THE 1 H A VOL. XIII. NO. 8G. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. Flo FIRST EDITION the cxiiszs in rzumcia The Liberal Cabinet Pfssolved. A Sketch of Mons. Buffet. Counterfeiting Cxpert. Another Siti-o-CUyccririO Disaster. etc.. Etc., Etc., Etc. Etc. FRANCE. The MinUlrrlnl CrlnU and ltd Flrnt Fruit The Liberal Cabinet liroken I p Ht Ljiuit. The ministerial crisis which has been im pending In Paris for soma days has at last re sulted In tho breaking up of M. Olllvler's Cabinet. M. Bullet, Minister of Finance, has thrown np his portfolio, and It is expected that Count Daru, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Marquis do Tulhouet, Minister of Public Works, will follow his example. Ballet, the Outgoing AIlnlHter of Finance. Louis Joseph Buffet, who vacates the olllce of Minister of Finance, was .born at Mirecourt, lu the Vosges, in the year 1818. Until the revolu tion of 1848 he was a lawyer, enjoying a lucra tive practice in his native place, but was little known in politics. He was, however, quite popular with the people, and the active part he took in the events which culminated in the overthrow of Louis Philippe recommended him to publie favor, and he was elected to the Legis lative Assembly for the Vosges by 73,701 votes. Although an openly declared enemy to socialism and inclined to favor the Orleans dynasty, being epposed to the revolution of 1843, M. Buffet gave in his adhesion to the republican constitution and supported General Cuvaignac for tho Presi dency. On the election of Louis Napoleon Le acquiesced in the decision of the people, ar d afur the retirement of M. Iiixlo accepted tl o portfolio of Minister for Commerce and Agri culture. As such and as a representative la the Legislative Assembly his conrso conformed to the views of the "party of order;" but as he refused to adopt the political ideas which held eway at the Palace of the Elysccs he retired from the Ministry, with M. Odillon Barrot, on the 31st of October, 1849. Re-elected to tho Assembly from the Vosges, he became ene of the most conspicuous members in the important sessions that followed. In 1850 he was ap pointed a member of the committee charged, with M. Baroche, to consider the project for electoral reform. After the crisis of 1851, which preceded the coup d'etat, he ro-ontered tho Parliamentary Cabinet as a representative of the ideas of the majority, but soon after retired With his colleagues because of his inability to support the measures of tho President. So highly was ho esteemed by Napoleon that, not withstanding their disagreement, some days lollowlng his resignation he was decorated with I he Cross of the Legion of Honor. Uj.on the final establishment of the second Empire, M. Buffet withdrew from all participa tion in public affairs, and lived in retirement until 1809, when he again appeared before the public as a successful candidate for the Corps Leglslatlf. He was elected as a moderate libe ral, but so tempered his opposition to the Em- veror that, when tho crisis of last December terminated in the overthrow of the irresponsible ministry, ho was at once fixed upon by the Em peror and M. Olllvlcr as a member ot the new ministry. But when portfolios were first tend ered him and Count Napoleon Daru, as the recognized leaders of the Left Centre, they declined, and it was not until after the lapse of several days, and when the effort of Ollivier to form a ministry was almost on the point of failure, that they finally consented. Ou January 3, the Journal Offlciel announced the completion of the new ministry and the appoint ment and acceptance of M. Buffet to tho Depart ment of Finance. Through all the stormy period which followed, M. Buffet remained in harmony with his colleagues until the announce' ment of the determination of the Emperor for a pUMscitum on tho question of liberalizing the Constitution. The Left Centre demanded the inauguration of these reforms without an appeal to the people, but when tho question was pre sented directly to the Corps Leglslatlf on the 5th of April, the ministerial programme was sustained by a vote of 227 to 43. From that time rumors of M. Buffet's resignation have been rife, and it is noj authoritatively an nounced. Mi Mngne, Probable Successor. M. Pierre Mngne, who was the predecessor of Buffet in the Department of Finance, will doubt less be his successor. Ho was born at Perlgeux, December 3, 1800. He is a self-made man, being of what Is termed an "obscure" family. In 1831 he was admitted as an avocat, or attorney, and was patronized by Marshal Bugcaud. M, Fould noticed his peculiar ability, aud soon afterwards took charge of his political fortuuos. no be- j came a member both of the Constituent and Legislative Assemblies, in which bodies he was recognized as p. practical man, although not much of a debating speech-maker. Ho retired to private life in 1838, but was recalled to ofliclal position as Under Secretary of State for Fi nanee In 1849. April 10, 1S51, he was appointed Minister of PubllcWorks, in which ofllce ho was Tery successful during three or four years. Ho was an able advocate of railroad extension in France, and during the interim inspected all the main lines already laid down in tho empire and in other countries of Europe, adopting and suggesting improvements. From 1854 to 1803 he held to the portfolio of Finance. In 18(10 he was nominated Minister without a p irtfollo, retired from the Cabinet In 1SG3 in consequence of a disagreement with M. Fould, and was named a Privy Councillor in April of the last named year. In July, 1809, ho was again called to the head of the Department of Finance, and held that position until relieved by M. Buffet In January, 1870. For a time it was thought that be would be retained in the Cabinet under tho new ministry, but it was found that there were so many factions in the Liberal ranks to con ciliate that It would be necessary for him to vacate. If the report that he is to re-enter the ministry should prove true, be will be an acces fiion j )l 0WYler' toim. Vti is ttu cn: plished nnd experienced financier, having origi nated and successfully negotiated nearly all the great loans which the Emperor has found neces sary to bolster up bis throne. - In December, 1853, he was appointed a Sena tor. In 1851 he was made a commander of the Legion of Honor, subsequently a grand officer, and in 1854 received the grand cross. During bis absence from Paris at one period tbo Em press Eugenie visited him and found him feodlng a brood of chickens. The following letter, which M. Magne ad- drefsed to M. Ollivier in January last, will explain the elrcumstances, in outward appear ance at least, under which the former left the ministry, and the spirit in which ho will re-enter it: January 1. 1870 Mon ehcr Monsieur Olllvlnr: 1 8m greatly tone tied by your am1 able letter, and thank you for It. The foundation of the Liberal Em pire Is wlHhed lor by tho country. I have worked to Achieve It with conviction and devotion. I am still disponed heartily to co-operate In the object. Ilut It in an arduous work, and the capital point Is succrsi. isutning suoniu do neglected to bring an tne lunu eures Into play. Now, I have been told that con ferences we held yesterday between leaders of the liight Centre and left Centre, and that arrange, merits might be facilitated, ir a larger number of port folios were to be distributed to new men, and more particularly If tne finance portfolio wore at your disposition. Consider well what you will do before BnvthlDg is definitely settled, Perconal matters are quite secondary. The least sacrifice for me to the common cause weuld be to leave the field clear. V nether far otr or near, I shall always bo found among the most zealous and most truBtf ul partisans. oire (out acvoue aiaunb. FROM FORTRESS MONROE. The Artillery Nchool Exnmlnatlon A Search ing Ordeal Result, of (ienernl tJrant'a Fore tithe Correspondence Associated Press. Foktress Monkor, April 9 The annual examination of the lieutenants and non-commissioned officers who have been under in struction during the past year at the Artillery 8chotil of the United titates Army commenced at Fortress Monroe on the 1st instant, and is now progressing. The examination is conducted by a board of artillery and ordnance ofllcers, presided over by Major-General Barry, the commandant of tho school and of the post of Fortress Monroe. The examination is very thorough and search ing. Each officer is called up to the blackboard in true West Point fashion, and is there required to demonstrate some proposition or problem relating to the subject on which he is being ex amined. He is closely questioned over the whole range of the subject, and is made not only to state the facts and dicta of the text, but also to give the reasons for them. Tne subjects wnicn are tne course ot study at the Artillery School are military, constitutional, and international law, military history, military engineering, ordnance and gunnery, and the ttudy ana actual practice ot tno drill service rnd mechanical manoeuvres of every variety of aitillery usedin the United States service. The examination in this last-named subject consists in eaoh lieutenant being required to drill a gun-detachment with each Kind of gun; to perform the numerous mechanical operations of mounting, dismounting, and transporting to other portions of the fort the gnns and their carriages, and to give the names and uses of all the numerous implements, equipments, and teparate parts appertaining to them. That the examination is very tnorougn may be taken for granted, when it is stated that each officer is about three hours on the stand. At i he close of the examination a parchment cert ficate, signed by the commandant and by all the instructors, is given to each officer who arses the ordeal of examination successfully, ast year General W. T. Sherman, General of the army, came from Washington to Fortress Monroe for the express purpose of delivering these certificates or diplomas. On that occasion he spoke characteristic words of commendation of the school, and of encouragement to the oung officers who were then about to graduate. This yettr it is expected that both General Sher man and the Secretary of War will show their continued confidence in tho school and its ob jects by coming to Fortress Monroe for the same purpose. The Artillery School is tho creation of Gene ral Grant, who, when Secretary of War, availed himself of the opportunity to supply, by its establishment, a want long felt in the artillery arm of the service. The school has now been in existence for two years, and is tully justify ing the hopes and expectations which its warmest friends hoped and predicted for it. Its success is duo in a great measure to the per sonal efforts of its worthy commander, General Barry, who is one of the most accomplished artillery ofllcers in the service, a strict discipli narian, ana wno gives tne matter nis uuaiviaca attention. The academic year closes on tho first of May, ana the officers who have been under instruc tion, nnd who pass their examinations success fully, are sent to tneir respective regiments, a new detail of olllcers from each of the five rogl mcnts of artillery are then ordered to report to General Barry at Fortress Monroe for the next year's course of instruction. There can be no question of the fact that the artillery of the army, and the whole army Itself, is greatly benefited by the work and results of the Artillery ecnooi. liurnluir of the Steamer Kennebec. The steamer N. P. Banks, of tho Norfolk and YorKtown lino, arrived hero at 4 P. M. to-day, and reports tho burning of the steamer Kenne bec at tho Gloucester Point wharf this morning, From Captain McCarrick and Mr. Trower, tho mate, we learn the following particulars: Tho Kennebec was from Baltimore bound to West Point, York river, with a cargo of freight and passengers. She arrived at Gloucester Poiut about daylight, nnd while tho crew wcro dis charging some freight, a lire was discovered proceeding from the vicinity of the boiler. All hands were at once called to extinguish it, but so rapidly did the fluuies spread that it was with uiiticuity tho passengers could be saved. One of tho men informed us that it did not seem to him more than five minutes after the alarm was 'given until she was one sheet ot llarne from stem to stern. Tho passengers were unable to save any of their baggage, and some of them bad to come ashore in their night clothes. The Kennebec was a side-wheel steamer of about 800 or 900 tons, and ran from Baltimore to West Point in connection with tho Richmond and New York River Railroad. She burnt her lines, and drifted off on the flats, where her hulk now lies, burnt to tho water's K 1TK0 C LYCKKINE AG UN. Two Men Killed at Hhoff ner'a Works at Kldge Held, N. J. Another fatal explosion of nltro-glycerlno oc curred on Friday afternoon, on the Hackensack meadows, at tho ruins of the glycerine works of T. P. Sballner. A few weeks ago rfh explosion at this place destroyed the lives of tour persons and reduced the factory to ruins. Thousands of pounds of the explosive substance were con sumed at the time, but there remained in one quurtcrof the yard in which the factory stood a quantity that remained unexploded. Tho work of removing the debris and clearing the ground was commenced a few days ago, aud has given employment to a number of workmen. Yester day afternoon two of these men, father and son, were removing a lot ot the glycerine, when it exploded, killing them instantly. Their bodies, which were thrown to a great distance from the spot where they were standing, were horribly mangled. They were removed by the other workmen to an adjacent bouse, and Jus tice Miller, of Englewood, was notified to view i the bodls nd bold w JnqueBt. Tbta lwt rnd Illustration of the dingers attending the use ot nltro-glycerine has aroused the people to a realization of the peril in which they were placed by the existence of the factory in the community, and it Is probable that the rebuild ing of the works, which was said to have been contemplated by the proprietors, will not be effected. STRANGE IF TRUE The Sea Serpent Ontdone A nideone iTioamrr. The Savannah Advertiser of a recent date publishes tho following startling narrative: A. party coming to tnis city irom soutn rxllna. through Wright river, in a small sail boat, manned by three negro oarsmen, has fur nished us with a decidedly sensational account of bis adventures with one of the most unheard of creatures that ever crawled or lloatod under the firmament of heaven, and assured us posi tively that ho has not been deceived by any frtak of fancy or undue excitement of mind. Our informant, on the morning of tho 23th, t ards noon, as he tells us, when about half a mile from Wright river, a stream merging into the Savannah, two miles above Fort Pulaski, with his negro men pulling quietly along near the shore, the slight-built craft was suddenly nnd without any premonitory sign lifted up, as by Eome immense roller, throwiug the crew out of their scats and completely scaring the life out of them. The shock was so sudden that danger existed for a second of the bout turning over, but luckily it righted again and sank back Into the water, wnicn foamed like brenkers. "But," says the hero of the adventure, "I did not heed the danger around me in this respect nor the grovelling fear of the men with me, for I could not. if life was at stake, have taken my eyes away from the hideous creatnre that had caused all the commotion, and was making its way lazily out of tho river into the long rushes on tho bank. "Never before had I anticipated such a mon strosity, nor do I ever wish to see another. A creature almost indescribable, though its gene ral appearance Is fixed in my mind's eye too indelibly for plensaut afterthought. The beast, fish or reptile, whatever species of God's crea tion it might be classed under, was of a tawny greenish color, growing more definite towards the head. Ihebodyof the creature was seal- shaped, apparently twenty feet long and as thick as tho carcass of the largest-sized elephant. from in is irunK sprung lorin tne most remark able feature of the phenomenon, a long, curved, swan-like neck, large enough apparently to have taken a man in whole, terminated by a head and jaws similar to that of an immense boa constrictor, the eyes fishy, yet possessing ferocity enough in their expression to make a man tremble. The back of tho beast was deeply ridged, tho ridges runulng from the base of the nccK to the extreme end of the tail. and several inches deep. An immense tail, shaped something like an alligator's and three times longer, so it seemed, than the body com pleted the tout ensemble of this wonderful ano maly. Tne creature navigated by feet, resem bling the fore feet of an alligator, and its pro gress on land was slow." "With all this com bination of the terrible before me," says our friend, "it was not strange that I trembled, but before the frightened men had time to act, or I time to advise, the cause of our terror drew itself across the little island, out of sight, into tho water beyond." "It did not take us long to recover our senses and as quickly leave the scene, though the shock to our nerves, and, indeed, to our belief in things possible and im possible, precluded anything like hard work." The above statement we have trom the lips ot the gentleman himself, and, being duly vouched for, we have every reason to believe in its truth. MYSTERIES OF COUNTERFEITING. Testimony f an Kxnerc Now Nerving a Sen tence In the ludtitua Penitentiary. The Detroit Post has the following: One John B. Trout, who is now serving a sen tence in the Indiana State Prison, at Michigan City, was brought here to show that the Johnson family had been in the counterfeiting business In Indiana from 18G5 until 1807, at which latter date Trout was sent to prison. For the benefit of the Court, counsel, jury, and' spectators, ho entered into a minute de scription of the process of engraving plates and printing notes, describing the various articles which had been seized in the Johnson house, and their various uses in counterfeiting. But the most wonderful exhibition of his skill was in telling the name of the engraver of a plate by examination of a bill printed from it. He was thoroughly familiar with the work of all the engravers. Ho detected a counterfeit from a genuine bill at a glance. He readily designated as counterfeit an issue which even the Treasury Department took as geuuine for some time before detecting an false, the department then being obliged to cancel the genuine issue because the false was so nearly perfect. The United States Marshal has a book containing samples of all tho counterfeits yet Issued. Trout looked at these bills and told the engraver correctly each time witn very little examination. Among these bills were those from plates en graved by Boyd and Ulrich, and other celebrated counterfeiters, and which are so perfectly done as to deceive ua out oi every iuo porsons accus tomed to the examination of money. Trout could not describe the process by which he dis tinguished these various bills, but characterized it as an Indescribable lnstiuct. He said he bad worked off huudreds of thousands of dollars in counterfeit money while he was engaged in tho business. He is apparently about thirty-five years of aire, and seems to bo on the brink of a con sumptive's grave. His term of sentence does not expire for two years yet. But he savs he does not exnect a pardon, thomrh so near death, He prefers to end his days in prison, and has made his cotllu wltn bis own bauds, lie, is a modest, quiet-looking man, and says his appear ance always won him the confidence of those with whom he came in contact, and had much to do with bU success in disposing of counterfeit tnoncy. It sectus Surprising that a man of his tnlcnt should choose to use it in a course of crime and end his life in a state prison. His skill, exercised in a legitimate direction, would doubtless have gained him a competency. Foreign Items A new idea in connection with "dust and disease" has been broached in a recent lecture by Mr. Bloxam, tho lecturer on chemistry to the English Department of Artillery Studios. Ho suggests that tho Committee on Explosives, abandoning gun-cotton, should collect the germs of small-pox, aud other malignant dis eases, on cotton or other dust-collecting sub stances, nnd load sho'ls with them. We should then hear of an enemy dislodged from his posi tion by a volley of typhus, or a few rounds of Asiatic cholera. Recent analyses show that the standard of the Pope's silver coins is iufcrior to that of France by 'DOS. In consequence of this dis covery tbo I'atrie demands that public assays bo made of the Belgian, Swiss, and Italian coinage, in accoradnce with tho convention of 1805. M. Sommer propounds a new theory of sleep; his Idea is that sleep is simply a result of the deoxygenatlon of the system, and he be lieves that sleepiness comes on as soon as the oxygen stored iu the blood Is exhausted. The returns from the departments of Eure et Loire and l'Yonne point to a dreadful preva lence of infanticide. About (50 per cent, of tho illegitimate children are murdered. A new opera by tho Baroness de Malstre, called Les Jioussalkas' . and founded upon a Russian fairy tale, has just been produced with some success at the Theatre Monnale, Brussels. M. Grad has published some new investiga tions of the geology of the curiously torined lake of the Vosges. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Unlawful Naval Punishments. Order of Secretary Robeson. Our Fleet in the West Indies. FROM WASnUfQTOJC. Important Naval Order. Bpteial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Washington, April 11 Tho following Im portant order has been issued by tho Navy De partment Id tho case of a court-martial where unlawful punishments were executed: First. At a naval general court-martial held on board tho United States steamship Ports month, in tho Bay of Rio Janeiro, January 13, i3iu, oy oraer oi Kear Admiral Joseph Lanman, United States Navy, commanding South Atlan tic licet, of which court Captain Stephen D. Trenchard, United States Navy, was president, was arraigned and tried Joseph King, ordinary eeuiuuu, inucu Dimes navy, on tne iouowing charges and specifications: Oharge first. V iolatlon of article 7. section 4. articles for the better government of the navy. specincauon iirst. in tnis, that the said Joseph King, ordinary seaman, and serving as such on board the United States ship Portsmouth, third rate, on or about the 7th day of May, one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-nine, at anchor in the bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, being ordered by his superior officer, Lieutenant John Schou ler, who at the time was officer of the dock of said ship, to go aft anal take the hoops out of the cabin wind-sail, did use disrespectful lan guage to the said Lieutenant John Schoular, saying, "I'm not going to take seven days on the black list from a dirty drunken like Mr. Robertson, the executive officer of the vessel," or words to that effect, and wnenlbelng placed under the charge of a sentry by the master-at-arms the said Joseph King, ordinary seaman, did say, "There is not an officer on the ship who is not a beach-comber, or words to that effect. Specification second. In this, that the said Joseph King, ordinary seaman, and serving as such on board tho United States ship Ports mouth, third rate, on or about tho eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine, said vessel being then at anchor in the bay of Rio de Janeiro, did say to his command ing officer. Commander A. A. Semmes, in the presence of the officers and crew of said vessel, who were assembled on the quarter-deck to hear the sentence of a summary court-martial In his case, "Hell will not be full until you and old Robertson get there;" and a few minutes after wards, in presence of Lieutenant-Commandorj J. C. Robertson and H. H. Gorring, did use the following language to his commanding officer, Commander A. A. Semmes, "You old ." And a short time after the foregoing occurrence, while his commanding officer. Com mander A. A. Semmes, was passing the launch in which Joseph King, ordinary seaman, was confined, he, Joseph King, ordinary seaman, did bail Commander A. A. Semmes with the words, "You old ." Charge two. Violation of article 7, section 10, articles for the better government of the navy. Specification. In this, that the said Joseph King, ordinary seaman, and serving as such on board the United States steamship Portsmouth, third rate, on or about the 7th day of Decem ber, 1800, said vessel being then at anchor in tbe Bay of Rio de Janeiro, did, in company with others, attempt to desert in the dingey of tho United States ship Portsmouth, and did not desist therefrom until brought to by a shot from a carbine striking one of the oars ot the boat. Charge third. Violation of article 3 section 2, articlesifor tho better government of the navy. Specification. In this, that the said Jos. King, ordinary seaman, and serving as such on board tbe United States steamship Portsmouth, third rate, on or about the 7th day of December, 1809, said vessel being then at anchor in the Bay of Rio de Janeiro, did when arrested in the act of desertion from said vessel, brandish a boat hook at and otherwise threaten Lieutenant J. E. Craig and Ensign C. P. Shaw, his superior officers, who made the arrest, challenging Lieu tenant J. E. Craig to personal combat. To tho first specification of the first charge tho accused pleaded, in bar of trial, as follows: The ac cused pleads in bar of trial to the first specifica tion of the first charge that immediately after the date of said specification, viz., 7th of May, 1801, he was tried by a summary court-martial and sentenced to confinement in double-Irons, on bread and water for thirty days, loss of three months pay, and extra police duties for three months, ' and that this sentence having been carried in.o effect he was fully restored to duty, nor was he informed that charges were pending against him. and he therefore prays the court to dismiss this specifi cation to the charge as against the spirit and letter of naval regulations, article 32, section 1. The Court sustained this plea, and dismissed the said specification. They did this upon evi dence produced in secret session when the court was closed for deliberation, and in tho absence of the accused. That evidence should have been produced only in open court, by tho accused, as part of his case nnd in support of bis plea. Thus, while tho conclusion arrived at upon the proof was correct and Is approved by tne 6creiary oi mo navy, me moae oi intro ducing that proof was wholly irregular and is dipanwroved. To the second specification of tho first charge tne accused pieaueu in oar as lotiows: AS to the eecouu speculation ot the first charge, the accused pleads that he was tried by a summary court-martial ou the 7th of May, 1801), received a certain sentence, which ho be lieves to have been approved in duo form, aud that, after tho finding and sentence of tho court were published, ho was punished in addition to the sentence ot tue court as luuows; On the morning of the 8th of Maybe was cou flned in the launch of the Portsmouth, his feet ironed to a ring-bolt, his hands in irons exposed to the burning rays of the sun, aud was forced to remain in this position without food or drink until towards evening, when he was taken from the launch to the berth deck of the ship, and there gagged and confined In a sweat-box of such dimensions that it was Impossible to sit down in it. In addition to the 111 veutllatiou of the place, which he was not allowed to loave, a bucket was placed in the sweat-boxfor purposes of nature that was emptied but once in the twenty-four hours. His health was affected to such an extent that It was thought expedient he should be put uuder medical treatment, and he was so treated, still remaining in confinement; and the sentence having been carried out, he was fully restored to duty, nor was he Informed that charges were pending against him, and ho therefore prays the court to dismiss second specification to tho first charge, as against tho spirit and letter of naval regulations, article oi, section 1. The Court overruled this plea, and thereupon the accused pleaded not guilty to said specifica tion, and not guilty to charge first. To the specification of the second charge the accused pleaded in bar as follows: To the speci fication of the second charge the accused pleads in bar of trial that article 10, of the act of July 17, 1802, for the better government of the navy, empowers commanding officers of vessels to in flict a certain kind and degree of punishment upon officers and others under their command. This power haying been exercised to the full extent of the law by Commander A. A. Bcmmes, U. S. N., and In addition to this authorised Eunlsbmenl torture of an Illegal kind avlng keen Inflicted upon the accused immedi ately aiter tne aate or tne oflense charge in the specification, as follows: On the 7th of December ne was confined in double Irons on tbe berth deck of the Portsmouth, and on the same evening was made to stand by a reel on tbe deck, and bis bands boing Ironed behind bim were attached to an eye-bolt above, aud kept np for sixty hours or thereabouts, during .K..n frAlA knn. s wt.lnk V . " I'W'O uuuio v nuiu in w guggea. He was so confined for ten days, with the ex ception of two periods of twonty-fonr hours each, and claims, therefore, to have fully ex piated any offense be maV have been charge able witn at mat time, imt pica was over ruled. The accused then pleaded not guilty to said specification and to the second charge. To the specification of the third charge tbe accused pleaded in bar as follows: To the specification of tho third charge the accused plead, in bar of trial, that article 10 of tbe act ot duly 17, isoa, lor tne better government or the navy, empowers commanding officers of vessels to inflict a certain kind and degree of punhbment upon officers and others under their command. This power haying been exercised to the full extent of tbe law by Commander A. A. Semmes, U. S. N., and in addition to this, au thorized punishment, torture of an illegal kind having been Inflicted npon the accused imme diately after tho date of the offense charged In the specification, as follows: Oh the 7th of De cember, 1809, he was confined in double ironson the berth deck of the Portsmouth, and on tho same evening was made to stand by a reel on the deck, and his hands being ironed beblnd him. were attached to an eye-bolt above, and kept up for sixty hours or thereabouts, during about twelve hours of which be was gagged; he was so confined for ten days, with the exception of two periods of twenty-four hours each, and claims therefore to nave iuiiy expiaiea any oiteuso he may have been chargeable with at that time. This plea was overruled Dy tne court, ineac ensed thereupon plioded not guilty to said spe ciflcation and not guilty to the third charge. Finding. The court proceeded to consider of its findings upon the charges and specifications before It, ana alter lull ana mature considera tion of all the evidence, find in the case of Jo seph King, ordinary seaman. United States Navy, as follows: The second specification of tne nrst cnargo proved, ana tne court ao aa judge bim guilty of the first charge in a less degree than charged; that is, guilty of so much as is contained In the following words: "or shall treat with contempt his superior officer, or shall be disrespectful to mm in language or deport ment whilst in the exercise of his office." - Tho specification of second charge proved in part, mat is, oi ail tne speciucation except tne words, "and did not desist .therefrom until brought to by a shot from a carbine striking one of the oars of the boat," and the Court do adjudge the accused guilty of the second charge. The specification of the third charge proved and the uourt ao aajuage tne accused guilty oi the tnira cnargo. Sentence Ana tne court ao therefore sen tence tbo said Joseph King, ordinary seaman United States navy, to be confined in double irons till an opportunity offers of sending him to tne united utes in a united states vessel. when he shall be sent; and during the passage home be shall be confined in double irons, and on ms arrival in tue unitea states he shall be confined in such prisou or penitentiary as the Hon. Secretary of the Navy shall designate for five years at hard labor, the time of confinement In the prison or penitentiary to count from the date ot the sentence; to forfeit all the pay which may become due him,, amounting to $925 09. he being now in debt to the Govern ment to tho amount of $31-91, with the excep tion oi vi, to oe pam to mm on nis aiscnarge from confinement, and at the expiration of his term of sentence to bo dishonorably discharged tne navai service oi tne unueo states. Seeond. It is apparent from the record of pro ceedings in this case that Joseph King, tho accused, bad before this trial been severely pun ished for the offenses set forth in these charges and specifications. The circumstances attending his confinement show that more was done than merely holding him in custody to await the action of a general court-martial. Whatever was extra to legal confinement was punishment, and though sufferings were inflicted which no sentence could lawfully impose, and which wcro as illegal and cruel as they were unnecessary to bis sale-keeping, tho fact that the punishment was illegal and cruel does not deprive him of his right to plead that punishment as expiation of his offense. The Secretary will not here comment npon the nature of the punishment as sot forth in tho pleas of the accused. This is under investiga tion, and will be dealt with hereafter as circum stances may require. The finding and sentence in this caso are disapproved and set aside for tho reason that the accused had been already pun ished. Ordinary seaman Joseph King will, on receipt of this order, be discharged from confinement and restored to duty. George M. Robbson, Secretary of the Navy. Iron-Clads for the West IndleH. As was expected, the United States steamer Frolic will not convoy the Iron-clad Terror to Key West and Havana, but the Mercury, com manded by Master William H. Brlce, will leave tho Washington Navy Yard to-day for Norfolk, where she will join the Terror and accompany her to K ey West. The iron-clad Miantonomab will leave the BoBton Navy Yard in a day or two for Hampton Roads; from henco she will be convoyed to Key West. The Llhthen(ie Board. A circular has been Issued from tho Light house Board to ofllcers in the lighthouse service. It provides that hereafter each vessel must be snpplied with a suitable boll for giving warning to approaching vessels In foggy or thick weather in addition to a fog horn to be blown at short Intervals durlug fogs and thick weather, and steamers, when there is no steam for sounding the steam whistle as required by law. All vessels in tho lighthouse service are re quired to conform strictly to the laws of Con gress in regard to tho rule of tho board for passing vessels aud carrying lights while under way aud at anchor. Masters and others neglect ing their duties in this rr gard will subject tneru solves to all tho penalties of the law and to dis missal from employment from the lighthouse service. FROM EUROPE. Tula fflornlnK'a Onotntlona. London, April n Noon. Consols for monoy, 3' ; for account, WitjtVifi. American securities dull. V. 8. Five-twenties oi W,2, 90J4 ; lsUfts, 80. ; loOTs, 8? ; 10-40S, H6. Htocks quiet; Erie linl'road, V0 llliuola Central, UW, Atlautlo and Great West em, U8. , , . . LiVKiirooL, April 11 Noon. Cotton quiet; mtd dllag uplands, ll.Vd. : middling Orleans, UM'I- The sales will probably reach 10,000 bales. Hod Western Wheat, 7s. ad. Common Uosin, . d. Tallow, 43s. d. New York Money and MoeklTIarketa. Niw you, April u blocks active. Money easy at Bater cent. Gold, 114. Five-twenties, 1862, oou poii, 112; da ib64, do., no?,'; do. 1803 da, my; do. do. new, 109i ; da 1861, 110 t do. 186. 110 ; 10-408, 106ii; Virginia s, new, 69; ttlsiourl 6s, 92 ' ; Canton Co., 674f : Cumberland preferred, 80, ; Con solidated N. Y. Central and Hudson Hivor, 92 ; Krie, as','; Reading, WV: Adama Express, 60; Michigan Central, UX j Michigan Southern, 87 V! Illinois Central. 13V! Cleveland and Pittsburg, loo ; Plttsbarg and Fort Wayne, MSC; Western Vnlon Telpgrapn, 82. Ohltaary. Boston, April 11. Rct. Charles J. Bowen. pastor of Mount Pleasant Congregational Cburcb, died yesterday. THE A5TI-CAPIT1L BILL. ruiasnHExx LITTBa FROM MR. BOTH. To ths Sditor of TU Kventna Tthyraph: At many or the earnest friends of the abolition of capital punishment may feel an anxiety to know what became of the bill which bad been Introduced for tbe practical abolition of the gallows, I desire to state the facta as to the manner In which the bill was dis posed or, tnat tne people may know how things are managed at llarrlsburg. On tbe 14th of March, nearly fonr weeks before ' the adjournment of the Legislature, the bill was introduced In the House and referred to the Jodl clary Committee, of which Mr. Johnson, ot Craw ford, was chairman, and Mr. Heluoehl, of Lancaster, secretary, both of whom were opposed to any shanf q oi the present law. According to ths rules of the House, a committee may retain possession of a bill for tea days, when, If it be not reported, a majority of the House may discharge the committee from the further conslde- ' ration of the same. On tbe 84th, the ten days having expired, I walled upon the chairman of the com mittee and Informed Mm that unless the bill was Immediately reported the committee would be as once discharged from the further consideration thereof. The chairman replied that he would without delay convene the committee, which was done on the fol lowing morning, when I was Invited to address the seventeen members composing It, which I did, and a majority of the committee ordered the bill reported with an aillrmatlve recommendation. Reports of committees were In order on the following Monday, the 2htli. The secretary, disobeying the instructions of the committee, kept the bill in his desk Instead of reporting It, and whsn called upon the day after to know why he had fulled m his duty, said that the : committee desired to reconsider its action. I took the pains tu asceruuu wuicu luoiuuera vi tue coiumiuee desired a meeting for such purpose, and found thsy were those members only who were In the minority and bad opposed the bill in the first instance. How ever, the committee again met, and again ordered the bill favorably reported, which occurred on tho 2d of April, having been In their hands for nineteen days; and then, as It were, forced from their hands only Ave days before the adjournment. As the last "public calendar" day had passed, this beiog a public bill, It could be brought before the House only by a two-thirds vote, which the friends of the measure had not secured and thus was no action had upon IU Had this 1U been reached it would have passed both bouses by a oiear and deel- tended to every member or eitnor bouse, I know precisely what I lay when I state that there would ' have been fifty-eight votes for the bill in the House, '' and forty-one against It, reckoning the doubtful as well. In the Henate there would have been nine teen votes for the bill and fourteen against It, placing the doubtful amongst them. Of the delegation from Philadelphia, Including Senators and Representatives, there were sixteen for the bill and but six against It. Thus was the will of the people defeated by the factious opposi tion or one or more members of the Judiciary Com mittee. Bliad the bill passed the Legislature, I have the best of reasons for believing that It would have been Tewreu ujr mio A.ecuiive. uuveruur vtenrj b ikjh- ' tillty to any change in the present law was well ; known to nearly every member, and this knowledge ' did not aid our cause. 1 The delay in the good work is but temporary. Tha public agitation will be resumed in the early autumn, ' and "unconditional repeal" will be the rallying cry r of the reform army which, in the next session, will be found ready to complete the work which was '. only delayed by a mere trick of the opponents of ths measure. A bill totally abolishing the penalty ef death wilt ' be Introduced during the first days of ths next ses- 1 sion of the Legislature. . . t 1 take this opportunity of making my publlo acknowledgments to the I'hlladelpliia city press for the personal courtesies extended me for the past : four months, and to the committees of ladles and friends who have labored so gealously in the good work I may say, "You have your own reward." Marvin H. Bovik. 1 Philadelphia. April 11, 1870. Herr Wagner's proposed lectures at Berlin ' on "Opera and tho Drama" are not likely to take place. The suggestion, thouch coming direct from nerr Wagner himself, was so coldly received that the musician of the future bad no ' choice but to withdraw it. . r LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. For additional Marine News see Inside Pages. PORT OP PHILADELPHIA . ....APRIL 11 BTATI Or THIBMOMETKB AT TUB EVENING TBLBOB1PH OFFICE. . . . k T A. M 62 1 11 A. M 66 1 9 P. M........M CLEARED THIS MORNING. , ' ' Steamer Tacony, Nichols, New York, W. M. Baird Co. . . Steamer M. Massey, Smith, New York, W. M. Baird Co. Schr Julia E. Pratt, Nickergon, Boston,'. Reppller, (lordon A Co. . ,., Schr June N. Baker, Reed, Boston, , do. ARRIVED THIS MORNING. ' - Br. brig Arlola, Dunscorab, S3 days from Mayaguez, with sugar and molasses to John Mason A Co. ves sel to C. C. Van Horn, Br. schr Ada, Belzeo, IS days from St. John, N.B., with lumber to Mather tc Wolmsey vessel toC. C Van Horn. w Schr Florence J. I.ockweod. Johns, 11 days from Cardenus, with molasses to E. C. Knight & Co. . Schr hattanooga, Black, 16 days from Cardenaf, with molasses to C. k C. M. O'Callagban. Schr Nellie Tarbox, Conery, is days from Havana, with molasses to S. W. Welsh. Schr Ruth Shaw, Shaw, 11 days from Cordoned, With sugar and molasses to 8. k W. Weltih. J j Schr Jos. Maxiield, May, 11 days from Calbarion, with molasses to Dallett t Son, Schr J. J. Spencer, Heathers, 19 days from Sagua, with sugar to S. & W.- Welsh. . 1 Schr Wary Stow, Kankln, 7 days from Jacksonville, with lumber to Benton k Bro vessel to Lennox &; Burgess. '-i Schr Amanda M. Flanagan, Snyder, 8 days from Burien, Ca., with lumber to Souder Adams. ' Schr L. C. Hickman, Adams, 8 days from Partes, Ga , with lumber to Souder Adams. . Schr I). Gilford, Jirrell, 6 davs from Charleston, with phosphate rock and timber to Chas. Haslara Ac Co. Schr Ella Amsdon, Smith, 9 days from Cardenas, with molasses to Harris, lleyl 4 Co vessel to War ren & Gregg. , Schr E. If. Blocksom, Blocksom, 9 days from Dover Landing, Del., with grain to Jos. K. Palmer.. SchrJ.K. Burnite, Fowler, 9 days from LUOe Creek, lel., with grain to Jos. E. Pulmer. J Schr John M. Cluyton, Tunneli, 1 day from Ffe dci ica, Del., with grain to Jos. L. Bewley k Co. ( Schr Tycoon, Cooper, 1 day from Kmyrna,, JJel., with groin to Jas. L. liewley A Co. Schr Banner, Tunneli, 1 day from Frederica, D., with grain to Jas. L. Uewley k Co. : , . : .. ,-.T , ., r Ship Royall'harlle, from Liverpool, arrived yes terday, Is consigned to Penrose, Massey ft CO. not as before. "" -;"i5 MISCELLANY. "1 '. ' ' -t" A despatch to the underwriters sayB, the brig MAn Huh, before reported ashore oil' Clarke's Point, Dela ware bav, was hove off yesterday by E. J. Morrlsl of Lewes, Del., aud Is now at Mahou's ditch, wailing tow; her hull is in good condition. . ' Jirlg Iza, arrived yesterday from Sagna, reports': 6th Inst., otr Little Bahamas, experienced a severe gain from N. to SK., with heavy foiling sea; shifted cargo, and stovo In IIS hhds of molasses .between decks. ' ' MEMORANDA. ' r ' 1. .j Steamship Wyoming, Teal, for phllaiUjlphia, cleared at Savannah th Inst. ' Steamship Pioneer, Wakeley, hence, at WlhUlbg ton, N. C, Uth Inst. L.' "". -fl. . Brig George E. Dale, Pierce,, for Phlladclnhls, sailed from Matanaus 1st Inst. Brig Altavela, lteed, sailed 'from CarderiaaiTth, nit., for a port north of Hatteras. ; k.,'j. i ri Brig Centaur, Moore, for Phua4elnhia, sailed ftom Clenfuegos Sttth ult. i; , Brig frontier, Morgan, at Xlavana flth uU; ftora SJerra Moreno, and sailed 9th for Phtladolphta.r Schr U. B. McCauley, Y loiters, .heuoe, at Uafana. 88KchrAdf llza, Wright,' hence, at MatanMUf 9Mtfl ult, Schr Mary I). Haskell, Barbour,' hence, atMaUUi Bcbr Walter Scott, McLean, tor r6Jaelphtft sailed from Matanzaa 27th ult. . A Schr Osseo, Walsh, for PUUadclpulSi Cleared MB John, N, B' 8th tot, -; J I '' '
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