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DIED.
BAYAUD.--On the morning of ths 4th of October,.
John Bayard. in the 74th year of his age.
Funeral services at the house of his brother, James'
'Bayard, No. 1612 Locuetatreet, at 23'.' o'clock, Thursday,
7th instant, • . .
BBOWN.—On the 4th instant. Miss Mary E. Brown.
- The funeral will take place en Thursday, October 7th,
at 10 o'clock A. M., from her late residence, N 0, .,
2/05 Spring Garden street. To proceed to Mount Vernon;
ameteri.. • , "'•
BJ Becond-day evening, 4th inst. at the MAW
dance of her brother,- Edward Townsend, Elizabeth
wife of Mahlon Kirk. • • . •
Interment at Sandy Baring, Md. • •
If ÜBlllY.—On the 3d Inst., Adela K., eldest daughter
Of the late John Murphy.
_Th e relatives and_friends_of thelsraUy aro_invited
attend-thefuneralAn ThUrFdaY, the 7th instant. Ser
vices at 2 P. M., precisely. at the Church of the Atone,
meat; Seventeenth and Summer streets. Interment at;
Laurel Mil. • - - . • .
BOBEBTB.--,Buddenly.thin morning, Eliza V., daugh.;
tortilla late N. B. and LOUbSit Roberts
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us notice, will ho gITPLI of the funeral. •
_;* IfIFT,--TuesdayoWli 'instant, Lewis Swift, Esq., of
Croydon Lodge, Bucks county, Pa. . • .
The relatives and friends of the family are invited to
attend the funeral on Bata rday,lth instant, at 10 o'clock.'
without further notice. Carriages will meet the 10.14 nod'
)1 o'clock traltutat Bristol. ' • • , •-"
TAT ATER PROOFS FOR SUITS.
VY BLACK AND WHITE REPELLANT&
GOLD ANDIILACK REPELLANTS.' , •
DROWN AND WHITE RI:PELLA NTN: •
EYRE & LANDELL,
• 'fourth and Arch.
POLITICAL NOTICES.
UNION REPUBLICAN 'TICKET.
Governor, '
Major-General JOHN W. GEARY.
Judge of the Supreme Court,
Hon. HENRY W. WHJLIA3th.
Cliy Treatunrer;
•OStPH F. MAEOER
City Commissioner,
THOMAS M. LOCKE
Recorder of Deedtty ,
JOHN A. HOUSEMA N
Prothonotary of the District Court,
'tierlc of the Court of Quarteir'Sessions;
THOMAS ASHTON.
Coroner,
WILLIAM .TAYLOR
Senator.—Virot Distritt,
NirILLIA.3I W. WATT.
Assembly,
bt District—L. IL THOMAS.
13Utrict—GEORGE MAXWELL
3 , 1 lliitrlct
4th District—WlLLlAM ELLIOTT.
Lth 31e0AMMON.
4th District-ROBERT C. GRAHAM.'
7th - DIstrkt—ROBERY
Bth District—JAMES V. STOKES.
9th •District=JAMES BERRY.
70th Dlstrict=4iolonsl ELISHA. W. DAYIS.
77th Dlatrict—WlLLlAM M. BUNN.
12th DIstrIct—ALEXANDER ADAIRE.
13th District—JOSEPH A. GEISZ. •
74th District—JOHN CLOUD.
30th Dlstrict—ADAM ALLBRIGIIT.
30th District—Colonel MARSHALL C,. HONG
37th Diktrict—WAYSON COMLY,
76th District—JAMES MILLER
U Ninth Ward Loyal Citizens,
ATTENTION
. A meeting of the citizetis of the Ninth Ward favorable
to law and order, to the teual.nrotection of all classes of
the community, and to the principles of the great Re
publican Party of the country, will be held at
National Hall ; Market Street, below 13th,
On Eriday Evening. October 8,1869,
• AT 8 O'CLOCK.
Adtiresses will be delivered by
• Ilon. CHAS. O'NEILL,
Hon. A. WILSON lIENSZEY,
GEORGE L. BUZBY , Esq., -
and other eminent flpoukers.
By order of the Republican Executive Committee of
the Ward.
• JOHN E. ADDICKS, President
DAVID BEITLER,
WILLIAM U. HOLMES, .tieeretAries,
lUb Hdqrs. Republican Invincibles,
FIFTH AND LIBRARY STRESTB,
October 6,1869
ORDER NO. 7.
I. Month - erg will assorublo at : Depot, Ninth and Gro
*streets, •,' , •
WEDNESDAY EVENING, October 6. 1869,
to proped tONORDISTOWN, 'Corti leave at 7 O'clock
F. M., sharp,
11. Faro for tho •iound trip, 50' cents. Tickets to bo
had: at the Hall on Wednesday.
By ordor of .
GEORGE TRUMAN, JR.,
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Chief Marshl.
JOSEPII H. MCOAMNION, t Anistant Marshals,
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CA LED . KISIBEB.,
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1 1 11114ADELPHIA, Oatobei 4 ) 1869.
,
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R. if. EVANS, Esq.—President Odle: Cottonton Oat
nominated W.W. BURNBiL,III:D.,,for Select lknincit
In 1867, when you were caudidate for nominal
tion for CommonTouncil and br.,W. W. BURNELL
wait your competitor, you stated to *cores of cltizeMi
that unless he , withdrow front the canvass you: Wright
publish affidavits to prOvethat " pointepAo was his sym
pathy with, the 'Rebellion, that on hearing , of a rebel
victory ho publicly toasted the ,rebel GAneral Stoattuall
Taikson." Wore your statements true F If so, where arc
the atlidavtts ? •• • „ , A VOTER.
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FO CLERH,F -0 THE COTT.RT.OF
O n Oyer and Tertniner and Quarter &salons,'
TIIOI4AS ASIITON oxl-10trp
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RELIGIOUS - RoTip.m. ,
BIBLE, LECTURE.. ' • ,
HAIL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN 'ASSOOI , ;
ATION, 1310 CHESTNUT STREET.
Hon. WM. S PEIRCE will lecture TO-MORROW
(Thursday); EVENING, at li,o'clock. Subject—" Ch risk
at the House of Simon, the Pharisee"/ Luke
All uro welcome. Young men especially invited., Union
Prayer Mooting every Sattrday evening. Hi
toPRESIDENT ALLEN, OF GIRARD
college, delivers a Lecttire .In .the M. E. Church,
Chestnut 111 TILTS MVBNING 7, 4 1o'clock. ,
SPECIAL. VOTICES.
See Sizelt page for,eidefilional No*lees.
•
iry. THE • GREAT 'FAIRi 'IN, AID OF
THIA ORPHANS' DOME AT GERMANTOWN,
OCTOBER 113TH TO SOTH,.INOLOOIVII, AT.
_ HORTICULTURAL ALL.
T —Sicketseason,. 1 ; Bluglo Admleaton,2so. ; , Mtnorat
& , USOD. Mc.: do. Ellnglo Admieelom loc.•
Inaugural Featlyal at Academy of Music, HON
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
DEPUTY CO LLECTOR'SOFFICE,
',ll•• = 7' FIFTII DISTRICT, 'PENNSYLVANIA.—
Enslntron_ ,D , TWltirer.rtlltte , WARD, FIIMADELI. Ma, -
;October a, MO.—Notice fa hereby given to the owners or
iclaitnante of the following described property, seized for
;violation of the U. S. Revenue laws, to .comei forward,
give bonds, and make claim for the same, or they -a Gibe
l eold for the credit of the V. S. Government:on MON
-IDAY, the sth day of NoVember, A. D,18G9, ati 10 o'clock
A. N., as folloWs;to wit: -
{Sept. 25—One Copper Still, head and worm, taken from ,
rear of Somerset House, Somerset street, 2sth Ward..
One Copper Still, head and worm, from Spring and Wil-
Ham streets
Sept. ra liritl'Corper Stttli need and worm4front Mon
moutlfand almcin streets. One Copper Still 'and worm
{from William and Thompson streets, in said Ward and
IDivisien.
Get I—.-Nine Copper Stills, 2 heasila and 2.worms,find.
'ona package Wbhike } ; from varionaplapminsald-Wartij
',ocirto,stwr THOS, 8. FOIILKE011; Deputy Coliectdi. i
06T9, "CHORAL CLUB".
boldits' HIST REHEARSAL' n THURSDAY .
EVEN ING October 7, at 1021 WALNUT- Street' (Con- •
on - s tory ,AtkinUrg — Cald — aTlPllCATEtß — WM,
pleaee ttend.
ea; 2t. TIENRY4I. THUNDER, Director.
• DISASTERS. •
&aroma= COAL. mice DisAsTErt.
Prevailnoted One . illandFaill
Four
t a - IMAM
- and lE_Orty - ee
[Fibm tho Chloogp Tribune.]
A very sad accident occurred at the coal
`mines at Gardner , . on Friday evening last.
At about 8, o'clock on that everdng, 'as four
persons were descending the coal shaft, the
wire hoisting-rope brol?e, and the' men , were
precipitated. together'with the bar upon which
they were stanain:g, to the bottom of the
shaft,n distance of .180 feet. At the hews of
the accident the most' remendous excitement
prevailed among the miners employed in the
neighborhood, and the citizens of the town.
As soon as the facts developed' themselves im
mediate steps were taken to aftbrd the un
happy men relief. With a few slight repairs
the second car was brought into requisition,
and lowered to the bottom of the shaft. Here
the sufferers were found, in a badly
mangled state, but none of them killed out
right. Their name{ were discovered to be
Ben. Harwood, Robert McKinzie, Henry
Watt.' and. Edward Suttbn. Harwood was se
bully injured that he has since died.
Edward Sutton was an engineer in the em
ploy of the company, and was probably the
leastinjured. His mind is unimpaired, and
he describes his terrible feelings while making
the awful descent to what he supposed to be
instant death. He will probably recover.
Robert MeKinzie received such severe in
injuries that no hopes are entertained.
of his recovery.
Henry Watts is also badly mangled, but it is
thought be may survive. AVatts3s an, English
man by birth' and has wealthy parents.
living - arthe Uld - ca . \ •
age, his father gave him £lO,OOO sterling to
Mart in the world with., He Soon squan
dered this sum on the turf in England, and
came to this country 29 mend his wasted
fortunes. He had been at Work in the coal.
mine but a short time when the accident
curred...
" There is no satisfactory theory yet. given as
to, the cause of. the accident. The steel wire
rope which supports 'the cage on which the
men stood, is said to be capable of sustaining
sixteen tons weight. it had been used'allthat
day in hoisting coal "
The weight of the men was but WA /pounds;
which was all there was. upon-the car when,
the. casualty happened. , Of course no blame is
attached to the company, as the traders have
always Spared no puns or cost to make the
mine perfectly Late. ; :
The unhappy sufferers by the casualty were
immediately taken care of and those whose
injuries resulted fatally . Will be `buried at the
expense ofthe company. ' The event has cast
a deep gloom over the community at Gardner,.
and work VG - a:3 suspended in the various mines
for the balance of the Week. The scene of the
accident continuedlo . draw immense crowds
for a long time thereafter.
An investigation will at once be had to ass
certain, if possible, the cause of the accident.
0016:4I41114 4 fTillAli01.)CPM);.voSti
Its Effect in Paris.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
Times says : •
The sensation created in political circles by
the. admirable letter of LOUIS Blanc has been
followed by anotherof a religious character,
due to .a communication addressed by the eele.
brated Carmelite preacher, Pere Hyacinthe,
to the Superior of hiS order :at Rome.
The high
.is
morality the one
document even eclipsed by, lofty
independence and truly Christian 'and apos
tolic • spirit of the other. The author
of the Ilistoire des Der -4us has merely
resisted a temptation to prove recreant to the
principles winch he has always professed,
while the great preacher braves all the dan
gers of spiritual, censure and suspension from
the duties of his mission. Following close
upon-the protest of the German prelates and
emanating from a mau whose devotion to the
interests Of the Church and sanctity of
character are universally • acknowledged,
I need not tell • .you that this
lettef of Pere Hyacinth . ° has produced a
profound impression, even upon minds which
have been accustomed to. regard everything
coming,from Rome as entitled to the blindest
obedience. In protesting against "the doctrines
and the practices,which are called Roman, but
which are not Christian, and which in their en
croachments, ever increasing. n audacity and
'evil consequenees, tend to change the con.stitu
ton of the Church, the substance as well as the
form of its teachings, and even the spirit of its
piety," th e Reverend Father only expresses the
sentiments of . three-fourths of the Catholic
.But his liberalism goes even further
than this, tor he does not scruple to condemn
" The impiqus, as well as insane, divorce that
isleing sought to be accomplished between
the Church, which is our mother in the eter
nal sense, and the society of the nineteenth
century, of which we are the sons in the tem
poral sense, and toward which we alSo owe
uuty and tenderness." The letter however,
is not confined to
remonstrances. It assumes •
a tone of earnest warning and even menace. •
august it says, "should
not have more liberty in its deliberations than
it has already had in its preParation, if, in a
word,.it should be deprived of the character
essential to an Cecumenical . Chum-lb then it
may happen that within a period more or IeSS
bi lei' we may witness the assembling of--an
other council representing really the univerSal
Church, not the silence of,the one, nor
the bpposition of the others." .•one,
This. lan
guage is significant, and those to
whom the warning itc addressed; woidd do
woallte give heed to it. The. Catholic Church
is not in a position to brave the chances of
another schism. In. struggling to - regain the .
political ascendancy whick.it has lost--for
inielOU fact, the real object of this
judged and inopportune movement—it incurs
the risk of havingthe influence which it en
joys over the minds of men still further weak
ened, and of driving from its fold the greater
portion.of ths'se•who find it, difficult to recon
cile their eiiiritual 'obligations with" their
ties as citizens, `f.
—A Chleagoan, , deeeribitig the sensations of
k;alt..tLaiKe, says it renders one
luseeytaill .whether. be is ." a Chicago traveler.
or a big air bladder." 'A wieked California,
editor remarks, " Where's the differenee,any
haw 2", '
—Soine wealthy Varisian • eaPitaii§ta, have
recently negotiated with Victor, Hugo •in re
gard to the - pureimse of his' daily paper, Le
Rappel. Yietor , however, asked too
high a price for, the journal,—a round million
franca.
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`Gold Gamblers ,and the Pregident
Fisk's Against Mr. Corbin
Prince kpie:Proved a Liar
STATEMENT OF MR. CORBIN
The Tribune says :
:
One of our reporteitiNiSited Mr. Corbin yeti
terday at his residence. He was suffering front
n u u * ."16and_it_tras_only_by the greatest:.
effort that he was able to converse at all upon
the subject that was uppermost in his mind.
Near him was lila physician. "I know the'
'object of youriiidt," he said slowly and with
eftort. ~" I cannot' give you now. a detailed
statement, lniff will say thia, that I
hieyer in my - lifeq,conversed with James
Fisk, Jr., upon. the, subject' of finance,
!nor have I' ' either verbally ;
!or lit writing, reciu'eSteti through, him, or by:
lone in his interest,. the purchase or sale of one
dollar of gold or stock. At the time when one
of his'men alleges 0/ the affidavit that I was at
the Erie building, I was in New Jersey. Nor
of my "own knowlfidge do I know that the
President or any of the' Cabinet officers ever
;conversed or communicated with any of the
so-called Gold the contrary,
J believe that it is a sheer
pad ,wicked fab
rication from beginning to end. Fisk's
;carriage has never been before my, door to my
~ knowledge, and the words' put into print by
the reporter of the Sun are also base and'
:wicked falsehoods." Mr. Corbin was too
much exhausted to continue further in con
versation,
and by the advice of his physician I
and the entreaties of his wife, he again lay
down. His condition last evening was ex-'
stremely critical. During the day many friends
called to express their' indignation at tlae,,
,charges made against him, but it was impos
ble for him to see them.
THE PRESIDENT 'AND MS AccusErts.
The Journal of Commerce 03emocratio-}sayß:
' The vague charges made in certain newspa
pers against the President, his brother-in-law,
,and several high officials, of profiting by the
late gold ring and panic, are a disgrace to
Ainerican journalism. The repidation of the.
'Oda Magistrate of the nation, ,, and of other
men holding eminent pogition.s of public trust,
is something that concerns, the whole Ameri
cn people. Men of all parties are equally in
tertzted . in protecting the President from un
wo •• .an
indelible stain upon republican ' insti
, tutions. We have had incompetent Pre
, silents—and that fact has greatly
impaired the faith of the rest of the
world in the permanent succßis of the Amen
- can Republic—but we have never bad one so
dishonest that lie would qatimer with the
prosperity and happiness of the people to fill
his own pockets. .if it could be proved that
Gen. Grant has done one-half that some of the
PaPere , accuse him of, thoughtful persons
would begin to inquire whether a form of
'government which puts such men •in the ,Ex
ecutive chair is not a failure. 'We will not
allow ourselves to entertain this query for a
moment, because we 'do not believe the
charges against Gen. Grant, and will not until,
they have been sustained by the ordinary
rules of evidence. We. therefore, call upon
'those papers which are throwing out insinua
tions every morning so gravely affecting , the.
President's character for intety to stop it at
once, or produce the proofs for what, they as
sett. In a matter so serious as this we want
not questions. hint%,,,_and innuendoes, which
are the natural `yearn of the slanderer, but
answers and specific charges, bearing respon
sible names, with facts that will give at least
some color of veracity to the accusations.
Until this is done we hold the President inno
cent of any share in the wrong attributed to
him.
The Herald contains the following:
We have received the following note from
Mr. A. R. Corbin, the brother-in-law of Presi
dent Grant, in which it will be seen he denies
the statements of Mr. James Fisk, Jr., charg
ing him with complicity in getting up the late
gold corner :' _ _ _
" OCT. 5,18 M.—To the :Editor of the Herald:
I never exchanged a wo;d on financial matters,
either verbally or in writing, with 31 - f. James
Fisk. Jr., from the commencement of the gold
speculation until it broke on Friday noon ; nor
within that period did I ever authorize any
human being, either verbally or in writing, to
,buy or sell gold for me or for anyone else.
_
" A. R. CORBIN."
THE GOLD GAMBLERS AND THE PRESIDENT
_
The New York. Times says : -
_
If any doubt existed in regard .to the close
relationship existing between the gold gam
blers and the Democracy, it would disappear
:before the attempt to connect the. President
and his advisers with the great, crime. That
, attempt was began, early, and has• been again
'and again renewed. :Whether it' originated
in a desire to abate the indignation 'against a
;movement which 'the antecedents of its
authors aggravated, or in a determination to
make partisan capital at the expense of the Ad
ministration, is, tor the Moment, immaterial.
The fact is sufficient that the notorious' Fisk
very early in the matter sought to achieve re
spectability by the use of the \ President's
name, and by the allegation that he had rea
son to: rely upon the ; .President's concurrence
in his plans. The flsity of this pretence was
, promptly etposed. Fisk had indeed been
impudent enough to approach the President
while a passenger., on the Newport steamer,
land to solicit information with respect to the
Treasury programme. But it has been ascer
lained that General Grant' repelled conversa
tion on the subject=with a greater degree of
!courtesy, perhaps, than. Fisk's reputation en
titled bun to, but so firmly, and positively that
no,room:was left for furthertalk.
And new having failed to connect General
Grant, directly, with the gold-gambling
'scheme, it is proposed to hold him responsible
for the alleged participation of his brother-in-
Paw, Mr, Corbin, of this city. 'Admit that
!the President was neither aspeculator nor the
;friend and adviser of speculators," it is in sub
stance declared; "still Jae isresponsible for the
(speculative. operations of. Mr. Corbin." The
4Absurdity and injustice of this plea are appa
rent. No man is deemed accountable for the
iconduct ofrelatives over•whom he can have
, nti cOntrel;and. we know of no remon why
;General Grant should be an exception to the
:rule, He is not punishable, for the sins of re
ilitives, near or distant. It is his misfortune
to have one of•them,' Mr. • Dent, the nominee
of the Mississippi Democrats; and it'may also
ibe,his misfortune to have another, in the per
son of Mr. Corbin; on intimate terms with the
not reputable firm of Fisk, Gould & Co. Is
the President auswerabla, in morals or law,
!for the political 'or speculative affiliations of
either or both ?' , • •
Qf the truth or falsehood of the statement
pi n t forward by Fisk, touching Ili. Coibin's
connection with the gold-gambling movement,
theipublle may nob be in a
.position absolutely
to' udge. (Yorbin , too.. ill to attend to
bus nese, and the averments , respecting him
must, therefore, to some extent,. await his re
'covery, We understand r however, thatho
denies ever having had any conversation' en
financial matters with Fisk, or any share in
gold speculation during the late,crisls. Some
thing more will be required than letters from
FiCk, or Mil davita qtaturci, to establish,
the opposite position;
Let us assume, however, that the. story of.
Fisk is literally torreo4' 'What dues it prove?
. .
OIT4I, WHOLE COUNTRY
• ••= • • :
P MEDNE 60'1'01E11. 6,
A pinfrxr, BrZIER. CORBIN.
CORBIN. AND FIBS, JS,
Cntlythat one of the persons cots teoted with '
bitn stiecil lad on • was the , PreSi lent's (
brother-in-law. It is not pretended, even' by '!
Fisk, that his connection with Mr. Corbin
stilted advantageously in consequeneel of the •
Tatter's relationship to .the President. .Even
Fisk does not say that lie profited by Corbin's.
influence. The existence ofsuch anfirdbleo.co
may hav6 been supposed, and in reliance unen
IN potency a speculatiye association with•Mr:''.
Corbin may have been- sought. , by; Fii'k and
Gould.- But the connection, if - itrexistedilirt,
an_y_shape, did pot prevent disaster
With no other data, then, than that, which
the enemies of the President furnjah, wo co/4"
'tend that his integrity is vindicated. the,
testimony of his assailants he stair& ' justified.
Instead of playing the game 'of those who
claim Bir. Corbin as a partner,: litiliursned
course which ended it summaril . and unpro- ,
-11tably..- --- 7 - Hebroke - up-t e otaViuoi. • s•
brother-in-law is pai d to have heen,a member.
That ; was not the act of a weak or corrupt p,r,c .
On the contrary, it was the act of one
ardent:;;
who in e' discharge of his Offielal duties does
not' permit the requests or interests ed• friends
or relatives to render him unmindful cif the
wants and welfare of the ceitntry. •
-We do not believe Fisk's. story as affecting.:
Mr. Corbin. Until that gentleman be heard
from at- length, or until - Witnesses be forth- 7 ,,
coming' 'Who are more fully - entitled to ere
dence than are those who do.. Fisk's bidding,
we reject letter, affidavits ,aM/..a1l n-ntrust
worthy and scandalous. But W d hatever the
final result of the controversy - as' between
these persons, the President's' poditien• is tin
assailable. He did what was tight, and he did •
itwithout reference to the effect of his'. action •
upon' the fortunes of any man.
CRIME.
WOBBIBLE BUTCHERY IN NEW YORK
.
A Chinaman Murders HIS Wife and
Boarder and then Comunits
Sickening. Details. •
[From To-day's Herald.]
One of the most cold-blooded murders and
suicide that has taken place in this city for a
long time, resulting in the ahnost,instantane
ous death of three persons, occurred at No. 67
Cherry street last night, the faets of which
that Could be gathered at a late hour last night
were as follows : •
On the third floor, in the rear of the above
prernises, resided Henry Acong, his wife
Barah Ann, Charles Archoe, and a young
man, about• seventeen years of age, named
George Arguny, the latter of whom only re
mains to throw any light upon this horrid
butchery. About half-past ten Acong and his
wife, in company with his boy, were in the ,
_sitting-rn ra,the_wife nsleep r on_the_sofa,
the man ,;Archoe being in his bed
room adjoining the hall. Acong suddenly
sprang nit and proceeded to the
hall bedroom, and began a conversation with
Archoe in relation to money-matters ; shortly
,after which the young - man states he heard'
Charley crying murder, and rushing to the
door saw Acong plunging a large dagger into
the body of Charley, who was still lying on,
the bed with his clothes on. He imme
diately ran fdt the stairs, shouting "Murder"
at the top of his voice, and was pursued part
way.down, but stumbling, he rolled to the hot
tom, and Acong returned to the sitting-room.
; The boy, as soon as able, gained the street and
secured the services of Officer Burns, of the
Fourth precinct, who entered the house, and
was horrified at beholding Acoug's wife lying
at the foot of the stairs, dead. Proceeding up
the stairs to the sitting-room he disc3vered
Acong lying in bed in a room adjoining the
sitting-room, plunging a large knife into his
breast and side ' and groaning in most agonizing
tones. Seizing the arm of the murderer and
suicide he wrenched the weapon from his
bands. By this tune Officers Nash and others,
of the Fourth precinct, came to his as
sistance;:hut the unfortunate man
lived but about twenty, minutes, when he
• breathed his last. Upon examining the bodies
they were found to be mutilated and butchered
in a horrible manner, the man Archoe having
nine stab wounds on him—three on the breast,
three ore.. the, left side and, three on the left
arm, besides a slight cut across the throat.
Acong's wife was stabbed in several places
aboutthe breast and stomach, the entrails pro
truding from the latter wounds. Acong him
self was stabbed several times in the breast,
bowels and side.
It is presumed that after stabbing the man
in the room he returned to his room, where
his wifoay, sleeping on the sofa, and plunged
the daggerinto her, as the wall and sofa near
by were besmeared with blood, and in her
struggle to free herself she had reached as far as
the top of the stairs and either fell down from
the lost' of blood or was pushed , down by her
husband. , 11.ei place was, previous to the
blo)dy transaction, scrupulously neat and
clean ; but last night the scene it presented
upon entering Was sickening,: the entire place
being besmeared with blood.
Acong is'a, sailor and returned from a five •
months', voyage about a week ago, since
which time, the boy; Arguny states; he has
been acting funny,' laughing to hinaself all
the while. No motive can be asCertained for
the committal, as both he,bis wife and'Archoe
have been on friendly , terms. The instrument
with w_hielithe Needy deed was 'committed
was a dirk • knife having a blade about six
inches long, with an ivory handle, and is now
in possesSion of Captain Allaire at the Fourth
precinct station house. Coroner Flynn has
been notified and will hold an inquest at ten
o'clock this morning. • -
The boypiny has been locked up in the
Fourth Pieoinet statioribouse to , appear as a
- witness befdre the Coroner's jury.
The parties are all in the prime of life, none
of them being over thirty-five years of age.
Acong leaves one child, a boy of about four
years of age, who was taken
. care of by the
police.
THE BROOKS ASSAMLNS.
She Sterrior Their Arrest in New York.
The New York Times, of this morning, says :
The men who attempted the assassination of
James J. Brooks, the United States Revenue
Officer, in Philadelphia, on the 6th of Sep
tember last, ;and wtto were alleged to have
•been hired , ,for that purpose by a " whisky
ring," to which Brooks had made himself ob
noxious, have just been arrested in this city
under somewhat peculiar circumstances.
Friday last Detective Scott was informed
that four men had been for some time at
the Ocean Plowle; Money Maud, acting in , a
suspicious manner, and he took this informa,
tion to Inspector Walling, at the Central
Police Office, who sent a person down to get
a description of tite,, suspected ,men. When
this, WWI compared whit that of the. Brooks as
sailants, which, hatibeen received by. Supt,
Kennedy by the proOlaniation of Idayor Fox,
it was seen that they were probably the
persons wanted for that affair. Inspector
Waning) therefore - , put a watch upon them,
and it was intended to arrest them Saturday
on Coney Island, but early ii:he morning
they began leaving for this ci , and before
night were all safely lodged in, a house in the,
lower part of the Fifteenth Ward, which was',
discovered by the officens following the last
one. The house was not entered, because it
was desired to ,take ~them all at once, and a
watch was therefore maintained outside until
about 6 o'clock Sunday night, when, during
the great Morin, they all came out for a
stroll; and vrere followed until they
reached (the corner ot Bleecker and Mercer
streets, where they were seized by Inspector
Walling, and Officers Scott, Wilkinson and
Murray, of the twenty-sixth precinct, and
hurried to ;a station-house, where they_ gave
their names as Edward McLaughlin, Hz&
=EN
REM
--,
5~1
• i Mark ames ougheiV&
A Peter.: Donohue,
• alias ßottles •As a' "blind" to 'throw- OfV.im . !
• lit and preVett.ii!feee . :,by!!habos
!waffrgit , en ciutthat'the pti y hadbe
.eli , t a aketrfor
!the bank ;burglary 4 Borticlii - ,and,were!hUr7-.!
!fled away te - cells in.',clifferent istatiOmlaOpaeS,
But „.OWing. •to - personal description ;
! But,
word Tie , let.•.!..•fall;:.' . !:.'Merdiu_gli- . ' , .
Pin" - Whe . ' . taken , the ''".',Clentrai
!Office, where lila! little consented to" ,
to-'Philadelphia; without Waiting fortlegal.
!rendition;. and he ageordinOrleft onthe mid
;night train in charge of • Detective Scott. As:
we have been. informed, 7 he:there:on:Monday;
! was!filly identift. ed by Mr,Broeks ; and finally !
IconfeSsed : himself ' . aS , the ',men. ,•who (I[l-45ve-,
,the haek'Which convoyed the:assassinate-and . ;
• !frona,the 'scene of ,ythe attempted murder '
the corrief'of Frent and Arch streets. --• • ,
- The .Philactelphi: r n • ;;•I '• kin'•
o the. arresbi.-; 4:,once, and . bestirred - them;
selves with vigor that during.Monday.x
regnisition,for.the7 culprits was obtained. upon
,an ificlictine,t4; and this..dectiment woOld have
'reached' here early yesterday ; Morning but for •
'the' `freshet 'Being 'delayed,' 'Superintendent
!Kennedy aniVinapector Walling .were! !kept
, considerabl3r . :' excited by.!.. the- , fear that the:•
Ipruionere would: be, snatched. away .by !. Habeas
1 , The. ,fact of ; - the::; arrest did - i leac ;
;out7 ,in : some:, way,...; and the • writ,- ~_
isSned.! yesterday • - ,ffi their.... behalf; ~1. b 4
owing to.tluisingular skill`, of. 1
!Rennedy.,7 service',was'het ' Made - 4On him;' -
And the' person' having it didnef think to serve'
it .upon Inspector Walling, which would have.
!answered the'same pUrPosei.andsolt cazde!to •
!naug.ht. Meantime, a Philadelphia :officer ar,
irived who. had - seen . both: indictment, and- re-•
-qubition, and Inspector ; Walling determined
at a late dour last night id: take the prisoners
befrire' Justice Ledwith;'' of • the Jefferson.
Market police COUrt, and -have' the Philadel- , •
efficeni make !a comphunt against theta,
upon.; Which , a• commitment could •be issued
ithat would serve to
.flank the writ Off;
;habeas corpus until thewarrant for their rendi
!Son:could be signed. by, Governor Hoffman.
!ThfsMOve being successful, the prisoners will
, ileave this morning Philadelphia to he
!tried for - their . offence. - This leas proVed te.. be
only shooting With intent to , kill, as happily
!Mr..Brooks, 'notwithstanding the .ball . passed
!through his lungs,' is rapidly .recovering, and
on Monday was in attendance at the office of
'Mayor Fox to identify MeLatighlin,the back
. man.
ENGLISH OTEEA AT- THE. ACADEMY
,• —The production of La Sormanahula at the
;Academy of Music last evening was made the
occasion.of the clibut of Miss Rose Hersee,
!young T priniadoniiii:whals-introdueed
to' the American public by Madatne Parepa
t Rosa. Miss Hersee is a very "charming little
woman, with a very pretty little voice,and we
:are glaa to say that she won success upon thj.?„
her first appearance,by an artistic perforniance
of theart of "Amina" and by establishing
herselijquickly in the fivot of her 'audience.
.Miss. Hersee will never , be a great artist,
but she will be as great as a mall
,person - with a delightful organ of precisely
suitable calibre can be. ' Miss Hersee - haa the
advantages of a sweet face, an attractive per .
son and acertain simplicity of manner which.
is verypleasing, and which, won for her An- ,
',tautly the interest of her hearers, Her voice ;
is alight soprano, of large Compass, of won,
derfid flexibility, and 'Of tine qUalitY. It 4
evidentlhat Miss Hersee has enjoyeda first
rate musical 'education, for her - Vtace is trained
very nearly to perfection; arid She sings with
that facility which is gained only by, highest
cultures , There is in her method. stuth an en
tire absence of efibrt, that inthe
very first aria she inspired. t4O audi
ence with cOntidenCe in her poWers,
and we were sure r that she would sing
every note of her part with absolute precision
mid correctness. There was none of that
painful feeling of apprehension with which
the .efforts of young singers—debutantes par
ticularly- are usually regarded; Miss Hersee
dashed into • the music with the courage of
absolute self-reliance, and she sang With an
enthasiasin, au abandon whibh wEre very de-.
lightful. Her intonation was singularly true;
and her enunciation was as good as 'that of a
first-rate ballad singer. Besides her musical
skill she possesses considerable histrionic
power, and in more than one of the scenes she
acted with grace and feeling. She was com r .,,
plimented with a call before the curtain after
every act.
Miss Hersee will certainly be a favorite.
Differing completely from Madame Rosa in
appearance, voice, manner, and style, and yet
possessing excellent qualities of her own, she
will form an admirable relief to the superior
artist, and when her worth is better known,,
we venture to say that she will attract nearly,
as large audiences:
We must again award to the orchestra and
chorus a high Meed of praise for their excel
lent performances. The orchestra •is very
large, and , it contains a number of our best
musicians; who, under Mr. Reiffs' direction,
played • most, admirably. -,We omitted
t 0.., mention yesterday, the performance
of • :.'Senor Rocco , upon'. the haip on.
Mciiday night. 'He played 'the exquisite ac
ctimptiminent to "The Harp
. itt the Air"
superbly:' 'lt is customary to kive this upon
the piano, but the effect is much better upon
the harp :when :it is played by an artist. The
chorus is equal in size and excellence to the
best that we have heard, upon the Academy •
stage. It slaWs, prpof of careful training
under a chorus-master who • understands his
business. The 'managers of this troupe
deserve much , credit for the liberal
manner in which they. are producing
these entertainments. Everything that
can add to the general, effect has been pro
mred, anti we have nightly a mise en scene and
a performance Which are of the best kind.
One of the causes of the comparative unpop
ularity of English opera can be found in the
niggardliness with which the operas have been
produced. We have always believed that a
display of the same liberality wldchdistin
guishes the production of, Italian opera, and
the employment of competent artists in the
rides ; would place English opera in a higher
position than it has yet attained. Madame,'
Rosa has accepted this theory ' and acted upon
, This evening Balfe's Puritan's Daughter will
be produced for the first time in this city, With'
3ltidiune Parepa-Rosa in the cast. •,.
—Miss Keene will present Our American
Causer at the Chestnut this evening:
• —Boucicanit's Formosa still, holds the•stage.
at the Arch Street Theatre. ~;
—Othello will be given at the Walnut thin.
evening, with Mr. Eooth as "Ingo."-I.'or to,
morrow evening, Richelieu is announced, and:
for. 'Saturday evening Richurd III: At the
matinee on. Saturday - - The Lctily of Lyons will
be performed.
, —The Great European Circus is now ex
hibiting every afternoon and evening. The
performances are of the highest character,
and introduce feats of horsernamhip,
cult acts on the trapeze, performances by the
trained dogs. and trick mules, which are novel
and interesting. The whole collection is, very
tine, and probably the bestievei exhibited in
this city.:
Clarneross & Dixey's Minstrels appear at
the 1.76 W Eleventh Street Opera' Helve this
evening in a programme brimful of Ettdopean
eccentricities.
LOf Edmund Sean's performance •of
"Luke," in Massingor's City Madam, it is re
corded that an old lady, who had intended
leavingltha a largo sum of money, wag so ap
palled at the cold-bloodod , villainy he dis
ayed .that she transferred the leroe,y to a
distant;relation,
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loriumbrationOr (the. 'lrtv4
, •enstnit'of tlib Two Paittleti3Arfte Legl
JaturewmentporauryOrlialiabiatton or sae',
TrePete.,!! , Rath Wni r 1 1 1 $ 0 .
Rrctatoim r Oct . -5 1869.-- , The liegiia,oreq
ciiiivened•at noon with a fr ill attendaace
the house a 'teuipdrary !organization . Vlitto
effected,..with M.,Langlan,' of Rocirk
bridge, a§ Speaker, and 11. G: Jones, of
marre, as Clerk, and adjourned till tb - -nloriatt,'
when permanent officers will be elected., ,
Botvdim a Wells repiiblican, protested against
any, oilicer temporarily or , permanent 4-:
taking his seat, who'had not taken the "iF9tl.-,r
,clad 'oath." - • , • •• , • -- • •
!The Senate met,.with Lieutenant-Gaveritoi
Lewis hi the chair, and elected all
nominated in thecaiiCireln=it:_ni.ght. A WOW -
Repu limn made 'the' sane" preitest as
made in the goys° against their, entering. of ',-
flee Withouttaking, the • "ironclad" t
Thd Senate then until f:Anorrow-.
partses - in the , Hoine -are holding eaik.
enact to-night, the object.: of 'the cliVells, , nielii
being to change their, ,candidate for Speake% i
General D. - 'White:who NiaB" noininated for,.
that - position being regarded , ag- objectionable d
to Getteral.Butler having challengedkimiwinlit,
ho was'in thO City. Mr.Whibi has
,withdrawn,,,
and' hatickef Will be chatiged t o o- - night. ' - The -•
WellFl Reptiblicanstran. a , regularly 'nominated , .
ticket for otlicers, , in the Senate, ; which re rt ,
calved Six vbtes. ' Therdis. little talk 'about:the .
Senatorial a question' to-day, , in 'vieWr ' of the
more' immediate, interest of a ,choiee
Speaker - the Walker men, caucus, ttt i
night:
Robert Douglas, private secretary to- Fria' -
dent Grant- is in this city to-day,,,
PAM'S AND rs.tranzt.
---Dumasy
I find a oft buriallot. e
A. new tiliade of red.is called "Lucifer,4',
Kansas lately had a t4enti-rotir
; 'D,
—An Englishman has invented a combinedl
dining and billiard table. ^ .
—lmproper Musie—Overtnre to tb,e .3ferry;
Wives of 'Windsor—lr.
—The King of. Prussia has twenty horses,
Napoleon eighty, the'Sulta.n three hundred..r .
—Fun locates the best bicycles at the . Twa,
wheeleries. • - • ,
.
• —There are now 8,339 Quakers i lowa,-
44.70 men.and,4,l69_women:, f •
Prussia disi:illea 38,000,M), bushels ° o f
,pota
toes last year. •
_
—Pedro Battista, once the tenor of La Scala;',
grinds a hand-organ imNew York. , t
•Niadame-cle-kitairr 1,4*.•• • :Wilt . g : to .e '
Ecumenical
•
—The Sultan luta placed a letter-bmc at hiSt
front door for the deposit'of petitions._
—Dr. Cumming sent word to the Pope thit, •
he was coming, but I'io replied nono.
--The new • voting list of Liverpool contains
the names of .:3,P00 women • • •
.
—The prize rabbit at .a Lendoti show...
ears 24 incheelong. • ' • •
--Lydia Thotnps on's. legs • 'and' her le aiej- 1
both in Icaltiinoria. •• ' , ;,•;'d)
—Six young ladies ,Of. Minnesota rode,
'timber-wagon brie,. 'hundred mires to Izea ,
Blind Toth play. • ' 4
''- -Madame Olympe Audeutird will feature, iti
Germany this • tall. on her„ , adventures An ither
United State.s.
—A lid died in Albariy a few dapt since from.
paralysis eanse'd'hy fa dose of. Whisky giVen to
stimulate him while ill.
.`
—An English ritualistic , church has' a„
Window representing Peter with a cardinal's
scarletcioak, double cross, and a Pope's tiara.. •
—The "native ealifornians" ofVMekican''
origin have effected a> political organization. ,
in San Francisco: ~
—two
: parties of hunters aq ii dtjpnting, l
whether the animal at which both rEd was is
California lion or .a yellow . . 6i.
—The parting between .Dan Rice.and
friends is affecting. For five years or, so he...,
has been making his farewell tours, : andin ::
tearing himself away again this Fall. .; • ~
—Rochefort says that 'at least half a dozen
French fencing-masters have tried to piek.
quarrels with him in Brussels since he arrived.
in that city, in order to provoke him to chal'-'
lenge them. These , fencing-niasters,he adds,‘ -
he has good reason to believe, were, sent by,
the French Government' especially " 'tor "that '
purpose to Brussels. ,
—Martin Farquhar Tupper launChes at Mri.
Stowe a very heavy copy of verses," ending:
" No! - we denounce / thee ; by that widow's bed '
Thou mutest, meanly, pruriently prying.
Bribed by a scribbler's le,e to, damn the dead,
And blab the slanderous secrets of the
dying."
.T.he admirers of Byron :may rest satisfied:"
that nothing worse than • this Can befall liis
calumniator.
Kin , " of Wurtembeig, who is one ..of
the crowned dunces of Germany, some time
since intended to order all hie officials, even
the teachers in the Latin sehoils,to wear green
uniforms of a certain out, and made - after
drawings upon which His Majesty bed spent. ,
what little ingenuity he possessed. The earnest
and imperious. remonstrances of the Queen,
however, finally induced him to dropthexidie-,-.
ulous plan,.
-Three
ballads, by John.; Harrison,ilarrison, , just
published by Longman & Co., London, are
said by English critics to be Manly"and vigor
ous. 'Perhaps they Are. Take a Specimen:
“At 1.15 Lord Nelson felt , ; •
, And forty men around him;
A ball from the Redoubtable
MoSt grievously did wound him;
At half-past four o'clock he died,
And glory carne and crowned, him."
—There are few, persons who have not at.
some tire; or other experienced the inconve
nience of driving up, and dOwn'a street on a
dark night, with the assistance of 'a probably
stupid and possibly surly - coachman '
in search
of an invisible door-number. A French
chemist, struck.by the unpleasantness attend
ant on these nocturnal explorations, has in
vented a method of rendering the numbers of
houses and names of shops as easily visible by
night as by day. It consists in rubbing the
tignres'and letters with a certain phosphoric
paste,-which, though not discernible in the
daylight, willin the dark shine with perfect
distinctness. The application would only tire ,
quire'renewing.about once :a month, and in-,
volves a very trifling expense. A oommiSaiOn
has been appoiuted to report on the desirabilr
ity of adopting this proposal. .(.7ertainly
row of houses numbered In characters of ,fire
would present a curious and striking Conto'''
d' zit. • -
MR. J. R.BHOWN, the skilful, photograp er.;-. i
of Cape May, has not been idle since the, cleat,
of the visiting season, but has prepared rt,';'
number of stereoscopic Views which -,ake..iitmi:,;
teresting as showing the ravages of the lar,e,..
disastrous tire. These pictures, present Clear,,,
unvarnished; and unadorned_impressions of ,ay
locality cleared by ,'a great catastrophe to the..
very ground, and prepared for future building .c
operations which will completely cluinis the''
aspect
aspect of the place, The sites ' otthe United.
States and Atlantic Hotels, and the sniouldev-. v .%'.•
ing ruins of American Row, preset sceneepaP J .
utter desolation upon the very ground formarly
l e
the most densely , Settled of the town, %k g° -'.- ~ ' ^'ti
picture of the StoCkton, House as we ", ,1 . ,V,
studies of some'of the'uninjured irisproveeeeit ~_ r..'
of Cape May, has also been taken, eeditit&,;,1. , , , .. ,
whole set forms an interesting sotive ta , tle •:,' .
iinbituigi of this terribly-scourgedr;
ground.,, ;.,k,....,...,,, _' ~,:* , 7
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