THE IUIL.V J3VJKN1NG TMiEGKAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL C, 1870.
denting Srfcgapli
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(SUNDAYS BXCEPTED),
WEDNESDAY, AFRIL 0, 1870.
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bers, the North American, Inquirer,
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of this city, and the leading journals of the
East, North, West and South ; and hereafter
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afternoon despatches of the Associated
Press will appear.
HT The carrier who was in charge of our
'West Philadelphia route having died recently,
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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.