mass., and Mrs. Isaac Libby, of Auburn, Me., at Lake Auburn, on the 24th inst., are given as follows, in the Lewiston Journal : Mrs. Isaac Libby, at whose- house oil tho Lake the Turners were spending the summer, had three sons, Eugene, aged 18;Julius, aged 15; and Cecil, aged 13. Mrs. H. U. Turner’s daughter, Fiorina, was 10. years of age, and her son, Charles, 14. The young people bad been accustomed to get into the old Hat-boat and paddle about the poiul for fish or- fox pleasure. Wu Saturday ierenoon a party of five of them made sueh a trip across an arm of the lake. 1 ■ ■ ■ In the afternoon six of them made a similar trip, caught some perch and cooked them! on. the shore, and alter their pleasant pic-nic din ner the company, consisting of six—Eugene, Julius, Cecii, Charles and Fiorina,' above named, and Mr.; John: Turner’s daughter, Addio, aged seventeen, got into the boat to return. As they stepped on hoard; Flora noticed that there was considerable water in the boat, but no alarm was felt, as the boat" was always leaky. The depth of water in the old flat- rapidly increased, but 'the children only regarded it as a new source of amuse ment, not thinking of the dangerous weight of so many passengers. ■ The boat had slowly moved toward the -homeward landing, anil only about fifty feet intervened between them and land, whon, as Charles says, without a moment’s warning,tho boat sank beneath them—going down, as he says, not one end foremost, but sinking hori zontally. ' Its hapless occupants nil went down to the bottom with it. Charles, Eugene and Julius could swim. Addio aud Cecil shrieked with terror, as the boat tilled and sank. Flora was speechless. They had not even time to jump from the ; boat,, and, locked in each other’s arms, went down together, j The beat slihped from under them and arose at another point and floated off, its sides just visible on the surface. As the unfortunate victims rose to the surface, there, was nothing for them to grasp hut one another. Tho boat was out of their reach; one or two old paddles and hits of hoards did not avail 1 to aid them. Addie caught hold of. Flora. Charles, who could swim, caught Fiordland finding they were sinking, pushed Addio off, hoping to save himself and his sister, hut Flora grasped ■him around the neck and disabled him from swimming, and both sank instantly to the bot tom. Ana here little Charles says,'finding that unless he released himself from her grasp both must die, he resolved ho. must > leave ‘ her to perish and try to savo: himself, but, he adds, his heart breaking with grief. “I hail a regular battle with her to escape.” But. at last ho wrenched himself from her death-grasp and arose to the surface, almost exhausted. The distance to shore was hut slight, and ho was just able to swim a few-feet, far. enough to touch bottom, and was helped ashore by a boy who happened to be near. When Charles pushed Addio from Flora’s grasp, Eugene took her and tried to save her, out she clung to him in such a way that he was unable to swinrwith her, and both sank to the bottom; so to savo his own life he was forced to release himself from her grasp. As the girls arose the second timu, Addie aud Cecil grasped Julius aud bore him down, and no doubt 'they perished in each other’s em brace. Just as Charles got ashore, he turned around to see what could he dune, and saw Eugenu swimming just behind- him, almost ex hausted, crying; “Help, I’m sinking.” The hoy on the shore—l’liny Caswell—who hail now come to tho rescue, got a pole and ex-, tended it to Eugene, who hail strength enough left to grasp it, and was drawn half conscious to the shore, where, after a short time, he was restored, so that lie was able to walk. Just as Eugene cried for help. Charles, who had reached the shore; looking further in the rear ef Eugene, saw Flora’s hSr floating on tlie surface and part of hey dress, hut lie saw them only for a moment, and then all was gone. Four hapless victims had perished— two promising and. beautiful girls, two Christian hoys, sons iof a favorite minister, himself recently gone to Ills heavenly- home. One of these, .sons wos studying at the Maine State Seminary,'preparing for eolloge. Both of them, together with Eugenu, who was saved, were to have been baptized and ad mitted to tho Free Baptist Church (Rev. Mr. Heath’s) next Sabbath. It is a singular anil melancholy coincidence that the three stricken families have each one child left. The bodies Yvera found near the place Yvliero they Yvent doYvn, in about an hour anil a half after the accident. —Bryant’s Minstrels, at . the Arch Street Theatre, continue to attract largo audiences to their delightful entertainments. The eccentri cities of Messrs. Bryant, Lnsworth, Eugeno, ahd' Dave Reedy are enough to convulse the 'most’sedate ■ Yvith laughter, while the' Y’ocal part-©f. the- programmerssuporb. ’ They re ’ main throughout thisweek and all of the next. 5= -—Mr. Train has driven one California short . hand, reporter into’suicide; and the rest into merely “sketching him.” F. L. EETHEESIOIT. Fttolifc ■, l ' ‘V;' , : ■ r ..;.i:: 'i vVT-/ PRICE THREE GENTS fa:ct» Asm v —Harming gardens—JaH-yarcfe.* —The Sea Island cotton-crop promises well. ■ —lt is proposed to call a : new pa teat Life preserver at ter Ida Lewis. Eather Gavazzi is bow worshipping itt ' once, having got a Protestant ~'T*’ ro te S! >or Charles A. Aiken, off Priiacetoai College, was yesterday elected Pttairafsnt off union College, at Schenectady,? ‘ *. c -rrEx-President lias beets* l ' tally operated upon for a cnartrancle—noi acan*- cer, as erroncously stated—which casio on the' back ol his neck.. . —A jnan wEo hart..buriea>four or fiv» of his wives in Wayne county, Indiana; has. Been ad monislied thaJ lie inuat not’ innTTy any-'mor© now till they start a new cemetery. . _ —Fred. Knowiand,' k’■ weU-lciibivn iatlroad man, has been Appointed General Passenger Agent ot the Pennsylvania Railroad Oomtoauv, with.lieadquarters atSan. Francisco. ■ —The old original Moses sinote thcr rook and brought forth water. The modern Moses is recommended to perforin the contrary miracle—viz.,'dry-up. /; i ? * —The Portsmouth, N. Hy Times sayS tftat a lady, in, that city recently , declined tliehfiir of a gentleman, on the,.grpund;tkat.,he*luid no taste tor arranging his neck-tie. . —Clock business is very lively at Thomas ton, Cr., the demand being' greater 'than the supply. Last month the Seth Thomas com pany made 14,000 clocks. —A child was recently born in"'the' village of Cnssadaga, Chautauqua connty. with lingers on each of its hands; and shottfes to each foot. The little creature came near Iming. ■ classed among the small poteiglitoes.. ; —A , Connecticut clergyman .recently an nounced from his pulpit that his medical ser vices could be obtained at any hour by those in need of them. His medicines may be more palatable: than his theology. —Charles lteade says the American, women, write him the most appreciative letters he gets, and that they are the only women who sign their names—English dames and demoi selles being either fictitious or anonymous. —ln his speech at the banquet in Pekin,:lll., on Thursday evening, Senator Yates declared himself in favor of moving the'■ national capi tal, nnd predicted that it would be. located in the Mississipxii valley .within, the nexfcsevea years. —A. mot, attributed to M. Tliiers, is worthy to take rank in the choicest collection "of witty French sayings. A deputy observed to him' apropos ol the Emperorfs 'message: i*« Well, Liberty is broyght to bedat last.” “ Yes,’? was. the reply, “but it is by a Cmsarian operation.'’ —The,following notice:waspostcd;©a.a,huge sized trunk, at a railroad depot, a few days ago': “Baggage smashers are requested to handle this trunk with care, as it contains nitro-glycerine,Greek fire, gun cotton'and two live gorillas.” ' - , • —About ten o’clock on Sunday uiglit a'bril liant meteor passed over Cairo, ill., exploding near* the-earthwith a Loud noise, and soon after a distinct sliock of earthqnake was; felt, accompanied, by. a dull, roaring Hound-Similar natural phenomena visited; Memphis, Teirn., on Monday'morning at two o’clock.' ■ ' - ? —St. Bullier.jthe proprietor of the Parisian dancing garden,' dear to students and Immor talized by Paul de fKock ahdAloxander Du mas, has left, a large fortune.,. His will be queaths a legacy of 12,t!00f. to' each 'of eight servants, and pne of go,oQof.to his wife’s lady’s maid,.-,. .r:„; o.j —•The Emperor of Austria is said to have reinstated the Archduke-Henry in his 'rights as a member of the imperial family, of which lie was deprived, a year ago for marrying Mile, i Hoffman, an actress, not only without the con • sent of the Emperor, in his quality of head of the house,.but even in spite of an express in-. terdiction, ' : ; ; ■■■... , —A lady while out berrying at North Gran ville, Kew York, came upon a corpse with the throat cut from ear to ear. Slie dropped her ! pail of fruit and rushed for the villagers, who at once repaired to the scene to liudthat the corpse had conie to life and run off with the. Denies. The clever rogue bad stained his' neck,gndbreastyyith , , t-The iWceiliSfiftsayH of F.W.-Bat fUfi. de&tilting secretary of the Security IhhOVanee Company: “One Sunday lie stood ' before our Sunday-school 'Children here', and., talked to them of eternity and the evanescence of all the objects of mortal pursuit;- a few days later he became himselt'a conspicuous illustra tion of all that was worth remembering in Ins own discourse.” • ■'v '• - ■ '■ b; „ —The Anglo-AmericanTelegraph Company -announce .their cross:receipts from .Atlantic cables, sincij the landing of.the first one,' Sep tember 27,186(>,at upward of £(tis;o(K) r ßt'erling. The - number of messages have steadily in creased from a daily average of twenty-nine, under the .£2O, .tariff, to two hundred'ana thirty, under tho‘ £2 tariff. The dally average of receipts -sliows 'ah- increase from .£447 in June, 1808, to .£521 in June, I The [French Emperor’s.despatch -to the President., through Secretary Fish,was slightly marred by the telegraph copyists or - the printers, in some of the papers. Here it is, corrected: . • ........ . “ L’Empereur des Franijais au President, des Etats-Unis :.Je snis bien aisb d’iuaUgurer la nouvelle ligne telegraphique quireue la France a rAmeriqUe, on voas envoyaut dc mes veeux pour voir* et pour la prosperite des Etats-Unis, Napoleon.” —A few days since a well-known lawyer of Waterbary, Conn., bought a railroad ticket for New Haven, and after taking a scat in the cars found, on looking over his change, that the agent, had givenhim one dollar too much. - He accordingly returned, and ihforxningthe agent of his mistake, handed hack the. money- 'For a moment ,the agent stood, speechless,; then he grasped him by the: hand and 'exclaimed, ■ “ Please stand still one moment, sir, and let me look at you—and a lawyer, too lf?.,is-‘ —ln a French mad house is now confined a ouce renowned musician, At times he plays his violiucello with exquisite 1 taste.. In the midst of the most delightful strains, he will stop, pull ofl - a hoot, and throw it out of the window, then play, awhile, and otf with , the other hoot; then his waistcoat, and other arti cles of dress; after this—the mnsicall the. time growing more sweet awl plaintive—the poor fellow will begin to shriek, and blaspheme, and then the wildest madness takes full- pos session of tho wretched man.- 1 —The outrages on the Jews have been re- ’ new.ed in the Uanubiam Principalities-. 0n... Friday, the fttb,the government recolyedlrom , Vienna a copy of a telegram which Baron, llotliscbild bad communicated to tlib .English ambassador in that city, of which the 'follow ing is an extract: •‘Our wives and our children are ill treated by tho soldiers of the-’prefect.'' Mauyef ourco-religioiristßarodrownod/and our hair is shaved off in a manner to disgrace ; ns, and we are subjected to .every sortr ofitor- , ture and.violence.by the agenja oftliQ'gov,em inent. ; We are mostrigoroualy quest! puedand persecuted.” , • —At the annual banquet of, the [Pam Hu mane Society, just held, a cutioUs lncldent took place, in the bestowal of a goldmedal on an old man aged ninety-six,- ana the awgpl or another to a child aged six years,/Who had courageously saved the life ' or a" companion • from drowning in .the Seine.- > The atnmlauae may be imagined, as both. heroes- came- for ward to reeeive their honors, and -when Madame Merlier approached’ to kiss thorn This lady claims the right of embracing all tfib noble fellows, who have them-' selves during the year—not a bard condition fw the fat subscription she hand* in, =EI r~ (- ( 1 td :k IIx.'::
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