MAP hi A ! I - VOL. XV. NO. GO. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 23.V187L ! ' : DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. - t . . i l i a . I I t t FIRST EDITION Kotes of the War. "sus numor st. cloud Troubtes tang the Fenians. The Impediment of Ggy. Halden. Outrages in the . South. U. S. Assessor Flogged New Jersey Owned by 'Erlo." A Great Wrecking Schem?. Detention of U. S. Mails. PARISIAN WAR NOTES. The Paris Famine Prices. The London Daily Petes' Paris correspondent gives an account of the famine prices daring the siege, which will surely be historical. He adopts the pound as the unit of weight, and the pound sterling as that of value: Salt pork, 1; ham, J.2; fresh butter, X3 8s. 4d.; vegetable butter, a mixture of cocoa fat and grease, 14s. 6d.; olive oil, 1 4s. 2d,; German sausage, of horse flesh, fe. 8d.; black pudding, of horses' blood, (is. 8d.: pudding of horse chitterlings, 5s.; horses head, collared (no pun meant), 63. 8d.; Ger man sausage, of beef and pork mixed, 9s. Cd.; dog flesh, Gs. 8d.; preserved meat, said to be beef, 16s.; mushrooms, an excellent and nutritious edible, 5s. 10d.; brawn of horseileeh, fls. 8d.; sugar. Is. 8d.; honey, 10s.; chocolate, 4s. 2d.; rice, Is. 8d.; Gruyere cheese, 25s.; bread and biscuit, Is. 3d.; patent soup, glue belDg its base, 10d.: osseine. a gelatine obtained from bones, 26.; kitchen fat, tallow, 8s. 4d. ; 1 cwt. of wood, 10s.; the same quantity of coal, 12. fid.; a hectolitre, 10 litres of coke (price Is. 5d. before the siege), 15s.; a single egg. 2s. Oil.; a hen fowl or a chicken, 2 5.; a cock, 3; a goose, X'O; a turkey, X'4 12s.; a duck, XI 15s.; a pigeon, 12s.; a rook or a crow, 53; a tparrow, 10d.; a bare, X3 5s.; a rabbit, 2 5s.; a rabbit, X2 5s.; the brain of a sheep, 5s.; a cat, XI; a rat, 2s. 6d.; a pie, said to be bare, and weighing 1 lt., X3; the same, but of poultry, X2; the same, but said to be of beef or pork, XI 5s.; a tureen of fillet of horseflesh, same weight, XI; an ordinary sized box of sardines, 13s.; a tin of preserved peas, weighing one pound, Cs. 8d ; the same of French beans. 7i. Cd.: a litre of haricots, 6s. 8d.; a cauliflower, 12s. 6J.; a carrot, 2s. Cd.: a beetroot or mangold wurtzel. Weighing one pound, Cs. 8d.; an ordinary sized cabbage, 12s. Cd.; aturnip.2s.;arootof celery,2i.: an endive, 2s.; ten litres, a French boisseau, or bushel, dry measure, of onions, X3 4s. 2.1.; a clove of chalot, 10d.; a clove of garlic, a eprig of thyme, with one laurel leaf, 3d.; a leek, Is. 8d.; a bushel, ten litres, of potatoes, i; the came measure ot charcoal, 5s.; and so on through the entire chapter of all the necessaries cf civilized lile. Ht. Ulead la Rales. A correspondent writing from Versailles says: The other day I made a pilgrimage to St. Cloud. I cannot describe how utterly destroyed it Is. Hardly a house remains untouched, and very many are mere chaotic masses, not one stone standing on another. The Kue Koyale looked like a long glacier of fallen stones and rubbish. The dark figures of three German eoldiers, returning from a search for wine in the cellars under the ruins, wound their way among the heaps. The Kue de rUgllse, I think, was the very centre of the ruins. I sat down on the top of a pile of stones as high as the celling of the first floor, just opposite to No. 34, where there was a table Sapeur Pompier attached. Before me a whale house had fallen in except the party wall, on which were traceable the out lines 01 the various floors ana rooms, sja the second oor was A HANGING KITCHEN, with all its appurtenances complete. Plates and saucepans on the stove, over it a frying-pan, - a 'gridiron, three handlrons, and at the side a little box for matches. And at the end of this vista of blackened ruins stood the church. white, uninjured, shining in the sun. To get at the church was much more like toiling along a deep gorge, over MASSES OF LOOBH BOULDERS, , between precipitous overhanging crags, than Jassing along a street. Two or three times heard an avalanche of falling walls. In the porch there was a board placed on three chairs, which told me thatll entry was "cerlo ten." The doors, I could see, were charred, as if from an attempt to fire them. One painted window 1 noticed riddled with the bits of an exploded shell. With these exceptions the church had apparently come out of the fiery oraeai unecatnea, as 11 oy a miracie. THE FENIANS. The Aaaaal I leaveailea The lrUh Bailee haabttcs by stTivi, A convention of Fenians met in New York yesterday. John Savage delivered a lengthy address, in which he alluded in no very compli mentary terms to the course of the Irish exiles In fonnlne a "Directory. In his address Mr. Savage made an elaborates statement of the transactions of the Brotherhood for the Past three years, its relation to the party v represented by General O'Neill, and referred to the existing relations of the Fenian Brotherhood rv treatment of the Fenian prisoners in British 1 dungeons, and gave a statement of the negotia te Hons for union or outside societies on a renian the negotiation for union with General O'Neill's Earty, to the reorganization of the Legion of t- Patrick, for which a military board was ap pointed, with General Miller as President. The relations of the Fenian Brotherhood with the home organization and with the Irish Republi can Brotherhood remain the same as at the last General Convention. His efforts to place the organization on a firm basis were frustrated by causes tending to create a diminution of lulth and continence in eacu other respec' tlvely. lie then referred to the action of the Brotherhood in respect to American citi zens confined in British prisons. He next entered apon the negotiations with the Fenian exiles lor the effecting 01 a nnlon, and expressed his opinion that those exiles rather hastily assumed to dictate to tDem ana to com mand the resources of the Fenian Brotherhood in the United States. lie referred to the fact fiat the Fenian organization was a representa tive body, whereas the position assumed by the exl'es in forming a Directory was thoroughly tntagonlstlc and at variance with the instincts and policy 01 American citizens. According to the constitution of the Fenian Brotherhood, the name "reman cannot te men up. I The members here rose md cheered heartily. 1 John fcUtchel endorses the Directory formed by the exiles, tad hat sect them a chec for W. GOT. HOLDES'8 IMPEACHMENT. North Careltna'a Rewnr ! a .ttaa VTh Cp held the Uw, That bands of men in dixgulse have from time to time committed outrages on individuals in different parts of North Carolina has never been denied. The victims were generally, but not always, negroas, and the punishment was ia some instances not undeserved. But these cases were made a cover to the real designs of the Ku-klux Klan, and led to the impressloa that its acts were but a epeiies of wild justice not altogether to be regretted. Many persons of both parties believed them to be committed for private revenge, and not by an organized asFoclatlon. Even when it was proved, by the preliminary examination, in August, 1809, of the Lenoir county prisoners for conspiracy and arson, that there really was a regularly organized secret association known as the Ku-klux Klan, it was generally believed to be a merely local combi nation of the whites, in that portion of the State where the negroes largely predominated, for the protection of the farmers and country people against bands of negroes, who were known to be roving about committing depredations, and in some instances murder and arson. But, although five of these prisoners turned Slate's evidence, and exposed the secrets of the Ku- klux, ana tne crimes they had committed, no one was convicted. Governor Uolden, finding that these murders and outrages by bands of persons in disguise continued to Increase, and that, although large rewards were ouerea tor tne arrest ot tne perpe trators, no arrests were made, or, if made, that the prisoners were invariably released on tae testimony or men wno were believed to be members of the Ku-klux Klan. Issued a pro clamation in Marco, loTU, declaring tne county of Alamance in a state of insurrection. In a letter to President Grant, informing him of this proclamation, he said: "l cannot rely on me minua to repress tnese outrages, for the reason that, In the localities in which they occur, white militia of the proper character cannot be obtained, and it would but aggravate tne evil to employ colored militia. In a subsequent letter to the Senators and Re presentatives 01 tne State 01 rsorth Carolina in Congress, the Governor stated. "X have called on the President for aid, but he is restricted by the right of the writ of habeas corpus." Matters continued to grow worse, not only in Alamance county, but in the adjoining counties, and every man orougnt accounts, either or outrages com mitted by the Ku-klux, or retaliation for such outrages on the part of others, principally negroes, wdo Durnea Darns, stables, mills, and dwelling-nouses, ibe Governor, in J uly, 1870, issued a proclamation declaring the county of Caswell alio in a state of insurrection, and proceeded to call out detailed militia selected from the State at large. Had he been judicious In the selection of the officers of that battalion of militia which was sent to the infected counties, nothing probably would have been heard of his impeachment. There appears to be no doubt that both Colonel Kirk and his Lieutenant-Colonel Bergen made nnne ce6fary arrests, treated their prisoners with bru tality, ana eniorcea no discipline among tbeir troops. 1 ne?e acts led to tne impeachment of Governor uolden by the House ot Kepreseuta tives of North Carolina. SrfALL-POX. Spread of the Oantaalon The Itenaea Aaalgaed ot- m ucuiiu AuiBeriuea. The utmost exertions ot tne health authori ties have as yet failed to effect any marked diminution in the number of cases reported. Last week the number of patients suffering from this disease was thirty in excess of the number reported during the preceding week, ana mis lact nas causea some alarm. The health authorities complain bitterly of the apparent determination on the part of the friends of persons sick with small-pox to keep the fact a secret from everybody. Not only do some medical men omit to inform the autho rities of such cases as come under their notice. but the friends of the sick persons sometimes will not call in a physician, fearing he may re port it. The inspectors, during tbeir labors last week, fonnd three children sick with small' pox hidden under a bed, tbeir friends meanwhile denying that there was sickness in the house. in outer instances iamiues living in tenement bouses have studiously concealed the presence T . I . r ... t f . . 01 the lnlectlon Irom their immediate neigh bors, and the latter have been Ignorant of the danger until too late. The natural and Inevitable consequence ot this course of action Is already beginning to show itself, several isolated cases ot smallpox having occurred in sections hitherto free from the contagion. The disease is most prevalent in the seventeenth. .Nineteenth, ana Twenty- first wards; very few cases, comparatively, havicg occurred on the west Bide of the city. a. J . evening iron. A KEW QUESTION, Fraaecatlaa fer Deli1o the Ualtcd State mail. Information was made before United States Commissioner Gamble yesterday, . by Captain rbilllps, ot the united estates mau packet juiet taln. which plies between this city and Browns ville, charging Captain Groves, of the tow boat General Larimer, witn detaining tne united States mall. It appears, from what we could learn of the matter, that on the evening of the 11th inst. the towboat General Larimer passed into lock No. 2, a short distance ahead of the Cbleltam, and Captain Wood, the lock tender, refused to open the gates and let hio throngh until after he had passed the mall packet Chief tain through. Captain Groves, while admitting that the mall packet was ordinarily entitled to preierence, neia tout tills was not one 01 the cases to which that preference extended, and refused to back out of the lock to let the Chief tain through. Captain Wood was determined. and as neither appeared willing to back down from the position they had taken, the General Larimer lay in the lock for over six hours, and it was for this detention that the prosecution was Instituted. Captain Groves contends that he had run his boat into the lock before the whistle of the Chieftain giving notice of its ap- proach was beard, and that as it only requires about ntteen minutes to "lock a boat through. his boat might have been pased through the lock before the Chieftain arrived. There has for some time past existed a difference on this point between the packet company and towboat- men, and this Is probably a test case. Japtaia Groves waived a hearing and entered ball for his appearance at court. Pitttburg Commercial oj Wednenaay. TOO MUCH OATE8. Threateaa la Sheet a Bell-bey. James A. Oates. who for a reasou or two was tbe manager of the Fourth Street Theatre in this city, and who is the husband of the direc tress of a well-known burlesque troupe, last week In Memphis achieved considerable noto riety by threatening to shoot a bell-boy. Ills lordship arising on that particular morning fa a somewhat morose humor, and desiring to pe ruse tbe morning papers, called the bell-boy and requested bim to ooiain tne aesirea papers, tne bov could not procure them, and so told the courageous Oates. This put him in a terrible rage, and be at onee threatened to shoot the juvenile, and the wonder is how he could deny blmtelf tbe pleasure of carrying ont the dire threat. We are of the opinion that Oates is a follower ot "Bombastes Furloso," who upon on occasion declared: "He who dares these boots displace Mukt meet liombas tea face to face." Cincinnati Timet. Utica Is making great preparations for the 1 - w KEW JERSEY BETRAYED. Erto I' we a the Ieal.lntareTwe Vlrterlee- The xticb wti Betrayed the fecpie. Trenton, March 23. The battle has been fovgbt, and the Legislature has betrayed the people. Two exciting contests in the Assembly completed the victory of Erie. The first occurred in tbe morning over the bin wmcn repeals tne last year's law exempting Erie from the pay ment ot taxes to Jersey City. The greatest excitement prevailed. Immedi ately after the bill had been taken up, Mr. Val entine moved that it be laid over, that the mem bers might investigate It. Several speeches were made, when Mr. Val entine asked leave to withdraw his motion, but, as objections were made, tbe vote on the motion to strike out the enacting clause was taken, and tbe motion not agreed to, as follows Yeas, 23, nays, 34 l his would seem to have been against Krle. but Immediately after came the victory of the tricksters. Mr. Valentine moved that the bill be laid over, which was adopted. The votes. as follows, show who voted for Erie: 1 eas Alcott, Barton, Bradshaw, Doty, Ilemlsch, Illtchner, Hopper, Horn, Irwin, Kngler, Learning, Leslie, Martin, Maxwell, Nicholson, O'Brien, Over helser, i'erklns, 1'ursell, Klpley, Robins, Kulon, Kunyon, Sanderson, Sllverthorn, Smith, Thorn pnn, ValentiBe, Van Kiper, Yoornees, G. Wilson, Woolery, Yates 83. Navs Anness. Brnere. Bunch. Canfleld. Ooogan. Condlt, Dickinson, Fielder, Fisher, Grosscup. Haight, Hemingway, Hornblower, Horner, Joy, Kttohell, Lefevre. Miles. Patterson, Roberts, Saaxay. Starts. Torbert, Warnn, 11. W. Wilson 25. Absent iiiancne, House a. When the vote was announced, and It became manifest that again had Erie exhibited the autnority it nas over the legislature, the excite ment ran high, and all sorts of denunciations of tbe Erie Assemblymen were heard. An equally bitter tight occupied all the after noon session. It will be remembered that the Senate some time ago passed a repealer of last year's one penalty act. The repealer went to tne House judiciary committee, tne majority of whom subsequently reported a substitute, which, instead of depriving Erie of some ot its powers, was really to the benefit of the railroad, and the minority reported the original Senate bill. This afternoon the matter came up, the lobbies and galleries being crowded. All tbe speeches were of an earnest and de cided character. The friends of Erie did all in tbeir power to worry their opponents. While Mr Niles had the floor, Mr. Leslie, who bad voted for Erie In the morning, moved to adjourn, but the Speaker refused to put the motion. Then the lobbies created confusion when speak ers opposed the majority report, until finally Mr. Sanxuy called the attention of the chair to tne disorder, saying that it seemed like a per sistent effort to drown the remarks of the speakers. xon Abbott, wno is Known as one ot Erie's lawyers, occupied a member's seat in the Immediate rear of Mr. Valentine, and frequently entered into bnort converse witn tne latter, wno again championed Erie. The engrossing clerk of the Senate, James Moore, did all in bis power to disturb the proceedings, purposely laaing to tne Assembly, one oy one, messages announcing the passage of bills by the Senate. Messrs. JNUes, Joy, 11. vv. Wilson, and aanxay favored tbe minority report. Mr. Wilson denounced it asasname that when the people of the State apply to the Legislature for an enforcement of tnelr rights, Erie should be allowed to stand at the door of the State House at d say, "Thus far shalt thou go, and no lurtber." AH in vain. A motion or Mr. valen tine to lay the matter on tbe table was agreed to by the following vote yeas 29, nays 27, LAWLESSNESS IX MISSISSIPPI Shameful Oatrace-A Valted Mtatee Aaseaaer Oivca One Haadred ltshea by a Baad mf Ka-klaa Appeal ta the Uevereaaeat far Aid. The Jackson (Miss.l Pilot, of the 10th instant. has the following: Hon. Allen P. Hugglns, the United States Assessor of the Third district, and who resides at Aberdeen, Monroe county, was, a day or so ago, compelled to go out In his county in pur suit of the ordinary requirements of his office. While so engaged ne stopped tor a snort time at the house of a gentleman, where he was well received, and all the courtesies that could be expected from a stranger were extended to him. it was aDout ten miles irom Aberdeen. While there he was waited upon by about one hundred and twenty-five men, as we have been informed, and ordered to leave the country in ten days. He was then taken out by the masked men, and given one hundred lashes and then released. The leader of the party said that there was no prejudice against Mr. Hugglns individually, but that it was the intention of the people whom they represented not to pay. tbe taxes wnicn were assessed upon them last year. If officials are to be driven ont of the State simnlv because they attempt to enforce the laws. It is time that some change was made in the police arrangement of this State; time that the National Government sent an armed body of troops, a good large detachment of the regular army.bere to regulate and restrain the turbulent and disorderly bodies who are now perpetrating tbe most damnable abominations and outrages throughout the State of Mississippi. Something most be done to change the order of things. The Governors of the respective States which are afflicted by these outrageous proceedings will be unable to abate them till an army and a navy, ready for active service, are placed at their command. ' THE &TEYENSBATTEBY. VTerk It at a Htaad-atlll-ResUaatlea ef Uenerat Ulel'lellaa aa Kaglaeer Foade Kx- haaated. Tbe long-talked-of "Stevens Battery." which for the last twenty-six years has been in the course of construction, may now be said to be at a stand-still, as very few men are now em ployed upon the huge iron-clad. Yesterday our reporter visuea tne oattery in question, to ascertain wnat progress naa oeeu made dur lng the past half year, and found that but little had been done towards Its completion, and at the present time there Is no indication of any progress being made, unless Government should again take tne matter in nana. From inquiries made by our reporter, he learned that the work bad been stayed, owing to tne want of funds, tbe last million of money bequeathed by the late Mr. E. A. Stevens having- been nearly exhausted. General McClellan, who received f 10,000 a year as Chief Engineer, has resigned his posi tion, owing to there being no iunas, ana now the battery is nnder the control of Engineer Newton, a nephew or uenerai new ton, and Mr. Pierce. It is said that a thousand men could well be employed on this enormous structure. with which force it could be finished in six months. It is mmered that the Stevens family have given up all their interest in the battery, wnicn Has csueea a leariui expenditure in its construction, and thus save themselves from the expense of an endWsa litigation with the autho rities of Jersey City should tbev seek to claim tier under the devue made by Mr. tstevens. iv. X . Timet to-day. Tbe King of Denmark boasts a team of reindeer. Pittsburg has 17,000,000 of capital iavested In tbe manntocture ot glass. There are 197.K88 volumes in tbe Congres sional Library at Wasnlngton. Census figures for eighteen States are com' plete and being onlcialiy printed. Twenty-five bridges in Morgan county, III. were swept away by tbe recent flood. Three letters that spell brandy B R and T. W e've heard it spelled o. I). V. also. St. Petersburg has five dally papers, with an aggregate circulation 01 w,vw copies. OCEAN TREASURES.' A Oraad Wrecking Biptdlttea-fftery at the Ieee afthe Ma a Fedra Kht Haadred Per eeaa Drewned Treaaarea of Ueld, Hllver. aad Preclena menra, at the , Jtettem mt CamaaaBaj. Tbe brig Nellie Gay. Captain Scandella. now moored at Hoboken, which nails to-morrow for XNew ixmaon and irovldence to receive steam dredging apparatus, will start May 1 for the port of Cumana, Venezuela, to work npon the old wrecK 01 me une-ot-battie-ship Ban Pedro de Alcantra, which sank in that harbor in 1815, with a very large amount of gold and silver on board. The Nellie Gay is sent by the American Submarine Company, of which General Am broee E Burnside is President, and William M. cauey vice-rreeiaent. in the middle of February. 1315. there sailed from Cadiz, Spain, an expedition almost rival ing, with . its 09 vessels, the famous Armada wnicn more man tnree hundred years before had set sail from the Tagns for the annihilation of tbe English navy. This fleet was Intended for tbe complete subjugation of the young re publics of South America, which were then struggling to throw off the Spanish yoke. The flagship of tbe squadron, the Don Pedro, had on board tbe chests of tbe paymaster, contain ing neariy 4,wu,uw in Bpantsn doubloons. The fleet .sailed , nnder sealed orders. . When General Morillo arrived at the latitude of the Canary Islands the orders were opened according to instructions, and he ascertained that be was to proceed direct to tne coast 01 Venezuela. Alter experiencing some very stormy weather, in which, however, none of tbe vessels were lost, the flotilla came to ancbor, April 3, 1815. at Puerto Santo, to the windward of Carupano. near tbe island of Mar- gar ete, in Cumana Bay. un me eve 01 me departure, a fire was dis covered in tbe spirit-room of the Don Pedro. The flames spread very rapidly and were soon seen streaming from the portholes forward and aft. The fire speedily reached the deck and rendered the attempt to launch the boats inef fectual. As the guns were all loaded, none of tbe other vessels dared to approach, and while the air was filled with the screams of the women and children, tbe ship's after magazine ex ploded. Tbe whole stern of the San Pedro was blown into the air and the vessel sank in ten fathoms of water, with about 800 persons on Doara, not one 01 wnom was saved. A contract was granted to the American Sub marine Company on November 17, 1870, by the Nenezuelan Government. The terms are con sidered very favorable. The company agrees to pay a royalty of seven per cent., and to main tain a fiscal agent on board. Tber are allowed to import tbeir machinery free of all port or national duties, me Drig iNeiiie Gay was pur chased and she is now taking in coal at the Ho boken docks for the purpose of working the maemnery to be put on boara at rrovidence. She is a handsome looking hermaphrodite brig of about 200 tons bnrden. She was built at Mill- bridge, Me., In I860, and rated last April Al. Tbe cabin is aft and is 36 feet long, furnishing ample accommodations for the officers and divers. I be 'mldsblp section is clear, and is intended for the engines and boilers, which Willi be placed in position when she reaches Cumana. The forecastle is fitted up for the receptloa of the crew, and has berths for 15 men. The officers ot the vessel are Charles Scandella, captain; George W. Fuller, superintendent of the expedition; W. M. Greene, financial agent; William lligglns, first mate; 3 divers, 3 engineers, and 8 seamen. Her machinery will be of the moat imnrnved order, and will consist ot steam dredging, div ing apparatus, and air pumps. She will also have on board a steam-tender, 35 feet long, Altogether, tne expedition will cost about $50,000. After receiving her machlaory she will return to New York to clear from the Ven ezuelan Consul at this port. She will then loncn at mguayra, on the Venezuelan coast. to take on board tbe fiscal agent before going to tbe scene of operations. The divers expect to do at woik vy me last 01 May. DEATH AT SEA. Anether Ocean Steamer Deprived ef her First uiiiwr nnriii a v ay ace. The Baltimore Sun of yesterday save: The North German steamshlo Baltimore, of the Baltimore and Bremen line, arrived at this port yesterday. The Baltimore came into port with her colors at half-mast, her commander, Captain Voeckler, having died at sea on the fourth day out from Southampton, and waa burled in mid-ocean, when the first mate as sumed command and brought the ship into port. Captain Voeckler was well known and highly respected in Baltimore, he having commanded the pioneer ship of tbe line between Baltimore and Bremen, and received the hospitalities of tbe city on the occasion ot his first arrival. Captain Voeckler bad been unwell fer some time previous to the sailinsr of the steamer, his complaint being dropsy of tbe stomach, but as the time approached for sailing, and feeling better, he insisted on making the voyage. He was not confined to his state-room until after leaving Southampton, and on the 9th, when lour days out, ne expired. ldoal lUTnLLiapricn. Jadcaieate. Supreme Court in Rant Chit Justict Thomnion and - jxtagt tuaa Agnew, snarsioooa, ana trtUtam. The following judgments were entered this morn- Long vs. Fuller. Error to Common Pleas of Brad. ford county. Judgment altlrmed. 'j bis establishes tne ngnt to appropriate private property for school BurDOfcea. Read, J. Duncan's and Blake's appeals from District Court Of rbiiaaeipnia. tiudgnieut amnneu. Read, J. Grover's appeal from the Common Plea of Scuuyl kill county, Decree reversed. 8haraw io(. J. Leach vs. Ansbacber. Error to Common Pleas of Luzerne county. Judgment reversed, and proce dendo awarded. Rhargwood. J. Chamberlain vs. Morif an. a rror to Common Pleas of Schutltlll county. Judgment affirmed. Shara wood, J. McConaghy vs. Kirk. Error to District O urt of Philadelphia county. Judgment affirmed. Shara wood, J. Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Company vs. Kmitn. Kiror to Common Pleas of Lu Kerne county. Judgment affirmed. Shars wood, J. The reargnment of the Philadelphia eases was begun 10-aaj. Crlmlaal Caaea. Court 0 Quarter KesMiun Judge Ptiree. The six young men who were Indicted for the outrage recently committed near Martinsville were In the dock again to-day, but their case was not called for trial. Charles Howard pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a gold watch from the Adacs Kxpreas Company, by whom he was employed. Joseph Ray was tried upon the charge of larceny. It was testihed that he met a drunken man la a tavern at Twenty-Ant and Ht. Mary streets, and, pushing him down into a chair, took his purse from bis pocket and ran away. The defense offered evi dence of good character, and attacked the credi bility of the Commonwealth's witnesses, and the jurv rendered a verdict of not guilty. William Buck was put on trial upon the charge ot highway robbery. Jumes a. Wlllard testiQed fat on the night f Friday, January 13, he went to bit hoose, o. 11S0 Hancock street, and learning that his sister was at a company in the neighborhood, he started tt escort her home ; when Le drew near Ulrard avenue, a nice-looking man asked him what time of night It was, and was t ld it waa near twelve a'cinck; the stranger said, "11 a vent you a watuhv" Mr. Willard, suspecting the man's design, said he had not; at that moment the ruffian threw cayenne pepper into bis ees, and called oat, 'Ho, Fritz :" then the prisoner came np aud struck him (Mr. Willard) oa the temple, rendering him uncousuious: be was beaten In such a manner that his health has been enouHly impaired; his watch, sleeve-buttons, and fii-bO in money were stolen from huu. lit said be had no doubt of back's identity. The case is yet on trial. SECOND EDITION TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS. Release of French Prisoners. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. Heavy Robbery in Hew England. The Shoemakers' Strike. Matters at Harrlsburg. The Apportionment Bill. Extenalve Robbery. Norwich, Ct., March 23 The jewelry store of John Gordon, at New London, was robbed last nlefct of gold and silver watches and other goods to the amount of 110,000. The entrance was effected through a trap-door to the adjoin ing candy store, and thence by cutting through the board partition to the jewelry store. The Crlapla Strike. Boston, March 23 John Sullivan, engineer of Pbypps & Son's shoe factory la Hopklnton, was examined in that town yesterday, charged with the committal of a recent shooting by which Joseph Whitney and John T. Sweeney were wounded. It appeared from the testimony that the defendant was approached by a crowd of Crispins, and, fearing an attack, fired npon them. The wounds are not dangerous. ' Sulli van furnished ball in $ '2000 for trial, and was at once reinstated as engineer. , FEOM THE ST.1IE. IyecMattve Anpertlenoaeai. Special Despatch to the Evening Ttttejraph. Habrisburo, March 23 The House Com mittee on Apportionment have been engaged during the last ten days in preparing a new bill to meet the views of the Republican majority. It was expected that the bill would be reported to the House this morning, but In consequence of adjournment over until next Monday, it will not be ready until that time. . , JBBOM EUROPE. - French Prlaonera Released by Dermnav. . Versailles, March 22. All . the principal officers of the late Imperial army have returned to France from imprisonment in Germany, and are without exception retiring from the military serv'.ce. rEXySYLYANI A LEGISLATURE. ' - sieaate. ' Habrisbukg, March 93. Among the bills reported were the following: Senate bill regulating marriages, amended bo as not to apply to Philadelphia. Senate bill to perpetuate the evidence of certain conveyances in the Bush Hill estate, Philadelphia, as committed. Senate bill to change the mode of electing certain ward omcers of the Twenty-second ward Philadel phia, as committed. House bill relative to fees of the erlers of Schuylkill county conrts, as committed. , Senate supplement to the acts authorizing the erection of public buildings In Philadelphia, with a negative recommendation. This Is the bill Intro duced by Mr. Connell and known as the Compromise bill. Mr. Connell moved to have the bill recommitted to the Local Judiciary Committee, where It should have gone at nrst, Instead of being sent to the General Judiciary, as it was purely local. The yeas and nays being called, SO voted for the recommit tal and 11 against. So it was recommitted. The vote on recommittal was follows : Ayes Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Bllllngfelt, Brooke, Connell. Crawford, Delamater, Duncan, Evans, Findlay, Oraham, Henszey, Knight, Miller, Momma, Osterhout. Randail, Butan, WareL. White. ' Noes Albright, Brodhearf, Bnckalew,' Davis, Dechert, Dill, Magle, Petriken, Purinan, Turner, Wallace, Speaker. Mr. Dechert presented petition of ten thousand eltierns in favor of repealing all acts authorizing the Commlf slon to erect new Public Buildings. Mr. HUllngfelt Introduced a bill te Incorporate the Susquehanna and Hanover Junction Kallroad Com- Eany to build a road from McCall's Ferry and Safe arbor to 11 anover Junction. Mr. Buckaiew, ene supplementary to Bloomsburg act of March 4, 1670. Mr. Dechert, one to incorporate the Protection In surance Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Phila delphia. : ... . , Mr. Crawford, one to incorporate the Silver Spring Coal Company. Mr. Brooke, one supplementary to the act to pro vide for the extinction of irredeemable ground rents, approved April 16, Ibj9. , Mr. Duncan, oie authorizing the State Treasurer to pay Edward K. Biddle live thousand one hundred nd sixty six dollars and twenty-four cents, with interest from Jnly IT, 1660, in full satisfaction of bis claim upon the State arUlng oat of the sale of the Franklin Railroad. B" mease. The following public bills were considered : . House bUl relating to oaaala, railroad, aud Incor porated companies, which are authorized to con struct railroads, aud authorizing such companies to purchase and hold stock and bonds, to lease roads and property of and consolidate with each other, was amended by confining its operations to Wyo ming, Wayne, and Luzerne counties. Mr. Craig afterwards moved to strike out Luzerne county, believing the bill to be a . combination against the mining laborers. Mr. Keene asked If the W. B. A. anil the Miners' Union were not ronsolldated. Tbe motion was dliagreed to and a general dls cuisioD followed on the intercut of capital aud labor, Mr. Keyburn endeavoring to Incorporate an amend ment to the effect that when any individual stock-1 bolder of any company merged becomes dlssatladixt be may on six months' notice receive the full value of bis stock. Tbe debate fJnaliv drifted Into a debate on the miners' bill, rates of transportation, etc, tbe friends of the W. B. A. opposing the bill as oaluulated to build up railroad monopolies which would oppress the miners. Finally the House refused bv a vote of 41 s ves to 60 noes to pass the bill to a second reading and' it waslosL Mr. Miller introduced an act extending the limits of the Income of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, authorising them to hold; real and personal estate of the clear assessed value of thirty thousand dollars In addition to that which they now hold. Passd finally. Mr. Blilott presented m petition from 12,000 cltl eena of Philadelphia for the repeal of the actereatlng a Public BuUaings Cummisslon fur Philadelphia. Baltlaiare rreaaea Market. BaLTmoaK, March 83. Cotton dull; low middling, Uo. Flour firm, and low grades faruLy active; Howard street superfine, IS-ti'Kta-; ; do. extra, Jt07-6; do. family, City Mills super due, 6-76T-75; do. extra, J-Ttyn8- ; do. family, S fi0,4 11; Western superfine, 5 7frt; d& extra, do Tltf; do. family, 7Hk48W. Cloverseed dull at fto. Wheat quiet aud easier for prime and choice. Corn steady ; white Southern, Mo. ; yellow Hooihei 1, Cats dull at t-M&oo. Metis pork weak at M-"5. Bacon quiet; shoulders, 9itko. 1 rU Bides, lie. Hams, lllbc Lard steady at 130. Whisky dull 1 at mo. OBITUARY. Ilea. Theaiae CI. Clay. Thomas Mart Clay, the second son of the cieat Henry Clay, died at his country residence, tear Lexington, Kentucky, on Saturday evening last, In tho sixty-eighth year of bis age. lie was born In tbe year 1803. Theodore, the oldest son of Henry Clay, was born in 1800, and died a short time ago. Henry, the third son, was born In 1819, and was killed at the battle of Buena Vista. John, the fourth son, who Is still living, and who is a leading stock-raiser of Fayette county, Kentucky, was born In 1821. Thomas In herited his name, from hi 1 grandfather. He received . his education at Transylvania University, and was afterwards for a while at West Point. He afterwards studied for the bar, to which he was admitted, and gave promise of fine legal powers which would have insured his success in that department had he devoted him self to the pursuit. But after becoming ' master of such' legal knowledge as he pursued,- he resigned all practice and retired on a compe tency to a country-neat, where he has since resided. Ha married when young a Miss Mon telle, who Is still living. He had two sons and two daughters. - - : (.. . 111 .' r : FINANCE AND COMMERCE. EvEwisa Tiljmraph Omrtl ' Thursday. March S3. 1671. I , The money market is decidedly active to-day both on speculative and business account, and full employment is readily fonnd for all funds available at the banks and outside. The spring campaign is inaugurated, and all departments show a fair degree of activity, with a corres ponding demand for money for legitimate busi ness purposes. The rates for loans are firm, and for over 60 days they are decidedly higher, but there is no very great pressure nor any scarcity t of available funds for good borrowers. - We quote on call at 5G1 per cent., and on dis counts at 78 per cent, according to dates. . t Gold Is quiet, the only sales being on regular business account at 111. Government bonds are quiet but steady at Inst night's fignres. ' v The stock market was dull but firm.' Sales of State 6s, first series, at 103 and War Loan coupons at 104. City 6s were in demand, with sales of old bonds at 101i; new do. at 101; and ante-war do. at 102. Reading Railroad sold at 5l-3l(S51 and Pennsylvania at 61j561. was bid for Little BcnuyiKin and 41 for Catawissa pre ferred. The ' following banks have subscribed throngh Jay Cooke & Co. to-day for the new five per cent. Government bonds: First National, Allentown, Pa $172,000 Cumberland, Bridge ton, N.J.... 03,500 First National, Trenton, N. J , 320,000 First National, Monroe, Michigan .... 7,500 First Natlenal, Jefferson, Ohio 0,000 York National, York,' Pa............. 363,000 National Bank, Catosauqua, Pa 300,000 -r i- ' - - $1,265,000 PHILADELPHIA 8TOCK EXCHANGE SALES: Reported by De Haven Br4 No. 40 S. Third street. ' $1000 Pa R 1 mt 6s.i037i 16 ah Readincr Tt... Kl e ' iuw no 101 v . t'JOOPs 6s W L....M4 11700 City 6a, New.101 $1600 City 6a, prior to '62 .. 10iW $22000 C A m 68,'89 S tiooo PhUa B7s.. 86; $2600 Leh R L ei yt 100 do 830.61-31 203 ah Penna.. .b3fl. 61 v xsts ao 100 do b60 st do MOshLeh Nav..be 130 sh Cen Trans.. 61 CIV 33 H 4$ ! BETWEKN BOARDS, ffsooo 8nsq Cnl 6s. be 49 1 100 sh Penna R.b30 10a ah Cam ft Am.. 116 I lOBunorriBinn... dk 200 Sh Leu M.. D30 38 MB8BR8. William Piinrxa CO.. No.M 8. Third street, report the folio wing quotations : U. 8. as of 18818, llBHBJtf; o-80sofl86a, 118112; do.1864, U1111; do. 18(lllni; da, Suly, I8al HSa1.0'.0-' Ja" "7, 110110,4: do. July; lJ0W 5 H10BX. Gold. 110 U1. U S. Pacific R. R. Cur'cy 6. liaxana XUaa it IiAdkbh. Broken, report this morales: gold qnotauoiu aa follows t-T uai loeoA.M Ill I12-23P. M. ill 1VS2 " 1H 19 24 " 111! 19-90P.M.... Ill 1S-23 Ill 19-21 " HO?1 rMlaaelptala Trade Report. : Tbcbsdat, March 23. Seeds Cloverseed la dull nd drooping-. Sales at 10llc., and CO bags rr cleaned from second hands at lljic per pound. Timothy may be quoted at $77-25. Flaxseed sella In a small way at 2'io. . . Bark In the absence of sales we quote No. 1 Qaer eltron at $31 per ton. The Flour market Is dull at previously' quoted rates. The demand la confined to the wants of the home consumers, whose purchases foot op 700 bar rels, Including- superfine at $3-0033-75; extras at $66 ts; Wisconsin and Minnesota extra family at $Ja!7-87; Pennsylvania do. do. at $4-26(47; In diana and Ohio do. do. at f7-2337-7S; snd faDc. brands at $8g f0, as in quality. Rye Flour sells at $5-7!H3. In Corn Meal nothing- doing. The Wheat market is flrm, with a steady demand for prime lots from the home consumers, bales of 400 bUBhels Indiana red at $170; 1200 bushels Ohio do, at $1-67 1-71; and 800 oushels Kentucky white at $1-80. Kye sells at $1-09 for Pennsylvania. Corn Is dull at the decline noted yesterday. Sales of yellow at 8B0. in the cars. Oats are steady, wita sales of Pennsylvania and Delaware at 6i,flVo. 1 Whisky Is unchanged. 60 barrels western iron bound soldt2tf. . : . - . LATEST BHirPWG INTELLIttEXciT PORT OF PHILADELPHIA MARCH 2$ RATI Or TBIUOMim AT TBI IVSKIXS TO.KOKATH orrtoa, 8 A.M.... 61 1 11 A. M.. 61 tP.M. 67 Sim RrSU B-68 MOOK8BTB...m 8 49 Strtc Hire 6 lsiHiaH Wats a. 3-23 By Telegraph.) Nw Yobx, March 23. Arrived, steamships Wey bossett, fm Havana, and Abyssinia, from Liverpool. CLEARED THIS MORNING. " Steamer Tauony, Nichols, New York, W. M. Balrd k CO, . Steamer Monttor, Jones, New York, do. Bark Laura Maria, Swartz, Cronstadt, L. Wester- gaard k Co. Schr Sarah Clark, Grlfflng, Greenport, Sinnlckion AC. , Schr Maria Fleming, Williams, Norwich, do. Schr Kmroa M. Fox. Case, Weymouth, do. ' Barge Emma Buster, Bourke, Jersey City, do. Barge LUzle Doherty, Moure, New York, do. . ARRIVED THIS MORNING. . Bteamer Jan. 8. Oreen, Carr, from Richmond via Norfolk, with mdse. to W. p. Clyde Jk Co. Steamer E. C. Biddle, McCue, 24 hours from Ne York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde ft Co. bteamer F. Franklin, Plerson, 13 hoars frera Balti more, with indue, and passengers to A. Groves, Jr. Steamer Anthracite, Ureeo, 4 hours from New York, with mdae, to W. M Balrd Co. Schr Eliza W. Godfrey. Loper, fm Maurice River, With wood. Schr William Wilson, Jenkins, fromS&lem, with grain to H. Wlnsor A Co. Schr Manawav, Wakeiey, from MUlville, with lroa pipes to R. D. Wood fc Co. Correspond" rf The Evening Telefiravh. TiAbluN . McMAUON'S BULLETIN. Niw Vokk Orrics, March Si. 17 bargee leave In tow toDlfht for Baltimore, light. Alien atunro, with brimstone, for Philadelphia ; poo White, with scrap iron, for Trenton. BALTiaosi Bhakch Okkici, March 89. The foI lowing barges leave In tow to-night, eastward: Lyons, Thomas and Matthew, Nl Hart, M. B. Born, Amelia Hinds. Chesapeake, John Pease, Jr., F. Bachelder, John Pease, Freeman Phillips, John Tracy. Ahwaga, C. B. leigh, M. o Brlen, Princtws, and W. Norman, all wi:h coal for New York. Thomas Malouey and E Leila, with coa!, for Phila delphia ; A. V. Joaim, with carooys, for Camden. Philadelphia Bhanch OrncK, March 23. 18 regular and S transient barges left this pert yester day, light, for Baltimore.; JLB.C
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