The evening telegraph. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, April 26, 1867, FOUTH EDITION, Image 1
J V H 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