BISON PEACOCK.. Editor.
AIrEDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS
vlr for Partied - , &c. Now styles. MASON & CO, l DOI
Ohcatullt street. dc.3ofrnw it§
WEDDING INVITATIONS EN
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BODNEY—WARREN.—Jan. 27th, 1870, in S. Patin'
, Catbedral, Buffalo, N. Y. by the Bev. Br. Shelton,
Georg('Brydgee Rokino,y, U.A. A., and Janet W., 'laugh
ter of the late Edward S. Warren, 'govt., of Buffalo, "..
LEWIS.—On the Slat of January, Sarah, wife of Wil
Dam D. Lewis.
The male relatives and friends of the family are re
spectfully invited to attend her funeral. from her late
residence. 1012 spruce street, on Thursday next Fob
at 10 o'clock A. 111.
PENINGTON--On the 29th instant, William L. C.
Penitrtoa, ) outmost or, of the late Wni. L. C. Penuag
lonl Poi 4 l , of West Philadelphia.
• The relatives and Mende of the family are invited to
attend the fnueral, from his late residence, No. 3218
Enid e street, on Ttlett , lll •. I h. I, at 2 o'clock I'. M.
T7SRGE - PGAIIIYAINSOOKS . 1?OR
DIES` WRAPPERS.
SATIN PLAID CAMBRIC&
SOFT FINISH CAMBILICS.
MULLS AND FRENCH MUSLINS.
BUM dr, LANDELL.
SPECIAL !NOTICES,
JOHN WANAMAKER,
FINEST
CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT,
818 AND 820 CHESTNUT STREET.
BOYS' CLOTHING
VENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS.
80. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES.
SECOND SERIES.
OPENING LECEVBE BY
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
THIS t )19NDAY) EVENING,January3I.
Subject—The quettionn or Toanorrow." '
.PETEOLEO3I NASBY (D. R. Locke), February 3
tiubject-The Loran of et*ation.
HALM WALDO E ME ItSON, February 7.
Sub/c“ — Social Life in America.
Vey. 'E. 011 A PIN. D. D.; February /O.
•Suldert—The Noll of ll , mor.
°EQ. WM. CtinT79,FebrnAtinf 21. -
Subject—Out Natiotoil Folly—The Civil Service.
Prof. HENRY 3101tTON, February 23.
iSubiect—Solar Eclintnen.
BAYARD TAYLOR, March 3.
Subject—Reform and Art.
JOHN G. SAXE, March 21,
Subjc . ct—Freach Folio at Horne.
Prof. RODENT E. ROGERS . . March 21.
"Subjtn.d—eheniical Force. in Nature and the Arta.
ANNA E. DICK INSON,AprII 7.
Subject—Donn Breaks.
!Er Adtuimion to Niel) Lecture, 59 emote.. Reserved
Seats, la cents.
_ .
Ticket's to any of theLecture,i for Rale Gonl(Cs Piano
Mooing, 1773 Ctoetnut street from V A. M. to 5 P. M.
Dom open at 7. Lecture at 3. 1034tf
us ANNIVERSARY . UN'THE MER
CHANTS' FUND.—The sixteenth anniversary
of the Merptants• Feud will be celebrated at the.
• • ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
On WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feb. 2, at 7 o'clock.
The Annual report of the Board of Managers will be
sad, and addresses will be delivorwl by
Hon. WILLIA.SI STRONG,
Rev. J.'L.
- Hon. JAMES 11. LUDLOW,.
GEORGE
GEORGE H. STUART, Eat.
'The orchestra will be under the direction of MARK
HASSLER.
Cards of admission may be had gratitonsly, by' earl)*
application at S. E. corner Thinl and Walnut streets,
No. 110 North Delaware avenue. No. OM Market' str , et,
N 0.51 South Fourth street, or of either of the following
committee •
Salgtfe2rp
*VOTIVE.-TIIE DELAWARE AND
RARITAN CANAL COMPANY 'AND THE
CA DEN ANI► AMBOY RAILROAD AND TRANS
PORTATION COMPANY.
On and atter February Ist, ISM, the Steckhoblers or
the above Companies, ofJunnary 16th, ISM, are entitled
to a dividetsl of Five (S) per cent—payable atill Liberty
street, New York, or =6,lSoutli Delaware avenue, Phila•
del phla.
TRENTON, N. J.. January lith, 1370.
jute nun RICHARD STOCKTON, Treasurer.
MOFFICE OF THE DELAWARE
AND RARITAN CANAL AND CAMDEN AND
T RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION
COMPANIES,
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6, 1870.
The holders of the new strip in the above Companies
are hereby notified that the time for paying the loot in
stallment will expire February 10, 1870. At any time
before that date it may be paid by those holding the re
ceipts of RICHARD S. TROWBRIDGE, Cashier, or F.
8. CONOVZB , Transfer Agent,to Mr. TROWBRIDGE,
at his office. who is authorized • to receipt for the same ,
oan the back rf the receipt for first installment.
Jalo-tfe9rp BacnARD STOCKTON, Treasurer.
110. OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
PITILADILPRIA, January 23. 1870.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.—The annual meets
ing of the Stockholders of this Company will be hold on
TUESDAY. the 15th day of Febrnary,lB7o, at 10 o'clock
A. Id., at the Rail of the Assembly Builditats, S. W.
.corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.
MONDAY
u he
el hday n
o or l a D ch e , c 187
, at ii theOf eh e n f
the Company, No. 238 South Third street.
ja26tfelirp§ JOSEPH, LESLEY,
Secretary.
10* H. Y. LAUDEBBALCIVS
ACADEMY,
Assembly Buildings, No. IOS South Tenth street.
The parents and friends of tho pupils, and others in
terested in aohool education, _ are invited _.to visit the
Academy during the preacut (examination) week, be
tween the hours 019 A. M. and 3P. kl. See Educational
• Column.
NOTICE.—APPLICATION HA S
been made to the Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry
Passenger Railway Company for a Certificate for Nine
Shares of the stork Sharesid Company, in lieu of a
certificate for Nine of the stock of said
Company, dated January 23, 1866, and numbered 444,
issued to ALFRED W. ADOLPH, and now standing
in his name on the books of the Company, which
certificate has been loot or destroyed. ja3l m,tu,4w§
THE PHILADELPHIA AND BAL.
wpiy TiIiJOREADENTRAL.BAIGnOAD ROMPANY.
The Stockholders, a their Annual Meeting held
Oxford, Chester county, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1870,
eleccted :
PRINIDF.ST,
HENRY WOOD.
mity.cTorts,
Geo. D. Armstrong.
Jas. A. Strawbridge,
Serene' Dickey,.
Edward Haines,
Jacob Tome,
Thos. Donaldson.
hold at the office of the Com^
ry 77,1870, elected JAMES
JOSEPH HUDDELL,
Secretary.
Duffle Hinckley,
Samuel ltil. Felton,
Robert H. Lamborn,
David Woeipper,
Aaron Dakar,
Milton (Jenard,
The Directomat a meeting
- pany in Philadelphia, Janua
R. RAMBlCY'Treaeurer ! and
ja3l St§ ' .
iux. HENRY. WARD BEECHER
AT THE
ACADEMY OP MUSIC,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1.
SUBJECT-" THE HOUSEHOLD.'
HORACE
FEBRUARY,
22.
FEBRUARY 22. •
SUBJECT—. THE WOMAN QUESTION."
Tickets at Asinead's, .724 Chestnut street.
Reserved seats 75 cents. Admission 50 'Cents. Reserved
, seats In Family CarNo, 50 cents. Da20,23,91i
WILLIAM 0, LUDWIG,
JAMES c. HAND
A. J. DE-ItHYSIIIHU,
THOMAS C. HAND,
JAMES B. McFAHLAND,
Committee - of Anlingements
SPECIAL NOTICES
10!incoiENic MEDICAL COLIJEGE.
—A ielegram having been Rent from Pitiful°lphia
to the (Associated Press. that the " Hygelan Home't at
Florence Heigind, N J.,. was a" Free Lore" concern,
end on the plan of the Oneida Communists. &m, the
public is requested to suspend opinion until the truth
can be show n. tlin author et that infamous statement
will be immediately prosecuted for a
It* A. T. TRULL, 11 D.
1109 GIRARD STREET. 1109 ' '
TURRIEJ3 IiUSBIAN-AND -PERFUMED. BATHS.-
Departmenta for Ladles.
Bathe omm front 6 A. M. to 9 P. AL
CHURCH HOME FOR CHILDREN.
11C—The Annual Waling of Contributors will be
held at the Home, N. E. corner of Twenty-secoml and
Pine streets, on TUESDAY, February 1, at 11 o'clock
A. AI. It
HORTICULTURAL HALL—ES.
say on tho Evergreens of California this °roa
n"
ing
azq . HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOR ,1518
are I 5 Lombard street, Dispensary Department.
--Medina treatment and medicinetu rattled gratuitously
to the poem
CRIME.
HOMICIDE IN CHICAGO.
A Desperado Killed by a Policeman.
The Chicago Joiernal, of Saturday, says:
About halt-past ten o'clock lastnight Officer
Fechter, while on his.beat at the Galena De
pot, North Wells street, heard cries of " Help !
murder!" He at once proceeded to the Spot
whence the Sounds proceeded, and in front of
the restaurant' and saloon on the 'corner of
'Kinzie and Wells streets, a' man was lying
on . the sidewalk, apparently insensi
ble. The officer, however, aroused
him, and asked what was the matter. He said
that his name was Henry A. Moore, that he
had gone into the restaurant to purchase a box
of sardines, when an argument arose between
himself and the bartender, named Joseph
.Milorina, as to the price to be paid. After a
little angry discussion the barman seized a
mallet, and prooeerled to strike him on the
head. Be managed to scramble out, and after
having given utterance to the cries heard by
the .etlicer, he tell. The officer then
went into the saloon for the pur
poile of. arresting Milorina, and while dtl ,
lug so, the proprietor' of the PlaCI Joseph C.
D
aiqui, came into the re^M, and inquired of
the ()nicer what he wag doing, when he re"
plied that Milorina was being arrested for
assault. But Daiqui objected 'to the arrest
without a warrant, and at once got.in between
the policeman and Milorina, and forced Foch
ter to release his held of Milorina. Fechter
then caught Daiqui 143; the back of his collar,
and while its this-position Dalcitti Are* a re
volver and twisting himself round to face
the officer, tired. The shot entered Fechter's
neck, near the windpipe. This shot he fol
lowed up by another one, which entered his
left arm. Pechter now drew his revolver,and
fired at Daiqui. The ball entered between
the nipples of his breast,causing a fatal wound.
As he tell back he tired another shot at the
officer, which, however, went up into the ceil
ing. Feebler then made tor the sidewalk,
which he just managed to reach,as he fell from
faintnc4s. He was picked np by some brother
officers, placed in a hack, aud conveyed to the
Huron Street Station. Moore, who had be
come insensible, and remained on the side
walk all, the time the array was -going on,
•
was also conveyed to the station.
Laitiut died from his wound a few minutes
after he received it. Search was made for
Milorina, but (luring the excitement he es-.
raped, but about bah-past eleven he was cap
tured on Clark street.
Coroner Cleaves held an inquest upon the
body of Daiqui this morning, when the jury
returned, a verdict of justifiable homicide.
ROBBERY AT MILFORB, DEL.
A V. S. Paymaster the Sufferer.
A despatch to the Wilmington Commercial
from Milford says :
Mr. Moody, clerk of Dr. Robert. Clarke, a
spaymaster in the Navy, has been stopping
poken a few days at the Milford Hovel. He has
somewhat freely of the amount of
money he had with hiui and has also been
pretty free in inviting people to the bar and
taking them to his room. Last night some
person stole his trunk, containing, he says,
tarn in gold and 5200 in silver. The trunk,
rifled of Its contents, was found on the wharf
this morning. No clue has yet been obtained
to the thief.
1 HE INDIANS.
Further PartleulUrs of the Jlassaere of
the Buck Surveying Party--Pawnee
Killer Tells the Whole Story.
[Coiresporlence of the+ Omaha Herald.)
WHETSTONE AGENCY, D. T., Jan. Is, 1810.—
since my letter of last week I have met and
talked with "Pawnee Killer" and gained the
following facts concerning the massacre of a
surveying party near the, Republican river
some time ago :
The village of "Pawnee Killer" and "Whet
stone" was crossing the ridge iimmediately,
south of the mouth of Red Wilson Creek), in
tending to camp on Beaver creek, ten miles
distant, when they discovered a party of six .
White men with a team or teams. A charge
was at once made, in which three Indians
were killed. The whites then gained the tim
ber on Beaver creek, where they determined
to make a stand, and the Indians in the mean
time had increased their force to near 200 9 war
riors. Frequent and desperate charges were
made on the party during the entire afternoon;
and about sundown the last of the six Was
killed and scalped. "Pawnee Killer" led the
fight in person. He claims that the whites
were very brave and many of his warriors
were wounded. The three Indians killed
were buried in trees on the south side of the
Republican, just above the mouth of Red Wi
llow 'creek. There is a pocket or memorandum
book here in the hands of Indians bearing the
name of Vincent F. Brown. This man was
from Lincoln, Neb., and had considerable
money on his person when he was killed.
There is also a report among the Indians that
there were twelve whites in the party and that
six of them escaped. This is hardly creditable.
The savages are exultant over the capture of
a large amount of ammunition in this fight. .
Twenty-five soldiers are now stationed at
this agency for the protection of government
property. . There are ti t ooo Indians in • the
vicinity. Very recent arrivals of Indians from
the Min-nie-lca-jo and Unk-pa-pa Sioux re
port them encamped at the mouth of Powder
river. Parties from the Red River of the
North had visited their encampments and dis-.
tributed presents in the shape of guns and. am-1
munition. From the description of these
,strange people judge them--to-be. English - • or
b'cotch.
The Indians were informed by them ,that
the "Long Knives" (Americans) Intended to
overrun their country with troops ilia the
spring and advised them to prepare them
selves,' offering assistance in the way of arms.
The chiefs or braves accompanied these
white men north for thd purpose of holding a
council, and were to have been gone two
months.
-Cr sternatt
—uonstornation prevails among the ice
cutters on the Maine rivers. New convames
have been formed and new houses btult for
gathering the Winter's harvest, but_ scarcely
any ice has yet been obtained.
—ln 1857 Emile 011ivier said In a speech,
"Perjured despotism can not live long in
France." That speech will be read during the
present session of the Corps Legislatif by one
of the members of the Left.
--Bogumil Dawison's " Personal It eminis
will be
ceneetl, written by his devoted, wife,
published at an early date in Vienna: •
EITROIDEATI AFFAIRS
The Madrid Press on a Dletatorsidp.
La Patria, a Spanish journal Published at
Madrid, gives, in its issue of January I, the
opinions of certain contemporary joarnabf on
the subject of a dictatorship, remarking " that
the Progresihtas who truly love liberty desire
a dictator, ant following the, councils of our
"wortiiii colleague, El Boletin Diplonzattco, offer
to General Prim that position as a reward for
the tact, ability and prudence which he has
for some time past lent to the party."
La Correspondencia says with respect to this
grave affair, that " the question of a dictator
ship, to be approvcal by the Codas, is still
being discussed; as, also, the necessity of
giving to the Regent the faculties conceded
by the Constitution. The wish is to suspend
fur a while, at least, the solution of the
monarchical question, to the end that the
parties engaged to the late revolution may
come to some agreement, and, in the
meantime, the Government may be better
consolidated. It is likewise thought of great
importance to put the Treasury upon abetter
basis before such an important step shall have
been definitely decided.
"The idea of a dictatorship has produced a
had effect among the Union and Republican
deputies, and certain Progresistas, D. Pascual
Madoz, and others of influence in that party
especially: the friends of Espartero condemn
to unqualified terms all s d uch ideas."
!Revolution Predicted in Russia.
_ The St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Posen Gazette tells a curious story, which, he
says, is now current in the Russian Court,
apropos of the newly discovered Socialist con
spiracy. Last autumn, during the stay of the
Imperial family at Livadia, an aide de-camp
of the Emperor's. suite one day found in his
coat pocket an anonymous pamphlet, in which
a striking. 'parallel is drawn between the pre
sent state of Russia and that of France before
the Revolution. The'Government of Nicholas
is compared with that of * Louis xrv., and
the rule of Alexander 111. with that of Louis
XV., the fate of Louis XVI. and Marie An
toinette 'being foretold for the present Czars
witch and the present. Princess Dagmar, who
is accused of frivolity, arrogance, and love of
dress: The anonymous writer concludes as
follows : "The Russian Revolution will be ft
more bloody and terrible titan that of prt ri d e
ih 1789, for the despotism of the Czars is
harder than that of the French Kings, and
Russian society far exceeds that of France in
immorality,
_brutality and ignorance!' --This
pamphlet . - was given 'by the aide-de
camp to a laldy of the Court, who
showed it to the Emperor and Empress.' The
latter, on reading it, was thrown into a
paroxysm of fear; she went immediately to
the Princess Dagmar, and after reproaching
her with her love of finery and want of de
votion; implored her to alter her mode of life ;
as otherwise she was sure the words of the
pamphlet would come true, and both the
Princess and her husband would perish on
the,scaffold. On hearing these reproaches the
Princess Dagmar burst into tears, and com
plained to the Czarewitch. The consequence
was that both of them left Livadja a few hours
after. Since this family scene, adds the cor
respondent, the Empress has often had long
fits of depression, and passes most of her time
in the society of the well-known devote :
Countess Illudell;
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TAE ADMINISTRATION VINDICATED
The Work of the Adminlstratioa--Total
Redaction of Expenditure for the First
Half of its First Fiscal Year,527,264,790.
WASHINGTON, Saturday; Jan. M, 1870.—The
controversy over the estimates and appropria
tions, which has, been occasioned by Alr.
Daws's speech, will be apt to lead the public
astray. from the real test which is to be applied
to the Administration of President Grant. His
Administration is either to be condemned or
vindicated by the manner in which the public
money is disbursed. The question is not
whether estimates and appropriations are
larger or smaller now than in previous years.
During and since the war the measure of ap
propriations has not by any means been
any proper measure of the expenditures: It
is not necessary to go into any detail why they
are not, for the reasons are known to every
person who will be interested in this state
ment. But the real and only vital ques
tion is: Does this AdministratiOn actually
!Tend more money or less money than
its predecessor? The answer is in the
actual official figures of the expenditures of
the current' fiscal year as compared with the
last fiscal . year: These figures I am able. to
give in the aggregate, and it is to such results
that the Administration can turn for vindica
tion from all assault, misrepresentation or
error, come from what source it may. No I
other test is so applicable,—no other test can
sultject the Administration and its several De
partments to so severe a criticism as to ex
hibit what it actually does with the money ap
propriated. Here are the figures:
TT oilltregato expenditures, exclusive of in
-17 •
terest on put' debt, for the first quarter of
the liscid year ISIM, ending Sept. SO, MS,
Wider Johnson, were 866,40,06
For the same quarter in 1869,. under Grant
they were
Reduction In 1569
8 111 ,919,541
The -op,sreeate expenditures exclesi v e, of in
terest on the public debt, for the second
quarter of the final year , tnding Dec.
31,1868, tinder Johnsofi, $0,0045
For the sane quarter in WO, under Grant,
they were 36,70,933
Reduction in 1.q19 $9,3Z A 2
The total interest on public debt for the first
half of 'fiscal year PM, from July I to Dec."
31,1868 was 964,971,127
For the first half of the current fiscal year,
from July 1 to Dec. 31, IWO, was 62,951,33f1
Reduction in 1860 80,019,747
The total reduction of exnenditures, there
fore,-was, for the first half of Grant's first
fiscal year, as compared with the first half of
Johnson's last fiscal year, as follows
in unit quarter
In recond quarter
On public debt in both (tuartere
Total net reduction for the first half of Bret fiscal vear - - - 327,20,790
These figures are correct. The official state
ment for the second quarterof. 1869, which
will be pi.olic in a few days .
will completely
sustain them. If we should go back still
further and embrace the first quarter of
Grant's Administration, to wit: from April
Ist to June 30th, 1869, the comparison would
be still more favorable. But, for excep
tional reasons,
it would not be so fair a test
as to take the first half of the current fiscal
year.
_ .1-NORBASE-Ilf-LXIEORIVPS.
.This, it must be remembered, is the reduc
tion of expenditure alone. But if the increase
in receipts is taken into consideration, the re
cord of the Administration grows still brighter.
I have not the official figures at hand to-night,
but I give the approximate gain- for the six
months stated, with the assurance that the
sum will exceed, rather than fall short of the
aggregate below :
Net gain from Customs, July I, to Dec. 31 $4,900,000
1869 1ti,000,000
Net gain from internal revenue, same time..... 16,000,000
Net gain from miscellaneous sources 2.972,000
Net gain in receipts
Net reduction of oxpenditure
Total gain for first half of Grant's first fiscal
year 851,136,790
I submit that thts is a sufficient indication,
if any is needed, of the work of this Adminis
tration. It proves beyond all cavil, that sp far
as it has gone, it has been true to all its
pled eB. By what it has done it is to bejudged.
Let Congress do . its part, and the adminietra
tion will meet it more than half way. --N. Y.
Time& • , .
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
SPAIN.
RIUSSIA.
50,400,095
4315,919 581
9,8 . 25,12
2,019,747
23,812,000
27,204,790
A GitEAT TRANSFORMATION.
Mow. the Negroes Legislate In Month Car.
cline.-.Fifteen Blacks in the State hen.
ate-.. Parliamentary Tattles.--The Per.
sonnet of the House—The Ablest Dim
. putant and Parliamentary Leader.
[From the Fraelaln Repository.]
Here the slave is now the master; the bond
man is the lawgiver. Here has been fulfilled
that singular prophecy Ventured by Jefferson
tootratter his retireinentlrorrithe PreSidency.
Speaking of the crime of slavery, he said,
" that considering numbers, native and natural
means only, a revolution of the wheel of for
tune, an exchange of situation, is among pos
sible events, anu it may become probable by
supernatural interference! The Almighty has
no attribute which can take side with us in
such a contest."
I walked leisurely along the broad streets of
Columbia to the imposing, but still unfinished
Capitol of South Carolina. The softest
breezes of Northern spring -time greeted me,
and the beautiful magnolia, mock-orange, firs
and other evergreens seemed to proclaim per
petual slimmer. The streets are crowded with
Motley groups of whites and blacks, and on
the modest elevation that fixes the centre of
the main avenue stands the point of attraction
—the Capitol with the Legislature in session.
I entered the vast rotunda, and passed on to
the Legislative halls, to witness the delibera
tions of the novel Legislature of reconstructed
South Carolina.
The Senate Hall, designed to echo the, elo-
Huence of the Hathptons ? the Rhetts,' the
ammonds, and other distingifished sons of
chivalry, has been fitted up in modest ele
gance, and eighteen whites and fifteen ne
groes fill Its chairs. As a body, it. is but little
below some Northern Senates i have seen,
in point of intelligence, and among its mem
bers are able men of both races. - Cor
bins, the President, is a very able lawyer and
debater, and perhaps the commanding intel
lect of all the contributions from the North
to the statesmanship of South Carolina.
He is well ' appreciated; too, as he is
Senator,. U. S. District Attorney, and
,codifier of the laws, and fills all with credit.
Senator Jillson, another son of New England,
is a gentleman of culture, and is State Com
missioner of Education, as well as legislator.
Senator Leslie is an ex-New York Dernecrat
and ex-Democratic legislator front BrOOklyn.
Be is now a Republioall k. l .l',:nator and State
Land COMlntssionel% These doubly or trebly
!'booted gentlemen are not singular, however.
There was a lack of white material when the
wheels of government were put in motion,
and it became an agreeable, necessity for a
number to accept multiplied offices. Mr.
-Moses, Speaker of the House, is Adjatant-.
General, and Mr, Nagle,Comptroller•General;
Mr. Tomlinson, Auditor-General; Mr. Elliott,
Assistant Adjutant-General, and Mr: Stol
brand, Superintendent of the Penitentiary,
are all commissioned State officers and mem
bers of the House.
THE MOST NOTABLE NECRO
in the Legislature is Senator Wright. He is
a full-blooded negro, of. medium size, with a
finely chiseled face, and a - handsomely devel
oped.head. He came here with the certificate
and seal of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl
vania, as an attorney-at-law. His features and
form are fairly. Caucasian in all save color,.
and be speaks fluently and forcibly. He is
eminent for his integrity, and devotes himself
intelligently and earnestly to the advancement
of his race and State. On the right of the
Chamber sit§ a tall, gaunt, full-blooded
negro, black as----m i dnight, with the
regular Southern negro dialect, and the awk
ward gait of a field-hand. He is Senator Nash,
the representative of the Capitol District, and
the successor to Wade Hampton. Heis quite
intelligent,' although entirely uneducated, and
was, in olden times, the best hotel porter in
Columbia. Senator Cain sits sear the centre
aisle, and boasts of no discount on his African
blood. He is a tolerable debater, and an ar
dent preacher of the. Methodist persuasion. A
little in front of him sits Senator Swans,
light quadroon, and a hasty graduate of the
country free-schools of the Cumberland Val-.
ley. He is doubtless remembered by many of
the citizens of Chambersburg. He 'writes a
beantiful band, and speaks quite'intellgently.
The hour of noon is indicated b' the plain
mahogany circular clock above the door, and
the Senate is called to order. A very plain,
jet-black, white-chokered man stepped up on
the Speaker's stand, and called the Senators to
their devotions. A more simple, beautiful and
appropriate prayer I have never heard than
Chaplain Adams for his dubious flock and
striekened Commonwealth. Rontined legisla
tion followed, and I turned to take a lo o k at
the popular branch/of the Legislature. It sits
in the spacious Library room of the new
Capitol, temporarily appropriated to the pur
pose, and a large gallery is usually crowded
with negroes, watching with intense interest
the maiden efforts of their representative
brethren as law-makers. Speaker Moses is in
the chair, and he presides with great dignity
and ability. He is an Israelite, and an en
thusiast. From an extreme rebel he has trans
formed himselfinto an extreme Republican.
As a staff officer of Gov. Pickens, he was ac- .
corded - the honer of hoisting the Confederate
flag over Fort Sumter when Anderson sur
rendered, and now he presides over the first
Republican Legislatnre. His father -was a
rebel commissioner to persuade North Caro
lina to join in secession, and now he adminis
ters theßepublican laws, in hearty_ sympathy,
as Chief Justice of the State.
The Speaker vacated the chair, and a stout,
finely-formed negro took his place and pre
sided very gracefully. He is Mr. Whipper, of
Charleston, a Michigan waif, that came with
the war and lodged when the army was dis
banded. His face is round, full, and well
drawn. If covered Vth a white skin and
flaxen hair, his features would be called more
than ordinarily good. He is the Patrick
Henry of the House as an orator; but his
want of culture mars the beauty of his senten
ces. He is a lawyer, and aspires to the vacant
seat on the Supreme Bench, as does Senator
Wright. 'Mr. Elliott, a Massachusetts
negro of full blood, is perhaps
THE ABLEST DISPUTANT AND PARLIAMENTARY
LEADER
on the coloredside., of the House, -- I saw-him
lead in desperate struggle of two days, in
support of a bill that was fought desperately
by nlibustering, and he managed it with great
skill until he covered his efibrts with success.
Captain Small, the hero of the "Planter" dur
ing the war, is also a member. He is a stout,
burly mulatto and his face indicates con
siderable intelligence and great decision of
purpose. Purvis is a neat, (slender mulatto,
and hails from Philadelphia, where his
father is well known as one of the most suc
cessful financial princes of his race. The son
is the negro Beau Brummel of the HouSe—
dresses very tastefully, and parts his soft wav
ing hair in the middle. He is an active and
influential member, and speaks' well. De
Large is a dumpy little quadroon, a fluent but ,
not very forcible talker, and has a passion for
the floor. He was a steward in the rebel navy
during the war. Cook, of Glreenville,is avery
genteel mulatto,and a quiet but efficient mem
ber. He is the son of his former master, and
long struggled to free himself from bondage.
lie saved - fifteen hundred dollars,by sixpences
and shillings earned after labor hours, and of
fered it in vain for his liberty. Finally rebel
lion brought emancipation, and his savings
gave him a comfortable home.
The House is nedrly two-thirds negroes,
who were once slaves, and every possible
shade is to be found. There are half a dozen
members who would readily pass for pure
whites, but they
. wore South Carolina slaves
only a few years ago.' Mr, Tomlinson a Phil
adelphia Quaker, atid.an offshoot of 'the Bu
reau, is the ablest whttgtufan on the floor, and .
one of the MOStSigilailtaild faithful members
in either branch. Close to himsit Gen. Dennis
and Mr.Jenks, two of the able political lead
ers of the House. In the front row is the pa
triarch of the Legislature—an old native white
preacher, his bead bleached by the frosts of
more than seventy 'winters. On each side
of the Speaker , sits 'a bright mulatto clerk,
and close by is Mr. Etter, the reporter. In,
the gallery sits the first negro in South Caro
lina, with. his . sprightly quadroon wife by his
side. Mr. Cardozo, the Secretary of State, is
a robust, full-faced mulatto, and everything
about him indicates the highest culture. His
father and master was an officer of customs
in Charleston, and gave him a complete edu
cation in Scotland. He was regularly or
dained as a minister, and waspastor of a New
England congregation for some years
before the war. General Howard has urged
him to accept a professorship in the Lin
coln University, but he wisely •prefers to
served his long oppressed race in Mouth Caro
lina. He is highly respected by all classes,
and exerts a most salutary influence in all
matters pertaining to the interests of the
blacks. If be desired to till the Executive
chair of his State, or a seat in Congress, either
would be conceded to him without a serious
struggle; but for the present he is content to
continue as Secretary of State. It is not im
probable, however, that on the 4th of March,
1871, Mr. Cardozo, once the slave of South
Carolina, may appear at the bar of the United
States Senate to qualify as the representative
of the chivalry iu the LILA legislative tribunal
of the nation. A. IC. AfcChun.F..
ConumarA, S. C., Jan: 12,1870.
ANNEXATION.
- -
The Question in Hayti. San Domingo and
St. Thomas...llaytian Aid to the Do.
' minican Rebels... Opposition to Annex.
ation—Geffrard's itekurn. •
Posx-Au-Pitin - cn, Jan.l7.—Now that the re
volution has triumphed, it is all but certain
that Cabral will receive assistance from this
quarter in the insurrectionary movement
against Baez, of which he and Luperou are
the leaders. It is believed that Saget stands
pledged to the Dominican insurgents to ren
der them all the assistance in his power, even
to the extent of placing at their disposal the
three war steamers which have so materially
helped him in overthrowing Salnave.
His reported that Luperon, who is now at
Turk's Island, will shortly visit Port-au-Prince,
where he will be met by Cabral." At any rate,
from the part the latter took in the capture of
Salnave, it would seem that a perfect under
standing exists between him and Saget. This
being so, there is eyidently trouble ahead
should the United States Senate ratify the
treaty With San Domingo for the lease of the
Bay of Samana.. Indeed, if what is reported
here of the provisions of the treaty be correct,
namely : That among other things, the United
States Government undertakes to protect the
-Dominican republic from foreign intervention
during the period allowed for exchange
of ratifications; then, unless the American
Senate should quickly reject the treaty, that
Government might find itself, before many
weeks have passed, seriously embroiled on the
Doniinican question. Saget is the representa
tive of the party in Hayti, opposed not only
to atmexation, but to the cession, in any forni
-whatever, .Of any portion of the territory of
' the island to a foreign power. in the atruo ,, le
with Salnave, Saget made excellent use of the
rumored proposal of the former to lease Cape
Nicolas. Mole to the United 'States, in exciting
the people against Salnave ; for, on, the ques
tion.of preserving their national territory-ln
its integrity, the Hayth are almost fanati
cal.
The question of allowing ex-President Geff
rard, at present, residing in Jamaica,to return
to Hayti, has been mooted, but public opinion
has net yet taken - any definite shape on the
subject. When Salnave triumphed over Goff
rardiSoulouque was permitted to return hothe,
and it is thought now that Saluave—Gefirard's
mortal enemy—has been removed, the ex-
President ought to have permission to come
back to Hayti.
A West Indian Paper on Annexation.
ST. T 11031" Jan. 17.—San Domingo fur
nishes-the absorbing topic of conversation in
this quarter. The views of the people in the
West Indies on this question are. clearly set
forth in the following editorial of the Tidende:.
The first idea which presented itself to the
'New York journals was that the United
States had at last gained a " foothold in the
West Indies." There was a repulsive sense
of domination in the term " foothold'' which
we considered of ill omen, and the first idea
that presented itself to is was to inquire
whether the - United States had at the same
time 'gained a lanalhold in San Domingo ;
that is to say, whether, on
placing their foot on the soil, the
Americans had bees taken by the hand by the
people of that republic. We have already
given Cabral's protest against this "foothold,"
and we suppose that it serves also as a dis
claimer against any attempt at a handhold.
Such deductions, as regards •Baez's control
and its manifesting a wish of the people " to
sell their country,' are not at all 'proven; for
the whole--history of-the people of the island
shows that their one dominant idea is to
" throw ofl the foreign yoke." France and
Spain, the latter doubly so, are-witnesses of
this national desire; therefore, if the United
States seek to establish that coveted
" foothold" without the handhold, - they may
fully expect the diminutive 'rebellions and
constant endeavors 'to " throw off the
foreign yoke." One would suppose that
where a republic is concerned—one professing
to be the " freest of all nations"—(according
to one version of the President's message)—
there could not possibly be anyquestion of
coercing the people of San Domingo to sub
mit to a foreign yoke, but that they would be
alloWed freedom of action, and would be ac
cepted into the Union only of their own free
will and accord, duly manifested - through the
blessed ballot-box—that great national insti
tution by which the sovereign people
of a free republic are wont to manitest
their will. Even monarchical coun
tries pay some deference to this powerful in
strument. No one—except, of course, the
Dominicans and Haytians themselves—will
--pretend that-the annexation-of their island to
the United States would be otherwise than a
blessing to the country.. It would certainly
tend to develop its rich resources , and enrich
the place; but, call it pigheadedness, or pa
triotism, or what you - will, the people of the
island will not see it in that light. They will
not sell their birthright for a mess of pottage.
They prefer present national independence to
prospective prosperity involving the loss of
national entity. However wrong they maybe
in the abstract, it is not in faulty human na
turn to blame them too severely.
—General Carleton,
,commanding at San
'
Antonio Texas, who issued that funny order
relating to soldiers carrying pistols, has just
perpetrated another, in which he says: "It
has been'observed that soldiers out on pass at
night do not conduct themselves in an orderly
manner, and often annoy the citizens by the
use of boisterous and profane language. This
must stop. A good soldier is always marked
by his politeness, his quiet„gentlemanly de
hortment, a due regard for the reputation of
is company, and a pride in the uniform he
wears. When that uniform covers a profitne
braWler, discipline Must teach the brawler
good manners."
—On the day of the funeral in Paris of Vic
tor Noir, Marshal Canrobert, the commander
in-chief of the forces about the city, wasasked
what he 'would do in case of a not: He re
plied ; " I shall shoot down forty thousand
men, if necessary; and I only asklive miuutes
to quiet Paris."
liacbefort spends his nights in Paris at the
gaming-hible. •
E .L. FEtHERSTON. Publisher
LONDON," AT. THE, WALNUT.
On Saturday evenin at the W.alnut, Not
Guilty was withdrawn in the height of its Hue
cesa to make way for another scenic display.
London is a drama written the English
playwright Harry _Leslie, and the favorite
Philadelphia comedian, John S. Clarke. Per-'
baps it is inevitable that such "a piece, dealing
with waterside characters, Old .Bailey
and Australian emigration, should suggest by
turns '° Our Mutual loriend," " Oliver Twist,"
and " Copperfield;" we can hardly expect any
very fresh gleanings from the fieldsso exhaus
tively reaped by the master of graphic fiction.
The play of London, however, has another set
of situations, not at all suggestive of Dickens,
but familiar enough to any one acquainted
with the modern " realistic.", low-life English
drama ; this vein comes out strongest at the
close of the first act, where quite a hatfull of
notes and bills aresuccessivelystoleure-stolen,
torn up, recovered, and nabbed by the police,
amongst a chain of people of different grades
and individually occult motives, in a kind
of hide-and-seek game around the monument
at Charing Cross. At the conclusion of, this
kleptomaniacal orgie the heroine accuses her
self of theft, and has herself arrested .sim
ply to cover her patron, who is the real
thief, or rather one of a crowd of gen
tlemen and beggars all bitten at the same in
stant with the insanity of money -snatching.
A trial at the Old Bailey acquits her, by the
obstinacy of a professionally-dissenting jur•y
man, who brings round the other eleven by
displaying a market-basket with provisions
and creature-comforts for a fortnight's'siege.
After a gratuitous voyage to Australia,
which comes to nothing, but gives op
portunity for some good carpenter-work,
the heroine turns up, and is righted at last, in
a comfortable finale where the villains all
escape and virtue is rewarded with a wealthy
marriage. It is not, worth while to go further
into the analysis of so loose a plot, whose prin
cipal ingenuity is expended in dragging the
action up to the front of the principal monu
ments and architectural curiosities of London.
The scenery, painted by an English, artist
named Johnson, is really interesting, forming
quite a panorama of the modern 13abylon'and
its chief lions. The east of characters is suffi
ciently varied to allow each artist of the com
pany a good chance to assert his powers.
Messrs. Walcot and Taylor were gentlemanly
and.polished in their well-dressed rides, and
the first did all he'could to infuse life into a
rather stupid range of high-strung emotions.
Mr. Fawcett was several times very summing,
and Mr. Bradshaw, In a, ' Protean part,
gave humor awl animation to all of
his many changes. Mr. Bailey, as the.
gentlemanly old idiot who steals money`
and allows his governess to suffer
for bis crime, was.unable to atone for the ex
travagant improbability of the character by
any originality of his own. Mr. Morrison 's
ride of a waterside villain, a sort of Rogue
Riderhood, was very much. in his lino, au&
was capitally well played. The ladies were all
good. Mrs. Walcot was not cast. Miss Graham
was interesting and careful in her manner of
acting '° Alice .Heron,"the heroine and victim;
thislady always looks well, and she under
stand/3 how to act with repose, even in, pas
tionate scenes. Mrs. Chapman made the most
of the old aristocrat, "Lally Euphemia," late
cook. 'Miss Rose Wood's grace and beauty
fitted well to a light soubrette part. Miss Mary
Barr, as a ballad-singer, courageously stem
ming the tide of travel in the Strand, and
singing "Somebody Waiting for Me" under
Temple Bar,' looked char/tiling and sang
freshly and well ; we hope to hear her. pure
young voice oftener in the future. The drama
of London will be played every evening, and
at the matinee of, next Saturday.
MVNICAL.
mu. Jaiivis's SOIREE.
Mr. Jarvis's second musical soiree was
given at Dutton's Rooms on Saturday. The
audience was encouragingly large. No more
delightful entertainments than these are
Offered to the friends of the best music, and
we are glad to observe a considerable in
crease in the attendance atthem. Mr. Jarvis,
as well as his popular coadjutors, Messrs. .
Kopta and Bening, were more completely than
ever, on this Occasion, en rapport with. each
other as well as With the music, and the result
was one of the most satisfactory soirees that it
has been our fortune to attend. Mr. Kopta.
gave us for his solo a beautiful Polonaise by
Laub; his performance of it was one of his
best, and was characterized by exquisitely
neat execution and perfect intonation. • The
second. Concerto of Goltermann, for 'cello,is
a new work . here, and was Mr. Hennig's
solo. It would be only repeating the ens- -
ternary commendation that is alwaysawartied
to this artist's performance, to say how well
it was done. Mr. Hennig is by some years
younger than any violoncellist in the Coun
try, but he has few rivals, and since his excel
lence
is progressive, we may hopefully look .
to claim him soon as the first on his instrument
in Amerita. - The Goltermann concerto is a
genial work, of which a second hearing with
an orchestral support is dirable. Mr. Jarvis
accompanies as well as he plays, but it is im
possible to transform even so noble an instru
ment as the new " Chickering " used at the
concert into an orchestra; and the complete
effect of a concerto is only obtained when pre- '
sented with the orchestral contrasts.
It is difficult to imagine a , moreperfeetpiano '
than that upon which Mr. Jarvis performed
his two solos of the Second Intpromptit of Cho
pin)kil and the Traernes . Wirre lof Schumann. It
was,•perhaps, the' first pe ormance of the
Chopin impromptu here in üblic. It ,is a.
genuine inspiration, noble, beautiful, and as
perfect as a sonnet of Shakespeare. Mr. Jar
vis played it with characteristic delicacy and
feeling, anti as only a few American pianists
can. We fear it is only because Mr. Jarvis is
a Philadelphian, born and educated among
us, that we are not entirely aware that his
rank is with the very first of American ar
tists. His performance on Saturday was
worthy of the high renutation he enjoys with •
the intelligently critical. The Sonata for piano
-- and - violin in A, 0p. , 17, =the . " Kreutzer; by
Beethoven, has never been better done here
than' by Messrs. Jarvis and Kopta, and the D
minor trio of Mendelssohn, which concluded
the Soiree, would have been almost of itself a
sufficient entertainment for the evening. It
was a most enjoyable performance, and of the
highest order of concerted playing. - .
The next soiree will be gives at the same
place on the evening of March sth. We cor
_dially commend the series to every one inter- .
ested in the maintenance of a high standard of
correct musical tasts in this community.
.
—On Tuesday evening, the Bth of February,
-the Handel and Haydn Society willpresent
Bossini's oratorio, illoses in Egypt ) with a fell
'chorus, an orchestra of forty musicians and a
cast, • including Miss Maria Brainerd; Mad.
Josephine Schimpf, Mr. George Simpson, Mr.
.la. Cob Graf, Mr., A. Taylor and Mr. Emil
Gastol. Seats my be secured at Trumpler's
Gould's and Boner's.
—A Louisville reporter has tried his hand at
a description of a ball. It is wonderfully
With tantalizing initials ho declares
that he " noticed in the feminine coterie, Miss
A. M., of Frankfort, attired in a beautiful
broken plaid, scarlet and , white poplin, and
gay with humor ;" while Miss H. H., of
Franklin, ".'Wove grenadine, with white
ground and , cherry polka spot, radiant in
smiles," And ?tiss M. W., of .Frankfort; ap
peared-in "mode•eolored poplin, with ruffles,
variegated. sash and lace collar; proud as a
queen and 'sweet with innocence as a twilit."
—Prinee Napoleon is learninw to play the
violin • •
DRAMATIC.