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Mr. Feohter in French Comedy.
Mr. Charles Feohter, the distinguished
actor, hearing of the misfortunes of the French
.dramatic company of New York, now playing
here, has very generously consented to play
with them, for their benefit, in a French
comedy. This rare treat, however, will be
reserved for Boston, as there is no time for it
while he is in Philadelphia. The following is
a translation of a letter addressed to Mr.
Fechter, acknowledging his liberal offer:
".PHILADELPHIA, March 12, 1870—Sir:
When we asked Mr. Juignet to request, in his
dame and ours, your consent to a performance
for our benefit, we were convinced that if it
were possible it would be done, Just now it
is impossible for you to oblige us, but you
have spontaneously offered us your powerful
aid for a French performance to be given in
Boston during your next visit to that city.
This proof of artistic fraternal feeling has not
surprised us, for we all know that In you
great talent is joined to a great heart. •
" We are very proud; rest assured, of the
splendid success obtained in America by an
artist who has so brilliantly adorned our I
national stage, and we thank you, from the i
bottom of our hearts, for your generous
promise, We shall take every pains to sup-
port you well, and awaiting the pleasure of ,
playing with you, we beg you to accept the '
assurance of our sincere gratitude."
Signed by MM. Juignet, Qenot, Moreau,
Edgard and Rousseau.
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Public attention has been so painfully at
tracted to the perils of ocean navigation
within the last few days, by the prolonged
I and unaccountable detention ' of the City of
Boston, that even the slightest • delay in the
arrival of another steamer is seized upon by
rumor's busy tongue and spread about as a
portentous omen of disaster._ A rumor of
this kind respecting the Cunard steamer Sa
maria eausettconsiderable excitement in the
lower part of the city yesterday. Various
stories were In circulation, some connecting
in a vague way the Samaria with the City of
Boston, and all containing more or less of sen
sationalism. The simple facts in the case are
even below, in order to show how little real
cause there is for alarm as yet.
The Samaria is a fait-clans screw steamer of
about 2,400 tons register, built ou the Clyde in
1868, and owned and employed by the Cunard
Steamship Company as a passenger and
freight boat. She in not usually employed as
a mail boat, but is at present bringing a Brit•
inh mail. She sailed from Liverpool on the
21ith and from Queenstown on the 27th ult.,
under command of Captain Harrison, and
bringing a mail, some two hundred passengers
an,d a general cargo of small merchandise, all
consigned to G. C. Franeklyn, the agent of the
Cunard line in this city. : She has been six
teen days out, but on one previous occasion
occupied fourteen dap on the passage, and
another steamer of this line has occupied
eighteen days. She ii not a fast boat, as will
be seen from the following summary_ of her
recent trips :
Left New York Dec. 4, arrived
; twelve days.
Left Queenstown Dec. 29, arrived at Boston
Jan. 12; fourteen days.
Left New York Jan. 20, arrived at Queen.s
town Jan. a 1 ; eleven days.
Left Queenstown February 27 ; not yet ar
rived.
The probable cause of the excitement yes
terday was the arrival of the Inman steamer
.city of Washington, which left Liver
pool live days later than the Samaria, and it
was thought that the Captain of the former
ve: , sel might have brought some tidings of
the Samaria, hut this did not prove to be the
caie,— ll'orld.
The Humor* C urrent In Etrlatail—,The
Wreck on the Cardigan Coast—. The
Steamer Said to be Spoken !
firrom the L?ndon Echo.),
The harbor authorities at 'Kingstown re
veivell areport on Sunday night which seems
to indicate that the missing steamer, the City
of Boston, has been wrecked. lir. John Col
lingwood, master of the bark Mussell, from
AI arianople to Dublin with wheat, reported
that when at sea, ou the morning of Saturday,
the Small Lights (in Cardigan I3av), bearing
N. E. by N. about 32 miles, weather tine, he
passed the funnel of a steamer, apparently be,
1 longing to a very large ship, fast to a portion
' of wreck, and lifted up and down from six to
eight feet in the water. The Russell passed
the funnel about thirty yards to the windward.
It is to be feared that this was the
funnel of the City of Boston, screw steamship,
now so long due. A Liverpool correspondent
states that the underwriter: of ti,.- vessel are
'more confident thaw they were on Saturday,
and that 60 guineas premium could command
any amount of insurance. The opinion of ex
perienced masters is that the City of Boston
is coming on under sail, and .that she will be
heard of off the Irish coast about Thursday.
Irmo the London Daily' Telegraph.]
A private telegram is said to have been re
ceived at Bristol yesterday announcing the
safety of the City of Boston steamer. She is
reported to Lave been spoken off the Irish
eoast, with both cylinders broken.—[ We have
made inquiries, and regret to say that we are
unable to confirm this rumor in any par
ticular.l
Frt;tu the London Daily News.]
The Allen Company's steamer Nestorian,
which has arrived a: Portland from Liverpool,
had the roughest westerly passage ever en
countered by that ship. The gales commenced
on Saturday s the Zith, and 'continued through
out Sunday. The sea at the time ran uncom
monly high, but being completely decked in,
the vessel lived through it. During the gale a
sea caine over her port quarter, carrying
away the binnacle* near the mizzenmast, burst
•ing in the doors of the smoking-house,
just forward of the mizzenmast, and the
concussion was such as to smash all the stained
glass in the house, which at the' time was cov
ered with wooden shutters. An officer was
standing on the starboard side when theism
came over, hokllng on to the mast pins. which,
although heavy and of brass, were 'bent be
fore he let go. He was thrown into the iniz•
zen rigging, and had his nose broken. The
Bessie, which has arrived at Liverpool, from
New Orleans, encountered fearful weather.
Her decks were swept, the wheel broken, her
sides stove in, and the cargo much damaged
by the seas which swept over her.
Ensign Charles A.topp.rlills Heroic Life
Ensign Charles A. Copp, who was lost on
the Oneida, was of the bravest and best of the
gallant fellows tar went down with ;heir
ship. From a newsboy he roso to the position
of trust which he held through his own en
deavors. He was born in Troy, on July 25,
1847, and came from an old and respected New
Hampshire family. A stubborn will and great
physical force, well tempered by a kindly dis
position, made him a leader among his com
panions from boyhood. Ho sold papers for
sonic time when a boy, during the hours after
school, and putting-fns earnings in bank,
managed after while to get together
, a liberal number of dollars for a " rainy day."
Though constantly with the roughest news
boys, he retained a remarkable purity of char
acter; he never in his life resorted to alcoholic
stimulants or used tobacco in any form. At
fourteen he was admitted to the Troy' High
School from the Grammar Department, but,
preferring an active life, be remained there
only a year. He next came to. Now York and
began work as a clerk. Having a love for the
sea and a desire to get into the service, he - en
tered the. United. States Navy in September,i
1863, as an enlisted boy. Through some mis
take he was transferred to the wrong vessel,
but making the best of it be passed a year- On
the blockade, participating in the siege of
Charleston and acquiring a practical knowl
ledge of modern naval warfare. •
An appointment to the Academy was sent
him while on the Monadnock, which he was
inclined to refuse, fearing he was too rusty in
his studies to pass the required examination.
His officers, who admiredhis manly ways and
seamanlike qualities, Urged him to acoopt,and
one of theni, Lieutenant-Commander Joseph
N. Miller;whom he'often mentionedgratefully,
threatened, if he refused, to reduce him from
a_ petty, officer to which he had promoted.
He was complimented at Newport on his ex
amination in mathematics, and imMteliately
on entering the school became champion'' for
his younger and weaker fellow ." plebes " in.
THE MISSING STEAMERS.
The Cunard Steamer Samara Sixteen Days
Out from Queenstown—Small Grounds
for Anxiety...A Surmise About
the City of Doston—Rumors
Current in England—
Hope Dying Out.
THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THE LOST OF THE O.IIEIMIA.
and De-ith.
PHILADELPHIA, THE
their usual encounters with upper olassmen.
Fie was one of the moversin an organised de
fence, and for some time was president of his
clam. During his course he studied just
enough to pass the several examinations, giv
ing his attention to the practical branches, and
excelling In all manly sports. He was a lead
ing member of the ball and boat clubs, was a
splendid swordsman, and the best boxer at the
rA sn cademy. He graduated with his class in
1868, and in October following was or
dered to report to Admiral Rowan, of the
Asiatic Squadron. He served n the fla-
Delaware until October, 1869 i
when he g was
transferred to the Idaho, and came near death
when that vessel was caught by a typhoon and
broken almost in two. He was on his way
home for examination for promotion, when
Captain Arthur W. Eyre of the Bombay, so
cruelly put an end to his briefi career.
Report speaks well of young Copp as an
officer. His magnificent physique gave him
a commanding presence, and--his noble bear
ing won him the respect of all with whom he
came in contact. He had rare executive
ability, and a tone of command that caused
his every order to be instantly obeyed. He
wa.s a genial companion a sympathetic
friend and a loving, devoted ' son and brother.
After the collision.when every man's thoughts
were naturally on personal safety, his solici
tude for the sick was worthy of his warm,
generous heart. Seeing all the invalid seamen
safely on board the cutter, be went below to
his station. A comrade called Whim .to come
up; as the ship was sinking. He replied,
; I cannot until relieved !" Scarcely had
he spoken these noble words when the Oneida
sunk beneath the waves. Thus perished as
brave an °nicer as ever honored any navy, and
his name, with his Captain's, E. P. Williams,
is added to the list of heroic men who died
rather than leave the post of duty.
MR. MUMLINGAME'S FUNERAL.
Deep Feeling Excited by His Death—His
obseyuiesr.•Attendance, of Prominent
Personages.
A corraipondent of the World, writing from
Si. Petersburg in reference to Mr. Burlin
game's death ea s :
ne stemenness of his death shocked every
body, and especially those who had been in
vited to meet him the evening before. Mr.
Burlingame had.not been here long enough to
make many acquaintances among society
of St. Petersburg, but many people had, heard
of him, and a ready sympathy • was shown
to his family. Many called or wrote to
express their grief and to offer their ser
vices.. Mr. Mitchell. Secretary of the Eng
lish Embassy, who had conceived a great ad
miration and respect for Mr. Burlingame in
a very short acquaintance, was very great
assistance, and suhsequently took charge of
the funeral. Ire says : "Mr. Burlingame was'
one of those men who make Englishmen for
get that they are not Americans and Ameri
cans that they are not Englishmen." The
Eniperor,who had the day before sent his phy
sician with offers °fee rvice„sent through Prince
Gortchakoff an expression of his warmest
sympathy with Mrs. Burlingame, and the
Prince also sent his condolence, expressed in
a very touching manner. The Queen of Prus
sia telegraphed to Mrs. Burlingame her warm
est sympathy in her bereavement, and many
telegrams came from other quarters.
The feeling in .St. Petersburg is well ex
pressed in the following obituary from yester ,
day's Journal de St. Perergdury:
"The quick death of this diplomat—who had
acquired at St. Petereburg by the amenity of'
his manners and the distinguished qualities of
his mind sympathies as ready as sincere--
has caused a profound emotion to all persons
who had quickly learned to know him and to
appreciate him. In all the classes of-the pop
ulation this unexpected catastrophe hasdrawn
towards a family so cruelly tried an unani
moas feeling of sympathy. If anything can
soften the poignant bitterness of such a sot
row, it is assuredly the knowledge of the share
that ! an entire population—with which all
Russia will join—takes in the lass of a citizen
who was the honor of his country ! as he was
the legitimate hope of the sovereign and the
nation whom had put in him their confidence,
and who he represented with so much dignity,
intelligence and devotion."
The Chinese were very much affected by
Mr Burlingame's death. They had put their
whole contidence in him, and evidently loved
him very much. The meeting of the Chinese
Ministers with Mrs. Burlingame was a very
moving sight,. as one present described it to
me. Some of them, however have their own
ideas as to the cause of his death. For several
days the Chinese flag hung from the balcony
of the Hotel KM, but one day it was found
that by some mistake the flag had been hung
bottom upward so that the glue dragon had
his head down. The lower members of the
suite declared that this was the forerunner of
some terrible calamity, and the flag was
hauled down and no longer displayed. The
Chinese are so reverent of the dead that they
not only were not reluctant to enter a Chris
tian church for the funeral, bat on the con
trary were very much surprised that any ques
tion should be raised.
The funeral was very simple, as Mrs. Bur
lingame wished no unnecessary display. The
funeral service was read at the betel at 11 A.
M., by the English clergyman, in the presence
of the family and a few near friends. Not long
after the body was taken in a quiet way to the
British factory on the English quay. The
funeral was appointed for two o'clock, and by
this hour the church was well filled with Eng
lish and American residents, officers of the
army and navy, and officials and aidesele-eamp
of the Emperor. The Emperor himself did
not conic as he at first intended, but afterwards'
paid a visit of condolence to Mrs. Burlingame.
The church, which is a pretty, neat room, in
the Greek style, with a fine painting of the
crucifixion over the altar, was draped in
black; and when allwere assembled the organ
began to play a funeral march, and the rector
and curate went oat to the vestry to meet the
body, and soon returned preceding it. The
coffin was carried in.by the pall-bearers, who
ere
lngam f e o , l t l h ow e Cehhnysthe t n wo t esrosn ss
o o m f
eintimate
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friends, the rest of the Chinese Mission, and
the . Corps Diplomatique and high Govern
ment Officials in full uniform, including some
of the most prominent men • of Russia.
The pall-bearers were M. .de • West,
mann, Adjunct Minister of Foreign
Affairs ; M. de Stremoottkoff, Director of
the 'Asiatic Department; Sir Andrew Bu
chanan, the English Ambassador; General
Fleury, Ambassador of France : Governor
Curtin; General Vlangally, Russian Minister
at Pekin ; M. de. Champs, Secretary to the
Chinese Mission; and General Pomutz, the
American Consul. The simple English burial
service was performed,while around the body
of the dead American stood Russians, Greeks,
Catholics, Lutherans, Protestants, Moham-,
medans, Buddhists and Pagans, all reverently
listening. 'When the service was over and all
had gone, the few friends carried the coffin
down to the vault of the church, there to re
main till sent to the United States.
The coffin is of plain wood, inclosed in
another of lead, which is covered with-black
cloth, and neatly trimmed 'with white and
silver. It was loaded with wreaths of laurel,
camellas, and immortelles, but through them
might be seen a silver plate bearing the simple
inscriptton:
ANSO N BURLINGA ME,
Born at Berlin, New York, Nov. 18, 1823,
, Died at St. Petersburg, Feb. 23, 1870.
—The Milwaukee kerosene oil dealers who
sold Op oil that murdered the have
been let off for IMO. That is cheap, consider
ink that servant-girls are worth three dollars
a week there.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY
SDAY, MARCH 15, 1870.
FIFTH EDITION.
FROM WASHINGTON
TEE ADMISSION OF TEXAS
The Bill Passes the House by a Vote
181 to 45.
,Additional Cable Quotatioiss
(Special Despatch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.]
• The Texas Bill 'JP/asses the Meuse:
WASHINGTON, March 15.--The Texas bib
hag passed the House by a vote of 131 to 45.
The bill is similar to the Virginia bill.
[By the American Press Aesociationl
The Appointment of New York Pori
Wardens.
WAsnixarox, March 15.—The House Cora
mince on Commerce to-day agreed to report a
bill taking the appointment of the Port
Wardens in New York out of the hands of
the State, without recommending any action.
The Minister at Brussels.
. The Comtiaittee on Foreign AtTairs in
structed the Chairman, Mr. Sumner, to report
favorably the nomination 'of John Russell
Jones, of IlliiJoie , as Minister Resident at
Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Sumner bitterly op
posed the nomination on the ground of alleged
Oroposed Changes of the Consular Sala
ries.
Dlr. Seward, the Consul General at Shang
hai,was before the Senate Committee on Com
merce to-day, in relation to the proposed
changes of the Consular salaries. The Com
mittee agreed to report the bill on Thursday
next.
New York Whisky Seizures.
Solicitor Banfield, of the Treasury, and Mr.
Smith, of the Internal Revenue Department,
have been sent to New York, charged with
authority to inti•estigate and release, if, neces
sary, Collector Bailey's whisky seizures.
Resignation.
Montgomery Gibbs, Esq., the special agent
of the Treasury, ri
residing in Pas, has - re
bigned.
' The Admission of Texas.
The Reconstruction Committee this morn
ing agreed upon a, bill for the admission of'
Texas, the provisios of which are similar to
the Virginia and Mississippi bill.
The Cadetship Sales.
It is expected that the House Committee on
Military Affairs will to-morrow report in the
eases recently before them, of the sales of
cadetships, except that of Mr. Churchill. A
resolution of censure will be reported in the
case of B. R. Butler, of Tennessee, and it is
expected a minority report for his expulsion
will also be submitted.
Messrs. Mungeu, Covode and others will be
exonerated by the report of the Committee.
Hill to Incorporate a New Railroad.
The House Committee on Pacific Rahroads
heard the arguments from Col. Craig, Col.
Abel and Judge Parson, in favor of a bill to
incorporate the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
Railway Company. Sayers] amendments were
added and the final vote will be taken on
Friday.
The only nomination sent to the Senate to
day was that of Lafayetta Carter, as Surveyor
General of the Territory of Idaho.
Latest Financial and Commercial Quo
tations by Cables
' LivEaroot, March 15, 5 P.M—The Cotton
market closed firmer, but not higher. Man
chester advices are more favorable, but do not
affect the market.
PARIS, March 15, 5 P. M.—The Bourse closed
quiet. Rentes, 74f. 52c.
ANTWERP March 15.—Petroleum , opened
quiet at fiTlefor standard white'.
FnAmtFona,March 15.—United States Five
twenty bonds opened heavy and quiet at 95!
for '62's.
HAvnit,Mareh 15.—Cotton opened firm both
on the spot and afloat. Tres Ordinaire, spot,
135 per cwt.. Low Middling, afloat, 131.
the American Press Association.)
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
' • Second Session.
iSmvxru—Continued from Fourth Edition.]
Mr. Edmunds followed, advocating the idea
that it is best in all cases where it is ascer
tained that the Legislature is Itepubl can, for
Congress to pass a general law allowing them
to hold over two years, except in the States of
Vermont and New Hampshire.
ountiuned from the Fourth Edition.]
Mr. Garlield's motion was lost by a vote of
6.) ayes to 79 nays, and the bill was then, on
motion of Mr. Schenck, referred to the Com
mittee of Ways and Means.
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on In
valid Pensions, called up the bill to amend the
mode of paying pensions. He said the bill
was intended to emancipate the pensioner
from the grasp of mercenary claim-agents.
The bill proposes to simplify and economize
the manner of paying pensions. It simply
requires the pensioner to sign the application
and a receipt, anti he will speedily receive a
draft at the nearest post-office, from the Gov
ernment direct, incurring no expense, what
ever, save that for an oath before a magistrate.
He argued in favor of the proposed plan of
paying pensions through the post-office, even
if it did involve the agency of seventeen hun
dred postmasters. He was especially severe
upon the claim -agents, styling, them soulless,
grasping, mercenary wretches.
• Mr. Benjamin said there were over 213,000
pensioners and 103,000 applications still pend
ing, and the number of pensioners would soon
be 300,000.
Mr. Benjamin: said that the Government
pays to thase 9 pensioners annually 530,000,000,
yet he had reliable data for asserting that less
than three-fourths of this 'sum reached the
pockets of the pensioners.
Mr. Dawea moved to postpone the further
consideration of the bill for two weeks.
Agreed to.
Mr. Butler, from the Committee on Recon
struction, reported a bill to admit the people
of the State of Texas to representation in
Congress. ,He explained that the bill was
precisely similar to the Virginia and Missis
sippi bills, with the exception of a clause pro
riding that it shall not affect any of the condi
tions under which ' Texas was originally an
nexed to the United States.
Mr. Wood submitted a proviso declaring
that this act shall reinstate the State of Texas,
with all the rights of other States, in the
Union, without qualifications or fundamental
conditions other than such as are herein
stilted
r. Butler had no objection to the proviso,
but thought it was useless. It had riot been
Sut in the act admitting the reconstructed
tates.
.
Mr. Wood said that was because it was not
thensupposeci that an attempt would ever be
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BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
11!ozninatf on.
made to overturn the work of reconstruc
tion by subsequent He intro
duced the proviso because hereafter the ques
tion might be asked whether, the
act. admitting Texas was a fai ores. He wanted
the :tutus of the states .settled, so that they
might not be again _brought back here by the
Reconstruction Committee for further recon
,struction, remodeling-and readmission in a
week or two hence, upon some trifling pre
tenee of error in the enactment.
Tbe bill was then passed. Yeas 131, naysls
FRANCE AND LLOiIE.
Extracts from Minister Darn's Plows On '
theSitivations in the Eternal City..-Ad•
vice and Predictions.
We translate the following highly Important
extracts from lett4rs of Count Darn, the
French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to one
of the French Prelates now in attendance at
the Uteninenical Council: "I bare seen with
regret," says M. Daru, "some things that have
occurred, and yet I cannot give credence to
too serious imprudences on the part of
Rome. Rome cannot so blind her
self as to suppose that the maintenance of our
troops there would be possible on the morrow
of the day on,which the dogma of infallibility
would be agreed upon. Did we desire to
leave them in Rome, we would not be able to.
An irresistible movement of public opinion
in France would occur, and it would be im
possible not to yield to it. The Holy Father
ly knows sees and believes t
lie will f d ollow, I hope, the most. modera hi te s.
counsels 'of the most illustrious members of
the Church of France. * * * I fear
that the majority in the Council wishes to
tnisnse its advantages and allowitself to sweep
onward.madly toward the object in view. It
is more difficult to direct religious than poli
tical passions. I honor much the resistance
made against them by the firm attitude of the
minority of Itishops, and I aid it with all my
efforts. I have several times sent the instruc
tions of the Government to M. do Bauneyille,
who keeps me informed of everything, and
through him I have spoken the truth to Car
dinal Antonelli. It is Ter • e s •
/lungs can tie monght into question again by
the conduct of the Italian and Spanish pre
lates, missionaries and apostolic , vicars, who
seem to live in another world. It is very evi
dent that it may be made impossible for us to
keep our garrison in Rothe, and to occupy our
selves with the settlement of the financial
affairs of the Holy Pee (which I was so well
disposed to look into); that the engagements of
the Concordat may be greatly weakened—the
Propaganda not taking these Into any account
—and that the compact uniting as may be
broken. I have warned the Cardinal to this
effect. I shall licit cease representing to him
the danger in which he places himself and us;
but I am not sure my assurances are
heeded ; men do not reason, but allow
therbselves to be led, by the ardor of the
hour. If the minority can gain time, its mem
bers will do what is best at this moment. The
Revolutionary party, which has lately been
active here, causes us a little trouble. It con
spires, and seems to wish to act soon. • How
blind they are in Home. not to see that they
supply it with arms, that the danger is there;
. thatio break the conservative strength• in
presence of such a peril is tcrtio a deed of in
sanity; that to, compromise religion by syl
labi is to play the. same game as they who
without masks attack it daily in speech and
writing! • I think the revolutionary plots will
fall and that the attempts of the revolutionists
will be repressed, but they are symptoms of
the condition of men's minds, and should as
such be heeded in Rome."
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Possible Renewal of Negotiations.
[From the italtimore American.
WAsnixoroN, March 13.—1 t was announced
several weeks ago that all correspondence and
negotiations upon the Alabama claims had
been suspended. It appears now, however,
that there is further) cOrrespondence in pro
gress, which may lead to additional negotia
tions and possibly an adjustment of the long
pending difficulties between the two Govern
ments. It will be remembered that Secretary
Fish, in an elaborate despatch, reviewed the
whole question, and took occasion to recapitu
late the position assumed by our Government
and the wrongs to our people growing out of
the action of the English Government in al
lowing the Alabama anti other piratical ves
sels to be fitted out and depart from English
ports to prey upon our commerce. This des
patch was not well received by her Majesty's
Minister,which fact M r.Motley communicated
to the Secretary of State. In answering this
despatch Lord Clarendon respectfully declined
in a brief note to continue the correspondence,
which was .read to the Secretary of State by
Mr. Thornton. Accompanyiug this note was
an elaborate document or statement, which
was neither dated nor signed, and which was
not read to the Secretary of state. Some time
after Secretary Fish learned that the accom
panving document Was intended as an answer
to his. despatch. Not having any official
knowledge of this, he immediately addressed
a. note -to Lord Clarendon, through our
Minister, to know whether the unsigned
document was to be regarded as au official
answer to the despatch. No reply has yet been
received. lithe answer is in the affirmative,
the Secretary will reply to it at once, thus
again : opening the correspondence. It is un
derstood that the English Government is very
anxious that the Alabama question should be
adjusted. "
NEBANToPoiIvE
Its Restoration
•
The walls Of Sebastopol are completely re
stored, and upwards of three hundred houses
have been built in place of those ruined by the
bombardment. A new church, in the form of
a, pyramid, built entirely of marble, has also
been erected in the churchyard of the town.
The funds for the construction of this building
were raised by a public subscription in the
whole of Russia. The chief of the subscribers
was Princess Wassiltchykoff, who gave up for
that purpose the whole of her year's pension,
amounting to 15,000 roubles (X 2,000). A sum
of 200000 roubles was expended on the build
ing. The principal monument in the church
yard is that of Prince ,Michael Gortchakoti.
On it is the followinginscription: " Here lie,
among warriors, the mortal remains of the
man who prevented the enemies of our coun
try from penetrating to this spot." The tomb
stones of the men are all alike in shape and I
size, and each of them bears this inscription :
" Grave of our brothers."
Affil ENT4.
—At the Walnut; this evening, Mr. Feeliter
will appear in litly Blus.
—Lotta mill appear at the Arch ; to-night, in
The Little TAW:live.
—At the Chestnut Street Theatre, to
night, the translation of Sardou's comedy,
Frou•Frou, will be produced, with Miss
Keene and the full company 'in the cast.
" Frou-frou " is really an onomatopoetic
word, the English for which is " rustling,"
subidantiyely used. Thus " Le frou-frou dune
robe:de RAO' denot . 4S the " rustling of a silk
dresi." • But by the authors of the comedy the
word ie . employed to specify a certain type of
Parisian society.
—At the American, this evening, the Riz
zarelli Brothers will appear, find there Will be
a first-Tate miseellaneouS performance.
Mr. Charles Walcot;Jr., will have a benefit
at the Walnut Street Theatre on Saturday
next, in a splendid bill.
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feerreepondence of the Phila. Eve!o; Bulletin .1 .
PAltlB, Tuesday, March 1, 1870.—At last we
are able to say;•though not until the month' of
March has begun —solvitur acris hymns—
' winter is gone!' It has been an unusually long
one. It began on the 20th of . October; ' the
memorable day when, as on so many Subse
quent occasions, there 'was to have been": a
" demonstration ", but which ended in there
being only a snowstorm. Sinee then snow
has fallen, I think, not less than nine• or tea
times • successively in Paria—an trn
-precedented occurrence; and. Winter
has only finally 'disappeared after a, three
weeks': frost of extraordinary duration, and
severity, extending: to this 'advanced period.
There was ice. two feet thick, ornsome ' parts of
the lakes in the Bois de Boulogne; and' the ad
joining city ice-houses have never been so well
garnished since they were first erected. Ame
ricans who ,have this year sought a milder .
winter, than their: own in different parts :of
*Europe have been not 'a
little disappointed,
whether at . Nice, Pau, Pails, Rome,.
or elsewhere ; for - everywhere• there.
has been the same exceptional :duration. of ,
cold, wet or, stormy weather. At this•mornent
the Mont Cents has once more been rendered'
impassable. by' a heavy fail ; and'even on the
plains winter only slowly and unwillingly re-
lases his iron grip.
Our news items are of a more sombre 'com;
plexion than the weather, and throw a gloom.
over American_eirele9 Th.c. lig engera
in • the missing , steamship, now ex
posed to view at the windows
Of . many of our 'steam companies'
offices creates, a painful impression- upon all,
and is harrowing to the feelings of those more
deeply and dearly interested in the fate of the
vessel. The account of the dreadful weather
encountered by the Orontes, of the British `
Navy, 'which left Halifax just before the City of
Boston, and' the narrow escape which the
former vessel seems to have experienced,.are
not encouraging under the circumstances. Still,.
in the above ewe, there is yet some room for
hope. In another in stance,unhappily--that of
the sudden demise of - Anson l 3 urlingarcte '
there fs no such consolation left to his many
friends, well-wishers, and countrymen residing
in this city. The impression, here was, very
g:eat; almost as much so as the telegrams.tell
us it has been at Washington and generally in
the United States. Nor is this to be Wondered
at, for Paris was perbaps the scene of Mr.
Btulingame's greatest celebrity and success..
Here it was that he seemed to triumph
most completely over , all the' • obsta
cles thrown in , his way by European
diplomacy and political and conventional re
serve, and literally to carry all before him,
Here it was that the salons of Mrs. Burlingame
, were crowded with the representatives of every
court of the Old World, and Where.-the hearty
frankness of the first regularly accredited,
Chinese Ambassador, and the grace and dis
tinction of his lady, were universally
acknowledged and done justice to.
Eery will ever forget the splendid hos
pitality displayed by Mr. and , Mrs. Burlin
game, at their beautiful mansion in'the Champs
Elysees; or those so-called " Chinese balls," at
which hundreds of the highest fashion were so•
anxious to be present, and when there, seemed'
surprised to find only the most refined taste in •
all around, and good manners even among the
Chinese ! I happened to be making calls at a
number of purely French houses the day when
the news of the death of the late Ambassa
dor was received, ' and I was surprised
to i , find how completely, even in such circles
and amidst the engrossing political incide.nts
of the day, the above important tidings en
grossed the general attention and were the
subject of very profound and sincere regret;
At the
- risk of making this letter look like an
obituary, I must mention the deceaae off
another member of that great financial house, '
of which the head and chief representative
died here a short time ago. The Baron Na
thaniel de Rothschild, nephew and son
in-law of the late Baron James
rte Rothschild, of Paris, and son of the old
Nathan de 'Rothschild, of the London Stock
Exchange, died a few days since,after eighteen
years at' what might be called existence rather
than life. There are many persons here who
can still remember the 'beau jeune !mne, so • .
elegant in person, dreis and manners, who was
the life of the Jockey Club, the race-course and /
the ball-room. When still under forty years
of age his sight first began unaccountably
to • fail him, and then gradually f
his other senses and limbs, until literally
nothing was left but his mind. The soul - i.
seemed to survive the body, and the latter, un
able in any way to serve the wants of the
former, may be said to have sat for eighteen . !
years in an arm-chair,waiting for death. Arms,
legs, hands, eyes, every member had lost
_the .
power of being useful / and made their unhappy
owner absolutely dependant upon the care of • \
others, Nothing remained Of this extraordi-
nary existence but the mind. But
that was wonderfully brilliant to the
last ; and from his arm-chair even, Baron
Nathaniel de Rothschild made his existence felt,
it may almost be said, over the world. Per
haps such , a life was not harder to bear for
him on whom it fell than for the still young •
wife who left the world and society to devote
herself to supply the privations of her hus- •
band.
This is Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Bras, as
it is called , here—one of the moss universal
holidays' in France. All the world Is abroad
for amusement, 'and to enjoy the fine weather
and See the procession of the 'Omit Bras; a
sight of which the Parisians never tire any ,
more than the London cits do of their Lord
Mayor's show. The Boulevards are crammed