GIBSON PEACOCK. Mtar. VOLUME XXIV-NO. 1. XirEDDINO CARDS, INVITATIONS Jf to Parties, *o. New style*. MASON A 00., SOT Chestnut street. doMfrow tfS DIED. CHEW.—On Friday, the Bth Inst., at Trenton, N. J., jnljn (Inow, la tlie 62d year of hi. age. The fiineial serrlcoe will be bold at hie late roaidence, 2f6 South Warren etreet, Trenton, thU (Monday! after aeon, at 4 o'clock. Intoraiontat Philadelphia, on Tues day morning, 12th in.t. Carrlagea will be In waiting on of tho 9.48 train »t Kensington Depot. , .'CUNNINGHAM..—On Sunday morning, the lOthlnst., of pneumonia. Nellie, aecond daughter efwlnthrop and •Martha, Cunningham, aged nineteen year;. Ss DeWITT.—In Harrlabnrff.on Friday afternoon, April Wh, Mary Wallace, youngeat daughter of. the lato Her., Dr. William R. and Mary E. Ik-Witt. HANO.~On tho 11th inat, Simon Bane, aged 82 years, Tine notice of the funeral will he given. KELLY —At Magnolia, Florida, April SthjOhailea V.Kelly. Jr., aonoOlev, 6harle« V. Kelly,of_( hlcago RHOADS.—Suddenly, on the 9th Inat., Mr*. Elizabeth «. Bboads, wife of William Rhoads, and daughter of relate William and MallDda Coulaton, in tho Mth year ' The relatives and frlenda of the family are respectfully invited to attend tho funeral, from her late residence, Not 1222 North Twelfth street, on Tueaday morning, 12th inst , nth o'clock. h, "• , . , TOWNSEND.—On Flrrt day morning, 10th iaatapt, Mnry F. Townsend, in the «Bth year of her age. Funeral from tho rcaldence of her eon, Henry Town: tend. No. 1814 Vine etreet, oa Third-day afternoon, the 12tli lnet.,ot.Hn’clock. * „ BLACK SICKS. d>l fDA GOOB ENOUGH FOR DRESSES/-' ffll 82 BLAtIK SILKS. 82 K These are the eame aa tho . . ~ .... Last Two Lota. - KVBE at L.bNGKLL. Fourth and Arch.' SPECIAL NOTICES. OUR SPRING TRADE FULLY OPENED AND WE ARE OFFERING A HIGHER GRADE Beady-Made Timn 3i be found In any other establUbm-ut ia PUIUBELPfIU. .JOHN WANAMAKER, 818 aud 820 Chestnut Bt. ntl-'in'-n who prefer Clethisg tnsdo to order are hn u<*d to out Cu»iom.l>cparlm''nt. where they will find all tbe i.ewr-%t ftj>ri:ur Fabric* and Fashions, und Cutters of tnssurpsjwd •kill to execute their order* KF ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, ,1023 OHESTNUT Street. SHEiaiDAII’S BIDE, GREAT LIFK-3IZE PAINTING, by tin* Poet-Artist, T. BUCHANAN READ. SEVENTH WEEK OF THE EXHIBITION. THE INTEREST INCREASING. THE POEM REAR TWICE A DAY. M JOSEPHINE WARREN will rvciteeacb day. at 4 V. >l. ami 9 P. >!,. in front of the canvass, the IWra of *• SHERIDAN'S RIDE ’' Chrotnoa of the Painting *20x23 inches), $l9. ADM15510N.*..,,™........*.-. * —. 25 CENTS. Including the entire valuable collection of the Academy. 0;w*o fiom 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.. and from 7>» to 10 P. M. wpll tf ITS* ACADEMY OF MUSIC. THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES. Si'PPIEtCENTARY LECTURE, BY MISS OLIVE LOGAN, ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL IS, Subject (by request 44 GIBLS.” XiClr Girls, Blf Girls. Ugly Girl*, Pretty Girls, Yankee Girls Western Girls, the G.tJ of the Period, 1 wdh a glance at the Coming Girl. Admission,iOcenU. Reserved Beats, 23 cent® extra. Tickefsforeale at Gould’s Piano Rooms, 921 Cbestnnt vtroet. Doom opt'u at 2 o'clock, P. M. Lecture at 3 P. 31. CAUL SEITZ’S PATSLOIt ORCHESTRA Wilt j*>rfonu choice musical selections previous to the Lecture. _ apll-tfi j£p» SENATOR REVELS AT HORTICULTURAL HALL, ON THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 11 smiicor-" the tress.” AiljJliSli'tU........ Reserved beats. Kwrved Scats for gale at Gould’s Piano Room*, 023 Chestnut street. Doors ojvn at 7*4. Lecture at 3. tip 11 tf NOTICE.—-A MEETING OF THE SteckhobhirsofTH*: PHILADELPHIA TRUST, SAKE DEPOSIT AND INSURANCE COMPANY will toe behi on THIJJiSDAY. April 2Utt» UO.at 11 o'clock A. !Mat the Ottioi.ol the Company, No. 421 CHESTNUT street, in the city of Philadelphia, to take action upon the Supplement to the Charter of the Company, ap proved March 16. 1870, entitled “ A Supplement to an net to incorporate* The Philadelphia TVujt, Safe. Dtpoutand Insurants Company of ike city of Philadelphia,' ap proved the fifteenth day of April, Anuo Domini one thousand eight hundred and Mxty-nine, defining and ex tending the Trust powers of raid Company, and making and establishing certain new provisions ami regulations a.** to the officers and Directors thereof.” By order of the Board of Director*. li. P.McCULLAOII, Secretary. ap7-th m4trp§ Aran, 7th, 1370; ifTS* THE WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE H-eX of SCIENCE, corner of Soventeenth aud Moot Sornery avenue. The Spring flour** of Lecture will* coinni«uco April 11th, at 7V, o'clock, and be continued *»vt*ry ovcniiur, on the following subjects : MONDAY,7H o'clock, Chemistry, Prof. DEALE. M. P. TUESDAY,7S o'clock. Paleontology, Prof. WAGNER. ■WEDNESDAY,7>» o’clock, Anatomy and Physiology', Prof. TOWNSEND, M.P. ** THURSDAY. 7>5 o’clock,Botany,Prof. MINICII.M. P. FRIDAY, 7S o'clock, Natural Philosophy, Prof. MILLS, M. I). SATURDAY, 7>i o’clock, Elocution, Prof. SHOE- MAKER. All are are invited. Admission free. The best inode of approach is by the Fifteenth street cars to Columbia avenue, aud roturuby same reute. ap92t rp§ IKS* PENNSYLVANIA HQSPITAL. ~ PHII.AI>ELI*HIA,RhMo., lltb. WTO. The Annual Election of Managers and Treasurer, by tbo Contributors ol this Charity, will be hold pursuant to law, ut the Hospital, on South Eighth street, on the 2d proximo, at 3o f clock P.*M. WISTAR MORRIS. Secretary. PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, PHILADELPHIA, 3d mo., 23th,1870.—At a stated meeting of tho hoard of Managers, held this day, it was “ Resolved, That the question., tpAuse. ££> and 934 Market st. BTJISTS WARRANTED GARDEN' «3t-SEEDS. > The set'll# wo offer are exclusively thona or our owe, LTowtb' and will bo fouiid far iaperiorwtboae generally eo!*J bv dealers. Market gardeners and private families, to whom re liable Deeds an* of the utmost importance, should obtain thtir tfupplif* from = mnsrs seed warehouse, _ 922 and 92i Market street, above Kinth. Callor send for Buist r s Garden Manuni ami Price List for 1870, which contains ia> pages of useful information Ui country residents. : 4 1 > tnhl7-liurpf LEGAL NOTICES. TN’ THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR THE if PKlliufciphi*.—Estate ,>f.TO»N Hhereby gir-a that MAItTIIA £. SPRINGER, ttideir of raid dooednit, bar htet In the uhl Court her petition.with an «ppr»i-e -ment of the personal property ahe elects to retain nnder the ret of Assembly of April Hth, ISS?, and its eUpple nunts, and tUi the tame will be approved by the Court on SATURDAY , April Z3, Green, from Liverpool March 30 via Queenstown 31st, at New York yesterday, baslUO passengers. Burk Argonaut (NG), SttH»ngrufe, hence for Bremen, whs BBobon lith ult. no lat, lou 70. Bark Atlantic, Jacobson, cleared at Liverpool 28th ult. for this port. Brig J Blckmore,. Henley, sailed from GardettaaK 2d Inst, for this port. ./ ins\ T *for this port^ ® arr#t ’ I ro . m Ci?nfuegos Ist o Brig Frontier, Morgan, at Havana 25th ultimo from feierra Morenu, and sailed 29tfc for this port. ochr Mary D Haskell, Barbor, hence at MatanzuS 29th nit. Schr Ovsen-, Walsh, cleared at St John, NB. Sth inst. for this port, ■ ~ ■. j . . , * . MARINE MISCELLANY. A despatch to the underwriters savs tho brig Manlius, before reported ashore off Clarke’s Point,Delaware Bay! wiw hoveoff yesterday by E J Morris, of Lewes. Del. and 16 now at Mahon’aDitch, waiting tow: her hull is in good condition. > “ Brig Iza. at this port yesterday from Sagua* reports, 6th ni»t. off Little Bahatqas. experi.Dccd a severe sale from N to BE, with heavy rolling sea; shitted earso and Steve IB JM hhils between decks. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1870. MIE NEGRO TOTE IN MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC STUPIDITY Opinions of the Democrat io Press The action of the Democratic State Central Coinir)Jtt66 of Maryland, in recommending that the Fifteenth Amendment be quietly sub mitted to in Maryand, does not meet the ap; probation of all tbejournals of the Democratic party—quite a difference of opinion bring ex pressed upon the subject. We give below ex tracts from a few of the Democratic sheets: lf» Conciliation of the New Voter. ' , The Salisbury Eastern Shoreman bitterly as sails those Democrats who are endeavoring “ to conciliate the negro element and secure its votes to the Democratic party.” It says: ‘ “ We can hardly discuss thissubject with that patience which might properly be expected of us hyjonr eotemporaries throughout the State. ” c ore unalterably opposed to any policy " bicli compromises manhood, justice anu right. In 31dryland—-of every other - State south of Mason’s and Dixon’s line—there is Jess necessity, if necessity for such a thing exists at all, for our prostrating ourselves as .willing victims.before the Radical Juggernaut about to be dragged across our borders, f e should not hasten to crush our bodies and damn out souls in token of onr terror, orm hope of securing favor from the hideous idol— powerless for good or harm If we stand by as unbelievers instead of falling down as super stitious, false or pretended devotees. * ' jf • “ We cannot, if we would, propitiate the ne gTO voto, and the effort to do so at the first election under the Amendment will only add humiliation to failure in the attempt. We do not want the negro vote. « , * * # “We want no policj'-dodges,no time-serving resorts. We want the State to be true to it self and the traditions of the past. Our cause is just, our principles pure and upright, and if we show the manliness to maintain them we will assuredly and perpetually triumph. At tempts to conciliate are only evidences of weakness—confessions of terror in the presence of mere threats. Dowd With the Amendment. The Westminster Democratic Advocate sug gests the following solution of the dittieulty tbe Democracy finds itself in at present : “There is but one sentiment in the Demo cratic party, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Bt. Lawrence to the Rio Grande, touching tbFso-called Fifteenth Amendment, and that is, that it is no amendment at all, but utterly void and of no effect,rightfully and con stitutionally, in law. It may be enforced for a brief time by a usurping and despised Con gress, but it cannot stand. Expunge is the wordr-the key-note—of the Democracy, i hrough the length and breadth of the land. But that would be revolutionary, exclaims some Republican. No Republican should raise an objection like this, since the course of that party has heeu marked by revolution for the last decade. Besides, it is the rightful reeort of freemen, when all other means have tailed.” ' ' ... •‘Cussed Yankees” and "Igooisnt Se- groee.” ‘ The' CentreviHft Observer ftdvisos’ concilia tion. After denouncing the Republicans in t'ongTess.as “scoundrels,” and the Amend ment as illegal, etc., it says: ‘•Prudence being the better part of valor, it would be well for us to act the part of pru dence and endeavor to act well our part in our new situation. To fret and fame, nul and swear at the ‘cussed Yankees * and the ‘ig norant negroes’ will only put ui farther from relieving the nation of the infernal set who now ride on the topmost wave offhe political sea. We have resorted to this means enough already, without accomplishing anv good re sults. We must now divest oarselves of our thinking and swearing garments and assume the rule of men who battle for their dearest rights wheij they are being infringed:” ’ 1 '‘While M»b‘s Party r. . The BiiiaXf Intelligencer says" that the Demo cratic party of Maryland must continue to be “ a party of white ’men,” exclusively, and argues: “The attitude of the Democratic paHv to ward r the hewly-tnfhuichised Is oije‘ that Should be 1 understood Oleairly from the be ginning. It is of no practical use to canvas with bated breath and timid utterances the question of what conrse to adopt in this matter, as beipg politic or the Reverse. It is light and-proper for the - negro 'to know at once, and for all, that he can never expect to be upon that perfect equality, so far ak the Democratic party . is concerned, that will con fer upon him a right to'contest for place and position at the hands of its voters. This is an equality that no legislation coin compel.” ~ BOMP BASK ROBB E BY. A Clevelnu it Hunk nobbed of 820,000 in Broad Daylig-lit. Ilie Cleveland (Ohio) riaindiater of Friday ( Yeiiing gives the following account of the bold robbery of the Citizens’ Savings and Loan Association, in that city, on that day. The telegraph; lias .already stated that the thieves were subsequently captured aiid the money recovered; The boldest robberv ever perpetrated in. Oleveland occurred at .'about 1”; to-day, and it was so tar successful that the robber escaped with 520,000 in currency, taken from the vault of the Citizens’ Savings and Loan Association, in Atwater Block. All the officers and em ployes of the bank had gone tojdinner, with the exception.of Mr. C. AV. Leper, thecusliier, who was “alone in the bank;* At "about J2J o’clock a well-dressed aud gentlemanly-appear iug fellow went to the railing and engaged Mr Leper in conversation in regard to de positing some money in the bank for hissister. The two stood talking for some five minutes, when a third party approached from the di rection of the Directors’ room, and stepping up to the stranger, said, “ It is all satisfac tory.” As Sir. Leper had not seen this third party enter, he at once suspected that some robbery had been committed, andstarted after the men, who were about leading. But they were too quick for him, and escaped before he could overtake them/ Undoubtedly the third person entered just after, perhaps behind the stranger, and, while the man seen to enter was talking busily with the cashier, crept around the counter and sneaked through the directors’room to the vault, from which he abstracted S’JO.OOO in money, which bad been placed there during the forenoon. He then walked quietly out and the two sloped. > j The money would have been deposited iu a safe plage a few minutes later—as soon as some of the clerks had returned from dinner so that the cashier could leave. But the robbers evi dently understood their game,and they played it shrewdly.. ' , Tu>: Dbatuof Lincoln.— The Grand Anny of the Republic, Department of the Potomac, being desirous that some notJtie should be taken of the coming anniversary of the assas sination of Abraham Lincoln, conferred with Mr. Murdoch on the subject while that gentle man was in our city recently, and he, with his accustomed patriotism and generosity , at once acceded to the proposition to return to : this, city on the 1 evening of the 14th inst., for the purpose of delivering his beautiful lecture, en titled “ Impressions and Recollections of Abra ham illustrated by the reading of characteristic poetry of the best writers. ’ The lecture will first l>e deliveredinMr. Murdoch’s graceful and forcible mariner, apd follow the reading .of - the . selections. Mr.- Murdoch gives the .lecture gratuitously, atid the net proceeds are to be contributed; to the Lincoln Monument Association Fund,— iitgion CAronftfe. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. A PILOT TO BRITE H’FABLAHD TO 13 ; SASIIYOB DEATH. tho Situation This Horning-—Wliat the Defence are Going Ifl Oo -llr. Gerry’s Splendid Preparation of the Case— Tree Love and free Levers to bePoita Trial, with McFarland us Chief Kpcciotor of ; the Heene—A Bitter Fight Between Hr. Graham and Mr. Bavls. The N. Y. Sun says: cvrcws The sixth day of this trial opens this morn ing, and that the readersof th efiun may be able to comprehend the complicated and exciting scenes which are to follow, we will give a resume of the facts of the case as they have beea thus far presented, and also the theory of the defence as far as it has been developed on the trial. The on which the defence turns is, that McFar land was not a responsible being when be Shot Richardson; and surrounding, this central point is the theory that there was a precon certed scheme on the part of the friends of Richardson, first to alienate the affections of Mrs. McFarland from her husband, and then, by persistent persecution, to drive 1 McFarland to a lunatic asylum or the grave, in order that Richardson might possessors. McFarland in safety. - To sustain this theory, tho defence have alleged and already partially proved, and claim that they will fnllyprove, that as,early as the slimmer of 1866. 3frs. Calhoun, while with Mrs. McFarland at the White Moun tains, began to implant in her: mind the’seeds of alienation from her husband, and induced her to lend a hospitable ear to the ' doctrine of the : that Mrs. Calhoun succeeded in inspiring Mrs. McFarland with a hunger for social dis tinction and enjoyment beyond what Mr. Mc- Farland in his then impoverished condition could gratify; that this led to Mrs. McFar land’s becoming dissatisfied with her humble home; that she became intimate with Rich ardson, who sympathized with her social am bition,; that- Mrs. Calhoun and Richardson got an engagement for her at the Winter Garden Theatre, where she appeared under the name of Miss Cushing; that she fled from her home to the house of Samuel Sinclair, 8 Washington place, where she and Richardson Occupied Adjoining; Rooms. without any door between them; that the conspirators spirited away McFarland’s children, and that Richardson supplied the funds to contest the legal proceedings which M cFarland brought to recover them; that Richardson for the benefit of Sirs. 31 cFarland; that Mc- Farland became unsettled in mind, was stricken down by fever, and came so near death that the conspirators supposed they had got rid of him, bnt that he finally staggered back upon the scene, a hopeless-hearted man, with ruined constitution and shattered mind; that while in that state he, on the 10th day of March, 1867, intercepted the letter from Rich ardson to bis wife which was read to the jury on Friday last, and appeared in the Sun on -Saturday morning; that letter still further un settled his mind; that his subsequent strug gles to regain his. children, the sneers, and taunts of Richardson, tho Indiana divorce of Mrs. 31 cFarland, and the common report that she was soon to marry Richardson, deepened his malady, anil finallyvesulted in the liomicido on tho ”sth day of November, 1860. As a collateral reinforcement-of this theory, it has already been shown that insanity is hereditary in Mc- Farland’s family, and that his first cousiu died in the Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island, in 1647. Another, and in some respects the most in teresting point in.the defence is, that Richard son’s death 'was hastened by what is known as the Astor. Homse marriage, and other Astor House excitements, and that, as a legal con seqiieiice, ’ XeFarhiiid -is Sot BespemlMe for his dying,at thatprecise time, as charged in the indictment. Under this point thewhole course of treatment to which Richardson was subjected after he was shot, including the mar riage ceremony at the Astor House, will he put in evidence. This will, of course, lead to exciting scenes and bitter lights between op posing counsel. The defence claim,to be exceedingly strong in the preparation of their ease. Messrs. Graham and Spencer say that in the wh9le range of their professional experience they never knew another case so well prepared as this,, and they give the whole credit of its pre paration to. Mr. Gerry. He has worked on it assiduously from the day of - McFarland’s in dictment,and it is claimed that he has brought it, out to perfection. Helm not' worked for money, but from a sense of duty. He has money enough. There are probably. few law yersin America who, all things considered, are as well-ofi as Mr. Gerry. • His library alone is worth Over a II and red Thousand Dollars. The prosecution are also strong in profes sional knowledge and natural ability. The District-Attorney is a veteran. Judge Davis has beep retained tosafisfy tlie iriends of Rich ardson; and Be is a man of great legal powers. The contest between him and Mr. Graham waxes hotter every day, and it, bids fair,to become a forsenic conflict of unexampled bit terness. Under the double line of defence, to wit, the conspiracy to alienate McFarland’s wife and drive him to his grave or a lunatic asylum,and the claim that Richardson's death was hastened by wliat took place at the Astor House, all the facts and circumstances surrounding the case from beginning to end will be deployed in evidence. Out of the copious materials ■which he has gathered, Mr. Gerry has thrown no a sbrt of legal Olympus whereon his asso ciate, Mr. Graham,, can sit like a forensic Jupiter, and at every one who has assumed, or even been iuvoluntarily placed in an attitude of either real or seeming hostility to his client: and the practical result bids fair to be to put free-love and free-lovers on trial,with Dan’l McFarland as chief sjjectator of the scene, - ir THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. Tho following letter from Mr. Frederick Douglass was read at a'meeting held in Ro chester oh Thursday evening, to celebrate the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment: Rochester, April 5, 1870 —Messrs. Ilruce cud liabcocSU-GENTLEMEn : -I sincerely re gret that an appointment of long standing, and one which I Cannot now recall, will make it out of my power to be present at tbe City Ball on Thursday. I ftcl it a positive depri vation not to be able to join in the home de monstration of joy and gratitude.. The revo lution wrought in our condition by the Fif teenth Amendment of the Constitution of the, United States is almost startling, even to -f me. . X. view it with something like • amazement.' It‘.is truly Vast and wonderful, and when we think through what labors, tears, treasures and precious blood it has come, we may well contemplate it with a solemn joy. Henceforth we hve in a new world, breathe a new atmosphere, have ,a new earth beneath and a new sky above us. Our now condition .ittingfi that which, should make us thoughtful as well as joyful,’’lt: sweeps the futqre ( of rOjtr aneieut ehortconfingfi, and flings ns as a race upon ,e>>r own' responsibility. Equal before the Lord, equal at the ballot btor ■' -mi* ■ th'o ! ' ; jury-box," ‘the 'glory .or shame, 0f,.0m; tqtiire cpudlfionis to fall ttpon oureelm. '■ OntU now we have had uoi Central Point Free Lovers; Insured Ills Life Drove Him to Distraction, Hurl His Thunderbolts Fred. DouElass’s Opinion. glory in our future—only one dark, monoto nous chaos—to which we looked with sad and sullen , sense of wrong. To-day we survey a future radiant with light and hope. IFewsre always men—now we are citizens aha men amour/ men. We admit the responsibility Of our new relation, but do not shrink from it. We start in the race of civUiztftion with many hin drances attaching to ns from our past condi tion—but we shall be sure to Bhake oil' these hindrances in the sad race, and sweep onward in the pathway of improvement, in a manner which will be as gratifying to our friends a 3 griovous to our enemies. Gentlemen, accept my best wishes for the success of your celebration, and believe mo very truly yours, ‘ * Frederick Douglass. CRIME IX CHICAGO. Attempted Midnight Assassination of > Judge McAllister at his Residence. IFrom the Chicago Republican, April S.j ' Terrorism in this city has become a feature ■ in the relations between malefactors, their ■ sympathizers, and the administrators of the law. From recent developments it would ap pear that Judge McAllister,, of the Recorder’s Court, has been signalized by the untried and unimprisoned rowdies as a particular victim of their wrath. Only a few months have gone by since the Press of Chicago recorded a dastardly attempt made by villains on the sou of Judge 3lcAllister. To-day we have to re cord an attempt at his own life. About midnight, ..yesterday, when Judge McAJiistor—whose residence is situated at the corner of Warren avenue and Wood street, fronting on the former—was about re tiring to bed, his wife hoard a noiso down stairs as of some heavy body falling on the floor. She insisted on going out to the stair head, and Judge YlcAllister. immediately Srocured a couple of revolvers and followed er. Mrs. .McAllister called out to know who was there. No answer was returned, but there was evidently a hasty exit from the kitchen through ahackwindow. Judge and Mrs. Mc- Allister descended the stairs, and found that the window had been scientifically operated upon by burglars. Judge McAllister fixed the place up as well as could be done under the circumstances, and, with his wife, retired again to his room. They were not left long at rest, however, for Miss 31c- Allister. their daughter, came into the apart ment in a little while, and stated that she had just seen a man in the rear of the house. The Judge and his wife rose immediately, and after listening for a little while, heard some one at work evidently on the. kitchen win dow. Mrs. McAllister insisted on going in advance to reconnoitre, and in doing so dis covered some villain trying to enter the house. She told the Judge, who went down into the store-room (his brave wife accompa nying him) and stealthily opened a door, which faced the kitchen, and gave him an opportunity of observing the intru ders. He cocked his revolver and watched the kitchen window whereat the intended as sassins were working. Soon he observed the curtain move as if a hand had clutched it from the outside. Immediately the Judge leveled his weapon and fired in tfiat direction. There was a sound of footsteps hastily retiring, and Col. Valette, who lives opposite Judge McAl lister’s house; being aroused by the report, came to his window and observed three men running rapidly away. These were, no doubt, the would-be midnight murderers. Mean while the Judge and his family remained on guard expecting anotber attack, but the ras cals had evidently had enough for that time, as they returned no more.„ Yesterday morning an observation was made of the window through which the Judge had fired. It was found that the pistol ball had grazed the window casing, and, passing off obliquely, struck the wall, against which it was flattened, and so was picked up from the ground. As the flattened bullet bore the mark of iron upon it, it evidently bad struck some implement in tho hands of the burglars and had probably inflicted a wound upon some of them; which is most devoutly to be wished. In addition to the above outrage, it is ru mored around town that a similar attack was made at about the same time on >the residence of Charles H. Reed, Esq., State’s Attorney, at Grove Park. The attack, like that, on Judge McAllister, was happily frustrated. ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS. Views of Dr. Iluyes, tlxe Arctic T'-x -itorer The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says: As previously stated in my despatches, I)r. Hayes appeared before the Committee on Foreign Relations, on Thursday, and gave his vietvs relative to Ar'etic exploration, the ques tion being upon the propriety of appropriating >100,(ICO to aid Mr. Hall. The doctor, after explaining to the committee his discoveries and the general features of Arctic geography, advocated a full investigation of tho scientific problems involved. He declared himself in iavor of a‘ . government expedition, but confessed that, it was not likely to he of any immediate practical use, except to science. The expedition, he said, being of necessity a nautical one, must be commanded and officered by nautical men, and that since its operations would be wholly beyond the regions’ occupied by Esquimaux experience with those people was not re quired. As for food,- this must be wholly pre pared at home or at winter quartern, since'the region to be traversed was, so to speak, a desert, into which Esquimaux would not go. Since an expedition could not possibly be tliled out this season he saw no occasion for immediate legislation, except that it would give a whole year for preparation,an advantage not to -be lost sight of; but he favored the reference of the whole matter to the National Academy of Sciences, which begins its an nual meeting in Washington on Tuesday. As for an expedition in his own behalf, he dis claimed any intention of making a personal application at the present time, owing to the financial state of the country; yet at some fu ture. day he proposed to lay his plans before Congress, and he hoped to see well-equipped scientific expeditions iitted out, not only for exploration at tho North but at the South Pole as well. If an expedition is to be fitted but by the government, it should be equipped in the best manner, so as to insnre success and redound to the national credit. Dr. Kane and himself had done the pioneering. —“ Patti’s Echo” is the title given to a child at St. Petersburg, aged nine years, who imita ted. Patti so as to enrapture the prima donna and induce her to get the little one admission into the Conservatoire de Musi'iue, to be educa ted at the expense of the State. -Marie Adler is the name of the child, if the entire story be not a fanciful invention. —Darboy, the Archbishop of Paris, has re cently published a breve, in which occurs'the following curious passage: “A great ‘many ecclesiastics wear pantaloons under their cas socks. This garment is generally pronounced not to be very compatible with the cassock. We request the priests of our diocese to dis card it.” —The Louisville Common Council baa been invited to attend a menagerie in a body, to propose the names to be given to tlifee lion cubs;'recently born there. Every member wants a lion named after him. \ —A How Orleans joker ran a carviug-knife into a friend’s ; internal-arrangements and scouted “ April fool.” The funeral was more generally attended than that of any murdered map therefor two weeks. 8’ —ln Paris a reward of twenty francs is given for every dead body lished out of the almost immediate!* After wards he asked her to get him to quickly as possible, which she did, and he then' *> ei ng cold, and told witnewto. asked her-to- lift him out of bed; she did so, and he then be-' nTs^ Bensi T e ’ and dled before the arrfvalof the doctor. In answer to Mr. Ricketts who appeared for the friends of .the deceased wi£ soT mwM 6 deceased had XS.OOOin con-‘ 33 Opuses. Deceased had loflrd wilh wjich was ru the hands ofMc.Jerrold.' o nrnrval s Inn. : Df. Pierpoint bavins do hvTiff^f 3 t deceased died from syncope,caused h,^r^ empt to ‘ntredueJ the real Spanish Vbri&d h? an thereto, into .England has provfed a failure. At first ttiaso performances at the Agricultural Hall were Tov d da« a °u e .?, trict humanity principle. ■hStteh , Sf adhered to r the fiidSa of the r~® . hrongh the innocent agency of glue or compound, were at first ora-> nffi n il undoubtedly not oven the officers of the Society for the Prevention nt t ,h™ 6]ty , *?■ Amma »> who were present fhe tl ( .ttr/^i llb ,‘? nS ’ hud any fault in tbe extreme mildness with which thev were though the'shatn bulhffghts’ HUftarablv dull r ® 80 tfl dious andT in sunarabty dull that lew persons, after the tbpm DlB A t *i- r be induced to witness tlmm. A slight advance, therefore,was tried. ni 6bt a little excitoment was A . r " m “ r > which quickly reached. rS +° f t - 10 Society for the Prevention oi Cruelty to animals, had been prevalont'for' some days that the performances organized lor the benefit of the Spanish mata dores and banderilleros would be far more full of interesting activity, on tbe part of bulls and men, than any of the former series. Humors hinted that if the animals showed more energy in meeting their antagonists than before, that the effect would be produced through means which the society diunot con sider quite justifiable. ' Consequently, when the entertainment began at the Agricultural! Hall on Monday night, a number ot the offi cers placed themselves in a part of the enclo sure in which they could most effectively ob serve its progress. The performance pro ceeded until the fourth bull was brought upon the scene, and then they felt 'that they, had seen enough to justify them in interfering. Mr. John Colam, the Secretary of the So ciety, rushed into the ring, and was . quickly followed by a number of other gentlemen and police. Mr. Colam seized one of the darts which had been thrown at the animal, in the end of which a sharp spike was fixed. He then Intimated to the members of the Spanish troupe that the performance would not be tol erated any longer and should ndt, proceed: tv lien the reason qf the altercation • was known throughout the hall, ' the' ex citement became immense. The ' Span iards present, who .mustered jin .conspJtejw able force, yelled vehemently, and their up roar was intensified by the shouts! bfhrfndftitß of Toughs. A scene of utter confusion ! fol lowed, some saying i that the matadpres and banderilleros were arrested, and were rescued by the erowd; whilst others gave what was probably tbe more correct account—that those who supported Mr. Colam bad enough tp dp to fight their way out of the hall. Any how the bull-fight came to an ciid. ‘ • 1 IBELABB. Hoxv Parliamentary Elections are Cob. ducted—A Cat boll c Priest on Fenian isut—Cartons Revelations in Chart. A mail telegram from Dublin, March 29, re ports the following extraordinary-scenes: J? . The hearing of the Longford petition, wan resumed to-day. Daniel Crosbie deposed that on the 15th of December, before the election, the Kcv. Mr. Eitzgorald, while officiatingitt Kilbeggan chapel, said, before commencing second mass, that there had been X Elacard put up in favor •ot Martin, - the cad Penian, Orangeman and priest hunter. He denounced Femanism in strqng terms and then commenced second mass. My cursing; the Fenians, he said, this day won't go for nothing, and he prayed the tears he shed might tall on them and not be dried save by the burning flames' of hell. And' then he added, “ You savages, I would take 1 little and leave you without mass this morning.” ; After mass he called Martin an Oraugeuiau, and said he would, if he could, behead all the priests and overturn the Catholic.institutions of the country.. ; . The Rev. Sir. McGovern deposed that when Lord Greville was about to he raised to-the peerage he wrote to witness, saying Captain Greville was anxious to represent the couutry; witness wrote back, saying they could not have" a better representative, and asked Grel ville to come down to St. Mela College toibo introduced to the priests; at a meeting held of about thirty priests Greville was adopted; mobs in Greville’s interest woreformod to pro tect the voters, and it was only after the mpbß of the other side bad put them in terror on the polling day that Greville’s voters eouldgut to tbe booths without the protection of the mili tary or police. Patrick Cahill swore that because he sup ported Martin, Father O’Farrel refused to hear his confession. Joseph Smith deposed that Father Fitz gerald threatened to send the names pf Mar tin’s supporters to the Pope for excommunica tion. James Gunty heard Father Fitzgerald’s de nunciation. but thought it applied to members of secret societies only, i Evidence was also given that large quanti ties of drink were supplied. FIEA9VE. M. Gnstave Flonrens jtesln. M. Gustave. Flourens, tho leader of tho Rochefort etneule in February, after success fully dodging the French police for a long time, has turned up in London. The Paris Marseillaise publishes thefollowing letter, from Mm:— London, 28 Panton Street, Hay. Harriet, March 28.—J1?/ Bear Friend Truly tho Bona partist police wastes its time. Yesterday i'a person hanging about the door of thohqte} in which lam lodging treated the waiter to a glass of ale to scrape acquaintance, and offered him a monthly pension if bawotjtd give up letters addressed to mo and letters which I might give to 'be polled/ 1 now keep an eye upon this gentle man, and also upon two others whip did me the honor to follow me about yester day evening. I gave theih a good long walk, and finally left them oft’ tho scent in tho Strand. I will pay a handsome reward to anybody who brings them back to me. 1 And this, is the wav in which, Ereh&h 'public money is spent, whijd tho, workmen expelled from Creuzot by are dying of hunger, with wives and children. And these are themeana by wbioh it is attempted totruiujvup aplpwao doubt aploto la lorjnc or ,