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Bulk ley.
Iler friends and these of the family are invited to at
tend the funeral services, at No. 120 t Race street. on
Wednesday afternoon next, at 2 o'clock. Interment at
idonument Cemetery. 2t
CARO U.—Suddenly, on the 13th Inst., of membraneous
scoop. henry Bu , sell, only child of Louis F. and Helen
A. Carom, aged Id montha. 3 week!' and 3 days.
The relative* and friends of the family are regretfully
Invited to attend his funeral. from the reaideoce of Ids
grandparents. No. 1031 Parker stmet, ou Wednesday,
/sth inst., at 2 o'clock P. M.. •
CARVENTElL—Decembertitb, in the city of Camden,
M. J., Anna 8., daughter of Thomas P. and Rebecca
Carpenter, aged 21 yearn.
Due notice will beven of the funeral.
COCIIBA N.—On the 11th instant, Herman L., HOD of
John and Kate Cochran.
Ills relatives and friends are invited to attend his fu
neral, from the residence of his parents. in Chester,Dela
rare count', Pa., on Wednesday morning, the 10th inst.,
at 10 o'clock.
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IRVINO.--Buddenly, near Chester, on the 11th Inst.,
Nettie H..youngest daughter of James and Christiana
Irving. in the lath year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are Milted to
attend the funeral, from the residence of her parents. at
Crosbyville, Delaware county, Pa., on Wednesday, the
llth inst., et 1 o'clock P. 11., without further notice.
Carriages will be iu welting at Chester, to meet the II
A. At. train from Philadelphia.
KlRTlY.—On"Aunday, December 12t h. at A Iblottai T.,
Virginia Dowlaud i wife of Rev. IL M. Kirby, and datigh•
ler of Benjamin Rowland.
The relatives and friends are invibsi to fitbari the fu
neral, train the residence of her father, Cheltenham.
Illontgoniery cotaty, on Thursday. December leth, at 12
o deck. To-proceed to Trinity Church, Oxford. **
LAW H ENCE.—On the 11th inst.. Edith Lawrence.
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The relatin. and friends of the family aro respectfully
invited to attend her funeral, from the renitence of Mr.
Jacob Yoke. No. MCC Green erection Wodnecility, the
75th inbt.. at Pi o'clock. To proceed to flitrodiniorouiti,
Wow .liinicy.
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pacific.
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EUROPEAN"AFFAIRS
siecOM Ooss* fy*
From the letter of a Philadelphia lady resi
dent in Berlin,wernake the following extracts,
relative to that capital and the details ,of life
there:
The furnishing of a Getman apartment is
pecubar, although generally attractive, and,
in order to Americanize our own, theaending
away of numerous articles of furniture was,
after a re-arrangement, necessary. Of tables,
in particular, we had no less than seven car
rieo. out. Indeed, the Germans appear to have
a mania for them, and the seat of honor in the
parlor is invariably upon a sofa behind one.
The Linden, a prominent street of Berlin, is
lined with flue public buildings—the .King's
Palace and that of the Crown Prince, the Ar
senal, Opera 11011.4 e, &C. It has at one end a
tine arch, called the Brandenburg Gate, open
ing into the Thiergarten. This is a second
West Philadelphia and Fifth Avenue com
bined, having houses of palatial size and splen
dor, with something of, country effect and
beauty about them. The Thiergarten is the
fashionable promenade in fine weather (which
we have had but little of), especially on Sun
days, and the few wooded walks are the fa
vorite resorts of lovers. Sunday is a general
holiday,and in the evening the finest operas and
ballets are given. There seems to be no religious
principle whatever here. The King attends
ballets, which are his passion, upon Sunday;
skeptics abound, and free thinking is com
mended. We find no pleasant English
churches here ; the American chapel is for
lorn. Sunday scarcely seems sacred. We
have seen the King several times, and think
him quite tine-looking. The palace we went
through a few days since, while he was upon
a hunting expedition. It is not large or even
costly for a royal abode, brit there is an air of
refinement and comfort about the rooms which
is charming ; books,pictures, maps and charts
ty r e fill e room, _piled. even upon the floor
and chairs. There is a, grand Schloss
called the "Show Palace," ut the Kingpre;
fers this smaller one, as his two children
are both married. His daughter is the Grand
Duchess of Baden. The Crown Princess, Vic-
toria's daughter, is too domestic to please the
haughty Prussian Court, examining, accord
ing to report, her own linen, and visiting her
kitchen. She rides upon horseback constantly
—rides fearlessly and well—appearing better
then than under other circumstances, as in the
reception-room her plainness and stoutness
are more evident.
Count Bismarck speiuls much of his time at
his country-seat, to avoid interruption.
The musical treats here arc many and
rigid—the opera, first of all, being very tine.
Lucca is the Patti of Prussia. She is short,
slight, pretty, coquettish, a fine actress, with
a voice of sweet quality; but not equaling
l'atti'e in purity or compass. Itecentlya rival
has caused her much uneasimms. Thisis
linger, a tall, graceful blonde, of good voice
and snperb dramatic capacity. There is much
feeling between them. But the star of the
troupe is the tenor, .Nlemann, who is a rare
combination of all requisite attractions. He
is fair, regular in feature, tall, graceful; splem
didly formed ; has a strong, clear, musical,im
passioned voice. and his acting is beyond de
scription. This theatrical genius is soon to
have a rival of reputed finer voice, but
wo await him in utter skepticism. A course'
of symphony concerts is almost, if not quite,
as enjoyable as the opera. There are quite a
number of Americans ' here—many students
among them—who have profited by continental
etiquette as well as continental learning, and
greatly add to the pleasures of our society.
Its latest occasion was the celebration of
Thanksgiving, by an appropriate dinner, at
which speeches were made by Mr. Bancroft,
who presided, and noted Germans present.
Toasts were drunk by the company standing
and touching glasses at each.
Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft live in fine style upon
the Thiergarten, and are very cordial to a
select few of their countrymen,although our
minister is thought to be somewhat eccentric
in his social relations.
SPAIN.
Intriguing for the Throne.
The Madrid correspondent of the Pall ilall
Gazette writes as follows:
The monarchical question still continues to
be the cover for private intrigues. Ali honest
Spaniards not mixed up in political intrigues
are in despair at seeing the future of their
country at the mercy of a few greedy and am
bitious political adventurers, with General
Pniu at their head, and at the sorry figure it
is making before Europe. An ominous
silence has fallen upon the claims of. the Duke
of Genoa; it would seem as if the very men
tion of his name offended the national ear.
There is no doubt. that Prim and his Progre
sixths brought forward the Duke in order the
better to discomfit the Unionistas and their
candidate the Duke of Montpensier.. The
Progresistas declared themselves monarchical,
but had vowed at the breaking-out of the
revolution that the last Bourbon had reigned
in Spain, and .1 have been assured
by an eminent Progresista that they never
expected nor wished, the Harrow schoolboy
to become their sovereign;„ all they desired
was a name wherewith to oppose the candi
d. e of the Uniohistas. Even Prim, his in
tended political Mentor,would be disappointed
if the ruse became a reality.' That caricature
of the Great Napoleon aspires higher than to
be a Mayor- of the Palace, and expects the
lion's share of the political . pudding he is
mixing for Christ Mas. The Progresistas have
Prim for their head, and consequently the
army, and as they prefer a Unitarian Repnb
lic to a Bourbon monarchy, and as the army
decides political questions, it follows that
Spain will, according to these signs, become
a Unitarian Republic. The Progresistas or
Unitarians, whichever you like to call them,
- tor they are virtually one ate no longer the
Party of the future, but of one,-are
present.
Although no open rupture has taken place
between Serrano and Prim, both being bound
to each other by political interests, another
dispute respecting the monarchical question
has, widened the breach. Serrano and the
other Unionist generals see, without being
able to prevent it,that Prim is depriving them
of their influence with the army by naming
his own partisans to almost every post of re
sponsibility and power, whilst his friend Sa
gasta, the Home Minister, is doing the same
with the civil governors of the provinces.
Prim is preparing for thefuture, and Serrano,
who does not object to greatness if thrust upon
him, is too sensible and unambitious tolight
or intrigue for it. •
FRENCH HORRORS.
Clue To Another Great Tragedy.
They appear to be unearthing a considerable
number of horrors just now in France. Be.
sides the body of the elder Kinck the corpse
of a man has been discoveied at Lovaßois-
Penet with one leg frightfully mangled, which
appears to have been sawn with a hand saw.
It is also stated in one of the Paris . papers that
during the works of demolition rendered
necessary by the construction of a. new street
in the Quartler Saint• Marcel, a cemetery used
in the days of the first revolution has been
uncovered. Among other human remains
was found a remarkably beautiful head of a
woman in a wonderful state of preserva
tion. The' fair. hair still adhering to
the skull bears the coiffure in fashion in
17934, with twisted and powdered tresses.
There is no doubt that the head belonged to
one of the victims of the revolutionary tri
bunal, but it is a singular circumstance that
the eyes are covered with a black frontlet. As
no mention is made in the chronicles of the
time of any one among those executed being
blindfolded before mounting the scafibld, this
discovery has much puzzled the workmen
who have been conducting the excavations,
Le Revell says they have sent the head to M.
PHILADELPHIA, Tp r OpiYiDEOEMBBIIe 14, 1868
Jules Claretie, who has made the customs
and partiOulars of the Revelation his especial
study, on the chance of his being able to solve
the myFtery which at present envelopes this
accidental discovery.
IRELAND.,
Cardinal Callon! asa Duelilac and
Een!minium.
In his pastoral published before leaving for
Eome to attend the Couneil, Cardinal Cullen
puts his flock on their guard, first against
duelling,' and against continued efforts, under
variouspretexte, to revive and spread the
seeds' of Fenianism. The practice of duelling
,(says his Eminence) "has been abandoned by
all really brave and'highly-spirited men." The
Fenian association is at present (the Cardinal
adds) " altogether occupied in preventing the
adoption of good measures to promote the
welfare and peace of the country." It was
"disposed to uphold the Protestant Beals
lisliment, and is now hostile to a favorable
settlement of the laud question." Its leaders
"seem to have formed an unholy league with
low Orangemen and interested land-agentsto
prevent all useful legislation, and to drive, if
possible, from power the statesmen who have
rendered such signal services to Ireland
during the last session of Parliament, hoping
in this way to prevent the redress of great
evils and grievances, and to keep the country
in a state of chronic discontent, in .order that
they themselves may have grounds to justify
their conspiracies and revolutionary, move
ments, and may cast their nets more profitably
in troubled waters." The Cardinal hopes that
the wicked machinations of the few will not
be allowed to blast the fair prospects of the
whole country, and that 'the mischievous in
gratitude 'of a reckless party will not prevent
the great statesmen now at the helm of " the
State front carrying out the wise and benevo
lent measures which they have in centempla,
tion. His Eminence especially condemns tile
" continued attempts made by Femanism to
use as a means for promoting its own opinions
even the burial of the dead, thus degrading to
the level of an unworthy party demonstration
the sad ceremony of committing the , remains
of Christian men to the cold graye." The
Cardinal says the design of these processions
is to spread the belief that "the Fenian
organization is powerful by its numbers,
though in reality the great masses of the peo
ple who take part in these exhibitions do so
merely for the sake of a: fantastic display, or
of seeing a crowd, or enjoying an hour's
amusement, and , care little and know . less
about the object." "It is painful," the Car
dinal continues, "to see the lifeless body of a
ChriStian borne to the grave, accompanied not
with the prayers of. pious, loving hearts, but
with the muttered pass-words of a condemned
secret society. All I shall now add is that
hone the Catholics of Dublin , will take mea
sures to protect their magnificent cemetery
from further profanation.
CUBA.
A Suspicious Steamer.-Supposed Land
tag of Arms—Fighting. at Margate.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. 8, vie
Dec. 13.—0 n the Zld inst. a steamer arrived at
this port and reported having seen a suspicious
steamer, flying the Haytien colors, anchored
off the' mouth of the Bicana river, a small
stream situated between 3lanzanillo and Cape
Cruz. A Spanish war veisel was immediately
despatched to the locality, and on the evening
of the following day (4th) she returned, hav
ing' in tow the Haytien steamer Mary
Anne, in whose hold there is a va
cant space, which the captain reports
was caused by his throwing part of the cargo
overboard in a storm, which also damaged the
machinery of the vessel. He attempted to
make Santiago, and, failing, was compelled to
anchor ()tithe mouth of the river. The Mary
Anne has a cargo of logwood on board. She
is still detained, as the authorities believe that
the lauded a supply of arms for the insurgents.
Seven hundred men of the Valmaseda bat.
talion have arrived here. Fightiugat 3.,10g0te
still continues, and some of the Spanish
wounded axe coming in. The cholera is de-
creasing.
HAYTI.
The Revolutionists Preparing to Attsek
Port an Prinee--Wheresbouts of Sal.
nave—Miscellaneous News.
Sr. Maass, Hayti, Nov. 27, by way of Ha
vana,Dec.l3.—The Cacos are in full possession
of the northern part of the island, and are
making extensive preparations to attack Port
an Prince. Five steamers belonging to the
insurgents are coaling here for the purpose of
joining in the attack. Salnave is reported at
Petioxville. The French war steamer Terror
is anchored in the harbor of Port au Prince.
Sitfla (?) is reported having been captured by
Salnave and court-martialed. The British war
steamer Cherub has arrived at St. Mart., with
Mr. Basset, the American Minister, on board.
Port au Prince is reported in a wretched con
dition. One dollar •in gold was selling for
ii4,OUU in Hayden currency. Trade at this
port (St. Mares) is brisk. Gold is selling at
LOU. Nissage proposes a conciliatory policy.
THE FIFTEENTH JUIENDHENT.
Its Exact Condition.
There being thirty-seven State,s in the T_Tnion,
and the. Constitution requiring the assent of
three-fourths of the States to gtve effect to a
proposed amendment,- the ratincation by the
Legislatures of twenty-eight is therefore
necessary. - The action - of the several States
during the year 1869 has been as follows :
:TATES WHICH HAY]; RATIFIED THE 4.IkIE;iIXISENT
I.4leitttin' - March 1 iii-4 3 euneylvania...March 11
2.:-Louisiana March 1 11-Massachusotts.ffarch 12
3-Neat V irginia...ldarch 3 12-Arkansas 'March 15'
4-North Carolina...March4 13-Connecticut.. May 13
5-Illinois.... March 5 14-... Florida June 14
ti-Michigan' March 5 15-New Rampshire-July 1
7-IViaconain March 9 15-Virginia October 7
e-Maine March 11 17.‘Vermoat .... .• . ;.October 13
9-8. Carolina March 11 18-Alabama ... ......... hi
sTATEs WIIOsE RATIFICATION HAS BEEN DEFECTIVF:.
I—linmae.........February 2712-Mlosourl... March 1
STATE WHOSE RATIFICATION HAS BEEN ILLEGAL.
1-Indiana. ' ' ' ' - - -' .. May 14
STATE WHICH HAS RATIFIED RUT WHICH WIT.rL RESCIND.
I-New York April 14
STATES WHICH /IA VT REJECTED THE AIIENDMENT.
1-Delaware March 14-Ohio Ipril3o
2-Kentucky Mardi 12 5-Tennessee.,..No vembor 16
3-t1e0rgia....,.......,Dbarch 15 . . 7 • .
sTATES WHICH IIAVI: NOT YET VOTED
ti—Nebnu3ka.
lowa 7—New JorpoY.
Maryland.
Minnenota
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10—lexam.
In the above list the States of Missouri and
Kansas . are classified a 8 havin imperfectly
ratified the amendment. The Legislature, of
Missouri failed to act upon the second section,
and in Kansas the same section was imperfect
when ratified. These defects will be remedied
when the Legislature of both States convene
nest mouth. This will give the amendment
the assent of twenty States without further
question. ' _
Of those States which are yet to take action,
lowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska,
Rhode Island and Texas may be counted upon
for ratification. With these twenty-six States
in all secured, but two snore are required to
make the amendment apparently a part of
the Constitution. These the Radicals undoubt
edly expect to obtain from Indiana anti from
New York,,whose right to rescind may not
be recognized ; Ohio, which is expected to re
verse the action of its last Democratic Legisla
ture ; or Georgia, about which further recon
struction is in progress.--11rortd.
—On Miss Mitford's Mg. copy of her tragedy
of "Julian" the great Macready himself
marked the " business." That intended for
the other actors was in Eng. lish. His own
" business" - was set down in Latin,—the lady
could never tell wherefore, unless that it was
to show a certain literary taste.
—The old story about Canute rebuking the
sea omits to state that the obstinate king got
well soaked by the tide, caught cold, and that's
the reason he was a Norse King. This bit of
arelecology is given by the Telegram. But
was the old fellow really a Nome King or a
Vi-king. We cannot tell. Canute-II?
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A NOTHIM. WALL 11111SEET SEMLIIIIIOIII.
getairter olio At Ittion of Dollar* 41-
tiered United Mattes nett Hosint.y. Sondhi
Pitt An eiretilistion—laiseovery of ti e
Stupendous Frands--The Operators
Leave for Parts Ilinknown•e4 ,Reward
of SlO,OOO Offered (Or their A 'rent.
The Wot : id has the following detail% of a sen
sation of which we.gave account by telegraph
yesterday :
Dire rumors were afloat early last Saturday
Morning among the brokers in and ar - onnd
Wall Street. It was said.that some oft the old
est and most substantial firms had been vic
timized to the extent ,of upwards of 52150,000.
The delinquents were named as W. E. Gray &
Co., of 44 Broad street, and their crime the
Alteration of a number of 11000 certificates of
the New York &ate 7 per Mt. Bounty Loan,
issued during the late mar, to $lO,OOO each,
and obtaining loans on the same. Subsequent
!qui ri es proved these statements to be true.
Mr. W. E. Gray is said to be the • son of the
Chaplain of the United States Senate. Ho
came to this city from Washington, was at
one time Cashier for the firm of Marguand &
Dinnock, and has been in business with Mr.
J. H. Pratt, Whose antecedents are unknown,
prior to June of this year..
THE BONDS orRitATED lIPON •
were part of 516,000 worth, which were stolen
from the office of Mr. E. I. Woolsey, in Broad
way, a year ago,' and subsequently rendered
worthless by the -issue of duplicates to Mr;
• Woolsey; five genuine bounty bonds, pur
.chased as recently as Wednesday last, by Mr.
J. H. Pratt, Mr. Gray's partner; and United
States registered bonds to an amount that fu
ture investigations will have to determine.
These financiers, by the aid, of chemicals and
other unknown applianees, altered •the State
Bounty bonds from $l,OOO to 510,000, substi
tuting Gray's name for those they erased, and
changing the numbers. This operation was
also performed on the Government securities.
:A . TI.IEIiIM; IN THE HARVEST.
Mr. Gray having altered the five bonds
bought by Pratt on Wednesday, and also a
number of Woolsey's missing bonds and some
of his " improved" Government stock, all to
the denomination of $l,OOO each, proceeded,
as it appears, to obtain extensive loans on the
same, and succeeded in doing so on Friday,
on which day the alterations were discovered
by*the 'Manhattan Bank. On the same day a
man called at the Bank of the Com
monwealth, and offered for sale • State
Bounty Loan Bonds of 510,000 each, payable
to William E. Gray, and, bearing date
April 8. The clerk of the bank, before paying
for them, called on Mr. Harburger, the cashier
of the Manhattan Batik, to ascertain if they
were all right, and learning that they had been
altered, bronght, • the owner of the spurious
bonds to Mr. Harburger, who identified him
as Mr. W. E. Gray, to whom other alterations
bad been traded. Gray had a plausible story
ready, and was permitted to depart in peace,
leaving' the bonds with the Manhattan Bank,
the orilicers of which did not apparently deem
it neceseary.to inform the public of the for..
geries that had been discovered.
THE PRINCIPAR SUFFERERS.
• Last Saturday, Mr. Gray, undaunted by his
ill-success with the State Agents, succeeded in
obtaining 530,000 from the Mechanics' Bank,
depositing there 510,000 certificates as col
lateral. Visiting Messrs. Vernailye & Co., he
borrowed $50,000 On $40,000 ' of his altered
Bounty bonds, and 1,000 United States bonds
altered to 510,000. Messrs. Howe & Macey
loaned him, • on similar securities, $75,000;
Coleman Benedict, $35,000; J. N. Newell &
Co., $.-25,000; E. P. Scott, $40,000; and Messrs.
Justhe & Co., $40,000. Several other bankers'
and brokers' names, it is expected, will be
added to the black list, to-day. Safes, boxes,
and • books are being carefully examined in
most of the offices adjacent to the Stock Ex
change. •
THE DISCOVERY OF THE FRAUDS,
by those outside of the Manhattan Bank and
Bank of the Commonwealth, did not take
place until Saturday morning, when Mr. Cole
man. Benedict, whose suspicions had been
aroused, while pondering over the transaction
he bad made through Mr. E. Finck, who is
Gray & Pratt's broker, more carefully ex
amined his securities, and became aware that
he had been gulled.
" DISAPPEARANCE OF THE OPERATORS.
Mr. Benedict then hastened, to Gray's
office, and found that Gray and Pratt had left
for parts unknown. All he could get in the
way of satisfaction, for the moment, was an
attachment upon the furniture and fixtures of
their commodious country house. He added
fuel to the tire of conjectures, which was
smouldering by Saturday afternoon all down
the street, by the recital of his losses, and ere
the day closed there were plenty to mingle
their sorrows with his.
THE PROBABLE WHEREABOUTS OF THE FUGI
TIVES.
It is thought by many that Gray left on Sat
urday by one of the ocean steamers, but this
is probably not the case, for late on that day
he bought $30,000 worth of Five-twenty bonds
over the counter of Jay Cooke & Co., giving
the check on the Mechanics' Bank in pay
rnent. It is said that Pratt was at his office
for a few moments on Saturday, and stated
that he had been duped by Gray, and in
tended to give himself up, as he could 'clear
himself. He has not, however, been seen
since.
TUE DETECTIVES AFTER THEM
The several detectives searching for them
lielieve the parties are still in the city, and
being famihar with Gray's appearance, are
confident that they will soon have him and
Pratt in their custody.
REWARD FOR THEIR ARREST
The New York Stock Exchange yesterday
afternoon offered a reward of $lO,OOO for the
arrest and conviction of the guilty parties.
Mr. Vermilye, a victim, left yesterday for
Washington,
in order to ascertain at the
Treastry whether the United States bonds he
received from Gray have been tampered with.
At the Treasury here be was informed the
bonds were not yet recorded as stolen.
The extent of the frauds cannot be definitely
ascertained at present. It is feared that
further investigations will reveal some start
ling depredations in quarters little dreamed of.
Mr. Gray, Who was broker for the "pool" in
the Quartz Hill Mining Stock, is said to have
lost considerably thereby. The money real
ized,by, his bounty bond operations is be-
Ifevedto have been invested in Government
bonds. ,
A ,GENERAL DIVORCE LAW.
Movetnent In Favor 01 It.
The Toledo Blade, in referring to our propo
sition for a general divorce law, declares its
belief that the tendency of the times ie toward
calling Upon Congress for a uniform law upon
that subject. , _ "Without being friendly to an
undue increase of the powers of the Federal
Government," it says, "we do think the cause
of morality and-social order demands a change
in the direction we have indicated." The
plain truth is that the spectacle of people jour
neying from one,State to another in the hopo
of getting rid of marital obligations by
finding some local divorce statute. lax:
enough to suit their needs, has
long been a scandal and disgrace to the
country. 'More than that, under these con
flicting jurisdictions and diverse statutes, chil
dren may be legitimate in one State who,
would be illegitimate in'another; clergymen
are Puzzled and deceived in solemnizing
second marriages ; and the rihts , of inheri
tance and the. canons of moralsare alike put
in peril. We believe that the tide of public
opinion will soon sot in strongly toward a na
tional divorce .enactment, and, that It only
needs the bold advocacy of such a procedure
by the influential Press to speedily bring it
ahont.—N. Y. Times.
—Savannah newspapers notice very good
specimens of shad now coming to 'market.
Fishermen are arriving from the North and
from Florida to prepare for the season, which
opens in Jamotry.
FIFTH EDITION.
BY TELEGRAPH,
IMPORTANT FROM HARRISBURG
Withdrawal of Dr. Sohappet Death
Warrant.
Dr. filehoeppe's 'Death-Warrant With
[Special Despatch to the Philads. Evening Bulletin.]
Hannlsnuna, Dec.l4.—Goir. 'Geary will is
sue to-night or to-morrow his official order to
the Shenff of Cumberland county withdraw
ing the death-warrant of Dr. Sehoeppe, Pend
ing action of the Supreme Court. This place
the whole matter as before the death-warran
was issued.
Bold Bobber?, fn New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Two men entered the
ffi
oce of Mr. ibley, No. 22 Pine street, to-day,
and, while one of them engaged bim• in con-:
versation, the other picked up a tin box• and
made off with it. The box contained a va
riety of bills and stock certificates, valued in
all at about $lO,OOO, none of which were ne
gotiable. Halkan hour later the box was
found in a wsite'r.closet, where it had. been
broken open and the contents examined, but
being of value ,to the robbers, they, were
not disturbed.
Eighteen of the Spanish gunboats will • sail
to-morrow. , •
From Montreal.
MONTREAL; Dec. 14.—The case of Caldwell,
who was committed for extradition, has been
again before the. Court. Judge Coursol ruled
that the decision of Jndge Mondelet on appli
cation to him for arrest of habeas corpus was
final, so far as he (Judge Coursoll was con
cerned, and that therefore be dismissed the
motion for the prisoner's discharge.
A destructive fire broke otit at Point Levi
last night, by which a large hotel and several
other buildings were de4royed.
From Indiana.
INDIANArotts, Dec. 14.—The Republican
State Central Committee has issued a call for
a convention on February 22d.
Arrangements for, the reunion of the Army
of the Cumberland, which will meet here to
morrow, are all complete. The indications
are that a large number of officers and soldiers
will be in attendance.
XLlst Congress—Second Session.
(flousa--Continued from Third EditionJ
The "House went into Committee of the
Whole on the Census bill, and the discussion
VMS resumed on the amendments offered yes
terday by Id essrs. Judd and Coburn, providing
for an apportionment of Representatives next
August.
Finally the discussion was closed, •and
Judd's amendment VMS rejected—yeas sd,
nays :14.. After further discussion the section
was struck out. •
ANVSEMENTS.--
—At the Walnut. this evening, Miss Bateman will ap•
pear as "Mary. Warner" in the drama of that name. •
—The Overland Route will be repeated at the Arch.this
evening. For the Christmas piece Little
Wallace, orrit. an
adaptation of Dickens's story, by Mrs. E.l). Wis
announced, in which Mrs. Wallace will make her debut
as "Little Morrit."
—At the Chestnut Patrite will be performed this
evening. At the Children's-iitatizthe, on eaturilay, The
Babes in the Woods will be presented.
—At the American a variety entertainment of.tinusoal
excellence will be preeented.
—This evening, at the Academy of Music, the Han
del and Haydn Society, under the leadership of Mr. L.
Engelke, will giro its first concert this season. Men
delssohn's "Hymn of Praise" will be snug, together
with a selection from " The Forty-second Psalm,' and a
chorus and chorale from the oratorio of " Saint Paul.'•
The solo parts will be taken by Miss Maria Brainerd,
Mho Nellie Lackenback and Mr. Jacob Graf. A full
chorus and a large orchestra will be in attendance.
Tickets may be procured either at Boner's, Trumpler's
or Goulds.
—At the Seventh Street Opera House Duproz &
Benedict's brilliant troupe will appear in a number of
amusing novelties.
—A first•class bill for this evening at the Eleventh
Street Opera House.
—Signor Blitz gives another of his pleasant entertain ,
monis at the Assembly Buildings this evening.
—The second of Mr. Carl Wolsohn's matinees (the
Schubert matinee) will be given in the foyer of the
Academy of Music, on Friday next, at 4 o'clock.
—A series of lectures has been arranged by the
Teacher& Institute, and will be given in the Central
Ili,gh School Building at Broad and Green streets. Ten
lectures will be delivered by Prof. Janice McClune upon
" Astronorny and Geology," and ten by Prof. Edwin J.
llomten upon " Chemistry and Physics.' The ,former
will be given on Monday evenings (except Dei2ember 27),
the latter upon. Wednesday evenings (except December
15 and 29.)
—On Thursday evening of this week Mr. Wendell
Phillips will deliver the next of the Star Course of Lec
tures at the Academy of Music. His subject will be
" Daniel O'Connell." Tickets may ho secured at
Gould's, No. 724 Chestnut street. The next lecture of
the juvenile course by Du Chaillu will be delivered on
Wednesday afternoon. Subject—" Among the Count-
—On Friday evening last, the testimonial benefit givrt
at the Academy of Music to Mr. Rufus Adams, attracted
a large audience. Mr. Adams read a number of popular
selections in a very 0N cellent manner, and was fre
quently applauded. BI r. Adatrof is ono or the very beet
elocutionists in the country, and we are glad to know
that his benefit was a pecntiary succese.
THE COURTS.
conviction of Neil McLaughlin.
QUARTER SEASIONS—Judge Paxson.—This morning,
on motion of the District Attorney, the Sheriff was sum
moned into court with the wheel, in order to draw ad
ditional grand jurors, there being but thirteen in
attendance.
The jury in the case of Neil McLaughlin, charged with
assault and battery with intent to kill Detective
Brooke, retired last evening at 7 o'clock, and at fifteen
minutes past 12 o'clock to-day returned a verdict of
—The Vice President tells this story about
the Hon. John Morrissey, M. C.: Shortly after
the opening of the Fortieth Congress Mr.
Colfax was engaged in his room busily - mak
ing up the committees, when Mr. Morrissey
stealthily crept up to the door, took a peep,
saw that no one was there, and entered. Ap
proaching Mr. Colfax, he said :
"Mr. Speaker, I have a tine box of Havana
cigars lam going to send you. Will you ac
cept them ?"
"Oh yes, certainly," replied Mr. Colfax.
"Anything in that line is acceptable."
"All right," said Morrissey.
After a pause, be suddenly broke out :
"Mr. Speaker, I have a favor to ask. I want
you to put me on a certain committee."
"Leave the cigars one side, and tell me
what one it is," replied Mr. Colfax.
Morrissey made a strenuous alert, closed
his fist, and, as he brought it down- on 'the
desk, said :
"I want you to put me on that committee
where I will have d—d little work to do."
"All right," said Mr. Colfax.
when the committees were 'announced the
name of the lion. John Morrissey was found
bringirig up the rear of the committee on revo
lutionary pensions.
=The latest western editorial epithet is
"flannei•cyed." It is probably a contraction
of an old army phrase, which described the
red eyes which followed upon a late and lively
evening, as "two burnt holes in a blanket."
—The Hungarian Nazarenes,or, as they oat
themselves, Successors of Christ, ' have, ap
plied to the Minister of War for the purpose
of being released from the duty of doing
military service'. Their application was re
'eeted.
4:30 O'Cioolc
drawn.
F. L. ININERSTON:PAIOvt;
'RUE THREE CENTS.,
WOREIGI CORRESPONDft(IIII
LEVIEIgIi FROM
Collations of is New. Cardimusl. , 4lie Cheek.'
seoniee—besosiptioo or she 0111111
inlnce Schwarzenburm4, Iteeoptity4
at Cardinal ltforessa'a T tlouse or the Vow.
Pfftnir,Occ., , dre.
(Correspondence of the Philadelphia Even DXltuilsttasJ' L.
ItottE,4 Italy, Nov. 25, 180.,--,On Meadar'
(Nev. 22) there was a public consisiory at, titer ,
Vatican for. the Collation (as presentation tie
called in canon law) of a Cardinal's hat. Thee
new Cardinal wax elected two years ago, aatilr''
arrived in Rome last week. He is John 14/4
natius Morena, Archbishop of Valladolitit, x ,
The Sala Regia of the Vatican had balcontee.,
draped in crimson damask, erected: around
three sides, and against the Pauline chapel - 4
door the Pontifical throne and Cardi'nals'
dais were arranged. This beautiful Hall , wati4
built in the time of that splendid Barnes*,
Paul 111., as an audience-chamber for
static receptions. Sangallo, the architect ebt,
the grandest palace in all Italy—the Fernese
Palace at Rome—designed it. Its fresco decora.
tions and ornaments were made by del Vagiir
andda, Volterra; and the . Ziamberi brobhere,
Porta, and Vasari, painted its pictures.
There'was' great pomp and splendor in. the.
Monday ceremonies, and the rich oriental ,
dresses of the Eastern Bishops addedgreatlif;'''
to the picturesque effect. But the presence. . of
several distinguished men and women gave
me especial gratification. The Queen of War
ternburg and her suite sat in one of the balco
nies. She was , the Archduchess Olga,,
Russia, the favorite daughter of the Emperor
Nicholas, andsister of the present Czar. Fit
teen years ago the Queen was a great beauty,
She is now a quiet, distinguished-looking,
woman of about- thirty-five, slender, good,.
height, well made; has smooth, silky, brown.
hair, at ranged just enough in the mode not to
look peculiar. I am sure I should have no
ticed her anywhere; she has such , a queenly..
kindly manner, dignified and graceful--not
cold, and yet self-contained, enough Co seep :
just on the verge of it,; a trne,royal air,such..sa
we are apt to think should belong to these.'
who have had the advantages Of, priyilegcai
surroundings, fine edncation, high eulture-Ow
all that which old blood, rank and *svealtia.
ought to, bid mifortunately does not alWayo, ,
give.
Of course there are a 'great many dis.
tinguished prelates assembled togethet now
in Rome, and one of the greatest pleaSnres
had on Monday morning was the chance et
looking at each and all of them leisurely;.l. ,
they walked through the Sala
,Regia. , 1231 t
place was an .excellent one,—so near to the
Cardinals and BlShops that I could almost
touch them as the various ceremonies took.
them several times in front of my balcony.
Thus I was able to select out certain ones and
see them fully. "
Cardinal Prince Schwarzenburg,Archbishopi
of Prague, attracted the most of my attention.
He is a tall, tine-looking man, of about fifty
five or sixty. Fifteen years ago, when this.
Cardinal was last in Rome, they tell me, ha
was very hand.some, and I can well believe it..
They tell also a droll story of him Wifiob.
represents capitally the German royal indiffer
ence to the feelings of others. The Prince
was made Cardinal by Gregory XVI. Fifteen.
years ago he came to Rome on a visit. VlChen.
he paid his ceremonial visit of farewell to the
Pope, Pius IX. said:
"When shall we have the • pleasure of
seeing your Eminence again ?"
"Indeed I cannot say. I do not know of
any business that will call me back to: Rome
before the next Conclave," replied the Cardi
nal, bluntly.
There were a few instants of silence; then the
Pope said, with gracious self-possession of a.
Christian gentleman :
"It appears that your Eminence wishes us
well."
Cardinal Schwarzenburg is tall and slender,
has light hair—now gray—fair skin, high,
beautiful temples, a keen, cold eye, thin lips
and delicate features. We laughingly com
pared him to some of our intellectual, cold
looking American lawyers. , The Cardinal's
history is a sad one. He is a son of that fa
mous Prince Schwarzenburg who was the
commander-in-chief of the grand army (Bo
hemian) in the war' of the allied Princes
against the first and great Emperor Napoleon.
Of this General, Heeren says in his Historical
Researches—" History consecrates the name
of a Schwarzenburg, a Blucher and --a Bar ---
clay de Tolly." His eldest son, who is now
Cardinal as well as Prince, in his young roan=
hood was disappointed in love. It was a sor-
rowfui story, and the heir of great estates and
an old andirineely name sought in religion
that resignation and couscilatiou which - the
loss of his dearest hopes required.
In Hoibein's "Dance of Death," when Adam
leaves the. Garden of Eden, we see Death
quietly walking along with him; and where
our'first father delves the ground there is
Death laboring close beside him, stroke for
stroke, not as an enemy, but as a constant
companion. And thus it has been with Prince
Schwarzenbnig. Ever since his youth,
when disappointed love drove hini out of his
Paradise, sorrow has been his constant friend.
Jll mothey,Whom he loved fOndly,was burned
to death at a theatre conflagration; and a dar
ling sister, the Princess Windiscligratz, was
shot in the Austrian revolution of 184$. Thar
Princess went to the window, and received
in her heart the ball that was intended for her
msband. So no wonder I looked at this stately,
ordly prince, and recalled his own sad life-his
ory while I reihembered that of his ances-
tors. When we see the representatives of
famous Emperors, Kings, Ikfarshals and Gen
et als, it is as if tho pages of history had taken
form, and flesh, ,especially
„when these repre-
sentatives are such truly regal persons as Olga.
Nicolaiewna of Wurtemburg and Cardinal
Prince Schwarzenburg. This German princely
prelate made many whom Nye had formerly
admired appear shorn of their grandeur .-•
Cardinal 13onaparte,for-example,looked more. .
like a stage prince than ever. The bril/lant'
Parisian chemical diamond paled in the
ante of the teal gem.
()it Monday evening (the night of the rurap k io,
day of the Consistory) Cardinal Xenia .
a private reception at the Palazzo Painpid#'.7i: , ..-,
in the'Piazza Navona. Be had public roc • 1 •
lions on'the preceding 'Friday and Sat=
evenings, to which I had cards, but could
40. On • Monday- evening my op:maul
and I arrived in ti;e anteroom or ;s
•
palate ' just before the all , importa
Hat came. While vi - e were (4k,ing IA 0
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