GUM PEACOCK. Editor: ARM CLOSET COMPANY'S COM MODES and !montane for fixed closets, at. A. m, . NO INUti & 6L3 Market mt. de2lty 9 - 1 a. 1041 4 1"Vi i ikrib - itT3 iregz u t o h n e er nerarzt be:t er tnan i ltAr. o 46: l l l l l l4 Meet, • MO tt MARRIED. ANDANWS-BMALLWOUIP.—On Thursday, the 20th inst., by the lbor. F. U, Barrie, William K. Audrawa to daughter of Hon. J, C. tiroulltrood,all of Wood bury, N. J. Nu cards. DIED. ANDRE:Wt.—On the 21st drat., Charles Henry, twin son of Wm. and Caroline Audrewe, aged live weeks and four daye, BUTLER.—On the 21st inst., Lucy J. Butler. in the 20th year of her age, The relatives and friends are invited to attend the fu neral; from the residence of her uncle, James Peters,No. 633 Ileac street, on Monday afternoon, the 24th inst., at 2 o'clock, witheut further :Mom • CONARB,OI6.--Thie morning, 22d last..Raehel Coe ar roe wile of Richard H. (Jona mitt. leAllP.—On the oth lust., Charles O. Earn, lathe 28th year of his age. Funeral tram his late residence, No. 113 North Fif teenth street, on Monday, 21th lust., at II o'clock 4. M. Interment at Laurel Hill. on the 224 Instant, Paul Grand vault, a native of Champagaele, France, in his 434 year. The funeral will take place at his residence, No. 1129 Whiter mitreet, on Tuesday, 26th inst, at 9 o'clock A. hi. A service will be performed at A. M., at the Church ofthe Assumption. MAItSIIALL.—On the 21st islet.. Charles . , youngest eon of Annie and the bite John Marshall, Lica., fitted 4 years. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, frame his late residence. 915 South Sixteenth Street, on Sunday, the 23d Inst., at 1 o'clock. • P810.E.--ext theMst inst., of gunflint's's, Sarah Price* i relict of the late Samuel A. Price, to the 73d year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully inm tied, without further aotice,,to attend the funeral, from the residence of Hiram Saunders, Fifth street. be• low Madison, lu the city of Chester, ou Meads', 24th That:. to leave the house at 2 o'clock P. M. Interment at tit. Paul's Burying Ground. • SHOEMAK R.—Un Fifth day, 20th inst., In *health year of his age, Richard M. Shoemaker. Friends and relatives are Invited to attend the fu neral, from his late residence,ln Cheltenham 'township. 'Montgomery county, on Socesd•flaY. the 2-ttb inst., at 10 &awl A. M. carriages will be in waiting at York Road illation, to meet the train leaving the city at 9,45. • TOMO:Y.—At klerchantvtlie. on tle• Mt inst., fell asleep in Jesus, Margaret AV., wire of John W. Torrey, al Via d ulr y al a rr s ittn PAD Filbert etriset, Philadelphia. 0 - ti Monday, 21th inst., at 3 o'clock, P. it, • • • „VAMX.—On Fif th-day meriting. First litentb, in, 1979, F 117411, VCIN., widow of the late George Van:, aged 60 Funeral' front her lat. residence, 1702 Arch street. on aCCON,I-141), Vint Identb, 24th, ut 19 o'clock A. M. -In t enflame at Laurel 11111. WALK Elt—on Thursday,' January Mit, Hebert Lt. 'Walker, in the 36th year of bile age, The relatives and friends are invited to attend the fn. nerd', front life late residence, No. 410 boutb.hiitith let . , on Monday' ,21th inst., at /0 o'cloak A. M. • /H. AttaidtiftlAM. . • Fall oh the 2lth of Ilecember,lBi9, WILLIAM. HENRY LAIIIVAID,.../11. Although our heart,. ore lace rated and bleeding owing to this sad dispensation, yet we humbly bow to a Supreme Power, well knowing Ile ducat all things well, for come wine purpose Mem:epee hensible to - Hew nut loved one has been trenaplautod to blouni 'eternell• in Heaven. His memory will ever hover around us like the sweet perfume of a lovely flower: Our deer friend was a rare combination of true nosulinees Mid alumni lemileinegentlotema. Nature had endowedhim With wonderfel gine: hie feecol'eurpassing beauty, combined with his lovely and winning manners, excited the unbounded admiration of all who met him, while. hi the hearts of those with whom he constantly mingled et as embed a love: surprising In Its magnitude end boundli RS in Ith depth. ,earth has been made le-as ttreeti•e, halt /Leaven more breutiful., Tea. he kas, inure will he greet us with his ever.myous , W..leinne, and 'brstOw ppymue.eiofe and deems 1511111ra ; there wilt the pride of our-circle filaddein end enchain our wanes with lb male his soul so delighted in. and which he rendered tan neavitlfully—a talent in him ainvoet perfected. Hie chief charm wae his-seeming tinconsrionaciees. of bin en perfority over other*. which was apparent to all: The moat beautiful nod previomin int trait in hie character was e striet adherence to the truth. limier was he known to deviate:a the slightest degree, not even prevaricate. ite alto Ste Med utterly oblivious of the fail ngs of other., ever ready to extenuate and deal gentle with their faults. TAM. combined with his virtue smdniasulli . d • tegritr; made him the idol of hie aewielates, in whose memory he will ever be eaehrined. His incites, of 'short du ration, wee very severe. Agonlying as were hie salter ego, he bore all unconipialtongly and submiseively. in obedience to the hand that inflicted it. Thankfulness for the alightoat kindness made it a loving tonne ten miniater to him. How often the haat moments of a pore en are eta ibletuatical of.their lives was truly exemplified in de parture of our dear friend. Calmly as an infaut sinks to repose within its mother's ehellering *rms, so ee renely dui hia sweet, pure soul pays to Wise immortal, Lorne•by winged tneseengetw..unse , en to mental eyes. Play our Henreid! rather send the celestial Dove with healing hearts WOO to pour consolation and balm-into the. hearts o the aftlicted fatally, and may we kindly. with then. joie him in that lend by tha,spoilor uutrod- Alen, where all Dears are wiped away and where •he is now sweetly singing praises teithe ever adorable rather Blessed are the pure iu heart— . blessed event:um! Thiry etiall meet and never part .Onthat heavenly ithore! . We know that he is happy, With his angel plumage on, - But our hearts are very desolate Whim we think that bola gone. BEssoN & SON," NO. 916 CLIES'fNUT street. received to-day -5 cases 'l% bite Ground Spring Chintzes, 12'; cenbs. 1 CCIP Black and White Chilli zes.l2li cents. I case Black and IV hlte Dclalues, 2: cents. lease Black and Purple Dalai 'mai 22 cents. 1 case Black Oriental Lustre, 23 cen t s . I case Gros Grain silks, $1 6.21. 2 cased Lions Gros Grain silk 4, ..91 75 and S 2. , I case Natal sh Crap* Vella ; largest lite. I case That-kali wool Poplins. 73 rental I case Black Corded .edge Ribbons. all widths. 1 case Black all woil Tamises.STle cents. 1 cane Black, Mixed Water-proof Vb./tha t $1 . 2.5 and FANCY SILKS, REDUCED IN PKICE TO CLOCK TIIE3f. LIGHT SlLliti - k Olt EVENINGS • - 'WHITE CLOTHS and ASTRACHAN/3, for the Opera. BEST BLACK SILKS IN TIIE CITY. EYRE & LANDELL. 'AS SPECIAL. NOTIC ES. JOHN WANAMAKER, FINEST • 4CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT, 818 AND 820 CHESTNUT SMELT. BOYS' CLOTHING AND GENTLEPIEN , S FURNISHING GOODS. IYEL A vc - A RE"Algti RARITAN ' CANAL CO PAN I AND TILE CAMDEN AND AMBOY RA RaweD AND TRANS PORTATION COMPANY. On and after February let, 1870, the Stockholdere of the above Companion, of Jan , lary Ibtu, 1870, are entitled to a dividend of Five (o)per c oit.,pay.tble at 111 Liberty etreot, Noe , York, or 2m south Delaware. KVoulto, phija tlelphia. TRENTON, N. J., January 17th, 1870. jalti l2trp RICHARD tiTC, K To' , Treaaurer. nzi3, OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL AND CANIDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. PIIII.A.PELPIIIA, 'Jan. 6, 170: The holdere of the new prig in the above COM pitnied Sire hereby notified that the time for paying the last in stallment will expire February 10, 13‘0.. At any time 1)0fore that date it may be paid by these holding the re ceipts of RICHARD 8, Tut, %YR RIDO Cashier, or F. . CON OVRR, Transfer Agent,to Mr TRO WB RID G at MN COCO who le UtallOrazed to receipt for thexxine , en the beck rf the receipt for first installment, - julo-039rp RICHARD STOCKTON, Treasurer. 1109 GIRARD STREET. 1109 ` l l ?:101:1 BUB IAN AND PERFUMED BAUM • Deptninnta-for T. ad Jos 1191113o:9m from ti A ar . M. 199 P. ;11. ^ SPECIAL NOTICES. Bow ACADEMY OF MUSIC THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES. SECOND SERIES. The Oppnioir sale of Reserved tiests'to Soy of the Must. Lectures WILL COMMENCE ON MONDAY. ORDER OF THE LECTURES. WENDELL PHILLIPS, January 31. Subject—The Question. of To -Morrow, FE TROLEIII V. NASD Y (D. R. Locke), February 3, Subject—The Loris of Creation. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Fobrstar)* 7. Subject—nociat Life In America. • Bev. E. H. CHAPIN. D. D., February 1 0. Subject—The Bolt of Honor. GEO. Will. CURTIS, FebnhirT 24 . Subject—Our National Folly—The Civil Service. Prot. ROBERT E. ROGERS, February 23. Subject—Chendcal rorceg in Nature and the Arta. BAYARD TAYLOR, March 3. Subject—Reform and Art. JOH Fn SAXE, March 21. Subject—Frenchlilt at Home. Prof. HENRY MORTON, March 24.. Subject-,Solar I pßes; ANNA E. DICKINSON, April 7. Subje , et—Down Break*. 109 • Adrutssion to each Lecture, 60c. Reserved Seats, 78c. The sate of reserved Keats to ANY of the single lectures x 11l commence at 9 o'clock, at Gould's Piano Rooms, 923 Chestnut street. on MONDAY MORNING, Jan. M. INt Cob YOUNG M/ENNEILCHOR BAL MASQUE, BAL MASQUE, DAL MASQUE, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF•MI:SIC, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY Ti TH, ICU Tickets for one gentleman and one lady,_s9; for sale at Andre Co's, 1104 Cliestnutstieett the News Stand, .t the Continental Motel; Hall of the Jnnger Manner char; J. P. Trau's Jewelry Store, Second and Coates stft-41R, and Henry Nit's . * Store, 229 North Eighth street. Also Spectators' Tickets at6o cents. and . lowlies' Tl, ken, at 51. jaG th eta &Urn§ L. HENRY WARD BEECHZR ACADEMY OF MUSIC, TUESDAY,rEBRUARYI SUBJECT-" TILE HOUSEHOLD.' HORACE GREELEY. TUESDAY. FEBRUADY 22 SUBJECT-" THE WOMAN QUESTION." These I.ctures are delivered for the tenet of the Yonne Moo Atiwoclittlon. Tickets will le sold at Ashrrienrl4, 724 Chestnut street, on Tutwiiily !mond isg, 2;th instant. Ileseried teats 73 cents. , lidniissiun 20 cent*. Itetierseil seats it Family Circle, Lu rents. tu. _ANNIVERSARY OF THE MER.- CHANTS' FUND—The PiXter , nth anniversary clitie.3l,?c e hanb,' Entol will be celebrated at th e .IJ'ADEMY OF MUSIC, On WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feb. 2'. at T.ti o'clock. The annual report of the Board of Managers will be read. and adilrees e ir wilt be del lvereii br - lion. WILLIAM STRONG, lt,y. J. L. IviTHEHow, Hun. JAMES R. LUDLOW., GEORGE IL STUART: EM : The orchestra will be under the direction of MARK lIAISSLER. Cards of admission may be bad gratitouttly, by early anpliczdion at S. E. corner Third and Walnut streets, No. 110 North Delaware avenue, No. tin Idarket street, N 0.51 South Fourth streot, ur of either of the following committee: WILLIAM 41. LUDWIG, • JAMEs C. RAND, A. J. DED.D.YSIIIRE, • THOMAS C. HAND,. ' jA7tigS D. McFARLAND, jal9tftlry Committee of Arrangements. OFFICE OF THE MORRIS CANAL COMPANY, JERSEY CITY, January le. MO. DIVIDEND NOTICE —The Board of Direc . fore have this (LT declared a Dividend of Fire Per Cent. on the amount of the Preferred stock. payable to th^ holders of the Preferred Stock. or their legal repreyontatirea, on and after the first Tuesday ( the Da) in February neat, at this office. The February Interest upon the 7 par cent. Scrip will be paid at the same time. The Dividend and Interest due to Stock and Scrip hold ers resident in and near Philadelphia will be paid by the undersigned. at No. D Merchant.' Exchange, in that cit •v., from February let to February 8, inclunve. the Stock and Scrip Transfer Books will be closed from January 21st to Januar, Stet, inclusive. la- 9 tlel § JOHN RODGERS, Secretary. ua THE TALE OF THE DOLPHIN, a trip to Long Branch, thiongh the Raging Canal, in the sall-boat - Dolphin." Illustrated by over 345 Silhouette., done in the very Blackest style of the Att. accompanied by a talk descriptive and nondescrip the, by D• rcattergood, formerly Serious Editor of the Er bins Telegraph, in the lecture-room of the new Mercantile Library. Tenth street. :theme Chestnut. for three nights only, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, January 25,25, and 27. 15W. Tickets .50 cents. The Tail will commence to Wiggle at quarter before 8 o'clock, precisely. 3a.22.20 THE I3IG MOUNTAIN IMPROVE-- il l y MENT COMPANY. • PHILADELPHIA. Isnuary 22; 1870: The annual meeting- of the Stockholders of the 144 Mountain improvement lltimpan,y will be held at tho Ottiee. No. 32u Walnut street, on MONDAY, the aliday of February next. at 4 o'clock P. N., whoa au election will be held for live. Directors to serve fur the ensuing year, The transfer books will be closed on SATUR DAY, 29th Met., and reopened on TUESDAY-6th prox. SAMUEL WILCOX, Secretary. YOUNG MEN'S CHEISTLAN ASSO kho, CIATION. . The Monthly Meeting of the Association will be held at their Ball. No. 1210 Uhenitntit street, next MONDAY liYENING. at 8 o'clock. Es,say by Prof.-C. H. HARDING. Subject—" How we see Things." uestion for discussion—" Do religious controversies ad. sure or retard the cause of Christianity ?' Vocal 81141 instrumental music under the direction of Prof. JOHN BOWER. Th public are incited. ozi. HIGH SCHOOL ALU3INI.-A special meeting of the Association will be held at the Lecture Room of the High School building, on SATURDAY EVENING, January 29, 1.870, on business of great importance. Members are earnestly invited to attend. By order of the Board of Managers HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 u. e y - sari Lombard.etreet, Dispensary Department. —Medical treatment and medicinefn trashed gratuttoudy to the puo• RELIGIOUS NOTICES CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN Church, Locust street, above Fifteenth: Rev. Dr, Humphrey. pastor.—Services at 10 . 5 A. M. and P. M. it* [on SEVENTH PRESBYTERIAN Church, Broad street and Penn Square.—Rey. Henry C. McCook, panto': elect, will P.M.reach to-mor row, 23d inst., at A. M. and M REV; C: WADSWORTH; D:, PAS-. tor, will preach to-morrow in the Third Rs fermed Church, Tenth street, below Arch. Services 10, A 51., 7.3-1 P. M. it* U. SPRING GARDEN BAPTIST Church, Thirteenth street above Wallace,. Rev. L. P. Ilornberger, Pastor.—Preaching to-morrow at ICI4 -51. and 7S z P. M. Sabbath school at 2 P.. 51. It" SPECI.A.L.—REV. ALBERT BARNES will preach Sunday morning, at 10:-4, nt Filbert and Seventeenth streets. in aid of the Induaerial ionic ler Blind Women.ja2l It rp* Eu,, FIRST REFORMED_ CHURCH, ad. RMED CHURG Seventh and Spring Garden streets. Roy. TIM/MS X. Orr, Pastor, will preach to-morrow at 10R; A.M. arm 1, P. M. Strangers welcome. - UNITARIAN CHURCH, GE R. inantown.—Morniug, Services at 10L~ o'clock. Discourse upon Reason in Raiment. Evening Lecture. 7%, upon John Murray. . r. SECOND REFORMED CHURCH, 1 -l-e-TY Seventh street, above Brown. Rev. Isaac S. Hartley, pastor, will preach to-morrow (Sunday / at A. M. and 7- P. N. lt* ÜbREV. D. C.D. D., EDDY, OF BOS toil ,wlll preach, to-morrow avanhag,nt o'clbok; at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Olkesbnut stteet, west' of Eighteenth. Service in the morning at 10'6 o'clock, when the Pastor, Rev. O. A. l'ohz, will preach. it' GRAND ialsl9 v. 24 4t RELIGIOIT9 NOTICES Kg,SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH; ruce, [Wow Sixth strect.—Ry. John Edgar of Mo u n t Joy, will preach at 10% °Week A. M. sud • 7% o ' clock P. M. Bahject—"The Cry of the Ma man." IUbARCH -STREET 31. IT.CHII - RC FI, Brosd below Arch.—Rev. Charles li. Paine will peach at 10 1 '4 A. M. and 'in tho evening, at IS, by re. ottest,'on " Tho Bin Against the holy Ghost." Sabbath. echool , It* LIN TON STREET CHURCH, Ike.," Tenth street, below Spruce. Services to-raorrok at 1035 A. M. and 74". M.. Rev. Neon , C. McCook, Pastor of the Broad Btreet Presbyterian Church, will preach in the evening. All persons invited. It* BT. CLEMENT% CHURCH, TWEN gliitTii and Cherry streets.—Toinornow being the fourth Sunday In the mouth, the afternoon service will be omitted. Service In the evening at 731 o'clock. ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN Church, Nineteenth and Green streets. Preach ing on next BABBATIf, at 10 o'clock A. M. and The o'clock P. M.,_ by Ser. Dr. F. R. blasters, of Matteawan, T. It.' TIIE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Cbarch, Washington ,Square.-raer- Eferrink, Johnson; D. Pador, pfelch to•rnotrow at.dtfri A. Id and 7,4 El' Subject for erening—" A pia in.tulk Omit the Theatre." . to* REV:G. W. SMILEY, D. D., WILL _preach in Trinity hi. 'IL Churelt,'Elgbth 'treat tibuie Race, on Sunday mon ing,at 105 i, o'clock. Preach ing. at P.M. There still be & revival Love Beast on Sunday morning at W.l.:o'clock.' All Invited. n- 77 -. A MEETING OF GREATINTERIST T. is in progress at Trinity M. E'. Church, Eiglith stteet, above R ace . Preachin this evening at 7.4 o'clock by Ber: J. T. Gracey .-Bev. Geo, W: L. ,on /Sunday at lON A. 31. All invited. It. BT. iAR K' 8 (EPISCOPAL) ilbc.Y. Church, Locust, above filiteenth street. In ad dition to the regular services, a choral servite• Sunday evening, at V: o'clock. At this service all the seats will he free. Strangers specially invited. Iti U NEW UNITARIAN CHURCH- Wm. H. Thorne, Pastor.--Vattal service' Tb morrow Sunday lat lONA, M. in .the Hall, southeast earner Tenth and Spring Garden streets. The first of a conree of Lectures on the Horan, at 73; P.M. Slate free. Entrance on Spring Garden street. it* sr. "MY TRAVELS IN HOLY LAND with Dr. Henry."—Bev. Wm. H. Pendleton oof New York. will lecture on this 'subject in the North, Premby tera n Church. !Bath $ teeet, above tires u, T UNBe- DAY EVk NING, 2.51 h fast., at o'clock. Admission 60 cents, 'Pickets to be had at the door: . ja2Z.ltrp".' U'THE SEVENTY-suudlND 'ANY& I'EllsAitY of the organization of the First Re formed Presbyterian Congregation of this wbe celebrated by a social soiree, on FRIDAY EV EN IN G, the 2nth inst., at o'clock, in the main saloon of Horti cultural Hall, Broad, above Spruce street. • • The exercises will consist of addreases, and music tal e nt. the American Vocalists. anti other distinguished talent. Tickets of admission, ZS crate. For rale at the door on the evening of the entertain ment.' HAYTI; The Details of the Downfall of Selfsame... His Plight and. Narrow Escape front Death—Action of the Victorious Party Provisional Government Formed- Ponr-Ar-PRINcE, Saturday, Jan.. 1870. The insurgent force have at length captured this place, and Salnave has fled from the city, leaving fully one-third of it in ruins: The attack upon Portau-Prince, by the revolu tionists, was commenced on the morning of the 18th of December, at about 4 'o'clock. At that hour the rebel steamers, three in number, made their appearance in the harbor of Port au-Prince and seized Salnave's last vessel, the. Terreur, lying at anchor in the harbor. Im mediately after " General . Brice landed, with about 1.200 men. An engagement followed, and, after a sharp - straggle, the in surgents carried the northern lines. of the town: These' were held ' General Brice until 11 o'clock in the forenoon of the 19th, at which time he received reinforce mente. Salnave, finding that things were growing desperate, retired to the National Palace, from whence he despatched ; his • trusty Vil Lubin at . the head ' of his guards, amounting to 400 men, to attack the insurrectionists. They took with them a piece of ordnance, which for some time made sad havoc in the insurgent ranks, but which was eventually captured by a body of voluuteefs. Vil Lubin retreated to the pal ace. After an hour, however, he returned to bis command at Fort Bizonton, and the fight ing was "continued at intervals during the day, the Arsenal and Fort St. Clair falling into the bands of Brice before dark. • On the morning of the 10th, General Brice held a council of war and it was determined that balnave should be attacked in the Palace. The fleet 'vas ordered to .prepare for a bom bardment, and the Teirenr was selected to fire on the Palace. Salnave, by this time, saw that to hold wit any longer would be useless, and he left, followeet by several of his Generals,intending to go to the Ameri can Consulate. Before he had mounted his horse; however, a shell from the Terreur struck the Throne Room, the most magnificent anartment in the building, which was consumed in a short , time, and Saluave, with a fete followers, took the Petionville road. Just about this time fire was set to the northern part cif the town b,y Salnave's sol diers, but Captain Salmon, ot Her Britannic ' Majesty's ship Defence, with several of. his officers awl the crew of that vessel, lauded, and' through their • noble exer tions the conflagration was sub .duCd and that part of the town was :saT, ed from being entirely consumed. It ap pears that Salnave had stowed away in vaults at the Palace a large quantity of' ammunition. The shells fired from the Terreur, penetrating these vaults, caused several terrific explosions, and the Palace was wholly destroyed. Shortly after Salnave's flight, a steamer was dis patched to Larehie for Nissage Saget, who arrived here on the 20th, where ho was re ceived with acclamation. A few days after the taking of the City, Do minique, the President of the South,. was sent for, and a Provisional Government was formed. This Government consists of Nissage Saget, President ; Dominique, Vice President ,• General T. Rameau, Minister of Finance and Commerce ; Septimus Rameau, Minister of Justice, and General Brice, Minister of War. A decree has been issued convoking the Legis lative Chamber for the Ist of February, and ordering elections in the meantime to fill the vacancies in the Lower House. Victorine Chevalier and four other Generals have been shot by the victorious revolution ists, and twenty-three other military °facers of high grade have been proscribed by the revo lutionary Government. Up to the present moment nothing whatever has been heard of the whereabouts of Salna,ve.—N. Y. Times. AffirSEINEiliTS. —The romantic military, drama Not Guilty will be repeated at the Walnut Street Theatre this evening. -,At the Arch. Street Theatre, this' evening, Little Ent'ly, will be given for the last time. On Monday Mr. John Brougham. —The Galtou Opera Company will appear at the Chestnut to-night in two comic operas, The Prima Donna of a Night and Terrible Hymen. Ou Monday Offenbach's Little Duchess. • —The Circus at Tenth and Callowhill streets will be open this evening. —Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will lecture at the Academy on. Music on Tuesday, Feb. Ist, upon " The Household." —The Misses Durang will give the first operatic performance of their series at the Amateurs Drawing Room, on the evening of the 25th. Offenbach's Lischen and Fritzchen will be presented with Adams's beautifhl opera Le Uhalet. The cast will include the Misses Durang, Messrs. Bradshaw and Knorr, and a full chorus of amateurs. —On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdiy of next week, Mr. David Scattergood, formerly series Editor" of the E'vening7elegraph, will deliver a hinnorous lecture entitled "The tale of the Dolphin," in the lectureproom of the Mercantile Library. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. THE BERLIN SLANDER EXPLODED AN ALIBI. PROVED Interesting and Important Testimony Allidarit of Charles Pack,. State of Pennsylvania vIIMBERLAND Cotrisxv, as,---Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, and for said county, Charles Pache, who being duly sworn, de poses and says: "11;at he is at present a citi zen of New York, residing in New York city; that he is a hardware merchant, doing busi ness at 168 Avenue A, in said city; that he was, formerly a citizen of Prussia, a native of Berlin ; that he resided in the said city of Berlin until the year 1866; that during the year 1869 he was a locksmith, and worked in the shop belonging to Mrs. Reichert, at 48 31 ittal Strasse ; that• in that year (1862) a Certain Paul Sehoeppe came to the said shop and purchased of deponent a key; that afterwards in the same year (1862), the said Sehoeppe was tried and convicted of theft, in the Court of: Berlin, and was sen tenCed to imprisonment for five (5) years that deponent was avitnesiSt the trial, and is certain that it occurred in the year 1862 that the said Paul Schoeppe, upon the said • trial, was entitled a student of theology; and in the daily papers giving an' account ,of the trial, he was always styled "Paul Schoeppe, student of theology ; " that he had a moustache, and goatee, and was, apparently, at the time of the trial, about 24 years of age. Deponent further, states that he has seen Dr. Sehoeppe, now confined in the jail in Carlisle, Pa., and that he cannot say that he is the same man whom he saw in Berlin. Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th January, 1870. Cuss. PARE.. ABRAHAM D. B. HUFF, J. P. Affidavit of Carl Lindersaana. State of Pennsylvania, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.—Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Charles F. Lindemann, who, being duly sworn, de poses andsays : That be is an artist, a portrait painter, resid ing at present at 514 Wood street, Philadel phia; that he formerly resided in the city of Berlin, in Prussia ; that he left Berlin in the year 1866; that in the year 1862, one Paul Schoeppe, a student of theology, was tried in Berlin for theft, and was convicted; that de ponent saw the said Paul Schoeppe upon the trial, and recollects his features and appear ance; that he has seen Dr. Paul Schoeppe, now confined in the county " jail in . Carlisle ; that deponent did not recognize him, and would say that he had never before seen the said Dr. Schoenpe, and that, there fore, be is not the Schoeppe that was tried and convicted in Berlin; deponent further says that he is certain that the said trial took place in the year 1862, and that the accused was styled a student of theology. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th January. CARL LINDEMANN. • ABRAHAM D. E. HUFF, J. P. Aniclavit of F. A. Botticher. Hate of Pernsylvania, CIYMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.—Personally appeared before me, a Jastite of the Peace in and for said county, Ferdinand A. Botticher, who being duly sworn, depcses and says : That he is at present a citizen of New York, residing in the city of New York, and doing business at No. 217 Pearl street, with the firm of Wm. Wilkiten& Co.; that be was formerly a citizen of Prussia; that durin the period included between the Ist day of October, 1859,' and the 24th day of February, 18, he was a student in a Gymnasium or' College, at Ziillichau, in Prussia; that at .the time he entered the said College as a student, Paul Schoeppe was;also a student therein 2; that the said Paul SchOeppe remained as a student in said College without interruption until the close of the semester, or session, in the early Spring of 1863, when he graduated. Deponent further says that he knew the said Paul Schoeppe during the said period and up to the time he graduated ; that he has visited "the County Jail, in Cumberland county, Penn •sylvania ; that he there saw and conversed with Dr. Paul Schoepe therein confined under the charge of murder; that the said Dr. Paul Sehoeppe is the same Paul Schoeppe who was a fellow student with, deponent in Ziillichan from 1839 till the spring of 1863 and the same spoken of in the former part oithis deposition ; and further that de ponent has seen and examined the diploma given by said College to Friederick Gottlieb Paul Schoeppe, dated the 3d March, 1863 ; that be is acquainted with the seals of the College, and the signatures of the faculty thereto attached; that the said diploma is cor rect and genuine; and that the said Dr. Paul Schoeppe is the same Paul Sehoeppe to whom' such h diploma was given at the close of the session on March 3d, 1863. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day_ of January, A. D. 1870. E. A. BOTTICII.BII. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17th day of January, MO. _ _ _ ABRAHAM D. E. HUFF, J. P. ~'tcite of Pennsylvania, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SS.—.l, W. V. Cavanaugh, Prothonotary of the Court of Common 7leas in and for said . - - county, - do certify that Abraham D. E. Huff, Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, and whose genuine signature appears thereto, was, at the date thereof, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and quali fied, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other instruments; to all of whose official acts full faith and credit are due. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, at Carlisle, the 17th day of January, A. D. 1870. W. V. CAVANATIGII, Prothonotary. (21_ ARTER . SESSIONS—Judge Peirce.—Thia morning the Judge disposed of the motion for a new trial in the case of S. M. Landis, charged with having published an obscene libel. The motion was overruled, the Judge saying: The reasons for a new trial in this case are numerous, but they may all be disposed of under a fewheads. They relate : Fist—To the exclusion of evidence tending to show the scientific correctness of the book complained of, and the fitness of such a pub lication for general information. Second-=To 'an expression of opinion by the Judge as to the character of the, book. 2'hird—To errors in charging the jury lista what constituted an obscene libel, and. as to what extent a publication is protected as ne cessary for'eneral information and conducive • to the publie'welfare... 1 Physiciami were calledas experts to show the scientific.correctness of the book and the necessity ;or hutch knowledge for general in formation.. I ruled at the trial that the book might be true and scientifically correct in its - statetuenta and deseritAlexa4 and yet be obscene; that its obscenity did not depend upon' its'truth. PAUL SCHOEPPE, THE COURTS. SENTENCE OF LANDIS. fulness or falsity, but upon, its ten dewy to inflame the passions and debauch society. The character of the book was a question purely for the jury, in which they could not be aided by the testi mony of experts. Obscenity is determined by the common sense and feelings of mankind, and not by the skill of the learned. It was therefore a question for the jury, to be deter mined by their examination of the publica , tionand not by the ()pinions of other s respect ing it. That which offends modesty, and is indecent and lewd, andtendste the ereation of lascivious desires, is obscene. Of this the jury were as competent to judge as the most ac complished experts in medical science, Whose familiarity with the subjects treated of in the book might perhaps render them less suscepti ble to the emotions which would be excited in the general public by reading such a publi cation. 2. Relative to the expression of opinion by the Judge as to the character of the book, it was held by the Supreme Court, in Ifilpatriclo vs. The Commonwealth, 7. Casey, 198, that a Judge may rightfully express his opinion re specting the evidence, and it may sometimes be his duty to do it, vet not so as to withdraw it from the consideration and decision of the jury. bly own experience as a Judge has taught me that it is sometimes not only expedient but necessary to the Proper administration of law and justice, that a Judge should express his opinion on the evidence submitted to the jury. His greater familiarity with the rules of evidence, the weight of the testimony, and its application to the subject matter of investigab'on, require that he should do so ; but he should always accompany it with the Instruction that the facts of the case are for their determination, undet the evidence sub mitted to them. In this case this instruction was repeated to the jury more than once. They were told that they were not to take my opinfon of the book, but were to determine its character from their own examination of it. Again, they were in structed that it was for them to determine the character of the book. If in their judgment the book was fit and proper for publication, and such as should go into their families and be banded to their sons and daughters, and placed in boarding schools for the beneficial, information of the young and others, then it was their duty to acquit the defendant. They were fbrther instructed that if they bad a doubt as to the obscenity of the book, it was their duty to acquit the defendant. This instruction left the whole question of the character of the publication to the jury. There was no controversy as to the publics- Alen of the book by the defendant, as its pub lication was substantially,,if "not in, terms, ad mitted by him. 3. The next alleged errors relate to the charge of the Court as to what constitutes an obscene libel, and to what extend a publica tion is protected as necessary for general in formation and conducive to the public -welfare. Thejury were, instructedthat It did notmat ter whether the things published in the book were true and in conformity with nature and the laws of our being. If they were unfit to be published, and tended to inflame improper and lewd passions, it was an obscene libel. That to justify a publication of the character of this book they must be satisfied that the publication was made fora legitimate and use ful purpose. and that it was not made from any motive of mere gain, or with a corrupt desire to debauch society. That even Eiden.- tifie and medical publications, containing il lustrations exhibiting the humauform,if wan tonly exposed in the open markets,. with a wanton and wicked desire to create a de mand for them, and not to promote the good of society by placing them in proper hands for useful purposes, would, if tending to excite lewd desires,be held to be obscene libels. That before a medical class, for the purpose of in struction, it might be . necessary and proper, and consonant with decency and modesty, to expose the human body for the exhibition of disease or for the purpose of operation. But that if the same human body were exposed in front of one of our medical colleges to ,the public indiscriminately, even for the purpose of operation,such an exhibition would im held to be indecent and obscene. The jury were further instructed that pub lications of, this cbaractet are protected. hen made with a view to benefit society, and in a manner not to injure the public, but that a mistaken view of the defendant as to the character and tendency of the book, if it was in itself obscene and unfit for publication, would not excuse his violation of the law. After having listened to the elaborate and earnest argument of the learned counsel of the defendant, I do not percerve that there Was error either in the admission or exclusion of evidence (min the charge to thejury, and I think that the verdict is sustained by both the law and the evidence _ - - The motion for a new trial is therefore over- ruled. • The Judgo then proceeded to pass sentence. He referred to the character of the boOk pub. lisped by the defendant, and said the public mind must be preserved from pollution. He Said he felt it to be his duty to impose the full punishment allowed by the law. Sentenced to one year's imprisonment, and to pay a tine of $5OO. - 1 Thomas L. Scroggy, also convicted of selling obscene books, was sentenced to one year in the County Prison, and to , pay kiln° of *MO. Nest PRlGS—Justice Agnew.-Jermon vs. Rhoads, et al. Before reported. The jury,. after beingout twenty-four hours, came into Court yesterday afternoon, and announced that there was no possibility of an agreement. The jury was then discharged. COVET OF COMMON PLEAS--.Tlltigo Ludlow. —The case of Cheyney, a patient of the Penn sylvania Hospital for the Insane, was again before the Court this morning, on an adjourn; ment from last Saturday, Mr. George W. Biddle, for the Managers of the Hospital, stated that there was no desire to retain the custody of the Tetitioner, and that they would be pleased if the Court should direct his discharge, or if he should be re moved by his family. Judge Ludlow stated tat he had given the case prolonged and anxious attention. The petitioner was, at that moment, in contempt of the court, having, during the week made his escape from his attendant andgone into another county. He had called at his private residence, last evening, accompanied oy true relatives, and exhibiting a degree of excite ment which appeared to him to be bordering upon acute mania. He should have taken , i r t ea,ores to control his movement at that time had he /let been satisfied that his rela tives would look after his safety. He might be wrong in his judge- rnent of the case, but he had given it his best consideration, and until some higher tribilnal shall interfere, he must be guided by his own judgment. He therefore remanded Mr. Chey ney to the Hospital for the present, assuring him, at the same time, that he should be faith.- fully protected in every legal right. In order to' do 80, and to prevent the possibility that his own ,opinion might be a wrong one, ho directed that, within ton days, some relatives should file a petition, upon which a commis sion de ico should be .appointed to deter mine the question of Mr. Cheyney's mental condition. —A 'Cleveland jeweler, by the name of Wade, slandered a lady clerk in his employ. by the name of Rosa Barton. Rosa Waded into him and got a verdict of 45.,01)0. She won't take store pay. —" Evaporation from stoves and cooking utensils,' says the 'Journa/ of Commerce, 'p is 'one great muse of rheumatism and peuralgie "atiectiditS itt this cottutry." E L. MERESTON. Pathan; AN, ELEGANT ESSAY ammo THE PEN 0? T.. W. ANN, lately read by him befbre tile N.R. Women's club, depicts the six primary goddesses of Greece, .as so . many pure sad beautiful types •of an ideal woniatthood. SsOnholizing the sueceasive stages , of Ater de velopment art girl, maid; ever,, wife, mother and housekeeper, under the names of' Arte mis, Atbena, Aphrodite, Herr, Remoter amt. Bettie,. he concludes with thiamagnificent prophecy:. "Nothing shall drive - me fre& i the belief that there s • arising in - America, amid all our frivolties a type of V i rgin'womanhood , womanhood, new in history, Undeiscribed IM fiction, from which there may proceed in genit• rations yet to come, a priesthood more tender, a majesty more pure andgrand, thist anything~ which poet •ever sang, or temple'enthroned - . * e * Througha culture such as Mr other age has offered, through the exercise of rights never before conceded, of duties never • yet imposed, will this heroic sisterhood) be reared. * * * Noble foram . that ,• shall, eclipse those fair humanities / of; old religion,' as when classic architeos ture had reached perfection,, there rose •the Gothic, andmade the Greek seem cold," a chivalrous spirit akin to this, the ,Chevalier, Joseph regnant, of New York, refutes bj a series of portraits of American *omen, the. assertion of a foreigner that this type Of ~ beauty which we admire is faeinferior to thitt of the Greek sculntors, and that ire have not is purely classical face among as: Never had valiantknight, lifting the gauntlet in vindielt tion of his fair ortelt.charms,morekindly tater than has met Fagnard. Ladies Of the very highest social peeition have granted . - him • repeated sittings. From Massachusetts to Louisiana, from the Lakes to the Gaff, each section has lent its loveliest to aid the. artist -• in his self-imposed labor. It was no easy task • to present nine modern beauties as the ' daughters of Mnemosyne ; to clothe the life- • • like portraitures of the acknowledged belle ha • the classic drapery of the old mythology; to, • make each picture harmonize so .perfectly. with the peculiar vocation of the character represented that the gazer forgets' the muse is only playing a part for the - nonce ; and., at the same time to surround each with such: atmosphere •of purity and dignity that the Sanctity of private life, .and the shrinking modesty of a 'virtuous womanhood, should still be unprofaned. The success with.. whtelr • this haa been accettnplished, shows a rare dis cretion and refinement of feeling on the part of the artist. Mr. Childs has the honor of in troducing these pictures to the public. He hail shown himself equal to the occasion, and the • nine muses fitly enshrined with' chaste and elegant surroundings, have already received the homage of thousands. Even the critics seem awed to silence by this array o;if beauty, and we have been spared the cent ments of professional item hunters.. The • • muses, each with her proper attribute, are • • arranged in a semi -circle, blonde alternating. with brunette as far as practicable, though the predilection of the painter for the former is manifest. Where all are beautiful, .it is - perhaps unwise to dixeriminate, and I intend no invidious comparisons in giving you 'Kielty my impression of each. For as one star dif- • fereth from another in glory, so each of . these- • fair formshas its distinctive charm. Ono is • struck by the entire unconsciousness of the group. With one exception, there's no ap- pearance of posing for effect. Euterpe, , the, muse of lyric poetry, bears in her left hand two flutes. Her right rests upon a lyre. This blonde, one of Gotham's sweetest singers, is apparently the youngest of the group. Hers is an immature beauty. There is less strength of character than a sweet innocence in her bearing, that makes her nearer Artemis than Aphrodite. Clio, laurel-crowned muse of History, is seated writing. A parchment scroll lies be fore her, and the trumpet of Fame, • A bre. , nette, whose face is cold and passionless, but • wears an expression of deep and earnest thought. Terpsichore, lover of the dance, is here en- • gaged in her favorite amusement. The pea • can do no justice to the ethereal lightness of the graceful figure, enveloped in the gauzy- • folds at: its floating drapery, A green fillet binding the luxuriant waves of yellow hair, lends a deeper glow to the cheek already flushed with pleasure; the ' delicate limb is slightly raised,the rounded figure is rediindant , with life and metiers, but there is nothing of and . the voluptuous abandon of the ballet.. Perfect freedom and perfect modesty characterize this fairest of blondes. ' Melpomene, Queen of Tragedy is repro= seated. by a queenly woman. She is very properly, in drapery and accessories, the most severely classic of the , group. A tiara gives majesty to the noble brow. Her right hand holds a dagger near her heart, but that heart shining in those magnificent eyes would fail to nerve that hand to tragic deed. The-dark • • hair and olive skin hint at a tropical origin. A Creole by hirth,this ?superb woman is the wife - of the Italian Consul-General at New York. Erato, muse of amatory verse, is the centre. of the group. A Cupid with a torch goes before her. A garland of roses and myrtle- . surrounds the forehead, and she hears a stringed instrument. She is perhaps the beat_ exemplar of a purely physical type of beauty. Of her golden hair and soft blue eyes, poets, would rave, and painters dream. fihe West. claims - this model of a happy maidenhood. Calliope comes next. A roll in one hand bears the first lines of Homer's great epic. The other holds an ivory trumpet. A gold. diadem gleamsin her• dark tresses. An ele vated expression of pride and enthusiasm rests upon her face, and you feel that so might she,. like Miriam of old, have gone forth, trumpet in hand,' to greet a victorious father. Polyhyninia, muse of sacred song, isseatech Her head rests upon her hand. Her eyes are heavenward turned. The dignity of matronly . beauty is hers. That elevated expression, that stately pose, might have been Cornelia's. They tell of a good old stock. By the spell of her noble womanhood a hero was won, and a priceless dower she brought him in her kin ship to the grandest martyr who gave his sweet young life for the Republic. Urania, with all her accessories, a starry circlet on her brow, her azure robe looped up with a crescent, celestial globe and all, is yet _ no star-gazer. Methinks the painter should have seen, in the flashing eye, the spirited curve of the nostril, the commanding poise of the bead, the fr9tl9M 9( a widen, whose sigh-bred leauty spurns the labor ho has posed upon her, as patron goddess of science.. , Was it that he dared but offer to such beauty the heavenly spheres? Thalia, muse of comedy, gathers her robe > . • across her fair hosoM with one.land, holding in her left a grotesque mask. In her Soft brown hair the simplest flowers are twined. Nairete and merry humor are beaming in her • race, but behind that,just a touch of *earl • ness, that shows there is more in her life than the thoughtless mirth of a gay young girl. Even as we gaze, the beautiful eyes are tremulous with tears, and infinite sadness ~ seems to rest where a moment before all was infinite gladness. The only. face of all the ganp whose witchery depends entirely on ex pression, and is not enhanced by color, it will lose none of its charuas insin engraving. Were I the Paris of critics, the golden apple should be hers. , A. These paintings are now on exhibition at the galleries of Messrs. James 8, Earle& Bons, No. 816 ghestnut street. —The eabhi jokes about the Gripe Crf*ioe,,, or the Oreuzot strike. It Caps it "a grays affair." —Verdi has seat a gift often; thousand francs to theydaughter of the late Signor Pi3VQ, wt*. wrote the librettol of several of b 4 beet oporoa.