TTH HYMNING. CD I o VOL. IX. NO. 127. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 18G9. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. -1 liM 1.1 A.. FIRST EDITION THE REGISTRY LAW. It is Sustained in the Court of Common l'leas. Important Legal Document by Judge Allison. Court of Common Plena .IuiIv.cn IVlrcc anil ltr-VMi-r. This morning the opinion of thi; Court, prepared tiy Judge Allison, who is now absent from I he city, was read by his Honor Judge l'eirce, and Is as follows: OPINION BY JUIH1R ALLISON. The Legislature at Its late session passed an act entitled "A Supplement to the Act relative to the flections of this Commonwealth," the twenty seventh section of which requires the assessors of the several wards in the city of Philadelphia, before the first day of June In each and every year, to make out a separate alphabetical list, for every election tlivision within tin-Irrespective wards, of tin- tiuall Oeil electors residing therein, and to classify them under the following heads: First. Private householders. Second. Private residents. Third. Hotels, taverns, and restaurants. I'nder the third designation the assessors are directed to make alphabetical lists of the names of all uualilicd electors residing in each division keeping hotels, taverns, sailor boarding-houses, or restaurants in the division, designating every such place by the member of the house and the name of the street on which it is located, and assess ou every such person a tax of fifty cents. The assessors are also commanded not to place on the lists the name of any person boarding at any hotel, tavern, sailor hoarding-house, or restaurant, or the name of any person who is not a qualltlcd elector, having a fixed residence in the division. The meaning of these requirements, In the Jndg ment of the majority of the Court, is very plain. The assessors are commanded to make out a separate list, to be headed hotels, taverns, and restaurants, and on this list to place the name of no person ex cept he be the keeper of a hotel, tavern, sailor boarding-house, or restaurant. To make this intention clear, they are enjoined not to place on such list the name of any person boarding at either of the kind of designated nouses mentioned in the section, with the further restriction that the name of no person shall be placed on said list unless he shall he a qualified elector, and be possessed of a fixed residence in the division. This last restriction has relation to tin keepers of hotels, taverns, sailor hnarKng-houscs, or restaurants, and js to be Interpreted as if it read, "Nor shall the name of any keeper of a hotel, tavern, sailor boarding-house, or restaurant be placed on the list unless he Is a qualified elector, having a fixed residence in the division." It Is clear that the language tiere employed, as well as by the spirit and Intention of the Legislature, the name of no person can be lawfully placed on this list by the assessor but the keepers of such houses as are specifically mentioned, who possess the further requisite of being qualified electors, and who reside in the division. I Boarders are expressly excluded ; nor do we think the distinction well taken which was attempted to be maintained in the argument, that this does not exclude lodgers at such places. It is contended that the Intention of the Legislature was to exclude per sons who take meals merely at such hotels, taverns, pallor boarding-houses, or restaurants, and not such persons who might sleep or lodge at this kind of house, but we find no warrant for this deduction. The law docs not say that boarders shall not vote, but that lodgers shall. Lodging is included in the word or term boarding, in plain and common usage. When we say of one that he is boarding at a particu lar place, we mean that he lives at such a place, and that he there sleeps as well as takes his meals; and when it is plain to our mind that the purpose In pars ing this portion of the law was to restrict the list to Keepers of one or the other of the Mud of houses named, we do not feel justified in setting this inten tion aside to assume the functions of the Legislature, and interpolate that which the law makers Intended to exclude. We do not feel under obligation to do this, because there exists no necessity for our so doing. No oue is de prived of any right by this requirement, for if there be qualified electors boarding at these houses, ample provision is made for their assessment ; time certain, with abunduHt opportunity, is provided by the subse quent provisions of the act, at which their names can be placed on the list and a tax assessed agalust them. We have nothing to do with the wisdom of an act which provides for an assessment of one class of voters at one time and in a given manner, and another class at another time and In another man ner. It is certainly competent for the Legislature to establish a system provldiug for registration and as sessment of voters ; and if they say that different classes shall be assessed at different points of time, what right have we by judicial construction to forbid what they have commanded, and direct the assessors to violate the clear and express directions of the law ? It will not be questioned that It would be within the scope of legislative authority to require all per sons to apply to the assessors to have their names placed ou the lists, as has been the case with the extra assessment, and if, instead of saying that all shall in person apply to be assessed, that only those who are living at particular places, not being private householders, or private residents, or keepers of particular kinds of houses, shall do so, what wrong is there in this, or who say that the law shall be of no effect? Certainly not a court, whose (buy it is to try and give effect to every part of the act, if it can be done without doing violence to the law as it has leen enacted, or to the fundamental or constitu tional rights of the qualified voters. Whether any other assessment is to be taken or list made out by the assessors, for the purpose of establishing a basis of apportionment for members the legislature, State or national, or for city repre sentation in Councils, we do not now decide, because the question Is not now before us. The act under consideration was passed for election purposes ; its title recites its purpose; and whether the former laws, looking to the assessment of all white free men, for the objects above designated, are or are not repealed, will lie considered when the question is properly presented. Our brother Ludlow thinks that all lodgers should be assessed, If they are qualified electors, residing at hotels, taverns, sailor boarding-houses, or restau rants, or If this be not done, the assessor should make out another list of all the white freemen residing in the several election divisions. We have expressed a different opinion upon the first point. I'pon the second we do not say anything, because the question has not been raised or argued. Court ol Quarter KeNloiis) Judge Ludlow. FIEl'tAL l'HKKKNTMRNT OP THK ORAM) JURY KCM HKLI.KKH lHAWN OVER THK COALS, This morning the Grand Jury came into Court and made the following special presentment: To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and the luarter Sessions of aud for the City and County of Philadelphia, i he Grand In quest of the Commonwealth of Pennsy vanla. Inimir i.. r,.- th oiiu ami pfimitv of Philadelphia for May Sessions, ibo9, do make the following special pre- S"n'theciuTrgeof the Court to this Jury tho lion, i foii.iu-inir liniL'iiaire: "I call your hpecial attention to the fruitful cause of crime the Kale of Intoxicating liquors, and where cases of vio lations of he law are properly brought to your not ice to act In disposing of them with promptness and im nartialitv ami again "Vour attention, gentlemen, ' ,.ft..n or too earnestly called to the : d Wl.nc which" are exempt !';'. ur and the persons who are en gaged, in them from punishment. I refer to the llle duI tiiiiH of intoxicating drinks, and other crimes of a f,ki nature "Having had their attention thus called o this matter, the Jury were not greatly surprised to tin Unit a largo number of the cases which were hrouKht before them arose directly or indirectly from ..." f intnvii-Rtinur Honors, and belnir impressed with the obligations resting upon them, and, In order tliat they might act intelligently, the jury Inquired of the District Attorney as to the provisions of the pre Kent law respecting the sale of liquors. In response to this inquiry they learned mat me laws upon mis subiect had W-n frequently changed, and that in iiijixi iia i imrriera uialnst the exteu- iimoni cvcij ...n. - -- " ,,,,",, ,.tli ,,, ul ,i.nrt,.mi. I noil further investigation. the Gram! Jury learn from official sources mat mere " .. Lia ,-itv somewhere between Hftuu and tow licensed houses for the sale of Intoxicating Airainsr the nroprietors of these houses as a class the h v "haw no 'Targes to make; they have paid for ion of thstratuo nan uecu i"ii - ". the law Is administered, any person who is willing to nav for a license can obtaiu one, without regard to previous character of the applicant, or to the miM,w.r of similar houses already established in the Hut the Jury would fel themselves to bo derelict in duty, and recreant to the solemn obligations which they have assumed, did they hesitate to present, the unreitrictrd mle of intoxicating drink, whether leoal or illcaal, n the (treat mnirne of crime in our miiM. Whenever the community shall bo thoroughly aroused to the demoralization which Is steadily pro gressing, and whenever the tax-payers shall be fully convinced that a very large portion of the taxes which they pay are virtually for the support of this favored class, we may hope that, at least a partial remedy In the form of astringent license law will be applied. I'ntll that time we may build houses of correction and extend our Jails to no purpose, as crime must steadily Increase wlUi the Increase of its cause. In addition to the licensed houses, the Grand Jury learn from oillclal sources that there are a very large number of houses where liquor Is sold without a license, unci In defiance of law. They are further advised that it Is by law made the duty of the con stables In the several wards to make returns under oath to the Clerk of the Court of (Quarter Sessions upon the first Monday of every month, giving the number of places In their wards In which liquor is sold by retail, with the names of the owners and the location ; and also of all places where liquor Is sold without a license, or In w hich the license is not hung tip and exhlbted, as well of other matters specified In the same law. For the making of these returns the constables are to receive a fee of $1 foreacti licensed house, to be collected and paid over by the clerk of the court, and for failure to make such re turn the officer Is liable to Indictment for perjury, and upon presentment by the (irimd Jury the court may impose a tine. From evidence given before tlic'm the jury find that whilst the constables of the various w arils have received the above-mentioned fees, thev have not, upon the llrst. Monday of this month, made the above returns as required bylaw, and further, that, for many months back, they have utterly failed and neglected to perform their duty In this matter. And there fore believing that, the sworn officers of the law are especially bound to keep and observe the laws, and being Impressed with their own obligations and duty, the Grand Jury do hereby call the attention of the court to the facts as herein stated, that the Honor able Court may make such order as Is proper in the case. T. C. Husky, Foreman. In reply, Judge Ludlow said: Gentlemen of the Grand Jury : Your presentment I have read carefully and specially, and must say that, your remarks are of a character to merit public attention. My colleague whose terra it is to preside in this court Is necessarily absent from the city, but I mav say that in calling your attention to the fruitful causes of crime in this community he has done what Is frequently the practice, and the views con tained lu his recent Instructions to you meet with the approval of every Judge of this bench, and think you state the law correctly In saying that those who sell liquor by license have the sanction of the law, and are therefore not presentable here; but there is another aud very large class of dealers, consisting of those who sell without license, and against, these the law Is directed. I will call the special attention of the District Attorney to what von say, and he will no doubt take the proper steps 'in the matter, and I will also direct this pre sentment to be tiled of record in this Court. PRISON CAfES. John Williams was convicted of larceny. Daniel Coll was convicted of larceny. William Hates was convicted of picking a gentle man's pocket in a Vine street car. The intended victim, a countryman, was standing on the plat form beside the prisoner, and missed his pocket book. When the prisoner got off the car he was suspected, followed, and arrested, and after walking a short distance in custody, he was seeu to drop the pocket-book on the sidewalk. District Court, No. 1 Jiidire Thayer. C. T. Peck Co. vs. William A. Killer and George Nice. An action to recover damages for an alleged unlawful sale of plaintiffs' goods by a constable whose authority was directed against the property of another party. On trial. DlMtrlrt Court. No. 3 Jurtare Hare. Henry Adolph vs. William H. Mann. An action on a book account to recover for furniture sold and old furniture repaired. The defense alleged that the repairs were imperfectly made and the price sued for was exorbitant. On trial. IV 12 IV-Y 0 1tKIS.nS. From. Our Own Correspondent. Nkw York, May 27, 18C0. Wrecks, explosions, tires murders, suicides, assaults drowning, run-overs, sudden deaths robberies, defalcations, fraudulent transfers behold the aspect of the kaleidoscope at present. Writers like Don Tiatt, who have been reeking In Washington for indefinite terms, come here and call the city Sodom. They re not complimentary, and they do not speak the entire truth. We are not quite so bad as the clues of the plain, and with all our wickedness we have hough Lots to redeem us. Hut we are quite bad enough. Counting all New York as our neighbor, the motes in that neighbor s eye are exceedingly many. Any statistician wishing to gather criminal data will not often have a better chance here than he has now. The hands of coroner, judge, jury, detective, and police reporter are full. The pri soners' box teems ; the courts overflow; the prisons reek. The feeble Vidocqs of Mulberry street are 'working up" themselves more than they are capa ble of working up the cases intrusted to them. If anybody would be so good as to invent a new crime- thrilling, blood-curdling, and yet altogether unpre cedentedreaders of morning papers would feel thankful. Anything but this plethora of old sensation. n "muggy" weather the Decalogue is not extensive enough, and the excitement-yearning reader vainly wishes that there were more comman.lmeuts to break. In the first, place "Brickbat Jimmy," a notorious rutllan of the Fourth ward and a member of "iieddy the Blacksmith's" gang, has been arrested after as saulting an officer on Chatham street, and seriously damaging his scalp In a tomahawkish manner. In the next place, the police Douglass has been bearded in his very hall; Commissioner Brennan's private office, at police headquarters, has been brokeu into and robbed, and the thief has escaped. Next, a tier man sailor, armed with a Japanese clasp-knife one footjlong, made a murderous attack upon his confid ing boarding house keeper, and the only cause alleged was a long continuance of unmitigated hash. New York hash, like Indian hasheesh, seems to drive the eaters of it mad. Then, In mc of the suburbs, a young man named Starr shoots himself four times before he accom plishes the feat of suicide that evolution upon the flying trapeze of death which lands one upon the pedestal of eternity ! Then a coroner's Jury hands in a verdict to the effect that Alexander Llppman was billeted to death by persons unknown. Next, two men named Byrnes and Bradley are stabbed, both dangerously, aud one mortally, by three Spanish sailors, mooning about after midnight. Next, a long standing feud between John Purcell and William Kleruau is terminated by the latter being shot dead by Purcell In Sheriff street. As a piquant finale, two boys quarrel over a game of marbles, and one of them stabs the other dangerously with a penknife. Kemember that most of these cases occur wlthlu twenty-four hours of each other; and add to them the destruction of life by recent wrecks, tires, explo sions (till occurring in and around New York within the lust two days), and the amount of remorse, agony, shame, aud distress of every kind entailed by the numerous cases of defalca tion, robbery, and casualty, all occurring within a similar length of time, and you will have a revolting picture of metropolitan suffering aud sin. The loss of the steamer Norwalk In East river, the explosion of the steam-tug William Parks and Injury of three of her men, the running down and sinking of the Austrian ship the Figlla Muggiore, the fire at Bull's Ferry, lu which one hundred thousand dollars worth of property was lost, the fire at Mr. Whitney's livery stables, In Brooklyn, occasioning the loss of seventy-five thousand dollars lu carriages aud veloci pedes; the Hunter s Point petroleum lire, on the premises of the Devoe Manufacturing Company, Fulton street, In which hundreds of thou sands of dollars worth of property were sacrificed; the victimization ol the president of the Greenwich Savings Bank to the tune of thirty-live thousand dollars; the posthumous defalcation to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars of the late William Kushmore, president of the Atlantic Bank (Brooklyn) ; and the absconding of Scott amlMuuaou, Wall street brokers, with sixty. fiYt) ;UQUuna dollars, ill Ult-giU jjuUls-tlieso coin. plete such a list of disasters and scoiindrclisins m Is not often made up even In New York. If the Devil have a sense of the ridiculous, he must sntter gloom ily in his sleeve at these dreadfully tragic fanvs w hich are being enacted In the me'.rop )litan dis trict Now does the realm of city life begin to droop and fade. Country residences are gloated over by sub urban seekers; those verdant-breathing advertise ments which promise pure air, new milk, fresh eggs, cheerful rooms, and easy access to the city, at mode rate terms, are carefully scanned. The sidewalks of Broadway are bright, clean, delicate, and vivid with well-dressed men and women, attired with equal taste and beauty in their several ways. Saratoga, Niagara Falls, West, Point. Long Island, Staten Island, Coney Island, have opened, or will open by next Tuesday, their hotels, the board varying from twelve to twenty dollars per week. I never envy the enjoyments of past generations so long as, with nothing to trouble me In mind or body, I am per mitted to walk or ride along Broadway, admiring the human panorama there endlessly spread out before me, or to make a day's Junketimr to one of the green hollowed suburbs that beautifully frill the city, like lace on a pocket-handkerchief. 1 have It from the best authority that there is no truth at all In the rumors started by sensational pa pets here In regard to the Perlt or the Arago. The Perlt has sailed for Kingston, Jamaica, and upon her return will be placed on the St. Domingo line. I might mention, by-the-by, that Messrs. Spoll'ord, Tllcston .V Co., of this city, ar; about starting a new West India line of steamers.'the pioneer vessel of which, ttieTybee, is advertised to sail June 2. The points embraced In the route are Samanu, Port-au-Phitte, and, In fact, all the ports of any note in the Dominican republic. The days of departure are not as yet determined upon, but will be designated before another week has elapsed. The Central Park Garden open-air concerts, under Theodore Thomas, are now In lull blast, the price of admission having been advanced ten cents above that of last slimmer. The extra ten cents, I pre sume, go towards satisfying the demands of Mr. Levy, the cornet soloist, A repressed spirit of can can pervades these open-air concerts. Few women are there. Some German femiuines sprinkle them selves at the luger-beer tables. They dote on Mr. Levy, and the Teutonle clement is satisfied with lis tening to his "tot"-on-ic efforts on his Instrument. Madame Tostee will permanently withdraw from the Fifth Avenue Theatre, and from the United States, after next Saturday. I am not posted as to the par ticulars, and it would be unfair to hint my sus picions. But I see that Irma is elaborately announced in the advertisements as the French nightingale, and considering that she has assumed the directorship, I put this and that to gether, aud deduce my own conclusions. No ac tress on the New York stage can blink her eye and toss her head with half the pretty impudence of I.utlle Tostee, and her departure will be the loss of the public aud Fisk. Mr. Booth read "Manfred" yes terday afternoon at his theatre. The Philharmonic Society assisted him with music, and an audience, which was not composed mainly of the rfcmi-iiwn, us too many matinee audiences are, assisted him with very discriminative applause. Chilprric is going to be produced at the French Theatre. The plot Is travestied from medieval history. The Laurl troupe Is underlined for Wallack's, and the public Is threat ened that they unite the excellencies of the French Kavel school with those of the English Grimaldi. An extremely interesting paper, recounting the history of the 78th Highlanders, was readbefore that regiment last night at the hall of the Caledonian Club, by Captain Dingwall. It may be remembered that the T9th Highlanders was a three months' regi ment, and that it mutinied near the city of Washing ton in 1S01, because of the sudden and unexpected revocation of an order for Its dlsbandment. It served for three years, from 1801 to 1864, and per formed so me of the best scrvicj seen during the war. Ali Baba. THE ALLIANCE. Yliat wns Said and Thought of the Kutior In Knifbind-Some InterCHtiuH Facta llise to the Surface. Says the Tribune' London correspondent on the l:sth instant: The fact which at this moment dwarfs all other facts Is the beginning of negotiations for an alliance, offensive and defensive, between England, France, and Spain against, the United Status. This I tele graphed to you two days ago. It is still a secret in Loudon. I shall say nothing of the sources of my information, nor can I add much to the original statement. I do not kuow who set this project ou foot whether it was started in England or France; whether conceived in the brain of a usurper responsible already for so many mischiefs, or by some British tool of his who fancies he has Inherited the mantle of Pulmerston, and can add another link to the many the old Premier forged in the chain which binds England to Napoleon. But it seems to have sprung up suddenly. It was hatched by the heat of English passion glowing red-hot against America these last fourteen days. Of course It grew out of the Alabama. It matters little whether uu English Minister, alarmed by the sudden fear of meeting just such demands, turned for refuge to the old enemy of England; or whether Napoleon, In his alert way, volunteered the stiKKcstion of a new alliance. It is the fashion just now in European circles to resent w hat is called the diplomatic arrogance of America. Napoleon nurses his anger over the expulsion from Mexico. Spain trembles for Cuba. England sees her future daikeued by the shadow that has hung over her and tuiralyzed her ever since the American w ar ended. Lulled to sleep by Mr. Keverdy Johnson, tdie has been rudely awakened by Mr. Sumner. She dreads to lose Canada and her West India posses sions. More than one public man has expressed his regret that England rejected the offer of Napoleon to recognize the Confederacy. They think It still possi ble to retrieve, at least partly, that mistake. France has possessions also in danger if Canada falls to the Kepubllc. But 1 believe they are In progress, and that if the Alabama claims were to take the shape of a demand or a menace, the resistance of England, which has become certain, Is likely to be supported by France. Whether a crisis would be precipitated by interven tion in Cuba may be a more doubtful point. It is known here that the Spanish Government feel them selves strong .mougli to repel aggression in that quarter. They have one, or it may Im two iron-clads, built lu England, equal to the best ships atloat in European waters, and able to sink a fleet of monitors with their shingled sides of soft iron add their rickety turrets. Probably our naval olllcers kuow well enough w hut the fact Is. I cuHiiot see that the popular feeling Is less strong against what are now supposed to be the American demands. Nor is it less strong in official circles, a though one journal announces, as if by authority, that no serious trouble is expected. I don't suppose war is generally expected, in the Cabinet or out, nor desired except by the party I have before called the war party. But every trouble short of tuat is dreaded. I know the feeling in the Cabinet has been, and continues to be, one of great anxiety as thu mere existence of a scheme for a triple alliance would sufficiently prove. We have a report It wai Sent to the iiidrjieiidniiee llehie. Olio of the most trustworthy and best informed Journals in Europe that Lord Clarendon responded to Mr. Sumner's speech by notifying the American Govern ment that England would adhere to the principle of arbitration for all claims. You have better means than 1 of knowing whether that bo true. I only know it has been discussed. A great many things have been discussed. One suggestion is at least novel that an International Congress of the Euro pean powers should bo held at Washington, Ame rica, of course, to be represented, and an effort made for a general adjustment of all matters outstand ing. The plan of sending an English ambassa dor t Washington with full powers to treat is stiff viewed w ith favor by some leading men. A good many names have been suggested, aud latterly, with some emphasis, that of the Duke of Argyll. Uilil Stanley lias been mentioned ; but Lord Stanley wus the joint author of the first Johnson treaty, and It Is by no means sure that the Government would go outside Its own party for an envoy. Luckily, Parliament adjourns this'week for a fortnight's holi day, and nothing will be settled meantime. Before there can be any debate there will have been time lor sober thoughts. San' FrancUco (joes Into the country May-day, Mid tui yeur p;ut f'.W,Wj ju tue tvk'braUou. A SENSATION. Ml Kate CUhrr, the "Star," U ArrrMrd for I.RrceuT -Jlnw th Kamnu .Mtti'upn Came by a IJold YVatrh. The New York Herald publishes this morning the following: '1 here was a theatrical sensation enacted yester day afternoon at Essex Market Police Court. Under the management of Justice Shandley, the old drama Crmitfatnanf nnj liefnuiant was produced, with Miss Kate Fisher (as the star) In the latter charac ter, Mrs. Eliza J. Kevins appearing Ih the rule of "Complainant." The east of characters supporting these leading actresses was large, Mr. Howe appear ingas the "Lawyer," Mr. N. B. Clarke as the 'BoniH nian," Mr. Frellgh as "General Sympathizer," Mr. J. J. Jones as Interested "Spectator," and ,a languid looking youth named Najrle, elegantly dressed in a light suit, acting as bodyguard to the star. Mrs. hli.aJ. Kevins, who acted us complainant, was sup ported by Mr. Stuart, Jr. as counsellor, and Mr. James Kevins in the mle or husband. Mr. James Steers acted as stage manager. The drama com menced about a o'clock tind only ran about ten minutes, and at the close of that lime the actors and actresses left the court room. A little farce which was not upon the papers was enacted outside the building in which liustiand, complainant, lawyer, defendant, and bodyguard took part, and which win principally made up of delimit and somewhat un complimentary lumiuage by the first two characters, and defiant looks and contemptuous smiles by the latter. The first act only of the drama was played yesterday, but it is announced that the perform ance will be continued at two o'clock ou Friday altertioon. 'I he sensation arose from the following circum stance : Mrs. Eliza J. Kevins appeared before Jus tice Shandley, at Essex Market Police Court, on Tuesday morning last, and asked for a warrant against Miss Kate Usher, who was at that time, lu company with her horse. Wonder, playing an en gagement at. the Bowery Theatre. Mrs. Kevins stale d that Miss Fisher had stolen from her a gold watch and chain of the value of f-Aiti. The Justice asked several questions and then instructed thu clerk to take the lady's affidavit, which was of course done. 1 his document reads as follows: Kll7.ii J. Hnins, of the Contrevillu Hotal, long Inland, bpinu ilnly sworn, di-pcnum nnd iiv : That on thu 16th day of November, Iki, at. the city of Now York, in the county of New York, the following artioleM, vi. : A gold watch and chain ot tliu tuIiik ot ifjim, the properly of .1 anion he vinn, wore telonimn-lj- taken, stolen, and carried away from deponent's pimmHKion, and that the deponent has probable cuumo to Mixpuct and does siixpect that the said articles were so taken and stolen by Kate 1' intier. The said w.itoh anil chain were stolen from deponent on the said day at No. bt Kant Fourth street, while deponent was lying sick in her boute. Deponent was informed by Delia Kevins, de ponent's daughter, that, said Kato had taken the waicti and chain, and the said Kat-e has since acknowledged to deponent that she took the said watah and chain and pledged them. The ticket for said wath and chain was given to deponent by one Hemming, said to be an agent lor said Kate Finher. On the strength of this affidavit a warrant was Issued aud placed by Justice Miaudley In the hands of Officer Hiram Chandler for execution. The officer whs unable to find the defendant at the Bowery Theatre on Tuesday, but wat informed that the ladv would present herself in court yesterday. In accord ance with her promise Miss Fisher entered the judi cial presence yestctd ly afternoon, accompanied by her legal adviser and by Mr. W. Freligh, manager of the Bowery Theatre; Mr. N. B. Clarke, the stage manager; Sir. J. J. Jones, the treasurer, and Mr. Nagle. Mrs. Bevins, a very fashlonuhly-uttired lady, was also In court, accompanied by Mr. Kevins aud her lawyer, Mr. Stuart, Jr. Mr. Howe Informed the justice that he w as not ready to go on with the ex amination In the case, and by consent of both coun sel the hearing wus adjourned until two o'clock ou Friday alternoon. Miss Fisher was required to give bail for her appearance, and Mr. Clarke became her boudbinau. AFIUCA. Considerable Interest must lie felt by all English men (says the London Daily Xe.tcn) in the new enter prise upon which Sir Samuel Baker has already started. No authoritative statement has been made of the objects of the expedition which our great tra veller Is to command ; but It is known that he intends to traverse the district watered by the White Nile, and that he will endeavor, by such means as may lie afforded him, to bring the people of that region more within the influence of civilization. He goes at the head of a small army, admirably equipped, which will no doubt be fitted in all ways to serve Us master, the Viceroy of Egypt, lie will also have a small flotilla of well-armed river vessels. It seems quite certain that the Viceroy means to annex the w hole of the White Nile territory, and that in doing so he intends to abolish the truffle in slaves, which is at present the great curse of that region so highly favored by nature. To accomplish his purposes he has secured the services of Sir Samuel Baker, w ho has accepted the command In an earnest and humane spirit. It is probable that his mission w ill not be accomplished without the necessity of severe lighting with some of the tribes to whose homes he will penetrate; but, if that should occur, we may lake for granted that the English commander will have reason ou his side, and that war will cease us soon as the object which made it necessary has been attained. As he pro ceeds on his route, Sir Samuel Baker will establish stations at certain points, the better to secure the subjection of the several tribes, and or peace be tween tribe and tribe. It was understood that Sir Samuel would not leave England until after the anniversary dinner of the Hoy al Geographical Society on the 24th of May, and ut which he intended to make some statements re specting the object of his new visit to Africa. That intention, however, has been frustrated, for early last week he received a telegram from the Viceroy of Egypt which led to his immediate departure. He left London on Thursday, the Olh Instant, without being able to complete all his contemplated arrange ments. Iu his new work, the only connecting link between the explorer and this country will be the Koval Geographical Society, to which ho will from time to time transmit reports and letters on mutters of geographical and other scientific Interest. In order that he may be thoroughly equipped for the work, the Uoyal Geographical Society is gathering together and will forward to hlin a complete set of such Instruments as are of use to an explorer. DELAWARE. She Ih not Kid of Slavery Yet The Fifteenth Amendment. Says the Wilmington Commercial of yesterday: At the session of court for this county, at New Custle, on Monday, the case of Khoda Handy vs. Thomas Jefferson Clark, came up fur trial. The plaintiff is an old colored woman, who was bought by the defendant, living In the lower end of New Castle county, as a slave, some thirty-six years ugo. She and her daughter (who brings a similar suit us this) remained In servitude up to last Sep tember, Ignorant of the fact that the "Year of Jubilee" hail long before arrived. They were em ployed in severe larin labor, as well as household service, and upon accidentally learning that they liiol been Illegally held, since the ratiticatlon of the lMh uuicndnient to the National Constitution, com menced these suits on a claim for 142 weeks' wages. The counsel in the case were Wlllium C. Spruauce, K:-q., for plaintiff, and Hon. Thomas F. Bayard for defendiiiit. The testimony of the daughter was offered iu the mother's case, ivhen Senator llityard promptly objected that by the law of Delaware the evidence of colored persona in this case was Inad missible. The Court, however, ordered the evi dence to be taken, Chief Justice Gilpin (who wua not trying the case) Informally suggesting that the pas sage of the fourteenth amendment conclusively set tled the point us to the right of colored persons to testily. It was left to the counsel for the defense to take exceptions If he saw proper, aud urguo the question In the Court of Errors and Appeals. The argument In the case consumed ull of Monday uiteriioou, and the Jury was out when the Court adjourned. They returned yesterday a verdict for plaintiff for f'.'iu. lu the case of the daughter a judgment for her claim was then obtained. More Hydrophobia. The same Journal also says: A cow belonging to a Mr. Lynch, who works for Jessup A Moore, ami resides ut Uockluud, went mad day before yesterday, aud became very violent. She was immediately killed. She Is said to have been bitten by Mr. Elliott's dog. on Monday last a dog lu the Sixth ward (llrandywine), belonging to Samuel Smith, Jr., who was known to have been bitten by Moore's dog (the oue who bit the three children) began to behave In a singular manner. Yesterday morning he again com menced to act strangely, ami started ou a run down Market street, his tongue swollen, aud he frothing at the mouth. Mr. Edmund Gruhh saw him, stepped oiit Into the street, and shot him, killing him Instantly. This dog is said to have bitten one or two others before he was killed. The people are con siderably excited, aud not a little exasperated, over the fact that several other dogs known to have been bitten by Moore's dog are still at large. One of them, a bull-dog belonging to Stephen Lewis, is a largo and powerful brute, and he belongs In a neighborhood w here there are long rows of houses occupied by factory operatives, and where troops of little chil dren may lie seen every evening playing In front of their parents' doors. The llrandywine people have a respect for the rights of projierty lu dogs which Is really reniarkuble. We wonder that a single dog known to have been bitten by Moore's dog can make bis appearauce on. the streets ami return to ins ken nel ttUye, SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Fight Between tho Light Weight lJrrtisers Carroll ami Hickcu A Short Contest Hi (ken Losch by Giving a Foul. "Woman's Rights" Convention in New England. FROM BALTIMORE. Reported I' it lit Ilctween tho Mulil-W ciubt ItriiiHi-rN Carroll and Hickcu. Despatch to The Keening Trlenraph. Baltimore, May 27. It Is reported that a prizc-fifilit is too come off this niorniii": between W illiam Carroll and II. Hickcu. As both par ties arc under security not to fi;tit in Maryland, it is f upposcd the a (lair will take place in Penn sylvania, near the Maryland lino. A number of persons known to be patrons of the pri.e rinr lift the city by the lute trains last evening, over the Northern Central Railway, which supports the supposition that the fight is to come off in Pennsylvania. Later Particular-Oaly Klx Hound Fouabt lllekrn Tries in Gouue Carroll' Kyes Out The Latter the Victor by a Foul. Denpatch to The Kvenina Telegraph. Baltimokk, May 27 The prize-fight between Carroll and Ilicken came off this morning on the Shrewsbury canip-tucctlng ground, about forty miles north of Baltimore. Five or six rounds were fought, when the fight was decided In favor of Carroll by a foul, Hickcn having gouged him in the eyes when he was down. Neither party was much hurt. Several fights occurred among the spectators, hut nothing of a scriotib nature. FROM NEW EXGLAXD. Hiiwe Hull. Boston, Mass., May 27 A base ball game of eight innings was played between the New York Mutual and Powell Club, of Boston, resulting in a victory for the Mutuals. Score 2t5 to 21. The New F.iiKlnud Women's .Suffrntte Con vein Ion which was held here last night adopted the fol lowing: liesoloeil. That the Executive Committee of the New England Woman's Suffrage Association be authorl.cd to correspond with the friends of the cause throughout the country, and to take such steps as they may deem best for the organization of a National Woman's Suffrage Association during the coming year, in which all parts of the country shall be fully and fairly represented. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe read an elaborate essay upon the question of woman's position in the social and political world. After some remarks of a general character she referred to the fact that, in England, the admis sion of women to suffrage seemed open to less objection than here ou tho part of the powers that be, since the vote there was conditioned upon tho possession of a certain amount of pro perty, nnd the possession of property by woman seemed to make legitimate her claim to vote. Here, however, the claim was based upon the fact of womanhood simply, and therefore in volved considerations of a broader character and would meet with greater opposition. She alluded to the condition of those ladies who had no husbands, or a prospect of them, as seeming to live upon sufferance, and their live generally are considered to go to the side rather of loss than of profit. From this point she branched off to the topic of the expensiveness of women on account of prevailing fashions and social usages. This condition of things made many women to be merely sources of expense, consuming much and producing nothing. She did not, therefore, immediately urge upon women to be "belles" no more, but would rather rost upon men the responsibility of this condition of things. The dependent condition of women, and the lack of any other sphere of action and ambition than that of ball room aud parlor, was her excuse. Brief addresses followed by William Lloyd Garrison, Lucy Stoue, Mrs. Llvermore, and Whiting Griswold, the chuirmnu of the legis lative committee who reported In favor of female suffrage. The convention then ad journed. Xbe New York money Market. Frum the llerald. 'The features of Interest In Wall street to-day were a fall in gold to 139 aud a very determined 'bear' attack upon the stock market. The opening price of gold w as In the vicinity of I40i. From this point there was a steady decline to the point first indi cated. The cliques, with one or two exceptions, have sold their gold, and the market Is settling to lower figures as a consequence of this influence, as well as through the natural reaction from the recent excited advance. There is no action without reaction. Values In Wall street aud in the world generally seek to pre serve their equilibrium. When gold went up It set free a vast quantity of produce and exportable goods which were lying in the lofts of our commission shipping houses. These have made ex change bills plentiful, and specie payments seem more remote by several weeks, while it is not a very long time to tho 1st or July, when the Government will disburse another heavy instalment of gold In terest on the five-twenties. tSome shrewd statisti cians have also discovered that the balance or trade for the fiscal year ending June ao, if not in our favor, will not be very lurgely against us. Then, agaiu, the attitude of Oeneral Grant In the matter of the Ala bama claims is one which dissipates every chance of trouble with (ireat Britain. The 'street' is talk ing lower gold. They re-echo what the cliques say, and, continuing each other by their mutual doubts ol a higher premium, sell their 'long' gold and go 'short' a little also to make up any losses which thev sutlered In the decline. The fact is Wall street is In fluenced by the cliques. The latter have the capital to force the smaller operators into their ranks or to ruin them If they rebel. The recent somersault lu the market was beautifully performed. It mav be that the change was dictated by a reutlv sagacious foresight ol present events. If not, then the luck which attends their operations is something curious, for how else can we regard the fortuitous coinci dence with their schemes of General Oram's policy and like circumstances inimical to an advance In tho premium? The report that Secretary Boutwell would cancel three per cents was also used, trifling as wus, or might be, its Influence In depressing tlio price. "The loan market was heavy, and borrowers of gold wishing balances curried over for them were toinpciicii 10 allow seven and eight per cenu m" ' on the currency collateral. This was the average range of rates, 'but business was done as low as six and exceptionally at three per cent. . "Governments were heavy and lower. ' roro 1,16 Government purchase they w.Trorete.l u strong, which is rather Husplolously liderpraed lu the street. The Ixmdon price J,? "j provemetit, but with a report of '! ' "l. ? tol scml-hollduy ensuing upon the .Xirwhateve? .jecline , gold later UuJW X M Irmness was communicated in iudo Homo left the market to the 't, on Wall street, of the promlneut banking ()jod hummr '1 he three per cent frc,ed down to ltfltf the market, and the oa " - tlie speculative ruove and the W to ' j"Y 0v-njuwt markets have been and are precisely similar and parallel. In the decline the yielding of the currency sixes Is closely reflective of the lower price of gold. The follow ing were the closing prices lait evening: I jilted States s, 1ssl, registered, liiuvt'X ; lo., coupon, Vio(n liil ; 6-Sos, registered, UtXiU; do. do,, coupon, 1SC2, li!lil21? ; do. do., coupon, 1WU, 1 !()', Hit; do. do., coupon, 1S65, 117i(illt7 ! do. do., coupon, 1KGB, new, lltsvll87i : ''o., cotrpon, ISO., IISVm US' ; do. do., coupon, 1S6S, 1I8&(4U8J ; do., KMlis, registered, lOWllM!, ; do. do., coupon, 10hVMluni ; currency bonds, lOtiKf lOfltf. "The offers to sell Government bonds to th Secretary of the Treasury embrace about three and a halt millions' worth. The proposals accepted were In amount and at prices as follows: 1100,000 regis tered, Im'.2, at ll.vai ; $100,000 do ntlln-82; 1100,000 do. at iirt-:t : iuo,ooo do. at lin-84; Hoo.ooo do. at u.v.io; fioo.ooo do. atlirs-Sfi: $;v,non do. at 115-87; 140,000 registered, 1W, at fl 15 ss : $100,000 registered, lNln, at 11n-3S; $M.'i,l)10 coupon, lsi'4, at 11IV40." Oitice or mr. Kvfntno Tbt.mrai,h,? TlmrndHT. Mny 37, lsiU ( The monotony of the money market is still nnrc llcvcd by any new developments. There Is a story in circulation that Secretary Boutwell will cancel three percent, certificates with a portion of the pro ceeds of his weekly sales of gold. As there Is no way of ascertaining the real Intentions of the Secre tary on the subject, the effect on the market was to depress gold as well us the Government stocks. Whatever course he may think fit to pursue on the subject, the people may rest assured that the public Interests will be paramount, and that no step will be token on so Important a matter without mature consideration. Loans reniHined unchanged at Ntf7 percent., ac cording to collateral, and discounts at percent, for prime paper well endorsed. Government bonds are on the decline again, and prices have dropped fully one-half per cent, from opening prices. Gold is decidedly weak. The mar ket opened Bt H9V., fell to ss'i,, atid rallied again to HVi at which price it was selling ou Third street at 1 1 -4ft A. M. The Stock market continues active, but prices ar unsettled. In Stute loans there were sales of tin first series at 104X. City sixes were quiet, with sale of the new Issues at. 1021,". The Lehigh Gold Lo.ic was taken at 99V,(n w. Beading Itailroad sold as low as 48, from whlcr llgure It advanced to 49 B-16, and closed at 49 ; Penn sylvania Knllroad fell off , closing at MjMlVi Camden and Ambov Itailroad sold at 'tA ; Little Schuylkill liailroad at 44V ; aud Lehigh Valley Itail road atftfi.v Canal stocks were Inactive. 19 was bid for Schuyl kill Navigation preferred ; and 3!i for Lehigh Navi gation. lu t'oal, Bank, and Passenger Hallway shares the transactions were unimportant. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De llavea & Bro., No. 40 S. Third Street. FIRST B OARD. $1000 City 6s, New. . . Wl i $::oo do 102V 21000 Pa 6s, 1 se 104 i i $nioo Leh Gold l.bft. 9vl $14000 do. Is. 9i' ?MI(K do ls.C. 99)tfl $4000 do Is. SWV $ir00 do.. In Boos. 99. $1000 Elmira It 7s... 93 Sou all KeacL.ls.bS8. 4fl StW do s5. 100 do D30. 100 do.... MAI. 48T 3H) 100 100 800 200 100 4'K JO. 18. 487i do D30. 4; do....b6Al. 48 do Is. 48? 100 do S15.48BI do..ls.lAI, 4H. no.... Is. c. 49 do 80. 49 d0....s5AI. 49 do... 1)30. 49 1-1 do.... 85.49 1-16 d0..85Ai.4 1-16 do Sd. 49 do 85. 49 do....8dAL 49 do 85A1. 49 V do Is. 49V do....86AL 49V do 49V do 18.49 3-16 do..Bbwn.49 8-16 do 060. 49V do 49 do. ,.ls.b30. 49 do 49 $IH000 l'hil A E 7s.ls. MV 1200 $loO0Susq Bds....c. 57 200 6sh I,eh Val K t 100 Wish Leh Nav s.y loo 1 sh Lit Sell It.... 44X' loo 3 sh Cam A Am K.12S loo 20 do 2d.l2s?4 100 8 do 129V 100 ash Phil A T K...12H 100 10 sh Penna.. allot. 57V M 7 do SB. B7.V loo 13 do. receipts 57 !oo 14 do. receipts 67), 400 30 sh XTnlon Bk .... 63 100 14 sh Wet-tern Bk . . 75 600 100 Sh O C A A It t)30 44 100 loo sh Sch N P sftown 19 300 100 do b0. 19V, BOO loo sh Read H...b5. 49 1 400 100 do 48? 100 100 do i- 4H'i I Nakr a Ladnek, Bankers, report this morning's Gold quotations as follows: 10-00 A. M 139 11-32 A. M. 139 10- 2.') " 189 jll-42 " 139V 11- V5 " 139 V 12-00 M 139'v Messrs. Db Havkn A Bkotiikk. No. 40 a Third Btreet, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U.S. 6s of 1881, 120(120; do. 1862, 1210121V: do. 1864, 115(3115; do. 1865, 11T,UTJ ; do. 1863 . new, 118M(U8; do. 1867, new, U8V(4118V: do. 1808, 118,U8?4' ; do. 58, 10-4O8, 108V108X ; 0. S. 30 Year 6 per cent. Cy., 106 VO106 ; Due Comp. inL Notes, 19.V. Gold, 13SHA139V; Silver, 131183. Messrs. Jay Cooks a Co. quote Government sect rities, etc., as follows : U.S. 6s, Ut, 120om v : 5-a of 1862, 121(3121 V; do.,1864,115V115;dO., Nov., isofi, mvAili'ii; do., July, 1866, l18,V(4liv; do.. 1867, 118J8(nsH; do., 1868. 118i(41 18,V ;' UMfle' 108,0 108,. Pacifies, 106.(iioo,V. Gold, 139. IMiilnriclpliia Trade Report. Thi'ksdav, May 27. The Flour market is exces Bively dull, and prices favor buyers. About 700 barrels were taken in lots for home consumption, $545-26 for superfine; $5-7536-26 for extras; $0(3,7 for Iowa. Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family ; $6-95(A7-8. for Pennsylvania do. do.; and tm,l 1-60 for fancy brands, according to quality. Kye Flour sells at $0-75 (n 7 V bbl. Nothing doing iu Corn Meal. The depression which has characterized the Wheat market for some time past still continues. Sales of red at $1-48(3,1 -55; and 3500 bushels amber at $1 I'D. Itye is lower ; sales of 1000 bushels Western at $l BT(rM-40. Corn Is scarce and tlrm; sales of 1801 bushels Western and Southern vellow at 88(&92c ; one dt at 9flc, j and Western mixed at 84nti6c. Oats have again declined; sales of 4000 bushels Western at 77a80c. ; and some Pennsylvania at 70i;75e. Nothing doing in Barley or Malt. 2000 bushels Seitz's live Malt Sold at $l-4fxl-47. Bark In the absence of sales we quote No. 1 quercitron ut $B2 per ton. Whisky Sales at $1-Q8i3l-10 y gallon, tax paid. LAirslnppiyo lmelligexce. For additional Murine Newt see Inside Pages. iBT TELEORAPn NEW York, Max 27. Arrived, teniahip America, from Bremen. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA MAY iir. STATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH . . OFFICE. 7 A. M 691 11 A.M 59 1 3 P. M 63 . CLEARED THIS MORNING. Hrig Samuel Muir, Hammond, Kington, J., Workman A Co. UriK Paragon, Bogart, Pictou, N.8., L. Westertfaard A Co. ARRIVED THIS MORNING. ncbrAey, Hays, 8 daya I rum Newport, with Hah to cap tain. hctir A. May, May, 6 daya from Richmond, Me., with ice to captain. ISclir E. A. Willtird, Lpnnell, 15 daya from Bangor, with liimbor toS. B. ilailoy A .Son. bclir H. V. liraiiiard, Amiurann, 4 daya from Portland Conn., with atone to captain. Kehr Alice, Alien, from New York. Sclir RuHilusa, Mulford, trumKuh-in. Sclir (iciirue Kalea, I.lltlti, from Providence. Suhr tSaraii Fiaiier, Mooro, from Cedur Point. DISASTKR. A Schuylkill harxe, with tuna coal, from Baltimore, bound to Now York, mink in tlio "Deep Cut" of thel'iieaa peukeand Holuwure C'unnl. The freight propeller 11. L. (iaw, Capt. Her, druwfud lior out of the way ol trade. The xunki n barire will no raised to day i27th), by the CanaJ Company'a etticieut htiperintcudeut, John K. Price, Kwj. The canal remaina unobstructed. torrejiimulrnre of Th' Kerniita 7 '',TT"??; , , KAST()N 4 McMAHON'S BUrXICTIfr. New Yohk Offick, May iirt.-KiKht liK't barsea will leave thia evening in the tiw lur Baltimore : oue bargo la.len with llour f.Vr Pliiladcleliia ; one do. w,th old railroad iron for Philadelphia; aud tlliuton, with iron for WiUuing- PHUMi-n-rHrA Khanch Office. Mw2-BW Knter priae, with j tona railroad iron, left for Now Haven, lit. ' liALi i.um.ic 1U.AN. H office. May -1 he billowing hargea will leave to-night: -W..H. Harney and American Jiajlo, with coal for Philadelphia- Cuarlntto nyiio, wuu '. ' IT i ' Y V , A. J. Kirkpatn.-k ; Ow.-u Brady i Malaga; J. Laughney; and U. V. liere, with coal, for New ork. MKMOKANDA. KteumahiD Rruuette. Jluwe, hence, at New York y eater- ''.'V ' . r i I 1-1.1., fn ' n. , f I HA.l), n II.... . . . ' I 1 irom niaMtnaaa iti" ling Scotland, lieiioe, waa liolow Boaton yeaterday. Sciir K. M. Branacom, Branacom, ior Philadelphia, cleaied at Calaia 21 al mat. Sclir Onward, Hadley, for Philadelphia, cleared) Calaia 22d iust. SohrT. 1. Vt llder, Hoather, 21 daya from Trinidad.i New York yeaterday. Hclir l.iMie W ataon, hence, at Savannah yeaterday. Sclir Win. IJ- Mann, hence, at ('liarleatou yeaterduy. Hclir W. H. Hillea, Burgeaa, heuce, at Swan lalu.iij.ii was loading SM mat. to return. rlchr T. Siniiickium, Dickinson, henoe for Boaton, i from liolmea' Hole 2-Mh Inat. Sclir VaHr, Johnson, for Philadelphia, tailed from Paw tucket 22d tuut. hours Rescue, Keller, and James Crosby, Baldwin lien.-e, at Portamoulh 22l inat. he lira John Rollett, Bradley : Home, Smith: and alonn tdgle, turlss, Usuco, at hurlol Ui iLU