THE IUIL.V J3VJKN1NG TMiEGKAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL C, 1870. denting Srfcgapli UBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON (SUNDAYS BXCEPTED), WEDNESDAY, AFRIL 0, 1870. KT The Evening Telegraph, from its original establishment, has been in the receipt of telegraphic news from the New York Associated Press, which consists of the Tribune, Times, Herald, World, Sun, Journal of Commerce, Evening Tost, Commercial Advertiser, and Evening Ex press. The success which has attended our enterprise is, in itself, a sufficient evi dence of the freshness, fullness, and relia bility of the news which we have received from this source. We have now entered Into a special contract by which The Evening Telegraph has the exclusive use of the news furnished in the afternoon by the Associated Tress to its own mem bers, the North American, Inquirer, Ledger,Press, Age and German Democrat, of this city, and the leading journals of the East, North, West and South ; and hereafter The Telegraph will be the only evening faper published in this city in which the afternoon despatches of the Associated Press will appear. HT The carrier who was in charge of our 'West Philadelphia route having died recently, and his book being mislaid, some of our sub scribers in this section of the city may be missed by the new carrier. Those who do not receive their papers promptly will please send word to the office, and the nogloct will be remedied at once. THE RED RIVER REBELLION. While the Ganadas are deeply discontented with their present form of government and with their colonial dependence upon Great Britain, they are extremely anxious to fasten an equally odious yoke of their own construc tion upon the people of the lied River dis trict. They can illy brook the insult offered to the New Dominion, in the heyday of its youth, by an open defiance of its authority, and various means to restore British sway are now under consideration. A cable tele gram announces that the Under Secretary for the Colonial Department announoed yester day in the House of Commons that a de mand had been received from the Canadian Government for regular troops for tho Bed Biver expedition. The expenses of the little army would well-nigh bankrupt the impover ished treasury of the New Dominion, and if regular troops are to be employed against the Bed Biver rebels, British taxpayers must foot the bill. They, in turn, have so often learned by bitter experience how little benefit they realize from the enormous outlays in curred in distant wars, that they grow more and more strongly inclined with each new year to lop off their unproductive colonies altogether rather than to light their battles. The arguments in favor of this policy would probably possess at least sufficient weight to prevent the proposed appropriation for troops for the Bed Biver expedition, if a por tion of the ambitious statesmen of Great Britain did not still warmly cherish the dream of building up a rival and antagonistic power on our Northern frontier. They are especi ally anxious to maintain all their North American possessions until the practical workings of the new railways across the continent are fully understood; and if they see that our gigantic internal improvements endanger in the slightest degree the com mercial dominance of Great Britain, they will never rest content until a compoting railway is constructed through the British American possessions. It is therefore probable that the British Parliament will grant aid, in some form, to suppress the rebellion. Meanwhile, it is said that the Canadians, while awaiting the decision of Parliament in regard to tho regular troops, have under consideration tho offer of Colonel Johnson, a Sioux chief, who proposes to place eight hundred Sioux In dians at their Bervioe in a campaign against the Bed Biver rebels; and if the British Government has not made a great advance in humanity since the days of the Bevolution and the war of 1812, it may countenance this infamous proposi tion. When pressod by inordinate ambition on the one hand and a luck of deposable civilized soldiers or of money on the other, it is a characteristic feature of the British policy to call in tho aid of merciless savages, and to send them forth ou such errands as the massacre of Wyoming. Many of the Sioux, and especially those who are in the habit pf passing and ropassing the boundary line between the Bed Biver settlements and the United States, are inveterate enemies of the American people. They butchered in Minnesota, a few years ago, hundreds of white settlers; they Lave slaughtered, in de tail, many of our citizens since; and their rude ideas of policy prompt tuoui with an eager desire to crush out the existing disposi tion of the Bed Biver insurgents to annex their territory to the United States; so that those bloody and relentless murderers aro the natural allies of tho courtly British noble men, nnd the proposed co-operutive move ment would strictly aocord with the antece dents of the high contracting parties. SENATORIAL BUNCOMBE. A larok part of the time of the United States ' Senate yesterday was taken up with a very eilly and totally nnnocessary discussion with regard to the claims of different States to the honor of having raised the first troop in response to the war proclamation of Presi dent Lincoln in April, 1801. The discussion arose out of a resolution offered by Senator Cameron, directing the Military Committee to suggest some appropriate testimonial in honor of the volunteers of Pennsylvania and Mav)ftr-hnHrtlttwho,onthe lKth of April, 1S(JI, j marched through tho city of Baltimore to defend the capital of tho country, they being the first troops who responded to the war proclamation of the President of the United I States. Senator Cameron certainly had no idea that such a resolution a this would ever pass the Senate, and ho must have known that it would excite just the kind of discussion that actually took place. Senators from a dozen States were on their feet in a moment, eager to dispute the claims of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, and to advocate those of thoir own section, and, after a good deal of buncombe and brag on all sides, the resolution was finally referred to the Military Committee, who will probably drop it into their waste-papor basket, so that it will be heard of no more. It is a matter of historical fact that the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts voluntoers did arrive first at the capital, bnt it is also true that in other States there was an equal promptness in rallying at the call of Prosidont Lincoln, and it is a matter of comparatively little import ance which State was the first to Bond men to Washington. The passage by the Senate of any such resolutions as that of Sonator Came ron would do very little good, and it would moke a great deal of ill-feeling; and although it may serve its end in making some political capital for Mr. Cameron, it is to be con demned as a piece of buncombe that was unworthy of a Senator of the United States. We allude to this matter particularly for the purpose of showing how eager Congress men are to honor with their lips the soldiers who defended the Government, and how ex ceedingly slow they are to do them simple justice in matters that really concern their welfare. The Senate has now under con sideration a bill that has received the approval of the House of Bepresentatives, which pro poses to do a grievous wrong to tho regular officers of the United States army. It proposes to legislate a number of them out of the service, to put a stop to promotion, to reduce the pay of some of the higher grades and to abolish some of those grades the attainment of which are the ob jects of legitimate ambition in the army altogether. The plea for this action is economy, and it is perfectly characteristic of the men who profess to represent the Ameri can people in Congress that they should com mence to retrench and cut down expenses by reducing the rank, pay, and perquisites of a class of public servants who are distinguished by their fidelity, ability, and integrity. With a civil service that is a disgrace to the country, and that is notorious for its incapacity and corruption, with a host of hangers-on and retainers at the Capitol who do no duty whatever worthy of the name, and with ex pensive perquisites of its own, such as the franking privilege and all tho items that are included under the head of "stationery," this assault upon the officers of the army is not credita ble to Congress. The general fooling of the country is that retrenchment ought to begin in the Capitol, and Congressmen who will consent to have their own salaries cut down, who will abandon the perquisites that draw so many thousands of dollars annually from the Treasury, and who will agree to give us a respectable civil service, and .to abandon the present disgraceful system of political barter and sale of the public offices, can then with some grace call upon the officers of the army to do their share in reducing expenses. Tho people of the country and the soldiers who fought to preserve the Union are not all fools, and they can easily understand the difference betwoen such a resolution as that offered by Senator Cameron yesterday and the bill now unaer discussion in tne senate to wnicn we have alluded. 7 HE PAYMENT OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. In the British House of Commons yesterday a member asked permission to bring in a bill providing for the payment of members of Parliament. Permission was refused by a majority of 187, which settles the fate of this new measure of reform for the present; but there can scarcely be a doubt that it will be revived and carried at no distant day. Such a measure is absolutely necessary, if Parlia ment is to be like the Congress of the United States, the real representative of the people, and not of a privileged class. In tho debate that took place, Mr. Gladstone said that he regretted the inability of poor men to serve in the Houso of Commons, and he ardently wished to see the representatives of the people present. Bus reasons for opposing the measure were that it was generally thought that constituencies, as better judges, should do the paying when necessary, as in former times, and that gratui tous services were the rule in England. Mr. Gladstone's objections seemed to be merely founded upon the fact that the non-payment of members was the custom, nnd that he did not care to see thut custom abolished, but so long as he dots opposo such a measure as the one under discussion, his professed M'ish to see the representatives of tho people in the House of Commous will scarcely be considered as very deep rooted or sincere. The payment of members by their constituencies will not be found to work now-a-days, and if it were to be tried it would open the door for an un limited amount of corruption; and the only safe and rational plan is thnt adopted by tho United States. Until the members of Parliament are paid, poor men uto practically excluded, and the entire control of the Government remains in the hands of the wealthy classes that have alwaj'H wielded it. As a measure of reform this is scarcely less importaut than the extension of the franchiso, and in spite of the opposition manifested at present, it will certainly follow ere many years as a natnral sequence to those other reforms by which the bounds of liberty are being ex tended in England, and the system of govern ment being more than ever brought into con formity with that of the United States, with the reul power of the State in the hands of the people to whom it rightfully belongs. TUE COXXECTICUT Et.EUTWX. hnKTiMKS It lalnii In ('niiiiocitciit on election drV, nml when It does I'm Democracy Im almost sure t; carry tilings w ith a hltfrt linml. It rained on MotHuy last, aii'l thnt In the secret of the Duutocr tlc suc cess. While tho Republican hnvo carried both brunc hes of the Legislature the Henate by one ma jority, BRHlnst five last, year, ami the House of Representatives by from six to Um majority, against thirty-one last year the Democratic canril'late for Governor has beaten Ills Itepublican competitor by about 8P0 votes. Last year the majority was on the other bnIo, and mi inhered ;4lt. If the promulgation of the fifteenth amendment had been made In time for tho registration of the colored vote, the result would have been different, for nearly every ono of the 1M0 colored voters of the State would have sought the polls despite the rain, for the more novelty of tho thing. Of lute years a Democratic victory lias been by no means uncommon In Con necticut. In 180T, the Democracy carried the State by PhT mnJoTlty, and at tho sprint; election of Is 43, their majority was 1T0S. At the Presidential election, hold later In the year, the Republican majority was 3045, showing thut an Important issue Is all that la needed to draw out a full vote and give a handsome Republican majority. The Democratic victory of Monday last, such as It was, resulted merely from the apathy of the Republican voters, who were more afraid of the rain than the untorrlued. The Hon. Jumps K. English, the newly-elected Governor, Is a native of the State, and was born at New Haven In March, 1813. Early lu life he entered upon mercantile pursuits, and continued to do busi ness as a merchant until 19SB, since which ho has been extensively engaged in several branches of manufacture. In I860 he entered upon political life and was elected a momuer of the lower house of the State Legislature, and in the following year a mem ber of the State Senate, to which body he declined a re-election. In I860, he was the Democratic candi date for Lieutenant-Governor, bnt was defeated by a small majority. In 1SC1 he was elected a Repre sentative In Congress from the Second district, being re-elected in 1S03. Wni'.e a member of Congress, Governor English was a consistent Democrat in most things, but not in all. lie indulged vln no factious opposition to the war for the Union, being one of the sixteen Democrats who, in February, iser, voted tor the thirteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution, by which, slavery was forever abolished In the United States. In 1SW, Mr. Englibh went before the people of his State for the first time as the Democratic candidate for Governor. He was defeated by General Ilawley by onlyt-U votes, encouraged by which, and supported by his honorable record at Washington, he again became a candidate in loiiT, and was successful over General Hawley by 987 votus. In 1868, he was re-elected Governor by 1TC5 majority over Marshall Jewell, but In 18C9 was again defeated, by only 411 votes, by Jewell. He now enters upon his third term, and, aside from his political adulations, will make about as good a Governor us Connecticut, could well desire. Marshall Jewell, tho defeated Republican candi date for Governor, was born in Winchester, N. H., October 24, l(W. In early life he served an appren ticeship as a tanner with his father, removlug in 18-17 to Hartford, Conn., where he worked for some time In his fathers currier shop. He then learned the telegraphing business, which he followed for some time in New York, Ohio, Tennessee, and Mis sissippi, being at one time general superintendent of tho telegraphic lines between New Orleans and Nashville. In 1830, having returned to Hartford, he entered into partnership with his father, ! the manufacture of bcltlug being added to the business or the firm, which has become one of the most extensive ami prosperous of the kind In tho country. In island several suc ceeding years, he travelled 'extensively in Europe on business and pleasure, and in 1803 entered politi cal life, being defeated as tho Republican candidate for Governor by Mr. English, as above stated. In 1SG9 ho was more successful, but fortune lias again changed and foul weather counted him In the mino rity. Pre ions to the formation of tho Republican party lie was a momher of the Whig; organization. SPECIAL. NOTICES. Jfrrr a:lditicmut Special Aolicet the Jtuidt Hxii, CONTINUED. The unfavorable vreatUor baring doprived many of tha pleasure una convenience of looking through our SPRING STOCK on the day appointed for our RECEPTION, the exhibt Hon will be continued throughout th present week. We invito our customers and the lmblio to inspeet our NEW IMPORTATIONS AND MANUt'AC TURKS OP SPRING CLOTHING. JOli:.' WANAMAKER, I INKST CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT, Nos. 818 and BOO CHRSNUT Street. t&- ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, NO. 1026 OUF.HNUT 6TREKT. SHEBIDAN'S BIDE, GRKAT LIFE SIZK PAINTING. BY TIIK FOET-ABTIST, T. BUCHANAN RKAD. SIXTH WKEK OF THE EXHIBITION. P.KADINOOF THE POKM TWIOK A DAY. M. JOSEPHINK WARREN will recite eaua day, at 4 P. M. and P. M., in frunt of the canvas, the poem of "till Kill DAN' RIDK." Hilt OHROMOS of the Painting (SUiSS inobes), $10. Admission -. 35 oanta IncluttinK tho entire Talunoie ooneuiion ui tue Aoatlmny, Open from A. M. to li r. m am iroiu ;a ki iu r. hi. 1ST AMEK1CAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC THE STAR COUKSE OF LECTURES. ""MISS ANNA K. DICKINSON willdolivor the TKNTH AND OONOLUDtNO L1CC TURK Of THK SECOND 8KBIK8, ON THURSDAY EVENING, AnriI7. Buhjoot-XO Til It KKSOUK. A MATINRK LKCTURI". A11S. OLIVE LOO AN will repeat (ly request) her RrentLeutme on On 8ATURDAY At! IKRNOON, April Hi. AdmiMioD, fill ueuia. Reserved Seats, 3;i cnnls Ttrn Tii Urns lor sain ni timiW'l i'niou Konma. No. KM (Jilh.n NUT Htreottlaily, ,,um A. M to r, ,j m. ST. CLEMENT'S ClIUKCH, TWEN- TlItTH and CHKItPY t'irrols. Durinir Lent, er. vW oery WL1jNI'.MY EVi'.N I NO, t o'olouk. UUoral Herriue. Kwa free. TMs evening, soriuou en "(iood Works," by Hot. LKIU11TON COLEMAN, of aiaucu uiiuna. tiST OFFICE OF THE FKASKLIN FIRE IN Pmi.AI Ei.l'HTA. Aoril 4. 18.1). Atnmnntiniv nf ilm Yt..n.t nr ihreutnrs of tlli Cu.'U rsiiv, held this duy, a rnmi nnnusl dmuntnl of SIX PKH :u NT nml an t.n rl,v,,l-,l nt TKN PKR CENT, wore declared on the capital st'Hik, psyahln tn the stockholders or ineir iorai representatives on auu nucrmu muimu clear of all taxes. -.... H let J. W. MCALLISTER, Been tary. Bgy- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE KHi'Semiem iu vue tapitui cn'i mi i . i 1'LK'rS HANK" that a iLeetina- will he held at So. IU S. SIXTH Hireet.on THURSDAY, the 6th day of May next, at ID o'clock A. M., for tho purpose of orgaui.luK said BaLk and electing oilicemnnd directors. 1. ii. Mi'tilNLF.Y. OUARI.EH A. MILLER, R. li. HAKOLAY, 4 it Mi J. 11. WALKER. SPECIAL NOTIOES. IKT Jil'.lll-KDK.N HAPTI8T CHURCH, BROAD and bl'RUCK StretTh nn.nli, -nr. view of this new church nnrninenced on MONDAY FvKNIm. April 4. at 1a o'nliuk. n,l evening durinx t he week : - WKUKKSDAV KVKFimi, Anril ft -Seniion l R. (ikouck lutii nnmn. MAN, 1). D.,of Unit BnptlHt Church. j nuray- nnrmon liyKsr. 11 K KKIUK. I.IOUNHON, D. l.,of Unit Presbyterian Church Krirtav -Sertnnn h Hv kliwiun Tt A VITH n n nf Central OoniriTKationat hurch. A ii ere coritiaily Invited. 4 at MERCANTILE LIBRARY, TENTH Btreet, ahove Chesent. LECTURE HALL to rent. Al.n a rnon accommortnt.. In twonty persona. 4 1 sw4trp 6EWINQ MACHINES. WHEELER & WILSON SEWINU MACHINE, For Sale on Easy Terms. NO. 914 CHESNUT STREET. 4mws3 PHILADELPHIA. OLOTHINQ. OPENING EXERCISES. G Igantlc Stock of Spring Garments!! , G J almonl for April in Every Variety ! I Jvery Btyle of Fashionable Spring Clothing ! ! J YbnnJant opportunity to buy cheap ! ! rell all your friends of the rjy OPENING "Jay of opening our Splendid Spring Stock. Ample store of Piece Goods in the Custom A Department. iV Yu 016 Invited to the Opening, 1 AT THE GREAT BROWN HALL, WHICH IS WIDE OPEN, and OPEN ALL DAY, AT 603 and 605 CHESNUT Street. WESTON & BROTHER, TAILORS, S W. Ccrner NINTH and ARCH Sts PHILADELPHIA, A full assortment of the moat approved styles for SPRING AND JSUMMER WEAR, NOW IN STORE. A SUPERIOR GARMENT AT A REASONABLE PRICE. 4 1 Bmrp PIANOS. GRAND OPENING. ttm RARE CHANCE. THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS TO THE PUBLIC AT "Wliolesalo Irices9 (FOR A SnORT TIME ONLY), , THE DECKER BROS., ERANICH, BACH iC0., PIANOS. They are Inferior to none, and In some respects superior to STEIN WAY'S. WILLIAM BLASIUS, (LATE AGENT FOR STEINWAY'S,) No. 1008 CHESNUT Street, Next door to my former place. 4 2 lm ffE STEINWAY & SONS' Grand, Square, and Upright Pianos General E eduction in Prices in accord ance with the Decline in the Premium on Gold. STF.INWAT A SONS manufacture also au entirely nan aljio of Instrument termed tue SCHOOL PIANO, Freciaoly the sam. in lize, loale, interior mecbaniiro, and workmanbbip aa tbeir blRbost pricod 7-ootave Pianui, la perfectly plain yet exoeedinxly ntat ezturior eaae. which are oflered to those woo desire to poaees lirat-claa ' otemway 1'iaoo," yet are limited in means, at Yery low pricea. Special attention is also called to STEIN WAY & SONS new PATENT UPRIGHT PIANOS, With Double Iron Frame, Patent Resonator, Tubula Mi.t.il Frame Action, etc, which are . matchless in Tone and Toucn, and unrivalled in duralnlily. Kvery l'iuno iorte la warranted for live years, CHARLES BLASIUS, BOI.K ACKN'P t'OTl TUE SALK OF BTKINWAV A SONS' ViOUtU KKNOWNKD PIANO l'ORTJ WARKKOWMS, No. 100 CMi:g3iUT Street, 19tMp PHILADELPHIA PA. ALERECHT, BIKKKH KOHMIDT, MANUKAL'TUUHH t FIHST-01-AK8 PI A NO-tORTHS. l ull guarantee and moderate uriuen. VVAKEKOOMS.No. 10 AROH Btrei BONNETS, HATS, ETO. KOTICE TO THE LADIES GREAT SiiiSi Bargains in new i'RKNOII ARTIFICIAL FLOW. B.RS and HATS, just received. To Milliners we sell very cheap, and allow eight per cent, disoount. At J. S. BORQENSKI'S, 8 31 6t No. 1 N. N1NTU Street, aboro Market. WATCHES. CARD. jo In connection with the change which has taken place in the organization of our firm on the 1st Inst., we desire to ask attention to the remodelling of our WATCH DEPARTMENT, which has been placed under the personal super vision of one of the most experienced members of our firm. Our workmen for the REPAIRING of Fine Time-keepers are very skilful the system adopted for " REGU LATING" very perfect, and we intend to make this Department the most sat isfactory one in our establishment. BAILEY & CO., Chesnut and Twelfth Sts., SOLE AGENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE CELEBRATED GOLD ft" E DAL TIME-KEEPERS, MADE BY Palek, Philippe & Cie., A. UEII EVE. GOLD MEDALS awarded at the Great World Exhibitions of Paris. New York. London. Each one of these Watches has been earefully regulated to position, heat, and cold, and is accompanied by a CERTIFICATE from Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co., and ourselves, guaran teeing it to run well and keep CORRECT TIME. Scientific construction, excellence of mechanism, and accuracy of perform ance, have established for these Watches an unequalled reputation. 4 C T 9 12 14 10 19 21 S3 C. & A. PEaUIGNOT, C? MANUFACTURERS OP AVVTOIl CASES, AND DEALERS IX AMERICAN AXD FOREIGN WATCHES, Have Removed their Salesroom from No. 13 South SIXTH Street to No. 608 CHESNUT Street. MANUFACTORY, No. 22 South FIFTH Street. ARTSALE. THE FINE ARTS. SPECIAL GALE OF Italian ZVIarblc Garden and tfZonumcntal Statuary. A collection of Italian Marble Garden and Monumental Statuary, Garden Vases, Etc., imported from Italy by Messrs. V1TI MtOS. (lato Tito Yiti Ss Sons , will bo sold at Public Sale by Mr. JAMES A. EllEEMAN, at tho Salesrooms, No. 422 WALNUT Street, on TllUliS DAY M0KNING, April 7, at 10 o'clock. The collection is now ar ranged for examination, nnd Cata logues can be had of the Auctioneer or the Importers. YITI BROS., No. Htt South FK0NT Street, 4 I B 6Uf) PHILADELPHIA. FIFTII EDITION TUB LATH ST Tho Thomas Funeral Cortege The FMailand Jury Completed. Etc., i:tc, l?tr., Ivlc, Kte. J FROM .NEW rORK. New Yokk, April 6. On the retiacnibling of tho court many others of the panel were exa mined, and at last Thomas Mills, dry goods dealer In Grand street, was accepted as the tenth juror. Anton Cohen was then called. He liad heard of the case, but never read abont it. Ills mini was so constituted, ho said, that his opinion with regard to the merits of tho case was "six of ouo and half a dozen of the othor." Tb ItleFnrland Trial. Mr. Graham It is important to pet tho full meaning of this Juror's answer. Tho papers have said that this prisoner was an inebriate; such an opinion is false. Wo are going to daret the prosecution to prove this, lie may have read that It has been given out that he was brutal to this woman; that statement is equally false. We are going to dare the prosecu tion to prove that ho may havo read that, also, in the papers that she was driven upon the stage to earn her living. That statement Is utterly false. We dare tho prosecution to prova that. The witness was set aside, and after a long examination of jurors, Abraham F. Prime, of the Seventh ward, was accepted and sworn as tho eloventh juryman. Tho jury was completed at 3-20 o'clock V. XL by the acceptance ot George C. Howard, theatri cal manager and actor, as tho twelfth man. FROM THlTwEST, Fire In fct. Louis. St. Louis, April 6. Tho warehouse of Don noil & Sexton ut St. Joseph, Mo., was burned yesterday. The building was valued at $12,000. Insured $30,000. Two thousand tons of hay were consumed in ono building. Ht. JoMph ElerllPB. The election at St. Joseph resulted in tho tri umph of the entire Republican ticket by majori ties ranging from 103 to 350. In Kansas City and Leavenworth the Demo cratic ticket was elected. Tho negroes voted without opposition at each place. The colored citizens of St. Leuls made final arrangements last night for tho colebiatiou of tho ratification of the fifteenth amendment next Xlonday. Kcv. II. II. White, colored, will be the orator of the day. B. Gratz Brown, Charles P. Johneon, and Enos Clark, all white, will ba among tho speakers on the occasion. The Thomm Fnneral. Cleveland, April 6. The funeral cortege, with the remains of General Thomas, arrived at half past 11 and left at 13, uoon, tho escort taking dinner here. Minute guns were fired and bells tolled. Dur ing their stay about C000 citizens paid their re spects to the illustrious dead, and business was generally suspended between eleven and twelve o'clock. The Cleveland Greys escorted tho re ception committee to the depot. General Sheri dan is on the train. Ship News. Halifax, April 6. Tho steamer City of Bal timore, en route for New York, has arrived here. legal iriTELLiaarjca. Frlon Caned. Cortrt of Quarter Sections Jtulye Paxmn. The regular prison calendar for the April term was taken up this morning, tho docks buin filled with unfortunates. James XIcLaughlin, an Incorrigible, was con victed of pocket-picking. About 7 o'clock in the evening of March 28ih the prosecutor was standing nt the fire at Front and Dock streets, and suddenly felt a slight movement in his vest pocket, which he soon discovered was caused by the prisoner gently lifting his watch. He was immediately seized by the threat, and, offer ing a savage resistance, was knocked down three or four times, and was then taken into custody by an oflicer. He endeavored, like a sharper, to have the prosecutor locked nr for assault and battery on him, but failed, lie essayed to con duct bis own defense, and asked first such ques tions aa brought about his recognition as an old offender. William 8cott was convicted of stealing several pieces of silver coin from a bake-shop at No. '.107 South Sixteenth street. He entered the shop one morning, bought a pie from the woman who was in attendance, and gave a five dollar bill in payment. When she went away to get tho change he stole the coins out of tho drawer, and when she handed him his change he hurried off. The trick was found out, and he was in a few moments caught and lodged in jail. John Schmidt, who said be was a German, was convicted of stealing poultry, the facts being that he was recklessly appropriating to himeclf geese and chickens that belonged to other persons, and went abotit it in such a creen, bungling manner that he was detected without the slightest difficulty. John Hopkins, colored, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery, (in the utght of March !?5th he met a young mulatto wouiau in Seventh ctreet nnd addressed her In an indecent manner. She endeavored to avoid him, when he dealt her n cruel blow upon the head with a heavy club, and then threatened to kill her if the should prosecute hint. MEXICO. The Kevolmlon Not Vet Ftulcd-.llore OI. lurhaiitiea. CiTr op Mexico, March iJO An engineering party which had been making surveys for the Kio Gruude and Guaymas huilroad have been unheard from lntely, and it is thought they have been all killed by the Iudians. Congress meets on the 1st of April. The abo lition of the free zone will bo ouo of the first subjects brought up. It is expected thut tho measure will puss. Tho mining Interests aro as yet undisturbed. Commerce is considerably discouraged in con fluence of the disturbed condition of tho country. Colonel Knox, of San Francisco, who was hero looking after the Interests of tho Lower California Company, lias returned home disap pointed at having accomplished uotuhnr. The Protestant movetueut is Increasing. lie volcano Ceborco is lu a state of eruption, and a flight shock of curihMuako ha been feit in the State of Oaxaca recently. ''Never," says the Preunsinche Kreuz Zvitung, "did a treat party make n poorer cam paign than the Liberals havo done in the Badou annexation alfair, for not only have they been beaten by the Chancellor ( lilt-mark) and m com pletely isolated as to have to withdraw thoir own motion, but they are denounced by their co workers throughout ali Southern Germany." The French and Kusslan Consuls at Scutari are acting cordially together lu regulating the Turco-Moutcucgiiu frontier.
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