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VOL. XV. NO. 41.
rniLADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1871.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FIRST EDITION
THE BATTLE OF BELFOHT.
Details of the Great Conflict.
40,000 Prusiiani vi. 130,000 French
Recovery of Stolen Bonds
THE BATTLE OF BELFORT.
rMrencta of the Freach aad Geraiaa Farce
Tbe French Largely la Kixcu of Their ()
peaeBta Htiuii for the Freacb liaater
Boarbakl'a Ketreat.
Cvrrtepondtiice of the ConJon Times from Von Wtr
i'er's Army.
On tbe 0th of January General Von Werder
quitted Versoul to take tip a strong position
before Belfort, at Brevllliers, attacking; the
enemy at Villersexel en route, Inflicting very
heavy loss, and taking more than a thousand
prisoners. On the morning of the 15th, Sun
day tb cue battles are always fought on Sunday
General Bourbakl, confident in his great pre
ponderance In numbers, in his numeroua ar
tillery and mitrailleuses, attacked the well
chosen position of General Von Werder. The
French army consisted of four army corps,
originally each of 80,000 men. This army was
something over 100,000 strong. One corps did
not arrive tiU Monday evening, the second day
of battle, which brought tbe force up to about
125,000 or 130,000 men. The whole German
army nnder General Von Werder was certainly
tinder 40,000 men. Of these something over
4G00 consisted of cavalry. The artillery of tbe
French was superior in number to that of the
Germans, and they had, besides, at least, three
batteries, each consisting of six, of mitrailleuses.
The attack commenced on the Sunday morning
at eight o'clock, with artillery, which kept up
a continual fire until dusk. The Germans never
receded one single step from the position they
bad taken, and when night put an end to the
conflict they bivouacked along the whole line
on tbe same spot whereon they were attacked
In the morning. The next morning (Monday)
General Bourbakl, having received the rein
forcement of another army corps, repeated his
attack, throwing immense masses of troops
' against tbe German line. These inflexible
troops remained unshaken in their position.
Again, tbe second day the German army
bivouacked on the ground that they had taken
up on tbe morning. Tbe third day, Tuesday,
the French attack was much fainter, and in the
afternoon they commenced a retreat of their
whole line and were pursued by the artillery of
the Germans. On the fourth day, Wednesday,
General Debschutz attacked the retreating
French, inflicting great loss and pursuing them
as far as Blamont. From here he was recalled
to assume tbe siege of Belfort. On Thursday
and Friday the Freuch continued their retreat
towards Besancon. General Von Werder moved
on Friday after the French to Soudinot ten
miles' march only thence to Villersexel. Gene
ral Von Werder arrived at Kougeinont on Janu
ary 23, about ten miles further south. Viller
sexel has been occupied and abandoned alter
nately by both armies. Many houses are a heap
of ruins, many more or less damaged. The
canoes of the defeat of this Immense army of
130,000 men, with superior artillery and bat
teries of the murderous mitrailleuse, are not far
to seek. The horses of tbe army bad no food
for four days. No food had been distributed to
the troops for three days. Many of ths prisoners
told me tbey had tasted nothing for two days.
Tbe landlord of the house where I
bad quarters in Soul not, a small proprie
tor, told me that when tbe French army
Saceed through the horses devoured eagerly the
upg-beaps, and the officers fell upon the pota
toes prepared to feed the pigs. The road from
Villersexel to Soulnot, and thence to this place,
bad numbers of dead horses on tbe roadside,
from some of which the flesh on tbe back had
been taken, no doubt for food. Numbers of
. these miserable animals were little better than
mere skeletons, with sharp protruding bones.
The whole way knapsacks, broken chassepots,
cartouche pouches, caps, cooking utensils,
broken swords, and indescribable refuse were
strewed about. Tbe mitrailleuses made a fearful
uproar. One volley killed and wounded twenty
one men. An attack was made near Buurel
by 600 French on a battalion of landwehr. These
were allowed to come within 150 paces, when
tbe Germans fired and killed or wounded the
whole 600, with the exception of forty-two, who,
panic-stricken, were made prisoners. Tbe whole
number of prisoners token is from 10,000 to
15,000. - -
RECOVERY OF STOLEN BONDS.
A Peeae o the Toinba folic Court Starv of
a. Ol.araeeful ttabbery.
Joseph W. Drake Is an honest, simple farmer,
whoreddes in Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Pennsylvania. On the night of the 20th of De
cember be retiredjto bed at an early hour, and a
little after 12 o'clock was startled to find three
desperate looking men, wiih revolvers In their
bands, standing by his bedside. Tbey threat
ened bis life If be made any outcry, and having
gagged blm and bis wife, and tied them haud
and foot, they broke open a trunk which they
iound under the bed and abstracted three
Scranton City bonds of the denomina
tion of 500 each, and f 500 In Trea
sury notes. The robbers then coolly
helped themselves to some cold pork and beans
T ... 1 . 1 t f J i I -A.
ana oia nye, ana look tueir aeparvure auout
two o'clock la the morning. Tbe nnfortanato
pair were released from their Irksome situation
on the following morning, only to find that the
savings of years had been carried off. No trace
of the robjers could be found, and the poor
farmer despaired of ever again seeing bis hard
earned money. A few days blnce, however, he
receUed a telegram to the effect that the stolen
bonds bad been found In the possession of Mr.
Benjamin Cartright, cashier of the City Bank in
New York.
Tbe old man came on as fast as he could, and
appeared in tbe Tomb's 1'ollce Court this moju
ing to make a formal complaint. His appear
ance was very singular. He wore an
ancient suit of homespun, with cowhide boot),
and a bat about a score of years old. His hair
was tow-colored, and hung down over his
shoulders. When the bonds were handed to
him for Identification, he clutched them eagerly,
and his eyes glistened, while in a voice thut
faltered with suppressed emotion he declared
that they were bis property. He was about to
place them lb his pocket-book, when be wis
Informed that he would have to wait the regular
course of the law. This considerably dampened
his ardor, but he watched the proceedings wi;h
greater Interest. Mr. Carpenter proved that he
bad bought tbe bonds on the 12th of January,
In the regular course of business, from
Mr. Gilbert Van Felt, a broker, of
No. its Broad street, and had irhen
bis check for t 1859 21. Mr. Van Folt
bad purchased them on tne same day from Mr.
Louis Degron, who was acting for Mr. William
G. Lambert, Jr., a broker, whose office Is at No.
81 Broadway. The bonds were, therefore,
traced to tbe possession of Mr. Lambert, and he
stated that be bad bought them from a geni Io
nian named Charles Whitcomb, early in January.
As Mr. Lambert was unable t produce Mr.
Wbltromb, Justice Dowllng decided that he
should be beld to answer tbe charge until he
could establish bis Innocence. He appeared
quite at bl ease, and confident that bis charac
ter would be cieaied, as on former occasion.
A. Con. Mwfwr laat tttuinj.
SECOND EDITION
Crime in the West.
.Affairs in Arkansas.
The Governor Clayton Impeachment
Case of the Zicut.-Clovernor.
Penna. Coal Minors' Strike.
late Unpleasant Developments.
The Virginia State Debt.
121C Etc. Etc.. Etc.. Etc.
FROM THE WEST.
Fatal Htabb'ac Caee la Claciaaatl.
Cincinnati, Feb. IS. Last night, at half-pat
12, an altercation occurred at a lo v brothel, on
Fixth street, which resulted In Johu Schaefer
stabbing Cbarles Patton to death. The parties
were young and intoxicated. The trouble was
concerning a woman to whom Patton was par
tial. Schaefer was met at the head of the stairs
by Patton, who knocked over a lamp. Then,
in tbe darkness, a scuffle occurred, followad by
a stab, from which the mm died In a fctv
minutes. Schaefer was arrested, and says he
acted In self-defense.
Female Snffrealats. -
St. Locib, Feb. 17 The Slate Senate com
mittee to whom was addressed a memorial from
the female suffragists asking the LegUla'.ure t
urge Congress to submit a sixteenth amend
ment to the Federal Constitution, replied as fol
lows: "That Inasmuch aa the ladies claim they
have a right to vote under the Coistitutloa of
tho United States, and that it will be held and
enforced by tho courts, therefore tbe ladies are
respectfully referred to the Uuited States courts
for the enforcement of their rights."
The Cnplinl Kemaval Unealloa.
The Senate Committee on Federal Relations
reported favorably on the resolution urging
Congress to remove the Federal capital to the
Mississippi Valley.
ftllDiDff matters.
The coal miners of St. Clair and Midison
counties, In Illinois, opposite this, city have sus
pended work in consequence of the red iciion
of wages by the owners of the mines. Coal is
becoming scarce, but the operators decl-tre that
they will bring coal from other mines at tho
present prices before they win accede to the de
mands of the miners.
Pulclde la Nashville.
New York, Feb. 17 John Frazer, a German
shoemaker, committed suicide here to-day by
shooting himself through tho head. Pecuuiary
difficulty was the cause.
naming of a Neah Title Dollar Store.
MEMr-ms, Feb. ltJ. Parkes fc Bro.'s dollar
store was burned last night. Loss, 120,000; in
surance, 15,000.
Tbe Moveroor Clayton Impeachment.
The Avalancfie't Little Rock special says:
"Tbe roll was called in the Senate this morn
ing, thirteen members being present. I a medi
ately afterwards tbe managers of Governor
Clayton's impeachment case appeared at the
door, and the Sergeant-at-Arms at first refused
them admittance, but on their insisting he
finally admitted them and announced their pre
sence and desire to communicate with the
Senate. . -
Tbe President responded that they could not
be recelvtd, as tbe Senate was not in session,
and a motion to call the House would be decided
out of order.
Mr. Carroll Insisted on tbe President's' putting
the motion, and said it was a trick to prevent
the managers from proclaiming the impeach
ment of the Governor.
Some wrangling took place, when a motion
was rut to adjourn till to-morrow, which was
carried, thus preventing an official announce
ment of the impeachment.
. A CHeaeaare Cram L.erd Claytea.
A message was read to the House lo-diy from
tbe Governor, dated February 16, statiug that
be 1 ad been unofficially Informed of Impeich
mcnt being preferred against him, and tbe
adoption of a resolution suspending him from
office. lie bad been ordered to take charge of
the State Government by force. The Attorney
General informed bim that he could not be sus
pended until regular articles of impeachment
were drawn up and preferred to the Senate,
and be officially notified of the same. When
that was done be could readily surrender his
office. Governor Howard moved that the mes
sage be rejected ihlch was carried by a vote of
47 to 82. .
The Jebeaen Quo-Warraate Caae.
In tbe Supreme Court tbe new Chief Justice,
McClure, and Astociate Justice Searles issued
a writ in the quo-warranto case of Lieutenant
Governor Johnson, returnable , to-morrow,
when tbe case will be tried. It Is generally
conceded that the Court will decide to oust
Jobnsou by a mock trial. The Governor ha
tbe stairways leading to the Executive office
guarded, and will declare martial law. ' It Is
understood that Johnson Is preparing to call
out tbe militia and proclaim himself Governor.
FROM THE SOUTH.
latereat oa the Viritlaia State Debt.
BicnMOND, Va., Feb. 18 The Jolut Commit
tee of Finance of the two houses of tbe Qeneral
Assembly met last nUbt and determined to re
commend tbe payment of Interest due on the
1st of January on what Is known as the old debt
of tbe Commonwealth, amounting ta about
32.COO.0CO.
Tbe Legislature of 1806 and 1867 funded the
accrued interest, and nslther the bonds thus
created cor tbe Interest wmcu nas accrued since
on tbe old and new bonds, as well, are provided
for la this arrangement.
Tbe committee arrange for the appointment
of a commissioner to take charge of tbe assets
of the fctate, out of which these two last-named
iuuia cf Udv'-iviL.ciS iL-U to i-iia.u-ilyjj.-vided
for.
FROM THE STATE.
be ral (Strike Serle n a. i.et of !
pea ilea.
Iottsviixk, Fit. 18 Tho in p:nIoi of
mining operations In 8 hu.lsll county savins
t j be assuming serious sspec . Bu .iness la suf
f rins severely, and tber a-e 'oud pro est; from
all quarters against the leaders of the
rKiuBDirn'a ntDEtJi'n aoc .'
Z
who steadily refuse to giva the feeilni of the
miners, on tbe subject ot rumpik n, any con
sidf ration whatever in th lr ac !o is. Tuo men
have tbown their
Wllltacaexa to Rim Wark,
and In stvirul caes hive gone Into the m'n.,
but Love tome out again, lein thrcHenel wl h
personal violence If tiey perB;sted in working
contrary to tbe mandates of the
Tyraala who Hale Over Thee,
w 1th an Iron rod. 1 here are rumors this morn
ing of furnaces along the line intend to blow
out rather than cont.nne work u id jr thj pre
sent unsettled state of affairs.
Tlrwa of ibe ".Hlarra Joaroal."
The Miners' Journal in a rem irkaole article
this morning gives the general feeling of all
business men In regard to the coal question, of
which the following la a syuopsis:
"fco hnsls tins be'D fixed for SchuylRIU connty ypt;
the coal operators win not npscotute wit.n the com
mittee of the Worklnnmen's bnHvo.ent Asioctatton
until rh.'jr withdraw many of their claims wltn re
gard to the Hi'tion at collieries, etc
"If the leaders refuse to do so, they will have
nothlr g further to do wlili them, and then will asK
the men to go to worn who denera to worir, with the
pr(nrf ample' protei-tlon If they have to Invoke
the w hole power of the G'verniiiotto do so. Oat-f-iile
Interests .are now bogluninfr to understand
the cause of thepe suspen'-lons ao4 t:ie ohi4cti of
the leaders, etc., and they cu act without bt.lnit
subject to the brutal treatment of the hound of
the leaders or having their property endangered by
the torch of a few had men who sunound them, and
who not only control the orpaulZHtlon but also tne
whole business lu the coal regioni."
Raw Yerkmeaey aad Htaea market.
Niw Yore, Feb. 18. moons steady. Money,
4&B per rent Gold, lll(glU)tf. 6-gOs, 1869,
coet'OE,mx ; da VWi, do., 11 : ao. 1886, dalllVi ;
da 166, new, ; do. 11 o do. 1868, 110V;
1o-40s, 1H''; VlTKiula 6a, new, 61; Missouri sa,
V ; Canton Co.. 724 : Cumberland preferred, 29 ytf ;
New York Central and Hudnon River, 94tf; Krlo,
iy, Reading, 91 ; Adams Express, 68, ex. liv. ;
Withlgao Central, lUf; Michigan Sontliern Pt
Illtnolv Central, 133: Cleveland and Piuhmi;
114J4J Chicago and Kock Ixland, 106J; PIUsIhuk
and Fort Wayne, 5; Western Union Tele-
v.
THE rRESCW ASSEMBLY.
The Foar Vicofrealdente.
The Constituent Assembly of France, on Thurs
day, elected the following Vice-Presidents: M.VL
Louis Jose ph Mattel. Beno'st d'Azy, Ludovlo Vltet,
and Leon re MalevllK :
M. Murtel, the first Vice-President, is an experi
enced legislator, a native of St. Omer, about fifty
eight years of age, and a lawyer by profession. lie
was a member of tbe Assembly In 1849, from which
lie retired sf ler rigorously opposing the coup d'etat.
In If 63 and again in 1869 be wai elected t ) the Carps
Legisla'lf as an opposition candidate, and was three
times elected secretary of that body.
The Viscount Deul-i Benofst d'Azy Is a native of
Paris, and is 75 years old. He remained a Legiti
mist after the overthrow of Charles X, was elected
to the Assembly in 1842 aud la46, s it as Vice-Presi
dent In the Bureau cf the Legislative la 1848, and
retired from public life after the ep d'etat, against
which he protested.
M. Ludovlo Vltet commenced life as a teacher. Is
63 years old, has been a successful dramatist, served
frequently in the Assembly as ao opponent of Re
publican measures, but retired after the coup d'etat.
M. Leon de MaWiUe, the fouith Vice Presl leut.
Is a native of the South of France, fifty-eight years
or age, a lawyer ny proression, nas served as a
deputy and miMster, in the latter capacity in the
flifct Cabinet of Napoleon 111 for tea days only, and
has always been a warm Irleud of Thiers, and an
uneauist.
KOVEL DEBUT.
1
A, Claciaaatl Prar'a ' Klrat Appearaaee
dirrat Hucrena.
aad
The Cincinnati Commercial of Wednesday
says: Decidedly one or. tbe mo.t amusing
scenes, foreign entirely to the . bill, ever wit
nessed on tbe stage In this city, was that which
convinced with laughter the audience at Wood
Theatre last evening, fn the midst of the Day
A-ft.. Iho 14 ijiliti., si ' 1 a.tv l?1ivahAlli ITl r.,,..'
IJ II ( tilt. , , w ;j Ata.aj irj ' l u A bU'V'U
was on. together with tbe faithful but much
abuned old servants, "Mr. and Mrs. Davis' who
were about to take tbeir departure on their sum
mary dir chart e.
According to the usual presentation of this
scene, the aged people were loaded down with
valines, baudboxes, umbrellas,- and live stock.
The old man led by a cord a big cauuk of a dog,
a regular brlndle. with clean limbs, stout boiy.
shapely head, acd a sameness of appearance
that was suggestive of a death-lock and the
crunching ot bones in a pit..: Tbe old lady had
ber cat in a cage, her favorite fireside compa
nion evidently. Unfortunately the bottom of
tbe cage fell out, and down came the cat to the
stage, much frightened and cunfused, but
nevertheless quite . ready , . to take advan
tage of the new situation. Tho feline's1
Crtt impulse - . was' to '. escape - to
tbe parquet, and it made the attempt. The man
w ho tortures the kettle-drum and lets out his
bile upon the nether cymbal, was too quick for
tbe auinial, however, and banded It back to tbe
lady, who inverted tbe cage and attempted to
quiet it there. All this time the dog had beau
tugging at the-line and collar.- Tbe canine in
stinct t worry that cat couldn t b suppressed.
The audience saw this and waited for what was
to come. The aneaty back-yard devote,
frightened - at the glaring eyes, protruding
tongue, and frantic tugging of tbe brlndle, at
laet foolishly jumped out of the cage. , The
dog, with one tremendous surge, broke away
then, and with three bounds coruered pussy in
an angle of tbe scenery. There was a fierce
growl, an alarmed and vicious hissing and spit
ting, a scattering of fur. and the cat was caught
by the back of the neck, aud being shaken like
a rat in the jaws of a bull terrier. "Lady Free
love" made for the wings in alarm, "Mrs. Davis"
backed np against tbe bor, and tbe audience
roared and applauded as the cat at last broke
away, and cut a bright streak through the air
In a successful rush for liberty and life.
Tbe t beaey Tilal.
We bave seen a -paragraph lu one of the secular
put via iu me enect mat tue seaieuce oi tue nev.
Air. t tieney was considered by bis friends as unex
pectedly severe.
W e cannot se why it was held to be severe, or
why r was not expected. It lutlluis no peua iyou
Mr. Cheney, if ha conforms to the law of the
C'hur. h. We caunot see bow it could be more
meivlful. It dtiuanda. in a case in which past dis
obedience was beyond a doubt, that Mr. Cheney
oltev. - 1
The court could do no less. To decide otherwise
would leave to every clergyman tn the Church the
rower to do whatever be wltibed to omit or add to
the prescribed set vice at bu pleasure. Kvery m m
of common sense will see that Mr.
hener- entered tbe ministry of ' the
Church by his own free wUl, engaging to condact it
according to taw ana use. it nut cnuswienee roruiiis
him further to keep that eugagnmeut, tt also, as
decent coLscleuce, orders blm to leave that
ministry.
We cannot imagine a man willing to stay on
an other trrus than conformity. Hut did Mr.
Chanev's friend expect Ill's of jilra? Was he
to be reprimanded and martyrized, and after
giving Bishop Wnltetioose au the trouble ha
could, was he to avoid further macipiine by get
tiii a- tome one else to baptise all Infants fa his
Durhshi if that was what his frieudi expected.
they tave been indeed disappointed, Wa do not
suppotte Mr. Cheney expected any such thing, bat
It I ih only i-onilnareiic tn which erl eoait
appaar to apply to tue aenwnce. Hrtjvrd ihurch-
THIRD EDITION
TO-DAY'S WASHINGTON HEWS.
Nothing Heard of the Tennessee.
Joint Income Tax Committee.
Tho Members Fail to Agree.
The President on the Alabama Claims.
Opposition to Territorial Acquisition
FROM WASHINGTON.
The laeomo Tax.
BpeeiaX Detpateh to The Ifvenrnq TeleffrapK
Washington, Feb. 18. The conference com
mittee on the Income tax had another long session
last night, but failed to agree. Mr. Hooper Intends
to report the facta to the House next week, on
TuMly or Wednesday, at which time he will en
deavor to get the question of reDeal bnfnra tho
House, with the hope of rettlnv a vntn nn it tf h.
falls in that It Is probable that it will be hitched on
to one of the appropriation bills.
The frraldeal'a Head Level.
The President desires it to be stated that h i o.
elderly opposed, in the settlement or the Alabama
claims, to taking in the question of acquiring anv
Hr Ult.li territory nn thla itnmltiont ir i. ...,. .i.
allowing that question to come he for a tho in.rn
Commission.
Tbe Amy Appropriation BJI
will rass to-fay. there haB been verv ntti a.io.i
to tbe bill as repotted by the ApDrormatlon Commit.
tee. Democrats took occasion in dlscunslnir ltt-i
piicn into tne army. Representative Dickey, of
reuurjivBuiu, auuiimsierea tnem a severe rebuke.
no ntwi Jlipfctta.ar tbe Teaaeaaee vhtm
Week.
No reliance Is placed In the desnate.h in
Ing papers from Havana, that a vessel supposed to
be the Tennessee was seen off the Hayflen coast on
uiexdii.Bu uy weanesnay or rnursday nexl in
formation la expected, and not before.
No Ntwaaf tho Teaaeaaee.
DenptUchto the Annooiated Pre.
Washington. Feb. 18 No news hs vet hn rn.
ceived at tbe Executive Mansion or Navy Dtfpart-
Kbel t aueatrailoa of Property.
Despatch to the AesoeUUed Pres.
WAbHiKOTON, Feb. 18 The case of Knox
against Lee, from Texas, involves the sequestra
tion 01 property unaer me uonteaerate Govern
ment, and also tho legal tender question. It
will come up for argument before the Supreme
1 y t a. y -a-i a . .
ioun eariy next weea. rascal ior Plaintiffs.
wins ior aeienaani.
CONGRESS.
FOKTV-FIltST TEKiH T1IIHD 8E93ION.
Seaate.
Washington, Feb. 13. on motion of Mr. Tram.
bull, the Judiciary Committee wa discharged from
me lunuer cuiwiuerauou oi vanou-i petitions re-
lerrtn m niai cuuin-iuro ior leiutue sun rage.
Mr. Wilson, from the Military Committee, reported
back the bill to authorize the prouioliratlou of the
general regulations lor the government of the army
Mr. Sherman moved to take nn the folnt resold.
tlon to prevent obstrnction to the navlgatioa of the
t lilo river, prohibiting the further construction of
tne xsewpoit ana cincunati mi-ige .except und -r
certain conditions. The matter a-t oue in which
half of the people oi tue Bolted buuea were lute-
ret-tea.
Mr. ticott was opposed to taking ud the bill unload
a proviso was added that the oomnanv ahouid hn ra.
Imbursed for any additional expense It might Incur
Dy any cnange to ue niaue. uney were now con
structing tue nriage strictly in accordance with ex-
lsnigiaw.
Mr. Sherman's motion was agreed to, ayes S3,
nays la. . -
The expiration of the morning hour at this point
nreveDted further consideration of the subject.
The Legislative. Executive, and Judicial .Appro
priation uui waa tueii pruueeuea wim. ,
Uouao.
The House then weut Into Committee of the
Whole. Mr. Loughridge in the chair, on the Army
1 Appiopiiation bill, the pending question being on
the suit nuDieni wiereo jeBieraay oy nr. joues, of
Kentucky, in relation to tne national cemeteries.
The amendment was rejected, and the bill was
laid aside to he reported to the bouse.
The committee next took up a om reported oy the
Ccb mlitee on Fort in u Analia, authorizing the
President to co-tpemle with tne Government of
threat Urttaln in the appointment of a joint commis
sion In accordance with the plan and estimates of
Brlgadler-Oeueral Humphreys, of the Corps of Eu-
uiLef rs. icr ueierniiunig roe oounaarv line between
thel'nitfd States and tbe British Dosaessiona be.
tween the Lake or the Woods and the Kooky Moun
tains, aud appropriating 1100,000 annually for the ex
pense or tne wora.
Mr. fewaiiD, a memoer or tne committee on
Foreign Affairs, explained tne object of the bill,
and tbe fact that It waa recommended by the Presi
dent in hi message to Congrats. He stated that
verv treat anxiety was felt by the nubile officer and
gt ms oi the Ubiiea ettatea at remniua in rererenoe
to tbe probability of collisions that might take place
at any time wnue tne oouuoary uue was nnseiuea
and in alevuncn.
Mr. Dawes, chairman or tne uommir.te on Appro
priations, while admitting the Importance of the
work, predicted that more than f 2,000,000 would be
expeudtd ou It. He wished to ask the attention of
the House to the question whether It proposed to
arrest the free and unlimited disposition to appro
priate money ou the largest possible scale for every
thing that was reeommeuded. He did not desire to
be continually complaining about estimates, but he
thought ttut bis friends would not like very well to
see tiie aggregate or appropriations at the close of
11118 BeHBlOU.
Tbe committee which he represented had omitted
nothing in its power to cut down the estimates, but
if the House desired after all to go to the country
at the close of this session with appropriations of
twelve mlliioDS more than at the close of last ses
sion and would take the responsibility of it, he had
nothing further to say except that he and the Com -ndttee
on ApproptiaUons had done all In their
nower to keep dowu the aDDroDtiation.
Mr. Jndd, another memb -r of the Committee on
iifi.H. A uaii r, irianu Wl lira v.ucm '
and complained of his inflicting upon the House one
ofbisuKual lectuns, after anabBeuce often days,
while other members had been attending to their
h Dlhlative duties. Ha was not content to stand aad
let tbe chairman of the Committee on Appropria
tions lut-luuaU) that that there was no virtue in tne
Honae ex eiit in the head of that committee.
Be waa not willing that that geutiemaa should
asuniii a superiority over hhiibbu vr u.ucr w-w
tr. a. h. nt tr, Hit. Ho did that iren.
tltmau know that the work, the necessity of which
he admitted, would cost two iullllonsT It was a
mere SBstrUon, and be (Judd) asserted that it would
not coht any sm b. sum. it was time that this kind
Of scold li a had ceased.
After Bfni further discussion the committee rose
and the twn hllla. the Aruiy Apjroprlatlea and the
bill for running the noriuwesteru boundary Hue,
mt-rm r.rw.rt.H tn tllfl IlOUtO.
Mr Dickey, who bad charge of the Army Appro
priation bill, replied to . the remarks made by Mr.
fim,.!.. f kw York, yesterday, as to tbeasei-f
the arm In elections iustead Of lu flghtlng the In
tllatiS He said that he thought there was more
danirer to the liberties and Inxtltotlons of the coun
try from the Indians of New York than from those
of the plains. A council of the cbiels of Tammany
Tweed bweeney, and Connolly wa more danger
ous than any ludian council held by "Ked Cloud" or
knotted TaU."
If no other arraignment of the Fresldentof the
iTnti.rt at.ra or of the officers of the army could
...run.ma aiatnst them than the fact that the
army was used to maintain the purity of the ballot-.
bOX and me llgu. tit nnjni.uiufuwtiunf wuuiu
xurclve all u ii attacka as that made by the rentie-
Jaah irwm Now xort tu tliaiutereei of voat "intiau"
rtitiucii of wbltik he was 011c of tke re prsten.iaUTi
OBITUARY.
fH, the aotharefthe Ureat
"iUmb MaaV
Blekari
JUchsrd Adams Locke, who threw the conn'ry
Into a terrible exolUment about thlrty-Ove years ago
by the perpetration of the celebrated "Moon H x,"
died ye-1 rday at his residence t n Staten Island, at
the age of seventy-one. In 1336 Moses T. Beaoh
moved to N.w York and purchased the fun of tu
original proprietors. Th -Sun bad been es'ablhhed
a short time prev:ous, bat It had lingered along
npon the verge of a collapse nntll Mr. Beich took it
in band and placed it fairly on the road to succ'eis.
He engaged as editor Mr. Locke, then a you"g man
of literary tastes. I ut unknown to fame. For a
few months after Locke took chargi of
the paper, it 'failed to create any
marked sensation, aid in all probabll'ty would have
proved as unsuccessful in the end nnder its new
management as nnder the old, if Locke had not
forced It upon the universal notice of the public by
the most Ingenious and successful hoax ever per
petrated. One day In August, 1335, the first step
towards placing the gigantic fraud be 'ore tbe pub
lic was taken. A prefatory article appeared In the
editorial columns of the Sun, announcing
that the eminent English astronomer, Sir
John Herschel, had recently made some
remark ab'e astronomical discoveries by means
of a monster telescope, at tbe Cape of Good Hope,
the Information of the Sun being derived from an
advance copy of the Edinburgh Journal of Scenee,
This preparatory announcement answered the in
tended purpose, and served to attract the attention
of the public, to whom none of the marvelous details
had as yet been given. Expectation was on tip-toe,
and when, a few days after, the republication of the
bogus article from the Edinburgh Journal of Science
was commenced, the wonderful story was devoured
with the greatest eagerness. The hoax bore the
following head :
"GREAT
ASTRONOMICAL DISC0VKRIK3
LATXLY MADE
BY SIR JOHN BEBSCHKL, L.LD., F.R.8., AC,
ATTBB -CAPS
OP GOOD H3PB."
The hoax was admirably introduced bv a disser
tation upon the labors of the Herschels, father and
son, and by an elaborate description of an immense
telescope erected by the latter at the Cape of Good
Hope, tbe marvellous magnifying powers of which
were commented npon in such a manner as to pre
pare tbe mind of the reader for what was to
follow. There was also a somewhat elaborate
and gravely written dissertation npon tbe Investiga
tions and discoveries of the astronomers with regard
to the moon, which was like the rest of the hoax
sufficiently scientific In Its style to throw the unwary
off their guard.
Tbe supposed wondeiful discoveries In the moon
commenced on the night of January 10, 1833, about
half-past 9 o'clock. Basaltic rock of a greenish hue
waa first seen, and as the Held of vision ohaBged
formations similar to those of the Islands of Staffa
came into view, covered In some places withgor-.
geous red flowers. A lunar forest next appeared,
many of the trees being unlike any ever seen on
earth, with the exception of a few which resembled
English yews. Then followed various landscapes,
all of which Mr, Locke described with much minute
ness, keeping sufficiently near to earth nature not
to excite the suspicions of his readers aud at the
same time stimulating their curiosity by narrating a
variety of wonders such as our earth does
not possess. A few lunar animals were siid to have
been seen on tbe first night ef their observations,
but the greatest wonders were reserved for subse
quent Investigations. On tbe night of January 13,
which the hoaxer described as one of "pearly purity
and loveliness," the astronomer and his assistants
dete. mined to devote themselves to an Investiga
tion of a comparatively limited area of the moon's
surface. Tbe landscape features of this area were
described by the hoaxer with much minuteness, and
various animals resembling the bison, reindeer,
moose, and the earth, but with sufficient variations
to make them remarkable, were reported as having
been seen, together with a good many which resem
bled nothing existing anywhere but In the vivid
imagination of Mr. Locke. The most interesting of
all the supposed discoveries, however, was that of
creatures resembling human beings. There were said
to be about four feet in height, and were covered,
except the face, with short and glossy copper-colored
hair. Tbey had wings composed of thin membrane.
without hair, which lay snugly npon their backs,
from the top of the shoulders to the calves of tbelr
legs. Their faces were described as of a yellowish
flesh color, and aa resembling ourang-outangs some
what In expression, bat more open aad Intelligent,
and with greater expansion of forehead. The mouth
was prominent, though somewhat relieved by a thick
beard on the lower . Jaw, and by lips distinctly
ho nia u. These creatures appeared to the astrono
mers as being engaged in conversation, and their
gesticulations were impassioned and rapid, and all
their actlcns gave indications of Intelligence. The
domestic habits of these lunar men were described
1th much minuteness. Another wonder was a
magnificent temple of polished sapphire, and roofed
with yellow metal, wherein the lunar people wor
shipped, and this was described in such a manner as
to excite curious speculations as to the nature of the
religion professed in the moon. The imagination of
tbe hoaxer expanded as he got well Into his subject,
and the latter part of his dissertation Is a narrative
of wonders which would have found little credence
bad it not been for the ingenious manner in which
they were Introduced. ., - ; .
The full details of Sir John Herschel s marvellous
discoveries were not completed In tbe columns of
the Bun for some time, the Instalments of the stu
pendous jest being very adroitly ran through sever U
numbers, te keep the excitement up, ana not being
completed nntll some time In September, Tbsre
were persons who doubted the whole thing frem trus
start, It is true, but the mas of the people swallowed
the story without question. These were the day of
the old-fashioned sat ing packets, when communica
tion with Europe was Irregular and uncertain, and
it would of ' coarse take considerable
time for scientific men and doubters to dUcorer
wt ether or not tbe Edinburgh Journal oSrfenc had
published a supplement, and If such were tba fact,
to ascertain whether or not It bad given to tne worm
any such marvelous story aa was being detailed in
the columns of the Sun. An amusing ana some
what acrimonious dispute was carried on for some
time between the credulous and tbe skeptical con
cerning the prstended discoveries, but tbe general
verdict of the people and the press was In favor of
accepting them as troth. Some learned professors
In our colleges even went so far as to write to the
Edinburgh Journal of Science for fuller details. Tue
whole story was told with such wonderful minute,
ness and such downright candor as to disarm the
Incredulous for tbe time. It Is true that the hoax,
read at the present day. appears so full of crudities,
contradictions, and Impossibilities that, fn the
light of our present knowledge, it would be picked
to pieces by a school boy. Locke, Indeed, carried
bis joke to the most extreme limits, and Imposed on
the carelessness ef the publla la the
most reckless way. In one place
he stated that the lens of sir John Herschel 's mon
strous telescope would not render perceptible ob
jects less than eighteen inches tu diameter, and Im
mediately atter referred to the astronomer detecting
the shape and color of tbe eyes of small bird.
People were too completely absorbed In the start,
ling picture as a whole to notice at once such a tri
fling defect in one of lu details. The wonderful
man-bats and tbe balry veils by which the eyes of
the bison were protected from the glare of the sun
were too entertaining to allow the mind to wander
to leas interesting absurdities.
So tbe hoax was a eonnve saocJi far the tim;,
pally in the ranks of the ignorant, among those who
knew little or nothing about astronomy, and donbted
slmpty because they would accept bo evidence of tbe
truth. For many years the "Moon H ax'- was out of
print, and conld be found only in the scrap-books of
i nrlosi y-mongers, but in 16 It was Issued in a
pamphlet form by William Cowans, at New York,
and even at that late day had a wide circulation.
The "moon hoax" established the Bun npon a firm
basis, and by the time the joke was fatly exposed,
and the people realized how completely they had
been duped, tbe system of cheap newspapers was so
completely successful that It has remained to this
day a feature of American journalism.
In 186 Mr. Locke dissolved his connection with
the Sun, and at once established in New Tork a
political dally paper of his own, entitled The Xetc
Ira, which he conducted for some time with consid
erable success. Bat he very unwisely attempted to
repeat the "Moon Hoax" in the columns or bis new
Journal, and, as might bave been anticipated, failed
or success. He pretended to have come, by some
accident, into possession of the lost manu
scripts of vMungo Park, the celebrated
African explorer, and rrovn them dished np the
finale of bis adventures, which were flavored with
all tbe vagaries of an imagination that did not re
cognize tbe bounds or reason or the limits or proba
bility. No one, however, appeared to be deceived
by this trick, and the adventurous career or Mungo
Park was never brought to aa end. Mr. Locke after
wards created some little sensation by getting up
In connection with a Dr. Sherwood, a practitioner of
magnetic remedies, a book on Magnetism as the
moving power or vital force of the universe, the
more Immediate object of which waa to set forth a
new magnetic method ol ascertaining the longitude.
The subject was brought to the attention of Con
gress, but finally escaped tbe publlo view, and the
author likewise retired on the laurels he bad ob
tained as perpetrator of the slapeudous "Moon
Hoax."
Ilea. P. P. Causey.
Tbe Hon. P. F. Causey, ex-Governor of Delaware,
died at MUford, Del, yesterday morning, at .the age
of seventy. In 1851 he was elected Governor or the
State by the Native American or "Know-Nothing"
movement, and served the usual term of four years..
This was the only publlo position . ever held by him.
Throughout his Hie he was engaged In business as
a merchant.
fihaj;jb Ann cotmBKCB.
.
KvcstNd Tcleqbafh OrrioaJ
Saturday. Fso. 18, 1871.
The excessive dullness during the past week
bas been intensified by the stormy weather, and
all business transactions that can be postponed
will have to wait for a favorable turn in the
weather. In speculative circles tbe same quiet
prevails, though in a less decided form, and the
amount of business transacted in loans was un
usually light even for tbe middle of February.
Ibe range of rates exhibits little change from
day to day, and It appears needless to quote the
market.
The gold market Is comparatively quiet and
stronger, tbe range of sales being from 111K
111, tbe bulk of the sales being at the higher
figure.
Government bonds show a lack of demand,
bnt we notice a large advance on last night's
prices of Slr4 all through the list. ,.
Stocks were inactive and prices weak.
State 6s, third series, sold at 108: and city 6s,
new bonds, at 100100.
Beading Railroad was quiet, with sales ranging
at 9444 s. o.(S49; Pennsylvania sold at 59
53; Mlnebill at 51 V; Catawlssa preferred at
3D, on 60 days; Camden and Amboy at 116,
s. o.117, b. o.; and Philadelphia and Erie at
265f , b. o.
In Canal shares there was a slight freshet In
Lehigb. which sold freely at QA&to4 a de
clinenut np other sales were reported.
Miscellaneous stocks were dull, the only sales
being in Commonwealth Bank, at 54 and New
York and Middle Coal at 5j.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven ft Rro., No. 40 S.TfUrd street.
FIRST BOARD.
tftOOPaesS se....i08 ( eooshLen Nar..bS. 84 f
$400 City 6s, New.lOlX 100 do boo. 84)tf
liooo ao mix'
t-200 do.nrtorto'fia.ioaw1
8no do 8
loe do..... 810. 84 M
100 sh Read K..b80 . 40
800 , : do.... S30. 49-44
100 do 40
100 1 do.....st0. 49 X
100 sh Phil A KR..
b60v.. 6
TOshC AB.....1.SV
liooo Pa i m 8S....100X
iooo WUmARRTs 85
16000 N Pa S 68
I6000OC A A 78... 82
- - f-ioo Leh 6a, '84.... 84 x
. tvOOO Leh 6a, R La . l
COBhCom'hFk.... 64
1 ab Penna R..... 69X
104 do 860.116
: 4sh MlnehillR... Six
! i
bECOND BOARD.
IS000 U 8 6-SO. 88.. ..Ill
booshSch Nv. ....
8
IMOOUty ea, New.ioitf
bshLeh NavSt.. 84x
' 100 .v- do B5. 84j
400 do. ..sown. 84X
see do ....bee. 84,
seo do see. S4k
100 sh Cata Prf....
eodaya....
SOOsaRcbN Pf. ...
4 sh MlnehUl R. .
800abPennaR..bO.
"1)4
nabs a, uadmbr. ttrotara, report this morning
cnM aaotatloua aa follows
10-00 A. U lll,HtflA. II
10'ttO " 111V14M.
MtlMlfM ailing
-..Ill
11 ' 11 S aa I I I . . .
Plilladelptila Trade lie port.
Saturday, Feb. 18. Seeds Cloverseed comes
forward slowly, and 25 bags sold at UK V pound.
Timothy is nomlna'Iat fS'SO and Flaxseed at i-05
Tbe Floor market is very dull, and prices, though
quotably unchanged, ravor buyers. The demand Is
mostly from tbe home consumers, whose purchases
foot np 100 barrels, Including superfine at $ W;
extras at S-706-8fl; Northwestern extra family at
t-TB3T-r0; Pennsylvania do. do. at tanoe Ts;
Indiana and Ohio do. do. at $S-87V4T-TB; and fancy
brands at (k$9 Bu, as in quality. Rye Flour sells at
16. In t orn Meal no sales are reported.
The Wheat market is qu let at yesterday's quota
tions, hales of Indiana red at 11-65 l-r9; 8O0
bushels Ohio da et l-so; amber at fi 0vi-6s; and
white at i-80al &S. fcye sells at tlt&l-oa for West
ern. Corn la very dull; sales of yellow at 79; 80a;
and Western mixed at 780. Oats command full
prices: aaiesof 17t0 bushels Pennsylvania at 63c
In Barley and Mlt notblug doiug.
Bark No. 1 Quercitron Is Offered at tW per ton,
without finding buyers. ' '
Whisky la quiet. 60 barrels Western iron-bound
sold at 93c. ,.
Baltimore Predaeo Market. ''
Baltimoki, Feb. 18. Cotton quiet ; mtddllng np
lands, 14V(14iC., low middling, 14 14 vc Floor
more active but weak; Howard Street su peril ae,
t(K3e:do. extra, 1UKM7-45; do. family, 17-7549;
City Mills Biiperrlue, t(l T6; do. extra, $-758-i;
do family, IS OOll ; Western superfine, 5-r0.6; do.
extra, 16 60(7-46; do. family. 7o8 t0. What
Best gradts firm and others dull ; choice white, 84
8-10; fair to prime, ll-wxai-90; prime to choice red,
l-fi05il0; fair to good. 11-60(41-80; common, 11-43
(416; Ohio and Indiana, tl-o(4l-75: Pennsylvania,
l0(sl-68. Corn dull; white Southern, 83sS4c.;
Jellow Southern, 0g9lc. Oat steady at 55. Mess
'ork firm at a 50. Bacon nrm ; shoulders, 10 vo. ;
rib sides. lc : clear rib, Uc. Ham". Bng&r-oured,
17ai8o, Lrd unlet st 13.VO. Yrnlaij dull at
Aa,93c, . , ,
jltijstIsuitpi
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA FEBRUARY 18
STATS Or THSSMOMSTSB AT TBI IVIKINQ TSLSOBATB
orrica.
8 A. M........ .63 111A.M. 64 p. tf. 60
Bum Risks
6dm Sits
6-49 MOCMBbTS..
6 8 Hioh Watb
81
1-11
CLXAKEO THIS MORNING. -Steamship
Norfolk, Piatt, Rlciimoud and Norfolk.
W. P. Clyde A Co.
Steamer New York, Jones, Georgetown aad Alex
andria, W. P. Clyde A Co.
Brig Caroline, Fox, Antwerp, L. Westergaard A Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Aries, Wheiden, 4d hours from Boston,
With rudae. to 11. Wlnaor A Co.
Steamer Benefactor, &hrwood, S4 hoars from
New York, with nidae. to John K. OhL
bteaiuer W. WhUldin, RlggajiS, 18 hours from Bal
tin-ore, with K.dae. and paMattntrer to A. trova, Jr.
irom w wiu