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VOLUME XXIII.-NO. 97.
1' OREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
LE'rTEII. FMK% ROME.
The (Ecumenical • Conflictl , l.-The Arrange
ments in the north Transept of ht.
'peter'S.--Ditscellancons llama)" Wens—.
The Pope's Purchases on the Ivatatine
11111--Chlt-Ctint of the Studios.
I Correspondence of the Phila. Evening Bulletin.]
PIAZFA DI SPAGNA, Ronne; Italy, Tuesday,
July 13,1869.—The preparations for the (Ben
menleal Council are going on rapidly at 'St;
Peters,or Vatiran Basilica,asit is called. - One
of the Council chambers is tribe in the second- 1
story of thein: Atrium,— the hall where the
Pepe observes the ceremony of the'SUpPer: in
HolyWeeh•Hthe one Opening into the Benedie
' ?tan balcony. In that place are to' be heid the'
preparatory sessions. • • \
The Grand Council Hall,however, is to be in
the right or north wing, of the great transept of
St. Petcr's, called ordinarily the. wing of St:
Proces and St. Martinien. Anyone who has a
plan of St, Peter's se given in Murray-Or Per,
glll.Oll can follOw, my description esa4ly. '
This north transept is a church ihitself. It
can • hold at, least two thousand Persons.
.)round its absis or sezni:circidar ehd, are
three altars and mosaic pictures, from the
subjects of which- the altar' are named: Ste.
Proces and Martinien 'in the centre, St.
Erasmus at the right, and St. 'Wenceslaus to
the left..
This north transept has on either side of it
two chapels, which are reached by huge: areh
ways. The one to the right or west is called
the Chapel of the Madonna del Soceorso; the
one to the left or east is the Chapel of St.
Michael. .
The Virgin Chapel to the west was designed
by Michael Angelo and built by Della Porta.
The mosaics on its cupola •are famous. This
Chapel 'contains the superb monument of
Gregory X.V the last Pope, who died in 1.816.
St. Gregory Nazianzen, the famous orator and
Chureh poet of, the fourth century, the friend
of St. Basil, is buried under an altar in this
chapel ; his remains were brought to Rome
from Comtantinople at the . time of the Cru-
88dC/ 4 .
,The f3t. 3liehael Chapel on the east of the
north,tranFept is so called • because it has init
the mosaic copy of Guido's Archangel, the
original of which is in the Capuccini Church
in the Piazza Darberini Mans' Christian
Andersen's Capuceini Church., which every
one will remember who has read the, impro
ritatore;. This St. •Michael Chapel of St. Peter's
It;s. alt:o in Wthe Mica mosaic picture existing,
it is raid—a copy:of Guercino's • St. Petroniihi,
the original of which is b the Pirutcotheca of
the Capitol. '•
ItOw wc.eome.to the large: arehwaysi,whiela
lead front the.. nOrth transept east and west'to
, the Virgin and ,§t, Michael ! Chapels. Under
the right or east"archway which enters the
Tirgin-Vhareh is the alt4rpf Bt. Basiland thp
toil& of Clettien't X:(Altieri; who dieal in 1676,
, in the riddle of what Hneren calls'. the "Age
of,Lenis Xll7l-
Under the left or west archway is the altar
of "La ,NaVicella," so; called from a
,mosaic
copy of Sanfranco's picture of Christ walking
on the water and going to St. Peter's aid;
also, the fine monument by CanoVa to Clement
Venitian Rezzonieo, who died in
176 i.. The accessories of this famous monu-
Anent are well known,—The-lions are in-many
-a garden,,ankthe beautiful Genius of -Death
With the reversed torch has been often copied
by sculptor, engraver and photographer. •
Several plans have been
_proposed to the
Pope for the arrangement of this right or
north transept. The principal merit of Count
Vespigraffs prefect-Aim one adopted—is
-- that the architecture - of the - Church will t
-be degraded byany of the -provisionary eon
- structions. The north transept *ill serve
;lust as it is'-for the Connell - assemblies. The
only work to be done is_to_arrange_ the_ seats
for those who are to take part in the Council.
Fitst, in the semi-circular end of the north
transept there will be, the - Pontifical throne,
raised fourteen deg.,whicleis to be occupied by
the -.o r , ( ki , in the alasence of His Holiness,
by t,.4oP. \ • e N c !-„,'-,l.i:.'t X.egates who will be his re
-..resi_:-tg the right and left of
the 1 f5.514' 4 4 S c -N)..n9; 'ernicyCle of the frau
sw to
septA y . the Cardinals, raised
ter , , usu. Library atroot \,..1 ascent. These are
for ftARREL B
Noio. Rositt;l2, .b.: l3 ear part. We can regard
it as (AVM% fal two sections, separated by_
the albAls,kiis which lead into the Virgin and
St. Winitel Chapels. In the first part, nearest
the hemidycle, will be seated
,the Patriarchs
and Archbishops. ] n the second or opposite
part will by the:seats of the pishops, Abb'es,
&e.
On either side of the transept there will be
seven rows of seats, each one having its Prie
Dieu, which can be easily converted into a
desk. There will be also an eighth row of
movable seats for the emergency of an extra
orclinarilrnumerons assembly.
At the base of the seats which I have thus
designated, there will be places arranged for
the apostolleal protonotaries, the theologians,
secretaries and stenographers.
Under the archways which lead to the Vir
gin and St—Michael Cbapels, there will be in
each twii tribunes for the Ambassadors and
for those who have a right or •perraisaion to ; be
mesent at the sessions
`named ehapels--the Vifgin and St Michael—
will' contain the branch bureaux, or additional
departments oftheCouncil, - they - will - lie - _sep
arated from the other parts of the Basilica by
it partition. Since, we have heard this, our
visits to these chapels, archways 'and 'north
transept have been very constant, for it may
be years before we , see them again. A story
was told last winter of some one asking the
Pope hpw long the Council wouldlast.
!"It maybe a year.. It may be fouv ,years.
It may be longer. Who can`tell? Not Ii" re-
plied His Holiness certly.
The principal• entrance to the Council will
be from.the side opposite the Confessional, as
the sunken place in front of the Baldacchinp
and High Altar is called.
In all churches built on the Roman Basilica
or. Court of Justice form, this place is to, be
found, and it retains the old -Roman name of
Confessional; it was where the criminal ia
ancient times received his sentence and made
his confesSioii
\ The Altar of the Cooticil Hall is to be placed
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As I left Mrs. Freeman's, I stopped in her
husband's (Mr. Freeman) painting rooms,
and just secured a sight of two beautiful pic
tures, which were boxed a few hours after.,
One was a "Girl and Parrot;7
_tlie other an
Italian .tisherman's 'wife awaiting her buil-
Trie§e - 4v — it
o factures posseail
merits'
a great degree the of this disting,uished
artist's style of painting. The handling is very,
free, and tho coloring is rich, mellow and deep
in tone.
As the. two 'above-
The studios of some of the Italian' and for
sign sculptors are - also very attractive places.
Lavetzky, a Russian, No. 82 Via Margatta,
has some clever 'and interesting works, Two
Aphrodites, or bathing girls, are both graceful
and beautiful; also, a lovely figure he calls
"Spring Flowers"—a girl fastening some blos
soms in her hair with ono hand and - holding a ,
mirror in the other; the description sounds
common-place, but the artist's version is beau.
in the middle of the north- transept, a•-little
nearer • the door, however, than the Papal
throne. The Tribune ofthe Orator will stand
isolated, beside the altar; but it will be mov
able; and whetithe Pope is not present it can
be placed: exactly in_the middle of, the Assem..
In the construction of tribunes, the division
of places, the decoration's Of the \Partitien.s;
&c., the architectonie lines of the Church will
he scrupalousik- followed. The: seats and
other
accessories will take up So . much space
that there Will,be little room for decorations.
Aproposition has been made to ornament the
frieze of the entablature, as that. of St, Paul's.
outside the walls is . decorated, with medal
lions of those Popes under whose reigns other
Councils have been . held ; also, to hang over
the interpilasters Gobelin tapestries.
'The Giornale di Rona, the 'official organ,
published - on the 7th of July the Copyright
treaty concluded between - France and Rome,
bearing date sth of july,* 1869, by which the
rights of authors and artists of each country
are secured.
The Observaiore Romano, the other daily
Journal in Rome,,announced on Thursday that
a musical paper is to be started shortly in this
city, to be called the Poicetrina.
A new roore has been discovered by Cheva
lier Rosit-in the French portion of the Palace
of the CreSara The frescoeS are very curious;
there is a tree on - whose branches .are seated
female figures. The walls, however,. are very
- weak and crumbling; so, these remarkable
decorations may not be preserved.
A very gratifying piece of news was an
nounced this week—gratAying to those of us
'who are interested in the excavations on the
Palatine. The Pope is purchasing the spot
known by the name of the Villa Mills, and fn
October the excavations in the Pontifical
iprtion of the Palatine will re-commence,
under the direction of Visconti, by .Mr. Alex
ander Zangolini.
Zangolini has made a fine map of the whole
Palatine Hill, which will be published shortly.
The Pope will now own the greater part of
the Palatine. The Orti Buttironi, or Vigna
I , Thssnier, which the Emperor Nicholas ..of
ill:Hilo bought, has also beensold to the Pope:
The Pope, Emperor of France and the Con
vent of. St. Bonaventura are the only owners
bf this famous old Palatial Hill at this time.
The Palatine Hill was so fat - Pillar to 'the
ancients 'that their writers did not think it
necessary to be veryexplicit as to \ the. exabt
situation of its various buildings; consequently,
its precise topography and, the disposition of
the edifices which it contained are unknown
to the moderns. Numberless speculations.have ,
been formed by atclireologists: These now are
in a fair way to be set at rest by the researches
of thee - French and Papal managers, De Rosa
and Visconti.
•
This "Villa Mills" part, which the Pope is
purchasing, has been occupied by the Convent
of the Sisters ,of the ViSitation. It belonged
first to the Spada family,smider whom Giulio
Romano executed some frescoes in the Casino
building, under 'the direction of Raphael.
These frescoes have heretofore been =accessi
ble to the general visitor of the Palatine; now
they will be open to view. The Villa proper
Has bought afterwards by a Mr. Mills, an
Englishman, who built upon ,the ground a
ridiculous Chinese affair, which is a shame to
look at. One cannot laugh even at its absur
dity, for the place is so hill of serious, earnest
interest, that when the eye encounters this
monstrosity among the most mysterious ruins •
of Rome, the first feeling is anger. I hope
the first thing Baron Visconti will do will
be to order this Pagoda barbarism to be torn
•
down.
Under thiS "Villa Mills," it is supposed, will
be - found the IlliIIS of the luxurious grove and
portico of-Adonis, and-probably the approach
to. the superbtemple of Apollo.
I have been visiting 'some studios of artists
this - week. - Mrs.Freentan's studio (sculptor)
I saw a bronze vase about three feet 'high.
The sculptures on it are in alto relievo, and
consist of Infant Bacchi in varied groups and
in all
_phases of baby frolic, and even woe, for
some - of the little rollicking rascals have "come
to grief," as the English say. At the base of
the vase, among acanthus and vine leaves, are
three little sleeping figure.feebly grasping the
grapes in their relaxir -kßagers.
This beautiful vase is in the possession of
Mrs. Nathan Mathews, of Boston.
A portrait statue pleased me also. It is of a
baby about eight or ten months old—a sort, of
'nfant Venus in a nautilus shell. She Clasps
the shell with one hand and holds her little
foot with the other. This charming work be
longs to MT. Folsom, of New York.
A little group in marble of the " Triumph of
Bacchlst" has been •
.very much admired this
season. Mrs. Freeman's versions of this old
myth are very pleasing.. The baby fan and
tthlic she describes take away all the coarse
ness which did not belong to the ancientidea,
but which will cling to all modern reproduc
tions of the mature Bacchus. This group goes
to Mr. Kidder, of Boston.
Mrs. Freeman's "Angels of the Nativity" is
also very attractive. It is a charming little
group of three angels—one playing on the lute,
one listening, and one singing its Laudate Do
.
' The "Girl and Parrot" goes to Mr. Kidder, of
Boston, mid the "Fisherman's Wife" to Mr.
Loring Andrews, of New York. Mr. An
drews is also the fortunate owner of Mr. Free
man% beautiful picture of the "Recording
Anger—the subject taken from Steme's Tris
tram Shandy. , •
PHILADELPHIA MONDAY AUGUST 2 .1869:
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tiful: rfibe - c ev:rest : - thing - in LavetZky's
studios, however, is a young Neapolitan fisher
boy, with a monkey On hls left arm and grapes
in his hand.- 'Tlie monkeyis at seizing the
grapes, but turns to look at piVir ; :oar, with
that wise old look of the ms Uank's 'mon
key in George Eliot's Spanify. Gypsey..
Mournful professsor ,of high drollery,.
A misanthropic monkey, gray and grim!
It seemed to me a fitting representation of
young Italy with that rascally . old monkey
Atheistical Socialism, and both becoming in
toxicated on the grapes of license, and mis
called free government.
The weather is much. warmer, laid nearly
all the American , residents, hive left 'Rome.
The city' is healthy, boviever, and the thick
walls and roofs of the houses make the rooms
always comfortable. The markets are full .of
fruits. Luscious figs are a soldi (a cent) a
piece, and a few peaches have appeared.. The
vegetablei,.too, are very luxuriant. Tomatoes
are plentiful; but although I like . to fancy that,
everything in Italy is perfect, I cannot help
admitting that both,teniatoes and peaches lack
the peculiarly delicious flavor they have in,
clear old South Jersey. But the fig; and
apricots and plums make amends for. many
shortcomings of that nature.
BY TAKE CUBA CABLE.
Patriot flaid on Principe—A Severe Con.
test.»Provisions Captured or Destroyed.
HAVANA, July 31, by - way of KEY WEST,
August l 110.—It is reported that two slavers
have landed in„the Chico. Villas district on ac
count of Zubleta. Marino. . •
,'On Wednesday last, July P2B, 5,000 negro in
surgents attacked Puerto Principe, making a
general raid through the city. The Spanish
treops to the number of 4,000 men attacked
tiu in. A severe struggle ensued, in which the
ground was contested inch by inch, the insur
gents finally retiring in nerfect order, having
achieved the object tor which they had made
the raid. They captured and dasttoyed pro
visions valued and Made good their
retreat. The Spaniards do not giye any esti
mate ofthe patriot losses. Thirty-foul wounded
soldiers of their army were taken to the bar
racks. The Spaniards claim 'they had only
eleven men killed. ' •
Patriot Tears of a masBaere by the volunteers
have subsided.
,
There is a great dearth of provisions, and
conseiluently great:misery at Santiago de.
Cuba.
(in Saturday, July 24, the patriot detach
ments which have been attacking the fortified
plantations for some time past, defeated the
,Spanish reinforcements sent to meet them.
Colonel Camara, commanding the Spanish
forced . was wounded,and the expedition com
pelled, return to the city.
It is stated that as soon as their preparations
are completed, the patriots will poeitively at
tack Santiago de Cuba.
The negro militia that made the raid upon
Puerto Principe enabled a number of families
to escape from the Spaniards.
The investment of Puerto Principe is ex
pected.
.Mr.FtirTs' on, long imprisoned at Manza
nillo, has o tetinedhis release. A number of
the political prisoners have also been released.
Inimnsequence of certain correspondence
having been intercepted more important se
questrations are expected. The sales of con
fiscated property will take place at auction .qt
is suggested that the police authorities make
a, registration of theslaves owned by disloyal
More troops are demanded from the in
terior, the insurgents increasing in numbers
and activity.
C I DI E
THE OCEAN'-BANK-ROBBERY.-
Arrest of One of the Alleged Bob, ,ers--
Ills Account of
_the Affair.
[From tbe Porthuid (3.16.) Argus, July 31.)
Our readers will remember_tha_startlin l q a
an
nouncement in June last that-the- Ocean_
of New York, • situated on Greenwich street,
liad - been - robbetinfnearly -- all - the-contents-of
the Vault,. abouts.2,ooo,ooo,..and_there was no
clue to the perpetrators of the bold'r - klieme.
-Detectives have since been--at- work' on - the •
case, but no positive develOPments had, up to
-recently,-been found to give-any-clue to—thp_.
money: - Detectivestt - is - said; - traced two of
the - conspirators east, and have made a pretty
thor oughs earek. On Thursday Blake,the detec
tive who so successfully work - ed up the Auburn
murder case last winter, thus proving the old
adage, "set a rogue to catchy rogue, was ar
rested. •
Blake is or medium • size, rather thick set,
black hair, cold, gray, quick eye, wears a full
beard, rather in its color looking as if it be
longed to a man on the shady Side of fifty, and
theretbre he rightly claims it. His features are
not the finest, and his nose would indicate
that he was flush at, least, part of the time.
With the shrewdness 'of one in his position his
dress is neither of the• best Material nor the
neatest fit,' but he does not, appear to be a very
fastidious person. •
His story is simple and pretty concise in re
gard to the memorable robbery, and with his
clear intellect, he perhaps wishes to take ad
' vantage of his peculiar lonely position to once 1
more appear in the world. He said he passed
through this city on the 7th of June, on his
way to New York to join his pals, and alter
the robbery was committed he left , the next
week to return to ' Portland. He says
the party numbered four or five that hired
the ' basement under the bank, and pre
tended to be insurance agents from Ohio.
On the mornin above mentioned, the
features of the bank g
ing-roombeing familiar to
the occupants below, an entrance to the same
was made by boring with an augerthrough the
intervening floor. Once within reach of the
vault, it seems that it was an easy matter for
the Professionals to pick the lock, it not being
one of the safest, as was afterwards estab
lished. The small safes within were blown
open, without attracting the attention of the
night watch, and their contents rifled. In their
hurry they did not get a lot of gold, $30,000,
and gold-bearing bonds to about the same
-value.
He does not speak of the routes taken by
the several confederates, or where they are,
the-country.
not to feel very anicious . .aboutiums - 011 )
and says that all will go right with him, and
the money he has will flnd its owners all right,
and Volunteers to say that none of the present
holders will be able. to use the unlawful
gains. Officers are coming to make, his ac
quaintance.
Thisatory is good for what it is worth. The
charge on which. Blake was arrested bYDepn
ties Perry and Bolton is for the, larceny of be
tween MO and $BOO from the proprietor of the
Arlington House, Arlington, Mass. The facts
in this latter ease, vies learn, are that Blake and
his son wore left in charge of the hotel, and he,
absconded with the money.
-A Kong Kong correspondent of the San
Francisco Bulletin calls attention to the horrible
traffic in Chinese 'women, for California.
Within two years it is estimated •that - twenty
.thousand women have been kidnapped in th
Tonquin empii.e, and within one. missionary
district six hundred have disappeared during
'the last year. The scenes attending the land-,
jug of these women at the • San Francisco'
w. haVe been fully 'described.
WltoLEVOwTirir.
4Nr BEEwsi'ert
This talk oci."importing" Chinese,, which
was used - by that, characteristic talker and
representative man of this class of. Southern
people, Gen. Gideon' J. Pillow, at the Mem
phis Convention, has aroused the suspicion of
many at the North, of the Radical party, who
havejoined in the protest of the California,
Democracy against "importing" Chinese, and
the result of it is an othcial Tppublication of
the act of 1862, against the importation of
"Chinese Coolies. We feel free to Say that
if it were possible to "import" and keep
Chinese, or other like peoples, in a`state
of , peonage; or bound' service, as is proposed.
by men who reason like Getz. Pillow, and
have a desire to perpetuate the worst features
of our old system of plantation management
and culture, we would oppose the introduction
of them ourselves. But it will. be impossible
to effect this. The Chinamtui may be under a
contract to labor at some infinitesimally low
pricui, :tut he will soon find that he can get
more i:and> if he. profits by: what we call our
superior civilization, he will not feel anymore
bound by a contract made in ignorance of the
value of his work, and by taking advantage of
his necessities, than do those who claim to
have a purer religion, and the only true one,
and whose claims to political and educational
superiority are so flauntingly set forth. -Un
doubtedly the price of labor will be les
sened by-the Chinaman coming here; but it
will be by competition and not by contract.
In some way the man who advances the cost
of his coming can be, -- alid will be, secured the
reimbursement of it, but lie can never secure
by this act a long period of future labor at
Chinese prices. The Chinaman, it must_be
understacal,:is a thoroughly intelligent human
-being, who-As-not--able-to-get- along - at
among us, because he is a stranger. As soon
as he becomes familiar with - out language,
laws, and course 'of business, which he may
do as readily-as a German, if notaia Irishman,
he will ask equal privileges and get them;
The lazy laborer may fear competition with him
the may - make - hina --- sliare:With -- the
outsiders_his_hatred of him asa possible_voter,
but the Chinaman will, if he does his work,
earn his wages and deserie to receive them;
and,unless we get rid ofthe baneful idea ofum
versa] sufltage,.he may be a voter, but - we see
no reason why in this verycapacity he will - be
less to be relied upon than some others. He
may be a fair offset to them.—New Orleans
Pk mine.
A Chinese Sunday School.
[From tho San Francisco Alta, July 5.J
Yesterday a large number of the Chinese
merchants and strangers from . abroad . were
present to witness the exercises at the Chinese
Sunday School of the Howard Pr6sbYterian
Church, conducted by the Hon. George Bars
tow, Sup_erintendent,a.ssisted by Cyrus Palmer
and D. N. Hawley. The exercises consisted
of reading, spelling, counting and singing.
The school numbers 125 . Chinese, and has a
corps of seventy teachers. The Chinese all
read and write their own languak;e, and show
themselves very apt scholars in learning the
entire English alphabet in thirty minutes.
They manifest the greatest eagerness to learn,
and are makings rapid advances. Most of
them are. being drilled in the rudiments of the
English language, but we noticed especially
one in geography, and also heard the Chinese
sing a hymn in English. Messrs. Fitch, of
Auburn, N. Y., and Taylor, of Boston, Mass.,
made very interesting addresses. •
Ow Shmg, Tom Quan, Fung Tang, Lee
Kahn, and other prominent Chinese merchants •
were present. The fact was mentioned by
these merchants with regret, that while in the
British Provinces the Chinese can. testify in
courts of justice, and have the fall protection
of the laws, in California they cannot testify,
and have but a partial protection, which pre
vents Chinese capital from coming here. Fling
Tang being called upon by Mr. Barstow, with
out any preparation, rose and spoke a, few
words in a most easy and graceful manner, as
follows: _
Ladies and Gentlemen: It gives me a great
pleasure to meet youl here to-day, and I am
glad to see the American people are taking an
interest in my countrymen. We have our
schools here, and they have bane-
young people;_ bates think we ought
to have some more schools here. We return
our thanks for the interest taken and con
tinued in our 'welfare.
Fang. Tang also spoke a few words to the
Chinese, and said ahem:-" We have seen,
now, for ourselves, these Americans wish to
do us good. I would advise you to rearn all
you can for your own benefit. .Knowledge and
virtue go together. If we are worthy of the
protection of law, the Americans will find it
out at last, and we shall have it. There is a
groat ( commerce for both nations ; and it will
make us friends if all are right-minded."
Lee Kahn (who is accountant in the Bank of
California) followed with some well-timed re
marks, in which ho urged the Chinese to show
themselves worthy of the protection of Ameri
can law, and in due time they would have it.
Miss Anna Dickinson and her brother were
present' and seemed greatly interested in the
proceedings. It was an occasion worthy of
note, as showing that a nation with which we
have binding treaty obligations, and from
which we are to obtain that cheap labor by
which our fields are to be properly tilled, and
our infant manufactures established and Wait
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/119 E BEITIfT 01141RAitiktiON
• - ERIS IN AMMA,:
t'arlonfs
The Jast•• mail • advices from. China give
thp following in relgpon to 'the recent out
iage on varty of English ladies' and gentle-
"it picnic party lately Went to the Bungalo;
and on:the way it was noticed that they were
followed by a number of boats.; 'While at
lunch the •., whole party, were, Surrounded
by Chineke, and subjected to;, a storm
of stones and other missiles, forcing
them' to retreat in disorder -to their • boaW,
and leave their feast behind them. 'As the
British Consul, Mr. Caine, and his , wife were
_present *the time, the_ Toauta ,was - quickly
xuade-acquainted with the , faets. As usual, he
expressed xegret, and promised to inquire into
the affair. bo the matter re*, and so it is
likely to. The excuse for the ,outrage is the
same here OS elsewhere. The, foreigners are
• said to kill Chinese babies in order toget their
• eyes for s m
hipent as medicineE
to" ngland.
-Wanehu has•been placarded with intlamma
• tory prochnnations, calling on. the Braves to,
rise and the base intruders ontheir soil."
Regarding the inducements held out for the
murder of foreigners and destruction - of their
propertyanother account says: • -
"During"the stay of Her Britannic Majesty's
gunboat;flOpo.%•nin at •I-dung,' an anonymous
placard was posted on the gates, wlaerein a
society or:guild hold out oilers of reward , for
the murder of foreigners, for the- destruction
of their. 'steamers, etc. It is .Called a special
announcement, and is dated the ifith day of
the month of the eighth year, of Tung-che, at
the common hall of the Nieli-t'an (secret corn
•pany). Foreigners, "it appears from this
precious• document, are worth, when killed,
$4.0. Steamers when • burnt, or otherwise de
stroyed, $10) and if any one;hi. killing a for receives mortal hurt, the guild provides
a coffin and pays his funeral expenses, hesides
providing liberally for his family, by present
ing • them with S:i00. The writer looks upon
the English as particularly obnoxious,.and_de,..
scribes their country as a rock in 'the ocean,
inhabited by an insignificant, ill-bred and law-
less race, who rush about like pigs or wolves,
and whose main object is to Injure people,
swindle them out of their property, and, by
increasing their territory, become tyrannical .
usurpers.
THE CHINESE QWESTIO.N.
A Sensible Sonibern View of it.
up, and .with wbleh vast ,Madi prOfitable
trade awaits na,.fif we ' the - w - isdoms, to
profit by it, will be sure to , findtjustiee and
fair treatment from all the betterpbrtlon of
our people, as soon as public opinion shall
have, been brought-to bear upon this subject.
The iuffians :uliose,praptice it is to find 901Ile
poor, weak Chinaman alone to abase, will
soon find their pro Per level. •
POLITICLL.
$O JTHLR P'OLITICIL
Rebel General Lee's Opinions.
Referring to, the report that. GovertlOrreiect
Walker, of Virgirila, had invited GeneralLett
to attend a conference on political matters, the
Lynchburg. Virginian says:
"We can assure our contemporary that there
is no danger. that General Lee will do .a foolish
act. lie is no politician, and has no idea, we
believe, of embarking upon such a
stormy dud uncertain' sea. That he is
sincerely devoted to the interests of
`Virginia, no man can doubt. That he de
sires 3 reconstruction •iand • would advise his
people to put themsttives into practical rela
tions with the Federal; or, as it is now called,
the National Government, we have every rea
son to believe. But he will not miter into any
conclave . of politicians. ,;The people
would not desire it; even if. General Lee. were
willing to compromise his present position to
gratify tluit - wish. It is 'proper to add; in this
connection, that there is no reason to believe
that such a meeting as that referred 'to was
ever suggested—perhaps, not thought .:of—by
Governor Walker."
Virginia's Petition and'Promige..
[From the Richmond Whig, July 27. J
If Congress, ,the President and General
Canby will-but deal with us fairly and sipiarely,
and accept and consummate. our well-Meant
work, the people of "Virginia will soon be in a
situation to make their great Commonwealth
--pot---only one of the political pillam of the
Union, but one of its chief financial props and
social ornaments: .A.s soon es our
. political
affairs are Settled on a permanent basis, a load
will be taken off our minds, and shackles will'
be removed from our energies.- We will all go
to work with such cheerfulness as we have not
known since 180: We. will feel that what we
work for and accumulate will not be liable to
be swept. from IL9 by those who have no proper
ty, pay no taxes, and live by plunder. We will
feel that-our works of improvement, on which
so much money has been expended,will be safe
from spoliation, .and that eour institutions of
learning will be rescued-from ruin. We trill
feel that we are once- •More free; and will put
forth all of the energies of freemen. Our old
reverence for the Union and the flag will re
turn, and our hearts and our • bomes
open to strangers as they are to those of our
own State. 'Men' with chains around them are
galled; and dO not feel like singing Pleans,to
.those who imposed them. Much as been said
about "social ostracism" of Northern men and
Federal 'officers. • Let our political ostracism
cease, and see how soon our niah-complairied
of "social Ostracism" mill ab:o cease. high
minded'people will"do spontaneously what
years of attempted coercion' would never ac
complish. Give us reconstruction Amon the'
basis of our election, and' you will :soon see
bow _nobly Virginia will :vindicate herself. -
She will blot out,the painful past and prepare
'to enter upon a career. of political peace, so
pia! hiprovement, „educational development
and industrial progrpsalhat Will Make . 110. an
example to all her sister . States. Do her juS
tie,e; and she will repay you a thousand. fold.
THE COURTS.
QUARTER SESSION s—Judge Brewster..-*-ThiS
morning the August term of : the Court. com
menced, • Thomas ,Dewees being ,appOinted
foreman of the Grand Jury. In ,his address
to the Grand Jury, judge Brewster. said
"The prison calendar forth's' sesSion contains
Over 166 names.. It will therefore be neces
sary for' you to act promptly . Opon_the_bills_
whielfina,y - lie laid - before - yob:Ty - the District
_ttorney--W.here-twelve-bf—younumber-
are satisfied by the testimony of a
single - witneas that. there is ...probable
cause for further inquiry, you will return the.
indictment a true bil). 'You need notexamine
-all the witnesses endorsed, except where- the -
Commonwealth fails to make out her case.
Wben,-allzthe-prool-has-been-heardi-iftwelve
do not agree to return a trjie J ill,_the_-indict-_
went must be endorsed "ignoramus;" or if" - it
Charge a misdemeanor, you riitiAliote•ivlitither
the county or the prosecutor shall pay the costs.
_ln_cases._which-concent-thelniblic i -and- e;spet
yon should be stern
in - your - - vindication of the law. In 'bills
charging murder, you have nothing to do with
the question. of degree. On no account
lend.-yourselves to that mawkish sentiment
which sympathizes With all criminals inexact
proportion to • the enormity of their offences;
which has but little pity for the ordinary thief,
yet lavishes its tenderness Upon - the assassin.
By far. he largest number of cases which will
be submitted to you belong to a class
originating in private spite. With these pub
lic justice has no concern. Criminal courts
were not created to foment or to pander to
either malice or extortion. We do not sit for
• the collection of bad debts or the accumulation
of costs. All cases which fail within this cate
gory should be promptly ignored and the
prosecutors ordered to pay the costs.
"1 recommend you to inquire into the abuses
ot our license laws, whereby many escape the
payment ofjust taxes,to the discouragement of
all who obey the statutes and to the great pre
judice of the public treasury. It is also proper
that your attention should" be called co the
long-standing evil of the want of a 'House of
Correction.' "
The petit -jurors were next called, and the
remainder of the morning session occupied in
hearing excuses.
[For tho Phi
iladelphin Evening Bulletin.]
eathor for. July.
the following table of the weather at
e month Just passed :
JULY, 1869.
B. J. L. den& ua
Germantown for th
o
r .. ! "
a t tl Wind and Weather.
I. ;
1 : 1 4 "O
F.
S .- s -1 2 r.
41
1 6868 72 30J 76 Clear. Hazy — .
- 2 57 171 76 30.1 80 W. - (near. Hazy. •
36174 86 30' 88 . S. W. Cloudy. •
4 711 85 29.9 89 Hazy. .
5 COO 70 79 30.2 79 N. E. Hazy.
65667 74 30.274 N. E. 'Cloudy.
75668 77 30.2 79 N. E. Cloud.
85973 80 30.2 83 • N. W. Cloudy.
91 6 4 75 71 30 74 3-10 N. W. Cloudy. Rain.
10160 7884 30.1 86 N. W. Clear.
11 - 67 81190 30 92 S. W. Clear.
12 66 77 81 30.1 89 W. Clear.
1.9 66 78 82 30.2 80 FL Cloudy.
14 66 71 72 30.2 72 N.B. Cloudy. Rain.
15 69 72 81 30.1 88 1-10 N. E. Fog. Rain.
16 74 84 90 30.1 93 N. W. Clear.
17 75 89 87 30.1 88 N. W. Clear.
18 73 78 85 30.1 80 N. W. Clear.
19 66 68 72 30 72 3-10 N. E. Cloudy. Rain.
20 64 68 74 . 80.1 76 N. E. Cloudy.
21 61 TO 81 30 86 5-10 N. W. Clear.
22 59 70 77 30.2. IT N. W. Cloudy.
23 62 69 77 30.2 78 N. E. Cloudy.
24 60 72 82 30.2 85 N W. Hazy.
25 67 77 85 30.2 88 N. W.' Hazy.
26 71 75 81 30.2. 64 1-10 N. W. Cloudy. Shower.
27 71 75 85 30.2 78 7-10 N. W. Cloudy. Rain.
28169 77 84 30.2 8 3W. Cloudy
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29 68 74 82 30 82 4-10 W. Cloudy.. Rain.
80163 sa 76, k .30,2 , N. W. Clear.
31 56 , 60 76 30.2' 79 •• N. W• Hazy.
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11.; .t., EinfERSTON. Patbehest
—Comedian Owens Is half-144MA
• —Why-is an inclined plmie
Because its a slope-up! - •
—Mn,. Stonewall •Jacksote
a bequest of $lO,OOO. ••" • ?;'
—Why hi the breeze at the _
htreet like fighting? Because-it's Wharf rr
• •
—Ten francs a head will lie • elkuiect4te • •
',engem going through the Sue, Canal....";
—Muhlbaelt is sick—not with'
manse, yre. hope.
•
--Harriet PrescottSpoifordds - writing a"ntenr%
book. •
—Bismarck does not speak to his Ministkr.
of War, and has not done so for two years.
=ln an Illinois cemetery in ab . tombetone
bearing only the simple but touching epitaph,
"Gone UP." , • •
—ln what kind of notes should THe Song of
the Sewing Machine be sung? Za hem
'quavers, of course.
—Ancient but excellent—Why hare chick
ens no hereafter? Because they. have 'their
necks-mirled in this. •
—Con for the classical—Why is a wninnia
nr mor ulier . e stubborn than'a mule? Becauhc-she is
•
--Wordsworth VMS guilty of great proanity"
when he wrote the often-quoted line-- •
• -4The• sat. is o r Mares
.weeks in its latde Floridaa
extra eg
selaturession. The m rt4y embers
have a yearly salary,.but not per diem. pay:
. —The English , papers are enchanted...with
Patti's daughter—that, is,. her "Daughter of
the Regiment." .. • . • , •
"—The Chinese . giant; Chang, eight 'feet six
'inches high, has come over in the. steamship
Denmark. - • . . • . ,
—Miss Minnie Haack is under engagement
to appear at the Imperial Opera 'House,
Moscow. .
. . . •
is rmored in that Catritir, of
opera bouffe u
fame; and late Paris
tenor at the Theatre
loraivais, in New York, was recently. killed at
Bordeaux by falling down a Hight ok stairs...
—Among other wonderful things•for which
the Great Eastern is celebrated are .lier,.rs
markable ..hutch-ways—sho•• lays telenraPhiii
cables. • --•
—John is coining. The . ..first Chintuim in
Denver, or Colorado, has hung out his sign on
a Small 'shanty: "Hong Lco—washin', ands
ironiri'."
— . What are the wild waves singing? Lot
us-pray. To what time should the words be
•sung? Neptune. And in what key? ' The of Sea.. • •
•
—Peter .COatti, the • Paisley spoolltlireakt
rennufncturer, • has been knightfd: .',b the
Queen, and is now to be: includidcatitting' the
coats of arms. .
• —lt has,:been determined • by the "Jewish
Theological. Society r nitting at Dreelan, to have,
prepared an, eneyelovedia, of the Talmudha
order to facilitate the study of that work.
—Hepworth
,Dixon is about to leave Engl.
'Lind 'on a long tour in. Ititioda. It. Ls under
itood that ho will not return to the editorial
ebair of the 4t/ieninuni . . ,
—One of the' latest hooka interdicted:by the
AlooPe.is a work Ofi moral theology by the late
Bfibop of RidJaneirci.• The book wax' pubi•
lolled thirty years ago and had been entirely
forgotten, and the author has been in hiS trate
six years. l ••• , • - • • ••?-
• .
. , —The Indianapolis 'rapers ' Were'fbrbidden
by the court before which the .Clem - murder
trial was held to report the testimony, and
were fined for contempt of court in disregard
ing the order. Governor' Baker has remitted
all the fines so imposed. • '
r—Pic-nics hi a town in this State, are wound
up by the girls standing in a long row, while
the youngmen ,go along the line and-kiss
them all "good night." The winding-up
'business is, always .anxiously looked ft:lr by the
of7the following conundrum
iv ancorphan.,,lfislondparenta-parished-fronk---
sheer mortification on the day this
,was,built
Why is a man who is confined. in_ a ulna
- Moyamentiiitg, and makes terrific exertions.tO
escape, like a certain
_musician in gut' Orehes--,
tra?: - Because he is a violenteelliat . .- •
—A meteor recently exploded near Elkhorn
Visconsini - and - deposited on - We =ground a.
Mass reAemblingthe cellular_slag-from'an-ixon----
furnace .--A circular - space•of irxty-sixfeet•
diameter' was covered':witit this substanCe,
which preSented the appearance of having.
fallen in a hot fluid- mass„Tspattering - atotnad
'the scorim after it had struck.
—A Clikatta savant has startled India With,
the affirmation thafa race of tailed.men and
women are to be found in the forests '.or..
Borneo. • He says that his information cornea
from Sarawak traders, who state that this
"missing link" rabe live in the .trees; have
bows and arrows and other rude implements, ,
and subsist entirely by hunting. An expe-.
dition is to he sent in search- of this curiosity-
France has arranged with some of, the.
German States an unique system of exchanges.
German schools having students training for
theprofession of teachers will be allowed to'
send them to the public schools of France; ,
where the young men can obtain :a thorough
training in the French language,and French; may likewise send scholars :to Ger-,
many, where they will be instructed free of,
charge.
•••-During the demolition of the Church of
Dinninigne; "at Creniiina, the tomb or
Stradivarius, the celebrated inanitfaCtitier-or
violins, was discovered. The municipality
ordercdthat the bones of the who had
added so much to the excellence Of music be,
collected and preserved, and depoAted in a..
tomb in the city cemetery, where an inseriti-.
tion'will recall his name. A place will he re,,
served for his remains in the Paiitheom; now'
erecting at Cremona, and When- the building
is completed they will be removed thither.:
—A Scoteliman has invented an: aPpitratua
to, relieve vessels becalmed at sea. It consists
of a fourbladed screw, four feet in diameter, -
which, when the li6isel is overtaken by a calm,:.
is to be fixed to the rudder, and propelled
by a skillful adaptation of pulleys leading over
the stern of the vessel to a steam ell/11wc winch.
which islisedin the loading and discharging.
The propeller can be shipped and =Whipped
with great ease. It is calculated that it win.
give the vessel a speed of two or three knots'
per hour.
—We do not know whether—Senter,-the•
candidate for Governor of Tennessee; is int
favor of woman suffrage Or not, bub he• 'cer
tainly prizes woman's influence. At the close
of a recent stump speech he said : "Ladies, a.
word before we part. When the daor for
election arrives, get up early, prepare b good
breakfast, have the shaving-water and towel
ready, let nothing but smiles and cheerftdriews
possess you, and when the good luau antis for
the polls go with him to the gate, put 'your
arm about his neck, kiss then ask ; hint •
to vote for Senter." ••
—lt is related of Nuraviefl, the famous Rus
sian General, that once when in command ofe
camp, having discovered an alarming dimiim.
tion in his candles and having detected thir
teen Cossacks in the act of stealing them, he'
adopted a novel method of curing their thiev
ing propensity. At :nightfall the Cosiaolm
were ranged in • front of the General's tent,
stripped stark naked, compelled tostand erect
with their headki thrown back, and obillged to
use their mouths for candlesticks.. zy the
glare of the lighted eandiesso held the General
and his stair indulged in their grog, and the
whole army vras permitted to see the ludi MU& ,
sight and chaff the poor candlestieks.
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