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LETTER FROM PARIS.
l Correspondence of the Phi!ade!phla*Evenln£ Bulletin.l
Paris, Tuesday, Nor- 0, 1869.—The “mirth”
of the Paris elections grows “fast and furi
ous,” and has been brought up to boiling point,
or rather to boiling over, by the advent bore
of M. Rochefort in person. I sent you, last
week, liis “declaration of principles,” and full
adherence to the platform of the ultras who
had supported and carried the election of
Gambetta. But this was not enough to satisfy
the exigencies or the enthusiasm of the electors
of the First Electoral Division of Paris, who
clamored, at their meetings, to have their
favorite candidate before them in bodily pre.
so nee ; as, indeed, they had a right to exact
and expect, both on his part and the part of
the government. So a delegate was despatched
to bring Eoelielort from Brussels, across the
frontier, coute qve eo dfe, and at all risks; for a
sentence of imprisonment (for assault and bat
tery, and not for politics), by a regular court
of law. is still suspended over his head, and a
permanent warrant of arrest has been issued to
the police against him, ordering the “body
of the said Rochefort to be then and there
taken, whenever and wherever found.” There
was, therefore, good' reason for suspecting
that he might be stopped on entering tho
French territory. Accordingly, when Citizen
Albiot, of the * Rappel, the delegate sent to
bring him, found himself in the presence of
Citizen Rochefort, the first suggestion made
by the former to the latter was .the very natu*
ral one, as they came along in the cars
together (for Rochefort did not hesitate a
moment to obey the summons): Suppose they
arrest you at the frontier? '“Bah!” replied
Rochefort—“ the Government will never be
sucli a fool 1 Its best game is to let me enter
Paris!” But M. Rochefort counted without
his host, or at least without the Police; for he
had scarcely had time to alight at the first
French station before ho was challenged by a
Commissary of Police, who was on the watch,
and on avowing his name, was “invited”
to follow that functionary into his private
room. The little dialogue which there took
place between them is curious, and signifi
cant of the existing state of things
in this country. The Commissary of
Police had, of course, only done Ins bare
duty. A general warrant of, arrest was out
since September last, and ije was bound to
obey it, whenever he had the power to do so.
And this he stated to Rochefort. “But,” he
added, in evident embarrassment, “the times
have changed ; and I dare not assume the re
sponsibility. either of keeping yon or letting
you go.” So the Commissary telegraphs, to the
Prefect, and the Prefect to the Government;
and “Citizen Rochefort” is meanwhile kept
waiting in durance vile, and his constituents
kept wnitingalso. To satisfy the impatience of
the latter, it is decided that “Citizen Albiot”
aforesaid shall go off at once to Paris and an
nounce what has happened and the cause of
the delay. I leave you to imagine the sensa
tion created, when, on ■ Saturday night last,
about eight o’clock, just when the electoisof
the first division were holding a meetingl§>
lafgc hall in the populous suburb of La
Chapelle,there came,first,the cry of: “Roche
fort is arrested!” And then a moment
after Citizen Albiot himself rushed
forward, with “pale face and dis
hevelled locks,” and announced the same
terrible truth! He told the same story I have
above related, only with, more picturesque de
tail and effect, and the row, both inside the
hall and in the streets outside, became tre
mendous, the crowd vociferating Vive Roche
fort ! onSall sides, at the top of their voices.
The commotion and excitement were so great
that there might have been serious danger to
the public peace had not cries of Voila Roche
fort ! began to boheard soon after nine o’clock,
and sure enough, about that hour
the hero of the day made his ap
pearance in propria persona, he also boing
described by the Rappel and other organs as
looking “extremely pale” and “deeply af
fected;” and after reviving himself with a
glass of eau sveree, proceeded to address the
assembly. He didn’t say much, however, be
ing evidently too tired or excited, and chiefly
excused himself for having “taken the oath.”
It appears that very soon after his friend Al
biot left him at the frontier, a government
despatch arrived, ! ordering him to be
set at liberty. The Emperor has the
credit of this, and of having said
that “M. Rochefort, being one of the ‘irre
concilahles,’should enjoy all the privileges of
a representative of the people against him
self.” But, the Emperor knows what ho is
about. As the Imperialist Rays says, only this
morning, such candidates as Rochefort are
“indispensable.” The Emperor wants
“enemies; fierce, terrible enemies;” “the
higher the red flag floats, the better,” &c., &c.
And so, in fact, it is; tho Emperor’s worst
enemies are his best friends; and his “calmest”
friends, as the Pays sarcastically calls • them,
are his most dangerous onemies, because,
like Cassius, they aye certainly preparing to
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1869.
stab liis if not himself, and nothing
impedes their design so effectually as a
violenco which revives in the country tho
feelings and apprehensions of 1818.
M . Ledru Roliinis also in the field as a can
didate for the Fourth Division of Paris,
having determined, as he tells, us to-day, to
assume the “grave responsibility" of coming
forward as such, without taking the oath. It
is difiicult to see, however, in what the above
“responsibility” consists, unless, indeed, M,
Ledru Rollin intends to venture into tho
lion’s den by crossing, thb frontier without
first investing himself .’“legally” with the
privileges of a candidate by going through the
necessary forms for so doing. He does not
announce this, however, and I doubt much
whether ho purposes doing it. ,
As I write, there are, once more, humors of
a crisis in the Imperial Cabinet; and I fhney
that as the time approaches for meeting the
Chamber, the present ministers, who feel
themselves to he nonentities, with no one at
their hack—unless It be thotEmperor himself—
shrink more and more from the task they
have before them and from the storm they
must expect to encounter. There isatalk
once more of Emile Oliivier, and 'aLiers-parti
ministry; hut I doubt the news is still too
good to be true.
The Rappel of this morning publishes a list
of four candidates who have “not taken the
oath.” The ground upon which it inclndes M.
Rochefort among these is curious: “Roche
fort,” it says (the term Monsieur is prohibited
as too “aristocratic!”), “the indisputable elect
of the. First Circumscription, has been re
garded as not having taken the oath, although he
. has already taken the oath /” This “indisputa
ble” piece of eloquence and logic combined
is published under the date of the “18th Bru
maire An 78”—th c Rappel having returned to
the revolutionary calendar, and being now in
tho above year of the Republic of 17891 What
next?
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
SULTAN AND KHEDIVE.
A Climax of the Disaccord Eridentljr at
Hand.
The Pall Mall Gazette’s correspondent at Con
stantinople, writing on the 2d inst., says :
“The delicate question of Egypt was opened
on Sunday by the Emperor of Austria to the
Sultan, hilt with a most unsatisfactory result.
There is scarcely any secret as to the conver
sation, which, being through an interpreter
and in the presence of others, was clearly
understood. The Sultan firmly, somewhat
coarsely, refused the overtures made by the
Emperor to go to the Suez Caual opening.
His Majesty was so touched with what had
occurred that he excused himself for not at
tending at the theatre. The Egyptian affair fo
undoubtedly approaching a climax. In the
meantime the viceroy, through hiscontiden
tial 'agent here, M. De Castro, is lavish in the
distribution of his favors in every quarter. It
is marvelous to see to what an extent persons
of small importance are kept supplied with
Egyptian gold, for which they cannot possibly
render any service whatever.”
THE BESSIAN-FBENI'H AULIAXCE.
A Bnaaian Opinion of It.
The Moscow Gazette publishes a long article
on the reported rapprochement between
France ana Russia. The appointment of
General Flenry to the French embassy at St
Petersburg is, it'says, the first sten towards
detaching Bussia from Prussia, and bringing
about an understanding between the Courts of
Paris and St. Petersburg as to the Eastern
question. A consequence of this under
standing, the Gazette adds, would he
to demolish German influence ou
the Danube, by which it means,
apparently, the overthrow of the dynasty of
Prince Hohenzollern in Boumania. Another
object of the mission of General Flenry is,
according to the Russian paper, to call the
attention of the Bussian Government to “ the
aggressive designs of Prussia” on Russia’s
Baltic provinces, the importance of the grow
ing power of the Hohenzollerns on the
Danube, and the danger to Russia of au
Austro-Prussian alliance. The article con
cludes by recommending the Rus
sian Government to come to an under
standing with France, Austria and Jtaly,
with the object of compelling Prussia to
“moderate her claims,” to give up her plan of
annexing South Germany, to render the North
German States more independent, and to
enter into a convention for a general disarm
ament. This new quadruple allianse it to be
announced by the KmpsrOr Napoleon at the
opening of the Corps Legislatif. The Cologne
Gazette, in commenting on the above article,
observes that It is silent bn one important
point—what England would say to such a
.combination.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN PRUSSIA
A Gentle Murderer.
The Pall Mall Gazette has the following:
The opponents of capital punishment
will be glad to hear that the
King of Prussia has reprieved the
murderer. Wittmann, who was sentenced to
death. It would be difficult to imagine a case
in whicli the royal prerogative of mercy could
he exercised with greater propriety. Mr. Witt
mann had murdered four wives, one after tho
other, and his two children; and the painful
position in which he was placed owing
to these acts of indiscretion being brought
home to him, naturally called forth the warmest
sympathies of all who value the saereduess of
human life. He is, however, to be imprisoned
with hard labor for life, and although our own
Home Secretary would, we feel sure, be the
first to shorten such a term of imprisonment,
yet there is too much reason to fear that in a
country like Prussia, Mr. Wittmann will ac
tually undergo a certain amount, of toil and
inconvenience which wc should never have
the heart to inflict on our own British mur
derers.
ROMAN ITiMS.
Defending ttae Connell—Presents for the
i Pope.
A letter from-Home assorts that General
Dumont lias offered to the Pope, on the part
of the French Government, S,OOO men, who
are to stay in Home during the Council. '“lt
is said this proposal has been accepted. The
Papal Government fears some Garibaldian
movement, and does not trust implicitly to
the fidelity of its troops. The deficit caused
by the great number of deserters is to be
filled up' by .ecruits from, different parts
of the Catholic world—2,ooo men are said to
be on their way to Borne. An enormous sil
ver nugget, valued at 2d,875 francs, is on view
at Baron Uglier’s bank, ‘Piazza di Spagna.’
It is a present from a Californian to the Pope,
and comes at a happy moment. An en
lightened priest and clever writer, Father
Marcelhno da Civezza, was arrested just
as he was crossing the Italian frontier to
return to homo, whore he had boon
called, by order from his convent
The opinions expressed by him on the
approaching Council are said to bo the cause
of this arrest. A book on the Council written
by Monsignor Maret has been seizec) at all the
booksellers’ shops in Borne. The 'month of
October has been rife in squabbles, tights and
murders. Twelve brigands escaped from the
prisons of Frosinone have formed a hand
spreading terror in the country. A French
priest resident at Borne, M. Tonul, has pre
sented to the Emperor of the French a mur
derous implement of wav of ins own inven
tion.'
COLOSSA.L FRAUDS.
Return of False Invoices at the New York
. Custom House.
Prominent Merchants ofNewYork
Implicated.
The /N. Y. Times says:
Collector Grinned has received additional
startling information regarding the perpetra
tion of most stupendous frauds against the
National Government on the part of nume
rous mercantile firms in this city. Over two
hundred respectable merchants, many of them
occupying prominent and influential posi
tions, fare now under suspicion of hav
ing participated in . the frauds, which
: extended through several months during the
laßt administration. Their names will be sup
pressed pending the official investigation,
which is now being conducted at the Custom
House in a vigorous and impartial manner.
The frauds were accomplished by means of
false Invoices and undervaluation of Imported
merchandise, and are believed to involve a
vast amount of money. The enormous ex
tent of the . frauds has received cor
roborative proof since the commencement
of the investigation. In many instances
duplicate and triplicate copies of false
invoices have been-found in the possession of
certain mercantile houses, the bookß belong
ing to which have been seized, and removed
to the Oustom-house forthe purpose of thro w
ing light upon the frauds. As fast as mer
chants ato shown to have any connection
with the dishonest transactions under inves
tigation, their, names will be submitted
to Distrist-Attorney Picrrepoht for crimi
nal prosecution unless they consent to a
compromise. In case they should do so, the
Government officels will insist on their re
funding tie sums which they have fraud
ulently withheld from the National Treasury,
also on tleir complying with the legal penalty
accompanying their offence. The penalty re
quires tliat all of the imported goods on which,
wise- invoices were returned should
he forfeited. Reports concerning •' the
investigation have been privately cir
culated among the commercial com
munity,and the business
credit and reputation of the merchants whose
hooks and ledgers have been confiscated, and
who have fallen Under the ban of suspicion.
A few days ago a large quantity of foreign
wines belonging to one ofthe accused persons,
of the value of 540,000, was detained in bond,
it being supposed that false invoices had been
given. The owner was obliged to procure
bondsmen worth 530,000 before he could get
possession of the wines. '
Yesterday Collector Grinneli, Surveyor
Cornell, and Naval Officer Merritt
bold a consultation in regard to the
best means for. carrying on the
investigation with regard to the frauds which
have swelled into formidable proportions
since they first became known. The inquiry
into the folse returns of weights rendered at
the Custom House by weighers,at the instance
of the owfiers ofthe goods weighed, is still be
ing closely pursued by the Collector, but no
further public developments have been dis
closed since the recent report. ,
THE SPANISH GUNBOATS.
WDy the Government Libeled Them.
Washixgton, Nov. 23.—The action of the
Government relative to the Spanish gunboats
is now explained to have been actuated, by a
desire to postpone a final decision of the mat
ter until Congress meets. As it now stands
the Spanish Government cannot become a
direct party to the case before the Courts,
which will ensue from the libeling of the
vessels, because they are.yet the property of
the contractors, and have not been delivered
to the Spanish authorities. The pretext
for the libel is believed to be the allegation
of the Peruvian Minister, as explained in these
despatches last night; but the force of his de
claration that war exists between Peru and
Spain now is partially destroyed by the asser
tions whichbemadein May of last year, when
be succeeded in persuading onr Government
to allow the iron-clads Oneota and Catawba to
sail from New Orleans after they had been
purchased by Peru from parties who had pre
viously bought them from the Navy Depart
ment. His argument was that, although a con
dition of war existed between Spain and Peru,
hostilities had ceased, and that Spain,as usual,
had failed to recognize the condition of peace
which followed. At tliat time he occupied to
ward the Oneota and Catawba a relation not
very different from that which the Spanish
Minister now occupies toward the so-called
Spanish gunboats. If the iron-clads had been
libeled a ease wonld have been made up pre
cisely similar to the one which is now prepar
ing by District Attorney Pierrepont in New
York. His object, of course, is to give Cuba
the belligerent rights which his Government
l>as recognized.
Another Reason for Detention or the
Spanish Gunboats—The Cuban View Of
the Case.
Seiior Alfaro, late one of the Cuban Junta,
went yesterday before the United States Com
missioner and made oath that the .Spanish gun
boats, now nearly completed and lying over at
Brooklyn, were about to he used by the Go
vernment ofthe Regent against the colony or
people of Cuba! and claimed, therefore, that
by tne provisions of the neutrality laws said
vessels should be here detained. The grounds
of detention insisted upon were,
that by the terms of our neutrality
laws framed in 1794, extended to 1800,
afterward amended in 1817, and codified in
1818, there was a direct prohibition in the
third section of the act against the “fitting
out” or arming of any vessel or vessels in the
ports of the United States, which vessels were
to be used against any foreign prince, States,
colony, district, or people with which the
United States are at peace. The words colony
or people are emphasized, because that is in
the' section which if is claimed covers this
case. There is au additional provision at
tin end of, the • same v section which
provides fob “the seizure aillf ' confiscation
of buildhig materials or equipment
of any such vessol or vessels, in case that any
attempt, shall he made to fit out, arm or equip
any such vessel or vessels. Mow, it is insisted
that this very .section was-iusorred with ex
press reference to what was then occurring in
the Spanish colonies of South America, and
had a future heaving upon what might here
after take place, with her other possessions or
thcpossessions of .European nations upon.this
continent. The statute ou the subject is
veiy clear, and is found embodied in
Kent’s Com., voL 1, p. 122; is referred
to iin tho foot-notes to Dana's edi
tion of Wheaton, and is to ho found in the U.
.S. Statutes at Large. .The. order was. issued
for the seizure Of the vessels, and they are now
in the custody ofthe Government. The boats
are also to bo detained upon the ground first
takin—viz.: That Peru is a foreign State with
which the United States are at peace; and,'
should these vessels be released and go to
Oiila, larger vessels there in service .would he
relieved, and could go out to Peruvian waters
for wai; purposes, winch would he virtually
the same action as if they were to sail di
rectly from Hew York for the coasts or waters
of Peru. , ;
qUANTKEEE.
A Sotcd Boabwhacber in Neradii.
According to the Winnemucca (Nevada)
Jteilister, of 6, the notorious bush
whacker and leader of the Lawrence massa
cre, Quantroll, ib in Nevada. .Eight thousand
dollars have been offered by the government
for Qiumtrell’s arrest. Detectives have been
on his track for a long time. They followed
him through Texas, Mexico, Arizona and to
San Francisco. A few weeks ago they had
ositive information of his presence iii
San Francisco, but were unable to
find him. In order to elude liis pursuers lie
enlisted in the army, and joined the company
which was sent out to Camp Scott, in this
county. The military authorities learned this
fact in some way. Last week an order was
sent to Camp Scott for his arrest, hut tho day
before the order came Quantrell and three
others deserted, taking with them the best
outfits in camp. They were at Carlin lately.
From that place no trace has been had of
them; in fact, no attempt has been made to
follow them further. Tlio sergeant who was
sent out in pursuit was arrested himself at
Carlin for desertion and brought back.
THE OIE REGIONS.
Tlielatest Oil Ntrlkcs—Good Paying
Wells.
The Titusville Herald, of Monday, has the
folio wing items: A new well was struck on
the west side of. Oil Creek, near MoClintock
ville, on Friday last. it was pro
ducing at the rate of thirty barrels daily. The
yield of the well near the eastern line of the
H. McClintock Farm, owned by Messrs. An
drews, Bronson /& Harrington, recently in
creased largely. A new well was struck an
the Brown farm, Clierrytree run, a few days
since. It is yielding twelve to fifteen bar
rels daily. The workinginterest 1b owned by
Mr. G. B. Blakeslee, of Tarr farm. This well
is situated on comparatively new territory,and
some distance from any other producing well
of importance. On Friday last a purchase of
thirteen acres of the Independent tract,Upper
Cherry run, situated around and Includingthe
lease on which is located the Welch & Win
sor well, was made by Mr. A. H. Bronson, for
875,000. On the thirteen acres are the Welch
& Winsor well, which produced an average
of 205 barrels daily last week; the Brown
well, yielding 50 barrels; Casey well, 10, bar
rels, and the Galway well, three barrels.
The two latter wells are producing black oil.
They are to he sunk to the green ou rock im
mediately. Two wells were struck on the A.
Clark farm, Upper Cherry run, during the
early part of the month. These wells now
yield from ten to fifteen barrels each per day.
A new well was struck on the hill territory fit
Parker’s landing, last week. It produces fifty
barrels daily, and is owned by Col. Harding.
Another weir was struck Friday, near Fox
burg. The yield was yesterday reported
at forty barrels. Op the Tolls farm, which
adjoins the Shaw form, - and is sit
uated between Lower Cherry run and
the Allegheny river, a new well was struck on
Friday, and during Saturday produced fifty
barrels. This well is owned by Messrs. R.&
,T. Painter, and Messrs. John Munball, John
Mayrhinney, William Phillips and -John Van
Ant-dale, of Oil City. The four gentlemen
last named owned the farm in fee, besides
working interests in the well. Another well
on the same farm, which was struck about
two weeks ago. is now yielding thirty barrels
daily, against a daily average during the first
week it was unmped of ten or twelve barrels.
A small producing well was struck on Two
Mile Run, near Franklin, last week.
JAPAN.
A Japanese Protest Against Christianity.
The Independance Beige says that the follow
ing protest Is being extensively circulated in
Japan”. It purports to he signed by a number
of Bonzes, or Buddhist bishops: *
The perverse religion of Jesus, thevteacher
from Heaven, Is a calamity which menaces
the empire. It is useless to repeat it once
again, and for a long time there have been
everywhere protests borneagalnstjt. Inspite
of tliat the fools who submit themselves to this
doctrine are found in no small number among
the populace. Furthermore, the* men of
foreign countries seek in every way to propa
gate it, and it is difficult to say that they will
not'resort to violence and force of arms. We
have learned that the Mikado is full of
anxiety oh this subject. We are profoundly
afflicted about it, and, with the desire of
bringing to hear a perpetual prohibition
against this doctrine, we. most unworthy as
we are, who have .already with Buddhism
made the strength of Japan, are determined
to five and die with the empire; and, despite
our uselessness, are resolved to serve it at the
cost even of our lives. For this reason we beg
and request imon our knees that this protest
may be published ond posted everywhere,
AMUSEMENTS.
THE GERMAN OPEKA
—Ssradella was performed at the Academy of Music
last evening by the German Opera Company. , Mad. Jo
hans sen unstained the part of “Leonora” in nvery cred
itable manner. Her vocalization was, of course, not bo
pleaeing an it would have been if her voice had not lost
its Ircfihneeß ; but the deficiencies wore hidden in some
measure by the Euperb art of the singer, who adda to
excellent histrionic powers decided yocal skill. Mr.
Himmcr a performance was marred by tho tame defect,
but it aIBO wa* a triumph oror difficulties. All of the
music wai snug artistically, and some of it in a manner
that was entirely satisfactory- We are sorry, however,
that Mr. Habelmau did not essay the part with his clour
and beautiful voice. In the tote of the "cluefnsaaaain,
however, 'this gentleman gave a most delightful per
formance ; singing the music deliciously and acting
great power. In the song nnd dance in tho
second act ho was especially good, and tho audience
was so much pleased tliat it demanded a repetition with
more enthusiasm than has yet been displayed during
the season. Mr. Formes also acquitted himself credita
bly. The orchestra, under direction of Mr. Dietrich,
gavo great satisfaction. The instrumentation of this
opera, although not particularly elaborate, iB very
beautiful, and ilie orchestra, last night, did justice to
it. The chorus, also, was large, and haring several
tripe in the time, in fair training. For this evening La
Juice is announced, and Tor to-morrow Don Uioramii.
Wo perceive that Mr. Grau doeß not announce The Hu-
S'nnots, although that admirable opera waß in tho list
published by hirn at tho beginning ofthe season.
—Robertson's School will be r»pealed to-night at tiio
Chestnut. It's performance is one of the cleverest ever
given in this city, and we can henrtily recommend it to
the public. To-morrow evening Robertson's play
Garrick viil] bo presented.
—Mr. Edwin Forrest will appear at tho Walnut this
evening in tho tragedy otMelamura. To-morrow even
ing be will perform “Kichellou,” and on Friday make
bis farewell performance* as 'The Gladiator. OnSatur-'
day, at the matineo and in tho evening, Enoch Arden
will be perfomed. '.- r
—Let: at Sea is anhounced for repetition at the Arch,
this evening. .
—A monster variety entertainment will bo presented
at the American this evening.
—Tlio Seventh Street Opera llouso continues to bo
tilled to overflowing by audiences who appreciate tho
brilliant entertainments by Duprez & Benedict s Min
strels. >
—Camcross A Dixey's Minstrels give u line perform
ance of minstrelsy this evening.
—Signor Blitz continues to give his famous entertain
ments at tho Assembly Buildings. Tho Living Curiosi
ties will be exhibited at the Assembly Buildings every
* afternoon. Tho collection are well worth a visit.
—At tho Assembly Buildings hist evening, Wm. L
Dennis delivered tlio fourth nnd last i)f his BoneyviUti
' course of lectures on !he -nlueot. “ Mi s. Wiggins anil
Her Party.” The lecture ivns exceedingly amusing
throughout, and was received with tnogroatest applause
by tho audience. Ml;. Dennis intends to giva another
course of four lecturps, which will bo announced in duo
time. This lecturer baß gained considerable renown in
this and other cities, by tho excellent manner in which
he delivered tlio course just finished, and we holiovo
the succeeding caurse will be of-.u lihe entertaining
character.
—The Imperialists of Paris ore very full in
their praise of the Emperor’s courage. They
say that on tho evening-of the so much
dreaded 20th of October he promenaded on the
water torrace aeeompauieu'only by his minis
ters,and that tho populace were very favorably
'impressed with the Emperor's bravery.. Ac
cording to their statement he was greeted
with enthusiastic cheering and exclamations
of sympathy. Among tho latter was noticed
the‘following: ‘ f Pive VEmpereur sans discus
sion" The question arises naturally in the
mind of the reader how many disguised
nwuehards were required to get up tins little
demonstration.
PRICE THREE GENTS. ’
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Ttae Sprace Street Car.
Aik —The JLoto-backcd Gar. |
When firpt I saw Pat Rooney, ,
'Twas on a rainy day, . - *|g
A Spruce Street Car he drove—and growletfy' -
As he stamped his trass of hay: -i.
“ Och! Whin this hay was meadow graasv. jJ /*T
“ An’ decked with flowers o’ shpring, r. J: 'if
“Who’d a’thought I'd be such an ass - 1 •
“As be drivin’ o’ this here thing? ' ■
“ As I drive on this cussed car,
“Titer’ ain’t no conduliuctlior th^r,
“ An’l hev to make change
“ An’ tho tickhetH arrange, V
“ As I drivft/on U4r Shpruce Street Oar. 0
ifv tl "
In the crossing’s Wild commotion, 'f, ’
The pale and scared mamas t ' Vv.:
Toss up their brats, without their hafelfr f:"'
In dread of death or scars;
But Patrick, honest fellow, '
On the horses keeps his eye, fie; (v! ,
And doesn’t know that he Dangs them's*, -
When he lets the back-door By.
So to crowd in the Spruce Street Gar,
Than a battle’s more dangorons far;i.
For “ damages” full if
Will not mefid the skull ’ .fit
. That is crackeli from a Spruce Street Oar.
Pat Rooney in his car, sirs,!
Has rows of silly geese, h
But the scores of folks that won’t get'in
By far outnumber theso.
The Directors in their parlors sit,
As innocent as doves, jj? ••
(Well worth a cage, I do engage, i
In a place that nobody loves), ii.
While we ride in this Spruce Stseet Ga*v
And stumble from near and far,Fi.
To drop in our ticket, ' •*» -
Or get change through-the wicket.
As we ride in the Spruce Street. Car.
T wouldn’t stop that car, sirs, ' • \
With a lady by my side, ■ -l,
For a coach and four and gold galore, j
And a share of the stock beside; ' ' J j*
For the lady Wouldslip on that high step,
And tumble flat in her haste,
Unless a fellow should stand behind ■’
With his arm around her Waist;
As she climbed in that Spruce Street Cor,
Her skirts Would fly lip rather far;; ■ ■
And you may bet high, m
’Twill he “all i n your eye,” .rf
If she’s seen in a Spruce Street Car. /
JL. ■ i»
— ■'■.vt . ■!.
v it
—A London tradesman advertisea’vhinjseJf l
as “Eradicator of Bugs to the RoyabjEiimily.’' , *
—Missouri has a’ town named Gaddy, and •
another entitled Jollification. . , ? •
—Chicago warns intending immigichnts to-* i
stay away from that city, as there is ifcn siifii-t®
cient employment for those now therein.,•-. ,a
—The Chancellor of the Russian EiVipire,' n •
Prince Gortschakotf, is lying in a veryjSeritical
condition at St. Petersburg. •yiwahgMdh- £' I
—Christy’s minstrels are now input coU'tliet’* ,
people of Austria into the mysteries-: lhurntift
cork minstrelsy, but do not take hi th-v
people.
—M. Dupre&soir, the lessee of thCTliado -
gambling hell, has presented to Mad. Patti-W®
necklace, consisting of three rows of pearbyyV
and-valued at live thousand francs. "
—There is quite a movement in Russia to es- ‘
tablish a system of public school instruction
for the poorest class of the children. At
present they are sunk in the deepest ignorance
—A Cincinnati paper enumerating the
causes for Thanksgiving says that “ there has
been no pestilence or plague to walk in dark
ness and wade by noonday.”
—Mr. Swinburne’s last published effort is a
poetical entreaty.tbat the Illness of the Em
peror Napoleon may he aggravated and pro
longed.
—The navigation of the Red Sea is s<*
hazardous that it is proposed it should be
beaconed and buoyed an the expense of Eng
land and France. '
—An enterprising playwright in Vienna
has composed a niece entitled “ Father
Hyacinthe.” A Catholic journal waxed wroth
at this attemptjto drag religious dissensions On
the stage. *
—lt is said that Jenny Lind is to return to
the practice of her former vocation by neces
sity, her husband having squandered her pro
perty by a dissolute life so that the musical
couple are on the verge of poverty.
—An injured husband in Dayton, Ohio,
caught his wife just on the point of eloping
-with a handsome man. He took a demoniac
vengeance by locking up all her good clothes
and then telling hor to go.
—A correspondent of a Kansas paper urges
, the editor to “continue to pour red-hot thun
derbolts right into the teeth of the leeches
and sharks that are sucking the life-blood from
tbe people,”—advice that is worthy of Sir
Boyle Koche.
—The ghost of a murdered Toledoseow cap
tain appeared during a dangerous-storm; on.
the lake, took a hand at the pumps,and saved
his old craft from foundering. The crew has
deserted in terror at.the thought of having
been saved from death by a ghost.
—A reporter in an article on the destitute
Soor, spoke of the great numherof persons re- '
uced to poverty by the “mysterious decrees
of Providence.” His astonishment may bo
imagined when he saw the printer had altered
it to “mysterious decrease of . j
—The Bavarian Minister at the ’Saxou
Court, Keichorsberg, decamped recently from '■
Dresden, leaving one hundred thousand dof- ;
Jars’worth of unpaid debts behind. The people L
of Dresden are petitioning ther Government
to demand payment of their, debts from the-
Bavarian Government.
—A poverty-stricken Frenchman beiug
aroused by his wife one night with thecry ,
“Get up, Jacques, there’s a robber in qUe- v
jiou.se!” calmly answered, “Hush! don’t (
disturb him. Let him ransack the house, ajjiil v
if he finds anything of value we’ll then get-.up i;.
and take it away from him.” ;' s ,
—Less than • half the amount hccessai-jy Vfcif
procure the Paris statue to Lamartine , h.v*
been raised, but tho clay model by M. Aden. V
Salomon is completed. It represents M. d« {
Lamartine standing.; he haves his,breast with '
his left arm, and with his right waves back :■
the red'flag; an ample cloak falls from his ■'
'shoulders. The base'of the statue will bt»
adorned with allegorical statues of Eloquence,
Poetry, History and Fraternity. - : ■ /
—A furrier in Cincinnati recently conceived
the brilliant idea of sewing up a man in th»
shin of a “grizzly,” and sending his bear-maa
out to distribute shop-bills. As the Irtndly v
animal proceeded down the street, with, a
elub in one paw and a bundlo of circi 1, n m •
'‘the other, children fled, women
dogs barbed, horses reared, a mi]k-cc "■ was
.demolished, the police rushed to thftvpscnev
the hear was marched to the Mayor’s v ilhee.,
and the enterprising dealer in skins Vfoundl
himself most nobly and gratuitousljisjidver- ■
tised m all the newspapers next »
—ln the town of S , Maine, llveddi'omo
■vears ago a couple who had got timi !$f the
jars and troubles of wedded life, nncfr.tldually
resolved to end them. But being rattjgf 'short .
of this world’s goods,they hardly felt aSe pay
ing out the money necessary to obtain' a di
vorce. So they went to the old ,
who joined them in the bands of jnatMinftn
some years before, and desired ,)iiuil{Pl ' * r ' •
the knot. The worthy old squire.;,™ V ■.
his head and thought a moment,anff' . *
thero was no way Mitto. go to4-mAw- - ‘
hold,’’ said he, “I have it, Z •
live together, and he true to ‘ V.S
I death should yon part.
yard.” Then seizing a •“
wav he directed John to take^wßl
and .Tane by the head and .juBS-Spia
lifting a sharp axe, he said: ,',‘Nbvv.d
you part.” The axe fell aq;(; (UV cu
'divorced.
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