Daily evening bulletin. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1856-1870, November 12, 1869, Image 1
©IRSpN PEACOIGK;. Rditiir: GLUME XXIII.-N0.185. CAKDS, INVITATIONS blLimST" rt,e,t *<>• Ho*»tylo,._ MASON*CO - ' >»ngltfg 907Cheirtniit«trimt. 'EBBING INVITATIONS • BN newiMt au4 b tmi manner. 10010 >KA ototioner and Engraver, 1032 Chestnut --■ - • •■••• ■ , ,•■ ■•• • ■feaotf ... 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.*" \ 1