CIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
V( LUME XXIII.-NO. 237.
EII/DING CARDS, INVITATIONS
for Partien, Sic., New styles. MASON k (10, 907
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MARRIED.
ELM S—PN.DtCE.—A t Cambridge, WKS, on the 10th
Net., 14 the Rev. lining hills. %Vinton' Rogers Nllid to
JiAAVI/ I/ tintlugtus,douttliter of Prof. lifllliallllll Peirce.
- Clf E.—At Plilladelphia, on the 11tli inatilfrs, N.
C. Bache. rellet of the late Alexander Dallas Bache,
(Wholtington papers please copy.)
DOLAN,—lnlmore on the 12th inot., Rev. James
I/ohm, faster of Ht. Patrick's Church, in the fifth year
of hie age.
'IL LER.—Stuldenly ,on Tueoday morning, nth inst,,
Charles Tiller, fir., in the Wit Ilyettr of hie age.
The relatives and his male ft tondo are respectfully In-
Nth 11. al fruit hit lattornl, trim his late res denee,B32
North Viltb street, on Patnrday morning. I.ttli inst. at
ll tieleek. Interment at South !ottrel 11111.
lIEst.oN & SI.)N W ILI, OPEN TODAY.
A/ 1 cans Black and Purple Figured De !Aloes, :t2c
1 rags Black and Mot, (ID. do. 2At.
1 ,ass Black and Lead Pla Id do, 22e,
3 cases Gray and Black Chint ass, 12,14,.
MOURNING PRY GOODS Ifol:SE,
N 0.916 CH ESTNCT STREET.
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1 - No LISA 11031I1AZINES.
3lv t rit , celied. OUP eltSe Black Ell/0101BOlnImrluell,
all qua , e n s j front :II AO to It:1 a yard.
IiEE,'IN A , SON-911 GINNING DRY GooDs
NO. 91i CHESTNUT STREET. itoi . ta
CRAPE D EPA RTM ENT. NOW IN
store. elm quality of
ENGLISH TRIMMING CRA PES,
ENGLISH VEIL CRAPES. 1.
Also
ENGLISH CRAPE VEILS
Of every quality and idre manufactured; . .
• BESSON k IION,
^Mourning Dry Goods House,
I 919 Chestnut stre , d. '
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1 REDUCED IN proem TO 01,08 E THEM.
LIGHT 811.1i8 /WU EVISNINiIt , k.
ASTRACIIANB, for the opera
HEST BLACK SILKS .1N TILE CITY.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
LI Mhos
NI MI ,2.1
4.14 Ulu!
JOHN WANAMAKER "°tl:
Chestnut Street
br I.t-r1
Establishment,
818 and 820
CITIESI
Chestnut Street.
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larc,itAtivv•
Jnia Inc
(t}`l:l :CE "UF - THE`lit LA:WA:IU: :
MeY MI:TrAI. SAFETY INSMIANCE COMPANY.
Ptimaur.t.rnta., January 11 I.Co.
At an liirction for Dir , 6ccon. had at this (Mice on the
d instant, tho tallow tug gentletuen were cb.w-n niseiye
the , nsuinr, year:
Thelma C. Hand, I W illiam 6. Boniton,
Iclwertt Darlington, Wallient C. Ludwig,
Jo••••ph It Se..l, ;Jacob P. JOLIeI,
Edmund A. Soudrr, J.}411144 P. E)re, •
7Leoph4lns Paulding, Henrte. Dallett, Jr.,
Ilugh Craig, John 1). Tailor,
John C Pavia, Nttwuli Larourc3 , l , ,
J anwe Itond,
I J* , :et
,lone.
one, Brooke, tleerge W. Bernanion,
Spencer .1.1 , :111 'Wilkins C. Houston, ,
Hem, $1,..3n, H. Frank
riatuuel E. Stoke*, O. T. Morgan. Pittanurgli,
Jalttilt Traqualr. John B. f4,takple, ,•-
Jatura If. )IcFarlAnci. A.B. Berger,
And at a rueeting of the Board of Diractura. held 01
Et' dueola). the I:[h
TIIO.MAS C. itAND, was unanimously re
J ti C. DA rIS, V ice Pre.d.l.rat.
II EN 111 - 1.1. LUCIUS', Secretary
111:NEY 1.34 L L , Aishaaat Seeret.try
PENN. MUTUAL LIFE IN41JI:-
NCE Y , CHEST:, UT stre.l.,
t ip, a.
At an el , vti,,ti beld at the 011ie , 3 oI the Company. on
3lentlay, tLe 3d instant, the fellel, tug named treutleuteu
vere!iub 'fruitert+ to fery ( ~ r three year, :
John G. Brenner. Benjamin Coate*, •
Itivhaird ,•Nt bold,
William P. Ilackvr, t .I.t_44ph It. Trotter,..
W illiam li. Kern. I J Atm.* Lustua.
Edward M. N.:edlei.
, A Id at an .4N...tion far ofticory of the C.,rnpany,
"I'n*nday th!ath. inatant. S.AMVEL C. EI 14 44 rluly
elyct..l EL E. STO ES, Vice Presi
clYnt ; JOHN W. BORNVIt, A . V. P. and Actuary, 4114
Jail 11. S. 251EPIIElcS,
UUNION NATIONAL., N: E.
. :CORNER. THIRD AND ARCIT. STILEETcL
PHILADELPHIA. JAIL nth.
At the :tunual elecHqu for Directors of this Bulk,
bad on •he 11th following; 1ia.1214(i pitltiernett
vet , duly eleetrd t,zerNu the eniuiug
Dar Esuit; 1 Augustin,.
Wm. H. Sowers, I Goo. W. Blutsou.
E. G. Roy ..tittusler, I John Peuf,,,
I. llinawuuyet:, U. F. titusligvr.
Itobt. P. 'Work.
And at a nueetiug of the hold tbiA DAV II)
'FAUST wa,f elected Prtsident ; \V. 11.
SOWERS. like-
Pre.l.ideut : P.A. KELLE Lt. t'sshier CILLAS.
.'.'elicitor, and E.ll. WILLIAMSON, Notary.
P. A. KELLER.
w dt eashivr.
Ic?NATIONAL BANE: OF THE
REPUBLIC. _ .
PUILA DELP/1 7 4. Jan. 14.1870.
At au election held on the 11th instant, the following
eentleinell were elected Oirectere for the enaning year:
William U. Rhawn. 'William Recker
A. I free* -Roy . . ll:harks L. Sharpie,
Howard Hindman, William R. Bement,
William ;11.1. rtcylert, Nathan Rifles.
Chorlce Richardson. Falwani B. Orue,
J . Barl9s Moorhead, ; John Welsh, Jr.,
Nathan Brooke.
itod at a meeting of the Board, bold tills day, WIL
LIAM It. lillAWa, 1841., was unanimottsly
!Alt of
CITE NATIONAL BANK.
Pu L.l. DEL PIMA, Jan. li,
s:t sn eb.Ctit.ll, held on the
.follev.ing , natuedstockholilerl were elected MEN:tor, ut
thin Bank :
Hughes,
Joslah K i:derbock,
John Baird.
Thetna.a..rotter, _
1), Walton,
Boyd Cuunuingw,
1. V. Willi :
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Anil lit it meeting of the Directors, this flay• WIL L., IA 41(
V. LLUt:ILES, liie , L., was uuauiulousl?• re-elected. Vreei
dela. B. ALBERT LEW LS,
jal I Sty Cashier.
igOFFICE OF TILE DELANTAILE
AND RARITAN CANAL AND CAMDEN AND
.:01: RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION
COMPANIES.
PItILA °MIXT!. , Jall. 6, 1970.
The holder's of the new scrip in the above Companies
are hereby notified that the tune for paying the last in-
Istalluient will expire February 10, ttl,e. At any time
lbefore that date it triaf be paid by those holding the re
teipts of RICHARD S. TRO DG Cashi sr. or If.
s'S coNavKit, Transfer Axent,to 31r, TROW BBIDG
mt his eines. who le authorized to receipt for the Sanyo ,
sun the back rf the receipt for first installment.
Jaltl-tfe9rp RICHARD STOCKTON, Treasurer.
13*ALAXANDER PRESBYTER/ AN
Church,
Nineteenth and Green 'streets. Preach
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ou next SABBATH, at o'clock A. 31. and
'cr clock P. by Boy.N. W. Conklirist, of New
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GIRAIW STIU
11 7:LEAPid RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED RATIN,
Departaiontli for Vadieto
.thithoomm from 6 A.. H. to 9 P. It.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
FARMERS' AND MECHANICS,
NATIONAL:BANK.
PHYLA DELPHIA r Jlllll.lll.Ty 14,1870.
At an election held on the 12th day of Januar), WO,
the following named Stockholdors wereoloctad DireiAore
of this Blink •
Edwin AI, Lewis,
John Aeliburet, .
Atftliony J, A Melo,
- Hermann A. Farnham,
Lindley t•ni)th,
Richard C. Dale,
, Thoman
And nt meeting of the
M. LEWIS, EaQ., wee unani
jal-I.tit
. CENTRAL N
PIM/0
At the annual election
following gentlemen were
Bank for the ensuing year :
George M. Trot' wean, !Samuel R. Shipley,
Charles Wheeler, David 11. Ervin,
John E. Graetf, charm* Smith,
John llfilnee. Matthew Baird,
Esherick, George S. Repplier.
Andrew Wheeler.
At a meeting of the Board held. THIS DAY, GEO.
11. TROUTMAN was nnattimously'rerelected President
and CHARLES WHEELER. Vice-President.
THEO. KITCHEN, Cashier.
paw oFFicE OF THE W BUTCH ER
STEEL WORKS, N 0.407 WALNUT street.
PIIILADVA:rIIIA, Jan. 10th, 1870.
At a n e of the Stockholders held this day, th •
following persons were elected •
mitEcronB:
Samuel Huston. I Edward W. °lark.
William Butcher, K. N. Rathbun awl
William Sellers,
HENRY P. nurTicit, Treasurer.
At a meeting of the Board. held this day. SA IttrEl,
HUSTON wed elected President, AV 14. , 111.:TW1ER Hu
periutendenti HENRY P. ItUTTE It. Secretary.
jail -tit" HENRY' P. RUTTER, Secretary.
k s r .N A T 0 N.A L BANK OF • Ttil r ..j
NORTIM:fi LIBERTIES.
PHILADELPHIA • Jan. IL IBM.
At the Annual Election for Directors, held the UM
illet. the following gentlemen were duly chosen to serve
the ensuing year :
Joseph Moore.
Joseph It. Myers. 3lichael Baker.
Chas. J.. Sutter. Israel Peterson.
}..Twit, 11. Fitter. I tverineton ,
Joshua Lippincott, Alexander M. Fox,
Jo.e.Ph Jacol.
.Imnes N. Straw; Charles Young.
'And at a me e ti ng o f the Beard, held to-day, JOSEPH
)1 1 / 1 1HE. Esq., was 1111:111111100 , 11' rl,tl,• c ted president.
-,31 (11 - 311 . 41 E RE, enoopr.
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• PIIIL.ILDELPUIA, Jan. 11.15...70.
At thr , loctiott bold on the Ilth ball. the following
g o o itf o er, wr ro olooted Directors of this Lank for the
• iisning soar •
Edword P.dlitehrll,lH. W. Gray.
N. Iturron ititiounel K. Ashton.'
Patti D. Keller.F. Hansen,
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Johti W nantaker. • 111cd.ert 11. Sterling. .
I'. H. thiltring, ;Robert Morris,
Tho,,, in. 0, Young.
And at a rt)...titrg of the Bpard.liPlil this dar.EDWARD
unanimously}re-eketed„Preriden t •
AS, T. MITCH ELL,EN., Solicitor, and EDMUND RA
w i rd ; E It .Notary.
A 1 4 ,313 • H, 0. YOUNG. Cashier.
U'FITE :1%1 A N UFA C T E S' NA-
T 1031.11. RANK.
PHILADELPHIA.JaII. 14.1870.
At the Annual Ehetlon for IHrettors of thn. Bank-held
January, I:th. the follouipe named gentlemen were
clot, .I , n:A to .erre th- ensuinz year :
Etumor Weaver,
Jahn ailhert. John C. Repplier.
!Iron Gelp-r, • IVm . A.
W. 1. l'rilinfirth. John.W.Motty.
Michael Mnyer.
And at n meeting of 60
.10111,AN. Jyt., um& limit.
.Its
A Noble Gift to New York.
From the N. V. Eveniug Post.l
Tlw public will learn with the liveliest in
terest and gratification that „a new public
library is to he founded in New York,. upon
a scale commensurate with the magnitude of
the intellectual wants of the largest city of
the United States.'
A bill was introduced in the Senate at Al
- tany, yet,terday. incorporating the Lenox
Library. which is to be a free gift to the city
by Mr. Jas. Letiox, of the Fifth avenue. The
munificent founder of this institution proposes,
it is said, to cOnvey, to trustees a block
of land somewhere between Seventy-second
and Seven6 - -sixth streets, opposite the Park,
as a site for the buikiing, audio give three
lomdrfid thousand dollars, or any larger stun
that may be needed, to erect it. In addition to
this, he will, it is said, hand over to the trus
tees his entire collection of statuary, paintings
and books, as a beginning for the library, and
he deekires that no 'further sums of money
shall be withheld that may be demanded to
make it the fluent library in the country.
Mr. Lenox bat been known for many years
as a zealous, liberal and mast intelligent col
lector of riceless volumes and rare works of
art, and his• private library is probably the'
most valuable in America. The sight of it has
leingbeen reg,arded by educated men visiting
New York as a great privilege. These trea s
sures, gathered titan the richest store-houses
of Europe, and all his,rarities of American
bibliography, for so many years gnarled with
ajealous eye and arranged upon his shelves
with a loving hand, are now it seems, to be
transferred to a library which shall belong to
thepeople. .
The Presbyterian Hospital, nosy iu course
of construction on Seventh street, at a cost of
on,erne million of dollars; another benefaction of
Mr. Lenox, furnishes at once a proof of the
comprehensive philanthropy of the man, and
the thoroughness at which he aims in his
charitable enterprises. . •
Chatterton
The London haqir Yor,s says : " Dr. Daniel
ilsOn's hook on Chaftertori, just - published,
is remarkable as being the first biography of
the marvellous boy, in which the house in
which he perished is correctly pointed out.
An examination of the old rate collector's
books of the parish of St. Andrew's Holborn,
for the year 1770. for which we are indebted
to a correspondent of the Athemittiii, has
Clearly demonstrated that s Mrs. Angell, the
saekruaker,' from whose house in Brook
street, Holborn. the poet's latlst letters were
dated, resided at No. al in that street, a few
doors from Holborn, on the left hand side.
is is an old red brick house which has
evidently undergone no important change
since the Bristol boy died by his own
hand in one of its garrets. Hitherto
every blographer,and even Mr. Peter Cunning
ham, that laborious literary antiquary, has,
for no reason that we know of, mentioned No.
4 as the residence of Mrs. Angell, a house
which has long ago disappeared. It is curious
that Mr. Phillips famous picture of Chatter
ton's death represents St. Paul's in the distance
through the garret window, which was a pos
sible thing from - the garret ofNo. :3P, but quite
impossible from that of No. 4, for Chatterton's
room, as we know, looked on to the street,
while the front windows of No. 4 must have
turned their backs on the city. The discovery
will save the artist from the reproach of a
blunder. It is also noticeable that Dr. Wilson
fully accepts,a.s indeed it would be difficult not
to do.the arguments which hare been advanced
to show that the very full and ,circumstantial
remit . of the Inquest on. Chatterton,_. which
cheated Dr. Maitland and ProfesSor Masson
into writing elaborate essays, is an impudent
forgery."
Petroleum items.
Anew well was struck on the Niagara . Oil
Comnany tract, Cherrytree run, a few days
ago. It is known as No. 16, and produces
sixteen barrels daily.
On the tract on Upper Cherry run, near the
Independent tract, formerly owned by a Chi
cago company, two new wells were recently
struck, each of which yields-seventy barrels
of green oil daily. One ot' them is owned by
Messrs. Hess and Dickey, and the other by -
Mr. H. Howell.
About a week ago Messrs. Baldwin and
Beechfield struck a flew thirty-fiye•barrel well
on Shaffer run, near Oil City.
The well recently struck on the Porter and
Bliss tract, West Pithele, is now reported to
be producing thirty to forty barrels daily.
On :Monday a new well W , struck on the.
Hancock farm, about two and a half miles
south of this city. It has been jumped for a
few hours, and has produced a little oil of a
dark green color.—fitusz•ille ',Herta, ./an.
,15t4.,
—Seven gentlemen were killed anti a hun
dred anti two were I.e verely - wounded in duels
Joritna IL Lippincott,
.1. Edward Farallon,
George W learr. Jr.,
Willi .mll. Woo I wdrd ,
Cliarded IL Hutchinioni,
Henri I'. Sloan.
hick:can.
>irecdorn Ws day. DWIN
imoualy raelectod Prosidunt.
ItUNIITON, Ja °Cashier.
TIONAL BANK.
Januny 14, 18 O.
held on the 11th
elected Directors or this
Board. held 'llls diy../ (1111 i
re•-elected PA'eei •
. Woo II WAR!),
CAehier.
Annexation Feeling on the island--Ap.
peal of Loper°. and Cabral to Con
gress—Opinions of the Prints—Letter
iron the English Vice-Consul Far
ringtota.
[dpectal Despatch to the New York Times.]
WAsatiNoTolv, Jan. Ei.—Later letters and
papers received here from St, Thomas and
Turk's - Island - give some - further. Interesting
particulars regarding the annexation feeling
and excitement on the Island of San Domingo.
Luperon and Cabral had fulminated another
proclamation, this time addressed specially to
the Washington Cabinet and the United, States
Senate. They deolare that the Cabinet is
laboring, under an error in believing that to
treat with Baez is to treat with the real power
of the country. They say
We reveal to the entire world, and especially
to the American people, the nullity of his act.
.The Dominican Senate, composed of mem
bers devoted soul and body to Baez, elected
under the pressure of bayonets, have not the
necessary power to ratify anything, they not
being the free representatives of the nation.
We bring these facts to the knowledge of the
American Senate, • who are called upon to
judge the act* of the Executive, and we
beseech the Efl-irnal to
,e nlighten the decisions
of this illustiious body ' so that they may dis
claim the conduct of General Baez by not
sanctioning his. acts.
It is instructive to add that this is but the
howl of defeated bandits. Cabral leis
.not an:
organized fellOwer, LUpairOli is practi
cally in exile. at Turk's Island. Et ti not gener
ally known, but it is nevertheless- trim, that
' Loperon was in eounrtiand of the pirate
Telegrato, which not overhauled,
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14;1870.
MORMONISM.
The Mormon Question in Congress and a
Probable Fight Over It---The Saints
Marshalling Their Forces--Elder
Burton to the Rescue--What
the Saints Propose to Do.
The New York Herald says:
' Elder Robert T. Burton, the leader of the
bloody crusade against the Morrisites, and
who rejoices in the possession of multifarious
offices in Utah, departed last week for the na
tional capital. It is said by those who ought
to know that the visit of Mr. Burton to Wash
ington has in it some connection with the six
bills upon the Mormon qution now awaiting
the action of Congress.
MORMON IBM DOOMED
Brigham young and his delegate Mr.
some Hooper, although anticipating aetion on
the part of Congress, did not expect the nu
merous and overwhelming efforts which have
been made by members to bring about a
speedy solution of the Mormon question.
Perhaps Mr. Hooper and his chief rested se
cure in the memory of past victories which
they had achieved over Congress, and ex
pected to gain future triumphs by virtue of
past operations. Events have demonstrated,
hoWever, that' if they entertained any 'such
hopes they have been grievously disappointed.
The failing health of Mr. Hooper has ren
dered him incapable of successfully cdmhat
ing, unaided and alone, the powerful influence
against Win. Hence the necessity of an effi
cient ally and the presence of Mr, Burton in
Washington.
THE CHAMPION OF 'TH7 MI (TB
Mr. Burton is a man of considerable shrewd
ness, and tact. As a major-general in the
Nauvoo legion be is well versed in a great
many new tactics, and members of foreign
legations will probably have an opportunity
afforded them for taking lessons in diplomatic
movements of a high order, if they will make
early application to the Mormon envoy from
the harem court of Brigham Young. • ,
Mr. Burton held the office of Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Territory of. 'Utah
under the administration of President Lincoln,
and he 'relies upon that circumstance to create
a favorable impression upon the minds of
friends of the deceased President in his favor.
He is also a man who has been tried and
trusted by Brigham Young, who, as a reward
for his fidelity, has advanced him to the high
offices which he now bolds in the Mormon
Church. Such a man is never sent upon an
"ordinary mission. Hiti services are too valu
able at home, especially during the existence
of,a schism which is shaking Brigham's
power to its foundation. The man
who led on the hosts of Zion with
titles and artillery to imbrue their hands in the
blood of a little handful of Morrisite dissent
ers, cannot be very well snared In such a mo
mentous crisis as. that .which threatens the
late of- hisi - superior, - To -be sure, a crisis- is
also pending at Washington; but the distin
guishing abilities of Major-General Burton,
would appear to better advantage and be
called into more useful requisition at home,
where he could appear at the bead of his le
gion, with cross in one hand, and a sword in
the other, to put down the vile heretics who
dare dispute the infallibility of .Brigham"
Young. Whether lie can snstain the ro?e
which he has assumed , at. Washington equally
as well, yet remains to be seen. What effect
the ellorts of himself and Mr. Hooper may
have upon the members can probably he bet
ter ascertained when the bills upon the .Mor
mon question are called up in committee •of
the whole.
SECONDARY EllialTS OF THE FAITH.
Of the Mormon missionaries who arrived
here from Emit Lake City, Henry McEwati
anti Samuel D. Sirrino still remain to edify
and instruct the saints. • A general feeling of
disconragment is felt by the missionaries at
the, poor success. which they, meet with in
Making converts. Much of this they attribute
to the- newspaper eorrspondence and reports.
They are particularly bitter against the Sun,
which they claim has • grossly misrepresented
them in many respects. They say that it is
not their fault if, through poverty, they are
compelled to meet in the , third story of a
building, with a liquor and oyster saloon
below.
THE MORMON MEETINGS.
' The baskets of oyster shells they regard as a
very good substitute for railings to prevent
people from going oft the' steps sideways on a
dark aid stormy night. But a. few strangers
attend their meetings, and they are. drawn
thither by a curiosity excited by the news
paper reports, to see how the Mormons look,
act and worship, without having to take a
hourney to Utah for that pupose. The elders
ave not yet been able to present a well au
thenticated case of conversion on the part of
these. visitors. It - is stated. that on
account of the extreme poverty of many
saints here a collection must be taken up
every Sunday to defray expenses and support
the poor. It seems rather carious to talk
about thopoyerty of the Mormons, when their
leaders_
are. - rolling in wealth and It in
Utah, through the means drawn . from these
poor saints'in the shape of tithing. As, how
ever, every one. will be governed by his own
notions in tins respect, it will be useless to
comment upon the subject further. The el
ders also deny that they are about to make
any extra efforts to propagate their doctrines'
by building places of worship.
WHAT THE " LIGHTS" EXPECT TO DO
..
They expect to accomplish more in a quiet,
unobtrusive way, through conversations and
standard. Mormon works, than by preaching
in public. In this there is wisdom; for the
sermons of many of them are quite unintelli
gible. They ramble from one subject to
another, never explaining any one thing so
that a person of even ordinary comprehension
can understand it. They never attempt to rea
son without falling short of the point which
they wish to make ; and logical deductions
are things entirely unknown to them. The at
tendon of many may have been excited by
their preaching to investigate their claims,but
no conversions ever followed as the results of
their so-called sermons.
RAN DOMINGO.
OUR WHOLE. COUNTRY.
an American brig, whose Captain, Joshua N.
Itotre, Esqs, was at the i tltate Department to
day to lay the facts before our Government.
The . Dominican authorities declared him a
•
pirate, and the Telegrafo was 'overhauled at
Tortola by the British authorities, and Lupe
ron escaped by deserting the vessel and leaving,
it to answer the charge of conspiracy.
The St. Thomas Times of December 29
makes the following observation on the San
,Dominos treaty:
The Americans eppear to have 'been led
into this Baez movement without first having
ascertained what are the sentiments of the,
people at large. In order to carry oat this
Santana project the United States will have
both to uphold Baez's Government and to
quell the revolution. What with these
troubles, and the dreadful unhealthiness of
Samana, it is to be feared that the purchase,
or lease, whichever it may be, will be a very
dear bargain, and much more so than the long
pending one of St. Thomas.
There is evidently some doubt about the
truth of the report received here that the
English Vice-Consul at Puerto Plata, Mr.
Farrington, bad engaged in efforts to foment
insurrectionary opposition to the annexation
project. In a letter received here to-day,
from which I am permitted to make the fol
lowing extract, he expresses a determination,
in case of the ratification of the treaties, to
apply to Her Majesty's Government for the
position of Vice-Consul at Samana, and then
speaks of annexation as follows :
" You may often wonder what the mass of the
people here say of the prospect - of seeing in .a
week or,two the American flag flying over the'
country. To'this I can reply, as I•feel myself
able to judge. The. majority of the better class,
I may say all, would only be too happy if it
were to-morrow. The country people care
for nothing but money. As to who governs
is of little importance. A lot of Govern
ment officials, who live by vales, would
rather object to the' •change, but a trip
to Russian America would settle that
matter. It fs generally believed that'
the change will be very soon. Therefore, it
is better not to disappoint them. Shoujd they
be kept in doubt, the party repulsed will in-.
tluence them and make them believe that
their condition will be worse if they permit
the Yankees to come. The old proverb is
true, Strike while the iron is hot.' There is
no better race of people living than the Do
minicans, and easier ruled, provided the lead
commands respect. I offer my opinion as I
offer my services. If in any way I can serve
you or the Government, l am always ready
and will do it with pleasure. •
" I am yours, &c.,
" TILEODORR FARRINGTON."
GEORGE PEABODY.
Preparation for the Arrival of the Remains
at Portland—Arrangements for the'
Funeral in the Native Town
of the, Deceased. •
PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 13, 1870.—There is still
a great degree of uncertainty' concerning the
arrival of the fleet , bearing the remains of
George Peabody. The arrangements for the
funeral, however,- are going on rapidly, and if
the fleet should arrive early next week—pro
bably the earliest time it can be reasonably
expected—everythinj will be in readiness for
the grand and impusidg ceremonies. Thepro
gramme agreed upon is elaborate, if fully
carried out willprove to be strikingly im
posing and
.peculiarlY impresive; but it is
possible that there May be a material change
made in it upon the arrival of Mr. Russell,'
who accompanies 'the remains of the distin
guished dead.
So far as the State of Maine is concerned,
Governor Chamberlain is at a loss to know
what course to pursue. He will not leave
Augusta until informed of the arrival of the'.
fleet. 'Upon starting for this city it is probable -,
that he will be escorted by the State Quiets,
and it is possible - that a battery cipartilleryand
a regiment of the State Militia will be ordered
to Portland. As has already been stated,
forty-eight hours will elapse after the arrival
of the remains before there will be any funeral
Ceremonies. During the otisequies in this
city business will be suspended. The
casket containing the remains of the de
ceased weighs - loetween eight hundred
and one thousand pounds, and as it
required twelve stout men to m place it on board.
the Monarch the saute numbT.r of men have
been selected here to remove it from on hoard
ship to the shore. The receptacle Containing
the remains is heavily lined with lead. " Upon
the completion of the ohsequim in this city the
remains will be placed upon a special train of
the Eastern Railroad and be taken directly to
Peabody. No stop will be made at Salem or
Beverly, as was originally proposed. . The.
Salem Cadets will perform escort duty; the
Boston Cadets: will accompany .Govertior -
Clatlin and stalf,and the Sutton Guard, of
Danvers will act as body guard to the re
mains while they rest in state at Institute Hall,
in the town of Peabody.
-The services at the church' iii Peabody, the
native town of deceased, will be very
brief and formal: -The pulpit will be occupied'
by all the clergymen of 'the town, and to each
one a part has been assigned. The Rev.lT:or.
Barbour, who was expected to deliver an
eluogistic address upon the memory of the
distinguished deceased, will make' a prayer
only, and the other clergymen will conduct the
services, which will consist , Of singing of
hymns anti reading of Scriptures. It has been
decided to make the services brief on account
of the inability of the church to accommodate
the people who are expected to be present.
the church will hold. only about eight
hundred persons/ and the number of
guests will cover that figure. The educational
institutions which have experienced the lib
erality of Mr: Peabody Will be represented at
the final obsequies by no less than four or five
hundred person.s, and these, with the local
committees, will prevent outsiders and even
the townspeople from gaining access to the
church, It is uncertain how long the corpse
will remain iu state in Peabody before it is
conveyed to its final resting-place, but a week
at least will elapse before dust returns to dust.
The funeral cortege will include 150 carriages,
hired especially for the occasion by the town.
The expense of decorating the hall and church
will be about $l,BOO.
The funeral decorations in the Institute
Building at Peab r y are unusually elegant and
impressive.
The funeral ear is to be eleven feet in
length, seven feet in width, and ten feet high.
This will be covered with - - black- velvet;
propriately festooned, and trimmed with sil
ver lace and fringe, studded with, stars: On
the top of this ear the casket containing- the
remains will rest. Underneath the casket will
be winged cherubs in silver: On each corner
an elaborate bronze vase, two feet six inches
high, eon - tuning burning incense. On the
front and back ends the coat-of-arms of the
deceased, and on one side the English and on
the opposite the American coat-of-arms" in
gold. On each corner the znpnogrant of the
deceased in silver. incloso with laurel
wreaths. The, car win be drawn by sixhorses,
covered with , black housings
. trirnmed with
silver._ -
The church •where the services are to be
held is to be dressed in mourning Outside and
inside, as. is' the .house which was the birth
place of the lamented dead, on Washington
street, the Warren. Bank - Wilding, the resi
dence of A: A. Abbott; President_ of the
trustees, the • Lexington Monument &c.; all
by Mr. Roeth, trona : original and , unique do,
—A Parrott shell, one of cf
was found the other day lodged between two
buildings in Cluirleitton, S. C. A tiro nearly
destroyettone of thii buildings, but toititilately
dill not reach the unexploded diet};'
AIknIISEME NTS.
ITALIAN OPERA AT THE' ACAUEM
. .
Alarge audience was attracted to the Aca
demy last evening, for the first representation
of 'an Italian. opera butta by a composer
flamed De Ferrari, whose name and music
have hitherto been unknown, here. It is called
Pipele, after one of Ithe principal characters,
and the story is borrowed from Eugflne Sue.
It is scarcely worth while, to analyze . either,
the_protor the music, for both are of the
lightest character. But as Played last even . -
ing, Pipele is a very enjoyable opera. Miss
Kellogg, who is looking and singing bettor
than ever, has a part thatsuits her admirably,
and she sings the graceful, florid music as
signed to her as well as any one could desire.
She was heartily applauded; and, in a
brilliant air, Spanish in form, belonging to the
masked ball scene in the second act, she was
encored. The other female character, " Mad
dalena," was quite well supported by Mlle.
Land. The tenor part of " Carlo," aasigned to
Signor Massimiliaui, is not important, and
one of his scenes was omitted. £he part of
"Cabrion," a jolly ' mischievous'artist, was ad
mirably filled by Signor Reyna; who sane and
titled with the utmost vivacity and cleVerness,
fairly sharing the chief honors .of the piece
with Signor Bonconi, who took the part of
!!Pipelii." This is one of the best pieces of
comic acting that this consummate comedian
has Yet given here, and even if the other parts
were not as well sustained as they are, the
opera would be worth going to
i
see for the .sake of his niMi
tably droll acting, coMbined, with his excel
lent, musician-like singing. BLit till he does,
be it comic or serious,' is, even in these days
of the decay of his voice, worthy of admira
tion, and of study and imitation among those
who are younger , on the stage. His genius
will last, even when his singing powers are
wholly gone. Several situations in this pleas
ant little, opera of Pixie afford 'him opportu
nities for his best comic powers. The Music
of the opera is not pretentious, but it is al
ways agreeable, and quite well adapted to the
story and Its characters, This evening 11 Tro
vatore is to be repeated, with the fine cast that
made such a sensation on the opening night,
Signor Lisfranc taking the part of " Maurice."
To-morrow afternoon Linda is announced,
with Miss Kelloggand Ronconi in the cast.
On Monday evening Massaniello will be given,
Lefranc beihg the hero. We can well believe
that he is magnificent in this part.
—Miss Laura Keene will have a farewell
benefit, this' evening, at the Chestnut Street
Theatre, prior to her departure. to fulfil a three
weeks' engagement in Washington. The bill
contains three good plays—ls Nie Mod the
comedy _Alatrinion.y, and the farce The Actrem
by .Doylight. We sincerely hope that this
benefit may really be beneficial in a pecuniary
sense. Miss Keene deserves well of this cone-
munitv. She has made the Chesnut a first
class theatre, and presented during the season
a series of entertamments 'of which she has a,
right to be proud. To-morrow 'afternoon she
will appear in School, On Monday, Susan
Galion and 'her compaby will begin a brief
season of English comic opera.
—At the Walnut this evening the military
drama, Not Guilty, will be repeated. This
play has proved an immense success.. There
will be a matinee to-morrow.
—Little Em'ly will be repeated at, the Arch,
this evening, with a great cast and beautiful
scenic effects. In Many respects the entertain
mentis one of the most delightful ever given
in this city. A matinee will be given to
morrow.
-The AmOriean Theatre °fiefs a first-rate
bill for this evening. M. Gibbons the famous
gymnast will appear and will perform novel
and wonderful - teats, such, for instance, as
walking upon the ceiling with his bead down
wartLs, and there will be,besides,balle,t singing,
farce, burlesque, and performances by trained
dogs. Matinee to-morrow.
—Messrs. Carncross Discv announce an
attractive entertainment at the Eleventh Street
Opera House this evening. A nnmber of
.novelties will be produced.
• —3lft , sin. Duprez & Benedict. proprietors
of the Seventh Street Opera House, will give
an entertainment of more than usual excel
lence this evening. Their bill includes pan
tomimes, farce, negro delineations, vocal and ;
instrumental music, and a multitude of good'
things beside.
—Signor Blitz, with his son Theodore,'will
indulge in magic and legerdemain at /Amain
lily Buildings to-night and on / Saturday
afternoon.
011 Tuesday evening next,/at Concert
Hall, a literary entertainment and concert will
be given for the benefit of Mr. Robert Ren
shaw, the editor of the programmatic sheet,
The Orchestra. A nutaber of well-known
musicians will participate, among them Mrs.
Josephine Schimpf; Mr. George F. Bishop
and Mr. Jean Louis. Mr. Rufus Adams and
Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie will give recitations.
The entertainment promises to be first rate,
and as Mr...Renshaw is a very worthy young
gentleman', we hope he will have a crowded
house. ,The musical selections are of the best
character. '
A Question Coneerising the Fire Depisrt.
meat.
Mr. W. F. Smith, member of Select Council
from the Twenty-Second Ward, has sent us
the following letter, addressed to . him by a
citizen, with permission to publish it:
WEST PHILADELPHIA, Dee. Is6O. Wm.
F. ,:ntith. .Esq.—DEAR Sin: I wish you suc
cess in your effort to give us a Paid Fire De
partment. However, before buying or rent
ing the apparatus and property of the present
adherents of the fire department, it would be
a.s well to examine their title to the ounierahip
of the same. Not being a lawyer, and never
having read the charter of a tire company, I
may have no foundation for the ground which
I take in regard to the department. But I
send you my views for what they are worth.
int--The money to buy the apparatus and
property has been siibeenhed and collected,
not with a view to naak - ing an investment (as
building a railroad), -but simply' for the be
nevolent purpose of saving lite and property.
•Set.olift —The members of any company are
simply so many volunteer trustees to carry out
the object for which the company was formed,
and have no individual ownership in any of
the property.
Third—lf these " trustees" are found irre
sponsible, reckless or unfaithful, has not the
.Court or the Legislature power to transfer the
custody of the property to new trustees, who
will be bound up to a better administration of
the same
Fin/ dlo,-The only way justice can he done
in. dividing or paying a rent on the accurnur
sated property is to pro rate the amount to
every contributor, Whetherthe contribution.
was SI,COO or 10 cents, and whether it was
made one year or one hundred years since—it
being manifestly unjust to divide the amount
among only the present members of the com
pany.
The suggestions I make above I think. will
bear looking into. A middle course
will be for the city to pay the present
members whatever, they had individually
subscribed to the permanent fund: Their an—
nual. dues ought not to be taken into , account,
as they got their worth out of, them, in their
social reunions, visits, processions, etc. .1,
would be the last man to adVocate the doctrine
of taking private property without due cora
pensadon ;. but I look on the fire prOperty as
public property Which requires a change: . of
administrators. - •
—An inmate of the St. Louis Insane Asylum
Offers to cement the Union of 'these States by
what he calls a national marriage. That is, be
will marry a widow or orphan from each of
the States, to be seleeted by the governors.
4s he,however, insists upon marrying thirty
other Wives of. his own choosing, objection
may be made to his scheme.
E L.NETHERSTON. Publisher.
PRICE THREE GENTS.
FA.CTN AND F4NCI*9.
—Natali Testa. the coneralto, is singing at
the Madrid opera. Tamberlik is there also.
—Petrella's new opera, I Prontent 44posi, has
had a very brilliant success at Tiffin . .
—An Oswego'court has decided that shaving
on Sunday is not a work of necessity.
—'The Pneumatic Transit Co. in New York
Will give no free blows.—,l!:.r.,
• —The King of Bavaria, they say in Munichtried to commit suicide the other.day:
—General Prim has deposited• one hundtisk
thousand pounds in the Bank of England. ' )
—The Empress klugbnie owes Davao-Hausa
mann six or seven million francs.
—Antonucci, the basso, has left London for
Madrid, where he has an , engagement forlkei
winter.
—Thomas's opera, Mignon, has beett , .pros
diced at Berlin before the King and Queen of
Prusaia, with Lucca as the leading einger."
—Eggs inAugusta, Ga., are only sixpenee it
dozen.. But where is the jolly little ciroalating
medium to come from'.'
—At the sale of a library in Ghent, a fent
days ago, the first edition of "Esther," '
Racine, Paris, 1089, was gold for 1,059 f. •
—San Francisco has a scamp who cuts up
oil paintings in public galleries. He isn't a
critic; he does it with a knife.
—St. Louis is getting up a "B 7 iss]s~i
YalleyWorld'sFaiy-Association," withlllook,
000 capital. " •
—Excursionk to Egypt, the Suez Canal and'
Palestine, in 40 days, are advertised in Ent;
land, for 100 guinea.% • •
—Cloverport, Ky.,. has a theatre,. the cots.,
pany playin g at which announces a prospec s
live ",tour in the provineek."
—The rebuilding of the opera-house in Dfiek=
den, which burned down some time ago, will
cost upward of five hundred thousand dollars.
—Dr. Nelaton Says that tiding on. horseback
for more than fifteen minutes may, lead to the
sudden death of' the Emperor Napoleon.
San Francisco reporter, in the process
of interviewing a menagerie the other day„,
offered a peanut to a eirmanion bear, who im
mediately chewed his hand into sausage meat - '
—Tho Poles arrested on charges of cianspi-'•
racy'against the Bastian Government receiver
no food but bread and water until they are
tried by military commissions. •
—The Prince Imperial won't stiidyGerinan.
He probably, fears that if he did he would sbn
forced to try to learn something about the
Schleswig-Holatelti question.
—Seven thousand men and *omen applied
for tickets of admission to the Troptnann trial,
at the Assize Court, in Paris: Only one hu*..
dred of them were successful.
—Victorien Sardon. the French dramathst,„
bag made two million francs since 1853; by'
writing plays. His Benoilon Fantily netted
him over three hundred thousand franca.
—lt is all a mistake that Marin . .poistined
himself for grief' at the lbas of Grist: He has'
resumed his duties at the ItOlian opera ins.%
Petersburg. but will retire fro th the stags after,be has fultille lan engagement in London the '.
coming season. ,
—From the following, which is a challenge,
it will be seen that there is some prospect of tv
duel: The scene is laid in Patoka, Indiana:—
"Mr. Leroy ChurCh', Sir—l think that Sr co ta
(lid me a great imittry By :Muting the.doov on
rise yesterday Sir I think My Self far a hove.
you and you want satisfaction you will please
to Meet •on Same Grounds with your pistol'
John B. Vannery."
ECIIOES FI:011 THE PfArLINAILDS, •
[Trauolated from our foreign filen.l ,
—There arc such drollprofestlions in Paris!
A journalist met on/the boulevards ats, un
successful school comrade. " What are' you
doing now?"
"My dear Celle*, I am a taineer."
" What is that, a tnineer
"0 yes, you know in
,the chorus og Lek ;
Dome BlnirMe, • The mountaineers, the moun
taineemassemble ' the others sing moan ; and
I answer taincers ! Ten 801.1.4 per nights and
the/spectacle besides+. You know, how
alWays loved opera comipte !" ' ' •
—There, is talk of mounting the opera 'Of'
Charles vI. at the Grand Opera. This 091314 i
position has not been authorized Ity,tn(i .i
censorship since 1848. • Why ?
Because, perhaps, it contains the .larnott3 , '
refrain, Jantais Ca, France .'
" 'Gainst tyrants we war, In France never s(
more,
Never in France the English shall reign!"
No, no, no, nb ! It is only became the.:
scenery was burnt tip once.
Those . unfortunate scenes ! Rochefort, or
somel,taly, would meein to put There oat.
--When Rochefort was clerk in 'the Holier
de Ville, he wrote detestably : He recetreduu
imperative order to take wnting lessons. !" Yon ,
spell, but you don'tform your letters,"sairt
second ofticer of the Prefect of the Seine in
dismissing him. A week afterward.sthis ts , pres
tary receives! a beautifully written line, of
which the following is an English imitation:
"Missed ersecritterryjenneral; eye hay burnt
two male mi laerz ; butt i hay compleatlet 4
faurgotn mi awrthoggratly. RatTnEetrAtray.
fEra Fit ! !)"
—A marriage. in the Imperial family is on
the lapis. The name of the bride is notart-%.
nounced. That of the groom is Jock°e.
Emperor's minister of justice and the
Empress's new monkey took office about thd
same time. Immediately there was offered on
the boulevards - a toy representing a peen..
monkey with the head of 011ivier. The play
thing received a wild success and a quick in
junction. It is not known whether the corn
plaint was entered by the minister or the.
other. •
—A writer is accused of plagiarism:
" It is false. Everyman has his own tongue,
and I will leave it for the envious to compare
my accent with that of other authors. Any
how, I am free to speak in my own defence to
all comers. /don't carry my tongue in my
pocket.'
"No. It is always in those of others."
—ln the large dry-goods establishments the
clerks now pass a watchword on the entrance
of a certain cuss of customers. The phrase is,
simple : on ten. This means, Keep . your
tiro eyes on her ten fingers r,
—Extract from Figctro Sinee the Council,
one of those _American ladies who visit the re
ceptions of the Pope in order to get chaplets,
blessed for their servant-girls, put in an ap
pearance. She procured a blessing on her arms
and trust, all hung with holy head-work.
" "Is that all?" patiently asked the Holy
Father:
" Your Holiness's photoaraph, please," said..
the lady; who by-the-by was a protestant.
Here it is. What will you have beside?'
'Tour dame at the bottom of the collodion;'`'
Pius. IX. hesitated : it lectimo,pos cn ; but hies
offers it all to Cod," and resignedly'sigas the,
colledion."—" Have you anything else to
I ask?"
" Oh. Holy leather. give me the pen Whiall.
has touched your portrait!"
This time Saint Peter's patience Called him.
Wait, =clothe, take the penholc.'r and
inkstand r
The pretty American wraps all togither In -
an old newspaper, opens her traveling-Mg.
snaps it on her booty, and retires wiahagroce- ' •
ful courtesy.
—Emile de Girardin once, charnted. WWI,
speech of Priidhon's, wrote to solicit a VW*
from the publicist. "Come at fear," said. 111.
Any body would have interpreted it. four in the
afternoon. But Brudlion know .bette4atutat
four o'clock of a dark and, chilly winter'e,,
morningpenetrated into the study of Girardfa:'"
whom be found plunged to the: eyes in work
by the light of severale4miles. me .IpAterwAlV
yy delighted with the' correct interpretation of
1. his missive, and exolaimed, graspingthegieat '
'man's band: ".Anybody weal know yuctl,l44l.:z
been ajourigdi§tr
>l.