T1TK DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 18G7. The Iloyat Insurance Company Is deseryedly among the foremost of those re markably successful Jomt-stock enterprises of which Liverpool is proverbially proud. All great, cautious, well-conducted insurance establishments in particular, may be regarded aa fulfilling most useful and Invaluable func tions, not only in this country, but more or less throughout our mntrniacent colonies and depen clcs, If not throughout the world. But it is the rare fortune of few of them steadily to achieve Biieh a height of prosperity and stability as the "Royal" has attained to within the comparatively short period of twenty-two years from its forma tion, notwithstaudinK the unparalleled mone tary pressure or last year, and the consequent commercial depression under which the entire commercial world still suffers-above all, not withstanding the low? and trjinct period of over three years, durinir which fires have been much more numerous than in any former like pTlod, and consequently have involved a larger amount Of losses to th entire body of insurance com panies notwithstanding all these exceptional drawbacks, wo say, the prudent' managed "Royal" remains proudly pre-emijfcnt-a great and durable monnment of commercial stability and financial tecurily. E On looking at the "Report" which was pre sented at its annual meeting yesterday, we find that, with one exception, no other insurance establishment In the three kingdoms has paid the same increase of flro duty to Government as the "Royal" has paid for the past year. In other aspects, also, which are perhaps best glanced at under their several heads, we find most gratifying features which are not merely nega tively, but positively encouraging. It is a proud spectacle to behold a large insurance establish ment not only passing substantially unscathed through a period of unusual losses to all insu rance companies and of peculiar disaster to not a few, and not only retaining public confidence unshaken and undiminished, bnt positively In creasing its business year after year until its ratio of progressiveness seems to surmount all momentary obstacles, and to flow naturally onwards like a majestic flood-tide. The gradual increase in Premiums on its Fire Business, even during an interregnum of extra ordinary commercial stagnation, is especially noteworthy. Within the last five years that annual increase has gone on from 300,690 in the year 18G2 to as much as 47,271 in the year 18C6, Equally, if not still more satisfactory is the life branch of iU business in spite of the habitual and extreme caution which is experi enced in accepting none but healthy lives. It will be seen that, notwithstanding a temporary lull in life assurances during the depression of the last few months, in the years 1865 and 1866 additional life assurances have been effected with the Royal to the extent of 1,748,571, being positively more within that couple of years than durins- the whole quinquennial period ending with 1850. The "Report" refers with peculiar satisfaction to the encouraging circumstance that in the last "Actuarial Report" of probable increase to the life aifd annuity funds of one million sterling in ten years, or 100,000 annu ally, has been largely exceeded. That actual increase in the past year has been 124,165, making the total sums now invested on life ac. Count 808,740., On the one hand, then, it needs but intelli gently to examine the preent "Report" to ascertain that the Increase in its life business is self-evident and highly satisfactory quite as self-evident as is the large increase in its fire business. On the other hand, when we remem ber that within some half-dozen years or less upwards of 300 new insurance concerns have been speculatively started, and that most of them boon came to grief, while some few of them only saved themselves from total ruin by timely amalgamations with old-established com panies we may say, that we may now take for granted that, whatever form joint-stock "ma nias" may next assume, speculation most as suredly won't run in the line of new Insurance Companies. Like the man in the parable, who had tasted both old wine and new, and had no desire for the latter, all the intelligent and pru dent portion of the public practically and over whelmingly proclaim "the old better." From Liverpool Mail, August 10, 1867. CITY INTELLIGENCE. rom ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS BBS KiSIDB rAOXS. Politics in McMpllin's Domain The "Aldhrmaw" is Repudiated bv Respect able J 'kkocrats. Tbe pranks of "Alderman" William "SiMuIlin have of late become unbear able, evm to adherents of the Democratic party In the Fourin Ward. Therefore, when It came to paaa that the dutlfnl adherents of the "Al derman'' assembled in convention on Tuesday morning, for the purpose of going through the little eeremony of again placing their leader in nomination for official honors, the more re spectable Democrats of the Ward washed their hands of the business by holding a convention of their own. This body assembled at the house of Adam Basher, on Passynnk road, below Hhlppen street, and, by a unanimous vote, nominated Mr. Thomas Morau, of- the Seventh Precinct, aa a candidate for the position of Alderman. It is a matter of surprise that the proceedings of the opposition convention were sot Interrupted by the apparition of sundry 'Democrats," arrayed in bowie-knives and pistols; but they were fortunately to meet and depart in peace, after giving the respectable residents of the Ward an opportunity to re deem their character, by repudiating McMullln at the next election. Thb New Steam fr. This morning the parade of the Fame Hose Company, Mo. 1, of Wilmington, made an exceedingly fine appear anoe. The members of the company were many In number, and were preceedeu by an excellent band, and followed by a beantifal steamer, large, powerful, gracefully proportioned, highly burnished, and bearing the name "Fame, No. 1." This company, ranking in the highest class in Wilmington, was formerly but a hose company in fact, but having raised the where withal by public '.aid and subscriptions.lthey determined to possess a steamer. A contract was at once made with Mr. HotiDt, of this city, for a steamer of the highest order, which re sulted in the production of the fine Are appa tus displayed this morning. The reception of the Wilmington company, and in fact the supervision of the construction of the new steamer, was by the Western Hose Company of this city. We hope that the steamer may . practically uphold the wide-spread and well-earned reputation of Phlladelohia manntacturera. K Music Hath Charms. Last evening, in the lower portion of the city, our attention was attracted bv some really exsellent vocal music. Proceeding in the direction of Ninth and Lom bard streets, we observed a trio of younir m.n who were rendering with a great deal of pathos vimi excellent selections. Usually the i clubs which we have had the misfortune to hear In the "wee sma' hours" are guilty of making I ha tifoht. Tunt hldeOUS. The above trio. how. ever, were quite an exception, and we listened in their excellent rendition of " Larboard Vatch" aud "Feast of Koeus" With the utmost pleaxure. One of the young men with a flue (en-Dearlng) baritone voiee, gave that oft attempted, bat generally very much abused air, "lio&irvuu; ureiuuer," lu a wvvummw luuuaor, Thb Uhtkrbifibd" As Ou-Fashiohm Dkmocratio Jurti.rk How Skats wans; LONTKSTRn"l!f TUB THIRD DlSTHKIT HKNATO- RiAL Convkntion. The Convention whioh w-7i hldr?TTn"l,n'r at Ladner'n Military Hall, No. M2 North Third street, for the pur pose of nominating a Democratic oandldate for State Hen a tor from he Third District, wns almost, If not quite, a disgrace to tbeolty. The Convention itself was well enough In its way; V . af,Hnblina was the oocamou of a gathering in and about the building that was anything but creditable to the party to which the crowd belonged. These hangers-on busied themselves In two ways they Imbibed an im mense amount of bHd liquor, and did an Im mense amount of electioneering. As a speci men of the manner in which the latter busi ness was conducted, it may be mentioned that, about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, some fifty en thusiastic admirers of Captain Donovan arrived on the ground, and proceeded without delay to force upon the attention of the Convention the merlia of their favorite candidate lor the nomination. Their way of going about this was exceedingly simple and Democratic The Convention was sitting with cloned doors, in a room on the third floor of the building, access to which was gained by a narrow windlugstair way. lTp this crooked passage the "uutcrrl fleu" Democracy made their way, with Jam ming, pushing, and squeezing, shouting at tue top or their husky voices, "Hooray tor Ctptl'n Donovan!" When tliey gained tue top of the stairway they round the space rather restricted for their operations, but, nothing daunted by mere physical Impossibilities, they rushed headlong forward, clambering over bannisters aud railings, and packing themselves together as figs are packed In a box. The shouting still continued, and was at this point diversified by sundry imprecations not fit for print, iiy-and-by the door was burst open, and there was an excellent prospect of breaking up the Conven tion within. But, fortunately, this building has been used by a military organization for drill ing purposes, and a quantity of arms were stored therein. The delegates seized upon these, and at the point of the bayonet the interlopers were gallantly repelled. A squad of policemen then took possession of the stairway, and the Convention was enabled to complete Its labors in peace. As has already been stated, a great portion of the day was taken up by the Convention in settling the quesiion of contested seats. Timo thy Heenan, attended the Convention as a delegate from the Eighth Division of the Fifth Ward. To bis presence a decided objection was raised by William P. Belton, who at present lodges In the Fourth Division of the same ward. On the 3d of September Belton made an affidavit before Alderman Morrow, in which he alleged that the Executive Com mittee and Judges of Election of the Eighth Precinct made out a fraudulent Jenrolmeut, for the purpose of securing the election as a dele gate of a notorlons character, who Is described by several epithets which we do not care to print. Armed with this, Belton attended the Convention, with the result as given below in his own language. On his complaint, last even In g. warra n ts were Issued for tne arrest of Jose p h Talem. Timothy Heenan, and James Stewart, who were consigned to quarters In the Union (street Station House during the night. This morning they were brought before Alderman Morrow for a hearing, Helton appearing as a witness against them. Mr. Belton presented a very dilapidated appearance, one of his eyes being almost closed, and both of them and their surroundings very much Inflamed. His head and arms also showed the marks of several hard knocks which he had received in the course of his political canvass. The testimony of William P Helton, before Alderman Morrow, was substantially as fol lows: "When I went up there to contest the seat of Tim Heenan, from the Eighth Precinct of the Fifth Ward, I went Into the hall; it was packed with notorious bounty-jumpers, whom I knew by being a commercial traveller, and making their acquaintance at White Klver Junction, Boston, New Haven, and Worcester; the mo ment I entered the room one of them came over to me, with a knife up bis sleeve, and told me he would cut my out if I didn't leave Imme diately; the Convention was called to order by a notorious Bowery rough, well known as Pufler Moore's Sub.' "A recess was ordered for the purpose of making out an alphabetical list. During the receBB, these bounty-jumpers followed me around the hall, threatening that they would kill me, if I went up stairs. Jim Stewart called Heenan, who was there with several others, away, and they dodged me around the hall. When I reached the head of the stairs, Stewart put bis hands on my hips, and asked me, Ain't yon fixed?' I said. 'No, Jim, 1 am net; we will be all friends to-morrow.' Stewart then said. 'Go at him. Heenan.' He attacked me. and we had a fight. Joe Tatem, a Custom House officer, out with a black-jack or revolver, and struck me in the face. After Tatem struck me, Heenan got his finger In my eye, and tried to gouge it out. I was then knocked down and stamped upon in the face. My reasons for going into the Convention are set forth in the anldHVlt (reierrea to above)." Alderman Morrow then reonlred .Tonenh Tatem, Timothy Heenan, and James Stewart to give nan in iouu to appear at court. It is proper to state that another version of the affair, as picked upon the street, shows a state of things materially different from the above. It is alleged that Belton, the "commercial traveller," mounted a tame and commenced to harangue the crowd, applying to them the most odious epitnets at uis command; wnereupon ms hearers took umbrage, and proceeded to pound and pummel him until his face was sadly dis figured, and his body covered with bruises. We give both versions of this disreputable affair, and our readers can believe as much of either as they choose. Made Off with a S.nuff-Box. Mr. Burk- nardt had taken out his snuff-box, sneezed three times consecutively, and then dozed off into somnolency in ms saloon, No. 40tt New Market street, last evenlnz. when he was awakened by a shuffling sound, and saw disap pearing through the door two Individuals and a four gallon demijohn of gin. He started, hal loed, and called lustily.when the thieves dropped their plunder and turned their undivided atten tion to getting away aa fast as possible. Mr. Burkbardt found the demijohn, but in an en tirely demolished condition, while its contents, which would have given renewed strength and ecstacy to its votaries, was running into the gutter. The silver snuff-box, too, was gone, but was recovered this morning al a pawnbroker's shop. The thieves were arrested, and gave their names as Henry tstickney and Henry Ogle. Alderman Toland committed them in default of bail. Had No License. ArthurMullin to-day had a hearing before Commissioner Phillips on a charge of distilling without a license. When the officer was seen nearing the place, on American street, it is said that the defendant extinguished the fires under the boiling appa ratus. This action was considered cause for an arrest. He was held in ball to answer. Threatening to Dbmolish. Bryan Truly was arrested on charge of threatening lodes troy the contents and eclipse the owner of a saloon at Second and Dock streets, named Myers .Recorder taes neiu mm to keep the peace. Cruelly beating a horse caused the arrest of John Sharp, at Poplar street wharf. Alder man Eggleton committed him in default of 1500 bail. An owner is wasted for a mule and huckster cart now at the Second District Station, Lieu tenant Hampton. LINEN Dcstirs. Jyarge assortment, different sti0 , impervious to dual, JIUiitg tieufly at the tuck. Silling at. it ducat prlcet, to close out Mock. Mali way between "J B HMN K I T A CO.. t'ijth and Y TOWEK HALL, bixth streeU.) No. 518 MARKET STREET, KHILADKLPHIA, And No. 600 BROADWAY, NKW YORK. Iff -All kinds of Hummer Clothing telling oj) to close our stock at very low price. Good News ! ! A Card. Charles Stokes & Co., the eminent Clothing House under the Conti nental, have jUKt received a handsome lot of Very Fine Fkbnch and ENr.i.itiH Cahimeres and Coatings of their own Importation, to which they wish to call the attention of their customers and the public generally. All in want of new Fall Clothing are Invited to look at these goods and the prices of Keady-mude Buits belore purcuamun wsuwumo. Particular attention given to customer work. CHARLES STOKES fc Co.. First Class Clothiers, No. 821 Chesnut street, Under the Continental Hotel. Hollow ay's Pills. Dizziness Headache. Who would with patlenoe aullerthe pangs of excruciating headache tho gnawing stings of Indigestion, the sickening nausea of bile the tremor of shattered nerves, the broken and troubled sleep with the gradual constitutional decay from excess when these evils may be avoided or permanently oured by the agenoy of these invaluable medicines? Bold by ail Drug-tfUlU. Rrad Them Over. As the time is drawing near, we publish again a list of soma of the most valuable of the $.100,000 worth of presents to be distributed on the 2fth Instant, among those who purchase stock in aid of the River side Institute. The first present is worth forty thousand dollars; the second, twenty thousand dollars; the third, eighteen thousand dollars; the fourth, ten thousand dollars: the fifth, Ave thousand dollars; the sixth consists of two worth twenty-five hundred dollars eaoh. The remainder are valued as follows: Two at fifteen thousand dollars eaoh; one at ten thousand dol lars; four at five thousand dollars each; two at three thousand dollars each; three at one thou sand dollars each; twenty at five hundred dol lars each; ten at three hundred dollars each three at two hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty at two hundred and twenty-five dollars each; fifty at two hundred dollars eaoh; fifty at one hundred and seventy-five dollars each; one hundred and ten at one hundred dollars each; twenty at seventy-five dollars each; ten at fifty dollars each, and numerous other articles of use and value amounting to eighty-two thousand dollars. One of the above presents Is guaranteed with each share of stock, which is sold at $1 per share. Each share at the time of purchase Is accompanied with a handsome steel-plate en graving. There are eight different engravings from whioh to select. They are on exhibition day and evening, at the principal office. No. 122,") Chesnut street. Chocolate Confections. The French oonfi seurs have readied such perfection in the manufacture of chocolate confections as to ren der them as generally acceptable at the fetede famiHe ns In the salon de manner. Mr. Stephen F. Whitman, whose Confectionery Establish ment Is at No. 1210 Market street, Is now pre paring the most varied and perfect list of choco late confections in this country all from the most approved recipes of the Paris conflseurs. His cream chocolates, chocolate drops, and bou bons are already famous, and his dessert choco late confections are destined to attain as great a popularity. Mr. Whitman is now prepared to supply all of the preparations of chocolate, in large or small quantities, at the shortest notice. A visit to his establishment, at No. 1210 Market Btreet, should be made by every dealer and con- Cheap Soap: Good Soap! Natrona Refined Baponifler or Concentrated Lye. Two cents a pound lor superior Hard Soap. Twelve pounds of Soft Soap lor one cent. Every family can make their own Soap. All varieties of Soap as easily made as a cup of coffee. Is a new concentrated lye for making Soap, Just dis covered In Greenland, In the Arctic Seas, and Is com poiied mainly of alumlnate of soda, which, when mixed with refuse fat, produces the best detersive Soap In the world. One box will make 17s pounds of good Soft Soap, or Its equivalent in superior Bard Soap. Retailed by all druggists and grocers In the United States. Full recipes with each box. Dealers can obtain It wholesale In cases, each containing 48 boxes, at a liberal discount, or all the wholesale grocers and druggists In all the towns and cities of the United btates, or of CLIFFORD PEJIBKRTON, General Agent. Pittsburg, Pa. Cape May. The Columbia House at Cape Island will receive guests until Monday, Sept. 9. With fine weather and excellent bathing, persons wishing to spend a few days at the sea shore could not select a more pleasant season than the first two weeks in September. Finf Confections. At George W. Jenkins', No. 1037 Spring Garden Btreet, can be obtained foreign fruits, nuts, almonds, etc., as well as a tine assortment of confections. Jenkins is worthy of a call. Lyons' Magnetic Insect Powder, for kill ing Fleas, Moths, Roaches, and Bugs. The original and only sure article. Sold by all re spectable dealers. Photo-Miniatures mado by B. F. Reimer, No. 024 - rch street, have won golden opinions from all people for their excellence. Price only S100. A Cup of Coffee or Tea, suoh as you can get at Morse's Saloons, No. 902 and 901 Arch street is very refreshing, esDcially for ladies out shopping. Gbovfr & Baker's Highest Premium Sew ing Machines, No. 7H0 Chesnut street. Use Dexter's Hatk Restorative. Jt4rIrevenU the Hair from 1'Wling Off. JHrlrevenU the Hair from Falling Off. Mj-J'reveiu.i the Hair from Falling Off. McIntire b Brother, No. 1035 Chesnut street. Jones fe Thacher. Printers. 510 Minor St. jrjpBKST R. M. Clothing tHrlirM R. M. nothing. tftj-jitMt a. jif. ciutiiiiti;, Riasoiuthle PrirfA.H JUanonuhle Prkte.' ix$. Riasonahle Price.). -"(, j tRj TVehave.tht 'Largest Assortment 0 Jllrns' ami 0,11? Clothing, and the prices of 6'ummtr and Fail Uvjat grtatly riduced. Wanam akbb A Brown. The Labokst Clothino Bouse, Oak Halk, TheCornkr of Sixth and Mahkkt Streets. MARRIED. McLACHLIN EVANS. July 25, 1867. by the Rev. William B. Wood, at the Parsonage, No. 1215 Han cock street, Mr. LEW 18 T. Mc LACHLIN and Miss KLLA JASE EVANS, both of this city. MOORE BEAR. On the 3d lnBtant, at the resident- of the bride's father, by Rev. John Ruth, Mr. JOHN MOOKE to Miss CLAKA BEAR, all ut this city. DIED. CAMPBELL. On the morning of the 5ih instunt, WILLIE t' infant son of John and Kate V. Campbell. SE YOUNG. On the morning of the 3d Instant, at the residence or his son-in-law, William W. Caldwell, ISAAC R. DE YOUNG, aged 71 years. The relatives and male friends are Invited to attend his funeral, from No. 6 w N. Thirty-fourth street. West Philadelphia, on Friday morning next at IV o'clock. MCLAUGHLIN On the 5th Instant, CONSTAN T1NE MCLAUGHLIN, aed 34 years. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully Invited to attend the funeral, from his late resi dence, No. 233 Green Btreet, below Third, on Saturday morning at H! o'clock. M ATTfON. On Fifth-day morning, the 5th instant. CATHERINE H., widow of the late Charles H. Matt son, in the 42d year of her age. Her relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, on t-eveuth-day, the 7th instant, at 11 o'clock, from her late residence, No. 2013 Wallace street. ISCH LATER. On the 3d instant, after a short 111 nea, CAiSPEK U. SCULATLR, la the SKlh year of Lia age. The relatives and friends of the family, also tsheki nah Lodse. No. ;, A. Y. M.; Uirard Mark Lodire No. 214. A. Y. M., and brothers of the Order, are re spectfully Invited to attend his funeral, trom bis laie residence, No. 72i N. Tenth street, on Baturduy auer noon at 1 o'clock. WALKER. On the 4th Instant, after a lingerine ill ness, FRANK WALKER. In the 37th year 01 his age. The relatives and friends are respectfully Invited to attend the tnneral services, at his late residence. No bin Market street, on Friday morning, the bth Instant at 10 o'clock. Remains to be taken by 2 o'clock train to Massachusetts for Interment. ISE IVORY, TEA AND DINNER KNIVES with plain or plated olades. aud those wlih the almost Indestructible Hard Rubber Handle or of Horn, Bone, Ebony, aud Cocoa. Also, Beet and Game Carvers, and Table Steels. " 1 TRUMAN A SHAW No. &15 (Eight Thirty-flve) Market St.. below Ninth PKINTED RECEIPTS FOR MAKING THE Wisconsin Cakes or Bran Muttins, and the Corn Wisconsin Cakes, which agree with mwt dy.-iuen. tics, are furnished to purchasers of the pans. THU MAN fe feHAW. No. ra (Eight Thirty-five) Market St.. below Ninth. WHEN DSIN AN ORDINARY GRATER lor making Corn Fritters, etc., the hulls are Erated up and mixed with the lmlp or the green coro utine Patent Grater scrapes out the pulp irom the hulls, aud leaves them attached in the cob. For aal by TRUMAN fe SHAW, No. 835 (Eight Thirty-five) Market at., below Ninth. NSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA. , OFFICE: ; . i lg 6p . E. COB NEB rOVBTU AMD WALHUT. THIRD EDITION A0UTII CAROLINA DISPUTE. Ccn. Sickles' Tetter to Gen. Grant ftta., fcXo., Kto., Bts Site., KU. Wamiin'jton, Sept. B. Permission lias ben given for the publication of (ipner&l Hlckles' letter to Mine ral Hraut on the subject ot the controversy in North Carolina. It m dated the .turn or August, and was o r tten before the Acting AUorney-ileneral's opinion (on which the President removed General rtlnkles) appeared, which was on the 2d Instant, vei it may he considered as an auswer to Mr. Hinckley's comuiuDi cntlon. General Sickles, In compliant wltb General Gram's instructions of Auguxt U, reported the facts ana considerations bearing upon the questions which hud sriMen in North Carolina between the civil aud military authorities. He says; J:arly in the present month a communication was received from tbe Marshal lor the District of North Carolina, dated July 30, ls7, Informing me that Col Frank, commanding the military post of Wilmington hBd torblddan the eiilorcemnut of an execution lsuea at the June term In tbe United Butes Circuit Court, The communication, although exceptional In tone and matier, was referred to the foul Commander for report. Colonel Frank himself, about the same time, reported that he had temporarily suspended the proceedings of the Deputy Marshal, axsiguiug as a reason tor his action thnt the enforcement of the execution was believed to bein violation of paragraph 2, General Order No, lu. This action ol Colonel Frank was approved, and he was directed to report ail the facts of tbe case, when further instructions would be bent to him. on the 17th Inst., Colonel Frank having reported that tbe Marshal was proceeding to enforce his pro cess, the following communication on the subluot was on the same da addressed to the headquarters of the aimy: Ukaimittartkrs Skiosd Military Distrtct, CHAHL...vroi, Aug. 17 Adjutant (ieneral United blates Ariuy, Washington, 1. C The commanding otlicerai Wilmington reports to me this mornlug that the United States Marshal for North Carolina is Instruct d by tbe Attorney General to enforce imme diately ell executions of the United states Courts, and to report the names ot persons offering obstruc tions, wnb a view to proceed against tbem under the criminal laws of the United States, and asks for In structions. I caused the commanding oflicer to be Informed that, on receipt ot tbe report he has been ordered to make In relation to the pending casts, he will receive further lnstiuctlcns, aud that, meanwhile, he will not permit the orders or decrees or any court to be enforced in violation ot existing military orders These threats of the Attorney-General, repeated by the Marshal, are foreshadowed In a false and scan dalous article on this subject, published, it seems, not without autboritv, iu the A'ational Intrttigrnrer of Monday last, and to whicn I respectiully lu vlte attention. I will remark tbat the question now raised in the matier Is not new. Last July the United Stales Court iu South Carolina ordered me to surren der lour citizens under sentence or de itb for tbe mur der oi three soldiers of the garrison at Anderson Court House. I refused, aud tbe Court ordered the Marshal to arrest me. The case having beeu re ported to the Adjuiaut-Oeuerai of the Army, tbe Secretary ot War instructed me not to give up the prisoners, not to submit to arrest, but to take Into cus tody any and all persons attempting either. The l'nsident alterwards commuted the sentence of thfse men to imprisonment for lite, when they were sent to Fort Delaware, and there discharged oy a Judge of tbe United States District Court. ir the United states Courts In Rebel States be allowed 10 contest the military authorltlesitbe execu tion ot the Recouslructioi acts will, lor obvious rea sons, soon become impracticable. Home of tbese courts will beglu by declaring these acts of Congrats void. (Signed) D. K. SICKLES, Major-General Coiumaudlng. On the same day the following reply was received from ihetieneraMn-Chlei: Wab Dki'artmunt. Washington, Aug. 17, 1887. Mujor-Qeneral Sickles, Commanding, etc. Your dea paieh of this dale received, follow the course of actlou indicated by you aa rigbt, and regard my de.spulch of the i:)tu as entirely withdrawn, (Signed) U. 8. GKANT. General. The luslruotlons contalued In tbe foregoing tele gram have been observed. No coin-niiniciitiun trom the f resident on this subject has been received by me, Mujor-General Siokles transmits copies ot the seve ral reports and communications on tbis subject from tiie i'oot Commandtr at Wilmiugtoo, the last of which, dated Aunust 28lh, was received on tlie 211th, also a copy ut a letter addressed to General Sickle by Mr. Goodloe, Marshal or North Carolina, 'these Sapers having been referred to Colonel Dennis, the udge Advocate of the district, for his examination and remarks, General Sickles Invites attention to his carelully considered aud, as he says, able discussion of the law and Judicial precedent.! bearing on the case, which is also Inclosed. The occasion tur the promulgation of General Orders No. HI, of April 11th, Is briefly set forth lu tbe order itsolf, which General sickles gives, aud which has already been published. He adds: It Is proper to remark, in passing, tbat kuo nuiuu nHvua ui tuts earnest issued oy me. alter assuming this command, was at tbe time or its promulgation duly forwarded to the Adjutant-Ueueral tor tbe information of tbe proper authority. Tbe order has been In force tor nearly live months, with out any otlicial Intimation that its provisions were disapproved. The charge that I have made an Issue wltb the Supreme Court, and have set at defiance its decrees, is utterly unfounded. If a subordinate functionary of a Court of the United Stales, whether for bis own purposes or those ot auy other person, chooses so to execute bis functions that either he must be controlled or else the military authority established by Congress over these States is to be defied by him, and thus held up to contempt, tbe Issue is made up ostensibly with a military com mander, but In fact with the Congress of tbe United Slates. Tbe military authority In these States Is tbe creation of Congress. The military force in these Stales is there to execute tbe laws Congress has passed. The modes and the agencies now provided and employed to execute tbe purposes of Congress have been approved by Congress. The authority given has been confirmed, and the discretion by which the authority was controlled has been enlarged. It would be In vain to charge me with a want of proper respect to the Judicial department of the Government, when to tbe utmost possible limit to which I could go I have exhibited tbat deference and respect to It which I felt that It became all per sons In autbority to exhibit. I have responded here, in my otlicial capaciiy, to the summons ot the Courts of the United States. I have, wben required respectfully presented tor Its consideration tbe causes and the grounds of my otlicial conduct, and wben Its order was made to attach mr person, and commit me to the Jail. I was told trom the only source through which I could learn tbe wisnes of tbe President, not to submit to the arrest, but to arrest those who should attempt to arrest me, although the order of the Court for disobedience to which I was thus threatened, commanded me to deliver certain pri soners, who had been tried and condemned tor tne murder ot I nlon soldiers under circumstances of great aggravation and at-oclty; but the President him self by military order, BLbseqnenlly directed tbe re moval of tbe same prisoners from the Jurisdiction of the United states Court for South Carolina. The complaint now made Is that I have forbidden the execution of tbe process of tbe Courts of the United Slates In North Carolina, and have thus set myself above the law of the laud. If It had beeu fairly said tbat I entertained tne opinion tbat the same reasons of public policy which constrained me to determine the time and manner in which collec tions ol debis should be enforced in tue Slate courts, should equally guide me in tbe xerciseoi a Just and necessary discretion In like cases in all the courts in tbis military district, my position wsuld have been truly Biated. For I do firmly believe that Congress, intending te secure tbe restoration of the (States to the Union made all other considerations subeldarv to the accomplishment of the end. I do not believe mat the urocessot the counsel tbe United Slates should over ride and set alde tbe order Cjngress has empowered me to make for the execution of its measures. If it was furtnersaid as It might be truly, aud should be iusily said, thai I bad never received directly or indi lecify any intimation thai my superiors lo authority diaered with me lu ibis opinion, or desired lha mea sures taking In furtberauce of It luouiued, many: ei ing appreoensions as my conduct and motives would be corrected. After further remarks, General Sickles says: "While proceedlugs iu the courts of these Htatea, for eaubes of action arising during the Rebellion, are slaved once open wide ins doors of tue United states courts' in this military district tor such litigation, and who will mark tbe limit lo fraud and perjury, Drovcked by cupidity, which will be Invoke'! to se cure the Jurisdiction of the Federal trloiinala? Tne cltlD of North Carolina, whose beblor is lu North Carolina, has no remedy but lo the Courts ot that State, Tbe citizens of South Carolina, having with each other tbe same relation, are restricted also as to li'ln tb"reoovsry of whatever these citizens or the same ttaies respectively claim against cltizejs tbe same States, tLey must wail lor a cer tain specified time iu some cases, and in others UUtli mui DMII. UU" eminent i ffsiaoiisumj. diii uue cuir.en et Virginia crosses ma, uuv uu iuni mti uiuivu ui North Carolina iu the Courts of the United States tor that Male and the citizen or Georgia coms into the iv.iiru of lbs Unite-1 states for Koulh Carolina ana does the same. Tt is conceded that the military au thority Is made by Congress supreme. If not exclu sive in regard te tbe pople of these two States within their respective territorial limits, It persons, under lbs sunie military government In their Tespsc tiva Rtales wou'd cease to be so In either, by crossing Zo ths limits of the otner. I may ask what opinion ran be bad or the consistency with which th i power of the Government Is thus exercised ? Wbal effect It must produce upon tbe psopl of these Slates Is too tiiMin to be dHoussed. . General falckls In a subsequent part Jr his letter, g.va-"The circumstances which led to tbe proiuul Bating of General Order No. IU have boeu already briellv mentioned Tiler's was presented a popula tion everywhere Impoverished, and lu many counties threatened with alarvatlou, Willi tbe ruopenlug of lbs olvll tribunals, suits were com meuced In numbers tar exceeding any that had vst boo Ituowu, Wb,eu forced to Meeution. final process was carried to Its last aud harshest extent, without mercy. The colli vailon of the soil, from which alone pre sent support or futuresnccess could be derived, was about to he abandoned because he wbo would un. derteke its tillage felt that it was uncertain ff he would be allowed to hold his lands till his crops were made, and that If he did make his crops, he yielded his laimr to another, wbo would take the pro ceeds from his family without remorse. Jn all the departments of laoor the same feeling of despair was predominant. Thus driven to desperation, disorder bad been manifested ; violence was threatened to the olvll courts and civil ollicern: tbe public peace was exposed to-Imminent peril, and a slate of anarchy was Impending that would have required lor Itn suppression tbe sternest exerrUe of military power. To avert this uuhsppf condition, t, evidence ol which multiplied around me, I felt It due 10 the humnlty eweniial t- the at tainment of theohjeots for which I hud ben Invested with efllce and command, and lo accordance with the Just expectations of the Gov.riment, whose anent and olllcer 1 was, 10 exerij.e 1 u, W. "n(I tn au-horlty with which 1 had been clothed, If beyond my own convictions of duty, other conslderatious were re quired, I bad them In the aopncatlon oftheOov ernororsouth Carolina, and of leading men from all pans ol the Carolinas, who solicited the Interposition of my authority In tbe manner Indicated lor the pur pose, or giving pesce and tepose to communities, tranquillity and order to society, and the means of IIvIiik 10 the population. Nor do I know, after fre quent and careful reviews of what was then done, by what conduct I should even Justly have provoked and deserved the censure of the Oovprn ment than "if having power to nrevent It, I hail allowed ms multiplication by thousands of thoee wbo were then with dllliculty fed and kept alive by the charily of the Government I. nder such circumstances I did interpose my au thority, and to ibis extent only did I go First Ta those wbo bad already entered upludgmentn It was said, forbear for twelve months 10 enforce your exe cutions. (Second , To those who sueing upon contracts made during the war It was said, take no further steps at present In the execution or your suits Third, To those wbo were prosecuting claims for the purchase mouey for slaves it was said they are prs bibiled. fourth TO those who had demands upon contracts made after tbe cessation of hostilities, no Interfe rence was threatened or allowed. If any Interfe rence, therefore, Is 10 be justified, what oiuer, what less than what was done, could have been doner If tbese orders are questioned because of expediency, it is only necessary to reier. In addition to what has been said, to the testimony of legislators of tbe two Carolinas. which expressed, as plainly as they could, their conviction of tbe necessity for such regulations, and, so far as they could do It, bad endeavored to provide tbem. It, however, these orders are ques tioned because of an abuse ot power, or because of a usurpation of authority which I did not possess, or because they are deemed unnecessary, there has been, as there la now, ample power to cause them to be revoked. General sickles enters upon tbe recapitulation of Iiolnts embraced In the subject, among tuem tho lol owing: No question or Issue has yet aiisen between the courts of tbe United Slates in this military district and the District commander. It appears, however, thatau Issue is invited by a subordinate ministerial ollicer. The regulations prescribed In General Orders No. in) have not been considered or passed upon by any Courts of the United States except In South Carolina Circuit, where, as has been seen, the pro visions of the order were enforced. The only Judicial precedent, therefore. Is against tbe action of the Mar shal of North Carolina, wbo in not even a judicial oflicer. The process in the bauds of bis deputy was not Issued upon any judgment, decree, or order on which the court bad passed upon the powers, duties, or orders of any military ollicer. It is to be pre sumed that perfect harmony of action does exist, aud will contlnne to exist, between theb'ederal Judiciary aud the military authorities of tbe United states In tbe Second Military District. He says: By 1 he foregoing recapitulation It will be. apparent that no Issue exists between tbe military authorities In this district, and any courts of the United states therein; thai no court In this military district has refused to conform to the military regu lations prescribed by the Government of tbe people tbereol: that tue Marshal ot South Carolina, In so far as he claims exemption as a puollo olhcer from ml.l tary control, does not appear to have the sanction of the Juoiclal tribunal ot which he Is the servant: that toe action of tbe Post Commander at Wilmington has been confined to tne temporary suspension ot an execution for the collection of a debt, aud mat the District Commander holds the case under con sideration on the appeal ot tbe Marshal from tbe ac tlou of tbe commandingollicnr of the post. That the Marshal having been requested to furnish the Infor mation essential 10 turtber action, refused to give it, aud has proceeded In accordance with instructions received from the Attorney-General or ibe United States to euiorce the execution of the process of court. That, therefore, the District Commander navlng repealed his order to the commanding officer at Wilmington to stay the Marshal's proceedings until further orders, reported tbe occur rence to th General-in-Chief ot the Army by whom the district commander has been Ulrectel 1 to follow the course of action be bad already Indicated and taaen: ana now, in ooeaiencs 10 tue lurtner order ot the Generul-ln-Chlef of the Army, all proceedings In law UBH0, KiKucr wuu mo papers relating inereio are trausmitted. wltb sueKesti inB oflthn Malor-un ml commanding tbe district, for the review aud final action 01 tne uenerai-in uniei. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT-Judge Cad- walader. The petit Jurors were to-day discharged tor the term. The Grand Jury is yet In session. COURT OF Q UARTER SESSfONS-Judge Ludlow. Prison cases are before the Court. FKMAI.E I'BOVKaSIONAI.. Kllzabeth Pollock alias Smith, was charged with larceuy of W. trom Rachel Ge'ger. Mrs. Gelger being cauea to in stand. stated that parties had been to see her to persuade ber not to prosecute the ease. She at first seemed loth to give any answer whatever tn rh numerous questions put to her for tbe purpose of vnviw.ua "J" 1.1.W wi Lun vnav, anu Btuuuorniy avoided any voluntary statements, and she was ouly brougbt to her duty by a suggestion from the District Attorney 1 I, . V w impress people Wlin tne urn.-, mm sue wisueu to protect pickpockets, and thereby barm the community, and bv a nurAmtitn.v command from the J adges that she would answer the She then said in the afternoon she rnt lntn w.i nut street car, at Front street. After she had gone oi .ifuKivn mo uticuunub euitirtiu tue car anu sat uaiue uw, aim uaviug iiuu six or seveu S(i nares the deiundant got out. She left the car at F'irteentb street, aud then discovered that her nonlcxt hurt h... cut, aud her pocket-book, containing H7, bad been taken. Sue went to the detective's otlice and lea a ucscripuun 01 me ueieuuaut, whom she suspected of the iheO. Mr. Henderson, of the Central Station, testified tbat ue arresiea tn aeianaam at mo. 1189 South Seventh Btreet, upon the description given ot defendant at the tiiation House. The defense produced a witness, whose veracity aud honesty were uulmpeached, who testified that she was a seamstress, and lived in the tame house iui me iei"-nUaui uvea in; aud that to bsr certain knowledge tbe defendant was verv i.-ir nn.i ou. fined to hr room trom July tn an tit August 12 as strong evidence to prove an aqbi, if beueved, as was wcr pruuuceu iu vuuri. veruici guillv. At tue conclusion of this case, the District Attor ney bad Alderman Beitler examined before the Judge, and he test! lied that Mrs. Geiger, on tbe after noon or August 1. testified before him tbat ber pocket was picked iu a Walnut street car, and gave tne de scription by which the defendant was arrested: and that she Identified the defendant, wbo sal beside ber in the car, wben she was brought to tbe (station House under arrest. Mrs. Gelger then testified that a woman, calling herself tbe prisoner's aunt, bad called upon ber 10 emieaver to buy ber from prosecuting the case. A description of this woman was takec. and a warrant issued for her arrest. The defendant was sentenced to the County Prison for two years. BLACK CBIMK. Henry Wentz pleaded guilty to two flagrant charges. This is be who. under tbe cloak or holy religion, per petrated this most diabolical outrage upon Innocent children, aud whose case has been fully reported lo enr local columns. He was a minister of the Lutheran Church, and Superintendent of the Orphans' Home at Germantown. The prisoner Is a man of medium height aud heavy stature; his forehead.net low, but flat; bis eyes grey and protruding, and marked with deep lurrows beuealb: his face full aud covered with short, chick beard, of aandy bue and allgbily sprinkled wab grav; and altogether his features show a sensual nature, asd his appearance anything eisetbaa reverend. Tbe evidence given to the Court was the same as that taken before tne Recorder, which we then gave In detail. The testimony of the witnesses, tbat two little girls had stated he had frequently outraged tliem in his private office at tbs Orphans' Home, al Gerrnantown. and that they knew another whom he had similarly used; tbat tbenllicars Of tbe Institution bad stated, they hd by examination discovered that he had out raged many more, and had traced tbis conduct up to about a year and a half before his arrest; and mat he had admitted to them that hs had outraged twenty children; tbat he was a married man and had a family; all this was repested 10 him: aud he answered, "I have nothing to say. only to recemmeud myself 10 to the mercy 01 God and or tbs Court." Tbe District Attorney said to tbe Court: May it please your Honor, it is the practice in tbis Court, and has bean since my earliest recollection, to move for Judgment In capital cases. Tbis case, though not capital. Is of almost as great imoortauce. Tue pri soner was father of this home for orphans; be had sole charge of the many little children there; he was the father of tbst large family, and was 10 pro tect tbem from all barm. Rnthebad betrayed all the best feelings of man hood. Bs himself was so salisiled that bis offense wat defenseless, that hs bad seen fit only to beg the mercy ot God, as bs says, and of this Court. As his crime is oue of lb vilest known to the law, so let the fullest penalty ot'tuat law be Inflicted upon this man I therefore formally move for iudgmeut. The Judge said to ths prisoner that hs had rlei.4 guilty upon two separate bills of Indictments to two separate charges. He held a position of the greatest trust of honorable mea, and was placed In the position or protector to these many little children but he blmseir ruined the defenseless orphans or those who fell in tbs dstense of their couDtrv As his ofteusa was black, so should the punishment of lbs law be severe, it was to be hoped that during tbe many long years of his confinement hs would tenant of bis sin. aud reform. woum Tbeaeutonos of ' th Court was an lmpr!aonmnt of flfleu years lu th Kastarn uuttt)u.Urj, UusOav 5 FOURTH - EDITION FROM WASHINGTON THIS P. M. ARRIVAL OIF PROMINENT POLITICIANS. General Graut Unwell IIKFORTW EVENTS ABOUT TO TRANSPIRE. Mr. Johnson Again on I lie Ramnsgc EtcM Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., BH. SrFClAX DHsPATUHBd TO BTHNINO THMtitBAPB. Washington. Sept. 6. ComlBpT t Philadelphia. The Union Base Ball (Jlub of LanstOKbur visited tho While House this mornlotr, to bo ln tioduoed to tb President, by bis own appoint mi nt, but be was too mooh engaged to reoelve them. They left for Philadelphia In the 1J If train. They will remain wii.u you to-morrow and y-lay the (Quaker City Base Ball Club. Amnesty. Jerry Blaok spent a large portion of the mora, lng in close consultaUou with the President, discussing the forthcoming amnesty proclama tion, or changes In tbe Cabinet. Homethlnc startling may be expected within tbe next two or three days, for evidently gome Important matter is being matured, but what It Is oaunot be divined until It Is made publio. Gmral Grant Unwell. General Grant complained of being slightly Indisposed tbis morning, but was attending to business at tbe War Department as usual. The fact is, tbe labor Imposed upon b itn now in dis charging tbe duties of Secretary of War and General-in-Cblef of tbe Army, at the same time, are exceedingly laborious, and more than one man ought to attend to. Tbe weather, too, tor the last two days, has been exceedingly warm, and bears heavily upon, those already overtasked with business. Th National Union Johnson Encamp, mant. A considerable number of Demoorats and Johnson men bave arrived to-uay, oonneoted with the Grand Encampment of the ITniUxl Hlates of National Union Johnson men, wUlon. meets here to-morrow evening. A large amount of caucasHing has been going on to-day by the wlre-pnllers to get control of tbe organlr.atlous. J. K. Fianairan, of your city, bas arrived, and is tbe head centre of at traction among the Johnson lies. Thomas B. Florence, and other Democrat?, are among the prime movers, and it looks as if the convoca tion will not be as harmonious as a band of brothers. Water Spout at New Castle. Newcastle, Del., Sept. 5. A terrific and grand water-spout, over one hundred feet In a in meter, came across tbe Delaware, north of this place, at 1 20 P. M. to-day. The Inhabitants were much alarmed, but no damage was dona to the town. Where it touched the land fenoes and trees were destroyed In an instant. From Cape Breton. New Sydney, Cape Breton, 8ept. 4 Th new cable bas been successfully laid between Pla centia, N. P., and this place, thus completing a new route from Nova Scotia to the Atlantic cable. The line has been tested, and proves to be one of the most perfect ever made. From New York. New YoruT, Sept 5. Mr. Addison Hardcostle. a well-known dry goods raerohant of St. Louis, was found dead in bis bed this morning, at the Southern Hotel. Death was caused by heart disease. Latest Markets by Telegraph. Kkw York, Sept. a. Cotton dull at 27c. Flour lower; sales of7500 barrels at a decline of 1015c.; Btate, fl-6W.10-85; Ohio, ag'SOftCU'So; Western, Ifl-tyourt); Southern, 913; California Flour, IllfaiU Wheat firm; sales of snoo bushels; amber State, fU'34. Ooru rirru; sales of 48,000 bushels: mixed Western, fl-16C T17H. Oats steady; sales ot''it,i)0l bushels; Western, to sitjfic. Beef quiet, rork firm; new Mess, $31(aj23 Go. Lard quiet at IVjc Coroner's Investigation. At noon to-day Coroner Daniels held an Inquest In the drown ing of Mrs. Louisa Lyons, whioh occurred on Tuesday evening, in the Delaware. Several witnesses were examined, and all corroborated, the following facte: That the boat was lying about seven feet from tbe Chesnut street wharf, and was joined with the latter by a gang-plank, the river end resting about six inches on the boat. By the motion of the boat whether by motive power or the swell of the river is not known the plank upon which Mrs. Lyons waa slipped, and, with a splash, plunged into tha river, bearing down with it its living freight. Strenuous endeavors were made by those about to rescue the lady, but all proved futile. It waa testified that parties connected with tha boat said that the fastenings of tne plank were out ot order. Had the fastenings been made the piaak conld not have slipped. FMlada. Stock Exchange Sales, Sept. 5 Reported by Cc Hav.en a Bra. No. to a. 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