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,
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e 71 HR.
4trn 7:tS.: 'rotary.
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OFFICE. OF TE AltlVGDALOrb
mslisc ru MpANy OF LAKE SUPERIOR.,
:•11 WALNUT STREET.
Psn.AutLvitrA., 1),,rembf!r'..!'14.1..;9,
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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.
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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,
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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
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€? 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.
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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.
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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
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