GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIU.-KO. IST.
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MDRDOCH—LAW.—On Wednesdayi November 10th,
by the Itcv. Henry A. Boardman* Mr. John Murdoch,
of Baltimore, to Miss Mary if*> daughter of tho late
John K.Law. w
DIED.
CLARK.—On the 12th fmjt,, Jonathan Clark* It. D.»
agedtk) years. ; ,
Thc rolatlven and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend bis funeral, from bfa late residence,
Lancaster rocul, Lower Merlon, on Wednesday morning,
at 10 o’clock. To proceed to Laurel Hill. *"
lIALLOWELL.—<>n He»cnth day morning, Amy P.,
relict of tho late William T. HalloweH,iu tho 73d year
of her ago.
ller relatives and friends arc respectfully invited to
attend her funeral,from her late residence,B2o North
Brood street,on Third-day afternoon, tho 16th lust., at
1 o’clock. -
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Tb i* Department of our btuinees Is an object of careful
attention, and fully up to tho advanced standard of
the Department for G«nt». The atock we offer is the
finest that can bo hod. ’
Weiuvili* all Mothers, and others having charge of
Children, to look through this partof tho
Chestnut Street Clothing Establishment.
JOHN WANAMAKER,
818 and 820 CHESTNUT STREET.
NOTE.—Be it,remembered that our Clothing in the
BEADY MADE DEPARTMENT ia superior to any
made-up gaiiaente to he had elsewhere,aud lain every
rrfepect equal to tho. „ .
BEST CCBTOM-WORK.
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
Corner of Asylum Turnpike & Fisher Lane,
NEAR TEANKFOBD.
A oham-v is now offered to seenye tots, at the
i<owf rite*r sis,
payable in instalment*, In what U admitted to be the
l>e»t adapted grounds for Cemetery pprpowe tit-arLhila
delphia.being romantically located, perfectly dry and
beautifully rolling anrface. Apply to
Pawin-cNT—WILBUB H. MYERS,
419 North Fifteenth street.
Vick Phesidext— llAKßV M. GKAItY.
S. E. corner of Ridge ,venue and Wallace street.
BkceetaBT— OISO.CBANDI.be PAUL,
Oflice of the Company, 1723 North Tenth street.
Trexsveee— \VM. 8. BNEYD,
532 East York street.
SurBRJNTRNDEST—SAMUEL F. MEADE,
noli Irnrpi On the Grounds.
O-ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
thk stab course of lectures.
Hon. 8. 8. COX, NoT«mbtr29.
Hon. CHARLES SUMNER, December 1.
Sev.ROBT. COLLYEB, December 3.
ARK TWAlN.December7.
DK CORDOVA, Decembers. ...
WENDELL PIULLIP6. December 16. _
TirketealGOULlrS.933 CHESTNUT Street, nol tfrpS
ABD OF THANKS TO DR. SAMUEL
T. E. BECK, *0 Bond street, New York.
Af» litar Sir: Gratitude proinpte mo to make this
acknowledgment of j our skill and judgment oe a pby
6j,_jan After eeeklng lit-lp everywhere fnrain. and eub
jocted to years of torment and trouble, I have from tour
feaudi obtained health, strength and comparative top
pirn*,. With warm feel.nge
J no&-3t * Philadelplnu.
OFFICE OF THE MOUNT CAR-
Iy? ISON BAILi:OAI> COMPANY .
ruiLAUKLPRiAi Notember 13, 18<y.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany and an ejection for a President and 1 nn*P*rs.
will hr Jivtdat No. 316 Walnut street, on •HONDAx,thu
e ,U A.r Of Oocen,b P r atl! Jr „
Secretary.
nolS to ile<J§
iy-==» A OUAND CONCERT OF SACKED
and Secular Mimic will bo given at Loguu Souaro
Church, Twentieth am! Vine *tr*cts r on TO-MOEBOW
/Tuesday) KVKNINU, at fcouio of the best
musical talent have volunteered for the occasion.
Tickets, Sl—to b« had at the door, or of J.b.t»ould,
Chestnut street; Samuel M. Wanamakcr, ?SIS and
*2O Chestnut street; James Bell* 2000 Callowbill street,
and John A. Androws, 3021 Vine street. It*
OF PENNSYLVA-
Anuual Meeting of the Societyof the
Alumni will he held at the College rfftll on TUESDAY ,
ICIh lost., at 4 o clock, P. M. GEORGE D BUDI),
Bt'Cording Secretary.
Ho’MKOP A T H I V HOSPITAL
FAIB
Will be hold at
HORTIUULTBBAIi HALL,
Commencing on the 17th inst. apd closing on tho 30th
"rhe Friends of Homeopathy and a generous public,
■will, it is hoped, embrace this opportunity to aid by
their patronage, In providing tho swans for thoelection
of a Hospital, in which all classes and conditions'shall,
have tbetieneflt of Homeopathic treatment.
The Lady managers meot on MONDAY , 15th mat., tit
the College, on Filbert street, abovo Llevonth.anddo
oire nothe of all intended douaitions, either of articles
useful or fancy, for sale at tho tables, or for the Bos
taurant; which latter is designed to bo a great feature
of'the Fair ; and will bo completely organized to furnish
substantiate ns well as delicacies. ,n0123t
jl.
DENNIS,Eno., Will deliver the Third or the
eourßi; on WEDNESDAY EVENING, Nov. 17. Sub
ject—“ Social FossilH. "TUESDAY,&ov. S 3, Fourth
and Last lecturo. Subject—“ Mm. Wiggina aud her
Party," attheASSEMBLY BUILDING. Season.tickets
(two lectures!, secured Single lecture,
secured grata, "75 cents. General admission, a) cents,
lecture at 8 o'clock, Secured Scats and Tickets at
Trnmpler„ ■- nol24trp§
STEREOPTICON AND MAGIC'
ILSrLantern Exhibitions fiiven to Sunday Schools,
Schools, Collettes, end for private entertainments. W.
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story. ■ •. • noazinrpj
PHILADELPHIA ORTHOPAEDIC
HOSPITAL, No.. 19 South Ninth stroet-For
treatment’of , Club Foot, Spinal and all other Bodily
®CHnlc‘cvw TUESDAY and FRIDAY, from H to 1.
Services gratuitous to the poor. ■ .
C B ATTENDINGSUIIGEONS :
Dr. THOB. O.MORTON, 4
Residence, 1421 Chestnut street.
Dr. H. E. GQODMAN, .
. - . 1427 Chestnut street.
NORTH PESNSYLVAKIA BAIL-
AND GREEN LANBSTATION. .
l'ho Minora having roanmed work wo aro ,again re
‘Ooiving a full supply of HARPEIGH COAL» wnich wo
are eefllng without advance & BHHAPB .,
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operations on the teeth, end} ae #»*»«•
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winter. . . ■ »010-6trp^
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tKkISU, BUSSIAN, AND PEBFCMBD BATH 3.
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'W*. SWARTHMORE COLLEGE. .
A Magnificent Drawing on Stone,
By THOMAS KOItAN,
01 this now "and beautiful COLLEGIATE INBTITU-'
TION of the Society of Friends.
Siv« of the Picture, 14 inches by 0 inches. Prices $1 09.
. Kor sale by - ■ ;'
VBtAH HBBrriß SONS,
no!fi*m vr a 3trp§ * 62 North Fourth SCreet.
jp3» NO TI e E.—PARTIES HOLDING
“tr Lehigh Valley Railroad Company receipts for
full paid stock—from Nos. 1 to 633, Inclusive—can re
ceive certificates ofsfock in exchange therefor, by ap
plying at tho office of the Company.3o.l Walnulatroet.
uoI5-6trp CHAB. C. LONGBTBETH, Treasurer.
jjrsa HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1618
•fey and 1620 Lombard street, Dispensary Department.
—Medical treatment and medicine furnished gratuitously
to tht poor. v ■ . , -
DISASTERS.
FEABm ACCIDENT IN ST. LOOTS.
A Clltild Acrobat FallaTrom a Trapeie in
a I'Ucatre.
The St. Louis Democrat of tho 12th gays:
The daring feats of a young girl known as
Mile. Zagrino, who is only about fourteen
years of age, have for some time excited the
wonder and admiration of the habitues of the
Varieties theatre. That a girl so youthful,
handsome, and seemingly artless, should at
tempt and successfully perform feats on the
flying trapeze which older performers wore
afraid to undertake, inspired tho'spectators
with enthusiasm that often broke forth in the
wildest applause. Mounted upon a bar hang
ing twenty-five feet above the floor, this beau
tiful child would balance herself, with arms
outstretched and a smile upon her face, and
then Swinging in long oscillations, stand upon
one foot, looking more like a creature of the
oirthnna being of the earth. So dangerous
did her performance appear, that many per
sons predicted that she would fall and break
her jieck. .
Last night the prediction came very near
being verified. M’He Zagrino was going
through her usual trapeze performances, ana
had come to that part where she stands ou one
foot, with the bar in rapid motion, when she
lost her balance. She attempted to grasp the
bar wit limner hands, but missed it; and fell
headlong upon the iloor inside of the orchestra
railing, striking on iier right hand and break
ing her wrist. A deep gash was also cift in
her forehead and her shoulder was severely
bruised.
A cry of horror arose from the audience as
tile girl fell, and men started up in the wildest
excitement. Every cheek turned as pale as
ashes, and men and women became as tremu
lous as though stricken with palsy.
On striking the floor near the bass viol, the
girl lay still, and it was supposed that she was
dead. .Her father, who hail been watching
the performance from the stage, at onCe came
forward, and leaping into the orchestra, lifted
up. the lifeless form of Ids daughter and placed
her upon the stage. She was then carried be
hind the scenes and three physicians were sent
for. The audience were informed that M’lle.
Zagrino whs only slightly injured, and the
show went on—two comic songs being next
outlie programme:
In a tew minutes the girl revived, and was
able,to speak. She said she Felt no great pain
except in her wrist, and begged the “doctors
notto.disturb her. No other bones were
broken except at the wrist'. Such were the
statements of the ushers, but the audience
were ofithe'opinion that the injuries were of
a more serious nature, and considering that
the tall was an unbroken one of twenty-five
feet, it would be strange if severe internal
injuries were not the result.
Since writing the above the girl has been
removed to the Everett House. The physicians
report that both her wrists are broken, and
that her injuries are of a serions nature. The
wound on the head is quite severe.
A HOBUE INDIAN.
Heath of a Sioux who was the Friend or
the White Han.
[From the St. Pa*il(Mlmi.' Pioneer, Nov.7.]
A private letter from S. J. Brown, Esq., son
of Hon. Joseph B. Brown, dated Bake Tra
verse, Nov. 1, giTes ns the not unexpected
news of the death of John Otherday, the well
known Sioux Indian, who was instrumental
in rescuing sixty-two captives from the Sioux
massacre of 18(2. His death occurred on the
iSUh ult, of a disease called “Indian Con
sumption.”
The death of this somewhat noted red man,
whose Indian name, was Am-pa-tu-to-koo-lta,
naturally brings to mind the thrilling incidents
in which he was a prominent actor. At the
time of the outbreak, he was living at Yellow
Medicine, and it was through him that the
whites at that place first heard of the intended
massacre. He imparted the startling intelli
gence to Mr. Goodell, the Government Super
intendent of farms at YellowMedicine,who at.
once went to work and collected all the fami
lies into a' large warehouse adjoining the resi
dence of Major Galbraith, then the superin
tendent of the Sioux Indians. When all col-
Mccted, the party consisted of sixty-two souls,
of whom forty-two were women and children,
ami the balance men, among whom were Mrs..
Galbraith and family; Noah Sinks, now of
this city, and family; Messrs.Goodeli, Givens,
Patcnell, Fattden and their families, besides
some six or eight other men. Tliis was on
Monday following the outbreak.
Toward evening of the same day they got
news that the soldiers had all been killed at
Bed Wood, and all hone of assistance from
that quarter was cut oft'. There was hut one .
chance of escape, and that was one of a thou
sand. To stay where they were'wan certain
death. They must fly, but where should they
go? Hastily making what preparations
they could, they left the warehouse and
wont down the bank and forded the
•river—men, women and children. When
they reached the other side, Mr. Goodell pro
posed going to Fort Bidgely. To this Other
day objected, and stated that if the party per
sisted in going tbat way he must leave them.
■He counseled going across the country to
Kandiyohi Lakes and Glencoe. His advice
was taken, and the entire party arrived safely
at Carver, long after they had been reported
massacred. During .this long, tedious and
dangerous journey, Oiherday’s advice, assist
ance and experience were invaluable, and no
doubt were the means of saving the lives of
the entire party.
Otherday’s friendshipfor the whites isolated
him from his people. He could not return to
them again, as his life would have been for
feited. He was gratefully remembered and
received a liberal reward for his
With; this he purchased a farm near Lake
Traverse, and securing a wife, he has resided
at that place until his death as above, stated..
' SOMETHING COMING.
A Column Of magnetic tight from, the
Ban Stretching; Out Towards the Earth.
The sun’s atmosphere,- say the scientific
men, is in a highly exflited condition. A' col
umn of magnetic light is Bhooting out further
and further from the solar sphere, and it is
now stretching out forty-five millions of
miles. In other words, it has accomplished
half the distance between us and the. snn!
The interesting question, and one on which,
perhaps, we «o not wish any more lightof
this character, is: How long will it be be- '
fore it. finishes the rest; of the dis
tance and bridges the gigantic ohasm between
the earth and the sun ? Is it a messenger sent
out to snatch us up as food for the insatiate
monster that keeps himself warm by devour
iug jllanets, and whoso fire-eating propensities
this whole earth would satisfy for. a few days
only? If so, how long will- this emissary he
in reaching us, and carrying ! the globe away
ns if wo were a gigantic |lump of coal for a
roaring furnace ? This column of light at.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NQYEMBER IS <1869.
, i nt-ervals indicates its approach by flashing and
corruscating with frcsnbriJliatiey. So decided i
are its effects that two astronomers, one at 1
London, the other at Oxford,: and. neither
knowing the experiences of tho other, sup
posed that the dark glass of their telescopes
had been broken or put, out of range, so
strong was the flash of golden light upon
fHe vision. It Is predicted that before the
end of next year this magnetic light wi|l :
have got near, enough to us to make its
immediate and .actual, influence upon the.
earth distinctly felt. It is announced
that in eonseqnenco we may expect
to see phenomena that have -never been
seen or known before by tbo human race. If
any of our readers are therefore yet disposed,
to complain of the weather and the
earthquakes, let them remember that, by this
time next year, they may have an entire new
. line Of experiences to explain aud wwlure, in
comparison with which the fitful winter and
Tough, rude Autumn of to-day, may seem like
a .Juno morning in Paradise, and the earth
quake’s shock and lightning’s storm, a placid
rocking in-the cradle with a pleasant lullaby
of thunder.
EVROPEAM AFFAIRS
FLORENCE.
Present Condition of the City.
A letter from Florence describes tR present
condition of that attractive city: ,
“A handsome villa, occupying ail imposing
position, is the Villa Trollope, the house of
the historian of Floronce. When. Mr. Trol
lope bought the house and adjoining podera
four or five years ago, the villa was even then
a capital one, and from its commanding site
and exceptionally convenient proximity tb
Florence—it is but ton minutes’ walk and six
minutes’drive from the Porta San Niccolo—
was highly attractive. The villa now, how
ever, is virtually a new one, Mr. Trollope
having completely altered its original plan,
and considerably enlarged it. Both outside
and in, it is a splendid specimen of ail that
taste, lavish but discriminating, can produce,
uiider circumstances, it must he confessed, of
the most advantageous kind.
“I-moat refer to a scheme which, if carried
out—aud I—am assured that there is every
probability of such being the case will
almost surpass in grandeur anything yet de
scribed. I dare say many of your readers
know the [nature or ‘lie’of the groand be-,
tween the place that I have spoken of as the
Piazza Michael Angelo and the back of the
houses that run from the old Porta San Min
iato to the Porta San Niccolo. It .is ail but
perpendicular. Well, a good portion of this
is to be cut out into terraces and steps, of
which some idea is conveyed to our minds by
the proprietors assuring us that the general
result will be, on afar larger scale", simi
lar to that produced by the steps that lead
from the Piazza di Spagpa, in Rome, to the
Trinita de’ Monti.
“When 1 add that the present Borgo San
Niccolo,'a most unseemly quarter—particu
larly when one remembers that it forms the
entrance to the city from Arezza, &c.—will
entirely disappear, anil give place to a hand
some boulevard, interspersed with piazzas,
and that even at the present moment the new
Lung Arno a Jittle further on is in process of
construction, I think I shall have given you a
fair idea of what alterations have taken and.
are taking place on the south side of the river.
“ Crossing the Arno, I may rapidly describe
what has been done in the way of alteration
mid improvement, by simply stating that the
whole of the city wall from the old closed gate
of tho Teeca Vecchia to the Porto San Gallo
has come down, and detached houses, gardens,
squares and boulevards, making an entirely
new quarter, have sprung into existence. The
Piazza Azeglio consists of houses of the first
class, nearly ail let.
“ Arriving at tho Porta Pinta I turned into
the beautiful Protestant cemetery, and gazed
once more on the resting places of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, Theodosia Trollope, Wal
ter Savage Lanaor, Arthur Hngli Clough,
Theodore Parker, and Others whose names
will not be less remembered by posterity be
cause they are associated with the city of
flowers. Like the Protestant cemetery at
Rome, it is still a place to make one half in
love with' death. But whoever would be
buried there must make haste to (lie. It will
be closed on the Ist day of 1870..
“The government, In closing it, is ready
to give another plot of ground, at the ‘Due
Strade,’ about a mile or so from the Porta
Romana, quite the other side of Florence, to
gether with a iump sum of 15,000 francs. Tho
gift, however, is to all Protestant communi
ties in common. The place is nothing like so
lovely as that where stands the old cemetery;
but affectionate care, guardian cypresses, a
climate that makes funeral roses grow like
marriage ones, will soon transform the new
G oil’s acre into a spot where one will be able
to exclaim, ‘How beautiful is death! ’ ”
SCOTLAND.
Royal t'omplfinent from the Kins: of
Prutisia.-nanib»l Keith’s Memorial
Statue.
His Majesty the King of Prussia lately pre
sented a statue of Field Marshal Keith to the
town of Peterhead, England, and the English
press has given an account of the ceremony of
inauguration. We are now in a position to
lay before our readers the address of the Town
Council folds Majesty. 1
To His Host Gracious Majesty the King of Prus
sia, the Memorial of the Pivvosl, Magistrates
and Council of the Burgh of Peterhead, in the
County of Abirdecn, North Britain: May
lx i-leahe youb Majesty, your memorialists
have delayed approaching your Majesty with
an expression of their gratitude for having so
very graciously complied with their request
to present, to the town of Peterhead a statue
of Field Marshal Keith until they should bo
enabled to inform your Majesty of its erection
and unveiling.
In pursuance of your Majesty’s order, the
statue arrived at Peterhead on October 6,1888,
find, on August 16,1869, was formally inaugu
rated by the Bight Honorable the Earl of Kin
tore, her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of this
county, and a descendant of the ancient and
noble family of Keith. It may please your
Majesty to know that the corcmony was per
formed in the presence of the largest concourse
of people ever assembled in the town of Peter
head,and that the warmest thanks of the com
munity were’enthusiastically accorded to your
Majesty, accompanied, by a request that the
magistrates and Town! Council would notice
the fact in their memorial acknowledging tho
gift. Your memorialists now beg most sin
cerely, and with becoming respect, to thank
your Majesty for the more than gracious
manner in which yonr Majesty was pleasod to
accede to their wishes, thus endearing your
Majesty, not bnly to the inhabitants of this
district, but also to all her Britannic Majesty’s
subjects.
.. That yonr Majesty may he long spared to
feign over an enlightened aiid united people,
and that your Majesty’s gift rflay tend to incite
to increased sympathies two nations already
soclosely allied, is the earnest hope of your
memorialists., . •
, Signed in the namo and by appointment of
the magistrates andCouncif or, the burgh of
Peterhead, in council assembled, and the com
mon seal of the burgh affixed hereunto, this
twenty-third day ofSeptember, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Wili.iam Alexabdek,
Provost aiid Chief Magistrate of Peterhead.
HOME.
Tbe Council Hall Inclosed and Inscribed.
Bome, Oct. 26, IB6o.—The in’closuro of tho
Council Hall at St. Peter’s is now completed,
and hears tho following quotation from the
Go.spelin 1 irge letters of gold“Docete omnes
gentes eece vobiseum sum omnibus diebus
usvue ad consuinmatlonem sceculi;” Latin
epigrapkists have a good deal to do just now
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
in furnisbing appropriate - inscriptions for al]
the temporary as well as permanent-construc
tions in conrse of erection in Rome, and con- ‘
nected more or less immediately with’ the ap
proaching. Council. •
The pavilion raised on tho Janiculumfor
the ceremony of placing the foundation stone
of the commemorative monument in front of
the chnrch of St. Pietro,' in Mbhtorio, here
these inscriptions: “Pie IX. To Delis Foveat
Tneatirr Bospitet—ln Memoriam Goncilii
aicnmenici.” Cardinal Berardii who per
forated the function in pontifical garb, having
duly- blessed the stone, the following record :
on parchment was inclosed in a edvity pre
pared lor the purpose: “An.MDCCCLXIX.,
Pridie Ides Octobris, Ego Joseph tituli 88.
Marcellini et Petri, 8. B, E., Frobyter
Cordinalis Berardi, dc mandate Ssmi.
Domini nostri Pti Papa; IX. buno lapidem
augpicaleni bouedixi memorara: colutnnaj B.
, Petto Apostolorum Principi dicataj origendee
in memoriam Coneilii CEcumonice pro die oc
tava decembris ejus dem annl indecti. This
'act was signed by the royal Princess and Prin
cesses of Parma, Caserta, Girgenti, Bara and
Naples, as well as a certain number of bishops
, ana diplomatists who were present, and a box
full of pontifical coins and medals wassealed up
with it in tho hollow of the foundation-stone.
Tho King and Queen of Naples were not pre
sent, as tho.v only arrived here on the 20th,hav
ing disembarked at Civita Vecchia from the
Austrian steamer Greif, and come up to Rome
bv a special train, which also conveyed to the
Eternal City the Ninety-sixth Canadian vol
unteers, who were received at the station by
the colonel and officers of their chosen regi
ment, and escorted with bands and banners to
the Zouaves’ club rooms.
Foreign Miscellaneous Items.
—The old citadel, of Antwerp has been sold
to a Prusso-Belgian company for the sum pf
$3,000,000.
—The chemists, and druggists’ assistants in
Paris are about to strike. A committee has
submitted an off er to the employers.
—The Impmvial, of Madrid, of October 30,
strongly advocates the election of the young
Duke of Genoa to the throne of Spain.
■ —Two hew journals have started as advo
cates of the cause of Cuba— La. Patria, of
Madrid, and La Convention Americaine, of
Geneva.
—Official returns published in Berlin show
that the German universities number 550
American students, besides upwards of 1,000
American boys and girls who attend schools
,and educational institutions in various parts
of Germany.
—The Diet of Lower Austria has decided
that in the public schools only t' vo hours per
week shall be devoted, in the lower classes, to
religious instruction. In the npper classes na
tural science will take the place of religion.
—ln expectation of the announced visit of
the King and Queen of Belgium to London, a
committee of gentlemen has been formed,
with the Lord Mayor at the head, for the pur
pose of tendering them,the hospitality of the
city.
The venerable and beloved citizen named
above died this morning, after a protracted
illness, at the qge of eighty-one. The present
generation ,ot our city will remember Inin only
as the mild-looking white-haired Christian’
gentleman, conspicuous in every good work
and deed of benevolence, but.old men among
us call him to mind as one of the most con
spicuous figures in the stormy party times of
forty years ago.
His dying moments were peaceful and.
quiet, he retaining consciousness to the last.
Until 12 o’clock last night he slept very welt,
hut after that seemed more restless. He
awoke shortly before sunrise this morning,
and requested that the blinds of his room be
opened, in order, that he might see the sun
rise, the sight of Which he seemed to enjoy.
About 8 o’clock he began to breathe hfiavier,
audit was evident that the end was near.
His family were gathered around the bedside,
of whom he toox affectionate leave, and ex
pired about 8.30 o’clock, his last audible words
feeing “ Joy! Joy!”
When he first awoke this morning he
seemed somewhat confused, evidently think
ing that he was about to start on a journey,
as he cautioned his .daughter, Mrs. Stickney,
to hasten with the packing of the trunks or
they would be late for the train- He soon
brightened up, however, and was perfectly
co'nscious until the last. He has been entirely
resigned for several weeks past, having taken
leave of his family about three weeks ago, and
constantly prayed that the Lord would soon
call him home, though begged for grace to be
resigned until it should be the will of
Almighty God to take him.
Mrs. Stickney, approaching his bedside yes
terday; asked him if all was clear? To which
he replied, “ Yes, yes, all is clear; all is clear,”
Mr. Kehdall has been in had health for some
time past, and very infirm. He caught cold
while on a trip to the Adirondacks, which
was followed, on his return to Washington,
by a sort of bilious fever, but the main causo
oi' his death seems to have been® from ex
haustion of the digestive organa and the effects
of old age.
SIiaHAB SATCBAt PHENOMENA.
The Ice-Caves of Washington Territory.
A writer in the November number of the
Overland. Monthly describes “The Ice-Oaves of
■\Vashington.Territoiy
“These caves are channels in the . basalt,
through which the latest flows of melted mat
ter passed. The phenomenon of a stream of
lava, walled and roofed with congealed mate
rial of the same character, may he observed
at almost any active volcano. 1 have seen
it oh th(S sides of Vesuvius during a quiet
eruption. If the source of such a strefam
is suddenly choked, the lava will continue
to flow for some distance, protected from
rapid cooling by the crust above, and thus a
portion of the channel will be left empty. It
is not difficult to recognize this process in the
basalt caves of ‘Washington Territory. Tlieir ,
walls arc covered with the traces of the
departing fluid matter, aud on their floor
may be fqund masses of the congealed lava,,
still fibrous from its last vain efiort to follow
the current. It looks, Mademoiselle, like that
piece of abortive molasses candy which you
threw away in despair because it got so stiff
and would not ‘puli. But whence the ice—
that strange ’dweller in these homes of lire?
That, also, you shall know.
“ Only q few of these caverns contain ice,
aud they are connected at both ends with
the open air, by means of passages formed by
the falling in of the crust, or the Assuring on
the rocks by frost, or finally, by the gradual
denudation of the surface, exposing tho
ancient channels themselves. The intense re
frigerating airs of winter are thusallo wed free
Sassage. Alternately with these tho pcreola
ng waters of the surface find their way
into the caves in such small quantities that
they freeze, layer upon layer, solid from the
bottom; and the store of ice thus accumulated
thaws slowly during tho summer. This sum
mer thaw is retarded; not only by tho covering
which protectstbe ice from the direct rays of
the snn, but also by the fact that the molting
ieh at one end of the cave, through which the
summer draught enters, itself, reirigerates the
ahj, and, maintains 'a freezing temperature at
tho other end.
“ We noted in the main ioecave, which we
explored, a decided difference in the degrees
of thaw at different points. This difference
was due to the cause albove mentioned; and I
had the honor to determine it by sliding unin
tentionally down aglacial stalagmite and ob
serving practically the degree of moisture upon
itsaurtace. The popular report that as fast as
ice is xeuio ved front The cave if continually
and at air seasons forms’ again, is without
foundation. Th£ aihouut of it in the cave
AMOS KENDALL.
Bis Last Hoars.
f From the Washington Star, Nov. 12.1
Ik not very great,though ;i* yet undetermined;
and-what there is, perpetually, though slowly,
a'jihteh away. The main body of ice has a level
surface, indicating subterranean drainage’ at
a certain point, above which water does not
remain in the cave. There are a few stalac
tites, and still more numerous stalagmites,
here—and there. One of these is a
superb, transparent hillock, nearly rising to
the roof, and christened the -iceberg. If ore I
took my slide.
“ The entrance used by the ice-miners is the
opening in the roof already alluded 10. At
tills point tin; channel turns at, right angles,
and thissharp turn loft the roof with less sup
port, so that it fell in. We followed the. cave
more than two hundred feet in one direction
from thiS entrance, and perhaps five hundred
in the other. The short arm of it contains
most of the ice, and the long arm simply
reaches out through fallen rocks and rubbish
to daylight. The terminus of the cave in
the other direction was reached by tliejtour
ist, who, being a small man and an ambitious,
hateheted his way over the iceberg and
crawled out of sight into a fissure beyond,
from the depths of which his voice was pre
sently heard, announcing that it was‘too
tight a fit’ for him to go lartlier. Tableaux:
Tourist in the hole, triumphant; writer
perched on the iceberg, curious, but cautious;
portly Portlander, halt-way to the entrance,
resolving to have that hole made bigger when
the hotel is built; aud veteran at the entrance,
not caring a straw. This is the way in which
such explorations are usually conducted.
“The dimensions of the cavern are not
large. It does not exceed thirty feet in width,
nor (at present, with the bottom full of ice and
fallen fragments of basalt,) twenty in height.
Others in the neighborhood are larger, but do
not contain so much ice. From the nature of
their origin, it is not likely that any of them
possess extraordinary dimensions, except
m length.' In this direction they ex
tend for miles, though they can seldom
be followed underground without labor
in. removing rocks, etc., for moro than a few
hundred feet. It was in the present instance
tlie indefatigable tourist, who, with the docile
writer in his wake, made a second visit to
Bndes after supper, and, entering by thp fa
miliar chasm, found the new oxitfar to the’
south, and emerged thereby, to the great
amazement of the party by the camp-fire,
under whose unconscious feet ho had passed,
to reappear in an unexpected quarter.’f
AMUSEMENTS.
THE THOMAS CONCERTS.
—A well-known musical amateur of this city
writes to us as follows: "
The fluent person who tells the readers of
the Frets that the quality of the music furn
ished by Mr. Thomas’s Orchestra did not
please him, must be a happy man. He, evi
dently, still retains the illusions of youth. To
him-“ Captain Jinks” must bo a thing of joy,
and “Eip, slap, set ’em up again” has not lost
its freshness. These airs have, indeed, much
in their favor.. They can bo wjhistled. There
are two or three boys in our city who do
whistle them and who most delight in piping
them when we want to go to sleep.
This critic complains that all the music Mr.
Thomas furnished was classic. May vie be
permitted to correct him '.' Strauss’s waltzes
and polkas are not classic. They are simply
the best orchestral dance music that has ever
been written, and they w;ere therefore, no
doubt, produced. Nor. should Thomas be
' abused for putting classical music on his pro
grammes. He desired to show that his or
chestra could play every kind of music to per
pectiou. Very few orchestras can do justice
to Wagner, and fewer could, after playing the”
Tannliiiuser overture, delight musical people
with a Beethoven allegretto. Schumann is also
classical, and his “Triiumerei” was played.
Does the young man ot the Press know what
“Traumerei” means? And if he does, did
he ever hear a better description ot day
dreamings?
Mr. Thomas is not ill-natured, and might
consent to play “popular music.” But wbete
could he produce it ? The proprietors of Con
cert B all and of the Academy would object to
the cracking of the festive peanut by the au
dience, ana without such accompaniment
even “Captain Jinks” would be taifte indeed.
—Mr. Edwin Forrest will begin an engage
ment at the Walnut Street Theatre to-night
with King Lear. The following is the pro
framme ior the test of the week: Tuesday,
irginius; Wednesday, Othello; Thursday,
Macbeth; Friday, Richelieu. On the afternoon
of Thanksgiving day Uncle Tom’s Cabin will be
presented.
—At the Arch, Lost at Sea, has had a most
successful rnn, and will bo continued during
the week. There will be a performance on the
afternoon of ThaiiKsgiving day. Mrs. Drew
announces an early presentation of the follow
ing standard comedies: She Would and She
Would Not; The Needful; Single Life; Leap
Year; The School for Scandal; The Wonder; and
Boucicanlt’s comedy, liow She Loves Him. The
play, Overland Route is alsotbeing prepared.
—At the Chestnut SlreetThoatro Bogus will
he presented-for three more evenings. On
Thursday afternoon .Robertson’s School will
be given. On Thursday night The Workmen
of Neia York is promised. 1
—Grau’s German Opera Company will be
gin an engagement at the Academy of M usic,
this evening, with Her Freyschutz. On Tues
day, Martha ; Wednesday, The Magic Flute ;
Thursday, Fiddio; Friday, La Juice; Satur
day matinee, Fra Diiwolo; Saturday night,
{Faust. A large orchestra and a llrst-rate
chorus have been engaged for these perform
ances. Carl Anschutz will direct the or
chestra.
—The American fully sustains its character
for novel and sensational performances. ' Mr.
Alf. Burnett, the great humorist, has been
engaged, and his performance together with
those of the Zanfretta troupe, and all-tho reg
ular attractions,' 'Certainly constitute what
may be entitled an unequaled variety enter
tainment. .
—The immortal Signor Blitz will begin liis
entertainments at Assembly Buildings this
evening. The Signor will perform a number
of new and most surprising feats,never beforo
given in this country.
—Duprez & Benedict’s Ministrels begin
their fourth week with a brilliant programme,
full of extraordinary attractions. Everything
performed by this excellent/troupe is of a
novel and mirth-provoking character.
—Carncross & Dixey’s Minstrels, at the
Elevonth Street Opera House, appear this
evening in a great' bill, containing a burlesque
of Bogus, and a general assortment of iirst
class inn. '
—Mr.Carl Wolfsohn’s Beethoven matinee—
the iirst of his series of six—will be given in
the foyer of the Academy of Music on Eriday
afternoon next. The programme is of the
u,ost attractive character, Mr. Wolfsohn will
bo assisted by Messrs. Hennig and Kopta,upon
the violoncello and violin. We recommend
this concert to the public as one of the-best of
the season. , ■ mai
—An excellent musical entertainment will
ho given at the Logan Square Church, Twen
tieth and Vine streets, on Tuesday evening,
November Kith. A programme has been pre
pared, containing choice selections of secular
and sacred music.
—Mr. Jean Louis, superintendent, ftnd the
teachers of vocal music in the public sohoola,
announce a. complimentary concert at Con
cert Hall, on Tuesday evening! Novem
ber 16th. •_ ' 1 ‘
—A Maryland negro, now more than eighty
years of acCj "wiio manifests xnucli interest in
the freedmen’s schools of that State, was re
cently asked if he had learning T himself, to
which he replied, “Only what I got behind
the plow-tail—stole it lifee.” When jmls
asked, “How was that, unfcle?’J fc he replied,
“Why, when children gwine to scnool, I goes
up to the fence, get little lesson from dem in
de hook—give chile hen-egg for it, you see.
P. 1u FETHERSTOH. Pahlisto.
PRICE THREE OENT&
FMTOAHV FANCIES. At ‘
fQuoted.by Er«rr Saturday Worn All ttoTe(vr'tlottiia:|
In the Fall. ■. v [>
The old autumnal stillness holds the wow)*; >
Thin mist of autumn makes the day a dbeaafc
And'country sounds fall,faint, half understood 1
. And half unheeded; as to sick- men seem*
The voices of their friends when death is near,
And earth grows vaguer to the tired'ear. /;
At soft gray dawns and softer evening enda
The air is echoless and dull with dews;
And leaves hang loose, and whosoever wemfir
. His way through woods is 'ware of altered
hues .. .. ... .
And alien tipts; and oft with hollow sound '
The chestnut husk falls rattling to the ground,
Now comes the faint warm smell of fresh-built
i ricks, *
And empty fields look up at empty skaes,
And smoke floats sidelong from the bundne
quicks,
And low across the stunted stubbie flies •
The whirring covey, tiliits wings have grow*
Amurmur—then, a memory alone.
Now haply on some Sunless afternoon
When brooding winds are whispering to tlin
leaves,
Shrill twittered half-notes fill the air, and<sooa
From farm-house thatch and cosy cottage
caves
The circling swallows call their eager brood
And straight fly south, by unseen summers
wooed.
A certain sadness claims these autumndayii—
A sadness sweeter to the poet’s heart
Than all the full-fed joys and lavish rays
Of riper suns; old wounds, old woes, depart;
Life carls’ a truce, and Nature seems to keep
Herself a hush to watch the world asleep.
—The total debt of Illinois is $15,071,312. ! .
—With good connections, a round-tho-worldi
trip can now be made in eighty days.
—North Carolina is raising cork. It can bo
raised easily in water.
—A theatre to hold a .£125 house is regarded
as the best size id London. .... '
—Longfellow is called flic American Lamar
tine by a French critic.
—Omaha has an Hotel du Nord.
rigines call it the “Hotel to Gnaw.”
—Pig’s Eye is the delightful name of a. tows
in Minnesota.
—Francis Joseph offers to send back' to
Paris the ashes of ■ Napoleon's son, tlie King
of Pome.
—The loss of frozen apples.in Michigan dur
ing tlie recent cold weather is estimated at
1,000,000 bushels. / ‘
—Bismarck is five feet eleven —an inch
taller than his king—while Prince Albert,
Jr., of Prussia, is six feet four.
—Mr. Williams, of Canton, Ohio, is happy
in the possession of the first greenback over
printed.
—Alice Denison, of Jefferson City, hung
herself to the bed-post because her father
would not provide the means for giving a
‘.‘candy pull.
... —Prisoners at Ste. Pelagic, Paris, are set at
work making chignons. Now. we know who
makes the P’Jaguey things. (Never mi ml the
soft g.)
—A colored gentleman in Texas wentintoa.
blacksmith’s shop with a coat-tail pocket full
of powder. When he Came ortt he madeshole
in the roof.
- —The Wf cst-end-barbers in London are foci,
bidden tb speak to customers unless spoken
to, and ail extra charge is made for the im
munity. „
—Some one has sent a new opera te tlle
Paris Theatrc-Lyriqne, without giving hi»
name, and it is likea so well that it will- bo
produced this winter.
—A North Carolina boy of nine years is ex
hibiting as an “ orator” in Virginia, with the
laudable purpose of making money enough to
educate himself and his sisters.
—Edmund About,with a co-laborer,has pro
duced a play— Retired from Business—the hero
of which, a retired merchant, imagines that
(he is afflicted with the cattle disease.
i-' —A Minnesota river driver lately trodontbe
toes of a Swede, the metallic calks in his boots
entered the Swede’s fiesh, and the latter has
died of lock-jaw.
—A rejected lover in Liverpool tried, twice
to drown himself, hut couldn’t help swimming
ashore, and to make matters more sure he
laid himself down on his sweetheart’s door
step and gently punctured his throat. He yet
lives.
—An lilinois paper tells of a hod-carrier
who fell headlong dowp a ladder from a
height of twenty feet with a hodful of mortar
on his shoulder and struck -his head on a pile
of brick, and though severely bruised, no
bones were broken.
—The New Orleans Republican prints at the
head of its columns, as particularly appropri
ate at this time, the old ami popular liymu
commencing:
“We won’t give ud the Bible,
God’s holy wordoftruth.”
—Eugeiio Sue was denied burial in conse
crated ground by tho Catholic clergy, but his
grave is cared for by a wealthy hotel-keeper
of Geneva, who owns land in Savoy. The en
thusiastic admirer of the great . French novel
ist. pays a gardener three hundred francs a
year to keep the grave in order, and on tho
3d of August, the anniversary of Sue’s death,
be causes the grave to he beautifully decked
with flowers and garlands.
Arrival of Hiss Bye at Quebec with
Seventy Small Children.
[From the Montreal Witness, Nov'. 12.1
Miss Eye, bringing with her a hatch of tea
girls and seventy children immigrants, ar
rived at Quebec, by the steamship Hibernian
fronrLiverpool, on Tuesday. The ten girls,
with the exception of two who come to
families in Montreal, proceed. to Upper
Canada, The seventy children, tjie ma
jority of wiiom are females, are of an
averageageof seven years. A number oftliem
are not more than three years old, and a
few about 10. A ■ widow woman and two
children weraalso brought out by Miss Bye,
who passed through Montreal yesterday with
her charge, from Port Levi on her way up.
West. Tho seventy children are either
orphans ortho children of poor and destitute
parents. The old jail at Niagara having been
purchased and fitted up as a sort of orphanage
home for tho above children, Miss Eye pro
ceeds there direct from Montreal. On the
voyage out, none of her party were sick he
•voiul prcliniiry swirMokticflAS sul uiiuicd
‘Quebec in the best health and spirits. :
GEOItOIA POLITICS.
The Coming Eiecuou lor
Mcuiitor.
IFrom the .A.ugUBtiM<!»-i C!tfonlclo imd,B<)Mtinol,ilpT
vember lI.J
The United States Senatorship will be. the
occasion ot some excitement at the next ses
sion of tho Legislature. Kumors are afloat re
specting "slates that are being made up” by
tho irionds of those -who desire the seat now
filled or rather the seat now not Wiled by rea
son of radical force and fraud by the Hoh. H.
V. Miller. Mr. Cbandlm.ofDeKalbjtMldMat
ior Job. B. Gumming, of Biebmondj aye spoken
of as candidates acceptable to the Democracy
for this important post. .On \the other bawl,
it has been repeatocily asserted umt“Bulloc!r’
is in the field, and that there are .enough .tad
pole Democrats who are neither fish nor frog,
but who will on that interesting occasion def
termiue their condition by their support of his
Expresselenoy. < Current rtunora indicate
lively times ahead and ‘itblnes much mixed.”
, it is said that there witt.be a Radical caucus at
the Mneon Fair, as preliminary ta theconiina
Convention cattewtyy Foster Blodgett,
| State road manager^
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