TOE DAILY EVENING TISLKGUAl'Tl PHILADELPHIA! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1871.
FOURTH EDITION
LATER FROM EUROPE.
PEACE AT LAST.
THE TREATY SIGNED
320,000,000 Thalers Indemnity.
AIS1CE UNO 10RRMKE CEDED.
Germans rJot to Enter 7aris,
Emperor to Leave at Once for Berlin
Proceedings of Congress.
The Enforcement BUI.
FROM EUROPE.
The Treaty mf Peace Hlcaed.
Lonuon, Feb. 34 4 30 1. M Tbe Standard
has a special despatch from Versailles which
announces that the treaty of peace was
signed to-day by Thiers and Bismarck. Some
of the details are yet unarranged, but all will be
finally settled to-morrow. - France pays to Ger
many 820,000,000 thalers. Alsace and Lorraine,
including Metz and Nancy, are ceded, aud the
Jerman army will not enter Paris. The Em
peror William leaves on Monday for Berlin.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Paelfle Railroad aa the GaverasneoU
Dtfpntch to thsAMOcialtd Press.
Washington, Feb. 21. The Judiciary Com
mittee, through Senator Carpenter, reported on
the subject of the relations of the Government
to the Tactile Kallroads. Two question were
considered by the committee: First. Ilad the
Government the right to retain the whole com
pentatlon for services by the railroad, and apply
the same to the payment of the bonds and inte
rest under existing law, in conformity with the
opinion of the Attorney-General ? Second. If
not, is the Interest upon said bonds due from
the companies, and are they bound, uader ex
isting laws', to pay it semi-annually, as main
tained by the Attorney-Goneral ?
On both these questions the opinion of the
committee is adverse to that of the Attorney
General, and maintains the position taken by
the companies, viz., that the United States are
bound to pay one-half the services in money,
and can only apply the other half on the bonds,
and that the companies are only bound t the
performance of the Government service where
reqnired, and beyond the performance of such
service are not bound to repay the interest until
the maturity of the bonds.
It is understood that all the committee concur
in the report, except Mr. Edmunds.
The report of Senator Stewart is from the
Committee on Paelfle Railroads. It recommends
no legislation, but expresses the opinion that
the advantages are so great that the Government
will send freight over said road as far as practl
ble to do so.
A Petition frem Mlaera
of Colfax county, New Mexico, has been pre
sented in Congress by Mr. Julian, praying to
Lave the right of the so-called "Maxwell Land,
Grant and Railroad Company," to an im
mense tract of mineral country known as the
Moreno mines, investigated, and the lines of the
grant defined by an authorized Government sur
vey. This is another Mexican grant, in which
the miners are contesting their claim in opposi
tion to an English company of capitalists who
are endeavoring to appropriate an immensely
rich mineral region to itself.
The Eafarcement BUI.
Special Despatch to Iks Homing Telegraph
The Senate has taken up the enforcement bill,
and a majority has agreed to sit It out until a
vote is reached, if it takes all night and all day
to-morrow. The Democrats are determined to
resist the bill at every stage, and by all means in
their power. Four or five of them are prepared
to talk against time, and it is now a question of
physical endnrance. The Democrats charge
that the object of the Republicans in hurrving
this bill up at this late stage of the session is to
defeat several appropriatfon bills and throw
tbem over to next Congress.
They charge that the President having disco
vered that the San Domingo commissioners oan
not return before the middle of April, he is
anxious to have a session of two or three months
of a new Congress so as to get action on the
report of the commission. The defeat of the
appropriation bills the Democrats assert will
afford a pretext for a long session.
The House is engagtd on the last of the ap
proprlatlon Mils, ana will probably finish it to
dav. The members of the Committee on Ap
proprlatlons of the House conceded the faet
that two or three bills will fail in the Senate.
FROM NEW YORK.
Damacca la the New Haaibarc Disaster
Nxw York, Feb. 24. The Express says C.
Vanderbilt is paying damages la certain cases
for losses incurred on the railway at the New
Hamburg disaster. We hear of five hundred
dollars in one case.
FROM BALTIMORE.
WaUla fealaas.
Baltimore, Feb. 24 Ten of the Fonlan
exiles, among them General Bourke, Dr. Power,
and Captain John McUlure, now visiting this
city, were formally received by both branches
of the City Council last evening. The Council
fives them a banquet this afternoon at Bantu's
lotel.
COXQRESS.
yOBTVFIRST TEKM Till It U tsEsfsiO.1.
- Beanie.
WashinotoK, Feb. 94. The credentials of William
Wludoiuas Benatorfroia Minnesota lor six years
from March 4 next were presented by the Vice-President,
ami laid on the table.
Mr. Stewart, from tne Committee on the Paclflo
Railroads, reported upon the question of transporta
tion of Ooverument freights ou the 1'aolQO Kaliroad,
r commending that he Interests of the Uovemineu
woula be subserved by transporting all tbe freights
overland, Instead of via Pauauia, aud that bv retain
ing M per cent the semi-annual interest would te
provided for. The report of the . committee, lu
writing, was ordered to le printed.
Mr. I a'penter, from the Judiciary Committee, in
response to the lesoluttons of the Senate lu rojrard
to the retention by the Government of more tliau
fifty per cent, of the transoartauou over the Pacific
Railroad, submitted a written report adverie to the
ooiulon of the Attorney-General, and claimed that
thi nr visions of the existing law the Givaru-
aieot has not the right to retain more tliau tirty per
cent, of in amouuu
The report was then ordered to be printed,
vi. Trnuihnii. from the Judiciary Committee, re.
norted favorably the bill repealing the teat oath, and
asked to be discharged from the further consider.
r,,.th President s message on the subject bo
11UU V
The'Kecate concurred on the motion ol Mr.Cliand
ler in the House amendment to the Senate bill to
ecure better protection to passengers Ol steam
l oats.
The hill mating to bridges across the Mtsilsaippl
Fiver was considered and perta
Mr. Howard oalled ap the Tests PacOo Kttlrotd
bill, and wovd for the appointment of a commutes
Of cojiferHica on the nbject.
Mr. Warner moved to concur in the House amend
ments. Mr. Pomerny favored the recommittal of the bill
to the Committer on PaclOo Kaiiroads.
Mr. Blair said if the Mil parsed as itoame from the
Honse It would be only annthei N rtuern una of
road. It was to rnake another great trunk line end
ing at the North and not at the Smth. having a
No.lliern g uge, and from which all S.nthra
branches had own designed!? cut oil". If there wi
nv one thing to which tnl Congress was eieig I it
was to give Oie South a Southern road, but this bill
Ws a delusion and a snare.
Mr. Conkllng thought the hill cnnl l not he dis
posed of without debate, and he therefore Insisted
on the regular order.
The Senate then, at 11-80, took np the regultr
order of business, being the House bill to gn w-d the
purify ef elections, entitled "an a-.t to amen I au act
approved May 81st, .1870, to enforoe the runts of
citizens of the United States to vote In the several
States of this Union and-for other p irpoies." T ie
bill consisting of sections was rend at len 4).
Mr. Vickers criticized the bill aau otTsnont of the
unconstitutional measure of last session, nnHr
which military Intervention had been res trial to at
State elections as expedients of the Kepi i'Ixii
farty 1ncarrlug elections. He procee 1 to dllver a
enRthy argument against the right of Congress t
Interfere in such elections, except In cases or ex
treme necessity where the execution of btate la vs
was impeded.
A message was resd from the President annonn-
ring that be had signed tne bill prscrlbtng4 f.irm
or oath to be taken by 11. is. h. Miller, claiming a
efttas Srustt r from Ueorgia.
upon invitation of the vice-president, Mr. Miller.
who was present, cane forward anl took the oath
trescrlbd end eutered upon h's duties. .
Air. vickers then continued nis speech upon the
unconstitutionality or tne penning measures.
1 1 dim.
A number of petitions were presented and re
ft rred.
Mr. Dawes appenlel to the House to consent t an
evening tession for tne sundry civil Appropriation
bill.
Objection was made bv Messrs. Scofleld. Broofcs
(N. Y.), Butler (Mass.), aud other iiTeinb. rs ou rue
grouiid that experience proved it Impossible to keep
a quorum at night sessions. It was S'luested ttrit
tbe House would perform mui h uore work by sitting
till six in the afternoon.
Mr. Dawes yielded to these suggestions and with
drew the proposition lor a bigiit session.
Mr. Cox appealed to the house to lot him offer a
resointkn abolishing tne duty on c nt, d.'cl uln
mat ne ma tried lor two inoutns to gel a hearinir
on that subject. Coal was now twenty dollars a ton
to tbe poor, and human beings were bjing frozen to
death In New York
Objection was made.
The House then took np the bill making appropri
ations for sundry civil expenses of the Qtiveriimeut.
Mr. urooKs, or rs. x., anggestea that tne hjusii
should begin at the tall end of the bill, because tne
other appropriation bills for tbe last few d tys ha t
been passed uuder a suspension of tne rules oefore
the tall ef tbem was reached.
The bill, usually designated the omnlbui bill, ap
propriates (33,683,993. Among It items are the
following: For tbe State Department. 1114 Ouo; for
the Treasury Department, tl60,eoo; for revenue
cutter service, $1o6,7i0; for construction of revenue
cutters, 200,000 ; for marine hospitils, liso.out); for
national enrrenev, and detecting and pinisHng
counterfeiters, 20h, ooo: to par Mass-tchusetu the
amount found due for coast defenses, liao.ioo: for
expenses of U.S. Courts, two.ooo: ft laud oUces.
4:1,000: expenses of collecting revenue from pubiio
lands, 1432,000 ; for metropolitan police or tne Dis
trict of Columbia. 207 000; for (Jovernrneut hospital
lor the Insane, tics.OCO; for the deaf aud dumb 1'istl
tutlon, f 46,000; for Columbia women's hospital and
other charities, 182,000; for SmltbsonUn luitifite,
luo.ooo ; lorrapitoi extension work, 1100,000; r r
extension of Government P rioting otll-ie, f tn 0'H);
for surveying public lands, $510,000; for territorial
boundary lines and sarveys, ItW.nos ; for expenses of
ninth census. II, 250.000; for public bulldlugs and
grounds In Washington, I290,oo0: for Washuuton
Bqueduvt, 124,OO0; for Hock ISUud Bridge, Mln H,
roo,000; for Rock Island Armory and Ar na.
iG83.( oo: for ail other armories and arsenals, f i2i).-
000; for Freedmen's Bureau, $265,0ik(; f.r niiil
Office, f 102,000; for the settleraeat of ac
counts or army aisours'ng om ters,
S27B.O00; for military . convicts in Ntate
Penitentiaries, inoooo; to ludemniry states
for war expenses, f 6,000.000; for horses aud otner
property lost in military service, $sr0,0oi); liat
house expenses, tl,C65,00o; for coast surrer, fats,-
010; for navy yards, $l,43S,OO0: for po-st-omcea aud
other Government buildings f.074 one. 'J his In
clndes 10 000 forCharlestnu, S C. ; 20,000 for itiiox
vllle, Tenn. ; $100,000 for Portland, Oregon; goi.nie
lor St. Paul. Minn. : Jl.SW.OeO for New York;
009 for Boston ; $500,000 for the 8 an Francisco Mint;
?i!W,ooo for jnbw t irieaus custom nousu; iuo,uu lor
Trenton, N. J. : $100,000 for the purchase of a lot in
St. Louis. ?212,0e0 for Appraiser's stores at San Fran
cisco; $200,000 for printing ofllce of the Treasury De
partment; $150,000 for Hart'ord, Conneol'mt;
$200,000 for Albany, N. Y. : $loo,oo for Nashville,
Tenn ; $75,000 for Grand Rapids, MIC. ;$loo,ono for
Fort Huron, Mich.; $50,0o0 for La Crosse, Wis ;
$20,000 forMachias, Maine; $75,000 for Qulnoy, III.;
$M),ooo for Indianapolis: 143,000 for Portland. Me.;
$50,000 for hospital on Angel Island. San fraticlse.o;
$75,0(0 for Ascarer's office 11 H lena, Montant;
$50,000 for Montgomery, Ala. : i,eoo for Little Hock,
Ark-, and $34,000 for Cairo, Jil. For light houses,
beacons, and fog signals, $1,930,000; for Uht bouse
tenders. $100,000.
The fifth section of the bill appropriates
$700 for the salary of an Bnvoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the German E npire;
$2500 for tbe Secretarv of Legation; $1800 for an
Assistant Secretarv of Legation.
Mr. Haldeman moved to increase the item for the
compensation and expenses ef the commission for
determining the pending questions between ureat
Britain and the United States from $43,000 to
$30,000.
lie said that the object of his motion was to obt tin
an opportunity of expressing his opinion on the sub
ject or tne commission. Me naa imeuuen, lr ne
could hae obtained the floor, to offer a preamble
and resolution which he believed emoodied tne
opinion of two-thirds of the members of tbe House
That was, that It was manifest destiny tti tt ail por
tions of tbe North American continent and the ad
jacent islands must In the course of
time be associated together under one gene
ral government: that such Inevita
ble annexations and changes er ailegUnce
abould be rarefullv prerared and facilitated. nd
that therefo e tbe declaration by the high comnvs-
aion of the absolnt nower and right or the British
and American colonies to withdraw their allegiance
by a vote of a majority of their inhabitant, and to
seek socb other national connection as they may elect
would be hailed as an set of high araitv and wisdom
that would greatly allay the unhappy irritation now
tain. He then withdrew the amendment.
Mr. Wood Inquired as to the Item of $tono for ex
nenBes incurred by the United States Legatl m In
Pails In protecting Gerrr an subjects In Frauce, and
whether the German Government wou d not reim
burse those exoenaes.
Mr. Dawes replied tnat tne uerman uovernmem
had ottered to rio so, but that our Government
thought it would be a small business to go into an
account on such a matter, and preferred to pay the
expense itself.
Mr. wood expressed mmseit sausuea wun me
exnlanation.
Various propositions were submitted by Mesrs.
Wood, Brooks of New York, Cox, and Fox r r the
repeal of the duty on coal, but they were all ruled
out of erder.
Amonflr tbem was a proposition oy Mr, r ox 10
Strike out an item for fuel for the Treasury Depart
ment. He remarked in connection wun it mat
while the poor people of New York were pertshlng
from cold, on account of the high price of coil
ratified bv the legislation of Congress, ne would not
vote for fuel to "toast the shins" of the friends of the
wnnbncftn nartY.
Th itom of i230.noo. to par the State of Massa
chusetts for cost of coast defenses, waa ruled out of
order on a point 01 oraer maae 07 iur. r nnnw irui,
mi ih orrmind that there was no law antnormng it
u iiivm xnressea nis surprise at ma ninux
the Speaker pro tem., Mr. Bcofleld, In the chair, but
declined, from a motive of delicacy, to appeal
Mr.'sargent, however, did appeal from tt.
rr,o uiuinn nr the chair was sustained.
Mr. Sargent then moved to suspend tbe rules so
iinn.t.iha item in order In the bill.
The motion was rejected, and the Rem was there
fore excluded.
, OBITUARY.
Tha Taaarabla tlcsri B. Blake
The venerable Ueorge E. Blake, who has kept a
muBle store on Fifth street, a few doors above
Chesnut. for so many years past, died at his resi
dence in tbe same building, last evening. Mr.
Blake had attained tha extreme old age of ninety
five years, and has loDg been regarded as one
of the celebrities of this city. He
lias been for many years the oldest muslo publisher
in the United States, and there is but one muslo
house in the country whose original staallshment
antedates his. That is tne music puonsumg nouse
of Lee k Walker, Philadelphia, which waa founded
In 1174 by George Wllllg, who died very old. In lssL 'i
Mr. Biaka left England, bis native country, at the
age of sixteen, coming to Philadelphia, where he
worked tor a while a a carpenter and tajgkt
music, but r.nally,
Uore at Third
In 102, opened a mnlo
and Msrket streets,
he removed aoout the
23 Smith fifth atreot, an
brick building. In which he
from which place
year 1814, to No.
otd-ISKhioned yellow
rontli uej his business and real tenon for nearly
Ofty seven years. The store Is about 29 bv 8(1 fe -t.
abd Imme diately In tbe rear Is the small office In
which the venerable nonagenarlaa was ao-
ciimomed to pass much of hts time.
When Mr. Blake first started l.l luiMoess,
he engraved with his ewn hsn-N a I tbe
plates for the music which he pu'i'lrhed nn l this
lie continued to do for many years. PrevloH to
stalling In business as a mis'o dealer, Mr. P.Uke
bad been a piano manufacturer, a nl the first pUn'i
made In the United States was constructed tiy hioi
In litis city, becoming ahen completed .tbe praptrty
of 1 lioinas Jefferson.
In hla day Mr. Blake was tho most extensive
music dealer In the country, Ills shelves being
loaded down with the best selections Ills on pule
llcatlobS I'kewise numltered among ttii'iu ma.iy e t-
t bsive and valuable works An edition of Handel's
oratbroof Tli Mlflali, vhlcli he poblis ted iiisuy
J tats aaf, ts regarded as the beBt ever po'ilis'iiil in
tills (O in'ry. But for many years pit Mr. Blue
bad (Hectically erased to tiausAe.t any business, and
probably-ihere has not been In his store a uew
piece ef music during the past qu irtur of
a cent ut. v. But he st!l eoulinue.1 1 begmin his VI
surewlth allow of oik. going thniugn the cera-
niwy of taktag down the shutters very uiortttiu,
and of putting them up astn aoout ila'k. The
windows ef his store weie filled with the quint old
iiiiisic sheets of the early part of tuo oeitury,
changed at regular Interva s t Impress too p tssn
world with auj'leaof the ex'eutof his stock. vith tho
great bustling world lie had nothing to do, and of It
and lis doings be knew mulling. To the d ty of his
deal h he la said never to have heard of t'ie exlstenoe
of any other ujiiMc store la the city. We have even
h srd him say, in a gossipy moment, thit si 100 Mr.
Wimp's death he was the only muslo publisher lu
the country that he knew of.
Mr. Blake for yesrs lived almost entirely alone.
A maiden daughter, now over sixty, ho Is said to
l ave been a great belle In her joung Us, had long
lived a 1th hrr father. Ills wife (lie I about twenty.
one years ago: but, iu addition to the unmarried
daughter mentioned, three olher children out or
a largo fam'ly are still living Colonel G4orgn
A. H, Blake, of the Uulted States army-;
T. West Blake, the former Mocretary
of the Fire Department, and now connej.ed with
the Water 1 partment; aud a marris 1 daughter.
Next door to his store has long lived T.ioinas
Sully, the eminent piluu-r of a past generation. Mr.
blate as but eight years his senior, anl fie tvo
venerable gentlemen were on the most lntlm tie aud
friendly terms.
Jiidae l)nn;i (hmn.
By reference to a despatuh In another column it
will le seen that Judge Conyngham, of Wlikesoarre,
met bis death by a railroad soel tent while g ila to
Texas to bring home a sick son, who hd been pros
trated with au attack of Br grit's rilseas of the
k'dneys. The late Judge was aboat seventy-six yMtrs
of age. lie studied law In this cltv under Joseph
R. Ingersoll, and afterwards rem .ved to Wilkes
bane, whe re, in course of time, he became a Jiitgt.
He was ou the bench for about thirty years. About
a year ago he retired from the beuch, and on 'hat
occasion he whs the recipient of haiuKo ne testimo
nies fruni members of the bur. Ho was 0 prominent
member of the 1 rot staut Kplscopal Church, and
was the father-in-law of the p reseat Bishop of the
diocese of Pennsylvania. He was a b a ler of the
Evangelical or Low Church party and was president
of several Church associations, among them the
Ameiicau Missionary Society, He was still lu ex
cellent health, was strung and hearty, ant gave
promise of many years of usefulness to come.
i'lTV IT KM 4.
Health and Long Like. Among the many pr
paratlons that have been recommended for tht pur.
pote, none, it is believed, has provel a clll nelo 1-
ns Plantation Bitters. This wonderrul vegetable
tonic appears to rontnlu all the el.onenfs necessary
to ke p up the st imiual strength of too jii- u, and
to protect it from the a imaging effects of vioIhsI-
tudes of temperature anl other uuhealtrt.v latloeuces
to which we are all more er less exposed. The ex
traordinary Invigorating aud regulating properties
of the preparation adapt It especially to tiu coali
tion ff the old and feeble, whose lamp if II e Is
burning low, aiid requires a nutritious stlmu'aut to
Bustain it.
Whitcomb's Asthma Rkmkdv Sure cure.
Mb. William W. Cashipv, the Jeweller at No.
South Second street, has oue of the largest aud roust
attractive stocks of all kinds of Jewelry and Silver
ware In the city. He has also ou hand a floe assort
ment of flue- American Western Watches. Tliose
who purchase at this store at the present time are
certain to get the worth of their money.
For OY8T8R8 always, 'fkksh, fat, and inviting, "
Stewed, Steamed, Roasted, Pauued, Broiled, Fried,
and Raw, go to Leach's, nortlieaat corner Ninth aud
CbefenuX Half peck steamed oysters, 25 cents.
ska Moits Fakinb from pure Irish Moss, for Blanc
Mange, Puddings, Custards, Creams, etc etc. The
cheapest, healthiest, aud most delicious fiiod In tbe
world.
Burnett's Flokimkl Au exquisite perfume.
IfIAItltlKI.
BfRNHAM Oavaka On the 2 il instant, at the
residence of the bride's mother, by tne Kev. r. A.
Fermev, Pastor of Eleventh Street M. K. Chorcli,
Mr. William H. Buknham, of Wilmington, DjI., to
Drtles Sub U Cavana, of this city.
Wilmington, Dei., auu Delaware county papers
please copy. a
llltl.
Baugh On Thursday. 23d instant, at the La
Pierre bruse, l'h'ihdelpliia, John f., sou of Daniel
aud Anna Wills Baugh, aged T years lu months aud
9 davs.
i uiiernl from the residence of his graodpareuts.
No. ll Spi lug Garden street, ou Tuesaay, 2sin losr.,
at 11 ocioct A. m. interment at L,iur.;i n,:i.
Fihuds of the faml.yare luvited without lurtoer
iiotice. '
BKiiENHOrsBR. February S2d,18T, Ask a KtTHA-
KihK, ne of cvurad Beiteuhouser, aud daughter of
liemy and Margaret Kreas.
Relatives nud inenils are Invited, without further
notice, to attend tli funeral, from her parents' re
sidence, No. MTn (if rinnnlowu avenue, ou Monday,
27ih instant, at 10 o'clock.
Booth on thek4ih InsfSnt, William Both, of
New Castle, Delaware, lu the 1 3d year of his age.
CAIRK8. Afura liugering l.lurss, John cairns,
In the lift vear ol his
'1 be relatives and friends of the family are respect,
fully invited to a1 teiid the funeral, fro 11 his lata resi
dttice, TaentT-aiXlh stru t, aOove Glrard avenue,
on Monday, 2Tth lut-t , at 10 u'ciocx a. u.
Day tuddenlv, on tunlay, ltn lustan, Uar-
rikt, daughter of Jacob aud Manila Day, lu tne
201 h tear of her aire.
Tbe relatives ami Irleiirts of the family are respect
fully invited to attend her fit'ieral, ou 8turlav mora
li'g. V5'h Instant, at lu V6 o'clock, from the residence
of her lallier, Kliurtuwn, without I tin tier iioiikh (tar-
T lanes wUl b at r'ort wsslilugton Station, IN. l' it.
1C, to meet the tralu thai loaves rui adolpiila at 4b
A. ni.
Marshall. On the list Instant, John, son of the
late William and ttiizUK'tn Marsnaii, lu tne sue 11
vear of Iiih see.
The relatives and friends of the family, also the
members ef the 231 Heuiment I. V. : Post No. 2, O,
A. R-, and Warren Hose Uompsny, are respectfully
luvited to attend the funeral, from the renld.m e of
Ms brother-in-law, Thomas Collius, 8. R. corner of
Twentieth and Carotuti-r aueeta, ou Haord iv, 2.Vn
instant, at a o'clock. To proceed to Mount Alorlah
Cemetery.
O'Neill. On the 50th Instant, Mast, wife of John
O'Nflll, in tne 8tn year 01 nor ae.
The r latlvesaud friends are rrspectfully invited to
attend her Inderal, from the r. Bidmnwj of her h ia
band, fso. B614 iiavenoru roan, ou Duuauy a'ter
noon, at I o'clock.
Thomas. n tte 3d Instant, Uisar B. Tuomas,
In the 760 year of his sue.
His friends are respectfully luvited to attend his
funeral, from bis late resldeuoa, Nu. 166 N Jfif.
teeuth street, on Monday afternoon, the 7tiilQt.,
at 8 o'clock. J"
FIFTH EDITION
THE LATEST HEWS.
Loss of the Quaker City-
Boiler Explosion at Sea.
No Lo.sa of Life Reported.
French Hostages at Berlin Released
Latest Cable Quotations.
Kic, Gtc. Klc. IlC.
FROM NEW YORK.
I ef the meaner Qaaker lllty.
New Yoke, Feb. 21. Tbe steamer Perit. from
Bermuda, reports the arrival of a vessel there,
t ame not ntlveo, with the crew of the steamer
Quaker City, from San Domingo for New Tork,
1( st at sea, having exploded her boiler. No
fin tier particulars are given.
Vhn tieaeral Order Nyatem.
Niw Yokk. Feb. 24. The Custom House
C( nre FPloual Committee met at the Fifth Ave
Mie Hotel to-day, and took additional evldeuce
in reference to tbe general order system. They
will conclude their labors to-night and proceed
to Wat-hlngton to-morrow to submit their re
lrt A complete change in the general order
stern of tbe custom house is anticipated.
FROM EUROPE.
I.ibnnlloa af French tlktaea la Iterlla.
PtHLiN, Feb 24. A telegraphic order received
fn iu Verraillee directs the Immediate liberation
of all French hostages.
Latest t able Qaatatlaaa.
I0NTON, Ftb. 844-80 P. M. Consols. 9x for
li tli 11. oner aiid amount. American securities Arm:
6-2 s of 1802, i Ji ; of 1865, old, 90?i : of 1801, 89j;
lu-ses, oij,; wie, is; imiiois, iu; ureat West-
tOli.'Si,.
LoM tiM. Feb. St 4-30 P. M. Tallow. 44s. 6d.:
I. Hie oil, XSft 10s. ; common rosin, s. SO.
KKF(KT, Feb. S4. Bonds, 95.
l ivim oou eb. 24-4-80 r. M. Cotton oulet: uo-
lmifts, 7jj,tl. : Orleans, 7d. Sales to-day 12 000
t a'es, 11 cliKiieg 2(hi0 for export and speculation.
t-uha of cotton shipped from Charleston and Savan-
i.nli and lor delivery in Marco, April, and May at
7 Ml. f(T middling, and of cotton from
New Orleans fur delivery In MayatT for middling
Orleans. Stock or cotton afloat 444,000 bates, in
cluding (.f American 290, (H) bales. Yarns and fa-
bi li s nt Manchester steady.
rotk nat. maroons, en. uaoon aeciimng. irme
lU'tilJ, 14s.
MIHilsUAEi AK1 WKaVyiATlC.
Th Cltv Ainmsncsu.
At the Walnut this evening: Mr. Edwin
Adams will have a benefit, when he will appear
In three different characters in anew plar by
John brougham entitled Honor, and also in the
diameter ot "William in the nautical drama of
hlack-Kyed Susan.
A tiiiuiiiee will bo given to-morrow, when The
Marine uean win ne represented.
At thb Argh Mr. otuart Kobson will have a
bent fit this evening, aud will appear as "Maw-
worm lu 2ie Hypocrite; as '(Jamille 'in the
burlesque of Camille,; or. The Cracked Heart;
as '-John WoppB in the
tarce oc that name;
as "Jem Boggs" in 27ie
Wandering Minstrel,
and as "Tobias Shortcut"
in the farce of The
frpilfire.
AT THB UHE8NCT Mf.
Davenport will this
evei luir appear as "Sir
Giles Overreach" in
Mansiuiier B plav of A Aeio Way to Fau Old
Debt. The "Sir Giles Overreach" of Mr. Daven
port is a superb piece of acting that no lover of
T , j . : .. ..1. 1 1 ... 1
Miyn araujauc ari, euuuiu inisn eeioi.
lo-inorrow evening the comedy ot Wild Uats
and 27ie HoWiers will be performed for the
benefit of Mr. Albert Roberts, the doorkeeper,
ai.d Mr. f. A. oorhees, the special olllcer.
TheFe gentlemen, by the courteous manner la
which they manage matters in the front of the
bouse, conduce greatly to the comfort of
vibitors. ai,d we hope they will receive the sub
stantial complimeut or a crowded neuse.
AT thb American the programme lor this
eenu g- v. 111 ue arranged lor tne purpose 01
grsiiUuig the tastes of a family audience.
ibere win te a lauaiy matinee to-morrow.
At tub Mcsei'm. Ninth and Arch streets.
the plav of The Creole; or, Love s Fetters will
tie pertormed this evening.
A matinee to-morrow.
At tub Assembly-Building the two-headed
girl will be on exhibition this afternoon and
eeninir-
KOTHERMEL'S flCTURB Ot "JH6 Battle Ot
GetDhburg" is on exhibition at No. 1003
Chesnut ctrcet, from whence it will shortly be
removed.
Amehicfs, the child violinist, will commence
a f tries of concerts at Concert Hall on Monday
evebiug next.
FOR SAL-fc.
GERMANTOWN FOR SALE, A DESIRA-
S"l hie stone residence on Church lane, five min
utes' walk from two stations. Modern conveniences.
Twelve rooms. In excellent repair. Lot 109 by ins
net.
Apply to' WILLIAM n. UAOOIT,
,8 6t ' No. 817 WALNUT Street.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC
TII13
NEW YORK WATCH COMPANY'S
WATCHES,
((Factory, Springfield, Mass.
In presenting their Watches to the American pub
lie, we dojao with the knowledge that in point or omsn
and ttrue-keeiilog quallMes they are superior for the
price to any Watch made la this country.
For sale by
ALEX. Rs HARPER,
Successor to John M. Harper,
No. 308 CHE -NUT STREET,
. . SECOND STORY, 1 8mrp
Salesroom of the American Watch.
WATCI) TO PUUC1IA.B12,
resirable Real Estate, '
WITHIN ONE MILE OF BROaD
STRESTS,
ND CHI SNUT
Payable In good and available trade, and partly In
cash. Addree
s 4 tf "Box W Philadelphia Post Office. -
CiOTTON. MIr .UNO FAIR AND MIDBLINGr
'Gulfs, lr iua aud Uplands, samples, clean
sum, etc., foi sale by
WILLIAM M. O REINER,
J 80 8m No. 109 CHESNUT Street
OAS FIXTURES
CORNELIUS & SOUS,
riAnirrAcrriJUEciis
Of
GAS FIXTURES
Wholesale and Retail
Salesrooms,
No. 821 CHERRY Slreei
PIIIIiADELPIIIA.
W3 bare no tor or alesjroom
on Chesnut street.
liesmep
CORNELIUS a SONS
FINANOIAL..
JAY COOKE & CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK and WA8HINQTON.
jay cGtiKE, Mcculloch is co.,
LONDON,
1MB
Sealers In Government Securities.
Special attention given to the Purchase and Sale
of Bonds aud Stocks on Commission, at.the Board of
Brokers in this and other cities.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DBPOS1TS,
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS.
GOLD AND SILVER BOUQHT AND SOLD,
In connection with oir London House we are non
prepared to transact a general
FOREIGN EXCHANGE BUSINESS,
Including Purchase and Sale of Sterling Bills, and
the issue of Commercial Credits and Travellers' Clr-
cu ar Lttters, available In any part of the world, and
are thus enabled to reoelve HOLD ON DEPOSIT,
and to allow four per cent. Interest in currency
theieon.
riavlng direct telegraphic communication with
both our New York and Washington Offices, we can
el'tr superior facilities to our customers.
RELIABLE RAILROAD BONDS FOR INVEST
MENT.
Pamphlets and full information given at our onice,
8 8 8mrp No. 114 S. THIRD Street, Phllada.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO INVESTORS.
A Choice Security.
We Lare now able to supply a limited amount
of the
Catawissa Railroad Company's
7 PER CENT.
CONVERTIBLE MORTGAGE BONDS,
FREE OF bTATB AND UNITED STATES TAX.
They ase Issued tor the sole purpose of building
the extension from MILTON TO WlLUAMfJfOKT.
a distance or so miles, ana are secured by a iten on tht
entire road of ntarly 100 miles, fully equipped and
doing a nourishing business.
When it la considered that the entire indebtedness
or the company wl.l be less than Iie.Oou per mile.
leaving out u.eir raiuaoie cwai rrvpeny y lauu aores,
it will le seen at once what an unusual amount of
B'curlty Is attached to these bonds, and they there
fore mnst commend themselves to the most prudent
Investors. An additional advantage is, that they
can be converted, at the option of the holder, after
is vears. Into the Preferred Stock, at par.
1 hey are registered coupon uonas (a great Bare
guard), Issued In sums ot $500 and f 1000. Interest
payaDie reoruary auu August.
Price Vix aud accrued Interest, leaving a good
margin lor advance.
tor runner information, appiy to
D. C. WHARTON SMITH & CO.,
No. 121 BOUTH THIKB STREET,
1 8S PHILADELPHIA.
FURNITURE, ETO.
HOVER'S
PATENT SOFA BED.
In consequence of certain parties representing
that their isora ueoa ana Lounges are or my patent,
I beg leave to Inform the public that my Kofa Bed Is
for sale oulv at MOORK fc. CAMPION'S and ALLEN
A BhOTHBR o, and at the .manufactory, ho.
South BBCONU Btreet
1 his novel Invention la not in tne least compli
cated, havins no cords or roses to pull in order to
regulate, or props to keep tt up when In the form of
a beusteca, wnicn are an 107 uum-o u'i mum tu
get out of repair. The bedstead Is formed by turn
ing out the ends, or closing tnem when the Sofa is
wanted. , . .,
II. F. HOVJKR,
No. 230 SOUH SECOND STREET,
19 8 tuf28trp
PHILADELPHIA
Joskph II Cami'Iok (late Moore A Oampl'tn),
WILLIAM SMITH, KICHARO H CAMPION.
SMITH & CAMPION.
Manufacturers of
FINE FURNITUBE, UPHOLSTERINOS, AND IN
TERIOR HOUHE DECORATIONS,
Kin U.Q Kill I 'I'M THIK1) 8'TeeU
Manufactory, Nos. 216 and 811 LEVANT Jf
fniiaaeipnia.
COPYING PRESSES.
Just received, a Large Assort
ment of the Latest Stylos
COPY1NO PttESdES.
WM. M. CHRISTY,
SUttoner and Friater,
No. 181 S. THIBD Street
Opposite Uirard Bauk.
9 99 eod!
INANQIAL,
UEW . 7 30 GOLD X.OAKT.
SAFE I t PROFIT ABLE! PERMANENT!
We offer for Sale at Par, and Accrued Interest, the
FIRST MORTGAGE LAND GRAND GOLD BONDS
or THI
MIQffi TACIFK RAILROAD CO.
These bonds are secured. f hraFlmt Mnrt.
gafte on the Railroad Itself, its rolling stock and au
tqulpnienu; kwml by a Fir Mortgage on Its en.
tire Land Grant, berna; nore than Twenty-two
inousHDa Acres or l.ao .ceach mile of Road.
The Bonds sre free Irom Uniu-d 8Utes Tax; the
Principal and Intere.-t are pavabie in Gold the
Prlncibai at the end IThlrty yesra. and the internal
rot-annually, at the rate of SEVEN andthkkr.
fcNTHS PKK CENT, per annum.
zney are issued in denominations or ioo, tsoa,
.iWO.Vkioo, and 110 000.
The Trustees uuder the MotUraire are Messrs. Jar
Cooke, of Pntladelphla, and J. Edgar Thomson,
President of tbe Pennsvlvanla Central Railroad
Company.
Tnese iNortnern racinc 7-so Bonds will at au times
before maturity, be receivable at Ten per Cent.
Premium (or 110) in exchange for the Comoanv's .
lands at their lowest cash price.
In addition to their atieolote safety, these Bonds
yield an Income larger, we believe, tliau any other
first-class security. Persons holding United States
B-SOs can, by converting them Into Northern Paclfloa
Increase their yearly income one ttrd, and still
have a perfectly reliable Investment.
Persons wishing to exchange stocks or other bonds
for these can do 00 with any of our Ageuts, who
win auow tne nignest enrrenr price tor Axa, biak--KETABLS
SECURITIES.
JPA.V COUKB Sc CO.,
Fiscal A genu Northern Paclflo Railroad Co.
For sale in Philadelphia ny
D. O. WHARTON SMITH A CO.,
No. 121 ouuithiju otreet.
GLENDINNINO, DAVIS R CO,,
No. 48 8. THIRD Street.
BOWEN&FOX,
No. 13 MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE.
SEVENTH NATIONAL BANK,
N. W. cor. FOURTH and MARKET.
T. A. BIDDLE&CO.,
. No. 8tt WALNUT Street
WM. PAINTER A CO.,
No. 00 South THIRD Street. '
BULL A NORTH,
No. 131 Sonth THIRD Street.
BARKER BROS A CO.,
No. 88 South THIRD Street.
EMORY, BENSON A CO.,
No. 6 South THIRD Street. -B.K.
JAMISON A CO.,
N.W. corner THIRD and CHESNUT
P. S. PETERSON A CO.,
No. 89 South THIRD Street.
TOWNSEND WHELEN A CO.,
No. 809 WALNUT Street.
CHARLES B. KEEN,
No. 885 WALNUT Street.
JNO. S. RUSHTON A CO.,
No. DO South THIRD Street.
NARR A LAD N Ell,
No. 80 South THIRD Street.
M. SCHULTZ A CO.,
No. 44 South THIRD Street.
BIOREN A CO.,
No. 150 South THIRD Street. .
JOHN K. WILDMAN,
No. 28 8onth THIRD Street.
CHARLES T. YERKES, JR., A CO.,
No. so South THIRD Street
WILLIAM T. ELBERT,
No. 881 WALNUT Street
J. H. TROTTER,
No. 823 WALNUT Sfreet
8. M. PALMER A CO.,
No. 86 South THIRD Street
D. M. ROBINSON A CO.,
No. 138 South THIRD Street
SAMUEL WORK,
No. 64 South THIRD Street
GEORGE J. BOYD,
No. 18 South THIRD Street
H. H. WILTBANK.
No. 808 WALNUT Street
.RALEY A WILSON,
No. 41 South THIRD Street
WALLACE A KEEN E,
No. 148 South THIRD Street
STERLING A CO.,
No. 110 Sonth THIRD Street
WILLIAM C. MORGAN A CO.,
No. 23 South THIRD Street '
G. A W. Y. HEBKRTON,
No. 52 S. THIRD Street'
JAMES E. LEWARS & CO.,
No. 39 S. THIRD Street
JACOB E. RIDGE WAY,
No. 56 S. THIRD Street
W. H. SBELMEltDUE,
No. 10 S. THIRD Street
1 26 tUWthfS40t
F
o it
Six Per Cent. Loan of the City of Wil-
liamsport, Penneylvania,
Freo of. nil T 11 x e m.
At 86 and Accrued Interest. .
These Bonds are made absolutely secure by act of
Legislature compelling the city to levy sufficient tax
to pay Interest and principal.
P. 8. PETERSON & CO.,
No. 39 S. THIRD STREET,
JO PHILADELPHIA.
DUNN ROT HERO,
Hos. 51 and 53 S. THIRD St.,
Dealers In Mercantile Paper, Collateral Loana,
Government Securities, and Gold.
Draw RUls of Exchange on the Union Bank of
London.and Issue travellers' letters of credit throogn
Messrs. BOWLES BROS CO., available in ail tha
cities of Europe.
Make Collections on all points.
Execute orders for Bonds tnd stocks at Board of
Brokers. .1
Allow interest on Deposit, subject to check at
tght - '18
JOHN S. RUSHTON & CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKEHS.
GOLD AND COUPONS WANTED.
.Oity WaiTantK ;
BOUGHT AND SOLD. . .
Ito. 6O South
8864
THIRD atroet.
PHILADELPHIA;
fi3() 530
BANKER.
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS RBCHIVEli AND INTER
KST ALLOWED ON DAILY BALaN.JES.
OKDBKH FKOMPTLY KXECUTKD FOR THI
PURCHASE AND SALS OF ALL UNLIABLE SE-
CtLLECTION8 MADE BVKUYWHKRS.
KBAL ESTATE COLLATERAL LOANS RKQO.
TIATED. t ul
XIo. 630 WALNUX St., PhlbxU.
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