' VOLUME XXIV.-NO. 61. WEDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS for Parties, &o. Now styles. ?LIAISON A CO., 907 Obednut street. do3ofinw IIJXED EARTH CLOSETS ON ANY .17 floor. In or outof doors, and PORTABLE EARTH COMMODES, for use In besbehombers and elsewhere. Are absolutely free from offence— Earth (Beset Com pany's office and salesroom at WM. 11,111.10A1NP No. 1221 Market street. • ap29:tfi DIED. ROLL.—On the 2241 inst., of consumption, Thaddeus M. Roll, in the Mth year of his ago. --Tb - w-rmlittirapriaryl=frf4mdsvf4lwfatitiltn-respizAfoll invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence. lie. 1216 Locust street, on Friday morning, at 10 o'clock. •• jIGINSON.—At his matelot', Germentown Sixth Month. 22d inst., Dr. William N. Jehrown. SMALL.—On the night of. the 21st inst., Juliet, wife of Dr. Edward P. Small, and youngest daughter of Da vid Smith. Funeral will take place on Friday, at 9 o'clock A. IL, from her late residence, N 0.28 North Sixteenth street. f Portland ( Mo., papers please copy.) *. SOUDER.—On Tuesday, 21st inst.. Catherine, widow of the late Jacob Sender, in the 81st year of her age. The funeral will take place from her late residence, N . 0.720 North Tenth street. on Thursday, tad Inst., at 2 o clock P. M. Interment at South Laurel Hill. § 400 4"- It°ll STREET _ YRE LANDELL, 400 1870. DEPARTMENT L., btEN'S WEAR. 1870. CANVAS DRILLS. PADDED DRILLS: SCOTCH CHEVIOTS, CASSIMERE 1/OR MTS. CORDU ROYS AND TOWELS.- - GENUINE MEDICINAL COD LIVER CLL.—JOHN C. BARER k Co., 713 Market et. SPECIAL 'NOTICES. pU NOTICE TRAVELERS. Everything belonging to Gentle men's attire, necessary to comfort in Summer traveling, can now be found in full variety .at Mr. Wanamalcer's .Establishment, -on Chestnut- Street. Together with Summer Suits, Dusters, Linen Overalls, &L, there is a large assortment of Valises, Dressing Cases, Toilet Article's in traveling shape, and Ge,nts' Furnishing Goods generally, with many novelties of French and 818 and 820 Chestnut St. June, 1870. C TIM IMPROVEMENT OF BROAD----STREET. A GRAND BIASS bIEETING — OF THE — CITIZIINVOir PHILADELPHIA . • - Vairoring Ho; IMPROVEMENT. or PROAD. STREET, be held nutter the arciplocaof the BROAD STREET IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE, And b. authority of thir Meatinz of Citiz , ma held on the .I/th ..1 . lutte, MN). AT 7111 E ACADENI kr (J MUSIC. _.OX.TIILIIttD kV FOLK • June:Ml!. al 8 o'clock. All whi,apprecia:tiv ihe.advatttaiztmi tliat the.thorch ugh faro of Broad street onjoyo, to Wake It, with prop.r ma ' "vtilatnt, • TUE FINEST .A1311 , _ MOfrr_ 11IPO51NG AVENUE . IN WORLD and all who take an honest pride fit BEAVTIr YING AND. ADORNING OUR CITY, Are cordially invited to attend thu rnortintf. By order of the BROAD STREET IMPROVEMENT T. T. WOODRUFF, President DR- F. C. 31ELVILLE, Vice President. GEO. S. GRAHAM. Secretary. JAMES W. HAVENS, Treasurer ( Boardman's Third Annual Saturday AFTERNOON EXCURSION TO ATLANTIC CITY. Saturday. June 23, 1870. Last Boat leaves Vine street at 3.30 P. M. Returning leaves Atlantic. Monday, 27th, at 7 A. M. ROUND TRW, 82.00. Tickets for sale at Trews - R.ll'a Bazaar, 614 Chestnut street, and at Vine Street Wharf. joll-12trpi 10. GRAND TEST EXHIBITION FOR TWO WEEKS, Commencing MONDAY, June 11, 1870. at EDWARD J. WILLIAMS' Grsnt c f 9tratt,llott . serurnisiiing Store, 915 BIARK ET STllliin; In order to substantiate the assertions we have made regarding the wonderful keeping power of " 'I HE DAVIs " - REFRIHRIIATOR, and to convince our custemers and the public generally 'that it will do all that is claimed. wepropose to give GRAND TEST EXHIBITION, commencing as per above date. Several hundred pounds .ot.ice will be made every day. Solid frozen fish can be seen at all times. The temperature far below freezing point. Beef, veal, lamb, poultry, berries Kll.l 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 WEEKS ). Come .one, come all and see this wonderful invention. EVERY ONE INVITED. Full explanation will cheerfully be given to all visitors. Relnetnber the place._, • EDWARD 3. WILLIAMS, WORMAN & CO., • jell It & m mr.f at§ Propriotors and Manufacturers UNIVERSITY.O OF PENNSYI, \TANI A.. FACULTY ON ARTS. CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION to either of tho College courses will present themselves for examination on 'WEDNESDAY, June 29th; at half-past ten o'clock. THE REG U L AR. COURSE includes,the Ancient Lan. guutaes, with' Frenchaud 'Gnrman ;the Mathematics and. the Physical Sciences, with au ELECTION of certain studies in tlio twolastyears. In the - SCIENTIFIC COURSE, more extended studies in Mathematics. Physics, and the Modern Languages are , substituted for the Ancient Languages. Students may also enter for a PARTIAL COURSE, including such *audios ite they„may select and which the Faculty may approve. FRANPOIS A. JACKSON, Seeretasy of the Faculty. 11 . 1, ON FREE EXHIBITION. —AT CHARLES Y. 11ASELTINE'S ART GALLERY, No. 1125 CHESTNUT street, Braun's famous Autotypes, from Paris, comprising Paintings, Drawings, Frescoes, Statuary, of the galleries of Paris, Vienna, Florence, Rome, Milan, Basle, Saxe Weimar, etc., etc., amount ing to 6,000 different subjects ; also, 800 diverse views of European sconerrand antiquities. Particular attention is called to " Moses," by Michael Angelo, never before exhibited. the new ,sorice from Paintings by Carlo Carloni, Salvi, Guido Beni, etc., the whole col lection of Rousseau's landscapes, and the Bernbrandi Collection of the Gallery of Cassel. je22 w f e rp3t; lU'THE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT of the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. will lie hob d in it. Luke's -Church: in this city, en THURSDAY, the 2.3 d inst., at 1054 o'cleak. . • . , . . Aftor morning prayers, an Essay on tho Connection of Morality land Iteligiom ;be rood hy Mr. Arthur "Brooks; 'and an ICssaY on Prayer by Mr, .Tatties Caird. The (Morey are requested to moot with the Studonts, Professors and Boarefin the Sunday:school room of the Church ; and the friends of the Institution generally aro invited to be present. lt§ rabCHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY, Fifteenth and Cheetnut etroota.,-The Annual Ser mon before the Amociato Alumni' of th o PHILADEL PHIA DIVINITY SCHOOL will be Drenched on WEDNESDAY EVENING. 22d twit ;at 8 o'clock, hey Ruv. FREDRICK. BROOKS, Rector of St. Faun; Church, Cleveland, Ohio. - It* 'WASHINGTON B. ERBEN, Secretary. L?. ENCURSION TO FORT DEL aware, —An excursion to Fort Delaware - will take place July 7,1870, under the auspices of - the Mariner's Bethel Baptist Ohurch.(Special permission to land at the Fort has been armored,/ Tickets, 80.centaL to be obtained - at the - store of R:.111.. - BDUOE, 18 North Seventh street. je22Dy7 rp IW.HOWARD' HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 and Id2o Lombard street, Dispensary Department. edical treatment-.pd medicine furnished gratnitouelY to tho poor ' -v-.---NOWITEPENNSYLVANIA. RAIL- IheW ROAD AND GREEN LANE STA.TION. . Pure Lehigh Coal delivered to the residents of Ger - alautown at reduced rates. • EINES SHRAPF, Teti-Im,rp§ Office, k1e,15 S. Seventh street, , . ... . . V‘IIII 1 • ,_. .I .' V ar ----- N.. ..,""" .....2,- . • • - • ' • , , • . . , . . , '' . ' ' 1 ' ' .' . ' ... ';'' ---4--- ' ..... . ''' • ' ' '...... ''' -:-; . 1 - • . '; - ' —.. ." . .... 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ItEIVARD.-LOST.22D INST., A Diriok-And-Tan Terrier Dog ; breed collar, marl:c •• .1no." JOEL J. DAILY,I3Ze Arch street. Ir returned, the tinder will receive the reward. REMOVALS. pEHOVA.L.--HRS. E. - HENRY, MANI - Jou facturer of Ladieal • Cloaks ' and Mantillas, finding her late location, N 0.16 N. Eighth Meets, inadequate for her largely _increased business, has removed to the ELEGANT SPACIOUS WARE/200M, at the 8. E. corner of NINTH and ARCH Streets, where she now offers in widitfilm to her stock of Cloaks and Idantilles, a choice invoice of 'Paisley Shawls, .Lace 'Points and Saunas mhZi-Smre' THE FINE ARTS. ii*TOTYPER OF THE OLD. M.,tarEns.—Our readers are aware .tbat: the sole - American agency for these unique foc simile copies of famous works is established in this city, at the Hazeltine Galleries, No. 1125 Chestnut Street. • For Some time past the collection has been in complete, owing to - the - absence - of - the agent, with specimen copies, in other cities. The al bums are now, however, all in place at the central agency, to the number of six thousand or more photographs. Connoisseuni, who have bad difficulty in selecting while the re presentative proofs were dispersed, can now see the whole—by farTthe largest set in-Ame rica, L and a collection greatly outnumbering the largest European galleries of the old mas ters. opportunity for examining - the niasterpieees•Of art exists in this country. The AntotyPea4lll be hOre comolete until the Bth July proximo. • ArrangernentS - for the purchase of the Auto types are-making • on-the part of the Can gre§sie nal.Library. and the_ Corcoran_Galle.ry i : Washington, the new Museum of New Yor4, -and - eti es - in : - .B osto n o re, Sce. 3i r. Spofford, the Congressional Librarian, has bargained - for the largest number that the' means . in his bands will command,-in advance _of Congroisional action on the. subject. ' They have excited more interest in the modern Athens' than anywhere else. So far, how ever, the largest single order for them remains fo be that of the Pennsylvania - A.cademv of_ Fine Arts ; the latter institution intends to add - to - itgccilleiftlen, and no doubt will ulti mately possess a complete set. M r. P. Moran exhibits, at Sauter's window, in Eighth street, a tine and spirited composi tion of dogs, repreiienting canine high and tote life. Mr. Moran's health has been the subject Of alarm to his friends : be has for some time been unable to attend to his classes at Van der Wielan's art.sehool Mr. Newbold H. Trotter exhibits, at Earles' galleries, an interesting cattle-piece, backed by a good landscape motive, entitled " Cows in Clover." The favade of the late Academy of Fine Arts is being demolished to-day. At the establishment of Messrs. Struthers & Soils -a number of rising' senlptorS are o , L pying -the studio lately used by 13ailly 31r_ Starkey has just modeled and is about to cast a very graphic likeness of Prof. A. B. Thomas, the anatomical lecturer for the Penn sylvania Academy and the School of Design for Women. He has by him a pretty childlsh head in high-relief - called "The Morning Glory," and a smaller medallion, with a female profile, called "Meditation."—Akers's portrait bust of Lucretia Mutt, the philanthropist, is being cut in marble by Mr. Wells, .a young sculptor of evident talent, Mr. Wells has just completed a model in .clay representing a lady's head,, in high relief, bending forward from the wreaths of a lace veil, which is wrapped Spanish fashion around her head, and forms an artistic back ground for the face ; a large corner bracket, of great elegance, adapted to a particular bust, has just been modeled by Mr. Wells. Ile has further completed a likeness of Dr. Meigs; and started that of another Philadelphia gen ,tlenian,.showing ,rather:.:hard :and ;youthful treatment, but a fair notion of proportion and the substantial principles of art. Messrs. Struthers have, a very remarkable aptitude for finding out ta l lent among 'their employes;:' and kindness in developing it 'with friendly en douragemen t. A young man from Scotland,Mr. Alexander Calder, has just designed and com plated a capital for the Second Presbyterian Church, at Twentv-first and Walnut streets, and commenced another. The finished cap IS in florid Gothic, of great boldness and happy design, representing birds and lilies of the .valley. Its difficult and daring beauty could hardlY be matched among the cathedrals of Europe. An older carver long employed by Messrs. Struthers has a wonderfully neat and tasty hand in cutting ivy and trailing plants over the surface of monumental designs ; his decordtions iti - this. kind have a living grace and botanical'accuracyimpossible to surpass. —An EaStern editor sent a note to a not well posted subordinate to "write a notice of ‘Lothair," Dieraeli's last book. 'The subordi nate had never heard of the work ; but pre suming his .boss Meant the Indian Loi sat down and wrote. a column on the red men in Washingtoni• under the 'caption of "Lo "—A Toledo paper gives this as a correct re port of a speech recently delivered by a mem ber of a school beard in that section : " Mr. Cheerman--I rise far to—that•is to make a mo tion, which it is as follows: 'Resolved that _there are no need-to build such-coktive school housen as some of this ere board Is proposin to 'rect. No, Mr. Uheernoan, I'm 'posed to spendin money for more housen. The old ones are pretty good yitr- and for-to-go for-to i build a prettiAick housis which will cost ton taintraand dollars, ormore yet, its all wasted. 'lts no 'eonorny to 'throw away money we don't need. Taxes, cost' money, and money has to go to paylaxes, arid let us expense with any more selreol hohsen." A itEEMKtN RIVER MYSTERY. betspieleaul Dhowlearopee of a Philadel phia Physician at Tunhers-AMIN Pro bable Robbery and Murder—A Wife's Anxiety for bier Mumband's Fate. The New York Times says: Dr. Walter H. Foster for some time past a resident in Pine street:Philadelphia, recently went to Yonkers with a view of selecting and purchasing a suitable dwlelling for the future residence of himself and farnily.___ln _order_to --- canriitinilifinteitillirm — s — he engaged boars a a private hoarding-house, kept by Mrs. Manny, -at the:corner 'of Locust-street and Woodworth avenue, on'. the 7th instXifter spending a portion of the foll - ing day in examining prOperty, he went, out with Frederick . Manny, a youth some nineteen or twenty years old, son of Mrs. Manny. The two engaged a .boat and took-a sail on the river,:atid,while out, landed at Dud ley's Grove, where young Manny introduced Dr. Foster to Mr. Oliver .Dudley, the proprie- - tor of the Grove. On the next day, the 19th inst., Dr. Foster engaged a boat from the same party he hired from betore, also some fishing tackle, and went out on: the river alone, and failed to return"to ticiariling-lithtse.. On Tuesday the 20th instant, a- _flagman on the Hudson River Railroad found the .boat in which Dr. - Foster had left Yonkers,. near Dnd ley's Grove, tied fast to the dock or post, and in the boat,Were found a, knife and fish ing -line. - From the day that Dr. Foster left Yonkers, he bas failed _to make his 'appearance or to communicate with Mrs: Manny; and, strange to say, that lady neglected to report the disap pearance of her hoarder-to the police or any one else likely, to afford any assistance in the Matter, until ten days afterward. On exam ining a carpet bag or valise le.ft behind, it *as tbund to contain a diploma given to - him by; some mddical college, and a deed for . Some prOperty - itl3faine. *The valise also fortu nately contained the address of his family in Philadelphia. When Dr. Foster, paid :qrs. Manny his board bill in advance, it was observed that he had with him a large amount of money. The police authorities at Yonkers on-being apprised of these facts ini-• tnediately set about clearing - up the mystery, "and on their . inquiring at Dudley's Grove for information,'lltr. Dudley stated that he recol leete.d having seen Dr. Foster there the day: after he was introduced to him, and- that two well-dressed strangers were in his Company. Dr. Foster did not take anything to drink ex cept soda - water; how long -he remained on the grounds Mr. Dudley could not say, as he was too busy at the.time to notice him. _ A telegram was at once sent to Mrs.-Foster, relative to . the.disappearaiiee of her husband, and that lady immediately. .came. to Yonkers,. reaching there on... Monday evening, and mani fested great alarm and-exciteinent on learning the facts in the case. She sent for Sergt.Flan drea-u, to-whom she stated that her husband Vras.a very abs,ternious man, never partook of &ny alcoholic bettors whatever, that lie came to Yonkers to purchase property;and had considerable money with him,..but_she.,could ifot — say. how much, and a • valuable gold watch. .Mrs. Foster telegraphed - to - Boa ton, .Portland--and'other places where her _husband.bad_relativ.e.S_and_friends, in hopes of bearing iiolll6 tidings of his where - it-limits; but without "- `obtaining any satisfac don,,and, while laboriiag under a. state of Mind bordering on:derangement, Mrs. Foster left Yonkers last night 'for Portland, where his mother resides. It is feared that Dr. Foster, iinsuspiciou_sly got into bad tomnany at Dudley's Grove, and Abet - the t wo-vr eltdre—ssertstrangerS with - w hotri he was observed corti . *.ersing there, have mur, \-:Watch and money, and then,disposed of his body in the woods ad ioining Grove. Policemen are now search ing for his body. PATHETIC "LAST WORDS. A Model Newspaper ValLedletory. The Indianapolis - Times die - s with a grim hu mor. Its farewell number contains this dying _specoh-a-nd-eonfession : "In his famous story of. '3lose. the Sassy.' A. Ward tells ms of a sublime utterance by a man whose head had been cut off by the pi rate: 'Oh! that I should live to see myself beheaded 1' We have, indeed, shared the fate of that unfortunate individual. A few weeks ago we experienced a groundswell of a reformatory character. We felt that reforma tion was necessary. We conversed with several of our friends, and they felt just a,'s we did. The enthusiasm was strong and deep, and we felt "that we needed a dailY newspaper to give expression to our feelings. Our reform atory friends told us to go in, and we went. We were not especially devoted to reform, but we wanted business. Things went on swimmingly, and would have continued so, but our friends stood by us. In fact, they stood by us too much, and did nothing else. Having experienced too much of the ' stand by,' we decided to resign. It is a very pretty custom, adopted hereabouts, to say that a man has retired' when• he is discharged from a place or fails in business. We have retired' from the reform liminess.' We retire grace fully, though. ' " The brilliancy-of our career has only been equaled by its brevity. But we retire with one piece of knowledge we never possessed before. We are satisfied that we are fully competent to close the affairs of any paper on the shortest netice. " The business management of the paper would have been eminently successful, but there wasn't any business to manage. " For our reform: friends we have only an affectionate and tender farewell, with one word of achice: Give up the - reform business; it don't nay. - We speak'. from - experienee. in this matter. dear people' don't want reformation. If they , , do, let them get it by action, and not by silly, childish 'complaints. "The following exhibit of our finances will save the revenue oflicials the trouble of calling upon us • lUDs payable ' $B9 59 LIARILITJEB ASSETS. ~ Cash and property available 00'00 " llic Jacet—Next." A FIRST-CLASS CANARD. Story Of a Queer Duel. An English - paper says : A strange story, which we certainly cannot bring ourselves to believe, conies to WI through a correspondent who • has every title to our confidence. It relates Lora duel in Berlin. A ballet-dancer of the naine 4 of It—,belonging to the Royal Opera of Berlin, had got into a quarrel with the Graf von S—, an officer in tile Royal Guard, and had insulted his 'adver sary in the presence of several of the officers of the Guard. But the officer was much too fine a gentleman to fight a man so much e neath him in social standing as a balret daneer. A duel,, if it can so be called, Was accordingly agreed on, by the terms of ,wbich the first. ,of the two opponents who was seen Without a glove on his left hand was to kill himself. It may easily be imagined. that for seVeral days neither Count von S=- nor took off their left-hand gloves either by night or day. At last the unfortunate having gone out for a walk with a youn lady . to whom he was - engaged•:to be 'married,. his comp a nion teasedhim so much about his: ot,- -stinacy-in-keeping-his-,glove-on-that-in-a-fatal mornent he. bared his hand. Just then Count S— passed, accompanied by two friends, and immediately called their attention to the fact - that - R- - had - forfeited - his - life. The - same - evening the unfortunate dancer shot himself through the heart, inaccordaneewitli.theoen-,_ (kittens agreed upon. - —Louisville has rnunps, not counting re Porters. WEDNESDAY JUNE 22, 1870. TEN, ZIJIMet. Guzman Blanco Deifies the Dutch Govern ment—late liielci--rvogPects vi "War with .Hollosid—Departure thelhotets Charge d'Affaires tor Cara . coa—Yregrese of the Civil War..—The Foreign elhoisters Refuse to Aektiow ledge Blamed. CARACAS, June 7,1870.--The difference between the King Of Holland and Guzman —Blanco—in --refere nce4O—thesei z ure-uf—the mail steamer ifontleur is still undecided. Guzman still persists in refusing the demands of the Dutch Government, but offers to re lease her and the mails, on condition that the aims and. ammunition on board of her, which were intended for the *Monagas Government, be turned over' to him as a law- In) prize. The commander of the Dutch frigate which 'VMS sent to demand the vessel has refused the proposition, and has sailed 'rem Laguayra with the Dutch Charge d'Affaires and his family for Curacoa. Monagas' troops.to the number of about 300, .who took possession of the castle at Porto Cabello, are still there; and freqnent skirm ishes take place between them and the Guzman troops. During the bombardment of the lira few dayt4 the greater part of the Custom House was destroyed, and , much damage-done to the city near the harbor. The troops on board the two steamers which' were here,have been sent to Coro, where thtiy will join Hernandez and move towards this . place, hoping to retake it Guzman Blanco is making preparations to march at the head of his troops to attack the other provinces still held by Monagas. Great dissatisfaction is given by the decrees closing the porta. Guzman.on the one hand and Menages on the ether have completely shut us out from foreign commerce, and a stagna- Lion and distress in _business_ matters such as has - not been known for more than twenty five years is the reknit, aiming great suffering throughout the country, which is hardly able to stand a double government. - None of the foreign Ministersrasident here have as yet recognized the Guzman govern ment and do not, quite approve.of his course, _and the people are not so well' pleased with him as at first. His actions in a great many respects have -- a- tendency - to -- adenate the people from him, and should he succeed in be coming President it is feared that revolutions and uprisings will continue to desolate the country..''__ _ - _ - Since lie has taken CaraCas he has made no apparent progress . and the., discipline of his troops is very lax; they pillage the country people about here, causing many to abandon their homes and fly to this city for protection. HONEST PRAISE OF THE PRESIDENT. the Value_ of n PI iron= Government-in _ . the lin'tea States. [From the London Economist, J une • We ow,e the rapid collapse of this last Fe nian scheme to the fact that a straightforward Man; with thoroughly honest intentions and sufficient popularity to feel quiti3:sure that in adhering strictly to the law lie should receive ram - support - .of :the great majority of hia.fel low-citizens, is at the head ,of the Govern , ment. :There is, no_ shift . of. which-a Govern ment, at once ambitious and- Weak, on the lookout - for - devices - by Whiblidotible its term of 'office, is;:; ant., , capable. And if the ;Americans feel,,as we have no doubt. - thoeY (10, hearily ' thankful to avoid new • -troubleS before the misery, caused' by the' Mgt' great calamity lias dwindled to any perceptible extent, they, should learn from this sober energy and -dgty-of-General-Graut-how-importantit is to them to elect as President ° a man whose char ' :Wier theythcitmighly 'Who' also knows them-Whe knows, that is, the, sort of thualities and conduct by which he has won eir resp . ect and by virtue of which alone he can remain the same man who won that re spect,' Ono of those unknown and, therefore, incalculable Presidents of whom America has unfortunately had so many, can not but be de-- ticient in the very elements of the experience ,by which he ought to, be guided. He has_ Oweillits_ehoice_to aceident;_tuid_is_apt-to think that he shall keep by accidental hits the eminence he has accidentally gained. A man in General Grant's position knows better. He is perfectly well aware that he owes all the suc cess he has gained and all his popularity to the constancy of a clear purpose, never wavering for a moment in choosing . the , most obvious and rational means to a plain end. Of Course he is not now goimS to hazard that reputation by becoming tricky and Machin, vellian.. Probably he could not if he- would, but also he would - not if he could. He - is - fully aware that his country ap preciates fidelity, perseverance, shrewd good sense and strict adhesion to the law. What could be more insane than to. abandon the line of conduct,,absolutely natural to him, by which' he rose, - nd take to playing a game of political' hazard instead'?. If ever there was a clear evidence of the ad vantage of putting at the head of the adminis tration a man whom the ,people know and trust, and who, in his turn, knows and trusts the people, it is this conduct of General Grata on an occasion Which would have been to many of his predecesSers One' of unusual hesitation and temptation ; whereas ho has in all probability .'never hesitated a moment about his course—never even felt the tempta tion to hesitate. DEATHS IN A COAL PIT. Trathic, Accident Near Pitisburgiv. The Pittsburgh' Dezipatcli or yesterday con tains the following account of a sad occur rence: • • ' • . - - Last evening, about live o'clock, there oc . .curred._axiother,...of those..serious accidents' from theliihalatian of fotil .air whicli on Sev eral occasions of late have startled'ciur ctim inanity. The scene of the disaster was Keil ling's coal pit, which is located at the head of Twelfth street, in Birmingham. At the hour mentioned we learn that three men, emPlOYes at the pit, started from the southern end of the, tunnel, which is located in Allentown, to walk to the Birmingham .end. They had nearly reached the Birmingham opening when it appears something startled them, and one of the men screamed loudly as . if for assistance. Two men, named respectively • Milford and ' Stewart, 'who were also employed about the Mine, were; at the time of the alarm, standing near the Birmingham mouth of the pit/ No sooner did they bear the alarm than they ran into the tunnel to the rescue of their fellow workmen. Several others, who were standing about the middle of the pit, noticing that Milford and Stewart did not return as soon as they should, took torches in hand, and followed their pre decesscirs into the tunnel. After_Aproceeding about one hundred and fifty feet, what was their horror to lied the entire five persons prostrated upon the floor of the pit and breath ing 11(311;3111Y: At once the men set to work to remove their comrades to the open air. 'When they had completed their duties it was found that Bulford and Stewart were, dead. The three men Who had first ;entered :the pit, strange to say, were, last night, in a fair Way of recovery. _Foul - air was undoubtedly the cause of thiseudden death, and how the three Men who first entered escaped is' a' inystery.,. The deceased were both single moil, - and had 'been employed abotieKeilliug's Mines for some , During --- tlie=excitement — of the • occasion a young man named William Pollit entered the. tunnel ;• his mother happening- to be present at the_ moment, and comprehending the dan ger that her son - was — probably - exposed to; rushed in after him. The woman had scarcely entered tunnel before she too was over come, and had to he conveyed from the mine.. She recovered in a short time. ant as re joiced tolear that her son was uninjured , . There is a loconotive employed in drawing BEIRIEM the coal train through the tunnel, and it is the opinion of filmic employed about the mine that the smoke from the locomotive had a cer tain effect upon the air confined within the tunnel, which was instrumental in producing the sad results noted. To-day the Coroner will bold inquests on the bodies of the de ceased, when it is probable that some light may be thrown upon the melancholy deaths of the two young men who so nobly went to the-rescue of their-m=7oes. INirther Particulars of the Great Con flagration at Constantinople—The De struction of the English Embassy— Whole Quarters In Ening. Some fuller details have been received of this calamity. The hospital and the residence ,of the German charitable society were de stroyed, and the invalids were rescued by the gallantry of some of the Germans, two of whom died from injuries received. The Ar menian Church of the Immaculate Concep tion was seriously damaged, - :but the Trans tigurabon worked in Gobelin tapestry and presentedby the Empress Eugenie,was saved. A committee 'has - been formed for the relief of the sufferers, and a large amount has heMa subscribed. All the foreign ambassadors have distributed relief to their countrymen. The Levontlierald announces that,- according to a communication ,of the police. 7,900 houses have been destroyed, and the total loss is esti mated at £5,000.000. -. The conflagration commenced in the Valide Ischesme street, at the corner of Dzambar street,, and destroyed the whole quarter com prised within the following boundaries : Va lide Ischesme street, Dzambar street, Ka vasse l3ashi street,- Tatavola gardens, Kissini Pasha'sardens, Brunalilschesnie street, the' English. Embassy, Hamil Bashi St., High St., l'erai, and Taksim St. This quarter,which was about one square mile in extent, contained nearly 20,000 hobses, one tenth of which was built of stone, the rest being of wood and plaster. About fifty stone housas leading from the High street, Pera, to the left were burnt, the spread of the flames being facilita ted by the strong north wind.- -Takeirn -street , and . Halrkiar,_ Misk, Imam, Sckyz and Agatch streets, and others, were almost all inhabited by rich Armenians, who that-day were celebrating the tenth fête of the Consti tution. and had formed large pleasure parties and had gone into the country. They,were-all, therefore, absent, and have lost everything. Many other inhabitants were also absent in the country, the day being Sunday. Alrbost the whole of the Italian working class inhabited one of the quarters destroyed, , and have greatly suffered. Among the super ior-class -of residents, the English and the. Armenian are the greatest sufferers, though 'it is impossible to state with certainty the amount pf their losses. Dead bodies are being found every moment,2oo having been discciv ered-up to the present Detachments of sol diers are in the streets to stop the . passage in -several places,- in- consequence- of - the-falling' walls, as several persons have already been killed in this manner. Since Sunday the flames reappeared at the back. of the French ,Hospi tal, butwere extinguished - by - the — commander -- and crew of the Messageries Imperiales steamer. The government has erected tents, and provisions are,..serVed out to all applicants. All precautions were taken at the English Embassy one hour before the fire approached, but it was impossible to prevent the, .destruc tion of the edifice. The flames darted upon the, roof from a distance; of sixty paces_and_ several men were seriously burnt. Sir :Henry Elliott was so absorbed - in his efforts to save the buildings that he took no care of his personal efiects,which were in con sfiq Hence all destroyed. Lady Elliott left the Embassy only just in time, as she was nearly suliocated. The archives and documents of the Embassy were saved. Considerable sums of money have already been recieved from highpersonages and several capitalists for the relief of the sufferers by the tire, and it is stated that subscription lists will P 76e - T — llpeneCt — in most of the European capi itals. The Empress of the French has sent 10,010 francs to Constantinople, and the Duke cle Granuctiont, 5,090 francs. Formal Announcement to the People of the Vantage of the Annexation Scheme —Proclamation of the Douls:i Htsku,.. The following is a translation of the procla mation of the- Danish King to the p9ople of St - : - Thonias - and" - St: Johns, announcing the failure of the scheme to annex those islands to the United . States; through the refusal of the Senate to ratify the treaty sought by the re presentatives of our Government: • li Christian P. by the grace, of God King of Don nark, the Vandals and the Gellth, Duke o 1 skspick, Holstein, Mormarn, Ditmarsch ' Lau cnborg end Oldenborq, ..to our beloued and faithful subjects in the islands of St. Thomas and St: Johns our royal greeting You are aware of the motive that actuated us at the time to give ear to - the repeated and urgent requests ot the North American Gov ernment for-the - cessiOn of St. Thomas and St. Johns to the United Btates. .We expected that we in that manner should have been able to lighten our realm of the heavy burdens in curred by the then recently terminated war, and we hoped that the annexation to the United States would have atibrded the islands advantages so important that they could have contributed to soothe the pain which a sepa ration. necessarily Must cause In the Colonies no less than in the mother conntry. You for your gart; and the Danish Diet on the part of the Kingdom, have concurred in these views, and . we all met in, the mutual-.readiness -to ac-- cemmodate ouraelvds to what appeared to us all to be recommended by -the circumstances. Unexpected obstacles have arisen to the realization of this idea and released us from our pledged word. The American Senate has not shown itself willing to maintain the treaty made, although the initiative for it exclusively proceeded from the United States themselves. Ready as we were to subdue the feelings of our heart where we thought that duty bade us,so to do, yet we cannot otherwise than feel a satisfaction that circumstances have relieved us from Making a sacrifice, which, notwith standing the advantages it hold out, would always have been very painful to - us. We are convinced. that you share these sentiments, and that it is with a lightened heart you are released from the consent, which only, at our request you gave, to a separation of the . islands from the Danish Crown. . , In, therefore, making known to you that the Convention made on the 24th of October,lB67, for the' cession ofthe islands of... St. Thomas and St. Johns to the United States of Ame rica has become void, we entertain the firm belief that our Government, supported by your own active endeavors, will succeed in promoting the interests of the islands, and by degrees ethice all remembrances of the misfor tunes which - of late years have so sadly be fallen the islands'. To this end we pray Al- nighty God . to give us. itrength and wisdom. Commending you to. Goal - Given at - our palace Of Amdlienborg the 7th May,lB7o, un der our royal hand.and seal. • —A Westerwregiment has adopted rdsolii -111 8108 . asking the ,Legishtture of it 4 State to make an appropriation to erect a monument to its dead, because it was the first to volun teer and "the last to witness the surrender of Gen. Lee." -The New Orfea,ns Times thinks - 'the new Minister to Turkey (Wayne MacVeig,h, of PentisylvaniaLwid have a fine time drawing his . salary',With nothing to. do exc.ept attending diplomatic banquets, and having. imself her alded thus "Mak way for zo Ministaire Americaine." THE REINS AT EMMA. TIIOIIIIAS. CHILISTIAN R PRICE. THREE CENTS TEURIFIC /149€101254T IN .LONDON. A Shookinic SEPoughter of Ballet • . CFrom the-London Dung News.) Shortly after 10 fast night a fearful accident t which fortunately, however, was not attended 'with fatal consequences, occurred at the Al hambra Palace, Leicester square. This pope ' lar place of amusement has a high , reputation for its ballets, whiciLare_producect on-a scale Mfg — rest magmficence. Of this class is-am spectacular ballet, of Lee Mears du Jardin," in which a great, number of coryplrees take part, and which fbrmed partoftlie pregpramme last night. The opening portion passed - offBllo. cessfully, but in one scene Sn whichrhemajority of the corps de ballet made theirappeamice on - an elevated platform or 'map, the audience were horrified by seeing-them:precipitated to the lower stage, and by hearing, above the strains of the orchestra, the crashing. of tim ber and the screams .of wounded , women. The curtain was immediately lowered; and the performances snspendedi and - messengers were despatched to the-nearest police atation for assistance. The police were promptly in. • attendance with stretchers, &c., and it was'dia _covered that eleven , of-the crkryphees were in jured, owing to the fall of the trap. The ma jority of the sufferers were removed to their homes,-and the remainder to the ()haring-cross Hospital, where every attention was shown to them. A cab, in which was one young woman whose arm had been .broken was upset at the door of the hospital ; but the sufferer did not sustain any additional • injury in conseqnence.. In only three or four of the cases are the in juries . of a serious nature, and all the sufferers l are_progressing favorably. The eau.se ot~ tber accident has not yet been discovered; but it is said that no blame is attributable to:-the mama gars of the Alhauftun, Daring the time thit curtain remained drawn, notwithstanding the anxiety of the audience to learn whether the accident bad been attended with serious re sults, the most perfect order...prevailed, and the whole of the people retained their seats/ FACTS AND F.ANCILES. —A young lady in the rural district likes Mr. _ Chrome's pictures about as well as anybody's. —Charles Reade is to lecture in the Cirnited States if any one will pay him enough .for it —Bayard Taylor is lecturing in San Frau_ clam - —A Minnesota school board has ordered lightning rods off the school-horse, •" they draw thunder so." —A drama entitled The Fiend -of Neto- Or leans is running in one of the cities of-south ern France. General Butler is the. "Fiend." —Mrs. Gunn, of Indiana, has gone oft' with a Stranger, leaving. a disconsolate husband - and several little sons of Gunn's. —A ehicago reporter undertook to ;horse whip another, but when arevolver was pre sented at his nose he fainted.. —An lowa_ Savant has dug up a, fossil_lish-__ net, imbedded "in - a - substance which looks exactly hke pressed tobacco, and burns readily." - - • ' —The attempt to enoge the services_o sing, one of the: at North Adams, to Assist at the Beethoven Festival, was, like the Festival, unsuccessful. --- ---: • —The census marshals, who arevtdd,by-the— name,-are grumbling because so many people show a disposition to commit suicide, and shuffle oir this mortal coil-generally. -A Miss!ssippi,i)aper Geoage - Dielfeug — the well:at - Flown author of “Boz , ,"aud- the " - Mystery of Drtdclis - rn," Its dead. —A-hog has abed reputation- for - .his -- con trary and obstinate qualities. Nex , ertheless he can be influenced, as where there's swill there's a way. —A Digger Indian widow at Marysville, Cal., has been mourning her husband by cut ting off her hair and plastering het . ..scalp and the sides of her face with coal tar. • — A - thousand - tons - ofirottfatlintoithe - cellar of a New York warehouse a night or two ago. A neighbor rushed out of his house thinking, the earthquake had come. —A Cincinnati man, reported killed on the railroad, gave his employers a terrible fright by walking into the counting,room, next morning, fresh and hearty. It was a name sake who perished. —The Public. Ledger is the oldestdaily paper in London. It has a very limited. circulation, but is.stillthe medium.of.conimercial advertis ers who have auctions " by inch of Candle." It. has neither editor nor reporters. —A little school-boy in Danvers, Mass. when asked by his teacher why womenshouldi not vote, answered: "'Cause they are afraid tof caterpillars." ••Well, some of our politicians do resemble caterpillars in one. respect: . —An Indiana younglady (she lives in Stark county) boaSts of having two hundred cor respondents,-and that she devotes nearly all her time to letter-writing. It-may lie pleasant to her, but what of the two hundred'. —Southern papers notice. that, whereas in times past Southern people paid little attention to the rag business, and thought it rather hu miliating to hoard their rags and, bring them to market, since the war the business has be come rather a feature there. —There must have been a fearful time among the four pianos, eight guitars and *a lonely violoncello and a flute at the concert given the 10th instant , by the , senior music class of Eminence College, Ky. A. Cincinnati paper says Alen to these instruments, in the aentle hands of a bevy of Aunies, Nannies, Tizzies and Loulas, to describe the "Battle on the Plains of HeaVen,"' as- mUsically'.con- -- ceived 'by the extraordinary genius who , pre sides over the musical department of that in stitution. And here is what haddo be:done-in eighteen movements : "First movement—Conspiracy of Satan ; Council of Seraphs ; withdrawal of the faith ful Abdiel; *Announcement of the: Revolt. Second—Summoning and Marshaling of the Heavenly Host, and Sounding of the Gelestial Trumpets. Third—Moving of the Angelic • Cohorts to Battle under the tionduct of Michael and Gabriel; Their nimble tread, through the passive air. Fourth—Sounding of. Infernal Trumpets summoning the. Legions of Satan. Fifth—Marching of the Insurgent Army led by Satan. Sixth—Combat between' Abdiel and Satan. Seventh—Trumpet Calls. of' the Battalions preparatory to the Grand Et counter. EightliFirst Onset ; General En gagement ; Satan Repulsed. Ninth--Ilivouan of the Celestial Forces on the Field; Station ing of Outposts. Tenth—Night; Repose of the Celestial Army. Eleventh—Council. of War by Satan and his Principalities ; Despair of the Council; Invention of Devilish.. Engines by Satan; Revival of Hope. Twelfth—Morning Call of 'lnfernal. Trum pets and Rallying of Forces. Thirteenth —Call of the Ethereal Trumpets; the Infernal Machines Trained and Opened upon the Ce lestial Hosts ; Disorder, then RallYing of Michael 'aiud his Angels. Fourteenth-Ter- rifle- Battle - of - the Mountains ; - :Ceseittioii of Hostilities. Fifteenth—The Sonof God Clow missioned to Expel the Revolting Hosts front Heaven. Sixteenth—Celestial Trumpets an swered by Infernal Trumpets. Seventeenth— Messiah, Inyestedwith Ton.Thou.saiiti Thun ders,' Rushing upon His Impious. Foes; the Foes Dismayed by the . Fierce Terror of His Countenance, Hurling Themselves in Wild Chaos, from the' Verge• of Heaven, down, down, to the Bottomless Pit of Perdition. E+'igbieenth-Rejoicing of Angels Arodnd the Throno." . • • It must have _been. fortunate for. the aUdiF once that they bad this descriptive programme handy, to explain the meaning of the instru mental pother, and the infernal - row-of the, devilish engines,—liogen Mvertiser. • . aunounces
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