"ST
C1TT HTKLLIUEHCK.
THE WATER S.fTLY.
Herein mf the) IeiMrtmiit Irti h Yer
!) -UprratUnn of tk Vnrtou Wrk
Tao KreeliHo a an Expenditure.
In the following statement, from tbe annnal
eport oi tbe City Controller, are given the
receipts of tbc City Treasury during the year
INfly from the department for supplying tbo
city with water:
Kcnts of 1K07 t2,03-M)
Penalty 202 "W
Kent of 1868.
Vetmlty
J,03l -50
4,915-W
47,947-40
Bent of 1809 G.V.,292-28
Penalty 10,340-35
JWtk)iuU 47,tt.')9 W
Delinquent rents 3,oft-50
Penalty 42511
V17.M0-37
59,73-M
4,tiJ00
Water pipe
Vrod. Graff
Total $312, 497 91
Tbe receipt for the year, as (riven in the re
port of the Chief Engineer, were, however,
813,470-83. of which i508,50323 were received
y the Register for water rents and percentages.
Tbe difference In tbe two accounts results from
the entries on the books not being made on the
same clays, some time being required to transfer
tbe items from one department to auotber.
Tbe expenditures of tbe department during
the year were as follows:
HiUarics, Chief Engineer's Office....
Ollice expenses
Balaries, at works
ttnpplics to works:
Coiil and wood
Tallow, oil, and gas
Small stores, packing, etc
Ilepairs to works. ,'
Keeping grounds in order
Buildings, grounds, and reservoirs. .
Iron pipes, fire-plugs, and other flx
tnrcs and material for laying pipes,
etc
lAbor in laying pipes, etc
Kxpenscs of shop
KeepiDg pipes, etc., in good order. .
Drilling and making now attach
ments fhibstitutlng two turbine wheels at
Fairraount, for old breast-wheels. .
Oermantown Water Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company. . . .
t27,705 53
3, 9! IS 87
30,805-03
59,869-74
3,940-48
2,492 80
l$,323-00
2.97Jt;
22,47094
12t,791-fi2
32,078-29
17,892 20
27,997 13
7,.rf00O0
7,229-11
o.OOO-OO
25,000-00
jveepmg op supply of water daring
drought 20,073-49
Miscellaneous Items 981-21
Total 441,aiJ-fj3
Kx tension of works, paid from water
Joans 408,520-00
Grand total - J909, 708-28
In the following table are giving the running
expenses of each of the works, with the number
ofallons of water pumped during the year
Rmniit
$10,487 50
38,0401'.!
Ml' ftf.l.A
Ao. Galhnu
7,48J,01 1,009
2,735,509,020
1,042,780,953
92!, 501, 491
218,229,800
8,900,000
Work:
Tainnonnt
Schuylkill
'vlaware.,,.,,
Twcnlv-fonrth "War J. 20,903 69
Jermantown
lloi borough i
11,415-33
0,1)83-15
ToUl 1 15,483-07 12,414,752,330
In the following are given the number of days
eauh of the works was in operation during the
year, together with the cost at each of raising
(ipe million of gallons of water into the reser
voirs, and siiho me cost of. raising the same
quantity one foot high:
liaittna
Running
Oil!'.
...305
...805
. I .349
...
...a2
t,0( 10,000 :al.
into rirctrr.
2-20 2-10
1412 3-10
30-19
22-50
52-30
1,000,000 aall.
I foot.
$0 02 2-10
113-10
18
12 1-10
22 7-10
Woi i.
Fairmonnt... .
Schuylkill...
Delaware.
24th ward . .".
ticrniantown
OUTSTANDING."
TumrnDne to and Warrant nun by tbe City
UulMianclInK Rt the Flrit of the If cur.
If every creditor of the city made prompt
payment, the city in turn would bo abundantly
able to make as prompt payment to all of its
debtors. Below we give the amount of out
standing taxes due the city at the beginning of
the present year, as well as the amount of out
standing warrants which were still unpaid at
the same date, the figures coming down to a
late two months later than those last pub
lished. The amount of the outstanding taxes Janu
ary 1, 1870, was as follows:
Taxes of 1800 and prior years tl,14S,54t-26
" 1801 215,732-37
' 1802 202,747-73
" 1803 235,210-34
" 1804 177.943-77
" 1805 49,340-74
" 1800 870,99248
" 18(57 282,808-44
" 1808 701,778 03
Prior to Jan. 1, 1809.
Taxes of 1809
.$3,885,095 16
,. 1,387,521-07
ToUl Jan. 1, 1870 $5,173,016-23
The amount of the outstanding warrants,
January 1, 1870, was as follows:
AVarrra'nts of 1802 and prior years. . . $1 ,597-40
" ' 1803 2,423-07
" ' " 1864 36,800-41
" . " 1805 12,623-48
" 1800 23,101-56
" 1807 1.739-81
" ' ' 1868 5,988-09
," 1809 2,692,313-40
ToUl, Jan. 1, 1870 ..12,776,047-31
Meetiko op the Skating Club. A meeting
of the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane
Society was hold last evening in the hall of tbe
Washington Hose House, on Ninth street, above
Filbert. The object of the meeting win to dis
cufis the1 condition of the society. The organi
zation was made in 1849, and since that time
some threo hundred and fifty persons have been
baved in . summer and winter from death by
drowning. Thcro arc in the neighborhood of
three hundred members. Hie apparatus owned
by tho society is very complete, and consist of
three mc-saving ccaar noats, caution Hags, sta'
On skating days on the Schuylkill, each mem
ber present is omigea to carry a reel lor the helo
of any one who may happen to fall into the
river. On such days the house of the society is
always open, and a physician and medical reme
dies are always on nana. n iaio years me so
ciety has not had much labor to perform, on
account of the mildness of tho weather, but
such a useful organization should not be suffered
to die away. There may still be plenty of work
lor it to do.
Aiti-ications roit Divorce During I860.
There were a large number of applicants for the
intervention of the authority of the courts in
the matter of the marital relation during the
year 1809. In that time there were 830 applica
tions to the Court of Common Pleas for the
severance of tho tie which by some means or
other had become irksome or unbearable to the
parties concerned. Of this number, 79 were de
creed in tne duicrent terms as follows: March.
33; June, 28; September, 14; December. 4. There
are still pending of March torm, 44; June term,
46: September term. 58: December term. 100.
ToUl, 248. There were discontinued In March
term. 2. and September term. 1. In 203 cases.
there were returns of writs severed; in 7 cases
there were no returns; 2 writs were not taken
out of the ollice, and 118 were returned now est
inwiitus. In 23 cases the application was nude
by the wife and 107 by the husband.
Tar. "Star" Couiihb of Lectures This
evening, at the Academy Of Music, George
William Curtis, Esq., will lecture on "Our
National Folly The Civil Service." Annua
enally fine discourse may be expected on this
ccasJon. .
tOMMKNCFMKirr Or TT1!5 Pitt LAI) KIT It I A
Dkktaj. Coi.i.roit. TYm foventh Annual Com
mencement of the. Fhrtndrlphla Dental College,
situated at No. J08 N. Tenth street, was held at
the Academy of Music at 13 oclo k this morn
ing. A large attendance of ladles and gentle
men were in attendance. At 11 o'clock tbe ex
ercises commenced with the performance of
various musical selections by the orchestra,
among which were tbe following: Gems from
Martha, Flotow; Aria, Rigolrtlo, Verdi; Shadow
lance, JJmvrah, Meverbecr; selections from
Grn(wie de. llraimid, Offenbach; Waltz, i't
ruU, rttbn, Strauss; and the Finale, from the
IhjuudB, Meyerbeer.
The faculty met at 11 o'clock In the green
room, and at 12 o'clock appeared npon the
stage, when the exercises proper commenced
with Meyerbeer's Grand March from The Pro
pht by the orchestra. Prayer was offered by
Bishop Simpson, and the degrees were conferred
u tbe graduates by tbo Ron. James Polock.
Tbe address to tbe graduates was made byTro
fessor 8. B. Howell, of tbe facnltv, and the vale
dictory address by Mr. William II. Jackson,
from Canada, a member of the graduating class.
An address w.m also mado by Uev. Mr. WlUi
row, after which the benediction was pro
nounced. Tbe exercises throughout were in
terspersed with fine music. The following is
the list of graduates and the States and coun
tries to which they belong:
New York L. A. Harbor, Sumner J. Barber, Lan
sing B. Cook, I.yle p. Holmes, Lewis C. Myers, Spen
cer M. Nash, John W. Prltchard.
Ohio Daniel W. Clsnccy, Frederick A. Oraham,
Ocorge W. Jenkins, John W. Lyder. Casslus M.
Blrhmond, James Solllday.
Massachusetts Charles E. Bolles, II. Mason Per
kins, Allien Warren. . . .
Nova Scotia Kdward K. CogswelL
Mississippi William C. Dickson.
New Jersey William HU O. Klllott, M. D.
Mlcliipan Henry J. Cwlnjr.
California John F. (iraily, M-lllain 8. Sliields.
KusHla E. It. (4tith, M. V., James Homuil Ivy.
Canada William lb Jackbon, ThcopliUus A.
Vcnner. .
Austria Ferdinand Jarlsch, M. D.
West Virginia 8. N. Johnson.
Pennsylvania J. Warner Knox, George V. Krick,
Daniel U. Kamsey.
Germany AliM;rt von Llndcrman.
Norway J. Moller.
Alabama Kohert A. Savaire.
bnuiiiiaiia James D. M'.hepuoes.
Hwlt.erlnnd lTancols HUvestre.
Innlana Evan Holder.
Prnnsia II. Charles Tlilmme.
MalneOeorire A. I'nton.
KiiRland Uavld A. Worniald.
Total, 41.
Thlsl commencement closes the seventh ses
sion of tho college. The number of matricu
lants is now 73, coming from various sections,
as follows: Nova Scotia, 1; Prussia, 1; Ham
burg, 1; Pennsylvania 13; Colombia, 8. A., 3;
Norway, 1; Maine, 1; New York, 10; Cuba, 1;
New Jersey, 2: California, 3; Miehlgau, 2; West
Virginia, 1; District of Columbia, I; Canada,
3; Kngluud 1; Switzerland, 1( Massachusetts, 4;
Ohio, 11; Illinois, 1; Alabama, 2; Louisiana, 1;
Wisconsin, 1; Russia, 2; New Hampshire, 1;
MisB.'wipit 1; Vermont. 1; and Austria, 1.
The ?otnton Patent Finn KxTiNrtuisnEit.
Ycstcrda'V afternoon, another exhibition of
tbe patent "tire extinguisher was witnessed in
WcBt Philadelphia. The trial took place ou a
vacant lot near tho New York depot. A pyra
mid over fifteen feet in height, composed of
coal oil and tat barrels filled with hayings and
drenched wjtu cjuA? rjJKUIU, Was et 60 urd.
Almost lniituntly tbe whole mass was enveloped
in flames. Tbo Superintendent of the Union
Firo Extinguisher Company, Mr. Arthur M.
Greene, was in no hurry to put it out, for, as he
said, he wished to make this trial a thorough
test of the merits of the machine. The heat
of the burning pile soon became intense, driving
the crowd of spectators to a considerable dis
tance. It was tben approached by a man with
the extinguisher, who discharged a fine stream
61 water irom us contents on tho raging fire.
Tho effect was magical. The flames were in
stantly checked, and in two minutes the fire was
entirely cxtmgtneneu. inoi over one-iourin oi
the contents of one machine was used in this
experiment. After eoiuo delay tho fire was
ngain kindled, and this time it was allowed to
burn until tho barrels were well charred, when
the operation was repeated. The time occupied
in completely subduing t he flames was then only
thirty seconds. These experiment are conclu
sive that the instrument was perfectly compe
tent to the task assigned It, and the Union Fire
ExtlDguiuher Company can be congratulated on
possessing one of the great inventions of the
age. We understand that where the Boynton
extinguisher is well known insurance companies
have made large deduetious in their rates, and
it is but fair that they should do so. All public
buildings, steamboats, warehouses, theatres,
schoolhouscs, etc. where property of inestima
ble value is in danger, and where human life
would be sacrificed in cose of fire, should be
supplied with the Boynton fire extinguisher.
The machine is always in readiness. The ollice
of the company is at No. 118 Market street.
The Park. Tho Commissioners of Fair-
mount Park have received a communication
from the Union Passenger Railroad Uompan-
in which that company proposes to pay i
towards defraying the expenses of music in the
park the coming season. This should be the last
straw to oreaK tne oosunaie oacK oi any one
who may be opposed to that measure. The im
provements in the park are now being carried
forward witn uio greatest activity, inose wno
have not seen the ground since last summer will
be greatly surprised wnen they again visit H.
The old buildings, with the exception of the
Kiolto House, which Is now used for offices by
the engineers, surveyors, and omcers ot the
nark have all been removed from the Plot
bounded by the Reading Railroad, Coatcs street.
and tne new pane, w orKinen are now engaged
In crading tbe ground, and by next summer It
will be entirely sodded and planted with trees.
A foot path is being made from the Water Works
to the pane proper. I nis will be a great im
provement, as formerly it was only with the
irreatefi inconvenience mat pedestrians could
pass from one point to the other, and especially
was Wis me case in wet woauier.
Closing Ex mu isES of a Night School
The night school which has held its sessions
during tho present winter lu tbo Philadelphia
City Institute, a, the northeast corner of
Eighteenth and Chesnut streets, will hold its
clotting exercises ou to-morrow (Friday) evening,
In tbe lecture room of the Institute- bulidiug.
The exercises will consist of music, recitations,
dcclamationp. and dialogues. The report of
tho principal, showing what has been done dur-
luir tnu past sent ion. me iiumner or senoiaM,
and their progrce, will be read by Mr. 11. B.
Wittington, ait,r which nddresAen will be de
livered by Trustees of tho Institute aud invited
guer is. The exercises will befcln at 7j-j o'clock.
PiOw on Third Street Yesterday after
noon a man named Gconro Beard amused him'
self by beating a companion, at Third and Ches
nut flieote, with a blackjack. A policeman
cine upon me scene and arrested the assailant.
who pused tho blackjack to a friend named
Daniel McAnany. 1 he latter was also arrested,
ueieuuauia nuuaueanng nciore Alderman Kerr,
McAnuuy was discharged from custody, and
- ' . 1 IJ L I I, . -
uearu w ho m-.iu vt u to answer.
Attempted suicide An old man, a resi
dent of the Seventeenth ward, was prevented
from committing suicide at Noble street wharf
yesterday, by Ofllcer Clawson. The old gentle
man gave as a reason for his action that he had
a very bud son, and exhibited a black eye which
his boy bad given blm. Ho was Uken to tho
tUtlou, ana irom uience to nis nome.
KECKLEPs univiNG. uavia yuoen wa ar
rested at Third and Coates streets yestordiv
upon the charge of reckless driving. He was
Uken into custody by one of tbe Seventh dis
trict policemen, and after a hearing before
Alderman Tolaud was held in 300 bail.
.... . " '
Beat His Wiee Michael Tracoy was ar
rested on Cadwalader and Master streets yester
day upon tbe charge of beating his wife. He
was held in (300 bail by Alderman Eggleton to
answer.
Corner Loungers. i wenty-one corner
lountrers wer arretted in tfce Tenth Police dis
trict lat night.
The Annual ArrorRLTiOfi to tb Bonn
or Health The Mil making an appropriation
of t4,2oO t tbe Board of Health to defray tbe
OpcOM-s of tbe department for tbe year 1870
was called tip in (Common Connrll chamber on
Thursday last, and, on motion, postponed. To
day the ordinance will no donbt be considered
snd filially acted upon. The bill appropriates
t2100 for salary of Health OluVer, tl800 for
Chief Clerk, t2000 for two assistant clerks,
1200 for registration clerk, f 2.V1O for three
assistant registration clerks, f 1200 for salary of
Port Physician. For salaries of runner, four
nuisance inspectors, two messengers, night in
spector, and two vewel Inspectors, $-5840; - for
the pay of ten vaccine physicians and ten col
lectors, f.VXX): for fuel, furniture, etc., printing
and advertising, for removal of nnlsances, car
riage hire, incidentals, etc., 1 10,040; for salary
of LazAretto Physician, tlMO, salary of Qnar
antlne Master, f 1000; salary of Steward, 11200;
for salary of gardener, bargemen, male nnrse,
female nurse, and watchman, t3300; for cloth
ing, medicines, channel visits, maintenance of
steaming, etc., $14,150; for tbe support of the
Municipal Hospital. flfj.OOO; for cleaning the
streets, removing ashes, etc.. 170,310.
Receits or Taxes. Tbe following is a state
ment of the receipts at the ollice of the lie
reiver of Taxes:
City tox, gross receipts Feb. 21 t41B,flr3-40
" Feb. 23 210.4M 88
t027,098-28
49,108-31
Discount allowed.. .
Net city tax
State tax collected..
t-577, 989-91
o,174-80
Net receipts tVM.lGVHO
This is about 100,000 more than tho first two
days under the last administration.
The Union League To fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Mr. Horace Biuncy,
Jr., Hon. Morton McMlcliael has beeu elected
President of the Union League. Mr. William
Sellers has been chosen Vice-President iu the
place of Mr. McMlcliael.
Cvttixg Affair. In Mike MoCrystal's
tavern, at Fourth street and (iirard avenue, yes
terday, a disturbance occurred, during which a
young man named John McClenmn was cut on
tbo left check with an oyster knife. No arrests
were made.
The stajuung affray of night before last
was not so serious as at first reported, the cut
sustained by Mr. Isaac Biedigheimer being
merely a flesh wound. Itaroso from an effort
made by him to induce a young girl who was in
dubious conipnny to return to her home.
Disorderly Condtct William Adams was
arrested at Fifteenth and South streets yesterday
for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. De
fendant had a hearing before Aldermau Morrow,
and was held in $.ri00 ball to answer.
Stolen Property. An owner is wanted at
the Seventeenth district police station for two
pairs of new booU found in the possession of a
prisoner.
LXJQAXi IlffTBLLICmrJCD.
MM Prfu-t'bler J ant Ire Thompson.
In the case of Prentiss Vs. Tn4 Ureat Western
Hallway Company et al., Chief Justlc. Thompson
tills morning made the following order:
Now, February 24, 1870, this case came ou to ba
heard on exceptions heretofore tllwd by leave of
court; to wit, on the 8th day of February, 1S70. by
l.n.l. .......... I ..... , . . t, n... J -
si&uuaii EiniiKt tiu.n.rtf, ity ms counsel l-i. I', niacin,
Esq., to the lease heretofore authorized to ba e.v.
cuted by the Receiver, Hon. Keubeu Hitchcock, of
the Atlantic and Great. Western Hallway Cjinpativ.
. .I,n t'.tA 1 ... M ..... ......... ....
w ui? jxnunu.v, uuicu i-ue gy
of January, 1870. aud was nrgncd by
counsel on said exceptions, ami oil testimony
taken by C. II. T. Collls, Esq., appointed by the
Court for that purposo in support of and agnlnst
buiu uuu n m now nere considered, ad-
Judged, ordered, and decreed that tho saul excep
tions so filed as aforesaid be and they are hereby
severally overruled and dismissed at the cost of the
exceptants, and the said lease Is approved to stand
with the said modifications not embraced in
said exceptions, vlu. : That all that
paragraph, the last but one in sold
lease contained, wherein It Is provided that all ques
tions of controversy between the Atlantic aud lireat
Western Kallwuy Company, or any trustee, etc., etc.,
shall bo referred to William Mitchell and Hamilton
N. Koblnson, of New York, counsellors-at-law, as
arbitrators, to hear and determlue under and pur
suant to the statutes of the State of New York, re
lative to aroivrauons, oe Binckeu oui, ana mat tne
words at the end of the fifth preceding paragraph,
viz., by tho arbitrators, as "hereinafter provided" be
Dlso stricken out and tbe words "at law oi In eauitv"
be Inserted.
Ridgway & Lewis vs. Atkins Bros. An action
to recover for a patent doorframe for furnaces,
told and delivered. Before reported. Verdict for
plaintiffs. tU53.
Court or Quarter Hosalons Judge Ludlow.
Jefferson E. Williams, President of the Con
servatory of Music in Walnut street, above
Tenth, was this morning tried for an indecent
assault upon two of his pupils, boys twelve or
fourteen years old. The facts were uncontra
dicted, but so indecent as to prohibit their pub
lication in our columns. After hearing the in
structions of the Court, the jury retired to de
liberate, and at the close of our report had not
agreed.
District Court, Mo. 1 JucUre Hare.
Edward Bhlppen vs. The City. Case sub
mitted without defense, and verdict for plain-
urt vi-07.
Same, trustee, vs. Some. V erdict lor plaintiff
f!W5-37.
Same, trustee, vs. harae. erdict for plaintiff
404-3.ri.
William Dunlap vs. Oeorgo Campbell. An
action to recover damages for injuries to plain-
tin s horse that was staoiea witn defendant, and
alleged to have been so carelessly treated as to
render him useless, cm trial.
District Court No. 'J Judge Stroud.
Fanny Lockhart vs. Samuel Cooper. An
action to recover damages for an alleged breach
of marriage promiae. The plaintiff, a seamstress
by trade, set lortn mat tne aeieudtiut paid con
stant attention to her for two yours; made love
to her, and finally, one evening, m they were
walking homo from a neighbor's, he took from
his pocket a small Jiluie and upon it swore, with
ail the bright nosta oi tne urtiument twinkling,
blinking, and, winking at him, that he
would marry none but her, and "his
hand hers pressing on," he exacted
from her a similar pledge, saying they were
then "as good as married." A lew evenings
after ho asked her for tho loan of C700, which
she declined to make, saying that after thoy
had been duly united iu the holy bonds they
would run a partnership business, and then
they fixed a day lu April last for tbe happy
event. In the meantime he looked about for
stores, but none of his selection suited her, and
at length ho boca-.oe weary of the whole affair.
threw up tue ttpougo, fcald he had changed his
mind, and gave her notice to seek another.
For Uils bi-cacu ! laltb the lady seeks by this
action to on couipcasaici.1. uu trial.
Row 'orif Money ud Rtoek market.
Niw Y0KK, let), -u. Htocfca unsettled. Monet
easy at K?8 per cent, uoid, uev. Five-
twenttes, 18h, coupon, do. ism, da, WVi
do. 186ft. da. 114: da do., new. 112 V: da lStii
118! do. lBfts, 118; 10-408, 112 V; Virginia 6s, new,
&v. Missouri 6s. 92 V: Canton ComDany. A3: Cum-
norland preferred, Wif; Consolidated New York Cen
tral ana uuason tuver, ms: tine, us; Heading,
t7',; Adams jut press, wx ; momgaa ueairai, iui
Mic n man Bouiimm. oa: uuuuu ueuirai. 14 1
Cleveland and Pittsburg, 702 V ; Chicago and Bock
Island, Wi ; Pittsburg ana Don Wayne, lltl ; West.
ern union -leiegrapu, w;.
Rtook Quotations fey
Glendlnnlng, Davis A Co.
York house the following:-
Telejrrapfc 1 P. ffi.
report through their Mew
tm
Pitta. F. W. ft Cm. 8. 9iv
PacinoMatlHteam... 41 s'
N. T. Cent. & Hud K
Con. Btock Scrip... Mtf
da scrip...,,. 94i
N. T. 4 Erie Hall, . 87 v
Ph. audKea.K...... 91H
Mich. South, a NIB. 8T
Cle. and Pitt. B.. . . ...108
Chk and N. W. com, . liy
CM. and N. W. pref .. 881.'
CbUandH.l.R" lao
turket irregulw
Western union Tele uk
MU.AHt.Paul K.exd 64
MIL A8tPaul pf.ex d 114
Aaams tu press sa-
weus,trargoAC0.... 1
United States ti
Tennessee 6s, new. 4S
uoiu ut;,
XII I BD - EDITION
1-
V7 A S XX X I? Q T O 17.
Tb Asiatic Squadron Nothing but ibe
Slurder of an Occasional Mission
- try to Disturb tho Quiet
Nayal ' Orders Custom
Receipt. ' '
Tbe Whittemore Cue Eetigaation
Accepted, and a Vote of
Censure Passed.
FROM WASHWQTOJi.
The Wklttonioro Wtuttt,
SpfMal t?paieh to The Jiotniru) Telegraph.
Washington, Feb. 84. The case of Whitte
more was called up to-day immediately after
reading the Journal. Whittemore having the floor
was proceeding to speak, when the Speaker
stated that it was his duty to state to tho House
that he bad received Mr. NVhlttemore's resigna
tion. Tho resignation was then read, and it was
decided that Whittemore had no right to speak.
Tho resolution for his expulsion was laid upon
the table, whereupon Mr. Igan offered another
resolution censuring Mr. Wbiitcmore for soiling
radctships, and setting forth that he was un
worthy of a place on tho floor of this House.
This was adopted by a large vote.
llrewcr' (Jralnn.
The Ways and Means Committee heard a
large delegation of brewers to-day In modifica
tion of that part of the Iulerual Kcvcuuc law
that relates to them.
The Cubits tfnentlon.
Tho flouso Foreign Affairs Comnnttoo dis
cussed Hanks' Cuban resolution to-day, but
took no action. It is ascertained that a ma
jority of tho committee favor if, and It will pro
bably be agreed upon at tho next mcetlug.
The Anlntie mquntlron.
DfHjxttch to the AHiatni "!.
Washington, Feb. SJ4. Rear-Admiral Kowan,
commanding the Asiatic Squadron, reports to
the Navy Department, under date of Hong Kong,
January 4, a sotlsfactory condition of affairs on
that station so far as American interests are
concerned, l'cacoand quietness appear to bo
tbe rule, with an occasional exception, such as
the depredations of pirates and the murder of a
missionary now and then.
The new French admiral had left Hong Kong
with his muadron for the purpose of demanding
satisfaction for the murder of a French Catholic
missionary by tho Chinese In 8cliuan. The ex
pedition bad reached the mouth of Woosting
river nt last accounts.
There arc in port at I long Kong Italian, Prus
sian, and Austrian cor cites.
TlJO health of our squadron Is excellent.
Another ufspatxh from Admiral Kowan men
tions tbo navul llPnws paid to the, memo.
rlcs of . the late Secretary of War,
ex-President Tierce and Hear Admiral Stewart,
and were joined in by the F.ngUsli, Italian, North
Gennan, and Austrian vessels in port, by half
masting their colors; and in the case of ex
rrcBldent Fierce, by the ship of each natlopality
firing in turn 21 guns after -A :oiral Rowan s
flagship, the Delaware, at noon.
.Naval Ordern.
Lieutenant-Commander Ira Harris is detached
from the Portsmouth and ordered home.
Lieutenant-Commander George W. Coffin is
ordered to duty as chief of staff of the command
ing ofllcer of the North Atlantic fleet.
CiiHtoma Iteeelpta.
The following are the customs receipts for the
week ending February 19:
Boston.... m, 110
New York 3,tWS,000
Philadelphia 138,710
Baltimore lli;:,S35
New Orleans, from 5th to Hith H07.955
Total $4,800,010
, Texna Nenatora elected.
General Reynolds olllclally reports to Adju
tant-General Townscnd that tho Legislature of
Texas elected yesterday Morgan C. Hamilton
to the United States Senate for terms ending
1871 and 1877, and J. W. rlannlgan, tbe present
Lieutenant Governor of the State, for the term
ending 1875.
Distillery Nelzed.
Information reached Commissioner Delano
this morning of the seizure of Kllpatriek's dis
tiller' at Chattanooga, Tenn., by tho revenue
authorities. Three hundred barrels of spirit!
were seized.
coiv ca It EMN.
FORTY.FIKMT BKMMION-MKCOND TKU.1I.
' Menace.
Washington. Feb. U The House amendment to
the political disability bill was coiicuned In.
Mr. Drake, from the Naval committee, reported a
Joint resolution appropriating toat) as a buUtuoe due
to the widow or naval Lieutenant 11. It. Stevens,
l'assud.
Mr. Howe, from the Library Committee, reportel
adversely upon the resolution for a painting, by J.
11. Llltlefleld, of Abraham Lincoln.
The following bills were lutroduced aud re
ferred :
Ily Mr. Pomeroy, for the sale of the Grant aud
Little Osage reservations in Kansas, the removal of
tbe Osage Indians, aud for oilier purposes. Laid ou
the table, the yniuiulttee having reported ou the
subjec.
liv Mr. Harlan, to aid the construction of the Bur
lington and Southwestern Railway. Kulerrud to tue
Committee on Public Ijiuris.
Resolutions were lntrouuced and agreed to as fol
lows: . .
By Mr. Chandler, directing Oi Secretary of the
Treasury to have examined the uudulsued iron
structure known as the Marine Hospital bulldUig at
New OrleanB, with a view to the cost of vompleuug
tbe same, aud the substitution of other hospital
accommotlatlouM at that port. '
By Mr. SanlsKury, sailing upon the Prosldent for
a copy of any commission or authority Issued to
Brevet Brigadier-General Ames a Provisional Uov
emor of Mississippi, aud lu tue ansence of such
authority to Inform the Sonate under what autho
rity he has acted In that capacity.
By Mr. Williams: ,
Jleitolvrd, That to ald to the present Irredeemable
paper currency of I ho country would bo to reudc.r
more difficult and remote the resumption of specie
payments; to encourage and fostr the spirit or
speculation ; to aggravate the evils produced by fre
quent and sudden fluctuations of vulucs; to depre
ciate the credit of tho natiou aud to eheck the
healthful tendency of logltiinaM' busluess tosyttlo
down upon a snle and permaiveut busls; aud Uicrn--fore,
in tho opinion of the Senate, tho -m;mg
volume of such currency ought uot to bu iuort-asuj.
Agreed to without a dlvlsiuu.
- I Honne.
The proceedings opened In the presence of an
Immense throng of people lu the galleries and cor
ridors. , .
Mr. Logan called for the regular order of business,
which tho Speaker declared, to be the resolution for
the expulsion of the member from the First Distrlut
of South. Carolina, on which Mr. Logan was entitled
to the floor for one hour.
Mr. Logan said he would yield all but five mtnutoa
Of his tune to the gentleman frsm South Caroliua.
Mr. W hittemore, therefore, ross aud In a voice free
from trnmiir or imitation connuuueed to read his (In
tense, lie bad not read more than two entnoeg
till he was interrupted by the Speaker, who, rising,
said the Chair Is greatly embarrassed by the receipt
of a communication which tbe gentleman from
South Carolina has this moment snt to tbe desk,
nd conceives It to be his duty to call the attention
of tbe House to It, in order that the House may take
uch proceedings Uicretm u may Im proper m tuo
'irronwtanwa. The Clcrs will read the eommanic. j
Mr. Wtiittemofwl ask a stirrpenston of the read
tn of tiat oommniiieotton an ID 1 make tneh r
BiHrk m I propoM,
1 be rptkkcr The Chair nmst. order th reading of
. ln..or'',r hi own conduct may be enuroly
within i tbo rnl of the Hnnse.
nr. whittmore l recall tbe paper until I make
some remarks.
The Kpoahor That cannot be done. It M the dnty
of the Chair to lay iwforo tha House the commutu
ration, and the Clerk win read IU
"Washinton, 0. C, Feb. 84ITon. J. O. BUIne,
N)er of the nnu of Hcprwentatls-Str: 1
enrioM tbe lollowina nommnnk-atlon, addraswod by
wk-Rrair on the aul Instant, to the 1overnoc ol
sonth Carolina, resiKolns my Bat In Coiurress, and
the telcpram aoceptlng thn same. Please lay them
before the Houha, and notify them that I am DO
longer a member of that body
"Very respectfully, yours,
. "1. If. WnTTTmolllc.,'
Then follow cepis of the triepram to tlie (rovfr
nor of south Carolina, reslKninir his seat, and of the
tt)grm from the (Governor accptlna tl same,
both rtaled Kebrnary IX The Sp.-aker Slmnlta
ncously with the ppntleman from Sonth Carolina
taking the iloor to speak, by his rlpht asamember
he Miit to Ui Chair that coDiraunlctkn, whU:h
shows that he Is not a member of this House, and it
Is not In the province of the Chslr to reeotrnize any
other than a inemlx-r of tbe House.
If the judgment of the House be that the gentle
men shall have unanimous consent to proc.rwd at
will Iks for tho House, not for the Chair, so to deter
mine. Mr. Logan said ths precedent had been that where
'memlMT of the Honso resigns, it depends on the
House to determine whether that fact concluded the
qnestlon. . , . .
Mr. Kldridgemade the point that a copy of the
telegram from tho tiovernoi of South Carolina was
no evidence of tho acceptance of the resignation.
The Sneaker overruled the point uf. order, and do
ruled that the resignation was a voluntary matter,
nd needed no acceptance.
Mr. Butler iMass.i made the point of order thst If
Mr. Whittemore was not a memlxr enough to speak
he cettalnly was not memuer enough to be ex
pelled. The Speaker overruled the point of order, It being
for thn 1 louse, not for the Chair, to determlue
whether a resolution should be adopted.
Mr. Hanks thought that the House would be led
Into great difficulty if it accepted tha doctrine that
a niemlter oould resign his scat without the cnusent
of the House. There was noliolter principle of par
liamentary law established cither In Knglaad or this
country, tlivn that a mnmier of a parliamentary
body cannot resign without tho consent of the
Hoohc, express or Implied.
The very constitution of the body required that
that view should be Uken, and all the cases that
had arisen in tho House wore consistent with that
rnle. The House would escape Its present difficulty
If It allowed the gentleman from South Carolina to
speak in his own behalf. He would thus assume to
be a membtrr of tho House, ami the
House could vote as It pleased on the resolution.
The Speaker remarked that the uniform practice
of the House had been tho reverse of the principle
Indicated by the gentleman from Mnssnctiuscits.
The case of Mattlson, In the Thlrt.y-fourthKJongress.
was directly In point. Kven la tho Forty-Arst .Con
press already, the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Minister to France had resigned their seats In the
House, ntul the gentleman from Msssachusetts him
self went thr.iugh the samo process when he was
elevated to the Gubernatorial chair of Massachu
setts. Mr. Banks submitted that lu those cases the con
sent of the House was Implied, and Insisted that If
this House established the nrecedcut that any mem
ber could cense to be a member without its consent,
it would destroy the character of the House, ana
thst It ought not to be ptrmttted.
Mr. Uigan asked that tho House should deter
mine whether or nut Mr. Whittemore was now a
member.
Thn Speaker said I hat, In accordance with the uni
form practice of tho House from the fouudar.ton of
tne ooveriiinent, us bad ceased to rrrognir.fi .Mr.
Whittemore as a member of tho House, anil the way
to test the sense of the House on the subject was to
appeal from the decision of the Chair. 1
Mr. jigan said lie should not do so.
Mr, FariiBworth Bald that he should do so, pro
Mr. t ox moved to lay tne appeal on me none.
Agreed to.
The Speaker mentioned, as n additional prece
dent, the resignation of the members from the
Southern States at a time when there were the
highest reasons of state and national Importance
against accepting their resignations.
Mr. Dawes (Mass.) regarded this as a point of vital
Importance, and It seemed to him so dangerous a
precedent to be established tliat a member conld
resign whether the House willed it or not, that he
desired to pnt his opinion on the record against It.
fhe Constitution clothed the Home with power to
punish a member, but uT a member could escape
punisnment ov merely resigning, wneiuer uie
House willed It or not, all power to control the
House was at an end. Tha House could be left at
any moment without a quorum, by a given number
of members sending a paper of resignation to the
desk.
He did not understand mat to be parliamentary
law. He knew that resignations had heretofore
been considered eifeetlve because there had been no
occasion to question them. They had the implied
asseut oi tne nouse.
Mr. Parnswortb. with the consent of Mr. Io?in.
moved that the resolution of expulsion be laid on
the table. Agreed to without a division.
FROM THESTA TE.
Tbe I'Irdt Dlatrlet Nentttorlnl Content.
IIahuimu'kg, Feb. 34. The proceedings lost
night of the committee on the contest between
Messrs. Watt aud Diamond, over the seat for the
First Senatorial District, resulted in a gain of 17
yotes for Mr. Watt.
The returns of the Seventh division of the
Third ward, heretofore missing, were produced
by tho Prothonotary. and the vote of the ward
was found to be. lor uiamoud, iui.i; lor watt.
1207: eivinir Diamond a majority of 70b: while the
return made by the return judges for this ward
gave Diamond 1703 aud Walt a majority of
840 for Diamond.
The ballot-box of the Ninth division of the
Fourth ward was also produced, aud on cxarui
nation it was fouud that the vote had been
transposed by the return judges. A correct
statement of the vote of this division increased
"Watt's vote 34, which, added to a gain of 14:5 in
the Third ward, mado a total gain ol 177.
FROM T1IK WEST.
Wlsconnln Movintt.
Milwaukee. Feb. 34. The Board of Super
visors of the county ot Milwaukee have ten
dered their new court-house, to cost nearly a
million of dollars, to the btato for a capltol
building, provided the capital is moved to
Milwaukee.
WUnoarl Legislature.
St. Loi'is, Feb. 31 Tbe State Sonate yester
day passed a constitutional amendment extend
ing sutirugo to uegroes, restoring the fran
chise to Rebels, by a vote of 35 to 5, to be sub
mitted to a vole or the peopio at tbe next gone
ral election. The Semite also elected Miss Nellie
Raymond, of St. Louis, as engrossing clerk.
FROM NEW EJSQLAND.
Fntally Mtabbrd.
Thomabton, Me.. Feb. 34. William Jones was
fatally stabbed by Edward Andrews. . The latter
was arrested.
Itlnisacbimrtta LealfHatttre.
Boston, Feb. 'U A movement 1b on foot In Hie
legislature for a change of tbe Constitution, br
which members of one or both branchos of the Legis
lature may on eiecieu lor iwo or mure years.
Church Burned.
The Methodist chnrch in Kast Wcyroo.iUi was de
stroyed by tire yesterday afternoon. Loss, l.()Oo
insured, HOW.
FROM MEW I ORK. ,
Fatal Accident. 1 '
Nkw York, Feb. 24. A portion of tho roof
of a mine at M or lab. New York, foil In yester-.
day. - A man named Martin, an Englishman, and
another named Lynch, an Irishman, were killed.
New York Prodaoe Alarket
Niw Tori. Feb. S4 Cotton dull: sales of soo
bales middling upland at liittto. Flour State and
Western, the market favors sellers, with modorato
Duainess doing; soutuern witnout iiecmea oasnge.
Wheat dull and le. lower; winter red Western, tn
(31 !! ; white Michigan, ft -40. Corn scarce and Arm ;
new mixed Western ; new yellow Southern,
IHWfil 04. Oats quiet and steady ; State, s'Mc ;
Western, 6Mt7c Beef quiet. Pork hesvy; now
mess, t2S-M; prime mess. iUm. Lard heavy:
team in tierces, ice. Whisky quiet at wa
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IDDINO I N V I T A TIONB
KNG&AVKO IK Tli HltWAUJl auw OBOf
ULKSKU.
LOUIS DRHKA.
Uttioan tuid Ruarmiar,
H. Mi ClilUiNOr btoort.
FOURTH EDITION
a U XI o r 22.
Tha Kordaunt Divorce Soasdal Tb
"Times" Bead the Prince of Wales
a Lecture Engliak Opinion of
Amerioan Finance Anxiety
Concerning: the City of
Boston Ball at the
Tuileriea xhe
French Cable
Company.
FROM EUROPE.
The En.ll.b, Royal HeBn4.
tht Atuilo-Amtriean CabU.
IIKOON. Pfh 9J Thn TVot... Af .1.. v...
tonal on the scene In tlie court room festerdav mt
that trial nf fh I H uni.... '1 L.
' - J ...... v.r. ,iV UITI'I'T CWfJ. I DO '
j iTFir ja tun cnur til mo I mice OI WaiCS IS OOa tO
big carelessness of his reputation and lieedieosnerM
in tba nifttter nf tifruiinttl intim.fiA. Mhh -
: , . ' "v M rq for
bidden to royalty. ITlnee Albert example u
faultless, and the ITlnco of Wales will learn from it
and exemplify a life free even from tbe Mmblanco
tt lAVrtr 07
Vaattnli Opinion f Amerlraa FlnLrf
ThA 7 tY)Ll -Jn hfiui tn Altfirn am tha -..( a
"mm vta fcif nUIIJVr'V III
the rereut derision by the ISupreme txurt of the-
I nllpd HtHto. In Ilia n..ti.. ..r . . ' "v
ing that the derision restored English confidence In
. . . . ,UDIII ...
The City of Boatoo.
Th tiri(1frwr1tr iri rhit-aHm fi ...
mluin on the mlssuig steamer City of Boston.
ABniveranry or ISIS la Parla.
FiSIB. Fell. 4 Mint i.n.n.i. . v., .
. - . - - , c uriuK jifiHi to
day in honor of the anniversary proclamation of tha
rennlillf in iujq ...
Pnradol'a Appolatment.
Tli nrnl,Aliilit1f nf th. nMni.. .
raradoi Minister toJWashlngion are atrain qoostionea.
uaiiion in me Hunk or Fraaee.
The (low of bnllion to the Bank of France cou
nties. TllA flmnnnt nn Imrnl ... .1.. i
francs greater tha.Uast wec. ' " ',0UU,,W
Hall at the Tallerlea.
A frrsnd ball took nt.f-A at tha Ttii..n....
inir. Many Americans appeared amonif iu rut
crowd of ptople present. .
French Cable Company. 1 -
last meeting, declared a dividend of 1 per ocnt. for
jii. iiivuuin, iicuik 1111111 uic UIK-UlDfTOI 106 IlU f Or
1 . . ' "'til v will, lllfj AnfflO-
American, AtlauUc, and Newfoundland companies.
in atrtfc tinotatloaa.
Pms. Veh Oi Tho Rnn m. nlidnrf .
T3f tiirj . """'" uuo. nvDiea,
AKTWRHP. P1l 9J Pplrnl.nm .liuj i..
steady at 60.f. . .
Khlp New.
By the Anglo-American Cable.
I.IYP.KVOni Veh 91 krr',x-nA
....... . . .. ...... vu ull Etvaiufsr
Hanover, from New Orleans.
Ijinnnm. V'rh 'M Th. itcam... r.t ,v. vt ...
Oerman Lloyd, New York, and Bremen line will
1. r i . . . .. v. . . .
in M .mrruiM.ijur ui ooumampiou Uockt, ia-
1 he Ploareao Trial.
Paris. Feb. 24. TIia iiptinn nr.,:..)
Flourcns for having aided in the desertion ot
two soldiers lias been tprmlnitwl Th.
did not appear in court to auswer the charge.
xiu wo tvuicuvcu 10 inrce years lmprisonmexit.
FROM WH&HIXOTOJr. '
i Remaval .r lluhllltl.
Dpatck to th Avnciated Pret.
WASHIKOTOK. Pfb. 1 That fnllnianna
names are Included In the bill for the removal of
political disabilities paied this mornliur: w. T
Avery, a. vrl; i. k. aiettea, josepn Harbler, J. E.
it. Kav. T. 1). Kldridvre. Menrv Cralt. f Rtrhr
T. J. WrlKht, (ieorze Uison.
C O K KSH.
Henate.
Continued from the Third Edition.
Mr. btewart moved to take no the bin ut arenie t
all persons tbe equal protection of the law
ir. casseriy orpoted the motion, which waumiavi
to by a prty vote. Yeas 49, nays 9.
i ne uiu uaviBK oeen uinen up,
Mr. Stewart said it would extend the operauona of
the Civil Rights bill to aliens in the matter of pro-.
tjction of the laws.
Mr. Pomeroy inquired whether the bill proposed to
alter the law relating to the descrnt of property of
forelgnere, or to eitend to them tbe right of pe
tition. Mr. Stewart replied that the Mil had nothing to do
with these things, that its sole object was the protec
tion of life and property.
The bill was then laid aside In consequence of the
expiration of the morning hour, which brought op
the matter of the admlson of toe Senator elect
(Bevels; of Mississippi.
House.
Continued from the Third Kdition.
Thereupon Mr. Logan offered the following resolu
tion: Jteaolced, That B. P. Whittemore, late member
from the First district of Sooth Carolina, did male
appointments to the Military Academy at West
Point and to the Naval Academy at Annapolis in
violation or law, and that such appointments were
Influenced by pecuniary considerations, and that
his conduct in the premises has been such as to
show him unworthy of a seat In the House of Repre
sentatives, and is therefore condemned as conduct
unworthy of a rcpn sentatlve of the people.
Mr. Hutler (Mass.) asked unanimous oonsent that
Mr. Whittemore be heard ou that resolution.
Mr. Morgan objected.
The vote was taken on the resolution, and It wai
adopted unanimously yeas, 186; nays, none.
Thus ended the proceedings in tins case, and the
House then went to the more aoher business of con
sidering the legislative appropriation bill in Commit
tee of the Wnole, Mr. Cessna in tiie chair, which was
the signal for a general thinning out of the audience
In the galleries.
FROM TBE WEST.
Destructive Fire nt Oal Teuton IsOM
One
minion oi uoiiar.
Galvkston, Feb. 24 A firo occurred last night
which destroyed a block on the north Bide ot the
IStrand, between - Fremont and Twenty-second
streets, and the opposite square, on the south Bide
of the Strand. Many of the houses were of little
value, but filled with large stocks of goods. The
loss is estimated at $l,coo,oo0. The sufferers are as
follows : Dsrgin A Kabyn. William Barnes, Phoenix
Express, T. B fctubbs, Cirf Bros., C. Baruett J. C.
Uorbam A Co., Kalph Levy & Co. ; (l. W. (trover,
John 1). Borers A Co.. W, II. Silvers, J. 8. Sellers A
Co., Union Marine Fire Insurance Co., T. T. Aastin.
B. A A. King, Burnett Hall, Henry Sampson.
Mound City Mutual Insurance Co., Dcwolf A 8ulll
van, D. . Herbelt, Shackelford A Brown, Small
wood A Clark, C. B. broneaood, C. Y, Hurley A Co,,
S. Jacobs A Co., T. W. House, K. S. Woo: la, and L.
U. Khoads.
The Cleveland Fire.
Ci.ivki.and, Feb. 84. The loss by the Ore yester
day Is tSO.uOO, Insured fur about it6,iJ0u.
FROM THE SOUTH.
The (southern Kallroad Convention.
Special Despatch to Ths Evening Telegraph,
Baltimore. Feb. 34. The Southern Railroad
Convention, in session at Barnnm's Hotel,
bave accepted the invitation from tho rhlladol
pbia and Wilmington, and Baltimore, Camden
and Am boy, and New Jersey Railroad Compa
nies, to leave on an excursion to Philadelphia
and New York at 9 40 on Friday morniug. ,
Baltimore Proalneo ITlarkeu
Bamthorb, Feb. 84 Cotton dull and heavy at
SSVO. Flour Ann and active for low grades. Wheat
firmer; Pennsylvania, tl-SMl-a0; Maryland, f 1-40
n 1-4.1. Corn steady yellow, UkaDftj.; white, 9
tio. - Bye dull and nominal at tmti.v. Mess Pork
firm t 1ST -60(4 'ii. Bacon active aud Urm; rib sides,
1BVe)10c.; clear do,, l6Vii:c.; shoulders, liV"
lsc,; hams. IVilc, Lard, lac Whisky In good
demand at 99c. f l.
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