1,1350 N PEMOCK. Editor VOLUME viraDDINO CARDS, INVITATIONS vyfoi Paths., dm. New sigh MASON & 00.'91T Ohestnnt street. de3Ormw t. it* VIIIDDLNO' INVITATIONS joimved in the newest and beet manner. LOUIS D KA Stationer and Engraver. likM OUtret 11 TARttiEn.-- - - 14004p,aftiaNzu.-o;?•AgetiaY 4ft4rlVit 22d. blithe Item; Jos. A . ..Ohatlea kOO - Auua M., daughter of Wilitutit 014Grelner. • • • , , r, 4) .—A t Pottstown, Pa'. on Sunday evening,Ma re h 20th, MO, rather Charles F.:Kinpit. J., aited ~,f+2 rear.. ' A . solemn Requiem . Mass .at mt. tfhtircits Fourth street and Willing'. allay, on Thursday iat o'clork A. M. Interment at St. , Josephil 00meter.r. LUKNNS.—On the Zld invtant, at , hls residence, Ply• moults, Pa—Reuben Lukent, fortntply of Philadelphia, ID the 71st year Of hie age. Tho relatives and (donde of'the family are iniitod ! attend his funeral, on Sixth-day, 24th instauttat J 0.4 o'clock A. 4. conveyapeop beat ,gontatob9cdcen to Inert the 0 o Clock A. M. tmtla from" Philadelphia, Ninth" and Breen Intarnisitit at Learnt Hill. - McCUBDT.—On Saturday, litth ]net., Hannah Keem,. 'woof Robert B. McCurdy. and eldest daughter of John Yard, Jr.' MAK.. aged 48 yeare. Relatives and frieode are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, ou Thursday, 24th inst., at 2 o'clock P. front this residence ot her husband, No. Mt* North B ro ad :street. SliF.lt:LOn the insetting_of the 20th inst., Margaretta W.. wife of Bertlea 'Mee, Esq. • Funeral on Thursday, at 2 o'clock I'. M., from the residence. LVT Girard avenue. SPILINOEII.—On the 211 last Theresa L., daughter of Ftaanuel and the late Theresa Springer, In the 11th year after age relatiseeand friends of the family ere respectfullY Invited to attend the tonere'• from the residence of her father, IWI6 Wallace street, on Friday morning, lath inst.. at 12 o'clokk. • . WNIFFIN.—On the 23 , 4 Instant, at the residence of her parent', 1101 Girard street, Mary, daughter .. of WOLFBlanche Whiff" n, aged tnonths. —On J/dosolOY, 21.1 inst., James 'l' , eldest Ron of Jonathan and Ann T. Wolf. koneral from his lute residenee, No. 1105 Park avenue, on Thtuadoy, 24th instant, at 2 o'clock. DEABODY BLACK MOHAIR. 'EYRE A LANDELL. FOURTH and A nim streate, SEEP ALL THE; BEET BRANDS. BLACK ALPACA MOHAIR% DOUBLE CRAIN ALPACA SPECIAL 'NOTICES. - ski.... is .a .L 7~r OVERCOATS. A very large and very beautiful New !Styles FOIL fOpring. JOHN -WANAMAKER, FINEST CLOTHING. ESTABLISHIGINT, 818 and 820 Chestnut Street. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 10250 FIES'I'NUT Street. MEDAN'S BIDE, THE GREATEST BATTLE ;PAINTING OE THE AGE, BY' T. T. BUCHANAN • READ. (Author of the Poem.) FOURTH WEEK OP THE EXHIBITION. GALLERIES THRONGED DAY AND EVENING. OVER 30,000 VISITORS. The point choseh by the Artiet for the illastratton of the subject Ls where "With foam and with dust the black charger was gray; By the flash of his eye, and the red nostril's play. Beseeched to the whole mat army to 0 11 / • I have brought you Sheridan ail the way Prom Winchester down to have the day Chas is size 20x23 Li:what) DOW fellidy. Price, SW ADIS GEN 8. Incl the entire valuable - collection of the Academe y. tf Open trove 9 A. N. to 6P. M., and from to 10 P. bd. mh3l ob 'ACADEMY -OF MUSIC. THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES. SCIENTIFIC LECTURE. BY BIXBY. 11110EIBBE E. Boozes, • (or tiie University of Pennsylvania), ON THURSDAY EVENING. BARCH 21. flubject—OßEMlCAL FORCES. Illnitrafixf lip beautiful and Instinctive ex periments, inc the new proceroiof making ICE by ch, rules] power. The Professor will make • cake of ICE iu fall view of the II tadipace., ANNA R. DICKINSON,. APRIL 7. $ Admission toea c h Lecture. NI eta. Reserved Seats, 2.5 eta. extra.. Tickets for sale at Gould's Piano Rooms, 923 Chestnut etrest.frons 9 A. M. to 8 P.M. daily. Doors open at 74; Lecture at 8. midt2 2t r„ ..... • , . THE ANNU All DI E TING OF TEIE ' Bert erica*, Ikbpoi AtsOciation will Le a held atl Arch ilttwq . .:IReetinot , bouse. in Philadelphia, ore SEC OND DAY, Hl:month Ilth, 1870, at 3 o'elo,-Ic. P. H. - ' PHILIP C. GARRETT, -,;lt` Secretary. -- - ---- - EF LtEru.e. , 4 COMPANY'S EXTRACT of - M eat etteurea gfeat economy - and convenience in iousekee,ping and excellence in cooking. None genuine without the signature of Baron Liebig, the inventor, and of Dr. Max Von Pettenkofer, delegate. ja26-w a•tf J. MILD A 1. 1 .8 80118.183Droadwity, N.Y. ua COL FA X---W ILSON—HO 11D— GEARY. Silver Anniversary of ,Friendship Division , No. 19, S. of T. Academy of Music, Irridar Evening, Doors opon a LIBERTY 'eck. blusical oierture by " McOLURG, S SILVESCORNET BAND," at 7. Speaking begins at 7kf o'clock. Admission Garde, 28 cents. 608 Arch street. It` ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH. tWEN- Selltand. Cherry Strests.—During Lent, sarviesir *Teri Wednesday evening. Choral service. Seats free. This evening at 736 o'clock. It", pilgriM THE • crowDed is niGhtly. Early .00 or stand YOU musT. m44' 3t re; GO TO THE PILGRIM • urT TO-NIGHT. . mIiI3-6trp —VHOWAR - 15 HOSPITAL, NOS. IMB ansell2o Lombard street, Distieneary Department.. ed D lead treatment end med kin in stashed gratutton o the poo.. , n•• 1109 GLRARD STREET. 1109 lUMBIAN AND PERFUMED BATHE, Departments for Ladios. Baths ODOrt from 6 A. ht. to 9 P. M. COIiTA RICA. The Interocennle The Panama Mail of February 21 says : The part.imilars of the Costa Rica, Railroad loan, as nearly as possible, are as follows : The Government contract with Messrs.() vermaun, Freund &., Co., of, London . 1 and New York, through Mr. H. .T. - oVerinann; to accept a loan of from $2,000,000 to $3.000,000 for the purpose How It Won Fame. of constructing the first instalment of theln.; The "female jury "of Laramie City, if their teroceanic' Railroad, say. from Liinoty Bay labors were arduous, have 'at least their re to Pactiare, provided thatthe cost of the road ward in fame. At the time of the drawing of may not, be excessive ' such cost to be de- the jury, when .it was ascertained that their termiued by competent engineers', to be sent names would be furnished' by telegraph, the out forthwith 'from Ibiglara• • The,loan. Will. " operators" threw aside all other messages be Issued, ' London and Paris; after being upon the wires throughout the country. After ratified uy the Costa, .Riea'Congress r at tbe the message was ,sent, ejaculatory replies Of rate of 70, bearing seven per cent. interest I astonishment came back. by wire. from overy. Repayment'. is to be effected in tivinity:two . direction. The whole message was trans years by means of • a sinking fund: Of `twnPPr milted through the cable, and printed iu full . cent. per annum, the guarantee Icir.whieh and :in the leading journals of. Europe. We' .pity the payment of interest, is to consist of :a the other ladies of Wyoming. itory Terr; no' mortgage upon the railway "and the hypothe-'1 future honors can soothe the envy with whic cation of the 'public 'revenues, 'llalt-piarly:';, they regard the happy' few whose names were drawings will be Made for the redelimtion of read, perhaps, by potentates and prinues , in two per cent. per annum of the loan at par. • another hemisphere. , , , ('.' ::,, i , : 1 :',, ; 1 i,, ; .\.‘ ...: ./'• ';„ ;I, 4,5" ) ; 1 t , ',' ''. i ; . i'! - ', 1/ ) ,:./. I , ~ •'/. ~/ I, ~' i I, ,' . ,f, r . / . I _ 1' . .. • ' k .• , . „. : ',/ (' ' 1 ' , . . , , . , , . t , • ~ , 5 • 1 ~, 11101,15 assottment IN We acknowledge no inferiority to men. We claim to have no less ability to perform the duties which God has imposed upon us than they have to perform those imposed upon them. We behove that God has wisely and well adapted each sex to' the proper per formance, of the duties of each: We believe our trusts to be as important and sacred as any that exist on earth. We fetirthat our present dutie!ti fill up the whole measure of our time and abilities, and they are such as none but ourselves can perform. Their importance requires us to pro test against all Whams to compel us to assume those obligations which cannot be separated from suffrage; but which cannot be performed by us without the sacrifice of the highest in terests of our families and of society. It is our fathers, brothers, husbands, and suns Who represent us at the ballot-box. Our fathers and brothers love us. Our husbands are our choice, and one with us. Our sons are what we make them. We are content that they re present us in the corn-field, the battle-iiekl, and at the ballot-box, and we them in the sehool-room s at the fireside, and Oat the cradle;believing ; our representation, even at the ballot-box, to be thus more full and impartial than it could possibly be were all women allowed to vote. We do, therefore, respectfully protest against any legislation to establish "woman's suffrage" in our land or in any part of it. FROM OUhA. The insult to the, de Flag irk ',Santiago Cuba. Flight of Nr. Phillips on Board tlx6frenott 'Steamer Darien. ‘C His Arrival at liEingston, Jamaica i SANTIAGO DE Ct 11,4, March 9.0,1870.—The steamer Villa Clain,"•which ttrrii i liesterday z n ° lllll WwWE,Barahatio i _' brought -dates Irani Havana to the 4th, and 'few \ ork to the 2lth • ult., causing us' a new awl' short-lived . excite ment, which ended with: the unanticipated departure of Mr. Phillips, acting Vice Con std of the 'United ,Iltates. of ;, Ai:aerie* in the evening by the ; French 030.1.mter , Darien for Jamaica. , • -; • • • In the Havana journals appeared an official letter dated " United States Consulate, Santi ago de Cuba, Jannary 3, 1870," and signed by 11 T. Phillips, which reflects very severely on Vairnaseda, the volunteers, the Catalan resi dente and the method of carrying on the war in this department. Naturally this was not agreeable to those referred to, who had learned their power In the contempla tion of a hundred massacres, and there was great excitement during the day and many conflicting rumors as to the action of the government and of the calumniated Catalan:, towards Mr. Phillips. Later it was demonstrated that the former proposed to take no action wkatever, and, furthermore, the de termination was expressed to afford Mr. Phi llips the fulleet protection in ease it should be needed. Not 80 the Catalans, a number of hem, as a commission from the Spanish circle (Omuta Eepa7iull , , Whited on him, asking an explanation of the utitiriotts remarks con tained in the despatch referred to and 711 . 271 1 =1=fra ug ocua, stun to know how little power the government really has here, and that his character as an American citizen and official would af ford him no protection whatever, denied the authenticity of the despatch verbally, and signed a communication to that- effect, which appeared in the Bandera Eapailol of this morn ing, and a copy of which in translation I ap pend. Still, Mr. Phillips could not consider himself safe, as the feeling lgainst him was very strong; so he at once embarked on the French steamer.as stated, accompanied to the wharf by the Government Secretary and the . British Consul. isio demonstration of any kind was made. . • The Spaniards are not content with the re sult of the affair, and regret that Valmaseda WAS- not here in person, being under the im pression that be would in some , maunertare satisfied the popular desire for vengeance: Is not probable, however, that worthy would have paid any more attentionto the a iftix than slid Colonel Ojzda, his locum tentra—an amiable and harmless old gentleman. The following is a literal translation of the communication of Mr. Phillips herein re ferred to : • • - •• - eve's, March 8, 1870.,-,Genera/ Director of the Spanish Circle :—I have read with great dis pleasure in the Diario de la Marina and Voz de Cuba, of Ravana, certain disgraceful expree:' Mona, unmerited insults directed towards the Catalan Volunteers and the worth,y, , chieLs who command thern,,no lesis than to the natives of Catalonia residents of this city, whom I know in great numbers and esteem as they merit. These expressions referred to , the American Consul in tbitieity, and are attributed to me. This has caused me great vexation. Itis a. calumny, for I have not written or caused to be written such ideas; and as I am about absenting myself in order to seek explanations of this same correspondence which so much annoys me, and not having time tor more ex tended manifestations, I hope that you will persuade all those gentlemen who are ,your friends, and those of the worthy society of the Circle of my sincere appreciation and high regard._Making such use of these lines as you think proper, I take leave of, my friends, remaining, &c., , A. P. !imbues. .In the recent raid of the insurgents on the estate " Amitosis," five white :men, employiss, were Murdered. Of these one was thrown into a sugar boiler and boiled to pieces. The insurgents numbered about 200 and were com manded by a worthless mulatto nained.Maseo. They . came down from the Mogote, where they remain in considerable numbers in despite of the long campaign in that locality. which letter in town from Valmesada, in beclaims to have defeated Maximo Gomez and Modesto Diaz, with a loss of 200 men, the Spanish loss being about fifty. The action took place. near Canto, the insurgents numbering 2,000 men. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Women Protesting Against It. The folloWing memorial, signed by Mrs. M. P. Dascombe, the Principal of the ladies' de partment of Oberlin College4nroi 140 other married ladies of Lorian , county, Ohio, was read to the Legislature of that State last week : • • THE FEMALE JURY. TSsviiiriksit Letter From Reenter Sherman-. fl Wiese of the Effects of the Bill on the ataUonei Bonk Initnitlee Done. [from the Olnottinatt Cont6rotal.l March 17.-1 beg to avail my self of the use of Your paper to answer some criticising of the, bank sections of thelrunding It is claimed that it is nn_just to , compel the national banks tosecure their circulation by a deposit of the nfiw bonds. ' It is . said ,to violate the public. faithpledged to them, and nentkintit, part of their property ... This is not true, l a anyypspect • 'We have now the right to redeem their five-twenty bonds at par, with gold,' and prOpose now to exercise that, 'right. borne of the national banks hold ..the: bonds of 'Bl, and :the ten-forty bonds Which are , not. yet ,dtie. These r they have the right at any time to. withdraw, and either to Sell in the market or.holdat their Pleasure. The Funding bill advances the 'Bls above par in gold, and the batiks get the bene fit of the premium. All we require fs•that the banks, within one year, shall secure their cir culating notes with the, new , bonds, or re tire with all their property unimpaired, and gi - Ve way to new batiks who are willing, in' exchange for a most valuable franchise, to aid in redlining the interest of the public dplbt. Now, this, is clearly within the power of Congress, it is Just and right, it is for the inte rest of the national banks,and its defeat in the name of the banks would tend to overthrow the whole system. The right, to issue circu lating notes is held by the banks at the plea sure of. Congress. No lir as this franchise goes, they are "tenants at will." Congress reserved the power to change, modify or alter the system, and may withdraw at any mo ment the right to issue notes as money, which in its nature is a government franchise. Con gress cannot deprive a bank of its bonds, bills of exchange, or other property; but by the terms of the Banking act and the nature of the franchise it may withdraw the power to home circulating notes, or make subject to any conditions it may deem for the public interest. The national banks were organized to accom plish three great ob'ects J. - .to ausorn tne mate bank paper. 2. To furnish a paper circulation of a uni form value throughout the country, and con vertible into coin. '3. To furnish a market for United States bonds. The system has been a success—profitable to the banks and useful to the public. The Funding bill is based upon the supposition that they will continue to be so. It provides for withdrawing the greenbacks and giving them the entire field of circulation. It raises the gold value of their securities, and allows them to sell any of their securities and pocket the profit and premium. In return for these great benefits, we require them to buy a por tion of each of the live, four and one-half, and four per cent. bonds. Is this a hardship ? The five per cents. would to-day, if in the market, sell at par in gold. They are much more valuable than the ton-forties—uow worth ninety-seven—because they run longer and are free from income tax. The other bonds are not now par, but probably noon will be. The average rate is four and a half per cent., so that at the most, the banks will not lose over one-half of one per cent. interest on their securities, until the bonds rise to par., In ,return,they get, the great advantages conferred by this bill. They get tbe right to issue United States notes—printed, issued, protected, and guaranteed by the United States--- , to an amount equal to four-fifths of their seemities; and these they loan at to 12 per cent. Ought they to complain? It is said theyy heavy taxes. If they go into private banking, they becorne'subject to every tax now paid y na tional banks, except the tax of 1 per cent. on `circulation. The tax on denosits, stamps, pro fits, dividends, and all the State taxes, will ap ply to them as private banks.- Even the tax On circulation inures greatly to their benefit, as out of it the United States pay all tbeeaSt of printing, engraving and issuing their bills, and all the machinery of the Banking Bureau. lf, as private banks, they could hone circula ting notes, it would cost them near one-half of one per cent. As for going back to State hank notes, that is out of the question. No gent banker can hope •to renew the hetero geneous absurdity of local banknotes,od only in the State . where .issued. The truth is that banks will be relieved from burdensome Taxes only as fasfaii private' citizens are, and their aid in, the 'reducing the interest on our debt will be the strongest'argument for.the re peal of taxes that hear hardly upon all alike. I need not say to you that I- am now and al ways have been a friend of the national bank ing system. Their .matiagers; are intelligent men, and are generally willing to bear their share of the reduction of their profits, in evitable from the resumption of specie pay tuente. The movement against this essential part of the Funding bill comes not from the West; but from the very men who now have a sectional monopoly of the banking franchise, and chiefly from a gentleman who, when Comptroller of the "Currency, in viola tion of law, gave this' monopoly to the old banks of New England and New York. In my connection with this matter I wanted to be fair and just to the banks, but I wanted to secure free banking, and see that the Govern ment in the reduction of the interest would share with the banks the profits derived from, circulating notes. The, Parliament of • Great Britain, where property and caste , are en throned, did with the Bank of England pre-- cisely what we propose in the Funding bill to do with our banks, and I should regret ex ceedinglyo see our banks less ready . than the Bank of England to yield to the public good Very truly yours, Joux Snnumhx, THE NATURE OF THE lIIIUDDLE. The Associated Press despatches,of late, are doubling not only in interest but importance. The annexed may be set down as of about their value. What they give one day takes the whole of the next day to contradict. Per Atlantic cable : PARIS, March 2.3.—The city this morning is in a state of painful anxiety. A rumor is cur= rent that the Emperor's physicians have pro nounced him to be threatened with Bright's disease of the kidneys. The Bright of Kidney notoriety is not John Bright of England. A panic is beginning on the Bourse. NEw YORK, March 23.—Alderman Porpoise fell, this morning, while coming out of the "Pewter Mug." He broke his 'knee-pan and suspenders. The City Hall flag has just been dropped to half-mast. An unrequited cord wainer, should the disaster prove fatal, will mourn his departure. READING, March 23.—The barn of John Smith, in the outskirts .of this eity, was last night struck by lightning. The loss WA& a spatted bull calf and two barrels of oats. In- sued in the .New York Mutual. PARIS, March 23, 4 P. M.:—The agitation in the capital has subsided. The bulletins an nounced that what ailed the Emperor was not the malady suspected. It was merely an at tack of bilious cholic. It yielded toa dose of gin and peppermint. .. • NEW YORK, March 23.—1 t Wasn't Aldernain Porpoise who broke his leg this Morning at the Pewter Mug. It was a thief who was run ning away - insidethe Alderman's coat The flag again ficiali from the top of City Hall mast. READING. March --.—The miming struck by lightning last night wasn't struck. It wasn't Smith's barn as reported. It was Jones's grocery store. The loss is insured in the Hart ford Mutual, not the Mutual'of Now York. —Wat is the differenee between a wan with acold in his head and a pugilist? One blows his nose and the other knows his blows OUR, wnoLE comTity. ADtax A IDOLEErf: 11 1 / 1 11f AT AI f IRANI% liireadiral Mining:mei , Tnneeetita. • Nov:tett ilia - H . o6d the war And 71* they kllird teiljactlitrifffEt°rlen. After a long drought "it never rainh 'but it poure.P It was adismal day among the faithful at Albany,yesterday. 4,belongato the e.gegory of such dreadful things as the Charh%ton Con- ; verftion and the fir-t nun. ' The "liay-: toft'atrd cheese-press' 'deinee,raCy" have 'itiiten ished':the 'World. .The Upshot of their strange doings is utterly InCoMprehensible,except to. the eagacious Dutchman who got down from. hie,horpe to get on , hetter, , The latest new ring, is broken,the silk stocking?' are rumpled, the faCk-knives are demoralized, and the big In diana'of the wigwairi, like Achilles in his tent, are contemplating the field, and,like the never despliffitg britavrber; 'iv waiting for" sonic=' thingto turn up," they have-got it at last. In'brief, the gladiators from the >rural dis tricts, like Forrest a the mightyr Spartacus, have ;"wade. Rome howl." 'What paltry child's play appear the bushwhacking opera ti6llB of such light weights as Genet, and Nor ionln the Senate compared with the grand charge by the sturdy yeotnartrY yesterday along the whole line in the Assembly. It re minds us of Sheridan at the battle of ,Cedar Creek, When, getting his troops into position, he said : to them, pointing to the "Johnny Aebs," I tell you, boys,,we have got a twist on 'em that, will put us in mix camps again by sunset." The day's proceeding.' in the As sembly, as an Irish orator has described the First Napoleon, were indeed " grand, gloemy and peculiar;" or, as an enthusiastic French man said of Niagara Falls, "he is grand, ho is supaarb, he is magnifique ; by gar, I tink he is pretty good." So we may say of yesterday's doings in the Assembly. Behold the record : • Three bills—a city police bill, a eupervisor's bill and a bill for the local government of the city and (-4 - flinty of New York, all nicely cut and dried au‘i hugar coated, as compromises among our city fac tions (excepting Murphy, that is, Owen urphy, called for brevity. O'llurphy), all smoothly ordered to a third readine. amt the, our cruelly 1w as Were the, non-combatants found in the Castle of Drog heda by Cromwell, who called this proceeding "crowning mercy." In that &mons Irish song, " The Groves of Blarney," there is a pointed allusion , to this affair: But Oliver Cromwell, Ile---(bad luck to the crop -eared Seoundreli—he did her pummel, And made a breach in her battlement As the humane African women in their shanty sang over poor Mungo Park, " let us pity the poor white man," Kiernan. "Pharisy his phelinks" in 'his sorrowful "exclamation, " 'Methinks the destroying angel passed over the camp of Israel last night" Fancy the O wrath of the independent 'Murphy in his denunciation of the happy family Police bill as a thing for the benefit of "political trick siert," as a thing.~ under which 'neither life nor property will be safe." "Strike out the enacting clause," cries the fiery Burns, "and down goes the head of the bill in the basket." The bewildered Jacobs, like Marius among the ruins of Carthage, desires time to collect his scattered senses. But the corn -cutters are merciless, and the other two bills are be headed, and the scaffold' is sprinkled with sawdust, the tiunbrels roll away, and then the Molise adjourns. The country Demeccy are guilty of this terrible day's slaughter. t do they want? What do they mean: Do they want mean share of our city spells? Do they mean to upset the Governor and his posse emitatus! Is Seymour in this thing? Tliey.say that a comprehensive City Charter is what they want, and not thispiecemeal jobbery this tricky patchwork. Very- well. There is time yet for the task, but no time to waste. Albeit-- While the lamp bolds out to burn The vilest sinner may return. Ilevrits4 Milton sari, likewise ' of the lost field there is some comfort,' for though "the field be lost all is not lost." The nntemfied De inocracy still live. But they can't all be' cap tains. They must get over that trouble, or Syracuse salt - won't save them. And how foolish of Kiernan to call upon the Republicans in his distress! Itis their, game to keep up this Democratic confusion. Feehter's melon ehet Dane is au Anglicized French Teuton; but tbissorti of thing Will never do for the Demoeracyat'Altiany. They must come to gether, old ring and new rings, "jack-knives," silk stockings," "rough-and-readies" and " shadbellits," ancigoto work, first, for the interest oftlie neeple ; .seeondly, for the her-- stony of:the party,and lastly, for the division of the spoils, if they would save the State and the party, .They may save. both trpon this plan, and so fortify themselvw in this metrop olis as to Aecfire , the winning- hand 'in their next Presidential convention. Otherwise this Demoexatie Legislature will be a failure, a ludicrous failure, a thing for mockery and laughter, a ''shoo, fly,"• and the party wit' pass from it to be routed, " horse, foot an. dragoons," in our next November. election, A". Y. llerald. INVILTADOR. The Alleged Assassination conspiracy. GUAYAQUIL, Feb. 9.—Tinder this date the correspondent of the Panama Nail writes : The adyiees which I have just received from Quito enable me to . inform' you that the at tempt , to assassinate the President, Gabriel Garcia Moreno, was' no attempt at all, but a farce enacted by, the Government. ,' The Pre 'sident had instructed Imo, of, its low tools, Sambrano,, to become-intimate with Pimento!, Cornejo, and ether individuals, friends of the Liberal party, and to form with them a plan of assassination.' Unfortunately, these two latter gentlemen; confiding too much on the friendship of Sambrano, easily, fell into, the trap laid forthem. Cornejo forged the Minis ter of War, Gen, Darquia's, signature to a let ter addressed to Col. Avila, commanding the Artillery Brighdq, quartered in Guayaquil; telling him, tb make a revolution in the latter city immediately on arrival of the news of Garcia Moreno's death. Through the instru mentality of Sambrano the President obtained the lettegandt all !thek details of the plot from the same Sambrano and a Dr. Sanchez, lately of the Liberal Side; but bribed to play the part of spy with the offer of being elected Chief Surgeon in the Government Hospital in Baba hoyo. Cornejo and Plinentel were taken pri soners and tried by court-martial, which sen tenced them to death; but the magnanimity of Garcia Moreno, could not permit, this, and the sentence was changed to .ten years of public works (chain gang) for Pinientel, and seven for Cornejo. This is one of the many farces which are daily represented by Garcia Moreno and his servile foliOWers. COLOMBIA. The Plot to Seiko the President. Plizrz MA, Feb. , —According to the Panama papers, a plot has for sometime been brewing, having for Its-object the seizure of the person of the President, dead or alive, according to the sworn testimbny of those from whom the Government has derived its timely intima tion. In the depositions of Capt. Medina and Ensign Vega of the. Battalion Pichinoha, No. 8, it is set forth that overtures had been made by Seiler Vejerano for,the overthrow of the existing Government, and that,a movement was to have been triadis,on' the ight of Satur=- day last, commencing with the seizure of the President. We' understand that Messrs. Eduardo Guardia, Chiari, Russell and Lewis have already been arrested as being Env plicated in the contemplated revolution. , The would-be revolutionists had intended placing, Don Eduard4Giumaia in th* p residental obrur, with Seiler Xosii Obaldia as 'Secretary of I State, and Seiler Juan M.. Veierano af.t, matider-in-Chief of the Btate.foroes. 'MAR - • • 'Return of the 7 roops—Yeliow Fever and Drenth- - .Feaiultizsmosiha---henater lie. men-.-1 he Po:Simmer Loper. -Rio DE JANEllto,' Feb. -3.—The country, almost tired out with waiting for its returning heroes, may now rest ,content. The first de tachment of the volunteers have arrived from Paraguay. Many had begun to wonder . whether any' Braiilien troops were Coming hinne or not; and the cltunors at la.st became SO loud, and the attacks on the Government were so frequent and so severe, that the Min istry, -, loth to take upon themselves the re :-ponsibilityl of: the detention, made an of.' hcial declaration to the effect thati orders had been sentagain and again to Conde d'Eu for their return. But there can be no longer any doubt. 'nig . army is really on ,its return ; march. 'A brigade of volunteers arrived yea terday. The - Emperor and 'his suite were among the first to welcome the' returning veterans, going aboard of the steamers imme diately upon their reaching the city.; After ward he , • pensonally wa isted. in, the debarks... tion. The troops made i formal entry of the city—marching through .the principal street!, which - were - handsomely decorated with flags and crowded with people. The night proba bly will be one of' wild excitement. The thea tres will be in full blast, and the National Hymn will be sing everywhere. The resent sickness in. Rio is extraordinary. Old restdeng4re tell me that nothing like it hall - been known ehice 1851. Alinest every one is or,hatelieenatek with fever. The large- ma ! jerityofthe'eaties, r howevet, are slight,, the feverna lasting more than a day or two, but folloWed by many days 'af weakness, and, in senue,instaucee, of prostration. The sickness h most efthetie.easeais not considered yellow leveT by the physigituis. The drentb,which is also widely, complained of, is. not confined' to Alagoae, miserable as that qparter is from its effects. It is feltalso in the Provincesf Ser gipe and Plunk!, and doubtless all along the northern coast. From Sergipe we learn that the sugar plantations have been forced to stop work for want of water; end the crep t which in any event would have been small, will, now, it,is said, ,be a total Aweek since died another of the . promi nent Liberals' of. the' country, Visconde de Jequitinhonha.-•He was a Couneilor of . State and a Senator of the Empire. representing his native Province of Bahia. His lite had been • a -leng and eventful tine. andlais death,though reasonably expected on account of his ad vanced age, is another, severe blow , to the Liberal party, whose ranks bad already been Kally thinned by similar losses during the past • year. Torres Bonien has received the highest nuw her of votes cast for Senator of 'the Empire in the late election that took place in the Pro vince of Rio Grande de Norte. This will give him the first place on the triple list that must he presented . to the ,Emperor for selection. He is considered a man .of tine ability, and lately occupied the position. of President of the 'Bank of Brazil. . Even' the Brazilians themselves seem to be in the dark regarding the actual position of Lopez. They' spoke lately of crossing the Apa, and falling upon the rear of the, enemy there posted. Now, the Apa is a tributary in the extreme north of the Republic, distant in a right line say one hundred leagues from San Pedro, the central position pat Count D'Eti is reported - to have taken to direct his campaign. But Paranbos, the Minister, also speaks of the enemy retiring across the River Aguarey, whichis a tributary of the Parana in the extreme east of the Republic, distant another 100 leagues, in a right line from San Pedro. In other words, imagine a right-angled triangle, with the right angle placed at San Pedro, and the perpendicular and base lines, each measuring 100 leagiies in leugth, terminating the former at the river Apa in the north, and the latter at the river Aguarey in the east. Finally, imagine the lay pothenuse filled up with the great Sierra of Maracaju and the score or two of rivers that hour down from either side, and you will ave a very good general idea of the theatre of operations. Any one looking at the map will appreciate at once the great natural strength of Lopez's position, and understand something' of the enormous difficulties with which the. Allies have to contend. Lopez is furnished with a natural- fortress,. in .the immense mountain range of Maracaja, with its two frotita facing the foe. His moveinents are 'perfiaitly .cou eedled behind this great 'natural atirtain, and he can easily deceive the Allies, no*sliowing a stronger force in the north, and now sud denly shifting himself to the:east ;• for it Will be observed ne has.a most- important advan tage te,alwaystnove upon, lute , —The *.ortdOn' correspondents of French and Gerinah't finwilpepers concur in stating that, despite the,'atatements to the contrary made by inciiit London papers, the:gencratim prpesion in :London is that the .Pritico of Wales did not'tell all ho knew in tetifying at the Mordauut trial. THE FIN* ARTS. • On exhibition in this city are just now some rare foreign pictures e all the More , attraetive from the small • and portable 'cabinet-Size in which most of them'areainted.' At Ratios'• galleries are now niacased several exquisite works, perhaps the - ate-it pdriafit ef - whieh is the "Girl of MoreceP play ing An? tain-titut, a Souvenir' Constantinople' Chailes Brun, to pupil of Gabanel) one of , the i finer' *tite-pieces displayed, in, th 64/on' iOf , 1869. Additional. ; 'pictures ; nn o:hittition, are fi Children Bath by Meyer von Bremen ;ra Family." (very minute); by Prof( Ittenbaeh; " Cherries,!' by Desgoffb;( the great painter "of still-life: " Children With PloWers," by Otto Weber; «Infant Saviour," by Shake' " Infant btarY," by the same, and a 'wondtlitul:httle Zanlagors, abott the slie of an envelope; "An Algerian servant." Mr: tOward Moran's great subject from the Beek of Job, " Thus far shalt thou' come," &e.; ie nearly coiripleted,and will appear in agrouP of teit'paintings by this industrious artist, to be' opened by Messrs. Earle on Friday, ter an ex hibition of flvo or three days. At liaseltine's Galleries we.bserved yester_ day a fine picture by Parini, representing au oriental harem descending front their convey ance and entering a mosque. A gilded Euro pean carriage, of an obsolete pattern, remind ing one , of the age of Louis XIV., stands in a paved and shady court, and has given , outlet to a stream , of veiled figures who make a dim procession towards a private 'doorway in the- moque. The horse of Fadladeen, the cham berlain, stands in a corner. The contrast be tween the cool, shadowy foreground, and the flash of glittering light on the domes of another part of the mosque, together with the dee - Lime, rremonng — sty, shows this master's con tryl of atmospheric effect. The composition is• singular from the square forms into which it is cut, and the expressiveness of the many figures seen only in back view. Mr. Haseltine has amassed up-stairs a really wonderful Col lection of photographs, besides the unique spe cialty of the " Autotypes." There is hardly an old painting or.statue, or a modern one of any eXcellence, of which the student may not here obtain some memorandum in a photographic form:, • ,THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. =ME ( , • .M11:13j1$701f: OUR HARRISBURG LTI Startihig ji l 4elasaref-tha Rouste oppiate" iii(4) . 6'6'11144i r. 1 61 ?w5?ingri#,cnto' 041.414 jitejand the ItaihreadB44looo44r IlattrestlngtNarratlvei: ' ' titer Oprresonsiderice indisda. Lurctoiti t r , B n uotr a ILutaisnuno, . MZ rah 22 The at ofxi ' lti~Bt>>wt of the 7astLegis sitttre a:fretidea aiasV . ittniiiitif. of relief to the pteiPle,'thretigliont: the ( St4 f they believing , th a t ne ve r again ! would the State be so afflicted as'during the one hundred days prior to that event. , I.t was' reSolired that the scenes that were'enacted period should never occur ,niaitn And ~ the; Citi- 7 zens of the,Coramonwealth to'ok a snore ea. five interest' n the:primary elections, for the:' purpose of sending entirely new men, td.,`rep-,! resent them Ii the halls of the Legislature. So successful were they in that respett, that ; out of the one hundred members i 6 the Houst., sixty-five were unacqtiailited:Cvith and unskilled in the arts of legisratiOn. Ent how different now, when, at the' ozpiraiion of two short months, it has been actully demon- strated that there never was'a more rapticiene body of men on the Hill. Of course, r don't r mean to Include in this category all the mem bers ; for there are men here who deseryo the bighest'prtdse for the manner in which they have resisted the importunities of not only powerful corporations but of friends. Batt from every section of the State have emirs - 7-z 6/11.70 UpU I tie - 7 performance of their duties uninitiated• in the' mysteries of enacting laws, who no - w , haver; obtained the credit of being the ' , biggest roosters" • that have ever :.perched Harrisburg. To ' the credit of . those who sat in the last session and were ;retarned. ; to this, be it said that the noir men .};lave tin. -- immense majority in'this combination.' These.' fellows have banded together for the JIMA T corrupt purposes, and that they have not:sue, = i seeded n their nefarious and perfectly iniqui tous schemes, of, which more lave been con-, cocted and teresented than at any previoua session, has been owing to the few strictly honest men who have not hesitated in - expo sing these projects as they were introduced. This session, thus far, has shown what can be ' accomplished by a few determined men -- and that there are but .few of• this class in the Legislature is so evident -that. a member—who„ by-the-by, is one whom Phila t delphia cannot W u. ord to keep .at home neitt =-- year.the other evening remarked " thatyo - could put all the honest members in an bus, and then add more, without un comfortably Crowding the. vehicle."' "Nti , mat- . ' ter, how small in number, should they con- i tinue in the course they adopted lit the begin sing, and: which .they have followed ever, since, the. citizens of the State will have the consolaton of,, knowing that a less number of infamous measures will occupy ,a' ' placein our statute books than -has been cus-; toruary.for years past. A Startling Announeensent. • ' Your correspondent started this commtiniea- tion with the intention 'of making a startling, ' announcenient, that will electrify the whole community, but he has thus far digreatied;' feeling that he has ,I•eallaect the allegation: which was attributed to Governer Geary,, ; " That" there are men in .tint Legislature who ; have been bought and sold like eheep in; the shembles." Now to the point. The Klieester For some time past, there have beensruntont afloat that there was a " Rooster Ring" in ex istence in the House, and that coming to the. knowledge of your correspondent, he has de- ' voted considerable time in ascertaining the truth of the report. He was soon 'led to sus- pect that there was some phtusibility in ie t and, tinally, he is LOW convinced of tile fact, atilt he will proceed to narrate the vartieulara fares be has karned them : At the commerce.. went of the session, there was a "small ring fornred, composed entirely of Philadelphia members, but its life. was a short one. • Thin was known as. the " City Ring." Just , prior . to its dissolution, a number of the countey , and two or three Philadelphia members. -the latter being new men • who had been sent hither for theirstrictly honest principles—get : , together and perfected an .organization, the , object of which was to control the legislation " in'the House,and from which they would reap great pertuniary results. It at first consisted of but few, but it gradually . grew larger and.. larger, anti] the number reached about twenty, when it - was deemed "advisable. to °lose the.: d00r5.,.; There were more applicants, but •their petitit* ; !Were refused. A presiding , Officer was elected, And, it is said, but with hoW much •Ittitli is not known, that an oath Was, ,arttninistered to each member. In looking over the yeas and. nays on , portant measures, their names can be found all on the Barnet side. Frequently have aueit measures been postpotted in order that these apostates Might consult upon their, moneyed , value. Th'y have no sutih'signitla as were ' adopt( d by a similar orgitniia.tion at Albany, last winter, but have been led by their leader, a blatant indirldual,who,like a certain School Controller of Philadelphia;gets the floor upon almost every bill that is introduced. This fel low's disposition for evil is so well known that he is shunned by. all. the. respectable. men " arourd the le • islative halls, and his tieffigas so apparent temporary Ppealtet*fail to recogni 'n"htt-is desirea,f t riC 00- taining e IS•a-Min of semi Mild readiky,Sell'liis own prin... : these of his patty,. "." • 'Rank and File. . . Having disposed of the leader, it might be well to review those who follow his beck and ' call, but all that can be said of them eon be summed up in a few words, viz. They are of the most illiterate order, and are the most de- . spised wretches in Harrisburg. Their work has been chiefly confined to the Conimittee room, and to them is due the credit of tonsur ing the time of the House with the discussion of infamous local legislation when it could , have been profitably spent in considering geeeral laws. . They p ossess no feelings of hu manity, or the Crozer divorce ease, of which your correspondent proposes to speak at Au other time, would never have been presented . with a favorable recommeirdatitta to thti House all they think of is the Money With which their consciences have been bot'ght,', The Ring and the Railroad Bllli. . That this organization is no myth, wes t pad e manifest during the recent 'consideration of t. the great railroad 'project." Hardly ' had • " Speaker Strang sat down after making his powerful appeal to take up this whenu Jumped the leader of this elan, and, for a halt of an hour, regaled the Members with his roar, , sons why the measure shoulii .considered and hardly had he eat &mit, befbre' he was ',` out of his seat and among . his confreres.. Not:: - withstanding his. speech tavering the propoai- • lion, he had made arrangements fora carious of his satellites, and.to siiew:hia-ungratefuluestio ht .had already -despatched a messenger to New York to 666‘,Ifislf, Jr.,, who was to be consulted as to whether 'this measure suited hint. Think of it—a matter whielt was to de- ...1.1C; Mali= =MEI
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