~. .::~~ ( 1 .,.. • I‘ r ES;~, ;~~-~. rl~~ !GIRSON PEACOM. Editor virD DIN G INVITATFONS' v “fftigaiNi Inthu. newest and. best •tnanner. Stationer and .Fngrarer. N 0.1033 Oheatnyt stee fe2o tf ' MA WHILED. , - 1 1 1roon—w001).--=On 1.114 i 24th inetant, by Friembi' oerotanoy,Eandoloh Wood to Elizabeth 8., (laughter of florett, O. Wood. No eerie. • • • PEABODY BLACK: MOHAIR. RYRL& LANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH strode, 'IIFP ALL TRH BEST BRANDS. BLACK ALPACA MOTIAIRS, DOUBLII CHAIN ALPACA SPECIAL PIOTICES. See bizta page far additional Notices AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF FIIILLDELPHIA. Organized 1850 BOARD Olf TRW-UREA Bon. J 1113308 Poßork. Ex• Governor of Pennsylvania, Director of U. S. Mint. J. Edgar Thomson. President Pennsylvania Railroad, 233 B. Thtrd etreet. George Nugent, Gentleman, residence. Germantown. Albert O. Itoberta, Ex-President Fourth Nat. Bank. Philip H. Mlugle, Seed Merchant, 103 Market street. Ron. Alex. G. Oattell, U. S Senator. Isaac Horelhtiret. Attorney at Law.BoB Walnut strett. H. Whilldin, Merchant. 20 and 22 South Front street. enry E. Bennett. Merchant, 746 South Fourth street. George W. Hill, Sx-Pronident Seventh Nat. Batik. Jeaes . Olaghorn, President Oommerelal Nat. Bank. John Warunaker, Oak Hall Clotting House, 81$ and 820 Chestnut stpeet. THE AMERICAN fumes polishes on all deolrable Plans at low rate., and for security and promptness in writing lorries is unsurpassed by any Company In the 'United States S. E. corner Fourth and Walnut Streets. WHILLDIN, Provident JOHN S. WILSON, Sten tars. tra- Reliable men wantvd un AgentP. tnhl.4 , that° I.3tr. WALNUT - STE E ET - PRESBYT ,yxrcrx, Trminut IrrrefT, 111:10Ve Tnirtynnath West PkilatlelphlM—Ses.. Mr. and Kra. Menton, of Mount Lebanon. Syria, will addreeo the Bundarschool in the Church. To-morrow• afternoon. at 3 o'clock. The Dubin. are cordially invited to attend. It' g—s SECOND BAPTIST PRETRCii, (Nasal and Main streets. Elermastowni.—Ror. T. A. T. Banns. of Brooklyn, will preach Tminorrow at )OKA. M. and 73a P. M. It" FIFTEENTHWARD.---WATER, Water, Water.--A Meeting will be bald , THIS ea tutday N I cal T. at West and Coates streets, for the purpose of inquiring into the reasons of our failure to get water. All hands attend. It; -U.A MEETING IN BEHALF OF THE BomE FOR LITTLE IVANDIIIIERi will be held in the Yotirtli Baptist elmreli, Fifth and Button• wood streets, to-morrow, 27th inst., at IP. M. Singing' by the Little Wander , rs. It FACT AND FANCIES. —Philadelphia is being cleaned. •=A Jersey boy practiced gymnastics on a revolving bhaft in a fitetory, - with fatal results. St. Louisan has been very properly fined three dollars for calling the Judge a liar, —St. Louis has more street vagabonds than any other city on this continent. —The Legislature has dispensed with its Le w:dative Iferord,.but it. shows a disposition to go in heavily for de-Bates. —The Age calLs its coarse attack on Mrs. Lu cretia Mot* "playfultwse." Is that the Agee idea of a feu - de, Mott —lt is customary to place large quantities of Indies on tho bidewalks of Philadelphia, during Lent. is now said that the inaction of the Board of Health during the last month arose Only from a desire to avoid a scrape. —When Mr. Colfax says that intemperance is tho source of all kinds of vice, ho does not include the vice-presidency. —The great moral question which can- VI:ISM Illinois is, " How to prevent boys play-' ing marbles for keeps ?" • —Human legs are worth 518,000 a pair in - Chicago. That's what a man got fbr losing bison a railroad. t —A Frisco Italian loved a girl in vain. To squsge matters he threw her grandmother down stairs. —They have fined a Nevada "minister' I.db - for performing a mock marriage, the vic tim being a girl or twelve years. --Senator Wilson coal & not come to the Temperance meeting, last night, owing to a -carbuncle on 'the back of his neck. - They mitered him a sleeping-car, but lie said " don't reckon a car-bunk 91 suit me." —Horse-cars, at Columbus Ohio, have stoves iti them, so when they lAicreed- in get,: ring a man to pay five cents fora ride he can keep warm. The cars have carift.4 - ;Mial passengers this winter. ReportetfVtPeQ rhßtt,aTe.Alp.hiEEONlS.Balletln . (lA[ [WEN A ti —Brig II ,beAvey, Lee-330 1A1,14 40 tee roolusees J It Wilson. MARINE BULLETIN. PORT OF PRIIADRLPHIA—IRAncEt9S OP si. marincsialain nA /liticts Pa‘e - - ARRIVED THIS DAY.' :•-lennier tievada, Grumley, huura Hartford, with mdse to AV M Baird , Steamer New York, Jones, from Georgetown, with 4wlee to W P Clyde it Co. . Steamer 3 61'Shriver, Iler: 13 hours' from" Halemore, with tads° to A GroAaa. Jr. Bark Von Juste , B onhotT,44 days from London, with Indio) to Penrose, blame) , &c.' Wig H H Searcy, Lee, 10 days from Cardenas, with inolassee to Wilson. tichr Flight, Stone, 5 days from;James Rfirer,' with railroad ties to West Chester Railroad Co. Schr Maggie P Smith. Grace, ii days from Salena,with railroad ties to Albrect &Finleyy Schr Jessie 8 Clark, Clark, 10 days from Savannah. with lumber to W A Lovering. Schr Mary & Caroline. Fowler, a days from Leipsic, Del. with grain to Joe X Palmer. Rehr Marietta Steelman. Steelman, New York. Schr John Walker, Davis. Providence. Schr 1' A ilandera, Steelman. Great Egg Harbor. 'BELOW: Schre Olive Hayward and %V El-Barnes, from Rockport fur Philadelphia. CLEARED THIB DAY. Schr Thos Fish, Willey, Cardenas. Dallott A Son. . Schr WebeterKelly, Haskell. Buston,Lennuxignnagess. Seta. 'Elisabeth, Walton. Hyannis.' '3 0 Scott A suns. Seim R Florence, Rich. Portsmouth, NH. do Schr It Knight, Bartlett, Nowport, do Schr IL RR No 36, Davis,Newporti do MEMORANDA. Captain Edwards, of ship Mclnnis. hence for Ant- Worp, belore reported at Fityo I Intl inst. ili'distrose, re ports out away mizzenmast hod all guile atfaolMil to Wave the V MCI front foundering; lost nearly all , salls; bull not 'strained, and will nut hereto digehargocariru;'wOuld make temporary repairs, which would detain ship about Sour weeks. Ship Golden Gate (Br), Swinton. cleared at San Fran cisco ,yesterdayfor Liverpool, with 30,000 sacks wheat. Ship Golden Fleece, Adams, cleared at San Francisco yesterday for Hong Kong, with 9000 Mils flour and ♦O,OOO sacks n heat. Schr Jasper, Fowler, hence at St John, NB. yesterday. Sohn Ada (Br), Bel Yea• and It A Ford tlirliCarpens ter. cleared at St John, NB. yesterday for this port. Ship Margaret Poll ock, Mitchell, cleared at New Or leans 21st Mat. fur Liverpool, with 2I NS bales cotton, 'cc. Steamer Pieneer. Wakeley, hence atWilialugton; C. 4 PM yesterdaV. Steamer Yazoo, Catherine, from New Orleans for, this port, sailed from Havana yesterday morning. Steamer Fairbanks, Moore, bleared at New York yes terday fur Wilmington, NC. .. Steamer Regulator, Pennington, hence at Now York yesterday. Schre Malabar, McCarthy, and Wm Carroll, Mcßee. _from Belfast for thisport. et Newport 23d inst. Schr It A Rogers, Frambes, sailed from Fall River 2211 inst. for this port. Behr Fred Warren, Robinson, sailed from Btacksport 2,1 inst. for this port. Schr M II Reed, Cobb, sailed from New Bedford .24th Jest. for this port. Behr Mary Collins, Collins, cleared at Boston 21th ink. for Mobile. . • Sch Jrs u Raymond. Ellawortlr S J Vaughn, Vaughn; It Vanaman, iirOwer,rd Jesse Williamson, Jr. poraon, il /We() for Boston it at I !hiss' ifolo AM 211 InSt. Schr Lizzie I) mid , Tice, from Roston for Chaster, Pa. nt Hotlines'* ntol:id that. and 'sailed again ..AM 24th. Schrs Adele Trueosll,ocoan Wavo, Lizzo, D 9mall.and Freddie Walton, sailed from liolmes' Role 21th inst. , ; I r 1 •r • . • ; " q(11 Li • • v - • 4 • ••:4, .4 • I ••4•. Lf A = .11 41 v_ cs .1 7 4 • • • . 1 444 ,; • f j To, ;# , ' ; . ;;_ • ;'•..1 • ;;;' , . k , v Income 1869, $1.187,18 44 tiny and executions would Occasion in Chit} country, opts Would thought that the agent who transmitted it would have taken the trouble to have it verified. This could readily have been accomplished by telegraphing from Paris to .oherhourg, or sending a messenger to the latter place to in vestigate the report. ' But no such courses or action over seem to suggest themselves to our European news gatherers. - They transmit to th United Slates the wildest and most incongettou • • ; runtors and canards, and even after the , falsity 0 their MISNAME]) NEWN is diAtveerta, they leav e 'as in the dark until we Ore enlightened by foreign pipers. There shout'? be a reform in this nudter; and as all the publishers of American journals are alike sufferers by the blunders and carelessness of their forcigli POO collectors, they should unite ill securing and putting into effect sonic literals bil which the present cable reporters toil! exercise more cure, or be replaced try 'Ante competent men. , Just so. The ~ enterprising newspaper pub= lishorKhave '' united" in securing the services . of better men, They have joined the Ameri can Press Association, and cut the organiza tion of which .the Inquirer is; the " boss " in this city. 114ving given tt: 'single opinion of the parent sheet, we will now -,reprint 'a short etlito- rial from the Rvenin9 Telegraph, which echoes the cries of the hiquirer, and , sabtnits to ite dictation in all things, "A Great Lot of Twoddle.”, [From tho Evening Tel March 22,1666.] . Tho AthgAile ilablifinforms us e Ode caorn'- ing that the , question concerning the &gouty of the Italian clergy has been definitely set 1 13°g - us and Worthletas TVews. A FEW SAMPLES, Wl* ' COMMENTS. OPINION OP,PHILADELPHIA PAPERS. They are Convicted Out of Their Own From last year's tiles of a few of the Philter delphia papers which are in the bonds of the Associated Press we have extracted a number of editorials condemning the Associated Preis, and,complaining of the meagreness, the ri diculous character and the unreliability of the news furnished by that• New York monopoly. We have seledted but a small number from a multitude of articles abusing the Associated Press. In the Telegraph, the Press, the Inquirer and other papers, there were last year con stant complaints of the inefitclency of the New York concern; and if we chose to look back through the tiles of these sheets for the pre ceding half dozen years we could select many more of equal and greater bitterness,—enough in fact to fill this page with line type. We intend to publish one or two of these articles every day or two until the public have a pretty complete comprehension of the 6iti mation in which the Associated Press is really held by the papers whiob are now pro fessing enthusiastic adridiatlim f. ' 7t must hituiderstOod that these complaints were made at a time when the American Pram Association Was not thought of, when We were depending for the mass of our myna matter upon our ' private "correSiondents, arid when there seemed, to these tinenterpriiind journals, )30 hope. of. release .frorn their vas , i salate tet the New York - concern. The. opinions, then, at., the exirretftions of the honast con: ektione qjth'e twifertm, and, as the:Associated Press has not improved in any respect since they were written;butratiter has deteriorated, we present them now to refute the asseriion.s of the emsillence of the New York news, made by these papers now, at the bidding of their masters.. These are honest words ; the boast ; ,ful language used at this day is the hispiratiou ' of fear.' The American Press ASsociation. assuming a threatening shape, and the am nepoli, lorseeing its ruin if the ASsiniathirfis successful, id compelling its creatures to open their batteries against its enemies,. To begin with, w* will give an editorial from , the /,,quircr. We are well aware that front the whole range of newspaper literature We could not,as a general thing, select any read . ju g I:natter which would be ,ofstualler Interest to the public, or would su . Pply less entertain ment than the editorial observations of the Inquirer; but as it is the journal that controls the Associated Press in this city, and fur nishes the snuff when the Telegraph wants to sneeze, this one article has momentary value. It refers to the famous "Sabine Irloax"Perpe trated by some frolicsome middy upon the blockhead who acts as the agent of the Asso cioted Press in France. This hoax was sent to the Associated Pressi over the cable, and was published in all the newspapers beleinga. ing to that organization. We republish it.as a specimen of the etterpike Or the monopoly "Pants; August 29.—A desperate con spiracy has been discovered on board the U. S. frigr.te Sabine in the port 'of Cherbourg. Some of the crew to revenge themselves on an officer, attenipted to set.fire to the powder magazine and blow up the ship . , They had proceeded so far as to light a fuse communica ting with the magazine; when . the plot watt frustrated by a cabin boy, who discovered the burning fuse. It was found that twenty-two sailors were implicated in the plot; and they were put in irons, and seven have since been condemned to death anti hanged at the yard arm." This despatch treated some excitement, but it also excited a great deal of ridicule. The frquircr expressed our opinion very nicely, as follows : "There Should bea Ireton:a In this fiat- (Prosaic r hIl delphiaauyutrer, r ßenf.27th,iB6fl.j ; The cruel hoax of the mutiny and execution on the !United States frigate Sabine is. at length receiving , A thereughAkpbsure. There have beep denials of the story before, but they have; in . tntri, been- bcrntrzulictetiby 'counter Stato - to give in„detail the cireuin, stanees attending the revolt of the sailors ' .a.nd , their subsequent punishment. In arecent le ter froth Lieutenant-Commander ofticef attached to the Sabine; occurs: the-lot= lowing paragraph;.. "There has been a most ridiculous canard 'published, which I suppose leas ere age hclen telegraphed home—something about the dim ; covery , of ,a, conspiracy to blow op the ship, and the hanging of seven men. In 'whose fer+ tile brain this story originated I cannot imagine. pleating has occurred to give it the slightest foundation. 4 , The judgments of the cable news agents on tl4 other side of the Atlantic are proverbially at fault; Knowing the painful anxiety the publication of ouch a despatch as that of the Sabine mu- Mouths. tied. But not a word is vouchsafed concern ing thetinatinevcif settlement, and we must await advises by mail for about ten days before 'we can get .at 'the particulars.. If the mall who fixes'up the cable telegrams in Lon don bad been favored with a petty horse-race his pen would have been much more, prolific, and - a grad lot of twaddle of not the slightest. interest to the people of this country would' have been sent over the cable, regardless of expense. Strange Conduct of a 11.S.Naval Olileer 'toward the Captain of a Danish Schooner-4111s Alleged Attempt. to Ar. rest General Loperon—Corapialat of the Latter to the American Consul... Bemarbabie Proceedings. CAPP; HAYTIEN, March 12.—There has been some excitement here on account of the action of an officer of the U. S. steamer Severn, who showed much disrespect to the Danish flag in boarding by force, with armed Eden, the Danish schooner Skal. Betall, which arrived here from St. Thomas and Turk's Island * with four passengers. Shortly after her arrival, six men and an officer from the Severn came alongside and sprang on board without per mision. The officer Immediately asked the captain: What schooner is this? Captain—This is the Danish schooner Skal Br tall. Officer—Where are you frotu ? Captain—St. Thomas. Officer—Whit id yourcargci? Captain—Dry-goods. Otticer—B ow many passengers have you? Captain—Four. Officer—Do you know them? • Captain—No. Othcer—Show me your papers. The captain then brought uphis papers from the cabin, and handed them to the officer, who, after examining them, said to 'the captain-- Did you stop on your way here in any port'? Captain—Yes, Sir: in Turk's Island. _....4 Faisseligtl7ll iron there? C'aptainL-One. Officer—Who is that? Captain -A' gentreman. Ofticer—ls it not Gen. Lupero,n Captain—l don't know, Sir. Ulcer Don't you kno* him? Oaptain—l knew him once, when he was at Porto Platte. • 9Thcer—V i ery well, captain, and who is Faatin Latour? ' • '- • Captain—l believe he is a Spaniard. , Officer—What is that ?—a Spaniard with a French name? = Ho! that fellow must be up to some trick ! Who i» the other.? The patsenier referred to then 'stepped up .and i n trod uced. himself to the officer. • Officer-What: ia your name? Passenger—l give you my card. Officer—Ah! yes ; and what did you come here for? - • Passenger—What is t . hat.to you? The officer then turned to the Captain and asked him, Who is the owner of this vessel? Captain—A merchant.in St.Tboinas. Officer—Can I see your cargo.?: Captain—Yes, sir ; at the'Custom-Honse. 011icer—I would like to see .Latour and Luperon, any, how, Captain. I only came to notify yoir that-the Republic of San Domingo being under 'the- protection of the United States of Anierie . .a, should you take Luperon or any munitions of war iron], the Eastern ports, your vessel will be sunk, and' you and . yottr crew will be taken prisoners 'by-any ves el of the American Navy. He then bade the Captain good day and jumped into his boat, saying as_ he shoved off " Now, then, Capt. Osser, do you mind what I have told you.' My informant then came on shore and in formed Gen. Luperon of what had occurred, when the General immediately visited the Am'erican Censid, and asked him what right the United States had to interfere with him or the reivhatlon. The. Consul in reply said that he was not before aware of the occurrence,and that. it was nothing more than a fOrmality on the part.of the officer. Arsicm. CUITICL9II. Hew They do It In New Or losing. The Riehings opera troupeis singing in New Orleans, and the reporters and critics are so inn. ii excited that'they'are boiling over with fearful and Nrondert tr.] rhetoric. The Republi ran ,in i ts notice ofthe_performance of LtArline, has the following extraordinary remarks: The scenic appliancea of lairline are pietur. esque and romantic. IntersPersing the_ acts there are divolving views and artistic tab leaux, over which there seems to hang a rich glamour of enchantment, smacking of a , fairy talc, or haunts of nomadic genii. Tha music is rich and sweet, replete . with arias of exquisite melody, and some of the choicest gems of son -Mni. Bernard's Lur line was like Mrs: g: Bernard's everything—a skillful and finished impersonation. Her vo calization was. splendid, especially iu those modulated catlencea. is which= she gracefully glides into the pianissimo. The management have been subjected to trouble and expense in getting up the para, phernaha of this opera. The et ral cage, with its scintillating flashes, and we might add, wityout trenching ou the axtrarigant, almost kaleidoscopic coruscations, is in itself a fq‘et trceurre of artistie tastb and talent. 'file grottoes, streams, and fountains; like the nymphs, italailai—and 'the that flit through the action of the piece, are both graceful and natural. In short, reserving, us We said before, - o Ur special coinirients' on fhe solos; duets, .quartettes, quintett - es arid choruses T that interlard the opera, we have only to Urge the people,fbr their own en tertainnient.and gratitication,•to satire their seats before the curtain drops on a blended treat Of (attractive • sceneryi and , delicioul AviGANlrik The Steainer hibietesi. The North-German Ocean Observatory last year 'conCluded an'important eireniination of the courses followed by steamships between the Lfr.ard and New York. ii this purpose it made nise ofthiee hundred and'seventy-four logs, kept by the respective captains of 'eight vessels of the ; North-German Lloyd. These logs furnish exact information as to the po salon of each ship at noon on every day of its voyage, an account of the state of wind and weather, and much interesting information as to fogs, ice, the quantity of coal consumed; &c., but unfortunately (says the Noeth-Gerinan Coetespondent), they contain nothing mince; ting the pressure of the atmosphere, or the temperature of the air and sea. The practical purpose of this investigation is to discover by what route a steamship can accomplish the distance betwceuthe two points . iiy question 'eat various seasons of the year in the shortest ' —The Democratic paper at Eugene, Oregon; wails thus: -How long, 0 God, how long shall the eves of the white people of, the United States be closed to the hellish iniqui ties, of their oppressors? When will the spirit of Tell and Winkelreid rise like a Pine nix from the ashes - of our liberties, And swear on their blades; if necessary, that America shall be a-White Man's Country ?" Our own opinion is that it will be some time before those Swissgentlemen resurrect and come fool ing around here meddling with our business, This editor isn't'well, evidently. • . horse attached to .4 Minnesota', stage coach, t~bile the usual pad; last thrbw - off dile of 'its hoof's, arid bled to death in a few minutes. OUIeWHdLE COXJ*TRY:. HAYTI. .111 E EpAN DOMINGO 81311 E-3111. An Ininortant 'Phone In the Doonintean 11141 4rothnieno--131Teet of -Annexation on the.Cosban Question. ..A Washington despatch to the New York Times says : The Sall Domingo question has suddenly and unexpectedly assumed a.highly Important shape here, and to-day there has been much commotion in the foreign legations and in. Cuban circles. It has transpired that the President contemplates the acquisition of San Domingo as part of his Cuban policy, and whether it is because of some utterance of his in discussion of the subject, or from some other cause, the Cuban sympathizers aro all coming over to the support of the treaty, while in diplomatic circles there is much ex citement and a very bitter feeling against the treaty. A distinguished officer holding confidential relations to the Adminis tration said to-day: "When Grant moved his army on the flank of Itichmond,the enemy left that position. When he moves the power of this Government on the flank of Cuba, the Spaniards will leave that position." These de velopments have given the Cubans much OZ couragement, and they are urging their friends in the Senate to its support. Advises received here to-day from Havana state that the feeling there against the treat y is very bit liei both among the Spaniards and volunteers, so bitter indeed, that the American Consul cautioned'the bearer of despatches from San Domingo not to let the fact be known for fear' of personal violence. 81100 TING NIAGARA. Wants to go Over Niagara Falls Im a feat, (From the Buffalo Commercial, of March 18th.) The following elegant epistle, addressed "To the Mair of the Sitey of Buferow," has been placed in our hands, and we hasten to lay it before the public, not alone as a rare " curiosity of literature," but, also on account of a promise it gives of another of those " • and entertainments" at thw Fulls _Atl that Is iiiiqed to insure the exhibition is the putting up of the insignificant sum mentioned, and we bone the gentleman who made' the offer will " ante," without delay. It is hardly necessary for us to remark that the letter is given verbatim et literatim. "Locust RIDGE, March 6th, 1870.—Deer Sir as i have read sum time aGo aßout the of thirty thousend Dolers ofered to eney man that would Go over the falls of niagara i have a man now that will Go over if the Chanes is yet to Be had in a Boat said to Beta fut thick plese anser me soon and i will meat all Charges am going to travel west in a BBout thre weeks audit that Chanes is to be had we will Com that way yourb truley "George Eschenbach "Direct to George Eschenbach Genic:Ls Boro Po-Luzern County Pa "this Mans name is Peter Drum i have to send this letter to the postothee and i am out otstamps So you Can rite soon and let me now all a bout it and also your Charge please Excuse my pensels mark as ink is Cairs in Camp at the present time." TBE LADY or THE KEY. A Queer French Story. One of the Paris journalS announces the death, at Versailles, of a Russian lady who appeared in the drawing-rooms of Paris in 1848 and 1849 4 and svas nicknamed the "Dame •i la Clef." She (lied; aged forty-five, in the mast complete solitude. It is said that her husband, who was muck:colder than she, came to see ber fora week or two every nix months, and went away again no one knew whither. All was mysterious about this Lady of the Key. Last month the husband did not return as usual, but a letter came announcing his death. The widow survived him afew days only, and it is sup posed she allotted herself to die of hunger. Whether, true or not, this was the story that was whispered about her when she appeared in Paris, yours g and beautiful, more than at ieOre ago. It It said that her husband our- Iprised ner 'Da little conntrY house which he ' possessed near Moscow at themoinent she was bastily shutting Scimeboby up in a wardrobe. A servant bad betrayed her. The Muscovite Othello turned the key twice in the ward robe, took it out, then told his wife to follow him. A travelling britzska stood a few paces from the villa. More dead than alive, the un happy women'obeyed_ When the husband had'placed.her in the carriage, and given an order in a IoW voice to the coachman,- " Keep thiS key," he said to his wife ; " I have forgot ten something and will return," and then went back lo .the louse. 'He returned according to his promise but as the carriage descended the hill - theihior woman sets. the -flames is sning from the Windows of the country house anti taking full possession of 'it: She fainted .away, and, "on regaining her senses, perceived . that agold chain was riveted round her neck, to Which tliol.keY of the wardrobe was at tached,' She 'wished to kill herself, bet her husband.tbreatimed her that if she committed suicide be would reveal her .misconduct. and golfer:her and her family with dishenor. She was, , therefore, , eondenined to , live, and her strhhge neckhice excited much curiosity in Paris. At last her tyrant allowed her to retire into a quiet: retreat on the express stipu lation, that slieweeld not .atterapt to destroy herself during biti lifetime. His death released her froth, this . condin on; and she had languished for More than twenty years; 'having the wit-. now of her guilt always 'before her eyes: It is a curious Story ; we wonder whether it is true JOURNALISM( IN THE WEST. ' ' tug a Newspaper ,under Dltlieal tiesj The.followieg curion.s editorial announce inent appears in the White Dino Daily News, e'Vada paper,, of March 14 Arormott 4 r - ic.---At the preSent writing -we aroila the inidst.of the most terrific storm we .ever experienced anywhere. The atmosphere is not intensely cold, but it curls about with iF rapidity. variety • .and industry not at all obarmingi. , ', The tin roof .of the office has, gone :off , entire,. and all bands are at work without Shelter. The gale is so : territio that repairs _cannot be wade, and we are compelled to freeze it out, praying. for an 'early 'subsidence 'of,the storm. Under, the .eircumstanees, it is, necessary to crave the in- Aulgench . e of our friends with the 'deficiencies in this issue of the Daily .:Vett'S. Every man is in his place all licliistriously working in the cold', laboring to bring out some' sort of publication,.to•keep up the proper (tally ap• .-pearance." -I•:nglish pa,perS announce the death •of Samuel Bailey, at his residence, Norburv, near Sheffield; in his. seventy-ninth year. lie was ac banker by profession, but he wag the anther of Several books on philosophical, po. litie,al and financial subjects, as well as ot, curious - volume on Shakespeare, in which he proposed some very funny readings; for ex. stple; he'would read: ---take arms against the s , •a. of troubles, • And by al poiknard end them? „ for the ivell.known dines in Hamlet's soliloquy. He will be less •remembered by, his books, boTsTver, than by a legacy of 5400,000 made to the city of Shefiield. —" A Walla Indian, residing near Jenny Lind, sickened recently," says the Calaveras (Oa) Chronicle, " ,and, notwithstanding the efforts of the medicine mail,' took biS de_par ture 'for the happy' bunting:grounds. Mt. Lo,' overwhehnect with'grief and sorrow by her irreparable loss, put• an end to her con sumption of acorns, by the aPPlicatian of a dose of shotgun.,heYwere both, burned upon the same pyre, , a nd 16t, tui hope that their re united spirits now ,inhabit part Which the brthrfe cannot shirk his part of the work." VIT'Y BULLETIN. Cnownait.--The air of this mom ing, like a•hall-bolled parsnip, is rather raw. The Spruce Street Baptist .Church ' has chosen,as successor to Dr. J. Wheaton Smith, the Rey. Ruins 8; Kelsey, from Light Street Church, in Baltimore. Mr. Kelsey it young. As he loves hard work, Spruce Street Church will precisely snit him. Before.going to Balti more he, did duty for Wome months as Superin tendent of the Little Wanderers' Home, in this city. The heading " Country Board" is beginning to reappear in the papers. To many people it is suggestive- only of hard beds, hot rooms, unneatness, frying-pans and unsugared pies. The Neckers produce radishes in 16 days after the seed sprouts above the ground. Twice within two months past the church of Rev. John Chambers, Broad and Sansom streets, has been entered by burglars. The last occasion was during Thursday night. As to-morrow will be communion Sunday at that place of worship, the idea that the thieves were prompted by a desire to get the com munion plate may be scored down as very probable. On neither occasion did they realize a dollars worth. The safe yesterday was found "jimmied" open and its contents strewed about the floor. The. use of bird boxes is becoming so general that manufacturers are making them of cast iron. Some of the designs are very beautiful. In that shape they become permanent fixtures, harmoniously adaptable to the nrchltecture of buildings whose surroundings they embellish. The glove-makers in Paris are achieving wonders in the way of intensity of coloring. They last year gave 'to gloves, for ladies, a vivid green. The green previously attained was the'green of the olive or the sea. They, this season, send us gloves of as bright a scar let as that which marks the breast of the oriole. - Several other tints are shown in the gloves of the season not previously seen. Old horses ought to be driven only by. old people. The man whose bonesare aching_ situ Z very apt to sympathize with the twinges in the sciatic nerve of the horse that be drives. For this reason we never see an aged quadruped come into the possession of a gentleman who feels the ef fects of the wind' upon his tibia and .fibia r without-congratulating the'Rosenante "upon who's got him." The Belgian pavement at Twenty-first and Walnut streets is in a bad way. It. is caving in. For whom this cuts out a job of work re mains to he seen. Billiard halls that used to cost a dollar and:a half each, now cost six. If our friends, the elephants, should read this item with savage joy, nobody could blame them. To the per son who can rind a substitute material for billiard balls possessing the elasticity of. ivory, his fortune is within easy reach. S. IEIZTIRE OF A VINEGAR I`7.ACTORY.- Premises .Ne. &08 Callowhill street, are occu pied on the ground-floor by a trimming store, •and also by a depot for the sale of dour. The cellar includes the subterranean.portion -of both the stores. Its occupant, Mr. F. Strick.er, is a gentleman of German extraction. He professes to carry' on the manufacture of • white wine winegar." That he did so, in ...part, was eyidently the case. A revenueollicer exploring an alley-way in the darkness of last night found. himself in front of an opened basement window. From.it reeking . . fumes ascendedabove' the sidewalk.' The - nose of the officer in question is leathery and full blown. It bad been educated to the unerring perception of the alcoholic aroma that sends its poison into the air from the stills in which people •manufacture molasses whisky. He re ported matters to Deputy Collector ex-Chief of Detectives John Lamon. Our reporter this morning accompanied Mr. Lamon to the premises in question. The revenue officers, Mr.Lamon and our reporter made up a pic turesque party. The party moved from Fifth and Chestnut streets to the premises in question. Thu latter adjoin that time-honored tavern known as the White Horse Hotel. The party smelled the odor of whisky, though the still that they afterwards found in operation was far to the rear. From this the inference comes in that oilfactories can as well be educated up to con cert pitch as either the sensibiltsies oy .the nerves. The visitors knocked at the door. They were admitted by Mr.Strieker. in person. The place was as dark as Erebus. It reminded us of a blind African, at midnight, in a win dowless cellar, endeavoring to capture a black The tallow-dip borne by the . person-fulnait ting us visitors lit up the premises in it man ner that only, increased the,,visibiliry of the darkness. The front portion of the cellar was tilled with casks of vinegar. - A partition kiti divided the premises into two- parts. Mr. Stricker's idea was that his visitors were. in pursnit of- vinegar. , : When, they persisted in entering the, penetralia behind, the wooden screen, be exhibited symptoms of decided nervonsness. The oflicers pressed pa.4t him.' They found a tine copper " balloon"-still in active - oljera tion distilling whisky froth . a mixture •ot the scrapings of a sugar -house floor. Part of the product was being madeinto " bay rum." in times gone by this delightful i cosmetic was dis tilled n St. Thomas, - W.1., from the leaves Of the bay tree. It is now made from the oil gf bay, and,froth such Whisky as the revenue authorities ;MS morning seized in the cellar Of No. r,OB Callowhill street: ' The authorities seized the entire, premises. Their contents included seventeen hogsheads of vinegar, a number of barrels of whisky,and Cum of superfine bay ruin. The material out of which the whole was manufactured seems to have been literally the solid offal of the sugar-house. The pyoprietor,Mr.Strieker, was rOlllO personally inhaling the poisonous breath exhaledtrom the bubbling copper. The premises 'were closed) by the officers, and Mr. Lamon went away with its 'keys. The penalty.to the occupants will be the eon tiscatiorof its contents. StAmro m millOuS g Lopuis. —During last night 113 persons were accommodated' with lodgings in the Fifth District Police station. The officers of the Third District station haVe determined to stop ,the overcrowding .of the cells of their station-house with" ]edgers, It will be ".remembered that for more than a month paSt upwards of "a hundred per - Sons have lodged nightly in this building, notWith standing,it was, very poorly ventilated and dangerous to health. The structure has re cently been greatly improved, and better ac commodatious have been, made for lodgers. Last night there was another heavy rush of people to Occupy the "soft side of a plank." The officers refused admission . to many, but the refUsal was not listened to, and.there was wgreat scramble to get in the dOorway. There was yelling,, pushing and palling, and, in fact, a riot in.neimature. The pollee mere were, compelled to draw their clubs and drive back the crowd. .The, latter left, and no doubt sought sleeping-placeS in other station-heuses. In the Third District only nineteen .were ad mitted. A HAiipso3iz •AFFAIn.--itesolutions com plimentary to St. John's Commaiidery, No. 4, K. T., passed z by the Grand Commandery of the State of New 'Jersey, - haVe been hand somely engrossed and framed„and are now On 'exhibition at the store ot•Jobn, Thornley, No. '503 Chestnut street. The frame is gilt, and is most elaborately l ornamented. It is,perhaps, tbe,most massive one of the kintl,•ever made. All of Abe emblems of the KnightS Templar Order are .prominentlY displayed, and castles deeniated with' banners, and . guarded by Knights in full iirmor,'stand'ont in bold relief. This beautiful ••testimonial • will be highly Prized by , :tho. members- 'of:St, irohn's Com mandery. MEE= t. FEMERSTON. PnbiiB6. • ArruNtrrenßennEittits.-Aast night; .libia lit eleven, o'clock, two Men attempted to er.iter McAleer's grocery store, southwest cornerAf Fifteenth and'Montrose streets. A. lock was forced from a shutter, and then the thieves were frioo ell f,' dOM , . About muting* an attempt was rootlet(' rob file store of Charles A. Parker, No. 2604 Ells woith street ' The iron screen of. the Windotr was pried op; and the. large glass was brokaa. Mr. Parker heard the noise and raised an alarin. The police relief squad *as in the neighborhood, and rushed to the place; bet before the policemen arrived, the thieves luild escaped.' The dwelling of Mr. Philip 4a) Franklin street, was entered by; forcing e. open a front shutter about half-past ; , two o'clock this . morning. A polieetnan aroused Mr. Lauber and •informed him that the shut ter was open.. Mr. Lauber went down. to the parlor and lit the gas. There he discovered ,a ratan in the room.• Re called the poliCeman in, but in. the meantime the fellow passed through . the dining-room into the kitchen, and thence out of the back door. ITT i ORTALITY.—The nuntber of inter , ments in the city for the week ending at noon to-day was 362,against 279 the same neridd. last year. Of he whole number 180 were adults and 173 children -80 being under one year of age • 196 were males; 166 females; F.B ooys, and i?. girls. - . . ' The number of deaths in each Ward was:, First , 9 16 1 Ixteenth.....- ........ ............14 Seco= 16 itieventeenth .. 17 Third ' 6.Einhteenth 19 Fourth.- IfeNtneteenth '.221 Fifth 91'Twontleth 4 1 Sixth. ' tnTwenty-liret ' 9 Ei§e,venth 2; Tareoty-second .. ;6 ghth 7 'Twenty-thitLi . . ......... -...... 6 Ninth. 1 6,T went7 -7 • 1 17th . --Al Tenth llTwenty-fifth T enth Twelfth 4 iTwenty - stxth IT Thirteenth 6 :Twenty-seventh 21 11 Twenty-eighth ,5 Fourteenth 121uuknown .JI Fifteenth —...... ... . . .... 25( The principalcauses of, death. weret-- 4 ----- Fl.y.xia, 4 - ; apopleky, 2 ; cancer,s ; congest ion of the brain, 6; congestion of the Things, 7; consumption, 54; convulsions. 19; dropsy, 10; disease of the heart , 12; debility, 18; scaript fever;°:36; typhoid lever, 20'; indatualation of the brain, 8 ; intlatnmation of the lungs, '2B; inarasmus, 15. ) Brlu uw tig in the ~neighbelih ood. of Nineteenth :and.Spriice was-entered by forcing open a hack shtitter a fest nights ago. The burglars numbered five: They ran sacked the house, and Ainally entered the Second:story front room, where the gentleman of the house was sleeping. There they goe'a gold watch. . A slight noise' aroused : the sleeper. He jumped ;out of: bed, ran- to the entry, and saw the five men going out of ,a back door. He raised a window, revoliter in band; but by this time the thieves - bad scaled a back fence and escaped. 'ln addition to the watch they got silverware valued at :3400. ON PHIS ONRIL ASSAULTS ANOTHER.— Matthew O'Rourke, 'who was committed' by Recorder ,Givin yesterday upon. two charges of assault and battery, was placed in acellat the Central Station to await the prison. van to convey him to 3loyamensing. In the' same cell there happened to be a man committed for drunkenness. , O'Rourke, who seems, to baVe had a great propensity for boating 'pea,- pie, attacked this man; and beat and kicked him in an outrageous manner. This morning he was taken before Ald. Kerr and was placed under it;00 additional hail fnr this , ..,E4MISME.D-1. p1'5):,,,,i4u01.1' against the Jager brewer Manz, as reported by 113 ,risteer— (lay, was to-day abandoned by Commissioner Philips. The charge of using a second. time a number of United States revenue staints upon the casks that he sent out .was not sus tained. 11 - ad the Commissioner the authority to hear evidence on both sides, and then ,to strike an equitable balance, t'the expens'es of the United States Court would Very materially be decreased. ANE: N EXCELLENT ArrotterireTr.-7•Alexander P. Colesber7, Esq„ the new Harbor Master. has selected as one' of his deputieS M. G. G. Claiborne, who, for several years past; his satisfactorily discharged the ditties of freight agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at the Christian street dePot, Mr. Claiborne is well known to the busineSs gerornunitkitaad will make a very efficient officer. HonsE ROJIBERV--The dwelling of Hunter, No. 1429 Ontario Street, was entered through a back door aliont four o'cloCk yestei day afternoon, while the , fancily was a bsent. The house was completely ransacked, and he thieves carried 'Off a watch and soiree jewelry and silver coin:: • • • • Pnentorrtn.—The Park Vointnissioneis -to day passed a resolution prohibiting ,the of the steamer:4 of the.Grood Intpr i t and 1 - temp-- lute - Fire 'Companies, 'which 'Was annonneed• to take place on Monday' next. TIM , Itfityhr also addressed it letter to the coinpani, qp normcing his disappro vat of the proposed trial. '.AST Ditly6m.---A. L. Vale and S: ..1 1 44„ *lib It-ere driVinga couple of fast nags, 'itl-- difigedin a little bit 61 racing, on Vine- strung near Eighth, yesterday afternoon. They were arrested, and at the request of Alderman Mas sey forked over the banal fine of fit-e OWNER WANTEIL-A cheese, weighinel pounds, wa.s picked up in front of the'Dela ware Harbor Police Station yesterilay.. Smith says that his men are particularly load of cheese; and there will be none left. irthe owner does not.call soon. • • • !, PASSE - 1 , 14;ER RAILWAY Accinnwr.---aliarlos .Mannitig,aged nine years,bad his foot crushed by a tia.ssenger railway ear, at Nineteenth acid Buttonwood streets, yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Pennsylvania; WATE it,—The --- aiizens. of. Atio. Fiftbeitit Ward will hold a,rneeting at,West and 'Co4t,ft+ streets this evening, in reference to., tile scarcity of water in that section of thd . .eityl CRUELTY TO AN IMA LS.—John Hloi{li*r~ IA carter, was. arrested, yesterday, for . orneitYlo Lis nude. He was held, in t',loo .bail Diver Constable `',Tolin Curley this morning reported a large:nruntitiw of streets in the lower part Of the city' as; be ing in a very dirty condition. OeEN HOUSES.—In the First Police. District five 'houses were found unfitstened during 44t. night. f 4 .~'A in rot THE SiiiTEßFNC.L—Atithe Academy of Mu e, on Monday evening, for the benefit of the sufferers by the late:tire at the German Theatre, an operatic and dramatic perform ance by the German Company, and a Veen) and instrumental concert, .by the Germania, Orchestra, anger ldannerchor, Siituterbutut and Quartette Club will bp given. The eq,u cert programnie is well arranged, and - Pre - dein, the music by Weber, wilt eenstitater ,, the dramatic and,opera,tio entert4timent- Tit pi confectionery HI an ifatc thriad , by . Iqesfiits. Stephen F. Whitman &, Sonoqutioirf k it ; c or p or of Twelfth and 3fprltet streets, : are ,peoulia,liy, adapted to all select occasions . ' They ate 'tfuto most acceptable and apptoprlnte • Preitenla which can he selected, anti never: ,tall con,fer , pleasure-and gratification upon those whO xe- Ceire them. , • J. 1, .1.1.'N(15.11.F.Y, or, the Contieeutill,,,livo -1101.111C0i 'BURNETT'S " COtOGNE WATiffe. rieri o to any "(ir'errnan."- So do loony .others. W.P. H. Covert, or the News Ex,oh4ege,'Vorb. tineutal Hotel, h. 9, it for, stile. TITE WOMitirfill filie 6 oB,B or aulin' p6rta , "This a Brothers" cigars understood by. 'Os call at their factory, No ) , '1344.• OtiOstntit , street. - , • r r r , • r. rr .; . rki.l i I i i i 141
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