GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. ■ ' married. . the ]2th in«t,, *t Grace thurcli.liy the B«r.J)r.SnddardS,Mr. Jamesß. Wll r< n, nr Cincinnati. taMbiiiSne Josephine, daughter of ? r ’ 9',? r *S W • °f ♦his city, and grand-daugh ■ tir of Dr. Bor/ S, Bndd, deceased, of Now Jersey. * DIED. HIPPI-E.-On the 13»h lust., Wilfred H. Hippie, In IlieSlth year or hi* age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfnlly; iprltsd to attend his funeral, from bis late residence, • Thirteenth street, on Saturday neat) at z o clerk I'. M. 2t I.EWIB —At Florence, Italy, on the morning of April ,J4th v 8, Draper, eldest son .of Henry and Fanny It. Dcwlr ,in the 20th year of his ago. ■, i'i ; r»* OBB.—On the ltth Instant, Mary, daughter of the late Benjamin Clemens, and wife of Hebert li. Orr. Tho relatives and triends of the family are invited to attend her funeral, from hor laterosldonce. 137 North Fifteenth etrcet,on Saturday, April Uth, at 3 o’clock r. H. * * t&Af 'A MEETING OF THE MAJNNEttCHOU, hold on Friday evening, April btb, W7O, the following resolutions were adopted : Whptnx, It ban pleased Proridcßoe ito TO/not'o from our midst, whiU in the vigor of manhood; oar esteemed friend, the lalo HIGIBMIINUJI. HOUdTMANN, in whoa,* death the Mfcnnercborr mourns tho loss of a most exeeilent him! Yftlutwlmember: and ■>.t ■ Whtrta** We dr© deeply ■ *eo§ib(«»j»ot only of the loses to the-Society, hut of that abm sftstained by the commti* r nil y , in thin »*srly departure of a trait hy mid enterprising < itizi-n iu the prime of bis usefulness ; therefore* be it . 7fMoi//frTbat we preserve in grateful remembrance the unfeigned And generous friendship this organization lisa ever received at the hands of our lately dereaaodfel lowimiubor, and that we have recognized in him'those choice and sterling qualities which are inseparabla'from the tiohlefriendand pnhllc-'rplrited oitizen. • •' Rrtoh'td. That ure tender to tho family of tho deceased our sincere and heartfelt sympathies in their bereave* imnf, and that the Secretary of tho M&unerchor bo in struct*! to forward to them a copy of those resolutions : who. that (bey be published In the public journals of Philadelphia. J.JI; CAMP, President. J. fr. weirs, Secretary. lt§ <£l BLAOK SILKS. Ai •tpl Fon nnKRSES. S 2 BLACK BILKH. $2 Tbean ar« the Ham*. 1 u« the Lat-t Two Lota., KYBJS A LANDELL, Fourth and Arch SPECIAL NOTICES. WANAMAKEH, Merchant Clothier. WAS A MAKER, Merchant Clothier. WA SABI AKER, Merchant Clothier. WASAMAKER, Merchant Clothier. JOHN WANAMAKER, $lB and 820 ChestnntSt. NOTE.—Oar BOY8 1 Clothing is attracting muchatten* tieo this Bpring, and justly so, for it Is the Finest in Philadelphia. W AMERICAN LIFK INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. Organized 1850. BOARD PP TRUSTEES il«»n. James Pollock. Ex*Governor of Pennsylvania, Director of U. 8. Mint. J. Edgar Thornton. President Pennsylvania Railroad, 225 8. Third street. George Nugent, Gentleman .residence. Germantown. Albert C. Roberts, ExPmident Fourth Bat. Bank. Philip B. Mingle, Seed Merchant, 163 Market street, lion. Ale*. G. Cattell, U. 8. Senator. Isaac Ilazelhuret, Attorney at Law,COS Walnut street. L. 31. Whilldiu, Merchant. 20 aud 22 South Front street. Henry K. Bennett, Merchant. 744 Sooth Fourth street. George W. UUI, Ex*Preeldeut Seventh Nat. Bauk. James L.Olagborn. President Commercial Nat. Bank. John Wanaraaker, Oak Ball Clotting Boom, 318 and S2J Chestnut Mr»*et. TUB AMERICAN issues policies' 6n aTT desTrat>l6' plans lit low rates, ami for security anil promptness In writing losses is unsurpassed by any Company in the United States. S. E. corner Fourth and Walnut Streets. A I,EX. WHILLDIN, President. JOHN 8. WILSON, Secretary. #y Reliable men wanted as A*ent*. (£p* ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 1025 CHESTNUT Street, RIDE, . GREAT LIFE SIZE PAINTING., By (lit* Poet-Artist, T. BOCHANAN BEAD. BEVENTII WEEK OF THE EXHIBITION. THE INTEREST INCREASING. THE TOEM BEAD TWICE A DAY. M JOSEPHINE WARREN will recite each day, at 4 P, M. tind 9 P. M.,ln front of tho canvas 9, tho Poetn of ‘ SHERIDAN'S RIDE." Chromos of tin* Pointing (20x25 Inches), §lO. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. Including tho entire valuable collection of the Academy. Open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M., and from lii to 10 P. M. t.pll tf _ r . ACADEMY OF MUSIC. THE STAB COURSE OF LECTURES. NIPPIEBESTARY LECTURE, BY HISS OLIVE LOGAN, ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL Iff. Subject (by request), “ GIRLS.” Little Girls, Big Girls, Ugly Girls, Pretty Girls, Yankee Girls, Western Girls, tho Girl of the Period, with n glance at tho Coming Girl. Admission,SOcents. Reserved Seats, 25 cents extra. Tickets for sale at Gould 7 * Piano Booms, 923 Chestnut street. Doors open at 2 o'clock, P. M. Lecture at 3P. M. CABL SENXZ’S PABLOB ORCHESTBA "Will perform choice musical selections previous to tho Lecture. apll-tft ITS* notice.-a meeting of the Stockholders of THE PHILADELPHIA TRUST, SAKE DEPOSIT AND INSURANCE COMPANY will bo held on THURSDAYiApriI 21st, 1870, at II o*Cltck.A. M.» at the Office of the Company, No. 421 CHESTNUT street, in the city of Philadelphia, to take action upon the Supplement to the Charter of tha*Companj» ap proved March 16,1870, entitled** A Supplement to an act to incorporate* The Philadelphia Trust f. Safe Deposit ami Insurance Company of the city of' ap proved tko fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nino, deiimfm and ex tending the Trust powers of said Company, and making and establishing cortaiu new provisions anil regulations in* to tho officers and Directors thereof.” By order of the Hoard of Directors. / R. P. McOULLAGH, / : Secretary 1 . ap7-thm4trps ArKH,7tti,lB7o, JY-s» CONCERT HAIiIj—NINTH"WXfIEK; —THE PlLGRlM.—lncreasing interoat: crowded NIGHT. Renefita—THURSDAY. Philadelphia Lodge I. 0.0. F.. No. t,7 V F „ K I D £VE VENIN (J, M. E. Church. SATUR- J'AV. 2SO P. M. and Evening, Kuouuenaou Trlbo of I. O B. M. MONDAY EVENING, News Boys’Homo. Rosen od seats 76conta; admission 50 cents : children 23 ■ cent fj' J. \V. BAIN, _ ~ Proprietor. j£P» 1109 • CHBAItD STREET. ;rUBKIBJI, RUSSIAN AND PEBFBMED BATHS. Bath, open PaiiiJ Orltcnina Finest Bbady-Mai>k Clothing. " Finest Piece Goods for Spring. Finest Spring Sdits for Foeths. Fisest Gents’ Fi rmshi.vj Goods. Income 1860, $1,187,186 +1 mhJI th s tu 13trp SPECIAL NOTICES. |£p* SENATOR REVELS AT HORTICULTURAL HAW, THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING, APRIL M, SUBJECT-* 1 THE PRESS.” Adtnlndon, Beaarved BeaU Blugle and Ko«or»ed Boats for sale at OOULD’B PIANO BOOUB, r. ■ 923 OnKSTHIIT Streof, ' During the day, and at the Ilall in the orenleg. Door« open at 7,'f. Lecture at 8 o’clock. ‘ 5 gathering or the 'nendj, of Terapfrahce, under the auspices of the Xr an B Association of the First Prashy terian Ohurch, Washington Hqusrn, FRIDAY EVENING, APklli ISth, ' , _ AtSo’clook. Addresses by Rev. A. A. WILHTB, D. D., . „ . Kev.J. 8. WITHROW, • "rl i tO V “*v. H. JOHNSON,P.D. , Choice eelecttons of fnuslc by the Choir. ,A<l are cordially invited, ap9,s w thifrpj ires- first mob avian church, si xrt» Franklin and Wood streets, Ber. J. H. oV l !s'krpjl PflBtor ' Fassion , Week" service^ ITS»"NOTIC'bU-THE . GIRARD LIFE' Sv2v IN . S i' II, A NCE ’ annuity AND TRUST COM-' EAN . Y OF PHILADELPHIA, No. 403 CHESTNUT “Tin 1 ; ~A M c f. l ; I(r ,' !r if 1 * Stockholders of this Company vi' V 0 , m ?« "P MONDAY, the 16th Inst., ‘ , ‘A.k ? ■}} • 1 o take Into consideration a sup plement to their Charter, anprored March 230*10. - W. 11. BTOKVEB, Asst. Actuary. SMOKEKS SAY THAT THOSE , Ci K or8 ’ » o! < 1 by McCABAHER, at rjcvcnlionth and Lorntrt, »ro superior to tbegeuuine liHvaoaß. Come and eee. . lt§ [T§* HOWARD HOSPITAL" NOS. 1518 ** u n i **-201 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. ~o tbepoor re<ltinoUtaDdmed * Cillo furnil(li ed gratuitously REAB ESTATE SALES. ff§ ORPHANS’ cWrtpbrbmptoby Abner M. Chamberlain.doc’d.- I.L. , ~ Soub. Auctioneers.—Modern Three-story' 0, r ,l -r Grr«n street. Pnrenaut toan l>biind'/ini m or,? !i l V* for *>•» City and Codnty of 1 imadflphia, will he sold at public sale, without re sene, on Tuesday May 3d, 1870, at 12 o’clock, nool % li‘lBde p hja Kxc j tft „ the f o )i o „ iQ g described ;{* tA Abner M. cimmlKrrlain, dec«as«d.viz.* A'ii 1 ' ? * Pt 2 r 3 r krfrk messuage, with three-story «VrtAr Kround » sitaate on tbo north etl^ c . t ’. 17 * eet , of Twelfth street. No on <*reen street 17 fest, ?»f£ t 7 ml i! nKixl '$ e P”* northward on the east line 80 feet (5% inches, and on the west line fsO feet ttAiinchea, more or If>*f to a 2° feet wide street, called Clay street which exteuds from Twelfth street to Bidge avenue lonmediate possession. Terms—Two-thirds of the purchase money may remain o« mortgage. - ' . iU Cl»*ar of all incumbrance. By the Court, JOSRPH MEGARY, Clerk O C WILLIAM PARKER li. v u BOBER? 11. MILLER. {. Execotoni. N. B —The abore house is well built, contains D arlor dining-room,kitchen and 7 chambers ; ha, the sa. Intro- ' ducid, bath, hot and cold water", cooking" range. Ac M. THOM AS A 80 N .S .Auctioneers, npl4 2131 139 and 141 South Fourth street. AGRICULTURAL. J3B . AGRICrjLTUBAL IMPLEMENTS .^ObiLS, Ploughs, Harrows, Onlti >»tur«. Seed-oowersi Churns, Garden and Field Rollers LawiTMowers. Raifroad and Garden HniMlbaYrowS ’ J/’lf’ ri44T o ed Fodde!»Cotters,all at reduced prices Call and examine our stock. prices. « . „ • BORERT BCIST, Ja„ freed Warehouse. 9g and 924 Market street. # THE 'PHILADELPHIA LAWN l ’> t o , _ ROBERT BUIST.Jb.. mli Tin rp? Seed Warehouse. 922 and 924 Market st. 358EED3 JSl ’- S The «ecd,w offcr are .fxrluiiveiy those-of our own soldY.y dealers * m far su P cn<>r to thoao generally .. S . ! !' r^ rrt * n 5 r A » nJ privat<! families, to whom re their*s from** 6 nUUO4t *Hould obtain BUIST S SEED WAftEtim;**;, „ „ , ami »2, Market-irt-ei. «!kiv.. Ninth for ir-n r 4i?'», for i ,ii ardt '“ Manual and Price I,ist rarie,o,^ h J^ D ,' ainBla) pagMcf “•<*'>> information to country resideutr. mWlmrpS REMOVAL. T>EMOVAL.—MRS. E. HENRY, MANI - i~-V. of Ladies’- Cloaks and Mantillas, finding * lo, ,*{'• E, Shth streets, inadequate t-'t t*r* r * ?*l? c r£ a *s'd krzsiness, has removed to the LLLGAN TAN DbPACiqua WARE ROOM, at the 8 L. corner of NINTIIand ARCH Streets, where she now offcrsjn addition to her stock of Cloaks and Mantillas. ac|i£iiiUi-i«roke of Paisley Shawls, Lace Points and pdcqutß. X si mh23 3mrpS ,ANEOUS. :K V TOOTH WASH.— i. cheapest *nd beet dentifrice romdojurions Ingredient*. *V hitene the Teeth i - oothea the Gams r tmes the Breath! P«rrt Minn of Tartar! Cleans ia« Artiflcial Teeth ! <1 .j “Superior Article for Children ! cold by all Ortiggsts. ...» A. M. WILSON, Proprietor,' mhllyrps Ninth and Filbert streets, Philadelphia. H I: &R£M. RT W lS *'Olt EXTRACTING TEETH WITH FRESH NITROUS OXIDE Tkego It ia tbi oxtftut,' JV' • „ ‘‘AriSOLUTra?YNO PAIN ” . ’fc rmerljr op( ‘ rator at the Colton ’ e n‘'r« Practice to the oainless extraction ot teeth. Oillce,Bit \Salunt gt. Tnh.t.lvrnS nOLTO 'N DENTAL ASSOCIATION OKl ;h* ann-nthotic use of . a i IT . KO if'? °^ IDE > OK LAUGHING GAS, rmßnu'pain 110 011110 * nd oKracting _ Eighth and Walnut streets. an2o lr ~—-p BUSINESS ESTABLISHED ~ S HUYL K R * ARMSTRONG, luidertaktre, 1827 Germantown avenue and Fifth Bt D. H. ScntTLER. |apHlyrp§] S.B. Aumbtrosv;. stifev money to any amount f 'S’ I LOANED UPON DIAMONDS, WATCHES Qk (Bl JEWELRY, PLATE, CLOTHING, JtcT, at ® W JONES & CO.’S . ,■ OLD-ESTABLISHED DOAN OFFICE, Corner of Third and Gaskill strodts, „ • _ . Below Lombard. GUNS D *7- DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, FOB SALE AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES FOB SALE—A BRIGHT BAY /SSSinorM, sixteen hands high, weU-rormod,of good atyie and appearance, gentle, well broke, not afraid of an engiue or cars ; is a vrry good family horse. Apply by mall to “ T. W.," West Chester, Pa! aplf 2t S Ifg! FOB SALE BROWN-STONE Sd invest pii7adelphiS? nTCnIeUCeS ’ in “° Uthwc “ torn . ' VAN INGEN A SNYDER, Ledger Buildiug. 000 $l /’' ,)o0 ' $7,000, So,SOOWANTED for first class city mortgages. ™no*» E. U. JONES* apl4 at <O7 Walnut ntreet. JJENBY PHILLIRPI, CARPENTER AtlD BUILDER, NO. 1024 SANBOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA. jelO-lyrp K- LEIGH’S IMPROVED HARD Rubber t Truss never rusts, breaks or soils, —<) jn bathing; Supporters, Elastic Belts, .otockiDgs, all kinds of Trusses nnd Br&cos. es attended^to by MBS. LEIGH, 1230Chestnnt, second story. no9lyrp§ JJDWIN H.«FITLER & CO., Cordage Manufacturers and Dealers In Hemp, 23 N. Water Street and 22 N. Delaware Avenue _ PHILADELPHIA. _ BPWia K.gtTLBB. ■ CONRAD ri CLOTHIER , H. P. A C.B. mi,OB, Perfiitnery anti Toilet Soai>s, «1 and 613 North Ninth street. WE CORDIALLY INVITE THE PUB lie to cal) and neo . the BOZOItTH DPBIGIIT FREEZING REFRIGERATOR and dailjr at -GRIPFITH A PAGE. fj \V ARBUETON’S IMPROVED, VEN tilated and easy-llttlng Dress Hata(patented 1 In all the approved fashions of the sedson. . Chestnut street, •extdoortoth Post-Office. *■ ‘ . qcfi-Jtrp JPop© Wo* IX* on Independent Judf xoenti >■ - The following letter in published In the Monde aahaying been addressed by thfe Pope to one -or the most, ardent; defenders of. the dogma of infallibility; “ T ° my Dear Son, Prosper Oueranger, of the Benedictine Congregation of France, Abti de Salesmen: . .. Hear Son: Health and Apostolic benedic }} o, }- u '* ? thing very much to be regretted that there should be found among Catholics, men who, while glorying in that name, stlli' show; thenjselyes to bo completely Imbued with corrnpt principles, and adhere to them vpith such obstinacy tliat they no longer know understanding with do cility to the Holy See when It is contrary to tfielrvlews, even when common assent: and the recommendations of the Kpiscopate com bine to confirm it. They go still further, and, making the progress and welfare of . human society to depend - upon those principled they ■ endeavor to make the Church now to their sentiments; regard ing themselves as being aione wise, they do not blush to give the- name' of ' Ultramontane Party ” to all of the Catholic tamiiy who do not think as themselves. This madness reaches such a height that they im (iertake to reform even the divine constitution of the Church, and to adapt it to tho modern iorais of civil governments, in order more readily to lower the authority of the Supremo Chief whom Christ himself has appointed, and whose prerogatives they dread. They are thus to be seen putting forward most audaciously as indubitable, or at least as completely free, certain doctrines many times condemned, again discussing in the same manner as the former detenders of those doctrines historical frauds, mutilated passages, calumnies directed against Roman Pontiffs and sophisms of all kinds. They once again bring forward these things without taking any note of the arguments by which they have been a hundred times refuted. Their object is to agitate men’s minds, and to excite those belonging to their faction and the ig norant vulgar against the sentiments com monly professed. Besides the harm they do by thus casting trouble among the faithful and reducing to street discussions the gravest questions, they oblige us to deplore in their conduct a folly equal to their audacity. If firra *y with other Catholics tnat the Chcumenical Council is governed bv the Holy Spirit, that it is only by the inspiration of that Spirit that it defines and appoints what shall he believed, the thought would never have entered into their minds that things not revealed orjhurtful to tho Church could he defined there", and thev could »ot imagine that human manoeuvres could ar ,r.estjhe Power of the Holy Spirit, or prevent (he definition of things revealed as useful for the Church. They could not have persuaded themselves that it has been forbidden to pro posem a becoming manner, and with the object of bringing the truth-into greater pro minence by discussion, the difficulties the bathers wish to raise to such and such a definition. If they were influenced ofily by that motive, they would abstain froin aft Uio tncks by means of which they are acous tomea u) obtain votes in popular assemblies, , l ni<)iJ y and humbly the efieohs which would be produced by light froin above; For this reason we think you have rendered a very useful service.to the Church by undertaking the refutation of the principal assertions to ,be met with in writings. pub lished undertheir influence; and in exposing the spirit of hatred, violence afid artifice which pervades them,you have displayedsuch completeness and skill, and produced such an abundance of arguments from sacred an tiquity and ecclesiastical science, that com prising many things in afew words, yon have stripped of all pretensions to wisdom those who had conveyed their ideas by allegation destitute ot reason. In re-establishing the truth of the faith, of right and of history, yon have acted in the interest of the faithful, as well of those who are instructed as of those who are not. "We therefore express to vou our especial gratitude for the homago vou have paid to us by this hook, and we predict a great and happy success for the fruit of your labors. As an augury of that success, and as a proof of our paternal affection, we bestow upon you the Apostolic benediction Given at Rome, at St. Peter’s, the 12th of March, 1870, in the twenty-fourth year of our Pontificate. PiusP. P. IX ._... AO cents, .AO cents extra, french People Say or the Boua lnlte‘l States Con. nutation as a Model* The opinions expressed by the Paris journals on the new Senaius ConmUum are remarkable tor their variety, as since some journals ex press the utmost satisfaction, others—the democratic organs—insist that the only true mode of efiecting a change in the constitution is by an appeal to the people in the form of a plebiscite, and others again—also of the ad vanced party—are opposed most strongly to the resert e, inserted in the new document, of the Emperor s right, on critical occasions, to eave the Chambers aside and apply directly nation for its support or opinion. The Pans Public says: . The plebiscite reappears, to become the sole law of the nation. It is the charter, voted by •» e P eo P^ e > substituted for the one written by its delegates. Independently of it, and the essential acts which are its consequence, such aa the hereditary principle, the regency and the constitution of three public powers, everv thing will be law—that Is to say, that in future the determination of affiurs will be submitted to the mandatories of the people and the coun n®Jmnated by the sovereign. In case of modifications being necessary in this popular compact, the nation alone can be consulted. The Memorial Diplomatique has some gentle .strictures cii one point of the new provisions —the non-election of the Senate—bnt.with that exception, it highly praises the new plan in the following words: Election, according to M. Emilo Ollivier cannot be admitted in auy degree for the Senate. The Minister cites the examples of England and the United States; the first to show the important and considerable part played within the host century by the House of Lords, and the second to point out the difler ences which, in justifying the principle of election for the Senate of the great republic of North America, reject it for a monarchy. Ims twofold observation does not appear to " 8 to strictly just; England possesses a lioreditary peerage. The isenatus Vonsultum does not attribute to the Senate the same cha racter, the same conditions of independence, consideration , and authority. As to election, to say that it can only suit the exceptional situation of the United States is not quite correct. Belgium, for example, where the monarchy has maintained itself for forty years with all its prestige and strength, has a Senate nominated , by election, only on other conditions than the House of Representatives in America. Hav ing pm*! o this reserve respecting the too abso lute character of M. Gilmer's declarations we willingly admit, in presence of a Chamber of Deputies elected by universal suffrage, a Sen ate named by the Emperor, so as to create a more serious and efficient counterpoise, if not to, tho national sovereignty and will, which ought always to have definitively the last word, at any rate to the immature impulses or the too impatient cravings of popular opinion "While praising the decidedly liberal tenden cies of' the document, the 'l]emps declares that there is one black spot on the constitutional horizon—the' right which tho Emperor has guarded to himself to-make a direct appeal to the people iu cases oftgreat emergency, OUR WHOIiE COUBTKY-. ADELP Papal wrAuißiuit. FRANCE. AMMKSTT. ' T| i® PM*Wi»t'» Vl«w» ob the Removal or! . Disabilities. Waslilngton correspondent of the: .//wold furnishes the following, which eon- IT? B i. reports pf-our correspondents pub lished two weeks ago; , : ?/■ a brief conversation with this morning I asked * him I whether be intended, asreported several times i -lately, to issue an aVnnesty proclamation or to • send » special message to Congress reborn memdingtheremoval of disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment? He smiled! gecd-humoredly and answered; : “Ho, sir; I don’t intend to issue an amnesty: proclamation at ail.' My predecessor, Pres l- . dent Johnson, exhausted that pretty tho-! roughly (smiling); but it ; isguiti true‘that I did some time ago contemplate sending to Congress a special message recommending toe retoovaliof all disabilities. ,-X thought that ; a luting occasion for a message of the kind .wouldbe the restoration of Texas and the other States to tho Union, believing that it would have the effect ; to pro mote, general good feeling and harmony throughout the South; but since then 1 there ■have been so many complaints about outrages an the South, and requests for military inter position in some of the States—like Tennessee ; and l« orth Carolina—-that I have reconsidered my resolution. I have come to the conclusion' that so long as the state of society' in those Tiistricte 18 such as to call for military’ aid to preserve order, it would be useless to recom mend to Congress the removal of disabilities. For the present, therefore, I cannot send that message to Congress.” ' 1 . I asked the President if it was true that he had had a message of the kind proposed ready I to send to Congress. He replied, “Yes, sir” and went on to state that the document had been all ready, but its presentation was aban doned for the reasons already stated. lam in formed that the President’s message was a brief but statesmanlike document, urging Con gress to remove, by proper enactment, all dis abilities imposed by the Fourteenth amend ment, under one simple condition, to wit: The appearance of ail applicants in opeti court, and announcement of their de sire. It will be seen by this that the disorderly classes of the South, who have recently given rise to so much cause of coins plaint, have a great deal to answer for. Had they kept quiet and behaved themselves with ordinary decency and respect for law, by this time the whole South might have been in the enjoyment of all the righto and privileges possessed before tho rebellion. President Grant, rising above narty demands, and con sulting only the kindness of his - heart and a broad, benevolent statesmanship, would have swept ail disabilities out of existence had the unrepentant rebels restrained themselves within proper bounds. It is probable, how ever, that the day is not far distant when the President will be able with impunity to gratify his noble impulse, THE IfOBLE BED MAS. AWentern Estimate of His Character , The Denver (Colorado) Tribune has a long article upon the Indians, from which we make the following extracts »Our idea of,their character may he summed up thus: That they are a set of lying, thieving cowardly vagabonds, each and every one of them—a nuisance to any community where they mingle, and incarnate cowardly fiends when at enmify with it. We know of no good in them. They, are proud, lazy, sensual and dirty, devoid of truth, vindictive, and without any sense of justice in their natures. The few white men who live with them, and like their habits of life, are low, drunken, idle, vicious vile fellows, destitute of truth and decency—' and yet such' -men are important men amongst them. TVhat, therefore, must the tribe be,'amongst Whom such uieu rank fore most?, * * * * * The noise and pious horror made over the killing of the cowardly Piegans excites noth ing but disgust in us. We wish to God that Baker had killed the last one of the tribe. In stead of abuse being heaped upon him and Sheridan and Sherman for punishin" the scoundrels, a monument should be erected to them higher than the goddess that presides over the dome of the National Capitol. Let them come out here amongst us who have suf fered ior years from the thefts and murders of these noble red assassins,, and they shall have each an ovation as we never gave to mortal man before. The Indians have thousands of American horses and mules, as everybody in this coun try has seen, every one of which they have stolen from trains passing overthe plains for the last twenty years. They never bought an American horse or mule in their lives. They never get enough pelts together to buy a horse or mule, so that; every one they'possess is a living evidence of their thievery. Take from them every pony and mule and let the lazy rascals go afoot and hunt their game. As long as . they have plenty of ponies to ravage the settlements, they can kill and run away as they always have done. There can be no civilization of the red man until the Government takes their trans portation away from them, and provides every one with a hoe to raise his own corn. There lies the secret of tlieir civilization, together with disarming them of every gun and re- - voiver they possess. But them on reserva tions afoot and without arms, and feed them, and they may gradually reach the condition ol semi-civilization in our day, with schools to provide the way for a higher plane of civi lization inthe generation to come. ROME. Terrible Scene In the Council—ltlshon Stroasmayer Defended by Swords oil His Exit* The Roman correspondent of the Cologne Gazette gives an animated description of the scene in the -Ecumenical Council on the 22d of March, when Bishop Strossmayermade his speech against that part of the Schema de Fide which ascribes all modern errors to the Pro testants. The Bishop observed that it is unrea sonable to describe Protestantism as the source ot atheism,pantheism and materialism, seeing that many eminent Protestants, such as Leite mtz andGnizot, have combated these doc trines. Here the bishop was forced to stop by loud protests from all parts of the Council, but he went on when the clamor had ceased. There are many sincere people,he said.amongthePro testauts of Prance, England, America, Ger many and Jiis own diocese, who err bona Jide. This raised another storm, which was only appeased by tbe intervention of Cardinal Capalti. Put when tho Bishop began to f ? IR ,j °P question whether the dogmas should be passed by a majority of votes or only, as m fpriper Councils, wlieu all the members are iiinanimous, the Council lost all patience. Cries of ktereticus!” ‘Oul * DamnaniUf d&mi” were heard ou all sides. One'Bishop exclaimed: “At ego non dam.no emu, upon which the others repeated, shouted to the speaker, lues I rotestCrfi#,'- ! ab arnbone descentlas Ultimately Bishop Strossmaycr was com hhs speech w * t^lou( ' finishing' , The noise w,as so great that it was heard in the ante-rooms, and tfasj Bishop’s military ser-j yant drew his sword arid endeavored to force his way iutc> the couptjil chamber to defend his master, - . 7 J , SHKB4B |*IM. ; »r. Mary Walker Achieves a Triniunb. Dunug tbo delivery of. aileutnra by Mrs. Dp Mary \yalker, ,in Kbpsasrtt few.days ago, A precocious youth in the audience cried out,: £ re „7 oU Mary that haif a little lamb?” No! was the . ready reidy, “ but your mother had a little jackass l"!)! • . »ITE<haLT«EBIItE DUmEB. K*-.il« 8 JL n, 5- *‘s* p BI S*V" A Convict Killed Fatal?/.® WM *®“ On. or »taem rmillt "/’"J? has the following detailed ac toT^ terrible manifestation of the subtle destructive Properties of nitro-glycerine o’elnrk t v^fors at Sln F Sine Prison, about ten o clock yesterday, when four convicts were df^ Ck K m^ !ated - one of whom has sTncb WaS " 0t BXpectod ve . “* e hour named, a blast six feet deep had been prepared In the upper marble quarri, by a convict named Frederick Conklin, whohfO. whn w J T rH en ? a ««l <n the quarries, and b m,/l way l 5 e u n con3i, lered a careful map. The bore bad been charged with about ♦ ° f after which (as vfnantu ea ! toln ) a c,ot li was . inserted, wand a quantity of powder placed on the top 'for thb H l ’r ting . t l ha ? x P losive matter , un derneath. Before the fnso was ignited the 0 waa 80unded and all the convicts left the quarry except Conklin, who quickly re- S, 1 ?? 81 !.' 1 distance after he had applied the paatch. In atew moments the powder exploded, Temovinga small portion or rock ana, after remaining several minutes, Conklin gave the signal ■‘all over,” and with his fellowcon mctß returned to examine the blast. Having reached thfc spot and .while standing direotlv over tlm bore he was joined by another con vict named Christopher Gilden, the latter having in his hand a can containing nitro glycerine. In an instant the blast went off upheaving at least thirty tons of rock, blow “‘C Gilden several feet into the air aud hurling Conklin an almost incredible distauce from the spot. Charles Kline and Jacob Dillworth colored, were also severely injured bv the explosion. .the wounded and mutilated men were at once carried to the prison hospital, where upon examination by Dr. Colilus, it was found that Conklin and Gilden, in addition to their other .terrible injuries, had eacha legso frightfully crushed as to necessitate immediate amputation. The operations were subsequently attempted, but Conklin sank rapidly and died, while Gilden was so near dissolution as to exclude all hope of recovery, his death being hourly expected. Dillworth was hor ribly-mutilated by the burning compound, which wax scattered from the can held by Gilden, and which fell with worse offeet than molten lead on his body, perforating every spotit touched. In addition to this a large piece ot the can was driven into his cheek, from which jt was subsequently removed leaving, a frightful gash. It is thought he will recover. Kline’s injuries are not of a se rious nature. , Although a large quantity of nitro-glycerine is being constantly used in the marble quar ries no accident has heretofore occurred re 1 - sultipg in loss of life, and that of yesterday is attributed by the foreman to a defective fuse It is but just to state that nothing which sur gical skill could devise or hufoane feeling on the part of the prison authorities could prompt, were omitted to alleviate the suffer mgs of the unfortunate men whose tenable end has east a gloom over the entire prison THE DEATH OF DICTATOB liOPEZ, : WJ»nf(inDßl«p** Saji.. The New York World says: ' eon of Marshal Lopez, Don Einiliano Lopez, is residing in this city, where hffiis stmiyiiOK law. He does not believe the report of his father’s death, and states the announce ment was circulated in order to counteract the news published on Tuesday morning, an nouncing that President Lopez had turned upon his pursuers, and that an indefinite pro- Jongation of the war would result The Lisbon steamer which brought the news, dated Lisbon, April 11, and pub lished in Tuesday’s papers, had as late news as a Montevideo steamer, could have had.. The only motive that young Lopez can assign for the report is that the Brazilians • are anxious to keep the American Government from sending a minister to Paraguay. His father’s government, he states, are anxious that the United? States will send some ac credited party to Paraguay in order that they may he kept well informed of the true state of affairs. The Brazilian Legation would be the first to authorize so important a piece of in formation as his father’s death, and would most likely be the first to receive such news, if true; but as Brazil now virtually uses the Ar gentines and Orientals as puppets, they make use of them to father the reports against Para guay. The Argentine Legation has once before incorrectly given out that the war was ended. Senor Lopez states that the war is not ended and will not be unless the Brazilians give it up, or some strong power like the United States mediates. The Brazilians, it is true hold the river, and Asuncion, but not the country. They had over sixty war vessels on the nvgr until late j now they have about lorty-five, Borne sixteen of which are iron cladS.' Their only strategy now is to prevent the Argentines from getting n navy, and making them and the Paraguayans waste each other in the interior, so that the Brazilians may remain and occupy the rich portion alone the river. ° He frankly confesses that both parties are tired ot the war, but that the European capi talists «ho now control Brazilian affairs will not let that empire stop the war while a penny am he made out of it. However, as far, as Paraguay is concerned, she will not stop short of a fair and honorable peace, securing her autonomy and rights as well as those of lior sifter republics now held down by Brazil and tho terms of the secret treaty of May l’ WJE«TMIJ*S*TEII ABBEY. Tlr An Improvement Introduced. Westminster Abbey is now open to the public freely every Monday. The London Pad Hall Gazette. says of the first day nnder the new sys tem, when three thousand visitors were ad mitted: “The admission was free in the widest sense of the word, for not only was no charge made, but the escort to the verger was also dispensed with. Instead being hurried round the chapels to tho monotonous drone of a verger describing the monuments, people are now allowed to examine the place at their leisure, all the chapels being simply thrown open and the visitors left to wander about as they please. Under such circum stances, for the real student and arcbaiologist, Monday is likely to become tho most popular day of all. Plans of the chapels and the positions of the moat celebrated tombs dre distributed throughout the building for reference.. At the shrine of St. Edward an illuminated descriptive card is fixed on each of the objects of interest. There is a verger in every chapel, who is able and willing to answer the inquiries of visitors. Ho is also placed there te see that none of the monu inents are touched by relic hunters. The Dean and Chapter have decided that the first of these iconoclasts who is detected shall be made an example of as far as the law permits, smas to deter ■ others from, repeating the offence. , , THE COURTS. Sessions— Judge Paxson.—ln the case . of . Catharine Waite, charged with arson in firing her dwelling, I3L ht. Uighth street, after the CprompnwealtK’had eHtablfsh'e'uits.case, and after ah argument by* tteapunsel fer the prisoner, in hen of testi- ’ :morty,tlih jury rendered -a , verdict of not : ■ This'morning the Court wilsoceupied with I the trljU of petty cases. F. k FETHERSIM. foreign ;© oßßEgpONDEtrcfe IB nHB FROM PABU, "' >n Paris, Friday, April !, mont consequent upon the trial of- Prints* Pierre Bonaparte and the verdict of acquittal U d , e , away ’ eloe P t ' Perhaps, irt the ®, 0h ° 01, w her e "parcel ofroughA, not belonging to the profession, assembled t* ‘hisH Dr. Tardieu, because they thought >M» eyidenoe had favored the Prince too mudh£- and, again, in - the ultra-democratic depart ment of the Rhone,whither Ulriode FonTteUb is gone to present himself as a candidate to tbo e ectors. I do not :think,however,ho: -will succeed there; or that he: would havennuoh chance oi succeeding any where else, unless it wasin Rochefort's place; in the'First Electo ral Division of Paris. It:is really quite curiohs to remark how the latter personage was taken out of gaol to give evidence at the trial, and then popped in again, without anyone' really seeming to 'earo a straw aboutthematter;. Be-- fore his term of imprisonment is over, the Corps Legislate will have been i pro rogued ; the Senate remodelled;. the : Con stitution itself placed altogether on a new and such sweeping changes effected, that men like himself-will, I think; bnd their occupation gone. M. Ollivier has iairiy gone ahead of them,and taken tho wind out of their sails. This day began tho discussion in the Seiisltd on the important measures of which my last etter gave you an account. The main ques i.on .at issue really is whether the constitution of the French Senate shall be modified in an American sense. The general voice of the country has already clearly demanded that it must cease to be what the Emperor originally • made it, viz.: tho only body having power to modify the Constitution. Siioh a privilege | as the above, to be possessed by a Chamber of imperial nominees, while the Chamber of Representatives of the country, sitting next door, was forbidden not only to change, bnt evrti to discuss the same Constitution—such a stalTof things as this conld not possibly exist after the reforms which had been already ef fected. But will the nation which has refused to allow a body of men nominated solely by the Emperor to continue ho- be a const!tu ent Assembly— will the nation at low that same body to become; or at least to remain, permanently a Legisla te Assembly? I confess I think not. Tho 'V country has eyes upon 1 Afnerick, anif, ' although if?s undoubtedly afraid of the name “Bepubiic (asfiqdeed, it has only too good reason to he), yet it is quite willing to copy 1 the institutions. The attempt which M. Olii vier is now making to.tender his measurd final, by inserting the proposed mode of con stituting the Benate in the Constitution itself so that it can only be 'changed herpafte?by a Plebiscite, is, 1 think, a ’ mistake. Changed it will be, sooner or later; for a mere riomiuational Cham ber will never supply the want which M. Of. hvier allows to exist and to be felt, and which he professes to supply by the proposed meas ure. Two Chambers are, he says, a necessity * and he avows that, at present, there is hi fact only one Chamber in France. But surely it is wrong reasoning to calculate that a Cham ber which is confessed to be “no Chamber’' with larger privileges, will become a Chamber by having less privileges. M. Ollifrier seems to think that the French Senate is a failure, “ be cause” it is a constituent body, and that it will cease-to be so by being reduced to a legis lative body. But such an argument appears to me to be quite a non seqmtur, and altogether false conclusion. M. Prevost-Paradol, in the' Debate, tells M. Ollivier the true reason why the American Senate is an influential body “more so,” he says, “in some respects even: than the representative assembly itself”— and the French Senate is not :—lt is, he says, be cause the former has an elective system for its basis. And until the French Senators re present something else than their own super abundant gold lace and their salaries, their chamber will continue to be what M. Ollivier lias as good as confessed It to bo at this mo ment—a nullity. ‘ A great amount of sickness and weather, combined with the season of Lent, has made Paris unusually dull during the month that is just past. Tho winter has been; indeed long and dreary, having begun in October, and still reminding us, only yester day, that it is not yet gone, by chill showers of liail-stones. Small-pox has been committing what may almost be called ravages in Paris, and vaccination has been so much the order of tire day that the Figaro declares that' some cards of invitation were issued, on which the lady of the house, through pre-occupation and anxiety about her daughters’ faces, had written “ on vaccinera ” instead of “on clcmsera A fashionable French Doctor is said to keep “a cow” en permanence in the court-yard of his house, or,.' as some say, in his ante-room, to be ready for allcomers. But joking apart, the visitation has been quite serious, and has assumed in some quarters of the city the proportions of an epidemic. Another daily newspaper in English has been started in Paris, and seems to promise better than previous attempts of tho same kind. It is called the European News, and has been for soma time in existence as a weekly. The now print professes open opposition to Galigmni, which it accuses, not unjustly, of extortion in keeping up its price at ten cents,ofrmore than’ double that of any other paper, although lth ! columns are devoid of all oiigiual matter ahtT entirely filled from other journals., Thh* European Nem offers its readers “ for iaisr; sous” that “for which they, have hitherto: paid ten,” with a considerable ; amoiipt ;Of{ additional matter besides. The new paper; supplies American news, with extracts from’ the leading journals, and inamuch fuller; manner than has yet been done; and in this respect will often prove a wqteome acquisi tion to Americans in ' the ' re moter parts of the European continent or tkeEast.;, ....j.i ~ ; v ~ i The widow and family of the late Horn-’ Anson Burlingame have' been amongst us again in Paris, and, I need scarcely say, have been received, so far as possible' with their: privacy, with marks of the deepest sympathy * and condolence by their numerous friends.' r t' /Jiir >;f V;'* V 1 Ilf i'.l'i -.ji.fi 05 ■: •' ‘ ~ ■J-rrntT ■
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