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.'
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