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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 18G8.
EUROPE.
The London lVorkingmon
ReTordy Johnson-Mots
Walcs-The Cadi Out-break.
and
In
fcte., Etc.
ENGLAND.
JB In inter Johnson nnil the Londoners
A ItHiiquet Hblch JHdu't Come Oil".
The following. Is the communication addressed
v- .. orktt omen of London totho American
ilVwor' in reiauon to ttiO, PtfM'l,
To hit Excellency the hon. ntvcroj .. . ;
etc. Sir: With extreme recrctand a full know- I
led 01 the unworthy return we are maklns lor
your kindness In accepting an Invitation to dine
with ccilnln London workmen, we are c iti
fCMca to nsx t5U 10 rclL8, lUe committee from
h"WfflW any division of opon
.xhU unions persons eneaucd In such u work as
the MDimmee has undertaken, lucre Is roue
cl.Vcr ottbat which wa intended for a ecu.
Dllmeut becomlnR an InbUlt instead.
UnlorUinatily, such a division has arisen
among those who wore before unnnimous in the
dcstie to do honor to your countrymen thiouith
yon, end to conpratulato you pironlly upon
the suceetiful manner in which you were con
ducting a oiOicult ncpoti nun. Certain alletra
tiois which hive lately b en nude as to the
hostility ol the minority of Americans towards
jouoclf and their disapproval of your a-2ts
have bad a disquietiuir ell'cct upon some mom
bers of our committee, and, after much die
eass'on, it lias been thought wine to avoid all
possibility of giving further offense either to
?'ou, to whom the-e discissions must be annoy
ug, or to any otberp. by Baking yoar permission
to withdraw the Invitation.
1 aw, sir, oil behalf of the deputation you do
kindly received yesterday, your obedient ser
gnt, Roblrt Coniosbjt.
No. 27 Riveihall street, S. V Dec. 12, 180t,
'tin. JOHNSON'S RRrLV.
No. 4 t.TrrEB Portland Place, Dec. 14. My
Dear 8ir Your note of the 12th, written la
behtiUxif the committee who honored me with
a personal calll at an early hour of that morn
ing, is received. I, of course, make no bbjec
thm to the withdrawal of the invitation to
which you refer, and if you had merely re
vested it, I should have uinrte no other reply.
The reasous, however, which you nsiftn are
loch that 1 doetii it proper to advert to them.
These ure that a "majority of Americans" are
hostile to me, and disapprove ot my acts sluoe
my arrival lu this country.
If ihe facts were as stated-, I respectfully deny
the rtabt oi any class ot persons iu tniscoun'ry,
roauy or few, to question bat 1 um a represent
ative ot "the Government and people of the
United States, tied I ciij. ct, if possible, moie
decidedly ttiat, any sikd nuDtessiou constitutes
even the semblance -of exi-ue for nny act ct
discourtesy toward me ouicially. for wlut
fTCr estimation I rosy bo ncld in by those who
ae been uiEtruawti'ol in i-onipell-usr you, and
i,lioe njBoeia'ed with you, to d' what you
evidently confirtT an ungenilemnulv set, I
should feel no eomrru personally, bnt only
regret it on account of Hi author?. If they ate
smtsucd with their course, 1 ahull contiuu-j
r--petlv contjnt.
The aileratioii which you mention as bavins
'bien made In the bnited St:u-?siti res ird to
'myself nrore from navies: t-'atat tu b-iuqiiet
. jriveu to mo In tthcflicld with Mr. Uocburk, ttien
member ol Parliament und an invited truest,
and for bavins; con-euten. at his request, to
be introduced to .Mr. l,alrd, a member of th
paBC aud present Parliament, nt n binquet given
to me ot Liverpool, who was also un i'wited
truest, ami tor taKiuir, when he offered it, his
hand, and because of ray eontinuin? efforts to
oultivate friendly fceliuiis between the people,
nf this rountrv and niv oa.
That these imputations may well be borne
with by me, when 1 was eesit upon my present
mlaniou lor ine purpose oi reitoTiuK cmuinc,
if I should find Hnv. andoonfinaing friendshins.
will readily be believed, notwithstanding a cer
tain portion of the workiugmeii of London havre
thoutrtit it proper aud within their proviuce to
endtavor to inlliut what they designed to a
uliL'ht uuon me. I b;iv a portion of the workin
men of this city, fr r 1 have no rt asou to bf lieve
that I am not held in lend repurd by that clas
of Euehfbnien here ann eiewnere.
Bo lar from having any nch leaaon, tbe re
ceDt'ons which l 'have met wi h in riueUk-ld.
Leeds, Worcester, Liverpool, Brighton, Bir
mingham, and in London ai-iO, have been such
ns to futihfy me that I btanJ well with all classes
of her Majei-ty's snbjecte. And I may, therefore,
submit wuu renigi. alien to any adverse opinion
which may be entertained hy any part ot any
class within the limiw orthta city.
Mv Information is that these are few. Wiiat
influeuce has been brouehtto bar npoa them
I do not know. It is poeitolo that some busy
body, tor interested ends of his own, may be at
the bottom t it, or that such persona m:iy even
possibly den-ire, for some political end, th-it
amicable relation between this country and my
own shall not be estaousnea.
That I am iabtly subject to censure in regard
to my conduct towards Messrs. Koebuclc aud
l.aiid will not be believed by any portiou of t he
unprejudiced and intelligent people of the
United States who have witnessed not only
without blame, .but with pleasure the course
j'tirsucd by all the diptinguiehed officer of the
United stales army, lnciuuine nenerais uer
laan and Grant, towards the oiliccrs lately in
the Conlederate service.
The6e latter bad eousht to destroy the eov
rnmeut to whlcn they owed allegiance, and
thereby committed the biiihest of all political
otlenses; and yet, lrom the moment our late
war terminated, they were taken by the hand
"by our general, aud their former friendly
relations were at once flncerely resumed.
Onc-ral Grant, whoe devotion to bin country
no one doubts, has had in his house in Wash
ington as a gueM cue of the most distinguished
ot the Confederate leaders.
If conduct like this is tot only censured, but
pprovcd. upon what grounds cn it even be
oeeentiy neia inai 1 cuouiu ue ueusureu mr my
j-ourp towards Metsrs. ltoebuck and Uaird.
who owed no allegiance whatever to the United
btates ?
Tbankine tod. sir, and your committee for
Hip rourtesv hbown roe at our personal inter
vipw. and tor the friendly terms of your note. I
remain, with much regard, your obedient
servant, Kbverdy Johnson.
Mobert Conlgsby, Esq. Chairman, etc.
Colliera' Strike In M ale.
The Fnuliwh papers of the 16lh iustant say:
"The culllers ot the Ruubon district, number
ing some thousands, having struck for an ad
vauce,' the greatest excitement prevails in the
neiebboihood. They have met iu large num.
- beis. and the managers and underground mana
gers are in the greatest fear. Tbeiuen attacked
the house or Air. bvans, The manager
4f the Mew tsrltisb iron company.
and Vimk all the .windows within their
reach, aud he himself was obliged to go out of
tne way. The underground manager are send
ing away their wives and families from the
neighborhood. The colliers, who say they are
VOirjUllUVU IV DlttUU WU-, HIC vll5 HUVU, IU
lr(je bodies bepgtne, aud it is danp.erous to
refuse them. The managers met on Alouday,
in consnltation with the county magistrates, as
to what is the hot-t course to be pursued; but
they, lite the men, beeoi determined to stand
at also."
spaTn.
Inflnenee or tbe I'nltetl Ntalea-Tbe Kc
publican Outbreak at Cadi llobberx
and Punishment.
A Cadiz correspondent fDec. lOi writes:
- As I have described to you in lormer letters.
the Government troops were badly beaten bv
the republican forces. The Government first
showed tbe white leather and offered condi
tions, which the insurgents would not have
considered had not the foreign consuls inter
red to pre v tut further bloodelud. Thoe
conditions are that the republican give up the t
arms and that all the reinforcements of Woveri.
meDt troops be scut away fron Cadiz. The
republicans have airreed to these terms, which
have been eut on to Madrid for approval. We
are ntw awaltj a reol whicti will 'JIq.IjL.
lets be In the BUirniallvtN"Bnd the Insurgents
will then tnrrendrr their arms to the United
States Consul.
All the consuls have signed the ofHiial copy
ot the conditions us witnesses, and have agreed
to remain in Cadiz d n til the dcclelou of the
Government Is announced. In fact, the insur
gents would not allow them to leave, lenrin
that the city would ho at o.nce bombarded by the
ships of war in the harbor if the consuls retired.
No United S'.a'.es vessel Is here, but the Stitara
is expected. Kvery tliip In the bay mostly
Danish and Italian Is filled with people.
Thousands are Hieing across the by. Thirty
thousand citizens h ive innrriffed to escape by
one means and ni, oilier, out the insurgents no
declnie that no more shall leave except by
water. l''ur Government ltou-cluds grimly
rd the bay.
Kvery ptlnclpal Street in Cadiz Is birrlctlel.
Five hundred and Bivty oatricalcs arc flulshed
oi in process of en ntit n and they nra all coin
poted of fqimre blo-ks ol etono and are ve--formidable.
There ro 300 woundej; of old
tactions in the City Ho:"'.'.n;( mr m wounded
soluleis iu ioc custom llousci f lilt eh'jws t1:?.
the ti;lilli!g in tL(; tt-.;et1 t Us been no child's
J lay, Xhe frntj6 0f the houses are riddlod with
ouilctf, aid the nr ik ol cannon mils have
pitted the City XI -i 1 1 a' with an architectural
smaH-poT. Tne City IIVI is the headquarters
of tbe insurgents, and wxs determinedly at
tacked, but In vain. Tiie insurcrcnts drove the
troops buck to the Custom House at the point of
the baync with heavy loss.
- i.ne mtuigcms are eouuaeni Bna cairn, n me
Madrid authorities consent to their terms, well
and pood; if not, they will fight it out. The tri
color waves over all ihe princlp tl public build
liiirs, except the Custom House, which displays
avtb'te llnr, as it is ued for a hospital. Tbe
republicans fight under tbe tri-color. Tuere is
no Government flag in the city. The republicans
laughingly decinrc that tne uovsrument nas, tio
flap, now that it has lost us nouruon pctitcoat.
In the centre ot the city the American ensign ht
proudly floating.
Hundreds ot families are ready to leave, but
arc determined to stay until the American Con
sul wiibdiaws, hnvitig full faith in bis promises
r F nrnfonr ir.n Gimiiali Pnnealn ive f 'Kl linna
and Spaniards aM ru- h to the American Consu
late for t alety, although the firing has uow com-
pluleiy ceased. The insurgent leaders wait
hecly in aud out ol the Consulate, siuce they
hold all that section of the city.
The Government troops have broken into
several deserted bouses, and are said to have
Molen considernole pr.ncrty. Only ono insur
gent fca.s been detected iu a similar crime, aai
he was shot at once.
Tke following placard is posted over ths tr.y:
to NO I.IVK
THK Ilf.l-UKLICJ
IIKATU
TO AM, TRAITORS!
5
1 1
NEW Y0IIKI8M8.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Nbw Fobi, Dec 31, 1868.
T0HJ5U MOlia NOBDRR
'.Com tip before me as I tit down io wrt'fe."
My pen seems dipping Into an inkstaol of
crime, and to write In characters of black blood.
A New York letter Is a criminal calendar,
and much of the correspondence Is necessary
homicidal.
Murder number one is the murder of an
Infant by Its mother, the act being the last link
in a long chain of 'Effie DcanUm."
Marder Dumber two is committed by a Ger
nnn bricklayer, who happens tor the time to be
out of work. On his return home in the d.ask
of tbe evening he see? some men
lowering some wine auj, liq.ior
caeks into a -ftxsK He Jk.s
them whether V.y bh help, and Is told yes.
'l0 'its them, receive what pay they choose
to give him, aud descends Into the adjoining
saloon to treat hi.usell to a drink. Hid na ne is
Oioeiilne. Whilst he is there, enters to him a
half-di unken saloon-keeper named Tremuln,
who thrusts himself Into a quarrel with Groen
Ing, and Anally slaj's him in the ftce with the
palm of hla hand. For this he pays at the dear
juice of his life, for the wretched Groenlng
withont woik, without home, without hope
gives sudden bWitig to the passions so long hell
in check by want and nalu, aud strikes his in
suiter to the heart. Henceforward no more
hunger, no more freezing, no more wandering
about ihe houseless streets. The prison wil
provide food, and shelter, and raiment, aii'' the
tin Iter will Introduce him to a belter s.'.te of
things t
liurder number three Is at a Ger ,Qan dance
houpe in Hoboken. The victim a Gorman
tailor named Pa-skell, who, l4y some person
unknowu, is knocked down -ad with a heavy
hammer. Tie hammer h'V him 4mmmiint.pl v
above the heart, and lea'CS a iy& square Im
print there. These thi' murdrd occur wltbjn
twelve houis of each atber.
I lately mention an attempt ntsalcide made
in City Hall Par'A muc wnich Msallcd only in
the destruction uf ih otaudo suicide's orei
it is rumored that it ihe worst comes the
sailors ot the Heel wilt ut fire npoRthe people;
but that is nonsense, fi the insuments do not
cbinin tenns from the Goveruir.ent, the city
will be boiiiburdtid be:ore the 20'.h mst-iiit; but
I siill hope that p. n':e will be restored. All
parties agree tnat the American Consul alone
stepped ihe nstuuig, nnd as he is actively in
terceding with wuu the lea lers on both eutes,
telegraphing to Madrid anri encouriing all
who come t nim wi'.h hopetm assurauce, no
one jet despairs. Ciiptuin Farrcll is one of
G'-aut's old officers, and he msnnted the
tianicadte here ou the day of the fighting iu
full uniform, with the stars and stripes iu
bis bund, nnd eilenced every insurgent musket
by shouting to them not to fire on that flag. The
hpunisrcts almost i fii.e mm, aud the insur
gents declare that It-the city bo bombarded they
will hoist tbe Americm ensign and ak uJruis
fiinu into the Union. Tiiese wild speeches are
only chrtracteristic ct the Spanish, but they
prove that this republican teeling la hearty. The
ItsurrcntH are cotis'nuny shouting "Long live
the republic of NoMb America! Long live the
icpublioof Spain 1"
A ' I'mnily Iuier.
Tb nuecetsful finuder of IlliiHlrated papers
in Airertca, Fiaim Leitlle, will Isauo in tba Ural
vittU in danusry a uew family paper entitled
'ihe Jwio World, iievo'ea to romaneo. tr-ive .
discoveries, lijstene, i tie farm and thekilohen,
an, pceiry, ana hum or. it is io coniaiu several
fealnrf s ol iutertst not found in any family
newnpnper now puoliiiheu, but required by
modern wants and improvements, auoh aa a
record of leceut, Hcleuiilio Discoveries, by Prof.
Joy, of Columbia College; fansaotlons of the
I'oiyteonnio aim rarmers- ueparimoni or tne
American Instltn'e. illustrated; Health and lis
Laws, ty Dr. A. lv. Uurancr; incldenU or Travel
and HemlnlBcences of Adventure, by IE. on. E.
i. fouler nnd other travellers; Kood and How
to loon 11; The Dairy, the Orchard, and the
-Garden. 'Each number la also to contain A BUI
of Fare, with directions lor its preparation,
adapted to tbe season, for each day of tne week.
bv llie ixuanas ci ine meiroooiuan Hotel. Tlio
whole tatJlcfuUy printed and illustrated.
fitoclt 4lnotatlonn by Telcgrrapb S P. Sf .
Ulendlnnlns1. Davis & Co. reriort thronsh t hair
iNew mnu. nouso uie louowing:
N.Y. end E. 14. bs-,'5 Uhl. and K. I. K 118V4
Ph. and Kea.'K Pitts. F.W.&Chl.R.H3;2
Mlcb.Kand N.l. K. b7l?!PuRllleMail8teani.llS
Ole. and Pitt K H:tU,Gold...........-......l3i;B
cm. ana a. w.oom. oi,i Aiaraei, Hieaay,
borne body in fJew rorK has been using
congreBBman iiinooin's iranK to Bend an edi
lion of a weekly paper oat to Cincinnati.
WORKS OF ART.
WORKS OF ART.
MEMORIAL BRONZES
WASHINGTON
LAFAYETTE,
AT
BAILEY & COMPANY'S,
CHESNUT and TWELFTH Sts,,
tulbi
PniLADELPHIA.
CHURCH'S
NEW "NIAGAR A'
Els list Important P.ctare, and the best and nao.it
compreliei si ve view of the
GREAT FALL,
On Exhibition Tor a Snort Time.
Admission, 25 Cents
CARLES' GALLERIES
AND
L0OK1.NU ULASi TYABEBOOXS,
No. OI6
U thstntaiep
CHESNUT Street.
rHIXACELPHIA.
THIBD EDITION
.RHODE ISLAND.
A Destructive Conflagration in
Providence.
RAILROADING IN MARYLAND.
FOURTH EDITION
coat, that wh hardly wotta so much powder
u.u over it. The meeds of the youm?
roan. who. has been fetwarded to tbem In Con
necticut , are at so oiuch pains to inform the
public that he was demented at the time, and
that t the very n"oment when be shot himself
he jiad money ad '-valuableo" enough to carry
him across the continent, that I take tnis
tii cans of ondecuiviug such of the Philadelphia
public as I may have un wittingly deluded, f bo
demented youth's name was blevensun, aud he
lives at Kriageporr.
tub roi.ica on i;ew years pit
are directed to exercise more than tbelr usual
vlgilnnee, tuperiutendeut Kennedy directs
that both pla'.oous of every precinct iu the city
and iu lirooklyn snail be Kept nu duty, and that
the captains shall take such extra measures as
niay be deemed necessary to ensure peae.
Whether theso extra precautions have anv
reierence to the bands of callers who eive to
Jew i ear's Day a distinction unequalled by any
other day in the year, is a matter lor only ihe
ni crest conjecture.
New lork and Brooklyn are grunt'.cg with
joy under ine inspiration ot a new idea. Tnis
idea it noiumg more nor leas ttiau the
EAST BIVEn BRIDUE,
for which Brooklyn sub-crines $3,0(10.000, pro
vided IVcv YorK will make up the rent, say
55,000,000 more.
Mr. Koebling's present design Is suggestive
ol his suspi uslon budge at Niagara.
The coinplettd brioue w.ll bo ucarlv 4000 feet
long, it will Bpan a distauce of 16J0 feet, will
be 80 feet wide, and sustain 15,'0t) ton. The
fuspeuding tower on the lJrooljn side will bo
Dinii in tne river, near ine suoie, at ine norm
end of the Fulton Ferry IMpot. The one ou tne
Kew York side will oe ouiit on pier 2u, monopo
lizing the interval between pier as and uooevoit
street terry. Iho roadway will commence in
Brooklyn at the foot of S-Midd street, wneoce it
would run down to the heal of Main street, and
ihere tur ling to tbe left, will spring in an air
line immediately in the direction of our new
Court Bouse.
Will the Coming Man cross the Rut river
bridge '!" is then the private question of the
Lour; and 1 leel a nappy couadence in replying
that tbe Coming Mhu will most assuredly do so,
should the Bat river bridge be completed in
time.
Bv tbe newspapers which approve of Mr.
Roeblitg's plan, every argument which can be
used is now being puou to persuade the ptiolic
that the wealth, pro perity, and ambition of
New Yorkers can only be led by the speedy com
pletion ot this great Inter-civic enterprise. Mean
while, New Torkcrs who reside 1n Brooklyn,
nnd who remember the freezing and dreary
waits, amid ice and fogs and danger, to which
they have been subjected during the winter
feriiages of the past, are content to biers the
new bridge project lor the satisfactory reason
fl at it promises to carry them home in the
.hottest aud safest way. The
UON. GKOllOB H. PENDLETON,
of Ohio, has been speudlug Christmas week in
this city, ot the residence of his brother-in-law,
of St. Ann's C hurch, at No. 20 IU-uneu street.
A meeting of
ABTI6TS,
samplers, architects, engravers, photographers,
aud chromo-lithographers was held last uight
at the studios of Mei-srs. Marshall, Ma jdonald,
and Wilson, No. C97 Broadway, for the purpose
of taking bieps to protect their rights in their
works.
TBE GENERAL SESSIONS COUBT BOOM
has undergone a thorough change, so ai to
favorably compare with court-rooms of the
same kind In Europe. Tbe appointments art)
very elegant, and, in this city, at least vice
never had a mere splendid tribunal to be sen
tenced at.
THE BOABD OP BXC1SH
have made over thirty analyses of brandy and
whisky, aud discovered that only two out of
tbe two and thirty are according to the brand.
P1BEPA
is expected to make ber rentrea at Stelnway
Hall on January 8, 1800, after an absence ot
six months.
The oteuing of "The Tammany" has been
wisely postponed until next Monday.
In completing this, the
LAST LETTER OF 18C8,
I am prone to confess that my fueling are too
many for me. I therefoie scatter them amonar
the readers of these New YorkUms, whom 1
wish a Happy New Year, with that accesblon of
appetite without which New Year's dinners are
nothing. . An Baba.
TTTEDDING INVITATIONS, ENQKAVED IN
y V tne oeweat ana men manner,
FROM RHODE ISLA$J)t
Iefrnrfly VI r a in l-rovtlene-New.
taper i Htabllftbrneni llnrnetl Out,
ert" vetpatcn to The Evening Telegraph,
Pbovidrncb, It I , Dec. 31. Early this mo-fl.
Ing an office boy in the employ of the rT0'vi.
denceiVefl, in their publithlng house 'm Dyer
street, accidentally set fire to a upm Christ
mas tree, which Immediately tr-Aaa
parts ot the building So inn,urlWe was lhe
tree that it was found to chnct ,he
name, and the employes ,f th new((p
eeven n number esca- d , with great
difficulty from the offic JT compelled
to make their exit U1 dQWn
attachea to the ou' Mt w,n1o w CBSin(?i
Kev. Sidney D' tuc e(iilori wa, the to
leave the ofb ce wch WRS situated on the
fourth floor of btiding. He received some
Injuries f0m the flames, but nothing serious.
The en're stock of type and fixtures tre all
dcMr'jjed. The loss is estimated at $7.5.000,
abo0t two-thirds of which Is covered by insur
jice. The fire is now under control. The
building was owned by David Duncan, ot this
clly.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Special Detpatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Baltimore, Djc. 61.
Governor Nnann
ii now very ill at his residence heie of pneumo
l la, and will not be able to give hie usual New
Year's reception at the oTcrnor's mansion in
Annapolis.
Ocnernl (irnnt
and two boys clipped tarough Baltimore yester
day afternoon unknown to auy tave a lew rail'
road meu.
The I. ate Henry It. Reynold.
The funeial was largely attended yesterday by
Mas-ons and Odd Fellows.
The railrond cooipl cations and schemes be
tween the Northern Central and Pennsylvania
Central, and Baltimore aud Ohio, to absor') all
f mailer roads and interests, still continue ha t.
To-morrow will be a
Geiioinl ItolidMy
and suspension ol business, with New Year's
calls.
The weather is disagreeable, snow, rain
tlush, fog, and mud.
FROM CHICAGO.
1 1
Lovm XiRhJLA, Htallouer and Knsraver,
Ko. lOUt UHJCHN UT 8trw t.
1869.
1869
DIARIES.
FORTY DlFFfiREMT
bTYLE3 OF DIARIES. NuVKLTIE3 IN WZD
IlNO AMD PARTY INVITATIONS.
PAPER and ENVELOP already stamped, la
boxes, J. 1INERO,
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M THOMAS & HONS, NOS. 139 AND HI
e b. FOURTH STREET.
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HOUSEHOLD FDRJilTUllK, AfANTKL AND
P1KK MIRRORS. PIAKO, CUANDELIiOlH,
(JABPKTM, OIL CLOTHH, KVO,
Ou Monday morning,
January 4. at l o'clock, the entire furniture of (the
Blaiee Union Hotel, No. tut Market etreet, eoaaprle
1D( walnut parlor furniture, mantel aud pier mir
rors, ro.ewood piano, dining-room fnrulture, Oblua,
Blaee, cantor., eto. Also, tlie furollure of about 4S
rooms, hair matircssre, blaoketa, bedding, Brnaaels
and other carpeli, large quantity ot oil olotb and
clno, ottlce furniture, lire-proof cheat made by Ureas
A Wauon. Alao, bar furniture, tbree marble-top
bare, cooking range, stoves, chandellera, iMrge q.ao.
(R ef kitchen utoutlU, etv. U ft V.
New Year's Daj Calls To morrow
-The President to be Visited
by Army Ofllccrs-The
Departments Closed.
Improvement of Navigation Iu Hie West,
CmcAoo, Dec. 31. During the Illinois fltver
Improvement Convention, held at Peoria, a
report of the Committee on Resolutions was
adopted, declaring tbe navigation of tbe Illinois
river unreliable, and advising the appointment
of a committee to urge upou the attention of
the Legislature the importance of the contem
plated improvement, at an estimated cost of
about $2,000,000, fioin La Salle to its mouth, 429
miles.
A bill was pasted by the Uouse of Represen
tatives of Dakota Territory cnaoling women to
bold office, but the Bcnatc will probably defeat
the measure.
A memorial passed both house 9kng General
Grant to appoint W. W. Brookings tbe next
Governor of the Territory.
Ilieliwny Kobbery
Norfolk, Dec. 31. Tne agent ol the Virginia
Express Com puny was knocked down ami
robbed of $12,000 at 6 o'clock this morning,
while ou his way to the depot. He was seriously
inurtd.
The Hill Irlnrder Case.
Continued from Second Edition.
Maria Bmlth sworn I am Conrad Smith's
wile; I lived with Mrs. 11111 when she lived at
Tenth aud Hansom and lived with her at Tenth
aud Pine; this wa? two years after Mr. Hill
died; 1 whs there a year and eight mouths; I
stayed there at nights aud all the time; I went
there in tbe Anguut after Mr. Hill died, and re
mained twenty months; Mr. Twltchell and Mrs.
Hill had words several times; sometimes tuey
were friendly and sometimes unfriendly; some
times 1 heard tbem quarrel, but I didn't know
what it was about: I couldn't tell now Mr.
Twltchell tn a' ed ber, tor 1 was not much in the
dining room where they always sat; when they
were in my presence he always treated her very
frlvndly; I never heard him make threats
towards ber.
Mr. Manu objected to any testimony respoot
lng threats, because they liuu not been proven
to nave been recent.
Tbe Court said tbat tbe rebuttal should be
confined to general friendly relations.
Tbe witness resumed Mrs. Hill was not In
the habit of walking about at night; people dl1
not come at night to pay ber money; I heard of
this murder on tbe Monday followlpg; my hus
band bad sold his dog to a man, and that Hun
day night be cume after it; my husband was
not out of the house all Banday ; I do not know
Ellen Dolan; no other servont lived there when
I did; I do not know Sarah Bonvlrr eliber.
Crots-examined I Jive in Drinker's alley
now; bave lived there four montns; before that
I lived in Lily alley about live months; before
tbat I lived in Catharlue street a year; before
that I lived in Old York Koad; I bave not lived
at Mis. Hill's since last February a year ago;
two years this coming February.
(Here old Mr. Hmith, wno had been talking
with the District Attorney, fell to .the floor
fainting, bnt was restored by those about
biro.)
Y. J. Tost sworn I am a bookbinder, residing
at No. 28 Benton street.
It was offered to prove by this witness that he
was in the neighborhood of Tentn and Pine
streets abont l) o'clock on tbe evening of this
murder, and did not see any one leavlog Mrs.
Hill's house, and that be heard no noise there.
The otter was, of course, objected to by Mr.
Mann.
Tbe offer was admitted in consequence of the
division of tbe Court in opinion.
Tbe witness proceeded: My mother-in-law
lives in tbe neighborhood of Tenth and Pine
streets, I was on tbe corner from 8 3d o'clock
until a quarter to 0 oa tbe evening of tbis
murder; I was standing there smoking a olgar;
I bad a foil view of tbe front and side of the
bouse; I saw no one at all about it, and heard
no noises proceeding from tbe house; when I
left tbe corner I went to my mother-in-law's,
where I bad been.
Thomas L. Wayne sworn On the night of tbe
murder of Mrs. Hill I was at my brother's, at
No. 1205 Kemble street, below Pine, running
west from Twelfth street; I left there at 9
o'clock, and came down the south side of Pine
street from Twelfth; I should say it took me
from tbree to five minutes to walk from my
brother's to Tenth and Pine streets; I saw no
two men, one with a lone eoat nearly to the
around, in tbat neighborhood; I passed Mrs.
lllll's bouse, bnt beard no noises or barking of
dogs there; I am positive that I met no man in
that square from Kleventb to Tenth streets.
Cross-examined It took me one or two
minutes to walk that square, and in those few
minutes I saw nobody.
Were the Court Woli a recess uuW 3 o'clock,
ZjtOM WASHING TON.
Denpttlch to the Aisociated Freu.
Washington, D.c 31.
Officere of the Army
in this tlly will assemble In uniform at the V.'ar
Department to-morrow, at o'clock A. u
when they will proceed in a boly to pay their
reeppcts to tbe President of the Vnlted States.
They will form by corps and rcfilmcnU In tho
order designated In the Army Register. Tne
senior officer of each torps will present his own
officers to the PreMdent. The above Is imcd
In sircular from the Adjutant-General's office.
1 Hirer or (lie JVrtvy and Murine Corp
will asrrmble at the Navy Department at It
o'clock A. M., in the unifoim prccribed for
official visits on t-hore, and proceed In a body
to pay their repccls to the President.
The Tr.nnnry Department
employes were dlnntssed at one o'clock to-day.
Preparations have been mode at the White
floute for tbe reception to-morrow. All pro
minent officials and a large number of private
citizens will receive the'.r friends to-morrow,
F'lre In Troy.
Tbov, Dec. 31. A fire occurred last night at
the coiner of River and First ?treet, in the
photograph gallery of E. T. Cook, who lost
$1000; J. S. Jake, dealer In picture frames and
photograph goods, lost 13000, insured; Mrs. M.
Johnson, dealer In clothing, lost $3000, insured.
I,nfeat Market by Teleirrnph.
Niw York. Dfc. :il. Cotton firm; sales of 1S'
boles at 2iic Flout dii'l, Baits er 4im barre s at yes
leiday'a auotatlouH. Wheal aulet. xnO hnnnel said
tiprln ir at ir-0. Corn quiel: t let of Hi 0, o busliett at
j3ci.si-in oats dull a W,.7ho. Reef quiet, fork
dull at bo. Laid tinnier at 17(n)17.',o. Whiaky
quiet.
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
GRANT.
The lloapttalitle of (lie City nrn Ten-
uereu to uie I'resiueni l.ieei.
Lattftvening General Grant, accompanied bv
tile w lie, two cnuurerj, anu a servant, arrived
in tbis city, and proceeded directly to tho Con
tinent! iioiei.
It will be remembered tbat at tho meet irm of
Councils held yesterday afternoon, tne follow
ing gentlemen were appointed u conmilifB to
tenner him the bospttulitlosof thecity: vt2-jn-s,
Uilllngbam (chairman) htx, C-itlell, Francis
cud. Marcus, Hhoemaker, Hanua, Ualu-jiia,
linbn, and Conrow.
This was in purtuance of the following reso
lution: Wlierca. It is understood that Gaiiera!
Uly-ses H. Oranl is about to visit the city of
Philadelphia; aud
Whereas. Alike by his lnvalntblo aervlocl to,
the country, his etnlntnl abilities, and the high
office to wulcb be nas ueeu eleced by hlx gr.tio
ful nnd admiring lellow-clUzeox, it is emi
nently proper mat tne eity of Phlludetplu
uboiiUl tender htm clvio attention and honor;
therefore
Meittlrcd, Bv the Select nd Common Oonnills
of tbe City of Philadelphia, That the Hospitali
ties oi the clly be tendered to General Uly-i&e.-i
B. Grant, tbe President elect of tUe Hulled
KtateH, and tbat a Joint b pee tat goaiiulueu of
live members from each Council oe appointed
to carry out Ihe purpc se of tills resolution.
At 0 o'clock this morning the committee inat
In helect Council Chamber, und despatched the
following communication to the General by a
messenger:
Hklkct CoitKfii. Chamhkr, Dec. 81, 180S
General U. 8. Grant. President elect of t.'ie
United Stten Dear Sir: At a meeting of tlie
Councils of tbe city of Philadelphia, held the
.'iOth lnht lhe l;onpltalltlos of the city were dl
itctf d to be txtinded to you daring your pro
sent visit, end a committee appointed for the
purpose of carrying out tho snuie. HilJ oui
miltee Is now in fusion, and hearing that you
bave arrived In the oily, respectfully ack tliu
you will, at your earliest convenience, indicate
a time and place that they may have the honor
ol a personal iutervlew.
Awaiting yonr early reply, we respsocfully
remain your obedient servants, etc.
Koukut P. Oili.inguam, Chairman.
The messenger on reaching the hotel Utvl a'.l
Immediate audience with tbe General, who
replied to the communication tbat be would
be happy to see tbe committee at once. On
receiving this answer tbe members of the own
miltee repaired to the hotel, were ushered Into
the presence of the General, and received a
most warm and cordial reception.
He expressed his regret that his time was so
occupied with other matters and appointments
tbat he could not ailord a great del of it to a
public reeeptloa, but also gave uttentnee to a
desire to meet the citizens, and vpcuttled the
hour between two and tbree o'clock to-morrow
afternoon for tbat purpose.
Tbe arrangement was then made that he
sbould visit Independence Hall at tbe time
mentioned by himself, and there receive the
authorities of the city and the citizens In tcene
ral. Tbis was satisfactory, and thus the matter
standH. After some further social converse,
dnring which the General hoped tnat no
Breeches would bs made on the occasion, the
committee retired aud returned to Common
Council chamber.
Ou being called to order by the Chairman, the
proper arrangement lor the reoepilon were dis
covert, and Messrs. Kox. Conrow, and Shoe
maker appointed a sub-coin mlttefc to have full
power in tne regulation of all matters there
with connected. This sub committee is to re'
port to tbe general commliiee to morrow
morning, at 10 o'clock. In Select Council cham
ber, when tbe completed programme will be
made known.
Independence Hall is to be decked and bur
nished up for Ibe occasion, tbe carriages pro
cured to convey the General and his party to
ibe place, a band of mublc engaged, and other
arrangements effected to give Interest and
plessuie to tne time.
This afternoon the General visits Glrard
College. ,
A Colored Burglar. This morning, be
tween 3 and 3 o'olock, the residence of Thomas
Grace, No.6 20 Barclay street, was entered by
two negroes, who broke open tbe rear window.
They went into the store and forced the money
drawer, from which they abstracted 120. They
then ascended to tbe bed-chamber, and wbtle
moving around awoke Mrs. Grace, who aroused
ber husband. The burglars then fled for the
stairway, and Mr. Grace after them. He picked
up a boot and threw it. The heel look one of
tbe negroes on tbe back of tbe head, and tum
bled hi in down tbe entire flight. Getting np, he
made for tbe window, and golontof it only to
fall into tbe arms of Policemen Uassler and
Atliixiore. On being searobed a butcher-knife,
a chisel, and a hatchet were found. He also had
two coats oa his back belonging to Mr. Graje.
Tbe other negro escaped with the $20. Alder
man Carpenter gave the accused a hearing,
after which he was committed for trial.
Tub Amatbuk Drawing-room, on Seven
teenth Hreet, above Chesnut, was erowded
last evening, on the oooosion of the second
comcert of tbe O. M. Society. The programme
was carelully selected, and tbe pieces rendered
in a style which produced tne most rapturous
applause, it would be Invidious to make any
dial! notion in tbe admirable performances of
the evening, farther than to remark that the
solos were peculiarly well sung, and the piano
performances snob as to merit the appreciation
of all present. Tbe members of this society are
among our most talented rnnsical people, and
we are delighted to knew tbat their entertain
ments have become so deservedly popular.
Bam Broker OrBw. Some time daring last
night a safe looated la a warehouse at Front
and Willow ttreets, was cnt open and robbed
of lit).
JFIFT1I EDIT10
THE LATEST NEW!
The Alabama Negotiatlons-Tl.
President's Tolicy of Settle
ment General Logan's
Illness-European
Affairs,
ivek
j
doJ
pra
FRQItl WASHINGTON.
el Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, December 31i
ucnrral John A. Logan, j
Who hts betn under medical treatmentfor son
time, is so far recovered that he hopes to J
able to resume his feat In Congress alter it
recffs. lie h:is bpeu suffering from an affe
tion ef the throat and general prostration, t
result of overwork In the Presidential car4
palgni S
All the Department! j
closed at noon to-day, aud will not be opene
unt'.l Saturday. Many of tho clrk livlDg
Baltimore and Philadelphia have goue horn!
to spend New YeaiV. Arrangement are'.beln
made at tho White Home for the receptlo
to-rroirow, and It Is expected that In addltiof
to the diplomatic corps, army, navy, and clvl
official.", a very large number of citizens wll
call and pay their
. nenpect to lhe President.
It has not jet been decided who will appeal
at the head of the array officers, In tbe ab-ienot
of General Grant. In addition to the Presldenl
Hnd Cabinet officers, a largo number of prlvaU
citizens have made arrangements tj, rccelvj
tomorrow. The day promises to be we
ooscrvtfl.
A Kiibf ommlttee
ct Ihe House Judiciary Committee is in sessio
to-dav cxaminine witnesses on the chirrpa n
ferred against Judire Bastecd, of Alabama. Tht
proceedings aie strictly iccret.
The fact that several States will not be renre
sented In Confers on the fourth of March
should tbe fesiou be held, because their elec
tiens for Conrrcssmiu do not take nlace until
l iter in theppr'me, may have some influence la
i ccur'ng a chunee of Iho 1 iw providing for the;
uieetim? on tue lourlii of March. Meaibera from
New ILuiirhite and C nnec'.lcut. bo'.ti of which:
Bta'es will be iinrerretv.iteiJ, do no, however,?
fa-, or tLc n peul of tlie I iw. j
FROM UUROPE. j
Ac! vices trout 'ti:iiitinople Npnul
Henioiistration at Neville.
Hi Atltntio Cable.
London, (Do?. 31. One da's later news ha
been rcdeivod from Constantinople. The insur
pents in Crete have all made their submission to
the TukUh authority, anJ a provisional Quy
ernment has been e-t iblii'hed there.
Mniun, IVe, 80, via Loudon, D;;c. 31. A
de monstration was mude at Seville some days
n2", and (ieneral Uibullero de Iloda had been
ordered there with a buy of nationnl troops J
Tbe pi cple were disarmed, however, before the
(t-neriil's arrival, nnd the couutry is now ea-
t'ucly tranquil.
FR OMNEWT ORK.
Sr-cniul Despatch io Tlie Evening Telegraph.
'I'Iia ft I 4 ... a
Kbw York, Dec. 31. A Washington special!
to the New York I-.veiiiny JVeics says; "It is 1
slated that withiu a fey d.iys hihly important
lulormation will be male public by the Presi
dent, teltlng forth an entirely satisfactory ba3U
of Settlement ot the .Alabama claim, which
Eneland has already absented to.
'iTbc new programme is one advanced by the
President und his Cubnct. aud meets with the
approval of the Committee ou Fore'gu Affairs of
Course."
Murder IU New York.
New York, Dec. 31. About 730 this morning
Charles M. Honors, while sweeping the sidewalk
at No. 12 Eait Twelfth street, was dangerously
stabbed by oroe unknown man. I Us wounds
will probably be fatal.
Ken York Stork '(.notations, 4 P. Uf.
ltecuived by tcifcitrapb from Glendlnnins;.
DavlH, Stock Brokeis, So, 4H B. Third street:
N. i cent. K. J6ii',i L'hl.4 N.W. li. prt. g.V
N. Y. and fcilo K... 3- Chi. nnd It I. K 118
Ph. and Ilea. K 19 i Pltis.F. W.and OhtlllJi
Mich. S. nnd N.I. H. SHi Gold ; ....133
l Ho nnd Pitt. it. Si", I Market stroug.
Chi.AM.W-lt.coro, wi
The FkANKiNd Abuses. In response to our
article in yesterday' Issue upon the abases of
the franking privilege, a prominent cl'iisen of
Philadelphia sends us a communication en
cloMi'ua call for a meeting of the Thirteenth
and Fifteenth Streets Passenger Hallway Com
pany of tbis city. Instead of bearing a two
cent stamp upon tbe envelope in which it was
pis red, It had bet n franked by the Hon. Samuel
J, itnndal), representative in Congress front-
tne First aistrioi. or tins s-.ate. lonbtless Mr.
ltandnll -has a profound admiration for the
franking fystem, and d mbtless, also, be rides
fieeonthe Thirteenth taud Fifteenth streets
cars.
Turkey Thikvbs. Policeman CharleB Bew
ley, of the Second dlstrlot, at S o'clock thl i
morning, saw four suspicious-looking char
aoters standing at the foot of South street. He
watched their movements, and satisfied that
mischief was meant, notified some of his bro
ther policemen. The scamps went into the
cellar of Patrick McDonald, poultry dialer, No.
2.S9 South street, and bad packed up fifty ctr
sixty turkeys when they were surprlwed by the)
police. They gave tbe names of John Hart,
Charles Rogers, James Drew, and Henry
Sweeney. Alderniau Tittermary held them to
appear at court. ,
Robbers. Henry O'Neill, James Marshall
and John Brlen are the names of three indi
viduals who bave been bound over by Alder
man Patcbel for robbery. It seems that these
fellows enticed a man into a den at Seventh
and St. Mary streets, aad while there went
through him for f 18. Ella Graham was also
held as an accomplice.
An Appeal to thb Binbvolent The Stew
ard of tbe Soldiers' Honfe at Sixteenth and)
Filbert streets makes an appeal to tbe benevo
lent for old rags and lint for dressing wounds
Tbe donations, wbetber in large or small quan
tities, will be gratefully reoelved at the Home,
Sixteenth and Filbert streets.
Larceny of Cloth. William Baxter Wat
arrested last evening on suspicion of having;
stolen a piece of cloth from the store Mo. 71
Soutb street. Half of tbe piece was subse
quently discovered, and be gave information
by which tbe remalndor waa obtained. Alder
man Patcbel committed him.
A Till Tapper. Charles Jackson yesterdajr
went into a store atSeoond and Green streets,
and during the temporary absenoeof the at
tendant tapped tbe till. He was caught at it
and was taken before Alderman Tolaud, who
sent him below.
Bmashino Wiudows. Frederlok MoCartr
last night, while under tbe influence of whisky,
demolished some of tbe windows of Kallly'e
tavern, on Walnut street, below Ninth. He was;
bound over for trial by Alderman Patcbel,