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EDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS
for-Parttoe, &o. New styles. MASON & 00., 907
etroot. do3Ototw
FIXED EARTH CLOSET'S' ON ANY
floor, in er out of doors, and PORTABLE EARTH
COMMODES, for use .in bed.cbembers and elsewhere.
Are absolutely free from offence. Earth Closet Com
pany's office and salesroom at W.L.O. BROADS', No.
=1 Market street. a .-tf§
DIED.
BRlNTON.—Suddonly, on Sunday morning, the 17th
instant, at Newport. Roode Inland. Anna Dime,'wife
,
of John F. Brinton, of Lancaster. Pa.
FBANCISCUS.—SuddenIy, on the morning of the 23d,
at Cresson, George C. Nranclacus.
Services to be bets at his late resldence,No. 1823 Chest
nut street, at 4 u 'dirk P. M. um Tuesday, 213th instant.
Interment at Laurel' 11111. Relatives and friends are re
tipect tu fly fin lied to attend.
"*
OWLLL:s-Suddenly. - on - AVednesday - terettingT2l/th
Ihstatit. Rebecca L., wife of 7.t phar Rowell.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
hn IM.I •to attend the funeral, this (Monday ) afternoon
25tli instant. at 3 o'clock, front the residence of her bus
h:old, Forty lath and Chestnut Streets, entrance c on
Market street. To proceed to Laurel if ill.
II.LW 1301.11.—1 n this city, on the 2:th inst., Clll4 ton
Nea hold. ot .Burling ton county, New. Jersey, in the 74th
year of his ace.
1. littera! from No. 1633 Chestnut street. on Fourtlmley,
the 77th instant, at 1 o'clock. interment to be in }lim
it:l(4ton county, N.J.
So ()LORA SS.--isuddenly. on the 434 Met., at Bristol.
Slue Arundel county. 31:1., Anna, seceutt daughter of
James 11. and Ella R. snodgrass, aged one year..
robvtiv es nod friends of tho family are respectfully
thvited to attend the funeral, from her parents 'residence,
No. 943 south Third street, oil 1: aegday, 26th Inst.. at 3
o'clock. Interment at Laurel "
tails - ARR.—suddenly. in , Pitilarlelphia, , on .the
bl-
Jestant. M. L. Stoever. LL.I). of Gettysburg, Pa.
The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral, from the residence of his brother-in
law, Jmues Monroe. No. 1424 Poplar street, on Tuemlsy
morning'. at 9 o'clock To proceed to Germantown. "
TIN DA LL.—(in the 21st instant, Thomas S. Tindall,
aged 27 years.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
1111 ited to attend the tumbrel. from his late residenou,
111:- Pine street. this
.( Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock.
Syr; it e4O at St. Jthteplt•s Church. Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery .
400 400
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DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The transfer books of this Company will be closed on
the 7th of July next, and reopened on July O.
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 the 22d of
Jul) next, to the holders thereof, as they stand regis
tered on the books of the Company at the close of bud
Hess on the• 7th of July next. All payable at this office.
All orders for Dividends must be witnessed and
snooped. S. BRADFORD,
je29.lmrp Treasurer.
POLITICAL NOTICES
(c?' 1870. 1870.
SHERIFF,
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MARINE •BULLETIN.
POET OE PIMLADELPILIA-JuL525
sr SU Alarms Bulletin on Inside Page.
•
ARRIVED THIS DAY.
steamer Fanita, Freeman, 24 hours from New Y rk,
with nide*, to John F Ohl.
Brig 'rubel Cain. Nickerson.—days from Montevideo,
in Littlest to Workman & Co
brim Flight,
Crowell, 5 days from Portland, with
lumber to 1' Galvin k Co.
bchr Mary Ann McCann, Whitemord, al days from
Bangor. with lumber to T P Galvin A: Cu.
Seim Nellie, French, 10 days from Bangor, witn
her T P Galvin & Co.
Schr t T Long. Tunitell. 1 day from Indian River,
Del. with grain to Jun L Bewley a Co. -
beim Wm Walton, Bunter, from Hallowell, Mo. with
ice to Emckerbocker Ice Co.
beim Chas E Bagmen, h days from Boston, with
2-ce, to Knickcrbikker • Ice Co.:
Sohr ()corgi., Hunt, from Vinalhaven, with granite to
Barker & bro.
Schr F B Ducklin. Bueklin, a days from Charlestown,
with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. ,
beim E A-Hooper, Campion, 5 days from Boston, with
ice to linirkerbucker Ice Co.
Schr II l'bitiononti,' Guiltruy, front Kennebec, with Ice
toKnickerbocker Ice Co.
bchr b Li Sharp, Webb, from Konebec, with ice to
-.Knickerbocker Ice Co.
tt,or Ann S Brown, Fish, from Rockland Lake, with
re to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Sclhr N Nickerson. Crowell, from Portland, with Ice to
Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Sc!,- W N Comer, Egbert, 6 days from Richmond, Vit.
with granite to Richmond Granite Co.
Schr Southerland, Baud, from Peck Myer, with lum
ber to Collin, & Co.
Schr Marsella. Mckinney.from Ellsworth,with staves.
Seim 1, Warren. Roberts, from Newborn, with lumber
to Trainer &Co.
Schr A Treat, Sawyer, frinn Calais, Me. with- Pickets
to W A Levering.
Behr Restless, Baxter, from Boston, with ice to Car
penter Ice Co.
Seim H Van Dusen', Campton, Plymouth.
Schr T Sinnichaon, Dickerson, Harwich,
Behr W W Marcy, Champion, Boston.
Selo* F W Pratt, Kendrick, Boston,
Schr Raven's
Wing, York, Stouington. '
Schr It Law, Stoninuton. • •
Seim J Mershon, Ayres, Salem, Mass. -
lioirltrig Olaf Kyrrui Norw), Larsen, at this port yes
terday front Palermo, is consigned, cargo to Paul Pohl,'
-Jr—not as before.
4ThEARED THIB DAY.
Steamer Monitor, Jones, Now York, NVIII Baird
.& Co.
MEMORANDA.
. ,
Steamer Volunteer. .lonoa. hence at Now 'York yea
terday.' . .
Steamer Asbland,CiAw6l;, - froln.charleston, at New
York yenterditi. • • • • .
Bark Dagmar, Ilanssen, cleared at Landon : oth instant
for this bort.
b. Brig Kodiak. Downey; hence at New York yesterday.
Schr J Ricardo Jova. Little. hence at fdobilolSth inst.
Schr J Baymore, Burdge, cleared at Beaton . 23d inst.
Schr Pedro A Ginn, Lake, hence at Norwich 22d Inst.
—The Trenton people are excited'over the
discoveryiof a petrified cat under the floor of
a church vestry. Church mice have the repu
tation of being very poor,. and it is quite pos
sible-that-the - wretched - antra al-di-ed-of-starva
tion wbile in pursuit of them.
THE WAR IN EUROPE
VIEWS OF THE LONDON TIMES
Russia and the Pilled States the Coming
Great Powers.
(From the London Times of July Ilth.l
After the first shock-caused by the outburst
of French indignation against Spain and
Prussia has passed away, there will be in this
-country—a--disposition-to-look-with a-certain--
equammity to- the. future: -As- a nation,- our
duty is plain. The Queen's Ministers must
spare no elthrt to maintain peace. While
pointing out to France the extravagance of
her susceptibilities and the absence of any real
danger to her, even if the Prince wore elected;
while reminding her that, on the worst COM
siruction, what she has received is but an
allroi t. and not an injury, they will, no doubt,
recommend a conciliatory course to the other
States which have been made by France
parties to the dispute. The good wishes of the
public will go with any such communications,
ror we are all on principle Opposed to war,
and-a. ivar :between Tracker!: and :Germany
would be as purposeless us it would be obsti
nate and sanguinary. But when we have
done our utmost duty as a friendly Power in
the interests of peace, people will be found to
: say that if these two military States cannot
live together until they have tried their
strength and shown the world which is the
leader of - the - Continent; there - can be little
gained by staving off a war, the preparation
for which is almost as bad as the reality. No
such consideration must, however, be per
mitted toinfluence our conduct. Even
tual War - between Fratiee and PrtiSaia
Is, indeed, only too probable .frorn the state
of feeling-which haS just been engendered,
but there have been instances of jealousies
equally strong passing away without 'pro
ducing such a calamity. The animosity of
France against England in 1840, and :for the
next three or four years, was almost as violent
as that against Prussia now ; it broke our
again in 15.03, and it was only to the coolness
iit the English character, which abstained
front returning the daily invectives of the tri
bune and the press, to the caution of Louis
Philippe and the Emperor Napoleon on one
and of our own Ministers en.thet, other.
that We owe the preservatiOn of peace.
:We still . believe it to be in the
power of statesmen, it' they will only exert
equal forbearance, to quiet the present josh
' ousies of France and Prussia until,.of their
own accord, they die away. Very great pro
- gross hail been made diffing the last two
rears. The Frond, - were becoming reconciled
to the creation of:the:North. German_ StateS
pre-enilifence at the Prussian-
Their own moral sense Jell them to sympathize
in sfiie of theinselvs. with the desire of
lite - Germans nie unity; arid . they -Could not
but_recegnize that, though the acts of Prus
weLre somewhat high-handed,_ there_
:1:1 as breakipg
tip the system - which had kept tile
, :oLOWOII country, as it were. spoil-bound and
powerless. -Thus time wa-i 'woiking a great
ehanne, the theories of M. Thiers were tacitly
repudiated, and had it not been for this ill
omened Hohenzollern Prince, the foul
weep France rani j'rnss 4 ,a_nnght_hii fe
thing of-the past.' Now, how
ever, matters are in a worse position than they
,eyer W ere, as a „rulap;,e rtiort-, 41411-eruoz
than the originaa. disease. The very despair
which seizes: on those who have labored for
_peace when they observe that a moment stif
ficek to nniio:tile-NYok4i-..4---Inoriths- years, - iS : '
in itself trfataPperil.
Tit urging that every effort shonid b:r.t . made
for the maintenance of peace, we are moved
more by moral considerations than by those of ,
tiaditional European policy. We may say at
once that we care very little about the balance
of power, which within the last two or three
years has significantly disappeared front the
preamble to the Mutiny act. A war between
rance and Prussia would be a war for the
left bank of the Rhine, and would no doubt be
fought out until the capacity of the one to con
quer or of the other to defend that debatable
land was fully decided. The military result
of such a;war would affect us but little.
The tithe has passed when it could matter
to England whether any Western
Power possessed a few square miles more or
less, or the command of this or that fortress.
Since the last settlement of Europe. States
have come to maturity in the world which
threaten to dwarf the ordinary members of
the European system. Russia and the United
States aryie Powers which the next genera
tion ok upon as the most formidable.
Moreover, he interests and attention of Eng
land are chiefly concerned with her ()wilt?". tow-
Mg colonies and with the vast populations of
Asia. The result-of a Franco-Prussian war is of
little Moment to us politically, but We have an
interest, iu common with the whole of Eu
rope, that the two most advanced nations of
the Continent should not plunge into a contest
the effect of which may be to divide them for
. a generation by an enduring hatred. flow
much the real strength of civilization may
loSe by such a convulsion it is impossible to
foretell. We can only be certain that the
importance of Western Europe, the principal
-held of human progress, will be diminished,
perhaps permanently, by a fratricidal strafe.
The People of the. Rhine Provinces
I From tho North German pondent . I
In a recent number of the P(rIl
we found the following astounding statement :
The Rhine Provinces are half French ; in
Luxemburg—at least in the city of Luxem
burg—all the aspirations of the inhabi
tants ape fur annexation to France':
are curious" tt; kno%ir-, whence
our cotemporary derived its informa
tion, for it can hardly expect us to accept au
assertion so wounding to the feelings of the
Rhenish Prussians without something that
looks liko proof. The P , ell 31(til I:; , eztte cannot
he ignorant that many of the most uncompro
mising German patriots are natives of the
Rhine Provinces, and we recollect well—for
we witnessed it with our own eyes—the al
most too demonstrative loyalty of the Rhenish
reserve and laudwehr when called out fur ac
tive service in 1866. Among the many jour
nals published along the Rhine, from
Dusseldorf to Cobleutz. which daily meet our
eyes, we look in vain fur the faintest trace of
French sympathies. .If any part of Germany
is, more than another, by its geographical po
sition exposed to French influence It is the
Grand Duchy of Baden ; and yet any one at
all acquainted with Germany knows that the
overwhelming majority in that Duchy are
Germans to the heart's core. - With regard to
Luxemburg, we have the best authority for
saying that the great mass of the inhabitants
deprecate annexationof any kind,and mere,ly
wish to be let alone.
—There are now at New Orleans the North
German frigate Ancona, of four hundred horse
power and twenty-eight gnus, and the French
:frigate.,Seiniramis, and school ship jean Bart..
There may be an - ocean - dim]: in: the "Giza of
Mexico like that witnessed at. Cherb ourg be
tween the Kearsarge and Alabama. •
—Only tile qtlier day Father Meric, of the
Paris Oratory, who has been provisionally oc
cupying Bishop Maret's Theological Chair at
the Sorbonne, brought his course of lectures
to a clOe by the emphatic announcement—
" As to the dogma of Papal Infallibility, con
. demned as it has been by the gravest doctors, ,
and rejected by the highest and most le iti
i ate - protests of tbin - human conscience; ftlift
never accept ,
. ,
'MLR'S OF CHARLES DICKENS.
Otte of the Most Remarkable Rates On
Record... Nearly nifty Thonsaud
tars Obtained.
[From the London Daily
The prices given at this sale on Saturday ex
ceeded all expectation. Every one knew that
men would bid high, and thatsome Of the most
Popular lots would give rise to keen ,comneti
tion, but the reality far surpassed expectation,
and the statistics of the Charles Dickens sale
will long remain among the most interesting
traditions of,. M esera...Christie and. Mansoten
fatuous rooms. The great room was full before
1 o'clock, and punctually at the latter kour
the, first lot fr aili ttleaynterscolordra wing of Ros
chester. by Norruam.waa put Alp. it:_went .for.
ten guineas, and three small Stanfields fol
lowed, which brought one hundred and five,
ninety-five, and seventy-five guineas, re
ectively. The room grew Atmore and more
crowded, and though the great majority of
those present belonged to the general pahlie,
faces were recognized here and there among
the. bidders which spoke of their owners'.
special interest in the lots offered for sale. Mr.
.'oho Pointer, Mr. 'Dickens's intimate friend
mid executor, and the man who is by common'
consent spoken of as his biographer, sat behind
the anctioneer ; -and — way 'the purchaser of
st.tantield'a Logan' Rock" for aeventy4ive„
giiineak.' The latet Mr. Dickens's eldest son,
Mr. Charles Di ck ens,j uni or, stood in the crowd,
and bought an exquisite little water-color, by
W. Hunt, of roses in a blue and white jug, for
three hundred and twenty guineas; while Mr.
George Scharf, F. S. A., Mr. Dien Boucicault;
Mr. Hawkins,Q. C., Mr. Johik, Hol
lingsbead, - .Mr. -- Edmund- Yates, = Miss
Braddoe, Mr. J. C. Parkinson,
Mr. Bancroft, Mr. Rudolph Gustavus Glover,
Mr. Andrew Halliday, Mr. H. G. Bohn, and
Mr. George Augustus Bala, were bidders lei .
seine or other of the lots. The really special
interest began when..the, two water-colors
Tophion ;Were. put np. 'Mi. Forster'S picture,
•' Ihe Logan Roek," has portraits of alt. Ma
disc, Mr. Dickens and .Mr. Stanfield, in its
foreground, but the figures are small, and the
outsiders heard of this for the first time from
Mr. Woods, the auctioneer. But every one
knew the story of " Barnaby Rat ge, and his
Mother," and of " Little Nell and her Grand
father in the Tent," and the one realized 110
and the other 2;5 guineas. An admirable
water-color by Prout of Beauvais Cathedral
brought. 156 guineas, and the "Little Nell's
Home," by Cattermole, ldti guineas; and
" Litte Nell's Grave,!' iso guineas- A
series of small pencil sketcher . ; byJohn Leech;
nelosed in a single frame, and bought by Mr.
Dickens at the late artist's sale, realtzed six
teen guineas and a half: a small design in pen
and ink, by Mr. E. M. Ward, R. A., of Wil
son and Defoe, sold for sixty-seven guineas.
The cabinet picture, by Frank Stone, of
•• a ilda Price from- " Nicholas INickletty,"
Itiinted_Att_3fr. ieke nn'staleeire,latelLre arcs_
sersting the laixontlass fixing a flower in the
eurls which made poor Miss Squeem so
jealous, went for only forty guineas, -- while
M r.- Gale's exceedingly comic "Mr. V.'s Aunt,t'
a miniature in oils, of the size of a playing
card, _brought-sixty.guineashe _,brimstone
nd treacle- scene; from — Dotheboy'a
'gaily described in the catalogue as an exilifi s __
-ltespeeituen, had been well talked 'over der
i eg the three days the pictures Were on view.
On the cue hand, its treatment of the scene
port rayed is simply perfect. • The, brawny 'Vir
ago Se utters stands at One of the desks, pre
-siding-over an immense basino 11-brit:lasted e and .
treacle, Of Which delicious compound she ails_
n:iuistered a large instalment to each boy in
seeeteigion,--using for the -purpose -a common--
n
oodOi spoon, which might have been origi
,.ally manufactured for some gigantic top, and
w idette,d_ every--,y_oung—centic.ll3.2lY:i
m onth considerably, they being all obliged,
ttuder r iteavv- corptiral penalties, to take hithe
whole Fowl at a ganfi.Thi anOther corner.
huddled together for companionship, were the
latle boys who had arriVed on the preceding
night, three of them in very large leather
breeches, and two in old trowsers, a some
thing tighter fit than drawers are
generally worn. At no great distance from
ruese was seated the juvenile son and
I,ir 01 Mr. Se ueers—a striking likeness of his
father—kicking with great vigor, under the
Lands of Snake, who was fitting upon him a
pair of new boots that bore a most suspicious
resemblance to those which the least of the
little boys had worn on the , journey down, as ,
the little boy himself seemed to think, for he
was regarding the appropriation with a look
et' most talent] amazement. Besides these
there were a long row of boys 'waiting, with I
countenances of no pleasant andhipatiomtmt
be treaded ; and another tile, who had just es
eaped from the infliction, making a variety of
wry mouths indicative of anything but
satisfaction. This description from
• • Nicholas Nickleby " is the only
one which will bring this gem
of Webster's before the reader ; and the one
thing those looking as it had to regret was
chat it had not been painted four times its size,
for two pages of the auctioneer's catalogue
would have covered it, and this would, it was
thought beforehand, prevent its bringing any
very large sum- The first bid, however, was
one of 400 guineas, and this solved the doubt,
,t mi the in ice ran up, in a few minutes to 500
gUilleflS, at which it was knocked down.
•• The Simoom," by David Roberts, represent
tug an Egyptian sunset, with the Sohynx
In the foreground, sold for 131 guineas:
he portrait of Mr. Pickens in " Used.
Up," by the late Augustus Egg, for
one hundred and seventy guineas ; while
tl.e 31 aelise of a Girl at a Waterfall" was
'ought, by 3.11. Forster for six hundred and
ten guineas. It was curious to remark the
eager personal interest displayed when the
more celebrated lots were about to be sold.
There was a deep-drawn breath before the
first bid, and assort. of gasp, of satisfaction
7 When the haturner fell after rapid biddingand
a good Trice had been reached, which
stained to come from all in the room, and with
the regularity and precision of a military es
ereise. The picture 'of Pickwick and Mrs.
Daniell in gresaiqe, by Leslie, R. A., which is
. ligraVed as a frontispiece in the edition of
" Pick wick" of '1854, represents Mrs. Bardell
when sire had tainted in 31 r. Piekwick's arms;
and when,"before he had time to deposit her on
i chair, Master Bardell entered the room
ushering in Mr. Tupman, Mr. Winkle, anti
Mr. Snodgrass ; this picture went for 131
guineas. The comments when this was seen
on the movable easel, proved how deeply
rooted is the knowledge of Pick Wick in the
English mind. The gathering at Messrs.
tainstie's was not ie any sense an artistic or
literary one. The notabilities present were so
completely in the mincinty that one had to
scan the room to find them; and what Some
writers would term English Plalistineism
seemed as prominently represented as
aught else. But when the Pickwick
picture *as up, the story it. told was
repeated and dwelt on with: the keenest
relish. Mr. Pickwick's innocent promise that
the little boy should soon " have a lively
companion who'd teach him more tricks in a
week than he would ever learn in a year;"
Mrs. Bardell's "Oh, you dear; yott goodiatlint,
playful dear 1": Mr. Pickaviek's ntartaafttmaze-'
mein ;:31rs:Brirdeffs: effusive flinging: et her
arms round Mr. Pickwick's neck;' Mr. Pick
wick's remonstrance,.: it anybody 'should'
come ;" and Mrs. :Bardell's agitated and em-
barrassing reply, "01,1,:ipt,_ them _Come; :Ell
never leave you, dear, good,-kind - soul," were:
passages.we heard quoted in Sub Stance by an
old gentleman exactly as if they referred to a
reakperson. But the enthusiasui' culminated
whenthe Dolly Varden was put up, and found
vent in rounds of applause. The 'charming
"mist of coquettishness" enviroulng this
_dainty - figitroits - beatity;ila taopingilights,onM - 1
step; the innocent p1,0,411405s 01-the fair;young
MONDAY, JULY 25, 1870.
face, took the room by storm, and when a
voice cried out, "five hundred guineaa," a first
bid, the applause broke out again. This mas
ter piece was finally knocked down for nme
thousand guineas, and readers of the Daily
News will not need to be reminded that Mr.
Dickens paid Mr. Frith just £2O fcir it twenty
-seven years ago. The companion picture,
"Kate Nickleby at Madame Montalini's,"
brought two hundred guineas, and then all
eyes were on the Stanfields, which were now
uncovered. A member - of. Mr. Stanfield's
family has told the world that these
-were—painted - --4orthe--F-rozen-----Deep—per--
fonnances, as if there were danger of their
being tqnsuel oft as finished oil pictures, and
as it dealers in art were notoriously blind:
This N% Ilk scarcely necessary, as their story was
well-known and bad beim repeated far and
wide. The " Eddystone Lighthouse" brought
91;0 guineas, and the other two sea pieces 150
and 175 guineas respectively. When it is re
membered that Mr. Dickens left- these works
of art at TavistOck-house as fixtures, and that
the tenant sitcceeding him required as a fewer
that they might be removed, as they were " dis
,agreeable to his wife," their prices seem extra
ordinary. Another burst of applause came
from the room when the full-length portrait
of Al r.-Dickens, by Maelise, 1 - I.ls put up, and
it leas seen that Mr. George Scharf, the cura
tor of the National Portrait-Gallery WaS
ding. Every one seemed to wish that, this pic
ture kboiild become the property of the nation,
but although it sold for what was,,compared
with the other prices, a small sum, it fell to\
the Rev. Sir Edward Jodrell for 600 guineas.
The pictures alone realized 7,698 guineas • and.
when the miscellaneous collegtion was pia up,
the fining' realiZed Were - larger in proportion
than anything which bad. gone before.
A small bronze of an eagle on a rock
went for twenty guineas and a half ; the
stuffed raven, which was ..the - original
of ‘• Grip," in " Barnabr Budge," for
120 - guineas ; and the' -Pickwick ladles at this.
rate : That with a silver-gilt figure of . Mr.
Pickwick for £01) (knocked down after a keen
competition to Mr. Andrew Halliday); the
Fat Boy, C3O : Old Weller, .C5l; Jingle, ;
Winkle-, t:23; Sam Weller e .o4. Mr. Charles
Dickens, Jr., bought three of the foregoing,
and thus terminated one of the most remark
able sales on record. It is worth adding that
the executors had no choice but td let it take
place when and in the manner it did ; the in
junctions of the will - being precise and bind
ing that the things specified were to bp sold by
public auction within a month of death.
A private letter. furnishes us some of the
particulars attending the death of Dr. Charles
A. Pope in Paris. - We extract - as frilkiwS:
July Pith; 1870.—Yon have already,no
doubt, felt the shuck_and pairtof the_lirst
nonneement of the suicide of Dr. Charles A.
-
vPoize, ofyour - eity:77 - t Yaw - can:scarcely:imagine
the effect produced by the first intelligence of
this sad and most mysterious affair-upon the
few Americans, and especially upon the St.
,Lonisarts, of his aceptaiutance, in this city.
Only a tew days ago I met the doctor irl
what seemed to me-his :usual -health--his:-st-ep
lulu-ant, his eye - clear and his countenance
- wearing that same cheerful, healthful and
hope - full expression which made it so attractive
to all with whom he came in contact. Not
withstanding these appearances he said- he
had not been-well, had been much fatigued
before starting on his sea voyage and had suf..
Ter - cd urniSually - friani sea sickness on the pas
sage. the - effects of - Which he fitund it
to get rid of
have learited that on fits arrival here
he found the health of his wife nut so good as
he hoped it would be. Lauds- he had ex
percssetreatiscto uragerrint in reg - ard - ttiliiir --
condition, fearing that she would not recover,
and in conversation with some of 11;, , medical
friends, seeming to be very much troubled and
dejected.
I may state, also, that a short time ago lie
assisted in a severe surgical operation on
Luther M.Kennett, of St. Louts, and for some
days was greatly concerned on account of his
condition. Kennett, 'however, is touch
letter now, and within the: past week has
been recovering rapidly.
Yesterday or day before there were some
unfavorable symptoms in Mrs. Pope's case,
which increased his fears, and in a conversa
tion with Dr. Sims his alarm and distress were
very evident. though Dr. Sims says the condi
tion of Mrs. Pope was not really any worse, and
that he did not consider her dangerously ill.
He tried to make Dr. Pope understand the case
as ho did, but without success. His fears
:zeemed to have overcome his reason and judg
ment, altogether.
On returning yesterdayfrom a drive, he said
to his wife that be did not know what ailed
him, and that while in the carriage be felt un
settled in mind and could scarcely retain the
desire to throw himself out of the carriage
window.
In the evening he placed himself on the bed
by the side of his wile, talked very tenderly to
her, spoke solemnly and feelingly of religious
matters, and his own convictions of the empti
ness of the world and the world's applause. 1.
can repeat this 'conversation but, very Unpin.-
feetly as it came to me so indirectly. - 1t: - wilt
be of interest to you and all his friends as
tending to show something - of - the state hi his
mi nd ltst before the act of suicide.
After this conversation with his wife, at
il , eut six o'clock in the evening, he entered a
mall bed room and locked the door.
His family thought that he had gon4 in to
into- a short sleep. After the lapse of some
lime his son, wishing to speak to his father,
knocked at the door, but could get no answer.
Thinking strangely of it he passed around to a
window of the chamber, and saw his father
lying dead on the tiOur, his throat severed by
a razor which lay near.
Thenetncenk - to , haVe 'beeit , very' iltlibOrn.t6:
Ilk coat and vest had been drawn, his sus
penders unloosed• and thrown over his shoul
ders, and his collar taken off and his throat
hared.-
These are substantially the particulars of
ruts most startling and melancholy atildr.
Cruel have not misrepresented in anything
that I have beard.
Of all the men in the world, it seems to me,
and the same will certainly be remarked by
all Ins friends, Dr. Pope is the last I would
ever have suspected of the possibility of sui •
ide. Su clear in his perceptions, so sound in
judgment, so broad and comprehensive and
stable,in all his mental faculties, and withal so
genial and even-tempered in his disposition,
hew is it possible that this admirable, structure
of a man could be so overthrown
m the other hand, from our imperfect
knowledge of Abe mental perturbations and
beart sorrows / Which must have been neces
sary to-this dOplorable result, who shall ven
ture to eharabterize or to judgethe act
'l7lie affliction orthe family is indescribable.
The grief of the (lector's friends in Paris is
most profound.
A letter to the Titusville herald from Niaga
ra, dated July . 21st, says:
The season is at its:height and busy notes of
i,reparation- are lieard , :upon eVery side for
coming balls. Unlike Saratoga, : which varies
in popularity as a summer resort according to
the caprices of fashion, Niagara is always
popular, and to __conclude .the 'season without
at least a brief sojourn at this point, shows
lack of" pecuniary comfort", or appreciation
of the beautiful-L-unpardonablo faults among
the better class. ;: ,
And to the tie to whom age and experience
have brought
_the stern realities of life and de
stroyed the sweet passion . of youth for earn-
Inds and cream, this month affords bettor fa 4
cilities for 'enjoyment than the' honeymoon
Suicide of an.4lanerlean In Parls
Fro] illjssouri Democrat.)
Brides and Grooms at Niar.rara
month of June, for the bridal parties that
mark that month have nearly, or quite passed
away, anti an old bachelor, or young widower,
can now live withuut having his "feelings har
rowed up by the ekbibitions of affection so
prevalent among newly-married couples out
side of Chicago.
June is a favorite month for Cupid's victims
to take the bonds ' and so accustomed have the
hotel proprietors become to the influx of sub
jects for future divorces during this month,
that they make Many changes in their general
rules and bill of fare . for that month, which
arei - of - courseTobnoxious to hits - Whrrhas benw
through the mill and arrived at that period of
life where roast beef goes farther towards
satiiifying one's appetite than a dozen kisses
on the half shell.
• One veteran landlord informs us that the
expenses of , the hotel business during the
Bride's Month (June) are much less than at
any other time during the season, for, said
lie, "a little sponge -cake and -a few lemon
drops serve -as a square meal for a newly
married couple, and it don't make any differ
ence whether te waiters are attentive or not,
while one chambermaid can attend to all bell
calls during the month." What could be more
beautiful than this touching tribute to pure
atlection front the lips of the aged landlord?
But there are a fete who come here in July,
that bear the - tell-tale inarhs' 'of new Witdiled
bliss. It is easy to detect them, however, in
spite of the assumed boldness of the bride
groom.
I saw a couple enter the vestibule of the
Cataract House last evening, who hoped to
escape the criticism of" bride gazers,"-but-the
disguise wa . s too thin, and Jive minntes. both
stood revealed in all their deceitful imagery.
True, there was an absence of white dimity
and feathers, of silk hat and too tight gloves
and boots, the usual signs of " fresh victims,"
and when.. the .lady snappishly exclaimed,
" Where's my fan, Mr. Glidden?" the delusion
seemed complete, ftirthe . Itimark • would
biive been, " George, dear, have you seen my
fan?" But I was not to be deceived by ap
pearances, and stepping to the clerk's office,
awaited the arrival of this traveler under false
pretences. He came—hold as a sheep—seized
the pen, and wrote with a trembling hand,
" Mr. George S. Glidden and wife, Alleina
goortuni, Pa."
" Do yoh wish a suite of rooms?" said the
urbane clerk, as he turned the lioh-i-noor
upon his shirt bosom so as to blind the un
suspecting Glidden with its rays.
e No!" -thundered the latter, ,! I'm married ;
one room -will do. I've gut through paying
for two rooms now."-
All right, sir," said the clerk, "show him
to the bridal chamber next - to-the divorce
apartment:" As he stepped into the elevator
previot.s to going up to the aforesaid chamber
I heard him say : " I told you so, Emeline; it
was that blasted perfumery you put- on my
handkerchief' that did it The minute that
hotel -yelerlt--.--g ot - ra SD it at ;tbat, - :hal , saysi7lie,
Patchouly ? Show 'em tip to the bridal
ebaruber;_!' ..by. which we were left to infer
that Patchouly- and bridegrooms are linked
together in some mysterious manner 'known
only to hotel clerks.
A Brigand's Last Wishes
The following trans.lation has been pub,
usher of a letter written by a brigand lately
executed in 1.41 - eece to his brother. The letter
originally appeared in the /los:
Mother Nicolaki,l salute you. My brother,
I enjoin 300 to give fifty drachmas to the
chinch of"SrParnsl:eyt in the village ofLimo
gartln ;ilk) to St. ':7l - elin of Pa - km.llod thirty
drachmas;_ give agallon of oi Ito the churcii,of.
Ntioehori. and a gallon of oil to St. Nicholas of
Dicri. (jive a gallon of oil to the Virgin of
X eriotissa ; and when you return to_, our native
ehboSe. for - the
salvation of my soul. My brother, I leave
3on my blessing; but my curse if, instead of
returning to our own village, you remain on
this spot.
Write first to our mother, and tell her that I
die; but do not tell her that I die this igno
minious death. Do nut leave my baby in this
place, but wrap him up and carry him to our
mother. Take care not to give hini up to any
oue else; and if my wife is determined not to
marry again, take her also to our home, and
treat her as your sister, because I cherish the
sweet hope that she will not marry again; but
should she desire to do so, do not take away
the silver ornaments that I gave her, or any
thing else, but only the wedding ring which
bears my name.
:Make a garland, write my name upon it,
and with it crown the head of ' . Nicholas in
our church.
Do not quarrel o • count of the disputed
eattle with sa l'ann. ii Founta, or else his curse
will follow me,and take for settlement what
ever he chooses to give you.
Do what you like with the cows I have at
Divri.
If my wife wishes to marry give her what
you like.
Do not be such a madman as to quarrel with
our enemies, or you would ruin altogether
our father's name. On the contrary,wherever
you meet them, bow to them graciously, be
cause 1 forgave thetn,and God alone will judge
then),
IV ben I was a hut I robbed from the church
the holy books of Father Veta, and ho cursed
me—therefore, you rutt-t find a priest and
bring him to my grave to bless it; otherwise I
am afraid that my body will not be changed.
When you return to our village, give a ban
itnet to all my mates, to celebrate my marriage,
as they were not present at it; and if if ever
passes through your mind to injure any of
those who tried me, 1 leave you my curse,
that you may come to the same shameful end
as myself. If you do nut intend to return to
our birthplace, take care of my child and treat
him as your own and execute faithfully all
that I command yoti here.
Try if can take poSSesrdort . Of -My liodY;
and bury it near that of our master at Limo
garthi ' • but if you cannot obtain my body, at
least try to take my head. If you succeed in
getting my body, and you bury it as I order
you, place a tombstone with my name over it,
and if you remain two or three years in our
native place, take my bones into your house.
When you meet ragged beggars, receive them
and assist them as mach as you can, other
wise God will not permit the salvatiOn of my
soul.
Ask my godmother, also Miss Vasilike and
all the servants, to forgive me from their
hearts, and ask Father Atlia.nasi to come per
sonally to my grave and pronounce a long
benediction over it; and, besides, ask all the
peasants of Lirnogarthi to forgive me also
from the bottom of their hearts.
I left my watch with Mr. Rizo-Manoli. Go
to him and give twenty-eight drachmas. Sell
your own, and take mine as a keepsake.
Write to the mother' of Costa, and also to
Athanasi Millie, whom I injured, to forgive
me. I left in the house of our master two
muskets. Take them, sell them ; and give the
proceeds to the poor, for the salvation of my
soul.
1 salute you sweetly and a a brother, and I
remain, your dead brother,
Chinaman partied "Chin Foo, who
sports costly diamonds, and is a very stylish
fellow, is at Saratoga. He is creating a great
sensation, and every time he drives out with
his tour-in-hand, he is " observed of all ob
servers.' Foo-Foo will arrive at Saratoga
shortly.
—The lightning recently struck the powder
magazine Santo-Spirito, at Venice, where
600,000 pounds of that material are stored
away. The conductor received the electrie
discharge, and its top was literally melted
away, and the whole length twisbed, but no
further damage was done. •
abOut ten. o'cleek last night a' fire' WO
discovered in the drying-room of the American
Bank Note Company, on the top floor of the
building Nos. 60, 71 and 73 Broadivay, running
through Rector street to Church street, and
covering the entire lower side of Rector street
between Broadway and Church street. The
lire was first seen by one of the watchmen,
who, after finding his efforts to extinguish
it were futile, ran oil and gave tho alarm.
The firemen were promptly on hand, and by
dint of two hours' severe labor, succeeded •in.
confining the flames to the floor where it orig.,
mated. The loss of the Bank Note Company ,
is difficult to estimate, as their whole stock of
plates, which have a very high value,are run
tiered worthless by , tho fire. Besides this; i tbt
said that a large amount of currency, ready
for transmission to Washington ; was de
stroyed. The amount is estimated. variously
from $BO,OOO to $200,000.
The fourth floor, occupied by Knapli Szp'7
Mayor as a lithographic establishment, was
also seriously damaged but the loss cannot be
given in dollars and cents, as the proprietors'
were absent. The entire building was flooded,.:
and the loss to the tenants, oh which there is a.
large muntier ; As quite large. Edward Math—
ews, of No. 426 Broad street, who is the
owner of the building, loses $20,000 to $23,009
on the building.
The origin • of • the fire; is variously
Some attribute it - to•the cernbilstien -of some
eheinitials,- while others 'report it tohisive been
caused by some sheets of paper -falling on the
hot stove.'
THOMAS TOANNOU
The fire spread with such rapidity that seve
ral.. persons .who were in the building luul
barely. time to escape and ngirl named Mary_
Murphy, in the employ of the janitor, was,
overcome by the fright and was taken to the
street by •Boundsmun Oates, of the Twenty
seventh Precinct. , • • •
Sergeant Gay, who had charge of the . police,
rendered valuable aid to the firemen,-by keep
ing the crowd who had gathexed. , o4ottlid•the
Bra , At a ProPordita n Ga , ; ,
PRICE THREE C
FACTS AND FANCIES.
From the August number of Putnam'c Illuazine, re
ceived from Turner & Co.]
Boa.
Call him Bop. for that is what we named Wm,
With tears and laughter,
Ere with our laurel-wreath We proudly claimed
him
Forever after.
Call him Bez—tbat was our word for him
When he was young, -
And unibTfiarom some far corner dim,
His accents rung.
In earlier days, when first we caught the glory,
Just shimmering through,
The tenderest utterance—the rarest story
k We ever knew!
As little children, by their motherseated s
Group softlyround
To hear her stories o'er an o'er repeated,
With awe profound. - .
While memory brings back dreams of joyand
sweetness,
Even as he willed, • •
We gathered at his feet—from his complete:
Our lie killed
We 3Q_ edthe author, who so loved the true,
So hated wrong;
We loved the teacher, whose great soul yr
knew,
Tender n'ad strong
We felt the loving spirit of the master
•
In all•bis creeds.
He touched the world's cold heart, and it beat
faster
For human needs
As like an'angel, visiting each dwt-lliug
With kindly face,
He lit the fire of love, Heaven's watchword
telling,.
In every place
Close up those earnest eyes to want and so r,-;
row,
Forevermore!
And bid him stand erect, upon the morrow,
Earth's labors o'er.
And, like the seraphs in the old-time vision,
• Still, to and fro,"
His thoughts, like spirits from you world ely-_
sian, •
Will come and O.'
—Papermapicias, throe for a - cent . ; are a, Ger
man luxury. •
. .
—The most desirable .receptions for this
warm weather are cool receptions. - -
_
—Among,pther-things-besidesice which_ths.
hot weather makes it difficult to, keep, is your
temper.
—One of the coolest transactions during the
warm - season is to steal ice from a neighbor's
doorway. ,
.
—ln Paris there is "ft - etirre . nt saying that
where a Frenchman spends five francs an Eng
lishman will spend twenty r and an American
fifty.
—Le Gamin says that Napoleon has offered
Rochefort a chaplaincy in the French ariny;
and that the latter has agreed to put out his
Lauteme,_amLaccept. :
--An- American-- sojourning- , in--London-
quietly says that a hotel on the " European
plan "-is a:hotel - where - yowpay - fbr what you
get and half as much more.
—Two certificates of death in the San.
:Franeisco's—otlice—reatt: Elena iiilr"
ture of the head," and "Suffocated by eating
poison."
—Maine is blessed with a base- - ball-club
which has adopted the simple and melodious
name of Passagassawaukeag. They never can
get that name into the bag along with the bats
and things.
—The Frenchmen being smaller, more of
them with their rifles can be packed together
in less space than the same number of
Germans would require. Some think this
may give Louis Napoleon an advantage, in
malting up squads of human revolvers.
—The Erie Republican svti : A Norwegian
family, consisting of father, mother and
twenty-one children, passed west the other
day. The old man wants to take a contract to
settle some new State and bring it into the
Union.
—There are two ladies in thePost-Otlice De
partment at Washington who are employed in
translating the foreign correspondence, add in
keeping up the accounts in foreign languages.
They are scholars in four languages—German,
Spanish, French and Italian.
—Owing to the death of the Marquis of Lo
thian another Catholic Peer will be added to
those who have seats in the British House of
Lords. The deceased Marquis is succeeded
by his brother, Lord Schomberg Kerr, who
became a Catholic some years ago.
—The Loraren correspondent of the New:
Vork 'writes : You have. doubtless
wn the report that Thomas Carlyle will
shortly visit the United States. I ant in a_po
sition to inform you that it 1:3 a mistake. Mr.
Carlyle has gone to visit his relatives in Scot
land for two months, and has no more thought
of crossing the Atlantic than of going to the
moon. Indeed, his age, as well as Ins habits,
seems to forbid the idea." ;;
BAD FIRE IN NEW- YORK.
ihiruoling of the titock of the American
Bank Note company.
[ From tiro Nrw York Standard, of this morniAgl