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THE PAIL? 'flViSMiNO TELEGRAril-.p'HILAnRLVniA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1871.
VITT I NTELLI (Hi.Ur,
QLU COMMERCE.
Third Annual Meet!" of the Teasel Owner
na 4 Captain' Association this Nooa Harbor
Master's Fees and Compulsory Pilotage.
This noon the third annual meeting of the
Vessel Owners' and Captains' Association was
held at its rooms, on Walnut street, above Front.
The attendance was large. John Y. Everman.
Esq., President, occupied the chair. The third
Annual report was read by the Secretary, Charles
II. Iteelman. From it we make these extracts:
"There are now enrolled on our books, in good
Standing, 8V4 members and 2f.T vessels.
"The Treasurer reports the total receipts at
$0089-49, and the disbursements for the year
$3978 12.
on comparing the Treasurer's report with that
Of the previous year, It will be seen that ocr receipts
during the past year were 1709 85 lens than for the
previous year, upon a like comparison It will be
seen that while Bonie item of expenditure have
been largely decreased, the aggregate has been In-cret-sed
t'249. This Is accounted for by the expenses
of the committee to Washington, the employment of
additional counsel, and the Increased number of
demurrage suits that have been brought during the
year.
"The matter of compulsory pilotage, Harbor Mas
ter's and Port Warden's fees, still continues to oc
cupy a large share of the attention of your board.
The case of the Pilots' Association of Philadelphia
against Captain John Garwood, of the schooner It.
W. Jodfrey, which was mentioned in our last annual
report, still remains unsettled, having been decided
la the Conrt of Common Pleas lu favor of the Pilots'
Association, and an appeal has been taken by your
board to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
"In the matter of Harbor Master's fees we have
been more successful, and are pleased to say that It
can be taken as a general principle that, aniens ser
vices are asked and rendered, no claim or t his kind
can be legally collected. On Thursday (February
f ) the Harbor Master applied to the City Councils for
an appropriation of ltmo to pay additional counsel
j ecs to contest the question whether our vessels can
not be compelled by law to report to him or the Port
Warden every trip. This request was referred to
the Finance Committee of Councils, where It still Is,
"In this connection we would cite the case of the
Harbor Master tt Charleston, 3. C, against the
schooner John Jl. Broomall. This was an action
drought against the said schooner by virtue of an
ordinance of the City Councils or Charleston, Impos
ing a tax of cent per ton on all vessels coming
from ports of other States. The decision In the case
was as follows: 'The Constitution of the United
States provides that "No State shall, without the
consent of Congress, lay any duty on tonnage.' It
does not appear that the City Council, at lite date of
the ordinance, had, or that it now has, the consent
or Congress to levy the duty thereon Imposed. The
decree must be for the defeudant, and is so ordered
and adjudged.'
"We would also call your attention to the ract
that, after the 8d day of March, 1871, the authority
under which the city of Baltimore exacts aud col
lects a tax of two cents per ton on vessels arriving
at that port will cease, and that no such tax can
legally be collected after that time."
The report also contains the proceedings of a
special meeting of 4he association held on the
14th of Lecember, 1870, relative to the depressed
condition of American commerce, and the mea
sures, in its opinion, necessary for the relief of
those branches in which it was more imme
diately interested.
The annual report was then adopted.
Mr. Henry 11. Edmunds moved that a com
mittee of three be appointed for the purpose of
consulting with the other vessel owners' associ
ations with a view of effecting a consolidation of
the vessel interests of the United States.
In support of this motion Mr. Edmunds de
clared that he had learned from other associa
tions of like nature that they wished such a
consolidation of all the vessel interests of the
country, in order that all matters for the im
provement of them might be consistently up
held. Believing that this association was the
wealthiest and the largest of all, they desired it
to father all measures tending t the general
improvement of the vessel interests.
Mr. Ualllwell moved that the Board of Direc
tors, instead of a committee, correspond and
consult with other associations relative to con
solidation. This was agreed to.
The following officers, to serve for the ensu
ing year, were eleeted:
t President John W. Everman.
Vice-President Captain Henry May.
Secretary Charles II. Steelman.
Treasurer Francis Edwards.
When our report closed the association was
engaged in the election of twenty-five directors
by ballot
STEEPED IN CRIME.
A Sharp nnd Desperate Uame A .Swindler and
ltlaauilnt on ilia Travels The Moral You ac
Man Wlte Gives Away Sunday Ncbool
Books.
There is now in Moyamen6ing one individual
who, if all that is said against him be true, is a
villain of the deepest dye. About ten days ago
Mayor Fox was in the receipt of a telegram from
Messrs. James McDowell & Co., of Little Rock,
Arkansas, requesting him to cause to be arrested
one L. W. llardwicke, who was represented as
on a wedding tour in this city, and promising
his Honor that a requisition weuld be forth
coming in a few days. The duty of hunting up
the fugitive was given to Ofllcer George K.
Maguire, and that official began a diligent
eearch. A few days ago, Officer Maguire was
called upon by a lawyer of this city, and re
quested to arrest, as the lawyer said, a man by
the name of L. VV. llardwicke, who had ewln
dled him out of a sum of money. Here were two
charges against the same man, and the desire,
on the part of Maguire, to capture Uardwicke
naturally increased. The lawyer and the officer
went to work, and it was not long before their
efforts were successful. llardwicke was arraigned
before Alderman McColgan. and will hive a
further hearing to-morrow.
The commencement of the career of nardwicke
as far as is known at present, was some time in
the beginning of the month of Jauuary,when he
was a passenger on a train going from Memphis
to Jackson, Tennessee. While on the cars he
made the acquaintance of an estimable young
lady. He is a very fluent, persuasive young
man, and can personate a gentleman to perfec
tion, lie used all his arts, aud finally succeeded,
by the aid of a string of lies, into persuadiuit her
that he was of no ordinary pattern; that he was
wealthy, and of distinguished connections, etc.
etc. On the arrival of the train at Jackson, the
residence of the lady, whose name was a Miss
Calloway, llardwicke, by an ingenious pretense,
was invited to her home. He was introduced to
the family and stopped in the house a consider
able time, Mr. Calloway harboring him on the
supposition that he was a relative. Uardwicke
while there conducted himself with courtesy; he
epent money freely, talked like a book, quoted
moral philosophy, gave away books to
the children of the 8unday-school, represented
that he did an Immense business in Little Kock,
and that he had large consignments of cotton in
Memphis, etc. He had now secured the affec
tions of tbe lady. He proposed, was accepted;
they were married and started on their marriage
tour for this city, where the former Miss Callo
way has relatives living, llardwicke flourished
lor a time as hugely here as he did in Jackson,
but becoming short of funds he resumed the
practice of his profession. From a lawyer, a
relative of the bride, he received t'250 in cash,
being tbe amount ot a draft on the First National
Bank of Lynchburg, Virginia. The draft was
Teturned protested, and instantly the suspicions
of the attorney-at-law were aroused, llardwicke
was arrested, as before stated, and has been
committed for a further bearing. He played a
sharp and desperate game wherever he went,
And many charges are standing against him. It
Is said that he has a wife and two children living
in Keokuk, Iowa, and another wife under the
name of Bailey residing at present in VVestern
Virginia. There are now requisitions from the
Governors of both Maryland and Virginia, and
he will have an exceedingly hard time of it
before he leaves the clutches of the various
. oilicials.
Larceny of W a b h -c lot h e s. A colored man
giving the name of George Crlbuet was ar
rested at Eleventh aud Locust streets this morn
ing at an early hour by Officer Fried, who lound
in the possession of the negro three bundles of
waeH-c.othes, one of which was stolen from the
jard -of a Mr. Franks, on Eleventh street,
below Locust, and the other, it was ascertained,
belonged to a Mr. Wan?, residing in the same
vicinity. Tbe accused bit hsen sent to prison
Ij Alderman. Morrow.
FEBRUARY WEATHER.
The Il-Morololcal Record of th Month A
Review of the Three Winter Mentha.
The thermometer at the Pennsylvania Hos
pital indicated ft mean temperature daring
the month of February of 3393 degrees.
'The following shows the record of the month
in detail, giving the maximum and minimum
temperature of each day, and also the stand
ing of the thermometer at 9 o'clock in the
morning:
Max.. M.n. 9 A. It.
(rUg.) (.) (fctf.) Jtonark.
1..43 8B 42.... Rain from 9 A. M. to 5
P. M.
8. .40 88 87. . . . Mght drlzsllng rain all day.
a . . 40 96 ST Clear A. M . ; overcast M -clear
4.. 4 84-5....B. ...Clar; cloudy from 6 P. M.
6. .14-5.... 8 13. ..Clear.
6 .83 78 10 Clear.
T..!W-6....lfi-8....l8....Clear A. M., cloudy P.M.
8.. 87-8.. ..29 808... Cloudy.
9.. 40-6.... 84-5... S5B... Dense fog A. M., drizzling
rain. -040.
10. .87 7 82....Clear.
11. .84 23 24 ...Clear A.M., overcast P. M.
12. .82 26 318... Brisk snow between 12 and
7 A. M. Italn P. M. -820.
13. .84 !6-S. .. .2(1.6 Slightly clouded all day.
14. .30-8... .28 5....8now brisk from 7 A.M. tot
P. M. -640
1B..89-5....CS-B. ..M-8.. Clondy.
10.. 48 80-s... .34 Cloudy A. M., clear P. M.
17. .47-8... .80 36.... Slight rain and show 11 A- M.
18.. 63-8.... 26 B....Raln from 10 A. M. to 9
P M '720
19. .39-5. ...29... .32.. ..Cloudy!
20. .49 38 42. ...Heavy clouds A. M. clear
P. M.
21.. 89 82 3.... Cloudy A. M., clear 3 P. M.
22. .29 16 19. ...Clear.
2.1..H9 23 30 Clear A. M.
24.. 62 37 42.... Cloudy sprinklfs during
P.M. 0itf
25. .68 44 8.... 46.... Heavy fog A.M., sllghtrain
P. M.
26.. 44 42 43-8... Drizzling rain all day. VCW
27. .48 36 43 Clear A. M., sllgtitly clouded
P. M.
28. .41 83 8.... 84.... Clear.
8989... 2827... 32 84 being the averages of the
month.
The mean temperature of the month was 33 03
deg., that of February, 1870, having been 3403,
while the average of the mean temperatures of
the month since 1790 has been 80 SO. The high
est mean temperature on record for February is
41 03 deg., in 1857; the lowest being 21 deg., in
1815, 1830, and 1838. The highest point indi
catud during the month just closed was GO deg.,
and the lowest 75 deg. on the 0th; the highest
for February, 1870, being 60 deg. on the 18th,
and tbe lowest 12 deg. on the 21st and 22d. The
wide range of 52 5 deg. shows the thermometer
to have touahed both extremes, but as a whole
the temperature of the month in this locality
was but little above the average and therefore
very seasonable.
The following shows the Balient points of the
temperature of the three winter months:
M'an. liar. Mm. ianiK
(d-ii.) (d-7.) i'U).)
December 35-T2 55 li 44
January 81-80 C4 7 87
iebruary 33-93 00 75 MS
This gives an average meau temperature for
the three months of 33 05 deg., which preseuta
the following comparison with that of the past:
Mean, winter of 1870-71 33-65 dog.
" " "1869-70 37-77 "
" " ' 1809-69 ittlii "
15567-68 29-8 "
Average of mean since 1790 81-80 "
Highest mean (in 1828 and 18M) 88 83 "
Lowest mean (in 1818 aud 136) 26-66 "
During February rain fell on 9 different days,
and snow on 3 days, 10 days ouly being clear
throughout. The entire fall of rain and snow,
when melted, measured 3 09 inches, the average
rainfall of the month for the past 34 years being
3 08 Inches. The rainfall of February, 1870, was
2 53 inches, while that of February, 1809, was
476 inches. The falls of snow on the 12th and
14th measured about 8 inches on the level, and
1"46 inches when melted.
THE CITI'S PROGRESS.
The Number el New Building Penults Last
Month.
During the month just passed the Building
Inspectors Issued permits for the erection of 51
three-story dwellings, 21 two-story dwellings, 3
otlices, 2 sheds, h shops, 1 school-house, 3 stores,
6 stables, and 1 slaughter-house. There were
also permits for 44 alterations and additions.
One dangerous building was ordered to be
taken down and five wooden buildings were also
ordered to be removed.
Below is presented a comparison of the work
of the Inspectors.with the corresponding month
of last year:
Fth.,i-. .FV&., 1870.
Dwellings, three-story 51 73
" two-story 21 95
Total dwellings 73
All other new buildings 21
Total new buildings 93
Additions and alterations 44
Grand total 137
POLICE STATISTICS.
168
37
205
65
370
The Arreata Last month.
The number of arrests made by the police
last month was 1519. Appended will be found
the number in each police district:
1st District 130 lttth District 34
2d " 193 14th " 18
3d " 4115th " 9
4th " 78 16th " 65
5th " 171 17th " 100
6th " 05 18th ' 24
7th " 103 Delaware Harbor. . 14
8th " 65 8chuylliill Harbor.. 10
9th " 97 Reserve 52
10th " no!
11th " 87i Total 1519
12th " 53'
The Coal Tonnage of the Philadelphia and
Heading Kailroad and branches for the week
ending Saturday, February 25, 1871, was as
follows:
BY KAILKOAD.
I Same
Total for' weak
Weak, jltuttyau
Increase
and
Decreaae.
PaBin orer Main Line and
libation Valley and Uaat
Pennaylvania branches....
For uliipment by Uaual
Shipped Westward fia N.
Central Kailroad
Shipped West and South
(nun Pine Urova
Consumed on Lateral
Lehigh and WvouiiucOo...
Total A nth. payinc freight
Bi'orainou
Total aU kinds paying
freight
Goal for Company' use
Total tonnnge tor week...
Previonaly tt la year
Total to data
13.768 08 472'00
d33,4K3-12
10,28508, 8,67106
6.61402
4SS 19
lot 02
d2710
d2i,27S'l9
1,796 (WJ
a24.48.Vl 3
04U213
d34 Bvi U5
d43,tt-13
dtiB.ucd 18
9531S'
2,416-11.
87,434 "05
7,7:3 02,
44-
8.257'
,K!7'
85,15707
2,lt!o04
87.173 ll1
69,031
2,427
62.058
685.918 10 679.118
6,3,01-1 11 741,176
SHIPPED BY CANAL.
Total to date I 36.22517 1 84,373
16 1 1,85201
Tcbked Up at Last. Sarah Swain was yes
terday before Alderman Call ill on half-a-dozen
charges, one of which charges her with larceny
as bailee of a quantity of household goods.
This precious female has been ascertained to
have been the woman who, last summer, placed
ber nubia and shawl on Market Street Bridge,
and left a very tender and pathetic note to the
effect that she was tired of this world, and had
committed suicide.
The 4'8taii" Course of Lectures The
fourth lecture of the second series of the "Star"
course will be delivered to-morrow evening at
the Academy of Music by Kev. E. H. Chapln,
D. D. Subject, "Modern Chivalry." Mr. Chapln
is well known as one of the most eloquent ora
tors of the day, and, with such a subject, an
usually fine discourse may be expected from
him to-morrow evening.
Desi'ekate Attack Frlta Kloede yesterday
went into a public house at Front and Brown
streets, and quarrelled with the proprietor.
Fritz seized a hatchet, made a dive at tbe owner
of the place, missed his mark, but took a good
sUred chunk out of the wall. The violent man
was arrested and taken before Alderman
Becker, who bound hlui over la tOOO ball to
answer.
Tub Nf.w FinsT Rbvbhub District, Wil
liam B. Elliot, -Esq., Assessor of the late Third
district, Pennsylvania, taflng received his com
mission at Assessor tt the First district, Penn
sylvania, composed of the former First and
Third districts, under the act of consolidation,
assumed the duties of his position by taking
formal possession of tbe business of the old First
district this morning. Hereaftor the new district
tbns formed will be Known as the First district
of Pen n sylvan la, and the fact that Mr. Elliot, so
favorably known in his former position, has
retained Mr. James S. Francis as his chief clerk,
is sufficient guarantee that the office will be
conducted c fliclently and with courtesy. John
B. Kenney, Esq., late Assessor of the First dis
trict, has not yet entered npon his duties as
Collector of the new district, to which he has
been appointed.
Official Visit from tfie Providence, 11. 1.,
Councils. This morning a committee of the
City Councils of Providence, R. I., headed by
N. W. Aldrlch, who is Chairman, paid their re
spects to the Mayor, and explained that the
object of their visit to Philadelphia was to ob
tain information as to the management of pnblic
markets by our City Councils. The Providence
committee, in conjunction with a delegation
from the Philadelphia Councils, took carriages
this morning and made a visit of inspection of
our various markets.
Apropos of the above, another communication
was received from the Mayor of the city of
Savannah asking for a copy of the ordinance
pertaining to markets in this municipality.
TnE French Relief Fund. A letter was
received by the Committee on French Relief
this morning, from Jacksonville, Florida, in
which the signers say tbe people of that locality
are willing to contribute towards tbe fund.
They ask for authority to act. The offer was
accepted, and Mayor Fox, as chairman, was re
quested to communicate with the Florida gen
tlemen on the subject, aud give to them the
necessary authority.
The committee received to-day the following
additional subscriptions: From II. Gelgor. $50,
and from William Miller, chairman of the Cem
mittee on the Hosiery and Notion Dealers, $tX):3.
Accident to a Police Lieutenant. Lieu
tenant Brurein, of the Seventh district police,
slipped on the ice on Monday evening last, and
fractured his ankle.
Reckless. William Winn, for reckless driv
ing at Second and Callowhlll streets yesterday,
has been placed under $500 bail by Alderman
Cabill.
Theft of Tools William Murray, for the
larceny of a number of tools from a carpenter
shop in St. Mary street, has been bound over in
$500 bail by Alderman Collins.
FHILADELPniA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven & Bro., No. 40 S. Third street.
8ECOND BOARD.
12000 0 C& A 7s... 95
600 sh Fulton CI...
. 5
lio?-
1500 City 63, New.lOlti
TOOshead R..660. 49
12 do
sshCam & Am.
ffllMSTER WASIIBURXE REPORT.
Letter from Minister Waahbnrne to Meereiary
f-ixh All Property of Americana Safely Pro
tectetl I'onrteny and Consideration of the
French Authorities The Pruaslan Lecntlon
and lirrniuni Protected Newspaper Abuse,
Washington, Feb. 28. The following let
ter from Mlnlbter Washburne to Secretary Fish
will be read with great interest. He expresses
himself thankful that he remained throughout
the siege, and does justice to the kindness and
courtesy extended by the French authorities:
Legation of the Unitbo States, Paris, Feb. 6,
1871. Sir: During the past week the people of Paris
have been patiently and auletly awaiting revictual
ment and agltatlug the question of tbe election of
members to tlie National Assembly whluh is to
convene at Bordeaux on tbe VM Inst.
Smal; quantities of provisions have commenced
coming In to-day. The first train contained supplies
sent by the population of London to the population
of Parts. These supplies have keen distributed
among the twenty arrondissements In proportion to
their respective population, and are to be given out
only to the most necessitous. It will be but a short
time, I hope, before all can be reasonably supplied.
Tbe lower classes In the city have, during the last
months of the siege, suffered untold miseries or
cold and hunger, aud with a patience and fortitude
which does them great; credit. Indeed, the suffer
ing ol all classes has been very great, aud it might
be said that all classes have sustained the sufferings
and privations of the siege In a manner that must
excite tbe wonder and admiration of the wor d.
Now that the siege Is over I am thankful that I
have remained through It all, for I believo I have
been of some service to the interests with whluh
I have been charged. It Is with pleasure that I am
enabled to state that I have succeeded In protecting
all American property In Paris, and that no harm
has come to any of our Americans who have re
mained here. This statement must be qualified,
however, so as not to apply to the young American,
Mr. Swagar, who lost his life by having his foot torn
to pieces by a Prussian shell, and to the two young
men whose property was destroyed by the bursting
of a shell In their apartments In the Latin quarter.
Several attempts were made to Interfere with
American property at different times, but I must do
the Government of the National Defense the credit
to say that they have treated all such matters as I
have deemed It necessary to bring to their atten
tion with the utmost fairness and consideration,
in the first place It was pioposed to quarter the
Garde Mobile In the American apartments; bat
npon an application to M. Oambetta, then Minister
of the Interior, he gave an order that It should not
be done. Afterwards the oty authorities pro
posed a special tax npon the apartments of
the absent, which bore very heavily upon our
countrymen. I had a correspondence with M.
Jules Favre npon the suoject, ' which I had
tbe honor to transmit you, and by which you will
have seen that the city authorities were overruled
and the tax not enforced. Then it was proposed to
put the rtfugees from the neighboring villages who
bad come Into Paris into the apartments of some of
the Americans. I resisted that, and the intention
was not carried out, and when the bombardment
took place and the people from that part of the city
exposed to the abets were driven out, it was
proposed to shelter them in the vacant apart
ments In other parts of the city. Many of
the apartments of the Americans were threat
ened in this way, but I gave orders that
In no case would 1 consent to have furnished apart
ments of Americans occupied lu this manner, and
I am happy to say that no apartment has thus been
occupied. And, lastly, alter the armistice was de
clared and all the troops came Into the city another
attempt was made to quarter soldiers aud officers
also In the vacant apartments of Americans, but I
protested against that and no apartment has yet
been occupied In that way. I hope, therefore, that
when our country people return to their homes in
Paris they will find everything In as good condition
as when thev left.
Very little damage has been done to the property
of the people of other nationalities with whose pro
tection I have been charged. At one early period
the house of a German, Mr. lled'er, was invaded by
the Guard Mobile In search of Prussian soles, and
some damage was done to the furniture. Upon my
representation of the matter to the Government,
Count de Keratry, who was then the Prefect of Po
lice, took the affair promptly lu hand, brought the
offending parties to punishment, and permitted
agents selected by me to assess the damages, which
were promptly paid. Immediately after the break
ing out of the war I took under my protection tbe
magnificent hotel of the Prussian Embassy in the
Hue de-Lille. All of the persons who had charge of
it down to the eoneUrg had been expelled from
France, and as it seemed to be the objective point
of the hostility of the Parisian population, I bad
great f ears for lta safety. I at once placed It under
the charge of an American friend in Paris, who has
exercised a most vigilant gcardlanshlp over It and
protected It from all barm.
While there has been a good deal of hostility
gainst me among a certain number of tbe popula.
tlon ol Paris during the siege, and while I have been
assailed In tbe clubs and In the newnnanera on
account of my protection of the Germans, 1 have no
cause whatever ror complaint against the Govern
ment of the National Defense. 1 have been treated
by them with the greatest kindness, and with all the
consideration due to me as the diplomatic repre
sentative of our country.
I have the honor to be very respectfnlly, your
ODeaiPni servant. r b. washbu&nb.
To lion. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of (state.
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THIRD EDITION
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.
Belmont and the XVew Loan.
Investigation of Southern Outrages
Tax on Insurance Companies
The Appropriation Bills.
DOIYEDSTIC AFrAXAS.
The Governor Clayton Impeachment
Nice Western Legislators.
FEOM WASHING TON.
AiiKuat Btlmont nnd the 3 percent. Lean.
Sprrtal Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, March 1 The action of the
Secretary of the Treasury In appointing August
Belmont, a prominent Democratic banker of
New York, agent to negotiate the new 5 per
cent, loan in Europe, has created much dissatis
faction in political and financial circles. Bel
mont will throw the loan into the hands of the
Rothschilds and their agents in Europe.
Outrnaea In the Sontb.
The Senate passed a resolution to-day con
tinuing the select committee to investigate the
outrages at the South during the first session of
the Forty-second Congress. An effort was made
by the Democrats to have the proceedings of
the committee made public, but this was voted
down on the ground that the witnesses from the
South who testify against the Ku-Klux must be
protected.
The Alaska. Annexation Qneatlon.
Efforts are being made to get Alaska annexed
to Washington Territory, the people of the lat
ter desiring to seenre possession.
Tax on Insurance Companies.
A bill was presented this morning from the
Ways and Means Committee exempting undis
tributed shares of Insurance companies from
taxation.
The conference committee on the
Leclslatlve and Executive Appropriation BUI
were in session late last night and agreed npon
all the Senate amendments, except the Circuit
Judges' salaries, the State Department appro
priation, and one or two others of minor im
portance. They will have another session to
night. The conference committee on the
Indian Appropriation Bill
have agreed, and their report will be made
to day.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, March 1. The Commissioner
of Internal Revenue has under consideration the
New York Central Kailroad Dividend Tax
Question,
but will not render a decision till next week.
Anti-Women Huffraftlsta.
An additional memorial has been sent to Con
gress signed by women against the extension
of suffrage to their sex. About six thousand
women have so far protested against female
suffrage, and efforts are making to procure other
signatures throughout the country.
Earthquake Shocks la ftloxleo.
Lieutenant-Commander Farquhar, commanding
the Kansas, reports to the Department, off
Mlnatitlan, Mexico, that on the evening of
February 1 two distinct shocks of earthquake,
lasting about fifteen seconds, were felt in that
vicinity. A wave about a foot in height imme
diately followed.
The sensation on board the ship was as if the
vessel was pounding on rocks. An eruption of
Detorizaba has been expected for some days.
As far as ascertained, there has been no damage
to property or loss of life.
Naval Orders.
Lieutenant-Commander Stephen A. McCarty
is detached from tbe Congress, and ordered to
tbe Tennessee, relieving Lieutenant-Commander
Colton, who is ordered to the Congress.
- FEOM THE WEST.
Precious Tennessee Legislators.
Memphis, March 1. The Avalanche's Little
Rock special of last night says the session of
the Senate yesterday was consumed in bitter
personal discussion on remark by Mr. Caro
loff , that some skulking Senators had been seen
in a graveyard with low women. An effort was
made to compel him to retract. Mr. CarolofT
said his authority was good and could be sub
stantiated if pressed. Mr. Marton moved the
appointment of a committee of five to investi
gate the charges, and said whoever said he had
associated with such women was a liar, scoun
drel, coward, and thief.
Mr. Barber moved to amend by instructing
the committee to inquire whether any Senator
had been guilty of such associations, with power
to send for persons and papers, and lay it be lore
the Senate.
Mr. Askew moved a substitute, that the com
mittee investigate the facts relating to the of
fensive language, and report what action be
taken in the premises. Adopted.
The t'laytaa IunpeacTsmast.
Clouds are still hanging over the movements
of Clayton. Nothing whatever has been done
with the impeachment articles. It is said that
Clayton's friends will hold a caucus to-night, to
determine whether or not he shall go to the
Senate. All parties feel confident that he will
go, yet considerable doubt rest on the matter.
Honda? Travel.
A bill prohibiting trains running on Sunday
was defeated In the Mississippi Legislature
yesterday.
PENNSYLVANIA LEQISL1TUR E.
Senate.
Harrisbubo, March 1. The private calendar was
considered, and the following bill, among others,
was passed
"House bill authorizing the authorities or Phila
delphia to designate certain streets to market pur-
Soses for farmers to sell tlielr produce." Tbe orlgiual
ill authorized farmers to establish markets on any
street north of Laurel, east of Howard, aud north
westwardly to Thompson street, where a majority of
tbe property owners on tbe streets consent thereto.
Mr. Decbert had it amended so as to provide that
tbe bill shall not be construed to authorize the es
tablishment of a stand or market lu any street, or
upon the footways, either by cart, wagon, vehicle,
or otherwise, for the sale of meats, fish, farm or gar
den produce, and provided that nothing herein con
tained shall prohibit farmers from selling the pro
duce of their own farms to private residences, and
shall not apply to venders of the same at their place
of business in conformity with the city ordinances,
and provided that the provisions of this act shall not
apply to the venders known as hucksters of truck and
other produce carried In wagons or carts through the
street of the city.
House.
The House was engaged upon bills upon the pri
vate calendar.
FOURTH EDITION
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Rioting in Paris.
Uuavaiiing Efforts to Keep Order.
Resistance to the Enemy.
Women and Children nt the Guns.
Terrible Anarchy and Confusion.
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Affairs at the Capital.
The rublic Debt Statement.
Decrease in February, $7,3 1 7,960,
Diviclcncls on Bonds.
Proceedings of Congress.
i:tc, lite. Etc, Etc., Etc,
FROM EUROPE.
The Depression la Paris.
London, March 1. A despatch from Paris
sajs last night a feeling of profoucd depression
and bitter irritation prevailed among; the hum
bler classes of the city.
Barricades are Thrown lP
in the Rue de Flanders, and mitrailleuse guns
placed in position in Rue Chapello. Three
cannon were dragged into position by women
and boys. The National Guards have succeeded
in obtaining from various quarters 103 cannon,
12 mitrailleuse, and 5 howitzers.
Flaw Thiers" Proclamation was Received.
On reading the proclamation of the Govern
ment, the indignation of the people was mani
fested, and they declared they would resist the
entry with rifled cannon.
Two Prussian officers were detected In the
city in plain clothes, and barely escaped with
their lives.
The Demonstration at the Hotel de Tllle.
Another despatch, dated on the afternoon of
February 27, states that the National Guards
had concentrated at the Hotel de Yille, tbe
Tuilerles, and the Ecole Militaire, and have
asked te be marched to other quarters aud de
posit their arms.
The Prussian Soldiers
may visit the Louvre Inasmuch as they can
enter from the 'lnlleries so as not to be seen by
the people. There is certainly an
Insufficient Number of French Traops
to suppress a rising outside the line of demar
cation. The Rioters of Sunday to be Punished.
A despatch of the 28th states that a procla
mation was issued by the Government' declar
ing that the rioters of Sunday will be promptly
punished. This prompt action was effective in
causing a subsidence of the disturbances.
The People Exhorted to Order.
The press are unanimous in calling upon the
people to"! preserve order. Slight demonstra
tions were made on Monday night In some parts
of the city, but were comparatively Insignificant'
and speedily suppressed. A large number of I
Armed Zouaves Crowded the noalevardl.UonU
nurtre
and were very loud in denunciation of the
Prussians. The Zouaves
Swore to Resist their Entry
at all hazards, and threatened to attack the
Hotel de Yille on Wednesday morning, but It is
supposed that there will be no attempt to assault
any of the publio buildings.- Two battalions of
the National Guard
Refused to Surrender
their arms, and General Vinoy issued orders on
Tuesday to disarm them.
Dlstiuletlnc Symptoms.'
Pams, Feb. 28 Evening. The city Is tran
quil, and the districts which the Germans in
tend to occupy are deserted. Barricades are
erected in Montmartre, Belleville, and La
Chapelle, and there are disquieting symptoms
generally. All needful precautions have been
taken by the authorities.
FROM THE SOUTH.
Important Railway Case Dividends on Bonds.
Raleiou, N. C, March 1 A bill in equity
has been filed by certain holders of certain
North Carolina old bonds to restrain payment of
a dividend of six per cent, lately declared by
the North Carolina Railroad Company,
one hundred and eighty thousand dollars of
which is upon stock held by the State, for which
she issued her bonds in payment, and to have
this sum and all future dividends applied in
payment of the interest due upon the above class
of bonds.
This application of the dividend is claimed
under the forty-first section of the act incorpo
rating the company and ordering the issue of
these bonds, which, after pledging the public
faith of the State to the payment of these bonds,
in addition thereto pledged the stock held by
her In this railroad, and all dividends of profit
from time to time declared should be applied to
the payment of interest accruing on these
bonds.
Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit
Conrt, granted a restraining order,and will hear
a motion for an injunction on March 23th next.
There is much consternation here among tbe
members of the Legislature in consequence of
the Injunction. This is the only fund from
which they could get their per diem.
FROM THE WEST.
Fire In Troy, Ohio.
Cincinnati, March 1 A fire in Troy, Ohio,
yesterday destroyed about tlOOO of property,
principally covered by insurance. The princi
pal losers are Daniel Brown, on building, f 10, 000;
F. B. Baswell, where the fire originated, cloth
ing, $5000, Insured In Dayton companies; Kln
cald, Davis & Co., boots and shoes, 1000; J.
W. Defrees, Mlama Union printing office, totally
destroyed, insured In Cincinnati and New
York companies; E. Miller, books, t;5000, insured
in Cincinnati; E. Holden, drugs, 12000, lnoared
In Home ol Columbus for $3000.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Pnbtle Debt Statement.
Despatch to the Avuxriated Press,
WASHW6T0H, March 1. The debt statement Just
issued shows a reduction doting Feb
ruary of IT.sn.oflO-OO
Coin balance los,i74,20H-eo
Currency .W,8M,t06-to
The following Is a recapitulation of the public
debt statement:
PBBT BBARINO INTORIST IX O0IH.
6 per cent, bonds l,T07.TT,4no-oo
o per cant bonds 9U,M7,800-oo
Principal 1,921,344, 700 -00-
Interest 6,686,613-78
DIDT BEARING INTERKST IN LAWFUL HON IT.
Certificates of Indebtedness at 4 per
cent ttttB.OOO-OO
Navy Pension Fund at 8 per cent. . . . I4,ooo,0o-oo
Certificates at I per cent. 4n,n60.000-OO
rnncipai oo,38,ooo-oo
Interest 818,105-36
DEBT ON WHICH INTKRRST HAS CHASED SINCE MA
TURITY Principal ! 3.sl,nj t(t
Interest 61,900-61
DRRT BRAR1NO NO INTEREST.
Demand and lejral-tender notes tSM.IOO.ISftKX)
Fractional currency 40,573, 74S-18
Coin certificates S9,657ooOJ
Principal 426,331,434-18
Unclaimed P. It. Interest 13,93-0t
Total debt principal tt, 407,174,-246-4
IntereRt 87,53,414-7
Total cash In Treasury 12,444,737.661-23
Amount In the Treasury Coin 103,174, 8-J
Currency 20,854,606-63
Total amount In Treasury. 1124,028,814-81
Debt lesB amount In Treasury March l,
1SU 'i,S20,708,846 -9i
Debt less amount In Treasury Feb. 1,
1871 2,32',02S,R07-0O
Decrease during the past month.... 7,317,960 08
Decrease of debt since March 1, 1870.. .$117,619,630-25
Decrease of debt since March 1, 18C9. .1204,764,413-09
FROM THE STA TE.
Latest from the ffllnlnaT Kealon.
Pottsville, March 1. At a meeting held at
St. Clair to-day the miners voted unanimously
in favor of the leaders, and supporting the
Working Men's Benevolent Association. A des
patch from Mahanoy City this afternoon states
that, at a meeting of miners held there to-day,
it was decided to accept nothing less than $3.
Much disappointment is manifested in business
circles, it being generally understood that some
compromise would be offered. It Is not believed
that there will be general resumption until
April.
FROM NEW JERSEY.
Proceedings In the Legislature.
Trenton, March 1. In the Senate to-day a
motion to reconsider the vote by which tbe anti
Erie bill was lost yesterday was defeated 13
to 8. A bill was introduced to appropriate
$75,000 for the extension of the State Prison.
The bill for the extension of the South Branch
Railroad from Flemington to the Delaware
river has passed tbe Senate. This extension is
in the interests of tbe New Jersey Central Rail
road, and is understood to be a Camden and
Amboy defeat.
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
New Hampshire Election.
Concord, N. fl., March 1 Pending the
State election on . the 14th Inst., neither party
shows the active exertion of former years. The
Republicans feel confident of carrying the elec
tion by an increased majority.
FROM NEW YORK.
Ship Newa.
New York, March 1. Arrived, steamer Cam
bria, from Hamburg.
French Relief.
New York, March 1 Charle Lanier, trea
surer of the French Relief Committee, sailed
to-day by the Cuba.
Specie Shipment.
New York, March 1. The Cuba for Europe
takes $178,000 in specie.
The Fllklna Vase.
Alb ant, March 1. A full jury was obtained
in the Filklns case to-day.
CO KG It ESS.
FORTY-FIRST TERM-THIRD SESSION.
Senate.
Washington, March l. The credentials of Senators-elect
Frellughuyaen, of New Jersey, Kelley, of
Oregon, and Wright, of lowa, were presented. Read
and ordered to be filed.
on motion of Mr. Ramsey the 16th and 17th joint
rules, Imposing restrictions on the business within
three days of the end of the session, were suspended.
On motion of Mr. Hamlin, tbe Senate took up the
resolution to continue the investigation of the
special committee on Ku-Klux outrages in the
Bouth during the first session of the Forty-second
Congress.
Mr. Casserly moved to require the proceedings of
the committee to be published. Ills object was to
prevent false Impressions upon the publio by one
sided newspaper statements of the testimony.
Mr. Blair, one of the two Democratic members
upon the Investigation, referred to statemeuta of
the testimony before the committee alleged to have
been made by the chairman (Senator Mcoit) before a
Republican caucus. lie was confident no such
statements had been made, because there was no
truth In them. There was no evidence before the
committee rising to the dignity of a fact In support
of such statements. He desired the testimony
made public, in order that the whole community, as
well as Individuals whose characters were now se
cretly maligned, might have an opportunity to dis
prove tbe accusation.
Mr. fccott said secrecy was not designed by
members of the committee, but was necessary for
the pioteotlon of witnesses, some of whom bad ap
peared before the committee at the risk of their
lives.
Mr. Blair thought the objection not valid, as th&
names of witnesses and their testimony would even
tually all be puriiiBhed. If communities were not
allowed to defend themselves from criminations of
nDknown persons, the whole investigation would
be simply a secret Inquisition and a despotism.
Mr. liayard, tbe other Democratic member of the
committee, Inquired whether the continuance of tbe
committee would have the effect to Invalidate the
testimony already . taken? lie did not desire that
that should be lost.
Con:planiog ef the efforts which had been made
to forestall publio sentiment by means of one-sided
petltltcs,
Mr. Casserly's amendment was then rejected and
the resolution adopted.
Tbe (Senate thea took np the Army Appropriation
bill, the question being upon Mr. McDonald'sarnend
ment lor the payment for quartermasters' and com
mlssary stores furnished the army by loyal citizens
of tbe South.
After various modifications tbe amendment was
adopted yeas 84, nays 82.
i lie vote upon the adoption of Mr. McDonald's
amendment was as follows :
Yeas Messrs. Abbott, Bayard, Blair, Boreraan,
Brownlow, Corbet t, Davis, Fenton, Flanagan, Fow
ler, Glltwrt, Harris, Hill, Howe, Johnston, Kellogg,
Lewis, McDonald, Miller, Morton, Pratt, Revels.
Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Sohurz, Bcott,
Spencer, Stockton, Tipton, Vickers, Warner and
W 11 ley- 84.
Nays Messrs. Ames, Anthony, Buckingham,
Chandler, Cole, Conk ling, Cragln, Edmunds, Hamil
ton, of Texas, llamllu, Howard, Howell, Morrill, of
Vermont, Nye, Osbom, Pomeroy, Shermau, Stearns.
Stewart, Trumbull, Wilson and Yates-.
Houso.
Resolutions were adopted to pay Messrs Rogers.
01 Tennessee, aud I'tij-leston, of Ohio, contestants
for seats, &oe and f aoOO respectively.
Mr. Allison, from the Committee oa Ways and
Means, reported back the bill providing that no tax
shall be Imposed upon aoy undlstributable sums
added to the contlDgent fund of Insurance compa
nies or on unearned premiums. Passed.
Mr. Mercur moved to suspend the rules to 'pro
ceed with the consideration of the Appropriation
bill to the exclusion of all other business except ap
propriation bills and conference reports. Rejected.
Yeas, iw, nays, ttf, leas than two-thirds In the
arT-rtuaUve.
The House then proceeded to the business on the
Speaker's table: taking up Orst the Senate amend
ments to house biilf. Such amendments were con
curred In on a number of private bl'is, which now
go to the President for his signature.
All the land grant bills from the Senate were ob
jected to, aud were laid aside until after the first
leading of the calendar.
A number of Senate private bills, not being Ob
jected to, were passed.