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VOLUME XXIV.-NO. 79.
rux rit •iz i CLOSETS ON ANY
Itoor,iti or opt of doors, and POETA - DEE EMITIL
COMMODES, for use In bed chambers and elsewhere.
Are absolutely ,free from offence. Earth Oloset Own
pany's office and salesroom at WM. G. BIWA DS', No.
1221 Market street. , • ap294
' _ MARRIED.
BFRIIGIJSON—WILSON:—In Waabington, Pa. on
Tburgiday, Junel3othi by gay. .1. J. prownaon,'Mr.
Itobort M Ferguson. of Allegheny City, and Bliss J on.
nie M, Wilson, of Washington.
DIED.
DIVINE.—On Friday . evening, July Bth; 1870, William
Divine, in the 70th ..ent- of his age.
Tao r :add friends are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral, from, his late residence, 1802 Locust
F t reet , on Wednesday_afternoon, 13th hist., at 3 o'clock.
Intermentat Wondlntidsi. ' ""
- FitIOK.At -qertnantown, July 10th, John H. Frick
D Vi l ie 6 r o fara e t a i r V s e's thi . ti r tin ' tie'ffiends,and Soldlers of thnWar.
4')f 1812, ate invited to attend ,the funeral, from his late
residence, No: 14 'Linden street, Germantown, on Wed
nesday, 13th instant, at 21: o'clock P. M. Interment at
Monument Cemetery. .
J OM NaTON.=-On the 10th'inst.' Minnie Dickson, only
child of . Thomas and „Rachel D. Johnston, aged 5 years
and I months.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited to
nttend the funeral. from the residence of her parents,
3910 Lembard'street. -on Wednesday afternoon, 13th
at . 4 o'clock.
K EoGll.—On Sunday morniud..l lily 10. at the house
of our Lady of Nit:tones, East Liberty, the Very Rev.
.1 vines Keogh. D,D., aged tbfrty-etx - Yeare.
Qti ILDUI• FE.—Sudtlenly. on the morning of the 11th
no.t arrt , Kate E., only (laughter of Dr. Robert and Auh
lier friends and the friends and retail yes of the - family:
rue invited to attend her funeral, without further no
tice, on Friday afternoon, at 4 o'cleck. at her late resi
dence. t 24 Spruce street,. To - proceed to Saint llary 's
Church.
_ .
I.IPPINCOI7.—On the 11th inst., at No. 1421 North
Sixteenth street, Richard G. Lippincott, eldest son of
Charles Lippincott, lretlye 20th year of his age, .
Dice notice of the funeral will he given. •
' STARR.—On Saturday afternoon, 9th instant. Julia,
eldest daughter of.lidary A.. and She late. John Starr.- - -
The relatives and filet:ldd of the family are invited to
att,o2d her_funtriaatein tits_residenc_eo_f_her_mot
Fhdier's lane, Germantown, Oil Wednesday morning.
33th inst., at 9 o'clock. Interment at Laurel [ dew
ork papers please copy.)
WENTZ.—On Sundm morning, the 10th inst., Helen
3 11 _2. of Ellyfirtjt. Wentz. aged Z$ years. ~ .
. Theztlatizttiesindfriendsetthe famtlY are tesPeCtftillY,
invited to attend the fanoral, - frOm the residence of ter
nod her. Mrs. F- It. Cushman. No. 2123 Franklin street.
on Wednesdaysnorning.at. o'clock-
ICT HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.— TETE MF.MBEILS
are I eqUI . I.V.II to attend the funeral of WILLIAbf DI
VINE, our late fellow-member, front his realdence, No.
1.(e2 Locuid at reet,,'on )UDN'ESPA Y, 13th instant, at 3
lock P. M.
It' WILLIAM MORGAN, Secretary.
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Grand Review of the 7th N. Y. Regiment
The West Jersey Raiiroad Company
will run a
Special Excursion Train to Cape May
On Friday, July 15th, 1870,
Lii , t Boat leaving MARKET Street Wharf, upper
hide, at 6 A. M.
Returning, loavea Cape May at 6 P. M,
Excuraion 32 00.
Tickets tor' sale at Continental Hotel find Market
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West Cigars at MciIATtAiLER'S, Beienumthuud
TIOCuA PAVEMENT
This new pavement for Sidewalks, Court-yards. Damp
Cellars, Floors for Breweries.. Malt Houses, ,t e.. has
been very successfully tested in New York, and is now
being lald on Green street - , West. of Twenty-Odra.: :It is . :
handsome, durable, and cheap.
Property owners. are ,respectfully requested :to ex
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amine it. _ _ _
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ROAD COMPANY will, until August lat • next,
pay off at — par and accrued interest'unr - of their litit
mortgage bonds, due in 1873, on presentation at their
Office, No. 303 WALNUT street.
CHAMBERLAIN, Treasurer,
tat lmrp§
J UNE 23; 1376
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„ON' THE BEACH AT CAPE MAY,
smoking TdcoAltAliEß'S Re} , West Oignrs. 25,000
cm hand at Seventeenth and locust. 3y12 St,
IU3 LIBRAItY COMPANY OF PHILA.
DELPIDA.
Tho Libsary Will he dotted' on'BIONDAY, July 13th,
and reopened August Ist, Is7O.
It' . VDT. E. WHITMAN, Suntan-.
SMOKERS OF FINE '
CIGARS,
Call upon. McCARAIIER,, at Seventeenth and
Locust, for your summer supply of Cigars. All or
ders from the seashore and . mountains . promptly at
tended to. J7123t
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perted overlie,. Miss DICKSON will not re-open
lier School, and iihnbide her , appreciators (a kind fare
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;FOUR= STREET.
• PIITLADELPIHA, June
DIVIDEND .NOTICE.. . .
The transfer books of this Company will be 01004:0n
the 7th ofJulYnexti and reopened on July 20. • / •
A Dividend of Five Per Cent. has been declared on
the preferred and common stock, clear of National and
'State taxes, payable in cash on and after tho 22di of
July 'next, to the holders thereof, as they, stand regis
tered on the books of the Company at the'closo of bust
•ness on the 7th of July next. A. 1.1. payaWo at this office.'
All orders for Dividends must be witnessed and"
-otornped.• • . •• S. BRADFORD, '
je29,lmrp - • Treasurer:
2 E 101Lik IST IN PENNS I LYANIA.
Delaware Water Gap an 4 Milford.
Editor of. the Bulletin: DEA.n. Slit—Your
readers are invited to participate in the inte
rests of a trip which is inclusive of several
well-known resorts in their own Slate. They
may, in doing so, be inclined to repent their
,own course and wish - they had left, as the
writer did, ere the confusion of the glorious
:Fourth had fairly begun at home. The early
train from the Kensington depot would then be
their starting point, and 'the happy shouts of
the " Li ncoln - Boys"..a . chorus of welcome to
the - day, -- thcjourney - , -- and - the'Spie4 of liberty
generally. 'When* the Lincoln Boys were un
loaded at
~ a ,way-station, the inevitable baby
(unfortunately in our car) felt the responsi
bility
~of Sustaining all the noise they had
made,' and kept it up to the bitter end. The
way-stations were all excitement, flags flying,.
and numbers on the platforms and in 'the
streets ; deputations of social and patriotic
citizens embraced . ; fragments of intended pro
cessions were dancing about like so much eel- .
bait freshly cut..; ; DitiOns . and Mechanics were
in 'their grancast regalia, and all was so attrac
tive that the
,delaystrllie tratteseemed of no
consequence to anybody.
Trelstora
was_ reached and passed, and the novelty of
a different route from the monotonous one to
New York commenced.
Eastoa
held a holiday upon its hill-side, and, with a
full platoon of waterfall flanked by its bridge
intersected bluff, presented a fine appearance.
filen - the train courSed aim . * . by Wlist now
realized to be our -beautiful river Delaware,
until within fifteen miles of the Water Gap,
when the passengers alighted at a hill-side,
ascended to a higher platform, admired the
beautiful view of their destination to the
-northward, aryl,-after some delay; - were - takeir:
to it by a connecting train of the D. L..& W.
It. It. A fine day presented the
Water Gap
_at its best, Passengers are conveyed through
and deposited at the . , station, -- about a mile
-above it._ Stages then• wind-up the-hill-with
them for '2OO feet to the Kittatinny klou.se,
whence . the first spacious view, is obtained.
This -hotel: is near a precipitous bank,. which
the railroad - winds at the baSe of. The river
appears_heyond the screen of trees below, and
the opposite range Of hills accompany it until
the It igh er—rangc- upo ri _the- PennOlvania-_ side ,
laps it abruptly and carries the`strBam out of
:view. A. better I.vieW:of tire Gap itself is ob
ained some dist - nape - down the railroatkor
- from a boat upon the river.
'The - bliatli Whin - Verpnuat6 the ranges of
falls are here rather imposing,and south of
:them a country of gentle aspect commences.
From the highest hill this undulating land:
'_.cape, under fine cultiyat4on, and with the
Delaware meandering 'into its 'perspective,
forms one of the attractions of this beautiful
section of our State. The hotel is very invit
ing inqppearanee, and is under courteous, en
terprisiiig management. 'lts frolic is towards
the bill it stands upon, and, beyond the car
riage road, there are many_most picturesque
arid ambitious
ItambleN:
These should be better indicated for the con_
venience of pedestrians by occasional sign
boards. They lead to places at any one of
which an idle afternoon could be most readily
passed, and the air seems to beget a delightful
indolence, to which splashing- streams and
sunny prospects arejust adapted. At this time
the hotel was only pai - tially tilled 'by a some
what quiet company.
Five Clergymen
constituted a leaven which we did not realize
the occasion of until the afternoon succeeding
our arrival. It was then that a party'laboring
under that species of insanity which makes
running to fires entertaining, arrived upon the
scene. preceded by a drum corps of ten, and
dragging the carriage after them.
The lads, wore blue shirts and rejoiced in tie
name of "Rescue." The noise they made in
the bar-room was well enough while confined
to that locality, but when it came to hoarse
trumpeting upon the lawn, a performance of
the drum corps on the piazza, and finally was
accompanied by a bombardment with ten-pin
balls from the elevated location of the alley,
the hearders'inwardly rebuked them, and the'
. good host,facilitateet their - departure. Parkof
the next morning was devoted to a drive to
Stroudsburg by the very beautiful
It berry', Valley Bond, •
which crosses a ridge near Its Zermination;
and gives a bird's-eye',yiew., of 'the •wtkolti
valley in which the_ town is located. , '-' •
Stroudsburrx
is a quiet place, with a: population of between
I,MiO and 3,000.. It exteno along :its main
street for over a mile; having no particular
breadth. One or two handsome residences, a
bank; two or three small .botel8; a feiv new
stores, and the evidences of last year's freshet
attract . attention. Altogether the writer did
,not regret leaving early_in the afternoonrfor ai
stage-ride of thirty-six`ridles to Milford: &tot
fourteen miles the route strikes the valley of
the Delaware, which it follows the rest of the
way, and nothing but the charming hill-bound
views by litin.e..*lay-dnd moonlight night could
fully, compensated' fot thOr . fa c ,
tigtte4 of i
ride which dia . not end until 11 P. M.
This Ride
is commended for the following reasbus :
Ist. There are probably few more attractive
stage routes:in the country, certainly no finer,
road. .2d. The Visitor 'haviii•• taten . - iv . 111;
never have to do it again. M. Every stage
ride of less distance will after this seem com
paratively easy. The country is owned and
farmed principally by Love. Dutch-or tlicir, dr
seendants: ”Ndrilrichinereissii§ed: `The bi i its
and dwellings, with some exceptions, are
Amine, and evince just enough heedlessness in
the occupants to be rather picturesque. The
however, is well cultivated, and pro
duce, from, the doluarai r in Anterga.;!,pftea'.
bringtkliettiir4cr . i.bes,atl„the,.marlietii , of '',to4:4
Jervis,, ari,4 ifitioudalcMig% that Jrk N - fAV York
and PialadelPhiat 'Not far from thii'maderate
*earn of the upper Delaware, the village of
' Milford
is situated upon a plateau commanding a line
view of the valley, and surrounded Thy hills.
Among these .hillh are the,streanls and cas
cades whiCh tourists and troui-tSliernien seek;
and possibly find some reward for existence
in the village itself. There are, let us hone,
few more slovenly places in the Common
wealth. .1 4 ' • .
The Itihnbitante of Milford
pride themselves on their corpulency, and,
like a shoal of green turtles upon a sand-bar,
enjoy the sunshine,and let the tide of time ebb
and flow as it will.
B ere and there the spirit is relieved by a
little animation, neatness and enterprise, but
these qualities are wore in compliment to new
comers than instinctive with the old settlers.
Sleepy Hollow is rivalled, and visitors who
remain for any time seem rather under a. tor
pid spell than the attraction of keen tastes
and delicate sensibilities. The writer of the
"Story of the Wounds" is - here, and your
readers Must not be surprised if a poem with
hospitality as its motif should be the next pro
duction of his fertile brain. Geo. Bensell and
Wilson recuperate and deliberate for the win
ter's campaign. Lauderbaoh is spending time
more socially-somemilesdowntbe -road,-:and
will, doubtless, take up his graver in the fall,
with renewed delicacy and precision:No other
artists are as yet at this point. One of the
pleasures of leaving Milford consists in •.the:
fine Concord stage,wbich rolls, one on through
further attractive sceneryte •• •
Port Je writs,
where the railroad is- again attained. Before
bowling and swinging along out of our State
in one of Mr. Fisk's handsome cars, the op
portunity was afforded of taking - a walk
through the town. It is a. proininent statioiL
on the road, and contains several shops of the
n`e.ttatlro other manufactiiring es
tablishments, but a quieter portion, which
stretches up a hill-side, proves that its popu
lation have many_ pretty and comfortable.
Loins. - •A. G. H.
Ewe • THE HOMAN COUNCIL.
An ExcltLog Scene.
A Roman correspondent writes :
All Renieds talking-of-the -speech delivered
in the Council by Cardinal Guidi . in opposi
tion to the dogma of infallibility. The Cardi
nal quoted, St. Thomas and several other
Fathers to show...in the most conchriye- man,
ner tbatthe Pope was held7to --- be infallible
only 'when he acted in conjunction - with Conn.:.
oils. 'He contended that ese_n_Rellarmine dis
allowed the separate and personal infallibility
of the Pontift; and, citing the -words of . the
Jesuit theologian Perrone, proved Ahat this
was the view of the Jesuits themselves.,Por
some time the majority 'Sat. silent, expcting
that the orator would he called to order by the
President Legate ,Cardinal de Angelis,_:who,_
however;,maintaining his character _for
- moderatioriand courtly manner:4 i not-ia= - H
n= --
tervene, though he seemed greatly embar
rassed. At' last' an' outcry was raised by .
Cardinal Patrizi, the Pope's Vicar,
known in Rome the 'nickname
of Cncuzzone, . 'in • 'allusion " - to
the - gourd - like head - and his shallow
usidersi.antling. Lis;ent was then -expressed
.by . other members, °fine majority, when Car
dinal C-uidi- turned towards them, and ex
claimed; " Silete mimes!" adding " I have -a
light to speak and a right to attention. AS to
y On, your-day todisten. The. Connell is not
a school, nor can it be made -an assembly - Of
hullies." These bold words produced an im
mediate eflect, and no further interruption
was attempted. On leaving the_ tribune Abe
Cardinal . was deeply moved - by the enthusiasm
of the minority, and the affecting • harangue
addressed to him by Monsignor_Strossmever,
which, as well as - lis=`• o `.Speech. - Were in
stantly reported to the. Pops. The Holy
'Father cirderedliis'EfriinenTe to.attend at the
Vatican in the evening, directly after Ave
Maria. On _his_ aripearance.' the Cardinal,
who owes his promotion to Pius IX., and
is one of his personal friends, was greeted
by his Holiness in the words of Caesar, " Tu
fili ?ft/ !" But this salutation was only
a prelude to a torrent of reproaches, which
were neither classical nor scriptural, and
which accused the Cardinal - of deliberate
treachery. He repudiated the imputation, de
.,faring that he had only obeyed the voice of
his conscience. The Pope than asked for a
,opy of his speech. Cardinal Guidi replied
r hat on leaving the tribune he had given , the
11 lanuscript to 3lonsignor. Fessler, and could
not furnish a copy, but that the speech' did not
contain one Word which he could retract.
This remark gifet}tly.alin4Yed the _Pope, ..who
exclainiedca 1 - will send you your passports,
and expel you from thy territory." When the
Cardinal returned to his lodging at the Mi
nerva Convent,he was visited by all the bishops
of the minority. whorahe received in .a body.
Ile afterwards held a; conference...with Mon
signor ,Strossmeser and the Austro-Hungarian
bishops ; who thenwentto confer with Cardi- -
nal Rauscher:.". -•
Napoleon's Posltion'Towards the Connell
and Infallibility.
The following, according to the Aurm burg
(i(frette, is the text of the despatch'cOncerning
the (Ecumenical Council sent to the Marquis
de Banneville at - Rome by M. Emile 011ivier,
when acting as Minister of Foreign Affairs of
France ad. istcrita :
PARIS May 12. 1870.—Monsieur
Emperor's government has not
had itself represented at the Council,although
he • right of doing so belongs to it in its
quality of mandatary of the laics in the
Church. To prevent ultra opinions from be
roming dogmas it reckoned on the modera
tion of the bishops and on- the prudence of
the Holy Father, and to defend our civil and
political laws against the encroachments of the
theocracy it counted on public reason, on toe
patriotism of the :Fr.enchs Catholics.' .and
on the . ordinary... of ...sane-
Lion which it can dispose of. In consequence
it only paid attention to the "august char
acter of a meeting - ofrprelates - assencibled - to de
tide on'greatinterestwof the faith - and of sal-vati ori; - and Merely imposed. o n itsoltone "
sion—ta assure and protect the; 'entire liberty
01' the Council. Warned the rumors ear
rent in Europe of the dangers which certain
imprudent propositions would entail on the
Church, desirous of not finding the aggressiveg
forces organized against religious belief re
ceive any additional strength, it departed for
an lush= from its attitude - of reserve to offer
suggestions and give advice.
The Sovereign Pontiff did not think lit to
„listen to the former or to act on the :atter. We
do not insist upon them, and -resume our pre
vious position of abstention; You Will not call
forth nor enter into any conversation hence
forward, eitherszwith: the ; Pope or -Cardinal
Antonelli, relative .to the affairs of, the, Coun
cil: You Will confine yourself to -learning
and noting down the facts, all the feel
ings which : -prepared them,
and !, all the
impressions Which ' 'succeed each' event.
Have > the '.`J goodness '• to 'interim the
French .prelates. that-our-holding aloof does
not betoken , indiffereneei . but is . or them a sign
oft respect; and, above all, of confidence.
Their... defeat ~would be. exceedingly bitter if.
the civil power, by its"--interVfMtioni had not
.prevented it; and their triumph will be all the
//lore prebious.if they owe' it only to their own
efforts and the force of truth. , A.eeept,:sir, &e.
EMILE OLLIVIER.
—Jules ,Tanin has informed the proprietors
of the Journal des Debats that, unless they im
mediately, consent to gouble Ails salarY, ho will
no longer write for the feuilleton of that paper.
He received heretofore five hundred francs a
week. _But as his contributions form thorniest
attractivefeature,of the 'Journal des Debats, the
proprietors of the pttpor 7111 , probably accede
to his demand. ; '
TUESDAY, JULY 12
The London Times of - June 27 says : The
iron clipper bark Silver Craig, Captain Cohn,
which lately arrived at 'brought six
seamen, the sole survivors of the crew of the
Liverpool ship Mercurius, who were picked
up from a coral reef, off the northern coast of
Brazil, where they bad managed_to exist 51
days. The gayer Craig sailed frot-Islay. Jn
the afternoon of the 15th, of- May, when about
ten miles from the Rocas Reef, off Pernam
buco, the weather clear and a moder
ate breeze blowing, Captain Cohn • dis
cerned. a lump on the reef which
- lie knew lie Yvaaan - proaching,.and - made it out
to be a hut of some kind. Drawing nearer, he
"'observed a mast, with ,something like a signal
of distress dying, and be. at once bore down
toward the, reef, and haulecla boat out and
prepared her for. launching; in order to visit
the reef. As he ,drew..nearer the .island -he
was enabled to see that' the supposed flag was
aNstriped shirt, hoisted half-mait high, and
disposed in lieu-of a better signal. The Sil
ver Craig was hove to within a mile and a half
or two miles of the reef,- and then six seamen
came alongside in two small boats, which they.
had' constructed from wreckage found on the
reef. They said theY believed thetnselves.to
the sole survivors of the . ship Mercurius of
-Liverpool, which had been-wrecked on the
reef while on'a voyage from San Francisco to
Liverpool. They had little or no clothes, but,
with the exception-of a colored man, were all*
in good coMlition,,haying lived upon birds'
. eggs shelkisli,...fiSh, and, even turtles,, drink
ing fresh water which they had the good for
tune-to-lindon-the-reefThey-had-witirthern
a basket contaieing . about 200 of the large eggs
which had been their nrinciparsource of food,
and they were delicious eating when cooked.
..c.aPtAiffCeliu and his_Othcbra , a-taLcrewAook:
thecastaways on - board the Silver Craig, sup
-plied them with food and clothing, and, as al,
ready stated, "brought-them to - Liverpool.
The Mercurius was a fine new iron clipper,
ship of e 39 tons. SheleftSan Francisco on the
sth of January, and was wrecked on Rocas-
Reef, a dangerous reef lying in latitude ;10 deg.
52min. south,-longitude-30:deg,-20
in early morning on the 25th of March. It -was
dark and raining-heavily. The side of the ship
grazed the sharp edge of the coral below the
water, and she struck heavily twice, being
apparently over a ledge of the rock. She seen
began to till, - and preparations were-mule for
lamichin_g the longboats. -Suddenly the
-lurched outward, fell . over the edge. of the
-rocky shelf into deep water, and went -down
.in about eight fathoms- Her _yards had .pre- -
vionsly been -.braced to bring her off the
reef.beftire sbe struck', and wlien she fell
over, the sails . , which were thus lying side,
_ways to the masts, carried down, it isstipposed;
most of the crew: - Those' .'who regained the
surface were syvimming about in - the -darkness
-for two hours-or more, until at length, as the:
tide fell, they felt they had gained a footing
on tlie ledge and when day brokethey were .
able to move to the unwashed parts of the
'reef. At this time" t was supposed - there - were,
only five -- survivors — out - ot twentftwci — Wliii
had been aboard the ship.. The carpenter,
. Henry Murray, was seen alive near the reef,
hut a large wave came and washed him into
one of the holesor small caverns which the
sea has worn into the coral, and he Was not
-seen again. In,the,Course of the day, another
survivor was: distOVeredr on ,another part of
the reef. t
The ship struck - about three"o'clock in the
morning,. and Wherkthe day broke all -that was
to' be seen'ot.the Mercurius were , the toga. of
_her fore and. mainmast, in the deep water
alongsidethereef.. Aforwardshe partly broke_
up, aritt - aiiirje - atliel - Wt -- e - ekage - Washed aSliore,
but no pro Visions or cargo, which consisted of
grain:,. - The - survivors hail - a - dreary prospect
before tbein. The•Rocas Reef consists of two
coral islands,. in -'extent about fifteen acres.
They,:are(..,separated at high ,water, but the
space : dietweert. them can be walked over at
low water? They both lie very low, and have
patches of white sand inthe centre, but little
or no grass: Some few years ago the British
Consul' ,at Pernambuco had them planted
with Cocoanut trees, that the reef might be
visible-tot ships approaching, but only One or
two of these have grown. The London clipper
Duncan , Dunbar was wrecked on the reef
about two. years ago, on her passage to Aus
tralia, with a rich cargo and numerous passer,.
gers. Portions 'of her wreck are still visible,
and also remains of many other vessels. These
sad relics were of the greatest use to the six
survivors of the Mercurius. They found two
iron water-tanks, with a capacity of 400 gal
lons each, and having iron covers, deposited
in convenient positions, and filled with water,
having been placed there from the wreck of
t he'D uncap Dunbar, in the early part of 1810.
Prom the wreckage strewed about they built
themselves a log hut, as comfortable a
piace , as' could be expected, even
ncle? more favorable circumstances, and with
the aid of a broken sheath-knife, a hammer,
two ounce weight, , and, a large copper bolt,
they contrived, out of pieces of planking, to
build two small boats, the nails with which
they were put together having first been
drawn out of the old wrecked timber strewn
a bout. For food they bad plenty of birds'
ergs, young - birds and shell fish, and occasion
ally managed to catch fish and turtle. Fire
at as procured in the - Indian mode by rubbing
two dry sticks together ; but this was a weary
pr( , ess, two hours' rubbing being required to
produce a light, and the fire once obtained
v as watched day and night as jealously as the
sacn-d flame of classical 'tines. It was
i.e pt burning near the lint at night
time to attract the attention of passing
vessels. Two, or . three times during the so
journ on the reef the lire went out, and had to
be rekindled in tho,..manner,described. 'The,
her 011ie former wrecks—calling up Sad
thoughts Served for fuel; for on the island
there wasiiaturally none. The' men suffered '
.thia rays of the_fierce_ tropical, -
sun—they : were 'in latitude 3, south of the
E.[uator—for therhad little or no clothes on
v, live they reached thereof, ,only one of them
having been on deck, the rest in their births,
wlum the;,sbip struck. The reef .sWarmed
wilt ants, •izieity much like the English ant in
'ire and appearance, but - Of 'a most 'venomous
nature, and the men suffered great pain from
continual 'bites. .A fortunate addition to their
stork fresh Water .wati a , cask
of that precious liquid, washed ashore sonic
time after they had
.peen on the reef, most
pro bablY from the . wreck of the Mercurius;
but there were tie marks by which it could be
reeegnized ris belonging to that • vessel. To
protect their heads from the sun, theinen„
I;nitted bets , of -cocoanut fibre from the only
tree they could find on:the reef, and sowed •
them together with .tho' same material,.
threaded an a needle ingeniously made out of
11 pUN of brasSfound On the island. These
hats they brought - tO - Livero6l as preeious
mementoes - ot their eastawdy life. The names
of the siirViVors- are 'John Coleman, D. Mc-
Call, Middy 'Baptiste, Joachim King Dilombe;
Charles.Lancei and Francis:Edward Gray.
—After a sermon.preaclieil by a Paris pi est ,
in favor 01' 'lreland, a woman passed through
the assembly ;with an alms-bag. The sermon
bad been very eloquent, the emotions (wetted
by it were - universal, and gifts rained into the
bag. • ..kworktnan present cast in his watch,
saying Mond; `' One need not knew the time
of day, when a people is ; dying of hunger."
. —A London correspondent, in a lath letter,
says : A ladies' oroqfint tournament •for all
England,is in progress this week on Wimble
don ComMou,and'it is, of course,a picturesque
affair.' live thousand of, the hand-'
SinneSt.and best dreased women of the realm
flashing through innumerable zanies of " 'Pres
byterian billia4s"--all within sight!
SIX SAILOES.ON ACORAL REEF.
Their heNeue sifter Fifty-one DisYs—
Wreck of the Itierenrius.
A . WILMINGTON NOANDAL.
A Weli-Known Claim Agent RUBIS Away--
lie Leaves Numerous Creditors.
The Wilmington Commercial Says : ,
On Sunday night, the 3d inst., Wm. B. Wig
gins, a well-known county and claim agent,
conveyancer and notary puhlic, at 510 Market
street, left home with the alleged
. purpose of
visiting Washington on business, since which
time, he has not been seen in this city. It is
known, however `that he took the Washing
ton train, and a-letter-dated in that city was
received from him on the 4th.
Since his departure, a considerable excite
ment has arisen over the discovery that he has
Alt his private affairs in a terribly embarrassed
condition.. He seems to have been in debtt i o
a large number of tradesmen,.to have bor
rowed money on all Aides in sums from fifty
cents upwards, and to have involved several
parties in more extensive losses, -of from $2OO
to $l,OOO each, by endorsing his notes.
-There- is' -grave reason -. to . fear -- that - Mr. -
Wiggins may be still more seriously involved
than we have indicated. He has had. an
extensive list of engagements as claim agent
for the collection of bounties,prize money.
back pay, &c., &c., and it is charged that this
has not been promptly and .fully paid to the,
claimants. To.what extent this may. prove to
be the case, we are not able to state, Nit at.
least one instance is positively asserted to be
- founded on strong evidence.
Mr. Wiggins was a pleasant and courteous
gentleman, with a large number of personal
friends, and his unfortunate conduct is viewed
with deep regret on all hands. He was at
one time Mayor of the city, and at another
time City Treasurer. His reputation became
cluuded - btlfe - Itrafner in whitTh — her.ff:irmed
the duties'of the latter ollice,a large deficiency
in his accounts being found, but, by the sur
render of his property, the main -Tart of - the
lossiwits_supplied to the'.-city, and the matter
was quieted. Sincethen be had reformed his .
habits altogether, became very steady and at
tentive to business, was a member of Central
Presbyterian Church,collector of its pew rents,
and was prominent in the Young Men's Chris
tian Association.
Should it prove that any of the charges made
against the absent - mairshould - be - incorrect,Ave
shall be glad to say so, but fear there is little
probability of that.
WES r POINT.
Dlsaraceful Conduct of Cadeta—Letter
front Gen. Howard to Colored Cadet
Tr W. Smith: -
To the_ Editor- of - theTribune,—Set: I-have
written a short letter to Cadet Smith (the
colored cadet); and the thought ()Coors to. me
that I might perhaps influence high-minded
cadets in his favor by.giving my letter to Ten
for publication. Tlie-uinnies-who will perSe
cute a man -because they can do it with impun.
will-lidetheir - heruis - wh en tire - indignation
Of true men is excited against them. .
11 West_Point . has. not power enough 4,0
-protect such a young man as Cadet Smith
- quick; able. lioneSt, noble-spirited AS he is—
then West Point- will :have .- a hard -- struggle
against-the-returning-tide of - feeling - that will
break in from the peOple.. lam a graduate of
West Point, and am proud of her sons with
have been true to the country and true to hu
manity, but I- am greatly ashamed when ca.
'dets dishonor us by a mean - prejudice4 ,- that-
Ought long'ago to have been smothered.
0. 0. HOU'ARD.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8, 1870.
[Copy.]
WAsnixoatos, D. C., HOWARD - 05rivxasr-ry,
uly Toting Friend I have
' just received your letter of the 2tith ult. It is
published in The Washington Chronicle of this
- n - ev - er --- think - Of -
giving up while you have health to stand the
-storM. / Suffered - quite - as"much - whert - I -- first ---
went to - West Point. Endure the insult with
out any show- of fear. A prompt and able re
ply when off duty will sometimes avail
you. A pleasant smile will win hearts to you.
Goil,who allowedlyou to be born and live with
the blood of the African in your veins, will
bear you through every trial. To be a soldier
one need not only be brave in battle, but have
an abundance of genuine fortitude, so as to
bear up in disaster and apparent defeat. There
is no real defeat to the true soldier—his soul is
Unconquerable.
Affectionately your friend,
0. 0. HOWARD,
Brevet Major-Geller al, U. S. A.
To Cadet 1 1. W. Smith, West Point, New
York.
A RUSSIAN OUTRAGE.
An Attack on Strauss.
A Vienna paver gives this account of a
gross outrage on Herr Strauss, the celebrated
composer and director of dance music :
" It appears that some Russian officers of
Warsaw, some of whom were of high rank,
came at midnight to the restaurant in the
Swiss Garden,' and asked for supper. The
proprietor told them it was too late, as all his
servants had gone to bed ; but the officers
created such a disturbance that at last he went
to wake the cook, and orderedhim to get sup
per ready. They ate and drank till one, and
then asked for music. The landlord protested
it would be quite impossible to get any one to
play, as the musicians were scattered about in
various parts of the town. Upon this
one of the officers, who knew Herr Strauss
personally, sent him a letter asking him
to come' to the restaurant immediately. The
astonished musician, recognizing the hand
writing of the deputy-director of the police,
dressed himself and hurried to the spot, but
on learning from the officers that all they
wanted of him was a little music,he was natur
ally much offended, and . riositivelit declined to
Here,.' cried one of the ollieere,,throw
trig hiril nclred4Cin note,' yeti Will play
for this, , l knoW2 Strauss indignantly replied
in the negative,
,upon which the otlicer,
vraged, struck him iu the face. __A._ scuffle en
...,Med; in which the unfortunate musician was
knocked down. troddetf.under foot, and so be
labored with blows that he remained on the
ground insensible. By the last accounts he
was still lying at his house' in a dangerous
state"
A JEWISH . SYNAGOGUE.
A Remarkable 'Edifice in Turin
The Jews of Turin are building_a new
place of worship, Which, according to an ac
count in the L'aris Temps, is a very extraordi
nary affair :
"The most remarkable of all structures at
Turin is the synagogue of 'the Israelite's. It is
likely the finest:and richest synagogue in the
world,.and at the same time the most remark
able monument of. Turin. Upon a small
square hill,with adapted stairs, stands a Greek
temple in White and pink. Above, whale
backwardi, is a'Afindi of second temple. The
'whole is traversed by galleries, adorned'with
small pillars and thousands ofsendid embel
lishments.'White and reddish colors pre
dominate: It is Greek and Moorish—it
is Romanic , and Gothic; there _is - - a
blending of all style:3, Without. overstraining
and without, bad taste; ,But, what makes this
Strueture something Niarre and unexpected,
is a massive toWer;witli•piereed . Walls, arising
above--this 'ornamented, beautiful donstruc-'
don; reminding of Asia and Egypt, of Thebes
and Nineveh. timely the • architect of this
building waS,gifted by. imagi nati ou. .He was
an able interpreter of the Hebrew dream of
the temple to be erected at the. brink of a
strange river. Never, since the great destruo
tion, has Israel possessed a more magnidoent
edifiCe In which the hymns ofDavid resounded.'
This'building entirely_fit for _the.: talented
Jews,ltalian who are a power :at the Ex
change, at the Press, and in the, Parliament"
PRICE TH RE ECE N
SUICIDE AT SEA.'
An American Ship Contain Hanglf Hint.
Neff on Boned His Vessel---alto ennui], -
Residing in Hudson City, N. J.
(From the Liverpool Times, Jun 029.1
The Coroner for Liverpoolalr. C.
held an inquest yesterday afternoon on the
body of Gilbert Erickson, 47 years of age, cap
tain of the brigantine Albert, Who committed
suicide on board that vessel while she was off
the Irish coast. It appeared the Albert sailed
from Liverpool on the 15th inst. for galifax -
with a " cargo of salt. After she left
Liverpool deceased - began to• tipple,
and drank 'more or less gin and
brandy every day. flier vessel was' de
tained for some time by contrary winds', anti
this appeared to irritate deceased very much.
On the 23d instant, when the Albert was WI
the Irish coast, the chief mate' went to the
cabin to make inquiries about the course r
when he found deceased' in. bed,. and appa
rently drunk. "About 11 o'clock that night the
mate was called by the bpatswara, and ongo
ing to the fore cabin lielbund deceased lying - ,
along the floor; with his neck in the noose of a
line attached to the ceiling. When the noose
was cut deceased was, found to be . dead.. It
appeared that he was part owner of the Al
bert, and in his pocket .a letter was found,.
dated June 23, addressed to the mate. The'
etter stated :
I am now in the greatest trouble and dis
'tress, and I call upon you to take charge' of
my chronometer, gold - Watch and chain, and
have them, with my other effects, forwarded
to my , dear wife, Johanna Erickson ' Hudson.
.City, New Jersey. It is impossible for me to
live lon_er in •this distress The vase
m ing water, ropes and sails wont out, and
provisions and water getting short for a long
voyage, and we are doing nothing. I have,
.therefore, come to - the - dreadful alternative to
Tut.an end to my . miseLable , lil6 - . ,— 'Should yen'
see Mehnon, the part owner, you can tell him
he is to blame for all, for if he had not sent
the vessel to sea last voyage this would not
have happened. -"When I am gone proceed : ,
on 'your' voyage, if you - get any chance:"
. If not, go back and report the trouble.
have been fretting and feeling bad ever since
I - sailed;and rcannot stand it any lonaer.
God bless my wife and children, and protect
them when lam no more. Address the sor
rowful news to my wife when you see all is.
ended. Farewell! God have mercy upon. my
Poor soull . _
As the sailors refused to continue the voy
ager the ship-was-brought -back—to Liverpock
where she arrived about nine o'clock on,
Tuesday evening, whenthe body was taken.
to the deadhou.se. -- The jury returneder
diet to the effect that the deceased committed
suicide
.when laboring under tempo . rary men
tal derangemexit.
CTS -ASD-FANCLEEL
—A pugilist might call a blow which draws
blood a claret punch.
_ _
—A lady in Kansas is carrying on an exten
sive blacisruithing. and. wagon,inaking..buSi
Miss Braddon, the - novelist, - has re
covered her health, and Will soon reopen her
horror factory.
•
—Another baby, in Oneida county, - N. Y.,,
Las discovered that soothing syrup is some
times gravy.
—A Boston. Miss, Who accompanied the late
California excursion party, brought a,.beauti
till squirrel borne in her pocket.'
—lt is said:that tricbinm - have been discov=
ered in the flesh of deer shot in their native
wilds in Oregon.
-:-- - tire - PiegidaFbillliatni College has di
rected the young lady students to refrain here
afterfrom
—A green waiter on a Pullman car drenched
his passengers lately by unadvisedly trying to
till the water-tank through onelof the roof ven
tilators.
I I
—Some one says tru y that the hest way
for a man to train up child in the way it
should go is to travel that way sometimes him-.
self. .
—A couple of gamblers roped a newspaper
man into their den the other night and were
shockingly disgusted when they sound he had
only eleven cents.—N. Y. Dem.
—Two Minnesota tinners, having made two'
hundred six-quart tin milk-pans in eight
hours and fifty-four minutes, claim the cham
pion belt.
—The Wisconsin State agent recentlyseited '
two and a quarter million feet of logs that had
been cut by trespassers on lands that had been
granted to a railroad.
—\ \A Wisconsin paper claims that the water
of the artesian 'wells in the town of Sparta is
so charged with electricity that telegraph
wires inserted in it need no other battery. •
A controversy with a Monti" is the
delicate term applied out in Nevada to getting
one's skull fractured two or three times with.
a brick. •
—The most refractory of the galley slaves, at
the Bagne do Toulon, is an ex-Lieutenant of
the Imperial Guard, convicted of murder. rle
behaves so badly that the bastinado, has re
peatedly been administered to hiul.
—A girl iu New Hampshire, who had five
hours of supplementary nos e-tiekli ngiacknowl-'
edges that it's sneezy thing. to take snuff. But
When it makes you sneeze five consecutive
hours; we shoUld think that oue pinch was
snuff.— V. Y. Dent.
.—A girl in Omaha left a man to whom she
was engaged for one she liked better ; where
upon the first lover said he would kill himself
before her if she didn't marry him. She said
she would, but subsequently concluded that
she had .better,shoot herself—and
—The Grant City (Worth'county, Missouri)
Stur boasts after this fashion : " The combined
ages of the editor, foreman and devil of this
office are thirty-five - years: - We - wager - that
there is not another office in the State con
ducted by, such juveniles."•
—A housekeeper of East Poultney; Vt.,
states that one can live comfortably on one
dollar a week; and that, when she lives at the,
rate of two dollars per week, "it is good'
enough for the table.ot a prince." it would
be interesting to have the details of that style,
of housekeeping.
—The Chicago Lyceum have "resolved that
the doctrine of endless punishment is , true."
We are sorry for that, but suppo§o cannot
be helped. That conclave of philoSpliers, how
ever, are to debate the question on the 29th',,
and may possibly relent, and at least allow us
the benefit of the doubt which, has heretofore ,
prevailed on the subject.
—The old Duke of Saldauba, the present
Prime Minister and:virtual ruler of Portugal
is a very wealthy man. Next to the dethroned;
old Duke of Brunswick, he owns. the finest
private collection of . precious stones,.which he
keeps in a strong iron safe standing in his bed-•
room. His diamonds are said to be. much finer • •
than those of the house of Braganz,a. He owns
two rubies, valued 'at seventy thousand dollars,
and an cmerald, for which the Empress of the
French ._ sonic time ago offcred..hina.,.sixty .
thousand francs. ' • •
in iropounds the following ,
Conundrus: "Willexperimenters succeed''
at last. in, manufacturing pears and peaches
out of their elementary. ingredients,, so Milt,
fresh fruit maybe • made to Order In mid
winter ? Will. balloons be regulated, and
traveling rendered practicable so tliat ,eack.
Man shall keep a balloon hitchedi ,
by his door-step, and horges*AntriVrinfA7
after
-be superfluous?
-Drummond-light,-from-a-lie4--kowiN
mite. t:11( city at night, and sent selyy
ewung aloft, shade it-