rffiSOlff PEACOCK. Editor. Uollyttry lo Annie M. Hlche, both of thto city. • * Florence, Italr. on the mdrnlne of April l«w\. el<l «*‘«>n of Henry and Fanny H. - wnitnia l,B ?? tl, T <! n r °f hie nio. .* c“?“. M® M?rrli. ,Mh «“•»*“»• Ann Jrak., wlfq of -jj* l . o of tho family are invited to attend her fu* S®*™ P* r l ftte reeldefic h.isd Spruce. street, on in*tent. at 10 o’clock-A. M. - . » t,ia Mth Icstaut, Thomas Boblnion, »l»d 25 years, ■ 7 . The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from the residence of hfg HJ?P*9* John Bobluaon, 1722 Dace street,on Monday, the Wth Instent, at 2 o'clock. * - . bHABPLEBB.~On the lMhln«tant,fttOhelten Hills, near Philadelphia, Henry 11. G. Sharpies*, in the 47th year of his ogo. The relatives and friend* of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his brother-la* lam-, B,XfliDii, northwest Penn Squire, Philadelphia, en Tuesday,ifm I9th instant, at 12 o’clock. *• Hi: m * BLACK SIf«KS. (hi $1 GOOD BNOUGH FOB DHEB9EB (S I Hi DIMOK KILKB. 82 * These are the same as tho Last Tiro I«ote. fcYBE A IvANDELL, Fourth and Arch. SPECIAL NOTICES. MR. WANAMAKER luvltcfi tho “Ljtllo Ghnthtrnfin,” together with their jiarehtH or guardians, to visit his Estab lishment ou EVERY SATURDAY OP THIS MONTH, At which time there will be an exhibition Beautiful Spring Stock FASHIONABLE CLOTHING YOUTHS AND BOYS. SIS and 820 St. I'input Clothing Establishment •V- hadle. haring Coy* ifrom five to fifteen year, of net-) !.. clothe, should form the acquaintance of our “ Vnnlh*' Department," where they can find all tho latent and heat things In Coys'wear. A M E RICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. Orgmized 1850. BOAISD OF TBCSTFES “of ILsl Mlk** G °' ' n ‘° r ° f J d 5 3 L^ 1, ? 0,40n ' Breimdent Penisylvanla Railroad, *35 a. Third ttrei‘t. G»utleman. residence. Germantown. DiV» C i rt «?-• Ex-President Fourth Nat. Bank. Philip B. MinsD*,Seed Merchant, JO3 Market street, lion. Alex. G.-Cettell, U. 8 Senator. Isaac llnzelburst. Attorney at Law.WS Waloatstr^t. D M. WUilldin. Merchant.29and22South Frent street Jlenry K. Bennett, Merchant, 7*5 South rourth street. George \\ , Hill, Lx-President SevoutlaNal. Batik. •J t ?‘* B ,J** C,a * l,orn ’ President Commercial Nat. Bank. Joajc iiaJJ D’ioain* House, 813 and 8» Chestnut atreet. TUB AMERICAN f*Bo** policies on all desirable plinnat lo* rates,and for security and promptness in writ lug losaes is unsurpassed by any Cempa&y in the LnitedJstat#*. S. E. corner Fourth and Walnut Streets. ALEX. tVIIILbDIN. President JOHN 8. WILSON, Secretary. ffiF* Reliable tuen wanted aa Agents. BJ?* ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 1035 CHESTNUT Street. SIIEBIDAM’g RIDE, GREAT LIFE SIZE PAINTING, By thb Poet-Artist, i . . T. BUCHANAN REAP. ' SEVENTH WEEK OF THE EXHIBITION ' THE INTEREST INCREASING. THE rOEM READ TWICE A DAV, M. JOSEPHINE WABBKN wijl recite each day,' at < « ? SHEBipAN : 3 <tI P DE?'> tof Chromos of the PalntiDg ( 20x55 inches), 3JO. ' ADMISSION..... : ;.25 CENTS. Inclnding the entlro valuable collection of the Academy. Open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M., and from 7H to 10 P. M. npll tf irg» LIKRIG’S COMPANY’S EXTRACT BocureH great economy and convonience in housekeeping and excellence in cooking. Nono genuiuo without the nignature of Baron Liebig, the inventor, and of Dr. Mux Von Pettenkofor. delegate;, ja26*w«*tf J. MILHAU’S SONS, Jd3 Broadway, N.Y. ITS* NOTICE—THE ANNUAL MKET r7rI.n i i'6v t ! f ‘h? Stockholder, of the BARCLAY COAL COMPANY will be held at their office. No. 1M South Fourth afreet, en MONDAY, May 2d, at 12 o’clock M., to elect oilicers to bervo tho entitling year. „ 4 M HARVEY SHAW, npia stu th tiilroy2* _ Secretary. ITS* SMOKERS SAY THAT THOSE JhSr Key We«t Cigars, add by McOARAHER, at Seventeenth and Locust, are •uperior to thegonuiuo liavanaa Conionndßee. apl(f3trps , its* 8- t; k. w. v. means smoke the Key West Cigars, sold by McOARAHER, Seven teenth and Locust. Smoko and bo happy. ap]6 Gtrp§ UO9 GIRARD STREET. TURKISH, RUSSIAN AND PERFUMED BATHS . Departments for Ladies, Baths open fromS A. M. to 9P. M. ITS” HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 rtreet* Dispontmry Department. *o the po t y ea^ aDC * me dicine furnished gratuitously TO RENT. 1» TO LET-NEAR MOUNT HOLLY; ■liiN. J.. hondsomo Conntry Residence,containing 14 rooms, With stabling, largo garden of fmit and shade.. , E. T. DOBBINS, aplfl.s tu th At— H 22 Walnut street. •fjfJ TO RENT-STOKE AND D\VeLlj- JEnling, No. 811 Arch street. Will bo rented separately or together. Apply at apiS-Ht* No. 709 WALNUT street../ fOR SALE. «§ ■EOR BALK OR EXCHANGE—A ■M “n» hoDBOi No. 5017 Ridge nveono. It has donblo threo-Btory front, and double two-storr back buildings. The house Is 20febt front, and lot 147 foot deep to Twon tlothstroot-two fronts. Wi.HIKOKtE,.., aplCTt§.' P 773Walnutstreet,- ‘ MILLINERY* (Pta MISSES PERRIS, BtICCKSSOHS TO MRB. D. IfEnRIK, ‘ RAVE NOW OPEN PARIS MILLINERY lOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER, U. - „At Their Rooms, :’ ' 1 ... , No.KO CHESTNUT Street,2d Floor. ' , boio now ouljund, end aro. constantly receiving, tlie latest styloH of French Bonnets nnd Round Hats for Ladies mid Children. ( _ Also, Infants’Bonnetß and Hats. apldOtroS REMOVAL. SEMOVAL.— MRS. E. HENRY, MANU- Cloak a and Mantillas, finding R°‘ N. Eighth streets, ’ inadequate iVf £9, r .te^ c i 1 y i l' lc ''oased business, lias removod to tho WARE ROOM, at tho S. Sr ARCH Strootsfwhoro sho now orcioaks nnd Mantillas, a choico invoico of Paisley Shawls, Lace Points an<f Sacqueß. . ■ , mli23-3mreB Making with indelible ink Embroidering, Braiding. Stamping. An. M. A.TOBIUBY, IBW Filbert ‘ OF HIS Income 1869, 51.1*7,186 41 mb24 tb stu 13lrp —A Connecticut, boyy who squandered $l5 in candy the other day, took arsenic noon aftw preferring death to l(ia fathbr’e wrath: huka, stOinaoh-jpuinp induced him to. stay a little longer on earth. i ; ' RELIGIOUS NOTICES. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH ™ JB REV. H, A. OIiBAVELANb U r V “ C j ,,lrc, ‘ nt 10>S in the InvJud. 8 * 7 the ironing, strange™ cordial!/ O* KEi'ORMKD, OHUItOH, street, above Browa,—-Be? Isaac 8 P^M 1 . 07 ’ t6 ’ ,nurro * r f&iuday), at 10% A. M.and 7>£ E - Uflte L germoD <D the morning. Htrangora Inrltwl. n* nsgSKg&x ± &$£ B'3*,,fj’- CHURCH, twjcn ;\/ , * ff* 1 ?*L d Cherry itrHll, To-morrow Ermine >«vko, J Seif« C fr»e 6 aDd Sormon Bt W o’clock. Choral Jn=X uiinrcb, Hinetc«nlh and Green ttrMU,—Proach* !'v*K». m r° rro S’ ?. 1 i°' '* o’clock A. M. and at 7i« I\ JL tjyileT -_ Ogo - K Cain, Pouter elect. j t .’ REV. C: tIDSWORTHTi): D, p “ e< o r ' w <ll preach to morrow in tho Third Ho ni o cloca A k a'nd S n p.M lbCrt ' ,tre< :“- SerT,c I » , at -'V-VAKY PRBBB YT KB IA K f'l’orrh, Locust street,aborc Fifteenth, Bar Dr Humphrey, Pastor. Servici. «t lu« T.M. "d 7« 1 .’.“i • • • .: it*: inr FIRST PKKBBYTBRIAN i, Wanhlnaton. Bonare.— Rot. Herrick Johneon H D., Pastor, .wUlprrach to morrow at 10R A. M. an,) Rci. A. A.tViUltf, atB V. M. it' .‘‘ human debtinyT^b y "spr. cial requeat. Rot Mo«e B Ballou will rOaoat Bln Kl* Wh"nd D KSMr,& 0 '“° rrOW eTenlDg ’ at cb i’ t r . ch ITS» NORTH TENTH .STREET" PEER AN CHURCH (below bir.Td area Ker.M. JSewklrk, Pastor.—Kor. E. D. Lodyard at io«3 A. 11,, I afitor at 7ra ¥. M. Btrangersinvited, it** MATTHEW'S P." K""CUiUXtCH, "vS iißhtctutb street and Girard arenuo. Mornlna <A^k - HO-O*!’ Scho .t BETH-EpEN XXAPXIST CHURCH, Bp r n . c.° •tr«pt«.-BeT. J. Wheaton P’ P” p *?to r , will preach Sunday morning at CmnS «*<>'«**• fetranger/orJ O?*,, WULDiUSN’S UHUKOIt PJI.N.N r M H'-‘ I A Ui !i R " V U,!nr> ’ C - McCo<)k - Th,_ aeual O*. EASTER SKRVK’KS.-UrrHEß ,h%u^.,s?*U sh ,. L ?‘ b T in . ohnrc, ‘. Twelfth and Ox- K™ .1 • 1 rlc *> Pastor.—iu>,, Baptl«m,Con mmatlou. aad Keception of Members ; JJi.Lord’s Sup HEV ~ 11 0*1 14 ,f XOKI> ‘ WILL PREACH B ? f o«“e<I Church, ccrner of Sercuth ?, ar .' !e " “LV* to », !Dorr '” f - Ka«»«r Sermon “ llain. *’ M " '' l P - M ’ Emblemj frs» FIRST M ORA VIA S' CHU K C H f franklin and Wood street*, Bor. J. 11 Kutono-r, JPustor.—Easter Sunday. Early Berriefi o cloids 0 ° Ck ' ‘‘ Tro,nl,,m • CUslr.” I’j-oaching at Uii ,7 - ! ' _, _ ' ltf O*- ¥ . A „ K KwK L L SERVICES.—ON Raster Sunday the Itcv. J.W. Bonham will Breach (P?%. ■ STBBET. CHIJBCH, c>iiT ,Btl !.? lrw i^* ,ow ®P r « c «* *«r. Dr. Allen, of P-u*- filreet ( bareb, to morrow at 10;» A. II , and Rer Dr. Haweii, Church, at SP. U Ev**nia" Thl ' <‘t HflitTing (iod. ' All ccnliaH? ITS* J^ 1 ’- makk's c~hcii(JhT jTocu.st. iWMS^ : *f.ck :lt< '* n ‘ h etreet -- < - , ‘ ,nlirm '«‘o» ihi.»ren- 7xn hi FASTER SUNDAY. c^*uußaolon. "drcummunion. nlifidcr**' -K,fU, “ S " orV ' l " e - Sfiriion by R«r. Dr. EY^I A. JbcslMcd imimsly adopted 1 pr4llndl t Crt v,'er°nua'n aiMW"“,r -Thtkot tho Pi Ji'solvrd, That in accepting his resignation we do so rj’ ,3ltr «?e regret, severme as it does the relation that has existed fur the last fifteen years,of the most genial and pleasant nature .between Pastor and congre- Jiisitlt rrt, That, in retiring from this charge, lie has our tamest prayers for his futnre health and useful ness. hoping that in his new field his success will be as abundant as it has proved in this parish. Httolvid, That these resolutions be engrossed, signed lorcw v ‘“ lr> ' #m * Presented to the Rev. Samuel Dur- W-A. rM.bosq, . , ‘Edward Keflejr. ! ' Ileniy Nicholl, f.lanus Welsh, ?‘>ersl xAekley.. |Wm. H. Ranch. i ,K> Vetlierell, |H. Vale Smith, M. D ‘ ' ! /i- 'V I nj* 1 v. .. Lwiuard Lower, . iGt-orgc Lcndrczu. A GREAT RAILWAY HOFTE. " - - Lh. ' ' ..ft" From St. Petersbniv to Pekin by Ilnll. A correspondent writes from lvhatariueu- Dourg in tho gubermum ot I’erno, that, a trims- Enrorioan Asiatic railway is in contemplation. Ihe I.nssian merchants, who assemble evert' year at the great fair ofNijni Novgorod, have addressed a petition to the Czar, prayin'' the government to establish a railway line “from bt. Petersburg to Pekin, in China, tiaversin" the southern line of .Siberia.- Tho petitioner say that merchandise of hmall bulk, as teas lms, opium, &c.. will inevitably take the line ot the Suez canal, which will tie of incalculable advantage to steamers. So long'was tlie line round Capo of Good Hopp, and so great the deterioration to goods from remaining in-a vessels hold, for ninety days, that the Russian caravans were yearly gaining upon the ocean steamers forthetrans port of light articles. Iviabla, from a small village, had risen into ft thriviug cominercial town as the tlepot 'for merehaudlso, the mu tual trading ground of Chinese and Musco vites, audihe starting point of tlio caravans. 1 ho petitioners bhowfed that this inland traffic was of the greatest consequence to Russia, supporting her prestige among the Mongolian hordes. But from tlie moment tliat this mer chandise nan take the line of Suez, tho Rus -9? n tmfflc is seriously menaced. Xbereforo they demand the establishment of a railway trom St. Petersburg td Pekiii. The Cabinet of Ilussia has responded favorably. THE (COURTS. A Qaestlpn ot Cnlverto, ~ IJiki Pun:*—Justice Sh'at&tfdod.—TW moraine tho Lan.hVlS V ° vi S ioa wo ," delivered iii tilo ea ™oT Me" forlfuiverta K Invojriilg u question of bidding Thnm o «. r „V r i cn li ri?,, “>i'oßinion of Chief Juatlco culverts, which only occurs as the wh t irh B nt! l ..S f i llo c 'l r demands, at the fullliier-iii of those disno h se 0 » n o?th 1 s T cuse , :^‘ ,UlU ' ta,lCß pluce '” Thls *“»* rill?f 1 ir r n^Ji'5 inn J ic £ of tlic ci ‘f of-May 28. 1883, tho llO,l r and Hnrv ‘ ) /or, and tho Chief Conimis nro»M2HfiS>h?i s ' w , oro d ! rcctwl to advertise for eealod fn??r°at}a n°n,t , ! 1 ,?,? onat i I'nction 1 'nction of tho sewer in question, Udder' +h?« n££,lS.* d {{*• ?“™° lo the lowest and best u'FV', 0 'tlnm^a^ulcrotion'. interfere lil'i 8 thie Court Jiannot it It Bliiiill Appear not. to huvo belin hnn. ostly, but corruptly, exercised. When I saV corruwiv Ido not mean to confine that word to bribery -HutH must appear that they were actuated bvloffl'motiyes than for the good of tile city, iltwQUtd'liO' corrubt if 1? manifestly appeared that the contrMt lind born awarded on political grounds. I Seenotlifmr,however inthe evidence, to Toad mo to think so. Tliero wal tonio raa son to bollove that the plaintiff could not eirfoly bc ou, trusted with the works. Ho had not executed a former, contract in a skilltul and careful maomit ill lSi a appears that the Chief Knuiuol? timS so, A a‘nd " not herd to pass a judgmout as to whotW hia discrefioii vftß Barely exercised. . , , •»«quui(«iwu . Kill dißEuissed with costs; ' * ' ' A. J.’S POST OFFICE DEPART- SOME OF P. M. 0. RANDALL’S MAIL Report of the Joint Committee, on Re< - Hon. J. J:Cruxat-Bn :-The Joint Select Com'- mittee on notrenchmcnt baring under consideration pout route No. 4,630 and its branebos, And tbat by adrer ti»«u.nt dated October 31, 1660, the Postmaster-General lurlted proposala for carrying tbo mails Of the United •0?h O iOTi tl, o S i a, ° 0f Tvxa> ' from'Julr Ist, 1867, to June V,,!,fi-.fr’ T,^, rCm , Ban ■*“‘onio, by Castroviile.New Kountßin. D Harr's, Bibinal, Uvalde, Port Clarke, Cattp Hudson,Camp Lancaster,Camp Stockton, Fort Lat is, Fort Quitman Elizarlb and Ysleta to E i ago, 700 nines, and back, once a week,” 1 ,V‘ e n , lrßot w “ s >w ‘ ,rdeti to E. Batos for 633,8 70,that beingjhe lowest bid seasonably received. A fevr months had gone into efTect, now routes were ddrd under the name of branebos or the “ rcbedulo time of the trips were changed, by which tbecostof thesorticewas greatly increased. The ebanses in the servlc. alter tbo contract was executed are flbowi) by the following orders ; " w * & I Feb. C.—Cbange route as follows • From finn U?d^k , F| I S^rS.h^K Sistordale, XireatJ gtsAtsi s n l Y rte : to E°agle' a pMs, wfmnea’' and back, three tuucs a week. Allow rmitripinp en/ j 41S per annum additional, being pro rn.'o for is mile? for .7i < 3-, c ‘M,:i'l n S?- To take effect itflSa.” * i» 9 .* 4 7^ u f f 'b'24.-~Or«l(.T serrjco from Camr> Stockton I to Presidio del Norte, 150 mile, and bachfonce a wee , as a branch of the route,and allow 87,263 additional nav re . r .‘!!L n . u l'’ be,n *'"’° rniu from April Ist, 1863 ■ P / .im B )^i^fu“ic le,,Q^ 1 e ,, Q^ " ie®, January ai -Extand route by a branch from u;'n£" nd » l 5“ roe following samtnary will einw concisoly the in " 2 %!" ' Jl,t “ nc " >DII “mpensation made by rh. above Original contract...... 700 mil*., ft-?a«7nl Additional vml?r order of i)ec. 21,1«W77 Bil *s7my i t V -f’^b' 6 » IS2 u 26, UH I ,c k . l5O “ y’aS I n tl * -A ll *. 1,1868. 93.3 DU Jail. 20,1569. 625 •* 100,960 Totals ; _ t SiTvi rirc iDabom eighieen montlw the contract hod been py. from ef?ven hundred milw to one thousand blk tuudred arid fifty-aeren Mile*, and the compensation Dcreaeed from $33,/<7o to t'SXltft. wpensatiou The new routes or branches, §37 mUet in length war* not offered Tor public cotnpeiitian, but,without authority “J, Vi W V wtra to •{‘Beoqjractor fur the main route on the befcis of his original contract althnmrh mnneo rartfit nfFmUS J* ost '^ cc ehow tfiatother parties offered to p'.'iionn tho service on one of those SfSSfif* L Q J ,esi ! tha ° oue-third the amount allowed the contractor. Boon sifter comne infn nAator . tha prrsant Administration instituted inquiries to aacer* an. whether it was necessary to maiiiain all the write ttien performed upon the route, and hr orders daief 24, ljxtf. lessoned the number of trips? „d rim “o'Furi B,T, ad£ lance of <6 milea, at an annual compensation of S«j am ritioi' to ,he P»»tractor wUhOtit c.mM- th<,r ® arn , DOW in operation 1,732 mil™ of post toads, at an annual coat of 5233/>53, based on the original contract with Bates for 700 miles at 533,d70 tier annum. The law makes it tha duly of the General toadvertuefor proposals before entering into t ides that Whenever it shall become n-ceraire ?« Cistern:, uf any mating contract, in any clber manner than that desiccated irr tlio i‘i c i'.°!!n 0 c , nt ' T inl ? a °pt>tract for -the transport,"ioiio? the mail .1 an} other time th.u at the annual letting' the Postmaster-General shall give notice in one new.’ »* r <-r rob shed at >Va»biDgtos City, aid to o“ new*, paper published an near asirfay befo the rout* on whTcli he seme® are to be PfrfOnned, for at "east foWweeks before making or changing soeb contfact, invitimr nrn /T« B ?iVi‘T for c : w bicli proposals .hall be received and opened and such proceedings theroon had in all thln.a % -i h< V‘" n r? al ProTldcd,however, That the Postmaster-General may make temporary oontriSa until a regular letting can take place—dfStatntai.? lar*e-0. 2711, See. 25-Approved Jufy £ ot r.vmence was presented aud instances luriiishe l to Show that,ft was customary with the J)epartVjin“* «V -ivud routes already under contract and to provide tem porary service without adfertisingfor proposali to- authority given to the PostmaJter-(Ten"rUl“-w «»W a, regular letting pa? i lLiieiteof the instances furnished- was' eervibc-Tiro iilvil for,any longer time.tlian until the cemmenceuient ne.tr hostel year, and the Committe-Ttoe uuinb r ha tt I lit is the utmost limit to which tot ,enironirr *•*#*££ in engtff. cm, properlv be called catSrio.ii. Me •h« ’V" °” Kinttl contract. * Tom ore than dou ble lit© icntfth.ol n route by adding branches, and to < uutruci for service, oxi tbi-in for lon# ncriixltt. atari »»n Thl { , 1 a o y 'l™'* 4 be amount of*Vhe original'ctm ,ra?’» ! il h°ut oftoriiie an opportunity for competition as has been done fn this case, would; if not corrocled’ liw^Hii'di 81 • Bng f ruus Precedent, under whose authority • he smallest coritracumght be extended and increased a t bout limit .and the object of the law prcrerlbtoe the letting of Until routes be entirely defeated. S ' , iii*3 uiluiucuui cost to the (ioverurosDt. hv lAt tiuff tbroi*. routes without compctlTiouV be fiuitely ascertained, but may be estimated from oro posals received in two instances. u trom pro Fmt Da P v' > i 1 s C to‘iv n estdto t n e i ff°P <,nl “g of the.'route from r orf Uavis to 1 rcMdlo did Norte wit* aeconiDiinicti bv a proposal to carry the mails for S2.UOU per annum The (■onto was rconeneil and given to tho contractor for the i■" i? 'I 1 '?, P%* ! l for the distance, rrora Fort n,e ofi‘.ls !.“[!, v i , 7 •ol’rosidio del Norte, at the r ‘Uf;‘'VJilS per mile, or 67,253 per annnm. r fbetomimtieo respectfully call yonr attention to the fact that front Fort Stocktun to Fort Davis is a hart If the route from San Antonio to El Paso! eo that sime A Jiril Ist, lbfia, the contractor has been drawing do'ubi* F>.' y /<wR“ at POfUnn of the route. An estimato of the L < oc t bn l S e , 0 . 1 ! <, S :^ nt calls the distance between Fort Stockton utid Fort Davis go miles, which shows ail an until lose to the Government of S3AW by this itoutoe e t ,"cat?! e n U ' r ’ I8 , C ?I *be iece" Jd ?;fn IStSn h?ifnJ l / 11 » ma?l t ‘] reo J times » week between I , u f ix ?***' without mlliUry fn? c “ o ?,?riri BiVU b ° ndS f ° r * h ° fttith - The contractor was at that time i eceivine 5200,000 for theeame number,of mails over thatwoutc St alesTrate I o a V d DUmerull . o complaints were on file at the I aop.ntnient, representing that he bad totally failed to fhu'alTtilfbranfb?' e™9 0ID )“ i * kpe “rooftLiopinion i tuait all too branches of No. 8 A3O. with th» exception of that frotil port Arbucklo to Fort Sill been and now are Illegally let, to tbo meut ot tho interests of .the Government; and they trust that ft will ho mcessary only to bring tVm facte In the case toyourattention; In ordJr to bare them ull nut po!tld_y B fr. COD t ftt th ° commencement of the next i TbsAonnnittcaflhd that large portion ortho route ?°,l v , fn a l> *i rat i? n between San Antoulo aud Fort Stock ton, end the branch from Fort Arbucklo to Fort Sill hitvo never been. constituted post routes. In the first case, it is salt! that it is only a change in the direction of the authorized route, huf as it touches no point in IstoTonT&crett “ “ r w t ruut f’ J,l* is claimed that tho branch from Fort Arbucklo to ■ vi* Jv! H under the authority of a treaty Vl 'm °,ty"i cll '";'.mb Chickasaw lediaus, proclaimed July 10,1806, by which the United States aferecd to eetab tb,li'rihocol‘l, ta i U ow > 'l t ' offlcuß “i 1 convenient places in (bo Choctaw uiul Chicknßnw SAtfouH. Papers on nie show that thblndlanh did petition for the route from Fort Concho to Fort Smith, but thore is CO evldeace that they ever requested the branch to Fort Tho Cpmmltteo rcoommend tlmt thcDoßartmont ux iwilnotlio authority under which' these iout“'rw£o : h'’‘ dl ‘"»ntinuod if not dulv ttuthori/e(|,ur r if it aoull bo Juund that,although not w ? U H C 'P'eOvCta-acTOand ttieir coStlnS .tncty tliat aJdili bu introducod into Cppgrotjs eetablieh ipg them &b regular pOBt-routoa. .«>*•- ‘ '1 here appears to bo considemblo dlfroronoo of opinion as to.thom-cwtinßof all M* route and the frequency wuh whiehniailsshould bo carried over It > ! Tno changes from the original contract were made In response to petitions, rnoro dr less numerously Biened, ard iii making them the Department booms ivery nutur't ally, in view of his official positiou, to have given great weight Ip,the wishes and.roprosontutions or tho Btato Agent; Judge Fiscal, of Toxas.who waa also, but pro bably AVitbout tho knowledge or tho Department, attor ney for tho contractor, and Tor tv putt of the liine at hast himself personally interested in the contract. The foot that tho present Administration has -'out'off* a 1 por tion T of. the- service and reduced ■tho.conpenßatiou #104,623 i? sufileiept ovidonco that all ,of the greLt In e^easowaanot'qenianfled by tho puMfoTntdrosts, Tao l r*ct‘iptfon this foutoaro very small in c'oinpiuisoh with ; Committee recommend that tao 1 Deparimetif iwcortain from/roliaMo and dlsintoreati-d 1 , ffourcea 1 at-If further ions 'may not bo Kudo,without depriving tkoso dopeUdiug oil this route i 2* reasonable and postal lijs ropresotitjd that , of tliieroiite are beyond tl\e limits qf settlements,ami - are maiutslued for th© aooonuufidution of military poijtg 1 OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. MENT. CONTRACTS. freachmeat. A Cnnadiau Tlew of the Situation In Nova ? D & oa * ! «it>ure'd of an’arti menlr *?PPtlan annexation inove-! ! NoVa'sentm'a* mi? T ®,' 5 e on o ral disaffection in ; Th? 9 discontent has intensified point, and we will fibf boftston ,W revolt bO the -prelude of' ,impprtan|.eyenfe. Eyery: <jne. regafiis aunmia-' eklets, for sdrai) 'years, • a £ l *h has been i'diinod, and 1 t^auard. 0 ” allcarrl * r hl “ bo protectedby » mlll- 1 r oth T (h« Commit- S.i.l l* 1 "? ,n such cases tho mill-carrier SnSS* l * lo wall carried b/tho fl 'r?v < thlt .S,k.f nu ? t sccompanr It lar proloction. mrat‘anmmifvof wonldbonared tho Gsvorn io tho le.A i-d JV tflou ‘ diminishing the mail facilities entered h?fAl?i.fc 1 i?, T .w : ‘’ n '»? , ‘' n ‘ lttlatoori ' oi 'l> < > fa ‘ l<>nr< > l '» Site tho'«c6?its'from h nycemarih- «ntaff,nnd m thn OTSi? Rii^f^. t gu ?Vi rolj nominal, while, owing oietarcea.and tho nature of the conhtry tthooxpQDsu tOr the • Department ia consider* perfeottr norfnrtmwi tfiat ., tllo "“rsfeos wore not Pniroa!,™?. ‘w"***'. * D< l, considerable .testimony was, irreoTifarhv Wv *b® raall wa *,carried wi(h groat i t „ y nfr„^. tbat n ho .? ont, ' actor had wholly foiled to nrMjntteo.ml t -.na9?^ 1,00t I !! 0 I band,, evidence was as waaao««?hi« m 1,10 ma 1 wan carried »b regularly w*aafu^bfuny e ncrformcd? OUlltry ’ fttltlt * ,at 0 CMtract mlnd«^o h b« 8 J iden 'i!. <in , fi)o ‘horo Is no doubt lit tho Committee that tho charges were substan ! Sli T . rue VP t 0 th « latter part, of 18®, but after that r™on (ntaPi* If.aotyiilfictu*, and thorn Is so much la'*‘®oivtoI a '*‘®oivto belies 0 that tho,witnesses arc Influenced by SelldamP. on Interosts, that the Committee caii tlm.onSh l^» t ,^!- ,he ß* ,a sufficient ground to demand a Umo"|h mvesUgation. In a letter dated May lath, ,n . rw P°DBO ta ah Inquiry from the Depart the necessity of maintaining all '. '"-"'n.y/oo ojor this route then contracted for, Geiforal ?-i,~ u * 9 . f l wou ld slate that all the service dow Se conSmJS ‘V namod routs or branches should weeknl? 1 »j£i. 1 .. W0 2 ,M S"J ospecially urge three times a weeV w 1 ?,.f1.r 08 .’,,m " tra fc bo ‘ a ™, I'Pmmn thiit twice a weJt Ibe m?n, ,wi c ri ? von with the schcdulo twice a ar onage n mch more thatf once a ormddedfnPte‘i th ?P ear - ! The sc lodule.at thnttimo, i i r . w ?, kl) l service over all of those routes him the branch to Frcsido del Norte. v!!l n „ 11 ,!,'i , . e . nlio . na i V; s ‘im"ny of a disinterested wit ‘V I '‘omsntof Gen, Reynolds has great weight cbl rlfd h» C i?fhe h Prw on ' ,n M B *! 1 , the mails wore "ot J11',!.? - thd . ‘on* o regularly three times a week, as was then required by contract, except for the branch from Fort. .Davis to Presidio del Not to In a an' ,D I,T '! ke thttt throngb which this route runs* We hot“ 10 Ur ° 10 . nnavoidablo and excusa .f can justify failures averadaK nearly-half the tlrao. Complaint Is made that theso &«?*■ to the last Adrninia t H® 3r ' v ero ontire > disregarded, or only a partial investigation was made, nn»l the reproienta tions of interested parties accepted as sufitekui refum tlon. It is also charged that the Mail Company, consht lug of thecontractor and associates, has oufiki. nt in fluence with some of the po’tnmi'fors to procure from certificates of tho arrival of the mail • ♦irrD' onil,l,t Vw- W thut Edward Stone, Postmaster at bi Pqjo, certified that out of 3/ mails duo for a p-riod ending April M, im, only lu arrived, and afterward, eent a certificate to tho Department that the mail had arrived regularly forthewholo ofthatperiod. flowss rt'moved.hutYas restored before his successor was com missioned. n. In alleged by the influence of tho Mail Company. For the above reason and others presented * <J testimony, the Committee aro satisfied tnat i„ unfit for the position, nnd recommend Ids removal. All the evidence C ,'l r “, ln representing ‘be mails in Texas as,so un safe that no one dareß trust money tb them, aud that it It'.Vi'bS- 6 !* 1 Bto ".iP'. 1 a registered letter any conilds ratile distance, , This state of affairs stows a lack of efhciept supervision, which can, perhaps, be accounted ior by the faci that there is but one special agent for Texas and Louisiana, lie is also n member of the Texas Legislature, which he attends, to the neglect of his duties as amail sgent. The Committee recommend his ' all< f t ie a PP O| ntmeut of so many faithful and aWe nsfely to fiiemaTls ne « i8;lr >'>» s°mtre reason • The Coinmutve have pursued their inquiries in rela tion to the manner m which service has been and is now performed oh this route only so far as to satißfy themselves that u thorough investigation is noccs-ary, I which can be best made on the spot and by an agent of the Post-Oflicelifnartmcnt. It is evident that much ieeliug erißte, and powerful influences nro interested both for and against the. Mail Company, and the Com mittee cannot teo strongly urge the importance of se lecting to conduct such an investigation a eaoable "w.i „! rUftworthsr tnan, who will not be deceived or swerved from the path of duty by interested parties. Believing that all the «üb jects referred to are within the control of the Post-office Department, and trusting that they will receive voiir prompt attention and action, tlio Committee resnectiallv* * puLnut this report for your. conßicieratioa s Should it l»o found, however, that legislation la necessary in ordur to ♦'nable the Department to carry out any of the recom mendations herein contoined, tlie Committee will unon a suggestion of tba nature of the power reuuirod, intro dnee a bill into Congrcea granting the requisite uu- ]Jy order of the Joint Committee on Retrenchment J. iT-PAlTEßtiONiChairniaii Washington, D.C., April, 1870. THE BLOODY FESUHB. Ifreparlng to Sleet the Inemy. {From the. London (Out.) .Advertieer.l Late last evening orders were, ieceived at the District staff offices We to call out for active serrice two guns of the Loudon Volun [ tcer Field Battery, th.: 27 th LamOtpi Bat talion of Infantry, with the Jlooretown Mounted Infantry Corps, to be stationed'at Sarnia, in anticipation of it Fenian attack trom that quarter.: In-a few hours after the receipt of the order by Colonel Shanly, the two guns, with their complement of horses anil men, were reported ready for duty, and orders were issued for the parade of the detachments at the drill shed at I P M. to-day in readiness for the embarlo ation ■ at 2 o'clock. The .command of the brigade at Sarnia lias been consigned to Lieutenant-Colonel Shanly. Captain Peters' takes command of the half battery of artillory • Colonel Davi9 commands the Twenty-seventh’ and the Moorotown lutantry are under,Cam tain Bridgewater. The duty of the brigade is to keep a lookout along the whole of the bt Clair frontier, and to prevent the erossinir ot a hostile force, should any he attempted. So jar as observati<>ngoe.s,weiiavo.beeninformed tiv a gentleman thoroughly acquainted in Port H uron and neighborhood, that there had been nothing to indicate a 4 Feuian movement in that quarter. And further, that the Ameri can troops at Fort Gratiot would be as active as our own Canadian volunteers in prevent-- liigtlio crossing of the marauders into the Dominion. At the same time that the orders were issued hefe for calling out the artillery amt Twenty-seventh, Major Cole’s: troop of cavalry, at St. Thomas, received instructions ’.<> at once to Amlierstburg, to per lorin patrol duty along the Detroit river. W> leam to-day that the troop vpajj .stuninojmd fogetber and thin afternoon started by the j wagon road for their destination. In addition 10 the cavalry troop, on the Windsor frontier, 1 the Leamington and Windsor independent in lantry companies have been called out aud stationed at Windsor. Miyor John Walker of the Seventh London Light Infantry has been appointed to the command of the volun teers on duty in the section, and will leave liere to-night or to-morrow to commence his duties Throwing Dust. . | From the Montreal ’Witness, j The opinion is very general and very stromr hereabout tlmt all the rumors of Fenian in vasion are got up to order by the hired spies ot our government along the frontier, in order to distract public attention from the Bed river and Scott murder. Sir George Cartier, it is said, is determined to allow no Canadian force to be sent tb ; Red river, and Sjr John A.'and the Ontario members must give in, as they have always heretofore done to him; but they want some pretext forso doipg, and lienee these alarms, and the callmg out of the militia at an enormous ex pense. This view may he correct, but there are some things that can scarcely be accounted tor on this theory, and there may really be danger of awinvaiiion; at all events, the coun try must be prepared. The volunteers have been called out by the Government, and'om ployers should give their employes tho neces saty time fop 4rrll. The hours to-day are the afternoon, and to-morrow it may be both mqrmng and afterd'ooh. If the volun teers don t turn out the militia will, in case of need, be called ddt and compelled to obey. 1 SOU SCOTIA. T»e American Bishops at the Connell. dent^tho**!^ othe 0the liondon Times’ corrospon an T?^ I,ops a^ e getting tired of Homo Mdinarr P relate *“There never ia an wS without application for leave to return home. Twelve American if thev S couTd B w?tu ° ff ’ a n,i aU ‘he rest would without , h an f dec enc,v. Thev avow, with thi rMcrvc, that they are disgusted Hne Ti.evV 0 ,?, f l ".,, 1 * out ofthei" iine. AJiey can do nothing except sav ( AmAn’ hut iT- T ! JBy want tlie uecrees, but know that they most holn <?iTi bey Lave a] way« most faitlS fnfniMMo honestly assumed the Pope to be n!ft b in and don taefl the necessity of say re anner™H “ ex P. ress and ostentatious " I , an . , '® r * anfl 80 provoking a quarrel with peo- I Pfc&S n °wget on welf with. As for the and prelates really doing the work arn ’ tho Americans admit that they are wonderful men in theology and the Canon law in books, and in Latin, but call the°m children in business and In the affairs of the acting th^ h n^t e< f them3elves humbled to be acting the part of mutes and dummies when sueh peraons have the lead,and most certainly will carry oil all the honors and prizes. Any 'll 10 made ? his business to culti sate the acquaintance of either the American or the Irish bishops could send you columns of suoli complaints hat of course you would never learn much of the intentions or the strategy of an army from those who admit themselves to ho com mon soldiers and no more. I see it boasted, by the by, not only i n the ultramontane papers, but ajso in the liberal Italian, that all the ~ a i!, ihc. learning, all the eloquence of the Council, is in the Italians iirst, then the Spaniards, and after them the French and Germans; whereas, they boast, the English, Irish and Americans don’t know what to do tI 1 ' 0 .! 10 t lll f’ *° sav » and aro simply lost here’. It is the, Latin race, they conclude, that is the soul of tliu world.” The First Colored Jury Id .Uiclilgnu. f From the Detroit Post of April «.] For the first time in this State, and perhaps for the first time in any State in the Union, a J. ur -y. composed entirely of negroes gave their ■\ eraict upon a case in court yesterday. • The w C !'i- tti iS e ~ . Irishmen, Thomas O’Brien, K»n M p'r" r V?" d A| bert Blank, charged before the Police Court with assault and bat tery, and in View of the well-known antag onism between the two races, it was freely given out m advance that they would stand no chance whatever beforea negro iurv Tliev were, however, acquitted of the charge, the jury showing themselves entirely capable of treating the case upon its merits, as shown bv joc.evidence, without any influence from pre- Whetlier negro prisoners, before a jury com posed entirely ol Irish Democrats, would have fared, as well, may reasonably bo ques tioned. There was at the Court quite an assemblage of bar-room loafers anil Police ;,u, 'l e . cts ' prepared to make fun of the darkeys, but the intelligent appearance and seif-possession and correct bearing of the jury men left no occasion for either sport or ridi culo. During the first portion of the trial the counsel tor the prosecution spoke ot the iurv as “my colored fellow-citizens.” but one of. the jury raising an objection to this style of address, the olfi-nsive and needless adjective ‘colored was dropped. Aside from this there was no noticeable incident connected with the trial. THE LEHIGH COAL THAME. Report for (he Present Week. ■ [From the Jlancb Chunk Cotil Cazette of April 15th 1 There was transported last week over both railroads 99,440 10 tons, against !),'(,050 07 tons the corresponding week last year—an increase ot 0,390 09 tons. Of this, 5,908 1«- tolls 'were delivered to other railroads for .shipment north, and 90,502 tons came south for deliveiv along tjie line and at tide. Our reports show a decrease of 8,375,08 tons from the tonnages ot the previous week, arid an increase of 241 - 5:0 08 tons over last year—giving an ag^rc n.Vn, 0 CULTCIIt y° ar > to last. Saturday? of 1,244,.-,42 01 tons. It.will he observed that the canal tonnage which in fortrier.seasons has been reporteu M parately, is now incorporated in the Lehudi and tiUMjuehauna statement, under the head xs^;- y : oa o T P^ p -? rted , , *y 1 'eWBl> Coal and Navigation Co.'s Railroads and Cauals.” The Trade. The heavy shipments of the first week 1n tiie current month brought up tlm supply which was a little scarce, and now, with the excexition of Lehigh, the market is reasonably lull. Thellne trade contiriue3bri.sk au‘d largo miantifles of. coal are being forwarded to meet demand With Schuylkill out of the mar- Kct uie Carbon and Luzerne operators have their hands full, and, as we have htpl no inti mation that the men iri these counties will join their Schhylkill brethren, we regard the situa tion in this region encouraging. The operators in the locality of Plymouth, Luzerne county, are at present cut off from •?. °* ear ? through some misunder standing between the Lehigh Coal and Navi gation Company and the Delaware and Hmt stm Canal Company, relative to the right of way ot the iorraer company across Plymouth ~ H fflfnie.F ri °iiU Wlla i We h,!ar we suppose the difficulty will soon be settled, and the Plv mouth mtftt enabled to forward their coal. J IHK IBIBEME’S I'AUIOI'MSM. A WornlDff. The LT. Y. Timet, commenting upon the Tribunes objections to its strictures upon Mrs. Calhoun a freo-love letter, savs: We warn the Tribune that 'it had better keep cool. We say not one word about the side issues of the pending trial now; but does the Tribune or the IKorM suppose that the public will not look to us for an honest ex pression of opinion by and bv ? Cliques- of one sort and another mav try to hush this case up but they will 'find it an impossi bility. Letters read during thoso proceed ings are an integral part of the history of the case, and it may possibly bo our duty to show how much these very letters of Mrs. Calhoun had to do with bringing about results with'/ which we are all too tamiliar. .Tournalisbr neglect to the public - when, for the sake 'of helping each other’s “jfotis,’’ they refrain frofti discussing events winch, in various ways, conceal 'every dccenfTfamily throughout the length and‘breadth of tlie United States. . AMERICANS IN'vEOYmt American Officers Going; »© Serve In J srypt. (From tho Spirit of tho Tim'd*.]’ I But the most signiticaut of HU tho signs which tho Pasha has given of the friend Who instigates.ftnd oouusels hirn is to, be found in • °. Jj? vV ha i s ftPWht his. anils • “ United States.hut has soughtanidlig tlie Jfeuerafofflcers who tlguredinthelate rebellion thd chieftains for,his armyi -Prominent among the oflicera whom he has seleetsdlsfjen. Stone,. wl y 1)0 /recollected,commanded at-Balls .hnd. Wlio takes ship' this week to assume 1 either 1 the ddmmaudefsbip of 1 Ills avmies.ior tlio rauk next to it. 1 On j tbo'Hfivetia. which sailed last Saturday,'and Egypt, ,Mo];.^,e<)f t K. were three oy tburypnnfe Amerlcail officers, also outlie wav to JEgypt, among whom wo may mention : Coh ■ Sparrow Purdy, formerly of /Newton’s “hd B'l'mdcltu’astall's, who.enters, .the Pashas, seryme with the full rank of Colonel of .En gineers. : SOME. 0», Monday Will bo oponed.attho GanovfM nr/*. u«*, peculiar, muTo?^ > Beelea t ßojrnb?bitia C^bo^t^^^*^^^* n-mieh each of them with Baum has painted tho iw..,». „„„, “ U ; M0 » m-pmee. Mr. ,d ■;;'«*»• y°»r’« «»Wehcoat'to DelaW^rwX^t EHrSrHKiS gassseaasss B r A' ‘r^Td’-*»-?«-? d *»£ 2 Eureka o *®’ bef(>r ‘> tho **rOHhdt. ' i 3. Analomlnk River. i • 4. Delaware Water Gap. , .. I’ Oo"» "r^Cliff 4 ‘° De > awar ? Water Q W ; 7. Mossy Grotto ' ?! &a®,s G “»from Borers’Leap. JO. Bloom’s Hill. >• hmlthfipld’a Bridge, u. Lnko Linnops. 13. Laurel Hill. 11. Brondhoad’aCrook. ]a- U" m ; h of‘he Mountain. 10. View from Bloom Hill, 2i:F“oL d rTtffi: ttftor ‘ ~ul' r o3hot' liff<TCU':M ' Iiff<TCU ' :M of taerit in Htcse picture*, trrnh fIP * C °, n9l ; iontiouf ' fld»H‘r,an erfdontfr out ail i th . ranacri P Uon th “t make them-an excel lent and elevated sort of school-decoration. The artist who is content for his part with the mere pecuniary «- turns of his exhibition, deserves a liberal encourage ment, and wo hope that result may be produced hr fh. “■ io sa -' lures are on exhibition nowtnud will bo sn unfit no * Tuesday .renin* when tho reserve. Mr. Scott considers this his great sale of the present season M. D’Huynotter, tho export. is now iu his own city Of Antwerp; from whence ho has sont a part of the collection, which his son has just withdrawn from the tiistom House for tho present sale. Several or the Pic .ires are exceedingly line. Van Berios, of Antwerp s the author ot a striking life-size subject taken Trom Notre Dante de Pane. Esmeralda, tho dancer, Is caress ing her white, gilt-hoofed goat Djall, In a moment of abandon and pensivencis. Her skin, darkoned by the Hrnfniof> Blla f r p ' onlyc *ssedhere andtheroby 1,15, f 0 v• f h „ gan,ie,lt ‘he Plaits of her long black hair. Her nudo Jimbe are of a beautifnl sinuous • roundneßS, her expression dreamy and sad. She in thinking of her eaptain-lover, Phoobus de Chiteaupers r !o r ,ZT‘ h t ° hBS !? nRh ' tbo cunnlng “nlmal to speli: The figure betrays throughont attentive study from a model, yet is not everywhere In perfect drawing; the left ' eye is set too high in the head, the torso is flat, tho foot ■ Impossible-demcr! s which it wonld he idle to notice in an inferior painting, but which certainly separate this ' picture from the work of Titian. Anbther fine Work in by Dendrich ScbaefelHypnpil ofßaronLoys. Dho eitua t on, a complicated one, is described in Motley’s Dutch S h C v : ,w r i tnU ""?, fJent rrom decoyed In o port by the insurgent Dutch; in the foreground a-hiat loail of Sturdy, jerklued Hollanders, one of whom has sem-d the Cqstilian colors, are’lighting another boat, v manned with dark and desperate Spaniards ; in the dis tance are the towering galleons being boardod by tlio re publican insurgents, and the quaint pinnacles of the Dutch fortress. A third picture; a populous banquet scene with a minstrel, is by a kind of Antwerp Mais souier and a very fine thlug. A splendid flower piece, a. graphic and adnurablostablo-ecene, Have been bofoie described m those columns. There am 131 sub jects in all, and our citizens, appreciating the rea sons for pressing .he sale; : will take advantago of the hmlted period allowed lor cxeamiqation; By the by, can M D Hriyyctter inform our are a pretty well pooled set of gentlemen, about Aniueie Coemans, of whom they have novdr heard, blit -who ! paints a Pompeian subject so much like the; well known ono of Joitidi t-oomans, whoso studio ip at 63. Boulevard I*?hi Ch p P *l i,f Thereb 7.lmnga an explanation, no doubt Purchasers must not dorget tho tlaims of the American «‘ Ms represented; Tims; Moran’s Sunshine on Snow, a little in the manner of Jacobsen’s favorite pic-lure, Ib one or tho best landscape)! ho has lately turned out.and E D Bowis’s largo snbjfct from the Atjiron clacks, with lake and rustic bridge, has' air his famous .facility in painting the.glowof natural light. Rdthermiil Hamilton, T. Henry Smith, and other Philadelphians are likewise represented, and in most cases, exhibit a more conscientious style or work, than' tho ariiathstere (to coin a word) of Europe/ -"i .> -i . Our artistic friends are doubtless remembering this ! ri-murkuble forty-ycars-fornled collcctiorcof J P lteau mout, Iho expert from England,, long: residing in New York, to beam next Moiiday,n,t tho gallery of Honry H Beads A Miner. New York., Among the -four hundred subjects there are (for old masters), a Buysddsl of 1670 a More of IiSO, of 1619, a-Vander Pool of 1600, a Minevc-ldt of 1641, a Murcellus of. 1673 a Valaeqiiez, a W ouveriuana, a Htmskerck, uDomeul chlno, a Tiiitorctto, an Alexander Veronese, 1670; a lunl Bril,aCuyp,l6So; a historical tingo is given to even American work in thlssingnlar>sti-o.vprri,-(,euaaem hlago of art.; Stuart's head of Mrs. Robert Morris and. portrait of George Washington are gems in the -aliury Siilly’s portrait of President Madison, tho picture from which tho engraving was made, lie counted among his treasures. Tho works of more recent artists are neither numerous nor striking.' There is a picture of a tipsy limn, by Eastman Johnson, tho authorship of which wo should not have suspected, so unliko 1b it in character to Mr. Johnson’s later productions; Boiitzo is represented liy the Portrait of a Body, painted in MI3; Huntington by a pieco of •* New Hampshire Scenery,” which fifteen yeare ago “ received the most unqualified approbation of d ist logo (shed foreign art criticsw ho were probably surprised to find that Americans could make any other 1180 of colors than to tattoo their aboriginal skins; aud the F E. Church of 1647 appears modestly in a picture uf Sylvan Lake, Catskill Mountains. Thomas Cole’s ' Valley of Vaucluse,” painted in Rome In 1811, anil ex- bibiti'd at the annuul exhibition of the Now York . Academy in Mf9, received at that time high encomium* from the Press. The gallery is compioted bychoicospe- / mens of Mr. Beaumont's well-known line of .English, Dutch and German importations, among which ore tho name, of Verboeckhbven, Zlem, Willems, Bobbe, Van ' Schcndol, Bylandt, artists whom lio taught our pooplo ' to appreciate. Carl Buhner’s •• First Grandchild” Is. among the best evor imported into this country ■Altogether, tho dispersal will ho such a chance as does Pnot come qften in a century. . 7 . f Among the treasures whicii tho Pennsylvania Academy '" ' enme into at tho separation of Joseph Bonaparte’s Gal- ‘ iery.were aeetof proof«, lu the most;sombre-magnifl- ..< cent condition, of Jol)U Martin’s griindiosa blbla anb jects, Mr. John Dainty, engraving-publisher, of No,SI V | South Sixth street, conceived tho idea of treating one of these splendid compositions in a more popular manner ■ and on a more aocommpdatiug scale; and applied forth* ; loan of a proof, which the Academy, glad to farthoy the*, v: progress of engraving, promptly granted. ,Tiie subject chosen wub the“BelaUaszar's Feast,” Hild a copy, very : carefully engraved by Mr. A. B. Witter, lids befcrw dsv •” it is one of tho best engravings evor prepared In Phi la-, nr ‘ delplda. Must of our ruudors know the ipinpabig. char-., v actor of the picture, which was the mßsttrpjee'o of its author, ami huß hover been exceeded for ueortalu Hpleu'- 1 ■ didli -theatrical perspective of Persian orichHobtiintaSltli L multitudinous troops; of: figures.;, Tl»« isfflctww ;<*.,•> Charles Lumb, who devoted to it out'.of his * says, cannot deprive It of tho scenic.ond%«‘derous ; BWe’ ’ ofjuerit which It emulates Tho sfrAhfce and oomW ■’”> -tlrepms,of .Martin are after alif *h R ; W q s t iimpros«ve da-/ lineations of Hebrew grandeur, wifli,which mamhlwyet. brought the inspired recor.d hpfore ffnibyo. s Doirc iiiin- ' self seems tamo and mebfcanlodrbesldi'ttie himiity of " thcao serried detoils.., Wei congratulate 1 Mil. Walturou , ,his intelligent.managemeht of moxuoljijt; and line, npd ~ Mr. Dainty upon his /excellent choice. ~ ' ‘ ■ , ,■ —Au pliio.vfidoyrer Wears fivewpW* <W laat, for ns tnauy ; '•’. - ' > r - F I. FETHERSOT. FiiKWr, the hub arts.
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