Daily evening bulletin., September 13, 1870, Image 1

doming rfllih Hhtllrtiu.
VOLUME XXIV-NO. 133.
fTHE CELEBRATED (ORIGINAL BEB
-1 WICKiME.)
BERWICK SPONGE CAKE.
MADE AND BOLD ONLY
BY
SI 00 PEIt BOX
BONBALL.—On Second day morning, the 12th Inst.,
in the 72d year of her age. Mary H. BonsalLwue of Ea
ward 11. Bonsai), . .. ......
.JJerfriouds and those of tho family ar© invited to at*
• tond her funor&i. from her husband ’o reflidonce.NNo. 14j
School Lane, Germantown, on Fifth-day. the 15th Inst.,
at 3 o’clock P. H. Carriages will moot the 2 o’clock
train from tho city at tho Germantown Depot. “ w
BRAY.—On Monday, 12th fast., Samuel Bray.
The relatives and friends of the family, also Keystone
Lodge, No. 271, A. Y. M.,are respectfully Invited to at'
tcndtlie funoml, from his late residence, Elm street, be
tween Thirty-fourth and.ThirtyJifth lUto.Mantuahon
Thursday afternoon next, mh Inst , at 2# 0 clock.
To proceed to Monnt Moriah Cemetery. [New York
and Baltimore Dapers.plcaso copy.J ' , V w
GIBABD.—On the 11th inßUnt.Ancurtns Girard.
The- friends anil relatives of the family are respectfully
invited to attend tho funeral, from his Iftto residence,
No. 2i2S Green street, on Wednesday morning, the Htn
Inst., at [i o'clock. Joteiracntat WilroingtdniDelv ’
(JBAFT\— Suddenly,on Monday aftorodonyMrs. Ju»
dith Grail, widow of the late Graff.
Funeral from her late residence, 1337 Arch street, on
Thnraday. afternoon, at 3 o’clock.
EV 1;E & LAN OELL OPjEN : TO-DAY—
-6 New Shades of Brown Silk.
5 ** * k Green Silks.
4 r “ Mode Silks.
Scarabee, the now fall Shade.
Plain Silks from SI 25 to S 6 per yard.
HDUKE "cod LIVEIi oil". citrate
l Magnetto.—JOHN C. BAKER A C0..713 Marimtat,
SPECIAL NOTICES.
and
THE
830
MOST FASTIDIOUS
PRONOUNCE
WANAMAKER’S
NEW STOCK Of
FALL
OVER
Superb!!
- }> eu tIiOKQ wliohtLTeno desirefo purchase are invited
t*. examine theseCsats. They are “ Works of Art.’*
LYONS GROS GRAIN
BLACK BIT.KS,
81 75 u
82 oo
82 25
82 50
82 73
«a oo) ,A YARD.
83 23
83 50
81 00
84 50
85 00 j
BESSON & SON,
MOURNING DRT GOODS HOUSE,
No. 918 CHESTNUT STREET.
Horticultural Harvest Home.
AUTUMNAL EXHIBITION
Pennsylvania Horticultural Sooiety,
HOBTICULTUBAL UAI.li, BEOAD STBEET,
Tnesday, WeilneidajiTbandivftFrldtjr,
September 13,14, 15 and 16,
From 10 o'clock A.M. to 10 P. M.
MUSIC AND SONG.
Promenade Concerts Every Evening,
By invisible Musicians and Singers, concealed within a
Bower of Planter ’ ‘ ""
Germania Band,
Chorus of 100 .Voices.
ADMISSION FIFTY CENTB.
wel3 4ts •
UNIVERSITY OF , PENNBYL
tV\\NIA.-Th6tJoUeffO Year will open on THURS
DAY, September 15. Candidates for adiuisaicu will pre
sent themHOITCH for examination at 10)6 o'clock on that
day. , <»FKANCTH A. JACKSON,
ees 10trp§ Secretary.
REMEMBER, THE ORIGINAL
delicious*Whit©MonutMn Cake Is found bnly at
DEXTER’S, 245 South Fifteenth st. 1 se!3tu th h 12trp§
DEXTER’S DELICIOUS WHITE
Mountain Cako can bo bad onW.at 245 South Fif
teenth' afreet. Also Plan and Fancy (Jake, Ice Creams,
Ac., made of the best material. sett tu th a 6trp§
HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 3ALB
and 1520 Lombard street, Dispensary Department;
—Medical treatment nd medicine furnished Rratuitoasly
o the poor
POLITICAIi NOTICES.
Eepublican Invincibles of Philada.
FIRST GUN OF THE CAMPAIGN.
EEPUBLICAN MASS MEETING,
Undcr tho auspices of the
Republican Invincibles of Philadelphia,
On Wednesday Evening, Sept. 14,
AT CONCERT HALL,
CHESTNUT,STBEET, ABOVE TWELFTH,
The meoting.will t)oaddrpsße<l by
(Hpn. R. Stookett Mathews, of Baltimore.
LADIES ESPECIALLY.INVITED.
ALEX. OOLESQERBYi President,
J, EBBN lIABKIKIB, Secretary.
Ai WILSON HENtaZEy, „ ;V-.
Chairman Committee oirMeotinfitj.
hc-12 3trp§
W* 1870.
sh;
WUiiilAM B, ! BBE OS.
je!6 tlocl2rp§ *, ; ' 1 • } \ ■
n-S* IHB - mriOK -RE PUBL IO A:N
Uisy' Naturalization Committee will sot daily, at Mr. N.
SOIiY !bi 41(3 Library Btroot, fromlO nntll 2 o’clqcK. -
JOSEPH B.XSH,
Chairman. •
IP'S* GRAND OPENING OF THECAM
PAIGN OF 1570 BT THE
G. BYRON MORSE,
802 ARCH STREET,
aeB 6t§
of Mnssachuettts,irili address the Toons men of Phila
delphia. Parqnet and Parquet Circle reeorvod for Gen
tlemen with Ladies.
By order of the Executive Committee.
EZRA LUKKKS, President.
H. C. Hawkins, Becretsr.v.
Tickets of admission can be had free, at GOULD’S, 923
Chctout Direct; Bum.ktin Ofiice, , WORTHING
TON’S,-—opposite the Poet ofi’ee, and at the Union
League. , selH-tn th f
CHESTNUT
STREET.
To this awful total of 170,ti55 killed,captured,
missing, and wounded, must bo added tbe
losses suflercd by tbe army through disease,
aud the killed aud woundedin the numberless
skirmishes and little fights that have occured.
The army has suffered from dysentery ever
since the invasion commenced, and my in
formant believes that to the above total should
be added at least 10,000 or 12,000 for those who
have died of this and other diseases,or who are
now lying sick in the hospitals. This makes,in
round numbers, 180.000 -men to be deducted
from tbe fierman force which marched into
France. If this jorce was 500,000 men, it is
now reduced to .'>2o,ooo,'plus the reinforce
ments that have arrived during the last eight
days. On the other side are Bazaine vvitb
110,0(0, MacMalion with 200,000, and the new
army raised at byons and the South, of which
we were informed on Saturday, of 200,000 men
in all 510.00(1 men. —Paris Cor. World.
Treachery In High Places.
GOATS
Peradventure, you tnay like to know what
is considered here, by those best intormed, lo
be the truth in relation to the stories' with
which the air is full concerning the treachery
in high places that has been practiced in
France.. Three weeks ago it was understood,
i hat Marshal J Eebicuf had completely do-,
i tived the Emperor and the Corps Eegislatif
in regard to the readiness of the country for
war. “ We are ready,” he had said, “and by
‘ ready' I mean that if the war
were to last a year we should not 1
have to buy as much as a... button
for a gaiter.” This was bad enough; but it
now appears that the wife of the Marshal,
who is a Prussian, obtained from her husband
the full particulars ot the plan of military op
erations which had been decided upon, and
then found means to communicate this invalu
able information to Bismarck, and through
him to Von Moltko. Thus, when the game of
war began, the Prussianswere in the condi
tion of a player who knew all the cards in his
opponent’s hand and exactly how he intended
to play them. That success Bhould follow an
advantage so great as this was only
what was to tie expected. This, how
ever, is not all. The Gaulobi has made
public what was whispered about Paris all last
week—namely, that a mysterious prisoner
was incarcerated at Vincennes, whose iden
tity was so carefully concealed that the ordi
nary wardens of the fort are not allowed to
see him. Opinion is divided as to whether
t.nis reproduction of the man in the iron mask
is Ijebaiuf, Rochefort, or the author of the
false news published on the Bourse three
weeks ago, and .no Joseph or Daniel has
arisen to interpret the mystery. But some
arrests have been made/of female spies, of
whose identity there is 'no doubt. The first
was no less a personage than Madame la
Comtesse de Behague—“ the luxurious syren
who boasted of having the King of Prussia,
the Prince, and the Grand Duke of Baden at
her feet. —Paris Cor. • •
Another Spy Story.
In a Strasbourg Hotel some Algerian
tirailleurs! officers, sous officers, and privates
were at breakfast, the iirst they had eaten in
peaee for a Week. An intruder came in with
• many bows and begged permission to place
himself at table, oflering to pay his snare.
You don’t know me, but I am not quite a
stranger to the great army family. Captain
Brunet, Twenty-one of the line, is known to
some of you, I dare say. He is my very
dearest ' Iriend, almost my brother. No
body knew Captain Brunet, but his name was
a passport among soldiers. The stranger took
his cotelette, and was chatting easily with his
companions when an officer of the Twenty
first came in: “Parbleu! here is the very man
to toll you all about your friend. Lieutenant,
allow us to present a friend of one of yours;
you know Captain Brunet?” “What Brunet?”
“Brunet of the Twenty-first.” “No such man
in our regiment since I joined it ten years
ago.” The stranger is cbnfused. His lively
tune is changed. . Some Turcos asked
the lieutenant: “Are you sure there was
no such man as Captain Brunet?” “Just as
' sure as that you are standing there.” “ Why,
then, he must be ,” and they bogan to close
round the stranger. “Monsieur is in my com
pan.Vi” said the captain of tirailleurs, a solid
, man. “Go on with your breakfast, sir; shall
I band you the cheese ? Take some of this
conserve.” Coffee and chasse —breakfast was
over. The big tirailleur called for the bill and
paid. Taking the stranger’s arm, he walked
outside on to the sidewalk* drew his revolver,
and blew out the syv’s brains.'
llie Fate of (Spies In War.
f From tho Jowish Leader. 1
It is a deplorable faot that a-good number
of spies have up to this moment been em
ployed in tho war which is now being carried
on between the two great European Powers.
Those who carry out this treacherous system
are severely punished when caught, for what
is a spy else than a secrpt assassin, owing to
;Whosepaid-treason: large masses of • soldiers
often perish, whereas ' they might ,have pre
served their lives in honest, opeil combat?
If we read in the .Scripture 1 of spies, tho
mission with whioh .theywere entrusted is
not by any means comparable .or analogous,
with the functions performed by the treacher
, ous individuals .of; o,ur. T times, above referred*
to. 1 Yet it bus been recorded that these spies
. were disagreeable to. Afokes, add he only con
; septed to send but spies in order to tranquilizo
the turbulent ahd refraotory people as to the
■ condition of the- country...Moses.canuot have
• caredabguhjtho jreporia. 'whioU -these aplcS.
~would-bringhim-,-ras--his, trust in. Clod must
, have rendered therma. ffiatteb-of -indifference
to him. ‘ -. " ' ; vt
1870.
POLITICAL NOTICES.
REPUBLICAN INVINCIBLEB OF PHILA
DELPHIA
THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
FRIDAY EVENING, Sept 16,at 8 o’clock
HON.JIBNBY WILSON,
THE WAR IN EUROPE
losses of the Prnulan Army. -
At lastl have obtained what purports to be
a correct.statement of the losses of the Prus
sian army in killed, wounded, missing and
prisoners from the commencement of the cam- 1
paign up to the 18th of August. My informa
tion comes from a private sonrco in Berlin ;
and although I cannot affirm that it is intail
b)y correct, I have reason for believing that
it is not very far out of the way. I may add
that the information was not sent for political
effect at all, but was transmitted from a medi
cal man in Berlin, connected with the medical
service of the army, to a fellow-surgeon in
London.. The statement is as follows:
killed , Prisoners,
- ' and Suitin'!. Wounded.
AVissemboUrg... 4,260 7,174
Keichshoften 11,083 14,516
Forbaeh and Snichern 16,461 23,010
Borny 13,752 13,320
(Jravelotte, Mars-la-
Tour, and Iteaou
viile. 28,010
The aim and object of Joshua in sending
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1870.
out- the two spies to Jericho was equally to re
animate and encourage the dismayed hearts
of Israel bV favorable intelligence (thus we un
derstand the comment of Kimchi). Also the
mission of the messengers to Ai (Joshua 7)
was only for the purpose of tranquilizlng .the
people about the selection of no more than
three thousand warriors for the expedition
against that city. That this expedition mis
carried proves that it was not the intention of
Joshua to gather such information as could be
favorable to him.
The two messengers whom David sent out
to seek Saul (I. Samuel, xxvi., flj, were no
spies of whom David availed himself in order
to do any harm to King Saul. In like manner
the Meraglim of Absalom (11. Samuel xv., 10),
were nothing but messengers to the different
tribes. Even the messengers of the tribe of
Dan to the house of Micab were not sent out
as spies.
French Military Vanity.
The French papers-eall the attention of the
military authorities to the excellent system
adopted by,the enemy in its reconnoissances,
and say that while French commanders are
nearly always taken by surprise the Prussians
are perfectly well-informed of the where
abouts of their adversaries. This is in a great
degree- owing to the vanity of the - French
officers, who think that they , can afford to
despise all information and every suggestion
not coming from one of themselves. Before
AVoerth a captain on outpost duty was warned
hv the peasants that a body of uhlanß were
cutting the telegraph wires and destroying the
railroad. His only answer was: What’s that
to me— Qu'cU ce que ca me fait—we are not
fighting with the telegraph, are we ?
It is very different on the other side; there
no piece of information is disregarded, and a
detachment at ofiee proceeds-to-investigate
the truth of every report. The reconnois
sances are made by small bodies of wicked
horsemen under the command of a chief of
intelligence, who can always find among his
Troopers some one who has been horn near
ibetrontier, or whose trade previous to the
war had brought him into relations with the
country and its inhabitants. With such a
guide it is impossible to make mistakes, and
as each scout is furnished with a colored print
of the various uniforms in the French army,
be is able to inform the authorities exactly
what they wish to know.
The Soldiers’ Pipe.
The Poll Mall Gazette says:
It would be unjust, considering all the abuse
leveled at tobacco-smokers and how often
tliey are solemnly told that tobacco destroys
all their energies, not to admit that the suer
cess of the Germans in the present war is
railier a feather in the smokers cap. These
misguided men seem to live on tobacco; the
-Uhlans; who in little parties of three or four
trot gaily in advance and take possession of
.fortified towns, invariably carry.pipes in their,
mouths. The Mayor of each town is di
rected’ to find cigars for everybody before
anything eke is done. The German troops, it
is stated, think but little of a scarcity of provi
sions—they tight as well without their dinner
as with it—out tobacco is Indispensable to
them. On the whole, we fear experience
shows that a smoking army is capable of
greater endurance and of making greater ef
forts than a non-smoking army. The gun
without the pipe would be of little avail, nor
can we be much surprised at- this when we re
fiect that the quantity of foulair we are called
upon to Inhale in this world is -probably far
more injurious to health than the tobacco
smoke, which, although it acts as an antidote
lo the poison of the atmosphere, - gets no
thanks for its pains, hut only reproachful lan
guage'.
ESfiUND AND FRANCE.
91. Lents Blanc on English Opinion.
Writing to Le Temps, under date of August
?■'!, M. Louis Blanc remarks: “In the critical
circumstances in which we are placed it is
necessary above all thiDgs that we should
have courage to look on boldly into our posi
tion. To shut our eyes with indifference
would be,a crime. To be wanting in courage
would be an opprobrium, but to nourish illu
sions would be almost an act of idiocy. In
order to place ourselves in a position to meet
danger, the firet condition is to comprehend its
extent. It would, indeed, be a strange
transformation of- the French nation if
it had lost its heroic habit of adapting its ener
gies to its perils. Those who might be dis
posed to vail the dangers in order to give heart
to the nation,calumniate and outrage it. When
we come to examine the picture of our posi
tion as it is presented by the more or less offi
cial journals which are published in Paris in
contrast with that presented by the English
press, a fear is aroused lest France should be
ignorant of how seriously she is menaced, and .
how important it is for her safety that she
bhould again become her old self. The English
do not know—and yet history exists to teach
them—of what the great arm of France iscapa
ble, when they regard her condition as des
perate. In the first place, nothing that bears
an official French character obtains the
slightest credence. Every telegram signed by
the King of Prussia is acceptedin England as
an article of faith. Every telegram announc
ing that our army has gained a success is
literally regarded as naught. When the con
flicting doubts of the’murderous battle of the
liicb were received here, we read upon the
placards of the newspapers: ‘ Great victory
of tlio Prussians. The French claim a victory.’
In other wbrds, tho Prussians had conquered
because they said so. As to tho French, the
probability was that they were lying. For a
Frenchman living in England is not this
heart-breaking? There is no one-here that'
dots not suppose that for Napoleon it is a
question of hfe or death to conceal reverses
which are the consequences of his impru
dence, his incapacity and his blind and foolish
precipitation. There is no one who does not
say : ‘ Every defeat sustained by those soldiers
of France, whose almost superhuman intre
pidity seeinea to do violence to victory, is a
formidable accusation directed against the
Empire. It is necessary, therefore, that
tlio black side of things should bo
concealed at any cost. The safety
o :.the Empire depends upon it, and the Em
peror knows it.’ There lies in part the secret
of the incredulity|unfortunately only too intel
ligible against which are powerless the most
formal assertions of tho authorized deposi
taries of power in France. They would.fle be
lieved if it could be imagined that they had
no other anxiety than to save the country.
They are not believed, because the anxiety to
save tho country is thought to be complicated
with a desire to preserve the dynasty.”
TBE ARMIES.
Ton Moltkc on tlio French Troops.
An interesting letter appears in the Salut
Public, of Lyons, relative to'the instruction
which Prussian and Fronch officers are re
spectively obliged to possess. The writer says:
“ MacMahon is supposed to have adopted tac
tics which are not new; namely, to act above
all with his artillery, said to' DO formidable,
and to spaTo his men as much as possible. Na
poleon 1., of whom General de Moltke is only
the pupil, never proceeded otherwise. He it.
was ■who first imagined the great concentration
of troops by rapid marches. M. de Moltke,
his fervent admirer, has. always manifested
the greatest contempt for our strategy. I re
member having heard quoted some of his very
words addressed to a French officer on a mis
sion to Berlin : ‘Do not talk to me of your
military education in Africa. If you have
jnmeiOieeffitberfl.lseimMhlWerbMterjliwMnl
-yoirbecome rGeneral you-will be glad of it.
Tlio war you liave been carrying on. for forty
years against tbe Arabs is a’ guerlUierie of an
inferior order. .Never any skillful marches,
no feints, no countermarches, rarely any sur
prises. With that school you. will do no
thing more than form other schools
like it. The first great war will demon
f^rate your inefficiency, aud were I not in the
presence of a man of your merit, Sir, I should
not hesitate to laugh at your ignorance of the
trade to which you devote yourselves. Among
you—do not deny it—a pioneer is almost a
ridiculous person, and m general the working
man is one of mean intelligence. Here,on the
contrary, the most conscientious studies are in
the order of the day, and the lowest Captain
knows as much as your staff' officers who are
so brilliant in the ball-room. Have you even
a superficial smattering of the elements of the
military art on leaving your special
schools? ‘Como now,’ continued General de
Moltke, taking the other by the hand, ‘I
wager that you do not know what is the most
valuable piece of furniture-for the chamber of
an officer in garrison. Come with me/ So
saying, the old Prussian led his interlocutor
intoa small bed-chamber suited to aSub-Liou
tenant; a_ small bed' without curtains, three
straw chairs, shelves of books from the floor
to. the roof, and -in the middle of the
room a black wooden board on an easel,
the ground strewed with morsels of
chalk. ‘lt is with this that we beat our ad
versaries every morning,’ murmured the old
tactician, who was destined to give afterward
so severe a lesson to Gen. Froissard, the pro
fessor of the Prince Imperial. ‘ And for
drawings, here is all we want,’ and M. de
Moltke exhibited some geographical maps.
AVhat a singular conversation, when one
thinks that it took place in March, iB7O, for I
copy it literally from a letter dated the 21»t of
that month.. AVhat may we not have to say
about,the lessons to ho derived from it? We
-shall profit by them at a later period.”
WAR ITEMS.
—The French must have counted confidently
on asnccesslnl invasion of Germany. This is
evident by the few real provisions which they
had in their Commissary Department, such as
bread and meat, for they hoped to obtain them
in the enemy’s country. In the provision
train which the Germans captured at Forbach,
whole cars contained nothing but fine pastry,
chocolate, sugar, &c., aye, some of the im
mense freight cars were loaded with candy
and confectionery, so that a person might
have purchased in the little town, stripped as
it, was of all solid provisions,a hundred jpauiids
of candy sooner than a single- pound 91 brettfl.
—The Germans accuse the French of using
the Sanitary Badge' in a most unpardonable
and indiscriminate manner. This badge, con
sisting of a white band ’ with a red cross, as
was agreed at the convention at Geneva, ren
ders the wearer inviolable. But. in .France
everybody seems to wear it, men, women and
children, although, only'the-members of; the
Sanitary Corps have a right to use it. Some of
the fanatical peasants who had put on this
badge, were caught in the act of murdering
the same unfortunate wounded they pretended
to succor.
—The wounded Tnrcos and Zouaves who
were taken to the Catholic Hospital of St.
Hedwig, at Berlin, have acted .there in the
most beastly and unruly manner. -They in
sulted the Sisters of Chanty who’had come to
nurse them with bratai words and gestures;
some of them maltreated tnem shamefully;
ja. Squad of Prussian soldiers had to he called
in to restore order, and, at the sight of their
needle-guns the crack soldiers of Franco sud
denly became submissive as Jambs, and most
of them tried to hide themselves, creeping
under the beds and tables.
—A most excellent invention for army pur
pn.ses has been made by a cook named Gjuhfel.
bt-rg, in Berlin. He has invented a sort of
.-aiL-tage which has proved an excellent article
for camp consumption. Immense factories in
Berlin with hundreds of hands are now sup
plying this sausage to the Prussian army.
They are run by the Government, which has
purchased the receipt for a large snm. It is
prepared as follows: The raw meat is first
smoked, then chopped fine and mixed with,
spices, salt and tallow, and a vast quantity of
peas ground. fine, stuffed into skins. These
sausages are then sent to the army, and after
they have been boiled in water, furnish a
most palatable meal, combining' meat and
vegetables. They are said to be so practicable
and nutritious that a large number of private
factories have commenced their manufacture,
and find ready sale among all classes of so
ciety for all they can manufacture.
ARCTIC EXPLORATION.
Reinrnof (be'Prussian Exploring: Ship
German In-Ike North German Flag
Taken Towards tbe North Pole.
A cable telegram, dated in Berlin yesterday,
September 12,says: “The Germania, of the
Prussian exploring expedition to the North
Pole, has returned.”
Tbe Germania has been absent during tbe
■ greater part of the past two years,engagedin
a voyage of polar exploration. Her report
will no doubt be of a most interesting charac
ter, and highly useful in its contents. This
G erman expedition left Bergen, Norway, on
Sunday, the 17th of May, in the year 1868, for
the iirst time. It was commissioned to pro
ceed to the eastern coast of Greenland, and
there explore the Arctic regions north of the
seventy-fifth degree of north latitude. The
ve.-.-el in which the expedition sailed.was the
Germania, built expressly for the purpose.
She is of eighty tons burden, and carries tbo
flag of the North German Bund. It returned
ami set out again. The commander of the ex
pedition, Capt. Charles Kofdewey, was in
structed.. to: return to Bergen, if possible, in
from three to tour months, bnt could not. The
Germania, which M. Coveldog, the.leader of
the last expedition, purchased there, is one of
those new Danish yachts specially constructed
•for polar voyages. Sbo is furnished with
beams and iron plates in a way to augment
her [lowers of resistance. The flag of the
N ortbern Confederation was displayed. Tho
Germania measures eighty tons, and has a
crew of fourteen men.
Tbe propriety of fitting this last expedition
for tbo North Pole was debated for a long
time before any decision was come to. At
length Dr. Petermann, the well-known
geographer at Gotha, from an ardent desire
to solve some of the northern problems of bis
science, alone planned and despatched it. It
seems, however, that his outlay will be partially
made iip to him, the King of Prussia having
lately contributed - five thousand thalers, and
other subscriptions; altogether wanting while
the enterprise .was in course of preparation,
beginning to flow in when it was about to be
carried out., Capt. Koldewey, the commander,
-is a' Hanoverian. He was to explore the east
ern coast of Greenland from the seventy-flfth
to tbo eightieth degree,and return, if possible,
before the winter.,
GERMANTOWN ENTERPRISE.
Tbe American Frew Association.
1 Fioin to day’ll Germantown Chronicle. ]
Qur readers may liavo noticed an improve-"*
meet in bur telegraphic despatches during the
past week. They liavo been more full and
satisfactory; and We have received fhem at an
earlier hour, thus enabling us to get more of
the nows of the day in every issue. ' The se
cret of this gain is tbat;;we have joined the
American Preas Assooiation. Henceforth.wo
shall have a telegraphic operator of our own:,
In.a few days we shall haye the lines brought'
direct into onr. office.' The paper will now bo
issued at an earlier hour; its value will be de
cidedly enbafieed.c are thus keeping our
promise, made-fti/good:faith at tbe first; to
spare ourselves -no cost which ; shall put the'
Chronicle in the front White M the daily jour
nals of the period. WopfOposetoavnil our
selves of every.facility, toward this end.
DRAMATIC.
“ Fernande” at the Arch.
At the Arch street theatre, last evening, Mrs.
Drew presented an adaptation of Victorien
Sardou’s drama Femande. AVe do. not speak
extravagantly when we say that this is by far
the best modern French play produced in this
city for many years. It has all the merit of
the school to which it belongs, with but few of
the faults. It is ingenious, absorbing, forcible
anffintense. It is sensational, in so far as that
word expresses highly dramatio incidents and
situations which are powerful even to painfnl
ness. But it is disfigured by few of the
tawdry melo-dramatic effects which distin
guish many of the compositions that claim the
title. It is not unnatural and preposterous.
A’iolence is not done to common sense, and
the proprieties are not strained to enable the
author to reach unreasonable climaxes and to
arrange striking tableaux. : The plot—which
is extremely simple, and at the same time in
genious and, to some extent, original—de
velops Itself gradnally.and.easUy through fas:
cinating scenes ' into situations Of wonderful
power, so that the spectator who fingers to
the beginning of the second act will perforce
remain to the end. The story may be briefly
-told : ’ -
A lover is attracted by a fair face, and he
neglects his fiancee. She, suspecting the truth,
pretends that her love for him has cooled into
simple friendship. This, as she had intended,
pioyokes from' him the avowed that' he loves
her no more. She determines upon revenge,
and succeeds in marrying him to the woman
by whom he is attracted. After the marriage
the neglected woman discloses the fact that
the wife was an impure girl. It is simply a
story of the revenge of a woman whose affec
tions have been trampled upon and whose
ardent love has turned to bitter hatred. The
provocation is common enough, and if such
fearful vengeance is not often wrought, per.
haps it is not because the-disposition does not
sometimes exist. At any rate, the action of
the injured woman seems not unnatural in the
pinv, however terrible it may be, for the
spectator feels that such a thing might be if
the parties presented the same peculiarities of
temper, of will and of passion, and enjoyed
the same opportunities.
... The three characters we have mentioned
are, of course, the central figures of the play.
Mwr Drew as the'“ Countess'ClotMlUb” re"-'
presented the revengeful one who was dis
carded. Her play throughout was superb.
We have never seen this fine actress perform
with more sensibility, intelligence and subtle,
power than iff this part. The opportunity, of
course, is unusually good, for. the actress has
presented the whole range of emotions, from
the kindest benevolence to the wildest vin
dictiveness and fiercest rage; But we are sure
Mrs. Drew improved the opportunity as few
other women upon the American stage conld
have done. AVe can give her most generous
praise for her splendid effort without fear of
unduly exalting it. Miss Price assumed the
character of “ Fernande,” the unhappy girl
Who is the chosen' pri'V oF~ <r Cldthilde.” The
partis a sad one, and as “Fernando” spends
most of her time in weeping and contempla
ting the sorrowful past with regret that is, of
course, unavailing, the chance to display re
markable histrionic skill is not unusually
great. But Miss Price gave a very interesting
performance, and contrived to awaken the
deep sympathy of the audience. Mr. James,
as the false lover “ Andre,” played very effec
tively. Mr. Barton-Hill personated with easy
grace, and with some degree of power,
everybody’s friend, tlie good-natured “de
Poinerol;” and Miss Seville as his wife, gave
a very satisfactory performance. Mr. Mc-
M anus appeared as the “ runner” of a gam
bling hell, “ Bracassin,” and he contrived to
give this minor part a great deal of character.
Bis very excellent performance,however, was
marred to some extent by his disposition to
improve the shining hour too much. As the
Californian remarked when the bear hugged
him, “There is such a thing as overdoing
little matters of this kind.” Mr. Craig’s
character* “ The Commander Jarbi,” was a
disappointment. There was a promise in the
first act that it would be.a prominent figure
in the play; but it turned out to be a mere
outline—a suggestion of what everybody
thought might have been made an exceed
ingly good persotiage. It is but fair to say
that even when laboring under great disad
vantages Mr. Craig played with ‘such skill as
to give a considerable amount of interest to
the part. Fernande will be repeated this
evening, and we can heartily recommend it
to those who wish to see a really good French
play which is neither vulgar, indecent nor
furiously sensational.
Forrcsi’s“KlnK litnr. ”
At the Walnut last evening, before a crowd,
ed audience, Mr. Forrest gave his personation
of “ Lear.” There is no doubt that it is his
most finished piece pf study. This seemed to,
he the judgment of the spectators, for where
as, on the performance of Othello, Mr. Forrest
was obliged to divide his meed of applause
with several of the company, in Lear last
night he ruled the stage alone, and the reful
gence that played upon his crown of wheateu
stnjyv was unvexed by any minor lights. The
audience held their breaths when Lear was on
the stage, and laughed and talked freely anil
disrespectfully when he was off. The play of
Lear, while it is one of the actor’s best oppor
Unities, is singular among the works of
Shakeßpeare for- presenting a hero whom no
one can respect, atid-whoße disappointments
convey to the mind, on the whole, the sense 6%.
a just retribution; the emotions which It dig
nities are mere anger, sense of insult, and
finally dementia. None hut a master could
have treated the somewhat ignoble pleadings
of O Lear” for his hundred knights, and the
helpless promptitude with which he caroms
from daughter to daughter,—only a literary
artist could have relieved- these house
keeper’s troubles with such success as
to make them rival in our
minds the intellectual scruples of Hamlet, the
over-tried credulity of Othello, the broken
heart. of.Bomeo, and the magnificient guilt of
. Macbeth. To elevate “ Lear ”to the sym
pathy of the beholder an actor must make . all
that can ho nfliidO of the emotion of pure pity,
and'musFoisaii the. wretchedness' of senility,
until Its Very misery- becomes , sublime- This
iS What Forrestfeels,and his play is accordingly (
one long hid-for compassion. His struggles
with his mounting race, in the early scones,
halfachie ved under the inti nonce of tho rude
PRICES THREE CENTS.
etiquette of a primitive court, are the only
ajiproach to self-control which ho imports Into
the action. All else is downright shattering
tempest of the windy mind, until the scenes
of inexpressible tenderness come on when
“Lear” must seek his company
with feigned madmen and eyeless exiles, and
take his shelter in a hut of outcasts. Forrest
las-t night achieved the crowning success with
out which, in “Lear,” every intellectual ex
cellence is a mockery; he was pathetic. His '
delivery of the curse to “ Goneril ’’ found the '
very accent of acute mental suffering; it was
broken, tom by* agony, passive in the current
of an unlooked-for train of emotion; instead
of an effort of will it was the channel of a su-“
pcrior inspiration; it bore the hearers along
irresistibly, and when Hiss' Graham, as
“ Goneril,” bowed her haughty forehead at
last upon the shoulder of her husband, it
seemed but the fitting expression of the horror ■
felt .by. every one in the house; no wonder
that the walls rang with applause, and that
the artist had to repeat, again and- again his>
dignified obeisances before the curtain. In
the scenes which demonstrated the inception
of madness the tragedian found all his old
powers, all the pictorial horrors accumulated
in studies from the.lazar-bouse and Bedlam.
With “ Edgar” he was equal, considerate and
amicable ; the poor youth’s refuge , of feigned
UDreason imposed completely on theroyal
maniac, and brought on those sad, mad con- ,
ferencOs of philosophy which are the de
spair of critics, yet which so infallibly
find the heart. In the dying scene the artist,
gave ns the very majesty of utter helplessness.
We hope Mr. Forrest, long, even, after the
withdrawal of his more vernacular parts—
even to the real feebleness of a respected age
—may continue occasionally to edify ns and
attune ou/young actors by meansiof this im
posing performance. The support last night
was not shining, but respectable. Mr. Harris
was a manly “ Edgar, ” Miss Lillie a pleasing, l
though melancholy, “ Cordelia, ” and Misses
Graham and Wood, with Messrs. Morrison,
Bailey and Turner, gave satisfaction in their
respective parts. To-night Mr. Forrest will
appear in Damon and P ythias.
PETBOMIIM.
Ttepor t for August.
I From the Titusville Kersld; J - - ' 1
The Production.
The month of August witnessed an increase
of more than eighteen hundred barrels per day,
over the average daily production of July-
This increase is larger'than that of any stngle
month during the past year, and the average
for the month under review, exceeds that of
August, 1809, by more than five thousand bar
rels. Though there was considerable falling
off in the yield of the older tracts, especially in
the vicinity of Shamburg and I’arker’a Land
ing, the many large wells-struck- daring the
month, afhd those completed during the latter
part or July served to swell the increase far
above ail decline upon the different tracts and
farms throughout the region; -
The Stock.
The stock of oil in the region upon the first
of Beptf:mber wasU9,l77 barrel.sror an exceS3 r
T>F~s2,ooobarfels over the stock on hand Au- ‘
giist Ist. The total stock in iron tanks was
204,243 barrels, or 50,000 barrels greater than f
in iron tankage at the beginning of the
month. The stock at the wells and in the
hands of refiners and pipe companies
amounted to 125,000 barrels, of which nearly
30,000 barrels belonged to the two last men
tioned. At Titusville nearly all of the oil
marked as stored in iron tanks belonged to the
refiners and pipe companies stock. Wherever
practicable the exact stock of every refiner
in the oil region has' been obtained, and the
greater portion of the extra stock is of this
class.
Tbe Shipments.
The total shipments of crude, or its equiva
lent, for the month of August, amounted .to
4(ii>,885 barrels, or about 7,000 barrels more
than during July. The shipments by river
were light and were principally from points
below Franklin.
The Price.
The prices for the month were lowand vary
ing. according to the tenor of “ war advices,"
or “ hull” movements upon the creek and ,in
outside circles. The price at the beginning’of
the month was $3 25 upon the Upper Creek)
and S 3 40 upon the lower. A steady decline -
marked each, day to-the ninth- of the -mouth,
when sales were efi'ected at S 3 50 upon the
upper and S 2 70 on the Lower Creek. A gen
eral increase was apparent from.the tenth to
the twenty-third inst., when a sudden “jump”
of from fifteen to twenty cents a barrel occur
red, and tho price again increased until, the'
close, when $8 25 was paid upon the Upper,
and S 3 50 on the Lower Creek. ■
DlNl HlCini; FIRE AT SMYRNA, DEE.
Five BnlMingsßnrnetlv-SIS,OOO Epos.
Smyrna, Del. Sept. 12.—A, great tire occurred
here yesterday about 11 o’ulook, totally- de
stroying five buildings and Involving a loss of
not less than 512,000, only a small pare of which ~
is covered by insurance. The alarrn was given '
at t he Methodist church just after the sermon
bad commenced, and the efiect on the largo
congregation is better imagined than described
when it is remembered that here everybody,
young and old, runs to a fire. The Episcopal
congregation was all broken up, but the ser
mon was concluded at the Presbyterian church,
which was the most distant from the scene of
the tire.
The fire originated in Messrs. Mitchell &
Wendell’sPeacn Basket factory, directly oppo
site the Railroad Depot, on Commerce street.
When the alarm was given the .tiro had al
ready made considerable progress, and before
the two little hand engines were brought to
the ground the wholo building was in dames.
The fire soon reached the adjoining build
ings. Mr. Lockwood’s foundry', on tho east
side, was destroyed; a considerable quantity;;
of stock, however, being saved. On the west ,
three rvooden.huildings wore totally destroyed*.
the contents only being saved. The lirat-waa j
a Small dwelling, owned by Messrs. John and
Eobert Hottecker, of Milford,.who also are
the owners of the buildings in which the fire
first originated. The second was owned by
.Jesse S. Buffington; the third, also a dwelling,
' was owned by Mrs. Wright. The second story -
bt'Mr. Hufiington’s.building, was occupied by
Mr. Blair, the photographer.. Messrs. Mitchell
Wendell lose 54,000, without insurance.
It is believed the tire originated .through the .
carelessness of some boys who were smoking
in the building.— Wilmington Commercial.
—The Commercial Advertiser is 'responsible
for the following duet:
EUGENIE TO THE “ TRANQUIL.”
“Oh where is papa now, Eugenie,sadly
: whineth. , "'""
1 THE “ TRANQUIL ”TO EUGENIE. . ' ~
“ I feel, I 'feel, I feel, he’s gone where the
) woodbine twineth.”
—When the Princess Salm-Satm kissed a
newspaper correspondent,- the .noise, resom-y
bled a pistol shot.
«—Tho Emperor Napoleon's chief consolation
in his confinement is that forty sentinels art*
looking down upon him. -