t 1 4 GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. OLUME XXIII.-NO. 277. iiipr ot rDlNG CARDS, INVITATIONS 4 . 3 tory,: f l; , or, *c. Now styles. MAtiO d N e i r t z p ii ? ar r7 --- " WEDDING INVITATIONS EN laceivred In the tvirirest end beet manner. 'LOUIS D Stationer and Enaraver. lOU Chest:tut treet fe2o ft" MARRIED. FASSlTT—Likitalt.—On Tueetay, March let, at St. tuku'o Church, by Bey. Dr. llovro,Dr. Theodore Fassitt - to Sante, daughter of the late. Robert ll. Largo. • • ' . _ ASIIMEAD,—On Tuesday night. March, Ist, Isaac At:danced, in the 80th year of his age. l'he relative's and friends of the family are Invited to attelad the funeral, from hie late rosidence, el. E. earner Sixteenth and ellrard avenue, on Friday afternoon, the 4th Inst., tit 2 o'clock. Funeral services at the Green Mill Presbyterian Church, Giraid avenue, *hove Six teenth street, at 8 o'elock CLARK ...December 2Ith,•1113), et Macao, China; on board 11. 13, flagship Delaware, after a brief illness, of typhoid. fever, Charles Aleut y Clark, eon of C. E. end Anna G. Clitrit,lormerly of this clty. fi GIIRTSIS.—in New, lore Feb. 26th, ISIO,Julla • Au gusto, eldest daUghtes of Aueststa L. and Dr. Edward Curtis. G. h. Array. aged 4 veers. • Dl 1 ,1 41 1 _4 1 --At ids residence. In this el ty, oil Tuesday morn nsc•isciivils , Ist, 1610, Themes Dillard , Surgeon United kl . tates Navy. In the 70th year of hja age. /lie relatives and friends aro respectfully invited to at tend the funeral Ferrier', to be held at the Church of the Moly, 'Trinity, West ,Rittephouse Sonata, on Thursdar afternoon. March 3d, at half-past I o'clock, precisely. ^ GRIFFITII.--134dilmaly, Dlerch Ist, lain. Mrs. L. C. Griffith, relict of the late W. Griffith, aged 67 years. •Interment et Harriebarg, Pe. • lIUTTONrAt Germantown. Pe., February Vith, 1670, Anna Matta, in the74th vear of her age. Baneful services at tit. Peter's Church, thin (Wednes day / afternoon, at 6 o'clock, precisely. • IRWIN.--.on Monday, the 28th ult., at a Quarter past eleven o'clock P.M. , John 11 Irwin. of this city. The male friends of the family are respectfully Invited j to attend his funeral. which will proceed from his late j residence. No. 924 Walnut Street. to the burial ground of St. Andreveg Church, on Friday next, at 11 o'clock A . )1. KIMBALL.—On the 27th ult., Stephen Hlroball, in, the GM year of hie age, Ilia relatives and male ft !ends are re speetfully Invited to attend the funeral. from his late residence, No. 1921 Spruce hireet, on Thursday moruiog, March SJ, at ten o'clock. (New York and Boston paper! pleeee copy.] MlLLll.ll.—March lat,Poll, Jelin Jay, second eon of the late Andrew Miller, Msg. He died in the hope of a blessed Immortality. The relatives nod friend. of this fatally are affection ately Invited to attend hie funeral. fr"m the reeldence of .Lie made. Hon. JlllllOll Miller, CM Market nireet, on Friday. ith inst., at 1 o'clock P. M. Interment at Lau rel 11111. • NEWiIOLD.—On Tuesday, March let, Penrose Buck ley, youngest child of John S. and Anna B. Newbold, aged sixteen menthe. OLD.-111 Lancaster, February 27th, Miss Harriet Old, in the-72th year of her age. BEILLY.—In Harrisburg. February 28th, James L. 1.gf , 1 46 rears and 1 month. 81111.1.1160F0RD.-00 the 27th alt.. Martha IL. wife of Henry H. Bhtillugford. in the 234 year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are reapectfujly invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her husband. No. 1118 Wallace street. on Thursday after neon. 3d lust.. at 2 o'clock. Funeral services at Spring Garden .Presbyterian Church Eleventh street, above Stains' Garden street. at I 3 o'cloek. WA I.K EIL—In Allegheny, February 29th, Her. Jo seph Walker, ,n ..l 112 years, WA K BLIMI.—Osi ties2o,ll ult., Edward D. Wakeling, aged 28 year.. The relativea and male friends are invited to attend the funeral. from bin late residence. He 4631 Frankfort street. Frankford, Philadelphia, on Thursday. the 3.1 intent, at 11 o'clock A.lll. 1./proceed to Oxfurd Trinity Church. 1 PLAID SILKS, BARGAINS. NIUE k TANDEM', FOURTH and AIiCII fitre‘Ati, Arr sums bIIKS AT ONE DOLLAR, Tb Kt wilt Fatisfy the Bargain Hunters. SPECIAL NOTICES. Light• Weight Light-Weight Orerco:sts Overcoat, twereoata Salting 81Ihig Selling Now Now Now at at at JOHN WANAAIAKER'S, SIS and 1120 Chestnut Street. • ing Orerroatl Overcoat* Overcoats Light-Wright. Light-Weight, Da ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 102.1 CHESTNUT Street. BURMAN'S RIDE. GREAT NATIONAL WORK OF ART. T. Buchanan Reacil• Life-size Painting OF • SHERIDAN'S RIDE, NOW ON EXHIBITION. ADMII 215 CENTS. Including the entire Collection of the Academy. Clll/011108 of the above celebrated Painting, in size ...91x2:, Mehra, $lO. 3 : 1 (O Er t i t oni I A. M. to 6 P. hi., and from 71:, to 10 P. M. u. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. THE STAB COURSE OF LECTURES. BAYARD TAYLOR, THE POET, THE TRAVELER, THE NOVELIST, ON THURSDAY EVENING, March 3. Subject—Reform and Art. JOHN G. SAXE, March 21. Subject—French Folks at Home. Prot. ROBERT E. ROGERS, March 24. Subject—Chemical Force, In Nature and the Arts. ANNA E. DICKINSON, April 7. Subject—Down Breaks. sir Admission to each Lecture, 50 cents. Reserved Beats, 75 cents. _ . . Tickets to any of the Lectures for sato at Gould 's Piano Moms, P'M Chestnut street from 9 A. It. to 5 P. M. Doors open at T. Lecture at 8 o'clock. 1845. SILVER ANNIVERSARY 1870. Of Friendship Division, No. 19, Sorsa Temper ance, will be celebrated in the Academy of Music, on the Evening of the 115th of March. • CON - MINOR GEARY willpreside.and Hon. SCHUY LER COLFAX, SENATOR 'WILSON, and other emi nent speakers. will deliver addresses. Music by" McClurg's Liberty Silver Cornet Band." Admission 2d cents. Sale of reserved seats begins to-mosrow,9 A. M., - at the Sabbath School Emporium of J .C. Gurrignes A Co., , MAS Arch street. It" OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA. RAIL BOAD COMPANY. February 16, 167 D. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS - - The annual election for Directors will be held oa MONDAY, the 7th day of March, at the Office of the Company. No. MS South Third street. The polls will be open from 10 o'clock A. M. until 1.1 o'clock P. M. No share or shares transferred within sixty days preceding the election will entitle the holder or holders thereof to vote. felt trohSrp§ ACADEMY OF MUSIC, arJ T The eloquent and able speaker. The 'Very Rev. P. E MORIARTY, D. D will deliver a lecture at the ACADEMY OF MUSIC, FRIDAY E VENING, March 4, at 6 o'clock. Proceeds for the benefit of the University Hospital Sublect : " The Mau Question. Human De%elop Aleut. ' Admission, 50 cents. mh2-3t* _ OFFICEI OF THE UNITED FIEF, MEN'S - INSURANCE COMPANY: 723 ARCH STitEET. PHIL.4.DELPHIA, Feb. 10,1870. The annual election for Presid,nt and Dirertors will be held at the office of the Company on WEDNESDAY, March 2d, 1670, between the hours of 12 o'clock M. and 2 o'clock P. M. WM. FAGEN, rostultarp; Seen.t.try. APPLICATION WILL BE AI - ADE to the tolanagere of the fitercAntile LibrarY Company for Renewal of Certificate of Cue Share of .torlr..Nii.t l ,o43B, alluding in the name of J. H. A. DAyissoN, the WA haying been toot or mil- . , . . . ~.._ .. .. .. • r • .. . .... , .• . or , •,. .. ‘, . ~,,,..,,,.„,•••,,,,•..,,,,,•tt,,,,, i ' r . tilliev,.. '', ' r ..." '; !' ...', i." ', , . _ . . . . • . . . 1 11 11 ' ' , , , .. . .. . ~. .. i • : . . . • . . .... -••. • . . . . ..... ... , . . , r . , I . , , , . . . . . . • . , . '. • , . . . . • - • . . , . . . , 1 •; , , .tr,,‘ ,: ,' • r .. .. . , • • • DIED. JOSEPH LESLEY, -sderetary 11.PEEJIAL NOTICES THE UNDERSIGNED LICA.VES, tag * for San Francisco in a few days. l'artie4 dealr-I lug e'lntroductien of articles of merchandise In thki tnitrit.isterre4l3tableTtalnu of hnsla •se matters of any' Phila. f dophis P .O. It* . LiEnto C 'S OM PANI'S EXTRACT 1 0 6 of Meat secures great economy and conieniencer, in housekeeping and estellenno in Cooking. Sotto' genuine without the signer/ire of Dire! lf.tenft„ . the I inventor, and of Dr. Max Von Petteskofer, delegate. ja26 , w e•tf J. RUN CB'S 50N8,183 Broadway. N.Y. {llO9 GIRA.RD STREHT. 1109 IE4 Btl/30/ill AND PERIPTIMM BATHS,' Departments for Ladles. Baths oven from 6 A. M. tog P. M. —VHOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. :1018' aal, 1620 Lombard street, Dispensary DeParfment.', &Beal treatment and medlcinefurnishedgratuitouslr to the poor • RELIGrIOUS. NOTICES, MALL Ir(iUTTG keivs effrifstricri mitiocinTlON,.l2loChastnut street,. Yible. :Lecture TO4IOItROWt Thursday, EVENING, at 7.4 o.ch rk. to be r,ondocted by See. e• 0. PAXhii.. Subject—" Joseph the incorruptible Young Man. lestruction in Peered Music to the audience by Prof.. JOHN HOlit ER. All are cordially invited. lt§ - H. WEST SPRUCE STREET CHURCH, 11 '0 Seventeenth nod Spruce streets.—Prayer Meet- Inv this evening at 7h. and _preaching by Rev. A. A. Willetts at 8 o'clock. The public cordially melted. ' u . YOUNG PEOPLE'S' WORKING, Ammqvlstitin of Spring Garden Depth-I. Church.—; Hey 0. F. Flippo wHYdeliver the usual monthly lecture THIS ( Wednesday) EVENING, commencing at o clock .in the church. Thirteenth at. ab. Wallace. lt* . AMITP I ":IIENTS. izth pare for additiohal Narita; A NME I. 4 IRAIIN'S BENEFIT. • THE BLAC THURDAK DOSY NIGHTM. INO. Three-Act Comedy. And Craigln exquisitely humoroua vet Mon of HAREM BLEUE. This bill cannot be surpassed, and thereat embraces the strength of the great company of comedians at the Areh.- ' No oneshoold miss such a grand treat. Secure your r seats. Tb • BENEFICIARE Is a delightful vocalist and cue of the Jest actresses on the Maize. ARCIi STREET THEATRE. It§ FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE LElrrEli FROM EARLS. (Correspondence of the( Philn. Even's Bulletin.] PALM, Friday, Feb.lB, 1870,-Tbe name of Dr. Constantin James, the author of the well known work on the properties of the different mineral waters of Europe, Ls too familiar to the many Americans who havo . consulted him in Paris for them not to feel interested in the trial which has just taken place of his in tended assassin. Moreover, the incidents are such as necessarily demand the attention of all travelers in these days of general loco motion. Most of your readers have probably beard or seen something of the merderous attempt which. was made upon the life of this gentlemanin a railway carriage on the Lyons line, as be was returning front the Isthmus of Suez, and of the narrow es cape he bad for his lite. The criminal has just been tried and condemned at Aix, and the atrocity of his character and the circum stances attending his inurderou.s attempt ere remarkable enough to deserve a short notice. Unfortunately, they corroborate only too strongly the existence of that soil de l'or, that curt sacra fames, that "accursed thirst for gold," which has been the fruitful source of and excitement to crime in so many of the etnties eilibres, both of an cient and modern times. The individual in question is named Alcide Humbert; and a worse prostitution of the name of the illustri ous Greek was certainly never made than when it was bestoWed Ott Litt. At 17 yea; Old he was employed to keep the accounts of a baker at Pontarlier ; and the tiret thing he did there was to get into debt, and then propose to a young comrade in the bakery that they two should set Oat f y England or the United States;—to earn moray ) onestlY and pay their debts, you• will say? Nothing of the kind :—to "get into the service of soma rich gentleman, murder and rob him, and then fly the country!' This was pretty well for seventeen. However, for the moment, Alcide confined himself to drawing false bills in the name of his employer, the baker, and having got two of these cashed to the tune of about two thousand francs, he made off to_ wards Lyons. There he first bought himself, silo?: les regles,and with a view to future opera tions, a revolver and a sword-cane, - and then proceeded, in true Troppmann style, to spend the rtnt of the money he bad obtained by for gery in the grossest debauchery. When his means were at an end, his only idea of recruit ing them was " to look out for some rich man whom he could murder and rob." Not finding any one suited to his hand and taste where he was, he again set out on his travels, stopping for a moment at Perpignan, where,apparently justto keep his hand in, he enters the bed room of a traveler at the hotel, and takes from his table, while he is asleep, his money and gold watch. With these he arrives at Marseilles,where he further arms himself with a life-preserver, or,rather,in 'Phis case it should be called a life-taker ; and then he deliberately proceeds to the railway station to look out for a suitable victim. Lin fortunately the first person who caught his eye was Dr. Constantin James, looking at once tired and worn-out with his longjourney from Egypt, and still more unfortunately for himself, having exhibited a wel:-filled purse when paying for his railway ticket. Alcide dodges him, and at first gets into a car, with him and three or four others. By and by the guard Comes and tells Dr. James that he can have the separate carriage which he had asked for. The doctor gets oat, goes to his carriage,and is soon fast asteep. Alcide watches his oppor tunity, follows his victim, and steps into his carriage just as , the train is in motion. The doctor, half dead with sleep and fatigue, ob• jects to the entrance of the in truder, but being told that "he is only going to the next station," resigns him self, and drops off to sleep again. The oppor tunity his murderer had been watching for is come. He throws himself upon the sleeper,who says that "at first be thought he had the nightmare." Fortunately tho as--issin struck so hard that he broke his murderous instru ment ; anti, the first blow not proving fatal, Dr. James sprang up, and a fearful struggle for life took place. Alcide tried to strangle him, but he got two of his fingers between his teeth and compelled him to relinquish his hold. At the very height of this terrible fight, and just when Dr. James, blinded with the blood which flowed plentifully from the wounds in his head, and almost exhausted, was ready to give in, the train began to stop. Alcide,as cowardly as he was bloodthirsty, lost courage, and had actually the audacity to "fall on his knees" and beg the Doctor to "spare a poor young man who was in need of money." The victim had just strength enough left to open the door and tier lie could not speak) stagger - up, all covered with blood, to a man on the plattoraL The murderer bolted out on the other side, and, for the'moment t escaped in the darkness; but he was arrested six days afterwards. Such are the incidents of this terrible drama, which came oat with quite thrilling interest at the trial; and such also is the story of less than, one yearns lifei of this young desperado, for he PHILADELPHIA. 'WEDNESDAY MARCH 2, 1870. , is not even yet quite eighteen years old. His very mother has disowned and refused to see He has, been eetitenced to fraectur forces for tiny theluri having •admitted his youth as a sufficiently "extenuating circumstance" to save him from the guillotine. Dr. James, his many friends will be glad to learn, has now quite recovered from the effects of this ter rible' adventure: Aikido Humbert no doubt, just one of those "brave young men " who would have been on the look out fork plunder (and for murder if I necessary) (luting the late riots in' Paris, had he, unfortunately, been at liberty'at the time. I am glad to see that the public feeling and in dignation against these' riots WO coining out more and more. The address, .1 before spoke .of, confidence" and, " offer of material ,essistaxidel to M. 011ivier, hi being covered With 'hundreds of signatures. Yesterday a deputation of six young men of the industrial, class, and members of a public protective so ciety, went up as a deputation to the Minister 'ointimate their strong desire to assist in maintaining public order s and were most kindly and gratefully received by him. This shows an excellent spirit on both • sides, and quite a new feeling for this country; The abolition of the law of Public Safety has been officially proposed by M. 011ivier. The Minister, in his report to the Emperor on the subject, says that "it appears quite inad missible to himself and his colleagues that, under a liberal regime, the; Government should continue to reserve to itself such a power as that of transporting to Algeria or Cayenne any citizen who might M any time have been condemned to a few months' im prisonment for having belonged to a secret society." ' And yet the above is the terrible power which the kite Government bus held in its hands ever since 1811. It was time, indeed, that it should cease to exist. GITY SULLETIII. THE WORK OF EXTERMINATION.—III the opinion of many people, Hon. Charles Gib bons, as District Attorney, was not the right man in the right place. What was feared was that his gentlemanly manners and bland ad • drc would fail to carry the weight before ju of the " meat-axe " manner of Mr. Mann. 0 e objection urged against Mr. Henry was t at . he was " too polished a gentleman to ean efficient Mayor." The same objec t' n w as mooted when Mr. Gibbons permitted the Republican party to use his name as a can didate for the office of Prosecuting Attorney in the Criminal Courts. How egregiously these well-meaning people have erred m judgment is now being daily developed. For the first time in the history of this city, the business of the lottery-policy dealer is conducted with fear and trembling. Though not yet extinguished, its magnates find themselves with tied hands. A number of their principal go-betweens are fugitives in other cities. The right arm of the business in this city is paralysed. What remains to be done is to impart rigidity to the left. As rapidly as this result can be aecomplished,it hi now being done. None but an insider of the business can realize the se curity of the position in which the " backers" are entrenched. The " backers " occupy the tame relation to the policy-sellers that is occupied by the receiver of stolen goods to the fraternity of thieves. Three of these dignitaries sport their diamonds in Philadelphia. They occupy 'prominent seats in the opera, drive handsome turnouts, and disport themselves in the purplest of purple and line linen. One of them has been cap tured. The difficulty of getting at them is that they never identify themselves with their placesof business. Every one of their trans actions is done through the medium of a con fidential clerk. The writers who sell the poli cies know nothing of the identity of the "backer." In the hands of a shrewd lawyer, the clerk, if arrested, may claim to be a mere agent, and fall back upon ignorance as to the commission of legal offence. • The operations of Mr. Gibbans, begirt as they were with diiiicultice of every kind, have restatai as above stated. Of the hundred policy shops in this city, two-thirds are now closed, and a business that amounted to fifty thousand dollars per diem is cut down to a sum comparatively insignificant. In his opera tions, Mr. Gibbons has been handsomely aided by Assistant District Attorney Dwight, and by his special officer, Mr. Wood. What has been done by Mr. Gibbons toward the exter mination of lottery policy offices, has also been done by him toward the eradication of gorubling-houses. The immunity of the cliqud of policy people, whose principal hacker ig still walking unmolested In Chestnut street, is giiren because of a desire,when mak ing arrests, to gecnre the arrest of the right man. The person` for whom the authorities are seeking is not the 1 ` backer" in question. The gentleman toward whom their assiduities are leveled is the 'backer's diem With the capture of this link connecting the policy seller with the man who pays the few losses and realizes the enormous profits of the busi ness, Mr. Gibbons will make further bowling among the persecuted fraternity in question. Of this more anon. Tr - I .ertr. DAY.—Fishes this morning were trumps. The laces of the ladies who deal in , them were radiant with frosty smiles. To-day is Ash Wednesday. It is the initial day of Lent—the key that unlocks the penitential season of forty days, commemorative alike of the Saviour's forty days' abstinence from food, and of the forbearance of Omnipotence with the contumacy andperverseness, for a cor responding period; of the followers of Moses. The day was observed by all the Latin and English churches in this city. The olden cus tom of sprinkling the head with ashes still prevails in Roman Catholic countries. That it does not here may probably be because of the expensiveness that centres in artificial hair. The beautiful adornments of the altars are re moved upon the opening of Lent. Until Easter Sunday , we shall know them no more. At the Cathedral;this morning, the services were especially solemn and sombre. Penitents were kneeling about the outer walls, while the strains of the Miserere frbm within seemed to lift the heart to the contemplation "of the cross and passion, and the precious death and burial' of the Intercessor for all mankind. In the more populous portions of the city the sidewalks this morning presented con tinuous streams ofgoing and returning wor shippers. At St. Philip's, on Queen street, the pressure was never greater. Al St. Paul's, on Christian street, of which Father Sheridan is the pastor, the church, until the ten o'clock mass, was unable to contain the throng that pressed up toward its portals. What is true of these churches was true also of others. The usual choral services were sung at St. Mark's and St. Clement's Episcopal churches. The observance of the day was as general as .we ever remember to have seen it. The reason that yesterday was called Shrove Tuesday was because of the shrift or confes sion made by the' Catholic to tit himself for the fast beginning to-day. During Lent devout Catholics fast not only from flesh meats, but from the pleasures of the world. They eschew theatres and fiddles as well as sirloins. If ever a Catholic couple married during Lent, the circumstance was probably. brought about by special reasons. In a hygienic point of view,vre advocate the abstinence indicated.by the church during the forty days immediately to come. It gives rest to the gastric juices and purity to the blood. As an " alteratiVe," while it is the most inew-- pensive that we know of, it will compare fa.- voraNy with any that come to us in the inside of auothecaries' bottles. -TheCooNvit:Lotacomis. Twelfth District Police, yesterday, arrested seven young men for cornerdounging.. The prioners were held to bail to keep the peace. OUR NVIIOLE COUNTRY. TUUE FEMALE - SPIAIITC—Of an extremely dangerous class of females a well-dethisl ,sptelmen was this morning in the dock of the Quarter Sessions. That she was brought to ,justice was entirely owing to the stolid der termination of M. John Lomond. Refused the delivery, without payment, of a consider able quantity of merchandise at his store, thp •womatrprosequted- Mr. lianiond, upon-an-in famous , charge, Mr. Lamond entered before Alderman Jones the necessary bail. Ho then set about an investigation into the antecedent; of the woman. lie found that she kept a little shop in the lower part of the city. What did not surprise him was, theta short time be fore; in order to avoid the expesure cerise quent' upon a corresponding and equally groundless charge, a merchant doing business near Third and Market SWete, had thrown a sop to-this female Cerberus, in the shape of a considerable sum of money. Further investi gation showed that the woman bad successfully played 'her game in a number of instances. .The aggregate sum realized' by her: in the opinigil of the District Attorney's special officer, Mr. Wood, is by no means smolt., The woman in the dock this morning has been. incarcerated for,some Months. Mr. Lomond insisted that the case against him should be brought to Court. This was done. The difficulty was that be was the onlyperson 'wbo would appear in the witness stand. The other victims shrank, from the publicity the affair would be certain to involve. As the founder of the '.Newsboys' Sunday School, Mr. Lomond considered himself in duty bound to bring about the fullest possible exposure. By the potency of bench warrants, 'two or three victims were brought to the witness stand. The result was, the honorable discharge of, Mr. Lomond and the commitment of the woman upon a charge of perjury. How the case was disposed of will be seen in our Court reports of to-day. Meanwhile it should be understood by business men that the period when they are generally left alone in their counting-rooms nor stores is all reckoned up" in advance by these female sharks. Sometimes they have a male confed erate. He may or may not he a blood relation. Unless the intended victim possesses the nerve of Mr. Lomond, the operation of black-mail ing may not only be begun, but indefinitely repeated. For the persistence with which he has pushed this matter, we have reason to know, Mr. Lamond 'receiving the thanks of many. But that other parties reffised to prose rote, a rod might have been held in terroreni over the entire villainous sisterhood of which this woman is-a type TIE PHILADELPHIA SOACIFTV FOR PRO MOTING AORICULTURE.—This body met this morning. Their rooms are at Ninth and Chestnut streets. They are alike commodious and cosy. Mr. H. Ingersoll, Vice President, occupied the chair. The annual report of the operations of the "Experimental farm," in Chester county, was then read. The farm comprises 75 acres. The locality is called West Grove. The farm is the property of the State. That its buildings are in a - very rickety condition is a matter upon which subject the Society propose to interview the Legislature at a very early moment. What the Society asks is an appropriation of ,55,000 for these repairs, and ,i 45,000 additional for the purchase of seleeted stock.. The chairman expressed apprehension that the appropriation bad been applied for, and repulsed, Mr. Sharpless, of Chestnut Hill, was now elected to membership in the Society. The name of Mr. Joseph Patterson, of the Western Bank, in this city, was proposed for membership. Mr. Craig Biddle, from the Executive Com mittee, stated that nothing definite had as yet been determined as to the holding of a trade cattle sale by the Messrs. Horkness, as pro posed by this Soidety. The idea was originated to the tidier tbat many breeders of choice stock would be willing to aid the cause by thinning down their herds through the instrumental ity of Mr. Herkness's auction room. Previonh sales by this gentleman bad proved satisfac tory both to buyer and seller. The object is to establish regular trade-Sales of cattle, at which the oflerings shall be ample, and at which persons coining, from distant localities can be certain to realize the object of their The sentiment of the Society seemed to be in favor of "continuing the preliminary ar rangements for such sales. In view of the liberal manner in which its overtures had been received by Mr.Herkness, the committee as unanimously continued on duty until the April meeting. member now arose relative to the subject o ff g gijiiii,g-machine. The member stated that,• irregpectile of X MgincliriatfOrt ell the part of a cow to yield. der lacteal tribute to the pail, this article was lllVariably effective. The same gentleman exhibited a Contrivance, alike for pruning trees and gathering fruit in accessible'to arm and ladder. The proceedings here closed. A .N.EAT BURGLARY.—The cloak store of Mr. Wm. P. ,Campbell was this morning honored by a visit from burglars. The locality' is the lower side of Chestnut street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth. The hour of the visitation was between five and six o'clock. A private watchman patrols the locality; the difficulty is that his beat includes a square and a half. At the hour above named two men ob tained entrance to the yard by 'an outlet upon Sansom street. They jittimied off a shutter on the,rear building with a dexterity that would have excited admiration in the bosom of Signor Blitz. The thieves rejected all made up garments, a velvet cloak alone excepted. The rest of their plunder was made up of material "in the piece." it con sisted of silks and satins. That the thieves were experts is evinced by the sa gacity that marked their selection. To steal manufactured goods involves thrice the amount of peril involved in the carrying away. of the raw material. Mr Campbell estimates his lose at from 8800 to $l,OOO. That it is so little is because the winter stock of cloak stores in general, and his own in particular, is worked down to the lowest possible level. As things now stand, the robbery,so far as the idenlity . of its authors is concerned, is a muni cipal enigma. LOCAL. Cnownun.—The Democrats of the Tenth Ward are sick of being constantly beaten in their efforts to elect members to City Councils. What they now propose is to run a ticket made up entirely of colored men. In this they hope to take the wind from the Republican sails, and effect a coup de Inairt that shall induce the fowl of victory to roost per manently upon their flag-pole. The matter that now bothers them is the seeking-out of suitable candidates. Those first approached by the leading wire-pullers of the Ward re fused positively to run. The Republican nom inee; it is understood, will be Counsellor Wm. B. Hanna. The treat last night at the Efortmultisral Society's meeting was an essay by Walter Ilell. Its subject was the proper mode of bedding plants. Of this Society everybody who cultivates even a door-yard or a rood of vegetable garden should become a ine.mber. The regular monthly exhibitions are free to all. This was .s delieious morning. The air was just cool enoughto be suggestwe of sherbet_; mxt August.' Was as pure and sweet as the moral at p:There of the BULLETIN Oa1(13. A 'EAU ANn.-Afranl: Aretzmern was mu:sulk yesterday .and taken Iwtore Alder man A . Ossey. .He resides at Franklin :and No bht streetkl. Ile was . ehargecl with getting drunk,' M ru; hi hg., things generally n the house, and threatening to 101 l his Wife. He was ,eouunitteirtO ptison. . . AssAtuirista A PoraernAN.—A 'row' oc curred on Cherrystreet, between Seventh and Eighth, on Monday night. PolicemalfDavis, of the Sixth District, rushed in to quell the dis turbance. The combatants Ceased. battering each other and turned their attention to the intrusive guardian of the law. Davis was first knocked down. Then his clubwas jerked from his belt. With this he was beaten en the head and severely injured. • Notwithstanding his had treatment, the officer sullied and hung on to one of his assailants. ;The prisoner was landed safely at the station-honse,•and yaster day, before Aid. Jones, gave his name as J. Butler. Yesterday Davis captured another fellow who is alleged to have been ametv.hie tormentors. This. one is named IL' fie likewise bad a hearing before Ald.'Xones. Each was held in $1.000• hail for appearance before tbeCourt of Quarter Sessions. CArTURE OF WHISKY.--LfiSt night, about half-past ten o'clock, the Delaware Harbor Police raptured a suspicious -looking horse and wagon oaD elaware avenue, in the wagon were two men and two large boxes. ,The boxes contained one twenty-two gallon cask, four ten gallon casks,two five gallon casks, one two gallon demijohn and one mineral-water bottle. All of these were filled with whisky, which is snpposed to have been made some where in the Richmond district. The prize web taken to the. Station House. The odor of the liquor, was not verypleasant, and as Lieut. Smith was fearful of an explosion, ho had all of tlie stuff retrieved into the yard. One of the.fellows captured gave his name as Mc- Namee. The other pretended to be dumb and refused to talk. Both were handed over the United States authorities. AFTER EX•MILITIAME.N.—Some men who belong to militia organizations sometimes re sign their membership and neglect- to • hand over their muskets, which belong to the State. As the coimmanders of regiments and com panies are Ilt•sponsible for the arms, this neglect causes much trouble sometimes. Sometime since an ex-member of the Sixty-ninth Regi ment, who bad retained his musket, was tried on the charge of larceny, was convicted, and was sentenced , to an imprisonment of six months. Colonel Mulholland, of the Phila delphia City Guards, is now about to take out warrants against several members of his regi ment, who have resigned, and have not yet turned over the property belonging to the re giiment. FinE.---A stable located in .the lumber-yard of John A. Bruner, on Delaware avenue, •above Poplar street, was destroyed by Hee about half-past eleven o'clock last night. The building was frame, two stories in height, and about one hundred feet in length. Attached were sheds used for wagon houses. In the sheds were three large lumber-trucks, which were destroyed. In the stable were six horses, three of which perished in the flames, A pile of lumber in the yard was burned. The loss of Mr. Bruner IS estimated at about 55,000. and is fully covered by insurance. The roof of the rolling-min of Verree Mitchell, in the rear, was badly damaged. STILL IN A DANGEIIOUB CoNnirtozz.—Pat rick McCormick, charged with having shot Charles Kavanaugh, at Twenty-fourth and Callowhill streets,on the 224 ult.,had a further hearing yesterday. Special officer McGrane, of the Ninth District, who visited Kavanaugh yesterday, found him to be still in a danger ous condition. The attending physician stated that the location of the ball had not been dis covered,and the probabilities are that a search will have to be made. Under the circumstan ces, McCormick was again committed to prison to await the result of the injuries in flicted 'onomm's IriquEsT.—Coroner Taylor held an inquest this morning in the case of George Ryan, aged 4 years, who died from the kick of a horse on Cherry street, above Sixth, on the 7th ult. The evidence showed that Fred. Jahn, a baker, was leading a horse up Cherry street. Some boys followed him. Ryan caught the horse by the tail. The horse then kicked the boy in the head. The lad was taken to the hospital, and died there on the 28th ult. The verdict iof the jury was death trona in juries accident = ally received. Jahn, who had been arrested, it will be remembered, was dis charged by Alderman Kerr a few days ago. A PIIGNACIOITS IHISHMA2C—An Irishman named David Conner passed down Eleventh street yesterday afternoon. He was pretty full of whisky. Just below Locust street was a carriage. A colored coachman dressed in livery was upon the box. He looked at David. David imagined that he made a face at him. He seized Mr. Coachman by the coat-tail, giv ing him a jerk which brought him suddenly to the pavement. Then he punched his head. A policeman came along and took charge of T i n ; vugnacious individual. Conner was taken Word Aid. 11 - 01101 v, tind was held in $BOO bail on the charge of aspult and baii4o7. Tnntr AND RECEIVIM.—Itary Ann Walker went into the butcherLshop of Benjamin Seltzer, on Randolph street, above Thompson, yesterday, helped herself to a piece of meat, and then left without footing the bill. She was arrested, taken before ' Alderman Eggle ton, and was held in .14,500 bail on the charge of larceny. Sarah Dailey, who is alleged to have set up the job for Mary Ann,-and after wards got the stolen meat from her, was arrested, and was held in S7OO bail oa the charge of receiving the stolen goods 18S/Na.—James Linton left his boarding house, No. 112 North Fifteenth street, on the night of the 20th ult., and has not been heard of since. When he went away he left the gas burning and his hat on the bed. Linton is about 32 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches in height, weighs about 135 pounds, and has a reddish goatee and moustache and dark hair. VISIT FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT.---Philae deiphia will be honored with the presence of Hon. Schuyler Colfax at the American Academy of Music on the 2.lth of March. He will deliver an address do the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Friendship Di vision, N 0.19, Sons of Temperance. AncErrv.—Bernard Rock, James Fagan and Thomas Gray were arrested, last night, by the Fifth District Police, on the charge of lar ceny. They will have a hearing at the Central Station this afternoon. SUPPOSED LARCENY.—,John Vaugh, aged 17 years, was arrested this morning, at ball-past four o'clock, at Beach and Green streets. Ho had in his possession a gray blanket and a small butlalo-robe, which are supposed to have been stolen. PETTY THEFT.—John Jones Was arrested yesterday, and taken before Alderman Shoe maker,upon the charge.of the larceny of a keg of white lead. Be was held in;•.300 bail for LAI - a:ENV of• A. Pr SITCART.—John Reynolds and John Rementer bifYe been bold in $6OO bail by Alderman Quirk to answer the charge of the larceny of a pushcart from a, place on Market street. 1 7 0 UN OpEN.--During last night the Fifth District Police found the doors of five houstls unfastened. During! the- pat 4 month fifty doors in this district were found .open. ,TUI . IIE.I: AND MNEMOSYNE' still have their cla pg liters arranged to reed ye callers at Messrs. Earles' Galleries; ichere theY have remained for morn than six; wieelih , already: , We stip- JaofAl they 4iad left u.s, as Mei e longstay would lead ;One to think that •they hart :almost ex- Itatnkteti tho list ofvisi tors to t-..1.1e11 tidir creatures; bat ,tho tnnty . look uud..ercovflOtl UontlitiOlL 01 their reception,rooing qnite eintagu our itieu4. In•fact, it Is alt iuutter for gerioug comment, A:v bat will d IllYwithont them . ?='--lbr go goon they must, Our Congresanteil and the strangers at thotapitil arucloasly await' their, F. L. FETHKRSTON, PRICE' Tit CIENTE!. arrival. In the. meanwhile, let none of tour admirers of lovo'ly ones omit this lkst nity to see them. Gaslight after s..until 6. ONE Htrtionnti AND FIFTY Ott KlNTlicitt• to be sold at ticott's Art Gallery,llll Chests street, Girard Row, Wednesday and'Tharsday evenings, March 2d and 3d, at 7,4 o ' cloc k , Makirroom for a larger sale. Allitqs.cmxtv'M French Theatricals. The beautiful little theatre in Seventeentk street, above Chestnut, known as the "Ama teurs' .IDrawitig is to be .opened: to morrow evening for the, first• time, for a short season of performances by the Ereneh.`Ura rtiatic Cotripany of New York; tinder the dl deletion Will. PaulJnigaet Scribe's charudog comedy, Itagaille de,Dames, will be the opening 'piece; and the series' of performances will 'be 411*tirsi fled with operettas, songs, recitation andlperfoireances on the, violoncello! b.Y.U. Alard, who is an artist of distinction.. That portion Of the people of Philadelphia 'inter ested inothe French langnage,"in French dra matic literature and AnlFronnb acting, wllick is the best in the world, ought to crowd, a 'much larger theatre nightly and we hope that the success of experimental seasons in Seventeenth street may, be such as to induce the company to cern° again frequently. The leading artists; Mona. and'Mtne. Afetreatt,hava a high reputation ;Mme. Otterettils known to those who frequented the Opera Boulfeylast ' year; Zit Edgard,. M. Juignet and 'setitral others' of the • present 'botripany are 'roldla vorites with the patrons of, French drama ia past seasons. The , pieces to ,be pl a yed have been selected for their literary and, draniatio merit anditbeir freedom' from the most con spicuous faults of modern French playa. .13e sides Bataidede Dames, we are to have Le Hup p/ice d'un Homme, Him Mutton. Par Drote Conqudte, Les Femmes Terribles, Le liroycsm de df PPrriehon, and Le Raman d'un Jenne Moyne Paurre, and on each evening there will be t# vaudeville, or an operetta, or something; eisei in. addition. Subscriptions or single admis sions may be taken at Boner's music store, 1102 Chestnut street. • • —To-morrow night Miss Annie Firmin, of the Arch Street Theatre company, will hare her first benefit in The Black Domino and Craig's burlesque Barbeßlette Althoughshe has been known to the Philadelphia _public during the present season only, Miss /main has become a favorite with theatre-goers. Her popularity's well-deserved, for she is a graceful and accomplished actress and a very estimable woman. She is entitled to suitiva recognition of hor merits as can be made byta crowdea house upon the occasion of her bene fit ; and as, besides the inducement offerea by the chance to do a grateful act of justice to the fair beneficiary, the performance will be first-rate, there ought certainly to be an Im mense audience present. —Mr. L. L. James, of . the Arch btreet Theatre • tlompany, will have a 'benefit night in The Bride of LOntotermoor atid"Tha floppiest Doy of my Life. • - -The Parepa-Rosa Opera Company will ap.• pear at the Academy ; .on Tuesday next week,. in Martha, and on Wednesdsy evening m Oberon. • • • , • • —At the • American Theatre to...night the famous gymnasts, the Rizarclli• brothersi,will appear, and there will be a good variety per formance besides. , . • —The panorama Illustrating, "The Pit grim's Progress" will be exhibited at Ceneert Hall this evening. The proceeds are for tile benefit of the Western M. E. Church. • - —Mr. John - C. Heenan will "spar" with Mr. James Mace at the the American Theatre to-night. —Messrs. Carncross & Dbcey announce an attractive entertainment for this evening at. the Eleventh Street Opera House. Craig's new burlesque, The City Councils, will be pro duced, with other novelties. - -Mr. Hugh Dougherty will appear,4with other eminent artists, at buprez & Benedict's Opera Homie - this evening in an unusually line bill. There will be singing, dancing, bur lesque and negro minstrelsy generally. —The Champion Circus will be open this evening with a fine performance, in 'which Mlle. Henrietta, Miss Emtaa Foster and Mr. Chas. Madigan will appear. TINE REVISED CONSTITETION OE TEN. N EMEE. Most Important Amendattftts. Yrom the Hnomdlle noticed Herald. ill The following may be llB the prin cipal amendments adopted to the Constitution of Tennessee ; Restricting the Legislature to seventy-five days for a regular and twenty' days for a Galled :;;,—;,,n • , ; nirinn• Dlll l to? oft itr....pra paSed by a Majority of the members elected to each Rouse ; making all property; real, personal and mixed, taxable, except Sl,OOO of personal property in the hands of each tax payer and such property used for strictly religious, educational and charitable pur poses as the Legislature may from time to ,ime direct; setting apart the revenue derived from the State tax on polls to purposes of edu cation; giving to the Governor a limited veto power;laking from the Legislature the power of passing acts ,of incorporation, but pro viding for a general law under which corpo rations shall be formed; prohibiting the is suance of bonds to any railroad which, at the time of application, may be in default of payment of interest on bonds previously issued it; vacating all judicial offices upon the ratification of the amended Constitu tion ; increasing the number of Su preme Judges from three to five; making the franchise universal, with pro. payment of poll-tax required; giving the Legislature power to establish new coun ties, to eonsist of not less than 275 square miles, providing old counties shall not be re duced below 500 square miles, the old Consti tution requiring 350 square miles for new • counties, and that old counties should not be reduced below 625 square miles; consolidating certain elections ; providing that the State shall not become a stockholder with others in any corporation; requiring a two-thirds vow of counties and towns to loan or give creditor the same, and providing that no convention or Legislature shall ratify any amendment ,to the Constitution of the United States unless such Convention or General Assembly shall have been elected after such amendments were proposed. SIJItI i G4u . An Extraordtsuiry Career. From the Beliton Advertiser.] ' History furnishes no parallel to the expe rience of 31r. Burlingame during the laqt 4e ea,de,and we shall have/to turn to the Arabian Nights to match it. Writers op the possibili ties open to Ainerir,an ambition haee often cited the appearance of Franklin, in big plain suit, serene in his simplicity; at 'the glittering court of Versailles. But there Was nothitig in the history of that shrewd, lucky Boston 00 3 , of the last century to compate in romauc e aryl y bizarre splendor with the life of tho,co,easy„ self-pulsed young roan of -,Our own day„ who, losing Ids seat iiiecingre,s4 try the vote of' our North End Wards, preitently found hincittlf the representative ot the'oldest and greatest of nations, rtecrediteil to the courts , of the uorld, traveling in metyle of Imperial mogul euence through lvie , OWti COuotry. anti through Europe, receiving .. the:Courtesy of Kings mid Emperors, coping, with the ,wiliest of veteran diplomats, and speaking for the &St time after scores of eentirrieri of 'silence the " 01 c° ,ot China. PertiripS there was no ruin 'brine; whose death could have in its, possible cense rieences a graver influence on the destiny ot . ' millions ot-tneu. •
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