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DIED.
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ANDREWB.—At bli residence, In Darby, on 'the 20th
hug., Attica Andrecre, in the 74th year of las age.
- The relativea and friends of the ffunllY are rexpectfnlly
Invited to attend the funeral, on sixth-day. 24th Met.. to
'meet nt the house at 3 O'clock P. IC,- without further
BUCK.—On the morning of. the 2lst inst. , Bridge
ton, N.-J., Francisßuck, of Plilladelplim, aged
S§ G6
COULTEB.-4n . the 18th instant, Mrs. Ann Coulter,
relict of J ohn Coulter, in her With year. • •
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
lwrited to , attend the funeral, from her late,residence,
.18choo,1 Street, Germantown, this( Wednesday )afternoon,
FA BEIRA tie 190111.1sta:it, Edward T. Fareirn,
aged 21 yearn..
.. 111srelativea and male friends are respectftilly Invited
to . attend . the funeral, from the residenre of his halter,
N 0.1109 North Fifteenth street, this ( Wednesday) after
noon, at 2 o'clock.
NAULE.—On the evening of the 18th Instant, after, a
abort illness. Mary J., wife of (kerne F. Nagle.
The relatives and friends are invited to attend the fu.
:tend. from. her husband's residence, No. 303 South
it !even th street, this Weduetaby /afternoon. at 3 o'clock.
Interment at Laurel. Hill Cemetery.
R0111).—On the Mil instant, Alexander. eldest $Oll of
It. R. and L. M. Robb, In the 21st year of his age.
Funeral front Ma parents residence, 144-11 North Twelfth
street, on Thum& • morning. Z 3.1 mart.. at 9 o'clock.
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PECIAL NOTICES.
ANTICIPATING THE FALL TRADE,
for which we have made and are making the
most elobor«te prEparations, we already oiler for
the tieornitiottation of auY who may wish to
be early in ordering their . Fall Silts some very
choice. eehctions of our new importations and
manufactures: -•1
Acirtmee aeets of the new Paris and London
Fashion Plates may be seen at our establish-
ment,and from the goods made up or hi piece,
already received and iu store, ,auy gentleinan
can now' E4eleet a wardrobe of unmurpa.,thed
beauty and elegance. Our stock of BOYS'
CLOTIIIXG, especially, f' kiehool Clothes," is
already nearly complete, and is marvellous Tor
variety itr :Ind vie
The remainder of ,our Summer Stock is
being disposed of at reduced figures to make
place for goods being received
JOHN .WANAMAKER,
818 and 820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
10., OFFICE OP THE LEHIGH VAL
LEY EAILBOAD COMPANY, ;IU3 WALNUT
STIIELT. .
PITILAIMI..IIIIA.. &Vt.. IS, 1549.
The gockliolderti of . this Company are hereby notified
that they will be entitled to olibecribe, at par, for one
moire of new stock for each eight eharce or fraction of
eight kiln re, of etock that may be stand Mg in their re
ep.a-tttt natLl4 . 3 nt cloaing of the hooka on -the 3.41)
inst.
Subscriptions will be payable in cash. either in full at
the time of subscribing t or in instalments of twenty-See
percent. each. payable in the months of October, IS9,
and January, April and July. liCo.
Stock pail for ill full by November I. will be enti
tled t(. wrticipate in 01db:blends that may be declared
after..tbst date_ •
On stork not paid for iu full by 'November 7 noxt, in
tercet will be allowed on instalments from date of pay
ment.
Sub scription books will lie °period Octob Land elc•sed
November I next. . .
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CHAS. W. I t ONSTRETII.
ee22-9t; • Tr.-asurer.
fiZis WILLS OPHTHALMIC HQSPITM
' RACE ABOVE EIGHTEENTH SWEET.
open (Lail) at 11 A.. 11, fur treatment of diseasea of the
eye.
ATTENDING SURGEON, j
GEOROE C. HA RLAN.IW6 Cht,stnuVstreet.
VItiITING NAG,ERN, /
HENRY DAVIS, 353 North Third street.
c. NEWLIN PIERCE*. 501 North Seventh street.
ROBERT ('DANE, I= Girard avenue.
IY3-4 w rp;
10. J . E. GOULD, NO. 923 CHESTNUT
Street, is selling Steck A: Co.'s and Haines Bros.'
Pianos and Mason & lianilin's Cabinet Organs nearly as
tute,W al any former time. an27-ti
RllO9 GIRARD STREET. 1109
KISH, RUSSIAN,'AND PERFUMED BATHS
Departtnrzta for Ladies
Baths L911 , n Iron/ ti A, .11. to 9 P. Al.
67. STATE . RIGHTS FOR SALE.—
State rights of a valuable invention just patented,
and designed for the slicing, cutting • and chipping of
dried beef, cabbage,&c., are herebrotfered. for sale. It
is an article of gre at value to proprietors of hotels and
restaurants, and it should be introduced into every fam
ily. State rights for sale. Model can be seen at the
telegraph office, Cooper's Point, IC 4.
• ravZ-tf§ MUNDY & HOFpMAN.
IW"HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518
and 1520 Lombard Street Mispeusary:DElsartment:
Medical treatmon t and medicine furnishod gratuitously
to the Door.
TO RENT
TO LET FURNISHED,
A row . Superior mid Commodious Residence,
On TWELFTH street, abort) Walnut.
RIOILARDSONdc JANNF.Y,
206 8. Fourth - street
se22 21 ri •
tff 01 TO RENT-TO A PRIVATE FAIIIILY
Ea' —Part of the large double house. No. 4033 Chest
nut street. Inquire on the premises from 9A.M. to 1
P. 91. sett2-3t.'
EDUCATION.
- FTECE lIRTICK.NEIt CHEMICAL INS
1 tote, US WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
students received at any time , for instructions In all or
part of the following branches, via.:
Qualitiftive, Quantitative. Blowpipe and 'Organic
Analysis—illetalurgy, Toxicology. Urinometry, Chends
try,as applied to Arts and Manufactures—Pharmaceuti
cal Chemistry, Address
%S H. BRUCKNER, Ph. D. Principal.
07' Particular attentiortvaid to the Analysis of Ores,
Soils, Coals, Manures, Technical Products and Conuner-
Oal articles. se= w f m at§
LEGAL NOTICES:
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1N THE OEPETANS' ,COURT, FO THE
City and County of Philadelphia.—Estate of 'ELI
ZABETH ANN' BRIGGS, deceased .—Tho Auditor op
pointed by the Court to audit : settle hill adjust Did: eel ,
count of WILLIAM DUANE, Executor , of ELIZA
BETH ANN BRIGGS. deceased, and to repoit . distribu- .
lion of the bahuice in the hands of the accountapt, will
meet the parties interested for the purposo of his itppoint,
!pent, on MONDAY. October 4th, 1869,at 4 o'clock P.M..
at hie care. No. 217 South Third street, in the. city of
Philadelphia. . S. HENRY NORRIS, •
se__-wlmatitl, • Auditor.
WANTS.
AI'.IUATION VaNTED BY A WIDOW
lady as housekeeper for a first-elaus gentleman ; she
law served in all tliu details of the duty. Best city refer
ences given awl required. Address "L. L. Ford," Phila.,.
Pa.
IVIAGAZIN DES MODES.
"" v " a " • 1014 WALNUT STREET.' '
MRS. PROCTOR.
(11(mka' Walking Suits
sdoe,Ladiawl
Ladies' Underclotliln
lim
d_ies
Furs
.Dresses made to measure in Twenty-four Hours.
LEITER FROM , CAPE mutat%
The Weather—Amusements...The Late
Eire....improvemente—The City Fathers
—The Railroad, etc. , , •
( Vorreff yen donee of the .14111 a. Evening Bulletin.)
CAPE INLAND, Sept. 21,1869.—Messrs. Editors
A-vimit to thiS delightful resort at-the-piesent
time of the year will amply repay those of
Your readers who have never been'at the sea
shore during' the months of September and
October. To commence with, the bathing Ras
never more superb, than. at present; fishing
and crabbing (of which there is plenty) is ex
cellent, and the gunning is very fine, curlew,
snipe, mud hens, Ike., being captured in abund
ance. Tie weather i oderate • in the mid-
die of s e day the .thermometer ranges among
the seventies, while at
,morning and. ev . en
,
:lag it is refreshingly cool, and the few
sojourners now remaining with its 'cannot but
appreciate. it. Nearly. all , the cottagers have
left, about the last of them taking their de
parture on Monday morning last, in the
o'clobk express, which, by. the way, was the
laiA trip of the season. for this fast and much
patronized train. The burned district presents
anything but a pleasing view, the entire block
from Washington street to. the Ocean,
with the 'exception of the Coltunbia House,
.which was saved, being a mass of blackened
andcharred timbers, broken china and
glassware, stoves, boilers, and all kinds
of iron and tin cooking - utensils., bent
and drawn into every conceivable shape
by the intense heat of the fire.. But the scene
is to be changed, and that, too, before the
next season sets in. • Already have prepara
tions been commenced for building. The rub
bish was sold off the ground on Saturday List,
the ashes, lime, etc., being bought by the
neighboring farmers; to be used by them on
their farms as a compost. From what can be
learned at present, it is the intention to put up
a row of handsome stores, on the site of the
old United States Hotel property, and to re
build those that were known as the American
House, stores. 'l3o, in the course of a few
weeks, the Island will be ,filled with sturdy
mechanics, headed by enterprising and com
petent master workmen, and everything will
go on as merry as a marriage bell.
Speaking of improYements; there is, one to
be made that will supply a want long felt,
especially at high water, am! that 18 a "drive"
along the bead. Surveys have been made,
anti operations commenced. to build a plank
road ironic the New Excursion House to Sew-.
ell's Point; a distance of live miles. The road
will be broad enough for two vehicles to pass
each ether, and so constructed as to be above
high water mark. When completed it will be
one of the finest, if not the best, "drives" that
any watering place can boast of, and no doubt
will be extensively patronized.
The subject of the best means for the ex
tinguishment of fires seems to be troubling our
f' City Fathers " at present: It appears that
their ideas and suggestions are all. at variance
with one another—one wants a steam-engine,
another a band-engine, another a suction
engine tit,c., and at a meeting of Councils held
the other; evening, a committee was appointed
to attend to the matter, consisting of three
'members of Council, three citizens and three
cottage residents, and judging from.the mein, -
bets 'composing the .committee, there is no
doubt the matterWillteceive full considera
tion,and be properly attended to.
- The Railroad Company commence to-day to
run their trains bytheir re_gnlar winter ar
rangement. There is now but one through
train to the Island and but one up, leaving
here. at 6 o'clock and Philadelphia at
:1.15 'P. .31., down. While speaking of the
Railroad, it is deserving of mention that they
have the most gentlemanly and obliging em
ployes that it has been my .good fortune to
come in contact with. From Judge Yorke, the
President. Superintendent Sewell • and Secre,
tary Robbins down to the humblest employe,'
they are all untiring in their exertions for the
traveler's comfort and convenience. Con
ductors Richard T. Brown, Harry Mul
liner and E. Johnson, and Baggage
Itlaste.rs____Rogeon___ and_ Hatch. have_uo
superiors, if any equals, in' their respective
lines of business. 'Major John H. Markley, the
chief' Express Agent upon this road, is just
the man for the position. Oftentimes, at the
height of the season,
when countless trunks,
valises, etc., are to be sent down and brought
up, he has enough to Contend with to try the
patience of Job, but the 3lajor,•with his corps
of assistants, is equal to the emergency, and
your trunk or valise arrives at your hotel in
due time, and often as soon as you do yourself,
and it is but justice to these gentlemen that
their trouble and labor for ourpleasure-seekers
should thus be noticed.
Before concluding 1 cannot but mention the
extraordinary inducements offered by the
Railroad Company to parties wishing to make
iniproyements at this place. To any head of a
family who will build a cottage on the island,
or in the immediate vicinity, that will cost
not less than $2,500, exclusive of the cost of
the ground, they (the Company) will famish
the person so doing with what they term an
improvement ticket, good for a passage over
the road, between here and your city, for . a
period of three years from the date of issue.
In the meantime should the party holding
such ticket, dispose of their property, the
Company will, upon application, transfer the
ticket to the purchaser. Certainly nothing
could be more liberal than thiS. As soon as
WA.l44l97eYeMunKuow.gelug up, .audlimu.in
contemplation commenced, and are far enough
advanced to be worthy of notice, they will be
attended to, and you and your readers fully
posted, by, yourS resnectfulty, Iklce.
POLITICAL.
THE TENIVENSEE 'SEA ATolisniP.
Latest - Phase of the Contest---A Fierce
Struggle In Nashville... Andrew John
son Counts Noses and Goes 'Lome Sat
hilted that He Is to be the Blau.
[Correspondence Cincinnati Copunerelal.]•'
NASHVILLE, Sept. 17.--401L114011, Stokes,
Brownlow, Seiner, and' Etheridge' are aii
array that, belongs exclusively to Tennessee.
No other State has ever produced their equals,
and it is not likely that any other State ever
will. No other State can boast of such a
galaxy of talent, all on the boards at the same
time and all in the zenith of their fame and
usefulness. By the side of Tennessee even Vir
ginia sinks into insignificance in this particular,.
and can no longer claim to be the nursery of
statesmen. The aspiration of all these distin
guished characters to the United States Senate
lends a charm-to the-- contest , which:excites'
deeir. liffereSC, — the length
breadth of :the land. Heading the . list, of
course, is Johnson,,whose friends are working
for him day and night with ail the ardor of
men who think that the • country ought to be
saved, and that A. J. is • the man to save it.
Even in Nashville, Johnson has a host of en
thusiastic friends and admirers, though not so
many Hi proportion • to the population as in
other sections of the - country. His terrible
doings in'this aristocratic city While Military
Governor counts, against .him to .an extent
which must bring with it a slight feeling of
remorse, and make Min wish that he had beeh
a little less loyal," and a little • more circum
spect. • The nearest thing to a party now in
the city is the Johnson party, and the next
nearest thing in the way, of, .party is the
Anti-Johnson party; `Lines are being drawn
without, regard to Old Whig,' Democrat, Radi
cal and rebel ties; but the issue is simply 'one
of ,Toluison. The men who Ivant him to go
into the Senate and make Rothe howl, as
they .call it, argue that A. J . , is, the man who
stood up for the prostrate South in, the dark
PHILADELPHIA, W EDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1869.
and trying hour after her decline and fall. I
"Without Johnson," they say, "we should
have been:lung, confiscated and quartered.
'Be stood lip and defied the_ _whole pack of
yelping Radical hounds, and, to repay him,we
should send him to the. Senate, or anywhere
else he wants to go, during ._the remainder _of_
his natural - life: - Th - eitither side of the ques;
tion, the anti-Johnson.men, play upon his re
cord and harp upon his St. Cloud speech to a
mob of drunken negroes, in 1863, and his ac
tion the - Surratt matter. Besides, those who
were assessed for the support of refugees by'
Johnson, in '62 and '63, of Course have that
against him,and their cry is, "Oh,give me back
my money." ]f A.j.had the money to pay back
there would be an increase in the size and
strength of the Johnson party in this city. A'
• . . .huson-eame-here-with the
avowed intention of goingto the Bed Sulphur
Springs, in Macon county, for his health,
11 - ut for some reason he did not go, and nigh
before last he took the train. for Greenville
Some sathat he has counted noses, and is
satisfied` he is the coming man without going
to any further trouble about it; while others
contend.that he has given up the struggle and
retired to his rural home to spend
the remainder of his days in praying
for the salvation of his country
and . mending his old clothes:- — Those who comfort themselves with the latter
opinion, however, are few in number, and
principally belong to that- class who contri
buted so liberally towards, supporting the re
fugees and freedmen about I•.ashville, during
Johnson's military Governorship, in which.
liberal contributions aforesaid the pointed ar
gument of Johnson's bayonets had something
to do. But the chances are five to one in
Johnson's favor, notwithstanding the forced
contributions, the St. Cloud speech, and the
hanging of - Mrs. Surratt. -He will be elected,
and that, too, by a handsome majority
CIL DAL
Spanish anclCnbaa Losses•—An Entranr.
dlnary Statement.
-11 Ava NA, Sept.' IL—Accmainlating facts
prove that the victory. of the Cubans at Las
Tunas was well nigh complete. One new fact
deserves attention. Gen. Benegasi, - in going
to Tunas, had a convoy % of LW) horses, loaded
with s - upplies of provisions and arms, which
was guarded by '.143 men. The insurgents
fought him two days after. the Tongs battle,
at a distance of 400 metres • from the
town, of which fact • the correspondent
of 1,,a Voz speaks as follows: "Be
cause of our deeply-felt losses, and for the rea?
son that our forces were,small . and over
worked, we passed the reminder of the 16th,
lith, and half of the 18th in great anxiety',
fearing, as we did, a repetition of the work of
the 10th. At about mid-day of the 18th, Lieu
tenant-Colonel Benegasi arrived with five hun
dred men and a few provisions; which
mated our spirits greatly. This officer took
command at once of this central point of oper
ations, and is now at work enlarging the fora- .
fications. ' Excepting the centre of the town,
everything is inritins.'
Here it's clear that the insurgents took in
the fight with Ilenegaid most of his supplies.
TWo hundred and eighty horses should have
carried a large amount of provisions' and war,
material, yet La 'Fez's correspondent acknow-.
ledges that very little of this convoy got
rafely into Las 'tunas. 'The bad condition of
the. Spaniards is made more manifest by other
langiSage used in the same journal : "lf it be
well for us to keep Las Tunas, it is useless to
send up there nOO or 400 men. We must tor
ward at,once 3,000 or 4,000, well provided in '
all respects. ' * * * The enemy have
been about this place 11 months, and have
been during all that time harassing our
troops."
The I)iario de la Marina publishes the follow
ing statement, which is, at the least, amusing:
"We have under our eyes statistical-tables,
made up' from the official reports of our
officers, which go back to the 13th of October,
1868, and terminate at the present time. The
losses of the twuparties during the time indi
cated were as follows :
CubanS.
-Dead 14,691
Wotuided . .... . 6,714
Prisoners 1,661
Surrendered ....:.14,301
1,M3
Total :A;,C*l2
This shows a difference against the Cubans
of 37,i110. _ _
Another table is printed which reports a lois
to the Cubans of 8,254 horses (taken by the
Spanish), 48 cannon, 3,792 tire-arms, and 2,038
arms of other kinds, while the Spanish lost
only 40 horses, and no arms.
THE DISMAL SWAMP FIDE.
Effect of the Drouth—Formation of
Almost every year there is afire iii the Dis
mal Swainp. When one breaks out it in
creases until it is put out by rain. As there
has been so long-continued a drouth this year,
the conflagration has extended almost beyond
precedent. It has burnt about 16 miles almost
without interruption, in a line 'from north
west to southeast It is still progressing in
its work of devastation, and it is feared that
it is destined to do much more harm
before it is arrested by rains. Several
tine farms have been burnt out,
and where there were . formerly
......
rieliest - ticidOliere• - itte - "Seen - iioWlio - res 'Upon
acres of ashes, some pits of which are 15 feet
deep. The drouth has been so severe that the
swamp is in manyplaces dry down to the sub
soil, which varies in depth• below the surface
frtina - -1 - to 15 feet. All above it is vegetable
inatter„in agreater or less degree of decom
position, which has accumulated and becomes
itself the bed of innumerable swamp plants,
until the whole is matted - together by their
roots, permeating the whole mas.s. When thi..4
is perfectly dry, it catches like tinder, and
burns from the surface down to the ground
beneath, requiring a great deal of ;water to
put it out. If a small shower falls, enough to
wet the surface to the depth of only three or
foto. inches, - the fire is not stopped; for it
burns away underneath. 'When this is the
case, the soil is underburnt often to a great
distance, and people walking on what they
think Brim ground sometimes sink down many
feet into the ashes below. If they should still
be hot, wo be to the unlucky Wight ; his
growth is stopped forever. Persons unac,
quainted with the featurea of this country ex
press surprise„ at the existence of Lake
DriiramOnd so far above tide - water, at
the summit-level of the swamp. This
WIMIV‘ve - refleet holy that :Whole swamp -was
formed. It is raised up many 'feet above the
original soil by the accumulation of vegetable
matter for ages upon ages, until some parts of
the Dismal Swamp are much higher than any
of the surrounding country- Hundreds of
years ago the truddle of. this great smamp
caught fire, andthe burnt district's now Lake
Drummond. This is shown by . the fact that
all through the lake are foinadcharrddstumps,
and its' whole appearance is' that of other
small lakes that have been formed, in the
swamp within the memory of men now living.
—Norjblk Jatirllat.
-The American Cleurchmm, of Chicago, in
dulges in a good laugh at Itev. Mr. Collier, of
that city, who writes from Milan an ecstatic
description of a mass he attended in the Milan
Cathedral. Mr. Collier expressed a wish that
he could import the choir who sang the mass,
for his church. Re says : "As tor the • lan
guage, I should have them keep on in Italian.
It is the language of music," . ete. The mass
was in Latin ! '
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
Spaniards.
Dead. 370
Wounded 593
Prisoners 98
Contusions.. 13
palm IN NEW YOB4.
The Defalcation at the Methodist Book
Concernf
. . . . .
TheNe* York Tribune says :
For so many years the Methodist Book Con
cern has enjoyed a high 'remitation, that alf
were - yesterdaystattled to liear Iliatr'defalea- -
tions 'had been committed ; . by sonis of the
managers of that vasVestablishment. Founded
as a miasionaty : enterprise, and conducted by
clergymen for a long series Of - years; for the:
propagation of Methodist beliefs, it had been
too king removed from the Careftil scrutiny;
• which laymen give to lnisiness finder_
their., and the existing ' al-'
feasane mar- 'e is directly - the result .of husi
neks, carelessness. The Book Concern was'
I f • 4 4 ....,4 ' _ nail--harrowed-.capital,
increasing from year to year in . amount of
business, but not in successful ' pecuniary re-
Salts, until 1824. -The credit and commission
business was then abolished, the sales ex
tended, a bindery added, and its routine has
been interfered with only by the division of
the Methodist Church in 1844 a precursor of
the secession of 1860. The business amounted
in the year 1868, Which is the date of the last
report to the Church at large; to $694,000, and
the profits to $104,000. All this_has_Lbeen:
-carried-on upon the personal faith--of the Con
ference in- one or two men not bred • tp
:huffiness nor accustomed "to the handling . of
large sums. These great amounts, varying
from $500,000 to $700,000, have • been received
and acconntedfor by the agents, practically
without any super Vision, .1.3 the only oversight
provided consisted of a committee of fifteen,
who Were charged, by the General Conference
witl the superintendence of the Book Con
cern, and Who exercised it by holding a meet
ing once a year of twelve days' duration, and,
as they were non-businessmen, it can readily
be imagined how careful must be the scrutiny
which they could give. . '
For several months past the existence of de
falcations has been suspected, and soon after
the appointment of Dr. Lanahan as agent, in
May last, the suspicions were reduced to a
certainty. It appears that the manag,ers of'
•the printing and binding departments, instead
of buying the paper, ihk, muslin, leather, and
so on, used in the manufacture of the books
directly from dealers in those articles, have
been in the habit of making their purchases
through two intermediary parties, and paying
by this means indirectly and unnecessary
brokerage, as the purchasers obtained
from the dealers a handsome coin
mission on . everything sold to the
concern. This system was adopted by direc
tion of the Agent, the Rev. James Porter,
and the brokers who profited by it—to the ex
tent of at least 510,000 a year—were his two
sons. The Superintendent of t)ie
.Printing
Department, Mr. Goodenough,. was a man
who stood high in the confidence of the church
and of the people, had held many.. religious
°Zees of trust and emolument, and was at the
time Treasurer of the Sunday-School Union;
Mr.lloffinan was in charge ofthe bookbindery.
In binding, so many articles are used from vat
rious sources that it is easy .to make a hand
some percentage on the articles bought.
Goodenough was perniitted to resign about
two Months ago, and Hoffman was dropped
about a mouth ago.
-- .A - larger share of blame must attach to 'the
Methodist Church at large. It is gross care
lessness to confide tea well-intentioned clergy
man the management of large secular bu.si-
Dees without an interest and without security
againstios.s. The Bible House is not thus
conducted, nor is any well-managed publish
ing house. The accountants of the agent's are
examined only by one single committee, who
call in no expert. are precluded by lack 'of
time from examining the books, accounts,
and vouchers, and have not sufficient aO
- with book-keeping and the pub
lishing trade to render their opinion of any
value.
The announcement of the defalcation, or
whatever it may be called, has created great
excitement anttong the Methodists not only in
the city but all over the country. As there
seems to be no disposition • on the part of the
managers to shield any of the accused or :ins
pected employes, a furl exposure of the ne
farious business by \Odell the Book Concern
has been swindled, will undoubtedly be made
at an early day.
A-VIVEXATION.
The Feeling, in British Col bia.
Speaking of one of Mr. Sewaid's recent
speeches, and of, the supposed taste among
the British-...-kineriean colonists for annexa,
Lion to the United States, the Toronto Globe
says:.
-There is in the Pacific colonies, as there al
ways will be in every community on this-con
tinent, a few people who think that they could
do better if annexed to the United States.
These are the then who have failed politi
cally or commercially, anti who believe
that they could strike in for a
new start under a fresh order
of things ; and there are others, Who, finding
trade alatle from the want of gold
fields, allow themselves to be persuaded by the
former claSs that annexation to the United
States would bring about a commercial mil
tun. They do not stop to ask why it.should,
or how is to be brought about. They are
even ignorant that the dullness of which they
complain is felt also in Ennland and Europe,
and is paralyzing trade in. the United
Stines. They overlook the extreme youth of
their country,. and- - s -extent.
to which they have passed their neighbors. If
annexation is to bring blessings upon them,we
might ask why it has failed to do anything for
AV . ashington Territory; which Mr. Seward as
sures us has but 8,000 souls within its limits.
It is impossible to consider the possible future
of the Pacific Colonies without coming to the,
conclusion that, pOrtion of Canada, they
will become rich and important Provinces
while as States in the_Union their value would
be lost and- overshadowed -in the superior
claims of Stin Francisco and other ports - cif the
South.
A.DMIIRALL FARRAGET.
True Version of a During Act.
A reporter of the San Francisco ChronMe
visited Admiral Farragut recently, and during
his interview alluded to the battle of Mobile
bay and the famous story of the Admiral be
ing lashed to the masthead of his tiag-ship, the
Hartford, and gallantly leading her into ac
tion.
Admiral Farragut interrupted him, saying
the whole story was purely a fiction:
lteporter-,A.t 'least the story has been al
lowed to remain uneoutradieted for a long
time, - 3.1411 - You; -- Adiiiir - 4
tell me to what cattle or incident its origin is
due ?
Admiral—With pleasure. It will afford you
an evidence of how, it well-told and plausible
story, frequently repeated, becomes universally
accepted as fact. At the commencement of
the battle in Mobile bay, for the purpose of
obtaining the best view of the movements 'of
the enemy'and to better goyern the fleet un
der my command, I got into the lower part of
the rigging of the Hartford, just abovo what is
known as the hammock ratling.
Reporter---Was net your position: fraught
with great peril? „
Admiral—l. did not think so ; but it was
fraught with: g reat discomtort. .As the smoke
ascended fromthe heavy canonading my view
became More obscured +- and I was compelled
to ascend the iigging,'gradwilly, until finally
I got some little distance ;beneath ,the ntaiu
top. At this juncture, Captain Percival Dray-
.11epotter—Your Fleet Captain, was he not?
Ailiniral—Yes, sir •'
Captain Drayton fear,
ink;, he said, that might fall overboard in_
I ease of being wounded,ealled one of the Quar
termasters and cutting off a piece'of the signal
halyards (a small rope) ordered him to bring
. it up to me that pthlghtr render my, position
more secure. With this (rope I attached my
self to the rigng.
Reporter--ion were-notrimar the ; ?
Admiral--I was not.
lleporter—lt is understoed that you fired
guns from the masthead; is that-true? -
Admiral—lt is the only true part of the
story. I did have a: crew in the masthead
who were firing gums—two twenty-four pound
howitzers: 46 This style of Warfare is a favorite
theory of-mine. I practiced it throughout the
Reporter—Did all the vessels of Tour fleet
Admiral—Yes, sir ; all fought with guns in
the tops, andfrom the advantage of their ele
vation did considerable execution in their en
gagements with the forts.
• Out of this fact of Admiral Farragut's bay
ing been some distance up the rigging has
grown the famous story of "Farragut at the
Masthead." It is almost cruel to destroy so
interesting a fiction, but the truth of history
requires it.'
EUROPEAN' AFFAIRS
[By the Atlantic Cable.]
ENGLAND.
Excitement In the Church—The initial.
tats and the.(Ecumenical
the Ninth on Non-Catholicism.
LoxnoN, Sept. 21, 1869:—The ritualists,
clerical and lay, are just now, deeply and very
generally , excited 'over the contents of the
letter or rescript of Pope Pius the Ninth, in
which his Holiness repudiates theidea of non-
Catholics or persons not m full . communion
with the Catholic - Church attending at the
(Ecumenical Council in Rome and taking part
in the proceedings. Puseyism or ritualism will
not do ; the delegates must belong to Holy
Mother by profession and baptism. Rev. Dr.
Cummings will not, consequently, have an op
portunity of an oral discussion with the assem
bled prelates. He had prepared himself for
this ; for in a letter of , his recently published
he says :
"1 wrote to Archbishop Manning—Catholic
Archbishop of Westminster—begging of him,
as the chief' minister of his Church in Eng
land, such information as he might feel it
proper or expedient to furnish on these points
—namely:.Shall I be heard? Shall I have
freedom of speech within the.limits prescribed
by the nature of the Council? Shall I be
allowed to show why we Protestants stand
aloof from the Roman Catholic Church, and
what we should require of her in order to en
able us to resume communion with her as a
branch of the Church Universal? Thew Arch
bishop sent me long and courteous reply,
assuring me we should meet with all charity
and respect in making any grave and, earnest'
communication to the Council. At thesame
time he expressed his inability to give any in
formation as to the moth's agendi at; the said
Connell ; this, lie added, depending on the
highest authority of all." , ,
RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION IN PARIS.
Father Ilyaelatlie's Revolt.
,The New York Times has the following:
The revolt of Father Hyacinthe against the
authority of the Papal hierarchy, of which the
Cable'brings us intelligence 'this morning, is
an event vnich will produce aprofound sensa
tion throughout the Church. - He is the most
eloquent preacher of the'Latin Church heard
in France since the death of Lecordaire. HLs
ConkrenctS at Notre Dame were frequented
by all that Was most distinguishedinParis,and
a larger audience than his voice could reach
would be gathered an hour before he was to
commence, though his style of discourse vas
rather more metaphysical than is common
with speakers so renowned for eloquence.
His defection from the Church will be classed
MS to thegravity of its Consequences, with that
of Renal] and Lamennais. We trust it may
not be that, like them he has exchanged too
much faith tor- too little. Father Hyacinthe
is still in the prime of life and in the perfection
of his faculties. The necessity of defending
his course will doubtless render his name
more familiar to the world that it would have
been bad be pursued the even tenor of his
priestly ways.
The step Which Fattier Hyacinthe has taken
in asserting the right of pnvate judgment in
matters, of religion, invites a comparison with
the renowned author of "Telemachus," whom
he resembled intnany respects. Like Fenelon,
he was noted forhis devoted piety, for NS cap
tivating eloquence, and for his insensibility, to
the blandishments or the terrors or authority.
Like Fenelon, too, his opinions have encoun
tered the censures of the - Vatican. Here the
resemblance appears to end. Fenelon repu
diated the book and the opinions which had
provoked his censure. Father Hyacinthe
forsakes the Church rather than thrsake his
convictions. It remains to be seen whether it
was the difference in the temperament of these
two men, or of the epochs in which they lived,
to which their diversity of action under cor
responding exigencies is to be attributed.
THE MONTREAL BANK DEFALCATION
One H lred and Thirty Thousand Dol
lars Missing•-v Stock Gambill' s ; the
Came.
Mom 1-)t .rrespondenee of I Ittaw a TlnwE.
The 'Witness this evening gives the following
particulars of the Montreal Bank defalcations
at Quebec: Mr. Harris, the manager, was
fOrmerly commissariat officer, and has been
fOr many years in the bank. He has been
lodal manager at Kingston and Ottawa, and
latterly at Quebec • every confidence was
reposed him. He has, however, like
many managers of financial institutions in
State and elsewhere ; been draWn into gold
and stock gambling, which he carried on with ;
or through, a limier employe of the bank,
who was broker in Quebec. They sold New
York Central bonds. It seems that he lost
greatly by aitisimmettse fall in the value of that
stock, and this and other losses was met by
the manager overdrawing his account.
When the inspector of the • bank 'found
this unsatisfactory state of things . Mr.
Harris was requested to make good his
account, which he did, in part by checks
on other banks. The inspector then - warned all
other banks not to receive auy checks accepted
by him. Notwithstanding this precaution one
of the banks did receive largo amounts of
checks so accepted, which the Montreal Bank
declines to pay. Meantime Harris absconded
to the States, and bias been seen' at Lsland.
POuir --- Th e - aefalcati - ons -- ,stOaraitititeekkiikeir„ -
an tun Slgii;ooo.l7but the . 10 - iis the Mon
treal Bank will not be lunch: over half that
amount if it does not pay the cheeks above
mentioned. .
4ILMIUSENLENTS.
—The Junger Munnerchor and the Ger
mania • Orchestra,_ will give a musical:
'matinee on the afternoon of thn:24.l
for the benefit of the sufferers by the
recent Avondale coal thine , Ldisaster. • An
excellent entertainment will be .the result of
the eombipation of these : two well-}mown,
Musical societies, and a Jorge stun should be
realized for the very worthy object for which'
it is intended. • - " • . '
—AtLaura Ticone's Chestnut Street Theatre
The Marble Heart will he repeated. '
—Tholirst inntin•Oe of the American Con
servatory of Music will be given ' tho
Academy,otAtusid, this afternoon, at 4o'olobk,
by the 'Professors and pupils - of tile institution,
constituting a srand orchestra:of idxt,y per
fnyniers. Xr.N% onzolliopta t thodis.tingiusheti
E FETIIERSTOY. Publisber
THREE-OETRICE gr6t....
violinist, will make his first appearknce
leader of the orchestra at tke Conseriitttort,
:winch is now under the direction pr 34,En
gelke. The following Professors', viz.: Messrs-
Ettore Barth, lain Gastet, Rudolph 'Tenni&
John :I Ilimmelsbach_ mut:Wenzel -Kontilr,
will perform 118 vocal and instrtirnentaleolotffl ,
presenting a rare combination of talent. • t
—The Lydia, Thompson Burlesque Troutret
_will appear at the Arch, this evening , int.
Iriaii l , and The Forty Thieves. Saturday
evening, September 25, will be the opening:.
night of the regular fall and winter season,
Mrs. Drew and every member of the company'
Will appear in iluhver's comedy, Money.
—Car' ncress & Dicey
_give an entertain
ment this evenin! at their . -"-;.%, • ' • •
-r
-• : ouse. -
—At the Walnut this evening Mr. Edwin
Booth will again appear in Hamlet.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—Unbleached domestics—lstegro‘ servants.
—The writer of " Ben Bolt" has bolted—died
:it Chilicothe, Ohio, last week.
—.Parton is writing a life of Theodore Par.
ker.
, . .
, .
—Anna Dickinson is repOrted to.be m , aking
$2,000 to lecture in San Francisco.' •
' . — . Victoria's statue has arrived in MOntreal. '
It is fourteen feet high; and weighs tens. -
.
- -Algernon Swinburne is at Vichy ;with /-..
Captain Richard Burton, the traveler.
—Alexandre' Dumas is bathing, fishing; tow
' ing and Writing at Roscoff, by the'sea... •
—French fashions are no longer excluaiyeli
.to rule us. The' favorite street displays agirlit
of theperiod aro sacks-on.—Ex. - •• -
—Eugene Sue selected for his burial place
that portion of the cemetery at Anriecy'dea- ,
voted to suicides and beheaded criminals:
—Worth, the male mantua-maker of Paris . - •
left a large fortune; and his heirs regard hilit •
wealth rather, than worth. . .
—The Louisville Courier-Jountal .urges that , .
Horace Greeley be elected to the chair or.
Journalism in Gen. Lee's college. , . . , • •; • ,
—A man and hiS grandson went out huntin .
in Arkansas last week. The boy got behin •..
some bushes and Whistled like 'a turkey, an
1 1..
his grandfather shot him. • .' • ' " '
—The Montgomery . (Ala.) Mail is authori l 4 - 1
for the statement that ex-Governor James .L...'
OIT, in conjunction with others, is - "quietly-
Senterizing, and Walkerizing South Carolina?-' ~,
,
—Bank-check books perforated after • the
manner of, our postage stamps are used, hi,
London. They would - be a great convenience..
here. , ,
tbe•artist. is likewise:. a punster. -
When, with some of his brethren out sketch:- •
ing, one of the club proposed to remain and•
sketch another landscape. "Oh no," says
Schell. "let's ketch the train." * •
—A looker-on at -the funeral of 3farshal:
Niel, who could not sufficiently fulmire the
hearse, kept repeating: "What a fine hearSef:
what a splendid hearse! How happy these •
rich people are!" . • .:
—The Chicago Jolltnill expresses the -hope -
'that if Miss Dorothy Dix goes West, as an..
nounced, 'on an errand of mercy, she will stop
in Chicago and take a look into Cook Counts!
Jail, as the 'inmates,' if not just now 'insane, .
probably will be by the time she gets there. -•-
—Hon. Humphrey Marshall pronounces the
penitentiary 'system of KentuckY a. disgrace
and public shame—worse than the slave trade
ever was. Ile says„ , Alespondently It is
monstrous as it now exists; but as,it is a mind
from which men, can, extract wealth, it is a
heavy job for any man or set of Men to under,- •
take to retbrna."
—A. Milwankle mah, who depoSited $lOO ize
a bank, and was told the interest would be five
per cent., came promptly at the end of the
year with $5 in small currency to pav that
terest. When told that the $5 went the othet
way lie looked up . in astonishment, and he
went away wondering why a man should pay
him for being allowed to -.take care of his -
money a whole year.
—Hon. It. M. T. Hunter in a letter to
Kentueky gentleman on Chinese immigration, :
says he does not regard this class of popula-
How desirable in Virginia or .Kentucky but
thinks it may be of great service in the cotton,
rice and sugar States. He' is of opinion that
the 9iiestion will settle itself, under the law of
self-interest, irrespeetive of the views Cif" VW*
ticians or the legislation of Congress. ,
—The editor of an. regon journal says of as:
rival : "Everybody seemed ready to do honor
to our distinguished visitor except 'the super.'..
animated misanthrope who presuleS over thfi
columns of the Press. He alone opened - his .
moloch jaws and dared speak disrespectful of
our guest. It would seem that even a treasen
steened refugee like him might have possessed:
sultreient respect for the community among
whom he is permitted to eke out a precariouse ,
existence, to have observed, a respeetfitV.
silence during the time - that our city:: ie
honored."
—The following advertisements appear in:
an English paper purporting to represent the •
feelings and opinions of the Ritualists *of Mei
Church of England:
—A Mary Window.—St. `>;'
.The Vicar's young daughter, Mary, -is very.,'..
anxious to have a NithldOW placed in the apses, ; ,;
\of this beamilul church to the honor of Riesse4
)fary. She earnestly asks all the ,Maries to, •
help her either - by'a - sniaror a,large - dOnation
Address Mary ---.
Altar Breads.—Pure wafer bread for altar- •
use, in sheets, averaging one . large and, ranq
csinall wafers, price one Shilling for tWerity 7 liVO
sheets, by post, fourteen stamps. The breads;
may be had stamped with ecclesiastical d&. 4 +k
vices, or In plain circles; or else itrshecitS.
without only imprint. These breads; if mit
ready for use, are charged at the rate of °ma' ,
shilling per hundred. Apply to the :Raw , .
Mother superior; St: Convent;
—The songS of the people are. regarded aa.
more significant than any other expression
given to the popular. feeling. The revolution,
ary sentiment prevailing in Nova Seotioi':
;judging frOm the series of • "sangs for they
People," appearing . in the• columns of' Mei
Halifax . 'ehrenicie becoming bold. Wei
quote the opening stanzas of a song entitle&
"Marching from the See: • •
When British drums are silent,'
' And• British guns are gone, • •
We'll wear our chains no longer,
We'll bow us down to none. • ,
. The North may come against us,
• The gladder we will be, . .
Parw•e'lLcall; our urn.togeth.er, .
• ,, And we.4l:march up4otti-thesen,%•-••
'Twill be free and royal marching,.
That marching from the sea.
Let Canada come eastward,
With all her traitor knaves,.
We'll meet them on the mountains,.
And give them foreign graves;,
With rifle and with bayonet
We'll keep the country free, 7'
And we'll die neon the motintains ,
For our homes beside the sea ;"
Men can the Upon the.nuniutailinv'
Who were born beside:the eta.
With tariff and Nkith.
They hold our`people down.
But their reign will soot be Wirer, •
When they lose the Xtritieh crown;
For like themen of"lleaton,
Who threw overboard the tea, "
We'lltakp.CMlldiall chattels
.And well east them in the sea,
Well have ;wealth within our Reatif•-
lands, '• • ' •
: • Weill have Alps 'upon the sea.
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