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1 ICLLiLld
VOL. XIII NO. 115.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET- THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
ZiZr. Z&cFarland Has XXis Gay
The Great New York Bridge.
JGtc.t Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc'
M'FARLAND.
ABevlvof Mr. IrleFarlnad to bla I.ate Wife
What flo Calls Contllcttnar Htateutents.
The N. Y. dun of this morning publishes the fol
lowing card from McFarland :
The pretended statement of my wife, published in
the Trtbune, Induces me to send for publication In
the various journals in this city letters which were
written me by her at the several times to which the
pretended statement has reference. It Is asserted
that I was a drunken brute, and that I was very
cruel to my wife.
After reading these letters, the public will Judge
for itself. And, even without them, I consider that
the verdict of the Jury Justifies my course, especially
when It Is considered that the prosecution was
nnable to produce upon the witness stand a single
person from the locality where he lived during the
greater portion of our married life, or from any
other place, who could testify that I ever treated her
unkindly or spoke a harsh word to her.
The testimony that Mrs. Calhoun gave during the
trial materially conflicts with what she stated In the
Indiana divoree matter. She Swore In Indiana that
I ws appointed Commissioner of Enrolment through
influence of herself and her friends, and that I
was discharged for drunkenness. I received the
appointment of Commissioner of Enrolment in April.
1813, nearly three years before I ever knew or heard
of Mrs. Calhoun, or she of me.
She testified during the late trial that she first be
came acquainted with me lu the latter part of 1809,
or the beginning of I860. I was discharged from
the position of Commissioner of Enrolment in 1865.
the year she swore that she first became acquainted
with me. How then could she have procured me
that appointment In 1803 7 I received an honorable
discharge, and was one of the last of the Enrolment
Commissioners in this city mustered out of service.
Air. oamuei Sinclair, puonsner or tne Tribune, also
wore In the recent trial that in the early part of
1864 he saw me Intoxicated once, and that my wife
told him not to tell her father about it. Mr. Sin
clair was not acquainted with her father, Mr. Sage,
and had never seen him for years after the date
mentioned In his (Sinclair's) testimony, which, in
other respects, varied materially, and against me,
from that which he gave In the habeas corpus case
in Massachusetts, i his testimony in both cases is
a matter of Judicial record.
THE EAST III YE R BRIDGE,
Progress of the Work on the Great Caisson.
Work upon the great caisson for the East
Elver Bridge proceeds with rapidity. Since it
was towed into port from Greenpoint, last
week, three layers of yellow pine timbers have
been laid upon it. These are thirteen Inches in
diameter and three inches apart. The inter
stices are filled with gravel and a cement that
water serves only to harden. Seven more
layers of these timbers are to be added, and
the caisson will then be lowered to the bed of
the dock, which has been dredged for the pur
pose to a depth of thirteen feet below low
water mark. The greater part of the bottom
of tLe caisson is nollow, and when finally
completed the earth will be dug out
about twelve feet below it. Means
will be taken to exclude the water, and
the work will be accomplished by men who will
descend into the cavity. Iron cylinders, three
and a half feet in diameter, have been prepared
frr a. man-hnlfl unit fnr t.h n.rimla..aa wf all'.
Other cylinders, six and a half feet in diameter,
will beusM tor raising uie eartu iruia ueiuw.
The caisson is now kept afloat by the constant
pumping of air into the hollow beneath, which
forces out the water. It Is 103 feet long by 103
feet wide, and 120 men are employed in com
pleting it. It will be ready to sink soon after
the 1st of June, and when a few Inches under
low-water mark the granite foundations of the
tower will be laid upon it.
Boring has begun upon the New York side, at
Pier 29, to prepare for another caisson, which
is to be laid next November.
GENERALITIES.
A Child With a Horse's Dead.
A poor German couple residing on North
William (street, between Meeker avenue and
Herbert street, Williamsburg, have a female
Infant, which wag born on the Sd of April last,
whose face and head is strangely deformed.
The lower portion of the face resembles that of a
horse, and the whole front portion of the upper
jaw Is wanting, and the nasal bone and cartilage
are extended down over the lower jaw, making
two large nostrils, which connect without divi
sion with the mouth, thus making but one large
orifice in the face. The tongue is long and
bifurcated. There is no roof to the mouth, the
formation of the interior being exactly like that
of a horse. The child is unable to take natural
nourishment, and is fed by hand. It eats vora
ciously, and devours as much as four ordinary
children ot its age. lis Dreaming is steniorous.
The cliild's mother Is thirty-four years of age,
and this is her first child. A large number of
persons bare visited the family. The child is
sickly and will not live long.
Singular Murder Trial.
A proceeding in a murder trial In San Fran
cisco attracts attention, not so much because of
its imoortance In the particular case as on ac
count of the possibility it Indicates that judsres
bo disposed might take advantage of a similar
occasion to entirely defeat the object of the law,
James Dwyer was tried for killing Diedrlch
Wohlers. The trial lasted four days. Five hours
after its conclusion the jury reported their disa
greement, asking for further explanations from
the iudtre. which he declined to eive. They saw
do possioility of agreement with the informa
tion they possessed, and he discharged them.
If a judge can discharge a jury that disagrees
after only five hours deliberation on tne test!
mony of a four days' trial, why could he not
within one hour, or, for that matter, within ten
minutes, "with the thanks of the Court?" If
not, why not ?
(gelf-Alurder with all the Modern Improve'
tuents.
As some of the men employed in the car and j
repair shops of the Harlem Hailroad Company
at Central Morrlsanla were proceeding to their
work early yesterday morning, they found the
body of an unknown man suspended to a tree
in the woods near by. The deceased appeared
to be a German about twenty-eight years old,
and had evidently repaired to the spot fully
prepared to carry out his design of self-destruction.
He had provided himself with plenty of
ropes, a portion of which he adjusted with slip
nooses for his hands, while another piece was
arranged with a slip-noose for his neck. With
these he ascended a tree, fastened one end of
the long rope to a limb of the tree, and adjusted
the other around his neck; he slipped Iris bands
through the nooses of the other rope behind
him, and thus made his fatal leap.
California for Consumptive.
The California coast may yet be selected ia
preference to any other part of the world as a
resort for consumptives, the more southern por
tion of that State surpassing, In respect to the
two essentials equable temperature and dry
air the Klvlera or the Island of Madeira. The
extremes of temperature ia January and July,
and the rainfall in the three localities, are thus
etated: Mentone, 40 and 73 degrees tempera
tnm. with '23 lnhi rainfall: Funcbal. 00 and 70
degrees, with 80 Inches; San Diego, 51 and Ti
Wrees. with onlv 10 inches rainfall. If these
fn t.a cun be trenurally made known, and the ia
ferencw as to the suitableness of the climate be
correct, that which is worth to invalids more
than all ter gold may be found on our f aciuc
- chore. '
CITY IHTBLLIOBIVVB.
TUB ENTERTAINMENT OF TBS MICROSCOPICAL AND
Biological Section Last Is.venino. The first an
nual nmvfTnaTinnti of the Bloloctcal and Mlcrosconl-
cal Section of the Academy ot Natural Sciences was
held last evening at the college or 1'avs clans, cor.
ner of Thirteenth and Locust streets, from 7). to
11 OCIOCK.
unon the first floor,! n the west room. Dr J.
finite- rVthAit rilartnnrOAn nr. An lAnnaMna nnt
PJUIIO WIIVU v low i dvm up una vx v o un, Ilia
the physical beauties Of musical sounds. During
the evening Dr. Cohen performed experiments
wun organ pipes, tuning lorxs, musical gas jets.
and a llelmhnltz siren.
In the east room Prof. Rogers explained the won
ders and beauties of electricity and galvanism by
means ot tne itunmKorn tjoii, tne wuue machine.
the Electric light, Magneto-electric Engines, Gelsler
tunes a very oeautuui series or wntcii were shown
and by the wonderful Holtz Electrical Machine.
two of which were on exhibition. In the west
room or the second story a long table was erected
for the purpose of exhibiting one hundred micro
scopes, each arranged with objects for exhibition, so
that spectators could look at each instrument as
they passed, and see all the varied wonders of mi
croscopy with polarized and direct light. The
oldest microscope exhibited was made in 1702, and
the newest, made by Mr. Zentmayer, was only fin
ished In time for the exhibition.
On entering the east room vera found arranged
upon long tables various plastlo models of anatomy.
made by Ansoax, of Paris, showing the anatomical
structure oi tne Drain, verteone. ear. eye. neart. ana
lungs of man and variousmammaiia. At the end of
the room Dr. Grier explained the medical onnllca-
tion oi electricity by means or tne galvanic battery.
a most ingenious contrivance was nere snown, in
vented by Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell, Director of the Sec
tion, ana made by ur. rier. it consists or a glass tube
partially filled with mercury, which on being held
on the wrist is caused to rise. Every pulsation is
tnus caused to make a connection witn two wires
from a battery which are In the upper end of the
tube, and which, being connected with a magnetlo
engine, rings a bell for every pulsation, so that the
pulsations can be counted with more certainty and
reKuit-ntv uinu u; me uiu iiietuoa. . -
At naii-nast vr. j. uibbons Hnnt cava an nxhi.
bition with the oxy-hydrogen microscope In the
north room on the second story, showing some
most beautiful injected preparations of the kidney.
liver, lung, etc, of man and various animals. The
wnoie airair passed on in the most agreeable manner.
nearly an tne apparatus was or American manu
facture, and the greater nart of It was made in this
city. Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell is Dlrectorof the: section
BVrt TW Tt7f111am TA .a m.nnA.
THB INFKCntD DISTRICT CASKS OF 7?KT.APSINn
Fever at thk County Prison. Health Oflloer
John E. Addicks to-day made a report of the condi
tion of Alaska street to the Board of Health, from
Which we print the following extraots :
ueatiemnn : oince tba last meeting of the board I nave
daily viaitsd the Alaska street district, and be to report
tiiai mweij amy is promptly penormea, ana tae sanitary
condition of tne whole district is very niuoh improved.
No effort and action will be relaxed, but continued with
full effect as long a any necessity may exist.
The whole people are fully alive to the occasion, and
leave us much less to do than formerly, of their own
action.
Tne sick are beinir now nromntlv runnrt-s . end in nan
cane, when required, tbe houses are thoroughly oleansed
and olosed : cellars and rooms oamin nndnr thn IaIa nrria-
of tho beard are closed after cleaning, as fast as dis-
cuvvreu.
Bince mv last renort. I remit to uv I have tnlran thm
cases of fever from the orison on Thnrrlv unrt tvn -.-
on Friday. I have no report to-day, and trust it will not
increase id mat institution.
I nave asam called tne attention of the Build ina-In.
specters to the old rotten shanties and sookeries, ana also
ezposea pnv? wens, ana tney nave assured me tnat every
thing we surest shall be done, and they expect to reoeive
us o'aer oi toe uoun w-aay.
Bince tbe district has bnen nnder the ciarge of the
oeauu umcer, hi cases oi contagious fever, oa being re
lapsing, have been admitted to the Municipal Hospital.
lve of tbe cases of relapsing fev-r proved fataL
Dr. li. Ernest Goodman. Port Phvaieiaa. rannrtad
eight cases of relapsing fever sent to the Hospital yester
day, and abont the same number, with two from t.ha
prison, to-day. He accounts for the Inorease partially by
tbe fact that the people are now promptly reporting sick
ness at tne KuiB-iun. aouH. .
funds for thk iidmboldt monumrnt. At a re
cent meeting of the Alexander Von Humboldt Mon
ument Association, the following gentlemen were ..
gfiblcrMf
remlnent gentleman in Falrmount Park, the lnau-
gural cereraouieB of which took place on the occa
sion of the corner-stone laying of the monument
IHBliaii: rtuuoipu iveruui, uuseuu jviuiukc, r. ,
Thomas. L. Herbert. O. Seldensticker. Julius Heln,
hl lierwitr. u. jvi. xsaumann, ana raui jkhouo. mo
honor and respect In which the great author, travel
ler, and rjhtiosoDner is neia oy not omy tne Ameri
can nation, but by the entire world, render It neces
sary that; Philadelphia should rear sucu a monument
as is proposed. ,
Homes for thk Helpless. The second anniver
sary of the Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind
women, WlU De neia at tne jenirai rreHuyteriau
Church corner of Eighth and Cherry streets, next
Monday evening, May 16, at v berore 8 o'clock.
Addresses will be delivered by Keys. Drs. Uenson.
Breed. Reed, and others. The publio are cordially
invited to attend. Music by the orchestra of the
Blind Institution.
A floral and strawberry festival, in aid or tne
Baptist Home will be held at Horticultural Hall, on
weanesoay ana Tnureaay, j ana id ana j.o.
An Arrival from 'Paris of a Philadelphia
Msrchant. Mr. Finn, of the firm of Howell.
Flon & Co., at Ninth and Chesnut streets, has just
returned from a trip to Paris, after having visited
all the leading paper-hanging factories in that city
and in Europe, tie nas maae arrangements wuu
many of the establishments to produce la Philalel
phla simultaneously with their appearance in Europe
an me new ueniifUB ui imuci-uauniun tiiu uiuor
articles pertaining to the trade. This spirit of enter
prise is greatly to be commended.
Fox's New Theatre The trouble between Mr.
Fox and the proprietors of the American Theatre
building has now culminated lu the purchase by Mr.
Fox of the property of the Academy of Fine Arts,
on which he intends to build a fine new theatre and
abandon the Walnut street building entirely. He
will obtain possession In a month's time, and will
then Immediately begin operations, so that the
theatre will be done by the first of October. The
lot lias a front of 100 feet on Chesnut street and a
depth of 170 feet. The lot and the new building to
gether will cost not less tnan iiwu.ow.
MiBsiNQ Man. An insane Spaniard, who arrived
in this city a few weeks ago from Malaga, has been
missing for a few days. He is 5 feet 7 inches In
heiirnt. 88 years of age. slim and sickly looking. He
has a black moustache and dark complexion, and
wure uiuo eitca uttt, Kiaj tcbh Uw f.ui mm
black stripe down the side. Information will be re
ceived at his residence on Cass street, between
Twelfth ana Thirteenth streets,
Coroner's Case. Coroner Tavlor at noon to-day
held an inquest upon the body of tbe unknown white
woman which was lluhed out of a cesspool in the
rear of No. 62T Alaska street yesterday morning.
The testimony showed that she had gone there to
Sleep, and the seat being in an Insecure state had
fallen through. The jury rendered a verdict of death
from sunocation.
Thk Wagner Zouaves. A colored organization
known as the Wagner Zouaves this morning made
application to tbe Mayor for "arms and accoutre
ments." Tne mnster-rous snow a company to cou
tain 88 men : B, 89; C, 60; D, 85; E, 44: F. 84: O. 31:
H, 38; K, 84. Total, 89a. The regiment will bu
officered solely by colored men.
Amonost the Philibtines. John S. Jones, re
siding at No. 1681 Frankford road, last night paid a
v isit to St. Marv street, where he fell in withaconpie
of cyprians named Sarah litchardaon and Mary
Fitzgerald, who robbed him of 175. The females
were arrested and will have a hearing to-day at the
Central btation.
Petty Thieving. A depraved specimen of femi
ninity, named Jane Hoffmann, last night entered
the yard of one Thomas Walls, Seventh and St.
Marv streets, and robbed the clothes line ot a lot of
washed muslin, etc. Jane was arrested, and Alder
man Collins sent her to prison.
Captuhed. The notorious Daniel Reading, for
whom the police have been searching of late, was
yesterday captured, and this morulug taken into
court on a "bench warrant" to answer the charge
of assault and battery upon two of the Fourth dis
trict policemen.
Apoplexy. George Rubicund, constable of the
Fourteenth ward, was yesterday attacked with a
stroke of apoplexy at Ninth aud Spring Garden
streets. He was removed to his resideuce, Tinr
teenth aud Wallace streets, where he now lies in a
critical condition.
Attempted Robbery A
"night prowler" last
entrance to the nork
nlcht attempted to force an
paeking establishment of Messrs. Michener fc Bro.,
Front and Willow streets, by forolng open a cellar
door. He waa forced to skedaddle by the approach
of a policeman.
Cbicket. The second of a series of practice
games, First Eleven vs. The Field, will be played oa
the ground of the Philadelphia Cricket Club at Cam
den oa Wednesday next.
THE COAL TRADE.
The N tat oa of the Trade The Pinmhrr ( tlea
YVorkinn nnrf the INnmbor Iilie-Th frleetlriK
f the Anthracite Board fflaaaachnaetta Coal
1 Palliation A Thieving Captala Caoaht
Qaotatlono. Kte.
At a meeting of the General Council of the W. B.
A., held at Hhamokin, Northumberland connty, on
the 871 h and 88th ult., the following reports were
presented from the different regions :
Northumberland county, 768 men working at
basis, and 1000 men idle. Columbia county, 900 men
all idle except three, who are working on the basis
of 1869. Carbon county, 650 men working on the
basis of ISC 9, and 1650 men Idle. Luzerne county,
li.oeomen. jno report was mane or any men Idle.
Schuylkill county. 10.000 men. all Idle except three
hundred working on the basis of 1869.
From these reports It will be ceen that
Luzerne county, or the 8cranton and Wllkesbarre
region, Is the only one In which all the men are at
work. These are working on the 13 basis of '69. and
are employed by tbe Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western ha II road Company. The 800 men working
in the Schuylkill region are very inconsiderable In
numocr wnen compared with the 10,000 who are
Idle. They are so very inconsiderable that th ana.
pension in Schuylkill county Is to ail Intents and
purposes total. In Carbon county all the collieries
are afr work except those operated by the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company at Summit HUl and
Nesquehonlng. These mines employ a large ma
jority of the workmen of this region, and there Is no
present nope oi a resumption at tne old basis. The
number reported as idle, 1650, Is not all who are
necessary to work the mines. Large numbers have
left and sought employment at other points.
uutsiae oi Luzerne county tne total number of
men who are at work Is about looo. while about
14,000, are idle, i Including Luzerne county the num.
uer ui wurKiug imuuM m aooui ix,ouu, wno oy reason
of the present suspension have not only to support
themselves, but also directly and Indirectly the 14,000
idle men, which is about equivalent to a reduction of
one-half in wages. But even with the trade in this
condition the supply is equal to the demand. Should
work be resumed in all the regions the production
would be doubled. In which case there would be very
little chance for high prices, and consequently for
the f 3 basis.
in tne Lenign region tne trade is brisk, but not so
good as it has been. Several orders have been
countermanded. The great demand comes from
furnaces and manufactories. A few Philadelphia
consumers have been ordering largely from Lehigh
auu rvyumiug, uaving given up ail nope or a speedy
resumption in Schuylkill county. At Mauch Chunk
the tonnage on both railroads and caual for the
week was 111,691 tons against 123,926 tons for the
Brevlous week, which is a decrease of 12,235 tons,
nrlng the present suspension at the Summit mines,
the only tounage by tbe Lehigh Canal is that of coal
from the Beaver Meadow and Wvomlng regions.
transferred from cars to boats at Ooalport and East
jniancn i;nunic. iuany or ine boatmen on the Le
high Canal, In consequence of the poor prospect for
the season, have moored their boats and are em
ploying their teams on farms.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, on Wednesday last.
issued an Important order to all the shippers, stating
that no more coal would be loaded for the Reading
Road, whether the cars belonged to tbe Reading or
any other company.
In Schuylkill county matters remain the same.
Large numbers of men have left since the celebra
tion at St. Clair. The reports of the Reading Road
show an increase over the previous week, the total
of all kinds being 65,498 tons.
The resolutions passed by the Anthracite Board of
Trade at their meeting in Pottsviile on Thursday
show a strong determination to stand out against
tbe demands of the workmen. The meeting repre
sented five millions of tons per annum. The former
written pledge, signed by seventy-six flrmi, binding
themselves to the resolutions, was ordered to be
reprinted. The Philadelphia Coal Company was de
nounced as "void of all honor and unworthy of con
fidence," because they had broken tbij pledge aud
started their collieries on the old basis. The sasnen-
sion of the Shamokin operaters was highly en
dorsed. The Legislature of Massachusetts has recently
passed a law providing that all coal shall hereafter
in that State be sold by weight, exc.ep' -j.ino nonnda.
It also'provides for a sworn weigher in towns where
coal is sold. The sellers are required to obtain his
services, and It is his business to welgu the ooil, to
keep a record for the use of both buyer and seller,
and to give a certificate of weight when required.
Such an oolcer would have his hands full in Penn
sylvania
The captain of a canal boat was recently arrested
in New York for stealing coal. The boat was loaded
In Hoboken for New xork, ana on arrival tue cargo
was found short 14 tons. It was clearly proven that
the captain sold the coal. This Is the first instance
of an attempt on the part of the trade to put an end
to an evil wiucn nas long Deen Known, out wnicn it
has never been possible to remedy. This attempt
was very successful through the exertions or com-
Setcnt detectives. The captain is now in jail await
ig his trial.
The prices of coal at Port Richmond remain with
out material change. The following are the current
rates of freights from Port Richmond for the week
ending May 18 : Bath, fi ; Boston, $1 -752 ; Charles
town, 12-10; Gloucester, (215; Uingham and dis.,
12-25: Lynn, 12-06; Salem, fl-90: Welltleet, 12-25;
Providence, Iit; Alien s roint, situ; roorwicn ana
tow. 11-75: New Haven, fl-70; 8. Norwalk, $1-70:
Grecnptint,82; New York, $lt-80; Troy, $1-70;
Fortress Monroe ana ais., bc from Baltimore:
Philadelphia, tllQC; New York, 11-90.
Tdb Centennial Ankivirsary of Indbpkn-
Pencb The subject of celebrating the one hun
dredth anniversary of the Declaration of Indepen
dence In 1876 has been agitated for same time, and
it can be safely said that the event win transpire.
New York. Washington and Philadelphia have an
nounced themselves as candidates as tbe site for the
occasion. Last winter committees oi tne rennsyi-
T ..l.l.hiM t ' I -t llnnnolla ind tha Wanlrlln
Institute visited Washington, D. C, and appeared
before the Committee on Manufactures on behalf of
Philadelphia.
Mayor Fox is in receipt of the following from the
chairman of tne committee;
Horse ov Representatives,
Washington, 1. U.. May 12. 1870.
Bon. Danirl Jf. rn. mayor a tiiuuuipnux; Joiin l,. ana.
makrr, Mq., vnatrman vommum or ntuci am vammrm
Councils of Philadelphia; and Win. MUrt, Ktq., Chairman
fnwtmittrt nt Franklin Institute. Philadelphia:
rcvMTT vmfn: At a vrv f till meetlns of tba Oomnittaa
on Manufactures, beld vesterdaj morning, the llthtnst.,
it was unsntmousiy resuivea to visit your citron rnaar
and Saturday, tba Huh and 11th day of June next, in
nmn uiMVitn tna invitation so Ksnerousiy extenaea
thrmioh vonrsolvss and vour associates in tba proposed
celebration st Philadelphia of the hundredth anniversary
of the Declaration of Araerioan Independenoa. I balieva
I can aaf ely promise you, on tne oooauon oi our visit, a
full representation oi cue commitiee.
I am, air, very reipeotiuuj, jour d J ISoBRbCu,
Chairman Committee oa Manufactures.
Jewish Holidays. To-morrow, the 15th of May,
is the festival of Sheenee Pesach In the Jewish calen
dar. This festival 1 not much observed among the
-. 1 .,. .... - ,n . V a l.' ,i n . u.h ai.i tha .il , I
jcwb ill tuis cwuiitry, uut iu iug wuw.w u vm
aha ri ..ii.in ui . 1 1 .i i n Aav lu a rru n n t u 1
holiday. 1 he festival of Pesach Is the Jewish Pass
over. The Sheenee Pesach Is an after-Passover for
the benefit of those- who have been absent from
home on the reeular Passover, so that they may be
able to appear iu their temple, and offer their sacri
ficial airta. which they have not been able to do on
the feHtivul of Pesach.
The 19th of Mav Is also a Jewish festival, butmore
generally observed. This la the festival of Lag
Beomer, or the thirty-third day after the first of the
Passover. This is a great day of rejoicing after the
eH(.n of sorrow and faatiug immediately succeed
ing the Pesach. It is to commemorate the staylog
of a pestilence which had carried off great numbers
of tbe discloles of Akiba, one of the Talmudlsta. It
has likewise a symbolical interpretation, symboliz
ing the thirty-three days cieansiugoi tne jews irom
th tiitb of aiaverv after the fliirht from Egypt, and
preparatory to tbe giving of the law which was re-
roivori seventeen duvs later.
The first day of every Jewish momh Is a half holi
day; and by some Jews this day and the one imrae
diwtciv nreccdiiia-are kent as fast days. They are
called bv some Jem Klppur Kaddan, or Minor
days of Atonement.
Gone to Ireland On the 9th of April one
Thomas Terrence suddenly disappeared from his
home, and bis clothe being found at Vine street
wharf, Schuylkill, the supposition was at ouuo
formed that he had committed suicide. For severil
days tbe Harbor Police grappled for bis body, but
being unsuccessful tney gave tne joo up. l esterday
a letter waa received bearing tbe English post mark.
and on being opened it was found beaded "Cork,"
Mav the oucst." lS70.and signed Thomas Terrence.
Thomas stales In bis letter that owing to the passage
of the lit form Hud other bills, be desired to return
to Ireland to make arrangements for the returu of
his whole family, but his wife onjeetea. He there
fore.in order to avoid a "war," suddenly disappeared.
He now avers that she will have to follow Uiiu, as he
intends sucking to tne -ouiu aou.
Scalded. A young man named Martin Lee. em-
Dloved at Hunter's Wills, Hestonville, this A. M.
accidentlv tumbled into a vat of boiling water, and
waa so severely acalded Internally aud externally
that ms me u aespairea oi.
SECOND EDITIOIIl
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
The Western Railway Slaughter.
Production of Fig Iron.
Important Naval Intelligence.
The EJorth Atlantic Fleet.
Etc. Etc.- Etc.. Etc. Etc.
from wx&iwraTOJv.
From the Narth Atlantic Fleet.
Special ltpatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, May 14 Her Britannic Ma
jesty's gunboat Dart, which was in the harbor
of Havana May 5, is of 428 tons and 80-horse
power, and commanded by Commander John
Carncjee. Her battery consists of 1 68-pounder
and 2 20-pounder Armstrong guns. She is a
good-looking vessel, and reported as very swift
nnder steam.
Admiral Poor, commanding the North Atlantic
fleet, informs the department nnder date of
May 7 that he has ordered the Tnscarora to
Havana to relieve tbe Nantasket, in oider that
she may go to Key West to fill np with eoal and
provisions and proceed to Samana as soon as
possible, tonching en route at Trinidad de
Cuba, to Inquire into the troubles existing there.
Vessels at Mare Island, Cal.
The Mohican, Commander W. W. Low, ar
rived at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., on
the Sd, for stores and partial change of battery,
and requiring her poop-deek recaulked.
Tbe second-rate steamer Lackawanna Is being
repaired at the Mare Island (Cal.) Navy Yard.
New beams and knees are being placed for a
spar-deck. She has received new planking
frcm the water line, and new planking is to be
placed belew water line. She is also to have
considerable addition to her keel; engines are
undergoing repairs and new water bottoms
being put to the boilers. It is thought that it
will take about five months to complete her.
The 'Tallapoosa."
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
Washington, May 14 The U. S. steamer
Tallapoosa, Lieutenant D. P. McRichie.will sail
from the Washington Navy Yard the first of
next week for the Northern stations, touching
en route at Norfolk, Va., and Annapolis, Md.
The U. h. Yacht America.
from the Naval Academy, is going to the Navy
Yard at New York for recoppering, new sails,
etc.
Appointments Revoked.
Secretary Robeson has rejroV'Vlfcciinff"fcalr-
pen ter Daniel Dwyer, the former on account
of having' been condemned by medical survey
for disabilities not originating in line of duty,
and tbe latter for having been reported unquali
fied for the position and also condemned by the
medical survey.
Hpeclal Naval Duty.
Assistant Naval Constructor Theodore D. Wil
son, of tne naval Academy is soon to leave for
England and France on special duty for the
Navy Department.
Court-martial Finding Approved.
The President has approved the findings and
sentence of court-martial in the case of First
Lieutenant D. W. Wallingsford, 7th , U. S.
Cavalry, and he has been dismissed the service
to date from May 11, 1870. Commander Wilson
has arrived at Charleston, Prince Edward's
Island, with the Frolic, and reports that the
notice to fishermen not to trespass in Canadian
waters has so far been fully complied with.
FROM THE WEST.
Victims of the Great Railroad Calamity.
St. Louis, May 14 The remains of . R.
Wilson and William Taylor, Jr., victims of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad disaster, have been
sent to New York; the remains of John Starde-
vant ' to Delavan, Illinois; and those of E. R.
Spaulding to Boston.
Parehause or Missouri Bo nds.
The State Fund Commissioner has purchased a
million and a half of Missouri sixes with the
surplus in his hands.
FROM JYEW EAGLdJVD.
Billiards In Maine.
Portland, May 14 In the billiard match
last night for the State's champion cue and $300
between Henry F. Sniell, of this city, the pre
sent champion, and Charles J. R. Smith, of
Augusta, tbe game was won by the former, the
score Stan aingenieii, iiw; oinun, iia.
FROM THE STATE.
Ironmasters' Meetlnc.
Columbia, May 14 At a meeting of iron
masters held here yesterday the unanimous
feelinsr was to stop the production of pin iron,
which cannot be made at current rates without
loss, and the probability is that within the next
sixty days nearly, If not all, the furnaces in this
vicinity wiu ne iaie.
FROM EUROPE.
This moraine's Quotations.
TivnoM. Mav 14 Noon Consols opened at D4V
for money, aud 94 for account. United States 6-aoj
Of lS6-i. BiX ; 1300, oil, oai i wyt ; 1U-4U3,
sr". Erie Hallway. 18X : uiiuois ueutrai, 11.),.
LJVKHPOOL. jnuy H-nuuu Kiwuu mm: iiuu-
- . t A XT.-.nn I il .... . I
dliug uplands, HH'd- 5 raiddling.-Orleans, ll,'tll$d.
Th ho lea are estimated at 10,000 bales.
LOKDWN, May 14 isoon i-iuaeeu i;uKea uruier
at 18s. Tallow dull. perra uu aun. uuseea
Oil firmer at jE32 69. Spirits Petroleum quiet at is.
11 rl nrnentlne dull. HOPS auu.
Urewkn, May 14. Petroleum cioseu nrm ana quiet
at Hamburg. m. . .
Pi HIS, May 14. 1 ue uourso upeuou uriu. ivouies,
T&f.l-c. . . a m . . . ...
ANTWERP, May 14. reiroieum upeueu quiet at d.i.
This Kvenlng'a Quotations.
London. May 141-80 P. M. Consols closed at
uu tor monev. and V4). ior ncoouui. Americas
seinritiea auiet aud steady: United States flve-
twentii a. 1S62. 69'.': 1S65. old, 83 ; 18S7, 90.
10-40S, fc6?i. BtocKS quiet auu oiouuy; fune, is ;
Illinois Central. 118V.
..... - , . , ..or. t, vr r,A. . -1 .
Iivvkpool. mav i 1 - m, vjii,uu musea
quiet but steady : nildding uplands, 11 id. ; middling
Orleans, 11?. (,11M. The sales lave beeu 10,000
bales Including -000 for export aua speculation.
Hour, 81s. Tallow, 4ls. Bd. Tiupensiue, 2?s. 8d.
London, May 1- - ou r. smuw quid. umtj
Oil quiet. Hops declining. Fine liosin, 163.
Baltimore Prod nee OTsjr hot.
Balttmoks, May 14 Cotton very Arm at S3Vc
Flour easier and receipts light ; Howard Street super
fine, t5-v6-15; do. extra IGusSIS; do. family, S(W5
(W7-.6; City Mills superfine, $50A6-25; do. extra,
s-76aT; da family, tT(oi9-B0; 'Western superiiue,
$6 l.crb-81Jtf ; do. extra, f5-8o56; do. family, $-25T.
Wheat firm far Maryland, l0v?. 160; Peuusylvauia
dull at l-8T(4l -3. Coru dull; white, lit0l-.3j
yellow I l-lf 117. OaU Arm at 65c Provisions un
changed. Whisky very dull; iron-bound, frio ; wood,
ll-ll); patent, ll-Oa,
the fbescu cossniucY.
First Rumor of Its Discovery In Paris Beanrv
Pusscetscl ana Tracbed-Hls Arrest asd tbe
Capture of Protou
The Gaiftt dee Tribunaux gives the following nar.
ticnlarsof Beaury's arrest: "vVishlng.doubtlessto re
ceive his last Instructions and to ma.e personal ob
servations as to the spirit or tbe working quarters,
Beaury went on Friday morning early to the Fau
bourg St. Antolne and to Bellsville, and returned
towards ociofK, 111s can drove fast, but he
thought he waa followed, and made the driver take
several by-streets. He at last stopped at the Kue
des Moulins, and alighting, turned bis steps to
wards a bouse of ill-fame, where he had passed the
preceding night, and left his valise.
.insist mat moment iu. iagrange, commissary Of
Police, who had driven after him from the early
morning, descended alone from an open carriage
which had followed that of Iieaury, ordering his
agents not to stir, but to await a preconcerted sig
nal. He then went np to the conspirator, and ad
dressing htm by his Chrtstain name, 'Camllle,' said,
now do you do r i do not know you,' said tbe
other. Who are you V And while he was endea
voring to remember the name and face of his In
terlocutor, M. Lagrange gave the signal, and
the agents, rushing forward, seized the
hands of the culprit and pinioned them behind
his back, while M. Lagrange exclaimed. 'I am a
Commissary of Police, and I arrest you I' Withoiit
more ado, and In the street, but little frequented at
that hour, they took from the prisoner the letter of
Flourens, also a six-shot revolver, and a rough draft
of a note written by the man himself and addressed
to Flourens, iu which he asked for mosey, and
added : 'The amputation will take place on the 29th,
In the evening; I am ready.' The prisoner had, It
appears, received 400f. In Paris, and afterwards
loof. to bear his expenses when tak ing his depar-
t ire.--
THB CULPRIT BBAURY.
The Tattle has the subjoined particulars: "The
principal agent of the plot, tha Individual entrusted
with the execution or the crime, is a young man of
twenty-two, bachelor of letters, and belonging,
report says, to good family. After baying for some
time led a dissipated life, and undergone a condem
nation, he enlisted in the army, and then deserted.
lie is the instrument or the Revolutionary Commit
tee in London, and more particularly, it ia said, or
M. Flourens.
"Since his arrest he does nothing but shed tears.
bewails his fate, and confesses everything. We learn
me seizure 01 weapons ana boxes of ammunition :
there were thirty bombs and four hundred cart
ridges. The belief Is that M. Ledru-Kollin, know
ing of this affair, left Paris in order not to De In the
capital when the matter broke out."
THB BOMBS.
The following description of the bombs, which
have been Beized, Is carious: Each one la divided
Jierpendtcularly into two halves which, when united,
orm a figure somewhat resembling a thick cake
with a hole in the centre, and bound together by
a stroDg screw. The exterior diameter is five
and a quarter inches, and the thickness of the
metal is about three-eighths of an Inch.
The nppcr and lower cavities are ribbed Inside
ana peircea witn eignteen noics, to which can
be adapted nipples and caps, or nails, with
the heads inside. In those seized the latter plan has
been adopted, and some of the perforations are left
unoccupied to permit the entrance of air, which
vastly increases the force of the explosion. The In
terior of these terrible Implements was destined to
receive four glass tubes, a quarter of an inch in
diameter and four inches In length, to be filled with
plcrate of potash or fulminating powder. At the top
is a ring to which Is attached a handle of a trian
gular shape, which not only facllitates the car
riage of this murderous instrument, but fur
nishes a sort 01 sung to favor its prelection.
To any one conversant with mechanics or
firearms this Invention- of 1S70 will appear much
more deadly than those of Orslnl; for the mere
shock of a fall would be sufficient to break the glass
and produce the explosion. But in order to guard
against the possibility of a failure, the series of nails
above mentioned have been Introduced. Evervthinor
tends to the bP.He-"n missues from an
oiiiier winuow. -rue amount 01 explosive material
which they are each capable of containing is
sufficient to spread destruction in a circle
of at least thirty yards around, and the
force with which the fragments would be
discharged is sufficient to kill Instantaneously, If the
person was struck on tne neaa, cnest, or stomacn,
and to break a limb If It hit elsewhere. The iron Is
of excellent quality and of the third fusion, that Is
to say, a casting from metal already previously re
fined. The projectile had evidently been invented
by a clever mechanician assisted by an able chemist-
A founder, a turner, and a fitter had been found,
but not a nnisuer, ior tne nnai part or tne work. in.
eluding the union of the two portions, has been exe
cuted by persons having only inferior tools and not
understanding the working of metals.
The man wno naa tnese oomos in nis Keeping is
named Koussel. It was on Friday night that the
police came to arrest him. Immediately on finding
himself in the bands of the agents he began to cry
out "Help! Helpl They are arresting all the Re
publicans 1" At these cries a considerable number
tf persons ran up and threw themselves upon the
policemen, who, notwithstanding their energetic
efforts, were obliged to yield, and the prisoner took
flight.
Thb Mortality of tub City. The number of
deaths In the city for the week ending at noon to
day was S33, being an increase of 14 over those of
last week and an increase of 74 over the correspond
ing period of last year. Of these. 184 were adults; 149
were minors; 230 were born in the United States; 69
were foreign; lis were people oi eoior; ana iron.
the country. Of the number. 65 died of consump
tion of thellungs ; IS of convulsions ; 29 of scarlet
fever: 18 of inflammation of the lungs; 21 of debility;
8 of disease of the heart ; 19 of old age ; T of maras
mus; and 6 of relapsing fever.
The ueatus were umaeu as iouowa among tue
different wards:
Ward. War as.
First IS Sixteenth 9
Second &
Seventeenth 13
Third
Etghteenth . ., .18
Fourth. is
Fifth. 8
Sixth 4
Nineteenth. . . ......... 18
Twentieth. 15
Twenty-ftrst. . . ,
Twenty-second
Seventh 12
Eiirtitn 9
Twenty-third 11
Ninth '6
Tenth. 12
Twenty-fourth. 12
Tweuth-tlfth. 6
Twenth-alxth 20
Eleventh V
Twelfth. Twenty-seventh .
81
Thirteenth. i j-wenty-eiguta. . .
Fourteenth. oi unknown
.. 8
Fifteenth . S3 1
Total
Tub Tmrttrancb Patkol. Chief MoCusker, of the
Insurance Patrol, has just presented his report ef
operations for tbe montn oi Aprn. i ne report uuuws
that dortna- the month there were 41 Ores and one
false alarm. Of these 16 were three-story buildings,
a twn.a.nd-a-half-storv brick buildings, 2 two-story
hniidiiics. 1 one-story uuiiuing, i iour-suu-a-nau-
story building, 9 one-story frame buildings, 1 one-aod-a-liaif-fetory
frame building, 5 four-story brick
tmildlogs, 1 SlX-story ones ana bkjiic, a uve-swrv
brick and stone, 6 two-story fiame and stone, 1 two-and-a-half-story
frame and stone. The buildings
were occupied as follows: 1 beer saloon, S woollen
and cotton mills, 1 lithographer's establishment, 9
cooper shops, 9 dwellings, 1 ahlngle manufactory, 2
trimmings stores, 1 chair wareroora, 2 tenement
houses, 1 varnish and japan manufactory, 9 black
smith shops, 1 pile of boards, 1 trunk manufactory, 1
11 8 h oil manufactory, 1 oriental store, 1 bam, 2 ruins
of mill, 1 whisky distillery, 1 ax manufactory, 1 cos
turner, 1 reed and heddle manufactory, 1 spice mill,
1 tavern, 1 patent medicine establishment, 1 cigar
store. ;
A LAwsrir Decider in Favor of thu City.
The case of Miller va The City of Philadelphia, in
volving tbe title of about four hundred acres of land
of the Olrard estate, in Mahanoy townHlilp, Schuyl
kill county, upon which is situated the William Ponn
Colliery, was decided on Thursday last by a verdict
in favor of the defendant. This case has been
pending for several years in the courts of Sohnylttiil
countv. Among the counsel for the plaintiff were
Hon. 'lleister Clyiner, of Heading, aud ex-Chief
Justice Woodward, of Luzerne.
fB..iu miT.H Thn new steam collier Her
cules, 1000 tons capacity, belonging to the Philadel
phia and Heading Kallroad Company, made her trial
trip to-dav from Chester to Richmond, making the
run in one honr aud thirty mlinites. She com
menced loading immedlalely on arrival. This is the
second sleamer Messrs. Keaney Sou & Co. have
completed for this company, and they will have
another ready mjbj;ejejveeksjf 600 tons capacity.
ProiLiSTic John Henry yesterday committed an
assault and battery on one John O'Neill at KleventU
and W ashington streets. Henry waa arreite.i and
taken before Alderman Bonsall, who sentbiui to
prison. -
iNViNCiBLis' Annual Meeting. The members
r-nnpkted to attend a iteneral club meeting next
Tuesday evening, at tbe Assembly Building, to
.imoM-.n Executive Committee to serve the en
suing year.
THIBD EDITION
FROM EUROPE BY CABLE.
A Discourse from XJapolcon.
Austria's Coldness to the Pope.
Southern Methodist Conference.
Etc., Etc., Etc., Et;., Etc,
FROM WASHIJVGTOJV.
Navy Orders.
Denpatch to the Associated frees.
Washingtow. May 14. Master Isaac T Yat.Au h..
been ordered to examination for promotion. Lieutenant-Commander
Henry Glass Is detached front
Philadelphia and granted thirty days' sick leave
Surgeon James Suddards Is detached from the
Asiatic fleet and placed on waiting orders. The
orders of Llentenant Horace Elmer to the North
Atlantic fleet have been revoked,and he Is ordered to
tne monitor i error.
FROM THE WEST.
-.sasSsaaasSB-aasaaa. ;
The fltetbodlHt Conference.
MEMrniB. May 14 In the Methodist rienpral Cnn.
ference, Bishop Wlghtman President, a very large
uuiumci ui h'uiui ouinuniiwiea, peutious, ana re
solutions were read and adopted, mainly relating to
slight modifications and changes of discrepancies;
alBo one providing for an orphans' home In each
conference In charge of a board of trustees. Memo
rials from colored members of the Georgia and Ten
nessee Conferences, expressing their devotion to
the Church South, and hoping for a continuation ot
the same kindly relations heretofore existing.
The Committee on Removal of the Book Concern
to Louisville reported in favor of two, houses, one
located In Baltimore and the other in SL Louis.
lieferred to the Committee on Books and Periodi
cals. Also, a memorial establishing a mission la the
empire of Brazil.
To-day being the last day nnder the rule adonted.
on which petitions, memorials' and resolutions are
to be received for reference,an immense number are
being presented.
FROM THE PLAINS.
The Denver Central Read.
Denver. May 14. The nrelimlnarv survey or thn
Denver Central and Georgetown Railroad has been
completed. At no place will tbe grade exceed 80
feet to tne mile. The engineers will immediately
locate the line and the company will push the work
energetical1?.
Fatal Accident.
Redwood Fisher. City Surveyor, and a hiirb.lv re
spected cttizen, was killed on Thursday by a rut.
away team.
New Mexico Advices .
to the 11th Inst, have been received. The mlaing
was progressing slowly on account of the scarcity of
water in the gulches. The water Is to come in by a
ditch, and will reach Nigger and Humbug Gulches
this week, when the supply will be increased to 900
inches. The prospect was generally encouraging.
FROM EUROPE.
.flf-m-.y jv vireat preparations are being
made for tbe official proclamation of the vote re
cently thrown. The Emperor will receive a deputa
tion of the Corps Leglslatif and deliver a discourse
on the subject.
Austria and the Pope.
Vienna, May 14 The response of the Austrian .
Government to the Pope la a verbal one, cold and
unsympathetic.
. FROM NEW YORK.
Return ef the Mouth Penn Hose.
New Yoke, Mayl4. The South Penn Hose of
Philadelphia left on their return home at 1 o'clock
P. M. They made a fine appearance marching
down Broadway.
The Relapsing Fbveb has not yet succumbed
entirely to the warfare which is being made upon it
Six persons afflicted with it were taken from the
Alaska street district to the hospital this morning,
and two also from the County Prison. The warm
weather of the past few days appears to have gtven
the fever a fresh start, and it will require unremit
ting exeitlons on the part of the authorities to re
strain its ravages.
Admitted to the Bab. On motion of Charles W.
Brooke, Esq., Clifford S. White was admitted to
practice in the District Court and Court of Common
Pleas.
Sudden Death. A Mrs. Greenwood, aged 75
years, residing at No. 1630 Carson street, was fonnd
dead in her bed this morning. The Coroner has been
notified.
Street Walking Six females were arrested for .
street walking last night. They were fined and dis- ,
charged.
LATEST SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marin Nev $e Inside rage.
(Bp Telegraph.)
Hew Tore, May 14. Arrived, steamship Helve
tia, from Liverpool.
Also arrived, steamship Columbia, from Glasgow.
(By Cable.)
Londonderry, May 14 The steamship Dacian,
from New York for Glasgow, was signalled at Mo
viile yesterday.
Queenstown, May 14. The steamship China, from
New i oi k for Uveipool, has arrived here. -
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA... MAY 14
BTATE OF THERMOMETER AT TBI I VENINO TELEGRAPH
' OFKICE. '
TA.M 62 1 11 A. U 78 1 J P. M 79
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Whirlwind, Sherman, Providence,
D.S.
Stetson A Co.
Steamer P. Utley, Davts, New York, W.M.BairdACo. .
Kt'r a. C. Walker. Sherin. New York. W.M. Batrd ACo.
Br. brig Blanche, Ulnes, Brldgewater, N. S., Lennox
A Burgees.
Schr Heading RR. No. 7T, Corson, Washington, D.
C, Capiat u.
Schr Gen. Grant, Colburn, Norfolk.
Schr Sidney Price, Godfrey, Boston.
Schr Geo. 8. Kepplier, Blbsaard, Richmond, Va. " ,
AKK1VKU Tlllti MUMNLNu.
Steamship Aries, Wiley, 48 hours from Boston,
with mdse. to II. Winsor A Co. Off Ledge Light saw
a brig ; off Reedy Island, a large ship ; off Bombay
Hook, a bark, all Wound up.
Steamer Frank, Pierce, 24 hours from New York,
with mdse. to W. M. Baird A Co.
Steamer R. Willing, Cuudiff, 13 hours from Balti
more, with indse. to A. Groves, Jr.
Brig James Baker, Phelan, 8 days from Cardenas,
with molasses to E. C. Knight &. Co.
Schr Addle P. Simpson, Cummlng, IS days from
St. John, N. 11., with laths to Patteruon A Lipplncott.
Schr II. W. MuColley, Hubbard, 0 days from
Leeehvllle, N. C, with lumber to H. Croske'y U Co.
Si-br D. S. Bluer, Huntley, 8 days from Hallo well,
With lee to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr Ida L., Bearse, fr jm Boston, with fish to V.
Cooper.
Schr A. T. Cohn, Springer, from Nantucket.
Schr Ariadne, Thomas, 1 day from Smyrua, v&i.
WHh grain to Jas. L. Bewley A Co. -..o-
St-hr Onward, Kvaus, 2 days from fndlan river,
Del., with grain to Jas. L. Bewley & C-- , .,
Sehr Roxle I. Conner. Terry, 9 days from Magno
lia, Del., with grain to Jas. L. Bewley A U.
nrt W F A ndprain"" arrived yesterday from
M?s" iSms cgned m ?N ?IMU Uro.-not as
tefore' BELOW.
Brig John Welsh, Jr., , mmiSagua.
(Jbr additUHal Voath' tt fifth POfft.)
PmiAipg. On Friday evening, the Uth instant,
Mrs. ANN Puiixii-s, m tbe sstli year of ber ago.
The relatives and frltuds of the family are respect
fullv liivlwd to atteud her fuuerai, from the resi
dence of her sou, Joiin L. Phillips, Green Tree.
Chester county, on Tuesday morulug, the lTih la
sun" at 10 o'clock. Train leaves Depot, West PhU
lad.lpb.ut, at 8 A M.
lav