VOLUME XXIV-NO. 13. Weddi kg invitations kn eravod In the. newest and best mannar. LOUIS DUKKA, Stationer und-Engraver; No. 1033 Chestnut mtnei. Qp2Mhattt4f, / Jr MARRIED. MACfc6waLL-BOTH.EBMEL.-On ibo 21*t In»t„ by ihoKev.lir. Morton .Janie* J, Mtted*>woU to Blanche, daughter of P. F. Bothcrm*), E»q.« all of tbU city. * iueij. BUKTON.-On the 24th instant. Eliza Elliot, widow of thelat© Bobert Burton, in. the 7flih y« nr ot h?r ago. yuneral ecrvire at Bt. Peter’s Church, on Wednesday morning, tbo 27th instant, at II o'cW* k. "• *■ • * H Oit-the-26tb-fnatantrJo K iiph Halnas, In hla reW»*«* and friends are respectfully invited to attend hla funeral, from hla late residence. No. 1330 Wallace street, on Thursday morniug, April'?Btb. atjll-. B. A. HOOPEB,.Secretary, ° a iiugeringUlnosay IY-S* OFFICE PH IE ADELP HI A AND Alexander Hope, aged 21 years and W days • . P SOUTHERN, • MAIL 8.-8. C 0.,. 130 SOUTH . The relatlvesand friends aro invited to IUU niThi* fu- i THIRD STREET. neral, from the residence of hU paroii'S, 1j23 Swain • ■PiutADKnpHrA,-April 25th, 1870.. «trcf.t,onThur»<ltty morning, 28th ut li o cloctr. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this Com • 'BUSBBLL. —On Sabbath everlng, April. 21th, 1870, ! pany will be heid at the rooms oftho Philndelohla Jamss Ktusell, in the 76th year of h»* age. f . ' • Board of Trade, No. £O5 CheutDut street,on WEDNES \fc. Tli# friend* of the family-are rMpo.-tfally inyttea. to. r i)Ay-Ma!y-4tbr'et _f l2 _ (>*cltiefrrhoony at ■which time an Nittend iho funeral services at the Spring Garden Brosuy: ; election will be held for seven Director*, to nerve for the lerlan Church', Eleventh street, above Spring Garden, ensuing year. „ • OHABI/EB-Bt ’On Wednesday aftern* on, the Vtb iu*t:iut, at 4 o clock. i . \. ; Secretary. a"”"? THESOUTHEEN WEE BEY UNION Ml*.,' .. i Pravbr Meatlne will be bt-M tills TOESDA.Y - ■■■-■— i EVENING <26th), at 7.45 ©’clock, in the Lecture Boom of the Presbyterian Church, cornerof Tenth and Clin ton. Ministers, ChrisUans and others are cordially in vited to attend. It* 1870. 8, >LAIN 1870 BROWN IRON RAnBGE. —— l M ODE-1 BO K- BAB KG B. .• PEA HD IRON lIABKOB. YIGLJST IRON BAREGE. . • «"»<EYHE A I.ANPKLD. SPECIAL NOTH:KS. 'WANAMAKER, JOHN 818 AND 820 CHESTNUT STREET. " ALL VARIETIES OF RARE AND ELEGANT SPRING ATTIRE FOR GENTLEMEN AND BOYS . AT SlB AMD 820 CHESTNUT STREET. JOHN WANAMAKER. academy of fink arts IfttSCHEBTM.TT STREET. 811 E BID A S , "8 RID E , Great Ute-jßtn Pafntlnc by the Poet Arti«i, T. BUCHANAN BEAD. HINHIWEEKOETUEEXHIBmON, The Poem recited »t 12 M., 4 and 9 P. H. dally hr , MB. J. B. ROBERTS, 'Eminent Tiwglan. and'KlocntipnUt. ibt tiont hifur ,-e k 'a ill be. fartheUENEFITu THE LINCOLN INSTITUTION. A.lminlon..—. 'inclndlmribPTntlre valuable collection ortheAcadcmv Open from 9'AtMt t o 6 P. M ..and from 7J> tow P. M _ QPTII 6t , _ TbcKxhl g-p. THE MOYAiIENSING HOBE COMPANY The Committee of Arrangements hating in churge the GRAND ANNUAL BALL o» THE MOYA Hlfc&Spi G HOSE COMPANY ir#ire to return their heartfelt acknowledgments to THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA for their warm, gonoroiuand > LIBERAL RECOGNITION •ou Easier Monday Night, in filling the vast auditorium and dancing floor* of the Academy of Music with A SELECT AND FASHIONABLE PRESENCE They fori it a duty, also, to extend their unfeigned thanks to ttie Board of directors of the Academy of Music, for their generous assistance in carrying out their extensive plans, arrangements and enterprises; to Sieaors. Bailey A Co., for invaluable courtesies ex tended in many ways; to Grafalla’il Seventh Kegimeut Band, for the excellent music which they discoursed on the occasion; to Hassler’s Orchestra for their artistic hx~ strumeutation; to the Press of Philadelphia for their —nnsolicited'and-invttiuttble-notleeftof-theirrs-ttntonrto t he Conductor, Floor-Man agers and Assistants, for their abio direction and management on' the occasion; to Mr. W. F. Hcboiblo, for hifUJcnatcbless decorations; to Messrs. McLaughlin Brothers, for the'admirable man ner in which thoy oxecuted the circulars, programmes, cards, Ac.; to Mr.-ArProskauer, for his superior cater ing Ibr the guests, and to Lieut. Thomas and the Police Department for their invaluable services in keeping the uvenucsto the Academy open for the accommodation of those participating in the festivities, and in "other . >vnys contributing to their comfort. Tho Ball, in itself _ a great success, was made-a'memorable event by ; . the kindiies* and consideration of oar friend sand the public, and to these wo desire to accord the praise and to return jour earnest thanks WH: McMDLIiIN, Chairman. K. A. DEVITT, Secretary. Its NATATfTKiUiI AND FhYSICAL INSTITUTE, BROAD STREET, BELOW WALNUT ♦•MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO.” KK-OFKNING OF THE SWIMMING DEPART Sicimminn School,for Ladies, Children and Gentle men. Swimming, the most important of all bodily accom plishments. ° Swimming, the most complete gymnastic. . Swimming, the most healthful and useful of all manly -sports. ' Swimming, the eseence of corporal discipline. The practice of swimming the most, radical cure of , round aßoulderncss for our crooked youth. Oleanlluess and oxercise mean comfort und health ; comfort and health mean strength, bodily comfort; health aud 'strength mean happiness. - The summer season of our Institution will open on MONDAY, May 2d... Tho club deductions arc on the same liberal scale of .last season, with extra induce ments to parties getting up clubs. All club applica tions must be made on or -before- May-2d... In’order to give the public an opportunity to inspect/our In stitution and judge It on its own merits, and also to allow former patrons to seo tho many improve ments since last season, the institution wilr bo open for Sublio inspection oil Thursday and Friday, April 23 and UJrom9 A. M.till3.flj. 81.,-and-on-Saturcl(KyT_April3jl^_. from 9A.M. till 0 P. M., for ladies and gentlemen* For minor particulars sond or address for a ciroular. ap23 a m w tu4t rp J, A. PAYNE A BRO. irs» a mass temperance meet •NSr ing, undor tho auspices of the National Teiupor anco Society, will be held in tho llov. Dr. Stryker’s ' S?,'K£, 1 l\?? r ” 0 r <’fßroad and Green streets, TUKeDAY I EVKMIIjd, April 2d, at7K o’clock. Addresses by Gov. Pollock.aud llov. Drs. Willitts, Payne, Strykor and - Randolph. ap'2B 2trp* EEC' ITS” - —-'TtJRE BY REV. ALEXANDER KEEP. 1). D., ( Pastor of the Central Presby torlan 'CtnnrelC'OnThmiicliiy EyotUnKsAprllaiith.at the Chuuch br'K Cliefry' Stroefsr " Subject, “ Kaly ae iSawlt.” For the bonoflt of the Young Men’s Association of the church. Tickets 50 conts. For. sale by Leo & Walker. 922 u} 1 M l n ut * Bt V ra • •A. Bln<lor,N. W. corner Elovontli u heBt ? Htreot, and Wm. L. Ponn.oll, 800 Walnut Mieet, ami at tho door on tho oveniiiK of tho lecture. 117 0 clock * Lcctl * ro at 8 o’clock. w^' 1 L GI11A1U) STJRBET. HO9 ' RUSSIAN AND' PERFUMED" BATHS, 'iuiacisri, I Dopartmonta for Ladles Ifromfl A, M.to 9 P.M. .... .'■ ; \- : MENT. \ SPECIAL NOTICES. IY-S* ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS. YONKYVILLB LECTURE. - ’ ~ WM,L. DENNIS, EBQ., WIU deliver bis popular Lecture, entitled u Our Chvrr.h and Congrttation, * Wor the Benefit of Kendertou Presbyterian Ohurth, 4 Tiora , Ou TITEBDAY EYKNING next, May 3. . Tickets can now bo had at Oflice Assembly BulMinas. •Tickets, Lecture at d. • it§ ITS* PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 25th, 1870.—Th‘* Annual Bfectinff of the tHotfkhnldorii of ! MINING COMPANY rof Luke Buperior) «t'thHr'irfticorNo7~3?i -Walnut street* on k-TfIURHDA Y-itHcr J2th‘6f May; 1870, at 12 o'clock, for tho 1 -election of Director*, and the transaction of other basi* : news. ' | . ap2ol m>l2§ . versity Hospital is now opeu for tbo reception of patients, Apply Ninth street, below Locust, from II to 3, to aplii tn slm*rp PROF. W. PAINE. ITS* IF YOU WANT THE GENUINE White Mountain Cake go o DEXTER’S, 213 South Fifteenth street. . ’*■ ap22 Itlrp* fy-S» HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOR 1518 and 1520 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. —!>l edical treatment and modicine furnished gratuitously to tbo poor.. PROPOSALS. JpUOPOSALS. Proposal# for repairing live breaches in the Hirer bauk: iircloi-itgthff lacdot'JASlEß'lrUNDASrdaceasedv iStnate between the City Gas Works and Kish House, upon the Hirer Schuylkill,'"Twenty-sixth Ward (as laid down on Atlas), will be retired until MON DAY, Wh day of May, by the undersigned, at the office of UteExecufors, No.4oo[Locuststreet, where a map of -tbo-prep«Tty-xan:be 1 -- - *• JOSHUA LIPPINCOTT, ap26 4t§ Executor Estate of James Dundos. IBISCELLANEO U st. TREGO’S TEABEBRY TOOTH WASH.— It is the most pleasant, cheapest and best dentifrice extant. Warranted free from injurious ingredients. It Preserves and Whitens the Teeth 1 Invigorates and Soothes the Gums 1 Purifies and Perfumes tbe Breath ! Prevents Accumulation of Tartar! Cleanses and Purifies Artificial Teeth I Is a Superior Article for Children'! hold by all Druggsta. ' A. M. 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Fob invalids.—a fine musical Box an a companion for the sick chamber; tbo finest assortment in the city, and a great variety of aira to se lect from. Imported direct by FARB A BROTHER, mhl6tfrp] 324 Chestnut street, below Fourth. Marking with indelible ink Embroidering. Braiding. Stamnine.Ac. M. A. TORREY. 1600 Filbert n. F. d C. B. TAYLOR, * Perfumery and Toilet Soaps, Ml and M 3 North Ninth street. H. FITLER & CO., Cordage Manufacturers and Dealers in Hemp, 23 N. Water Street and 22 N. Delaware Avenue PHILADELPHIA. EDWIN H. FITLBB. CONRAD 7. CLOTHIER WEDDING AND ENGAGEM ENT Rings of solid 18karat fine Gold—a specialty: a fall assortment of idaes, and no charge for engraving names, Ac. rARR A BROTHER, Makers, my 24 rp tf 324 Chestnut, street, below Fourth, C”~S ZtTND ERS COLLEGE, WEBT • Philadelphia. A lecture every MONDAY KYEr yiNG,__ . apfrMm* AAA WILL PURCHASE A HALF cpvtvul; interest in an established and increasing manufacturing busipessr paying handsome profits. 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THE BEST for cleansing Silver and Plated Ware, Jewelry;etc., Ter manufactured i FARR & BROTHER, znhl tfrp 324 Chestnut street, below Fourth. of JWabbubtontOmprovedTven (flated and easy-fitting Dress Hats in all the approred fashions of the season, chestnut street next door to th . Post*Offlco. ' octf*tfrp ~ ffC-- "retailing at wholesale prices— Soddlury, Harness and Horse Gear of Rilk files. at KNEABB’, No. U2O Market street. Big horse in the door. «> • • > LEGAL NOTICES. TN THE "COURT "OF COMMON PLEAS _L for the Oitv and County of Philadelphia.—ANGFs - MACKIE. bv her noxt friend, &0., yb.* RENJA MINBTOBY MAOKIE.-C. P. December Term. 1870, No. 29.—1 n Divorce.—To BENJAMIN STOAT: MAC KIE, Respondent—Blr: Yon aro hereby notified that the Court has Granted a rule on you to *how cuuso wdy a divorce from the bonds of matrimony should not be de creed in the above case. Returnable on SATURDAY, May; 7tl>, 1870, at 10 o'clock A. M., personal service having failed on account of your absence. CHARLES HART, ap26-tn th-4t* Attorney for Libellant-.. - THUGGERY. The Hotbod or Operation. The Pall Mall Gazette says: Among sie many wonderful, things recently shown to the Duke of Edinburgh in India was a tame,Thug. This once dangerous person obligingly went through the process of strangling human beings for the edification of the Royal traveler. The Thug’s performance oh the interesting occasion/was beyond 'all praise.' The pull at his victim’s throat was eminently scientific, No throat that ever yet belonged to man could have stood, it Under ' no circumstances could death, summoned by 1 so proficient an artist, bo otherwise, than in' stantaueous. • , 11IK “ COM hOI.ATION " OF PIEBBE. A Deluge, of. Xlianhn to all Grades ol Society. [ From the London Dully Tolcgraph.J , The Avenir de Corse publishes the following letter from Prince Pierre Bononarte, ad dressed to M. de .la Koeca, ono of the wit nesses for the defence at the Tours trial: Finis, April 2, KlQ.—MyDearMomieur de la Rocca —lt would bo altogether impossible for me to answer all the letters and telegrams which I receive from, all points of France and foreign, And, above, all, it wo,old be impossible'for me t'dreply to them with the deep emotion and profound gratitude which I feel for so much precious testimony from the noble sympathy of honest hearts. X beg you to be the interpreter of my senti ments towards those generous friends (let me call them sincerely by that name) whose cquitable'appreciation confirming the cover- i eign verdict ofc the national jury is: my ‘best .consolation. Thanks. to the, courageous writers who have been good-enough to defend me. They are choice spirits, intelligent champions of right, from whose manly inspirations I could have. expected no less. 1 how with respectful gratitude to those lead ers of society whose rank and service enhance :tbe affectionate expressions with which they’ Thoff or mo. Our valiant soldiers, both officers .and men, will understand, X hope, without i'any jnsistance oi), jay part, what ah- immense consolation I have found in ttaer cordial ex pression, socomformable to their greatness of soul and their patriotic attachment to the Emperor’s family.-. It is with : tears in my eyes,,and with pride and sympathy, that I here desire to shake hands collectively, with those children of my native isle—with those patriotic Corsicans, ever faithful to heroic tra ditions, whose blood has flowed freely when ever an enemy of Erance was to be fought. Let us, the intrepid children of my depart ment, whether military or civil, receive the tribute of the new debt’imposed upon my- old devotion by their fraternal attitude,in’the face of the severe trial just undergone by him who bad the great honor to be their representative, and still represents (in the Council General) one of their mostillnstrious cantons. Thanks to the officers, cadets and pupils of the Batavian army. The glorious House of Orange deserves magnanimous ser vants, who know-how’to do homage as well to the memory of Napoleon as to the good KiDg Louis. Thanks to those Belgian officers who have done me the honor to write to me. Although proud of their autonomy, they are almost Frenchmen. As a commander of or ders of the venerable founder of your dynasty lam tempted to exclaim, “Am X not. vour comrade V” Thanks a thousand times to those martyrs of .duly and fidelity to the flag, the Hanoveriatt* officers, whose congratulations -are among-thc most preeious thatrl ceived. Are they not the champions of heroism and misfortune, those companions in-arms of George V., the modern John of Luxemburg ? Let me offer respectful homage to those noble women who have deigned to shed the balm of their" sweet words on him whoisßufficientlyavcngedon calumny by the sympathy of such wives and sneh mothers. Thunks, gratitude, imperishable - rcmem- brances, once more to all right-thinking hearts, lo all those humane ami generous characters who have held outto me a friendly hand in misfortune. One of my counsel said* 1 have - coHferoTinagffwhemnx^poAvers - '' gin to fail.” I myself have alm<"- that. lint I do hot than by words that'J in .the will to rent country in the first pla as my duty u . next, to every good cause, if I could. PIiUiKE JNAT'OLEOK BOKAPARTE THE HUBDEff IN BAUTIMORF,. - Collision of Two Oyster Schooners™.Man Thrown Overboard and Drowned. The Baltjmore American of last evening con tains the following fuller particulars of a tragedy already mentioned by telegraph : About eleven o’clock this morning Patrick McDonald, a hand on board the oyster schooner Foaming Wave, Captain John Sad ler. was drowned m the Basin, or harbor, close to Maltby’s wharf, City Block, by Wm. Lay field, master of the schooner Remedy. A. few minutes after the occurrence Policeman Ker nan arrested Captain Layfield and lodged him in the Middle District Station, where at noon an examination was had before Justice Hagerty. Particulars of the Affair. The testimony of Joseph Parks, Thomas Low, John Connor and Thos. J. Pinkfield, bands on board the Foaming Wave,was given in. Tl.ie latter schooner, it appeared, was passing out from the wharf, to proceed down the. bay to dredge for oysters, while the schooner Remedy was going- into-the wharfr and tbe two vessels collided. McDonald, with the four above named witnesses and two other bands, formed the crew of the Foaming Wave on board at the time. The witnesses all saw him and Captain Layfield clinched and tussel ing near the rail of the schooner Remedy, but did not previously Bee him go on board.- - Parks testified to seeing them thus engaged, and also that the Captain pushed or threw MacDonald over the rail, then ran down into his cabin and returned with a revolver, look ing around to see if any men came on board ;, witness hallooed to him to save McDonald,and jumped on board the Remedy, bnt was met by the Captain, having his pistol in hand; the Captain said something, bnt the witness did not recollect his words; witness replied, " shoot and be d —d the Captain after wards jumped into bis yawl boat, in which there were two otliorlmen. McDonald, after being knocked overboard Into, tbe water, rose to the surfaee, bnt imme diately sank again. pinkfield, just provious, was hauling down the flying jib, in order to avoid any damage by the caUision. The State’s Attorney, Mr. A. Leo KAofct,waa present at the examination. The body of .McDonald was soon after re covered by dragging. He was about 27 or 28 years old, and has a wife and several children living in South Baltimore. The Coroner (Dr. Carr) was notified, and will hold an inquest. Captain Layilold’s Statenient. . The,Captain alleges that MeDonaldcameou board his-vesHel and’ assaulted him-wlth a hand spike.' Several of the witnesses 'stated that both parties had something in theif.'.hands at ithe time, either handspikes or sticks. PRESENCE OP MIND. A Terrible Catastrophe Averted. ; At the Paris Opera House, thq other night, the inflammable scenery tookfirn. The ma,nn- i gers alarmed the.firemen.who promptly tfir'ned their hose on the fire. At the sauie'tiuiS tins /managersaid: “A fine for the first* person who stirs from his post! Five franbs for each ! onq. who/ remains still.” Nobody stirred. ' The ballet-dancers stoically allowed them selves to he deluged by the- , water which i poured from the scenery. . If one of these poor ereiitures had taken flight, or a single specta tor in the house had guessed what ' was going ; on behind the scenes, tho result would have been most disastrousand the victims nmne* ; rous. The coolness,and presence of mind Of: the manager preventeda terrible-catastrophe. . The ballet-daneers earned their five francs bravely. It was remarked iri the house wi|h some surpriso that it rained heavily on the. stage, hut it was not for a moment suspected that a firo WaS raging while the chorus and; supernumeraries wero So calm and immova ble. The act Was almost finished, and by the time it-oame tea conclusion tho fire was ex tinguished. ■ - TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1870. . A POEVB SUICIDE. The Tlfe of the bite major Slgonrnoy •«fiint;nl»r Hl»l<iry or in* Anthonilitp or *• 'I tie Deantirnl Snow.*’ . .The World saysDoubllexs all, or nearly all of the,,pcrsbns who. read this article, have read and admired a little poem called “The Beautiful,Snow,” which, immediately on its appearance, a few years ago, not only attracted attention because of its intrinsic beauty, but, also because of its unknown and disputed au thorship. This man claimed it, ana that man claimeu it ; now its author was a woman whose degraded life had separated her from her sis ters, .and whose remorse was here shadowed, in verse, and again the talk was that a poor “Uobeifijan” had written it on the spur of the moment. It seemed/destined to be one-of those 1 melancholy songs which wander ahout jthe world; which go from mouth to mouth, and which, beautiful,.as they are, bring no re cognition to him who hasmade them. They all true poetry must live, simply be cause they are beautiful. On the night of Friday last Major Wm. A. B. Sigourney was found dead on the Blooui ingdale road. He was shot through the head,- and all the circumstances of the case showed thdt lie had committed suicide a few hours be fore he was found. The body was taken to ' Tenth street, where an.iinxuesit was held, and whence it was removed to Greenwood Ceme tery' and there buried.. Upon his person were found lettersfromMr. Stephen Massett (Jeems Pipes), Mr. J. Jay "Watson and Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney. ■ Major Sigourney was the nephew of Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, the poet, and was horn near St. Albans, in Vermont. Early in life he married Amelia Josephine Fillmore, a sister of Mr. William Fillmore, of New York, who was afterwards associated with him in the publication of a bebdomedal oalled the Golden Jr/e, the. first number of which ap -pearetL.ih 1854,.and.waa„ issued. from. No. 335. Broadway. Miss Fillmore is said, by those who knew her, to have been a very beautiful woman. The marriage, however, was by no means a happy one, and two years after it took place, and while the pair were in,, Europe, rumor said that she was unfaithful to her husband. Keports of this sort made their way to the friends and family of Mrs. Sigourney, and when the couple returned-to this country, in 1852, they received a chilling welcome. Apparently the "wife was bad by nature, for almost immediately upon her ap peal an ce in this city she entered upon a life of shame, and it was not"long before she was lodged in Blackwell’s Island as a vagrant—the passion for strong drink had ruined her. Through the kind offices of Mr. Henry J. Ray mond, Major Sigourney succeeded' in obtain ing the release of his wife, but all endeavors to reiorm her proved unavailing, and it was not long before she returned to her evil ways. In the autiimn of 1853 she left her husband,and he heard no more of her till he learned~through the papers that she had been found dead in White - street, frozen and buried nnder the snow, which had fallen upon her. - The papersliiid spoken -of her simply as a young and beautiful woman, but some circum stances connected with tin- case led Sigourney to think that the dead woman was his wife, and further examination showed that it was she. He had her buried in Greenwood Ceme tery, Mr. Raymond again befriending him, 'inddrl'rayingtliefiiiieralexpenseH. —It-was-in- of this "• and her sad death that e claimed) tbe poem ►now,” and-puhnahed ;he first week of Janu- is first wife he again inarried, and appears always to hare been" in destitute circumstances, occasioned either by his own neglect of opportunities,or a constitu tional inability to keep money after he had made it. His life was-a roving one ; now he was busy at one thing, and now at another. His health was not good, and some time ago a pulmonary affection forced him to relinquish his place as editor of- the St. Albans Messenger. At various times' he contributed articles to the New York papers; but, as may readily he con ceived, did not make sufficient money in this way to support his family, or,,at least, to pro vide lor its support after ins death, and his suicide has left them poer. For some time before his death he had con tributed stories and poems to Packard's Monthly, the Dispatch and other publications, and the urgency with which lie asked that the money for them should bo. sent to lain “ as soon as possible ” shows that lie was sadly in need of it; indeed, he said that he was starv ing. One of his letters reminds one of Foe’s to N. P. Willis, begging for five dollars to keep him alive. It reads, “ For God’s sake send me money,..no...matter..haw litttb, as quickly as you can. My child cried for bread this morning, and I had none to givC.” This was written. but a short time ago.and fronLit . the reason of the self-murder may. easily be conjectured. Mt. NEWMAN ON CATHOLICISM. He Affirms His Faith. The following letter has been addressed by Dr. Newman to a'correspondent who had written to him, pointing out the' Conclusions which certain English journals had deduced from recently-published opinions of the reverend gentlemen: i ily Dear JRev.Str: I feel quite the force of your hppeal to me, and answer/it without delay. Men are illogical when they conclude, a,s the newHpaper-whielryou Bend me, that be cause I ■ disapprove of the actions of certain-' Catholics, therefore my faith is unsettled as regards the Catholic Church. No one denies that the Bishop : of Orleans, in spite of his homing words against these . same acts, has a tirm faith in the Catholic Church ; no one calls him restless. 'Why, then, am I - rest less because I wrote ,- a strong but a most confidential letter to my own bishop, and to him.alone, as a matter of sacred duty V In the year 1862 I was, as has often hap pened in the course) .of the last twenty-five years(for Protestants have never let me a10ne),,,, most groundlessly reported to he a wavering Catholic. I then used words in answer,which l will now; repeat, and that with as great energy as 1 then wroto them. I have not had n moment’s wavering of trust in the Catholic Church-eyof since I was received into her fold. I hold, and ever have held,that her Sov ereign Pontiff-ie-the centre of unity and the Vicar of Christ. And I ever have had, and have still, an unclouded faith in her creed in •ail its articles; a supreme satisfaction in her worshiprdisciplino and teaching-;- and an eager longing, and a hope against hope, that the many dear friends whom I have left in Pro testantism maybe partakers in .my happiness. 1 am, my dear rev. sir, .most truly yours, " ~ • John H. Nkwman; April 11. A CUAtICAh PABTI’. Clergymen on the Way to the JPncllie. The Omaha Republican of the 23d says : A number of the; clergy and a few influen tial laymen of tho- Episcopal Church passed through the city yesterday on the way to Cali fornia toattend the delegate meeting of the Board of Domestic Missions to be held in San vJSrancixco. ‘We had Ui& pleasure of meeting, the Bey. Dr. Paddock, of Brooklyn : the Bev. Dr. Leeds, of Baltimore; tho Bev.'Dr. Howe, of Philadelphia; the Bev. A. Vinton, of Bos ton, and last,' but by no means least, the Bev. Dr. Twipgi the enthusiastic jigent of the Board —as active as if he did not weigh three Uuu : drerf pounds,,: Among the number we noticed the Bev. Mr. Milburn; the celebrated blind clergyman, who; wo believe; intends to- tell us 11 What a Bliild Man Saw in Europe, ” on his return, sometime in May. ' BBOWAtOW ON BECOSBIBVCIIOH. The Radical Organ* in Tennessee “ Draw inar it xoo jbuio,” , Senator Brownlow has lettar to the editor of the Knoxville Chronicle—Radical— from which we make the following extract: Having now spoken of’tlie good qualities of your newspaper, I must Bay a word of its bad qualities, it "is too mild in its tone, and altogether too conciliatory, considering the party with which you have to deal, and bow violent and hostile toward the" .loyal people that party "is. We have Governor Sehter with us,; and, as I am told, he has been before the Heconstruction Committee of the House. His testimony is-said to have been strong against the Ku-Klux party and altogether satisfactory to the Ivppublicans. I expect the Committee of the House to report a bill looking, to; the reconstruction of Tennessee. We propose to wipe out the Legislature and the late Conven tion, and order an election of a' new Legisla ture under the old law, and, with regis tration, leaving the executive and judiciary undisturbed. The bill will meet with opposi tion in the House from the Democracy and the tender-footed Republicans, but will,never theless, pass. ' In the Senate we will have less -trouble, as we are divided politically, say sixty'Republi .'catißtO v teudjoinoi)rat3. — They^wilLai'TiDurse go on to elect judges in Tennessee. What Governor Senter will feelit his duty to do I am unable to say, but if 1 were Governor I would refuse to commission their judges and other officers. . That party have made a great noise over the increase of the State debt by the issuance of-bonds to pay.tho five years’ inter-, .jest they had repudiated by the -rebellion, and bonds issiled under my administration-to-put our railroads in order. They call it the Brown low despotism, extravagance and swindling. ■ They promised to wipe out radicalism and re new the era of prosperity/ What have they done? Are they building up the towns and -wante.placea.2 . Are. real ; estate and . rents..ad-_ vanc.ng or falling oil ? Let the mechanics and, day laborers of Knoxville' answ'er the ques tion. The fifth month of the present session is passing off rapidly, and I am pleased to bo able to inform you that 1 am the only man in the Senate who has never been absent-a- day. I make no speeches ; but the ayes and nays show me to be always right, voting for ex treme radical measures. If I had not lost my voice, it is likely I would be talking too, though we have quite too much talking in both Houses. THE BUBSUX SERFS. ■—Happy Rcsnlts of Emancipation. The Moscow Herman Gazette of March 8, 1870, lias an,article on the happy results of the emancipation’.'dt serfs in Russia, of which we will give a short synopsis: The law, of emancipation of the serfs dates from February 19, 1801, and already the new relations sprung from it have attained a de -grcfe of firmness and prosperity very disagree able to the Federalists and enemies of reform. Particularly in the Western governments the increase of population.-, and,.exportation of cereals have been remarkable. The Govern ment has opened to the landpwners-a large credit tcrhelp them in bringingthegreateaeri fice-connected with emancipation, namely, in the, Government of Kiew, the large sum of thirty-three millions of roubles. Tn the whole, throughout the nine Western and the other Governments, 9,640,234 males have been made secure in their economical condition by the laws of 1801 and the nrdi._ nances subsequent to it; 6,21)1,141) of them' have become free landowners, who, in the course of forty years from now, willhavepaid for their land, bought mostly through the aid of the Crown Treasury. The remaining ,'{,088,- 111 males having yet immediate obligations towards their landlords, are, in the whole, as well secured against their arbitrary will as those entirely emancipated from them by pur chasing their land. ..Their obligations to ser vice and corresponding payments of money rent are strietly-prescrihed-byJaw: an arbi trary increase of their dues by the landlord is an Impossibility. Tf the peasants want to make their land'their free property by pur chase for the sums, strictly stipulated by the State, against the will of the landlords, they are perfectly free to do so, and only their de claration and a.decreo of the corporation are necessary.. But if ihe landlord wants to com pel them" to relinquish their service on paying of money-rent ana to redoem their lands, he has to remit 20 per cent, of the crown tax. Mot the arbitrary power of the landlords them selves can effect the forced collection of un paid money rents or- the rendering of pre scribed services, but regular judges are to do it,whose procedure is strictly prescribed by law. For the provincial Diets peasauts, citi zens and nobles elect their special represen tatives ; the j'urors of the courts are elected by and from all of them. THE SUEZ CANAL. Condition and Earnings of the Transit. f From Uaiigntini ’b Messenger, of Paris, April 12.] The report lately presented by M. de Licsseps to the meeting of Suez Canal shareholders at Paris states that about 8,000,000 franes will be required this year to complete or improve the works.* Tlie total number of vessels that passed through the Canal from the day of its opening to.the 15th of March was 209, representing 140,631 tons. Of these 50,052 tons were English vessels, 34,390 French, 17,006 Egyptian, 14,625 Austrian, 7,238 Italian, 4,178 Russian, '4,000 Norwegian', 3,200 Dutch, 880 German, 528 Spanish,,3,ols Prussian, 369 Portuguese aDd 34,2 Turkish. Of the 209 vessels 200 were steamers ■, the others were sail ing vessels. The tolls collected were from 79 vessels of 54,6444, tons, ;130 vessels being exempt, having passed through on the occasion of the opening of the canal), realizing 593,411 f., and the amount from small vessels as transit tines was 20,186 f. With respect to England the report says, " England has from the first day been"-able to utilize the canal largely. -You have seen what an: imposing co'mmabial fleeh]sh«.has sent to it arid that fleet -augments ’every day. Building yards work literally-nif;ht and day in the United Kingdom in transforming or building ves sels. We would cite you a single company which, in its calculations, has put down an annual payment of 2,500,60® francs for the canal.”. ‘ , SUICIDE OF A HISTORIAN. A Melancholy Tragedy. The Independunce, of Brussels,{says: “One of the most learned historians of Germany, Dr. Jafl'e, has just committed snicido at Wit temburg with a pistol. He was born-in 1817, of .Jewish parents. After having passed his degreesin'medlcine lie devoted himself to the studyof tlie historyot tne Middle Ages, and became one of the principal contributors to the work entitled Monumenla Germanise His torica. He afterwards published the Ifegesta -liomanomm Pontijicum and the" Hiblio.theca Re- „ mni Gtrmamcarum. His groat merit caused him to be nominated Professor at the Univer sity of Berlin, he being the first JSw to whotu such a post, was conceded in Prussia. Two years ago he embraced Christianity, and was subsequently so harassed by 'the oalumritous .Attacks' of his)farther co-roligiamstS that a\j)ro found melancholyitook possession Of Ills mind, and led him to.put an end to his life.” . man who has tried until he knows, tells us that if you go to call on ayoung lady,And slm.crochets diligently all the eve ning,' antf only says “ yes,” and “ no,” you can go away about nine or a'quiirter past without breaking any of the rules of etiquette. , ' —Bamboo is being successfully grown in California. , . PRICE THREE CENTB. DRAMATIC. Barney Williams at the Wplnat. At tho Walnut Street Theatre, last night, , Mr. and Mre. Barney Williams appeared ‘ before a large audience in Connie Soogak. Thi* .drama, is,.decidedly, one of the most enter taining and most effective .of the more-popular Irish plays now upon the stage. The plot ia intricate and nicely developed; the incidents are exciting; many Of thq situations are very strong, and some of the characters are drawn with great skill. The parts sustained, by Mir. and Mrs, Williams, although in a great degree . similar to those in other plays, are intrinsi cally interesting, and their attractiveness is, heightened by-the skilful performance of the actors. Altogether the entertainment is a de lightful one, aud will,, doubtless, give intense satisfaction to those who are particularly par ' tial to dramas of thiS class. • BtYSTEBIOES DKATU OF A X EW JEB. SET MAN. He Dies at a-Botel In Bnflhlo Wittiootr Bevealins? His Name. ' -y [From the. Buffalo Courier ofApril 20;} ' —— / OntheJiOth of last November a respectably appearing man, registering himself as George ’ ' Smith, ot Hightstown, N. J., put up at the ■ United States Hotel, on the Terrace, this city. He deposited 81,000 in greenbackein the hotel, safe, and from time to time after wards drew on his money. He was quite reticent about ; his antecedents, but at onetime said that som® timcago-ho-was-eDgaged-in-thehutehar-busi ness, at Bordentown, N. ,T. Ho spent his money freely, engaging carriages anddriving; aroundthc city.: He also purchased a gold watch, paying ©2OO for the same. On the 3ist of Decemoerne lefttownforfourdays, stating ' that he was going to Bochester, pa. Upon -his retuiii no took up -his abode at the. same hotel, and -spent his time much as he had done before. Some five or six weeks ago he was taken sick, his complaint : being yellow, jaundice. Bast Friday ,he look .to his bed,_ . and—never—afterward®— l! left his room. He died yesterday morning at half-past nine o’clock. During his stay in this '' cityke -was not known to have written or re ceived a letter. Drs. Phelps and Hutchins attended him, and, a few days ago, when it was discovered that he could not live, the fact " was communicated to him. He received the information in a light manner, and did not seem/to realiise.lda condition, „.ar ,„if.he.„did. sow-t. would not admit it. At one time he said that, should he die, he desired to be buried at Bufialo. He was a man of about forty-live years of age, live feet seven -or eight inches high,- and rather stoutly built.-'—He -had" but little hair on his head, his whiskers were very black and his upper lip was bare. The name of George Smith, which he gave, is generally-- ’ believed to have been a fictitious one, and his strange deportment and reticence as tp his former life are supposed to have been o wing =to some-great-disappointment-=whick=had=be-= fallen him. Coroner Burke yesterday morn jng took charge of the remains and a nost mortem examination wi. A Bemnrboble Colored Genius. (From the Lexington (Ky.) Gazetted) . At the last meeting of Lexington Presby tery, sitting in Versailles, a negro applied for license to preach, and it was accorded to him, lint, tint, mitil after a mnst, seai-rhing cxamimL.— " tion'dnri'ng which he showed himself familiar with Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and' all the text-books required to be studied by Protby terian theological students. The negro is a singular compound of physical deformity and • mental activity, being dwarfed and distorted, in body to a degree almost , painful to look upon, and with a very large head, out Of all proportion to the rest of' his person. He is a reputed son of the great lawyer and orator, 8. S. Prentiss,. one time member of Congress from Missis sippi, where he was looked upon as a perfect prodigy of eloquence and mental attainment.' This son of his seems to possess his father’s; peculiarities in an exaggerated degree,"and may yet prove as marvellous in mind as dis torted in body. His appearance so prejudiced the members of the Presbytery against him that they would have refused him a license if he had shown any deficiency:' He was re quired to deliver a sermon of nis own compo-i sition, and the matter of it was not Only good, but the manner of delivery was composed and admirable. We have not. heard to what field ' he has been called. ■. , FACTS AND FANCIES. ' —Polygamy is practised by. only 2,000 of Brigham" Young’s followers. • —Nearly 17,000 flasks is the annual yieldof quicksilver oh theTaefflc" coast. . —A Kentucky pedagogue’s unefe has jus6 died, leaving him alone in the world, with. 55,000,000. ( . —Walt Whitman has been translated into French. The way of the translator is hard. —A Yalefreshman challenged a New Haven ■ banker to mortal combat. . • —Faraday is to be immortalized by a status : in the British Museum. v ' —A Chinaman diedjof grief on a friend’s* grave at San Francisco, a few days since. —A Grass Valley gold mine has just panned out $25,000 in twelve days. —A large number of Charlotte Bronte’s let ters will soon ho published for the first * time in the Hours at Home magazine. 7 —The green on the new three-cent stamps is poison, and a number ’of people have died since they came into use. ' .■■■-, —The late Dr. Duncan of Edinburgh Was sometimes'strangely forgetful. A correspon dent of tlioLondon At/ientcumsays that he was' engaged to officiate one Sunday for the minis ter ot Culter, near Aberdeen, and left the lat ter place in good time, mounted on a “shel tie.” Being a great snufi'-taker, he frequently had recourse to his “mull on his journey; and arriving at a turn of the road whore the wind .blow,, right ahead, he f turned his nag , about to enable him to take a pinch more * easily; having tlono so, ho forgot to turn his pheltie again, and rode into Aberdeen, nob discovering bis mistake until it was too late to be of ahy use to the good people of Culter. —An article in tlie May Harper’s entitled' “ Old English Lawyers” contains some capi tal stories of Sergeant Davy, most of, which ,’are famjllar. but it is pleasant to see them all together. Once, when- Lord Mansfield an-/ nounced his intention of Folding court oa., Good Friday, the sergeant instantly addressed the peer and told him that his lordship would be the first judge that had done such a tiling 7 -since-PonUu.s to i have been quite a match tor Lord Maufffiold, ; who was by. tjo means skilled in the higher J principles of- laiv. He one day broke out against the sergeant wiith this gibo: “If .this . .be Jaw, sir, I must burp all my books,,l see.” „ “ Your lordship had better read them first,”" rejoined Davy. : • U ; 'V 1 —The Bov. Mr. Gardner ..dwells .in Key; West. On the 10th iost., he.told his congrega tion that if a storekeeper had grits v he should ; not tlisposc ot them.except for. eaatuWThea-hia'- dtew the simile that a minister of- the gospel', had Christian grits which he could not well be expected to dispose of- except -for tion. Ho said that he had not been adequately ■ paid for his services, but' th£t, however, lio would remain among them, and die oh the Dal thJiM. . The only important request which he lutd to make was that; tbey would.take care of ills family when he was in his grave. He did. not want to be understood as having pteaoUod. . a lugging sermon. ■_ L_i—-=-A’ le made.
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