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.
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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
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FOR GENTLEMEN
AND BOYS
. AT
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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
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Tickets 50 conts. For. sale by Leo & Walker. 922
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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
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' RUSSIAN AND' PERFUMED" BATHS,
'iuiacisri,
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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.
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Cleanses and Purifies Artificial Teeth I
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hold by all Druggsta.
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COIsTGN-DENTAFaSSOCIATIGNORI^
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Fob invalids.—a fine musical
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assortment in the city, and a great variety of aira to se
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Marking with indelible ink
Embroidering. Braiding. Stamnine.Ac.
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PHILADELPHIA.
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POLISHING POWDER. THE BEST
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ffC-- "retailing at wholesale
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Rilk files. at KNEABB’, No. U2O Market street. Big
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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.