a THE DAILY EVENING TELEGJIArii I'lllLADELl'iilA, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 1870. VU'V I H k BLU C .1 C B. SOCIAL SCIENCE. NINTH liKNKIl AIj MEST1NH OP THE AME. HI CAN SOI 1AL. SUIKNUK ASSOCIATION. The Proceedings ! inn Second Day's Mori. In HmtOon-KiiTd by Hamilton II. Mill, Hon. Ueirie II Yenmnn, nud others OI. rntnlonn on Imporiunt Subjects. The second day's session oi tlie American Social Science Association wan begun this morning at !cv3n o'clock, tn the chapel of the University of Pennsylvania, President Eliot In the chair. The PYHiilent, on rallinjr, the meeting to oriler, stated that, a note to M r. Uure's paper read yesterday had been Inadvertently omitted. This was rea l, and mippicnipntcd with a few explanatory remarks by Mr. Ware, who read the entire essay. The President read an invitation from the I'nion Lcasine, asking the members of the association to vtnit Mie League lloime. The announcement was then made that any sub ject cotiHidered In the essays of yesterday was open to discussion. Mr. Miiot, of the Statistical Bureau of Washing ton, was Introduced and mdo a few remarks m the subject of Mr. lioscngarten's essay, "Civil IScrvioc.'' Mr. Elliot R ive a short, history of the pre sent state of the civil service. The examinations of candidates are now strict, and searching, and are made in writing. A printed form of examination now In use was read, Miowlng that there is row an earnest effort being made to obtain the best talent. The Government rlerkshipa are divided Into four grades. Uitnerto no examination at all was made when a cleric was promoted to a higher prude. Now an examination Is required. The subjects In which the examinations are made arc those particular branches In whlcfi the several candidates profess to excel, or for which they would have special use tn the otllce which they seek. Jlr. Elliot Is a member of the examining board which has lately been appointed to take tliavee of the whole matter. Mr. l.orin Blodgett said that a person la civil ser vice is like a pernon In a large mercantile house. There Is a pressure of busiuess upon every person in the service, and nn unworthy man cannot hold a position long, lie cannot atrord t-. and his over Dflicers ennnot afford to let him remain. Mr. Muudella, a member of the English Parlia ment from Shellleld, England, w3 called upon by the President to give a narrative of the working of tne Enultsh civil service. Mr. Mundclia said that the English system wii In a very jrood condition He saiil mat he had been an English politician for over thirty years, and now re presented one of the largest ami most import int districts In Kngland, and vet had never lwd a voice in the appointment of any candidate to oilloe. He thanked Uod that It was so. Appointments and promotions are made according to merit. If a boy distinguished himself In the Buhools he etands a fair chance. If any man apply to a member of Parliament, all he can do Is to refer the applicant to the regulators and the examining board. Hut it must be remembered that these ap pointments are for life unless there Is some dis honesty or irregularity. There is no power to turn out of office, i'he Bpeaker believed that no better system could be had than ths comoetitive The Post oillec Department hid never been better served Mian It is at present. Mr. E. II. Derby, of Boston, said that he thought the great excellence of the English Government Post Office and telegraph systems was not thoroughly understood In this country, lie called upon Mr. llundella for a description of them. Mr. Mundella compiled with the rosiest, and In addition mentioned the card postal system which went In effect on the 1st of this mouth. He also said that when the Government took eharge of the telegraph lines there was such a ruh that there was a perfect bre ik down. This has been remedied by an Increased numbsr of wires. There Is now a uniform rate or one shilling for messages of twenty words, besides the address, tn all parts of Oro.it liritiia and Ire land. It Is hoped eventually to reduce this rite to a sixpence, and perhaps threepence. Kov. William Speer. of Philadelphia, lately a Pres byterian missionary to China, gave a description of a competitive system of appointment to civil o.licoi In that country, Tbe Pre, lis KIatlons and Influeneeo," by Hon. iifoiun II. Vemiinu, ol Kentucky. The President then stated that, on account of un avoidable clreumstauees, the essay of Hon. George H. Veaman, of Kentucky, on "The Press, its IJela lions and Influences,'' would be presented Jlr.st. Mr. Yeaman was not present himself, being la Copenhagen, Denmark, but had forwarded the paper. It was read by Mr. lilatehford. This essay was an inquiry Into the mental, educa tional, and political t fleets ot printing and journal ism. It review ed the benefits mainly arising from the ait of printing, and called attention to the fact that n great deal oi the progress and a great many Inven tions iff the age of printing were erroneously attri buted to the imluence of the press, and luvo done more for It than the press tor them. It niso referred to the assertion made often, and with apparent reason, that the habit of rapid and extensive reading bred by the vast expanse of literature has lessened the power of memory aud the capacity for skilled narration, but maintained that the capacity for sustained con centrated thought was not diminished. It had even been asserted, he said, that the cheapness and faci tillty of printing had deteriorated the quality of lite rature and philosophy, but, comparing the best mir with the best formerly, this does not seem to be the case. The great excellence of the ancients in historical narration is mainly attributable to their listening ami talking more and digesting better before writing; while the prolix and confused uarrative of the moderns may bo attributed to their habit of Immense and irregular reading, and the boundless materials which printing has accumulated. An age of mechanical invention aud material appUcitiou naturally would not produce poetry and oratory to be compared with that of more pastoral, Imagina tive, and heroic periods. la jurisprudence, aside from the lidd of the publicist and that of constitu tional law both modern growths the advocates and judges of lasting fame may now be counted npou the lingers, aud cannot compare with the splendid array of Koman jurisconsults when print ing was unknown. The habit of reading news papers Is among the most prominent features and, perhaps, the most potent element In modern civili zation. JUUhIb ol the highest culture derive no benefit from and seldom occupy themselves with newspaper reading, but vast multitudes real such matter who never read anything else, and fail ing that, would read nothing. The mass take their opinions from newspapers. And the "mediocrity" and absence of exalted genius deplored by Mill are not owing so much to the disappearance of genius Hhi-lf. as it is to t lie elevation of the masse to a higher average level aud capacity. If the vast, level be not alternating hill and vale and mountain peak of mental landscape, yet it may be uniformly raised upwards to a higher plane, a purer air, and a brighter light. The uanger lies In the abseuce of pioneer Senilis for the average man to follow. Is this me diocrity" to be u permanent resuit? Are the m-iss of the people to contiuue to draw their facts, tiwir stile, their ideas from that sea of sameness and mediocrity fed by sources of editorial thinking? Is solid aul classic reading to be banished from the sp ire hours of tlio people, or will the daily press Itself become the vehicle of that kind of reading? Is it sitd that this la not the proviuce of journalism ? But the problem is to have the mass make a furthtr advance and mental development. If tuey have pone forward so far, why not go still further ? Aud the trouble Is that journalism, as now conducted, has accomplished all it can accomplish, and tint It Is almost excluding books from the spare hours of the masses, and that unless either the ra iny can be drawn more aside to books aud self-exertion, or the journals can bo made the medium of better infor mation and better reasoning, a dead lock of medi ocrity will result. Shall our young men who go to tho bar, the bench, the legislative hall, to C mress, to the Cabinet, continue to draw their logic and rauge their views from journals very few of whicu are pood 1 Tue relation of the press to private rights and to . character, waa then commented on by the greater. The frequent abueie of Us powrr Is due to the haoit of writing too much and too hastily, an t ttitiiklng too little. Thar, wl'h the readiug, mos.ly bid, of editors breeds tuat style of vituperation and asser tion cat ed by tieuthain "bawling on paper." It is almost safer to publish a slander to tho.isaud than whisper It to a friend. It is not true that the demand calls forth the suppiy ; men would not dare to utter in a drawing-room what they hourly write, and which, If spoken, would exclude them irorn association with respectable people. The remark: of Europeans is common that American journalism is no inoex of the best American thought or manners. As now conducted, with few excep tions, political journals will accomplish, one of two results either drive good aud valuable men from public life, or destroy the Influence of journalism altogether. Men may come to view it with contempt or Indifference a result that no friend of healthy political discussion aud free thought can wish to see. in regard to private persons, the modern journalism will develop a decided public opiuioa, aud nobody will care what the press says of any man. Perhaps we are passing into a new era, in which publicity of every man's private a Hairs will be the life of the new system, and every human being's well or ill-doing will interest all others. Suppression or pre-inspuction of printed matter being odious and out of the question, we would than accept it as a necessary evil. The speaker Quoted from Jeffer son's letter toNorveil: "The man who never reads newspapers is better informed than he who reads tbem, inasmuch as he who knows nothing la nearer ise trutn man ne wnoao iwuu is tmea with falsehood and error." In toncliiBloD, it was said the question was as to the spirit which constant newspaper writing engenders; the mediocre level to which those who devote them selves to it chain themselves, and to which alone they can elevate their readers; whether these evils are inherent In the system or whether the Improve ment Indicated may be possible; whcMier, If the press be the greatest power on earth, our interest, our right, aBd our duty to understand H, be not so lunch the greater; and whether the political news paper press, the natural enemy of all falsehoods and wrongs of the past, Is destined to develop in the mass of the people purer motives, higher alms, and clearer, more accurate, more intelligent, and more dispassionate thinking. The Relations of Bnstans men to National Legislation," by Hamilton A. Hill. Ei. HontOBa The second essay by Hamilton A. Hill, Esq., of Boston, on the subject of "Tae Relations of Hu.iineis Men of the United States to the National Legisla tion" was presented. This was to have been read first, but the reading was deferred on account of the absence of Mr. Hill. As he failed to appear at all, the essay was read at this point by President Eliot. The following is a full abstract: For the purposes of the present discussion the people of the United States may be divided into four classes, the professional, the agricultural, the me chanical, and the commercial. We have no non industrial class among us we are all workers, either of necessity or by choice, and almost every man may ba appropriately assigned to one or an other of the groups mentioned. In the professional class we should include all those who study, prac tise, or teach in the departments of divinity, mudl cinc or law, or in the arts and Hciences, nlso all other literary men and educators, and all wh3 belong to the army or navy ; in the agricult ural class, those who devote themselves to the cultivation of tl e soil ; In the mechanical class, ad artisans and artificers; and In the commercial class, all wii3 are engaged In the manufacture, transportation or dis tribution of commodities, or in the regulation aud control of money and credit, which lie at the foan d at ion of all commercial exchange. It Is to the la it of these that we propose to invite attention in this paper, and an Inquiry will be raised as to the rela tions which tho mercantile class sustain to the com munity as a whole, the extent of the dtrin donee under wMch It rests, on na'ioual legislation, aud the degree to which it ought to participate, II r.st In its own interest, but secondly and especially iu the In terest of the nation, In framing til's legislation. Let us inquire more p irtlcu'ariy concerning the commercial class as we have designated It H em braces all manufacturers, miners, I'tioorters, whole sale aud retail dealers, ship owners, managers of transportation lines by lano or by water, railroad proprietors and oillclals, capitalists, bankers aud brokers, and all emp oyed by them. Its lmpn tinea numerically should not be overlooked. The present population of the United States is about forty minions of souls; it is estimated that of this number thirty-three per cent, or upwards of thirteen millions, are in receipt of an income, and eleven millions add directly by their labor to the wealth of the countrv. These eleven millions may b suit divided with approximate accuracy as fohows: Agricul turists, six and a half mil'lous; mechanics, one Till lion; laborers, one million aul a half, aud the com mercial class, as already defined, to millions or eighteen per cent, of tho wh le. IWt this statement falls far short of lilusttatlug the relative importance of the class under consideration, as we shall sec If we glance at the nature and scope of its operations. It keeps afloat four mil lions of tons of shipping under the American 11 ig employed on the Inland waters of lhe country, aim? the coasts anil npou the ocean. It tins built fifty thousand miles of railway, over which forty-eight millions of tons of merchandise pass annually, not including coal. It controls the export and import of merchandise valued for tno last year at nine hun dred millions of dollars. It produces from the spin dles, looms, forges, and benches of our numberless manufactuiliig establishments the vame of from live to six hundred millions of dol lars a year. It directs the operations of sixteen hundred banks scattered ail over the country, the paid-up capital of which Is four bundled millions of dollars aud the resources of which amount to a billion and a half. Hut this is not all. The industry of the mschaalcaud la'o )r- inflr masses relies largely. If not mainly, on our in jr chants, manufacturers, and capitalists, wlibe tlio entire product of our national agriculture, valued at more than three billions of dollars, enters the domain of commerco almost immediately after its In gathering, and is altogetner dependent on the commercial class for the money which enaoles It to be brought to the home market or slnppe 1 abroad, no less than for the vessels or railways by w.ilch it Is conveved. or for tho elevators or warehouses in which It is Btored. In a wo.d, the total product of the industry or the people or the united Mates, em ulated for last year at six billions, eigtr, hnndrei aud twenty-live millions of dollars, does no more than measure the scope and extent of the lniluencn ex erted by business men, in one way or another, di rectly or remotely, sooner or later, on tue material nrosnerltv and development of the nation. We need hardly stop to explain how closely de pendent these commercial and other related Inte rests are upon tne national legislation tor ineir wel fare and security. Who can estimate the extent to which our domestic exchanges are Influenced by the action of Congress in reference to the currency? The exchangeable value ol the bullous or ouraun ial products may bo determined in one direction or tho other by the adoption of some peculiar policy. The consequences of a sarlous error iu linauce at Wash ington will in the processor time 1)3 felt la every bank, every warehouse aud every village store, and on every farm in the United States; an! this being so, how many of our population win escape iroai tiiimv From this time forward it will be incumbent npon Conercss to devote Its time and thouitht chietly to material questions. Free from forelgu complica tions and irom internal dissensions, we may- now diligently set ourselves to the development of the national resources, ana tne pressing uuty oi con gress stems now to no in that direction, whit, then, is tne adaptation or congress as now consti tuted for meeting such a responsibility? When the Federal Constitution was adopted, it was anlicl pated that the representative body would ba com poseo of lanunoiuers, merchants, ana men of the learned professions." It was not then foreseen that one of the learned x t jfessions would attain so large a preponderance as it lias none. eixty-ona per cent, oi t he members of both houses of Congress are members of tho bar, while nly twelve and a half percent are con nected with trade, transportation, or linauce. And yet it would be a liberal estimate ot the number of lawyt rs in the country to place it at forty thousand, or one-tenth of one per cent, of the population. We have no disposition to question the peculiar fitness of able and experienced practitioners at the bar. In view ol the special tralDlDg received by them during preparation for and in the practice of their profes sion for participation in legislative duties; biit how evei well qualified to deal with general principles they must often lack that practical knowleege of affairs which is essentipl to the right aud oppw tune application of principles, and to tho working our. oi ueiaus in commercial legislation. They are obliged, therefore, to rely upon others for much of the information which they require, a 1 1 li tney nave t go i or tuis beyond tueir own oo.tv, they obtain their knowledge under many disadvan tages. There is another aspect in which t rezard Congress, namely, the extent to which it is consti tuted of party politicians. It would be better lor Congress to be tilled with lawvers. men of hiirh per sonal character and of repute in their profession, more tnouguiiui oi ineir country man or tuein selves or ineir parry, man with butineM men chosen not as such, but to promote nsrty Interests and party supremacy. It is greatly to he feared that the chief reason why there is bo much diiilcultv In securing wise legislation in behalf of luterests vital to the country, is because ii does not appear to ba aemanueu oy party considerations. These tniere'ts, important as tney are, suggest no iwpular watch words or party cries, aud they are laid aside or hur rledover for subjects out of which mere political capital may be made, and upon which more exciting haraBgues may be delivered. How then shall congress be brought to spmpathlze with and act upon the wishes of the commercial clusn? Our merchants cannot explain all their views by correspondence, and If thev visit Wash ington they find themselves In corridors crowded with onice-seekers ami witn proressed lobbyists, or they gain atimission to committee rooms or.ly to lind the members preoccupied and pressed for time. Our subject suggests the remedy for this. It teaches us that we must send a larger number of thoroughly trained lirst-class business men to Congress, and especially to the lower branch, than we have been in the habit of doing. Far better to Introduce the practical knowledge and experience of such men into the body Itself, than to attempt to Infuse into it auy information by means of written communica tions or nearings before committees, 'mere ought sobenotleBS than one hundred business men lu the House of Representatives to-day : all the large cities should, in part at least, be represented by lueui. Since the passage of the English Reform Bill In 1S32 the House of Commons has been the governing power In Great Britain, and the governing power iu the lluuse of commons is a body of practical men, bankers, nierchaMs, and manufacturers, who sit for the large cities and towns, and who, differing more or less on purely political matters, are substantially screed on the general commercial nollcv of the na tion. Of the controlling Influence which the com mercial classes wield in Kuglaud we see practical results in the perfection whicu has been reach sd in the administration or me j'oit oalce, the occupaucy of every oceaa in the two hemispheres with steamship lines, the emclency of the railway service, the extension of telegraphic facilities, aud other advantages of home and foreign trade. All these things and others which rnliiht Le named have grown out of the re form in reDresentation. We have a condition of aiiairs among ourselves somewhat analog j as to that existing In Grat Britain before tho passage of the Heform bill, not indeed In our Constitution, b it In iurelve9. It is not our laws which we need to amend, but our method of procedure nnderthem. Three inquiries present tnemssives smnrest nz difficulties, snd in replying to them we shall en deavor to develop the course which in our judg ment should be taken to reform our Congressional represeniaiiou : First, now can we seenre tne election of a Kroner number of commercial men of the right kind? This is a matter in relerence to which the business-men of these constituencies mcst bestir themselves, and with them rests the responsibility of taking the first steps In the direction of reform. That they have the power to carry the point there can be little doubt, if they use proper means. The commrclal class, as we have ter n,ls eighteen per ccnt.of the total of real producers in the land, and it Is of c.iurs4 tin stiongest proportionately iu the communities In which it is proposed that their Influence for reform shall be put lorth. It also holds the purse-strings which have to be untied at the comini-ucem-mt of every political campaign; nearly all the money raised in the cities for party purposes is contributed bv business ineii, and it would be quite lei?itlm ite for them to lus'st beforehand on a due recognition of their class, or falling litis, to subsequently a low those who over rule their preferences to pay ad the election bills. 1 heir moral power, however, would be their greatest pource of strength ; they would bo heartbv sustaiued by the best men In nil the learned professions, an 1 by thoughtful citizens of every class. The present time is favorable for commencing such a movement. i tie issues between the two polit ical parties are less sharply defined than they have been for many years, and there seems to be a growing disposition on the part of moderate men on both sides to work togetlif r. The pib pose will not be accomplished all at ouce ; It will be less dilllcuit to succeed In someconstituencles than in others, but every additional c immercial man sent to Washington will make it more easy to elect others. Secondly. How can we obtain the consent of the men whom we wish to nominate and elect? Such men generally would hesitate to go to Congress; going there would Involve some pecuniary sacrifice. Still we think that, under certain clreumstauees, enough of such me n con id be induced to forego per sonal -considerations an the solicitation or their brother merchants, supported by their fellow-citizens generally, to represent the more Important constituencies. But to persuade soeh men to stand we must assure them that they are going to an as sembly made up not, wholly of lawyers or wholly of politicians, but of all classes of our citizens iu faT prcportion, and of men who will be able to appreciate ineir moiives aun sympatnize with them in their aims. We roust also relieve them frm the anuoy auces of patronage, end give them assurance that it is legislative and not party work, to which they are expeereu io oevote themselves. Thirdly, now can we guard against tne use or their position by business men to promote their per sonal gain? The same question might be rained whenever we make a man a bank president or place him at the hrad of a large railway corporation There is always danger in any such appoin'.ment; ana now no we guard against it? uv electing to such trusts men who value their good name aid their high standing on 'Change as worth more thin bags of gold. We also think it an advantage and nn additional security when men have large pecuniary interests in the success of the institutions which we place in their charge. Poss bly there might be an iustance in which a commercial representative would devote niiuseir too exclusively to advancing his own or some local and restricted Interest, to the detriment of the country at large, forgetting that,whlle sent to Washington to represent his own constituency, he is sent thtro also to legislate for the wholo people. lint such a tiling might recur if the representative were a lawyer or a politician, and ail such Instances will cure themselves and purify the system, for the moral sentiment of the community wil' not long tolerate anything of tho kind. v e ao not nrge this reform merely in tno interest of merchants and capitalists. They can take c ire of themselves, and if legislation ail'ect them unfavor ably in one direction, they can divert their enter prise Dd change their movements to new Held of operation. But we believe that the best prosperity of the nation depends upon the prosperity of ail branches of our national industry and the develop ment of all the resources of our natlona' wealth; and, further, that this can best be secured by the admission of men to our halls of legislation who are thoroughly famiPar with the great interests which there require attention. We urge representative reform upon the broadest grounds of national expe diency ana in tne interest or the nation as a whole. fecetal Violence In Ktislnnd, br A. J. itluudelln, iTi.r..o !neiueia. Mr. Mundella, on being lutroduced by the Pres'- oeut, made an address on tne subject or social science in England iu place of the third essay for the morning session. 'J he following is an abstract we nave been in Kngland too neglectful of many questions of most impornince, but, situated as we are, we view many ouestions from u different light from what you do. Our popular education has been nigiecied, out witninayear there win no amnio school accommodation for every child in England, aiiu we win go beyomi you one point we will compel the attendance of the child. No ignorance on the part of the parent phaii movent or interfere with the child s welfare, These new things we have partly learned from you, partly fiom Germany. I have nowhere seen such good school-houses or such lavish expenditure of money for school purposes as I have in your coun try. But your net is not line enough to catch all the fish ; we want to go a little beyond you. Our insti tutions are connected intimately with the feudal system, but the remainder of the feudal system is last n.ying out. Alter air. Munueua s address tne association aa- ourned until evening IMPORTANT BEQUESTS, The Will of the I,nte Miss Harriet Hollaad- Dfstrlbutlon or Legacies to the Amount of KftJO.OOO. The will of tho late narriet Holland, a benevolent lady, for many years resident in this city, was re centiy admitted to probate in the Kegister's Oilice. It contains numerous provisions interesting to the public, in the beginning or it sue makes several bequests to private U lends, male aud female, iu sums ranging irom ivuiiu to iiu.uuu, or jn.uuu. luiiics-j are included legacies to certain relatives in Europe, to trie family oi ner former audit ana uusiuess manager, the servants in her house, and her phy sician. The. Rev. nr. II. A. Boardman receives a be quest of 15,000. The testatrix Bpeakof this bequest us a token oi gratitude ana auection to one wno has been for the last thirty years not oulypistor but brothtr and friend to me, as well as to ttu loved oneB who have passed awf.y." Dr. lioardinaa has also an interest in the residue of her estate, if any, but it would seem from tne total of the bequests (nearly ;iuo,000), aud the appraisement of the estate. that the residue must be small, if auy. The testa trix o!so creates soma Ufa estates, after tha expira- lion ol whicu sue directs the following sums to be paid to benevolent Institutions, as fo lows: f 15,0;)0 to the Pennsylvania uibie society ; ifi,uuo for the use or disabled ministers or the 1'reioy terwtu Church; f-20,(io0 to the Board of Church F.Kteuslou ( f the Presbyterian Church ; ?5.00 ) to the Old Man's Homo in West Philadelphia; tli.OOU to the Tenth Presbyterian Church, to apply the luconiv' as roiiows:-fi&u rr me purchase or books lor the Suudav-sc.hools of the said church, U0 annually to tho support of the Moya nienslng Mission School, the residua of the sat J income to be appropriated sunualiy to tno Dorcas and missionary society of said church; f4M0 to the Theological f.eiuinary at Priucctou, N. J. ; J45.0DO as follows :?tii0O to tho American Sunday Sjhool Union; f (DUO to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian cnurcn, ana the remainder to mi Board of Domestic Missions of the Presbyterian Church; ?5noo to tho Pennsylvania Hone for Ultnd Women at Pli Uadelphla; fjlh.oooto the Philadeliihl a Branch of the Women's Union Missionary Society of America for Heathen Ijinds; and another bemest of 110,000 for the nse of disabled ministers of tue Presbyterian Church. a ne win isuateaonineiatnoi .m arc it last, ana was executed in the presence of Dr. Jonu Harris and . Gemmill, Eq. There is a short codicil, appareutly in Inrown handwriting, in regard to neriamuy vault at Laurel Hill, tc, which does not appear to be wit. nesscd. Judge porter, as aa executor, on proving the will, stated before the Kcjilster and other per sons present that Miss Holloud had been very anxious during all of her life to prevent her chari ties from being known to the pu'illc, aud for that reason she had, when living, made many of them through her friends; that shortly befora her death she had requested that as little as possible should be t aid of the benevolent dispositions which she had made iu her will. Such a request is doubtless entitled to be respected, but there are cases iu which the views of donors must yield to the public intreit in their beiefactious after their wills have beju placed among the public records. A Ckazv Woman. A well-dressed colored woman named Louisa flrown, aged thirty-two years, was found wanderiug about tho neighborhood of Pmhth and Pine streets yesterday afteruooa. A conversation with her disclosed the fact that she was deranged in mind, aud a policeman was noti fied. Louisa was taken to the Fifth District Station House, where her friends are requested to call and take charge of her. Etoi.kn Ahtici es. This morning the Chief of Police received a letter from the lusaector of Cus toms at Chicago setting forth that he had la his fiossesslon a lot of mediclue, books aud surgical nstiuinents branded "U. S. Hospital Departineut,'' The articles are supposed to have been stolen from this city. Corker I.ot KbiKd The police of the Second distiict arrested two corner loungers lai-t eveumg. MILITARY. The Champions Off tor Untilmore-hw Pro araDioie of thotr Y.mII Thr 'artlrlpaots. This rooming Company A, 4th Regiment, captain John W. Ryan, left this city for Baltimore, whore they will remain until to-morrow evening, as the guests of the 6th Maryland Kegiment. They assem bled at the armory, Broad and Kace streets, at I-BO o'clock, and proceeded to the Baltimore depot, where they took the train. A large crowd of spec tators viewed tho line as it passed down Broad street in the following order: 4th itegtraeut nana. Drum Corps. Honorary Committee. Guests. Company A, Captain John W. Tlyan. The members of the company were in Zouave uniform and heavy marching order, while the Honorary ctmnnttee were (tressed in black coat, black pants, black silk hat, white vest, and white gloves. Hi nnrarii rtmmittre Colotiol A. J. onllnrs, Major Hrry HiiKhes, Major J. l. Hulaenninn, Captain I'.W. Kretscb- niar, (.'apt sin 1 own rry, wuartinntiiter Knstoin, 'ay- nipMPi' Kiohnrd fojihiim. n, rj(i-nt Mamr 8ip, Com'nig mii S rcum ,!. P. Mn ray. Cart tin Hrbinwo, Uitiitain lllbberd. Lieutonunt Blsaehois. fceraean. O'am, Major Olier, M)nr MoRinre, Lieutenant Kniso, (Suslav Wid me sr. K. ,;Gnnnoy. Jacob Stia, U. Vowiaa.. W". Rchqi. tdo, John DrIhv, nub Uonntnb's J oil a (Jiirley, I. ion tpmint, M Rillacky, .1. i on.i!9on, (J. U. Tnpi in, I. Be b thimer, J. G. H .IncV.Sr., W 1. Kei drick, 8. Oram, li. V. Mai'kie, Gordon (iavitt, W. K DnnalnM, ! Lsno&rd, Goipe B. Vunakfn, W. Raden, Chitrlns .Toly. A. U. IMibom, T C. (iullflflier, Theodore Knclo, J. P. O. Bra1y, Ixiuis Kenz, John Wanner, i'. l. Worley, A. Sohiveloy, llunmnii" Adnmo. Seroeunt (iod niror. WitsHineton U-it. V. 1. Miller, Wiliinai Hevhie, Kicbnrd ('lark, Augusta r. Malbm'k. ,l;imis Knottnt, r;. M. Deacon. J una Cald well, John McOnllmiRh, Charles Vort er, John I,. Hill, r.'viv't - Mainr-I pnril Itnbert Paflrtron. Rrliytiilipr. lit nrral D. W. V. Baxter, William K. Loads, Sheriff elect ot I'Mianuipiua. . , . . ' . ., : T . .1, X7 TJ . T : . 7 : , , V UIIII'HIIJ rV Vfl,'ll Ill, U "I" l ltj.ll , .IIS, ui.lllCII.il', W. Il.fiimth; Second Lieutenant, V. H. Krelctaasi : Ksr eeants. Kdwitrrt .MeKwen.J. J. Uevinnny, Dnvid It. Pori.ar. llobeit McCalley; Corp 'rals, W. I.etnnrniaii, W. F. Uesr, C. W. Mecke, T. R. Waruer, Charloa Fisher, Horace Uewhnr. I'rivatee O. A. Bcrger, K. Billings, RobaH Rrown, Ste- phnn lijjrbiar, W. A. Uochran, w. 8. Crawford, (jnirKS Kastuian, Kumnel Foster, K. Hay, (ieore Ueyl, A. Unite branker. f. lloitebrauker, J. L. Hoffman, Heorae lluui iibrios. Philip llolohlns, (Icorire Kirby. William Johnsou, (eor(!B W. Lareo. 'oori;o McKwn. ,lobn .lKjioriniok, it. V: 1 i ttison, l.harles l'etorm, r.dward ICdukii. 11. ;. ftnibtn. beorco W. Senxenderfor. H. K. heiitt. J. B. Sinn, .tiimea htimnie'l. Robert Sabors. Josinh Tarr. ( liiules Li. Turner, J. K. Wulkur, George Walker, Charles vniy. Ibuminnrs Theodore Kddy, Oharlei Zeuler, Henry Mi.-irpe, Henry uewau, The company will reach Baltimore at 1 o'clock this afternoon, and will be received at Broadway and Knf-tern avenue, by the 5th Maryland Hegtment, and escorted to their armory by the following route: Broadway to Baltimore, to Calvert, to Battle Monument, around monument to Baltimore, to Howard, to Lombard, to Kutaw, to Fayette, to Charles, to Monument, to Howard, to armory. L pon the route they will be reviewed at Battle Monnment by his Excellency Governor Odin Bowie, his Honor Mayor Banks. Major-General George H. Bier, Adju tant-General sta:e or maryianu, luaior-trdnorai it. H. Oarr, and others. Upon reaching the armory the guests will be formally rocclved by the State and city authorities, alter which they will partake of thi hospitalities of the regiment. Then, under escort of the committee, they will proceed to Share's Fountain Hotel, and at 7 30 o'clock reassemble at tho armory. Company A, at tha Invitation of the committee of Arrangements, will give an exhibi tion drill before the 6th Regiment and Its friend. after which they will be entertained by a ban litet in the fMlnon of the armory. On Thursday, nnder the escort of the committer and individual members ol the regiment, thay will visit various points of interest in the city; and at half-past six o'clock P. M.. under escort of company R, our guests will be escorted to the Philadelphia dc-poikOn tneir return. On renchinir the City Armory the company will partake of a collation given by the Stein Association oi me city. Coronkr's Inqcest. Coroner Taylor at noon to day held an inquest upon the body or Mrs. Ann McClnnis, who, it was alleged, came to her death from injuries received at the hands of her son In law, Charles Burns. There wa testimony that on Monday evening Burns quarrelled with Mrs. Mc iln- nis and struck her on the face with his list; that he pushed her out of a room and she fell in the entry. and died in one hour afterwards. Previous to h9r death she stated that Burns had killed her. Dr Nlmpleigh, who mide a post mortem examination or tne nouy or tne neceassa, testinea mat ne round, no bruises on the stomach, but scratches on tho chin, arms, and legs. The brain aud stomach were In a diseased condition, showing thai; deceased had been of very intemperate habits. The doctor be lieved that death resulted from effusion of water on the brain. How far the injuries were accelerator causes tne uocwor icir. sue jury io ueiermme. After deliberation, the Jury concluded t hear the testimony of the doctors who were called to attend Mrs. McGinnis, and with that view the inquest was adjourned until m o ciqck to-morrow. The "Stak" Course of Lkctcrks. This evening, at the Academy of Music, Mr. Pugh will introduce Mrs. F. W. Lander as a reader, and as Jfidiummer M'lht's Ircaiii has been selected for the occasion, a rare treat may oe expectea with reir ira to Mrs. Lander's merits as an elocutionist it is not necessary for ns to speak, as even those who do not patronize dramatic entertainments most be aware of her abilities. To hear this lady read such a poetical play ought of itself to be sufficient to attract a crowded house, but the interest, of the performance this evening will be increased by the Ciermwla Orchestra, which will give the whole of Mendels sohn's beautiful music, aud by a chorus of fifty voices will give the fairy songs. The management has made a very proper request that the audience will be seated by S o'clock, iu order that the enjoyment of the beautiful music by those who attend punctu ally may not oe mar re u. Larceny of ITarvess. John Hess was arrested on Seventh street, above Lombard, last night, upon suspicion oi tno larceny oi a nanusnme set or har ness, which he had in his possession. John was taken before Alderman Collins, and was held for a junner nearirg. Missing John Shcppard, foreman of the hat manufacturing establishment of Mr. Davidson, No. liiCO Germantown road, has been missiug from his home since Monday last Ills relatives are in great distress concerning his whereabouts. LSQAL XNTSLLXaSKCS. The .Tin x Case The Refense. Cuuri of Oner oui Terminer Judyc Ludlow ami rcuson. This morning the court resumed tho trial of Po liceman Max lor the murder of James P. Welsh, by shootiiur him. at Third street and -Montgomery ave nue, on the night of April 2. The Commonwealth havinsr closed their case last evenlmr, tno-defense was this moraine opened by Mr. casstdy. The de fense is lu huobtauce as follows: The accused was an oillcer of the law, hiving a sworn duty to maintain the public peace at ad hazards. Welsh and Murtagh, one of them being notorious as a t.rakcr of the peace, were In the street at 2 o'clock in i i t. .....1 1 I 1 Ue morning, tiruua, uiai'iutuiv, uuu iiuLwua. ilq was attracted to the locality by the noise they were making, and ordered tnem to ue quiet ana go inme, which ttev defiantly refused to do. Then, aa his duty required him, he attempted to arrest thetu, but was at once assailed by both of them, knocked down, kicked, beaten, and dragged along the street, and in order to protect huns"lt he, as soon as he reuamed his feet, lired the s'lota. It is maintained, the first place, that the Commonwealth, s witn' ssts lmve contradicted themselves, and have told impos sible btnes about the matter; thit the oillcer was i.ot oniv justified ill arresting the men. bat was abso lutely bound to do so: he tired in self-defense, aud bb bi-inir au oillcer of tho law, was not, like other persons, requlr d whim assailed to retreat -as far as possible before ho shot, but buiug clothed ith the authority of the law he must not retreat at all, and whoever attacked him did so at their own peril. On tual WEDDING AND ENGAGEMENT RINGS of aohd IS-karat fine rold. OUiLirr WAR RANTED. A. fail aauortment of aiiee alwaye on band, KARH A BROTH KR. Maker.. SI wfnrf Na 3&4 O H KH N IJT HUMtw Ulow Konrtb. -lyEDLdNU AND PART IT INVITATIONS EN GRAVED AND P1UNTKD IN THE LATEST BTYLK VISITING CAIrm VISITING CARDS. Oie Qcire French Taper with Envelopes to uuteh, in a neat box, stamped, only 30 cents. JO UN LINTOD, 6 29wsm 9mPp No. 921 SPRlNa GARDEN Street. Copying Books, S00 pages Do. do. 1000 do. COUNTING aOUSE 8TATI0XERY. VJtJl. H. H03KIN8, Stationer. Ectrraver. Euvelope, and Blank. 11-60 2-60 Book Manufacturer, Bteam-Power Printer, No. OSS AUCU Street. THIRD EDITION LATER FROM EUROPE. The Troubles at Marseilles. A Fx ice on Oambctta's IXead. England and Peace. AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. The K'ew Uork Election. Et.e CtC.e Etc., GtC.e lUC. FROM EUROPE. The ntarnHtloa Troubles. I.onhon, Oct. 120. Tho troubles at Marseilles are increasing. The Red Republicans are lar ely in the ascendant, and are in open rebellion against tho Republican authorities at Paris and Tours. They have even gone so far as to offer a reward for Gambetta's head. Gustave Flourens has been finally discharged. The Pewve Nmol bit Inns. A deppateh from Tours, dated Tuesday even ing, states that the pending peace negotiation? ate due to the initiative taken by Great Britain. M. Thiers. A free pass for M. Thiers to enter Paris is not expected for a week or ten days. The Occupation of Orleans. Notwithstanding the French report of tho German evacuation of Orleans, it has been ascertained that that city is still occupied. There are no indications of an immediate advance on Blois and Vendome. They hare niadi heavy requisitions on the people living in and around Chaitres. German Unification. Buussei.8, Oct. 20. The conference between Bif marck and the representatives of the various Southern States of Germany regarding the terms of unification has already begun. The Bavaria representative announced that his Government desired a separate military budget and some special taxes as well as special postal service, and he agrees, in case these points are conceded, that her deputies in the Federal Par liament shall not participate in the discussions on the Federal budget. It is not thought that these terms will be accepted. Napoleon and Prussia. Rumors are circulating to-day of negotiations between the cx-Emperor Napoleon aud the Prussian Government regarding the restoration of the Temporal Power of the Pope and the question of poacc between France and Prussia, but they cannot be traced to any re liable sources, and are therefore discredited. Ba'zatne aud the Eninrens. London, Oct. 20. (Special to the London Telegram.) A despatch has been received by our correspondent at Berlin Irom Metz, which states that all endeavors on the part of the Bonapartists, through Bazaine, by which peace could be restored on a basis of the Empress be coming regent, have been abandoned, and all hopes are therefore now at an end, and peace can only now be gained by the intervention of neutral powers. FROM WAjjLtlJVQTOJr. Tax on Medicinal Preparations. Despatch to the Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 20. The Commissioner of In ternal Revenue instructs the Collector at Philadel phia that medicinal bitters, or such as are claimed so to be, In distinction irom rectified spirits, cannot, conveniently be stamped unless put up In the ordi nary mode of bottling bitters and other modi cinal preparations, neither can they be safely shipped uiiliss they are marked, branded, and stamped as "rectified suirlts." or stamped as medicines under Schedule C, aud thatT in order to sell ana ship sucn preparations in nuiK he manufacturer must have prepared proprietary stamps suited to the various tdzed packages which he proposes to employ. That such stamps, if used, would onlv cover the bitters so long as they re mained in the original package, and if they should after sale be dtawu on by tue purcnaser ami put up In botties, aud labelled as medicinal bitters, tney would again become liable to be stamped according to the retail price of each bottle. Tobncco and the Kevrnue. The Internal Revenue Bureau has issued a tax manual for cigar manufacturers, In order to guard ngaiiibt frauds and insure the enforcement of the aw. Good for OrRot. f'iecial De-ipatch to Th Evtning fetyrapK Washington. Oct, 28. A deleia Ion of Sew York Democrats are here to protest against the alleged action of the President in ordering troops to Nov ioiktone present at tno coming election. They hae already hHd a preliminary iuterview, but met With little encouragement. The president informed them that no nan no cie- sire to Interfere with the freedom of elections. He was only anxious to carry out the laws ol Congress, and thai would have to be done If all the troops in the service had to be sent t i New Vork. No legal voter who kept within the provisions of law had anything lo ft ar from the presence of troops. The delegation propose to have another latervlew with tlio Pre sident. Tae Internal Kevenue if epnrtinent "Tfearlv all the members of Congress from Penn- svlvaula have written strong h-ttt-rs in favor of J. "W. Douglass for Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Hon. J. Jl. Donley, of the rwn.tv-fourth tf 1st' let, hail an Interview with the President to-day, wbea he urged the claims of Mr. Douglass. FROM BALTIMORE. A (blreat Knee Proposed. BAi.TiJirivu, Oct. 2rt. Dast night at the dinner plven by W. AV. Oieun, Ksii., io the gentlemen of the tun now present in i;aiumre, a umuoi iichvijii two three-vear olds was made for fiS.OOO aside, flO,0( o, forfeit between a horse to be Imported from Kimland and au Amtricau horse, both to be named vwtnin a month. The lace, a dash of two miles, to be run at the fall nuetiugat Jerome Park in 1 ill. In cane tiihrr hoise is not named within the time, a forfeit of fjtoo to be paid aud the match to be on. FROM NEW YORK. G.ld Illds and Award. New Yontc, Oct. SO. There were twenty-nlr.o bids for gold to-dov, amounting to i, '437,100. Tno highest bid was 8U1-S6; lowest, jfllO-7tJ. Tne awards will be a mildou at I1U-T5. 1 PROPOSALS FOR KV PPLIK4 V. S. N KVY PAYMASTErCS OKF10K, Ko. S58 UUEjjNUT Street. . . PniLAliBUmiA. October 28, 1970. Sealed Proposals, endorsed "Prop sals for 8.ip plles, Bureau of Construction," etc., will be received at i his Oilice, until it o'clock M., ou Saturday, Nov. 6, for furulshlng the United tstites Navy Depart ment with the following article, to ba of tha best quality, and subject ta inapctlo-i by tha Inspecting Oillcer in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where it must be delivered, when required, free of expanse to the Government, lor which security mat be given : One Kan Blower, equal to "Alden's patent," with Shalt, tvuinlershaft, PulUes, etc.. lu runuiug order complete, and to be run one week ou trial before acceptance. Por further particulars and time of delivery apply to the NAV AL CONSTRUCTOR, Navy Yard. lilauk forms lor proposals will be furnished at this cnlce. A. W. HrSiJELL, 10 2fi wfmSt Paymaster V. H. Navy. FOURTH EDITION LATER CABLE REPORTS. Italy and the ' Roman Council. South American Advices Lopez Jordan Again Defeated A New Brazilian Cabinet News from the West. The Capital Removal Convention. Etc. Etc., Etc.. Etc. Etc. FROM EUROPE. The U'cttmenlcn.1 Council. Florence, Oct. 20 The Minister of Foreign Affairs has sent a circular letter to the represen tatives of Italy In foreign countries denying the assertions made in late Papal bulls tn relation to the reasons for dissolving the fF.cumenlcal CouDcil. The Minister says, "Italy has not raised, nor will she raise, any obstacle whatever either to the reae sembllng of the council or the perfect freedom of its discussions." The Italian Chamber. The Opinion says the dissolution of the Italian Chambers is contemplated, and elections for new members will occur In November next. Nearly all the journals of this city are pre paring for early emigration to Rome, which it Is generally considered must ultimately become the capital of the nation. FROM SOUTH AM ERia 1. I.pez Jordan Defeated. Lisbon, Oct. 20 The regular mail steamship from Bio Janeiro arrived at this port late last evening, bringing dates from that city to Oct. 8. Favorable intelligence has been received from Montevideo that Lopez Jordan was-again de feated by the forces of the Argentine Republic. Brazilian 41Tars A New Cabinet. The Brazilian Cabinet has been reconstructed and a moderately conservative Ministry substi tuted, as follows: Minister of Foreign Allaire, Viscount St. Vincent; Minister of State, Ollviere; Minister of Finance, Homer; Minister of Justice, Barras; Minister of Commerce, Teixlera; Minis ter of the Marine, Souza-Frances; Minister of War, Caldwell. Many reform measures, In cluding one relative to emancipation, has been promised. FROM TUE WEST. The Capital Removal Convention. Cincinnati, Oct. 26 The Capital Conven tion reassembled at 10 o'clock. Ou motion it was resolved to hear read the letter of J. W. Forney, but the document was not on hand. The Committee on Resolutions reported in favor of the removal of the capital to the Mississippi Valley, or to some point as near as possible to the ceDtre of population, territory, production, and transportation, with reference to the future as well as thevprescnt demands of the nation, and also oppose further appropriations for new buildings in the District of Columbia, realllrm the resolutions of the St. Louis convention, and recommend the appoint ment of a committee to memorialize Congress at the next session In favor of the passage of a joint resolution authorizing the appointment of commissioners to examine the question of re moval and relocation of the capital, and report at an early day. Mr. W. M. Beach, of Ohio, offered a substitute declaring the agitation of the removal uncalled for and unwise, and proposing a sine die ad journment of the convention. A discussion followed, participated In by Mr. Hallam, of Kentucky; Mr. Forshey, Texas; Mr. Reavis, of Missouri; Mr. Moonlight, of Kansas; Mr. Ambrose, of Nebraska; Mr Scott, of Wash ington Territory; Mr. Coggswell, of Nebraska; Wayne Griswold, of Ohio; Mr. Coy, of Illinois; Mr. Moore, of Ohio; Mr. Beardsley, of Iowa; and Mr. Black, of Illinois, in favor; and Messrs. Beach and Williams, of Ohio, opposed. The vote has not yet been taken. Fire lu 't'nnierou. IIImw. St. Locis, Oct. 2ii. A number of small busi ness houses in Cameron, Missouri, were burned on Monday r.ibt. Loss about $40,000; insurance about 25,000. FROM XEW YORK. t'oal Male. Nw York, Oct. 28 The regular monthly sales of Si ratiton (loui mie belli to-day. tMOOo tons were dipprseilor as follows: Lump, 10, mm tom, at 3'77 a8 no; steamboat, 12.000 tons, atlS-FAriS'SUy; irraet, HS.i OOtntiN, at ti 17.,(i4-!2T: etfjr, l'.ooo.tous, at IV25; stove, 2T,M'0 tons, at f l-T)$f-05; chestnut, 11,000 tons, 8t y3'1bi. i. This shows an averatr" decline in nrir.ffc lump of lfU, ; cents ; sw-ambotr., !; grate, ii2;i ; egg, 00 ; stove, 8il ; chestnut, 2l,v. Mrs. Dorothy Tiireled, of Indianapolis, had a poitiiu ot Iter t-kull blown a ay, a few days ago, by accidentally striking her feet at aii st tbetriiiui'r of a guu she was looking into to see if it was loaded. (PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES Reported by ! H ivn & urn., No. 40 S.Tnlrd street, 11 KT WEEN I5U AKUS. iron Read deb bit.', hi I10OO Lth V 0s. new Cp.. 98 11000 Pa 6s 2 su..c.liftfi i.ono 1'a t'p 6s. . c.loii 10C0 l'a 11 gen int.. rtfr.... 84.V tlOGO City pi lor to 'ii....102 HOOO do 102 t.'AMi City (is, Old. . .102 11500 do 10'i f iMj Plitla E7s.. H-iV lOsli Uead..fwn. 60) 200 do.. ..1)30. 60',' 100 do C.60 1-18 S00 do . A 1.60 1-16 10 sh Minchill..b3. 61 19 Sh Ptiuim R..... 60' so sh South Trana. 8a SECOND BOAKD. t2ono Leh It In KB t 0 an Kead H.sswn 60tf . llOOCitytta, Kew.102 1000 Head s, 4:t-t0. 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