TTEILJE(G-EAFHo JiiilLld TOL. Til-No. 20. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1867. DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS. OBITUARY. Kenjamln Franklin Hancock. Mr. B. F. Hancock, the lather of Major-Oene-ral Winficld Scott Hancock, of the United State army, died at his residence In Norristown yesterday. The decayed wan boru in the city of Phila delphia, on the 19th ot October, A. D. 1800. Very early in lite he removed to the township uf Montpomery, In Montgomery county, where he married, and coon after tnade Noiristown then but a small town comparatively his place f residence. On the 3d ol April, A. D. 1828, le was appointed by Governor i-hultz a jus tice of the peace, and having read law with I lie late Hon. John Freed ley. was, on the llith of August, A. D. 162S, admitted to the bar of Montgomery county. During hi long service at the bar, his uniform kindness, bis modest and unassumintr manner, and his faithful attention to the interests of his clients, won for hitti the respect and esteem of his brethren ot Hie bar and of the Judge? on the bench. In the progress and welfare of his place of rtsidence he always tnanilt -ited a lively interest. To his untiring energy is due the advanced posi tion of its public schools. For nearly twenty years he was identitied with theso interests; and n is to his foresight and enterprise, in a great dprT, that the town is indebted for the band i(uue and commodious editices for public instruc tion with which it is adorned. In almost every work of public benefaction to his town he has been an active and prominent participant. At the time of his death be held the position if Collector of Internal Iievnue for the Sixth District of 1'ennsylvauia, to which he had been appointed by President Johnson, tho duties of which were performed to the entire satisfaction f the community. He loaves surviving him a widow and three children, Major-Oeneral Win lield S. Hancock, Hilary 13., a twin brother to me General, and John Hancock, the present United Htates Collector for the Fourth District. THE IJ1PKACHMKXT BUSINESS. Proposition to Impeach General Grant. The Cincinnntl Commercial has the following from its Washington correspondent: It will be remembered that about a month ii;o Mr. Ashley oilered a resolution in the House ot Representatives directing the Judi ciary Committee to inquire if any ouicer of the United States had b';en guilty of high crimes r misdemeanors within the meaning of the Constitution, or had conspired to subvert the onstitution of the United States. This looked at the time, certainly, to me, and, I thinlr, to most others, rather like the evasion of a direct rh&rpe against the President, than an attempt to make it more comprehensive, and to include others besides that unhappy gentleman. . There was one gentleman," however, on the floor of the House of Representatives, who, as if by inspiration, saw through it the instant it was offered, and construed aright the poisonous malice it concealed under an apparently harm less coating ol words. The presentation of such a resolution, wkose coming had not been heralded by any previous announcement or in tention, and was known to but half-a-dozen Members, very naturally threw the House into a temporary confusion, and created quite a stir on the Republican side. What the public already knows on the sub ject is only what transpired in the way of reeu lar business, but the by-play, that did not come under that head, Is the important part that ihows the animus of the movement. As soon as the resolution was read, Mr. Bingham jumped from bis seat and went over to Mr. Ashley, to whom he addressed some very strong language, asking him what he meaut by such a proposi tion as that, and why he didn't frame it to apply to the President only, instead of making it a drag-net to include every orticer of the Govern ment. Ashley hesitated awhile, affecting a kna vish smile, and replied that "hejguessed it wa3 all right." "No, It isn't all right," said Bingham. "It's a stab at General Grant, and no such mali cious thing shall go through the Hodse If I can help it." "Suppose it does include Grant," said Ashley. "Can't we investigate his conduct too ? And can't we impeach bira if he has been guilty under the resolution ?" Bingham looked at Ash ley a moment, and replied" in nervous wrath, "Ashley, you're a fool. Dou't you know that you can't impeach any but a civil officer of the Government under the Constitution V By this time quite a group had collected where the colloquy was being held, and Thad. Stevens, scenting a breeze, had come over to avert a storm.' Addressing him, Bingham asked what was the meaning of this damnable assault upon General Grant. "Oh, nothing," said Stevens in his insidious way, "only we want to investigate some charges recently made against him. I don't see why Grant should be free lrom investigation any more thau Johuson. He's Just as bad as Johnson." Bingham again denounced what he termed very aptly "a foul conspiracy against the chief othcer of the Army of the Republic, " and he gave the few friends of the resolution who were around him fair warn ing that if they passed it he should expose the cowardly proceeding as it deserved. By this time the resolution had "gone over," ns the parliamentary phrase is, from a refusal of the House to suspend the rules. Quiet had been restored on the floor, and the business of the day was quietly proceeding. Bingham addressed Ashley, in presence of several members, in lan guage like this, "Tell the honest truth now, who instigated that resolution f" "Why, what makes you think it wasn't my own?" inquired Ashley. "Because.' said Bingham, "I know there is too much cunning in it lor you, and I'll bet you any thing you dare that Thad. Stevens and Ben Butler either wrote it or dictated its spirit." Ashley again protected against Bingham's right n mention the authorshin: and Bliiffham strain repeated that there was too much craft aud de sign about it for anybody but Steveus or Butler. What from Bineham's earnestness and Ash ley's laintly disguised equivocation, the dispute had become quite interesting, and a number of radical members had collected around the dis putants. After some further bantering and badgering on Bineham's part, Ashley confessed that "Bteveus had a little to do with it, and Butler bad a little to do with it, and that one of its principal objects was to give Butler an op portunity of making and proving certain charges against General Grant." Now this is no story of the imagination. It is a statement of fact, rriven to me by one who was witness to it, and substantiated by others. THE NEW ORL. KADIS MASSACRE.! How General Sheridan's Letters were Garbled Statement of General Grant. The Boston Advertiser of yesterday has the lollowing descatcn from Washii.gton The New Orleans Investigating Committee have brought to light certain hitherto unpub Mbiive to the garbling at the White House of Gewral Sheridan's do the not. It appears that h mniiintnri snorts were minted in Ne nrWna nt tho name time ttu'V appeared in the New York Time, and General Sheridan at once telesrraphed to General Grant t Mat one essential paragraph was suppressed, aud asked him it he could tell who was guilty of the breach of military honor In giving it out In that shape. ficnprnl flrant ot fuico rpfcnonjpd that it did -nnt set into nrlnt from his headauarters, and atd If General Sheridan had no obiections he would ask to have them published in full. n.AMl Uhorlrlon V. . t. .11 awI n r A a . tele- graphed that he did not for an instant suppose that the despatches were thus oublished by r:Tieral Grant's authority, and he thought he had a right to feel Justly indignant at the person who did give the authority. He had nothing to say, he continued, as to v. nublication of his other despatches: they the service of his superior officer. On the same day, August 11, General Grant sent correct copies ot all the despatches to the .Secretary of War, asked their publication In full, and con tinued: "Already a garbled version of one of these despatches, and an Incomplete copy of another, have appeared In the public prints. These pub lications put General Sheridan in the position of taking a partisan view of the whole question, and.what is still worse, of being one day on one side of the question, and another day on the other side. His despatches in full show that he takes no partisan view, but reports what ho be lieves to be the lacts, without repard to who is hit. I am just, in receipt of a telepram from him, showing displeasure at his despatches getting in print in a mutilated and incomplete form." Mr. Stanton, on receiving this letter, at once referred it to the White House, saying that he did not feel authorized to act in the matter without the President's direction, and he therefore submitted the papers for In structions. The President took the mat ter under advisement, and directed a collection of all letters and despatches relative to the riot and Convention that had passed between the military and civil authorities at Washington and New Orleans, saying at the same time that they were to be examined in view of publication in lull in the order of their dates. The papers were at once collected and laid before the Presi dent. He examined them, and two weeks later, attcr cutting out this correspondence relative to the garbling of General Sheridan's report, gave permission for the publication of the other let ters and despatches. SPAIN. Pioi'lnmatlon of the Revolutionary Junta at Madrid. The Revolutionary Junta, which has its seat at Madrid, baslssued the lollowing proclamation to the Spanish people: The Revolutionary Junta to its Feilow Citizens: Six months have elapsed since the bloody day of June 21. If at that time the Gov ernment had been accessible to a sentiment of diimltv, to the instinct of its own preservation, it would have been frightened and would have recoiled from the consquences of this gloomy day. But this generous and unfortunate demon stration has, on the contrary, kindled the desire of the Government to gratify an old spite, to favor the secret projects of Donna Isabella II and her courtiers. Instead of solacing the popular grief, the Government has deprived the nation ot its last guarantees. Savage courts have led hundreds of victims to sacrifice; and a woman has contemplated passively, and even with complacency, the scaf lold which had been erected. The Cortes have abjectly sold to the Govern ment the safety of the individual, the civil riebts and the well being of the common wealth. The Government has overthrown the press and the rostrum, and has trusted the ad ministration of the provinces to rapacious mandarins and sanguinary generals; military tribunals have desooiled the rich and trans ported the poor to Fernando Po and the Philip pines. The laws of the Cortes have been replaced by deciee squandering the resources ot the coun try by means of obscure and ruinous loans, trampling under foot right and virtue, violating homes, property, family; and during all this time Isabella II, at Zaranza and Madrid, medi tated a plot against Italy, our sister, for the benefit ot the Roman curia, participating, mean while, in the depredations and violence of her pachas in Cuba, who, tolerating the fraudulent introduction of slaves, are outraging public sen timent both in the Old and the New World, and eausine an estrangement between Spain and the great and glorious Republic of the United States. FINANCE AND COMMERCE. Office of the Evening Telegraph, I Saturday, February 2. 1867. f The Stock Market was more active this morn ing, and prices were rather firmer. In Gov ernment bonds there was more doing. July, 1865, 5-20s sold at 104 j1044, an advance of 4. 9!i5 was bid for 10 40s; 104J for 7'30s; 11)74 for 6s of 1881: and 107J for old 5-20s. City loans were in lair demand; the new issue sold at 1001004. a slight decline. Railroad shares continue the most active on the list. Reading sold at 52.t2A. an advance ot 4 on the closinp price last evemiig; Gteraden and Amboy a . im, an advance or l; rennsyi vania Railroad at 5tj, an advance of 4 City Passenger Railroad shares were firmly held. Second and Third sold at 84, and Green and Coates at 32. 40 was bid for Fifth and Sixth; 191 for Thirteentnlund Fifteenth; 00 lor Chesnut and Walnut; 14 lor Hestonvme; ziij tor uirara Colleee: and 11 for'Ridee Avenue. Bank shares were in demand for investment at full nrices. 108 was bid for Fourth Na tionnl; 103 for Seventh National; 1534 for Phila- delnhia! 33i for Mechanics': 100 for Houtnwark; 100 for Kensington; 68 for Penn Township; 50 for Girard; 66 tor City; 41 for Consolidation; and 68 for Commonwealth. In Canal shares there was very littlo move ment. Lehleh Navigation sold at 54J, no chance; and Delaware Division at 664. Ouotations of Gold 10 A. M., 136; 11 A. M, 135j: 12 M., 1364: 1 P. M 136 J. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO DAY Keuorled by Debnvtn & Bro., No. 40 H. Third street FlllST HOARD. tisoo City 6's, New inu'i . luo shCam. & Am.R...12S $17000 do ls.,100 S2 do.. .scrip.... 47 feoo Pa 6s W I trn8f..l(rt'i ! 2o sh Rend br.wn. iali (HXiO uteuii a ina K , HI 500 do...lol880.. M Jt.inH) dies fc Del ttg, loo sb Leh N atk. ........ &4' Tilt Uo M.'a 21 do... scrip. .. 52 60 all Pel Div c. t.' 1 Nil Miiiehill M'i 100 sti i'lill.fe K c. so'.' Simtl.eli 6'h, '70 t.i :;ion 1'a. M.I2d in. G's... W ViV 0 MOK.'sa.Op.Jy.ls.liH kh sen N 7 p c b I..IS.. 4 ..... . T.. 1.. r.jV '16 811 1'eillltt xn...in- ob-j. Messrs. De liavcn & Brother, No. 40 South Third street, report the folio wiujr rates of ex change to-day at 1 P. M.: American srold, 130i ((136$; Silver As and 4&, 131; Compound Interest Notes, June, iao, iuj; uo., Juiy, mu, ioj; ao., Auirust, 1804, 155; do.. October, 1864, 14J; do., December, lbut, 13; ao., may, lsoa, lis; ao., August. 1865. 101 : do., September, 1865, 102; do.. October, 1865. 10J. Messrs. William rainier j: uo., oanKers, no, 36 South Third street, report the following ratea of exchange to-day at vi o clock: u.s. ts, ihhi, coupon, 10741074 ; U.S. 5-'l)s, coupon, 1862, 1073OT1074; 00.. loo, luoyaioo. ao., luon. iut (filoaj; do., new, 1805. 104J104J; U. S. 10-40s. coupou. $100; U. S. 7-30s, 1st series, 104j104; do., 2d series, 104A(7fel04J; 3d series, 10iJ(ijl044; Compounds, December. 1864, 1314 J. i Philadelphia Trade Report. February 2. The Flour Market continues excessively dull, there being no de- mund except from mo uuiue ramuiuen, wuo manifest uo disposition to purohase beyond Immediate wants, a iew uuuuicu cr. im ti.- i., lit. t. aSMiU'75 V barrel for superfine. 89l0-50 for extras, amnio for Northwestern extra family, sii'Zjw ii ""V - Ohio do. do., and f 14-50 17 for fancy brands, according w Quality. y r'""' Kiuall way at W-Si 'f barrel. Prices of Corn Meal ! are noiniual. . , . , , I There waa considerable inquiry for good and choice Wheat, but lu conaequence of the limited receipts and atook the trausctiou were small. Fennsvlvaniared sold at 2'80('i!3,10, Boutuem do. ati3-l(Va3-20. and white at 3-20fi3;40. Rye. ranges from $1-36 to Jl-38 U bushel forWestoni' and Pennsylvania. Corn Is dull and lower; tales of 3000 bushels new yellow at Djkkwo. for Pennsylvania, and 97 (i 98c. for Houthern. OaU, are quiet, with small sales at 67fc 5so. Nothing doing In Barley or Malt. ' PenusylvanlaCloverseed Usoarce.and wanted; small sales ware made at 17 -76m 9 04 lbs. 1 imo ttiy ranees from 1375 to $4, and Flaxseed from 82-85 to 12-96. Nothing doing in Whisky, and prices are Domlnal. The Citt Wateii Department The Operations of Tni Past Year. Yesterday afternoon we published some eitiacts from the annual report of Mr. Henry P. M. Birklnolne, Chief Enelneer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. We continue the subject to-day, giving the statistics which show the operations of the Department during the year just closer!. The ooerations of the year are embraced in the following general summary: Income from all sources SiCO.SaO'VJ Kxpenses of all kinds JTH.ltW l" Dally average supply of water IS.OOWB Number of feet of pipe laid 0,3--4 Number or fire-pious ot 101 Number of stops Inserted In main 14 Number of new attachment 2,130 Kxpenditures for extending the worn (paid from loan) $.IV,.Vi3-73 The number ol gallons of water pumped at each of the different works which supply the the city is shown by the lollowing tables; THE FAIRMOUNT WORKS. Gallons of AVatcr Average number Months, pumped during ot(a lR. pumped tno Month. ner Uay. Jnnuary 4l!l,!Ufi,261 13,Mfl,7.riO i cnrunrr t8.wis .i' l i4.2ir..:tai March IW,K14.378 1D,').4,1.)7 l!t,2IK,(i,"Kl lN.ViiWtJ 2.),0tnt,"i70 26,73ri.til0 27,4f9,2til 21, it" 1,471 2t.27tl,l:!8 22,124,715 23,0tK),a07 21.lii.C04 April.., ..67tl.-Vitt.7O0 May June July August iScpteni ber. ictober ....S74..ti:,l .."VJ.tW.-ITe ....8JK,80I.WW ,...8.jL17,0!i- ...6f)!l,l4l,137 ....7.r)2.ti-VUiO.'! November , ..7u7.rxitj.im Decern her 71",7!i,527 Total 7,721.817.582 THE SCUUTLKILIy WORKS. Gallons of Water Average umber Months, pumped during the Month. January !iS,4i0,3-'U l-'ebruary x9,:!07,4.r)0 March KW.27H.tii2 April 03,I02,1.VJ May 14j,6.'50,7ii6 June 09,fHKi,til0 July 84,7rK),ti40 August 42,K81,ti8ti September 3J.71KJ.700 October 72,242, UK) November 7y,Jo7,2'0 December ot Hals pumped per un . 3. 177.720 .'1,189,562 3.428,200 3,113,40.5 4.097,7ti8 :t,332,021 2,7:16,881 2,522,001 4,970,11)8 4.515,1:15 3.997,803 Total... 947,(2,428 3.4-J.010 TDK DELAWARE WOPts Gallons of Water Avernce number Months. pumped during ol Ouls.pumped tne iHonui. January 87,7:15,810 February 7G,9:;5,540 March 101,199,20ft April 109,008,800 Mav 133,700,820 June 142.92i.810 July 188,077,4iKJ AUKUst 176,001,r September Ifl3,82,;;20 October 92.IS4.290 November December per Day. 2.S30.187 2,717,098 3,2tH,4!Wl 3,iM,627 4,315,817 4.704,193 ,0i7,0l2 5,j77,4tS 5,450,077 4,021,214 Total 1 .271.S4J.020 4.83J.897 THB TWENTY-FOURTH WARD WORKS. Gallons of Water Average number Months. pumped during the Month. 42,9M,390 39,687,400 4.i,710,.V)0 45,202,350 49,030,020 51,398.010 I 05,32 . 100 58,994,000 of Ouln. pumped por uay. 1,380,490 1,413,835 1,474,534 1,508,745 1,581.013 1,713,207 2.107,230 1,903,208 1,823,238 v 1,712.814 l,H20,3t3 1,021,232 January Ft bruary March April May June July August September.... t tctobor November.... December &4,ti;t7,llU 63,097,250 50,231,250 50,361,200 Tots.1.. 000.CC5.3S0 GWl MAN TOWN WORKS. l,002,O9'J Gallons ot Water Average number Months. pumped during the Month. 8,709,140 , 15,398,020 17.00.000 ot tl'ils. pumped per Day. 515H 592,231 080,2.51 4V2,403 571,032 573,1 18 482,712 30,232 May , June July August Septem ber October November, December , 13,020,500 11,290,800 15,475,00') 12,007,800 0,065,800 Total.... AMOUNT OK 100.309.000 637.217 WATER PUMPED BY ALL THE WORKS DURING THE YEAR 1806. Gallons of water Average number Months. pumped during tho Month. 009,075,7 001,099,521 ' 730,002,120 824,233,012 1111,722.802 1.002.609.8.56 or Gals, pumped per Day. 20,911,151 ' 21,590,411 .23.741.971 27,474,433 . 29,090,104 3i,538,l 37 38.102.9s8 .')0.S72,3itJ 30,880,8 U 31,801,901 27,413,027 25,020,527 January February... March April May June. July 1,184,083,008 AUIillM September. October November . December.., 920.006.151 985.952,003 819,821,494 775,800,527 Total 10,014,344,401 , 29,000,390 The running expenses of the different Works. including the interest on their cost, were as follows: Falrmount Works 851,5ID5t BchuylkiU " 33,071-18 Delaware " 41,155-10 2-ltll Ward " m 17,116 97 C.ermautowu " 12,370-83 Total $153,255-12 The other expenses of the Department, in cluding therepairs and extensions of Works, the laying of mains, etc., makes the total ex penditures of the year $616,712-92. The gross receipts for the year were $670,222-13, leaving a balance, after deducting expenditures, of $53,509-21. At the commencement of the year, 1,907,665 feet of pipe had already been laid. This was increased during the year by the purchase from the old Germantown Company of their distribu tion, consisting of 124,362 leet, and by the layinir of 60,324 feet, making the total length of mains ot present 2,158,351 feet, or within a few feet of 409 miles ! Mr. E. J. Wood has recently published ' Cnriosities of Clocks and Watches from the Karliest Times," a gossipy and readable account of the most famous time-pieces in the world, illustrated with all sorts of anecdotes bearing upon or relating to the subject. The costliest watch that was ever made is said to have been one which was constructed in 1844 for the Sul tan Abdul-Medjid, who must have found it rather inconvenient, since it was five inches in diameter, and struck the hours and quarters on wires, with a sound resembling that of a power ful cathedral clock. It cost twelve hundred guineas. Another famous watch was noted for its smallnosg. It was inserted in the top of a pencil case, and though it was but three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, its dial not only indicated tne nours, minutes, and seconds, but Mho the days of the month. It was made in Geneva, and was displayed in the Exhibition of .1851, Mr. Wood's volume is about to bo pub lished by Messrs. Llppincott & Co. . A little girl, eight years old, was burned to J1,, on duesuay morning, iu one ot the publio schools of Bpringfleld, Mass., by her clothes taking Hre from a stove. . A merchant in KnuVMir ithn fniinri twice in fifteen years, and was forced to sell his wife s wardroba to procure the necessaries of Hie, has Just retired witb. a fortune of 1500,000. A fire occurred la one of the publlo schools of J roy on 1 uesday, whloh, but for the coolness of the teachers, must have resulted In a fearful catastrophe. -There are 30 302 white, and 6074 black Me thodist In Nona Carolina, THIRD EDITION EUROPE. By Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Calles French Army to Eneamp at Paris. Voliinteci'H for Creto. The Latest Commercial and Finan cial News. Etc., Etc., Kt., Etc., Etc., Etc. Great Britain. London, February 1 Evening. It is no certain that the Queen, in her speech at the opening of Parliament, will propose reform measures. There is a rumor that Mr. Laird himself offers to pay the Alabama claims. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. Londonderry, February 1 Evening. The steamship Belgian, from Portland January 19, touched at Greencastle, en route to Liverpool, to-day. Queenstown, February 1 Evening. The steamship City of Cork, from New York, Janu ary 19, arrived here this evening, and has pro ceeded to Liverpool. London, February 1 Evening. Advices have been received here of the arrival at Monrovia, west coast of Africa, of the United States steamer Sacramento, on the 12th ot'January. Spalu. Madrid, February 1. More than one hundred arrests have been made in this city recently, of persons believed to be connected with revolu tionary schemes. France. Paris, February 1 Evening. The Imperial a rmy will encamp near the city this year, and not at Chalons, as usual. -. - , ... . Oreece. Athens, February 1. It is impossible for the Government to prevent volunteers from leaving for Crete. Fiiteen hundred soldiers have just departed to aid their struggling brethren in that island. Commercial aud Financial Intelligence. Londo, February 1 Evening. Consols for money. 90 11-10: United States Five-twentv ooi) as, n 15-iu; Illinois central, bjj; &rie shares, 39. Liverpool, February 1 Evening The Cot ton market closed dull. The sales to-day were only 9000 bales Middling Uplands, 14jd.; Mid dling Orleans, I5jd, Breadstuff's The Wheat and Flour Market is dull and ea-ier. Corn hasdclined to 40s. 10s. Od. per quarter for mixed Western. Provisions Beef has advanced a half crown. Lard is quoted at 53s. tor American. Cheese has declined Is. lor middling American. Petroleum is quoted at Is. 0d.ls. 6Jd. per gallon, for white. Theadvices from Manchester are unfavorable, the market there lor goods and yarns being flat, and prices much lower. London, February 1. Despatches from Taris say that United States Five-twenties closed there at 721. London. February 1 Evening. The affairs of the Atlantic and Great Western Kailroad, which ' were referred to a Committee ot Inquiry, are much improved. Frankfort, February . 1 Evening. United states Five-twenties closed here at 76. FROM WASHINGTON ThTs AFTERNOON. special despatches to evening telegraph. Washington, February 2. Impeachment. It is reported upon good authority that the Judiciary Committee of the House have become satisfied that the testimony already adduced, including that of General Butler, is sufficient to warrant articles of impeachment against the President. This conclusion is based upon the evidence produced by radicals onjy. There has been no testimony yet heard on behalf of the President, and when this Is offered it may en tirely change the minds of the Committee. ' Nominations Rejected. The Senate has requested the President to return the nominations of the following persons who have recently been rejected: General Bassett Langdon, Assessor First District, Ohio; John W. Boyle, Associate Justice, Dakotah Territory; and Binney, Assessor Fifth District, Massachusetts. Suffrage in the Territories. The bill parsed by Congress repealing tho thirteenth section of the action in regard to in surrection the amnesty section and the bill providing for suffrage In the Territories, and which became a law by reason of the President failing to sign them, have been sent to the State Department with the certificate of the President, setting forth the facta. . ' Congressman Dodge's Heceptlon. ; Hon. W. E. Dodge and wife received a large number of their friends last evening, at their residence on E street. The company was very select, and comprised the most distinguished society of the capital, Including Secretaries Stanton, McCulloch, and Welles, and a large number of Senators, Representatives, and other distinguished civilians, with their wives aud dougbters. It was one of the most successful social entertainments of, the season. ' , Resignation of Senator Saulsbury. It it reported that Senator Saulsbury, ot Pela ware, has determined to resign his position In the Senate. ' , , ' ' General Sherman to- be In Washington. General Sherman has telegraphed that he will be here on Thursday or Friday of next week. v The Motley Correspondence. The author of the letter to Mr. Seward, upon which the latter opened correspondence with Mr. Motley, is a man of wealth, who has been making a tour of pleasure through Europe. His name will probably be communicated to the Senate In response to Mr. Sumner' resolution. The Philadelphia Mint. Th President hnn not tet nnoitivelv decided who he will nominate ae Director of the rhil dclphia Mmt, in place of Mr. Mill ward; but it is almost certain that he will appoint Colonel James P&e. District Judge for Ohio. P. is t'robable that Charles T. Sherman, Esq., will be nominated as United States District Judceoithe Northern District of Ohio. Mr. sherrnan is brother of General fcbtrmau and Senator Sherman. FB0M BALTIMORE T0-DAT. The Baltimore City Election Law Rupture Among the Conservatives The Defense of the Mayor, Etc. SPICIAL DESPATCH TO THE EVSTUBO TELEGRAPH. Baltimore, February 2. The repeal of the law which passed tho State Senate yesterday, ordering a municipal election in Baltimore on the 6th instant, will pass the House to day, and consequently no election will be held her-; at present. The law will bo perfected and passed in a different form in April. All accounts lrom Annapolis lndlca'e a por tending rupture of the conservative party, and the Democracy will take affairs into Us own hands. The twenty thousand dollars appropriated by Baltimore to defend the Mayor and City Council against the dcw election, tave.already be n paid to counsel. Orville Horwitz is most likely to get the vacant judgeship in the Court of Appeals. From Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, January 31. The recent action of Congress in relation to the Norfolk Navy Yard, is creating to little anxiety in the minds of the citizens of both Norfolk and Ports mouth, and more particularly the officers and workmen connected with the Naval Dpot. Remonstrances and petitions are pouring into Washington apainst the policy of closing its gates, and several meetings on the subject have been held in both towns. There are at present employed in the Yard over ttix hundred men, in different capacities, and these are almost con s'antly employed in erecting and repairing build ings destroyed and damaged by the Rebel forces' at the outbreak of the war. Scarcely a build ing had been lett untouched by the flames, which consumed so , much , Government, pro perty, and the blackened . walls for .a long time-were -piif the tirst ftuiU' of uie ueucuiuu, iuc uuutu omits uuvcriiiuenv i-ince then has sp-nt a vast amount in order .to place it in its former condition, but the work is yet unfinished, and it will take yer.M to com pletely replace U. , ,. '.. Colonel Brady, the Naval Storekeeper of the Yard, accompanied by several other officers acting In the Interests of the white employes, accompanied by a representative of the colored workmen, have recently returned from a visit to Washington to the Navy Department, , and speak encouragingly of the prospects of the con tinuance ol the Yard. . A meeting has also been held, aud the Postmaster of Portsmouth ap pointed to make an additional vhit to Wash ington. . The loss of work in the Yard would be sorely felt by the mechanics and others in both Ports mouth and Norfolk, and the most strenuous exertions are being used to prevent the accom plishment ol this design on the part of certain members oi Congress. The pay of the men in the Yard has been reduced over twenty per cent., yet only in accordance with the rates paid at all other yards. !, The gunboat Yantic has recently been over hauled, new flams put in, and thoroughly painted, etc. She is nowrnearly ready for sea, ' and only awaits her officers before going into commission. . , . , , The gunboat Tacony has also been extensively repaired, being docked aud strengthened for a two years 'cruise. The Confederate rams Albe marle and Texas, captured during the war, are laid up, remaining probably useless to the Government, and mere monuments of the event ful Rebellion. The following vessels are also at the Yard: The gunboat Seneca, repairing, and the Columbia and Periwinkle, in ordinary. The picket boat No. 4, in use by the. employes, and alio the gunboat Snowdrop and wrecking steamer Jean Sands. The gunboats Wlnnepec and Don are both repairing. The old frigate St. Lawrence is used as marine quarters. The following gunboats are laid up in ordi nary: Barcourt. May Flower, Standish, and Dale. i i . ' A large number of workmen, employed by the contractors, Messrs. Brqwn, Matby & Co., are at work on the old frigate Brandy wine, de stroyed by fire a year since, endeavoring to raise the huge hulk. The Brandy wine was at that time used as a receiving ship. Sailing of the Gernianin. Nkw Yokk, February 2. The steamer Oer inaiila takes out 8376,000 and tne City of Boston i 13,000 in treasure for Kurope, Georgia Persecution of a Loyal Editor. , Savannah (Ga.). February l.-The case ol the. State of Ueorge against John E. Hayes, editor and proprietor of the Savannah liepubtiean, indicted for libelling Solomon Cohen, Congress man elect, by charging that he was a defaulor as Postmaster to the United States Government, was decided to-day by a verdict of guilty. , The Solioitor-peneraL aud Messrs. Harden and Levy were the counsel for the SUto, aud the Hon. H. S.;t itch. United States District Attorney, and Messrs. llarrridge, Chris holm, and Stoue, for the defense. , The case ex cited great public attention from the political issues involved, the prominence of the parties, and the stron? Republicanism of the accused. A verdict Is couriered as adversely affecting the the rights of all Northern or Union men in this commuulty. , , i:, , ( , , Horace Oreeley. Ileury Ward Buechor and Clement U Vallaudighaiu are to bo Invited to deliver lectures in a course for the benefit of the poor in Atlanta, Oa, '. r , , . The w. Louis Jlepublican says the practice of Bliopllftlng has become so common in that city that every lady who goes shopping is sus pected. ,.-.! -St. Petersburg, Russia boosts the largest room in the world, a single roof, and unbroken ry pillars or other obstructions. It Is 650 fet iu length, and 150 In breadth. ,', 1 General Meigs wants the autographs and photographs of all the officers who served in the quartermaster's Department during the war. THE ADAMS EXPRESS ROBBERY. Dandurv, Conn., January 29. The escape of the two men front the jail in this place, wko wre charged with robbing the ofhee of the Adams Express Company, at Norwalk, Conn., is creatine very great excitement. A number of additional tacts n relation to the affair have . recently come to light, which tend very con siderably to dissipate the mystery in whtch the matter was at first enshrouded. It Is stated that the wife of the prisoner : , Allen and an actreis named Miss Anna Mars den, who was permitted to visU the other pri soner (Wells) as a lover, ocenpiel the eel 1 adjoining the one In which the prisoners were confined. It was tho custom of the jailor, Mr. -WiKlcrraan, to lock the cell doors at midnight -without first inspecting them. The two women already- mentioned were in the habit of making frequent visits to New York the last of which was made on the Saturday previous to the escape on which occasion, it is supposed, they procured the means by which the escape was effected. It was accomplished by the prisoners digging a hole under the cell floor to the outside wall, through which they made their exit. On the lollowing morning the fact that the ' birds had flown was discovered, and the two women who had been left behind were also preparing for another trip to New York, when they were arrested on a chargo of' being accessories to the crime of breakirig fail. The crime is a State prison offense. There seoms ' to be very little doubt that the prisoners would soon have obtained their release in a leal way. and tbat the trouble ot digging their way out of (ail was entirely unnecessary. LEGAL. INTELLIGENCE. Court of Qnarter Sessions Judge Pierce. 1 Miscellaneous business was before the Court. Commonweal h ex rel Uulnzburg vs. Sheriff. . This was an upplloatlou for the discharge on habeas corpus of Uuinzburg, who was bound over upon the oath of Wilson, Uulnnev & Co. to j answer a cuarso oi auempuuK to cueafc uuu defraud his creditors by secreting goods. The allegation ortne common weaun was mat ' Guln.bing was Indebted' to the firm' above-'-named in a sum amounting to more than 1300; Hint one of the- firm called upon him to pay something on account on the Sih of January; and that he Bald he was entirely unable to cuy llllS UUOl., Or LO KILtlNiy UUy Ol 1119 Ul U'llbOfV. -v Then the defendout requested Mr. Cone to accept of him n Judgment for more than bis in- tlebtedncss to the ilrm of whloh Clone was a member. In this wat the alleged crime, tne defendant wishing to place bis. money' and 1 goods where the other creditors could reaoti : tuem. Mr. Cone declined to accept this Jodg- t iueut, aud afterward Uuinzburg's, were levied; upon and sold by thd Sheriff. , ot ' These facts, an oilered ta the Court, counsel for the prosecution held to be sufllclent to send , the ease to a iury. James C 'Unllitt.'iBsq'., for the -defendant, stated to the Court that there ' were wltnosRea prexont. who could throw some -Unlit upon tho matter of tho coul'egsed Judg-: menta, by showing thai these Judgments wer not fraudulent; not baing for a larger amount iwatho uro.-tacutor. But oounsel for: the prosecution deohuod to call suoU.,wi messes ' leaving the Court to Infer from the testimony of the prosecutors, that their judgments were ' offered with criminal Intent.' ' ' But a witness for" tho Commonwealth said ' tbat defendant had tohl him one day, lu speak, r ing of the mnlterj that he knew he was a erimt- iial, but that the creditors, ought to pity bira, as -he was talked into it; aud, also, tout when they wont to defendant's store to levy on the goods it appeared that a great part of them had been . removed, but that such was not really the case. Hut the Court, upon the whole, Wionght the: case was a lit one for tho consideration of a . Jury, 'and therefore hold the defendant to answer, i ,--.i i i.i- -i o.'m- ; In the course of the morning Inn Honor Judge Brewster came In. and, togothur with his Honor Judge Telrce, hold ft court of Oyer' and Jerml-. nor. Henry R. KUlngrr was' arraigned upon the charge of tho murder of Charles Iaret, on the morning of tho 'JUih of December lust, and plead not guilty - ' . . j . is .n. . Thomas J. W or rail, Esq., applied, under the two term act,, for the discharge of (iotleib WU- -ll.uns, stating that tho irand Jury, on the 19th -of October last, found a true bill charging the . defendant with the murder of Kliea Miller, and that the defendant has lain In prison for two terms without having been tried. , ' The District Attorney answered 1 that the -trial of the prisoner had not been' postponed : through the neglect of the prosecuting ollloers, nor through the malice of a private prosecutor, whose evil designs were being gratified by the, prolonged incarceration of the prisoner, but through legal disabilities on the part of the Commonwealth, namely, he Illness of a witness without whose presence the case could not safely go to trial. ' .,' '' , . ' Often prisoners have been kept confined for a ' longer time than two' terms each because of necessity,' the sickness of the prisoner himself, and other lawful reasons. When the sessions were .quarterly, prisoners have lain a whole year without a tiiul. Now, buuauae the Com monwealth have been unavoidably delayed," and the defendant kept in prison four months, shall a murderer be turned loose upon the com munity ? - . ....-.. .Mr. Worral then read the words of the act: "Aud if such prisoner shall not be Indicted and tried the second term, suasions, or court after his or ber commitment, uuios thedelay happen on the application or with the ussent of the defendant, or unou trial shall be acquitted, he oi she shall be discharged from imprisonment;" and argued that there was not one word in tho net to justify the Commonwealth In making an application for the ooutlnuance or the ease. The Court said tbat the case had been con tinued on account of the inability of a most important witness to attend Court, and not through the neglect of the Commonwealth. And, moreover, the caso had been called for trial during the first term after the commit ment of defendant, and had, through the appli cation of the defendant, been postponed for several days. "And the Suorome Court hnd held in a similar oaso that a continuance was just and legal on account of the absence of the District Attorney upon publio business. Taking these fuels into consideration, the Court decided that the application of the. Common, wealth should bo granted, and the trial of the case postponed until next term. ' 1 , Hon. William Mlllward, Director, furnishes the following statement of Deposits and Coin age at the Mint of the United blates, during the mouth of January, 1807: , .. i . . . i, . -i ... - :. Value. Ciold Deposits ........;....'.'. .'... ,....(. . 5,3ai73 Sliver Deposits and purchases...... ....... UJWHJ , ! Total Deposits....1...!:::.!-.". ; , 8SWI.C25-81 COINAGE EXKCVTED.; (ior.n, 'i ! i:i ' Value: Denomination. 1 louble Eagles...,, Eagles Half Eagles .... Three Dollars.. ..... (Quarter Eagles Doilluvs; Elue Bars No. of Pieces. ...-....-.47,735 il.oiK) ' ........... H,a?0 .! ........... 2,0U,, i, ' O 1'. aj.ttuono 'if ,ii li,!KI0 i.l j i, 7.K00-00 t .... ,00H ,,":, fi,auo-oo ., , , , Totals.: lit -U'l .l !'V Ill-lilt 1,029,1W33 , SII.VKR.' " ....'' e.nOo Dollars.... Half Dollars Otiarter Dollars. . 47,81X1 ' ' i I ' ' f.'O I il.. Hrtii J,WV w, :.t.., Dimes...... - ;-'i .0U0 Half Dimes,-.; : i8,uUU ' Three Cent I'leces ." tine Bars , 6 I ttUi'i 1 ( il l 1 -'' 'Jt S.l I' l 600-00 ' .u-nMliI WHO I.') Ti-i WW mta vnCI " .full WrW Total 07.803 COITBB, i in iiTival) ' ! One cent pieces.,. Two cent pieces. .. Three cent pleo8., Five cent pieces..., 791,000 ., ... 7,990-00 .. 2M.0U0(ih:tn ). -MMHW a,oiy.ooo i , .,, ioo,7wroa Total.....'.'....-..; 5313.500 h j i. 4 ' I . . I i ' tinnl arafrr irmAtr v f f j- 'f 1 iai,xo ,. , i , " Gold coinage , ,0M j..l.2?-J ft Kilvorcoiniine.....,...:..:.. , , 3Lii Copper ooluuf e i 8,814500 ; 1 lolil&VM Total No, pieces 3,415, l.la,0W-M w7 not written for publication, but were KV I
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