x> £ : >.■%. VOLUME XXIV—NO. 14 9. married. ZIMMERMAN—WETHBBIIiL.—On Monday. SoDt of Philadelphia, to Mlg» Emma A, WethcrlH, of Cincinnati! Ohio. . * DIED. <». B ?k ] k lN -“ 0 M ho Mthlnstant, William G.'Billln, in tbe 47t|i vparofhlsnce. . The relatlvcK and jrJoudfl are invited to ottond hin fn* nera!| on this (Tuesday) afternoon, at,4oclocki from iiid late residence, No,39ifi Locnac street. » ■ L A. O K BATISTE ALPACAS .IANTS^CbDTHS^ JI ST IMPORTED. roif bare by BESSON & SON, MOURNING DRY GOODS HOUSE, No. SlB CHESTNUT STREET. PC-24 Stros L_ 1 ESI’RET& EANDELL OPEN~ 7 rCT-DAY— ‘ (5 New Shadeaof Brown BUic. . 6 " Green Bilks. • . 4- Al I* Mode Silks. Scarabee. the dow fall Shndo. . I'lain Silka ,t l-_ _ T>UKE COI) LIVKIFtfIItT'CITItATE C Mftgnola.—JOHN O. BAKERA Co. ?B Maikm at SFKCIALKOTICEb. TO DAY. GRAND DISPLAY SEW FALL DRESS GOODS fßeady made or to ord r) GENTLEMEN WAN AM AKER ’ S, 818 and 820 Chestnut St, TO-DAY! A f*-u njotiit-nts oim be- Hpuj.it profitably and pl-Ni-utitly in iookitur through oor new imponntioae and manufac turc-s for the present season. Our goods are ex<iuit>iteiy ha<- ''*nd rAa-U* iip in i»»nr new and beautlfni TO ■ DAY. O** Water Supply to Germantown. The I’oul from which Getmantuwn receive* ill eup yjy of w ater id alarmingly low, and becoming depleted w ith such rapidity that it hi possible Germantown will ho left entirely without waterin' two or three days. The moat rigid economy is positively necessary, and ia earnestly enjoined uponiill tlnt'-.'-i-- i|<,,t f r „j u Germantown Works. feed: Chief Engineer Water Dept ST. MIUHAMf’S CHCRCH, GEB> JKey friantonri .—Thursday next being St. Michael ’» »»d the Uth anniversary of the opening of this Xhtttch,there will be aer>£ce Jk;M. Holy Com munion and Bormon by Rev. Henry -7. Morton. Chil dren s .Sorvics.nn(U;.estiVAlnt.3Ji P;.M.; address by Rev; Leighton Coleman. Evening service at 8 o clock; ser mon by Hev. Dr. Hoffman. Collection at oaoJi service lorthoSundaySohoolßuildinch'Juid.' The clergy and friends of the parish are invited tp be present. ■ ■.. ?? se273tg y k STEEEOPXI.COJN - ENTERTAIN biven to Churchoa, Btlnday-Srbopls, Societies,*,fcc.,. @* T,n * the largest assortment. oL SUdes dii the' city, I have unetiaalled facilities for giving these dr llgblfnl entertainments. Constantly receiving new pic ■tares. ’ e ,■ , ‘ ' Engagements may now htniadc by inauiring of . }V. MITCHELL WALLISTER. _Be22tli_Ba tn-13trp§ Second Story So. 728 Chestnut'S!. IT3» KEMfiMBEE, THE ORIGINAL b * V> Mountain Cake is ronml only .fit PLATER'S, 21S South 1 iiteenth st. seldtuth sjltrpjs . ft" 3» PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN ffWy Chemistry and Mineralogy,’ at Dr.’ 1\ A GcNTH'B Laboratory, Nos. 103 and 112 Arch Street. : . se27-strp~ jp3» LAW DEPARTMENT UNIVER SITY OF,PENNSYLVANIA.—A Term will be ? n on MONDAl,qctolinr3d. Introductory Lecture by HON. J. I. CLARK .HARE, at 8 o’clock, P. rtf* " se23 7trp Bg» HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 r and 1520 Lombard atreet. Dispensary Department, edlcal treatment nd medicine fnrnißbod gratuitously otbe poor . POEITICAHTNOTICESr - ; W Republican Invincibles of Philada. fiHAND MASS MEETING AT CONCERT HALL, Tuesday Evening, September 27, 1870, 1 -AtB o’clock, ’ ■ ' under the auspices lof.tho REPUBLICAN INVINCI BLEB. A full exposition or Local and Nation*, issues by ’ - ■ JION. 1V31.D. KELLEY, UON. LEONARD MYERS, HON. OHAB. O’NEILL, _ oj, ~ A. 0. HABMER. ■■=***«* m rkE l ; LADIES PARTICULARLY INVITED. By order of the Executive Committee. . , , ALEX. P. COLESBEBRY, President. .1. EBKN HABKIJiSi Secretary. AJB iiA. WILSON HENSZEY, ffF 1870. SHERIFF, WIEMMI R, jol6 tl oc!2rp§ DAY. TO DAY. 1870. JLBEhS. FIRST EDITION. BY CABLE AND mTAIE.. EUROPE. Awful Destruction at Strasbourg ROW NAPOLEON WAS BETRAYED Minister Sickles and the Brigands ITALY AND THE POPE f By Oabfe.l HEROIC STRASBOURG. luiuentllne Fall or tlie Great Toner. : Xhflve.riowBfroni u«ir Strasbourg to-day, by way of the Rhine, ■as late as Thursday. There is reason to be lieve that General Ulrich has six weeks’ pro visions for the whole population, 'and there are no signs. of surrender. It is believed that the army of Lyons will soon be put in motion to attempt to raise theiiiege. The sighs observed from the German works lead to the belief that'the magnificent tower of the Cathedral, ihe noblest architectural achievement of the German race, lias been so severe!v shaken as to be on the eve of falling. The immense mil itary hospital near the arsenal, was set on fire by bombardment of Tuesday, and burned to the ground. The whole city is indiseriml natelv subjected to an incessant ram of balls and shells ; the flags of the Geneva Conference are tro longer respected, and . the inhabitants are forced to take refuge in the cellars and other subteraneah constructions. A terrible cannonade is reported to.have been opened oh tlie devoted city yesterday.— H'oi-M. MAJOB-OESERAI, SICKLES AYD XIIE BBie&SDS. A Maid or Hie Outlaws Planned Agralnst ilie Mlijlsj er—The Ueneral Forewarned I ...His I’Jnn of Action and Barely—-Tlie Uoral Situation—Polities. London, Sept. 20tli, P. M.— The special cor ■ respondent of the Herald in Berlin reports a v mail ne-ws letter, dated on the 10th instant, tor transmission to Sew York, in which he i -ays ; f have already informed you that the Snan |Tsh Government had recalled the greater nor ■ lion of tlie fjendm-nux force from their posts in Uifi mountain districts—thus leaving the j farmers and travelers at the" completo 'mercy I ot the brigands, and this notwithstanding the ! very numerous cases of the most daring high-- ! way robberies and ruthless murders which liave f been lately recorded as having been perpe trated b_v these men.- The brigands roam about quite unrestrained by any legal or moral code, and the Government in Madrid has done noth iDgto check their criminal outrageous nro- CCedmERT' ; - “ —r.......... Tliere-is-scarcelyh province of the Pciiin sula but has now two or three different bands J '•>? armed robbers on itssoil. These men order ; everything. With the view of carrying on their depredations in greater security from I the law, and in order* to procure fresh arms j and ammunition;' tlie bandits always adopt ' some political banner as a rallying standard. Under cover of this they enter the villages and ; proceed to exact funds and rations from the inhabitants, even from the authorities. A I sum equal to SoO.OOO in American gold was ■ demanded recently by them for the release of | a rich proprietor in Andalusia, besides a va riety of smaller sums which were had in other ; instances elsewhere. Gruel treatment, even ; murder-ami butchery of the recusant, follows i n cases pf refusal. General Sickles's Cose. 1 You have beard briefly from your corres pondents in Spain of the escape iof .Major- General Sickles, United States Minister in. Madrid, from the hands of the brigands Gen. ■ Sickles has to come at regular intervals from his country residence to Madrid, in order to discharge his official duties. This fact, as well as notes of his time, were communicated to the brigands by their accomplices in La Granja. It appears that, the Geueral was expected to leave Madrid lately by an eight P. M. railroad . train. He, however, previously warned, per haps, started by the 5.50 P. M. ears of the same line. Aware of the insecurity of the lower roads, he adopted wliat he regarded, as a very oiirewd plan—that ol crossing the mountains at an unexpected hour, and when he would not, be thought to journey. On arriving at VillaJbaj accompanied by his aide, Gen. Sickles called the same conveyance which bad taken the two from La Granja to , VjlliUba. The driver of the coach, who was 'evidently surprised to see them at that hour, said that he expected them by the eight P. M. train- Arcarriage was prepared immediately, ■ and the party set out for the mountains. When the coacli in which it was imagined the General would come had arrived at a”very lonely spot in the mountains, .a couple of bri gands broke out from a hiding place and stopped the vehicle. They demanded if Gen. Sickles was among the Dassengers. A nega tive reply was given them. Then followed a very close scrutiny of the different passengers. Not finding Gen. Sickles, the brigands con-' tented themselves by plundering every person who was there. The Spanish government, well knowing wliat a serious affair it would turn out'to be if the representative of a foreign power should fall into the hands of the brigands, have or dered out a detachment of the gendarmes for the duty of profiting Major-General Sickles when he journevs to and tro between Madrid and Yillaiba. (By Mai!.] A Polish Veteran in the French. Service. i Gen. Louis Mieroslawski, who has just of- I fered his services to the French Provisional I Government, is on his father’s side of Polish ' parentage, and though born in France in 1814, was educated in Poland. In the unfortunate struggles of his' country in 1880, he took an active part; and after the partition of Poland, found refuge in France, and became deeply involved in thejrintless insurrection of Poland ih 1848. he wasTnTested at Posin',' and" condemned to death, Pending.the . exeeution . | of the sentence at Berlin, the revolutionary , movement in the latter city in 1848 resulted in | his liberation. He plunged into the full tide i of the political convulsions of that year, and i -gns placed by the Provisional Government at Baden in command of the revolutionary army Khins. J With the aid' of Sregiel and D’Oborski, he defeated, in .Tune, 1849, Prus sian forces of superior numbers in battles at Leutershaulen and \yaghausel, and J. 9 : Prince of Prussia’s army of, <>o,ooo men -in check. Again retiring' to private life and literary pursuits in Paris,' he. lias nevertheless always been ready to en gage in enterprises for the, liberation ,'of Po land, and vim the leader in some of the -at trmp .s at Polishi insurrection during"the,lastr decide. Strongly republican in Tus views, a TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1870. correspondent of and co-worker with Kos tuth aDd Garibaldi, it is considered that Lis ofier of aid to the French Provisional Govern ment carries with it, in addition to his distin guished talents and energy, the sympathy of republicans throughout the Continent. The DiACoveiy of Arms In Paris. The story of the discovery in Paris of a store of upward pf Prussian guns is thus given ny the Paris Journal: u Some days ago some cheats were seized, which were found to con tain Uhlan -Uniform*? Yesterday the arms were, found. The plan contemplated was sim- P”r> Iln< l Ahd it succeeded; would have been effectual. The 30,000 or 40,000 Germans who inhabited Belleville and La YiJlette before the. decree of expulsion was issued had been formed into ’regiments with that ma chine-like precision which marks all the proceedings -of -Prussia. At sf"given inbY ment, and concurrently with an attack by the ..h?KfqHtßg forces, we should have been takenm the rear-by false Uhlans, who would have charged upon us, and cause us to believe, that the city had been entered either by a breacli or through the sewers or catacombs, borne persons appointed for that purpose were to have called out ‘ Treason,’ and then our troops would have been assailed in.front , and. in fear. The discovery was made quite acci dentally. A quantity of rifles having , been sent to the station at La Chapelle, a railway servant seized one, which he took away with him,, and, being somewhat intoxicated, de clared loudly that he knew where thew were plenty of arms. A body of the National Guard, upon being Informed of this man’s.. statement, _ proceeded -to the .station-—and —interrogated--the-- officials,- who at first denied that there were any arms there, but some of the porters pointed out several railway trucks which were laden with cases of muskets. Upon careful search, 10 trucks were found to oe so laden, haviug ac-' cording to the statements of. the employes, arrived from Bedan- some days before.' The National Guard having no authority to seize tlie arms, an application was made to the Police, who took possession, not of 16, but of trucks, all laden, with arms and amunition. AmoDg these arms were Chassepots and nefcdle-gnns bearing the Prussian eagle, rt is said that cuirasses and lances were also found. An investigation is now proceeding, which, it is hoped, will acquaint us with the names of the intended receivers as well as of the actual senders.” Frpre Hjoclnthe's I.etter to Minister "Was lib u me. Tlie’text of the letter from Frere (late Pere) Hyacinths- to Minister Washburne, referring to his communication-recognizing the French Republic, is as follows: but: Detained in the country for more than a month by the state of my health, which has Miliered so many and cruel ordeals, I much re cret that it is not in my jiower to grasp the band that has just written a letter so noble and •jmpathetic toward my country. That letter is a page in the history of liberty in the tw» worlds. It revives the recollec tions of Washington' and Lafayette,and proves that if despotism had succeeded in dividing two governments, liberty bad not delayed an' jhnsttrTrHd-nnittrtwcrpconlesT—Etrropei —where" the blood of our defeated heroes has flowed is '■till silent, but' America, despite the ocean which separates us, has made her voice heard, bhe affirms that neither distance nor diversity of race will make strangers of nations w hich have the same son), and , that -lie demandsfor her young sister, that right I which it appertains to her to dffiiue, because she was the flrst to Jjnow how to practice it— the inalienable right to live toiling for the happiness of ail. 1 aln happy that such sentiments fiave found -: heir-offi eial interpreter in one whom I love and esteem so much, and I pray vou to ac cept with the expression of my patriotic grati tude the homage of my respectful and deep at tachment. HvAcrjrrriE. Bouwac, Sept. 10,1870 ... The Ex-Emperor— Deserted twr m B Friends—Accusations or Treachery. Jt is a sad commentary on the instability of royal greatness that Napoleon, in his cap 'iviry, is deserted even by the London Tela/roph. i-)A correspondent of that cele brated organ of the Imperial back-stairs sends i-rom Paris the following rumors and suspicion?: ' There is but too much reason to apprehend that the almost universal belief entertained bv Frenchmen that treachery and treason have been rampant,, not only among French civil ians, but also in the ranksof the French armv is founded upon fact; I have talked with several soldiers who escaped from the-wreck ' of De Faiily’s division, and who have made their way, back to Paris. They are unanimous in their assertion that this trailer, as they all regard him, so handled his troops as to deliver Them over. ...to be helplessly massacred ,by their enemies. But JL regret to add that, although De Failly is even more execrated to-day in France than Lehoouf, there is a still mightier name on eveirv lip agiiiusl which the strangest innuendoes are whispered. The latter from the pen of 11. I’odevin, late Prefet of the Department of I-a lleurthe, which appeared iu last ni'ght’s -"w, has produced a prodigious effect? It will be remembered that 11. dePodevin was violently animadverted upon by public opin ion for having .surrendered Nancy, the chief town of his department, without a struggle, and for having advised his fellow-townsmen not to resist the enemy. The peccant Pre fet was ifr.-stioic* and disgraced by 11. Chemeau, late Minister of the In terior. He now defends himself energeti against the calumnies of M!. Clievreau, -ays that his rcpeated.appeals for arms were disregarded, and tliat not a grain of powder was supplied to him wherewith to blow up the.bndges over the Meurthe.. He adds that on the morning of August 11 he was ordered to blow up.-thie bridges. but that, after having in vain applied for powder from the Engineer Department, he shortly after re ceived une depeclie chiffrfee de I’Empereur in’onjoignant de ne pas les faii-e' sauter. I“ A cipher despatch from the Emperor, forbidding me to blow them up.”] These words are printed in italics in M. Podevin’s letter, and have here arroused intense surprise and indig nation. A story is to-night bandied about that Marshal Bazaine has announced that the E mperor himself made overtures to him, his most distinguished General, of a traitorous character. “ Traitor,” “ bandit,” “ robber”— these are the mildest words which fly to-night irom lip to lip—and I grieve to add that they are applied to no less a man than the unhappy Emperor himself. Of course it is natural that i* renchmeii should be .only too■ eager, in the present condition of France, to find any excuse for the dismal reverses of the French array. /-vBnAFIow as is the esti mate everywhere the military and late Em peror, it seems inconceivawfcf to Frenchmen' except on the suppMitiot£c® jreach.@ry. tW Fe eoiiKrhave that-it would enable lffm to escape from a posi tion which he Pad- riotously enjoyed Tor 18 years, and which lie felt to be no longer tenable. A mot is attributed to the Emperor’s most trusted favorite, who exclaimed when e , 9 nals , calne > “ -Du moins noiis nous sommes diablement amuses dei/uis dixhuitans a lours frais! ! -f-t any rate, we have amused ourselves, dev lhsli well at their expense during these 18 years.’l You are told that the Emperor,-hav ing had at his disposal a sum or 30,000,000 iranca annually, was in the habit of nevor spondiriglcssthan-]00,000,000.-'The"Htafo'ac-' so “oooked” and j uni bled up with each other in Inextricable confusion, that any auditorsliip nr supervision wns Impossible. - It'i was, indeed, never attempted. 1 am, not re penting to you mere Idle' and'.-ivindy rumors. For several days these damaging imputations li.i’i e been the .staple of conversation at four out of hve dinner-taWes in Paris. The letter from M. Podevin has undoubtedly given them' increased weight and circulation. Nor should 1 be doing iny duty as a chronicler of daily’ in . la "s if I omitted to mention that, whether justly or unjustly, the cry of treason is rife to-night in this city,and that neither the Emperor himself nor the Ministers who corns menced the war, and who,by quitting France,! are likewise giving color to the charges, have escaped what I cannot but hope is a slanderous accusation. WHY m; WIHPFFEN scbbekbebed. His Plan to Escape Coantermanded by tbe Cmperor. - [From Galignani-V Messenger.] A?, officer who had not quitted (General dp \\ Impfien airthe morning of the Ist writes as follows to the Debate: On that morning the Prussians, having ter minated their movement, attacked us on our .right, in order to drive us on the fresh troops, who awaited our descent from fhe plateau, be fore deploying all their forces. For a moment Gen, de wimpffen was deluded, and believed j n i 1 vietpry, not as yet knowing that he had .before him more than 150,000 enemies. In the evening he resolved to open a passage for his troops_ to the Belgian territory, or to march upon Garignan. He would doubtless have suc ceeded, as the enemy, half disorganized by the con test, had remained in position on the field ot battle; but the Emperor, who still held ae facto the chief command, prevented him, and paralyzed his best efforts by calling up the PrusHian.s witha white flag,"and by .-addressing a letter to the King.'General de Wimpfien, after a warm altercation with the Emperor and his suite on the subject, re turned to his quarters and gave in his resigna tion. Napoleon refused to accept it, and. wrote to him the following note: General • You cannot resign at the moment when the army may still be saved by an honorable capitulation. You have done yoilr duty all day ; do it still. You will render a great service to the. country. The King has accepted the armistice, and 1 am waiting his propositions. Believe ih my friendship. ' , Napoleon. Tbe Genera], being then persuaded that only one course was open; that in retiring alone, as he could still do, he might avoid, personal captivity, but would abandon the gallant sojdiers who had braved death under bis orders during the whole day; seeing, also, that in so acting lie would ill perform the functions of general-in-chief placed in his hands by the fortune of war,’ decided to re main at the head of the army, to share the lot of all, and to set his name to the capitulation —that terrible act which—closes—by an im mense disaster, by an unforseen catastrophe, one of the most brilliant.of' military careers. " ■ Genera] Belle also refused to adhere to the capitulation. A letter addressed by him To his wife says: • ■ I am prisoner of war with the whole army. Never has any people had to undergo such an aftront. Tell your brother that if he reads,,tbe report, of the council of war held for the sur render of the .army, lie wili'see that two gene rals reltL-.-ii to submit. They were not named; but the world should know that the dissen tients were Generals Belle and Carre de Belle mare. WHAT WILL, ITAIjY DO WITH THE "■ DOPE? Tbe«*Keds” Alert. • I From the Fell Mull Gazette, Sept. II.J The occupation of Home by the Italians is the natural and inevitable consequence of the i lownfall of the empire: The Italians wore to the eonventipii,of September, and that con vention depended for its maintenance on the French b,qyonets sent to support it. It was a convention imposed by forge and maintained by force, and as soon as that force was with drawn it was certain to fall to the ground. Tbe Italians have lost no time in taking advantage of the sudden collapse of the eldest son of the church, but it is only fair to them to remember that in the first instance the convention was thrust upon them against their will, and that the continu ance of the French occupation for so many years was altogether contrary to the spirit, if not the .etter, of the compact. The Italians, as far at least as their government was con cerned, showed themselves anxious to con ciliate tbe Vatican, and to make things pleasant, But the Holy Father himself was obdurate and resentful. “Non possumus” and •• Lt Tape ne transigera jamais’’ were the' only answers he would make to the advances Italy and the urgent representa tions ot France. Even now, even after rii- evidence of the recent Council and flic assumption of personal infallibilitv, there seems to be a lingering hope on the part of the Italian government that some kind of understanding may be come to with the Pope. A-variety of arrangements is proposed by which the Pope is still to be an independent ecclesiastical prince, with some apparatus of worldly authority. The question the Italian government are apparently seeking to solve is how far they can make concessions to the Vatican without provoking their own people and jeopardizing the dynasty of Savoy. The revelutionistsare evidently on the alert, and only a hold and decisive course will save the monarchy. MATTERS IN SPAIN. Tlie French KevolnUou 9uU Spanish He- publicans. A Spanish correspondent of an English pa per says: Hou' will the rapid march of events in France affect Spain ? is a question which all Spaniards are at present anxiously asking each other, but which they find it difficult to answer satisfactorily. It Is now nearly a year since the Federal Republicans in this country rose in arms against the Governments " That, the movement was then popular was shown by its strength as regarded numbers.but it was smothered in the cradle by the superior force of military discipline; and since then the Are has been smouldering, and waiting only for a waft of outside sympathy to fan it again into a ilame.- Republicanism is, undoubtedly, an important political element in Spain, but it ha> hitherto been weak from internal divisions and disagreements on - minor points between , .the heads of the party. The Republicans were divided Into two classes, or , parties, namely: the l nitariau and the Federal Republicans. The l uitarians comprised the Progresistas; for, although the Rrogresistos called themselves monarchical, it. was evident to all that in de fault. ot a monarch they would choose a presi dent. It was even alleged that they, with their leader Prim,, wore Republicans at heart, hut restrained trom. putting their ideas into | practice by tuo threats of Napoleon and the i f jnCTllßingujitH,tad^o£-a^,.an»^u--S l it,rt«em-h— J cipheircarnst party. “The Federate, it was asserted, were ready to link their‘fortunes'' with those oi the Unitarians, if these would only declare the Republic at once, regard less of Napoleonic consequences ; but tW&j Unitarians' could not he prevailed upon' to plunge into tills course, and thus Spain jogged on, trusting to chance for a i windfall. • The question now is, Will the Spanish Republicans.oonsider this an oppor tune moment for action; and, if so, will the Federals adhere to their former ideas, or modify them soas tO imeetiUnltarian-yiows. and 'obtain tlioir Support ? Should the Fede ral Republicans rise again, as they did in Oc tobpv last, thprmns# succumb, for their orgau- Tzation is not .iniUtarj, and they have already :,had exjppnencSpfiwliat this, force, can do- In quieting restless: spirits. Tho Carlists, how ever, by their ill-ndvlsed Jagitation, arc doing all they can to rouse the spirit of the Re publicans. The army is being increased, ana extraordinary precautions aro ta r™,, over the country, specially, tn the northern provifices; but what •does it portend? It is difficult to tell. Rumor says that Prim contemplates a coup d'etat, but theonly importance _to_boattached to this is that it is quite certain that Prim is prepared to take advantage of any good thing that may turn up, but as regards any particular course yoti may feel sure that he has' none. The pre vailing opinion is that if the Republicans be come the party of the present, it will be be fj*? 8 ? V 1 ™ 30 chooses, and although people speak of him contemptuously, all know that he has the army with him, and tliat as long as he is thus supported he will be the man of the .day. .Whether. Spainis-to-bo-a—Republic-or- Dot every one .here feels confident of one thixigy and • that is that the crisis in France must produce a crisis In Spain. ■*' A NOTEE SPECTACLE. Cruel Treßtment 6f a tTidow an Clrtcasco nISS. II^? 0 Besieged and Innndaied- Heroic Defence of tbe Oarrteon. „t Chieago of the Kith has the fob A somewhat singular spectacle is just now a » the intersection of Eighteenth street, . Canal street and Canaiport avonue. ft is nothing more nor less than a “lone,lorn” widow woman living in a small shanty located A 1 ? 1 tee way she happened to become thus isolated from the world around her was tins: the three streets which intor seof each other at-that point -are-being -over hauled, reconstructed and improved bv the city authorities. In the progress of these !? ip i r ?^ ei l Venta and changes it Was found that tbe littiehouse or shanty owned and occupied iii 8 foresting widow, with five small children, stood in the way, and its removal was necessary in order to push forward the improvements to completion. The contractors accordingly opened negotiations with the widow for. the purchase of her “ cabin.” Thev oflered her S2OO for. the structure, or S5O for removing it out of their way. The owner failed to > see it.” The contractors, impor tuned, entreated, threatened; but the woman stubbornly refused to budge out of their way, or to sell her property at any such paltry figures. The work of en larging and improving the streets was brought to a. stand-still. A council of war was held, and anally it was decided to dig a trench en - tirely around the house, and till it with water from the adjoining hydrants. jThis was ac cordingly done, andjn a few. hours more the widow and her children were dwelling unon an island. The waterin the trench three 2*" it grew deeper, and finally it entered the dwelling and covered the -floor, so that tlie-occupants were compelled to \mount a table.tokeep dry. The- situation be ■ came interestmg, and scores of spectators visited the spot and viewed the spectacle ’ v' l,b intense curiosity. JstUl_the hero -lue of the occasion obstinately-refused to da-' pituJate; and when oftr informant left the place she remained master of the situation de _termined,-apparenUyy—never— to strike her colors white her ammunition and provisions hold out. Her only means of reaching “ land” is by a narrow plank which she has succeeded in running out of one window of her domicile so as to form a tolerable bridge., If thalitua. tion remains.unchanged much longer, perhaps some enterprising party will establish aferry,- ror. her- convenience and the benefit of bis fiwn pocket. This is an age of bald enter prises, as well as of strange novelties. I DRAMATIC. The ChestnntTStreet Theatre. —We are informed that Mr. E. h. Daven port, has leased the Chestnut Street Theatre, and will open it immediately with a first-elass stock company. We are very glad that this 1 establishment has fallen into such good hands. Mr. Ildyenport is an estimable gentleman whose permanent connection with any theatre would tie a sufficient assurance that it de served the patronage ot the respectable public. • We regard him, also, as an actor who is in every respect the equal of any other upon the American stage. In certain characters in deed he is superior to hnv of his contempo ranes. The presence of this versatile and ac complished actor in any company in this citv ought to insure a crowded house ever nmht. Mr. Davenport has, we understand, arranged tor the appearance of Mile. Janauschekr on October 31. “Central Park” at the Arch. « .. —At the Arch Street Theatre, last night, a play was produced, eutitled Central Park: or, 7he House with . Two. Doors. Mr. Lester. Wab lack-;- oTNewTorK, claims the authorship. In the hills the drama is entitled, “a brilliant local comedy in live acts.” In reality it is a lively farce expanded with some- ingenuity far beyond its just dimensions. If the dia logue could be cut by a bold and judicious hand, and the incidents compressed into three acts, the farce would he much more effective. It depends for 'its interest entirely upon the plot, and that could.bo developed with greater clearness and torce in a much smaller com pass. It is undeniable that the plot is very excellent. It has for its subject a series of queer blunders in which several very worthy people are involved through tlie absurd jealousy and suspicion, entertained against, each other by a man and his wife. The inci dents consequent upon the misapprehensions of the parties, are very amusing, even if they are a little unnatural and extravagant/-The situations are often full of genuine humor, which loses none of its heartiness because the time-honored trick of hiding visitors,- whose presence mightexclte suspicion, in closets from whioh they emerge in time to participate iri a striking tableau, is adopted with remarkable frequency in every act of the play. The dia logue is not particularly brilliant or witty, blit it is easy, natural and amusing in most of the scenes and tolerably good in all. None of the characters aro new or striking, and there is no attempt at the nice development of any of them. They all have about as much individuality as any of the figures in ordinary inroes, and they are .placetl in situations so comical that . they afford amusement without exciting admiration for their accurate resem blance to known types in actual life. Mrs. Drew, Miss Price, Air. Hill,-Mr. Mackey, Mr. McManus and. Mr. Hemple played the princi pal parts, and, ot epurse,' performed in a mod acceptable manner. Those who wish to en joy some honest, hearty fun, can obtain the article at the Arch Street Theatre, while this farce remains upon the stage. Eneille western at tbe Walnut. Last niglit Miss Western played in East Lynne before an immense number of that par ticular sort oi gourmands whojthri venpott-lhe. Srast^ifTror part.of “Lady. .Isabel”,show tHlalllierokl power oyer the feelings, .ana depicted" the changes ot jealousy, remorse and maternal with an energy amoUntiug to violence, part,■ we should feel and could express anShhjtagned admiration .for Lucille, if she wouldTntener condescend to be quiet: to our thinking, the scenes whore “Lady Isabel” shows to her young husband the beginnings ,pf distrust,, and afterwards where sue tries to keep her self-command in proposing as a test the removal of the' mistrusted lady, were much .more- touching -than the- agonies .which fol lowed.- The play was well borne up by the efforts i of : the <■ other ; performers, especially Mrs. Qhttpman. , In the upholstery' and dresses, which were bright, new and rich, we were pleased to ohserve a great advance oil the 1 part of the' old Walnut, and one which will set forward the reputation of the house as PRICE THREE CENT,-* amoDg and handsomest intli* un l r /v Th? wiH.be continued: Frida™ benefit©! Miss 'Western; Saturday, her pearance in a matinee. ’ p THE FINE ABES. A severe-domestic calamity has occurred to tbe painter Hamilton. In Chedeath of hia ex cellent wife, he loses the partner and trfie help meet of many years. Mr. Hamilton is natu- , rally much depressedyand has but little energy for the prosecution of his Just great conception-' —a new treatment of one orf his most cele brated inspirations, the “.Conflict of Be Ban nomine, Richanl and Serapis." . "Knight’s fine picture, illustrating a scend' from Othello, is prosperously advancing, but i* not yet in a condition to be shown even to the pubhc personal fri ® nda - let alone the-general One of our most laborious and conscientious '• artists, Mr. T. Henry Smith, exhibits at Hasel tine s, as the result of three, years’ patient la- • bor, a very interesting picture representing the modern mechanic. The subject is an artisan of our century tending a Hoe press in full ope- ' ration. young man is of an intelUgent cast, and grasps a book, t« be studied in the moments snatched fiom labor; while musical instruments and works of art lie around. On \ - . th eyy all is pictured a plodding mechanic of the - oldschop], laboriously working a hand-pre'sa • oi the kind used in Franklin’s day, The idea of modem versatility, and the zest of life, is very strikingly given. Artistically, the figure is studied with almost-painful oare; and- the strong young torso, with the neck power fully planted on the shoulders,—the en- : «f ge i - c ,^“ erlc ? n hßa <l. with its union of ...haughty spirit and - .intellectual delicacy —and the modeling and shortening of the hm bs,are represented with insight and power.' The composition, with its not very tractable '' mechanical details, is likewise sidlful. The ‘J‘ftewmtttom anything-we have seen ot Mr. Smiths, —theblender” having been iisedwtihperhaps excessive frequent— and recalls English work of the old school. Some °* ol "i typosraphical-associations should deco ful work 1113 " Ith this uncommonly thought- ’ Roberts, sculptor, has modeled a profile in re,le J> °\ the ? ort known as the “ veiled statu a,y Tlle of a young bride is seen' quutrcoveredwitli diaphanous-laces, yetTuHv: apparent under the- thm disguise, which en hances rather than conceals its beauty of out>- |“>e. One hand, resting on the bosom,holds-' }!?“ .!£?}, ,a 1 .Roberts is about to try .T~; Ins ski]] on a lull-length male figure. , yesterday entered the studio at Messrs, fatrn thers & Sons’ establishment, for the i>ur-~' 7 pose of seeing a bust of the late Judge Gner. which we had found under way at a previous- ' -Visit._ii_Q__were—disappointed—in-this,— the— —, promising young artist, Mr. Wells; having de stroyed his work on account of some .dissatis faction or scruple about its merit. He had ust finished, however, an excellent portrait bust of Dr. Green of Easton; pa., which we - .believe to.be a perfectly satisfactory likeness. as it is a most creditable work of art! ■ - Mr.btarkey, a tjlie sauieatelier, is tnodcling a full-length life-size' figure of Buth. The Moabitess stands in an attitude of meditation, pressing a few wheat-ears to her bosom. Her tace.wbicljisnotofaJew-islrtype.butism- . tended to representthe pri tuitiverace of Syria —~— is thoughtful and perplexed. The drapery id thrown around the form with much grace and the posture is good. This figure is aid ready ordered by a Philadelphia connoisseur, and will be cut in marble during the winter. Akers’bust of Luoreti a Mott, the philan thropist, is now chiseUed in an uncommonly beautiful fragment of Carrara, and may bt> Been at Mr. Struthers’ establishment. It is re markable for an absolute purity and unsur passable refinement of expression! which the translucency of the material and the skill oF the cutter have enhanced. The drapery is not. however, quite so fortunate as the face. At Caldwell’s may be seen a statue of Pane looe Sleeping, in plaster, by J. Obermeyer. J.be figure struck ns as elegant and savant, while wanting in originality. It recalls a cer tain line of antique recumbent figures such as the Mourning Agrippina and Deserted Ariadne of the Vatican, and the drapery, in tbe metafile precision of its folds, likewise suggests the style of ancient sculptors. At the same time the figure and folds are both cor- . reet, and hard to find fault with. Mr. Ober meyer is the artist whose statue of a Nvinnlt ailornrtbe fountain at'Bitfgnhouse'Sqjiare. "™ ■’ CALIFORNIA UONSTERS. Relics of Ancient Times. The Pacific coast is wonderfully l'ich iu.tho l?,*. • remnants of the autideluvian era. Within the last two months, says a San Pram cisco correspondent of a Charleston paper, discoveries have been made, which in any other country, would set the scwam crazy with excitement and furnish material for endless discussion. The chief of these is what was once evidently an immense sea monster. It. lies on a high plateau, about, one hundred miles to thp southeast of Hamilton, Nevada,, and trom its position it Is supposed that the Jocale was once a great shoal, anc * that the leviathan floundered and perished on its surface as the water re ceded. The petrifaction is- perfect, and is esti mated to weigh about ten. tons. Ithastho head and body of ahumpbacken whale, while the extremities extend into feelers and an tema»l, like the polypus or devil fish, with the exception thattney are evidently lined, during life, with a hard and bony substance. The> bead is flat and, oblong, with eyes set on each side twenty-four inches apart. The mouth is armed with tripple rows of tooth, sharp in front, but underneath and well into the jaws they turn into grinders, capped by a solid osseous formation. The length of this singular relic of an unknown ago has not yet been de termined, but as tho body bleniis into._fho tail it tapers down'into so small a size, that, making due. allowance, its weight would not be far from that stated. At the present time there is on exhibition in the city the tusk aud some teeth of an auto diluvian animal, whose magnitude must have dwarfed into littleness the most monstrous mastodon or megartlierium.of which we have any account-—a beast so large as almost to defy the power of imagination to conjure up an image so vast before the mind’s eye. The re mains were discovered very recently in a for mation of cement and lava near Stockton, in this State. One of the teeth weighs ninety ffyi! in>uqils„4n.d the tujdc *j) ropo it I oil'sw i; t t'D i,! ortSkiUre towhich n) be --longed -niust-liavcbeen-several-hnndreiT-feetr — long, and weighed hundreds of tons. These mammoth hones will shortly leave .for the East and Europe, and are certain to Croat a sensation wherever seen. Last week the petrified claws of an immense lobster or crawfish, measuring a foot and a half in length, wore found in a drift in a Mount .Diablo gravel bod, live hundred' feet abovo tide level,and the papers this morning,' contain accounts of the discovery of a perfect petrified seal in the White Pine country, tn-_ geth'er with a great variety of curious fossils ' and ammonites. Indeed, the coast abounds with relies of antediluvian and. possibly pre- Adamite monsters, and every square mile of grpiind shows evide_nee_of the fearful convul sions that agitato the globe when those tre mendous creations oftlie Supreme Being wo to .coffined in stone.
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