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VOL. VII-No 95.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 18G7.
DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS.
EUR O r DE.
FRANCE AAD PRUSSIA.
HAI'OI.EON WANTS TO BEND AN ULTIMATUM, IlL'T
IMS C'AHINKT RESTRAINS MIM.
Tar I Correspondcnc "London IHmcs, April 10.
The rumor of an ultimatum from the French
Government, which occasioned ttie panic In
I'ana a da; or two a,o was not so entirely un
founded as the Minister ot the Interior told the
Prelect, if the tact, be true, os 1 am positively
augured it is, that the Kmperur himself proponed
it to the Council of Ministers. The majority ol
the MinUters, it not all ol them, vigorously op
pored the proportion, which, alter an animated
discussion, was left to stand over for the next
meeting, held the following evening. The Em
peror persisted in Lis views, uuJ, as I am given
to understand, maintained them with unusual
warmth. The Ministers, on the other baud,
were equally obstinate, on the ground that
negotiation was not jet exhausted, and that the
moment was not one lor an ultimatum, the re
jection of which would necesurily be followed
v an at peal to arms; and tnut France was not
jet renly to go to war. Tnts second delibera
tion lathed into the night; but Irom what M.
deMoustier has staled in tbe Legislative body
and Senate, there is reason to suppose that tbe
Emperor pave way. The Minister of the In
terior, therelore. suid the truth when he in
formed the Prelects that no utimatum had been
fOi to Berlin; but that, the subject wts di--cucfd)
1 believe there is no doubt. Why M.
Lavallette did not communicate directly with
tbe Parisians, who were most nHVcted by the
rumor, instead of seuding to the provinces, is a
mystery, unless, as a journal remarks, he is of
the Bfime mind as the Protect of the Seine, who
says that in Paris there arc really uo Parisian,
but only a nomade population, who can have
no interest in the matter.
THE EMrEROR WILL NOT BACK OCT.
The question of war or peace being mooted
the other evening at the Tmleries, ono very
highly placed and very paeinc functionary
remarked that in actual circumstances there
was no choice but between an act of folly and
bacKing out of the ailair altogetuer "une fo'ie
ou une t eculade." "Then," answered the Empe
ror, "my choici5 would be for folie, but for the
revulade, never!" The Government is now show
ma every disposition to come to a compromise
with the Commission on the Army Organization
bill, and to lose as little time as possible, aud
mtike all reasonable concessions to complete it.
LUXEMBOURG.
PETITION TO THE KINO OP HOLLAND FAVORING
ANNEXATION TO FRANCE.
The following petition appears in the Paris
pa peri-:
To His Majesty, VVilHam III, King of the
Neiheilands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand
Luke of Luxembourg, e'e bire: Be pleased
to permit many of your most mitbful subiccts,
inhabitants of the city of Luxembourg, to
raise, at this moment of proiound anxiety, their
voice towards the throne. Luxembourg, happy
and Iree, has prospered under the 6ceptro ot
jour glorious house, and it will preserve an
eternal and gratelul lemembrauce of it. In tbe
present day Pate is against your Majesty and
our country, and the days ot our independence
appear to be nurobeied. After the grave
events ot last year, which dissolved the
old Germanic confederation, we can no louder
hope to maintain our national existence. The
fortrers of Luxembourg will fall either to
Northern Germany or to Fiance, and in either
case the country will inevitably tollow the des
tinies of the nation that is in possession of the
capital. If in such circumstances a semblenee
ot independence could be preserved to us, it
would be no other tdan ephemeral and uncer
tain, and would only probing the agony of
our country. On the one baud, France desires
the annexation of the Grand Duchy: on
the other, the Grand Duchy jecoils from its an
nexation to tbe Northern Confederation and its
absorption by Germany. We admire Germany,
but our sympathies, our babies, our traditions,
our strong ieeltng of equality, our ancient fran
chises, draw us, not towards Germany, but
towaroe France. It is with the latter we should
find a new country and a future, and those
eentimeuts the whole country shares. Were
war to break out, whatever mluht bo the issue,
we should be the first victims to it. Kveu
now we tremble lor our homes, our families,
and our future condition. Your Majesty, in
your magnanimous goodness, will understand
bur alarms and excuse our complaints. If you
fear, as we do, that our independence, however
dear to us, cannot be guaranteed, you can, Sire,
without tailing in your paternal mission, and
without endangering the interests ot Luxem
bourg, accede to the wishes of France. The
disinterested love of our dear country, and the
uminiiude we foil for Us lutur.-, inspire us with
this language. Whatever'uiav betall us, attach-
mcni tn the uloiious and n'blj lumilvot oranare
will never be etlitced lroru our hearts. Long
live K na William III! (.Here lollows the s if
natures.)
ANOTHER PETITION ASKING CONTINUED ANNEXA
TION TO HOLLAND.
The Courrier da Luxembourg publishes the fol
limine netition:
To His Maiestv the King ot Holland, Grand
Duke ol Luxembourg: Sire In presence of the
crave situation which seems to threaten the
indenendence of our country, the undersigned
rerpectlully lay be lore your Majesty their ardent
desire to retain an autonomy under the sceptre
nt the House of Orange. Any political change
which would compromise their Independence
would be considered as a mi-tortuno lor our
beloved country. Your Majesty's devoted sub
jects. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
10RD STANLEY DOES NOT PESIKH TO BE INTER
ROGATED JL'ST NOW.
Lord Stanlev.fan the evening of April 11th, in
the House of Commons, said :-The- honorable
member for Chatham has jriven notice ot a mo
tion with reference to the claims arising out of
the American civil war. I intended to-morrow
to have made to him an appeal, to which, from
what 1 have heard to-day. 1 believe he would
have listened favorably, to postpone the motion
for tbe present, on the ground that negotiations
are still noing on. We are anxious, I believe,
on all sides that these negotiations should be
brought to a favorable conclusion, and I believe
that a discussion at the present time would not
tend to promote it. If the honorable member
he in the House I would aidress my appeal to
Lim now ; if not. I must repeat it to-morrow.
the aimeal. and postponing his motion, which,
however, he should leet bound to propose on a
future occasion, 11 no other member took up
Mr. Otway naa no im'i ' lu "i"1" , r
the subject.
A Dano-Swiss society lias been established
or tbe purpose of making a harbor at Hoi
1 MM 1 . , 1 Im
situated1 north of the town, and protected hy
TWO U V licDi ut'v - - M , , ,
il: nd an entrance 700 feet wide.
J 1 r, f . 1 ' 1 1 I ft lid I 1111 lHtL IU
1 .i.I r.,i,.rtiVinff is estimated at ten
COSV Ol u ""- a
million of francs.
M AughBtin Challamel has lately pub
"a tv fidrd volume of bis "M6moirea da
'eut e Francis," a series of tableaux, so to
slak in whicll we behold the Buccessiye
SSL 5 developments of French BocWtj
from the earliest periods to vu .P""
TLe wwk will W coicpieiea m pgu tvsi
THE JAPANESE EMBASSY.
Tit KIR MOVEMENTS YESTERDAY PKrARTCRH THIS
MORNING.
This morning nt 7 o'clock oar dlstlnculstied
Oriental visitors take the train for WashlriKton
city, altera brief sojourn in Oolham of tnree
days and a half. Those of our friends, how
ever, who have been unable to accomplish the
double purpose of paving their reaped to the
Ambassadors, and gralllylnn their own curi
osity by KU inspec tion of tbe winter costume or
these olliclals, will tie grHtltled to know Hint
ttiey propose returning very Hhorily. iih Heere
tary Ukltcny (pronounced ovivhii) assured our
reporter at a late hour last evening, when
they will be mueli pleased to enlarge Hie circle
of their acquaintance among the (iothamltes.
Yesterday morning they visited the lnree
banking-house of Duncan, Hhernmn A Go. (one
of tlicw hud called tnere on business ou
Wednesday morning, and his presence at that
time drew a considerable crowd). They passed
through tbe various ofllces, aud were inue.li
interested iu the explanations, so far as c in
preheuslble lo tbem, of the system of bunking
us here conducted. The pnylntr-teller counted
out to a customer almndluliof bills, aud they
looked on smilingly at the dexterity aud ac
curacy with which It was done, nodding their
iieails approvingly, muttering an equivalent
to "very Kiiod." The solid coin t hey lian Med
and examined wlih an evidently superior
satis fuel ion to thul evlueed in the pllesol" green
backs lhal were show n them, especially when
thev could not be assured that the paper money
would produce the coin il required. When in
formed tliut this would probably be the cuse ere
very long, Ihey were belter pleased, and thought
the mriiiigenients would then do very well.
T he sales and vaults were regarded with intense
interest, the massive doors and heavy walls,
a ml thorough protection afforded to the valu
able content h, was something evidently well tip
prt elated. Ttiegciieraluiipolnluu'iits of the in
stitution, although lacking the peculiar style of
ornamentation to which their t:istes were
accustomed, impressed them with their chaste
elegance. Inning the hour and a halt of their
sliiy a crowd of probably two hundred persons
bad gathered in the street, eagerly awaiting
their exit, some thirty or forty boys thronged
the sidewalk, and as any person caiuo out,
shouted vociferously, coupling them with the
Japanese. As the negro porter stepped out lie
was fixed upon as a servant of the Embassy,
and assailed accordingly. At about 1 o'clock
the party re-entered the carriage and resumed
to the hotel. It had been proposed that the after
noon should be passed in driving through the
Central Park, hut there was so much of pack
ing, letter-wiltliig, etc., lo g.-t through with, in
the mldsl ot constant Intel tuptloiis ironi visi
tors, that the trip, for the present, was aban
doned. For the same reason, an invitation
fioin Captain Coulter, Warden of the Toombs,
to visit that institution, was declined. Last
evening, In consequence of so constant inter
ruption iu making their tlual preparations for
departure, orders were glveu to send up no
more cards.
Colonel George S. Fisher, late American Con
sul at Yeddo, will accomponv the embassy, uu
ohiclally, to Washington to-day.
They have pretty stringent idens of rank, nud
have manifested a hesitaucy iu regard to pub
licity until they should be regularly presented
to the President and authorities nt the Nat ional
Capital, after which they freely expressed their
readiness to be shown around lo any extent.
Already a number of private entertainments
are on the lapis awaiting their return, ami
visits projected to fortifleutlons. public- build
ings, and points of interest ad libitum. Kuku
suwa Ukltchy has improved his Eugli.tti
muterhuly since his visit to this coun
try in 1800. He is a full-faced, genial
looking man, wearing the loose dress of
his country. Upon Inquiring after "Tommy,"
last evening, he informed our reporter that this
youngster bus been for a couple of years tilling
the humble position of interpreter in an Eng
lish teahouse in Kliunghai. There are three
families of royal blood iulierlting a light to the
Tycoon succession. They are Oiuuru, SatHuirm,
and Allto Omara is brother to the present Ty
coon, and is about fifteen years old. lie is
being educated in France. It is supposed thai
iu lour years more he will complete ills studies,
spend n year In visiting Europe, aud return to
ins own country Via JNew iom ami oau r rau
clseo. It, is an interesting fact that the Colorado,
which brought this party from Japan, had a
return freight largely exceeding her capacity,
including many orders lor goods never before
exported, on the other side, ine exports irom
Yokohama last year amounted to 810,180,110, of
which the English had S'J, (;:?, 010 aguiisl $.1,015,
K07 to our country. California is ratddly draw-
lug on increased proportion to tne united
Slates. This visit doubtless looks to Increased
facilities for commercial intercourse between
the two countries, and the ambassadors express
the highest confidence iu the prospect of an
Important and lucrative trade being built up in
a very few years.
Their opinion was asked In regard to the
claims upon England iu the " Ahtbama" case.
Thfyneemed to regard them as Just , aud thut
tney would be satisfactorily adjusted. .
The second Commissioner. Malsblno Ju lalu.
seems to be the most highly educated of this
partv. A college of arts t.nd sciences at Yeddo.
has intu e liim President; there, the natives are
instructed in lorelgn languages, uud foreigners
In Jntanese. Uolli Commissioners evince an
enrntsi desire to learn of our tducutiouul sys
tern. X. i'. World to-day.
SENATOR
WILSON AT
MONROE.
FORTRESS
HIS VISIT TO JEFF. DAVIS AND ADDRESS TO THE
COLORED rEOPLE.
' Fortress Monkok, April 2.. Senator Wilson
visited this post to-day, having come down
enrlv in the morning oy special ooai irom iNor
folk. He was accompanied by General Arm
strong, who has charge or the freedmeu In this
district. The band ol the 5th Artillery pluyed
strains of nalriotio music as tho boat tououed
the wharf, a salute was tired, and Adjutant
Weir and Alaior McElralh esooried the Heuulor
to headquarters, where the hospitalities ot the
place were extended by General JJurlou aud
LUs olhcers.
The Senator raid a visit to Jefterson Davis at
his quarters. The interview wus pleasant uud
mutually agreeable. The conversation was ou
general suhjects, on old Congressional remin
iscences, ou army topics, ana ou tne prooaoui
ties of the impending war in Europe. They
parted as they met, with mutual expressions of
politeness and good-will.
Subsequently tho Senator drove over to tho
school-house, where children of the freed men
are being educated. It is In the village of
Hampton, ana is Known as the JJ.utler school, it
having been hunt nutter ine ruto oi ueuerai
lienjamiu F. liuller. It Is a large, well-lighted
frame building, in the form of across. The
children grteted (Senator Wilson wltti the John
firown hymn. .Heveral hundred colored men,
irom me village and neighboring larins, inosi
of them wearing old army overcoats, some
oiflcers and soldiers from the lort, and a few
white men and ladies, assembled to see and
hear him. Theday being wet and cold, aud no
sufllclent notice having been given, the au
dience was not so large us it would otherwise
have been.
Kenator Wilson, navlnor been Introduced and
cordially received, proceeded to make a speech,
addressing uimseii principally lo the colored
people, who listened to him with eager atten
tion, and occasionally applauded the senti
ments uttered. He advised them and the
poor whites and repentant Hutiels to vole
only for those meu who are fully committed to
the cause of the country, ol equal rlgnts, of
liberty. J ustlce,humauity,ediieation,aud human
improvement in other words, to stand only
on i lie platform of the great Union Heuublloau
party. At the close of his address the audience
arose and gave three cheers for Senator Wilson,
and three more for the Kepublicuu Union
party of the State of Virginia.
The Senator then drove back to the wharf,
and took the steamer for Norfolk, whence he
sturts this afternoon by railroad for Mewbern,
North Carolina.
Dean Alexander is about to publish a
volume of poems and critical essays, as a sort
"recommendation" of his iitness, we imagine,
for the Professorship of Poetrjr at Oxford.
His competitor, bir Franois Hastings Doyle,
has had two or three mvatha the start in this
respect.
AN APPALLING TRAGEDY
.Aiiotlici JM11-Xny 3Iurler.
Tho Victim, Mrs. Dorcas Magilton,
Sixty-two Years Old.
Arrest of the Supposed Criminal
Ceoree H. Wlnnomore.
Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Ete.
Tho trial of Goltlelh William for the murder
of an Inoffensive old lady in her own house.
and during tlie broad light of dav. is scarcely
over.nnd the day for tho execution of iho guilty
inun not, yet, nxeu, wneu it again becomes our
reluctant, duty to chronicle a high-handed
deed of blood, which in almost every particular
coincides wnh the hi utal crime of which Goll
lelb Williams has been found guilty.
The Victim
in tho present case was Mrs. Dorcas Magilton, a
pMiisaut, and iiiollenslve lady about sixty-two
years of age, who resided with her husband in
It small brick house, two stories aud a h lit in
height, at No. W"H Shlppen street, iu the Fourth
Wind. The liut-baud. .Mr. Adatu .Maglilou. Is
about seventy-five years ot age, aud a car
penter by trade. He is well known and uai-
ersnliy respected iu t he lower part or the cll.v.
Colonel Alnglllon, of t he First District Internal
Hevenne Olliee, and during the warn p-ipuWr
otlicer In the Pennsylvania Reserves, Is a son of
t he unfortunate family, who have also mir
rled daughter residing in the city.
The Alleged Murderer,
who Is already In custody, is a youug man by
the name of George 11. Winnemore, a sou of
the lale Mr. Philip Winnemore, who held the
position of High Constable in this city about
lilleen years ugo. He is now about twenty-two
years of age. of genleel and peaceable appear
ance, Willi a smooth face and dark brown hair,
and about five teet ten inches in height. For
several years past lie has becu connected with
the regular army, from which he was dis
charged on the 2H li of last month, his regiment
at the lime being slulloued ou tho Iuduv i fron
tier.
Immediately afttr his discharge, young Win
nemore came to this el'y, and took up his
lodgings at the Monitor House, No. 203 South
rront street, winch is Kept. Dy iur. Adam
Meanock, Wlonemore's mother, who resii.es
in Nonater's court, near Tenia ami Arch
streets, is now lying very ill, and a vet knows
nothing of the terrible cilme of whicll her sou
stands accused. Young Wimemore is a spirit
ualist, and on iu count of difficulty arising out
ot ills pi culiar religious opinions, lias not been
on visiting terms with tils family.
Jus SDlritunl professions brought nlm Into
contact with the Magilton family, hotu Mr. aud
nirs. Magilton oeiug nttncueu lo me same sect.
Winnemoie made their acouainlince at, a
spiritual meeting some ilmeuxo, and since then
nns Deen a irequeni visitor ai me uouse, aim ou
intimate terms with the family, with whom he
freauenllv sat at table. Ou Hunday last he
passed the whole day at their liou.se, remaining
from 10 o'clock In ttie morning till 7 in Iho
evening. Yesterday morning, about. 8 o'clock,
no again called ai me nnuse and tound Mrs.
Magilton alone. With her ho remained about
an hour, when Mr. Mailt u arrived, aud then,
according lo
The Prisoner's Story,
be left the house and walked out to apl.ioeabout
two miles beyond the Schuylkill. Returning
to Falrmouut Parrt, he sat there lor some lime,
engaged in reading nud in wiUehlng a man
fishing, leaving the park, he came Into tho
clty.and when passing tne Academy of Natural
Sciences, was told, In answer to an inquiry,
that it was 3 o'ciock. lie men piooouu uowu
lirond Street to Shlppen, to the bouse of the
Magiltons. Knocking at the door, no Olio re
sponded, and Winnemore entered, and going
tothe kitchen, loun J Airs. Magilton lying on the
floor In a pool of blood. He ran at ouce lo lock
the front door, end then proceeded to searcli
the house for the murderer. While doing so he
heard a knock at the front door, which he at
once opened to admit Mr. Magilton. Winue
more then informed him that his wife was
lying in the back room murdered. The hus
band, shocked by this almost incredible in for
mutton, exclaimed: "Murdered! it cannot be,
as It is but a short time since I left her."
Mr. Magtltou's Account of the Affair.
Mr. Magilton left the house about 2 o'clock
in the aiteruoou, for the purpose of taking a
pair of spectacles to a neignborlng shop for re
pairs. He lelt Mrs. Magilton seated quietly iu
a rocking chair iu the b.ick room, and eng ig.jd
in knitting. Iu about an hour he returae 1,
and on trying his key in the spring-lock, found
the door fastened, lie then rapped, and was
answered by Winnemore, when the colloquy
above given'took place. The two at once pro
ceeded to the back room, and there the amazed
husband beheld his wife, lying upon the ll-j'jr
in a pool of blood, and quite dead. The rocking
chair in which she had been seated was over
turned, but beyond this there was nothing to
Indicate that there had been the leat show of
resistance on the part of the murdered lady.
The Events After the Discovery oft lie
Murder.
Mr. Magilton gazed in horror and amaze
ment upon the dead body of his wife for a lew
minutes, and then requested Winuemore to
run for a policeman. The latter obeyed, and
shortly returned with Otlicer James McUullen,
Sr. Mr. Magilton then requested Winuemore
to summon his daughter, whoso residence was
DUt a short distance Irom the scene ot the tra
gedy. Rut before Winnemore had proceeded
very far, he wos overtaken by Olllc.or James
Met'nlleii. Jr.. to whom he had been pointed
out, and was at ouce conveyed to the Secoud
District 1'ollce Station, on suspicion of being
the guilty party in the nllalr. There he re
mained in cmto'ly until seven o'clock this
morning, when ho was brought up to the Cen
tral Station, to await developments.
The news of the murder spread rapidly, and
soon a large crowd congregated about the House.
Giber oflleers also arrived, among them lieu
tenant Hampton und Deiectlves L'imoii aud
Tryon, who took possession of the premises,
and proceeded to examluo tho body. By iu
side, on tho floor, lay a small rivetiug hammer,
the propcrtyof Mr. Maglllon, which waseovered
withbloid and matted with hair. With this
the murderer had inflicted nine separate
blows upon the head ot his victim, each oue
fienetraling to the bruin, und sullicieut of
iself to cuuse death. Hut the guilty man
hud not been content wllh this, hut Willi
a sharp instrument had indicted a
ilpfin cash upon the left side of the throat.
Seat eh was made for the weapon, which was
tracked by a bloody path to the water-closet in
the yard, in which a bloody razor was soon
i.i-onviiL to IIkIiI. The facts In relu'lon to the
wounds upon the body of Mri. Magilton were
further corroooiuieu ut me oosi-moriem ex
amination, which was made late iu the after
noon hv Dr. Shaplelgh, Surgeon tothe Coroner.
(in Wednesday evening the son-in-law of
Mrs. Magilton hod given her a teu-dollur bill
nml two others ot two dollirs each. Gn ex
amining the wallet in her pocket, nothing was
found but a ten-cunt, noiw uuu a lew penuies,
The Kvldeuces of Wluutinort't Guilt
are very posit lvo, and there la scarce a doubt
Din hull no win o uuiitiuwu ut tut, mime. u
fouud a diary, containing neve
ral letters addressed to his friends, aud among
them the following geuerui note:
Philadelphia. Anrll 22. 1807.
To my Friends: This nud calamity Is caused by
my eDemtea-tliOia who were my pretended friends.
1 haveheen accused ol uiBuy thlug. wtiieb ure utterly
fulsH. God knows I soa lunoceul of ilieiu. TUisuoie
is Intended enpeelully for M. M. of this city, although
I lorglve them for wtial they have done. I proier
death to dishonor, lor it resis as a stigma ou my nui
and character, and would for years, I hare tried to
bear with ail. but II bears me down with trouble. I
now bid all earthly friends and enemies farewell ID
this Ulu. Let Ibe pant be forgotten. Yours to truth.
From this, it would almost conclusively ap
pear that the desperate man had premeditated
a deed of blood, to be followed by the taking of
his own life. The diary Is written In a beauti
ful hand. It gives an acrount of hts daily ad
ventures, and states, among other things, that
he understands the art, of short-hand writing,
in whlcn be is Raid to be well skilled.
There were also found upon hl person two
two dollar bills, which are supposed to be the
ones missing from Mrs. Magtltou's wallet; but
ro It ace of the ten-dollar bill could be dis
covered. Last evening, Lieutenant Hampton
W( nt to the Monitor House, where the accused
boarded, and in bis valise found a razor ease.
'1 be pioprletor stated that two davs ago, while
shaving, Winnemore said to him that he had
a belli r instrument than that, and produced
(lie, and the proprietor lust evening Identified
the one found in the well us the razor loaned lo
him. It was peculiar iu being ground on one
side onlv, and for Hint reason it was remem
beted. The proprietor also states that on Wed
nesday he told Winnemore that he must pay
bis board; that he might stay one night more,
but he must then pay the five days he owed or
leave. Winnemore, In answer, said it would be
all right, as be expected money yesterday from
his brother.
Such are the facts In this shocking tragedy,
and the stilklng evidences of George Wlnue
more's guilt. The detectives are still at work
following up the elms to the guilty person,
and collecting und arranging the evidence to
be presented ut the Coroner's inquest, which
takts place this afternoon at : o'clock. Some
ot the people who are acquainted with the
aflalr seem reluctant to appear in the case; hul
their attendance will doubtless be enlorced,
and It Is expected that a chain of evidence
will be produced at the Inquest whln will
fasten the guilt upou Winnemoie beyond all
shadow of doubt. Tho prisoner, however, ai ill
maintains his entire innocence, but is very
quiet, and h.is but. little to say.
The nflalr has created an excitement In the
neighborhood, and, indeed, throughout the
city, which almost, rivals that attending the
crimes ot Williams, lierger, and l'robsl. Lust
evening the son ami daughter of the uufortu
nate lady visited their saddened home. They
have the slnceie sympathyof the entire nubile,
hut this is a small compensation for the grief
which a desperate villain lias brought upou
them.
ARKANSAS.
PllOCREh-S OF THE REOISTRATIOS OF VOTEliS
OFFICE-IIOI.IIEKS Sri'EKSEDKI).
Little Rock, Ark., April 2o. orders were
received to-day by Governor Murphy from
General Ord, to the elf-et that the State is
divided into eleven registration districts.
Registration olllcers are lo bnappointed in each
district, four of olllcers serving in the army and
t wo clt.zeus. Cunningham, the State Treasurer,
tins been dismissed, being Incompetent to hold
oflico under the Congressional acts. Colonel
l'age, Q.iui termuster, has been appointed in iiis
place. Several other Stale olllcers are Ilk ly to
he dismissed lor the same reason. Tne expected
registration of voters will commence speedily.
IMPORTANT ORDERS OF GENERAL ORD.
Heaiqu Ate' Kits Fourth Military Pis
tric , Mississippi and Arkansas, Vicks
iiuijg. Miss.. April 15. No elections will here
after be held in Mississippi or Arkansas, to fill
vacancies existing or accruing in ofllces of the
Provisional Governmentsof those St ilesuntil a
registration of voters is made. Olllcers of the
1'iovisioual State Governments who may have
been by sialule law competent to make ap
pointments to fid vacancies occurriug before the
passage ol the Reconstruction act, passed March
2, 1807, where a vacancy may exist or occur
whicll 11 is Important to have tilled, are re
quested to notify the General commanding;
and he who is responsible that the require
nients of that law be complied wllh will make
i be necefary appoint m.-nt to nil the vacancy,
unt II an tied lou for that purpose can be held
under the taw.
Local civil officers of existing provisional
lovernments of l lie States of Arkansas and
Mississippi will continue in the performance of
their duties until the expliatloit of the terms of
their oltlces. unless otherwise directed In spe
cial cases, or until ihelr successors may he ap
pointed or elected, in accordance wiih ine act
ot Congiess to provide tor the more eillcienl
government of the Rebel States, passed March
2, lNo7.
ine most important duly devolving upon
freedmeu, in their now condition. Is lhat of
providing, by their own labor, for the support
oi themselves and families. They now have a
common interest iu the general prosperity.
This prosperity does not depend so much ou
now men vote as upon now wen eacn inemoer
of society labors aud keeps his contracts. Freed
meu were, tuereiore, urged not to neglect meir
business to engage in political discussions, but
continue to comply with their contracts, and
provide for themselves ami families; for unless
they do so, a famine may come und they will
have no food.
When the lime comes for them to have their
names entered In the book of voters, which
will be belore next September, the General
Commanding will send them word tnrough
proier uniiea Slates or county omcers, ana
send the books lo places near by their homes,
so lhat every voter can have his name regis
tered, and can alter Mards vote without going
far Jroin his home. Only those reildiug In
towns will be registered or vole there
liv cemmand of Major General Ord.
O. 1). Ghken, Ast. Ac".! t.-Geu'l.
THE SELMA. BANK ROBBERY.
Tbe Selma papers give the following particu
lars; It apptars, on tuvestieaMon, that the
bank lias 6utlered largely in recent ouUide
speculations, the character'ot which we did not
learn, nor did we learn whether they were
entcied upon by Mr. Parktnau, the President,
upon his own responsibility, or with the sanc
tion of the Hoard of Directors. While weakened
and embarrassed by these losses, on the 1st
instant, a Government draft for $85,000 was
presented and paid. On the 7th another
draft of the same character, lor $75,000, was
presented. Mr. Park ai an explained that it
would suit the convenience of the bank to have
a few days' time, and payment wus delayed
until the' 14th. when a demand was made, ac
companied with a threat of pro'est. Payaient
was promised on the next day, and that even
ine the robbery was leportpd. The next day
the bunk was taken in charae by the military
authorities, uctiug under orders from General
Swaype, und Us officers were put under arrest,
though left at latere on parole. Yesterday morn
ing General 8wajne came down, an Investiga
tion wai commenced, and Mr. Parkman
left the -cr'y. We believe our informa
tion is correct, that ibe examination has
progressed sufficiently to show that no
robbery was comuilttod, and that no funds not
accounted lor are nitssins. The cash balance
on the books corresponds with the money in
the safe, or nearly so. Under the circum
stances, Mr. Parkman's flleht Irom the city is
inexplicable, except on tne idea that, alunne I
and overwhelmed by the culmination of his
troubles, be took that unfortunate method ot
reuchine General Moreran, no attendiue Court
at Camden. Since writing the above we have
learned: 1. That the capital of the bank was
uevtr paid in. 2. That the circulation was used
to pay for the bonds upon which it wua obtained.
3. Ihht the bonds deposited to secure tbe
Geveinnieut deposits were borrowed facts, if
(acts, even more startling than those which
yesterday formed the topics of the street,
and fruin winch our readers muat draw their
own ccticlutiofeg.
Notorious Traitors Discharged.
JohD Mfrriman, Colonel Kane, Bradley John
Bon, and oihers, indicted for tresson and
bridge burning, were discharged by the United
States uistrici ourt at iiaitiuaore, on Tuesday,
a nolle prosequi having been fouud in their
cases. These are tha men who fomented the
attack in tbe streets oi HaUiuiore on the Ctb
Massachusetts regiment, on the l!Hh of April,
18G1; who burned the bridges bet ween Balti
more and Philadelphia to prevent the pasiage
ol Federal troops, and who employed every
means within their control to aid the cause ol
treat on. Johnsen became an officer in tbe
Rebel service, and he was particularly cruel
and vindictive towards tbe Union people of his
own BUte,
SECOND EDITION
FROffl WaSHIflGTOIj THIS HFTERflOOH.
Fl'EClAL DESPATCU TO TBE KVKNI5Q TKLKQRAPEI.
Washington, April 26.
The Odd Fellows' Celebration at Waili
Inftion. The weather here is very fin". The Odd Fel
lows are parading in larrrc number, joined by
the Bretbren from Alexandria and Georgetown.
The ceremonies at the National Theatre will
consist ot oration, onuinal odes, etc. Th"? cele
bration will close this evenine by an entertain
ment to the visiting brethren for the benefit of
the widows and orphans of the Order.
Arrival of the North American.
PoRTXAftn, lie., April 2G. The steamer North
American, from Liverpool, with da'e to the
11th, has arrived. Her news has been antici
pated by the Cable.
Markets br Telegraph.
Nr.w York, April !fl CIiIchro and Hick Tshuvl,
87.',; Hendliig, 1(12',; Canton. 42l! Krle, M: Clev,'
liind mid l'htsbiirg, 8(t'a', I'ltishurg. Vert Wayne, and
Chicago. s'.i: Michigan Central, lo;; Mieidgm
mitliern, Wi1.,; New York Central, W7'a: Illinois Cen
tral, ll'l; Cumberland preiered, an; Five-tweims nt
iwii, KK'.V do. o los'a; new Ihhuo, 107'h! llu lsni
Hivcr, 111; Ten-forties, Ss; Sevcn-lldrtles, new Issu",
11,(1',: all others. IM'i: Hierllng Kxcliunse, '.,: ut
slhhl, ld.'a. Gold closed at t:l4.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
COUHT OF CiTJAItTKH SESSIONS-Julge Ttrmv
filer. I' (I ward Hroly was cliuixttd vvitli asailli nd
bullery upon John Mulholl. The prosecutor lentllie.l
lint lie asked Hroly to (Inn k with hi in one Sunday,
In West t'lillailelphla, anil Hroly, alter commenthiit
ul length upon his worthiness as a person with whom
a gentleman of Ills mind should drink, declined lo
incept, ii iid struck him iu the lace, he (the prose
cutor) declining also.
The defense alleged that the prosecutor was drunk
nud boisterous; thai others of the house put him out;
hut the deleuduntilirofyj did uui lay lunula upou him
going out.
Callinrine 15 trims was chnrged with linvlns re
ceived fju, know hm It to have been stolen. The alio
lii lion was that a little hoy stole this money aud g ive
it to the delenduni, uud the defendant kuew that il
w uKKtolcn w lien she received It. On trial.
lilKUUUT i Dt'UT Judce Sluirswo d. A. P.
Kolierts vs. Ztu hiiriuh llutilorfl. who was s id with
Chris Ian A. t Augustus M. Seltzer, and to nisc-s
lianiHms as to ttie si-l'l C. A.c A. M. helt.er. An
to lion on a prom ssory note, and to deiermiup
hetlier Hatdortf is a nieinher of thefirm of C. A. t
A.M. Seltzer, and together wl. h them liable Iur the
oehts ol tliut firm, tin trial.
lilsTHICT COURT Judge Hare. The Guardians
of the 1'oor. to use ol tlie city of Philadelphia, v.
John Huxter. An netlon to r-eoV( r n Jiidvmeul bond,
l-.eioro leported. Verdict for plaiuiilV, (44 H
l.liilord I, nkens vs. The tire Insurance Company
ot Sew York, An Hcllon to recover on an Insurance
;or the loss of Ktoek, etc.. destroyed by tire at the
N'ore northeatst corner of Kixlli and Chesuut streets.
On trial.
(lil'IiT OP COMMON PLKAS Judire Pelrce.
W. J. l'rovlne vs. Kichurd Homey. An action of
fover and conversion to recover tbeva'ue oTa watch.
The defense aliened that the watch was sold txle
fondaul by means of fraudulent lepreseutaiiong. Ou
,rltt1,
FEMALE MEDICAL EDUCATION.
The following correspondence explains the
disposition made of the application- recently
made by two lemale ttndenfs for admission to
the Medical College of Harvard University:
March 11. Gentlemen: Finding It Impossible to
ehtain el-ewhere hi Jsew England a thoroughly com
petent medical education, w e hereby reuuesi perm s
hkiii to enter tlie Harvard Medical school ou tne same
terms and under the same conditions as oilier stu
dents, there being, as we understand, no University
BlMtute to the contrary.
On applying fur tickets for the course, we were In
foi med by the Dean of Lite iMedicitl Faculty that he
and his coadjutors were unable lo grant theui lo us hi
consequence of some previous. action taken by the
corporation, to whom now, tberefore, we make re
ijtieFt to remove any such existing disability. In full
faith iu the words recently spoken with reierence to
Hie University of Harvard "American colleges are
not cloisters tor tlie education ot a few persons, hut
seats of learning whose hospitable doors should be
always open to every seeker A'ter kuowledge" we
Place our petition in your hands, aud subscribe our
selves, your obedient servums.
SOPHIA JEX BLAKE,
SUS.N D1MOCK.
To the President and Fellows of 'the Uulverdtyof
Harvard.
Habvakd TJnivrknity, April 8, 167. My Rear
Madam: Alter consultation with the lucidly of the
Medical College, the corporation direct me to inform
you and Miss Ilimuck lhat there is no provision lor
the education of women in nnj department ot this
University. Neither the corporation nor the faculty
wish to express any opinion as to the right or expe
diency of the oiedlcul education of women, but simply
to state tlie tact that In our school no provision tor
that purpose has been mxde, or In ut present coutem
i, luted. Very respecltully yours,
THOMAS II ILL.
Miss 8. Jex Blake.
THE INDIAN WAR.
illEFIorX PEACEFULLY INCLINED THE PARTICI
PANTS IN THE PHIL. KEARNEY MASSACRE A
(iENERAL WAR INEVITABLE, ETC.
Fckt Sedgwick, Nebraska, April , 25. Tiie
council between the special Comtnisionei's and
tne Brnle and Otirlltilia bands of hioux Indians,
repieeenting seven hundred warriors, has been
concluded. ' The Iodians agreed to no tioon a
temporary reservation aloe? the river Repub
lican during the existing hostilities.
A war party of eighteen Brule Sioux came in
last nipht from Powder river, desiring pace.
One ol the party acknowledged tbeir participa
tion in the Fort Phil. Kearney massacre. They
state the Indians eneaged numbered two ttiou
Hand. Twelve of them were killed, among
whom were three chiefs, and many were
wounded.
Hostilities between the Soulhern.CheyenDes
and Hancock's troops were reported. It' these
hostilities continue a general Indian war is in
evitable. Ecclesiastical Meeting Thil Year.
The folio wlug meetings of ecclesiastical bodies
will be held during the coming months ot this
jear:
GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.
Old School Presbyterian, Cincinnati. May 1G.
New School Presbyterian, ltoctiester, New
lork. May 18.
Cumberland Fresbyterian, Memphis, Tennes
see, May 1C.
United Presbyterian, Xcnia.Ohio, May 23.
GENERAL SYNODS.
Reformed Presbyterian, New York city,
May 15.
Evangelical Lutheran, Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania, May 21.
Reformed Dutch, Geneva, N. Y., June C.
Ueraiau Reformed, Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 23.
GENERAL ASSOCIATIONS, ETC.
Confereircc of Rhode Island, Providence,
June 11.
General Association of Connecticut, New Mil-
lord, June is.
General Association of Vermont, St. Alb"us,
June 18.
General Conference of Maine, Letvistown,
June 26.
General Association of Mussacbuietta, Com
war. June 25.
General A-sedation of New Uimpjhfre.
Nauhua, Aueutit 27.
M. Somner has lately published a ""PP!?"
ment to the last edition of Madam de
vignfi's letters, which extends the collation to
fourteen volumes. He ia said to lave dls"
charged his task in an accepts J'I uianer.
especially in his preface, where he initiates
us into the mysteries of Madame de Sevigne s
grammar, which was fault on occasions, to
say the least. Nor was "Notre l ame de
Livry" much better In regard to spelling an
accomplishment in which the moderns alone are
Jrfect.
FINANCE AND COMUEBCE.
Ojticb of Th FvicNino Traaaiunr t
lrldy, Apill M, it.
There was very little disposition to operate in
Stocks this morning, but prices were without
any material change. Government bond con
tinue in steady den and, J uly, 18G5, 5-iOs sold
at l()7il()7, no cnanee. 9Sj was bid for HMOs;
109 i for 18U2" 5-20s ; 100 for 6i of 1881; and 1061
(ili)G lor June and August 7"30j. City loam
were unchanged.
Railroad shares continue the most active on
the list. Reading told at bldtSU, no chuntre ;
Pennsylvania Railroad at 68foJ58i, a decline of 4;
and Camden and A in boy at lJ0.jf(il31, no change.
29as bid for Little Schuylkill; 61 for Norris
town; 67 forMlnehill; 33 for North Pennsylvania;
5fi for Lehigh Vallev; 29 for Elmlra common;
40 for preferred do.; 13 lor Catawissa common;
28 for preferred do.; and 284 wr Philadelphia
and Erie.
In City Passenger Railroad shares there wai
very little doing. Girard Colle?e sold at 28J.
6.1 was bid lor Tenth and Eleventh; 19 for
Thirteenth and Filteenth; 18 lor Spruce and
Pine: 47 for Chesnut and Walnut; and 134 to'
Ilestouvlllp.
Rank shares, as we havs noticed for some
time past, continue in srond demand for invest
ment at full prices. 137J was bid for First
National; 116J for Third Nutional; 107J for
Kourto National; lh4i for Seventh National;
1534 tor Philadelphia; 137J for Farmers' and
Mechanics'; 5! J for Commercial; 100 for South
wark; 100 for Kensinaton; 67 lor Girurd; 92
ior Western; 101) lor Tradesmen's; 0!) for City;
and 45 for Consolidation.
Canal shares were firmly held. Lehleh Navi
ciit on bold fat 53'., a slight advance; Schuylkill
Navigation ptefcrfed at 31. no ehaosre; and com
mon do. at 21 j; l'ij was bid for Susquehanna
Canal; and 60 for Delaware Division.
Quotations of Gold 10 A. M., 140; 11 A. M.,
13flJ; 12 M., 139J; 1 P. M., 139. a decline ol lj
on the closing price last evening.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO DAT
Keported by Dehaven A Bro., No, 40 B. Third street
F1KMT BOARD.
(300 5-208 '65..jy.cp...h'7'!l
11)0 an Head It 61
-jKi uo c. nil.',
f.1.'-77 Pn h.-. past due.hmJi
luo do 61
1U0 do ..b.6l 1-16
luO do .s3u. 61
5 do 61
its h Ta R cAd- 5H!i
2n do- CAp.. 59
7sh T.ehlirh N. MX
1 8h Cum & Am -till 4
1 lo... 131 .
2 do Ul I
'jxn, i-a ii i ui (xs '.in',
ho do MP,
fiiinn city nt. old w4
7ii(i d Old...... UH'j
tKXKi feli N f.n.'S'i 77
f:(NiKcb N7pcbl... Hi",
f.XKI L n ion i l lis...... 'il
luiish .sc h Nuv :i
luiish hch ay pf.litio.. 81
Messrs. De Haven 4 Brother, No. 40 South
Tbird street, report tbe tollowlug rates of ex
change to-dav at 1 P. M.: V. 8. 6s of 1881, 1094
tfzilUHA; do. 18G2,10HK'ClOyj; do., 18G4, 108J108i;
do., 18G5, 10Hjfo)l08J; do., 1865. new, 1074&107i;
do 6p, 10-40s, 98i8J; do. 7-30-, August, 106
(iUOej; do., June, 105$l05i; oo., July, 105i(?
losjj; compoui d interest otes, June, 1804, lift
r(f)119: do., July, 1864, 1182118(: do., Aug. 1864,
117118J; do., October, 1864, 116Jail7i; do.,
Dec, 1864, 11556ill6i; do., May, 1865, U3t0113&; .
do., Am.'., 1865, ll2ir?cH2A: do.. September, 1865,
1113112: do., October, 188V lll4lllj. Gold,
li94139i. Silver, 133134t.
Philadelphia Trade Report
Friday, April 2G. There was quite an active
movement In the Flour Market to-day, and
holders were firmer In their views. The inquiry
was wholly from the home consumers, who
purchased 3000 barrels, eh led v Northwestern
extra family, at f l.'itfjill 50. the' latter rate for
choice, Including 1'consylvanla and Ohio do.
do. at fel315, California at $16-50(317, fancy
brands at $lfii)17-50, extras at $10(iilP25, and
Kiiperttue nt CMmli). Rye Flour Is selling at 8-50
t fobl.; 500 bbls. Draudywlue sold oa private
terms.
There was a slight improvement In the Wheat
Market, hut prices are weak. Hales of HU00
btiHhels Pennsylvania red at $330, and 2500
huHhels California on private terms. Hye is
scarce and wanted. Salen of 6(i0 bushels West
ern at J16S, and 600 bushels New York at 1170
Com The stock Is Unlit, and the demand (rood.
Sales of 5000 bushels yellow, in store aud fron
tho cars, at 81-30; 1200 bushels Western at tV2H
and 10C0 bushels white, nflixit, at 1 28. Oats are
rather better. iSales of 2000 bushels Pennsyl
vania at 75ffl76 cents. 1000 bushels Barley Malt
sold at 81-40.
Whisky The contraband article is selling at
8l'C0al-75. " .
That the French are profoundly Interested
in the present state of European affairs, may
be inferred from the fact that the first edition
of a book recently published in Paris,
"L'Arm6e Franeaia en 18U7," was sold in a
single day.
M. Bowdin, an authority in statistical and
anthropological matters, died recently in
Paris. He was the author of an excellent
work on medical geography, and of nume
rous contributions to medical and soientifio
publications on the different branches of medi
cal statistics.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA,
..-APRIL SC.
STATE OF THKRMOWITKB AT THl KVEMIMS ni
SKAPH OVFIC14.
7A. M.... 5011 A. M ...G62P, M..,..,70
For additional Marine New tee Third Fags.
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Brig Allc Lea. Ilerlng, Aspinwull, Merchant A Co.
fcchr John Mnsinan, Banks, Boston, Tyler it Co.
fcl'r W. Whilldeu. Kigijius, Baltimore, J. D.RuofT.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Henurlclc Hudson. Howes, Irom narana
"b.f utU- lc 10 TbODiaa Wattson fc bons..
-st Inst., 12 miles N.SE, of Cape Florloa.saw stam-
.pu. !!I1,.al' hence tor Havana and New Orleans; 23d,
. ,n'4, Psed steamship Htara and Blrlpes, .
hence tor Havana.
Hchr iJaumlPHS, Coombs, IS days from Guantanamo,
with sugar and molasses to 8. t W. Welsh.
Kchr (ieorne T. Thorn, TownaenU, 20 days from New
Orleans, with cotton, fustic, etc., to IX 8. Mletion 4 Co.
tsclir John Hlusmau, Banks, 6 days from jBonton, la
jHllast to captain,
Bteamer W. Whllldln. Rlggans, 16 hour from Balti
more, with mdse. to J. I). Kuotr.
HUjunier Tacony. Nichols. hours from New York,
with mdse, to W, M. Balrd A Co.
., , , , MEMORANDA
ship Lizzie Moses, vox, for Phi'du!phla, cleared at
Liverpool lath Inst. u
hhlp King Oscar, Sorensen, Ic PnUadelphla, cleared
at London 11th lust.
fcieauishlp Bospliorus, Alf'aidor, hence, via Nor
folk, at Liverpool I2ili Inst. . ,
llargne Bariow, Dormi 'or Philadelphia, entered '
out at London llib Insi .. ,
Burqiientlue iieverc"6""8! hence, at Queenstown
l'Jth hint.
Hrlg K. P. Swett. rwrence, hence for Portland, at
Holmes' Holei,i,,,"?.u .
Brlif Princeton, w ells, for Philadelphia, cleared at
Boston 24ih ln . .
Briir J. i(c;"8. Wells, hence for Boston, at Holmes
Hole 2-h h I""' , ,
Hchr AP'erll!Ba KBle. Hhaw. hence, at Boston 24th.
inntanL TT , . ,
Beir, ChlIoe. Hutchlns. hence for Bath: W. Martin.
"iVoW -luutV i'enu""ure. Urnn. at -
,rtSkubZt' Crowe11, for pM,de",i"- iw-
Hchrs Jas. Pouder. Hudson, hence for Boston, and
rio,mes-S.r(2!trd'!nst!,rtUUd "
Kriira V. HhHrp, Htiarp, beor for Boston; I. Piereon,
I'lll MflHlIitiin al 111... ..1 IlnlutM dial 'lM.Ar
ailed aga u next day.
DOM FXTtrTponTa
New York. April 2a.-Arrlved, steamship Cella
(lleudfll, In in Loudon.
hiemiiHlilp Tybew. C'anlklni, from Galveston,
steamship Iiatlodll, llowland. from Kavanuab.
Hleamshlp Hatieras, Alexauder. from Ululiujond.
hlcainshlp NluKara. Hmuemau, from Richmond.
Bblp Asia. Wenderhorst. from London.
Hlilp I. V. Chapman. Norton, from Leicborn.
Barque I. Ridley. Wataoit. from Foocbow.
Baruiie Anna and Maria. Baraelo. from Kotterdam,
Barque J. V. Pearson, Lewis, trom Bueuos Ayreo,
Brig Hau Pletro, I.auro, from Messina,
Brig Planet. Lamb, from Fajardo.
Brig Mymuus, lilgglns. from Hagua,
bchi tepray, l'roctyr, Irom Cauto.
j