MEE NEE GIBSONrEAcocv :IS 4.s. • • Edda • P." , VOLUME.XXIII.-qC0.147: 'r ED D CARDEI. INVItATIOI , IB , v fAr PaFgeo,,Acc, JBABOr4 vt , ati2sllD ' 907 Chestnut /greet. DrDING ' INVITATIONS : ~ ' EN'` _grayed In the.hewent and beet' manner. LOUIS Rapper= and, Engraver, 1039 _Chestnut street..: - • , , , tf KERD-i-STEVFJE. , -pw Ttleka_ay,i2Stlt-buittint, at tho reeldence'of the bride's emit, elm Hettry.;. Ring, 1/19 Spruce street, by the Rev • Dr. Dread, J. Waugh Kerr to Miss Anna L ;F.; datighter of Cpl. Jacobliterer, of elaas aillon WIL'LHONDALF..—On Tuesday; geptember 24th, by the Bev. llumphrey, Robert L Willem' to Lizzie tt. Dale, (laughter of Gerald F. J)ale all of this city. * DIED. AIIRTIN.--Ou the evening of the 23th inst., Rebecca, .--A relict of tli6,late pharleo B. Austin; • ' DORRANCEt Bristol, Beotelithei- 26; John Dor- The friends of the i7tia - 11 - 3;7Eirein;ii4.4 to nttolul Ihn fu tieral,frotrt St. James's ()hunk, Bristol,on Thursday, the 30th inst.. itt tour o'clock. . TATATE PROOFS FOR SEfl TS f .BLACLE AND WHITE REPELLANTS.- DOLL AND - BLACK REPELLANT& BROWN-AND WRITE REPELLANT'S. EYRE. 4..LIANDELL, Leonel& and Arch SPECIAL NOTICES. PM4' ,'PrOMeMrTr77 Da b n , v.CEr .y rlPN! THURSDAY Ii all all ilepariments of cnirEstabilaluneat. itcody-itade Clothing, Boys' and Youths' Clothing-, nurnishing\Goods and Custom Departmerit. We will °Dim on the day above named an entirely new and very extensive stork of Fall and Winter 9euehe,sauch Of it of Our Own Importation Mariufacture. Zibelines, Simonles GrePe• • Autumn Bannockburns;' Scotch Suitings, Jotifier Furoo Paris Stripes, Olive Diagonals Dasketrbacks, , Colored Granites, • Devcitishire , Kersey,- Carr's Finishe,d riieqoll9, . . Huckeswageres, Piques, Velours, Imperial Qxarines, • Castor Cloths, !dweller%Winter,iplls, Genuine Whitney% Elbeoufs, West-of-England Cloths, F and W8••-all colors (22), English'Plaids— frarranted Soap Shrunk; Edredons, Oxford Doeskins, English Doubles, Eskimos, !thecit-Londes. Aud o hundred Mt other mat ert 010-some of theta MNTIKELY 117E1W, All of them • .EXCE.EDINGLif ;Kr We will receive visitors from a A . g. to 9 P. and cordially luilte . gentlemeti,aud ladiesvo pond R few :fitments in loolaug through our The Chestnut Street Clothing House, 818 and 820 Chestnut Street JOHN AVANAJVIAKER. • u,PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE Phormavy:—The forty-ninth mutual course ofLec tures, in this institution will commence on 'FRIDAY, October lst, and will be , continued until the dose of February. Lectures on MONDAY. WE DNFItIDA and FIiIDAY' of eery weelt, at seven and eight o - elock Oeneial Introductory Lecture. by'Professor 40IIN M. AfAISCH. at T& o'clock P. 3T. • • . Matriculation Tlcketa may be obtained from the Sec retary;' se29-3t§ BIBLE LECTURE. tirp , HALL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSQUIA.- _. TIOR;1210 CHESTNUT STREET. CHARLES E. LEX, Dig.. will lecttum To•goullow .EVENING, at ti o'clock. Subject—"Nnaman the Syrian.'.- 7 -2d Rinse Sih chap. All are welcome. Young men eapecially'invited; Union Prayer Meeting every Saturday evening. e292i§ . - BAPTIST , BOMB OKBEILAD,BL PM A .--A public meeting of the Baptists of Phila delphia will be held at the First liaptist Church, corner of Broad and Arch streets, on THURSDAY BYBNING, 30th instant, at MI o'clock. Rev. Drs. .Magoon Board -man,-Henson, .IlandOlph and- others will - deliver „ad- All arcscordially invited to attend ozic, LADIES' FAIR IN AID OF THE new church Of - SC Charles Borromeo, Rev. James OTteiller, Pastor, at Concert Ball, commencing MON DAY, 4th Oetober,lB/39. Tickets, 10 cents. Beason tickets, 25 cents. t. se29-12t*. WAICTED—TO' RENT A . PEW IN noir, TrlultyOhurch. Address PEW. Box 2830 Post-office. • - • .- ge2o 2trp, r • G:.9 LD 'AT NE IV YORK-41c r.v,ey earaWr—.at And Locust'. 'lniported Cigarei a specialty. Fresbi goods f,rorn the new 'ere)) of tobacco just received. ' ' se2Bz3tr - STATE , RIGHTS FOR, State rights of a valuable invehtioniastuatented a • designed 'for the slicing, cutting and chipping n/ dried beef .cabbage to., are hereby; offered for Bale. It Ilan article of great value to proprietor', of hotels and -restaurants, and it should be intirMuctxl into every fam ilv State rights for sale, can „be seen at the , telegraph office, voonerla _ ingp-tf§. HI MUNDY ORMILIN, "--• - 1109 - GrEtAIIIYSTREET. ' 11.09! TUBE_ tIII, ntssikNi 4ND' iICROJIIEiI ? BATHS , 4 %: t) eA .Depititm'obta tor Laciete: " •• A jlltthe oven ,from 6A,M. to 9P,..111,. . r pltf rA qWILLS OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL .pe 'RACE ABOVE EIGHTEENTU SEBEET., ey • n daily at 11 A. M: for treatment of ,ahiettiee Of the ATTENDING SURGEON, ' ' Dr. GEOBGE 0, HARLAN, 1300 Chestnut street„ • , • • • VISITING MANAGERS,' • HENRY DAVIS E , 363 North Third street . : ' • NWLIN , PIERCE; 601 Earth Soventlietreet. ROBERT 00ANE,1637 Girard avenue., , • ' • • • '• . •• • • ••, JY3-e w trip§ 3'. E. GOULD, N0..92;3 CHEST UT 'street, is selling_Steok 1 Mir's and Ifintes Pianos and Mason 4 Hamlin'aptb!net Organs nearly as tow as at any forther time: au27-tf HOWARD HOSPITAZ, 'NOS. 4518 and, 1520 LOmbard otreot,Disperiaary „Departtnent' D °Medi troatmentataly!ediciirparniel!e4gratuitouply go the DoOr• „ . , , . ._ . . ~,. • . . . . ~. . . - ____ -.. _. ......._ ~...-. i ~ ....... . - '• '' ".- : .. 14 ` - ' '-: ,'' ~eilef.r.,- . .., ....... ~. . . ..,.. .... ~ .• , . . ' . " '. ; ..7 ;. . ' . 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CHARLES J. imi.rias 'Ai folliowhig , „ AT CAMDEN COUNTY' COURT HOUSE, TUESDAY; tieptemlier'2lo% P. M. 6 ' Tho Ladies aro Inytted• to attend." FRIDAY, ociaier WATERFORD. SAIORDAY, October 2,2 P. 81., At People'xMass Convention, Chew Land -1,119, N. , eeZ toc2l OD -I!IF ,EENI HL WA RD. MEETING • cOP TUE Republican '6 - tlzeits 41' , 'Ithe 15th Ward, favorable: to the toil:nation of trckitt tihfch will Com manttho auppott of intelligcnt Votc.ra, mill he held on • e Wethiesdal Dienitig, 29th instant; At kalf-past 7 o'clock, at the IVITSSION"R(3OM,' .Yorth side, of' Biandiitt;ine; above PY:teentli Street 00!'' Hthir,s; ItepOlfcan PIPER AND LIBRARY STREETS* ; , ,fießl wL,ur.29, 1869 1. 31em.,bern rill nssemhleat Headquarters on THURS DAY EVEIONG; Bent: bO, P 362; at 7 o'clo4; sharp, for Parade, and to attend the Republican Mae., Meeting in Abe Trenty-fourtit Ward . - `ll, Equiptfients fortiale at the Hail day and evening. By order of GEORGE TRiThIAN, an., -•- , • • . - ' . ' ' • • ' • Chief Marshal. CALEB K. lifcCanatoN,/ CALEB B. HIMBEtt, be29•2trips -.- t;EOTHINC;I.- . • OBE-?RIOE` ,CLOTHING HOUSE, ."'• 604 ' :;:. .•,,' M4x - W-ET STREET; PHILADELPHIA. First Class Ready-Made Clothing, suitable' fot.4 '46'easpli4 Nam/. • • illso,--iillandsonio Mite Piece Goods for Cus loTa.4lork. : GEO. W Pritugiiiithins:— • Proprietor MIBUOTATIM - 010. 4,,j ginated - the anestheticse of ' NITROUS OXIDE, OR LAUGHING GA B, • AO demote their tvlsole Ume and: Factice tp axtra n tine teeth withont pain. , Office, Eighth szui Walnut street 4; : ar42o/7 DR.- FAEL—THONAI3 I —THE -LATE rator at the Dolton Dental Association, ia how the only one in Pigladelphialsho devotee his'entire time and 'practice to extracting teeth e absolutely Without pain. by fresh nitrous oxide gas; : Wilco, No. 1027 Walnut streets. • • , • nilIE.-/Yrti i 01114: CUITNIP,'BUILJ)ER, 1731 ERESTNET STREET, • and 213 LODGE STREET- . • Mechanics of every branch required for house-building and fitting promptly furnished. - 'POSTS AND BAILS, POSTS AND RAIt,S, .1_ all styles. Four-hole, square and half round posts. Shingles—Long and short,. heart and sap, 30,0 W feet first common hoards. • . • , Shelving, lining and store-11 tin g material made a spe cialty. . NICIIOLSOWS; mys-tfrp Seventh and Carpenter streets. ri WARBIJRTPN'S VE t Hated and elmy-fitting Dress Hats (patented) in all the approved fashions of tho Beaton., Chestnut street, next door to the Post-OfElee. ocd-tfrp 3IBERS' AIELTING POTS,VARIOU LL Eitel of tnelting ladles, and Gas Fitters' Pluntb ere Pipe Hooks, for sale by TRUMAN S. SHAW. No. 835 (Eight thirty-five) Market street, below Nlntlr. TrEyS,ROR LOCICS, NIGHT LATCH.ES, I 'Padlock!. Vtt &e.—A. -large variety, and other Loekendths' Hardware, for sale by TRUMAN & SIIAW. No. b'il;t Eight thirty.ilve) Market street, below Ninth. : P &AL R. TAYLOR, 11 - PERFUMERY, AND TOILET SOAPS., 441 and 643 North Muni street. M4.GAZIN DES MODES. ••• Jou WALNUT STREET. , • MRS. PROOT6R Cloak's Walking Sults, Silks L , . , Dress Goods, Taco Shawls, Ladies' Underclothing and Ladies' Furs Dresses made' to tr.easure in Twenty-four Hours. LIQUID BENNET.—• • ' A MOST CONVENIENT • AlencLE for making JUNKET or, CURDS and WHEY in a few minutes at trifling expensa._ Made' from freak rennete, a_pd catsup reliable. JAMES T. SHLNN, .le9,ttrPD ' , Broad and Spruce streets.' 111 - AIILING'WITH - INDELIBLE INK. ;al 'Embroidering, P. Braiding, Stamping, &o. e. • . : • M. A. TOY. MOO Yilbert street. AMIJSKI!=NTS. ' =Formosa ; or, the Railroad to Ruin, will be repeated at the Arch Street Theatre. —At Miss. Laura Keene's' Chestnut Street Theatre, this eve,ning, Charles Reade's drama, Rachel the Raper, will be repeated. We can heartily'recommend this play to our :readers as One of the most beautiful modern and, entertaining of modern dramas. It is full'of simplepiathoS, kindly sentiment, genuine feeling, and withal it is b 0 deeply interesting that the spectator follows the development of the story- with ut most sympathy. it is placed, upon the stage handsomely, and Miss Keene's - excellent com= papy act,it, as well wit can be done. e may mention the•ninsio-of -Mr. Mark Hassler's or , chestxa is not thp . ,leest of the attractions at, this theatre. ' '• . , -Eclwinßoothhwiil,appear.as " Hamlet" at the .-Wilnue this • evening.; The remaining nights of the week will be devoted to the fol-' lowing pla On , Thursday, The Lady, of " 0 1 1 VridaY l 3f,tich Ado About Nothing on Saturday , night, The ',Merchant of. Venice. There will be a matinee On 'Saturday, when Mych Ado 21.hout Nothing will-be repeated. —On Monday evening xext the Parep,a- Rosa English Opera Troupe' wilt begin an en , gagement the Academy of Musie with Marztana. The company includes Miss Hersee, an English Binger of considerable reputation, charming Mrs. Seguin, ,Messra. Castle, Camp-. bell, bell, Seguin, Henry, Nordblom, , Albert - Lau. ram°, and 'others' of lesser fame:- The sale of. Seats will 'begin on- Thursday morning next at nine o'clock. —At' the New Eleventh Street ,q.pein . lEOuee' --.6thicress & Dixers" , Minstrels- ,give au • excellent taiOttel,perfOrmatoex . THITADELPHI4, ~ W EDN.EBPAY 13PTEMBYR; 29,`1863: L. • 1 , l'avrgrEn 140.4 AtimE. teorresiondence of the rust;E141:1111C Bulletin .1 • ' .Itoain, Sept. 1., 1861: - - The Pope has decided that the 'Exposition, whichl mentioned in my last letter of Angina 10, 1860,,ii to behAld in the grand old 'cloister of Michael Angelo, at 'the, church Of llanta Maria (lea 'Angell, which is in ,the Paths of . Diocletian, near the railway station..,,, Ladita are, never admitted to this cloister;, therefore, I am well pleased at this"decision, for I bare always wished to see it and the huge cypresses which , grow, -.arena(' the fountain in , the centre, and which' were planted by, Michae l Angeio himself when he was transforming t7l Pil p . • Buchanan Bead has been invited to pre pare a picture for this Exposition by the Di rectors. Randelph ROgers is also to be asked to Send a pteee of sculpture. Healy and some oiber'of our great artists will - undoatedly be represented there, and I am sure Ameri- Can art will have no need to blush in the presence of the other schools. Only objects of Christian art and industry will be admitted to the Exposition, such, as worksofmetallurgic , paintings, sculpture n d' glyptic art, weaving; ,embroidery,'Sce. This Exposition will afford a chance to compare the forms of sacred ornaments used ill differ-' ent countries, and by this means ,the forma may be Made, to ,harmonize. Unity seems to be one of the great desires, of the day. SO eager are, we to have' it , that sometimes , the struggles in pursuit of union remind me ,of the old Irish mot have peace if I :have to fight for it !" " Poor. HotchkiSs. is dead. The sad .news; reached Rome by telegram from Messina, near 'where he died a' - week ago. The artist had gone to Sicily for the; summer, partly for his health and, partly for study. Tilton was with him. They were.dining together. Aft' er l dinner Hotchkiss did not feel well, anti went to he down. A few moments after Tilton heard a kmicking in his friend's room. • He 'went in'• and found the , poor man bleeding from 'lds( mouth,; in twenty minutes lie was dead.l . Hotchkiss wasn charming landscape painter.: There was in Ids pictures that• peculiar tender ns of touch and soft feeling which lielongito: consumptive genius. - He executed - with happy; expressiOn a bit of-an-old church and a foun-c, fain with a vine over it, or a. cloister 'with.' some ctypresses or bays,throngh the leair'es and t branches of which there Caine sifiing 111 this tle-, licions Italian sunlight; like powdered gold:, and amber.: , My clever arcbreolo,,, , rical friend, 31r... Lan data; bas just sent me from Pesaro, a delight-. fel description df the , great musicalfites latelY eillebrated at that place. They began , the' 4st• of August'and ended the 25th. - Rossini left a' legacy of two million francs to his nativei town, Pesaro, to found there aj.ninsical nniver; bity.' This was the (muse of this ;splendid fes4 tival, the like of which does not often• occur ins a lifetime. Among the ,choristers, were singers,wli take the first' parts in operaaat , Paris and Bill Petersburg, such as 3fnie, Stolz, the ;great soprano ; the contralto; Mine. Voreolini ;•thd tenor, Graziani ; the' baritones, Graziani, Co told andd Yecehi, and'' the basso, .Angelini. The chorusses were composed of one hundred professors, directed by the'celebrated Mariani; who was sent by Verdi to act. in his place, as the great composer was too ill , to be present. In the orchestra figured Brizzi, Sfolgia and a liobt of other celebrities. ' ; Thelirst - day ClfertibiltialTmass was Sung. •The next day Rossini'S ,S'tabat Mater Met with the grandest sort of seccess. 'The effect of Mme. Stolz's.voice - in ,the,. Inflannita- Ms, as it 'rose triumphantly: up, the voices Of her Peers and the instruments of the orchestra, is said to have been, something ahnost superhuman, and when,. Brizzi's trum pet passage, which calls the dead to judg . went, "In die judici,"-was played,' so solemn watithissublime explosion, of harmony that the Whole audience, by an instinctive nieve merit, rose to: , its feet. The Stabi - it was re- Peatcd on Monday, and on Wednesday the feStiVal was closed by an licademia, in which all the great artists fookpart. - - Every composition by Itossini was given; from the drawing-room duet, ".Mira larbianea lune," to the great , trio . of . William, ',Tell. 'Then the President of the.ComMiSsiOn.,.delivered a , short discourse,. thanked' , the -great artists present, and gave to' `each one a gold -corn . memoration medal The whole allitir was conducted well, and is considered a grand success. There were other entertainments, such as,dinners and suppersi'and fine band . playing,' which I have net 'space - to mention in detail. Mine.BesSini . ,Was among the dis tinguished persons in,the audience. . I see in some . American papers an, - account stating that Liszt, Fetie and Sain d'Arod have. sent in reports to one of the Council Commit 7 tees uPon" the notation of plain chem." I am - assured by the best authority'.thatthere is no foundation for this account. As soon as .1 can gather anything rational and interesting on this church music subject, .I will send it to yon..' The tWo . hrst-numbers of It Pa/Or/nu nave made their appearanee,.and. are before me on my book-table. -For the present I had rather not say anything about the journal, or on this vexed subject. One set of musicians is too learned, another too light, and- what seems to be needed is a nineteenth century Pitiestrina, who shall . bring light out of all this darknesss,and good sense.in the place Of so much tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee. • .A.hhe Liszt has gone to Munich, to, be present at the Bist representation of his friend Wagner's ,opera Rheingolci. He returns to Home the 15th-of September. —The Ledger this morning contains this sin gular advertisement: Mrs. Anna 'Maria Kalil, fortnerly Van 13riessen, born Stuivenberg, natif from Amsterdam, in ,Hella,nd, and who leaves that country in, the summer of 1855; for Pittsburgh, in -the State of"Peunsylvania, is prayed for to send her address in the quickest delay to the Conntinnalllounsel ofGerushach, in the• Grand Duchy of Baden, - with the allow ance her son Anton 'Van 13riesseti , could mar- —Thomas tlarlyle s grederick the Second is pronounced by Professor Von ,SYbel,,one of the greatest historians of> Germany, to be a book unworthy of being balled a history. —Offenbach has gone' to' 'ltaly, Whore •ho , will write a long tragical opera in five acts, in the style , of Verdi's compositions. As a com poser of opera bovre,Offenbabh is :utterly played out., - - • ouit WHOLE cOvirrity. ANNt-BUEWSTEU THE CUBAN REVOLITirkIiN. latorjr of • the Cuban •-Negotiations—. Cuban Independence to be. Recognized About fletolper 1. ' • The Nevi York Sun has the following itupor tent article s The amount of false reports and; delusive telegrams set afloat in Madrid, London, Wat ingtou and New York concerning , the. Cuban negotiations between the Government of the United :States and that of. Spain, is some thing „wonderful. Most of the statements upon this subject, in Spanish, French, Eng ibh "abd American journals, during the past tWO reens, have been errcincouth ; many ertheiri have been altogether 'untrue. The writerit who have professed to elucidate the nation 'have often only obscured ;it; until helieve. • ut having ascertained the-real his tory of these important transactions, and their present condition, "ire nowpropose stateit in sufficient detail to render it intelligible I• General Sickles was presented to General Serrano at La Granja on the.•2Bth of July last. liis first business interview with `•the Spanish Mit:ill:der for Foreign Affairs; •did not,opeur till a day or two afterward. The special object of his mission was accordingly not touched upon till about the first of August. ',That 'special ob jeCt, 'course, was Cuba; and 'the proposals be . bad to make were those which; as we have learned" from Mr. Lernius, had been agreed upon hetween him and Mr.-Fish.' •They were substantially as follows : • . • The Spanish Government to acknowledge the hule pendence of Cobs, and to withdraw all armed authority mlho island, and all the volunteers to be disarmed. 14, The Cubans are to indemnify Spain for all Spanish ilropert on the island, such as casties,• custom-houses, lofts and arsenals, The amount of indemnification In each case to be determined by an appointed feint Con% mission of au equal number of Cubans and Spaniards, *Rhein umpire from sonic other nation, but in no • case .will a grenter amount than 8100,000 AV be allowed. • 111. Slavery is to be abolished on the island. IV As soon ay these propositions are accepted by both. parties hostilities are te cease; and the United, States Government will guarantee the fulfilment of the agree ment to both parties. Gen. Sickles has,been instructed to say, in delivering these proposals, that there Was a - great pressure of public opinion in the United btates which would ultimately compel the Government to recognize theindependence of Cuba, unless the subject could be previously disposed of by negotiation; and tin:it:the • Go vernment could not undertake to refrain front action for a longer period than thirty days,vr until about the lOth of September,-This period - he subsequently extended for twenty days, longer, or until about thelst of October next —Friday of this week. This time will accord ingly be.out within a week fiom this day, and when it is out the Administration is , pledged to xecortnize the hulependence of Cuba, or to mko seine other action tbat be•equallyetrective, ii her behalf. But let us return to the history • , ofthe negotiations. The Sp - aniSh Gokernment - replied to the. overtures of Gen:Sickles by submitting, aboirt theist of September,- .the following counter' proposals 1 The CaibanA to lay crown their arms..• • • 11. - Spain to grant a general amnesty': to the initair-. .sentif:: • • Cuba to pay Spoil/:fur all the swinish. 4rotierty'l "::on the isleat, and for all the property ot• loyal Spaniiirds• destroyed by the insurgents • -• • ••••-: •, • IV. Suffrage to be grouted to all the population of tile' Yshaiid,so that the people may have an opportunity to de cide whether they will remain with Spain, or. whether, they, prefer to be separate nod independent. • N. 'Spain wjll,gua ratite(' full protection_lo Snell of the' .IThsurtents:! ,, i may be selected to come through the lines of the Spanish nny,for thepur pose Grit-eating with the' '•representatives• of the Spanish tiovernment for fe settle- , went on the basis of these propositions. , • • • 11.• The United States to guaranteelp Spain' the pay— '-xcent of Cuba's proportion ofthe Spanish priblle debt. ' These conditions , were . promptly and .de- Tisivelyrejected by 31r..Fit4t. who instructed .Gert:Sickies to inform the.Spanisli Govern ment tbat ; onty- the, original. terms. would be acceptable as a basis for negotiatieri. • • The' nett nonantuffeation • came' more promptly.; being telegraphed Gen. Sickles about. Septi.ls:' -The new project of the Span , ish rulers was as follows: I. The fevoltediCubans to lay-down their arms. II: The Spantith Government to di s arm and disband the volunteera, leaving Spanish regulars as the only troopsin the 111. A universal amnesty to be proclaimed, all exiles to have the right to return,political prisoners to be set free, confiscated estates-to be .restored .to their former owners, and all persons deprived of any civil rights for political Yeasons to be invested with them once more. - - - IV7 -- A - n - electiontcrite - heldirreubiefordeputietr - to-the - Spanish Cortes. V. The Spanish Executive Government to pledge itself to support In the Cortes whatever settlement of the .Cuban question the deputies from Cuba may desire: If they want independence t the Government will favor that ; if they should decide) in favor of a sanarafe ad' ministration; with ;u. Governor appointed by Spain, a. " Legislature chosen in Cuba, soda responsible Ministry —the system now practised in the British colOnies--,the nevernment will bind Itself to use it , whole Influence in , the Cortes in favor of adopting that system. This ,was.alao rejected by Mr. Fish, and Gen. Sickles was further directed to inform the Spanish Government that-the United 'States Were not anxious to mediate between the par ties, and that. as Spain seemed unwilling to consider any practicable terms, the attempt to mediate .Might be regarded as abandoned. This leaves no negotiation on:foot, but it iloes not withcreine the notice that on or about the Ist of Uctobe the .United States Grovernment. would '.be compelled by the state of public opinion in this country recognize ; the mdependefice of Cuba. That is still in force, and is morally .0611g:dory upon General Grant's Administra . • 1 n tins cOniplication,what is likely to be the ` - effect of Mr: inoVe2-: Spain will muterstand. that all proposals, requiring the Cutans to lay &Wit their antis are out of the question; and' that soma • new plan must be lound unless sheineanif driVe 'United Slates to a -'courad' by . -which she would lose . Cuba without' , ziny indemnity whatever. Where cane such a plan- be found ? What proposal can' Spain 'make which will 'relieve her from -the •necessity of treating with the Cubans, and•yetwill avoid the 'danger that is before her There 1, but oue—a sale of the ! I island to the United States. That we Suppose will be thelaektproposal of- Prim and Ser- Tana. Thia Will not be' hable. to the objections which have atticlied.to the projects already submittedTrem Madrid ; and if it is made in a spirit of tolerable fairness as to the price, we think Mr. - Fish ought tel entertain it, and to extend the.limit within - Which'in default of a peacefasettlement, lie has promised to take • deciSive action upon the subject as will remove it„forever from the sphere of diplo macy.. , .• • SPAIISJI BtTCHEIRIES. Murder of Women and Children. A correspondent writing from Havana of the Spanish butcheries Says:. ' Of the atrocities concerning which you speak uo idea of them can be exaggerated. I k.now nothing [of the 'details as given in the newspapers ..,donbtless many of them are/in correct; but fact that appalling barbarities are habitual .on both sides cannot be ques tioned.. - A,4foeigner - .resident near Bayaino since the commencement of the striiggle,while acknowledging l that .he, was personally well treated by Valmasedfi, states that his horrible proclamation AV AO literally carried, out. 'he day,following its promulgation , , and before it became known - to the . people, a body of 100• troops were sent' out. Approaching a ranch, the following conversation would occur be tween the commanding•ollicernmathe citizen: Officer 2— WllY kaVe . you not-the white flag over your house? . Oitizen—.l don't 'kniyvv , ;'whrt you mean, by the white Hag. . .• . , • Oflicer (to hiSmen)—Take him out and shook him. Antliio Nvitis.Shot down like a dog, in the presende:Ohis terrifiCtt wife and children. Again, in answer,to the question concerning the flag, the Citizen responds, ‘! If I piit it , up 'theinsurgents.will shoot me.' . '• • • • younot• come in then? Citizen The insurgents would shoot me on • the road: l ., r L , t • : ' - Officer Take him out and shoot him. ,_Agaiiithootlicerlnquires , for grain, cattle'. ~. . `:~:. • or tither etippliee. I have nono;'eaystithe'leit- 4 'en;. the insurgents ,hO,Ve•taltelf..everythiag fro)n me. _ • vou gliv it to ihemo - • "" Citizpii—No, sir, I dfd not; illey took It .. Officer—Shoot hem. • . On approaching those houses When the Men were al*.ent the women were :` called, and 'the fact of absence being ascertained, evcry;oeise was immediately. , buialed to tho.. ground ;end 1 th •w the inmates, en,omen, little ones, children in arms, ordered to proceed' to Ilayamo or Jiguani, of times'ldany miles distant, with,reci , i aid provision '; for food' or 'shelter on the way. From these dreary cavalcades many laid down: by the roadside ; and died,: and :others, were .ht, hear t..._ _ met by insurgent gangs, who Maltreated them% for endeavoring ' '-^^mi the Roootc , -- . _. _. __lg TPflen. lines. Of the horrible outrages on per petrated ' the • defenceless women they maybe imagined, not de.scribed: ' Those families concerning which the Spanish papers so vauntingly speak as coming to Valmaseda for protection are of those so; ruthlessly mur dered by his soldiers, and, their houses de stroyed have been compelled to come to him. So horrible was this carnival of blood that,the soldiers finally refased to go out, exclaiming : We are sick of brains and 'blood."' 'Thence forward the men were brought in rather than• shot, down. Fearful's& is; this picture, it <lit that of an eye-witness, a foreigner,, and one whose personal interest would'be enhanced by the succe.s.4 of the Silattishicanse. THE*.IftEtAISTIZY LAW. Another Dispute -.Attack upon the `Elm" tion Offiters- --Petition to Set Aside the Appointments. COMMON , PLEAS-L-JudgeB Ludlow; Peirce and Brewster.—Thia morning., a . question of 'considerable interest was argued in the Com nion Pleas, involving the 'legality of the ap pointments made by the .Board of Aldermen of election officers. The ease cane up upon a petition filed by : Wm. Conway, Thomas Sailer, James Samuel C. Thompson, and others, "houSeholders and 7 qualified electors in the Fourth di - Vision of the Fifth Ward of, the City 'of Philadelphia." The petition alleges that the Board of Aldermen has disregarded. - _.section.._ of :Registry : :law: in the appointment! of officers. election ocers. 'The . petitioners aver that "said:Board should' exercise this power as a whole, and in con-: junction - With : those members of 'said Board: 'who are of the Ward to which the diviSion which your petitioners are honseholders and: electors as aforesaid belongs, and that said: power of choke should not be made by the persons of which, the Board is composed .act ing separately from the rest; whereas your petitioners Show thatthe members Of the said Board,not than - ling the aldermen or the Fifth' Ward,- met individually at, a time not an ,- pointed by the Said Board, and did agree - and Icombine among themselves that r':the said . Board, as such should: net, make xchoicq of, officers ;within the Meaning and intent of said act, but that the choice of 'Said officers insaid division.!should be previolOy roade by them as individuals, and, as members of the Beard, voted' for at its!appointed session.. Anil your petitioners ftnther show thatipursuant to said unlawfoleeMbinal;ion. the Mimes Of! °filters for said divisionS were presented :by Alder-! man' ones, with five• names' for 'each tifthe other divisions of this cityYxcept those.of : the Twelfth • and Twenty-eighth Wards, at an ap-: pointed session, of said Board,onthesixth day of, September; it369,,a1l of whom were 'ehosens by the votes of the same persons whO'had'be fere, in their separate! individual . c.apacity; combined and agreed, to. prevent a lawful I choice by the Board OS such aforesaid; and i your petitioners Anther, show that by thei return at the la.sf,ginieral eleetion, as the saute -of-record-in-the-office of the Prothou , tary of this court, there was a majority' of the : legal rates polled in said' diVision for the candidates popularly known as. those of, the einoerancparty. Your petitioners therefore pray that said appointment of officers' may be revised s tinclf revoked, and other persons duly Qualified may be-appointed." • In response to this petition David' Bottler,' one of" the Aldermen; for himself, and as " President of the , Board , of.• Aldermen;. an swers: - ..'That it is true that the Aldermen of the city, of Philadelphia were created by act of Assembly'a Board with 'powers and ditties alleged in the said ..petition,: and lie believes that the said Board, in the performance of their duties, should act unitedly." 'HO denies ' the allegation "that the nieMbers of the - said Board. not including the! A Mermen Of the Fifth Ward; met individually, at a' time not appointed by the said: Board, and agreed and' combined „among ,themselves that the said Board* such, should not make a choice of of! ficers Within the meaning and intent Of the said act, tint thatthe choice ofsaid officers in said division should be - Made by them as indi viduals." . He also denies that there was any agreement or, combination to prevent a choice of election officers in any manner whatsoever. • Thia respondent denies that the members ' of aid Board unlaWfully combined for , any purpose, and especially for the • purpose.' of • choosing the .officers -for conducting the election. lie admits the averment that in, pursuance of a resolution offered by Alderman Jones,' of the ;Shah Ward, the election officers for the various ili visions of Philadelphia, exeept parts of the ' Tweltthand TWenty-eighth wards were chosen; but he.deniee that the persons so chosen as election officers had been agreed on bY . the members of the said Board in their individual capacity, and ho also denies that the said mem hers in such capaelty.eorubined'and -agreed to prevent a lawful choice by the said Board :of Aldermen. Restates that in pursuance of the provisions of the said act Of Assembly the said Board of Aldermen,iii every instance, selected one jtioge, one inspector and one return in spector from the political party which polled the majority of legal votes in the election . division for which they - were appointed at the hist 'general election, and the other•inspeetors .were selected from the politiealparty, , which polled the next highest number of ;votes in the said division, and accordingly, such officers were selected from the . Democratie party in ' the Fourth Diviaion • of the Fifth Ward, , wherein the petitioners state, that they are electorS; and where said party is in the, majority. He further states that to the ,best of his knowledge and.informti-'. Lion and belief, themajority of the' members of , the Said Board have ende,airored faithfully to perform - theirdrities• as prescribed by the said Act 'of AsVenably; that they have din , - gently inquired into .the qualifications of the' persons who ,:had been proposed as election officers, and he believes that the officers chosen by the said Board are superior in moral Char- actor, , education. and. ability to those who' usually wereelected by the people ; and should- - it be shtiwn. to your honors that unqualified persons have beenchosen for any Divisien,the• prayethat,you will rectify such errors.".. • . At the opening of the Court,Judges Ludlow and Peirce Were on the bench, but at.the sug gestioncif Judge third judge' was sent for,.and Judge BreWrster appeartat The argument was then commeeced by .IVm.L: 4irst for the petitioners. Petitiou and answer were read; after which 3fr:'llirsf read peti tion by canvassers, asking for advice inregard to the , resolution of the Board 'of Aldermen, requiring the , •canvassers to issue .aubpconas for parties soPposed to be Improperly regis '7', ..'f _: 7 ~' . =MEE THE COURTS PAt,O.t.. , .''ttil'itt; , .•6•*...s.;:-., - ,• , tereet. eanra.siers iu 9Pe54 6 . 11 .447,' , t* right theYßoard of ' In answer to this Mr.'DfoPste;'''Ut h b' , rore- , Dente l the I'o:p.::dents, ealittler was--,no tessity for a eUscussionlcifthifilMt'qitestionAl le admitted that the Board. of .A.lderinen - :- had no right to instruct the can vassers,and,:', there,- fore, these officers needpay..no itttentloll, to this resolution.. • •••.: Mr. Hirst said he'woilla like to have lie' vision of the Ceurt upon this poipt; as` the re 3-: solution'had beep sent. to every canvasses Me.' Hirst proposed to call witnemes'itusupto port of his first , petition.: :1 - Mr. Dropsie opposed this, as the answers' traversed every averment in the petition, amt . lie did" not understand how , the' Court,cetdeliF hear testimony at bar All OLiS Cage,r Mr. 7lirst said - fixis •as a,test ,petition, and wag designed to affect the appointmenti by the Board of Aldermen. "Ile wished to show that. Alderman Jones presented neatly 1,50(11 1, 'names, which'were passed inless than fifteen. mimites, and-without coPsultation Ma: Democratic aldermen. • . ' • -- - . Judge Peirce , suggested . .that. the.couniel :begin by showing. what power.this court-has in tb)4 matter. Mr. Hirst, in reply,' read the 215tlikectilitierf the registry act "That the' Judge's' ,of , the Court of Commen Pleas for -the county of 'Philadelphia ;shall ;have power, .to revise all appointments of electlen canvassers ; and - ele& tion offiters mad e hytheilicerclof Aldermen for 'any-election division," &c. thlisection he asked the court to revise, the. acts . of; the Board W.Eildermen in this precincty and if it is decided that the appointmeritk. were in-' proper leire,it will effect ev'er,,,V division... ." Judge Peirce-4 , understand ithat you wish to show that before the Board, of ..,41dernieut, met, certain, members met and agreed Alma certain 'tames,. and then presented thenciat the 'regular 'meeting, and that these were ac- opted. Does your allegation go further this,: Mr.Hirst-4 wislito'preve all the averments in our petition. . • . Judge Brewster said he did -not`-think this Court bad any poweri`except to revise the • pointments, anti this extended to a case where the appointee - was disqualified. But where he was qualified, but, his, selection,nnule out of the usual, way, the Court could not, interfere.' If the newspaper reports of the proceedings • of the Board of Aldermen were tolie relied upon, there:were some Members of that Board that could be consulted with! • • • Mr. Hirst contended tha,t the act of. Asse mbly gave to the Court expressed. power.. roil have the right to go into the very body of the appointments. The 25th sectiOn declares that the said judges shall be satisfied' that the trite intent-and meaning' of this act has been-: disregarded by the, said Board of Alderthen in any of the saidnppointifients, or that any person of disreputable character , or want of proper education' or capacity for the proper performance of the duties of, the office., has been,- appointed a', division • canvasser or election officer, it shall The the, duty of the said ' sitting i .. - - . , in ,a , court•of revisiort to revelteleverysuc'h anpoint- Inent; and till the vacancy tbereby;occasioned by -the appointment of some , other person,','Suo„ No one can pretend that in the selection of the officers here the, true intent and Meaning Of , the act, was complied with. Ile' propose to show that at, a separate meeiting'of the Aldeot men these niunes -were "put through" withciut consultatibnwith other aldernien, and in some instances in the selectioris Republicans were nominated as Demeerats. If the Board, butt acted fairly-, and had given time for examina tion and consultation, thiq' applicanien would never have been made to this". Court. f3orne of-the men selected for the Democrats are in competent; ,some cannot read, or write,- are tom old and infirm,and will,be; tools In the hands or, designing men on the other side; mid its mayr; - be stated that.the- selections on that side are • made with reference to this feet., 'He wished to show by . testimony what was done-by these , Alclermen in ;their, individual 'capacity. Let:, at least one balf of this community know how their right's were disregarded bythis Board of Judge Peirce said that in reading the poti-, tion-be-understood,-thet--certain-inembers-O the Botirdmet in.advance of the ineeting'and agreed that they, would vote for certain per sons, and that theY did go into the ',Meeting mid did so vote. 'ls - that 'au improper act? Cannot ineri intrusted with a' -great: public trust consulttogether and determine who are the best men to select for the performance ,p 1 a great public duty? And can such a meeting be considered: unlawful coMbiriation.? In re gard to'iliennestion of the power of the Celia, he lieht that if there:Was an allegation that the olli ems in the Fourth ilivisibn of the •Fifth Ward Were ilisqualified,'he would be in favor of examining into the question./. Judge Brewster said the. authority of the . Court was, limited to two cases : where the true intent and meaning of the act, luta ~ been disregarded ; and second, ,where the of- . tender is' disqualified. The true 'intent' and Meaning oft,he . act is -t both political ,par ties sluilibe represented ambit; the election , officers. if the petition had averred that this bad not been reg,agded . ,:our doors ought to. be thrown wide open for the fullest,examination.. if there is the slightest taint of _suspicion, ,he would be fav6r,„of_setting aside the selections. and givi oth p a rti es ,a repre-wina hon.' If there was an averment of the selettiott of a 'disreputable pliaraeter, Scc., there , sliould ~be'' an • examination.' But shall we . ViaNt the, liciard,of. Aldermen a lecture , upon legislative' business ;:tbat they shall not hold; acations ;. that their shall. not Call the.previOlLS 'question. or th that e individual membets shall,Otstie,ak . :• longer than a certain time? "Where etild'wet, stop ? For this 'reason ho was Opposed •to entering upon this investigation.: , • Judge LudloW said therm were many, things,' aboutthe law that were just, provided that,. they were properly,done.' Perhaps the real,, object ofthe draughtsnian of this law ,Was. to, give this Court the power that would magi,.,, any imaginable case ; for • the.tliith, section. % de daresthat if the intent or Ow' net bag 'been:dis regarded, the JudgeS'may review the pro.teed ings. • He could, not., agree with his ! tOther Brewster that the "intent" °tithe act- was re gardedby ignoring theminority thetpard. There May be such conduet,of all tho mem bers 'of the Board. .as to bring actabefore the Court. The case 'can' be Imagined, where some of the -members, by an,, adroit scheme in caucus, bind their own, political. friends in onerrsessioni and go ,to the • extent of acting altogether fraudulently., Here is an, assertion that., the ,members of.._ the: Board, did not aCtlegall,y. This is denied, and while he recogni4ed the right of, the 'members to meet in caucus, that s 6 done map take from the minority every right which' the jaw gave them. • ' • " At the close ,of the case ALT. Drop*. pre', sented xtumber of petitions , for revisiona, appointapents' on the „ground of disqltahlim cation. tr Hirst, asked the Court to fix si:uay for ~,V; hearing thesei a-sit was probable he. 'aho•plet.'il he at least one hundred and tifty similar -• petidons. ' Judge Peirce--"We ought to ask-11,0,430a- lature to appoint du election Coautt"', '*••1 , airsl.l- , ..And give the Unapt 'OP;'4„lder.- . men the right to appoint the Jiidgea-k l ; 2 • . After consultation,. Judge ' , "Ladietw an nounced that the Euit*Algument fiat - would be postponed until October Bth thia4-thitt thin - Court'would meet to-mortoW, to to:iav' dies* petitions. .' • , —New York is generally considered a fast city, but ono of its magazines for next 'month. publishea an sailele oti "Wily the l'eace-Jiabi lee was a Musicterleallure." • This question. will he all the bardei to answer, becatise it t taamtit t failure, ' ~ ....5., ; ,,, . .....::,'1',* ' 4: 1' 1P - 4 4 ....:7 ,.- :::ntt .. . ,. .'t ,, t 71 .t ; . .y......ifAoPg .. -..-.... , , , .: .. .i, , .. :) , :,.,414 , 444;i:4 • .-., ;.;.'?.At -, e_. , :' , ' , . ---- _,,,,.....?),.:-.!,•,..?',•;k' T;`l,:(!f.'4-1.;:;:-.,? 4Z , ii:'f4f: l- " ~.-,..),•,,,,,,::',.-,:(;-,:;....,:t..:-,v:;',_-.f.::',...1.:!.jo:.:: ISOM§ . - i. ..•. , , ,,, ,..:.i....,: .. ,_, : .:,.. : i:.. : .•y,-',: . , J .:: ., t i . -.,f , ,:,- . i,
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