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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1871.
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FIRST EDITION
Foreign Mail News.
An Address to the Czar.
Itlarshal ZXazaine's Defense.
FOREIGN MAIL XEW.3. 3
Th t'car nod liU Nnbjecta The ' Alnbnam
:inlDis-DRllnh View f Anierlona Kepudla
tlon. From foreign mails just received we make
tbe following extracts:'
ADDRESS TO THE CZAR BY THE MCSICIPALITr
OF MOSCOW.
"Most Gracious Sovereign: For fifteen j'ears
Russia has patiently endured an unprecedented
humiliation, in the firm hope that, constantly
growing under your sovereign care, she could
recover, in fitting time, freedom and strength
and due respect abroad. Oa the inspiration of
your sovereign conscience you have decided,
hire, that this time has now arrived that the
hour has come for Russia to shake off the un
lawful bonds placed on her by her enemies.
Not clandestinely but openly, you have de
nounced several articles of the Treaty of Paris,
which was already, long since, wholly broken
and trampled upon by the very powers who
made it to Russia's harm.
'Your. words, solemnly uttcrcdjln the name of
tLe Russian land and people, will not remain
words alone, but will be converted into decisive,
acts. Whatever! tria's may now threaten us wo"
arc sure will not find Russia unprepared; they
will undoubtedly always find Russia in close
urray about your throne. But Russia looks on
her future with greater confidence than in for
mer times, feeling in herself a constant spiritual
renovation. Each of your great reforms, already
completed, now in completion, and longed for
is to her, and at the same time to your Majesty,
a source of new strength. No one has ever
gained such rights to the gratitude of a people
as you, Sire, and uo one has ever been repaid
by a people with such ardent devotion.
"From you the Russian nation has received
gifts, and in you it continues to see the surest
guardian of the liberties it has acquired, which
eullico it henceforth for daily bread. From you
it expects also the completion of your happy
beginning, am', first of all, an cxteusion of the
freedom of opinion and of the press, without
which the national epirit dies out, and there is
no room lor candor and frankness in its rela
tions to the authorities; the freedom of the
Church, without which even religion instruc
tion itself is inclllcient; and, finally, freedom of
conscience that most precious treasure for the
human soul.
"Sire! internal and external affairs are In
separably connected. The gauge of success in
the external sphere lies iu that lorcc of national
sclf-knowledue and self-respect which the Sutc
carries into all tre directions of its life. It Is
Dly by unwavering obedience to the principle
of nationality that the organism of the Statu is
fctrengthoned, its borders uuited to it, and, that
unity consolidated w hich was the unchangeable
historical legacy of yoar and our ancestors, and
the constant banner of Moscow from the begin
ning of its existence. Under this banner, Sire,
your fiat all classes of the nation range thein
. selves even now-and now, too, without differ
' ence of rank in a friendly band, in unwaver
ing hope in the Divine mercy, iu the right, and
in you.
"Confidence iu his people on the part of the
Czar; a prudent self-poisesslon ia freedom and
adclity in allegiance on the part of the people,
and a mutual Indissoluble union of the Czar
with his people, founded on the community of
the national spirit, on tho agreement of aspira
tion and belief this is our strength, this is
what will aid Russia to fulfil its great histori
cal mission. Yes, Sire, your will, we say in
conclusion, in the words of our ancestors to
your first crowned aucestor 1n 104'J: 'Yonr
will we are ready to obey with our suhtance
and our blood, and our thought is such."'
"Adopted unanimously bv the municipality
of Moscow, Nov. 17-20, 1870."
The address was received by the Emperor,
though its language is bolder and more open
than that of any paper which has for many
years been presented to him.
THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE ALABAMA GRIEV
ANCES A BI.VNDER.
The rail Mall Gazelle of tho 17th ultimo has
the follow ing on the Alabama claims:
The hostility of the United States is the true
key to the position occupied bv Great Britain,
and we ehoula stand a great deal better with the
world if we honestly acknowledgad it. Those
amonir us who are striving their hardest to put
some otK-r construction on Russian and Prus
sian di!!r.ey than that which every organ of
opinion outride England has placed upon it
would most of them adUnit. if they would speak
frankly that the consideration whiea recon
ciles tliem to turning the other cheek to
Count Bismarck after one has been smitten by
Prince Gortscbakoff Is their conviction that U
we made a bold step forward on the European
political etaee the Americans would take us at a
disadvantage. The great error of English states
roanebipis unquestionably its tendency to tide
over the difficulties whioh arise with the Uuited
States by the help of the expedient which
comes first to hand. But it is labor lost, and an
ultimate rebuff invited, whea the Foreign
Qlliee meddles with European politics, bo long
us any American question remains unsettled. No
greater blunder was ever committed than the
postponement of the Alabama grievances. It is
true we can never be sure what complaints the
Americans will advance. Even the English
Foreign Ofllee might be forgiven for not having
looked forward to a renewal of the fishery dis
pute. The true policy is nevertheless to solve
all American controversies as rapidly as possi
ble, and by any issue rather than none. The
policy actually followed has been the very
worst conceivable. When the Alabama claims
bad been postponed; when the Dominion of
Canada had been established; wheu our Ameri
can territories were virtually garrisoned by a
weak militia, there remained, as M. Thiers put
it, not another fault to be guilty of.
AMEHICAK KEPI MATIO.
The following extract is from the Loudon Ex
aminer of the 17th ult.:
Let ns nay all that has been said, includlug
much trat out; lit not to be said, for repudiation.
It is asserted that no generation has the right to
pledge the fruits of the labor of a future gene
ration, and that accordingly posterity, not
having made tLe promise, is uot bound to fulfil
it. It Is a euiUclent answer to this argument to
remind those who bring it forward that we have
inherited not only the liabilities, but also the
assets of our ancestors, including among the
latter many advantages altogether byond price.
Another argument very frequently used may be
stated thus: "The persons who subscribed the
loan obtained better terms thaa they would
have done had there been no risk ot not being
repaid. The United States obtains its loans on
worse terms than our ow n couutry, not because
it is less able to repay them, but because its
reputation as to willingness to pay is not so
well established as ours. The lenders, there
fore, having been paid for taking the risk, have
no just cause of complaint If taey lose their
capital." This argument would equally justify
a lerton setting his house on fire, because in
surance companies are obliged to charge a
bitrher rate than would be neoaasarv if arsou
were a thing unknown. A tradesman who gives
credit must, to get the same profit as others
who do not, charge an enhanced trice sufficient
to cover the amount of his bad debts. Would
this Justify his customers In refusing to pay him
for the goods they had bought? We think not.
Another mode of attack on the just interests of
the fund-bolder ia frequently adopted by those
who have just enough acquaintance with eco
nomical icience to make them confident with
out being accurate. "The funds which were
contributed," we are told, "were taken from
the circulating capital of the country ;
and the fund from which the laboring
classes receive their remuneration was dimi
nished bv the whole amount lent to tho Govern
ment. The capitalists, therefore, were repaid
by their saving in wages, the working class
having borne tho whole of the expense; and so
far from being aggrieved if they are not paid
again, the capitalists have really escaped bear
ing their fair share of the repayment." There
is sufficient truth In this statement, inexact and
irrelevant as is its conclusion, to make it
worth while to point out the inadequacy of the
premises to prove tho desired conclusion, though
sufficient to establish principles which we hold
to be of great importance, and likely to attract
much attention in future.
BAZAIXB'S DEFENSE.
Summitry Report of the Operation oftlie Army
or I he Jthlne, ISth August to VMHh October,
Under this title Marshal Bazaine has brought
out at 8imion's,in Berlin, a brochure accompanied
by a map of the intrenched camp of "Metz. The
following is an analysis of this pamphlet. After
describing the battles of 14th, loth, and 18th
August, which rendered tho retreat of the army
upon Verdun Impossible, the writer continues
as follows:
The commanders and chiefs of the particular
armies met at Guimont, And were of opinion that
the army ought to remain at Metz in order to oc
cupy soo.oou of the enemy, give France time to
organize a rcBlstance,ani exercise the armies already
In formation In order that, In cass the enemy could
not be conquered, at least to render his retreat
fatal, As to Metz, the fortress had need of an army
to defend it, to complete its forts, its armament,
and its outward works. They reckoned that with
out the support of an army Metz could not hold out
lilteen days. Unfortunately, neither the civil nor
military authorities had, wnile it was yet possible,
taken the precaution to augment the supply of pro
visions iu case of a losg ivvcstnient.
The civil authorities also neglected to send out
strangers and useless mouths, and the prescribed
measures not to terrily the population were also
neglected. Jn consequence, after the investment
we had to live on the scanty provlsloiinieot of Metz
and the few villages which we possessed. It was
therefore decided in the meeting of 25tn August, iu
order to raise the spirits of the troops, to make
demonstrations to harass the enemy and thus to
augment the provisions. On receipt of a telegram
from the Emperor saving, "Received your despatch
of l'.tth at Ithelms, 1 am advancing by MontuiRdy,
1 shall be by to-inorrow on the Alsne, 1 will then
arrange circumstances in order to ctuno to your
aii," this plan was modified and the combats
of 31st August and 1st September were fought,
with the intention of making a sortie towards
ThioHville. The position became worse and worse
every dav, and all eiluils to get into communica
tion with the (iovcrnment were in vain. At least
(from the 15th to ljtuj September) I tried to
ccmniunicate with it. 1 sent four several ways
copies of the following despatch: "The armyvaut3
to Know what going on in Paris nud in France.
We are wit it, communication with the interior,
and the occasional runiois brought by prisoners are
most disquieting. We require ine! ruction and news.
We are .surrounded by considerable forces which we
have iu vain tried to pierce on the 31st August ana
1st September." My despa'clies remained unan
swered, and not one of my messengers (nil military)
returned.
On the inili October there was a ouneil or war
held at headquarter!?, where it was uuanimously
agreed that General Boyer should go to Versatile
to try and learn the true &Uuatiou, the views of the
Prussian authorities by means of a military conven
tion, and to know the conditions which woild be
made with regard to the army of Metz and a gene
ral peace. The text or the protocol of the couucil
of war reads thus: "After Marshal Bazaiuo had re
viewed all the culminating points of the situation,
he added that, in spite of all Ids droits to com
muumtc with the capital, no official news from the
Government has reached him, ami nothing has been
done to cause a presumption that a diversion by a
French army to rescue the arm? of Metz was on
foot. The amount of provisions has decreased to
such on extent that by reducing the daily rations
to Sou grammes a day they could last till the 2 itti of
October, Including two days of biscuit reserved for
the soldiers. The ration of horse flesh might be In
creased to 600 and later to 7.'o grammes, horses
being considered as lost, seeing the Impossibility to
feed them. Moreover, the sanitary condition, with
10,000 sick and wounded, .and the want of medica
ments, beds, lotions, and, above all, medicines,
was most dingerou8.tJ5very kind of epidemics lure
manifested themselves in the hospitals, and have
already tainted the town. The weakness caused by
liiMiillcleut. nourishment would only augment the
illness. Already all the lazirettos were tilled, and
2000 sick hud to be taken in by the inhabitants, and
it was evident that tr a greater number of wounded
waB sent into the town there would be nowhere
to put them, and they would threaten the public
health.
It was decided : First, to hold out under the
walls of Metz as loflg as possible; recond, not to
undertake operations tue result of which appeared
to be nothing: third, to negotiate within the space
ot forty-eight hours with the enemy, at the conclu
sion ot an honorable convention ; fourth, in se the
enemy odercd conditions incompatible with the
military honor, a passage by means ol aims should
be attempted.
(Signed , Canbobkrt, Fhossarh,
I.EBOXK, AtMtBACI.r,
DgSVAl'X, SOI.KI1.I.K,
(OIF1MLKBS, I.KBRLN.
ISAAIKK,
Cienrral Boyer left for Versailles', ami announced
on the ISth or October the success of his mission.
The Army of Metz ought to go out lreely with arms
and baggage. These question! were entirely de
pendent on the political question.
General Hover paiuted the situation of France as
it had been 'depleted to him the impossibility of
communicating with tho Government or Defense
without the c invocation or a constitution, which
alone could guarantee the future treaty, and the
adjournment of this meeting by the Government de
ado, whom Prussia would not recognize, tie
power of the Constitution of the plebiscite of 18T0
representing still the Government of right. Hy
even voices agatnvt live it was resolved that the
General should return to Versailles.and from thence
go on to h'Dgland iu the hopeof obtaining by inter
vention oi me regency less nam conditions, ii was
unanimously resolved that Ueueral Boyer should
ubhtain rrom any political prejudice whatever, nis
aim being to deliver the Army of the Kulue aud
keen It for France.
I never received any further news on this subject,
but I learned a'terward that these loyal efforts were
without result, the Prussiau authority proposing
unacceptable conditions; and on the 22d of October
I learned from Prim e Frederick Charles that the
negotiations were without result. Ou the morning
of the 2Mli I put this communication before the
couucil of war. The council wishing to be com
pletely informed, General Chaogaruier went to the
headquarters or rrinee reuericK manes 10 ask,
not to capitulate. lint for an armistice withrevictuAl-
meut. or lor the army to leave, departing instantly
for Algeria. The situation could not expect a belter
ending. We had to be resigned rT alt idea of forcing
the lines, the eLPiny having vanished, and the sacri
fice or thousands of lives would have been In this
ispe without remit.
The council of wur met on the vsth, in the morn
ing, learned the result of Chaugarnier'f mission, aud
had to make a definite resolve. It was decided that
General J anas should go to the quarters of the
Prince, wita lull power to act. I had given the
order to collect all the eagles ia the arsenal aud to
destroy them, but this order was uot executed in ad
tbrcorp. A new order was sent out for their de
Hmctloii, which caused loss or time, and the con
vention being signed it could not be executed.
Hesideg, military trophies are or no value ir they
are not taken on th Held or battle." An appendix
joined to the brochure contains the imprecations of
bazaine against the Provisional Government.
The Prlot. Kdltlia Host I a L,uaUc A.y.
IUIM.
The unfortunate young woman who Is known
as the Princess Kditha, and who claims to be a
daughter of Lola Montez, was arrested yester
day in New York, on a warrant issued by Jus
tice Coulter. Later in the day sue was sent to
the Lunatic AevluiA on Black well Island.
While in the East Fifty-ninth btreet l'olko
Htatlon, she wro'.e letters to Recorder llackett,
Judge Bedford, and District-Attorney Garvin,
declaring her arrest an unwarranted persecution.
SECOND EDITION
latest by Telegraph.
WAR NEWS BY CABLE.
Reported French Successes.
Prussia's Indignity to England.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
Archbishop Kenrick in St.. Louis.
Railroading in the West
The Delaware legislature.
FROM EUROPE.
Heported French Niirreen.
London, Jan. 3. A severe engagement, in
which tho French were successful, preceded
the evacuation of Gray by the Germans.
The reports that the -
A rm v or the Loire
has retired on Gicn are apparently conQrmel.
iSenernl Chanzy'a Amu.
Bordeaux, Jan. 3. A portion of General
Chanzy's army is now strongly posted near
Ycndome.
Priih.tnn Frl'onera raptured.
The engagements along the Loire for a week
past have all been successes for the French.
Near La Chartre 1200 prisoners were taken by
the French.
Soldier Drowned. -
A Prussiau column recently lost 390 men hy
drowning, in an attempt to cross the Loire ou
the ice.
The HlDltlna of Ifnltnh Collier. v
London, Jan. 3. The lMfjraiJi. announces,
on authority, thai the demands made upon
Prussia by the British Cabinet, relative to
the seizure and sinking of English colliers in
the Seine, are in a fair way of adjustment.
Thin lUorulna'n Quotation.
London, Jan. 811 BO A. M Consols, 02 for
both money and account. American securities
quiet and steady; bomls of lStw, 89'.,; of HtM,
old, gs: of 1SUI, 8S; 10-40H, 87'.;. Stocks steady ;
Krle, v.y2 Illinois Central, lis'jtf; Atlantic and
Great Western, 2$yt.
IivEitrooi,, Jan. 8 11-30 A. M. Cotton tending
down; uplands, B'viiSd. ; Orleans, 8J'S.d.
Sales estimated at 12,000 bales. Wheat, los. M.i
10s. 10il. for h'chest trades No. t to lowest crades
No. 2; led winter wl eat, lis.; stock or wheat at
I.iverroo), 3C3,ooo quarters, against fcl0,000 last year;
coin, i2s. od., for new.
FROM THE WEST.
lOerptton of Archbishop Kendrlcli.
St. Lolis, Jan. 3. Archbiship Kendrlck,
who has been absent a year in Ro:no where he
took a prominent part in the .Ecumenical
Council, was form 'illy received to dayl at St.
John's Church. The varions Catholic organiza
tions, numbering 2000 members, paraded the
streets with banners and music. Tho church
was crowded, and thousands were unauie to
enter. Father Ryan delivered the opening
addres?.
The Archbishop Bald, with respect to his
course in the UA'umenical Council, he would
state briefly the motives which governed his
act'ons. Often in the debate he had perhaps
seemed opposed to the great doctrine of the
Church, but this arose from the fact that there
were arguments which he could not explain,
and hi opposition was due to the misconcep
tion of the real character of the principles in
volved. After a close examination of the question he
would say that bis motives for submission were
simply dne to an unshaken belief in the autho
rity of the Catholic Church. The reason of the
necessity for rendering obedience to the Church
was self-evident, and could not bo gainsaid. lie
would call to the remembrance of the Church
that scriptural declaration, "Thou hast the
words of eternal life," and reminded them of
the trusts committed to Peter and Paul.
The Denver nod Knu.na Itallroad.
Denver, Jan. 2. The Government commis
sioners to examine the Venver Pacific aud Kan
sas Tiailroads, arrived here on Saturday.
l olled PMaten I.onit Office.
The transactions of the United States Laud
Oflice iu this city, for the year 1870, amount to
a grand total of 274,517 acres. Of this amount,
73,780 were cash sales; 27,778 agricultural col
lege scrip; 14,t79 land warrants; 05,171 home
stead entries; aud 9108 dual homesteads.
Itnllrond nuMtneim.
The Denver Paclac Railroad has been com
pleted six months and six days, aul has trans
ported 72,000,000 pounds of freight.
The Kansas Pacific Railroad has been com
pleted four months and eleven days, aud has
transported 17,410,121 pounds of freight.
The aggregate
Khlpmeot oft.old ond Hllver
for the year ending December 81 amounts to
upward of $5,000,000. The
NiatUtlea of l'roia,
mines, population, cattle, live ttock, and other
sources of tangible wealth for the year 1870
show a very great Improvement over any pre
ceding year since the settlement of the Terri
tory. The weather is warm and very pleasant.
Ciiurrb lluraed.
St. Loi is, Jan. 2. Christ Church, on Thir
teenth street, was damaged hy fire yesterday,
The loss is estimated at from $10,000 to 15,00 J
niurdrr at Leavenworth.
St. Louis, Jan. 3. In Leavenworth yester
day a man named Kennedy, who suspected a
man named CoiTrey of being too intimate with
his wife, met him on the street and fired four
pistol balls through his head, killing him in
stantly. Kennedy gave himself up.
flew York Money and (Meek market.
Niw York, Jan. a. blocks steady. Money, T per
cent, currency 10 i gold, uoiu, iiu!tior.
6-X0S of 166S, coupon, 1085 do. IS, do., Nw.'tf;
do. 16C5, do. 10t.;do. lSfto, new, 107 ex Interest;
do. lbeT, los, ex interest; do. 1868, les, ex Interest;
ltMOa, ldfix; Virginia to, new, S3; Missouri So, 6)v,
ex lulereHl: Canton Co., 6o : Cumberland Dref..':5:
N.Y. Central and Hudson Kiver, li ; Krle, i ; ltead-
ing, i4; Adams it x press, w, ; Micnigan central,
lift: Mlchliran Southern, Vl; lUluola Central.
13C; Cleveland and Pittsburg, loe ; chlcao aud
hoclt Island, ion?.; PituburK and Fort Wayne,
w,; Western tulun Telegraph, 5.
FROM DELAWARE.
Meeting of the I .inlatiire Election
or
IMIIrera.
Special Despatch to the Jiveniitg Telegraph.
Dover, Jan. 3.--The Lgisiauire hat just
convened, and elected the following oflicers:
Senate 8ptnker, Charles Gooding, of New
Castle; Clerk, James R. Mitchell, of Kent;
Sergcaut-at-Arms, Henry 8kidmore, of Sussex.
House Speaker, Sewell C. Biggs, of New
Castle; Clerk, John B. Pennington, of Kont;
Sergcant-at-Arms, J. B. WlBgate, of Sussex.
FROM NE1V ENGLAXD.
t'oton Pnclflo Itnllrond Coupon.
Boston, Jan. 3. The coupons ot the Union
Pacific Railroad bonds were paid yesterday at
the company's oflice in this city. '
(XhootlDff AlTnlr.
Boston, Jan. 3. A policeman named Hinds
yesteiday shot and severely wounded a man
named James Murray, while engaged in an
affray with others tit Newton. The officer was
committed and held to bail in $5000.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Ex-Kerretnry Cox Dlncouraea on the Cnbjert
In the "orih American Review."
The following points are extracted from an
article by the cx-Seeretary of the Interior in
the forthcoming number of The Xorth Ameri
can Heview:
What, then, is the remedy 1 It is to apply to the
civil service, completely and thoroughly, the plain
principles of common business administration ; to
separate the public unices, absolutely and rorever,
from all favoritism, nepotism, aud "influence ;' to
declare patronage in all Its forms to be ami-republican
and dangerous to the State; to flud and prac
tice upon apilncipleor selection foroillce whioh
shall give every citizen of toe country a per
fectly equal chance to prove his capacitv and
fitness for the public service; and to obtain a posi
tion in it when he has made the proof, with thor
ough independence of President, Secretary, or Con
gressman, and simply and solely because of his citi-Kensbip-
and ids litucss. It is, further, to adopt in
the permanent c ivil service a tenure of oillee dur
ing good behavior, with tho hope of risiu to the
highest grades or the routine service by industry and
strict devotlou to duty. Iu brier, the principle to be
adopted is admission to the civil service ouly upon
the results or a competitive examination open to
all, and dismission o"ly upou ascertained raiiure of
capacity or character.
A part from the weight of so decisive an authority,
our own experience proves the no.'essify of making
examinations competitive, because, iu spite or the
law requiring a general examination, our practice
fias noioriously and undeniably becomo no bntter
than ir no examination whatever were required.
A spasmodic eilort to make tho examination ni'jan
something may bo made when public sentiment is
for the moment aroused; but he must be Uuti In
deed who dots not see that when the
mere scratch of a pen of the head of
a department or a bureau nny decide
in favor of an applicant influential ly support jd, and
nobody ba at ull the wiser for 1 trterj U no se.curity
at all against a return at any moment io the most
undisguised forms of oillee-johbiug. The objection
is oiteu made by those who have given the. subject
a very superficial consideration tint the sivjccssful
competitors in these examinations will usually be
Iiojb rretdi from school or college, and th.it oldur and
better iseu who have become "rusty'' in their
school knowledge will full. The exa
minations . In every well-regulated sys
I em are so . ordered that the spociiic
knowledge most used in the bureaa Itself Is that
whltm counts lor mosi in tun competition. The
general education or tho applicant is tested, and
the onlj cunctivatiie. meinou or uoing tnat must be,
as Will lias remarked, to examine him upon the
topics ol a gencial education. Hut this Is so con
ducted as to cad out tits special litness tor
thu place ue si eks, if ho um it. We may
assert, wtili the most complete confidence, that
competitive examinations aro not only theoretically
the best method of determining the. qualifications of
applleuiitH for routine oHleep, but arc proven by the
experience of our own departments, as well as by
that of oilier civiu.cu iihmoum, to ai.so me best
practical meaDs ol seeming a good civil service, and
the only refuge from evils that become intolerable
the more closely they are viewed.
But how Is it as to t.;e freedom of competition?
Should the examinations be open to ail? Undoubt
edly they should, uy our nj potiiesis ue have d:s
cardeo the corrupt system bt-sed upon patronage
aud influence; and the only way Is to make thorough
work of it. We have declared tliat we are seeking
by means of corapet'tion the best mea that cau be
procured for the places we have to fill. To say that
will have to stop at political lines Is to discard our
principle, and lug In by the shoulders
tne very enemy we nave oeen iryiug 10 expel
namely, favoritism and partiality in tne selection.
There are political places which must be distinctly
and permanently recoguizea as sucn; out they do
noi come wnuiu tue iini ui ruuuuu oincea; ana m
tbe departments, at the seat of government, they
would not necessarily include any one below the
rank of Cabli et oiilcer. The practice of selecting
from tbe adherents to a party always and neces
sarily leads to abuse. ' .
J lie Jitlgnsn uovtsruiiiem lias mreauy litr out
stripped us in reform, making an accomplished fact
of that which we, who boast of our practicality, are
still hesitating about, it win ne a prouu oay ror the
Amerlcau peoplb aleo when one of its statesmen can
truthfullv take up these words and d-clare, "We,
too, have withdrawn patronage from the dominion
of party and given li to the people.-' Prussia had
long since led tho wey, under the guidance of tier
Stein and herSetiarnhoifit, aud showed the world
what could be done in muklDgan intelligent people
by general education, and a model civil and military
service by applying to ihem the rigid principle of
selection, without favoritism iu the onft or exemp
tion in the other.
There should be no controversy among the friends
of civil service reform us to tue statutory means by
which the result Is to be reached. Any tiling whl-iii
distinctly and unmistakably euouuoea the true prin
ciples of open competition and permanent tenure
will serve as a rulijing-point, and cau be perfected
as experience may demonstrate the practicable Im
provements. Mr. Jenckes in the House and Mr.
Kchurz m the Senate have ably contrived aud advo
cated the principle contended for in these column,
and the bills prepared by either would, if passed, be
tmclent to destroy the abuse we are (lighting. The
Executive would be charged with can'.ving into
etlect the measure that iuilit be enacted, and the
heads of departments, under the observation of the
friends of the measure, aud stimulated by a public
sent inn nt manifestly growing rapidly stronger ic
support or the reform, would undoubtedly seek with
earnestness for tiie easiest aud most satisfactory
mode of earning tho pnucipla into practice. It
hesitation or obstruction should became apparent,
Die correction by legislation in detail could then bo
easily supplied.
With great hesitation, another and fir al advantage
or of such a change is submitted, which we may not
be permitted wholly to overlook. As the Cabinet
would be befoie tue couutry, where their a",ts,
opinions, and views could not be concealed, CaMncl
changes, like ministerial crises in other constitu
tional governments, would carry with them their
own explanation, ar.d be freed from the degrading
gossip concerning personal motives and cnaracter,
and the compromising and contradictory stories of
newspaper "istei views," which aro now the oaue
and the shame of American politics.
A FATAL JIT3II.
Cutlo Fleees on Ibe niorrla aud Laaex It a II
rnuii. On Sunday afternoon, bit ween 4 and 5 o'clock,
a shocking occurrence touk place at the Kose
ville junction of the Morris aud Essex and
Bloomfield Railroads. Mr. William Ashley, a
master carpenter, residing in Bloomfield, was
journeying to his home to speud ids ' New
Year's" with his family, and in sodolsg took
the wrong train the tweuty minutes past 4
South Orange, instead of the BloomQeld accom
modation. At Koseville Junction he discovered
his mistake, and rufbiug out on the platform
jumped oft. He rolled under the wheels and
was
LITERALLY CI T TO 1'lECES.
The body was frightfully cut up and the skull
crushed in. The county physician was at once
notified, and, on a careful examination of the
facts, arrived at the conclusion that deceased
was ouly to blame himself. The body was given
in charge of his relatives. Poor Ashley had only
recently returned from the South, where he had
purchased a farm aud intended to reu ove to it
fn the spring.
TI1I11D EDITION
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.
Wr.SclienckandthsFngijsh'Mission
The San Domingo Resolution.
President's Forthcoming Message
The Internal Revenue Office.
Cominissior.er Pleasanton Installed
FROM WASHING TO JV. .
The KoBllah Itllealoa.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington. Jan. 3. General Schenck ar
rived here last niuht and was at the State De-
fartment to-day in consultation with Secretary
ieh abont his instructions as Minister to Lon
don. General Schenck will not sail until the
2ftth, as his instructions will not be ready before
that lime, nor can he arrange his privato affairs.
He docs not propose returning to Ohio or taking
his seat again in the House. As soon as he
noticed the account of an interview alleged to
have taken place between himself and a news
paper reporter, he telegraphed to the 8tate De
partment from New York denying its authenti
city. He has refused a large number of invita
tions to public dinners for the reason that he
does not wish to say anything concerning his
musion. or to commit himself to any particular
policy.
The San Domingo Resolution.
A number of friends of Mr. Morton's Ban
Domingo resolutions were in conference, with
the President yesterday and to-day as to the
best means of getting it through the House to
morrow. It has been intimated that unless op
portunity is allowed for a discussion, that the
opponents of the measure will filibuster to delay
action. The San Domingo resolution is at the
bottom of the calendar, and if its opponents
choose they can call tho yeas and nays on every
bill which it is proposed to lay a.'ide in order to
reach it, and this will consumo days. The fact
that the Foreign Affairs Committee have to
give five days' notice before reporting on the
snbject will probably throw it over till next
week.
ftllolater Wnithbiirne,
in a 'despatch to the State Department recently
received, gives it as his opinion that the sur
render of Paris will not terminate the war. The
French have at no stage of tho struggle shown
greater determination, and Washbtirne thinks
that they will not Eubmit as long as they have
any men or money left.
The Coming Mperlnl .lleaonKC.
The special message that the President pro
popes to send to Congress, relative to the con
dition of affairs la the Southern States will con
taiu a recommendation that ho be allowed dis
cretionary power in raising land and naval
forces to suppress outbreaks in Stales where
the reconstruction acts have ceased to operate.
This is done, it is alleged, upon tho recom
mendation of leading Republicans in tho South,
fflr. I.reeley nod the Domlnelan CommUnlon.
It is stated that the President has tendered
Horace Greeley a position on the San Domingo
Commiesion, with tbe view of securing tho in
fluence of the Tr Urine in advooating annex i
tioD. Greeley had a lorjg interview with Grant
this morning.
The New Internal Revenue t'onimlhtil9iier.
DetpaUh to the Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 3. Commissioner Pleasan
ton took the oath of oflice before Chief Justice
i artter this morning, and has entered upon his
duties. The heads of divisions of the Internal
Revenue oflice and the several chiefs of bureaus
of the Treasury called and paid their respects
to the new Commissioner. Several members of
Congrefs, including Senators Cameron, Wilson,
and Tipton also called upon him.
Recovery of Stolen Revenne.
A telegram received to-day at the Internal
Revenue Cilice announces that $17,000 of the
amount stolen by ex-Collector Fuller, of Texas,
who is now in custody for defalcation, hai been
recovered.
FROM THE STATE.
Tbe Senate Orannlzatloo Attempted Aasasal-
Buxloo ol' aHenator.
Special DfSvatck to The livening Telegraph'
IIariusbcrg, Jan. 3. Prior to this morning
trouble was anticipated in the organization of
the Senate. Senator Miller, of Cumberland,
being sick at hoire, a delegation waited on him
a ad brought him here this morning. Philadel
phia is well represented by roughs, who have
caused an excitement among the citizens. Last
night Senator Petrlken, while In his room at the
Bolton House, was astonished by rapid reports
of a pistol, balls of which came through his
door Into the room.
Prior to this he had been grossly insulted by
Fourth ward roughs. It is believed to have re
sulted from the fact of his vote having defeated
Ahem, the candidate for Sergeant-at-Arms.
Senator Conncll this afternoon will introduce a
bill calling a Constitutional Convention.
rEXySTLVAXlA LEGISLATURE.
Hense ol Reprtaeolatlvea.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. ....
Habrisbiko. Jan. 3. The House was called to
order at noon by Ueneral Selfridjre, Chief Clerk'.
The lion Frauds Jordan, Siretiry of Iti9 8tite,
presented the returns of tlie election of msm'jurs,
showing a Kepubtican majority of ten votes.
The members were then either sworn or a (11 r mod.
Hon. James II. Webb, of hraiord county, was
then elected Speaker. The .Democrats Wed for
James Ellis, or Schuylkill county.
Ueneial Selfrldge was re-elected Chief Clerk, and
Edward (1. Lee ami John Smutl, assistants.
The Senate meets at s o'clock.
Speaker Webb deiivereo mc fallowing address:
(JeMlemen of the House of lt'-nresuutatlves: 1
return you my sincere iiiunks !r this evidence of
your confidence la selecting mo t presids over
3 our deliberations for the be.sMou of the present
winter, and assure you it shall be my pleasure, as
it will be my duty, to try and perform the duties
fairly, impartially, and iu accordance with my oest
judgment and ability; aud, as you must bo
anare, my success will, to a very
great extent, depend upon the
support which I shall receive at your hands, i
believe I quite fully uomoreuend tlie responsibilities
and the duties which will necessarily devolve upon
me In a proper uiscbarpe of its duties, aud I
uost earnestly solicit your support
aud aid in the transaction of the
bubinef s of the House, as also tliat you shall be
charitable when I err. The busincs of the session
wh'cta we are about to commence must neces
sarily be extensive and important. It u not pos4l
ble that a great state like IVnmvlviuia, with
all her varied Interests, can ofherv(i than require
at the hands of her representative much legislation.
When we attempt to contemplate me great manu
facturing, mining, agricultural, and other produc
ing interests of our great commonwealth, wears
comptlied to acknowledge that duty to our con
stituents In providlDgfor their neceaHlaca,and in pro
tecting them against unwlseaud improper leglalatioM,
requires ua to be laitMul in a proper discharge of our
duties both in ascertaining what is required to pro
perly encourage aud advance her great and import,
ant intercuts, as also to prevent that which ahull
work injustice and wrong. Hoping that our session
will be both pleanant to ourselves and beneficial to
our constituents, I again thank you fur the honor
wLkL 1 have received at your hands.
LEO AX. XNT7JLLXOX2CTCS.
Jaaunry Term.
Supreme Court in lianeChirf Justice 7'AnKpnt
and Juigee Read, Agneio, Sharuood,and William.
Tbe January sitting of the Supreme Court in
this city was begun this morning. The attend
ance of lawyers was very large, crowding the
bar, the aisles, and encroaching even upon the
firecincts of the bench. A great number of
udgments were entered in country cases that
were heard by the Court at Harrisburg and
Pittsburg, which the crowded state of our
columns to-day prevents us from Riving in
detail. The list, which is a very heavy one,nwas
then called by the Chief Justice in order to
ascertain what cases were ready for argument.
Ilnalneaa Heaunted.
Court of Quarter Sessions A Uison, P. J.
This Court to-day resumed work. Judge Alli
son appointed John L. Busby. Esq., foreman of
the Grand Jury, and instructed that body gene
rally as to their duties. He then organized the
petit jury and adjourned the Court until to
morrow, when the trial of prison cases will be
commenced.
A Blc C'aae-Hecond Notional Book of Erie va.
Mnilib, Randolph A.' Co.
Supreme Court at A "riwo Judge, Sharswood.
This is an action brought by the bank to re
cover $50,000 from the defendants. The facts
of the case as developed by the testimony are as
follows, and are of considerable interest to the
public, because of its involving the mysterious
robbery of the Ocean Bank of New York in
180!: On the 10th of June, 1809, tho cashier of
the Ocean Bank called on Smith, Randolph &
Co. and offered to loan them $50,000 on Gov
ernment collaterals. The loan was accepted,
and $50,000 of U. S. bonds were deposited as
collaterals with the Ocean Bank they being
worth, with the premium on, $00,000. Those
bonds were stolen from the Ocean Bank. The
defendants at once tendered the $50,000 and
demanded their bonds which, of course, were
not forthcoming. It then appealed that the
Ocean Bank was agent for the Erie Bank, a
fact not before known to Smith, Randolph &
Co. The Erie Bank now sues the defendants
for the money, on the alleged principle of.' law
that tho loss of a collateral without negligence
docs not discharge the debt. The case Is still
on trial. The printed depositions alone amount
to over 700 printed pages.
General Curtis, of Erie; W. S. Lane and
George W. Biddle, Esqs., for the bank.
Lewis Wain Smith and Constant Guillou,
Esqs., for the defendants.
first Colored Juror.
The first colored man who has been drawn
for jury services is in attendance upon the
Quarter Sessions, before Judge Allison, this
month.
I-lNAIt;ii AN1 COUMEItfJU
Evenino Telegraph Oiticr.)
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 17 1.
This is the first business day of the new year,
and it opens dull aud heavy enough. Most
branches of business are exceptionally quiet,
making money-hunting a matter of little im
portance at present. The various corporations
are paying out gold and currency very freely,
and the indications are that towards the close of
the prctCDt week the regular loan market will
recover its wonted features of abundance and
cafe. Call loans aro moderately active, and
rates range from 53 r7 fij-j per cent.
Gold continues remarkably quiet and steady,
all tho sales this morning being reported at
IIOJ4, without a single fluctuation.
Government bonds are in demand at a fur
ther advance.
Stocks were quite active, and general prices
advanced. Sales of City Os at 100 for the new
certificates.
Rending Railroad was in active request, and
numerous sales were made at 49!, s. o., up to
4'.), regular. Bales of Pennsylvania at ti'i,Y;
Camden and Aruboy at 117J; and Lehigh Val
ley at 00; S7'X was bid for Catawissa preferred,
und for Philadelphia and Erie.
The balance of the list was inactive, but very
firm.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven 4 Bro., No. 40 S.Thlrd street.
FIHST JUOAKD.
tlOOO 'Wllm&RRTs 91
20shRcad..d bill
60
lioo City 68, N..C.10O
(300 do 100.
foe do clooPf
fV100ScN6s 'R2.1S. 73
fsooo do. ..sswn. 73
81 sh Cam ft Am K.117X
v7 sh henna K..ls. 62 v
1(5 sh Let VaK.ls. 60 w
100
200
do 830.
do IS. 49'.
190 do..s30wn. 49
100 do 49
100 do..s30wn. 49J
100 do 49'til
100 do C.49'81
200 do.ls.s5.tin. 49'81
100 do. b3. 4j;-
100 do 3d. 49'f
600 do IS. 49?,'
800 . dols.sC0wn 49,j;
600 do ad. 49
100 do 49J,
200 ' do.lS.B30WQ.49'66
loo sh Leh Nav.blS. 83X
300
300
200
4
dols.s60wn. 33'
do 83
do.... 1)60. 83
do MX
dO.fc60wn.l4. 883:
200
10 sn corn ex . 7
5 an Read. .d bill. 60
MSS8B8. WILLIAM PiDTTKB ft CO.. N6.88 8. Third
street, report the following quotations: U. 8. s of
1881, 110 0110A,' ; -20S Of 1662, 109109). ; do. 1864,
108e108i: dO. 1865, U'8V108?,'; AO., July, 1866,
107'c410TH! do., .Tuly, 1887, 108,4108 t do. July,
1868, 10Sl,108)tf ; M, Ui-40, 106?4'1(H7 ! TJ. S. FACIA .
K1L Cy. 68, 110.Vt110,'. Gold. 110J4(4111.
JUKSSKS. 1 iUVKN St Urothkr, No. 40 8. Third
Btreet, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:'
U. S. 68 of 1881. 11G .StailO ; do. 1862, 108(4109 '.' ;:
do. 1844, 108X(sl08X ; do. 1SC0, 10S J.v4108;,' ; do. I860,
new, 10T,(4107H : do. 1867, do. 107?,'108;.';do, 186S,
do. io8xioe : 10-408, looaioe. u. a so year
s percent Onrrenoy, HOM&ui ; Hold, 110 ,(4
110; ; Silver, 105(4107: Union Pacific Railroad
IstMort, Bonds, 780(3800; Central Pacific Railroad,
&90O903; Union Pacific Laud Grant Bonds, 6153640.
Philadelphia Trade Itepors.
Ti'esdav, Jan. 8. Bark la the absence or
sales we quote No. 1 Quercitron at S4&30 ton, as
in quality.
Seeds Cloverseed comes forward slowly, and com
mands lltsllXc pound. Timothy and Flaxseed
are scarce and wanted. We quote the former at
15-60, and the latter at f22-10.
There is less activity la the Flour market, bat
we continue former quotations. There is very little
demand for shipment, aud the operations of the
home consumers are confined to their immediate
wants. Sales of 1060 barrels superfine and 1000 bar
rels Pennsylvania extra on private terms; some
Northwestern extra family at fOtSS'AO; 3000 barrels
Pennsylvania do. do. at Isaacs; Indiana aud Ohio
do. do. In lots at 6-25cf T-U5, and fancy lots at high
Ctfures. Rye Flour sells at ivii&o &i. la Corn
Meal nothing doing.
The tone of the Wheat market Is firm, but the.
volume of business is light. Sales of Sooo bushels at
11-43(41-45 for Iudiana red and tl-A0 for Ohio amber.
Rye is ncminal at s'.Ou. for Westteru and Penn
sylvania ; 80c. for Southern. Corn Is quiet but Grin :
sales of 400 bftshels Pennylvania yellow at 7So. and
some Western mixed at i;c. Oats are sternly, with
sales of Pennsylvania at f-lffSGc. and Western at
6,o,t6c
In ltarley and Malt no saiei were reported.
Whisky is unchanged. Soles of tut barrels West
ern Iron aud wood bound at 940.
LATEST SH1ITIXO INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine Hea$ tee iiuide Pay en.
By Telegraph.)
Foktrkss Monrok, Vs., Jan. 8 Arrived, hark
Chlneserean, from liuli)ue for orders.
Passed up for Richmond, brig John SDea, from
New York.
TORT OF PHILADELPHIA.,
...JANl'ARV 3
BTATl OF TniBMOMIrtK AT 1HI ITIKINO TBI KG It A PH
1. OFKICJt.
8 A. M 80 I 11A.M.
31 I 8 P. M.
41
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Hercules, Doughty, 3o hours from Pro
vidence, with indue, to J. S. ililles.
Steamship Norfolk. Piatt, from Kicbmond via Nor.
folk, with uidse. to W. 1'. Clyde Co.
Hteamer MWville, Renear, 24 hours from New
York, with salt to W. Humm A Co.
Selir Sarah Bruen, Fisher, fin Wiluilnuion N C
Willi luuiuer to Morcius k Sheets. ' ''