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»*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. . • «"» 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. Blnl2§ . 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. WILSON, Proprietor, mbl ly rps JN'lnthaffll Filbert streets, Philadelphia. tteaS)quabters for extracting JH TEETH WITH FBESH NITROUS OXIDE GAS. “ABSOLUTELY NO PAIN.” Dr. F. R. THOMAS, formerly operator at the Colton DenUl Rooms, devotes bis ebtiroj>ractice to the painless extraction ol toeth. Office, 911 W olnut st. mns,lyrp? COIsTGN-DENTAFaSSOCIATIGNORI^ giuated the anaesthetic use of , NITROUS OXIJ)E, OB LAUGHING GAS, And d uyote their whole time auJ pructico ttrexlracting" teeth without pain. Office. Eighth and Walnut streets. ap2oly JJENRiY PHILLIPPI, CARPEKTEB-ANDBUILBEB, HO. 10H SAHBOM STIIEEt, PHILADKLPHIA. jelD-lyrp IpKESH CHAKCOAL BISCUIT £UH 1 DTSPEPRIA: . UABD'S FOOD forinfants, jnst inaport&J.-Select K(o Taploe*, with direction* for use. Genuine Bermuda Arrowroot, nnd other Dietetics, for sale by JAMES ’f. SHINN,S.AV.cor*Broad auj Spruce.. ap9tfrp§ . 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. A rare opportunity to enter ft' pleasant business. Address u DBNAIOBK,” Bulletin Office. It’ , TXHILADELPHIA SURGEONS’ BAND- X AGE INSTITUTE. U North Ninth street. above Market, ft. C. EVERETT’S TRUSS positively cures Ruptures. Che" - " ** ’* ‘’♦nckliujs, Supporters, Sb< isoriee, Pileßaiidaeos, ■ 1 Jy rp /UNT •CUES, Ac., at -jfW -j LO k © JK ' JONES & CO.’S tfLD-EBTABLIBHKP LOAN OFFICE, Corner of Third And Giuskill streets, Below Lombard. N. 8.-DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, GUNS, 4c., _ von SALK AT BBMABKABLY LOW P,BICES. ' 1 niy2itfrp§ TSAAC NATHANS, AUCTIONEER, N. E. J_ corner Third and Spruce streets,! nnlv one square below the Exchango. $250-000 to lounj, in large or email amounts, on diamonds, silver plate, /watches, jewelry, and all goods of Value. Office hours from BA. M. to 7 P. M. SGT Established for the last forty years. Ad vances made in hirge omountß“at the loweßt-markot rates. POLISHING POWDER. 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