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THE DAILY KVKMNG TKLEGRA PI1 P. 1 tLA DELPHI A , MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1871
C1TT IN Til LH UBROBi
DOWN THE RIVER.
The Improvement the Navigation mt the
All that has been raid of the Ice-barrier of the
Delaware at tlie "Horse Shoe" is now being
verified every hour of the day. Our commerco
has come to a comparative stand still, for it is
au impossibility, beyond all question, for sailing
veesei s to pass through the dreaded ice-gorge,
and the majority of screw steamers are required
to secure the aid of powerful tugs to bring tbeia
through the Horse-Whoe channel and np to the
wharves. The ice-boats are hard at work, one
in the immediate vicinity of the gorge endeavor
ing to keep the channel open, and the other
breaking up the ice field which stretches from
shore to shore above League I-dand. To assure
the success of the projected Philadelphia trns
atlantlc steamship line, which, we have strong
hopes, approaches realization, the channel of
the Delaware must not be impeded by each lco
barriers as every winter form at the Ilbrso fttoc.
Two lines, that muny years ago wero estab
lished, went to ruin from no other reas n than
that the vessel could not get out of port until
long after the time set for their departure, and
thus lost freight and passengers, who sought a
more direct and unobstructed route, and repu
tation, and thus tailed.
Our commercial associations have earnestly
urged Congress to do something to relieve Phila
delphia from this annual embargo upon her
commercial prosperity, and this afternoon the
, Committee on the Improvement ot Navigation,
of Councils, headed by Chairman Henry Bunim,
the member of the Hoard of Port Wardens, and
special committees of the Lioard of Trade, Com
mercial Exchange, and Franklin Institute, will
tukc a trip down the river on one of the power
ful citv ice-boats, and thus discover the nature
ot the obstruction which has for bo long a time
been the subject of complaint. The excursion
ists will leave Arch street wharf at 2 P. M.,
prompt.
OUR COMMKK'JK.
The Wfiiclal Report for Hie Ilnenl Yenr
IM! 70.
In the official report of the Bureau of Statis
tics of the Treasury Departmeut, we find the fol
lowing statement of the value of foreign mer
chandise imported for consumption into the
port of Philadelphia during the liacal year end
ing June 30, 1S70:
Vrre tf ltvt'l. W'lirehontr. ''.
Firtt quiirter l.vi,li4
Hccond liM.tWJ
Third ' 69,4iU
Fourth " 6VJ4J
Total.
1339,210
fl.fir.S.BM
1,133. 784
1,74-,8S9
3,020,493
First quarter. .
Second '
Third "
Fourth "
82,or,o,n()8
1,031 h:i
1,635.714
2,171,918
Total $7,7S9,39 17,817,098
A summary of the above presents the follow
ing: Dutiable "VarehouBC J7,7P9 B'.'ft
" Direct 7,817,60
Total, dutiable tl3,0T,n5
" free of duty as,240
Grand total 115,998,205
The figures for the port of New York during
the same period present an aggregate of
t'-!'J2,0U,8ll. This startliug contrast is a stand
ing argument in favor of pushing forward with
the utmost rapidity the new steamship project.
A very large proportion of the importations at
the port of New York were for consumption in
this city, and all or nearly all of this will find
its way to Philadelphia direct as soon as there
is an opportunity for it to do so.
COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE.
Its Annual Meeting To-morrow.
To-morrow morning the Commercial Ex
change Association will hold Its anuual meeting
at its new hall, in Second street, above Walnut,
when the officers to serve for the ensuing year
will be elected and the annual report read.
Nominations have been already made, as fol
lows: Seth O. Comly, President; Colonel
Robert Crav, Vice-President; Walter Wilson,
Esq., Treasurer. These gentlemen will un
doubtedly be elected without opposition. It
may perhaps interest some to know what Presi
dents the association has had since its organiza
tion. The list is as follows:-
1&54 -Vm. B. Thomas. '190.1 Archibald Getty.
isr,0 Henry liudd. jlstH Henry Wlnsor.
1857 Hon. A. O. t'attell. 1S85 Uharles Knecht.
185S George L. Buz. by.
lbOO Howard Hlnchman.
1859 James Barratt, br,
1800 James Steel.
1801 A. J. Derbyshire.
1862 C. J. Hoffman.
11967 Chirles Oummlngs.
iwi.s k. narper .letrrtes.
1809 John H. Mlehener.
1870-Nathan Brooke.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
timore Railroad. The annual report of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore. Rail
road Company for the past yeur has just been
presented. It shows that the earnings of the
road during the year were $3,577,140 89. The
earBings of the New Castle aud Frenchtown
branch were$G8,15l,(J9, making a grand total of
$2,645,208 b8. The total expenditures on both
roads amounted to $1,817,0:51, leaving f 798,207
as the net earnings for the year. The company
has 58 locomotives, 50 of them being coal
burners, and the remaining 8 wood burners.
Five of the number need slight repairs. The
company has 5 twelve-wheel passenger cars, 2
twelve-wheel chair cars, 78 eight-wheel passen
ger cars, 8 eight-wheel baggage and passenger
cars combined, 3 eight-wheeled compartment
cars, 4 eight-wheeled chair cars, baggage, mail,
express, and other cars, making a total In the
passenger department of 146 cars, The freight
department has 991 cars, and the construction
and repair department 11 cars, making a grand
total of 1148 cars.
The Philadelphia and Baltimore Cen
tral Railkoad. The report of this company
for the year ending October 31, 1S70, lias just
been presented. The business of the yeur shows
a fair increase over the sear preceding. The
expenses have been heavy, but this is to ba
expected for some time to come. The stock is
in good order, and new rolling stock has been
added, worth in the aggregate $02,000. The
portion of the road lying in Pennsylvania, has
been operated by a trustee during the year, he
having entered into possession uuder a mort
gage. The total earnings of the road in Mary
laud worked by the company have been Kii,
245 40, and the total operating expenses $102,
l'JloU The earaiugs of the portion worked by
the trustee were 67,3U4 07, and the operating
expcn.es f 8:i,3S8-91.
EoimiNO 8ehvant (iiKi.s. A niau named
K. W. ITit.ch was arrested at Eighth aud Vine
streets on Saturday upon the charge of robbing
poor German servant girls. He would form the
acquaintance of a young girl, and after obtain
ing her confidence and promising marriage,
place in her possession a counterfeit $100 bill to
keep for him. In a day or two he would return
and borrow on account of the bogus bill ten
dollar, and then leave never to return again.
The oillocrs who arrested him found that he had
practiced the game at a number of places, and
h:s victims were numerous. Plit.ch had a hear
ing before Alderman Cahlll and was held in
$ 1000 bail for a f urtherjiearlng.
A Swindler. A man named Charles Smith
was taken Into custody on Saturday, upon the
charge of swindling. The allegation Is that he
was tolog about and representing to people
that their relatives In a distant city were in dis
tress, and that he had been delegated to obtain
atslMance for them. In this way he had secured
considerable money. One old lady declined to
trot Smith, und was put to an expense of $17
in sending a person to New York to inquire
aliout her son, whom Smith represented was
Jj ing In a hospital at that place. Defendant will
liave a hearing at the Central Station this af
ternoon. SfBPECTKD or KomiKRY. John Ware aud
William Kennedy were arretted at Second and
Hpruee streets yesterday, upon suspicion of the
Weeny of a quantity of rope which they had in
their possesion. They were held to bail to
tijtv. tr by Aid. Delaucy.
LKiHT AT LAST.
Wha Mole the t:tnt-rven Thieve, la Cat
ted. A Oan.eo.e Amen the Nooiber.
Borne time on Saturday the exact particulars
as to time remain yet involved in mystery the
house No. lt'KJS North Eleventh street was en
tered and robbed of goods to the amount of $300
in value. In casting about for the partiers who
might have engaged In this depredation, the
suspicions of the Twelfth district police settled
upon the denizens of a building at Ute corner of
Girard avenue and Sartain street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets, kept by one Kate
Allen. This house, It is said by those who live
In its vicinity, Is far from enjoying a fair
repute, and events which have just come
to light confirm the bad impression
in the public mind regarding it. Sergeant J.
C. Schuler procured a search warrant, and with
a posse of ofllecrs of the Twelfth district force
yesterday searched Miss (!) Alien's house, and,
much to her chagrin and to the terror of her
boarders, found a basis for his suspicions in the
pretence of twenty-four boxes of cigars and a
box of Monitor chewing tobacco, which had
recently been abstracted from the premise of a
Mr. Sharp, and concealed in a chamber of MUs
Allen's rtsidence. The oilicers, notwithstand
ing the anguish of the young ladies that their
innocence should be impeached and the indig
nation of the young gentlemen, took promptly
into custody Misses Kate Allen, Kate Moresic,
and Mary Winters, and Messrs James A. lies
son, Henry Smith, Edward Leddy, and Anthony
Winters, and placed them behind the bars of
the 6tatiou-liousc cells.
The prisoners having been locked up, the
Sergeant and his coadjutors retraced their steps,
nnd a careful scrutiny of the then tenuntless
dwelling discovered iu the kitchen one burglar's
brace, ouo bit, and two jimmies that had appa
rently seen good service, and In a chanber in
the third story found ono small piece of cloth,
one elegant dress pattern, one box of ru tiling
for shirts, two silver shirt studs, eleven rolls o
chewing tobacco, and one empty cigar box that
had been stolen (when filled) from Hie store of
William II. Kaeler, at Thirteenth aud Cass
streets, on the 21st of January.
Kate Morestc, who has the alias of Kao Wil
liams, is well known perhaps not so well in
criminal ns in the theatrical' annals of Phila
delphia. She has at various times, ever since
the development of the spectacular shows that
have bern put upon the Philadelphia stage,
been engaged in the capacity of a fijurante, or
coryphee, or dantxnne. She, however, like
many others, descended the scale until she be
came one of the dancers of the can-cm in a
low Ealoon on Chesnut street, beneath, almost,
the very nose of his Honor the Mayor, and
where, ever since its establishment, she has
been dancing.
Miks Morestc has the reputation of being also
a shop-lifter; for when she was arrested on
Saturday night week sho was chafed into a yard
by fin ollicer, when it was discovered that she
had thrown away a roll of black cloth, and also
a capacious ''lift" pocket, big euough, as the
officer said, "to hold three bushels of potatoes."
A "lilt pocket is orie that a female thief
attaches to the under side of a skirt, where she
may conceal what she has stolen. In addition to
the charge now preferred against Miss Morcste,
there is another wherein she is aliened to have
stolen one skirt, one piece of black cloth, and
one piece ot blue navy cloth. On this she Is
held in $1800 bail.
The prisoners were brought down totheCentral
Station this morning, and will have a hearing
this afternoon.
Hem akka Hi.E Occurrence. On Friday after
noon a horse attached to a sleigh took fright on
North Broad street and dashed madly olf, run
ning down Broad street to Thompson aud along
Thompson east. At Ninth and Thompson streets
a train on the Philadelphia, Germantown and
Morri6towu Kailroad was passing, and the horse
In attempting to cross the track jumped on the
cow catcher of the locomot' ve and was carried
some yards before beinn discovered, then the
fireman passed to the front of the engine and
caught the horse by the head, holding on until
the train stopped. The animal was then taken
off. It was found that the beast had only re
ceived a slight cut on the leg and was otherwise
ia good condition. The sleigh was of course
greatly damaged.
Feriois Charge. Michael Garvey and John I
Foley are alleged to have gone into a public
house at Second and Spruce streets on Saturday
night, and after assaulting the proprietor,
robbing bim of his watch. Lieut. Haggerty was
sent for, but the parties in the meantime had
escaped. Later iu the evening they returned to
the premises and were in the act of practising
the same operation on one of the boarders in
the nouse wnen arrested by tne Lieutenant and
one of his oilicers. The prisoners have been
held for a further hearing by Aid. Delaney.
The English: Sparrows. There having
been a good deal of anxiety expressed lest th?
little strangers among us, the English sparrows,
should starve to death this snowy weather, we
take pleasure in calling attention to the fact
that they have been taken in charge by the
Women's Branch of the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animate, and are fed regu
larly by the agents belonging to the association.
Nevertheless, we would not dissuade private
individuals from throwing food to them.
Assault and Battery Case. Two "men.
named James Walker and Thomas Flemming,
went into the beer saloon at lhompson aud
Mascber streets yesterday, and without any
provocation assaulted the proprietor. They
also damaged the furniture in the place. The
police were notified and the disorderly charac
ters were taken into cuBtody. Defendants had
a bearing before Alderman Shoemaker aud were
held in $1000 bail to answer.
Another Incendiart Attempt. Last night
another attempt was made to fire the school
houep on Seventh street, below Catharine. A
file was kindled in one of the apartments, but
fortunately, the ilamcs burned out without
doing any damage wnatever. inis makes tne
third attempt to burn this building, A few
mornings ago several parlies were chased out of
the building.
The Chesnut Street Skating Rink, at
Twenty-third and Chesnut streets, is now in
lull operation day ana evening, ine ice is in
splendid condition, and skaters can enjoy them
.elves without impediment. Another grand
ivterie fanantique will be given this evening,
which will undoubtedly be a grand affair. All
the best bkaters in the city will be present.
Tapped a Till. Andrew Jack3on (colored)
was arrested on Saturday night by Policeman
O'Connell, of the Sixth district, upon the charge
of tapping a till in the market-house at Sixteenth
and Market streets. Andrew hada hearing before
Alderman Jones, and was held la $800 bail to
answer.
Lamp Explosion. Last evening a coal-oil
lamp exploded in the private otllce of Lieuten
ant Smith, at the Eighteenth District Station
House, setting fire to a window shade and doing
other damage. The flames were extinguished
by the police after a loss of about $25 having
been sustained.
Rescued from Drowning William Adams,
a printer, tumbled into the Delaware at ChQsnut
street wharf on Saturday night. He was res
cued from drowning by the crew of the steam
boat Fashion.
Clerk to the Mayor Mr. E. G. Wood
ward, a kind, intelligent, and affable geutleman,
has been appointed as assistant clerk to the
Mayor.
Fl!VArt;i AWU CO UMEKUli,
EVENINO Tl.BRAPH OFPIOB.I
Monday, Jao. 80, la7i.
The money market opened quiet aud steady,
notwithstanding the exciteineut resulting from
the political news from France, but there can
be no doubt that if, a revolution in the provinces
fchould grow out of the capitulation of the
French capital, the financial market! through
out the Union would sufler serious derange
ment. Such an event ia among the probabili
ties of the Immediate future, and further pews
I will be awaited witft eoiue anxiety, extreme
caution In the meantime beiLg the ruling fea
ture. Call loans are in good demand at 5,1 .(l?-1. per
cent, on good collaterals, and discounts are
quite active in connection with movements in
some departments ef trade. First-class paper
may still be qnoted at 7 (5 8 per cent.
The cold market has been strengthened by the
news from Europe, the sales opening at 110.
and advancing, closed strong at 110 about
noon.
Government bonds, in sympathy with gold,
advanced fully V per cent, as compared with
Saturday's closing figures.
The stock market was moderately active,
and without much chance in prices. Sales of
City Cs, new bonds, at 101, and ante-war do. at
101 88) was bid for Lehigh Gold Loan.
Reading Kailroad was quiet, with sales at 49'4'
fff.9-81. Sales of Pennsylvania at V2i; Little
Scbmlkillat43Jf; Lehigh Valley at CO; Phila
delphia and Erie at 28'; and Catawitisa pre
ferred at 38.!()38.
Canal shares were neglected.
A few shares of Manufacturers' Bank sold
at SO.
Second and Third Streets Railroad sold at 58:
and Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets at 23. 15
was bid for Hestonville do.
Sales of Central Transportation at 50.
PHILADKLPHIA -STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven & Uro., No. 40 3. Tnird street.
FIRST UOAItl).
12700 City 6s, Ncw.lul Kio bu Cat rr... 1)60
:i00 do 10i'?i 100 do
$100 do.prlorto'C2.t0i 8i 0 sh Ph A K..b30
if looo do.prlnrto't2.101 V loo do
3V
23
29
49
nuii i;AM9, i 8(io sh Reading It
j mini ra i rei? m us. vn
twoo Elmira 7s a
12000 do PIM
miooPdA K 7s.. 1(5. 8: i,
mkio AniOold 1104
I.MI00 do 110 'i
JllioOLeh 6h, "84.... 8."v
SM 0 sh Peuna H M
80 do ox
MKRPRfl. !) IUVRN k.
03 do 49 .11
200 do 49 y
63 sh Cent Trans. . .
M) do r9
21 Rh 2d A 3d St.. 6S
Si sh 13th A lt!i R 23
85 Rh Manuf Bfc... 80
1 sh Lit Heh H 43'
18 sh Letl Val H.... CO
Bhoi'hkk, No. 40 a. Third
street, I'hliaile'phia, report tlie following quotations
U. W. OSor 1881, U:,'AVA'i ; do. ISfii, lOOUOSt';
do. 18B4, 10.V.4100'. ; (to. 18(56, inv109)4 ; do. 18ft,
new, lUHH,10i; do. 1S6T, do losy 410s y ; do. 1888
do. l(i9iW10S'; 10-408, lofli($umvr. TJ. 8. 30 Yeat
6 percent. Ourreney, I10i(.lll Hold, 110?,'
Ill1,; Silver, 10A1U7: Union PaelOo Railroad
IstMort. Bonds, 7.v80B; Central Pacltlo Railroad,
90OA91O: Onion Pacific Land (Jrant Bonds. 7357:J.
MK8HRS. YViLI.UM PAINTftR & CO., NO. 88 S. Third
street, report the following quotations: U. 8. s of
1881s, 113113', ; B-208 Of 1H62, H0yiUO',' do. 184
10'v(ai0!t,-; do. 1865, 109(1109; do.,' July, 1SK
10n!,j(iosi ; do., Jniy, 1967, imtnm do. .inly,
1868, 1U8 V4108?. ; (M 'O 40, lll9i109)tf. Oold. 110'i
0111. U. 8. Pacific It R. Cur'cy 6a, 111?4'1U,V.
Naur .ladnkh. uroKera, report this morning
Gold quotations as follows :
10-00 A. M 110U 11-49A. M,
...111'.'
.111
..lit'."
..m
..u7.'
..ni
..110'i
..in
..UO.'i
KITS
10-35
..110 1150
..110V ll'B2
10'f6
llfili
..llOj; 1155
..111 '1U-00
..HO,',' 12 05
..111 12-07
..110; 12-10
..111 1230
M. ..
P. M..
11-00
11 14
11 25
H'35
Philadelphia Trade Keport.
Monday, Jan. 30. Bark In the absence of
sales we quote No. 1 Quercitron at f30 p ton.
Seeds Cloveraeed Is quiet, and sells in a small
way at l"4'gll Jfc. V pound. Timothy Is nominal
at G($s-25. Flaxseed is taken by the crushers at
(2(32-10.
There Is a fair dneree of activity in the Flour
market, and pi lees are well sustained. The duniaud
Is mostly from the home consumers, whose pur
chases foot up 2300 barrels Including superfine
ar. J5-25a;B-eo ; extras at 1 5 -50O .o-as; Northwestern
extra family at t(i f)0(7 -78 : Pennsylvania do. do at
iiTP(a7 ; Indiana and Ohio do.do. at 16-75 7-75, and
sm. irfiuis no. io. at ia-oo. itye inour sells atd50.
In Corn Meal no sales were reported.
The market Is fairly supplied wltn prime Wheat,
and for this description a itood demand prevails at
full prices. Sales of Pennsylvania red at $145;
Indiana and Ohio do. at St -fWCrf. 1-60, and amber at
11-60(3167. Rye ranees from 95o97o. for "Vestern
and Pennsylvania. Corn is la fair demand and a
shade lower. Sales of 0500 bushels Western mixed,
lm u ai ;;;. niin part un priTxto cermi. uat4 aro
linn at 67i 60o. for Pennsylvania and Western.
Whisky may be quoted at 94c for Western Iron
bound. Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Mokdav, Jan. 80. The market for Beef Cattle
was again excessively dull to-day, the demand
being lightand prices were heavy and Irregular,
owing to the large receipts, which reached 2000
head. A few lots of extra quality changed hands at
Sc., but the bulk of the sales were within the range
of sesame, for choice, 6)twX for fair to good, and
5 6c. y lb., gross, for common. The following are
the particulars of the sales:
64 owen umitn, v lrginia, x9.
90 Daniel Smyth & Bros., Western Pa., 78'.
CO Dennis Smyth, Lancaster co., 68.
61 A. Chilsty, A eate4D, 73rf9.
46 J as. Christy, do., (g8.
VI Dengler t McCleese, Lancaster co., 6X7 v.
60 P. McKlllen. do.. 6.
60 Ph. Hatha way, Western, tJX.
is James Shirk, Lancaster co., 116'.
vu u. r . jucr uien, western, (3,
110 James McFUien, do. 784'.
to K S. MeFillen, do., J(di8.
1S3 Ullman it Bauhman, do., 7(3S,'4
lr5 J. J. Martin A Co., do., 73y;.
101 Mooney A Miller, do., 6s,(S V.
mi -ruomas Aiooney a uro., Lim-as, co., g7.
80 H. haln, Jr., Western Pa,5v'($6;4'.
48 L. Frank, Western, 6M1.
75 Gus. Schamberor k Co., Lancaster co.. 6kfas V.
180 Hope A Co., Western, 78)tf.
s'i James uiemson, cnesier co. anu w. ra., 7(8.
8B W. Alexander, Chester co., 6l.,(b.V.
40 John McArdle, Western, 7c8.U.
73 R. Maynes, do., 7l!8tf.
11 Vliiin a. '-v dn T.jTiv'
7 D. Ker son. Chester co., B7.
iO Jul.. Auil, W. Va., tm.
Con s and calves met a (rood inquiry, and 150 head
sold at fbt (&75, as la quality.
Klieep Tne market was quite active, and prices
arivsneed. Sales at 68,7c. per lb. gross, ltecelpts,
14,000 head.
Hops There was a good demand for this descrip
tion of stoctt, and prices advanced. Sales of 6000
head at 1 10 bo 110 per 100 lbs, net, as lu quality.
LATEST SMITING INTELLIGENCE.
(By Cahle.)
QrEBNSTOWN, Jan. 3o. Steamships City of Paris,
Siberia, and Ni braska arrived out.
The Abyssinia arrived on Hatnrday.
(By TilurraoKI
San Frakcirco, Jan. 29. Arrived, Lr. ship Claren
don, from liong tt.oug.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA JANUARY 30
BTATl OF TQXRMOUBTBR AT TUB EVBN1N0) TBLBOUAPB
OFKICH.
8A. M ...83l 11 A. M 88 I S P. M. 33
STO RI8R8 7-12 MOON SBTS. 213
Sun bars 6 l5,Hiaa Watbh 9- 6
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship J. W. Lvermau, Hinckley, from Charles
ton, B. c. witn mane. 10 w. 1. ciyae & co.
MEMORANDA.
Steamer Fanita, Doane, heuce, arrived at New
l orK last mguu
IMPORTS.
Bei fast Nor. brtg oiaf Kjrre, OlBen.-450 tons
old railroad iron, to William Brockle.
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MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.
Repealing the Zncomo Tax.
A Constitutional Difficulty.
The Regulation of Commerce.
Tlie leiiitir Exiles.
A Resolution of Sympathy.
Proceedings of Congress
FKOM WJSinjVOTOJV.
A Job fpolled.
BpteioX Deitpateh to The Kveniiiq Telegraph.
Wariiincton, Jan. SO. Tlie ApproprlaUon Com
rnittee, tiii-li lias been InveKiiKaiing tlie llou8 re
solution puPKfil last el8lon to pay half a million
dollvrs lor alleged transportation of malls across
the t'lalnf, after a thoroniili exiimtnatlnn, lias de
cided to report that the money should not bo paid,
ar.d that the joint resolution be repealed.
When the Senate bill to
Iteprnl the Income Tux
rrarhes the Senate to-day several Senators will con
test the point ns to whether the action of the Senate
In pBRHlng this bill Is In violation of that clause of
the CoiiHiitution which makes It unlawful for the
tsenate to ordinate bills of revenue.
It is believed Mat the action of the House will
have the effect of defeating the measure.
The Wavs and MeaiiH Committee decided to-day
not to take anv action on the income tax until the
Senate hus disposed of the question,
Kraulnilon of t'ouimerce,
The House Judiciary Committee have before them
a bill for tetfulatinfr commerce bet ween the several
States. It Is understood that a maj irity of the com
mittee maintain tnat Congress has the right, on the
general question of regulating commerce between
states, to diarter railroads and regulate transput ta
tt( n of pasBenners und merchandise. There Is a
section In the bill which prohibits a State from lay
ing a tax on goods in transit which Is not levied
upon the same goods Imported Into or manufactured
in the State.
hrmpaihy with the Fenian..
General llutler will to-day introduce a reflation
expressive of sympathy with the exiled I-'onlaus
who have reentiy arrived in this country.
Thct President's lloimehold.
Considerable amusement was created in the
Douhu by the Introduction of a resolution inquiring
by what authority the President retains a number
01 military gentlemen at (he Whlto House, and how
mxnjprlvste secretaries the President has. The
resolution was laid un the tabia by p party vote.
Prerlal IS a vol Kullhluieut.
Despatch to the Asuociated Iresx.
Washington, Jan. 30. The Secretary of the Navy
has addressed a letter to the Senate Committee on
Naval a flairs, asking the passage of a special act
authorizing the enlistment of three hundred men
for service at the Naval Academy, to con
stitute a permanent crew for maunlug the practice
ship. If, he says, the crew of the practice shlpcould
be of picked and permanent men, the ship would
alwa.vs be in order. The rolriMilpmen would fall in
at once with the well-arranged system of a vessel
already in discipline, and these advantages, with
that of being freed from the Immoral influence of
bad associates, can scarcely be overestimated.
F1WM JV!giy ENGLAND.
Obituary.
At Dover, Mass., Jan. 80. Dr. Taylor, prin
cipal of the Phillips Academy, died suddenly
yesterday.
FIWM JVW YORK.
Ma.od.Io Convocation. v
Amiany, Jan. 30. The annual convocation
of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Masons of
fhe State of New York will be held in this city,
commencing February 7.
Dl.a.ter at Nea. x
Fobtfess Monkob, Jan. 80. Arrived, steamer
Yazoo, from New Orleans for Philadelphia; towed
In, bark Templar, from Baltimote for Kio. which
was run Into bv a propeller on Friday nlgnt about
fllty miles off the Capes, carrying away jioboom and
fure-rigglDg, aud stove her stern. ,
CONGRESS.
FOKTV-FIKT TEltM TUIIID SESSION.
Henate.
Washington, Jan. SO. Memorials were presented
by Messrs. Kmton, Conkltng and Sumner, from
Kitiffs county hoiua-opathle and other medical so
cieties lu reference to the establishment of a homeo
pathic national univey at Washington, Congress
to make the establibhmcnt of one or more profes
sorships of homa-oputhy a prerequinitc to a charter
for the same.
By Mr. Sherman, from the Cincinnati Board of
Alderman a. king thai the Clrctnuatl and Newport
Railroad Company be requested to raise their bridge
over thelOhlo.
Mr. Wilson, from the Military Committee, le
ported favorably the House bill extending tne bane
tits of the soldiers' national asylums to soldiers of
1812 and the Mexican war; also, adversely, the bii
relative to the sale of the Arsenal at Pittsburg
Upon Mr. Wilson's motion the latter bid was inde
finitely postponed.
Mr. Buckingham, from the Committee on Com
merce, reported back the House bill to authorize
the removal of the Custom House from St. Mark's to
Cedar Keys, 1'la.
Mr. Trumbull moved to take np the Georgia ques
tion, remurklng that the questions Involved were
these of law aud fact, and that, If a general discus
sion upon the reconstruction question was avoided,
the subject could be dlxpoaed of this alter noon.
AiUriennrksby Mesors. Kellogg aud W illiams upon
the Importance of action upon steamship subsidies,
particularly In refeienceto the proposed Australian
line, Mr. 1 ruiiibull's motion prevailed.
The resolution ot Um majority of the Jadlclary
Cou mittee, declaring Mr. Hill entitled to a sear, was
then rend, and Mr. Trumbull, in support of the
validity of the election, proceeded to detail the cir
cumstances uuder which It look place.
1 lie whole c irncelty was as to the composition of
the Legislature, arising from the expulsion la 183
of seven colored members, and the substitution for
them of the mii.onty candidates at the previous
election. The ineligibility of others under the four
teenth amendment, and the subsequent exclusion
by a military board of seventeen members, three
for disqualification and fourteen for refusal to ap
pear for examination, making 84 in all. The pre
sence of a constitutional quorum In each bousn and
their proper organization establithed a prima facie
case lu favor of Hill's claim, the allegitlon of luell
gitulltycf ceruln members being Immaterial to the
result.
Iloii.e.
A number of bills were Introduced and referrel;
among them one by Mr. Morrill, of Maine, declaring
that any one who snail sell or give to any civil,
military, or naval officer of the Government intoxi
cating liquors to be used as a beverage, shall be
deemed guilty of a crime against the peace of so
ciety, and eu conviction be puntshed by (I no and Im
prisonment. Also providing thit a 1 employes or
officers of the Government who shall continue to
use Intoxicating drinks, or shall become at all In
toxicated, shall be summarily dismissed, and shall
net be reinstated for two years.
One by Mr. Scotleld, to extend to officers of the
military and naval service the benefits of the act for
furtilsxing artificial limbs to disabled soldiers.
One by Mr. McCrary, to regulate commerce among
the several States.
The bill provides a general law, under which,
npou certain terms nd conditions, companies may
be incorporated and authorized to ouild and ope
rate railroads, caua , or other highways running
through two or more StateB, or through the territory
of the I'nl.ed States, or to esUblub aud carry on the
business of an express company ir other common
carrier between points in dlffreut States and Terri
tories, the object oeiog to multiply lines of commu
nication from tb West to the Est, to break dowi
the monopoly in the carriage trade and to cheapen
transportation by creating aud supporting ooai
ptUbg lines.
By Mr Sawysr, granting land for a railroad from
Berlin, Wisconsin, to Bayfield, WUconslB, with a
brauch.
Moat of the morning hour was consumed In the
reading of bid introduced, (he oppoueut I Uie AU
Line Kailroad bill having exercised their parlia
mentary rlaht to den and such reading, so as to
prevent action on that bill in the morning hour.
As soon aa the rail of States was concluded,
dilatory motion, to aljouru were made, and the
yeas and nays called upon them. In this way the
whole of the morning hour was consumed.
Mr. Hawrs, from inn Committee on Appropria
tion., reported a joint resolution repealing the jolat
resolution of Mh July, 1670, authorising tho Post
mapier.General to adjust the accounts of(4(nrgc
( horpennlng. He proceeded to give a history of the
trnriHactloii.
The resolution proposed to be repealed had been
introduced In the llouxe on the last day of the last
session, and had been parsed under a suspension of
the rules witbont any statement of the facts having
been sent to the Senate, aid there passed the same
day with an amendment, In which the House con
curred. The claim wan based upon a joint resolu
tion passed In Ix.",:, and originated In two contracts
for carrying tlie mail. Thern had been allowed to
Chorponnltig nnder the joint, rvstlntton of 1SV
tite sum of f'2HS.l7 extra allowance over his con
tract price of o,Kin, and under th Jolut resolu
tion of the 1Mh f July last. There has been al
lowed him l':3T,017 more, making an extra allowance
on his coiitrdct of ft70,S5. The services for which
this extra allowance had been made had all been
provldd for In the contract itself.
("liorpeutilng had taken his contract to carry the
mail f rem Salt Lake City to Sacramento, being a part
of the line from Independence, Mo., westward to
the Tactile Coast. Having carried It for two years
on that line, lie applied to the Post Oifice Depart
ment, s'nting that, during the winter aeanon the
rente was so dlftli-uit thnt. It was next to impossible
for him to carry it on that route, and asking the
privilege of carrying It during the winter season, In
stead dt on hts own line, by Carbon Valley down t'l
the coast at ian Pedro and up thecoat, where there
was a line or steamers to San t ranoisco. and up ttm
Sacramento river by another Hue of mall steamers
to PacrHinciito.
The department had given him permission to do
that at his own request. It was a hard contract, as
many other contracts at the same time were. Con
prtfs had relieved other contractors by allowing
them specified amounts, but Chnrpenning had di
vlsfd a bill worded boss to require the department
to adjust his l.ilin on the basis of the papers on file
in the llntifre of Kepresentatlves.
( liorpennU'g's lawyer hud arranged and assorted
thope pspers so us not to allow his application for
permihKion to change 'he routes to appear at that
time, an allowance of t; 00 wuh mad by Postmaster
General Brown. Applications to reopen the case wero
made by Chorpci,ning at different times. After
wnniR. under the Joint resolution rf last July, Post-miiHer-
neral CrcBwell allowed Chorpenniug addi
tions! compensation np the const to Han Krattclsco,
from San Ktancisco to Sacramento, and from Sacra
mento to Cumin city, at the rate of t3i'.0 to a year.
Postmaster-General Creswell had then, at the
end oi fifteen years, reviewed the evidence on which
Postmaster-General Brown had given extra com
pensation for extra weight of mall, notwithstanding
tt.at Chorpenniug had agreed In his contract to
carry the mail whatever might be its weight, and
allowed 23o.OOO additional on that.
One item of t;i0,0(i0 had been allowed on the simple
letter of a Postmaster to Chorpenniug, and why?
Because the Joint resolution required him to act
upon the atlldavits and proofs on the files of the
Hou8e of -preventatives, and even sotue papers in
the pocket of a member of Congress were treated as
being constructively on the files of the House,
Another item of flSG.fiOO had been allowed on a
single aflldavlt of one of Chorpentiing's employes
without acy opportunity to weigh tke value of that
testimony or t.) look futther or Inquire Into those
proofs. VndPr the resolution of 15th July, the sum
of $440,000 had been allowed, of which sum $mv.)9.l
were allowed for profits that might have accrued
from the contract for two yars and twcnfv-tlvn
days that it had to run. In conclusion, he said that
he did not make any charge against any ofllclal or
agaiiist any member of Congress.
FllOM CUBA.
Havana ITIurket..
Havana, Jan, 28. Sugars All quotations slight
ly advanced, with an Improved demand; business
small, prices firm, and (market favors sellers; Nos.
10 to IS advancing, and quoted at 1V$10'4 reals;
Nos. 15 to 20 advancing and quoted at ll'Vtai'i '
Muscovado sugar firm. Exported during the week
f i cm Havana mid Mataozas, 9f00 boxes and K.V)il
lihds., of which 8000 boxes aud 3200 hhds. were to
the United States. Stock remaining in warehouses
at Havana and Matanzas, 47,000 boxes and 7noo
h litis. Molasses C.a.ved Ann at 6 reals;
Muscovado active at 6av reals. B:icon
quiet at ISXCa njtf. Butter quiet at 2st32. Flour
buoyant at 18-21(A14. Hams steady. Lard dull ; keg,
in- ; hop, Wf. Tallow unit, l'otntoen buoyant at
6ciO-M). Coal-oil dull ; tins, 4 V: barrels, 4'. Lum
berWhite PInn steady at 23,!10; Pitch Pine active
at S(Han-r,0. Sliooks Box market supplied and
Mooted at 9ys reals. Hogsheads firm at 2 02
3-75; empty hogsheads active at 412!tf. Hoops
Long-staved. fiS(;G0; short active at 4544. Fre'g'.tts
quiet, but a rise expected; on box sugar to the
United States, Northern and Southern ports, loo.
New York Produc Market.
Nbw York, Jan. 30. Cotton dull and declining;
sales of 101H) bales nominally at 1&. Flour advanced
B 10c ; sales of 13,(100 barrels State at 'l-20f7-3();
Ohio at$7 00ffi7 CO; Weatern at fi-20itti7-85. Wheat
active and unsettled, and advanced 2v3e. ; sales of
7M0O bushels uew spring at IT3 41 60; winter red
and amber Western at ll-col-61; white Michigan
at l-70. Corn firmer- sales 84 ooo bushels at 8!M6c.
Oats firm; sales of is, ooo bushels Ohio and Western
at 63(dC5c. Beer steady. Pork quiet; new mes,
123; old, 122. Lard dull; steam, 12(13,'.; kettle,
13c Whisky quiet at 95c.
Baltimore Produce Market.
Baltimore, Jan. 80. Cotton quiet; middling np.
lands, 16,V--; low middling, 14;vw,14'ic. Flour active
and shipping grades held higher. Wheat firm and
scarce ; choice white, f 2; fair to prime, SlOOalSO;
prime to choice red, tl-on8: fair to good.'fl-iw
80; common, fl-40 1-ftO; Ohio and Indiana, 11-50
(170; Pennsylvania, tt'SOl-ss. Corn scarce and
higher; white, 0c, ; yellow, 802o. Oats dull at
r4i.ircc. Hye quiet at 90(39Sc. Pork firm at 123.
Bacon firm and scarce; rib sides, 12-ife. ; clear do.,
12?e. ; shoulders, lOIOVc ; hams, 10180. Lard
dull at 13c. Wlitaky quiet at USKGc.
LB CJ AX. XSTTBSLIOnigCP.
The Hulllvan Homicide.
Court of Oyer and Terminer Judget Allison ana,
PaxHon.
The ca6e called for this morning -was that of
James Mahoney, charged with the murderor Police
man Uennis Sullivan, in June last. Mahuney was
Indicted with James Cleggett, who was tried la
November, and convicted of murder of the second
degree. The facts are the same. The two young
men were engaged in a breach of the peace, on a
Sunday, and the policeman attempted an arrest,
when they turned and beat him lu such a manner
that he died soon afterwards. Charles W. Hornier
and William 1-'. Small, Ksqs , represent the prisoner.
The arnry Homicide.
In thP case of John AjreB, colored, charged with
the murder of Willium Carney, colored, Uie Cjurt
this morning aHlned F. Aniadce Bregy, Jr.,Esii , to
Hie defense of the prisoner.
Home Divorce.
Court of Common J'Uais Judge reirce.
The Court this morning called for trial the divorce
case of i harks Bobbin vs baraU Jane Hoiibiiis.
Mr. Kobliius, a stock broker, has occupied a very
high position socially, which makes the ease a rare
one. The grouud upou which tne divorce is sought
Is that of adultery. Mr. Kobnlns, upou being sworu,
tefuiied that in November, ltt.", he was keeptug
house at No. 20u0 Green street. On Sunday evening,
the VMh, he accused his wife of adultery with
Charles P.. Kims aud George W. Fetter, aud she
tauiitiugly admitted tlie charge ami defied him
te prove It, He said he would endeavor
to do so, and ordered her to leave the parlor. The
next day he consulted counsel, and upou returning
home that afternoon told her she would have to
leave his house, t-he protested, saying she bad
done wrong, was repentajt, and would no better in
the future. She called her mother tutd the room,
and the three sat up aud talked about it until B
o'clock in the morning. On Wednesday the ar
range meuts were completed, and she was seut to
Fox Chase, where her father, Mr. Jacob Blake, re
Bided. As she wai about to leave the house to get
Into the carriage, she knelt beture him and begged
him to forgive her. Ho told ter to get, and he tuen
Baked him for Ivi3 to buy a new botiuet. He- said
that was not the time or place to talk of suuli mat
ters, and then site left. Since then ha liai bad
nothing to do with her.
The esse 1b yet on trial.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE 8 ALES,
Reported by De Haven Bro., No. 40 S.Thlrd street
to FX 'ON D 1( ARD.
fiooo O A A m ," voobu Heading K... 49V
ivoocity es, New.ini
100 do 4X
loo sh Ph A E R.bC) 2-','
loo da S3
100 do. b6. 28','
CO ah Cam A Aoi..U4('
ab Mauu Bank.. 80
100 ah OO A A K...
B60WU 40
ftit'oo no.... uiv.i".
11000 OC A H7 . 83
laoiHi p K s mttis.ioitt
li ooo Bo N s 2.b5 7fi
100 an Cata Prf 8x
sbPeuna it 624
100 do... .660 62
WEDDING AND ENGAGEMENT KINGS
of solid IS-kuU Boo Bold. VIL A LI I V W AH
BAHTEO. A foil m.. J -al-jg. ha4.
Ma. BS4 OHKanllJ t Btroot, baiov k tartn.
liUNCUINGT CUTTING, 8CORING AND
A FtrfortliBB Mchin'or paper and maul.
" OKOktiK ). HOWARD,
1 1 ibt Ho- H SvttUi UlUUl MkMU birveW
FOURTH EDITION
LATER FROM EUROPE.
CAPTURED PARIS.
Food for the People.
The Assembly Elections.
Dismemberment of Bourhaki's Army
Condition of the South.
Repealing the Test Oath
FROM EUROPE
Hupiilien for the Marvin ParNlnn..
London, Jan. o0. (Special to the New York
Telegram.") The Times strongly endorses the
proposal of the Lord Mayor to send supplies to ,
the starving Parisians at once. The latest in
telligence from I'arta is that
All la Unlot.
Tho people generally receive the Hitellifrence
of the surrender with mournful joy.
DtBpatch from Jute. Knvre on the Coming
Klecijouo.
Bordeaux, Jan. HO. A despatch forwarded
from Versailles, dated 28th Inst., by Jules Favre
to the government at Bordeaux, says that tha
treaty was signed to-day. There is to bo aa
armistice for twenty-one days. The National
Assembly is to be convened at Bordeaux on
February 15th, and the elections are to take
place on the 8th of February. A member of the
Paris Government leaves at once for Bordeaux.
Ilotirbnkl'n Army.
London, Jan. 150-2 30 P. M. It is reported
from Basle that numbers of General Bourbakl's
army are crossing the frontier aud have arrived
at Bruntrut and Wurtemburg.
l.nteMt market Heportn.
LiVEnrooL, .lan. 80 80 P. M. No special quota
Hons of Cotton ; 8d. for np'ands and 8i,irntl. for
OrlesDB, but prices are actually a stian lower; sales
have been made on ships minicd, loading at Savan
nah and Chaileston, at 8(ess,d. for Uplands.
FROM WASIlIJfGTOJV.
The Additional Keitrenrntntlon Act.
Special Jienpatch to the Kvenimj Tilfijrafih.
VAf?WNiON, Jan. 30 The House Judiciary Com
mittee to-day decided to report against the bill pro
posed by Iiepresentative Louglindgu, allowing the
following (states additional representation to the
number now allowed : New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, and Kansas, each two
addi'ional; Missouii, Michigan, and Iowa, each
three; MasaaclitiHetts, New York, Maryland, Vir
ginia, North and South Carolina. Alabama, Missis
sippi, California, aud Mluncsota, each one, in the
Forty-third Congress.
Woienn HufTrnire.
They also Instructed Mr. Bingham to report
against all propositions for woman suirmgo.
The select committee investigating Southern
affairs examined a number of witnesses to-day con
cerning Affair hi North ('nroll.n,
ami the evidence thus far elicited shows a bad state
of things.
New Aloalco and Colorado.
The Senate Territorial Committee agreed to-day
to secure the passsge of enabling acts for the admis
sion of New Mexico and Colors to Into the Union aa
States. Both bills will be s.roiigiy opposed iu both
houses.
KrdnclBK the Taxes.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. to The President to-day
signed the JouC resobitiou declaratory of the mean
ing of the act entitled an act to reduce internal
taxes and for other purpouep.approvcd July 14, 1870.
Kepenl of the Teat Oath.
The sub-committee of the Committee on Recon
struction, confining of Messrs. Porter, Upson, and
Morgan, at their meeting to-day unanimously
agreed to report to the committee in favor of tienata
bill repealing the tckt oath.
The Sub-connnlitee or Military AffairB have re
turned from West Point, and will make thoir report
to that committee un Thursday.
FROM NEW YORK.
The Fenian Exile..
New York, Jan. 30 The levees of the Fenian
exiles at Sweeney's Hotel were crowded all this
morning. A deputation rom the Jersey Work
ingmeu's Union, and another, consisting of
Colonel J. G. Hcaley, Captain Laurence O'Brien,
and James Reynolds, presented addresses. The
exiles will consult with the Common Conncll
this afternoon in reference to tho expected de
monstration. Fatal It emit of a Hfeiah'afC Accident.
Auditor Watson, injured by a fall from a
sleigh a few days ago, died this morning at his
residence on Lexington avenue.
CSItM The BritrD Vnnncl DlfllrultT.
Nkw York, Jan. 30 There Is no foundation
whatever fur the report that a truce has been entered
into by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
and Erie Hailroads in reference U the use of the
Bergen Tunnel.
FROM NEW- ENGLAND.
Ronton Jturctara.
Ponton, Jan. 8o. The store of Churchill, Oilman
A Co , on Chuuucey street, was robbed of $000
worth ot silks and gloves on Satuiduy n'gtit.
Au Afldlr.. to Ibe Kin ol Ilulv,
with numerous signatures of proruiuent ciUzens,wlll
shortly be forwuded. The address closes as fol
lows: "'1 lie triumph of the past will stimulate yon to
new achievements. We assure you of our heartfelt
sympathy with all your efiorts lor the good of Italy.
Wa believe you agiee with us that the truest wis
dom of all luler j is found in Justice and beneficence
to all men, and that trie greatest earthly gift to a
people is tnat universal education which is streugtti
to our country and which mast be the hop of
yours. We wwh for you a long and glorious reign,
for your peorde progress and prosperitv, for United
Italy Independence, stability, and houor while the
world btanua."
FROM THE DOMINION.
Fire In Montreal-!.., ot Mfo.
Montreal, Jan. 30. A fire occurred in a
DiiUIntrj f tore on Sunday morning. The pro
prietor, with Lis wife and two daughters, escaped
death with great difficulty, but a nephew and
servant girl of the proprietor pei Uhud in the
fi.nits.
Tilt CiEUMAN CESAtl.
Wllili
Emi-ekor of Germany.
HoVEKEHiN AND Sk'l'KKUB
JIl'KK of KllesU aud of
the County ef til&tz.
I)l kk of (Saxony, of n-
f ern, aud of westpha
ia, at CueMre, Mugde
burg. eleven, Juliera,
Beig, fstettlu, Pouiera
nla, of the llaltubes
and Wender, of Meek
lenbetg and Uro.ssen.
PaiMBtif -Kugtn, Paaer
bom, Halberstadt,
Manster. Mlmli n, am
niin, Wemteii, NrhwtrlD,
la'.t burg, Moeri,
tlcbsfeklt, snd E furt.
LciHoef the cotiiitilea of
K . stock, of br&rgarat,
I.anenburg, li u t o w,
Hargeiioth, and Wer
Bt.iu. in t.
Kino of Prussia. .
Okand Hluk of tht
Lower Kuiue and Po
se u.
Blkuravb of Nurem
berg. Lanlhiuavb of Tharln-
Mabobate of the Upper
and Lower Lussce.
Pkimb of Orange, of
Nttufchatel, and Of
Valeugin.
Count of riohenzollern.
Coot Puinck of Ilea
neburg. CoiNToi Rupplnandof
the Maruha-of Kavens
burg, lloheustelu.
Fecklenburg, Hchwts
rln, Ll'iveu, 8igmarin
geu, Wehrliigen, au4
Pyrmont.
The Crown Prince on ascending the throne will
add to the above titles that of honorary doctor of
the lulvwsity vf lioiin.