©IRSpN PEACOIGK;. Rditiir:
GLUME XXIII.-N0.185.
CAKDS, INVITATIONS
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>»ngltfg 907Cheirtniit«trimt.
'EBBING INVITATIONS • BN
newiMt au4 b tmi manner. 10010
>KA ototioner and Engraver, 1032 Chestnut
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MARRIED.
the city uf Chester i
?« T fty evc*ninff,tiie ntli inst.,at the Residence of
the bride'* mother, by the Bev, Henry Brown, J. War-
Joremfa Fli ck° Sophia, daughter of the lato
*k° nth inst., at tha Oxford
rmbytemtt Church, by Bov. V. L. Bobbins, Matthew
xfc M »? rjr * J '» danghtor of Thomas Hayes,
JbtnCiall of this city. *
.1-Jfi ■*'YA*iL DYKE.—At Lewißharff; Pa., on the
wiilSi’kydhi? Bev. Benjamin Jones, John B. Morris,
?L * »; ivlttora. daughter of tho
lato Jamrii C. Van Dyke, of Philadelphia., 1t
i DIET}. .
n Btant, Mrs. Ann Allen, in.the
H9fh year of.ber age. .
The friends of the family are invited to ntfaud her fu
ncral.from her \nU iresidomx*. No. 1200 Walnut street.
next, at 10o’clock A. M/ , r , **
ALLhh.—On Thursday,the 11th Instant,at Altoona,
Jumna Potneroy, daughtor of Kmma and John B, A.
A*H*n, Jr., aged three year*.
“The relatives of tho family arc Invited to attend the
residence of her grandmother,.Mr*. I.
W. Goff, No. 170# Hummer street, at 3 o’clock V. M„ to
xnoirow (Saturday.) **-j
NABN WELL.-On the 12th instant* Lidle G., wife of
James G. Barnwell, in t!ie2ftth year of her age.
sS.®?l?l i f, eo Cv t,iefuu(,ra * wi^ he given. *
GEORGE.—On tho morning of the 10th iust., Rebecca
George, iu tho 73th year,of her age;
Her friends and tho friends of tho family are respect
fully invited to attend the fnncral, from the residence of
her brother, Jeseo George, near Jfofftonvfllo, on Beveutli
day afternoon, tho 13th Inst., to meet at the house at 1
o clock* without farther notice. "
ifcKINNEY.*-On the 11th in«t.int, of scarlet fever,
Bertha If., only daughter of William and lizzie filcKln*
noy, aged 4 years ana i mouths.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited to
attend the funeral, from the residence of her parents,
No. 112 North Twenty-first street, on Saturday, i3th in*
atafit, at 3 o’clock. . .*
M UL€ABTEB.~*On ilia mo a fog of the 10th Inst., El
len Blulcaster, late of Garr Cumberland, England.
Funeral from 1410 Pin otreet, on Bixth-day, the 12th
IhBt.,fttSo’clock. r
HTEHB.—On the * nlng of the 10th inst., George
fiterr. Sr., aged 65 y ,rs.
The relatives nr .ru*na* of the family ar* respectfully
Invited to atb his funeral, on .Saturday afternoon,
J.'jtb inst.,at' clock,from his late resilience, No. 1210
North Ntmu-rnth street. *
TOMBlNMiN,—Suddenly, on the JOtli inst., Rachel
IT., wife of William I. daughter of James
llilyard, in the 21st year of her age.
ller friends and relatives are respectfully invited to
attend her funeral, from the residence of her husband,
near Marltwi, N. J..on Heventh-day, the 13th inst., at 2
o'clock I*. M., without farther notice. Carriaaes will
be in waiting cm the arrival of tfie 10 A. M. tram (from
Camden 1 at afoorostown, N. J. * •
WATER PROOFS FOR SUITS.
BLACK AND WHITE RBPELLANTS.
Gfifcfi AND BLACK REPELLANTB.
BROWN AND WHITE KKPELLANTB.
IKIBE & LANDKLL,
Fourth and Arch.
„ - SI-BCTAI. NOTICES. “
FULL LINES.
tto Lirgs U our stock of PIECE GOODS iu our
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT
that, although our wile* bare been so great,wo havcstil
FULL AND COMPLETE LINES
OF ALL TUfc
FINEST FABRICS AND TEXTURES,
AFFORDING TIIF.
Mos% Ample Rang© of Choice,
AT THE
Chestnut Street Clothing Establishment,
! 818 and 820 CHESTNUT STREET.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
NOTE.—In out Beadr made Department ere aro
eellin* a* beautiful OVERCOATS as will be turned oat
this season b/ any merchant tailoring bouse in the city.
O* ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
THE STAB COCBSB OF LECTURES.'
Hon. 8. B.COX.NOTember®.
Hon. CHARLES SUMNER, December 1.
Ber. BOBT. COLLTER, December 3.
MARK TWAIN .December 7.
DE CORDOVA, Decembers. ,
WENDELL PIULLIP3. December 16.
Tickets at GOULITrf, 923 CHESTNUT street, nol t£rp§
HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL
IKS* FAIB,
Will be held at
HORTICULTURAL HALL,
Commencing on tbe.l7tbinet.nnd closing on the3oth
Inst. . ■ -
The Friends of Homeopathy and a generous public,
will, it in hoped, embrace this opportunity to aid by
their patronage, in providing the moans for tuo erection
©fa Hospital, iu which all classes and conditions shall
have the benefit of Homeopathic treatment.
The Lady uianaaers meet on MONDAY, 15thinst., at,
the College, on Filbert street, above Eleventh, and do--
«lre notice of all intended donations, cither of articles
useful or fancy, for sale at the tables, or for the lies*
laurunt; which latter w designed to be a great featniv
of the Fair ;and will be completely organized tofumfsh
finhstantials atf well as delicacies. nohist’'
PONEYVILLE LECTUKES —W. 17.
DENNIS, Esq., will deliver the Third of the
course on WEDNESDAY EVENING, Nov. 17. Sub
ject—“ Social Fossils.” TUE^DA*, Nov. 23, Fourth
and Ln*l'Lecturc. Subject—“ Mrs. Wiggins aud her
Party,” it (ho ASSEMBLY BUILDING. Season tickets
(two lectures), secured seats, SI. Single lecture,
securedseats, 76 cents. General admission, 60 cents
Lecture at 3 o’clock, Secured Seats . and Tickets at
Trumpler’s. • _ J _ noi2 4t rpj?
ITS* NORTH PENNSVEVANIA RAIL-
UeS*ROAD AND GREEN LANE STATION.
The Miners having resumed work vro aro again re
ceiving a full supply of lIARLKIGH COAL, which wo
are Bcfilng without advance infrijm & aßSAgv^
• no9*lmrp§ Offlcels street, Puilu.
THE GENUINE LIEBIGS EX-
tract of Meat secure* great economy, excellence
In the preparation of beef tea. Bay none but that made
by tbb “Liebig Extract of Meat Company. ” Baron Lie
big’s signature on overy jar. For sale by druggists and
grocers* J. MILHAU’R-SONS, 183 Broadway, New'
york.- : • . ; oc2o w&f fltrp§
ITS* STEBEOPTICON AND MAGIC
li*iy Lantern Exhibitions given to Sunday Schools,
Schools,Colleges,nndforprivato entertainments. W.
MITCHELL McAllister, 72S Chestnut street, second
story. _ _ ' _ _no2 2mrp§
VH& ADELPHXA ORTHOPJEDXO
Bey HOSPITAL, No: IS South Ninth Btreet.-Por
treatment of Club Foot, Spinal and all other Bodily
1 dvery TOTiSDAY and FRIDAY, fromll to 1.
; Sftrvlces gratnltons to tho poor.
ATTENIUNO SURGEONS:
'} Dr. THOB. O. MORTON, - v
' . Uosldence.'l42lClieBtnut street,
f Dr. H.E. GOODMAN, „
l , 1427 Chestnut Btreet. , • oc3tHmrp§
|TS» RHIXiADELRHiA DENTAI/00J..-
Bt£y lege, 108 North Tenth street, dhovo Arch. All
•perntions on tile teeth, such as filling, extracting, etc.,
performed fieo of clialgcidally,at 2 P. M. during tho
winter. , ' - noIO-titrrj
ITS. 1109 GIBABD STREET.
TTOKISH, BtJSSIAN, AND PEEFUIIED BATHS.
• Departments, for ladies, I•
Baths open from 0 A. JM.tojJV.M. pltfrp
HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518
and 1620 lombard afareot. Dispensary Department.
Medical treatment and medioinefnrniaheasrattutbualy
'to the poor. ■ i ?
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
in-Sn ALEXANDER ; PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Nineteenth and firbonßtroets.—Bov. Geo;
IF. Cain, of Brio, Pa,, is to preach in this
lehurch on fiaturday evening, 18th inst., at 7L o'clock:
Also on Bul>bat]i,l4tliinßt., utlo;so’dock,A. JI., and at
\IK o’clock P. M, Communion Borvico on Sabhath morn
ing. % :: , - ,-h no!22t*
SHEATHING F FELT.—TEN FRAMES
Kngiish " Sheathing Felt, for sale by PKTKB
WJGGHX $ SONSi 116 Walnut street,
fl (lilj) dEt) uniiijg IMktiit
iCorreepondoneo of ttieFbiladelpblA Ermineßulletin;)
Pjkis, Friday, October a», ltm—To the
rain of the 3ith succeeded a heavy fail of snow
on the 27tb, and even as 1 write to-day Xlook
out upon the strange spectacle of the houses
tops and trees clothed in the white garment
of winter,: while the Jeaves of the latter are
still green and unfallen. We have rarely ex
perienced so early and sudden a burst of
severe weather, coining after a summer wtiicli
seemed only the other day to be scarcely over.
People say the “snow has just come
too late,” and what a pity it did
not arrive one day sooner! It would
have made the flam of the 20th still more
complete, and driven away even thefewscore
of badands who listened to the verses of poor
M. Gagne, the crazy avocat, on the Place de la
Concorde. But, as l informed you on Tues
day, and as the cable will havo told you long
ngo, everything wpnt off for the best; and
the Einperor, who had better have stayed
where he was, without coming to Paris at all,
l>:w gone back again to Compiegne to shoot
hares, rabbits-; ferute de mieux—^ there ’; being
nothing else' requiring ; shooting at pres
ent. The Minister of the Inferior has
telegraphed to all the Prefects, that
the day passed in Paris amidst “profound
tranquillity!’ and without demonstration of
any kind. I fancy that. the ; safe result of the
crisis has rather encouraged the ’Emperor to
further resistance .than inclined him, as it
ought to have done, to give wav, now that he
could so easily do so, without compromising
his dignity or seeming to act under pressure.
At least, the impression now is that the Cham
ber will not meet before the Kith. This de
cision, if maintained, will, of course, bo ac
quiesced in ; bnt it will exasperate net pnly
the ‘ Beds,” whom the Government feels that
it - can now -afford to set at defiance and
laugh at, but also the tiers parti and the coun
try, which supports it. It remains to be seen
whether the forthcoming’ promised
measures will be of so frankly lib
eral a character, and such !a” gen
uine fulfillment of the message of July, as to
disarm the animosity created by the long de
lay and reluctance shown in producing them.
I understand that bills for restoring munici
pal rights to Lyons (but not to Paris), and for
making the Mayors eligible out of ? the. muni
cipal council only, though still to he nomina
ted by the Emperor, are at this moment be
for the Coimii d’Etat. But the Chamber and
tliu.country will require far more than this be
fore they are satisfied.
, It appears that there is a North and a.South,
whose interests are sometimes divided, in
France as Well sis in the Cirited States. The
movement against Free Trade and the Com
mercial Treaty with England, which has mani
fested itself so strongly of late, both in the
Northern Department and in the Chamber,
headed by M • Pouypr-Cuertier, the able and
eloquent member, forKoueu, lu»s roused the
Southern people to be on the defensive. The
great wine firm of Barton & Guestier, at Bor
deaux, recently headed an address, very nu
merously sighed, to the: Chamber of Com
merce of that city,, calling-for the adoption
of some counterbalancing action against the
Northern agitation. The President ol the
Bordeaux Chamber has just replied that that
body always has and always willdefend the
principles of commercial liberty,” and that al
ready it has urged upon the Minister of Com
merce the necessity of “ upholding the treaty
with England.” The Chamber of Commerce,
lie adds, will “strenuously defend the .inte
rests of the Gironde,” which, he goes on to
say, “ are identical with those of the country.”
Tho latter remark will hardly he admitted by
the good people of Bouen,who are crying out
that their lioucnneries (a word which no one is
supposed to be able to pronounce but them
seives) are being sacrificed to British caton
neries, in order to open a better market for
Bordeaux wines on the other side of tho j
Channel. The population of Guienne are
also, I see, rousing themselves to action on the
same question. They declare that “the Treaty
has made thefortnne of the South,"andpetition
their Chamber of Commerce to organize
an opposition against Northern prohibition
ists, who are denouncing the Treaty and who
“threaten a new attack upon Southern inter
ests, which have been so long sacrificed to
them ”
One can fancy one hears the language once
used in America; and should any violent po
litical convulsion take place in France, there
is no saying how far these strongly divergent
commercial interests might carry the nation
in opposite directions. "When the Chamber
meets, strong eflbrts will he made on both
sides, and commercial differences will bo added
to the many political ones which already
exist. ■
A most extraordinary trial, and still
more extraordinary decision, has just
taken place before the Correctional
Tribunal of Corbeil, not far from Paris. A cer
tain M. Comte, a master builder and contrac
tor, brought an action for assault against the
I’rince Murat, who, he proved, had beaten
him with a stick, with his own hands, while
the lackeys of him (the Prince) held the arms
and legs of him (M. Comte). It is unneces
sary for me to go into the “merits” of the
case. "With them I have no concern orinterest.
But wbat is extraordinary is the line taken
In the case by the Court Itself. • After hearing
the accusation proved, the Judges declared
themselves “incompetent” to,entertain the ac
.tiou. And upon what ground, do you think?
Because it was brought against a “member ot
the lmporiaTFamily”! And in support of this
monstrous denial of justice, the Judges' ex
humed a Senatua-Consultum, which nobody
knew anything about, passed, -it appears, in
JB6B, according to which only a “High Courtof
Justice” was competent to take cognizance of
“crimes and misdemeanors” committed by any
of,the Imperial family! And so an imperial
I’rince, under the “democratic” Empire fand
three-quarters of a century after the “great
revolution,” may bastinado a “free citizen”
while his valets hold him fast, and there is no
reiUedy, save by holding a-“ High Court of
Justice!” (fhis is equality before the law. with
a vengeance; and 1 the vew, ’ fact of such art
enactment having been even suggested to the
Senate, touch lefes ptosedby itispeaks volumes
for the base servility 'of that assembly, to
which tlio “guardianship of tho Constitution”
is Such a proposition bughtterhave
been rejected- and scouted at once with in
dignation and scorn, as Wholly at variance
with the feolings and principles of the age
its’very existence, now ’that jf is • known and
made publio,mu,stilam;ige any government,
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
i.kiter man Paris.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1869.
j or rather dynasty," which had the folly to de
mand and obtain for any of its members such
offensive impunity. ' The incident has only
just occurred, but it will prove a bonne bovche
.for the lieiwti and the Happel and the parties
they represent.
The usual notice, of marriage lias just been
posted up at the Mairie of the Bth arrondlsse
ment of Paris, between M. de Lesseps, of the
Suez Canal, and Mile, de* Bragard,' a * voung
lady scarcely ont of her teens, the veteran
bridegroom being more.than a sexagenarian.
ST. DOMINGO.
Great Naval Expedition to Snu Domingo
---Rumors of a Secret Treaty—
A Portion of the Island Said
to Have Been Ceded to
the United States.
The New York World contains the follow
ing Intelligence:
Jn a day or two St. Domingo will doubtless
be occupied by United States troops. The
sailing of the man-of-war Albany tor that
place on Wednesday has created intense ex
citement among the Cubans and sympa
tluzers with the Spanish cause in this city.
By the Cubans the fact is accepted as an indi
cation of a definite policy of the United States
Government jn.fayor of the revolution. The
Spaniards in the city and their sympathizers
construe the matter iti another Way, but are
in doubt as to the exact meaning "ofthe move
ment. They would like to consider it a move
ment designed to aid in suppressing the rebel
lion, but, knowing the American sentiment
on tbe subject so well as they do, they are
much in doubt as to, whether it means friend
ship or hostility to the Spanish gpvemment.
noi'KD son ST. DOMINGO.
The Albany left this port on Wednesday,
Captain Balch commanding. Sho took out
1,000 tons of ammunition, Held pieces, guns
tor fortifications, rifles and other warlike im
plements. : The fact of a regular United
■States man-of-war,under the" charge of United
States naval officers, leaving for St. Domingo
was something which naturally excited deep
interest in the public mind. The question,
“What does it all mean?” was asked by dis
interested parties, and even the old “Yorker
-clement,” that- seldom cares about affairs be- I
yond tbe shores of .Manhattan Island, began I
to grow disturbed and to inquire, “What in I
tlie deuce is Uncle Sam going to do now?” I
BPMOBH or A SEOItKT TBKATV. I
There were rumors to the effect that the
government had concluded a' secret treaty
with St. Domingo for the possession of a cer
tain portion of the island. Bnt exactly what
this meant was a question rather difficult ’to
answer. "Why did Uncle Sam make such a
treaty? "What was it intended to bring
.about? Merchants down town, having mer
cantile interests in San Domingo, became
puzzled over the matter, and many an extra
“brandy cocktail,” with partaga attached, was
indulged in oypr the subject.
DOES If MEAN All! TO CUBA ?
Finally, by some it was concluded that the
destination of the man-of-war Albany was St.
Domingo, and that the expedition meant as
sistance to Cuba. Maps were overhauled,and
it was believed' that the Albany Would pro
ceed direct to St. Domingo, land immediately
opposite Cape Maisi, and there, forty or titty
miles from Cuba, established a base of sup
plies to be used in aiding the Cuban revolu
tionists in their war for independence.
DO CUT AND COXFC.SIOK.
There were some, however, who believed
the expedition was hound for Hayti for the
purpose of recognizing the revolutionists of
that country, and regard them as belligerents.
Amid all this doubt and confusion of opinion
I of speculation od the subject, it was pretty au
thentically reported that the troops taken out
by the Albany, on reaching 8t" Domingo
would land on territory belonging to the
United States, inasmuch as a portion of tha
territory had been ceded to this' Government,
and then the Object of the expedition was to
take possession of the newly acquired land
and plant in its soil a staff from which the
Stars and Stripes should evermore float.
IMPORTANT DETAILS. .
The Tortugas will be the first landing-place"
ofthe Albany. There the steamer will take on
board r>oo United States soldiers. The expedi
tion is accompanied by three United States j
commissioners, who were specially sent on
from Washington , and who, it is understood,
are invested with power to practically con
clude the treaty by taking possession of the
ceded territory. Only a few weeks since,
Lieutenant-Colonel Babcock,formerly of Gen.
Grant’s staff,accompanied by Senator Cole, of
California, visited St. Domingo on a secret
mission, and it is believed that the cession of
a portion of the island has been the result of
that mission.
The Albany carries two hundred and fifty
officers and crew, one company of marines,
and about forty guns. The Miantonomah and
the Nantick have received orders to join the
AA'est India squadron, and this fact, joined to
those already stated, seems to indicate some
important movement by the United States
Government in relation to Cuba.
THK ANNEXATION-.
The Sun has the following editorial remarks
upon the subject:
The extraordinary preparations going on for
some time past at our navy yards have excited
a feeling of general curiosity, and' in some
quarters a fear of war, which the pacific and
forbearing character of the present Adminis
tration does not justify. We believe, how
ever, that we can now quiet all doubt and
anxiety upon the subject. Unless our infor
mation is greatly in error, the extensive addi
tions just made and still making to our active
naval forces are not intended to fight either
Spain or England, hut simply to keep guard
ovbr the annexation of the- Dominican Re
' public to the United States. .
AVe understand that the, conditions of an
nexation have been fully agreed upon be
tween Gen. Babcock, a confidential officer of
Gen. Grant's staff, acting on' the 'part of the
President, and'the authorities'of St. Domingo.
The treaty, whose terms are similar to those
of the annexation of Texas, is to he laid before
the Senate on the opening of Congress, and,
as ail the members of the Dominican Govern
ment and all the leading men among'their
people are anxious for the ratification and
consummation of the measure, it is not ex
pected that any considerable time will elapse
before the Senate approves tho acquisition and
authorizes the Executive to complete it. The
numerous ships of war that are now leaving
for the AVest Indies are sent there at the re
quest of President Baez and his advisers.
AVhen the Stars-and Stripes come" to' be
raised iu Dominica, oue or more of these
men-of-war will bo found .in each of the
principal seaports, and a small force of United
States marines or infantry will bo landed to
occupy the forts and render 'th'e transfer se
cure and peaceful. There is no danger of any
real trouble; - but'the revolutionary faction
under Cabral, though impotent to influence or
resist the action of the Dominican people,
would be very likely, if no precautions were
taken, to make the annexation of the Re
public the ; occasion of seditious inanifesta
tions. ' ' ' ; ;, - •
The merits of this interesting'eveiit and its
probable political consequences, were fully
discussed when it was first proposed-by-Mr.
Seward, a year or more ago. • / •It ;is to the
credit of General Grant that Tie has thus taken
up the policy of that statesman, .apd is- carry
ing out his plan by adding thisricli and Im
portant island~to the United States; for Of
course the annexation of the' Spanish part.df
Haytl must soon ho followed by that of the
French portion. Thus we have our flag on
the.soil where Columbus, as lie discovered tho
New World, first set the symbol of Oluisti-
"ODRWHOI.E COWTRY.
unity and progress; and it needs no prophet to
asstire tis that long before the dawn of the |
twenttetb century, the banner of Americm I
respected as the national, stan- j
dard through all tho Antilles. ... |
I A Maternal Opinion of Hnpoleon 111.
M. Morel has. ventured on a history .of Na-
I P' B "works and his opinions,partly
I with the view of showing tho discrepancies
I between thoopinious of the prince aud the
I actions sovereign. - One anecdote (says
I the f’oUMall Gazette) Will be quite sufficient to
I illustrate wliat M. Morel drives at. When
I the prince was at Ham “his lucubrations
I bP ea red in.a valiant journal, he Progres du
I I'aa-de-Lmaia, which was very hostile- to the
| goverpnjent of Louis Philippe,and was prose
| cuted during the reign of that monarch
I twenty-nine times. The chief editor, M. De
| gebrgmwas an. energeticrepublican andaman
I °r profound convictions, "who afterwards in a
| fit of despair at having supported the candi-
I dature Of Louis Napoleon to tbe presidency,
| humiliated and outraged by the success which
I attended the coup d’ilal, went mad.” The an-
I ectlptw comermng the education of Prince
I Louis form the most interesting portion ofthe
I new volume. King Louis, it wifi be remem-
I bored, never saw the present Emperor in his
infancy, and took little interest in him; but
I Louis Napoleon was always his mother’s fav
| orite, an(fshe never tired of instructing him
Il n a , rt of ruling, and of plotting
I for his sake the downfall of tho Bourbons,
| “The eldest son (M. Morel writes) Was judi-
I ciallv claimed and obtained by the ex-King,
but was not entirely lost to Hortense; but the ]
younger lad belonged to her exclusively.
* * * She wonld have liked to have
seen hnn more lively, more French, but she
consoled herself at seeing him of an undecided
i character, rather bae.kward, aud at times of
almost feminine indolence. She recalled the
celebrated saying of Catherine de Mcdicis—
the world belongs to lymphatic natures. I
Wltbout being a saremte she was not ignorant I
that this constitution, modified by regime and I
age, becomes in time favorable for reflection I
and tenacity.” |
M. Morel then gives some of tbe precepts I
which were inculcated by .Queen Hortense: I
“Yon will never, my dear child, have that
fecundity of sallies, ■ that rapidity of concep- I
tion, that comprehension of startling the I
world which made your uncle so extraordi- I
nary. * * # * Speech is an , admirable I
power for seduction; it colors everytbi ng one 1
desires to illuminate. Above all, it is admira- I
ble for enveloping; skillful projects in ealeu- I
iated obscurity. _ There is a princely art—and I
you will iearn it—of flashing phrases in such I
a manner that by an optical phenomenon, it
makespeople see just what they desired. One
kjarns to employ a language which has all the
diversity of aspect oi the chameleon, or, if I
you remember it, of that harlequin’s jacket
which Florian shows us in his table. Every I
one sees in it the color which pleases him 1
most. Thus your uncle, the Emperor,was I
ableto establish his authorityin giving to all I
parties that particular hope which amused I
the foolery ol royalist or republican.
“The Bourbons, wlio are rather stupid,com
mit the fault of keeping on their premises too I
much inflammable matter to allow the orators
ofthe Chamber to strike a light so freely. In
time a conflagration" will ensue. Your uncle
understood things better. As long as be was
master he aione spoke to the people. He even
pushed his precautions so far as to have his
journals written under his own eyes. Ido
pot know whether wo shell be able some day
to practice the same surveillance; bnt it is
clear to me that the liberty ofthe press during
the Hundred Days was one eause of the fall of
tbe resuscitated empire. The Emperor, who
ItneW his people, had finished by suppressing
the Tribunat, instituted in 1799, only allowing
to subsist the Corps Eegislatif, obliged by the
Constitnti on to Vote laws in silence.
, “If ever you become master, and have the
power of organizing the country, do not per
mit a word to he said withont your expresslau
thorization. The additional act of 1815, which
appeared to be a necessity of the epoch, was,
iu fact, the negation of the empire, whose ex
istence it was meant to consolidate. Ido not
say that there is nothing absolute in the
world, and that the liberty to write and to
speak must never be given, but place politics
as far as possible beyond the reach or public
discussion. There is hardly any Government
which can resist the examination of its origin
and the .discussion of the personal acts of the
mastfer. ’However, your present situation ex
acts that you should not disdain the aid and
sympathy of journalists. They are incompara
ble for rendering misfortune interesting, and
I may add that most ot" them have the taste,
almost the mania, for resuscitating the van
quished.”
Attention has been repeatedly called, in the
columns of our press, to the fhet that the' in-'
terests of the citizens of Philadelphia demand
a speedy and thorough reformation in the
system ot extinguishing fires; something more
than a reformation, in fact, a yew system
altogether. But no action has thus far been
taken upon the suggestions. Have we to re
mind our fellow citizens that oiir city is a city,
and iio longer the little town that our grand
fathers protected from the ravages of fire with
their own hands ? To show the evil of the
present existing system it seems needless to
mention particular Instances, since the
character of the men is already notorious,
who, under the guise of a fireman’s dress, are
permitted to enter our houses with impunity
when we have the dire misfortune to liveeven
in the vicinity of a burning building. It is
useless to say that such men are necessary—
that such .daring and bravery can
only he called- forth by the use of
stimulants and by the rivalry resulting from
our purely voluntary system. For, leaving
out of view the doubtful character of some, we
would ask you this simple question : It yqu
wished a piece of, work done in the speediest
and most thorough manner possible, would
you employ separate bands of workmen, who,
among themselves as individuals, had but
-questionable organization, and between
. whom, in their collective positions, avowed
enmity existed ? AY ould you not consider the
idea absurd V Blit what is a more serious mat
ter to us than the protection of our homes ?
Under the excitement aroused by afire it is
not easy for cool and sober men to not well,
even when guided by a chief whom they are
forced to obey; hot we allow our houses to be
ransacked and deluged, and conflagrations to
spread, under the, contrel of disjointed bands
of men, acting in no kind of concert and with
no responsibiflty'platied upon their actions. Is
not this criminal negligence ?
i. Our neighbors in Camden have adopted the
system of a paid Fire Department; which sys
tem it appears to us would, if efficiently con
ducted, remedy .mpst of the evils to which we
are now-forced to submit. If the whole' cor
porate city was divided into sections, oyer
each of which an able chief presided, whose
commaiids'were implicitly obeyed by every
underworker, the extinguishing of a fira
would be indeed-reduced to a real system.
For, while we writethis, wo can gladly bear
testimony to the almost, superhuman bravery
exhibited by,many •of. our,firemen ; such men
should beqilqceu in the paid 'service, .and be
paid well,'too. Biittfi'e bravtatsoldierstiannot
contend with an enemy without an able com
mander. , ■■ ■,
AVe are led to urge this matter at tho pre
: sent> time,, from - the - fact that.at a recent fire. -
on Queen street, Germantown, a. dwelling
(which, .ascitizenst ..in: that vicinity
know, is very ' centrally situated).-was -
burnt out,-the .Inmates scarcely rescuing their
furniture frdm the Haines. And this, as a
number of icredible/ eye-witnesses* have Sm
formed us, was the result, hot of any lack of.
energy anil good-wili, but, first, want of sys.
REEEN BOBTESBE A9TO HER SON.
(For tlio Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
How Long Shall We Suffer?
tem in getting the fire under control before
the premises were caught, ami. secondly, an
insufficient of water. The testimony
goes to show that if rightly, managed the fire
might have been • kept from raising a blister
on the paint of the house. C'. M.
THK THOMAS CONCF.KTS. '
It is many years since Philadelphia has had
so fine a musical treat as that afforded- at Com
cert Hall last evening, when Theodore
Jbomaa, with his noble orchestra-, gave his
iirst grand concert. The porformersi about
iorty.m number, are all masters of theitr re
spective instruments, and long practice under
their distinguished leader has madh tliem-ab
fiolutely perfect as a band. The concorfr opened
with the Tannliamcr overture; then followcd
tho delicious allegretto movement from Bee
thoven’s eighth symphony; then We
“‘‘t3 piano piece, the “Invitation
to the Danco,” superbly instrumented by Ber
lioz; then a lovely composition by Schumann,
called “Traumerei,” followed for an encore by
an exquisite serenade forstringedinstruinents
by Haydn. Itis useless topoint out any of
the particular features in these pieces, for they
were all magnificently played. The first part
of the programme concluded with a grand
concerto by Liszt, a work of tho new school,
in which the difficulties aremore conspicuous
than the beauties. Miss Alide Topp pre
sided at the piano—a Weber, of great
strength and purity of tone—and played
from memory the whole of the difficult work,
with great power and brilliancy. There was
an enthusiastic recall, when she favored the
1 audience with one of Chopin’s charming and
characteristic .nocturnes, which she played
with exquisite .grace and intelligence;
The .second part of the concert opened with
the overture to William Tell , which has proba
bly never been more magnificently or effec
tively performed by an orchestra of the same
size. Then followed a Strauss waltz, new to
us, but full of the verve and graco that are its
Composer’s characteristics. A. quaint
and lieatifuj . duet for .'flute and
french horn, .with orchestra, succeeded to
this. Then came a polka mazurka and a
“polka schnell”—the latter in galop time, also'
by Strauss. • The concluding piece was a
“Fackeitanz,” or torch dance, by Meyerbeer,
one of the three great works of the kind writ
ten for grand occasions at Berlin. These were
intended for outdoor performance, and the
effects are all grandiose. But for power
and originality, they doservo high
rank among the great composer’s
works. The one plaved last evening
afforded opportunities for some of Mr.
Thomas’s soloists to exhibit their skill.. The.
“Fackeitanz” wound up magnificently one of
the grandest concerts ever given in Philadel
phia. This evening and to-morrow evening,
with a change of programme on each - occa
sion, the Philadelphia musical public ,cau
again hear Mr. Thomas’s splendid orchestra.
The opportunities should not be neglected.
Artists as well as mere amateurs should go;
for good orchestra playing in Philadelphia
has become a lost art, and this band may
afford hints for its revival.
The’ 'following communication upon the
subject of the Thomas concert, Jast evening,
has been received from tin amateur of this city.
It Is just that we print it in this connection:
To the Editor of the Even'mg,Bulletin As an
American whose ; national pride ; is always
willing to be gratified, I cannot restrain a
word upon the Subject of the concert given
last evening by, Theo. Thomas’s orchestra.
Alter having heard within the past two years
all the finest orchestral organizations of Eu
rope, and made it a special point to: neglect no
concerted, instrumental recital whenpossible
to listen to it, I.feel that the opportunity of
.comparison affords ability in forming an opin
ion upon the Thomas orchestra’s perfermancO.
T desire, therefore, to say that never have I
heard so complete an orchestral recital as that
of last evening. Tho most perfect individual
correctness and studied cdliectivo expression
are displayed to an extent almost marvelous.
A critique is impossible. A sense of genuine
pride at the possession *f .such an organiza
tion in America' prompts me to say these few
few words, and to remark that pens are in
adequate to convey any idea of the exquisite
character of the playing of- the Thomas or
chestra. ~~
—At the "Walnut, this evening, Miss Lucille
Western will appear in .East Lynne, At the
matinee to-morrow, The Ticket of Leave Man
will be presented.
—Mrs. John Drew and company will give a
performance of Lost at ,See at the Arch this
evening, and at the matinee to-morrow./
— Bo'/us will be repeated at the Chestnut
Street Theatre this evening.
. —At the American, this. evening, the sCan
fretta Troupe will give some of their most
wonderful acrobatic feats. In addition, there
will be the usual variety performance.
• —Duprez & Benedict's Opera House is oh
the topmost wave of success. The company
is very strong, and a splendid programme is
offered nightly.
Carncross & Dixey’s minstrels give an ex
cellent Ethiopian entertainment this evening.
—Hermann, continues his magical perform
ances at the Academy.
To-night Hermann will have his
first benefit in America. A programme of
unusual excellence, embracing a number of
novelties, will be presented. Mad. Hermann,
also, will appear for tho first time and sing
several operatic select! oils. She is said to be a
vocalist of unusual powers. Her voice is a
mezzo-soprano, sweet, flexible and highly
trained. We sincerely hope she may sing to
a large audience. Hermann concludes his
engagement to-morrow night. There will bo
a matinee at two o’clock to-morrow, for lathes
and children.
—The Franlco children infant prodigies,
assisted by Madame Henrietta Behrens, Will
give concerts at the Assembly Buildings on
this and Saturday evenings. A first-class per
formance may he expected.
—On Monday night next Grau’S German
Opera Company will begin an engagement'
at the Academy of Music with Her Fremehutz,
Mesdames Frederici, Jobannsen and Hotter,,
and Messrs.Habelmann, Bimmer, Formes and
others will appear. The repertoire contains
some of the noblest operas in existence. The
sale of tickets will bo continued at Trumpler’s
music store.
—He will begin his entertainments at
Assembly Buildings on Monday evening
next. The Signor has brought with him from
Europe a number of new tricks,«»ikl he pro
mises to give exhibitions of'skill which will
entirely eclipse his former achievements.
—At the Assembly Buildings, on Wednes
day evening, November 17th, Mr. Dennis will
deliver the third of the Foneyville course of
lectures. Subject—“ Social Fossils.”
—An exhibition of parlor magic will bo
given in the'Amateurs’Drawlng Boom,Seven
teenth street, above Chestnut, this evening,by
Mr, Coleman Sellers. The proceeds will be
deyoted to the Society for the Prevention off
Cruelty to Aninials.
' —At the Amateurs’ Drawing Koom, on
Seventcehth : street,above Chestnut street, last
evening, the 'first performance of the series
of English parlor operas was given. The
handsome little theatre was filled with a
fashionable and appreciative audience.
Miudelssohn’s Son wmtilvmyer was given.the
following being the cast;
Lisbeth (Ward to the . ? ■.
May0r)................Madam J. Schintpf
Ursula ,Miss ;
Mayor.... • Mr. H. E. Barnhurst
Herman >■ (his 50n):...., s v ..Mr. G. F. Bishop
••Kata (a Ped1ar)....... ;Mr.. Wi W. Gllohrist
Martin (a Watchman),,.. ...M, W,'Barnhurst
Conductor..,,. ~,Miv Thosa’Bocketr Jr
. -The music,of the oppra is kEht and pleasant,
and was given and conscientiously, i
and the acting of all or the performers was I
highly satisfactory. Between the acts Mr.
Rudolph Hennig; the great violincollist, per
foimou the “Souvenir de Spa” in his usual abl^
J. 1. FiTHEKSTON. Poljlishtr.
PiUOE THREE CENTS.
»Wle, The second opera of the nwics '-.wiV
«y*e Place <>n Thursday evening,. December
1 iV 9 4, wI comic offer*; Thi
I'tito t erns, wiu he given. 1
• —Our enormons population of botanists,
lady artists', downy: medicri student, an*
adolescent studentesses mayfcelsome iriteresfc
m the anatomy and contours of Mr. James
Mace, the boxer, who appears in a mixed
entertainment, at National Hall. For the in
formation of those who have notvet inspecto*
this model, we- may state that he
but not remarkably, wefl-built mart: - >
the top-heavy proportions of
legs being lean and wiry, white his bodyakii
arms show tlio aetaunulafcoti of fat usual ot a
prize-fightw who-is out of condition,
constitution)off mreh a man generally include*.
; l . *l“®* sleek-bide, amch as- is well indi<bated-iwi v
the “Dying Gladiator,”and,in time of repoeei
a heavy coat of adipose. Mace appears t<£>
enjoy these cMaraderistics in their utmost
hbqrahty. When eiathed iiu his epidermis of'"
white silk there is* hardly more fouscui&f^ r
on Ins body than oa* a stuffed
my. D* B proportions- are good, and he has a '
fine small athleffe’s Aead. He assumes his :
poses (which are-, however, strained and in- -
artistic) with remark; iftse precision and attest-
marking acceat of the music
with an attitude. A-Ijeoter study of muscle in
motion can usually be liod at any circus.
biceps are bulgy, his pectorals are puffy, his
deltoids are dumplings, Kis dorsals are doughy,
his trapezius ia tallowy, Sis serrnri are seam
less, his rectus is bow-windowed, iris glutrials
are globular, his vast! an? violitNstnhgs, his
gracilis is gristly; and'liis ankles are inordi
nate. Mace remains the week out only.
—Tlie farewellconoert'given by Miss Bents,
at Concert Hail, on Wednesday evening,, was
a very satisfactory entertainment. Miss Bents
sang with expression and feeling. Her voice
is of the best quality, sweet, sympathetic and
highly trained. Miss Itegto was handsomely
by a mpnber of MWompli.slied ama-
.—The first of Mfv Carl'TVol&ohn’s series of
six matinees will be given irnthe foyer of the
Academy of Music, on Fridjta of next week.
This will be a “Beethoven Matinee.’-' A very
attractive programme will b<J>-presented. Mr.
Wolfsohn dffierves support'and encourage
ment mthispraise worthy enterprise.
FACTO AND FANCIES.
~ r f ante has been translated/into Hebrew,
at Trieste. .. *
—An ambitious artist of Bej»> NevsStla', is
painting a panorama of the world. •
, —Aman in Minnesota thought he beard a
burglar, ured at the noise and snst his wife* ;
A new French gun is the>-;“i)ali syringe,’*
that squirts 400 bullets a minute. ’
, of Va., proposes tp
pjantthe streets of that city m peanuts to pay
oft tlio debt. ‘ ..
—When the bottom of the Great Eastern
ivjw cleaned, 50,000 gallons of-'miissels- and
other accretions were-removed from, iir:
— A Chicago lady advertises that she would
Jure to form the acquaintance of.'agetitleman
with the view to a ton. of coah '
—Jacob Overturf,- a pioneer off licking
county, died on Saturday week. He. is now
under turf. • , ; ;
—Badonoff, a new--Russian-tenor, is just
now the popular idol-: of- the. cperai-goeis of
Moscow. , ■ ; .
, —Tiie Czar sends Grand-Duke. Michael as
his proxy to Suez, as the only-person ap
proximating to his, dignity.
, —Prince Charles, of Itoumania, isafiiauced
to a Priissian Princess. The mover of tlie
natch ia I’rim and tlic uaaideii Ueioucew
—The Sultan spent so much on Ids, dinner to
Eugenie that he coirtdhiff aftoid {logo, tofithe
Spea opening. , ■">> ; “ /
_—A Cincinnati reporter has
xjyoia Thompson, ana (received frarai her an
* “artless smile.”
—A modem Noah in-Portlaud Into Kiunched
an ark large enough forshimseif, diwingr the*
next tlood, which he prediets 'hand.
He expects to land in Italy.
—Anna Bishop has sung in the language of
almost every civilized..nation, including the
English,J’rench, Italian, Spanish, ■ Swedish.
Danish, Hessian, Bohemian and Gdrman.
—Brigham Young recently had a revelation
to leave for the Sandwiuh Jslands with (ill the
available funds of the concern.. Bathe didn’t
think best to obey the heavenly voice.
—A grave in one of the Nbw Orleans cemete
ries was strangely deeked, on All Saints’ Day,
with a chignon of auburn hair, studded with
teeth in the place of beads, and surrounded'by
a blonde roulean. A sail-visaged man, stand
mg near, explained that they were mementoes
of his wife and child..: - ,
—A lady of . France, barfing been
ordered by the city councilto painbher house,
gave it a coat of pink: This she was ordered
to change, and then, printed'itoed.iThe
council fined her for. “-insulting the mnniei
pa)ity,” and demanded a Stone dolma:. •
—A Chicago paper publishes this startling
“ personal” advertisement:
Pebsoxat-i—(lf living) will the gentlemen
who loft IU3, av., last. Sunday, evening, to
tight a tluel on the prairie, cull and claim their
property. If not Called tor. within., ten days
will he sold for debt. . " .Land I).;
—Mr. . E.. Wortley-Monhgu, whose auto
biography’is announced in London,. ought to
make an interesting.bonk of it. In,, the brief
space of forty-two years he was successively a
Westminster boy, a. sweep, a Spanish mule
teer, a btudent, an author, a Protestant, a Pa
pist, and finally a Mohammedan.,
—Prince Napoleon, attended., by proxy
Sainte-Beuve’s luneralj hut npt the. Emperor
who did not dare to have himself represented
on an occasion which drew .together3o,ooo of
the mostintellectnal opponents of, his dispen
sation. It was an, imposing demonstration
against Bonapartism.
—At Lafayette, Ind., the other, night, the
audience was made up ot. peopjg_who had so
little experience in the dramas that thev did
not, know when the play closed. After the
curtain had fallen.on Oliver Twist tbov stilt'
kept.their seats until the dead Jew, “Fagin,’*
came out and told them they noight go home..
—James Qhphant, Minister-of Dumbarton,
had a curious habit of making running com
ments, in a low time of voice, as ho read the
Scriptures. Hence, as he never -cured himself ,
of tho practice, thoso seats nearest the pulpit
were most highly prized. Here are two isam-.
plea of his “pulpit notesßeading of. tho -
swine running into the sea lie muttered, “'Oh,
that the devil had been choked too!” Reading.
Peter’s remark, "We have left all and followed?
Theo,” tfio minister ejaculated, “Aye boastin'
Peter; aye' braggin’; what bad ye to leave lint,
an old crazy boat, and maybe two, or three,
rotten nets.'”
—Anopernficfraeii. i roceiiri'edrecently,a(<
Preston, England. The orchestra conductor,
Mr. Hall, complained that the leading, singgr,'
Miss Matthews, as the .Ortmde DuchesgeAiapt,
bad time, “ upsetting tho harmony, of' tiie ifir,
strumentalists.” In rovenge for this the. Indy’s
husband lay in ambush for the’ complaining
coudoctor, hit him in the faco as hewas-stoops
ing to pass through a low doorway, nwhothar-.
•wise injured him so. he had to. bn .sent to. in
j hospital. Behold the sweet .eflects. of
and harmony! - i. , ~
—Even Mendelssohn dees'riot Ui<&
! charge of plagiarism, for the London Oiv/isfr«
says that “ the first tenor song ia The Elijah
is a parody from a modern German; tha
< Hammer Song’ is written upon Hatidel; and
the 'Hear, Oye Israel,’ a’close copv of'Sebas
tian Back. Mendelssohn Inis thrown fill' hix
sweet and seducing spirit into these: arias, abut
th us matlethemjhiiriqwß, hut, they Sure symna
thetic associations, notoriglnal developments.
There is;nothing, of that, originality, felicity
and perfect iVeeatim that marks tlie arias iu
The. Vreation, iilthougb it is but justice, to re
mark that Haydn is by noanenns’original in,
his celebrated tuia, 1 With verdure clad.*"
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