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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 ARCH STREET. EYRE & LANDELL, &t. — DEPARTMENT L, MEN'S WEAR. — .is/15, CANVAS DitiLLs. PADDED DRILLS. SCOTCH. CHEVIOTS. CASMMEILE•,EOR. ROTS A.Nri TOWELS: • Plf. OD 1,1 Vir.ll (M. L , CITRATE bjagnrwia.—JOlLlS C. BAKER & C0..71.4 3lark.'et SPECIAL NOTICES. !►isperior Bathing Dresses. JOHN WANAMAKER, 8.18 and 820 Chestnut St. EMMEMI • Tie?, pas Vt./eilt•tor Sitl.walka,Cnort-yard.. Damp for lireweti , 4. Malt Houso,s, t, ~,,, n .•r, in New York, And ie now ~ n street, west of Twenty-third. It iv nod t • 0-.=-I.ll,rit—are-Toincclfully—reiltH.Ared• N.Y. S'TONE IVONIKS. Only. No &a -Seventh avelino; 1p §' A TO N EETM. E. CH 1.7 H 1 -. N}_ Yulai BAY E LAC t.N. on Ttt-tu-trrttt , V h-3 tt I y-2lit Nio ft-tr c to two tht , r.+-tilt - or tb I ott , r utitionttrYarlir YON,: - Wixlitut eat ecl. whltrUltl7.3V A. M. tit - 117/6 Sr( h str.rol: North yo - uttlz strita". And at lb. , ' L-44 , 1ii the toot out g of tit, t•acort.itto. HOWARD HOSPITAL,' NOS. 1518 and I.sai Lombard street, Dispensary Department. —ll 4 l , Klielli treatment nd medicine furnished just uitously •o the poor DIVIDEND NOTICES. L - 7 , PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY-OFFICE =7 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. PHILADELPHIA, June 29, 1 670 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, WILLIAM It. LEEDS. j 4-16 tl ocl2rp; 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