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VOL. XV. NO. 57.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1871.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
AWFUL TRAGEDY IN ALBANY, N. Y.
The British Ballot Bill.
A Great Inundation in Vienna.
aL Reported FapSll CrtlSadO. '
The Nathan Hurder.
A Clue Finally Obtained.
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AWFUL TRAGEDY IN ALB ANT.
A Well-known rhyelctnn Bents'Out Ills Wile's
llralna la a Fit af Vellrlum Tremens.
Albany, March 8 A horrible tragedy oc
curred here this morning at a residence in Madi
son avenue. Dr. Lemuel P. Van Iloescn, a well
known physician, murdered his wife during a
fit of dt'lirium tremens, beating in her skull and
scattering her brains upon the walls and floor of
the room in which the deed was committed.
The weapon used was a common iron stew-pan,
with a long handle, weighing about three or
four pounds. The Evening Journal gives the
details of the affair as follows:
Yesterday, Dr. Van Hoesen, having been in
dulging excessively in liquor for the past few
days, was attacked with a fit of delirium tre
mens. His wife would not allow him to leave
the house whiie the paroxysm lasted, although
he endeavored several times to make his way
out. In the evening the wife of Julius
Auzellne remained walching with Mrs. Van
Hoesen, relieving her in giving medicine at
stated times, remaining until about 1 o'clock
this morning, during which time the doctor ex
hibited no signs of intended violence or frenzy.
At 1 o'clock, or a few minutes thereafter, Mrs.
Auzeline retired to bed and slept. About a
quarter to 4 o'clock she was awakened by a
sound of shuttling of feet on the floor above and
suppressed screams for help, followed by a
low moaning, as though some person was in
the utmost agony. She awoke her husband and
children, and then ran np stairs to the Doctor's
door, which she endeavored to open, but could
not, as it was locked on the inside, and the key
had been taken out. Returning down stairs, she
procured the key from her own door, when she
and ber husband entered. The sight that met
their eyes was enough to freeze and curdle the
blood with horror, for prone on the floor lay the
woman, her head battered and bruised in the
most heart-sickening manner, the long hair wet
and slimy with brains and blood, the face
gashed and cut most horribly, while the furni
ture, floor, and walls were literally plastered
with the blood and brains of the unfortunate
creature. At the sink, in one corner of the
room, stood the husband, coolly washing from
his bands and arms all traces of the terrible
deed he had but just concluded. Mrs. Auzeline
ran to the body to ascertain whether life yet re-
mained, and raising it np could just notice one
or two gasps, and all was over. Mrs. Auzeline
then despatched her son for Dr. Smith, while
she and her busband watched the room that the
murderer might not escape. This he made no
effort to do, however, remaining as if oblivious
to the presence of the body and unconscious of
what be bad done, muttering and conversing
with himself.
Coroner Mulligan soon after arrived and took
charge of the remains of the unfortunate
woman. In response to an Inquiry of the
Coroner as to why be had committed the crime,
Van Hoesen replied, "I couldn't help it; I had
to do it to save my own life; they were after
me!" The murderer was taken in charge.
After a preliminary examination before Justice
Clute he was committed to jail on a charge of
murder.
The wounds inflicted on the unfortunate
women were of the most fearful nature, there
being no less than six frightful gashes In the
face, one jaw was broken, and the whole back
of the bead, from ear to ear, was completely
smashed in. The murderer formerly enjoyed a
large practice in this city, but becoming mixed
up in politics, and being defeated in running as
a candidate for member of the Assembly from
the citv a few years ago, he neglected his prac
tice. He is probably about fifty years of age, is
a large, well-formed man, and in better
moments was highly respected by those of his
acquaintance.
when our reporter visited the house the traces
of the murder bad been almost entirely oblite
rated from the floor and walls, but the shock
ingly mangled and inanimate form of the poor
creature as she lay in the bed was enough to
convey an idea of the fiendish brutality with
which the blows were dealt. Her blood had
soaked through the floor where the first lay,
completely discoloring the ceiling, and dripping
v down on the floor below.
ENGLAND.
The British Ballet Bill.
The Ballot bill introduced by the Government
in the British House of Commons on the 20ih
inst. forms the principal measure of the session,
and radically changes the system of voting. The
spDEtance ot tne scheme is as follows:
1. The bill shall apply to municipal as well as
parliamentary elections.
2. No voting paper except the official paper
shall be used; that is to say, the object of the
ballot shall not be defeated by the use of a
somewhat similar paper, which would enable
it to be ascertained how the vote had been
given.
3. The voting paper shall not be given to the
voter until be enters the voting booth.
4. The voter is not to be permitted to put any
mark upon the voting paper except that which
is necessary to show for whom the vote is given;
and in the event of that regulation being vio
lated, the vote will be cancelled.
5. The returning officer, as be gives out his
paper to each voter, shall Impress it with a
stamp, the character of which be shall be bound
'to keep secret, and which shall not be used
again until a certain fixed time shall have ex
pired. Then, when the boxes coine to be opened,
each unstamped voting paper shall be rejected
as void.
6. When a voting paper has once been put
into the ballot-box the box shall not We opened
except under such precautions as shall secure
the inviolability of the vote.
7. Where in a case of reopening the question
of the number of votes it is found a vote is bad,
it shall be struck off from the total of the candi
date for whom it has been recorded; and also,
where an elector tendering his vole finds some
ODe else has voted for him. the vote shall be kept
aside, and under certain circumstances counted
for the candidate in whose favor he had intended
to vote.
8. The same penalties shall be attached to
personation that now attach to bribery and
treating. The candidate shall lose his seat for
procuring or attempting to procure perso
nation. 9. Any candidate who does not include all his
fciijj Lu luo eieckiuu It lulu, uC V, uJ ft'Uu
Lis own tatdi Las paid expenses which ought
to have passed through the hands of his agent,
shall lose his seat.
10. The use of public house as committee
rooms during the progress of elections is pro
hibited. 11. The old plan of nominating candidates,
and making the final declaration of the poll, is
abolished.
12. The expenses of the returning officer shall
be paid out of the local rates.
THE FLIGHT INTO SWITZERLAND.
The Wrecks of Boarbakl'e Army.
On Wednesday morning, February 1, the
Swiss heard that 80,000 French had crossed the
border rtnrlrxr the tiicht. Tha noHKlhilitv at
euch ftn event had been foreseen, but it had
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force would have been driven into Besancon to
help in the reduction of that place, as Bazalne's
soldiers bad been in the case of impregnable
Metz. But now much anxiety was felt as to
whether the French would yield their arms,
whether the Swiss would fire upon them if
they refused, whether the Prussians would
pursue, or whether In many ways Switzerland
might not find herself very awkwardly situated.
The arrival of a troop of French cavalry on
the following afternoon put an end to all sur
mlsings, and explained much that we had before
thought very wonderful. The horses seemed
scarcely able to stand. They were under-sized
and half famished. Their legs were knotted and
swollen; their tans ana manes oiten rotted away;
the long shnggy hair of their ungrroomed coats
matted with dirt. The riders were warmly clothed
in large overcoats, and, what seems to be nearly
universal among officers and men of all arms,
the broad-peaked cap. It was the general
opinion among the lookers-on that ten well
mounted heavy cavalrymen would have ridden
over the whole two hundred. On inquiry I
found these were really old soldiers, and next
day I recognized the uniform, often seen in
Paris, of the Gendarmerie, only without the
traditional three-cornered hat. During Friday
and Saturday infantry poured into the tjwn, the
intervals between the arrival of the large bodies
being filled by stragglers In every stage of ex
haustion. They came slowly in, shuffling along,
with hanging heads, sunken cheeks, and start
ing eyes. Such a multitude of famished, weary,
footsore, ragged, and sickly human beings was
surely never gathered together. Those unable
to march came In by train.
Shall I be accused of exaggeration if I at
tempt to describe their condition? I have seen
poor in London and beggars iq Egypt, but never
such wholesale misery as was here. Hundreds
of poor fellows, their uniforms torn to rags,
limped past. The feet and hands of nearly all
wero fro6t-bitten, causing the greatest pain. On
many a face incipient fever had begun its ra
vages; many would never march again. In all
the shrunk features and crouching gait told of
gnawing hunger, while the deep cough and
hoarse voice bore witness to long nights Bpent
on snow and frozen ground. Some had tied
bits of wood under their bare feet to protect
them from the stones; others' wore
wooden sabots; hundreds had no socks,
and when they had they were merely
of thin cotton; others, who appeared well shod,
would show a soleless or heelless boot, the ex
posed pait of the foot, once frozen, being now
a wound crusted with dirt. For weeks none had
washed or changed their clothes, or removed
their boots. Nothing but hurried march and
counter-march. Their hands were blacker
than any African's. Some had lost their toes,
the limbs of others were so frozen that every
movement was agony. The men stated that
for three days they had neither food nor fodder
served out to them, and that before that they
often got only one loaf between eight men.
Correspondence London Times.
GREAT INUNDATION.
Vienna Voder Water 3000 Peraena fomelesa,
A Vienna letter-writer, under date of February
14, says:
About noon on Sunday all at once the rumor
spread that the ice had started and was coming
down. Messengers from the police and the
Government Commission ran about the threat
ened districts to order the cellars to be cleared
and to look for the boatmen and the carpenters
who were to put together the stages, which
were ready prepared; but scarcely more than an
hour's time was left for all this, for already, at
3 P. M., the water had not only filled the cel
lars, but, in the lower parts, had already pene
trated into the houses themselves, driving out
the Inmates of the ground floor.
In several streets the waters rose four or five
feet, and boats had to be got to rescue the in
mates of houses. So little had any danger been
apprehended that in the Carl Theatre and in
several other localities there were to have been
the usual amusements. In the Carl Theatre,
where a new piece was to be given, the galleries
were crowded, in spite of the circumstance that
one hundred yards lower down the Prater Strasse
was already flooded. Half an hour before the
representation was to be given it was announced
that there would be none. In some of the ball
localities the first guests had likewise arrived,
but finding the dancing floor already flooded
over, had to make a hasty retreat.
Thus it went on till 9 o'clock, when the largest
portion, not -only of the Leopoldstadt on the
left bank of the canal, but likewise several dis
tricts of the Landstrasse, and the portion of the
inner town near the old Arsenal, which was in
ancient times the port of Vienna, and is, there
fore, lying very low, were several feet under
water.
In all about three thousand persons have been
driven out of their homes. Of these a portion
have found refuge in various public establish
ments, while the rest were accommodated la
upper floors. These are now in a sort of quar
antine, and have to be provided with the means
of subsistence by boats. This is not very easy,
for the boats have to break through the ice.
CATHOLIC TROUBLES.
A Reparted Papal Crnaade.
The Roman correspondent of the Pall Mall
Gazette says:
That we should hear of a crusade towards the
end of the nineteenth century will probably not
be thought strange in this age of events. It
seems certain that forces for. the recovery of the
Pontifical States are being mustered in Belgium,
a country whose independence rests on its neu
trality, and that when all is ready, the Pope will
leave Rome, and put himself at their head to
lead them to tne ueia. i ne yuestor oi nome
has lust seized at a house in the Corso a litho
graphic stone representing the bronze cross
assumed by the crusaders on their enrolment.
Funds are pouring into the Vatican sufficient
to meet every expense, During the last month
the Pope received 1,101,000 francs; and since the
1st of February this sum has been swelled by
400,000 francs more. Nearly all the officers of
the disbanded Pontifical army, and the bulk of
the soldiers, have embraced the crusade, and
are now receiving their old pay. while volun
teers are mustering in every part of the conti
nent. General Kanzler is in Belgium, and the
day before yesterday Commander Filippanl
proceeded to Brussels with despatches
for the Nuncio and the Archbishop of Millneas,
which are believed to relate to the exDeditlon.
An attempt will be made at the same time to
effect a Papal rising in Home, and Mouslguor de
Merode Is laboring zealously to prepare this
mine. Every morning the ex-Miulster of Police
reports to the Holy Father the accounts brought
to him by bis emissaries of the temper of the
population, and no pains are spared to foster
every germ? of discontent. The Pontifical
Mlulstry is reconstituted and constantly asseui
bles at the Vatican, where It dixemses these
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ANOTHER CLUE.
POM la Pnraalt r ike Nathan Murderer
Ibe Fa I ice Mailafled That They Know the
Aaaaealn,
TbeN. Y. World ot to-day has the follow
ing: Light at last breaks in upon the almost im
penetrable mystery which, since the murder of
Mr. Benjamin Nathan at his residence In this
city last summer, has enveloped that terrible
crime, and there is a fair prospect that the hor
rible affair will be wholly cleared np by the
arrest and conviction of the murderer.
Superintendent Kelso, on behalf of the police
authorities, announced last evening that the
perpetrator of the Infamous crime which cre
ated such an intense excitement in this city and
throughout the whole country, is known to the
police, and has been so known to them for some
time past. This roan is a thief and burglar,
who for years past has been well known to the
police of this and Cher cities of the United
States.
He is one of the most determined and depe
rate characters among the wLole of the thieving
fraternity. His real name is supposed to be
William Forrester, but he has from time to time,
when caught in the meshes of the law, assumed
numerous aliases.
rURSUINO THK CXtTE.
Taking np the clue where the death of Jour
dan snapped it lm twain, Superintendent Kelso,
who was in the full confidence of his prede
cessor, has been unremitting in his efforts to
discover and drag to the bar of justice the mur
derer of Mr. Nathan.
During the early stages of the investigation
the police authorities narrowed the crime down
to one of three "mobs" or gangs of sneak thieves
as having been concerned in the murder. After
much patient inquiry and sifting the "wheat
from the chaff," they became satisfied which of
the three gangs had been in town and working
in ibis city at the time of the murder. The head
and front of this gang was
BILLY FORRESTER,
and by tracing his movements they learned that
he was seen in this city the day of the murder,
but bad disappeared the day after. To find this
man Forrester appeared for a long time simply
impossible. Detectives were sent scouring the
country in search of him, and all the clever de
tectives in various large cities of the United
States were employed in hunting for him, but
thus far without avail.
ON HIS TRCK.
lie has been traced from this city to Chicago,
thence to St. Louis, from that place to Cincin
nati, and even to New Orleans, but the police
have not been able to put their hands on him.
As a last resort, finding that .secrecy has not
assisted them in securing the murderer, Super
intendent Kelso has determined to give the
matter the utmost publicity, and see whether
this will effect the desired consummation. With
this obicct in view, Superintendent Kelso has
prepared a circular giving an accurate descrip
tion ot t orrester. ana ottering $Z50U reward lor
his capture and delivery in tbis city.
THE REWARD OFFERED.
The following is a copy of the circular:
New Yokk, Feb. 25. 18U. Twenty-live hundred
dollars will be paid for the arrest and delivery at the
office of the Superintendent of Police, in the city of
New i oris, or umy rorreBrer, anas winy Marsnau,
alias Billy or Frank Campbell, alias Frank Livlag-
Btone, alias rrana naruing, anas rraua no warn.
photograph' of forrkstkr.' :
Age. 85: height, five feet six Inches: sitm build.
but tough and wiry : rather broad, square shoulders;
weighs 140 pounds ; rather long, spare face ; black
eyes. Having a wua expression; nign, square lore-
head ; mourn narrow ana corners draws down,
upper lip Brands cut a Utile ; medium-sized, straight
nose; straight, black hair, cut short; heavy black
mustache, curis at tne enns towaras tue mourn;
sunken cheeks, but high cheek-bones: small, nar
row foot; generally walks with his hands In h's ooat
pockets ; tooth out left upper jaw ; bracelet in India
ink ou left wrist. James J. Kkl- o.
Superintendent Police, city of New lork.
A copy of this circular was sent to the chief
of police of every city in the United States, to
all the known detectives throughout the Mates,
to the heads of the police departments in Great
Britain and Ireland, accompanied by a note
from Superintendent Kelso requesting tl elr co
operation with him in finding the muctwought
or Forrester.
THE EVIDENCE AGAINST FORRESTER.
The Drlnclual evidence in the case has been
furnished to the police by a man named Ellis,
who is at present confined in the State Prison,
serving out a term of imprisonment for bur
glary.' This Ellis was a companion and inti
mate friend of Forrester, and belonged to the
gang of thieves and cutthroats of which Forres
ter was the leader.
ne was engaged with Forrester In several
burglaries and sneak thefts, and has been seve
ral times convicted. It appears Superintendent
Jourdan was Informed that Ellis, while In the
State Prison at clng Blng, had been overheard
to claim that he had some knowledge of the per
petrator of the Nathan murder and that be had
planned with Forrester to crack the "crib"
some time previous to the murder, and his
(Ellis') arrest alone prevented It,
THE "DOG.
The principal evidence against Forrester Is, as
asserted, that the "dog" with which Mr. Nathan
was so brutally murdered, or one very similar to
it, has been traced to bis possession.
AN OLD OFFENDER.
Forrester is a desperado of the most dange
rous stamp. Though not more than 86 or 88
years of age, he has spent half his life in the
prisons of the United States. He escaped from
Joliet, 111., 8tate Prison, where he had thirteen
years more to serve, ne has been confined in
Sing Slog Prison, New York, and at Cherry Hill,
Pennsylvania, and escaped from both.
A CHURCH DIFFICULTY.
Excited Celleqoy Between the Itllnlater and
a Member During the Tue ef Service The
Gaa Turned Oil.
From the Chillicoths Ohio) Advertiser.
One of the most remarkable church difficul
ties we have ever heard of transpired in this
city on laBt Thursday night, at the Methodist
Protestant Church on Main street. A revival
had been In progress for several nights. In the
course of his sermon, one evening, Mr. Millard,
the pastor, referred to a class of persons who
were religious in the church, and worldly and
Irreligious out of it, and spoke of a man who
was a member of that congregation who an
swered to that character.
At this accusation, Mr. Peter M. DeCamp,
who is a member of the church, sprang to his
feet in an excited manner and cried out, "Name
the man; who is it?" The minister proceeded
with his discourse, when Mr. DeCamp again in
terrupted him with the exclamation, "Who is
it? Do you mean me?" The minister retorted
that his remarks were of a general application,
but that "if the shoe fitted him he could wear it."
That was too much for Peter's eombatlve tem
perament, and he again sprang to his feet, and
used expletives of an emphatic character. The
minister undertook to continue his discourse,
when Mr. DeCamp took possession of the lamD
(which belonged to him) by which the minister
was reading.
But this did not succeed in stopping the ser
vices, and the daughter of Mr. DeCamp cried
out, ''Shut off the gas, father," which Peter im
mediately did. lea vino; the minuter ana audi
ence enveloped in darkness. The room was soon
empty, and Mr. DeCamp, who is one of the
trustees, locked the door and departed for
home.
Whether there was any personal difficulty ba
tween the minister and Sir. DeCamp, which will
explain the singular proceeding, we have not
learned. The next morning It was rumored that
Mr. DeCamp would be prosecuted on the charge
of disturbing divine service, but later in the day
wo Wiiiod uiat uio uvuola Umu eutucly
reconciled.
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEftlBlY
Where Shall it Meet?
Faris Disorders Snppresod.
DOXYXSQTXC AFFAXXIS.
Wilmington Methodist Conference
The Mexican Commission.
Bowen the Bigamist.
True Bill Found gainst
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FROM EUROPE.
London, March 0.
Odo Rnsaell
returned to London yesterday from Versailles,
and will attend the special meutiug of the Cabi
net to-morrow.
P Hlotlng In Farla "uppreanrd.
A disturbance occurred on Wednesday among;
some battalion of the Paris Mobile Guards, but
was quelled without serious consequences.
A Transport Fleet
is going to the Elbe to convey 00,000 released
prisoners home to Franee.
Cattle Plaane.
There is much typhoid and plague among the
cattle and horses in Paris. The animals art),
nevertheless, said to be fit for food,
It has been finally settled that
The National Aeaemblr
w ill meet at Versailles.
Another Report Fontntneblean Said to be the
I'OIDf.
Bordeaux, March 8. The Committee of the
National Assembly has decided to recommend
the transfer of the assembly to Fontaineble.au.
It is stated that M. Thiers supports this choice
of the place of meetlug, and it is expected ihat
the Assembly will ratify the report of the com
mittee when it is presented for discussion and
action. A large number of Deputies will, how
ever, support an amendment providing for the
removal of the Assembly to Versailles.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Despatch to tht Associated Pruts.
Washington, March 9.
The Mexican Allied Coniml.nlaa
has been in session eighteen months, and has
acted upon only thirteen ca-es; fonr of these
were decided upon their merits, and nine thrown
out as having accrued before the former com
mission was dissolved. The commission con
tinues only one year longer, and has 1974 cases
now before it. The parties interested In the
claims against the respective governments are
very much discouraged by the slow progress
thus far made.
Arknnaaa Mfnatarahln.
ELThe Republicans In Congress are much grati
fied to-day by the reception of advices from
Arkansas of the probable re-election of Mr. Mc
Donald to the United States Senate from that
State.
Bowen the Blgnmlat.
The Grand Jury has found a true bill against
Christopher C. Bowen, lately member , of Con
gress from South Carolina, for bigamy in
marrying Miss Pettigru King, in Augu-t last,
while Mrs. Frances Hicks Bowen was living in
Augusta, Ga., whom he is alleged to have mar
ried in 1852. The day for trial has not been
fixed, though the case will come up early during
the present term of court.
dir. Sumner and the Foreign Relatione Com.
uiltier
Despatch to tht Associated It est.
Washington, March 9. -The Senate Republi
cans were in caucus until the hour of the meet
ing of the Senate, engaged on the reports of the
committees. Much difficulty is experienced la
the settlement of the questions, and especially
on the recommendation to change the chairmm
ship of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
FR OM DELA WA R E.
The Wilmlacten itl, K. Conference.
Sf tcial Despatch to The livening Te'egraph,
Dover, Del., March 9. The Committee on
Ladies' and Pastors' Christian Union was ap
pointed. Revs. 8. W. Thomas and a. uornam were
introduced.
A draft was ordered on the Treasurer of the
Centenary Fund for f 18,440.
The report of the Committee on the Penin
sula Academy was made and a commission or
dered to act during the year.
A special collection was ordered to be made
for the Missionary 8oclety of $1700.
The class for admission were called to the bar
of the conference and addressed by the Bishop.
Tbey are Messrs. Hunter, Kidney, E. Davis
Wilson, Miller, Shilling, Williams, and W. P.
Davis. . t
New Yerk money and MteeU Market.
Nsw Toax, March . (Siooki steady. Money
a ntsT cent. UoUL ill1., b-uuo. lSoa. coupon.
UXi do. 1364. do., do. 1306, da 112;
do. 1866, new, HOv, do. 186T, ill; da 188, 111V;
16-408, luv; Virginia 69, new, oe; Misnuuri oa,
BIX; Canton Co., 70)tf; Camoeriaud prefnrre.1, SO;
tinm York Central aud Hudson Ktror. TM! Erie,
Keading, 101 S J Adams Express, S'Jtf ; Mloai
an Central, 117; IMlohlxan Sout&era, Ttf ; Illi
nois Central, 134 ; Cleveland and ruuimr, m;
Cblcapo and Kock Inland, Ills: Pittsburg and
Fort wajne, i; waautrn union Tnietrapn, om
A Kentucky weddlnar was Interrupted by a
young girl, with a babe la her arms, forbidding
tbe bans. The bridegroom, asking them to ex
cuse Uiiu a luoiueiit, atcpcd vul aud shut bis
bead oil.
TJHIHJ) EDITION
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.
The Foreign Hellions Committee.
Tho Removal of Mr. Sumner.
The rretident Desires it.
Mr. Cameron Nsimcd for Chairman.
Lntor from Europe.
Russia and Prussia.
Reported Secret Treaty.
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FROM EUROPE.
Paulahment of the lluke de Itlontpeeeler,
LM)on. March 9. The Times has a letter
from Madrid which announces that the govern
ment has ordered the Duke de Montpensler to
proceed to the island of Minorca, because he
refuses to take the military oath to support
King Amadeus.
Mrrrrt Trrnty Hrtvrefn ironaa and Knsala.
1 he Horning Font affirms that a secret treaty
between Rnsia and Prussia was concluded
about tbe time of tbe outbreak of tbe war, and
says tbe following were among its provisions:
Rustia to Intervene in case the French were
successful, and should menace Poland; if the
Austrian army should demonstrate upon the
Prussian frontier Russia to demonstrate upon
tbe Austrian frontier; and If any European
power shoiuld combine with France, Russia to
join Prussia.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The For 'an Itrlntlona Committee and Air.
uuiner.
Special Dexpatch to the. AVwntoii Telarraph.
Washington, March 9. General Butler called
upon the President to-day at the request of
several members of the Massachusetts delega
tion, to ascertain whether It could not be
arranged so a to retain Senator Sumner on the
Committee of Foreign Relations. The President
said that personally he bad no objections, bnt in
view of the fact that important fore gn ques
tions were soon to be considered, it was necessary
that the Secretary of State and himself should
have some one at the head of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee who would speak with them.
The Impression left upon Butler's mind was that
the President Is auxious for the removal of
Sumner from the committee.
The Republican Menatora
held a caucus this morning, for the purpose of
hearing the report of tbe committee appointed
to revii-e tbe lift of Senate committees. Senator
Sumner was in the caucus when the committee
submitted their report. The first committee on
the list was tbe Foreign Relations, and S.-nator
Cameron was placed at the head of it. Mr. Sum
ner made a few remarks, protesting against bis
removal from the chairmanship of bis old com
mittee, aiid then took his hat and left the caucus.
Au angry dlocussion of an hour followed. Sena
tors Wilson and Schuis made speeches against
the removal of Mr. Sumner, and Senator Howe
defended the action of the committee In placing
Mr. Cameron at the head of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee.
Mr. Howe gave the same reasons for the re
moval of Sumner as were given by tbe President
to General Butler.
Mr. Trumbull complained about the forma
tion of the Judiciary Committee.
A motion was made to recommit the report,
w ith directions to report again.
No Ueflalte Action
was taken in the case of Sumner, and the caucus
adjourned to meet again at 1 o'clock. It was
evident in the cancus that a majority of those
present are opposed to the removal of Sumner.
The matter makes great excitement at the capi
tal among Senators and members, and in diplo
matic circles.
Adjournment of tho Henate.
Dettatch to tho Associated Pros.
The Senate adjourned at twenty minutes to 1
o'clock, and tbe Republican Senators again went
Into c m us on (he standing committees.
The Keprbllraa t'aneua.
The motion i ending in caucus is to recommit
tbe report of the committee.
Mostrs. Schurz and Sumner have spoken in
faor of the motion, and Mr. Howe against re
committal. . ' '
FROM NEW JERSEY.
Praeeedlaaa of the Ijalalature.
Tkbnton, March 9. The Orauge and Newark
Railroad hill was killed in the House to-day.
Tbe bill to lace all future funds received
from riparian rights, sales, or lease, has gone to
tbe Giverior. ' ' 1
Ihe Pilotage bill, giving Jersey sail vessel
t wners the right to pilot their vessels into home
ports, has been killed iu committee.
The requests to Governor Raudolph to act as
arbitrator between tbe railroad aud coal compa
nies have teen most numerous, and are still
being received. They are, however, of an un
official character, and come from individuals,
and not from tbe companies.
Baltlaaorel Produce Mat k.t.
Baltimoks, March t .Cotton firm; low mid
dling held at 18V& Flour dull and wek, witli
sm I buMtiegn. tloveiaeed In good demand, aud
tobttiog at t7T-8TK. Wi eatqulot and unchanged;
r-ceip a btmo li;shln; saiea 84.000 bushels. Cora
white South ru weak at 848Io. ; fehow Hoathera
s teal y at 8Scstc. : receipts 8000 bUMhels; anlea 8oo
buahelH. Oats higher at o,atwe. Mess Pork weak,
l.acon weak. Lard quiet at 13'to. Whisky firm
at Mo.
Newt Yerk Prodneo market.
Niw Yoaa. March 9 Cotton steady; sales W00
bales; uplands at 140. ; Orleans, lsve. Flour dull
but wltiiout decided change; sales 9aoo bbia w,,oa
dull and nominal. orn quiet; snJea ," bushels
pew rnlxert Western at Sin. Oae '"'
18 WO puaiielB Uulo l y10o. boel aleadjf.
i d aU. Lard steady. Whlak; Arm ai IW.
rENKSTLYAN Ik LEG IS L AT U re.
Senate. ,
.AT"rrm.?'. 'Nearly all the Senators
presented petitions In favor of the Local Option law
Mr. Connell presented two remonstrances from the
Twinty-second ward, Philadelphia, aw mst the
pavl..r of country roads. Also, petition Yora the
Academy or Natural Sciences petitioning tha? bet
quests to said Academy may be exempted from
collateral inheritance tax. Bl11
Mr. B vans, In favor of a law prohibiting the sale
of liquors In Chester county.
Mr. Randall, remonstrances against Incorporating
the Franklin Coal Company.
Mr umroa, petitions in favor of exteadlnz the
Capitol prounrip.
mongthe bins reported from committees was
nous bill relative to plans of survev and regula
tion In Philadelphia, and Senate bill allowing courts
to incorporate mutual ore Insurance companies
without capital. "
The Speaker announced that he had appointed
Senators Olmsted, Purman, and Nagle the Senate
committee under the centennial resolution,
Mr. Dechert Introduced a bill relatingto the Juris
diction and powers of courts, supplementary to Itha
act or June 16, ma. - i
Mr. Dill, one requiring all suits brought against
In rrovement companies for damages to be brought
in the court of the county In which tne bonds are re
quired to be filed.
Mr. Allen, one to validate certain deeds and other
Instruments informally executed and acknow
ledged. Mr. Connell, one which he poRged, allowing savings
funds to subscribe to the stock of the American
buamsblp Company.
Mr. Autan called up and had passed the bill allow.
Ing courts to Incorporate mutual flre Insurance com-prl-
s without capital.
Mr. Dill called up and had passed the Senate bill
aMowiitg the Improvement of creeks and rivulets.
XI lll.rii,io.lliJ .nl .... ,
ruAiKii.n.Miiicii iiu nu irnnsou me supple
ment to the election laws affecting Lebiga and
Ilonae.
The Senate supplement to the Delaware River
Telegraph Company was passed.
Ilonse bill to regulate the shipment of coal was
corsidered.
The first section prohibits any oharge for tho
transportation coal of more than fifteen mills per
mile per ton of 2240 pounds on grades not over
twenty-eight feet to the mile, and not more than
eighteen mills per ton per mile on grades aoove
twenty-eight feet to the mile: an additional allow
ance may be made of two mills extra per ton per
mile on distances less than fifty miles, ana two
cents per ton for branching at loading and shipping
po ts.
The second section requires the companies to
transpc rt coal from all collieries on their line. Tbe
third section requires them to supply a sufficient
non berof cars to meet ail demands. The fourth
section Inflicts heavy damages for violation. Tha
fifth stctlon exempts companies having special
charters for the transportation of coal only from
the bill.
The bill was passed through the Committee of tha
W hole without a word of amendment or opposition.
Mr. Marshall objected to suspending the rules fer
a second reading, and urged delay, because he was
not satisfied that the plan proposed was a proper
remedy for the existing coal troubles.
Mr. Williams, a member from Luzerne, and a
practical miner, made a speech setting forth tbe
grievances of the miners, and said that the bill was
calculated to settle the difficulties.
Mr. Wbeeler, the prime mover of the bill, held
that It was fully calculated to adjust all the troubles,
aud affected all the transportation companies In tbe
same way.
r Mr.Bolleau was of opinion that the bill did not touch
the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad.
He opposed the measure, because capital bad rights
as well as labor, and capital to the extent of eight
nilllion dollars had been locked In one road in the
Lehigh region for eight years without receiving one
cent of interest. Tbe rate of two and one-half
rents per ton per mile was tte lowest carrying rate
that would pay the company.
Mr. Hall expressed the opinion that the act wonld
not In any way reach the heading Railroad, which
was chartered In 1833, Ave years before the amend
ment to the Constitution of the State bad been
changed so as to allow the charters of corporations
to be altered or revoked by the Legislature. .
AN UNACCOUNTABLE AFFAIR.
The Asaaealnatloa of Colonel Flah, of Georgia.
The Americus Republican gives the following
account of the assassination of Colonel Fish, of
Oglethorpe, Ga., on Monday, the 27th ult:
Colonel Fish, returning from a trip to Savan
nah, had come down from Macon on Monday
night's train, reaching Oglethorpe about one
o'clock. Getting off at the depot of the latter
place, he gave his bundle of books to a negro
man named Jacob, and started walking home,
followed Immediately by the servant. Proceed
ing towards his residence, he had reached the
heart of the town, and was passing up tbe left
sidewalk alongside of the court-house, when a
gun was fired at him from the door of thla
building, opening immediately on the street, the
shot taking effect in the left side of the face and
neck, and inflicting a most ghastly and gaping
wound, from which Colonel Fish died at once.
His overcoat was buttoned up close to the
chin, and nothing about him had been disturbed
In any way, although he had on a gold watch,
money about his person, and other valuables,
Elainly showing that the lurking assassin, who
ad fired the fatal shot, sought no spoils and
profits, but human blood and numan life.
The servant was walking, according to his
own account, to the left and a little in the rear
of Colonel Fish, and when the gun fired dodged
down, squatting, and then turned and ran off,
frightened. He at once woke np some gentle
men sleeping not far off, who found tbe body
as above described, the warm blood gushing
profusely from the several arteries, and the last
faint breath fluttering on his dying lips.
Tbis assassination is as astonishing to tha
community in which Colonel Fish has long
lived, universally respected and honored, as the
details of its perpetration prove it atrocious. A
map, polite and gentlemanly towards all, making
no enemies ever and having no malignant foes,
has been waylaid and murdered in the centre
of a peaceful town and on its most frequented
thoroughfare, and none can ascribe the reason
why. .
An Opera Singer after Flak, Jr., for Hla Pay,
Giovanni B. Antonnucchi recently brought an
action in the Supreme Court against James Fisk,
Jr., to recover a balance of $500 alleged to be
due tlm on a month's salary nnder an agree
ment to sing in the opera of Lurline, in the
Academy of Music, from the 10th of May last.
The defense is that Fisk, Jr., sever employed
tbe plaintiff, but that he was employed by an
unnamed party, to whom Fisk, Jr., furnished
money; that the plaintiff's engagement, even
with that party, was at the rate ef 200 per week,
as long as his services should be needed, not for
a month; that his services were continued for
two weeks and fonr days; that he was paid (400
for the two weeks, and tendered the amount at
the same rate for the remaining four days, which
be refused. A motion made at Chambers, before
Judge Cardoso, to place the cause on the Special
Term calendar, was denied. ,
A Chinese agent offers to deliver Chinamen
in Tennessee at the rate ot t7000 a hundred.
Two of General Kllpatrick's admirers In
Rousevllle gave him a 12000 horse' and a 1300
d A Boston merchant absent-mindedly copied
a love-letter to bis "beari doi in the letter
book of tbe firm before sending it.
East Greenwich. Connecticut, has a Tonga,
trosophla Society, which holds annual exhlbl-
W Borne one asserts on good authority that the
"earlv bird" caught cold instead of a worm.
The Glrard College is said to be the best
specimen of Grecian architecture in the world.
A wealthy widow, advertising for an agent,
w overwhelmed with applications, as the
tyr es, by mistake, made It "a gent."
Tbe great bell on Notre Dame, Montreal, is
tbe largest but one in the world. It weighs
over 10,500 pounds, and can be heard forty
miles.
The African diamonds, about which so
much has been written and said of late, are
thought but little of in Londoa. They are pro
nounced va-'Jr Itlcrior to tie. Qoleoad
sparklers. .