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VOLUME, XXIIL-NO. '144.
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MARRIED.
• BRO 4 6I:—JONES,-At noon, Seetenther Md. at the,
'residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. David S pen
ter, assisted. by the Rev. George .W. Anderson, D.
Edward L'. Drown and.lleleu S. eldest daughter of Na
,-than L. Jones, of Roxboreugh, Philadelphia. • '
DIED.
' • ' C MBE
n ant - aon of- Dr..WMiam 0, Mary
Funeral, Monday morning, at 10 o'clock.
• TEBBlK.—Thiamoruing,Ann Afaria TerrlH, eldest.
'daughter of the late Captain John Terris. - -
Duo notice will be given of the funeral.
- M . ,
` 4 :IITASONIC NOTICE.—ThE ,
Solomou'a Lodge, No. 114, A. Y. M., and the Order In
general, are !fraternally Invited to ineot at the Hall,
Chestnut *treat, on Sunday ,2t,th ink.; at 2 o'clock, to at-.
ten 4 the funeral of . Brother WM. M. McCLURE.
itf' order ot theN:3l.'
CHAS. lI.N. INOSTON,
it". ' becretari•
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
CHURCH OP THE EPIPHANY
°peIt tomorrow evening at lutlf-past seven
' • It*
ARCH. STREET M. - B. CHURCH
tkr..Y Rey. 0. U. Payne, Pastor. To•.Morrow' at 10% A.
and 7.% P. M. Strangers Invited. It•
THE • F lE. T PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Washington liguara.--Aer. Herrick
C., Pastor, will preach tolnorrow ut 1031
A. N. and 731 I'. M. lt`
FIRST REFORMED CI - LURCH,
rorner of Seventh and Spying Garden street—
Bey. Thomas X. Orr, Pastor. will (D. V.) punch to:
morrow at 1304, A. M, and 71:i P. M. • • . " It"
10 . LOGAN SQUARE CHURCH,C, CUR:
nerTwentisih and' 'Vine utreete.—Preaching by
iugor. Iter.Thouses .1: Drown, Sabbath morning, at 103 i
.r.) clock. Sabbath Scheel at 21i o'clock. point venire
in the evening at 80 clock... It"
CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN
lO b ehurch, Locust strcet, above Fi tteenth.—ltev. Hr.
Humphrey. Pastor. Services at 1O A. M. and •P. M
"Evening series: " Thoughts of God in Nature."
10. TRINITY 31.1101117ne1', EIGHTH
6 aboYeltace.—lter. .Cantle.llP4 A.M.aud
Bev. W. litunphrine at 71i P. M. -
:Strangers
It
11? SEVENTH PRESBYTEEiAN
cti
..... arcii - . --Broad - +street, aboro—Chcatnut .-+-Itor.
J. r, Crowelf. D. D.: will preach In this Church to
morrow, 26th hat., at 104' A.M. and 4P. M. • it*
iWWEST ARCH. - STREET PRESBY
terian^Clutrchotorneir tit Eighteenth and Arch
Otrcete. Willits: D. r):. todnor
mew atloli A. M. Anil S P. M.„ , 'Strangers - Invited; lt^
TABERNACLE BAPTISTH
CURCH,
1107ch,„t„,.., street, west of Vighteenth street.--flor
George A. Peitz will preach to-therrow inerrant; and
even tog. Sefvicea commence at 11/3 and 7 1 ,4 o'clock. It*
BEV. E. R.. • BEADVE WILL
11:0 2. pierieh at the .. 4 ; , . vond Preabytertan Church, to
morrow, at 1t) .1%. M. and 73.0.,.31... at.the Boatheant•
5uu1.,1% alnutstreta, It*
K,D; l l l it E rel o l w?l?p p reac i l l t i o t n 9 tri E tt au S t l O , ?t l TiT .l % — f! ' )r E rt l vr ...
t Sunday Evening. tit airlock, Clinton Stre et !
Church. Tenth, below Sprvice. All cordially invited. 1'
.E T'S .0 c
Twentielh and Cherry Ittreets.—To-morrow being
the fourth StllltilY' in the month. the afternoon tervice
will he omitted. Service in the evening, nt 74'
Ocloe k. it.
ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Nineteenth and Green streeta.—Rev.
John McMillan, of the Reformed Presbyterian -Church,
Allegheny . City,Pa., is expected to preach in this Church
.111 next Sabbath morning at IP% &clock, and also in
- the evening at 7$ o'clock. ec2l 2t"
to.. REV.AVM... B. CULLIS WILL
preach in the Church. Melon etreet
"a"oatesi, above Twelfth. to-morrow 40 le% A. M. and 7t
P. M.: also. each evening next week, except Monday
and Saturday. Subject to-morrow morning. " The
Butlem fit tire ;" evening, " The Greet Change."
btrangers ttelome. • It' .
101 THE CORNER-STONE OF MESSIAH
• Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rev. F. W.
Conrad, 1).. Pastor, will be laid on Sabbath lifter
--rroom-Septoubw-20,--ISS-car-i-o'clockT, at the aanthsvaat
. corner of Sixteenth and Jefferson etreeta. Addre.aes
will be dvitvenil by Rev.' T. Stork. 1). D.. and Rev.
E. W. lluttei,D. D. The public-are gordially invited. it*
IV. THE CORNER-STONE OF WobD
LAND Pre byterian Church, Rev. W. Radcliffe,
Pastor. will be laid at S. E. corner of Pine and Forty
weond streets. West Philadelphta,on Monday, September
7th. at 5 P. M. •
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lire.'atuegrave and Beadle, and Revs. Lowrie, Dana,
Henry and Cunningham', will participate in the exercises.
If the weather prove unfavorable; the services will be
/ield in-the chapel. • lt
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Up• ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, HIGH
. street. Gerinantowil. Feast of St.HlChael and all
Angels...WednestLay. 22th irutt. Services as follows:
3051 A. M.. Wining Prayer and Holy Communion.
Sermon by the Rev. Dr-Davies.of St Peter's. 33.1 P. M.,
Children's service. 8 P. H., Evening Prayer and ser
mon by the Her. Pr. Rudder, of St. Stephen's. Offertory
..nt each service for Sunday ucbool building and mortgage
'on the church.. se.2ss to 2t
HALL_
YOUNG MEN'S. CHRIS:
Lir."' TIAN ASSOCIATION.
.1210 CHESTNUT STREET.
•
The 31ontlily Meeting of the Association will he held
itext-82411
10AY- EVEN ING; at 8 o'clock. "
D , lsaY Rev. George, \V. Smiley D. D.
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Subject—'r Man att a Sub-Crentnr."
question for Ifiscnssien—"What is the tegititnnte
'Work of the Young Mena Christian Association?''.
Vocttl sand Instrumental Mimic under tit, direction of
'Asa - Esq
The public are invited.
OPEN AI H.SERVICES UNDER THE
U. auspices •of the Young Men's Christian Associa
lion. SABBATH AFTERNOON, at the following places:
Market lionse, Richmond street and Lehigh avenue,
preaching by Rev, A. M. JELLY, S 3 o'clock.
Germantown avenue and Nicetownlane, 3,4 o'clock,
Cenieterylaue, Kensington,
Tenth street and Girard' avenue,preneliiiigby
Iter. JAMES MeGOWAN, 4.
seventh and St. Mary streets, _
Delaware avenue and South street,
Broad street, above Montgomery avenue,
, Gray's Ferry road and Shipper). street.
)toyamensing avenue and Wharton Street.
Broad and Arch streets, )
Broad and Master streets; Preaching by Rev.
R. H. HUMPHRIES,
Twentieth and 'Master streets. '
'road street'. below Coates. Preaching by . RON': a
_ Twenty-second and Federal streets,
mat Routh- streets.- - -------.---- --
'Horde Square, 6 ' o clock. • •
:WEST PIHLADBLPETA.
Forty-first 'street, ahova Lancaster. avenue,
Preaching by Rev. uIIAS. I'. MASDEN,
Thirty•sixtli street and Lancaster avenue, 5
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JERSEY Crrt. Sept. 24,18f0,
• The Interest upon the Mortgage and Boat Loan Bonds
of this Comrny, falling due :upon the first day of Otto-
Ler .next ,NW 11 be paid at this office and at the Banking
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Also - ,n.tirst-class general agent for. Western PeOneYlva
aA - Oniro,ll2-South Fourth street_.-__so4-atre
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removed from 1324 to 1212 SPEECH street, will
re-open berlioarding and Day School fordfoung Ladies
on WEDNESDAY? September 15:
Circulars may be obtained from Leo & Walker; JR'S,
Co.,and lifter .Ausnst 25
W. Queen . •AT THE SCHOOL'. • jy24 s3mrpg
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(Correspondence of thenilla.Evenina Bnitottti
4°7"; Sept" 1 , I s4 l k — lt has been i?grVat,
gratification to me •StsArnericatr,to c hite t
seen and known the-iriterest , displayed for'two;
or three weeks pai3t by the Romanian
chanari- Read's life-sike!.“ klberidati's
which Is finished; and has been on exhibition
in the artist's studio - roomsi ,53 , Via.ldargatta;
• Read at first'onirlntended to
,ine;te i nfer ,
malty a few artist-ends Vox
~rind send,
off file pictare a fter it had been air exhihition,
a few dais ; i " but'Visconti heard at' :the' paint
in and canie I I Val n 3
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vas so gintiiied'that he requeSted the artist to;
save ageneitillniblic invitatiOn,,ankhe 7 Vis-,
conti hiPiSelf--wrete an 'article On the PiCtUre,
which *as published in the Osseroatore Ro
mano, pne of the Boman daily papers. (I ;in=
close the article). N'isConti soya holele-happy to
have had such a picture as' ,, Sheridan's Ride"
painted in Itorne,but is Berry that Beadle not a
Roman.
Liszt's - remark on the picture ; was charac
teristic and sounded very fine in his elegant,
polished French. "What fire! What move;,
went! Your friend, 3L Read, when he wrote
the poem and painted the picture; seated him
self in the heart of the General, and worked
with the same fire and energy which per
formed the warlike feat"
Of course the approval and publicly-an
nounced admiration of macho, man as Visconti
was, as we Americans say, an endorsement,
and for more than a fortnight the most dis
tinguished Italian artists and clergy crowded
to. Reads studios. In, one day, alone, the
servant counted over a' hundred who had
called. As 3lonsignore l'acca, the rope's
Major Domo, remarked : "All Rome has been
talking of this great picture."
Americans and American events attract
great attention in Europe, and in Rome .our
people and our Gevernment are verypopular.
The events of the late civil war are wonder
fully well known, and the famous "Sheridan's
Itide," owing to Read's poeni and picture, is
now one of the most-interesting Incidents of
that period to Ronaans. ,Itlonsignore Cataldi,
The .Cereinonial. Prelate (Pri/at Cirineoldire)
-of St. Peter's and--the --Vatican,-:told--ine
evening tbat the poem was to be translated
into Italian very -soot.
Read's "Sheridan's Ride" 2S unlike anything
that the artist luis heretofore painted. Indeed,
I am sure you *ill find that clever as Read's
other paintings have been,=full of poetic
fancy, grace and lovelines.s,—that helms nande
a great stride in advance during his present
residence.n Rome. - Yon will see the improve
ment in the broad, strong handling, the bold!,
firm harmonies, and the masterly control and
possession of his artistic idea. 'Longfellow-re
marked• to me' last winter, with all that
generous appreciation which characterizes
this great poet and good man, that Read , is a
re 133 arkable instanee'of an artist who eentinues
to improve as he grows older,
The picture of " Sheridan's Ride" is full of
the dasltand ertergywhich can.he found• not
only in the poem of the " Ride," but in many
parts of Lead's" Wild Wagoner." The verses
of the - War poent and the pi6ture both sug
gest to me that Sheridan might be a descend
ant of ."Ringbolt," thongh very unlike hiinin
size, to be sure. Still the General resembles
the patriotic Alleghenian in his • headlong
charges. The coincidence, too, of the temp*
tuous black steeds of the " Wagoner" and the
furiousidaok charger ofSheridayi is striking,
especially as . the " Wagoner" was written be
fere the war. It only shows that our poet
and painter, in spite of his many gentle, grace
ful visions • on canvass and in verse, had other
mettle in him when-qt .- was needed.
The point chosen by the artist for the illus
tration of his " Sheridan's. Ride" is where
" What was done, what to do, a glance told
him both;
Then striking his . spirs, with a terrible oath ,
He dashed down the. line 'mid a storm of
hnzzas,
And the wave of retreat checked its course
there because
The sight of the Master compelled it to pause!
With foam and with dust the black charger,'
was gray.
By the Hash of hiS eye and his red nostrils' play,
He seemed to the whole-great army - to say 3-----
' 1 have brought you Sheridan all the way
From Winchester doWn to save the day." :,
The heads of horse and , rider are masterly:
The horse seems alive, and to be leaping for
ward em of the canvas. In painting this pic
ture Read has had several difficulties to contend
with, not the least of which was the manage
ment of Color.' As thce horse was black and
the uniform a dark blue, the great thing to
fear was that, the horse and rider should look
like a silhouette. But the artist adroitly took
ail vantage of the accumulated dust upon the
uniform of the General, as well as on the
horse, and thereby produced a glowing har
mony through the whole picture. This clever
use of the heat and cloud of an engagemeit
was 'especially commented upon by Visconti
and Monsignore Doupalloup, the learned ad
vocate and Bishop of the Greek church, St.
Athanasins, in Rome. The sudden leap for
ward of the horse as he is struck by the
spurs, the determined ' repelling force
pressed, not, only in the face of the General,
but in the forward thrust of his right, hand and
the sudden recoil of the half dusteconcealed
army in the background, tell all, and more, if
possible, than the poem.
TWo of the most 'interesting visitors t•
Read's studios during the eafhibition of this
pictuiO-LtUme . at least--were the Prince and
Princess of Girgenti. Tlie %Prince is half.
brother tothe .OE-King ,Prancis, of •Naples.
lire was a cayultzotb.'oer.,unct ujou4Kone.dhi,
tinction at, the battle of Sadowa, ;' therefore,
" Sheridan's Ride" was especially
,attractive'
admired the Painting; and eic
- pressed his opinion.s , with all' that charming
tact, and kind, 'gentlemanly < manner, whiOh is•
ndelightfid peculiarity, of these ex-Neapolitan
Princee; then bb remained a long time silent,
looltdd at the picture, and seemed lost in the
furious rust , and,*hirl that • comes, sweeping
~ ,hcitlY‘thronih the Canvas:
• But, pleased as fun- always'with the chanCe
of'seeing; anY,Of :these agreeable Neapolitan
Bourbon Princes, my, eyes andthoughts on
tbai occasion were`itll''"for''his. wife. '`As
/ooked attho plain-Seatared,but gpod, sensible
woman, I thought of the bright, happy imps
in Spanish 'history it may .he het lot to make
.for the future of ler„country. 'l l his,Princess '
Clirgenti is the eldest daughter of the eit-Queen
of Spain, arid stands a fair chance of being
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER L -25 186 g
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;to' the 'constitutional_` throne of that
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couter Bonne day, for her brother, the Prince;
of Asturias, is a youth of very feeble health,
If tins should everlake place, it would be a.
happy day for Spain. The Princess las a
good natural disposition ; every one speaks',
highly of her, of her plain common sense, ,
kind heart, and reasonable, intelligent nature."
Added to these, she bad, the good fortune in'
childhood to .fall into the bands of a mot,ex... !
cellent governeSs and friend, a woman who;
can almost be claimed-'as''an American—',
Madame Calderon de, la 'Barca.' tinderthis
lady's wise direction the Mi
-n Prince- • ,
grown into a•. quiet, reasonable,straighti
forward,person a faithful ; affectionate wife,l
and an unobtrusive, intelligent gentlewoman.t
The. Princess Girgenti Sat and gazed silently;
at the picture also, and her face grew almost' .
stern. I recalled what blood ran in the little
lady's veins. • Such noble royal women she has
had .for ancestresses 1. • And my memory;
quickly called up Isabella ofAragon and Mary
of Burgundy, Elizabeth of Parma and Maria,
Theresa. I wondered if she . was looking
through the painted dust and turmoil on too
the throne of her ancestor Charles V., and 'I
wished her cause had such a fiery defender as l
our Gen. Phil. Sheridan and such a poet and
painter as our Buchanan Read.
But notwithstanding all' these fine thonglo,'
I did ,not omit—let It be mentioned to my
credit as a woman-to notice tbe clothes`the
Princess had on. She wore a blue silk skirt,
with three or four small flounces, and a pallier,
bow and . sash at the waist, a simple white
Muslin body, high-necked and long-sleeved ;
black thread-lace shawl, and a round hat of
white straw, with a blue feather. This was a
much prettier toilette than she usually plaices:
Real royalty of the feminine gender has, as a
rule, very poor taste in dress; so far as MY
observation goes—for the stylish; showy, fashi
ionable Empress of the French, it must berg=
membered, was not "to the manner born."
After the tragedy comes the farce; after the,
dinner is served the dessert. I will now tell
you how _highly diverted the American art
circle in home has been with the folloicting
piece of art news, which appeared in the
_Chicago Art. Journal fo - r 3lay_ and June of-thiS
year, 1809: .
"Mr. Phillips Ls now engaged on the portraiti
Of General Sheridan, from which he intextcht,
to make a grand histotie.'alpaintingillustrating
'Sheridan's Bide,' which Whittler's faelie
pcn (! ) has made immortal. ltmight,perhapsi
be well to mention that, although several
others have conceived or stolen the idea of
painting the same subject, this artist is the
first who projected the work, intending . to
commence it nearly two years since, but berrid
prevented by an unfortunate chain of ciri
etunstances from the consuinrnation of his
protect.':... . • -•-;
nits is very droll. We !:lid not think there
NV ass` an intelligent American 'north of 3fason
and Dixon's Line who was ignorant of thti
name of the true author of that popular war
poem, "Sheridan's Ride," or who could at.
tribute it to "Whittler's facile pen"-Whittier
above all others!
In October,lB64, I think it was—at any rate
it was on the day the news reached Cincin
nati of General Sheridan's Ride—Murdoch
was breakfasting with Buchan.an.ReNg, whose
guest ho was. The poet-painter was then
ing at CinCinnati. Onthat evening there was
to be a benefit for Murdoch. The distin
guished actor said, during breakfast:
"Read,you ought to have written me some
thing new for this evening."
Read was looking over a New York paper,
which contained an account of Sheridan's
Ride. He replied by reading it aloud,and added:
" Murdoch, there is the material in this for
a poem and picture."
" Bah!" answered the actor, what's that to
me, when I have not the poem for to-night ?"
" I'll write it for you now," said Read.
" What if you do? . It is too late to get it up
properly." '
" Never you mind !" said Read, You shall
have the poem in- time to study it. for the
evening."
Read went to his rooms told his wife to
send him some hot coffee, and not allow him
to be disturbed even if the house should burn
_ down._ln a little over -In _hour_he_cameto
Murdoch and read him the`poem as it stands.
The actor was delighted, and instantly pre
pared it for, his evening reading, while. Mrs.
Read, whose bold, beautiful handwriting is
well-fitted for the purpose, prepared a writ
ten copy of the verses, to guard against any
tricks the reader's memory:might happen to
play him. '
This stmy was related.that evening by Mur
doch at his benefit, and itwas i publiShed after
wards. The strange paragraph which I have
quoted above makes it worth.while to repeat
the actual facts attendant on the composition'
of the poem and - the "first conception of the
picture. That night, after the reading--which,
by the way, was a great success, for the audi
ence made the author appear on the stage and
share the applause-Read said to his wife:
" I'll paint that poem." '
A short time after, some members of the
Philadelphia Union League' urged Read to
carry out his intention. He received an invi
,tation from General Sheridan, who was then
at New Orleans, to pay him a visit. Read
'went, and occupied a month in getting studies
Of both horse and rider. This was in October,
1865, I believe. The small original study for
the large picture is now in-the possession of
Martin, of Brooklyn, New York, who
paid Read,s.l,ooo for it last . winter.
•A larger sie-,-three, feet and a, half by four
feet and a half---bas been oil` exhibition . in
Paris this sPripg s at, Bowled:Brothe2sqlailida i g
HOuse. Dr. , Hbllttrid sneaks in -the highest
terms of `it" in oneot Ids, agreeable letters to
the Springfiektnepubtican. .; This one in Paris
I haVe already, deficril)ed, think, in a, last
winter's: letter to the Butx.rausr. It belongs to
Mr. Dewey, Of Sari,Fratteiddo, California, who
paid $2,600 for it., , Mrc DeNiVeY's copy
dan's Ride" has 'a ".very • interesting fraxae,
which was made in Rome:' The . ar2ns of the
•
United States axe on the' top of the frame, the
medallion likeness Of the poet-painter by Nei
the base, with the, wholepoem in red letters
on a. gold gropnd, 0n.,,',/either* side of ' the
medallion, -
The life-size piCtutla (for the Union League
of our city, is, abotit ton, feet hy thirteen;l
'should, judge. ',Read, has heenunwearyingalid
eonscientiousin his labor's -ovet-,73t. He has
•spared neither time : nor:.. 4 tTou,bl6: , 10n 00 this
spring he Nina ao tuizions ithout the lighte and
OUR wirox.,t .CMINTRY:
shadoWs of the face that he modeled i‘til elay
bust of General Sheridan, whlcli'll.arafolph,
Rogers said only needed a' little manipulatingl,
experience to make complete. This bust is
now being put into marble. 'RCad began his
artist-life as a sculptor.
The picture is now being rolled, and boxed.
In slew days it. will be for Warded to Ainerica.
It has been ,finely chromo-lithographed in
BrUssels, twenty by twenty-11'o inches. These
Chromes will soon be on sale in the , United
Statei..
have entered into detail about this great
leture becalm & • ; • ' ' P.=
esting to you and the readers of the Btrir.Lwrirr.
fibe , painting is a fine national work of art,
and as, it belongs to, the 1 1 ,hiladelphia Union
League, will be a possession of our city, and
therefore doubly and trebly interesting to our
citizens; moreover,' feel,as every one must, a
patrioticpride that the 'author: and artist, be
longs to us, as he is a born Penusylvaniarr,and
by long residence a Philadelphian;
Mr. Longfellow, when he was sitting for.his,
portrait to Read last winter, said to me "it
was the first time in history a poet hadpaintect
a poet?' Since the
-days efLeonardo we have
bad no instance of a poet being so famous a'
'painter and a painter being' so successful
poet as Buchanan Read: '
A few words mote about the Chicago . para
graph'. We have all come to the conclusion
that it is a joke, and that Mr. Phillips is a
myth. The very words, " Whittier's facile
pen," seem to confirm this opinion, for the se-,
lection of this • charming, rural, peaceful,
'Quaker poet as the author of a " blood-and
thunder" war poem gives a fresh point to the
story.. it is well done, and we congratulate
"the Chicago Art Journal. It recalls to me,
however, an anecdote which was told to me ,
803211 e years ago about Whittier and Read. In
the winter of '5,3-0, Buehanan Read had' his
studios in the• Tenth Street building, Nevt
York. Whittier went there one. day to see:
licad's pictures.
"I am no judge of art," said the Quaker
poet, with simple truthfulness. "These seem
like very good pictures. But lam a judge of
poetry, .1 think, and thou hest written some,
poems that as -long-as-the-language
lasts." -
Extraordinary Earthquiake and Panic—.
, The Prediction of prof. Falb Almost
Fulfilled. ~,
Aug.m the New York Tribune.]
A.
LUtA, ..l—The correspondent of El
.iN'atiorial, writing frourlquique on the .21st,
says: "The, predictions of the German as
tronomer Falb have taken up the attention of
the inhabitants of this place and its surround
pings for many days, but especially the 9th,'
10th and 11th inst. During these' three days,.
which were those upon which :,.M. Falb pre
dicted the first series of . shocks would occur,.
the - larger number of the poptilation left the
city,,for greater security upon the open and
elevated adjacent plains. Nothing,' however,
occurred on either of these days and the f.eurs
of our citizens being thereby quieted, they re
turned to the cityon the 12th. On - the night
of the 20th, however, the people were startled
at 10..55 by a terrific shock, which is described
as being almost equal in force to the earth
quake of last year, and atthe same time more
prolonged. Six other inferior shocks followed
at short intervals during the night. Upon the
first symptoms of earthquake the Inhabitants
tied precipitately from the city, and remained in
the country until the following day. Here the
occurrence of these earthquakes is regarded
asa confirmation - of - the - theories or Fetivuot;
withstanding that they took place on the 20th,
in place of between the Bth and 'llth, as pre
dicted." At Arequipa; distant about 30 leagues
inland from Islay, three most - violent earth
quakes were experienced on the same night
(20th), causing extreme terror to the inhabit
ants, who took refuge in the public squares.
These earthquakes' were .of more than usual
duration, and nearly of the same force as those
of 1868.
The correspondent of a Lima journal writes
thus from Arica on the 22d inst.: "We are ter-,
rifled.' 'I write these lines under the shadow
of a sad calamity. Between 10i and 11 o'clock '
on the night of the 20th we were subjected to
a most terrific shock of earthquake, by far the
most Violent I have ever experienced, pre
ceded and accompanied by most tremendous
and terror-inspiring subterraneous, rumblings
and noises, such as - I cannot attempt to de
scribe, and which can only be comprehended
by actual exjperience. These awful noises, ac
companied by earthquake upon earthquake,
continued through the night, and the next
day, and.even to the present time. All the in
habitants who possess the means have left
the city . for the • neighboring ,valleys,
in which to. await the result of these
extraordinary manifestations of nature." • The
fears of the people were much intensified by
the predictions of Falb, and pointed more par
ticularlyto the probability of the submersion
of the city by tidal waves, when the great
catastrophe, foretold tiy the German astrono
mer, is expected to take place. Forty shoCks
occurred within twenty-four hours on the 19th-,
and the shaking of the earth continued UD
n to
. -. .
the latest date, the 22d.
A passenger, who came up on the steamer
Pacific, gives the following graphic account
of the earthquakes. as experienced by him at
Tacna:—" At, about 101 o'clock, on the night
of the 20th, as I was engaged at billiards, with
a friend, at the hotel, we suddenly heard a most
fearful' subterraneous - - noise, compared with
which the firing of a thousand guns would be
as nothing. Every soul in the building im
mediately rushed , for the street. I .stood
paralyzed with fear; not knowing what to do,
the awfutserisation being entirely new to me.
The shtick , followed within four or five
secondsixocking the house to and fro, as if it
were a plaything. Notwithstanding the con
fusion of those few moments—to me the most
dreadful I had ever experienced—l observed
the balls' on the table driven . to the cushion
on . one side, then . to the other, - then
back again tit 'the middle,' where they re
mained nearly stationary, moving only very
in
Slightly, fro , ,wbata supposed to be a vibra
tory motion consequent: upon the - first shocks.
These could Mat.have:had a duration of more
•thturBo , seerradi;:by , viliit a - - tiraU'ltliartstfili: -
..ciently recovered my senses to hurry to the
street, • d •nnike the . beSt of •my way to
plaza, o the 'alpineda: • Hundreds of people
were 'ru Ding. in the same direction—men, •
• women, anti children. In ray•flight I had suf.
ficient presence of mind to pick•up a little girl
of eight or nine years, who had fallen down
in a fainting fit, ethiseabY sheer fright. ..Thus
burdened; ,I bad not proceeded . the length of
our street; when the piteous wailing of a,poor •
wolilani,prostrate in the street; again arrested
me. Many hurried by,,withoUt noticing 'her
agonizing cries, intent only upon their own -
safety.',. ~. .1 ;:quickly ,' divined' the unhappy
sniSittien: -2 'Of , the- , ...poor. , creature, and
lamented my inability to succor, her, ,but
she seemed indifferent to her own fate as ann.,
pared Wftli`the safety of a little child of two .
,
years, :which, clung .to , her .in mute terror,
,and whieli Ole ireplored.melo take to 'apiece]
of securitY ! I seized it , and rushed on in leis
- tifae - , - -Itlittri t 1 . .: to,baye:taket... 011 it, , leaving
:the utifoirtuntiteivOnfaii:..4ddiet'Unborfkiktbe , .: s,
to their,f6tc—l, could not help` it'-IhadUci ' •
. .
AxN - E BREWSTEA
I§IOI.JTH AMEHIC/L
remedy, I did all I could in saving the two;
little ones: .In a few minutes; duringt
which I experienced another shock- oil
earthquake, , Wich nearly '- threw Me ) ,
off my feet, I reached the plaza, in the centre'
f_w
ohieh were nearly All the inhabitants who
bad not taken refuge in the alameda. .The)
scene can scarcely be)desCrihed: Ifenrwomon.)
and children were is their night clothes; most)
of them on,their, knees,. and All praying most)
fervently .amidst deafening wails of Dioai
mio ! Stoithfsima Senora misericarcliat and the;
frightened cries of 'little children of Tapa!),
mamma! I remained in the plaza all sight,) ,
not - knowing. what', to expect. ' Druring this)
time, so - many earth cakes occurredthat Idid
aem-musti
have been at least thirty.. I see the papers saYt
forty, but I do not ; think any nerson conl(U,
have had sufficient prese.nce of mind duringl
that fearful night to keep a 'correct;
record. The ;
next day liastened • to:
Arica with all speed, to await the steamer on=
the day following for the North. There
found the scenes and horrors of •the previousl
night in, Tacna had been repeated on. a smaller
scale, and the neople equally alarmed. The,
poor woman I mentioned was afterwardl
cared for, and was likely to recover. This has
been my experience of . a second-rate earth-1
quake, and I trust I shall never witness one
of a worse or more violent nature, such as. kV
Falb. predicts." t
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.
Corruptions of Regent Serrano and the;
Captain.General...The Roberts Ring of ;
Plunder—What the Spanish Minister
Says... The Sums Remitted to Europe by
the Spanish Leaders-..A Revelation.
HAvAriA, Sept. 18.—What is passing here
and in the interior is'incredible if not
nessed. All the • members of the admirdstra
tion, fiom Caballero de Rodas to the, lowest
employe, satisfied that, the, prey is about slip 7
ping from their grasp, are trying to profit all
they can, and have combined "for
that purpose. I know from undoubted
sources. that Regent Serrano has privately
hinted to Hodes to 'make the best of a. bad .
bargain, and the latter, 'to facilitate his opera
tions, places all the forces from the line of the
west, centre, and east under the command of
Valmasecla and with repeated orders
to maintain themselves on the defensive. Bri
gadier Lesea, • operatin,g southwardty under
similar orders, will have his share of the
booty in that quarter: Meantime Bodes man
ages to have full control. of the wealthy
west and north. The Spanish Minister, Man
ricio Ropez Roberts has written ;to his
-brothers;-the-Governor-and-ther=exchang
banker, to have an 'understanding with Rodas
for some purpose. He says, in his letter to,
the
ic broker, "We cannot hold the island much
longer. The sympathies Of - Europe and. the
States are for the rebels, and you adyise me in
one of your' letters that you'are all satisfied the.
negroes of the west would immediately join the
patriots if armed against them ! and you
'further add they are daily. flying from their.
estates for freedom. The Yankees on this side
. will soon give us the' last push, and 'with
present demoralization at home be 1111 7
possible for us to contend against them. nnd
public opinion. Secure . something: for the
future, but do it with caution, specially in the
. purchase 'of bills." The combination pro.
posed had already .commenced ope
rating through the Governor, Prem=
dent of the , Cornmissiorr of at
tached property, and his brother the broker,
but the latter . acted so awkwardly that it be
came pnbliz and scandalous, so much so, that
for public satisfaction Rodas was compelled to
assume the Presidency of the commission, and
nominate the intendant Vide-President. I
shall now quote the result of these manoeuvres
up to this day. Rodas has already -re
mitted to the amount of £lOO,OOO in sums of
£4OO to 115,000 at a' time; the Gov
ernor, £40,000 ; his brother, 'the broker,
£15,000, and £lO,OOO to Brig. Lesca. Valma
seda had been operating long before them,
and has already remitted through his rnajer .
domo £60,000. I Could further quote the'names
of-the-honies-whose-bills-were-purchasedTbut
have decided to postpone this to save some
trouble just now. This is "Spain's morality
and justice proclaimed and executed by, the I
military satraps, assassins and highway rob=
bers, who essayed to hold eternally in bond
age 600,000 slaves, and rule one million intelli 7
gent Cubans.
The Weber Flan°.
We take pleasure in calling the attention of
the public to the elegant Pianos, which, for
strength, durability, pure quality of singing
tone, even balance of action, brilliancy, sweet
ness, and perfection of mechanism, make
them eminent in the highest degree. The
strength of the middle register is absolute and
unvarying, which is a point of the utmost
value. Taken all in all, we- have never ex
perienced so much pleasure, in a musical point
of view, as when listening to, or playing upon
the Weber Grands, and do not wonder at
their tieing so exitliiisiaStitally . endorsed and
used by, such-eminent artists as Pare pa-Rosa,
Clara Louise Kellogg, Alide Toppi:S. B. Mills,
J. :N. Pattison, Wm. 'Mason', Harry Sander
son, W. G. - DietTich, M. 31. -Warner, E.
Giles.
Their beauties can be well seen and heard
at the Warerooms, 1102 Chesnut street, where
Mr. Getze, their representative here, is
always ready to 'exhibit them..
AMUSEMENTS.
—The legs of Lydia walked off last night with
her sunny smile and her back hair. She
has promised to return in the spring. time
bringing with her the sane sunny smile,
the 'Substance of the legs and similar golden
tresses.: tail to keep her prom
ise' few indignation' meetings will be held
and there will be little Weeping and gnashing
of teeth outside of a limited circle of gentle
youths with red neck ties and scant beards. ,
Carncross Di - xey give an= entertain-
went this evening at their New Eleventh Street
Opera House.
—The Parepa-Rosa Opera-Troupe will begin
a season at the Academy of Music on the 4.th
of October.
Marble Heart will .be performed this
evening at Lanra Keene'S Chestnut Street
Theatre. On Monday - a new entitled
'Rachel the Reaper; or, Clouds aml,Strushirte will
be produced. • • •
—At the Arch.to-night--theiriegular season
having terminated—the regular season will
open with the comody•Noney, :with a first-rate
cast. On Monday,..F'w*osh ; T or, the Railroad
to Ruin. _ I . • ,
the Walnut,
.this, evening Mr. Edwin
gramme fore nest: week - will be as followS:
Monday, Tuesday aucl• 'Wednesday; Hamlet;;
on Thursday; Lculif-'of Lyons ;. on - .Friday,
_ Muth Ado . About .316thisiuj.• . • .
•
—Bilbao, in Spain, in order to. tranSform
itself into a watering-place, , has decided on'
the establishment of a casino, to be erected at'
a cost, of one Yniilio4r of seals- (230,0001). It. is
to be composed'. -bf two grand pavilions;, a.:
restaurantproomk for card-playing, Sze., . and
to afford accommodation for 300 personedi
—Ajourneyman mason of the Tyrelpflve
years ago, laid down his trowel, and. entered
the studio. of the painter Piloty, in Munich , as
a disciple.. ,The. - Vienna exhibition. of 'this
year: contains a picture by hhn, representing
an'episode in H - ofer's campaign :against 'the
Prench, in'lBo9, which is pronounced by, the
critics to> be lone of the;best works of the
expects to get
s .
'/,(1110 francs for six Months' singing in New
IMIERSMIC. PubHALT
PRICE CENTS.
FIFTH EDITION,
nY, -- .'.',r.i: ,, E040.0'4'. -- .!. : .':
LATEST
.t:4 i '.. CABLE ::-...,5,E4vw:
The Report of Frimee Sending n''Wt . th*,
to Prussia,Denied..
A New Cable to be Laid from Ireland.%
Nova Scotia.. •
LATER BY CUBA CABLE:
,Irightness in;the New Yoik Honey Market
, • , By the Atlantic Cable. •
PAnis, Bent.2s.—The (Joust/tut/Dune/ denies
the truth of the report, of • the Gaulois that
note-had been sent to:Prussia; warning her
that the annexation of Baden would be;cause for war. . '
, ,
PAICm, Sept. 25.--The report that the hna
band and, eldest son of the woman recently.
murdered with her children 'had 'been ar
rested at _Havre, was incorreet. A man named
.Turprnan, au alleged accomplice, was traced
to that place and captured. Additional ,evi
dence has come to light, which leads. to tb,e
belief that, the father and son are innocenp,
and may possibly have been murdered by the
same parties who killed the mother.
BEItI.IN, Sept. 25.—The question raised in
regard to the Catholic University at Fulda
will probably be settled by a new educational
bill, to be submitted to the Diet.
Lohnow, Sept. 25.—A new line of telegraph
cable, to be laid from Ireland to Nova Scotia,
is projected. ' ' • ,
From Cuba.
HAVANA, Sept. 23.—The um-attar. preil4, - ,
viewing. the situation; conclude that a ma...
Jority of Cubans are loyal, and cite in plruf
the, solicitude Of the Cuban Junta iXt New.
York to enlist American ••_tillbusters-to
the_battles of the rebellioithe - rebel officers
being unable to obtain recruits among na-
, • ,
The Spanish element in the island is unani
mously of the opinion that the Washington
Government, has no right to, interfere in Cu
ban affairs, and that insurrections never admit
of, mediation., ; • •
New York FlnOnces.
NEW YORK, Sept 25th, 2.4 P. M.—Money.
is almost impos.sible to, get at any price, and
is siuoted apt 7per tent. 11 . per cent. is ,freely
paid for turning stocki. The stock market is
dull. - The' houses reported 'as having yester
day suspended are still in the same condition,
and it is believed will not be able to goon.
The Excitement Quieting DOinrii.
[ Special despatch to the Pidla.Evening BulletinAjta
NEW YORK, September 25th.—The street
quotations for gold are 135a136, althotigh there
are no legal transactions. Everything is be
coming quiet, and the people are getting over
the panic, and it is believed all will be smooth
sailing on Monday.
• • Vlds Accepted.,
[Special Despatch to the Philada. Evening Bulletin.'
NEW YORE:, September 25.-The Gov
ernment bas accepted bids for, the purchase of
three millions in, bonds at rates ranging from,
116.17 to 118.07.; „
AWCEIiOD,I4
A Carriage with .Four Ladies Over the ,
Precipice at Niagara Falls-.. One
In
stantly Killed and One Fatal/Y . Injured.
NIAGARA FALLS, Sept. 24.—A most . melan
oboly accident oocurred on the Canada shore
of the Niagara river; in the vicinity of the ,
Falls, at about noon to-day. . A party
consisting of one gentleman . and lour
ladies,all belonging in P ,
rovidence R. L,
stopped over here on their .way
home from Buffalo, and after viewing the -
sights on this, side crossed over on the Canada
side. While their carriage was' passing.,/the
curve opposite the precipice in' front of. the
Clifton .House the
,horses .became unnian
ageable, and, as it , was evident they
would go, over the . bank, the driver
and Mr; Tillinghast, the Providence .
gentleman ) jumped • - off the • seat
and escaped ;with injur y ; thsl horses
with and carriage, together the Ifouiladies,
went down the bank; however a distance of
fifty feet.. Mrs. Mahala Smith,' one of the
'party; was horribly mangled and instantly
killed, and Miss ,Mary Ann Ballou - was so
dangerously injured that she cannot • pos
sibly, recover. Mrs. Tillinghast and a ..11fra..
Fisher were badly, bruised, but• their Wounds
are not dangerous. The body. of. Mrs.- Smith
will be forwarded to Rhode Island to-morrow,
and the injured parties will be cared for . at . the
Spencer House, on the American side. -Tho:
accident happened while aninquest was bein
held on the body •of a man who committed
.suicide at the same : place a day or, two_ ,pre-,
vious. The sad event has east a gloom. of sor
row over all the tourists at \ the Falls. There
arcs rife rumors about the carelessness of the
driver, and there is, of course,: corresponding
indignation. Au inquest- held to,
THE SABINE AppriNy
An Authoritative 'Denial.
(From the Newport NONVd, Sept. 23.1
Tbe story.of the inutiny ohboard the United
States frigate , Sabine has at last received . an
authoritative denial frOm au (dicer of that
vessel. The 'wife of LieutenautUommandbri
Ryan received letters -from her husband. ,'on,
Monday,' written' after the arrival of: the, .sa:-.
bine at Lisbon : in oue of, which he says :
- "There :has been a most .ridiculous-canard
"published about its in a Paris paper, which''::
sUppose has, ; ere this, been telegraphed home s ,
something abottt the discovery of;a conspiracy
to blow up the ship,'and% the, hanging of
Men. In whose fertile brain - the -story,_
mated I cannot imagine. Nothing -- bas
_cur_red to give it the slightest fouridation:_ ,
finiftfis , Tettelt ralrtitTOF
also ,been" received in tb's city, in:Which'
says . that the NaVy Di partnientlas never
any information concerningthe'affitirlroui
official source, aial lie, in common with all the
officers at Washington, has disbelievedkthep::f3"
story. from the beginning.
SPAIN. .
Her Domestic and •Forelirn;
The NOW York Times has the folltiWinici" , ,
Referring to an • editorial , ' in !yesterday's;
Times in relation. to .:Spain. eorrespondenb
:
there Is a euxrent qrror ISO, which
you fall in sup"posing flub, §palp. neth i tum
to lose by 'wax with uS'," „
• “In. 18.53 her shipping with fore I and e 010”
nisi countries amountedbinhout i t,OOO bins,
and" employed about so,ooo sailors; besides her
coasting trade. IPer`a nation so much in
of productive - lraiustrY thettherailroada -- hava --- ,
no freight trainSpiothing can be wore ritittbhlk
than her shtirPiug. !Tout est relot‘ve,' 14
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