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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
VOL. XIII. NO. 37.
1
FIRST EDITION
THE WAR OFFICE
"VVliy Ctimcron loit It
He Resigned the Secretaryship of War
After Mr. Lincoln had Removed
Him Senator Wilson's Ac
, . count Corrected A Let
ter from Alexander
X.' McClure.
To the Editor of the Ecening Telegraph:
In your paper of Wednesday yon refer to the
conflicting explanations Riven liy political jour
nals of the retirement of Mr. Cameron from the
War Department, and call for the correct his
tory of bis displacement for Mr. Stanton. I Can
throw tome light upon the inside history of the
change.
The Atlantic Monthly for February contains
an eloquent and Just tribute to the late Hon.
Edwin M. Stanton, from Xhe pen of Senator
Wilson, of Massachusetts. Coming as it does
from a gentleman of high character for integ
rity, and one who is presumed to have been
familiar with the inside political movements of
L'otoln administration, the vindication of
truth of history requires that one paragraph
cf his otherwise unexceptionable paper should
corrected. He says:
"The Impatience of the puhlio mind at the ((nifty
fonnd expression In harsh and generally undeserved
criticisms upon the War Department. Mr. Cameron
felt the pressure of multiplied labors that crowded
upon him, and he was not Insensible to adverse
criticisms. JIo propottd to reinn provided some im
ithould be appointed not unfriendly to hia policy. lie
ewjgertfd the appointment of Mr. Stinton, The I'reni
dent acted upon hi euggetion, accepted hie. resignation,
and tendered him the viitfitm to Hwuiia. Mr. Stanton
was then named Secretary of War, with the hearty
concurrence of every member of tne Cabinet except
Montgomery Blair, who bitterly opposed the ap
pointment.'' A writer in IAppinoott't Magazine for Febru
ary also discusses the retirement of Mr. Came
ron from the Cabinet, and approaches the truth,
but does not fully explain the circumstances
connected with Mr. Stanton's appointment
Mr. Cameron was removed from the War
Department by Mr. Lincoln without any pre
vious notice of the purpose of the Fresldent to
stake the change at the time. lie never did re
sign, and was not consulted by Mr. Lincoln as to
Ms successor.
The correspondence published in the news
papers, purporting to be Mr. Cameron's volun
tary resignation and the President's - acceptance
of the same, was an after-thought. It was sug
gested and prepared after Mr. Cameron had
been removed. It was charitably conceived to
break the fall of a Cabinet minister who had
justly forfeited the confidence of the adminis
tration and of the country, and whose dismissal
was an imperious necessity to save the national
credit.
The first knowledge Mr. Cameron had of his
"resignation" was communicated to him in a
letter from the President, informing him that
Mr. Stanton had been, or would be, nominated
as Secretary of War, and that he (Cameron)
had been determined upon for tha Russian mis
sion. The letter was delivered to Mr. Cameron
by Mr. Chase.
I saw the letter very soon after it had been
delivered, and distinctly remember not only its
general contents, but also the bitterness with
which Mr. Cameron complained of the manner
of his removal. His resignation was not re
quested, nor had it then been given.
The withdrawal of Mr. Lincoln's letter and
the substitution of a correspondence, antedating
the removal, was suggested to Mr. Cameron In
my presence, and Mr, Lincoln's generous dispo
sition was discussed and confidently relied upon
to make him consent to such a correspondence.
He was appealed to on the subject, and agreed
to it. Letters were then prepared giving the
dismissal of Mr. Cameron the appearance of a
voluntary and cordial retirement from the Cabi
net, and Senator Wilson was doubtless misled
thereby. If Mr. Cameron "proposed to resign,"
as Senator Wilson states, I happen to be one of
several, at least, who know that It was some time
after Mr. Stanton had been installed as the
Minister of War.
Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Slanton are both dead,
and it is due to the momory of both that the ap
pointment of Mr. 8tanton shall not be made to
appear falsely in history as having been dictated
or suggested by Mr. Cameron, or intended to
perpetuate his policy. The change was made to
redeem the Government from the deadly atmo
sphere of corruption that came up from the
eeethlng caldron of the War Department. It
was demanded not only by every dictate of pa
triotism, bnt it was formally and peremptorily
called for in financial circles, with the positive
assurance that no additional loans could be ne
gotiated until dishonesty and incompetency were
dethroned from the head of the War Office.
That demand removed Mr. Cameron, and it was
fully met by the appointment of Mr. Stanton.
A. K. McClure.
Philadelphia, February 11, 1870.
ANNEXE JANS.
MtRtemont af the Clalnaa of the Heirs of An
aeke Jan to Trinity Church, New York.
From time to time letters are received
making Inquiries as to the proba
billty of the claims of the heirs ot
Anneke Jans to the property now in possession
of the corporation of Trinity Church being
allowed or adjusted. The Mavor of New York
has therefore caused the following statement of
the case to be prepared, showing most oonclu-
nveiy mat au such claims are entirely visionary,
the church property being held under a title
which has been adjudged to be valid by the
Highest court in the state:
lhe claim of the heirs of Anneke Jans Cor
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.DogarauBj, bo umuo in me suit ttogardus V8,
i runty vimreu, ouna., un. it., 033, was
founded on the following allegations:
Anneke Jans, in 1WW, was seized of the lands
now In possession ot irlnity Church. She de
vised it to ner seven cnuaren, and died in that
year. In 1670-71 some only of the devisees of
Anneke Jans executed a deed of transport to
Governor Lovelace. The church entered under
the transport, and held under it as tenant in
common with those of the said devisees that
had not conveyea, or with tneir descendants.
The complainant, as one of such descendant.
claimed to be entitled to one-fifth of one-Bixth
part of the lands as tenant in common with the
church, owner of the other five-sixths. The
Imrch in that suit Put in a tilea and answer.
The answer denied the material statements of
the bill. The pica was that Queen Anne, being
in possession and occupation of the lands in
tiiipotlon, and In receipt of the rents and profits
to her sole and separate uoc and benefit by hor
lcttcis-patcnt dated November 23, 1705,
grafted them to the church ) that the
chuich on that day entered under such
patent, and became seized of the pre-mii-es
in fee, claiming to bo of right sole and
exclusive owner in fee simple, and that ever
since, from the date of such patent to the time
Of the plea, it bad bcon in the uninterrupted
Sole, exclusive, and actual possession of the
premises, claiming to hold the same as solo and
exclusive owner in fee simple during the whole
Of that time, eto. The plea having been
demurred to. ws adjudged to be valid by the
decision of the highest court, and at the hearing
in the suit above mentioned it was sustained by
overwhelming proofs. A reference to the able
opinion of Vice-Cbnneellor Pnndford, reported
in 4 Baud ford's C. R., tW3, will show how com
plete and unanswerable was the evidence of
adverse possession.
. The above, although very short, is really an
abstract of every polut in the adjudged case
npon which the decision turned It is believed
that no case relative to the title can be presented
which will not nocessarlly be governed by the
same principles. That cause was decided in
1847. Twenty-three years have since then
elapsed. Now, the church has been in adverse
possession since tjuccn Anne's grant, for 165
years.
THE ST. LOUIS G110ST.
Further' Fnrtlcnlnrw of the llnnntftd Tloass
JHore ConrrrnlnK the Youn steer.
The Missouri R'-publiean of February 10 says:
In order to satisfy themselves In regard to the
story of Miss Jennie Debonnalre, two city re
porters called to see her yesterday. We give the
statement of the young girl principally con
cerned. It Is exactly as she made it:
My name is Jennie Debonnnlre; I am fifteen
years of age; I think it was last Thursday I went
to the house on the corner of Sixteenth and
Morgan streets first; I heard people talking
about It, and wanted to see; so 1 got the keys
from the agent and went there; I wanted to see
If there was any truth in the stories; I got to the
house as it was getting dusk; I think it must
have been near 7 o'clock; I went in and
stood in the hall, inside the hall door;
I called out, "If there are any spirits,
or anything of the sort here, in the
name of the Lord let it appear. "Then I saw
near the top of the stairs which goes up to the
second story from the hall, as If it was the head
of a man. The face was pale and bloody.
There were cuts on the throat and head. It was
that of a llght-complected man, with curly hair.
Then it seemed as if I saw the man from the
waist up; then as if the form was complete, but
one leg was cut off. The man called ont "Zoola,
Zoola. This was a name my father used to call
me. I said, "That's not my name and I will not
answer." Then the man replied, "Jtmnlo." I
asked him in the name of the Lord what was
the matter with bim ? He said, "Come and I
will show you." Then I followed him down to
the cellar, he leading me. I was quite close to
him, and he seemed dressed like any
other man, and with two legs. The
stairs to the cellar are underneath those leading
to the second story. When I got down into
the cellar, it lightened up. A white light like
day. I don't Know how he did it. The man
pointed to a spot In the east side, and said down
there is (3000 in geld, and then pointing to
another spot more north be said, down there my
bones are buried. I asked his name, he said
Joseph Scott, and he told me he had been killed
by a man named Phil. Amberg, who was now in
Philadelphia. lie said he had been murdered
for his money, and that the man who had killed
him had taken most of the money away with
him, but that he had buried the f 3000 in the
cellar, as it was too heavy to carry. He after-'
wards got too scared of the place to come back
for it. Ho asked me to go and tell the
Masons about it for he was a Mason;
that he wanted his bones buried, and
asked me if I wouldn't do it for
him; I said I would. When I went up to the
front door he kept close by me, but as I was
going out he suddenly vanished. Mother and I
next day went to the house and slept in it two
nights. We had to leave it. Mother could not
staud the continual hammering noise which
went on, and the sound of a man walking
heavily np the cellar stairs. Three knocks
would be given at the room where we were, and
then x would see the same man coming, it
seemed, through the door. When we were in
bed he would come and stand at the foot, and
ask me if I would not have his bones buried.
Then, when I would be going out of the house,
would see a band lust above tne cellar
stairs beckoning me down there. I was not
afraid. I went to the big building on Market
street, where I saw the Masons' sign. I told
them there, and thev sent me to Third street.
and a man directed me to the police officer, and
told the story to tne captain, l caa do no
more. 1 can t go down into the cellar and dig
myself. Anybody who goes to the house can
near the noises, and anybody wno does not want
to make fun of the case can see the man, Josjph
Scott. He told me so."
Such is this younfif person's outre experience.
as rehearsed by herself. If a Mr. P. Amberg
lives in the Quaker City, we have no doubt he
will be either Greatly amused or Kreatly
shocked at this bill of Indictment drawn up by a
cnim.
I TIIE BOY MURDERERS.
They are Captured Sonth of PlatUburg, Mo. A
rrccioui x H-ir.
The St. Joseph (Mo.ltnton says: The Came
ron brothers, who shot down in cold blood, on
Tncsday, Mr. Harrington, an old citizen of
Andrew county, were captured one mile south
ot riututburg. canton county, yesterday, and
brought to this city and confined In jail. Their
names are Samuel and Ellsha C. Cameron. The
bovs were captured on Wednesday evenlno-
about sundown, a few miles south of P lattsburg.
Thus two more desperadoes are brought
within the reach of the law. Immediately on
learning of their arrival in this city we pro
ceeded to the jail, and through the courtesy ot
Mr. Anorew vraig, juuor, were allowed to inter
view the boys in their cells, but from all the
information we obtained from them we might
as well have interviewed a Stoughton bottle.
We were first ushered Into the room where the
eldest was confined. On either side were two
mattresses on the floor. The one on the left was
occupied by Bud Hundley, who killed young
Borer at Albany, Gentry county, more than a
year ago. On the foot of the other sat young
Sam, dressed in pants, shirt, boots, and cap.
He is apparently nineteen or twenty years old,
with upper Hp fringed with a dawning mous
tache, full face, regular features dark hair and
eyes, and is really handsome, lie was perfectly
self-possessed, and absolutely refused to give
any information relative to the crime with which
he stands charged.
After much labor and persistent pumplug, he
deigned to say that Harrington was not feeding
his hogs when they fonnd him; that he and his
brother left the house to take a look at the farm,
and the old man followed them until the diffi
culty occurred, resulting In his death. He also
said that his brother did not como to Clay
county after him, but that he happened to "come
across him" down there, and that he had told
him be had loft their stepfather's house without
bringing away his clothes. He (the elder) then
agreed to go with him and visit his mother,
whom he had not seen for fourteen months, and
they went. He was respectful but reserved, aud
we left him.
Thence we went to the cell of the younger
brother, and stated the case to him, savlner that
one side of the case had been published, very
damaging to him, and that we were willing to
give him the benefit of his version of the atlalr.
The young reprobate, who is also good looking,
and altogether too shrewd lor one of his years,
lite ally bubbled over with Insolence, saying he
lind given the Plattsburg editor a report of the
affair, and If we wanted anything we could tele
graph, a there was a railroad leading down
there. Our persuasive arts and patience were
s k.ii exhausted, and we left the cell under the
impression that the juvenile was shrewd
et ongh and wicked enough to be guilty of any
thing. GRANT, HALLECK, AND THOMAS.
General IlallMk'a fttatement The Order Re
lieving (General Tbamaa.
Major-General 1 In Heck has recently made
several statements to a reporter of the LouisoilUi
Courier-Journal, concerning the intendod re
moval of General Thomas prior to the battle of
Nashville, which conflicts with the statements
of several correspondents of leading Western
papers. General Ilallcck's military headquarters
are now In Louisville. He said that the dinner
in Hun Francisco, in which he is said to have
told General Thomas that he withheld an ordor
from Grant superseding him at . Nashville,
was never given, ( and that the
speech attributed to him was
never made. He has not dlucd with General
Thomas since they left the West Point Academy.
He said, however, that an order removing Gene
ral 1 nomas, in luvor of General Scholicld. was
written and Blgned by E. D. Townscnd, A. A. ..
bp order of the Secretary of War. He (General
Halleck) entered a sUoug protest, but neither
President Lincoln or Mr. Stanton would take
the responsibility of suspending Uic order. He.
volunteered to assume the responsibility of de
taining the order, and Mr. Stanton said, laugh
ing. "Well, you will be the only one to suffer.
This responsibility lasted three hours, as we find
it stated that "Grant assented to the
suspension of the order three hours
after its issuancs." Ho was Induced to
consent, however, by the protestations of
General Hnlleck, who telegraphed to Grant
at 4 P. M., December , as follows: "Orders re
lieving General Thomas had been made out be
fore his teloeram of this P. M. (1 o'clock) was
received. If you still wish these orders tele-
graphed to Nashville, they will be forwarded."
alleek also telegraphed to Thomas, urging him
to hasten his attack. The following summary
of the case, as he understands it from General
Halleck's ; statement, is given by The Louieville
reporter: 1. General Grant aid peremptorily
demand the rem aval of General Thomas on the
eve of a great battle, and the appointment of
General Schofleld in his place. 2. The Presi
dent and Secretary of War did actually issue
the order as requested by General Grant. 3.
The order so Issued was delivered to Gen. Hal
leek, to be telegraphed to Gens. Thomas and
Schofleld. 4. That General Hallnck, after being
refused authority by the President and Secretary
of War to suspend the order, did so on his own
responsibility, telegraphing the fact to General
Grant. 5. General Grant did assent to such sus
pension of the order removing General Thomas.
6. The official order of removal was sever coun
termanded or revoked, but was kept by General
Halleck in his pocket till the battle of Nashville
was fought, when ho returned it to Mr. Stanton,
who put it in the fire. 7. Although official order
actually isBucd was thus destroyed, the original
draft, and the telegram on which it was based,
are preserved. 8. The removal of General
Thomas on the peremptory demand of General
Grant was prevented by the action of General
Halleck.
FATAL RENCONTRE.
A Alan tins hie Abdomen Ripped Ope
est an4
lMee l.acape I the Ausuu,
Last week, in the Charleston Cotton Press, a
mnrder of an atrocious character was quietly
perpetrated, whilst only a few of the operatives
were cognizant of the fact. There are, or were
at that time, some eighteen or twenty white
men working at the press, who were in the habit
of quizzing each other, and of perpetrating at
odd times small practical jokes among them
selves. Upon the day the murder we speak of
was perpetrated there happened to be present a
couple of men from another press,
one of whom was named McDon
nell, a email, kantankcrous kind of chap,
who became wrathy at some little pleasantry
attempted upon him by one of the operatives.
Ills offensive talk and obstreperous conduct
generally became so disagreeable that one of
the men working at the press, named Kllburn,
hauled off and gave him a slap in the face.
Jemmy McDonnell rushed on Kilburn, and they
both had a tussle, in the course of which Mc
Donnell managed to insert the blade of a knlfo
into the abdomen of Kllburn so deeply that
tbe entrails protruded from the wound.
The wounded man was taken to his
boai ding-house on Poplar street, where
he died on Friday last in great agony.
He was burled on Saturday. The par
ties who were aware of the fatal effects of
the row concerned themselves more in hushing
it up than in having the perpetrator of the cow
ardly and atrocious deed brought to justice,
and consequently a knowledge of the a flair did
not reach the police. Kllburn is represented as
having been a remarkably quiet, intelligent,
manly sort ot fellow, and tne witnesses of the
bloody assault do not pretend to Justify McDon
nell. The latter has escaped out of the city, or
else is hid away. He has not been seen at his
usual frequenting places since the day after the
knihug.
RAILROAD CASUALTIES IN JERSEY.
A Remarkable Caae-Struck by a Locomotive
and Carried Three Ittllea on the Cowcatcher
Two Teamster l'atally Injured.
Yesterday forenoon one of the most singular
accidents ever recorded in connection witn rail
roads occurred at Clifton, on the Krio Kail way.
1 be Orange county express dashed by the sta
tion, and a laborer who was at work oh the
track was struck by tbe locomotive. It was only
when the train arrived at rassalc Bridge, a dis
tance of more than three miles, that the body of
the man was found stretched on the cowcatcher.
Death was evidently instantaneous, and it is
certainly very singular that the engineer did not
see tho mau after ho was slrucK till the train
came to a stand at tbe place mentioned.
Shortly before 10 o'clock on Thursday night a
butcher, named Enoch Bolatou, and a laborer,
named James Costello, were driving a truck
with four mules attached to Communlpaw, and
in attempting to cross the Central Kallroad
before the arrival of an apurouchiuar Newark
train were thrown out and tbe truck completely
demolished by tho locomotive. The men were
injured so severely that Boston's case defies
medical skill. C'Obtello, who was formerly em'
ployed on a Jersey City fern-boat, is injured in
toruully, besides having several contusions on
his head. Both men are lying at the Bajr Shore
House.
A Mr. Bloomflel.l Hml another man. on Thurs
day afternoon, while cug:igcd on a trestlework
for the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western
Kallroad, near Kulherford Park, by the breaking
of a rope were precipitated some twenty or
thirty feet to the ground. Mr. BloomQeld's leg
was broken and auklo dislocated, whllo his coin-
fianlon was injured internally to a degree which
t is leured will prove fatal.
A brakeman, named Michael McCormick, fell
from a freight train on Wednesday and was run
over and instantly killed on tho JCrie Hallway,
between Patcrson and Sufforn. Ills remains,
which lay scattered aloug tho track in horrible
shapes the head in one place, legs and arms in
other places, etc. were gathered carefully
together, and taken to his home in Chester, for
interment.
San Francisco merchants organized last
week the California Association for the restora
tion of American shipping interests, and also
adopted resolutions declaring that they endorsed
the sentiments expressed in the document re
ceived from Mew x ork.
METHODIST ROOK CONCERN.
Th minority Kert-ii tke Rlalarlty
"Whltewnhe1-ftlr. Forter Makes a front
of More than Thirty Per Cent. Paver Hold
to the Concern.
We yosterday pnbllsliod the report of the In
vestigating Committee of the alleged Book Con
cern frauds. The report fully exonerated the
agents and managers. Messrs. Henry Slicer,
James Pike, and L. M. Vernon, members of the
Book Committee, have, however, made the fol
lowing dissenting report:
We, the undersigned members of the Book Com
mittee, respectfully dissent from the, report of the
majority, adopted yesterday, for the following
reasons:
1. Because nothing has come before us during onr
present session to relieve our convictions of losses
and mismanagement in the Book Concern, so insuffi
ciently expressed in the committee's report lu No
vember last. '
S. Because, from testimony before the committee,
it appears that the Hook Agents, for a series of years,
pnrchssed a very large part of their paper from or
through a niiO'llo-mnn or paper-broker, who repre
sented himself to paper manufacturers as controlling
the purchase of paper for the Book Concern, and
whose relation to one of tne Agents gave special
credibility to his representations, ami who also reT
presented himself to the Book Concern rs thu ac
credited agent of certain leadlnr maiiufaotnrers.
This Method of purchasing appears to us discredita
ble, and, almost of necessity, damaging to the honsc
8. Because the testimony before the committee
hows that this system actually too damaging to the
Hook Concern. The agents have bought sluue 1H40
from or through the above-named middle-man ptper
to the amount of nearly 7ixi,(00; from him direct
about l.iso.ooo, through him as broker about $3fMi,KW.
Tho "statement" of the assistant agent tj thecoin
mlttee, corroborated, as it Is, by document drawn
from the books of the dealers referred to, and also
from the order book of the Printing Department of
the Methodist Book Concern, clearly shows that on
sales to the Book Concern, amounting to ItB.ftWlS,
between July, 1SCT, and Angust, is8, the prorit
accruing to the aiwve-uamcd "broker" was ;
and that during the same period his commissions on
purchases mule amounted to ti'Mii-as. Hetweeo
Angust, 1868, and June, I860, he received from those
two houses commissions amounting to 766-60 on
paper ordered directly from the Hook Concern. We
give these as specimens only, not pretending to say
what was the whole amount of profits and commis
sions on the entire sum of nearly fTOO.SOO. But wo
append the following letter from Campbell, Hall A
Co., showing that, in one case at least, a prollt of 80
per cent, was chargud :
"Nitw York. Jan. M. 1870. . J. Tsihnn Dr Sir:
In raplf to your inquiry we beg to ml? that we sold Mr.
Fortar in June, 1W7, IriH rmmi of l4J4x, it pound. t 87
etntu por ponnd, lens S per oent., amounting to C?73'97.
We Mad, by mJemnft- to Mr. (iooJonougb's order book,
that he sold thia paper to tbe Methoditt Book Concern at
34 eente per pound, ainounttnr to 1246 '64, leaTin adif
terenre of $'iS4'S7, stowing profit of over 8J per cent.
. Because it was In evidence before the commit
tee that all the manufacturers and dealers whose
testimony was given would have sold to the house
directly as cheaply as they sold to Mr. J. i Porter,
as stated In their letter below.
The following letters lorm a part of this testi
mony: .
"Nbw Yobk, Nor. 10. 1(W9. Dear Mr: We would say,
In answer to your Inquiry at to wnet&er we would hare
anld the Methodist Book CJonowra the paper which we did
through Mr, Porter bringing ne the order, at the price
allowing tke Methodist Honk Concern the discount
whioh we paid to Mr. Porter, had those orders come
to us Kmct instead of throe gh Mr. Porter, we would
have allowed tbe one cent a pound to your society,
as we do now. The demand of Mr. Porter
for SX per eon t. addition, whiou we Haul I y allownd and
paid to him, wedid under protest, feeling that it was the
only way that we could Keep along with the business,
knowing that the time would come when we could break
np the infamous system, and ourselves asd others could
Set righted, and do our buines with your society as we
ad formerly done before Mr. Porter oame upon the Held
of action, and in the tame manner as we did onr business
wi h our otiier ItrgJ imqtonieni,
"Rev. John Lanlhan. '
"BonrroN, Oct. SO, 1S69. John Lanahao, D. D., New
York Mr Dear Kir Yon ask in vours of yesterday.
'Whether from July, 1837, to July, 1868, 1 would under the
tame circumstances hare sold paper to the Methodist
Book Oonoern at the tame price I sold to Mr A J. F. Por
ter, if the Aneuts of said Book Concern, of their em
ploye, had applied to me in person 1'
"I reply, I know no reason why, under the same circum
stances, I should not bare sold paper as low to tha Metho
dist Book Oonoern as Mr. Porter.''
For the above reasons, not to name others, we
feel ourselves compelled to present this minority
report; and we further feel ourselves compelled to
say that the methods of making purohasus In the
printing department, the tuethota of payiup; wages
and keeping accounts thereof In the bindery, and
the methods of checking Invoices of Roods received
have been defective, and likely, therefore, to lead to
losses. We at the same time express our firm belief
and hope that the Book Committee's Investigations
nave so far awakened attention, ami win lead to
such Improvements in the methods of business that
the Book Concern will be scoured to a very great
extent against the possibility of similar Irregularities
and losses hereafter.
And finally, we beg to say that we fully concur In
that part of tbe report of the majority which ex
presses confidence in the Integrity of the agents and
the solvency of the Book Concern.
Hknrt Rucrk,
Jambs Pi its,
New York, Feb. 10, 1870. L. M. Vernon.
M0RM0NISM ON LONG ISL1NB.1
The rtah Carnet-BaKaera stamping- the Island
The Apostles and Walnts of the New Creed
(Jetting tbelr Backs Up.
For some weeks rjast the citizens of Freeoort
and vicinity have been considerably agitated by
a series of lectures exposing Mormonlsm, de
livered by the Kcv. F. W. Ware, and also lec
tures vindicating their principles and practices,
by JSldors Thomas jucsson ana wiiiiam w,
Kiter.
The last evening lecture was a repetition of
the Freeport lecture, and was repeated by spe
cial request. The lectures on both sides have
called out the people In great numbers, those
against Mormonism being held in the churches
and the lecture in vindication of that peculiar
institution In the dancing hall at the hotel in
Freeport. Mr. Ware very ably reviewed tho
course of the Latter Day Saints from the first
organization of that Church: exposed the crimi
nality of Joseph Smith and Briguain Young;
charired them with throwing aside the Bible,
and substituting the Book of Mormon; with
believing that God is a man, and the Holy
Ghost a kind of electricity; with teaching that
there is a female god, and that women have no
souls, but enter heaven as a companion of man;
that there are two kinds of marriages, one for
life only, which docs not nnlte the persons In
the other world, and the other for life and eter
nity, which is respected in heaven, and that
Brigham Young's agent has power to make these
eternal marriages.
Mr. Hyatt, abacksllding Mormon, at his lec
ture made some grave charges against the Utah
suinta in connection with Mouutaln Meadow
mussacre. During the entire lecture a Mormon
delegation were present and were greatly excited
at tbe charges, and often interrupted the
speakers, denying all tho allegations, and offered
to prove to the contrary.
On Thursday evening, at the Mormon gather
ing, the hall was filled with a large number of
tbe new converts to Mormonism. aud in addition
many of the first citizens of Freeport. Elder
Thomas Jackson, in vindicating polygamy,
claimed that the present condition of society
demanded that this doctrine should be practised
by a large number or else in a short time society
wouid be entirely corrupt, lie stated that in
New York city there were thirty thousand more
marriageable females than males; that in New
England there were three ladles who have
arrived at an age suitable for entering the
married state, and vet single, to one marriage
able man. He claimed that in Salt Lake City,
with 20,000 Inhabitants, there was not a single
prostitute; that in New York city, where this
peculiar institution was condemned, and within
the hearing of 500 church bells, could be fouud
20,000 young women .who lived by prostituting
themselves.
The speaker said that the large preponderance
of females in our counti-v uidn a Ufa of toll or
of shame necessary for them, unless polygamy
Is practised. This speaker was very violent
against those who opposed Mormonism, and
especially airalnst Mr. Ware. W. W. Hitter fol
lowed in a more liberal spirit, and evidently
iuauo a ucucr ouuci uo mo audience.
Daviess county produces more tobacco than
any other county In Kentucky. Its yield last
SECOND EDITION
LATEST S7 TIIUSOILArn.
The Anti-Prohibition League Land
Grants Rank in the Navy
Military Officer Ordered to , ,
.the Frontiers To
day's Cable Quo
tations. Financial and Commercial
Ktc, Etc. . Etc., Kt Etc.
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FROM WASI1IXQTOX. ,
' i ! ' Payanaatar IrrtnR. ' '. i
Special Despatch to The ifrenifw Telegraph, ' .
. Washington, Feb. 18. The President having
approved the report of the Examining Board in
the case of Paymaster Washington Irving,
United SUtes Navy, yesterday, he was wholly
retired by Secretary Robeson from the service
with one year's pay. .
Kaok In the Navy. '"'I '
Tbe Civil Engineers of the various Navy Yards
havo forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy
petitions and recommendations, asking for rank
and precedence in the navy. ' Secretary Robeson
has forwarded them to Mr. Scoflcld, Chairman
of the Naval Committee, which committee has
the subject of naval rank tinder consideration.
The lee Supply. ,
As the open winter has provided but a limited
supply of ice, orders have been given by the
naval authorities here to the commandant of
the Portsmouth, N. II., Navy Yard, to procure
a mil supply for the Government ice-houses at
that place, as that station will be used during
the coming summer by tho naval . patients, as,
also, for the rendezvons for naval vessels from
the West Indies.
. Ordered to Service. , ,
The army officers who have during and since
the war been industriously and elegantly signing
their names to official documents in the War De
partment are uttering hideous outcries at the
idea of their being disrobed ot their purple and
being invited to experience a little genuine army
life oat ' on the frontier, under the new army
order. They do net consider that It is right or
proper for them to again mix with the common
army horde to whom they have issued orders
from the War Department whonover a new freak
took them, but the ordor is imperative and will
only perhaps except a very few cases where
there is great favoritism at tho throne.
I FROM THE WEST.
The Antl-Prohlbitlon Ieaae.
8t. Lotjis, Feb. 11. The Anti-Prohlbltlon
League had a fine meeting at Masonic Hall
to-night, at which able speeches were made by
two prominent citizens. Tho Protectionists
hold forth to-morrow night. These meetings
are creating much interest on the tariff question,
and peoplo of all classes attend them.
Spring's Hotel and store, at Cobdei, Illinois,
was bnrned last night. Loss, $30,000? ' Insur
ance, $12,000.
Holdlnc of Iand (Jranta.
Minneapolis, Feb. 11. Tbe ruling of the
Secretary of the Interior that all land grants to
railroads must be located on air lines, unless
natural barriers intervene, has changed the
Northern Pacific Railroad programme materially,
and orders have gone forward to atop all sur
veys for the present.
FROM EUROPE.
Last Ntabt'a Quotations.
By the Anglo-American Cable.
Ltvurfool, Feb. 11 Evening. Cotton closed
Steady and unchanged. Sales to-day 10,000
bales, Including 8000 for speculation and, export
Bacon dull. Lard flat. Pork flat,
I Thia Moraine's Quotatlona.
Paris, Feb. 12. The Bourse , opened quiet.
Rentes, TSf. 80c.
Amtwxrp, Feb. 11. Petroleum opened Ann at
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LHOAL INTELLIGENCE.
Supreme
Court In Bane Jndare Read Prr-
idin.
Jndaea Hharawood. Aanew. and Wil
liams.
The court was this morning engaged with miscel
laneous rules and motions.
Court of Quarter Session-Judge Ludlow.
Srison cases were tried to-day. -enry
Burke was charged with the larceny of
clothing belonging to William FarrelL The defen
dant and a man named Martin, both young men,
went to a tavern In Filbert street and took separate
rooms for the night. The following morning Farrell,
and upon returning a few moments afterwards met
Martin gelng down stairs. He found his trunk had
been broken open and his clothing Btolen. and one of
the rods from aerenaant s nea was rouna Desiae tne
trunk, and likewise Farrell's tooth-brush was found
In the defendant's room.
But the prisoner himself was still in his room ana
none of the missing clothing was discovered in his
possession. A trunk belonging to another boarder
was found In Martin's room, broken open, and Mar
tin, under pretense that he was going into a neigh
boring saloon for a few minutes, went away for good,
which circnmsiauces seemed to puim tv mm m uic
guilty party. Mr. Bregy, the prisoner's counsel,
argued that this was at niost but a case of suspicion,
and the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty.
FINANCE AND COM3IEKCE,
OrnoE or th Kveniho TcutoBAra.1
Saturdar , Feb. Ui. 1S70. f
There is a fair business doing to-day in loans,
but not more than is usual at the end of the
week at this period of the year. A few days
ago the managers of banks, as well as tho street
lenders, were considerably exercised in keeping
their funds In motion. There is slight change
in this respect to-day, the demand and supply
being more evenly balanced, though there Is
ample for all wants. The rates are without
material change, though perhaps a shade firmer.
We quote stock loans active, as usual, but
easy at 5(&6 per cent., and Al business paper at
7&8 per cent., chiefly at the former figure.
Gold is dull and weak, opening at 120, de
clining to 1U;, aud closing at noon at
about 130.
Government bonds are quiet, but prices con
tinue steady. ....
The stock market opened and continued very
active and prices still further advanced Tho
main feature, however, was Reading Railroad,
which sold very largely at our quotations. City
loans sold at l6o;100 for the new issues.
Sales of Reading RaLroad at 484'J. Penn
sylvania Railroad was taken at 57, a slight
docllne. Camden and Araboy Railroad sold at
114 LehiKh Valley Railroad at 54, and
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad at 3. 86 was
offered for North Pennsylvania, 85?? for CaU
wlsa preferred, and 44 for Northern Central.
In Canol stocks there were uo sales. S was
bid for Lehigh and 16,V for SchuylkUl pre-
feCwi, Bank, nnd Passenger .Railway shares
were neglected, tho only sales being In Farm rs'
ana Mechanics' Hank at 11U. 1
PHILADELPHIA STOCK KXCIIANUR RAXES.
Reported by De Haven A Bra, No. 40 8. Third street, f
FIRKT BOARD. t
I'OOOPaSs W L.t p.lOl'tf 800 Heading.. Is.sl0.4fc-W ,
note city SS.N...IS. boo do ..is.sso. ts ,
S dais. ...100S 800 do sn. 49 '
I1IS00 do luo x loo do.... hlft. 49
11000 C A Dl 6,8 100 do ..sWwn. 4Stf ,
; . bB.... 4 100 (1O.....SH0. 4S','
i tnoo N Penna As. . . i loo do.,....b. 4'
looooLeh goldX..... M loo do be. 49
svtmo do nv loo lo..s80wn. i
so sn Far t M UK. 119 loo do c.49 5t ,
14 sh Cam A Am.ls. 100 do S10.410I l
cash. ...H4V 1200 do. .is. .ha. 49 i
1 shPenna R &;. 400 An wi so . .
1 0 fo 6TM too do. ..lail.l. 4 , ,
OO B7S 100 do S. 49 ' '
: 87 do M 100 do h80. i '
160 , . do, ........ tin loo do....b0,U. 49 f
!4 do....:. .IS. 67 loo . do ;t
SO sh Phil k TR..1I8 soo 'do.hj.b5Al. 40 '
WshLehV R...1S. B4H 1400 i do., 49 '
lftOsh l'hil A K II... i9 itto do ,c. 4 ,i
foOsliRead R..S30. 4-s;., (
Mwwrs. PR nAVKN Bkotrrr, No. 40 8. Third '
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations i '
U. 8. sol ism. lU'.aniu : da. lHfliL U4KiMi : '
da 184, iu(il4,Ji ; da ltwa, iut(aii4a j do. iMa, i
ew, liiiWiios ! a ltxii, oa uaianiti v : amis, .
da. llHVfcAUSv: 10-40. lHWllU'ilD. S. B0 Tear
e per cent. Currency, 1UV;fAiii!;; Due Comp. Int.
Notea,l;uoia, iwhaiuox ; Biivr, nixcjus. union
I"aciflc R. R. 1st Mort. Bonds, $hs.vSTB: Central Pa
cliie R. R. 1st Mort. Bonds, t9GO(970; Union Pacinc
Land Urant Bonds, $W0fc7l0.
Jav coo is a co. quote uovornment securities aa
follows: U. & Cs of 1881, Mi&m'i i S-SOs of 18A
1149116; do., 184, U4V?114x: do., 1869 114V
114: do.. July. 1WA. 118V(113V: do. do., 1867.
liaxnax; do., iha, U8x4its ; lo-tos, lirvj '
112;Cur. 0n,lll,(iUl,V. Gold, .:
WKKSRH. WILLIAM PA1NTKK A CO.. NO. M 8. Third
street, report the following quotations:!-. 4. Ss of .
1K4, 117S4117"; 5-20S Of 186U, lVHtl4V t do. 1864,
ll4V,H4y; do. lMitv, 114HU4H ; da, July, 1 89, ,
HB.'iWlinjf : do., Jnly, 1867, U8J4U8k; do. July, ,
1W8, lissMi'SS! t o. HMO, uf!(ii ; u. o. raciuo
RR. Cur. 68, 1HS1U. Gold, lS0ltf.
TBK NEW YORK MONEY MA11K.KT.
From the -V. Y. Herald. i '
' "The very pacific character of the news from Parts
this morning aud some sales nnder the rule for the
account of a small urm unable to meet their engage
ments led to a decline in gold, which did not prevail,
however, throughout the day, but was followed by a
reaction In which the premium recovered to the
opening price. The earliest sale at the board was at
IVOVi from which point the price declined to 120,
when the suspension of Mr. C. F. Fearing, of the
firm of K. 8. Fearing A Co.. was made known,
and about half a million of gold was sold ont
'under the rule.' Considering the fact that the fail
ure waa for ' about only a half per ' cent,
on the amount Just specified loss in reality of
only a few thousand dollars the 'bears' were very
F lucky to sell the market or the 'bulls' wera greatly
Tightened over a trivial bankruptcy. However, the
market v as naturally heavy, owing to the long dull- '
ness, and nunc, esHlly broke to 119X, which it Just
barely toncned. The carrying rate to-day being ,
quite low, with a number or transactions at 'flat," '
suggests that the shorts' put out a good line r
yesterday . In expectation of some depress-:
Ing news. They proved to be right and have
been very successful for a brief operation. Indeed,
tbe operators who were 'short' could well afford to
have the. bankrupts announce their failure, and
con Id easily pay them their alleged losses from tbe
firotlts of too two days' speculation. From the point
i i mentioned tho market rallied on the purchases
of the 'bears' to cover, and the rise as late in the
afternoon sharply assisted by the news that Senator ,
Sumner had introduced a bill to accord to thesCaban
patrtet8 belligerent rights without delay.
"Borrowers on call, with pledge of prime collate-' '
rals, have no difficulty in finding accommodation at
live per cent. Large amounts continue to be left
with the leading Government dealers at four per
cent. Among the stock boosea, however, the rata
ranges from five to six per cent., with the greater -number
of - transactions at the latter figure..
Stock - Operators are always content to pay
anything np to the fnll legal rate. Aa tha stock
brokers are seldom disposed to 'shin' the street for
easier engagements, they are the more generous
class of borrowers ; hence loans on pledge of stocks
are generally above the real market, unless there is
so much competition among lenders as to force a
decline In the Interest rate. Commercial paper is In
active request at six to eight per cent, for the choice
grades of double name acceptances. Prime single
names are current at seven to eight per cent.
Foreign exchange was fairly active for Saturday's
steamer, and rates were a Bhutto firmer, but without
change in figures. Prime bankers' slxtv-dar sterling
bills were quoted 108j(109. The market baa to en
counter the competition of a free supply of commer
cial bills drawn against cotton, the shipments of
which are unusually extensive, whilu the crop pro
mises an exaess of at least half a million bales over
last year's yield.
"The Inactivity of the Government market con
tinued In the earlier hours of business. Under tbe '
lower range of the gold market and with tbe memory
of the heavy offerings by leading dealers at the Sub
Treasury yesterday prices fell otr and the market
became heavy. Here some of the Government
houses were large buyers, and as gold happened to
become strong and active the market wenf against
the sellers. The indications are that as some of the ;
largest houses in tbe street are on opposite skies of
the movements lnGovernmenta,anintrestlngitrug-
?:le may be looked for, together with a dissipation of
he monotony which has of late characfcrlzed, tbe
market." . . i
Philadelphia Trade lleport. '
Saturday, Feb. 18. The Flour market Is steady,
but there Is not much activity, there being very little
demand, except from the home consumers, who
purchased a few hundred barrels, Including super-'
fine at t4-38&40; extras at 4-2Xf4-T0; Iowa,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota exta family at I&30-7S,
the latter rate for choice; Pennsylvania da da at
55-60; Indiana and Ohio da da at fs-ssotis;
and fancy brands at lo-sofeo, according to quality.
Rye Flour sells at 14-70 V barrel.
There is bnt little activity in the Wheat market,'
and only small sales of Pennsylvania red were re-
Eorted at 11-241-26. Rye may be quoted at 08a w
ushel for Western and Pennsylvania Corn is In
fair request, and prices are steady. Sales of 5000
bushels new yellow at 873c. Oats are unohanged ;
Small sales of Western and Pennsylvania at KRoAOc.
6000 bushels Canada Barley sola on private terms.
Bark In the absence of sales we quote No. 1 Quer
citron at $30 V ton.
Seeds Cloversecd Is less active. Small sales at
f8r8-12)tf. Timothy and Flaxseed are nominal.
Whisky Is active. 70 barrels Western rron-bound .
sold at 8sc., and 1M) barrels wood-bound da at 97c.
LATEST SIIIPriXQ INTELLIGENCE,
For additional Marine Seice nee Inside Paget.
(By Teleoraph.)
New York, Feb. la. Arrived, steamships West
phalia, from Hamburg ; City ot Mexico, from Havana ;
aud Java, from Uveipool.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA FEBRUARY M
STATU OF THERMOMETER AT THE XVENINO TELKOHAFE
OFFICE.
T A. M 43 1 11 A. M 48 1 8 P. M 49
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Hunter, Harding, Providence, V. 8. Stet-
SchrChas. E. Jackson, CuUen, Cambridge, Day.Hud
dell A Co. . , . . . ,
Schr John Stroup, Crawford, Cambrldgcport, do.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship El Cid, Nlckerson, 24 hours from New ,
York, with mdse. to John F. Ohl.
Steamer KattleHnako, lieckett, 68 hours from Port
laud, in ballast to J. S. Hules.
hteamer Diamond Stat. U ood, 13 hours from Bal
timore, with mdHe. to A. tiroves, Jr.
SchrVaroline, Tlce, from Millvllle, with glass to
Whltall. latum A Co. .
Schr Maiiawsv, Hampton, from norence, with
iron pipe to it. V. Wood A Song.
Schr Mary and Caroline, Fowler, 1 day from Leip
aic, Del., with grain to Jos. E. Palmer.
Schr Vawlalia, Campbell, 1 day from Leipslo, Del.,
with grain to Jos. E. Palmer.
gotFoff.
Brig Herald, Hansen, hence for Sagoa, before re
ported atihore at Marcus Hook, was hauled on" last
niKht by the steamlug Lioness, and proceeded on her
voyage.
MEMORANDA.
Steamship Juniata, Hoxle, from New Orleans for
Philadelphia, sailed from Havana yesterday.
Steamship Fa nil u, Freeman, hence, at New York
yesterday.
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