GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIII.--NO. 271. EDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS 4311 V for Parties, &o. New styles. MASON & 00., 907 •tetnnt street. de.3ofmw WED vow DING INVITATIONS ICH ..ed fu the newest and beat manner. LOUlte DB it A Stationer and tuarever. 1032 Chestnut DIED. PAULL—This morning, or typhoid fever. Emma. wife or Berry A. Paull, and daughter of James kr.. and *err fiaeDonnell, in the 72d year of her ago, • Duo notice of the funeral wilthe given. • * SMILER .—On the 24th inst., &ate, widow of the late Doctor Andrew .1. Smiley. Tho relatives and friends of the family are respectfiilly invited to attend the funeral. from her late residence, 266 Borah Twelfth street, on Monday, the 2iith Instant, at 1 o'clock P. DI. bervieen at Vt. Luke's Church. Inter- Meat at Woodland', Cemetery. WIZE.--In Pittsfield, Illinois, on the 234 inet., Eliza beth Wize, relict of the late John Wlze. Due tice will be given of the funeral, to take place in this n c Oity. Si PLAID 8 &' FOURTH and ARCH 4tracds, Are sellingsoma SILKS AT ONE DOLLAR, That will ratisfy the Bargain Minton. SPECIAL NOTICES. tne Heavy Overcoats, Fine Heavy Overcoats, anitable for this suitable for this weather, weather, at at JOHN, WANAMAKER'S, MS and 620 Chestnut Street. Flu. Floe Clothing Clothing of all hands . of all kLurts always Ns band. always au hand. IL - #0 ACADEMY OP MUSIC. THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES. SCIENTIFIC LEC/PRII • BY ester: HENRY MORTON. ON MONDAY EVENING, February TO. • Subject—Solar Eclipses. Subject— BAY Reform rid AARD TAYLOrt. R, March J. JOHN G. SAXE, March 21. Subject—Freuelt Folks at Home. Prot. ROBERT E. ROGERS, March 34. Subject—Cical roren+ in Nature and tbe Arta. ANNA E. DICIE INSON, April 7. Subjort—Douro Breaks. Or Admission to each Lecture, VD cents. Reserved Seats. 73 cents. Tickers to any of the Lectnres for sale at Gould's Piano Booms, S Chestnut street from t. A. M. to 5 P. 11. Doors open at 7. Lecture at +t o'clock. fe2s tf ft- - y ". OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA. ItAIL ler.7 BOA!) COMPANY. • PIfiLADILPTITA, Febritery 16, 11:1. • NOTICE TV isTIWKHOLDEKS. • The annual election for Director. will be het I on jlitOhlOAY,Oto 7th day of March, Da. at the Office of the Coinnatif • No. =6 &Intl' Third etret. The poll 4 will be open from IA o'cloek A. M nntil 6 o'clock P. M. NO Ow* or elisrom transferred irittlin sixty dayi tfrrece4 in it the elettleh will entitle the bolder or Madera thereof to vote JOSEPH LESLEY, ftl6tirbBrpfSecretary. L . ?. EYE AND EAR DEPARTMENT. Philadelphia DlapenaarT have opened an " Ey e and Ear berm rnment at Nn. 3t South Seventh et re , t tb.tareen Sprace and Pine), where dietasee of the Eye and, Ear arc treated daily at 1:0'clock. ATTIN VINGI:GYMS'S. Pr. GY.ORGE STRAWBRIDGE, Dr. JOHN F. WEIGHT3I&N. WM. F. ORIFFITTS..Preidenc. 1 1 e19-6trp THOMAS NV ISTAR, M. D., Seer THE PUBLIC BULLDINGS. Aa arliourned meeting of citizens opposed to plaoieg the Publie. Buildings on Independence. Square, and in favor of the site being designated by a vote of the p•opls, will be held at the Ball. N. W. cog. Market and Merrick Parade, on FRIDAY EV ENINO,2Sth inst „at o'clock. A. It. PAUL, President STEPHEN B. POULTLItEIt. Sec'ry. fetll Vet; STEREOPTICONEXHIBITION. At COMMISSIONERS• BALL. Thirty-seventh an Marketstreets, West Philadelphia, FRIDAY ir.VENING, lrehrnary 25th. in aid of ST. ANDREW'S catraten. The Views will include some of the most beautiful Scenery In Enrolee ; also. the To Semite Val ley and Big Tress. Exhibition will be given by Mr. "W >tl. McAlbaler. Tickets may be had at the door. • 117 WEST SPRUCE STREET CHURCH, Reseateenth and Sprnce ertreets.—There wilt be !special services , every evening this week in the Lecture Boom. Prayer meeting at 7I; o'clock. preaching at it o'clock. Sermon on Monday by Rev. J. L. Withrow; Tuesday r.Wiswell; Wednesday, Rev Dr. A. R'o4; Thursday, Rey. Dr. Herrick Johnson, and Fddar. Bow. R. M. Patterson. TheSpnblic cordially invited. fo2l-ntrp• 17J. bIcCARAHER, THE CIGARIST, at Ses enteenth and Locust, haft just received from the Rey West Factories a frill line of those celebrated Xey West nears, equal, if nut superior to the genuine Havana Cigars. Smokers would do well to call and ex amine these goo a, as they are very cheap and very fine. Also. a full line of all the choice brands of Havana .Gigare. at the lowest possible pricos. fol 9 rp LADIES' AND PASTORS' . CHRIS TIAN UNION, at CONCERT HALL. FRIDAY VIiENINO, February 2:th, at S o'clock. THE PIL GRIM, with ell ice grand paintings and transforma tion scenes, will be exhibited for the benefit of this worthy society. fe24 2trp§ OFtrICE OF THE UNITEDFIRE 'HEN'S INSURANCE COMPANY, Pa ARCH . Pntr-ADELPIIIA.I" , b. 16,1870. The annual election for President and Directors will tie held at the °Mee of the Company on WEDNESDAY, .311arCh 2d, mu, between the hours, of 12 o'clock M. and 2 o'clock P. M MM. 11. FAGEN, felstrah3rp§ Secretary-. tiA 1109 GI:RA.IID STREET, trft/lISil RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED BATHS, Departments for Ladies Bathe oven from 6 A. M. to 9 P. M. HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 1630 Lombard street Dispensary Department. Wedkl i treatment and medleinetu matted gratuicou alr 110 the poor REVISING THE scaiprwams. Ait Eng Utah llndertaking in that Direc. Sloss. The English bishops of the province of Can terbury have been discussing the tpiestion of -a revision of the present version of the Holy Scriptures, and have unanimously agreed " That a Committee of both Houses be ap pointed with power to confer with any Com mittee that may be appointed by the Convoca tion of the northern province to report upon the desirableness of a revision of the author ized version of the Old and New Testaments, whether by marginal notes or otherwise, in all those passages where plain and clear er rors whether in the Hebrew or Greek text, originally adopted by the translators, or in the translations matte from the same, shall, on due investigation,, be found to exist." The changes in the English language since the translation published in 1611 have caused many passages to be obscure, if not absolutely incorrect. Others were undoubtedly wrongly translated, and, in the opinion of a consider able number of Christians, the present volume includes much that does not really belong to inspired record: With the last point the Eng lish bishops do not propose to meddle. They deprecate any now translation of the Bible, and limit their action to those passages in which there is some material error in the text, or which were mistranslated or are unintelli gible to modern readers without the aid of a commentary. • —Gibraltar has had a season of Italian opera, - which was but poorly supported, and the troupe left in disgust and impecuniosity -for Cadiz. .....'!,...,.;. : _(j.'t..,'': . ' . ."...''...•: . .....)')..**T.....................,...1::,.: ; ,.!.i : . ...:*.:*,.:,'; Ft( In the Chatham (Canada) Planet.) We have frequently, in these columns, been called upon to record the brave, humane and self-sacrificing eflorta put forth by Mr. Thomas Cartier, keeper of the' River Thanes; house, in the way of tending aid—personal and pecuniary—to sailors and others n distreas on Lake St. (lair. A very notable case oc curred during the early part of December last, which deserveS especial mention. The facts are these: George Snooks, Jr., a married man with a lanfily, who engaged rather extensive lv in fishing in the vicinity of Herson's Maud and Mitchell'sßar, at the upper end of Lake St. Clair, in ihe first week in December last started from Herson's Island in a skill for the mouth of the River Thames for .he purpose of disposing of some wildtucks and purchasing his winter supplies at Chat ham. Bat ing visited Chatham and made his putchaaes be found upon arriving at Lake St. Clair that the lake was frozen over and so rough that he could not make his return trip in L 1 frail little craft, and was therefore com pelled to leave it - with Mr.'Cartier, at the lighthouse, at the mouth of the River Thames, and make his way home by the Groat West ern and Grand Trunk railways to Detroit and Algona°, and thence across the river St. Clair, to Herson's Island. Not daunted, how ever, Snooks determined • to procure his stock of supplies which he bad left with Mr. Cartier, and, with this object in view, ,a few days after, the weather now traning'muelt milder be set out in a small sail-boat for the river Thames, a distance down the lake some twenty miles. But, unluckily, when some ten wiles out, the weather changed, the wind chopped round and a gale sprang up, blowing very cold from the N. N. W. It was nearly 'dark when be was descried by' 11r. Cartier, with a spy.:glass, some five'or six miles out in the lake, making, however, toward the river's entrance. Of course Mr. Cartier did sot not know who was in the boat, and only wondered why it should be there and how it could be reached. Togo out on foot was cer tain death, the ice being very weak, and far 'out being but one , broken moving mass. However, to let the man in the boat know he had 'seen him, Mr Car 'tier lighted the lamps in the lighthouse, which were kept burning all night : and at !Hat peep of daylight, taking in tow a . small skiff, he Started across the ice to the distressed craft, whose little sail had now been lowered ~"to shelter the solitary occupant, who had been struggling, hope against hope, for upward of thifteen hours, against wind and wave. After a long and tiresome pull, and tramp of over two miles, the plucky lighthouse keeper reached the outer edge of the solid ice, and came in contact with the moving ice, which was being rolled about and tossed up and tossed over b y the angry elements. He now shoved the little skiff ahead of him, and finally succeeded in .reaching the dis tressed and disabled sail-boat, wherein he found poor Snook bentuathed and almost help less from the cold, being only with great &- termination sustained by the lighthouse light which told him that his situation was known on shore, and that with the dawn of day re lief would surely come to him in his forlorn situation. The joy with which his chilly hand ~,orasped the outstretched band of the no lees thong,btfulthan brave Cartier, can, tie, better imagined than described. Suffice it to say the o, as quickly as possible,- started for the land, one at one quarter of the boat, and the other at the other quarter. Thus did the two read) the firm ice, over which: they dragged the skiff to its original position. After remain ing two days with Mr. Cartier, and being gen eroualy.cared for by Mrs. Cartiorwho in her sphere is no less generous and thoughtful than her husband—a mild south wind came up and Mr. Snook, with the aid of Mr. Cartier, once more reached his boat and safely 'made his way back to Herson's Island, arriving there on the 111th of December. and being joyously welcomed by a father, sister, wife and children, the minds of whom had been filled with the worst fears as to his safety. In ac knowledgment of Mr. and Mrs. Garner's kind ness, Mr:Snook sent by the first post—on the litb.-a letter full of thanks in which all of his relatives most sincerely joined. But this is not the only case, by any means in which Mr. Cartier has proved his bravery and bigheartedness. in April, 1i5.58, assisted by a younger brother, Mr. Cartier, at the im minent risk of both their lives, put out into the lake in a small sail-boat, in a very wild storm, and rescued Capt. Charles Parker and a crew of four men from the scow. China, which had become unmanageable and filled with water. Fortunately, the scow had reached the shallow water and the breakers, some two miles from the shore. The Carters succeeded in taking the men safe into their boat, uot, however; until the entire deck load had been swept overboard, the men, when picked up, being upon the floating , cordwood. Another instance of Mr. Cartier saving life occurred in December,lBs7, and was recorded at the time of its occurrence. A wood-scow became disabled in a storm, and was seen by Mr. Cartier, by the aid of his glass, drifting to the northwest, off Tickeytackey Point. At once Mr. Cartier put off ivitli 'a Small Sai which he then had,to the scow,and succeeded in overhauling her some fifteen miles from the light-house, and during a blinding snow storm. However, he succeeded in getting off the two men who were upon the scow, which broke up and went to pieces a few minutes afterward. A fourth case was in connection with the schooner Wetzel], which lost her mainmast and capsized off the American shore of Lake St. Clair, but afterwards righted, and full of water, drifted across the lake within range of the River Thames light. Mr. Cartier and his . brothers, Charles and Frank, notwithstanding a strong northwest gale was blowing at the time, put out to the rescue of these on board the foundered vessel. This was early in the moraine, the vessel being . discovered when Mr. Cartier went to put out the lights in the lighthouse. After considerable work, not un mixed with much personal danger, the schooner was reached by the Canters, and three men taken oil; each of whom was so bensunbed and disabled by the cold and wet that be was totally helpless. So bad indeed were they that it was fully three weeks before they were in a condition to leave Mr. Cartier's house ; and one of them, about a month after be did leave, died from inflammation by the privations he suffered on board the Wetzell during the night previous to being rescued by the Carters. f e 2,4 2trp§ The i'Unpleasantness of a Want of Cask. A correspondent of the Delhi Gazelle relates the following melancholy termination of a journey commenced in high hope and spirits: The Punna Rajah, whose country marches with a portion of Rewah, was de termined to travel in great state to witness the Duke of Edinburgh's reception at Cal cutta. He engaged a special train at Sutua, paid 2,000 rupees, a portion of the fare, and gave an order for the balance, 5,000 rupees, on some bank at Allahabad. On reaching that station the .railway authorities turned him ont of his spe cial train, as tha bank ignored the order, and as the tare already paid just covered the cost of the train up to Anahabad. He had then to return by the ordinary train to Sutna. What ever may be the faults of the Punna Rajah, it - would have been satisfactory to hear that somebody had paid his fare for him, and given him an opportunity of seeing all there was to be seen at Calcutta. Anything more melan choly than his journey home by the ordinary train can hardly be conceived. .111E11016131 'Or A 1,1611T1/OUSE KEEPER. Eleven Lives Saved by_ Personal E ff ort in ltweiVe !lours. ROUGH ON A RAJAH. PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1870. 1111 E 11110112 1 1/0 ,ISTEAIIBII. Mho Tiding. 'clot the 414 tor Boston." The New York Tinies sayit c • ; . Up to a late hour last evening no news in relation to the missing steamer City of Bos ton had been received by the agent of the In man; line in this city. Men of high nautical authority (among others ' Commodore J. J. Almy, V. S. Navy) entertain the idea that the steamer may have been disabled' in her ma ,Chinery and compelled to take wide sea room, under canvass, in which case her not be ing:beard from would not indicate a disaster. There is still hope that she will soon be heard from. The, fol lowing is the list of passengers on tho City of Boston, hooked at Halifax : W. E. Potter; Captain W. Forbes, Mr. Leconte, T. K. Robinson Captain Hamilton; J. Allan. A. K. Douce, E. Billing, Mrs. Keidape and infant 11 months old, J. B. Young, Mr. Boker lady and two. children. Mrs. Orange and child, J. Barrow, Walter Barrow, P. PoWer, Jr;.Ca_p lain Sterling, lady, infant and nurse ; ,Jas.*N. Paint, Miss F. `Paint, F. A. 'ltritot, W..M. Murray, C. B. Silver E. J. .Kenny, John Thompson, Deputy Assistant-Surveyor , of Stores ; Lieutenant Orange and female ser vant, John D. Purdy, C. Fisher, T. K. Mont gomery, W. M. Parks. Steerage: Jas. Hol land, J. Grooves, Mary A. Erskine, Patrick* Cassidy, Geo. Bowling, James McClain and wife. A Curious Summation. The Sun, Speaking of the missing steamer ) , makes the following suggestion : It has been stated that bad there been car rier pigeons on the steamship City of Boston, the uncertainty of whose fate keeps so many people on both sides of the Atlantic in very. painful suspense, we should in all probability have long . ago known of the cause of her de lay in reaching port. Audubon relates an instance of carrier pigeons having reached New York from Caro lina, a distance of not leas than 350 to 400 miles. in less than six hours. He argues from this that they could visit Europe at this rate under three days. No such length of Bight, however, would ever be requiri, because if all trans atlantic 'passenger steamers were compelled by law to carry them, they would naturally be furnished with birds domiciled on both conti nents, and in the hour of danger the birds belonging .to the nearest land would be loosed. Over legislation in reference to passenger vessels has continually occupied Congress,and frequently hampered enterprise. Which of our public men will render a real service to the whole traveling community, and earn pos sibly at no distant date the thanks of a crew saved by,. his intervention, by introducing a bill, which will pass and become a law at once, making the carrying of these mes sengers of hope imperative on all sea-going steamers ? PECHTER'S " HJLIILEIVI What Seaton Thinks About It. The Boston Adrerffier,one of the best critical journals in the country, says: The greatness of Mr. Fechter's genius, and the power, originality and vitality of his act ing, grow more and more conspicuous to our mind as we become better acquainted with his impersonation of "Hamlet.' Mr.Fechter is a mortal.man and liable to err, and his per formance, when justly criticised, is certainly far from being . faultless; but the person who fail.; to recognize the hand of a master in his acting is unworthy to sit in judgment upon him, being manifestly disqualified as a critic either by prejudice, insensibility or incapa city. The wonderful magnetic power and the intense vitality of his acting, almost of them selves, would entitle Mr. Fechter to rank with the greatest performers; and upon this point the testimony of cultivated people seems to be nearly unanimous. The part of " Ham let," in his hands, is touched with new and vivid colors, or rather is quickened into a new life and is clothed with a new power. We witness the impersonation of Mr. Booth, and are charmed or• perhaps delighted with its beauty,its grace, and its finish; we see Mr. Feebter in - kis best moments and our hearts are stirred with the electric thrills which testify to the presence and power of genuine genius. "Hamlet" himself and the play of which he is the soul, are recreated before our eyes and come to us invested with a strange freshness, novelty and interest; and the old familiar speeches and soliloquies, which seemed to have been worn threadbare, spring from the lips of this new interpreter, clothed with the poetry and vigor of renewed youth. These are the signs which witness most strongly to the genius of Mr. Fechter, and with them is to be counted his complete self forgetfulness and his entire absorption in his character. There is nothing . petty about Mr. Fechter as an actor either in his conception or his performance; he is too much in earnest to be self-conscious, and too thorough an artist to descent! to tricks or clap-trap of any sort. ITALY. Two Great Enterprises. An Italian correspondent of the N. Y. T ,tes writes as follows: The Italians are looking forward to two events to take place, according to the pub lished calendar, in 1872—both of consequence to this country, and one, at least, interesting to all the world. The one to interest every body is the opening of the gallery under the Alps, and the other is a general exposition, at Turin, of the products of all Italy. For the latter, the Government lately in !power pro mised assistance to the amount of six millions of francs. Notice has been given by the new Cabinet that such a sum cannot be furnished from the income of the State. The exam ple of the United States is cited to show that for such enterprises a really courageous peo ple depend upon themselves. Among people so energetieta.s the Piedmonte.se, in many re spects so much like men of our own race, no doubt a way will be found for carrying out the project by a reliance upon the contributions of individuals. The scheme is a happy one, that of. bringing into Italy to this festival of industry, crowds from the rest of the world at the time of the opening of this new door of communication in the wall of the Alps. - Nearly ten years ago the first general exposition of the products of Italy was held in Florence, and whoever saw it was satisfied of.the possibility of holding in this country an extensive, extremely varied and interesting show'. The progress which has been made in the intervening period has addel much to production and furnished many new objects as proofs of increasing prosperity. The fact that industry is the only source of wealth is more recognized, and is gradually becoming a part of public education, of which these periodical expositions are the strongest proofs. WILMINGTON IN DANGER. A Lailie Portion of the City Claimed. The Wilmington (Del.) Republican says: A claim has been set-up to a larger portion of the western part of this city. The allega tion is that Gabriel •Peten;on, an ancestor of the Peterson family, most of whom now re side in Delaware, leased the ground above mentioned to Peter and Lawrence for ninety nine Years. They alleged that no deed was ever made, and that by the expiration of the lease the heirs are now entitled to the posses- FlOll of the grounds. Several meetings of the heirs have , been'held lately in Philadelphia to take into consideration what is to be dene,and whether it is proper to press their claim, but the conclusion they haVe come to we have not OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. 4 DEDANIIAIIIM DINVOYERY LIIIAN COUNTY, INDIANA. 'She Footpritito of tlvilizotti ou Discovered Due 7loudred and Eighty Feet Below the Nos Ince of the Earth—A !ilea !Serpent also Di*vevered. j ifrom the Sullivan Union .1 One of the most singular and wonderful discoveries of the age was made in the Cur rytille coal mines, a few days ago. At a depth of one hundred and eighty feet, , while the miners were cutting through a slate stone. they discovered the petrified body of a sea serpent. We examined this petrifaction, and can say with truth that it is the finest specimen we ever saw. Unfortu nately it was broken into , three pieces, and a piece from near the centre is missing —perhaps thrown out in, a sliver of stone. A limb had evidently fallen across the ser pent about eight or ten inches. from the head, and mashed the part underneath flat, and strange to say, even this thin part was formed into solid stone, and was taken out perfect. The wrinkles in the body of the serpent in its writhing as if to extricate itself from the stick that fell across it, were perfect and natural as the day the affair took place. The bead is shaped like that of an eel, and the tail, from indications, must have been supplied with a broad fin, or a flat fleshy substance as a pro peller. The eyes and the mouth can be dis tinctly traced, while the body is covered with small sunken spots, similar to these on hog skin, though not so small or, numerous. This specimen is five feet three inches long, near ten inches around the largest part of the body. In addition to this most singular curiosity, perfect impressions, of leaves, limbs, brush and other samples of vegetation were taken out at this enormous depth. Among these was a beautiful impression of what is famil iarly, called snake-weed, or fern, which grows in almost every valley throughout the Western country. The most singular specimen is yet to be de scribed, and in attempting 'to communicate the fact'tu our readers, we feel as though the history of our earth is just as much a mystery to the present generation as to those who in habited it before the Rood—the " half having not ti•et been told." The sole ofa shoe, or san dal, was taken out in a complete state of pe trifaction. The heel 113 almost perfect, and the impression of something in the heel, resem bling tacks or nails, is plain and distinct. This specimen is about eight inches long and of the usual width. ' When this discovery is seriously considered in connection with the general formation of the earth for a circumference of betwedn seventy and eighty miles around—there not being a hill of any material height—not a ravine of a depth worth a remark—not a cavern, and the Wabash, the largest stream within this scope, and the earth almost level and thickly and heavily timbered, what mind can go down into the bowels of the earth, one hundred and eighty feet beneath the firmly rooted oaks of the forest, and solve the mys teries there unfolded? What intelligent be ing can stand and look upon these marks of civilization, which have been buried for ages upon ages, and feel that he is • not treading upon " hallowed ground? What pen, can l'xpain or convey a correct appreciation of this connecting link, or joining of bands, as it were, with those who must have existed years before the flood? Indeed, we are • lost in wonder, and shall leave the solution to the inure experienced. In conclusion, we cannot refrain from ex pressing onr candid belief that thepresent ado know nothing of this little " ball of earth," in c ornparison to the realities of what has been or what is to be. The petrified serpent was taken to Terre Haute and presented to Mr. Chauncey Hose, who will dispose of it as he may think best. We suggest, however, that it, with the shoe or sandal sole and the other specimens, be placed in the Normal School building, as relie.s of the unwritten history of the past ages of the Wabash ,Valley. Landing of 161•Ieonr111 and Camachn... A Fortunate Ileethag—Pursnit by Spanish Cavalry—Skirmishes and Executions—Jealousy In the Cuban . HAVA N A, February 111.—The number of pas sengers landed on the 9th at Point Bejuquera, near Gibara, by the English filibustering schooner Herald, of Nassau, is now known to have been thirty-six, including General Do mingo Golconda and Eloy Camacho, one of the captors of the steamer Conianditario months ago. Owing to the new proximity of the Spaniards. these thirty-six men found it necessary to leave at once for the interior, taking with them only a part of the arms and ammunition they had brought in the schooner. They were fortunate in soon coming across a small insurgent band of twenty-five men, commanded by a- Captain Priscilliano Cardet, and, uniting forces, continued their march for the hills of Socarreno and Resva losa. On the way, and on the 1:ali, they were, however, met by some eighty Spanish troops sent in their pursuit, and routed after a short tight, Captain Cardet and six others being killed, and four of the Cubans landed by the Herald captured. The Spaniards lost sixteen men killed and wounded. The four prisoners proved to be a former ernployi.. of the Havana Post-office, two telegraphists from Matanzas and Guanabacoa, and a ship-carpenter of Regis. They were brought to Holguin City and there shot on the 14th by the orders of Lieutenant Governor 0 bregon. Inc Spaniards have now some 500 men in the pursuit of Gen. (ioiconria and companions, and hope to cap ture nearly all of them. According o the statements of the executed men the destina tion of the Herald was Punta de Midas, but she was chased from there by a Spanish man of-war. Her cargo was worth only $4,000, and what the Spaniards captured forms the larger portion of it. Count de Valmaseda is in Hol guin City, preparing expeditions for Las Tunas. Numerous skirmishes are reported in San- Haim, Remedios, Cienfuegos, and Villa Clara. In but few eases is there any report of the killed and wounded. However, the Spaniards report that they have captured and shot fifty eight prisoners, the Cubans capturing and shooting eleven. I have only four executions of parties con victed by military commissions of the offence of disloyalty to report for the island (luring the week ; a great falling.off from the number of last week-13. The victims were Senors Manuel Sanchez and Joaquin Morales, shot in Segue City on the morning of the 75th ; the slave Juan, shot at Calabazar the same day, and the young Cuban„ lose Estevez, shot this morning at 8 o'clock back of the walls of Las Cabanas. From Santo Espiritu City it is reported that sizirundred insurgent cavalrymen have been added to the Cuban forces of the district—this reitiforceirient corning from the Camaguey, and being commanded{ by General Berubeta Varona„ late Chief of Staff to General Quo sada, and who requested to be placed on duty beyond.the immediate command of General Quesada's successor, General Tom Jordan. Madrid papers received here announce that the home Government continues recruiting for its 'ornayin Cuba. By the last steamer from Havana for Spain,which left on the Isth, Captain-General Rodas sent twelve more Cubans as exiles to the mother country. Quite a number of other Cubans left on the same steamer for the same destination, fleeing from troubles atid.vexations vouchsafed them here by the" turbulent volunteers:— World. ; • —The lynchers in Kentuchy have adopted a new plan,. which must be very pleasant to their. trietaths. After they bate nicely htini; aman, man, they pin a MO note on his body.or ‘rfoueral.,expepsys." THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. THE CIVIL WAR IN MEXICO. Etieebedo's New. Centeatien....Prompacts , the Seiofntfoa»•Freueh Etultieseeles... Forced Lonum. Visits Cnuz, Feb. 121—On the Ist inst. Gen. Fkcobetio, becoming frightened at the , forces which the San Luis revolutionists opposed to him, and true to his . Old tactics 'of retreat, quietly "fell back to Dolores, awaiting rein forcements, which tom* have reached him un der the command of Gem, Rocha, Cortina, Corella and Fuera. While Escobetlp was.thus idling Ns time, his companion, Gen.Neri, was marching rapidly on Zacatecas, and with but a portion of the Fourth Division, Onupfed the city. The revolutionists made little or no effort to defend it, as all their young Men had'Joined the forces near San Luis, Gen. Gower Portu gal. with the rest of the Fourth Division and some independent companies, occupied Aguas calientes on the tith •inst., the insurgents re taining, therefore, only the city of San Luis, of the places of importance. Escobedo remained inactive at Dolores, his forces numbering over 7,000, well armed and equipped. The revolutionists bad almost the same number. The general impression here has been, that no battle would be fought be tween the contending armies,but that one of the two armies would either surrender or eLse go home. A report is current, however, that a battle has really taken place, and that Escobedo - has been' defeated with great slaughter. I cannot vouch for the accu racy of the report, but a auspicious movement among prominent Lerdistas is perceptible, and the people are alarmed. That the rulers are not very confident is self-evident, the Gov ernor of the federal district having organized corps of gens d'armes, both Infantry and cavalry, in addition to their large police force. The official Diane says that the revolution has decreased instead of increased. Escobedo being fully confident of an early and decisive success, he telegraphed on the 2d to the Sec retary of War that with the reinforcements be had received he would respond,for the situation, no matter how strong or fomidable the insurgents might be. It is very doubtful whether the present re volutionary movement will be strong enough to quite overthrow Juarez, but It is note worthy that all these pronunciamentos and outbreaks take plaoe at a given time and in different places, and leave no doubt that some guiding spirit iS at the head of this determined opposition to the powers that be. The rumor that French emissaries have been seen in ye dour portions of the Republic has therefore gained credence, although these emissaries are more probably Mexicans than French men, and .adherents of Santa Anna rather than of Napoleon. Under the head of "To Cesar what is C:esar's," the Trait d'Union, an opposition journal. says : " There is a remarkable fact under the present circumstances, which we take pleasure in confessing. While • the pro nunctaeles recur to measures more or less odi ous, such as forced loans, seizure of arms and horses, payment in advance of contributions, extraordinary taxes, &c., the Government abstains from resorting to such measures, although it is clothed with extraordinary pow ers." The obvious and studied sarcasurof the Trait d'Union is apparent, but as the Mexicans have become so accustomed to be robbed and plundered at every periodical revolution, the tact that Juarez has not done so as yet is re markable and merits mention.—Tribune. Ii :i f ; :iH Yn,~rA A Nall Robbed In Ike !Slab-Treasury.— b7,33oStolen by Woksiown rersonr. The New York Herald says : Officer Walker, of the First Precinct Police, yesterday after noon reported at the station-house that Mr. William Dunham, while in the Trotted States Sub-Treasury, had been robbed by some . un known person of $7,3.50 in bonds and cur rency. The particulars of the robbery, as fur nished by the police, are very meagre and somewhat vague. Mr. Dunham, it appears, is the President of and acted as messenger for the National Bank of New Bruns wick, N. J., and that about one o'clock he entered the United States Sub-Treasury with $7,350 worth of bonds and currency in a mo rocco bag. The gentleman at once proceeded to the currency desk and deposited his mo rocco bag upon the counter opposite to him. After having placed the bag in this position Mr. Dunham's attention was by some means called by two unknown men to a series of printed rules placed over the counter. After reading these he returned to his positioa, in tending to take up his bag, but rwas suprised to find that it had been removed and carried away. Mr. Dunham at once suspected that the men who bad attracted his attention to the rules were the thieves, andthis suspicion was increased by the fact that both had disap peared. There seems every reason to believe that his suspicions are true, and that the thieves Lad followed Lim to the Sub-Treasury from the Park Bank. When the robbery was reported to officer Walker no trace of the supposed thieves could Le found. This rob bery proves the necessity of detectives being placed noon this floor of the Sub-Treasury building. Removed, as it is, some distance from the rotunda, where the detectives are stationed, great opportunities are afforded to thieves to operate on the floor with scarcely any chance of detection. It is understood that Mr. Dunham's inten tion was to obtain currency for the bonds, and hence his visit to the Sub-Treasury. The following is a list of the bonds stolen :--One bond of 1864, $l,OOO ; one bond of 1865, 51,000; three bonds of 1867, $3,000; two bonds, of 1867. $1,000; twelve bonds of 1867, $1,200; three bonds of 1867, $l5O. No clue, has yet been discovered the follow ing up of which is likely to lead to the arrest of the thieves. SANTA ANNA. Au Irrepressible Warrior. Poor old Santa Anna reminds us of that persevering warrior in Ariosto, or Pnlci, • who went on lighting still, though he was dead." The ex-President forgets that to all intents and purposes of Mexican tirogress,, he is a moribund celebrity, and that he is' not wanted by any of those in Mexico who think 'themselves under the necessity of keeping up the old character of the Re public by an occasional outbreak. One would think that before going to Cuba to ask permis sion of Rodas to, take shipping for Mexico, he would have remembered the fate of the other interloper. Maximilian. But it' a man can for get be is dead, himself, it is no wonder he should forget the death of anybody else. Or, he might take encouragement from Louis Blanc, who, alluding to Barrere's.old saying, recently declared it is the'' dead" who actu ally " return." Louis would probably bid Santa Anna go ahead.L—Times. —Joachim has returned to London, where his critics become simply his eulogists. It is hinted that that celebrated pet - former, after a few years more of public life, will retire, and become a composer instead of an ' interpreter of music. —Some excitement has been created in Knoxville, Tenn., by a baby which has de parted from the old established roles govern ing "cutting teeth" by cutting its back teeth to start with. —Of course no ono will doubt, after reading the following, the nature of the beverage used by the editor of the flartford Post : " Tree . cheera for the twenty-feventh of seconduary v , rthi ngton'a Washday l" ' I3eltast,lreland, has lately been likening to an 'English opera troupe, Of which Madame Toutieller is the prima donna. ilfaritana, T.ro vatore and the Bohemia?: G=irl proved the most attractir4 operas. . • : E L YETHERSiON. riblWet extf . oE TH.REI3:OE4ffi,. ',:i. PAINS AND FANaillis. (For the Phihulelphis The Indian Chief. He leaned against a'prairie oak, ^ That dark-browed forest chih, As tall a chief air ever trroko liard bread beneath a wigwam's smoke,' When storms without blow wlMt Nor he the last of all M race:` He bad six Indian boys , From six feet two to two feet six, - And four would get as tight as bricks, And two were some on noise. Besides, be bad two loving vrives, And might have bad a score; Perhaps with one he'd been content, As many, a more ambitious gent With none Las been before. Fie was an object to behold, For seekers after sights, With moccasins decayed an old" And blood - shot eyes which plainly tomb. He had been drunk for nights. * * * * * * . Since then I've wandered more or less Itiongst Indians tame and wild, .But that's about as flue a spec imen of nature's nobleness As I have found, I must confess, In any forest child. —Lover,-the rtovelist, sleeps eighteen beam out of the twenty-four. • --43ounod has finished the , seco►id act of his new four-act opera, Po(uncle. • —They French-Goveniment has abated the succession duty on the liinck estate, amount ing to $20,000. —There is no death penalty , in Michigan, and the penitentiary now holds a batch of eighty murderers, thirty of whom are women. —The sale of seats for eatnilla Urso's Jubi lee in Ban Francisco realized $8,550. in 'pre miums. —ls it true that Cmsar, one evening at mess, said to a brother officer, as he handed the port : " The rubicund is passed"? —Dr. Mary 'Walker's lecture in New On. leans, the Pte. says was "delivered in a bum ble-beo sort of fashion to an immense array of empty chairs." —ls it true that the Roman Senate .had a Council Chamber built on purpose for 'em, and that this was why it was called the For um?, —Greenough, the sculptor, ,says that the marble from Addison county, Vermont, in equal to the best used by the sculptors of 'an cient Greece. Man Wants but little beer below" says an English drinkist, ,4 but, wants that little strong." This is what a .cockney might call a 'alfian-opkwism. --Recognizing the utter futility of any eler gymau's going to California, the return trip is to he thrown in free to membersi of the clerical. profession. . —A St. Louis husband had his suspicions aroused by catching his wife holding chloro form" to bin nose when he pretended sleep. She has gone to visit her mother. —Lady Palmeniton's will has been proved, and her personal property sworn under ..£lOO,OOO. Her son by her first husband re ceiyes the bulk of her estate, as he did all of Lord Palmerston's property. —A correspondent says that it cannot be said of many of the wearers of huge. chlg 110118— "How skill.folljir she builds her 'sell,' How neat. she spreads herlizer!"' —Figaro' tells of a Russian poet who has not only been able to dedicate a volume of verse to Lis mistress, but to furnish the bindibg from. his own person. Raving had a legamputated, he devoted the epidermis to the embellish ment of his rhymes. —A'young woman in Ohio bad a.button in her mouth when a fellow tried to kiss her,and, by injudiciously resisting, she swallowed it, and is not expected tosurvive. If the button bad been one of the kind we wear on our shirts, it would come away quick enough. —A gentleman in Providence, R. 1., dis covered one of those small tin "Infernal ma chines," filled with powder and percussion caps, while putting coal upon a fire a few evenings ago. At least half a dozen such.have been found in coal during the season in different parts' of the country. —There is a man in one of the 'Western States whose watch is se fast that he has to pursue it round his bed-room a dozen times before he can wind it up. His brother's chro nometer, on:the other hand, is so very slow that he has to take it to the top of the church tower every evening to get it up to time. —Herr Becker, a noted violinist; had a great fright the other day. While on I bis way from Olmiitz to Prague, some one tired a pistol into the rail-car window, and, the bullet lodged in the case of his Stradivarius violin ; but luckily the valuable instrument was not damaged. No motiveis known for this thingerousatmek, —With all Chicago's faults she has some humorists among her citizens. Now, a gentle man went to light a fire in his stove ono morn ing and found a nice package of powder in the stove all ready to help build the fire and pass. him to heaven. He .was not ready to go, so he didn't light it. —lt is said an architect recently began the erection of a church near Troy, the agreement being that he should be paid upon the comple tion of the edifice, and that the wardens have now concluded, for some unexplained reason, not to erect the spire contemplated in the original plan. How to get the money is now the architect's daily study. Hope we won't ex-pire before he gets paid. —A nice young man in New Orleans ran away with and married the daughter of a highly respectable lady, and came back for the lady's blessing, which was. freely given, together with the information that the girl was not her daughter, but a quadroonservant girl. He said it was a swindle, and went away so rapidly that they couldn't see his back for the (Inst. —A girl at Chester, Vt., has died from tight lacing. These corsets should be done away with. If these girls can't live without being squeezed, we suppose men can be found who would sacrifice themselves. As old as we are, we would rather devote three hours a day, without a cent of pay, as a brevet corset;tban see these girls dying off in that manner. Office hours almost any time.—B . —Gail Hamilton has followed Swift in se lecting a title tor her new volume of. wrath. It is now announced as : A Battle of the Books, Recorded by an unlinown 'weder fur the Use of Anthers and Publishers." The Motto on the title page is the following stanza from Hosea Biglow: , " Why talk so 4refilo big, John, Of honor, when it meant You didn't care a fig, John But just for ten per cent." —The earliest mention of harmony, says Professor Oakley, in one of his Ihiinburgh lectures, " occurs shortly after the irruption of the, tribes from the North ; and instruments of a - polyphonous or synaphonie tho Rte.:man gouda and the Oeltic calm: from tins , direetioti. Vocal harmony vras kitoWn to the Cierman and , Sclavonic races from early ages. While the Southerners were, analyzing hartnony and devising laws of cotniterpoint; the peasantry of the North , were solacing their' hardships with part-singing, derived from noartificialSoitroo,lint pro luby ve of Lousiest tonoord..7 : ; - . I 1 l .
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