GEM PEACOCK. Editor. AVEDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS VT for Portico, ire. New atTleo. ItfACON & CO., 907 Obeiitmit street. do3Ofmw 'WEDDING INTITATIONI3 --7— EN: DUCT. ed In OhneerlliZt and l"trai, s'irch r ieVn i nt street.• tede tf MARRIED. ELLIOTT-+-ZERll.Elf.—itt rottAville t on tbo2Oth ut tho roxidence of tho bride'm father, by Bor. L. If. Othmon, Mr. (Wales D. B.lltott, of }tending , to Moo Maw. daughter of W. M. Zerboy, Esq., of rotto villo. HANDS Alexandria, Va., January folth, WO, by the Rev. C. Ryland, the Rev. Meaty J, Bandy, of Spartanburg, S. C. to Mariana, second daughter of the late Paymaster Wm. Spelden, fl. 0. N. BAYEN—TIIOATAB.—On Thnreday,2ol.ll ins , by, the Bey. George Strobel, Edward M. Sayan to Annie,dansh ter of John Thomas. all of this city. ' • SOMAXPPER—FICKEY.—In Baltimore, ott the lath inst., by the Rev. Dr., Jobn Mc(ron, William G. Schaef fer (formerly of Philadelphia), to Mollie J. Lyon, daughter of 'Frederick Hickey, - TOLSON—SPEWEN.—At Alexandria, Va., January flOth. 1370. by the Rev. C. H. Ryland, E. Lawrence Tel soll. of Alexandria Va., to Ada Roaanna, youngest daughter of the late PaynoteterVim. Spelden, U. 13-.. N WENDELL PHILLIPS, January3l. Subject Ti Queations of To-morrow. PETROLEUM V. NASI3)I (D. R. Locke), .February 3. Subject—The Lords of Creation. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Februarf 1 . • Subject—Social Life in America. Rev. E.II. Cif A PIN, D. D., February Subject—The Roll of honor. CEO. P; M, CURTIS, February 24. Subject—Our National Folly The Civil Serviee. Prof. RODERT H. ROGERS, February 28. - Subject--Chemical it In Nature and the Arts. BAYARD TAYLOR, March 3. DIED. Subject—Reform and Art. CHOUTEAII.—In St. Louis, on Tuesday, JanuarYlB, übject—French Folks at Home. JOHN G. SAXE,llfarch 21. of consumption. Pierre Sylvester Chouteau, only son of the tato Col Auguste P. Clionteau aged 20 years: Prof. HENRY MORTON, Much 21 . GU MME it E.—ln Burlington. 14. T., on the 18th inst., Subject — Solar &lieges. Martha M. Gummere. wife of William Gummere, and , ANNA H. .D ICKINSON , APrli 7. daughter of the late William U, Merria,in the 44th yoar Subject—Down Bream', of her age. , The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, froth the residence of her tenSCALE OF PRlCES.—Aduilesion to each Lecture .90 ts Reserved Seam to each . Lecture,7s cents; Re husband, on Seventh-day afternoon, the 2741 inst., at 3 served Ticket.) for the Series of Ten Lectures, Oa. o'clock. The opening sale of reserved season tickets will cora- JAMES.—In West Cheater, on the 19th inst., of con• mence on THURSDAY MORNING, January 20, at gumption, Sandhi E., wife of Wm. L. alma, in the 80th 9 o'clork,at Gorild's Piano R00nm,N0.923 Chestnut street, yent of her age. „, and•will be 'continued until the end of the present week, Funeral from the raridence of her husband , No. after which no more season wh ets will be sold. West Market street, We'et Cheater, on Saturday, 224 Just., at 2 o'clock P. Y. Relatives and friends are in- ' The sale of reserved seats to altv-of the single lectures rite(' to attend. without farther notice. • will begin on MONDAY MORNING, Jan. 24. ja2o-tf 'McOOßMlCE.—ltillarriativirg.on the morning of the 39th inst., James McCormick, in the 69th a ear of his age. SHOEMAKER.—On Fifth day,33h inst., in the 37th year of his age, Richard M. Shoemaker. Friends and relatives are invited to attend the fu neral, from his late residence, in Cheltenham township . Montgomery county, on riecond•day, the 24th hut., at 10 o'clock A. It. Carriage& will be in waiting at York Road Station. CO meet the train leaving the city at 9- 49 .” TUNNY:R.—On the nun-ring of the 20th inst.. Willie Stanton only coo of Dr. Chas. P. and Julia M. Turner, In eighth pen , of hie age. VAC x.--on Iltth-day Dumping, First Month , 20 . 1879 . Elim . Vane widow of the late George Yana, egiy4 SO years. WARD - - 0 n tile morning of. the 19th instant, Anna Marco: eldest daughter of Margaret and the late John , .I),Ward, The relativia and (Tirade are invited to attend the fa neral.fri,nt iho reableive., of her usetber.lo9liouth Twen tieth street. on Saturday taartaug. at 9 o'clock. • It BEss4)N & SON,' NO. 918 CHESTNUT street. receired today -5 cases W,hito Ground Spring Chintzes, 12!:i• cents. I case Black and White Chintzes, 12/1, cents. I case Black arid Whit* Helaine*, 22 cents . 1 case Black and Purple Belainie, 21 cents. 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SEYFEIIT and FREDERIC A. HOY T, were duly elected Directors of this Bank. •- • . At a mooting of the Board of Directors, et held this day, BENJ. ROWLAND, Jr., was elected Presid n , and WM. H. RHAWN, Vice Presdent. Arrangements have been made for consolidating and uniting this bank with the National Bank of the Re public. of rhilmielphis ; and for this purpose the Na tional Bachange Bark will, aa a separate association, go into liquidation at the close of business on the 15th in atant, in accordance with a vote of the litockholders and a resolution of the Board of Directors ; and it assets, Looks and accounts having been assigned to the Na tional Bank of the Republic, they will be removed to its banking-house at 809 and' 81 . 1 Chestnut 'greet, where the affai rs of tide Bunk in liquidation will be conducted by the National Bank of the Republic, after the 15th inst. Cheeks drawn upon the National Exchange Bank against balances remaining to the credit of its depositors, after the 15th instant, will be paid at the National Bank of the Republic. The resignation of JOIIN W. GILBOUGH, as Cashier of this Bank, hab been accepted, to take effect on and after the 15th instant. By order of 'the Board of Directors. • , B. ROWLAND, Jr., President. jals 6t 1.0 W. 11. RHAWN, Vice President ANNIVERSARY OF 'THE MER CHANTS' FUND.—The sixteenth anniversary of the Merchants' Fund will be celebrated at the ACADEMY OF MUSIC, On WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feb. 2, at H 6 o'clock. The annualroport of the Board of Managers will be road, and addressee will be delivered. Hon. WILLIAM STRONG, Rev. J. L. WITHEROW, , lion. JAMES R. LUDLOW, • GEORGE 11. STUART, Esq. The orCliestra will, be under the direction of MARK HASSLER. Cards of admission maY be had gratitously, by early application at S. E: corner Third and Walnut streets, No. 110 North Delaware avenue, No 616 Market street, No. 61 South Fourth street, or of either of the following committee WILLIAM C. LUDWIG, JAMES C. HAND, . A. J. DERBYSHIRE, THOMAS C. HAND, juntfe2rp JAMES B. McFARLAND, Committee of Arrangements. tut. OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL AND CAMDENAND A.MBOY • RAILROAD AND :TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES., ~ • , • • • rumiDELPMA, Jan. 6, 1870. The holders of the new scrip in the above Companies are hereby notified that the time for paying the last in stallment will expire February 10, 1870. At any Ohm before that date it may be paid by those holding. the re ceipts of RICHARD 13. TROWBRIDGE, Cashier or F. 8. CONOVER, Transfer Agent,to Mr. TROWBRIDGE, , at his office, who is authorized' to receipt for tho same , on the bock rf the receipt for first installment. jalo-tfeerp RICHARD STOCKTON, Trotuntror. ------- - (us ! 1109 GIRARD STREET ILTDaled DUBBIAN AND PDRiDISIND BATAt3p oparttnents f Lodi Motto opott fron Dt A, N., to 9P, " • .' - ',O ) 4 4'' I'' ' ' r. ... . . . , , i, ' ' "• H , .' ' ''' ' 7 '' ' ' ' ' , • ' : 0 ° , '' • I , _ Clothing Just now lees than SrECIAL NOT/Val. jr - I ACADEMY OP MUSIC THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES. Second and Lind bars Sate but One or Season Tickets r To the Second Seriee. ORDER or nn LF:CTURES. IRISH BARDS AND BALLADS. At the request of the followingtilstingulehed gen *snap, CHARLES . W. BROOKE, Esq., % EDNESDAV EVENING, Jan. M,1 1 170, Iterat hi" successful Lecture, 1111 SH BARDS AND BALLADS. AT CONC ENT If ALL: 11 on .M. M. Paxson. I lion. 11. H. Drowsier, Iles. Jain/ 6 E. Ludlow, BOIL James Campbell Wm. S. Peirce, I Daniel DoughertY, Furman Sheppard. 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Covert's News Stand, Continental Motel ; .. C. W. A. Trurnpler's, Chestnut street ;W. If. Boner s, 1102 chestnut street' J. L. arucrosa 6: C0., , 4 no. 6 North Eighth street ; M cGrath 'sßook Store, 1030 Chestnut, and at the,Hall oaths ovenlng ot the Lecture. lt PHILADELPHIA. DISPENSARY.— At the annual meeting Of contributors to this in- Ostution. held on the 3d Inst., the following nam:d gentlemen were chosen Managers for the ensuing year: Wm. F. Criffitta. John M. Whitall, Henry J. Morton. D. D., John C Browne. John Parntins, Charles Ellis. George 8. Wood, M. D., Joseph P. Smith. D. Clark Wharton, Thomas Wistar, M. D.. T. Whiter Breen. I Wm. Hacker. The Board of Managers attrannbled at their Chamber', 'l= tionth Fifth street on the 'l9th inst., and chose WILLIAM V. ORIFFITTB their President and Dr. THOMAS WIBTAR Secretary. The followinn officers were than electeA; Treasurer—Das id Scull . Jr. . . . Attending Physitians and Surgeons—Dr. George B Dui:min. Dr. Horace William, ' Dr, John Ei..Nowion Dr. John S. Parry, Dr.. James 31arko”, Dr. Wm. Wal Match* Physicians—Dr. Edward 'A. filiaoner, Dr Bartels Williams. Systeons of the Eye mid Depariontnillr. Geo. C. Strawbridge. Dr. J. F. Weightman. Conlultrnn Phyricians and Surgenni—Dr. Ranh' L. Hodge. Dr George W. Norris, Dr. William W. Gerhard, Dr. S. 'fatten. - - „ . Relidentl'hysirinn--15r. Ethiard Maris. Assinant Physician—Dr. Robert 11. Chase. Aratheraty—Joseph P. Nichols. it . . TIIOAI4B,WLSTA_R i Secretary. NOTICE.-TFrE DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL COMPANY AND THE CA DEMAND AlitHOY RAILROAD :AND TRANS- POBBBBBRTATION C'ObIPANY. - - On and after February let, lel7o, the Stockholders of the above Companies, of Jannary 15th, 1870, are entitled to a dividend of Five (5) per cent.,payable at 111 Liberty atreet t liew: York, or MulSouth TRYNTON,iti. ~January jalB 12trri RICIIARD STOCKTON, Treaktier. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGH- U IVATS.OFFICTE OF emu. COMMISSIONER, No. Mt SOUTH, FIFTH STREET. • PHILADELPHIA...Jan. 13th, IMO. Notice is hereby given that the annual Sewer Rants, aow due the city, are - payable at this office (less 5 per cent.) until April let. 1870. Office hours from 9 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock P. M. la2l fm w 3trp J. G. DIXON, Liceni,e Clerk. IWHIGH SCHOOL ALUMNL—A speciel meeting of the Association will be held at the Lecture Room of the High School bnilding, on- SATURDAY EVENING, Jannary ls7o. on business of great importance. Members are earnestly invited to attend. • By order of the Board of Managers, ja2o-3trP SPECIAL.—REV. ALBERT BARNES will preach Sunday morning. at 104', at ( F l ' Flo.: and Seventeenth streets. in aid of the Industrial Borne for Blind Women. ja2l 2t rp —VHOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1618 amg 11520 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. iva tri r mitment And inotheln ern ruished gratuito to the pop. AMIISEMEIVTI9. • —At the Arch Street Theatre, this evening, Little Ent'ly,, will be repeated. Pyte -Galton will have a benefit at the Chestnut Street Theatre, this evening, in a first-rate bill. Offenbach's comic operas, 'A Maeriage byLanterns Wad The'Prim a Donna of a Night will be given, with Miss Susan and the full company in the cast. We hope Mrs. Galton will have a crowded hmise. —At the Seventh Street Opera House to night Messrs. Duprez &,-,'Benedict will oiler a very attractive bill,-inehiditig new burlesques, farces and negro comicalities. —Messrs. CarEcross & Dixey announce a nnmber , of novelties• for this evening at the Eleventh Street Opera House. —Signor Blitz, assisted by hifrion Theodore Blitz, will:giVe` an exhibition 'of =magic 'and legerdemain at Assembly Buildings every evening this wee_k,--with a matinee on Satur day. , —The, Ainerican Theatre has proelired a number of new attractions for the present, ,week. Mr. Gibbons, the famous- gymnast, will appear nightly, and Messrs. Sheridan Mack and. Rollin Howard will perform in special lines of, busiiiess: , . New Imilotn w,ill be. 'presented, and there willbe'the usual .iniScel lanies by the members of the regular com pany. —At Mrs. Chas. Warner's circus, Tenth and Callowhill, a. splendid performance will be given this evening, in which Mad. Do Berg, the daring rider, will, perform some of her equestrian feats.- • —Dr. Mary Walker's husband has Sent a poem to the Independence (Moo Sentinel, of which the following is a " stanzer .• " The bird calls from its gilded cage Its pate.farin the wildwood ' • ; And so, my soul still waits for thee, Bright angel of-my childhood., But if our fate, a cruel lot, Bath out our hearts assever ; 1 Why, Mary--briugany trousers book! _ 1 And then go :trot& forever! Hersee, it is said, has been offered ,an engagement tin! nest : fOl.llO the Italian Opera in Malta. %., MIN LOSS OP TIM INEWEOSt. She Ic Chet Ashere—ilanqinet In a Tent py~the Shipwrecked Party and Their The Milwaukee (MeV:teat/eel of Tuesday piblishes the following extracta from a private letter from the United etatea Consul at Tunis, Africa;dated December 17, 1869, and giving an account of the disaster to the yacht Meteor, although no mention is • made of her being blown up " I have written to you about the yacht Meteor, owned and commanded by Mr. George T. Lorillard, of New York. She came here from Algiers on the 26th of NoVember,and sailed on the 2d inst. for Malta, where she arrived in foprteen hours; the distance is 220 miles. She sailed from Malta on the 10th inst., and on. the 12th was cast ashore on Cape Bon, about fifty miles from here by water, and eighty by land. Lorillard sent me a messenger, overland, who was forty hours on the road, and I wonder that he got here at all, considering the country be had to cross. I got Lorillard's note an nouncing the 'Wreck, that all hands were saved, but that there was chance of saving the Meteor, and asking assistance. I imme diately telegraphed to the Galetta to charter a small English steamer, then in port, and at 3P. M. A was under weigh in her, for the scene of disaster. My wife and another lady accompanied me. We had a pleaaant sail down the bay and round Cape Bon. The sea was iimooth, luckily—for at this season we have generally boisterous weather—and, as a bright moon was shining, we had a good view of the bold headland of Cape Bon, rising abruptly from the sea to a height of. 1,070 feet. After round ing the Cape, passing almost within a' stone's throw of it, we saw a wide reach of sandy beach, with low land in the background. After firing several guns, . some rockets,' and burning some blue lights, we were responded to from the shore by bonfires, and in a few minutes we were lying-to near the wreck. It was now 8.30 P. M. I got into a barge with Captain Itynas, of the Lancefield, the steamer I had chartered, to see'if landing through the surf without the life-boat was practicable. We got on shore without diffi culty, and met Mr. Lorillard, his friend,Philip Robinson, of New York, with all the offi cers and crew. They, were, as you may imagine, delighted to see as, I sent • Rynas back for the ladies and some other persons I had brought with me. The Meteor, I was surprised to find. was lying on the beach, apparently quite uninjured. Soon after she struck, the sea moderated and instead of her going to pieces, ,as Lorillard feared she would, she passed through the hammering of the waves unscathed. Her masts were standing, but all her sails, spars, and work about deck had been brought on shore. They had rigged tents with the sails, and looked extremely comfortable in every respect, particularly about 10 o'clock, when we sat round a table as well served and as elegantly as in any gentleman's dining room. They had got all their stores on shore, to gether with the galley stove, &0., and. were about to land a piano to lend harmony to the scene. The tent was lit up with candelabra, ' and the table covered with snow-white damask, a service of solid silver and beautiful cut glass. We sat down to all the delicacies of the season, washed down with Moselle, Rhine wine, Burgundy, Bordeaux and champagne, after which the finest of cigars; all this on a', wild sand heathen the coast of Africa, with savage-looking 13edottins peering around. I do not think that there ever was a wreck made trader circumstances so singularly contrasting; certainly not in Africa. Lerillard maintained strict . 'discipline, had sentinels posted and prevented straggling. The Arabs, he said, had behaved well, and had offered no molestation. I spoke to their chief and enjoined him to behave lamed/ and keep his men in order, under pain of retribu tiou if I heard any complaint. He promised faithfully to do • all „in , tkis•power to maiiiMin order. Lorillard' made arrangements with Rynar to get the necessary materials, imple ments and men, to get the schooner ofi, and at 2.30 A. M. Ws, iviifeWeaitefin tidard ilitVoit our way, back to the Galetta, where we lauded at 7.30, and at 9.00 were home. If the weather continues as it has been• for the last six or seven days, they may succeed in getting the Meteor off. But it may at, any moment change, and if the wind comes round .to the eastward, I fear that it will be' all up .with her. . The present weather is exception ally fine, and I fear I see, even nosr, as I write, signs of breaking-up., The Meteor was lost, I think, through gross carelessness, for she went ashore in fine weather, though misty, with a light wind from the southeast, and con sequently fair. Lorillard had changed his sailing -master at Cerves, where he discharged the American and took an Englishman who was quite un acquainted with the navigation of the Mediter ranean. Cape Bonis very dangerous, and is called by the. Arabs Cape Treacherous. Every winter there are numerous wrecks on it. The Meteor is certainly the finest and most splendid specimen, of naval architecture that I have ever seen in a vessel of her clasS. r be lieve I. have told you in a former letter of Lorillard's challenge to the yachts of England to race for any sum from £4,000 to a silver cup and for any distance from 3,000 to 20 miles,and against any yacht they chose to bring against him. He hopes to get his vessel to Malta and" repair her there, and still have his race, next spring. The modeler and builder of the Me teor, Mr. Fish, is on board of her, and will superintend the repairs. E711:2E5 Reported Discovery Of. ii VOUSpiraey Against taco Emperor's Life 1 [From le Phare de la Loire.] Lettersfrom St Petersburg state that a vast conspiracy has been discovered against the life of the Czar. The centre of action of the conspirators was the City of Odessa. The pupils of the University Papieh and ICereraic-1 hew are principally inculpated. In order' tot carry out their object the conspirators had resolved to tear up the rails of the line during the journey of the Emperor from Odessa to. St. Petersburg; but the rigorous sur-' veillance exercised over the whole line the Czar was to use prevented them , from executing their project,'. The police did not even suspect that the rails had been removed by such dangerous con spirators. This offence was attributed to the peasants of the neighborhood, who, when in want of iron, have recourse to robbery in order to obtain it. The most rigorous surveil-- lance is powerless to repress this kind of theft, and this deplorable cupidity of the 'ignorant . peasants exposes the lives of the travelerSwho • take the line from Baits to. Odessa 'to.. gravz danger. The conspirators -arrested belong, without exception to the Russian nationality: - A large number of honks, pamphlets and revo lutionary proclamations -- emanating from Russian printing offices abroad, were found in R their pcssession. Tho ..Russians are much astonished ' that no Polo was affiliated to the conspiracy, although the Polish nationality is represented by a large number of young men at the University of Odessa. The police have also •discovered a conspiracy: at St. Petersburg.- Several young men are accused of having disseminated re volutionary proclamations. It appears, how ever, that this BCCOMI . conspiracy is a mere childish affair, and the young people mixed up in it will be tried in public. Lists of prosetim B ' ons upon , which figures, among others, M, Ilatitoff, the famous editor of .the .'Moscow' ligzette, have also.been discovered. The.Gpv, °rim:lout of aid Czar is orisiotla to aScortain, wluither , these , plots were fomented - byl-the: 11(issiati exiles In:Switzerland'. The ; eunspi r4y,',,ramilicatiOna of wineh Were'diSeoyered 'I at 4101 scow and St. Petersburg, :has nothing in common with the OdosAa'plot.,,' . 1, 1 -, =ark 71 %f a ' Oil NiviTOLE COM*rity. !LADE reseintLeat.- 1 / 4 111relmigent it the Allied Fogies faro rearamissy...Retarre or Count,. Erik, and lliatintion—,Lopez In Trinity with lidlatin—iliklrinitheli in Guises Jejlnltuland Winatinge. A correspondent of , the New York , Times writes as follows BiTnNOS Alums, Saturday, Jan., 15, 1870. There seemto be, at least, an appearance of peace, so far as the power of Lopez is con cerned. The Argentine troops are ,daily ex pected in Buenor; Ayres, whore preparations are being made to receive them with rockets, music, ball's , and similar ".re joicings. The Oriental Republic's forces are also on:their way back,. tho Ugh out of the 5,000 which left at var ious times fop Para guay probably not over as, many hundred will return, and the Brazilian troops will 'shortly leain, at least the greater number ; a few iron clads being left'in the river. and a small force in .Astmsion, will probably 'Constitute all the forces lefty General Osorio has already left headquarters; the Count D'En and Minister Paranhos are under marching orders, though ,the twolatter are expected to stay a short time in ;this city, bolero 'leaving for Rio 'Janeiro. Aceording to the report of a deserter frem Lopez it IR stated that, he, Lopez, • made , a treaty with the Caignay Indians, v , before lea , ing San Estanislao for Curnguatv, by which they agreed to furnisithira 150)00 men and provisions. This report seems false, and though Lopez may obtain certain aid'lrom some of the savage tribes, and by this means be enabled to carry on a guerilla warfare for months, still there does not appear to be the ghost of a chance of his being ever able to re gain what lie has lost, since last accounts state lie has been driven almost, if not entirely off Baraguayan soil, accompanied by his faithful Generals Caballero and Resquin, and also by about one thousand men, to the other side of the River Maracarr. The active movements of the past fortnight are few, yet they demon strate how completely Lopez b.as been annihilated. On the . 15th tilt Colonel Mello attacked and defeated a force of about 200 men under Major Franco at the Ar royo Guazu (Guazo ?) capturing about fifty horses, and rescuing several families. This, taken in conjunction with an ofiicial'despatch of the Count &En, dated the Mth giving accounts of further movements ) appears to in dicate that Lopez cannot have any large num ber 'of troops. From this despatch it appears that after the enemy's defeat at Zejui•Guazo, the 11th Battalion followed his forces to the River Zejuinie, over which there was abridge; crossing this, the enemy partly destroyed it and proceeded to intrench themselves on the opposite side, though closely pursued by Col onel Fidelis, who drove the Paraguayans fur ther back to Iguatuise. Two miles further on, at Stareare, machines for manufacturing gunpowder were discovered and destroyed - . In this expedition several hundred families were rescued. and Colonel Fidelis reported sounds or artillery to have been heard, they ' leading . to the supposition that General , Camara's force had also attacked the enemy further north, with what result is not yet known ; but, as Camara is advancing, or at lewd, ought to, be, by way of Concepcion, this may be, true. Deserters state Lopez to be living as a common soldier, enduring his due share of hardship and misery with the rest : all his troops are' halfstarverl, their rations being one , ox to 200 men,' The few men he hu t as els° Lopez himself, are said to be suffering greatly from , the innumer able insects which, abottedin the Sierrat A rather unfortunate ." row" has taken place between the Provisional Government, at Asiincion, and the Italian Consul The facts are Metre : The Consul belt, accused Of appropriating - ceetain moneys, &c., placed under his _ charge by IM tan subjects while Lopez was in power at Asunci on; • • thought his wisest course would. be .to. leave. With this intent he took rep fuge on board the. Italian gunboat Aidita, and while there endeavored to ship some half a dozen boxes on a river steamer carrying the Italian flag. The Port Captain seized several while in the act 'of' shipment; but while attempting the seizure of two more his boat was attacked •by an armed • Mew. , from the Ardita., and driven off. An order was then issued prohibiting the sailing of the Venezia, but• it tailed nevertheless—the protest sent, by the Provisional'Oeverninent CO the .Ardita's com mander being return e d unopened. An " in dignation meeting" was held by the " Trium 'Tate" at once, and. thus the matter stands. Comniereizil news is unchanged, prices tend ing upwards ; wool and produce sustaining themselves as same prices. Lumber is just now not wanted, the supply being enough to cram all the yards in the city and several more vesbeltt are expected. - PICKUNE THE niksiv le - Meal Condition of Cuba. The New'lrork World sap Wasnisre'roft, Jan. a).—The statements per sistently and'inalicionaly made and repeated today by a ~I slew York journal, of more notoriety-than good repute, that a war exists in Cuba of 'sufficient magnitude to warrant • the recognition of both parties to it as bel ligerents, is disproves, not only by the positive information received at the State Department from our consttl4 and consular agents in Cuba, by the most disinterested advices that could possibly be received, and which have been submitted to the Depart ment, namely, letters and telegrams from commercial agents in the so-called insurrec tionary districts of Cuba, to business houses in New York and other commercial ports of the 'United States. These advices all agree in showing thattho insurrection—which has at no period been thoroughly organized and powerful, but has expended its force in a kind of heterogeneous warfare and disorder—does • not now ,tangibly exist, save in, the mountains or interior of the eastern third of the island. In the western and middle parts, including the district of the Cinco - illas, there are, according-to the information obtained, no insurgent bands save a few prey ing marauders. One evidence of the freedom of this extensive region from war is found in the authenticated fact that the Spanish gov eminent on the isand were re-establishing therein the telegraph lines. The remnant of the insurgent forces quartered in .'Eastern Cuba is not known to be so organized and dis ciplined as to be entitled to be called an army; nor has the alleged revolutionary native gov ernMent in Cuba proved itself to be either a government in fact of that island, or to have been originally or subsequently authorized by popular eleetler,' alio Cuban -,junta have been unable to prove, to thesatisfacti on of the President, the Secretary of State, or anybody else, not blindly prejudiced in its favor, that the representatives from the western districts wore, or, could have been, chosen by the peo ple, where Spanish rule was then, and now is, predominant ; nor is it shown that the majority of the people' of (Juba have been at anytime in active "sympathy with the insurrection. Immediately after the de thronement of-Isabella in September, 1868, a powerful party inlCuba prepared to , organize a revolution, which was not, however,: to be begun until long afterwards, in the fall of 18e8. The season for gathering the orep was at hand ) anci planters were unwilling to jeopar dize their best interests by engaging in anim mediate Struggle: The npriSing - at the little town of Yara was, therefore, Considered premature; though that germ 'of insur 'reCiioo sPfelad, gradualfy among the, compara irreeponAttle, popniation of ,Ouba, ' the• veptur,e , wa,l,/golp(Ki , Is!ge .I,iody.ef YV•0 1 1 4tia alts.,whe hay? ne er's rite ere f O olit 'ast ado- °boded engiuSiaa fltei" tie itt At'prtment PMRGITAT time the Ciiittait insurgents do, not possem a sOigle fort on the coast of the island, nor have they over possessed one; tiiir do they hold a siiigle important town in the interior. TUE 'GREAT TORNADO. Awful Seenee at Cave Clify---Hausea Mown About ke - Wi n slow ter Straw— Several Hundred Persons Home'Lehr. 'lCorrespondenra of the Cincinnati Gazette.] CAvrt CITY, Ky., ,lan. 1 18.,--•;-The particulars of the doings of the tornado which cut off, and, demolished nearly one-third of• this little town, yesterday morning will never be known. The storin had a begiiiiiing and an end; and the end'was not More than two !minutes later than the beginning; but a description of the seene during those two minutes, or •of the sad havoc which was the result of the storm, can have no beginning, and can never be made complete. The storm began about 5 o'clock in the morning with a heavy fall of• which continued but fer a moment, and was immediately 'followed by a long, continuous sheet of flame, lasting another moment. The windstorm then commenced its terrible work. No words can portray an idea of the scene. Those who had witnessed the most terrifying battle scenes say they never saw or heard, or felt or conceived of anything so perfectly hideous and terrifying as the howling of the winds, the vivid 'flashes of lightning, the crashing • of houses, the, drenching rain, the heartrending shrieks, said piteous wailings of • the terrified' and the wounded, the whole of which occurred in two minutes, or probably less time. The windshrieked,screamed,howled and roared. By the occasional flashes of ' lightning, it could be seen that the air was filled with flying trees, timber, houses, frag ments of houses, stables •and •buildings of all kinds, furniture, stoves and cooking utensils, clothing, bedding, animals, fowls,and every inanimate, that thing, animate and that came within range of the storm, If the fiend had form, it was that of a heavy, angry cloud, which swept the earth and tore every thing it touched from its, fixed place. The crash was quick and terrific, but the, noise of the breaking houses was music compared with the bellowing winds that preceded it. The destruction was complete. About fifty houses were demolished, and there is not to, be found a portion of a building, a piece of fur nittire, an =tide of jewelry, an article of clothing or bedding, a book or a piece of ware of any kind that is worth the sum of fifty cents. The remains of the houses may serve for firewood, the fragments of furnitufe for kindling, the clothing- and bedding for old rags ; but there is nothing left within that track of a half mile in width, 'and extending at least twelve or fifteen miles in length, ex cept iri two or three singular instances, that is worth a farthing, or ever will be, in. the way it was originally designed. The total loss can never be , estimated. It •is enough to' know that several hundred persons are homeless, without clothing or food, except such, as they havereceived front kind-hearted citizens. slost of the destitute are poor and unable to purchase clothing or furniture, or even food, even if they could find houses' to live in. Eleven will be taken to their narrow homes to-day. It is indeed wonderful that this num ber is so small. How any creative could'exist in that storm and survive is ir mystery beyond the comprehension of even,those who.were in the thickest of it. Many of the survivors were terribly lacerated and bruised by the flying splinters and timbers, and semi , of the dead were',shockingly crushed and maug,led. FISH MIGRATION. Appearance of Strange Members of the • Finny Yrthe In New York Lakes. , , , . f Proln'the'Rocbester Union, Jan. DO ' The appearance of a new and strange fish in Lakes.Ontario,Benecaand other inland bodieB • of water has beemmore than once referred to in these columns and a description of the fish given to thopublic. It resembles the shad of, the Atlantic coastand riversmorecloeely than. any.other flak that we see. , The difference is, however, co,nsiderable, as will be sliovvii. • These fish appeared in the waters ,of west ern New York two or three years since; and they:were then stiall--so small that they could' scarcely be taken. in the mite' and 'seines in rise, it was, evident that these were , immi grantsi all .'young—a detachment, . of • )(mg America in theliney,tribe who had left the. fatlierl'and or sea—and had gone into the a k es' to seek new homes, *here they could fin pet ter food' and incur less hazard •of be.l de.:• voured by the monsters of •the ocean, o'arO supposed to use sardines and other small fry, as men do pepper and salt,to season a meal. - A yearor two in the cold fresh water of the lakes improved their condition vastly. They, grew finely, and last year they could. not OS , cape the meshes as before, and were taken into the markets plentifully 'with' other fish with which the fishermen' had a better' ac quaintance. These , strangers were 'a little bony, not more: so '• than the - slrul,'.and are scarcely inferior, "except inprico, which makes a great difference with people who feel - in , elined to be snobby in an eptcurean way. . Seneca, Lake abounds in these ifsh. , They . are seen there in kheala that might . be mea :eared by acres.' To" eatiniate their numbers 'would boa useless task with a hope to make an approximation to . what they really are. The largest of these fish weigh scarcely two pounds, and ,these have just r attained , their growth. There, is every indication that this fish will be hereafter abundant in the lakes. ' The inquiry naturally arose as to the name 1 and origin -of this strange strange fish. .Citizens of Geneva sent a saniple of these fishes .to Prof. Agassiz; supposed to be' hettei posted as to piscatorial matters thafi any other man. He. pronounced the fish a fresh water alewife, but did not, we I:whew, attempt to account for its recent appearance in the lakes. Various theories were advanced _by, those who knew nothing of the matter. Theprevailing notion among the more intelligent who thought on ' the matter was that the fish had come into the lakes from the Atlantic , by way of the St. Lawrence. This belief is now tolerably well established, as the same fish has been found in Atlantic waters, evidently an old resident there. Seth Green, who la up in such matters, had given some' ttention to this strange fish, and did not, we belietre, exactly coincide with Agassiz as •to its character. The other day, while on a visit to Chesapeake Bay he dis covered the strange fish, or others of the same family, iu great abundance. They wore sold in the Baliimore markets under the names ;of brim-shad and muu-shad. In Norfolk they are known as gizzard-shad, so styled because of their having a musculo lis stomach pecu liar to fowls, and which Is noteoromon to fish, it' It is over found in other than this variety. Mr. Green, by. careful examination, became satisfied that the brim shad or gizzard shad of the Chesapeake are one and the same .with the strange fish in our lake. Until 'a bettor is found our people may adopt one of the three names given them in Baitithore or Norfolk for these ifisle which have been hitherto name less. ' ' • ' '• . . It is not unlikely that fish of this family may be found in the Atlantic, bays far north 'of the Chesapeake, from one of which they 'rnav have gone up the ,St, Lawrence. They pram)* made their way from Lake Ontario into 'Seneca Lake by ' way of the canals and. rivers which form a channel from one to the* other., • • --A Fort Scott paper prlute the • advertise roent,of a young, lady ward df a beau for a paaq'deraOti ball. • : • strange priests assisted Bishop Gad ,dreea rex', the thlounkeuteal, the other dAY, daft when #1 had, ar;lyqi in the tlemucil lipllbe found'uloodpg lass sold, cross set with iliaul6hds;'the"gift of the Pope". • Jr. t. FACIVANJO FASCES:V. — Harriettioaraer is worth filliS,ooo. Estranged lovers live upon cold Meets. —Calcutta has three daily paper*. —Gadfly and trolliflcation are Missend, .-.Taxes are paid in Great Britain on 1 M 111 , 221 dogs. '—Rome has 15,000 lookers-on at the Med. Be contented with your lot—evecially,,. Le it 'Wen corner. . • —`Wisconsin' boasts of 4,742 school-fl and 304,837 school children. • '-Women who tell fortunes, with teare4Rs are properly called saucer-esses. , • —A 'return game—sending home a Iftw toived tunbrella.--Ex. , . • —Another tee° is out, on Woman, wildcat makes about the XL: work under that title. --One of every seven Pseshyteriartmanist,ers in Lhe South is an editor. —At Tyringham, one Thoritas Grove, w i hie was not wondrous wise, put ptowderin cooking-stove, and blew out both his Oyes: ' is 'our enterprising shoe-dealets, that know best how to make the "Shoat py"---• Boston Post. —Good style of walking—when you /get int* an editor's room walk right out. It is healthy exercise, particularly for the editor. —The manager of the Lyons Opera noustlt announces as stars for his next summer's cam paign, Carlotta Patti and Clara Louise Xel 7 logg. —A Cincinnati horse-car conductor gottirt4 of asking a passenger for his fare, so he punched him once in the eye, when he fonhil the man had died in his seat. —Minister Motley has been robbed in Lon- • don. If the thieves had only' relieved him of , the Alabama question, how happy he would, be.--.N. 0. Times. —Punch's "He smole a ghastly smile." and • "Many a wink he wunk" have been imitated by a minstrel wit who said, " You sneezed a I snooze, and said snoze it." —lt is believed that the adoption of the, Fifteenth Amendment would add twenty thousand colored men to the voting popula, tion of Missouri. —A Natchez man obtained much currency a few days ago by charging some emigrants from Alabama anchor a wagon for crossing , a bridge which has been free for the last forty. years. —A large animal, of dark brindle color,sup-., posed to be a cougar, which has escaped front sonic menagerie, has been committing depre dations in Page county, lowa. He is, said to have killed 20 head ofstock. —lt is said that Tennyson at one time meant to introduce the " Idyls of the King" ' with a description of the coming of Arthur in archaic prose, and actually wrote the intro- d duction in that way, but afterwards changed . bid •mind and put the story into: the verse in which tho public now has it. , —A Maine soldier has had his name re moved from the pension-rolls, saying •he has # regained his health and does not need the pen sion. Commissioner Van Aernam wrote Mtn that his name should go down into history' as `• a worthy example or ' -the coming.generae4 The warning of the Avondale disaster has bebn heeded in the Illinois mines. The North- # ern' Illinois Coal ,and Iron Couipany.baye, completed the work of connecting . the , Salle and Rockwell shafts,, so that now, in the case of rire,the miners have means of escaping • at three shafts.• ' • • --The Springfield Republrevisays: "Several of our olorgYalon gave the Russian concert a first-rate advertisement yesterday by advising their hearers not to attend it. It doesn't. Iraq quire ~a very intimate acquaintance .with ;,• human nature to see that all such warnings help more than they harm the object against • • which they are, fulminated." , , , ; • —Raphael Semmes has ; not. been very 811 - . cessful on the lecture platform. He has great many peculiarities, 'not to 'say vulgar • haps,,in his speech.; such as, for instance, the addition of the cockney " r," as in ''Alabamitr;' and." Wear." 'He 'pronounces "calmly," as ; - • though it werespelled " kefnly," and also talks. about being„" thdooced" to, do certain things' • —An arrangement is now proposed:by which, through tickets to, any part of the United States may be sold in the ,riat by agents of the Pacific Mail Steamship `.Company,.,' and hy which, on the other 'hand,- ttle-Yo' °au be bought here carrying the'' 'holder 'Alirongl i t' A tO 4 , Bong Kong, Yokohainal Hihgirdithd.' —There is a queer snit being trfect•irarker ; county, N. Y. A young lady whit' wished to: marry a youth with SlO,OOO, protaised hatlyl' • • friend Vl,OOO for -her assistance if the game proved successful. The young , •manefell a victim, of course, but the successful bride re- • fused to pay the $3,000 when demanded, and - this suit is the result. —This affectionate advertisement appeared ~ in a late issue of the. London Times": , "GEO. E--, PADDINGTON. YOU' 'awn Tooty will meet you ii,the saloon of the no* „ Greenwich Theatre. on December 16, or else ” at the old bootruaker's at Chapel street. You .•-% 'must be a silly old dear to think Tooty had forgotten her pretty linnet. tie, Elcorge; never. Sally is in Wales." ' —Fire-proof furniture Ls the last scientific announcement in Germany. it is said that a German chemist, acting under a eonunivion •• from a tire insurance company, diecovered that impregnation with a concentrated solu tion of rock salt renders all timber firelnoof. „ The salt, too, renders wood proof against dry rot and the ravages of insects. —A corresPondent who has been three years . aprivatepi the army, complains of the tyran nical way in which privates, are treated .by - officers, so that, they leave the army after their term of service with nothing but hatred for the flag under which they have suffered so long. He appeals to the .Military Committee for an investigation. —The gieat sensation of a new comic opera in :Paris is made by a. chorus of mutes. The mute§ of a Turkish seraglio are ranged across the stage, expressing with their lips the sontals, they do not sing. At certain moments, upon a very high note given out'by all the' violins together, the silent choristers extend their arms With a movement said to be irresistibly lauglv able. —ln excavating beneath the rock at Cautp 7 .! hell's Chain; in - the 'be' of the 3fississippt • river, seven miles above Davenport, same .. very line speciniens of coal have lately. 'beim discovered. it is very light; resembling cannel coal; quite clear, ana. burns with a light Mune,' giv,ing out but little smoke or soot. The.vein is six feet in thickness, and is remarkably free froinslato and dirt. A shaft is to be sunk from the surface of, the island, for the purpos,e of ruining it. , . —'The other evening when the lithe form of Lydia 'Cho!Upson appeared on the stage,,m ruatio from Arkansas became Jost in atiaura- . Pion, and slowly strokin his unkempt beard and eyeing the dazzlin g beauty as she co quetted about in 'her,' 'peculiar ly fakinating manner, he muttered 'to himself in a sort of, hoarse whispord!thing'iny buttollg; but she's ';a, beauty! . Lively. ter , :a two-tear old. lightning by thunder! she's bully thOuglai”! and then, as if utterly at 14 lOW fOT 80140:0X1 claniation to express his intense, 01404a* admiration; continued in a tone which prove e .how deeply thefheart under hi'i copperita-ool ,orettmest.was moyed, "Yon little 1 4.58 0 /41r411 ,if I only had you up in old .13 , 3,0keLU 00X.,7 . G. Pie, n "~`?a r~t~:. IMERIMME 1 liff2=ll f)-rs r -orrr,r, i:, ::,,,
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