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MSON PEACOCK. Editor.
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TxTEDI.NG • CARDS, INVITATIONS
y for Pathos, itc. New styles. MO M., 001
Chestnut street. de2Ofmlr sr*
IVFJ3DINCI INVITATIONS BR.
revedin the newest and best manner, LOUIS
) Kis Stationer and Engraver. lax Obestnut
street. fe2o tf
DIED.
• COW PE HT II WA I T on . h
'llie * lfirh'inidatiF;'Alfreif;lounirest son Of the late Josep
Cow perthwalt .
• Ills friends and relatives aro respectfully invited to at-
tend his fUneral, from his mother's residence), No. 1725
•Girard avonue, on Tuesday afternoon, the 15th instant,
at 2 o'clock.
GRAY.--On Friday evening, the llth funtaut,Robfirt
E. Gray. in the&ld year of file age.
The male relatives and fr ends aro invited to attend
the funeral, from the residence, of his sister, Mrs. El iza•
heth White No. PM Race street, this (Monday) after
noon, at 2 o ; cloek.
PLA YElt.—On Friday evenlnst, the 11th instant, John
Player, of England 4 Considting Engineer/Aged 5I years,
Funeral to take_plare from his late residence. 390 t Wal
nut street, West Philadelphia, on Tuesday, 15th instant,
at 10 o'clock.
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ItICHAIMBON.—On the evening of the lith instant.
Elizabeth Richardson, in the s2d year of her age.
The re naves and friends are regpeotfully invited to
attend her funeral, from her late residence, 1211 North
Tenth street. on Third-day, the Mill instant. at 2 o'c lock
P. M., without further notice. Interment in Friends'
NV'estern []round.
WILSON.—Called by the Father, on Saturday 12th instant, Coneutlo 11., daughter of litram G. and Eliza J.
Wilson, aged J 7 ream And a months.
Services at the residence,l2l6 Price street, Carman
town on Tuesday, nth instant. at 2 o*dock P. M. The
remains will he returned to mother earth at Laurel Hill.
Friends of the family are sunned to attend, without
other inv nation. . .
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WYLIN.—At the residence of her son, Rev. T. W. J.
Wylie, D. 11., on Sabbath. the 13th Inst., Mrs. Margaret
'Wylie. relict of the late Rev, Dr, Samuel It. Well,, for•
mer Pastor of the First iteformed Presbyterian Church,
In the MS yea, of her ago.
• The members of the congregation and friends of the
family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on
Wedneaday afternoon, March, 16th. The remains will
leave her tato iteillericq, Z 1 Wylie street, at 2 o'clock,
and the funeral Cervices will he comfit, ta=d at the elturoli,
Broad, below Spruce street, at :1 o'clock, precisely. In
terment at Woodlands Cemetery.
PEABOL/Y BLACK MOHAIR.
'EYRE & LARDELL.
FOURTH and ARCH stireete,
KEEP ALL THE BEET BRANDS.
'SLACK ALPACA MOH Al roi,
DOUBLE CHALK ALPACA
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AD INTERIM
For the brief space between now and thi
opening of our New Spring Importations
we will dispose of the remainder of our
Winter Stock (much of which is not
inappropriate for Spring Weer) at
moderated prices.
JOHN WANAMAKER,
818 and 820 Chestnut Street.
LT?" ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS,
1025 G E H
SHERIDAN'S RIDE.
LIFE-SIZE PAINTING BY THE POET ARTIST,
T. BUCHANAN READ
SECOND WEEK OF THE EXHIBITION.
GALLI:WT.S THRONGED DAY AND EVENING
Gc-neral approval by the Dublin of till,
GREAT NATIONAL WORK OF ART.
With foam and with dust the black charger was gray;
Dr the flash of his eye, and the rod nostril's play,
Devalued to the whole great army to say :
'I have brought you Sheridan all the way
From Winchester down to %aye the day ! ' "
OW' C/INOMOS of the above, in size 30x25 inches, now I
ready. Price, /510.
ADMISSION *25 CENTS:' , ?
Including the entire Collection of the Academy.
On from OA. t 0.6 P. M., and from 73 to JO P. M.
pe
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us ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
THE STAB COURSE OF LECTURES.
A REPETITION OF
PROF. HENRY MORTON'S
GREAT LECTURE ON
SOLAR ECLIPSES,
ON MONDAY EVENING. March 14
For the benefit of the '
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FRANK! INSTIT
ilboarat(sl I‘Y NEW, BRILLIANT a ' rid S . TARTLANI
EXPERIMENTS.
JOHN G. SASE. March 21.
Prof. ROBERT E. RIMERS. Mareh 24.
ANNA E. DU/HINSON, April 7.
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Admission . -
50 cents.
Reserved tkiate—.. 25 cents extra.
Tickets for any of the Lectures for sale at Gould's
Rhino Wardrooms, 923 Chestnut street, and at the Aca
demy on the evening of the Lecture.
Doors open at 7M. Lecture at 8.
Jr -- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
" BOW TO SAS THINGS.".
A lecture by
PROFESSOR SHOEMAKER,
the Popular Elocutionist. At the request of many
friends, Professor Shoemaker will deliver the above iii-
Ptructive, entertainineand humorous lecture at
THE ACADEMY .OF_MILISIC,_
ON FRIDAY EVENING, MarchlB.
Tickets, W cents.
Reserved seats in Parquet, Parquet Circle, and
Etticonr 75 cents ; reserved seats in Family Circle, 50
cents. iickets for sale at Gould's Piano Rooma, No. bn
Chestnut street. Doors open at 7 o'clock ; lecture to
commenceat 8. midi Uri)!
104 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS,
DRIDGES. SEWERS, AC. OFFICE OF
CHIEF COMMISSIONER, No. 101 SOUTH FIFTH
STREET.
PITILADELPITIA, March 10th, 1810,
NOTICE TO OWNERS OF CARTS WAGONS,
AND BARROWS.
The annual license due the tfity will he reCeived, and
renewal of the name, until April let, WU, at the above
'office, daily from 9 o'clock A. id, until 3 o'clock P. M:
Penalty for neglect of renewal of license, three dollars
each, on any vehicle that may be used._
whit in th 634
us THE FIRST REGULAR STATED
Meeting of the Teachers' Association of the P. E.
Church, lu Philadelphia and vicinity, will be held this
evening, at 8 o'clock,luthe Lecture Room of the Church
of the Holy Trinity, NINETEENTH and WALNUT
streets ( entrance on Walnnt street). Thesubject." The
Meetsy of Interesting Children in the Church
per, ice," will be discussed by Nev. Dr. HOWE, Rey.
/3. E. A PPLETON t and others.
All interested in Sunday-School work are invited. It§
!UnSCIENTIFIC LECTURES .IN THE
ita of the West Penn Square Academy, corner
Of Market and Merrickstreets.
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Prof. STEPHEN A LEXANDE R I of Princeton College/
Subject—"ASTßONo6lY.'
TUESDAY EVENlNGS,Marchl.sth,:e2d, 29th, Aprilsth
D'inglo Admission, (4 coots. ruhl2:itrp"
r-b NOTICE.-THE DELAWARE AND
RARITAN CANAL AND CAMDEN AND AM
BOY RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COM
PANlES.—Cashier's Office, 206 South De!aware Ave
nue, Philadelphia, March 12th, 1570.—The holders of
fflcrlp in the above Companies will receive the Certifi
cates of (new I Stock to which they are entitled, on pre
oontation of their Scrip receipts at this office.
_
mhl4-6t R. 5. TBOWBRIDGE, Cashier.
10e WILLIAM MEESER, PUBLISHER
of the Sunday Mercury :—Pleamo to furnish too
s.v Rh the proper name of the author of the article that
appeared in your paper respectino me,
SIMON GARTLAND,
It* 35 South Thirteenth street.
. I, TOTICE.—TEtE KEYSTONE COON
cll. No.l, Stationary Engineere, still tricot at the
northwest corner ot Eighth and Opriug Garden - arms
on TUESDAY oyeningu.-- fe 18-m 4tr a*
HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 151.8
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Every mit nipt to haul no and lance was met
by her nukes just clear of the boat Thai the
contest continued without much change of
inameuvre or advantage gained by either an
tagonist, .untilabout hallpitst 5.1 5 . M., when
the Whale succeeded in delivering the boat a
, slight blow with her tail, knocking off the
bead of the stern-post, bteaking, tbe.steering
oar into several pieces, and tilling her . to the
thwarts with water. 14„nother boat near at
hand took her tow-line, but after a short time,
the wbrtle still lighting and preventing, any
near approach, and night setting in, the
harpooner reluctantly cut the line and let her
bo. iler wound isthought to be mortal, as she
led profusely, and it is expected she may be
picked up in a few days in t be bay.
The caew of the crippled boat on reaching
the shore were completely enc.tged in ice,
nrcloping even the head of Mr. Smith, who
bad lost his hat. Several of the other crews
were badly frost-bitten.
The Ifisagreilug Bishops.
The following singular letter has been ad
dressed by the Bishop of Laval to the .Femaine
Relfyieuse, and is published in that journal;
"Rohs, Feb. ith.—My Dear M. ilk:wars
—People are always talking in the diocese of
Laval about Monseigneur Diipanloup. Well,
there must be an end of that. I declare now
before God, and prepared to meet His jinig
. ment, that 1 would rather die—fall dead at
once—than follow the Bishop of Orleans in
the paths in which lie is now walking, and
into which the supposed authority ascribed to
him is deluding some members of my diocese.
You , do not know what he is doing. You
do not knoir what he is saving here,
nor what his adepts are saying and
doing. I know it. I hear it with
my ears. No;' better die this instant than.
lend a hand to these designs—to these unjusti
fiable manoeuvres. I say it, and would main
tain it with my last breath. I request, I de
sire, my dear editor, that these lines may be
inserted in their integrity in your earliest
number. I insist upon it, and I assume the'
whole responsibility upon myself alone. If
after that I shall be unable to appear again in
Laval, I will very humbly solicit from the holy
Father permission to die at Rome. Adieu,
my dear M;Descars. May these words obtain
the widest possible circulation throughout my.
diocese. Ido not trouble myself beyond its
limits, nor is there need that I should do so.
Adieu, God and forever.
CAsimln-ALExis, Bishop of Laval."
Sharp Practice of the Papal Agents.
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A Paris journal announces—on the authority
of a private letter, which, it says, is entitled
to the fullest credit—that a French hishop,
whose name it does not consider necessary to
give to the English press, has so little confi
dence in the Roman Post Office that when he
writes to;one of his diocesans upon any sub
ject of importance be entrusts his letter to a
person upon whom he can rely, who poste it
for him in Florence. ." It is to such a pre
caution as this," adds the writer;
"that a prelate is compelled to have re
course, who on all occasions has loudly and
sometimes eloquently defended the Holy See,
and who has ,even taken the trouble to ex
pound the Syllabus, in order to persuade the
people that it is a code of liberty. This same
prelate while pleading for the temporal power
overwhelmed the Italian government with
anathemas and maledictions,and now it comes
to pa Ss that it is of that government - so decried
by hiin lie is forced to request a sort of protec
tion against the tyrannical proceedings of the
temporal power..'
J. G. DIXON L
License Clerk
Selling Liquor to Minors.
To the Editor of the Evening Bulletin : Is there
not a law against selling liquor to minors, and
if so, why are we daily shocked by seeing the
youth of our city, boys under twenty years of
age, reeling in our streets, intoxicated from
liquors obtained in the taverns? Particularly
have we noticed this on Sundays, when Satan,
ever ready to find mischief for idle hands;
leads them into the open doors of these drink
ing -saloons. No later than Sunday last, a most
distressing case was forced upon the notice of
the writer; a lad, certainly not over seventeen
years of age; was picked up from the pave
ment, helplessly drunk, and carried home by
Isis' companions, only, in all probability, to
bring sorrow and desolation to the domestic
hearth, in pliice of that, aid and comfort, it
should have been his pride and boast to con
tribute. Cannot the authorities examine into
the subject, and-See that i theie 'who sell to
minors shall be made to feel the hand of the
law?
—An Indianapolis paper gives notice that
hereafter no , gratuities will be received '.by
anyone connected with the' paper. It is be
lieved that one of its editors has been pre
sented with a new pair of suspender's, and has
put on such airs that the editor-in-chief has
ioluid it necessary to, nnt.o gitop to receiving.
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SPECIAL .NOTICES. A REMINISCENCE ,OF SLAVERY.
1/SP'OFFICE OF THE MOSHA.NNON
COAL COMPANY.
ROOM No. 12 WEST
NUT PENN TIIIILDING, 430 WAD- . The Slave Mother, Margaret Garner
STRNT,
. PHILADRI.PITTA, MSTrit 12. 1870; -
A Special Meeting of the Stockholders of titer Mo•
Compasbannon Coal G rummy will he iseld at the oMco of the Her Tra,ic Sacrifice of a Child!,-.-latervieW
ny, on THURSDAY, Match 24, A. 1). 1 , 70, at 12 ~. .. ..... ....,
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—Subsequent • •
(herter of the Company and of considering and acting muf fl
upon the reduction of the Capital Stork or tho (rout, 4 Hletcry of the Family.
pony 10 one hundred thousand dollen( t 5100,000.)
fly order of the Board of Directors.
lt.". . J o PRANK KNIGHT, Secretary,
RELIGIOUS NOTICES
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THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
U' - r,LY the Missionary Society of Spring Garden Street
M. E. Sabbath Schools wilt be hid at the Girureb,
Tw,ntieth nod Spring Garden streets, on Monday even
ing, 11th 'rodent, at 71-i o'clock. Cards of admission, 2
cote ; to be hail from the oilicern of the School, or at
the door. • mhl2-2trp"
WEST SPRUCE STREET ()HU RC 11,
Seventeenth nod Spruce streets.—Special eer
rtreK on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdny evenings at
o'clock.. Sermon this evening by Rer, ,J Wheaton
D: D. Tuesday evening - by 11ev. J. B. B.de4,
AN EXCITING SCENE.
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Desperate Encounter with a Whale In
Provincetown, titust.. Harbor.
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Prosinuctown Corresporutenca of Yarmouth Itegigter.l
Two "right" whales were discovered in the
harbor about three o'clock Monday afternoon
last. The cry of "There she blows!" was soon
repeated alongshore, directly followed by
hasty manning of whale-boats, and hurrying
into them the weapons and gear for chase and
aniture. Some half-dozen boats, equip
and manned with six men, each soon startele
in 'pursuit. After a chase of about three
uarters of an hear, the whales the while deftly
eluding their pursuers by soundings and irre
gular spouting's, a boat Steered by Mr. George
Smith, and " headed" by Archibald McCurdy,
both experienced whalemen, was run upon
the broadside Of one Of them, and McCurdy,
to use, his phrase, " sent Ilia iron home to the
seizing into her bilge." .
The . scene now became exciting to the
actors, and handre(b3 or spectators who were
S 1 itneSsing the proceedings from the town.
The wind at the time was blowing a gale from
it tiew. The whale ran sharply now to Wind-
Wardi.now to leeward, then following to shoal
water hack and forth along the west end of
the harbor, the loose wl4le all time keeping
clw.e company with his wounded mate, and
the Pea spray enveloping the crew, and at
limes ots•curing the boat from view. The en
raged whale, in her franticcareer, poised upon
her; nose, sand elevating her dukes 20 feet
aliove water, would 'again and again strike
fearfully for her invisible foe.
THE ROMAN COUNCIL.
The'Xincinnati Chronicle contains the follow
ing intensely interesting article upon a histori
cal subject •
It cannot have paased from the mind of any
reader who lived in this city fifteen years ago,
that one morning early in - February, 18,56, a
great sensation stirred the whole community,
as it had scarcely ever been stirred before,
Ibe river was frozen over solid, and the old
••Mason and Dixon line" between freedom and
slave ry was for the time almost as much ob
literated as it is now; ao much so, at least,that
there were frequent stampedes of the "sleek
and welhfed" slaves, sopoetically described by'
one of the great champions of the peculiar in
stitution. In consequence of this facility for
et-cape, United States Marshals and detective
police were vigilant, their "itching palms"
tin; ulating to duty, as the scent of blood in
cites the hound to the chase.
Among those who improved the Opportu
nity. and, like too many others, fell woefully
short of realizing their fond expectations,
were a family of Garners, the old father and
mother about fifty years of age each, and a
son t ßobert Garner, his wife Margaret, and
four children—two boys and two girls. The
old people and Margaret belonged to James
Marshall, of Boone county, Kr., while the
wife and children of the latter belonged to
Archibald K. Gaines, of the same neighbor
hood, the husband, of coarse; having no con
trol over, or duties in regard 'to them. But
his desire to exercise such rights and privi
leges led him to hitch up two of his master's
horses to a sleigh in the dead hour of night,
and, putting his old father and mother and
his own family therein, drive rapidly to the
river.
Leaving the team onshore, opposite the
crossea on the
ice, alai were met on this
.side by a: colored
man named Elijah Rite, son of " old Joe
Rite ) " of notoriouri reputation, who bad been
notified to assist them to the " underground
railroad." He conducted them to a tenement,
Occupied by himself, a few squares below 'Mill
Creek bridge. He left them until be went out
to arrange for their departure to Canada. He
was to be back before day, according to the
injunction of Robert Garner, but did not come
until between nine and ten o'clock, when he
was soon followed by a pd.SSe of officers, accom
panied by the masters of the slaves,
'The refine that followed was described by
the newspaper repOrters of that day, as ob
tained from the white persOns present, all of
whom had interests in conflict with those of
the unfortunate negroes, and was colored ac
cordingly.
Interview with Robert Garner..
We yesterday learned that Robert Garner,
the principal mover in this affair, and whose
wife was the tragic heroine in its bloody ter
mination, was now residing in our city.
31r. Garner says that Elijah Kite was •an
own cousin of hie wife's, and was, therefore,
advised of their coming, and requested to
assist in their escape; but iastead of assisting
them, he now believes, and then suspectea
him, of being guilty of treacherously selling
his kinfolk back into the hands of their mas
ters. His long absence, while professing to be
making arrangements for their continued
flight, which should have been ready before
hand, and his neglect to return before day to
secrete them, is strong ju.stitication Of the
suspicion.
When the officers and masters arrived at
the dour and demanded admission, Robert
drew a pistol with which he had provided him
self, and raid the first man who attempted to
enter he would shoot dead. At the same time
his wife, -Margaret, seized a butcher-knife
that was lying on the table, and declared she
would kill every child she had before she
would see them carried back into slavery.
While some of the outsiders were banging at
the door. another, a Mr. Patterson, of the
Fourth Ward, raised a window and was
about to cuter,
when Robert shot him in the
mouth. Be fell back - , but was not killed. On
turning round, Robert saw that his wife had
rut the throat of her girl Mary, three' years
old, from ear to ear, who was weltering,in her
blood on the floor, and was making a dash at
Lis bity SaMuel. He sprang to his rescue,
calling ou,her to desist, and received part of
the hloW himself, the remainder taking effect
on the child. Then the door was broken open,
and he fired two or three shots at the intruder,
who, by the way, was Clinton Butts, the pre
sent well-known Marshal of Covington. They
were then overpowered, and with an e immense
mob at their heels, carried oft to prison:
Of the hearing of the case before U. S. Coin;
missioner Pendery, which lasted about two
weeks, and in which they were voluntarily
defended by that ever ready legal friend of the
slave, Mr. John Jollitfe, assisted - by Mr.
Gitchell, we need not now write. It ended,
as all stich cases did in those days, in remand
ing the whole party back to their masters.
Subsequent History_ or the Garner
Jranitty;
Robert, his wife and children, were speedily
sent off to the South—the fearful purgatory of
Northern slaves. Clinton Butts conducted
them as far as Louisyille, where they
Were shipped to a 'brother of one
of their old masters, LeGrand Gaines,
a cotton broker of New Orleans. On their
way, down, their boat was run into by another,
and sunk, and among the lives lost was the
infant child of the unhappy slaves. It was re
ported that the mother drowned her child, in
accordance with her frenzied declaration,.
under fearful excitement, that she would kill
all her children rather than see them all go
back into slavery. But the father protests
that such was not the case; and that his wife
never attempted to injure her children after
ward, although she frequently repeated her
conviction that it would be better for them to
be put out of the world than live in slavery.
In NeW (Means Robert hired his own time,
and that o his wife, and supported his family
by hard work and in great destitution, until
all were sold to a Judge Bonham and taken
to Tennessee Landing, Miss.,where they wore
forced to labor on the planmtion. Here Mar
garet Garner died in 1858, of—typhoid fever.
Her last words to her devoted husband wore,
never to marry again in slavery, but to live
in hope of freedom,which she believed would
come soon in some way.
Robert heeded her injunction ; remained at
Tennessee Landing till the war broke out,
when he made his way to the Union lines,
entered the gunboat service, was in the siege
of Vicksburg, and was in active service until
the close of the wars when he received an
honorable discharge.,• He subsequently mar--
ried, and is now living in this city. His two
boys, Thomas anti Samuel, are living on a
farm opposite Vicksburg, in Mississippi.
•
—The " Southern Heart," so often fired of
yore, isn't - worth a cent now-tvdays: The other
night a concert of Confederate orphans front
Clarksville, Tennessee, was shatnefully ne
glected at LouisVillp, while everybody in
town went to see a leg drama from Yankee-
, —The German journalists who went to the
inauguration of the Suez Canal, aro highly
indignant at the discovery of the instructions
of the Viceroy of Egypt in regard totheir
treatment. The Viceroy had ordered his
functionaries to treat the French , journalists
with nioredistinction than the. Germans.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
PartiCular* of His Lalt Illness and
Death--•H!s Work-and rams Abroad.
ST. PETERSBURO„ Feb. 2.3.-7'he sthiden
"death — Of - Art. Burlingame this morning has
taken by surprise All St.' Petersburg, and we
can hardly realize yet that it is true. It is
barely-three weeks since the Chinese Em
bassy arrived hero under the escort of an at
tactii of the Foreign Office, and but a. week
since they actually entered , on their duties.
Russia has important interests with China,
and the position of the Siberian traders
needed, me.ndin. The GOvernment met,
therefore, the Embassy in the spirit in
Which it came, and resolved to • receive it at
once* and cordially. After Mr. Burlingame
had paid his first visit to Prince Gortchakoff
he received calls from the high court officials,
and Gortchakoll; in spite of, his gout, which
gives iim great pain, returned the visit in
per Son. It was arranged that the Chinese
Ministers should have formal audience of the
Emperor with the ceremonial , usually for em
hassadors only. Accordingly, .last , Wednes
day, a week ago to-day, the state carriages
were brought out,and the ministers,secretaries
and interpreters were conducted to the Winter
Palace; and, after passing through halls
d
tille with officers and soldiers, and taking
tea in the 'White Hall, were ushered into the
Gold Room Where the whole Court was as
sembled. The Empress received with the
Emperor—a new and unusual thing—and the•
other members of the Imperial family were
present. Mr. Burlingame, in presenting. MS
credentials, made the usual formal address of
the wishes of the Emperor of China for the.
health of the Emperor, and family, the pros
perity of - Russia, andfor peace between the
two Empires, and gracefully complimented
the services of Gen. Vlangally, the Russian
Minister at Pekin. The General is a great
friend of the Burlingamepolicy, and happened
to be present. . .
The Emperor's Reply.
The Emperor's reply I will quote in fall, aq
a speech from Alexander 11. is a rarity : "
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presence is a new proof, of the peaceful and
friendly relations which have always existed
between us and China. I hone that your ne
gotiations here will only confirm these excel,
lent relations and will serve more than all to
increase our commercial relationsL I am, at
the same time, very glad to see the interests
of China represented by the citizen of
a friendly State which is especially sympa
thetic to us. Mr. Burlingame, who before
else was an American, was greatly pleased
with this last sentence, and particularly by the
murmur of suppressed applause which fol
lowed it. He was then presented to the Em
press, and in turn presented the 'Other mem
bers of the Mission. Subsequently, Mr. Bur
lingame had some pleasant conversation with
the Emperor, in which he • said that the Ame
rican people reverenced him for his decree of
emancipation almost as much as " their
sainted Lincoln." The Emperor seemed eery
much touched, and replied, " I do not de
serVe it. I have never done as much as he."
" Yes, but your Majesty did it first,"
was Mr. Burlingame's answer. The Em-
Peter then expressed a hope that the report of
Gen. Grant's proposed visit to Europe was
true; and on Mr. Burlingame's speaking of
the promised journey of Grand
Duke Alexis to America, the Emperor
called to the Grand Duke, and intro
duced him to Mr. Burlingame.. The young
Prince, who is as handsome as he is diffident,
blushed very red, and said he would like to go
very much, but he was a little afraid of the re
ceptions the American people gave, such as
they were then giving to Prince Arthur. Mr.
Burlingame told him that he looked strong,
and that if he had a good digestion,he thought
lie could stand it. These incident , were told
me•by Mr. Burlingame,when I saw him a tew
1-hours afterward. •
First Symptoms of Illness.
Mr. Burlingame appeared at that time in
',effect health, hut he hada slight cough, and
I Lave since learned that he was a little indis
posed before leaving Berlin. He frequently
said that he would be glad to have a few
weeks rest and quiet before beginning again
the round of dinners and balls that he was
obliged to undergo in every capital. On
Friday ho was somewhat unwell and kept
his bed, and Dr. Carrick, an English phy
sician. was called in, who said that there
was some trouble of the liver united with a
tendency to congestion in the right lung.
This, however, was
,not developed before
Saturday, and even then it was thought that
in a couple of days it would be all over and
that Mr. Burlingame could go out. At the ad
'viee of friends other physicians were called
in, and on Sunday , Dr. Zdekaner, physician, to
the Empress, and Dr. Borkin, two most emi
nent physicians at St. Petersburg, were On
-snlttith-They-con.sidered the ease a very. severe
one, but .thought if the disease could be pre
vented from spreading until the crisis was
past, which they predicted for last night,
the result would be favorable. Mr. Burlin
game was'at that time in very severe pain,
and was unable to lie down, but sat in an arm
chair. Monday the pain wassomewhat eased,
and there was almost no change in his state up
to last evening. His wife and eldest son, who
were with him, though apprehensive, *ere
very hopeful, and there was thought to be no
reason for postponing the dinner which Mr.
Curtin, our Minister, was to give last evening
in honor of Washington's birthday. .
46/oigi. Curtin's Dinner.
_
The dinner was accordingly given at Mr.
Curtin's residence and was one of the finest
entertainments of the winter. Prince
Gortchakoil was too feeble to venture out,
but it was attended by Mr. Wertman, his ad
junct, Mr. Stremomilsoft, the Director of the
Asiatic Department, Gen. Vlangally, Prince
Lieven, the Grand Master of Ceremonies, all,
the Ernbassadors, Foreign Ministers, and
heads of missions and military agents, the
American Consul, and by the two Chinese
Ministers and their Secretaries. Mr. Curtin
is exceedingly popular at St. Petersburg, both.
at the Court and in society, and Prince Gort
ehakoff told Mr. Burlingame that if he could
have had his choice he could not have selected
a better man. Their Excellencies, Sun and ,
Tchih, were objects of great curiosity, and by
the aid of the interpreters a lively conversa
tion was kept lip with them.
Mr.liamilugazne'a Death.
Mr. Burlingame passed a bad night, being
first delirious, then unconscious. The phy
sician was constantly in attendance, and de
. clared the crisis passed about 6 this morning
Soon after a paralysis of the hinge set in, the
breath gradually ceased. and by 73- he was
dead, so quick and sudden was the termination
of the disease. Mr. Curtin, who was sent for
as soon as there seemed to be danger, arrived
just as he died. The physicians were the best
that could be had, and another doctor, sent
specially by the Empress,said that the patient
could be in no better hands.
As soon as Mr. Burlingame'S death became
known, the Emperor and Empress sent,
through Prince Gortchakoil; au expression of
their sympathy arid condolence to Mrs. Bur- .
lingatne, to whial the Prince added a very
touch:ng.tribute of his own. Various mem,
hers of the Diplomatic body have already
called with alters of service. During the-short
time he was' hero, Mr. Burlingame had al,
ready made many friends, for he was a very
genial man, and inspired warm feelings in all
with wheat he was brought into. close relit,
dons.' A general and sincere sympathy and
regret for his loss is expressed on all sides. .
A cast has been taken , from the face; .which
has resumed its Mimil quiet andpleasant look,
and - the body is to be embattled In order to ho
BUB LING-4ME.
sent to America. The funeral will be on
Saturday at 2P. M., at the. Englisn Church.
The Bmperor, has intimated his intention of
being present.
The Chinese, from highest to lowest, are
deepiyaftected by the death of their chief, And
are in great bewilderment and distress. The
'IIIISSiOII will, however, continue, and .until
news is received from Pekin, Sun ,and Tchih
will be at the bead of it. Mr. Brown, who,
next to. Burlingame, was the most important
man, is now in Ireland but . is- expected here
on Sunday.
I had long and frequent conversations with
Mr. Burlingame before lu s 'illness; and it was
easy to see that his heart was in his work: Fie
considered ita crusade for reform and pro
gress, as much so as the anti-Slavery struggle
in Anierica, and said that if he had not been
schooled in that contest he should never have
had the courage and energy to take up this.
During .his illness he said once
'that ho • was weary of fighting against
all the • world. But Mr. • Barlingame,.
while interesting - himself so deeply in
China, was still a thorough patriot, and lost
no opportunity of doing what he cou d for the
United States. This loss to China is irrepara
ble, for no foreigner will probably ever have
that great unwavering confidence which the
Chinese reposed in him. Gen. Vlangally said
this afternoon, very sadly : "We might as
well stop now, I fear it is all over." And
what Mr. Burlingame. was .trying to do for
China, was a service equally to America and
to the world.2—Tribune.
1BDIA:Y CAIPTI WES.
The Capture of the Fitzpatrick Girls In
Texas by Mona Indian'---Particulars
of the Murder of Their Parents--
Whereabouts of Their Relations.
MONTAGUE, Texas, Feb. 11, 1870. In this
distant part of the country, where the mails
are not very trustworthy, it is not surprising
that only recently , I saw a letter • from Wash
ingtongiving an account of the release of two
little girls who had been captured . .bylndians,
and their arrival at the national capital under
the care of Colonel Leavenworth, to whom
they were indebted for their release, As from
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children it would appear that heyheyare UL
with
out relatives, I desire to narrate the circum
stances attending their capture, so • that their
surviving friends may be enabled to take them
home, if desirous of so doing.
The parents of the girls, -whose correct
names are Alice and Susan, were named
Thomas Jefferson and Martha Fitzpatrick.
They lived on Clear Creek, some eighteen
miles southeast of this place, and were per-
Sons in moderate circumstances; On the 6th
of ,Tanuary, 1868, a neighbor of theirs, A. H.
Parkhill, arrived at their farm with the intelli
gence that a band of Kiowa Indians were on
a raid near by, killing and scalping all who
fell into their power, and burning houses.
Fitzpatrick, with his wife, the two, girls
infant
and an boy of two years of age ,ac-
Companied by Mr. Parkhill, imuaedia'tely
started for the home of the latter, about
half a mile distant, closely pursued by the
Indians.• They had not gone far when the
savages came up with the fugitWes and at
tacked them. The two • men fought . with the
greatest desperation, hut were finally over
poWered, killedandlsmlped and their bodies
horribly Mutilated. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was
scalped alive and stabbed twice in the back,
the Indians leaving her for dead. On their
departure she. wrapped her head in a part of
her dress •and endeavored to reach Mr. Park
hill's house.. She walked a short distance and
fell. ' When found she was dead. The tragedy
occurred about five o'clock in the evening,
hut the bodies of the three victims wore
not discovered and brought in until the next
morning. : •
The bane was.earried by the Indians about
half a mile. when the wretches dashed out its
brains and Jiang the corpse on the road. Tbe
girls, however, were borne oil uninjured,
being consigned .to the care of a squaw. As
soon as information reached the citizens of"
the presence of Indians they organized a
band and started' in pursuit; but , the night
being very cold and the sleet falling heaviiyy
their trail was repeatedly lost, and they suer.
ceeded in making good their escape. The
dead bodies were buried in one grave, beside
a number of others who had lost their lives at
the bands of the same band of savages.
Mr. Fitzpatrick was, I think, a native of
Indiana. lie - had been twice married, and by
his first wife had two daughters, ‘s, , ho resided
at last accounts in Tennessee. His father was
residing Mere at the 'time of his.inurder, but
returned to Indiana soon after, and is doubt.:
less there now. It is not unlikely that he is
ignorant of the fate of 'his grandchildren, and
it would be well for the authorities to ascer
tain his whereaboutsand restore them to his
keeping, as the legal and most appropriate
guardian for the orphans
DIJSASTER IN CHICAGO.
Seven Men Burled Beneath a Falling
The Chicago Journal of Saturday says;
At a quarter past 1 o'clock this afternoon
rumors were flying in every, direction that the
new Court House had fallen down. Reaching
the spot, Police Superintendent Kennedy,
with assistants : was helping down the west
entrance the injured men as they were rescued
from the ruins. The roof of the north half of
the west wing of the new Court House had
fallen in, from what cause there were a thou
sand reasons given. The most reasonablefs,
some defect in the architecture.
All the 'men known to have been in the
building, except one, Wm. Dermedy, were
'soon got out and cared for. These men are
• plasterers, and were at work plastering the
upper story. The man Dermedy was buried'
beneath the ruins, and his cries and groans
could be clearly heard for some distance.
Of course as soon as his situation became
known, every possible eflOrt was made to res
cue him. His fellow-workmen, numerous po
licemen and others rushed to the scene, and
notwithstanding the apparent danger from
other portions of the building which looked
as if ready at any moment to fall in or out,
they all set to work vigorously with axes,
saws, hammers, etc., to extricate the unfor
tunate man from his perilous condition.
Ho was literally buried alive beneath
the mass of debris, and was covered
over with a complete net-work of iron
rods, slate, pieces of wood, lath, etc. His cries
were heart-rending, and there was great
difficulty in getting at him in any way with
out running risk of immediately crushing him
to death. Finally, after about an hour of sus
pense and earnest work, the poor man was
taken ont alive, but in a horrible condition.
The full extent of his injuries is not yet known.
He was taken to his hoine and pronerly
cared for
The roof of the building was, one of Lutz's
iron-truss structures. The wreck is complete,
and the spectacle now presented is a shocking
one.
MR. FECMTER.
He PubDamen Denial.
To the Editors of the Boston Advertiser : Tread
in some " bit" of paper sent me without a
name from Boston, that they persist in calling
Miss Leclereq my wife. Will you kindly and
emphatically . let them ',mow that my wife and
children are /mpatie.utly awaiting my return
in. Paris, where the education of both my girl
and son requires the mother's presence.
This false statement might mar the reputa
tion of Miss Leolercq, whose honor I value as
if she were indeed my sister in blood as she Is
in heart. Very truly, yours,
CILCHTEu.
258 North Ninth street,. Philadelphia, gth
Mandl, 1810. , •
F. I. FEMERSTOTi. Publisher.
THE MEXICAN HEVOLUTION.
.
I . ne Crisis Over--lievolutiou Ended, Ex..'
rept In Sinaloa—General Escobe4o9A
Cavalry--s Non of Santa Anna Made a
Prisoner... New Renunciation of Oen.
Ortega,
Mnxtco, Feb. 28. ,
—The danger to the exist
ing
Government has passed , but this does not'
by any means indicate that the country win
enjoy the least peace, or that indtistry, awl.
commerce will be enabled to raise their
heads. The stagnation is genera; whole Saf e.
and retail houses' suspend° daily,,cour.'
mercial laith and safety are names , of .the..
past. Mr. Lerdo• de Tejado has gained a 'Cri••
umph over his politieal,and personal'eneinfes.':
and a consequent increase of power. ,He .fa:
not overburdendd with statesmanship, but be,
is the cleverest and most 'unscrupulotni" poll
tician in Mexico, and uneoualed as:a, , managirt -
of men , and movements..: Through.. his. line ,
abilities in this respect he has been enabled to
draw to his side a majority of the most pretri
i tient leaders Of the Church• party,. mut ( with:
this acquisition, he will be able not Only to,
hold his own but to take the 'offensive:
The San Luis revolution may be considered"
terminated. Escobedo.with his: united forces,
was at Trances on the 7th of February, Ge .
ni .
Antillon at Queretaro, while other Genera 1 %.
remained at coveient suportin distance ,
General Ned n
thre n atening pSan Lg
uis. The,
forces of the revolutiOnists consisted of about;
4,000. rnen,,with 20 pieces of artillerY. • The 0
rebels were defeated on. the6th by Neri, at
Ferer, after a. battle of three hours, and with
400 cavalry he occupied' San tills without a'
fight on the 14th. The revolutionists • were
expected to break up- into bands, and
take to the old standard pastime of robbing.,
When Escobedo entered Saw Luis dinner
was already, waiting for him at. " the:
Hotel de las Diligencias. On the Oth.the dili
gence had brought a lady reported to be the
wife or mistress of the General commanding
the revolutionists, and she was met unexpect- ,
edly at the hotel by Gen. Escobedo, . who re-.
cognized her, and ordered her to he searched,'
and was rewarded for his curiosity with a:
number of incendiary proclamations to ii;
•• • -
czaztil. 011 C WaS immediatel
arrested, together with two Spaniards who y
accompanied her.
As a proof of the endurance of the Mexican,
cavalry,it is worth mentioning that Escobedo's
cavalry marched 27 leagues on the 14th and
10 leagues on the 16th, meeting the revaltition-t
ists at Puerto de la Cal, defeating them, and
capturing over 600 men.
A son of General Santa Anna headel
movement in the State of Vera Cruz, butaftetr
the usual number of skirmishes was defeated,-
taken prisoner by his own men,and delivered
to the commander of the 'Government troops - :
The revolution in Vera Cruz, Orizaba and Ja
lapa is considered completely ended.
.The
mainder of the prontinciados in the northern
sierra of Puebla were whipped on the night of
the nth. in the State of Sinaloa new prormn
_
ciamentoS have taken place.
Gen: Gonzalez Ortega has issued a 'maid=
testo to his fellow-citizens. of Zaeateetw suet
San Lll6, denying that he had, the alightes4
connection with the revolntionarY tneveinetits
in these States, and Objects serimisly to be
considered as having been an opposition.
President to :Juarez.
THE . IIIfORDAVNT DIVORCE a3ASE.
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•
The Prince of Wales and the Iffordatint
Divorce Case—Queen Victoria •"Coax.
. grattilates" Her 24013.
The special London correspondent of the
Birmingham Post Writes relative to the famottS
trial thus : ...•
The Prince of Wales consulted. Earl. Gram-
Ville and the Lonl Chancellor before tender
ing himsitqf for exatiiination, and was encour
aged by their advice to attend the court. I
hear that the only doubt entertained by the
Lord Chancellor was whether the course pro-
posed to be taken by his Royal H ighness,how
ever agreeable to the feelings of his future sub
jects, was quite fair to the other gentlemen
whose names had been mentioned in the case.
If the Prince purged himself from any com
plicity, would not aprejudice be raised against
those who did follow him and similarly de
clare their innocence? Sir F. Johnstone, for
reasons special and peculiar to , himself, was
equally desirous to make a statement. They
were neither of theta summoned, and th.sr
appearance, as was feared in high legal quar
ters, has raised a certain unfair presumption
against the other parties whose: names - cane
up during the hearing.
Another rumor of the day is that the most
illustrious personage in the land wrote to tee
Prince, after hearing of the evidence. he had
given, to offer hiM her affectionate congratu
lations and' to invite him to call with the
Princess to receive theM in person. The
Prince and Princess accordingly called upon
the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen's sympathy with Lads# 11for
daunt's family has been warmly and constantly
expressed through the Dowager Duchess of
Athole, who i r been throughout the trial in
attendance on the Queen at Windsor, and her
daily companion in her walks and drives.
SPAIN.
How the Ea-Queen andFamity Appeared
In pawls.
-The Paris correspondent of the London
Neu' s, writing on the 28th of February,keporm
thus:
I saw this morning the whole of the Spaniith
royal family setting out to, see the procession
of the fat ox. The Queen did not . seem in
good spirits ; but the children were quite jubi
lent. Four sweet littlerls, whose healthy
bloom should console their mother for her
forced residence in a northern clime, ran joy
ously from the Pavileon Isabella to a very
elegantly appointed carriage, drawn up be
fore the entrance of her court.,
.They were
followed by their governess, a lady of noble
aspect. The ex-Queen last appeared. She
is even stouter than when she came to Paris,
and seemed to um to walk with diffibulty to
the second carriage. The ex-King, when she
and the children bad driven off in the direc
tion of the Champs Elysecs, got into a ohar-i,e
bane, which the Emperor had sent to cake
him for a day's shooting to Marty.
A FRENCH LEAVE.
Sudden Departure of a Professor from
Felton, Del.
A despatch to the 'Wilmington Commercial
from:Felton, Del., says :
Prof. B. Itoelman, a teacher of languages
and painting, who has had classes in Felten,
Wyoming, Camden and Dover for some time
past, took his leave some time last.week: , He
, carried with him some books • belonging ,to
Dr. Quigley, valued •at about S2O. He bor.
_rowed a German dictionary of '.lllrs. Skinner,
took it to Wyoming sold it and then stole it
and sold It again. It was valued at about $l5.
He leaves his wife in Felton, at 'the hotel of
Niver • & Wilcox, with a large board: bill un
paid.. He also borrowed some money, of
. private individuals which Was lett unpaia..
—They Nay thatfifty young Radica's
haVe sworn to avenge the death of , Victor
Noir, in case mere nominal-punishmentshould
be inflicted on Prince Pierre 'Napoleon. They
propose to challenge the Prince successively,
until one of theM succeeds in killing hini, In
case the Prince shoUld refuse t,i) meet them
in the field Of bonor," they will, by turn,
watch for him on 'the streets, and insult him
in public.
—Abbe Bauer, the thvorite preacher of the
Empress Eugenie, receives an annual salary
of thirty thousand francs, and, it is said, has
been reeonimended by the French Govern
ment for the vacant Bishopric of Lyons.
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