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VOL. XI -No. 27.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBUUAHY 1, I860.
DOUBLE BIIEETT1I REE CENTsT
ROPE.
en ui iuv j&itipuiur ivuijuiuuu
at the Opening of the French
Legislature-The tcm
ments Thereon.
Tie steamship Douan arrived fit Now York
from Eoutliampton yesterday. Uy her ve have
European advices to January 19.
FRANCE.
Opening of (he French f.4gllntitre-The
a.iniieror'n -- ii.
The following Is the text of the speech from
! the t li roue delivered Jatiunry 18 by the hinpcrjr
e polcon at the opening of the French Cham-
L Itpc. ! firnafAnm XToNorc. Ipu n.inii In;.
flbe cprech which I adorers to you every year
at the opening ot the scEbiou Is tho slncctc cx
i rcssion of the thoughts which guide my cou
duet. To explain frankly to the nation before
the ereat bodies of tho Htate the progress of the
Coyornment is tuo duty of the rcpoi.siblc chief
ofairce country. The tsss which we have
undertaken together is arduous It is not, iu
I tieea, without ditliculty that, on a soil shaken
I by so many revolutions, a government is
1 founded sufficiently impressed wita tiie
Iwants of the ape to adopt all the
"" jbentfits of liberty and snfllc'ciitly strong to
iear ven its excesses, xne two laws which
yr u passed during the last cession, and the
object of which was the development of the
principle of tree discussion, have proJuced two
oppot-ite effects, which may be useful to point
cut. On the one- hand, the pros and public
meetings have created in a certain quarter a
factious agitation, and have caused the reap
pearance ot ideas and pasions which were
believed to be extinguished; but on the other
band, the nation, remaining insensible to tho
most violent excitement, and relying upon my
firmness tor the maintenance of order, ha9 not
felt its faith in the luturo shaken.
Remarkable coincidence ! The more adven
turous and subversive minds sought to disturb
rublic tranquillity, so'.much the mote profound
bicinie the peace of tbe country; commercial
transactions reassumcd a fruitful activity, the
public revenues increased cobslderably, tbe
pnblic Interests were reassured, and the greater
part of the recent eleotinns gave a new support
to my government. The Array law and the
tubs-idles granted by your patriotism have con
tributed to strengthen the confidence of
the country, and iu the juet consciousness of Its
pride it experienced u real satisfaction tho
moment it learned that it was in a position to
confront every eventuality. Tbe laud aad sea
ferces, strongly constituted, are upon a peace
footing. The effective strength of the active
array does not exceed that which existed under
former systems, but our armament rendered
periect, our arsenals and our magazines filled,
or reserves well trained, the National Garde
Mobile in court e of organization, our Meet re
constructed, and our strongholds in good con
dition, give to our power a development which
Tas indispensable.
The constant object of my efforts is attained,
and the military resources of Fraucc are hence
forward on a level with its destiny in the world.
In this pobitlon we can loudly proc aim our
desire to maintain peace. There Is no weakness
in our saylnsr so when we are ready to dcicnd
Vi a lirtim. otwl tnrl&rwtrtrlnimA nf nnr rflnntrp.
Our relations wiih lorcigu powers are most
friendly. The revolution wmcn nas oronen out
beyond the Pyrenees has not altered our good
. relations with Spain, and the Cojference to
title a threatening conflict in the Bast is a
f;reat act of which we should appreciate the
mporlance. This Conference approaches its
termination, and all the plenipotentiaries have
greed upon the principles calculated to bring
about a reconciliation between Greece and
Torkey. It, therefore, as I firmly hope, uothlng
ball arlfc to disturb general harmony, it will
lie onr foitnne to realize niauy projected im-
?rovements, and we shall endeavor to solve all
he practical questions raised by the agricultu
.. ral investigations.
Public works have been sufficiently endowed;
parochial roads are belnir constructed. Educa
tion of all clashes continues to be successfully
developed, and, thanks to the periodical in-
crease of tbe revenue, we shall soon be able to
devote alt our solicitude to the diminution ot
pnblic burdens. The moment is drawing nigh
-when," for the third time since the establishment
Blliutea a'resu oj a gcucrui t-iuuuuu, mm ein:u
time it will have attained the limit
of its legal duration a thing hitherto
unknown. This regularity is duo to the
harmony which has always existed betweeu
us, and to the confidence which I feel
in the sincere exercise ot universal fuffraee.
The popular masses are staunch In their faith
as in their aneciions, anu n nooie passions arc ,
able to rouse them, sophism and calumny scarce
ntll. Ih. anrfant. fcl n uf a t n ol hff vmii unnvnhn.
IUUIC . kl V tl 1 i ujiinium iij j v,.. '1U "II
tion and your concurrence, I am thoroughly
resolved to persevere in the course which I have
laid down that is to say, to adopt all real
progress, bnt also to maintain, without discus
sion, tbe essential bases ot the constitution
which the national vote has placed under
shelter from all attacks. "A good tree is known
by tbe fiuit it bear," says the Cospcl.
Well, if we cast a glance at the past, which is
the Government that has given to France seven
teen years ot ever-increasing quiet and pros
perity f Certainly every government la liable to
error, and fortune docs not smile upon all
enterprises, but that which constitutes my
erreucth -is the fact that the natloc does not
ignore, that for twenty years I have not bad a
single thought, I have not done a single deed, of
which the motive was other than the interest
and greatness of France. Nor is it Igno
rant of the clrcuoisiauoo that I was
the firtt to desire a rigorous control
over the condact of affairs: tbat I, with this
object, increased the powers of the deliberative
assemblies, persuaded that the real support of a
government is to be found in tbe Independence
aid patriotism of tbe groat boJles of the Urate.
This isssion will add fresh services to
those which you hove already ren
dered to the country. 8oou the na
tion, called together in Its comliia, will sanction
the policy which we have pursued. It will once
more proclaim by Its vote that it does not do
V sire revolution, but wlsnes to rest tho destinies
of Pra'.ce upoa the in'.imale alliance of power
with liberty.
The Voice of lb Preason tueBpeceli.
The Loudon Tiius of the 1'JtU nit. says:
France does not d&ir revolution, tb nation
lain harmony with the Emperor in dreading
ach a contingency, unit heuce it Is the uipc
ror has couiideuce that at another general
election another legislative body will bo chosen
ready to aoecpt tie policy he may recommend
to their notice. We need fcarcelv add a word
to show that Rapoleon III has not found out
tbe secret ot a free cntlq nous sovernraent. Ho
told bis hearer yesterday, with no km truth
than egottxm, that Fruuce relied" upon 'hU
Irmncss for th'uiatutpuateo ot. order.- The
Emperor Is, in itiet, the kevsU.Be. without which
the whole fabric fulls to pieces. Upon bis
personal qualities, and upon these alone, de
pends tbe conservation of tne imperial system.
And be U perfectly resolved that thU cmi-iitiou.
tf affairs shall remain antourhed. Ministers
responsible to the K uperor and to the Emperor
lone, and an Kinperor responsible aloue to the
people, constitute an autocracy which is plainly
defective, since it furnishes no guarantee for its
wn succession, sxui lets ror tae union f gov
ornlnir ability with goviruloK power.
Th Londoa Ttieyrophitt the Jltta nit, saysi -'
)t lttlocttt fae . :Ut iht Jsujperoi never
lrses an opportunity of acknowledging tho
source from which bis power sprang; aud in tho
speech of yesterday ho reiterates once more hi
"confidence tn the sincere exercise of universal
mirage." Even tbe bitterest opponents of the
imperial dynasty admit that the principle of
universal suffrage has obtained a perm fluent
hold on tbe French; and with that principle the
empire is popularly identified. Taour critical
Englistf taste, there may seem somnthinjof
hyperbole iu the assertion that "the
masses aro staunch in tbelr faith as in their
affection, and, it noble paficn nro able to rou.io
them, sophif-m and calumny scarcely ruflle their
surface." But to a French audlcnee such a
statement carries with it no flavor of exaggera
tion; and tbe practical truth of tb dnclaratlou,
that the masses are still constant in their at
tachment to the empire and lndulci'ent to the
attarks by which it is availed, is u matter not
of rpinion but Of fact,
Tho London tuanictnl of the snme date
observes: What the Emperor says about tho
miliary resources of France Is certainly not
without its importance. Ha says that tho
constant obji'Ctothis efforts la atfalund. tint
the military resources of France are hencefor
ward upon a lvel with her destiny in tho world
a sort of trnism vhich has nvually fomd its
chief vciificailou tn the overthrow of simtil
Suites whore military resources were exactly on
a level with their helplu'snei-?, aod proved
quite Cf. nlonunhle with the destiny of subjuga
tion. Hut if the Emperor's langu'ie Is not
particularly happy or full of lueauliii', thcro is
no denying or diarcgaidiug the im)ortaucu ot
his statements that the armaments or Franco are
rendered periect, that her artenaU nn l m.ia
zii'cs are tailed, her reserves exwcUed, her
Garde Mobile in course of organization, tier licet
transformed and her etrongholds in eool condi
tion. Whether this development of the power
of France was, as the Emperor says, m-ccsiary,
is a qncftion upon which we will not, of course,
enter; but tho Emperor, we may be sure, bus
not exaggerated iu this dcEciiptk.n of the
military resources of the empire; aui the Berlin
War Office, which boasts of being able to call a
million of men to arms by a short teloeraru, and
is fond of talking as if General von Moltko had
already mapped out an advanco upon Pari",
will do well to keep in mind the assuraucc tho
Emperor gives that France is quite rea l y for
war. and will not be caught napping in 1809 as
in 1800.
ENGLAND.
The AlabaiiiATrcnty,
Prom the London Timet. Jan. 19.
Considerable importauco must be attached to
the manner in which the various claims are
submitted to the commission. It uu unlimited
investigation were to be held In each case, we
thonld have the prospect of an interminable
sciies of trials for damages, and the labors ot
the comrun-siouers might never be concluded.
Accordingly, it bns been wisely determined that
the comralesloners shall form their decisions
uoon such evidence and informatiuu only as
shall be furnished by the two governments. Every
statement or document presented to them
under this authority they will, however, be
bound to receive, ana also, if required, to hear
one person on each side, as the counsellor or
necnt of such Government. Here, again, when
we remember tbe many points Mr. Howard has
brought forward at various times, this may
seem somewhat too elastic a permission; yet it
would, no doubt, have been difficult to refuse
to cither Government tbe power ot submitting
any information they may think relevant to
their case. The evidence and the documents
thus authenticated by the two Govern
ments will of -necessity be in a great mea
sure condensed and arranged. Though
the commissioners will he bouud to peruse it,
they will not be boundT.to treat it all as rele
vant; and it is not peFhaps unrcasouable to
expect that they will have succeeded iu decid
ing upon every claim within the two years
witbiu which, by the terras of the convention,
tbey are required to conclude their labors.
All claims are to be presented within six
months fiom the day of their first meeting,
except In special cases, for which three months
more may be allowed. Compensations are all
to be paid within elgntccn months of the do
cisiou. It only remains to mention that the
two parties make a solemn declaration that
the proceedings of the commission shall be
considered a final settlement of all claims since
1853.
tsuch. we believe, are the main outlines of
this touvontlon. Even if it should be less suc
cessful than we anticipate, It will rcxain as
en indisputable monument of the readiness of
the British government to make every passible
concession, not only to international obliga
tions, but to the susceptibilities of a high
spirited people. Further than this it Is impos
sible for us to go; but impartial opinion will,
we are confident, a2kuowledge we have here
offered all that equity can demand: and we are
equally confident that tbe L'Llted States Senate
is incapable of demanding more. We shall
await with Interest tho discussion of the con
vention by the legislative bodies of the two
countiies.
EUltOrJJIA' AUMAMEJiTS.
The Armies and War Material of th
l'nlluenii rowers.
A military corresnondent of the London
Tiics oDoortunelv estimates the number and
efliciency ot the various continental armies.
The cveuts of 1HG0 set aside the old theory of
war. Reconstruction ab origins became a
necessity for every army in Europe except that
of Prussia. No State has neglected this work,
and all the stronger nations have pressed it
forward aa rapidly as possible. It would be
idle to deny that ut tbe present moment tbe
general result is ot special iraporiauce. me
correspondent oi me jimes csumuies tuat iwu
of the European States aro thoroughly prepared
for war, with splendid armies and abundant
materia; the rest are more or less in arrear.
Frauce could put into tue new tuny ami a mil
lion of men, armed wiia breech-loader", which,
without being perfeet, are decidedly superior to
the Frussiau needle-guu. Behiuu this great
rmy Is a vast array of reserves, more or less
carelulfy equipped, making altogether a million
combatants. The latest improvements tn or
ganization havo been carefully attended to.
The French artillery Is good. Too frussUns
have pi eatly improved, too. nut the imautry
tiglillliir sull open to some iniuis, wuiuu uo
been avoided by the Prenrb. The Prussian
cavalry aud artillery axe not all that tbey mlaht
be, the latter being in purucaiar inuiucreuu.v
handled. In 18 the Austrian artillery proved
decidedly superior. Prussia's great strcuijtu
lie in her lniantry, whicu lias onussiuenn
the prrstige of recent successes, as well as con
fidence aud experience in its weapon. The
Boulh Getman armies, too, would be nt the
command of Priwta In case of war, tbouzh
their movements aro slow and their ellioieucy
somewhut below tho averaee. They number
200. (MiO on paper. The North German Coniede
lacy is ttifenor in numerical force to France,
but the difference in tho field would bs practi
cally small.
Two grat powers, then, are ready for tho
combat, liavlug oouimaud 1 1 men, niuney, and
the spirit ot antagonistic races. TU rest or the
European nations are unprepared for a great
struKfle. Austria is behind, but is yet more
formidabletUan in 1&C4. The new orgautaatiou
gives a peace strength of 151.000. aregular army
fur war of BCO.OOO, including the re.-erves
border troops 63,000, and Laodvebr 200.000.
k.h... ik i BniiHtnrm. not vet ooDiiletclv
organised. The field artillery did right well tn
.v... aa haii noeded no chatiires. Ton
cavalry ' roio and fought spleuoWly, bat
wet a not employed U the extent or in
ii.a nnsht to have been, aud
nrr.h.hi- wonld be now. Breech, loaders have
iiidn fniltt i.hH.1 to the troops, anfl the arm
row in use will bo replace shortly by
a bettrr one. A few years of peace
would bring Aaslrla once more to the Irout.
Kuisla is still further behind. Bhe nrofesses to
hv a force of a million and a half of all arms,
but Oil a Pn and Ink ettinate. It U certatu
that only a part of the army has rifled field
gnns and breech-loading smnll arms; and with
out these modern necessities for war It would
be msdnecs to take the field against tralucd
European troops. Italy has 350,000 regulars
nd a national guard; but from the weakness
of tbe Government and the thehtincss ot tho
people, the Italian army is of loss value iu
calculations than any other in Europe, except
Spain. At to Turkey, she has got an E nulls h
man to take charce of her fleet; when she does
tbe same with her army, there will be some
interest in counting its numbers. The writer
sums up, that if Fraucc and Prussia would
shake hands, or Frussla and Austria form a
strict offensive and defensive allia ice, there
would be little fear of war for some years, fjn
foitnnntrly, neither of these contingencies ia
probable at present.
IS TIIE LASU A SUCCESS!
Dclntvnre Jonrnnliata Cftnnldr It K
Important ((ucmMou.
The Wilmingtou t'oiiuneroial of Saturday
editorially says:
Years ago, the whipping-post and pillory were
common methods ol piinUhuicnts everywhere.
The rack, the tbumbbcieffs, the wheel, and
others ot the horriole enginery of torture had
gone out ot use, but the paMic lashing aod
pilloryiug lingered laier. They wcro of the
snme brood ot barbarous puuisuments, similar
in kind but less in degree. ISo lutig ago aslSAi,
of all the Slates north and cast of Virginia, only
two continued to whip, iheseweru OeUvare
and lMiodo Islaud. In the former It was for a
great number of offenses; In the latter It apolicd
to but one. Since 1&20, evry Sta:e in the Galou
has abolished botu the pillory and the lash,
save one. That exception is this SUi'.e.
Now we affirm that this action on the part of
all tbe ether communities iu the Union sho.ild
be enough to couviuce us of the propriety ot
abolition. We cannot thinx, that our little .state,
comprising the two hundred and fiftieth part of
tbe American people, better understands the
true mcihods ot punishment than all of the
other two hundred aud torty-nlno. One standing
against such odds should surely pause aud
inquire. The one juror who thought the eleven
so stubborn hnd a large possibility of being right
compared with this case. But, luriher, wo
should consider that for more than fifty years in
Pennsylvania, for nearly fifty Iu hiow fork and
Massachusetts, societies of tbo most intelligent
and thoughtful citizens have given the subject
of punishments their careful study. Tliey have
examined the origin of crime, traced the career
of criminals, watched the effects ot the various
penalties. Till within a year, Delaware has had
no such a society at all. No one has studied,
nith any care or persistency, this most import
ant matter of criminal reform. Is it reasonable
to snppoee that we, ignorant as we must be in
the premUes, can know better than these other
States'
It is conceded, we thiuk, that the lash Injures
the culprit. It hardens him, hurts his self
respect, degrades him publicly. The sole argu
ment remaining is that it "protects society."
Butdocsi ? We believe, on the contrary, that
of all the legacies loft us by tbe slave: system
now remaining imbedded in our laws and cus
toms, this whipping and pilloryus does most to
injure the community. The laws of a Stale are
the embodiment of its highest wisdom, its
purest virtues, its most thorough methods. But
this law is brutal, barbarous, and degrading.
Every man even its Jrieuds leel this. They
may defend its utility, but tbey kuow perfectly
its bad features. Woile it remains to bo law, it
not only fixes a stigma, a jubt reproach, upon
us In tbe eyes ot others, but it positively affects
and Injures the Christian character of our
people. More whisky Is drunk, more oaths are
sworn, more vice is engendered, more crimes
are committed, more characters are lowered
from nobility into vulgarity, this day in Dela
ware, because of the law inflicting punishment
by the pillory and the lash.
Is tbe lash a succesi! Was sUvcry a success?
Was the cropping of ears, the slitting of noses,
the branding with Irons, a success?
No, gentlemen, the lash is useless; it is not
only a disgrace, but a tailure. Toe uays of the
pluntaticn scourge are gone byr so are tbe days
vt this scourging by la It docs not repress
crime, but develops the sources whenca crimi
nals come. It does not train men to higher aud
holier living, but degrades their nature-", whips
their mauhood, pillories their souls. With all
our heart, we pray lor such liirht sbed upon
Delaware, from the dlvtrlty of Christian mercy,
ju-ticr, and purity, as shall sweep iuto oblivion
this relic ol brutal and barbarous times.
DEFEATED.
X I'lank Movement by the Pennsylva
nia Kuilroiul DiraetorH.
The Pittsburg Coramcroial of Saturday morn
ir.g states:
The Erie Railroad Company, It appears, had.
with the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Company, effected a lease of the Columbus,
Chicago, and Indiana Central Railroad, thereby
securing the trade of St. Louis, ludiaoapjlis,
and Chicago, aud dealing a heavy blow to the
Pennsylvania Railroad and connections west
of this city. Tbe terms of the lease were liberal
Indeed, characteristic ot the princely munid
oence of the gentlemen who manage and
manipulate Erie Railroad stoek in New York.
The lessees, amoug other things, were to pay
the interest on the funded debt ot some $20,
000,000 and dividends to the stockholders, and
fulfil all the contracts of the Columbus. Chicago,
and Indiana Central Railroad Company with
other railroad companies.
This bargain was considered as a fact accom-
Elisbea, and Jay gouij, f resident nt &ne, ami
Is party were raldkcg through the West and
Southwest in search of new fields of operation
and new triumphs of railroad genius, awaiting
the, as a matter of course, couhrma'.ion of their
lease by tbe stockholders ot tno uoiumoua, ini
caco .and Indiuna Central Railroad 'Compaay.
Yesterdav these stockholders met at Columbus,
and when tbe lease was Buonimea an a tueir
assent asked, they not only refused to ratify and
confirm it. butrelected It, and to the great sur
prise anu august oi tue irieuus oi r.rie, rauaeu
and confirmed a leafcc of their rod to the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway
Company, in the fcnnsyivaaia uuiiroaa com
pany's interest.
Tue terms oi tue new ieu,se arc, we ienm, luir
and cqiiitable, and insure their tulUhueut iu
good faun. This treatment of tbe New Voracrs
hv the neonlo of the West would certainly indi
cate a want ot confidence In baudinc over their
property to be raanaeu Becoming o tnc ruius
Of ull strei l nuanciering ami j'luuiuir.
This counter-Dlow by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Interest has ureal ly demoralised the
niRcrniflceut railroad Droiects ot the Erie, aud a
the fight ou thU lino is ended bv tho Pittsb irg,
rmenmfltl. and St. Louis Railroad Company
faking Immediate possession, the "friends of
Erie" retUe deiea'ea ana aisoonsoiaie iroui
utiut ttiev nxoee etl would bu n field aud
enterprise of tviue felory and much profit to
themselves. -
Were Tbey FaleT
Don Piatt, writing from Washington, says:
The opinion Is very general bure that these two
sei.sauoual documeuis, lately printed in the
Ualllmora Ampriaan. are torserlos. I Will
answer for the one testified to by Mcl'htil
MuPhnll iaan old ncnuiiiutauce ot ours, and i
would not dn far hit uttornev to call for General
Pcbenck, or any ot his staff, were that for Jier
agent of detectives to have his character in
oiicilf.ii.
But aside from this, the evidence on tbe faoo
of the paper Is conclusive. One cannot realize
that so tearful a crime was commlttod by such
a set of asitcs as the pretended con'esslons made
ma conspirators to be. If these papers were iu
the DOHiCKHlon of Iniul man whv a. ore the not
produced before this? and it In the hauds ot the
enemy, wny are they brought out now ?
The whole affair la wruuoed in a profound
nojttery, and will not be cleared up by such
eiumsy rogues at tnc authors or author oi these
preieuueu conitmons.
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Terrible Disasters A Connecticut
Town Inundated -Fifteen Per
sons Drowtfod-Four Men
Killed in Troy, N. Y.
ALTAI US IN TENNESSEE.
ITiiiaiiCial and Oommorolal
FROM CONNECTICUT.
Terrible Calamity ItUing- of the Dan.
bnry ltlver A Town Inundated fif
teen Uvea Loaf.
Sptcial VerpaVeix to The Evening Telegraph,
Bethel, Conn., Feb. ). Information reached
here this morning from Dun bury, Coneutical,
to the effect that tbe Cobanaic dam at that
place gave way during last evening, and swept
several bridges and houses away. Several per
sons are reported drowned, but the full extent
of tho damage is not yet known.
ttCOND BFECIAL DRHFATCO
Bethel, Conn., Feb. 1. The damage to life
and property at I'anbury last night, by tbe
freshet In the Dunbury river, was very exten
sive. The Cohauziedam broke away first, and
the water rushed down and broko the other
dams in the same stream, aud kept on tncrcts
ug in volume aud power until it reached the
town, where It swept away several dwelling
houses and bridges. Fifteeu lives were 1 jst by
drowning and the Intense cold. Cp to this hoar
eleven bodies have been found. Four persons
are missing. Three were staudlng ou one of
the bridges, watching the water as it rashed
down, but before they could reach tho shore
the bridge upou which they were standing was
carried away aod they were all drowned. A
ady becoming terrified at the freshet, was
drowned by imprudently attempting to leave
her house while It was surrounded by water
and huge cakes of ice.
FR OM TENNESSEE.
Knrolment of the Alllltia-IIorrlble Tra
gedy at a Mnrrlaee t'creinony Forrest
gives up Politics.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 1. The militia or
dered out by the piociamatiou of Governor
Brownlow la being sloly organized. But sixty
men, armed and equipped, have as yet arrived
at the general rendezvous in this city. A
regiment from East Teunessee will arrive during
the coming week. Each of the counties threat
ened with martial law has sent a delegation to
the General commanding aud to tho Execatlve,
to make representations and promises that will
save them from violence from State militia.
A young man at Connersvllle, in Giles county,
Tenn , ou Thursday evening, while standing ou
the floor iu tbe aot of being married, was shot
down by the brother of his bride. lie fell In the
arms of the devoted girl, who, assisted by
friends, conveyed htm to a bed, when, at her
request, tho marriage ceremony was finished;
she exclaiming that she had rather mourn a
dead husband than a dead lover. Iu a fev
minutes the newly made husband expired. The
murderer escaped.
General Forrest has made arrangements to
assume the building ot the Belma road. He
says he will never more appear In politics.
FROM NEW YORK.
Erie Stocks Thrown Ont of the Regal ir
Buaru,
Special Detpatch to Ttie Evening Telegraph.
New York, Feb. 1. In consequence of the
Erie Railway officials not registering tha stock
of tbe road as decided necessary by the regular
stock board several days since, this morning
tho entire Erie stock was thrown ont of the
regular board, and there was no call by the
shares. It is anticipated the open board will
to-day also refuse to recognize sales or pur
chases of Erie until the matter ia satisfactorily
arranged.
Terrible Accident Three lien Killed aud
f ive Never viy injurea.
Despatch to the Auoolaled Press.
Tboy, Feb. 1. At a dock bUstln ou the
Lebanon Springs Railroad, tn the town of South
Petersburg, Rensselaer county, ou Sv.urday
morning, three men named John Couners and
E. B. Webster, of Syracuse, and William Clay,
ton, were killed, and five others Injured, by the
premature explosion of nitr glycerine. Of the
injured, Jobu O'Neal cannot possibly survive.
The killed were horribly mutilated, their 11 nbs
being blown off, aud their bodies rendered
almost unrecognizable.
FROM WASHINGTON.
A FnlHe Keport Corrected.
BpeeUU Dewatch to The Evening Telegraph,
WisiiwofON, Feb. 1. The news telegraphed
from ibid city yesterday to the New Yoric
Tribune, that Thomas B. Florence, ex member
ot Congress from Philadelphia, had died ou
Saturday of Intermittent fever, W entirely
without foundation. He is alive, and enjoying
comparatively good health.
Mr. Florence's arrival In this city is con!
dently expected by LU friends this afternoon.
Ed. Eve. Tel.
'
Lataat Newa f rum Baltimore.
BpeoUtl Deettatch to Tne Euenxng Telegraph.
Baltimobk, Fob. l.-MIss Worthingtou.'of
Baltimore couuty, In earning to this city a few
days ago, had her pocket picked of nearly nine
hundred dollars.
A largo number of Baltimore Knights Tem
plar will attend the Kuights Templar's leveo in
Wasbiueton to morrow evening.
Zebulon Walters, for sixty three years a clerk
to the Bank of Baltimore, died ou Saturday, la
his eisbty-fiftu year.
Nulelde on Ntateu Iwtaud.
Nbw Yobe, Feb. M. Evans, a butoher,
t BtapletOD, Siaten Islaud, hung himself lost
night. No cause la known.
The Woman's Rights Convention at Wash
ington charga men nity oenu admisaien.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Court or Quarter Sessions. Judge Lud
low. The February term of the dart was
opened tula morning by his Honor J a lie Lad.
low, wno, alter tne urana jnrors ana nee a
worn and affirmed, proceeded to instruct
them upon their duties. Passing the generali
ties Incident to every such address an i corning
to particulars wbloh be desired to Impress
upon tbe minds of the jurors, he spoke as fol
lows;
Much has reoently been said about tue pre
valence of crime. It is true that la this great
warfare earried on between vloe and virtue,
vice has had ber carnival. Especially iu our
great elites we have been oilled upon to hear,
uay by day, tbe evidence of some outrage per
potratcd by persons who live here, or wuo are
casually visiting tbe large cities upou our se
Doara. in in ia 10 oe expeoieu. J long
ur bns ceased: thousands of men have been
thrown out of employment, and thosa of the
popula.lou who are vicious have lateen aavuu
tune of the circumstance, and have aitoiumed
lo plunder the vlrtuon. I fear somitlm there
lias been too much delay In I he exm-utlon of
the senlenctia which bave been i.rououuceii
Becoming; to law. 1 fcar at other nne,
that int-n convicted nf the highest
crimes known bave not becu executed
according to law. 1 fear also l i t 1 he syuapv
liiles or a vast nnmoeroi ktiu ciuy.-nis nave
been invoked In bebair of ttiOhi who aro
actually imprisoned, and porliaps all of us art)
lo blame In lual we bave .ent too ready au ear
to tbe appllcailouH that have bicu mudof ir
paruoD, anu I nai sumo meu wuo nugui lo bave
been retained in custody bave bee a uls inaryo '.
Now. gentlemen. I l not mean tosav tuni-
we bre not to be merciful. Mercy Is a Jjivlne
attribute. It Is our duty to treat every mm,
pariicumny mum men, wiin every consiMer-j-tlon,
wild Just regard to the Interests of tbe
commuuliy. Bat after all tout bas beau
said and done, It seems to me Ihit
we, perhaps. In our enleivors to
do awoy wlio some of the worst f j-tiurss in ths
treatment of criminals, bave u.mo In a dif
ferent direction, aud bave allowed too many
sympathies to operate tn behalf of crlmtuaW.
No sooner is a .man convlotel ot thebigaest
crime known to the lw, than every
effort seems to be made to - soreeu
him from a Just punishment, Tuls, indeod, Is
very merciiui 10 mm, uni wimi oocoruas or tbe
man who bas been murdered? N ) soouer has
be been sent to tbe Penitentiary for soma
brutal murder than our sympathies are
enlisted for his rescue, but wuat beoomes
or tbe man who has been oent Into
eternity, and his wife and children? Tbe mo
ment some Institution is robomi,or soniaoUl
ren is plundered, every effort seems to be made
by gooa people to resnue mat man rrom puulsh
ment. Wny should that be? Have we no merov
to bestow upon the community? It
is merciful to tbe man. but hnw
IS It with regard to the mon. women, and
children who sleep under the proteotlug wing
of the law, lo stimui-tte every sympatny for
the rescue of the criminal, and Ignore those
wbodemand and must reoelveour protection?
Gentlemen, we are accused of being severe.
Wby, I bave eoen the Judges of this Conrt
almost break down under the load
of sentencing some man because they knew the
puDisnmeni wouiu ran nenvier npou bis family
than himself. Bui unless they did their duty,
what would become of tbe pro ectlon to pro
perly and llfewhlcn every citizen la bound to
bave under ibe law of the land?
Now it is a well-known faot that the inmates
of our County Prison and 1'edlUmlUry, in this
county at least, live belter than the honest, In
dustrious poor of tbe community. No man
aesires to see a prisoner starve or treated
with barbarity, but something should
be done to make the mau who la a felon
appreciate bis position. Tne way of the trans
grtssor shall be bard. 8 true pnllanibroplata
tniDk that, though this law is Divine, It Is out
ot date. What right bas the plokpooket who
bas been brougut time and again before
this Court, to expect that he snail r
sentenced to a term of years it the
penitentiary or prison, and go there, and
with very slight labor spend the time and ba
discharged to plunder axain? It may be a harsh
rule, ont a uivine ana w unu one, wntcn would
require a professional tblef . robber, or burglar
to understand that when be Is In prison he u la
a very uncomfortable place. The priuolple
tbat looks lo the reformation of the prisoner Is
a false one, In my Judgment.
Hlnoe tbe 21ih of November thirteen homi
cide cases bave been tried In this Court, one of
tbem occupying sixteen days and another
twelve, the Court being emoloved olunt ami
day, By special order of the Court a separate
criminal court bas been opened and carried ou
in iuih ouumy, anu 1 am iniormea InatSlS bills
uave utwn uibiubou iji muoa novemusr last.
All I ask now and I am sure there will hnhnt
one answer to the question is, will you nit
pruceeu viicuauuy tu me umoourgo or your
duty? All I ask of the District Attorney Is tbat
he will pi ess on as he bas done with tne busi
ness of the Court. Tnednty of tbe officers li
that tbey enforce the oommands of the Court tt
tbe letter; of tbe crluiiuai au'.boritiei
ti at tbey shall be vigilant day an l
night. I ass: that the offloers of thd
Court, Petti t Jurors. Mayor, Police, Ueteullves,
to act with one mind, one will, and a singleness
of purpose, and then It shall be that tbe raaglH
traie bearetn not toe sword in vain, aud that
wblle mercy shall be metod according to the
circumstance of the ease, justice shall alto be
done, and lo tbe community, who bave a right
to look to us t for protection; so that wnen
your families, women and obildren, walk the
streets by day or night, or slumber at night,
they shall feel that mere is an arm powerful
enough to protect them even in their deanRat
slumber. It can be done by united eternal vigi
lance, wiuuu lours uuiuiug ana unes ail.
I now dismiss yon to tne discharge of vour
duty. I ought to Bay to you that in homicide
cases tbe bills presented to you charge simply
mnruer, mereiore you nave notumg to ao with
tbe degree, or tbe Question of eullt or inno
cence. In m'.sdemeanors yon have oontrol of
tbe costs.
The grand Jnrors then retired to their room,
and tbe Court adjourned until to morrow
morning.
FULL POCKETS.
jiood Prospect for the Month.
A Oeoreia Paner savs that manv of the
iarmersof that State bave now stored away in
ibeir money boxes all the way from $100u to
$8010 and $10,000, tho proceeds or laH year's
crops. This is more money than they have seen
ior a long time, anu they Dcgiu to leei ricn
already.
These Georila farmers havo simply a foretaste
of what awaits all the Southern husbandmen
nnder tbe tree system of labor which has been
brought about bv the war. and In a very lew
year at the longest they will come to acknow
ledge the beneiiceuce of the change. Lands
which have been aoauuonea ana overgrown wiiu
brush wood, after their surlace has beeu worn out,
will once more be brought under tillage and be
made to yield bountiful crops. Much of the
labor enlarge plantations formerly performed
by blacks will now be done by mechanical
implements. The hitherto Insurmount
able barrier ol slavery having been
broken . down, skilful artisans and
lahorcia will scatter throngh the Southern
States. The appearauce of Immigrants and tiie
increase of population will create, a demand for
land, and steadily euhauce iU price in the mar
ket. The 8 .utberu farmers will no lougcr havo
to teed and clothe young, old. tndriu, and sick
negroes, aud maintain tho able-bodied during
tbe interregnums betweeu the planting sea
sons. Tne frecdrneu will be compelled to
look after theioselres, and their conse
quent increased manual labor will ba so
much addition to tbe material prosperity
of tho South. Tho Southern bee hive will
no longer be overflowing with drones. I he
davs ot the cotton fac'or. who have In yers
eotie by obtained the lion's share of the crops
are already numbered. Planters hereafter will
themselves receive tho full value of their pro .
ducts, instead of being compelled to divide with
middlemen. Now railroads, already planned,
or in process of construction all over the South,
will place the husbandmen In communication
with the world around them, and bring markets
to tbelr very doors. There is no limit to the
prosperity aud development whuh are vouch
safed the agricultural interests of the South
low that the great incubus whleh has hitherto
repressed and kept them down " removed.
JV. Y. Commercial AdoerUtrr,
FINANOE AND OOMMEIlOls:
Omci or this Svaiftwe Tnieun
Monday. Fsb. 1, use. '
The Stock market opened very dull this morn
ing, and prices generally were weak and an.
settled. Government securities were a fraction
lower. 1084 was bid for 10-4ds; ill for 6s of
1881; 113 for '62 6-20; 109$ for'61 5 20; 1101 for '
'6i6-20s; P108J for July '60 6-20i; 1081 for fll
5 -20s: and 109 for '68 6-20s
City lonns were unchanged. The new issue
old at K0J, and old do, at 97.
Kallrond shares were Inactive. Heading sold
at 48(348 31-100, a decline oi J; Pennsylvania
Hallroad at 674, no change: an 1 Miuehiu at 65,
do rhai'ge. 124 was bid tor Camd-.-n and Amboy;
68 for Noiristown: 33 for North Pennsylvania;
66J for Lehigh Valley; 30 tor Elmira com
mon; 40 for Elmlra preterrod' 34f lorCatawisea
preferred; and 20 for Philadelphia and Krie.
City 1'at.seniier Iiailay shares wers firmly
held. Hestouvllle told at It j . a flight advance;
46 was bid for becoml aud Thirl; 18 for Thir
teenth and Fifteenth; 38 tor Gieeu and Coitus;
CO tor Tenth and f.levebh; 27 tor Guard Col
lege; and 354 for Fit'h sud Sixth.
Hank sbur.s were In good deinanl foriDvest
mentat foil price. Farmer' and Mechanics'
sold at 123A, to chang" : ViTIf win oi l tor PnJa
delpbiai 67 tor Commercial; 314 ior Mech-inlc,,';
106 for South-vaik; 57 lor rVun t'owosuip; 68 lor
Guard; 7-' lor Wisieru: 73J 'or Cut: 63 lor Cou
mnnweiilth nto 123 for Central Niiiional.
In Canal fhares iti -re wis very tittle move
ment. Lehigh A'aUa'inn cold at Sll-HJ, no
change. 1(1 was bid lor Schuylkill avi,';ation
common: 202 lor pred-rr-d do.; 67 for Hori
Canal preferred; an t 12 tor Sus juchauua Caual.
PHILADKLPIIU STUCK KMJUAtilHtt BALKS IO-l)A
Kaponcd by a uvj a aru., an. tu a. Tnird street
BEf'OitK iiOAiljDS.
100 ib Read nil . ..b89... 4I.1,'
riKST U-.AKD.
Siooa-jos 'Srpiunw, id ,o reuoi F.-.ls- tin
loiiK) us io-nm..cp :iii;.
lo do.
17'.
)IW ao diosV
lih Bead It
..bSO.48'31
.mil r M no, a mvr, .14 0
2(HUity n, Old 07
SliHiiiisi Loin Wn! u.l 8'-
3000 N P H 7s 2J. s
llmKI Huu & K 7s 90
mo
o
tn
n
is
l
M
I
110
1(10
ItO
do..... 81
dO...l.DJ". 4S'
it 1S..4S 1-
do.....is .T. 4B','
do...bn. 8'a
do ......
do,....l.lrr. 48
du.-tdwo-IS 8-i6
do...bia. 48
ao..M..ahL 48
do ..la.48 8-JS
15 -0 fell N s' 82 h'
fl'V UJUliJU Lit) r0
I7IKM Ln fta. sold I.I-, So1,
sh MIlKjlllll....... ... M
lOOanLeli N rkii. i isl
loo do......beo. sis I
io oo ail
Messrs. Do Haven ft Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex
change to-day at 1 P. M.:-0. 8. 6s of 1881. 1124
112j; do. mt 113 3 '134; do.. 1864. lODjdA
1011$; do., 186S,1103i3UO?: 10. 136, new. lOBjfto
108J; do., 1867. new, 108J .108Ji do., 1868, lOtiJJ.
ftjlO'Jf do., 6s, 10-t0, 1084g)ii8J. Due Oom
pound Interest Notes, 14; Gold, 136iil36i;
Silver. 131f31324. -
Messrs. Jay Coolte & O. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows: IJ. 9, 6s ol
1S81, IVlMUii; 6-atio of 18G2, 113ojU3j;-6-20S,
1864, lOOifeilOOJ: ft 20-, Nov., 1806, 1104
)10; July, 186J, ln-fdlus: do.. 1867, lOBi'd
108i; do. 1868. 108(3') 09i; 10-4(Js, 10riJ(5il08i.
Union Pacific oolos, 101, 101 j. Gold, 136 J.
Messrs. William Paiuter & Co.. DanRere,
No. 30 8outh Third Stree. report the following
rates of exchange to-dv at 12 o'clock:
United States Cs. 18H), H2Ktll23: D. S. 6-20S, .
1862, 1131134; do., 1864. 109fl0!)4: do., I860,
llOiailOl; do. Julv. 1365. 1 bltaiOSl! do- Jnlv!
1867, 108jfcil08i;do.lSfW, tOGi108J; 10-40s, 1081
fitlOH'. Compound Interest Noted, nast dne.
119-26. Gold, 136ai36i.
Btoek lnotatloHS by Telegraph 1 p. M.
Ullendlnnlng, Davis A Co. report inroughtneur
N.Tf.Cont. K 15!)J
West. Union Tel.... JW.
is. x, ana to. l . an
Ph. and Rea. R i)5i
Mloh.H.and Il.LH. 03
Ole. and Pitt R WM
Cleve. & Tolwlo R..104'i
Toledo & Wabash.. 64U
Mil. & Si. Paul It... Wi
lAilams Etpress.... 60
Chi. and N.W.com. &WIh, Fargo.
Chh and N.W.pref.. 0DU United Stales
Chi. and K. I. K. l id I Tennessee 6s. New H7
puts. F.w.&Cbi.K.i20 u;iia . my.
Paciflo MaU Steam.11811 Market heavy.
rhlladelplila Trade Report.
Monday, Feb. 1. Cloverseed is in good de
mand, and 200 bushels sold at $'J250-6 per
64 pounds. Timothy is held at S3 754; and
Flaxseed at 92-60 265.
The Flour market lsvJrydull and prloes favor
buyers. About 600 bushels were taken by the
home consumers In lots at t4 765-23 for super
fine; 5756-25 for extras; $7$7-50 for lows. Wis
consin, and Minnesota nxira family; ti&huHQ-fa
for Pennsylvania aud Ohio do. do.; and SIK413
for fanoy brands, according to quality. - lira
Flour sells at t77 60 per barrel. Nothing doing
in Corn Meal.
Tbe demand for Wheat Is confined to prime
lo's for tbe supply of tbe wauls or tbe local
millers. Sales of red at SI 65(31 75; amber at
Sl (a-J; and white at 2 i02-85. Rye Is steady
atSl'68l-60 per busbel fur Western. Corn la
quiet aid weak. Sales of 4000 bushels new
yellow at 8088r and new white at 82'48 io. Oats
attract but lit tle attention; sales of 8000 bushels
Western at 7275o. Nothing doing in Barley or
Mall.
Bark Tbe stock is light, and No. 1 Quercitron
commands S15 per ion.
Wnisky Western is dull at 98c.l per gallon,
duty paid, in wood aod iron bound paakuges.
Markets by Telegraph
Bat.ttmobb, Feb. 1. Ootton. la tae absesoe ot
cable advices, Is sum In mil y unobauged. Flour iiuloi
and Inactive. Wheat Hrm: s-lat prime red at i-3 1
(j,2'3i. Corn firm: prime wblt. 87itSo ; yallow. S4(a
870. Oata Arm av 70W75& Uye Hrm at II i-Mdtl W,
iork flruiatl3i. Bacun cllve: rib ilrtei . I7(i()i;jc:
clear do., IfXilsXo.: thouldeis, lii(a)uyo. Uauit.
20O. Lard firm t no-
w oa, Veb. 1. fttocks nnsettled and fevertnri.
Chicago and Rouklsiand. HeMing. SSS; U eve-
land and Toledo, 1"S' Clevela d aod PitUbara,
fc4; Pliubors aod Von Wayos, Vii Micb'uao Oa
tral, 11H! Miohlsan Bootbera, MH; New York Oea
tr1.12.'; Illloota Cieutral, las: CQtubrriand preferred.
Jsx'i; Mluourl Ss. 87: b tom untl. nX; do. im64, IWy do.
ism. mm Daw do. toss- l0-. UMH, OoU, m.
llnpay, 7 per cent Kxctmne. 109.
Krle BallrOBd stock will not be called al Ihn fS'oclr
Board hereafter, tbat O mnnoy bavlag failed to
register their transferees required
LATUST SlIirrLNW lXTKUilHtLtl?
For additional Marine ieun see Xiuide Paget,
POBT OF PHILADELPHIA FKBRUABY 1.
STATS) Or THttRMOMKTBH AT TUM aVByiHa Tax SB
KAfH omci,
V A. AC I... i.m.. ... i.y 1 11 A. At ...m.-81 S P. AtH.MMM...$
ARRIVED THI4 SOBNIva.
Steamship Voiunieer. J. u 'M hours from New
York, villi mdee 10 Jonn F (Jul.
Hear B. (J. B.vd, Ha'iui.ouU 27 days from Peroam
buco. wlib ausar lo A '. Uamo.i. Lull barq is Iiuite- '
rador, lo sail about 8ib ulu. lur I'nliadelpiila.
ARRIVED AT CHnSTKR.
BrlgOondov. nday. 111 lya lio n Matanaai, with
sugar, uiolaitttirs, etc.. 10 8 Mxria Wala Uo,
bklo vv
Barque OddI, from Livtrpj i,
ySte?una,y.lPFnlU' l'"ui"u- "e"08- SMll
Barqa Klena. Btnart. from Ivlgtut for PSIla iel
phla. aailed Horn Heirh-H.l liliu u., having re
P u.t2:.J0i iP",e0lhr",1llt,'"'t'0'' Firth aaineitay.
u",Vlh .Ulu' ,or i-"l'delpUla.olearai
-.S",Vi i '''. Dolen. lor Pulladalpbla,
emereU out al Liverpool IUU 11 It.
Barque Haajpo Ho imi.or. ir tm Llvereonl for Pttl
lHdelplil. waorl (iraal tlrmihea laih uia.
Baiqae L. V. Bioukar, Bibber, for f ulladslphla, a
alaiancaa 'iiai oit.
BrisH. p. huitia. Rnowiioo. lor pailadrtpliu. re-
tualned at Malausaa Sl ituit.
BritrHuDUtr. tmb. at et. Thomas IStb nil . frOa
Bonilirern for PhllaSlobla and bailed atffn Itib.
Brig Jolio Utven Mara, pence ai Hallux S'-a 0lt
Brig James Baker. PriBian. lor rullaUeipala. ra.
malned at MatauoH IIkIuii
Bobra Klla AoiadMn. HoiUo. aad J. B, AuUla. flxvM,
from Bunion for Poiiaileiuhia. at Hmw yo'k yHiterday .
Bcbr u 4- U. W lab art. Maaon clearsd at WuiDlcIO
ton. N. (1..sih nl-. for New York. - " J
HobrMary MoKee, Hiarp, beuon, SI FsasaoaM Ol
UUIano. ' ..(
Brbr W. Oarroil, Uag, for Iailadslih!, eieajiet ti
al New York 8utb ulb ,.-.-
fsobr E. H. Furber. Cobb, for YhUailaliihla, was
loadlas atllbariMKion triib ult.
Bobr WeUro Baa, Urowtll, ror PhUsdalphU. CisaraS
al Boston ib niu
Bobr Maud afoionck, for Fbllalslpbla, cleare. At
Dew HaveoVSik oJk -
Butar A rile Oar wood, Bed trey, frsua Qeeriatowa,, t 1
Cat Hew ssiktsthuiw - - r .