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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