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VOL. XV. NO. 50.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1, 1871.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FIRST EDITION
THE DAEIEN SURVEY.
Fxploration of the Isthmus.
. Prospects of a Ship Canal.
The Hamilton Opera House Lottery
The Japanese in New York.
ate., KtC, Etc. Etc., etc.
THE DARIEN SURVEY.
The Exploration of the Isthmus Commodore
8r Hrldce's Voyage Up the Atrato Ihe Pros,
pceia I or a Whip t an al.
U. 8. 8. Guakd, Gulf of Darien, 8. A., Feb.
6. On December 31 Master A. K. Coudcn left
this chip and proceeded la charge of a surveviner
party, of which Mr. James Barnes was chief
engineer and Mr. A. D. Beach assistant. Those
officers, with their instruments and supplies,
were stowed away la two large llat-boats,
manned by six seamen and two natives,
On January 2, they were followed by Com
mander Selfridge and Midshipman Kunhardt in
the steam launch, accompanied by a trufty
guide. They started out with the intention of
being absent but ten days, during which they
were to make a hasty trip to the Indian village
of Paya, on the Pacific Bide of "the divide" on
the ridge of mountains which separates the two
slopes.
Much anxiety was felt on board the Guard for
the safety of the expedition, which it was ex
pected would be back in ten days. On Janu
ary 10, to the great joy of all on board, Captain
Selfridge and his companions returucd. The
following is the report of tbe voyage and ex
plorations, as narrated by the ofileers of the ex
pedition. THE SURVEY OF TnE GCI.F O DAKIEfJ.
Excellent progress has been made in this
branch of the work. Commander Lull has
finished a large part of the trlaneulailou of the
fjulf, and is now engaged in filling in its shore
ine and other topographical features. The
hTilrnirrnnhv In hinr pvci'nlcH hv Alnttnr ITnnr-
& ley, assisted by Midshipman Hunker. Their
surveys, so for, prove that the Gulf of Darieu is
admirably adapted to be one of the termini of
'1 the canal. Accurate tidal ami meteorological
observations have been made. The average rise
and fall of the tides is less than two feet. Baro
metrical changes are very slight, tbe average at
sea-level being about 30 inches. The thermo
meter has never been above 10 deg. or below 70
deg.; average range, 8 d?g., from 78 deg. to 80
degrees.
SURVEY OF TUB ATRATO.
The Atrato River, from its mouth to its junc
tion with tbe Cacarica River, has been surveyed
by a party under the charge of Master J". P.
Merrell, of which Mr. A. L. Duvall and Mr. B.
T. Stokes were respectively the Chief and
Assistant Engineers. They found the river to
have an average width of half a mile, and a
depth of channel from 42 to 12'J feet. VVith the
exception of a small bar at the mouth of the
Atrato, their surveys show that the ship canal
connecting tte Atlantic with the Pacific Ocen
is already made from the Gulf of Darien to La
Loma, a small hill about two miles up the Caca
rica River from its junction with theAtroto.
Up to this point vessels of the very largest size
may safely be carried. We already know that
navigation is open on the Pacific side from tbe
ocean through the Gulf of San Miguel and the
River Tuyna to Chlpogana, a small town about
22 miles from its mouth.
To sum up what has been and what is to be
done by the expedition, it may be stated that
there have been found on the Atlantic and Pa
cific slopes two points to which ships may be
carried. That on the Atlantic side is 45 miles
.i jium uinuuu ui A'uueu, hi. wo juucuuuoi tun
k Atrato end Cacarica rivers; while that on the
YPacific side is about 40 miles from the ocean.
Vttwecn these two points, which are distant
about 50 miles from each other, there is a divid
ing ridge of low hills, not exceeding in any
place 400 feet in height, and ot little width. The
problem to be solved by the engineers is:
"Where is the lowest point of the divide, and
through what part of the intervening country
will it be most feasible to construct a canal 't '
Commander Bel f rid ire has already found a
feasible route, but it is believed that a much
better one may be found, and for that reason
tbe corps of engineers will continue the explo
ration ef the country until tbe rainy season
begins; this will probably be about the middle
of April, so they still have over two months in
w hlch to continue their labors.
THE CONTEMPLATED EXPLORATIONS.
On January 13, the United States steamer
Nipsic. Lieutenant-Commander Byron Wilson,
srrixedatthe Gulf of Darien. She had been
anxiously looked for during the preceding two
weeks, and brought our mall with the first
news from tbe outside world that we had had
for two months. Commander Belfridge has
entirely recovered from his late illness, and
will sail in her to-morrow for Asplnwall,
accompanied by Surgeon Linnaeus Fus
sell, Astronomer F. Blake, Jr.,
and BDglneers A. L. Duvall and B. T.
Stokes. From Asplnwall they will cross by
railroad to Panama, where they will embark ou
board the United States steamer Kesaca, now
waiting their arrival. In her they will run
down the Gulf of San Miguel, and up the
river Tuyna as far as tbe town of Chipogana.
There the eng'nee; s will begin a line of levels to
run in a southeasterly direction across the
, divide. Their route will probably be some
where between the Paya and Tuyna rivers.
THE SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS.
Dr. Mack, tbe distinguished naturalist and
geologist of the expedition, has recently returned
from an eight days' stay at the village of Turio
or Pisinl. Being thoroughly conversant with the
Spanish language, be was able to obtain the
confidence and good will of the natives, who
assisted him grea ly In making his collections,
and he now has a rich store for the Zoological
Museum at Cambridge, Mass. Ills geological
researches have not yet been extended, but
already coal, petroleum, and amber have been
discovered. The discovery of coal is looked
upon as one of tbe most important events of the
expedition, when considered in connection with
the canal project.
Botanicullv considered, the country is an ex-
fj ceedingly rich one. The celebrated balsam
' r.9 T1. ,1 ., I.U r -I H 1 - .
hcd iu Ami! t ibu rmi etiji int. biiu B great
variety of dye-woods, are found in abundance
on the ranges of mountains to the eastward of
the Gulf of Darien. Besides these there are
several varieties of cedars and "wool trees," and
a very carious plant used by tbe natives as a
substitute for coffee. The 'kernels are very
small and totally different in appearance from
the rtal coffee berry; but when burnt and ground
they are very similar to it in taste and smell.
BXPEDITION TO SUZIA.
This morning at daylight Lieutenant-Commander
Schulze left the ship in the steam
launch on a diplomatic mission to the natives
of fcuzla the principal Indian village in this
section of the country, lie bears despatches
from the Government of Colombia calling on
them to give the expedition all the assistance
in their power. The village is built upon the
Atrato river, about a day's journey above the
mouth of the Cacarica. Mr. Schulzewlll endea
vor to obtain guides and canoes to be used by
the exploring parties.
WHO HOLDS TICKET 29,889?
Fob at the Drawing of the Hamilton Opera
Houae Hraas Band mad Washtub Looky
Numb era and Indescribable Kadtement.
A Hamilton despatch to the Cincinnati Com
mercial says:
The Hamilton Opera House drawing took
rtlapA In t.hn Onr& llnu.A tA-nlpht In tha rtrn.
sence of a crowd soaked with rain and reeking
with tobacco, ine drawing was given under
cover of a concert, but turned out to be a few
tunes by a brass band, stationed at one end of
the hall. A wheel and a washtub appeared
among the furniture on tbe stage.
A committee appeared on the stage and busied
itself in inspecting eight or nine envelope boxes
laid in a row on a table. The inspection lasted
a few minutes, after which one of the committee
announced that it was satisfied that all was right.
The envelope boxes were then emptied by David
Gibson into the washtub, and Louis Rollie, a
young gentleman of lottery-dealing experience,
scooped the tickets out of the tub into the
wheel and gave it a preliminary revolution.
A venerable gentleman on the stage stepped
forward and said: "We are now ready to draw.
We are strangers here and want to do what is
honest and right. We want a boy from among
the audiened to draw the tickets."
An urchin soon appeared, and climbing over
tbe footlights, displayed a flag of truce, which
set the whole house in a roar. He was stripped
of cap and jacket, and his shirt-sleeve turned up
to the shoulder. Mr. Bollie manipulated the
wheel again, and the boy was blindfolded and
placed bef-ide it.
James E. Campbell announced clearly that
the first ticket would draw tbe opera house, the
second $20,000, the third $5000, the next five
$1000 each, the next eight t500 each, and the
next sixty $100 each, In all $40,000 cash, in addi
tion to the opera house.
The boy dived his hand into the wheel and
drew out a ticket, which was promptlv trans
ferred to the hand of David Gibson. Mr. Gib
son turned before the gaslight and distinctly
announced 28,889.
The cash prizes were then regularly drawn,
the wheel being well revolved between each
drawing until the seventy-five numbers had been
drawn.
The operation consumed a little over an hour,
during which the intensely excited audience
preserved an almost unbroken silence, and at
ibe conclusion left the hall In an orderly
manner.
Iso one pretended to hold a lucky number
during tbe drawing, and it was not stated
when or where the prizes were to be distri
buted. The drawing was regarded with doubt and
suspicion by a great many citizens of Hamil
ton, and many of tbe audience, while acknow
ledging that the drawing In the hall was done
on the square, pronounced the whole scheme a
swindle.
THE EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK.
The interest concerning the holder of the
ticket that drew the Dayton Opera House con
tinues unabated in and around New York. A
motley throng congregated in Devlin fe Co.'s
office yesterday morning to learn the particu
lars, but thus far the name of the lucky man has
not been ascertained.
THE JAPANESE.
An Uncle of the Tycoon and Thirty-eight (Genu
ine Aalnt'ca In New York, and More Coining
How They Look and Behave.
The Japanese are making a grand sortie from
their native country. Considerable numbers of
their most prominent youcg men, usually repre
senting noble families, are dispersing themselves
among the enlightened nations of the old world
and the new, with the object of acquiring valu
able information. The enclosing barriers have
been broken through, and this year not less than
one thousand young men will leave Japan, to
enter upon a course of professional study in
Europe and the United States.
TIIE NSW JAPANESE MINISTER.
Prince Ito Fugari Ilieofumi, uncle of the
reigning Emperor of Japan; also, Mr. Mori, the
newly appointed Minister to the United States,
are making a brief sojourn at the St. Nicholas
Hotel, New York, en route for Washington.
These, with their servants and a number of
young students, make up a group of thirty
eight genuine Asiatics, who are highly enjoying
the elegant suits of rooms provided for them,
and the sights of the town. Yesterday, after a
ride in Central Park, and a visit to a clothing
establishment, they Bought further recreation at
one of the theatres. Only a day or two can be
allowed in New York before the departure for
Washington, making a deliberate examination
of local attractions impossible at this time.
now TBE JAPANESE LOOK AND BEUAVE.
At the hotels tbe Japanese appear much like
common mortals, aside from their mild olive
complexions. Their garb conforms to the pre
valent style, as does the cut of their hair, pecu
liarities of this sort having been dropped on
leaving home; and they consent to seat their
bodies on four-legged chairs as gracefully as
circumstances permit. Several of them con
verse freely in English. None could be more
good-natured or unassuming. High blood and
two swords, for the nonce, are of no account.
But tbe punctilio of mutual intercourse is ob
served without relaxation. To go through the
forms of salutation, in the presence of a high
officer, is truly a laborious process, attended
with an amount of grunting, lowing, and shuf
fling of hands over the knee-pan which an ordi
nary observer might consider quite superfluous.
Should tbe Prince withdraw only temporarily
from the room, his return would give occasiou
for a renewal of all the enthusiasm natural after
protracted absence.
A RESPITE FOR RCLL0FF.
Judge Uapallo'a Drclslon-Writ ot Error Al
lowed and Htay of Proceeding Uraated An
other Chance. -
The Court of Appeals having referred the ap
plication of Rullolt's counsel for a writ of error
and stay of proceedings to Jude Rapallo, he
yesterday made a decision, of which the follow
ing is the important point-
I have concluded to
JALLOW TUB WRIT AND STAT,
on condition that the coupsel for tbe prisoner
stipulate forthwith to file the writ and enter an
appearance for tbe prisoner, and to accept notice
oi argument for the 15th day of March, 1871,
and to cause tbe return to the writ of error to be
filed with the clerk of tbe Court of Appeals on
or before the 13th day of March, 1871, and to
furnish the printed cases to the Court and Dis
trict Attorney, and proceed with the argument
at the opening of court on the 15th of March,
1871, or as soon thereafter as the court shall be
ready to proceed with the case. The cause to
he placed at the head of the day calendar for
the 15th of March.
PRISONER 8 COVN8EL MUST BE READY.
If the couusel for the prisoner shall fail to
appear or to proceed with the argument, tbe
counsel for the people are to be at liberty to
move for judgment of affirmance by default
V. 1'. Sun to-day.
President Grant will attend the reunion
of the Army of the Tennessee, in Cincinnati,
on tbe 6th and 7th of April, if Congress is not
then in session. General Sherman will also be
prefect.
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
P 0 OR PAR I S,
HER CROWNING HUMILIATION.
Prussian Entry To-day.
Tlie City in a, Chaos.
Attack Upon the Hotel tie Ville.
Efforts to Maintain Order.
Proclamation of M. Thiers.
The Assembly and the Treaty.
NewSystom of French Defense
Advices from the Pacific.
Tunnelling the Sierra Nevada.
Etc.. Btc. Etc.. UtC, EtC.
FROM EUROPE.
The Emperor and Ills General.
Versailles, Feb. 27. To-night, at a banquet,
the Emperor showed his guests the preliminary
treaty of peace, signed an hour before, and
accepted the felicitations of the august person
ages present. The Emperor embraced Von
Moltke and Von Roon, and expressed deep
gratitude for the invaluable services of those
officers.
Ilia Majesty's Health
will probably prevent his reviewing the troops
on horseback, but he certainly will review them
on the Champ de Mars.
The Grand Entry of Paris To-day.
It is the intention ot his Majesty to witness
the entry of the 1st Corps at the enceinte on
Wednesday morning. The reasons for his doing
this are obvious to all who are acquainted with
the state of public feeling In Paris and vicinity.
The spot selected for the purpose is kept secret.
The Place of Jlouor.
The 11th Corps will have the honor of being
the first Prussian force to occupy the capital.
At f 10 o'clock precisely they will enter with
colors flying and bands playing, In full war J
strength 30,000 strong, with ninety-six field
guns. At the end of three days they will be
KeUeyed by Another Corps,
probably the Guards. The process of relief
will probably involve the presence of sixty
thousand German soldiers within the enceinte at
one time. Each corps will remain three days
and be succeeded by another, until all have had
a turn.
The Whole Period of Occupation
has not yet been defined. The Parisians seem
to suppose the occupation will last only a few
days. This is not unlikely, but it may prove a
delusive hope, for the occupation
May Last Mair Months,
which seems not improbable from certain indi
cations. At present the Germans may be re
quested by the authorities of France to occupy
the city until anarchy and riot are subdued, and
respect to law insured. The Government, of
which M. Thiers is at the head, is
Hesolvod to Maintain Anthorlty
and do its best to restore order. Thore Is reason
to believe it is the intention of the French Gov
ernment to
Disband tbe Whole French Army
immediately they are released from captivity in
Germany, and organize
A New and Gigantic ttyetem
of national defense. The old army will be
swept away with unsparing completeness, and
a prolonged occupation of Paris by a German
garrison may be an actual necessity of these
wholesale measures for the regeneration of
France.
Tbe Flrat Instalment of the Indemnity
will be twenty millions sterling, and on the pay
xnent of a second like amount the evacuation of
the Seine Inferieure will immediately take place.
A Treaty of Commerce
between France and Prussia, on terms accorded
the most favored nations, is one of the stipula
tions of the treaty of peace.
Proclamation of Thler. to the French People.
London, March 1. President Thiers has is
sued a proclamation to the people of Paris. He
appeals to their patriotism and wisdom for the
preservation of crder.
Fannin Compelled tbe Surrender
of the forts, says M. Thiers, and obliged the
Government to open negotiations. They were
only able to obtain an extension of the armistice
by consenting to a partial occupation of Paris.
The French army will occupy the left bank of
the Seine to secure the execution of the con
vention. Thiers Urges tho People
not to break up the convention, and thus entail
frightful misfortunes upon France.
An Order of Ibe Oar, Issued by Gsa. Vloev
says the Government unhesitatingly confides to
the National Gnard the care of the city, and
trusts in their devotion and intelligence for the
maintenance of order. The least agitation will
furnish a pretext for irreparable misfortune,
which only calmness and dignity can avert.
deed K fleet Predaeed by the Proclamation.
The proclamation of M. Thiers and the order
of General Vinoy have produced a good impres
sion In Paris, but military precautions are taken
to prevent disorders.
The Eleventh Prussian Carps
and the Bavarians will enter Paris to-day.
Fsars el Dl.lorbances.
Special despatches from Paris to London
papers say the city is in a very disturbed state,
and that serious occurrences are apprehended.
Reported Opposition ef the Parisians.
The Little Memorial newspaper asserts that
large masses of the populace of Belleville Intend
to occupy the Champs Elysees on Wednesday
morning and oppose the Prussians with arms.
The London Times' despatch from Paris says
at a special meeting of delegates from the Na
tional Gnard it was resolved to
Resist the Entry of the Germans
a Voulrance. A meeting of fifteen hundred Na
tional Guards subsequently resolved to
AttnrU the notel de Vllle
on Tuesday morning, and appointed a commander-in-chief.
It was announced that the
Government having declared that the army
had failed to defend Paris, the National Guards
were ready to do so. Through want of combi
nation and over-fatigue,
The Attack Failed,
and the troops retreated to Place Bastile, where
they placed in position some useless cannon.
Serviceable cannon were restored to the ram
parts at Belleville and Montmartre.
The Authorities Stand Aloof
in order not to provoke a collision, but sym
pathy with the idea of resistance is extending.
It is said if the
National Guards Oppose the Entry
of the Prussians, General Vinoy will not inter
fere, but will withdraw his army.
The Authorities are Greatly Embarrassed
by the condition of affairs.
There is much indignation at the
Removal of the Wounded
from the Palace d'Industrie to make room for
the Prussians.
The Treaty In the Assembly.
Bordeaux, Feb. 28 In the Assembly this
morning M. Thiers energetically demanded
immediate discussion of the treaty. A public
sitting will be held to-morrow.
France and Belgium.
Belgium has recognized the French republic.
Death ef Mrs. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Loudon, March 1 The widow of Nathaniel
Hawthorne died on Sunday at Kensington.
This Moraine's Quotations.
London. March l ll-so A. m consols, oi u mr
both money and account. American securities
easier. 6-'20s of 1862, 91: of 1865. old. 91: of
1867, 90V; 10-408, 88V. Stocks easier. Erto Rail
road, 19 ; Illinois Central, 109 ; Atlantic and Great
Western, 80.
Frankfort. Feb. 28. United States bonds cloned
Irregular at 96,Vg90Ji.
Liverpool, March 1 11-80 A. M. Cotton dull and
depressed; middling uplands, 7id.; middling Or
leans, 1. The sales are estimated at 10,000 bales.
Sales of cotton deliverable in March and April from
Savannah or Charleston at 1(., and from New Or
leans at 7&d., and from New Orleans deliverable In
Way at 7'jd.
This Afternoon's Quotations.
LONDON. March 1 1'80 P. M American securities
firm. Bonds. 91 v. tor tho old Issue. lstiS. and SI H
for the Issue of ISfi'i. Stocks steady.
Liverpool, March 1 130 P. M. Pork flat. Lard.
80S.
FROM TBE PACIFIC COAST.
California and Australian "learners.
San Francisco, March 1. It is now reported
as certain that Webb's steamship line will be
put on the Australian and New Zealand route
with or without a subsidy, commencing on
March 31st.
The Oakland ghootlng Case.
The man Frederick, who shot Z. Read in the
Oakland difficulty, has been admitted to bail in
$30,000.
The Annlver.nry of the First Arrival
of the steamship California, twenty years since,
waa celebrated by her surviving passengers last
evening. The steamer is still employed on this
coast.
hale ef a Steamship.
The British screw steamer Prince Alfred,
which came out here la9t year to run in the
coast line between San Francisco and the Mexi
can and Central American ports, was sold at auc
tion to-day for $12,700, a mere fraction of her
original cost.
Proposed Tunnel Throuth the Sierra Nevada.
Colonel V on Schmidt is perfecting plans for
machinery by which he expects to drill a tun
nel of five'miles through the Sierra Nevada at
the rate of one mile in 90 days, and bring water
from Lako Bigler to Sacramento and San Fran
cisco. He will commence work this summer.
Ship Arrivals Kenah Weather Encountered.
San Francisco, Feb. 28. The steamship
Idaho has arrived from Portland, Oregon, hav
ing struggled for some days against head winds
and heavy seas.
The ship Isaac Rich, from New York, en
countered a terrific gale on the 30th Inst., losing
her fore and main lower topsails, main-topmast
staysail, and foresail.
Suicide In Ban tranclsoo.
Frederick Ruppin, a cigar manufacturer, com
mitted suicide by cutting his throat last even
ing. The Whaleman Arson Case.
The sailors who set fire to the whaleshlp
Massachusetts, at Lakona, have been sentenced
to three years hard labor.
The plot of
The New City Pari.
west of Lone Mountain, has been completed.
There are seventeen natural lakes and two hills
one three hundred and forty-four feet and the
other four hundred and twelve feet high within
the reservation.
FROM JVEW JERSEY.
Proreedluas el the I.oalnlature.
Trenton, March 1 In the Senate the Special
Committee on the Hamilton Land Improvement
made a voluminous report. The committee
holds that the Legislature has tbe power to
repeal tbe act, and recommends the passage of
the bill for that purpose now before the Senate.
Tbe report is accompanied by legal opinions
from Cortlandt Parker, Abram Browning, and
other eminent lawyers expreeslng the same
views. Tbe importance of the bill is that it re
peals the, act under which the National Air-Line
Company are enabled to complete the link of
their road through the State. In the House the
Newark Park bill is under reconsideration,
having been called from the table.
FROM THE STATE.
The l eal Blrlke-The IVerklaamea's Aaaecla.
Ilea sustained.
St. Clair, Pa., March 1 The meeting of
tbe miners of this district has just adjourned.
The vote was unanimous in favor of the leaders,
and of supporting the Workingmen's Benevo
lent Association
FROM THE WEST.
Fire In Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 1 A large cooper-
shop ;on Sterling avenue, together with two or
three adjoining buildings, were destroyed by
fire this morning. Loss estimated at $15,000 to
$20,C0O.
LsaAi. iwTgELiQnrqron.
Civil Salts.
District Onurt, Ao. Judge Thaytr.
Tarltlnson k Watson vs. Richard II. Watson.
An action to recover for liquorice sold and delivered.
On trial.
Dittriet Court, Ko. iJudgt Lynd.
Patrick Walsh vs. John P. Brnner fc Sons. An
action to recover wapes for services rendered. Ver
dict for plaintiff for IU8-80.
Wilier fc. Wood vs. miza a Fisher. An action on
a promissory note. No defense. VerJict for plain
tiffs, 15768-90.
Christian Elmer vs. Qeorgo C. Napheys fc Son.
An anion to recover for lard sold and delivered.
On trial.
The Fury Homicide.
Court of Oyer mnd Terminer Judges Ludlow ana
Pennon.
This morning Frank GauRhran, a man appa
rently Ufiy years of agre, was put on trial upon the
charge of murder, in taking the life of a boy named
Georgo II. Fury, on last Christmas-day. The alle-
? ration made by the Commonwealth is as fol
ows: On Christmas-day the prisoner came to
the opeu lots at the Dlckerson street river
front, where two gans of boys, calling themselves
the "Boilers" and the "Rangers," were aranHlng
themselves by having a stone battle, and he took
part in it. Becoming weary of the fun, he retired
Into a lane leading to a coal-yard, and drawing a
large navy pistol, lie deliberately fired six shots into
the crowd of boys. When he Bred the sixth shot, he
rested the pistol on his left arm and coolly took aim,
and George Fury, who was leaning against a fence
a square and a half away, and who had taken no
pan whatever in the stone-throwing, fell t-j
the ground with a bullet In his
head. lie was taken o his home, where for a week
he lay in a delirious state, and at the end of that
time died. Gaughran was Immediately arrested,
and upon being told that he had killed a boy he
Bald, "Let him be killed ; bring him to me and I will
shoot him again; I would shoot all of them for a
penny apiece." lie was taken to the station-house,
and 'hence before the Coroner, who committed him
for trial. The Commonwealth will press for murder
ef the first degree.
I LtAitCK JLIVO COHMBUtR.
EVKNINQ TCLVOBAPH OFFIOa,!
Wednesday. March 1, IS71,
There is quite a lively demand for loans to
day, but rates exhibit but little change worth
recording. There is no lack of fUuda 2t all the
usual sources, and for borrowers possessed of
undoubted credit or furnished with satisfactory
collaterals, any reasonable amount may bo ob
tained at 6g6 per cent., subject to call, and at
7(58 per cent, on prime discounts. Dates of
maturity have little luttuence on the rates asked
for time accommodations, from which it may be
Inferred that no monetary disturbance or strin
gency is anticipated.
Gold is active and steady, the range of sales
being from 111(5)111, closing at the latter.
Government bonds are In good request, and
prices show a general advance of about At
the Stock Board there was a fair amount of
business, and tbe general tone was Arm. State
Cs, second series, sold at 1053, and Pennsylva
nia 5s at 102. City 6s, new bonds, changed
bands at 101, and Lehigh gold loan at 88.
In Reading Railroad there was rather more
doing. Sales at 4!)(5)49; Pennsylvania was
weak, selling at 61aj61). Oil Creek and Al
legheny sold largely at 48(5)48, the latter
b. o.; Catawissa preferred brought 3939j,
the latter b. o.; Philadelphia and Erie 2(5,
for frmall lots; and Lehigh Valley 60.
Bank Stocks wero qniet, with small sales of
Glrard at 61 and Philadelphia at 16l. In
the rest of tbe list there was little disposition to
operate, and no sales were recorded at the
Board.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven fc Bro., No. 40 S. Third street
first Board.
J6800 City 6a, New.ll 41 sh Reading R. . . 49 v
fuiiuu I'tt tp OS lU4j lU'J 00. ...D60. 49Jf
izou r on, XHe....iuoH
100 do. b5. 49V
822 do 49 V
200 do 810. 49)
100 do .. .860 49'53
67 sh Cen Trans... 60
BOARDS.
BS sh Cent Trans. . . B0
200 sh Reading It... 49V
400 do 493
S3 sh Leh V R.. . eo
&ooopa R l m 6s.. ioo
6 sh Phlla Bk 161M
s shPenna R 61 v
600 do 6i v
BETWEEN
liooo Pa R 2 mt 6s.i09jtf
$1800 City as, Olrt...l01tf
1100 do.prior to '62.103
I1O00 Leh 6s, 84 85U
11000 Phlla 4 E78.. 66 ;g
sou sn La . ..doo 35
MXSHRS. Dl HAVKN fc
U.iUm.a Ma ... h. mk.
sireeb, i-uuaaeipuio, report ine 10110 wing qaotatlons:
U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 114X1114 V ; do. 1888, 112(4112
do. 1864, 112(3112.; do. 1866, 1123112 V; do. 1865,
new. liojllix; do.l86T, do.lllUlV; do, 1868,
do. IlleUll; 10-408, i09no. U.S. 80 Year
6 per cent Currency, li3kX4ll3tf; Gold, 110
111; BUver, 106(108; Union Paclno Railroad
1st Mort. Bonds, ssossso; Central Paclno Railroad.
950(4960: Union Paclllo Land Grant Bonds. 150 76 j'
MB8SB8. WlLLUM PAINTBB CO.. NO. 8 8. Third
street, report the following quotations: U. 8. as of
18818, 1140114; 6-808 Of 1S62,118112X-: do. 1864,
1121HX; do. 1868, 118(a)U2X; do.,4 July, 18681
111(111 H do., July, 1867, llliUlx; do. July!
1868, lllaillJ? VMOo, 1101104. Gold. Will
111. U. S. Paclno R. R. Cnr'cy 6a, Ii3v4ii3'i.
Makb fcLAOHia, Broxtrs, report this morning
gold quotations aa follows :
1000 A. M 111S-I11-12A. M. Ill
1918 " Ill 111 86 " 1U
FliHadelpbla Trade Uepori.
"Wednesday, March 1 Cloverseed meets a fair
Inquiry, and fnrther sales are reported at Ull.vc.,
the latter for choice. Prices of Timothy and Flax
seed remain without quotable change.
Cotton moves slowly ; sales of middling upland at
lB,vc, and Orleans at 15'c. ; the stock of this de
scription Is very small.
In Coilee and Bugar but little doing. About 700
barrels new crop Cuba Muscovado Molasses sold on
secret terms.
There la not so much life in the Flour market, but
holders are very stiff In their views, as the receipts
and stocks are small. Sales of 900 barrels, mostly
extra family, Including Iowa and Minnesota at 16-15
7-75 per barrel; Pennsylvania at $6-607; Indiana
and Ohio at 7(7T5; and fancy brands at 89-60.
No chaDge In Rye Flour or Corn Meal.
There Is a strong demand for Wheat and 1000
bushels sold at fl-oocgl per bushel for red, and
f 1-66 for amber. Rye sells at f 1-10 for Pennsylvania
and 96c. for Delawaje. Corn meets a fair Inquiry,
with sales of 200 bushels yellow at 60a OaU are
unchanged. Three car loads of Pennsylvania sold
at 640.
Whisky Is very quiet. We quote Western iron
bound packages at 93c
LATEST SIIUTIJia lNTELLl(iK3C.fc'.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ..MARCH 1
ITaTI OF THSBMOMITBH AT THI IVKNINU TSL80BAPB
OFFIC1.
8 A. VL S 1 11 A. M. 49 1 1 P. BL 67
Btm Risks 34 moor Buts... 2-so
Sow Bit 6 68 Hich Watkb 9-2S
(By Cable.)
Liverpool, March L Arrived, ships Shandon, fm
Savannah, with 2194 bales of cotton; aud Siuuton.
from New York, with 1806 ba'es.
(By Telegraph.)
Forth K88 Monro, Va., March 1. Passed In for
Baltimore, brig Kleia, from May agues.
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamer Salvor, Plait, Richmond aud Norfolk, W.
p. Clyde & Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship itattletiake, Winnett, from New York,
In ballast to T. M. Richards.
Steamer MlUville, lienear, from New Yorr, with
mdse. to captain.
bteamer H. L. Gaw, Her, 13 hours from Baltl
moro, with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
Schr L A A. Batcock, Lea. 40 hours from New
York, In ballast to 8. L. Merchant fc Co.
Schr 8. S. Lee, Springer, 6 days from New Bed
ford, with oil to Sbober fc Co.
Schr u. R. Murney. Murney, from Baltimore, with
coal to Verre A Mitchell.
SchrCharin, Starr, from Norfolk, with lumber to
Patt fc Gipp.
Schr Frank M. Freeman, Paine, from Danville,
With mdse. to WarrlDgton A Co.
Scbr Jane C. McShaue, Adams, from Petersburg,
with tiea to S. H. Delk fc Co.
Schr Joseph Baxter, Baxter, from Boston, with
merchandise.
Schr Charles E. Jackson, Babcock, from Maamee
River.
Schr J. D. McCarthy, SlmaoD, from Salem.
Schr Jesse Wilson, Connelly, from Nsw Castle.
Schr R. C. Whillden, Fennlmore, from Nsw York,
bchr IL H, MUler, Miller, from Ureeuwivh.
CONGRESS,
"""laBnSBnBSSSSSBBBBBnSBBBB
The 41st and 42d.
he Biennial Changes Political
Standing of Kach House -The
Losses of tho
Republicans.
At noon on Saturday, the 4th Inst., the term
of the Forty-first Congress explies, and that of
the Forty-second begins. Previous to the war,
the first session of each Congress was held regu
larly on tbe first Monday in December after the
beginning of the term for which the members
were elected, but the exigencies of the struggle
to uphold the Union demanded that there should
be a session in the spring, and the law providing
for it has not been repealed. An effort has been
made during the present session to
repeal this act, but it. has failed,
and there will consequently be
a session of considerable duration of the Forty
second Congress immediately on the heels of
the Forty-first. It is thought that several of
the appropriation bills will be forced over to
this session by the stress of time, in which
event, as everything will have to be commenced
anew, the session may be prolonged far into
tbe summer. The probable return of the 8an
Domingo Commission before an adjournment
can be effected will tend greatly to lengthen
the session, unless the enemies of annexation
Bhould succeed in throwing the whole subject
over to next winter.
TUE HEN ATE
At lb Betlnulnc and at the End sf the Psrty.
flist 4 onareas The Alembera at the Opening
of the Forty-second (Joocres-The Chances
that Take flace.
W hen the Forty-first Congress assembled on
March 4, 1869, there were four States Georgia,
Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia without rep
resentation. This made the number of Senators
C6, of whom 50 were Republicans and 10 Demo
crats. During the fall of 1869 lion. James V.
Grimes, of Iowa, resigned, and on January 26,
1870, James B. Howell, who had been elected
his successor, took his seat. On January 24,
1870. the two Virginia Senators, John F. Lewis,
Republican, and John V. Johnston, Conserva
tive, took the oath of office and assumed their
seats. On February 25, 1870, Biram It. Revels,
the first colored man who ever Eat in the
Senate, was sworn as a Senator from
Mississippi: his colleague, General Adel
bert Ames, Republican, being kept out
of his seat until April 1 by an attempt at de
claring him ineligible. On March 31, 1870, the
two Texas Senators, Morgan C. Hamilton and
J. W. Flanagan, both Republicans, were sworn
in, and every State was then fully repre
sented except Georgia. During the summer of
1870 Hon. Daniel S. Norton, Democrat, of Min
nesota, died, his temporary successor being
Hon. William VVindom, Republican, who was
succeeded permanently on January 23, 1871, by
Colonel O. P. Stearns, Republican. This Re
publican gain of one member was compensated
for by the resignation, in December, 1870, of
Charles D. Drake, Republican, of Missouri, who
was succeeded temporarily byD. T. Jewett,
Republican, but permanently, in January, 1871,
by Frank P. Blair, Jr., Democrat. And Con
gress having disposed finally of the case of
Georgia, Hon. Joshua Hill, Republican, was
admitted to a scat from that State on February
1, being followed on February 21 by Dr. H.V. M.
Miller, Democrat, his colleague, whose admis
sion was delayed for the passage of a
bill prescribing an oath of office suited to the
circumstances of his participation in the Re
bellion as a surgeon. The admission of Senator
mil saw every State represented In both
branches of Congress for the first time in more
than ten years, and the admission of Senator
Miller, one week only before the end of the
term for which he was elected, saw every State
fully represented in the Senate for the first
time since December, 1860.
The changes noted above, and the filling o "
ail the vacancies, increased the Republican
strength to 62, and that of the Democrats to 12.
Tho Henateef the Fortv-seceod Congress.
The elections for Senators to fill the vacancies
created by the expiration of full terms on the
4th of March have been held in all the States
except Georgia and Virginia, and we give below
a correct list of the Senate as it will stand at
tbe opening of the next Congress. The names
of Republican members are printed in Roman,
those of Democrats in Italics, and those who
are new members are marked thus (). The
dates indicate the time at which each Senator's
teim expires:
ALABAMA.
1ST 3. George K bpence
18'iT. 'Geo. O'oUlthuaite.
ARKANSAS,
18T3. Benj. h Rice.
lbH. 'Powell Clayton.
CALIFORNIA.
18"3. Cornelius Cole.
187". JSugens Catmerly,
CONNECT1CCT.
t ' MISSOURI.
1873. Frank P. Blair. Jr.
!1S7S. Carl Schurz.
I NKBKA8K A.
,1675. TtlOH. W. Tipton.
iOII. 1. W. XlllVUOOCK.
NEVADA.
1ST3. James W. Nye.
1&73. V'm. M. Stewart.
NSW HAMPSHIRE.
1878. Orris 8. Ferry,
1 is 1 a. jus. w. raiierson.
1670. W. A. Buckingham. ;1877. Aaron II. Oragln.
DkLAWAKK,
NKW JBR8BV.
1876. Thomas F. Bayard.
187T. Jli HauUbury.
FLORIDA.
1878. Thos. W. osborn.
1876. Abijah Gilbert.
OKORUIA.
1S7S. Joshua Hill.
1877. A Democrat.
ILLINOIS.
1678. Lyman Trumbull.
1877. John A. Logan.
INDIANA.
1873. Oliver P. Morton.
1876. Daniel IX Pratt.
IOWA.
1878. James Harlan.
1877. "George O. Wright.
KANSAS.
1873. Sara. C. Pomeroy.
1877. 'Alex. Caldwell.
KKNTVCKY.
1873. Garrett Davis.
1877. V. W. fiteienson.
LOUISIANA.
1878. Win. P. Kellogg.
1b77. 'James R. West.
MAINS.
1876. Hannibal Hamlin.
1677. Lot M. Merrill.
MASSACBl'SKnS.
1875. Charles Sumner.
1677. Henry Wilson.
MARYLAND.
1S73. (ieorg VU ktrs.
IsJS. If . T. Jiauiiltaa.
MICBIOAM.
187B. Zscb. i handler.
1677. "Ihoa. W. Ferry.
MINNB60TA.
1876. Alex. Ramsey.
18iT. Wm. Windom.
MiMSissifri.
1878. Adelberl Ames.
1617. 'James L. Alcorn.
1875. John P. Stockton.
1877. 'F.T.Frellnghujsen
NSW YORK.
1873. Roscoe Conkling.
167J. Reuben S. Fenton.
NOKTH CAROLINA.
1873. John P00L
187T. ZebulanB. Vance.
OHIO.
1973. John eherman.
1S75. Allen O. Thurmaii.
OKEOON.
18T3. Henry W. Corbett.
Ib77. 'James K. Kellty.
PENNSYLVANIA.
1878, Binion Cameron.
175. John Scott.
RUOPB ISLAND.
1875. W in. Sprague.
1677. Henry B. Anthony.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1873. Fred. A. Sawyer.
'1877. Thos. J. Robertson.
TCNNKS8BI.
118T5. Win. t. Brownlov
!1S77. flnry Cooper.
TEX AS.
1875. J. w. Flauagan.1
'1877. M. O. Hamilton;
VBRMONT.
1873. Justin 8. Morrill.
S75. ileorge F. Kdw.trJ0,
i VIKOINIA.
1875. John F. Lewis.
1187T. A VetnocraU
WK8T VIRGINIA.
187 Arthur I, Borem to,
1877. mUnry ti Ixieis.
WISCONSIN.
1873. Tim. O. Howe.
1670. Hat. U. Carpente.
Centuwl en tU ftttnti