GIBSON .PEACOCK. Editor. XXIII. :-., : . Y. - ,t' ',: EITIROiPIEAN ROME. rrepuratione for the Connell-41zeendlla ' ile " - '""?Ffrno t° 11 ° 11% ,* ( 041 0 44 1 , A lttinian,..' oTiespondent IpPlget slate ,- c): Augustin, att , rodotis The structures , erecting in S ;,P eter's ; for the Council 'beotii'to presentan intelligible 'lll4 Stalls tor - the bishops are 'Llinislied, and rapid progress is being made with the tribunes, which seize authorities declare, to be intended ' t'or shorthand Writ.:irt,And Some. assign .10, Plomatists• !Me i whole ' ts suit off from ; the' cathedral bY a high partition,now:being fitted, . with agreat doer; which wilttYP'en. whehthe.., Council is hi -public' ilistott, hnt, Ordinarily will be closed. r..E 'ln when the dont 1 •Q . t pu ► eNsillmot be Allowed to, advAnee .r tiler than the :threshold. The fathers cottneil:by ,anotber 4'04 ' from m, fro observation. • , Alta precaution - against 3fazzintan incendi aries, the works fire watched b o y.firctnen, and 4 during thelattiog of the Council npOpietkwili be plated iti dlffetinitphiti.;;ol,the uithetual, and the nurptber et. firemen:: : dinibled;';l l he 1. Conn - at - 0 bop - XJ - 3; 7 ifigfastatinti . . ins ft is wanitly opposed by many of the Italian episcopacy. 31onsignor Obarvaz has I • resigned, the archbishopric of Genoa rather than consent: to . . attend. The resigna, f lion. has been accepted by the. Pope, and the ex-prelate has retired to Savoy, to reside with his family. -..The-,Cottrt of Flor mice, if we nte . to believe the Italian Journal, is not disposed to make such a'quiet end to its objectiou.s, and General Manabrea is teported to have sent an envoy here to try to effect Some •understanding with the Pope about them. I have not been able to verify this state- Ment, but • I can 'confidently predict that such a mission would be no avail, as the I present temper of the Vatican is very hostile to Italy. The preparatory congregations of the Coun cil elaborated two propositions, Willa, I am positiVOi issitred, the 'fathers of the Council will be required to approve, mid - to promise all their efforts to carry them to asuc, eessful issue. The first proposition ,relates to the Peter-pennv, the collection of which is to be so organized as to produce annually a sum sufficient - to pay : the interest of, three-quarters or they POntitical debt; the ftinrth qiiarter being undertaken by the Italian Govern- Mem. The second proposition demands the maintenance by the Catholic world of a PontiliCal army of ti,061) men so long as the holy See shall remain in. its present excep tional state that is, severed - from .the:Romag nits, the Unibiidivtid the Marches. The titopor sition declares that this force is necessary' for the maintenance of order , in Rome and the pat riiimuy of St. Peter, and that the 1 - foly See is Ivithout the means of supporting It until the lost provinces are The Pope expresses bls conNiction that he has a mission to rephiee the principles of the Revolution of 1789 by those of the Syllabus, which the Council is to pronounce canonical law. He will resist any opposition to this de sign, or to the adoption of the dogma of infal libility, aud, lately a Roman bishop wastold,by. one cn his phYsicians; that 'the - refeetion' of these propositions might ' have the. most serious. even , fatal Consequences to,; his • ErG ENI EIS EASTERN TRIP. Preparations for!Ensenie7.o 'Reception.. The Ilin..rent Rehm Placed hi girder.' A letter from • Constantinople, of the 16th of A nivest, contains the following report of the royal preparations which were being made for the reception of the Etnpress'ofFranee itithat city : The -writer says : " Probably history re cords nothing In the way of tnimptiiiins care monies which can be compared to the fifes in teri;":l:;.* to celebrate the visit of the Empress Eugenie to the capital. The Turks are desirous to show the extelit of their esteem for France by the reception which they will give to the consort of . Napoleon .More :than 6,000 workmen are occupied in finishing the road of Ituyukderi• and the newly formed streets of the city. That number is increased day by day, and will soon be doubled, and even tripled; everything must be ready for the.Aith of September at any cost. The whole Turkish fleet (thirty war vessels) will await the august royageur at Corfu. Rouf Pacha, Grand Master of the Palace, and Elwell Bey, Master of the Ceremonies, are appointed to go and present ' the first compliments of the Sultan. The Empre.ss will renounce her irmofplito on her entrance into - Turkish waters. The finishing tench is being put to° the splendid calque. in which Abdul Aziz will meet her Majesty and conduct her to the Palace of Beyler Bey. A. gala .per formance will be given at the onera, all hung with velvet and silk for the occasion; and the singers who are to have the honor of appear ing, will arrive froth. London and Paris. By the Sultan's order specimens of all the pro !nets of the-empire are--13eiug--eolleeted-a-t-th • Bazaar. The Empress and her suite will only perpleved hy_he dittieult3r_of_making_a_ choice: — , Tlteimpertal bilrem 4.A.aloluct-ed_hy_tho tang \rade, will pay a visit in great state to her 111.ajsty, . Mit - What is surpass - - all;that fanex can imagine Will be the soiree preceding the clay of the Empress's departure. After a review in the plain of Belcos, and a luncheon of which the bill of fare is a State business, the illus trious company_ will descend _the Bosphorus to. Beyler Bey. learly all the vessels that the Ottoman empire can furnish will be present to accompany the iMperial yacht, and the flags seen by -- day - willbe - replaced — by - myriads — of lights. , The palaces and houses oil uoth shOres will be illuminated throughout the immense extent of the sea, and enormous tires will be lighted on the mountains of Europe and Asia. The estimated cost of these enchantments is l 5 ,000 ,000 francs. • , „ „ GriquiTil — Reaatta - at — Civerb - ourglorance.— Aw Americanßoat Wins the first Prize in a Race with Twelve Boats. By a private letter fromeherbourg, received by the last steattier'(says the ProvidenCe Jour— nal), we learn that a grand regatta took place attbat city , , the celebrated naval port in the north of rance, tha Emperer's file day, (August 15), in which an American boat took part and gained the first prize. After the de leat,of the Harvard crew, in. England the par ticulars of this victory may pessess an interest W for our readers. e 'are permitted to make the following extract from the letter re ferred to : ; - ; • - CHER:Bound,. Angust. 21:/, - 18W ,-;SoOrilafter the arrival in this city- .of---the.-- United ,States frigate Sabine the city authorities sent, word to her cominander, Captain . Walker,' that there would be a regatta on the Emperor's fete day, the - 'lsth inst.; •ands requesting that, some boats from the ship Might enter and take part im it. There! was, at ' first, a reltic tance on the part of the officers to enter any . boats,akithe creroi Of the other b'ciata 'taking Part in the Nnitest had doubtless been practising and were in good training; While the two days that intervened before the race would scarcely . give time to select crews and give them proper .training. However, Lieutenant Commander .John it. Bartlett, Jr., one of the Sabine's offi cer:7i, determined to enter a boar.- With some difficulty he selected 'twelve. men from the crew. and at once set to work to put them iu training.. In the two days that remained he was out with his crew four times a day, "in cluding evenings, thus giving his men all the practice that his limited time permitted. The fife day came on • Sunday, which day, above' all others, suits. the. ; trench people for .., . . , • , • ''• ;-,-'. .-.. '.' :.• -' 1 ":' :'. ''''''' ',_ - ''...•.; . . '. . ' ,-.''''.. .-. -..-.: '. 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There were to be alto gether eight races, one or Which was for large men-ofwar boats or - bargeS, andit was in this trace that the boat from the Sabine was to take iiart. No less than twelve boatshad entered 'for this race. The American boat drew num; ber den; and accordingly took the position hi' ,lineat the buoy bearing this number, Where it quietly lay, awaiting the hour of', dearture. Meanwhile the Friiiich'boats'were pulling' up . and flown the line; to showoff in presence , or the:thonsands of speotatrms asseinbledmn the shore. Nearly all the,hoatstor this race pulled nimre , mar4-tliati-thelfht:of-thenthav--- 'big sixteen and some of them. , eighteen pars; the American beat,' though Atilt° as ..large.aic any other; bad but 'twelve-pan Important,dif ferencel.n a contest like ,this, anti one which would have deterred most others from taking' part in it. ' • • At, two &clock the iirst g.uun was fired. In 'lone minute after the second , gun was fired, and the boats were off. -"Now eantethe_i_rug_ot Molt of the - erewspulled hard for the lit B t soo rodeli leaving the aabifte's boat be , But now Lieutenant-Commander Bart lett,'who understood his men, began steadily to Obi t aoll , whotl hittboat ftirtiedrho bqoy,a, was eight beat lengths 'ahead of all. The Americans now'philed with ; they felt their strength and knew just what they had to contend. with: On they went, steadily gaining on their eleven adversaries, and when they.gainedand passed the. Grand Stan 1 the Sabine's 'boat' was' more than ten "lengths ahead. Each boat carried a little pennant at its bow, and as the Arnericaft boat passed the staff, in the water, upon which the French fiag was flying, Lieutenant Commander Bart lett dipped Ins ensign and tossed oars. Ills boat'was at once saluted as victor by some ten thousand cheers from the assembled multitude ou shore. As soon as all the boats 'were in, a bargeeameofl and took Lieutenant Bartlett the shore, wherehe was presented to the` ice- Admiral commanding the.port. The Admiral's &mt came in second The first prize thus wan by the Sabine's barge Was 200 francs. and an elegant silver medal given by the Prince linperild. From the N; Herald's account of the anxious journey of the President to Wa.shing ton we extract the following . : ,At. fifteen minutes.before lour o'clock in the afternoon another despatch was - 'received, 1 stating that General Rawlins was rapidlysink ing and had expressed urgent desire to see the President. The mental anguish now suffered by the Pr,esidentwas intensely increased by the necessary delayin his having been detained frOlll his dying comrade and friend. At half-past Ifive o'clock, bidding farewell ..to his wife and family, who, were to follow as far as New York, this - morning, and there reinain;in • company with Gen. Porter, he left the Union Hotel for the depot. - Here a private apart ment had been set apart forlim in one of the regular drawing-room cars. On the train he was joined by Senator Conkling and Ward "Hunt,.Chief justice of the Court of - Appeals of New.: York.. On , the 'way he seemed op pressed by the most melancholy feelings. He talked oflittle else than the . close relations that had long been held between 'himself ana Gen. Rawlms; and expressed a sincere • Wish that the General might be spared until his arrival. To Senator Conkling he said: "I could not -feelrthe loss of a near and dear 'relatiVe • more keenly than the loss of General -Rawlins." Arriving at Albany soon.. after seven o'clock, Senator Conkling and Chief Justice Hunt left the President to take the train to their homes. It was here found that no special train was to be had, and the regular train would lay .over until two o'clock in the morning. This would occasion a delay of seven hours. , In order to avoid the curious gaze' of the crowd, as well as the - annoyance of -less considerate, the President -determined-to -take --the --steamer,- which would bring him to New York as:early as by the can: From the train he took a car riage, driving rapidly to the steamer Vander bilt, Captain Hancock, which was lying at the wharf. By eight o'clock the steamer was under way. The - President took a verylight supper, and, after spending aboutlialf an hour on the after deck, uttering scarcely a. word, andevidently chafing under the delay andhis anxiety to finish his painful journey, •be retired. Upon rising this morning, at half 7 past, six o'clock, he said that he: had passed a sleepless night. As soon as the steamer reached her dock he landed, and taking a car riage rode .to the. Astor. House, where -he breakfasted, and proceeded directly to the Washington depot at Jersey City. At Jersey City another delay was encountered. The President here certainly anticipated . that a special train would be in readiness, - hut — it alas discovered that the -- timir had `been toe short. to make the neces --sary—arraiagements—He-therefore-took---the rpidly than before and that he was losing all knowledge of surroundin oh , j g ects. At Baltimore a special car and loco motive were at last obtained. A carriage con veyed the President rapidly across .the city to the Washington depot. Arriving at the depot, he, with General Porter, got aboard the -train, which left immedi ately in advance of the express. Nothing more was now heard until reaching this city. - A despatch had been sent as tar as - the Relay Reuse, but - the - train had already passed tliat station. At five minutes past four o'clock, General Dent was standing liv the bedside of the dying Secretary, holding `him by the hand, observing the paroxysms W-hich were about taking nlace: He , left the chamber of death and hastening to the de's:4 endeavored by tele graph to expedite the movement of the train. _A_lewniinuteS__-later- Secretary- Cox---arrived at the depot - and: • informed General Dent that all Was over. General Sherman arrived a few minutes after in his carriage.to await-the arrival of the President. Upon reaching the depot in this city and lentil, ing the had intelligence President Grant mina deeply moved. *-I3 e hastened With a sorrowful countenance to the carriage, follimed by Gen.' Sher Man and- Secretary ox. The , President almost buried himself in the carriage, which drove off rapidly to the house Where he could view the remains of one of whom he so much desired .to catch one last word or look of .re cognition before his soul left its mortal t0ne ,.... . meit; : SECIZE'TART RAWLINS' DEATH. The Journey of President Grant. From Maine. PORTLAND Me., Sept. 7th.—Gilbert ; Hall, , while attempting to jump on a g, ravel train on the Portlan and Rochester Railroad, yester day morning, fell between tbe cars and had both logs cut ofY. He died in a short, time. From ißoston, BOSTON, Sept 7.—Sonator Stunner has been invited to preside at the State ,Itepublican Convention, which meets; on September V. —At a largo itia.ss-rneeting, recently held in , Vienna, in regard to the convent question, which attracted so mitch attention in Austria, the following resolution was unanimously passed: " Whereas, Convents are , neither a necessary requirement of the Christian re-- ligion, nor in keeping with the principles of the modern State, nay, are directly dangerous to the welfare of the tate ; .Resolved, That all convents in Austria should be cleSed." PRILADELE'IIIA, TUESDAY; SEPTEMBER' 7', 1.869., CITY BULLETIN. THE A'N'NEMiTEO ASSABBINATtON ON' ItEirr.,' Ntr, ..D.UTECTIVE Bnooxs.—lifr. JaTne3 ‘•j.' prooks, of the United. States- Revenue De- . -pertinent, who was shot by, unknOwn parties while in the liquor-store of .John.Keenan i ..,on Front street,.p ear Arehi yesterday afterzitiOn, was in a very critical Condition this morning. He experiencetimuch pain during , ,iihe and,ll; bleeding inirardly. „;4The bell entered; . - tear the 'shoat:ler-blade, and passed into the :chest, cutting one of the lungs. 131 yesterday's Bur,r.Brin it was stated that the carriage into which thevotild-be'aSsessins had leaped Bad been .1011oWed as far as St. • Volin and Callowhill streets. Detective Tryon Continued his pursuit of the carriage as far as Fairmount:, Atin the 'way ha,niet•with his desires, the Lieutenant procured a carriage, and, was in quickpurspit. He drove to - -the Park,gave-the and ' driving through the Park reached the Girard avenue bridge, and, being informed ,that a carriage Pagl, 4 o - 1 7W 1 0135: he ; Vent over !the: various - reads of the ne•ii,= — Park until he tnet the Guard, or persons driving towards o ascertained that-- the- vehicle containing the assassins had not entered the new Park. His next, move' was for the NeW, York depot, in the. Twenty-fourth Ward, but liere lie was doomed to disappointment. Not Satisfied, he redrove over every avenue where be supposed it•conceivable for the assassins to leive passed. He lost all trace of them at, that, Portion of the Park where the Iron Spring is. The vehicle containing the assassins is de scribed as an old hackney coach, driven by •'yoting man, twenty-two years of age, with blue coat and checkered pants. Some say he, wore a Straw, and others,a white felt hat,with.; still' brim.. The vehicle took the following route: ;Up Front street to Callowhill r up Cal lowhill to St. John street, out St. John to But tonwood, up Buttonwood to Sixth, out Sixth to Spring' Garden, and branching front this street, reached the Park by the' entranee'a above Spring Garden street. Detective 'on lost all trace ,of the, vehicle , aff',, it entered the Park. • De tech ), Franklin followed in a vehicle, and, from i iation obtained he is satisfied the party did nareross the. Schuylkill river. The 'probability is that the assassins drove thrtmgh the Park to Girard avenue, and down the avenue a short distance where they . . took the road leading to Hart's Jane, following which they would reach the Lamb-Tavern road and have several avenues -leading to the city if they desired to return, or could reach railway stations at their pleasure: The curtains of the, carriage were drawn down, and the only thing Detectives Fraikklin and - Tryon saw of the in-, mates-was that one of them wore dark Pants. Last evening Mr. Brooks stated that he had receivedmany threatening letters' during the past two weeks, :Ind frequent warnings. His reply, to the latter was that when the, GoVern mimfgave hint 'orders be would leave the city, and not one moment before. He said that, he lied received communications offering to set him up in business' if he Nvould le-ave the reve nue department, and is fully satisfied that thiS was a set-up job, as he saw this very carriage in front of )Ir. Keenan's store last Saturday. He, was on kindly - terms - with Mr. Keenan, Ind meeting him yesteolay-morning told him he intended to look over his books. Mr. Kee pan told him he was unwell, and going home, but his boy would show him the books at any time. • • ' Mayor Fox visited Mr. Brooks about ten o'clock last evening, and ascertained from him his belief that he could not recover. While in thiscon diti 0n,31r. Brooks's affidavit or ante mortem declaration *as taken;:and :upon the information thus obtained, ~'warrants were at once. issued. for the arrest of ce.rtain ;parties believed to be implicated in' the attempted murder. • - The Government officials at Washington have offered a reward of ss,oooftir the arrest of the perpetrators of the outrage. The Mayor has also offered an additional reward of Sl,OOO. The detectives are working energetically to ferret out the perpetrators of this murderous outrage. 'Five persons are now in custody, and are locked upat the Central Station to • await the result a the investigations. A matter in connection with this' affair should receive the attention of the High Con stables.. The ordinances of the city provide that all public vehicles shall be numbered. The intention of the law is to make the car riages easy of identification, and therefore the numbers should be conspicuous. Detective Franklin states that he looked for the number of the carriage yesterday, but was not able to see it. On the stand on Fifth street this morning, there were ten-carriages at one time. A mmiber was not visible to the naked eye on any of these vehicles, but, perhaps, if a micro scope had been used a number might have been discovered in some outrof-the-way place. If the number on the carriage used by the assailants of Mr. Brooks had been conspicuous there would have been seine means of tracing up the scoundrels. I —Titniaw--DowN blind man, his wife, Hannah, and a woman -named_Ellen_Eerias,ADer_upy thf. rooms_on_th -- fi - e - eondlitito - of - a7"hurtStr - at - S, th - aud - Bed= -ford-strects.--Yestenlay_afternoon_the_parties named ,crot into a fight, and COyle and his wife, .it is alleged, threw Ellen down stairs. Mrs. FerriS was badly hint, and was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital: Coyle and.wife were arrested, and were locked up for a hearing. SERIOUS AssAutzr.—Willifun Casey was ar rested, last night, atcPerkiomen and Wiley streets, upon the - charge of assault and battery on Albert Lindsay. The latter was beaten with a blackjack and was badly hurt. He was conveyed 4o_hiSi_hani.e.,. NO._ 757_ _WeSt.:etreet. Casey was taken before Alderman Paneoast, and was committed to await the result of the injuries of Lindsay. FlliE ON A VESSEL.—This morning, about seven o'clock, a fire- was disceVerett . he forecastle of the • Italian baritte Assunter, lying at Willow street wharf. The flames 're—causelLby_lhil_explosiolf of aL barrel of varnish, and were extinguished by the Northern Liberty Fire Company before any serious damage had been done. Two of the crew of the vessel were badly burned about the hands, face and feet. PRESS CLul.—The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Press Club of Philadelphia will be held to-morrow afternoon at four o'clock, at the rooms,. No. 007 Walnut street. This is the first meeting after the summer re cess, and a general attendance of members is desired. !: ' AUAIST POSTPONED.—The case of ex-Collec tor of Internal 'Revenue S. M. Zulich, charged witli - perj . nry,' - was again - called:,up before - T.J.S. CoMmisstener Chas. P. Clarke this morning, but in the absence of - the. Assistant District- Attorney, who is an important witness, was postponed. : . 'LARGE FALL TRADE SALE or BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS.—T. L. Ashbridge & Co. will sell, at their store, 505 Market street,. to-morrow morning, at, 10 -o'clock,. by catalogue, about 1,500 packages of Boots and Shoes of City and EaStern manufadture ; also, cases Men's en's Fur and Brush Hats—to Ayhich the attention of city and. country buyers is called. Open early in the morning for exdanination. , TO NEAV Ontxmcs Sturptats.--The saili g day of the steamship Juniata, has be I changed to Thursday, 9th inst., at 8 A. M: Freight now being received- and MRS of lading signed at Queen street wharf. Through bills of lading IsT giveu to Mobile,atobez,Vioks burg, Memphis, and to Galveston, Indianola, Layaeca, Rockport and Brazos. - - OUR WHOLE commy. Sza-suonz.—The CatndenUnd Atlantic .tailroad,;(3ornpanv will continue to Tiltl the 3.15 express all oftliis week, as the 'weather at the sea-side is now'charming, and mauy of our citizens' desire to linger at the shore during.the , present :warm mouth. A number of, gond boarding-houses are still open and will remain open ibis month. , Septem!ber..)l4 iteknOW. l ledged tO:be `the b6iit nionth for invalidii 7 4' the', shore..'•The water is warm and the 'tempera lure delightful. We learn that the Pallroad Company has it in contentplation to run the fast express at 3.lslthrough in 1! hours) "every ; Saturday for.the balance of this 'month, which: will be a great convenience to parties desiring: to make a visit to this healthful locality. • ne-of-the-Disiuste •' - Mr. Charles A. Dana, commenting , upon the', !Scranton accident, says Plymouth, the scene of the terrible disaster, ism, station on Abe' Lackawarina, and .1 2 .1foems- ItailwaY; twenty miles* sonthive.st :or „Scranton; and some six miles from Wilkes= 'barre. 'lt. IS situated on the western bank of the Susquehanna river which , at= OAS 'point '-runsliearly , duewest—The town-is in-the-heart- Of the Wyoming ;Valley, and is one of the great coal-mining depots. At, Nanticoke and other points belOW Ply mouth" the mountains run close to the rivet. The Mines'are opened in the side of the 'tains as in' railroad tunnels. At the .mine in Plymouth,' where this disaster .occurred; the' despatches indicate that the -..earth was en tered.by a shaft from:a:level surface. , The surface ofthe Wyoming .Valley' is as' level as a barn floor. 'lmmense 'Coal screens, . trestle-works and engine -houses surround the entrances of the mines. In thii case it seems that these works were destroyed by fire, corn; ~ ' pletely'claoking up the entrance to the mine :with the debris of the burning buildings. Our despatches appear to indicate that 'the :mine itself is on tire. If this is the case, ' the;losa of prop'erty. as well as of life will be fearful.. A coal mine in. West Virginia ncaught fire. two. years ago, and is still burning. The last great accident in the Pennsylvania mines occurred in Carbondale. about 1850. A large mine caved in, destroying over a hi.in-• dyed lives, and 'ruining the mine. When the *cave occurred, the pressure of .air from the falling mass was so great that it blew a boy and a mule an eighth of a mile out of the nar ir'ow entrance to the mine. A few of those en . tombed worked their way out through all the dangers of tire-damps and foul air, but the most of them perished by starvation, or fell a prey to the rats, which, in coal mines, grow to an enormous size. One man was seven days in digging his way to the surface. - The Tribune has this comment upon the ac cident : The lesiion of yesterday ought to teach us the necessity of legislative provision against some of the more easily avoidable of these dangers: There should always be a separate ., _ shaft for ventilation; In some of the mines there is one. A little shaft of the diameter of a man's body would have saved yesterday 200 lives. Not a stick of wood shotiid be used about the main Shaft where iron can be used in its place. The breaker, instead of standing right over the mouth of the mine, should be so far off that if it takes tire the falling i timbers ,cannot -choke sip the shaft. Mining s dangerous enough at the best. At Plyinouth, ingenuity seems to lave been taxed to aggravate its perils by Making escape or succor impossible in case of accident, and Pennsylvania is full of slaughter pens not less horrible: Mrs. Stowe Tries it Once More, in Eng- Mtionziititiet.M4=:i2e— Loutlop, for -SPPtero ber, will, we hear, contain an article on the life of Lady Byron and the causes of her sepa ration 'from Lord Byron, by Mrs. Beecher Stowe, based on the communications of Lady Byron herself. This Paper, if not identical with that in the Atlantic for the same month, will doubtless be of the nature of a.first at tack, and not a response in anywise to. the challenges of the American press. What's In a Name ? Acting Secretary Richardson has issued an order directing that hereafter the name of em ployes shall appear on the rolls with theft full Christian names. The reason for this is' that a number of female clerks have been drawing the pay of male clerks, the initial of their Christian names only appearing on the rolls. Pat Mackey, a young miner, was waylaid and murdered' near Barnetstown, Huntingdon county not long since, by a g!ing• of assas sins. It appears that Mackey refused to unite in the "Miners' Aisociation, and hence came under the displeasure of its emissaries. Four pdrsons have been arrested, charged with the crime, and lodged in Huntingdon jail. One is yet at large, but will be followed up. The Pall Mall Gazette states that poisons are no longer to be depended on m England. tiggnsts—the-w-retehesi.---havc taken-to-wild teraung them. An interesting shepherd—a ver,,7_Stll4aol) lie_must_havo heen=undertook, - thirother - day - , to - rid - hirnself - of - famirly - incum= - _brames_by_adulterating thP faudlysugar.with. a quantity of stuff -used for ridding sheep of ticks. The thing was a, fiasco. Nobody was burr ; neither the family nor the ticks ; nobody, at least, except the sheep, on whose vexed mutton the vermin continued to fatten, un hurt; The poison: on being analyzed,was found to be so adulterated as to havelost its harmful qualities unless _administered in tremendous doses. Considering the vast number of sui cides committed here almost daily by means of poison, it is to be hoped that our druggists will the"extunple shown therifliftheir Eng lish parallels. Paris green, consisting chiefly of some nutritive tritrinition, will not be "bad to take" then. Also, fewer persons will be poisoned by swallowing, instead of Epsom salts, an article of oxalic acid from which the active principle has been washed. Suicides will be less frequent when our druggists take . o _ l o_ultesaAing their poisons. . ' . Petrifaction. li is said • that one Profess& Abbate, of Naples, has discovered a method by which our tenement of 'clay may be preserved forever after the spirit has left it; and.this with a per fect verisernblance of what it, MIS at the time of death. What good object it is intended to attain by this, has not, as yet, been stated; but as scientific discoveries do not wait long to tind a use to which they may be put, no doubt the world will soon see the value of this. To show that it is Pot utterly without value, the Met maybe stated that, Mr one thing, it would do away with tombstones, and, undoubtedly, advertisements like the,. following would soon -appeal in:th e papers " Every man his own headstone." A s it would be unnecessary tobury Anybody, however, and- as these bodies would not decay, and consequently would not become putrid, graveyards—or whatever they would thou be called—could ,be placed in cities, and would :undontodly become. attractive places of re sort. Imagine how fine they would look of a bright winter's night, with the moon gleam ing. white upon them. They might be used as sig,ns" Tiinhins & Sluinkins, lately Slum kinsßunikins"and , the latter might be Made to hold the signs of their living prede cessors. But' the whole list of terms: com monly used ea synonynious with death would have to disappear. We could riot. say: "The mouldering dust ;" "the ashes of the dead ;" ." gone from our sight forever ;!' lair could We say With Andrea chit Basso' 4; 11186 from the:loathschrie and devouring Give up:thy body, 'woman With Out heart!" for there she would' be right before tta.' So far THE COAL MINE 111071iIiiiit. vrlivump:sii,sicr)moolANAll A. Trades tuiiin Murder. Poor Poisons. rc can sixt, the story of the- disoiyery hilts the genuine smack of ; truth; and i' fully in 1 consonance with'the ralpect of this degtmerate, t Positive age, for' it tread.' very hard on the :.feelings and the' " finer sentiments of the mum(Air. *NKr DRANIATIC. ••• 1 • , .; AT THE ACAT4.ll‘ti; It 18 hardlY fair to attempt to -decide! rfiliso lutely Yvon the meths of an - artist, or of a corn bination of them after a single hearing, .acid' that the very first which.has been given, The ,Itichings-Bernard company appeared in. Faust list night at, the Aeademy, and introdaeed to; the people several new singem,oue_of whome: liati never, - before appeared in' country.. None of hem had ever sting in public to 4. • • • ; • rsa ley had , tro . opportunity to become accus- • totne,d to each other's peculiaritim of business and mannet. _The old,cornpany was remarka `bie for its Mechanical • preendon. It .went Through with its work smoothly, without a mistake or a flaw: But ' this,'higb degree of finish was acquired by long practice in a little round of operas Which were sung over And over again during_each-season;--unail- eaeh-of- , the artists knew every note and flexion and gesture and attitude as cOmpletely child knows the Alphabet. The, present company may possibly reach perfection as nearly in course of time, and we are inclined to, judge them more letuently at present than' we will be later hi the season. Of the new artists we will speak first., Mr.. Henry Drayton undoubtedly gave.-the'lt nest - Performance of the evening in the part.of, '.3lephistophiles"-,that physical expression . , of intellect' perverted to the• basest' purgeseS of passion. Mr. Drayton has a•very fair baritone voice;which, without being at all Melodious; br possessing great pOwer or pathos , is even, and. decided, and exceedingly well eon trolled, se - that its best qualities are always the most obvious- Mr. Drayton's practiee • as a ballad singer has given him a singularly clear enungiation. For the " first time in English opera we heatd from, him every syllable of the textoven in the most difficult arias and reci tatives. Rik proficiency . in this respect is very remarkable, and , the satisfaction which it gave to the audience more than compensated for the deficiencies of his voice: Besides this, Mr: Drayton' is it first-rate actor. His conception of . the peculiar character of "Mephistopheles" is more nearly : correct than that of any recent singer; and to a proper ex pression of his idea he brOught intense dram atic power, energetic action 'and some' good stage business, which quitted' the ruts of tra dition and pleased by its novelty and propriety. Perhaps in one or two passages lie went a little too far, and, after the manner of Mr. Hermanns, acted too much. The'most objec tionable instance of this Was in the 'scene Where he is driven back by the uplifted crosses. About half as much shrinking and shuddering and gasping and scowling would have been more satisfactory. He prolongs the agony too much. His best vocal performance was his singing.of the aria "The power of gold" in the second act. The serenade in the fourth act was not up to the highest standard, by any means. Mr. Campbell sings it better, and with more ' fiendishness—a, quality whicW belongs tothe music. Mr. Drayton's costume is susceptible of. much improvethent It looked last night very much like the dress worn by pan Pace in his tan and sawdust per formanees. +7 • Mr. Henry Haigh, the'neW . tenar, aPpearad " Faust." This gentleman has a robast tenor voice of good quality and of considera ble range. It Was marred last evening by hoarseness, - which proceeded, we suppose, from that nervousness which almost inevita blels in the case of a new claimant for public favor: This, too, may have • aft'ected in some degree his entire perforrnanceovhich was not' of the most satisfactory character. With much energy and a correct appreciation of the part, Mr. Haigh 's manner was not good, and he failed to rise to the requirement of the situa tion in more than one case, but particularly in that trying scene in the third act, where he boas an interview and sings the exquiSite air with " Marguerite." He made a, nustake ' eve think, in atte - inpting twice to sing a high note in _falsetto. The first efibrt succeeded; the second was a failure. The effect in both cases was not good.' It would have been wiser to do as Castle always did,—to take a lower note of the chord—as in the first case, for instance, natural instead of B. natural. But we ex pect to hear better things from Mr. Haigh when he becoMes acquainted with ,his audi ences and familiar with the manner of his-col leagues. Of the 'excellent quality of his voice there can be no doubt. Mrs. Bowler, who appeared "Seibel,Thas a pleasant contralto voice of moderate power and expression and of some sweetness. She has avery agreeable presence, and a fervid • manner. Her performanCe throughout was very satisfactory, and she received a well de served encore fOr her cleverness in singing the pretty fikrwer song in the garden scene: vith 'Mrs TiPrivird's po , Nanatbart_ortar guerite" most of our readers are already fa- We have spoken of . it in . words -p iiiiselnany-timesjand4-wilrnot-Ve-necessary to sav more noNK,_ than itis her - fery_bestaier,i formance. - Perhaps - ft vas not quite up to the uSualhigh standard last night, but it was vet*" good indeed, vocally, and Mrs. Bernard s acting there was all of the old energy and pas sionate fervor. Mr. Arnold appeared as "Valentine," and acquitted himself handsomely. He is superior to Mr. Seguin in this part. Mips Mischa, played "Martha" acceptably. The orchestra was very far froin being first rate, although it contained some of the best instrumental musicians hi this city. It coil tri buted its share to - the jars andlnishaps of a first night, to the great annoyance of Mr. Behrens who did all that a conductor could do to make it work smoothly. The chorus was large'and tolerably efficient. This even ing Fra Diavo/o will be given, with Miss Blanche Ellerman as "Ztrlina," and Mr. Brookhouse Bowler as the "Brigand." This priestess of sensation MS greeted by a three-quarters house last evening, who fol lowed with attention one of those artfully constructed French plots in. which the interest is carried from climax to climax, with a striking tableau for every fall of the curtain. In "Reaping the Tempest" there hi no charm of language to rived tho. ear, no proverb of patriotism or religion for the gallery gods to hold in memory, and the trained applause, which is concentrated in a particular spot op posite the stage, has little to do but measure out its thiimps and rappiugs according to the descents of the drop. The tragedy, of course, does not _adhere too -elaselY .to - the hum- . drum march of probability and . commorilife. The heroine .ilierqueritc (Mrs. (lowers). has contracted a misalliance with Jean Paul, the master of the forges at Marienbarg. He is uxorious and generouS,. and'. sends her to the 'Spas for her health, where she criminally passes over to the protection of the young Count de Rendorf (Ben C. Smith). Her maid (Mrs. Walcot) with..the most flexible notions of right and duty,, devotes herself sentimen tally to the adilltress, and the dramatist erects her into a soubrette heroine in consequence— we hepetheladies' maids in the audienceMey read the lesson With ,a difference: After trying to steal an interview with an idolized daughter, when She is Met by the stern refusal- of: her . injured husband, Marguerite is found pining in splendid negleet at the Clalteau Rendort, a Mariana in the Moated grange, Au; accident -leads her huSband into her presenee, she learns that her child Will pass the windows, directly ; Marguerite iiittkOs In little , nosegay. out Of the giiilty'garlauds and blushing roses of her, ben ' dour and flings them to the carriage, which P. L. FEnnuism. Publisher. : 1 •.'• .wucE...T4.44.,:.ppfp.i, . . whirls by in; a sudden ''iteofilit lfintrza4rite blinded on her balecitiybytheligitthisi*.lieingf found by Heaven unworthy to enjoithetv'a'sw sient sight she so madly 'mares. t • Meants , hilits; her titled protector hag beeniparenrallygqiclect into a marriageand,without seeming eithfr to • feel or cause tee' much regret; alloxyA , Wanderer" to decamp. When nextseen;liTra. 6 • Bowers has taught her speakfsig eyeS the tale of blindness, and appears et - a • pea - ant's house as a nature/3411e beggar; her °ribs' - t• 'object in life being to embrace, ter child again... , • • The little Male, meanwhile.. stolen : by, • these; plipianteoniedians•Whom ,Victoralugo woultb , . call theComprachitw,approache, her mother; .• in spangles,' and; herabdaction laving made".., - atlocal sensatiowiereeognized ditill,*ept over' . ',at the footlights; • atz•litielast - act,thec`wretched'' other,--kneelingm - lk thei • •goOd - - cones • of lAarienbnrg,.,:pount.: out her . , amgaishi• In good' fact„ into the ear, other omplutslbant • whom the priest, ; with. a little pious, ecelesi. astical duplicity,. ; inintled with n motive learned froin • shoes - over' upon - his sightle.ss wile at the; critical moment: The injured man; , not-so relentless as King* . Arthur, consents to forget Wilt. time te form a tableau with Mrs. Beactoe.._.'who. bar" _ saiiretuffie neck and - heed,•in the death-agony. to bless her• husband, and T.,pict;tent• ther- little estraY whom She hak,feuxid tor, him. ,Thesel . highly dramatic Scenes' are . ' strongly inter- • preted, but the:chief pert is iinefoo'uniftintily anguished and depressed to make perfect . ' stage-effect ; Mrs. Bowers has •nothing tb de , 'but to.express, for three hours, differenaphases t of bonor and ,remorse, and all her histrionic • • strength cannot keep off a sense of level glum-' , •tiess and ennui: McCollom ' makes a regular Bowery part of the morgariaticA blacksmith, and bids "tbe 'Wanderer" to “010 her' parry-more I if' with infinite zeal hi the • use of his arms and.legh. When ho struggles with the Count (a littlegentlenum, whose own - path does not seem, to lie upon roses) he leaves - that nobleman's knees , in a tremulous state. • . which they do not get Over for the rest of the performance; and generally makes an athletic,•. circus-like success out of his part. Miss ,Itose • 'Wood, a new acquisition, made apleasant ap pearance last evening in a thanklew rade, and' liappeared capable of better things. Mi. sett as the comic servant, and 'Mrs. Walcot as • ; ' the faithful lady's maid with too lunch - gence for conjugal eccentricities, acted with their usual spirit and intelligence.: We. - think • the plaY, for a short run, will prose attractive - and profitable. • THE 'CHORAL CLUE. Mr. Henry G. Thunder has issued the -fa. lowing circular and prograsninc for the dondng season : • ~ . . This Club of .ladies and gentleme n, formed for thepraetice of concerted music: (sacred or dramatic), will resume'rehearsals on Thursday. evening, October 7th, at 8 o'clock, in the Con servatory Building,lo24 Walnut street, and. Continue weekly during the seaion. - Rossini's "Solemn Mass" has been;selected for imme- -, diate study, and will be produced for _the first ~ e time in this city 11T, a public performance.. 0 - eratie Finales, Jliotetts and Fenr-Part 'Sim . ~ by Mendelssohn, Schumann,...&e. will. a to:, form part of the practice ` propose d: '' . • ••• —Mr. Charles W. 'Campbell, who has beeni, blown to frequenters of the. Academy. for Many years as the chief of the ushers, 'has sue- ' ceeded the late Mr:Hood in: the box , Office off" the building. It is but a just 'tribute to.' Mr:. Campbell to say that no. more, competent :Or•. worthy man could have been placed it . that, bposition, and that no Man who could have , een selected. would 'be more 'acceptable to the public.. 'Mr:Campbell has made many' friends by his uniform urbanity and politeness and by his never-failing deSire.to , please •visi- - tors to the house. Those who do not know: him personally, remember him as an officer • to whom they are indebted for many favors; and those Who are acquainted with him: not. only have to thank him for paSt attentions,bat,', for his often-expressed desire to sustain Ida.' reputation as a careful, diligent and consider- - atemaster of ceremonies in the Academy front: • at opera time.' . . ' Illicit Whisky Stills. Mr. Editor: The position_ yon_have_takeu___ upon the "whisky tpiestion" is sound and sensible. If the Government sells a lidense to a citizen to manufacture whisky, then . it: is bound to protect him against the competition. , of those who manufacture without license.:The licensed manufacturers of the country ought to have the whole business in their hands, or else the license system should be -at . once abolishitd. All fair-minded men see this ;none 'will dispute its justice. The wholeillicit traffic, both of distilling and selling, is a mon strous anti high-handed , ontrage upon the law- , abiding and honest portion of the 'people.. Since the advent of the new Administra tion, /the whisky tax has been very faithfully collected. So much so that many of the large diStillers have quit, the business, and some have ,converted , their distilleries into paper and flour mills ; yet whisky-distilling continues. •There is one is riot in_the city_wher&n.ot_a_single-lidenset distillery is running, yet this distinctive busi ness ,goes on. All night through the_Six work are flooded with the rethse of these molass i es • some -r streets area musance,and the Board:ofHealthi should look after them. If we have laws and officers to protect society, in Heaven's name why are not these laws executed andgood citi zens protected'? Why should honorable men who desire to,. meet fairly and honestly the demands of the: GoVernment be driven . out of a business sanc, '• • tioned by law, and a class of tow, ignorant; loyal and lawle&iforeigners be permitted,:'With-= out license, to flood the market with their mile. Slops ? In the name of law, order, andSustme - : in the name of the best and.highest interests of society, 'we protest againtit this Meat traffic,. and demand from th - o - otticiala of our diattlot• immediate protection. ' RICHMOND.' (For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.) . ' A Few Words, to Temperance Men. Some time ago the papers announced- that a Convention had been held in Concert Hall,. and a few temperance membad organized: a. third pyrty, and placed in nomination a:".city . • ticket." Neither the party, nor ticket have. , been heard from since. Perhaps they, have been out of town, taking it easy, and cooling off against the FALL campaign: This . third' ' party does sot—lT CANNOT AROUSE: and unite; the teznperance force - of Philadelphia, be: cause two-thirds of them do not sympathize- , with the movement, and think it unwise and -. very ill-timed. • . But there is a subject upon which - we cer, tainly caiyall unite, viz.: The suppresektt of the illicit liquor trqtlie. It has been, frequently • •state&thatthere are more -unlicensed, runt.' .- shops than there are licensed ones. .If thee these can be. shut up, we shall have cleared the field of more than half of mix. / There are ninny illicit distilleries the city. The,old Richmond district is full them.- -A-few months ago the citizens`-though of asking the "Unite Statee GeVernuient* .'" for some "pontoon fridges" to enable them- to ems the gutters—so flooded' were. they with the refuse of these wretched places:.:Now, 433 the midst of all these illicit wid 813.0,p5, what is the temperance force doing?. :What avail is a few resolutions, passed once ; months? Who cares forlodges or divigions? What we want is manifest work—earnest work. Let till: temperance forces unite on .thia. Sub- ject—district the city, .andappoint - men-whe will "go for" these stills and mills. and ters of law until they are all broken up: If the temperance men, cannot .do this, it is ltkirtie than absurd ,to (alk of electing a City TeMperance ticket:. - 'A Goon Tedurr,Aß.
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