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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
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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. • • '
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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
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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*
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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.
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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'
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• 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* .
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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. •