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VOL. XV. NO. 75.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 30, 1871.
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FIBST EDITION
THE PROSPECTS IN CONNECTICUT
Tammany's Long Finger
Fx-Secrctary Welles on Grant.
The Fenians in America j
WhatEnglishmen Think
IIow Wo Helped Trance.
JEfC
Etc. Etc.. CtC. Etc.
CONNECTICUT.
Prospects of the Fight at Close lu niters
Tlic linng FluRer of TminnuyTlic
CState to lc Sold Iy Its Governor.
A despatch to the N. Y. Tribune from Hart
ford fays:
The only question now is this: Can Governor
English deliver f Upon this the betting books
are made up. Can the sale just made at Albany
to Tammauy be consummated ? And that de
pends very much upon whether the good people
of this little Commonwealth get "praying mad,"
as it is called. For if the State really rises up
to a sense of the shame impending over It, and
fights as it did In 1800 half the time on Its
knees it is irresistible. But to-day it does not
half comprehend Us danger, and I doubt that it
will not realize it until too late.
A careful survey of the political field of the
State, with access to the best sources of inform
ation, discloses some things not generally known
outside. I find that the Republicans expect to
carry the IState upon a fair poll. And this ex
pectation is based upou the actual state of the
canvass. The party was never in better work
ing order. Its local committees were never
more active. The result in New Hampshire had
a stimulating elTcct, after the first surprise was
over, and it was understood. The efforts of the
Democracy to get the negro vote was a miser
able failure.
Tbe Stale is Roiublieau on ah honest poll.
The Democrats were frightened at the facts.
Two weeks ago they felt defeat in the air. They
had no confidence to bet on English. Within a
few days, with no change in the canvass here,
except in increasing brightness on the Republi
can side, the Democrats have suddenly become
confident of winning. Their betting men have
entirely changed their tone. They ap
pear to bet as on a certainty, and
their confidence has just this basis: they
learn that the State has been sold! There is not
a sign of any other reason for their confidence.
Governor English has been up to Albany, and
arranged the matter with Mr. Tweed. The thing
is to be done in the usual Tammany style. 1
do not know how much money Is to come here,
but It is to be enough or what is supposed to
be enough. My information about tui ia en
tirely conclusive to my mind, and it la amply
sustained by wbat I see and hear in innerclrcles
here. 1 have decided intimations that the at
tempt to flood us under with money is to be
made, even in Mr. Strong's district
You, of course, know why Tammany wants to
carry Connecticut, and why Governor English,
is willing to be its tool. Tammany is extending
its New York tatties to nail sal affairs. In
order to keep up the impression of the "tidal
wave of Democracy," it is necessary to follow
the New Hampshire victory with one In Con
necticut, ana for other reasons railroad
and money-making schemes Tammany Hod
it convenient to own this State. Governor
English is llattered by the leaders of your ring
w ith the notion that if he can carry Connecticut
he is the most available man for the second, if
not for the first place on the next Democratic
ticket. Comical as these pretensions are, he
has them; and they have led him to forget his
honor as a man and as a citizen of Connecticut.
Of course your shrewd politicians laugh at
him, but they are quite willing to use his vanity
to make Connecticut a tributary slave of Ta
many. '
You will see that this is the game that will
develop this week. And it will win unless the
Republican part' is ronsed into such a religious
ana patriotic edthuiaani as saved the State in
1800. . ,
, WELLES OS GRANT.
Tlie Kx-Secrt'tary lu opposition to tlie
AdiiiluKtratlou Dennmlntloii of Ivu.
klux I.cjjUlatlou.
Hon. Gideon Welles comes out in a vigorous
letter against Grant and the course of the Re
publican party in Congress in respect to the
lurther reconstruction of the Southern States.
He says'
I bave no respect for those who claim that it la
necessary for .Massachusetts or far others to super
vise Virginia and to take care of the people of that
and other (States In their local concerns. If the
Iieople are Incapable of self-government, oar system
s a failure. If the people of the States respectively
cannot make and execute their own laws, but are to
be governed and controlled in their local, municipal
affairs by a central power, then American democracy
and American republicanism are mere snams ana
deluBlons. The Union of these States can be
preserved only by maintaining the reserved and
guaranteed rights of the States. If the Federal
Government is not restrained by eoiuttitutionai
limitations. It is a central despotism of unlimited
power and authority. The laws of Congress giving
the president authority 10 introduce military at tne
elections, aud all schemes by which the Central
Government assumes to take cognizance of and la
punish oilenses by Ku-klux organizations, or bv
others in the states, are, like almost every
act In what Is called reconstruction, un
warranted, unconstitutional, centralizing, and
revolutionary, Punishment for crimes against
the law of a State committed within the jurisdiction
of a State belongs excluslyely to the State and not
to the General Government, l am aware that the
attempted justification of these usurpations la ne
cessity always the tyrant's plea for crime, opprea
eion. and wrong the sham excuse which was set up
for the wrong Inflicted in Kansas, aud for the
greater wrongs since Inflicted on Georgia
and other states of the South. While not
disposed to obtrude my opinions upon
others, I desire not to be misunderstood. I
fully recognize the necessity of party us a
- r.Jn .oaantl.l rin.ii .laa l.nt I... tlin
lurnill bvl punuilu CHtmuu ' ...vifico , vuv iw vuu
means be subordinate to the ends. I am a Demo
crat, but not a secessionist, who would admit that
a State has a rlcht to withdraw from the Union.
and throw off lu federal obligations. 1 am a Re
publican, but not an exclusion!! who would ex
elude States from their rightful representation In
Conirreta. deny them the right to frame their fun
fiauiKiitui litwx. the risrht to regulate their own
domestic affairs, or deuy ftiem their reserved aud
undoubted exclusive right and authority to 'punish
oriHBsea committed within their respective Jurisdic
tions. This doctrine of secession aud this doctrine
of exclusion are each "shams" each Incompatible
with a federal union, each inconsistent with and in
violation of the Constitution, and each subversive o(
the Government. 1 therefore opposed the Buchanan
administration, ana x aiso op nose tne uram ammo
lsiraliou. Gideon Wbll.es,
Over 2000 persons in England cwn pleasure
achts.
A ouu-pouna-caintn was recently caugm at
Davenport, Iowa.
bouth America has famished San Francisco
with a liye ttnco.
THE FESIASS IN AMERICA.
A Blast from HTlie Thnndrcr.'
The London Time, of the 17th instant, says:
The released Fenian prisoners continue to be
treated almost as national guests in the United
States. The vote of welcome passed by the
House of Representatives has been followed by
an interview with President Grant at the White
House, and during their stay at tbe capital they
were hospitably entertained by the Washington
city government.
Nations are proverbially Incapable of seeing
themselves as others see them, and we may
freely admit tbat, from an American point of
view, Irish treason must wear a very different
aspect from that in which loyal Englishmen
regard it. No doubt this dlllerence arises iu
part from the patriotic self-deception to which
Englishmen, like other men, are liable; but It
arises in at leaBt an equal degree from the igno
rance of tbe American public. A half-educated
American knows even less of English government
than a half-educated Englishman knows of
American government. All monarchies in the
eyes of such a man are equally tyrannical, and
all republican movements are equally admired.
There is nothing to choose between
English despotism and Neapolitan despotism;
Irish Fenians must be sufloring .under
some grievous oppression or they would
not be always conspiring, and having hoisted
the republican flag, they deserve the support of
the Ikiitcd States. We are the less disposed to
be severe on these reckless judgments because
it must be confessed that foreign patriots have
sometimes been welcomed in thu country with
little concern for the sensibilities of tbe govern
ments against which they had rebelled, and,
perhaps, with little appreciation of the princi
ples which they represented. Even Garibaldi
was, doubtless, cheered and feted by people
who had not the faintest notion of what his
political or religious creed really was,
and who only recognized in him the
enemy of the Pope and the Neapolitan Bour
bons. After making every allowance, however,
both for possible bias on our part and palpable
ignorance on the part of American politicians,
we cannot but consider the reception of these
Fenians in the United States thoroughly dis
creditable. Assuming that O Donovan Rossa can
be classed with Garibaldi, this precedent can
only be cited at best to justify the distinctions
showered on him by individuals or private asso
ciations, and not the congratulations ottered
him by the House of Representatives and local
public bodies. But a much fairer and more ap
posite parallel is afforded by the case of Jef
ferson Davis, who embodied a cause espoused
by millions in America, and supported, as we
are often told,' by the general sympathy of our
own upper classes. Now, we venture to say
that In the English House of Commons the
idea of presenting an address of respect
or condolence to Mr. Jefferson Davis would
have been rejected with a unanimous shout of
reprobation, and that for the simple and sufll
cient reason tbat it would have given just
offense to a friendly nation. Yet it will hardly
be maintained tbat Southern Independence was
a less respectable aspiration than Irish inde
pendence, or that Mr. Jefferson Davis was per
sonally lees deserving of such homage than
O'Donovan Rosea and his associates. Nor can
it trnly be asserted tbat we have an advantage
over America in having no "Irish vote"
to conciliate. We have, as a matter of
fact, an Irish vote to conciliate, and the
inducement to bid for it by an unfriendly
attitude towards Italy, for instance, might some
times be a severe trial of Ministerial virtue but
for one decisive consideration. That considera
tion is that with us base or perverse impulses
are, for the most part., kept In check bw tho
superior iorce oi nooier auu souuuer impulses.
It is the reproach of American politics that an
Irish colony, which native Americans hate and
despise with a far more than Anglo-Saxon arro
gance, is, nevertheless, petted and applauded
In its wildest demonstrations of hostility to
Great Britain without protest from those who
know better, and with a painful disregard not
only of international courtesy but of national
dignity.
EXPORTATION OF FIREARMS.
Eighteen Car Roes Sent from tlie United
State to Fruuce-Cash. Kcallxctl, $13,
800,000. At the cost of no small labor to the patient
officials of tho New York Custom House statis
tical department, we are enabled to present in a
bird's-eve view the total exportation of firearms
to Juirope trom tne united states, pending tne
late war in France. No less than eighteen car
goes were sent out, either for I ranee direct or
tor ranee as tueir tinai destination. Ana tne
fact calls to mind the sapient looks of oar large
dealers in firearms, in months which are gone,
when they disposed of troublesome questions
with the reply, "Nothin' doin'." They were too
comfortable with their fat contracU,and did not
wish to be disturbed.
Some persons are wicked enough to insinuate
that these articles not long ago belonged to the
ViitbVU VIA fcUV VUV1I 1 lJ UVS VUW
market from the arsenals just in time to meet
the wants of anxious buyers. However this
may be, there is no doubt that an enormous
onantily of refuse and decayed implements of
war, remaining on hand since our lata unplea-
sadtness with tbe South, have been transmuted
into gold, and by no common process of al
chemv.
Cargoes 18 Knapsacks so.sio
Guns. 009,631 Revolvers 21,700
Kiiies 94,400 Artillery, cases 109
PiHtnlH 3S.S00 Boxes Rinnmnt-
Sabres ll.ioo; tion 13,315
Carbines bijou; rrimera 4,wo
lotteries vi aiue tu.fciujw
Cartridges 11T,082,SJ9
It would not be literally correct to eay mat all
of these warlike stores went either to France or
Germany, but 1 rench agents secured by far the
largest proportion, as is well known. And as
luck would have It, considerable supplies
arrived in France after hostilities had formally
ceased. ir. J. Commercial last evening.
THE SAN DOMINGO C03IHTSSI0X.
A Ietter of Tliauka to the Commander
of
the Teuucee.
The following letter was handed by the com
tnlHsioners to Cantain Temnle:
The Commissioners or tne i ni tea states to sauto
Domingo before leaving the Tennessee desire to
place on tneir record tne louowing memorandum:
We feel in duty bound to record our hearty thanks
to Captain Temple, of the United States steamer
Tennessee, for the admirable manner in which he
naa uiscnargea tne many anu aunuuit amies imposed
upon him in connection with our mission.
ins loresignt in planning ine aiuereuipans oi ine
voyage so that the greatest advantage could be
taken of all the time at our disposal, his skill and
prndence in the management of bis ship, his care in
regard to everything of substantial Importance, and
his Independence of mere formalities; his tact iu
ueaung witn many mmcumes wh cn. arising from
the unexpected number or persons of different aims
and pursuits embarked in bis snip, and whlcn under
a conjiiiBBaer or less otting quality niignt nave lea
to constant ill-feeling, aud nta courtesy under all
circumstances, bave earned both our gratitude and
our respect, and it is witn pleasure that we here re
cord our sincere thanks to him and our best wishes
for his welfare. . i . v ade.
ANOBKW D. WHITE,
SAXl'M. G. Uowk.
By order of the commission,
ALi.KN A. Bckton, Secretary.
llomantlc Career of tu Iowa Girl.
Still auother Amazon Is revealed In Iowa. An
Ohio girl enlisted at Muscatine in 1861 in the
24iu Iowa Infantry, served till the close of the
war, and returned to her father's house, where
the was warmly welcomed, but told nothing of
her army history. 8he invested In Iowa lands
and became rich. Finally a member of her
former regiment tell in love with her, without
the least suspicion that the bad been his com
rade. but as he was not at all shocked at the
recital, they were married, and she lor the first
t;ii.e to.d ae loiiti about tier uuiitary career.
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
Fiisrjcn civil war.
Operations of tho Robots.
Conflict with the Governmsnt.
the coriDiTion or faxix3.
Tho German Occupation.
IROM EUROPE.
The Condition of Pai ls,
Pa kib, March 29 Noon. The city is quiet.
At the sitting of the Sub-Ccentral ommittce to
day, General Duval submitted a proposition for
the disarmament of a portion of the
National Guard
which had not given in adherence to the Paris
Government. M. Assay, in a speech, said the
Republic had formed a
Commit tec of Public Safely,
and ran no danger from its opponents, who
would be Bhot if they attempted any ulterlar
measures. All conspirators will meet the same
fate. The Nouvelle liepublique makes
A Demand for Act Ion
on the part of the committee. It is stated that
Deleecluze has, in consequence of the declara
tion on the part of his colleagues that the posl-'
tion was incompatible with his dignity, resigned
his membership in the council to which he was
chosen. Deputy Fierad has resigned his seat In
the National Assembly.
What the "Ciuard" Have Cost the People.
The Journal ties Debats makes a statement that
the National Guards had cost the people of Taris
three hundred thousand francs daily.
Doings of the Regular Government.
Versailles, March 29. Deputies of the De
partments of Vosges, Meurthe, and others have
proposed to ask the National Assembly to send
commissioners to the department", to organize
forces to march on Paris. The Government has
dissuaded
The Legit ImlMt Deputies
from holding meetings. It is stated that the
Bourbon Fusion
has been accomplished, with Count Chambord
as its acknowledged head, and that its chiefs are
framing a liberal constitution providing for a
Parliament on the model of England.
The Orleans Family.
The Government has lately expressed Its regret
at the opposition shown to it by the supporters
of the Orleans family.
in command of the army by General Barral.
General Charette has succeeded in arming and
placing at the disposition of the Government
8000 Bretons
The Communists' Outposts
have been placed on the roads from Paris to
Versailles to prevent reconnoissancei by the
troops of the Versailles Government. There is
great
Disorganization In the Postal Service
and other departments of the French public
service.
The Nationals Demons! rated
yesterday in favor of the Commune in the Place
Hotel de Ville.
Tbe Liberie say that four thousand
English Have Hesiimcd Residence In Paris,
and Thiers and the head of the London detec
tives are in the city.
The sub-Central Committee of Paris has de
clined to
Abolish All Police Force.
A slight rising in Perpignan failed to
meet the support of the people of that city. A
despatch from Versailles to the Times says
Ponyer Quartier and aldan have been negotia
ting at Rouen, and that after several telegrams
had been exchanged with the Government at
Berlin, Herr Frolich, the German civil admlnls
trator In France, consented to
An Increase of the Garrison
of Tarls to 80,000 men. General Vinoy is still
in command of the French army. Blanqul is in
hiding and has not yet been present at any meet
ings at the Hotel de Ville. Pyat has withdrawn
from the Communal Council of Paris, and will
give exclusive attention to the editorship of the
Vengeur, the future oHlcial organ tt the Com
mune.
A despatch from Versailles to the Telegraph
says there was
Picket Firing Last Mght
between tbe Nationals and Government forces
on the road between Versailles and Paris. The
Government has, after consultation with Gene
rals Ducrot, Loflo, Ochuzy, and Trochu
decided upon
A Plan for an Attack on Paris.
In the Assembly on Wednesday Thiers made
a speech in which he admitted that
The Germans were Kvacuutlug Frauce
irregularly, and there were still too many Ger
man troops in the country. He laid the blame
for the delay on the Parisians, and announced
that a convention had been signed which
would put an end to all irregularities on the
part of the Germans.
Marseilles Hultt,
A despatch from Marseilles says all is quiet,
The authorities have suspended all action for
the present, because the National Guard refused
its services. All business has stopped.
This Morning's Quotations.
London, March 80 1180 A. M. Consols for monev,
02'.- for account. 93. American securities nutet.
l ulled States bonds of Wi, 2j4 ; of lS65, old, 81 'i ;
of 1807, 1 : ten-forties, 69. Stocks are Ann. Erie
Kallroad, 18; Illinois Central, 111; Great West
ern. 11.
livkhpooi., March 80 1V80 A. M. Cotton quiet;
uplands, Td. ; Orleans, T'd. Tbe sales of to-day
ire estimated at l'AOOO bales. Corn, Bis. 8d. for
Lew.
This Afteruoou's Quotations.
London, March so l-so p. M. Consols for
money. 83; for account, W31;. . American securities
Arm. United States Bonds of U&i, 9i)H of 1m7,
fi Great western uauroaa, .
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
Charged -with Smuggling.
1 ortlixd, March 30 Kobert Wallace, a
fireman on the English steamship Peruvian is
under arrest for smuggling. It is alleged that
several Portland merchants of good standing are
jiDj'Ucateu.
THIRD EDITION
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.
Ku-KIux and Amnesty.
The Questions Complicated.
The San Domingo Scheme
Not to be Considered this Session.
Later from Europe.
Death of the Quoenof Sweden
American Records at Vienna.
Minister Washburne's Paris Despatches
FROM WASHIJfaiOX.
Governor llolrtcn, of North Carolina.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, March 30 Mrs. Holden has
joined her husband, ex-Governor Holden, in this
city. It is uncertain whether he will return to
North Carolina, owing to the large number of
suits which will be brought against him for
arrests which the Court of Impeachment declared
illegal.
The Ivii-IvIiix and Amnesty Bills.
Special Veevatckto The Jtoening Telegraph.
Washington, March 30. When the House
comes to consider the Ku-Klux bill with a view
of amending it, the General Amnesty bill will
be ottered as an amendment, it is believed that
there will be enough Republicans to unite with
the Democrats in favor of amnesty, to pass the
amendment. I his will complicate tne bill and
may end in its defeat, as the Democrats will
vote for the amendment and then vote against
the bill on Its passage.
The Judiciary Committee of the Senate.
which does not favor the House bill, is pre-
Darinar a bill which which win probably be re
ported as a substitute for the House bill.
it nas Deen conciuaea Dy me rresiaems
friends in the Senate that it is best not to con
sider the '
San Domingo Scheme
at this session. This has been the view of the
President all along, but there were those who
thought it better to dispose of tbe matter at
once. The statement of Mr. wade and other
members of the commission that it was better
to act on the matter at once, on account of the
peculiar condition of affairs, there has had bo
weigntwitn tne senate. Air. waae is or tne
opinion that Baez cannot maintain himself until
be made it will, in the opinion of Mr. Wade, go
far to settle tne internal troubles of tne country.
The Tabling of Sumuer's Resolution.
The President's friends in the Senate regard
tbe tabling of oumner s resolutions about San
Domingo a great triumph, un the other band
Sumner, Schurz, and others say the President's
friends were afraid tofdebate the question, and
got it out of tbe way because they could not
answer tlie charges ot usurpation of the war
powers of tne constitution.
Sir. Washhurue Telegraphs
that it is difficult to predict what will be the
end of the present troubles in Paris. The insur
gents are strong in tbe cities, but not in coun
try. The emissaries of Napoleon are in France
busily intriguing to restore the empire. It is
believed they cannot succeed without outside
aid, and the mention or his name only creates
greater disorders. No man, Mr. Washburne
says, has yet appeared who has the confidence
of the people.
Destruction of Partly Printed Bonds,
Detpatek to the Associated Press.
Washington, March SO. The destruction
recently at the Treasury Deportment of forty
millions ot partly printed lunaea loan Donas
was not as has been stated, because they were
so badly executed that the Secretary deemed
them nnht to go to tne puouc, dui oecause ne
came to the determinatloa to have the backs of
the bonds printed In New York, and the face
and seal printed in the Treasury office of en
graving ana printing, tne oann note compa
nies beiner paid for getting up their own plates.
It became necessary to destroy the above-named
bonds. Tbe loss by the destruction involves
only several hundred dollars, as they were of
the higher aenommauons.
The New I.onii.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Hablcht & Co.. United States Government loan
agents for Great Britain, have subscribed for
one million dollars of the new loan to day,
making two millions taken by this firm since
their appointment. Henry Clews fc Co. also
subscribed for one million to-day.
FROM JVEW YORK.
Tlku A ltitfnrtla at Vtfikitn.
XT r n Vm lt ftiri fl TIia ttrlAf Qpfrinnt nf
the celebration of Washington's birthday at
UIO viv.iv.uu.viu. uvw uuuv.uuv.wv.
to the American Minister their consent to a
COPY ucing maue ui currenuuuuuuco rci-cuuy
disclosed in Imperial archives of Baron fde
lieeien, tne envoy oi mu ruiporor muscu ai,
.4ttAn frrxm K.w Vnrlr And Phlla.lAlnhl& at.
tend from August, 1784, to January, 1789. But
the cable account was inexact . in adding that
Mr. Jay had said he hoped soon to lay these
valuable records before the American people,
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A f Intdlns fsl. r Via r Kill ItSl Q a
Tax on feiaie ismuk vuri eucv.
ttniw IfariVi ftA Tho AaaAtiililv ha a
adopted a resolution that the tax on State bank
currency levied Dy me ixauouai iiovernuicub
ghoald be removed, and tbat our representatives
V. a aam A
UlnLlunr Af It I' Int.lfAnl.
w- ' .
Jones. No. 15, while in the act oi boarding the
.i..,m1ilit fttv f VV'aur-i 5 n trtrri rn t )i A nltrht of
,lV A,Otil lUDtHUk, -vwv - a a v(e liuju vws
was run into and sunk, the crew having barely
MlUe IU lUCU AVSOIU VlvU "AJ j
etc. The Jones was valued at fCOOO.
IVew York. Moucy auil Stock Market
New York. March 80 Htocks verr strong. Money
e&BT at 4 per cent. Gout, Uuv. i6 cou"
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po. 1866, new, no; ; do. isai, lit) ; do. 1868, liu'" ;
iH-Aiix. iu7';: Vlreinla 6a. new. 71 UhMOuri 6a,
v; Canton Co., 6.' ; Cumberland preferred, 84X j
htw York Central and Hudson ItHrer, i Krle,
can Central, 121; Michigan Southern, lot V j Xlll-
Dolfl Central, 135; Cleveland aua rmsuurg, iu;
Cbicapo and Kock Island, lu.v; Htwuurg aud
Fort Wje, tc.
FROM EUROPE.
Failure of the lie volution nt Mmi-cI11cs.
Marseilles, March SO. The attempt to esta
blish the Commune in this city is a failure.
Colonel Ducoin has resigned the position of
Commandant of the National Guards. Cre
mieux, President of the Provisional Commit
tee, has been arrested, and other members of
the committee have fled. All the republican
societies have been disbanded, and the red flag
has vanished from the city.
Death of the Uucni of ftwealen.
Stockholm, March oO. The Queen of Sweden
is dead.
German IMIntMter to the Vnlteri Mntex.
Berlin, March 80. Dr. De Schloeze.-, who
has been Minister of the North German Coil-
federation to Mexico for the past two years,
will leave this capital for Washington, where
he will succeed Baron Gerolt as representa
tive of the German empire.
IThelale Queen of Sweden. Wllhelmina Frede-
rica Alexandrine Anne Louise of Orang:, was the
daughter of William Frederick, Prince of the Neth
erlands, and a (list cousin of King William III of
Holland, sue was born August r, iszs, ana was
married to Charles XV, King of Sweden and Nor
wny, on Jne 19, ISM). But one child has
been the fruit of the marriage, the Princess
Louisa Josephine Eugenie, born October 81, ;i85l.
King unnnes iv was appointed negent or the
United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway in 1857, In
consequence of the protracted illness of his father,
whom he finally succeeded on the throne, July 8,
18(9. Ills reign has been rather uneventful, and
the late (jueen consequently needs little more than
a passing notlce.j
FROM THE WEST.
A Murderer IIclil for Trial.
Cincinnati, March SO. The preliminary ex
amination of John S. L. Blackburn, at C'hilll
cothe, charged with the murderof Mary Kane
Lovell a few days ago, was concluded yester
day, and the accused held in 1 10,000 ball to ap-
Eear for trial. It is alleged that his mind has
een nnsound for some time past. He was com
mitted to prison in default of bail.
Accident to an Aqueduct.
An aoneduct connected with the Hamilton
COhiol llvdraullc Works, supplying various
mills west of Cincinnati, and of Hamilton and
Dayton, with water, broke yesterday, stopplne
the machinery in several establishments. The
loss of tne hydraulic company is about 00X.
FROM JVEir ENGLAND.
Fire In C'alaU, Maine.
Calais, Me., March SO. A fire broke out at
12-30 A. M. in the upper part of Frank Wil
liams' building, corner of Main and Union
streets, and extended through the whole block,
oonsummg the stores ot frank Williams, J. K.
Beckett, Joseph Koli&h, A. II. Sawyer, D. M.
Gardner, and Freeman's oyster saloon. The
goods of the above were mostly saved, and the
Insurances will probably cover the losses on
stocks. F. A. Stoddard's photograph gallery and
stock totally destroyed uninsured; Copeland.
Dwell iv uo. s store saved in a damaged condl
tion. une or iwo email Duuuings were "iso
burned. Some of the buildings were over thirty
years old.
FROM NEW JERSEY.
VctocM by the Governor.
toed (wo amendments to the city of Newark
bill. One opening Fair street, and the other
authorizing the taking ot gores of land by the
common councils, when eucu snail be made by
the opening of streets. The Governor considers
such bills unconstitutional, and as granting ex
traordinary powers. He also characterizes the
schemes as real estate speculations, in which
several prominent persons are engaged. Both
houses have agreed to adjourn on April 6.
1'ESXSYLYASIA. LEGISLATURE.
Senate,
Harhisbcro, March 80. Mr. Connell oresented a
petition from Philadelphia for the repeal of the cot
lateral inheritance tax on bequests to religious, edn-
cauuuai, auu I'liurnauie iuhuiuuouh.
Also, a petition from the Twenty-second ward of
Philadelphia praying that citizens of that ward mav
elect a Superintendent of Highways.
Mr. k err, tne petition or members or the bar of
Butler county, praying the postponement of action
the on report of the Civil Code Commissioners till
tbe next meeting of the Legislature.
A large number of petitions were presented for the
passage of the House local option liquor law.
A bill was reported creating the otllce of General
Interpreter of foreign languages in the courts of
Philadelphia- favorably.
Uoue.
Before the opening of the House Hon. J. O.
Thomas, chairman of the committee of citizens to
protect agalDHt the erection ol new public buildings,
took the Speaker's stand, and urged the views of
the committee, lie was louowed oy jonu u. uui
lltt, who declared among other things that there
would be a dedclt for the year of at leant one mil
lion dollars in tne city tin a rices at tne end or 1SI1;
that tbe debt was accumulating rapidly: and that
the attention of citizens had been necessarily called
to the enormous powers and irresponsible cnaracter
of tbe commission.
Mr. Mlillam F. fr'mitn urged the repeal of the
commission, and said that the original proposition
of a vote in lsTO had been simply a "catch."
Mr. Mann, of Potter, said that all ma sympathies
(ere with the committee from Philadelphia, but he
could not give them much encouragement for a
repeal or the law this session.
Mr. Josephs said that the bill authorizing the vote
of lbiO had been passed after full notice, aud after
it had remained in tae nanus oi me uovernor for
nearly six months, open to auy protect, and yt
none OI any importance una uceu preseuici.
Hon. J. 1. Findley argued at some length against
the principle of delegating Bucli high powers to aa
irresponsible commission. Various quest lens were
asked by the country members, Among others one
by Mr. Strang, viz. : How the Legislature was 13
obtain tne views oi tne citizens oi rnuaieipnia on
an v .mention except tnrougn tne country delegation?
This delegation in 110 had been unanimously la
favor of the voting bill.
Mr. Bullitt replied that the country members were
not sitting as local attorneys for their own counties,
but had both the right and duty, as a matter of
nrlnclDle. to refuse to delegate any such extended
poweis to an li responsible commission, whether for
Philadelphia or elsewhere.
Tlie nour oi leu iiaviog urrn eu, me committee
retired and the House orsanl.ed.
Mr. Elliott aked leave to present petitions from
4000 citizens of Philadelphia in favor of tho repeal
or the Building (Jouimissiou, but mere were ob
jections.
i ne loiiowiUK ouia ticio liuumucicu.
An act to coot Deusate persons injured in person or
otherwise by the sale or giving away of intoxicating
liquors by a SHU lor aaiuagea was urgeci oy jir.
Smith and Mr. Miller. Mr. Dumbeii was not pre
n&red to ffototbc length indicated by the bill.
Mr. Marshall said Uiat the bill was not adapted to
meet the exigencies of society. Mr. Kills took the
unm view.
Mr. llaser and NT. Kills moved 10 strike oui an
after the enact in? clause. This would kin tne tun
k o-roeil irtmcll M. navs 40.
An act to prevent the sale of Intoxicating liquors
mi flection dav was anieuded so as not to apply
after the closing of the polls. It punished any viola
tion witn a une oi UOl leas iiiuu in eiitjr uuimra nun
not over live hundred dollars, and with Imprison
ment, it was passed uy ti ayes 10 xo nays.
BaJtlaiara rradaea Bark:.
BALTIMOHI, March 30. Cotton dull ; low middling,
13c Flour dull and declined 'Uk. on City MM
medium gTades; Howard street superfine, fW4
6-;2!; do. extra, ttoT-itt; do. family,
City Mills BuperQne, $0T i5; do. extra, a-7o-s w;
da family, 60x411 j Western superhue, 37.;
do. extra, 0iK7Kt.; do. family, If'liW,"
dull and irregular; prime to choice red, H oi-wo,
Pennsylvania, tl-MK41iiO; other grades 1 unchanged.
Corn steady; yellow Southern. WMSle.; mixed
Western, 7M7&0. Oat dull at emae. Mess Pork
tirni at liilto. Bacon firm: suoulders. SKi. ; rib
sides, lie; clear rib, lixc. ; hams, lllbc. Lard
U?i M U'i'i VM J 1't
BOARD OF CHARITIES.
Their Report to tho State
Legislature Views and
Recommendations.
From the annual report of the Board of State
Charities, which has Just been presented to the
Legislature, we take the following extracts:
In accordance with section 0 of the act, the
board has already made, In a separate paper, an
annual report of recommendations in behalf oi
certain institutions asking State aid. The con
clusions arrived at, and conveyed therein to the
Legislature, were made after proper "Inquiry"
and deliberation; and we believe that we have
not erred from a right judgment la recommend
ing these appropriations. We shall be glad if
the Legislature shall approve our conclusions,
and. thus far, give their sanction to the pro
ceedings of the board. We have endeavored to
PPly In every case, an nncompromlsing rigor
of Inquiry and an impartial estimate of merit.
We now present some views of the various in
stitutions of the State, acd more particularly ot
those la which she is specially interested, either
ns soie proprietor or as dispenser of annual
benefactions towards their support. W will
sot make, at this time, a philosophic nor even a
minute classification of charities, in the enlarged
signification of the word. We are constrained
by circumstances to refer to them simply as
State or county institutions, and local charities
In the more restricted sense of the term.
STATE FEMTKNTIARY FOR THB EASTERN DIS
TRICT, PHILADELPHIA.
This penitentiary was built in accordance with
tho provisions of an art of Assembly of March
20, 1821, and is conducted on the prineble of "the
solitary confinement of the prisoners." The
number originally provided for was 250, but
successive enlargements have Increased the ac
commodations to 560. There have been, at one
time, as many as 685 prisoners In this "correc
tional institution." Tbe inspectors having
failed to give replies to the interrogatories of
our board, we are prevented from furnishing the
usual statistics and Information.
Pnil.ADELPIIIA HOUSE OP REFUGE.
Tne establishment of this Institution was de
termined upon at a meeting of citizens of Phi
ladelphia held in February, 182ft. The public had
become inorougniy impressed with a convic
tion of its necessity as a school of reform for
vagrant, criminal, and neglected children, whose
oesuny wouia oinerwise oe tne prison, where
further contamination would be endgendered; or
who would continue to be de predators upon tbe
respectability, the morality, and the Eubstance
of the community.
The earliest consideration of this whole sub
jectat least such consideration as led to prac
tical results had occurred only eight or nine
years previously, and seems to have grown out
of an observation of the sad and desperate con
dition of the children of the tried and untried
female prisoners in tbe Newgate prison, who
were congregated there, together with other
children, in what seemed to be hopeless de-
avity, nun, and wretchedness. Tbe moral
condition of the neglected youth of the large
cities of England, as elsewhere, was growing
worse continuously in contamination, until
the anxieties of good and thoughtful citizens
were thoroughly aroused to devise some
method of amelioration or cure. The sugges
tion of a better way than prison incarceration
and prison discipline for the reformation of
t-.. .-11. j.Hmi, o.tA mm. tor tb protection of
society from their depredations, was quickly
followed by a practical realization of the noble
thought of Instituting sehools of reformation
for this hapless and almost irresponsible class
of the community; and in 1809 a noble band of
fthllanthropistswas found occupied in this work
a England. In our own country the city of New
York had established, In 1824, a "society for the
reformation of juvenile delinquents," in whose
inception and early history a philanthro
pist honored in the memory' of our own citi
zens, as elsewhere, viz., Isaac Collins
took an active and conspicuous position. That
institution has been conducted, to this day, with
a spirit of unfailing vigor and enterprise, stimu
lated in its exercise by the best impulses and
convictions of both the mind and heart. The
(Philadelphia) House of Refuge was incorpo
rated by an act of the Legislature, approved
March 23, 182b". Its government resides in a
board of thirty-one managers, three of whom
are appointed by the Court of Common Pleas
of Philadelphia county, and two by the Mayor.
The remainder are chosen by the contributors,
and all bold their appointments for one year.
We believe that no other Institution of the
kind makes separate provision for colored chil
dren, and in all of them the proportion of these
is, as a consequence, very small. So that what
ever view may be entertained as to discrimina
tion In tbe cose of delinquents or quasi crimi
nals, tbe fact of its existence In this Kefuge has
been of paramount advantage to the colored
youth of Philadelphia. The mature expe
rience which the managers had
acquired after a devotion of twenty
five years service to the cause of juve
nile reformation, led to the determinatloa of
occupying the present location, with more ex
tended, more suitable, and more complete ac
commodations. The present structure for the
white department was thus undertaken In 18.51,
and finished and inaugurated in 1854. The
number of inmates of both sexes and colors,
who can be properly maintained in these build
ings, is t28. The records show that there have
been recently, of white boys alone, 440 at a
time In the institution; which made it obliga
tory upon tbe managers to look forward to a
fcpecdy enlargement of their resources for the
better care and classification of at least this ele
ment of tbe Refuge. The total cost of the site,
buildings and furniture of tbe institution, as
established on January 1, 1870, was $385,500, of
which the State furnished t&i,500; county of
Philadelphia, $55,000; contributions of citizens,
$175,000; and gain on cost of real estate,
$73,000. Since ibis date a new department for
white females has been founded and is in count
of construction on the same premises, the city
of Philadelphia having added to the site a lot,
by request of the managers, and the State hav
ing made an appropriation of $50,000 towards
the building. The addition of this improve
ment will cost, when complete, about $150,000.
We consider the action of the Board of
Managers, which effected this last great wot k,
to have been supremely wife, and even mer
ciful. We cannot reserve tbe expression ot our
opinion that no institution lathe country Is con
ducted with ritore absorbing care, thoughtful
ness, and practical fidelity than tho Philadelphia
House of Kefuge.
The defects of all such establishments result
from tbe imperfect means which they possess
for a proper claslfieaiio- is a fatal want in
almost all Institutions, whether charitable, re
formatory or correctional; and however earnest
and capable m7 be tbe direction, whether of
managers or their subordinates, these Institutions
too olten become mere places of detention,
owing v tne discenrugemeut which necessarily
fnBieni Itself upon one's conviction, that the
'c v.J nt . V. a ..illnllnn sViAthAl It
be the reformation of the trausgressiug child,
tlie relief of the detracted maniac, or tbe
amendment of the degraded pauper, cannot be
po6ibly realized. Whatever can be reasonably
eltected to prevent tbe influence of remedial
treatment, whether moral or material, front
being hindered in its effects by counteracting
agencies, should be religiously conceded by the
public to every effort which is in progress to
restore to respectability and to usefulness those
of its citizens who have fallen through disease,
infirmity, or crime. The improved classifica
tion which will readily be secured by this
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