aWMy THE DAILY EVENING .TELEGlUPHriULADELPIHA, F1UDAY, JUNE' 25, 18G9. CITY IWTHIiLmK.tl'E. 1NQUEST. t rnrr InrfBtlirntlon Into the Omar of Ihc Henth t Jiiien WeNb-Tne Verdict. Hits morning at 10 o'clock, Coroner Daniels, sit ting in his office on South Firth street, held an in quest on the body of James Welsh, who died at the Pennsylvania Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, from the effects of wounds on the head, alleged to have been Inflicted by a lamp In the huuds of one Annie Peoples. James Welsh sworn Reside No. lo Phillips Ktreet; recognized the body of .lames Welsh at the Hospital : he told me the day before he died that he forgave Annie Peoples ; that she ha 1 burned him. Mary Evans sworn-I live on Columbia avenue, A.xorinan atrw( - was n the house of James Welsh, the deceased, on the night In question, tho 7th of June; he was Win on the settee; Annie came in and took a coal oil lamp off the mantel and threw It at him I ran out at owe : it got all dark as soon aa threw the lamp; looked back and saw the place in a blaze where he was lying; it happened about half past nine or ten o'clok ; as she came in he said to him "You "; that Is all she said: Annie lived op stairs; don't know that they ever hud any dilTlcnlty before; they had a quarrel that eve ning' so fur as I know sho had been out all day with company and came home drunk; she had some words then with her aunt with whom she lived; James went for an officer to have her arrested. Mary Welsh sworn Live rear of No. 16:i2 America street; am widow of the deceased; Annie came home about 6 o'clock and quarreled with her aunt because her supper was not ready; they then came down stairs anil continued to quarrel; they went into the yard and halloed murder 1 and called lor my husband to go to their relief; her aunt and her Bister told James to go for a policeman ami have Annie arrested; he got a po.lceman and had her taken to the a.dermau's olllce ; she afterwards came back, between 9 and 10 o'clock, picked up a co;il-oil lamp from the table and threw it at my husband who lay upon the set'ee; the lamp struck tho will and broke; when she saw him taking lire she rau out; the Matting oil flew all over him. William Douohue sworn Live No. 818 Columbia avenue; ran up the alley of the house of James Welsh ; I saw her going up the alley ; 1 followed her and met her coming out; I got into the yard, and saw him afire, he called me to throw something over him; I threw my vest around him; he had a pillow over his head, trying to keep the flames away from Ms face. Patrick Costello sworn Live No. 1532 Mercer street; was coming up Columbia avenue on the evening In question; met the deceased; asked him what the matter was; he said they bad been fighting and abusing his wife, and he was looking for an offi cer to arrest Annie Peoples; went to the house and saw Annie having hold of her sister's dress ; James tried to get them apart; he then went, and I also, to get an officer ; he had her arrested ; was asloep when the thing happened ; heard the alarm of tire; came to the alley, and saw a blaze back In the yard ; ran in with my rother-in-low ; he nulled the settee away from the wall where It was blazing; didn't see the occurrence of throwing the lamp. Police Officer Thomas McCarty sworn I arrested Annie Peoples on the morning following the occur rence; she said nothing to me about the matter. Dr. Shapleigh sworn I made a pot-marttm ex amination of the body of the deceased at the hospi tal, on the 23d Inst, ; the face, head, right shoulder, arm, and forearm had been dreadfully burned, caus ing tetanus, from which the deceased came to hlB death. The jury rendered the following verdict: Tli at the said James Welsh came to his death by violence (burns from coal oil) at the hands of Annie Peoples, June 7, 1849, at No. 1072 Americau street; died June 83, 18C9. Hester VACtmAN. We have received the follow ing communication: Ii the Xililor nf ih rhlltuMiihta TeUftraph . The New York World of to-day quotes from your columns the first intelligence of Hosier Vsuirhan that has reached New York since she was shipped from this port for Kngland. Her destitution and illness are but the direct results of tier reoent experiences, which all who knew them could have foretold. Anticipating them, the "Working Women's Association" of Now York has made every effort to for ward to her one hundred dollars and interest held in trust for her since December last : but not only have the autho rities of her late prison refused her address, bat have re buffed her friends in Now Vork with the asKurnnoe that Shu did not wish to hold any communication with them. Will you do her and us the favor to insert this, or some thing equivalent, in your columns, that we may, if possi ble, be informed ny what moans we may forward her the check for what has been, for nearly six months, virtually her own private funds. CHARLOTTE I. LOZIER, M. D., No. 823 West 'thirty-fourth street. New York, June 24, lat. In reply to the above we state, for the Information of all those who are Interested in Hester Vanghan, that we have her address, but for a number of very excellent reasons it is not deemed advisable to make it public A sum of money U now being made up in this city and will shortly be forwarded to lior. If the "Working Women's Association" of New Vork. or any other friends of the unfortunate womun, will send such amounts as thev may desire to give for her re lief to the office of Tns Evening Tei.e.!kapu, we will take pains to have the money promptly for warded to her. Finn at the Board ov Trade Bitilpino. About half-past 6 o'clock this morning, a workman in the build ng No. 608 Chesnut streetjdlseovered smoke issuing from the door of the Ufth story, occupied by JI. J. Tuudy & Co., lithographers, and on breaking open the door, saw a fire about the stove, which is located in the centre of the floor. He gave the alarm, and In a few minutes the fire was extin guished by the firemen, and the building pretty well flooded with water. The flames were confined to this room, and although they had not obtained much headway, so great was the quantity of water used that the firm estimate their loss on printed matter, paper, presses, stones, etc.,at 10,O00, on which there js an insurance of f hooo, of which $-'mkx Is In the (jueen Company of London, and $3000 In the Etna, of Hartford, Conn. The third floor Is occupied by A. Winch, newspaper and periodical dealer, whose loss of 500 is wholly by water. He has no Insurance. The Board of Trade rooms are on the second floor, and the damage, which Is by water, is light. John Thornley, dealer in India-rubber goods, occupies the first floor. His loss Is also by water, and is fully Insured. Tho building belongs to Win. J. Swain. Usq., who estimates the loss, at between two and laooo. He la fully Insured. Saimhgof tub Rattlesnake Tho Rattlesnake, the first of the line of "Iron Steam Colliers," left her berth at the Windmill Island Schuylkill Navigation Coal Yards, lower end Point Airy iBland, yesterday alKiut 4 P. M. Although her tonnage is registered at 414 44-100, she carried over 025 tons of the "black dia monds." A more perfectly-built vessel could scarcely be conceived. With all her cargo she sat not like a white, but that rata ai in terra, a black swan on the water. Thought of Cooper's Skimmer of the Seas, and the "long, low, black schooner" that was said to have haunted the waters of Delaware bay, came up in our mind. Her speed was remarkable, averaging ten and a half knots an hour. Her con structor and superintendent. Captain William B. Gallagher, formerly captain of the Pioneer, the first Southern steamer of the Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Company, accompanied her, with an eye to the working of the vessel and Its machinery, and such Improvements, if any, that could be etrected. A large number of spectators were present. To the Ska. To-morrow afternoon the second annual excursion to Atlantic City under charge of Mr. Alexander Boardman, the well-known and universally-liked conductor ef tho 4 P. M. train, takes place. The excursion embraces the whole of Sunday and portions of to-morrow and Monday. At 3-UO P. M. to-morrow von leave Vine street wharf and at T A. M. on Monday morning leave the "City by tha Sea," And all it costs you for the round trip is two dollars. Multitudes will go, and don't you fall to make one of the number. A sniff of old ocean's salt health will do you good. A Seasonable Hint. In a cottnge by the sea, everv man who loves his famllv and desires to pro mote their comfort should immediately enscouse them. "Magnolia Cottage," at, Atlautic City -may Its shadow continue to increase-Is very near the ocean, and but a half square from the United States Hotel. Its rooms are commodious, and every home comfort Is there dispensed by the proprietress, Mrs. Cook, whose charges are reasonable and government conciliatory. A CounrrroR ABRAcr.TKn. Henry Godfrey, a v i.,i D,.,. iiuiint with a conductor LaGre 'anCo. Streets car yest.-rtlayafter-noon, and on the arrival of the car at Twenty-fourth and Coiites streets. Henry knocked the conductor ?i?to the street policeman Gilbert, of the Schuylkill Wti In Kba.l for trial, and also impoacii um . ij.ttllor. Ttermnnn hft been arrested b Policeman Jones, of the SeventH district, on the outh of George Thomas, who al eges m " ii,,0 in rrrnkH anttin riD:i rs to mat n enmioycu n7i mm,.. .. ;v r : . z m. nn Third street, below Rao. They got, into a dispute, when Hermann Hirui.-. ' .... , l.i.i, in Mia f.ifo hunil field in 'itm nan ior irau Th Coktertr. "Mko a wounded snake" the mu nicipal election contests, before Bxatulners Messlck and liatturs, "drug tlieir slow length along. K'py attempted some progress aguin this moruiug lu mo new Court House. Casualty. About 1 o'clock this morning Daniel Upence. Hged 60 years, bad his leg broken by the iviuk iu oi a nanu oi earwi upuu mm """. and Chesnut streets. He was removed to his home, ot mo wrucl w iiiiij-o;yv tutu juwvv v.. Ukartwok at tttr Cfktrai, WTAnit. This after. !o,n, at t o'clock, before Alderman Kerr, at Ihc Cen tral station : , Theodore Jtohlnson, colored, had a hearing upon the charge of stealing some hams and shouldort fiom the stall of Mrs, Mary Trotweln, in the Second street Market, and was held in two ball for a further Roaring. Also, Mary Ann Evans had a hearing npon the charge of the larceny of quantity of wearing appa rel from the dwelling of Mr. J. W. Robinson, No. 203 Quarry street. Held In finoo bail for a further hearing. A Pkskrved COMri.mKNT -as bestowed by Rut gers College, at the commencement held this week, upon Dr. N. Iioe Bradner. of this city, who received tlie honorary degree of "Master of Arts." Dr. Brad ner Is an assistant of Dr. Klrkbride, In the Pennsyl vania Hospital for the Insane. His new collegiate honor is well deserved, and the announcement of it will be received with pleasure by his many friends. A DKYiNO-norsK Dkstkovkd by Fire. At about i o'clock this morning, the drying establishment of Mrs. Elizabeth Sutlett, on t'harlotte street, below Thompson, in the Sixteenth ward, was totally des troyed tiy fire. It was a three-story building, and the loss is estlmiitcd at uon. The structure be longed to James V light, whose loss is $10W. Both losses are partly covered by insurance. Stolen Phoperty Hecovered. Yesterday the Delaware Harbor police found on lionrd the canal boat Susie, lying in the Schuylkill, below the Wire bridge, a lot of iron, which had been stolen from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Tho captain of the boat was not aboard at th- time, so It is impos sible to say in hat manner tho Iron was obtained oy Dim. A Ctui.d Beater. Emma steinrook was yesterday chargetl before Alderman Cloud with assaulting a little gin, who lived at j ruuKrord roai and cnerry street. It seems mac uic nine tniiig taunteu t.inmn. who in return knocked her down and beat her to such an extent that her life is despaired of. Emma was held to await the result of tne injuries. A Korder Ca tout. Edward Phillips got Intoi cigar shop at Front and Meade streets, about tliree o clock this morning, ami stole firiu and a pistol. Edward was subsequently arrested, when he ad mitted he had committed the theft, and turned over tne property. He was men sent dciow oy Alderman 'iittermary. RrxEiviNO Stolen Goons Martin Bnrk, who is wanted In Camden on a charge of receiving a lot of stolen goods, yesterday delivered himself to the Delaware Harbor police and was taken across the. Delaware, where he was held for trial. The allega tion is that Bnrk purchased a lot of copper, for steal ing which a young man has already tieen convicted. 7EDDING INVITATIONS, ENGRAVED IN T V the newest ana hpst mnnnor. LOUIS DKEKA, Stationer and Engraxer, No. im CUES NUT Btwfc HOUSE-WARMING WITH STEAM We are prepared to warm Dwellings and Buildings UI ail ciueses Willi our jtini-liiinYi'u LOW STKAM APPARATUS. Which, for efficiency and economy, rivals all similar metnous. H. BKLFIELD A CO., 6 24 8m No. 435 North BROAD Street. WANTS. WANTED-BY JULY 1, TO MAKE AN i r engagement with some Tobacco House, by one who has an knowledge nf the jobbing triiflo, and can sell the goods. Address "Tobacco," at this othce. 6 34 .It P5i WANTED A FURNISHED HOUSE, UiiiL with modern improvements, in the central part of laeruiantown, lor July and August. JERRY WALKER, 6 24 3t" No. 421 WALNUT Street. 4T- FOR SALE. AT MERCIIANTVILLE. N. JUliii. J. New Frame Cottnge, lurge yard and garden, nine rooms, gooa water, nve niinuiea,.wuiK lo Jjupol, ireiiuem trHinH. Merchantviile is a beautiful village, possessing all tho requisites for a pleasant country home, church, school, an extensive boardinir school, im st ofKc i. h tel. location niffh and healthy; excellent water. Very desirable Building I.ots for sale at a moderate price, only tour miles Iroiu I'lulaaelptua via uumuen ana isurlington uouniy Kuil road : leaves foot of Market street at 7 and 10 A. M .. and 1. 3 lo, 3 30, G and 6'30 P. M. Leave Merchantviile tj tl, 7 61 and 910 A. Al., and l it. 2 41. 6 3J and S 53 P. M. For particulars inquire of M. 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GENERAL AGENTS' j FOR F Z3 II XT SYLVANIA AKD SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY OF TUB NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF TH1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE NATIONAL LITE 1N8URANCE COM PANT is a corporation chartered hj special Act of Congress, ap proved July 2A, im, with a CA8II CAPITAL OF 1, 000,000, FlIX PAID. Liberal term, oflered to Agents and Solicitors, mko an invited to avoir st our office. Full particulars to be had on application at our offloa, located in the second story of our Banking House, where Circulars and Pamphlets, fully describing. Uis adraatagi offered by the Company, may be had. K. W. CIAIlIt 3c CO., e ftuj No. 35 South T.HIRD Street. EMPIRE 8 LATE MANTEL WORKS J. B. THIRD EDITION WASHINGTON. The Annexation Movement in Canada- Doings of the Congressional Com mittee in California Th9 Troubles of Mexico Railroad Projects. , FROM CANADA. ( hnnarn Forthromlnx. Ottawa, Juno 25. It is rumored that tho Queen's proclamation, authorizing the transfer of Northwest Territory, will be iued in a montho r eix vvecks. , Arrrwtcd far Mriilnic niblrn. Quebec, June 25. Two gentlemen, recently from France, have been arrested at the instance of the parish prletit, charged with selling a copy oi the New Testnment. No fine was ultimately imposed, hut one was found guilty of selling copies oi tne uospci, ana condemned to pay a fine of six dollars and cots. It i stated that one of the men was arreted without a warrant, and influential gentlemen have determined to have them atter fully Investi gated, ami legal mouHures will be taken againut all concerned in the extraordinary proceedings. The "NfW Idra." The JVt id Wfl, an anuexntion paper, printed half in French and half in Lngllsh, in Vermont, is being extciiHivcly circulated here.. FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. Tii Committer on Way nnd iHran. San Fkancihco, June 24. Tho L'ongrcsnlonal Committee of Ways and Means arrived here last uight, and are engaged to-day in vinitlng tho harbor formications and other places of Inte rest. Rear-Admiral Turner, United States Navy, M. Breuill, Consul-Geucral of Franco for tho Faeific coast, arrived from Panama yesterday. The French gunboat La Mothc Piquet sailed to-day on a cruise. In Operation. The grain elevator at Vallego, tho first erected on the Pacific coast, was put in successful opera tion yesterday. Advice from .Hexlro. Mexican advices state that the (lovernor of Sonora had turned out tho Federal Custom House officers at Oiiayamos for admitting u foreign cargo fort 70, 000, which would have been subject to a duty of $150,000. General Carto was to be tried before a military court because the civil judges were afraid of their lives. Volrnalc An eruption of the volcano at Colima occurred June 12, when the whole mountain crown fell in. This is the first oubreak since 1800. FROM THE WEST. movement of Vanderbilt. Detroit, June 25 Commodore Vanderbilt and his party left here this morning, at half- past 9 o clock, in a special train, for the suspen sion bridge over the Great Western Railway. A New Railroad Project. St. Lotjis, June 25. At a railroad meeting held yesterday, at Klrksvllle, Missouri, resolu tions were adopted declaring that the most practicable route for the new railroad from Quincey, Illinois, wns through Edina to Klrks vllle, and thence to a point on the Missouri river opposite Brownsville, Nebraska. The Board of Directors was chosen, and C. A. Ravage, oi rriuceton, was elected as President. Intct markets ly Telegraph. New York, June 2ft. Cotton steady: ISO bales sold at 33c Flour dull and declined 6(10e. ; sales of sooo barrels State at fK$s-so; Western at 5i.7-25; South ern at J0-50(i U-76. Wheat dull and declined 12c. : sales of 15,000 bushels No. at fl'47. Corn steady; sules of 81,000 bushels. Oats lull; sales of 12,000 bushels at 7fti.c. Beef quiet. Pork dull; new mess at J32-6tS0i32 03. Lard steady. Whisky dull at f 1, auu noimuai. The Mew York Money Market. From the Herald. The fcelthK in the markets to-day was decidedly more cheerful, and the 'bullish' elements of tho street were more enthusiastic and demonstrative. The openlntr rates for money were not cncoumi;iiiir. It is true, but the impression continuing to prevail that the natural lniiux or tunas to this centre during the summer season must eventually correct the derangements which are now leit as a relic or Air. juouiweii s nrst experiments in selling gold. operators were disposed to pay high rates and take tne cnances oi a remunerative prom on tneir stocks. The earliest rate was about 1-16, from which it gradually weaweneu uuring me uay, tne general rate between two and three o'clock being l-3i. After three o clock targe sums were ottered at six and seven per cent. To-morrow the Government will sell another million of gold, and the result will pro bably be a spasm late to-morrow afternoon, when thechecKs in payment go into tne Hub-Treasury. This will le followed by relaxation again on the next day, when the Government buys a million of bonds. The Assistant Treasurer has determined upon buying the last f 1, 000,000 of bonds for the . sinking fuud, within the current fiscal year, on Saturday next, instead of Tuesday, as at nrst stated. T he last sale or uovern- ment cold in the present programme win take place mi Moiidnv next. Thesa alternate drains nnnii ami contributions to tne currency in circulation win give the speculators a line chance to 'milk the street,' so that we shall doubtless witness the lacteal unaiictal process repeated several times before the advent of the new lineal year, and the inauguration oi the new plan or the Treasury, nnug caim to tne uionev market. Commercial paper is only nominal in quotations. The failure of a prominent produce house is reported tins arternoon, witn heavy lia bilities. "The Foroicn Exchange Market was dull until late In the afternoon, when a better inquiry still'eiied rates at the nest or tne llgtires wlilcii nave prevailed lu the recent inactive period. The decline In gold was not suillcicut to stimulate purchases, and the foreign market was favorable to the production of bond Mils, while legitimate buyers would prefer waiting tor to-morrow, steamer day. These tacts encourune the suspicion that the bills bought were uthcu iy nits uuii viniiicn iu koiu, n uu, m mil 1... 11. ..II nli u in 1.1 ...1,a u ...111 it.. pear in tne paragraph auout the course or gold, were very uneasy all day and anxious to sell ttieir bonds at the day's quotations. At the close the prime bankers easily obtained 109 lor sixty day and lio, for sluht sterling bills. "The other branches of business were more or less ailVfti'd by a change in the English money market, the Hank of Knglaiid directors having at their meet- lnir tins morning reduced the discount rate to sk per cent. This alteration was more visible In consols than In Anierirau securities, which, in the Loudon market, hesitated until late in the afternoon, when live-twenties advanced to bOT. The (irst eiidct on tho hrimu market was siinolv to keen nrlc.es firm, but as the day went on the heaviness of the gold market Induced lower quotations. "As a sequence of the reductlon'of the Hank of England rate of discount a great deal of Interest centred in the Uold Koom, where a large party were selling on the strength of the news, but the buyers were in manv instances strong houses, and the price was forced down only as far as 1 !)!?.. The fact would seem to indicate that the 'bull' side of the stock market were buying gold to keep up prices; for the two markets have lately greatly sympathized, and the presence of the ageuts of some heavy stock operators in the Gold Uooru to-day seems to give color to the surmise, in tact, it nas oecomo almost a matter of necessity on the part of the stock cliques to keep wp the premium; for the course of gold and stocks has been regarded aa identical uuriug the recent money stringency, and a decline In one was sure to demoralize the other. The fact may be important also In showlutr the real drift of the pre sent speculative fcelimr In the latter, and in forcing tho prominent operators to show their hands. The highest prliw in the forenoon was 187 V, ami the low est at the board 13. From this latter figure there was a recovery to 1H7'.' under lurie Durchases. the strength In exchange being used to assist the up- waru muveuieui; uui me Dual price Was JUO.tfj lJI, VVIIMK M . FpIUlTlI EDITION FROM THE CAPITAL. 1 ' The New Secretary of the Navy Sworn In The Cabinet Meeting Naval Orders. ' FOREIGN AFFAIRS. I : ; . - Death of a Prussian Minister The j Church Bill Advices from i South America. i FROM WAS1ILYQTOM. Drrpatck to tht Atnoeialtd TVmm. ' i - Nnval Order. Wahuinqtc, June 25. The following offi cers have been detached: Commander William F. Bplccr, from the command of the Dacotah, and placed on waiting orders; Lieutenant-commander Charles E. Clark from tho receiving-ship Vermont; Lieutenant Dcwltt C. Kclls from duty at New Orleans; Ensign E. W. llcndlcks from Ihc receiving-ship New Hampshire; Surgeon John 8. Kitchen from tho receiving-ship Ohio; Assistant Surgeon E. C. Dunning from the Navy Yard at Washington, and ordered to tho Dicta tor on the fith of July next; First Aislstant En gineer J. B. Carpenter from the Navy Yard at ISonton, and ordered to the Dictator; Master William F. Buck from duty at League Island, Pa., and ordered to command the Fortune; Sur geon D. Kindleborgcr from the Marino Rendez vous at Washington, and ordered to tho ro-ceivlng-shlp Independence; First Assistant Engi neer 1). P. McCartney from the Navy Yard at Norfolk, and placed on waiting orders. " Ordered Lieutenants Thomas Perry and II. W. Gwlnncr Engsigns; U. 8. McGonncgnl and William' Little Paymaster; T. If. Hlnmaa and Second Assistant Engineer William A. Windsor, to tho Dictator on iho 6th of July next. Surgeon J. 8. Knight to the receiving ship Ohio; first Assistant Engineer J. L. Vanclain to tho Navy Yard at Norfolk; First Assistant Engineer Ed ward Farmer to tho Navy Yar at Boston, and Second Assistant Engineer A. B. Bates to tho Dictator. The New Herretary. Mr. Robeson was sworn in by Chief Justice Carttcr and attended tho Cabinet meeting. ROBESON. A Hketrh or Ueneral (iroriit 31. Robcnon, the iicw mcrnsrj ui ins navy. According to a Washington despatch, George Maxwell Kobeson, Esq., of Camdea, N. J., took the oath of ofllce at nooa to-day as Secretary of the Navy, In place of the Hon. Adolph E. Borie, or this city, whose private business relations havo compelled him to relinquish the position. The oath of office was administered to the new Cabinet Minis ter, and the latter subsequently attended the regular Cat Inet meeting which was held this afternoon. George M. Kobeson, who has thus suddenly been lifted from comparative obscurity to one of the most Influential and important positions in the United States, and made, as a member of the Cabi net, one of the arbiters of their destiny, was born In the year 1829, at the town of Belvldere, War ren county, New Jersey. Ills father, William P. Hot eson, a native of Philadelphia, was an associate or lay Judge of the County Court, while a maternal uncle, J. P. B. Maxwell, and his maternal grand father, George C. Maxwell, were members of Con gress from the State of New Jersey, the former from lbST to 1S39 and from 1841 to 1843, and the latter from 1811 to 1813. The family on both sides were quite prominent in the politics of the northern section of the State. When quite voung he entered the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, from which Institution he graduated in 187, when less than eighteen years of age. lie then entered the oitlce of the late Chief Justice llornblower, of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, at Newark, and engaged In the study of the law under his Instruction. Fully qualified to engage In the practice of the law before his admission, the rules of the State Courts compelled him to await the attainment of his majority, In i860, before he could secure admission to the Bar. Entering upon the practice, of the law In Newark, he soon after re moved to Jersey City, his practice being divided be tween the two cities, until' 18M, when Governor Newell tendered him the appointment of Prosecutor of the Pleas, or Dislnct Attorney, of Camden county. The position was accepted, rendering his removal to Camden necessary, and hell by him until I860. In 1808, when the Hon. Theodjre V. Frellugliuy- sen, the then Attorney-General of the State of New Jersey, was appointed to till the vacancy tn the I'nitcd States Senate created by the death of Senator William Wright, the new Senator recommended Mr. RobiFon as his successor In the Attorney-General ship, to which position he was appointed by Gover nor Ward, and still held it at the time of his entrance Into President Grant's Cabinet. On retiring from the office of Prosecutor of the Pleas for Camden County, Mr.' Kobeson resumed his private practice In Camden, being associated with Aldcn C. Scovel, Esq. During the whole of this pe riod he took an active and prominent part In the polit ical movements of the State, being an earnest and hard-working Republican. Threo years ago, he was talked of as a candidate for- Congress from the First district of the State, but declined to enter earnestly Into a canvass for the position. During the war, Mr. Kobeson was a Arm and untiring sup porter of the Union cause, being a prominent mem ber of the Union League, and also of the Sanitary Commission. In 1802, when the call for nine months volunteers was Issued, Mr. Robeson was appointed by Governor Olden a Brigadier-General, and was In command of Camp Cadwalader, In this city, while these troops were being organized for the active service. The new Secretary is still unmarried, and resides at the southeast corner of Second and Pcnn streets, Camden. He la a robust and handsome man, In the prime of life, and In full vigor of health. FROM EUROPE. By Atlantic Cable. Death of C ount Von drr f ioctz. Behlin, Juno 25. Count Von der Ooetz, the Prussian Minister to France, died hero yester day. The Church Hill. Loskon, Juno 25. Lord Russell favors the proposition for concurrent endowment, and will introduce an amendment to that effect when the Irish Church bill comes before the House of Lords again. Advice from KoutU America. Paris, June 25. Advices from Kio Janeiro state that General McMahon, tho American Mluister to Paraguay, In a letter to tho American Legation in this city, dated May 2, states the relations with President Lopez as friendly. The war news Is unimportant. At the camp of Chalons yesterday, Marshal BazaineKin presenting the Emperor to tho sol dier who look part In the battles of Solferlno and Magenta, said: "Your soldiers recall tho day on which you led them to victory. This glorious anniversary shall never bo effaced from our hearts, and under all circumstances nhall they remain devoted to your dynasty. The French Cable. Bheht, June 24 10 P. M. The Great Eastern Is now 337 miles out, and has paid out 400 miles of cable, The signals are iUll perfect. DISASTER. Terrlfle Tornado nnd I'lnod la thr YVrM-IInll FUonea a Large aa Orangea-Trer I'p rootrd. From the Milwaukee Wiconiii, June 81. All the showers we have had this season sink into insignificance before that of Saturday afternoon. On the low ground lakes and ponds were formed wnere a place could re round tnat would nom water, while down the declivities great streams rushed furiously, as If they would sweep everything before them. On the west side much damn ire was done. Down Chesnut and all the streets ennio the flood. Collars were filled up; everything movable swept away; outbuildings turned over, ami thousands of dollars will not repay the damage done. I tho Second and Sixth wards, as well as in portions of the Fourth, this damage was the most serious, and after the storm was over and the waters had found their way to the river the sight was desolating. un tne corner or ti n ami tliesnur streets two boys, twelve ami thirteen years of age, undertook to cross the stream to reaeh their homes. The rushing mass took the little ones from their feet. Fortu nately two men who saw the accident saved the children, but when taken from tho water there was little life left In them. They had been carried by the water nearly two Mocks, and besides being nearly drowned, were badly bruised by contact with the rocks In the gutters. m an alley leading from Chesnut. between nurd and Fourth streets, stood a small wooden building. which was (mm surrounded ny the flood. Tne water kept rising, and the family relt that they had better leave the building while they could. Out through the flood went father and mother and three chil dren, frightened nearlyout of their wits. As soon as they were In safety, and a little - reason had returned, the mother suddenly recollected that an Infant child had been left In the house. The father started back to get it. The water rising was now up to his breast, ami every moment it was expected that the pent-up lake would burst the barrier which held It and sweep on. He reached the house, took the little one from the cradle Just as the waters had reached It and started for the door. No sooner was he outside than the barrier gave way and the waters rushed furiously on. '1 hey liore the father down, but with one hand he held his little one aiove the flood. Swept against the corner of a brick building the father Wks badly Injured : but he held on, and several men noticing his danger, rushed to his relief and saved him. . In many places shade trees along the streets were washed up by the roots and laid prostrate. The dumage In this Item alone will be by no means iu considerable. On the lake the storm was severe. ITallstones of large slee fell, and vessel captains say they have never experienced anything like so severe a storm as was that of Saturday. From the West we have report of damage done by the storm. At Sparta, La Crosse, and Portage It rained lunonsiv, ami most serious are me results to the crops. The telegraph company suffered; many of their poles were thrown down, and many more smashed to pieces by the lightning. At Fond du l ac the storm seems to have been most serious in Its results. It commenced raining In the morning, and about 3 P. M. a hail storm set in from the northwest. The hailstones are described as being as large as oranges, and cut things to pieces badly. The streams rose rapidly, and lumber, logs, and small buildings were swept away. SINGULAR DEATH. The most remarkable death on record has Just come to light In this city. Miss Josephine Anderson, aged about twenty years, had for some time been employed as a servant in the family of U. M. Todd. On the 9th of June,' after being down town on some business, she returned home, put aside her things as usual, and set about fireparmg supper. She made biscuit and placed hem In the stove to bake, and soon after Mrs. Todd noticed that they were burning and discovered that the girl had disappeared. Inquiry and search were instituted, but no tidings of her could be gained nntil the lth inst, when her body was found in the cistern on tne premises occupied oy tne ramny, How she got in Is a mystery. Tho cover is said to have been In its proper place when she was first missed, ann tne most reasonanin conclusion is tnat she raised It and Jumped in, allowing It to close down after her. The lamiiy had no reason to suspect that she contemplated suicide, and yet it seems hardly possible that she could have got into the cistern by accident. We understand that she sustained a good character. Her parents live in the swede settlement. in Jeilerson county, and were yesterday notitlud of the sad death or their oniy cnihi. The verdict of the Coroner's Jnry was that sho came to her deam either fy accidental or intentional drowning. There was nothing about the person to indicate roul piay. uuritntjton (loica) uaieikie, June 20. HEAVY CONFISCATIONS. Deputy Surveyor Lewis J. Kirk, and Charles F. Kano, Inspector of Customs, went down to the Lower Quarantine, New York, on Wednesday, in tne itevenue cutter t no, Captain Lav commanding, in pursuit of smugglers. After cruising about for a short time, their attention was arrested by a suspicious looking craft, which they upproached and found to be tho British barque lima, from Cuba. The oincers boarded the vessel and asked for the manifest, which vm produced by tne second omcer in cnarge, tne master oeiug aosent. Suspicion was excited thai there was an attempt at smuggling, and search was accordingly instituted, which in a short time resulted in the seizure of ifi.dOO cigars found secreted In compartments evl dently constructed for the purpose of concealing merchandise, Tne revenue oincers put men prize aboard the cutter and returned to the New York Custom House, where the cigars were safely depo sited vesterdav. This Is such a flagrant violation of the revenue laws, that besides the forfeiture or the clears, a neavv line win no oouoi ue nuposeu upon tho vessel. The same orllcers seized 6000 more cigars yesterday, which altogether will amount to auout i2,ouo in vaiue. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by Do Haven A Pro., No. 40 S. Third street. BETWEEN BOARDS. 12000 Leh Gold 1 100 sh Kead.Mon&i. 49',' lOOshPh ft K..b60. 82 100 do. 81 7i WO do bg. 83 100 do D20. 32 200 . do...ls.b30. 32 Tuesday. 674! . ISO Pa 6s W LCp.102 I 100 sh Read 2d. 49. 44 100 doMonday.49-44 lOfl do 49'44 1000 do.Mou.ls. 49,'i SECOND BOARD, 1200 City' 8s. New.. 100 100 sh ReadR. .2(1.49-81 1000 Leh gold l..ls. 93 11)0 sh Cam & Am K.1-,0 i 8 sh Leh N Htk... 80 20 sh 13lh Albth... 18X loo sh I'enna It.... co. 800 sh Reading.. .18.49 '81 100 do 49-81 do .!...b30.49'44 do 49-31 do b30 49!tf do C.4981 do'.... bUO. 49 44 I'M) loo 100 loo 100 Amount of Coal transported on tho Philadelphia and Reading Railroad during week ending Thursday, June 24, 1809: , Ton. Cu t. From St. Clair so.''- oo From Port carbon 9,078 19 From Pottsville Ml 00 From Hehnvlklll llaven 17,007 Ort From Port Clinton 14.8S4 13 1' roiii llarribhurg and Dauphin 2,0 15 02 From Alltntowu and Alburtls 10 10 Anthracite Coal for week i8,l3 Bituminous Coal from Harrisburg and Dauphin for week.... 10.1W 10 Total for week paving freight. Coal for Company's use .. &S.80S 12 8,403 10 Total all kinds for week 91,772 02 IteviouBly this year 1,497,700 04 Total To Thursday, June 2f, 1808... . .. 1,IW9,478 06 ... 1,701,H;9 10 p PHRATA MOUNTAIN SPRINGS, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. Thll popnlu and well known SUMMER RKSORT will be opened for the reception of ub8b on the 16th of June, nndei ? the ulpioe ol J. W.lKltDKiuUK. the forniei PrTn'e entire establishment haa been renovated and refitted with new and elegant furniture. i!"!. OZZEN8' WEST POINT HOTEL Terma for JUNE $3 60 per day, or $21 per week. For JULY, $4 per day. or 421 to $28 per week. BU, SYLVANU8 T. OOZZKN8 OITY ORDINANCES. KESOLUTION To Authorize the Grading of Philip street and Learny street. Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, That tho Department of Highways be and Is hereby authorized and directed to grade Philip street from Susquehanna avenue to Diumoud street the cost not exceeding three hundred dollars, and Learny street from Lehigh avenue to Huntington street at a cost not exceed ing four hundred and eighty-seven dollars. JOSEPH V. MARCER, President of Common Council. Attest John Kckbtkik, - . Clerk of Common Council. , t WILLIAM . HTOKLEY, President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-first day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-ulue (A. D. 1W9). PANIEL M. FOY, e 23 Mayvr of l'lOltKlelplua. CITY ORDINANCES. N J M ORDINANCE Making an Appropriation to Kefnnd VTtjia ' i twice paid and overpaid Water Rents and Pipe-La- ; Ing Bills. " nection i. The Beicct and t ommon Councils of t.h t City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the sum of f one hundred and twenty-three (1123) dollars ami ' J seventy-two (72) cents be and the same Is hereby appropriated to the Department for Supplying the k i City with Water, for the purpose of refunding cer- ' nn i wire paid nun overpaid waier renin and pipe- ' injmg unis, ns per memorandum annexed, and war rants shall be drawn in accordance with existing. nr.llnnnn... . vfmott Aw nrf. George Mecko, overpaid water rent cloven fill) dollars. ' lari?W'n 'niomn', wrpald water rent nve (fn) dol lars J Adams' "T'11 wt' rent three (3) dol- ,..W.- K-l"'ft7',l, twice paid water rent, twelve (12) dollars and seventy-live tfr,) cents. J. S. Clark, twice paid water rent three J) dollars and seventy.flvo (7ft) cents. William Mcciny, twice paid water rent two M dollars and twenty-live ('it') cents. (i. It. Randall, twice paid water rent three (I'D dollars. v ' Michael Boyle, overpaid pipe-laying bill, flftco (tlh) dollars and fourteen (14) cents. Thomas ltellly, overpaid pipe-laving bill, twenty, eight (2h) dollars and eighty-three (S3) rents. G. W. MeCullocn, overpaid pipe-luying bill, thirty nine (139) dollars. ' 1 One hundred and twenty-three (,1183) dollars and Bcvuuly-two (72) cents. JOSEPH F. MARCER, President of Common Council. Attest ItOBEKT BETnn.t., Assistant Clerk of Select Council. WILLIAM S. 8TOKLEY, President of Select Council. Approved this twcnty-llrst day of June, Anno Do mini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-uiue tA. I). 1809). v DANIEL M. FOX, S2 Mayor of Philadelphia. KE 8 6 L U T i 6 N " " To Release the Property of Francos Hawks worth from tho Lieu of Judgment Entered on the Official Bond of John Budd, Collector of Outstand ing Taxes. Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, That tho following de scribed property of Frances I lawks worth be re leased from the Hen on the Judgment, D. C, D. H. B., March Term, 1S08, No. 697, entered on the ofnclal oond of John Budd, Collector of Outstanding Taxes, to wit: All that certain lot or piece of ground and mes suage thereon erected, situate on the southwesterly corner of Amber and Dreer streets, In the Nine teenth ward in tho city or Philadelphia, containing In front on said Amber street thirty-two feet Ave and one-eighth inches, and In depth westwardly sixty-six feet seven and three-eighth inches. Provided, That ten dollars be first paid to pay for the publication of this resolution, and provided that . the co-surety assent thereto. JOSEPH P. MARCER, President of Common CounciL Attest Robert Bethru, Assistant Clerk of Select Council. WILLIAM S. STOKLKY, President Of Select Council. Approved this twenty-first day of June, Anno Do- mini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine (A. D. 1S09). DANILL M. FOX, 8 22 Mayor of Philadelphia. T ESOLUTION ' " IV Authorizing the Paving of Jefferson and Other Streets. Resolved, Bv the Select and Common Councils of . the City of Philadelphia, That the Chief Commis- i sloner of Highways be and he Is hereby authorized and directed to enter Into a contract with a compe tent paver or pavers, who shall lie selected by a ma- : Jority of owners of property fronting on said Jeffer son street between Twentieth street and Kidge avenue; Harshaw street from Fitzwater street to Catharine street The condition of said contract . shall be that the contractor or contractors ' shall collect the cost of said paving from the owners of property fronting thereon, and shall also enter into an obligation with the city to keep the said streets in good repair for three years after the paving is finished. JOSEPn F. MARCER, President of Common Council. Attest John Eckstein. Clerk or Common Council. .. WILLIAM H. HTOKLEY, . . President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-first day of June, Anno Do mini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine (A. D. 1(09). DANIEL M. FOX, 6 22 Mayor of Philadelphia. "! ESOLUTION IVi To Lay Water-Pipe on Palethorp and Other Streets. ...... ; Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, That the Chief Engiueer of the Water Department bo and he Is hereby authorized to lay water-pipe on the following -streetst , Pnh.f.hnrn Htreet from Tiliimoml tn Ttfliinhln street: i Orkney street, from Susquehanna avenne to Dia- -mond street, in the Nineteenth ward ; and on Lombard street, from Thirteenth street eastward to the west line of burial ground on south side of said street, In the Seventh ward. . 1 JOSEPH F. MARCER, President of Common Council. Attest Robert Bethklt.. Assistant Clerk of Select Council. . j . WILLIAM S. STOKLEY, President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-first day' of . June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine -(A. D. 1S09). DANIEL M; FOX, 6 22 . .. Mayorj)f Philadelphia.. . N ORDINANCE v . . To Rcieal an Ordinance Relating to the Bating of Streets and Avenues lu the City of Pblla- delpliia. Section 1. The Sulect and Common Councils of the . City of Philadelphia do ordain, That so much of an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance relative to paving streets and avenues In the City of Philadelphia." ap proved the twelfth day of June, A. D. 1808, so far as -relates to the paving of Woodland, street from Chesnut street to Forty-first street and Becket . street, from Woodland street to Forty-third street in the Twenty-seventh ward, be and the same is hereby repealed. JOSEPH F. MARCER, President of Common Council. Attest John Eckstein, . Clerk of Common Council. -r WILLIAM S. STOKLEY, President of Select CounciL Approved this twenty-first day of. June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. (A. D. 1609).' ' DANIEL M. FOX, 6 22 Mayor of fhlladulphia. Tji'K S0 LU Tl O N IV To Anthorize the Opening of William street Memphis Street, and Sheridan Street Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, That the Chief Commis sioner of Highways bo and ho is hereby authorized and directed to notify the owners of property through and over which William street, from Belgrade street to Frankford road, Memphis street from Vicuna street to, Montgomery avenue, Sheridan, street, from Montgomery avenue to Berks street, will pass, that at the expiration of three months, from the date of said notice the said streets will be required for public uso. 4 JOSEPH E- MARCER, Pret;idclit of Common Council. Attest Joun Eckstein, Clerk of Common Council. WILLIAM S. STOKLEY, President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-llrat duy of June, Anno Do mini one thousand eight hundred and slxty-uine (A. D. 109). DANIEL M. FOX, g 22 Mayor of Philadelphia, 1 E 8 6 L U T I O N "7 " X To Authorize the Grading and Bridging of Orthodox street . Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils of tho City of Philadelphia, That the Department of Highways be and is hereby authorized and di rected to grade and bridgu Orthodox street from Lelptr street to Adams street, iu the Twenty-third ward ; the grading of said street not to exceed twenty-one hundred and twelve dollars ami seventy live cents; the bridge-work not to exceed six hun dred dollars; the said street to be graded to the established grade of the city. JOSEPH F. MARCER, President of Common CounciL Attest; Abraham Stewart, Assistant Clerk of Common Council. WILLIAM S. STOKLEY, President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-ilrst day of Juuo, Anno. Doiniul one tuousund eluiit huuured and sixty-mne- (A. D. 1809). DANIEL M. FOX, Mayor of Philadelphia, 6 22 1 : i
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