• - ' ; ' ip 4 • it ),41. tobi 4, 4 , 1 , 4'), .) „: • ,^.' ) • , . _= _ ~•, , • - " _ _ . • 4) • 4 - . MENGE - • , _ ._.-_ y~ VOLUME XXIV.-NO.§B. cYrBODING, .CARDS, INVITATIONS for Parties, &s. New styles. MASON & 00., 907 etnut 'street. deSOrmw tf§ FIXED EARTH CLOSETS ON ANY Aber, In or out of doors, and PORTABLE EARTH COMMODES, for ngo In • bed•chambere and elsewhere. Aro absolutely free from offence, Earth Closet. Com pany's office and salesroom at Wlll. Q. RHOADS', No. 1221 Market s reet. a .294f4 MAii.RIED. HUMPHREYEPALHER.,-Ott the lgth Instant. at the Church of the Atonement, by the Rev. Ed w. L. Ly cett. Rector of the Church of the Redeemer. Lower Norton, Charles W. Humphreys to Hello Palmer, both of this (dlr. NEWBOLD—SPRINGEH.--On the hat Inst., at the Church of the Saviour, We t PhlltidelphinVby Bev. T. C. Yarnall, D.D., Henry A. Newbold to Eleanor 33., youngest Gantt liter of the late Henry.= Springer, all of West Philadelphia.- No cards. DIED. 'BROWN.—On the 21st inst,, J. Tatnall, son of Robert P.aind Mary It. Brown. The relatives nod friends arc invited to attend his fu neral, front the residence of Itla grandfather, Joseph Tat null, - Wilmington . ; Del., on Eieventh-al ay (id), at 4 o'clock P. M. BUCK.—At Germantown, on Friday_ morning, 22d !natant. Maria T. Buck ,of Bridgeport, N. J. Her funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon:24th Wet ant. from the residenee of her mother, Mrs. Jane P. Buck. ln Bridgeport. .; GARTLANII.—On the 'Alth instant, James Froderieltl sea of billion and Caroline Gartland, In the 6th year of Iris age. The friends of the family are reapectfully, invited to attend 'the ftnieral, from the residence of his parents, Nu. 23 South Thirteenth street, this I Friday) afternoon, sit 4 o'clock. HOW ELL.—Suddenly. on Wednesday evening, .1111.3. 20th. Rebecca L.. wife of Zcphar C. Rowell. • Due notice of the funeral will he given. a lIU2IPHREI • _—On the 2lst. Inst.. at the residence of his father, 2124 Spruce street, Frederick Humphrey. in the 234 year of his age. • LEh esdaY..afternoon,2othinst., Gen: -William A. Leech, Register of-Wills. His male friends and those of the families are invited to at tend his funeral. from the residence of bis father-la hew, Edwin Greble. No. 12e. South Nineteenth atree.t, on Saturday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. To proceed to Wood lands Cemetery. *• IllecUlAY,—On the 224 itistantaohn Welsh. son of. janies;ji•-: and 'Sante 'llicCtillY.;'alied -six..inenths. - ofiqs twelve days: •• - • - - • • - 2t • -NEW , on the- 20th- inet•, Catharine, idow 01 the late John A..C.Newniitu, in the teith year ol her age. The retail-reit awl friends of the family are respectfully nit ited 10 attend-the funeral, from the residence of her datteliter-ita•law. Mrs. John A. Newman, No. 433 Green reet, nit Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. TA VLOB On the 20 inst., Florence C. daughter et Shred It. awl the late Mary A. Taylor, In the 6th )`mrnt her age.. • . _ illner3l 'TOM her father's residence, 443 North Sixth street, on Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock • j)L7 ILLIAM HEACOCK, 1 0 1311. N ISEILNG UNDERTAKER, 207 Filbert street I hare pur the-ritilit to use lir, A G. Reed i G0.!4 Patent nr;ae Pre.otrver, which does sway with the rtipulsire hol lute one's crlen,lll packed in kV. jyl,l-6t• ARCH STREET.- 1 YRE & LANDELL, WEAR: CANVAS DitiLts. "PADDED DRILLS. SCOTCH (I R IMOT 4 . r A SSIMEUE YOU SUITS. CORDC 'MO'S AND ToWELS. WIRE COD LIVER OIL, -CITRATE Magr.enta.—JOßK C. BA KER & Ci...71S Market at. SPECIAL NOTICES. _FINEST S UMMER A CLOTHING, E A A 818 Si 820 A W CHESTNUT STREET. EOCCA PAVEMENT. This new pavement for Sidewalks,Court-yards. Damp Cellars, Floors for Breweries,Malt Houses, Sc., has been very successf Illy tested n Now York, and is now being laid on Green street' west of Twenty-third. It Is handsome, durable, and cheap. Property owners are respectfully requested to ex amine it. • • • N. Y. STONE WORKS, Office No 643 Seventh avenue; je23lm Ip § Philadelphia Office,4l2 Library street. (f , THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAIL ROAD COMPANY will, until August Ist next, pay off at par. and accrued interest any of their tirse mortgage bonds. duo in 1573, prette.ntatiou at their Office, o. 303 WALNUT street. ' CLIABI.BEIMAIN,Treastirer. • jo'Ll burp§ rnz Zi, MT) tub- HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1.518 and ISM Lombard street, Dispensary Department. —medial treatment nd medicine furnished gratuitously to the poor DIVIDEND NOTICES. PHILADELPHIA AND READING ut7' RAILROAD COM.PANY-OFFICE 227 SOUTH FOURTH STRRRT. PHILADELPHIA, June 29,1670 DIVIDEND NOTICE. . _ The transfer books of this Company will be closed on the It It ofJuly next, 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, parable in sash on and after the 2241 of July nezl,to the holders thereof, as they stand regis tered on the hooka of the Company at the close of baud ness on the 7th 'of Jitly next. All payable at this ofilce. All orders for- Dividends must be witnessed and stamped. B. BRADFORD, je2o.lmrp Treasurer. Fish Culture in Bucks 'Bounty. • The followiag information in relation to the sale of Ingham Spring, Solebury, is from the Lambertville, N..T. Beacon : • " Two wealthy, enterprising gentlemen of Philadelphia., named Tag and Thiompson, have purchased of Mr. A. J. Beaumont, the great .spring, generally known as Ingham Spring,'_ and now have a force of workmen engaged in erecting a dam for the purpose of raising the water to a sufficient height to over flow the higher land surrounding it, where they purpose hatching :trout; and also to supply parties from differ ent parts of the country with the spawn, for which there is a great demand. These gentle men Fay that there is a wide-spread feeling throughout the United States toward having .our rivers and lakes re -stocked with the better. class of fish, such as shad, trout, &c., which, in many places, have become very scarce and aconsequcntly high-priced: Mr. Thompson in forms us that as soon as they can arrange their hatching-houses and different dams they ex -pect to have some three hundred thousand trout. With the spring they have also purchased ten, acres of land surrounding it, whiclugives them the entire ,eontrol of this beautiful spot, which they intend to beautify and make a.very_ desirable retreat. Mr. Beau-. mont was induced to part with this noted spring only at . a very high price, we under stand, to - these wealthygeutlemen, who intend to make this-business one of pleasure rather than profit, vet at the same time it is said to be very profitable. This is something new in old Solebury, and is making. quite an excite ment in the neighborhood?! —Ohi_cago lias Minty-five newnpapprs and , other pubitcatiom3. Its physicians number 464, and 1,431 saloons minister " ret'reehment" to it lie populace. THE EUROPEAN WAR. THE FEELING IN THE .• UNITED STATES. New York Republicans for Germany The Union Republican General Committee held a special meeting, last evening, at the corner of Broadway ard Twenty-secoud street, Bon:John Cochrane in the ehair. According to public -announcement, the meeting was called " to - take action with reference to the war in Europe." Gen. Cochrane explained that. the meeting had been called at the request of seven mem bers, with a view to take action in relation to the war which has now arisen in Europe. - Augustus-F. Smith read the following series ofresolutions, the adoption, of which was mOvedaud s'edind "ed : - ' Reisoltwd, That as men and Americans, we deeply deplore the armed confliat that threat- Emir - two - principal nations; With WhiCh the United States have ever been at peace. Itmlved , That while our Government wisely adheres to its -traditional policy of avoiding entangling alliances with - princes and poten tates, the sympathies of the American people cannot be restrained, where usurping Imperi -alisin one country- wages----aggressiVe_war upon national unity in another, and where we discern, in Spite of pretences, that the as sailed are su bstantially the entire German peo n', bound to UM by the strongest ties of frien d Ship. acf of blood - tttw ed, That remeniberingFrance laS :generbas ally in our:early .history, we confisis the greater antipathy to her present wily and insolent dila, who, by his intrigues with the British Cabinet, and his invasion of the Mexican States, proved forgetful of his coun try's traditions, and placed the French people iu a false position in relation to our recent strwgle to preserve the legacies of Washing ton Pint Lafayette. • /1( solved, That the early espousal by German Americans of-the cause of .Free Labor beyond the •Mtssissippi ; their subsequent .devotion to the-same and-broader principles on a hundred fields : of battle; with the friendly-attitude of the German States during our long military journey from Sumter to Apponlattox—are rightly remembered, now that the red planet 01 war bas set on the Potoinac to rise upon the itbine. lics.p/ccd, That as our own light for Union grew, Under Grant, to.a triumph for freeddin, -o, while Germah unity is perfected, may re= publicaii liberty-tic-established-in-Fatherland .auti tbroughotit.the world. 1 lie committee looked more astonished than pleiu-ed by )Ir. Smith'S composition and elocu tion. Mr. 31anierre said he thotight it was °very fifortutate-thing-thatthis-General Committee should be celled togetber, without any previ ous consultation, to take such action as Was here. propoSed. The'resolutiOns bad no right or place in an organization like this. lie thereforemoved that the vote on the passage of the resolutions-be-deferred, and that. they be reterfed to the Executive Corumittee-for con mderation hy-them. Several ineuthCrs seconded the motion: - 31r. 'Smith spoke warmly in taxor of the ..hoped they might, pass. at once. It any one wished to amend the reso lutions by inserting stronger language, he he-stiengest -- language he could command in drawing them op . , and did not think they could be much itn proveti. Mr. Thompsonjoined in opposing the reso lutioas' and asked. the committee it they had forgotten Lafayette, and the many kind acts which France had done for this country dur ing its infancy and Since. While his sympathy was with the Germans in this matter, he thought such otlielal recognition as proposed in the resolutions highly improper and out of place. Several members followed in opposition to the resolutions and took the ground that a - great mistake bad been made by the two or three members who had got the committee together, and now attempted to commit them by adopting such a measure as proposed by Mr. Smith. After a speech by General Cochrane, Mr. Smith made another stirring speech in favor of the resolutions. - endeavoring to win the committee to his side by his peculiar style of flattery. He said a grand and successful ca reer was about opening , up, to them, and that they wanted to show :the country and the world that they were alive. He said that be sides expressing their sympathy with the Ger mans, it was an excellent time to strike Napo leon, who made more than one attempt to de stroy the republic during the late civil war. An attempt was then made to have the reso lutions referred to a select committee to retire from the meeting and to report forthwith. The motion was lost, however, , and a vote on the motion to refer the resolutions to the Ex ecutive Committee was taken, the yeas and nays being called for. .The motion was declared lost, and the vote was taken on the adoption of the resolutions as offered by Mr. Smith. • The resolutions were carried by a vote of-I3 to 20. According to the constitution of the com mittee there was no quorum present at the meeting, which makes their action last night null and void. The French Repriblicani. There is.a.nhase of the - war:feeling 'in :New York, which, looked at from the standpoint of nationality, is worthy of notice. The unanim ity of the Germans is remarkable. Even Suabes and Austrians anti Westphalian and Hessians are beginning to be carried away by the sentiment of that magnificent race-lyric, " Was Ist das Deutscher Faderkind?" though the two first-nained fry to be reserved enough to keep..up a line of retreat in case Francis Joseph, or Von Beust, should decide to enter into alliance with Napoleon. But the assimilating power of a common language is hard to resist, and the memories of Solferino and Magenta are almost, as fresh as those of Sadowa. Still, if Austria were to. join hands with France, these elements, spite of simi larity of mother-tongue, would segregate and quickly be as hostile as English-speaking Britain and the "United States have been and may be before long again. With Teuton join ing argument with Teuton in the halls of the. Bowery and Avenue B, there would, indeed come the tug of lager and a wordy war. But the point especially calling attention is the lack of enthusiam among the French resi dents of the city. .The fact is most of them are political refugees of republican and revo lutionary antecedents, who would be willing to see Prussia victorious and France shorn of her, possessions on the Rhine, if they could thereby assure the downfall of the Bonapartes and another chance of an experiment in the establishing of the Parisian idea of detriocracy. - . One of 'a party of Frenchmen" vented this view . of opinion very foreiblY in a *well known Nassau street restaurant yesterday. Winding up a conversation, in which he and three friends seemed to be of, one mind, he ex claimed, referring to the Emperor: • "L'Empereur ! Le miserable! It is the end. Vive la republique!" And the others rattled their glasses on the table and applauded vociferously. • Only a few,of the more .cultivated class of Frenchmen in this country are at allinclined :to Napoleonisin; and, if any recruits for the army of France are enlisted. here, it will be among enthusiastic Irislnnen and advanturcata .Americans.--,-and the latter wills not go unless - as officers. The • only thing that pleases these Bed exiles of the Faubourg St. Antoine, is the revival by imperial permission of the " Mar seillaise" as a national. song; and ;means of military inspiration. • 'A wine-merchant down-town; who used to be a great friend of Marc Camdctiere, said to a gentleman in-the William -street- Delmon— ico's : "Ah, ma dear sair, you know ze aphonstue —quern dens rultperdere--ch? That is it. , The gods bare made beern—heem, this Imperial ranaille—what you say, 'dog?—have made him math Eef be was not mad, do you teenk he call let dem seeng bah !- It if; bee's requiem !" The Now York Fenlans for the Fredik,. (Brom the New York Timm] It was announced in yesterday's Times tba the members of the St. Patrick's Legion would assemble at _their Armory, Nos-19 and .21: Avenue A, last evening,._ to , hear important news relative to the war in Europe. Accord-, Accord ingly, about 8 o'clock, the hour aPpointed, nearly 600 men, arrayed in the green uniform .of that corps,.met and held a secret Session. , Sentries were posted avthe doors armed to the teeth, to prevent any inquisitive Britisher or reporter from obtaining admission - and learn-, ing anythitigefthe highly important business" said to be going on inside. Gen. Burke,, with . many prominent Officers of the' Brotherhood, was present, and as our reporter learned, read for the edification of the '• boys in green" the full particulars of the war between France and Prussia, its causes, and probable result, so far as: known - to them. - --- Mention-was :made of-; the rumored" occupation of Belgium. by the English troops, for its protection, and it was said that there was every probability that • Great Britain would eventually become in volvedln the struggle: .liere murmurs .were. beard to proceed from the armory, andwheu, • :is our reporter afterward learned, the assem blage was asked whether the. members wore in favor of France, vociferous cheers of sym pathy were given in response, and cries "We are, we are, every man of us." Outside the greatest eagerness marked the countenances, of those Irishmen who bad come to hear morrietlnng - of the purpmie of the meeting. At i U o'clock it broke up, and our reporter nter s iPwed two or three of the soldiers in green after they came out. The following conversa tion was had with them: Reporter--Were you present at the meeting int.ide sir ? . _ -- :Soldier-17es, I was Be_porter—What was its-object ? boldier—To reorganize.the battalion. Itepwer—For what purpose. t-oltlier —To make sogers of the men, av coorse. Reporter-0 ! We%was there anything said about the European war.? - - Soldier (coollv — ,scanning - theinquifer.from head to foot}—Who are you? • Reporter—Ainember of the Press. I want to learn from you anything of importance that may have transpired. inside, if you have - objection. Soldier—Faith, •thin,---I have a Very strong objection, and the divil a word you'll get trout me, me -brick , for the . Meeting - was a sacret. . • Reporter—Well you can surely. have :no ~ b jeetion to telling hie whether there, was any action taken with regard to the war. )dier—Bad luck to the Word_ tell you Reporter—Fin sorry for that, aTI 'expected to.hear the report that the Fenians were in clined to sympathize the Prussians con, tradicted. Soldier—ls it sympathy with the Prhssians it's' a — d=ti We'd skiver them, bad luck to them. No, sir, von can bet high it's oulti Nap our boys, go in - for, and if we only get a chance we'll.gyt'e him another Irish brigade, and maybe another Fontenoy. That's our style. Reporter—Would if go to France to serve in the French army if you could? Soldier—Bedad I would this minit, and every one of thim itN. hundred boys in there (pointing to the armory) would go with me. That's all that troubles them this minuit. Reporter—What good would it do you or the Irish people to take such a course ? Soldier—Won't England betaking sides with Prussia,bad cess to her? and won't it be a fine slirlit for the Irish to get a lick at her? We're ready to walk into Bantry Bery again at the proper time with the French, and may be it won't be so way to get us out of the mild Dart as it was the lads in '9B. • Satisfied with what he had heard, our re porter followed the dispersing Legionmen to Tompkins Square, where he was informed t•icy were to hold a parade. But they did not. Anneal to the Seaudinavians in America. r. Runt Forsberg, Ex-President of this Dennocratic juntas in Sweden, and .Ex-Adyd tent of the Volunteer Riflemen at Stockholm, has issued an appeal to the Scandinavians in this country, in which he begs "all Scandina vians who will unite in an address to the American people in regard to the European war, to meet Saturday evening, ati' o'clock, at No. 5 Clinton place." Old `Americans, he says, as well as newly arrived ones, never ought to join in any monarchical war in Europe ; but when the day shall come when the European• pilots of freedom and liberty call upon their brethren of the New Worlirte - throw off the ruonarehi cal yokes in Europe, then let us join them for the last effort in that truly the nineteenth cen tury's most worthy purpose, namely, in erect ing • of the United States of Europe, which sooner will happen than any of us here may expect. THE NORTH CAROLINA WAR. Wiwi— the Militia - were 'Called Into Ser. ' viee---Murderers and Outlaws Still Un punished. . I From the Raleigh Standard, July $l.l The Democratic Conservative presses of the State are lot - id - in their detiunciatons' of Gov. Holden, because he has resorted to military power to suppress the outrages of the Kuklux. They know that he has done so as a last resort. In vain he tried milder means. He issued his proclamations calling on the people of the State to place the seal of their condemnation on all lawlessness and violence, and these same presses derided him. He appointed Captain Pride Jones, of Orange, and Captain N. A. Ramsay. of Chatham, (both high-toned gen tlemen and Democrats,) to appeal to the people to submit to the law,.and these presses denounced both the GOVeriiar - and his ap pointees. Never before in, the State were ap peals to the people to abide by the laws disre garded ; and what else could the Governor do ? He bad appealed_ to the people, by Ineocla 'nation ; he bad appointed men of char acter, who had no sympathy with him "politi cally, to exert their influence in the cause of law and order, without avail. To show their utter contempt for all law, the ,Kuklux took Wyatt Outlaw, a civil ipagistrate,, by violence, and executed him without trial in the Court yard of Alamance county. In like manner they assassinated , John W. Stephens, a State Senator, in the very.temple Of justice, ‘ in Cas well county.- Eighty . nut:offending:persons -in Altimance county have .been taken from their homes, and scourged, and.-six have been murdered, including an infant in the cradle. Thus every department of the State Government - has'. been-set at defiance. The Execntive appealed in vain for law and order. A judicial officer is hung without long of law, and a legislator assassinated In the'lemple of justice! And were the 'men who thus set the law at dot:Mime , arralpted for their crimes by civil . authority? ; Not at all. The naitrderers of clittlaw - are atilt at large, .ready and ttE. 'murder other '-'unol fending-.• citizens.. A corionoes inquest find'failed to a:ll,T doe .to the:assawips oX FRIDAY, JULY 22,1870. Stephens, though:he was murdered in open day. in a building containing hundreds' of per sons and situated in the centre of a town, and his murder Is as thought of so little consequence that to this day the civil officers of Caswell have, not officially notified the Governor that a State Senator has been murdered- in their. midst. Only a Republican State Senator had -been-assassinated, and it was not thought ne— cessary to hot ify: the Governor of the State,that a reward miOt be offered for the detection of-Ins assassin's. These are facts which none can deny, and we ask- the laity-abiding people of North Carolina to watch the men who de nounce the Governor when he attempts to -bring-murderers and-assassins to -justice.---- _did not wish to resort to military power, but "lie has been forced to .doso, or sit quietly by and have these murders, assassinations and cintrageS continue. . ,• " The Democrats and ConserVatives charge tbat Governor Holden has called out the mi ' lit.ia to - prevent free election in ''August Well, let -us inquire into the truthfulness of the charge. We all remember that. an election was held - in this State .in 1808 under military orders. It was ordered by a military com mandant, -and held; the very- _presence:of 'Federal bayonets. Was any citizen prevented froth casting a • free- - ballot? Let the 80,000. Democrats who-voted-at that election anawer. And if a free election was bad in the presence of the United States Army, what else are we to expect from a handful of raw militia? • ST; JAG° nTi - CnBA --- July - 4.2.-- - -According 'to - Spanish accounts, the ' health of the Army of ' the Peni bsula, in Cuba, is far from satisfactory. Additional hospitals are .heing erected in diff erent parts of.the country, and the .troops, are Sußering, very - rikitch'fronf'''ditiea.serill'!aillave now live -hospitals .and the probability is"" there Will soon be a sixth. In Prince Alphonso hospital and fortress, there are ti2O men sick and wounded. They are not properly attended: to, and from 12 to 14, die daily. -in the four other hospitals 'there are 1,300 patients, so that the sum total of sick and wounded in the five roaches 2,220. Add to this about'Boolying in the village.s of Cobre, Palma, Soriano and Cristo; and we reach the astonishing 'figure of 3,020 men per fectly powerless. The Cuban General MonnoLwith a column .of patriots, having fortified La Ceiba, was three dines attacked by 1.,1500 SPaniards r 'whia :had orders to destroy the camp, Each attack was nobly 'repelled-by the Cubans, and the Spanish officers had to - - raire with a loss of -!!50, and many Wounded.' Duringthe hist four days 110 of that force have returned to St. !. Jago, among them !being one colOnel, , two captains, four., other officers who have died -since, and five` - eaptaingi'Aziow_ - lying sick The expedition seems to 'have been very disastrous to the. Spaniards, and 'the' officers eSpecially seem to have sudered - severely. The third engagement was a very sharp one. Itlasted from - morning-till tiight, - when -the . 'Spaniards lied, leavingtheir arms and airirau ! nition, and shouting" Flva el honor.Nacional " Piro Espei7u ."' It is said that the expedition is to be reorganized here, and a fourth attack 'will be made on the patriot camp on the 12th -instant. The detachment is to be re-enforced ! by troops in -the city, so that,, should such be' the case, ale-iv colored troops will be left to' , ! I __protect St_Jago—Aait ' • ere—are—only...l3o 1 recruits here, and.they are not very anxious to join in the attack. Tqay would rather re main beyond the reach of "shot and shell." - General Modesto Diaz; - with a detachment of patriots,' recently attacked the Spanish campat,Congo,killing-2 50_ men.. The _patriats?_ loss was heavy, but they captured 330 muskets, and alargeqiiantity of ammunition, provisions and correspondence. General Marcano, with a handful of Cubans, has captured a camp near Yana, strongly forti fied by the Spaniards, the patriots were as one to two, Spaniards, and the engagement was bloody, lasting two hours. After the engagement, arcane was joined by Diaz. The Spanish club, which, during the time of Valti3aseda, had entire control over the affairs of the city, appears to be quite disappointed with the new general, Merilo. He is not so blobdthirsty a man as Valmaseda, and there fore is not quite as popular with the Members of the Club. Valmaseda is still surrounded by the Cubans at Bayamo. He has made several unsuccess ful attempts to cross the River.t;auto, so as to reach Las Tunas. His men are reported to be undergoing much suffering and privation. On the 2>th of last month the force at Bayamo was mustered, and 'a desperate attempt made to leave the place. Theresult was highly un satisfactory to the Spaniards. Valmaseda himself was very nearly being taken. He was saved by one of his aides-de-camp,and escaped miraculously. YellOw fever prevails to a great extent in the island. ,At Manzanillo the hospitals are full, no less than 700 being said to be down from this disease alone. 31 - azy sugar estates have been burned, and next crop will he a very poor one. Cassanova, Valmaseda's •'partner in crime," has, it is reported, absconded with 578,000, belonging to the latter. Yostmaster Bingham has sent us the follow ing letter for publication: COPY.] POST-OFFICE EPAHTMENT, OFFICE 01' FOREIGN MAILS, WASHINGTON, D. C., July !Otb, 1870 . .—Sir :—The steamers of the North German, Lloyd and Hamburg lines having ceased, for the present, to make their . regular depa,rturef; from N ewl York to Bremen and' Hamburg respectively; I have to suggest that you -will take measures to - advise the; public mailing letters, &c., at your office for Ger many, to prepay their correspondence at the rates established for the route via England, so long as that is the only route of transinission. Any correspondence for!. NOith Germany, prepaid at the reduced rates applicable to the direct fpute, will, until the . direct service is re-established, be forwarded via England, and if insufficiently prepaid for transmission via England, be charged with the postage for unpaid letters, after deduction of the prhpaid amount: ' •• I lan, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, !Signed.] JosErn H. BLACICFAN, Superintendent Foreign Mails. G H. H. Brlon.or, Postmaster, Philadelphia, Pa. The 66 Nation' , on the Associated Press. The Nation of this week thus discourses of that amusing creature, the New York Asso ciated Press: " And now, would it he too much to ask of the daily papers either to employ rational beings as their news collectors in Europe, or else edit the despatches before publishing them?—that is, if not weigh 01al. - probability, at least strike out those portions which are, through their absurdity, insulting to the intelligent reader. For instance, who that finds amongst Vhis Cable telegrams the announcement that the French , hold Rome, the key of the Mediter ranean,' does not feel his fingers instinctively searching tor the hair or nose of the Asso 'dated Press? How does, that body suppose a person of average sense likes being told seriously as a piece of news that " Eastern Francelu s absolutely alive with soldiers," or that 'the Corps Legislatif had declared war against Prussia at fifty minutes past ose this afternoon, ' or d that Secret instructions have been issud to French officers that the troops shall 'divide all lands they Conquer?': We think the press o*ea it to the AmeriCan public Ur offer, a reward for "the discovery of the person who sent this last report over,the wires, if it did come over the wires. A more . , CUBA. Reports from Patriot Sottrew. THE MAILS FOR GERMANY. wanton insult to the American people,t in cluding lunatics and, inebriates, it, would re quire a man with' a genius for insult. 4 to devise." Tillg GREAT.SAGIIENELY FIRE. Experience or a Sufferer. The Quebec-Vagodion-contains-a-letter-frotn one of the survivors and witnesses z of the ter rible conflagration on the Saguenay, a transla tion ofpart of which given below: We:were:preparing to sit down to dinner— my old father, my wife, my children and my-. self. I then perceived a thick smoke rising ffetiiiielrointe - Bleue Side; and soon after became certain that a considerable conflagra non,rendered-more active by a tempestuous wind, had already enveloped the parish of Itoberval. We hastened to get out our house hold furniture, and to throw some linen and clothes into. the cellar.;.but in.a.few minutes the lire caught my house. I entered to save a little clock, but was obliged to break out a window in order to get out. Thu.s attacked by the fire, I cast myself into the damp dung of •rey pigs, -Which I saw roatiting near me. At the end of Sometime I was surrounded by the fire from all sides, was suffocated by the smoke,-and ,for a moment lost all conscious-, The flame-s which - 'caught merestorett to me the desire for self-preservation.. A jet of flame prevented me from getting into the cellar, wherii I had, a feiv Moments before; deposited some effects. then went to the side of my barn, where there is a fountain. In order that I might not suffocate, I threw my -Belfseveralltiln eS n :th 6 - `70 01 11 7 A .:AtHest7J reached the fountain and threw myself in head first. But I was far from being out of danger.: Mv barn, half' tilled with unthre ed grn • and straw, took tire, and I found myself tWo perches to lceivardnf this fUrnace ; the. flames swept, the Piece 'Where 4 Was... 'The :tve0(10 . frame of the fountain took pulled Off a splinter, and with it thrust away the spark's that fell on my head, which I from time to time plunged entirely under water. At the end of ft couple of hours the flames abated, and I was able to sit on a cross-piece of half burned wood. 1 was seized with a trembling, and 1-seemed-as if - about-to -die.--However,.tit the end of half au hour 1 was able to walk on the ashes around me, and rejoined my wife and the children, who found by the side of the cellar where we had placed our goods, and here they-had taken shelter. My father, one of the.children, and one of my-sisters-In-law had disappeared, we knew not where. Night approached, -- and'r - we - set hoping there to find shelter; but all the houses were burned. We found there - forty-two per sons, among tlikinrest a woman who had been brought to bed only - a few days before, and two, who, were near their time. We stoWed eurselv_es forthe night in _the nearest_ cellar we could. find;__most. tos.were obliged to re-- main standing for witnof space, and to hold the children in our arms. Next. day we set out from this den to try to find our wandering -friends and relation§...Abdut.noon.l met. my . father holding my sMallextt child by the MIMI. hout,:eight in:the -evening before - he - had - reached the bankof. a mall lake to which he was attracted bY the croaking of the frogs.- There he made itlittleraft on which he - placed the child, which he covered With his trousers, in the lirst.place to protect itfrom the lire, and afterward Non the cold, which that night was intense..: My sister-in-laws is infirm and Unable --- t - o - w - alk: - Slie7draggetl herself - to - the - foot of rock - where she found twenty-four other per sons who, like herself, were saved miracu lously, the fire having completely destroyed the wood on the top. We brought them in on a litter, and about noon we found the burned son. We were fortunate enough to find a sack of flour which I had been able to put into a field at the beginning of the tire. It was then noon, and none of the persons, more than sixty in number, assembled on the ashes of the chapel near my residence, had eaten anything for twenty-four hours. Without that provision of Providence the weak persons and children would, have died of exhaustion be fore they could obtain succor. THE MORMON WIVES. Bow they Itegerd their Present Rein The Utah correspondent of the Chicago Tribune writes under a late date : Time impres sion is general in the Eastern States . that the Mormon women, as a rule, appreciate the degradation of their position, and, if offered an opportunity, would gladly embrace it and free themselves from the chains of polygamy at once. 'This idea is wholly erroneous. Doubtless, it each of the Mormon wives could ship off all of her. co-wives, and rule alone in her husband's household, she would vote for monogamy at once; but the trouble is. (that only one out of a hotise full, or several houses full, could do this, and the majority would certainly object to the change, 011 the principle that " half a loaf is hettetthan no bread.' It is posSible that a very few Mormon wives might, if the opportunity was offered, leave Utah and seek an asylum elsewhere'; but it would be very few indeed, I assure you. It is not- that the more.retined and intelligent of them may not secretly repine at their lot, and long for a proper change,_but that they have voluntarily shut themselves off from the chance of such a ehange in their condition. If the form of mar riage into which they have entered were dis solved by legislative enactment to-morrow where would or- could. these ex-wives go? Though a majority of them entered into the so-called marriage relation of Mormonism iu good faith, and from a conscientious conviction of their course being right and Proper, and - they' cannot, thereforei be classed as—common women, who. have r through weakness , or - wilfulness, fallen- from the paths of virtue, and entered deliberately upon a life of vice, they are still damned in a 'certain sense of the word, and effectually de- - barred:lto.. the chance of enterin upon law ful marriage with the gentileS. There is no considerable demand for second-hand wives in any part of the United States at present, and there is not likely to be any improvement in the market for years to come, at least. Even in the Pacific States, marrying men are at a premium at this time. Most of them, too,bave children, who must be provided for, and to compel them to leave their husbands, and go forth helpless into the world, would be both unjust and impolitic. We need not legalize polygamy, but we can manifest a masterly activity; so far as the institution itself is con cerned, and provide for a gradual extingtiish ment of the curse by indirect but more effed tual measures. fhe Ascent of the Alps. The first ascent this year of Monte Rosa was successfully made on June 24, by Mr. G. Wyndham Reunion, who was accomPanied by the well-kuown guide Joseph fruhoden, of St. Nicolas, with Franz Zummermather as porter. They started from the Rifle! Hotel at 230 A.M . " reached the summit (Dufour Spitze) at 11.45 A. M., and arrived at the ; hotel again at, 6.15 P. M. They report that the snow was dun and bard during the first portion of the assent, but that at a height of 13,000 feet they encountered a very severe storm of snow and bail, the cold being intense. This greatly re tarded their progress on their return. A fog 'which was hanging about the lower part of the mountain bad greatly softened the snow, and made the descent sotnewhat dangerous. The mountain"may, however, be considered' open for climbers; and although it is . Unuaual for an ascent to . be made so early in the seVen, yet in tine weather there is nothing to,rentacq, mip)oratiot more dangeroua than at . :a iator. Atm° of the year. ' PRICE: 1 1 . 1 - IREE_CEN 1.7§`,.-....,',..!'.':-.::::-.: FACTS AND FANCII4B. —London has nearly 9,000 policemen. —Catching flies in church is, strictly forbid deri at LirOap Ohio. -Caux says he will reform and keep sober• and make Patti a better husband. ' _Havingbeteiterything_else_on_the-late steamboat race, ottfitalemphis than proposed to another topnt his Old credit account against a pile of Confederate bonds which the other usedlor a pillow. ' . .—A man telling about a wonderfid parrot. hanging in a cage from the window of a.hotratt which-he -bad-- often - assed . , said: " - It' cries ' stop thief!' so natural_ p that every time I heart it .I altroays stop • ' —The man who has offered to finish "Ed win Drood," and the men (there are three or - them so far) who have volunteered- to finish its author, for both worlds, have shown rt!F-,, markable courage—of a certain sort ' , —A young lady of Baton Rouge' Senta 'vo rtical piece to a local paper entitled "May - i Thirtieth." She felt' unpleasnnt next day 'to see it headed "My Thirtieth." It was about her birth-day. —A Missourian who tried to live in Minna seta has returned, disgusted., Re says . have "'nine months of winter, and the rest of the year it's—late in the fall." —Chilicothe has - whooping cough for which the local remedy is sitting in the. gas-honset and inhaling the odor. The children are en— joying gas-honse matinees Wednesday and' Saturday afternoons—Sunday, Schools in a. —IT married lives are short in Indiana the inhabitants have a good many of them. Here: isan old fellow of eighty, who has just taken as his sixth wife a lady aged ilfty-tive, who has had one :or. More husbands before •her' Phelps ..._..._ wiiose success began with " Gates Aj,r said to be making more money than any American female writer. .And yet, during her school days, she was con— sidered the stupidest of her class. Now she la pouring out literary matter, with an astound ing rapidity. —A large Florida planter, a Democrat,'who has some four hundred negro hands employed; constituting a-majority of the voters in his county, has agreed with his laborers to support one of then - 4°r Representative, they in -turn: to support-him for Senator._ ...- - —Melting Moment.-:-" Condy's Fluid!" ex- TAairtie - d --- .Puric7t miff - Jittly's — Mrs - 7 - Piirtington• the other day : -" Is he poor gentleman! Dear,. deay! Well, it really has been so - warm this: last week that it isn't, surprising. It , . reminds , me of what our old parson used to read about;, when the_ elephants did melt.- with. frrveht • heat! Must have been-hotter then i Ahotigh.%, mot - of the Elder _ - Hale - is revived by: - , European news. Some years sincp, whihr matters were unsettled in Europe, a distin-, guislied merchant met Mr. Hale passing from.: ; the Postoflice - to the advertiser office, with his morning'S Mail, and inquired • what was ..the, news. -After a-moment's - pause,-Mr.-Hale re-- plied : "N ewe, sir—news ; -why, sir Aititrehir ~ - has been restored.to :France." The Colorado 'fiver explorer, Major Powell, is about to make another run through. the canyons. Be has received. such eimotirage-' ment from.the War Department and promise otizid_from_the-military-posts-in--.Colorado-aa will enable him to make . a thorough Suminer and Fall exploration. Oue of the appropria lion bills contained -and tem-o r 5.12,00 0 -: for benefit. - —A few days since a little ragged =aim Wag S utt --- by - x:trad egmatrto — cro 11 - ecrirbt began in his usual way, but becoming more and more importunate, at length, the gentle 7 man's patience being exhausted, he said to him : You need not dun me so sharply; I am not going inn away." " I -don't suppose yon are," said the boy, sgratching his head; " but my master is, and Nwants'the money.' —Sonic wag at Cincinnati announced that a certain excursion by rail was free to thepub lic, and that a lunch would be served. Long before train time the lunch friends crowded to the depot, and the managers were in despair. A plan was devised, and an announce= Ment made which lured all the dead-beats on to a train just starting for another point, to be put off at way-stations unless they paid their fare. Then the excursionists went off and had a good time. —A gentleman who follows the profession of school-teaching on the Western Reserve,Ohio, gave out one morning as a reading lesson to his first class that portion of " The Merchant of Venice" in which the "pound of fiesh" scene occurs. The reading finished, he asked the class what Shylock meant when he said:. •My deeds upon my head ?" " Well," said the tallest boy, I don't know, unless it means he carried his papers in his hat !" —A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat has ascended Mount Hood, in Oregon, one of the highest, if not the highest, mountains in. North America. 'The ascent of this voloano does not seem to have been very difficult. The summit of the mountain is a crater three miles across, filled with cinders, rocks and snow. Through this debris smoke, steam and gases issue, and many of the rocks are hot.to the touch. The. southern. side of. the crater is_ broken away, but on the other side they ex tend up to a height of 2,000 feet. Ou the southwestern extremity of this wall is the main opening of the crater, from which rises' a constant column of steam and smoke. The boiling point of a thermometer at, the summit, was 180 degrees, which would indicate a, height of 17,040 feet. —The Beethoven : Festival at Bonn,._ the great composer's birthplace, Will consist of three concerts which are to take place ou the llth, 12th and 13th of September, under the direction of Ferdinand Hiller. The pro gramme of the first concert is as follows : Mass in D and symphony in C minor. . The programme of the second Is made !up of the overture to "Leonora" ;(No. 3), air from " Fidelio," the Heroic Symphony, march and chorus from the " Ruins of Athens," violin concerto, and choral fantasia. The programme of the third includes the overture to " Co iiola,nus," elegy for.four voices, concerto in .Fv flat for piano ; air, " Ah perlitlio ;" overture to " Egmont ;" Choral symphony. Joachim, will be the violinist, Mr. Charles Halle the pianist ; Mmes. Bellingrath and Joachim,: M.M. Vogl and Schultze will be the vocalists -What Punchinello has paid fifty cents apiece for : Two colors that once were fashionable in the Parisian toilette, viz.: . Bismarck brown. and Prussian blue, are now exchided from the' court circles, by command of the Empress. "A poor woman inUtica who owns three houses mid is building another, sends her children into the streets daily to beg." quite , right. Whilst the youngsters beg in the streets. let the enterprising old lady go (i.n and begin another house. Is "arm's; length a recognized measure? Answer.—Yes.. It is a. B(ancierd imeasure, may be seen in the way that journal ieigetting ahead of the Sun, which it keeps at arm's, hat is likely to be raised, some dayi-re gardingthe Pneumatit Tunnel—Tribal Cain. The following paragraph, cut from a, newspaper;suggests &good deal: "A libidos! cabby, before mounting the_ box and taking; .thurems,Always first prays that his driying, "nsay . beito the glory of his God." Now thbi is precisely what the New York hackman , ,Yariably docs,before he,,gathers tb " and urges on Ids " galled jades? :1 - c. • • •.1141 horses leis passengers, and - bis"ow.., 'and thus commends his driving:to his God, whose 4034 X wow) uoitato , N Vet 11.0 . 7 14; !. • ,•• - •1,; , •4: 4:
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