<HBSGIff PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 96.
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENt
AT NEWARK.
The WashingtonTrairf Thrown from
the Track.
Narrow Escape of the Passengers
[From tbo N. y. Sunof tlilumornlug.J: '
The Washington train, due lii/Jersey City at
42J5P, M. yesterday, met with a serious acci
dent on the southern outskirts of Newark, at
6.12 I*. M., by "which the locomotive tvas de
stroyed beyond'redemption, the track torn up
for some, distance, and the whole train thrown
off, hut miraculously without loss of life.
The train which met with the accident was Favorable Reports for the Patriots,
about an hour-behind time, in consequence of ■ [Comapondcncc of thoNcwYorkSuu.j
f&MST SF- Havana; duly my last letter
ashiugton. Alter leaving Elizabeth they events have thickened to such a degree that I
ran across the meadows at about 40 miles ail hardly - know;-where to bcfrin. l Everything,
hour; and when turning -ftio curve near Broad however, continues to pass off favorably for
street, aboiit three-fourths of a mile south of the patriot cause, and to the speedy downfall
Chestnut Street Station, the engineer, Edward of the Spanish rule. The cable has\informed
Paige, saw a signal flag of danger a short dis- you of such things as would.pass through the
tanee ahead, and blew .down brakes sharp, narrow sieve of the Spanish censorship at this
Before the speed of the train bad been very point, and these I wilf pass over,merely giving
materially dlmished, the locomotive striick a you a rapid Sketch of aflaira on the island m
hand-cart loaded down with iron rails, which. | they are, and how they happen,
half a dozen laborers were pushing along on j aJh e Captain-General lnw issued an order
the same track. -* r . ! suppressing the Herald and the Courrier des
. The concussioirwas a very severe one,send- ElataUnis, of your city, in this port,on account
>pg the heavy iron raiLs flying in all direc of alleged articles favorable to the patriot
tions,andtbrowipg the locomotive ofttue trq,ck cause; bat the interested parties here uo hot :
to the right. At the same time the track-was 1 look upon this terrible piece of practical bun
tom up, and consequently the > entire train, combe as any great deprivation, so long as
consisting of the mail-car; baggage-car, and they can obtain copies of your brave and
four passenger-carB..Atte r tearing along for truthful little luminary. May it bC long be
-200 feet, the locomotive jumped over $o the fore its bright rays become clouded hv Spanish
southern track, where it was brought to a sud- tyranny, tor it is doing.» noble Work with
den stop by some of the iron rails, which had grand success to dispel the obscurity which'
pierced it and doubled up under the flre-hox. E angH like apallovx-rthe Surest pwwpecte.of-
The tender keeled over on its side, and the our heautiful island.
wail car, breaking loose, smashed downa tele- Another of those inhuman outrages upon
graphipole-and sfotofl-at nearly a right angle, helpless women, which have become so Tre
demottjhcd a big board ieiiee, and brought up quent of late, took place the other dav in Ma
on its side in a much damaged condition at the tanzas. A lady; Senora Mercedes Al
!> cvti?en s dwelllug. - ; buquerque,, the wife of one of the leading
_ The baggage car followed In the same direc- citizens, was seated in the window of her resf
tion, hut the forward trucks being broken to j dence -with her hair down over her shoulders
plungfeilhenxl foremast into the sami, ; snpposed to be a distinguishing mark of the
and left-.the rear truck across the track. . j int.nrrectm— when one or the volunteers sta
. The passenger cam were also thrown trom , fioned jn tKat ■, ■ d ty approached aniL
the rails at the hurt shock-, and hail a- rough made a lun'ge at her ‘ with his
passage over the ties/but were not much da- j bayonet, She drew hack terriflod, and
• maged, owing, it was raid, to being provided j when the brute rushed through tho doo ;
Aviui «oinebjmy s i>atent bumpers. - . ] ami pursued her into her private room, where'
. Edward Mood, the mail agent, was injured . j,,. stabbed her seven times, killing her ln- :
ruthchack,'hut not seriously. _ • . stantly. He-.walked oft" unconcerned, after’
George Meyers, the tireman, who was pass- J carefully wiping the blood from bis baronet;
nig wood at the tim<:,wastlirown violently all il we have not heard of anything having:
hack noon the wood pile,and vyas considerably been done to him as yet; doubtless he will he
FKJ® • • ’ , , • rewarded with acomdjiission for lus heroism.
The only . passenger ascertained to have Xo oneArill deny that he hsis fitted ldmself for;
lieeu injured was ah old gmntleman, who was tlio command of thosd who battle against,
standing up at the time of the collision, and j jibw-ty. :\ . y. : :.'- -/ . . * *
had Ids side wrenched by being thrown to the j" report is current here that when Dnlcei
hack the seat in front.. T ; t ' i. , ’’ was Governor-General a large expedition of?
r The - engineer, Jit. Edward X a j negroeswas safely landetl on the Key of Cai
very nanwv. wcajte from «jk;dh. The floor 01 l .maii, and baud made their way to Cespedes’s
arw, The:politicalGovernor of
vvhichwa.sr«iught and tvristed. tip under the appointed a new admiiffstmtor fov thfeiHa-i
engine, which let him down through. hut he vanalfailroadin the interest of the Spaniards,
managed to draw lumself up again, and then hut his name has not transpired,
stood to ins post until the locomotive came to A letter received here lately from one of the
a htanostul. ~ , - - . , Cuban prisoners, who were sent to Fernando
The JOcomotiye is prohaWy beyond redemm j> 0 by tne Spanish authorities, states that they
cylinder-head was stove in, the were sixty-eight days on the passage, and that
parallel rods. broken, the centre firebox de- they were treated in a manner worthy : of
jnolished. Md fte holidr stovjt .through by an fiends. They were absolutely forbidden to:
iron rail. _Hnlf a found bold any conversation whatever with each
bent and twisted up Other, and the provisions which they lia<l taken:
In a short, time a number of laborers on board with them were stolen by the Steward
Vi<; re brought upon the ground-and with the of thevessel, who retailed them back at.the’
aid^ a J™ ost extortionate prices; $3O being charged
wreck., B> i}o clock the Northern-bound for a single ham, and $2 for a bottle of water,
track was cleared s* M.m pa»a»e of may be imagined their lot was almost un
hut the. other t_rack was ilot clearid, bearable, and theypre now suffering greatly
and the track laid until 111*. M. All the trains frpjll the dampness of the climate. One of
Mm 5&-
if the men having the hand-car in charge had The Spanish Bank is about to negotiate for
not diepomc pame-atnclmn mad fled, they another loan of $8,000,000; hut where they will
could have upstst the car oft of the track. The get the amount is notvely clear, as the °T^at6r
Portion of the
liaving sent the signal flag further around the j -whose notes have fallen due, have failed to
curve, and also in allowing the hand-car on j navthem because tlipvTcivn no mnnov mil li
the track at all when the express train was j j H expected that the number of failures’will be
oventue. ■ | greatiy next month, when, more
Deat h of a Prominent citizen or Chicago.
Last evening A. H. Van Buren, Esq., a pro
minent- citizen of Chichgo. and a , well-known
underwriter, while descending the steps of the
Briggs'House, stumbled and fell some ten
feet, striking his head upon the stone step,
Causing a fracture of the skull at the base of
the brain. When taken up he -was entirely
unconscious and was immediately removed to
one of the parlors of the hotel. Dr. DeLaskie
Miller, who was fortunately passing at
time, was called in, and, finding the case
serious, he requested the attendance of Dr.
Edwin Powell. Subsequently Dr. Charles G.
Smith, an intimate friend, was summoned,
and the three physicians pronounced the case
a hopeless one. Mr. Van Buren lay in an un
conscious state for several hours—sinking so
low >at times that life seemed extinct, and
again rallying for a brief interval and breath
ing regularly, though feebly, until half-past 10,
_ when he died.
The Chicago Board of Underwriters and the
Catholic Library Association, of which bodies
Mr. Van Buren was a prominent member,
hold meetings this afternoon to pass resolu
tionsjjf respect and to take action in regard to
Mis funeral.
Mr. Van Buren was born in the city of Phila
delphia. His father had been an eminently
successful merchant of that city, and had re
, tired from business with the well-earned re
spect of the community. His mother was a
woman of great accomplishments and univer
sally beloved. Mr. Van Buren entered Brown
University at an early age, and' through his
whole course held a high position as a scholar.
In the famous Dorr rebellion he enlisted and
for some days carried a musket in the ranks of
the State troops. \Vhile in college, as ever
after, Mr. Van Buren impressed every one
with whom he came in contact with his quite
extraordinary intellectual • power. With
out being a student in the strict sense of the
word, he alwayß astonished those in whose
society he was thrown, by the extent of his re
sources, by-tlie vigor of his reasoning and the
vast store of information, on almost every pos
sible subject, which he possessed.
■ Mr. Van Buren, on leaving college,-selected
medicine for a profession; but, after com
pleting a course of study; he never entered
into'practice, but removed to Cincinnati- find'
commenced the insurance business, in which
he ever since remained. He came to Chicago
in 1860, and his career in this city has been a
marked success. /
- When the war broke out Mr. Van > Buren
entered the- army, and became the Adjutant
of the regiment of which his’ intimate triend,
. Gen.BoonierwasColonel.Hewasalsofpratime
Adjutant at Camp Dougins, in this city. After
the war was overlie resumed his former busi
ness, and was appointed Secretary of the
Board of Underwriters, a position whioh he
tilled with marked ability. Indeed no man
could be more familiar with the insurance,busi
ness both in principle and detail, than was Mr.
' Van Buren. He entered into it with the en
thusiasm which he ’ always brought to every
subject his rigorous mind grappled with, ana
completely mastered it in every branch. His
ability was universally recognized, and he left
the Board of Underwriters to form q, very ad
vantageous and lucrative connection with the
llrm of S. M. Morse & Co. •
On the Ist of July last, he virtually retired
••/wJWBI *»s«, r .««-'»<• eweafsjjrftai Bf>» 4 *afti_»'> •*' »» shi* -i ’-'i-, ..'.....
■ JW® ®pa| pmfctm
irom business. Hia death seems the more Had
**pm.tl:le fact that, life opened to him a scene
ot quiet enjoyment in the society of relatives
and friends, which promised to be fall Of i re
pose and happiness. To those who. knew him
it is inexpressibly sad that such • a calamity
.should have come at such a time. It is.one of
those inexplicable events which the huhian
mind seeks' in vain to explain. It fills ithe
hearts of his numerous friends in this city with
profoundest sorrow. -.-,:.."7*
\ The sole surviving members of Mr. Van
Burcn’s immediate family are Dr; Van Buren,
the eminent surgeon, of .New York, and Tlios.
G. Van Buren, Esq., formerly of this city, now:
of Cleveland. He was unmarried, and at the
time of his death was about forty-eight years
ot' age.—Chicago Journal, July ‘£)lh,
THE CEBAV BETOMTION.
notes will have matured. The dry goods deal
ersare not alone in their poverty;' this scarcity
of money extends to all trades and all classes,
so that the look-out for the new loan is not
very encouraging. ~ -
On thelTth insL, one of the members of the
first company of liijeros volunteer battalion,
became involved in a street quarrel-in this city
with an unarmed mulatto,whom he bravely as
sassinated. As usual the murderer goes un
shipped of justice.
On the same day a party of 200 patriots, un
der the command of Leverino Ramos, attacked
the plantations of Santa Rosa and Dalores, on
the outskirts of this city, and succeeded in
carrying oil'a large quantity of provisions
and military stores.
The insurrection in Cinco Villas and Santa
Spiritos is gaining in strength everyday. The
leader, Honorato del Castillo, has burned
several plantations belonging to the enemy.
Colonel Acosta y Alliear is here in Havana,
endeavoring to raise a new regiment. This
will make the third which he has commanded
since the war began; having lost every soul of
liis other two commands either in battle or by
disease. .
From Puerto Principe we have the glorious
news that General Puello has been again de
feated, and that his son has joined the insurgents
against him. '
General Figueredo wifi* 0,000 men and
General Jordan with 4,000 mOn made a joint
attack on General de la Torre, near Santiago
de Cuba, a few days ago, and utterly routed
liis army and tools him prisoner. One report
says that Figueredo has had him shot, while
another states that he is still in prison.
The Spanish papers have,, a despatch this
morning, which says that the patriot General
Donato y Marmol is marching at the head of
2,000 men on Santo Spirito, with the intention
of attacking the city.
An expedition of 1,000 men have, effected' a
successful landing at Bahia Honda, a small
town On the north of Cuba, despite the efforts
of a small fort in that place, which opened
Are on the steamer which earned them. The
last heard of them they had arrived safely in
the jurisdiction of Santiago.
_The Captain-General has issued an order
requiring that, from August 1, the merchants
of Havana shall go to the Custom House in
jierson, for their goods. This has been ren
dered necessary by the alarming increase of
smuggling in this vicinity. ' -
It lias been raining a great deal here lately,
and the consequent sickness is killing offlarge
numbers of the Spanish troops. - • -
Admission of Visitors to the French legis
lative Chnmber.
' Our readers are perhaps aware that a certain,
number of tickets for the Legislative Chamber
are delivered gratuitously by the concierge of
the building to persons who call for them .early
in the morning. These cards, twenty-five in
number* serve for those persons only who can
be admitted into the public tribunes; and this
arrangement has been made in order to pre vent
confusion at the opening of the doors. These
tickets have become the object of a sort ofpetty
traffic, which is freely carried on in the ap
proaches to the legislative palace, just ids it is at'
the doors of the theatres. Their price, which is
subject to daily variations, may be considered
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 31,1869.
as tbe exact gauge of the interest taken by #be
public, in the sitting.' The following are some
curious details on the subject: On the opening
day of tbe present session the admissions were
sold as high as 80 francs each, but the next day
they fell to half (hat amount;,, Since then the
figure has stood between 7 and, .10 francs.
•During tjie last session they were sold at from
2 francs to 8 francs 00 centimes. The price
only rose slightly at the time of the debates on
works of the city of Paris. There are-but four
or five dealers, and on the days of sitting they
may be seen loitering on the Quay d’Oirsay and
Pont de la Concorde. They do not, as may be
imagined, offer their wares to .the first comer.
A certain tact and astuteness-is necessary for
this trade, qualities which 'are possessed by. the
parties in question. The cards of. admission
to the Chamber haxe their petite bourse, held at
daybreak before the gate of the building. An
estimate is there made of the greater or smaller
amount of interest that the sitting is likely to
present, am the price of the tickets varies in
consequence. Most of them are monopolized
by speculators who sell them again in tbe course
of tbe day, and generally make a profit of 5
francs of 0 francs, and sonietimes more. —Paris
Presse.
“ The Nation ” in its Fifth Yeah. —With
the beginning of tbe present month Tuff Na
tion commenced its ninth volume. Its only
rival in tbe peculiar field which it occupies has
been The Bound Table; which lately, by in
corporation with a newspaper, has lost its old
character, and withdraws from competition.
The Nation remains upon the ground our
only political and literary review of the
first class. That its intellectual quality is
as high as (hat; Of any similar journal any
where is obvious upon familiarity with it
and with the hebdominal literature of Europe.
The writers for The Nation, besides Mr. E.
L. Godkin, the editor, a man who contem- ■
plates American politics as philosophically as
any publicist among as, are scholars high in
staff oh and finished in culture all over the East
anil 'West, many being; college professors
trained in the specialises which they develop
for the paper ; most of our best literary men
have contributed to the Nation. Consider
ing how many assistants go to make it up, the
uniformity of tone and accent in the The Na
tion is remarkable. Its individuality is very
marked; and a ’clipping in any of our daily
sheets, if distinguisnedoy perfect' expression -
and an air of imperturbability, cool justice,and
fatigue, is sure to have ‘■'■Nation" in italics at
the end of it. politics realize
an independence and superiority to party
quite unique, anilMt has dealt some of the
keenest cuts ever received by the Republi
cans, whose views it approves in the main.
Lack of passion is its'great virtue and defect,
and its sober cynicism, though withering
when it rebukes the sinner, is not-,
adapted to kindle public opinion.' Compared
with the height of calm to which The. Nation
attains, the Saturday Recieiv, in its dances of
rage against our own country,, and in its
female, spite against a certain indispensable
sex—and the Athenmim, in its gushing sympa
thies with some poets and romancers,—-often
seem very insular and juvenile. If we con
tinue the comparison between the American
weekly and the English journals which are
evidently its prototypes, we find that The
Nation devotes no criticism to the drama,
though there is doubtless more genius ou the
American stage than on the British; nor to
music, a want which compelled it to face
the Boston Jubilee, for instance, unprepared, .
and to make, in treating of that experiment,
one of its few lapses from gravity. and good
style. As music is tbe only fine art that can
be developed on equal terms by a country
without museums, galleries, &c., The Nation
could probably do good by encouraging edu
cation in this direction. Science is not to be
considered within its vocation. “Tainting and
Sculpture, in the present revolting stattTol"
American art and art-opinion,it perhaps wisely
leaves. Still these omissions are Sensible
vacancies in the plan of the journal. For the
literary parti of the N ation we have nothing
but praise. I The book»criticisins are the
result of | wonderful industry, acumen
and appreciative sense: we know no weekly,
in any country, nearly so good in its perform
ance of tliis duty. The prophetic column ,-in
Which the news of literature is anticipated by
collating the announcements of publishers, is
a novelty, and is admirably well managed “An
author preparing a book will find his work,
before its appearance, skilfully weighed and
estimated, from whatever criterion may be
lirfnished by bis literary history, or by the pre
vious treatment of his subject by others. It
thus often oddly 'happens, by the by, that a
book will be criticised with great sagacity
before it is published, and perhaps before it
is written, while books actually issued are
passed without a word; for not more than
about a quarter of the publications acknowl
edged in The Nation’s lists lire or can be ex
amined by the reviewer. The editor of The
Nation, all his circumstances and difficulties
considered, is certainly to be highly praised
for keeping up a publication that is a model
of good, quiet English, that is absolutely un
conscious of fear in its political criticism, anil
that gives us the latest news of thought and
its expression in contemporary literature.
f For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.}
A Paid Fire Department.
• One of the very worst features; of the pre
sent Volunteer Fire Department of Philadel
phia is its demoralizing effect upon a very
large portion of the youth of our city—a sub
ject upon which the supporters of the system
are singularly reticent, though it is a fact the
older members of the department are aware
of, and wiH admit in a close argument. We
desire to call special attention to the fact—the
result of investigation—that one-half of the
members of the present fire organization of
the city are young,men, a large number of
them scarcely twenty-three years of age.
From being runners from the tender age of
twelve and fifteen with their favorite compa
nies, they, at twenty, become members, and
are thus initiated at an early age into a system
of running to fires, engine-house lounging,
loss of sleep, drinking, card-playing, and pro
fanity, that fits them for lives of dishonesty
and worthlessness, and from whose ranks
graduate the Quarter Sessions’ criminal and
vagabond, ,•
That there are many worthy men members
of the Department we all admit. That there
are many of the kind above referred to, we
think will be admitted" also. We have within
-a few squares of our residence an engine
: house in whose upper rooms the above festiv
ities are nightly enacted by a crowd of youths,
to the annoyance of the neighborhood. We
will not touch upon the other points of the
necessity of a Paid'Fire Department in Phila
delphia—the fact that in London, Paris, and
all the European capitals the Volunteer De
partment is unknown; that it has passed out of
existence in nearly every large cjty of the
United States, ana that . Philadelphia , alone
supports the effete system, at a vast annual ex
pense; but we .wish this point—the demoraliz
ing effects of the Volunteer Fire Department 1
upon the youtli ofthe city, and Its bearings and
! influences—to be impressed upon the mlndrf
: of Councils; thht .the time may be hastened—
which wilt come—when the present system ot
OUR WHOIi® COUNTRY.
I extinguishing fires in Philadelphia will be
Known among the things of the past.
Philadelphia, July 30,186fi. F"-F.
The Philadelphia Fike Zouaves.—Tlri
organization will .leave this afternoon foe
AtJafitic City,fbr an.encampment of a. week’s
.duration. The camp grounds have been fully.
prepared by a squad of men, under Captain
Ryan, during the past .few- days. The tents are
all up, and the commissary department has
been well cared for. Mr. Thomas Farley, of
the Surf House, has been selected as caterer,
lie thoroughly understands, his business, and
the Zouaves wifi be well pigivided for. . :
r The regiment wifi assemble, at two o'clock
this afternoon, at Seventh and-Wood streets,
and after forming in line, will march to. Vine
•street Wliarf, and then take the boat for Cam;
•den. -A special train from Camden at three
: O’clock will fransportthe Zouaves to Atlantic
City, ;-Upon arriving at that place the train
will stop at the Surf House, and the regiment
• wffl be formed in line, and will then match
along .Atlantic avenue to the encampment,
which is located near the Light House, and
has been named “Camp Meade.” After par
taking of supper, there will be a dress parade
ot the regiment. During the stay of -the Zou
aves at Atlantic, there vrtll be various enter
tainments to make tbe’visit a pleasant one.
The programme, as far as arranged, is as fol
lows:
This evening there will be a reception ball
and a display of fireworks at Congress Hall.
The house and the cedar grove north of it are
to be illuminated with four hundred Chinese'
lanterns, and about one hundred pieces of fire
works are to be set off.
On Monday evening the grand ball, under
the auspices of the Zouaves, will take place at
the United States Hotel. General Meade and
staff will be present, and Mayor Fox has also
accepted an imitation.
On Wednesday evening there will be, an
exhibition drill by Company A, Captain .Tohu
W-Byau, anil a promenade concert wifi be
giVen at the Excursion House:
—OAF-ridiiy-eveiling a farewell hop will be
given at lhe Sun House; by=*Mr. Farley, the'
proprietor. ,
On Saturday the regiment will break camp
and return to the city. Upon their arrival
they will -be' received and escorted to their
quarters by the Grey Reserves, Col. J. W;,
Latta, commanding, and Fritz Zouaves, Col.
Peter Fritz, Jr., commanding.
A Singular Coincidence. —Among the
witnesses summoned in the contested election
case during this week was one James A. Wat
son,of Germantown, who had been a sort 6f a
professional voucher for aliens in the Supreme
Court last fall. The subpoena was served by
Mr. Waterhouse, Constable of the 'Twenty
•econd Ward, hut when Watson’s name was
-■ called by the Examiners he did not put in an
appearance, and it was necessary to get an
attachment for him. The only Judge in the
.city is Judge Peirce, who is residing ati Mt.
Airy at present. The proof of the ser
vice of the subpeena 'was made be
fore the Examiners,:, and. was taken out by
Tipstaff Waterhouse, who arrived at Judge
Peirce's residence just as that gentleman had
.returned from a drive. The case was stated,
the Judge dismissed the' carriage,, and then
signed the attachment. Armed with the doc
ument, TipstatTWaterhouse went to the house
of Watson this morning, and upon being con
fronted with that individual, recognized him
as the man who had been driving the carriage
for Judge Peirce at the time he signed the at
tachment. •
Music at Fairmount. —The concerts at
Fairmount Park, by Dr. W.* P. Cunnington's
excellent orchestra, on Wednesday and Satur
day afternoons, are a source of great enjoy
ment to .the numerous vi sitors to the grounds.
The programme for this afternoon is as fol
lows:
1. Grand March.
2. Selections—“La Belle Helene”. .Offenbach
3. Grand Waltz.
4. Martha Quadnile Flotow.
5. Robin Adair. (By request.)
O. Grand Polka Obligato for two cornets.
Performed by Messrs. Schmidt and
Spiegel.
Intermission, fifteen minutes.
7. Overture...
8. Selections from ‘‘Don Juan”,
~ 'l.fiYaTid’Waltz...........
10. Galop Colurnbanus.
11. German Songs.
12. Selection—“Barbo Bleue”’.. .
13. Finale. .
—ln addition to the full programme, introduc
tions will be performed if necesssary.
Bal Masque at Atlantic City. —Great
preparations arobeing made for the grand
carnival and bid masque which is to he given 1
at Atlantic City on Thursday evening next, at
the Sea View House. The magnificent ball
room at that house will be handsomely deco
rated for the occasion, and as it is very large
and commodious, there will be a grand spec
tacle. The Committee of Arrangements is
composed of many of our prominent citizens,
tvlio are now .sojourning at the “City by the
Sea,” and no trouble or expense will he spared
to give eclat to the occasion. As Atlantic City
is -o easy of access now, this will be a, fine op
portunity for the can’t-get-aways to take a
shoit trip and enjoy a magnificent, entertain
ment. The price of tickets, including railroad
t':'i“ to and from Philadelphia,lias been jihiced
at 54.
Menagerie Store House.— There is now
Doing erected, at the corner of Main street
aml Oxford road, in the northern section "of
Philadelpliia, a store-house for a menagerie.
It will be 50 feet front by it depth of ISO, and
two stories in height. A gentleman who has
a traveling menagerie,nowin a western town,
is having the building erected as a place for
the safe keeping of the various paraphernalia
connected with that business. It will also be
used :is “winter quarters” for the beasts, birds
and other tilings which make tip what is
known as a traveling show.
Fatal Accident. —Thus. Toliver (colored),
fourteen years of age, met with a sad accident
last evening, about 8 o’clock, at White Hall
Station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, He
attempted to jump on the train, when his boot
caught in one of the wheels, severing his left
leg trom his body, below the knee, also cutting
a finger off of his left hand. He was taken to,
the Pennsylvania Hospital, where ho died this .
morning at sight o’clock. Toliver was going
to see his father and mother, who reside in'
Harrisburg. -
Disorderly House Case.— The Fifth Dis
trict Police made a descent upon an alleged
disorderly house in Poplar court, Locust
street, below Eleventh, last night. Anna
George, the proprietress, and three white and
two black persons .were captured. This morn
ing the prisoners had a hearing before Aid.
Morrow.. Anna was held in $BOO for trial and
the others, were sent to prison for breach of.
the peace.
. Run Over.—Catherine Shields; thi-eo years,
and a half, old, residing at 531 Harriot
street, wan run over thd right leg; this morn
ing by a coal cart,at Fifth and Harriot streets;;
She was taken to her home. Andrew Hc-
Goftytho drive* of the cart, was arrested.
Slight First.-— I The roof of the blacksmith
shop of John Patterson, in Stanley street,
above Third; was slightly damaged by fire'
about two o’clock this morning.
all epicures; should test the delicious
flavor of Burnett's Flavoring Extracts), which
ftmy bo fouudiuall our principal grocery and,'
drugstores. '
•JIT If BULLETIN.
PART I.
■PART 11.
.. .Ringleben.
.......Mozart.
~...... tjilfeu:
ThkEoyptia*Tow»eiv &#ely introduced
into this market by Barker,Moore & Meisu.is
a preparation of Ckrtiolic arid, the best disin
fectant known. If-hasbeen tlibrsughly tested,,
and its efficacy has 1 been proved, both as a dts
infectant or destrCyet of contagion find infe®- 1
tion, and a deodorizer or remover of unpleas
ant and sickening odara given out during or
ganic decay. Efficient pinaflcrftion lias also
followed the itse of this powder in stables and :
outhouses, cellars and sinks; vermin of vrtri-,
otts kinds,: both those., destroying vegetation ’
and those which are kitchen and cliawberan- •
noyances, are exterminated 'of driven away by
this powder. When sprinkled in rat holes, it
makes the intruders keep their distance, afid'
if they die in some unapproachable spot, the
fact is soon forgotten by the use of the powder.
.Roaches, and other pests, of the kind, sire
driven away by it. At this season of the year
every house should have a supply of the '
Egyptian Powder. .
The Eibe Zquavbs’; Ball,—This afiairiin
honor of the Philadelphia Eire Zouaves, wiH 1
take place on. Monday evening next, at; the
United States Hotel, Atlantic City. The ar
rangements are in the hands of competent gen
tlemen, who will 'leave nothing undone to
seCure' comfort and pleasure to those in at
tendance. General Meade, with a portion of
his staff, will be present
The River Press.— Little Beverly, up the
river, has a weekly newspaper, The Beverly
Weekly Visitor, which, judging from the liveli
ness of its editorial page, and the variety of its
advertising' colnmns, is enjoying a degree of
prosperity which speaks well for the growth
of the river-towns up the Delaware. Marl and
good newspapers are rapidly bringing New
Jersey tip to a point which will soon demand
annexation to the United States.
Splendid Excursion. —Attention of plea
sure-seekers is directed to an advertisement in
to-day’s Bulletin of ah excursion to South
Amboy by rail, thence taking the splehdid
steamer wilfiam Cook up New York Bay and
through the Narrows. This will be a delight
ful trip, giving the excursionists a splendid
opportunity to. view the North River scenery*
Trenwith’s New Store, at 614 Chestnut
street, iSi now in the full .tide of its success.
Persons about leaving the city can procure a
full supply of light literature, us well as toilet
and fancy articles of every description. All
the latest publications constantly on hand.
Quarter Sessions— Judge Peirce—Court
was held, this morning, in the old Court
House, for the purpose of x disposing of habeas
corpus and desertion cases. Among the cases
heard on habeas corpus was one in which Mr.
Barrett asked to be released from confinement
in the Insane Asylum, where he litis been con
fined since May last. No opposition was made
to the discharge, as the only peculiarity alleged
against Mr. B. was that he used threats against
Ins wife, who is since dead. He was dis
charged. ;
Tliree Persons Dron-ned Whllcßatbing.
. At Southampton, L. E; late in the aternoon
of Thursday, Mr. Charles Meyeu, who had an
advertising agency at No. 37 Park Row,'New
York, his wife and the governess of his chil
dren went in to/ bathe. Mrs. Meyeu was first
to feel the “undertow” of the water, and she :
called for assistance. ~ The governess went
towards her and ,so did Mr. Meyeu; hut it
seems that the force of the, water was too
strong. They were all carried out, aud hefore
help could reach either of them they were
drowned. ’
This accident lias cast a gloom over the
whole place. The bodies of the deceased Were
recovered yesterday morning anil brought to
the shore. It was heartrending to seethe
agony of, the children. There were .four of
them, the oldest fourteen years and the youn
gest eight months of age. „They were stopping
at the boardinghouse of Mrs. Post, at South
ampton, fdr the season.
Beiior/<i^t'^theVfSl3effi3h' l isveni®'nnllctin.
RIO JANEIRO—Brig Doctor, Jone*—2.3o2 bugs coffee
A F Damon.
—PO3iGE,PR. —Brig-John-Chryritol,-DarneH—:J3obhde
19 toe molasses John Mason A Co. _
PORT OF_PHII.ADKLJPHIA J oiLV n\
9^ See Marine Bulletin on inside Pape. *
— A RIU ve D THIS DAT. ~~ ;
. Steamer Saxon, Sears, 48 hours from Boston, with
- imlrio and passengers to H Winsor A Co. Passed outside
• -th«caj>Prt,dibark-fronißostO!>rhonndup,{Uitl'4ilumbcr
. Jadpnschr in thehay. _ - _ : _
StcHuio Ceorgo 11-Stout, Ford, from Georgetown,- and
Alexandria, with mdse to \V P Clvdo A Co. 1
Steamer K-(JBiddl<i, McCue, 34 houi*B from ; New-Yort,
with mdse toSV.P CJyde.A Co.-
.Offenbach.
Steamer K Cuinditf, 13 hours from Baltimore,
witlimdse to AGrovesvJt*. ": —--
Steamer Rattlesnake, Gallagher, 60 hours from Ports*
month, in ballast to captain.
Brig John Chr/stal, Barnes j 17 days from Ponce, PR.
with molasses to John 3laaon A Co.
Brig Doctor (Br), Jones, dt days from Rio Janriro,
with coffee to A F Damon. “
Sehr S C Filhinn, Tuft, 1 drty from Fort Deposit, Md.
with grain to J L Bewloy & Co.'
Sclir P 3l«rwin. Carver, 4 days from Nowbern, with
lumber to T P Galvin A Co.
Hchr Flora, Smith. Now Bedford.
Sqhr Triumph. Chester, Newport.
Schr B 31 Fox. Case, Newport.
Schr C Kionzlo, Studmns, Boston.
Schr D S Shier, Iluntluy, Boston.
Tug Tlios Jefterson. Allen, from Baltimore, with a to
of barges to W P Clyde A Co
Tug Fairy Queou,Perkins,from Havro do Grace,with a
tow of barges to W P Clvde & Coi.
Steaming America, Virden, from New York, having
towed up from Breakwater, brigs John Ohryntnl and
Doctor. Passod.a light brig in. tho bay, from Boston,
bonnd up
AT QUARANTINE.
Brig Anna, from Mutanzag.
CLEARED THIS DAY
Steamer Janjot* S Groon, Vance, RicbLioiul and Norfolk,
\V P Clyde * Co.
Steamer Now York, Jones, Georgetown ami Alexandria,
\V P .CKd« <fcCo.
Stofomer Bristol. Wallace. New York. W P Olvdo & Co.
Steamer Brunetto Howe. New York, John F Ohl.
Burk Melbourne (Br), Horton, Antwerp, Peter Wright
& Sbns.
Brig Nicolaus(NG),Ber£,Gibraltar for crdorn, do
Brig Jas Bitvis, Clough, Salem, Caldwell, (Jordon A Co.
Sclir K T Allen, Kisloy, Boston. Borda, Xellar&Nutting
Schr Henrietta.Jjeaviit.Boston, do
Schr J G Babcock, Smith, Boston, do
Schr A 31 Aldridge, Fisher; Boston. do
SchrML Vankirk. Walker, Hinshnm, do
Schr Bend RK No 79, Edwards, New Haven, do
Sloop Mary, Carl), Bridgeton, ; do
Tng Hudson. Nicholson, Baltimore, witp a tow. of
burgua, W P Clyde k Co.
Coi’respondence of the Philadelphia Exchange. .
LEWES* Del., July 29.1569.
" At the Breakwater, steamer Anajuz,from Wilmington,
Be), for Rio Janeiro: schrs Jos Huxtield, for Boston: .w
Walton,for Medford; Clara, for Banvorsport,and H|\V
Godfrey, for Georgetown, 80. all from Philadelphia.
Yours, Ac LABAN L.LYONS.
MEMORANDA.
Steamer Fanlta, Brooks, hence at New York, yes
terday
Brig Neva, Jenkins, hence at St Johns, NF. 34th inst.
Brig Merriwn, Watorhouse, at Mntanzns 22d instant
from Turks Islupd.
Schr 3rary Aim JlcCann, Whitmore, sailed from Ha-
Yana23dinst.fonthiBnort. '
Schr llarbinger, Ryderi hence at Bangor SSth .
Schr J H Perry, Kelley,'for this port, was at Now,
Bedford 29th insf.havlpg returned.-
Schrs Eugene. Hawesrhehce for Wellfleot, and Henri
etta, McClended, for this port, at Now London 28th.
instant.
Sclir E Ewing,! McAlindeii, sailed from Norwich 28tli
inst. for this port.
Sclir Fanny Haunter, Brooks, hence at Newport 28th.
instant.. " • , .
• Schr Fly, Carter, sailed from E Groenwicli 2Sth Just.,
for tbisuort, and went into Newport. . . ‘ ' 4t ;
; Schr'Ruth Hulsey, Perry, sailed from Pawtucket 29th
iust.-for this port, o . •.•••■ •
. SchrsKato v Edwards, Allen; A A_ Andrews,
Ida A Jayho, Jayne; E McGee; Smith: Westmoreland*.
Rice, tttid D G Floyd, Wooden, honcoatPr6vidence39ch.
' Schrs’E F Cabndsi Swain; Goo W Cummlnß.tfonlii;. A
M Lea, DukesjNightlngulo, Beobo; D A Bewy,.W»tetfl;
8 L Simmons, Gandy; Louisa, A Voa Oieaf,
Heath, for' this sort,and Tempest,Eotorson,.Cor Trenton, 1
NJ.'Baljodiromi'rovidonoeMtUinst. ■ _
Schr Transit, Endicott, from PhilaitelßhiavQganA for
Dightbn'i. with coal,' struck on Krttls Bottom Kcwka
wlitloonterincNowport hoibor on; Wednesday oveniug.
during a thick fog, und bilged; Sh* ssnmina upon tlia
rocks, nprmvently qnlto easy.
. [BY TtU,K<Jll&»U,l
FORTRESS MONROE, July3l—Arrived, l*rnssian
frigate Victoria, from Santiago do Cuba,bound to Nor
folk; all wit on board.
BaJlrd.-hitiSt ratmcs Juno, for Rto Janotw.
THE COURTS.
MARINE UUELETJN.
F I. FETHERSm Pnlilii&er.
PRfOE THREE CEtfTS /
FACTS AN»,PA«rCIE*-
—Baptism to Colorado Is called “ litigation.'* -
.. “Vhe»is a newspaper the sharpes#? Whe*
it is tiled. .
—The colored postmasters are called- black
mailers.
—An exchange has an advertisement* for a.
is a “ plain cook, able to dhsa a
little boy live years old.”
, -Ml ss Susan Galtou, -with her Comiclhig-
TVeelc eni "^ rOUIIe '® erforms at Ca P®
, Ebddon fipsetator calls a Baby-S&wr
assue e ” anCioly e “ iT,ia<>n of pulpy celHdor
■qxZ3&*l%}*u}§- bt ?- oooftoßte at the Islesot'
Suoius
there tounjustly speak of thexesort as a “&&»'
horse place.”
; T. Mr -,. Tllo ™ toI b tbe British Minister. i»
quite a-hon in Northeastern Massachsetts •
HiS odd-looking English coach was taken b-n'
the natives for a hearse. • ■ ■■■'■}■
—Gail Hamilton thinks she will visit her'
Minnesota farm again. This terrible Gail
should wait, providentially, till the crops are
all under shelter.. . . ,C 'i
reply to apanen which called General
Sherman “ the coming man,” a Georgia jour
nal says it hopes that he is not coming that
tray again.
• ■ —Asa Packer bolted. Stephen A. Douglas in
tavor of Breckinridge, the Southern fire-eater,
wlio_ developed into the wickedest among
rebels. Will the old Douglas Democrats
swallow Packer, now ?
1 —Col. Thomas . Ochiltreo, who'figured pro
minently in the Confederatoservice, urges the
people of Texas to adopt, the- Constitution,
elect a iKepublican ticket frosm Governor 1
down, and. so have peace.
—The new pulpit built of cedar of Lebanon
and olive wood lor the .Congregational church
at Amherst was dedicated on Sunday; 1 The
wood was a gift from Key. Mr. Bliss,. president
ot the Missionary College at Beirut, Syria,and r
is supposed to be fully 2,1)00 years old. T !
. —The National Screw Ooiiipaay of Hart-l
lord'are now tnrning.out nearly 100.000 screws
per day, and will soon,increase tins product
to 100,000, and when tlieir-works; are in full
operation will produce- the enormous number
of 700,000 per day. /.,
Mrs. Ann S 3. Stephens haa usKlertaken to
write a complete set of American. Historical
N oyels,.liming to be asindieatijnj of our heroes
and epochs as are Miss Mulilbaeh’s of Euro
pean men and.times.;. It willhe a. year or two
yet before they eome.out. v .
—The ' Chicago Post says, there is but,one*
senes of canons more dangerous than those of -
the Colorado, and that, is: the canons of- tho
Episcopal Cbijreli. Major,Powell may escape
the one, but there is ho hope tlntt Major Ohc
uey will the others, :- ; • ■
—MMlUam,Blizzard, oftChestesr, caught, taut
week, a shark of the shbvel-noso species,■ in
the Delaware, off Marcus Ilobk.: Hit measured
over five feet in length, - ami Weighed a little
more than two hundred pounds;;; The liver
was rendered into oil, and the carcass confis
cated.
--Miss Vinnio Keani has arrived at Borne.
. So lias her east of thelate Mr.lancoLn, which
some mere mechanic is to-do into- marble un
der her supervision.. Eiglitcenihoaths Will be
■ required,-for as long as-wMchMiss Beam has
taken a studio, anu is to busts, in the
interim. : ...,
. • —A ease is on record in Scotland of an old
reprobate who was very much enamored of a
young lady, but could never quite-come untto
the marrying point,' After the first courtship,
she sued him for breach of qramise and re
ceived if3o damages. He again wooed and
again failed, cashing over .£lO for the second
offence. Again he tell within the fatal circle
of the lassie’s attraction 1 a,ml! that time she
brought him to.the altar; 1 ;■
... —During a thunder storm at Mashvillc, on
Monday atteruoou, the ligbtiiing.afnucka brick:
kiln, breaking it into very, small pieces." The
brick, unburned, to the number of one hundred
and iit'ty thousand, wereiiofc dlstiiched. but'oii
tliu contrary, were all fused together and made
quite. i hard. There was nob an ! independent,
one. in the -whole, pile, yet each retained its
outline.
' —A Jury of •«. justice's court* in a rural dis- "
■trict of Caiiforma.decided thait the State lhw
prohibiting persons from camytoig concealed
ueaxlly weapons is unconstitutional, because,
the Consritutionoi'theUmted'Statessaystbat
:*• the .right of the people to- keep and bear ..
aims shall not he infringed,” and the county
judge sustained the_decision. .
—When Madame G eorge Sand was about t> •
Sthlish her iirst work, she cafled on M. Henri
elatouche to ask his aid in selecting a ,
pseudonym. She was accompanied in her
■ "visit, which was made on St. George’s day, by
'M. Jules Saudeau, andt when its object had
been stated, Delafauche said; “Take tho
name of to-day’s saint and,half, of, Sandeau’s
niuue.” She followed the artviee, and signed
herself Georgo Sand.
—The Chinese Ambassadors and tlieir suita
seemed horribly .bored when they did the Paris
theatres. The Cirque, however, revived them,
and their joy was boundless when the spangled
damsel jumped through the paper hoops; and
they, tvere completely witched with the horse
manship. Some of these celestial visitors re
cently visited the varietes to see the Chinese*
buffoonery, Fleur da The. The stout old gen
tleman in speotaeies, who looks like Mr. Pick
wick dressed.for a fancy ball, was intensely
delighted; so much so.that he has since* sent
all his secretaries and household to see tba
piece. ■ ■ "
—The Topeka. Commonwealth tolls tlie fol
lowing: “A. certain prominent legal gentle
man of Leavenworth, who has a fondness foe
the popular game of ‘pitch,’ has been recently
elevated . to, a distinguished position in tho,-
Episeopal Church. One of his principal duties
is to pass the contribution basket. A' few".
Sundays., since, this gentleman came along
with , his basket to a pew tilled with ‘pitch*i
cronies, and, shaking the receptacle enticingly,
before them, said‘Throw in your game, hoys;
throw in your game!’ They did ‘throw in,
and the iinances of the, church were consider
ably ‘set up.’” , ,
—The statue of the late Lord Palmerston,
the work of Mr. Thomas Sharp, which ws»
lately uncovered at Southampton, is thus.;de->.
scribed by an English critic: “As a work of"
art its design is semi-classical; the cloak.which
Lord Palmerston actually wore, it is said, ah
the opening of Hartley Institute, in South-.
ainpton, being introduced, with, its
folds, to qnalitv the modem garb of coat and’
trowsers. His leftband holdsascxofl,andilH>.
books at his feet are inscribed wits, the title*
of fiis offices, from the year 1809 to the thne-of'
his decease, October, 1803, The statue is; off
Sicilian marble, eight feel high, andistandkoni
a pedestal, with granite sub-plinth, making;a,
total height of seventeen feet.” -
'—A Frenchman proposes to do.aMeay. withi
the ntusance of fresh .paintin dwellmgs, by
preparing decorative , palntinmi ip shops or
factories, selling tba ' same by the yard, and
pasting it on waßu like papeii hangings. To
prepare it, M. Lafche, the iaveufor. tatoal
thin tin foil, spreads', it o» glass, fomdng thus
asmpoth ground upon, which hq/paiuta or
colors in oil, either plain or ornamental, as on
walls or walrseots,. After drying, the surface
is vanusheO, and the foil with its film is to
moved frtaa tihe, glass. When ready for hang
ing the wall or surface to he decorated ta
cgvorod with some water-proof mixture, the ,
new covering Is cut and applied, the flexible,
foil allowing it to follow nil the irregu
larities of the wall mouldings without cracky
ing the paint film. ■
r> '\or?
• :: '■ -r
* o .4
"friy : jsjfc.-j.
~ 1 "yFfc ,