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OLUME XXIII,-NO. 267.
EI)DING CARDS, INVITATIONS
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It gtmw4 4630finw et,
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ID IRA Stationer . and Engriver. , 10X O *.i
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BUTLRB--BitADbr_L-4u Newark_ J., Feb..l6th,
by the tier . Dr: NV: 11: Horntdower, Mr. ifeury V. Bet—
ter, Jr. c f Pittereoli,jo Mao Nary Briulley,e,deet
f inittioh
KELLESIB--OA TO n Thuridef, February
]7th, WO, at tbo cathedrol, by the Rev. Fattier °Welt,
Zda.l.lfredlieuither to Hiss Boas °Alton. •
DIED.
DlOBSON.—lni:,Pitteburgh, pis Wednesday, the 16th
fast., Thomas DMitsOn. of Swissvale, to the 18th year of
his age
LiAlit9Eftk l f;- , On the itith lastAffarriet Blasi wife
of tale ere Joint tf:'fiallowilf, aged al years. -
The relativea end friends of the family are respe_etf ally
invited to attend the funeral,.troneher late residence en
riatur day aey' Sett. clock.
HALLO Umth(lTtitinsti.Markaret Malloway.
The mint •stadirliqkllt 6r the family tiro respect( ully
invited mattepd the funeral, from the residence of Ed
ward': 14,,wgegi atresti on -Mender-4f
turnout; " at 2i) omen. •
K till 4.—Att Horne, oath° ,Ist of. January. gartman
Hahn. fr 3l ii i tMgity in E t l i t i z e alg.l l l 4l* 2 . %?y t tis g riter
44FikagaMary o.lPittgiugetAirj ill fact year 91 hey ago
T relative. awl frlendsl,Sf Wei wally, are Invited to
utterja_tho funetal,fratn fell Spruce street, on Monday
net talat histi atiOnaleeleili It. ' ••
T1i;f1%).,,-911 the 17th inst., Martha Thaw.
The Itiatillrtatiltfritatte)4llo-ftritly ate Invited to
attend the funeral, from tier late residence, CO X° . 8
MTN% 04 Saturday afternoon. lath last . t at So 'clock.
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11:r ACADEMY OF MIJI3IC. ,
THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES.
OFORGE WILMAPI MONA
ON THURSDAY EVENING, . FEBRUARY 24.
subject—Our National Folly—The Civil Service. .
PROF. HENRY MORTON,
ON MONDAY EVENING, February N.
Subject—Solar Eclipses-
BAYARD TAYLOR, March 3.
Subject—Reform and Art.
JOHN 0. SAXE, Mardi 51.
Subject—French Folks at Home.
Prot ROBERT E. ROUEN'S, March St.
Nubject—llonnical forces in Nature and the Arts.
ANNA E. DICKINSON, April 7.
Subject—Doan Breaks.
Admisaion to each Lecture, 5B cents. Roserred
(;ants. 75 cents.
Tickets to any of the Lectures for male at Gears Plaz,
Booms. 523 Chtetuut street. from 9 A. M. to 5 P. N
Doors open at 7. Lecture at B o'clock
ir7 HORACE GREELEY
AT Trtz
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
TUESDAY EVENING, February Zd
stilkiect—" VIE WOMAN QUESTION."
Tickets at ASIIMEAD'S, 774 Obestaat Street.
Reserved Seats; 75 cents. Admission and Stage Tickets,
60 cents. Itesgrved Seats In Family Cirde,SU cents.
fell st.
OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA.
Sa•rD" ROAD OORPADY.
Pu 2 ADE.!•II I . I .i! l:l;tntrY N. /870.
NOTICE TO eTOCKHOLDERS.
The annual election for Directors will he held on
MONDAY. theltb day of &larch, 1870 , at the Office of
the Company. No. $3O South Tbird stret. The polls will
i.e open from ID o clock A. NI. until o'clock P. M. No
share or shares transferred within sixty days preceding
the election will entitle the holder or holders thereof to
tote.
JOSEPH LEBVEY,
Socretary.
roiccm►,arr4
101. -- OFFICE RECEIVER ,OF TAXES.
Prin.II)!ELPIIIA.FO.I7.,
NOTICR.—In consequence of the confusiOn Incident
to the chatioin the administration of this department,
under the decision of the Supreme Court In the contested
election case. it ham been determined.riwilh the en
dorsement of the Finance Committee of,Councils, to
open the duplicates for the reception of the City and
State Taxes for the year 1370, on MONDAY NEXT,
February 21. - RICHARD PELTZ,
fen.% IT Receiver of Taxes.
OFPICE OF THE.UNITED.FIRIY--
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Z z 3I T R , 13 N INSURANCE COMPANY, 723 ARH
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PII ILADIcLYIIiA , Feb. 16.1870
The annual election for Proaldent and Direetora will
be held the office of Abe Company ,on SVEIDN ESDA Y.
'March 23;1870, ltetween,the ilOOlll of 12 o'clock M. and 2
o'clock P. M. WM. 11. FAGEN.
feltitzuli3rp§ Secretary.
OItAND STEREOPTICON DIS
SOLVING Views and Tableau Entertainment for
the Denett of the Newshor's Homey under the direction
,of 0 H. WILLARD. ESQ., et MOIiTIODLTDRAL
MALL,
MONDAY EVENING, February :1,1!10.
Tickets, 50 cents. To be bad at the Music Stores, and
at the fel7 et rp§
to. MY COMBINATION BURNING
Fluid never has, nor never will explode in any
lamp. It Is the safest and beet light known In the world.
SILAS FULLER,
fell-61.rp§ 9.24 Spring Garden street.
LarHOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518
aro 162 u Lombard etreet, Dispensary Department.
diaal treatment and medidnela ratahed gratuitously
to the por.
1109 GIRARD STREET. 1109
Wiuuea. RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED BATHS,
r He atso 7 ""
IMlA°sonfromAm.l;.:
—lt has been proved beyond dispute that
pain can be felt for twenty minutes after de
capitation, by the following experiments,made
by a Paris surgeon : Two human heads were
placed in the rays of the sun, and the eyelids
which had been opened were immediately
abut; and the head of an assassin named Ter
rier, which was experimented upon rnorethan
a quarter of an hour after having been sepa
rated from the body, turned its eyes when
called.
—A lady living at Marseilles was returning
from church on a recent Sunday, when she
heard steps behind her,and felt some one take
her band and draw under his arm. Turning
round she saw a gentleman, elegantly dre.ssed,
'who was, quite a stranger to her. She tried
to draw away her arm, bat the unknown held
it firmly, and said with an air of the greatest
politeness Madame, lam a thief, and am
closely pursued •by the police. They kuow
that lam a stranger in the town, and will
tomer suspect me if they see me in the com
pany of a ladyso respcctatAy connected as you
must be?'
—A. letter from, Mississippi, intended to
prejudice favorably the case of a murderer,
says that the writer knows of a family of high,
aoelal standing in that State whose tempers
are so uncontrollable that the members, male
and female t will, upon a trifling *thunder
utanding arising, hurl knives at eaoh other',
acmes the ditteer-table,and that In the presence
of strangers. ,
' '',' ', ' •I''' ' , f‘ - . t — is' t'o Y, 11, '1 '
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Gents'
Furnishing
Goods.
Fashionable
Mienhint
Tailoring,
Full well I know the gracious mother's wiles
And dear delusive smiltv3i -
N 0 callow fledgling of her singing brood
•
But tastes that witching food,
And'bearing overhead the eagle's wing,
And how the thrushes sing,
Vents his exiguous chirp, and from his nest
• Flaps forth—we know the rest.
I own the weakness of the tuneful kind,— •
Are not old harpers blind'?
1 sang too early, must I sing too late ?
The lengthening shadows wait
The first pale stars of twilight,—yet• how sweet
The flattering whisper's cheat,—
Thou host the fire no evening chill can tame,
Whose coals outlaSt its flame!"
Farewell ye Carols of the laughing morn,
Of earliest sunshine born!
The sower flings the seed and looks not back
' Along his furrowed track ;
The reaper leaves the stalks for other hands
To gird with circling bands ;
The wind, earth's careless , servant, truant
born,
Blows clean the beaten corn
And quits the thresher's floor, and goes his
way
To sportwith ocean's spray;
The headlong-stumbling rivulet, scrambling
down
To wash the sea-girt town,
Still babbling of thereeng and billowy waste
Whose salt he longs to taste,
Ere his warm wave its-chilling clasp may
feel •
Has twirled the miller's wheel.
The song has done its task that makes us bold
With secrets else untold,—
And mine has run its errand ; through the dews
1 tracked the flying Muse;
The daughter of the morning touched my lips
With roseate linger-tips ;
Whether I would er would not, I must sing
With the new choirs of spring ;
Now, as I watch the fading autumn day
And trill my softened lay,
I think of all that listened, and of one
For whom a brighter sun
Dawned at high summer's noon. Ah, com
rades dear,
Are not all gathered here?
Our hearts have answered.—Yes ! they hear
our call;
All gathered here ! all! all!
An Ott Iteffrobry Destroyed.
The Pittsburgh Dlspqtch of yesterday says:
Shortly after five • o'clock last evening an
alarm of fire was struck, from box:73, on the
corner of Butler and Borough streets,
Lawrenceville. The alarm was caused by the
appearance of huge volumes of dark, thick
smoke hovering over the village of Sharps
burg. Repairing to the spot, it was found that
a still in, one of the still-houses connected with
the extensive oil refinery of Livingston
Brothers had exploded. In an incredibly short
space of time the oil was in flames, which
communicated with two tanks, one filled with;
crude oil and the other with benzine. It was
an almost fruitless effort to attempt to check;
the conflagration, so the attention of:
those present was directed to the
saving of a number of small frame
houses which stood in close proximity,
and in which effort the citizens and firemen
on the ground were successful. For a time
the flames raged fearfully; nor was it until;
they had fleeting left to .grasp that they sue-
climbed. At one time it was thought that the
fire would prove a most devactatime, one,..but,
rt
founately, there was but' vory little of at
breeze blowing at the time, otherwise, the loss
might have been much heavier: The bfelSis.l
Livingston roughly estimate their loss at
$10,0W,,0u whiob there is a partial insurance..
Wo heard of but one accident on the odeiteion•
(tlon% tlie;Atleiiltie Monthly, Tot
EVE!V•SONO.
' Y
It may be, yes, it must be, Time, that brings
An-end tto' mortal things - , -'"
That sends the beggar Winter in the train .„.
- Of Autumn's burthened wain,—
;-Time, that is beir of all tint earthlystitte, ;
And kuoweth well to wait
TillAtealath turnerkto , share;and.sbore to sea,
' If 'so it need'must lie,
Ere lie make gooA; his dais!, and, call his own
Old empires 1
overthrown,—
Time ' tr
who eatind'no heavenly orbloo large'
To hold its fee in charge,
• Nor any motes that 1111100%1ra so small s ; •
But he shall care for all,— " -
I: It may be, must be,—yett; he soon shall tiro
This band that lioldsthe lyre."' :;, * r
~_:,, ..,—, , ..,., 1
Then ye who, listened in-that earlier day
`When to my careless lay '; ; ; ;,‘ '; ; t
I mat:Filed its Crirdititridefolit ,tbeir firitt-liorn
thrill, ; ' ;
With untaught xade.st, skill - .„ . , ,
Vexing a treble froth thetilender strings'
, Thin, as thelPoust Sin
hnat T , ••• '
Wlie 'the sliriy ; crying, child of sinitn4er's
e ' . . .
Itipes from-his lea& seat, , ~, -; ,
The'dim pavilioartfierabowering green'
Beneath whose shadowy screen
The small sopranist tries his single note
, Agit la the Song-bird's' throat,
And all the echoes listen; butin vain;
u , '
- They hear no an7swering strain,—
Then ye who listerted in that earlier day
Shall sadly tuns away,
iayin "The fire burns low, the hearth is
cold
Thatwittmed our of wit
Cover its embers and the half-burnt brands,
And let us stretch our hands
Over a brighter,aud freshaindle4,l flame ; ;
Lo, this lit noethe'saine, z
The Joyous singer of our morning time,
Flushed high with lusty rhyme !
Speak kindly: for he bean a' httrnan heart,—
But Whisper him apart,—
Tell bin' the woods their 'autumn robes have
shed
And nil their birds have fled;
And shouting winds unbuild the naked nests
They warmed with patient breasts;
Tell him the sky is dark, the suunner o'er
• And bid him sing no more!
Ab, welladay! if words so cruel-kind
' 'A listening ear might find!
But who that heats the music in his soul
Of rhythmic waves that roll
Crested with gleanie of tire, : aud ail -they flow
Stir all the deeps below
Till the great pearls no calm might ever reach
Leap glistening on thebeach.-- ,
IVho that haskuown the passion and the pain,
• The rush through heart and brain, •
The joy so likea pang his hand is pressed
Bard on his throbbing breast,
When thou, whose smile is life and bliss and
fame.
}last set his pulse aflame,
Muse of the lyre! -cad say farewell to thee?
Alas! and retest it be?
. .
In many a clime, in many a stately tongue,
The mighty bards have sung;
To these the immemorial thrones belong
• And purple robes of song;
Yet the slight minstrel loves the slender tone
His lips may call his own,
And finds the measure of his verse more
sweet
Timed by his pulse's beat,
Than all the hymnings of the laurelled throng.
Say not I do him wrong
For Nature spoils her warblers, them she
feeds
In lotus-growing meads
And pours tbem subtle draughts from haunted
streams
That fill theirsouls with dreams.
EXPLOSION NEAR PITTSIMRGH.
1 1
011T4D1114 , 111/V I : FIIII?A'r,TEBRITART, 18;1870.
•
Thattbappatird to a little- stele larbio*as 'Alta&
ing near the still-house at tire Vine of °the' 4E4
etruck on , tbd bead; 'bet
could not anyvvitb what, and severely, though ,
not Berton* injure& The refinery fa Ideated'
nrailbelk lUnbeny• river; a few hundred Yarda
above the 43batosborg badge.
- -MWMMIIOrt It40!It MIN
1 i oi •" ,The Nil''. raiume4,lrerilaw..f'•,. ,
The following is a ariopels,of the bill passed
yeaterday by the Legislaturoprerviditig for; the ,
: heaith and . safety cof>personasin ;coal. 'Mane,
1 Theldil is a length ydoeument; covering some
;seventeen pages of printed. Anatterpatice Very
I earthing prepared. sections one And two pro-
I vide that the owners off coal mined aballmake ,
ia, full and accurat e map of tbe workings of the
'same, on a scale of one, hundred: feet .to the
I incb,and shall said mare with the in.
I spectom. of collieries for - the district within
four months from the passage- of thiaach r•-
beetiOit.,three provides that four months after
tbe paithage Of thle act it shall not belawful tor
1 the, owner or agent of any anthracite'coal
mine or colliery worked by or through a shaft
: or elope, to. employ 'any person, iii. working
i within it, unless , ,there are in communication
l' voitlrevery seam or stratum of. coalAtotiredip
• such coal mine or• colliery, for the eime being
, at work, at ;least? two shafts or slopes, or out
lets,eeparated by natural strata of -fretless than
• one hundred and tiftyfeet in breadth,by which
dietinet means of ingress and. egress are
, always available to the persona employed In
the coal mine or colliery; but it; shall not be
necessary for the two, ehafte, elopea or outlets
to belong be the same coal , mine or colliery ) ? if
the persons therein employed have available
means of ingress by not less than two shafts,
elopes or outlets, one more of which may ,
belong to another coal mine or colliery. I
Section• five enacts ,in cases where the
provisions of the act are neglected, the Courts
can issue an injunction prohibiting the work-
ing of the mines where such violations occur.
Section 6. The owner, /femme, operator or
agent of every coal mine or colliery shall erect 1
or provide at or near the mouth or entrance
to em mine, and maintain the same at all
times when men are employed in such mine, I
amicable buildieg er buildings supplied with
,:oft water, and properly lighted and warmed, 1
for the use, of the men employed in such Mine, 1
to wash and change their clothes when enter- ?
ing the mine and when returning therefrom.' , i
Section 7. The owners, or agents of I
every coal mine dreolliery shall pro- I
vide an adequate' ainbunt of ventilation, I
not less than fifty-five cubic feet per I
second. of pure air, or thirty-three hundred
feel per minute for every fifty men, and as
much more as circumstances may require, ,
which shall be circulated through to the face
of each and every working place throughopt
the entire mine, to dilute and render harmless, t
and expel tberef;om the noxious peisonous
gases to such an extent that, the entire mine
shall be in a fit state for men to work in; and
a mining boss shall .be appointed to oversee
the arrangements for ventilating,
.to see that
loose rock is carefully secured against falling,
that the arrangements for signalling from the
bottom to the top and rice versa are good. ge
and his assistants shall carefully examine the
wines every morning, and watch to prevent,
explosion or evil effects of foul air.
Section 11 provides that none but compe
tent, sober• engineers shall be employed.
These are the main features of the act. In
addition to them it provides that the Governor
shall appoint three per.sons as mine inspectors
for Luzerne and Carbon counties. The re
maining sections of the bill simply define
their duties.
The following amendments were added yes-
An
terda :
An amendment requiring the driving of
shafts (or second openings to each mine; at
once, with three sets of hands, working
twenty-four hours.
An amendment fining operators $5OO for
employing boys vinder twelve years of age.
An amendment fining WO and imprisoning
not move than six months any engineer who
leaves or refuses to operate his engine when
men or animals are in the mine.
An amendment authorizing widowtr
maintain actions for damages.
COLONVJL Ai n'!3 SaPKOITION.
ins Attack on the Indians on the Mg
Bead of the litertno, Stoutatie....one
Hundred end Seventy-Three ' Wev..
ejoys Kuted...Great Detarnettort of
Property.
(From the Helens (Montana) Gazette, Bob
The expedition against the hostits Indiana
set out from Fort Shaw on Wednesday. , The
weather was fearfully cold; the thermometer
ranging from 10 to 20 degrees below zero, and
the icy winds swept across the exposed and
blank plains with a keenness and penetration
that defy, description. About dawn on Sunday•
morning they reached the tepee of an ,
Indian called Grey Wolf, who was
encamped alone, with his family;
in which there were two cases of smallpox.
Extorting from Gray Wolf the intelligence
teat Red .Horn and Bear Chief's camp was '
about eight miles further on the Big Bend of
the Merles, the command started on, a gallop
and came upon the camp like- a whirlwind,_
about 7 o'clock A. M. There was only one
Indian stirring; and he seeing the cavalry as
they dashed across the creek, fired and killed
a soldier. The next second the command
were in the camp, around every tepee, in
front of every lodge door, and opening a
fusilzule from their repeating rides. The awak
ened Indians jumped to their feet with
terrific yells; but no sooner would one put
his head out of the lodge door than he was
riddled. Some fired through the lodges,others
endeavored to escape by running. One
"buck" was found alive afterwards, in his
tepee, who Lad killed two of his squaws with
his knife and piled their dead bodies over
himself to hide him. This is an act ofstratagein,
meanness and cowardice unexampled even in
Indian history. It is unnecessary to say that
the wretch did not live long after he was
found in that condition. Soon itappeared that
the warriors of the camp were thoroughly
wiped out, and the troops took a. view of the
situation. The camp consisted of 37 lodges,
with a wealth of buffalo ro'beee furs, meat,
whisky and everything that an Indian consi
ders necessary to make him rich, that aston
ished the troops. They found that they had
killed 173 Indians, and had, beside/4 between
130 and 140 captives, women and children.
These they bad no use for, and, assigning
them a lodge for their shelter, with sum ne
cessaries as they needed, the troops burned
the robes, furs, peltries, meats, arms, lodges
and everything else.
While a detachment remained at the work
of destruction, the main command had re
sumed the march to attack the Mountain
Chiefs band, which they supposed was only
three miles further, , : but a march of sixteen
miles scarcely brought them to the camp. The
Indians here had received the alarm and fled,
barely taking their ponies with them. The
lodges were struck, but nothing had been
moved. The pota were still burning on the
in
fires. There were forty-foar lodges this
camp, with a similar wealth - of Indian
goods, proving that they were the richest
Indians i mem erica. Everything was destroyed.
The guides and citizens were much disgusted
at the destruction of bales of buffalo robes and
rich fins ; but the doctor announced that they
all had the small-pox contagion in them.
Then the command made for the Blood Camp,
near the agency. Here the small-pox was
raging fearfully. The warriors had skedad
dled,,..-but Oolonel Baker' sent a half-breed
after them, who laduced them' to come back.
They came back to their camp mighty good;
Indians, delivered up about a dozen Ameri
eAit iMrseS that they 10, including Broad
. .
OM WHOLE COUNTRY.
Water's' !mown horse; end Were for' ,
peace
alir the time. They then 'bre - tight meat
and all aorta of Presents to the soldtera—being ,
, the iiittindlen treaty , •ort record where the
preemie w. re not made by the whites.
liaker,znade a speech, and told; them that ae
they had,taken no part 14 the murder,hc would'
'ap4ro them, and - warned theta , neve to tres
i paselitt the whites. Tho commtuid`wini then'
gathered tip and went into camp, where they'
got qpiare meal: From., the 'oath they , re
) turnedto Fort Shaw, bringing with them over
three .hundred captured bones.. All thwe
particulars are authentic, „received from
cers nfthe command., • , •
•
! AMIIILIDEffne or Timm ninitiimoNr.
Ono•,,lrionnoantO noslar Autoffireptillir-A
Leaf 11rom Mr. WeefreAtitcloiegraphs- •
.flutingthe rebellion I wag callo&frequently.
by telegram to:Washington—generally by the
Secretary of State, but occasionally by the
Postmaster-General, Secretary of War, Secre
tary of the Treasury (Mr. McCulloch), or the
President., In February,. 1863,•I received the
following despatch : , ~ 1
WesuiNOTON, Feb: 18,`1863.—T0 Thurlow
Weed, ifibany'; :C4n Tom ; be „here ,to-morrow
molning!' •Arievier. •'• • • ITICOLAY.
• To this telegram of the President's private
Secretary,/ , responded: aftirnmtivnly; and be
fore SIX '_o'clock - the' next morning was •i n
Wisbingten, going, as„,was my habit, at. 81
o'clbck to breakfast with' Secretary Seward.
After. breakfast, walking to the State Depart,
ment; the Secretary remarked that the • Ptesi
dent would inform me why J had , . been sent
fok.l Repairing to the Ito Hodse, Mr.
Lincoln, taking my band in his cordial way, •
said?' "WO , are ,in a tight place.
Some money for a legitimate war
purpose is needed, iramedately. There
is no appropriation from ,which it can be law
fully taken. In this perplexity the Secretary
of 'Far suggested that yen-should be sent for.
Can ^you - help AM to - $15,000?" I replied,
" Yes, Sir, but as.you need the money unme
diately, the matter could be hastened by giving:
me two lines to that ~ effect." He turned to
his desk, and wrote on a heet of note paper
what follows. 'Thus fortified, returned by
the first train to New York, and before 3
o'clock ,I had stiOnrri Mr. `Littccihi's note,
briefly explaining its import, to the fifteen
gentlemen whose autographs follow that of
Mr. Lincoln on; 'alb same sheet of note payer
EXECUTIVE' MANSION, IIo r ASHINOTON, Feb.
19, 1 8 63.- 31 r. P. Weed---DEAR Sin: The mat
ters I spoke to you about are important, and I
hope you will not neglect them.
A. LINCOLN.
; Marshall O. Roberts. .. •. . .... ••.• • • • Sl,OOO
' Alexander T. Stewart 1,000
Isaac Bell 1,000
Wm. H. Aspinwall 1,000
C. Vanderbilt 1,000
Samuel L. MitchelL . 1,000
H. B. Cromwell 1,000
Novelty Iron Works, by H. A ...... 1,000
Jam es 1 1 . . Sanford 1,000
Spofford & Tillotson 1,000
James F. Winslow, Troy 1,000
Secor & Co 1,000
P. S. Forbes 1,000
Russell Sturges P 4 '• • • .... 1,090
Henry W. Hubbell .
Charles Knapp . 11)00
By the mail of that evening these contribu
tions were transmitted to. Washington. I in
tend on some proper occasion to offer Presi
dent Lincoln's note with his autograiph,
together with the autographs of the fifteen
Pgentlemen whose names follow that of the
resident, for sale, for the benefit of some
meritorious charity.
Eatfish Poeta and Amerleaw Pub.
'Die following correspondence explains it
self i
To the Editor of the London Times: Sus
The enclosed correspondence 1t!11 throw some
light on the relations of English authors to
American publishers. ,
---Arthings are
.at present, there is no legal
ohstacle to prevent a dishonest Englishman
from flailing the copy of an unpublished poem,
whiehh .4has been allowed to borrow or has
purloined, to a transatlantic pdblisher and
simplypocketing the proceeds.
One bar only remains—tire tight feeling of
the Anierican public and of the American
Eublishers. Those of your- road ere who will
lance at the two letters whietr •PentloSe, will
kph- for - their'. countryman; 6ut will not
desprdrof their cousins on the otliei-ghle.:'
For obvious reasons the name, address, and
a single aurae in No.l. are SaPttreeelad•
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
January l3:
NEW YORK, Dec. 3, ISflf_t—Gentlenen: Thome
just arrived from England, where I received
a commission to dispose of a serious (sic) of
twelve small poems by Alfred Tennyson, P. L.
of Great Britain. They have never been pub
' lished, but have been printed privately by
Sir—,-at hisprivatepress, where only six
copies were printed. * * * The lowest
price for these twelve poems, together With
an MS. vollinie .containing various emend&
ttansis:£ These poems are known
to about_ dezen only.
Corrobtirative evidence will be giving in
writing if desired as to the poems having been
written by A, Tennyson, and also' as to their
being still unpublished.
Please address street, New York.
No. 2.
• BOSTON, December 6, 1869.—Dear
We are 1* receipt of your letter of
December 3, in which you sayyou are in
possession of certain unpublished poems of
Mr. Tennyson's which you are willing to dis
pose of for the sum of £260 sterling. We are
perfectly aware of the existence of these
-poems, but we are also aware that they should
not be given to the public, they having been
written for a strictly private reason. Within
two months a member of our firm has person
ally conversed with Mr. Tennyson upon this
very point, and we, therefore, know precisely
what his feeling is.
Under no circumstances could we enter into
negotiations for their publication. More than
this, we feel certain that only by a breach of
confidence on the part of some person could
they have found their way to the American
market.
As Mr. Tennyson's authorized , publishers
and representatives in America, we must re
monstrate in the strongest terms against any
publicity being given to the poems, and we
trust, upon this view of the ease being pre
sented to your mind, you will discontinue pro.
ceedings in the matter.
We' shall be glad to hear that yon conclude
to withdraw them from publication.
We are, dear sir, your obedient servants,
FIELDS, OSGOOD .5."7, CO.
•
DRIIGOINTS IN COVINCTL.
Conventlett of Druggists is New Jersey.
Yesterday a State Convention of Druggists
was held in Lilvary Hall, Newark. About 50
repre.sentatives were present. The Conven
tion organized by the election of Charles
Dalrymple, of gorristown, as Chairman, and
Charles V. Smyth and Ransom Vandervoort,
Secretaries. After, some deliberation, a bill
was drafted, to be presented to the Legisla,
ture, providtg that it shall be unlawful for
any person to keep open a store tor the dispen
sing and compounding of drugs,&c.,unless such
poison shall be a registered or certified phar
maceutist. The Governor shall have nower to
select five out of the fifteen names to-be pro
sented, who shalt compose the State Phartna, •
ceutical Board, to hold Oleo for two years.
No sale shall he made of any drugs or poisons
without'a proper label upon the vessel Cott
A " UTE RA.RY " TmEr.
.Ushers."
tiiining the same. : , .r,resoriptiOna shall, be, era,
iserved tor at least five years. Any Intentional
, adulteration or mixing. oUfofeign or impUre
hubmances4 with any drug . of preparar.
;thin shall he deemiki a misdemeanor. punfsba
' hie by a line. not exbeedlogo $1;000, to which
one year's iMprisontnent may be added. •
TUE filinctitollll9:
Oirintousf,f the Cuff lora
' 'Disouvaing the' tiullotn.' bill to hbolish
polygamy in ?Utah, the New York , Tratiffe"
'says,
picture Th e of the disorganized pondiflon of
Utah, as 'Presented 'by the Chairman ,
of the
'HOUse CoMmittee on • Territories in the debate,
on, the abolition of polygamy, in that Territory,,
painful &Otis, bardly,justifies thi3 proposition
.to 'send a small 'Jenny 'there. 'The
Wit i Utah: • is• nr • largelY
!as, our letters from Salt Lake: City:,
have shown, to the dissensions among "the
Mormons therliffelves. • • There. is not much• '
dangeri as the chairman thinks. that-the Gen
tile population will, be drivee,out unless troops
are sent to protect thorn. On the Contrary,
the inevitable Conflict bet Ween the' old' Nor=
mon settlers,and.the new, Gentile emigrant*,
which the completion of the Pacific Railroad,
hastene, polygamy • will "'disappear; •we' try st
without acceleration from either the bayonet
or bowie-knife. ; ,
•
' • -is How' About a War?
[From the Net! . York World.i • • •
Since reading Mr. Cullom's speech in
the
. Honse'yesterday in favor of him anti-polygamy
I bill, we'think worse than ever (Ibis ofhis o schem©
and his bill. His, speech shows the grossest
'misapprehension of the Mormon character as
well as of the Mormon idea, andgives 'proof
.that hef ; well aware his hill' will involve us
in sanguinary difficulties. It is true that.he is
all ready to plunge into a fight with the M or
moos,' and and is quite sure that . this great and
glorious Government of ours, which
lately put down an awful and, tremendous re
bellion in the South, will not be afraid of the
MOrmons ' who, he thinks, cannot raise more
than.B,ooofighting men, and who Ctould be
kept in subjection by a few companies of
regular troops. All this looks very impressive
and bellicose ; and we might suppose it would
.frighten the Mormons if the did not know
better than to be frightened by a man who,
knowing so little, can talk - so loudly.
We ourselves are firmly convinced that the
"United States could "lick" the Mormons in a
'standing-up fight, but we know also that it
would be a harder and more costly job than
Mr. Cullom makes out. The only parties who
would profit by the war would he the contrac
tors and plunderers, who would have several
,years' work'on band and several hundreds of
'millions of dollars to divide among them
selves.
Biol. IN mensty CITY.
Effeeta of a Mince.
The N. Y. Tribunesays: - -
Montgomery street was last evening the
scene of a serious labor riot. The Tribune
stateda few days ago the fact, that the brick
layers and mason plasterers in Hudson county
jail bad struck because they could not get the
price they wanted for their labor. They bad
been receiving $.5 a day. Their employers
wished them to lower their demand to
they proposed a compromise of SI aio, to which
their bosses refused to accede. The result
was that they ceased working; and at a
meeting held by them subsequently, they
adopted an address to men of their craft
in this vicinity, praying them to desist
from taking the places which they had va
cated. In the face of this, a number accepted
from Hall & Progan contracts to do the
work upon School-Hense - No. 5, in Jersey
City, which the strikers' had deserted. Among
these' were two laborers from this city, who
were allowed to work, unmolested, during the
day. At evening apprehensions of interference
were entertained, *Ad Chief of Police Fowler
sent four men to escort them to the ferry,
and protect them from bodily harm. At
the corner of Warren street, the police . -
man, Under the impression that the
crowded condition of the street to the
ferry would hinder any violent demonstration,
left the men and returned to the station-home.
As soon as the guard had departed a crowd of
strikers and a number of their sympathizers
gave chase to the new men. net- noon-over
took them, and, having knocked 'one down,
brutally beat and kicked him. The other de
fended himself with his trowel—injuring one
of his assailants badly, it is said—until the ap
pearance ofolicemen put.
Owingan end to the dis
turbance. to the confusion which pre
vailed, no arrests were made. The ringleaders
among the rioters will probably be taken into
custody to-day under warrant.
GNORGE SAND.
A Pezt:Portralt.
A Paris correspondent writes as follows :
George Sand is superintending the rehearsal
of her, new and long expected comedy, at the
Odeon Theatre... She is a dumpy woman, but
not to lie hated. Her - head and shoulders,
large and heavy an eye piercingly black,
always looking in on itself • a very vulgar,
but not' a sensual month ; ?hands as small
and plump as an infants, and
feet like a mandarian's wife. Her
features are the color of old ivory. In neat
ness she is incomparable. It is said she can
travel 100 miles, on rail or road, without de
ranging in the slightest degree her toilette.
Shedresses according to the antique, and is
as fond of gaudy colors as Mrs. Sarah°.
The most extraordinary trait .is her ex
cessive timidity. She lives nearly alto.
gether in her chateau at Nabant, with
her son and daughter-in-law ; is a model
farmer like her remote neighbor, Rosa Bon
heur. She is fond of dominoes, but never
plays for money, and to laugh and romp is
her delight. She rises at eleven, breakfasts
alone, on an egg and a cup of sugarless black
coffee. Then she smokes a few cigarettes—
the best Maryland tobacco. Inveter.ite
smoker, she prohibits her guests' pipes and
cigars in the house. At twelve she goes
out for a walk, returns in an hour,
to write till six—then dinner—for , herself,
soup, fish caught by her own hands, and fruits
ad libitum,. At midnight she retires to her
room—makes her toilette du nuit—and com
mences to write till six in the morning. If
she finishes a work at two o'clock, she
"lays down a new keel," but writes
on marrying cabinet-makers to Prin
cesses, and Kings to the guardians of
poultry. Her penmanship is clear, ,and
each page—written in " lines"—is limited to a
fixed number of words. Old niusia is her de
light,---Mozart her favorite. Her soul is in her
pnvate theatricals, to which she invites her
neighbors. Her bull-dog Fadet is a curiosity.
On arriving at the house he conducts you over
it, and around the park. This pious duty
perfqrmed, he ever afterwards ignores your
existence.
—A celebrated actor in a recent perform
ance declared with more than ordinary em
phasis, that although he was not a sanguinary
man, yet ho believed there were circumstances
under which a man, ought to be legally al
lowed to strangle his own.. mother-in-law.
"From the earnestness with which this senti
ment was greeted by a number of gentlemen
in the parquetto,"said the critic,'" and the per
fect absence of anything like a smile noon any
of their faces, the inference became inevitable
that there were many in that house whose
sympathy, was born. of a 'lively Impatience
with the domOstie skeleton referred. to."
—Placards in the Chicap streets, last week,
"antlcuneeti ajoctuxo Itou4 J - Ou , We Gott:
E L. 111110 „ ,
,S1'010(.'
' -. ''.. , ,ekti* , ,!tiotkicibtgtik.' . '"' - '
Trainloads= tree* , 'lll4Plaree ,
A correspondent mends us ,the fol,lowing
• translation of Heinrich Iteitibla'
lished Lately ip the Btrtitarritil- ' '
~‘ wuritul , - 1., P,
Where shall then,the,weary,waidtme,
When the dcitifis parted, he?'
Under pool, 414 fziwfigi./91adenlv, -
IVitivliss ;nine Hlitne,sweepingliyl
Ormbert Ftfalely'Paltas ace waving
' 'Gahm th 6 eioyidlessAaptertoocyir
Shall afgravarbe!faabioned for Meer
J 3 K *cctid and, Pk9*bandtT OrT , IV3
fteroo ;bird *LUAU alMvei:Ute r')„
--itilliat4//d4 PCl:OlAerth4A4‘krlrti.
Or the lonely atore recede me
'Neat kse?PC4a B tetkba;talloiaadt
,
Inft reAV,crif tirband I,IV
Pun offciVd; ever b&--
in thiswolld-;1144 tktiat.immort44l
Ala will - -fred—
• And like Death',a palpilampaivinqpiver
Solemn , night:tare
,mier me.;
—A two-fo4 rnie7-71)onit'stimtAle;;
—Auber is writing. another opera, like fir . -
teen or twenty othera,, yery lust,"
—A St, Ltilifssiirtiggilitlins' thrd 'bgeerful
ie
rvitation in his show window
get twelve emetics for
—Travelers .ini. Australia tart*.
syringe full of .airirnonla, with w shkrin
Ito prick a vein and inject their cirei.Otiounini,,
case of a snake-bite. '
BEI=
—The Prussian House. Is le vote by dee -
city. The -machine allows no 'dodging; for ft:.
shows to all the Hotise which, way, each teem
i ber votes.
—A North Carolina preacher got poor try
ing to capture souls of sinnerk and made;;
'SII,OOO by deviging agood machine kir cap4:‘,
taring rats;
—Church music in England has recelv4
much attention of late,and many of the'parthe
churches have in this respect' left the cathewl
draht far behind:
' —.A woman with a "special telegram fro* ,
heaven" almost broke up a church service in;
New York; on Sunday. The minister declared
the wires to be down between New York and
that place.
—A paper in Augusta, Maine reports that
at one of the residences in that city a lady sits
at an open window even during the, coldest:;
days Of winter. There is probably a young
man over the way.
—The Norfolk papers say the wreckers are'
now at work on the remains of the once fa-r
mous 08 ship-of-tbe-line Pennsylvania," stink
opposite the Portsmouth 'Navy Yard: A
steam dredge is removing the mud which has
accumulated' in the ship during the:past 3 nine/
—lt is dangerous to be "highly spnken
in• Cincinnati. A baby was left at a - rich ,
man's door the other night, with a note say
ing: "Having heard you , spoken very highl3r
of, and also that you Wag eitravagantly folk
of babies, I have brought you this .tressure
—At a barber's festival in Scotland, the.
chairman said the first shaving implements'
said to lave been in use were stone scbisors,,'.
and the way they were put in operation was
by laying the beard on a stone and striking it
sharply with another stone until reduced to'
the requisite shape.
—lt is a cute Yankee who is a conductor ear
one of the Boston street cars : He, knows how
to please his passengers, and so even at 'this.
]ate day he still announces, in stentoriantones,'
at every trip, the arrival at the " nearee3tpolat,
to the Coliseum." And;then all the passengers,
look at one another and smile Compliteently,
and the car moves on.
•
—This is a pen-portrait of M.Emile'ollivierz
Tall and unusually slim, pale sorople.xiou r
small black whiskers and glittering spectacles;
a stoop in his gait, and a small black cap on;
his head r a yelps „soft and clear, speeches
abounding in metaphor, and language re
markably elegant, with a reputation in the last
Chamber of speaking better French thmi any
one, except that grand master of his language,
M. Berryer.
—A Canadiah has raised a breeze by 'sugL
gesting through the pipers that the motto,
Let knowledge grow from more to more,",
which, was placed upon the wails of a college
in Toronto, is not good English. Friends of
the college are rushing into print, and sug
gesting that the critic write to Mr. Tennyson
and ask him to correct the mistake in the next
edition of In Memor tam.
. _ .
.
—An occasional correspondent meeting, a
party of settlers recently .in Texas, inquired
from the conductor what the men in the first
wagon were intended for. "To clear the for:
ests." " Well," said he, "and what are thcise
in the. second. for?", t r , To build the hut-;_"
the reply..." And that old white-headed min
In the third- wagon; - what is he for?"' "
that is My :father—we shallopen the new ceme
tery.wi s th:him.7 -. • • •
' We referred yesterday to the great services
rendered to this community ,by. the several
gentlemen most immediately concerned in Ma
prosecution of the contested, election eased.
While all have worked ably and Alligently, it
• is universally conceded that to the nntiringli;
bors of the ex-chairman of the City Eieett
tive Conimittee, William E. Leeds, Esq., thri
success of the, contest• is mainly due. It is
highly to the credit of Mr. Leeds that he has
devoted himself for nearly a year and a half to
the laborious task of prosecuting this contest,
without a dollar of compensation in mayshapos
and we are gratified to learn that his services
have been so cordially recognizedby the Joint
Executive Committee of the citizens and of
the Union League, as is expressed in the fol
lowing resolutions which we publish without
the knowledge of Mr. Leeds, but with the ap
prowl of the Executive Committee:
RESOLUTION OF THANKS OF 31R. WILLIA3I
Whereas, The Committee of Citizens in con
nection with a Special Committee of the Union
League, appointed for the purpose of contesk
ing the election held in the fall of 1613, ther,4o-
by to secure public justice and to punish gross
fraud practiced'at said election, have finished
their labors ; and
lereas, Great credit is due to M.r. WIL f -
LIAM R. LEEDS for the active parts' takers
by him during the contest, arranging , their
due and proper order all the details (4 ,14e
car, freely sacrificing, his entire time te n 6
wOrk, and positively rSfusing, any eoraperiSai.
tion 'whatever therefor; and „
Whereas, These services, of sucl.vralue thg,
Committee, so gratuitously, offered ' are; so
freely giten,enabled them to preeeoutethe dif
ficult task committed to their °lune; • therefore
lieoolverl, By the Executive Committee of the
Joint Committee aforesaid Chair' their' thaal
be and they hereby are tendered to Mr. W.
R. Li enstor the invaluablowvices remiered.
by him to the Committee In the prosemation.
of their work, knowing 'that lb° services finis
rendered made certain the , result so kIUCCeS.ir
fully attained. „ .
JAMES I.Q. CLAGICORItip
Jartlf P. WETIVERELL;
WM. SELLERE6
Gito, Blottutatpx COAIII3,
HENRY O. ilowzra.,
• , ' Executive Gotntreittee,
ruiLAPpTiritsA, Nov., 1869, •
111' . .01C1114 `ALlt'd "
Jwst Compltmept
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