8 TUB DAILY EVENING TELEQRAF1I PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1870. CITY IIVTKLLIUKnGIl. COAL. The Trnrtw of rhlladelphl IM V ears The Aruoa , In 180B - ' t c'oaaained la -e t ty. The number of tons of coal received In tMs city by railroad and canal since tbe year 1853 Is et forth In the following statement: Trnr. Rnttrand. Oannt. TWlf. 1W5 ....843.811 2m;,0N7 678,3113 18fifl 838, 189 822,533 (K),TJ3 1857 820,3137 387,479 707,806" 1858 278,088 480,383 758 471 1859 28ti,79l 512,070 71W,4ll 1800 805,819 495,084 800,003 1801... ; 273,473 473. SMS 747,438 1802 .310,031 210,583 607,214 1863 8SH,352 237, WW 623,915 1804 373,070 307,480 680,500 1805 380,233 aSW,SBJ5 677,158 1W1 475,189 421,555 81X5,714 1807 380,033 830,30 720,297 1808 097,277 255,707 952,044 1809 898,053 205,185 1,103,848 The apparent large Increase In the last two years Is caused by Including In the figures the amount of coal delivered in those years In the suburbs which are Included within the city limits. Concerning the amount of coal consumed during the year in this city, The Miners' Journal Coal statistical lit g inter for 1870 says: "As near as we can ascertain, the consump tion of coal in Philadelphia and vicinity in 1819 was as follows: Tan. Received from Philadelphia and Read ing Railroad 898,003 Schuylkill Navigation 205,185 North Pennsylvania Railroad, Lehigh.. 171,290 Lehigh, via Delaware Division (esti mated) 160,000 Anthracite 1,485,144 Cumberland and Broad Top (estimated) 800,000 Gas Coals (estimated) 140,000 Total consumption of Phlladel phla.. 1,875.144 The Jivninter. however, thinks that if "the papers in Philadelphia had seconded our efforts for vcars past, Philadelphia would now be con suming not less than 3,000,000 tons of coal." Perhaps so and perhaps not. The quantity delivered at Port Richmond du ring the year 1809 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad was 2,302,972 tons, against 2,113,581 tons in 1808, and 2,121,199 tons In 1867. The distribution of coal by the Philadel phia and Reading Railroad from Port Richmond during tbe year ending November 30, 1809, is given as follows in the Ulnars' Journal Coal Statistical Register: Timt J!i, To New Brunswick B,bs2 North Carolina.... 4,381 NovaHcotla 1,677 South Carolina.... 9.3H2 - 'la 1,651 Ueorgia 7,827 81,240 Florida 4,057 Maine......... . 87,438 Alabama. 2 990 New Hampshire... ,34 .l(mlgluna j 8M Massachusetts. Rhode Island.. Connecticut.... New York New Jersey.... l'ennsylvauia.. "iiuuu. la ...8T,U44.l ;-. -- . . .I4.4(il Calif oniiw ws . ..ino,i5iAlaska . 1.120 ...C11,4ft7iCubH 3.34S ...wo.fwo'Soutii America.... 2,rw3 . ,.2K,3' Mexico 1,3M) . .. 12,237: West lndi3. M-3 ... 4.S77 Delaware Maryland Dist, of Columbia Virginia. B9.60S TOtnltOns 2,378,078 41),W?I From the above it Appears that there were Bhipped In 1809: East of Ne jv York To New York To New Jcrecv To Philadelphia and vicinity , South of Penusylvaula To foreign ports . . . Tnnn. 1,247,637 011,457 140,030 200,697 . 154,459 17,182 Total tons 3,378,078 It will be observed that the quantity of coal shipped South and to foreign ports from Phila delphia is small, compared with the shipments to the East. Local Odds and Ends. The retail dealers on Eighth street are now reaping the benefit of the Board of Health's kindness. The way the dirty partieles styled dust whirled into their stores yesterday would have astonished aJcr- seyman. ... Carlton street, east of Fifteenth, Is in a con dition which attracts the attention of all parties except the right parties, t. ., the Highway ollicfals. Three of our city ofllclals once stole a piece of copper pipe and sold it for sis dollars to obtain Fourth of July money. Time works wonders. Of all the animals in the world none is more despised by true Democrats than the monkey. For further particulars see Campbell's Negro mania and O'Byrne and Cochran's late speeches on "Live Issues." Chesnut Hill is to have a steam fire engine. Correct. . . , Detective Callanan, whose name but rarely figures in the papers, Is one of the hardest and most successful workers in the department, as every business man on Third street knows. On the northwest corner of Broad and Girard avenue is to be erected a marble mansion which will dwarf the elegant Jayne residence in point of beautv and spaciousness. The same set of "loafers" dally congregate at the Central Station hearings to view what many of them will some day nndergo. Intoxicated. Officers Morris and English, of the Delaware narbor Police force, last night found, floundering in the Delaware, two sailors. The officers, after much trouble, succeeded in rescuing them, and, after landing them on the dock, found that both were very drunk. Ascer taining the vessel they belonged to, Messrs. Morris and English procured a block and tackle, hoisted them on board, and left them to slumber lu the hold. Tue "Star" Course of Lkctcrrs. To morrow evening one of the most Interesting lectures of this course will bo delivered at the Academy of Music by Professor Robert E. Rogers, who will discourse upon the subject of "Chemical Forces." The lecture will be illus trated by numerous and brilliant experiment, such as the manufacture of Ice by artillclal means, and It will undoubtedly bo both enter- taining and instructive. Correction. We yesterday stated that Col. Sellers had Issued an order forbiddiug Company A to appear at the Chc.-nut Street Theatre for ttie bencilt of Captain Jack. In justice to the gentleman we would mention that Company A had voluntoered to appear, but that the Captain had not consulted with his superior officer as to the matter; hence the trouble. Violation op an Ordinance. A colored Individual named John Hunter, whilst propel ling a pushcart along the pavement at Front and Market streets yesterday, was told by Offi cer Pidgeon to take to the street. This John refuf cd to do. The officer then took him into custody, and Alderman Maklu imposed the Tibual line. Tub Public Squares. The public squares are to be opened on the 1st of May. Tho Com missioner of City Property Is now making ar rnjements to have the same put In order. This morning his office was besieged by a largo num ber of persons In search of employment lu the parks. TnE Bill Signed. The Mayor has slened the bill approving tho purchase of tho River Farm, at the mouth of the Pennypack creek, containing about suveutv-nino acres of upland and about slxtv acres of marsh land, as the site for the Honso of Correction. The purchase- money it f 25,000. Sudden Death John Moore, aired 38 1'cars, died suddenly in the cellar of the Third District ftatlon liouso earlv this morning ine ae- ceased had been a fronuent lodirer at the station house, and his death Is supposed to have been the result 01 intemperance and selt-exposuro Vagrancy. The Third District Station Jlous-e was visited by only forty-three vagrants last night, whilst tho Fifth district accommo dated one hundred and eighteen. United States Commissioner's Cape Be fore I'nltcd States Commissioner Blddlo. at noon to-day, was arraigned Colonel L, J. Sher man on the charge of being one of the parties engaged in tho "uttering" of bogus beer stamps. James Mcrrihcw, manager of the Western Union Telegraph office, exhibited his cash book, showing tho payment of money by telegraph order from New York to William Grover, who was held to bail yesterday upon a similar charge. The order was dated October 8, 1809. The order called for $62. The witness refused to violate confidence by divulging the tenor of the accom panying despatch, unless ordered to do so by the Commissioner, This was done, and the witness proceeded. The messages were In cipher: No. SI. Nkw Yoiik, October fl, ISM. William Grover, rare J. Donnelly, uirard House. Telegraph Company will pay you $02 on deraaud. Look for letter. Chari.ks Fokstkk, No. 86 Dcy street. No. 10. New Yoiik, October n, '69 11 -an A. M. W illiam Grover, care J. Donnelly, Girard House. William U. Sherman will pay i2 to William Grover. L. J. bURRMAN. Answer Immediately. Andrew J. Wightman testified that he knew de fendant In the latter part ef October; Mr. Sherman complained very bitterly of bad treatment from Mr. Groviir In tho matter of getting ud "this" twenty live cent beer stamp, and stating that he had en tered Into an understanding with Grover, In Sep tember or October, to have the stamp gotten np ; he said he had got some genuine stamps from a col lector, whose name witness did not remember, to he used as a sample, from which a counterfeit plate was to be engraved. There was an express understanding between them that Sherman should have full control of them when made, and the business done entirely In accordance with his direction; he complained that Grover had exposed the whole matter, that he had spoken to Grover about bis conduct, and they had had some misunderstanding, and that he Intended to cut him self clear of the matter as soon as Mr. Grover would pay him back the money advanced, which witness thought was tier.. The witness said he made his money by his wits; he had made some $10,000 w'thln tho last year; he had sold $40uo worth of blank paper to Gege Mountjoy, of which Mhcrman got a third; auto, another batch for laooo to a party In New York ; first formed Sherman's acquaintance la prison; was confined but a short time ; have met Sherman often ; tho witness had never seen the genuine stamps that were to be imitated; If they had stuck to white paper they would not be proeit now; he (Hherman) described the stamps as tw.mty.five cent ones; he also had a dollar stamp, and proposed to engage in the busi ness among tobacco men; Mr. Sherman spoke of John Hart, the printer, and Grover trying to "beat"' him ; (Sherman said he had a proof 'from the coun terfeit die. Charles A. Edwards sworn know Sherman; he told me at one time that he had made some money with Grover at making beer sumps; I was at the time acting as a detective ; 1 have known Sherman about five months; the conversation occurred last Octolier; Sherman stated that he had paid to have tbe plate made, ns his share, and he either wanted to get his money back or see the plate de stroyed. This concluded the testimony, when District At torney' Valentine asked that the prisoner be held to answer for -Wing aud abetting In the manufacturing and uttering Government stamps such as are nillxed to lagerOocr casks. TliB defendant was held In fnooo ball to answer. The Training School for Feeble-minded Cjm.rMtEN, located nt Media, in Delaware county, lief just Issued its seventeenth annual report. T5 auvtTiineiiucnt says;-. "Our family consists of 171 children and patients, from 6 to 40 years of age the dependence of the oldest classing him as child with the youDgest lol are males end 70 ate females; this disproportion of sex among imbeciles having held during the history of this Institution, and Is Bu.staiu.ed b tca elsewhere. Our corporate name is 'School,' and for 92 of our 171 Inmates we are essentially a school. It Is true that no other place In Pennsylvania, pro bubly,would help their sluggish and clouded reasons to the rudiments of English education, correcting perverted moral and disorJered fancies, and train ing them to habits of virtue and usefulness. Fifty nine read stories, twelve read simple sentences and words, thirty-four write letters to their friends; writing-books, from rude strokes to neat penman ship, uisy be exhibited, and drawings that would be creditable to grammar schools; general Information Is given through conversational and object lessons, and the true teacher labors to communicate lively and Impressive knowledge! rather than to burden with uicBiorlztngs of unsubstantial things. Thus ninety-two of ono hundred and seventy-one cTlll dren receive dally Instruction, in degree and man ner equal to their capacity. ' The following statement, appended to the report, shows the operations of the institution during 1809: Number of inmate s December 81, 1R68 180 " admitted during 1889.... 35 " removed during 10.... 44 On roll December, 18 171 Of 44 removed there are Deceased 2 Discharged Improved 34 " not improved 10 Removed, and in remunerative employ ment 8 fhir 171 inmates are from States as follows: Massachusetts, 1: New York, 2; New Jersey, 26; Pennsylvania, 129; Delaware, 8; Maryland.fi; Alft hiitna.l ; Missouri. 1 : Illinois. 1 : Oregon. 1 ; Cuba, 1. Number on State Fund of Pennsylvania 78 " " " New Jersey..,,,,,,.., 23 " " " Delaware , 8 City " Philadelphia It " Soldiers' Orphan Fund of Pennsylvania. .. 6 Real Estate 8ale.- James A. Freeman, auc tioneer, disposed of ttte following properties at tho Merchants' Exchange at nooa to-day: Three-story brick dwelling, No. 1233 Hamilton street, lot 14 feet 3 inches by 45 feet. $2200 Two-story brick dwelling, No. 1320 Pearl street, lot 16 by 60 feet 1100 Three-story brick dwelling, No. 2121 Shurswood street, with three-story brick dwelling on Wright street, lot 14 by 90 fce subject to ground-rent of $4fl 1725 Three-story brick dwelling and store, No. 1230 Columbia avenue, lot 16 by 80 feet 1350 Three-Btory brick dwelling, southwest side of iftdge avenue, below Uroad street, lot 71 feet 7 inches by 66 feet b Indies, subject to ground-rent of I'M and mortgage of glMX 8200 Tiracy. During Monday night a party of river thieves boarded tho schooner Jane C. Patterson, laying on the east side of Smith's Island, and stole therefrom a lot of running lines, a half barrel of flour, the Bignal lanterns from the rigging, and a silver watch from the cabin. The captain and crew were all aboard of the vest-el, locked lu the arms of Morpheus, nt the time. Mri.isn. A fellow named Edw. Murphy yes terday entered a beer saloon at No. 810 Green street, and being full of "beuzlne," commenced actlnir in a disorderly manner. Boeing a ser vant trlrl coming up tno ceuar steps, carrying a box ot C6hes, no raised nis loot, ana sent gin aud nsb.es to the ground. Kd. was at once arrested and taken before Alderman Masey who held him lu 000 bail to answer. A ITAMMi:niNO. Mike Cochran yesterday entered a blacksmith shoo on Wood street, near Twelfth, and engaged in an altercation with one of tbe workmen, named "Irlth Mike." Words crrowin'' plentiful. Cochran seized a sledge- hammer and struck Mike u severe blow on tho head. Cochran then lied. UKsvccEssrrL,. Some time lust night thieves entered the coal office of Conroy it Jennings, No. 1508 Washington avenue, nBd after ransack ing tbe whole place obtained nothing. On their wuv home tlicv met Olllcer McCaffrey, upon whom they revenged themselves by administer ing to him a severe beating. Large Fiseral. The funeral of Stacy B Parcroft. aired seventv-slr years, took place at 3 o'clock this aftcrnoou, from his late residence, No. 1803 Vine street, and was largely attended Deceased was one of our most prominent citi zens, and was well known from his counectlon with varlouB institutions in our city. Oi'Eit HornES. The police of the Sixth dis trict report this morning the finding open of the doors of No. yU7 Market street and .No aooo Arch street. Where are our thieves ? A Large Estate. Theodore Wilson, re cently deceased, left an estate valued at about $150,000. Letters of administration have been taken out, and the estate Is now being settled up. Bobtow Commandkhv. This mornlncr a com mitiee of the Knights Teinidar of Boston waited upon his Honor Mayor Fox and paid their respects to him. A New Confidence Game. A man repre senting himself to be from Richmond, Va., this morning came to the city and stopped at the vVllllnra Penn Hotel, representing himself as having come for tho purpose of bnylng sir horses. He t elected two from the William Penn stahlcs, and then went to West Philadelphia and bought four more from ft dealer there. The total ainonnt of the bill was about tlSOO. He did not pay for the horses, but produced a tlOO bill and asked the dealer from whom tho fonr horses had been purchased to change It. The dealer found that ho had but 80. The man asked for the loan of this amount, and the dealer having confidence In the purchaser of his four horses, let him have it. He put the f 80 with the $100 bill in his pocket, and, as might be expected, disappeared. No tidings of him can now be had. The horses remain unsold and uncalled for, their purchase being merely made to gain the confidence of the seller. It is affirmed that this is a new dodge, but whether new or old, It certainly Is one that could have been seen through very easily. A little care on the part of the duped would have prevented the occurrence. A Leak The canal boat Fredonla, Captain Kennedy laying in the Schuylkill near the Wire Bridge, sprang a leak early this morning, and was only kept afloat bv the Immense exer tions of tho crew, who at length succeeded In patching the hole. A Wanderer. A woman, supposed to be insane, was found wandering along the river front lost night. Patrelmun Myers removed her to the Seventh District Station Ilonsc. ltjoal inxnLLiaxiricn. Trlflon Cases. Owrf of Qiiartsr SautionsJutlfle ftiree. Prison cases were resumed to-day. John Clowny, a boy, pleaded guilty to a charge of entering a house with intent to steal. An officer saw him and two others getting out of the window of a house at Fifty-second and Pear streets, on the 15th of January, and succeeded In arresting this one only. The party had stolen a valuable lot of silver table ware from the house. James O'Donncll pleaded guilty to a charge of Mealing an overcoat, aud, being old and a cripple, was sent below for only six mouths. John Murphy was charged with tho larceny of $150 from a tavern at Thirteenth and Callowhill streets. The prosecutor, who keeps the tavern, said that on the night of September 10 he was standing at a desk in his bar room with the money before him. when the prisoner entered, und asked him to change a five dollar note for him. He stepped around from the desk, leaving the money there, to the counter, and gave tho change. The prisoner then reached over tho desk for a piece of paper, and walked out, aud just as he was passing out the door, two men walked In and called for llqnor. At that time the loss of the money was discovered, but no alarm was given until these two men had been attended to and had gone off, and then steps were taken to have the prisoner arrested. Jurv out. nifftwNltlon ef n Ollnor. Court tf Quarter SeMionsJwhje A lUioiu In the matter of Fanny Pratt, a minor, on habeas corpus, J udge Allison this momin deli vered a decision as follows! Bachel Pierce, the great-aunt of Fanny Pratt, asks that the Court will give into her custody the minor, Who Is nine years old, and whose parents are dead., Jane Ash, to whom the writ is directed, and who, b not of the blood of the minor, resists the application upon a request of the mother, who was tho surviving parent, that she would take charge of Far.ay after her death. This constitutes no legal elalin. A mother in Pennsylvania cannot appoip.j a testamen tary guardian for her child. Nor is tUo indenture of apprenticeship to her valid, because, of the want of proper parties. The claim of Rachel Pierce, rests upon her rela tionship and upon her appointment as guardian by the Orphans' Court, of this cltv. Tho application for this appointment was made after the writ of habeas corpus had leaned, without notice to the respondent, and without communicating to the Court tbe fact of the pending writ. If this hud been done the guar dian would not have been appointed until the deter mination of tho question in the Quarter Sessions. Nor would Mrs. Pierce have been allowed to take the oitlce upon herself, she being a Protestant, and the evidence establishing the factthatboth father and mo ther of the chllddied in the Catholic faith. The act of the !2lh of March, lsaa, section B, requires "that per sons of tho same religious persuasion as the parents of minors shall In all cases be preferred by the Court in their appointment." This principle was embo died in the statute of 12 Anne, C. 3, which was in force lu this Slate; and as early as 1785, in the case of Graham's appeal, 1 Dull. ISO, it was held that it controlled t lie legal discretion oi tne unmans Court in the appointment of guardians. In McCann's appeal, 12 Wright 304, this Court, per Thompson, P. J., Is reported to have held that the act or 1632 prohibited the Orphans' Court permitting an orphan over the age of fourteen choosiug a guardian who belonged to a denomination of Christians dluerent from that to which the deceased parents belonged. The Supremo Court affirmed the deotsion, upon the ground that the exorcise of the logal discretion which is vested In tho Orphans' Court In the appoint ment 0! .Uriahs Is not the subject of review oy a court oi nrror, wmcn wouia seem i impi that the principle had been stated somewhst too strongly by this court. And this is evidently tne view of the law entertained In Nicholson's appeal, 3 Harris, 60. The court says the law which forbids the appointment or a guaraian wnose religious lauu (til lers from that of tne pareuts should be most Btrictlr obeyed wherever it Is practicable, for reasons so many and so ouvious tnat tocy ncea not oe repeated. But it is no cause for discharging one from a trust with which he Is already clothed. A guardian can only be removed for mismanagement or misconduct, and certainlv a man's religious belief Is neither the one nor the other. The orphans' court, by the terms of the act, are required to give a preference (oilier things being equal) to one holding the same faith as the parents held while living, but not to make that consideration override an ouiers. 'mere is a dis cretion vested In the Orphans' Court, which, when exercised, cannot be reviewed. As Judge Black, In Nicholson's appeal, says, it Is to be done whenever it is practicable. liecognizlng this obligation as resting upon the Orphans' Court, I am justiHed In saying that for this reason Mrs. Pierce would not have received the ap pointment of guardian if the Court had been advised of tne i Act tnat tne mot tier, who was all her life a Catholic, died with the injunction that Fanny should oe trained in tnat lann, and tnat tne father, who. though he was born and grew up a Protestant, be fore his death was received luto the Catholic Church by baptism and communion, and who, by a diary Kept ny mm suusequeniiy, ajipeurs to nave oeen regular in the observance ot tbe requirements of that church, such as attending mass aud going to communion. The proper disposition to be made of this case is to suggest to the respondent that application be made by her to the Orphans' Court to vacate the appoinfnent or guardian iiuprovidently made, which was obtained by withholding from the Court infor mation that ought to have becu communicated, so that an Intelligent discretion might havo been exer cised, and the law respected and carried Into effect. lu Nicholson's appeal the Court say a guardian can only be removed for mismanagement or miscon duct, but tills relates only to causes of complaint against the guaurdian, such as is contemplated by the act of Assembly abusing or neglecting bis trust. Above all this, there Is a nawur vested lu every Court to proteet Use f ; to correct its own mistakes : to retrieve itself from the conseoueaces of action based on a statement not lu accordance with the facts, or upon the withholding of Information mate rial to the question to be decided. We have goo so far as to ojieu a decree of divorce alter the death of one of the parties, for reasons amilaguus In princi ple, and a-Inch wus sustained by the tiupiome Court; and we have no doubt of the power or the orphans' Court to review what it 1ms done, and to set aside Its own decree, If it lie neeessarv by so doing to vin dicate itself aud earrv into effect the law of the land. If the present guardian shall be removed, the way will be open for the appointment of a person of the same reunions ncrsiiaalou with tliat of tho parent ! of Fanny Pratt, to whose custody she cau be awarded, who would bn entitlad to the control ol her person and tho care of her eduoatiou aud reli gious training. This of course would not give to the guardian any rights In this respect dinereut rrom those which the law recognizes. Be would at all times be under the control of the Orphans Court, whose jurisdiction extends to and embraces the aDDolntiuont, control, removal and discharge of guardians. For sultlclent cause the child may be taken avvsy from him aud given to an entire stranger; aud this may be done with the child of a parent in rull lire, but it Is every way desirable that the guardian should exercise the functions aud perform the duties of -Is office, unless the strongest reasons exist to the contrary. Until further order. Fanuv Pratt is remanded to the custody or Jane Ash, to abide the final Opposi tion oi me penning question Mr. Co At for the writ; Mr. Clcock, contra. THIRD EDITION TQ-DATf'S WASHINGTON NEWS. i New Secretary of tho Senate. Banks Neutrality Movement. Funding and Tariff Bills. The Diplomatic Appropriations ?tc, i:tc, Etc. inc.. Etc, FROM WA&niJVaTOJV. Serrrtar-ahlit mt the HeniUe. SprMal Dtspatch to The Evening TcUgraph. Washington, March 23. The Senate held a caucus this morning to take into consideration the propriety of electing a new Secretary of the Senate, In place of Oorham, the present Incum bent. A committee was appointed to examine Into (iorham's conduct and report to a future caucus. The Neutrality Renolatlon. On the vote on tanks' neutrality resolution, In the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Messrs. Orth, Ambler, and Willard voted In the negative. Messrs Orth, Ambler, Willard, and Myers, on a motion to substitute Morton's Senate bill, voted in the affirmative, and will present that bill as a minority report. The Funding and the Tariff mil. The Ways and Means Committee had the Secretary of the Treasury and Comptroller of the Currency before them to-day on tho Funding bill. Most of the time was devoted to a consid eration of amendments to tho Tariff bill. De finite action was not had on the Funding bill. Butler, (larflold, and Cox are on the Speaker's list fcr speeches on the Tariff bill. Aoierlcan Commerce. Henry R. Edmunds, D. S. Stetson, Philip Fitzgerald, and J. W. Evcrman, of Philadel phia, were before the Committee on tho Decline of American Commerce to-day, to oppose tho proposition of pilots to strike from Lynch's bill the section against compulsory pilotage. These gentlemen appeared in the Interest of ship owners, and represented that the pllo'nge fee system has become oppressive to shipping inte rests, and should be curbed. COS It K ti S. FOKTY-F1U8T TETt.H -SECOND SESSION. WAPntWiTON, March 23. The Vice-President pre sented the joiut resolutions or the Territorial Legis lature or New Mexico, asking lor authority to rulse two regiments or cavalry to operate against the Indians. Iteferred. Mr. Sumner presented the memorial of Oeneral W. S. Kosccrar.s, representing thai while Minister In Mexico he became acquainted particularly with the resources of that country and with Its necessi ties In the way of telegraphs aud railroads, and asking for an Incorporation to transact business there not inconsistent with the United Utatcs or In ternational law. Keferrcd. Mr. Cameron Introduced a bill to Incorporate the Southern Express Company, licfurrcd to the Com mittee on Commerce. Mr. Cole introduced a bill to establish a port of entry at auejo, caiiionua. jtcicireu to tne com mittee on Commerce. Mr. Wilson called up the bill to promntn the civil ization of the Indians, and prepare them for the rights of citizenship. The substitute for the bill re ported yesterday rrom the committee was read aud passed. A motion to reconsider the bill was entered by jit. Biewart. Mr. Drake called np the joint resolution concern ing colleges tor the benefit or agriculture and the mechanic arts, relating to Status which shall not, before the passage of this bill, have complied with the conditions of the act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may Drovlde colleges, ror tnt admission into suck col leges or all persous without distinction or race, color, or previous condition or servitude Mr. Bayard objected to tlis Immediate passage or tue Din, in view ui ns importance. Mr. Hctiurz remarked that a colored man having been admitted to a seat In the Heiate, be could not see any grounds for excluding him from an agriaul tnral college. Mr. Drake, in reply to an Inquiry by Mr.Thirman, relative to the conditions to be performed by the States, stated that the bill had no reference to any State which had received this agricultural scrip and had by legislative acts signified its compliance with the original conditions. Mr. Thumian opposed the bill, and the morning hour expiring during his remarks, it was laid over till the next morning hour. Ilouae. Mr. Starkweather Introduced a bill to pension tho Widow of General Mower. Kercrred. Mr. Price Introduced a bill douatlng the Marine Hospital at Natchez to the State of Mississippi tor educational purposes. Referred. Mr. Sconeld, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill for the removal of the Brooklyn Navy lard, ordered to De pnuteo uuu reooiumiu,eu. Mr. Cleveland presented tne resolutions oi ins Jersey City Common Council aud of the liergen Hoard or Aiuermen in javor oi iuumuk jersey vny a port of entry. Mr. roiand onorea a resolution mairucuug me Committee on Rules to Inquire aud report as to the expediency of adopting a rule that the previous question shall not be seconded on any bill or resolu tion before the House until two hours' consideration and debate have been had thereon, unless uy tnrce- fourths of the members present. Adopted. Air. Dawes, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported a resolution t ailing on the Secretary of the Treahury for a detailed statement of the expendi ture of tne HUUjUUU appropriated m 1301 jot iuo vuiu nlzatlon of the freedu.en. Adopted. Mr. Dawes also presented the petition or citizens of Massachusetts for the Iree importation of lead. The Sutro tunnel case tnen came up as mu ousi ness of the morning hour. Mr. Strlckluud, a member of the Committee on Mines and Mining, supported the report of thit com mittee adversely to l ho bill. Mr. Kerr also sustained the report, and called at tention to the fact that the mlnoil'y of the cumtuit ie consisted of but ono member. Mr. Sargent The act which was sought to be neu tralized by the bill favored by the minority had been passed at the request of the miners of Nevada, aud of the Senators and Representatives and of the people 01 Nevada. . ,.r The identical law had been drafted by the hand or Senator Stewart, or Nevada, ami had bseu sup ported by the whole Congressional delegation rrom that State. In reply to the charge or extortion on the miners, he said that not a ranhiiig was required or them until the tunnel should be constructed, and until they should derive advantage from it. in otuer words, entire obligation was strlc.tlv reciprocal, ami therelore the presumption that there was 1 iniiutlcj or monopoly in this thing struck him as betag far fetched and poorly fouuded. Mr. Woodward also supported the report of tho committee, arguing that the proper course was to leave tho parties to their legal rigius, to uc mijuui cated bv the courts. . .,. Mr. Blair ulso sustained the action of the 1 commit tee and attributed thu opposition to It to tue miiu ence of the Bank of California, which he described as tho most gigantic inonopolylln the United otates, as permeating the whole l'aoiilo coast, as having had power enough to thrust out the greenback currency from the entire coast, and as having waved Its hand over the Comstock lode and ordered Sutro away. Mr. Wlggs, a member or the Mining Committee, also sustained its action und characterized the bill pro posed as an outrage on the rights of butroaud bis company. ... Mr. Surgont, the minority member of the commit tee, paid a coinplliiieut to tho artistic manner la wbkh lobuylng In the case on the part or Sutro had been carried on. It elicited his rull admiration. Even ir he were a minority or the committee he would remind the House that he was the only mem ber on the committee from a gold aud silver-mining State. Its chairman had so little regard .ror the in terests or the miners, numbering hundreds or thou sands of citizens, and who had expended hundreds of millions of dollars in their business, as to speak of them yesterday as "sqnatters,"a term of reproach only app let among miners to those who "jump" tbe claims of others. As to the Bunk of California be had never had Any business connected with 11 ; never received anv favor from it. and never ex pected sny. Kvcry scoundrel from California who wanted to got a scliemn through Conirress resorted to abuse of thu ltnnk of California as the bet means of carrying out his project. lie did not think that It ioukuii wen tor inose gentlemen wno nua last sum mer accented the hospitalities of the officers of that Institution, who eat at their tallies and rode In their carriages, to com here and abuse them. Mr. Axtrll snpported the position of his colleague, Mr. Sargent. Mr. Kelley supported the action of the committee. and eulogized Adolph Sutro as one whose name would live ss a man of genius while the names of those now legislating on the subject would be for gotten, or only known to some student of parlia mentary history. Tins tnnnei was as essential to the lives or miners as lietter regulations were essential In the coal mines of his own State. It was therefore a national rather than a local question, and the miners, the men who worked the pick and shovel, were standing uy Anoipn cioiro ann susraintng mm. Air. rerriss, enairman 01 tne committee, closed the discussion In an argument In defense or the action of the committee. FROM EUROPE. The War In Month America. By the A ngo-A meriean CaUs. Lisbon, March 33. Later advices have been received from Rio Janeiro. The war news Is unimportant. A commercial panic was prevail ing at Buenos Ayres. Several failures had oc curred, and It wns supposed others would follow Napoleon's Letter. Tams, March 33. The Emperor's letter to Emllo Ollivicr Is warmly applauded by tho Orleanists. Tho Journal del Debat$ (Opposition organ) accepts it as a restoration of the par liamentary regime. Phlp News. Qi'Eenstowr, March 33. The steamship City of .London, irons JNew lorn, arrived last eve ning. Southampton, March 23. The steamship Union, lrom JNew torn, arrived uero this mom ing: the Hlicln, from Havana, last night; and the Weser, from New 1 ork, this morning. FROM THE WEST. Itobblncc the ftlall. 8r. Loi-is, March 33. Lafayette Burns, of SyrncuFe, and James W. Long, of Brunswick, both postmasters, have been sentenced by the United States District Court nt Jefferson City to ten years in the penitentiary for taking money from letters. Pacific Ilall road' Travel. Boston, March 33. C.W. Meade, Snperinten dent of the Union Pacific Railroad, sent to the treasurer in this city a despatch, dated Omaha, March 23, in which he says: "Our trains are running regularly and have not been delayed by enow during the last thirty days." FROM JVEW 1 ORK. Fire at Wllllanmburff. New Youk, March 33. An entire block of buildings on Grand street, Williamsburg, was burned this morning. They wore mostly small wooden structures, and though the loss to thu owners and occupants is severe, yet their re moval Is a real benefit to the city. Tnit NEW YiJltlt MONEY fllAKKKT. F run the If. T. BerauX. "The gold niatket Is becoming dally less active, and recently the speculative interest 1ms been trans ierred to the stock ininkct, lu the absence or sales for the short account the volume of business has been largely decreased, as shown by tho clearances, which now average less than forty millions each day. "Tne undertone or tne uiarsec, nowever, is linn. The extreme range of the prico to-day was from 115 H to 112 , the transactions at the latter figure occurring in small amounts towards the close of street business. The reports rrom Washington were not sensation! enough to make uny decided Impres Blon, but what little influence they did exert was to strengthen prices. 'I hey announce the reeling or the House to be in favor of funding tne debt at tne rue of four and a hair per cent, for all the bonds; also that Senator Sumuer's wpecie Payment and resump tion bill lias been 'killed' by the Klnanoe Committee; and further, that Seuator Hanks' resolution recog nizing the belligerent liichts of the Cuouus has tae dissent or only one member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. "Holders or gold paid rour to Dvo per cent, to have their balances carried over. An exceptional transaction was recorded at two per cent, for car ry lug. "There was a shade more activity In money to day, ond while the general business was at four to five percent, on (Joverntnent and stock collaterals there were numerous transactions at six per cent, where the securities pledged were miscellaneous stocks. The Increased activity is due to the In creasing volume of speculation at the Stock Ex change, the buying movement leading to a more widespread engagement of money. The banks re port the outward movement of currency ns very light In comparison to what was anticipated at this season. "There Is a good demand for commercial paper, with the preference for prime acceptances running from sixty days to fonr months. Six months paper is hardly salable, exsept at a large concession In rates of discount. For the grades first mentioned the rate ranges rrom seven to nine per cent. Single names are more Irregular, and range from eight to eighteen percent. "The suspension of a dry goods commission house In Leonard street and another firm in the city is announced. No statement is given of liabilities. Their embarrassment is attributed to over advances on consignments from the Kastern mills. "The light supply of commercial bills rendered foreign exchange strong. To-day the market was rather active, aud closed Arm on the basis of ll)S,!tf for sixty duys and 109 V for sight sterling." New York Produce market. New York, March 23. Cotton heavy and lower; middling uplands ii'iVc. State and Western Flour dull in buyers' favor; Southern dull. Wheat dull and declining; rejected spring, 8S(;mc.; winter red Western, tl Wail -26. Corn nrm and scarce; new niixed Western, 94v)Se. Oats dull and lower; State, (iniC!ic. ; Western, WkS57c. Beef quiet. Pork steady. Lurd quiet, steam lu Heroes, M)adU,'.c. Whisky dull at f 1. Baltimore Prodore Market. Baltimokk, March 23 Cotton dull and nominally 22 'ie. flour dull and weak. Wheat less firm; Pt-nnsvlvBiiiii, 1 1 -28 i -so. Cora in fair demand; yellow", 03(n(.Mc, ; white, 92f.i:ic. Oats quiet at IMtc. Bye steady at Jl. Mess I 'ork steady at fist) (n'27. Bacon firm; rib kides, 14 valise. ; clear do., lfiV'iK'C ; hams, 19;f20. f.urd quiet at lfic. Wiuskyqulet at vstguvc for wood and Iron bound ; o sales. FniLADKLPIHA STOCK. EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven k Bro., No. 40 d. Third Street. BETWEEN BOAKDS. Iiooo Talst mt,.... 279 sh Henna K.. Is. 60), 24 sh C k Am K. is. 116 1 BhLeh V K M7,' 10 do 65 110 do lfi. tf 4 do 2d. 65 2tKi sh Leh N St.fiOd 8U 200 BllBead.lS. .Slli. 48 100 do 43 V 20(1 00 1)3. 4S 'i lfiO do id. 4S 100 do WS0. 4S4' 100 do W5. 4&X SECOND BOARD, 1100 City 6s. New.lOPii luostt Itead.slOwn 43 8-16 tlOOON l'a 7s HO I 100 do 4 tioooc A Ati mt.. 83 lOJshOUA AR.ls. 41j Bsh Leh N St.... 81?! JjIN U H T A X I O X U 1ft V, ARMS, MONOGRAMS, ILLUMINATING, KIU DKKKA, 1U38 OUE8NUT Street. Ourd KngraTor and (stationer. WEDDING AND ENGAGEMENT RINGS, of eolid IS-karak ttoa sold. QUALITY WAR RANTED. A fall MKVtment ol new al-ai on nana. FAKK A HftOTttKR. Miikera, 8 S4wfm! No. 834 UtiiNUT HU-Mt. below Hoartn. GREAT WEDDING CARD DEPOT. new Style Wedcltngr Invitations, LOW PKICES. R. HOSKIMS & CO., BtaUouers, Engravers, Steam Power Printers, No. 13 AIIC'II Street. F0URT1I EDITION Proceedings of rarliament. NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL Tho Diplomatic Appropriations, The Proceedings of Congreu To-day. FROM EUROPE. Debate la tbe Heme fL.erdn. By tht Anglo-American CabU. Loudon, March 23. In the House of Lords last evening, the coinage bill passed through committee, and the consolidated fund bill was read a second time. The House adjourned without transacting any further lmportaut busi ness. ITIis lisiae sf ConniRi, In the Commons, Gladstone denied, amid much mcrrlmont, the reports recently published in the Spanish newspapers and elsewhere, that Bright had offered to retrocede the Rock of Gibraltar to Spain. The bill for tbe enforce ment of the laws in Ireland was then taken up. Tho debate was resumed by Mr. Downing, of Cork, who denounced the press clause. lie thought the bill, with that clause retained, was calculated to arouse the bitterest resentment among the Irish people. Mr. Mannori censured tho suplnencss of the Government in Irish affairs. McFers. Dlgby, McMahon, Kavanagh, Sher lock, and other members from Ireland partici pated In the debate. Lord Clando Humlltoa charged tho Liberals, sluce their accession to office, with having uni formly promoted the agitation of the Irish ques tion, in order to prescribe coercive measures. Mr. Wballey held, in a short speech, that Popery was the anther of all Irish sorrows. Mr. Bryan, member for Kilkenny, objected to the powers intrusted to the local magistracy as tyrannic and dangerous. The Right Hon. Chiccster Fortescno, Chief Secretary for Ireland, denied that the Govern ment had abdicated its functions in Ireland or encouraged illusions, as bad been charged. He was confideut that tho power now asked would restore and perpetuato order. He discriminated between Feuiauisin and ngrarlaulsui. Criminal results were the samo, though acts themselves were different. Tho Government actc a only under a sense of danger, yet it did not mature npou premature and inadequate proscription. Agitation in Ire land was never stronger than now, because here tofore it had been without assistance from abroad, ne did not mean the American people, who had greater reason for complaint with Eng lund for exporting to tbcm a multitude of intU contents, so restive under all restraints It was good policy to isolate the class com mitting agrarian and political violence, and to draw moral strength to the Government by weaning from the disaffected the sympathies of a class passively sympathizing with aosassins. 'Wise and liberal legislation only could achieve this. The process was slow aud dillicult, but effective. Mr. Gladstone closed the debate. lie apolo gized for leaving the conduct of the discussion to the Irish Secretary, though that otlleial per haps was tho proper person. He was sorry to say that the tone of tho discussion might be classified under three heads first, criticism of the bill itself; second, criticitm of the Govern ment; and third, criticism of the motives for in troducing tbe bill. Tho state of Ireland, so far as ordinary crime was concerned, was satisfac tory, but annirianism, however, was rampant. He took this occasion to deny the responsibility of much that had been attributed to him. His sentlmeuts towards Ireland had been widely misrepresented. He admitted the injus tice of legislating for exceptional cases, but it was wrong longer to withhold the law of reform.. A strong sense of its necessity alone prompted tho present measure. Its provisions were strong,, and he hoped they would be effectual. If so, evil would soon vanish, and Parliumcut might re sume that beneficial legislation on which alone it was eafe to build permanent hopes for the future. The House then divided, and the bill passed as follows: For the bill, 425; against, 13. The House then adjourned till noon to-day. FROM WAtilllJrGTOJV. Tbe Dlploniailo Appropriations. Sjxcial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Washington, March 23. The House Appro priation Committee has finished the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill. It appropri ates a million dollars about one hundred thou sand less than last year. Had Domingo. The San Domingo treaty has not yet come np In the Senate. Only about fifteen Senators were at the White House last night at the usual con ference on the treaty. Tbe President has ex pressed himself as satisfied that the treaty will be ratified. This seems to be the result of his couference with Senatore. Mr. Sumner has prepared an elaborate speech in opposition to tbe treaty, which he will deliver in executive session. Joseph P. Bradley, the new Associate Justice, took his seat on the bench of the Supremo Court this morniug, after being sv ot n. H Is thought ene of the logul-ten-der ruses will come up this week, and as it is known that Bradley is opposed to Chase's opiuic.n, it was deemed important to have him here. He was telegraphed to come on at once. NuviU orders. Lieutenant-Commander R. R. Wallace is de tached from duty at the New York Navy Yard and ordered to the command of the etoreshlp Idaho, now in Japan. Passed Assistant Pay master George L. Mead is detached from duty in charge of stores at Key West and ordered to settle accounts. - Passod Assistant Paymaster Joseph Foster is ordered to Key West. C O I U IC 12 H 8 . ftanate. Confiiucd from Third Edition. Jlr. Patterson called up the bill to Incorporate the Columbia Hallway Company in the District ol Co lumbia. Passed. At 1 o'clock the unfinished business, being tho case of Oeneral Ainss a-i Seuitur-eioct from Missis sippi, came upln order, and Mr. Williams, who was entitled to tho floor, yielded for a few moments to Mr. humner, who said he was reluctant to Interfere with the discussion, but, In obedience to a previous understanding to go luto Executive session at t o'clock to-day, he would now make a motion to that ell'et. Mr. Williams declined to yte'd for the purnose Just Indicated, and an Informal conversat ion ensued as to the propriety of un Kxecutlve session to-morrow at one o'cloeK. Without perfecting any arrangement, the regular order was proceeded with, and Mr. Williams made, an argument in favor of the admission of General Ames, lie thought the fact of General Ames' elec tion to the Benite bv the Legislature was prima foci evidence of his Inhabitancy, an1 that ail the evi dence pointed to the conclusion that t tho time of the election the intention to reside In Mississippi did exist. Ilonap. Continued from the Third Edition. Referring to the Intimation made by Mr. Sargent about lobby Influence, ho said that there vort men who had the privilege of the floor and who were pre senting themselves most indecently, endeavoring to. induce the House to uude what they bad Induced It to do four years ago. .,., . t Mr Sargent Inquired of Mr. Ferrlss whether he meant to cast any reflection upon Senators? Mr Ferriss ri-plle'I that he did not cast any reflec tion on any one. They had charged Butro with being anadventuier, but If he was an adventurer without means he certainly could not be charged with oetug here to bribe Congress. Jn conclusion he moved to lav the bill on the table. The bill was laid on the table yeas, 120; nays, 41.
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