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Are absolutely free from offence. Earth Closet Com pany's office and salesroom at WM. G. RHOADS', No. ]221 Market strret. ap2l-tf§ MARRIED. JENNINGS—TITRAT —At Michael's Church, in Genesee. New York on the 7th titet.,by the Rov. G. H, daughter of Judge flarnuel Trent. of St. outs, Mo. It ISIILNE—CLYME.—On Thursday. Juno 9th, 1870, by the hoe. Samuel Itotchkins, Francis IP: Milne and Anne E.. daualiter of Thomas Clyde. Esa. • MOLINA N—D8:81 OliET.—On Wednesday. June Bth, by Rer, lirockholst Morgan Rector of fit. Mark's Church, Chicago. Illinois, T. Morgan,:. Moraitu, of New York to E. Caroline, daughter of the late S. Deetonet, IA this city. Or DIED. CAR ItYL.—tluddet3r, nne 9th, 1670, William IL CR ryl. in the 49111 year of hits age. Funeral front hie late reeirlence, No. 1013 Walnut street, ut 3.4 o'clock P. 111., no Monday, June 13th. To proceed to Laurel 11111 Cemetery. 14,111L'itll.—Oit the 9th m et., Mrs. - Clara Jane. Wile of Cherie. Weller, in the 32d year of her age. The relative , ' and Merits of the loudly tire respectfully Invited to attend the funeral. from the residence of her Maitland,. No. 110 G •t , liackamexon street. on Monday iilorriin; lit .1131i'dotla - "Fe' proCei.3l ro Old - CefliTA‘ WOLF.—On the 6th instant. of apoplexy, Mrs. Sarah A. WILI bright Wolf.aged gi years. The relatives and friends of the fatally are respectfully invited to attend the funeral. free) her late residence, 1330 Drown street, t 1 it (Friday ) afternoon, at 2 o'clock: Interment atMount Peace Cemetery. . It 400 ARCH STREET., 40 EYRE & LA: 4 ;DELI., 0 . 170.• • - DEPARTMENT-L;• NI-EN'S -WEAR, WO. CANVAS DRILLS . PADDED DRILLS. SCOTCH CHEVIOTS. - CASSIMERE k:OII SUITS. CORDU ROYS AND TOWELS. SPECIAL NOTICES. Si; EC RAIMENT NEN AND BOYS. SUDI3IER DRESS SUITS SUMMER WALKING SUITS SUM MER BUSINESS SUITS SUMMER. SEA•SIDE SUITS SUMMER TRAVELING SUITS SUMMER SPORTING SUITS SUlkt ,E 1: efi ILDREN'S SLITS WANAMAKER'S • • .• Chestnut Street, - - Nos. SIS and S2O. ABTIV 4 3 , FUND GALLERIES, (Opposite U. 8. Mint.) SIIERIDAN'S RIDE, - wilica . calection of P.iintings by T. BUCHANAN READ. And other American Artists. from privete LAST TWO DAIS OF THE EXHIBITION, The Poem recited nt - 12 - M., 4 ii 4 P. DI:, DIR. J. B. ROBERTS Admission 2 c.nte, Open from 9 A. M. to JO P. 2d. jot 6t AMERICAN ACADEMY OF [u. The ANNUAL MEETING of the STOCKHOLDERS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC wee e pursnan o ar er. In to over o e ca dewy. on Monday, June eth,le7o, at 4'- o'clock P. M. JOHN XISEN6REY, Jr., Earl.. Chairman. and Mr GEORGE I' KIMBALL, Secretary. The President.. JAMES C. HAND, Esq., presented the Annual Report of the Directors. which was read and accepted, and, with the Report of the Treasurer, re ferred, to be printed for distribution to the Stock- Imiders. A supplement to the Charter authorizing the purchase and cancellation of a certain amount of stock was ap proved and accepted, and the officers were directed to certify the same to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. On motion of THOS..). MILES. ESQ the thanks of the stockholders were tendered to the Board of Direc tors for their able and linCeellbfill management of the af fairs of the Company. The meeting then proceeded to the election of twelve directors for the ensuing year. CHARLES NORRIS. ESQ.. and EDWARD S. BIAISON. ESQ., were ap• pointed tellers. who reported that the following-named gentlemen were elected without opposition: JAMES C. HAND, GEORGE S. PEPPER, JAMES TRAQUAIR, .101 I N, P. STEINER. FERDINAND J. DREER. FREDERICK GRAFF, FAIRIM AN ROGERS, THOMAS SPARKS. JAMES L CLA.GHORN, DANIEL MADDOCK JR.. vriudAn CANA°, it. D., HENRY M. PHILLIPS. At a subsequent meeting of the Board of Directore the following officers were chosen : President—JAMES C. HAND. ' - Treasurer aud Secretary--. 1 A.51E8 TRAQUAIIt. Solicitor-,AUB REY H. SMITE. lt§ EX.O MISION TICKETS TO THE KNIGHTS 'TEMPLAR'S ENCAMPMENT,' WILLIAMSPORT. PA., will be on sale at the Ticket OinCed of the North Penn sylvania Railroad, Berke and American streets t and 105 South Fifth street, on June 13th and 14th, good to re-, turn until Juno 18th, inclusive * at :36 35 for the round trip The 9.45 inclusive * train arrives at Williamsport at 6 P. Id ELLIS CLARK: jelp 3t§ Agent. IT GIVES US PLEASURE TO NO- . tice the admission of F. CARROLL BREW. sTEE, Jo.. on. tho motion of HON. F. CARROLL BREWSTER, to practice as an Attorney and Counsel lor of the District Court and the Court of Common Pleas for tho City and County of Philadelphia. lt* NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD AND GREEN. LANE STATION. Pure Lehigh Coal delivered to the residents of Der• .zountown at reduced rates. NINES k SHEANF, Office, No. lb S. seventh street je6-Im,rpF, ub HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 and 152 A Lombard etteet, Diepeneary Department. —Medical treatment pd medicine furniehed gratultouely to the poor AIKIISEMENII9. —The benefit tendered Mrs. Caroline Rich ings Bernard by several prominent citizens of - this city Will take place at the Academy of Music this evening, when Wallace's beautiful opera-01--Lzur/ine will be presented with O strong cast. At the matinee to-morrow the farewell performance of the company will be given and Murtha will he produced. —Mr. Joseph Jefferson will have a flenetit, .at the Walnut Street Theatre, to-night, in Rip Viin Winkle., Matinee to-morrow. —Bryant's company of first-class minstrel performers will appear at the Arch to-night in .a good entertainment. A number of new and original burleSques, and Bryant's "Shoo Fly," which has met with great success, will be pro d creed. —At the Chestnut Street Theatre, this even ing, a good miscellaneous performance will be given, in which the entire company, in eluding Morris, the pomedian, Augouste, the . juggler, and the MOrlacchi ballet troupe, Will appear. Matinee to-Morrow. . , —A tirst-rate company will appear at Fox's to-night. The military . pantomime, The Con script, will be produced, and Banker, the comedian,..Vivian, the London Mimic, and the Bizarelli Brothers, will appear. CHARLES DICKENS, Death of the Great Novelist. SICETCH OF HIS LIFE HIS VISIT TO AMERICA Ilia Position in the. Literary World .. Charles ,Dickens; .-the. great novelist,. died last night at his residence at Cad's Hill, Kent, about an hour's ride from London. Charles Dickens was born at Portsmouth, England; Feb. 7th, 1812. He was the son of Mr. John Dickens; a worthy gentleinan who bad held a position for many years in the Navy PAY Department, from, which -he .was retired upon a pension in 1815. Mr. Dickens waea man of some little literary ability, and upon his retirement be accepted a position as reporter on a London newspaper: Charles Dickens was intended for the law, and was actually placed in an attorney's. office. But the drudgery of the profession - was hateful to him, and after acquiring . a knowledge of its technicalities, as well as its absiirdities, which was use ful to him in after life, he exchanged his position for that of a re porter-on-the Ttv ;iv7l, and afterwards - upon r Chronicle. The latter paper had large influence and circulation. Mr. Dickens ,t.ere first displayed great literary ability. He published iu thy Chronic/c aseries of sketches signed 'Artie (derived from a corruption of SI oses, a name which Mr. Dickens playfully applied to a younger-brother). These sketches attracted a great deal of attention, for they showed-the zinthor to have very remarkable poWers of perception,. of description and besides a rich comic vein. These sketches were published in two volumes in 1836. Inekwlek. The excellence and _popularity of tbe •• Sketches -- ty . Boz" - induced Mr. Chapman, of the firm of Chapman & Hall, to ask Mr. Dickens to undertake to write a story, to monthly numbers, founded upon the haps and mishaps of a scientific club (there being a popular fondness for ridicule of the associa tions-at that-time). This story . was to be illus trated by Mr. Seymour, a comic draughtsman. The first number was no sooner published under--the-title of Theßirkwirtr7Papers, than the artist died by his own hatid i -and then Mr. lialilot.„ K. Browne, under the title of undertook the task of illustrating the work. The book was completed and pub lished collectively in 18374-but even before this it had attained a degree of popularity to which nothing in English lite ature since-the-Waverly novels could furnish .a.parallel. Everybody in Englandaud Arne rica was laughing overthe ludicrous adven tures of the Pick - Ariek party : the u.iintness of Sam Weller and his father, and the trial of Bardell vs. Pickwick. Between the ap ia-aran ee_of_-1 he- rst-and-hst—n the author rose to be the most popular living writer in the English language, and the work retains its held upon the popular fancy with unabated vigor to this day, being considered by sonic persons Dickens s beat work. Oliver Twist. The next novel of Mr. Dickens was Oliver . lis—work appeared first in-mo-nthl3 parts in Bentley's :sliscellaney, a magazine of which Mr. Dickens was temporarily the edi tor. Oliver Twist was published collectively in 1838, and it fully sustained the high reputa tion of the author. There was not as much broad genial humor, but there was an exhibi tion of deep tragic power', especially in paint ing the darker passions of the human soul, and the terrible punishment of sin. Some of the passages in this novel, the death of Nancy Sykes, for instance, have not been surpassed in dramatic power by anything in Mr. Dickens's subsequent works ; and the cry •f little Oliver for "more" has become pro verbial. Nicholas Nickleby Next appeared in serial numbers, published in book form in 183;) The Life and Adven tures of Nicholas Nickfeby,',' .:Which some critics have ventured to place at the head of Dickens's novels,_as, among : the most care fully constructed and containing the widest range of character and the greatest variety of inventive power. The description of Squeer's Yorkshire school was so accurate that Mr. Dickens was accused by a number of school masters of having caricatured and libeled them. Master Humphrey's Clock. During the years 1840 and 1841 :Ulster Hum phrey's Clock, comprising the stdries since separately known as "The Old Curiosity Shop" and " Baruaby Budge," appeared in weekly numbers. This also was received with a degree of favor equal to. that which had been accorded to his !previous Productions, and with justice. The character of " Little dell" awakened a depth and fervor of admi ration which no other character had won. Barnaby Budge is a graphic story, founded upon thepopular occurrences at the time of the famous Lord George Gordon riots. First Visit to America After the issue of this volume Mr. Dickens determined to visit America, where he was appreciated even better than in England. He reached Boston January 22,1842. He was re ceived with the wildest enthusiasm in Boston and throughout the whole country. The peo ple expressed the utmost pleasure at his.pres ence,and gave him an overwhelming welcome wherever he went, while he was entertained in the handsomest style by eminent men in all the prominent cities. He reached . England upon his return, on June 3d of the same year. American Notes. His views of American life and manners were published upon his return, at the close of the year, in a volume entitled " American Notes for General Cireulation.!' _This work, although brightened here and there by his peculiar humor, added nothing to his reputa tion. It was confesSedly a gross caricature, and the American people received it with in dignation when they remembered their enthu siasm for the author,. the kindly feeling dis played towards him, and the hearty: welcome given him uponhia'visit to this country. Mr. Dickens afterwards apologized in some mea sure for this youthful folly. • The Christmas Carol. _ . . In 1843 Mr. Dickens wrote the Christmas Carol,- a most-delightful Christmas story, Which through the medium of kindly humor and gentle satire inculcated the virtues of benevolence and' enerosity. This little story was received with great favor s and enjoys re markable popularity to this day.. Several similar productions . have appeared from time to time from his pen, under the general name of Christmas. Stories. These ha've'varibtiS de: grecs of merit, but none are equal to the first. Martin Chuzzlewit. During the year 1844 The Life and -Adven tures of Martin Chuzzlewit appeared •in monthly numbers, and gained some popu larity, although it.gare great offence in this country. Toward the close of 1844 Mr. Dick ens went to Italy with his family, and resided there for some time. On January Ist, 1846, he asrumed the editorship of the Lor Netts, a morning paper, on the IP - olities. In this, ournal " Play • elnafilShKATaluu in 184 G. it is a work of a peck unique character, containing the impressions of a literary man, who viewed Italy as a humorist, not as an artist or an antiquary. Mr. Dickens soon resigned his editorship. Dombey and Son and David Copperfield. His next publication, Dombey and Bon, came out in monthly numbers <idling 1847 and 1898. In this 'famous novel, the beautiful sketch of Little Paul and the humorous de lineation of Captain Cuttle recalled the best efforts of his rich genius,nd revived the admi ration awakened by his earlier works. David Ccipperfield followed 'in monthly numbers, concluding in 1850. In this year Mr. Dickens assumed-the editorship-of - a weekly periodi cal, Household. Words, which had a. wide .circu lation in England and America. In this mag azine appeared his " Child's History of Eng land," republished separately in 1852.. The story of Bard Times also appeared in is pe: riodical, and was issued in book form in 1855. Other Works In 1854, Bleak House, a noble novel, was finished, after being issued in monthly num bers, and in 1856 and 1857 Little Dorritt was given to the world in parcels in the same way. Mr. Dickens also wrote, in 1836, the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. After Little Dorrit came his great libmani tarian novel, Hard .Times, in which, with a deeper insight than was usual with 'biin, Dickens attacked the peculiar difficulties of the working classes, notably their exclusion from the benefits of a reasonable divorce. A Tale of Two Cities resembles Barnaby Budge in being connected with a definite historical event: it depicts the Reign of Terror with originality and power. Great Expectations is an excellent romantic • tale,cast in autobi ographic form; it contains one of Dickens's best plots, with a denouement singularly start ling. Our Mutual.Triend, the title of which _gave Mr. Dickens's friends the chance to twit ~ good-humoredly about his syntax, followed. This modern fiction attacks the conventionalities and pretensions of society, but must be granted inferior to the satires of Thackeray in this vein. A degree . of artifici, ality, or stilted ingenuity, begins to be evident about this time in the writings of Mr. Dick ens. The youthful verve that imagined, the ehatacters of Sarah Gamp and Richard Swiv iller is replaced by elaborate verbal gymnas tics and - a hard, strained 'effort at cleverness. Some sketches__and_ children's.. stories, some of - which - 'appeared in Amerinan peri odicals,—and a charming set of desul tory short sketches, including the Uncommercial Traveler—were interspersed between his graver labors of this period. Nor must we forget the admirable. Christmas tales, in the production of which Mr. Dickens inaugurated a kindly and especially character istic custom. The last holidays saw the tote (Arising of this agreeable Christmas habitude of the romance. His last.and very successful- Christmas tale was "No Thoroughfare," a story of robbery and attempted murder in -the-Alps, in writing which he had some in considerable assistance from Boucicault, and i n whose subsequent dramatization his friend echter made - an -- elTective point: in the personation of a treacherous Swiss. In the present year Mr. Dickens _begair-to publish "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," re verting for this occasion to that serial form which he has erected into a special favorite and success. In the day when he first adopted this piecemeal form, it was considered the -stamp-of--v-11' /garity-and-eltarlatanism. M-y -friends told me," remarks Mr. Dickens ' in re curring to the days of Pick - wick, " that it was a low, cheap form of publication, by which 1 should'rffin -- all my rising hopes ; and bow right my friends turned out to be," adds the novelist, " everybody knows." The ex-repor ter was in fact following a sure instinct in the *-loption-of those-dreams-of a periodical-in tercourse with the reader, which he had thoroughly learned from the reg ular press. "Edwin Dreod," the un finished romance, is the broken column which will be the monument over Charles Dickens's grave. Its pages touch, with exquisite grace,the antiquity and quaint ness of the old cathedral town of Rochester, near which on Gad's Hill at Higham, lies Dickens's estate and retreat. Thus, with an interrupted masterpiece, closes thei list of Dickens's novels, so long and imposing. Ra pidly written ; printed month by month, so .that the end of a romance would sometimes forget the beginning; sold like sensational newspapers, each chapter by thousands of copies •, reproduced, pirated, imitated, un rightfully dramatized, translated into the circle of modern languages,—those are 'the titles and dates of these inimitable fictions. Dickens in Amerlea. In 1842, Mr. Dickens made. his first visit to America, a young man, filled with prejudices :against this country and ready to turn the keen point of his facile pen against every peculiarity of our people. A flying tour through the country afforded him no oppor tunity of gaining any true knowledge of American men and manners, and many of his accidental associations tended to deepen and exaggerate the preconceived notions which the popular young novelist brought with him from Engiand. •He went home to write his "American Notes," filled with clever spleen, and came back to America twenty-five years later, with generous retractions of the folly of his youthful judgment, with his mind ma tured, his experience enlarged and his heart warmed toward the nation that enshrined him so affectionately among its household gods. _ . Mr. Dickens arrived at Roston, on the oc casion of his second visit, on November 19, 1867. An extensive series of " Readings" had been arranged for him --- 13V - his agent, Mr. Dolby, comprising most' of the principal cities of the Union, and he made his first - appear ance before an American audience at the Tremont Temple, Boston, December 2, 1867, reading " The Christmas Carol" and " The .Pickwick Trial." His first appearance in New York was at Steinway Hall, December fah, and in Philadelphia, at • Concert Hall, january 13th, 1868,. . From beginning to end, Mr.Dickens' course of readings was a wonderful success, and the source of unbounded pleasure to the thousands of intelligent people who everywhere flocked to hear and see the man with whose works they were so intimately familiar. Every look, gesture, or expression was conned and dis cussedln all circles, and the eagerness to hear Mr. Dickens only increased as the time of his return-home-drew-near:- Mr. Rickel* during his last Visit to Amer ica, which was purely a professional one, al lowed himself almost no opportunity for social intercourse with our people. -.Doiroting huh self to a systematic fulfilment of his public engagements, he could Only snatch glimpses of American society as he encountered it upon the streets during the daily "constitutional" . walks which were his regular recreation from the fatigue and excitement of his Readings. Rut the hearty and generous receptions. which , were ever,ywhere lavished upon him ,by; . his 'enthusiasticaudiences melted away anyvestige of the old: feeling that may have survived the lapse of time, and when he FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1870. took his final leave of his American audi ences,' it was with such expressions of manly gratitude and deep appreciation as forever blotted out the last remnant of bitterness that may have lingered around the recollections of the sharp and unjust satire of the " American Notes," , Before leaving America, Mr. Dickens was - a handsome banquet at Del- York, on the evening of April responding to an eloquent I , lr . Jg and honest testimony to the change which twenty-live years had wrought in his estimate of America. He said: " This is the confidence I seek to plade in you, that on my return to England, in my own English journal, manfully, promptly, plainly in my own person to bear for the be hoof of my countrymen, such testimony to the gigantic changes in this - conntry as I have hinted at to-night. Also, to recall that where over I have been lathe smallest places equally with the largest, 'I have been received with unsurpassable politeness, delicacy, sweet temper, hospitality, consideration, with unsur passable respect for the privacy daily enforced upon me by the mature of._ my,avocation -here, and the state of my health. .. • This testimony, so long as I live and so long as my descendants have any legal right in my Looks, I shall cause to be republished as an appendix to every copy of those two books of mine in Which I have referred to America. And this I will do and cause• to be done,-not in my loving thankfulness, but because I re gard it as an act of plain justice and honor." - Taking leave of his last American audience, in New York, April 20, 1868, Mr.. Dickens closed his Reading with this touching speech : "Ladies and Gentlemen: The shadow of one word has impended over me all the evening, and the time has come at last whenthe shadow mu - it - fall: :Nis but a very short one,- but the weight'oftinell things is'not measured by their lengtli; and two much shorter Words expresS the whole realm of our human existence. When I was reading David Copperfield' here last Thursday. night, I felt that there was more than usual significance for me in Mr. Peggotty's declaration-: - My future. life lies over the sea.' And when I closed this book just pow, I felt keenly that I was shortly to establish such an alibi aS would have satisfied even the elder Mr. Weller himself. The . relations that have _ been set—up between us- in— this - -place—rela-- tiobs sustained on my side, at least, by the most earnest devotion of myself to my task; sustained by yourselves, on your side, by. the readiest sympathy and kindliest acknowledg ment—must now be broken foreVer: - But I entreat you to believe that in passing from my sight you will not pass from my memory. I shall often, often recall you as I see you now, equally by my winter fire, and in the green, English summer weather. I shall never recall von as a mere public audience, but rather ass a lie S t -of personal friends, and ever. with - tile- greatest gratitude, tenderneas, and considera tion. Ladies and gentlemen, I beg to bid you farewell. And I pray God bless you, and God bless the land in which I have met you." After his return home'he continued to give readings In different parts 'of England, but on the evening of March 16th last ho brought to a close at St. James's Hall, in London, his se ries of public readings. • He . said, in his re marks at the close : "1 have thought it well, at the full flood-tide of your faier, to retire upon those older asso ciations between-us, whleli - date from much further back than these, and henceforth to de vote myself exclusively to the art that first brought us together. [Great applause.] La dies and gentlemen, in but two short weeks from this time I hope that you may enter, in your own houses, on a new 'Series of Read ings,' at which my assistance will be indis pensable ; but from these garish lights I vanish now for evermore, with a heartfelt, fteful, respectful and affectioiate___fare well." Separation from his Wife. In 18.58 Mr. Dickens separated from his wife amicably, after having lived with her for twenty years, several children being born to them. Mr. Dickens has simply explained that the cause which led to it was uncongeniality of tern •er and that no s ecial blame attached to elt • er party. AS a literary force, Dickens is at this mo ment the greatest in English literature. The easy; popular king of the whole world's enter tainment, be dies with the sceptre firm in his grasp. That he is not cultivated,—that he has no religion beyond a prayerless, tempera mental good nature,—that he contemns the deeper problems of modern thought' and is ignorant of the leading forces of modern society, is probably his strength. Only in his half-divine, impartial ignorance—that ignorance which was the might of l and of Shakespeare can the artist so possess his soul as to do justice to his art-creation. If Dickens were a philoso pher like Mill, we should never have heard the exquisite non sequitur reasoning of Mrs. Harris. If he bad bad, like Matthew Arnold, the Academic spirit, he would be still paring away at the faulty construction of Pickwick and of Islickleby. If he had been born, like Tennyson, with the love of classid calmovhere would be his fair-scenes in the Curiosity Shop, his tumult of low life iu Oliver Twist? It is not fOr the philosopher, for the scholar, that we are to look in Dickens. By so much as he should have educated and polished himself,by so much would he have escaped from the grand popular audience he was born to charm. It is as a man of the people, comprehending intimately their wants and humorsi as .a genial and _ coMpanionable spirit, of which the world gets fewer to its share year by . year ; as a common friend of all that is whimsical, and good, and bright, and hind in this century of tuimoil—that Charles Dickens appeals to the age and leaves it darker by his loss. Eulogies of his goodness and pleasant greatness will be written in every language that has a literature ;' for he has interpreted hie century to the world and to futurity. Sad Accident at lli'Veytown. The Lewistown 'Gazette, says: The grist mill and paper mill of C. P. Dull, at M'Veytown, was entirely _consumed by fire bet Ween one and two o'clock on Sunday morning. The establishment was one of the best water-power mills in this country, with h run of seven burrs, and was a large building. The alarm was flpromptly given, but with such rapidity did the ames spread that not an article of value was saved by removal, The mill had, as near as could be ascertained, the folloWing contents: 1,800 to 2,000 bushels of wheat; 1,000 bushels oats ; 700 bushels corn; a large quantity of.rye, barley and .buckwheat; 7 tons chop, and 60 barrels of flour. Adjoining the building was erected two years ago a paper mill, with machinery cost -ing-about--SO,OOW-which-was-also-totally-don= -sumed, together with about $l,OOO worth of paper ready for market. The total loss will be from $20,000 , to $40,000, on which there was only about_s4,ooo 'insurance. A 'day or,,:two previous to the fire the owners weremaking arrangements to increase the insurance.' The cause of the fire is not definitely known ; the night engineer left the paper-mill aCten minutes to twelve on Saturday night, with the fire properly secured. It originated in tilde basement et the grist-mill, where the boilers were placed to run the paper-mill. Since the fire a - large 4uantity of grain has been taken , out which fell to theliaifernent,bat it is almost - worthless; n to an elogpaent Hts Lust Farewell. Dickens's Place in Literature. DESTRIJCTIVE FIRE. SPOTTED TAIL. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE -BRAVE. " :p' Grant---Washington -The Quakers—The Prospect of War- —Philadelphia -"Things In General. The greatest curiosity that man desires to see is found in the different varieties of his own species. In the interior of Africa is said to be a race of bipeds with spilleS so elongated that the owners use them as - : cows -use their tails. An enterprising - Englishman once brought a party of Northmen for exhibition in London. They pined even amid the luxu ries of woodcock and•our friend the Widow Cliquot. What they partook of for lunch, when they called for "halt a dozen fried," wasnot half a dozen fried oysters, bat of fried candles. They one day gave the slip to their custodians. They put to sea in their canoes. They were swamped before making the first five miles of the British Channel. A Japanese embassy visited this country. To see these high caste Orientals as, they_ moved` in procession through - the streets brought out the entire population of Philadel phia. Everybody remembers their princely bearing. Everybody who saw them in the dignity of their pomatumed pig-tails and al mond•shaped optics, looked upon them as so many Chesterfields in pongee and turned-up shoes. _" Little Tommy," though a peasant boy, received adulations that brought snuff. colored blushes to the cheeks of the artist who was his adopted father. The Japanese came and went. They neither came nor went "Like a beautiful dream." They were the guests of- the city. They left us with the impression that the Japaneke are the Yankees of the Malayan race, and that the higher castes of their society are as polished as th e_higher_ castes of our own. • To-day we have a party among us cut out after a very different pattern. It arrived last midnight. It is marls-up of Capt. Poole, S. A., and the'four Sioux magnates -on their way to the setting bun .from a conference with the authorities at Washington. The subjects-are-four -illustrious -aborigintis =from 'the Indian Reberve.' Theyare "friendly In dians." Though full of fight,they expend their ire, not upon white men, hut upon the tribes siirrounding - them. The name of the Grand Mogul is Spotted Tail. Spotted Tail is a celebrity among the Lo's. Show us an uglier visage than that of our friend Spiitty, and we'll show you : Mr. George Wood, the iron founder, a gentleman who will immediately . get a,_cast of his visage_to place upon andirons to keep children from falling into the tire. Just now Spotty is suave and conciliatory. His belly is lined With fat capon. HiS weakness is for half-roasted sucking pig. Meet him in a se cluded place, with grin, war-whoop and toma hawk, and we can imagine, ou this side of Tartarus, no spectacle more harrowingly bonnie. His complexion is just' the color of a whisky-still in want-of--eleaning. Like his comrades, be parts his hair in the middle; that this capillary covering is matted with dandruff .has not, apparently, acted detri mentally to his nervous sensibilities. next dignitary to Spotty wears the sug -g Men Spotty, Swift also is a chief. These two are inseparable companions. Swifty thinks there is no Injun living who is the equal of his socius ; while the. socius looks upon Swifty as the King of Germany looks upon Bismarck, or the Pope upon Cardinal Antonelli. • • IFast Bear comes next. The difference in iteratity of meautng — bi3tereen the ail "fast" and "swift" is puzzling to a 'rench wan. To the American it is less so. A fast horse may stick fast. A fast man may do ditto. In fact,the latter pretty generally does. As the adjective that indicates speed had already 'been appropriated by Swift, the handle of the ursine patronymic in the case of Mr. Fast may be set down as susceptible, of double in terpretation. Having paid his money, the reader may take his choice. That Fast is fast, in one sense or the term, is shown in the vigi lance with which Captain Poulki sees that the gentleman gets no whisky. With a pint of. obi Bourbon under his hat,, the havoc com mitted in Chestnut street yesterday by an in sane steer would probably he child's play in comparison with the mischief worked by the non-tractable Lo. , The last of the Quaxtette is an incarnation of ugliness called Yellow Hair. As the cov ering of his cranium is in texture and in hue the counterpart of the tail of an undertaker's horse,the significance of this particular cogno men presents to us an enigma which to Gueru, the interpreter to the party, is alike inexplicable. The fo„ur of these ge,ntlemen aborigines are attired alike. They wear short white shirts. To this article of apparel they seem to have become reconciled. At first they fretted under the restraint of gusset and yoke. In cold weather the Indian enjoys his leggings and his blanket. In summer time, with no toggery upon him but his moccasins and ear rings, he experiences all that beatific oneness enjoyed by. a newly-weaned ,shoat -pig *hen taking a first *allow in a newly-made mud-puddle. The interpreter, Mr. Gueru, is a charaeter of exceeding interest. He speaks the Sioux language as perfectly as the English. He knows the Indian all the way through. By the play of Ids facial muscles he can tell whether the Indian means friendship or mis chief. We had a living hippopotamus here some time ago. A native Lgyptian was his keeper. The relation between the unwieldy behemoth and that keeper were the relations existing between Mr. Gueru and this savage quartette. The party arrived, as we have said, late last night. The Indians wanted sleep. They were first taken to supper. About his rations _ Mr. Lo ispaktietilar. Lo is a carnivorous animal. For syllabubs and Wane mange he cares very little. -He is equally indifferent to "the delightsof Charlotte russe or calves-foot. jelly. li e is not" the ass snuffing up the wind in the wilderness." What Lo told us through the interpreter, this morning, is that he loves beef. Lo not only loves beef, but love's it properly cooked. Like ourselves, Lo enter tains an aversion to frying pans. In his own Country,,if he cannot get wood.upon which to. broil his antelope steak, he does the next best' thing: he broils it upon the dried ordure of the buffalo. The Los ate heartily. Mr. Kings ley attended carefully, to their requirements. - To — " - grub" - Spotty by - contract wouldn't fie a very paying business. To the Indian the dyspepsia is as little known as consumption is known iu Cairo. To appease the appetite of a - Sioux,nothintr more is necessary than to bring him continuous supplies of rare beef. The strangers were provided with quarters in the uppermost story of the house. • They viewed the cosy matresses with contemp tuous, grunts. They asked for two double bedded. cots. Old Spotty and Swift Bear took the one, while Fast Bear and Yellow.. Hair stretched their beautiful bodies upon the latter. ' The Interpreter and thiptain 'Pool occupied-the adjoining - Et:IOU'. .., • All told, there are not 30,000 redskins iu PRICE THREE CENTS. the country. The Sioux are supposed t* number 28,000. Their tract of territory is 20 by 400 miles In area. Much of it has never been trodden by white man's foot. Not even the Government perfectly understands the antrum prompting the action of these nolnadic tribes. If they be the descendants of the New England Indians their degeneration`' from the original stock must certainly be con ceded. Take these four as representatives of e ,, elite - Among_theio,—iridtheßikarantenef-ther canaille' an be little short of hideous. Rather than die by the hand of either we'd personally yield our life to the crash of a tumbling, wall. Our visit to these braves this morning was timely. We found also- in terviewing them Mr. William Welsh, the artist Shinn Counsellor Damon Kilter°, and Mr. Wm. S. ' lrwin, of the Star Nickel Plating Works in this - city. --The retentiveness. of Spotted 'Tail's memory was shown in his re cognition of this gentleman, though the last time he saw him was fifteen years ago. lady, stopping at the Continental, was also presented to him. She was the wife of an of- , Beer to whom Spotty bad received. the honor of introduction when stationed on the distant frontier. - - Whoever buys Spotty for a'fool, we opine, will have unrequitedly parted 'with his money. Spotty is agenius. His affirmative and his negative are expressed in. the same grunt. Like the -" altro" of the Italian.' his grunt is of universal interpretation. R alike positive, negative, assertive and inter rogative In its signitimice. Spotty's hands and feet are the only delicate _portions _of _ physitple. -It is understood that with his in dividual band he has taken sixty lives. The last life he took was that of the chief of a rival' tribe. He shot his enemy at Agalala, lu the presence of Capt. Poole. He has five wives and eleven children. His tribe - are polyg— amists. His government -is an absolute - despotism. He holds 1n- - his hand the`: life of every subject. The administrative power rests in the hands of such savages as his comrades the Bears and the misnomer in moccasins called " Yellow Hair." The conversation we had with the inter preter was rather too general to be of much interest. The interrogatories we would have made were just the interrogatories that weren't to he answered. What we wanted to get at was what the delegation Malted at Washington. The answer was they Wanted clothingost_otall, r sier As-foaiillif moat ial - implements, the Quakers are attending to their wants in that direction. Spotty says that the best thing that the Go vernment could do for then' would be to scalp the Commissioners, by whom they are cheated, and by whom alcoholic liquor is smuggled among them. The annexed bits of conversation will give an idea of the degree of intelligence and acti- , men possessed by the _lndian, Spotted Tail: " What is your religion?" " W_e adore the_snn." "Have yon no images or' idols?" • " ' - • " None. . " What are your religious ceremonies ?" '" The principal one is the great sun dance once a year. We had it just before I came away." " Did they treat you well in 'Washington?" "Yes - ; but we want to go home. I want my wives." " Are you pleased with Gen. Grant?" '• Very much. off offers to educate one-of my sons at his own expense. He-wants the oldest. I want to send him one only fifteen years old." " •.' " Because lie recently killed a grown Indian in a fair haruFt - e-band fight -- Getr:'Graiit ie'a great man." "Do yon - like-the Quakers ?" " 1 haven't seep much of them. 1 hear they are good people." " How many people are you chief of ?" " About 5,000. We aro called Whetstone or Brules Indians." "Do you expect-to-kill-any-more-meT?" (With a sardonicgrin)—" I don't know." We then left Mr. Lo and his party to take a trip to the Union League and •the United States Mint. To-night we expect to dream of them. Pocahontas may have been beautiful. Had she in the least resembled Spotty Tail, we think, to get u inspiration enough. to • " e_her_s iaxe-puzzbutan-urtis even if his perceptions were quickened . by a quart of fire-water. CUBA. Toting Cespede's Exeention—ffis Wife a Prisoner•--More !Spanish Troops Sent to the East. _HAVANA, June Diario of yesterday publishes full particulars of the capture of Oscar Cespedes, son of the Cuban President; _ . He was an estimable young man; married, and, at the time of capture. commanded a party of insurgents. The wife of the young man was taken, with fifteen other ladles, a short time thereafter. As yet - these have not been released. The Pajaro del Oceano, which left hero yes terday, carries about 1100 soldiers for the East ern and central departments. There is a little skirmishing going on in the mountains, which iunounts to very little. But the Captain- Gen eral makes up for the want of news items by forwarding each day telegraphic accounts of surrenders and small lights. The season is un usually warm and rainy, and the country is al ready very sickly. rosthcanone Denunciation. ln the attack on the Conga between the forces of Col.Villares and the Cubans.in which, by the way, the latter came out best, a young American named Edward H. Ruud was wounded and taken prisoper by the Spaniards. The Spanish report has it that he died front the effect of the wound received, while the Cohan report States that he was shot.: Public opinion takes it that the Spanigh report is the true one. Shortly before his death, and im mediately after the engagement, knowtug that his end was nigh, he wrote the following letter in English : "We were taken to Cuba by Jordan and his officers under false pretences; they telling us that the war was to last only six months ; that the Cubans bad the best of the struggle, and were in possession of the greatest part of the island, excepting a few cities; that we were to serve as cavalry. I solemnly declare that the whole of this is false ; we have been mis erably deceived, and treated like dogs ; the negroes were better treated than us ; they had horses to ride, while we were compelled to walk over stones r aud bear during the whole way insults front the negroe4. I speak the truth in this moment that 1 am to appear before God and be judged by men. I hope God will take mercy on a poor fool, and re ceive my soul in His glory, because I am inno cent." in' —Out on the frontier,sinsas, audiences, at the theatre have an-original way of applaud ing actors and actresses. They give a regular - Indian yell, patting their mouths with..theik: hand all the time. A certain ; English .actress was so applauded, which frightened her so she ran out the back way, hired a carriage, and rode tweuty-flve miles to - the nearest • rail 7. -read- stationi: - leaving:thaplay7in - theTmiddle; --- She said she was afraid they would, scalp her.. —Mr. Spurgeon is alio% 36 years Old, and preached 1,000 4ertnonB before he . waS 21. For the last live years 25,000 copies- a-week of his - sermons have been sold. Not less than 14,- COO,OOO copies have been sold in England, be- • sides :100,000 copies in America. From n”^ three volumes have been published in Welsh, German, French, Swedish, Dutch and Italian, besides separate sermons in Gaelic, Tamil and the Maori language of New Zealand. ' man in Kentucky has got a hen that lays eggs with raised figures on the big end. • , She is probably Workingoff_a - rtifeltiplicatien table which"she swapwed iu - hQr youth,
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