GIBSON. I t EMOtK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIIL--NO. 98.,
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
immit FROM PARIS.
• ICorrespondimieof thO Phllod.atphiri Evening Bi9letinJ
PAItiS Tuesday Jul's 20, 1.869.-The Em
..:.perer_Napoleoti has inanifeSted inanytipea
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^ slow; in the latter part of his reign Just as
g,retit a tendeneY to get: vckui,t as .110 use for
merly to have the good luck tekeep right.
He is now foreVer, getting himself into a mess
- on some ground or other,, more or less import
ant. lie., wrote a.' foolish letter to M. de
Meehan; that was serape one. , Then he pre
, moted Baron Jerome David; that was scrape
two: Then be Wrote another foolish letter,eon
tradieting the former and eating htunble pie,
to Preside,nt, Sehneider; that was scrape three.
I say nothing of the terrible serape into which
he has got himself by persevering in official
candidates and refusing the necessary reforins
until he has brought upon himself - the inter
pellaiion of the "coitize," and the necessity
for the message, with, all that ;it may have in
store for him. I say,nothing of that, becaffse
that is something quite apart halm the ordi s :l
nary-liftle.blunders which I ant enumerating,
and ix ''big with thelate",. of the emPire and
the dynasty. 3ttself," Ind I pass on, to
Serape four; which.l had just time to refer to.
at the close of wriest leiter, but which his
since swelled out into much Larger dimensions.
The Emperor, as you are aware, suspended
- the sittino of the Chamber after the Message.
Well, he could hardly do othertrise.. lie had
no MinisterS ;nor 'tiny one Use to representthe
Govertinient in the discumion of the contested
elections ,which was coining en; and there
could be no debate. in a Chamber where there
were no parties present either to be attacked
or to defend themselves. To suspend the
. sittings, therefore,. was: almost a matter of
course. Din, then, unfortunately, it WILS done
in a nioug way, and in a manner which sue
.ceetted only in offending Beth friends and
fties Listening, as it no* aline:llli, to the ad
vice of hiS friend,, M. Schneider, the Presi
-1 tint, whohas since confessed that : it was "the
very . worst advice Which' could have been
viren"—the Emperor sends a hasty note to
°mon ch e r A Rinater, at pant midnight on Mom:lily
—the day of the delivering of the ;aa-i.s4age—
dsiri ag him to put a decree the : Oilfrie/
Journal , of next morning, "proroguing .the
Cluunber indefinitely." „So, on the TneSday,
the Deputies awake and rub their eyes to read
the o,llfriei .IthOutt, and ' :find themselves
prorogued without Word of previous
intimation to themseives . ;..and on going 'down
to the Chamber to remonstrate, they 'rind 'not
a single Minister there to b abused, There .
was a tremendous outbreak by, the ri and* led
. l,y M.:Jules Pavie ; and even the Right of ;the
Chamber was not over`well pleased, especially
the Fi"fti-live *base Seatstiro Conte s ted.
Inter : ggentlemen , afteiWards
begged. and,obtained anjutgrYle*.ilri.th _the
Empi,icar, to- remonstrateagnirist the state of
uncertainty in which they were about to be
left , indefinindy,"-anff'begH it might be Put'
an end to itssoon as possible. Altogether, the
row,andithejnistW and the scrape were all
anti linfgreatibak7the ' , EMPoior,
who had evidently hoped to tide over
until after the 241 of August and the meeting
of :the Senate, before , nominating new
Ministets, foUnd biraself Obliged to set to
work and dn so direetly. This was not so
easy, because the new , Ministers would have
to face the debate on the contested, elections
without M. Itouher mho neither could nor
wotild Ue -drought into aloe again yet); and
were, moreover, by no means sure of keeping
their places after the change about to be
effected in the COnstittition. The tiers-pall ,
-refused' to come in..for many reasons, and
chiefly because 'they declined to de
fend the. -elections,and because,
i
_they:_were deputies,___ anti
not, * ynt;:; occlif; without-
reliniPtisliing their .seats. So the Emperor hai
_beenobligetlAanctperhaps he is_seeretly_not:
sorry) to take back six of his old ministers,
and nominate the otlhersout of the - Right and .
Ilightrentre; that - is, the -- iiiiperialist side of
the liottse, instead of . from the :Centre and
Left-Centre, ortho,liberal and constitutional
party. Now this ministry - , se' composed, is
miderstood to be merely provisional and tem
porary ; and so it is taken for granted,and so it
ought to. be. lts professed task is merely to
re-open the Chamber in Order, to finish; off the
contestedelections, put an end to a state of
suspense, and make all straight and square
for • beginning work in November under
new ministers, a new system and new prinei,
- pies..NoW all this Ought to be so, if the
Emperor mean to keep faith' and act up to
the Message. But I am bound to say that
there are certain .aknOst, undefinable signs
floating about in the political atmosphere just
now; which look like a shift in the wind, and
Make one suspect, at least, that there may be
an intention of gradually treating this re
actionary. ministry as permanent, it nubliC
opinion Will permit it, and' then brealdng the
message and its promises to the Senate, as far
'as possible, and so going pu again with in old
way. These are but suspicions as yet.' nut if
they realize themselves, I venture to predict
that they will end in a still bigger "Serape
than any into which Napoleolt has got himself
. Although it may probably have been already
transmitted to you, I . cannot forbear recording
here the telegram which announced to the
Emperor what may, I 'presume, be regarded
as the completion of the first telegraphic com
munication between France and America:
" We have the•honor," it says, " ofaddressing. ,
to your Imperial Majesty the first telegram
transmitted by the French Transatlantic Ca
ble, announcing the successful completion of
the principal section of this important work,
and congratulating your Imperial Majesty on
the occasion of the establishment of telegraphic
communication between France and the
Island of St. Pierre, by means of a cable 2,583
knots long, immersed in water which is at
certain point, 2,760 fathoms deep. The short
section which remains_to be laid between St
Pierre and Duxbury, and which comprehend.
the region of shallow water, will be tenni
. nated smile eight or ten days hence, and will
• comple,te the direct telegraphic relations be
tween
France and the United States. May
this great work contribute to the
,prosperity
and happiness of your Imperial Majesty and
•of the two great countries which it is
about to place' in more immediate Conoco
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THE ~ ,I ,ANTERNE” oN TRUE AMERICAN
. . ARRESTS IN PARIS.
i • Henri Rochefort; in the sixtieth number of
La..4antero, has the following comments on
the arrest of Mr. Warren :
Just pow the Warken affair is getting the
French Government into a tight place. Mr.
Warren is an :American who was two-thirds
a-sassinated by the sergents tie vile, in cross
-1 ing the boulevard dining the late - troubles; and
then airested r" and held in durance for twO
days. if Mr. Warren hatlla;en a Frenchman,
I lie wrodd have been passed to the*correctional
police, and would have got three Monthi in
prison; but as .:an American, he has gone and
i Minted up hisAmbaS.sador,who makes a proMpt
, dertiand of public, reparation and indemnitY.
i The Emperor, who oneebefere; inMexico; ran
befere the United States, is in a very tight
situation:. To give an indemnity \to Mr.
Warren for . having is en knocked doWn and •
; then arrested, is to recognize that otherS now
in prison are equally, deserving of reparation,
and that the real organizer of insurrections f . .. 9
solely the- police To refuse the reparation
and indemnity, is to ,be exposed to having
1 one's mustache plucked out by the American
I government, which does not dilly-dally in
i lincv , tiois of dignity: .
' • That is the dilemma: There is no doubt but
the' well-known — poltroonery' of the French
.1 governinent wilt detelaiffne it - >to beg pardon
of Mr. Warren and pay him the indemnity he
dab* but those who are daily appearing be,
fore the Seventh Chamber on ,account of sim
ilar actions har6 the -umpleationable right to •
kty , tolheir:jtulgrt 7.:7,%!! . :71 . :fi*:?a,p30ipty, so is
:At.: Warren; then Why; do 2iou beg his pardon
While you condemn, Imre three" months' ini
, prisonment ? If on the contrary Mr. Warren
I is not culpable . ; neither are we; then why give
i us three months; and indemnify him ? Either.
I way, there is stupidity or injustice!'
I The affair is very serious, for itis impossible
I to tell us more cynically :-"If you were Ameri-
I caus,Your,driver,s would put up, their clubs,
I- and Would 7 not -dare 0 7 0m:it:limn- your -heads
t the shadeir of a hair.., But you are French
men, that is to say born - to be: felled to the
earth; you shall be dragged bleeding through
I the gutters, your heads will be broken, you:
j will be causelessly locked up, withoutproof, in
the holes of the Bleetre, and after you have
been:there - eight - daya - without - food and With
yourfeetly the - 4 - 11nd; there Will.then-be- an
[ excuse found to ebndet - youtO various
17 - montlisor:irapriOniti - ent forininilt — tii — lW
very_ agents who _11.1170_ recptied4oti.ito ana--
tomies.:!,: • , • .
' Is not this tilt rather pitiable and despica
ble? let - the government holding :it cort- -
:tinues to ,look upon Itself as an able one,
although the difference in its behavior to
wards France and
. Aruerica reveals at once
in the most niumphant clearness its ferocity
and its beggarliness. The Imperial language
of the Warren affair comes to this: "When
an American commits' an offence, I grant an
indemnity ; when a Frenchman commits the
same offence, I give him three months' im
prisonment." ,
The - British Medical Journal and the Lancet
comment as follows on the attempt of the
American naval surgeons to obtain proper re
cognition in the Navy of the United States:
The MeOical Journal says : The surgeons, of
the United States Navy are dissatished, and
we think :justly so,with the treatment accorded
them by their Government, for at the conclu
sion of the civil war they were left unrewarded
for their exertions (which were acknowledged
to be valuable), While promotion and appoint
ments were bestowed on the Executive class.
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Farragut, like Nelson, and other worthies of
the British Navy, fully appteciates the claims
of the surgeons to position and emolutnent,
but inferior minds dread loss of dignity to
themselves by the elevation - of civilians: The
surgeons ask ;for inspector grades - similar to
those existing in European navies, especially
as the rank of Admiral has been introduced
into the navy (wale United States, and they
further ask that rank shall be substantive, and
accompanied by . priVilegfte (alwayt4 excepting
command.). !It a•remarkable .arciunstance
that the navy - suffers ranch More than the
army from a martinet spirit - which the execu
tive officers term "aristocratic;' we should
rather say "pseudo aristocratic."
The Lancet remarks that "substantive rank,
apart from, command, is an idea difficult to be
grasped by the Executive mind which con
founds the entirely distinct principles of mili
tary authority and social privileges, making
the second wholly dependent on the first. This
false impression predominates in the war ser
vices of England. and the United States, i. e.,'
within Angle-Saondom ; but it' has become
defunct in Continental , Europe since the days
of the first 'Napoleon.' Three, years since, after
sixty years discussion, our profes,sion at home"
seemed to have triumphed over it, but it has
,raised its head again—more in the navy than
- in the army—fostered by the 'head of the
ruling class, and it is remarkable that in aristo
cratic England and. republican .America, the.
executives of the - navy are more tenacious'of
:that point than those of the army. . Those of
highest status, like our Nelson and their Ear.'
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tion with each other." The telegram IS signed
by Daniel Gooch,'Ameol Anderson and,T._ G.
Clover; and rOW men, penaps, have ever put
their names to a 'document which better de
served being handed down with themselires to
the gratitude of posterity.:L Political events
have Soinewbo oscured the /MCC:O3B,
which has attended this great achievement of
science and. civilization; but the Cable will
remain, and, plea.se God, be "talking," when
many a noisy politician of the day has been
reduced to silence. If France, in one and the
same year, connects
.two. hemiiipheres by a
Cable and two. seas by a Canal, the world at
large must allow , that she has 'done her part in
the progress of utility and civilization.
con - if - a - Alb such achinveini&s
as the above, 1. marmention that the
. city of
Paris has just been called 'upon to pai a little
bill of twenty-five thousand francs for .the
game at romps to which it treated itself the
other night on the Boulevards, where- it
amused i tself with breaking window-panes and
kiosks to that amount. ,
• I beard rather agoodpun the otherday,though
more suitable perhaps to a London Cockney,
who is profuse in his h's, than to a, Parisian.
Some. one was wondering why such close
friendship existed betwcen the Emperor and
Cpnneau. "Don't, you know?" another
said; "Conneau. helped him to escape when a
prisoner under Louis Philippe." "Ali! true,"
replied the first, " I had forgotten that reason
for the Ham-itie in-question."
THE NAVY qumutEL.
An English View of lE.
MILADELITIA, ,TUESDAY,'AUGUST 3, 1869.
ragut; are the officers who have strongly sup
ported mfr. claims..
LETTER FllOlll ATL4I,:diT/€ CIT*. '
The Grand Soiree MtMoire; '
feorreeifoUdenoe of the Phila. Eseninu Bulletin.]
Arz.A.tvrfic Cm,. August 3.—Tbis oyenty
which took place last evening at . the United
States Hotel, Atlantic Cijy, was attractive and
really magnificent. It formed a page in the
annals of the " City by the Sea" that will be
ever referred to with pleasure, pride and grati
. fication. The attendance was immense, the .
ladies were charming, and thi3 feativities were
kept up until au early bons this morning.. The
atmosphere was deal. the temp_erature_deli‘ght,
- lid, the music excellent, and everything
seemed to conspire to make the entertainment
agreeable.
Shortly atter 8 . o'clock in the evening, the
visitors, or
Manyvisitors, of them, began to assemble
around the United States Hotel. The spacious
building was hand.sinnely :decorated and en
livened with illuniinated lanterns - of
'variegated colors. The groves, lawns,
pavilions were also gay With lanterns
and tiagS pending from the interlacing
branches of the cedar and holly trees artistically
arranged upon the grounds of the hotel. The
ball-room was brilliantly ' illuminated and
handsomely dressed in flags and other patriotic
devices. Chairs were placed in double tiers
around the ball for the accOutraedatiorr of the
visitors. During the early part of the evening
a fine brass band of tWenty pieces, under the
leadership of Professor Henry ,Oherkirsch,
discoursed inov eloquent music in the illu
minated lawn=the crowd outside greatly
augmenting every moment.
Squads of Zouaves were Atationed at the
main gateways to prevent the intrusion of any
person not supplied with a ticket. This wise
precaution enabled, the visitors, or those who
desired fo participate in the festil.itiO of the
evening, . free access to the hall whekonce .
within the gates. This part of the prelbninary
arrangements was admirable.
Shortly before nine. o'clock the splendid
orchestral band, under ProfessOt Simon
Hassler; commenced a grand march, and the
promenade. began. The scene at this time
was indescribably beautiful. The ladies pre
sented a most charming appearance, as they
gracefully kept step to the soft strains ofmasic
as rendered apder the direction of the great
Hassler and Prof. Carl`Sentz,
THE I'HOGHANSIE
The programme agreed upon by the com
mittee of arrangements was worthy of the
Occasion. It was printed in blue and gold,
and when folded, it represented a knapsack
with gold straps.
Master of 'CeremoniesLjMaj.-Gen. Henry H.
Bingham. " '
FLOOR COMMITTEE
This committee wore as a mark onlistitic-
, .
tion a blue badge . upon the lappel of their
coats. The following named gentleriten doin-
posed said committee :
Col: James Page, W, .11:11 - emble,
Jaine. 4 N. Kerns, A. .J. Ostheimer,
C. N. Robbins, B. Glendepy, jr
W. H. Barnes, " .T. 31. Hibes,
Geo. W. Middleton, L. B. M. Dolby,
W. P. VauHook, Geo; R. Howell,
S. C. Honig - xi - ilcher 1 'Wm.M. Baugh,
.Jos. W. Bullock, B. H. Brown, .
Wm. R. Leeds,- • D. A. Woelpper,
A. D. Downs, . Louis Grosholz.
.11ECEPTION :CO.IIIIIIT'gEE
EaCh of these gentlenta.n was disting,nished
by a scarlet, badge on the lappet:
Col.
_Mai: &B. W. Mitchell, Surgeon Martin Rizer,
Th - 057. - Carstairs, l Paym'r W. H.
Capt. L. B. Hibbard, I
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.'
- Each meinher of this committee wore a
white badge on the lappet:.
apt - J: - Alr... — B,yan, Lt. F.W.Kretchman,
Capt.Harry_W.llewes, Lielit: — Jno - .l.7. — lliirck.
I.,ieut. Lewis F,ry, ____
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DIRECTORS or oncirEsixt,t
Professors Simon Hassler and. Carl Sentz
enotarAz mit. • .
1. Grand Mareh and Prolifentate.
- 3. Promenade.
4. Quadrille, plain.
Promenade.'
6. Lancer's.
7. Promenade.
8. Waltz (Hop.)
9. Promenade.
10. Polka Quadrille.
Interadssion.
11. Quadrille, plain.
19. Promenade.
13. Schottische.
14. Promenade.
15. Lancers.
16. Promenade.
11. Quadrille Mazourka.
18. Promenade. .
19. Polka, Redowa and Galop.
20. Promenade.
21. Polka Quadrille. •
The ball having commenced, Major-General
Mende and staff, consisting of Captain Fair-
thorne and Colonel Bran, and others, mitered
the hall and took part in the dancing, the
General going through its evolutions in quite
a graceful style. Then followed Gen. D. W.
C. Baxter and stall; consisting of Major L.
Harwood, Brigade Inspector; Brevet Colonel
Charles Fair, A. D. C.; Captain Harrison T.
Da Silver, B. Q. M. We also noticed in the
company Captain Jos. T . Stokes, 7th Regi
ment P. V., and Brigadier-General T. Sterling
West; General McCandless; Lieutenant S. B:
Poulterer, Keystone Battery; Colonel James
Page; Captains Stokes and Kochersperger. It
may be said that all the military organizations
in Philadelphia were represented In uniform.
Among those who by the# activity and gen
tlemanly bearing, greatly contributed to the
pleasantry of the occasion, we noticed Puy
master Shields,-member , of City Councilsfrom
the Fifteenth Ward, Major Carstairs, Captain
J. W. Ryan, S. C. Konigmacher, Harry C.Ris
ley and others. .
COLLATION
At twelve o'clock, a handsome collation was
served up in the private reception room, and
in response to a cemplimentary toast
Major-General Meade deliVered a neat
and appropriate speech, in which
he paid a deserved compliment to
the Pennsylvania soldiers, and expressed a
hope that at no distant day ho would see in
Philadelphia, a' much greater military spirit
manifested, the same as in _New York and
other places which he had visited. In .con
eluding his remarks the General paid aglow
ing tribute to the Fire Zottaves; and partica.
itirly to Company A, which ho considered the
best drilled volunteer eetnpani that he had
WHOLE couNTity,:
ever witnessed going'through military move-
Thanking those present for the honor, ten
dered him on this occasion, the' General re
sutned'his seat.
SOeeches were also made hy COL James
-Page, Gen. Bingham, Gen. McGandles.s and
• others, . .
11e :festivitieswere - kept' up until .two
o'clock; when the orchestra struck up "Home,
sweet Home," to which well-knoWn and never
tiresome tune the participants separated, 'all
well satisfied with the grand soirée
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Theltiteentions of Ainericans6-Aetion of
the , Administration—tillenoral Sickles'
..Insbructions—The Spanish Gunboats.
Theenterprising Washington correspondent
of thelßoston Acrvertiser furnishes the-follow
in V vary : interesting information:
the-follow
ing
weeks ago two young, men from this
country; Wyeth and Speakman; were executed
by the Spanish auth2rities in Cuba, aspirates.
A.dmithl Hoff was at - Once sent to that Tart of
the island where the execution took place, to
irtveg4,igate and report. His detailed report will
not reach here for some days, but , the Presi
dent has received a brief summary of what he
learned. - .
,
pretty clear that neither Of these yew - 1g
Men intended, when sailing from home, to, go
to Cuba; and it is as certain as anything can
be that at least neither intended joining the
insurgent forces of the island." Indeed, the
Spanish authorities do not now set up any
such claim. The Admiral, it is understood,
finds that, in form, they were executed under
the provisions of an orderOf Dulce's,since.re
yoked by De Itodas, and ? in fact, because the
Governor of the province feared to - resist the
denuuid of the Catalan volunteers for their
death. Hoff characterizes the execution as
downright murder, and the facts seem to war
rant his language.
The Spanish authorities were quite anxious
to make what apology and reparation they
could. The only thing that can be said in
their favor is that the murdered men were both
passengers on vessels well'known to be in the
service of the insurgents. in this fact the
Spanish minister here finds' some excuse for
the course of his, people •of the island. He
hits tendered , pecuniary reparation to the
friends and families of the men, ,and our go
vernment will unquestionably exact some
thing of this nature.-
The tenor of the Admiral's report makes it
v6r - 2,- clear that. some weeks ago the volunteer
part of the Spanish force was not under gooW
discipline. Subsequent despatches. show that
itodas is getting along better with this portion
of the army, than Dace did ; and the language
used by our ,government to Minister Roberts
at the time these executions were announced,'
probably has bad something to do With the
change. Further representations of decided
character will undoubtedly, bythe President's
order, be made to the Spanish authorities at au
early day
You were advised some time ago by tele
graph 'of the stories'in cireulation about Gem'
Sickles's instructions. understand the Pres
ident and Cabinet to concur in the 'opinion .
that We do not want Cuba, that its annexation
at present is not a thing to he desirediaudthat
any Strong_ effort to •further a sentiment in
favor of union is not • advisable. Froth. this
canclusion there is. ,not likely to be
an immediate • departure. , Yet, the, -Presi
dent and -Cabinet are for Free Cuba, and
doubtless each of them believes the island
will - atesoinetime, more or less remote, come
under our. flog. There are. two stories about
the instructions to SickleS: one 'that he is to
urge such concessions as will give Cuba a gov
ernment like that of Canada ; the other that
he is to suggest the sale of Ctiba to the Cubans
and pledge our goverrunent to an endorsement
for the whole„Orkpart of the purchase money.
Of course there is no way of ascertaining posi
tively whether either of -these versions is
correct. .
--I-discredit the latter entirely. - Sickles may
I be priVileged to advise the sale of the island
- - te-itsinhabitants,-Init-I-am-- satisfied -that-the-I
PreSident•and cabinethave taken no step look
ing to:an.endorsement of the Cuban paper.
In view of what was said in and out of Con
gresS lastspring . about the, project Tor endors
ing railroad mortgage bonds it is safe enough-
to conclude that a' scheme for endorsing
-Cubturlainds-wOffidnot-commandthesupport
of the country. :21Y0 are not, just_ 110 W m the
market either as - purchasers - of real -estate or
baCkers of real estate paper.
That Sickles is authorized to give the sup
port ofthe United States to a - project -for' en
larging the liberties of Cuba, there is no doubt
- whatever. --- This enlargement might - come - in
two or .three ways: Spain.. could give the
island a, voice and representation in the Cortes
proportionate to its-wealth and -population—
tease to treat it as a dependency, and make it
a part of her own sovereignty. She could
give it soMewhat such a government as Eng
land MIS given Canada—appoint a gayer
nor, and allow the people to select his
assigtants and make^ their own'laws; subject
to his veto ender certain conditions. She
could make a time-sale of the island to its• in
habitants--allowing them ' to set aside a.
yearly portion of their revenues to be paid to
the home government, and. stipulating to
withdraw all officers and troops at the end of
a given period . I think events Win show that
Sickles is to work in the direction indicated
by this paragraph. Free , Cuba is the Presi
dent's desire, and there are various methods
by which our minister may forward the wishes
of the administration.
The Spanish authorities are building twenty
gunboats in New York for use in Cuban waters.
thinkd have warrant for saying that theywill
never (10 to sea. Till the Cuban insurgents get a
navy of their own, or till some first-class power
gives them belligerentrechgnition,it is hard to
iliscover what damage twice twenty Spanish
gunboats could do them. 'Yet, these now build-
u(ywill never ,fio to Cuban waters, unless I am
greatly mistaken in the signs of the times. Just
how they are to be prevented from going is
more than can now be told. A proclamation
of belligerency to Cuba would stop them, but
the administration does not believe the time
has come for that,—perhaps it may never
come. We found a way to put the Cuban
emissaries on their good bebavior‘—they disre
garded our laws, and the execution of these
laws broke up their expeditionS. .We shall
kind a way for stopping these gunboats; if we
do not, set me down as no prophet.
, _
;-•The following are specimens of the " jaw
breakers" to be found in the Chicago Direc
tory,: Biclgaluppi, Bag,alupo, Ballegojin,
B
Baragwanath, Baugulpho, ehnke, Bujin
kuva, Craestdonson, Craniwista, Konerup,
.Kosnzenberyer, Kurlannowsld, Konwalinka;
Laubheriner; Laujhpz, Lutzenkirchen;
kulie, Muellpnesch, Poulortun, all tanners
Piontkiewisz, Pscrust; I'nrenieka, Sepjanksh"
Scwekat, Scznck, Raczepkowski, Sacinzysky:
Van Craenen,br . eeok, Fuchtinger, Feneisrs.
tein, Fljartsburg,,Fhgarzlwski, Fleischhauer
Frolickeustein, Giuseppi, Gnialech, ,Gnok.;
ous, Juderunable, Jhh, &Mainz, Jncer, Jrur
ilke,-Karevadal. -.Nice names for door-plates.
—A new kind of blasting powder, called am•
rnonial powder, has been successfully used. in
Sweden. Its 'properties are quite remarkable
from their inconsistency with each other. , It,
is said to combine considerable explosiveforce;
with a tardy inflammability • that it cannot be
exploded by percussion, and ,that it does not
deteriorate from the edects of climate, ‘'
CIJBAN AFFAIRS.
SLCKLES'S INS Titti C VIONS
THE SPANISH GUNBOATS
kAPJFM;:ot INi
• .A Thither lhapleasant Situation. •
The Salt L.ke 'Repqrter—a Gentile paper—
•contains 'the • felloWing account •of dangers
Niiiich threaten its, editor:
But seven. Mileifrchri Where we now write,
-in Brigham City; county seat -of Boxelder
county,. sits a Probate Judge, the vilest pplyg-
Atuist who ever offended against Christaaruty,
•eivililati on and law, the buSband of five - wives,
two of whom are his own brother'Kdaughters,
of whose splay-footed.andlinnatural of pring
the mere sight is a daily . sermon against the
crime of polygamy ten-fold • mere Poiverful
than the tongue. of man can utter, .who is yet
the absolute judge of the liberty and property
'of more than thousand Gentilea. Ahd the
editor of.this paper,Who is everyday- incurring
the hatred of ,:Mormon.officials, who
..L9
watched by a thousand argils eyes to detect
some slight violation of law, if accused, must
be tried by this incestuous wretch, this enemy
of national law, this high dignitary of a church,
which has a social, religious and political in
terest in - finding, us gtdlty. Xor this Alone.
This Judge is not even a native American, but
born where a,traditional hatred and contempt
of our institutions is part of the people's reli
gion.. Yet We, who Chlitli the proud birthright
of a citizen, born of six generations of native
Americans; we, who have risked • our life oil
the bard-fought field in defence of our coun
try's life, who have never ceased to work and
pray for that country's honor and prosperity,
are left juciicially subject to a law-breaking
foreigner who does not conceal his hatred and
contempt for our President and .Govern
ment. . :• * ' at 4 ,*.• *
During all these years, this County Judge
was praying for and prophesying the destruc
tion of our Goveriunent ; now we, by the ac- •
tion of that Government, or by its delay, are
left at his judicial' mercy, * *
What right has aforeigner, au alien; a polyga
mist, a criminal ~to judge American. citizens`?
l'ractichl independence is our oil' safety. If
the General Government will not assure us
protection, we must eonibine to prOted
our
selves. No Gentile can surrender,to a Mor
mon officer in this county with a reasonable
hope of justice, or even'an assurance that he
will not be assassinated while a prisoner, We
are in that state of nature about, which some
philosophers have theorized, where the law is
no protection, where we'hinst combine under
the first great law--SELF-PRESEIIVATION.
Sharp Practice... Dow a Detective Officer
Caught a Distiller.. ,
A detective officer in Indiana' lately Caught
a distiller .in an ingenious. manner. The
Lafayette Journal tells the story: •
"A short time ago it became known to the
officers that an illicit still Was' running sonde.,
where on Coal .creek. Officer 'Cuppy. went
down, and by dint of traveling, through that
country, fbnying bogie. and 'luring out 'as a
harvest hand, succeeded in accomplishing the,
object of his ; mission, in' very.,shorttune.
While acting in (the -latter role-- 7 -and Joe, by
the way,"netwitlistanding his cOrporoaity; ' is.
'sonic. in the harvest fieldhe became One day
suddenly
,very 'dry,! and 4eclared, he swou)d
work no longer without a drink of whisky.
This Was' the entering' wedge. The whisky
was produced -and . means of' a., .few'
diligent inquiries, and the assistance of Officer
Bennett, all the deSired infoinatitionwas ob
. tained. - . The Othier ;of 'the :distillery; named
James Washburn; -was captured•on•:.Vriday
and brought" to.. Lafayette, . On Saturday
morning he . had a" hearing - before Coiuniis
' sioner Thomas . :B: Ward, and was bound over
to,answer the Charge of havinga distillery ap
paratus in his possession contrary to law,, and
of manufactuting and selling WhiSky, without
making certain required .pecuniaryarrange
mews with Uncle Sam.- .-His bail was fixed at -
.!$2, - 500, which it is .supposed:.he, furnish.
Officer .Cuppy.calcuTate. thathe must have
quite an army of hogs engaged in different
parts of the country. , If. any "of our country
friends recollect of engaging hogs to a portly,
jolly, good-looking fellow, who has not yet re
turned, we advise them to look up another
customer, as Joe will probably never call for
them."
Carious Records—Salent Witchcraft.
The - iiii - iient court records of the county of
of ii:ssex,3lassachusetts i the most interesting,
perhaps, of the early local records Of New:
England, have been lately arranged in chro
nologh..al order - , retrained • whenever_ fc - iund
an imperfect Condition, aiul beiind in • SO,-
-stantial co_vers___:..The_work - ,--habeen-lier,-
formedlinder the direction of:Mr. .WMl= •
X. Vphatit - m, to - was - ledAti- - propiiSe theulider-
taping by the difficulty- found , - in - obtaining
and verifying facts - relating -to -the history o 1
the Salem:Witchcraft, „-Vor_a: sma—but_
little if any greater than the cost df
keepifig.the_old_les in ' order, - the county
has now in its possession a series of "fifty-,
three folio-volumes; containing - all the papers
of the old county courts, from 1636 to 1692, be
sides tivo , volumes of the files of the Special
Court of Oyer and Terminer established for
trying persons accused of witchcraft in 1692,
and still another volume, containing all papers
extant, relating to the courth of the ancient
county of Norfoll, which embraced all towns'
north of the Merrimac River."
The Salem Gazette, in mentioning these facts,.
expresses the hone that the same wise policy'
will prevail in other counties, and that the in
valuable papers on file in Sufiblk and Middle
sex especially will be arranged for preserva
tion and reference in similar manner.
—The 'greatest tiepth to which a diver can
descend is about 160 feet, and for this a, ininch
of hundred weights must be disposed , about
his person. The average depth at which he
can work comfortably is about el) feet, which
was near the depth at which the 'operations
upon the. Royal George were conducted. In
the water from 60 to 70 feet deep the men can.
work two hours at a time, coming np for a teu
minutes' rest,.and doing a day's work of six or .
seven hours. An English diver went down in
the Mediterranean to a depth of I(is feet, and
remained there for 25 minutes; and Green in
spected a wreck in one of the great lakes atot
depth of 170 feet; but his experience was
enough to convince him-that he couldnot work
on it without danger of life. At this depth
the pressure of the water on the hands is so
great as-to force the blood to the head and
bring on fainting fits, while the requisite vol
ume of air inside the dress to resist the out
ward pressure of the water is So great that it
would speedily suffocate. • , •
—They have wonderful kites hi Mississippi.
One of the local journals is responsible for the
following : "A;young lad at Lake Station had
a very large and-beautiful kite, about six feet
by four-in , sizn, which- , he - attempted -to--raise
one -day-- recently, just as the wind was in
creasing and astonn threatening.. The wind
drew the kite so heavily 113 to drag the boy
along also. To preVent losing the favorite, he
wound the cord around his body. At last the
gust bore kite and boy along in the rapid -air
currents.- • The boy seemed , to be about 100 feet
above the earth, and the kite five times that
distance.. At last the young kite-filer caught
in the top of a tree, and was suspended 75 feet
above the ground... A flood of rain came on,,
,slackening the line, abating the wind, and
• allowing the little sufferer to be rescued. Re
'VMS found to,be 'unconscious, and ,sti bruised
lind'marred as to be scarcely recognized, but
lwan.reatared the. same evening, and is now,
doing well." • • : ,•.
'•:',---,Mdilnehristine Nilsson has declined an
offer to sing in :het native country,pieading
that she •is engaged for two ears from the
..cont date.Niltison'A is said comes
to the United'tittes autumn of next
year;and returns to 'BllgliMd for the season.
*' . :•* . ; - .,'..::0'*1.,,.::4.*14
gmoz TifittE MNTS
Ir*mg A'imP rANam
,
—Dizzy an.' that , Mr; Gladstone has n* one
r°d o6 iningl/Ce4 , , .
—The locusts, at the West travel in divi.siom
of a; mile long and half a "Mile - thick:
--- a. priss Dix is' - doing the` ' nsas insane liorr
..
—The ghost of 'half a man
Zanesville, it is said.. • , '
—Prentice fears the Chinese' yri/1 eat up
the birds . ' Ittsts. We hope' they *ill taelfle•
--Oxtell, conductor of the;Casvadian Grad
!Trunk Bailros.d, bas gone 570.,000 , nd1es ;in st?t
teen years: - •
Pttrisiarr leftthirti-tliouSarnd'frhnes -
TeChig wife's ladtra.'anaid. A sceue ensued, atter
the funeral. • ,
•
woman Avho.asked an internal revenue
clerkship' clahned to be reccuinxiendeti by the
spirit 01 Abraham Lincoln.
—A) woman in New 'Orleans ' has been ar
rested for throwing a pail of boiling; water
over a man. 'Her defence was that she mis
took- him. for her husband: - • ' '
—The . most -popular sport in •California at
present is. .throwing cayenne pepper -in, the'
eyes of Chinese. The agony of the sufferers
excitei unqualified delight ' ' .'• • •
—Minneseta'papers represent the crops. of
'wheat and other small grains as,never looking
bettet; and in most directions corn, which the
backward 'unfavorable 'season' threatened to
ruin, is coming forward ,rapidly and promises
our .
Parisian editor pestered a prominent
official 'with • offers of newspaper assistance.
The ,Minister 'endured it ' for 'some tline;liut
linally'replied: ~4"- S tir dear friend, you.- are
mistaken ; if geese Once did save thccapitol,
it was not with their:quills." •
—Prom the present , year 6004000 thalers per
annum are to be emplOyed in raising: the
salaries
_of teachers in elementary schools:in
the eight older provinces of Germany. Since
18112'a gradual. increase has been 'made, so
that in 1866, 989,364 thalers , a year more than
at the earlier date were expended for this
purpose.
—The •London Times 'recently cantaineifin
advertisement announcing that " a Avelf edn.
Dated young lady
, of goodfamily,is. wanted" o
assist another lady in preparing old MSS. for
the press, and in very active attentiort-to the
• interests of a retired literary man between 70
and 811 years of age, who has no relations left
to look after his .property." "
--Omaha is 'given to absinthe-drinking: To
use the language of one of the paPers: of • the
city, she, "in her magic Strides,bas overtaken,
seized Upon the„vice and clingt to it with, a
tenacity of purpose 'wonderful and - alarining
in so , young,a'city." -According to. the same
.paper the use of the drug,began in the . West,
.and has thence spread over theitliole country.
—Eliza Emery warns all 'g , irls - in the
South and West 'to. look out for her gay, de
, ceivin,g„.run-away husband, DaVid.' ;She says
that he has Cruelly left her; and •• tom the folks
when he started that he was: going southwest
to preach universal saltation and :!Marry a
Hoosier. • Eliza.. thinks ; may -, be easily
known, and to prove it sajs " - David 'has a
scar on hiS nosey/Mere' I;s6.atched it .!" •
-=A tailor :complained of the: power' Of the
captainsi, and, spoke bitterly: of, the , character
of the slippers of ' the day..,"Why,", said he,
‘ , not long , lige,' on , the coast" of Afriker, a
. Cap'n waagoing to thrifty one of the: crew that
was dying overboard before he was dead. l-iSe
the man says t 'You ain't 4-golpg to - hitry Me
alive r are you?' ~ i ‘Oh,' says the ' , Criptiiti , friyit.
.needn't be :so folly particular. to a fete viiinteoP"
—The Appendix to.the last annual report•of
the Prison Association, ,N. :Y., Contions the
testimony'of law ex , keeper of Sing-Sing,' one
, Locke, in the courseof which the witnessaayst
," One of the best officers .1 ecer knew. at Shili Sing,
non; deceased, once said to site,: , Locke,' 'believe
that ,Sing Sing would sink under the wrath" iif the
Almikitty if it were not for the virtue still left' in the.cOnnicts. , "
, :, • ' , .
---A. Sicilian Duke recently diedy:46,atsed : tti_
boast that he ppsseaSedTan - order 'of 'every
country in the universe, with the exception of
England.—The mode by 7 - whichTthisTwOrth y—
nobleman obtained,themwaa aiiinp4e one. He
caused a' book to be written 'upon:the:entiqui.
ties of his native island, and, having aflixed.,
his name to the title page, he sent apresenta=
tion copy to every sovereign *he figured
the Atmpach de Gotha. The present was in
- every - ease - acknowledged7bythe - trai:
_ora.decoration, • ,
.
"_-The, Christian' Adrorate inVit6s."toti friends'"-
who have:any sort of patience inlistening to
slow . ,,dragging singing in some of the church
-erVicesi to sing: the.: follOwinataniia,7Written
by Rev. Alfred Taylor, to the tune ,“,TOyfully:' - '
Dismally, dolefully, downward we drag;
Making our music most Mournfully lag;
Singing the song of salvation so slow,
Groaning and grimting . along aa we go— •
Painfully poking o'er pious old'inkm,
Weary the worshippers want to go home, •
Droning so dull they don't know what to do,
Pleased when - the plodding performance is
, through. • • , ,
—Every member of Buchanan'" original ad
ministration, with the exception, of Jacob
Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, and
Jeremiah S. Black, Attorney-General, is now
in the grave, viz.: President. Buchanan him
self, Secretary of State Lewis Cass, Secretary
of War John Buchanan Floyd, ' :Postmaster-
General Aaron V. BroWn, Secretary of the
Treasury Howell Cobb, and now -Secretary of
the Navy IsaaeToueey.
.' joaeph Holt,E4Win '
M.'Stanton and Philip Frank •
ThOmaii, Who
Were called in on the retirement Of Cass,Cobb,
Thompson and Floyd are. still living.
'—Count de . Chateauyillard : iiecentlY de
ceased) was one of Erance'S'inOst eccentric
notables. On •one occasion he was asked by a •
friend, a Ming uise r to see, her to her carriage.
They were at a ball. Gobigdown stairs . ; sonic-
Wily trod on her dress and tore it :: She asked
for a pin. The Count,ook from his scarf a
diamond Pin worth $6OO and presented it, to
her. She dedineksaving: "Oh; Count; it is
entirely too valuable: ) . : "Is that the ohly. ob
jectiOn to the pin?" ' , Certainly." This , word
was no sooner out of the Marquise's mouth
than he broke off the dianiond, threw it' out
of the neighboring, window, , and ' gave the
golden pin to her.
—Two Irishmen slopping, : at , the 'Wand
House, Toledo, lit their gas, and, with win
dows open, sat down to enjoy a' chilli' The
hungriest of Toledo mosquitoes sooodieeked
in and drove them desperate. The clemk, , who
wag summoned to devise some defenee against
them, bald. them, to Close the windowaAixdput: _
out the gas. ; : They ' acted on the suggestion
and placed themselves between : :ftie s'llsiets.;
Just as they began to doze, 11:lightning bug,.
which had strayed into, the rocelveanghtthei
eye of .one of the travelers. Ho . roused ; his •
companion with a punch. "jataiit 'Jamie, ire
no use ! Here's one of the. cratere'siiraiif for ,
,u. 4 wid a lantern!'' : 1 f ,, :.' , :,: -Ji! r '
. . —'Profes s or" Andy, J,enkirai NOM , is .SOme
times called the Canadian Blondlit , intendS to
'cross the chasm of _Niagara Ithr'eilieloW the
falls, about the Mb vf August bjr4iiteaU9_ckf a
velocipede ridden avera.tight-rope. The place
Of crossing will be a shott,diStance Whin' the •
old Suspensionlizidgej where length ofthe
Spanning-cable , will , be about:.:one thousand
feet.' The vehicle' te, be used is of peculiar 'i
ate
constructiOn. The wheels grooved, and it ,
is propelled byithelands. a balmice-pole being
carried on the feet. Bylhis. means Professor
Jenkins swig he can surmount a considerable
grade.'Nfitlangbf . this"sOrt has ever been at '7 ,
tempted in public; and the novelty and danger
of theAat will ; doubtless attract a great .CM 4,
r
.. . . . , .
to - *ltAiess'the trial. ' ' , , : '
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