YOLUME XXIV-NO. 16. \X r'-BS DDI NO INVITATIONS EN- Tl sravodintho newest and ht st manner. LOUIS DBEKA, Stationer and Rngraver, No. 1033 Ohestnat gtreet. ap2l-th«tu-tf Earth closet dry kakth -cbirimodeaahdapparatus for* fixed closet* nt\V 51. .—<^BUOAl4ft.a Jr L22LNftrX^tl4lrci;li^.Jlw , /HlaDu v f.r.*m to health andTrom offence i economy of « valuam*hr* tilixer secured by nsenfthe dry earth system. aogJtrji 4’ MARRIED. McBRinE—FAITNEBTOUK, —ln Pittsburgh. April 28th,br the Hot. John Scarborough, Goo. P. Mcßride joMiMHanuabD-iFahneettcte. : FOTTKR—VAN HOOK.-On the 26th instant, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Bov. K. K. Arf&mi, assisted by the Rot Peter Stryker. D.D.. Oeo. Potier* Ksq., of Oncstnot Bill, to M*ry R., youngest daughter of Win. P. Van nook. E»q.«of this clry. WALTER—DURHAM.-Id Baltimore, April 20th, by Pey.Wllford I>owns. William 11. Wnlur, of Pennuyl* Vania, to MUa Eliza Durham, of Baltimore. DIKD. ADDIS.—On Wednesday evening, 27th Inst.. Rotnana Louise, only child of John C. and Mary Anua Addis, ng»d 17 mouth*. . .The friends and; relatives are respectfully invited to attend the fuaeral, from the residence of her perorits, No. 2027 Franklord avenue, this (Saturday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock. To proceed to Franklin Oraetery It tbs 28th Inst., Mrs. Margaret Boland, -In the«7tb-yeaxof-bar-age . The' relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend tbe funeral, from tber-sidcnce gf her sou-ln law, 'MrrPanlpl-McDevitt, No;-1834-Arch street, onMouday morning, at BJ4 o'clock. -- * FRAZIBB.—On the morning of the 29th of April, Jionlaa 8., wife of Wm. W. Frasier. * JONBS.—At Germantown, on Friday, 23th instant, M. Xixsie, wife of John E. Jones. Dun pntw of the funersl will bn given. XONGSTBBTH.-rOn Tbnrs-lay. 28th Instant, Charles C. Longstreth, In tbe 41st year of his age. Fonera 1 from hU l*»« resilence, Ritteohous* street, Gennaatowo, on Monday morning next, at 10 o 'clock. * TAILOR.—On the morning of tb' 29th Inst., of scarlet fever, Marian, eldest daughter of eorge K.aud Luoy JB. Taylor, In the 4th year of her age. „ ~ -• The relatives and friend* of the family are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her pij’SOts, No. North Eighteenth elieet, uu Monday rSecood’dsy) morning* at 10 o’clock. Interment at South Laurel Bill. ••• ‘ • • •• TBAVBKB.—In Baltimore,cn the27th Inst.v aifs. So* mu Travers, widow, of Captaiu Charles A. Travers, Sr., in tbe 81st year of her age. 1870. PLAIf ? 1870 BROWN IRON BAREGE. MODE IRON BARKGB. PEARL IRON HA BROS. VIOLET IRON BAREGE. 'EYRE X LANPKLL. SPECIAI. KOTICES. A Fine T / Lot of ; Heal “Nobby" Clothing for Young Q-ents. JOHN WANAMAKER, 818 AND 820 CHESTSUT ST. Finest Ready-Made Suits, Superior in Materials, Finish, jppj; pHiLADfiLFHIA,IAimiOd, 1870. fIAMCELO. I'EBKiNB,E*Q., EutertaiDliis a high opinion of your l?gal ability tied character, ana belifiTing yoo to be eminently qualified for the position, we request your conaeut to present your name as a candidate for .the office of AatoclaieJaa* lieeof ibeGvarlof Common Pleas for the City and Oouaty of Philadelphia. Yoare truly, Bor. Binney, jJameg H. Orne, EH K. Price, (J&me«L Claghorn, W..Al.Meredith* JJ.G. Kell, Henry J. Will luma, Henry C. Lea, Daniel Dougherty, G. 8. Benson, Jaa. Bayard, Edward Browwiag, Henry Wharton, • Strickland Kneam, Aubrey ILSmith, A.E.Bori*, A. J. Kuh, Cbaa. 8. Ogden, ;JI. 0- Thompson, Oeo.-D. Roejngarten, : Alex. Henry, " J. E. Caldwell A Co., E. L. A»hhun)t, Samuel Hart, Edw. Shippen, Jas. 8. Earle & Sons, J.G.Boeeugarteu, Henry Stroup, Horatio Galea Jouee, B.Thackara, "William Dnane, V , 0. Tliackara, "W. K. Whitman, Stoker, Caldwell A Co., John A. Burton, J. B. Krrineor, H. Hampton Todd, James T. Young, Deuj. Harris Brewster, F. L. Hotline, _ JohnClayton,--~r Jolm-VV&naniaker,- - - - Constant Guilion, E. I.afourcado, •Toe. B. Townsend, B. H. Moore, SliaeW. Petit, J. B. Lipplnc >U A Co., Samuel L. Taylor, Ctias. o'jfeill, H. Howard Furneae,. William Ruahton, Jr., <3.0. Purrie, Edwin M Eowig, W. Gner iiibler, Thornes Bobint, Thomas E. McElroy, Edw. B. Wood, \ J. D. Meredith, Charles Wheeler, \ W. W. Welglry, N. il. Browne, \ Charles D. Freeman, George F. Tylor, \ BobertH. Will.-on, C. IJ. Clark, Clement B. Penrose, Edward Bonington, Jr., *Wm4fii>U'li Wistar, W. It u a soli West, Hmnr Phillips, Jr., John Moss, Bichard P; White, Richard S. Smith, Yf : J . McElroy. JayCooko, H. C. Towneenu, Joseph F. Marcer, William W. Fell, Chimea M. Prevoiti J, -Sergeant Price,. Charles P. Herring, v _. CarroH Broweter, Frederick Chase, \ George J unkin, It. P. McCullagh, ' John G. Johnson, Lloyd P. Smith, Ghas, floury Hart, James A. Freeman, Edwin T. Chose, Win. Q. Crowell, Joseph A. Clay, Charles 8. Wood, Wm. Ilenry Itawle, John L. Thompson, K. Runule Smith, Fred. Fraley, ■ T. Pi Morris., Henry 0. Carey Cadwaladcr Biddle, Win Purvis, John 0. Knox, Jr., Charles Dulilli, Wm. U. Tilghman, John Wiegand, JameaW. Paul, A. Biddle, Cliarlefi Gilpin, . Win. B, Rogers, Jr., Benj. H.Haines, Onorgo Vaux, Joshua T.Owou, . „ ■ Henry il.Lttndla, Claxtou, Rrmson.A HaffelflnKor. Philadelphia, April M, 1870. Hon. Horace Binney, Hon. Eli K. Brice, Hon. Wm. Al. Meredith, and others: .. GjrttTLKM.BN.:. Your.coi«muiijcationof tho_l7th iji3taut, requesting my consent to your presenting my imm>i us a candidate for Associate Judge ot the Court or Common Pleas of this city and county, is received. 1 have no desire for the office, and feel that, with the present salary, it cannot bat bo a sacrific e pe cuniarily, for rao to accept a seat upon the Bench. I hare ever held in theory that public office should .-.not be. sought, but that, the onleu should soek the ' man; and, when properly tendored, should not be de clined, oxcept for very imperative reasons. In cousht eneywith that theory,-1 cannot.therefore, withhold the ' consent thus requested by not only the most distinguished of the profession, but by so many having a substantial and personal interest in the business aud welfare of this • city and county. .with great respect, and thanking you for this oxproa- Pion'of confidence, I remain,vt«rv truly, yours, SAMh. C. PKUKINS, it No. 627 Walnut streut. fr&> MERCANTILE LIBRARY:—AT A nieeUng pf tho Board of Directors of the Mo> cautilo Library Company, held on the 27th inst., tho following resolution was adopted: - ,7* - i-That in conformity with tho advisory voto* •which has been'invited by tbo> Directors on thy onlho ftrnt day of tho wool; T {buuday-V th£ A. M, > Ghildrenr’a Church nt 3 P. M. Sermon to the children by tho Pastor. No service in the even* lvg : . ' - It* CLINTON STREET CHURCH, Tenth street, below Sprnce. Bevr'SttffltfS A. M.,aad R ?. v a T^J^Ph^Phor . d * B F. 'Mr Evfcuirig sitbjtMjr Our Lord tho Morning Star. n All peraotiß cordially invited. n* ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN “v£y Church, Ninot.enth and Groon streota.—ltov. .V- , ’ . v u at° r alnct Syrvicea to-morrow, at I0)£- oVlr.ck A. M. nnd at Bo’clork P. M. Sabbath School Anuiveraary at 3 o’clock P.M. Addroaaca by Rev. Pr. llcndlr, llev. J. L. Withrow and Rov.Qeo. F. Cain. It* rv-^WESTSPRUOESITrEKTOHURCH, IKrX Seventeenth and Spruce atrootp.—Rev. W. P Breed, D. D., will preach to morrow, at I ttieToot Artist, ~ " ' ' T. BOCHANAN BEAD. NINTH >VEEK OF THE EXHIBITION. , Tim I’uim recited at 12 M., t and 9P.M. dailj by MB. J. B. BOBBBTS, m. Th» Eminont Traewllan nn STREET MISSION. CIIORATKAfip ORCHESTRAL CONCERT, > EVENING, Mar I*. 1870. _ Jfc* ?.QX£ H OlBS,assisted Vj M n. OUBAN GALTON KELLEHEft. Director, JAMES PEABGB»Mai. Bac.« Organist St Ma*V* Church. •' Ticket*, CO cents. For sale at W. H. IiONEB A CO.’S, 1102 Chestnut street J. L. BIBPIIAM.7IO South Second street. JOS. PARKER, Gemiotown _A Dcipattf torea |K3» BILLIARD TOTTEN AM ENT. US' PROGRAMME F/>B SATURDAY. A FTKBhOUN—PALHKB and DOTLE; ' PAIUBRWd McALKEB. EVENING—ROCKHILL and HUN TER. “. NELMBand PLUNKET. Thia will be tbe.hmt garao for the Chajopionahip of P« iiDßvlraoia. ; Reserved Seat*. SI. CommenciDfir at 2 o’clock in the AFTERNOON* and’B in Hit EVENING. «’ • ltfr fi-S* ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS. US' PONKYYILLE LEUTUBB. 1 —W-M—Lr-DE-N NlB ,--153%, Will hl" popular Lecture. entitled „ ‘‘MWt CHtJBCn AND CONGREGATION.” For the Benefit of Kehderton Presbyterian Church, _ ' On TUESDAY EVkSYnQ Next, May S. -Ticketscau now be had at office Aeaembly Buildings!' Ticket*, U> cents. :LectureatB. ap2S-strp? MUSJOAL FUND SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA; The Annua! Meeting of the Mnnieal Fond Society will W held, ut their Hall, on TUESDAY, the 3d of May, at _Bfj;clock, P. M; The Annual Report will be read, and an election for Directors held. ap393ts WILLIAM I/. DCKGLIBON, Sei’y. rrs* SOUTHERN LIBERTIES BIBLE US' S.'MJIBTY. Thirty-eighth AnnWervary, on TUESDAY- EVENING. May 3i, io the Fifth Street Metliouist Church, Fifth atreet. below Green, at 6 nV]irf*k. AddroMee by,Hot. J. Todd, Re?* Naah M. Price.. R«*r; J; S. Hartley. FriemU of tho Bible will plv&ne attend. it* LIEBIG'S UOMF AN Y 8 EXTRACT of Meat eepures great economy and convenience in lionaejceening and excellence in cooking. .None gerjoiocjcjtJuont the' signature of Baron Liebig, the lnr - t n j ~ . . President ITS*' SURGICAL WARD OF THE TJNI rf-reity Hospital la now open for the reception of petiente- Ahplr Ninth street, beloa* Locnst. from-Il to 3, to aplJMu elm-rp PROF. W. PAINE. irs* ‘IiEMOVAL.-DR. lK£r removed ,l»is Office from. 123 Botith Thirteenth •trect to 223 South Seventeenth street, beiew Walnut. * fTS* HOWARD and tP2O Lombard street. Dispensary Department. —Medical treatment and medicine famished gratuitoosly -tr (he poor.— ; ~ :• —- — RELIGIOUS NOTICES. IT'S* SIXTiTPEESBYTEEIAIi CHURCH, ,_?prU-C«»tr«tu-belo.W- pastor, will preach at lOK A. MV and Bo*cloek P. M. It* fUg* CHitrST CHURCH. GERMAN- ' .tciwn.—B.r.Dr.Rtimney will officiate to-mor row._Ber»icei, 10}», morales, and erenlng. It* Ir 3» BPR I N G GARDEN~BAPTIST Church, Thirteenth street, above Wallace.—Bev. L. P Uornberirer, Pastor. Preaching to-morrow at 10K A. M. aud7KP.-M. Bund ay School «ta P.M. it* rg» CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN “er Church. Locust street, abore fifteenth, iter. Dr. Humphrey, Paator. Serrlcee at U>H A. hi. and 6 P-W. . • ... It* fy"S» c HUB OH QF THE HOLY “e£r Trinity, Walnut antf Nineteenth etrecte.—Ser- Mceeto jn. rrowereningatao'clock. Sermon by Ber. J. H. Eccleetou. it* JUS* THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN u-ear Church. Washington Sen arc.—Her. J. Uaaoa Knox, D.D., will preach to-morrow at NWA. hl.,and Her. Alex. Bced, D. D., atB P. M. . it* ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH, TWEN h-efy tleth and t'h.rry etreets. Perrice to morrow erening at 7M o’clock. Choral eorrlce. Seats free. . It* THE REV. H. A. CLEVELAND «r£y will prtacb in Trinity M . E. Church to-morrow morning, fit 10H,and in the evening, at7?i. Strangers are invited to attend. u w ARCH STREET M. E. CHURCH, IKsX Broad streel, below Arcb.—Preaching by the Pah-tor, Rev. O.H. Payne, Sunday morning at lOJfi and evempg at 7H » clock. Strangers invited. It* LEV. C. WADSWORTH, D. D., dr?- Paator, will preach to-morrow in the Third Eo foinied Church. Tenth and Filbert streets. Service at mi oclock A. M. and 8 o’clock-P. M. it* ITS* THE THIRD CHILDREN’S Church will take tdaco at. 3 P. M.% To-morrow, m Waet Arch, corner of Eighteenth and Arch etreots S»*nuon by Rov. Dr. Wlllits. Seats all froo except for tliuchildren. Every person welcome. it* fl-S* -ST. MARK’S CHUECH, UOCUST, above Sixteenth street.—ln addition to the regu lar services,a choral service every Suuday evening, at 7h o'clock. At this service all tho seats will be free. Strangers especially invited. . It* ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, EIGHTH they Street, übove Spruce.—Bight Bev. 0. T. Bedell, J>; D.. liL. P„ will preach in this Church to-morrow (Sunday)nmrning, at o'elock. The Bcctor will preach in evening at 7)6 o’clock. It* Colored' Voters in Old Times, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1870-TRIPLE SHEET, FOBEIOS CORRESPONDENCE BKEICHESj ItEfEASTKBX TBATEb. . - ...... - f Common Ic.tfld for th» Phils. Erenins Bnllotln.) Tlie Flams of Jericho—Oricntn I . Plioto Knpbj~(he Wilderness or Jude»>~Be. tarn to Jerusalem. Wednesday Evening, March 16.—We have -pitched our tents this evening on the plains of Jericho. We left Jerusalem at nine this morn ing. Oar road lay across the southerly slope of the Mount of Olives. It was intensely in tereAtingto me, as going over the groiind"of onr Saviour’s daily walk during the last week of bis life, as he went on the evening ef each bnsy day to seek rest and comfort in the house of Lazarus. We stopped to see what is pointed out as the spot where that house stood.. The n •nr course lay-for six hears through the wil derness of Judea. A wilder,! more barren and desolate Tegion I never saw. This was the scene of the temptation. The incidents of the parable of the good Samaritan took place here And the country is essentially, the same now that it was then. We diil.not see a single human habitation in the whole journey. The traveler vfho goes alone or unprotected will be as likely to “fall among thieves” now as then. The wild Arabs roam over the desolate regionrand-fall on the unprotected as their legitimate prey. We stopped at noon to rest and lunch under the shadow of a great rook. amidst the ruins of an old Kahn, or inn—the actual inn of the parable, if it was a real his tory—the ideal of it, if it was a fiction. In the afternoon we passed one of the wildest gorges in Palestine. At the bottom of it was the bed of a little stream, with a margin of green aloiig its course. This is “ the brook Cherith, over against Jordan,” where Elijah found a refuge .from the: cruel designs of Ahab. The wild .sublimity •of the scene must have been in harmony with the stern grandeur of the pro phet’s nature- At the close of the ..after-' noon we came eat on the plains of Jericho. The fertility here prevailing contrasts strikingly with the desolation of the mouD. tain region through which we have jnst passed. Onr camp is pitched by the ruins of old'Jeri cho, and near what iskno wh as the ( Prophet’B Spring. .lit is said to be the r one whoso waiter Elisha sweetened. It issues from the footof a hill, and flovre ’away jn quite a considerable, volume to the Jordan. Here, for the first time in Palestine, onr.ear? were greeted with the sound of flowing water. After ireashing onr tents, we hastened away to tho stream, and in 4higed in the luxury df a- hath. It was perl feetty delightful. As we “sat at the door of' our teat at the cool of the day,” this evening, ihethercnotneter stood at eighty degrees. The scene before us is very inspiring. Yonder, in fullyiew, are the “ Mountains of Moab,” from one of .whose summits ‘‘ Moses stood and viewed the landscape o’er!” Directly in front • of- us-is-the : place where Israel-crossed over Jordan. On this plain they encamped to re new the national covenant, and keep the first ■Passover after leaving Egypt. It was here they marched, in solemn silence round the walls of Jericho—and here, when "the final shout was given, “the walls fell down flat;” It was here that Elijah divided the river with bis mantle, and just on the£other side of Jor dan from here, it was that he' ascended to heaven in the fiery chariot. How solemnly the recollection of such events stirs one’s soul to its'loweet depths! ■ ■ ap3ollt rp| the Pools of Solomon, Friday Evening March 18.—' Yesterday and to-day have been very in teresting days, though I have neither time nor space to do more .than gave a very brief out line sketch of them.' But before doing this, it just occurs to me that I have not told you the result of our photograph experiment. The agreement made with the operator was that we were not to take the pictures unless they proved satisfactory. They failed to do this, and so we did not take them. He took three impressions. In the best of these, two or three of the figures were very well done, but mine had a white spot over the right eye and all down the cheek. and Dumas had their eyes put out in the Bame way. So we de clined to take them, as .there was no time to try again. ' We left Jericho yesterday morning for the Jordan, striking it at the ford known as the “ Pilgrim’s Bathing Place.” It is about the place where Israel crosped, and where Jesus was baptized by Jobn. It is not as wide as the Schuylkill—tho water muddy, and' the stream rapid. It is very pleasant, water to drink. We all look a hath, and after filling some canteens with water from the sacred river, to bring home,we visited the Dead Sea. And then,af ter a long ride across the mountains of that Wil derness of Jndah into which Jesus was led up, alter his baptism in Jordan, “to- 1 be-tempted of the devil,” and among whose,scenes of utior desolation,with the wild beasts around him, ho “fasted forty days for. our sakes,” we pitched our tents for the night outside the walls of the Greek Convent of Mt. Tabor. Leaving there, this morning, we continued our ride through the wilderness till wo reached Bethlehem- At, ter examining its points of interest, we caine on here in a drenching rain, and arrived at our tents wet through.* Having left our baggage at Jerusalem, wo had nothing to change with, and no fire at which to dry ourselves; so, wi'.eu the-rain ceased, we turned out to examine :tbose interesting reiic.s of Holomon’.s grandeur, and so keep in motion till the clothes should dry from internal heat. Jerusalem, Sunday, I March 20.—We were to have gone on to Hebron yesterday, and have spent Sunday there; but in view of the pros pect of continued rain, wo concluded it was most prudent to let Hebron go, and get back lo our trunks, sq as not. to be under the neces sity of repeating Friday’s method of drying ourt< ®*T < ‘ fl ;. *^ n( VT ghid wo did; for, after breakfast, this morning, tho postman came to our tents, aiul brought us a rtylal lot of letters- We expect to leave in tlio morning, on our trip to the North, lor Damascus, Baalbeo and Bey rout. We can mail no more till wo reach Da mascus, three weeks ; from this dateuand re ceive none' till we at 'Beyr6uts-a month fence. ; Hpw long it seems !■ .1* sltallShe glad When that point is reached, jam per well, atid getting on very comfortably. A Mr. and ■ Mrsi H-—-, from Philadelphia, join us to-inor roiVv They are. Methodists, and Mr. H—— is a manager of tho Sunday School Union. MUSICAL AND DBAMATIe. ItoMlnl’s “ Messe Stolennelle-’* The concert given at the MusicaUfiund Hall, laptevening.by.Pr.ofessorHenryjCLThnnder, ftttra eled 'alargwaudierice anKeeinCd to gi ve" a great deal of satisfactlqn.to most of the per sons ■ present. The programme contained Beethoven’s Quintette for piano and wind instruments, and Rossini’s famous posthumous work the “ Messo Solennelle.” Of the former beautiful composition we may say that it was played very cleverly by IMessrs.Thunder.PJage mann, Stdll; Kellner and Mueller. For the Mass Mr. Thunder secured the services of about forty persons, among whom were several amateur singers ef more or less merit. Some more judicious selections might have been made for one or two of. the solos, but the chorus was in many respects excellent, and if •did good and valiant service with the splendid .imisic.allotted to it—There .was a-very-marked deficiency in the tenors, although the array of gentlemen affecting that division of the music was quite formidable. If there had been fewer bodies and more voice, the result would have been more satisfactory; [as it was, in some of the fugues, where the tenor should have been carried along, with evenness and ‘distinctness, it could hardly be distinguished. But the general performance of the ohorus was so good that wo may easily pardon this defect, and with greater readiness, because we appre- date the difficulty of any number of con petent amateur tenors in this city. * The first two numbers of the mass, the Kyrie and Gloria,were sung in a most admira ble manner by the chorus. The Gratias, a de licious trio for contralto, tenor and bass, was about the most satisfactory performance of a concerted piece given duriDg the evening. Mr. Cochran and Mr. Briscoe, bass and tenor, both have good voices, and-with the contralto, who is also a fine singer, they gave the music in a fashion that deserves hearty praise. Dr. F. B. Thomas undertook the Domini Deus, a tenor aria which requires for its just interpre : tation not only a pretty good voice hut a very great deal of warm feeling and passionate-ex pression. Dr. Thomas’s voice is excellent, buthe does not possess the other necessary qualities!n such a degree that he succeeded in touching the hearts of his hearers. - It is perhaps too much to expect of any of the ladies and gentle men who participated in this concert, that they should display the highest kind of skill, and it is hardly fair to criticise ■ their performance too closely, but it is true that this fine solo lost much of . its effect by the unsympathetic manner in which it was sung. The Qui'Tollis, a duett for-con tralto and soprano, is a magnificent composi tion, fuilof florid writing and theatrical ef fects. It might be sung npon the stage, in a suggestion of its sacred char-' aeter occurring to the audience. The contralto singer has a rich, Bweet voice, and sang de liciously; but the soprano was somewhat hard and shrill, and the voices did not blend nicely. Mr.~Millcr,~avery good - baritone “iangrtlie Quoniain, which is one of the most splendid arias for a bass voice ever written by anybody, if Mr. Miller possessed a bass voice, doubt less he could sing this superb music with proper effect. He did himself a great deal of credit as it was, "but it was impassible that he i should do entire justice to the music, some of which was beyond his reach. The Crucifix us is one of the choicest arias in the entire com position, and it has been sung in this city by at least one excellent artist, ■ ; but if we remember rightly, even she failed to give it with that deep feeling and exqui site tenderness with which the music. should inspire a really eloquent and capable singer. If was sung last night by a lady-whose simple execution was admirable; bather voice lacked sympathy and sweetness, and her manner was mechanical, and withont a particle of earnestness. The audience was not at all critical, however, and the aria received an encore, whereupon it was repeated in a style even more unsatisfactory than at first. Miss Petry sang the lovely contralto solo, “ O, Saluw taris,” with good effect. Appreciating the sentiment, she infused into the aria some passion and fervor, and displayed her full, round, sweet voice to best advantage. She received a well-deserved encore, and sang the part again in a most praiseworthy manner. The spirited chorus, “ Cum Sanctu Spjritu,” with its wonderful and difficult fugue, the plaintive “ Credo,” the joyous chorus and tiigue, “Et Eessurexit,” and the “Sanctus,” were sung splendidly by the full chorus, which, as we have said, was really very com petent, and gave entire satisfaction throughout the performance. / . . Mr. Dietrich accompanied most of the music with taste and skill upon the piano, while Miss Waugh’s management of the reed organ was extremely creditable, j The Parlor Concerts. Oh Thursday evening, the sth of May, a con cert will he given in the foyer of the Acadoray of Music by the “ String Quartette Club” for the benefit of the Club. This Organization is familiar to the musical public through the ad mirable series of Parlor Concerts given by it during the past winter in Natatorium Hall. The excellence of these entertainments was so great that the performers are fairly entitled to a handsome testimonial of the appreciation with which our musical citizens regard their efforts. The programme for the occasion* which we give below, is a capital one, and the -rcpiitatipn-of the-artists-Messrs, Guhlemanu, Stoll, Boettger ajid Hennig is a guarantee that the selections named will be presented in tirst rate manner. Tickets for this concert, eau bo obtained at Meyer’s music store, 1412 Chestnut street; Boner’s, 1102 Chestnut "street, and Andre’s, 1104 Chestnut street. The pro gramme is its follow’s: String Qudrictt. —F Major 1-., Schumann. Andante oxpresßivo Allegro -Scherzo—intermezzo. Adagio Presto. . Moshtb. G. Gnblemanu. win. Stall, Jr., Tlieo. Boottger, .—and ..E—Heimig— — li.irv tone. . ... . . JJr. K, Gamlet. Trio—Concortnnt for two vlolina and vlolon ce110... Mnllonhaur, Megura. G..Guhlt'miiun, Wm. Stoll, Jr., and It. lien nig. Concerto;—Piano—G Minor..; Mondoiaaohn. Molto -Allegro' con fuoco, Audantel Prcato. Molto' Allegro. ... Orcboatra accompaniment arranged for second ptano- BlCßsra. G. Giihlemann and Theo. Oecttgnr. Concerto. —Violoncello, 2il niQ,vomouk. H . Molinue. . i Mr. It. licnnlg. : String Qnnrtett.—A Major .. ..lioethoTon. Andante Cnntnbllo.. AUeorp Finalo.' IICSBra.G Qubltmann, Wm. Stoll. Jr., Tlieo. Bootlger, and B. ileimlg. . ■ — Mr.F.verlj’aßenellt. . V For the bem fit of .Mr. Adam Evorly, last nighth the Arch Street Theatre Was packed with Ouq of the largest ntuUoncos it evurshoi- tered,—an audience such sis we are accus tomed to see at the Academy on its gala nights; *it was a marked and; gratifying testimonial of sympathy from the “eloct” of Philadelphia sosiety. - The principal play selected was '77k Past FamUy, and onr readers know the costly and elegant manner; in which that drama is set by the Arch. Mr. Everly assumed the rile of Didler.” He succeeded in expressing the -depths of jealous passion without ever trans gressing; the manners of cultivated society— which we take to be the problem of the part,' *and in which Mr. Everly’s absolute success is a warrant of his ability. Wb shall hesitate to . say that he was even exceeded in the role by the last actor w« happened to sea in it, Frederic Fehvre, at the Vaudeville. As tor Mrs Drew as “ Clotilde,” and Mrs. Thayer as “Adolphine,” we->consider that, they were fully equal to Mines. Fargueil and Alexis. In both parts, it is true, the French comedi emtes adopt a style of more absolute repose, 1 never quitting for a moment the manners of the drawing room; hut the acting we saw last night, especially that of Mrs. Drew as the intelligent family-friend, had more energy and real life, and sketched the character in a way to be better understood hy American au diences. Atthe conclusion of the piece the beneficiary, in a few polished words, ex pressed his satisfaction in returning “ home " again, to the scene of his first professional suecess.-and-hisnaturalpleasureaud-prida-in-. sueh a magnificent reception. , Ihe entertmn ment conclnded with The Spitalfields Weaver, with Mr. Everly as “ Brown ” the weaver. [For tbo Phllada. Byealneßallotia.] *f be Old Yeocomleo Cburoh. Mr. Editor :—Will you be kind enough to give place in the colnmns of the Evening Bulletin to the following appeal in behalf of “ Old Yeocomico Ghureh,” Westmoreland county, Virginia? A quotation from the pen of Bishop Meade may. not be an—inappropriate prefatory. “ Yeocomico Church, so called after a river of tliTt name, is one of the old churches, being built in the year HOC., .The architecture is rough, hut very strong, and the materials must have been of the best. kind. " Its figure is that .of a cross, and situated as it is,-in~a” little recess from the* main" road, -in the midst of some aged trees, and surrounded by an old brick wall which is fast mouldering away, it cannot fail to be an object of in terest. to, one whose soul has sympathy for such scenes. . During the - war of 1812 it was shamefully abused Dyjhe soldiers who were quartered tn it while watching the move ments of the British on the Potomac. The communion table was removed into the yard, where it served as a butcher’s block, add was entirely defaced- Being of substantial mate rial,,however, it admitted of a new faoeland polish, and is now.restored to its former place, where we trust it will answer for a long time the holy purposes for which it was originally designed. Nor was the baptismal font exempt' from profanation. It was taken some miles from the church, and used as a vessel in which to prepare the excitements to nugodly mirth. The canvasses on which the Ten Command ments. the Lord’s prayer and the Creed were impressed, were so torn by the soldiers that they could no longer be permitted to retain their place, and are now lying in fragments in one of the unoccupied pews.” In addition to this, tradition tells ns that not only in the war of 181/i was this sacred edifice used-as bar racks, but also in the early years of onr fore fathers’ glorious achievement of indepen dence. During the late civil contest, it was again profaned; and although the roof and walls are in good preservation, the interior is in such a state of dilapidation that uuless some friendly hand is stretched forth'to save it, it must e’en become “ A tottering monument; A silent, solitary thing.” It being our earnest desire to restore this temple of God to-its pristine glory, and feeling inadequate to meet the necessary expense attenuing thereto, we prayerfully solicit such pecuniary aid from those who feel interested in the extension and promotion of Chris tianity, and who venerate the memory of such patriots as 'Washington, Lee and Parker, as Cod may open their hearts to bestow. L. Contributions left at the office of the Even ing Bulletin will be gratefully acknow ledged. —• • In 1732, .Thomas Penn contracted with Tedyuscung and some others for a title to all -the.land in Pennsylvania to be taken oil' by a parallel latitude from any point as far as the best of three men could walk in a day, be tween funrise aiid sunset, from a certain chestnut tree, at or near Bristol, in a northwest diiectiun. Care was taken to select the most capable for such a walk.' The choice fell on James Yates, a native of Bucks county, a tall, slim man of much agility and speed of foot; Solomon Jennings, a Yankee, remarkably stout and strong; Edward Marshall, a native of Bucks county, a noted hunter, chain-carrier, &c., a large, heavy set anil strong-boned mam. The day (one of the longest in the year) was appointed and the champions notified. The people collected at what they thought the first twenty miles of the Durham road, to see them pass. First came Yates stepping as light as a feather, accompanied by T. Penn and atten dants on horseback. After him, but out of sight, came Jenniug’s with a strong, steady step; and not far behind, Edward Marshall, apparently careless, swinging a hatchet in his hand, and eating a dry biscuit. Bets ran in favor of Yates. \ Marshall took biscuit to sup port his stomach, and carried a hatchet to swing in his arms alternately, that the action in his arms should balance that in his legs, as lie was-fully determined to beat the others, or die in the attempt. lie said he first saw Yates in descending Durham creek, and gained on him. There he. saw Yates sitting on a “log, very tired; presently he fell off. and gave up the walk. 1 Marshall kept on, and before he reached the Lthigh overtook and passed Jennings— waded the river at Bethlehem—hurried on faster anil faster by where Nazareth stands, to the Wind Gap. That was as far as the path had been maiked for them to walk on, and there was a collection of people waiting to see if any of the. Jhreejyoiild.reach.it hy_sunset..,,.Jle..only.hattc!,l. for the surveyor to give! him a pocket compass, and started again., Three Indian runners were sent after him to seo if he walked it fair, and how far he went. He then: passed to the, right, of Pocono ‘Mountain, the Indians finding it difficult to keep in' sight,'till he reached Still Water; and he' would have gone a few miles fijther but'for the water. There he marked a tree, witnessed by ,tlie three Indians. The dis tance lie walked between sun and sun, not being on a straight line, and about thirty miles of it 'through 1 -the woods, was estimated to ho from one hundred ti'nd ten to oiui hundred and, twenty miles. He tints won the grpat prize, ; Which was live hundred pounds ifi money, .Sclmbort ~ _ hf a Jboner walk. PRICE THREE CEim.' , and five hundred acres of Iviid anywhere in th® purthase.: ; - fire^ thirty miles or. Bore, was q« te bliriil when rwhen outrofTJitfkSviii'ereefcjSrad nved buttiirea. days afaerward. Svilomon- Jennings survived but a few years. Edward Marshall lived and died on Marshall’s Island in the Delaware ' river. He arrived at abnnt 90 years of>>e. JJe was a great hunter,and it is aaid h® discovered a rich mine of silver; which rendered him ahd his connections affluent; but he never disclosed where it was, and it. continues' „unSa»wn -to this day. . . ' f Adnm AND FAINCBBS. —lllinois bar Mud-Lockfor a, town. v ■ —There were-iwenty-one bridesat tlne Fifth Avenue Hotel, KewYork, one day this week. —ls a temperancg lecturer synonymoatswith a water-spout .±-PilnchineUo~ , —Mr. Hackett is- playing “ Palstaffi” to- the merry wives of Chicago: —Gilt tassels, as Wsign of noble birth; wiEna more adorn the caps of Oxonians: '; ■ —Paris govrmela are eating violets -fitted. as; butter and sugar. > —England's national debt is-nearly a thnvtt larger than ours. » —Madison, Wisconsin, , burns less, tha*t $3,000 worth of gas in its street-lamps yearly. —Berlin is soon to have gas in pipesfromthw Furstenwald coalmines, five miles off. —Portsmouth, Virginia; complains of mus -Onitoes. r —Mrs,. Ahby-Sage-McEarland-RichardtOßs; etc., is writing her own life, probably, as. a. warning to others. . and Htabbing a wife is con sidered a misdemeanor at Kew Orlerns. and. costs a man a dollar. , .... . • • , irA Georgia paper narrates the suicide oF Bat Smith, a white woman livmg'on Bog alley.” &• —Yerba Buena Cemetery, in California, has. the property of preserving bodies fifteen year*, without change. —Rubinstein has been, fined twenty-five roubles for scolding a fair pupil; at the Con servatory of Moscow. —The Salt Lake saints think they have dis-- _eovered_a Gentile plot ta-assassi nate Brother -Brigham. (S'—Dresden’snew opera-house. from Ptofes sor Semper’s plans,: is to have an. invisible or chestra and cost 100,000 thalers. : .That will make the treasury sic, Semper. . ....... —A spirited young Michigandress footed.it 11 miles through the awful mud.of- thatsee tion, to marry the man of her. choice. That was a wedding a la mud. —A Michigan agrigultnrist lost his life im the vain effort to rescue anidolized fanning null from a fire which consiiraed.lw barn, la it week. ._. , , —The house-cleaning, season-but< West Sis usbereij in bythe usualscalding to death of infants in profusion. —An ■ auctioneer’s clerk being directed "by his: employer to insert in: an advertisement si. JryrcoJiy Kalielle, ” wrote_“ A fresh co w by - raffle!” , * —San Francisco proposes to tax the Chinese gambling houses for a fund to pay the expenses of the female slaves who want to .return to the Flowery Kingdom....j. . —The lady whom Bandmann accidently stab bed while playing Othello, has ' lost her suit against him, though she modestly estimated her damages at only $5OO. —An Illinois man persisted in smoking.in his stable till a horse kicked hispipe out of his mouth and the life out of his body together- The barn and three horses were consumed.. —Missouri has a pupil in the primary, de partment of a public school one hundred and. Keven years old. He is a colored youth,and cries because the other children won’t play tag with him. —Three Chinese prisoners in a- Sacramento court the other day, were “ handcuffed ” by tying their pigtails together. One fell down, stairs and lost both his scalp and his chance to> go where the good Johns go. —Thu body of atailor, missing.two months, was found by the authorities of a French town, in a cellar, packed in salt, when, they took the advice of ad. anonymous note aud searched all the cellars in to wn< —An Illinoisan has become the fifth hus band of a woman just to see what effect it would have ou him, as he had heard that-her first husband ran away, that the seoond-hung. himself, the third, shot himself and. the fourth drowned-himself. —An ex-nlayorofLouisville, regrets that his confidence in a fellow-countryman just over Fadefland induced him to lend him $lOO and a gold wuth and chain, since his- sudden dis appearance a day or two after. —lkeTady teachers of a New Orleans school recently adjourned to tbo play-ground and settled a misunderstaudiug alter the rules of tlm F. It., and in presence of their admiring scholars. - —A writer in the Pn/f dfa!! yazette. ’ disap proves of the pronunciation ofthe letter “ h at the beginningwords, and doesn’t want “this aflectationm our country houses and firesides.”. r • —A Polish Count Potoski has: just died in. Connecticut, He was handsome, spoke five languages and formerly ran insurrections, pat of late he has been running a machine in a suspender factory. —California is afflicted with too-many young men from the East who have no money ,or trades to work at. They sit around and, wish they werb at home. The people of California, " —Mr. C. D. Hess has organized an English opera troupe for the eowing season, cousist iug of all the principal members of the Parepa- Bosa company, except the Itosas themselves, and Mr. and Mrs.- Bowler, Mr. Draytou, and Mr. Peakes, who are the best members of the Bichings-Beruard troupo. —Chicago audiences at theatres are judged, in a moral point-, by the number that go out between the acts to see a man. On Wednes day night, at the principal theatre, the whole audience, except two men, went out to- drink. On investigation it was found that, of these - twoj onirwas' already drunk,- and the other had an unsettled account at the bar, ami dare not go. —Many of the advertisements which appear in the “ Agony Column” of the New. York Herald are as amusing as those which often appear in Punch. - Haro is one from yester mty’s paper: “Peach Bcttkii.” —Personal of Thursday noticed. Your social should hot suffer such humiliation. Those who are so in terested will positively make themselves known upon your return. 1 Old friohiis are tsilreT —The London correspondent of a Clncln- . nati paper has lieett writing home a vory silly - letter about, Mr. Dickens’s personal appear ance, in which, after speaking at length about his eyes, his nose, his jaws, hts “physiognomy and- expressioni” he says that the -general shape of the novelist’s head is oylin-lciual—“a cylinder resting on nil inclined plane: the hack end" somewhat thrown up, which gives the posterior, though proportionately da veloped, but terminating in a well-defined ... angloja want of fullness directly behind Bio cars, particularly, when the- hack hair- is finished close." Poor- Mr. Dickens! we fear there is no help for it. He .must carry this Aviifit of fttßucas the caw to his gwro* -