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VOLUME XXIV.--NO. 96.
FEDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS
for Parties, ike, Now styles, MASON k 00 .,907
letnut etroot. de3Ofmw
I'IXED EARTH CLOSETS ON ANY
Door,in or out of doors, and PORTABLE EARTH
CONIMOBEB, for use in bed chambersand elsowhero.
Are absolutely free from offence. Earth Otosot COM-
Dany'o office and salesroom at WM. G. 11110ADIV, No.
Ll2l Market street. r 11029-til
DIED.
DOBBINE.—On the morning of the 30th ult., Ann
Dobbins. relict of the late Caleb Dobbins, aged lit years.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
-invited to-atterulthelmieral;frem-the - resniente-of-W
C. Mullen, No. 629 North Tenth street, on Tuesday
morning. at 9 o'clock. without further notice. •
EDW A RDS.—Suddenly, on July 29th, of cholera la,
fatitamr Agnes. infant Iluughfrr of George and Loniee
'Edwards. of New Cattle, Delaware. •
► GILLINGIIAM.—At Limerick, .1 efferson coanty, N.
Y., on the Zith ult., Lizzie, daughter of Wm. J. and the
late Maria Gillingham, aged Pi 'ears.
Her friends and relatives are Invited to attend her fu-
neral, from the residence of her father, No. 929 Ran
dolph street, on Tl, ipi-day afternoon, 24 instant; _ut 3
o'clock. Interment at. Fair 11111.
WOODWARD.—On 'Saturday, July 31Ith. at the resi
dence of John Shivers. near Mnotentown, N. J., Clara
M. Woodward , daughter of John P. and the late l'rls
cilia T. Woodward.
The •relatives and friends of the family nro invited to
attend the funeral, from the residence of her father, SO9
tranklin strect,on Wednesday .trmriling, &I instant. at
. . • , .
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WOOD,—On the .30th nit., &barks 3. Wood, in the
77th y ear of his age.
II le frlendo and these of the family are Invited to at.
tend 'hit; ' funeral,' on Ttteadav a fterte,en ,et 3 o'clock,
from hie late realdence.lio. 90.5 Uheetnnt street.
1%," MASONIC) NOTICE.—THE OFFICEIBz AND
I'indiers of Lodge No. .3 A. Y. 31., and Frateralty in
general. arc respectfully invited to asacfahle at t l a , m a .
sonk 'flail, Chestnut street. on TUESDAY A 4rt;
NOON, August 2d, at 4 o'clock. to attend the funeral of
our late Brother, WILLIAM S. SIMPSON. By order
.of the W. 31.
- NELSON lIA TTEN,Secretat
ARCH STREET
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SPECIAL NOTICE;
Chestnut Street.
1 tu ki ll e uri st er CLOTHING
s' 4 JOHN. WANAMAKER, 0
GRAND CARNIVAL
BAL MASQUE,
TO BE GIVEN. I'
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On Olt, occtv.ion AC in b ocgn(Fit.ll*l'
Floral Adornments,
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will rnhenoe the splendor of the setDe and gratify the
lewd eiitirding Ludt..
Coril4 of Admission (including Th - fileowl lure
to am, from Atiantic City)
Forsale at VINE STREET FERRY TICE ET OFFICE
D. 30 itrp.L . •
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o the poor
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THE INSURANCE CONIPANY uF
THE ETATS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Putr.eurr August WO.
110 - Virectors have'thi. day declared a dividend of
Six Per .Cent., or ?well, Dollars per share, (dear of
Cailed Mates and State ra7CeS. payable .to the ,btock
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Philadelphia for Lone Branch will leave Walnut
etreet wharf at 7 A. M. and 3 P. M.
Return trains will leave Long Branch for Philadelphia
at 5.45 A. Id. and f1.20-P
Fare Philadelphia to Long Branch, e. 2 50.
OW" After Saturday, July 3), the a A. M. and 2 P. m.
trains will be discontinued as Long Branch trains from
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MEETI.;NQ
AT OGEAN GROVE,
NEAR LONG
Trains leave Philadelphia, Walnut Street Wharf, via
- Camden and Darlington Co., and Now Jersey Railroads,
At 7.00 A. 111:. and 3.3dr. 111
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:F,XCUESION TICEETS, including Stage from Long
Branch to Ocean Grove and return, tz,s 25 for ROUND
.Tickets can bo procured at Unice, 828 Chestnut street,
:Or at Walnut street II hart before departure of trit . ins.
W. 11. GATZItEIt, Agent.
PHILADELPHIA, July 234870. jy29-I.t §
'T/RE YFItSECETION OF GENERAL
IIOWARD.
Don Platt'n,Optnion.
In a letter to the Cincinnati (
upon the subject-ofthe persecution of General
Howard, Don Piatt says :
Tlie men Who got up this prosecution and
have carried it on with so much zeal and
venom are fortunately well known to the pub
lic. A statement of their names is in itself
sufficient vindication. • NO man probably over
Went through so severe a trial as this given
General Howard. As. I have said before of
the sixty-two days, sixty were given to• the
prosecution, and during that entire time, re
porters, venomous as the prosecutor:4, were
busy as the devil transmitting, by . telegraph ..
.garbled stateinents- of-evidence Surreptitiously
• obtained, for the committee sat with closed
doors under a pledge of secrecy. The • men
who supplied Fernando Wood with slanderous
'accusations, were in turn fed by , him with
-. colored statementsof - the - evidence.
It makes one sick at heart to see in this day.
- -of corruption the few honest 'and honorable
men left the republic driven from places of
trust, while the great horde of hungry scoun
drels that crowd about the public treasury like
rats around a rotten granary,are left to admin
ister the Government. I doubt, •however,.
- whether - one so high in - the - esteem - of the pub--
lio and deep in the affections of the religious
, community can in this way be either crotrdett
-down or crowded out.
THE MURDER OF .MR. NATHAN;
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WHO COMMITTED THE CHIME ?
The Pollee OtelMusty Silent—Working.
lip the Case—Theorles of the People
About the Murder—hotense Pnbile
reel 111 N.
tFrom the N. T. Standard of to-du! .
The murder of Mr. Benjamin Nathan seems
to till this city witlfa general feeling of horror.
The deep mystery that envelops this terrible
crime causes men of wealth, no matter how
free from the vengeance ofAll men, virtuous
and charitable, to experience a sense of inse
curity that would make life itself w'barisome
and painful. That the cold-blooded assassin
will be hunted. down, every oue hopes, but
even some of our most keen awl far-sighted
detectives gravely doubt; The only facts in
connection with this murder upon which we
may place firm reliance, are the appalling
.wounds; the bided that 'bespattered ' the'VVtilLs'
of his bedroom, which is an evidence that the
deceased struggled hard to save his life, and,
the'iron implement, called a "dog," found by
his son, and the diamond studs taken from his
shirt, and the rifling of the sate, which seems
to indicate that n burglary had been--oten
witted. At midnight on, Friday„the,doora.of.
Mr. Nathan's house in 'Twenty-third street ,
were carefully fastened. It is believed that the
murderer did not enter up to that hour, .and
marks have been left to show that lie ever
lett it' The prints of the son's feet while run
tfing. ipp stairs to give,the alarm after he tlis;
Covered the murder ant the Only Of the
track of anyone trona the bedroom of Mr. Na
than. On a marble slab in the hall, innuedi
utely below the last step of the staircase, there
is another footprint. but that also is the son's.
The door of the hallway was a little ajar, and
this fact may confirm The suspicions of many
Issas was_welLaccp.ain th-the--
Ilieu e. for, in Washington Nathan's deposi
tion, be sass that on I...turning home on the
morning of the murder, he locked, chained
_ andbarred" the doorsnitcrr entertrigi
The nature et--the- implement with which
the murderer killed 31r. Natinut_.suggcts__to _
many that:the burglar, assassin or assassins,
1•41.:1:At. tyrUf , in the crimes they perpetrated, for
the instniment bas never been known to bo
used as an implement by accomplished
burglars. 4 4 1i the night of the murder a car
ting., was seen by a man having charge of ii
house at the rear of Nathan'S residence.
During the terrifie thunderstorin of Friday
. night this carriage r, niqin , 4l there: mid the
charge of the:hen - se, neat :- , l7hiet , the-: -
caniage stood, carefully Watched it, as his'
curiceaty was aroused by the fact of no driver -
lig on the box through an hour. At length,
o wive that something was wrong, he went
out on the street, approached the carriage-a
leolied-in the window.
There was one man imide,apparently asleep.
on the kerper-if The house recalling that he
Lad k- ft the door wide open, he returned kick,
and on his way overheard whispering in the
- cafriagei-whieh increased his cffritistity. After
ockihg his door ho went tfp- stairs and con
firmed to look from his window through the
elm trees that shaded it, and watched the
tnovrmeats of the riderless carriage. Shortly
after the thundeiAthin be saw a man mount ,
the box hastily and drive toward Brtiadway.
No more of this circumstance has yet reached
us. Superintendent Jourdan, though he is
thelatrand I , ritigtn
ss to bear upon it, appears to lay no pare_
ticular,stre upon the matter - --
Pollee Were Ominously Silent.
and looked as if they anticipated a reporter's
questions before he ~p oke to them. Every
police officer had the same answer. The cap
tains knew nothing more of the murder than
w hat was already published, yet the detectives
in civilian's dress were communing with the
police all night around the dwelling opposite
Fifth Avenue Hotel, in such a manner as to
assure us that there was a tangible end in
their movements. Another strange feature of
the crinn is the quiet manner in which it wa.s
perpetrated. Not one in the house heard any
cry, voice, or - noise of any nature. This fact
is rendered less suspicious by a well-conceived
plan of one of the detectives. The doors of
the rooms were placed in the same way in
which they were upon the night of the mur
der. A police officer occupied Mr. Nathan's
bedroom, and otler officers those of the sons
and domestics. The otticer\in Mr. Nathan's
bedroom yelled loudly and none of those in
the other rooms heard him. \
the theory raised by the reporter of a Sun
day paper that Mr. Nathan's son Washington
committed the murder has created intense ex
citement. The police allude to this interpre
tation as a cool and unmitigated lie; still'
there are persons who have the same theory.
As for us we only note what, is going on. Ono
iiolice officer answered our reporter on being
. asked what was thought of this fearful suspi
cion raised by the writer of the Sunday pa
per, that " he ought to be lynched right away"
—meaning the reporter. This was the only
remark offered last night outside of persist
ently denying that they knew anything of the
murderer's track.
It is strongly doubted that one man commit
ted the act, for there are wounds on the skull,
which have not been made by the "dog:"
Punctures have been discovered—cats which
have the appearance of
Dagger Wounds,
and others said to have been made by the
Made of a sword-cane- 4 It is.iilso.doubtett that
the : object of the murderer was robbery alone,
as the iron dog could not have been intended
as an instrument with which alone to ellect
the burglary. It is, however, probable that.
the murderer brought the dog " with him as
a means of protection if discovered iu his rob
bery. Yet again; - the fearful bruises and
wounds indicted by the murderer are suffi
ciently powertul as an evidence to establish a
belief that there was spleen, revenge, and
every vindictive feeling urging the arm of the -
murderer as he dealt the numerous blows, any
one of which would have causeddeath. The
mangled state of the murdered man's skull
might prove that even after death the mur
derer continued his foul work. As to the sup
position that the assassin was familiar With'
the habits of Mr. Nathan, we can find no
ground for suspecting, for iu the cold-blooded
act there was no pomt known wherein Mr.
Nathan's tendencies were exhibited any more
than he defended himself with many violent
efforts to save his life, as his clenched teeth
and tightly clasped hands indicated. In line,
the object of this theory is to cast suspicion on
the son of Mr. Nathan as the murderer of his
father, These words are startling and fall of
mystery while they may be cruelly unjustand
uncharitably made the subject of a new sensa
tion. In such a fathomless mystery it may bo
unfair to condemn the public-press for- utter- -
lag statement: which are meant to sift the
surrotitidings_.ot aLdecti....WhiehtSeeturi_tO_:o-.L.
proach all humanity, and cast a heavy gloom
over, our social sphere. The police are reticent
on every sabjectbut this one - Of yoneg Nathan's
complicity, of which they do not hesitate
to , say •• he nOt guilty. , A . vivid;
imagination would naturally, be inclined to
picture some of the hideous parricidal- scenes
which the reporter of the Sunday paper paints
With ,such quaint positivism and detail. It is
Mittne, as tar as we are concerned, that Mr;
Washington Nathan was unwilling to admit
the representatives of the, prOss - to the scene of
the - tragedy; --- TYclung — Mr:" - Natlian personally,
ushered our reporter into his father's bedrotn,
and seemed particularly anxious that all the
newspaper men should attend and reeetiro
every facility for making their profemional in
vestigation. Mr. Nathan, the murdered man,
was affectionately attached to his family, and
Lad placed his sons In a high position,
wherein they have the means of attaining
the wealth .which their late father had
amassed HI his commercial career, be
sides being the heirs to his extensive pro
perty.'and valuables. These circumstances are
seemingly conclusive enough to disavow the
sink founts which are now freely discussed in
reference to the suspicion attached to vont) ,
•as tingion alian. The members of the
Stock Exchange met on Saturday, and unani
mously passed a vote of sympathy with the
aggrieved family of the deceased, whose cha
racter they eulogized in the highest terms.
They ordered the flag or the Stoek. Exchange
to be placed athalf-mast. They resolved that
a copy of the resolutions drawn up at their
meeting should hatransmitted to the_ family,_
ith Assurance of their sincere condolence
and Meep heartfelt sympathy in this sudden
and awful dispensation. It was also resolved
that the Exchange remain closed until 1 P. M.
tt,dav, and that the officers and members of.
the Board meet at Fifth Avenue Hotel at 0.15.
this Morning. Mr. Nathan's life has been in
chequered by a single ignoble or questionable'
act...To
.h 0 numerous. friends he has. been- -at
all iiines a courteous and an open-hearted
gentleman, which makes his loss so deeply
!ett by all holding any commercial or social
relations with him._
On account of Saturday being the Jewish
Sabbath, the funeral of Mr. Nathan was post- . _
ponednntil when he Will be buried
with all due honors.- At ten o'clock on Satur
day morning a large congregation assembled
in the tipple of the Shearith Lsrael, a syna
gogue in Nineteenth street, near Fifth avenue.
Jhe Rev. Mr. Lyons, the celebrant, spoke
-with deep pathos of thegloomy deed that had
occurred in theirtriidst. He-spokeof the great
liberality of the deceased, and the unq - ualifie*
charity for which lie bad been remarked by
all who knew him, and which he had practiced
generously since he gnu became pecuniarily._
competent to exercise his 11111Ilitillellee. The
speaker was so overcome in' relating his con
nection with the aeceased that ho had to for-
Isiariand - ciaim - thei - ndulgence — o themecongre
gation, as he could not proceed Tor-some time.
It is stated that a suspicious character was
arrsted sesterday i bet the police denv_thefao
With the same ominous persistency with which
hey dieclaint any knofrledge whatever of any -
-eines-to-the-detection-of the- assassin:--Super---
intendant'Jourdan is assiduously engaged in
unraveling the fearful mystery,. He has . en
tered into a most strict; exacuinatieb Of. - all the
inmates of the house, and has an ample staff
of his craftsmen distributed through every no
table quarter. The daring and heartless - mur-,
derer still Carries - his leaden secret within him, -
and it will fte a grave'lbss to .society if he bear
it With him to-the tomb. •
uperinVendent - Jordan's -- Oppigii
-S n: - -
Police'Superintendept Jordan, in a conver-'
cation witk, our reporter, last evening, ex
pressed his Opinion in decided terms of - the
sensation story printed in a 'Sunday paper,
yesterday,in relation to-the Nathan murder.
Nr. Jourdan pronounced the insinuation
agan it-Washington Nathan as the..
un- •
there being not the slightest Sus
picion itgailisitrinin as far as the police have
yet received informant:in.
:Sot hing-has yet been developed to change
the theory entertained by - the police respect
ing the manner ef the crime. •
The -arrest •of the notorious Tom Costello
was not for the supposed participation iri the
- ifibrifer. as reported in one of the papers yes
terday.
ALIMSALIttN - ItMWIC - -
TranSporied Felon Recognized after
liieni3-seven Years in an Episcopal
Bishop.
About thirty-five years ago, one William
Bailey entered the Universit,y of Dublin, and
close attention to business soon became a
full-fledged Doctor of Laws. He vas a good
looking man, an eloquent preacher, and a
ereat favorite with the ladies. He Was essen
tial to the success of tea-parties, absolutely
necessary to the well-being of pici.rdcs, and a
brilliant light In those heterogeneous meetings
called eontersaziones. Unfortunately. for Dr.
William Bailey, Aie wa.,4 one of the many
divines who had•-•toTasseirich on .C 4 a year,
and his. daily • and ni,,ahtly attendance on
the fashionable world speedily involved
him in debt past all hope of re
do:option. William has a sister rolling in
wealth, and although she listened to his ser
mons and prided herself on their close rela
tionship, she steadfastly refused to send him
one sixpence or become responsible in any
way for his liabilities. At length,in Istt3, Wil
liam Bailey, LL. D., took the liberty of sign
ing his close-fisted sister's name to a check for
t. 2,700, and she at once gave him in custody.
The trial came off, and the seal-stirring
preacher, the fashionable divine, the erudite
illiam,was banished for ten years to Botany
Bay. The ladies wept for Ins fate, and the
gentlenao) talked a few days about " that un
thrtunato man Bailey," but he soon dropped
out of mind, and became nothing more . than
an ordinary convict. All this happened in
1643, and now a rumor has reached the ears of
the wiseacres of Dublin UniverSity, that one
William Francis Xavier Bailey, au Australian
Protestant Bishop. is the identical , William
Batley, LL.D., who once moved ,in the best
Irish circles, and once met judge Ball under
very painful circumstances. ~ A disappointed
candidate for the Bishopric had raked up his
antecedents from the Newgate calendar, and
staggered his flock by the assertion that the
Episcopal See was filled by an accomplished
forger. The §enate of the tniversity.of Dub
lin have therefore, resolved.to
:strip Dr. Wil-,
liam (Francis Xavier) Bailey of • his degrees,
and hold him forth to the religiOuS world as a
wolf in sheep's clothing.
DEL WARE PEACHES.
Shipments, Routes, Varieties, Etc.
The Wrlmington Continacbt? of Saturday
says :
The peach shipments by railroad yes
terday were seventeen carloads, against a
shipment of thirty carloads.on the correspond
ing day last year.
We copied recently from the Smyrna Tii,u'.
a statement that " a great portion of the Sus
sex—erop is going by way.of the Lewes steam
ers." We learn that the shipments thus far
have been quite small,and are likely to remain
so unless there is some improvement in the
management of the steamers. Ou the after
noon of the Nth aboid two carloads of peaches
and marketing, and several passengers from
various points on the Junction and Break
water Railroads were at Lewes ready for the
steamer Granite. State; "announced to sail that
afternoon. The' steamer did not make her ap
pearance, and the' fruit was shipped north
ward next day, by the All Rail route, since
which time the freight agent of the Dela Ware
Railroad has .receivect inquiriesifor rates from
the Junction and Breakwater 'Railroad. The
balk Of •the_.p_eaches-, from.,,,StisseX., - Will Aimee
- fFO - fn'alO - ng 7 the'ifia - e - a the DelaTware Railroad,
in the western part of the county, and they
Will be shiPfied'bY the All Rail route.
Gentlemen with whom we have conversed,
from the lower part of the State; speak in
very disparaging Orilla of the Hales Early
peach, and deal are it utterly .worthless, it
being sure to rot in the orates if picked before
it is ripe, and equally sure to rot 011 the trees
if left to ripen. We are told, however, that it
has done better in.the upper part 6f the peach
growing district; "Brief communiCations from
the various , growers to this paper would do
more; evengian an association :towards;
diflu
sing inforuiation aS to. the best and poorestva.;
rieties
MONDAY, AUGUST 1,1870.
TUE GOLD REGIONS.,
Discovery of ts /Sew Gold Mine In Cal!-
formats.
[From the San Bernardin9 Guardian.!
We have always contended that our coun
try, if thoroughly prospected, would be into
to contain a greater variety and richer
minerals than any other in the State, and that
it: only needed the advent of the. hardy
prospector to verify the fact.. Since the publi
cation of our article in April last, many rich
discoVeries have been made, both in gold and
- silver; and tin, but willinfilEti past two
weeks nines have been discovered that
eclipse anything in point of richness that has
been found since the discoveries near San
Diego last spring. About forty miles in a
southerly direction from San Bernar
dino, some gold quartz veins have been dis
covered that show free gold in great abund
ance. Mr. Stamps. an old 4f.t± miner, and a
•small party left the San Diego mines some two
or three months ago and commenced pros
pecting this way, taking the mountain ranges
that had toward "Old Witty," or San Bernan
dino base line, with but little success,however,
until, arriving at the mountain of San Jacinto,
they' discovered. a entail quartz vein outcrop-.
ping; containing free gold. The vein was only
about three inches . wide, but. extremely.rich.,
They at untie ,commenced sinking a shatt,and,
as they sunk down, the vein widened. and at
a depth of about twelve feet it was twelve
inches and widening, showing a- good wall
with clay casing. An arastra was at once
erectod, and from :500 to 600 ppunds of rock'
upward of S:100 worth of gord_Was . ektraeted.:
Since-that-time other.Vein:4 -have- beenfi -- iUnd
in the vicinity. The news of the discovery,
flied like wildfire through the town, and men
in wagons, men on horseback, and men on
foot have. daring this week . , flocked to the:
El Dorado. None of them' have .returned
tette time of going=tO presS, but we Will give
our readers further particular, when we re
ceive them. Gold quartz veins have also been
found within the pasttwo weeks in other parts,
o the county, and in the "Squaw" they are
sinking a shaft to develop it, as also in the
Claim adjoining. .
For rnanyyears past there, has been a le
gend-or tiattition - am - mug - the - CI-difornianwand ,
miners that a silver Mine existed in the sur
retuning mountains. from which the old pa
dres, in times past ; had extracted fabulous
"Sint; dof r Onto ;" hts locality of the Mi tie
was forgotten, and although, from vague in-;
loimation, -many - adventurous- -ininent- had
spent their time and money in trying to trace
it- out, it was in Vain. A short time since some
Californians found a - very rich - silver
rock, but cnnld not - find the lead - or vein
whence it cause. They inforMed Dr.- Barton
and Win. McCoy of the fact, and on Sunday
last they, in company with -Charles Clusker
and Mr. Lisle, proceeded to the spot where
the float rock was foundfOrty mile.; in an
easterly-direction frciin-San Bernardino.
• Arriving, at the spot; they proceeded in a
systematic manner to prospect the mountains.:
Their,etiorts wer - e_after a time rewarded•Withl
success. Charlie Clusker struck upon a! well
_defined trail leading into the mountains,which
he followed, and soon *came—upon_a_tonil Well •
graded and built; of large stone, evitientlY with
.care, which, following; brought .him to the
old Jesnitrnme. •
-Here at last was the mystery solved—the
truth established that in the Old time, years
ago, men had :been engaged in mining. _ The_
rtmains of an -old shaft were. found, partly
tilled in, but showing marks of the pick and
gad— The party at once proceeded to clear
away some of the rubbish, and soon obtained
quite a lot of the ore, whiehls.rich_encurgh-to
atisfc thiLbeart of the most rapacious miner—
assaying from 5600 to Sl.ooii nor ton.
• The Mine has been called tlie Jesuit, and an
other close by the old Padre. Steps were at
once taken to reap the reward of their perse
.veranceand this week a company was formed,
the district named the San Jacinto Mining
Distriet, a mining code of laws framed, and
preliminary steps taken energetically to work
the lodes. This is good news for the miners
e hie w h ere ,a nd should encourage them to come
here if they wish to " make_ their piles," and
they will not only enjoy the best climate on
earth, and obtain supplies at a reasonable sum,
but can afterward lind a suitable homestead
upon land that will compare favorably with
any in tbe-State.
DRAMATIC.
The Walnut Street Theatre Company.
The following list contains the names of the
personswho will form the stock company at
the Walnut Street Theatre during the cowing
season :
Thomas J. Heniphill Business Manager.
W. A. Chapman, Stagg Manager and Low
Comedy. •
Charles Walcott Leading Business.
Lewis Morrison First Heavy.
W. EL,Bailey First Okl Man.
James Taylor . Juvenile.
E. A. Ehiersori....First Walking Gentleman.
Charles Bradshaw Lon Comedy.
,
D. E. Reilly ' General Business.
W. H. 4 (me's., (3 ei:wral Business.
.1. C. Johnikin...— , General Business.
Frank, Stull Prompter.
W. L00mi5........ General Business.
W. Williams' General Business.
BM=
Miss Annie Graham Leading Business
M rs. Chas.' Walcot First Chambermaid
NI rs. W A. Chapman First Old Woman.
Miss Rose Wood First Walking Lady
Miss Mary Barr Second Walking Lady
NI iss Susie Price
Miss Fanny Henry General Business
.General Business
Miss Laura Reed .Geueral Business
Miss Jenny 'Tracey General BnsineSs
Miss Mary Cranston General BusineSs
MISCEL ANEOU S
Mr Geo: ze; . . . . . ... Artist
M r. J,Moran Assistant Artist.
M r. Arthur :Wright Carpenter.
Mr. John Jolly Assistant Carpenter.
Mr. Alex. Wilson Assistant Carpenter.
r. Simon Hassler Musical Director.
M r. Chas'. Burns Ticket Agent.
r. Edward Woods. Property Man.
M v. Chas. Hoffner ..... ....Ass't Property Mau.
MI'S. M. Richer Wardrobe-Keeper.
The season will open August 20th with The
Se:ud, illustrated by a panorama, hand
,ollM scenery ,and numerous ingenious ap
pliances. On Sept. sth Mr. Edwin Forrest
will appear. Thou will come in regular suc
cession Lucille Western, John S. Clarke and
Edwin Booth.
A BURNING MINE.
An Illinois Coal 'line in Eruption.
(From the St. Louis Thuee of July 27th.]
We learn from a gentleman who passed
through °Wallet' station; on the Ohio and
M ississippi railroad, at about midnight on
Saturday of last week; that the coal mine at
that place bad caught lire and iwas burning
up. It seems that there is only one :shaft iu
tile mine, and it was necessary to keep a fur
nace in the pit, to consume the foul air. It is
supposed that the tire caught froth the fur
nace. Vortunately there were no workmen
iu the mine at that .late hour.. _The scene is
described as grand. The great lumps Of burn
. lug coal were; thrown high in.:the air and
presentedWe I , appearance of a volcano in
eruption. The sky *asfairly illuminated by
the streath Of fire leaping from the vortex of
the mine. Workmen were endeavoring to
smother the — conflagration - by throwing earth
and manure in .the oritieeleading-tO the pit.
The - dames were. subdued .on Sunday, but at
last accounts 'the coal in the pit. was still burn
ing.r,and liable to break forth again in a greater
volume.
This coal mine is said to - be one of the most
extensive in-this section, and its destruction
would failltetivy on the owners, who are rest
dents of this: city. Bad the lire occurred at
a less unseasonable hour a great . loss of life
would doubtless have re§ultod.
TBE NEEDLE. GUN.
itarAlertts. , Sepretairx Stanton's Opinion
of Fancy firearnio.
Donn Piatt writes as follows to the Cinch'
nazi Cononercial :
. TIM needle -giin is to Europe what the
masked batteries were to us in the late war,,
It arful mystery and a humong. ft wss th
man back of the needle gun who won for
Prussia her great victoties, and they were won
in spite of the needle gun.
— Tfic -- cool - prWiSion - isf - a - Well:WaTned man IT
wet tit more in the hour of peril to a Govern
ment than all the Inventions of Yankeedoin.
The deadliest instrument known to the world
is the bayonet, that will not- repeat, nor carry
beyond the arm that uses it. If infantry can
be so trained as to use' the bayonet, that in
fantry is irresistible.'
This was our trouble_ during the late- war.-
Our . men threw away their ammunition. So
soma as ordered into action they began tiring
at random, rapidly as they could under intense
exeitement, - but to little or no purpose.
Let meillustrate. At the bloody little
- battle of Cross Keys, General Fremont, one
ef.the coolest and clearest-headed officers in
our Service, sent me to Colonel Bohlen, then
conireatirlinv, a brigade, to , orderforward two
e;r thtee regiments to occupy a wood. that.
'crowned a knoll the General thought import
ant for us to hold.' It.had been shelled to no
purpose apparently. I delivered the order
and tile line moved forward. The men began
•firing as soon as the 'order was 'giv.m. ltiNy
were not within range. I remarked this to
Colonel Bohlen, arid be said :--"-Certainly-not,
but what 'the devil can one do ; the coinurand
to cease firing is of no use while we march
toward the enemy." And so the wild abuse
of ammunition Continued. The enemy made
no response.. The wood.being approached . by
Our troopS wasiilent Os a 'bemeterY. When,
at last, our poor - fellows wore- within fifty
yards of the fatal spot, the Confederates
seemed to rise out of the earth, and, with a
wild yell, delivered one well-directed fire.
Some nineteen or twenty of our men and offi
cers were killed On the spot, three times the
tonnher wounded, and the entire - line re
h rea teetrn reason - given - rand --
a true one, was "out of ammunition."
There is not an ()nicer in our service who
saw actual-fighting who will not sus . tain me, in
thilyirreininiscente4 - of like sort. ''
.
BA that line been madeUp of well-trained
men. no braver than the poor fellows• who
fought and suffered,. anti- had they advanced
on the wood with fixed bayonets, the twenty
Id have been frilled and aft tripiwouuded,
hut we could have cleared the Wood and
taught the foe a lesson' not easlly . forgotteti.
1 do: notbelieve that we had a real bayonet,.
chargc.during - the entire War.. •
Many tell me that this implies a superiority
in the Southern troops. I beg pardon, I mean
.nothing of the • sort. The -Southern soldier
was no better- trained than our own: But
there did exist-a military_Spirit at the South
-we do not and never. l / 4 11d possess,. or attempt
to eultivate.- We make a few precious oilicers
at West Point. who; like.General•Baurn; have
immense spirit and-no - army. •
: 4 1 happened - to be present ono day when an
ingenions_gentleman.itudertook.to_ explain to
td r. Stanton a cunningly designed repeater.
“The beSt invention for killing," said Mr.
Stantoii, "was made by God - Alniighty;'whett
H e created a man. T would rather have one
liod Soldier with a single - charge in his gun,
determin6d to kill somebody,• than a new re
cruit armed with a repeater, and followed.,by
a wagoriload-el..amiunnition."
The ;gileStiUn . of transportation is a grave
one in war; and a man can have in battle as
notch ammunition as he can conveniently
marry: — It is therefore an error to suppose that
in a repeater we double or quadruple the
Lumber of mext, if in so doing we weigh down
the -soldier, or have to follow him with a
wagon-load of ammunition. The true art of
oar lies in the imaginary order of old Putnam,
f "reserve your fire, buys, until you can see
the whites of their eyes.'
But we went crazy with the rest, an' had
our tine Springfield rifles turned into repeaters
at a cost that would have bought us new ones,
some infernal scoundrel pocketing the profit.
THE MITRAILLEIIR.
The .Most .Destructive Military Weapon
linommi6
The mitrailleur, which is as yet untried in
practical warfare, is considered by the Freneh
as the most destructive military weapon
known. Recently, 300 wretched horses, al
ready condemned to the,. poleaxe, were pur
chased at the rate of four or live franca each,
and ranged at a considerable diStance. Two
mitrailleures were brought to play on them.
and in:three minutes after two discharges not
one of the animals remained standing. -On a
second occasion, 560 horses were brought
down at a single trial. This formidable
weapon is constructed as follows:
It is a light 37-barrelled gun, arranged , that
its barrels may be dischargedsimultaneously,
or consecutively. The 37 cartridges 'intended
for one charge are contained in a small box.
A steel plate with corresponding holes is
placed on the open box,. which is then re
versed and the cartridges fall points foremost
into their respective holes. They ,are pre
vented froto falling through by the rims at
their bases. The loaded plate is then intro
duced into 'the breech-shit, and when the
breech is closed by-a lever a number of steel
pins ' pressed by spiral springs, are only pre
vented by strilanithe percussionet
arranement
in tile cartridges • y a plate in front of them.
When this case is moved slowly by a 'handle,
the cartridges arc fired one by one If the
plate be withdrawn rapidly they., follow each
other so qui . 6lthat their discharge is all-but
site ultaneotts. The invention seems very' well
adapted for use in forts or other permanent
places of defence or offence, but its carriage
and management in the field would present
many and insuperable obstacles to its general
use.
The Weather for July.
8..1 L. SHlfifi UM the following table of the weather at
Germantown for the month just passed;
JULY, 1870.
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I .0
• .4 g
..:C t 11 .V.
." t; Wend and Weallecr.
C c ~,..-. • t ...,
':,..." ~.. C ea • ~...: 0 0
0, E'. .....1 '' 2 it 0.1
414 l ' al . 41 ig ..4 , ._._
1 76 52'85/ 29.9 75 N. E. CloudY. ShowerY •
3162.1
66 65 301 CA N.E.' Cloudy. Rain.
35861 62 30 1 63 5-10 E. Cloudy. Rain.
10,31 6 . 173 30.1 73 E. Cloudy,
5161 63 78 30.1 S 0 S. W. Clear. .
61146 72180 30.1 781 - 8. W. Clear.
7 131,63 80 30, 8111 7.10 'S. Cloudy. Showery.
8107169 1 79 30. 80 „ S. W. Cloudy.
9161171 77 30.2 79 ' S. W. Clear.
10(3 74181 30.3 52 S. W. Clear.
11166 7883 10.2 82 ' S. NV, Cifiltl... Showery.
12173 80185 30.1 81 1.10 S. W. Clear. Shower. T. L.
1368 79 81 30,1 62 8.. Clear.
i
-11 67,80183 -311-:- 88 . 'S. IV'. Clear.
15 70E77186 30,1 97 h
. . S.
% Vir . . •
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16171 Ml3 l l 30.2 89 ... . . S.. -Clear.
7.4791-136-11 -W-1-12 -- 1-10781701eal ..Stiowei,). 1`71..
18177 MB9 30-1 90 S. W. Clear.
-19 74 79 88 30.1 90N. E. Clear,
20 7175 81 '50'.2. 83 'llO - . WE. Clear.: Shower.
21 70 78 85 80.1 85 N. IV. Clear.
22 61 75 86 30.2 86 N. E. Clear.
23 61177 88 '302 -- 90 S. 'Clear.
24 72,81 88 30,2 99 El. Clear. . .
25 73182 90 30 2 90 H. Clear.
26 75182 87 30.2 89 ' S. Clear.
27 73 81 87 30.1 10 S. W. Clear.
28 70 73 821 . 30.1 85 5-10 N. E. Clear. Showery. T.L.,
29.75 79 82 30 - 81 . S. W.. Clear.
30165 731771 30.2 78 N. W. Clear.
31162 711811 30.3 80 N. W. Clear.
ONTIILY AVERAGES
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A :WALK TO ACCEINGTON
,ON THE 1 7 ,01Tffir - MVP
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(Written for-4 Friend's
'! The dayli.of our life ore threescore sears Bud tewir,
A Birthday :—and now'a day that rose
Within - 11th of hope, with meaning rifb--
A thoughtful day from dawn to close
— The middle day of human life.,
In sloping fields on narrow plains,.
The sheep were feeding on their knees,
As.W6 went thiough.the . winding
Strew'd with red buds of alder trees.-
So warm the day—its influence lent
' 'lO nagging thought a stronger wing;
So utterly was Winter spent
So sudden was the birth of spring..
Wild crocus flowers in copse and hedge,—
In sunlight, clustering thick below,
firewood
Sighed tor the's shaded ledge,
Where sparkled yet a lino of snoW. •
.
And crowded, snowdrops faintly. hung
Their fair heads lower for the heat,
1V hile in still air all branches flung
Their shadowy doubles at our feet.
And throtigh the hedge the sunbeatns.creipti-
Dropped through the nipple and the birth.;
And - los - tin airy distance slept
On the-broad-tower of Tamworth.Churalt:="-
Then, lingering on the downward way,
A little space we resting stood,
To watch the golden haze that lay
Adown that river by_the wood.
A distance vague, the bloqm of sleep
The constant sun had lent the. scene
A veiling chaim on diugles deep
Lay soft those pastoral nills,between
There are some days that die not ont,
I.siur alter by reflection's power,
husorconverso - ealmTwliose - words - de.VM77
For ever rest, the spiriVs.dowar. ,
And they are days when drops , a veil,
A nest upon the distance past;
"And while we say to
. peacp—" All Mill !"
We hope that always it shall last.
Times when the tronhiesof.the heart
'Are bushed—as winds were. hushed. that.
day— . .
And beading hopes begin to start,
- Like those green hedgerows on, our_way.
.. , • .
"When all within and all , arpuutl,
Like hues oil that sweet.lautisc4ellileud,
Anil - nit - tire's band - has tnade - te - gotnici -
'lite attend: that her touch atte. ,
When there are rays within, like those
That streamed through iniiple - aud'ihrduklit
..__
birth,
And rested in such calni repose
On the broad tower of Tam north Church.
•
—rive-sixths of the Ainelican railroads have
the fear feet eight inch gauge.
.
e . t stated that a uniform plan :wilishortly
be i omulgated-for--the uniform spelling of
proper naives of place.l in India..
—Tlre - Sportsmen's Club of Denver City last
springlruported several hundred. dozen of
ti nails, and turned theta loose. They are re
ported to be doing well.
—A young girl convieted of _child,murder.,____
AtiAria,•and sentenced to death,cetnrnitted
snicum in her cell.aftershe had been informed--
that the Emperor had changed her sentence
to imprisonment for life.
—" 1 never shot a bird iu my life," said-a
friend to an lrishinan, who replied: "Inver
shot anything in the shape of a bird "except a.
squirrel, which 1 killed with a stone, when it
fell into the river and was drowned. 7
:—Potter Palmer,the richest man in. Chicago,
is in hard luck. Last week he had a. base ball
club named after him, and now it is an
nounced that he is going to marry a Chicago
woman. Misfortunesnever come singly.
—A school girl, in writing to. her mother,
says : " 1 get along nicely with all •rny teachers,
except Miss --, but I don't blame her; be
cause she accidentally shot the young,man she
was engaged to, and •it naturally , makes. her
feel cross, especially on cloudy days.", • • .
'—An Indianapolis German had occasion,re
centiy, to bury a largewile,and squabbled With.
the sexton about the fee. Datish not a: big
grave," said the disconsolate husband. , " Not
a big grave '."' indignantly responded the sell-.
ton ; " why. bang it, that's a cellar."
—A Western paper thus reeords the demise
of a favorite dog, killed by a lightning stroke.:
" The bolt it tiew and the' pulp lie yowled; '
As the lightning pierced his hide ;
It Yapped his vital energies, ' '
'So he tlummixed, kicked; Mid died."
Woodstock, Ohio,. the lion-tafoer of
Netni Amburgh's menagerie was tight,whqu,tAo
lions concluded not to associate with biw,. so
the,y put him out, after tearing off thC i scat,q.l
Ins pants, contairiing,..aho_u_t
flesh. fie his swore off drinlcing,.tis woll
sitting down, until he accumulates some ntO'Ke
meat. • •
- •
—The prompt and rapid production ,',of war
maps has alwayS astonished a tdmplo:bearted
public. An exchange tells hoWit is done:
n A pistol is first charged with powder, then
a 241 - Jail bottle of ink is placed ou this charge
anti fired amdust a piece of box-wood; the box
is then handed ,to the artist, who chips: away
all the surface not covered *al t ink; producing
a first-class newspaner.Wamnap."
—A thief went into the depot at lowa City
last - week with revolver in baud, and, in tho
presence of five or six emplovi,s of the com
pany broke open a trunk, took' from it a quan
tity of valuable clothing, which ho packed in
a valise of his own, sat own, waited till day
light.; and then went his way. The witnesses
were afraid of his revolver.
—A Nevada mother, thankful for the rester
talon ora daughter from the " augur," pub
lishes the fact, and gives the credit
hitter. She says : " - 11 , 1 y daughter Sarah:Ann,
who, if Ido say it, is the handsomest girl . ire
Hole county, has been troubled with chills and! fever for going on six months, and the docteru
couldn't do any good." A bottle of the bittem
eras not half gone when the " chtl4 quit Oh
her."'
—A Bostonian's report from California is a.
follows : " We have seen the Yosemite Valley,
and done that elephant. It would sound, too
much like a Munehauseu story if I were to
attempt any description of it. imagine the
biggest valley you can, filled with marvelous
rocks, rivers, waterfalls and foliage, with
shanty hotels and. Indian wigwams ; then
scratch your head and multiply by fourteen;
then scratch again and double your first pro
duct, and :then go roundto Barton's, or else
where, until :you can see double all you had,
wfore;:andill-lutitt-tb---get-air-ideU-of
—A'poor actor• of the theatre of Soydelan
suffered the other day from an attack which,
happily, is - notlikelyto - become epidemic.. , -At
the, theatre- in question, says the Paris Fig (11:0
they are playing a pantomime, in the second
act of which a personage, looking one ef
'window, is decapitated by a largo razor of ;weed
,huttipg with a spring. The, comedian. in
,qui stion, while taking part in the dialogue
and fitting his .pasteboard head, Was cant
by the, spring. 'Tho unfortunate man'a
was lirolsen by the shock and one of his ogov
foreed frmn its.. seeker.: Tho 'actorsi tle
despaired of.
..'CM 3-10
.. 76 4-10
.., 82 3. 10
82 640
FAcys AND FANcills.
(From Goo.l NVords for knoiqtl
Poem by. Jeam imrelow.
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