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VOLUME XXIU.-NO. 190.
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DIED.
ABBMY.—On tho evening ©f the2Bth Inst., Woodward
Dale, youngest non of Charles 0. and Margaretto D.
Abbey, aged2omonths.
Thb relatives and friendßof tho faintly are invited to
att- rui Ills funeral from bia father's residence, No. 117
houtli Hixteenth street, on Wednesday altemoon, Dec,
Ist, at 2o’cJiH'k. *
CHURCHMAN.—On Sunday morning, 28tb Inst,, Al
- «on of Robert and Julia A. Churchman, in hi*
2f»t U year.- , • ■ ■ „
Due notice will be given of the funeral.
I>AVJb.-«>i» thel&tb jamc* Morrow, oldest son
of Elisha W. and Josephine Davis, aged 20 years, 5
month* and 2ti days. ..
't he funeral will take place from the residence of his
parent*. No. 703 North K&xKwnth street, on Wednesday,
at 2 o'clock. Tho friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend. .„ ~,,
ENGARD.—On the 29th instant,after n short illness.
Emma, daughter of Hamoel and Hannah B. Engard.
The relatives and friends of the family are respoctfnllr
invited to attend the funeral, froip her parents 1 resi
dence. No. 1&01 Oxford street,on Friday morning,at 11
o'clock. Ivtterm'ntatLnurrl Kill. _ , * .
GOOI>MAN.-d>n Monday, the29thin-t.,Catharine Ai.
Goodman, daughter si the Ifito John Goodman, iu the
79th year of her age.
The relative* and friends of tho family are respectfully
invited to attend her fonml, from her tot* residence.
No. 225 CallowhiH street, on Thursday afternoon,theft!
proximo, at 2 o'clock. Interment In family vanity,Ht.
Jobn'e Cliurehi Race street. above Fifth. .
OBlt.—On the 29th Inst.', Hamad Orr, ib the 47th year
C and friends of the family ; also, Orient
Lodge, No. 2*9. A. Y. 3f , and Gallic Association* are
respectfully iuMlcd to attend thu funeral, from hU tote
residence. iOlt Clement struct, on Thursday afternoon,
at I o'clock. -
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THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES.
HON. CHARLES SUMNER.
Od Wednesday Evening, Decern tier 1.
Subject— u The Question op Caste.”
On »ld»S Wn o% Bocember L 3. EBii) d
Subject—" Clear Grit.'.’
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JBailfl (JEftciiiug fkllctiit.
The Hew Escsvatlons—Tlslt to the Baths
of Caracal] a—Discoveries of Ancient
Nculpture—Victor Emmanuel's Illness
-—Salable Characters In Rome.
I Corrwpomleutx* of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.)
Rome, Italy, Nov. 12,18t?J.—It is the very
season of all for visiting ruins itnd taking long
walks and drives. Within the last week I
have made two visits to the celebrated
Catacombs of SanCallistus; once with a party
beaded by Dr. Smith, the Benedictine clergy,
man, whodoes the honors of these under
ground /biuial-plaoe:, ,so kindly to number*
less strangers—anti a second time with my
friend Lanciani, the archaeologist, who as
sisted De Rossi asa pupil in.thepreparation of
that great work on the Catacombs which De
Itossi has published. Some of these days I
must tell you some interesting Catacomb
stories which have never been published. But
not .just now, for I do not yet feel at home on
the subject of those curious crypts. Although I
visited and studied them last year, they are
still great mysteries to me. Ruins above
ground or excavations which lie uncovered
are much easier of comprehension.
Wednesday afternoon I spent at the Baths
of Caracalla and at the new excavations of
the Yigna Guidi, which Vigna adjoins the
Themics Antoninas or Caracalla I think of''ail
places in Rome these ruins are the most
picturesque; and not only that, but the most
sublime. It seems when you-. stand in the
middle of the vast place as if -you were look
ing at a portion of a ruined world which had
been inhabited by giants. Huge blocks of
masonry that fell from the upper stories and
immense roofs encumber the ground, and
seem like debris of mountains.
There are some frescoes by Giulio Itomano
iu the Palazzo del Te,at Mantua, which repre
sent the destruction of the giants. In them
there are huge columns, gigantic capitals, im
mense , entablatures ar.d great blocks of
masonry, tumbling around and overwhelming
the colossapbunian beings. The Baths of
Caracalla always remind me of those frescoes,
and look as if they were part of the giants'
abodes after their destruction.
The space which the various halls of this
vast building covered was about a mile. .Fif
teen hundred persons could each have a warm
or cold bath atthe same time. This sounds very
wonderful, and yet three thousand bathers
could be accommodated in that Thormes—the
combined work of four Emperors—known as
the Baths of Diocletian, which ■ are near the
Termini or railway station. These Diocletian
Baths, however, were not as large in circum
ference as those of Caracalla, hut they had
two piscines; the other had only one.
These great Boman Thermes or Baths were,
after all, simply the clnb-rooms of the ancients.
Persons did not go there only to bathe, but
also to amuse themselves, talk gossip, news,
—politics they had not—play ball or pallone—
the whist; and billiards of that day; exhibit
new inventions; regff new poems, &c. They
had large reading-balls, libraries, conversation
rooms, and superb galleries decorated with
sculpturo. Many celebrated works of ancient
art have been discovered in these Baths, it will
be remembered. In these of Caracalla, for in
stance, were found the Farnese Hercules; the
group called the Farnese Bull; the Flora and
Venus—all in the Neapolitan Museum. Paul
111., that gTand old Farnese Pope, winnowed
well these superb Baths, and one can hardly
forgive him for doing it and other such dese
crations of antiquities. But although the
taste for ancient art existed then, true archaeo
logical science was-not comprehended. Taino
says, wittily: “Persons had not then learned
to hold conversations with a tree; .no, nor had
they any comprehension of the indescribable
beauty of a vast architectural ruin.”
There has always been an impression that
under the great blocks of masonry which form
a false ground-floor to the baths there are still
remaining objects of value, of course in frag
ments. But these huge masses have hitherto
resisted all attempts that have been made to
dislodge them. How high' up they fill the
building on this ground story can be imagined
when. I say that the top of a statue-niche is
just seen above them in the centre hall.
Lately, Chevalier Guidi, the director-in-chief
of Boman excavations, has conceived theiidea
ot blasting these debris with gunpowder, and
the results have been far beyond expectation.
Several valuable things have been found,
such as superbly sculptured colossal marble
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LTTA BEHRENS, Soprnuo; Miss THO3XAS, Con
tralto; Mr. F. TIISDMAN, tfenor; Mr. W. W. GIL
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Notico thereby given to the Holder* of the Bonds of
the Hvrodcfeboro Railroad Company that the Interest
Warrants on said bauds, falling due on the first day of
December, 1869, will bo paid on presentation at tho
Office of the Treasurer of the West Jersey Railroad
Company, in the city of Camden, New Jersey.
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PBNNBVXVANIA HOSPITAB, 11th
ih=y Month 29, \m.
At a stated meeting of tho Blanngers, held this day, the
following preamble and resolution wore unanimously
adopted;
whtret m, It appears that tho resolution adopted by
the Board, at their meeting, held 2fith ult.,authorizing
tho attendance of Female Students at the Clinics of the
Hospital, has given rise to much dissatisfaction on the
part of many Physicians and Students of this city;
And u'htrtani such opposition was entirely unexpected
from the fact that female students had been attending the
Clinics of the Bleckley Hospital of the city, as wallas
Bellevue Hospital, New York; Edinburgh, Scotland;
and Zurich, Switzerland,- without, so far as we are
aware, then; being any opposition;
And, whereas. It is the desire of the Managers of the
Hospital to avoid giving any just ground for dissatisfac
tion; therefore,
Hrsdlved, That a committee of‘five bp appointed to
confer with the Medical and Surgical Staff of the Hospi
tal. to provide for separate Clinical instruction* to the
Female Students of .Medicitie, on at least one day in each
we«*k; and that, upon the completion of such an ar
rangement the-other Clinical Lecture* be confined to
clause* composed of m&lca only;
, tr „ „ M. L. DAWSON, President,
W istar Morhis, Secretary. - u§
LADIES’ SOCIETIES OF~ ST.
“rsr Jude's P.E, Church.—Fair and rale inhehalfof
church work and hnihlinr fund, lu Handel and Haydn
Hall, corner of Eighth and Sprimc Garden streets, after
noons anil erenintts of Wednesday. Thursday and Erf
day. Ilecember Ist, 2d, 3d. If
ITS* A SIEKTING OF THE
Pre«byterlane®f Philadelphia wfll be held in the
Vtirt Presbyterian 'C'bnrch t Washington Square, on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, at o’clock. na»2t*,
PBOFEBBOB BLOT
Will commence a course of
LK'dTV RES ON COOKERY.
THURSDAY, December 2d.at 11 A. M. t
In the ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS.
Terms forth* Conrse of Seven Lectures, §4. Siugle
Lecture, 75 cents. Tickets at tbeJlall. noaMLxpJ
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LETtEB FBOX HOME.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30,1869.
eapitalsj fragnionts of fine statues, and parts
of columns of valuable marbles. Out of tkeso
fine capitals bad just been discovered yester
day morning.' They - arc of, Luni - marble—a
marble that • tbo ancients procured from a
range of mountains near the modern towns of
Massa and Carrara. X examined them care
fully. One is ornamented between its volute#
with figures in alto-relievo, representing genii
holding festoons of fruit and flowers. Another
capital has two Ycnuses, each with a shell on
her bosom, and two Junos clothed with tunic
and peplum. A third had figures representing
Abundance, 'with rudder and cornucopia;
Bacchus, with a drinking yasc, and tiger-skin
on his shoulders; Hercules, leaning on his
club, and Diana with a hunting-spear.
A torso of a Greok statue iu Hymettus
marble, which has also been found, is mar
velously beautiful. I ran my Angers over the
shoulders and back and admired the careful
modeling and executioq—tho life-like delinea
tion of the muscles. A curious head in ex
quisitely fine marble, with a polish like glass
or ivory, interested me very much. The ex
pression puzzled us ; it was the anguish of a
Laocoon, hut it had the ears of a faun, —a Do
natello after he had gathered the apple of
knowledge, of his and Miriam’s sin. ■ '
The fragments of superb columns, however,
are really the most valuable of all these dis
coveries. There are two of granite—“ bigio”
—three feet in diameter and nine and fifteon
feet lonef, and seven of the most beautiful
porphyry I ever saw, also three feet in
diameter; and one magnificent piece is nine
feet long, and retains its beautiful polish. Lan
ciaui told me that a fow months since his
brother, who is Director-in-Chief of Ports and
Harbors for Victor Emmanuel, received a
commission to repair the churches at Ra
venna. He wrote to his brother at Borne—Ko
dolfo Landani—to procure for him, at any
cost, some slabs of porphyry, two and a half
feet in diameter. That size could not be found
in all Borne, although the city is so rich in
precious marbles.; Slow, Chevalier Guidi’s
excavations have laid open a mine of larger
slabs.
Landani explained to me the architectural
wonders of these Baths of Caracalla. Archi
tecture must have been at a great point of per
feclion at that period, although it was an age
of lamentable sodal and political decadence.
The ceiling of one ,of the halls— -cefla eolearis—
was formed of bars of bronze and copper, ex
actly in tho manner in which iron has been
used with us in our buildings, and which has
been considered an architectural use invented
by the Americans. Nothing new under the
sun ; Euclid understood the piindple of the
stereoscope, and Strabo’s lovers had a mag
netic telegraph by which they communicated
with each other when separated by great
waters and high mountains. But these were
dreamy, poetic speculations of philosophers
who were seers and prophets, and they shut
them up between the heavy covers of huge
tomes. The nineteenth century, full of practi
cal, positive spirit, has given them form and
shape. The application of iron in architec
ture, however, we see was no dream, buta
reality.
Of course we mounted up to what was really
the first floor of this marvelous building, and
stood as on the slopes of a mountain. The un
equal platform is covered in some places with
grass, small trees and bushes. The view is
always beautiful from the summits of the
Caracalia Baths, no matter what the weather;
it is one of those charmed places over which,
as Emerson says of his day in the woods,
“The genius' of God doth flow, —
The wind may alter twenty ways.”
It may blow north, south, east' or west; no
matter—nothing can take the beauty away,
only give it a different aspect. Wednesday
afternoon, for example, was not clear; clouds
hung over the snowy peaks of the Appenines,
but the contrasts of light and shade over the
wide-extended landscape were ravishing. The
sun batbod some spots with a golden flood.
Frascati and a whole stretch of mountain
slope, with the Cecilia Meteila tomb nearer
to ns, were glorious, while between them lay
, heavy shadows, like sorrowful periods in a
human life hounded on either side by the
completest joy., St. John of Lateran with its
statues lay. against a dark, smoky, purple sky,
and looked like some gigantic work of
chiselled pictru-dura.
We pointed out the various ruins of build
, ings whose splendor had made Borne so fa
mous, and Lanriani recalled St. Augustine’s
famous three wishes—the first was, to have
heard St. Paul preach; the second,to haveseen
Borne in the day of its glory; the third, to
witness "the Last Judgment—and re-echoed
them. But I did not. Eloquent and inspired
as the great Apostle was, I am sure, not mean
ing to be irreverential, I should not have been
touched with his sermons; as for Imperial
Borne, its ruins are much moro sublime and
suggestive than even the mostsplendid realities
which leave nothing to wish for or recall; and
inrejgardto the Last Judgment, what one’s
own personal position on .that occasion may
ho is too vague and uncertain to make the
thought of it particularly agreeable.
This has been an eventful week. A young,
beautiful, rich Boihan girl has taken the veil—
the Marchioness Origo. On Tuesday the
handsome church of 88. Dominico and Sisto,
on the Quirinal, which is attached to the con
vent of Dominican nuns, was crowded with
all sorts of persons to witness this always
picturesque but extremely sorrowful sight. I
did not go, indeed I did not hear of it in time;
hut in any case I should not, for last winter I
was present at the imposing ceremonial of
two gentlemen entering the Benedictine Order.
It took place at that beautiful Church of St.
Paul’s outside the walls, in the great tribune.
The brothers sang their wonderful chants and'
anthems; the new brothers—one a young Ger
man nobleman, rich, very high birth and
handsome—went down into the grave as it
were. They were covered with the funeral
pall and became dead to the world. Yes, it
was very imposing; but I did not get over it
for days, and I resblved never to subject
myself to such an impression again.
Victor Emmanuel has been reported dead,
but is noiv better. He took the sacrament and
made a grand general confession, which causes
his enemies to repeat the famous old couplet:
“The*devil gotsick-the devil a monk would be
The devil got well—the devil amonk was he.”
But Victor Emmanuel is no devil; lie is a
man of loose social morals, it is true—but like
all such monarchs.Fj'ancls 1., Charles 11., &c.,
he has not a bad heart: His minister, too,
Menabrqa, is really a sincere'man, who desires
to do what is right $o others so far as it does
not affect-tlie -interests of his sovereign’s
government , which is as muoh as-cun be ex-
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
pected of a Minister of State, and, indoed,
more. It is said ho engages to prevent tho'
meeting of the proposed Anti-Council at
Naples (the Garibaldi, Victor Hugo, Socialist
aflair), if such is the, Pope’s desire. I wonder
if the Millen mum is near at hand ? 11
Last evening, at a reception-given by the
English sculptor, Shakespeare Wood, I met
several remarkable persons—among them
Guerra, the great artist, Visconti and He
mans: Guerra is extremely handsome and
attractive, apparently not 1 thirty. Visconti,
with whom X talked some time, is the grand
son of the great Visconti; his uncle is'the
Baron STsconti, quite an aged man ; but this
gentleman whom I met last evening has boon
appointed by the Pope heir and successor to
the position and offices of his uncle, and is
looked upon as being the one who can fully
sustain tho great archieological reputation of
this remarkable family, which has through so
many generations been famous,
Charles Visconti is a man of thirty or there-.
abends; the expression of his face is older than
the features. He is about middle size, not
slender nor stout—lias a 1 Arm. military bearing,
as if he had been brought, up a soldier. His
head is well shaped; lie has a good face, small
but bright keen eyes, and a firm month. Vis
conti docs not look at all like a Roman—a
modern Boman, I mean; he has not the large
nose nor any mark or expression of his coun
try-folk ; he looks and talks like a highly 1 cul
tivated German, who might have had Italian
ancestors. He-seldom reads a newspaper,
knows very little about what is going on in
the world,, aiid yet does not express himself
like a there hookworm, for he is singularly
logical and practical. Romans always love to ■
hear about America, and I amused Visconti
greatly by telling him of the “ Woman Eman
cipation Movement” in our country. He
could hardly believe me • when I said
that thefe were American women who
lectured and preached iu public as men do.
He told me, however, what I have heard from
many, many foreigners, that, taken as a class,
the American women who have visited Borne
are bett, r educated and possess more general'
information on Boman history and antiqui
ties tb-m those of any other nation,—and
Hemans, in the after part of the evening, said
to me the same. • I bad heard that Visconti,
who rarely goes into general society, never
stays < rer two hours, so I watched for the Cin
derella moment,—it came just like a clock
stroke, punctual;—when the whole company
was in full career, at that last noisy hour, I
saw Visconti march up to his host and hostess,
give his short, quick military bow, dart keen,
quick glances of good bye, like so many steel
arrov ', around the room among his triends,
and then wheel out abruptly.
‘ Ihi ve given you so long a letter already
that;' must leave a variety of' things unsaid.
Em'?> Ollivier is in Borne. Liszt (whose
daughter Ollivier married, by the way) is at
ViilSfil’Este, Tivoli.workiug on a musical com
position, which is to be performed at the Bee
thoven Centenary, in May—where, has not
yet been decided; wherever Liszt chooses—it
will probably be Weimar or Munich. Von
Bulow is spending the winterin Florence.
The Pittsburgh Commercial, of yesterday,
says:
Yesterday morning a fire broke out in the
wholseale grocery and warehouse of Messrs.
Little & Baird, Nos. 112 and 111 Second ave
nue, above Wood street. When discovered,
the flames were issuing through the skylight
in the office, in the rear of the store, and be
fore the engines arrived they had made such
headway that all efforts to check their pro
gress proved futile, and the building and con
tents were entirely consumed. The building
was a double three-story brick, and was
owned by Mr. John I. House. The flames
communicated to the rear of J. B. Canfield •&
Co.’s warehouse, fronting on Second avenue,
and it was considerably damaged, principally
by water. The warehouse of Fahnestock,
Albree & Co., adjoining Little & Baird, also
took fire, but the loss will not he heavy. The
new building fronting on Wood street was
slightly damaged.
Among the stock lost by Messrs. Little &
Baird was three hundred sacks of coffee, two
hundred half chests of tea, nine or ten tierces
of rice, a large lot of sugars, hard and refined,
and a general assortment of groceries. Their
loss will probably reach $lOO,OOO, oh which
there is partial insurance in Pittsburgh com
panies. The loss to Mr. House, owner of the
building, has not been estimated, but he is
fully covered by insurance. The members of
the firm ot Little & Baird live out of the city,
as does also Mr. House, and it has therefore
been impossible to learn the exact amount of
loss or insurance.
Sketch of Lonis Bielle, the Leader of tbe
Rebels.
(From the St. Paul (MJun.) Dispatch.]
Louis Bielle is a.young man about twenty
four years of age, was born at Bed Biver, from
poor, but respectable parents, and is of pure
French origin. Thirteen years ago his educa
tion was placed under the care of a Bishop,
who sent him to the best classical college in
Montreal—that same college where General
Dix, of the United States, and several other
great scholars have been-, educated. He le
mained there nine years as a student, and dis
played such talent, and obtained suoh success
m literature, that his Professors and, protec
tors wanted him to enter their community.
But Louis Bielle, as a well-formed man, didn’t
want to take robe without a woman, and
though willing to remain forever the religious
subject of their spiritual order, derided against
their will to study the law and enter the
French literary career.
After his derision, no more protection was
offered him—and with the strength of his
character following tho path prepared for him
by Providence, resisted the empire of their
despotism, and preferred misery to tlieir des
potism. From that time he had to s truggle for
his living; he was left without any resources
whatever,“and on account of the interruption
of his studies, was unable to live in Canada 1
He came to Minnesota about three years ago,
and remained alternately in St. Paul and St.
Anthony during two years. Ho got situations
as elcrk m grocery stores, hut of course
was disappointed. Commerco was not his
■favorite branch, hut yet he would have prac
ticed it, if he could have got any hope to raise
in a short time money enough to allow him to
study as a lawyer. His disappointment caused
bis return to Bed river, where he thought ho
could sooner get the means of following the
course of his desires. Such was tho fatality of
his circumstances..
I don’t know if Mr. L. Bielle possesses any
military or political genius. Should he fail or
not id his career, I would consider him too
able for being at the head of a body of half
breeds, who arp hardly semi-civilized. As a
writer and speaker of the French language,
he cannot easily he surpassed by any man of
liis.age.
—The latest style for balls and tho opera in
Paris is the Hungarian costume, and heavy
gold embroideries are scattered all over the
dress. ■ »
Anne Brewster.
DISASTERS.
GREAT EIRE IN PITTSBURGH.
lams over 9100,000.
THE BED RIVER TROUBLES.
AMUSEMEHTO.
“RE HARARE IMAGINAIRE.”
—Under tho title of The Saucy Housemaid,an
arrangement of Mollere’s comedy Le Mulade
Imayiriaire was given at tho Chestnut last
night for the first time in Philadelphia. Con
sidering the age of Philadelphia and the age
and reputation of the drama, this may seem
somewnat singular, but it may be accounted
for by the fact, that until Mr. Charles Reade
undertook the work, nobody succeeded in
making a creditable translation or adaptation
entirely suitable for tho Amorican stage. The
subject of the comedy was used some years ago
as the groundwork of a .little farco entitled ,2Vie
Hypochondriac ; but this trifle did not do justico
either to the plot or the text of the
original. The comedy might have
been thought worthy of the consideration of
eminentpiaywrigbts, for it is one of the best
efforts ol a dramatist who is worshipped
by the Erench nation, and elevated—most un
deservedly, however—to a place by the side of
Shakespeare. Xt has always boon a popular
play in France, and it was so much a favorite
with the author that he. died with the words
of the hypochondriac on his lips. Mr. Reado’s
version Is hardly a translation. He has used
nearly ail the important incidents of the plot,
and in some eases the original dialogue is
given in a free translation; hut,very properly,
the text has been, in a measure’, rewritten
and filled with quips and jests and ancient
saws and allusions and even a little slancr,
of a peculiarly English character. The entire
spirit of the comedy, is preserved;' and
the characters, appearing in all their
natural vigor, are made even more
interesting to us, by their use of
more familiar language, than if they
had been chained to a literal translation of the
original. But tho author nevertheless asserts
himself constantly throughout tho play. The
dialogue is quick, vivacious and witty. It is
full of those verbal surprises which from their,
unexpectedness and tli eirincongruity, provoke
mirth. It is imfiossible to anticipate any of
the conversations. They are never consistent;
they leave the right line at the strangest points
and run off at the oddest angles; so that tho
listener is kept in a state of pleasurable expec
tation by the continual diversions. The plot
is interesting without being at all intricate.
As in the case of most French comedies—
of which, by the way, this is the chief
model—it ib a violent exaggeration
of real human weakness and folly.
The imaginary woes of hypochondria are made
the subject'of jolly, good-humored satire; a fid
keen shafts are shot at that medical quackery
which flourishes in perennial success under
diflerent ioims.. Mr. Keadu’s version of Lc
ilalade really has not the dignity which be
longs to tbat genteel form of the drama that
we Call English comedy. Xt is a three act
farce. It is full of violent action, of wildest
spirits, and of downright, hearty fun, which
kept the audience in a roar of laughter from
beginning to end. Without the vulgarity of
purely low comedy, it contains that lively
humor which appeals to the intellect, while it
excites constant laughter.
The company presented the piece in a most
satisfactory manner. Miss Keene personated
the housemaid, who is the true heroine; and
sheplayed the part with the utmost clever
ness. Her performance was so nearly perfect
that we are as much a at loss to select passages
worthy of especial praise as we are to find
faults to condemn. Mr. Jack, as the hypo
chondriac, had the most difficult .character iu
the comedy, and we must say that he, too,de
serves all the praise that can be bestowed upon
him. His conception of the part of the de-,
luded, irascible, weak hut fond old man, is
original, for we believe he had no rcaflv good
precedent upon whiefito found it. Bui, bar
ring a little undue violence, it seemed so
nearly correct—so completely true to tho text,
tbat those who saw it will be likely
to make it a precedent by- which to
judge succeeding performers. Mrs. Creese
was very charming an “Angelique,” and Miss
Laurens in the part of “Louison” earned
hearty applause. Mr. McManus had a small
opportunity in “Cleantcs,” but he made the
best of It. Mr. Harry Hawk was intensely
amusing in “Thomas,” the feeble minded'
nephew of the Doctor and the intellectual
type of certain latter day students of medicine
that we know of. The entertainment through
out was excellent, and it ought to be enjoyed,
upon its repetition, by everybody who loves
hearty fun, of the most innocent kind. The
performance concluded with a comedietta, in
which Mr. Mordaunt gave capital imitations
of Mr. Foirest, Barney Williams, Clarke,
Clias. Keane and others. The Saucy Housemaid
will be repeated this evening.
ENUEISH COMEIIV AT THE AHCH.
—Colley Cibber’s comedy, She Would and
She Would Not— produced at the Arch Street |
Theatre last night—is one of the best of the '
noble old plays that have come to ns a heritage
from the period when the ablest men in Eng
land wrote for the stage, and thought it worth
their while to write dramas of such intrinsic
merit and' .of such truth to unchangeable
human nature, that they will endure and hold
their high place as long as the language in
which they are written remains in existence.
In some respects this comedy is superior to
many of its class. From first to last it does
not contain an impure sentence, a profane
word, or an allusion to anything that is
indecent. It relies for its success with its
hearers upon two excellent things; first,
upon the' truthful delineation of characters
which are.original, peculiar and ondowed with
• widely different qualities, but are still entirely
human and natural; second, upon a most in
genious plot, which is conceived in that true
spirit of comedy which recognizes perplexed
intrigue as essential to this kind of drama;
and is executed with such skill that the ac
tions, intricate and various as they are, fit
each other like the pieces of a Chinese toy
puzzle and combine to make a perfect and
symmetrical whole. The motive of the story
was not a new one, even in Colley Cib
ber’s time. It is the adventurous spirit
of a maiden fair, who, bent upon an
errand of love, assumes a man’s attire, and
A the part to win her object. Shakespeare
uade “Viola” attempt the same trick in
TtcelJ'thNight. But Cibber’s plot is his own, as
his “Hypolita,” a fiercer, bolder, more spirited
damsel than “Viola,” belongs also to him. This
character is original and-striking, and with
“Trappanti” ana “Don Manuel,” deserves a
high place in dramatic literature as a figure
possessed of strong individuality. The minor
personages are hardly less interesting. Each
has characteristics, which make him or her
the representative of actual beings; so that,
whether it is “Viletta” the mercenary duenna,
or “Itosara” the love-sick maid, or. “Don
Octavio” the rash and eager lover, or “Don
Philip” the dignified gentleman, we have
peoplo with whom we are acquainted in real
fife or know in literature. The text of
this comedy is elegantly written, but it assists
rather than interferes-With the action, which
is rapid, vivid, full of situations and
wrought into striking climaxes.
Mrs. Drew played the swaggering, unsexed
maid with delightful spirit, caring meanwhile
for that undercurrent of womanly tenderness
and feeling which flows strong and deep be
neath the surface of the character. Miss Flr
min’s “Bosara” was extremely clever, and the
“Flora” of Mrs. Stoddart also merits praise.
ME Mackay appeared as “Don Manuel,” and'
Mr. Craig played the rascal “Trappanti.”
These personations were characterized by the
marked peculiarities of the two actors, Mr.
Mackay playing with force and vigor, and yet ‘
with the quiet refinement which belongs to a
Spanish gentleman, and Mr. Craig with a rol
licking bravado that seems to beoome a
knave who is as great a coward and a greator ,
rascal than “Parolles.”
The cntertainmentconeluded with the lively
little farce Betsey Baker—a farce, by the way,
which we recommend to those of our younger
readers who are fond of parlor theatricals.
The entire bill will be repeated this evening.
For Wednesday night, Cravens comedy,
The Needful, is announced, with Mrs. Drew as
“Kate Harley." On Thursday ami Friday
F. 1. FETHERSTON. Poblis^-.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
nights, Robertson's comedy, Single Life, will (M
presented; and on Saturday evening The
Wonder; or a Woman Keeps a Secret, will bo
given. Tom Taylor’s drama, The Overland
Kmte, is announced for Monday next. i
—At tho "Walnut this evening, Enoch Arden
will be repeated, with the .comedietta The
Happiest Lay of My fife. On Monday Miss
Bat eman in Mary Warner. • •
—At the American this evening Miss Rita.
Perey will repeat her .statuesque poses. There
will also ho performances by the ballet and .
minstrel troupes.
—Mctsrs. Carneross & Dixey will prodnoe
several amusing burlesques at the Eleventh
Street Opera Honso this evening.
—Duprer. & Benedict's minstrels appear this
eveningdn an excellent Ethiopian entertain
ment. The programme includes several fine
burlesques.
—Tho thirty-second matinee of the Ameri
can Conservatory of Music will be given in
the Academy oi Music, to-morrow, at four
o’clock. A most entertaining programme,
has been prepared. It includes selections
from Bossini, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Balfe,
and other eminent composers. The pupils of 1
the institution will participate, assisted by
several well-known artists.
—The first of Mi-. Charles H. Jarvis’s series
of six classical soirees will be given on Satur
day evening next, in Dutton’s piano ware
rooms, No. Chestnut street. Mr. Jarvis
offers most attractive entertainments this
season, and he ought to have hearty,
generous support from the musical'public.
His own skill hs a pianist is 1 too well known
to need any praise at this time, and his as
sistants, Mr Wenzel Kopta and Mr. Ru
dolph Hennig, also have sufficient reputation
upon the violin and violoncello. The pre
gramme for tho first evening is as follows:
Bonatp Ko. 2—Piano and Violoncello—o
minor, op.fi .. Beethovsw
1. Adagio pobtennto e eHproHsivo—Allegro molio pt*
tostn Presto. |
2. Hondo Allegro. '
Messrs. Jarvis and llemiiff,
Solo—Violin—Morcoau tie Concert Vieuxtempa
Mr. Wenzel Koptu.
Solo—Piano—Kbansodlu Hongroise, No. 2.
. . Mr.Chas.H. Jarvis.
Solo—Violoncello—bon venirtbLSuiflße.
Mr. Rudolph Bennie.
Trio—Plauo. ‘Violin, and Violoncello—•(* major,
op. II?. Bar
*4. Busch, troh bowegt. 2. Behr mach. 3. Missig lang~
tn. bam. 4. Baech,diirehauBbelcbt.
Messrs. JariUjKopta and Hennlg.
—A Vocal and Concert,
in aid of the SpructriStrcet Baptist Church,
will bo given at the church on Thursday,
evening, December lith.
—The new organ of "the First Unitarian
Church, Tenth and Locust, will be opened on
Saturday evening, December 4, on which oc
casion there willDe an organ concert.
— l Xliose ladies who have neglected that
most important branch of the housewife’s
education—the science of cookery—and who
desire to perfect themselves in allits branches,
should put themselves under the. tuition pf
Professor Blot, the great concoctor of savory
dishes, who will deliver .a course of seven
lectures on Cookery at the Assembly Build
ings, commencing Dec. 2d.
—“The Little Sisters of the Poor,” whoso
good work has often been commended by us,
are to be the beneficiaries of a lecture to be de
livered on Thursday evening, in the Academy
of Mtisic, by the Bev. Dr. Moriarty. As win
ter advances, the “Little Sisters” find their
home tilling fast with poor old men and
women. They have about seventy under their
care now. and they need ail that can he gained
for them.’ The price of tickets for the lecture
is only fifty cents.
IMPORTANT NEWS FIUIJI HAYTI.
Sal nave’s Canoe Waning—Sncicss of the
Revolutionists—Port an Prince to be
Attacked—Salnave’s Determination t*
Defend the City to the East—Fall or
Cape Haytien—The Haytien Navy
CflplOred.
. St. Makc,. Nov. 15, 18G9. —News was re
ceived in this city yesterday of the sinking of
the little steamer Artibonite, formerly used as
a transport, and the capture of the schooner
Fleur de Mario, by the Haytien steamer
Terror, alias Picquoit, the last acquisition of
Sainave. Both vessels, however, had time to
unload their cargoes and to land their crews
m safety.
In the afternoon of yesterday a schooner
brig from Port au Prince for New York camq
into.this bay and landed six young men that
bad run away from Sainave. These young
men confirm the “pronuuciamento” Of Victo
rin Chevalier against Sainave, and also that of
his. joining the revolutionists, with all the
forces under him. As you already know, this
is the general who surrendered the towK of
(Jonaivcs to the revolutionary party two
months ago. After this he was appointed by
Sainave to the command of the forces besieging
Jacmel, which position he occupied until the
4th of November,whenheyielded to therevolu
tiou and declared himself against Sainave. He
was received with enthusiasm in Jncmel, and
the day after, the sth, taking with him all
the pickets that had surrounded Jacmoi for
fourteen months, he marched on to Port an
Prince, in company with General Vil Lubin.
a warm partisan of Sainave. Victorin, on ad
vancing, scut General Lubin forward with2oo
men, in order to take possession of Bizotinfa
tort near Port au Prince) in the name of thef
revolution. But Vil Lubin, having taken
possession of the fort in fact, continued for
Port au Prince, aud thus divulged the plan of
action to Siilnave.
Victorin, learning the defection of Vil Lu
bin, retreated to Liogane, and was marching
against Petit Goave and Grand Goave, there
to join the rebel army from the south, when
both armies will resume their march onto
Port au Princo.
Sainave is making preparations to receive
bis foes, aud is fortifying the towu. He is
intrepched in liis palace, and swears that he
will play his last card there, and, sooner than
surrender, he will blow up the city and burn,
it to ashes before he abandons his seat of
government.
This afternoon the neyrs of the taking of
Capo Haytien and the capture of the war ves
sels Alexander Potion, Saluave and Rouilloue,
in theport of Cape Haytien, was received. So
that at present Sainave has nothing remaining
for him belonging to the republic of Hayti,
except the imoDd.ssementandthe city of Port
au Prince.
A Hard Case.
To the Editor of the Evening Bulletin: The.
attention of the “ Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals ’ is called to the case of
a horse used in ,hoisting stone for a building in
process of erection in Locust street, above
Fifteenth (to be used as a Sunday-school,
chapel, &c., when finished, for Calvary
-Church, directly opposite).
The horse is evidently old, feeble ( lame, and
quite unfit for the work given him, as-two
strong-horses could no more than accomplish.
the task now given to one poor, suffering
creature. Added to this; he is frequently
struck for not being quicker in his motions.
A Passhh-hv.
“A Saving Clause.”
A Nevada nowspaper calls attention to a.
paragraph in a shipping receipt issued by un
express company, in which thus extraordinary
“ saving clause” is introduced:
“Ana it is hereby expressly agreed that.
Wells, Fargo & Co. are not to he held liable
for any loss or damage, except as forwarders?
only; nor for. any loss of damage of any box,
package or thing,for over $5O, unless the just,
and true value thereof is herein stated; nor fort
any loss or damage by fire, the acts of God, op
of Indians, or other public eiiemies of the Govern
ment!”
—A Geiman writer about Bach is transcen
dental to an unusual degree, even for a Ger
man, when he says that “we give him oar
hand, and he leads us into an intricate laby
rinth of tones, hut securely we go on by tSe
Ariadne thread, audourieot stand at last in
the Holy Place."
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