GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXlir.--Nti. 197.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
LETTER FROM PAKIN.
(Oorrinixmdonce of tho Philadelphia Even ng BuUetiaJ
Paius, Friday, Nov.' IS, 18®).—Uoeheforthas
taken himself off to England, whither he had
gone, with three other delegates, to invite
Ledru Rollin to come to Paris. It was quite
time tor Rochefort to disappear, if he wished
'• to preserve his popularity, which was fast
fading away, on account of his utter want of
capacity, cither as an orator „or a politician.
Even the rowdies and roughs who bellowed
Tire Rochefort .’ every night at the electoral
meetings, and insisted upon his being present,
began at last to grow tired of his eternal exor
dium about tlie “excess of emotion” which
“deprived him of utterance”; and wero often
the first to laugh at their favorite when ho
made liis appearance, always with the same
phrase in his mouth. Rochefort is no speaker,
and is only witty with a pen in his hand. His,
public appearances have been quite a failure,
and I think ho has grown conscious of the fact.
The other day I met him in a
street cab, at the head of a proces
sion of some two or threo hundred rowdies,
one of whom sat on the outside gesticulating
and pointing to the candidate inside, who oc
casionally took oil'his hat and bowed. But
the whole thing looked like a burlesque, and
tiie “demonstration,” il it was meant for such,
was received only with jeers and laughter, and
no one joined tbo “procession.” The fact is
that with the exception of having written
sonic clever lampoons on the Emperor, the
Empress and the Imperial Court, Roeli
fort has done nothing to .merit the,
popularity he has- achieved, and
lias proved altogether a failure as a public
man. Tin;, Parisians are far too clever not toha ve
found this out; and the'leading, .demagogues,
u ho are putting up Koebcfort as their instru
ment, are beginning to find out that they have
.mistaken their man, and to wish that they
had left him to go on with his Lanteme. With
a pen in his hand, Rochefort was a “power,”
and really formidable. But i’or his present
position lie is quite unlit; and the Em
peror mast chuckle to think that
l,e has allowed Ids enemy to open his
mouth only to his own destruction. Were a
ready able Democratic candidate- to be run
against him, I consider his chances of success
•would even yet be very doubtful.* Nor do I
think his alliance with Ledru Rollin would be
of much advantage to him, or to thecause and
party ho represents. The ex-member of the
I'rovi-ional Government of 1848 has just pule
lirlifd a iong-winded manifesto, of which it is
scarcely possible to make head or tail. It is
full Of fine phrases and high-sounding words
without meaning—except, indeed, that
one is. perhaps able to gather out
of all the trash it contains that the political
programme of the writer is “ revolution and
liberty." “ Kevolutlou and despotism” would
perhaps be nearer the mark; for such revolu
tions as >l. Ledru Kolliu Iras before headed,
and such :u> be now proposes, generally, end.
in France, at least, by the latter alternative.
The last “ revolution” he inaugurated brought
about, first, the days of June, aud next the
coup ct" Rat, and there is too much reason to
fear that any new political career upon which
the nation might enter with him would ruu the
same course and finish with the same result.
M. Ledru Kollinuiakesa boast to the Parisians
that he was the first to defeat “constitution
alism” and “parliamentarism” in 1848 aud
proclaim the “glorious Republic” of that
date. I hope the Parisians will Vcmewberthe
“advantages” he thereby conferred on them.
In case they have forgotten them, they have
only to refer to the Reports of their own
Chamber of Commerce, where they will find
it recorded that tho commercial move
ment of the capital, which, in
1847, the year - before, amounted to
fifteen humlrcd millions, had fallen by the end
oflB4B to less than seven hundred millions.
And if M. Ledru Rollin had his own way
again, I have no doubt that ho would a second
time bestow a similar boon upon his fellow
citizens between the years 188!) and 1870. Tho
name of “Republic” has been too long made a
scandal and a reproach and a byeword in the
mouths of such political charlatans as those
who now take it in vain in Paris. No one to
whom the name is dear ean ever again desire
to see it desecrated a third time, as it
has twice already been in this country—when
it became a cry of horror in 1780, and alaugh
ing stock to the world in 1848. It may seem
harsh to say so, but I doubt whether the
French people are one whit more fitted to be
Republicans, in anytime sense of the word,
mi w,than they were at either of tho above two
epoques.
Every democratic journal of respectability
in Pans, with the staunch old
■NVc/r itself, has declared itself resolutely op
posed to the mad projects of such men as
Rochefort, Ledru Rollin, and all who act
with tln-m.
The King of Italy Is out of clangor, and
l’rince Napoleon aud the Princess Clotilde are
tin tlieir way hack to Paris. The miliary, or
eruptive fever, which so nearly carried off it
llv galuutuomo, is almost an endemic disorder in
Tuscany. The King received the sacrament of
his church with great firmness and devotion;
lor it is quite a mistake to represent Yictor
Emmanuel as ail irreligious man, although he
cannot agree with the Court of Home. It is
a curious tact that the King’s illness coincided
exactly with tho issue of' the new
scries' of bonds secured on confiscated
ecclesiastical property. Yet the subscription
never flagged, and the public manifested the
utmost conlldence in the stability of the in
stitutions which Italy has given to herself, and
in the tranquil succession of the next .heir to
the throne. And yet Victor Emmanuel has
been King of Italy little more than half the
time that Louis Napoleon has been Emperor
of the French. But then the former was
“chosen” freely by tlio nation; the latter, at
best, was only put up with as a pis oiler. .
I mentioned recently that some seventy or
eighty “disinterested” citizens have qualified
themselves for candidates in Paris, by taklug
the oaths at the Hotel de Villo. I understand
that the number has since Increased to nearly
three hundred! . ‘
The rumors of ministerial changes have died
away again, and M. Emile Ollivier has once
more left Paris to visit his constituents in the
Var. Still, it is hardly thought that the pres
ent Minister of the Interior will vonturo to''
meet the Chamber in his official capacity.
The Emperor continues to spend 'his time
in “receiving company” at Compiogne. Series
of -guests, .arrive-and....depart,...after .being-,
amused by battues, and private theatricals,
and concerts, and dinners: and the official
papers tell us that his ’Majesty looks quite
“fresh and rosy.”
—The splendid net-work of railroads sur
rounding Brussels gave proof of its carrying
capacity the other day, when a grand reviow
of all tlie Belgian troops was to do hold near
the Capital. Ln four days the different roads
carried 2055,270 passengers to Brussels. , This is
of great importance to Europe, as‘Belgium
would probably become the theatre of war in
ease a general conflict should break out.
—Elihu-Cfreen, convicted Of sotting fire to
the court house at Kingwopd, Preston county,
West Va., was allowed to choose one of two
modes of punishment for his cribio, hanging
or imprisonment for lifo, and selected the
former. Judgment was accordingly pro
noiiT'ced, tlie.timo for the execution being
fixed as January 28th.
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EVROPEAIV AfFAIRS
IMPORTANT FROM .ROME.', ' ” |
Canonization of Saints-—Providing; for
Em erffenele*—lsabella ’» Advent—The
■ Councilman. | ;
A Roman correspondent,wrlting under date,
of November sth, says; - > - , ; ;
■ His Holiness bad ordered “acta” to’be pre
pared for tho canonization of Eugouhts 111.
and Urban V. Eugeniua is tho I’opo to whom
St. Bernard, In the twelfth century, addressed
his famous treatise, “De Considerations,” in
in whicli he advised.the renouncement of the
temporal power, Eugenius died at Tivoli on
thfe 7th of July, 1158, and is buried in the vaults
of the Vatican. As soon as the process is
taken out for canonization, the tomb will he
opened, and the faithful will be admitted to
adore his remains. Urban V. .was one of the
Avignon Popes, and, though he made a flying
visit to Rome, passed his pontificate under the
.•cgisanil on the soil of Franco. n ‘
Pius IX. has been persuaded by tho Jesuit
fathers to, prepare a bull which, in case of his -
death during the sitting of the Council, shall
make known ' the "arrangements which he
wislics to be carried out, and his instructions
for the government of.tlie Church.
■ The Holy Father is in expectation of a visit
from Queen Isabella of Spain, who proposes
to come hero to attend the Council. Roth his
Holiness and Cardinal Antorielli are mnch dis
turbed at the prospect, feeling it -will be im
possible to deny the fallen monarch the honors
paid to a sovereign, and fearing this may lead
to complications with the dc/aefo Government
of Spain. The Regent Serrano is now looked
upon as a good Catholic, and the Court of
Rome wishes to avoid atiygrouml of offence,
and, indeed, to-enter into more friendly rela
tions with him. The Spanish ' subsidy is of
very great importance to the Pope, a‘ud the'
Regent has not only continued it, but has
made payments in' advance, which the
Government of Queen Isabella was never in a
position to ifo. ■ s :
Some experiments have bpen made in .the
incloMire in St. Peter’s to test Its acoustic ca
pabilities. Shorthand writers were placed in
the reporters’seats, and some English. French,
German and Spanish scholars rose at different
points and delivered Latin speeches with the
pronunciation of their respective countries.
It was found that the speaker nearest the altar
could be heard at the greatest distance, aud
accordingly this spot is chosen for the tribune.
But even here the result was not satisfactory,
and there is tow a talk of covering the iii
clohiire with a glass ceiling: -
Letter from tbe Pope to .Arthblsbop
; Manning, of Westminster. : ;
To ttieJCditor of the London Herald.—Sm: JThe
Archbishop of Westminster desires me to
plate the inclosed letter of the Holy Father at
your disposal tor publication. 1 remain, sir,
your obedient servant,
W. A. Joirxsox, Secretary.
No. 8 Vohk Place, W., Nov. 15, Its I!*.
I-IIIT. rirs is.
To Our Venerable Brother, Henry Edward,
Arc/tbishofU of WextminxterVenerable Brother,
Health and the Apostolic Biasing— Having said,
in the letter which we addressed to yon,
venerable brother, on the 4th day of Septem
ber last, that subjects which had already been
carefully examined and • decided by an
CKeumenical Council could not again be called
in question: that, therefore, no place could be
given in the approaching council for anv
defence of errors which liau been condemned,
and that for this reason we could not
have invited non-Cathollcs to a discussion.
Ve now learn that some of those, who
dissent from our faith *have so understood
tlm.se words as to believe no way is left open
to them of making known the difficulties
which keep them separated from the Catholic
Church, and that almost all approach to us is
cut oft'. But so far are we, the vicar upon
earth of Him who came to save that which
was lost,from repelling them in anyway what
ever, that we even go iorth to meet them, and
nothing do we se»k for with a more ardent
wish than to be aolo toßtretch our anfis with
a lather’s love to any one who shall
return to us. And never, certainly, have
we wished to impose silence upon those who,
misled bv their education,aud, Relieving their
opinions to lie right, think that their dissent
from us rests upon strong arguments which
they would wish to be examined by wise and
prudent men. For- although thiscauuot be
done in tbe Council, there will not be wanting
learned divines, appointed by ourselves, to
whom they may open their minds, and may*
with confidence make known the reasons of
their own belief; so that even out of the
contest of a discussion, undertaken
solely with a desire of finding out
the ’ trnth, they may receive a more
abundant light to guide them to it. And may
very many propose this to themselves, and
carry it out m good faith. For it could not be
done withont great profit to themselves aud to
others; to themselves, indeed, because God
will show His face to those who seek Him
with their whole heart, and will give them
■what they long for; to others, because not
only the example of eminent men cannot fail
of its efficacy, bptalsothe more diligently they
shall have labored to obtain the benefit of truth
the more earnestly will they strive to impart
tlie same benefit to the vest. Earnestly pray
ing the God of Mercy for this most happy is
sue. we desire you to receive, venerable
brother, the apostolic blessiug, which, as a
token of the Divine favor, and of our own
special good will, wo most lovingly grant to
you and to your whole diocese.
Given at St. Peter’s, in Rome, on tho 30th
day of October, 3HGD, in the twenty-fourth
year of our pontificate. Pope Puts Ix.
TDK SPANISH GUNBOATS.
A New Dodge to Get Possession of. Them.
The New York Tribune has the following:
Yesterday noon our reporter, called upon
the Spanish Consul, Sr. Don Cortes. Tins
gentleman was overcrowded with official
business, sending off despatches to Washing
ton, and 1 giving directions to a large clerical
l ores sitting in front of him. His reception of
his visitor was extremely polite, but he did
not appear to desire to enter into any conver
sation concerning the gunboat affair.
He said that the Spanish Gov
ernment. had appropriated $0,000,000 for
the purpose of building six screw corvettes at
New York, corresponding in build to the Se
vern class, but it was doubtful if they would
ever be bhilt here now, the United States Gov
ernment had treated them so badly. Sr.
Cortes said the Spanish Government did not
own the thirty gunboats—they were the pro
perty of Mr. Dolamater, though it was true
money had been paid him. If the
United States Government endeavored
to prevent them from going to Cuba di
rect, and threw them on Mr. Delamater’s
hands, there were Englishmen who stood ready
to buy them, and who would undoubtedly sell
them direct to the Spaniards: In regard to the
coming of the Spanish fleet to this port, he'
said the ships came here with two objects in
view. First, if the United States had not in
terfered; some of them would have brought
ertfws, for tho boats', while others would
have remained hero for repairs. . Second, if
President Grant desires to • favor a few
hundred Cubans and accord to them
belligerent rights, rather than continue in the
friendship and in peace with over 18,000,000
Spanish subjects, then the Spanish Minister
would demand his passports, and Come on
hero and embark in one' of the naval vessels
and return to Spain. The coming ofA Spanish
fleet to this port meant no insult to our
nation, hut as the American Government had
taken so many precautionary measures, it was
but proper that his Government should do
likewise.' 1 - \ ~,
A magnificent Sensation Exploded—No
Demand for tbo Surrender of tbe Span*
ishGunbbatsat New York. . ..■
Washington, Nov. 26, iB6o.—The blghlyex
eiting story that Seiior Boberts, the Spanish ’
Minister, had made a formal demand for' the '
release of the thirty gunboats, about which so
much fuss has beon made lately,lias just tills
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slim foundation Roberts called .upon
Secretary Fish, and In the course 1 of arcohver
sation, which embraced a variety of sub
jects, remarked thqt he did not , feel
altogether satisfied with the conduct of the
United,States in detaining tho gunboats. This,
is the .exact size of tho so-called “speck of
war,” and shows how easily a mole
hill may lie magnified into a very large moun
tain when people’s visions become dimmed by
undue excitement. Heft nr Roberts, in thus
expressing his. dissatisfaction, spoke . vory
frankly about the grievances of ms Govern
ment concerning this , delicate matter,
but never . said, or even hinted,
that bis Government had instructed him to
demand the release of the gunboats. Whether
his government did so or not, it is certain that
Up to the present moment—and I give this on
authority that cannot he questioned—Seiior
Roberts has not communicated any such in
formation to Secretary Fish. It is, of course,(
stillpossible that Seftor Roberts may have been
instructed to make such a demand, or to do so
if in bis judgment he might consider it advisa
ble, and that the prudent Minister has not con
sidered it advisable to lay such a demand before
our government in its, present temper; but
neither supposition is entertained seriously in
official circles. Here,of course,with the exjplo- ,
sion of this sonsational storv of a demand for
the release of the gunboats 'must fall also the
other equally exciting statement that Seftor
Roberts had instructions to demand his pass-,
ports in case of refusal.
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
A Reform Movement.
The Pittsburgh Gazette, referring to tlie or
ganization of the Pennsylvania Legislature,
concludes as follows:
“Wespeak not only for tho Republicans, but
for all tho people of Allegheny coimty, when
we express the public confidence that our own
members will hold themselves aloof from all
corrupt bargainings in the organization of the
House. They will not vote for any officer,
from Speaker downwards, whose record is
stained by a single blemish, who shall be
known to have bound himself by any corrupt
stipulation for tbe purpose of securing either
a nomination or an election. They will make
no bargains for themselves, nor ratify any
that shall be made by others. They will go in
to conference with their brothermenihers,upon
tbe matter of organization, with the distinct
understanding that the discovery of such bar
gains made or understandings had by! their
nominees sbail itself release them from the 'ob
ligations to support the candidates Who aro
guilty of that lorm'of corruption. Onr mem
bers are aware that tbe independent 'Repub
lican press pf this city expects to sustain them
in everything that is right, and to defend them
in nothing that shall be done wrong. They
know that tbe press will herein faithfully re
present the sentiment of all their constituents.
They are quite prepared, therefore, to take
and maintain such a line of faithfulness to
public duty as shall satisfy tlie people of this
country that Republicanism shall not bo made
either the cloak or the excuse for any form of
'legislative misconduct.
“We trust that similar views and purposes
will control Republican members generally.
Let us have an end of these shamefulscandals
which have annually dishonored the Legisla
tive politics of this Coininonwealth.no matter
what party has had tlie majority, it would
gratify our State pride to see the coming Legis
lature organized with officers whose records
defy censure, and to follow the daily progress
of a session not blotted with disreputable in
trigues or with the sbadowof corruptions still
more disgraceful. There was never a more
favorable period for inaugurating this
better state of things. We see plenty of
significant indications that tlie people desire
it, aud that if tlie session, of lHiilt-70 disappoints
these expectations, it will be for the last time
in the experience of our own party. Let us,
then, see how many of the Republican mem
hers elect will shake hands together to insure
sueli a general conduct of the public business
at this session as will save, instead of ruining,
our political ascendency in the Common
wealth. Let us thereby justify the popniar
confidence in the purity of our principles, in
the integrity of our party organization, and
in the personal honor of the citizens to whom
we have entrusted official station.”
A Fight With Stage Bobbers in tuli
fornia. c-
fFrom the San Diego linion, Nov. 11.1
On last Sunday evening, at 8 o’clock, as the
Fort Yuma stage was coming West, about
sixteen miles this side of Yuma, an attack was
made by four men armed to the teeth and
striped to the huff. The coach was in a nar
row road, the brush on either side being quite
thick. The robbers appeared in the road, aud
called on the driver to halt and give up the
treasure on hoard; one stepping into the road
in front of the team, and the other three sur
rounding, the coach. The stage not- halting
promptly, the man in the road tired and
killed the off-wheeler. There were six pas
sengers on board, and when the horse was
shot, a man by the name of W- Bichard, of the
firm of Bichard & Co:, of Piiiaos Villages, fired
a shot-gun load of buckshot into the stomach
of ibe robber in the front of tho team, who
threw up Ids hands, exclaiming, “My God, I
am shot !” whereupon the fight commenced.
The passengers were poorly armed; there
were only three revolvers and a shot
gun but the owners used them
in a lively manner—driving the robbers off,
and getting away with the treasure. One man
on board the coach,named Davis,got a scratch
on the leg. The coach received several shots.
After the highwaymen were driven off, their
coats and spurs were found hanging on the
hushes. They had prepared-for a lively fight,
expecting tq go through tho coach, as they had
done the coach on the Eos Angeles route, but
were slightly mistaken in the men this time.
It was light enough so that the robbers could
be plainly seen. They are tho same fellows
that were in the city during the races,and who
were pointed out by the Los Angeles officers as
the robbers of the coach, as above stated. They
left here just after the races closed, going east
toward Fort Yuma. On the road out, they in
quired as to tho amount of treasure carried by
the coach of Wells, Fargo & Co. Thoypaid
their bills along the road in bogus gold dust.
A horse was found next day tied to a tree,
supposed to have been left by the party for
the use of the man who was shot, and who is
believed to be hid away in the vicinity of tho
attack. A message was sent hack to Yuma
for a party to go in search, and the Indians
were put on the trail. Their captiyfo is nearly
a certainty; and we hope the captors will
make quick work of the robbers.
Tbe Case of tbe Atlantic and Great West
ern—Strange Illness el Jay Gould--De
lays and Adjournment—,-< oniiiroinise
Spoken of—Judge Balcom’s Order In
tbe Itamscy Suit.
AKnoN,'Ohio,N6v. 26.—Thb Erie-case was
brought tip to-day, before Jtidgb Boynton. All
the parties were present excepting Jay Gould,
whq is sick. F. A. Lane ana the line party;
J.Qould and W. Archdall O’Doherty, as re
ceivers, swear to the following abstract of the
earnings of the Atlantic and Great Western
Bailway from April 9 to Aug. 31, inclusive:
From freights, $1,492,714; from' passengers,
$387,279; for mails, $14,107; ftom expenses,
$30,572; miscellaneous,' $10,102. Total,
$1,934,774. Tho road mean while has moved
763,430 tons of freight, 93,474 passengers. The
debt of the Atlantic and Great Westem Bail
road is as follows: Mortgage b0nd5,530,348,900;
accrued interest thereon, $7,024,307; “deben
tures, $14,000,000; floating debt, $13,000,000;
stock, $30,000,000; total; -..594,373,2Q7. There
are affidavits, in .Court .that the roadcanuot
sell for $15,000,000 lf : put on the market with
the utmost care. Adjourned'till afternoon.
* i—Biissian actresses-'refuse t'o appear 1 in j.lie
costume of tho “blonde", school.
COUNTRY.
PHILADELPHIA, SATUfiDAT, NOVEMBER 27, 1869. I
CRIME.
DISASTERS.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IN LOUISVILLE.
TWO Hen Fall Into a Tat. of Roiling
Water—One Scalded to Dentil and the
Other Dangerously Injured.
[From the I.ouißvlllo Courif-rJotirmil,Nov. 21,1 >
, yesterday morning, botweensc veuanii eight
o’clock, a distressing accident occurred at the
pork-packing establishment of O. W. Thomas
& Co., No. 558 East Main street. \
In the “trying-room” of tho establishment
there is a large vat, into which fbe refuse
water and oil is drawn from the tanks after
the iard has been di-awn off. Two of tho tanks
of boiling water and oil had boon emptied into
the vat,and another was about being emptied,
when tho foreman called to Edward Welsh
and Dennis Quinlan, “skimmers,” who were
standing near the edge of the vat, to get out
of the way. ■
.This, they attempted to do, but the floor
being greasy and slippery, WoLsfa, W-ho is quite
an old man, missed his footing; and fell into
tlio vat. Quinlan immediately rushed, to liis
rescue and seized him by tbe shoulder, but
; Welsh, frantic with pain, seized Quinlan by
the legs and dragged him headforemost into
tho boiling caldron. Mr, Graves and Mr.
Franklin, employes of tho establishment,
bearing the shrieks of suffering, extricated
them from the vat as soon as possible and be
fore life was extiuct. Both were horribly
scalded. Quinlan was ; entirely -submerged,
and when bis clothing was removed nearly
every particle of skin came with it. Quinlan
lingered in great agony, until 5 o’clock last
evening, when death came to his' relief.
Welsh was living in a critical condition last
night, and as he inhaled tlie v Steam, bis re
covery is considered doubtful.
PROM NEW YORK.
Nkw Vouk, Nov. 27. —Notice was given to
Judge Pierrepont yesterday by Mr. Sidney
Webster, counsel for the Spanish government,
that he would movo in the District Court
next week to qnaah tjio writ of seizure against
the Spanish gunboats and dismiss the libel.
Seftor Lcmus has applied to Judge Pierrepont
to have the “colony, district, or people*’ of
Cuba represented in the complaint, aud has
laid iiefore liiin documents on the subject.
Another suit has been commenced against
tbe Erie Railroad Company—this time by the
Rogers Locomotive Works, of Paterson,
-which charges that exorbitant freightage has
been demanded for transportation over the
Erie Railway from Paterson to Jersey City,
and transportation is sometimes alto
gether, unless it is through an express com
pany to which the directors are especially par
tial.
A coroner’s jury took the ante-mortem state
ment of Albert D. Richardson at the Astor
House yesterday. A verdict was rendered
against .McFarland, who was committed.
The ball in Richardson’s stomach was ex
tracted yesterday, ami there is a probability
of ills recovery. ■ -' .
John L. Barton, a custom bouse broker, was
arrested yesterday on tbe complaint of B G.
Jayne, an officer of the Custom House, that
be'haii at various times given bribes to the
aggregate amount of Bg.;ioii to Messrs. Carr,
Townlcy and Van Winkle, ail of them
weighers in the Custom House, for the pur
pose of procuring false returns, of weights of
coffee imported by Dymond & Lally, of No.
100 Water street, a firm for which. Barton was
agent. Commissioner Betts Bar-,
ton yesterday in default of $7,000 bail. Seve
ral other -warrants were issued yesterday, and
it is said to lie tho intention of tho authorities,
after the prosecution for bribery, to briug civil
action for the recovery of the duties.
Tbe Lincoln Monument.
The following extract from a letter from
Mr. Randolph Rogers to Charles J. Stifle,
President of the Monument Association,dated
Rome, Nov. Bth, will explain the 'cause of the
apparent delay in the completion of the
statue. It is but just to Mr. Rogers to say
that his contract allowed him three years for
the execution of his work, aud that but little
more than half that period has now expired:
Rome, Nov. Bth, 1869. I finished the model
in clay of the Lincoln Monument, 23d of
January, 1869. Transferring it to plaster oc
cupied about six weeks. To make a second
mould over if, in order to preserve a duplicate
in my studio, took, about six weeks more, and
about tbe same time to dry the pkister model
before it could be boxed. The statue left my
studio for Munich May 20th. I saw tbe model
.in tbe foundry last August. The last letter re
ceived from Hen- von M filer, the bronze-foun
der. was dated Oct. 25tli. I (inclose you that
portion of the letter relating to the statue. Ho
first speaks of other statues of mine now in
progress at the foundry; then says, “The
statue, of Lincoln goes an more slowly, as the
model is a difficult one to cast.” I wrote him
again to-day, urging him to press’on with tbo
work, aud to let me know when it would be
finished. In fact, I sent him a copy of your
last letter to me; which I have no doubt will
satisfy him that those concerned in tho work
are rertj impatient. Tlie arms of the United
Statesand the farces are finished (tho models.)
I ;un now engaged upon the arms of tlie city
of Philadelphia:
Tbe wreaths aud eagles will be completed
within six or eight weeks—in short, all the
models belonging to tbe monument .which are
to be in bronze.
Literary.
There is no event of the year to which liter
ary people hero look forward with more in
terest;than the issue of the January number of
the AtlanticMajithlg, which is commonly made
a brilliant bouquet from the gardens of the
most eminent of the Boston writers, some
times, perhaps, to tho detriment of those
which precede aud come after it. .The initial
number of 1870 will be no‘exception to this
rule. It will have the first number of Mr.
Bayard Taylor’s novel, “Joseph and his
Friend,” It will have an essay on
“The Study of History,” by Professor,
Gold win Smith. It will have a financial
article, “What to do with the Surplus,” by,
Gen. Francis A. Walker Of the Bureau of
Statistics. It will have a paper on “Ameri
canisms in Literature,” by Col. T. W. Higgiu
son, a combination of subject and author
which ought to give us a capital thing. It
will have a sketch called,'with less originality
than the author usually gives to his titles,
“A Boinance of Beal Life.” by Mr. W. D.
Howells. It will have in poetry,' “Nearing tho
Snow Line,” by Olivur Wendell Holmes;
“Nauhanght, tho Deacon,” by J. G. Whittier;
(who will also have a poem in the January
Young Folks), and “The Cathedral,” by James -
Bussell Lowell. Tills last piece will he the
gem of. the number, and one of the very!
noblest of all its author’s poems.— Boston C’or.,
Tribune. , ;
—A translation into Italian of “The Spanish
Student,” by Longfellow, has just been pub
lished . by Signor ..Bofiaele... Car<liiPi.(Hie,..of
Naples, and may be found n't any of tbe book
sellers’. Tho translation is spoken of by Italians'
with approbation, and may therefore bo con
sidered good. ’
—Minnie HaUck seems to bavo met with a
most brilliant success at Moscow. During a
performance ; of “Lueio” she was recalled
twenty times; and after the cathedral scene in
Faust received a similar compliment eight
times. - :, ii: t
—Ah Indianapolis councilman in a recent
speech said: “ Any judge who would issue
such an order as that of Judge Hints is a
jackass 1” ' Forgetting himself a little further
on, he added, “And! am the poor of such a
man.” ■ ‘ ” V, \ ;
—The Legislatftre has been petitioned by
the'' Episcopal: Church of Vermont, for a
Change inlke divorce laws, '
Premature Burial
Tiie mind of the French public seems, to be
greatly excited on the subject of premature
burial. It is doubtless to this agitation that 1
tiie- following occurrence, described by the-
Petit Journal, is' owing: This paper says that ■
some days ago an inhabitant of Lyons lost a
daughter aged twelve. . Half an hour before •
the iuperal the disconsolate father wished to
sec his child once more. Tlie coffin mas
opened that lie might have tills sad satisfaction,
but a doubt came over him at the sight,
o'f his daughter, whose features were uu
altercd and still, tinged with color. A
doctor was sent for, who .declared that be
shared the father’s doubts. The funeral was
nevertheless proceeded with, for. the guests
were waiting in the church. Having reached
tlie cemetery, tlie coffin was let down into the •
vault, but the father immediately sent for ’
Delay, the engineer, inventor of an electric
alarum. The apparatus, which consists of
conducting Wires establishing a communication
between the right hand of the corpse and an
electrical peal of bells, which the slightest
movement sets in motion, was attached to the
body; 'Since then the'unhappy father went
every* day to the . cemetery of Loyasse, ac
companied by bis' doctor and tho en
gineer Delay. On, descending into the
vault no signs of decomposition
coidd be perceived. The temperature
of the body Was the same as that of the vault,
varying from fifteen to twenty degrees. At
last, after seven days of terrible; perplexity
without decided results, the physician-inspector,
assisted by three of his colleagues, went down,
into tbe vault in the preseuce.of a dense crowd
who assisted at this touching. scene. The lid
of the coffin was taken off. The features of
the youtig girl were still unaltered, and by this
test alone doubts might still remain. Hut tlie
doctor, putting aside the white dress which
covered the body, showed a livid tinge, charac
teristic of death, and conclusive of the fact that
it had taken place.
Mohammedanism at the Cape of Good
Hope.
The worship of the Prophet was introduced
at the Cape through tlie slaves, in tlie days
of Dutch rule, and now at least ouc-lifth of
the population of Cape Town is Moliaiiime
dan. A regular intercourse is maintained
with Mecca. The fate of; many an election
has been determined by the votes of its
rents, w:ho are courted by the politicians? No
assignable success has been gained by mission
aries, although numerous attempts have
been made. Mr. Henry Tindall, English
Wesleyan missionary, gives ' this account :
“Islamism counts now among its numbers
many of tlie; most respectable anil wealthy
colored classes. Numbers flf clerics and me
chanics worship in its mosques; thousands'
join in its merry holiday-keeping, noisy festi
vals, rigorous fasts, luxurious feasts, and illu
minations of house ami cemetery. It is the
.great panderer to vice, and numbers of the
cast-off votaries of dissipation, in whose veins
English blood flows, find a refuge m the priest’s
harem, or bang on to tiie skirt of the wealthy
polygamist. It has a strong bold oh the pas
sions of the people by its close affinities to the
carnal mind; it fosters their prejudices against
a spiritual religion by its system bi bodily ex
ercise ; it commends itself to their understand
ing by its vaunted sobriety, iu which many
Christians, by name and profession, are so
shamefully defective. It plays on their fears
by its supposed powers of witchcraft, and on
inflicting or removing at will the direst diseases,
and by its knowledge atid use of slow poisons.
And it offers a social status to colored jieople
which they do not seem to attain under other
auspices.”
AMUSEMENTS.
--At tho Arch, last night, The. School for Scandal
produced to an immense andionco, which must have
satisfied Mrs. Drew that at least an occasional venture
into legitimate drama could be made without pecuniary
loss. The performance, was uncommonly good. Mrw.
Drew gave her familiar personation of “Lady Teazle”—
a personation that is nearly unrivaled in its excellence.
Mr. Mackay ptaycd “Sir Fetor” with grefrt cleverness;
Mr. Cuthcart as “Charles Surface,” and gave
the part iu u most satisfactory manner. The other char
acters wero well sustained b> the other membera of tho
excellent company. This evouing Boucicuult’s dr aim a
Hoio She Loves Him and tho ploy, The Gipsy Fanner,
will bo presented. On Monday Colley Cibbers great
comedy, She Would and She Would Not.
—At the Walnut, tbis evening, Enoch Anlrn will be
produced with thecomic drama Robert Ma'cairp. . ~
—Mbs Keeno„Will present, ut the Chestuut, to night,
three pluyt—iio.sa/m jlhaduws, David Garrick tax d Tioo
can play at that same.
-rThe German Opera season will clone, tliis evening
with a performance of jI Might in Grenada the second
act of jUttrMa and the third act of Faust.
—The Aiherienu announces for this evening a choice
miscellaneous entertainment, including the amusing per
sonations ofßurnett, oti excellent ballet, a pantomime,
singing, dancing, negro delineations, <sro., &c.
—That master of art-magic and nccroinuucy. Signor
Blitz, will do divers wonderful things this and every
evening at the Assembly Buildings.
1 Duprcz & Benedict’s luiubtrels continue to attract
large audiences to the Seventh Street Opera Jlouse.
They offer for this ereninga lirst-ftte bill, in which all
*thc best members of the company will appear. All of
the performers uro good, uml some of them have no su
periors in tho profession.
—A minstrel entertainment will he given by Messrs*
CarncroEs & Dixey this evening, at the Eleventh Street
Opera House.
—The Living Curiosities.will lit? exhibited iu Assembly
Buildings, this evening, for the Inst time.
—A vocal and instrumental concert in aid of Spruco
Street Baptist Church, will bu given in the Church ou
Thursday night next. Emiuont musicians will partici
pate.
—On Friday night next, tho Vifteonth Anniversary of
the Young Men’s Christian Association will be Inld in
the Acudemy of Music, Tho cummiUoo desire to aa
uuuucc thut seats will not bo reserved after quarter to S
o'clock.
—The Young Men ? a,Christian Association announce a
course of four first-rate lectures at the Academy oj
Music. One of thesewili be givun By Horace Greeley,
who bus prepared a discourse upon tho woman question.
Bov. Henry Ward Beecher will deliver anew lecture
also, and John B. Gough has promised two of his most
.popular discourses. Thu gain of secured beat£ will be
gin at Abbmoail’K, No. 724 Cheßtuut street, on Tueaiuy.
The sale of single tickets begins on Wednesday.
THE COURTS.
Oyi:u and Terminer—Judges Peirce aml Paxson,—
The case of lfeury 0. Carr, charged with tho murder of
FrancisS.Wykofl’, ou th«*Sffr-of August last, was ended
this morning with a verdict of guilty of murder iu the
sea)nd.de^^V(ithJt.Ke r cop»TOfififeOPP r/> ,
QnvRTKR sessions—Judge Ludlow.—Tiiocaso of Goo.
W Draper was before tho Court upon the return of tho
writ of aatau corpus to tost tho legality of his confine*
montin the Insuno Asylum. Blr. Biddio.forthoinstitu
tion. stated thut the officers had no interest in tho ques
tion except thut the relator hud been aent to them ac
cording to law. They did not oppose a fall hearing.
ilrr\Varriner, c forMr. Draper,said lio was not ready to
proceed and asked a delay pfu-week., ..
Mr. Olay, who represented the CJommlttee In the case,
stated that the parties ho appeared for hud no objtction
to a full investigation, , -i • ;.-i - ; .
Judge Ludlow euld ho issued tno writ under a recent
act orAßSembly, which wade it imperative. Ho could
understand how, umier thlrt luw. tho institution couM
ho annoyed : bnt ho thought it bnt just to tho officers us
well ns the relator that there should he tho fullest »*am
iuqtlon into tho facts of tho case. Tho hearing was then
postponed. ■ •.. , •
a man,” asked a. prisoner of a St.
Louis magistrate, “any right to coinipit a
rihisance ?" .‘‘No, sir, not even the Mayor.'
“Thou, Sir, I claim my liborty. I was arrested
as a nuisance; and as no one lias a right-to
commit- me j 1 wove for iVnousuit"
tili. KBTUERSTON: I'alilisiier-
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PRIOE THREE CENTS.
'■'.FACTO ,’AS«f r PAKOIES.! ’* jj||
—Seats sold for 90ff apiece at .Patti’s last ap-.
pearancein Paris. ■■■,. . ' ■ s , f * ' ,' t!
, —The Czar lately meditated suicide by star- -'f'
vatiou, 'and kept it up three days, r - - ■ ... > ,f
.—A Michigan inventor has, produced, w~ ,
whistle for (tailing vessels, to be operated with*
a bellows. ’ ' .■
—Europe has’to pay aiihually about fifty. $
millions of dollars for the support office ?
monarchs. ■ -• 0.;..
’ — l Grace Darlings brother W.illlamfwhb'suc
ceeded his father, as keeper of the Longstono'
Island light, has justdied. . , ;
—A'c/tool is being played at the California .
Theatre, in Sari Francisco, with Miss,Char
lotte Thompson as “Bella.” 1
—A Nashville serenading party traveled 1 tea
miles to fiddle two hours in front of tv house
before they discovered that it was empty.,
—Mr. Allerton, a wealthy amateur actor: of ■
London, annually hires some, theatre; in.that ■
city and plays Shakespearian characters for
his own amusement.
—Miss Fanny Davenport ismOvirig upwards :
in her profession'very rapidly. She has played*
“Lady; Gay Spanker” in New York, :in sup
port of her father as “ Sir Harcourt.”
—A deserting sailor, at Detroit, was arrested,
but succeeded in obtaining Ills discharge and
wages because there wria not a stamp to ealch ';
signature on tho articles. ‘ >■ '
-i-The Episcopalians nave* 1 preaching In a,
largo hall in Salt Lake City, and a'flnoschoot
with 100 scholars, some of them,.the children •
of Mormons.
—The coal trade in Middle Georgia is.loofe
irig up. One hundred and fifty cars on tho
■Western & Atiahtic llailrorid cannot supply
the demand at Atlanta. .
—A young painter was copying a celebrated
painting in the Dresden gallery the other dayj
when a traveling cockney asked him. what
was done with the old’pictures after the new
ones were done. • > ;, . ■
—lron laths are the latest idea in building.
They are made ot No. 20 iron, wire gauge, and
one and a.half inches wide, resembling one
and a half inch hoop iron, with a small ridge
or head in the middle to stiffen it. The laths :
are cut in proper lengths, and afford addi
tional security from fire.
—The great conflagration in Bordeaux has
suggested the following .pleasant idea to a-
Erench journal“ln case a hostile licet should,
bombard a port, all that would be noeessury •
Would bo to pour several hundred barrels of.
petroleum on the water at ebb tide and light
it. 1 Wooden vessels would bo burnt, while on
iron ships the crew would all be roasted.”, .
—The pillow of a Japanese hod is a wooden,
box about four inches nigh, eight inches long,
and two inches wide at the top. It is covered
with a cushion of folded papei-s, and instead
of serving as a head rest, the neck onlyis sup
ported, the elaborate style of dressing the
hair, especially among the women, forbidding,
the pressure of the head against a pillow.
—Patti has declined au offer of a million of
francs to sing for ten months in the new seri
ous opera which Offenbach has composed to a
libretto by Sardou. Patti, by the way, re
cently wounded her thumb with a dagger
which she held, while playing the part ,of
Gilda in “IH'iulelto." The thumb bled; but
Patti went on with the performance. - 1
—Wabash, Indiana, is enjoying a seaSomof
religion. Men, women and ehihlron are , in
dicted foriishing, sewing, knitting and black
ing boots respectively on Sundays. About
one hundred indictments were lately returned
into court against the best citizens of the town,
including several ladies. The negro barbers
were in the list.
—At a jewelry store in. Bloomington, 111.
tlie other day, a customer was trying to select
a pin that would-suit him as to price and
quality, pricing everything in the case until
became to a diamond pin valued at $1,500. To
try the customer -the jeweler offered it at
SI 50. “'Well," said he, “that is about"the
price I want to pay, hut the pirn is a little
larger than I want.”
—They managematters in. St, Petersburg
rather more curiously than elsewhere. In a
recent forgery trial, involving some millions
of rubles, and requiring some two hundred
witnesses, the testimony of a person who hap
pened to be a Senator was needed. He ob
jected to go to the conrfcwhen summoned, The
result was, that the “high” court had to pro
ceed to his, residence to take his testimony,
which ho graciously consented'to give. ,
—A man was once relating a story of being
on a locomotive that struck a cow stahdihg on
the track, and threw her several yards Into
the field, where she lit squarely .on het-ffiet,
with her head towards the train,,aiid, strauge
to say, she wasn’t hurt a mite'. *
“But didn’t she look scared?’’ inquired a
listener. • - ! ' ‘
“ Well, I don’t know whether she wasscared
! or not, but she looked a good- deal dis
[ cournged.”
| —The choristers' of St, Paulis Cathedral
j were lately reprimanded for absenting .them-,
i selves so often from morning service; but they,
f replied that their pay was so poor that if they
I did not hunt up other engagements they
would starve. An indignant attendant of
St. Paul’s says: “I havoseeu men singing solos
•I with'ther heads reclining on their hands: and
i the talking, laughing and tossing over boOks
jis something disgraceful.” „ '•
) —The I’antin murder is still causing the
I greatest, excitement in Prance, aud Traiip
! niunn, the murderer, is the hero of the day m,
! Paris, where sentimental ladies adore him.
: Although sure of sulVcriug the death penalty,
I his avarice has prompted hint to go into a
speculation with his photographs, which-sells
for three francs apiece,
. time that those sold for half a-franc are not
genuine and a swindle.
—Some time hack the Brazilian Govern
ment ottered a pvizo of $B,OOO in gold for the
i best method of preserving meat for expprta
| tion: tliirty-tive competitors came forward in
] the shape of thirty-five tins from various parts
iof the world These were opened ou-the Ist
i inst., and of the contents ot the whole ntim
i her only those of six were found at'allpfe-
I served.' Of the six the best was from a Glas
gow firm, and this will most likely gain the
! prize, which, however, has not yet been
! awarded. ;
! —The virtuous Isabella anil her court,are
about to turn their backs upon thq flippant
French. .Shi- is utterly disgusted, with, the
Emperor and his spouse, anifwill', henceforth
reside in Borne. What she principally com-,
plains of is tho fact that, having some time
since sent to the Emperor a memorial setting
forth many reasons why it would, : ho, to. the
interest of the French monarch and; the
French people to support her claims, to the
throne, she received qo answer-whatever. -
—Science is discovering ' every day-, hew
methods to alleviate the sufferings orunfbv
tunate mortals. The latest progress in this di
rection has been made hy. : »-Dr. Bernier,-in.
Tsris, who Ts bleaching' no'sijs tb " wliidli- Hfe "
treacherous influence of liquor has imparted]
a ruddy glow, by means of electricity-. fiCe has
recently restored a lady of the highest rank
to happiness, changing her nose, a blooming
rose, into a delicate lily, and this case-is caus
ing great sensation in the scientific- world.
! Dr. Bernier is having his method patented.
Max Muellor has a “brother"" who, ac
cording to a foreign professor, is quite dis
tinguished, having won a “double first in the
accomplishments of mendacity and 1 "men
dicity, It seems that a gentlemanlike and
literary person is circulating through Europe,
announcing in all directions that he is brother
to tho distinguished Oxford professor, and
then adding the tisual statement and rjeduesfc
‘•in such' case made and provided for." what
renders his cose still more unhappy is that tho
; Brofessor deqlines the relationship, and cqlU
him a name which in a language less accurate
> thau might be translated “iiitpoetor.’”
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