GIBSON PEACOCK. Eito' _ FOREIGN CORR ESFONDENCE' IMES AFROBI 7,I4ALY. ti:4lfliot744i , ,nikodeolsoe* . . ,, A4d'*44- filigiltrotiikiikt€ 4 4l643l44'9lwl4.o4l‘ roorrespondoneCor the PhAMOlPbtekventin BulktOrq 1 1 4 '0:10;6M1 1 - 16th,4 4 10.09.-1 'Cain only 44 1 t 4- b o , ll T's ; .4 1 1 3 4tneoY from, 'Born° by rail,: and . often :go , into the :eityt4 spend the , . agreeablylii RatidOlPh,Rfigers'e.sttidie:. This great sculptor'. Wfriatbine_frit* Perni+i,:the 2d of August, that h(3, was to leave piaCe fctr414004: 4 „ is there:uow,looking:: after , thi.;:Woik the ItlnnitlittoundeDs are. defile on. his tine*: Lincoln statue fur Philadelphia. „,They.,are, as Dr. Holland says in his enloglithe notice of thitswork, Ptranslatingit Itfal feOtt, tintliiikivill:be . rei4. for year deseriPtionS *Abaci( ttligl4.tef"this" eiiiarktiriliftita,tue;'ands ,judging from the voice of the majority, rPhila delphians will have cause to be, roud of their, possession and Mr. Rogers satisfied with his labor. Mr. Lincoln's form was a very defective one. .' This drawbackMr:ltogershas-comPletely ob viated by seating his statue in a chair, over ' which is thrown a cloak. In one hand is the i Emancipation Proclamation, in the other a I pen. These are all the, accessories. The con.- , ception is in keeping with the subject—simple anti Mr. 'Rogers has dot% as well for the face as the figure of President LincOlu. i The rugged features, hard lines,'utter both' nie.anings ., of this word), 'are , made &tidy interesting - under the - skilful; though tfiii modelling of the artist.. Rogers has thrown into the expression all the fine epic feeling ot the moment. There are the strug gle and the convi ction portrayed—the question ing look that. asked for:' , -kind tlbristiati judg 'relit-, not stipporting and the vrords on the !Jab(' of the statue rise to the lips as one looks at this face—.. With malice towards none and charity for all." Friend and foe must feel the: same topards Abrallail Lifieolniuone'jadgirtent.; Etc w6lied to do his duty,if ever man did. It was his ttn- Ineky lot to live in times When right and duty presented variOlLtilaCo:r; to 'one nation, like the \l'irArd's.Shield in the fairy tale against which two bra ve,good knights 1. night anti fell. l'resi le id Li ncoln acted '.•ii:cortli fig to WA conscience, and even those 'Who hated his action honored the nitin for his honesty and uprightness. tine plaster-cast of this LiIICOIII statue is now in jirogessof erection In f Mr,,Rogers's front studio," where 'are:' the grand' eelossal figures—bold, spirited conceptions—that are to crown , the Rhode Island-and Michigan - Sob /lien: Monuments. • There never was a 'bitifer - 111 ace than this thiectssful, prosperous sdulp tor's studios intim Patrizi Imilding,on the .Via argittia;aritorne. Onetnorning;twO'weeks ago, I was there with General Judge Force, of 4!incinnati, one of the herties of Atlanta, and, soh of Peheral Peter Feree, of :‘,Vashi ogiOn. tionie men Were covering With Plaster the (Jai model of an Infantry Soldier for .. one , of the in various public onittnentS; Rogers is now en gaged on, and which was just out of the sculp tor's bandit; 'lt, watt a. rine; manly, handsome fellow. We watched him go into the grave of the plaster with great interest, s and one of us quoted that thie_saying_attributed by many to ~T borwaldsen, but which , belongs to some of those grand ancients: Clay is the birth; Plaster is the death, and Marble is the resur. re ef Ihiterday 1 wandered about the rooms alone and' iratebed the various works going on. Sonic men were busy at the Lincoln• plaster statue ; others were chipping off, with that rare skill and care peculiar to Romanworkmen, the plaster front some 'Colossal legs or trunks, heads or decOrations of the various monn 7 meats. In other rooms men were working at busts, and several "Ruths,7: "Nydias" !and, "Isaacs" were being 'resurrected."' The Nydia statue has been repeated eighty tunes! It is one otit the most popular_oL modern statues. The "Ruth," which I like as well as any of Mr. Rogersereations,•has also IiTS 7 V. Oath, I believe, and.stittnentinues to pie popular. The 'lsitac rescued by the AngOV a line representation of which is owned by Mr. Clareneo'H. Clark, of Vest Philadelphia, .1 is,./ think, Mr. Rogers's last ideal subject, and is.one' of his ,best. ' : • Some of these days I must give 'you a de tailed description of Rogers's fine bronze door, which is now , in its place in the -Capitol , at WaShiniton,•lk.(7.7--thedoorleailinglinto:Ahs Iroiise7of Representatii7es. Many of us. donot know what treasures of modern art otir•donn try possesses. This door is a ilelightfal study. The subject was - chosen by the 'sculptor him self. It is the Life of Columbus, - in nine panels, and the handling - and treatment of it show careful titudyand thought. The, border ing alone is a subject for, instructive examina tion ; in it are the statues 'and - heads of some of the great men and women who wereassem bled together at that period, - and made of it a , great world-epoelt. There, is little news stirring in Rome of a political nature.' ; The tiresome gossip about the presence or absence of Ambassadors at the Council still goes on most absurdly, - One. of the last reports .was that a congregation of twelve cardinals. had met in presence of the Pope and pronounceh solemnly against the presence - of - AMbaSsadors of • Princes and Savereigh'stateS at tiroCouncil. This report wound up Withif - ie inforniation that Cardinal Antonelli hatiinformed the French Ambassa dor of. this.: decision; whereMpon. Ufarqui,s lienneville had' leftßoine. rl ' , There is not a 'N'vord of truth in all this story. ThiS I kIIOW from good M. de Bonneville iS'alisOnt from Itintie on sick lea,e, and MonsiguteNardi left for France on Fri day; ',of course this journey ie liet:down to political busineSs, and inore 'than' likely this diStinguished prelate may attend, unoffijially, to some matters of the, kind • The Pope has decided that aliniVersal piAtion shall take•blade llOnie — dining, the' Council. It consist of objeCts Of Christian art, ; this Exposition Will open theist roars . , .170, and last four months. The Pope :is still St,`,the :Vatican HO is ii excellent health, and deeply interested in 'the' preparations for ; the • Council Omnibus '/ate ``.' '' i t '.'' .: .''..; • r ' ' .- ''' - ' ',' ';.'&l 4 OX . A ..-.1.,4 , ,,,:.1, 9 ,i i:, : ~,, _, ~, ~ • , .. . --,:,,..„ ~,,,,.., . . , . ~,,,.. .... „..,,,. ~ .. ~..- '', ',‘,..,.: . .._ , ~.. . ... . . , •- . , .. , , , ._ .., , e 'which are - going on vapidly at;_St. Peter's., ; The last preposition is that thentriumor: this - I'. Basilica, in which ',the-preparatory meetings ' , will be held next winter, sha)l, be adorned with portraits, in mosaic, of all the Popo.Wlo. ,have. held Metnnenical Councils. - • But, all ifeWl4, artistic andpolitical,have been ,swallowed up the last few daysinthe'great ex- % citeinent caused hia, Strazigshad horrible ai saisinatiim, which took place last Friday, iith of August, in - a first-dais , :railway: carriage, coming from Naplea to Rome. The unhappy . - sietinrwart6rerrinel•bea:utira" w'atintrinTar 24 years of age -.the Countess .Armanda Sax .toris itibrorefii Caitarieo,'a Milanese. • Th_e_lB, sassin w_ ass M. Carlo Negri, a Lieutenant in tom-, Victor Brimainnel LancerS: brother lived , ,orilhe .Iloor:aboire • tts, - ,thts last winter, on the Piazza di Spagna; the neWs that he was the murderer added to our interest 'in t i ne story.; undoubtedly-we haVoOften• met him on the stairs. ' • , But to the story, which. is horrible enough. The Countess entered the railway carriage at Naples last Friday evening, at eleveno'clocki, with three frieruls, a Boman gentleman and two officers-one of the NeapolitariVuard,the ether of the Italian army. Her maid went in 4 the, second-class carriage. -At Caserta these gentlemen left the , , Countess. At liolita the` railway'guard found her dead, shot through the brain and stabbed In the heart, The work was thorough', y done. Net a ;jewel was taken from her person, not a lira from her purse. There- ' she .lay. -.on. - . on the floor—acorpsel: beside her a revolver and a police - cap of a soldier. There,had been a lierce struggle, for' thepretty.liands •of the, poor wretch were covered with, cuts. No wonder every one was c ediocked. Had she been old and ugly as Hecate, the secrecy arel cruelty of the deed would have caused condemnation ;, bat it was a sad sight to see the pretty young thing lying on the car door alone, stark derel--the rich black silk robe cut in shreils, the coquettish hat and plume, and all the gay young woman's handsome adorn,- ments scattered around her. At first there was a solemn rumor that she was a political martin She was a widow, they said,. of a Count Cattmeo, of Milan, who had also been assassinated: both belonged .to the Clerical party, and had met this unhappy fate from the hands of ReVoletionists. Apity for the poor frail woman that . this `story`: is not rue. First, a very compromising letter wag 'bum' t'ia her person, and further reVelations ivadd those skilful unravellers, ot all public mysteries now-a-days---the police--prove that she WlLti a Belle lieltine, not a .Teanne d'Are. Slit was pot a widow at all, but separated from her linsband, and was one of those sor rowful women who niake such poets as Swin burne wtire•great,poems that, cannot be read modt..t women, and painters as Gustave 31orean paint beautiful pictures that make us, ,shudder,and many a great man wreck not only his own happiness and that of those ie:are:4o and dearest to him, but peril his own soul. When the Countas.s left Naples last Friday night, she was so apprehensive of receiving some violence from her angry , lover, this Carlo Negri, wit() had followed her to the earl', that the three gentlemen friends above named accompanied her. It appears that Negri was the lover for whom she had, left her husband, and now he was meeting with his turn. At Caserta they all concluded that_ Negri had not left Naples, as he was nowhere to be seen in the carriages. Her friends, thinking she was free from danger, left her, wishing good-bye and bon voyage. Negri; however, was on the train. He had taken the precau tion to dress himself en bourgeois—hi common clothes L-and put on the soldier's or police cap, such as Soldiers wear when on leave of absence. After he saw the lady and her cava liers get into the first-class carriage, he went into the third-class wagon of the same train. After the friends took leave of the Countess he lost not a moment in profiting: by the dark ness of the night, the quickness of the train, and the long distance, between Caserta anc _thanextstation— Henoolly.ste.pped- t- on- th • side ledge, which the guards use, and While the train was speeding swiftly, .he__walked badly along until • lie reached the carriage in wlife - 70rhis sphynx, his itliTi7lUa7fi7 — inii _adroitly and cruelly put an end to her sorce ries. He was a skilful assassin. Hot passioq made his hand steady; and dagger and pisttil shot went straight to the life-spot. The pas sengers on either side of the poor woman, sep- , prated froth her by only a slight partition,heard shot,—it was an air-pistol,—no shriek, no struggle, although struggle there was—a ter rjble--Oneif Negri; after finishing his horrible work, dropped Off theTastegoingearh to the ground, He was bruised of course, his front teeth were broken out by the fall, and his face ssverely cut, but he crawled over the campagna to a village. When be reached the town, there was the news of the result of his frightful re venge meeting him full front; the busy wires had been prompt , in reporting it; the police were on the; watch: He gave his name as Bianchi, and when asked why he Was wounded . and hatless, replied that he had had a diffi culty with a coachman - which had ended. in blows. He wa perfectly cool - and collected, but as he seemed a suspicious, person,,, the hotel to which he..went :was fpiarded. But bouhcieuce, or fear, or madness, was too Much for the wretched man. He went. to the room assigned was on the upperdloor: He locked the . d00r, ., opened the_ window, and clung himSelfLouton_theatenekbalow_l_lybee.,' he was picked up he was dead.!., There is the end of this horrible tragedy. Eyery,word Of it is true. Last night's Italia gave a mysterious report of the story: day's" journal " probably • &Attain pretty` much what I have ,r related,.with some details suppressed, because the, recital is too near the_ homes.and fanfilieri of the victims. I wish it, was not true:, . • , " A It needs no decoration,: no plaY of the ima gination,. o fanbYto:Make.it whatit, is—a hor ribly attractive story; and it suits, alas, the taste of the day, for it sums Up' in a paragraph orytwo, all , that -,creates the fascination of a : , popular rothaneeL-;beautiful Sinr, jealCuis Mad-; ness -.•:-:'! "Therefore, 0, Aholibah, tint§ saith the Lord • God: Behold I will raise up thy, lovers against thee, And they shall judge thee according to their judgments, - • And ehey shall deal furiously with thee,. And thy remnant shall fall by the sfrord." ANNE Bur,wErtEle. ~~~'. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE' ON CHESTNUT STREET. • . t Burning of •Earle's ”Art' ''Gallery. fri Last evening, shoraPafter seven ;o'clock, a Ifiro was discovered in the large brown-st One ibuilding No: 816 Chestnut street; owned by illy them as .an. art gallery ,attd, Jooking-glass jemporium; 'lie store was closed about six o'-clock,antl-just--previonhat time b r. Edgar Earle went: thrOugh the biiiidingp ex. itingaished thelgas f and'. then' there was no sign 'of fire. Scarcely before the lapse of , another hour a bright- flashing light, in the third ;Story attracted`.'the t attention , of '.smile persons who were passing along the north side of Chestnut street: They `called the attention of a policeman to the fact, and an investigation led to, the discovely,of the lire. ;The flames bad evidently originated ,on the first floor, about the centre of the premises, ands gone up *rough" the skylight,. An alarm was given, and by the time the fire department arnved in force the structure was in alight blaze from top to bottom. The large `quantity of- vil;paintingS, engtwiring4;', woolen frames and other . combustibles fed the flames; increasing their intensity to such a degree that for a time it was feared that' the entire block, bounded Chestnut and San- . som, and Eighth and Ninths streets, would be destroyed. The scarcity of water, ~prevented the early application of plug streams, and it was not until thastealtiers got frilly to work Ilia the spread of the fire was in the least ;checked... - , • m • - The building ''of the - blers: 'P.-aide was of brown-stone, and five stories high on Chestnut street, running back a distance of aboutseventy feet, where it was; Oined bya one-story strut-, sure, which 'connected it With a four-story brick, used as ,a .-workshop. The latter; was separat4id front the' storeroom ott "SaitsOin 'street by a twenty-feet. wide space, and con nected'-therewith' by an 'iron passageway or bridge; ;The flames communicatedto thp:44 . (l-, story building,, and then to the workshop, de stroying both. The building on Sans= street' escaped serious damage", although - it, was ire quently on fire. The tirst floor Of the building on Chestnut street contained mirrors, engravings, chromos. 'ln the middle, in- the one-storied structure, was the art gallery where the oil paintings 'were, hung. In -the rear building was fitting, packing and . stOri , -room - The latter.' was not innaiw•l by fire. -, • The second floor was used as a gallery and store-room for patterns, &g. In the third story on Chestnut street, Mr. S. ,li. Waugh,portrait, painter, had 'a studio. Nearly all of* his property was saved. The re ,mainder of this floor was used for storing ; mouldings. ..• , The fourth and 'fifth stories were used as, , store-rooms for lumber and other articles. The front and middle buildings were_ corn- Pletely 'gutted, and - the stock in theta, as well as in the Art Gallery, is 'aintoot . a ',total; loss. ,Only four pictures were saved, and about 150 were burned., ' The lOss to. the Fine Arta was extensive, fluitigh leas canSiderable than would have been the case in the busy season. The very large stock of chromos, steel-plates, lithOgraphs and photographs wa,s sacriticed.; in tufo; ..without 'waving a wreck behind: 'The pietUres depos ited in the gallery on the ground-floor back were all lost. A fruit-piece by Morel, not .owned by Messrs.' Earle but valued by the owner at $3,000; beautiful picture by Gustav M idler, representing an Italian girl, worth fully a small coast-scene by W. T. ilfichards,price . i3oo, were destroyed; as well as a landscape by Faulkner, deposited for framing only the Saturday previous by the • Omer,/ Martin. The unique series of titelve'wood-caryings from . Minden, in Hanover, worth $2OO each, and represent ing genre scenes of Ger Man life in two or three ifigures respectively, are now bits of charcoal; the risk is the importer's, from whom Messrs. Earle: received these alto-reliefs as an experi- Ment on public taste.. A couple of richly carved caskets, value $250 each, are also gone, along with the various carved tables, orna ments. &e., decorating the galleries. As some relief to this catalogue of ruin, we may men tion that four very tine landscapes, by Thos. Hill, the famous painter of California scenery, the property of Messrs.sEarle, were saved un injured. Mr. Edward Moran, the marine painter, was returning to the' city last evening from his Sll7lllller trip, dining the early progress.of the fire. Recollecting thathis beautiful coast scene, "Virginia Sands,"formed the orna ment of the show-window, he naturally made quick time to the scene on hpartug of_the_lo— , the scene of confusion: that waft transpiring on the pavement, Mr. Moran Illl,9tettj-blSzikayto—tliti;:,front,:Z.:bratke',4the, I heavy 7 window-panes - with his 'elhoWs -- ant'sei zetinie corner — Tri frame. At :. 4it , we • ;;time • :lio sensible Unit sOme person Was endeavoring to wrest it from his grasp from the other side. After struggling..for, some moments. in the/ dark. Mr. Moran recognized in his Supposed antagonist a friend .who, haVing recollected the situation of the painting, and supposing the artist to be out of town, hall determined tcy , effect salVage as an act of disinterested kind ness. An Understanding was plickly had, and 3lr. Moran staggered off under his property triumph. • • ; The fine collection of paintings and prints in store at Porter & Coates's establishment appeared greatly jeopardized at one time, when the fire seemed spreading to the Conti nental, which partly embraces their building. ln presence 01 this risk it' as judgedhest to but from the frame their 'largest painting, the representation of the Interior of Saint Peter's, by a Ger Man artist, Owned by Mr. Potiltney, of Baltiniore This was carefully done, with out deteriorating the picture. Their stock is completely iiiiinpired. The prints owned by Turner Bros & :Co. are all saved; and the loss is concentrated upon Messrs. Earle. The loss of the Messrs. Earle on the stock is estimated at $150;000. The Stock and, fixtures Were insured as fol lows .. .... ........ . Liverpool and London' . aud Globe.. Fire Association.. T_Tnion 'Mutual Ins. Co. of North America'. r•- -- American Spring Reliance-- - Totaa. ........... .... • • ..........$.12,000 The building is datuag,ed- to the extent of hbout $20,000. It is insttred as follows einia. Fire. .... .. ... .............. $7,000 Band in Hand.,..... ............. 5,000 Liverpool and London and Globe. ..... 5 000 „ Total .. • • • .$17,000 r” Adjoining on the east, No. 814 Chestnut street, is a three-storied structure, owned by Deborah F. Wharton, and . Occupied 'on' 'the . hist floor by J. W.. Scott & C 0.,. shirt .manu facturers on the second floor ' by Leak & Smith, masonic mark nianufacturcrs and, en gravers ; Dr. J. J. Strong as office, and J. Walker, agent tor, Iliteheook's Dime' 141iisie; on the third floor ,hy :Whittaker Sr , Co., photo graphers. The two unper',stories Of the rear portion of the building were dainagedlpy . fire, and the interior suffered somewhat , by. l / 2 vater. The insurance Patrol, under Pig:, Terrence , IM.ethisker,Used their, corers upon thostock of Scott & Co., and . prevented =rt from being OM WHOLE couiTity CITY -BULLETIN. .516,500 ••• . 8,000. fi,500 • a,OOO 5,04)0 • •-• • •-• • • -5,000 • t • t . t' • ••` • • °,OOO • Th ,.. Liti ' i ed seriously itintaged. 0 loss —lt : naur • Whittaker* Co.'s loss is ,eatira ,at . ell at *r.; no insurance. Dr.',Strong's loss ,is ti§iioo 1 00.; 'no 'astir:ince. The lossof the'„opit oeptglat, 3 4C ; is slight. Not!. 81'8 and 820, adjoining 4 -41ij i baiang" Ltuildingiitithe West, is a 'dohblet •fenvatoried . brown-stone building, owned:by X' ft. 'Broindl of New York, and occupied ; by ? 'Tani!, 7PY:itl*i quaker, clotbier. - Mr. liranaataker back, on, 'hand a heavy stock, which NV4fti somewhat in-, i g . Mired by water. The'lnsurance Patrol , er - also in this building, and by 'theirtifor.ts €4.; great damage by water.. The building d a:4qt alic,Bre— The - 10.-7111:014' . 1 if o , :f , * ,^ • - mated at 4,5,000. Thee insuraneeti'bri stock, as 'effected by Boswell & Co.. southwest 'conteri 4 Po ertlyand Chestnut streets, are l zg;:follows ..i , , Etna l ofßartford . slo,oce Pmitx,iartford. • 10 , 000 Narragansett, Pr0vidence.....,:;..:".:..- 1000 Lancaster; Pdnita.: .. ... :..'...c , ....,'. 1 1: , ; ) , '5, 0, 000.' Occidental, New Y0rk.'., , ,.. ; ..•:: ..).-,.. 1 5,000 Niagara,; New York .. —., 10,000 t Continental; New, York-- ; ........ - 10,000. North American, New York,„ ..; .;.,. , —lO,OOO Lorillard, New Y0rk.......,..... , ....... ,10,000, : Total' ' • sBo'ooo 'The carpets, furiiititre;,&c., of theldWelling Of Mr. Horace , Tuttle, No. 809 .San Sa - Street, • Were darnaged to Ake extent of 'about $250 by a. line ['of-lose which was, ruttlthrough:the house to rmeli the ,rear "the burning The fe apparatus of the toftfinentaillotel Was put Into operation as :soon as' the firfirwas discovered, and rendered roost important Her vice, thrOwing three powerful streanis-upon. the ttameis, and protecting the roofs tot' the sur rounding buildings. The 'apparatus .was un-' der the personal direction of Mr. J. E. Kinge ley, of the, Continental, and his chief firenian,, Mr. Barriev Carlin,_ ' 'The members of the IfirePatrolounier Capt. AleCusker, rendered eflicient service and 'demonstrated the value of this important de partment.' A large amount of Valuable goods Was saved from destruction,. by water. The arrangements of the police are•also worthy of mention. Chief Mullhelland was early upon the grotind, and had ropesplaCedapros.s Chest nut street at Eighth and Ninth streets, so that, the firemen were not interfered with. anti doubtless it Was the means •ofpreventing se rious accidents. Mayor Fox arrived soon •after the alarm had beeirgiven• and ordered details, of inen from teveral.of the districts. • Several persons were., injured during the progress of the fire. ,Mr.'Alfred Hopple, a member of the Dili gent '.Hose Com•pany, fell from a roof" ' the — rear of ' the Earle • building' into an area, in which there was • three feet of water, and was se severely injuredthat he died in about An hour after - Awards. Deceased resided in Sergeant street, He leaves a family.. . . Charles Carroll, ' residing - pear Second arid', Spruce streets, fell into the 'cellar of Earle's building and WaS burned about the arms. • He was taken to the hospital. • • 3lyers, of the Washington'. Hose Company r was badly injured abOut theiegs. by falling from a ladder raised to the front of ;No. 81,6 Chesnut street.* , John Ward, of the Hibernia Fire Company, leg and arm fractured, by falling through the •• hatchway of No.• 814: " • Several other firemen were more — err less , hurt lwslippingfronf the rota's , and tailing front.ladders. • , FIRE INTRE FOIIRTEENTIE WARD. A &foible luta sciarge Ntiber of Horses Burnedc • §PbrtiX.before 11 o'clock 'last night, a fire, lircuvi.,:out.in the first floor .of the extensive two-story brick building" - tin' - the - east side .Of Broad street; above Wallace, inthe Fourteenth Ward, occupied by David W. Worthington as a livery stable and exchange stable, and feed and grain store. ' The building occupied a front of about 200 feet on Broad street, and was about 50 feet in depth. The flames burned rapidly and the stable portion of the premises was totally destroyed, -The- - hay - and -- feed store - escaped - injury except by water. The harness and carriages in the stable were mostly got'out; some of them were slightly damaged. Some sleighs belonging to Mr. Worthington were burned. They were valued at *l,OOO. Thirty-three horses and two mules perished in the dames. Among these horses were two very valuable animals belonging to Mr. J. L. Carneross, and one belonging to Mr. W. W. Colket. The other horses were owned and valued as follows : Mr. Dobson 2, SOO ; Mr. Miers 1, $5OO ; Mr. Rank 1, $500; Mr. Collins 1, $250; Mr. Heftier 1, $250; Dr. Warden 2, $300; Smith 1, $250; Mr. Worthington 3 herses and 2 mules, $2,000; Mr. Graham 1, $250; Mr. Trumble 1, $4.00 ; B. F. Glenn 1, $2OO ; H. Camp 2, $400: Merkley & Co. 1, $175; .1. Graham 1, $5OO r ey_..104-Carsuen--&—Havens-1 $ 9 OO ; Charles A. Miller 1. $7OO ;Thomas & Co. 1,.400, and live horses, the names 01 the ---ownemottwhieh-were'noteektainett-------7—,-- In addition to the Sleig_hsJuirses. juldjuulea. mentioned above,Mr. 'Worthington lost straw and hay valued at .5.26 t!, itud corn and oats valued at 5.700. • • The Windbag belonged to the estate of Edward Tyson, and was valued at 510,000. It is insured for 55,000. The origin of the fire is not known. Pnom , r RivinExt.-LThe: Imperial Eire In surance Company of London have already paid, through their agents in this city, Messrs. Prevost & Herring, the sum of $lOO,OOO of the loss incurred by the immense destruction of whisky at Patterson's warehouse, 'on Front street. Their tonaloss exceeded $300,000, and they are now prepared to pay at once every dollar claimed. Oii.the morning after the tire a telegraphic .despatch was sent from _this city to London, informing the President - of the Imperial of' their. severe loss. On the afternoon of the same day the following an swer was received: "Adjust carefully and set tle promptly.", Tun PUBL.; I.DINOS.—TO-day As the last clay for the reception Of plitns for the proposed public buildings on Independence Square.. We understand that a large number Of platc4 have been presented to the . Commission, and we may expect a fine display of architeetural talent on the part of the . comPetitors; from among whom it is hoped that the Commission 1011 make ajudicious selection. , • According to the terms of the advertise ment, the decision is to be made during the . present month, and we understand that .the - Committee on Designs will cmwhence - their examination of the various planssubmittedin a few-days_ PoLicE BusEsmss Or A AloNrit..Thiring the month of August 3,729 arrests niade by the pollee of the city. • The •prisoners were divided among the several districts as fob loWs: Districts. First Second—. Third Fourth... Fifth Sixth Seventh.. Eighth.... Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth, Acrests.! Districts. lir Thirteenth .„ .. ..,....33e Fourteenth, . . ...... ....4691Fifteentli 1311 Sixteenth • ' 96 —. ' 51.3; Seventeenth 135 . 2s3liighteenth ' ' CH ',.... 1881tvierl..o ()Drys ' 67 ' ' '. 7261tielitware harbor 18 • 1811Sollitylkill Harbor 6 r '34slohestnut 11111 ' ' 10 ....... .. . . 130, Vagrant, Detectives 33 A WANDEMER. , --An Cad man,named Thomas Oldham, who was found Wandering. 'about thf3 streets in the lower part of the city, has been at the Seventeenth District Police Station for several days. "• • • , FATAL RESULT.-\Villiam StCwat, or:Dela ware, who fell:from Ctio ivindow of a _house,- No. 819 Lombard strOot died from his iujoribv this E=Ml DISTBE,OII.I{O ;ACC titEN44-,-A (listrolidug ac cidvlt ,occ'xned- ; 1 1 3 .IPCTIO 4 IPtowu vest t erday morning, resvlting in the) deatliof apr esti mable young lady. , • 1 5 4 M; Gertrade 3fitblielt! Stith; 'Wife; of Mr, WJiiam=Snuth; and Tdakighter;ol:l4).. :Joseph G. ~Diiictiell, President , the,. bleclumt' wa4 eng2pd tendi rig the pte- Is,erfiteg:;•of, fruit' in the kitcliet! of - her. ,resiL; kleticeon;Tulpehookep street t yesterday warp , . 1 1- I,3g,:when her clotlie.i took lire. - • It) her fright - Site into' the.' stieet,. for:belp,and ran a considerable dis-- itanc,e• guyelopedilythunes, until she met 801110 - ':1,1,0.11114 war, wlio,iftioceetr6ol.n extmgaishing tbe'fife; hut bat until Tier clothing Was abnost entirely•e oll SUMedthe—unfortunato lad • , terribly, and fatally :burned.. Mrs. Siiiith was - uninediately , cohl,-eyied to ; the residence which slie ;had , entered a§ bride but few mOnthe ago, and, .rnedipal sistance was at once procpred. She lingered ;in great sufferitig until' lin ' early hour this 511 tOrnilig; , ivheit death Caine to, her relief., NEW - "Brrtairivos..--.During the month :of !August 417,pennits Tor, the, erection of new were - Issued by the Building Tri 'nspeetors. The Character of the buildings US be -put up is.; - , l'our-storied dwellings, .; three storied dwellings, 161; two-storied, dwellings, '15.4; bake-home, 1; bank, 1; brewery; I ; chapel. 1;„ 'eoach-house, 1; 'factories; 5; hall, 1; . iee-honses, •2; offices, 3; shed, 4; r shops. 4f slaughterilionse, A; stables, 17; stors, 113: ,store .bouses, 2. There were lase iasuedll9 permits for alterations and additions'. During tie month :7 dangerous buildings. or chimneys were ordered to be taken down, and 4 wooden buildings shared the same fate. SExtrous hoisting-machine at • the glass establishment'of B. H. Shoemaker,Fourtli ' street, above Race, fell•from the third.story to the first floor in consequence of ,the breaking of-the rdpe, about half-past five o'clock last evening. Michael Ennis, aged 95 years, em.. ployod as a• porter in the estabhshment, who was in the machine at' the time, had a leg broken and was injured internally. He was' coiiveyed.to his home in. Aaron street. • ' •Fittm Sixim Wmtn.---This morning. about three o'clock, afire . occurred in the up per part of the shoe factory of Tolman & Bromley, in''Ranstead' place, above Fourth street. The flames wire extinguished by. Captain 3lcCusker".., of the Insurance Patrol, bet'Ore any darnage bad been done. StoLEN - `ltalLicom) , large lot of railroad iron, supposed to have been Stolen, was found this. morning, at live o'clock,, at Shackamaxon street wharf, by the Delaware Harbor Pollee. ,The thieves; who were in a boat, jumped overboard and escaped upon the approach of the police barge. ~ : • • -ALMOST. D.ROW WED.—James, Lake fell, , into, :the Delaware, at Poplar ,street wharf; about 6 o'clock this - inOrning.' " When" almost - ek bausted be was :discovered , and rescued. by Lieut. Smith, of tbe!Oelaware _Harbor Police, who tobkbim to leis hoUse . , and had: bini pm perly: eared for. ' • - Stiour FrnE.---A Slightt - 6rd occurred 'this morning::nbout s half-paSt ' eight' o'ciciek,• •at Raleigh Mills, corner or Germantown road. and ColUmbia avenue fire originated in the piclter-rooni: Threii cover the losg.• • •• - • •• • Acia.O.C2.4T. --John O'Nei.,ll frota, a ear on, the NY eSt Phi laeleiphia Passenger :IZailway,yesterilay . afternQbn, rand was, Seii otisly injured .: He taken to bis home, No: 776 South Sjxtl.l street. • ' , . . , WEAVER 41101. .13rxt. weayer:shop„ at Ella and Amber streets,,in the Nineteenth Ward, was destroyed by about .htdf paiit two o'clock this morning. Loss, abOtt ff 0.31 1 .0 inE.—Elizabeth Soper, WhO was Shot by her husband onboard of a canal boat on Sunday morning last, died this morning at the , Pennsylvania nospital. GREAT Ras AT POENT I.3xtrrE4 PARK.— At Point_BreezePark,_on_Thursday,-Septem ber 2, there will be a thatch for 52.511, mile" heats, best tlfree in five, to harness, for which race two fine, fast nags.have been enterert On Friday there will be a race for 5500. For this three entries have been made. The fall meeting at Point Breeze Park, on :3eptember 7th,Bth and 9th promises to be very interesting. A heavY stun in prerniunis, amounting to slo,ooo,will be contended for by some of the fastest trotting stock in the country. A large number of entrWs-17 in all —have been made for the three clays' races. but the interest, of the whole will AndoubtedlY centre upon the last day, Thursday, Septem ber 9th, when the three great mares ; American Girl, Lady Thorn andllGoldsinith's Maid, will contend for a purse of 82,500. From the re putation. oftlieselights of the turf for speed, close heats and' seine exciting work may be expected.. THE NEW Yon E aBA v EXCUES p - N e iittkofthe.aprie§..e.c.eicursions..aronnii__New___ WK .- 114 and Staten Maud Will be given on PirtirS - dityT - September -- 9 --- . The --- excursioirist.. haVe an opportunity of viewing some of the most magnificent scenery on, the continent along the route, both on land and Water, and a sight of the commercial and' business por tions of New York City. The arrangements for the comfort. enjoyment ,anti refreshment of the exiairsionistii are alit:hilt could' be de sired, and the low rate of fare planes it within the reaeh'of all to tako • .eMniiiug r trip.. The Liberty (* . net Band will accompany the :_excursion. • THE SARSAPARILLA DIfitIERS AT YUCATAN. —This singular set of people are, descended from the ancient Aztecs of Southern Mexico, and still retain some Of the peouliarities which Stevens and Prescott gave of their ancestors. Dr. J. 0. Ayer & Co. employ a small army of them in digging Sarsaparilla root. Provided with narrow spades, a coil of rope, and a bag of water, they tore ready for the forest, whereJ the wild banana furnishes them with food, and thickLleaved trees their only shelter. FeW Of. those Who, find themselves rejuvenated, by this prodbet, know' how much they are . indebted to this toil of theSe ' humble laborers, who dig health for thousands' of Dr.' Ayer's patrons, while they sometimes lose their own.—postal. Commercial. CAM ALiy,—The West Jersey Railroad ad vertise to run their last express train' to Cape May on Satnrday,-the 4th instant, leaving Philadelphia at 4 P. M,, and returning Mon day morning at-9 /1 M. TUE COI:U.11111A HOUSE at Cape Island will rdinabaTopen - until.liVedne4ity next, 6epteuu ber 8, for the aceogirtioilatioO of gliets.. —At the Walnut this evening Mr. and Mk's. Watkins will appear: .the beautiful drama,E.Aleen 41farOirrio. , 61. ' , —The Lydia; ; .Thomson. burlesque troupe will;perforrn bairleSque Athol' the &dlo and the farce To Oblige . Benson at - the Arch this evening —Carricross "86 DilxeY's Minstrels have ro opened the biciVEleventbStrcet Opera House and are draWing crowdeil, houses nightly.' A number of new members have been added to the company; and new attractions in the min strelline.are,:promisoot. A tlO-rate bilT iN offered for this evening, including a number of novelties, - :;• —On Aionilay orening . neat the niehlogs V 4.141441 Opera-.troupeWill begin, an iii%tltoften' ten' nights awl two niatint‘es at the Acadein3 7 of Music. The initiatory opera will be Fozo3t. The following perks *ill ho giyou AItIVISIEDIENTS. - .F. , 4 41t, 7; 1 , ,t r • stseeespiverjk daring der week: 1/ TrolvicomAthemiait Fru rAiritto MOP: 4 Mtn.. Seatti 'ean'.l6 ffirtoetired at I!i'uib 'Manic Store. i 1 3 A :•&. irs'xis.AND Nu** , 144shillielias eitriii.enndikitter . 43114 , gark....Fnusgeiy arr4cir"' is td tkp ..10;_t? . . geoid .fiUd• g : wpm; 0g,44.!gq.. 1 *Veil ghe liget at •libiiic • . iffareart.. l : -I • • : • • . I , 11111Mv. • • • ..untollench-nes: , • .•I - '93: 8 t4 C_. 032 1 (13 1P selksan't o 7o4%, : • • • —Tile ladies of Tullio,' have. al . .newspagier: organ of their oWn, IwlVftWOU•Ailoil . "paimr. • lalernielf goeletY 114 - filrediso'cliniCh; at , Sandwioh, .••••••••:: :-Trrlooe 1 trinike AirittAiin.. • . . „ , 1.• •!'-'Aibtber diainomf, a *4110,600 snaviclgt, hags beep.fOund'at the thipe of• Good Hop. • • , .—.Prinee and' Princess Salm-Salmvinien - W .come members of the Society for the•Preritm.: 7tlon CinC,lty to' Animals in prowls:- . "•••• • -•:"z=flelier 0: out of 1• . . Pra: ibet 4o4 lltir'ed 111144 s childreni and ttwo •dfithip•••.:..l ;419iggethirnarne Sarehlt • -.TY1 . 4:0 Penitir-rs Pf ttl(fifordon, flarhaxicet:M:4,7 :Theatre.. comp any . were lately married, and, V ityetitogethef the same eyenfmgtio "As 'Voir ; the.gentier sexsays thakthe hiSven;Ysit 'Of a strong minded woman is "where buttertei:' , ..:;.:' Igroii in their pidpig• Plactee, and "wlharif 1w u •• ,•ceaceicom botheringand needfetrare'at•rtkit.."- I•4lrse aluneelicrWoll, the wife: oef u the cele-' .• tbiated double basso. Nayer, died recently/. in,. -• Menden. She was Edwin Seguines sister; and ••• Madame.Parepa-Rosarb aunt: • • - ; • •—During a. rein-Storm at Dublin, last week, :. • usheet of ice, abort twelve• feet square and ', • no thicker than an ordinary pane of glass, was' seen to fall, but it • was, of course; shat:'- • tered on reaching the ground. • ". —When Brigham Young gete•ustuek'!.• In dot sermon, he sits down and ask 4 a-brother to 's pray for him. In this way he is enabled to •.- collect his scattered thoughts; and when.thev ." • brother bas said "Amen," he • rises, and goes.• on with his discou -e. • - • .in , . ~ • ~..• • ..• -An Aerican ' gteambhati:hine been 'lint - - ;..... Alien the Rhine, and statenishig•-ithellatives. -,..-::. I,or years the only atearpere . on that inucli.. or, trtiveled . river have been the ' little,. narrow, .• •4: C4Jow boatiii witli'mth-aignean etiblue, which '• A: . . - disgrace all of the German rivers. .. •.. • —The canary -bird 'has been au -object.. of traffic for five centuries. Five hundred yenta Ago there wis 3 / 4 but one kind of canary -bird, but' the original stook has so , mixed • and;' adttlte rated, that the varieties now.niunber.at• least ; . firttc i —A lady In a'AVorkhoMie at ClieLsea;•Etig-: • lantl;lately;arrivedutthe•age'of:one Mildred- eeapi, Beitig,aliked lioNv she •wouktolike. to clebrate the pay„ she, expressed a preference .t. tdr it ride 'in', bidlooh. 'She was accordiMay taken Up ..a•groat 'ballocin r aniftook a intuit' , -• pf.wine, sendhiscuits a,t altitude' ofehtiNV mile. itifitoit'see l „iiA' to iMvit made agreat. , •Frain•Rib•Jandire ;we leatii;thateajit:o t , Visas apnearedas :Medea, 31 aria 4 . 2 Ittearda,•andr gte. ;with the most brilliant 4 tiiceess, the .Emperor: : anA cell the Court being, ,present 'each time. The artists•cif thitither theatreiecame, to reailq - verses written in honor of ;theTreatmet.rem . i. - whose appearance , they declared, had resusei: til t ed the diamaticart•in and,. during' !..; this matiifestation., the Emperor and the • public rernidne.ileturuling and uncevered. • LIST OF PANENTS; , List of-patents issued from the United States-. Patent (Mice for the week endingyAugust 31,. 1869, and each nearing that date: perapeeville, • • , • ..Restjhr Locomotive Gross..lfeads 7 ;-S. Alex-1 - adder and E. Dunn, Sunbury. Pa. Ciatra---G - .•Berkstresser;•ThAford,-Pa l • ..,31acidnerg for Cutting 34tehes—F.dellowansi, Philadelphia, Pa. •• . .„ Fence T. Godfrey ; Allegheny City, Pa.t, .Apparaitt's for •Rejeleelinu Watehes—Gt • kins, Philadelphia, .Pa. . • ilmaefactvre of Carboumte of Leml,.ifeetate.. of • Copper end ACetote of .Then-0 Jacobi; Ylrila dollphia,.Pa..• • Printers' Ink—C. Krejci; Serantolo,„Pa..: steam Generator-,-H. Liiders Philadel - r phia, Pa. Praserre Jar—T. G. Otterson, CaindenoN. J. ; Fence—T. WestermaNClinton•township, Pa:, Fire and Burglar Alarm—l.•L.'Cheston, Soutibi • Easton. Pa: Machine for Cutting -n - All t,' _heny Cites • • Slate Polishing Jraelaile---S. TlAmtnan, Wets- ' -1.-Ttl'rff-0.-tisZeirffrtteVirt7:Kii-a7Z‘Z,Vers-s:"3. Fuddling. Fternewe--J., Itltobluson, Duncalutt rifle, Pa. Mode of Bleuehing Gr«ntdatea Sugar—Ante dated August ;.. ) .0, 1869—T. C. Taylor, Phi phi. , Pa. • ' Both Tob—AutedaUd Augiwt blessing. .I.lli adolpllia,. Pa. . • Prosure , ,Rlhesive (jam jr,o.Eurelopetz,, 4E,c. P. S. P. Connor, Plltladeliddn, Pa., Reel for Reaping : ..11aeltind. Boalsburg, Pa.:‘ . - lir n--- ,Isso4a//rual fop.. TralAwiting • Petrohunt.---J. });, Keeler, Pits burgh, Fay. \ • , FitANCIS 1 1..itA5T011.1158.. • StiJieltorlot Northwest eorAer Fermi' and 4 31u;s4krairi-IL streeis. [Fur flut Fogta ng 11311(413.J , The.NV4eAther fin' Angus*. L. t. 33.19 n. 34-111,e of tttivgatliqr,atk !dow fur tie raunthilost IVssseti A Ul.; USTI. 13 ;3.. 40. I I ~‘ c o hI CI &z, rqie4 q t to 30 '2 30.2 30.1 fto:- 30.2 30.2 30.2 30.: AU.J. 31.1 ao.a 30.2. 30.4 motviitiy' 1 Vkataax-4- 1 , ..1ut.„, .'cluck,..:.. ( . 04,101 1i,.. Orlock. ~ c•Y. Lain.. o wt. Ilig "t'e el 'l' lin: th pi lEEE =MEE ttrimt cnt. IPathei . . . - • N. W.__ Clear_ S. W.. Cigar. N. W.. Ciotti. , kkrrit. • N. (Tautly. Solartvlit tsE ,„ N., Clear, • . . W. Clettr.• N, 1, Ctutu Hazy, S, W, Clear, Fog. tiihowar, W, flea Fod. S. W, - og, . 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