TJ1K DAILY EVEMN U . TEL I.trP 1 1 - P 1 T 1 1 j A 1) Ijh 1 M UA , TU 1- S D .V Y K A itC il 8 I'M U. i. . CI Tf I HTKLL I IS IfO IS. 1 0TA1IEN8IKG. The Tweatr-thlrd AbbdoI Report of tkv lr. upectoraef the C'onaty Prlnen nermtloaii of the Inatltotloo daring the YtM 1H60. We have been favored with an advance copy el the twenty-third annual report Of the Inspec tors of the County Prison, addressed to the State Legislature, showing the operations of the Insti tution during the year IMS). Donmitnienta Darin I860. From the report it appears that "the whole number of commitments for thi year 18J was 18,305, against 17,630 lor 18&8, an increase of C86. This Increase, however, is only in the number of com mitments; the number of persons actually com mitted being less than those of last year. This apparent increase has been the result of a change in the character of the commitments. It was till lately the practice of the committing magistrates to Include in the charge of drunken Bess also disorderly conduct, by which offenders were committed to pri son for a period of thirty days, to be held for the wholo or a part of this sentence, at the discretion of the Inspectors. Vagrants of this class are now committed for intoxication only, for a period of twonty-four hours, and not unlrequcntly return half a dozen times during a month. Also, under a rocent construction of the law, the power formerly exercised by the In spectors, of discharging cases of "breach of tho peace," has been abandoned. The committing magistrates have much increased commit ments for this charge, retaining control of them in their own hands, and usually discharging them by arrangement, after a few days, with the result of repeated recom mitments of the same offenders. It may be that a more exact compliance with the preciso letter of the law now obtains, but the old practice was attended with better results. The board f-els, however, that so long as it falls to secure, on tho part of the committing magistrates of our city, hearty and earnest co-opcratlon in efforts to improve the criminal department, little real good can be accomplished by attempts within the prison. The great and foremost evil in the criminal department of 1'hlladelphla Is the system of police magistracy; and no reform is so much needed as a change, at least in the mode of compensation of our committing magistrates. So long as their receipts are di rectly dependent upon and swollen by what must be stated to oo simply a traffic in the manipulation of petty crime, it Is idle to antici pate radical improvement in the treatment of this class of criminals. It is difficult to believe that such a system of magistracy can be tolerated in a city like Philadelphia, and that her citizens can sit quietly under so great a reproach. If our police magistrates were removed from the sphere of politics by a change in the mode of selection; if they held their offices by a good behavior tenure; wore required to be learned in the law; and were compensated by adequate fixed salaries, in place of fees, a reform would be accomplished the effects of which upon social improvement can scarcely be estimated. "The commitments for 18i'J show a small de crease (270) compared with those of 1807, which were 18.5115; those for 1800 reached 19,48. In 1800, tho year preceding the war, the commitments were 20,801. For the first half of the year 1809, from January 1 to July 1, the commitments were 8947; for the second half of the year, from July 1, 1809, to January 1, 1870, tbey were 9353. This excess in the commitments for the second over the first half of the year is usual; thus, in 1808, the com mitments from January 1 to July 1 were 8033; from July 1, 1808, to January 1, 1809, they were 9588. Sex and Color of the Prisoner. "Of tho commitments for tho past year, there were black males, 1283, against 979 for 1868, and 1025 for 1867; of black females, 574, against 494 for 1808, and 570 for 1807. There were white males, 12,228, against 12.WW for 1808, and 12,301 for 1807, and 13,053 for 1806. The number of white females for 1809 was 4220, a slight increase over those for 1808, 4051, but a marked diminution over those lor 1867, which reached 4019. It is to bo borne in mind, too, that while the number of com mitments was more than lost year, the number of females committed was less. We have thus the experience of another year confirmatory of the good results of the increased accommoda tion for female prisoners which was obtained by the transfer of the old debtor's apartment, a few years since, to the female department of the prison. The separation of female prisoners, which was thus secured, and the greater facili ties for the enforcement of prison rules and discipline, which were made attainable, have resulted in a marked diminution ot va grancy and crime in the female popu lation of our city. Nor has the sani tary department of the female depart . ment of the prison been less conspicuous; the cases reported to the physician for treatment in this department for the past year having been only 1775, more than a thousand less than the sick list of 1807. These results show the ex pcndlture required in the extension of the fe male department to have been a true economv, and strongly support the more weighty moral arguments which are urged in favor of au ex tension of the more important and over-crowded male department of the prison. Necessity far Extending the Prison. "The board would here repeat the views ex pressed in the lost report upon the subject of an extension of the prison, and again call the attention of the Legislature to the incapacity of tho prison ior tne proper connnemont ana em ployment oi us large male popu lation, in every respect, sanitary, moral, and economical, the Injurious ellects of its over crowded condition are manifest. The results of improved accommodation in the female depart ment, previously cuea, nave snown tnat tne trrowth of crime and vairrancy is directly stimu Wed bv the undue concrecration of prisoners, It can scarcely be doubted that the collection of a number of prisoners in a single cell soon re duces all to tho moral level of the worst pri soner; and the unceasing intercourse which results from the origiuol construction of the prison with a view to the separate system, fos ters the moral contagion more actively than in prisons not designed for this system. The separate system, once tho especial pride of Pennsylvania, has been loug abandoned in every department of the prison, and even in the convict corridors, two, three, and even four prisoners are placed together in a single cell. The board feels that this subject can be no longer overlooked, and that either the extension of the convict blocks. or the construction of a new prison has become a necessity. The establishment of a House of Correction, however desirable, would not relieve the crowded state of the convict cells. And the board feels confirmed in the opinion expressed In many previous reports, that a House of Cor rection for vagrants and drunkards should con stitute a department of the prison. Its con truction might go hand in hand with the exten sion of the prison, and would be t! economized; while its future connection with the management of the prison would obviate the unnecessary multiplication of officials, and would faellltale the working of two co-ordinate branches of tho same service. The board expressed the opinion in the two last reports that the lot known as the Parade Ground, con tiguous to the prison, would be a very desirable location for these purposes, obviating, too, tho lariro outlay necessary for the purchase of anv other suitable ground. After a full considera tion of the subject by the Prison Committee of Councils, in conforence with the board, that body has united in rccommendlug an extension ' of the prison on the Parade Ground, and has requested from the Legislature an enabling act for the purpose, which is respectfully aud ear- . ncstly ahked also by this board. The Work of W'liUUy. "Of , the commitments to the prison . during the ' past year, about the usual proportion may be assigned to . intempe rance, as either a direct or indirect cause. I he actual charges in the commitments will be found to vary somewhat from those of last year, for reasons already mentioned. There were for intoxication, 3540, against 2035 for 180S; for vagrancy, 134ft, against 1093 for lfiOft; for ossanlt and battery, 1687, against 1462 for 1808; for dis orderly conduct and breach of the peace, 7300. against 8132 for 1868: for assault with intent to kill, 146, against 121 for 18W. of the entire number of commitments, 18,305, 13.987, or more than three-fourths, are thus traccablo to intemperance; for, with scarcely an exception in the cases enumerated, drunkenness is an accompaniment of the special act for which the commitment is made. - With out assuming that these offenses are wholly attributable to intemperance (for crime exists and prisons are filled In countries where drunk enness is comparatively uncommon), we may fairly urge that the unbridled multiplication of temptations to crime in the unrestrained sale of alcoholic narcotics, In our city, is a fearful evil. The existing license law Is an unmitigated nuisance, ana some modification of It may be most reasonably asked of the Legislature. Commitment for Trivial Offense. "Of the prisoners committed for trial during the past year, 11,203, 8750 were discharged by the committing magistrates, and in the coses of f80, the bills of indictment were ignored by tho Grand Jury.' These figures show a larger number of commitments and discharges by the magistrates than . for the past year, owing to the breach of peace coses being re tained exclusively in the hands of tho magistrates. The figures, however, tell the old story, that nearly two-thirds of the whole number com mitted were discharged without being brought to trial involving a tearful catalogue of com mitments for unnecessary and trivial camcs, and doubtless, too, a scarcely less startling aggregate of oppression and persecution. An other argument is thus presented in favor of a change of the administration of criminal jus tice among us, which is only too often an engine of extortion and malice. Much of the duty of the Prison Agent is devoted to tho relief of cases of unnecessary and oppressive commitments. During the past year 3895 prisoners were re leased through the interference of the Prison Agent. The whole number released through the agency of this officer, during a period of sixteen years, has been 25,637. Other matter. "Since the overcrowded condition of the cells, escapes of convicts have been not unfrcquont. In October last, the board, having obtained the necessary appropriation irom uouncus, ap pointed two day watchmen. No escapes have occurred since the entrance of these officers upon their duties, and they have broken up the conversation among tho prisoners from the windows of their cells, which was habitually practised at certain liours of the day, and in volved not only plans of escape, but details of past and projects of future crime. Intercourse between convicts and the bummers employed about the prison has been thus also prevented. I no standard oi ucaita in tne prison during the year was good, and no epidemic of any kind occurred. Twenty-nine deaths are reported in the untried department from natural causes, viz., from manla-a-potn, 17; debauch, 9; con gestion of the brain, 1; hematemcsis, 1; pyemia, 1. in tne convict department there were thirteen deaths, twelve directly from consump tion, and the tbirleeuth from hemoptysis, no doubt produced by a tuberculous condition of the lungs. The overcrowding of the cells has doubtless contributed to this increase of con sumption. The Expenses of the Prison for 1809 were very slightly in excess of those for 1808, viz.: $105,925 12, against 104, 635 63 for J8)8. 1 no profits ot the snoe manufactory were $3872-95. The amount received from the United States Marshal, for the support of United States prisoners, was $790-80. The estimated value of provisions, coal, etc.. on nana, is 3S9oi3 aa. The return to tne uity treasurer ot proms irom the manufacturing department was $21,000. "Ui tne prisoners under sentence ot death at the date of the last report, Hester Vaughan was pardoned by the Governor, 8th of May, 1809. Five convicts remain in the prison under sen tence of death, but indefinitely respited Edward J. Ford, Patrick Farrigan, Jerry Dixie, Newton Champion, and Alfred Alexander." The following is a list of the Board of Inspec tors of the Prison: rreslilent John B. Bldrtlo, M. D. Secretary Edmund mith. Treasurer Henry C. llowell. Inspectors .John 1). Diddle, M. D., Joseph W. Bul lock, Joseph It. Chandler, M. it. Evans, James A. Freeman, Henry C. Howell, William 11. Kelchline, William B. Page, M. 1)., J. Kodman Paul, M. D., Ed mund .smith, and Edward II. Trotter. Tho officers of the prison are as follows: Superintendent William B. Perkins. Clerk Joseph K. Howell. Physician Henry Y. Bmlth, M. D. Matrons Ann O. Ryan and Ann Slover. Deputy Superintendents John Mirkel and How ard Perkins. Apothecary Benjamin F. Butcher, M. D. Prison Agent William J. Mullen. Local Odds and Ends. Something surely is going to happen, else why should the State House pavement have been cleansed of the snow 60 spcedilyf1 Council Chambers are on lnursaays tne re sort of a set of old political bummers, a disgrace alike to themselves and the bodies that suffer their presence. If some of the small fry ward politicians only Knew bow they are looked down to by the men whom they help to exalt, they would in many cases act in a manner different from their present mode. Kum nas proven a poweriui lever in many cases, and in none more so than the world politi cal. More delegates and votes are secured through rum than by all other means combined. Pedestrianism this morning was about as dangerous as dancing on a mirror, and ail bands were obliged to either C sharp or B Hat. ! Under the melting rays of the chief heater of the universe the snow will pass from view as quickly as buckwheat cakes irom betore a hungry newsboy. -The Schuylkill JNavigation company nas re sumed operations, a number of boats having passed urj yesterday. The Delaware end Raritan Canal Company resume on the 10th innt. Bishop Siumnon is to sneak to-morrow even ing at the Tabernacle Baptist Church. A Decision Under tiie Revenue Law. Mr. W illiam B. Elliott, Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Third district of Pennsylvania. has received the following instructions Irom tho Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washing ton: Treasury Dbpaktmrnt, Omen of Intrrkal Bkvbkuk. Kir: A gentleman of Philadelphia writes, under date of the ma instant, BUtliic that he is tho guardian of bin brother's two children, who have an iucuine of $ttt."-49 each, for the year ltC9, anu no nuier income. i ney ooara at me same boarding houxe with their mother, and pay their own board. He asks, Are they not each entitled to the deduction of tiooti V He has been referred to you for lnrorrnition, and you are therefore advls. d that minor children and their parents should be regarded as members of the same lomily, whether living together or not (para graph 17, series 4, iNO. 4), aim wuere tnu members of a lamlly have separate incomes, a ratable propor tion of the tlttoo should b exempted from the income of each (paragraph IS, series 4, No. 4). The family, composed of the mother and her minor children, are entitled to only one deduction of liooo (section 117, compilation), and tho Ruardiau is entitled to deduct a ratable proportion of the same from the income of his wards. Very respectfully, J. w. uouglas, , Acting Commlssiuuor. William B. Elliott, Kq., Assessor Third District Pennsylvania. Oriental and Bible Lands. The Ladies' and Pastors' Christian Union Have raado ar rangements with the Hon. I. . Dieul, late cnitea mates c-oramissiouer io ior u course of flvo lectures for the benefit of the society. This great traveller and popular lec turor graphically describes what he saw witli his own eyes, heard with bis own ears, and handled with his own hands, during a period of ilftcen years' residence and travel among the most noted places mentioned in the Scriptures. Stu dents of the Bible, and Sabbath school teachers and scholars, will be interested and instructed by theee lectures. The lectures will afford great variety, the object is good, and the ladles have a right to expect a crowded house every evening. tee advertisement. i A Prize-fight pipped In, the Bod. i In various portiona of our city are saloons and groegerlcs where dally and nightly congre gate a certain class of men who style themselves " Lover of th manly art." Amongst this clam a few weeks ago a plan was originated for a prize-fight between Billy McLean, who keeps a sporting-house at Thirteenth and Callow lilll PUGILISTIC. STi 1 1 1 a ,ll S;m,r..r 1 Suable a portion thereof stolen. The compa red at $500 a side and the championship ot nv.. offl! mrii,i ,i,hf,n,iH Pennsylvania; the fight to take p ac;e on the 8U of March, within 10 miles of Philadelphia. All things went on swimmingly until lost night. The thieves, knucks, rofigbs, and rascals, over their nightly potations of gin and sugar, freely put up their stamps on the respective men, the cab drivers fleeced their victims more freely in order the better to bet, whilst the rabtiio that attend our English free-and-easy saloons disputed over their mugs of 'arf-and-'arf, and often came to blows. ' Amongst the knowing ones it was yesterday given out that the fight would take place in the neighborhood of McCrystal's Log Cabin, Wisaa hlckon, and thither this morning a number of the faithful wended their way only to be dig appointed, i Some of the more anxious ones left for the battle-ground last evening, and one of these having imbibed pretty freely of "fighting whisky," exploded the secret, nnd the police at once determined to stop the little game. Ac ocrdlngly, Sergeant Stout, of the Twelfth dis trict, was detailed with a squad of men to arrest the would-be "brutes and bruisers," and start ing out, came up with one of the principals (Kadis) and a bottle-holder named Frederick Barnhold, at the intersection of Eighteenth street and Ridge avenue. They were taken to the station-house, and in a valise carried by Barnhold were found two large sponges, a lot of coarse towels, half a dozen lemons, and five bottles of whisky, thus showing that they were evidently well prepared for the battle. On being questioned they Btated that the other party bad gone up on the other side of the river, intending to cross over at the Falls Bridge. Kadis and Barnhold were this morning taken before Alderman Hood, who held the former in $3000 bail and Barnhold in f'JOOO bail to answer. A R Til TIC. An Altered Check From 83460 up to l:ili.VtJO by a Ntroke of the Pen-A Rival of J. llnrhnunn t'rom. On Saturday, about noon, a gentlemanly indi vidual, who is evidently an artist In the particular line of financiering that comes under the head of forgery, came into the office of Sterling & Wild man, brokers, No. 110 South Third street, and inquired the price of gold. He said he wished to buy about 1 3000, but that he had not the money with him, and would be back in about half an hour cither with the cash or a check such as would be acceptable to the brokers. In about twenty minutes he returned and presented a check on the Pcnn National Bank for $3405-00, drawn to the order of Sterling & Wildman by Bullock & Crenshaw. The check had every ap pearance of genuineness, but as the Individual was unknown there was some hesitation at ac cepting it, and he said he would wait until one of the young men in the ollice could go to the bank and get it cashed. To make assurances doubly sure, the young man took tho check to Messers. Bullock & Crenshaw, aad asked if it was drawn by them. On examining the check book it was found that on Saturday a check had been drawn for the sum of $31-00 to the order of W. T. Ellis, and on examin ing the check presented, it was disco vered that some of the original writing had been erased by acid, and the face of the paper altered. It was then remembered that on Saturday an individual answering to the de scription of the gold purchaser had bought a bill of goods, for which he presented a note of large amount, and said that he would take a check for the change. While the young man was gone on his errand, the forger became alarmed at his prolonged absence, and stepped out, saying that he would return in a few minutes. He has not been heard of since. The alteration of the check is considered by experts as one of the most skilful that was ever seen on Third street. A SLIGHTLY COLORED CHAPTER. "Shoo Fly." Two descendants of Ham, one a male named Emanuel Wallace, and one a female, name un known, having imbibed freely of "bug juice" yesterday, Indulged in a grand old breakdown at Third and Union streets, and astonished the natives with an original exhibition of "shoo fly." An officer arriving checked their merriment and took them to Moya. uoois. Frank Hughes, a coffee-colored citizen, yes terday ran across an ebony-hued female reposing on a cellar-door at Sixth and Lombard streets, and noticing on her feet a pair of bran new "Balmorals, quietly undid the lacing and made off with them. He had not proceeded far before a policeman, who had been watching his opera tions, tapped him on the shoulder ana introduced him to Prison-keeper Perkins, whose spacious halls he now perambulates. No Ileapect for Ace. George Thomas (colored) attacked a negress, aged seventy, at Sixth and Lombard streets yesterday, and punished her severely. Alder man Bonsall held him in $100 ball to answer. Award ot Contracts The Board of Health met at noon to-day, and awarded tho contracts for cleaning the streets, removing ashes, etc., in the Twentieth and Twenty-first districts. For the Twentieth district, Mr. Thomas Coday, of Bridesburg, received the contract for $J800; Twentv-flrst district, James Clegg, of Mana yunk, 13000. The Twentieth district comprises that part of the city lying north of Allegheny avenue, known as Bridesburg and Frankford. The Twenty-first district comprises that part of the city known as Manayunk. The gentlemen above named are required to clean the streets, etc., at the sums named for the space of twenty two months. . The Star Course. The following letter has been received by the manager of the Star Course of Lectures, in relation to Professor Morton's lecture: T. B. Pruii, Esq. Dear Sir: Hie undersigned, knowing that great numbers, from Inability to pro cure seats, and from other causes, were prevented from attending Professor Morton's lecture on "Solar eclipses, on Monday, Kebruary 88, request that the same shall be repeated at as early a date as possible. Yours, etc., Daniel M. Fox, Thomas A. Scott, C. II. Clark, M. Eatrd, (ieorge Whitney, William Sellers, J. Vaughan Merrick, John Sellers, Jr., George Buruham. The Hahnemansian Institute. Tho Habnemannian Medical Institute, a society of the Ptiuieuts connected with tho Hahnemann Medical College, holds its commencement this evening, at the Atseinbly Buildings. ,Tho Fncultv of the college are expected to be pre sent, and a valedictory address will be delivered bv v.. V. Hovt. of thu irraduating clans. Tho commencement of the college takes place to- morrow, at the Acudomy of Mule. j . An Impostor. A chap giving his name as J. C. . Brown was arrested yesterday, on .Frank-, lor.i rond. above York street, whilst sollcitiu'' 'contributions in aid of the Taylor Hose Com pany, he having in his possession a book pur porting to be isiined bv the company, and con taining several names" since ascertained to be forgeries. He was taken before Alderman Hcius, who held him in $."00 bail to answer. ' ATnc overku Ash Carts. Lewis Schraedor aud Henry Stimmcl were arrested by the Twelfth district police oillcers yesterday for hauling ashes through the streets in uncovered carts, contrary to a city oraiuaueo. uev wujo taken before an alderman, who held thorn in $300 bail each to answer. Burglary The tailoring establishment of John M. Floyd, No. 83 North Eleventh street, was entered some time this morning by bur glars, who stole everything of valuo. They then entered the dwelling part of the establishment, and purloined all the silvernlate of the family, mounting in vnluc to $1000. RAILROAD THIETES. Retrtbatlve Jnntlce-One of their Number Cut la Tw. For months past the Philadelphia and Read ing Railroad Company has been annoyed by a st rles of robberies, which have caused trouble alike to the company, the shippers of the goods, and tne expectant purchasers. Almost every freight train that passes over the road was visited by thieves, the freights broken open, and when JthmiEh a constant andttrlct watch was keot up nt different points along the road, yot almost dally their ears were saluted with the unwel come news that another depredation had been committed. This wholesale system was doomed to expo sure, however, through the workings of a higher power than road otllcers or detectives, and was on Saturday night last laid bare in a manner that should forever last as a terrible example to all wrongdoers. About 10 o'clock on tho night mentioned, some of tho employes of the road found lying on cither side of the tracks of tho road, nearly opposite Norrlstown, portions of the body of a man who bad been cut in twain by some passing train. The remains were handed over to the Norrls town authorities, and on their being searched there was found a warrant issued to the commit ting magistrate at the Central Station here. From this it was inferred that the unknown un fortunate was a detective otllcer, and word was at once telegraphed to Chief Kelly that an ofli cer of his department had been killed on the Heading Railroad, near Norrlstown. Kuowing 'that something wns wrong, Chief Kelly at once detailed Detective Lnkens to investigate tho case, and the latter Immediately proceeded to Norrlstown. Arriving there aud viewing the body, be saw through the wholo mystery. Tho deceased was no other than the notorious Robert Sharp, better known ns Bob Sharp, at one time the proprietor of Buck Hall, No. S33 Shlppen street, a notorious dance-home and thieves' resort. Detective Lukens explained tho matter to the authorities, aud gave orders for the arrest of any parties who should claim the body. He then relumed to this city, and set a trap for the capture of the rest of thu gang. Chief Kelly next detailed Detectives Tryou and Levy to aid in tho case, and they had Informa tion conveyed to tho friends of Sharp as to his death. Yesterday morning, Oeorgo Wilson, alias Woodle, a well-known professional, arrived in Norrlstown, and asked to be given the body, saying that he had been sent for it by a Mrs. Walker, whose husband deceased had been. Wilson was taken into custody, and brought to this city. Meantime. Detective Lukens having found on the body a handkerchief marked Mary J. Shnrp, proceeded to hunt her up, and finding her, secured such information as led him to Bridgeport, where, in an old sprlnghouse, ho found a lot of calico, muslin, and other goods that had been stolen on Friday night from cars on the road. It was then ascertained that Sharp had been to the sprlnghouse on Saturday, and it is supposed was about committing a depreda tion on another train, when, falling, ho met with the accident which ended his sinful career. Detectives Levy and Tryon were not idle cither. They found on the head of the prisoner Wilson a bat of the style called "Shoo-fly," and on inquiry learned that a case of such hats had a short time ago been stolen while in transit. A number of bags were also found, which had been used for the transportation ot tho stolen gouiis to this city. The thieves, it appears, were furnished with duplicate keys for all the freight cars, and thus secured admission. Penrose Ferry Bridge. The bids for the rebuilding of the Penrose Ferry Bridge have been opened at the Highway Department. The proposals submitted were the following: By George 8mith & Co. Timber crib, 55 cents; iron bolts, 10 cents per lb.; ballast per perch for sinking, $2-50; masonry, $11; superstructure, $36; taking out old material and superintend ing job, $5 per day. By Powell & Son Timber crib, per cubic feet oak, OS cents; vcllow pine. 76 cents; hem lock, 57 cents. Masonry, per perch, $13. Su perstructure. $3750. Taking out old crib and masonrr, $3000. By .W. W. Rolan Taking out old material and superintending job, $4000. By John W. Murphy Timber crib, 00 cents: masonry, $13; superstructure, $45; allowance for old material, $'.KX). By John H. Cofrode fe Co. Timber crib yellow pine, 78 cents; hemlock, 05 cents; masonry, $12; superstructure, $38; old material, $1050. This firm also proposes to do all the work, yellow pine crib, ior $27,850 and old ma terial: hemlock, $20,400 and the old material. By James Healy, using the old material, for $41 per lineal foot; without the material, $46 per lineal foot. By Hiram Bitting, the masonry for $13-95 per perch allowance for stone for face wall, $8; for backing, $J. Commissioners' Cases. The case of Samuel B. White, charged with violating the revenue law In neglecting to make out a bill of sale for tobacco, was continued this morning before United States Commissioner Clarke. Mr. Greenly, one of the firm for whom White acted as foreman, testified that it was not the wagon of the firm which was sent to carry away the goods which it is alleged were sold and no account returned, rue wagon was a common furniture wagon, with a white cover. Other un important testimony was elicited, after which the case was again adjourned until Monday next at 13 o'clock. The case of Walter F. Trott, captain of the coasting schooner Jeddie, charged by one of Ills seamen with assault and battery on the high seas, was continued this morning before Com missioner Iliblcr. The complainant, Arthur Kenys, says that the captaji kicked him on the mouth, after which a scutlle ensued in which the captain had his jaw broken. Kenvs had before been heard before Commissioner Phillips on a charge of mutiny preferred by the captain. The decision on this first charge is not yet made public. The case of Trott was again continued, and will be heard to-morrow. Stocks and Rkal Estate. The following sales were made by M. Thomas & Sons, at the Merchants' Exchange, this morning: ; 100 shares Green and Ooates St. P. R. W. 6o ttKUHJ lioion Uuial Oo. bond. 4 Dercc BsnuroB west .'erofly perry uo 1 tliim Point Brwre P.rlc 4(1 .Dure. Oentral Transportation Oo tdH aburfia Freedom Iron and Hleol Oo. 1 share Mercantile Library Co 8U snares Prtvidenl Lite Insurance and Trust Oo. 2S shares Enterprise Insurance Oo 0 shares Philadelphia and Houthera Mail RteainsftiD Company 210 shares Forrest County Oil Co 41X1 snaroa Walnut bottom Oil Con 253 00 11000 MOO 75HO 650 STtto 47 00 3500 ':,0. Ao. $11 for the lot KU 7 ,2i-;i shares Northwestern Uil oo.,( lT.H-.'S shares Monitor Oil Co., . ) 53 Hhxres Umpire Transportation VVOOK ST.. No. :( Modern Duelling Akm-uu &UO0 00 NINTH (N-rth), No. 8i-aluatle Kiuidenoe. KIUH I K I'NTH and hOUTli. t. K. corner svetn and Uwullinir S25 00 OTIS, No. 1!!4. 1 -to. 1W, 1140 SKVI OO " li.td and li;H 1:WH0 " HIM and 1IJH. 4Dti-0U " " UiB and Ha4 8(125 00 BERKS, Nes. 1137, 113S. 1141, and 1113 B-VuVoo " " 1133 aud 'lia....,. SttUVJ Will of Samvel Hart The will of Samuel Hart admitted to probate this, morning, contains the following proviso: In case of my son's death during his minority I give, devise, and bequeath to the Indigeut Widows' and Single Women's Society of Phila delphia, to the Philadelphia Orphans Society, to the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, and to tho Northern Home for Friendless Chil dren the wholo of his property, which shall be eiiually divided among the before-mentioned in stitutions. - Good. Michael Clingcr, a fellow who dis penses poisonous whisky at No. 1129 Howard street, was this morning before Alderman Kerr, on the charge of selling liquor without a license, and also with selling liquor to minors. He was held in $000 ball to answer at court. Serious FALL -Joscph Slim, aged 25 years, residing in Camden, ell at Front and Pine streets this A. M., and sustained serious injuries about the head. Sidewalks The Mayor this morning issued orders to the police force directing them to notify the citizens to clean their sidewalks. THIRD ED1T10NIF0UI1TII EDITION TO-DAY'S WASHINGTON NEWS. Expansion of the Currency. Tli LiiimI Kill Do touted. The Proceedings of CongteM To-day. The Talaaae of Currency. Bpteiai DotpotoA lo TK Evening Telegraph. Washington, March 8. The Banking and Currency Committee has agreed to report a bill in accordance with tho instructions of the House, increasing the volume of the currency fifty mil lions. The committee has agreed to report In favor of greenbacks as the issue to be inado. There was a long discussion whether it should be greenbacks or national bank notes, but it was finally decided in favor of greenbacks. The committee will report as soon as called. The Cnbnn ()nentlona The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will report to-day a bill declaring ncntrality as between Spain and the Cuban insurgents. It is substantially the bill reported by Senator Mor ton. It declares for the enforcement of tho Monroe doctrine, and against all attempts of European powers to establish monarchical in stitutions on this continent. Ilnller nnd Atamrea Cane. - The. Military Committee of the House heard some witnesses to-day in the case of Mun gen and Butler. Th evidence was merely ex planatory and not important. Butler's case will bo reported to the House to-morrow, except it should assume come new phase before that time. The Tennessee delegation was before the Re construction Committee to-day, and arguod in favor of the reconstruction of that State.' The bill drawn by Mr. Maynard was laid before the committee; also the one prepared by tho chair man, General Butler. The committee has agreed to give the delega tion a further hearing at its next meeting. Senator Fowler has signified his desire to appear before the committee to represent the Senter government. The committee will hear both sides before reporting to the House. Naval Appropriation. 1 The Committee on Appropriations finished the Naval Appropriation bill to-day, and it will be reported to-morrow, estimates nave oeou considerably reduced, but not so much as iu those of some other bills. Defeat ot the Lnod Bill. The House was engaged during the morning hour in considering the bill reported from the Committee on Public Lands.provldlng that public lands in Dakotah Territory shall not be sold ex cept to actual settlers under the homestead law. Tho bill, after some debate, was defeated, tho House refusing to order it to a third reading. This is regarded as a defeat to those who arc opposed to land subsidies to railroads, etc. ' military Order. Despatch to the A tmociattd Pre. Washington, March 8. Captain V. Van Antwerp, Military Storekeeper, is relieved from duty at San Antonio, and after the expiration of thirty days leave, will report by letter to the Quartermaster-General. Second-Lieutenant Stephen R. Stafford, Re assigned, Is transferred to the 15th Infantry. The Superintendent of General Recruiting Service at New York has been directed to for ward all disposable colored recruits at she de pots to New Orleans, to be assigned to the 5th Infantry. CONGRESS. FOUTY-FIRST TERM SECOND SESSION. Senate. Washington, March 8. Mr. Sumner pre sented the petition of Hinton Rowan Helper for compensation as Consul at Buenos Ayres. Re ferred to the Committee on commerce. Mr. Conkling presented the proceedings of the New York Chamber ot Commerce, favoring a harbor of refuge at Block Island. Referred to the Committee on Finance. Also, resolutions from the same body, setting forth the opinion that it would be unwise for the Government to embark in the business of tele graphing, in which Mr. Conkling expressed his hearty concurrence. Referred to tho Post Office Committee. Mr. Morton, from tho Committee on Foreign Relations, reported favorably the bill making it a misdemeanor to fit out or equip ships in aid of any foreign State or of any colony engaged in insurrection, with whom the United States are at peace. Bills were introduced and referred as fol lows: By Mr. Williams, a joint resolution for the redemption of the legal-tender notes of the United States. It provides that from and after the passage of this resolution all payments to the United States on accouut of duties on im ports may be made, to the amount of one-half of each puyment, in the legal-tender notes of tho United States. Referred to the Committee on Finance. House. Mr. Julian, . from the Committee on Public Lands, reported a bill to prevent the further sale of public lands in Dakotah, except under the pre-emption and homesteud laws, and the laws for disposing of mineral lands and town sites. Mr. Holman moved to amend by striking out the words limiting the bill toDakotah Territory, so as to make it apply to all public lands. Agreed to yeas 84, nays 37. Air. Wilson t,.ninn.) movea io amcnu uy pro viding that the bill should not apply to timber lands. Rejected. Mr. Ingersoll moved to lay the bill on the table. Rejected. The bill was finally rejected. Yeas 70, nays 00. Mr. Schenck, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, scut to the Clerk's desk and had read resolutions of the New York Depart ment of the Grand Array of tho Republic adopted last July, and a lithographed circular, signed by J. E. Lansing, of Brooklyn, N. Y., complaining of the assessment aud collection of a tax on crippled soldiers and sailors for playing hand-organs. The committee was surprised at such a state ment, for it was not aware that any such tax had been collected on any organ-grinder, whether a maimed ' soldier or any one cle. Ap plication to the Commissioner of Internal Reve nue showed that no such tax was authorized or levied, and if any maimed soldier sitting at a street corner In New York wore on his breast a certificate that he had paid ten dollars tax as an organ-grinder, it was either a fraud or a forgery, or, what was much more likely, persons had been hired for political effect to sit at the street corners wearing such placards in order to bring the Government, the law, and tho Republican party Into discredit. . , Mr. Voorhecs, rising to a personal , explana tion, referred to a Washington despatch In yes terday s New York Eoening Post, stating that the Military Committee was Investigating the fact of his having appointed a cadet from I eun sylvania. That was the first ho bad heard of such investigation, and within the last few minutes he had been miormeu uy uioium.ui the Committee on Military Affairs that it ' there was not one wuiu svllablo of truth in that despatch. He had .r,i r Wont Point. Ho had one at Anna- or i noils and that one was the son of Dr. William Maxwell Wood, of tho United States Navy, an officer of many years' standing, and who was afloat in the service of the country at the time of bis son's appointment. The boy's grandmother and uncle were resi dents of nls own town, and If his father had a shore residence he (Voorhecs) had not had his attention called to it. no i Mr. Boutwell's Funding Scheme Abroad. The Reconstruction of Tennessee The McGnrnilmn Ctw. Progress of ilio ,Ncw Hampshire Election. FJiOM JVASUIJVaTOJV. Pari He Railroad. Special Deepatah to The Evening Telegraph. , . Washington, March 8 The Pacific Railroad Committee agreed to report favorably on 'tho Senate bill granting the right of way to the Mid land Pacific Railroad from Nebraska City to Lincoln, the capital of Nebraska. Also, they heard an argument in favor of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad. . The Cadetahlp Examination. Mr. Anderson, of Lima, Ohio, father of the boy appointed by Mungcn, testified before the Military Committee that he was introduced to Mungcn by ono Overmeyer, in such a way as to lead Mungcn to believe that he was a Democrat. He did not offer Mungcn money, but paid $309 to one Wilson, who Indorsed the appointment In connection with Notherton, District Attorney, with whom he divided the money. Anderson says he did not understand that Mungcn was to receive any part of the money, and never heard that he did. Tennessee Reconstruction. Dwpatch to the Atimeiated Presi. Washington, March 8. The Reconstruction Committee this morning considered the ques tion of the power of Congress to exercise authority in Tennessee to remedy an alleged dangerous condition of affairs in that State, but adjourned without any definite action. Con gressmen Maynard and Arnell were before the committee, giving information with regard to affairs In that State. Mr. Butler, of Massachu setts, said he had no doubt of the power of Con gress to Interfere with the authorities of Massa chusetts, c-hould the proper occasion arise: The RlcUarrnhan Case. t The House Judiciary Committee heard further arguments in the McGarrahan case. C. P. Shaw,, of New York, charged that fraud, perjury, and forgery had been freely employed to mislead the Supreme Court and influence its decision against the claim of McGarrahan. FROM EUROPE. r.naterly lialea on the Atlantic 1 By the Anglo-American Cable. : London, March 8. The captains of sailing vessels arriving at English ports report the pre valence of heavy easterly gales in the Atlantic, and that large fields of ice are floating south wardly much earlier than usual this season. Whip New. Liverpool, March 8. Steamer City of Brooklyn, from New York, arrived this, morn ing, and tho Tarifa, from New York, arrived last evening. ' The London Pre and Afr. Bontwell. By the Anglo-American Cable. r London, March 8. Tho Pall Mall .Gazette applauds the funding scheme of Secretary Bout well. V Captain Eyre Denounced by the "Times." The Times denounces the captain of the Bom bay for proceeding after the collision with the Oneida, without positively ascertaining the damage that had been sustained by the latter. Violent Letter from Kocbefort. Paris, March 8. The Marseillaise this morn ing publishes a violent letter from Henry Roche fort and other political prisoners. FROM THE DOMIJflOJV. The Ottawa Parliament. : Oatawa, March 8. In Parliament to-day a bill to incorporate the Detroit River . Transit Company was introduced. It is in the interest of the Great Western Railroad and Michigan Central Railroad Companies. The capital stock of the company is $3,000,000, the company to be organized as soon as one million dollars is subscribed and ten per cent, thereof paid up.. The company will have power to build either a bridge over Detroit river or to construct a tun nel. It Is stated hat Sir John Young, Governor General, will proceed in person to Red River Immediately after the close of tho present ses sion of Parliament. - " Destructive Fire. Lindsey, March 8. The stores occupied by A. Gillies, dry goods dealer, and Bertram Brothers, hardware dealers, were destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $50,000. j FROM JVEW YORK. The Gold Flurry -111 tho Cloalnc Fltrare. New York, March 8. The stampede to sell gold in. Wall street continues, and the price hat slowly receded to lll.lllj-i', where it now is At every decline there is great cheering, and many business firms have resumed specie pay ments. FROM JVEW EJVOLYD. The New Ilninpahlre Election. Concord, N. II., March 8. Up to noon less than half of the votes In the four central wards have been polled, and no estimate of the result can be mado. Barrows, the Temperance candi date for Governor, has only five votes in the wards heard from. Plttsfield has elected the Labor Reform Moderator by 20 mojorlty. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE" SALES. Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 S. Third Street f 100 City 6, Few..loir fiooo do Is. 101)4 !iooPa6s W L.cp.Unx 1500 Lch gold L..,. 90)4 iO00Lh V n Ms.. cp.... 915 13000 W Jer R 6s. . . . 89 liMHMil'alst mt..... 99V fv000 Elm Ira 7s.. Is. 93 200 sh Kead R..S10. 48?; Tsh MlnehulR... MX H sh Penna R.ls. BT seo do..;..bfio. 61 STATIO W 13 It ARMS, MONOGRAMS, ILLUMINATING, K1U DKF.KA. 10S3 OHH8NUT Street. Card Kngravar and Stationer. rpilE GREAT WEDDING CARt) DEPOT. THK CHEAPEST AND BF.ST STATIONERY IK THK WORLD. J-'tw Novelties In ' PAPER AND ENVELOPES. Tom TLuiub Note, Bants Clam Note. Note Paper stamped with DAYS OK THE WEEK. ' PAPF.R AND ENVK.LOPK READY: 8TA WllU LMlTlALtt. New atylea constantly introduced. 1 it. iiositims Ac CO., Stationers, Knfrravert, and Steam Power Printer, atuth No. DIS AROH STB EKT.
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