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V. so. of Philadelphia..lo Elizabeth Alica, daughter of Charles Sinkler, Esq., of St. John's, Berk ley; S. C. DAWSON—ANtsTICE.—On Woduesday,June 14th, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. Henry A nstice. Rector of St. Luke's' Church,-Rochester, T. Russell Dawson, of Philadelphia, and Anule A. Anatire ' daughter of Henry A water, ttse., of Yonkers. HAVEN—MASON.-4/n - Wednesday. the lath of - June, et St. Luke's Church, by the Rev. o..Einlin Hare, John Haven, of Fort Washington, New York, to Lydia, only deughi , er of Dr. John Dineen. SEWARD—KIHBER.—At the residence of the bride's mother, in this city. June 14th, Ivo, by the Rev. 5, 8. Seward, of North .Bridgewater. Mass., Dr. John L. 8 4 •WILI (1, of South Orange, New Jersey, to bliss Lidie . A. Klaiber. SHILLINGFORD—SIVION B.—On the 15th instant, at the residence of the bride's parents ; by Rev. Win. Sod dards. P.D.. Henry T. 8i:11111w:ford and Lizzie, daugh ter of .1 elm P.,8111101111, Esq., all of this city, No cards. * • cif APEA YN E.—Suddenly, on the morotug of the Itth iuet, at liordeniown, N.. 1., Annie 11. Chadoayne. Funeral train Walnut street wharf, on Saturday morn ing. at le o'clock. on arrival of train. Cartiagea will be in Infenrient rit rel If ill. . GRAY )n Thurs4ay,l6th inst 2.s %ears. The funeral will take place, on Saturday. the lath inst., at 6 o'clock P. M.; from 614 Washington street, Wil mingten. Delaware. LRichmond and Wheeling, Va., .papers will please copy.' 2t • SOUDER.—On Thursday, 16th inst., Sarah C. daugh ter of the late Jacob Souder, in the 48th year of her age. The funeral will take place from her late residence. No. 720 North Tenth street, on .Monday,2otli inst., at 2 o'clock P. M. Interment at South Laurel 11111. • hTtlNE.—en the 17th inst., Sarah T. Stone, widow of the late Amasa Stone. The . ' , latices and friends ars respectful)lnca:ell to attend tlie--.tuneral, frotn the "residence of James- Roy - nob s. 1637 North .Elecenth street, on Monday afternoon, at two o'clock. , TYSON.-On. the ]6th instant, Marthit . ll. Tyson. Iter relatives and Blends sire invited to attend the fu neral, from her late residence, No. 11)19 Brandywine treet. on First-day; the 19th instant. at 2 o'clock P. M. interment at Friends' Southwestern Grounds. ss 400 EEPAR MliblT L. MEN'S WEAR CitiVAS DRILLS. 'PADDED DRILhi. SCOTCH CHEVIOTS. CASSIMERE FOR SUITS. CORDU ROYS AND TOWELS. SPECIAL NOTICES. WHITE Duck Coats, VESTS PANTS., JOHN WANAMAK ER, H NEST CLOTH IN 6}, 818 and 820 Chestnut Street D• - • Bathing Robes a Specialty. U. Pennsylvania Military Aoademy, At Chester, Delaware County, Pa. CLASS OF 1870. cO9IBILNCE3IENT ON TUESDAY, JUNE 210 T. Litci ary Exercises and Conferring Diplomas on Graduates 10 A. M. Drill and Harlem. I P. IL National Salute 2 P. M. All friends of Education are cordially invited to attend. THEO. HYATT, President P. M. A, )017 !trot Boardman's Third Annual Saturday AFTERNOON EXCURSION TO ATLANTIC CITY Saturday. June 25, 11375.' . Last Boat leaves Vine street at 320 V. Returning leaves Atlantic. Mcusky_ L ttllti t atTA, M. • ROUND TRIPi;; 82.00. , •11 Tickets for sale at Trenwith's Bazatiri.,44' stnut street, and at Vine Street Wiwi'. ' ' JCII-12trp) • GRAND TEST EXaIBITION. • - • Foftwo WEEKS Commencing MONDAY, Juno 13, 1870, et EDWARD . WILLIAMS' Great Central llonsefitrnishing 'Store, 918 MARKET STREET. • - lit Mili•ifo Substantiate the assertions we have Made regarding the - wonderful keeping Dower oC''. • ' - • *. 9 ER DAVIS " REFRIGERATOR, and to convince °lir customers and the public generally that it will do all that is claimed, we propose to give a GRAND TEST EXHIBITION, . e.•romencing as per above date. Beveralhundred pounds of ice will be made every day. 'Solid frozen fish can, be. seen at all times. The temperaturo far below freezing point. Beef, veal, lamb, poultry, berries and vegetables will be placed in the Refrigerator on the first day of the exhibition, and the, same kept In a perfect state of preservation during the full time (Two - WI:IMO. COMO one, come all and see this wonderful invention. EVERY ONE INVITED. ..Enll. explanation Kill oheerfully be given to all Remember the glace. EDWARD J —WILLIAMS, " 915 Market street. J. S. WOI U L&N &00,— .ittll It & i w ['tit§ •- Proprietors and Mattufitchwerto w. NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD AND GREEN LANE STATION. Pure Lehigh Coal delivered to the residents of Ger mantown at reduced rates. 'SINES A; SILO A F Office. N 0.15 S. SeVenth stre,,t' jufi•lm,rar HI BERNI AN .SOUIETY.—TII E stated quarterly meeting will be held at Petry's, 3117 Walnut street, un FRIDAY; 17th inst. at 73' m.. wm.,llloltGiN,, It* ' Secretary. tu. HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. .1518 and 1520 Lombard street, Dispensary DePartin out. —Medical treatment yid medicine furniebed gratuitously to the poor POLITICAL NOTICES .187 Q. , 1870. • ' ILLIAM U. LE E jel6 11 oel2rp§ ,LEGAL NOTICES. . N THE ORPHANS' COURT O R ,F'• THE .2 City and County of Philndelphiar—Estate of CARO LINE M. LLRARY n BRADY.Minor.—Tho Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, nettle and adjust the account of 11. 111. HARRIS, Guardian of Gto ° porton and estate of CAROLINE IV. BRADY, — Minor, and to report distribution of the balance. An, the hands of • the Ifficountant, will meet the partletelntdrested, for the purposes of his appointment, on WEDNESDAY, July 1870Llot 11 o'clock A. M. at Ilia office, No. 2, second floor, I,edger Cuilding, in 'Ow city of Philadolnffia, RICHARD P. WHITE, jer7 f m w Auditor. . i TO RENT-A - DOnif 4 T. -STORY !trick...with bne m lf,bulldiut roonutt - a2 Swint Nia:th: all odern rongovotthoul.s. I C ILY TRICK, 114 ;tooth Fourth. i 017 ttt" THE Drotacti. FESTIVAL. IN NEW YOUR. Fourth Day . . • (uoirstsoudesceel thePblladelohtaJ venlnaßulletin .J NEW Fouls, Thursday Afternoon,June 16. This is the Grand Beethoven Concert, et" rather the concert wherehe was to be ham mered and fired at effectively. ' l' have been thinking that I,may have been at the wrong placerall - this - time; - Sln - collieliegitining of the week a German shooting festival has been going on, and it may be it_ there-where- they played Beethoven. I am sure that Shootiog has beengoing_on very briskly here. .1, have to 'add - it - few words about this to-day. It seems that the name of Beethoven has beep_ given to this festival for:. no other reason except to get the chestnuts out of ,the fire. The • managers seemed to have experienced unusual difficulty to bring .harmony in the Inusieal forces ; jealousies without an end amongst the solo singers; rivalry amongst the conductors; and, under these circumstances, the glorious name of Beethoven'was - have - har monized everything -IL 'did ! -Nobody dared to say no, when a grand tribute was to be paid to the genius of the greateSt, instrumental. composer. Then the public at large was to be excited through the' announcement of . the first Beethoven memorial in this 'country on the largest scale. It Could have been done if they had proved - true to their announcement. The' best mate rial of the country in orchestral, choral and solo performers, were brought together, under the leadership of some of the beat condiieters;.but— the child wanted only a name,.and they thonght Beethoven was the best ;• but they: reckoned' without their host. Distrust 'took hold of the people as soon as they saw the advertisement— . the play of Hamlet, with "Hamlet" left out. The whole German population turned entirely I against them, and, you may say, the Americans also. -It is through.this mistake--that theirsa-- ,1 cess has only been partially good, and that the good and excellent performanms-have been-lis tened to-only by limited audiences.: :Thisought not. to be. It ought to. be understood that Beethoven really had nothing more to do with this than the man in the moon; 'that he is .bopped from the concern, and that Gillmore is special but not silent partner. If Ido regret that the success has not been as it'eught to' be, 1 ran-onlyrejoice at ajust rebuke: to sailing un der a false flag, or starting out under false pre tences; Now to this afternoon's concert. The first piece was the glorieuil 'fifth --syni • - phony.; under Carl Bergmann's - leadership. It is throughout all enjoyable performance. The orchestra is deficient in first-class reed instru ments, and the horns are indifferent; but 'Mr. Bergmann infused his enthusiasm into Per- fortners. 4 -and le deserves the - thank - of t all he .Beetliovii people in the building. The same may be said of .t he Fidello overture in E major. .I listened to it with a great deal of pleasUre. The orchestra evidently seemed to enjoy to have something-of. Beethoven's to play. The --anoints-of the occasion were. Mrs. Bishop and signer Brignoll. You may well, know that Madame BiShop's Voice is far from fresh, but she is an artist. as well as-singer ; she -sang-an 'aria of 3lozart's in excellent style, and I was glad that the audience honored her with a re-. _calLitis=only-too -often-here-that- good and= ti tie artists are shelved by the public when they have passed the twenties. Brignoli sang.3.lo - "11 mio tesoro " exceedingly well. I have never heard him in better voice and more painstaking. Ain excellent performance was the overture of Attila, given by Gillmore's band. They certainly take the lead amongst the military bands of the country. The inevi ' table Anvil Chorus of course was given again, amidst the same delirious shouts of the ' audience and the wild hurrahs of the b'hoys. And this was, as the programmes announced, the " Grand Beethoven Celebration." We are to have to-night the first part of Elijah, and I then "miscellaneous," which means "gun , powder" in some shape or other. C. W. The COneert Lost Night. NEW Yoim, June 16, Midnight.—The Han ' del and Haydn Society of Boston was at last brought forward, at to-night's concert. They performed the first part of Mendelssohn's Ora torio of Elijah. It was a magniffeent per formance. They fully sustained the reputa tion of being the best, perhaps, the only real Oratorio Society in this country; strength, unity, enthusiasm and , perfect familiarity with their subject is shown by them in every note they utter. To the people present here it was a revelation, because New York, as well as Philadelphia, or any other city in the Union, possesses no Society who can, in any way, com pare with them. Par shall it be from me to proclaim their performances a Wonder. No!! it is nothing but the natural results . , of good study, and of a devotion which every member of the Society .possesses. There is an writ do . corps amongst them. To be a member of the Handel and Haydn is an honor. They have a past on which they can look back with pride, and their aim is to make the future not ashamed of it. When you,. look .on the faces singing :there, • something tells you there ..is no , missing of rehearsals.;, there. are no, thciught does not storm to-night, I will go to the hehearSal. I , believe if there was no other way they would - swim there. A great deal of their success is due to the excellent officers of. the Society, who are constantly devoting all their time to the im provement of anything which needs it, and to their indefatigable conductor,Carl Zerrahn,who now for more than fourteen years leads thein, and has, so to say,grown up with them,and year, after year is there at his post, with au indomi table ardor, love and enthusiasm. No Young society need feel diacourazed, because four or five years is nothing to twenty or thirty, the time the Handel and Haydn had to bring thetitL selves to such perfection. ••• 'But-one thing they ought to take an example - from r -to be earnest, ambitious and realy devoted to their tasks. We have splendid . material everywhere, and it, only needs to be brought together 'and then: to stick together. If Gillmore, who, by-the-by, talks of coming to Philadelphia, will bring the Handel and Haydn along, I shall welcome him gladly, no matter • if his artillery. is coming. That some such thing is in contemplation I judge from seeing him a 'good deal in close consultation with Mark Hassler. Ido not sup pose that they talk about the weather, or when the new moon sets in. The solos we're , sus t tined by Madante,Parepa,who, was ntagniflLT 'cent Voice, and Miss Nettie Sterling; Who sang her solo in fine artistic style. Mr. Castle is not . an oratorio singer, and Mt. Whitney, much to niy regret, was not in good voice, and could net therefore do full justice to the arduous Music of his part; The second part contained nothing but repetitions of the former concerts, with' the exception of !Madame Parepa, who sang "Let the Bright, . Sertiphim, '. : ,with cornet, • 'obligate by Arltickle.--Afer-ma,gt nificent voice rang . gloriously., through the" - the' most , nndluous plaudits she had to come forward w: D. gray, aged and repeat again. She is to sail next Thurs day for Europe.. She told me yesteiday that she wants and must have rest for some time, but that she is coming back with some new enterprise-what, she would not tell me—to show her American friends how she appreci ates their generosity and kindness to her. suppose -to-night was the last chance for me to hear her before her departure, and must say I Ion? to have her back, as we cann.otaftord_to_ ose her services to art for any length of time. The enthusiasm of the audience was immense, and it looks as if tbe tide of success was rising. The mail bag is waiting, therefore I must close. CIOBA. Failure of the Upton Expedition-411 the Guns, dm.. Captured. HAVANA, June Government pub fishes full particulars of the attempt of the Upton to convey arms and munitions of war into the interior for the use of the insurgents. The most trustworthy information is con tained in the statements made out by Almeyda, Meda and Garcia, who went out on the Up ton, and, all of whom were captured, and afterward executed by the Spaniards. The writers evidently had some hope of favor at the bands of the Captain-General, but there is little doubt they told very nearly the whole truth. The letters appear iu the Diferio de la Marina of the 9th inst. .Almeyda states that Upton left New York on the morning of the 14th nit. At night a steam launch was brought alongside at sea, and the men were embarked from it on board the Upton. The guns and munitions of war -were brought to the side of the Upton by the same launch. He and others of the expedition, assisted in putting them, aboard. The fare was rather hard. There were no pilots on board, neither for the sea nor coast, and Cisneros did not preserve good order. The leading men of the expedition were J. F. Cisneros, one Westerman, and Cantain Harrison. Al in eyda represents that fie suffered considerably front the pains of hunger as well as from a want - of sleep. On the 25th ' arms ware given out. These were a Spencer rifle, machete, and a cartridge -box-to-each--man, and later ; oaps -also. --A cruiser chased - the vessel a night or so before the work of dis embarkation begun. On the 21st an effort was made to disembark, but there was.a fear that the attempt might prove a failure, and it ivas not made till the 23(1, Everything seemed to, bare gone wrong. Some part of the machinery of the launch was broken, and this caused very great delay. - The arms and munitions. were placed upon the raft, covered with India rubber, and these were towed ashore by two boats. One of the boats capsized, seriously imperiling the lives of the first party to go ashore. . Meda states that some three thousand to four thousand five hundred arms were put aboard the Upton at sea, and between three and four tons of powder, more than one hundred cases .of caps r and.a.large amount of- clothing, Solite boXes - fillell - Witif machetes, and others' contain- ing medicines. At eleven o'clock on the night of the 23d the steamer began the work of dis-• embarkation. But, at daybreak of the - 24th only a portion of the cargo had been landed. The steamer consequently pit back to returning the night of the 24th, 'when the work of discharging was continued all night: Betancourt, second in command, on the morning , of the 25th, gave orders that the arms - and - munitions should be con cealed in a high mountain near by, and this work was at once proceeded with, holes being dug, within—whieh—these—articles -were - con- - cealed. On the 26th a gunboat appeared,when Betancourt gave orders that Meda and some 'Ahem, who were so unwell from exposure and the sea voyage that they could not march, should be carried up into the mountain and there left. They were warned to take care and not suffer themselves to fall into the hands of the Spaniards. The order was given to the healthy men at once to march forward,and we are left to inter that they carried no arms with them, and Meda gave the following account of the capture : '• We wandered about, trying to get out of this place, until the 28th. when we saw four horsemen passing by. These we hailed,stated our condition (the men had nothing to eat or irink for several days), when we were told to follow them ; that they would in fact take care of us. We bad not gone far when we encoun tered a company of the Fourth Battalion of Spanish artillery, which brought us to a halt at the cry, There was some firing, but we were soon captured." The Upton, as soon as the gunboat made its appearance, cleared the coast, the understand ing being that she was to proceed to .Aspin wall. These are all the material points bear ing upon the case, and from the fact that the Upton had not left the coast until the appear ance of the gunboat, it may be supposed that a portion of her• 4 cargo remained on board. This supposition is further strengthened by the fact that Betancourt seems to have buried all the guns landekand still did not move, evidently awaiting the 'landing of all the cargo.; . As the 25th was wholly occupied, in concealing the munitions of war we are bound to infer that a considerable portion of the nuns remained on board the Upton, a view iurther confirmed by the Spanish account, which does not claim the capture .of more than 2.000 rifles. The bad faith of the Spanish Government with respect to the slave trade occasionally beComes manifest. Here is an . examplQ. On or about the 25th of January lit some judicial proceedings took place with reference to a cargo of Bozales (Africans), which had been landed in the neighborhood of Jihacos. These negroes were ordered.to.be placed, according to the law; in deposit, that is, they were to - be taken care of by the Government, hired out, and when a sufficient sum of money should have been raised they were to be shipped back to Africa. But, as nearly always happens in such cases, a compromise was made be tween the officers of the law and the importers, by the terms of which each got a portion of the negroes sold -Out and put the money in their pockets. The crowning proof of this infamy is made In the fact that the Government, now wishing to make a show of virtue in the matter of abolition, causes to be published a notice in the Gaec ta, asking the whereabouts of the aforesaid 600 negroes, and threatening vengeance upon every one . who Aloes not produce them. It is. only necessary to add that if they had been put in deposit in good faith, according to law, the residence of neli uegto and hirerivould at once have been ascertained from the records of the Court. • The New "York Associated Press. (From the N. F. Herald.] A writer for l'utna»t'S Magazine has at tempted to give a view of the organization and workings of the New York Associated. Press., If he has succeeded in making such dry reading palatable to the public we car tainlyi shall not complain ; but we do object to direct Misstatements of facts, or, to use a more fcrreible expression, downright misrepresonia . lions. The writer says the scope of the AsSo.r. Cialed - Press"is. the collection of telegrams from all points and of marine intelligence in New York harbor To show how far this announcement is correct we quote the follow ing resolution, which was passed unani mously at a meeting of the Associated Press held on the ;id of M.arch, 1868 -,‘ Resolved, That on'and after April 1, 1868, l i the Associated Press will discontinue the col libetion of ship news in the harbor of NeW "York;', • ---If-the—w-riter—knows—anything--about-- - :the association lie ,knows of the existence and force Of the above resolution, _and, he 'also knows that the Associated Press .does not col lectmarine intelligeneelu-Now-York harbor. __.:. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1870. President Grant - yesterday sent to the Senate for confirmation as Attorney-General of the United States the name of Amos.T. Akerman, of Georgia. The new appointee was born at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1823, and is, conse quently, forty-seven-years of age. Ho ways educated at Dartmouth College, and soon after graduating went to Georgia, where, we - think; -- he was employed as a — tea t eher for some time. This was in 1844, and since then he has ever resided in the State. He studied law in the office of the .celebrated Judge Berrien, of Georgia, at one time AttorneY-General of the United States, and, before and afterwards, a Senator in Congress. From the old Judge, who abandoned the Democracy andjoined the Whigs, Mr. Akerman imbibed his political principles. While the Whig party lasted he was a mem ber of it,and in 1860 he supported the Bell and Everett ticket. He was never prominent in politics, however, until after the close of the war. A resident of the mountains of Georgia, where there are few negroes; and where the institution of slavery was little known and less cared about, he remained through out the rebellion a strong Unionist, and on the return of peace was one of the first to ad vise compliance with the will of Congress: He wail elected a member of the Reconstruc tion Constitutional Convention in 1867, and took a prominent position among the mem bers. He opposed, from the beginning, the movement to oust Governor Jenkins and place Mr. Bullock in office as Provisional Governor. He also spoke in opposition to extreme mea sures which were proposed by the radi cals. But while in many respects most con servative in his sentiments he took, at an early day after the meeting of the - -Convention;.:• a decided stand in favor of negro suffrage, and insisted upon the right of the negro to hold office. For a time he was well supported in his views re garding office-holding ; but finally the country delegates, who styled themselves "advocates of the reconstruction policy of Congress," and disclaimed. being "Republicans, absolutely - re: - fused to Note for the measure. The subject -was-therefore-dropped,—and-the constitution - framed was silent as-to-whether- - the negro had the right to hold office. Had the, early sup porters of Mr. Akerman been as firm as him self the troubles which followed in Georgia would never have been experienced. Mr. Akerman has been from the beginning of reconstruction a strong opponent of Bul lock and his clique of professional office _ holders.. One_of his_ablest speeches, delivered in the Convention at an early period•of the session, was a sharp attack upon the men who were pushing Bullock forward, as well as a stinging : satiticaLreview_ of _the_qualities of_ that gentleman for a prominent executive po sition. During the late-Presidential campaign Mr. A k erman's name. headed the - Republican electoral ticket, which, as is'known, was - de feated. Soon after Grant's inauguration he was appointed-United- States Attorney for the district of Georgia, a position he now holds. It is understood that had the nomination of Mr. Bradley as Associate Justice of the Su preme Court been rejected by the Senate the name of the new Attorney-General would have been sent in to till the vacancy. In personal appearance Mr. Akerman is lilac! engaging. He is rather below. the me dium height, and has a pleasant face, full of intelligence and amiability. As a lawyer, he stands well in Georgia Baring a large and lu crative practice. As an- orator, he.is a fluent, ..asy speaker ; and in matters of law is said to -be a - learned mem- Socially. Mr. A.kerman is a clever, urbane and hospitable gentleman. The objections to ex-Attorney-General Hoar, leis immediate predecessor, will never be barged against him, as lie is one of the most aflable and easily approached of gentlemen in bl c Mr. Akerman was appointed and confirmed United States District Attorney foe the State of Georgia. some seven or eight months since, and has filled that post with much credit to himself. He was born in the State of New Hampshire, , and graduated at Dartmouth College. He then emigrated to Georgia, and studied law in the office of United States Senator .1. McPherson Berrian, who was Attorney-General under Jackson, and is to-day considered one of the leading law yers of the State, and, in fact, in the South. He was prominent as a candidate for the - United States Supreme Court Judgeship. He is forty-six years of age, and has a wife and several children, residing at Elberton, Ga. His first political distinction was in the late constitutional Convention of Georgia, where he made his first appearance in political life. He was the principal framer of the present State Constitution. He was subse quently the elector at large on the Grant and Colfax Presidential ticket. He was an earnest Union man during the war, and was known to Jeff. Davis, Stephens, Toombs, &c. He was one of the earliest and staunchest friends of canal and political rights to all men, and has been here several times before the Presi dent and Congressional Committees, as an earnest advocate for the admission of Georgia and its representation iu Congress. There is no doubt but that the appointment is intended To hasten the settlement of the question of Georgia reconstruction.—Tittles. A Democratic Organ's Sitetch. Amos T. Akerman, who was nominated to the Senate yesterday to be Attorney-General of the United States, vice Hoar, resigned, is a native of New Hampshire, but for the past Way years has been a resident of Georgia. Daring the war Mr. Akerman was by no means unfavorably ditkposed towards the Con federacy; but; with the initiatiimr of the Con gressional plan of reconstruction, took sides with ex-Governor JosephE.Brown in favor of an acceptance by the State of that plan 'and a reorganization upon it. On the assembling of the Georgia Reconstruction Convention, he accordingly appeared as a delegate, and was' as influential in the deliberations of that body inside the hall as ox-Governor Brown was outside. Between the two the violent faction arief of the convention were kept in check, and the league of carpet-baggers and negroes, which in every other of the reconstruction conventions throughout the ,South had full , 4wav, was overpowered by arraying against it the home reconstruction, or, as it is otherwise termed, the sealdwag, dement. On the legislation of the body Mr. Akerman ex ercised a !narked influence, and in sonic re spects the changes brought, about by .him in the constitution of the State are conceded in Georgia to be decided improvements. This is especially the case with the judiciarY article, which is understood to meet the warn appro bation of the bar throughout the State,a circum stance of some importance in this connec tion as touching - the - professional meritsthe - Executive.nomince. As a lawyer, Mr. Aker man is possessed of considerable local repute for soundness, caution, accuracy and acute ness, though not distinguished for the lighter attributes of addresS and eloquence. In per son Ije is slim atal spare; in countenance some- what resembling Alexander H. Stephens,haV ing the same general appearance of large, pro, mment foyehead,and sinall,peaked lower face, and is ahOut ilfty-four or five years old. From' his persistent advocacy' of the. Con gressional plan, and. all the more so that this advodney; by reason of his ability, has been eflectiire, Mr. Alterman. is in very bad odor with the greet body of the people in Georgia, and has on several occasions been made the recipient of marked evidences of that foelitigr. -though-pov. er4ictually-maltrcated.—Rersonally he ling ;the' manners of a gentleman, a conitidefatiOn - mentioned TrouL the popular' impression,. that Mr. Hotir's deficiencies ••this respect have had much to do 'in THE NEW ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Don. Amos . T. *Kerman. ANOTHER SKETCH producing that towards him which haS resulted in his elimination from office. Taken altogether, however, Mr. Akerman cannot be regarded as a. distinguished or even notable, choice, but the exigencies of Mr. Grant's re quirements were doubtless such as to leave no great margin for selection. it is evidently his purpose to have Mr. Hoar's mantle fall on some man of fair repute among the few who, having an identification with •the South, are now,in_ accord_with-Radicalistri, and -i n-this view the selection of this new " unknown" is about as good as the nature of the case admits. —World. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. THE NEW CHURCH. The General Convention of the Sweden bointan or "New Jerusalem" Church. The Fifty-first General Convention of the New Church met this morning in the building of the First New Jerusalem Society, corner of Broad and Brandywine streets, and will probably sit for about four days. The founder of this sect was-Emanuel Swedenborg, who was born in Stockholm,. Sweden; in the year 1688, and - died - Ili the City of London. in 1772. He was the author of the "Arcana Celestia," or Heavenly Arcanum, a ponderous work of ten octavo volumes, " The True Christian Religion;"-which 'is - a---teitt book of theology in the Church,and "Heaven and Hell, which gives the doctrines held in regard to a future state. The doctrines of this sect are peculiar, and differ in several import ant respects/from those of other Christian de m , nominations. They reject the of the Trinity as held by the Orthodox Christians, believing that God is.but one divine person, and that this one person assumed the human nature and. made a Manifestation of ilirriself, - tiot to satisfy His own justice, but to reconcile men to himself not to make a vicarious atonement, but to make an impres sion upon men to reconcile them to God. They hold that the whole divine nature is in Christ and that He has taken the human na ture ofp3vp Accord, and.tile..operation of. The DiVine through the human nature is called the Holy' Spirit. They hold the plenary inspiration" of the booki of the Word, consisting of the 1:1-e b - Ooka - of Moses, the books, of Joshua; Judges, Ist and 2d Samuel; Ist and 2d Hangs, Pslatus, all the Prephets, the four Gospels and the Revelations. The other books of the Bible they do not believe . to be " pleuarily" inspired, but inspired in" the second degree. The books of the Word are written in accordance with the "law of correspondence," and contain -- an in ternal or spiritual, besides a literal sense. This - law of correspondence con -sists -of -the necessary relation between ahings-natural and spiritual,or between effects and causes. In accordance with thili law they believe that the first eleven chapters of Gene sis, containing the 'history of the creation, Deluge; &c.,are not historicah-but are al legorical narratives, intended to convey a spiritual meaning:-" Thus - they- escape all the difficulties of geology, &c. In regard to the second coming of Christ, they hold it to be a spiritual coming,aud not a visible or personal one: that this second ad, vent is now going-on and was initiated over, a century ago, and was connected with the mis sion of Swedenborg, who chams That one of the principal objects of his mission was to give-to men the doetrine•of correspondence, and._ thus_farnish them - with! the-:key to the-- interpretation of the Scriptures. In regard to the resurrection they hold that there is a real or bodily man and a, spiritual. man ; that the actual resurrection occurs at death. They deny the doctrine of a bodily re - surrectionras-held - by other ehurches, -- but be lieve that man rises at his de - ath into the spiritual world in a bodily form or appear ance • that he finds himself in a real spiritual world, where various occupations are carried on. That he first finds himself in the intermediate world of spirits, where the judgment occurs, and the real character of the individual is developed, and of his own will or desire he goes to his appropriate place in Heaven or Hell. there are three Heavens—the Natural, the Spiritual and the Celestial-these are in a rising scale of happiness, the Celestial being the highest. There are also three hells, with a corresponding descendiug scale of misery, where men are punished in accord ance to their relative wickedness while on earth. In the future life the earthly occupa tions of men are found in their spiritual or glorified correspondence, and each ?one finds his happiness in contributing towards that of his fellows. The first Convention of this Church, in this city, was held in an old building at the corner of Twelfth and Sansoin (then George) streets, on May 15, 1817. The building has since been torn down: The Convention was called - to order at 10 o'clock, by Rev. Thos. Worcester, of Boston, who read the Psalm commencing "Behold ho w good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell . together in unity," an also "'offered up ' tho Lord's Prayer. Messrs. T. F. Wright, W. G. Day and S. E Loring were appointed a Committee on Cre dentialS:- The folkiwing are the officers and principal committees 01 the Convention : President—Rev. Thomas Worcester, Walt ham, Mass. Vice President—Mr. J. Young Scaminon, Chi cago, Ill:- Seeretories—Rev. T. A. Hayward, Waltham, Mass.; Mr. Thornas-iiitcheak, New York. Assist4nt ft eetniuver—Mr. Thomas Hitchceek, New York. Executive Commilttc.—The President, Vice President, Secretaries and Treasurer, ex officio -amt-- - Messrs. - .T; -- R7- Hibbard; - Chicago, 11l Oliver G errish, Portland, Me. ; Sampson Reed and David L. Webster, Boston, Mass.; Win. H. Benade, Pittsburgh, and Benjamin F. Glenn, Philadelphia, Pa.; Milo G. Williams, Urbana, and Jacob L. Wayne, Cincinnati, 0. ; Chauncey Giles, NOW York; Lyman S. Burn ham, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Eugene Laible, De troit. Mich.; Willard H. Hiukley,'Wilinington, Del.; James P. Stuart, St. Louis, Mo.; (Bendy Burke, New Orleans, La.; C. T. Dunham, Charleston, S. C., and John Hitz, Washing ton, D. C. Com II I Wee a i .Ecelcsiustical Affatrs.—Rev. Messrs. Thomas Worcester, Samuel F. Dike, J. R. Hibbard, James P. Stuart, Thomas Willis, Chauncey Giles, Abiel Silver, ex-Viejo, and( Rev. Messrs. Joseph Pettee, John P. Perry, Edward Craig Mitchell, - William H. Beuadc, William 13. Hayden, Willard R. Jabez Fox, John C. Agar, Charles H. Mann, George F. Stearns, John H. Eagatz, John Goddard, Frank Sewall, Willard 0. Day and C. Louis Carriero. The New Church Tract Society.—Presithint, Rev. Chauncey Giles, of Now -York. Vice - Presidents - -- James •P, Baxter, - of Maine ; Horace P. 'Chandler, of Massachusetts ; halal T. Williams, of New York ; Julien Shoe maker, of Pennsylvania; Charles Reete, Of Maryland; J. Lloyd Wayne, Jr., of Ohio ;. Eugene Laible, of Michigan; Sandford E. G 6Orgeay__Simpkies v _ef__ Missouri. The report of the 'Treasurer was then pre , sented. The following is a condensed state ‘ment of the balances • 1, 1870. OVerdrawn on a oral Fund.. " Publishing " Error in last year's accounts.. --Balance to-crettitr•of•Wilkius --Legacy $126 7 - Balance to credit of Rice Lega- Balance' to credit of. Turner Fund 152 75 Balance to credit of Firth Legacy PRICE THREE OEN rs Net balance to credit of the Convention • U 7 lOB 82 $l,lOB 32 The report of the Executive Committee waq then read and approved. - Mr. Giles offered a resolution providing for covering the, streets surrounding the church with tan-bark, to secure The reports of. the New Church_Tract_So, ci etyTatid the - board havrn - g - charge of the Theological School, were then read. The Convention then took a recess unfit halt=past 2P. M. during which the President delivered his annual address, and a colLatiou was served in the basement of the church. As the death of. Mr. Dickens makes• every recollection of him sacred to his'admirers, the following extracts from the note-book of a young lady of Cincinnati, writtea at the time, may be interesting to some of ourrreaders: 6 I went last evening to a party at Judge. Walker's, given to the hero of the day, Mr.' Charles Dickens, and, with others, had the honor of an introduction to Aim. M- - had , gone to a concert, and we awaited her:return, - which made us late. When we reathed the Mr. Dickens had left the Crowded; rooms, and was in the hall, with his wife, about taking his departure when We entered' the cfoor. We were introduced to himin our' wrapping, and in the flurry and en barrass— nient of the meeting one of She party droppeich a parcel, containing shoes, glaves, Ste. Mr. Dickens, stooping, gathered them up and re— stored them, with a laughing remark, and we , bounded up stairs to get our things-011. Hast— ening down again, we, found him with Mrs. Dickens, seated upon a. sofa, stirrounded by a , group of ladies, Judge Walker having re quested him to delay his departure for a few moments, for the gratification of some tardy' friends who had just arrived; ourselves among the number. Declining to re-enter the. roomA where he bad , already taken leave 01 the guests, he had seated himself in the hall. "He is young and handsome, has a mellow, beautiful eye, tine- • brow; aud - •alyundaut hair.. His mouth is large, and his smiles so bright it seemed to shed light and rtappiness-allrabout, Lim. His manneris-easy—negligent—but . not elegant. His dress was foppish; in fact, he was overdressed, yet his garments were worn so easily they appeared to be a necessary part of him. He bad a dark coat, with lighter pant aloons ; a black, waistcoat, embroidered with. colored flowers; and about his neck, covering his white_ slairt-front, was-a black' neckcloth, alto embroidered in colors, in which were placed two large diamcmd pins connected by a c j hain ; a ,gold watch-chain, and a large red rose in his button-hole, completed •his tailet--- l'll.rS;Diekeifs is a large wOnaan, Eating great deal of color, and is rather coarse; but she has a good Mee, and looks amiable. She seemed to think that 'Mr. Dickens was the attraction, and was perfectly satisfied to.play second, happy in'the• knowledge that she was his wife. She wore a pink silk dress trimmed; with a white blond flounce, and a pink cord.. and tassel wound about her head. She spoke hut little, yet smiled pleasantly at all that was said. "He appeared a little weary, but answered the remarks made to himfor lie originated none—in an agreeable manner.. Mr. 'Beard's . portrait of. Fagin was so placed iitt-the•room that we could see it from where we stood stir rouraling him: One - of - thelatlies - asked - him if it was his idea of the Jew. He .replied, Very , nearly.' Another, laughingly, - re que,sted that he would give- her-the-rose-he wore, as a memento. He shook his head and. said : That will not do •he could not give it to one ; the others would be jealous. P._ .;half dozen then insisted on having it, whereupon he proposed to divide the . leaves among . there. In taking the rose from his coat, either by design or accident, the leaves loosened 'and 'fell upon the floor; and amid considerable laughter the ladies *stooped and_ gathered them. He remained some twenty minutes, perhaps, in the hall, then took 'lns leave. I must confess to considerable disap pointment in the Personal of my idol. I felt that his throne was shaken, although it, never could be destroyed." Sad Story of Suicide. A letter from Berlin, Prussia, narrates a sad story of the suicide of. an American youth; who appears to have committed self-destruc tion from disappointment at not, behtg.able to become proficient as a__pianist. The/ young man, Ai/hose hothe is in West Roxbury, Mas sachusetts, had been pursuing .hiS musical' studies at the Kullack Conservatory for about eight months. In a fit of utter despondency. he went into a wood, some •fourmiles• from. the city, and deliberately blew out his brains with a pistol. On his person was found a pocket-book, containing a minute account of his daily expenseS, etc., which denoted him a most economical and prudent young man. Previous to committing the rash deed he had written letters in pencil on the pages of the• book to his relatives, among which the lowing, sufficiently explaining his motives, to his father, thus : " It's no use, father; I wish'-to make a. calm . and perfectly true statement. I have been here nearly eight months, and to-day-I cannot strike one note upon the piano as. it should be struck. Herr Wieprecht, cheld'orchestraliere,: was right; it was not to be. Dear father, do , not think too harshly or me. - You cannot 'know how hard I have tried to get the right way, but I am firmly convinced that I should have never played the piano as it ought to be played: I had learned entirely wrong, and it was too late to do everything 'over again. Thank you, dear father, a thousand times-for• your love - and - Irindness sendingTme':lierep; and so I wish it might have been otherwilie. God bless you, my lather, and May you for give your son." ' - The necessary arrangements for his burial were attended to by Consnl Kreigsmen, and he was interred in the cemetery at Chariot. tenbarg, a town in the vicinity of tha r wood: where the tragic event took place. The Cologne Zeittmg has the following ac count of a rather smart swindler An unparalleled swindle, lately perpe trated in a provincial capital, has caused much stir. A gentleman stopped into the store of a merchant, followed by a servant. The gentle man, who wore his right arm in a sling, was taken for a military pensioner, and the mer chant gladly placed before him such articles , as he asked for. When he came to settle the account, however, he found lie had Pot Bath- cient money, so he asked the merchant to - write a note from his dictation to his wife; which he would sent to his hotel • by-a tis-7,7 servant. The merchant unstiSpiciously wrote as be was desired; 'and on -.a sheet bear- • ing the name of the firm, these words: 'Send me immediately, by the bearer, two hundred tinders. Yours, Robert.' lie, smiling, closed up the note with the expression, Ah, then we are namesakes !' The servant took . the • Mite, and soon returned with -the required- *.sitayr ,- .The - gentlemappaidfor - his:7;vare,vgavett them to his seri-ant to carry; and :went away. - Some: hours after the wife of .the inerehaut visited him, and - after talking of Spiidrything - ,s suddenly asked him "why he sent for the two . hundred tinders. ...The, man was rendered speechless with astonishment when lie saw what a cheat had beeuldayed upon him. The• search after the sharper has not.ytt been sue- Dr. Cr. 5321 7 . -1 00 —Hon; !doses Wing,ato died, in Haverhill,' 14.-ass.-Wedneaday—nlorniligLa4_o!olh aged one hundred. and, four years, -seven moritlAkandtweuty- days; Ho was:probably the ohrost member of the Armenia fraternity In th' world, having joined tile Order' la 1.801, • tr . 11 , t Dickens in 1812. A German Swindler. 81,080 :/*/
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