"CP w TE TsxTTT "RCT PI TOL. VII. No. SC. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1C, 1867. DOUBLE SHEET-TnREE CENTS. 1 FROM EUROPE LUST EVENING. , ' Itenrwal of the Fculan Bcare, -The At lntle Cable Coanectlon Reported to Cat-Thi Break 11 eetoped Import ant from France The Emperor Speaks t the Chambere He Rjrplalne IIU De re ef January 19 -Reorganization of the Army and the Cnncll of State The Bmperor'e Policy and the Eastern Uneatlon Important Declaration. Dron the N. Y. Exjiress mf Last Evening. Private despatches were received la this city to-day, which state that the land lines through Ireland, connecting London with the Atlantic table, went down last evening at six o'elock, but were all right again at noon to-day. New York time. irotn the fact that these lines traverse the district now in rebellion, it is iup posed this temporary hiatus in the connection wa the work of over-realous Fenians. Cable dates from London, Liverpool,' and Dublin, under date of last evening, announce that tie Fenians were on the march from Kll hirhey towards Ken ware: also that t nro Hh in. loads of Fenians had landed at Valencia; also, that an attempt was made, or would be made, to cut the Atlantic Cuble. Consols closed at 91; U. S. Five-twenties, 73i; Illinois Oen'ral, W, Krie, 40. Cotton and breadstuffs firm. By the steamer St. Laurent we have Paris apers to the 2d instant, from which we learn that the Emperor's speech to the Chambers will explain the whole of the changes com pleting the decree of the 19tholJanuary, and conceived in the sitrue spirit. The Emperor bad an interview with M. Rou ter and the Marquis de Lavalctte at the Tuile nes. At this Interview the Emperor explained the liberal character of the Imperial letter and decree of the 19th of January. The inten tions by which those reforms were inspired, and the results they will produce, ho declared had been perverted by private Interests and animosities, and especially by the comments of the press. It was aeainet those false interpre tations that the Emperor's Government wishes to act by frlvlng a full extension to the measures in preparation. Next to the Emperor, merit is said to bo prin cipally due to H. Rouher lor the initiation and execution ot the measures of economic reform. The prelects have already been able to inform the Minister ot the Interior as to the effect pro duced by the recent political modifications, and declare that they have been generally received with favor in the towns, and with a certain in difference among the rurnl populations. It is not the fact that the consideration of the plan for reoreanizing the army has been suspended Jn the Council of State. All the ques tions connected with it are undergoing an active examination, and some Important modifications, chiefly relating to the reserve, have been made within the last lew days. The Emperor has expressed a desire that the' bill on the-press, which is to be submitted to the Council of State, should embody a real Improve ment on the present law, and constitute a step in the path of liberty. M. Oiltvler, consulted by 11. Rouher respecting this recommendation, naturally pleaded in favor of the most liberal provisions. .Nothing is. however, yet finally settled, and fears are still to be entertained that the arguments of those who are hostile to freedom of the press may prevail over the reasons alleged by its supporters. We are in a position to affirm, says the Patrie, that the state of things in the East, which has ex cited great anxiety in the political and financial worlds, appears about to become peaceful and quiet. Our private despatches from Athens nd Constantinople agree, in fact, in describing the pnocinnH ttu J antipathies of rare, so alrongly excited by the events in Crete, as having calmed down when it became known that the great powers were endeavoring to come to an understanding respecting a joint action to be adopted at Constantinople, with a view of giv ing legitimate satisfaction to the Christian sub- t'ects of the Porte. Should this understanding e arrived at, it will assure the peace of Europe, and constitute a fresh success for the foreign policy of the Emperor's Government, at the same time that it will confer years of peace and order upon Turkey, which it will be her duty to profit by in order to increase the prosperity and well-being of her subjects. Mr. Bright at Rochdale. A densely crowded meeting of Mr. Bright's iellow-townsmen was held at Rochdale on the 30th of January, for the purpose of presenting an address to him and testifying their respect and admiration of his public and private char acter. The following address was adopted and presented to Mr. Bright: Honored 8lr: We, your fellow-townsmen, in public meeilng assembled, desire to express the siueere admiration we leel lor your private churacler and your long and distinguished career lu advunciiiK the social and political condition oi the people. All Hie service you have rendered to our common country, In con junction with tbe llluRtrious and lamented Mr. Cobden, the nation and tbe world know, nnd we are thankful to believe that tbe great announcement of Peace on earth and Rood will toward men" has received another Impetus by your noble efforts to establish friendly ul a, Inna tu., iin.in . .... I .... ... .1. ...! IlttVIUU. Ul IU. 131VI III, ... I As an employer ot labor yon have ever manifested the strongest desire to educate and elevate tbe worlc Ingman. and numerous Instances testily that you have always been guided by a love of justice and humanity. We kuow.elr, that during your long advocacy or the people's cause your words have been frequently mis represented and your character unjustly attacked: and, although we are assured that you will be ever sustained by the consotoiinnest t hat your cause is Just,' we cannot but ezpraM our sympathy wiUi you, aud bope Uiat yon may long live to chaniplou the cause of popular freedom, - - -- . - . .. In reply, Mr. Bright delivered an eloquent address, consisting chiefly ot a retrospect of nis pouueal me aunnsr tue past tweuty-ave ears. Air. ungbi earn ne was deeply moved y this token of esteem ironi those who knew him best, and that this was the best answer he could make to the rancorvji attacks which his political opponents had so incessantly made upon biro. He felt a just pride In his con sistent devotion to liberal principles during all this time. . ... In looking over these twenty-five years I found (he says), a fur us my menlul eye could detect, tbut noy path bud been straightforward, not varying, bo iar as I know, 10 tbe ritut or to the left from uny unworthy motive. I found that the principles upon which I had acted were well defined, were distinctly avowed, and were eaxlly comprehended, and tnoie principles were simply tbe&e that the law and tbe administration ot the law In this country should reward with lust and efiuul eye all classes of tbe people, aud that to all questions of government, ml great national question?, we should bring those simple tjut sublime principles, the high und everlasting prin ciples of a pure morality, which we derive. or ought to derive, from the religion which we profess, Oae of the chief motives that led Mr. Bright to political life is tbu referred to: I look upon the multitude, the millions who lorm a" nation, lu tbe social rank they muy be called of the lowly. They labor more, they sutler more than the ranks above theiu. '1 hey have less of what we con aider enjoyments ot life, they have lewer of those compensations which give to us who are better ot! the many charms of Hie, and I nave learned from my earliest youth to -leel lor these meu (loud cheers), to feel for theni a sympnthy which I have never been able to express lu words, uud for which lean find no Jiroper exhibition of Outward conduct which I can Ind towards them. My belief is tbut the condition of this vast body of the people might be inameusely lm- proved and raised. I believe they might have less toil, more Joy lu their lives, and more of all that with out which to persons in another state of life It would appear to be hardlv wonh having. (Hear.) Well, with this sympathy It was not wouderful that twenty five years ago I should nud myself called out lulo active political life. . The first distinction Mr. Bright won in politi cal life wm in the anti-corn law movement, of Which he speaks as follows: . , Many oryop will recollect the stute of this countrv from the year 1SU to the year l4i, during tbe period of tad harvests, when starvation visited hundreds and tboucands of homes. Ko, J became convinced that the crista of that fwarlul suffering was the landowner's monopoly Of the supply of food to the people. (Hear, , bear.) In tula beeuillul addrena there Is a reference to the services which you are kind enough to say I have tendered in conjunction , Willi the Illustrious aud lauieutvd Mr. toiHleo. (Cbeora.) This reminds me 1 M JnvWv WtilvU bad sonjelUlag to do with niy enreer. In lite yenr 1M1 I was at Leiunirtgton, and spent several months there. It was neiir the middle of Bvptember, when there lell upon me one of the I e . vioel blows that can visit any man. I found my sell left lucre with none living of my house but a motherless child. Mr. Cobden called upon the day aner that event, so terrible to me and so prostra inn. A lir some conversation hesald, "fon t allow tills grief, groat as it Is, to weigh you down too much. There are at this moment In thousands of homes In this country, wives and children who are dying of hunger-of hunner made by the law. If yon will com; along with me we will never ret till we have got rid f the Corn Laws." (f.oud and prolonged choers). We saw the colossal inJutlco wh!-h crtt l'S shadow over every part or the nation, and we thought we saw the true remedy and the relief, and that U we devoted ourselves In conjunction with, as you know, hundreds and thou'sndsof good men in various parts of the countrv, vve should be able to bring that ronieily home, ami afford that relief to the starving people of this country. Mr. Bright next spoke of the struggle for abollshiug the taxes on newspapers,-In which be and his friends were successful. Of the sig nificance of this success he remarks: I say that- the repeal of the taxes on newspapers has hi en :elt In every part of the country, and there Is not a single llR-;e In the United Kingdom In which the average Intelligence of the people bus not been raised by that great act of legislation. 01 bis efforts in behalf of the transfer of the Government of East India lrom a private com pany to the Crown, he says: I was against the Company, and Insisted that tba1 form of (iovernnient should bo abolished, that the Government of Ind. a, so long ns India was a depen dency of this kingdom, should be direct from the Crown, and that there should be In this country an omnipotent Indian -Minister responsible to I '.u I la ment. He always demanded justice for Ireland. There Is a party In England which speaks of Justice to Ireland as ir it were merely a catch :pliraso lor the popular ear in that country, and as If it bad no real meaning. Now. I hold that to sustain lu a country a foreign and a hostile Church, and to coniiscate all the ecclesiastical revenues of that country to that Church, and that Church Inclosing within Its borders but a very small minority of the people I say that it is an act of Injustice such ns I believe statesmanship or miSHtateemanship has never yet committed In ahy other country (cheers); and I say. further, that to maintain laws which are adverse to the national division of tbe land where the whole soil bits been confiscated, as it bas been within the last two hundred years, Is to perpetuate the ex clusion of the people from the possession of their own soil, and to create and make perpetual pauperism and discontent. If that were done In l'oland, in Hungary, in Veneiio If It had been done there under the in fluence of a couquerlns Government, I believe there Is not a single man or woman In Knglund who would not Lave been ready to condemn such a state or things. (Cheers.) 1 have raised my voice on many occrsious I believe on every fitting occa sionagainst a state of things which Is absolutely destructive of content and loyalty In Ireland. He next refers briefly to his speeches against the existence of tbe laws favoring the preserva tion of game; for tbe abolition of capital pun ishment; lor the restriction of the immense land monopoly; against intervention in behalf of the Turks; in i'avor of a permanent peuce with France; and "ot the most cordial friend ship with the English nation beyond the Atlan tic." He then passes over to . his efforts in the reform question, oi which he speaks as follows: There Is one thing. It is true, that I regret In this retrospect, and that Is the small success that has attended any efforts that I have been able to make with regard to many of these subjects. And now. when 1 ask a very reasonable thing, that the millions of my countrymen may be freely beard In that Chamber which fi r so many hundreds of years has called Itself the Commons of Knglund, when 1 ask that they shall be heard, when 1 have said that it would be a eood thing lor the United Kingdom, and giod for freedom everywhere, that they should now sel.e the scepter- which for the last 200 years has been wielded by a class when I say this I am subjei ted, not only to opposition for that I could understand but to an opposition conducted with a falsehood and a malice which koow no scruple, and whlcb. If I were not supported by tbe honest sympa thies ot milllonsof mycountrymen, might overwhelm me. What Is the end proposed by these changes? It is not to destroy our Institutions, it Is not to change a dynasty, it Is not to st lie the pronerty of the rlcult is not to give to Ignorance and to vice the disposition of great national affairs, but it la to give power to Parliament i from that source from which its only Eower enn be received, so that Parliament may nvethepowertoremedyabuseswhlc.il are acknow ledged to exist on every iiund lu the departments and the legislation of the fetate. Parliament has not power now to save the public money: We would f ive it power to save the )mblic money; to make the aw something felt of Justlceand benevolence through out the whole land: and also that It should bo able to raise the people to the highest level of comfort and instruction, of morality aud freedom. His views on Berm are now tbe same as before, and be believes it. to be necessary for the House of Commons, necessary for every institution of the conntry, and as absolutely necessary for the contentment of the people. After the conclusion of the speech, which lasted more than an hour, the following resolution was adopted: ' - That this meeting, regarding Parliamentary reform as the political question of the day. thoroughly ap proves Mr. Bright's course In reference to it, and assures him of its hearty sympathy, and pledges Itself to give him and bis colleague its earnest support until a good, honest, and substantial Ilefortn bill becomes the law of the land. Charles Dickens on Railway Perils. Charles D'ckens writes to the Loudon Times: '"Sir: As it is better to prevent a horrible accident by a timely caution than sagaciously to om-erve after its occurrence that -any one acquainted with tbe circumstances out of which it arose could have easily foreseen it, I beg most earnestly to warn the public through your columns against the morning express train on tbe Midland Railway, between Leicester and Bedford, j .. " . . ; "i took that train this morning, ieaviner Lei cester at 935. . The reckless fury of the driving and the violent rocking of the carriages obliged me to leave U at Bedford, rather than come to London with my through ticket. When we stopped at Market Harborougb. general alarm was expressed by the passengers, and strong remonstrances were' urged on the officials, also at Bedford. 1 am an experienced railway trav eller Mt home and abroad; I was in the Staple hurst accident; I have been in trains under most conceivable conditions, but I have never been so shaken and fluug about as in this train, and have never been in such obvious danger. "The very obliging authorities suggested that the road was 'rough' from the thaw, aud that I was in a light carriage. As to the first sugges tion, I am certain from experience on other rail ways since the thaw set in that there is no such 'roughness' on other railways. As to the second, one of the passengers who protested the most strongly was a gentleman in a heavy carriage next to my own. "I may add that mv companion in tbe carriage (who leit the tram with me) is almost constantly on English railways, and fully confirms what I have here written, "Your faithful servant, "Chables DCKK3.' - Another Atlantic Cable. . The public have for some time been awwre of a project to lay another ocean cable between this country and Europe. The line is to start from some point on our coast say at Cape Charles, although there Is no reason why it should not be the city of New York running thence to the Bermuda Islands, from that point to the Azores, and finally landing at LUbon In Portugal. .The company have made their con tracts for a cable of superior construction aud material. It is claimed that tbe laying of the line between the points mentioned involves much less labor, expense, and risk than that of the British company. That there is but little danger of failure in this respect is evident from the fact that established companies agree to complete the work, taking the responsibility of failure. Another advantage in this line will be that it one section of tbe cable is broken, the others are not rendered useless. The company have also completed their arrangements with the Governments in authority in the islands forming the way stations, and als9 With that ot Portugal, so that the work of laving the cable will soon begin. jy Y. Evening Fo& , The approaching annexation to France of three new provinces in Cochin China) is an nounced. The Emperor, Tu-Doc, is said to be delighted to get rid at them, as they are In a tate yf tkroBicrebtUion. . . , j IMPOBTMT FROM TEXAS. Military Order In Regard to LaborLaws. HitABQt? arters District of Tkxab, Bureau K and A. L. for State Texas, (.alveston, Texas, February 2, 1867. I. The following cir culars and orders from these headquarters are hereby revoked: Circular No. 14, dated Mav 13, 180.6. Clrci lr ?0, 19 dated August 20, lKCfi. Circular No. 23. dated Nov. 1, 180. General Orders No. 2 (directing agents ot this Bureau to disregard State labor law), dated January 3, 1867. tien rl Orders No. 4 (republishing Circular No. 14, scries 18G5), dated Januarv 20, 18G7, and so much of the Circular No. 25, duted December 21, 18i0, as requires a clause to bo inserted in each contract that all disputes arising under said contract shall be adjudicated by agents of this Bureau. II. In compliance with pnr. 2, of General Orders No. 4, dated Jan 130, 18ti7, lrom these headquarters, fcub-Assistant Commissioners will require one copy of each contract to be tiled with the nearest agentof the Bureau; ho will also advise all parties makitg labor con tracts to tile one copy of the contract with the clerk of the county in which the employer lives, in accordance with section 3 of tbe State Labor Law, approved Nov. 1, I860. III. All criminal cases in' which freedmen are concerned will be leit to the civil authorities. If outrages are committed upon freedmen, and the civil authorities do not movo In the matter, it will be broueht to their notice by tbe agents of this Bureau, who will use every effort to bring the offending parties to justice; if. however, the civil authorities will not do justice lu the case, a statement will be for warded by the agent of the Bureau at once to the nearest military commander, aud also to these headquarters. IV. Jn civil matters the aeents of the Bureau will refer the complaint to the civil courts, but will act as the adviser of the freedmen, and carefully observe the action ot tbe courts in the case, reporting the same to these headquarters, in compliance with circular letter dated Decem ber 31, 18tiC. V. Bub-Assistant Commlss-ioners will not in terfere with the operation of the State laws relative to "Apprenticeship" and "Vagrancy," if fairly t.nd impartially administered. VI. Should cases requiring the action of the Bureau arise under the act of Congress "to pro tect all persons in their civil rights." and the acts "creating and continuing the Bureau for the relief of freedmen, etc.," the Sub-Assistant Commissioner will at once make a full report of tbe circumstances to these headquarters, and awflit instructions. Should the case, hewever, be one requiring immediate action, the Sab-Assistant Commis sioner will take such measures as may be abso lutely necessary, immediately reporting to the Assistant-Commissioner the tacts and his action thereon. VII. The Hen of freedmen for wages upon the crops of 18G6 will be enforced as heretofore by Sub-Assistant Commissioners. By command of Brevet Major-General Charles Griffin, Assistant-Commissioner. J. T. KinKMai? ; 1st Lieut. 2Cth U. 8. Infantry, A. A. A.G. - SOUTHERN ITEMS. Frightful Tobnsdo in Mississippi. The Vicksburg Herald oi tbe 6th instant furnishes details of a tornado which swept across a belt of country on the 1st Instant, about seventy five miles north ot Vlcksburer. Its course was about southwest by northeast, varying towards tbe west. At Island 97, In the Mississippi rivpr, it made a pathway through tbe timber about four hundred yards wide. All the build ings on the plantation of Mrs. Nelson, on the Mississippi shore, were prostrated. A wagon, with a pair of mules attached, was carried ninety leet, overturned, and smashed. Mrs. Nelson was fatally injured by (ailing timbers, and two of her children were badly hurt. In Louisiana every plantation in the neighbor hood of Mil li ken's Bend was more or less damaged. The residence ot Dr. Dancy was blown down. Most of the quarters on the adjoining places were also demolished. The Catholic church at Milliken's Bend, not quite completed, was levelled to the ground. It is said that several negroes were killed. Tacit Mortgages. One of the peculiar fea tures of the Louisiana code is the allowance of tacit mortgages, a practice quite foreign to the common law. This mortgage exists in favor of minors, Interdicted or absent persons on the property ot the tutor, curators, and in favor of the wife or her heirs, on the property of her husband for her dotal rights; also, against sur viving husband or wile lor the community pro perty administered by him Or her: also, tutors and curators have a lacit or legal security on the mortgage of the minors as a security for advances made by them. It is aho held to exist against parties who interfere in the administra tion of minors; also, against the property of a second husband of a woman who, bavins chil dren by her tirst husband, marries without the consent of a family meeting. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION OF GAS. i ' A Dwelling House Totally 'Wrecked, and an Interesting Child Killed A Sad Affair. ' A eingu1urand disastrous explosion cf gas took place yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, at the new frame residence of Mr. Samuel Bradley, woollen manufacturer, on Dar ragh street, in the First Ward, Allegheny. It seems that there has been for some time a leak in the gas main opposite Mr. Bradley's dwelling, and that the gas had tilled the house and the apertures and avenues around it. . The bouse is elevated above the ground a few feet, and it is supposed the gas worked Its wtty up through tbe floor until it reached the fire in the parlor where it exploded. The first explo sion was terrific in its force, blowing out the front of the house, tearing up the floors, aud breaking and twisting the doors and the win dow sills. All the furniture, which was new, was broken and rendered useless. So great is the damage to tbe house that it would cost more to repair it than it would to rebuild. There were some twenty successive explosions, resembling the discharge of a rifle, after the first groat explosion. But the saddest part of the explosion was the injury unto death of a bright little boy, grand son of Mr. Bradley, named Samuel Bradley Barker, son of Mr. William Barker, Jr., wool merchant of this city. The child, who was two years . and five mouths old, was sitting in a rocking chair in the parlor, when the explosion took place, and was thrown into the hall. It Is thought that he inhaled the gas and received severe internal injuries. He lingered until ten minutes of 9 o'ctock last evening, whoa he ex pired. To add to the severe affliction of the family, the child's mother is now lying danger ously ill at her husband s residence in this city. ! Miss Bradley, a daughter of Samuel Bradley, was alo thrown down by the explosiou, bat sustained no serious injur?. : The house was entirely new, Mr. Bradlpy having occupied it for the first time last week. It is now nntenantable. Coroner Clawson will empannel a lury to investigate the cause of the explosion this morning. PttUburg Com., Wh. A fcove Tragedy- Boy of Fifteen Kills i Himself. ' Lawkknci:, Massachusetts, February 13. Frederick A. Colby, a youug man fifteen years of age, son of W. W. Colby, committed suicide about 1 o'clock! to day, in the Free Will Baptist Church, by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol ball. Disappointment in Jeye la laid to be tb cause, AFFAIRS IW HEW YORK. N W York, February 16. A meeting wns con vened at the Astor House yesterday, of gentle men whose business requires them to cross the Jiolwken ferries, for the purpose of convening measures to secure greater saiet.y, convenience And regularity In tlie liirwiaKement of thoso conipniilrs. The appointment of an executive committee was provided for, by whom a plan of action will bo reported. A lengthy Investigation Into the origin of the rc cetil lire on Broadway and Leonard street wns held ly the KIre C'ommlsNlnner yeatenluy. Cap tain Jordan, Hergennt Walsh; several oilier members of the Metropolitan I'olice force, aud the private wntobuiuu of tho4ni-m, were ex amined. A wall of a building In course of erection nt Sixty-seventh alrtct fell yesterday, Injuring four workmen, two of them seriously. Another wall on Pccond avenue also fell yesterday, but no one was Injured. Inihe Supreme Court Chambers, yesterday, the ense of Oeorge Olney, captain of the steamer Washington Irving, camo up on an application for bis dlschtii'se on a writ of luibeus corpus. The petitioner's counsel eon tended that the re qulsltlon'of Governor Pierpont was Invalid, on the ground that there was no such Htate as Vlr- flnla in the Union, recognized by the Federal lovernmcnt or the Senate ns such; that Gov ernor I'lerpont had been appointed Governor by the t'reoilont, who bad no right to make such appointment; Uiat the Govgrnorof Xevr York has no legal authority to expatriate a citizen on the requisition of Governor Piorpont, nnd that we have no treaty with Virginia for that purpose. Ho signified his intention of trav rslng tbe return to the writ, aud the hear Inir of the case was set down for this morning at 10 o'clock. In the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday Judge Ingraham sentenced several prisoners to dlilerent porlods of imprisonment. The Grand Jury, having Iain prosentmentsbefoietho Court In refcrenco to the present system of lotteries and mode of business pursued In the Junk shops, the latter being characterized as "nur series of crime," were discharged from further attendance. The Stock Market was rathor unsettled yes terday. Gold closed at 130 after selling at 1"M. . Dulness continues to be the prevailing fea ture In the markets yesterday. In some com modities, however, a fair business was consum mated, but generally nt prices Indicating a de cline. Coffee was steady, with a fair demand. Cotton was decidedly firmer and more active. On 'Change flour ruled dull and heavy. 'Wheat closed dull, at a decline of l,2o. Corn was firmer and active. Oats were Inactive. Pork whh dull and Irregular, Beef was steady, while lsrd was active at full prices. Whisky was Bicady. freights were unchanged. Naval stores quiet, but firmer. Petroleum was with out change. Wool was firm, with wore doing. THE SURRATT CASE. Arrival of St. Marie, His Identifier Sur ratt Kxpected Dally. Henry St. Marie, the witness by whose evi dence tho identity of Surratt, the alleged ac complice of Booth, Atzeroth.nnd Paine was de termined, arrived at this port yesterday in the steamer St. Laureate, and went direct to Wash ington by the evening train. Ht. Marie is a French Canadian of fair appearance, quick, keen black eye, and general look of lntelll- ?;ence. lie states that when teaching In Mary and he made the acquaintance of Hurratt and Weicnman, the chlet witness at the conspiracy trial, and although the acquaintance at no time attained to Intimacy, be was struok with cer tain physical peculiarities that no disguise could allect. St. Marie went to Europe and en tered the Papal Guard as a Zouave. Shortly after be entered the service he recog nized tbe validity of the Italian proverb which says, "Rome once seen, tbe faith Is lost," and forsaking bis early beliei, embraced that of the Protestants. While attending a festival St. Marie met Surratt, who approached and asked him if he was not an Americau. He reulied that he was, and, whispering, said: "You re mind me of an American named Hurratt: are you he?" "Oh ! no," replied Snrratt. "All the better for you," rejoined St. Marie. Subse quently, when excited with wine, Surratt con fessed that he was the man of whom St. Marie spoke, and at various times Indulged In brag gadocio concerning the Canadian raids, the asaassination plot, and other cognate matters, greatly to the astonishment of St. Marie and the delight of his associates, many of whom were Canadian refugees and raiders like him self. . From the narrative, It seems that St. Marie became quite Intimate with Surratt, who, though only a private in the Guard, was well supplied with funds, and gave the Impression of perfect serenity a serenity nnd security that could only be procured by absolute protection. Availing himself of the constant Indiscretion of his comrade, St. Marie thoroughly informed himself of matters of great significance, which can properly be brought out only upon the trial of Surratt. These matters he laid before General King, our Minister at Home, who reported them to Mr. Seward. Jly direction of the State Depart ment, General King took such prompt steps with the Homan Government as secured the Immediate arrest of Surratt. who wns idenUued upon the oath of St. Marie. . Tbe subsequent history of the case is familiar to the public. Surratt's escape and jump of thirty-seven feel from the prison; thearrest and discharge of St. Marie: the Ulghtof Surratt to Alexandria; his arrest by Mr. Hale, and his incarceration on the United States steamer Swntnra. ' . j. . . When he was taken on board the Swatara In Irons he recognized , St.- Marie, who 6tood among the spectators. He was taken at onoa to a cabin prepared expressly for him, and nlthough guarded day and night, is allowed such food and personal necessities as he de mands, and may make biro, comfortable. The S watara will go direct to Washlngton.and again St. Marie and Surratt will meet. If the revela tions made by Surratt can . be confirmed by credible corroborative testimony, bis arrest will prove the most important link in the chain of 'Conspiracy evidence" yet produced. iv", Y. Time. Virginia Secession Convention of 1801. It is singular that no steps have yet been taken to publish, in permanent lorm, the pro ceedings of the most important deliberative assembly ever held in this State, especially as those proceedings embody the vindication of Virginia In the gravest crisis that her history liss produced, and against the foulest accusation that can be preferred against a State. We un derstand that tne official reporter of the Con vention has in his possession a full and accurate report of the debates, and of all the transac tions of the body. It is due to the reputation of the State that this precious record of the conduct of those who, at the time, held her destiny in their bauds, of the motives that actuated them, and of the objects at which they aimed, 6hould be published nowj while the othcers of the Convention and so many of its members happily survive to give it their au thentication. In no other way can the hlstorv of the part which Virginia acted on the great occasion that called that Convention together, be preserved irora falsification, and posterity be properly Instructed in resard to it. We invite theLeeislature to give the subject its considera tion. Richmond Whig. ' -Mr. Thomas Wright, P. S. "A.; Vhi1 nearly ready for publication a work upon which he has been long engaged, on the antiquities of V, roxeter, the ancient VVrioonium, the site of which has been carefully excavated under his directions. It is said that the diHooveiiea he has made on the Bite of this, ancient city will throw much new light upon the knowledge previously iwsessed of the Roman occupation of Britain and on the condition, manners, and feelings of the Roman population. How he has succeeded In getting at tho feelings of a people who have been extinct some fifteen or sixteen hundred years, by merely digging in the earth, is a puzzle which we cannot solve, probably becaufio w are not antiquarians, THIRD EDITION 33 TJX O I? 13. By Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Cables SERIOUS RIOT IN KILLARHEY. Eight Hundred Fenian Troops Retreat to the Hills. - Ktc, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc, Ete. London, February 14 Evening- The Gov ernment denies the wild storiit of tho landing of sdiiploads of Fenians at Valentin and on the Shannon, or that there had been a Herious revolt at all. NRr Killarney It 5 admitted that tho tele graph wires near Valentin had been cut and destroyed for a long distance, and in all direc tions riot and pillago were the order of the day. Several establishments bad been sacked and a Coar't Guard policeman killed. LATER. Loxdox, February 16 Morning. About eight hundred Fenians, under command of Colonel O'Connor, have retreated to tho hills about Killarnoy, county Kerry. The British Government lias posted troops, under the command of Colonel Horreford, at Mallon Junction, in Cork county, command ing the hill district. The excitement in tho neighborhood in In tense, and many people living in these coun ties are precipitately leaving. -An ex-captain ot the United Volunteer Army lias been arrested at Killarnoy on suspicion of being a Fenian leader. A number of marines from Plymouth have received orders to depart for the insurrection ary districts of Ireland at once. FROM WftSHINGTOff THISAFTERrtOOn. special despatches to evening telegraph. Washington, February 16. Southern Opinion of Rccnt Reconstruc tion Measures Hllot's Dill. Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, ami Judge Dawson A. Walker, of the Supremo bench of that Stat", were recently admitted to practice at the bar of the United States Su preme Court. Governor Brown states that the effect of the Louisiana bill and the Stevens bill, which recently passed the House, will he to make the slaves of the South tho political - masters of their former owners. Tbe master is deprived of the right to vote and serve on juries, while his former sla,ve will he unfranchised, and placed in the jury-box to ait in judgment upon those whoso property ho once was; that It la not ex pected by Southerners that their slaves will dispense righteous judgment, and the ronult will be that a large majority of the Southern people will Lave to come North and seek a pjace of retirement, if they are ablo to do' so, and if not, some means of livelihood. ' The Constitutional amendment, ho savs, would render it impossible for the South' to conduct her State governments, because not men enough qualilied under the amendment could be found . to till the offices. The result of the amendment would be that the offices would he filled either by irresponsible parties who had never had mind enough to act ac cording to their own wills, or by partisans im ported for the purpose. Else they must remain empty and unexecuted. The Richmond Preaaon the Military BUI. The Richmond Time of yesterday, Com menting on. the .Military bill recently passed in the llonse, says: 1 - '"' 1 "But as the probabilities are In favor of this .bill being enacted Into a law, despite the Presi dent's veto, wo must again entreat the Legisla ture Jlo make the necessary provision lor for protecting Virginia acalnst t e first attempt of the authorities at Washington to annihilate our State Government." ; . . j . , The Bounty and Bankrupt Bills.-. In the House of Representatives the Bounty bill and the Bankrupt bill were both under discussion. The former was passed, ,and a Committee of Conference asked ou. the latter. The General Land Office Washington, February 16. Returns re ceived from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, from the local offioe at Tallalias see, Fla., exhibit that during the month of January last, 280 farms, comprising Lu the aggregate 21,290 acres, were added to the pro ductive force of that State under the 'Home stead act of July 21, 1866, which limits the entries to 80 acres each. Shipment of Specie. , New York, February 16. The outward bound steamers sailing to-day for Europo carry out the following amounts of specie: Steamer Arago, for Havre, $300,000; City of Baltimore, for Liverpool, $3(1,000. Total, $336,000. . Suicide. Boston-, February 16. A despatch from Con cord, New Hampshire, says that Thomas W. Brickett, a resident of Fenibroke, committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself. Detention of a Steamer. Portland, February 16. The steamship Moravian will be detained until Sunday after noon lor cargo, Belle Boyd, the Kebel spy, came as a passenger in her. Tbe Recent Freshet. Boston, February 16. The first train ou the Old Colony and Newport Railroad sinoe the freshet came through from Taunton yesterday. UNITED STATES CUIMS IK ENGLAND. A full summary of the grounds on which the United States bases Us demand In the Chancery Court of Great ilrltuln for the restoration of the cotton held by 'lrenholni and Frioleau, the Itebel agent In England, is published. They are in citect that our confiscation laws apply to all HebeJ property, no matter whether re moved from the country or not; that by the law o nations Kebels cannot transfer to otbers property belonging to the legitimate sovereign; and that, even if such power existtd, the com plete soppression of the Rebellion, and the annulling by the Rebel States of all tbeir pre tended con traots, restores to the United Btates, as the only possible ownen'ftU property la AU puto - ...... , , , LEGAL INTELLIGENCE, Conrt of Quarter Sessions Judge Prcw atcr. Habeas corpus enses ana miscellaneous bU'lneNS were beiore the Court. An application In behalf of arrle Arnt was mode on habeas corpus for the custody of a child. Tbe child, only four yenrs old. Is a nieco 'f applicant, and wns left under her charge. Thco. D. Dunham culled upon Mrs. Arnt anrt eaid ho wished to adopt the child, promising to take 11 lulo his family ns his own rhlUI. to treat. 11 well, educate It, and keep It until It should be eighteen years of age. The lady gave her con sent. Mr. Dunham went to a magistrate and bad the indentures mndo out, which were signed by trs. Arnt before thoy had been rend to her, or before she understood their contents. The child wns taken by Mr. Dunham, but, according to the statement of Mrs. Arnt, Instead of treating tho child rs ho bad promised, he used it as a bound servnrit, and Mrs. Arnt, being disMti' fled with this, applies for the custody of the child. His Honor, Judge Brewster, said that a femtne cm-ert could not sign indentures, and, therefore, as Mrs. Arnt Is a married woman, held the in denture void. Hut the other side was given time to think of and prepare an auBwer to thie. The matter M as continued. . . Supreme Conrt Chief Justice Woodward, and Judges Thompson, Read, ami Strong. lu Oeorfte M. Stroud's ense, before reported, Chief Justice Woodward delivered a uVcittlou com manding Judge Stroud to . seal the bill of ex ception in question. FINANCE AND COMMERCE. Office of the Evening Tklkoraph, I Saturday, February 16, 1867. J There was very little disposition te operate In stocks this morning, but prices were without any material change. Government bonds, i we have noticed for some time past, continue in good demand for investment. 18U5 6-20s sold at 107i, an advance of , and July, 18C5, 5-20e at 105, no change; 1098 was bid lor 6s of 18f.l; 106J lor August 730s. City loans were dull. Tbe new issue sold at 101 j, and old do. atCCi, no chaDge. Railroad shares were the most active on the list. Catawiesa preferred sold at 30, no change; Pennsylvania Railroad at66j56j, a slight ad vance; Norri'town at 62, no change; and Read ing at 52S2, no change. 129 was bid for Camden and Amboy; 33 j tor Little Schuylkill; 6fii for Minehill; 62 for Lebigh Valley; 30 for Eltnira common; 42 for preferred do.; 14 for Catawissa common; 29 for Philadelphia and Erie: 64 for Philadelphia and Baltimore; and 46 for Northpm Crntrnl- City Passenger Railroad shares were un- Pine at 31; and Thirteenth and Fifteenth at 22. 47 was bid for Chesnut and Walnut; 71t for West Philadelphia; 14 for Hestonville; 2G for Girnrd College; and 40 for Union. . . Bank shares were firmly held at full prices. Mechanics' sold at 32$. 107 was bid for Fourth National; 108 for Sixth National; 230 for North America; 163 for Philadelpdla; 1364 lor Far mers' and Mechanics'; 56 for Commercial; 102 for Northern Liberties; 68 for Penn Township; 100 for Tradesmen's; 68 for City; and 120 lor Central National. In Canal Shares there was rather more doing. Union Canal sold at 2. a silent advance; Schuyl kill Navigation preferred at 33,, no change; Lehigh Navigation at 64, a slight decline; and. Wyominsr Valley Canal at 63, no change; 22$ was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common; 134 for Susquehanna Canal; and 64. lor Dela ware Division. Quotations of Gold10 A. M., 13Ci; 11 A. M., 137: 12 M., 1364: 1 P. M.t 13ti, an advance of 4 on the closing price last evening. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO DAY Reported by Dehavan fc Bro., No. 40 a Third street FIRST BOARD. S2O0 City As. New lni'.'i imh Ptnmit hs k iiiiiv iJarnsu g u.1 ('JOUO VInlou CI lis...!).), ai.'i do .. bt'i 4 do 6(iV 10 sh Zeh Vscr 17 i 26 sb Leh NstH Is 100 811 N Y A Mid 4 25 ah Ocean Oil Hi IS ah lata fc lata,... . 22 7 in Aiecn hk i. a'". 20 ah Cat Ff........l. ao 103 do 30.. 80 li'Osh Pch N lt.....bG0. 32: 100 nil Union Cnl 2 01 all ftorri3t'ii..b5vn 2 Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No. 36 South Third street, report the following rate of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock: 7.8. 6e, 1881. coupon, 1094109 ; 17. 8. 5-20s, coupon, 1862, 1C94110; do., 1864, 107J107; do., 1866, 1077 (8107J; do. new, 1055106j; 10-40s, coupon, 101J 101: 17. 8. 7-308, 1st series, 106i106i; do., 2d series, 105A105i; 3d series, IQbhalObii Compounds, December, 1864, 14i Messrs. Be Haven & Brother, No. 40 Bonth Third street, report the following rates of ex h,aone J;day ,at 1 p- M-: American c?id, 1364 137i; Silver Jaand 4&, 131; Compound Interest Notes, June, 1864, 172; do., July, 1864, Hilt do.. August, 1864, 16; do.. October, 1864, 158; do' December, 1SU, 14; do., May, 1866, 12; do., Ananist, 1865, llr do., September, 1865, W; do. October, 1806, 104. . - j .. , , , , J Philadelphia Trade Report. : SaTlTRDAY. February 16. Th tnrnlrl titaUi a- the Flour Market noted for some time past atlll continues, but prices remain without quotable change. The demand la entirely confined to the wants of the home consumers, who parchased a few hundred barrels at,$88-75 V barrel for superfine; HOSWoO for extras; . $lla)l2-50 for Northwestern extra family: f lltoi2-5b for Penn sylvania and Ohio do., do.; and tH-eoWSO for funcy brands, according to quality, itye Flour sells at 77-25. : , ' , ! Good Wheat attracts considerable attention but tbe offerings were small, and holders firm" in their views; sales of Pennsylvania red at $2-88j we quote Houtbern do. at 3g)3-20. Kye ranges from l-35 to$l tttt. Corn There Is more coming forward, and the demaud Is less active: sales of SoOO bushels new yellow af 9Hf99o. lor Pennsylvania and Bontbern, a decline, Oata move slowly, wltn small sales at 6ti57. No thing doing in Barley or Malt. Provisions are quiet, but prices are well maintained. Pork Is selling in a small way at 21-2521-75 for new mess. Mess Beef range from $17 to 23 for Western and City packed. Dressed Hogs sell at 9o. Smoked flams are steady at lix17c,; pickled do. at 12ivl3c. bmokedhoulders at 11 llc.; and salted do at 8(0,940. ! Whlsuy dull, and prices nominal. A woman In Illinois discovering that she had leit her pocket-book at home, Jumped oil' a train and was seriously injured. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ' For additional Marine AVtcj see TTiird Page. , ARRIVED THIS MORNING. Ship Kate Davenport, Otis. M days lrom Liverpool, wltb mane, to Peter WrigUt A bona. Exprleucel heavy weeierly galea, stove quarter boat, eio. Towed Up by ton Auierloa. Ship T. J. Boutnrd. Bishop, from Liverpool, with mde. to i'eter Wrlgnl fc Sou. Towed up tu 4,'Uy Ice Bout. . Burque Pency, Gray, 9 days from klaUnta. with Sugar, etc., to Tboums Watlsoo Kods. Ital. brl- Don ( lialsclone. Paolillio, M ilfaTe trom Palermo, with truit to Isaac Jeanes A Co. Brig Klls, ioote, 14 dajrn from Uauiuas. with mo lasse to K O. Kiiigbl A Co, nr. un ivuoaiiuiurus, juuine, rrom Trinidad. Cuba with sugar, molasMHt, and hooey to S, & W. Weloli. Corrttpondrnee of tft. PhUadrJphid Exchanae. veesele arrived at the lireakwuisr iu.t ii,., Iinperador, 20 days from l'eriiauibuco; brigs Y. l.arr bee, trom Kingston, Ja.: Agent, from UatanKM; aud schrj. U. Crnlk-.11 days from Ht. Jago de Cuba, all . bound to Pulladulplila. JOSEPH. LAFi.1 HA. ; t, MEMORANDA. Btaamihlp Peruvian, (Hover, hence, to lo! Liverpool, at Norfolk l'2th luaC ... Barqus Alwena, Harmon, for Philadelphia, from fcau Vranclmw 13lh lut. , .,K Bteamet Uuuter, Rogers, hence, at PwtMW l lumaaK
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