8 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHIL ADELPIIIAMOND AY, NOVSIvlSEff 30,. .1868 I1AKIUKIC DELAWARE. How Slio is Joined to Her Idols, tho Whipping-Post and tho Pillory. Prom Our Own Correspondent. JSkw Castlk, Delaware, JNov. 28 "Delaware has no penitentiary." Bo, at least, yon will be told by every one of her inhabitants. Yet there la In this town a neat and commodious Jail which would answer every purpose, and which Jl not now fnore than half full. The greator number of Its I" r er'D out the orthodox term of six mou' wblo!l pilot Ud them, In order that their lcer'J becks may have a chance to heal before they fire turned loose upon the world. At present, In ddltlon to the uhurI number of short-term prisoners, there are two who are to pass tho remainder of their lives within Its walls. One of these Is a white mau named Fruzler, who murdered his brother-in-law at Mlddletown four or five years ago. Before entering upon his weary so journ within the prison ways he received sixty lashes on the bare back, administered with such force that he broke down before the terrible orJeel was ended, and had to be doctored up to enab'e the Sheriff to flniali his dirty work with official grace. The other Is a "yellow" mau who recently shot down his own brn-- - uor, fchlie in a dtuutteU fit, the ftrln'm of the quarrel toelnn a nve-ceut plus of tobacco. His buck also was decorated with ftisly blows from the cat-o'nlne-talls, before he was conducted to his cell l0ln a long, narrow enclosure attached to tue jail, stands the venerated Idol of Delaware. It Is a square post about twelve feet In height. About eight feet from the ground Is a square platform, on which are placed the unhappy wretches whose ueoks and wrists are thrust through the small holes In the horizontal board which passes through it near the top, giving It at a distance the appearance ot a cross. Five feet from the ground the post Is graced on either side by a stont Iron manacle, In whloh Is ilaooA the wrist of the culprit who Is to undergo a public thrashing. In front of the post to-day there Is an overturned starch box, placed there last Saturday for the accomuioda lion of two or three urchins, whose stature would not enable them to hug the Instrument of torture gracefully without some slight elo- nation. Last Saturday morning a man was pinned rtown In the pillory lor au hour, after which he was given half an hour or so to get his limbs straightened out, before he was again secured to the post to receive twenty lashes all for the n.eft of a small auantlty of dry goods. Six others on the same day were also given oeca elon lo remember that Delaware Justice Is sel -Tn tomnnmi with inercy. Two or three of these were mere children, and another was an old grey-haired man who hud appropriated Shirt to his c wn use. Your correspondent was SKiured this morning that a great deal of sym pathy has been wasted on "this old reprobate, who ourrht to have been hung long aao," but Tireniselv whv he would have been benefited by hanging, was not made to appear. learning that another exhibition of nilddle- aae Justice would be given to day at this place, your correspondent journeyed hither, and about 0 o'clock this morning repaired to the Sheriff's ofllce. Unhappily that functionary was out of town at the time, bent on official business. But an ex-sherlff. whose term closed out a fortnight ago, was acting as his assistant and present representative. "Is anybody to be publicly flogged here to day ? ' queried your correspondent. "Yes," was the answer, gruff and hasty; "one Jellow will get twenty lashes some time during the day." "At what hour, please?" J'Not" with great earnestness 'not till a d zen or two reporters get hero to write It up in a grossly exaggerated style." "Then the report of last Saturday's whipping which was jublisued In a Philadelphia paper, wets grossly exaggerated?" "Are you a reporter?" Your correspondent assented. 'For what papei?" was the next query, The name of the Journal we represented was given. To our great surprise It transformed the ex-Sheriff from a state of simple ex-offlclal gruffness Into one of downright ex-official wrath. He proceeded forthwith to denouuee the report of last Saturday's devotions at the ehrlne of St. Pillory in unmeasured terms, de claring that one-fourth of it was highly lnvtgl. Dative, and the remaining three-fourths utterly Without foundation. We thereupon explained that the ex-offlclal had contrived to get the names of two different journals mixed, and that we were present, for tho first tinio, to seo for ourself how j usiice Is administered In Delaware, and to give a truthful and unexaggerated ac count of It. This explanation by no means appeased the Irate ex-Sheriff, but It served to turn his wrathlnto a dltloreut channel. "We want you to exazserato It," he ex claimed; "we would prtfci that It should be exaggerated, rile on the agony, make the blood run, bring your reporters here from all parts of the United States, scatter the news all over the country that's Just what we want. It will keep" with a quiet chuckle "all your vagabonds and burglars out of the State; they won't venture into Delaware, If they know what's In store for ihem when they get here." And much more In the same style. But by nd by the wrath of tho ex-Sheriff subsided, and be was developed gradually into a clever gentleman and an entertaining gosstper, but withal a great admirer of the gallows and tho Whipping post holding both in equal esteem. From the ex-Suerlff in bis more genlalmooil, and from a score of others your correspondent found but two men who viewed the pillory and the whlpplng-post as relics of barbarism we. gathered the sentiment of the people upon the subject, "The eyes of Delaware," whose stern and admiring gage kept up the heart of the gteat "Ad Interim," when Stanton, and Grant, and the whole Senate were In league against him, have always contemplated, as they do I ill contemplate, these Instruments of torture with serenity and approval. Delaware has no penitentiary, and has no need for one, as not one hundred persons are now held in durance lle in the whole State. Thereloresheoannotsub Jectlier criminals to long terras of confinement, -a In other States. So she has to pillory and Hog uiem what else can she do with them? IS he fluu. moreover, that this system of punish ment ia exceedingly wholesome. A man seldom jeocoet within reach of the leathern thongs the second time; one dose suffices for life, and after 1U ap plication b takes due care to keep out of the clutches of tb l, Every son of Delaware of widte complexion, of course; niggers are not yet regarded as sons of Delaware has the leathern thongs dangling before his eyes from In fancy, and grows op with an unbounded re spect for Hie law. It was remarked by one person well advanced in years that, as far back M l)Is neinwy ran, but one white resident of New Castle, where the whlpplng-post stand erect In the sight of heaven all the year round, has been sentenced to be flogged. These argument", coupled with the one slated above the reverence for the law of Delaware which inspires all disreputable characters out side the State-counteract all the kindly feel lngs which at times struggle np in the heart of Delaware, and cause her sons to rally around the whipping-post through evil as well as good report. In the hands of these latter-day offl clals the cat-o'-nlne tails is usually wielded gently; it is not the stinging thong of the leather so much as the disgrace imparted by its appli cation, that overawes the evil-disposed. This dishonor, m truth, Is regarded by "the eyes of Delaware" as an heirloom of disrepute, as an hereditary taint whloh descends from father to son for all time to come. When a true Dela warean wishes effectually to demolish his neighbor's pretensions to respectability, he recalls the circumstance nr that nnii,. bor's grandfather having stood in tho pillory or I'een publicly flogged a half century ago. With this earful stigma before them, it Is not surprising tha the white sons of Dela ware are too chivalrous !o stand and take the dishonoring blows; and, therefore, for the most part, tboy give tho whipping post a wide birth. As for the niggers, It does them good from every Delaware point of view. The dar vbiin man Was at liberty to wollop his own nigger U past; but in no section of the country does there remain a more deep-seated and unreason ing prejudice against the race. It was the nig ger that turned the dainty stomachs of a couple monencd of Bepub lean voters on rsovemoer 3, and ran Seymour's majority up to 331j Therefore, when a nigger is wolioped under the direct sanction of the law, and by a minister of Justice la Its nemo, theslght gratifies ''the eyes of Delaware" and lifts up tho heart of Dela ware to a point appronchlng the ecstatic. Nor Is this heaity approval of the pillory and whipping- post a political sentiment, upheld by Delaware Democracy and frowned down by Delaware Republicanism. The present Sheriff of New Castle county, as well as bis two imme. dlate predecessors, is a Democrat, All three have lost caste with a portion of the population because of their gentleness in handling the Cit-o'-nine-taila. Blx years ago a Republican was in office, and on all sides your correspondent was Informed that ho was the most unmerolful within tho memory of his informants. This man gloried in the goad, especially wheD the crouching form of a negro was before hi1 On one memorable occasion he gave ,wo" colored boys sixty lashes each, and with every blow he lifted their feet from the gro dQj1 A very moderate SROkeu gentleman ftoal tne southern section of New Castle cop nty WQ0 ad vocKtedthe lash on policy, wln'ie he admitted that there was a slight savor of disrepute con nected With its use, declare ni8 beiler that not five hundred peop'.a in the entire Btate would vote for Its ab-jUghment, If they had a chance. Another wt not only confident of Its perpetuity upon the soil of Delaware, but be Ueved that within twenty years it would again be in use In nearly every Stale in the Union! But your correspondent was doomed to dis appointment in bis expectation of witnessing to-day the terror-Inspiring Justice of Delaware. A white man about forty years of age, who had stolen a lawyer's outer garment, had been sen tenced to twenty lashes. But the man Is re spectably connected, and a strong effort was being roado to secure his exemption from the disgrace. The Sheriff' expected, late In the day a message from the Governor mitigating the sentence, and announced his Intention of not applying the lash until the last moment. In this uncertain Btate of affairs we did not choose to remain. We were cordially pressed to "drop down ttext Saturday." linuraaAi. whan wo were promised a rare treat. Two or three men are then to be put In the pillory for an hour or so, and a half dozen or more are to be flagged. One of the latter Is a young man now awaiting sentence for the embezzlement of a pair of pantaloons. The Judges have no discretion in such a case, they must send the wretch to the post, for the law imperatively decrees it. In the tender mercies of tho Sheriff he has his only refuze. lint the Sheriff has promised not to display any sickly sentimentality or unwarrantable ten derness in this particular case. He stated to day that the culprit had attempted, while still In Jail, to forge a draft In payment of his coun sel fees; and before he has been sentenced for the first offense, or even put upon his trial for the last, this merely ministerial officer or the law announces, on the publlo street, that the reprobate will get the benefit of all the strength that lies In bis official arms ! What an admirable thing is Delaware justice, when It is remembered that the Sheriff can ex ercise such a wise and sound discretion, adding to the disgraceful functions with which he Is clothed by the law tho high prerogatives ot a court of Inst resort, guaglag the weight of his blows by what, in his profoundly judicial mind, are the Just deserts of the criminal ! O tcmjwra! O mores! OiiiKROii. The husband l represented to be a KhlfUen, Indolent fellow, and his wife ha baen corn relied to labor to support the family. She has lately been sellng sewing machines, and on Wednesday last started on a trip through the surrounding country for that purpose, leaving; her children In charge of a girl named lUrber. aged eighteen years, whom she hired for the purpose. In the evening the youngest child cried and was fretful, when, it Is said, it ir ber threw it upon the floor and stamped upon it until K was almost ll'eless. Tnen taking the Uttle one up she held its hands upon botY?!ove nnUl tney were terribly burned. 1 be child was too far gone to utter more than a feint scream while 44 was being roasted. Hr bei Iben threatened to throw It Into a well, when the oi-er children, who had wltnes-ted !,,e,,n'told her thatlf sli ,-h"r uld tnll their mot her. The girl then wrappd 1 the ehlld In a blanket or bed-qullt and planed U in a bed, where It was found by the mother, who returned home on Wednesday night, dead. iil1?im."r?a Pf hrutallty were plainly visible on its little body, and. after questioning thechll dren, information was given the Coroner. After an lnvestlKRtion he ordered the arrest of 11 tr ber, called a Jury, and an inqoestwas In rs sloti yesterday. The Inquest will he connlii'ln-l to-day, and it is said there can be no douot us lo the finding of the Jnrv. ARKANSAS, ' Hie Kebel lions Nplrlt Mill Rampniit- ,.v..,r,.. vnuervon'n Iteporf on the lii-Mt Mr lit. llEAnriuAitTURg FouTTiWEsTFtm District, CZrTRK I'oint, Ark., Nov. 1 1, ItMH (Joneral l'owell Clayton, Lttllo Hock, Ark : In compli ance wiiii ueueiai umer xso. , uenerai u.e.i- CITY CRIMINAL CALENDAR. quarters mine oi Arxanscs, AdjutiuH-uenni-"--Olllce, Dlltle Kock, Ark., dated Nov, 4 ? have the honor to make the f-.liowln re , ? Myself, accompanied by the following t' J'l:" officers, who compose my stair vi .ine. IIOIIRIBLE. A Notlier and Her Two Children Bnrued to Ueutli. A correspondent of a New York paper writes from Sing Slug, N. Y., yesterday: A heart-rending allalr occurred In this place Inst evening one which has cast a leelliig of deep gloom over the entire vlllsge, and wiiluh resulted In the death of a mothttr and her two children. Alter dark Mrs. Leslie, the mother, tt od In the family mom with her babe, ouly nine months old, lnliHrarms, while uudera table on which rested a kerosene lamp was the little sou, aged three years, playing and kick ing up his heels in childish glee. By acoldeut his little foot struck the table too hard, causing the flame of the kerosene lamp to flicker wildly, the oil inside luttlng and the lamp exploding immediately, the Inflammable ma terial streaming over the table and dropping la liquid flame on the floor, setting tire at once to the little boy's clothing. With a cry of horror on her Hps, the frightened mother sat the babe ii on the floor and rushed to the rescue of her darling child, caring nod for herself, being not at all nilndlul of ber imminent peril. While she was doing her work of mercy Ibe. consuming tinmen, all unknown to her, had also steaitaliy caught her own clothing, and belore she could extinguish them sue too was wrapped In flames. Turning suddenly about with terrible pain, she uttered a wild, terrible scream as her eyes rested upon her darling babe, who was now also enveloped In the cruel flames, when shriek after shriek of agony was beard proceeding from the dwelling, the neighbors hurrylug to the scene In great con fusion. As soon hs possible lb three sulfurers wure almost smothered in carpeting, and the flames extinguished, when the sight presented as the victims were exposed to view was a harrowli g one Indeed. Blistered and burned, writhing with pain, everything was done lor them that was possible, the best physicians being in attendance, but all to no purpose, as the three died this morning before, daylight. Wt en the father of the family heard of the affair, with heart In his throat, be fulrly flsw to his residence, and on beholding the scene before him fell proNt rsteto the floor in a swoon. He Is a cutter for John A. Atchison, the tailor. To-day the three bodies are being viewed by hundreds or the vl lingers, and the terrible Occident Is the only subject of conversation on the streets. Girl Harder f. C hild and then Boast the Hotly. From the RochetUr Union, Nov. 28. We have received the partloularsof a horrible affair which occurred about a mile from Corn ing on Wednesday last, November 25. At the place indicated there resides a family named McCulloch and their three children, aged re spectively Ave, three, and one and a half years. at nr - , . - , "' Major William I Coolrldge, Judr AUn,.rr.t; Captain H. A. Wicgins, Provost y A lv,ya e; H. 11. lluichlnson, Hurgeou-Oen -nat; Major W. Hawains, liunrtermasle Val; Capiat u A. the road leading irom Little , proceeded ou boro, and arrived at Murf ock to Murfrees ot November. On our a' resboro on the lltu found a portion of the ival at Murlreesboro, that had collected i't Arkansas Cavalry Joining us. Msjor r ro for the purpose of troops, had senior "ney, in corammd of the Bolnt in search r company forward lo Centre formation havi ' arsis anil ammunition, in had been dep' 'been given him that suca place on the -w ted there. Ho surrounded the light, and' orntng of the Hth Inst., at day no arms -"aue a thorough search, but fouud their t tuey having been removed beforo 1'olnt -"lval. They learned while at Centre niar, that an organized armed force was ,h, M eg forward lor the purpose of driving B, ,m back; and fearing that their force was .iperlor to his, fell back about five miles and mped for the night. Having fears tout ton company might be attacked aud deteated, I followed on from Murfreesboro, early on the morning of the 12ih, with my entire force, and met the company a few miles dis tant lrom where they camped on their way towards Murfreesboro, to report proceedings. I faced tbem about and marched the whole command towards Centre I'oint. On ue-trln Centre Point, I sent 45 men, under comiu-tnd of Major Denby, to occupy the place and detain all citizens that mlghlbe found there, and when within about 200 yards of the place armed mea were discovered drawn up In line of btttle, which proved to number about 75 mounted men. They fired upon our men as they advanced Into the place, kllllog one m:ix and wounding two others slightly. A charge was then ordered by Major Denby, wblcu re sulted In driving them away, kllllngelgbt men and dangerously wounding one; 'D prison ers, 35 horses and mules, snd 20 arms of various kinds, were captured. The enemy is reported loitering on our front, but to some extent de moralized. We will advance on them at once, unless they disperse and lay down their anna. Too much praise cannot be given Mj r Denby and the men under his command, for their valor aud soldierly conduct; for, although the enemy outnumbered them aud had a strong position, they were routed la terrible confusion. Mr Smith, the (Sheriff of the county, with one hundred aud fifty armed men, waited upon me yesterday, and desired to know by what authority I was acting. I sent them u copy of the order under which I was actiug, with the following letter: To tbe CUIiera ot Bevler, L'fle River, and Colom bia counlieR: Uentlemen: You ate hereiy roui mauded to dtsperte your arnica command at ouch. and return lo your I omes. 1 am heraoy Uib authority ol thn Ki trullVH of Uie male ol Arkansas ti nur.irua tbe Jaw. Tbnt, I awur you, (tiutlemeu, will lie UOQ4 at the rlak of the lire of every man u jUer wv c m niand. Your property aud lives will he proiec.fd a', tbe point ot Uih sword aud bu onet if necessary, aud I appeal to you as good citizen to assist us in rtoia likewise. All perFoiJi four d In arms bereatter In a belligerent charatvAr. will be taken as outlaws and dealt wlili accordingly; or It not taken, wl l Iih unot down alS'gbt. I bkbIu ure upon you to d.sperse lay down your araiB. return io your homes, and be goud. quiet, pescealilecH'zmis, Very respetit ully. jonr obedient sprvant, R. CATrKKSDS", Brigadier-General Comtuaadlug. To which letter the following reply, sigded by numerous citizens, was received: PabaclifTa, Ark., Nov. 14 1868 It. F. CateriaD, Drlgadler-Ueueral Commanding State Uur Jul Jrar (Mr Our citizens cheerinlly acoopt your proposition communicated to us yesterday, and relying upon your abHuraDcs ot projection oi persons ami pro l'ny. bave quietly dispersed and gone to thfir re spective homes and.'nccupallous. Wu'have tbe bouur lobe yours resuectiully, etc.. BEN J. C. Jr'AKKKR, and slz'een others. We are Rtrongly picketed, our camp btrrl caded, and the men are In good i-plrlis; olllcers are well, plenty to eat, and in good flihiim order, if lighting Is necessary. "Very reaped fully, your obedientscrvant. R. V. Cattcrson, Brigadier-General Commanding, CITY INTELLIGENCE. The HAIL. It is pretty generally oonoerled that .even under ordinary clrcomstiiucpH, there la no establishment In Philadelphia thfiloltVtrs greater advantages to the people than Oak Hall does. Its present wonderlttl popularity Is largely duo to the fact that It always glvoi a lair equivalent for tho purchaser's money. In trie great mle, tben, which ootnmencos to-morrow, we are warranted In expecting a rre opportunity arl opportunity of supplying our selves with the very best ready-mtilo clothing that can be produced in our city, at a price which will make every purchase a good bar gain for the buyer. Hielr advertisement cer tainly promises great things, and If the term they oiler Rro ndherod to, as wo know they will be, they will b6 flooded with oustomers from early morn lug until late iu the evening, until tbe last garment Is carried oil by ihe lucky people, Y. P. A. Tbe first auntversary of the Young People's Assooiatlou of the First IS ipti-it Church will be held this evening, In their church, northwest corner of Hroad and Arch streets, commencing at 7 o'olock. ltev. K. L MHgoou. Kev. It. lleher Newton, and Hev. GftTge Daua Ikiardmau, together with lare and specially selected choir, will be among the attract Ions. A very cordial Invitation h-ts been extended to tbe public, which we hope will tie larfely accepted. This Association is quite young, but already wields a powerful lnfluenn, hniI bids lair to be eminently successful. ya wish It not only a pleaxaut anniversary but success lu ull its undertakings. Mr. Geokgk F. ZmtsDKR.at Fourth and Vine streets, has in store the finest brands of flmr aud the best qualities of wheal that c ui be found In the city. As to his flour, he hassoiud to which tbe first premiums have been awarded In various places; and among bis qualities of wheat he lias the celebrated ' .-Uorlltig" aud "Mountain Buck." In regard to his prices, loo. none have ever charged that they were lower elsewhere; and a simple trial of what he filters to tbe public mascs a person who has ouce bueu a purchaser alwiiys-a purchaser. Ocn Youno Men. Rev. William B. Cullisa will lecture In Concert Hall, on the subject of "Our Young Men," on Thursday eveulng next. Tbe lecturer's long connection with the Young Men's Christian Association as the Ueuerai Secretary, and his well-known abilities as a speaker, will doubtless secure for him a large audience. Mr. Culllss is engaged to lecture la tbe principal cities of the West, for which he leaves next week. At IIalf-mabt. The flags of tbe city are at half-mast to-day, as a tofteu of respect to the memory of the late Commodore Lawrence Kearney, of tbe United Stales Navy, who died at Perth Amboy, N. J., yesterday. A sketch of his life will be found In our news colums. Gained tub Contbact. The Lock wood Manufacturing Company, of this oily, have been awarded tbe contract for furnishlug the Government with 720,000 official envelopes. These will be made by their new aud approved machinery. A Mimical Jnlu Women AasanHer A Negro Thief Kohhed st A lee per A Itegnlar VnrloMty Shop Accomplice Corner I.onngcrs Lnrreoy of a Watch Mid Net of furs. Thomas Gorman and John Gallagher have been held by Alderman Maule, to answer the charge of stealing an aeeordeon from the home of a Mr. Speer, at Thirty-sixth and liaverford si reels. Yesterday a woman living at Ann and t f dar streets, Ktchmond, emptied a p til ofoftii into tbe street fronting her house. John Wls had warned her not to df) It. and when she did, he Japped her In the face. Foi this AldernW Nelli nln two ball for trial. ' Miss Atnauoa il.Mler Is a boarder at No 1.113 I Wood street. On Saturday tie entered win- ' piaini ueiore Aiaermnn wiaosey, chargl"- ' drew Loan with bavin" commit'"- AU and hntiPi-v nn i.oy . ,, a,t assault enser, camVTnVo the pla cid B?,er a t"" words, at rock ber over the head with a bier. Wn whs arrested at Firth Tan 1 , a'u" streets on a warrant, and after a he' bound over in 81500 to answer rlng wa4 Wllllnin Hinlih is a Dicrn vr lng al a rapid rute down Tnir' 'Was travel Haturday, lin a large bun' vOlh street, on lltlnc overhnulded at Spri .sV. under his arm. bundle was examined. 'H ' irden street, his new canvas wagon c,o ta found to conttlu a lie staled that the cevand a horse blanket, by bis employer nltles had beeu given him covertd to h'- . Subsequently they were dls A. Yerkes, hoon stolon from the Htnbleof streets. ' Thirteenth and Mount Veruon man V jmltu was then committed by Aldor- ,C .dFvey for trial, tp- ohn Krnlth. while dor.lng inachtlr, iu a .fru at Seventeenth and south streets, ou 'urdiv night, was relieved of a watch. Shortly afier Charles Htewrt was tantm into custody and ioiked wp. Yesterday morning he hud a besrlng before Alderman Morrow, who sent him betow to answer the charge ol stealing the watch. John skivers was arrested at Sixth and liOltit ard streets, on suspicion of laroenv, and no wonder that he was suspected, for lu his Humorous pockets were found the followlug nrtlclt-s: Six lumps, a brace and bit, a pair of gum shoes, a butcher knife, a hone pistol, a lowt l.a shirt, several bottle of hair oil and fieppermint, -several bores of blacking, and ialf-a-dti7.en packsgesof fine-cut tobacco. These articles lie said ho bait pHrcnased at a store at Sixth and I," in bard streets, but this whs found untrue, lie was then held for trial by Alderman Swift. KsteOulnn and Flora Levering have been committed for a further hearing, on the charge of being implicated in the murderous astnlt on Maggie Seymour on Friday night lu front of Tlueheari's eating saloon, on Ninth street, above Spruce. The police yesterday overhauled nineteen corner-louugeis, all of whom were lined in the usual amount. Of these, eleven were oanlured in tbe Twelfth, three inthe First, and five In tho Third district. Thomas Peck, who was formerly in the em ploy of D'Ancona, furrier. No. 020 Arch street, was before Alderman Bonsall ou Satur day, charged with the larceny or a silver watch valued at tail, nnd a set ot furs. He admitted having purloined the latter articles, aud was neiu ic-r a lurtner nearing. The SiiooTJKa ok Reseuve Officer Hilt,. It will be remembered that on the nUht of the 10th of 1 he preseut month, Reserve Orlijer Hill, while Httemnliog to serve a warrant on Jaiii-'h IlBMgcity, ai thellquor place ou the southeast corLer of Kleventh and Sitnsom streets, was attacked by a crowd of roughs and shot lu the side. Assonnastlie Injured man was ablo to get out of his bed he repaired to tbe Mayor's oftlre nnd there subscribed to the following ainuavu: City of Pht'adelnhla. s.- Personally annearort hi fora rue, M or too Mt-Umsel, Mayor or the t'lty or Pulladelplna James O. HI 1 wti-i Being duly sworn. of poHt-B a i.o says inaton m nigni or ine imn or is j verr.her IhnS, while hi the discharge or ms ottlclal duty tn teivliJir a warrant on one Jarns Uairenv h was BMaulied, beaten, nt-d stint; that the luilowlnir ua'ntu peiBoi.a were tiur loipariti in me a'gauir., viz Vllt in MoUnt In. John Tubln, William Wiiltns, Heorge Ah'ro, John Ahern, Jos lla;-rty, Mottrrt piiiiin jL.iRrxr, aua oiuers wnoseuampt H-e nor Known bv deoonerit. Jamk-1 o. TTrr.r, bvu rn aud BuViscr'hPd before me tms 2:c1 ituy of ixovenini-r, leoa. uuniufl m cjuiijii a b.l, Mayor. Mr. Hill's "brother policemen weut to work, SEd succeeded In arresting all the above par ties excpt one, end they will have a hearing this hfiernrion before Aldermsn lleltler. Johti I!eam and Conner, the alleged pro prletors ol the tavern where tho shooting look place-, have also been taken into oustou v on thn churgoof keeping and maintaining a uulsaueo in me auapeoi a tnsorneriv nonse. OniTUAST Jons L. McKnight. Wo regret the occasion which requires us to-day to chroni cle Ihe oeiitn ot. this publlo spfited citizen. which tick place yesterday at Ljrl'ntQ'.vu,NT.J., in trie fccvtniy-nrsi yeur or nis age. air. McKnight has been iu poor health for six mouths past, yet not so ill uulilqulte recently but that he was able, about a month usro, to attend a slated meeting of the BoirUo' Direc tors of ihe Camden ami Amboy Hllrod Com pany. McKnight was one of the originators of Hint creat enterprise, and wus next to the oldest still living of those who engaged in It at the start. For tweniV-livo years or more be had been a director ot the coiupiny, being at the time of his death the heaviest stockholder interested lu It, aud tbe ooss-Hsor of a princely lortuue which will probably be found to approximate two millions and a halt of dollars, lie whs also largely Interested lu several other ri.llroiid enterprises, being a director of the Philadelphia aud Trenton and of tbe West Jersey itallrcads. and also of the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Coinnany. The death of Fuch n man is a public calamity, but his advanced years aud Infirmities c uM not but result lu a termination to his successful business career and publlo spirited Ufa. MlFS IvELLOGO A N'T) TflE LINCOLN INSTITUTE. On Saturday evening Miss Clara Louise ICeliog beld a private reception at the Continental Hotel, when she was waited upon by the lol lowing ladies and gentlemen: Mr. aud Mrs. Jay Cooke, Jr., Mrs. Bloomfleld II. Moore, .Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Moorehead, Ming Mctlrinry, M it-H PhilllpB. Attorney General Brewster, Mrs J. U.Kosengarten, Mr Lewis Kedoer, and nnay otbeis, who solicited her to assist In an enter merit for the benefit of the Lincoln Institute, Kleventh street, above Spruce. Miss Kello kindly acceded to the request, and named the 18th ol Dtcember lor a concert at the Academy of Mnlc in aid of tho charity above named Mls Kellogg will soon leave tho United States lo lulhl a three years' engagement in Kurope The official announcement has gone forth, nnd Colonel Fitzgerald's tie w dram. Wolvet al Hay, ufter months of pieparatlou, will be pro duced at the Arch In raugulticent sty le on Mon day, December 7. We learn that Mrs. Drew haa spent a great deal of money upo: It, aud the mechanical eflecls, scenery, costumes, elo , will surpass anything evtr done at thin theatre. Hy this liberality Mrs. Diew will add mnoh to her reputation. Tue mere fact of II owm at Hay tieiug Ibeholldny spectacle speaks well for I s elaborate scenic display. The piece Is suld to be full t f telling situations lu the comedy an rnmiihtlo vein. Success to it! Secure your -m's tit onre, or you wont got in the Arch, on December 7. Goop-hye, November. To-day winds up the beautiful autumn time; to-morrow brings au other leiuru of bleak and cheerless winter. Tue beaver.s, dlhcousolate at the cerlaiulyof fare well, are draped In mourning robes, aud htng bvy with suspended tears. The ripe maiden who symbolizes the departing mouth leaves us with sadneB. Old Sul, warm, steady, and faithful, yet remains, however, and kludly pierced the gloomy sky for a few brief moinuuts Ibis morning, as If to assure us that iu tue ap proacblng cold he would still be present. RomiFRY. Tbe dry gooda hottfe of Horn, Kii g & Co., No 4'2l Market streo',, was entere I last ulght and robbed ol two packages of gloves, i hiee pieces of casslmere, and a gold ring. The thlevfs entered the building bv means of the ooal hole, and then "Jlmmyed" the doors con necting the cellar with the upper room. A large quantity of silk lying on the shelves was not touched. General Sickles in Town. Major-General Daniel K Sickles is in our city at present, the guest of James 11. Qrne. Esq. At an auction sale of paintings in New York, last week, a Verboeokhoven soli for t'2500. DIED. J For additional Death Nutlre tet Pi Fifth Poo. KELLY. On theiS'h Instant, or congestion of tha Iuuks, I'll I Lit V. K ULLY. knoil 44 Tear. Male triennt are rwiTitully In vluxl to attend the ru tibial, on Tuetday morning ai IV o'clock, (rout uta late rualdxnca, No, ItM) m iUaot. To procJ to Laurl lllll t'suelerjr, THIRD EDITION NEW YORK. Belmont lo Crush tho Erie Rlng A Judicial District - to ba Abolishcd-Rousseau De nies Actinr; with tho llobels. Mi 0M NEW YORK. Spevlnl Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. The Krlo War. Kew Yokk, Nov. 30. It U belioveJ to day that Belmont will get the upper ban I of and cruth lbs "Eric King." Tho stock will not bi thrown out ot the Boanls. A b ll will probably be introduced into the Lprr'whituro abolisUlnjr Judge Barn'ird's Fifth Judicial district, which was created by a special act of the Legislature iu 1852. Tbe Eric maulpulatois here scut several letters lo the Pos and o'.Uer daily papers, de" niauding relr.iclions and threatPnltiB lib;l suiu1 (neral ItoHssemi has written to the Northern papers, defending h.nisell acaitut the cliuige of acting wil'u, toe UcbrlH. '1 lie Worklnswoiiicn'n AwswclMlion is izoin to purchase a pennanent buiUiujr on ISund :reet for lottj-six thousnd dolUN. Mo:Cs Beucb. lurnishes the money. Hie Eight lionr U-Opinion or Attoi--n'y-eneral t.vurm. Cbn'inttctl from Htcond Edition. Tbe plain lmportof tbe law is that a laborer, workman, or intchuuic, lu ttie employ of ihe Government, whether hired by the day, ween, or month, shall only be required to work eigoi bourn a day to earu his daily, weekly, or monthly wuyes, whatever these maybe. Tue rale of bis compensation Is left lo the control of the same ugcuclcs aud laws whlcn governed it before, fend tue sulutary provisions ou this sub ject ure lew aud veiy limned la their operation. The 81 h section 01 the act of JJeo. 121, lstii (i (Statute, 3.'!0), and ihe amendatory act ofJuly 10, lsW (ifcid, 061), comprlbe all 1 nave been able to find; and intse are couUued lo employes in the Government .Nuvy Yurd. Tre former ucl pro vided Ibal the hours ot lubor In the tlovernment ISavy Vard should be the same us those lathe nearest private ship-yard, aud thut tcie wagas of all employts in such Navy Yards snould ap proximate as nearly as posslole to the average prices paid employes of ssme gratle in tue nearest prlvute ship-yards or woritshops. to be determined by the Commandant of the Navy ard. This was nmeuded by the Ktler act, wbkh provides tb.il the hours of labor and rite of wages of Ibe employes In the Navy Yard shall couiorm as nearly as conslsteut witn the public interests Willi those of prlvuto establish ments In the immediate vlcluity of Ihe re spec lve yards, to be determined by the Com mandant of the Navy Yard, subject to the ap proval and revision ol the (Secretary of the Nivy. Tho tiled ot the leceul acl of Juno Z, lSii.S, 1-j to repeal so much of these stututes as relate to tue regulation ot the hours of labor, leaving tue provisions relating lo wuges lo stand as thoy were before, aud It has necessxrily correspond ing etlect where, In other departments of tue publio service the wages of Government em ployes are regulated by similar modes aud standard; but while I uo not Hud lu the aci. any indication that the reduction of the hours of a day's labor should of usell work propor tionate or any reduction of wages, aud while the debate on the bill lu Ihe .Senile exhibits a consideration of this proposed consetjueuca. and a rejection of it, 1 in tint also say thai I ilnd nothing in the net that requires au u haul u to rule that employes of ihe Uovernmeut embraced wltuiu the ae.t must receive as hikh wnges for their day's labor of eluht hours as similar Industry on private em ployments leceives lor a day's laborer tenor twelve hours. The act is wholly silent ou the subject ol wsges, fixing only the length of a day's labor. The eiiunlity between the wuges ol the employes of the Government and sliniur Industry ou private employment, wnicti is so manlK stly Just and expedient hs to have boen provlJed lor uy law iu regard lo employes of ibe Navy Department, and by dep irlinental regulation lo ihe War Department., 1- a mullet ol substance and not of law. Tula eqmlity lequnt s liiut ilie same worm of labor should be etuii euhHted iu the publlo employ mout at tbe same rates of wages u receive lu private employment. If, then, it is louud ihut the Iheoiy upon which tho act, in qutsuon was proposed and commended lo Congress to wit, that as mucU worm rf lubor would be acquired to the (ijverument as I y more hours ol labor l.i the long ruu IsJustl lled by experience, then this rule of equality be. tweeu public uud private employment requires that the eight-hour day labor of Ihe Govern ment should be compensated by as high wage as ihe leu-hour day labor lu employment re ctlvts. If, on the other hand, this eight-hour day labor of the Government is louud to pro duce lets worth of lubor lo tbe Government than un-hour tiny lubor produces to private emplojeis, the principle ot equality of co upsn sal ion would be surrendered if tqjul wages were paid to unequal labor. If this uls pailty lu the woiiu of two different mea sures of labor were found to exl-it, then the workmen In private employment would Justly claim that if tho Government paid certain wsges for eight hours' labor they should receive higher utiles lor teu houis' labor. This increase ol wuges tor ten hours' labor being thus esta blished lu private employment, the employes of the Government would demand this new measure of ten-hour labor ti:ised up in its buln j worth more lhau - eight-hour lubor, and thus iu turn each bysteiu would be encouraged to rise upon the demands of tue ol her, Tuut lue esttutlal element of this rule of equality is that the sme won It of labor nhuii'd receive tue same wuges iu Government as lu prlvuto employ ment may be illusiiated by a not lmproo tblo condition of wages, wtiilo this theory of lower hours producing equal amounts of labor with loi gor time of work Is belns tested by experience. Kuppose thai Ihtre should be a divided practice In private employment by which teu hoiii.V labor should receive cerlslu wayes, and elht hours' lubor less WHges, are the Government eight hour laborers to teoolve. uurler the statute requiring of the depart mental regulations prescribing equtluy of wanes betweeu public aud prlvais employments the private wnges for eight hours tor thosd for ten hours' labor. Manifestly the Government emplojes lu the supposed 04se would tlud their necessary meusures of equality in the private wsgs of the eight hour lub.-r, and not lu the larger wages of the teo-nour labor. The coni'lu-luti, then, to which 1 come is, that the act does not irquire that the wages of the shortest day of Government lab .r Kuotild be reduced iu proportion to the hours of labor.and that Ihe act as little requires that the wagos ol the shortened duy should be rs lirge as tbe wages of Ihe Icngerday of prlvateempioyme it. In this fcHeuce of ihe ait Itself on the measure of wagrs, while it speaks ouly of the hours ol lubor, I lie deportments are lell to Ihe guidance of the rule of equality of compensation for equal worth of labor In Gov einrueutand private employment. It may be that ibe equality of worth shall bo the eight hour labor lor tho Government, and should bo compensated as highly hs the lea- hour labor lu pilvate employment. It msy be that the wuges In the two employments should bo lu tho pro tor lion of the dlllerenl hours of labor; aud finally, It may be that the truo adjustment of fltaparlty of vulue betweeh the two systems of labor may be between these two rules. I am disposed to think that no better solution of the question raihed by the psssage of an act pre scilblng the length of a Government iUy of labor, while tbe private employments are free fiom any restriction in this respect, must be found In the substauce of the rule of equtllty bet wteu Government aud private wages, whloh Is manifestly wise and just. Whatever didl eulty there may be In apply Ing this rule Is In trinsic lo tbe subject, aud can only be met by experience. I have the honor to bo. very re spectfully, Wm. M. ICvah"., Attorney-General. FOUUTII EDITION WASHINGTON. Treasury Department Expend!, inns nio v,t,vrmJ iiefofp if Oil KcTerdjr Johnson's. Mission Army l'ay. niaster.s Mustered Out. FROM WJ.SUINQTON. lit May I.nn, 30. The Hon. Fsvetta fecial Vcsratrh to Mrrl(n7 T9ltgTapht WASHINGTON, McMul en of . wrriTP(1 lcr. DC(4rl a rrtitlon . .: ...... . . . fivni ii iiio-ti alio oumrrom leading r lynnfi r . a ni3?jiflie to conrr.ii Grrtn:, asking may laws be not extended be.voud their rr-f'.aA liaiitrttli)n, January 1, 18C General T promised to consult the Secretary of War 0 a the subject before pmng a reply. Secretary SchoBfltl, havir.K commanded in Virginia, is prisuiLed to understand: the qufjtion. , rSH0,r0O,O0. Under a reeent circular from tbe Ticasury DcpsrtuiPnt requiring financial nfftiU to fend in lor redemption cer.alu descriptlous of legsl tetider notes, a very lartr.i amount lias been received. The Secret.ttv of the Treasury's flunticittl report will show an expenditure ou account or the public debt of about f.3SJ.500,000, liich includes redcmpUom, couverjious, Intel rest on the public tlfbt, etc. '1 lie Trial or IivIh. The Government will move tor a cootirjoaMon of JefJerson Davis' trial, tho opinion being that Chief Justice Chae ought lo presiJo. This be cannot do at the present Woi of the C jurt. Vnclo tSniuucl icubbeil by lu Uebcl Servants. The United States District Attorney for Texas hits advised Ibe Internal Revenue Uure.iu that the revenue otticars in that Slate have caused ta s&Kis and collect revenue Uxe, and hare Joined with thieves who are plundering ths Gor. cruDient. Tbe Coinmisaiouer has addressed a letter to Colonel Belgtir, the ne-vly-app jinted Supervisor for Texa, directing him to look into the matter. Acl In ST Ylee-l'reitMpn Wade will arrive here on Friday. His prlva e Secre tary, John II. Tarsonii, readied here thii morn ii.B. Thus fsr very rr additional Members aud Sena'crs have arrived. The Alabama Claim KrttlrmcnU The s-kelch of tho protocol sent here by Revtrdy Jobtnou is not sutufaotory to this Government, aud amendments hav ben tint back bv cable. Despatch to the Associated Prett. Army Paymaster .Mustered Out of Service. . Tie following nam-d additional paymasters In the United States Kavy, holdtrir tbe rank of Brevet Lientenact-ColoLcl, are mustered out of theservlre, to take etlect January 1. 18G9: Jesia Brown, U. A. II. JlcPlnl, f rank Bridgeman, Owen J. Turuey, J. A. Dicw, David Taylor, BT. A. Tucker, George V. Djer. A. D. Rooioson, Welliniiton A. Roman, George Trulsdell, EJin L. Moore. A Military Reunion. The following- has V-tcn l-surd: Wasuinoton City, Nov. 30, 1868: Circular. To tie oflictr ol tho Army of the Ohio. Ar rntipements have bru made, under the direc tion of LieutenarH-;cU"ral rhcrman. for a koc'ihI reunion tf the oilicers of the Army of Tenneiiee, Cumbeiland, Oliio, and Oooria, at Cblca;"0, Illinois, ou tbe 15'.u and lGih ot De cember. All the army aul corps co'ttiaiaoderi nnd tuauy otLer proniinect oilicers are ex pected to be present, and tho undersigned hopes to meet on that occasion as many as possiblti of bia lormer cooirdps iu arm". J. M. ticuonixu, Major-General. The following I'rouiol iouH lii tlie Xnvnl Service have been nmde, to da'c from September 20, 1808: Captain George F. Emons to bo Commo dore; Commander II. K. Rcnsbaw lo be Captain; LieuU-uaut-CoQimandcr Ricbard W. Meade to bs Commander. Commander W. P. Buckner is de tsched from ordnance duty at the New York Navy Yard nnd placed ou wailiu orders. Com mandiT Kulplt Chaudlcr is ordered to that station. Hi OIuiNlenil Defalcation. The United States Lave entered suit aaainat E. B. OlmstcHd, late Di-bursinj Clerk of the Post Office Department, to recover SMO.OOO, the nmoutit of his defalcation. A Ciiuiiunl suit is alto pending ugalnbt him. Latrst Ulnrkets by Telegrnph. F.Ar."riMonB, Nov. so futton stt-artv, anil niml rally Zl.'af. K'nnr eun-t aud hit-Kdy; Howard BtrKot htiintiiie, n-7Stft'7 2b: do., Htm. S 2,'(uim 60: ilo., lu m l, ( li.tl'i: t'lty tins iuierlla. iii 1 (7 it,; do., eir, ji 7MiHi' "6: uo. louio, J l j.Vifi ia 7.,: Vk etem dtiiifitir. js-ot'tt; v.. ilo, t'xira Jsuitf jo, do., fnaiiiy, $lt 2. (al" :.". W lii dull lu- :u r.l,n; prhun to cuoii e; it iita-4f- t'tirii U-ui; n-w wtiitf, 9.n c110l: yellow. frti.'itl'ts. 0ih llrm ui TuiijTJo. Hye (liiil uud umnlnal. 1'i.ik Hull nt ! Kwmu n iiei; rio nltls, ix.1. t-.: cintr Bltitfs, lS',fa,.4: i.onlders: llt(iSH?4C. ii mu.h, 1B ISO. l.rd dun i 17(a17.'o. PIIIUDKUMIIA STOCli KHlUXliE SALES, NOV, 30 Kepuned by Va linveu A Ho., No. it a. Third street - BETWKKS BOARUS. 2Cf0Pafli,er.rt (.5..I.7V. lu HliUuoan Oll......... f tt 11 1 It 1 iu M ln.2-l.iu : 2 11 11a f huiim M.....2d. S4i .)( uo Uil t. ew,...c Ini'.i "00 do 2d. 4 :i.Hl do.. IN WW. ..Cll J, 1 ! II BD Lftia 1-1 .....SI 100 do 8t luu Mil Sr-h N Htk 10,'r 10') an KeHd K- OS. -t'i', toll do. In c MX turn d. Ne..cii 1 (Hiin. ucl Del am us.... m ill) eli C & Am I2H 8 do -tU.liK HUCUND BUARD. Itroo (lit fl New . 1 n't I i su renna R. 6 li riilla H. r.li1, to do lOimll l..K(11li...... 4D4i t Uo....... iitti i.h ( 'lllitnll i 1 1 b Hoiird njuiirnd 11 u 1I1A nnnnuncenaeut of tha ftekin ot 111, f. Kily. a un-mlier. ,.us. e; ..... bi:i WEDPISG INVITATIONS, ENQRAVED IX ihe 1 evvesl uut! boot iuuur. pARLOR CROQUET, A l itio Assorliiiwtt $10 l'cr Set. A LAR'JE TARIETV OF KEW OiMLS. Lopez's career deBervea a fitting end a rope's end. A milk police watches the pnmpa In Augusta, Qa. Red Cloud, the Indian, promises hente forth to be a pleasant cloud. It. HOPKINS k CO., STATIONERS AND BNQRA.VKR8 lrows8m No. 918 AKCII Btreet,' THE I.ATKST FALL STYLES OF PAItir iND WKDDINU IN VITATION. large miorlmentot new tyle of French Paper Japer and Envelopes In boiee already tamped. Paper and Euvelopee itiuuped In Color gratia. JOHN LIMCRD, 10 If ie ws No Kl 6PKINU OAJIDEN Btrvek t
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