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} , Of the bonds of friendship and com- mon interest existing naturally be- tween Cuba and ourselves. ‘This will be mercy. For us to allow Spain to pursue her Policy of desolation when she can no longer rale would be barbaric, and we are an un- civilized people if we permit it. Spain must be thrust aside from this last Continental base of operations which she holds. Cuba, in her hands, has been a curse to all Spanish America. She made it a base in the intervention in Mexico; she did the same in the late war against the Pacific cuast of South America, and forced from the already overburdened Cubans the funds to meet the expenditures incident to the barbaric bombardment of Val- paraiso. Cuba, in the hands of any other Power, would be used against the republican- ism of this Continent in a similar way. This must be considered in our diplomatic dealings with this question. A bold, straightforward recognition of Cuban rights and Cuban inde- pendence is the most dignified and statesman- like policy to pursue, and we feel confident that the clear-headed administration about to assume the reins of our government will so see it, i The Association of the Army of the Po- tomac. The veteran officers of the glorious old Army of the Potomac held a preliminary meeting in this city on Washington’s birthday and made arrangements for a grand reunion, also to be held in this city on the 5th of July next. The object of this convention is the formation of a league or fraternity for the interchange of associations and the perpetuation of the friendships and memories created during the rebellion and sanctified by the blood of a hun- dred thousand dead comrades. Nearly five hundred general and staff officers participated in the proceedings of this inaugural assembly, and the deliberations were conducted in the thost auspicious manner. It was, however, @ novel and proportionately more interesting ‘ircumstance of the occasion that never probably since the beginning of thé war has so large a body of eminent men been gathered together whose individual political views and sympathies were more divergent; and in this fact reats the brightest augury for the ulti- mate prosperity and strength of the organi- gation. It will be impossible, from the very nature of its elements, that the association can degenerate into a po- litical faction, and, such being the case, it can have no aim but the object avowed at its inception. There are plenty of hack military societies in existence which came to the front during great political crises, in the interest of one or other of the great politi- cal parties, and are merely ‘‘claptrap side shows” to the great concern; but such organi- vations as this and similar societies estab~ lished by the veterans of the armies of the Ten- nessee and of the Cumberland must eclipse the politico-military cliques in the estimation of the country at large, as well as by the grandeur of their spheres of influence and aim. This, then, may fairly be considered as the commencement of a new era of public sentiment in the country, a toning down of the partisan- ships and bitter animosities which were engen- dered and developed by the struggle for the preservation of the nation’s autonomy, and the grand societies of the great national armies will thus form the fit closing links in the great chain of the war's history. Besides this con- sideration they will also be the nucleus upon which the nation may depend in the event of any emergency which may again call for the establishment of a great military arm to en- force a right or redress a wrong. ARMY AND NAVY INTELLIGENCE. The President has ordered Assistant Paymaster General Nathan W. Brown to assume charge of the Pay Department until # successor to General Price shall have been confirmed by the Senate and com- missioned by the President. ‘The Navy Department is advised of the arrival at Lisbon on the 10th ult. of the United States steamer Richmond, nineteen daysfrom Boston. Her pestege out was very stormy. The commander of the Richmond says that the weather was the heaviest he had ever experienced at sea. On the fourth di ‘out the ship was struck by lightning, which pat through the deck and distributed itseif in the engine room. The storeship Guard w the only Amei ‘war vessel at Lisbon besides the Richmond. The English Channel fleet, consisting of seven tron-clads, and two P: schoolships, are the only foreign vessels in port at Lisbon. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. The Tennessee Legislature adjourned yesterday. ‘The ratification of the constitutional amendment goes over until next session. Nathaniel G. Wood, watchmaker and jeweller, in Hanover street, Boston, was robbed Sunday morn- tng, of $7,000 worth of property. Twelve negroes who were confined in Hampton jail, Va., made their escape on Saturday night. Two ‘were charged with rape and the others with minor offences. D. ©. Stickney, an expressman of Boston, had $32,000 stolen from his dwelling yesterday. Sus- picion rests on au inmate of the house, who has disappeared. Aman named Michael Curlivan, about thirty-five years of ‘was fouad frozen to death yesteria: Inorning on the road ieading from Assabet vo Roc! Bottom, near Worcester, Mass. Nancy E. Clem, on trial at Indianapolis, Ind., for the murder of Jacob Young and wife at Cold Spring, Ind. lg sae pel has been found guilty of mi der in the third degree, and sentenced to the Peut- tentiary for life, ‘The Masonic Hall at Morrisville, N. H., together ‘with a dweiling house adjoining, were destroyed b; fire morning. The hail butiding containe woveral stores, shops, &c., the contents of which were entirely destroyed. At yesterday morning the thermometer marked 38 deg. below zero at Lancaster, N. H., 32 dog. at Littleton, 22 deg. at Lebanon, 18 deg. at Con- 22 deg. at ‘Martin's Ferry, 15 deg. at Nashua, 9 deg. at Lowell, and at Boston 6 deg. above. Leonard Choate, the Newport, R. I., incendiary, whose recent arrest at the West has been noticed, ‘was arraigned yesterday on fifteen separate char; of incendiarism at Newport and neighborhood. yieates, not guilty, trial was assigned for A large fire ocourred at Jackson, Miss., morning, which burned the Clarion newapeper 3 100 joes and bookbindery. The loss 18 $26,000, 3.4 stationery store sured for $9,000, The fire o ofMce and was the work of an ndiary. The R. W. and the Rev. Charles Piatt, G1 6 chap Jain of the Grand o'r and A. M., mi ors at Lyon: county, on iraday n next, an escort of Knights Templar wiil acoompany the remains from Binghamton. i waeere of Browalow’s militia went to bay —_ near Tenn., pretend we orders to arrest him and sent Q daughter of the : him off. He the woods and a militia man was arrested and placed in oh: guard, who killed na while atten to moka be Genre Coronel On an investigation of the circumstan janding the militia, justined the act, Gambie, comm: STABBING AFFRAY IN A SALOON, ‘The roughs of the city are not yet all in custody, Judging from the epidemic that has just broken out ‘with renewed violence. At half-past five o'clock last night Thomas Mulholland and one Hyatt got into @n altercation in the liquor saloon of Herman Brand, No. 313 Boyer, wi the former was se- vei out in one of the hands by Hyatt, who, after oommitti eed, escaped. The wounded man, Whose WHwemluln' rug ‘wate, where his wounds were dressed, NEW. YORK: HERALD, TUESDAY, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. Reported Surrender of Insur- gents at Villa Clara. Uninterrupted March of Gene- ral Lasca Into the Interior. Rumored Defection of the Revolu- tionary General Aringa. GREAT SNOW STORM IN CANADA. THE RAILROADS BLOCKED UP Adoption of the Coristitutional Amendment by the Louisiana Legislature. CUBA. Reported Defeat of the Insurgents at Cituen- tes—General Quesada Seid to Have Been Outwitted—Valinaseda Marching on Puerto Principe—Miscellaneonus Items. Havana, March 1, 1869. General Puello, with his command, has arrived at Santo Espiritu from Cienfuegos. The Diario reports an engagement between the troops and insurgents at the town of Cifuentes, in which the troops were victorious. The same paper states that 300 rebels have surrendered at Villa Clara. It seems that General Lesca is advancing into the interior without meeting with much opposition. ‘The rebels expected that he would march by the Sierra de Cubitas or take the road to Paredez, where they had erected entrenchments and were ready to oppose his progress; but Lesca unexpectedly took another route and outwitted the rebel General Quesada, The Diario asserts that the revolutionary General Napoleon Aringo has joined Count Valmaseda with 2,000 men, abandoniag the rebellion, and that Valmaseda, reinforced by a thousand of these men, has set out from Puerto Principe to meet General Lesca, when with their combined forces they will attack Quesada. Four Spanish gunboats are cruuing between La Guanaja and Gibara. ‘The Spanish man-of-war Guadiana is watching the ™movementa of the revolutionists in the waters of Nassau. ‘The United States steamer Gettysburg has arrived here, Havana Commercial and Financial Markets. HAVANA, March 1, 1869, Sugar declining; no sales reported; holders are essing on the market. Exchange declining; on ondon, 13 a 1334 per cent premium; on Paris, 2a 2% fg cent premium; on United States, 60 days’ sight. in gold, 3, @ 1 per cent premium; short sight, 13, a2 per cent teat 60 days’ sight, in currency, Aa 23 per cent discount, rh FRANCE. Death of Lamartine. Pants, Parch 1, 1869, Alphonse de Lamartine, the poet and historian, died to-day, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. GERMANY. ‘The Prussinn Grant to the City of Frankfort. BERLIN, March 1, 1869, ‘The proposition to grant the city of Frankfort-on- the-Main two million florins has passed the Prussian Diet by a large majority. NEW ZEALAND, ‘The Natives Severely Panished for the Poverty Bay Outrages. Lonpon, March 1, 1869. ‘The War Office is in receipt of later intelligence from New Zealand. The British forces there had made reprisals on the natives for the outrages com- mitted at Poverty Bay, during which several vil- lages were destroyed and ninety of the natives killed and wounded. The British lost only three wounded. THE NEW DOMINION. Travel Suspended from Ottawa—Attempt to Reopen the Roads, ° Orrawa, March 1, 1869, Four hundred men were at work to-day clearing the snow off the track of the Ottawa and Prescott Railroad from this point. Only four miles of the road have been opened. The track is clear from Prestcott to Kemptville, Passengers and mails are conveyed from the latter place to Ottawa by sleighs. No mails have been received from tne West since Tuesday last. It is reported that Hon. Mr. Gault will again take a seat in the Cabi Rallronds Blockaded by Snow—Immense Drifts near Montreal. MONTREAL, March 1, 1869, Railway travel is still obstructed by snow. No trains have left here for the East or West for the past three days. The Arthabaska Ratiroad is so com- «pletely snowed up that it will be abandoned for the season. In some places the snow lies in drifts nearly thirty feet deep. LOUISIANA. Important Revenue DecisionNow Scheme for Raising a Levee Fund=The Constitutional Amendment Ratified. New ORvEANS, March 1, 1869, Judge Durell, in the United States District Court, this morning decided the first of the great wine cases, which have been on trial over a month, in fauor of the government on three points—namely, first, because of fraudulent intent in not properly verifying in Invoice and declaration; second, because of false invoice as to kind of wine, and, third, sarees of undervaluation, This is regarded as a A bill was introduced in the House to-day, P aap to a third reading and providing for the issue of thi ear six per cent gold bond: for thet Baythent ‘of which the guarantoo of "the United ment The is to of such bonds vely for the building biio_ works under spectal tax ofan Ly rons Fatih the fifteenth amend- ment to the constitution of te United States passed ‘both houses to-day, TENNESSEE. The City Debt of Memphie—A County Without Civil OMcers=The Commander of the Nettie Jones Released on Bail. r ‘Mempnts, March 1, 1860, ‘The election regarding the issue of $500,000 of thirty-year bonds to pay the indebtedness of the city resulted in favor of issuing the bonds. De Soto county is now without civil officers, all former incumbents having fatied to take the oath re- quired by General Giliem's order. Captain Ford, of the tug Nettie Jones, arrested for alleged coma in the destruction of arms belong. Ing to the SI A was roleasod at Little Rook this morning on $20,000 ball. MAROH 2, 1969—TRIPLE: MAINE. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. H PortLanp, March 1, 1869, ‘The democrats carried Portland for the first time since 1860, and William L, Putnam is elected Mayor. ‘The vote stands Putnam 2,207, Drummond 2,077. Last year the vote was:—Putnam, 2,277; McLellan, 2,487; Deering, the temperance candidate, 179. The Gemocrats carried tour of the seven wards. Saco, March 1, 1869. Owing to dissensions in the republican port the city election to-day resulted in no choice for Mayor, James M. Deering, the present incumbent, lacking eighty-three votes of a majority, Six republican sicotmen: are elected and in one Ward there was DO choice. Lewiston, March 1, 1869. Mr. Isaac N. Parker, republican, was elected Mayor to-day by a vove of 630 to 175, The republicans car- ried all but one ward. THE PACIFIC COAST. San Francisco Officials Indicted for Fraud— Detention of the Overland Miile—The Con- stitutionn] Amendment in Nevada—Alaska Advices. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 28, 1869. The Grand Jury on Saturday indicted four mem- bers of the “Committee on Outside Lands,” of the Board of Supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco for fraud in connection with the disposal of outside lands belonging to the municipality. ‘The Union Pactflc Railroad 1s still blockaded with snow for many miles. There have been no trains either way between Wascacht and the Western ter- minus of the Union Pacific road since the 12th of February. Our latest overland mail advices from New York are to the 6th of February. William A. Bradley, Assistant Surgeon and Brevet Major in the United States army, died suddenly yes- terday of apoplexy at Point San José. ‘The Congressional amendment to the constitution allowing universal suffrage was received.at Carson City by tel ph and submitted to both houses of the Nevada Legislature yesterday, and made the spe- cial order for Monday. The ratification of the amendment is doubtful, as the opinion prevails that it permits Asiatics to become citizens. Jaska @ivices are to the 9th of February. Two white men, while on a Salis, Cxparisin were killed by Kolkee Indians near Sitka, in revenge for the death of their friends who were shot by the sen- tries at Sitka. The United States steamer Saginaw, with General Davis and staff, was about to leave for Koikee. The revenue cutter Reliance was still at Sitka.) RAILROAD ACCIDENT. A Train of Cars on the Rutland and Burlington Road Thrown Down an Embankment Tkir- ty Feet—Narrow Escape of the Passengers. MONTREAL, March 1, 1869. ‘The Montreal train which left New York on Friday afternoon was thrown from the track, owing to a defective rail, near Pitisford, Vt., on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad, at two A. M. on Saturday. The sleeping car was hurled down a steep slope some thirty feet, near the banks of the Cotter river. The car was wrecked, but no lives were lost, although several passengers were injured. General Averill, United States Consul General to Canada, received some severe cuts and bruises on his head. Lieuten- ant Fitzgerala, of the Rifles, son of the Duke of Cambridge, was also bruised, though not danger- ously, and several other passengers were hurt. The rs on the other cars, under the direction of General Averill, who got out through a window, extinguished the fire, which had communi. cated to some of the care, with, snow and exiricated the passengers within. General Averill and the other passengers were delayed on their ar- rival here till late last night. Numerous prominent citizens called last night and to-day at the consulate to congratulate the General upon his narrow escape. Mr, John McWilliams and Mr. Caldwell, of New York, were in the cars when the accident happened, but were uninjured and were active in affording aid to the other passengers. MISSOURI. Completion of the Missouri Valley Railrond. Kansas Crry, March 1, 1869, ‘The extension of the Missouri Valley Railroad was completed Saturday night to the western division of the North Missouri road, forming another direct route from St, Louls to St. Joseph, thence to Omaha, ILLINOIS. Extensive Swindling Case in Chicago—I. N. Morris Declines a Seat in Grant’s Cabinet. Cxrcaco, March 1, 1869. An extensive swindling case has been unearthed here. Last June Moses E. Ludington defrauded several New York, Boston and Philadelphia firms out of a stock of goods worth $127,000 and then failed. His silent partner has been arrested, by whom the whole plan has been revealed, and a large amount of goods will be recovered. ‘To-morrow morning’s issue of the Chicago Tribune will editorially recommend Joshua R. Hill, of Geor for @ seat in Grant's Cabinet asa man and deserving and a fit repre- sentative of the Southern Union men. » Hon. I. N. Morris, of Quincy, Ill., has written to @ friend in that city that he declined a Cabinet appointment because the salary does not cover the expenses of living in Washington. PENNSYLVANIA. eminently worth; Dedication of the Philadelphia New Mer- chante?” Exchange—Conflict of Authority Between Kevenue Officers, PSILADELPHIA, March 1, 1869, ‘rhe dedication of the new Commercial Exchange came ci at noon with appropriate ceremonies, in- cluding music. The building cost a quarter of a Million of dollars. It occcupies a lot niaety-two feet by one handred and fifty feet, @vhich ts the size of main Chamber of Commerce on the third foor which is crowned by a dome in the centre over a grand staircase. Boards of Trade from various sections of the country are present by invitation to attend the dedication pay which ts to take place to-night at the Continental. ©. P. Southworth, Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the Eastern District has suspended Assessor John Ww. Her, of the First district of Pennsylvania for alleged nes lect of duty, and directed “Aasist- ant Assessor H. V. Stafford to take charge of the office. It is understood that Assessor Frazier refuses to recognize the authority of the Supervisor and nas sent him a letter to that effect, and that he intends to continue to perform the duties of his #Mice, Commercial Exchange Association Banquet. PHILADELPHIA, March 1, 1869. A banquet given by the members of the Commer- cial Exchange Association in honor of the dedica- tion of their new hall, which was thrown open to the public to-day, took place at the Continental Hotel, The main table, at which were seated in- vited guests, ran along the head of the hali with nine other tables extending the whole length of the hall, which were decorated with fags and crowded with every delicacy, The ornaments were beautiful and most a riate to the occasion. John H.Mich- ener, real den of the association, presided. After the edibles had been disposed of the president made the opening speech, in which he welcomed the dele- gates from the boards of trade and chambers of commerce of other cities Rea invitation. ‘The first toast was to the cities of Chicago and Mil- ‘Waukee, which was responded to by Mr. Randoif, of Chicago, who concluded a happy apeech by toasting the city of Philadelphia. Ex- or McMichael re- sponded to this in his usual happy vein. The next toast was to the city of Boston, to which Mr. Sampson responded. Cincinnati was next complimented with a toast, and Mayor Gesham {uifilied the duty of responding. ‘The Judiciary was next toasted, and was respond- €d to by J Thompson, of the Supreme Court. The city of New York was complimented with @ toast ded to by Mr. Bogart. iments were given to the cities of Similar com; St. Louis, Indi polls and Richmond, which were 4 to by the delegates from those cities. e festivities were Kept up tl past midnight, ‘when the party seperated in great good humor. NEW YORK. ee The Champion Skating Match at Buffalo— Swift the Cartie Challenges the Champion. Burrato, March 1, 1969. Mesers. Gill, Jenkins and Edwards, the judges se- lected from New York city to decide the skating matoh between Swift and Goodrich for the champion- ship of America and a diamond medal, having ar- rived late on Saturday night, the match was skated Mined meng The contest lasted two and “half how Swift won the matoh, the score being 42 to 39, Md [pan A oseeed in the Lg of the program: icated movements. Good- Flemscored heavily aud came near carrying off the prize. Swift, by rules of the Skating Congress, retains the medal. Callte Curtin has chalien; the winner, and the match will come off tn two weeks if the ice holds good, ‘The New York city excursionists Will attend tho grand carnival to-night at te Rink, Visit Niagara Falla Wo-morrow aud arrive home on Wednesday. AMUSEMENTS. nnn Brovawam's Tugarne.—Last evening & select audience was entertained at Brougham’s by the berformance of the vaudeville of “Jenny Lind” and by “Pocahontas.” The former piece was full of wit and humor, and Baron Swigitof Beery, ® student; Mr. Lawrence Leatheriungs, @ tanner, and Mr. Lamb as Granby Gag, kept the audience in @ roar of ao Miss Jenny Kimbal as Miss Laine muy UW and made & Pocahontas and the” rest of the roras Wound up the evening’s entertainment in the most napoed style, and Bro as Powhatan, gave ie usual number of hits at the political and other foilies of the day. It is evident that this little gem theatre, devoted ‘to burlesques and extrava- en. 18 ib great tavor with the public, So long a8 » Brougham displays his present good tasie in the selection of artiste he may expect to share the honors due to good theatrical management, Broapway THeaTRE.—The first act of the well known drama “he Wept of Wish-ton- Wish” and “The French Spy” were given last nightjat this convenient and cozey place of entertainment by Mlle. Zoe and her troupe. ‘The thinness of the audience or something else so acted on the arene that criticism on the performance ts uncalled for on our part. We would advise Mr. Barney Williams to come home and look a little after the pieces that are put upon his stage and who does them. The present arrangements are un- worthy of a country village theatre. Woop’s Muszum.—‘fhe Ticket of Leave Man” Was revived at this establishment last night, with Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Florence in their original rOles— to wit, Robert Brierly and Emily St. Evremond. The popularity of these artists in these two particu- lar roles is too familiar to the playgoers of New York to require any other than the briefest possible mention upon this occasion. Suffice it, therefore, fo say that both play their parts exceedingly well, and with all that peculiar flre and sparkle which characterized thelr impersonations of these same characters in years eune by. The dialectic Billy has lost none of wonderful powers of mimicry, and 1s just as great a favorite as ever. Miss Ada Harlan formerly of the Lydia Thompson troupe, sustain the part of Mi Edwards, and succeeded in making as decided @ hit in the drama as she achieved in burlesque. Her acting throughout was capital, her reading and her make-up excellent, In short, she looked and acted the character to the very life, and was rewarded with a large share of the honors of the evening. Sol Smith personated the wily Meiter Moss with much ability, Mr. Louis Mestayer made a detective in the character of Hawkshaw, and Miss Lilie Eldridge did the heavy swell a8 Sam Willoughby with credit to herself and the satisfaction her audience. The theatre was well filled’ with an enthusiastic audience, and everything connected with the piece passed off in the best posstbie manner. Tue TaMMANY.—The reduction of the prices of admission to this popular resort causes it to be crowded more than ever. The Tammany offers nightly an endless variety of amusements, from the best Punch and Judy ever exhibited in America to dancing of the highest order by Mle. Bonfanti. The performances in the Grand Theatre last evening were divided into four parts. The matn feature of the first part was “The Japanese Fiddle,’’ on one string, by Mr. Harry Raynor. Part second offered the curious antics of the Carlo brothers, a well ren- dered duet by Miss Bessie Ludlow and Mr. Robert Green and a spectacular, burlesqular, extravaganzular odd-ditty, “she Horse Marines,” anamusing medley, in which Miss Alice Harrison personates admirably Captain Jinks, the victim of circumstances, Her skilful velocipedestrianism was ey epee In the third scene of “The Horse ines,” as weilas in the “Dame aux Camé Nas” in part third, Mile. Bonfanti sustained her merited reputation as one of the most graceful dan- Seuses who has ever visited this country. Part fourth wasa comic military itomime, “The Young Re- cruit,” in which the réle of Jacques (the recruit) was performed by Mr. James S. Mafit; that of Maitre Pierre (an old miller) by Mr. W. H. Bartholomew, and that of Jacqueline (Pierre’s daughter) by Miss Lillie Whiting. A new trick eee “Dame Wiggles,” is In rehearsal ‘and will soon be brought out at the Tammany. PaRK THEATRE, BROOKLYN.—The drama of “Henry Dunbar, the Outcast,” was presented for the firat time last evening at this theatre. Icis a fouract piece, dramatisea by Tom Taylor from Miss Brad- don’s novel, and is filled with touching inci- dents, which absorb the undivided atten- tion of the audience throughout. The leading parts were taken by Mr. and Mrs. Conway, and finer acting is seldom witnessed than that exhibited last evening bv these tarented artists. ‘The part of Margaret Wentworth 13 certainly dim- cult, and unless well rendered would make the piece comparatively commonplace. Mrs. Conway in this part could not be excelled, especially in the scene in which she, as t, discovers her father 1n the character of when she su the murderer of her ad bs were aves ie company, Mr. Harris, ree Aiken and Mr. Little performing their parts ina very creditable manner, The piece ts well worth seeing, especially as performed at this place, It 1s understood that the pay ae ept on the boards for one week, tl con 5 it should draw a crowded house for at least a month. The performance con- cluded last evening with “The Ri Prima Donna.” Musical and Theatrical Notes. Mias Bateman, who has been absent m Europe several years, but who is still favorably remembered in this city through her powerful and artistic inter- pretation of the character of Leah, in the play of the same name, is about returning again to this country. She will open at Booth’s theatre in anew play on the 20th of September next, where she will be supported by a strong company. Mr. Booth has engaged Miss Bateman on the most liberal terms ever offered to an actress in this country. This, we understand, will be Miss Bateman’s farewell engage- ment in this country. Mrs. Charles Poole is playing Leah and Miami at the Metropolitan, San Francisco. The new theatre in Portland, Oregon, is doing a good business. Ladies or gentlemen who enter into an engagement with the management for three or five months always have their passage paid one way. Camilla Urso fiddles in Elmira to-morrow night. Mary Gladstane ts doing the dual characters in the “Corsican Brothers” in New Orleans, with much success, She has likewise forsaken Leah for we grenta, with his “learned birds, mia, wi learn mice and cats," is teaching’ the tricky but erudite New. Havenites many — tricks than were ever dreamt of m their philosophy. Robertson’s comedy, “Home,” has three acts, and but one set scene for all. A Mr. MeNeile, the new English tenor, who was recently a street singer in Liverpool, hag made his first appearance at the Saturday evening concerts there and ts warmly applauded. Mr. Haase, @ popular German ti ian, has ar- rived in this city, and will make his first appearance before an American audience on Thursday evening at the Stadt theatre. or Memphis is delighted with a panorama of New York city. It is painted on 18,000 feet of canvas, and represents forty-one miles of the sights in Gotham. e subscription opéra season of one week in Philadelphia will exceed $14,000. The sub- scription for @ season of the same duration opens in Baltimore to-morrow. ‘This ts the last week of Miss Susan Galton’s comic English opera in Philadelphia. She opens next week atthe Opera House, Cuicago, where she re- mains for one month. On the sth of March Miss Jean Hosmer will be an engagement at Buffalo, in Colonel Fitzgeral drama, ‘Tangled Threads.” The character of Rose Clinton will find an able representative in Miss Hos- mer. It 1s said that the Pope has commanded the Abbé Liszt to prepare a scheme for rescuing sacred music rom Aon state of degradation into which it has falien in Italy, A matinée will be given at the ThéAtre Francais on ‘Wednesday, the theatre being required in the even- ing to prepare for the bal masque of Thursday. The company Will give “Genevieve” the following even- in Hal ; Eaaarae De Lossan’s annual concert takes place at a on Wednesday evening. ™ M. Auber, who is now in his eigity-cighth year, has just Onished the /idretto of a new comic opera, ‘the leading rdle of which he inteads for M. Capoul, the clown comedian. ATTEMPTED MUADER. At twenty minutes after twelve o'clock this morn- ing Edward Enggels, living at No. 443 East Thir- teenth street, quarreled with his wife dull and closed it learfu beatl her” over the head tha ¥ with ine back edge of a handsaw. The wom head shoul- ders were fearfully lacerated and she wan sent 10 ae Mig is feared her death will band was arrested officer of the Seventeenth precinct. bl ATTEMPT UPON A WOMAN'S LIFE. About ten o'clock last night man, who gave the name of Alfred Jones, on complaint of Elisabeth B, Davenport, of No. 35 West Fourth street, was ar- rested by officer Watts, of the Filteenth precinct, for felonious assault uj her life. He is charged with sound il Hat abo bef ine fea Dod oe Jetierson Market this morning. ayers yg Tar BERMAN Street Fire.—The following aro the insurances on the Beekman street fire that occurred on Sunday:—William A. Alms & Co., }20,000; Rose, Baldwin & 000 ; A. James, Bridgman, 5,000 ¢ Th Reard, & ‘; jomaee eatave teal Fi ‘to SHEET. fo OBITvaR®. Alphonse dr Lamartioe. ‘Twelve or fitteen years ago had the death of Marte Louis Alphonse Prat de Lamartine been annoanvet the ILerary world would have been agitated by the loss it recetved. On yesterday the great poet passed away from earth, as we are informed by a despatch from Parts, and even in France there will be less of mourning than his great genius deserved. [ts not because he had outlived his talents; for he had aot, But the traits of character exhibited by the deceased, the frequency with whech he virtually begged money aud the lack of prite and self-respect whieh marked his career during the last yeare of his life had completely, or nearly #0, destroyed all adm ration for his genius ane reypect for bis person, We may seem harsh im speaking thus of the dead, but i must be remembered that we owe adety to twig poets and authors in genera! who may be (ispored, as was Lamartine, to indulge in the wildest extreve gances, and then, beneath the cloak of Wterature, Play the part of a mendicant, Alphonse de Lamartine was bora at Mwoon on the ‘21st of Cotober, 1700, and had therefore passed his seventy-cighth birthday, He was descended from s family of note, his father, the Chevatter de Lam ar- tine, being one of the few brave adherents of Lows XVI, who mustered at the Tuileries om the oth of August, 1792, to defend the royal persons. Happily escaplag the butchery which followed, be was confined m prison until out this purpose chose for Lis retreat the Chateau of Milly, then almost lost in @ rude and nearly uneivil- ized part of the country. In this secluded spot the future poet passed his carly years, under the tender care of a pious mother. At the age of twelve he was Temoved to an institution under the of the Jesuits at Beilay, on the Irontier of havoy. four veare he remained there, aud then uated with honors. At this college he iret wrote some months were idied away, his parents being undecided as to his future career. At @ love affair compeiled him leave the moder the lengi chateau and make @ tour through Ital; guardianship of a relation, who, it must be stated, ,Was soon deserted by Alphonse for the more conge- Dial society of the young. i of em age and love adventures, one of which resulted in the death of Grazieila, the beau- tiful granddauguter of a Neapolitan fisherman, Who feli desperately in love with Lamartiae and to have died from mere distress when he left her. it is due to his memory to state that he ever deuied having encouraged her passion. For several years he lead a wild, purposeless ife. At Rome he was a republican, at Paris he was alternately a Bona and Oe ee He was enrolled as one of the guard of Louis XVILL, aud upon the fight of tuat monarch to Ghent left France and revisited Italy, Lamartine recrossed the Alps, and near the place where the broken-nearied Grazieila tinst kuew and loved him composed the er of the first Volume of his ‘Poetic Meditations.”’ he vainly sought a pubitsher for this his first import- ant work. But the Parisian publishers, with the proverbial blindness of their brethren all over the world, could not see the unusual talents of the young poet. Finally one of the crafi, named Nicoile, coa- sented ag a favor to print the young author’s manu- script. He made a fortune by it. in less than two years 45,000 copies of the first series of the ““Medita- tions” were soid. The reputation of the author was established by this book of poems. Some time its appearance, being in Florence, he met an English blonde of great beauty named Miss and two months later made her his wife. In 1823 @ second series of the “Meditations” ap, For some time he served in the diplomatic corps of Frauce, successively secretary of the Freuch Legation at Lon- don and ambassador vo Naples. On the outbreak of the revolution of July, 1830, he refused to serve under Louis Philippe, and retired to his manor of St. Paul, which, with an immense fort had been left him by an uncle. Becoming ured of inactivity he tried to obtain a nomination to the Chamber of De; and failing, embarked on a Mw the result which he gave in the “Voyage en Orient.” While absent he was nominated by the electoral college of Dunkerque for a legisiative Bominaiion, In 1547 his “History of the Girondius” appeared. It would be impossible to give the tities of all his poetic pro- ductions in @ brief obituary notice. SuMcient to gay that as a poet he ranked first in France. Aimost fabulous sums were paid for his roductions and yet he was ever in ni of funds. ‘he best literary work of note by the deceased is “The Life of Byron,” as told by the Countess Gincciolt. It ia particularly noticeable for the seusuaiity with which the narative 1s adorned. Lemartine, @ perfect weathercock on Baattioe, ap- peer the expedition to Mexico, and from a erce republican became the flerce monarch anxious to witness a combination of European powers against the United States for the purpose of bee oy the republic. of private lile of the poet but little meed be said. We have already referred to his extravagant habits, Every lover of poetry im France was taxed to aid him pecuniarily. He descended to the most questionable means of pi money, until he was better known in the civilized worid as @ literary beggar as @ poet of great genius, Wyman B. S. Moere. A telegram from Augusta, Me., announces the death of this gentleman in Virginia, where he had gone in search of health, Mr. Moore was born in was consequent in the Mfty-Ait year of his age. was Col p Ls He graduated ry Waterville Coll studied laweat Cambridge and was admitted to the in 1834 In 1839 he was elected a member of the State ture and from 1844 to 1848 was Attorney General of Maine. From January to June, 1848, he served as a Senator in Congress, hay been appointed to that office to fill the place of Joka Fairfield. In 1867 Mr. Consul to Canada Me was appointed General to Ci Presid nt Bucuanan, which position he held until Mr. oin’s accession, The deceased gentleman was ing integrity. lawyer of marked ability aad a man of sterl- GENERAL NOTES. Akron, Obio, takes the name of Cement City. Philadelphia's real estate valuation 1s $118,251,616, Three mad dogs were killed in Memphis last Thurs- day. West Virginia erected 3,000 schoolhouses last year. A “Sidewalk Society” has been formed by the ladies of a town in Maine, The eastern section of Mississippi is becoming an important jumber market. A pile of 18,000 pounds of wool was burned at Yantic, Conn., on Saturday morning. Bryan, Texas, claims metropolitan honors because it has a Orst class theatre and a cockpit. All the kino saloons of Memphis were raided wy and the inmates (seventy-two in number) locked up last Thursday night. Kansas boasts that its salt springs are inexhausti- bie, and produce the purest salt to be obtained in the’ United States, Thomas Stewart, of Chicago, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Henry Her- bert, at a house of til fame in that city. Ira H. Pierce, ex-City Attorney of Titusville, Pa., who was arrested for being concerned in the famous Bennehof ropbery, has commenced sult for $25,000 damages. The Central Pacific Railroad Company find it ex- ceedingly diMcult to keep their employés trom de- serting, on account of the White Pine gold excite- ment. They ship car loads of workmen, who get their ride for nothing, and strike for the gold re- gion When they get us near as the road cau carry em. Alfred Moore was shot on the 17th inst. near Cen- tralia, Ill., and has died of his wounds. It seems Moore not loag since married a widow named Por- ter, The son of Mrs. Porter seriously objected to this, Moore’s dying declaration was that he went into the barn to get out some fodder, when young Porter, who was concealed there, shot him. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Loxpon Money Marxer.—Loxpox, March 1— 4:30 P. M.—Consols close at 93 for both money and the account. United States five-twenty sng 82%. ; [imo Central, 97; At- 8344. Paris BouRss.—Panis, March 1.—Bourse strong, Rentes, Tif. 5c. SIVERPOOL COTTON MARRET.—LIVRRPOOL, March 1—4:30 P. 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