THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22,' "l&W. 8 tin i.iti:lliui:ici:. EXriX)SION. A Urea Kafllement at Ilerllcinltnral Hall- Htereaptleaa Apparatus jBaplexIra A Paalfl Prvente4-4Jren4 Daoaer, fcat Iaa af l.lfe. Last evening an entertainment, consisting of stereoptieon pictures and tableaux vivants, was riven In Horticultural Hall lortho benefit of the Newsboys' Home. During the exhibition two gas bags belonging to the stcreopticon appa ratus exploded, from some cause or causes as yet naknown, but happily with no damage to the life of any In the ball. The hall was about three quarters full at the time, bat owing to the prompt measures of the janitor and others all succeeded in gaining the treet In safety. The screen on which the stercoptlcon pic tures were displayed was on the stage immedi ately In a line with the dron-enrtain. The ste rcoptlcon apparatus to project the pictures on the screen was situated in the middle aisle of the balL in the midst of the audience. . It con sisted of a large double lantern, with its accom paniments, and two large lndla-rubbcr gas bags, 40 by 20 inches, which wore covered with press boards and heavy iron weights. These bags contained, the one oxygen and the other hydrogen, which gases were used to produce the oxy-hydrogen or Drumnioud light in the lanterns. ' On the stage, In the rear of tho screen, was the apparatus for the production of the tablenux. These were illuminated by another set of bags and burners situated on one tide of tho stage, the screen being raised as each tableau was pre sented. The stcreopticon apparatusiin the mid dle of the hall was managed by Air. Willard, under whoso direction tho exhibition was given, who is a man of great experience in this line, and who, in several hundred former exhibitions of this kind, has never met with an accident. At the time of the explosion the stcreopticon apparatus was not in use. The curtain had just gone down on the tableau of "Captain Jinks," in which tho calcium lights upon tho stage were used, and after which an intermission of a lew minutes was announced. The stage lights and apparatus were not injured in the least. At the end of the intermission Mr. Willard proceeded to relight the lanterns, pre- Iiaratory to continuing the exhibition. The lydrogen jet in one lantern had just been lit and had been burning for un instant, and he was in the act of lighting tho hydrogen of the other lantern, when the explosion took place. The oxygen was turned not on in either burner, without which the light is usually ns harmless as a common coal gas burner, and in reality is the same thing. After the explosion, the oxygen stopcocks of both lanterns were examined, and were both found to be fully turned off. Even had they been on, with proper care no accident could be expected. The tops and bottoms of tho two bags were found nearly entire. The weights had been thrown to one side, but not lifted in the air. The press-boards of thin pine were splintered com pletely, and the fragments scattered la all direc tions. The explosion was a double one, consisting of two distinct shocks, the second being the heaviest of the two. The report was very loud, and was heard in the neighborhood a distance of nix squares. People in the Aeadomv of Music supposed that a gas meter had exploded in that building. The gas lights on either side of the stage had been lit daring the intermis sion, as well as some In front of the gallery. All of these were extinguished by the concus sion, so that the audience was left in total dark ness. Under these circumstances the wonder is that no one was Injured by a stampede of the people In the hall, but nothing of that kind occurred. The janitor of the hall and several gentlemen were standing near the door at tho time, and they immediately opened all the means of exit. In a few minutes all who were at all alarmed had left the hall. By the time that the gas was relighted all terror had sub- Bided. One or two ladles who were in the im mediate vicinity of the gas bags fainted, and one or two boys were slightly scratched with splinters of the press-boards. An ear-ring and cross worn around the neck were torn away from one of the young ladies near the apparatus. She was also considerably bruised, ana her ner vous system severely shocked, but no serious results are apprehended. This is believed to be the case In which the greatest personal injury was inflicted. A large force of policemen came promptly to the scene from the Academy of Music adjacent. Several fire companies, alarmed by the report, had also arrived, but their services were not needed. The services of a doctor were im mediately procured for the fainting ladies, all of whom soou recovered aud left for their homes. Though no one was badly injured, the force of the explosion was sulllcient to greatly damage the hall. Several hundred of the large panes of lass in the windows were shattered, and the sound of the falling glass added greatly to the confusion. But the greatest iujui j to the building was not discovered until long after the accident. About 11 o'clock, when the janitor was about to leave the hall lor the night, it was found that the ceiling of the buscmcnt, immediately under the spot where the bugs had been situated, had been en tirely shattered. Tho iloorof the hall above was shattered, aud the shock had penetrated through the floor to the room beneath. After the excitement had subsided, Mr. Willard offered to continue the exhibition, as none of the other apparatus had been injured, and another set ot bags was on hand; but by the breaking of tho windows the hull was found to have become too uncomfortably cold for the accommodation of an audience. immediately after the accident Professor Morton, of the Franklin Institute, was sent for to examine tho apparatus, and, if possible, give an explanation, as no cause could be discovered. The messenger found him at his house, and he Immediately came to tho hall. Tho apparatus had been left just as it had been thrown by the explosion until after his arrival. After a careful examination, Professor Morton has furnished us with the following as the cause of the accident: From some misunderstanding at the outset, the ope rator was under a false impression as to which gas bag contained oxygen and which hydrogen. This Is proved by the actual position of the con necting tubes at the present time.' As a result of this, when filling up the bags from reser voirs during an intermission, though many pre cautions wero taken to avoid just this mistake, the wrong gas was added to each bag, thus forming an explosive mixture lu both. On attempting to relight the jets the explosion occurred. The heavy Iron weights upon the press-boards were not thrown about, and, we are happy to learn that, with the ex ception of a few trilling scrutches, no one was hurt, although a larze audience was assembled and densely packed In the closest proximity to the exploding apparatus. That so noisy and violent a detonation should do so little serious damage would seem strange were we not acquainted with the peculiar character of this explosive mixture, its characteristic is great suddenness and little power. A heap o soap bubbles filled with It may be fired in the hand with a detonation which is perfectly deafening, but without tho least sensible shock to the hand which contains them. An equal noise from gnnpowder would imply the utter demolition of the operator and all in his vicinity. Such an accident as this is not likely to occur again, attention having been drawn so strongly to the risk, and might have been avoided had some distinguishing mark which could be felt as well as seen beeu made on the stopcock of one or other of the bags. The persouul danger from such explosions is confined to the imme diate vicinity of tho bags and an audience may feel perfectly secure where these are not in close proximity. That no panic occurred is due in great mea sure to the adequate means of exit from the ball. Had such a thing occurred in a hall like the Musical Fund, from which it requires twenty minutes for a large assemblage to make its exit, the result might have been far different. Too much attention cannot be given to this subject by parties who are the proprietors or lessees of places of public meeting. A Mkbtino of Tn Bar. A meeting of mem hers ot Uio l'tiiUil;iiUia liar wan held this morning at 12 o'clock in the District Court room No. 1, Judge Porter In the chair. Vice-President. Inaac Har.lehnnit, Peter MoCall. George W. Biddle. and J oscnh B. Townscnd. Henry M. Bt-nheri and George l). Budd were elected secre taries. i no President, in opening the meeting, ststed that the object for winch trie meeting had been called was to tnke such mcmnirrn a wlllnrneiire the necessary legislation for the appointment of a larger number of Judges In our courts. The present number Is not sumi'lent. Very often a judge sits all day hearing cases, and then has to write opinions after U o'clock at night. Sometimes judges have come Into court, after an Interval of two weeks, with forty written opinions. Some Judges are required to sit nine weeks at a Stretch. At Pittsburg It Is so arranged that one Judge sits two weeks, and then another Judge sits for the same time. Each Judge thus has an interval of two weeks for study and the thinking and writing out of opinions, llesldes these long terms, the court rooms Ih a hlch the judges are obliged to sit are the most perfect retorts for the manufacture ef car bonic acid gas which have ever existed. The report of the committee appointed at a pre vious meeting was then called for. The chairman of the committee then presented the following, stating that It was In the form of a memorial, and that, It was designed to be forwarded to llarrisburg with the names of the memorialists appended, and under the guardianship of a suitable committee: To the Honorable the Senator and Representative of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania: Tbe nnrinmifrned member of the Philadelphia Bar re spectfully represent : That the increase ol population and bxninecwof the city ot Philadelphia, and consequent increase in the number of civil and criminal cauana, ren der an increase intlie Judiciary of the oily lmirtively Decenary. tSvnflflEBJ 4 They therefore request yonr honorable bodien to pro vide tor the election, in October unit, of two additional Judge for the District (ioort, and of one additional Judge of the tlonrt of Common Plea. Yonr meinorialiiits also concur in what appears to be the cnneral opinion of the liar of the State, that the numuor of ,)u'gra of tbe Supremo Court should be increased. And vnur memorialists will ever Drav. etc. The memorial was signed: by Henry E. Wallace, W. Roach Wlstar, Amos Hrlggs, William A. Porter, George W. Thorn, Kd ward Shlppen, ThomasJ . Dlehl. llenrv M. Dechert,and George I). Budd, members of the committee. Mr. W. ltoach Wlstar, Judge Tarsons, Mr. Richard McMurtrle, and Mr. tieorge W. Middle addressed the meeting In favor of the proposed changes. Mr. Riddle did not think that it would be for the nest to have a seperate Nisi 1'rlus Judge for Phila delphia, to ahleh idea the meeting leaned. lie thought that It would be better to Increase the num ber of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and let them hold the Nisi Prlus as now, than to have a separate local Judge of the Ms! Prlus. Mr. Itemak. tuougnt trial it would oe netter to have petitions from the people at large. They would have more weight thau one from the bar alone. Knotigh persons could be found who would understand the matter and be willing to sign the petitions. Mr. E. 8. Miller said that It was no time to engage In reilned discussion as to what was best, bat that all should unite In some general measures for the In crease of the facilities of the court. The Philadel phia Bar never engaged In anything heartily aud unanimously, except to eat a supper or bury some of Its members. Lawyers do not know the great. Incon venience to which the public are put by the want of facilities. Lawyers are Inconvenienced when cases are put off because tho court Is too busy to hear them, but how much more is It Inconvenient for the clients, who have to come sometimes from long dis tances over and over again ! The Judges are so over burdened that they delight to nonsuit the cases. They feel that they must get through the list some how. Let all now preseut drop their crotchets. I for my part will drop mine, for 1 also have them, and will go lu for the petition. A statement from the I'rothonotary of the District Court was presented, from which It appears that in the year ltsao, SV70 cases were brought Into that court. ; lu the year 1840 there were BftDl cases ; In law, i'l'i'l cases; lu I860, 6570; and in the year 18o, ssio cases. The petition was then passed unanimously. Mr. Itemak. requested that Mr. Miller would re duce to writing his reasons why this community de sires an enlarged number of judges, which should then be printed. A motion was made that a committee of twentv flve be appointed by the Chair to see that the bill passes the Legislature, which was adopted. on motion, the odlcers of the meeting were in cluded in the commit tee. Mr. Kawle read an act which Is now before the Senate, and which Is likely to pass. He thought that some action should be taken favoring this bill. The following is the acti on Act to Increase the Kumher of Judges of the Supreme Court. Ho It enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tivea of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In Ueneral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of tbe same, That the Supreme Court, from and aftor the flint Monday in December next, shall consist of six judges, any four of whom shall constitute a iiuorum when convened for the purpose of holding said Court agreeable to law, and the additional judge hereby authorized ahull H niMcteri hv the aualilied electors of the Commonwealth at huge at the next general election, agreeably to the Constitution and the laws, and ahull be oommiiuioned and receive the tame salary which the Judge of the Supreme Court receive. No action was taken in relation to the act. on motion the meeting adjourned. After the ad journment the various members of the bar present signed the memorial. A Pmi.ADEi.pui a Vessel the Oldest Afloat. The Truelove is tho name of the oldest vessel now afloat. She was built in Philadelphia in 1764, and Is consequently 106 years old. Tho vessel was built originally for the merchant trade, but during the Revolution was used as a privateer. She was captured by a British war vessel in 1780, and was purchased from the British Government by parties in Hull, Eng land, from which port she now halls. She was employed In the wine trade between Oporto and Hull until 1784, when she was employed in whaling. As a whaler, she has been exposed to many vicissitudes. The Truelove, in 1830, formed part of a fleet In Melville Bay, when twenty strong vessels were lost and twelve others were seriously injured by the ice. This vessel, on account of her peculiar build, was able to stand the ice much better than some other and stronger ones. When exposed to a heavy squeeze between large masses of ice, she would be raised to the surface, where she would remain until the pressure was relieved, when she would again sink Into the water. On one occasion this vessel lay on the ice in this man ner for six weeks in Melville Bay. The True love has made eighty voyages to Greenland and Davis' Strait. During all the time that she has been engaged as a whaler, she has carried oil from some three or four hundred whales, and besides this has been laden with seals and other Arctic products. Since 1807 she has been cm ployed in carrying ice from Norway to tho Eng lish market. She is said to be in as good a con dition now as ever, aud is still hard at work. Local Odds akd Ends. The "Streets of Philadelphia" could not very well be played just now; the scenery would be apt to be somewhat muddv. Jean Louis has lost his professorship of music iu the public schools. We suppose the children will now sing, "Oh! Louis, we have missed you," etc. General Wagner wants to command the colored troops; it Is given another man will get it. A chop was bellowing Mary-land, my Mary land last midnight, wnen a night-capped lndi vldtiiil raised a window-sush and deposited an earthen jug on the singlst's noddle, with the re mark, "Clear out, you darned fool, Mary Ann's gone to bed long ago." The '"man who whistles" Is requested to silence his pipes whilst visiting our sausage shops. Benzine whisky brings as much joy to our undertakers as quarts nuggets do to the tolling miner. Sale op Fi rmti re. On Thursday and Frl- H. Sentt.. Jr.. will sell, wlthnnr. the entire stock of furniture of J. Lutz. No. l'it S. Eleventh street. Mr. Lutz hns been for twenty-five years in his present location, and he has achieved a reputation second to none as a manufacturer of first-class furniture. .The present Bale Is In consequence of his retirement From business, and this intention of visiting Europe next spring. It is scarcely necessary for ns to Btate mat it this will be a very rare op portunity for housekeepers to purchase fine fur niture at a low price. The abilities of Mr. Scott as an auctioneer are well known, and this sale promises to be one of the most attractive of the eeafofl. The sale will commence at 10 A. M. on each day. In consequence of the immense stock and the limited room, tickets of admls slon will be required. These can be procured on application at the Art Gallery of 11. Bcott, Jr., Uo. 1117 Cbesmit street. THE TETERAKS. Meetlaa af the (toMler af tha War af 18 1 i. At ten o'clock this morning the handful of brave men who followed their country's flag during the troublesome time Intervening be tween the year 1812 and the battle of New Orleans in 1815, met, as is their usual yearly custom, in the Supreme Court Room, to do honor to the natal day of the Immortal Pathur of his Country. President Peter Hay In the chair. Secretary, John II. Frick. Colonel John Thompson, chairman of the Executive Committee, presented the following report: The Executive Committee respectfully renort; That since onr meeting on the 8th of January last inexorame ueam nan neen aoing nis worn of de struction among onr members, no less than ten hav ing departed this life In attotit seven weeks, which. added to the sixty-one reported at that time, make seventy-one In little more than one year out of the small number in this association, and henceforth the proportion must inevitably be greatly Increased. nntil, In a very brief period Indeed, the last soldier oi ism win oe carried to nis lasi nome on earth. At the beginning of the present year the prospect vi reuei irum tiDgresn looaf u very gloomy, ami the most niipeiui among us were grcatiy uiscouragnu. Since then, however, a more liberal spirit has mani fested Itself among the representatives of the peo ple; and the public press, too, that gTcat lever of pu line sentiment, nas come forward nomy and ener getically to our support. In the National House of Kenresentatlvea the linn. Mr. Bingham has introduced the following resolu tion: Granting Itnttnne to the Surviving SoUliere and Their H-.W of the W,tr nf 1812. hr it Hnotvrd, By the Henate and House of Repreaenta- tires of wie United State of America in Uongremr inemuim, uai from anil aiwr toe pannage oi mese reso liitmnn, the surviving soldier, who served the United States in tbe war of ISIS with Great liritain. and thenar swing wldownof nneh soldiers, ahall each be entitled to a pension at the rate of $8 per month. And although the matter has received a check from the opposition of Mr. Kdmunds, ona of the Senators from Vermont, yet we have received such nnequlvocal encouragement from Influential mem bers of both houses of Congress that we can bid our fellow-soldiers not to despair. In the Henate of Pennsylvania the Hon. M. B. Lowry Introduced the following Joint resolution, which has been passed by that body, and sent to the HoiiBe of Kepresentatives for concurrence: Joint Hr.iutlutiim Relative to Granting Jit ttef to the ftoldirm and W'ifitncn of Snldiere of the War of lHli. lit it Hrmlrrd, (if the House conoar). That our Hnmliin in Congress are instructed and our Kepresentatives re quested to use every honorable mean within their power to aecui e the passage ot the bill granting a pension to sol diers aaa wioows oi aoioiers oi me waroi 1H1& Jtreolvtd. That the Governor be reunosted to fnrwsrrf copies of this resolution to our benutors and Representa tives in congress. Vnder these circumstances we urge the old sol diers of 181-2, throughout the Union, to persevere In their endeavors to enlist the active exertions of the several State Legislatures, the public press, and the citizens generally, to unite in procuring a liberal and honorable recognition nv congress of the ser. vices and sacrifices of the soldiers of the second War of independence, or whom so few remain. The committee submit the following resolutions; Remlred. That the thanksof this association be present ed to the Bon. Morrow li. Lowry, ot the Pennsylvania State Heuate, and to tbe other (Senators who aided him In pass ing a resolution nrging Oongrea to pss the bill now be fore them, granting a pension to tht soldier of tha war 01 Iteeolvrd, Tbat the thanks of this aasociation be pre sented to the lion. Mr. Bingham, G W. Hoofield, and General John D. lieweesa, and to the Senators and Kepre entativea in Congress, who are cooperating with him in toe generous snort to uo an act 01 justice to IQe tew sur viviDa: soldier of 1K12. Hrmlcrd. That tbe legislature of other 8tat.es now In ettnion be earnestly requested to adopt resolution Bimiiar to those passed by the Hon ate of Pennsylvania, niging Uonvros to do tbe lust aot of gratitude to the old soldier 01 ima. The report was unanimously adopted, after which ine louowing toasts were reau : 1. Tha Memory of Washington, ever in our hearts a the rat nor ot uisvountry. a. The Heroes and Patriots of the Revolution. B. Tha Memory of our departed Aaiociates in the War of 1812 Tbcy rest from their labors, but their works do follow tnen. 4. The President of the United States. 6. The Governor of Pennsylvania. 5. The Army and Navy of the United States. 7. The Judiciary of tbe Union and of the several States r irm supporter 01 11 uonstitntion and the ijaw. H. Tbe Union It must and ahall be preserved. 9. The Memory of Bcott, Brown, Decatur, Perry, and other Commanders in the War of 1H12. 10. The Friends of tbe Soldier and Sailors of tbe War of 1812 in Congress and oar (State Legislature Long life and hannineffs to them. 11. Our Country The land of the free and the home of me crave. 13. Agriculture, Commerce, and the Manufactures The foundation 01 our prosperity, ana the source of our strength. 13. Woman Heaven's last and best gift to man ; with- out ner our nomeB wouia ue aeaoiate. The roll was then called, and sixty-two members answered to ineir names. The following new members were then elected : valentine uurkiiardt, of the wasmngton Greys, Joseph Ogelsby, William J. Ferguson. John White, of Colonel Berry's Battalion. The following deaths were announced since the meeting in January. Colonel William Diehl 90 years vr. Benjamin dounson t Emanuel C. lieigert ' Captain John Huston 86 " John Strickler 75 " Daniel Smith 79 JohnUDuy 83 " Benjamin Miles 81 " Jacob Tiel 77 " Charles Durang 70 " Mr. John 1. Hester moved that the thanks of the association be tendered to the Philadelphia Inquirer ana oilier papers mat uave supported me cause 01 the soldiers or lbi'i. unanimously agreed to. Tbe same gentleman moved that hereafter the proceedings of tne association be opened with prayer, and that hereafter some clergyman be selected for that purpose. Agreed to. A resolution was then passed authorizing the Sec retary to prepare and have printed a complete roll of the names of the present and former members of the association, that copies of It may be distributed amongst the living members to serve as memorials. The business 01 me meeting was tnen declared finished. Colonel A. L. Snowden then read Wash. lrigton's Farewell Address, after which the veterans dispersed, Tkape Notice. The following is a reprint of an advertisement in a morning journal, which advertisement certainly has the best interests of society at heart: "NOTIUK. if toe artist wno so cleverly relioved a rentleman of his pocket-book whilst gettidg oa a Market street car at tbe corner of Kloventb and Market, about 1 P. M., February lhtn, ha no particular interest in keep inn h nocket-book and naDers. whioh are of small onnu . niarv value, the owner is disposed to look at the trans action as rather sharp financiering, even considering the dullness 01 tne times, nut is reaiiy to negotiate lor tneir return at a fair valuation. Address in confidence," oto. The artist, whoever he Is, If he has any con science, or any regard for his own interest, can not fail to reply, m wnicn case two tools will be satisfied, we are nappy to state, lor the re lief of the public mind, that It Is lirmly believed that the author ot the auove suit survives. Thk "Stau" Cotrbe op Lectitkes. On Thursday eveulnr Mr. Pui;h will introduce Geortre William Curtis as his next "star." Mr Curtis is a graceful and polished speaker, as well as a vltjorouB and elegant writer. He is also a man of large and liberal views, and his discussion of such a subject as "Our National Follv the Civil Service" cannot laii to be Inte resting. The views of Mr. Curtis on this sub ject are well known, and his lecture will doubt less be a practical and eloquent consideration of the existing evils ana tue metnous mat should be adopted for reforming them. . New Hope Cakkiage. This morning tho members ol the Washington Hose Company, No. 10. paraded, with their new hose carriaire. which Is a very handsome affair. It Is painted ultramarine blue, tasteiuny picKca ud with gold. The silver-plating is very elaborate, and gives It a neat appearance On the sliver side badges Is their name and number. : The springs are rioiished. un tne iront iocKcr is tne name. "Washington." in large gold letters, edged nn with carmine. On the hind locker is tho date of their institution. A United States Marine Attempts Sui cide A United Htates marine, named Jacob Hoffman, attempted suicide by jumping Into the Delaware . at Noble street wharf. The water was rather too cold lor mm, ana ho re considered his determination to drown himself. He cried lustily for help, and a Seventh district policeman came to his rescue and succeeded In dragging him out of the river. He was taken to the Seventh District Station House, where he was resuseltuted jv r atri otic lady. mis morning, at an a Tt . k . early hour, a patriotic young lady, name un known, placed a wreath of immortelles on the railing surrounding the statue of Washington, in irvui vi Auuepenuence iiail. THIRD EDITION s v n o r 23. Papal Infallibility Tbe American Ec clesiastic Expelled from Rome Death of the Bishop of Chi chestor The Prelimi ; nary Trial of the French Rioters. ; FROM EVROPE. Papal Infallibility. By the Atytlo-Ameriean Cable. Rome, Feb. zJ.l ho discussion on the ques tion of Papal iniaiUDiiuy is expected to oe opened in the (Ecumenical Couucll some time this week. The French (table Company. Paris, Feb. 82. At a meeting of the share holders of tho French Cable Company, held In this city yesterday, an agreoment with the Anglo-American, Atlantle and New York, New foundland and London Telegraph com panies for a working arrangement looking to economy ot expense ana expedition of business was unanimously approved, and tha directors authorized to arrange with the French Government in regard to their executive rights, so as to give perfect reciprocity to the United States. New Htcamahlp Line. Ixvndok, leb. 2a. The Pacific Steamship Company have planned a semi-monthly line of steamers from Panama to Liverpool, by way of the Straits of Magellan. Death of lllnhop ofChlchpater. Right Rev. Ashhurst Turner Gilbert, Bishop of Chichester, died yesterday. He was 84 years old. Enffllah Railroad In Japan. English engineers have obtained a contract to build three hundred miles of railroad In Japan. Examinations or the Parla Rioters, Pabis, Feb. 22. The preliminary examina tions of persons arrested during the recotit troubles have been ended. One hundred and eight were unconditionally discharged, 125 held to appear before the court, and 150 kept under arrest for conspiring against the t ttc and the life of the Emperor. American Ecclealaatlea Expelled from Rome. Rome. Feb. 23. Among the ecclesiastics ex pelled from Rome there are said to have been several Americans. Dry Dock lor .Malta. London, eb. 'i. a. company lias been formed hero to build a dry dock for Malta. A Retiring Prince. Munich, Feb. 22 It is feared Prince Hohen- lohe will retire from public life. Petroleum Testa. London, reb. 22. in view of the ininv shocking accidents caused by petroleum, laws have been projected for subjecting It to still severer tests. A bill will roon be brojght be- for Parliament, looking to this end. Tbla Afternoon' Uuotatlona. London Feb. 221 V. M United 8tit.es S-20s of 1W52, 89'.; Of 1866, Old, 88?i; 1H6.S, ST;,'; 1(M08, 64jtf. Krie Railroad, 87,; Illinois Central, ill;, ; Great western, xv. FRANKKOBD, eD. li A. uuiveu outi.es uvnasopenca at 9. . . PAHIS, ireu. 'it. i ne course tipaneii uru. nentes, 73f. 72c AwTWBRr, iti. Ti. 1'etroieum openeu nrra at 61f. 12KC. . , , Iuvkk. Fet. 22. conon oitenea nuint. i ivkhpikh. Feb. 22 180 V. M. Cotton nominal. Corn 26b. 8d. Red winter Wheat 8s. M Receipts of wheat for the first three days, "5tK quarters, of which lti(K) were American. FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatch to The Eveninti Telegraph. Senator Mnmner ana mr. niauaen. Washington, Feb. 22. Some days ago Mr, Mungcnof Ohio, asked and obtained leave to print a speech in the vlooe. it appeared in the Globe of to-day, and turned out to De a violent personal attack on Senator Sumner for his course on the Cuban question. This morning Mr. Dawes rose to a question of privilege and called the attention of the House to the matter, and said the speech was indecent and an insult to the House. He moved that the Committee on Rules be in structed to Inquire whether the speech ought not to be excluded from the permanent form of the Olobe. There was a long debate on the sub iect. after which Mr. Dawes' resolution was adopted. The House will no doubt adopt the resolntloa which passed tho Senate prohibiting the nrlntiner of speeches in the Olobe which have not been delivered In Congress. ' Naval Orders. Cnntnin A. C Rhind and Lieutenant Q. V. Menzies were ordered to this city, to he ex aruined for promotion. First Assistant Engineer A. V. Marley to the New York Navy Yard Ensign Thomas A. Stevens Is detached from the Michigan and ordered to the Colorado. ,. FROM TEE WEST. Tha nilaalHuluul Hteamboat DUnater. Caiko, Feb. . The following are additional nnmesof the missing by the disaster to the steamer Emma No. 3, furnished by Mr. Alten- borouch. the pilot: William Fosterer, second engineer; jamcs Scaley, of Lexington; Ky.; second cook, un Irnnwn. white! Daw Rustabout. James Chap man, and two other firemen, names uukuown; Georire Waster, pantryman, Is in tho hospital here badlv burned, but will probably recover. Walter Marrata, tho first cierK, in nouie ms- rcgard of danger to himself, made an attempt to save a lady passenger, and pensnuu wuu tne others. The following are additional names oi per sons saved: James Lynch, of St. Louis; Josepn ueore, of Cannalton; James KuadenKes, ot uayurc, Kentucky: Charles Charleston, ccond mate; Edward Wvlle. watchman; James Ford, John Johnson. C. Collins, Frank Burns, Amos Burns, w v.. Vinr baker, and M. Ji. r oris, of tue deck hands; and Henry Wilson, fireman. FROM NEW. ENGLAND. xi.. it... i.. n.,..,-Tba weainer ai lonrord. i - Hoston: Feb. 5SJ. The Custom House, banks, and all leading places' of business are closed to-dav. Conoord, N. II., Feb. 23. A', sunrise this morning tho thermometer was at zero, and at 10 o'clock 10 deg. above. Aboui twelve inches of snow fell In the last storm on the range of hills from Danbury, Rumney ana iiomerness. FROM NEW 1QRK. Klre at IorUport. , Lockpokt. N. Y.. f eb. 2. A fire occurred here yesterday, burning but Morrison's billiard room and other projwrty. Lose, 1 10, 000 In sured. c o n m re k . POHTY-FIRMT aiKMStlON-HEOOND TEKtl. Washinotow. ". w-Mr. Vh'kers nrvsented the memorial m the National Board of trado for tho passage of a marine apprentice law. Referred to the jnr. niewart presented the credentials ot Messrs. Parrow and Whltcly as Henauirs elect from the Htnte of Georgia, and asked tlielr reference to the Judiciary Coinmltue, which were read. Mr. Drake said the papers were simply commls sIods from the lover nor of Ocorftta to these tnen to act as Benators. The manner of the election of Henators and the manner of authenticating: the fact i me neiiaie were presr.rUied by the Constitution, and not hi iiR In that Instrument or any act of Con gress authorised any tkiveruor of any Mate to com mission any man as Senator ol the United Htates, It did not appear from the paper when the party was elected, nor was his election certified to hy tho Pre sident of the Mare Henate, a required bylaw, lie thought the paper eiiRht not to be received. sir. ronicroy said tne Constitution required eacn house to judge of the qualification and election of Its members, and thereiore he favored the reference to one committee, so that the facts might be Inves tigated. Mr. Btewart remarked that If the credential were not valid the fact would ba shown unon investiga tion, which was all that was now asked for. sir. xirase said Ills objection was based upon the fact that they were not credentials In the sense of the Constitution and the laws, but mere communions fromaoartr not au thorised to Issue them. Mr. Pomeroy said that In the case of the Imrteach. ment of a Senator from Tennessee, some years ago, BoiMnurrer mi me jurisdiction Of tne nenate was sustained by the body, on the ground that a Senator was not an ortlcer of the United Htates but of the State. Mr. Stewart asked and obtained leave to with- draw the paper for the present, in order to penult the Henator from New York (Mr. Conkllng) to ad dress the Henate. Iloaae. Mr. Bingham (Ohio), from the Committee on the Judiciary, to hlch had been referred the eharge SRalust Kti'hard Busteed, United Htates district Judge for Alabama, reported that there was not sulllcient evidence in support or tne charges and specifications on which to impeach him. and asked that the committee be discharged from further con sideration of the matter, and that It be laid on the table, and It was so ordered. Mr. juoriogc asKco leave to sunnm a minority re port, on dc Kan or nimseif ana Air. nerr, out Mr. llutlcr (Mass.) objected. 1 he Speaker announced the appointment of the roiiowing additional meinoers or tne I'oinmutee on Elections, so as to make the whole number fifteen: Messrs. Beaman, Kerr, McCrary, ami Potter. U .Tnllan trr-.ri ,, . 'rmml.aa ln hi In 1 rwl r 1 1 , v uii.u, iiuiii n ihj wiuiui.wj. i'U A uunu nankin, reported a bill extending the benefits of the Home stead law to the children of deceased soldiers. rassed. Mr. Dawes (Mass.). rising to a nuestton ef crlvl lege, referred to a speech of Mr. Mungen. published in the Globe of last Sunday, purporting to have been maue in tne uouse, mil not actually delivered, ani which reflected on Senator Sumner, and he offered ine loiiowinir resolution : W her ran. The Hon. William Mungen, a member of the House, did on the loth Inst obtain unanimous consent of the House in Committee of the Whole to print in the Globe, as If delivered In the House, a speech not otherwise delivered, and did therefore cause a speech to be so prtuted lu the daily tilnbe of toe 20th Inst., as if delivered in the House ana under its rules, alleged to De of sucn a character as to be an abuse of the privilege so obtained, and a viola tion oi tne rule or the House, now tnereiore heJivivett, 'mat tne uoiaiuiiico on nuies tie in strncted to Inquire and report whether the Bald William Mnngen, in causing the said speech to be priuted, as aforesaid, has not abused the privilege thus obtained, violated the rules of the House, and deserved its censure, and that in tne meant lino t he said speech be excluded from tho Vonyrrertonal Vlobe. Mr. Dawes remarked that the system of printing speeches not delivered had grown up under the pressure oi nusinessana aenute, ana naa its conve niences in some respects. At t1r-t members In ask inir leave verr freouerillt had nre.far-.ed their rennet. with a statement that it was cither on some abstract subject, or had no personal reference. Whether publicly stated or not, eacn mem ner asked sucn per mission, or under tbe Implied assurance that what ever be might have printed would nut be in viola tion of the rules of the House, much less iu violation of common decency. The speech referred to he regarded as being not only in violation oi tne rules tiv reflecting ou a mem. ber of the Henate, but a violation of all common rules of decency. If It were allowed to pass un noticed It would be a disgrace to the House and a surrender of the Globe to he a channel of personal abuse for the conveyance of matter which would be Indictable at common law for indecency. Mr. Wood suggested that the House, before being called npon to vote on the resolution, should have the matter which la objected to placed before it. air. uawes said ne nuu purposely I'rawn tne pre amble and resolution so as to avoid Incorporating in u language woicn ne nimseif alleged to be too indecent to go Into tbe Globe. Mr. Cox thought that the gentleman fro ) Massa chusetts was entitled to the thanks of the House for bringing before It the abuse of printing in tho Globe speeches that were not delivered lu the House. It ought to be reformed, ho that debate In the Housu may:oecome real debate and not mere written essays. Mr. Dawes remarked further that to have let the matter pass unnoticed would have been to say to the country that there was nothing too Indecent or Im proper ror tne House to indulge iu. lie thought it due to the Speaker, who was held responsible for the maintenance of propriety In debate, to show that mat speecn wnicn was going into tne stereotyped pages of the Globe was not delivered In the House, and mat as soon as tne attention or tue House was drawn to its character the Hon Be had instructed the Committee on Rules to inquire whether it was not In violation of tbe rules. OBITUARY. ' Bishop of Cblcheater. The eable gives us Intelligence of the death of this distinguished and venerable prelate. The Right Rev. Ashhurst Turner Gilbert, D. D was the sou of Captain Thomas Gilbert, of the English navy, and was born In the year 1780, being consequently, eighty-four years of age at the time of his death. lie was educated at the Manchester Free Grammar School, and at Brazenose College, Oxford, where he wa, with the late Sir Robert Peel, Bart., in the first class In classics, in 1S0V. He became suc cessively Fellow, Tutor, and in 1S22 Princi pal of his college. He served m the office of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford nnder the Duke of Wellington in 1830-10, and was consecrated on the death of Dr. Shuttleworth to the See of Chichester in 1842. This See has the patron age of thirty benefices, and the alternate presenta tion to four others. It Is a post of great Importance in the English Church Establishment. Dr. Gilbert was a man of great piety and executive ability, and was personally greatly oeloved. The Union Fire Extinguisher. To-mor row at ihu ty-sccond and Market streets an exhibition will be given of what is claimed to be the greatest lire extinguisher of the age, the "I'nlou" Fire Extinguisher. A building filled with combustible material will be fired, and fair aud open test made of the merits of the new in vention as a toe to the fire uena. iiVct ftl too late for eiasifioalion. tr THE SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMENCE- Ulf ni Ql IUR niliauBiLium unuiw iuimirn will DO hld t til ACADKM V UK MUSIO oa THURSDAY. Kab.ii4.lH7u. Mamo by Uarl Bentr.'a Urebsitr. Valedic tory ay Hrufdfior 8. H. HOWKLL, M. 1. Addreu by Hev. J. L. W1TUKOW, Door open at 10 o'clock. Mnaio to commence at U A. M. The puhlio generally invited. J.H.AlcQUlLLKN, 41. !., S3 at Dean. WEDDING r NQKAVKD 1 INVITATIONS IN TUB NKWKST AMD BUST KAJINKH. LOUIS DRRKA. Stationer and KnrraTer, Ho. luua OHKtiNU T htreet TTTEDDINQ AND ENGAGEMENT RINGS. V of solid 1ft karat Una gold. QUALITY WAR RANTED. Afallaeortmeutoliiielwyonhnd. r A KR a BKUTUKK. Maker, t Mwfmt Ne. 834 OUJtbN UT filraet. below b ourth. IMPORTANT TO ALL INTERESTED . THB arrears of Pensions must be applied for within five years after the death or discharge of a soldier, sailor, or marine. Those who fall te apply lose M per year. There are thousands in our midst, widows, dependent fathers and mothers, and orphan children, who are entitled, but who have not yet applied for a pension. All who think they are entitled should at once call on Messrs. ROBERT 8. LEAGUE A CO. No. 136 South SEVENTH Street Who will promptly obtain their pensions, or cheerfully give any Infor mation, tree of charge. Remember that the five years' limit allowed bylaw is fast drawing to i eJose, , ' 30 FOURTH EDITION WAS II Z 17 a t o n, The Mississippi Delegation The Cu ban Question Privacy of Com ic itteea The Naval Defi ciency Bill Temperance Man Meeting Cele bration of the Day. FROM WASniNG TON. The Mlnelaalppl Delegation. Bpteial Drxpattk to The Kominif Ttleyraph. Washington, eb.; iho Alississlppl dele- gallon have addressed a letter to the President urging him to sign to-morrow the bill for the admission of the State. They arc .tfrald ten days will expire before the Senate acts on the Disability bill, for which they have been wait ing, and rather than risk this they will let those members of their State Government whose disa bilities are not removed take their chances. The Cnban flueatlon. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations had another discussion to-day on Cnban afairs, but owing to the absence of Senator Morton no action was taken. . 1'rlvaey ofComnalUeee The Committee of Ways and Means passed a rcBolution to-day not to allow any of its mem bers to divulge to parties outside what Is done in tho committee room. , Celebration of the Day. The departments are all closed In honor of Washington's birthday, and private business is generally suspended. The Supremo Court of the United States and tho District Courts have adjourned over In honor of the day, and the banks and schools are also closed. Temperance Alan Alertlnc A grand temperance mass meeting will be held nl the Congregational Church this afternoon, at which Senator Wilson will preside, and many . Other distinguished gentlemen and prominent temperance advocates will be present. , ; A Bali. A grand ball will be given to-night at the Masonic Hall under the auspices of the most prominent gentlemen of this community.. rvnvml fliiiMiFT mil Hon. Leonard Myers has just presented and put through the conference report on the Naval Deficiency bill, fixing the amount at two mil lions. After explaining the difference between - the House and Senate, Mr. Myers moved the previous question, and the report was adopted as it was adopted by the Senate yesterday. The hill now only requires the President's signature to become a law, and an order will probably be issued by Secretary Robeson to-morrow to resume work in the navy yards In tbe bureaus of steam engineering and construction and repairs, j ' ; CONGRESS. Nenate. Continued from the Third Edition. Washington, Feb. 22. Mr. Conkllng, from the Committee on the Revision of the Laws, recom mended the Indefinite postponement of the resolu tion of the New York Legislature rescinding tbe ratification of the fifteenth, amendment. He pro ceeded to address tbe senate at length upon the futility of the attempted recisslon, claiming that the ratification involved the right to give consent, no more; that the power to cancel or retract that consent did not exist, either In the letter or spirit of tbe Constitution. The right to retract would not be asserted had Congress proposed the fifteenth amendment to con ventions as the mode in which the people of the States should pronounce their decision. The diver sion of the constitutional term "to ratify" was of significance, as lndlcutiog that the purpose was to make fixed, to establish, to settle. Referring to the political etlect of the fifteenth amendment, he con trasted the records of tne two great parties upon the question of the consequences resulting frein each. Mr. Davis delivered an argument to show that the power to reject a constitutional amendment existed in the State by Implication as a necessary conse quence of the power to ratiJy, He charged that the dominant party hail secured the adoption of the fifteenth amendment through the medium of parti san Legislatures and I f preventing an expression by the people npan It, Mr. I'oincrov moved, as a tribute of respect for the day, that the Henate now (at 2 o'clock) adjourn. Before putting the motion the Chair called atten tion to an invitation from the Maryland Legislature to visit annapolis, near which city the British ship Aionareu is now ijiag, una mat a aeputation uacj been sent by the Legislature to communicate the in vitation. Tne Senate then adjourned. i Iloaae. CVmf iiiut (i from, the Third Edition. Mr. Mungen said that In one sense he was consi derably obliged to the gentleman from Massachu setts for giving him a lltt.o notoriety which he would) not perhaps otherwise have. He disclaimed any In tention to violate the rules of the House or to be disrespectful to the Speaker, and he defied the gen tleman from Massachusetts to point out any objec tionable passage in his speech. He had read a sentence from the speech declaring that anything he should hut bad no reference to anv act or word of Mr. Sumner in ihe Senate, but to his public lectures and speeches. He stood here as the representative of his constituents, and he demanded) ' the right of free speech under tbe Constitution. He would not permit anyone to attempt to deprive him of the right to discuss public questions. There was no foul or vulgar language in that speech. Was It a violation of the rules of the Hotisa to quote from the classics or from Gibbon? If the gentleman from Massachusetts, or his friend the Senator, chose to make an application of his re marks, he (Mungen) was not to be held responsible for that. If the remarks fitted the Senater, let him wear them. Ue had uuthorlty In common report for saying (restraining himself but he would not say what he had been about to say. He might ba called to order If he did. As to disgraceful scenes In the House, did the gen'lemau from Ma isacbusetta for get the scene In the House last Congress at the counting of the Presidential vote? Did the gentleman from Massachusetts recollect nothing about the castigution which Tristram Bur. gess gave to John Randolph of Roanoke? That was New England authority, and he took it as an exam ple fur anything be might have said. Would this House gan him In answering the doctrine ef an Itinerant, impertinent lecturer, who is cramming his theories and his illogical, damnable doctrines on the people of the Notth? Had he not the right to discuss them as to their absurdity? That presumptuous lecturer and rheto rician put himself up as tbe champion of the Clod and morality party of loyalty, la his lecture on Caste he referred to the nobility of ancient Poland as an example of what he denominated caste, and to Russia of the preseut day as an example of pro gress and civilization. Finally, after a very long debate, the resolution In regard to Mr. Mungen was agreed to. FROM THE WEST. . On Ibe Track af Counterfeiters. Loi isvn.i.E, Ky., Fob. 23. A band of regu larly organized counterfeiters In Pulaski, Wayne, and other adjoining counties have been engaged for some time In circulating several thousand dollars of bogus ten-dollar and fifty-cent United States notes. A clue has been obtained at headquarters and early arrests are looked for. J A Ulghteaua Decision. St. Louis, Feb, 23 Judge Knight, of the Cir cuit Court, decided yesterday that debts con tracted by a wife Bhould be collected from tho husband and not from her separate estate. THERE ARE A GREAT MANY . PERSONS having claims npon the United States or State Governments, who have committed the same to the care of Messrs. George Cragg k Bro or T. H. Peters A Co. They will hear of something greatly to their advantage, on application, either In person or by mall, to the Qeueral Collection Agency, Ho. 13 booth SEVENTH Street il ROBERT 8. LEAGUE k CO. i
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