THE DAILY IS v iNG TELEGRAPH- PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, J,IARCII 9 183.
CITY I .A r U a II O 13.
UtMLl 1011 THE SUFFERERS.
Adr'uionnl wl.rr'.pUonn to the Fund for Iho
I ir-m h mid ti-rtiit fr'oor.
In addition lu tbe sums already acknowledged
for the relief of the German and French suf
ferets, t!e tie .urer, A. J. l-rexel, Esq., Bends tue
Ms j or tbe folio ving statement of otber receipts:
Chris' Cnurch, OVniiiiiion M'7T
J.J. iir.iM'c 12 'ii
St.. Jiiiiiwx P. K. Ctiirch Klngaessing h8 87
Oxl-nd Trinity c i. un a 10645
St. O.'oivp M. K. Church 1 00
Mr. Mt!lr, iioiiin aburg 4-.K)
..;ttii'iv Mih8!mii tuii'Uy Sibool 47 74
Caleb C"pe W' m
Janus Bavu' i 100
Collected i.j- M. B ird & Co.:
M. Balrd C o $50000
W. H'-ilt r A Co -M 00
A. Wld't'ev K Sons J 200-00
Hooker Ki'o itsind loooo
A. lhlileld
Tabrrtmcle H,ijiist ( huroh 86 -50
t trt J' rniil"in c loir, h 8 81
dltvt-t I'rchliviMlaH Ctinrch W35
tt'l(Urertr Ki-formud Church 994t
First .) rui-iilnii Church 8S-44
M lllHl .
Cdnilt fiissn 2I2
William Une J""00
biiiltlnx fc Molurw.U lO'
KgiiHP lie chrii (French Prot.es ant Church) 9 8
Ci-nst H'fiaiPM (. hurch 29-60
Collected t.y Henry Preaut, C. A. Grlscoin,
ard J. W. Bernailou:
peter w riRiit & sous t'WO-tto
S. &J. M. eiai-oiaii ... lDiiflO
Omi- iii . I'..iy
Ht.li.... W-00
.1. It. 'niton 01l0
Atixtui t cullccted In aid of the French suffar
er aU'iic:
K.mnicl V. We Mi fN)0-0i.
McKeali, Hi.l 1h & OJ 600M0
Joint V.ti-on fcfo 2100
HfM fc. KeehiitlH. 101100
Ii ii r Winter A Co lOiMMi
Mor Philips... loo oo
ii. W. Hen.sdoii It Bro .. 100-00
J. W. Wltr.llsr BO no
A. J. Alilelo BODO
Ishhc 11 mutt & M irrls M'OO
Philip M?r.papck 50i o
B. H. barol 60 00
nth Bo-iK)
D 50-00
1 arruh A J- llwcll. 8100
0. I'. 8ti.tcpi.ury & Co 80 no
DuvIh A Whi ik r 20-uo
M. tMephetis M. K. church 13 -no
JtmuBUrahatu A Co 8i-00
I ievli us ai-kiiowlcdginetits. 396'J-43
Grand total of receipts $5084 31
Tn? Hosiery and NntiouB Committee report,
through Mr. j. J. IVaIIhv, additional collectiin
to tte amount of 41300,' making a total of $1900
rcctlved by that committee.
KXE5I1T PROPERTF.
.'url-(ip IMilHonM nf Heal Katate Untaxed In
I'hlliulf luhia.
Ibc lioiud ut Kevislon has just completed a
careful catalogue of a'l the properties exempted
from taxation in Philadelphia, giving a descrip
tion ot ach. The aggregate value of the real
estate thus relieved is between forty-Sve and
loitv-eitiht millions. Having gone carefully
through ti.lii caialoMe, we are able to classify
the j.rooenies exempted, thus:
-Armories 8 Lyceum.. 1
Arnenals 8 Morgue 1
Ai'adeirlcs 4 Penitentiary. l
AsMuiijr 28 Public squares un l
BurlHl-urriiMH 7v! parks 14
Hnt-liiiiiHcs 6 Kuor-uouses r.. 4
Benevolent societies ...19 Potters' fields, 8
C'ouveutb TjPUnk road ccnopaulus. 8
Cellerep 13 Porter maijrtzlne 1
County Prwnn 1 Police stations. 18
liitpt iiHri 4i ueiitrious society Duua
Fire comiii nv houses... 88 luits 8
jraiii M8nril: longe.. l!S'up buildings 0
Gas Works 4 Scientific society build
Hulls ... Hi Imr. 1
II. splialif 17 'Seminaries 8
lli.ute of rctri'i-.tion.. . 1 1 Sen Mil. houses:
Hoiitn ol Relug 1
ll stltut.es 10
I.lhrarv coniiisnies 4
Public 137
All others 70
Turnpike companies. .
This number embraces only those buildings
which were bunt tor ana exclusively usea ror scnooi
purposes.
The churches exempted from taxation num
t'er S8f3. and are clansiQd as follows:
Iiaptlst 48 Methodist 8
Bioie ChriHMaii 1 Menuomte 8
ConGrreifHtloiiiil 8 New Jerusalem
('at in 1U- ...44 Presbvtenan ... 3
CnvetiMiiti rs 1 (Quaker 16
j-pitcopHi io piruuaiisc l
J-vainrelli-al Association 1 Hwedlsh 1
Oeiman Ktormed 14 Sedenbonrlan 1
(.erniMii, 6 Unitarian 1
Uernian, 1 l universtnsc
Jewith 9 United Brethren
Lnthernn !0 Weslejan 8
.Moravian
To all of these churches, with a few exceptions,
are attached parsonages, which are also ex
empted. In addition, there is a great amount of
(ioeriiment property untaxed, such as .League
Island, the Navy Yard. Mint, Custom Hou-e,
Pott Office. Naval Asvlum, Arsenal, and Ap
praisers' buildings. There are a large number
of city buildings, wharves, and landings, the
' Water Works property, and the beds of the
tracks of railways having termini in this city,
wbicb produce no revenue.
RAPACITY.
Important Aetton of the Bar.
At a meeting of the Law Association, held on
MoDday lat, a committee of five, composed of
the following members of the bar Eli K. Price,
William L. Hirst, George VV. Thorn. Thomas J.
Diebl. and Arthur M. Burton was appointed t
coutider the subject of illegal fees extorted by
tbe (.Ulcers of the courts and the Sheriff.
One of the speakers at the meeting, an oi l
and active member of tbe bar, spoke of the sub
jactas a grett public wrong, and one which it
concerned the members of tbe bar to redrew,
not that they were particularly affected by it,
for they were not, except that they suffered iu
their own dignity and sense of honor and duiv
so long as they stood indifferently by and inide
no protest agaiut au infamous and constantly
increasing fraud upon the community, whose
advisers and agents they, tbe members of the
bar, were. Tbe gentleman said be alluded to
tbe unparalleled extortion and robbery of liti
gants by the various otllcers of tbe Row tbe
Clerks of the Courts and the Sheriff.
The speaker represented that from year to
year an organized systm of robbery had been
practiced upon the community, and that at last
it had assumed such magnitude, was so insolent
and shameless in its extortions, that he felt it
the duty of the Bar Association of Philadelphia
to interfere.
Thb IIahneminnian Medical Institute
The tweiity-hrst annual commencement of the
Ilahnemannian Medical IusMtute will be held in
tbe Assembly Buildings at eight o'clock IhU
evening.
Tbe Institute is an association of the students
in attendance at tbe Hahnemann Medical Col
lege, and it conducts a curriculum of inedicxl
examinations and sjslematic reviews of the lec
tures of tbe college faculty. The qulzltorlal chairs,
corresponding to the professional chairs of the
college, are filled by tbe members of the Insti
tute. Tbe programme this evening will open with a
triumphal march by Hauler's Parlor Orchestra,
following which Key. W. C. Robinson will offer
prayer. The valedictory address will be de
livered by C. D. Crank, M. D., and Professor O
B. Cause will confer tbe degrees.
Doob Mats John Stuart was endeavoring
to dispose of three door mats at a house at
Seventeenth and Wood streets yesterday after
noon. Bu-picions were strong that John stole
tbe mats, and hejwas accordingly arrested and
will be before Alderman Kerr this afternoon.
Box Stabbed. A boy named George Atkin
son was stabbed in the left breast by another
boy named Marlowe, at Belgrade and Mirl
Lorough streets, last night. The lad's Injuries
are not serious.
Thief Arkested. Sergeant Gilchrist ar
rested one John Lelb, at Second and Poplar
streets, last evening, on the charge of having
con. in it ted a larceny in that vicinity. Lelb wis
mw messages. t j
A BIG BATCH FOR CONSIDERATION OF
COUNCILS.
1 1 la Honor Vetrs the Meadow Land Bill for
Ha Jmprrfeatiwoa-A Mtanrp nnd Protracted
t.rowl (Ivor the VommUilen Bill." la
l.iUlnlurr-Th9 are C'nrofolly Kevlewed
anti T'Ctoualy t rltic.aed What Will ilasw
in If in ran-The tnteaalal.
This aliernoou Mayor Fox sent in to Coun
cil!- tliiee important messages. One relating to
the approachlug Centennial Exhibition in
Ifc7t5; another vetwlng the ordlnanco tor the Im
provement of -the meadow lands, not that he
i.i.oted euen an improvement, vu vuu coutrary
ilecidcdly favoring it, but on account of the bill s
ii pei lections; ana lue iubc criticising me
(...iiiiiimtioii" bills now in the Legislature, and
atkii.t: that Councils take vigorous steps to wards
. ii i . i . .
llitlr ile leal, we give mese important docu
ments verbatim:
TUB MAYOR AND THE MEADOY LANDS.
Tbe lollowiug was tbe message sent to Coun
cils
In, tt In common with Councils I recognize the
obligation upon the city authorities to afford an ada-
qi.u.e torn eiicct i ai protection to property against
nie aua roooery, anu to every citizen an immunity
against personal Interference, I do in the same con
nection realize tne propriety or extending municipal
ashintttuce to the prevention of disaster by flooa or
lietliet, espteially when damage is thereby likely to
ensue to lame districts oi tana, to live block, to
i rops, and buildings on the farms In the vicinity of
the liUllt-up portions oi tne city, particularly wnen
bccon.i'uuied wit,n in euects on tne puouc ncaitn.
In i his respect consioeraoie portions oi tne r irst
suit Tvtebiv-stxth wards, covering large sections of
the territory situate between tne rivers ueiaware
and sschujlklil down to the continence of both, In
that part of the city commonly known as the
Ni ck," and also in that part of the Twenty-seventn
ward extending from near Uray a Ferry Bridge
down on the west side of the river Schuylkill to
1'ei.roHe rerrr Bridge (both sections embracing
n.Hiiv otour finest truck farms, from which are ob-
tmiied most delicious fruits and vegetables for the
t Lit) are subject to lnnudatiuns and over
flow by reason of the not unfrequent
rise in tne river occasioned oy ires net or
storm, ana when so happening causing great do
sirui tlcn not only to property but sometimes to life,
and genera ly creating much sickness ; and It would
uilord me pleasure to give to my omciai sanction to
It gislat.iou lntei.ded to prevent a recurrence of
these disasters, but such enactments should be
int. thoracal and clear, and be as nearly comprehen
sive and perfect as they can be made, and besides
they should have in view the public welfare as
well as the subservience of Individ aal advantage.
i n a careful examination the bill hereto annexed,
entitled "An ordinance to provide for the Improve
ment of the nuadow banks along the rivers Dela
ware and bchuylklll in the First, Twenty-sixth, and
Tweiiiy-seveiiili wards," is too vague and indefinite,
and for that reason I respectfully return the same
without my approval.
The bill spi aks or "the construction of a bank or
bulkhead sumclent for a roadway at or near Mittlln
street, on the Delaware, along said river near where
the bank is now located to the mouth of the Schuyl
kill, thence np the same to the fast land near Point
Breeze lu the First and Second wards, and along
the River hchujlklll from near the root of Fifty
eighth street to fast land at or near Penrose Ferry
Bridge In the Twenty-seventh ward." In the llrst
place, to make this embankment a
public drive it should be by
a dedication to public use as a highway, executed
by all the owners of the space Intended for that
purpose, and not merely as specified by the proviso
coutalned in the bill, to wit: "Proviitd, That the
property owners nhaLl agree to permit the tame to be
uitiduna fubtio dtive or roadway." An agreement
hitving no words of perpetuity, not running with
the titles, not binding future owners.
In tbe second place, to secure this highway to
public use, and make It available for such purpose,
It should start from a definite, Uxed point, and that
point should be on a public highway already laid out
and In use, and thence extending along the line of
s-me one or more tuoroughfares already, or to be.
specifically lnld out on the plan of the city as public
streets for the purpose, as near to the
water Hues - as conveniently can be (having
iu view tne savins oi tne most lanu to tne severa.
owners), thence down the Delaware to the mouth of
the Schuylkill, tnen turning ana coming westwardly
and northwardly until it reaches some other fixed
and definite poln', being on a public highway, laid
out and opentd to public use; and so on, iu like
manner, on the west side of tbe Schuylkill, within
tbe pointB there also designated as requiring
protection. The lines thereof to be first
ascertained, laid out, surveyed and fixed by the
Survey Department or tne city, ana tne wnoie dedi
cates to publto use as a highway by the several
owners thereof, the meadow companies, as In the
bill before me, to enter Into a covenant to pay
their proportion of the expense of the con
struction, and to keep said embankment
lu perpetual repair. as the amount pro
pose to be appropriated by the ordinance In
uuestion seems to be but a partial payment of the
cost, the bill Is deficient in not specifically stating
the estimate oi tne entire expense, ana tne propor.
tlon thereof required to be borne by the meadow
companies, and also within what period, and by
whom, and under wnose superintendence the work
should be completed; and here I would sufrgest
that it be made the duty of the proper department
of tie city to supervise tne work
from the time of commencement to
its final competition. There should also be a clause
reauirlns: some one, whether by bond or otherwise.
to guarantee to the city the performance of the
work upon the appropriation of the amount ex
pected from the city. These or some similar fea
tures tielng cared for in a substituted or amended
bill enacted Into a law, it seems to me that our cltl
sens at large would, In time.
be in possession of an Important
advantage, as far as roadway, scenery, and pure
air around two beautiful portions of our city are
concerned: wmisu oy tne protection tnus anorded.
the land would rapidly rise in value, to the profit of
the owners, ana tne city bene n tea oy increased
revenue from taxation, thus amply compensating
an cone rued ior eacn party 's snare or tne outlay.
For the reasons specified, I retarn the bill for yeur
recousiuerauou. very renpecuuiiy,
daniel M. Fox, Mayor.
TUE MAYOR AND THB COMMISSIONS.
The following message relative to the commis
sion bills in tbe Legislature was also sent in:
Office of the Mayor of the Oitt of Pbiladel-
rnu, March 9, ibti.
To the President and members of Select and
Common Councils Gentlemen: I feel it to be mv
solemn duty, lu view of the blgh responsibilities of
my otllcial post.lou, to call your attention to the
tubiect of cet tain bills now before tbe General As.
aeuibiy of the Commonwealth, creating commis
sions a Dsorning tne departments or our munici
pality and destructive to the principles of local self-
Kovernmeut, injurious to tne rignts or our citizens.
and to the Interests of the tax-payers and to re
commend Councils to address a respectrul but earn
est remonstrance to the Legislature against their
nastaue.
Our ostein of city government is well calculated
to guard the Interests of our people, and Is admira
bly rurnishea witn cuecxs against nasty legislation.
tvery measure is considered llrst in one branch of
councils, men in tne otner: tne memoera are rami-
liar with the wants of their constituents and directly
irsuoiislble to them. The veto power conferred
upon the Mavor Is an audltlona! security against
hasty or lll-advtsed leKtsiaiion.
On the other hand, the Legislature, composed of
members representing other and distant portions
of the Commonwealth, is necessarily less able to
understand the needs and wishes of the people ot
Philadelphia, and peculiarly liable to the mlsrepre-
senrations oi interested seekers or lavor. '
The com missions which the bills referred to pro-
pose, to estabium win monopolize the active muni-
dial powers of the city, and strip Connolls of their
inost valuable functions. The control of the police,
the Incrf ase of thetr number, their compensation.
and their duties; tbe appointment of all committing
magistrates; tne control of the Fire Aiarin and
Police Telegraph, and tbe appointment and dlsrats.
sal ot all persons connected with it; tbe purchase
of lots for station houses : the entire control of all
water works; and the exclusive right
to furnish and regulate the supply of water
to the city ; the right to take land for the construc
tion of reservoirs, nd lo construct reservoirs; to
open mgnways ror tne ia)ing or water pipes; tne in
troduction of water into buildings; the assessment
and col ecfion of water rents; the right to tate the
property of ny water company in the city ; tbe right
to puichate all materia s and employ all labor; to
dt-ierm ne the nc-esslt rr erecting new water
works and the exclusive au'hority to erect them, as
well as to ei large the present water works ; the ex
clusive couirol and mauagemei.t of all highways:
nod tbe opening, graulng, flagging, aud curbing or
all street, roads, aud avenues ; aud tbe purchase of
ad materials connected therewith ; the repairing and
coiis-ruciiuK or public roads and bridsres: the man-
azerui ct and control of ail city property, except such
as la already vested in existing commissions; the
mlii.tr up or sunken lots; the control of public
sewers nun arainage, and the construction
nd repairs thereof; the control of paving, repairing
anu re pa i ijk aireeia, ana keeping tuem in order
and of cleansing the public streets, roads, and alley i
the right to lake me property of any turnpike or
plai k-road ; the right to determine of what material
the streets shall hereafter be paved, and for all
streets paved with other material than cobble stone,
KSSSSSXK !
ann. nere necessary, culverted : and to Issue CUT
bon'j to the holders or lots fronting thereon for
opi. i ce: to cause the Board of Be vision to revise
at review assessments; all these powers are to be
t : I' d In leventeen (IT) citiisens appointed by the
l. r is sture, to hold office for five years at a salary
ol taooo each per annum, Irresponsible to the people
or to the municipal authorities, with the right to
appoint all the necessary otllcers, agents, etc, etc.
'J hese corn miss toners are to draw warrants upon
the City Treasurer, which the Controller is com
manded to countersign, and the Treasurer is com
manded to pay. They are to have the power to
lssne city bonds, executed by the president of the
respective boards, and attested by the clerks of the
respective osmmisslnners. They sre to furnish esti
mates to Councils annually of such sums of money
as they shall see Ot to require, and Councils nwl
nrpioprlste the same. The Receiver of Taxes Is
commanded to add to the tax rate as required by the
commissioners a sum sufficient to pay the interest
on the "Cirr Paviko Bonps" and th ''CrTY Water
Fonts," and one-thirteenth of the principal an
nually. it seems to me that If these measures should re.
celve ttie sanction of the Legislature, there will be
but little left for Councils to do, and they mtght
aslwrll adjourn nine die, except that the law would
compel them to meet ones a year to comply with
the requisitions of the commissioners, to appropri
ate whatever sums of money they in their wisdom
mikbt see Ot to demand from the City Treasury.
It is hardly necessary for me to say anything
further than to add that should these bills become a
law, I cannot bs mistaken in asserting that our city's
credit must be seriously affected, and the tax-payer
be made to suffer to a degree exceedingly dis
astrous.
I respectfully submit the whole subject to your
consideration for such action as In your judgment
tne emergencies or tne case would seem to require.
Very respectfully, Daniel M. Fox, Meyor.
TBE MAYOR AND THB CENTENNIAL.
This communication, with accoranan vlns:
documents, was aiso sent in to uounciia:
Office of the Mayor of the City of Philadel
phia, March 9, I8it. To the President and Mem.
hers of Select Council Gentlemen: It is with the
highest sense of gratification that I am enabled
herewith to transmit to your honorable body a cer-
tineacopyor tne act oi uongress entitled "An act
to provide for celebrailng the one-hundredth annl.
versary of American Independense, by holding au
international jsxnioiuon oi Arts, Manu
factures, and Products ot the soil and
mine In the city or Philadelphia and State of Penn
sylvania in the year 1876, which act duly received
tne rresiaenusi sanction on marcn 8. isii. ac.
companylng the same will be found an otllcial letter
having relation thereto, unoer uate or March 4,
1871. from lion. Hamilton t .sn. secretary or state.
to Hob. William D. Kelley. one of the Representa
tives In Congress from this city, to the latter of
whoml am Indebted for his courtesy and kindness
In proonrtng tbe copy of the act, and forwarding the
came to me. l need naroiy aaa mat tne city or Phi
ladelphia, having been favored so signally, has now
a work of no ordinary magnitude on Its hands, so
rar as its snare or tneianorana auty is concerned:
and I am sure there will be none raoj agreeably en
tered upon, very respectiuuy,
danikl m. vox, i ay or.
LETTER FROM SECRETARY FI3H.
Accompanying the message was the certiflei
copy of tbe act (already published in this paper),
ana tne roiiowing tetter irom secretary a isn:
Department of State, Washington. March 4.
l&ii Hon. Wm. D. Kelley, House of Representa
tives Sir: In accordance with your request in
your letter of tbe 1st Inst., I herewith transmit a
certified copy of the act providing for the holding of
an International Exhibition at Philadelphia on the
Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Inde
pendence.
1 nave tne iiouor to ue, your uoenem servant,
Hamilton Fish,
Tub Theta. Delta Chi Fraternity. This
collegiate association commenced yesterday a
secret convention at the Continental Hotel.
This fraternity has reprefentatlves from every
college of any repute in the land. To-night a
f rand banquet will be given at the Continental
lotel. An oration will be delivered by John
Gofortb, Esq., of this city, and a poem will be
read by P. C. Gilbert, of New York.
Fire Matters. A committee of city officials
from Petersburg, Virginia, tnis morning pur
chased tbe horses, harness, carriage, and engine
of the America eteam r ire engine uompany.
The same gentlemen have also but in offers for
the purchase oi tne apparatus ot the Kasolutlon
a lie company
Child Badly Burned. A child, aged fifteen
months, of Mr. Smith, residing on Thompson
street, above Huntingdon, was seriously burned
about the face and body at 8 o'clock this morn
ing, on account of his clothing having taken Are
from an ignited brush which he had stuck in a
stove. The child is not expected to recover.
Death from Heart Disease This morn
ing William Nothnagle, aged 41 years, died
suddenly at his residence, No. 417 ulianna
street. Deputy Coroner Sees held an inquest in
the case, ana a verdict or. death, ironi heart-
disease was rendered.
"Re aney's Works" at Public Sale We are
reauested to call attention to the fact that the
very valuable works for shipbuilding known as
Keaney s, ironung on tne river ueiaware, wui
be sold April o, by tbe well-known auctioneers,
Meesrs. xnomas & eons.
Philadelphia Trade Report
Thursday, March 9. There is no change in Clo-
yerseed. About 409 bushels prime sold at lltfc
In Timothy and Flaxseed no movements; small
sales of the latter at $2-10 per bushel.
There Is very little doing In Provisions. Mess
Fork is held at (22-50. Beef Hams at 131(339; Hams
in pickle at I4w4'c; sides in salt at l0llc.
Shoulders In salt at 8.H'c ; Lard at 1313c.
There is not much demand for Flour, but supplies
come in slowly, and prices are well maintained.
About 800 barrels were disposed of, Including super-
One at $5-2535-62V; extras at l5-756-25; spring
wheat extra family at S-B7)t(&7-60; Pennsylvania
do. do. f 6-60(37; Indiana and Ohio do. do. at 7
T T5; and fancy brands at 89 50. Rye Flour
commands 16. Prices of Corn Meal are nominal.
There is not so much inquiry for Wheat, aud no
change from yesterday's quotations. Sales of 8000
bushels Western red at 1 1-63(4 litis, and white at
fWixsl-W. By is steady at 11-05. Corn is less
active ; sales of 8000 bushels- yellow at 810. ; some
holders ask more, oats move slowly at 62!f(65c.
Whisky is quiet, we quote W estern iron-bound at
FINE STATIONERY
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Ko. 1033 CHESNTJT STKEET,
1 18 tnthsSSD
BOILERS.
Allen's Patent will Remove Scale from
Steam Bolleri.
Guaranteed not to injure the iron. In boxed cans,
three gallons. Price f 0 per can.
JOSIA1I J. ALLO,
8 8 6l8p o. 4 South DELAWARE Avenue.
MARBLE WORKS.
H. S. TAR II & SON'S
MANUFACTORY OP
Carved and Ornamental Marble
Work,
UIlEEIf Street, above Seventh,
180 8m PHILADELPHIA.
COTTAUE, COMPLETELY FTRN1SHED,
bIt roomfl aud bath, tii leuuu tn to-.., .r .
Queen minutes' ride south or Chesuut; 134; real
estate security. uiress public Keoord
F Q URTH ED ITIOfl
IE LATE. "ARMY OF TUE MTU."
Bismarck Arrives at Berlin.
Railroading In California.
Proceedings of Congress.
The Foreign Relations Question.
Etc.. Etc.. Etc., Etc. EC
FROM EUROPE.
Thtt Cnnrfltloa f Paris.
Paris, March 8 (Special to n. y, Teltgram.")
The city remains quiet, but it is difficult to
say whether it is a calm before the storm, or a
collapse of the revolutionary rising. The Na
tional Guard resist the action ot the Govern
ment for their dlebandment, pile their arms on
the Boulevards, and gather together into groups
with a discontented and angry look.
Tbe Belleville and Montmatre districts showed
no signs of revolt, lhese districts are fre
quented and occupied by the most rabid of the
Blouse Radicals, who swear eternal vengeance
against the Germans and the betrayers of
France.
The palace at Versailles is occupied by a small
army of workmen and upholsterers, obliterating
all traces of the occupancy by the Germans.
The Assembly will occupy it as a council cham
ber immediately after it is prepared for their
use, which is expected to be early next week.
Blnmnrck la Berlin.
Berlin, March 9. Count Bismarck has ar
rived here.
The Late Army of the North.
London, March 9. A despatch from Dieppe
says the Mayor has notified the Prussians they
must feed the private soldiers of the late Army
of the North. The inhabitants are at the same
time ordered to entertain the officers. Food is
plenty at Dieppe, and business shows signs of
life.
This lUornlnc's Qnatatlona.
London, March 911-80 A. M Consols, 91K for
money and account. American securities quiet:
B-208 Of 1862, 2 f; Of 1865, old, 81 V; of 1867, 80V;
iu-408, 89. mocks quiet; arte, loxi Illinois cen
tral. 109 !f: Great Western. 80.
Liverpool, March 9 11-30 a. M. Cotton steadier;
uplands, iyHy.', oneans, iyta, sales to-day esti
mated at 12,000 bales.
London. March 911-30 A. M. Fine Rosin. 15s.
d.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Hennte Caucus.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, March 9. The report is that
Mr. Morton has declined the chairmanship of
the Committee on Foreign Relations, and that
Mr. Cameron, second on the old list, was pro
posed to take precedence of Mr. Sumner, bat
this rumor is not fully confirmed. The debate
was very earnest about recommitting the report
to the committee of five.
Naval Orders.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, March 9. Lteutenant-Com
mander Silas W. Terry is detached from the
Naval Academy and ordered to tbe Severn:
Ensigns James Franklin and Nelson T. Houston
from signal duty and ordered to the Asiatic
fleet.
Internal Revenue Ntntement.
A comparative statement has been prepared
atfthe Internal Revenue Office showing the receipts
irom several sources oi internal revenue tor the
first seven months of the fiscal years ending
June 80, 1870, and 1871, which gives in the
aggregate a decrease of about 7,000,000.
Reslcned.
First Lieutenant Oliver Phelps, 7th Infantry.
nas resigned.
FROM JVEW YORK.
The Ship Ansa Cane.
New York, March 9 The trial of the sailors
of the ship Robert Edwards was continued to
day. Tbe prosecution closed, and the defense
is now submitting evidence.
Female Incendiaries.
Mary Grossman and Mary Ann Brady, domes
tics at No. 211 East Thirteenth street, have been
arrested on a charge of setting fire to the pre
mises. The keeper of the house, Mrs. Crawford,
was previously arrested on a similar charge.
Pension Payments.
Since the 4th instant the pension agencies
have been disbursing quarterly payments to
invalid soldiers, widows, and orphans of the war.
The former have received up to to-day $50,000.
The total amount paid the latter exceeds
27,000.
The Quick Transit Route.
Albany, March 9 Mr. Genet Introduced In
the Senate to-day a bill for a quick transit rail
road in New York, which is said to be a com
promise agreed to by all parties.
lilda for Bonda.
New York, March 9 There were twenty-
iour bias tor goia to day, amounting to
4,083,000, at 10'50ll50. The awards will b
ta, 000,000 at ll-24ll-50.
Tho irlurderer Thomas.
Albany, N. Y., March 9. John A. Goelet,
counsel for tbe negro John Thomas, to be exe
cuted in New York to morrow, appeared before
Chief Justice Church, in Chambers, asking a
stay of proceedings. The Chief Justice ren
dered a decision at midnight last night refusing
tbe application, and the Governor also refused a
further respite.
FROM JVEW ENGLAND.
Khodo Island Republican Convention.
Providence, R. I., March 9 The Republi
can State Convention met to-day. The Hon.
Jonathan Brayton presided, and the old ticket
was renominated, as follows: ror oovernor,
Beth Padelford; Lieutenant-Governor Pardon W.
Stevens; Secretary of State, John K. Bartlett;
Attorney-General. Willard Sayles; General
Treasurer, Samuel A. Parker.
The convention was entirely harmonious, and
the nominations were by acclamation, except In
one instance.
Whip News. .
Boston, March 9. The schooner Arno, from
St. Andrew's for Boston, was wrecked recently
on Wood's Island, and two of the crew perished.
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
Railway KstennUn.
San Francisco, March The construction
of the California Facile branch of the railroad
from Vallego through Sonoma county by the
way of Santa Rosa to Healdsburg, will be com-
CONGRESS. ,
FORTV.FIKST TER n-TIlIKD SRION.
Henato. "
WAsniNOTew. March 9. Mr. Sumner introduced
bis bill of last session supplementary to the Civil
Rights' act, intended to secure equal rigns to
colored people In all nnbllo conveyances, places of
amnsctnent, churches, benevolent and other Institu
tions, etc
lie said mat colored mea were aany snnjccinn to
inconvenience and outrage, by railroads and other
corporations, particularly in the South, and than
a fiepuoiican congress coma not aiu.ru to adjourn
without some legislation to remedy the evil. He
gave notice thst he would press the bill to a vote.
un motion oi mr. neuogg, nev. ir. j. ii. mew-
man was elected chaplain of the Senate for tne
Frty -second congress.
Various petitions were presented, and numnrous
bills Introduced and temporarily laid on the tattle.
lty Mr. Sumner, ior an adjustment or tne t resell
spoliation claims.
lty Mr. C.oroett, vu 1111:01 piiiabv inu jnpni4 nuitm
Navigation Company, confined to navigation of tue
waters of Japan.
By Mr. sneiman. to lacuuawi commerce oeiween
t.h 1 nlted Mates and China and other Astatic
countries, being a bill Introduced at the la.-tt session
ror IDS incorporation 01 a company, wim a c.auu.ai
of Ave millions, to carry on a general commercial
business with and construct public works in those
countries.
By Mr. Carpenter, to runner aa ministration or
Justice.
Bv Mr. Harlan, to ratify and carry into effect the
constitution and form of government for the Iadlau
Territory, adopted at tne recent inoian i;ouncu.
Upon tbe conclusion of the morning order of bual
ness the benate adjourned till to-morrow.
House.
The Speaker proceeded to the call of States for
tills, commencing with the State of Malue.
Mr. naie introduced a oui to repeal tue auty on
lialt.
Mr. Wood sBked Mr. Hale to add to it a provision
to repeal the duty on coal.
jut. naie saia mat tnat was a uistncr, suniect,
snd that he intended to introduce a bill for that
purpose also, and he moved to refer the bill to the
Committee of the Whole oa the S'.ate of ths
T'nion.
Mr. Cox That will be tbe death 01 it. Let us pass
t now.
Mr. fan) sworlh is It not necessary that it shall
go to the committee or tne w noie?
me eneaker ies, 11 nitre oe oujcutiun to ins
poking or it in the House, if there be such oojoc-
tion it can be entertained now.
Mr. Mercur objected, and the bin was then re
ferred to the Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Hale then introduced a oiu to repeal tue a.uy
on coal.
Mr. McGrew objected to its being censuiprea now,
and it was also referred to the Committee or the
Whole.
Mr. Cox then moved to 00 into committee or tno
Whole for tbe purpose of taking up and passing
these two bills.
Mr. McGrew called for the yeas ana nays, which
were ordered.
Mr. Dlckev moved that the House adjourn.
Mr. Randall moved that when the IIoobj adjourn
to-day It be till Monday.
air. Cox nopea tne House wouinnot aajourn wii,u.
out repealing tbe duty on coal and salt, so that
members niluht go home satisfied with themselves.
Mr. Dawes hoped tne House would not agree t
adjourn over till Monday without wading to see what
the senate would uo on tne subject 01 uuai aajouru.
ment.
Mr. Randall withdrew nis motion, ana tue motion
to Hdionrn was netrattved.
Mr. Packer, of Pennsylvania, then moved that
when the House adjourn to-day It be to meet on
Rattirdav.
Mr. uox nopen mere wouiu ue uo uuuustermg on
these measures.
Mr. Dawes made tho point of order that Mr.
Packer's motion was not in order.
Tbe Speaker suHtitlned the point of order aud had
the rules bearing on the subject read.
Tbe vote was taen taken on Mr. Cox's motion to
eo into Committee of the Whole, aud It was agreed
to yeas 112, nays 75 and the House thereuuon at,
1 o'clock went into Committee of the Who.e on the
state of the Union, Mr. Dawes lu the chair, aud took
on the bill to reneal the duty on salt.
Mr. Hale said he did not wish to Introduce any
measure that would protract the session, but the
House had already at the last se.ssloa manifested its
wUh to repeal the duties on coal and salt, and put
tnem on tne iree list, ana mere was tuereiore w
need of discussion. H moved that the committee
r.se In order that he might move in the Hous to
close tbe debate, and he signified hla intentlot then
to accept an amendment to add coal to the bill.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, appealed to tho
House not to begin the Forty-second Congress by
applying the gag law, but to allow debate on the
question.
Mr. Cox It has been debated two years.
Mr. Myers Inquired from Mr. Hale whether he
would admit an amendment to repeal the income
tax.
Mr. Randall made a like Inquiry as to tea, coffee,
ana sugar.
Mr. Platt, a like Inquiry as to tobacco.
Mr. Farusworth. One thing at a time.
Mr. Hale declined to admit amendments that
would embarrass the bllL
Mr. Cox advised him that he would lose the bill if
he allowed it to lie loaded down.
The motion that the committee rise was agreed to
93 to 71.
Mr. Hale then moved that all general debate ba
closed in Committee of the Yv' le ou the bill to re
peal the duty on salt
Mr. Dickey moved that the nouse adjourn.
The House refused to adjourn yeas 77, nays 107,
and the motion to close debate was agreed to yeas
oa Man m
The Speaker announced the standing Committee
on Elections as follows: Messsrs. McCrary, Steven
son, Hale, Poland, Flnkelnburg, Thomas, Kerr,
potter, ana Artnur.
legal irji'ULLiaarccLD.
A Church Case.
Ais Piius Judge Williams.
Tbe Court began the business of the March session
to-day.
'ine commonweaim ex rtu ueorge coraon,
John Kisrgerstarx, upnraim xoung, itonert e. Taylor,
James Siewart. P.obert Fletcher, and James Uovd
vs. Thomas Johnston, Thomas M. Kerr, Charles
Williams, A bra in Walker, James Smitli, William
G. I'c iter, et al
This is an Issue found for tbe jury nnder a writ or
one warranto, and the question to be decided is
whether the relators or the defendants are thu law
ful trustees of the First Unformed Presbyterian
Conirreratlon. The relators claim that they were
dul? elected trustees on the 4th of January, lStiO,
and the deiendauts maintain that they were elected
on the tirst Monday In January. 1S70. Tue divisi 111
In the church occurred because of a difference of
oninlon resardlnir the modes of worship, and ecli
section itiaintalns that it is the church, and entitled
to the church property, on trial.
Molten Mat.
Diutrict Court. Xo. 1 Judges Uare, Stroud, and
Thayer.
The general motion liat will be called in this
court to-morrow.
Criminal Business
Court of Uuarur tiesion8 Judge Peifcj.
Mary Sharker pleaded guilty to a charge ot lar
ceny. She said she was under the Influence of
liquor at the time, and unconscious of whit she was
doing; and also that she had several little children
dependent upon her for support. The Jud-, in
the goodness of his heart, Imposed a merit u nnlual
sentence, which allowed the poor woman to leave
the court immediately, with a grateful heart and a
him resolution to reform.
Robert Kuilth nleaded guilty to a chirge of lar
ceny, snd was sentenced to the County Prison for
ore tear.
William Gilbert was convicted of assault aud bat
ter? unon his wife. She was ci lnpelled to livd apart
from him and work for her living, and he weut one
morning to her place of employment and cruelly
struck her on the fa -e with ins fist, lie was sen
tenced to the County Prison ror two moutru.
Baibara Herman pleaded guilty to two charges of
larcenv. She weut to a shop lu Second street, au I
took away goods under the pretense of all iwing
them to her nusbaud, and raiieu to return tuem
then she managed to steal a watch and breaplu
from another store. The Judge sentenced her to
an imprisonment of three years. John Herman,
her husband, was foucd pii'lty of rucelvlng and
pawning the goods she had stolen, and was sunt
below for one) ear.
Christian Presseinan pleaded guilty to the charge
of stealing lli'tv pounds of mgar from ths store la
which he was employed as porter, aud w&i sen
tenced to the County Prison for oae year.
LF.QAL NOTICES.
IN THE ORPHANS' COUHT FOR TilK CITY
AND COUNTY OK PHILADELPHIA.
Katate of HOHAi'li H1NN kV, Jr , t(l
The Audit jr appoiuted by the Court to au.l.t, settle,
and arijuat the account of WII.LIAivi j
B1NNEY, acting executor of HORA" BINNEV,
Jr., Eq., deceased, aud to report distribution of tn
balance 111 the hands of the uccouiiiaut, will
meet tbe parties interested for the purpose of hi ap
pointment on WEliNliSOAY, March i-d, 1ST1, at
U o'cloc k M., at his ortlce, No. 131 Souta FIFTH
birett. In the city of Philadelphia,
GVOlsdB M. CONAUROTi,
S C.ri-V.t -ii -".
F1FTII EDITION
THE LATEST NEW8.
The St, Louis Hurricane.
The Killed and Wounded.
Casualty at the Coal-fields.
Miners hniolbered to Death.
tie, Uic. Etc.. B. Etc
FROM THE WEST.
The Great Tornado ot Ht. Lonta-Mat of Ca-
uaitien.
St. Louis, March 9. The deaths caused by -
the tornado which passed over East St. Louis
jesterdsy as far as kuown are seven, as follows:
John Ualpin, employed on the bridge; John
B. O'Neill, purchasing agent of tbe Southeastern,
Ralnoad; John Vogel, Daniel Collins, Timothy
Drunim, Isaac Evans, engineer on the Chicago
and Alton Railroad, burned iu the round-house
John Lisley, a brakemau on the Toledo and
Wabash Railroad, aud a teamster name un
known.
Of the wounded the following are most seri
ously hurt:
Heury C. Creveling, Superintendent of the
Wiggins Ferry Coinpauy, right shoulder frac
tured, and head cut by chimney of ferry-boat
falling across his carriage; George ochone,
master tuecbaulc of the Chicago aud Alton Road;
terr ible cut on the head and legs badly crashed;
Margaret Conway, both legs broken; Michael
Conway and two children fearfully cut about the
head aud badly bruised; Louis Parvin, head
badly cut; -L. Marks, of Nash
ville, Illinois,, head shockingly cat;
Charles Parry aud Thomas Hamilton seriously
out; Pi ter Flynn, leg broken; Frank Donegaa
and wife badly hurt; Milieu McFarland, seri
ously; Aaron Stannus, agent Ad tin' Express,
head badly cut; Harvey Stockman, baggage
master of the Toledo and Wabash road, head
terilbly cut; Timothy Douohue, same road.
bead badly cut; William Deuett, fireman, Wa-
t ah Road, shoulder dislocated; William Hill,
blacksmith Wabsh Rotd. hjul terribly cut.
prebebly not recover; Peter Phl-
lihon, conductor Pullman sleeper,
seriously; Lucy Glasgow and Barbara Slncraft,
fcerlouely, the latter will probably die; Margaret
KkLardson aud child, seriously, latter fatally;
Margaret Nolen atid child, badly cut, latter can
not recover; Ellen Dalton, seriously; Timothy
Howard, of the Chicago Railroad, terribly cat .
about the head; E. Powell, head cat, W.Stark,
pilot of the ferry boat, eeriouly; Matt. Quinn,
Vandalia Railroad, arm broken; Frank Edwards,
engineer Vardulia Railroad, terribly scalded;
W. F. Gainey, foreman Vaud tlla round house,
arm broken. Tbe less seriously aud slightly
injured will ontnumber the above. .
The immense ma.-s of framework in and
around tbe eastern abutment of the bridge, con
sisting of derricks aud missive supports for
other hoisting apparatus, was blown down like
so many seeds. Some thirty families are ren
dered homeless by their houses .being blown
down.
Most of tbe latter are totally de.troyed. The
steamer Mo lie Able was lo-t. lhe chimneys
and texas and all the upper works of the iron
ram Vindicator, owned by the ferry company,
were swept away. Tbe tug boat Hj.vUt, be
longing to the Bridge Company, lost her u .per
works, and Captain Montgomery blown iuto the
river, but he was saved with slight injury.
FROM WASHINGTON. "
Mr. Sumner Deposed front tho Foreign Affair
ouiiuittee.
Special Despatch to The ISventng Telegraph.
Washington, March 9. The Senate caucus
has adjourned, after agreeing to the report ol
the special committee to revise tbe Senate com
mittees. The committee's report was suitalned
by a vote of five majority. Mr. Sumner is
removed, by this action of the caucus, from
his position as chairman of the Foreign Rela
tion Committee, and Mr. Caine on is appoiuted
in his place. Mr. Sumuer is not on the com
mittee at all. He refused to accept the chair
manship of the Committee ou Privileges and
Elections. Tbe matter creates great iudHraa
lion among Sumner's friends, aud there is some
talk of bringing the matter np in open Senate.
FROM THE STATE.
Miorra Niuoiuered 10 Death.
Ashland, Pa., March 9. Patrick Burns and
William Bannister, miners, were smothered by
gas last night while at work in the mines of tbe
Tunnel Colliery, near this place. They were
both men of family aud members of the Miuers'
Union. Their bodies have not yet been re
covered. FUVAni.'U Aim CO.rt VI BUJ
EvKtftNi TnLSuani Orrioa.1
iTburodaf, Mtroh 9, 17 C. (
There Is no change to note iu the money mar"
ki t, the supply aud demand beiug well balanced
and rates easy to good borrowers. The stuck,
niurktt is not so active as yesterday, but there
is a fair demand for call loaus at previous quo
tations. Large amounts are beiug offered at 5
fa5K per cant , with exceptional trans.ictl us at
ti per cent, on miscellaneous securities. Tnere
is only a moderate supply ot regular commercial
paper, and tbe demand being good, rales con
tinue to rule eay. We qute prime names from
60 to 90 days at 7 per cent., aud at 7,' to 8 per
cent, lor longer dates.
The gold market Is quiet and strong, opening
and closing at 111''-
Government bouds are comparatively qilet
ami steady at last quotations.
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