The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-21

ply of collateral Information and ~ stern realistic
description The description of the wounds of the
y,chms, which one Phiiadcphia journal fdrnishes |
has been done b, 3 fer hand ana the HISTORY Of
Great fhlaoephia Murders gri,teu oo9Dtess DY
The same person. ana appearing in the same
paper sheds lund hight on the pGst OF tho Quaker
City We oordislly invite the author not 20 wait
for the occurrence of grand robbery TO furnish
us with history of the great Philadelphia burala-
ues.' "
The Nation will hereafter be issued twice
week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, beginning
with the number OF May Q, each number con-
tanning sixteen pages. half the present quantity.
Al present the paper does not reach subscribers
in the West until nearly week after 1t has gone
to press The subscription is also reducet to So
a year. We are glad 10 nave the assurance Of
the publisher that the enterprise is a success.
The beneficial effects OF its efforts have been
already felt in our local literature, and its per
manent establishment cannot but do much good.
"A Paris correspondent of one of the New
York weeklies writes:- Cu.- aH8
Yesterday pad visit to the Champs de Mars
20 what pro lress mad been made the building
for the universal exhibition Of 1861. cannot say
was delighted so much as was astonished There
found a regular army OF workmeD amounting to
some thousands, the greater portion OF them dirty
and ragged. Nearly every Language IN the civilized
bie, leaized to my mind what the scene must have
been at the builoing of the Tower OF BABEL AS to
the works, one would imagine that pyramids were 10
be raised several catbedras built those who
have not lately visited Paris would find difficulty
10 recognizing the champs dc dars. On All sides
buildings are Hyng and the rround tetcnes eaor-
nous prces. But notwthsi anong al tins busy
Oyement one On form no idea of what the build
ing will ultimately be- tor as yet 1T has hardly risen
above the level of the ground Tnis much certain,
1861" -, oE
There are evidently two ways of looking at
the end of the Roman republic In Paris one
may choose between the view from the Tuileries
and the view from the Academy. The COnS'ti'
tionaeI was hastv and unwise enough TO espouse
the Emperor's side of the difference between
himself and the successor of NJ. Ampere. This
was the response which it provoked from Pre-
| vostParadol:-- .I 1.u ... 81.
The illustrious author of the Vie de Cesar did
not conceal in his preface, the lact chat whl ir-
rating the hs0ry of ms nero, MS thoughts wore on
the head of his ismiY IL Isno ess natural nor ex-
cnsabe in me thar, having to speak OF the downfall
of Roman liberty, could not help recalling Che mis-
| fortunes OF my own country" ....U.t 10
Americas true friend. NJ. Edouard Labou.
| laye, is The liberal candidate for Deputy TO the
Corps Legislatif in the Strasourg district oil the
| Lower Rhine. The Journal deS Debdts entreats
the electors to return him in place OF the late
incumbent, who resigned to stand a reelection.
The diminished majority Of his opponent would
| be a success to M. Laboulaye ana the cause OF
civil liberty.
| The election of Mazzini at Messina has been
pronounced illegal by proper committee of the
| Italian Parliament.
| --Messrs. Hurd & Houghton have in prepara
| ton q complete and uniform edition OF the
| works of Lord Macauley, based upon the last
| English edition, edited by his sister, Lady Ire
! veylan. 1t will be comprised in sixteeu OF
seventeen volumes, crown octave, the first in
! stalment of which, the History OF England
will be published early in May.