GIBSON PFACOCK. Editor. V OLUME XXIII.-NO. 219. SPECIAL NOTICES SAMPLES OF THE PRICES Now Prevailing at the Grand clearing Sa,le In Progress at • 0 1 1 N. WANAMAKER'S 818 and 820 CHESTNUT STREET. A Fine Petersham Overcoat {Handsomely Trimmed), worth $22, re duced to $l3 al A Fine Chinchilla Overcoat, Worth reduced to $2O A Businehs Suit of Tricot or Melton, Worth $35, reduced to S 2 A Black Dress Cq t . .(Bwall6 - wto11), Vorth $2B, reduced to 518 A Pair of Fine Pants of Fashionable Make, Worth 9, reduced to 'l5. A Vest of Cloth or Fancy Calishnore, Worth $5 50, refinced to 54. The Whole Present Stook is to be Disposed of at Prices Like the Above The Chestnut St.Cinthing Establishment SIS #III4I S2O CHESTNUT STREET, JOHN WANAMAKE'ft. • COACHMAN'S OVERCOATS I) RIVING .GAUNTLETS. 401 OFF.TCE OF "THE RELIANCE IN a,=;) sr RANCE COMPANY OP PLIILA DEL PHIA, - No. VA WAnut PiW.Anr.I.3 . IIIA.AN7. 22,M. At the eatmel inec 4 ‘ in.; of tle , Mee Ich.ddure. held on t `2oth Iwo., the .following ocktood vo/tlomou weep eiott,ol Directors of The Reliance. Thourance I :olutvan y 19.14Vel ALA cart 0 for the eintilin yeAr. I how. C. Mil, Th.t. II Moore. AVillinto S 3 mile! Cit.itner. F.nuie7 II L.1'41,-,n. EMMZ=I Tipglet 4 . 4-want SA: i ty Tip,ma. Amt J thP this day, 9'11415. 4 HILL l r., v:4O unaufm.oi-lv r—foet Led e 71 HR. 4trn 7:tS.: 'rotary. • H . . OFFICE. OF TE AltlVGDALOrb mslisc ru MpANy OF LAKE SUPERIOR., :•11 WALNUT STREET. Psn.AutLvitrA., 1),,rembf!r'..!'14.1..;9, . Noti is h ereby given that an lu,t7dnient of Fifty (Y'il ('cute on vat's and etery share of the Capital Stock of athil l Atorgilalolif Company' of Lake Superior, bu duo and lovable at the Mlle , . of the C01110311, - , No. xi Walnut street, Philadelphia , on or before WPI/NESltill". January tith, Pr7o, \vial interest addoil atter that date, g thegar of the hare baring bem in - croatied. hi cote of the Stockholders, to Tia - enty-sescu pollart , and Petit. , f grt 50, oach • B. order of the Hoard. H. H. HCFFMAN. dolt t jar Treasurer. _ . _ 10s. WEST C/I ESTER. AND PH IL A DE 1. PHIA COMPANY.—Tho next :Annual rowing of the Stockholders of this Compaus will be held in the Horticultural Hall, in the borough uP Wevnt Cheater, on HONDA Y , the 10th day of January, A. P., 1810, at II o clock A. kt,wboti and where 311 elec tin will ho held of *nicer" to serve the ensuing year. Hy order of the Board, A. LEWIS SMITH, S,•eretary. Pit ;Lk Dee. 13, 1869.. ble23 111 tti tial6j IL?. LITTLE iiC;IIITYLKILL INAVIGAz TioN RAILROAD AND COAL COMPANY. OFFICE, 110 WALNUT STREET. PUltkuistrirt A, WC. 21, 1819, . - The Annual Meeting of th , !.. - Stockholder'', and an elec tion for otticere,"" ill he held at the ativeof the Company. ou3loli DA 1: , January lollth. MO. at 12 n'olock M. • • JOS. LAPSLEY W11,10.N. s6tf, Secretary. NOTICE.—THE R FAMERS WILL hold their market in Spring 4iariow street on 1' LIDA Y, 24th. instead of Saturday. [w CHRISTMAS DINNER. TO THIS POOR. The Teachers of the Sabbath and Day Schools of the liesiforti Street Mission intend giving a dinner, on CHRISTMAS DAY, to the scholars tinder their car.‘, at the MISSION 110 USE, No. 619 BEDFORD atre.'t, be tween 12 and 1 o'clock. Interesting exercises in the chapel, before dinner, by the cbildscu. The citizens are cordially invited to be pz e'seut.. • • Donations. either in money, 'poUltry• provision,. 'or clothing, respectfully solicited, and can be sent to either of the undersigned : EDMUND s. ymin, No. 219 Spruce street. JACOB U. BURDSALL, • No. 1121 Chestnut street. GEORGE MILLIKEN, ' 926 Arch street. JAMES L. BISPIIAM. No. 710 South Second street. WM. H. HEISLER, eventh National Rank. Fourth and Market streets. CHARLES`SPENDER, No. 7 Bank street, Rev. JOHN D. LONG, No. 619 Bedford street. 10. "THE SOCIETY FOE SUPPLYING THE POOR WITH 50UP,"333 Griscom street, appeal to the public for the usual mutual aid by which they are enabled to carry ou their operations. lu addi tion to a daily delivery of Soup, Corn Meal and Bread are distributed, each, twice weekly. A visitor is env. ploytd to examine into the fitness of each applicant to receive aid. The Society has no paid collector, but every member is authorized to receive funds for the treasury. -JOS. S. LEWIS, President, 11l Walnut street. WM. EVANS, Treasurer,6l.3 Market street. JAS. T. SIIINN, S. W. cor. Broad and Spruce streets. W bt. L. REIIN. 619 Walnut street. CALEB WOOD, 924 B. Second street. ' • . JOS. K. WHEELER, 2026 Chestnut street. [dell-12trp§ rio GIRARD STREET !riTIIKUII, RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED BAWLS, Deptirtinento for Ladies 2tat 4x open from 6 A. M. to 9 P. M. HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 0 , €? and 1520 Lombard street. Dispeaiiery Department. —Medical treatment and medicine turn i ehed grat to the poor STEREOPTICON AND MAGIC CLantern ll Exhibitions irlien to Sunday Schools, Sce oolm,Cooges, and for private entertainments. W. MITGRELLAF lSTES,72&Chestnut street,aecond story. tm2 tmrti- MMI=MI 'erfEBIPLE OF WONDERS--ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS—CHRISTMAS DAY. ' ' COME, LAUGH AND BE MERRY. A ftethoon Perfortnances at 3 o'clock. Evening 'Exhi bition at 71. And every afternoon and evening during the Holidays. SIGNOR BLITZ, assisted bY THEO DORE BLITZ.. All the new Mysteries from 'Europe. ®Admission. 25 cents. Reserved Seats,3O cents.de23 Tt rpEMPLE OF WONDERS—ASSEMBLY J BUILDINGS—SIGNOR BLITZ. Every Evening at 7I(. Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 3.- • de23 It —As History repeats itself, so dogreat thoughts. The Sues 'Canal is, after all, an linglish idea, three hundred years old, —On the complaint book of the St.Liinimity' engineer there is the following epistolary curi osity g Were' IttiViCtOr Sir :—Ter ist ein tam pad blase in der Settvolk (sidewalk) iu der Franklin Ebe,nu . Streets. vor mein Haus tuft I yanthim fix quick, at Youst; als mein vrow tint der Kinder—she falls in dem and now I gits tam 4ocktor bill zu bay." JA1114,!/ T. YOUltk . I,tatAlf: F. Ball,r. BEE ILIMMES FOREIGN ; couptickipoNpvirde LETTER FROM ROME. The Austria*Pistol* fieeeption—; Tribulations of Americium.. .The Princely Guests and their Ancestral • Splendors... 'Preparation* for ' the Connell...Father liecker's Position. t(Jorreepondepee of the Philadelphia lig eening Bultatla.l' Roma, Decernber 1/3139.- . --Quite blitz was created in the forest iert circle, last week, by the news' that Count Trautmatins dorfi; the Austrian Arnbassador, intended to issue Invitations for his reception, and alio a rule that no gentleman could enter without uniform. For twenty-two years these Aniba.ssa donal receptions in Rome have been free to everybody who Wished to go and who could find finery enough to make a sufficiently (lashing appearance. But last year the recep tion of the French Ambassador was a frightful crowd, and oven disreputable persons are said to have gone to it. Rome is so full of strangers from all parts of the World this '4ea son that ,such spectacular diplomatic - enter. tainments must be arranged differently.' To correct the , abuses of last year this invitation and uniform regulation wore established. There is a tremendous' display at " all such shows; therefore, Brother Jonathan, his wife and daughters; were quite vexed at this order. For even if they" had invitations, Pater- Families has no uniform of course; "he is not such a fool." blajor John—the brother, yonng husband, cousin or lover in the traveling party, has not' worn his since he left the army and returned to the office, counting house, 'store or farm. And so the matter . . . .. . , Our American queens felt defrauded ottheir just-claims and disposed to rebel. They were Apmething like au Irish western, newspaper repeater, who came to me the other day, to Ask me where the reporters' seats in the Council are to be and to whom he should go to get his place. When I told him there were no places assigned for this very valuable por tion of the Public, lie grew indignant, and said : "11l deniand my rights!" " Youll not be long in Rome, my dear sir," I replied, " without finding out that you have no rights, free and enlightened American citi zen though you may be . ." He stared, grew red in the face at the bare statement ef such a horrible state of affairs, and left ine. Since that interview,' have not seen . my naturalized countryman ; but I have heard frequently or him. He goes on bumping himself uselessly against all the bars and impediments, like a great 14. m-bottle fly on a plate-g ass window. Mais rerencuis (i nos autri , hes. 0 Mr. Hooker, the obliging member of the banking firm of Maguey, pakenham h Hooker. Rome, is the one who settles all diffi culties fur Americans in the Eternal ' City. He was formerly Secretary' of Legation to General King when the General was Minister at Rome, and is highly respected by the Papal Government. He has lived several years in Rome, and is well- acquainted with the most influential persons; so he kindly went to the Austrian Secretary of Legation, to find out the meaning of this new rule. Of course, if it was intended to exclude all but Euro pean royalty and nobility, Mr., M rs. and the Misses Jonathan would have to stay outside. Count Paiontbo very : courteously informed him that any lady whose card Mr. Hooker would present should receive an invitation ; and if of a certain age, or married, she could, with perfect propriety, go unattended by a gentleman, and chaperone a party. The uni ' form, however, was de rigueur ; so Brother Jonathan. to his great relief, was excluded. For be it known, as a general rule our Ameri can men care very little for these sort of things. The reason may be, that the sight of the splendors which make their wives and daughters so happy is sadly suggestive to . them of huge stuns of American gold, bought at a high premium, which, instead of earning Its existence at "cent per cent," has gone into the pockets of Parisian mantuamakers and milliners. Brother Jonathan is Indeed the most generous to his women of any specimen 1111 of the human race, and Mrs. and the' Misses Jonathan are the most extravagant of human kind. The little invitation impediment was thus removed; and on last Monday evening nearly all the American feminine sovereigns in,Rome —ninny of them wives of honest, prosperous tradesmen—entered the halls of the Austrian Embassy, at the Piazza Venizia, with bated breath, trembling hearts, but plucky de meaner. Each one wore "a dress made by 1 the Empress's own dressmaker"-that mythical person, who if he, she, or It, really supplies all the toilettes professing to come from that die ! tingnished quarter, must have Briareus ap pendages. And yet, strange to say, very few American women arriving from Paris have dresses made by any one else ! A splendid sight was spread before them, On Such occasions it is the habit of the no bility to go, according to a homely old saying, "dressed to death and their trunks empty." They dispiay the heir-looms of centuries, jewels that flashed their lights over royal ladies whose beauties have long since moul dered into dust; laces that draped daughters of. Emperors, of whom nothing but the great old names are left. It is only your new lady, "not to the manner born," who, on such occa sions, appears in a harmonious toilette and in good taste. The Princesses Barbermi and Orsini looked like walking jewelry and lace shops. The Barberini wore an Etruscan neck lace, found at Palestrina, which is beyond all price. The Barberini 'oriental pearls are famous; they are worth nearly ..90,000. Every time the Princess wears these pearls and the superb rubies and diamonds which accompany theth, she has to give a receipt to the person, who has charge of them; and when the jewels are returned the receipt is given back to her. They are not her jewels. They belong to the family whose ' name she bears. They have adorned princesses of the old Papal house for two centuries, and must be kept, safely for succeeding ones. l'he Princess's crown wa.9 a marvel of magnificent ugliness. It was at least three inches ,high in front, and was made of ruby velvet and gold; large pearls stood up on its edge; huge rubies and dia monds were set around it, and festooned over it; at the back of the head was a rich pearl necklace, whose numerous strings of fine sized beads fell down and mingled in the hang lug black braids of hair. • Tho Princess Borghese wore a grand dia mond crown and a necklace which had three rows of glorious solitaire diamonds. Her Water, Vomit. Appoui, sou to the former PHILADELPOI4, TWO/tSDAY;DEOEMBER 23; 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. . Austrian Ambassador, looked like a figure from a'mediaival picture. He was dressed in the 'Austrian uniform, and fastened to his shoulders by jeweled clasps was short, crim son velvet cloak, lined and bordered with the richest sable fur. The uniforms of the gentle- , men ,were as striking,and Ili* beautiful than. the ladies' dresses. There were officers of the Order of the 'Holy Sepulchre, in white uni forms, embroidered with gold ; officers of the Order of Malta, in scarlet coats, richly worked with ,gold, and white and gold, pantaloons. The Officers of this Order have offered to' eomptiiire a guard which shall divide with' the Palatine or• Noble, Papal Guard the honorable service of the Council Sessions, and the Pope has accepted. Some of these officers had large diamonds in their buttons. It was a sight to remember all one's life, But, after all; the most distinguished and in: teresting-looking woman present was a lady about thirty, or - thereabouts, who had no Jew el. 4 on her. Her pearl, gray satin had hand some black lace and a few . jetornaments on it; but her neck, throat and pretty ears had not a gem upon them; and her head was covered only with her own glorious crown of blonde hair, dressed, so loosely as to show that its wary& lous masses were "grown 'on the ground," and not bought of the barber. No one could tell me her name; she was aWoman of rank, I felt mire, for some of the most dis tinguished persons present treated her as an equal. She seethed, hoWever, to be alone. ' When we•left the magnificent rooms of the Embassy—eighteen were thrown open, and all were elegantly furnished— we were detained nearly an hour on the broad stairways of the palace, the. throng of carriages' was so great. All up and down the steps stood rows on rows of finely-dressed women, with opera cloaks as handsome as -their-'gowns. MaBsed to gether as they were, they gave the effect of a brilliant collection of flowers at a horticultu-' ral show. ' Among them 1 saw the blonde-haired lady ; a servant' but of livery stood beiside her; and she, Cinderella-like, had a gray blanket4thavil over her line shOulders and head; its weight had unloosed her hair'and the rich tresses fell down in a confusion that was as eascinating as it was beautiful. The next day, whenever any one talked to me of the splendors of the Austrian reception, the picture of the distin guished-looking, mysterious blonde rose up before Me. f saw her all - the While, without. diamonds or splendid toilette, standing on the Palace stairway in the crowd of brilliant women, looking as if she was queen of all. I described her to everybody ; at last a friend who has.known these Roman noble families for many years, hearing toy description, said " Oh, that was the Princess Colonna." And then followed ashort and fitting his,- tory for such a looking women. She was a Suisse by birth—not of princely, but noble rank. She married a Prince Colonna;lie died and left her a poor young widow. The Princess had always been remarkable for her great cleverness in mpdelling. With'great spirit and independence she opened a studio, mid has since her widowhood supported her self banthon.ely as a sculptor. iter stridiO is outside the Porto del Popolia, and some day my friend is to take nie to seeFhter works. I am anxious for the day to comet" The Austrian Empress arrives to-day in the is to be the guest of her sister, the ex-Quecu of Naples, and will be lodged with her suite at the Farnese palace—the most beautiful palace in Lome—in all Italy, Fergusson says. yesterday there was a solemn ceremony in 'the private Council Hall of St. Peter's. 'The Father.: of the Council took the oath of se crccy not to divulge the business or any pri vate matters concerning the great Synod. The opening takes ,place next Wednesday, and every ,one is on the qui vice to see the fine procession of over five hubdrect Council Fathers and other officers, with the Pope, se Zia gestatoria and ylabella, come down from the Vatican and enter St. Peter's. A deputation of the highest Roman nobility has asked that a place shall be i assigned in the Council for the ladies of the Roman ariSto- cracy on the public occasions. Count Yee pignani communicated the request to the Pope, who replied promptly: "Certainly, since a place has been granted to the ladies of the diplomatic bodies, it can not be refused to the Roman princesses.' • Accordingly, one of the loges or balconies beside the Pontifical throne will be set apart for them. There is great fear that Father Hecker will not have a seat in the Council. There is no such office as that which he holds-mentioned in the Methodurt, or book of officers and ceremonials. His friends among the Ameri can Council Fathers are doing their best to have him appointed to some position which will insure his presence. Father Hecker is the well-known Paulist who has had such an eventful career. • ' , He baked bread for us in our little ltio . ok Farm community," said Mr. Ripley, of the Tribune, to me the other evening. Yes, Father Hecker was one of those Fou rierite dreaniers. There were Emerson and Greeley, Thoreau and Hawthorne, and the divine Aspasia, Margaret Fuller, who all united together and attempted to live "in connintuity.". They talked :esthetics and reli gion of Nature ; and then, after the bubble burst, Hawthorne told outsiders the story in choice English—in his " Blitheclale" romance Long years have rolled around since that strange time; death has come to some of the little troupe, and world-wisdom to others ; and to Father Hecker the most curious change among them all—he is a Mission Priest in the Homan Catholic Church! It will be a great disappointment to the Paulist• father if, as-Father La.quez, 1e is "sent into the kitchen to wash dishes for a month.' Father Hecker is a high-spirited man, and he has done good service for the Church.. But if it is so, he must submit pati- flatly. As Uriall lit;ep sayr ! , .‘! Wel must all learn to be 'umble !" [For the Philadelphia EveaixtOlalletin.) A Little Afore About At. Mark% Espeei. ally the Music. . When people argue for , the Boy Choir and against the Quartette, they do it 'sometimes in the dark, forgetting that the fact of boys sing ing the treble does not do away atall with the necessity of the three, other portal—the alto, tenor and bass—being distinctly and 'firmly. supported. The quartette is really necmsary, for the proper rendering of any vocal musio, though some, we know, is, written for three or five voices. Also, the introduction of unison, or, more properly speaking, octave waves, is', cs.Ceetlingly grand ia effect, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. The Medical Students at the Almshouse. To the Editor: of . the Evening Bulletin: - It ap pears the young men of the University Medi cal College have not profited by the good lec ture they received through the columns of your paper, regarding their vulgar conduct towards the ladies of the Female Medical College above-Girard avenue. They have again commenced cutting ofitheir own noses. When they did not succeed in overthrowing the lady physicians, they now attack 'Rev. Father Matthew O'Brien, Chaplain to the Almshonse, by ordering him oil the hospital floors when any of them are around experi menting on patients. I have been awaiting an opportunity this long while tosee the good and amiable Father O'Brien, and learn something concerning his mission and difficulties at the Almshouse. I met him on his way home; Tuesday last, at a quarter to one P. M. " Good day, Father O'Brien." "Good day, said he, with a - pleasing smile. " This is a cold and snowy (lay." After exchanging a few words, I ques tioned him about his mission and appoint ment to the Almshouse. He commenced by , saying: On the 2:3d of April last Bishop Wood ap pointed me as chaplain to this institution. bince that time I have visited it every day, with very few exceptions, spending on an av erage four hours daily in administering to the sick, needy and dying. I have had many dif ficulties and insults to contend with from those young doctors, There is no mercy shown me at all. They order me around just the same as if I were a little school-boy study . ing-iinder them-- " My first difficulty occurred on the Nth of May last, when about to administer theVia ticum to a sick woman in the Surgical. A doctor entered 'and insultingly ordered me away. I obeyed. From that time up to the present I have had petty ones to contend with. Sometimes the doctors would send me a mes sage by one of the inmates, whenever they themselves bad not courage enough to face me.. This bits often been the ease. The visit ing physicians from the city always treat me with great respect. A few of those resident doctors wish to show their authority by order ing me around,. Of course I laugh at their ignorance and ill-breeding. " This morningl went to see a patient on this Men's Medical : who was very low, And a doe ter tif I may 'call him such) sent one of the as sistant nurses after me, the following order being delivered to him : Tell that fellow not to go through ;until ,'the doctors are gone' through.' !then went to other, parts, or the institution, and returned again' and aduaiiiisp.' tered extreme unction to the sick man. • = • " On the 7th 'of. June last 'three doctors got, Mr. Field, st, thardio, to pr emit the follesineg ANKE ERR WSTEIL specially when *ell filled in with a rich has molly on'the organ:' To write well in foot pad harmony is the teat of a musician. We May play,, and improvise, and .glire 'Way to feeling,as.a freer thought may suggiise:tiut the ".it is written" is the test. The mosid of the English Churdh , reqiiires the antiphon, the double quartette ; and the more there are after that, well practiced on each part; the better. The Churchill its beau tiful service unites all, requires all. The min ister alone.Attitil in England a real knowledge of chutch music is a necessary'part of a' cler-: gyman, education, especLdly in CatliedtaN— the cloth., andtthe - burst; praise 'from the great congregation. Beautiful symbol of the worship' above! Where, heavenly bat mony and order,, they reply to each other from the far outer circles of the xeddemed to the white-robed near the Altar and the Throne! Toe often are our eyes holden and our ears dull, and we cannot discern. And why are boys looked upon as' more fit ted for teachers of what we ought, to .love in church music? :'The ChriSt-child was a boy. He was found in the Temple. Boys are the coming men; and who can tell the far-reaohing .nfiuence of that good and faithful minister who dates his first love of Holy things to the time When he was a; choir-boy, and put on his little white sur plice, and passed into the chancel every even ing, at "the hour. Of prayer," to sing 'Praise the Lord, 0 my Soul! " Again, boys obey the organist. Ladies promise "obey" in another place, and find it very difficult. They must have music to suit the beautiful organ which God has given to them alone ; so that, generally speaking, 'when there is a fine woman's voice " engaged"- to " sing soprano," the music is not of so chaste nor strict nor devotional a style. We know such trials as: this occur— aside to the organist.: "Please let me sing such and such a. solo! r. So-and-so is come on purpose y to hear me V' What is an organist t do Can he resist the tone, and the stray curl, and the , waving fkather? Perhaps no realgift nor-talent should be , shut out of the Church, but brought in and sanctified by offer - Mg it in the service, of the " Giver of ,every good gift." ~ There May be some music , requiring the finish and the smoothness and compass of a cultivated woman's voice ; but there is enough for Our devotion, enough that is really grand"alid , geed, and far above most criticism, at St. Mark's. . There, indeed, it is lovely to see the boys, some so little, so innoeent-looking.", so . well-behaved, taldug their parts as little .ministers in the Church. It is, indeed, nd trifle for • them to go " through such music as Tlie Heavens are telling". and Happy and Blest," from Metidelssohn's Paul, both of which are difficult. And they are left alone,"too. They take care of them selves, andthey go straight through, not led 'by the, organ—showing that the organist kilows both how to teach and when to trust them. The proficiency of these boys per fectly does away with the idea that a boy choir levels music to a simple style. There is a time for simplicity in our Church. The Te, Ileum, the Anthem, the Tri. , tagion, the Gloria in are glorious)iynnis, calling out all the grandeur of thought of which a musician is capable ; but in other places in the service, simplicity. plainness, united with sound liar , mony andlervor, are the things desired. There are minds and ,teinauds in our church that must be satisfied. Attraction is needed. Some want preaching of a popular and soma tional style; some need music. The venerable organist of Old Trinity, New York, was once taken to task by the Rector for drawing shell erOwds iu the days of his power. '' Why, Doctor. .if k all wrong: they only come for the me! ie.' Alt very . was the charac teristic reply; " when they :.are there, you can fire at them as hard as you please." If a parish is in the hands of a sound teacher of the truth, no /hatter what attracts, the crowds are in the right way.' The organist of St. Mark's has done a noble work, and he has yet more to do. He is a most, skilful player of the true organ school—a man of genius and un tiring zeal ; and because, he has such a power to interpret, we ventured the remark upon his admissicin ~of music not strictly chinch-like as voluutaries. It is very easy, though, for one who is not a popular organist, and not up to him in ability, to make remarks upon one who has the power to do anything he is asked to do. His render ing of such organ parts as that of " Happy and Blest," by Mendelssolm, for instance, and that movement following " Zadok, the Priest," by Handel, are equally-masterly and exquisite. One thing more : Music is the voice of prayer as well as praise. Cannot it be heard in .the Litany? Who is responsible for the way in which the Litany is now rendered. and, by its condensing, is certainly bereft of the very idea of prayer ? We do not think it is the Organist. We know it is not the Rector, who has been much in England, and is especially true and well-grounded in authority for all that he teaches. Is it the Vestry? 'ls it the People? Will not the Organist please to show us the " right way ?" VELA. 'resolution before the'. Ward, which wasp adopted: . ' "Resolved, That clergymen and others visit ing the hospital 'and Arty other • parts, of the institution must not interfere with the doe tors, but must first 'report to the nurse. in charge, who will inform them of the. p,roper time for 'entering the same. And wUeli the physicians are on duty they are not alloy/CA to enter the wards unless by permission of the doctors in charge, who have control' of the same. The doors of the wards must be kept open during any religious services. Reporter—Do you observe that resolution? F,other O'Briev—P.Well, I do ; but it is next to an impossibility- tci' observe - nlways r be cause the doctors can make 'it their duty to have one aroundon bilsirleAs at all times,and exclude me. altogether front ,ministering the consolations of religion to , the , dying Catho lics. You ste, then, the liability of a great many Catholics dying - without the sacraments. If Mr. Field knew what onerous and multifa rious duties I have to . perform, he would not have offered that resolution ; but it is to his and their disgrace, for it shows and breathes a spirit of prejudice, bigotry and intolerance which is altogether unworthy of this nine teenth century." -- Reporter—"bid you acquaint Stetvard Hens say, Mr. Whital, or any of the Guardians, of these difficulties'?". leather O'Brien ---I did; but they did not pay .much attention to: me. Mr. Whital paid the most,and said the doctors should not interfere with me. Mr. Henszeygot off by saying I was the only priest that ever met with any oppo sitiontrom the doctors.. This I denied, for I could name those pries,who preceded me ; they, too, bad difficulties: The Guardian said he would fix things all right.: and so he did, by favoring the doctors. So that you see that every provision is Made for the doctors ;and none at all for the Catholic priest. If things are peruiitted to go on a little further; I Intend to raise my voice against the government of the institution in every church in the, city, and bring public opinion to bear upon doctors and guardians. .1 have three hundred thou sand Catholics to sustain me, so -I think f am able to meet twelve men and a handful of students." ,TUSTIT I A. DR. SCHOEPPE'S CASE. Statement of His Father, the Rev. F. Sehoeppe,litinistor of the Evangelical Lutheran Cionrch at Montreal, Canada. I have heard, with deep Indignation, of the atiacks which the enemies of my son, Dr. Paul Schoeppe, have.mado upon him and me, by publicly and privately misrepresenting the cause of my leaving Carlisle. In view of the grave consequences of the deliberate lie that I ; as the father of Dr. Paul Schoeppe, had left my own son to the mercy of his accusers, thus implying that I, too, deemed him guilty of the most heinous crime of which be is accused, I hereby solemnly and publicly declare all such accusations to be Ut terly false! I left Carlisle to accept the call of the Evan gelical Lutheran Congregation, Montreal, made to me before the trial, because I felt un able to discharge the duties of a Christian minister in a city where my son had been falsely convicted of a crime of which he is in, noeent. With regard to the will of Miss Steinnecke, I can only repeat the declaration made by me in writing about three months ago. to Judge Graham, in Carlisle, in response to his remarks about the genuineness of the will, remarks which were alike unwarranted and totally un worthy of an impartial judge: That Miss Steinnecke did, iii my presence, subsCribe her name to the document, and that 1, with my own hands. signed my name to it, without knowing at the time the contents of the will. This I declare for the vindication of truth and justice, and to repel all wicked and malicious slanden. F. SonoErcn, Evangelical Ltitheran Minister MONTREAL, 20th December,lB69, , . dMEBEMEIHTI . the evening of Monday, January :id, Max Maretzek will begin a season of twelve nights and two matinees of Italian 'opera. Miss Kellogg, Signor Lefrauc and 'a large company of singers and dancers will appear. The sale of tickets for the course will begin on Monday morning next, at Trumpler's music store. price is only fifteen dollars which is unusually cheap for fourteen performances. —Mrs. Drew will appear at the Arch this evening with her company in Iluckstone's comedy, Married Life; after which will be pre sented the drama entitled The Seven Clerks. To-morrow night Mrs. D. Wallace's drama tization of Lidle horrd will be presented: in superb style. with Mrs. Drew as " Mrs.. Clan nam," and Mrs. Wallace as "Little Dorrit." -At the Walnut, this evening, ;digs Bate man will appear in her great, personation of "Leah." and to4norrow night she will have a, benefit in that character. - —Miss Laura Keene gill' rePeat Patrke at the Chestnut this evening.' A matinee will be given on Christmas afternoon; when a first-rate bill will be presented. Miss Keene is ureparing a very attractive bill for the holiday season. —This eveuiug the famous Hanlon troupe of gymnasts , will appear at Ow Academy. of Music and give the tirSt of It series-of ; enter, tainments. The Hanlons are among the most celebrated acrobats in the world, and they promise several novel and wonderful feats at these entertainments. Mr. J. Levy, the famous cornet player, will appear every eve ning, and "Bob," au infant phenomenon, also wondrous things. —At the Americana new pantomime is being performed, and there is a miscellaneous assortment of ‘ first-class autuseineni; retailing. —Messrs. Carncros.s R Dicey will give another of their novel minstrel entertain ments at the Eleventh Street Opera House, this evening. —A very attractive bill is announced for this evening's performance at the Seventh Street Opera House. Mr. Frank Brower will appear in his amusing delineations. —Signor Blitz will give performances at the Assetribly,Buildings this evening and to-mor row afternoon. The Signor is making great preparations for his Christmas matinee, and promises to outdo all previous efforts. =The third performance of the series of Parlor Series will be given in the Amateur's Drawing Room, Seventeenth street, below Chestnut, this evening. Julius Eichberg's comic opera The .Doetor of Aka - Mara will be presented, with a cast including Madame Schimpf, Miss Poole, Mr. G. F. Bishop, Mr. W. W. Gilchrist,- Mr. H. R. Barnhurst, and Mr. Thomas a'Beeket, Jr. A verygood en tertainment may be expected. Tickets can be procured at Boner's, .No. 1102 Chestnut st. Coal in India. Some months ago I mentioned.the discovery of the large coal beds at Cbanda,between Hy derabad and the Central Provinces,but recom mended caution in receiving the somewhat extravagant estimates as to the value and ex tent of the deposit. The first trial of% the coal by the Great Indian .Peninsula Railway was most unfavorable,but subsequent experiments on that and the .East Indian line are more en couraging. As to quality, the assays by the Geological Survey confirm the locomotive re ports that the coal is nearly one-fourth worse than from . the Ranee-Gunge, and two-fifths worse than English. -Bony .is going on, and - Dr. Oldham' expects a better quality. The an ticipations °Utile survey as to, quantity are not 60 favorable. The formation belongs to the Damuda series, which, with a thickness of several thousand feet, and more than a hula dreg' beds of coal in - three groups near Cal eutta, thins out as it passes to the west, till at chandathe eoallbearingformation has not lig) test. : There the octal is confined to a few beds of great irregularity, near' the base of the se ries. But' the, deposits are of quite sttilieitut L. FETIIERSTO:' Ptiblisber. PRICE THREE CANTS. , , . . value to warrant the emastruction of a inane* railway. front Wurdalt .to . Chanda, rmd tau, mately flydprabad, through the Ow cottotv country ! ( lakttla prresponfiettep . London Time,q. . . PAM% ANO FANCIES. Cluciattneis Carob!. The children sung .a song this Chribtinalp morning, Mellow and olear,Ontside my chamber door,: Waking.me softly from my pleasant dreaming, unforgotteu Christmas days of yore: Sweetly they sung, my- neighbor's happy , children, Two merry girls and one glatbhearted boy, Repeating oft their song's rejoicing burden,;-•" "On Christmas morn the angels slug lot , Joy!" Sweetly they sung; but ah! their oheerfi.d.' Broke up my sotil's deep. founts of hidsiew woe;sr And pressing down my face against: the pij- t , ' low, I /et the hitter , torrent overllova Missing tho little child that warbled.softiy Two years ago to-day a song liker this, And when, the joyful melody was euticci t , fold up her sweet mouth for a ,(Thristnitas., see her little figure standing tiptoe; - To hang her dainty stocking oruth . e. sinlessheart !' perfect faith. of childhoodi, Believing everything and trusting all! • • Pr ace, aching heart 0 let me trust entirely:,, With faith and strength that nothing, eau, destroy, - • That my sweet baby is among the. angels, Who,on this Christmas MO rning,st ng tor joy . firrom MiteWs Living Age., Oars.. • , ' It chanced on a beau tftul summer night When the moon was yoting, when the stare, were bright; And the blossoms slept in the tender light, And dreamed of the zephyr's sighs; That a wondrous spell in our home was, wrought— Of hopes and fears and bewildering thought By a fairy flower that an angel brought - Froth the gardens of Paradise. The south wind fluttered its perfumed wings. And essayed the song that the bulbul sings; And the firefly sparkled in mystic rings, Like lainps at a fairy ball; • : The young leaveS . , whispering sweet swig low, In a tongue that only Dryad§ know; Made, love to the waves that danced below To the chant of the waterfall. The elond-ships lay in the far-off West, With their masts anti Spars and sails at rest, Orjloated along in an idle quest of some bright Elysian isle; And fairy gondolas here and there. Moved down the:dreams of the upper air; And moored their prows to the shadow stair Of some Gothic palace-pile. So the hOurs of that sunnier night were told, The starlight faded from river and WOK And morning, in garments of purple mud.. gold, Awakened the sleeping earth; But the cherub form, with its fi►ce so fair, Crowned With a glory of golden hair-:- Like the morning sunshine gleaming there= Still nestled beside our hearth. —Organ-grinders have re:appeared in 'Co lumbia, KU:, after an absence of nine years: —A Chicago sign math; • thus :—"Oposition. Dollar Store." Let us have more p.'s. —An .14;nglisliwoman has willed $1.0,000 to. Jefferson Davis.. —Strawberries are displayed in New Oi lcans markets. —Gold fringe on the opera cloak is con sidered bang-up. —Cleveland thieves add insult to injury and. scalp their victims. —SlaVionAki the Russian tenor, has a voice that reminds the critics of train oil. —.:TecaS is Sending cotton to mills in tlit in terior of Altsico. —Larnartine's ghost walks. It will be beg ging next. —The left side of the Empress of Russia is. completely paralysed. —Most of the German critics pronounce, Whittier the greateSt living American poet. ,-George Sand says she can'tionr work by fat more hours daily than she could at the be ginning of her "literary career. —Two sets of. teeth- have already cut Mrs__ Elkins, of Kentucky. In her eighty-first year she retaliates by cutting a new set for herself:. —A Mississippi-negro lately tried to outrun a locomotive.. He leaves a wife and three children in straitened circumstances, —The Bugmaster-General, of lowa, has vol.- lected :;0,0()0 hugs. He recently boarded two. weeks at a Chicago hotel. —Senator Sprague is watching for an oilkiiint: tunity to make a ten-hour speech on the eight hour law and the finances. —George Peabody is said ,to have be queathed to Mrs. John Wood, the actress, the Kan at £lO,OOO. —A western young lady has exacted an editorial apology for an error of one hundred pounds in a newspaper report of her weight -A southern paper suggests clean napkins to saloon-keepers in this way :—"Napkins can't be made to run a week without getting wearied." —Choy Chew, of California, has twenty-six generations of ancestors buried in his family• graveyard, and traces his genealogy back in an unbroken line for nineteen hundred years_ —They build log-houses in lowa with such regard far ventilation that a child recently rolled out of its bed and was found lying on t the ground outside the house. —Marfori is on bad terms with the rest of the courtiers of Queqn Isabella. They say that he has stolen so much money from Her ex - -Majesty that he has grown very wealthy, while they are so - poor that they have to bor row money from Jews at ruinous rates. —Francis Joseph returned in very poor health from the inauguration of the Suez Canal. Persons familiar with the habits of the Emperor of Austria assert that ho is much too fond of good Tokay.wine, and they even ,inti mate that his Imperial Majesty is frequently intoxicated. spite of `lsabella's denials, there can be no doubt whatever that she took the Spanish crown•diamonds with her- to'Paris,_ A Fran& - deteetive, who was en:lOl46A by General Prim for the purpose of ferreting out the manner in which .I%larfori disposed of the preciousjeweis for the benefit of Isabella, the Second, is said to have found out all about it, and to have sent Prim a complete list of the persons Who purchased them. In the second part of old Christopher Mar lowe's Tambrirlaine the tireat, Tambarlaine thus delivers himself : • • 6 ‘ And here, not far from Alexandria, Whereas the Terrene and the Red ea meet, Being distant leas than full one hundred. • I meant to leagues, eui,a Channel to them both, That men Might quickly' sail to India." e • • 4ct Y, Scene —Women in China are subjected to three • obediences . lat. Before • marrring, the daughter must, obev her parents.' • • 2d. After marriage Win' 'must obey her hue band. After the death of her husband. she Meat obey her eldest son. • 6u0,14 the tWhing of the Ghlueo . vp.", • . .":' , :'!..'i.. , ,: . '.. v,',,;;f‘.i
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