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ALEXANDER.-00 the 17th instant, George, eon of
- George and the late Fannie L. elleaander,in the 21th
year of ljla ago,
The re Mimi and Wends of thefamily are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral. from the residence of his
father, corner of Third and Coates streets, thin
(Monday) afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Interment nt Monti.
meet Cemetery. , ' •
BA 1101101fT.—•••On the 10th Instant, Stacy B. Darcroft,
in the 76th year of file age.
111 s friends Oro respectfidly invited to attend hie fu •
neral, from hie late residence, No. /603 Vine street) on
'Wednesday rid 'lnstant, et 2 o'clock . P. M., without
further notice. •
ISONDALL.—On the 10th inst., Eliza Donnell, wire Of
'Thomas Monson, In the Not year of her age.
The rolatiyes and friends are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral, from the residence of her son. Ell
wood Bonsai!, No. 6252 Germantown arcane. above
Washington lane, Genmentown.on Fourth-day( Wednes•
day) morning. at N' o'clock: 'earrntges will bo at Ger
inantovvir Deprit oa.tlio arrival of the 10 and it o'clock
trains. Interment at Laurel 11111.
BONEALL —At the residence of hi. parents, Cincin
nati. Ohio, on Wednesday, March 10th, 1870, Charles
Perot Ilonsall, son of Charles and Rachel It. Bon 411114 in
the 35111 year of his ape.
CONYERS.—In Chica;o, March 9th, Pearl, infest
daughter of Julatia.nd Lola Conyers, aged 6 months and
17 days.
COJENEY.-011 the 19th instant, Eliza Harvey, wife of
Hairy If Corney, in the 21st year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
in+ ited to attend her funeral. from the residence of her
father , ln-law, Mr. :Joseph Corney, N 0.130 Vino street,
Tudsday afternoon, 22,1 Instant, at 2 o'clock, Inter.
intuit at Mount Peace Cenietery
IitcCURDY.--On Saturday, 19th that., Hannah Retro,
.wife of Itobert K. McCurdy, and eldest daughter of John
Yank, Jr, Rag.. aged 40 years.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend
Abe funeral, on Thursday, 24th inst., at 2 o'clock P , M.,
froth the teeldence of her husband, N 0.130 North Broad
-street. sss
OGDEN.-On the 19th inst., Iferriet, wife of Joint M. ;
Ogden. In her 73d year.
The funeral will take place from the residence of her !
licutband,blo. 445 Marshall Street, on Fourth-day morn•
•
i nu. at 10 o'clock.
sit BE.—on the evening of the 20th inst., Margaretta
"K.. wife of Bert les Sfice. Esq.
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reskienc , ,l3o7 Girard avenue.
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fended the Holy See, and who has even ex
pounded the Syllabus in order to persuade
-. people that it is a code of liberty, bas so little
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assortment
COLLECTOR BAILEY OF NEW 'PORK
HIS DISAPPEARA-NUE
Alleged Embezzlement of Nearly $200,000
The Times has the following;
The heavy defalcation. of Collector
and the mysterious disappearance. of the lat
ter, were topics of general discussion yester
day. Later reports in regard to his frauds on
the Government indicate that they will be
much larger than was at first' supposed. We
are informed by . a prominent, Government.
official that the entire tunountit nearly :3200;-'
000. The extent , of his .embezzlements has
already been ascertained to be over 5100,000,
and it Is expected that It, will . he found to be
very much greate.r when the present investi
gation, now being conducted- by District-At
umneyPierrepont, Solicitor Rantield, ,of the
Treasury Department; Solicitor Smith, of the
Internal Revenue Department; and Colonel
Whiteley, of the Secret Service Division, is
completed.
What-Bailey Took - With Hien.
There is good authority for stating that there
is no adequate reason to suppose that Bailey
took,his flight with only a small amount of
money in his , posaesSion,ilt Is thought he con=
veiled a large amount of the GOverument
.funds'in his Office to hls . Own use at the time
he decamPed,but the Investigating Committee
is unable to learn anything positive about the
Matter at present. If he has taken money with
him, as suspected, his frauds will probably
reach . 520,000 as already stated.
Who t lie litide Prey Wasik.
It is well known that. Mr. Bailey derived z
handsome fortune from whisky moieties
during his official c'areer. The amount is said
by some to be as high as 5150,000. What use
he made of this money, and of the large 8111119
which be stele from the GoVerntnent, is a
- • •
enerally regarded as a last man, and was not
hIIOWLI to be a gamider or perti,ori who lavished
his money on way women. He Was repre
sented, however, as being the owner of seve
ral fast horseis, and also of a large, %yell
stocked farm in .Ncw Hampshire, for which
lie paid eighty-five thousand dollars in cash,
,He is said to have expended 'ffitmereus slums
in costly dinnerS and entertainments, given
him to prominent officials and gentlemen
%%hose confidence and support he was desirous
of receiving. He lived in a large residence in
East Twenty-second street,but did not display
any particular xtravaganre there. The most
plausible supposition on the part of those who
knew him Ls that he used a considerable por
tion of his gains in carrying on his whisky
suits and raids on liquor dealers, beside giving
a liberal share to corrupt perAoms Who were in
his employ.
• Probable ltripticatlon of Others.
It is alSo alleged that he shared Ids spoils of
office with high Government office-holders,
'Abase transactions with Bailey, it is asserted,
ale likely to be exposed in the course of the
present rnyestigation. It is believed in -cer
tain quarters that if the' history of the
frau& in the Thirty-second District was
%n two it wotild be likely to itnpliCans several
other, persons besides Bailey. Some of those
who Are suspected of having
_participated. in
his iniquities are now being watched. The
flight of Mr. Bailey waS not known to Mi.
Therrepont and his colleagues on thclnve.sti
gation Committee until. Saturday last, up, to
which time they were without. any cleat evi
dence Of his guilt. It is repOrted:that his re
: moval from the Collectorship was determined
on several days previoss, and that this fact,
on being communicated to him by scone high
official friend at Washington, was ono of the
things which led to
Ills Secret and Hasty Departure.
It is said that he saw defeat on every side,
and that he was afraid to stay and encounter
the formidable attack which was about to be
made on him by the parties whom tic had
persecuted. Just after his escape a des
_patch
was received at his office from one E. Stagg,
dated at. San Francisco. The contents related
in seine way to the seizure of H. Webster Sc
Co.'s &ace in this city, which was recently
made t. • Collector Bailey, and announced that
a comm.-. ire could be made with certain
whisky men in California, provided 'he
Bailey) was wilting. Stagg is mentioned as
having been one of the private detectives em
ployed by Mr. Bailey,auil is accused of haying
been concerned in alleged black-mailing opera
tions at Chicago. His despatch is now in the
hands of Collector Hannal.
Malfeasance In Otlice.
Among the many acts of malfeasance in
office with whiCh he is formally charged arc
the following, to wit.:
1. On the Ost of October, IM7, he seized
the establishment of ,losepn•Jones co., not
in his distnct. ID. afterwards; released the,
place when 727,000 tad been paid, and receipt
WiL4 only given by Mr. Bailey for
2. Andrew Heiser, .1r.,, threatened with
1.4i.,,ure by Bailey'S Deputy, and released on
the 17th of January, 1865, upon payment of
:Sl,OO, for which a receipt was given, of which
the following is a copy:
- °Melo! Heading.'"
Received. New York. Jan. 17, ThtB, of
Andrew Heiser, SLOW,. on accoont of
tines, penalties, Ke., in full, subject to the dO--
eision of the Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue. .1. P. ItAir:Ev, Ctilleeter.
Per CII
When Bailey w'as about to he prosecuted on
this and other cases, he sent for Reiser and
agreed to return $5OO of his money, it he
(Reiser) would sign a sort of eonfessiou
that he had been guilty of some fraud upon
the revenue. Under threats or further difli
t•ulty, he finally signed some such paper, and
received •~roti back. The case was never re
ported :to the Department until Aug.l2,
when the Revenue law and regulations require
report to tie made "immediately,'- and that'
"the money be turned in within thirty-six,:
THE SOUTHERN; NEGROES
The Southoard on of the Newroes. ;
llvorn (1w New Orle:Lus Thaw., ALtrch 15.1
A gentleman of this city, a large planter,
just returned from Chattanooga, reports that'
by thu regular otricial accounts of - the 'rail
roads at that •31,000 negroes have passed
through on their way to the ' States of Missis
sippi, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana, This
influx- is steadily increasing, and from the ae
counts,which reach us of the great satisfac
tion of the negroes from the old States who
have em4, , rated,to this State; the high wages .
they command on the sugar and cotton plan
:tationS, and the glowing accounts they write
back to their- relatives and friends in the States
of Virginia and the Carolinas,
we should not
be surprised if the seaboard States were re
beved, in a very brief period, of their whole
negro populations.
—Byron said :
‘, Thrice happy he •whose name hue been well spelt
lu the drepatch."
A cable despatch concerning the Parliamen
tary proceedings in a Cleveland paper said:
" Beer and ford hope" made a few remarks.
We presume " BeresfOrd Hope" was the
person meant. Another paper in the city.
amended the telegraphic error by asserting
that " Beer. and fond hope" made the speech.
Reeves is losing MS voice. He lost
his manners long ago. . : „
—Madame Tussaud has added George
Peabodzies ilguro to her collection of wax
works.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1870
111.11 OMAN
Indignant - , Letter of General JOrdan• to
the Captain.tieneral-..The Alleged Pro.
potation' to hell His Command
nantly Dentrd.
We have been furnished for publication the
following letter, written by General Thomas
Jordan of the. Cuban army, 'and addressed to
the Captain-General de Badas, in answer to
the statement.made some time in November
lmt, that he had offered to surrender his com
mand foi.a valuable nomideration.
'HEADQUARTERS 'OF 'ME LthERATING
ARMY, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF, LA
ESPERANZA, CAMAQUEY, Jan. 115th, 1870.-4
have recently seen in newspapers from New
Yolk a telegram, dated at Havana, in the lat.
ter part, of the month of November last, in
which is stated that I had made propositions
to your Excellency 'to surrender, with the
forces nntler my command, to the 'Spanish
Government, for a certain. amount of nnieY.
As all telegrams from Havana have ha under
go a strict censorship in the office of your Ex
cellency, without any doubt this news was cir
culated with the sanction of your Excellency;
and if this immense falsehood was not the
direct conception of your ,Excellency, your
Exeellency was most assuredly its abettor, • as
yobr Excellency is responsible for the .acts of
the creatures of your palace, more so, a..s . your
Excellency has suffered your emissaries in the
United titates•to circulate this news without
any contradiction. ,
' Sir, your Excellency Las not received, not
even apocryphally, any such proposition— .
nothing that would have the least similarity
thereto,. and which could have any other ori
gin than that of Flavana. If it is not so 'I chal
lenge your Excellency to lay tbe proofs before
the United States Consul at Havana. A sol
dier since my adolescence, proud to belong to
a profession whose members, of all .civilized
nations, I am accustomed to recognize as men ,
of honor, to whom it is repugnant to fight
their enemies with unworthy arms, I
came to Cuba expecting that even the
Spanish. officers were 'gentlemen. But I
soon found, too truly, around me the
pvvv.us Luaub 14 - 1.71 , 1 tigers r2ttuer tuna .nor
di(irs ; but the fikuuk, not the tiger, tries to
annihilate his enemy with filthy odors. When I
have. seen the subordinates of your Excellency
assin.Anate aged men, helpless women and
children, the
the
in the hospitals, the
wounded on the hattle-iield, the demented,
which even the savage Indians respect and
honor ; yes, when I know that their practices ,
arc to inflict obscene mutilations on the
corpses of their enemies, and commit in
credible and diabolical atrocities of all kind.s,
it. should not really surprise MC that Spanish
oftleins can be r round who soil an honorable
profession with false inventions like the. one
treat of in this letter.
Rut-1 was not prepared, sir, ,to. see a lieu
tenant-general and viceroy of Spain intend to
bespatter his enemy with dirt thrown by his
own bands. Honorable soldiers do 'not make
use of Filch arms, and I leave the sad honor to
your Ex.celleney to be the first one to' do so.
Nobody will beliore.you ; the results will not
recompense even the small amount outlayed
to give course to-your falsehood.
1, have inaugurated the -new year with a
blow'worthY alittie soldiers, which five bat
talions of Spanish soldiers will. not easily
forget, carried out on our part, by - a mere
handful of men, who on their own soil and on
the threshold.of their homes fought for libbety
against foreign opprmsion and inveterate
spoliation. With this .thave at last convinced
ibis :people what can be accomplished with a
good method of warfare, and if 1 •liVe one
month, sir, 1 assure you that • what has oc
curred in-the " Mina" do Fana on the Ist of
January, 1870, will only hp the prelude of what
Ltas t o
Come, sir, to combat at the head of your
troops,like a tsoldier and iu honor of the sword
%%Melt you wear. Do not attempt to throw me
from the tield,irritating me from Havana with
the contents of filthy water of syringe. I am
with all consideration your Excellency's obe
dient servant,
TitOMAS jokiniAN.
TO the Lieutenant-General De Rod:lk
A private letter from General Jordan to
friend says:'
The enemy as yet has been linable to get any
advantages and the dry season is fast waning.
After that they tqtn do nothing for months and
wo can operate advantageously against them.
The SpanisS Press on , the Situation--
64 Cuba i, Lest."
Under the heading "Cuba is Lost," to Di , .
session of 3ladrid. of 18th of February, Pub
lishes a doleful leader upon the Cuban ques
tion. ''lt says:
" We have made it. evident, and our readers
must be aware of the fact, that ideas are nut
to be fought with, nor to be conquered by
bayonets, hnt only by ideas. We have shown
that, though the insurrection migld he con
quered so far as territory was . concerned, yet
that nothing . would .be really gained. We
have also maintathel, ever since we began
discussing this Cuban. - question, that the
insurrection which broke out at Yara was full
of consequences necessarily fatal for the
mother country. This, and - much more, has
t i q. un said by to Diseussion,bin our observa
tions in that regard have not been well re
ceived. Wu have never been fatalists, but
seeing all that has happened in Cuba how can
we change the opinions - we have heretofore
expresSed in the matter? 'lnspired how, ;1
ever, by thupromprings of our eenscience,and
moved alone by an ardent. and uninistaken
patriotism, we feel that we (night hiSpealc out.
.and say to the entire nation t Cuba is lost.'
This is truc,whether the insurrection triumphs
or is subdued. To this gloomy extreme is the
nuestinn now brought in this hour so madly
brought on.
'lu , ,
the island of Cuba therearetwoflilutrree
tions, both of which are agalust the mother
country; against the institutions which the
nation hits giv n in U.Se Of its sovereign rights.
The one proclaims independence, . and, be
sides, deSolates and destroys the fields of the
once happy Antilles; the other combats to
sustain the Spanish flag. Yes, but it would
sustain itself with Slavery without law, and
by a rule special. and arbitrary'. The : atter
continues to:exist, because it livot upon privi
leges and favors. In truth, both of these
movement,, • though traveling by difibrent
routes, lead us to the same end; and, if we
ought to struggle against the first, we should
energetically crush out the second. Here is
the terrible dilemma before us."
THE EBEIttCH CABLE: COH-IPTANY
Action of the "rouelt Government.
Ir is diftietilt to obtain any precise informa
tion as to the course of proceeding reOlVdd
upon by the French Government in their un
derstanding with the direction of the French
Transatlantic Cable. •It is said that the latter
will not torthally renounce their monopoly
utltil they see what Congress is going to do in
their regard. In making fresh concessions it
is alsomtated the French Government will in
vestigate very narrowly the position and
prospects of the companies applying, and Will
insist ou a large money guarantee (100,000
francs) for the execution of the project. It is
to be hoped that in the pew bill which
Congress is about to frame upon the subject it
will expressly stipulate on reCiprocity in re-
Bard to the non-exaction of a money deposit,
when:the prifieiple of . fkee tornpotitiou is ad-
Milted and our Government asks - fer zt guar
antees of the kind.—Paris correspondence IV: Y.
Times.
—The female operatives iu a large
they
in England sigu,a contract when they enter
tbd service, in which they agree to' bo
Whipped if-guilty of misdemeanor. the dis
cipline is said to be as severe as it is in the
navy, and tbd matter has attracted the utte>a
lion the officers of the law.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY
What Army Offloara 'think of It. •
The Washington correspondent of the New
Yoi k herald says ;
'I he passage of Logan's ArmY bill by the
'House has created quite a flutter among army
adlicers,.especially here, where its immediate
effect is well understood. The misfortunes of
the arniy 'Officers" loth tread upon each other,
fi;st they follow;" that is, the officers
who are, comfortably fixed in and' 'around
Washington., It is not long since Sherman
issued an order sending all, officers who had
been, here for a period
,of two or more years to
other' stations. And now, comes the pitiless
-Logan With his sweeping bill, threatening to
muster out a large number of officers, and to
reduce the
.pay of those who are so
lucky or unlucky as to be. retained.. Even
old officers, veterapri who were iir the service
when the present generation cattle uponthe
Scene; naturally inquire '
Where is this thing
going to end? It is just possible that Logan's
hill, should it become a law,, will muster out a
larger number of officers than set down in
the, programme. Several
.belonging to the
higher grades have openly signified: their in
tention to resign. The .unfeeling Logan says
this is,mere bluster, and ,means nothing be
yond a sort of threat to defeat the bill. Ac
cording to Logan's experience, array officerS;
especially those of •the rank of Major-General
or Brigadier,are of that class of whom it Is Said
they, ; "seldonadie and never resign!' .Be
this as it may, there is unquestionably a:very
bitter feeling on the part of army officers
against Logan's bill and the manner in winch
it ispropOsed to treat the army. This is shared
from the general down to the second lieuten
ant. I leans from an intimate friend of Gen
eral Sherman that he is very . bitter, and that
be cannot refer to the - matter without getting
off two or three well-selected oaths, as a
means of outlet to his 'anger.. He evidently
regards the whole proceeding as a gratuitous
insult to the army, and one that should be re
sented by every officer throwing up his
commission as soon as the bill becomes a law.
J.Ele does not dis_goise the fact that the:pro
posed reduction of his salary touches him in
a tender place. The bill does not affect' him
in any' other respect. Liberal as his salary is
regarded, he maintains that he could not keep
up his rank and live upon less. He is corn-.
pelled to entertain, or rather bets expected to
do it, and this costs money. He intimated to
a friend not long ago that lie would be obliged
to resign :uid go into civil life, and he would
do it most cheerfully rather than be burdened
:with a rank without proper comp-nsation to
support it. But Sherman has no idea that
it will become a law. Ho,no doubt thinks
it will meet its Waterloo in the Senate,
and that the House will gracefully back
down. There is reason to believe, from what
I can gather, that should it, run the gauntlet
of the Senate it will meet with an .obstacle at
the White Rouse in shape of a veto. The
President is a warm friend of the army, and
he is said to have expressed his surprise that
the House should pass a hill of this character.
It is doubtful, however,if the President would
go so far to serve and save his old comrades in
arms. Logan, Butler and others who put th
bill through the House. think he would no ;
in fact. they intimate that he dare not,becaa e
the measure is too popular. It went. throw It
the House with a rush, its opponents not e
ing able to muster enough strength to call t e
yeas and nays.' - •
Thcre is a good deal of difference of opinion
among. Senators, as well as army officers neces
sary as to the number of officers for the
tary Peace establishinetit. The army officers
"assert that Logan is all wrong in his statistics,
not only about our own army, but the armies
of nations to which he referred in his speech.
It is said that when the bill comes before the
1 4 14:ate this assertion will be fully established
by, official data. In the meantime senator Wil
soh does not seem to be in any hurry bringing
the bill before his Committee on Military
Affairs. Ho is gathering all the information
can, so as to do the fair thing for the army;
fm, although he is only a militia general him
self, Wilson has a soft side towards the
81rPriENTS COURT—ChiefJustice Thompson,
and Justices Agnew and Sharswood: The fill
, lowingjudgments were entered this morning:
lleitz's appeal. Common Pleas of Snyder
county. Appeal dismissed.;
ilazlan vs. Alter ..Countion Pleas of
Schuylkill county. Appeal dismiNied, if the
complainants in fime bill tiled below for an in
junction and relief do: within twenty days in
crease the sureties to %;.';11.1100.
Appeal of Brown, - .Administrator of Sher
wood. Court of Wayne comity.' De
' cree affirmed. -
• Rhodes eta/ vs..ChildS. Error to Coninion
Pleas of Nontonr county. Judgment af
tirnied.
Yerkes Co. - vs.VilSon. Error to Common
VleaS of Chester - comity: Jtidg,ment affirmed.
Roberts vs. Riker.- .Error to Common
'Pleas.of Susquehanna county. Judg,inetit af
firmed.
Waktdy vs..The.Township of I) oer
th:1(1. tit:divalent reversed. and 'enure
aWarded.
Anthony JOhn. Ti."tener, a at
Contp - o , .`m Pleas of Itei•ks conntv.
vvveisell 'turd retire Ile nor()
McGran.. Cow
num Ploa.s.cif Tioun. county. Judg,nuent at
.
Isaac kffdeu vv. Sarah Faber. Error to C.
p. ut Berks county.' Judurnent affirmed.
1;. If,. .Sackett vs. Ifenr:y . Spencer. C. v.,
Bradford county. Juligniont affirmed.
Michael Meter i's. The FartnerA' National
Bank'of linekseounty. • Error to C. P. Bucks
itounty, Judgment . atlirmed.
Botanao4 Cox. C. P.. Tioga county - ;
( 11, fur affirmed,
Deysber vs. f Triebel. C. P. of licrlts county.
Judgment toycnSed and emir( de ?toe,' a wardo.
Tim , Reading TmluStrinl Manufacturing
Company ts. Cractr. C. R, Barks county.
iltillgutont affirmed. - • •
AJ~(Jtunth vs.
N tioamakor. C. P., Jlttekg
conut.y udgment affirmed.
li - 01..r vs. Br4‘ic , r. C.: P. I.lttrit , ; county.
.1111 igment asittiieil . .
' vs. Fit•Apatriek. C. p., BVayile
county, .Italgiiieid. reversed; and rehire de.
awarded. - •
' Spritighmok . Township Quar
tcr 'Sei4sions, bozeroe comity. Orifor af
firmed.
( :64(. 1 1 VS. liabcovii. (7. l'„ 'cioga. county.
t i revvrso(t. anti l'(.11( . 0, 110,0:,)
. .
1,10 ,
I.'reedy's Appeal. f irphan:;' Court.llola
delphia. Bill :washed at tin: e 0,4 of the ap
pellant. " •
Tho' lisi;•for Northampton, .14Ohigh• Piliti,
Monroe awl Carbon was taken up this
Morning. . .
.01". kit AND -Judges Peirce and
Paxson.—This morning, Frank Quick was imt
On trial, charged' with the murder of Dennis
l'orkery;" on the 23t1 oe.lantiary hist, at te
.o'clockon Sunday night, in Fifth street,above
Girard avenno. In this case it-apie , , , arod that
ou the evening in:question the deceased and a
number offriends were iu ,the neighborhood
of Fifth ttad , Girard avenue, cob versing; - when
the PriSpaer came up and made somp.odensive
remarks the of which was , au alterca
tion in .the' course of which Corkery
and cnie , of friends were stabbed,
it is Quick. Corkery
was taken , te St:l Mary's , Hospital, where it
was discovered Mat he was stabbed hi the
abdomen,' the :intestines, being cut. Death
ensued tbe,uo24 day. Shortly after the
,intlie
tiOa of the ik 9 uha Quick was arrested in the
neighborhood;und When taken to • the 'Station
house; a bltiody knife, was fotiio.l in, his:vockot.
THE NEW MIXT BILL.
THE COURTS.
:Be was somewhat under the influence of
liquor, and asserted that ho had been attacked
by several men and only acted' in self defence.
A jury was being called when our report
closed. •
Richard P. White and Wm. 13. Mann re
present the accused. •
AMIIMERMITAII.
French Comedy.
—At the Amateurs'' irawing Room, to-mor
row evening, t 1.7, L.ench Comedians will give
'a varied entertainment, consisting of four
pieces. Rochefort's trific, L'llomne du
will be ono of them,and will interest the many
who-have been amused by the- author in his
Political manifestations. .A dramatic
. poem
which has, just made a sensation in Paris will
be declaimed; it refers to the late strike at the
(ironet iron -works, and is called istGreve des
Forgerons; the other pieces , are Lirre
Chapitre 1. and the operetta .ITh 'N'INS Landry.
The subscribers to the second four perform
ances of French Comedy have been. precisely
the same set of cultivated persons, ! who, sub
scribed for the first season, proving their
contentment with the efihrts of the com
pasty. • Still further to exnross their
sympathy, these subscribers have of M.
Juignet and his collaborators a benefit per
formance, themselves assuming the disposal of
the tickets, which will be put at a prettyhigh
price. For. this occasion, and in order ,to
show their • power and quick study, the Com
pany have determined to learn and play Frau
frou, the drama in five acts, by Meilhao
and Halevy, as now performing at the Gym
nase Theatre, Paris, with Ravel and
Deselee and Pierson in the. principal parts..
Those Americans who have admired Frquirou
at the Chestnut, or are expecting it at the
Arch, will be glad, whether capable of French
or not, to see the piece precisely as at first
written,' Without cutting or alteration. Mr.
Pechter, who is the most abandoned lark--
writer we ever had among us, has
replied to the note of thanks .of the
Company, for the Boston collabora
tion, hy declaring_hiniself Juignet's feroveri_.
in time and eternity, in this world and the
next; he evidently values M. .Tuignet's friend
ship as he does Miss Leclercq's "honor" We
wish we could add to all our assurances of the
esthetic success of the French performances
the assurance of their pecuniary success.
They have been warmly patronized by our
' wealthy , French inhabitants and by a certain
class of Philadelphians; but the admission
Laving always been rated at a dollar for an
unreserved seat, the largo class of French ar
tisans residing here have not been able to at e
tend. As this is decidedly a pity, • and as
plenty of the class are numbered among our
readers, we would mention bieu discrkernent,
it ces braves Bens, qu'ils tronveront chez Sor-
En, ]'excellent et Mane traitteur franois,
num ero -102R:instead-Place, des billets aura-
Geis pour ces representations. • , •
—At the Academy of Music, this evening,
Mr. John G. Saxe, the famous humorist and
poet, will deliver the next of the Star. Course
of Lectures. He has chosen for his Stibject
"Freiich Folks at tionie," and from what we
have - Alward of the discourse we have 11311.8011
to believe that be treats the theme in a man
ner Worthy' of his reputation; Mr. Saxe is',
extremely popular in this city, and we doubt
not he will have an immense audience, com
posed of the most intelligent of our citizens.
lie is entitled to the highest success; and to
the warmest welcome that can be given him.
,-At the SeVenth Street Opera House this
evening Messrs. Duprez & Benedict offer an
timikunly attractive entertainment. They have
a troupe which will compare favorably with
the best miustrel :companies that have ever
appeared before the public. Itcontains several
admirable singers, a number of the best
" Ethiopian delineators" in the country, and
some of the most accomplished actors of bur- •
lesqne upon the stage. The performances
every evening arc varied, and entertaining
novelties are constantly introduced; anti
," star " singers and actors are engaged in
quick succession. For the present week a
series of firstrate programmes have been pre
pared. This evening the musical good things
will he as follows :
Selected Overture—A La'Minidrel.
. Neu . (Irleaus Opera Troupe.
Opening Chorus—Lucrezin Borgia.
Onprov, Benedict's Minstrels.
Song and Chori—The Little Street I"- ]ter,
Mr John L.Wool,,ey.
Comic Sone—Hare You Seen My Nellie.
Mr. Hughey Doogiou-ty.
SentimentA Song—Meet Me with n Emma.
Corn'(Rini , Ditty—}lnt Mr. I. -wig Benedict.
Ballad—l ani Lowly no More • Mr. Veritou.
tiTE11:11 GALOP.
HySkleS this there will be dancing of various
kinds by accomplished artists; banjo solos,
the threes Lore in All Corners, and Bad Dickey,
both immensely funny ; comic songs, and the
burlesque .ln;un Warrior, together with a lot
of varieties too numerous to mention: Those
who visit the Seventh Street Opera Rouse
will be sure to pass an evening in the enjoy
ment of rollicking fun of the purest and most
innocent description. Nettling is ever done
which can . offend the most fastidious, or
"make the judicious grieve." 'We heartily .
recommend this place of amusement to our
readers
Lotta will appear at the Arch, to-night,-in
lieurt's
. —At the Cheritnut Street Theatre, to-night.
PrOu-.Freu, the comedy translated from' the
French OCR. Meilhac and .E.,llalevy.
• —At the Walnut, this evening, Mr. Chan
frau will appear in ,s'eni.
—At the American; this evening, there
will boa iirst-rate miscellaneous performance.
-- 1 -Signor Blitz's son, Theodore, mill giVe
exhibitions of magic.at the Assembly Build
ings, this evening, when he will show the
wonderful Sphyux.
• Buchanan Bead's pictiire 'df " Sherf
dales Bide" is still on exhibition at the Acad
emy of Fine Arts. •
. —At Carucross &. DiXey's Eleventh Street
Opera. House, this evening, a first-class min
strel entertainment will he given.
—The Pilgrim is still on exhibition at Con
cert Hall.
—At the Amateur's Drawing Room, on Sev
-!nteenth street, above Chestnut, oi:4'ot - ening;
he New York French Company will appear
0 " pa,cfroit do conquite.-
PRINCE BONAPARTE'S TRIAL
The reeliar^ ita Paris.
.A Paris 'correspondent writes:
The approaching trial of :Prince Pierre
1;014g - taut, at Tour:4 is exciting strong feelings
of dislinlettide. it is fearedthat his acquittal,
of which few seem to entertain any doubt,will
b , ad to fresh disturbances in Paris and others
of 'the principal cities of France: It was a
great mistake on the part of the Government
not to accept the Prince's otter to renounce
his privilege as a menther of the Imperial
kindly, and to be tried by an ordinary jury.
Ills acqnittal by a Court constituted like that
which is about to as:soluble 'at Tours ; will be
set down as a defeat of Itfidlcc,
although I am satisfied that M.
Emile 011ivier believes that he
acting strictly in conformity with its interests.
The story circulated about the presentation of
a carbine and an address to fhe Prince by a
number of Americans resident iu Paris, is,
find, perfectly true, One of the two. gentle
men who were present when they were pre
tented to him (M. Ramband,of the Pthlentent,
and. M. Perthnyset, a famous sportsman), cor
roborated the fact to inc. Rautband says
that ho read a list of the signatoreS, but that
the Prince begged of hint not to mention any
of the' nameS. But for his promise net to do
soj. Should have been in a position to forward
thearto you in. Order that they should tint lose
the, glory of a proceeding, without parallel for
its poliettal,',Consistency and good taste:
F. ITTHERSTON. Pub
PRICE FEE
FOREIGN CORRUSPONDENCE
LETTER FROM ROME.
A Thit to lionie—The Crowl:(evi;
Dlepiny7-Openiiiir: of tho:Cari!
?icemen in the City.
(Corrnsrolidenee of the ITita , Even'gr Bittietir
First Day at goi'
Romui „ March 3,1870.—1 t rained' whbit'cii
left Florence and rained' when we apProlibli4
the Eternai•City ; consequently the' 'giber WO,4r ,
as muddy and yellow as we had 'exPected toy
find it, the eempagna as dbsolate,• the Tullis 'as.
dead and the depot as dismal. EverYthik
lokid as though it - had &Token •,'wirslit'Oir
Quiip's system--that his, '
water over Its face with'aloilitri towel, 'n•TriErg'
it somewhat dirtier than before': All the pirree.ii
and hangers-on. had ' a bedramed appearance;
and their energy had,for a time departed . fro*.
them. We were' able' to reactra 'carriage 'itt‘
peace and pursue' our Way towards pie hotel
nnterritied by the proverbially fierce attacks•
on our luggage and our pciekets. And it way ,
a happy exemption,forelevenboirS of railroadi
ing at night, in a pouring raltioiliere sleeping:-
cars are unknown and every seat must have '
occupant, had unfitted us to contend With a.
noisy crowd of vagabondti who look' iipon
every stranger as legitimate prey.
As we drove down into the city, we ought to
have been interested in the Baths of Diocletian,
which we passed; We ought •to have been
stirred by emotions at the recollection of 'the
rritiquitv_andgrandeur -14-.....tre,+"
have reflected that we were at the centreof the
greatest religious empire iu the world, and
made some profound or sententious 'remark,'
which would serve to impress. indelibly on our
mind the great event of our travels, the' arrivat'
at Rome. But on this, as on 'many- other
momentous occasions, we were lacking: • The
emotions were not there l —the remark not forth:-
coming. ,We doubt whether it ever is' fotel!-
coming unless it be 'made up betbrehand; and
then likely enorigh It is forgotten at,the
moment, or is thrust neck and heels where it
doesn't belong, and so comes to an ignominious-
and untimely end. For ourselVes, We. were
indifferent to ruins whether
r at itome- or:
elsewhere-4o antiquity or grandeur, or enipires•
great or small, seonlar or•religioni—arid Intent,
mostlyian gettingbreakfagt., , .
3•i or were we in . error in our'' estimation:4f
the relative importance , of things. Brief
quiry Showed that the city was full, and guar
ters.not so easy to. be found. We mean at the i
hotels; for of furnished apartments there • was-
so great an abundance that the whole:tom*
seemed for rent. The hotels, however, .were
represented as tall. to overflowing. The car
nival was to open that day, anti, owing to the;,
presence of so many, ecclesiastical dignitaries
from all narts of the world, who had come to
attend the Vatican Council, it was expectedto,
be unusually brilliant. Many strangers had
been attracted by the anticipated disp;ay,.aud •
had crowded the hotels, as we have said—from .
which it will appear that the hreaklitst %les—
tion, involving as it did the question of.com
forts and conveniences of life, was hot reeeiv- '
ing undue importance..
We are a little particular in recounting our
doings at this time ; for however tame and
common-place they may appear to' those who.
have livetiat lime, we are persuaded.thatdhey:
may have some interest for others who have
not been to Rome: and probably nothing teas
than an emergency,such as called forth our es
ertions,.would have given us an experience al-
Wgether novel, and to be rernembred hereafter
as an incident of forei,gutravel., . .
. \\idle we were discussing the breakfast--
which we had with difficulty procured at a ho
tel where rooms were not. to be had, save , at
prices suitable to the high estate of I ;mat
Pompey : or Mighty (.'lesar reittrniug home, i n ,
triumph with the spoils of conqueredtnations-4.
we also discussed the question of how to lire
after, breakfast was over.
.ow there was a Practical Member of our
party—as there is of all parties. great and,
small—and when the discussion had produced
nothing bttt weariness anti (lei pith', the
tical Member made a startling, but at the
Same time a simple suggestion: " Why not rent
apariMents? It is L! ue that our stay will be
short. but we can get apartments for a month
or two, anti live as some friends of mine lived
here." And then she set before us in a lucid
wanner the feasibility of the plan; its ad
vantages, its freedom and economy; and its
crowning argument of all: its conformity to
" the way of the Romans." The plan was at.
once adopted, and thus on our first day we,
saw. something of Modern Home.
Sallying out into the street, brimful of our
new idea, we narrowly escaped being run over
by a passing earriai;e. And thiS is our first
obsei'vation : that the streets of Rome need
sidewalking. The middle of the street is lower
than the sides, and 'serves for a „gutter. About,
one, two, or three feet front the buildings may
he found, by close observation, a row of stones,
set into the pavement, which serves to mark
where a sidewalk might be, but, g,enettally, is
The carriages literally " drive up to. tile
floors," and pedestrians are turned out
j ir e,
mud of the streets to zet past tlient--;-! e ear
riage iiiso has the right of way ; and if soma un,
happy pedestrian should be knocked down and
tun over, he would be arrested 'and punished
for impeding travel; and this, although he
might be 'mocked dom . . ownhis. OW deorWay t
So said our informant, 'Avben compiained or
the annoyance to which wewere subjected of
dodging in and out 'among horses' heels and
moving wagons to get into or come oat of an
entrance to a store, house or building of almost
any kind, except a church.
Carriages yere everywhere-4u the • streets
on the. sidewalk, at the: doors, turuing into
yards, or coming unexpectedly out of dark and
mysterious passages—always on thufull ruu and